AltWeeklies Wire
Back to Nature: Naked Blackberry Whacking and Other Earth Day Delightsnew
The mission of the Glassbar Island Volunteers is to create and maintain a peaceful, nurturing symbiosis between the natural habitat and the nudists who enjoy it.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
04-22-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Glassbar Island, Earth Day
Airstream Dreams: Life in a Silver Twinkienew
Airstreams appeal to hipsters and retirees, kids, teens and those of us who read Tom Robbins and thought it would be cool to live in a vehicle altered to look like a giant roast turkey. New or used, people haul them, live in them, fix them up or sometimes just fixate on them.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
04-01-2010 |
Culture
Compact Visions: 2009's Oscar-Nominated Short Filmsnew
It would be a mistake to look at short film as only a step on the way to features, just as it would be unfair to think of short stories as only an introduction to an eventual novel.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
03-04-2010 |
Reviews
Fantasy Island This Isn’tnew
With great swipes of heavy cello music, the brooding, frightening Shutter Island opens aboard a ferry sluicing through the fog. Aboard the vessel are Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio), a federal marshal, and his new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo). Their destination is Shutter Island in the Boston harbor.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
03-04-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese
Tea Time? Who are These People and What Do They Want?new
The Tea Partiers say that they are a bipartisan group with conservative and Libertarian ideals. They want to get back to God and the Constitution. They say they are Republicans and Democrats alike, but we were not able to find any Democrats associated with the Tea Party.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
02-18-2010 |
Politics
License to Lie: Criminals Lie, but So Do Police Officersnew
Police officers don’t have to tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth — not while they’re trying to arrest you, investigate you or even while they’re interviewing you. There are times they do have to tell the truth, and there are times when lying becomes entrapment, and that’s not legal.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-21-2010 |
Crime & Justice
What's all the Dam Fuss? The Army Corps Plays with Willamette's Water Flowsnew
The Army Corps of Engineers teaming up with The Nature Conservancy to change the way the river flows as part of their “Sustainable Rivers Project." The alliance will experiment with the way the Corps manages flows of water from the dams to see if it might alter the future for the fish and the river’s ecosystem. With TNC’s reputation for bowing to big business and the Corps’ bedraggled renown for bad projects like the “monumental negligence” that led to the flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, it’s hard not to look at that particular pairing without some skepticism. But can the unlikely pairing improve the river, or is the Sustainable Rivers Project a greenwash scheme to make dammed rivers look better?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-03-2009 |
Environment
Democracy is Messy: Amy Goodman Works to Clean Up Dirty Politicsnew
Amy Goodman both writes the headlines and has been in the headlines as one of best-known independent media journalists on the frontlines of the news, and as an outspoken critic of U.S. policy and politicians.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
11-19-2009 |
Media
Break on Through: John Giovanni Storms the Next Big Thing Competitionnew
A band of under-21 musicians called John Giovanni win the the Eugene Weekly's Next Big Thing contest to find Eugene's next hit single.
Eugene Weekly |
Rick Levin |
11-13-2009 |
Music
Fetish Fun: Kinky Out of the Closetnew
They might spank; they might wear black masks, be turned on by vinyl clothes or think guys in gas masks are way hot. But all of them would like you to know that it's OK to be kinky.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
10-08-2009 |
Culture
'In the Loop': War of the Wordsnew
Never before have I seen the word mellifluous used -- quite accurately, no less -- to describe the dialogue of a film rich with such remarkable profanity.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Armando Iannucci, In the Loop
'Inglourious Basterds': Dogs on the Runnew
Inglourious Basterds is vintage Tarantino, and quite possibly the director's masterpiece.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'O'Horten': Norwegian Wouldnew
It would be a mistake to overstate or oversell Bent Hamer's sweet, dry, restrained film, which applies an appealing spareness to the story of a 67-year-old man experiencing a transformative few days.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'District 9': Alienatednew
District 9 works as a pure sci-fi thriller as well an allegory for large-scale human rights violations.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
'Ponyo' Is Almost Perfectnew
Hayao Miyazaki's latest is glorious, and gloriously fun.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
Reviews
