Will Run for Wine
After Ten years, One last run through Dundee-area vineyards
I’m running through a vineyard, doing my best to avoid inhaling dust, while listening to a battle song from Lord of the Rings. All of … Continue reading
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Wild Swings
Get outdoors on Saturday, June 1!
Once again the wild swings of weather this winter and spring have our attention. We’ll hear chainsaws buzz for months as people clear away downed … Continue reading
Summer in the (Music) City
Symfest, Mood Area 52, Chamber Music Amici and more coming to a venue near you
Summer brings sunshine, smoke (maybe) and our annual influx of regular returning visitors. Eugene Symphony’s third annual SymFest returns to the Hult Center June 1 … Continue reading
A Potent Whiskey
Whiskey When We’re Dry takes on the Old West in a new way
It’s not just 17-year-old Jessilyn Harney’s narrative voice that blurs gender lines, it’s author John Larison’s entire evocative portrayal of the young woman who poses … Continue reading
Gaura and Friends
Low-water gardening makes sense
For anybody who still needed one, this past winter and spring have been something of a wake-up call — a confirmation that we can no … Continue reading
Lonely Hearts Club
Classic country comeback with J.D. Miller and Broken Heart Rodeo
Every story Sam “Cletis” Reaves tells sounds like a country song. The native Texan has lived in Eugene for more than a decade. Lately he’s … Continue reading
Don’t Fear the Reaper
Springfield artist Jessica Kinser is a bone collector who turns dead animals into art
Jessica Kinser was a teenager, 16 or 17, when she processed her first skull. Her parents, both avid hunters and food preppers, had harvested a … Continue reading
OSU Loves the 2000s
Oregon State University’s music festival has Akon and Jesse McCartney headlining
Oregon State University, known as a research school, must have been working on a time machine when it put together DAMJAM 2019 because it’s filled … Continue reading
Off the Radar
For 10 years Ditch Projects has shown contemporary art in a non-commercial gallery
What does it mean to be a successful art gallery? For Ditch Projects the measure is not counted in financial rewards. The contemporary art gallery … Continue reading
Six Husbands, No Estrogen
A comedy show for the aging, and everyone in between
Life is serious business, a lesson learned through hard-fought experience. However, failed marriages and clumsy aging are not to be taken in earnest, according to … Continue reading