Muse: A Celebration of Women, Volume 1
It’s women’s weekend on the stage at beergarden and The Public House, and not a moment too soon. It’s time to ease the late winter … Continue reading
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Joyful Love, Joyful Activism
Author George Lakey is at Tsunami Books March 9
If it seems that George Lakey has been at every pivot point of social change in the United States since the 1950s, that’s because it’s … Continue reading
Visible Time
Kum Ja Lee’s artworks strive to make time visible using different types of fiber and other mediums
I meet artist Kum Ja Lee at the opening of her exhibit Perception of Time and Space, which is on display until March 16 at … Continue reading
Swing Shift Jazz Orchestra featuring Clairdee
Carmen McRae met the great Billie Holiday when she was just 17 years old, and Holiday recorded in 1939 a tune she composed, “Dream of … Continue reading
Across The Line From Shadow To Sunlight
Poignant stories of college basketball's integration abound on the eve of ‘March Madness’
Many of the names from Across The Line flow freely in my memory, be it as a once-voracious reader of sports journalism and history or … Continue reading
255 Madison Pop-Up Runway, Showcasing Black Fashion Designers in Eugene
To start a business or grow a brand is daunting, all-consuming work. It takes a community. Treylon Day knows this, and he’s been on the … Continue reading
Joey Valence & (Brae)kbeats
Boom-bap rap returns with Philly rap duo Joey Valence & Brae
In 2021, at the height of the pandemic, Pennsylvania rap duo Joey Bertolino and Braedan Lugue, who perform as Joey Valence & Brae, scored a … Continue reading
Married to Shakespeare
Women take a break from the world around them to obsess over Shakespeare in a timeless new play by Dorothy Velasco
Who knew Shakespeare had so many wives? Dorothy Velasco’s new play Ladies Shakespeare Club, which opened Friday, Feb. 17, at Very Little Theatre, dramatizes love … Continue reading
And So The Peanuts Gang Meets Again
Cottage Theatre Hosts You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The actors of the Cottage Grove Theatre performed a charming yet quirky rendition of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown the night of Feb. 9. … Continue reading
Growing Pains Shows Sonic Growth
The local band returns to the WOW Hall with the release of the production-centered EP 'Thought I Heard Your Car'
It’s been three years since Growing Pains, a band local to both Portland and Eugene, released its first full length album Heaven Spots. Since then … Continue reading