Category Scene & Heard

My _____ has been diagnosed with cancer’

Tom Harada Fill in the blank: My ______ has been diagnosed with cancer. It’s a sentence spoken all too often these days. Whether it’s a mother, friend, son, niece, co-worker or grandparent, I hear this statement all too often: someone’s life has been touched by…

Calvary Creek, Cowsills croon favorite folk music for Carousel

Calvary Creek Band with Jackie Jae and Jason Cowsill. Photo provided Two popular local musical groups donated their harmonies at a benefit concert last month to raise money for the Cottage Grove Carousel Project at Calvary Chapel. In the third performance of the Carousel’s monthly…

In a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild

PHOTO PROVIDED/BRIDGET BAKER With a 9-foot Steinway in tow, musician Hunter Noack will roll into South Lane County to deliver the ”In a Landscape” outdoor concert experience on Wednesday, Aug. 14 at the Ken Kesey Farm in Pleasant Hill and again on Thursday, Aug. 15…

Symphonic summer sounds

Photo provide/Eugene Symphony Listen to a symphony in open air on Monday, July 29, at Bohemia Park at the 11th Annual Eugene Symphony Summer Concert. The symphony will be performing a summer concert at 7:30 p.m. The event is free. Summer Concert Program includes excerpts…

Almost Time2Party

Chronicle archives Kids who will need new backpacks and school supplies are encouraged to attend the 15th Annual Party in the Park at Harry Holt Memorial Park on Saturday, Aug. 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Just in time for the new school year…

GO2

Tuesday, Aug. 6 5-8 p.m. Harry Holt Memorial Park Hey, it’s not a party unless the police come, right? So this is guaranteed to be a great party. Free food provided by Sanipac, an inflatable slide, dunk tank and music are among the things to…

What a long strange trip it’s been…

Jen Blue/The Creswell Chronicle The slumbering city of Veneta sprouted to life last week as thousands invaded the forest grounds with body paint, sparkles, and a child-like enthusiasm that spread like pollen through the winding labyrinth of small stage shows and artisan tree-fort booths. The…

Go Bohemian this weekend

Photo Provided/Bohemia Mining Days Calysta Cheyenne-Vox, frontwoman of Eugene-based alternative rock band Fortune’s Folly, flirts with the camera during last year’s performance at Bohemia Mining Days on the Main Stage. This year’s Mining Days runs from Thursday, July 18, through Saturday, July 20, and is…