The Ducks Meet the Pigeons Meet PETA?
We couldn't make this up. From People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: October 23, 2013 Group Wants to Debut New Tongue-in-Cheek Attack of the Pigeons! Video Short at UCLA Bruins Game Continue reading
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Photos: STRFKR, Chrome Sparks & Feelings at WOW Hall [10.17.13]
Ballet Fantastique’s Zorro
BIJOU 72-HOUR HORROR FILM COMPETITION!
Boo, the Bijou wants you! Thursday, Oct. 24, is the kick off for the Bijou Metro’s first 72-Hour Horror Film Festival and Competition. Attention amateur and pro-filmmakers alike, here’s your chance to get screen time in our fair city with a fairly low commitment. From the Bijou’s website: Continue reading
Oregon Drive Less Challenge Begins Oct. 21
Oregon's first statewide Drive Less Challenge kicks off Oct. 21 and runs (and bikes and walks and carpools) through Nov. 1. The aim is to reduce vehicle miles traveled by 500,000 miles. Sign up at DriveLessChallenge.com/challenge to participate, and you can get an informational kit; you can even request a couple of freebies like leg straps for biking and pedometers. For more Eugene-centric information, like connecting with carpools and figuring out your best bike routes, check out point2pointsolutions.org. Sponsors Bike Friday and Wells Fargo are donating prizes. Continue reading
Is Westboro Baptist Church Coming to Corvallis on Sunday?
According to this flyer on the Westboro Baptist Church website (and yes, the church's URL really is GodHatesFags.com) the church (more accurately called an anti-gay hate group) is coming to the memorial service for a fallen soldier on Sunday. The memorial for 24-year-old Cody Patterson, a U.S. Continue reading
Photos: Langhorne Slim & The Law at WOW Hall [10.12.13]
Randolph Wesphal now in Oregon
German traveler and cancer survivor Randolph Westphal is in Oregon this week and is expected to be at the Quality Inn in Springfield today. His email is randy@randolph-westphal.de Continue reading
Photos: Kid Ink at Studio 44 [10.12.13]
New bikepath along the Willamette
A new bike and pedestrian path will open soon in Springfield. Here is the press release sent out today (Oct. 16) from Willamalane's public affairs department: The last leg of a new, 4-mile paved path along the Middle Fork of the Willamette River will be formally opened by Willamalane Park and Recreation District at noon on Friday, Oct. 25. Continue reading