Minus 5 at Sessions Lounge June 14
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Dead Like Us
Jim Jarmusch plays it a little too safe in new zombie satire
Every zombie story is about the human response to mortality and the pernicious fear of the “other.” In most zombie stories — the best ones, … Continue reading
Subterranean Brainsick Blues
The Minus 5 debuts the brilliant, baffling Stroke Manor in eugene
Minus 5’s new release is a concept album, of sorts. In song after song on the aptly named Stroke Manor, words slip their foundation, falling … Continue reading
Can’t Tell Her No
Summer Cannibals return to Eugene
“Can’t Tell Me No” is the rowdy leadoff single from Portland garage-punk quartet Summer Cannibals’ fourth album, which has the same name as the song. … Continue reading
Sax Master
Jazz, Bach and choral music coming to a venue near you
Is Idit Shner a jazzer or a classical musician? Yes! A native of Israel, the longtime University of Oregon music prof is a master of … Continue reading
The Comedy’s Afoot
VLT stages a cozy whodunnit about a mystery writer
We all love a good classic mystery, the kind of cozy whodunnit in which one of the biggest challenges of life — solving a murder … Continue reading
Music to Heal a Dying Planet
Contemporary composers contemplate the apocalypse
On a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon in May, hundreds of people crammed into the gymnasium at Burns High School in eastern Oregon for a concert. … Continue reading
Father John Misty and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Live June 9 at Les Schwab Amphitheater in Bend
Buried Treasure
The University of Oregon’s art museum brings on a new curator to sort its unsorted photo collection
“Each one of these is like a Christmas present,” Thom Sempere says as he pulls a photograph from atop a small stack of prints and … Continue reading
Chilling in Nebraska
South Eugene drama students will perform new musical at international theater fest
South Eugene High School’s drama department is taking its show on the road this summer — all the way to Lincoln, Nebraska. About 40 cast … Continue reading