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New PhiloMAX Gallery opens at City Hall with Open Studios preview
A new community art space makes its debut Friday at Philomath City Hall and its first exhibition offers an early look at work from this month’s Philomath Open Studios Tour. The PhiloMAX Gallery will host an opening reception for POST21 from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Philomath City Hall. The free event will include hors d’oeuvres and refreshments.
youroregonnews.com
A Boy Named Sue honors Cash, Parton and Nelson in Redmond
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In addition to writing and playing, this folk-Americana singer-songwriter, Cuchulain Kelly, recently of Eugene, and now living in Ithaca, New York, tours and performs old-school country under the band name A Boy Named Sue. “A Boy Named Sue,” for those who’ve missed out so...
hh-today.com
Fill in that big hole? Landmarks says OK
The Albany Landmarks Commission Tuesday agreed that a hole in the alley-facing back wall of the Rhodes Block can be filled in. But the commission also wanted to make sure that — if you ever walked through that dank downtown alley and looked up — you could still see where the opening had been. The vote to approve included a condition that the edge be delineated when the hole is bricked in.
orangemedianetwork.com
Bloktoberfest and Corvallis Fall Festival coincide
For 53 years, The Corvallis Fall Festival has been held the fourth weekend in September in central Corvallis. In 2026, The Festival shared this weekend with Block 15’s Blocktoberfest. Due to the events coinciding, Block 15 Brewing coordinated with the Fall Festival to sponsor an new expanded shuttle service...
eugeneweekly.com
One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Art
MECCA’s Object Afterlife Art Challenge challenges artists to transform junk into works of art. What do fabric scraps, cork, exposed analog film and Halloween decorations have in common? All are items that artists have to turn into fine art for Material Exchange Center for Community Arts’ 17th Annual Object Afterlife Art Challenge and exhibition and Oct. 2 awards ceremony. The challenge bridges art and sustainability, where participants create art from scrap materials. At the awards ceremony, winners will receive handmade trophies and prizes, while musicians from Community Supported Shelters will play live music. “The whole spirit of the event was inspiring our community to look a little bit differently at materials that might be considered waste,” says Heather Campbell, MECCA executive director. “We really wanted to elevate the realm of scrap art and bring it into the fine art world.” Judges include local artists Erick Wonderly Varela and Gloria Udosenata; head of Viking Textile Maker Hub Sierah Edwards; Eugene’s Waste Prevention Program Manager Donny Addison; and raining SLUG Queen Mugsy W. Slugsy. If you miss the upcoming awards ceremony, you can still view the exhibition’s pieces at MECCA throughout October, where you can vote for your personal favorite piece to win the viewer’s choice award. The winner will be announced at the end of the month. “We live in a really dynamic arts community, and that should be celebrated,” Campbell says. “There’s so many organizations and artists doing some really incredible work, and I think we can amplify each other.”
willamettevalleymagazine.com
No Tee Time Required at the Oakway Golf Course in Eugene
Much of the Oakway Golf Course charm lies in their historic greens and fairways. Photo above: Lake on the front nine looking at Hole #7 tee box in the distance. Located in the heart of Eugene, the Oakway Golf Course is an extremely popular place to play. No tee times are required, and everyone goes out quick. Get 18 holes for a $18 or 9 for $12. Great rates!!
Emerald Media
Q&A with artist Cindy Ingram
Editor’s note: The following responses have been edited for brevity and clarity. Who gets to be seen as an artist? Whose art do we see and value? Discussions of visibility and recognition for artists of different backgrounds widen the margins around contemporary and canonized art, introducing new voices and ones disregarded in the past.
liveforlivemusic.com
Oteil & Friends Announce Spring Tour With Steve Kimock, Jason Crosby, Lamar Williams Jr.
Bassist Oteil Burbridge will take his friends on a 2027 spring tour of Colorado and the Pacific Northwest. The seven-show outing from the former Dead & Company and Allman Brothers Band bassist will feature guitarists Steve Kimock and Tom Guarna, keyboardist Jason Crosby, vocalist Lamar Williams Jr., and drummer Johnny Kimock.
kptv.com
Independence sells museum building amid budget crisis
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (KPTV) — As the city of Independence navigates a financial crisis, it has sold the building that houses the town’s Heritage Museum, about a month after the museum indefinitely closed its doors. “The recent sale of the museum building is heartbreaking to everyone on the Heritage...
philomathnews.com
Green Heron Gallery exhibit previews Philomath Open Studios Tour
The Green Heron Gallery in Philomath will host an artist reception Friday to celebrate the 21st year of the Philomath Open Studios Tour. The reception, part of Philomath’s First Friday activities, runs from 5-7 p.m. at the gallery, which shares space with Slipstream Clay Studio and Supplies at 1233 Main St. Visitors can meet some of the tour’s artists, preview the upcoming tour and enjoy refreshments and live music by Chuck Tourtillot.
klcc.org
From the streets to the gallery, Eugene parking meter art goes on display
Several of the different parking meter artworks that will be shown at The Oblivion Gallery, Sept. 28, 2026. Throughout 2025, more than 50 local artists made small circular pieces of art that fit into the empty coin vaults of downtown Eugene parking meters. The Parking Meter Art Repair Project was started by Jud Turner and Robert Bolman.
kezi.com
53rd annual Corvallis Fall Festival draws crowds to Central Park
CORVALLIS, Ore. — The 53rd annual Corvallis Fall Festival brought tens of thousands of people to Central Park over the weekend, featuring more than 170 artists and vendors from around Oregon, live entertainment on two stages, food and family activities in the Art Discovery Zone. The festival also included a Young Artist Marketplace for artists ages 8 to 18 and a flower show.
KOIN 6 News
Catch Lynyrd Skynyrd in Eugene Tuesday Sept. 29
lookouteugene-springfield.com
Sign or no sign, Olsen Run is on a roll, booking big comics to test new material in Eugene
Gianmarco Soresi had a legal pad of jokes, a good crowd and a few minutes left in his set. So, at the Wednesday late show during the comedian’s stop at Eugene’s Olsen Run Comedy Club and Lounge last week, he just kept going — for another 45 minutes or so of material. The extended run included his closing joke for an upcoming special, therapy-themed crowd work (good thing the audience contained multiple therapists) and a solid amount of risqué miming with a microphone.
klcc.org
Public Radio Oral History Project: Longtime investigative reporter and former KLCC volunteer Howard Berkes
Note: The following transcript is created by both humans and AI, so despite our best attempts may contain errors. Additionally, Berkes has slipped out of retirement since this interview to do some production work on the black lung issue for the PBS series, Frontline. Bull: And today is Thursday, January...
kepw-wholecommunity.news
Academy Award winner ‘No Other Land’ at Art House Oct. 14
We found ourselves asking the very questions that were asked by our grandparents’ generation and throughout the 20th century: How does one group of people allow the total dehumanisation of another? What do the inner workings of such a system look like?. from KEPW News staff reports. The Oregon...
That Oregon Life
The History of Springfield’s Forgotten Giant Hillside Sign and the One Little Detail Lost to Time
There’s an old photograph of Springfield that doesn’t look quite real at first. The Willamette River bends through the frame. Steel bridges span the water. Beyond them, houses scatter across a mostly open hillside, where the trees are thinner and the town hasn’t yet climbed very far above the valley floor. And then your eye […]
kezi.com
Willamette Pass adds snow guns in major expansion ahead of ski season
Willamette Pass Resort is expanding its snowmaking system ahead of the upcoming ski season, more than doubling its snow gun fleet to 19. The resort says the upgrades could help it open earlier and provide more consistent conditions throughout the winter.