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Funding is at risk!
LAURIE BROWN (RIGHT) OF
THE CANADIAN RECORD
Join other concerned
community members who
are showing up and
speaking up for our library.
Photo courtesy of For The Record
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It is, says Andrew DeVigal, “a good starting point. How do we start a
conversation?” That conversation is about community journalism and
the hurdles it must clear daily, be it fi nancially or with the swirl of ignoble disinfor-
mation that surrounds us. That starting point is the 2023 documentary fi lm For The
Record by independent fi lmmaker Heather Courtney, an up close look at community
journalism with Laurie Brown, editor and publisher of The Canadian Record. The weekly
paper has served Canadian, Texas (population 2,339 at the 2020 census), and Hemp-
hill County in the Texas Panhandle since 1893. As the Austin Film Festival notes, the
fi lm “is a mostly verite documentary that follows one year in the life of the small-town
newspaper The Canadian (Texas) Record in what might be its last year.” The Canadian
Record stopped printing in March 2023, as the family-owned newspaper was unable to
fi nd a buyer. Both Brown and Courtney will attend the screening and participate in a
discussion afterward facilitated by DeVigal. “We’re not going to solve the problem in
our two-hour time frame,” DeVigal says, but he hopes the conversation steers its way
to how community newspapers can be fi nancially sustainable and re-establish trust in
the communities they serve. DeVigal is the director of the Agora Journalism Center at
the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, which advances
community-centered journalism. — Dan Buckwalter
FEB 19
eplfoundation.org/advocacy
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Prizes for winners!
Also a Youth Division
this year!
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For The Record: A Film Screening and Community Dialogue is 5:30 pm Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Erb
Memorial Union Redwood Auditorium at the University of Oregon. Register at Calendar.uoregon.edu. FREE.
Film
Horrible Bingo: Death Spa
(1988) , 7pm, Art House, 492
Rich Fisher , singer-song-
writer, 6:30-9:30pm, Happy
Hours, 645 River Rd.
Gatherings
Psychedelic Integration Circle ,
E. 13th Ave. $10.
Nightlife
5:30pm, EDELIC Ctr., 631 E.
19th Ave., bldg. B.
UU Tuesday Night Movie: Outli-
ers and Outlaws , 6pm, Unitar-
Bingo , 6-9pm, Eugene Elks
Kids/Family
ian Universalist Church,
1685 W. 13th Ave.
Tacos & Trivia , 6-8pm, Tall-
Gatherings
Metal Detecting Club Meeting ,
7-9pm, Eugene Elks Lodge,
2470 W. 11th Ave.
Lodge, 2470 W. 11th Ave. $5.
man Brewing, 2055 Prim-
rose St., Lebanon.
Bingo w/ Ty Connor , 6:30pm,
PublicHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.
Trivia Tuesday , 7-9pm, beer-
STEAM Stories: Flight ,
4:30pm, Downtown Eugene
Public Library.
Lectures/Classes
Qigong Balance for Life , 10am,
Eugene Garden Club, 1645
High St. FREE-$20.
Kids/Family
garden, 777 W. 6th Ave.
Baby Storytime , 10:30am,
Social Dance
Talk Time: Practice Conver-
sational English , 4:30pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
Latin Dance w/ DJ Vito , 7pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
Lectures/Classes
Talk Time: Practice Conver-
sational English , 4:30pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
A Brief History of Tea , 5:30-
7:30pm, Shelton McMurphey
Johnson House, 303 Wil-
lamette. $25.
Basic Bicycle Maintenance ,
6-7:30pm, Shift Community
Cycles, 811 W. 6th Ave.
Internal Family Systems Febru-
ary Workshop , 7pm, 70 E.
Howard Ave. $10-15.
Literary Arts
Writing Time , 9:30am-noon,
Wordcrafters Studio, 436
Charnelton St., ste. 100. $5.
Tween Writing Club , 4:30pm,
PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th
Ave.
International Folk Dancing ,
7:30-9:30pm, Friends Meet-
ing, 2274 Onyx St. $5-10.
Bicycle Mechanics 101 , 6:30-
8:30pm, Shift Community
Cycles, 811 W. 6th Ave.
Truffl e Diversity of Willamette
Valley Oak Savanna , 7pm,
February 19
Amazon Community Ctr.,
2700 Hilyard St.
W E D N E S DAY
Literary Arts
Art/Craft
Figure Art Session , 6:15-9pm,
New Zone Gallery, 110 E. 11th
Ave. $8-60.
Film
Mao's Last Dancer (2009) ,
Windfall Reading Series: Au-
thors Sue Fagalde Lick & Jack
Cooper , 6pm, Downtown
Eugene Public Library.
Music
Luke Turner Quartet , 7pm,
The Jazz Station, 124 W.
Broadway. $10.
1pm, Willamalane Adult
Activity Ctr., 215 W. C St.,
Spfd.
Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger ,
For the Record Screening &
Community Dialogue , 5:30pm,
Tim McLaughlin , singer-
folk, bluegrass, 7:30pm, The
Shedd, 868 High St. $28-36.
Downtown Eugene Public
Library.
EMU Redwood Auditorium
(UO).
TransPonder Book Club ,
5-6pm. Email Info@Tran-
sPonder.Community for link.
I, Tonya (2017) , 6:30pm, Wild-
ish Theater, 630 Main St.,
Spfd.
Open Mic , 8:30pm, Mulligan's
Pub, 2841 Willamette.
Self-Care for Writing Productiv-
ity , 6pm, Downtown Eugene
Horrible Bingo: Death Spa
(1988) , 7pm, Art House, 492
Nightlife
Public Library.
Music
Open Jam , 6-10pm, Local
Losers Lounge, 85944 High-
way 99 S.
support.eugeneweekly.com
songwriter, 7:30pm, PLAY
Eugene, 232 W. 5th Ave.
When Harry Met Sally (1989) ,
History Trivia , 5pm, 5th
Street Public Market, 296 E.
5th Ave.
7pm, Whiteside Theatre,
461 SW Madison Ave., Cor-
vallis. $8-10.
Davey's Dungeon & Dragons ,
6pm, PLAY Eugene, 232 W.
5th St.
“Survivor” S16 Watch Party ,
7:30-10pm, PublicHouse, 418
A St., Spfd.
Quality Trivia w/ Rob & Lor-
raine , 6-8:30pm, Hop Valley
E. 13th Ave. $10.
Brewing Co., 990 W. 1st Ave.
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