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This tropical tiki bar in Springfield is brimming with character
Walking into The Monkey’s Paw in Springfield feels like stepping into another dimension. At first, it is pitch black inside, with gentle tiki exotica tunes playing over a hidden speaker, luring patrons inside like a siren song. ...
Two parakeets, a purebred lab, and a golden tabby cat are up for adoption in Lane County
Greenhill Humane Society Pippy and Skippy are a bonded pair of parakeets up for adoption at Greenhill Humane Society. These best friends are 6-month-old-females who love to talk to one...
Where to watch 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' and where to find those funky popcorn buckets
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,"a sequel to the cult classic "Beetlejuice" starring Michael Keaton and a young Winona Ryder, is hitting theaters next week. Keaton and Ryder are returning stars, and Jenna Ortega will round out the cast. Moviegoers around the country are excited and looking to rein in the new film with ephemera that shows...
Good Food, Good Drinks, Great Artistic Dancing
Food, drink and dance — and be sure to add some glitter. What more can anyone ask for on a late summer weekend? Fermata Ballet Collective starts off a ballet weekend August 30 with the Disco Dream Gala — please dress up because glamor and glitter are encouraged. Not only can you enjoy a contemporary dance performance, there will be nonalcoholic cocktails from High Street Tonics and hors d’oeuvres as well as raffle baskets from local businesses and artisans. Fermata Ballet Company is a Eugene company founded in 2020. Its mission statement, noted on its website, is to “diversify ballet” by “acknowledging identity, personal experience and creating enriching and inclusive programing.” Ballet Fantastique follows August 31 with its annual Ballet in the Vineyard at Silvan Ridge Winery, a benefit performance for the Eugene-based ballet company. As the sun sets behind the rolling hills of the winery, you can eat from the globally inspired menu items of the Lily Belle Bistro food truck and listen to music from Argentine composer Juan Luqui and French composer Mauve Robichez while watching the Ballet Fantastique dancers perform uplifting and site-specific choreography.
Two Nights of Sterling Music
Romantic masterpieces from two German composers blend with tango, jazz and classical music are played with a twist of humor when Chamber Music Amici presents the two-day Summer Mini Festival at Mount Pisgah Arboretum. The Sept. 3 concert features the “Piano Trio in G Minor” by Clara Schumann, the wife of legendary composer Robert Schumann, as well as the “Horn Trio in E-flat Major” by Johannes Brahms. Musicians for the concert include Joseph Berger on French horn, Sunmi Chang on violin, Jason Duckles on cello and Eunhye Grace Choi, Chamber Music Amici’s artistic director, on piano. On Sept. 4, Chamber Music Amici returns with an almost entirely different roster of musicians playing tango works from Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla and Oregon composer Kenji Bunch as well as music by Felix Mendelssohn and Bohuslav Martinů. Tomás Cotik on violin, Benjamin Greanya on bassoon, Wonkak Kim on clarinet, Joseph Klause on trumpet and Steven Pologe on cello (pictured) join Choi for the evening of music. — Dan Buckwalter.
Music for Oregon’s Wildlife
From its humble beginnings as a backyard fundraiser 15 years ago, Bigstock has evolved into one of Oregon’s biggest nonprofit concerts with performances from world-class musicians. This year the Eugene-based conservation organization and longtime forest and wildlife advocate Cascadia Wildlands is a beneficiary of the event. Bigstock has attracted...
Blackberry Picking for a Cause with Rooted Remedies
In the poem “Blackberrying,” Sylvia Plath describes picking blackberries as an experience that immerses the senses; it sounds heavenly — “Ebon in the hedges fat / With blue red juices.” This Saturday, August 31, you can have your own “Blackberrying” experience. Rooted Remedies will be hosting Wildcrafting at Buford Park. The event will consist of picking blackberries — particularly invasive Himalayan and Armenian blackberries. Though the Himalayan and Armenian blackberries may be sweet, their effect on the ecosystem is quite sour, taking up more resources than native plants, including the blackberries native to Oregon, the Pacific blackberry. In short, the Himalayan and Armenian blackberries are greedy, which is why Rooted Remedies, in partnership with Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah’s Native Plant Nursery and part of their “Invasive Species Utilization Project,” a collaboration with Lane County Parks, will be working to mitigate the spread of Himalayan and Armenian blackberry seeds by picking the fruit and using them to create herbal medicine. They’ll be concocting blackberry shrubs, a drink with vinegar and sugar with a nice sweet and sour balance. Blackberries are rich in antioxidants and minerals on top of being tasty. All of the tools for making herbal medicine will be provided. Wear clothing that you won’t mind possibly getting dirty, including shoes that could get wet or muddy. A hat and sunglasses are recommended. Stay hydrated, bring water. Stay nourished, bring snacks. And for your curiosity, bring a notebook and pen. This Saturday can be your chance to pick away interloping berries, a sweet way to help make a difference.
Lane County Tuesday Market brings fresh fall produce
Many are aware of the weekly farmer’s market on Saturdays in downtown Eugene, but the weekly Lane County Tuesday market is lesser known. Held every week at the Market Pavilion on the corner of 8th Avenue and Oak Street, the Tuesday market offers a more peaceful energy than the popular Saturday Market. As the summer growing season comes to an end, the Lane County Tuesday Market prepares for fall and begins filling their stands with apples, eggplants and other seasonal fall fruits and veggies.
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