Good News!
Shedd Theatricals revives a seldom-seen Broadway show
The year is 1927. The Great War, which we now remember as World War I, is a distant memory. The stock market is booming. Life … Continue reading
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Need a Dog?
Consider taking in a hard-to-adopt dog like Tank
When you’re looking to adopt a dog, you’re probably thinking of a sweet, quiet dog that comes right up to the cage and gives you … Continue reading
Songbook Standards
Oregon Festival of American Music celebrates the show tunes of the mid-20th century
These days, we take pop songs and turn them into musicals: Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys, Beautiful, etc. It used to be the other way around, back … Continue reading
Out to Pasture
Oregon Horse Rescue strives to give unwanted horses a forever home
Humans, if we’re very lucky, get to retire in some comfort. Horses — some of humankind’s closest companions for thousands of years — have to … Continue reading
Anti-Capitalist Art Punks
Kilynn Lunsford, vocalist with noisy art-rock band Taiwan Housing Project, is feeling scattered as she talks to me on the phone from her home in … Continue reading
Chimps Inc.
An Oregon chimpanzee sanctuary cares for rescued chimps
On a stifling summer day in Oregon’s high desert, I drive past several ranches with cattle, horses, goats and a few llamas or alpacas. I … Continue reading
Metal in Good Mettle
After seven years, Eugene Metal Celebration — a multi-night event held at Black Forest in downtown Eugene — is gaining attention from metal acts around … Continue reading
War is Hell
Director Christopher Nolan once again achieves greatness in the beautiful and haunting Dunkirk
A masterpiece can be a hard thing to overcome, especially when it occurs early in an artist’s career. For my money, director Christopher Nolan’s second … Continue reading
‘Line, Value and Color’
Bets Cole’s latest paintings demonstrate quiet excellence
Paintings by Bets Cole on display through July at Karin Clarke Gallery show the long-time local artist at her relaxed, assured best. Cole has been … Continue reading
Up Against The Walls
Eugene is creating the biggest visual art festival held here since 1974
Google “Oregon street artist” and you get just two results, both seemingly generated by bots. That puts us a bit behind Alabama (7 results) and … Continue reading