The Secret Life of Trees
Keith Achepohl at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
After I viewed Keith Achepohl’s new exhibit Vision of Nature/Vessel of Beauty at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, I began to look at the … Continue reading
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A Long Hot Summer
Romantic exploration leads to self-discovery in the languid Italian heat of Luca Guadagnino’s Call me By Your Name
In the Italian countryside that director Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love) adores, 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) is in the middle of a summer about which … Continue reading
Finding the Lost Thread
The Father offers a moving portrait of dementia
There is always a danger, as an artist, in launching forth with a single cause or affliction or ideology and melding it into a work … Continue reading
It’s About Time
Digging our fingers in garden dirt distracts us momentarily from the grim prospects of global warming.
Although spring does not begin officially until Equinox in March, Eugeneans might well pronounce that spring begins on Lunar New Year, Feb. 16, this year. … Continue reading
Eagles Rock the Hult, Queens Tear the Roof Off
The Hult Center took a break from more urbane offerings Saturday night, Jan. 27, to rock faces off. West Coast darlings Eagles of Death Metal … Continue reading
Please Don't Forget Me
Cigarettes and Milk performing live for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Cigarettes and Milk performing ‘Please Don’t Forget Me’ for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions … Continue reading
Rock ’n’ Roll Reckoning
A true rock band is as rare as a wooly mammoth
If there’s one thing that can be said about Queens of the Stone Age, it’s that they are a true rock band. QOTSA’s stuff is … Continue reading
The Trouble With Woodcock
A fashion designer and his muse get all tangled up in 'Phantom Thread'
Certainly, the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock presides over the haunted atmosphere of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, Phantom Thread, but Hitchcock isn’t the only cinematic … Continue reading
The Wages of Slavery
A Confederate soldier returns home in VLT’s 'The Whipping Man'
There is much to admire in Matthew Lopez’ The Whipping Man, playing now at Very Little Theatre. This atmospheric period drama is, without a doubt, … Continue reading
New Music Catches Fire
Eugene — and the Northwest — is going contemporary
In the last few years, Oregon has become a beacon of contemporary classical music, with several new music ensembles and a composers’ organization, Cascadia Composers, … Continue reading