An Evening with David Rawlings
Live at McDonald Theatre [3.8.18]
Among those in the know, including the adoring fans who packed McDonald Theatre to see him play March 8, David Rawlings is one of the … Continue reading
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Last Week Live
Santana, DJ Jazzy Jeff, They Might Be Giants and Taj Mahal
The Wages of War
University Theatre mounts a timely production of Bertolt Brecht’s political masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children
Shock, horror! A three-and-a-half hour reminder about how we haven’t changed much as a society in more than 300 years. My babysitter was none too … Continue reading
Considerate Design
Design needs to incorporate mindful intent for these Lane Community College artists and instructors
For sculptor and Lane Community College instructor Lee Imonen, design balances interaction and identity. “There’s no distinction between design and fine art, but if there … Continue reading
Designing a Waterfront Town
A visionary professor wants to help Eugene find its river again
Poet, playwright and scholar Barbara Mossberg was humanities and American studies professor at the University of Oregon from 1976 to 1988 before taking on academic … Continue reading
Eugene Design: The Good and the Awful
Eugene Weekly's staff picks our favorite and not-so-favorite examples of the city's built landscape
The Eugene Public Library High vaulted ceilings, natural light streaming through subtle stained glass, and an awe-inspiring rotunda capped with a skylight mark the remarkable … Continue reading
Urban Delight
A New York architect sees Eugene with fresh eyes
Writing sometime around the year 30 B.C., the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio — Vitruvius, to his friends — laid out, in his foundational work … Continue reading
MexAmericana
Llorona celebrate the release of So Far from the World Above
Eugene musician Marietta Bonaventure says she’d played in so many bands around town she felt “there’s really no music that needs to be played right … Continue reading
A Kinder Murder
Two girls, feeling and unfeeling, plan a murder in director Cory Finley’s dark thriller Thoroughbreds
What, exactly, is a sociopath? Surprisingly, despite its widespread use these days as a term to describe everything from U.S. presidents to office colleagues, sociopath … Continue reading
Zipper Kingdom
Squirrel Nut Zippers bring out their first album in almost two decades
James “Jimbo” Mathus, bandleader with Dixieland jazz revivalists Squirrel Nut Zippers, says stories of “weird old New Orleans” inspired Beasts of Burgundy, the band’s first … Continue reading