Eugene Weekly

01/09/2024

Coffee for a cause? Thank you on West 11th in the Planet Fitness lot! Is there anything more Eugene than grabbing a coffee at the drive-through and a copy of the Weekly? Metro Bru will be contributing a dollar for every drink on Wednesday, January 10!

01/07/2024

Thank you Sweet Life Patisserie for helping us with our fight to get back into print!

Hey folks! On Tuesday, January 9th, we are donating 10% of our sales to Eugene Weekly, to help get them back in print! Hope to see you then!

01/07/2024

“If you believe there are factual truths — for example, that climate change is largely the result of human activity, that vaccines protect us from the worst effects of COVID-19, and that Trump lost the 2020 presidential election — then how do you account for the millions of people who ignore these facts in favor of alternative ones?” Paul Bodin asks in a Local and Vocal Viewpoint.

Come ponder “Living in a Post-Truth Era” at the Eugene Public Library Jan. 10 at 6 pm.

Post Truth Are real facts and alternative facts simply up for grabs? Viewpoint by Guest ViewpointPosted on 01/04/2024Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new windo...

01/07/2024

From EW’s current crisis, to the ongoing crises of health care, politics and nature, local readers still want to have a voice, and we are trying to provide it!

EW readers still weighing on all the news Letters by Letters EditorPosted on 01/04/2024Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) SORRY TO EW Just wow! So so...

01/06/2024

Welcome the new year with ‘Brahms, Bernstein and Beyond’ Jan. 7 at The Jazz Station. The Classical on Broadway series returns with pianist Eunhye Grace Choi and clarinetist Wonkak Kim, joined by cellist Steven Pologue, performing at 3 pm.

Wonkak Kim and Eunhye Grace Choi. Photo courtesy of The Jazz Station. The Classical and Beyond Classical on Broadway returns to The Jazz Station Jan. 7 Music by Dan BuckwalterPosted on 01/05/2024Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to em...

01/05/2024

How are we doing? That’s a loaded question these days, but Eugene Weekly is still trying to make a comeback.

The community’s support can make a difference EW-Extra by EW StaffPosted on 01/04/2024Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Dear Eug...

01/05/2024

“O masters, lords and rulers in all lands,
is this the handiwork you give to God,
This monstrous thing distorted and soul-quenched?”

These were the words of Oregon’s first poet laureate, Edwin Markham, who served from 1923 to 1931. It’s time for the state to choose its poet once again. Learn about the history of the state poet and who local poets would choose in this story by Bob Keefer.

Picking a Poet Oregon is looking for a new Poet Laureate; nominate your favorite bard for the job by Jan. 8. We ask local writers for their choices. Arts by Bob KeeferPosted on 01/04/2024Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a li...

01/05/2024

Robyn Leslie Hatcher was musically gifted and honed her talents on more than five different instruments, traveling across the country to satisfy her free spirit.

However, a rough start in early childhood and a series of severe bullying incidents in Eugene schools led her to seek out drugs by the age of 12. Hatcher was 23 years old when she died Dec. 11, 2023, in Eugene.

An obituary for one of our city’s unhoused community members.

Robyn Leslie Hatcher, 2000-2023 A free-spirited, multi-faceted musician and nationwide traveler NewsObituary by Emma J NelsonPosted on 01/04/2024Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click....

01/04/2024

Thank you so much to Tacovore who is doing an all-day fundraiser today, Thursday Jan. 4 (the day we wish were back in the red boxes).

Thank you so much for supporting local businesses who are working to get us back on our feet!

Well shoot, looks like the Eugene Weekly needs all of our help to get back on its feet after some weird s**t going down in its accounting department. We’ll be holding an all day fundraiser tomorrow Thursday 1/4 to help them out. You can still keep your dry January if need be and just have tacos and chips. Or if you’re like me, keep it moist and enjoy that occasional margarita for a good cause! We really don’t want our true local paper to go out of print in weird times like these. Keep it weird Eugene and keep it Weekly!

12/31/2023

Readers opine on the new Y (thumbs up), PeaceHealth (thumbs down) and the war in Gaza. Patrick Fay of Hentze Family Farm responds to the Guest Viewpoint by LandWatch Lane County, all in this week’s letters to the editor.

From PeaceHealth to the Y in Letters Letters by Letters EditorPosted on 12/28/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) WELCOME THE NEW Y Went to the Y....

12/29/2023

Stretch your legs and start the new year right Jan. 1 with a free nature hike or a horseback ride along the trails of Elijah Bristow State Park. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is again partnering with America’s State Parks for free guided First Day Hikes. More information is at Stateparks.Oregon.gov.

Steve Hancock, Elijah Bristow State Park RangerPhoto courtesy of Elijah State Park Hit The Trails — On Foot Or Horseback Elijah Bristow State Park hosts a free guided First Day Hike as well as a horseback ride on New Year’s Day Outdoors by Dan BuckwalterPosted on 12/28/2023Click to share on Face...

12/29/2023

O’Brien MemorialLibrary has a long history in Blue River. Frances O’Brien started it in 1928,lending the books from her house with an honor system of no due dates or fines. The library burned to the ground in the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire, and now the community is rebuilding.

Photo courtesy O'Brien Memorial Library One Book At A Time The McKenzie River community slowly recovers EW-ExtraNews by Melvin BravoPosted on 12/26/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window...

12/28/2023

Where is Eugene Weekly? There is no print paper this week, for the first time in more than 20 years. But we are fighting like hell to print another one. We recently discovered that EW has been the victim of embezzlement at the hands of someone we once trusted. Eugene Weekly is now heavily in debt and laid off its staff in the days before Christmas. But we are doing everything we can to come back from this, for the paper and the community we serve.

Where’s the Damn Paper? Eugene Weekly is fighting to come back after a massive financial blow News by EW StaffPosted on 12/28/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Ope...

12/24/2023

In this week’s letters to the editor, the Oregon initiative process, the proposal to spend public money on a baseball park for the Emeralds, Oregon’s forests and Gaza are among the issues on readers’ minds this week .

EW readers weigh in on the Oregon initiative process, the Ems and more in letters Letters by Letters EditorPosted on 12/21/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in...

12/24/2023

Welcome to the new Y, oops a mistake in a letter, good to see you Gov. Kotek, come back soon, and more of the Weekly’s musings in this week’s Slant opinion column.

Photo by Todd Cooper From no EW next week to does football hurt housing in Slant Slant by Editorial BoardPosted on 12/21/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in n...

12/23/2023

It’s been almost 30 years of genre-defying electronic music with a dozen albums and concert recordings, and now Thievery Corporation — Rob Garza and Eric Hilton — bring their eclectic EDM to McDonald Theatre Dec. 27.

Photo Courtesy of Thievery Corporation Find Joy, Fight The Establishment The EDM duo Thievery Corporation brings its eclectic sounds to McDonald Theatre Music by Dan BuckwalterPosted on 12/21/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to e...

12/22/2023

On Thursday, Dec. 14, Gov. Tina Kotek visited Lane County on the final stop of her One Oregon Listening Tour. Kotek visited 36 counties over the last year and says she spoke with more than 1,000 people across 100 towns about how we can improve Oregon.

Tina Kotek. Photo by Todd Cooper. Tina Kotek’s Final Frontier Gov. Tina Kotek concludes her 36-county One Oregon Listening Tour by spending the day in Lane County EW-Extra by Emerson BradyPosted on 12/19/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new win...

12/22/2023

A seventh-generation Oregonian whose ancestors arrived by covered wagon, Riley Derrick was a bat boy for the Eugene Emeralds while in middle school, and his first paid job, at age 15, was in Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour. After graduation from Churchill High School, he found a job at the local Costco Wholesale Warehouse, where he is now known for his creative locker decorations. He’s this week’s Happening Person.

Riley Derrick Happening People by Paul NeevelPosted on 12/21/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Riley Derrick. Photo by Paul Neevel. “I’ve al...

12/22/2023

The city-owned Hult Center is spending $170,000 a year on a new high tech security system that scans people as they enter the building. The company that provided the magnetometers is under investigation by the FTC for possible misrepresentation of its product.

The Hult Center for the Performing Arts Insecurity Measures The Hult Center and two other Eugene music venues use scanners from a company under fire for letting weapons slip by in schools News by Emma J NelsonPosted on 12/21/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumbl...

12/22/2023

A timeless love story that brings to life the power of imagination and the magic that can be found within it comes back to the stage at the Hult Center when Eugene Ballet presents seven performances of a holiday classic, ‘The Nutcracker,’ Dec. 21 through Dec. 26.

Clara and Hans. Photo by Ari Denison. Clara, A Prince, A Fairy And The Mouse King — Take A Bow Eugene Ballet brings ‘The Nutcracker’ to life at the Hult Center Dec. 21-26 Dance by Dan BuckwalterPosted on 12/21/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens ...

12/21/2023

We asked local nonprofits and their supporters to nominate themselves for Eugene Weekly’s annual guide to giving. “As the Winter Solstice brings light to the world, here’s your chance to bring light to others by contributing to local nonprofits.”

Illustration by Chelsea Lovejoy Give Guide If in doubt, help others out Culture by EW StaffPosted on 12/21/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) As....

12/17/2023

The war in Gaza remains the highest priority this week for Eugene Weekly letter-to-the editor writers, though we also hear about health care, climate change and a great performance by the University of Oregon Gospel Ensemble — not to mention keeping EW’s astrology column going.

EW readers weigh in on health care, Gaza — and keeping the astrology column going Letters by EW-staffPosted on 12/14/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new...

12/16/2023

In Eugene Weekly’s highly opinionated Slant column, you can read about a new candidate — and evangelical life coach — who has signed up to run for mayor of Eugene, challenging architect Kaarin Knudson, as well as a City Club program on visions for the future of Eugene.

Another candidate running to replace Mayor Lucy Vinis in the 2024 primary election and more in Slant Slant by Editorial BoardPosted on 12/14/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click....

12/16/2023

A 50-year retrospective of photographer Guy Weese’s work, along with the surreal photography of David Becker and paintings by Alaina Shea, who is making her exhibit debut, are December’s featured exhibits at Emerald Art Center in Springfield. The three exhibits run through Jan. 5.

From A First Show To A 50-Year Retrospective The Emerald Art Center hosts three exhibits through Jan. 5 EW-ExtraVisual Arts by Dan BuckwalterPosted on 12/14/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in n...

12/15/2023

Olena Kravchenko is an environmentalist who is determined to restore Ukraine’s once thriving nature and wildlife amidst a war that has ravaged soil and littered the country with land mines. With the help of Eugene nonprofit Environmental Law Alliance, Kravchenko and Ukrainian nonprofit Environmental People Law have set out to formulate a green recovery plan that includes restoration and charging Russia with ecocide.

Nature During Wartime Olena Kravchenko and Eugene nonprofit Environmental Law Alliance have teamed up to restore Ukraine’s war-torn forests News by Emerson BradyPosted on 12/14/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to email a link t...

12/15/2023

On Oct. 15 Eugene’s only ice rink, The Rink Exchange, sent a letter to Lane County commissioners requesting support in obtaining a longer lease on the rink and a new refrigeration unit and coils to maintain the facility. The Rink Exchange has independently raised nearly $80,000 so far, but needs $500,000 to complete the renovations necessary to keep the rink cool.

Hockey. Photo by Todd Cooper. Ice Melts Eugene’s one and only ice rink needs half a million dollars to complete ice-saving renovations such as a new refrigeration unit and coils Culture by Emerson BradyPosted on 12/14/2023Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Op...

12/15/2023

There’s no room for a miser Scrooge this Christmas season. Bah, humbug! to that. Instead, join The No Script Society Improv for holiday laughs in ‘A Scriptless Carol’ Dec. 15 through 17 at Very Little Theatre Stage Left. Shows on Friday and Saturday are at 7:30 pm and Sunday’s matinee begins at 2 pm

Ad-libbing Scrooge in ‘A Scriptless Carol’ The No Script Society Improv, with audience participation, performs three shows Dec. 15 through 17 based loosely on ‘A Christmas Carol’ at Very Little Theatre’s Stage Left Theater by Dan BuckwalterPosted on 12/14/2023Click to share on Facebook (Op...