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The Rat Pack is Back...in Eugene!

Get to the Hult this weekend, because Broadway is being escorted in by the Rat Pack.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - A spirited tribute to the Rat Pack is part of the Broadway in Eugene 2009-2010 Season, coming to The Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Friday and Saturday evenings, October 16-17, 2009.

The Rat Pack Is Back recreates one of the famous "Summit At The Sands" hotel shows when the swingin', ring-a-ding group known as the "Rat Pack" was creating hipster legend with a free-wheeling, no-holds-barred nightclub act starring Vegas' four favorite sons: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin and Joey Bishop.

High Time to Accentuate Salem`s Art Smarts

As Rome was not built in one day, nobody expects Salem's arts potential to blossom overnight. But this very day is the ideal time to begin to plant those seeds.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Word has come down that the recent Salem Arts Fair held in Bush Park was a splendid success. Yes, it apparently drew many thousands of visitors and made some neat profits. But need we simply say "Hurrah" and rest on our laurels?

Any city worth its wait must necessarily nurture the arts. This is even more important for a state capitol that wants its public persona to extend beyond being an enclave for state government workers.

My Fear of Plagiarism

The mixed values of a safe and original set of words.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - As a writer I have a deathly fear of plagiarism. It begins immediately with my hyperawareness that every word in my sentences have been published elsewhere, by someone else.

Am I putting myself at risk by reusing them? I think individual words are probably okay. They are in the dictionary which, I hope, makes them public domain.

Lectures and Films Planned in Conjunction with Vietnam War Photo Exhibition

A rare opportunity for Oregonians.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University has planned a variety of free lectures and films for September in conjunction with the exhibition Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in Vietnam and Indochina, on display August 15 through November 8.

The exhibition features 160 photographs from the collection of the George Eastman House/International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, N.Y., taken by photographers who died in Vietnam between 1945 and 1975.

Art Along the Rogue - Oregon`s Largest Street Painting and Music Festival

Art Along the Rogue Street Painting and Music Festival October 3rd and 4th @ Riverside Park in Grants Pass, Oregon.

(GRANTS PASS, Ore.) - For the seventh year, the City of Grants Pass will celebrate Art Along the Rogue Street Painting and Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday, October 3rd and 4th, 2009.

This year's the event will feature Oregon's largest street painting, 40 local and regional street painters, a Community Art Show, food and craft vendors, plus music all weekend.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #56

Salem's original cartoon found exclusively at Salem-News.com

(Salem, Ore.) - Well, as near as I can figure this should mark three years of my doing comics for Salem-News.com.

That's a lot of time and a fair number of comics. When I thought about doing an online comic I knew I wanted it to be paced differently than print comics. Print media is limited in the space it can take up.

Math, Science and Swing Dance in Downtown Salem

New student exhibit opens at “Where the Sidewalk Begins”.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A new student exhibit in downtown Salem features artwork based on geometry concepts, as well as reports and diagrams about the human body.

The display is the August exhibit at “Where the Sidewalk Begins,” the Salem-Keizer Education Foundation’s downtown storefront space and gallery.

Maitland is Named Reed VP-General Manager

Ms. Maitland joined the Reed staff as Director of Marketing in August 2004.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Rebecca R. Maitland will become vice president and general manager of the Reed Opera House effective May 1st, 2009.

The news was announced by Roger Yost, president of QA Properties, owner of the Reed and other downtown landmarks.

Indie Labels Headline Cherry City Music Festival

While languishing in the shadow of Portland and Seattle, Salem serves as an incubator for musicians marching to the beat of their own drum.

(SALEM, Ore.) - This spring, historic downtown Salem will transform into a bubbling cauldron of bleeding edge independent music as dozens of bands converge at the 3rd Annual Cherry City Music Festival on April 9-11, 2009 to benefit at-risk youth, diabetes awareness and arts education.

Independent record labels Kill Rock Stars, K Records, Asthmatic Kitty Records, Tender Loving Empire Records and Boy Gorilla Records host some of their top artists to entertain, inform and schmooze in a celebration of do-it-yourself ethic.

Reed to Host Rouslin Art Benefit For Salem Chamber Orchestra

The event happens on the first Wednesday in March.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Reed Opera House, in concert with the Salem Chamber Orchestra, will launch an exhibit of watercolors by Dr. Sam Rouslin at a wine reception on Wednesday, March 4, in the Reed’s second floor Gallery 205.

The “First Wednesday” wine reception honoring Dr. Rouslin from 5:30 to 8 p.m. is open to the public. All of the paintings in the exhibit have been gifted to the Salem Chamber Orchestra, and all proceeds from the sale of the Rouslin art will directly benefit the orchestra.