Fun in the Sun
The Eugene Weekly office dives into the local beer, cider and CBD releases
The sun is out, and it’s the season for cold drinks, but why run to the safe beers that you know? You know, the lagers … Continue reading
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Oregon’s Wildlife Savior
A new biography of William L. Finley honors a pioneer conservationist
Plenty of people, at least in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, have heard of the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge a little south of Corvallis. But … Continue reading
The South Willamette Valley Wine Trail
“Grape growing is not about romance.” So says Junction City-based Brigadoon Wine Company’s website, and it makes sense. Growing grapes and making wine may be … Continue reading
The Beat Goes On
After 24 years, Eugene’s Sprout City Studios owner Thaddeus Moore is moving on — but the space will remain
Thaddeus Moore remembers sitting in a movie theater in 2008, watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall and hearing Frank Black’s “You Can’t Break a Heart and Have … Continue reading
What Can I Use This On?
Rich Bergeman’s Vanishing West at White Lotus Gallery
Rich Bergeman has a history of switching technology, some of which is highlighted in the 28 often stunning black and white photographs currently showing at … Continue reading
Madeline Miller
The Eugene Public Library is hosting a literary star in a live-stream talk and Q&A, and it should be fun. Madeline Miller took 10 years … Continue reading
Native Vision
Eugene-born actor and UO alumna Jana Schmieding talks Rutherford Falls and increasing visibility of Native Americans
It’s 2021, and for the first time a TV sitcom involves the Native American perspective and what it’s like living in a white, colonized world, … Continue reading
Drawing from the Deep
Paleo nerds, it’s time to do some drawing and learn all about the spiked-toothed salmon that swam the Pacific Northwest from the Miocene to Pliocene … Continue reading
Born to Be Wild
EW heads to remote eastern Oregon to find and understand wild horses
Their stillness makes them almost imperceptible. But I know they are out there, so I cup my hands around my eyes and squint into the … Continue reading
Garage Days Revisited
Popular Whiteaker bar-venue reopens, but the timeline for a return of live music remains uncertain
Stepping into Sam Bond’s Garage the other day was a little like seeing an old friend. Closed since March 2020 on account of the pandemic … Continue reading