Winter Happenings
No, you’re not making it up: The days really are short, the nights really are long, and both tend to be chilly and damp here … Continue reading
News
Storage Shortage?
Downtown Eugene area to get four-story storage-unit complex
Bored by all the apartment construction going on in central Eugene? Here’s a development of a different flavor: A four-story storage-unit building, for folks in … Continue reading
Cooking Up Something Good
Burrito Brigade makes progress on its new, 96-year-old building
Inside a nearly 100-year-old building on West 1st Avenue, construction crews are tearing up the floor to make way for Burrito Brigade’s newest project. For … Continue reading
Needing the Dough
Reality Kitchen’s expansion ushers in a new era for the nonprofit
Reality Kitchen on River Road is organized chaos. The constantly busy cash register sits next to a case of cakes, pies and pastries. In the … Continue reading
Activist Alert
Protests, activism and more around Lane County
“Resistance is the secret of joy!” — Alice Walker, novelist • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org for protest updates. If arrested at a protest: Eugene Jail Support is 541-515-5721 … Continue reading
EW Extra
EW Asks — The Holidays
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When I See an Elephant Fly
Behind the scenes of the puppets and acrobats that bring ‘Water for Elephants’ to life at the Hult Center Nov. 6 through Nov. 8
Setting up the large production of the Broadway show Water for Elephants on the Hult Center stage, Nov. 6 through Nov. 8 is a gargantuan … Continue reading
It’s Just Us Girls in the House of Borden
Oregon Contemporary Theatre’s punk all-girl musical lets Lizzie Borden tell her dark side of the story
Lizzie Borden took an axe. Gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, gave her father 41. We’ve all heard the … Continue reading
Inside Lane County’s Election Ballot Process
Eight crucial steps the county takes to verify ballots
Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with high stakes across the country and region, Lane County officials gave members of the media an inside look … Continue reading
Arts And Culture
Fall Delights at Alsea and Green Peak Falls
Waterfalls, trees, mushrooms, salmon and more
If you’re feeling called to a late autumn hike where you can see fall colors and waterfalls, hug a big tree and see salmon spawning, … Continue reading
The Avant Garde Unites Itself in Nova ’78
Never before seen footage unveils 1978 Beat convention
There is no sharper weapon than the written word. In other news, the Space Age is upon us. In 1978, Beat Generation writer William S. … Continue reading
The Boognish Provides
Eugene tribute band plays Ween album front to back at John Henry’s
Singer and guitarist Adam Corkery may never have learned to play guitar if not for Dean Ween (Mickey Melchiondo), of Ween, the long-running eccentric rock … Continue reading
Comfort for the Holidays
Cozy up with music, dance and theater during these cold, dark nights
No, you’re not making it up: The days really are short, the nights really are long, and both tend to be chilly and damp here … Continue reading
Local & Vocal
Trick or Permit?
There’s a solution to allowing friendly block parties
By Emma Kuhn “Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, let us occupy the street!” Those were the words chanted on Halloween night at the corner of 25th … Continue reading
Block the War
Dear Sens. Merkley and Wyden
By Henry F. Disney Memorial Chapter of Veterans For Peace #159 On Oct. 20, we joined hundreds of chapters of Veterans For Peace demonstrating at … Continue reading
Tacoma Tears
Reflections on a trip to the Northwest ICE Processing Center
By Victoria Koch It’s Saturday, Sept. 5, and we’re driving up I-5 heading to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma for a La Resistencia … Continue reading
Let’s Make it Your Damn Paper
We’re working toward community ownership of Eugene Weekly. Help us make it happen.
When I learned last week that the Cottage Grove Sentinel was closing, it felt like a gut punch. I even cried a little. I was … Continue reading
Letters To The Editor
Garbage, Health Care and the American Dream in Letters
Customer Choice For decades, I was a Sanipac customer. I was rather disappointed when a mega-sized waste management company bought Sanipac, but I stayed as … Continue reading
Thanks, The Chef and More in Letters
Thank you, Eugene For years I’ve been searching for a home, always running in the hopes of one day finding a place where I wouldn’t … Continue reading
The Last Nov. 3 General Election Letters!
No on Jack Tibbetts This letter was a struggle. In part because Jack Tibbetts is such a friendly guy and is known by everybody around … Continue reading
Elections, Big Houses and More in Letters
Ed King and TV Butte Should you believe Sanipac is dumping Lane County garbage in Jackson County to hold your rates down, timber heiress Kathleen … Continue reading
Slant
Slant — Soothing
• Anyone else freak out when they walked into a local store on Halloween to buy (last minute) scary decor and candy only to discover … Continue reading
Slant — So what happened?
• The American people took charge of their own government in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, voting overwhelmingly against the sleaze, corruption, dishonesty, cruelty and … Continue reading
Slant — Sounding off
• It’s Best of Eugene and time to party! Celebrate 30 years of the Best of Eugene readers poll and all the amazing winners at … Continue reading
Slant — Seasonal!
• This week in sportsball — what’s up with Duck football? Wait, what’s up with high school football? The Marist High School football coach was dismissed … Continue reading
Chow
Seasonal Creep
Pumpkin spice? Food review, bitches
Seasonal creep is the irritating guilty pleasure we hate to love. In nature, it’s what happens when the usual timing of the seasons gets shoved … Continue reading
Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Icing
Recipes from the kitchen of The Salty Chef
Cookie Dough 2/3 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 cup pumpkin purée — not pumpkin pie filling, … Continue reading
From India to Your Kitchen
For nearly 25 years, Vishnu India Imports has been a place of community, new dishes
Vijay Sachdeva and her family moved to Oregon in 1992 from India. They left New Delhi, one of the most populated cities in the world, … Continue reading
Uptown Girl
What to buy at your local Filipino market
On Sept. 6, I honored the 10-year anniversary of my grandmother, Delia Mangali’s death from leukemia. I sat in my Eugene apartment, staring down at … Continue reading
Music
Reindeer Rock
Rock music meets holiday favorites at Beyond Toxics benefit
Rock, classical and holiday music combine for a good cause Dec. 11 when concert rock violinist Aaron Meyer performs Rock the Holidays at WOW Hall. … Continue reading
Traditional Scotland in Eugene
Cantrip comes to town with border pipes and fiddle
Cantrip will bring the traditional stylings of Scottish music to Eugene when they play WOW Hall Nov. 15. The group has played together for 25 … Continue reading
Pug-n-Play
Singer-songwriter Joe Pug on folk music and the perfect career
A defining characteristic of folk music is that it dreams of a better place: a new boss, peace on Earth or a Big Rock Candy … Continue reading
Get a Move On
ATL’s Improvement Movement plays WOW Hall
Atlanta rock band Improvement Movement calls itself a non-denominational cult. It’s a joke, but it suits the groovy collective spirit in what they do. The … Continue reading
Gallery
A Great Blue Wave
Local races see a Democratic push in the 2026 midterm election
Local elections saw a blue wave Nov. 3 that mirrored the national one, with Democratic and progressive candidates winning spots in the state Legislature, Eugene … Continue reading
Oct. 17 No Kings!
Photo gallery by Dan Morrison and Sam Z. Morrison
Climbing Beyond Limits
Members of the Oregon Parkinson’s Warriors Foundation find new ways to navigate the physical challenges of the disease
The broad crown of an Oregon white oak stretched into the foggy morning as four people clipped into tree-climbing saddles. Helmets secured, ropes threaded through … Continue reading
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Eugene Weekly Gives
Making doing good easy in Lane County
For years, Eugene Weekly’s Giving Guide has helped readers find local causes to support each holiday season. Now it’s grown into something bigger. Eugene Weekly … Continue reading
Date Night
Ideas for love, dates and everything in between
Ideas for love, dates and everything in between I Saw You Personal ads from the heart. Think a submission is about you? Reach out at … Continue reading
Simple Tips to Boost Your Mental Health
Prioritizing your mental well-being is just as important as taking care of your physical health – and it might be easier than you think. Making … Continue reading
Gregory Erling Flato
Gregory Erling Flato was born on June 27, 1947, in Astoria, Oregon, the oldest child of Erling and Esther Flato (née Kallunki) and passed away … Continue reading