The Beautiful Fight
A tribute to Ajarn Mike Walrath of Eugene’s Bigfoot Gym
Muay thai — also known as “Thai boxing” — is the national sport of Thailand. This discipline is commonly referred to as the “art of eight … Continue reading
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Staring Down the Barrel
Local writer Pat Newson releases An Object in Motion, a book of poetry centered on gun violence
When I first met the writer Pat Newson, he was a bent wild man, part satanic elf and part hobbled saint, and his whole being … Continue reading
Where's the Light
The Gossamer Strings performing live
Eugene Weekly presents The Gossamer Strings performing ‘Where’s the Light’ for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are … Continue reading
Haiku Death Match
Poetry gone wild at Tsunami Books
Ladies and jellyspoons … it’s the moment you have been waiting for! Eugene’s first (as far as we know anyway) hand-to-hand haiku death match. There … Continue reading
Betty Jaeger
In this week’s episode of Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening podcast, EW arts contributor Will Kennedy catches up with musician Betty Jaeger, now of Baroque Betty and formerly of other groups Betty and the Boy and Betty and the Babes. Jaeger plays a song for us live, in-studio. Kennedy also previews upcoming concerts to check out in the next few weeks and we listen to a never-before-heard track from local band Pancho + The Factory from their upcoming full-length album.
Music in this episode is from Betty Jaeger, Pancho + The Factory and Charlie Moses.
Second Chances
Jay Rock is lucky to be alive.
Jay Rock is lucky to be alive. In 2016, at what might have been the pinnacle of any other artist’s career, Rock was thrown from … Continue reading
Shake Your Tailgate
Mike Hogan, wearing his barbecue apron and a glass of wine in hand, tells me that Stanford football fans don’t actually like good wine. That’s … Continue reading
A Blitz of Reality
Life in the press box is glitzy but fosters a businesslike approach to football
I don’t know why I like watching football. Unlike professional wrestling, I didn’t grow up watching the sport. I never played it in high school … Continue reading
Every Song Has a Story
Chico Schwall and friends perform early British folk tunes at The Shedd
A century ago, Englishman Cecil Sharp came to the U.S. looking for British folk songs he first collected in the U.K. “And he found tons … Continue reading
Drain the Swamp
Shrek The Musical, like a parfait, has layers of greatness at Cottage Theatre
Somehow it’s 2018 and we’re still talking about Shrek. But it’s for good reason this time. Cottage Theatre’s production of Shrek The Musical, directed by … Continue reading