Cold Heat
Eugene’s Le Rev brings its cinematic mood to Hi-Fi
I’m eating skewered beef heart with Eugene band Le Rev at a Peruvian restaurant in the Whiteaker neighborhood, and the band is explaining how they … Continue reading
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Lost in Moscow
Chekhov’s stories come alive in Cottage Theatre production of Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor
Although roughly the contemporary of those two titans of 19th-century epic Russian literature, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov was great in the minutest of scales, … Continue reading
Venting
Eugene Weekly presents Haywood performing live for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Haywood performing ‘Venting’ live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions. Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live studio performances … Continue reading
Contemporary Rockabilly
Rockabilly-Americana band Petunia and the Vipers delivers toe-tapping rhythms with lyrics sure to make your spine shiver like a sharp shot of whiskey. Pull out … Continue reading
Sing a Slaying Song
Veteran heavy metal demi-gods Slayer return to Eugene behind their 12th studio album, 2015’s Repentless. And — besides a long and consistent output of some … Continue reading
Big Bands
Ensembles perform everything from international fusion to George Gershwin
Every artist wants to build a brand these days, so it takes some courage to change your name after building up a reputation and a … Continue reading
Not Just Black and White
Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit offers a historical critique of modern-day police brutality
There is a tendency in Hollywood to profit from Black suffering — think 12 Years a Slave, The Help, Django Unchained. These films are prevalent, … Continue reading
All the World’s a Stage
Hipsters meets hippies in VLT’s As You Like It
The trend in Shakespeare performance is to toss off all the “adieus” and “but softs” with the casual tone of a texting teenager. I, for … Continue reading
Hijacked
Eugene Weekly presents Haywood performing live for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Haywood performing ‘Hijacked’ live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions. Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live studio performances … Continue reading
Pickathon 2017
Our favorite moments from the fest
