Vocal Minority
People-of-color comedy show comes to Eugene
When it comes to race, the Pacific Northwest talks out of both sides of its mouth, says Jason Lamb, co-host and producer of Minority Retort, … Continue reading
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Feminism and Football
Smashing start for U.S. in Women’s World Cup
Having won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC), the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) is on a mission to become the second country ever … Continue reading
A diminished Bach Festival opens in Eugene, as does a world music fest in Salem
The 49th Oregon Bach Festival has lately been looking like a bit of a Blah-ch Festival. If the venerable University of Oregon music institution is … Continue reading
Best Year Ever
2019 starts strong for Eugene Symphony’s Francesco Lecce-Chong
Francesco Lecce-Chong is on a road trip with his fiancée, the harpist Chloe Tula, when I talk with him about what could be the best … Continue reading
Comedy, Tragedy, Trivia, Wormhole
Trivia host wants to know what you don’t know
The wrong answers interested Ty Connor just as much as the right ones, so one night, he started collecting all the discarded answer sheets from … Continue reading
Best Teef in the Game
Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, Thundercat and Earl Sweatshirt perform at Edgefield (6.22.19)
All’s Well in Ashland
A reviewer takes in this season’s summer openings on her first visit to OSF
If you haven’t experienced the flag being raised high above the hammerbeam roof of the Allen Elizabethan Theatre just before the show begins at the … Continue reading
Whole-Lotta Mangonada
Just in time for Summer, Eugene welcomes Zero Degrees
Glenn Liu’s wife Jenny Liu spent so much time at Portland locations of the California chain Zero Degrees, he asked her “Why are you waiting … Continue reading
The Accidental Feminists
At last, a comedy that passes the Bechdel Test
In the world of Late Night, a woman has been a late-night talk show host for so long that she’s become stale. This, of course, … Continue reading
Fabulous Frenchie and a Side of Home Fries, Please
Around for 25 years, Studio One Cafe is a Eugene breakfast staple
Studio One Cafe is a cozy café on 19th Avenue nestled between East 19th Street Café McMenamins and Agate Alley Bistro. Movie posters and black-and-white … Continue reading