Shakespeare in the Park brings ‘Henry V’ outdoors
This year Shakespeare in the Park adapted Henry V for a short outdoor performance directed by Sharon Sèlove. A narrator (David Stuart Bull), sporting awesome … Continue reading
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A Little Help from Her Friends
Often a young musician is shaped by a singular performance that clicks a switch inside her, a switch that says: “I could do that, too.” … Continue reading
The Long Nap
A stand-up comedian deals with a girlfriend in a coma in The Big Sick
The Big Sick is an odd duck. As a romantic comedy, it is neither very romantic nor particularly funny, despite the fact that one of … Continue reading
Witchy Blues
The experimental blues of Hello Dollface puts listeners under a spell. In true witch fashion, Ashley Edwards (front woman and creature of the night) is … Continue reading
Life’s a Bitch
Nathanial Rateliff and the Night Sweats make sweet music of troubled times
Nathanial Rateliff and the Night Sweats make sweet music of troubled times Your friend gets cancer days before his girlfriend announces she’s pregnant, your father … Continue reading
City Music
Kevin Morby in Portland [8.22.17]
I Hate Myself
Eugene Weekly presents Haywood performing live for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Haywood performing ‘I Hate Myself Pt. 2’ live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions. Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series … Continue reading
Like Father Like Daughter Like Sister Like All
A family in crisis struggles to reconnect in Gillian Robespierre’s pitch-perfect new comedy Landline
About 20 or 30 minutes into writer-director Gillian Robespierre’s new film Landline, I started tearing up, and I continued tearing up intermittently throughout the rest … Continue reading
Opposites Attract
Indie singer-songwriter Margaret Glaspy is a collision of contrasts. Her petite frame hosts a diaphragm that belts out sandpaper-rough lyrics while her nimble fingers string … Continue reading
People not Posing
The figure paintings of Melissa Sikes at Maude Kerns Art Center
An entire room at the Maude Kerns Art Center is dedicated to Melissa Sikes’ series of artworks titled The Back Dock. Other paintings from the … Continue reading