SPRINGFIELD – Curtis Salgado recalled one of the first times he hung out with John Belushi – and he quickly put to rest any rumors about the late comedian’s wild-and-crazy guy persona that many fans saw and grew to love on “Saturday Night Live.” “That was all just a character[Read More…]
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Blues for the Revue: Salgado headlines Springfield event
SPRINGFIELD – Curtis Salgado has accumulated a dozen Blues Music Awards. He’s won for Album of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, among his other honors. He has no hit records, though. When he plays on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Wildish[Read More…]
Springfield Mayor’s Art Show showcases local talent, subjects on display through October
SPRINGFIELD — The Emerald Art Center’s non-juried community art display show runs through Nov. 1 at Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St., Springfield. The Mayor’s Art Show is a non-juried show with cash awards to each division’s first-, second-, and third-place winners. As the title implies, the mayor also selects[Read More…]
The recipe for success: Cottage Grove Community Cook-off
COTTAGE GROVE — There are few places where you can find locally sourced meat, $5 plates of food, non-profits, and a celebrity chef. But if you were walking Washington Street in Cottage Grove for the annual Community Cook-off, you did. Despite this being only the second year Cascade Home Center[Read More…]
Scene & Heard: An Everyday Joe navigating life in a melodic current
SPRINGFIELD – Brian Kelly’s career has always been somewhat of a balancing act. While he’d like to focus on being more of a full-time musician, he’s a graphic design artist – something he incorporates into his music – and he has even taken on some plumbing jobs to help pay[Read More…]
Springfield artist’s mixed media a full-voiced reflection on social justice, environmental issues
‘TURNING the/into TOOLS’ on display through September at Springfield City Hall SPRINGFIELD — With no shortage of topics to address through art, Springfield artist Ralf Huber’s artwork can be seen displayed throughout the Willamette Valley, and most recently, this month at Springfield City Hall. Now through Sept. 27, the Springfield[Read More…]
Musician Brian Kelly goes solo in Springfield, Cottage Grove next week
CRESWELL – You know when you hold a seashell to your ear and it sounds like you’re hearing the ocean? You’re actually just hearing amplified background noise. Singer-songwriter Brian Kelly calls his solo musical act “Oceanography,” and it’s pretty mysterious, much like the seashell. It gives his music special meaning[Read More…]
Anne Grgich, internationally acclaimed artist, to show in Springfield in September
SPRINGFIELD — It isn’t every day that the Emerald Art Center (EAC) features a show from an award-winning, international artist like Anne Grgich. She has shown in New York, France, the UK, Australia, and Canada. It would take pages to list all her national and international shows. Grgich’s art will[Read More…]
Review: ‘Tennessee Wet Rub’ leaves audience hungry for more
COTTAGE GROVE — Only six theaters in the country were selected by the American Association of Community Theatre’s 2024 NewPlayFest to produce a winner from its script contest. Cottage Grove Theatre is one of those theaters. Out of over 300 entries, there were six winning plays that won this contest,[Read More…]
Review: Jenny Don’t disappoint
SPRINGFIELD – As you can imagine, anyone who grows up with Jenny Don’t as a stage name is going to play with a bit of an edge. Ready to push the limits. Music with an attitude. “I was ornery growing up. People were always saying, ‘Jenny, don’t!’ Parents, teachers, bus[Read More…]
