You almost need a scorecard to keep up with the musical Cowsill family. The Cowsills – with three of the original seven siblings – are playing at Jazz Fest in New Orleans this April. They’re best known for their late ’60s hits ”Hair,” ”Love American Style” and ”The Rain, The[Read More…]
Entertainment
Elderberry wine, anyone? – Review: Arsenic & Old Lace fun, well-acted play
Aunts Abby and Martha (played by Nikki Pagniano and Marcee Long) carefully planning charitable acts of kindness. Photos provided/Cottage Theatre COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Theatre’s 38th season opened with gusto Friday night thanks to a relic of a farce, ”Arsenic and Old Lace.” Transported to a simpler time (the[Read More…]
Music Listings
THURSDAY, FEB. 27 • Umphrey’s McGee (jam band) McDonald Theater, 6 p.m. • Lyle Lovett (singer-songwriter) Shedd Institute, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, FEB. 28 • Tatiamo (Americana, folk, country) Saginaw Vineyard, 6 p.m. • Jesse Boden Band (Americana, roots rock, blues) The Brewstation, 7 p.m. • Tommy Castro & the Painkillers[Read More…]
NOTEBOOK
So, who’s up for a festival? If you’re a local musician, or a musician-in-training, the 18th annual Florence Winter Music Festival might be worth the 90-minute trip just for the free workshops being offered. Of course, seeing Livingston Taylor and the Kathy Kallick Band, who are headlining the bluegrass/folk three-day[Read More…]
Jobe Woosley & Co. keep rolling
The Jobe Woosley & Co. band plays a blend of original music and classics from the ’60s and ’70s. Woosley (right) is joined by Kate Kisselburgh and Justin Schepige. BRADLEY COOK/THE CHRONICLE COTTAGE GROVE – In so many different ways, the Jobe Woosley & Co. band is a good mix.[Read More…]
Pendleton Highway chooses own route
Pendleton Highway includes four members who live in Springfield: Jimmy Smith, his wife, Kim, and daughter, Becca Horsley; Rich Lee; as well as Joe Ficek from Eugene and Huck L Berry from Mount Pisgah. Photo provided SPRINGFIELD – Pendleton Highway is a country band … and they’re so much more.[Read More…]
New script contest for summer youth production
COTTAGE GROVE – Jan. 31 is the deadline for local writers to submit entries to Cottage Theatre’s first new script contest. The theatre is seeking a playwright collaborator to help craft its 2020 summer youth production. For more than a decade, Cottage Theatre has provided a local youth summer theatre[Read More…]
Arsenic and Old Lace’ kicks off CT season
COTTAGE GROVE – Kicking off its 38th season with a tale of merry mayhem and murderous aunts, ”Arsenic and Old Lace” opens Jan. 31 for a three-weekend run at the Cottage Theatre. In Joseph Kesselring’s classic play, Abby and Martha Brewster are charming spinster sisters who lovingly care for their[Read More…]
Upcoming Music
Scene and Heard THURSDAY, DEC. 26 Sweet N’ Juicy (Funk, Pop, Rock, Jazz) Axe & Fiddle, 8 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 27 The Huckleberrys (Country, bluegrass) Saginaw Vineyard, 6 p.m., no cover TUESDAY, DEC. 31 Austin Lindstrom (Country) Twisted River Saloon, 9 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1 David Rogers (Solo guitarist, composer)[Read More…]
I’m Alive’: Kartsounes takes trail that leads him to Oregon
Pete Kartsounes performs at the PublicHouse in Springfield to promote his new album ”I’m Alive.” BRADLEY COOK/FOR THE CHRONICLE ([email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Bend resident Pete Kartsounes is one of Oregon’s most gifted musicians. Now, it looks like he’s going to be spending a lot of time in this neck of[Read More…]