AltWeeklies Wire
The Art of Black Historynew
Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power exhibit opens up a dialogue about history and race in Oregon.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
01-15-2014 |
Culture
The Growler Rushnew
Oregon's new beverage boom has ushered in a new era for libations: the era of the reusable container.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
11-15-2013 |
Food+Drink
Día de los Muertosnew
Behind the misunderstood and misappropriated Mexican holiday.
Eugene Weekly |
Alex Notman |
10-17-2013 |
Culture
The Art of Roadkillnew
There's more to picking up dead animals than meets the eye.
Eugene Weekly |
Eliza Murphy |
09-06-2013 |
Art
Designers and Models Work Together to Promote Healthy Body Imagenew
Many critics of the fashion industry place the blame on designers for fueling unhealthy body images by choosing models that more closely resemble coat hangers, but the truth is more complex: To promote healthier body image in the fashion world, designers and models must collaborate.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
04-26-2013 |
Fashion
Talking with Strangersnew
Before Hannibal Buress started doing stand-up comedy at 19 in Chicago, he wanted to be the “black Howard Stern.” Since then he’s written for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock and has appeared on Louie, Conan and Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
03-29-2013 |
Comedy
Prattling on with John Hodgmannew
The dapper literary humorist and comedian reflects on writing, the biology of laughter, his favorite comedians, high school and Battlestar Gallactica
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
03-07-2013 |
Comedy
The Electric Museum Acid Testnew
When artists use drugs, publications, shelter and lifestyle as tools for expression just as artists preceding them employed cameras, paint and clay; when artworks don’t fit neatly into a gilded frame or beneath a sparkling glass case, museums must adapt and turn the establishment on its head.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
02-04-2013 |
Art
The Art of Restorative Justicenew
The role of the arts in restorative justice explored through the eyes of an ex-inmate artist, a painter who depicts death row inmates' last meal requests, an opera and Sister Helen Prejean.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
01-11-2013 |
Art
Idle No Morenew
A new uprising for indigenous rights and environmental justice has begun. Kayla Godowa-Tufti, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon on Idle No More.
Eugene Weekly |
Kayla Godowa-Tufti |
01-03-2013 |
Commentary
A Gallery in the Cloudsnew
An Oregon-based online gallery brings buyers and artists together from across the globe.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
12-28-2012 |
Art
Fashioning an Industrynew
Eugene fashion designers are on the cusp of becoming financially and critically successful, but one thing stands in their way - the lack of local garment production house. After a string of fatal factory fires in Bangladesh, where Walmart has their clothes made, these designers want to bring manufacturing home.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
12-07-2012 |
Fashion
Tastes Like Chickennew
Want to eat local meat? One way to counter the big ag, big slaughterhouse trend is mobile slaughter units.
Eugene Weekly |
Ephraim Payne |
08-17-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: chicken farming
The Road to Mother Coffeenew
Will the mother of all coffee trees drive tourism in Ethiopia?
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
05-25-2012 |
Travel
Night Movesnew
A possibly appalling perspective on culture, as seen through the windows of a cruising cab, and as heard in the boozy banter of patrons opting to do the right thing and steer clear of the steering wheel.
Eugene Weekly |
Rick Levin |
04-27-2012 |
Culture
