Emerson Brady

Are brats annoying? Cool? Jaded? Perhaps they’re just misunderstood? But honestly, who cares? Charli XCX’s newest album, Brat, isn’t trying to put brats like her in a box — she just wants to put he…

On Thursday, May 30, roughly 50 University of Oregon students shut down UO President John Karl Scholz’s investiture at Matthew Knight Arena, protesting the university’s investment ties to Israel.&n…

Finding a craft beer in the Pacific Northwest that isn’t a rich, high alcohol by volume (ABV) IPA that sort of tastes like crushed-up pennies can be difficult. I actually like the hoppiness o…

On Oct. 4 Izakaya Meiji shocked foodies of Eugene by announcing that the Western-themed izakaya was undergoing a makeover and would now be called Junglefowl.  The restaurant traded its cowboy boots…

Dining at Mother’s House sort of feels like coming home — with better fried chicken and fewer questions about my future. Despite being a takeout food truck that doesn’t resemble my childhood …

On an unusually warm March afternoon, the line to play pickleball at Westmoreland Park was only getting longer. My playing partners were Alicia Hays, president of the Emerald Valley Pickleball Foun…

Every December my dear friend Isaac and I make a list of trend predictions for the upcoming year. We argue over whether bobs are making a comeback and if truffle fries are finally #out. One thing w…

Bambi, the sweet Disney star, is getting a makeover — hopefully in time for Halloween — complete with fangs that could kill in the upcoming movie Bampire, thanks to local filmmakers who have teamed…

PeaceHealth canceled its last meeting with the Oregon Nurses Association and a federal mediator on Jan. 23, days after receiving notice that home care and hospice nurses were planning to strike. Th…

Tis the season to love thy neighbor and buy loads of presents for said neighbor and sister and mom and dad and cousin and grandma and, shit, I forgot my work was doing a white elephant this year. B…