Día De Los Muertos celebration
Yes, Halloween is around the corner, but so is Día de los Muertos. In celebration of this Mexican holiday, the Springfield Public Library is hosting … Continue reading
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Staff Picks
Best Place to Drink Ciders Ciderlicious 675 River Road. Facebook.com/Ciderlicious. Have you ever been to beergarden and wondered what it would be like if there … Continue reading
Hell and High Water
Two men descend into madness in Robert Eggers’ brilliant psychodrama The Lighthouse
Far, far less interested am I in revealing the content of The Lighthouse than in praising the sheer artistic audacity and emotional wallop of this … Continue reading
Best Veterinarian
1. West Eugene Animal Hospital 1175 City View Street. 541-342-5858. EugeneVet.com. 2. VCA Westmoreland Animal Hospital 3880 W. 11th Avenue. 541-485-4595. VCAHospitals.com/Westmoreland. 3. Amazon Park … Continue reading
Persuasive Synth
Com Truise brings emotional synthwave to the WOW Hall
Seth Haley, who emits slow-motion computer pop under his alias Com Truise, seems to beam his music from a neo-futurist spacecraft tucked away in the … Continue reading
Best Indie Bookstore
1. Smith Family Bookstore 525 Willamette Street. 541-343-4717. SmithFamilyBookstore.com. 2. Tsunami Books 2585 Willamette Street. 541-345-8986. TsunamiBooks.org. 3. Black Sun Books 2467 Hilyard Street. 541-484-3777. … Continue reading
Waxing Comedic
Another take on Cottage Theatre’s current comic production of Shakespeare (Abridged)
Expectant chatter filled the scantly renovated Cottage Theatre this past weekend for the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), their first production since last spring. … Continue reading
World In Collapse
Monos reminds us why Hollywood expectations should shatter
All art is global and universal, but cinema — with its full dimensions of sound, image, language, worlds within worlds — is particularly so. The … Continue reading
Latinx Voices
In its second season of existence, the dance ensemble Company Movimiento has sharpened its focus to take on the broad topics of social justice for … Continue reading
Get Happy
Stop worrying and listen to Cory Wong
Cory Wong was put on this Earth to make you happy. “Every artist has a North Star that drives them — their passion, their motivation,” … Continue reading