When the Village Green shut down a few months ago, the Rainy Day Blues Society had to find a new place to host its annual blues festival.  Mission accomplished.  Springfield’s Island Park will be the place to be as Labor Day weekend kicks off on…

CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO – Participants are eager to dress up and enjoy the Oregon Country Fair after the Covid era. Started in 1969 as a benefit for an alternative school, the Oregon Country Fair has a rich and varied history of alternative arts and performance…

RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO – Melissa Ruth and the Likely Stories perform a lively version of “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” on Saturday night at the Brewstation on Sixth Street in Cottage Grove. COTTAGE GROVE – Imagine all the questions you would have – especially…

It’s rare when one can make the leap from “fan” to “friend and colleague.” For local photographer Bradley Cook, it’s only one of many adventure-filled stories, and his decades-long relationship with Buddy Guy culminates in a cross-country trip following the Blues legend on his latest…

BRAD COOK/ THE CHRONICLE – The band’s lead singer, Darby Gould, grinds out one of Janis Joplin’s hits during an opening-night performance at the Hippie Museum in front more than 100 people. SPRINGFIELD – Big Brother and the Holding Company left a piece of their…

Thursday, Feb. 24 ■ Creswell Fourth of July 2021 Debrief Ad Hoc Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m., City Hall Conference Room. The committee will be planning a Town Hall meeting.  ■Creswell Planning Commission, 5:30 p.m. McCluskey Chambers, City Hall, 13 S. First St.  ■ 72nd Springfield…

Thursday, Feb. 17 ■ Cottage Grove February Business After Hours, 5:30-7 p.m., Chamber of Commerce, 836 E. Main Street. Hosted by Shenna Whitlock, Mann Mortgage and Alan Whitlock, Sunstone Team. ■ Oregon Public Health Advisory Board, 2-5 p.m. Zoom conference call, (669) 254-5252, participant code 1602414019#.…

RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO – The Windy Ridge Band, a Cottage Grove group that formed in 1966, has played shows every year for 56 consecutive years. COTTAGE GROVE – The music has never stopped.  Through marriages, new jobs, kids being born, divorces, new bands, new marriages ……

RON HARTMAN/CHRONICLE PHOTO – Sequel performs this past Friday at the Axe & Fiddle. COTTAGE GROVE – For the Eugene-based band Sequel, there’s something about the Axe & Fiddle that keeps them coming back for more. “There’s a community here that you feel when you…