Savannah Brown

1 week ago | eugeneweekly.com | Savannah Brown

“A Grandma’s Surprising Sexual Renaissance” is the subtitle that says it all for Charla Hathaway’s one-woman show, Naked at My Age. Hathaway is a Portland-based sexologist who is known by many as the “fairy godmother of sex.” Naked at My Age follows Hathaway’s experience getting into sex work in her mid-50s (which was over 20 years ago) after having an extramarital affair with a French soldier, and the lessons she’s learned about sex and intimacy through her adventures.

1 week ago | eugeneweekly.com | Savannah Brown

“I don’t know how to make this shit funny,” comedian Mohanad Elshieky says about his initial attempts to include an anecdote about being wrongfully stopped by the U.S. Border Patrol into his stand-up routine. He says when he started integrating difficult material into his set, “The first few times, you’re not really getting anything.” For the audience, “This is still weird. It’s still a serious thing, and people are not sure if they can laugh or not.

1 week ago | eugeneweekly.com | Savannah Brown

The Importance of Being Earnest… in Spaaace!, performed by the Roving Park Players, delivers probably the freshest look at queer playwright Oscar Wilde’s classic play yet — mostly because it’s set in the year 2365, so it’s already ahead of its time. The play is director Yeehaw Being’s take on The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the most performed comedies of all time, cut down and thrown into space, to make it “both more absurd and more relatable,” Being says.

2 weeks ago | homenewspa.com | Savannah Brown

During the Northampton School Board meeting on Monday, May 12, the board heard presentations from Northampton Area Public Library Director Veronica LaRoche and NASD Business Administrator Craig Neiman, which helped directors make their decisions on public library funding and the district’s 2025-26 final budget. During her presentation, LaRoche explained that the library’s request of $270,000 from the district is a flat fund, which has been the same requested amount for the last five years.

3 weeks ago | homenewspa.com | Savannah Brown

During the Bath Borough Council meeting on Monday, May 13, council announced several upcoming borough events. First, council announced there will be a hot dog eating contest and free haircuts (choice of three styles) this August during Old Home Weekend.