Randi Bjornstad
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Eugene, OR, United States
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Celebrating its 10th year, block party embraces, celebrates Whiteaker neighborhood
Back in 2008, when the Whiteaker Block Party was gearing up for its second annual appearance, its somewhat nonplussed organizers called its first go-round the summer before an “unexpected success.” A decade later, most probably would call the festival an “unqualified success.” By now, the Whiteaker Block Party has grown to 11 stages from the four of the early years and attracts at least 10 times… → Read More
Plane clips power line, leaves 5,500 without power in Cottage Grove, Goshen
COTTAGE GROVE — More than 5,500 utility customers lost electrical service mid-afternoon Saturday possibly caused by an airplane near Jim Wright Field, also known the Cottage Grove State Airport, that have clipped a transmission line. The incident disrupted power and caused a small grass fire that was extinguished quickly without property damage. Tom Gauntt, a spokesman for Pacific Power, said at… → Read More
Eugene artist, activist unveils project 14 years in the making
Karl Eysenbach deconstructed U.S. flag for his “House of Cards” → Read More
Two Creswell residents suddenly diagnosed with rare flesh-eating disease
The official name is necrotizing fasciitis (fash-ee-EYE-tis), known colloquially as flesh-eating disease. But as two area residents who literally have battled for life and limb recently can attest, anyone who experiences a sudden “perfect storm” of symptoms — high fever; localized pain and hot, red spots or patches anywhere on the body but especially on the limbs; headache; sometimes even… → Read More
Homeowner feels regret for neighbors displaced by fire in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — A fire at 2006 D St. on Sunday didn’t hurt the residence, but it did destroy a garage and shop in the rear of the house as well as cause significant damage to an adjacent house on 20th Street. “I was sitting there watching TV, and I looked up and saw smoke in the garage,” said Mike Cantrell, whose family has owned the D Street property since the mid-1960s and who has lived there… → Read More
Youngsters in Creswell celebrate the Fourth by taking to the air
CRESWELL — While all the cars were queueing up on Interstate 5 on Monday morning to get to downtown Creswell’s popular Fourth of July parade on time, a lineup of another sort was getting underway on the other side of the freeway, at the city’s Hobby Field Airport. → Read More
Embracing youth: Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy prefers an early start
Yes, they’re young, but Cole Blume — he’s the associate director of the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy that will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and again during the Oregon Bach Festival’s finale at 3 p.m. July 10 — says the ages of the singers in no way diminishes their professionalism. → Read More
‘Through the fire’
Edwin Coleman has strode through life against a tide of racism → Read More
Musical summit
Elite classical musicians convene for 47th annual Oregon Bach Festival → Read More
Oregon Bach Festival to break ground its new permanent home June 17
The building will be on the UO campus, adjacent to the Frohnmayer Music Building on East 18th Avenue → Read More
Living his bucket list
Chase Boehringer has embarked on a life outside the confines of the workaday world and has discovered himself along the way → Read More
Mind on the mend
Teacher and novelist Peter Brown Hoffmeister navigates a rocky road back from a brain injury → Read More
K-12 students’ ‘Road Not Taken’ works exhibited at UO’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
A free public reception is at 11 a.m. May 21; the art will be on display through May 29 → Read More
Three for the show
The performing arts come naturally for the Siegel family → Read More
University of Oregon student lost off North Jetty
FLORENCE — A University of Oregon student, 20-year-old Jack Charles O’Hollaren, of Portland, was reported just after 8 p.m. Friday to have gone into the surf and disappeared near the North Jetty on the Siuslaw River. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call, which was made by a friend of O’Hollaren’s who said he no longer could see his friend in the water. → Read More
A world of nurture
A Eugene psychologist’s new book offers lessons on raising children learned during years of observing ‘peaceful cultures’ → Read More
Icons of agriculture: Artist finds subject matter melding gardening, religion
Olga Volchkova’s unusual approach to art — creating beautiful Russian-style icons with a playfully non-religious twist that gives them names such as St. Potato and St. Watermelon — is part personal, part geographic and part political. → Read More
EugeneAGoGo website is gone-gone
The online “cultural hub” called EugeneAGoGo, which started operations in 2008 to share information about Lane County artists, performances and cultural activities, has abruptly left cyberspace. Those who called up the website this past week found a message that said, “The reality is that multiple online calendars and marketing and networking platforms now exist that offer the cultural community… → Read More
Embracing a new stage
Stanley Coleman brings a lifetime of experience to the local theater community → Read More
Show dogs, and their people, fill Linn County Expo Center
On Sunday, local show dog group will give Springfield police a $10,000 gift to pay for new K-9 → Read More