EUGENE – The Maude Kerns Art Center will present two exciting exhibits from Sept. 12 to Oct. 3: the 26th annual Mayor’s Teen Art Show and the Whiteaker Printmakers 2025 Emerald Print Exchange. An opening ceremony for both exhibits will take place on September 12,…

SPRINGFIELD — The Emerald Art Center will soon present “Untamed and Indomitable,” an exhibition of recent works by California-based painter Robyn Drake, on view from Sept. 2 through 26. A public reception will be held on Friday, Sept. 12, during Springfield’s monthly 2nd Friday Art…

SPRINGFIELD – “Midsummer, A Musical” is a breezy take on Shakespeare that is modeled after a ’90s mixtape. Love, song, and fun, with a touch of magic. It’s the first full-length musical I ever wrote,” said director Scott Frazier-Maskiell. This original musical by Frazier-Maskiell features…

COTTAGE GROVE – Magic. Romance. Revenge. These are the elements of The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare and directed by Tony Rust at Cottage Theatre. Prospero, a sorcerer-duke exiled on an island with her daughter Miranda for 12 years, seeks revenge when the nobles who…

COTTAGE GROVE – Skip Jones didn’t take the traditional route to rock’n’roll stardom. His journey started in 1969 when he decided to leave the Bay Area and move to Eugene. On his bicycle. “I moved here on my bicycle in 79,” Jones said during an…

SPRINGFIELD – Candy Apple Bleu sure has ripened well with age. Everyone wanted an extra slice of the Eugene-area band Thursday evening as the 2025 Summer Concert Series, hosted by the Willamette Park and Recreation District, ended in grand style, with hundreds of celebrating fans…

SPRINGFIELD – A powerful, yet peaceful, easy feeling hovered over Island Park. Very clearly, something was in the air at Flutestock 2025 last weekend. Call it what you will, maybe it was just the soothing vibrations of the music. Or maybe it was something on…

COTTAGE GROVE – From soulful originals to powerful covers, the Tappin’ Talent finale on July 23 at the Axe and Fiddle celebrated the essence of music and artistry, culminating in the crowning of its standout star. With 30 years in advertising and over 20 years…

SPRINGFIELD – Styx and Stones … well, maybe not a lot of Stones, but The KOZ! brought their hard-rocking A-game Wednesday in front of a large Island Park crowd as part of the 2025 Willamette Park and Recreation Summer Concert Series. Regardless of whether they’re…