Best Place for Takeout
1. Ta Ra Rin 1200 Oak St. 541-343-1230; 1250 Coburg Rd. 541-844-1032; 1410 Mohawk Blvd., Springfield, 541-505-8987. TaRaRinThai.com. 2. Café Yumm! Eugene: 860 E 13th … Continue reading
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Best Journalist
1. Tre Stewart Boop Troop Eugene 2. Camilla Mortensen Eugene Weekly 3. Tatiana Parafiniuk-Talesnick The Register-Guard Tre Stewart describes himself as “string cheese,” saying he … Continue reading
Best Bar
1. Sam Bond’s Garage 407 Blair Blvd. 541-431-6603. SamBonds.com. 2. Jackalope Lounge 453 Willamette, 541-485-1519. JackalopeLounge.com. 3. Party Downtown Bar 64 W. 8th Ave. 541-345-8228. … Continue reading
Best Tech Company
1. Pipeworks Studios 133 W. Broadway. 541-393-3500. Pipeworks.com. 2. CBT Nuggets 1550 Valley River Dr. 541-284-5522. CBTNuggets.com. 3. Palo Alto Software 44 W Broadway #426. … Continue reading
Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation
On her many trips to Nigeria, Oluwakemi Balogun started noticing that every city she went to had a beauty pageant. “I noticed pageants were the … Continue reading
Opening New Doors
The former Smith Family Books by campus now houses an artist collective, complete with studios, and the arts nonprofit New Zone Gallery
Dean Smith’s most important education came courtesy of his family’s business, Smith Family Bookstore. “It was a blessing,” he says, to work in the store … Continue reading
The Challenger
Portland neo-soul singer Tatiana performs at the University of Oregon
The social media tag came the same day the post went up. In June, acclaimed hip-hop musicians Flying Lotus and Denzel Curry posted an instrumental … Continue reading
“Lamina”
A short story by Eliza Master
Now Johnny’s gone. Tyana texts from the window sill. Her legs dangle outside. She won’t tell Max where Johnny went. An updraft blows her skirt … Continue reading
VLT Gets a Facelift
Very Little Theatre is being remodeled for the first time since being built in 1950
Eugene’s Very Little Theatre is beginning a $1.5 million renovation next spring, with a $200,000 lead donation from Herb Merker and Marcy Hammock. Designed by … Continue reading
Sounds from the Garage
Taking a look back into Eugene’s punk scene of the 1990s
It’s 1995. You walk up to a house in Eugene, likely in the Whiteaker neighborhood, the sound of drums and guitars getting louder as you … Continue reading