16 Tons Pinot Noir Rosé Festival this Saturday
A few food and drink morsels: 16 Tons Café will hold a Pinot Noir Rosé Festival Saturday, June 14. Continue reading
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Springfield survey now online
An online survey regarding the city of Springfield’s historic places is now open for comments. See http://wkly.ws/1rz The survey is being conducted by the Springfield Historic Commission which invites residents, business owners, property owners and anyone who has an interest in the importance and future of Springfield’s historic places. The survey will close June 30. Continue reading
Sasquatch! Music Fest Musings
Free concert and exhibition Saturday afternoon
"A Spirited Bourrée" Concert and Exhibition Tour will be at 2 pm Saturday, June 7, at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on campus. Free. UO voice instructor Laura Wayte and her students will perform a recital of Catalan and Spanish songs. We had a wrong date for this concert in Brett Campbell's column this week. Continue reading
Whistleblowers get support
Whistleblowers get encouragement from a new organization supporting the release of information exposing constitutional violations, corporate corruption and secrets that are not in the public interest. The group is called Exposed Facts. Video features Norman Solomon, Jessalyn Radack, Daniel Ellsberg and Kirk Wiebe. Continue reading
Alder Street Album Art – Magnifique
Local rock-grass band Alder Street is hosting their CD release party Friday, June 6, for the new album Americannibal (read story on Alder Street here). Take a look at the album art when you get a chance because the front jacket of the CD was created by well known French illustrator Olivier Bonhomme. Bonhomme often illustrates political cartoons for Le Monde, perhaps the mostly widely read newspaper in France. Continue reading
Happy Father’s Day, OR-7!
It’s official: Wolf OR-7 and his lover have been busy making magic together and are now the proud parents of at least two wolf-lings, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Adorable baby wolves are good news in general, but OR-7 is particularly important because his love affair resulted in the first known wolf reproduction in the Oregon Cascades since the 1940s. Oh what a night! Continue reading
Eugene makes low-sprawl list
Credit Oregon's land use regulations or Eugene's efforts to keep within its urban growth boundary or our economic recession. Regardless, Eugene is ranked fourth in the nation in a new University of Utah analysis of cities in terms of "smart growth" and resisting sprawl. See http://wkly.ws/1rr Continue reading
Eugene Celebration, parade canceled
Rumors that the Eugene Celebration and parade are being canceled this year are true, according to Brendan Releford of Kesey Enterprises, the private organization that runs the celebration along with the McDonald Theater and Cuthbert Theater. A press release is expected to be sent out to media at about 5:30 pm today (Tuesday, May 3) Continue reading
Scam Alert: Watch out for “extra asphalt”
My first question when I saw this scam alert was: Who the heck would have "extra asphalt" that they would just go romping around rural Lane County trying to smear on your driveway? WATCH OUT FOR PAVING SCAMS IN LANE COUNTY News Release from Construction Contractors Board Posted on FlashAlert: June 3rd, 2014 11:14 AM Continue reading