Winter Reading 2019
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News
We’ve Got an Even Bigger Problem Now
Former Oregon congressman Les AuCoin remembers resisting Reagan, looks toward new problems
Shortly after President Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, he urged Americans to call their representatives and tell them to support his economic plan, which … Continue reading
Stockholm Syndrome
Gov. Kate Brown’s stay in London and Stockholm before 2019 track and field championships cost taxpayers nearly $40,000
On her way to Doha, Qatar, for the 2019 Track and Field Championships, Gov. Kate Brown and a team of staffers stopped in London and … Continue reading
At Your Service
More homeless services are not proven to make homelessness worse
In 1961, during a Eugene City Council meeting, members of the public debated where the Eugene Mission should be moved, or even reopened. At the … Continue reading
The New Big One
Earthquake expert sees climate change as bigger risk than the Cascadia Quake
Lucy Jones, 64, a geologist and research associate at the Seismological Laboratory of California Institute of Technology, has been called “the Beyoncé of earthquakes” by … Continue reading
Arts
Orchestral Abundance, Jazzy Intimacy
Music to get us through the dark nights
If December’s lack of lumens is leaving you sluggish, the Eugene Symphony’s Thursday concert at the Hult Center Thursday, Dec. 12, should supply just the … Continue reading
Winter Reading – Fiction
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Penguin Press, $26. Poet and author Ocean Vuong’s mother died Nov. 2 at age 51, after a … Continue reading
Hungarian Rhapsody
An urbane She Loves Me hits all the right notes at The Shedd
Even Scrooge would have to love She Loves Me, playing through Dec. 22 at The Shedd’s Jaqua Concert Hall. After all, this endearing and enduring … Continue reading
For the Rest of Us
Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes pens an alternative holiday classic in At Winter’s Edge
With wry humor, canny wisdom and an expansiveness of heart that captures the true spirit of the season, Eugene playwright Rachael Carnes has penned a … Continue reading
Culture
Chamber Music Amici
Get out some cake and a lot of birthday candles, and come celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a performance of by Chamber Music Amici. The … Continue reading
Winter Coast Range Hiking
Venture into a wilderness
This time of year — late fall, early winter — can be challenging as far as where to go on a hike is concerned. If … Continue reading
It’s About Time – December 2019
There is something about winter Solstice; the turn of the year that affects our outlook on the future. Winter solstice is deeply embedded in spiritual … Continue reading
Christmas Classics
Despite anything you may have been told by Fox News, no one has yet managed to kill Christmas, even in Eugene. Holiday spirit comes to … Continue reading
Gallery
Completing the Triangle
Nadav Kander, Jim Marshall and others bring the best photo books of 2019
Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture by Jim Marshall, Amelia Davis; compiled by Karen Grigsby Bates, Michelle Margetts, Joel Selvin and Meg Shiffler. Chronicle Books, $55. … Continue reading
Welcome to Mirrorland
EarthGang returns to Eugene with Guapdad 4000
The Portland Rally in Photos
A photo gallery of the Aug. 17 right-wing rally and counter-protest
Video
Surfs Drugs — Full Session
Eugene Weekly presents Surfs Drugs performing for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents Surfs Drugs full #lincolnstreetsessions recording live at the EW offices. Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live studio performances featuring … Continue reading