Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Quick, who’s the eldest member of the Grateful Dead, living or deceased? If you said bass player Phil Lesh, you win a complimentary dancing bear sticker. But you probably didn’t know that “Lesh Philling” was getting ready to turn 80 years old. To celebrate the…
Jen Blue/The Chronicle Emerald City Roller Derby and the Lane County Concussion on Saturday night battled it out at the Bob Keefer Center in Springfield. Lane County Concussion took on Portland’s Bridgetown Brawlers and was followed by a ”Leather vs. Lace” mashup featuring local and…
The younger cast members: Royal Staff members, (back row, left to right) June Smith (Royal Chief Engineer/Lynx), Iylah Molyneaux (Messenger Girl Ava/Deer), Ian Miller (King Winifred’s Soldier/Lion), Raven Foraker (Head Steward/Deer); (front row) Zoe Goings (Messenger Girl Ella/Parrot), Rose Smith (Yvette, Queen Zinnia’s Lady in…
Lead Singer Mariza ”Rossi” Cahill delighted the Brewstation audience with her voice, guitar and banjo playing. Noel Nash/The Chronicle COTTAGE GROVE – Urban legend has it that people can swallow up to 10 spiders annually in their sleep. The musical group Ten Spiders is happy…
A mass choir of about 500 middle school students performs under guest conductor Chris Dobson during the Just Sing It! Festival on Feb. 20 at Springfield High School. Photo provided/Stacy Swartout-McKee CRESWELL – Just Sing It! manager Stacy Swartout-McKee summed up the middle school choir…
On Senior Night, the Creswell Community Singers, directed by Mary Ellen Yost, perform the National Anthem in front of a packed house before the start of the CHS girls’ basketball Senior Night game against Santiam Christian. Gini Davis/The Chronicle CRESWELL – The community responded with…
FRIDAY, NOV. 15 • Jesse Boden Band (Roots-rock, blues, Americana) The Brewstation, 7:30 p.m., no cover • Hannah Cooper Blue Valley Bistro, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, NOV. 16 • Anna Fine, Olivia Rose, Aida, The Chorduroys, Plushie, Do Mi Stauber, Hannah Sophia, Seeking Saturn Axe &…
Baby Gramps gestures during his Saturday, Feb. 15 show at the Axe & Fiddle. The gravelly voiced singer and musician is based in Seattle and regularly plays in the southern Willamette Valley. Bradley Cook/Special to the Chronicle COTTAGE GROVE – For those who didn’t know…
Band member Heath Whitney forms one-third of The Canyoneers’ trio. Richard O’Neill/Photo provided COTTAGE GROVE – You could say that the Canyoneers are the ultimate family band, even though their subject matter – like ”Death in the Country,” a tragic song about Hank Williams Sr.…