Can Eugene Save the Ems?
Jim Bunning and Mike Schmidt put on the uniform of the Eugene Emeralds en route to their inductions to the National Baseball Hall of Fame … Continue reading
Whats-Happening: Page 159
The Show Goes On, Sort Of
Venues and performers are canceling performances as COVID continues to surge
Live performance is slowing down in Eugene once more as the COVID-19 infection rate continues to skyrocket in Lane County. So far Gov. Kate Brown … Continue reading
Universal Appeal
Funky musician Karl Denson returns to Eugene
Funk and soul musician Karl Denson is back home in San Diego, speaking on the phone with Eugene Weekly after a four-night run in New … Continue reading
Mac Mania
POW! brings the pro wrestling circus back to McArthur Court
Some of professional wrestling’s biggest names have wrestled at University of Oregon’s McArthur Court, including André the Giant, Nature Boy Ric Flair, Rowdy Roddy Piper … Continue reading
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week
Very early in his civil rights campaign, Martin Luther King Jr. posed this inquiry to an audience in Montgomery, Alabama: “Life’s most persistent and urgent … Continue reading
Now Hear This
Artist Kathleen Caprario collaborates with three Oregon poets to interrogate white privilege as part of the Maude Kerns exhibit Social Being
Benjamin Gorman, a poet and high school English teacher living in Independence, Oregon, points to the immediacy of poetry as its source of strength. Detailing … Continue reading
Space to Move
Rebelle Movement offers a dance experience with the adult student in mind
Lou Moulder, founder of Rebelle Movement studio, was driven to offer adult dance classes by her own desire to continue dancing in her adulthood. Growing … Continue reading
100-Mile Aqua Challenge
If you made the annual New Year’s resolution to get in better shape but don’t know where to start, pick yourself up and head to … Continue reading
Bowl Games
Eugene skaters look to roller skating as a way to empower everyday life
On an unseasonably warm November Sunday morning, a group of roller skaters glide through a bowl at Washington Jefferson Skatepark. The bowl is shaped like … Continue reading
A Glass Half Full
Eugene and Springfield’s art venues look for opportunities in uncertain times
“I’ve been thinking a lot about what ‘essential’ means,” says Michael Fisher, executive director of Maude Kerns Art Center. It’s not the kind of statement … Continue reading