NEWS
The Barn Light will be opening its second location
in early August. The site is on the ground level of the
new Northwest Community Credit Union building at
545 E. 8th Ave. near the U.S. Courthouse. The new café,
lounge and banquet room will occupy 1,600 square
feet of space. Designer is Leah Fuller of GMA Architects
who also designed the downtown Barn Light. Décor is
sourced from local shops and includes up-cycled
materials and reclaimed wood. The new Barn Light will
be open all days but Sunday. See thebarnlightbar.
com.
Laughing Crow Salon is the area’s “first organic
beauty salon,” according to owners Melissa and
George Bosch. The salon is at 690 Van Buren. “Our
passion is using organic, earth-friendly products and
practices that lower our carbon footprint,” say the
owners. “Nothing goes down the drain. We work to
make sure our salon is healthy.” Phone numbers are
972-7212 and 972-7012.
Independent film making is the topic at City Club
of Eugene at noon Friday, July 31, at the Downtown
Athletic Club, 999 Willamette Street. Speakers will
include Richard Herskowitz, Josh Purvis and Edward
Schiessi talking about the future of indie films with
new technology and expanding distribution
opportunities. $5 for non-members.
The David Minor Theater is about to celebrate its
seventh year of business bringing movies and beer
downtown at 180 E. 5th Ave. “We urgently need to
make upgrades to bring new life to the theater,” says
owner and manager Josh Goldfarb. “We need new
projection, updated sound systems and to take care of
some building maintenance.” Goldfarb has started a
crowd-sourced fundraiser at gofundme.com/zkb8f8.
Or call 762-1700 to help with fundraising.
TAD TALKS TO EXPLORE
RETAINING YOUNG
PROFESSIONALS IN
DOWNTOWN EUGENE
How can Eugene retain the talented young professionals
graduating from the University of Oregon instead of losing
them to Seattle or San Francisco? That’s the question of the
night at an upcoming TAD Talk in August, where speakers
have five minutes to sell their idea.
TAD Talks, short for Technology and the Arts Downtown,
offer an occasion to discuss downtown Eugene and the various
ways technology and art can help stimulate economic growth.
The Aug. 11 talk will feature ways to level the playing field
and lay the groundwork for retaining local young talent.
Speakers will also explore integration of technology and
arts into the 4J curriculum to prep local students for pursu-
ing higher education in these fields, says presenter and Eugene
Film Society Executive Director Joshua Purvis.
TAD Talks was born when Technology Association of Or-
egon (TAO) Director Matt Sayre attended a TAO event that
utilized Ignite-style presentations, in which presenters pitch
their ideas in five minutes. “I knew that it was something that
Eugene needed and began searching for a partner to do some-
Womenspace is asking local professional
businesses to volunteer their services during its
annual shutdowns. The Safehouse will be closed Aug.
17-30, and the business offices will be closed Sept.
14-19. “We need assistance from the community in
helping us with our annual maintenance,” says Peggy
Whalen of Womenspace. “Some professional services
we are in need of include carpet cleaning, painting,
power washing and a variety of handy-person
projects.” Call 485-8232 ext. 114 or email carriew@
womenspaceinc.org.
Pleasant Hill Urgent Care opened July 21 at
35859 Hwy. 58 in the Pisgah Market. The clinic is an
expansion of Eugene Urgent Care and is modeled after
the other locations, says Susan Floyd, director of
operations. Dr. Alex Morley is the CFO and Mitch
Boriskin is the family nurse practitioner. The clinic
features eight exam rooms, a digital x-ray room,
laboratory and electronic medical records. It’s open
seven days a week and specializes in treating all non-
life threatening illnesses and injuries. Phone number
is 988-7300.
The Long Tom Watershed Council recently hired
two staff members to manage its urban habitat and
business outreach programs. Sarah Whitney is a
registered landscape architect and the new urban
habitat and stormwater specialist. She will work with
local business owners to install voluntary landscape
features that improve water quality and habitat.
Kathryn Rifenburg is the new outreach and education
specialist who will be cultivating projects and
partnerships with local businesses and conducting
outreach to the local Latino community on safe and
effective pesticide use.
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‘KAYAKTIVISTS’
DEPLOY INTO THE
WILLAMETTE RIVER
PHOTO: RYAN HARRIS
ENVIRO ACTIVISTS
PROTEST SHELL OIL SHIP
When a ship from Royal Dutch Shell oil company
sailed into Portland the morning of July 25 to repair dam-
ages sustained while breaking ice in the Aleutian Islands,
environmental activists with the #sHellNo movement
were there to greet it.
About 100 activists from across the state joined the
Climate Action Coalition (CAC), which includes Portland
350, Portland Rising Tide and Our Children’s Trust, in ral-
lying against Shell’s ship MSV Fennica in an action simi-
lar to the June protests that took place against the Polar
Pioneer oil rig in Seattle. In kayaks, canoes, small boats
and inflatables, the kayaktivists took to the waters of the
Willamette River’s Swan Island basin to voice their dis-
content with Shell’s drilling for oil in the Arctic.
The kayaktavists coordinated holding signs calling for
climate justice along where the Fennica is docked.
As of press time, Fennica is still in docked in Port-
land, and activists plan to meet the ship on the river as it
is leaving in a last ditch effort to “stop this insanity,” says
thing like that here,” Sayre writes.
In a “serendipitous” turn of events, Purvis reached out to
Sayre, and “a partnership was born over coffee at The Barn
Light,” Sayre writes.
Sayre will be presenting an idea that envisions bringing
“world-class internet” to Eugene on a broader scale. “To put
things in perspective, Eugene currently ranks 22nd in Oregon
for average internet speeds,” Sayre says.
He admits that even if they “expose students to some off-
campus culture, ideas and downtown tech companies, it may
not be enough to keep them here after graduation.” But, he
adds, “maybe like salmon, they will eventually return.”
Collette Ramirez from the City of Eugene Cultural Ser-
vices, Ted Brown of Indie Game Con and Mike Hergenreter
of Hi-Fi Music Hall will also speak.
TAD Talks: Millennials and Technology is 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Tuesday Aug. 11, at Hi-Fi Music Hall, 44 E. 7th Ave.; $4 for
TAO members and $5 for non-TAO members. Go to eugene-
filmsociety.com/tad-talks to register. — Mike Bivins
‘If a small group of
people can stop the Polar
Pioneer for a few hours,
imagine what a few
hundred people could do.’
— ANTONIO ZAMORA, PORTLAND VS. SHELL
Daphne Wysham, climate and energy director at the Cen-
ter for Sustainable Economy and CAC affiliate.
Portland vs. Shell organizer Antonio Zamora, inspired
by Indigenous resistance group Idle No More, says he
thinks activists could be doing more. Zamora was in Se-
attle for the kayak blockade that thwarted Shell’s Polar
Pioneer for several hours. Zamora says he is gravely wor-
ried about the fate of the Arctic.
“The flotilla isn’t going to save shit,” Zamora says.
Zamora says that the shipyard where Fennica is docked,
Vigor Industrial, needs to be targeted for non-violent resis-
tance to stop repairs. “If a small group of people can stop
the Polar Pioneer for a few hours, imagine what a few
hundred people could do,” he says.
Early in the morning of July 29, 13 Greenpeace activ-
ists rappelled off the St. Johns Bridge over the Willamette
to block the Fennica. See EW’s Twitter feed and blog for
updates. — Mike Bivins