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Sure we hate the time change — leaving the office to dark rainy streets is depressing. But our spirits lift a little bit at the thought … Continue reading →

News

Climate Reality

Upcoming library-sponsored Community Philosophy Circle to focus on climate change

Guest Viewpoint Opinion 4 days ago

• By Paul Bodin “We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator.” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres made … Continue reading →

Political Relief Comes to Democrats

With a nod to Alka-Seltzer and Ray Charles

Guest Viewpoint 4 days ago

by Dan Bryant Plop. The first indication that there would not be a tectonic shift in the political geosphere this election came from Pennsylvania. “The … Continue reading →

What Does Ward 7 Want?

An interim City Council applicant assesses the needs and values of the district

News 4 days ago

Daniel Isaacson, one of the applicants to be the interim Eugene city councilor for Ward 7, started his run by spending three weekends knocking on … Continue reading →

‘The Group Has Banded Together’

How the EmX attack is impacting LTD

Blog News 6 days ago

Jameson Auten has been CEO of the Lane Transit District since Nov. 7. However, he is already facing what is perhaps the biggest test of … Continue reading →

Arts

A Disruptive Force

Mat Johnson on the power of speculative fiction and his latest novel, Invisible Things

Books 4 days ago

“I love science fiction, but I don’t write it,” says Mat Johnson, University of Oregon Philip H. Knight chair of the humanities and author of Invisible … Continue reading →

What You’re Reading

Take a look at recommendations from local book pros

Books 4 days ago

Eugene Weekly writers are big readers, so periodically we put a little blurb in our Slant column about What We’re Reading. And, of course, Winter … Continue reading →

Not Just Books

Will O’Hearn sees the city’s library providing help and a mecca for all

Books 4 days ago

Growing up in Fairfield, California, during the 1990s meant visiting the library on Fridays for Will O’Hearn. His earliest memory: repeatedly going with his mother, … Continue reading →

Return of The Macks

Fresh off a Willamette Week best new band win, former Eugeneans The Macks perform at WOW Hall

Arts Music 4 days ago

One album, Rabbit, out in spring 2022, and in the summer, a first-place finish in Willamette Week’s best new-band competition — for most rock bands, … Continue reading →

Culture

Shook Twins

Culture 4 days ago

It’s just a quick drive for the identical twin sisters from their home base in Portland, and an even quicker trip for folk-music fans in … Continue reading →

Gifts All Year Long

Gifts that keep giving or last and last in EW’s annual Gift Guide

Gift Guide 2 weeks ago

Not all gifts last forever — nor should they. Sometimes the fleeting joys are the best ones. Still, there’s nothing like the gift that keeps on … Continue reading →

No Plastic Panic

Two Eugene businesses help you go plastic-free this holiday season

Gift Guide 2 weeks ago

Holiday gift-giving need not equate to more garbage in the landfill, according to two Eugene businesses: Bhumi Refillery, with a retail location on Willamette Street, … Continue reading →

Love in Their Tummy

Ivy’s Cookin’ meals take the stress out of giving

Gift Guide 2 weeks ago

Rather than rummaging through a loved one’s closet to find what size sweater they wear, send them the gift of not having to cook dinner. … Continue reading →