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What’s There to Do in a Eugene July? Oregon Country Fair – Eugene, Oregon, USA: What’s There to Do in a Eugene July? Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide By Anthony St. Clair Oregon Country Fair A long, long time ago (well, 1969), on some privately-owned Oregon land that was far, far out, a bunch of hippies decided to have a party. And not just any party, a fair. And the land [...]
What’s There to Do in a Eugene July? Oregon Bach Festival – Eugene, Oregon, USA: What’s There to Do in a Eugene July? Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide Mass in B Minor If you’re religious, then what I’m about to say might offend you. If you are a music student, aficionado or snob, what I’m about to say might offend you. So you’re warned, but here it: J.S. Bach’s Mass in [...]
What’s There to Do in a Eugene July? Bach Festival- Eugene, Oregon, USA: What’s There to Do in a Eugene July? Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide Oregon Bach Festival “I always get goosebumps at this part,” I said to my companion at the first raising of the instruments, the first notes, the dozens of voices sliding and rising into one, into the beginning of J.S. Bach’s Mass in B [...]
What’s There to Do in a Eugene July? Art and the Vineyard – Eugene, Oregon, USA: What’s There to Do in a Eugene July? Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide Art and the Vineyard The world is full of sweet combinations: bacon and eggs, beer and pizza; wine and art, festivals and parks. Every year the Maude Kerns Art Center sponsors such a great combination: Art and the Vineyard, a 3-day Friday-Sunday event [...]
Portland’s Summer Kicks Off With the 95th Rose Festival – Portland, Oregon, USA: Portland, Oregon Travel Guide – June 2002 Portland’s Summer Kicks off with the 95th Rose Festival Portland’s jam-packed summer schedule commenced this week with the city’s famous, annual Rose Festival. Huge crowds are flooding the Waterfront. Parade floats drift through the downtown streets. Fireworks fill the night sky. And I’ve been at home, flat on [...]
Bohemian Chaos – Eugene, Oregon, USA: Eugene, Oregon Travel Guide – June 2002 By Anthony St. Clair Bohemian Chaos We are all a part of the Experiment, You are too an instrument Of artistic temperament. We are all rearranging our reality, Fighting commonality, And all of our humanity. We are a new movement of bohemian design, And apocalyptic signs; The world [...]
Exploding Art Scene – Portland, Oregon, USA: Portland’s transformation from a sleepy Northwest city, to a hip culture capital, is now official. You see it in the papers. You hear it on the streets. You can almost smell it in the air. But perhaps the strongest evidence of the metamorphosis is in Portland’s exploding art scene. The influx of prominent artists, the [...]
Accommodation – Places to Stay – Southern Oregon, USA: The Southern Oregon Travel Guide Ashland Accommodation – Places to Stay Luxury | Reasonable | Bargain | Bed and Breakfasts Luxury Ashland Springs Hotel 212 East Main St. +1 (541) 488.1700 Website: www.ashlandspringshotel.com The Ashland Springs Hotel is by far the most recognizable landmark in town. Rising nine-stories above Main Street the building fairly dwarfs the surrounding townscape. [...]
Portlanders on Portland – Portland, Oregon, USA: Portland, Oregon Travel Guide – May 2002 Portlanders on Portland It just dawned on me – I have a problem. Every month I write an update on the city of Portland. But I’m just one of the 1.8 million people that inhabit this great city! And I only represent one perspective. So this month I [...]
From Franola to Sushi: A City in Transition – Portland, Oregon, USA: Portland, Oregon Travel Guide – May 2002 From Granola to Sushi: A City in Transition Recently W magazine did a huge feature on Portland. The cover deemed Portland the “West Coast’s New Hot City.” For those attune to the fashion scene, this was big news. Usually you’d have better luck catching the staff of W [...]