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Protests, activism and more around Lane County

“One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate

Upcoming Protests, Rallies, Marches,Talks, Gatherings and More
• Eugene Say No to Flock, 7 pm, Monday, Oct. 13, Eugene City Council, Eugene City

“One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” — Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate Upcoming Protests, Rallies, Marches,Talks, Gatherings and More • Eugene Say No to Floc…

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Allow me, a University of Oregon student, to introduce you to the University of Oregon’s mighty five dining halls, pairing local ingredients with a restaurant experience. Small markets, cafes and two all-you-can-eat buffets are situated across campus.

Eating on Campus like a Pro

Acclimating to campus involves learning where you prefer to eat, where dining facilities are located, and how to satisfy your cravings. Allow me, a University of Oregon student, to introduce you to…

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Every week, readers write in about concerns in the community and across the nation. Read them all online or in print in Eugene Weekly’s letters to the editor!

From Inspiration to Microcosms

An Inspiration What an inspiring story about Cottage Grove teacher Kindra Roy (EW, 10/2). Although she had many challenging circumstances growing up, there were important adults in her life who men…

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As tuition costs keep climbing, housing is just another expense that many students have to worry about when leaving home for college. Finding affordable housing in today’s market can be a serious challenge, especially when the University of Oregon requires first-year students to live on campus.

Beyond The Dorms

As tuition costs keep climbing, housing is just another expense that many students have to worry about when leaving home for college. Finding affordable housing in today’s market can be a serious c…

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On Oct. 17, FUSEE will be hosting its second ever Fall Fire Festival, featuring live music, fire dancers and a silent auction. The fundraiser will be held at Claim 52’s new location on Lincoln Street.

Fighting Fire With Fire

“We need more than just a new policy, we need a new culture that welcomes all the gifts that fire brings,” says Timothy Ingalsbee, executive director of Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and E…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 2d

The University of Oregon Student Workers union interim president is currently looking for a new position at the university. Mae Bracelin says, “That does make me the third out of four campus labor union presidents to get my job cut, which is strange and suspicious.”

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UO Budget Hits Student Workers

The University of Oregon Student Workers union interim president is currently looking for a new position at the university. Mae Bracelin says, “That does make me the third out of four campus labor …

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A cool new map of Mount Pisgah, the latest on Chintimini Wildlife Center’s budget crisis, how to cope with the political craziness and what the hell is an alt weekly paper anyway in Eugene Weekly’s Slant column!

Slant — Sauntering

• Ever been lost hiking around at Howard Buford Park (or as everyone calls it, Mount Pisgah?) Trust us, it’s possible! Local cartographer and avid hiker Dave Imus tells us he’s been longing to make…

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Last spring, in Eugene Weekly, Local and Vocal Viewpoint writer Jim Arnold suggested that the Lane Community College Board of Education might resolve its dysfunction by electing some new members. Six months later, He writes “I admit that my optimism was misplaced."

Solving the LCC Board

By Jim Arnold Last spring, in these pages (EW, April 17), I suggested that the Lane Community College Board of Education might resolve its dysfunction by electing some new members. Six months later…

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Stereophonic made its Broadway debut in January 2024 and comes to The Hult Center 8 pm Friday, Oct. 17, 2 pm and 8 pm Saturday, Oct. 18, and 1 pm and 6:30 pm, Sunday, Oct. 19, at The Hult Center, 1 Eugene Center. Tickets start at $49. Get more information at EugeneWeekly.com.

‘Stereophonic’ to Rock the Hult

“We’re starting to feel like a real band in a recording studio, hearing ourselves back and coming up with ideas,” says Christopher Mowood, one of the lead actors in the Broadway show Stereophonic.&…

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Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an official Oregon state holiday devoted to commemorating Indigenous peoples’ culture and history. It lands on Columbus Day, this year, as a counter-celebration to acknowledge the injustices Native American tribes have faced at the hands of European colonizers. Here are a

Celebrating Native People

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is an official Oregon state holiday devoted to commemorating Indigenous peoples’ culture and history. It lands on Columbus Day, this year, as a counter-celebration to acknow…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 4d

After a depressing summer sitting on the back deck overlooking one lone, dying birch and a grass desert with a few dandelions visited upon occasion by a bumble bee, we both agreed we wanted to create a habitat where a variety of insects and birds could visit and flourish.
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Creating a Healthy Garden

Six years ago, my sweetie and I moved from a home with a very diverse and interesting garden in the South Hills to a more normal plot in the flatlands of north Eugene. After a depressing summer sit…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 4d

There are lots of great lesser-known places for new students who may be underage to catch a show. These venues book everything from jazz to punk, acoustic music and more. For our back-to-campus edition, we’ve compiled some of them here. Did we miss one? Let us know.

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Beyond the Bars

Eugene’s larger venues, like the Hult Center, McDonald Theatre, John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts and WOW Hall, are well-known to locals and those new to town soon hear about them. Some other pl…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 4d

This year’s Environmental Film Festival festival kicks off with the Love Where You Live river cleanup Oct. 12. Film screenings at Art House — along with field trips and walks with nonprofits and businesses, Bulk Handling Systems, BRING Recycling, Beyond Toxics and more — are set for Oct. 13 - 19.

‘Being Part of the Solution’

It’s been a labor of love since 2017 when Ana McAbee co-founded the Eugene Environmental Film Festival. This year’s festival kicks off with the Love Where You Live river cleanup Oct. 12. Film scree…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 5d

Eugene’s Bird Friendly Community Coalition — made up of 11 local ornithological and conservation groups — will celebrate local migratory birds with Wings on Willamette: A World Migratory Bird Day Festival 1 pm to 4 pm to Sunday, Oct. 12, at Alton Baker Park Shelters.

Birders of a Feather

The Vaux’s swifts are headed to Central America and Venezuela; the Hammond’s flycatchers have already left for Mexico; and the warbling vireo will soon, too, be flying south. Many of Lane County’s …

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 5d

A Eugene shrimp farm? An Iowa-based entrepreneur is considering building a computer data center in west Eugene and using cooling water from the facility as warm water for a shrimp farm that would be built next door. The details are fuzzy and it’s uncertain whether the project will ever move forward.

Combo Meal: Data Center and Shrimp Farm

An Iowa-based entrepreneur is considering building a computer data center in west Eugene and using cooling water from the facility as warm water for a shrimp farm that would be built next door. The…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 6d

Sharing the bill with Lazarus Pearl on Sunday is Eve ’n the Bad Apples, a soul, funk and pop group. Cover charge $5. Read more in Eugene Weekly's What's Happening Calendar.

Musical Love at First Sight

It often happens that when talented musicians meet organically out in the world, it is musical love at first sight. But sometimes, when you’ve just become musically “single,” it’s important to put …

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 6d

It’s Banned Books Week.

Should Adolph Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, be banned from libraries in Oregon? That is the question members of Authors Against Book Bans asked visitors to our table at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) show in Spokane, Washington, at the end of September.

Good News on Book Bans

Should Adolph Hitler’s book Mein Kampf be banned from libraries in Oregon? That is the question members of Authors Against Book Bans asked visitors to our table at the Pacific Northwest Booksellers…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 6d

This is a guide to some of the best options for, I’ll just be blunt, where to get your weed as a college student. Read the rest in Eugene Weekly’s Back to Campus issue.

Dazed in the Eug

Duck football Coach Dan Lanning’s famous quote, “The grass is damn green in Eugene,” is applicable to the Big E in more ways than one. Eugene is not just Tracktown USA and the home of a certain leg…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 6d

Celebrate a decade’s worth of artistic creation at Hiding in Plain Sight, an exhibit of artist Don Hudgins’ softcut block carvings at Black Forest Tattoo in Springfield. The show kicks off with an artist’s reception 5 pm to 7:30 pm, Friday, Oct. 10, as part of downtown Springfield’s Second Friday Ar

What’s Hidden, On View

Celebrate a decade’s worth of artistic creation at Hiding in Plain Sight, an exhibit of artist Don Hudgins’ softcut block carvings at Black Forest Tattoo in Springfield. The show kicks off with an …

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 6d

Back to Campus!

Food, fun and other random bits of information for the start of the college year in Eugene Weekly’s Back to Campus issue!

Back to Campus!

It’s Oregon, so that means the college year has just begun! The West Coast likes the quarter system, so while most of the country is slogging back to school at the end of August, we like to wait ti…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 11d

Legendary British rock singer Morrissey performs Oct. 9 at the Hult Center, though he arrives in Eugene in the doghouse with much of his once-loyal fanbase.

But we asked Eugene fans if Morrissey's political turn affected their decision to buy a ticket. Read more at EugeneWeekly.com in an online ext

Legendary British rock singer Morrissey performs Oct. 9 at the Hult Center, though he arrives in Eugene in the doghouse with much of his once-loyal fanbase. (As an aside, in his autobiography, Morr…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 11d

It seems like magic: The Metolius River emerges fully grown at 50,000 gallons a minute from the base of an old volcano in Central Oregon. Sample the river’s wizardry with either of two easy hikes along the oasis-like riverbank.

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It seems like magic: The Metolius River emerges fully grown at 50,000 gallons a minute from the base of an old volcano in Central Oregon. Sample the river’s wizardry with either of two easy hikes a…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 11d

The Native American Arts & Crafts Makers Market returns 10 am to 4 pm Oct. 5 at the Farmer’s Market Pavilion, showcasing works from Indigenous artisans and craftspeople from the Pacific Northwest and the Americas.

Read more about the Native American Arts & Crafts Makers Market in Eugene Weekly.

Crafted by Native Hands

The Native American Arts & Crafts Makers Market returns Oct. 5 at the Farmer’s Market Pavilion, showcasing works from Indigenous artisans and craftspeople from the Pacific Northwest and the Ame…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 12d

The University of Oregon Neuroscience Club is partnering with the Alzheimer’s Association for Eugene’s annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The event will be held on the UO campus for the first time Sunday, Oct. 5. Read more about the UO Neuroscience Club and the Walk to End Alzheimer's in Eugene Weekly.

The Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s Strides to the UO campus

The Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the largest fundraiser fighting for Alzheimer’s care and research in the world, with more than 600 participating communities. The Uni…

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Eugene Weekly @eugeneweekly.com · 12d

The “Delgani family” has a new member. Amanda Grimm played alongside Delgani String Quartet last season as a guest violist in a series of concerts in Salem, Corvallis, Portland and, finally, at Springfield’s Wildish Theater in celebration of dance with members of Eugene Ballet Company.

A New Note For Delgani

The “Delgani family” has a new member. Amanda Grimm played alongside Delgani String Quartet last season as a guest violist in a series of concerts in Salem, Corvallis, Portland and, finally, at Spr…

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