We started the last edition of Weekend Reader with a disturbing report close to home: a New York Times story about death threats being sent to a member of the Corvallis School Board. This week,...
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“Veterans’ Voices Project 3” brings veterans’ stories to life
The “Veterans’ Voices Project” at the Majestic Theatre always has been personal for director Leigh Matthews Bock. But this year’s installment of the project – in which Bock connects local veterans...
Your Weekend Reader for Nov. 6-7
Only a few shopping weeks remain until Christmas -- but if you'd rather blow another couple of days with carefully curated and provocative reading selections, that's a good choice as well,...
‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ and it’s free
OSU production wraps the familiar story in the trappings of a 1940s radio play. And tickets to the show are free.
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 30-31
Boo! It's Halloween weekend, and the weather out here looks like it'll be a nice night on Sunday for trick-or-treating. In that spirit, this edition of Your Weekend Reader features all treats, and...
JT and JB: Rock ‘n’ roll and sensible shoes
Diane and I ran up to Portland on a rainy Monday to see James Taylor and Jackson Browne in concert. We had been waiting nearly two years to claim our "Will Call" tickets at the Moda Center -- the...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 23-24
Let's start this weekend with a provocative new piece from The Atlantic's Pulitzer-winning science writer, Ed Yong, about the future of public health -- a particularly timely topic these days....
The robots arise at the Majestic in “R.U.R.”
Before the androids of “Westworld,” the replicants of “Blade Runner” and even before the Maschinemensch “Maria” in Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis,” there were Rossum’s Universal Robots. In fact, Karel...
Your Weekend Reader for Oct. 16-17
Update: Washington State University head football coach Nick Rolovich, who's mentionedin an item below, was fired on Monday, along with four of his assistants, for refusing to get a COVID...