Starbucks Workers Strike Back!
On Thursday, March 2, at 11:30 am Alice was told she was being fired from the University of Oregon’s EMU Starbucks. After working at different...
Growing Pains Shows Sonic Growth
It’s been three years since Growing Pains, a band local to both Portland and Eugene, released its first full length album Heaven Spots. Since then...
Hold on Tight, We’re Going for a Ride
Break out your cowboy boots because bulls are ready to buck! Professional Bull Riding (PBR) Unleash the Beast is coming to Matthew Knight Arena Feb....
A Tall Tale at Skinner Butte
Buildings near Skinner Butte can now be a little bit taller. At a Feb. 13 Eugene City Council meeting, councilors voted 4-2 to increase the...
Life Lessons from Shakespeare
Springfield playwright Dorothy Velasco’s latest play, Ladies Shakespeare Club, premieres Friday, Feb. 17, for a two-weekend run at Very Little Theatre’s intimate Stage Left. The...
Eugene First City in Oregon to Ban Natural Gas
A split Eugene City Council passed a ban on natural gas in new low-rise construction at a Feb. 6 special meeting, and rejected the possibility...
Signal Ignites 4J Board Meeting
What should have been an ordinary meeting of the Eugene School District 4J Board of Directors quickly turned into tense debate with concerns about public...
Eugene’s City Hall Riviera
Eugene is buying a riverfront home. At a Jan. 30 special meeting, the Eugene City Council voted 7-1, with Councilor Emily Semple dissenting, to purchase...
Witching Hour
Few bands can match the pleasantly violent assault on the ears of The Stooges’ 1973 classic Raw Power. But Frankie and the Witch Fingers can...
A Walk Through Old New England
It’s been a bastion of flowering culture throughout the nation’s history, with Western European threads tied to much of it, and a slice of that...