AltWeeklies Wire
Behold Old Yeller: Chatting with Lewis Blacknew
America’s favorite hot-tempered comedian and social critic Lewis Black yells about everything from voter suppression and being a socialist to Oregon’s efforts to legalize recreational marijuana and the downfalls of the 21st century. Under Black’s flame, no topic, politician or village idiot walks away unscathed.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
10-29-2014 |
Comedy
Dark Angelnew
Oregon artist Tracy Sydor helps abuse survivors through photography.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
09-22-2014 |
Art
Glass and the Green Rushnew
How legalizing recreational marijuana use could change the glass pipe industry.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
06-27-2014 |
Art
Power of Threenew
A history of music, activism and friendship with Joan Baez and the Indigo Girls.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
06-25-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Indigo Girls, Joan Baez
Aziz Ansari: The Modern Romantic of Comedynew
You know him as the government employee with the most swagger (Tom Haverford, Parks and Recreation), the rambunctious, Oligocene-era rabbit pirate Squint (Ice Age: Continental Drift) and the guy at James Franco’s party who gets kicked into hell’s sinkhole by Kevin Hart (This is the End). And, of course, just as standup comedian Aziz Ansari. We caught up with Ansari via the interwebs while he was doing book research in Tokyo to chat modern courtship, Parks and Rec and his superior sartorial style.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
03-31-2014 |
Comedy
Sexy Beastsnew
The 'new' fad of monster porn has a long tradition.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
02-14-2014 |
Sex
The Art of Black Historynew
Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power exhibit opens up a dialogue about history and race in Oregon.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
01-15-2014 |
Culture
The Growler Rushnew
Oregon's new beverage boom has ushered in a new era for libations: the era of the reusable container.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
11-15-2013 |
Food+Drink
Designers and Models Work Together to Promote Healthy Body Imagenew
Many critics of the fashion industry place the blame on designers for fueling unhealthy body images by choosing models that more closely resemble coat hangers, but the truth is more complex: To promote healthier body image in the fashion world, designers and models must collaborate.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
04-26-2013 |
Fashion
Talking with Strangersnew
Before Hannibal Buress started doing stand-up comedy at 19 in Chicago, he wanted to be the “black Howard Stern.” Since then he’s written for Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock and has appeared on Louie, Conan and Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
03-29-2013 |
Comedy
Prattling on with John Hodgmannew
The dapper literary humorist and comedian reflects on writing, the biology of laughter, his favorite comedians, high school and Battlestar Gallactica
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
03-07-2013 |
Comedy
The Electric Museum Acid Testnew
When artists use drugs, publications, shelter and lifestyle as tools for expression just as artists preceding them employed cameras, paint and clay; when artworks don’t fit neatly into a gilded frame or beneath a sparkling glass case, museums must adapt and turn the establishment on its head.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
02-04-2013 |
Art
The Art of Restorative Justicenew
The role of the arts in restorative justice explored through the eyes of an ex-inmate artist, a painter who depicts death row inmates' last meal requests, an opera and Sister Helen Prejean.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
01-11-2013 |
Art
A Gallery in the Cloudsnew
An Oregon-based online gallery brings buyers and artists together from across the globe.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
12-28-2012 |
Art
Fashioning an Industrynew
Eugene fashion designers are on the cusp of becoming financially and critically successful, but one thing stands in their way - the lack of local garment production house. After a string of fatal factory fires in Bangladesh, where Walmart has their clothes made, these designers want to bring manufacturing home.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
12-07-2012 |
Fashion
