Jade in the Rough
Sometimes the stars align perfectly. For songwriter Jade Jackson, it was being born with only a few degrees of separation from Mike Ness, front man … Continue reading
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Pickleball is Life
Paddle sport takes over Eugene-Springfield, giving zip to local courts
It’s a cloudy spring morning at Meadow Park in Springfield as I get ready to serve. I have a pickleball in my left hand and … Continue reading
It’s About Time
July is full of sunlight and day hikes
July is a month of conflicting forces that give human activity direction. Vegetable gardens are well established by now, ready for the strong growing season. … Continue reading
Radio Ga Ga
ACE celebrates the songs of Queen in the dystopian musical We Will Rock You
Just when you think you never want to hear “Bohemian Rhapsody” ever again, it comes on the radio and immediately you’re sucked in by the … Continue reading
Fade You Later
Egotones performing live in the EW office
Eugene Weekly presents Egotones performing ‘Fade You Later’ for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series … Continue reading
Hospitable ‘Hooligans’
Our man in Volgograd watches and plays soccer during the World Cup in Russia
Unlike American football, most soccer fans actually play (or used to play) the sport they watch so passionately, so soccer spectators frequently transform themselves into … Continue reading
Paul Quillen — Full Session
performing live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Paul Quillen performing for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live … Continue reading
One Day You’ll Be Dead
College kids plot to steal rare books in the bizarre true-crime heist flick American Animals
In 1866, the legendary Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky released a vicious little novel called Crime and Punishment, about a poor college student, Raskolnikov, who brutally … Continue reading
Thirst for Knowledge
Oregon's science pub phenomenon
A robot walks into a bar. So do nearly 200 people. In fact, it’s a standing-room-only crowd for a talk about human-robot interactions on a … Continue reading
New Pizza Hits the Whit
The Wheel Apizza is ‘New Haven’ style
The Wheel Apizza Pub aims to fling a new kind of pie our way with their “New Haven” pizzas, and with crunchy, sourdough crust and … Continue reading