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So, who’s up for a festival? If you’re a local musician, or a musician-in-training, the 18th annual Florence Winter Music Festival might be worth the 90-minute trip just for the free workshops being offered. Of course, seeing Livingston Taylor and the Kathy Kallick Band, who…

Jobe Woosley & Co. keep rolling

The Jobe Woosley & Co. band plays a blend of original music and classics from the ’60s and ’70s. Woosley (right) is joined by Kate Kisselburgh and Justin Schepige. BRADLEY COOK/THE CHRONICLE COTTAGE GROVE – In so many different ways, the Jobe Woosley & Co.…

Holocaust hits home for teen doubter in ‘Anne Frank and Me’

After being transported back in time to German-occupied WWII France, where she finds herself a member of the Bernhardt family, modern teenager Nicole Burns (Katie McKillop) – wearing the requisite yellow star marking her as a Jew – visits with ”boyfriend” Jacques (Alec Jenkins) in…

Pendleton Highway chooses own route

Pendleton Highway includes four members who live in Springfield: Jimmy Smith, his wife, Kim, and daughter, Becca Horsley; Rich Lee; as well as Joe Ficek from Eugene and Huck L Berry from Mount Pisgah. Photo provided SPRINGFIELD – Pendleton Highway is a country band ……

New script contest for summer youth production

COTTAGE GROVE – Jan. 31 is the deadline for local writers to submit entries to Cottage Theatre’s first new script contest. The theatre is seeking a playwright collaborator to help craft its 2020 summer youth production. For more than a decade, Cottage Theatre has provided…

Arsenic and Old Lace’ kicks off CT season

COTTAGE GROVE – Kicking off its 38th season with a tale of merry mayhem and murderous aunts, ”Arsenic and Old Lace” opens Jan. 31 for a three-weekend run at the Cottage Theatre. In Joseph Kesselring’s classic play, Abby and Martha Brewster are charming spinster sisters…

The Minors band crashes bar for retirement sendoff

Lead guitarist Jim Pray, who founded The Minors with his brother, Jake, while in their teens, leads the band through a rollicking set this past Saturday. The Pleasant Hill native is now 22, and The Minors are major players in the local music scene. Noel…

Upcoming Music

Scene and Heard THURSDAY, DEC. 26 Sweet N’ Juicy (Funk, Pop, Rock, Jazz) Axe & Fiddle, 8 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 27 The Huckleberrys (Country, bluegrass) Saginaw Vineyard, 6 p.m., no cover TUESDAY, DEC. 31 Austin Lindstrom (Country) Twisted River Saloon, 9 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1…

I’m Alive’: Kartsounes takes trail that leads him to Oregon

Pete Kartsounes performs at the PublicHouse in Springfield to promote his new album ”I’m Alive.” BRADLEY COOK/FOR THE CHRONICLE (Facebook@BradleyCookPhotography SPRINGFIELD – Bend resident Pete Kartsounes is one of Oregon’s most gifted musicians. Now, it looks like he’s going to be spending a lot of…

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