Eugene Weekly

10/04/2025

It seems like magic: The Metolius River emerges fully grown at 50,000 gallons a minute from the base of an old volcano in Central Oregon. Sample the river’s wizardry with either of two easy hikes along the oasis-like riverbank. The walks visit a fish hatchery and pass sudden springs.

Even at its source at Black Butte, the river is 60 feet wide, deep right to the edge, racing along at a white-capped 10 miles per hour. How could a pile of cinders like Black Butte be producing so much water, winter and summer, without variation, at a constant temperature of precisely 46 degrees Fahrenheit?

Read about hiking in Central Oregon and the headwaters of the Metolius in William L. Sullivan’s Oregon Trails in Eugene Weekly.

Metolius River near Wizard Falls. Photo by William L. Sullivan. Magic River Hike to springs on the Metolius Outdoors by William L. SullivanPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to share on Mastodon...

10/04/2025

The Native American Arts & Crafts Makers Market returns 10 am to 4 pm Oct. 5 at the Farmer’s Market Pavilion, showcasing works from Indigenous artisans and craftspeople from the Pacific Northwest and the Americas. Now in its third year, the market is presented by the Eugene-based Native American Arts & Crafts Makers (NAACM), and is inspired by the Santa Fe Indian Market, founded in 1922. “We offer authentic, culturally made arts and crafts,” board president and market planner Marcy Middleton says. Offerings range from herbal salves to beadwork, jewelry, hats and clothing.

Middleton notes that products representing different populations are distinct: beadwork, for example, from one tribe, is not the same as beadwork from another. Native-made fine art will also be on display. Beyond the Oct. 5 market, the NAACM is preparing a Powwow dance and demonstration in November at the Lane Arts Council First Friday ArtWalk, also at the Farmer’s Market Pavilion. The event is the first Sunday of each month from March through December.

Read more about the Native American Arts & Crafts Makers Market in Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar.

NAACM March 2024. Photo by Marcy Middleton. Crafted by Native Hands From beadwork to fine art, indigenous makers gather at the Farmer’s Market Pavilion in Eugene Whats-Happening by William KennedyPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Blues...

10/03/2025

The University of Oregon Neuroscience Club is partnering with the Alzheimer’s Association for Eugene’s annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The event will be held on the UO campus for the first time Sunday, Oct. 5. There are “families that are around here that are being affected by diseases,” says Brielle Alvarez, co-president and co-founder of UO Neuroscience Club. She says that is “the purpose of why we’re learning.”

The walk begins at the EMU Green, where there will be tables for registration and a variety of sponsors providing information on local services. After the opening ceremony, the walk will span two and a half miles, with a tour of campus, passing by all of the famous campus spots and the iconic Duck statues. There will be games, an appearance from The Duck and a variety of entertainment before the walk commences. “To reach more people is our hope,” co-founder and co-president De La Torre says. The UO Neuroscience Club asks participants to wear purple as it is the official color of Alzheimer’s awareness. Registration is 11 am and the opening ceremony is noon.

Read more about the UO Neuroscience Club and the Walk to End Alzheimer's in Eugene Weekly’s What’s Happening Calendar.

UO Neuroscience Club. Photo by Jen Osojnicki. The Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s Strides to the UO campus UO Neuroscience Club partners with the Alzheimer’s Association to build awareness Whats-Happening by Samantha SobelPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Faceb...

10/03/2025

The “Delgani family” has a new member. Amanda Grimm played alongside Delgani String Quartet last season as a guest violist in a series of concerts in Salem, Corvallis, Portland and, finally, at Springfield’s Wildish Theater in celebration of dance with members of Eugene Ballet Company. If that was her audition for a permanent spot on the stage with what many consider Oregon’s finest chamber ensemble, she aced it.

She will now join violinists Anthea Kreston and Jannie Wei, along with cellist Eric Alterman, as Delgani opens the Eugene portion of its 11th season 3 pm Oct. 5 and 7 pm Oct. 6 at First Church of Christ, Scientist. Grimm has extensive chamber and symphony experience, including stints with the Elgin, Illinois, and Canton, Ohio, symphonies as well as Orchestra Iowa. Delgani returns to Eugene 3 pm Sunday, Nov. 9, and 7 pm Monday, Nov. 10, with Love Abounds, featuring vocalists from Portland’s Resonance Ensemble.

Read more about Grimm and Delgani in What’s Happening, online at EugeneWeekly.com!

From left, Jannie Wei, Eric Alterman, Amanda Grimm and Anthea Kreston. Photo courtesy Delgani String Quartet. A New Note For Delgani Violist Amanda Grimm joins Delgani String Quartet for the 2025-26 season EW-ExtraMusic by Dan BuckwalterPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new w...

10/03/2025

The owners of one of Lane County’s most visible and unusual residential construction projects —- the massive unfinished vacant home on the east side of Interstate 5 near Coburg — have managed to cling onto the house after a two-year legal battle against their mortgage lender.

The lender, Utah-based Zions Bancorporation, late this summer abruptly dropped its bid to seize the property, after having won its complaint in Lane County Circuit Court that the owners had failed to make a required payment on the $2.5 million mortgage. The move leaves the 20,000-square-foot house, wrapped in teal-colored v***r barrier, in the hands of Eugene residents Kyle and Christina Wildfang, who began planning their palatial project seven years ago.

The Wildfangs are tired of all attention, which started several years ago.

But — and this hasn’t been reported previously — in August, Zions cancelled the sale and dropped its lawsuit, letting the Wildfangs keep the house, court filings show. Such a move typically occurs when a borrower brings payments up to date.

Read the rest in Christian Wihtol’s Bricks $ Mortar in Eugene Weekly.

Unfinished Wildfang house. Photo by Christian Wihtol. Wild Ride Owners of huge unfinished house off I-5 ward off foreclosure News by Christian WihtolPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to share o...

10/03/2025

When Kimberly Pimentel first walked into the newly leased commercial space in downtown Eugene’s Miner Building, it was bare and white with ugly lights, a cold cement floor and a large architectural gash in the wall. She knew she had found the perfect place to open her perfumerie, and she was never going to change a thing about it. “This is a 100-year-old floor,” she says. “It’s seen so many things.”

Pocket O’ Posies Perfumerie is a sophisticated, high-end gothic apothecary in an otherwise sleek and modernistic building. It bears a plague doctor surrounded by flowers as its logo, whose essence is present throughout the dark minimalistic gray and red shop. The room is warmly lit with vintage lamps, illuminating bottles of niche fragrances from all over the world alongside displays of novels such as Nosferatu and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Its grand opening is Oct. 4.

Read the rest of the story by Savannah Brown in Eugene Weekly.

Meo Fuscini perfume on display at Pocket O’ Posies Perfumerie. Photo courtesy PimentelPortfolio.com. Aromatic Dramatic Pocket O’ Posies Perfumerie celebrates its grand opening Oct. 4 News by Savannah BrownPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to sha...

10/03/2025

The Pacific Northwest is an intense hotbed for independent publishers and artists of comics. That’s according to Andrea Gilroy, and she should know since she has a Ph.D. in comics. Well, not exactly. She has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Oregon, but her dissertation topic was ‘Origin Stories: Narrative, Identity, and the Comics Form.’

So, what can you do with a degree in the humanities? If you’re Gilroy, you open a comic book store and then you have a comic art festival.

The Comic Art Festival of Eugene is 10 am to 7 pm Saturday, Oct. 4, at 5th Street Market Alley. Read the rest of Books With Pictures’ story in Eugene Weekly!

Andrea Gilroy at Books With Pictures. Photo by Ester Barkai. Visual Storytelling Books With Pictures organizes its first Comic Art Festival of Eugene News by Ester BarkaiPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Blu...

10/03/2025

If “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting,” then Friday night is an excellent time to “Crocodile Rock” with a tribute to one of the greatest performers of all time. Electric Elton is coming to the Hult Center, 7pm, Friday, Oct. 3, to deliver all of the best Elton John songs of his heyday, at half the cost of seeing the real thing.

The show is a multimedia experience, with a large screen, a full band, dancers and essential costume changes complete with feathers and platform shoes. “We just try and do the best representation of the original songs as we can,” Sean Trombley says, otherwise known as Electric Elton himself. With the addition of gaudy flair, so much glitter and, in Trombley’s words “maybe a little flourish,” you can say “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and hello to Electric Elton. Tickets begin at $49.

Sean Trombley performs as Elton John. Photo courtesy of Moon Coin Productions. A Show for Rocketmen and Tiny Dancers ‘Electric Elton,’ a tribute to Elton John, performs at The Hult Center Oct. 3 Music by Savannah BrownPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook...

10/03/2025

Described as the “7-Eleven version of a hardware store” by owner Lucy White, who runs the store with her husband Terry White, Eugene True Value Hardware offers customers the options of buying canning jars, hammers, bike lights and nails all under one roof. “We’re a convenience store, a very large convenience store,” Lucy says.

This year, the convenience-hardware store turns 100.

Read Pierce Baugh V’s story about Eugene True Value’s centennial celebration Oct. 3-5 in Eugene Weekly!

Eugene True Value Hardware. Photo by Pierce Baugh V. Truly Valued At 100 years old, Eugene True Value Hardware celebrates News by Pierce Baugh VPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to share on Mas...

10/02/2025

The second season of the Oregon Piano Institute’s Murdock International Piano Series begins Oct. 3 at Beall Concert Hall on the University of Oregon campus. Opening night is 7pm, where Canadian concert pianists Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow will perform works for two pianos. They’ll also play piano for four hands, which is the technically challenging technique of two pianists playing on the same instrument. The concert features works by Brahms, Schubert, Dvorák, Debussy, Ravel and Brazilian composer Darius Milhaud. Tickets begin at $5. The concert is all-ages.

Read more about the Oregon Piano Institute’s Murdock International Piano Series in Eugene Weekly!

Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow. Courtesy Photo. Four Hands, Two Pianos Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow Launch Murdock Piano Series’ Second Season at UO Music by William KennedyPosted on 10/02/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bl...

10/02/2025

Congresswoman Val Hoyle visited the Eugene federal building where Immigration Customs Enforcement temporarily detains immigrants for transfer to the larger Tacoma, Washington, detention center. Hoyle reports ICE staff voicing concerns over doxing, harassment and sanctuary laws that prevent them from deporting “violent criminals." She also stressed the importance of sanctuary laws, such as Eugene’s.

Val Hoyle. Photo by Eve Weston. ‘We Have A Broken System’ Rep. Val Hoyle visited the Federal Building where ICE temporarily detains immigrants EW-Extra by Eve WestonPosted on 09/30/2025 Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Blue...

09/28/2025

“On Sept. 11, a guest viewpoint in Eugene Weekly noted, ‘LCC stands at an inflection point.’ I couldn’t agree with that sentiment more — but not for the reasons laid out,” writes the president of Lane Community College’s faculty union.

“The truth is that our community’s college has become a testing ground for big money, special interests and out-of-state donors that spent at unprecedented levels in an attempt to buy our Board of Education elections to push an agenda that turns back the clock on values of social responsibility we know our community still holds dear.”

Read the rest of the local and vocal guest viewpoint in Eugene Weekly.