Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – It wasn’t quite like seeing Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, but still, the Roaring Rapids Pizza Company was the place to be on a gorgeous Thursday night as ElkBLUESington put on a Blues Brothers-themed performance in front of a packed house. Sometimes you…
The fireworks won’t start until the evening, but there will be plenty of live music lighting up the stages in Springfield and Creswell on the Fourth of July. Springfield gets the ball rolling with two stages at Island Park for the Light of Liberty 2023,…
COTTAGE GROVE – What better way to kick off the summer than having The Huckleberrys play their brand of feel-good music. “We like to feel like we’re sitting on the back porch. We just play good music and give people a good time,” guitar player…
COTTAGE GROVE — Artists don’t just paint their masterpieces on canvas — some paint on found objects and turn ordinary objects into extraordinary works of art. In an upcoming show that is a part of the Bohemian Mining Days Celebration, the Cottage Grove Art Collective will…
When Diana Yochkova Smith performs, audiences see her passion and skill. Many see the name “Diana Smith” and dismiss the olive complexion; they assume she is a Caucasian American belly dancing. That is incorrect on multiple levels. Smith is an immigrant from Bulgaria who takes…
SPRINGFIELD — I have lived in Springfield for almost fifteen years. As an artist and instructor of classes at Willamalane, I am always surprised when I learn about events from press releases that I receive as a journalist, advertising events that have been going on…