Category 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…

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,…

‘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…

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…

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