Walk Out the Door
This should be a powerful book launch and signing event. To start, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in three women and … Continue reading
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Hot Pajamas
The Shedd Theatricals production brings a jazzy energy to a classic Broadway hit about unions
If you’re of a certain age and you like musical comedy, you can probably sing along with the multitude of hit songs in The Pajama … Continue reading
Begin Again
Founded by local jazz musicians, the Oregon Jazz Workshop can get you hooked on music again
Once upon a time, all I cared about was music and the guitar. As a teenager, I’d play guitar all day, learning songs by AC/DC, … Continue reading
Jazzy Brothers
The Eugene jazz scene’s influence is still felt in the music of Dana and Alden McWayne
Dana and Alden McWayne grew up in a musical family in Eugene. Alden says he remembers having a toddler drum set in their kitchen. Dana … Continue reading
Local Jazz
The Jazz Station Bossanaire Saturday Sept. 10, 7:30 to 10 pm Greg Goebel Quartet Friday, Sept. 16, 7:30 to 10 pm Joanne Broh: From Ella to … Continue reading
Retuning Tradition
Celtic fingerstyle guitarist virtuoso Tony McManus to perform at Tsunami Books
In the middle of a phone call with Eugene Weekly, internationally renowned guitarist Tony McManus picks up a guitar and begins to pluck Celtic songs … Continue reading
And Even More Music
Jazz isn’t the only music headed for Eugene stages this fall. Here’s a quick list of other performance highlights coming up.
Eugene Symphony Opening night with Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor, and Orion Weiss, piano. 7:30 pm Oct. 8. Scheherezade, with Francesco Lecce-Chong, conductor, and David Krakauer, clarinet. … Continue reading
Springfield THE BLOCK Party
It’s time to end the summer in high style, and downtown Springfield is the place to be. Parties everywhere will spill out to sidewalks and … Continue reading
Two Tone Army
Ska bands and author perform at Old Nick’s Pub in Eugene
If Brandon Jenison, who plays trumpet in ska band Mustard Plug, were to do standup comedy, he says he would have a great opening line. … Continue reading
21st Century Cowboys
In remote southeast Oregon, ranching communities carry on past traditions in a modern world
A four-strand barbed-wire fence runs north to south down the middle of the desert flat in the empty Catlow Valley, splitting the town of Blitzen in … Continue reading