CONTENTS
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Letters
News
Slant
Remembering Peg Morton
Calendar
Galleries
Movies
Music
Back Beat
ArtsHound
The SPIN
Classifieds
Savage Love
The Truffles
are here!
Enjoy 2 weekends
in and around Eugene
featuring Oregon truffles,
exquisite wines, truffle dog
competitions, and more:
January 16 & 17
North American
Truffle Dog Championship
saturday, january 16 - 11am
Day 1 Competition
Lane County Fairgrounds
EUGENE WEEKLY GETS RESULTS
THE HATEFUL EIGHT
sunday, january 17 - 2pm
Awards Gala featuring
small plates and wine pairings
Willamette Valley Vineyards
January 29 - 31
truffle growers forum
truffle dog trainings
to market, to market
at provisions market hall
grand truffle dinner
fresh truffle marketplace
inclusive weekend packages
WHO YOU GONNA BLAME?
editorial
Editor Ted Taylor
Associate Editor Camilla Mortensen
Arts Editor Alexandra V. Cipolle
Special Issues Editor Amy Schneider
Calendar Editor Ben Ricker
Staff Writer Rick Levin
Contributing Editor Anita Johnson
Contributing Writers Brett Campbell, Rachael Carnes,
Jerry Diethelm, Rachel Foster, Kayla Godowa-Tufti, Jeslyn
Lemke, Anna Grace, Mark Harris, Sophia June, William
Kennedy, Caitlin MacKenzie, Mary McCoy, Paul Neevel,
Dave Nickles, Aaron Ragan-Fore, Sally Sheklow, Amanda
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Andy Valentine, David Wagner, John Williams, Isabel
Zacharias
Interns Mohammed Alkhadher, Claire Rischiotto
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Starring Evynne Hollens
& Ethan Crystal
January 15 - February 6
Directed by Craig Willis
Music Direction by
Nathan Alef
“A stunning score... far and away
Jason Robert Brown’s finest work.”
— Entertainment Weekly
Tickets: (541)465-1506
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