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Bob Keefer

Bob Keefer is Eugene Weekly's arts editor. He was a news and arts writer for The Register-Guard for 30 years before coming to EW.

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Back to Black (and White)

Photography at Oregon’s show at Maude Kerns Art Center revels in a return to monochrome

Visual Arts 8 months ago

Having been banished to artistic obsolescence for the past few decades, black and white photography is enjoying a renaissance in the art world, from the … Continue reading →

When Art Mattered

Six big-name sculptors came to Eugene in 1974, and some of their art still lingers

Culture 8 months ago

In 1974, the late Jan Zach, an internationally known sculptor teaching at the University of Oregon, pulled off a big idea. Gathering $145,000 in grant … Continue reading →

The Secret Temple of EWEB

Let’s give College Hill Reservoir the splendid musical sendoff it deserves before it falls victim to progress

ArtsNews 9 months ago

The eeriest and most resonant public space in all of Eugene, if not in all of Oregon, is about to be demolished before more than … Continue reading →

Ballet Score Takes Flight

Eugene Ballet’s Peter Pan will be performed to an original score by Portland composer Kenji Bunch. It’s the biggest piece he’s ever worked on.

Dance 9 months ago

Eight years ago, Eugene Ballet created an entirely new ballet from scratch. The Snow Queen, which was performed in April 2017, featured original choreography by … Continue reading →

Undoing the Curse

Oregon Shakespeare Festival opens the Scottish play — and begins to heal 

Theater 10 months ago

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival seems to have been under a terrible curse since 2011, when a structural beam supporting the Angus Bowmer Theatre mysteriously snapped … Continue reading →

Trumpstone

Donald Trump moves to Eugene, where he bought the Crapstone complex and plans to take over the University of Oregon Athletic Department

Satire 10 months ago

Faced with hundreds of millions of dollars in civil penalties and the collapse of his real estate empire, former president Donald Trump is moving his … Continue reading →

Eugene Hops on the e-Train

A revolutionary revision to the city’s transportation plan will put us on the map, officials say

Satire 10 months ago

Despite fierce criticism from downtown drivers whose commutes have been disrupted by the city’s downtown bike-lane project, city planners have expanded the municipal transportation program … Continue reading →

Plummeting into the Afterlife

OCT’s ‘Ride the Cyclone’ is the best thing to happen on stage in Eugene this year

Theater 11 months ago

As the lights come up on this brilliant little musical that opened March 1 at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, we learn that six members of the … Continue reading →

Picturing a Myth

Barbora Bakalarova’s dark manipulated photography has begun to find an audience

Visual Arts 12 months ago

One of the most interesting but least known photographers around town is showing her unusual work during February at two local arts venues: The New … Continue reading →

Landscape Disturbed

Eugene painter Satoko brings fire to her work in a new show at White Lotus

Visual Arts 1 year ago

Step into downtown Eugene’s White Lotus gallery most any time this month, and your first impression might be that you’re looking at an exhibit of … Continue reading →

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Bob Keefer

Bob Keefer is Eugene Weekly's arts editor. He was a news and arts writer for The Register-Guard for 30 years before coming to EW.

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