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• If you haven’t seen it already,
come check out our new Suspish
Fish graffi ti art! Suspish is a fantas-
tic local artist whose work we haven’t
seen enough of lately, so we put it out there that Eugene Weekly’s offi ce
could use some local art from our fave painter of goggle-eyed fi sh and worm
words. Look out for a Suspish story in EW soon!
• We can’t help but to wonder: Does Eugene Weekly scare the White
House? Hear us out. Our circulation — between our 30,000 print copies
and our online reads — rivals KLCC’s 80,000 listeners, and as The Register-
Guard’s print rate drops, ours rises. But for the second time the Weekly
got left out of a Biden administration White House press junket — so sorry
this is the only mention of second gentleman Doug Emhoff ’s Eugene visit
you will get from us. Sure, we do get a little snarky from time to time, and
the RG and public radio don’t, but our loyal readers deserve to be in the
loop even if it’s served with a pinch of sass!
• Even if you don't care about track and fi eld, this is a terrifi c time
to be in Eugene. The athletes, media and fans from all over the world are
livening up our streets. We don't love the jet and helicopter fl y-overs, an
incongruous display having nothing to do with the World Athletic Champion-
ships’ spirit. And we do hope that visitors start giving local businesses a little
more love (see Henry Houston’s story this issue). Hoping this weekend — with
the Lane County Fair adding to the excitement — continues in this fun vein!
• Speaking of Oregon22, what the H E double toothpicks is “crunchy
Eugene”? That's what one of the many New York Times sportswriters
covering the track and fi eld championships has called our town. Maybe it's
about granola or Birkenstocks? What's your guess?
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• And while we are speaking of sports, if you want to see millionaire
pro athletes dancing around like little leaguers who just won the cham-
pionship, tune in to our Pacifi c Northwest major league baseball team,
the Seattle Mariners. Led by the best rookie in baseball, Dominican Julio
Rodriguez, the Mariners have pulled themselves into playoff contention,
and this team has not made the playoff s since 2001. But as excited as we
are about the Mariners’ playoff chances, we are prepared for the Mariners
to blow it. Great pitching is producing big wins and so maybe wacky victory
celebrations will continue into October. Locally, the Eugene Emeralds made
national news, or at least public radio’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, when Ems’
general manager Allan Benavides sang the “Star Spangled Banner”
while getting a prostate exam during a game.
• Not many people outside the art world know of him, but Oregon photog-
rapher Robert Adams is having his moment of national glory. American
Silence: The Photographs of Robert Adams, a retrospective that features
175 of Adams’ moody black and white landscapes documenting the degrada-
tion of nature by human development, opened in May at the National Gallery
of Art in Washington, D.C., and has drawn rave reviews in both The New York
Times (“a magisterial career survey”) and The Washington Post (“a great
artist whose nearly seven decades of work are an essential document of the
national conscience, and a thing of majesty.”). Neither paper could appar-
ently reach the reclusive 85-year-old photographer for comment; the recipi-
ent of a 1994 MacArthur “genius” Fellowship, he has lived quietly for years
in Astoria. Should you happen to be in D.C., the exhibit runs through Oct. 2.
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