Mark your calendar for the Concert in the Park show at Island Park on Thursday, July 24. You’ll be going for a good KOZ! The KOZ, a Eugene-area classic rock band featuring the songs of Rush, Journey, and Van Halen, returns to the stage with their arena-style rock – and[Read More…]
Scene & Heard
‘Park art’ projects showcased in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – Parks are being honored through art after an artistic frenzy of small creatives and a community art project gained momentum in Springfield. A “free for all” art experiment for children, guided by a local artist last month, is now on display at the Willamalane Adult Activity Center. Youngsters at[Read More…]
Magical mystery tour this weekend in Drain
DRAIN – The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and on Saturday, tea will be served. The seventh annual Midsummer Night’s Enchanted Tea experience is set to kick off on July 19 at the Capricorn Manor – also known as the Hasard House – at 105 W. A Ave.[Read More…]
Summer concerts offer variety of good music
Since it’s impossible to be in two places at one time, music lovers will just have to take their pick as another Concerts in the Park series opens with soulful, psychedelic-groove band Connectarine on Wednesday, July 16 at Island Park in Springfield. The female-fronted rock, bluegrass, and original string band[Read More…]
‘Spirit of BMD’ gears up, pardner
COTTAGE GROVE – Grovers are typically pretty familiar with the annual Bohemia Mining Days festival that spreads through Coiner Park in mid-July every year. After a slight decline due to COVID-19, a lack of volunteers, and a financial crisis, the organization that initially hosted the event shut down, and the[Read More…]
Flutestock finds a home in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – With its tranquilizing, therapeutic sounds, the flute is such an amazingly unique instrument. It has been played for so long … by so many people … in so many places … in so many styles … with so many types of flutes. And now, a nationally famous flute[Read More…]
Talent search at Axe & Fiddle could net artists $10k in prizes
COTTAGE GROVE – The lights hit the stage at the Axe and Fiddle at 657 E. Main St. The audience hushes in the crowded bar. Anticipation builds. A talented performer gives it everything. Will this be the winner? Emerging musicians and performers have the opportunity to participate in a contest[Read More…]
‘Trail to Oregon’ a silly spinoff of video game
SPRINGFIELD – “You have died of dysentery.” Do you remember the classic video game, “The Oregon Trail?” The game was popularized in the 1980s and became a staple in elementary school computer labs throughout the 1990s. The educational game of strategy, in all its pixelated bliss, taught players about the[Read More…]
Birds, ‘Techno Art’ featured exhibits at 2nd Friday Art Walk in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – In the summer, the art walk in Springfield becomes a vibrant and exciting event. With pleasant weather and a diverse lineup of artists, it offers a great evening in town while allowing participants to get some exercise as they stroll from gallery to gallery. This month’s Art Walk[Read More…]
Enjoy the macabre: Grove hosts Oregon premiere of Poe musical
COTTAGE GROVE – Are you drawn to Gothic aesthetics and tragic stories? Do you have a taste for the macabre with elements of the Victorian era? If so, you might be a fan of Edgar Allan Poe. In that case, lovers of musicals, those seeking something unique, and fans of[Read More…]