Eva’s Lament
Theatre League’s Evita not high flying at the Hult
I wanted to love the Theatre League’s Evita, but it is not where it should be. Evita, which played Feb. 16-17 at the Hult Center, … Continue reading
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Love Hurts
EBC and Orchestra Next collaborate on a first-rate Romeo & Juliet
As a little kid in the ’70s, I wore a groove in my parent’s vinyl record of Leonard Bernstein conducting and narrating the New York … Continue reading
Go With The Flow
To an onlooker, the jam-band subculture seems to have the ability to tap a curious frequency that makes an 11-minute song a melodic gospel — … Continue reading
‘Songs Could Make Me Cry’
From the first time Texan singer-songwriter Tish Hinojosa picked up a guitar at age 14, she knew music would be something she would feel passionate … Continue reading
Across the Great Divide
A contemporary rom-com opens at Very Little Theatre on Valentine’s Day
In Minority Voices Theatre’s first-ever fully staged production, an Egyptian cab driver in the U.S. falls in love with a spunky white waitress. Pilgrims Musa … Continue reading
Northern Soul
Despite the success of Soul’d Out Music Festival, Portland’s neo-soul and R&B scene is still in its infancy. Adebisi Okuneye, lead vocalist with Portland neo-soul … Continue reading
Art is Dangerous
A dead painter wreaks havoc on the L.A. art scene in Netflix’s satirical thriller Velvet Buzzsaw
For some reason, while I was watching the new Netflix movie Velvet Buzzsaw, the opening words of William Carlos Williams’ great poem “To Elsie” suddenly … Continue reading
Vegan on the Mainline
New York singer Nellie McKay returns to The Shedd this weekend to explain the meaning of life
Nellie McKay is such a regular performer in Eugene it’s hard to keep track of her appearances. The New York singer-songwriter, known for everything from … Continue reading
A Smoke-Filled Climate Review
Book review brings personal experience together the climate reading
“On the afternoon the boys and I arrived the town and the Rogue Valley where it sits were surrounded by nine separate wildfires. The next … Continue reading
Electra Speaks
Lane brings back a bigger, better version of Oresteia
If you missed Lane Community College’s rock opera Oresteia in 2015, take heart. It’s back — as Electra’s Oresteia — and bigger and better than … Continue reading