Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
EUGENE – UO’s University Theatre stages “Radium Girls” by D.W. Gregory, directed by guest director Willow Norton Zolan, April 17 to May 2 at the Hope Theatre, 1231 University of Oregon. “Radium Girls” tells the true story of dial painters in the 1920s who suffered…
COTTAGE GROVE – Maya Burton is stepping into a pivotal chapter of her career as executive director at the Opal Center for Arts and Education, all while continuing her leadership at Storybook Theatre of Cottage Grove and directing the highly anticipated play “Steel Magnolias” debuting…
Imagine being able to temporarily time-travel and escape modern distractions, exhausting work situations, and stressful politics. Which time period would you choose to visit? While we may not have a time machine, we do have a unique opportunity to take a break from modern life.…
SPRINGFIELD – Sometimes you meet a real-life Wonder Woman. Such is the case of Melissa Green, a Renaissance woman in the arts, a teacher, advocate, and artist who has done so much for environmental conservation and arts education, and is the new director at the…
COTTAGE GROVE – By day, Dale Light works in IT. By night, they transform into a swan. The Swan, written by Elizabeth Egloff, debuted on stage at Opal Center for Arts and Education at 513 E. Main St. last weekend. As soon as I saw…
When Rachel Lewman (formerly Donaldson) was 17 and a student at Cottage Grove High School, she played the character “Steele,” an army intelligence officer, in the play “A Piece of My Heart.” At the time, Janet Rust was a high school theater teacher, directing the…
SPRINGFIELD – In November, the Springfield Drifters hired their new general manager of the future in Jake Willard. Although he is a native Californian, Willard has resided in the Springfield-Eugene area since enrolling in college at the University of Oregon, and he is ready to…
COTTAGE GROVE – Cottage Theatre will close its 2025 season with a new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” from Dec. 5 to Dec. 21, 2025. Written by Chicago-based playwright Glenn Rust, who grew up at Cottage Theatre, and directed by…
What: Friends make life so much more special, and PublicHouse is excited to celebrate all of those feels with their Annual Friendsgiving event featuring shareable food specials, drink specials, Live Music under the Big Top heated tent and so much more! Food: The Food folks have decided…