AltWeeklies Wire
The Lazy Ass's Guide to Spray Cookingnew

Because eating should be as easy as shaving.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
08-12-2008 |
Food+Drink
Q&A with L.A. Painter, Muralist, Educator: Steven Lopeznew
Offers a Q&A with one of L.A.'s up and coming painters, chronicling his time spent in Eugene, Ore., and the difference between graffiti and public art.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
08-12-2008 |
Art
Large Questions Go Unanswered at Olympic Trialsnew

There were four "elephants on the track" at the Olympic Track & Field Team Trials: banned substances, corporate sponsorship, the shroud of ugliness over the Beijing Olympics and the way we deal with these underlying issues while simultaneously cheering on the U.S. athletes at the Trials and Summer Olympics.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
07-10-2008 |
Sports
Tags: China, Olympics, Eugene, Beijing, sports, essay, sports & fitness, Olympic Trials, doping, Nike
Do Sports Inspire Art, or Vice Versa?new
Three Eugene galleries hope to capitalize on the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials, with mixed results.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
06-19-2008 |
Art
Nekkid: In the Buff and Bare-ly Legalnew

Oregon has two seasons: rainy and naked. It's time for a hard look at Northwest nudity.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
06-05-2008 |
Culture
Massage My Beefnew
Kobe-style burgers are the best.
Eugene Weekly |
Vanessa Salvia |
05-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
Love in a Cupnew
Delicious, heavenly -- and vegan -- desserts from Eugene's The Divine Cupcake.
Eugene Weekly |
Amanda Burhop |
05-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
Pollen to Perfectionnew
Kekau Chocolatier steps up the taste game.
Eugene Weekly |
Suzi Steffen |
05-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
Rodeo Royals: Yoncalla's Cowgirl Queensnew

Picture a tiara-wearing beauty queen greeting a screaming crowd. She's smiling and waving without a hair out of place. Now put that queen on the back of a horse galloping full tilt, replace her high heels with a pair of cowgirl boots and stick that tiara on top of a cowgirl hat, and you're starting to get an idea of what a rodeo queen looks like.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-27-2008 |
Culture
Rafting a River to Save it in Tibetnew
American whitewater rafters team up with Chinese businessmen and Tibetans to bring the sport of rafting to China and save the Salween River from damming.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
01-09-2008 |
Recreation
A Guide to the Season's Best Box Setsnew
A roundup of the season's highly anticipated box sets for music and TV (with authorial "I" used liberally throughout).
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
12-17-2007 |
Shopping
How to Build a Luxury Snowcavenew
Instructions on building a pimped-out cave for a warm winter's night. Some degree of snark implied.
Eugene Weekly |
Chuck Adams |
12-13-2007 |
Sports
Baking Edgy Browniesnew
Nothing but chewy bits! What more could you want?
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
07-31-2007 |
Food+Drink
What's for Dinner?new
Looking to the future of food with some of Eugene's visionaries.
Eugene Weekly |
Adrienne van der Valk |
07-31-2007 |
Food+Drink