It’s About Time – February 2019
A bright, sunny day recently offered a great “Duck Watching Day.” It’s a day when almost all of the regular winter residents can be seen … Continue reading
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Electra Speaks
Lane brings back a bigger, better version of Oresteia
If you missed Lane Community College’s rock opera Oresteia in 2015, take heart. It’s back — as Electra’s Oresteia — and bigger and better than … Continue reading
West Bank Blues
Eugene playwright explores the thorny politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Checkpoint
Martin Cohen’s intense new drama Checkpoint, which opened Feb. 1 at the Wildish Community Theater in Springfield, meticulously dissects both sides of the conflict that … Continue reading
ABBA is for Everyone
ACE’s production of Mamma Mia! brings out the music’s charm and fun
The film adaptation of Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried, might cast quite the shadow on a community theater’s attempt at the ABBA … Continue reading
Crossing Cultures
Landscapes and portraits by Li Tie on exhibit at White Lotus Gallery
White Lotus Gallery titled its current exhibit “Crossing Cultures” to mediate expectations about subject matter. Li Tie may be Chinese-American, but his art falls heavily … Continue reading
Tuff Enuff
King Tuff returns to Eugene
Kyle Thomas, better known as the leader of King Tuff, a constantly morphing musical project that’s somewhere between a band name and Thomas’ songwriting nom … Continue reading
Dances and Rhapsodies
Pianists take center stage this week
Everybody knows Rhapsody in Blue, which likely ranks in the top three most recognizable works of American classical music. From that famous bluesy opening clarinet … Continue reading
Don’t Fear the Reaper
Cottage Theatre takes a new look at the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet
Along with being the most accessible and arguably the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays, Romeo and Juliet is also something of an outlier among his … Continue reading
Twice Told Tales
A new take on the Arthurian legend in The Kid Who Would Be King
If you haven’t seen Attack the Block, Joe Cornish’s 2011 aliens-invade-the-council-block movie starring the future first female Doctor Who and future Finn in The Force … Continue reading
Still High At Rock Bottom
The early 2000s blessed us with miracles like Beyoncé, the iPhone and denim body suits. The era also gifted us with trash pop and shock … Continue reading