Band Campus
Six Student bands not to miss
The University of Oregon has opened its gates to the world, and as you read this, freshmen with guitars and amps are swapping numbers, meeting … Continue reading
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Bedroom Sounds to Nameless Ghouls
Marissa Nadler performs with Swedish glam-goth band Ghost BC
There’s a ghost-like quality to Marissa Nadler’s 2016 release Bury Your Name that’s perfect for fall and winter in Eugene. Throughout the record, the strings … Continue reading
Great Books
Gutenberg College discusses the works of Western Civilization
Once upon a time in the way back when, the role of higher education was not to prepare you for the treadmill by clipping you … Continue reading
The Irish Problem
Very Little Theatre comes up historically short with ambitious production of Juno and the Paycock
Although I’m aware that conflicts of one kind or another have rocked Ireland for centuries, my knowledge of early 20th-century Irish history is admittedly, and … Continue reading
Call to Action
Nahko and Medicine for the People
Mainstream music has fallen prey to a habit of being short, sweet and shallow. Nahko and Medicine for the People, the multi-cultural music collective that … Continue reading
Forty Years and Countless Costumes
Fashion and theater collide for Alexandra Bonds’ historic runway show at the UO’s Hope Theatre
Alexandra Bonds’ retrospective costume fashion show this weekend, Portfolio, promises a lively look back at nearly four decades of stitching, with 40 garments leaping from … Continue reading
The Music and the Mirror
Cottage Theatre delivers a triple threat with strong production of A Chorus Line
If you could peer into this critic’s embryonic soul, I suspect you’d find A Chorus Line lyrics. I wore grooves into my album of the … Continue reading
Instrumental October
A great jazz keyboard-and-drum duo arrives at Sam Bond’s Garage Oct. 13: Matt Chamberlain is well known for drumming with jazz stars like Bill Frisell, … Continue reading
XCape Dance Company at the Hult Center: October 7, 2016
Xcape Dance Company presented X last night, at the Hult Center’s Soreng Theatre. Artistic director and choreographer Vanessa Fuller offered a high-energy evening, with her own company, and visiting guests. Continue reading
Anatomy of a Painting
A closer look at Kehinde Wiley's 'La Source'
“La Source” is part of a series of paintings Wiley did called The World Stage: Haiti — the New York-based artist has also done World … Continue reading