Eugene experimental classical musician Chris Mothersole celebrates his new album, Press Start, Oct. 1 at Art House. Mothersole, a clarinetist and composer, is a doctoral student at the University of…

A riot is the language of the unheard.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org for protest updates. If arrested at a protest: Eugene Jail Support is 541-515-5721 and Civil…

Hey kids, there’s gonna be a parade! The Eugene BRiGHT Parade is 7:30 pm, Saturday, Sept. 26 in downtown Eugene and Eugene Weekly will be there! Come see EW and our red boxes marching to the beat of…

A dear friend was injured in a head-on collision three weeks ago by an 88-year-old man whose car had crossed into her lane. Both cars were totaled and both she and he spent time in the hospital.

You’ve heard of pen pals? My girlfriend from high school (now lives in Oklahoma) and I have evolved into “thrift store pals.” She travels by car frequently, and she’ll stop at every thrift store on…

Professional soccer arrives in Eugene next year. To spread the word, the new team, Sporting Cascades FC, hosts Footy Fest Sept. 27 at Civic Park. The event features live music from multi-platinum…

Early 2000s R&B and pop music plays on the speakers as shoppers search through rows of secondhand clothing and peruse handmade jewelry and vintage handbags. Located down 5th Street Market Alley…

Daniel Dietz’s Rare and Used: Adventures of a Book Scout’s Apprentice is a delightful, uplifting page-turner that also poses significant questions central to the human experience…

I love an underdog. And don’t mistake “underdog” for powerless. Underdogs have dormant superpowers, just waiting for us regular folk to notice and unleash them. Let’s face it…

On the racks at Steezy Bus, the past is always in style. The blue 1992 short school bus draws a crowd wherever it goes. Racks line either side of the interior, another sits outside the front and…

To ensure it gets the rents and profits it wants, a Chicago developer is asking the city of Eugene to let it build an 18-foot-tall pergola/trellis and recreation area on the rooftop of the high-rise…

Callee Ackland, Navy veteran and progressive candidate for Springfield’s Ward 4 City Council, says the city deserves fresh voices that focus on people’s basic needs. At 33 years old…

Full Access, a nonprofit supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, hosts its 17th annual Sprout Film Festival Sept. 25. Taylor Higley, Full Access’ operations director says…

As a single mom raising a kid, my desire was to purchase whatever Halloween costume my son wanted, and of course, I always wanted him to have the best of everything. (Unless he threw a fit…

California rock musician Harley Isaac Rother, known as The Phantom, says McDonald’s restaurants aren’t what they used to be. Rother’s band, The Phantom A.D., performs Sept. 24 at Ghost Town Outfitters.

The cinematic fashion of teen idols like Molly Ringwald, Michael J. Fox and Lisa Bonet was truly Some Kind of Wonderful — but in Eugene, those Fast Times party on. It is not Weird Science to emulate…

Happy birthday to us! Sept. 16 marked 44 years of Eugene Weekly! OK, to be precise, 44 years ago What’s Happening launched and then transitioned into Eugene Weekly. That’s 44 years of news…

Thousands of people in Lane County have shown up at rallies over the past year because they are worried about what is happening in their workplaces, schools, communities and country.

I would just like to clear up a misunderstanding in the August 20 letter from Todd Boyle, who would like to see some Eugene landmarks renamed, including Westmoreland Park.

The Pacific Crest Trail can sound like a daunting undertaking, especially when taken all together. There’s no need to feel intimidated. I’m no through-hiker, but I can name several easily accessible…

Henry Hill Kammerer, formerly of Portland junkyard punk-and-blues duo Hillstomp, debuts his new band, Whipsaw, Sept. 19 at Blairally. Whipsaw comes to Eugene on their first run of Pacific Northwest…

After traveling the world, local musician Susanna Meyer performs global music with jazz interpretation at the Wildish Sept. 19 After decades of traveling the world to study music and dance…

Turning Tides Music Foundation, a promoter booking acoustic music in the Eugene area, presents the new daylong Turning Tides Folk Festival, Sept. 19, at Island Park in Springfield.

When the controversial German playwright Frank Wedekind wrote Spring Awakening in 1891, he subtitled it A Children’s Tragedy. The shocking work was widely criticized for indicating that adolescent…

Rock into fall at Everyone Fest Sept. 19, headlined by yacht rock cover band Candy Apple Bleu. This is the first official music festival for Everyone Village, a nonprofit transitional shelter for…

The Eugene City Council is holding a public hearing on a proposal to adopt a home energy score disclosure requirement. Advocates describe home energy scores as helpful to homebuyers by rating a home’s…

It was two years ago and more than 5,500 miles from his home in Eugene, and Stephen McKeon found himself at the global art exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. There, he stood face to face with “A…

Let the games begin! Each Wednesday, groups of one to six can play in Centennial Steak House and Sports Bar’s live-hosted Get in the Game Show. For three hours, players have the chance to play three…

Whether dancing in the rain or in the West, West Coast Swing Dance is a newer form of swing taking over the dance floor. The versatile form of partner dancing creates a smooth, flowing…

As an aging human, I have been trying daily to increase my gratitude and to look for miracle moments and joyous awakenings. Nature — Oregon’s majestic trees and mountains, the rolling ocean waves…

Despite their differences, young millennials and Gen-Z share several cultural moments that will bond them forever. These include the near impossible job market, the inability to buy a house and the…

Greetings fellow plant lovers! As summer wanes and we earnestly wait for fall rains, let’s look at some of our summer and fall pollinator plants. These late summer and fall blooming flowers are very…

At 103, Elizabeth Rice recalls her experiences with the Great Depression, World War II, the Vietnam War and more recent conflicts in the Middle East. Her family has long ties to American history…

“We are the women our parents warned us against, and we are proud.” — Gloria Steinem, feminist activist and writer • Check EugeneTogetherStrong.org for protest updates. If arrested at a protest…

Kenny Wayne Shepherd was among the ’90s blues revival, where a generation of rock guitarists came out of the woodwork to use the 12-bar traditions and Clapton deep cuts as their stairway to update and…

At any time, around 1.3 to 1.4 million people in the U.S. live in nursing homes or assisted living facilities — with roughly 35 percent of older adults entering a nursing home at some point within…

Springfield is throwing not one, but two parties Saturday, Sept. 12. Across 12 city blocks, Springfield’s The Block Party will bring a mechanical bull, a photo booth, live music, a giant Homer Simpson…

On a quarter acre of land in Eugene’s Santa Clara neighborhood live three friends. Between them are decades of stories — of loss, health care, chickens and, most notably, an age gap. Tea is a regular…

San Miguel Fraser is a duo that bills itself as playing a blend of Celtic and Castilian folk music. But according to Galen Fraser, son of acclaimed Scottish fiddle player and composer Alasdair Fraser…

As Penny Palmer, 85, stands in front of the downtown Eugene Federal Building each week with her friends, she sings her heart out to protest the actions of the current presidential administration and…

The older folks get, the more they protest — at least that’s what we’ve seen under the Trump administration. And the older folks get, the more interesting they are — from the songs of the Raging…

What’s more energetic, electric and humorously absurd than an improv performance? A themed improv performance. The Eugene improv group No Script Society’s fall shows take a unique approach to improv.

Sarah Everton, formerly of the Philadelphia post-punk band Blowdryer, brings her current project, Added Dimensions, to Eugene Sept. 9 at Moon Rock Records. Now based in Richmond, Virginia…

Wise Rooster Theatrics is a brand-new theater troupe with aspirations to mount full-scale musical theater in Eugene. The troupe held its first-ever Rooster’s Roadshow, a survey of popular musical…

Ballet Folklórico Colibrí, a youth dance troupe in Eugene focused on traditional folkloric dances from Mexico, has several performances this fall, including one at Maude Kerns Arts Center and one at…

This week’s rain got us thinking about fall, which got us thinking about Daylight Saving Time (yes, saving not savings). Clocks change at 2 am Nov. 1, the night Halloween slides into Día de los…

Two subjects that you might consider for the next Pet Issue (EW 8/13). 1) Pet waste. I walk the trail along West and East Amazon parkways. There is never a time I don’t see multiple green poop bags by…

“A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy, educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.” — Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet and critic •

For a cultural change of pace, head to the coast and see the high-spirited Little Ole Opry at the Liberty Theatre, a well restored vaudeville house in North Bend. Styled on Nashville’s century-old…