Winter Reading – Young Adult
A Girl’s Guide to the Wild by Ruby McConnell. Sasquatch Books, $16.99. A Girls’ Guide to the Wild is a practical, yet whimsical handbook put … Continue reading
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Winter Reading – Memoirs
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate. Little Brown and Company, $27. In her first memoir, actress and comedian Jenny Slate fosters a garden of strange and … Continue reading
Winter Coast Range Hiking
Venture into a wilderness
This time of year — late fall, early winter — can be challenging as far as where to go on a hike is concerned. If … Continue reading
It’s About Time – December 2019
There is something about winter Solstice; the turn of the year that affects our outlook on the future. Winter solstice is deeply embedded in spiritual … Continue reading
Christmas Classics
Despite anything you may have been told by Fox News, no one has yet managed to kill Christmas, even in Eugene. Holiday spirit comes to … Continue reading
Smooth Criminal
Cottage Theatre’s production of Oliver! is stacked with a cast and crew of talent
Oliver! is set in an industrial England where work homes dealt with the poor who were given the short end of the privatization stick. It’s … Continue reading
Bunfight!
Thanksgiving is finished. Leftovers are either in the freezer or being devoured over the next several days. What about the buns, though? Bunfight! OK, buns … Continue reading
No Country for Old Men
Scorsese looks back in sadness with crime epic The Irishman
It seems, of late, that a new species of mournfulness has crept into our best art. From the final albums by recently deceased songwriters Leonard … Continue reading
A Legacy in Dance
Meet the Bontragers of Ballet Fantastique
Hannah and Ashley Bontrager were practically born into the arts, dancing before they could walk. “Not a lot of girls get to grow up … Continue reading
Belle for the Holidays
Beauty and the Beast brings cozy charm at ACE
Actors Cabaret of Eugene is kicking off the holiday season with a tale as old as time in Beauty and the Beast, the Musical. Red … Continue reading