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orvallis is planning several
C
“upgrades” to city parks to the tune
of $1.7 million. Due to the fact that plans
mention nothing about a beer fountain,
adult ball pit, or massive water slides,
I’m choosing
to call it “The
Old People
Upgrade.” New
toilets, patios,
pathways,
and some
playground
rebuilds to keep
the kids busy while we mosey about
with our iPhones ringing, not sure how to
answer them.
I started to read something about
tons of interest in Corvallis’ steering
committee, but I fell asleep before I got
to the punchline. Thankfully I was roused
just moments before I would normally
begin drooling with news that visitors
to the Gazette-Times website have
overwhelmingly chosen Bruno Mars’
performance as their favorite of the
Super Bowl Halftim... ::snores::
A 31-year-old dude with a ridiculouslooking hairpiece (either that or his
barber was going for something
post-apocalyptic prisony) was recently
tossed in the Benton County lockup
for poking around at his Johnson while
asking two 13-year-old girls for a sexual
encounter at the Corvallis Transit
Center. And of course he was from
Brownsville, so perhaps he thought the
girls were sheep. What I’m trying to say
is that they do that out there, so I can
get an enraged letter next week from
someone who took me seriously.
A mountain troll of a man freaked out
in Alsea on Feb. 18 and broke a car
window with a hammer either before
or after head-butting some woman. I
have been unable to confirm the rumor
I am literally starting, right here in this
sentence, that he also had on Guy Fieri
underwear and tried to eat the tire off
of a wheelbarrow.
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hat kind of students do we want
roaming campus and skulking
town at night? The
kind of students that
any university would
want. Put another
way, we do not want
the kind of students
that other universities
would not want either.
This is why Oregon
State University has
decided to take a
look at its transfer
student policies. As
stated on the Oregon State website,
“Applicants who are ineligible to
re-enroll at any college or university
that they attended within the last
seven years for student conduct
reasons will be
automatically
declined admission
at OSU. Applicants
who disclose that
the reason for their
ineligibility is for
academic reasons
will be admitted only
if they meet OSU’s
minimum academic
requirements.” The
interesting part, however, is now
OSU officials are working to actually
enforce this rule.
OSU officials are seeking to decrease
instances of sexual abuse on
campus and create an overall safer
environment for students. While
this policy applies to all transfer
applicants equally, the decision to
enforce it came, surprisingly enough,
three months after a controversial
sexual abuse lawsuit targeting OSU
and former football coach Mike Riley
for fostering a hostile environment
towards women.
Shocking update: OSU still maintains
that strengthening their transfer
policies is not directed towards
athletes—however, OSU officials are
urging other Pac-12 universities to
follow suit.
Keepin’ It Steel Hatcheries Cause Rapid Mutation
By Sidney Reilly
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he conventional wisdom of eating
wild versus farm-raised fish
has always been one of those things
that most people didn’t need a lot
of research to back up the wisdom
of. But that doesn’t mean we’re not
still getting more of that research
every day. The latest salvo in the
warnings against hatchery fish comes
from OSU researchers in the journal
Nature Communications. They warn
that hatchery fish change on a genetic
level after just one generation, in as
many as 700 different genes.
While it doesn’t mean we’re going
to see any three-eyed fish from The
Simpsons at Safeway any time soon,
it is a startling sign of the potential
impact of hatchery fish versus the
old-fashioned kind.
“A fish hatchery is a very artificial
environment that causes strong
natural selection pressures,” said
Michael Blouin in a press release.
A professor of
integrative biology
at OSU who worked
on the study, he
continued, “A
concrete box with
50,000 other fish all
crowded together
and fed pellet food is clearly a lot
different than an open stream.”
you’ll forgive the metaphor, like
sardines. The genetic pathways being
activated were largely related to
wound-healing and
metabolism, which
would of course be
strongly influenced by
the cramped quarters.
The study involved the observation of
Oregon steelhead trout. While they
haven’t specifically isolated what is
being produced by these changes yet,
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fascinating. The changes seem to
be directly related to the physical
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elsewhere in the press release,
elaborating, “however, the large
amount of change we observed at the
DNA level was really amazing. This
was a surprising result.”
As soon as one of these handsome
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in Lebanon took out an entire honestto-goodness power pole, complete
with live wire flipping about all willy-nilly,
after smashing an SUV into it. Officially
blaming it on distracted driving, the
Linn County Sheriff’s Office has cited
one Mr. Dylan Sowers of California (go
figure) as the result of his admission that
he was busy trying to get candy off
of the floorboard when the accident
occurred. Whatever it was, I hope it was
delicious. And my compliments to the
totally fabricated “went off the road
in heavy rains” bit of sensationalism
offered up on the topic by the
Lebanon-Express. Checked the weather
reports, bro... 0.43 inches for the entire
day. Heavy rain isn’t an accurate term
until you’re over 0.30 per hour. In your
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By Johnny Beaver
Malheur May Be a Gift... But Portland Is Being Far Too Reasonable
Portland on the Verge of Arts
Revolution... Maybe
I’ll be honest with you. Normally
I care about elections in Portland
about as much as I care about...
things I don’t actually care about very
much. This time around, though, the
upcoming elections in good old RIP
City (which is a disturbing nickname,
by the way) threaten to really change
course when it comes to each of the
hot button issues—homelessness,
gentrification, inequality and... er,
taxes. But we don’t care about taxes.
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)
did a recent sizable rundown on
candidates and their positions on “the
issues,” considering that about half
the city council could look different
in the near future. I read the whole
thing twice, and rather than beat
a dead horse (not that doing so
doesn’t sound like fun), I’ll give you
a rundown on my takeaway from the
lineup.
1. Portland has a hell of a lot of really
competent, caring people running for
office.
2. Many contested seats seem to be
battles between two or more very
good choices, which makes sh*t sort of
confusing.
3. Mayoral candidates Jules “The
Clean Cut Guy” Bailey, Sean “The I
Could Snap Your Neck Like a Twig,
Boy” Davis, and Bim “The I Don’t
Need a Special Name Because I’m
Already Kinda Weird and Play the
Drums” Ditson—they all are banking
heavily on their individual war cries
for bringing back the old mayor’s arts
and culture liaison position, as well as
increasing funding and functionality
for the Regional Arts and Culture
Council.
4. Most candidates for any position
mention affordable housing for artists,
common sense, dare I say, realistic
sober solutions for homelessness,
and a general push to keep Portland
moving in a direction that fosters
cultural diversity and community
building around those values.
So... good God, what a horrible,
disgustingly boring election cycle. I
even did some research on some of the
candidates that made me suspicious
(generally because of their haircuts),
but found jack squat on the hyperbald Fred Stewart, or the perpetuallyjust-got-out-of-the-shower-hair
Amanda Fritz. Where are the idiots,
the charlatans, the buffoons? For
that matter, where the hell are the
Republicans? Oh, that’s right, they’re
all in South Carolina panicking.
At least the national government gets
it. As I’m writing this, Donald Trump
just got a lockout on delegates in a
state everyone (myself included) was
sure he’d lose. Now that’s what the
&%@! I’m talkin’ about! Maybe I need
to start ignoring this state and look at
the bigger picture.
More Occupation Tidbittery
A few things have come to my
attention in the aftermath of the
world’s most ridiculous occupation. So
first off, the sheriff of Grant County,
Glenn Palmer, has a sweet beard.
Unfortunately it isn’t going to save
him from the deluge of complaints
that have been lodged due to his
support of the Malheur occupation.
I won’t go into grand detail, but if
you’re interested I highly recommend
checking out the details—this guy
was borderline gallivanting around as
part of the group for a while. Once the
justice department is down crawling
around in his #!@! I’m guessing he
won’t be sitting right for a few years.
Honestly, what the hell is it with
sheriffs, anyway? It seems like every
time I turn around there’s some
sheriff out there that thinks he was
elected Supreme Hillbilly and was
tasked with protecting the good
mountain folk from their evil Yankee
oppressors. Good grief.
Now, speaking of doing your own
research, if you haven’t checked
out some of the initial legal defense
documentation drafted by exoccupiers, you are really doing
yourself a comedic injustice. A few
days ago OregonLive published some
of these documents, and they’re a
revelation of hilarity. I’m looking at
the affirmative defense of Shawna
Cox, the she-devil of the occupation
herself, and my... oh my... oh my. First
and foremost, let it be known that she
says that she “suffered damages from
the works of the devil” and wants
the federal government to pay her
“$666,666,666,666.66”
as part of a counter
complaint against federal
employees. She makes claims of the
legality of the occupation, and to one
degree or another, tries to literally
name, as far as I can tell, every single
human being that works for the
government or the Bar Association, as
criminal combatants.
Honestly, you’ve really just got to
see it for yourself. The previous
statements are just the big picture
items. I am not exaggerating when
I tell you that every single word of
this eight-page document reads like
someone took an angsty 14-year-old
that had just had their first American
government class, removed half their
brain and replaced their disposition
with that of a middle-aged egomaniac
that would rather set themselves
on fire than admit that they have
accomplished nothing of substance
in their life. It’s frightening, hard to
believe, an education in American
culture... and perhaps even a little bit
sexy.
In God We Trust
Klamath County Dissenting Commissioner Receives Death Threats
By Kiki Genoa
O
n Feb. 9, Klamath County
commissioners formally approved
a sign reading “In God We Trust” to be
permanently attached to the back of the
Klamath County Government Center
Commission’s meeting room.
A week before, the
city’s commissioners
voted 2 to 1 in
approval of the sign,
which was the original
idea of Klamath
County Commissioner
Tom Mallams.
Five years ago,
Congress re-affirmed “In God We
Trust” as the national motto. Since
federal lawmakers supported this
slogan, Mallams regarded the fourfoot sign as one appropriate for the
Klamath public house.
At the meeting
where the decision
was formalized,
44 local citizens
spoke to the
commissioners
and town
representatives. Of
those, 39 residents
were in favor of
adding the sign to the room.
not the words were specifically written.
Supporters agreed that the sign was
suitable as it represented American
religious history. According to a
detailed report by the Herald and
News, one resident supported his
argument in favor of the sign with the
claim that our Constitution contains no
statement regarding the separation of
church and state.
Klamath Falls City Councilor Trish
Seiler publicly opposed the sign. In
their Feb. 10 report, the Herald and
News acknowledged that Seiler had
received death threats from anonymous
Klamath locals after speaking out
against the sign when the idea was first
brought up a year ago.
Opponents contended that such a
sign would violate the tradition of
separation of church and state, which
was the original intent behind such
sections of the Constitution, whether or
The construction and placement of the
sign was funded by local donations,
including those from a private group
of residents who raised $2,000. A local
metalworker was hired to create the
sign.
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By Taylor Smith
Endangered Whale
Status Review
Coming
85 Southern Residents
Estimated in 2015
T
he National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s Marine Fisheries Service is
beginning its species review of the southern
resident killer whale, an iconic species
here in the Pacific
Northwest. As part of
its recognition on the
federal endangered
species list, the southern
residents undergo this
evaluation every five
years to determine
whether the species
has made progress on
criteria defined in the species recovery plan.
Southern residents, named for their summer
range in the inland waterways of Washington
and Oregon, were granted protection under
the federal Endangered Species Act in 2005
following a 20 percent decline in population.
The National Marine Fisheries Service currently
classifies orcas as one of the most at risk of
extinction based on its relatively high mortality
and low reproduction rates. The estimated
population in 2015 was around 85 whales.
The issue of orca conservation is challenging,
given the profusion of issues that influence
the species. Orcas almost exclusively prey on
Chinook salmon, which are an endangered
species themselves and are important to
commercial and recreational fisheries in the
area. Therefore one of the primary missions of
orca recovery is Chinook salmon restoration.
“NOAA manages the recovery of both
killer whales and the restoration of salmon,”
explained Lynne Barre, a marine biologist with
NOAA’s Marine Fisheries Service. “If we can
focus our salmon recovery efforts in a way that
also benefits the whales, then we get the best
bang for the buck.”
Other key aspects of killer whale recovery
include managing contamination, as killer
whales spend lots of time around urbanized
areas, and lessening impacts from boat traffic,
such as noise and overcrowding.
NOAA’s species review will not be complete
until this fall, but all indications are that the
results will have no bearing on the species’
status on the endangered species list.
According to NOAA’s action plan for the
southern resident killer whale, they anticipate
a time frame of 14 to 28 years for the species’
recovery.
Rayfield Votes AgainstSays
Wolf
D
elist Bill
Courts Should Decide
By Taylor Smith
A
bill that would delist the gray
wolf from the state endangered
species list will be voted on this week
in the state Senate after narrowly
passing in the Oregon Legislature.
House Bill 4040, which passed by a
33-23 margin, would ratify the Fish
and Wildlife Commission’s decision
to remove wolves from protection
under the state ESA.
The commission originally voted to
delist back in November, but three
conservation groups—Cascadia
Wildlands, Oregon Wild, and the
Center for Biological Diversity—
have filed a petition in the Oregon
Court of Appeals for a judicial
review of the decision.
“This decision was not based
in science, it was not based on
Oregon’s conservation values,”
contended Cascadia Wildlands’
director Nick Cady, “it violated
the law, and it will not survive
scrutiny.”
HB 4040 effectively protects the
Commission from pending litigation
so that ODFW can move on with
the Wolf Plan and have more
flexible means for managing the
species.
With wolves delisted, ODFW can
consider lethal methods to manage
problem wolf packs and ranchers
will be allowed to shoot wolves that
they find chasing or biting livestock
on their property.
Corvallis Representative Dan
Rayfield believes that the bill would
preempt a fair assessment of the
decision to delist. “It is something
that should be determined in a
court of law,” explained Rayfield,
who voted against the measure
when it came to the House
floor on Feb. 12.
Once the bill
leaves the
Senate
committee, it
will go to the
Senate floor
for a vote
sometime
next week.
Congressman Peter DeFazio
also expressed his concerns
about the bill in a written
BBQ Compound May Cure
D
iabetes
Mice Referrals Welcome
By Anthony Vitale
T
hanks to recent discoveries at
Oregon State University, mice
diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
can rest assured there is hope.
More importantly, this hope may
extend to humans in the future and
possibly cure
type 1 diabetes
altogether.
With 29 million
Americans
suffering from
some form of
diabetes and
one in four of
them unaware of their ailment,
we may be in store for a major
breakthrough.
The study, published in The
Journal of Immunology in late
2015, tested a multitude of
compounds in an attempt to find
one that could suppress type 1
diabetes while retaining patients’
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latter part is important to note,
since other compounds like dioxin
have been found to suppress type 1
diabetes while accumulating within
the body and becoming increasingly
toxic.
As written in the
study, and you
may want to skip
this part, “We
recently discovered
10-chloro-7Hbenzimidazo[2,1-a]
benzo[de]isoquinolin-7-one (10-Cl-BBQ), a
nanomolar affinity AhR ligand
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and favorable pharmacologic
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But, in short, they found the aptly
named BBQ compound is able
to bind to T cells and alter their
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expression in lab mice.
T cells are your body’s militia,
which both destroy and retain
memory of pathogens, so the
afflicted body can better protect
against repeat infections. In
binding to T cells, BBQ is able to
prevent them from developing into
pancreas terrorists that prey on
insulin-producing cells and cause
inflammation.
Researchers remain confident that
BBQ not only may lead to serious
breakthroughs in the diabetes
world, but the entire universe of
autoimmune disease. But before
we get too excited, BBQ has yet
to be clinically tested on humans,
and so has a ways to go before
hitting pharmacy shelves. If you
would like to help, please refer any
diabetic mice you know to the OSU
Department of Environmental and
Molecular Toxicology.
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Why We Love Prism Magazine
Art, Literature, and Opportunity
By Kyra Blank
S
many new artists will be featured.
Here’s a tiny sample of some of the
talent showcased: Fox is altered
photography submitted by Shanna
Roast, a junior majoring in art and
education; Hallie Sutton, a junior
majoring in digital communication
art, submitted the photograph
Newport, Oregon; Snacks was
submitted by a sophomore majoring
in environmental science, Jynwaye
Foo.
eeing your work in any kind of
publication for the first time is
a singularly memorable thing—it is
a dream turned reality. This kind of
moment usually comes after years
of hard work and tears spilled over
piles of rejection letters gracing your
recycling bin.
But for many OSU students Prism
Art and Literary Magazine is a
refreshingly open space to solidify
the idea that other people value
and appreciate the work they have
created.
Of interest as well are author
Nicholas Browning and poet Ethan
Heusser. A senior majoring in
English, Browning titled his piece
“The Women Wearing Owl Masks.”
A sophomore majoring in English,
Heusser has an amazing total of
three poems in this edition of Prism:
“Lean,” “On the Growing of Potatoes,”
and “Flesh.”
According to Prism editor-in-chief
Darryl Oliver, “Prism Magazine
is a literary arts magazine on the
Oregon State campus that publishes
art and literature by students, from
students, for students.” This means
students have an opportunity to see
their work in print long before they
normally would expect to. It also
means that students around campus
can see what their peers are capable
of producing.
The magazine “hopes to provide a
career launching pad for those artists
and authors looking to make a living
from their craft,” said Oliver. Along
with helping students find a foothold
for future careers, the magazine
also inspires beginning artists and
authors to continue their creative
processes.
Want to get published? First,
the magazine only publishes
student work, but other than that,
submissions for the next edition of
Prism are accepted beginning finals
week. You may email no more than
five pieces, in any medium, to prism@
oregonstate.edu. The staff ask that
you include your name, the titles of
your work, the medium, your year in
school, and your major.
Encouragement early on in this
world of living paycheck to paycheck
for the sake of your craft can be
the difference between a successful
artistic career and dreams snuffed
out before they were even fully
aflame. By reading, and having the
ability to publish in, a magazine such
If you’re interested in reading or
viewing more artwork in Prism, you
can pick up a free copy at stands all
around campus or in the new student
experience center. You can also visit
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Economy
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Members... Clothing Swap
Slated for March 5
W
e live in a world of both extreme
need and an unprecedented
abundance of stuff, and Christine
Dashiell has squared those two
realities in the Corvallis community.
After witnessing the beautiful
practicality of recycling unwanted
or unneeded items at her own
“alternative baby shower” of regifted items, she came up with the
idea of a family gift economy.
She started with just a small group
of friends, where she encouraged
everyone to give any extra or unused
items to other members of the group
who needed them. Due to growing
interest, she created the Corvallis
Families Gift Economy Facebook
group, which now has over 3,000
members.
Once that took off, she decided
to start organizing a clothing swap,
now held seasonally at First United
Methodist Church in Corvallis. People
can bring any clothing or household
items to donate, and can take
whatever they can use. The items are
organized on tables by type and size,
and volunteers make signs, direct
those who need help, and donate
snacks for everyone to enjoy.
At the end of the swap, anything that
isn’t claimed is donated to various
local charities such as Community
Outreach, June’s Kids Kloset, and
the Arc. Dashiell is pleased with the
outcome of the swaps and hopes
that those who come to a swap and
see the possibilities of sharing in this
way are able to start similar groups
and events in adjacent communities,
spreading the idea of neighborhood
sharing.
The next clothing swap is
scheduled for Saturday, March 5
from 12 to 3 p.m. Find out more
information on their website,
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Late-Winter Concert
OSU Wind Symphony
Help for Lysa Philipson
What Happens When Disability
By Stevie Beisswanger
Insurance Fails at Sam Health
Dana Biggs, director
Campus Band
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS | SCHOOL OF ARTS & COMMUNICATION
Jason Gossett, director
Late-Winter Concert
TUESDAY • 7:30 PM
OSU Wind Symphony
MARCH 1
Dana Biggs, director
Campus Band
I
t was nearing Christmas when
Lysa Philipson wrote to us at The
Advocate, her resources rapidly depleting,
terrified by the possibility of impending
homelessness and bewildered by the fact
that no one seemed in a position to help
her.
Jason Gossett, director
As the main provider of her household,
now having to pay for her family’s steep
TUESDAY • 7:30 PM
private health insurance, Philipson
came close to losing all she had worked
so hard to secure during her dedicated
employment at Good Samaritan Regional
Medical Center (GSRMC).
The LaSells Stewart Center
It was there Philipson
875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis
served over 35 of her 55
years, mostly as an ER
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nurse, an occupation typical
Youth and OSU students free with ID
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of high stress, but work she
takes pride in. As stated in
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her initial letter enlisting
The LaSells Stewart Center
875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis
our help and advocacy,
Philipson claimed, “There
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is no better hospital in
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Oregon,” and that she
always felt well-treated
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and appreciated “prior to
becoming progressively ill
and eventually unable to
work.”
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS | SCHOOL OF ARTS & COMMUNICATION
MARCH 1
Oregon State University
Wind Ensemble
Directed by Christopher Chapman
MONDAY • 7:30 pm
FEBRUARY 29
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS | SCHOOL OF ARTS & COMMUNICATION
Oregon State University
The LaSells Stewart Center
875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis
Wind Ensemble
$7 advance, $10 door
Youth & OSU students free with ID
Directed
byatChristopher
Chapman
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tickets
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MONDAY • 7:30 pm
FEBRUARY 29
The LaSells Stewart Center
875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis
$7 advance, $10 door
Youth & OSU students free with ID
Online tickets at tickettomato.com
Featuring the WEST-COAST PREMIERE of
Adam Schoenberg’s “American Symphony”
Persichetti: Symphony #6 for Band
Maslanka: St. Francis
Gillingham: Concerto for marimba,
Robert Brudvig, soloist
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Featuring the WEST-COAST PREMIERE of
Adam Schoenberg’s “American Symphony”
Persichetti: Symphony #6 for Band
Maslanka: St. Francis
Gillingham: Concerto for marimba,
Robert Brudvig, soloist
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8 | Corvallis Advocate
When Philipson
was initially denied
compensation from
GSRMC’s contracted
disability insurer, Lincoln
Finanical Group, Samaritan
representatives said their
“hands were tied,” that
the matter was exclusively
between Philipson and
Lincoln Financial, while
also admitting to never
coming across such a case, of someone so
sick fighting so hard.
After communicating with union
representatives at the Oregon Nurses
Association (ONA), we’ve been assured
that disability and benefits issues such as
Philipson’s are being addressed amongst
surveyed members of the association,
prior to the next round of contract
negotiations.
Since investigating her story, we can
report some success for Philipson,
but are still left weary and dubious of
mismanagement, hoping more strides be
made.
How It All Started
Philipson has battled a whole slew of
health problems, most significantly since
the early 2000s, including lupus, celiac
disease, microscopic colitis, adrenal
insufficiency, depression with anxiety,
Sjogren’s syndrome, chronic abdominal
pain, atrial fibrillation—and the list
goes on. Philipson’s “unpredictable
instantaneous episodes” of abdominal
pain suddenly reached crippling degrees
in the spring of 2015. Paired with having
to be in the immediate vicinity of a
bathroom, where she openly admits to
spending up to 16 hours a day due to
sudden and prolonged cramping and loose
stools, Philipson’s chronic pain rendered
her incapable of returning to work at
GSRMSC.
“I just woke up on April 4 and all my
autoimmune diseases ganged up on me,”
Philipson said. That day, she wound up
in the ER, with abnormal labs and a CT
scan.
On a scale of 10, Philipson ranks these
“gut aches from hell” averaging 8 or
more, pain comparative to gunshot
wounds or traumatic amputations,
leaving her extremely fatigued,
sometimes dry heaving.
Exhausted of all leave or vacation time,
Philipson received short-term disability
compensation from Lincoln Financial
for a total of four weeks, the last of
which she fought for. As of May 9, 2015,
Philipson was denied further benefits,
which she’d worked for for over 30 years.
While arranging to apply for long-term
disability, and facing a complete loss of
income, Philipson’s only option, as per
GSRMC policy, was to take out early
retirement, funds crucial to her and her
family’s survival during the subsequent
nine-month battle for earned benefits.
“If I didn’t have that retirement money, it
would have been financially devastating,”
said Philipson. At the time, her family’s
only other source of income was disability
coverage from her husband, diagnosed
with Parkinson’s and sarcoidosis, and the
help of her two boys, pitching in wherever
possible while attending universities.
Worse, Philipson claimed
to have never received
any acknowledgment for
her many dedicated years
at GSRMC. “Not one
single person, even on the
telephone, has said, ‘Thank
you for all your hard
work,’” Philipson confided.
Stalling Tactics and
Run-Arounds
In the fall of 2015, while
awaiting Lincoln’s decision
over long-term disability
benefits, Philipson took two
trips to the ER, the first
for an atrial fibrillation
due to a leaky heart
valve in September and
the second for adrenalrelated extreme dizziness
in November, rendering
her temporarily incapable
of walking without
assistance. According to
Philipson, both episodes
were “improved almost
entirely by IV steroids…
so were likely related to [her] adrenal
insufficiency, which flares due to stress.”
To this day, her vertigo persists with
position changes, and Philipson has since
applied for and received a disability
parking permit. Generally, Philipson
finds extreme difficulty remaining in
prolonged upright positions, in which she
feels she may pass out.
Piling on to the heap of no relief,
Philipson received a verdict from Lincoln
on Nov. 17. Lincoln Financial had denied
her long-term disability, claiming her
capable of performing the “main duties”
of her “regular occupation” and therefore
ineligible for benefits.
Philipson suited up for a second appeal,
complying with Lincoln’s vague requests
for more documentation. Philipson’s
husband, Howard, considers such
Philipson received correspondence
from Bartels after a second letter
of denial from Lincoln Financial for
long-term disability, dated Jan. 7.
The letter claimed that the additional
documents, including over 90 pages of
medical records dated within the year
of 2015, a doctor-written letter, and
MRI of Philipson’s lower spine, were
unsupportive of her qualifying for total
disability, as defined by her policy.
As per this “courtesy review,” Lincoln
Financial determined no evidence
of impairment which would prevent
Philipson from “lifting up to 50 pounds
occasionally, 25 pounds frequently, with
prolonged standing/walking typically a
minimum six to eight hours per day from
5/09/15 and beyond due to chronic pain.”
Documentation completed by Philipson’s
doctor in September of 2015, however,
determines Philipson as capable of
only standing or walking up to two
hours within an eight-hour period, and
restricted from lifting or carrying more
than 10 pounds (as well as bending,
squatting, crawling, climbing, and
reaching above shoulder level). Also
reiterated throughout the document
is the unlikelihood of Philipson’s
condition ever improving, that she is
never expected to return to precedent
functionality.
What strikes us as most dismissive
of her medical examinations and
physical symptoms is Lincoln’s
statement that Philipson was “noted
to have multiple medical complaints,
but did not demonstrate any serious
musculoskeletal, orthopedic, or
neurological deficits.”
“They call it the invisible illness,” said
What sounded like hopeful news quickly
dissolved in light of the committee’s
“thorough review of claims data during
the three-year period that Lincoln
Financial has been Samaritan’s disability
insurance carrier,” during which Lincoln
Financial “approved more than 86% of
claims submitted and only two out of
109 claims have reached the appeals
stage,” rendering Lincoln’s treatment to
claimants as fair in Samaritan’s opinion.
Like Philipson, we were curious
to know if her case fell under the
“covered” category, as she was initially
compensated for a short time, as well
as how much representation there was
amongst claimants with less physically
evidenced disorders such as autoimmune
diseases. We, alongside Philipson, urged
GSRMC to acknowledge that she was not
just a statistic, and that this was her life
on the line. GSRMC provided no further
comment.
Philipson had tried contacting both the
Bureau of Labor and Industry and the
Oregon Nurses Association early on,
but to no avail. On Jan. 15, Philipson
wrote that she spoke with ONA Labor
Relations Representative Christine
Hauck, who suggested sending Bartels
a certified letter asking him to return
Philipson’s calls.
After The Advocate reached
Communications Manager Kevin Mealy,
ONA took special interest in Philipson’s
case and sent a letter to Samaritan,
requesting she be made whole for her
overdue benefits and that standards be
established to prevent other employees
from extended loss of earned benefits.
Meanwhile, Lincoln Financial postponed
their decision another 45 days—a
frequented tactic—requesting Philipson
see a rheumatologist, who would,
according to Philipson, address the
least of her problems, which she figured
Lincoln was counting on.
SSA Saves the Day, Samaritan Steps
Up, Kinda
With her bank account down to around
$100, finally, Philipson received good
news. The SSA had approved her
for disability, and swiftly she’d been
“In the last few weeks, Samaritan has
been fantastic,” Philipson recently
beamed, eager to tackle her appealsrelated stress and focus wholly on her
well-being.
Philipson believes that being approved by
SSA “seals the deal” as far as Lincoln’s
decision, claiming the requisites for
approval through SSA are more extreme
than through Lincoln Financial. At this
stage, if Lincoln denies her benefits,
she’ll be taking them to court.
“It doesn’t feel like her case has been
fully resolved yet,” said Mealy. Like
Mealy, we are glad for Philipson’s
satisfaction over recent outcomes, but
feel there is unfinished business.
What’s Next
Mealy and other ONA representatives
want to be sure this type of situation
won’t repeat itself. They’ve recently
released surveys to current ONA
members in lieu of possible contract
changes, inclusive of questions related
to long-term and short-term disability
coverage, some specifically tied to
Philipson’s case.
Philipson has had, through all of this,
the distinct, double-fold advantage/
disadvantage of having been a
nurse, versed in the terminology and
competence in understanding the context
for her pain. For a woman who avoided
routine narcotics until her 50s and now
depends on them (amongst other drugs)
to get by, who currently spends the
majority of her days in her bathroom and
bed, it is hard not to be impressed by her
continued resilience.
After serving our area’s most in need
for over 35 years, while employed under
one of our area’s most powerful players,
we find it baffling that Philipson should
have to wait so long to access her hardearned benefits. It is hoped that ONA
and Samaritan Health will conduct a
thorough review of Lincoln Financial as
a disability provider, especially given
the fact that “horror stories,” many akin
to Philipson’s, litter the Web about this
particular insurer.
As to Philipson herself, she chose a
decades-long path of self-sacrifice,
serving her community in ways few can
understand, and we are touched and
grateful for all her years of work. Today,
she continues to battle her health and
stay afloat, still speaking glowingly of her
years at Samaritan and the work she so
loved.
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“It took from Dec. 21 to Jan. 7 for me to
even get a call back from Mr. Bartels,
and that included emails from Human
Resources without success, at least 10
voice messages, then two emails and
more voice messages from me.” Philipson
understands how busy a job like Bartels’
can be, but was desperate for answers,
her only word summing up her situation:
“unbelievable.”
Crushed Hopes Continued
After the latest denial letter from Lincoln
Financial and Samaritan’s initial opt
for “no comment,” Philipson and The
Advocate each received word from
Bartels that her case had been brought to
GSRMC’s Executive Committee.
compensated. Even better, Bartels
wrote to inform Philipson her policy had
been amended, effective Feb. 9, 2016,
to include SSA disability determination
as a trigger for benefits, enabling her
to receive Good Samaritan disability
and retirement payments as of her SSA
disability date (Oct. 15).
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Philipson sought out two attorneys,
one to assist her with Lincoln
Financial and the other in applying for
disability through the Social Security
Administration (SSA), while also
pursuing potentially helpful players,
such as Larry Mullins, president and
CEO of Samaritan Health Services. Loyal
to Mullins through it all, Philipson refers
to him as having “a tough job” and “a
huge heart.” More incessantly, Philipson
tried reaching Compensation and
Benefits Manager Andrew Bartels.
Philipson, referring to autoimmune
diseases. She notes how insurance
companies such as Lincoln Financial
prefer more black and white criteria or
conclusive lab work during determination
stages, as Philipson’s lab work at the
time had shown negative cultures,
she suspects influenced by prescribed
steroids.
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
FEB.
26, 27
7:30pm
AND
FEB. 28
2:30pm
FEB.
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
By Steve Martin. This absurdist comedy
places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso
in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the
renowned scientist transformed physics
with his theory of relativity and the
celebrated painter set the art world afire
with cubism.
Tickets $14-16
GRACE AND GLORIE
Presented by MAJESTIC READER’S THEATRE
By Tom Ziegler. Grace returns to her
beloved cottage to die under the care
3pm & 7pm of her hospice nurse, Glorie, who gains
new perspectives on life while caring for
Grace.
28
Tickets $10-12
MAR.
2
7:30pm
AnyWhen ENSEMBLE
WITH THE OSU JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Perform a collection of musical dramatic
episodes that incorporate original music
and text to reveal a diverse constellation
of contemporary perspectives on
Melville’s classic novel, Moby Dick.
Tickets $15-25
MAR.
SOUND & VISION
4, 5, 11, 12 Presented by 5 TO 1 THEATRE
8pm
AND
MAR.13
5 to 1 Theatre’s new original drama, tells
the story of Kristin a young transgendered
woman attempting to survive
homelessness and a life on the streets.
Tickets $10-12
5pm
MAR.
5
7:30pm
THE THIRD ANNUAL
A CAPPELLA NIGHT
Top local groups performing pop,
contemporary and traditional a cappella
music.
Tickets $12-14
Visit www.majestic.org for more info.
For tickets call: 541-738-7469
University Cuts
Located in the M.U. on campus
Best Cuts in
Corvallis!
Fades, Line-ups,
ROTC Cuts & More!
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CALENDAR
Thursday, Feb. 25
Homelessness: What Is Our
City Planning? Corvallis-Benton
County Public Library, 645 NW Monroe
Ave. 5:30 and 6:45 p.m. Free. Two separate
panel discussions will begin at 5:30
p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Free and open to the
public. The debate about how to address
homelessness in Corvallis continues, but
much has changed in the past year. Is
there still talk of a so-called downtown
mega-shelter, and if not, then what? And
is the community seeing the actual scope
and majority of homelessness? These
evening forums are an opportunity to
learn about what has happened, what is
planned — and to be heard. From state,
county and city government to, local
non-profits and concerned neighborhood
groups — all will be on hand to present
their perspectives and to answer questions.
These Corvallis City Club forums are free
to the public. No registration is required.
Doors will open at 5:15 p.m. Both panels
will be moderated by City Club of Corvallis
President Steven Schultz. For info, visit
www.cityclubofcorvallis.org or email info@
cityclubofcorvallis.org.
Marys River Grange Movie
Night. Marys River Grange Hall, 24707
Grange Hall Rd., Philomath. 7 p.m. Free.
Ygal Kaufman hosts this classic movie
screening series every other Thursday at the
Marys River Grange Hall in Philomath. There
are delicious treats on hand for purchase
and donations are graciously accepted,
but otherwise, this is a totally free movie
screening series with newsreels, history and
cartoons for everyone to enjoy. For info, visit
www.facebook.com/mrgmovienight.
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with friends while you listen to Hazelton’s
acoustic styles. Minors welcome until 8 p.m.
For info, visit www.facebook.com/pages/
The-Peacock-Bar-Grill/64517167600.
Goldfoot and the Kosmos. Bombs
Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe Ave. 9 p.m.
Cost: $5. By blending the power of rock,
funk, soul and electronic dance music,
GoldFoot mixes an irresistible cocktail of
sound that leaves your ears asking for more.
The Kosmos are a band made of star stuffs.
Floating in the intergalactic funky spacetime continuum mothership. For info, visit
www.bombsawaycafe.com.
Wild Hog in the Woods. Calapooia
Brewing Company, 140 Hill St. SE, Albany.
7:30 p.m. Free. For info, visit www.
calapooiabrewing.com.
Country is a modern string band formed
in 2010 from the exploding newgrass
scene in Portland. Their breakout album
Dark Down and Blue features the group’s
high-energy, hard driving originals and
their contemporary take on the bluegrass
sound. McDougall of Portland is a one-man
orchestra that plays folk, blues, and funk.
For info, visit www.bombsawaycafe.com.
Friday, Feb. 26
Saturday, Feb. 27
Music à la Carte. Memorial Union,
2501 SW Jefferson Way. 12 p.m. Free. Music
à la Carte concerts have been a tradition at
OSU since 1969. The informal, 45-minute
performances are held at noon most Fridays
during the fall, winter and spring terms,
and showcase a wide variety of musicians
and performance ensembles. This week
featuring OSU Chamber Choir, with guests
the Crescent Valley High School choir. For
info, visit http://mu.oregonstate.edu/main/
music-la-carte.
ntake for the Howland
Community OPEN Exhibition.
The Arts Center, 700 SW Madison Ave. 12 –
4 p.m. Free. The Howland Community OPEN
Exhibition is an opportunity for all people
living in Linn or Benton counties to show
their art. Member or not, accomplished
artist or just starting out, The Arts Center
hopes you’ll participate. They love artwork
from toddlers, kids, teens, adults and
professional artists, but they especially
welcome just starting out art makers. The
exhibit is primarily intended to reflect the
joy of artmaking, which can be just as
present in a beginner’s work as in work by a
longtime practicing professional artist. They
hang the artwork until the walls are full. You
may not hang or place the artwork yourself.
For submission guidelines and details,
visit http://theartscenter.net/opportunity/
deadline-february-27-2016-12-noon-4pmdrop-off-howland-community-open.
Kiss Me Kate. Withycombe Hall
Main Stage, 2901 SW Campus Way. 7:30
p.m. Cost: $15 for adults; $10 for seniors,
youth, students; $5 for OSU students.
Runs Feb. 26 to Feb. 28 and March 3 to
March 5. Featuring a script by Sam and
Bella Spewack and some of Porter’s most
memorable tunes, this madcap, romantic
musical-within-a-musical is the story
of the reluctant reuniting of a divorced
couple to star in a musical adaptation of
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, and
a production held hostage by gangsters
until a star dancer pays his gambling
debt. For info and tickets, visit http://
liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/school-arts-andcommunication/theatre/university-theatre/
box-officetickets.
Mary Poppins. CHS Main Stage
Theater, 1400 NW Buchanan Ave. 7 p.m.
Tickets start at $12. Runs four weekends.
“We are flying, Mary!” Come delight in
this Broadway version of Mary Poppins and
enjoy toe-tapping good fun. For info, visit
www.corvallistheaters.com.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Majestic
Theatre, 115 SW 2nd St. 7:30 p.m. Cost:
$16 for adults; $14 for members, seniors,
students. This long-running Off-Broadway
absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and
Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just
before the renowned scientist transformed
physics with his theory of relativity and the
celebrated painter set the art world afire
with cubism. In his first comedy for the
stage, the popular actor and screenwriter
plays fast and loose with fact, fame and
fortune as these two geniuses muse on the
century’s achievements and prospects as
well as other fanciful topics with infectious
dizziness. For info, visit www.majestic.org.
Annual Heartland Auction –
‘Heartland Heroes.’ CH2M Hill Alumni
Center, 725 SW 26th St. 5:30 p.m. Tickets
are $75, or $150 for a couple. Table of
eight is $500, or for special VIP treatment,
including personal attention at your table,
$750. Dig out your cape and pull on your
knee-high boots because Heartland Humane
Society is calling all heroes. The annual
Wine & Whiskers auction will feature a
celebration of all things heroic as attendees
are encouraged to dress as their favorite
hero or villain. The Feb. 27 event begins at
5:30 p.m at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center
on the Oregon State University campus, and
includes a silent and live auction, full dinner
and wine, hard cider and beer. Auction
items include a luxury lodge home in Bend
for a five-night stay, a commissioned pet
portrait, a river tour package from Cascadia
Expeditions, Thanksgiving dinner for 10
delivered to your door, and a three-night
camper trailer package from Chalet Inc.,
among hundreds of other items. For info,
visit www.heartlandhumane.org.
Michelle Hazelton. Peacock Bar &
Grill, 125 SW 2nd St. 7 – 8 p.m. No cover.
Come enjoy a late dinner or a few drinks
Left Coast Country and
McDougall. Bombs Away Café, 2527
NW Monroe Ave. 9 p.m. Cost: $5. Left Coast
Ky Burt. Calapooia Brewing Company,
140 Hill St. SE, Albany. 8 p.m. Free. For info,
visit www.calapooiabrewing.com.
Thirsty Thursday Trivia. Deluxe
Brewing Company, 635 NE Water Ave.,
Albany. 7 p.m. No cover, but 21+. Teambased trivia happening every Thursday.
Show off your smarts while enjoying craft
beverages at Deluxe Brewing Company.
Each night, the top two teams will win
prizes. For info, visit www.sinisterdeluxe.
com.
Ghost Fuzz and Arcweld. Cloud &
Kelly’s Public House, 126 SW 1st St. 10 p.m.
Free. For info, visit www.cloudandkellys.com.
Sunday, Feb. 28
10th Annual Crossroads Film
Festival. Darkside Cinema, 215 SW 4th
St. 1:30 p.m. Cost: $4, ticket passport $25.
Kirikou will be the featured presentation on
Feb. 21, the third Sunday of the 10th annual
Crossroads International Film Festival at 4
p.m. In a little village somewhere in Africa,
a boy named Kirikou is born. But he’s not
a normal boy, because he knows what he
wants very well. Also he already can speak
and walk. His mother tells him how an evil
sorceress has dried up their spring and
devoured all males of the village except
of one. Hence little Kirikou decides he will
accompany the last warrior to the sorceress.
Due to his intrepidity he may be the last
hope of the village. For info, visit http://
international.oregonstate.edu/crossroads/
film-festival.
Letter-Writing Social and
Stationery Exchange. CorvallisBenton County Public Library, 645 NW
Monroe Ave. 2 p.m. Free. Celebrate the art
of crafting handwritten letters the fourth
Sunday of the month. Join other fellow
letter-writers in the library’s main meeting
room to compose letters to friends, relatives
or acquaintances. Bring your own stationery,
handmade or store-bought, or use supplies
provided. You will also have the opportunity
to exchange your handmade or storebought stationery with other letter-writers
and encourage each other to sustain the
epistolary tradition. For info, visit www.
cbcpubliclibrary.net.
Corvallis-OSU Symphony
Orchestra: The Final Frontier.
LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th St.
3 p.m. Cost: $20 to $32. The CorvallisOSU Symphony Orchestra’s 110th season
will hold many exciting and memorable
musical experiences. Share it as a regular
or occasional concert attendee. The Final
Frontier features “space exploration”
themes from selected films conducted
by Rob Birdwell. Tomasi, a concerto for
saxophone and orchestra featuring Nathan
Boal, saxophone. And Richard Strauss: Thus
Spake Zarathustra. For info, visit www.
cosusymphony.org.
Monday, Feb. 29
Evening Tai Chi. Chintimini Senior
and Community Center, 2601 NW Tyler Ave.
5:30 p.m. Cost: $31.25 (in-city discount
$25). Tai chi is a gentle form of mindbody practice used to build consciousness
and awareness. Tai chi’s gentle rhythmic
exercises mirror the movement of nature.
This class features Yang style tai chi
combined with the simple breathing
techniques of qi gong to relieve stress,
boost immunity and increase the bodies
ability to heal. Evening tai chi is co taught
by Charles Lian, a visiting Oregon State
University scholar from China and Linda
Schmidt, local tai chi instructor. For info
or to register, visit www.corvallisoregon.
gov/sc.
Yoga in the Gallery. The Arts Center,
700 SW Madison Ave. 6 p.m. Free; $5
suggested donation. Explore the world of
yoga and enjoy a sense of community in
the beautiful setting of the Arts Center’s
Main Gallery. The hour-long session will
be led by certified yoga instructor and Arts
Center volunteer Marcy Keuter. For info,
visit www.theartscenter.net.
LBCC Open Auditions for
Willamette Theater Festival
Plays. Russell Tripp Performance Center,
6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. 6 p.m. Free.
Open auditions for Willamette Theater
Festival plays Eurydice and Dead Man’s Cell
Phone will be held Feb. 29 through March
1 at 6 p.m. at the Russell Tripp Performance
Center at Linn-Benton Community College.
Written by American playwright Sarah Ruhl,
Eurydice is directed by David Gallagher,
and Dead Man’s Cell Phone is directed by
Laura Blackwell. For info, contact Dan Stone
at [email protected] or 541-9174566.
Bilingual Play Broken Promises.
Withycombe Hall Theatre, 2921 SW
Campus Way. 7:30 p.m. Free. The
Oregon State University School of Arts &
Communication’s University Theatre will
host the Milagro Theatre’s bilingual play,
Broken Promises by Olga Sanchez, on Feb.
29. Currently on its world premiere tour,
the production is directed by Francisco
Garcia. The production is free, thanks to a
Memorial Union Pepsi Foundation grant.
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Fun-with-the-Animals Work
Party. Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary, 36831
Richardson Gap Rd., Scio. Wednesdays: 10
a.m. – 12 p.m.; Saturdays: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Free. For all ages and abilities. Work parties
provide the sanctuary’s abused, abandoned,
or neglected farm animals with clean water,
bedding, and living conditions. No RSVP
required; just show up wearing farm apparel
and boots. For info, contact 503-394-4486
or [email protected].
Albany Historic Carousel and
Museum. 503 W 1st Ave. 10 a.m. – 4
p.m. Monday through Saturday. In the
lobby, view finished animals and watch the
painters work on a number of animals and
other hand-crafted projects. In the carving
studio, see and touch over two dozen
carvings in progress. For info, visit www.
albanycarousel.com.
Open Call for Artists: L’art des
Femmes. Majestic Theatre, 115 SW
2nd St. 12 – 5 p.m. Free. The Majestic
Theatre welcomes local female artists to
submit works that represent the feminine
experience for our March exhibition, L’art
des Femmes. Held in honor of Women’s
History Month, L’art des Femmes will focus
on the ever-changing concept of femininity
and womanhood. Join us in celebrating
the variety of female artistic talent that
enriches our local community. For info and
submission guidelines, visit www.majestic.
org/lartdesfemmes.
Exhibit: Rot: The Afterlife of
Trees. The Arts Center, 700 SW Madison
Ave. 12 – 5 p.m. Free. Runs through Feb.
25. A visual art exhibit and multimedia art
event(s). A collaboration of the Forestry
Department OSU, the Spring Creek Project
OSU and the Arts Center. Art based on
the research at the H.J. Andrews Research
Forest by Dr. Mark Harmon, Professor
and Richardson Chair in Forest Science at
OSU and a nationally recognized forest
researcher on tree decomposition. Featuring
24 Oregon artists and an accompanying
illustrated full-color catalog. For info, visit
www.theartscenter.net.
Exhibit: Journal 365, A Year of
Creativity One Day at a Time.
Corinne Woodman Gallery, 700 SW Madison
Ave. 12 – 5 p.m. Free. Runs through Feb.
27. A monthly meet-up of artists yielded
a gallery show. For one year local artist
Lauren Ohlgren hosted a monthly session
at the Arts Center of seasoned artists and
people arriving late cannot be seated.
The plot involves a girl meeting a boy at
the mall. They begin dating, but things go
wrong when alcohol and drug abuse enter
the picture. The female character Adrienne
finds herself trapped in a life of exploitation
that is difficult to escape. For info, visit
http://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/schoolarts-and-communication/theatre.
Dicemasters. Matt’s Cavalcade of
Comics, NW Buchanan Ave. 7:30 – 9:30
p.m. Free. Every Monday at Matt’s
Cavalcade of Comics! DiceMasters is an
all-new cross-brand offering utilizing
WizKids Games’ proprietary Dice Building
Game platform where players collect and
assemble their “team” of character dice
and battle in head-to-head game play. The
initial set, Avengers vs. X-Men features
Marvel’s greatest heroes and villains. The
starter set and booster packs are sold out
everywhere, but we will continue to meet
and play friendly matches, and teach new
players how to play. For info, visit www.
ilovespidey.com.
maker newbies. All were interested in the
challenge of making a little art every day for
one year, creating a diary of their journey
with the results. Through Feb. 27 a number
of the participants will show examples of
their work in the Corrine Woodman Gallery.
The exhibit shows the enjoyment, fulfillment
and growth that happens through a
daily, yearlong process. For some this has
become an essential part of their day and
they have stuck with it. For them, art has
become a practice, and a satisfying requisite
incorporated in daily life. Participants
were advised to select a particular size,
and stick with it. It could be an index card
size on a large ring, or postcard size in a
box, but small so the task of making an
artwork every day would be within reach
from pocket, backpack, or corner of the
table. Many found that working in a small
format of journals and sketchbooks was as
satisfying as creating a large painting. For
info, visit www.theartscenter.net.
Exhibit: Albany Artists 10x10.
Giustina Gallery, 875 SW 26th St. 8 a.m. – 5
p.m. Free. Runs through Feb. 29. Albany
Artists present a diverse collection of
two-dimensional work by 10 local artists,
including Katy Grant-Hanson, Bill Marshall,
Marsha Meidinger, Kurt Norlin, Molly Perry,
Rob Robinson, Mio Streitberger, Diane
Wenzel, Billie Moore and Michael Moore.
For info, visit www.oregonstate.edu/lasells/
gallery.
Exhibit: Living Room Gallery
Presents Kusra Kapuler. Madison
Plaza, 425 SW Madison Ave. 10 a.m. – 5
p.m. Free. Runs through Feb. 29. Living
Room Gallery presents a solo show of works
by Corvallis artist Kusra Kapuler for the
month of February. Her series of paintings
titled In Flight are passionate abstractions
of nature. Available to view every Thursday
through Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
the underground at Madison Plaza.
Exhibit: Nigel Poor – The San
Quentin Prison Report Archive
Project. Fairbanks Gallery, 220 SW 26th
St. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. Runs through March
1. Nigel Poor’s ongoing work with inmates
at San Quentin State Prison serves as a
point of departure for this collaborative
three-part photographic project. To create
the first iteration, Poor asked the men to
respond to the works of William Eggleston,
Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore and other
iconic photographers inviting them to
write and draw directly onto the prints
Tuesday, Mar. 1
Art Tours at the Library. CorvallisBenton County Public Library, 645 NW
Monroe Ave. 10 a.m. Free. Join Library
Foundation board member Freda Vars every
first Tuesday of the month for a tour of the
hidden and not-so-hidden art in the library.
Why does the library have so many gargoyle
statues? Is there really a time capsule?
These questions and more will be answered
by Vars as she leads an exploration of the
many art pieces that can be found at the
library. Discover hidden gems and get a
glimpse of the library’s rich history during
this fascinating look into one of the many
reasons our library space is such a treasure.
For info, visit http://cbcpubliclibrary.net/.
VUEsday: Elevate Your Happy
Hour. VUE Corvallis, 517 SW 2nd St. 5 – 9
p.m. No cover. Make VUE, a modern event
venue above downtown Corvallis, your new
Tuesday night destination. Every Tuesday
from 5 to 9 p.m. the top floor of VUE will
be open to the public for VUEsday. Invite
your friends to unwind in style while taking
mapping the photographs and constructing
narratives inspired by the imagery. The
participants’ voices speak with surprising
clarity and insight through their handwritten embellishments. For info, visit
http://oregonstate.edu/fairbanksgallery/
Nigel_Poor_Back_Page__.html.
Exhibit: What Will Last? –
Original Works from the Thomas
Kinkade Collection. Giustina Gallery,
875 SW 26th St. All-day event. Runs through
March 15. Kinkade was an American born
painter of international recognition for
his realistic, pastoral and idyllic subjects.
He is especially known for his capturing
of glowing light. In the mid-90’s, Kinkade
began limiting the sales of his original
works to keep for his own collection.
Since Kinkade’s passing in 2012, we are
pleased to announce Giustina Gallery will
be hosting the first show in the Pacific
Northwest to display some of his never
before seen original works. The selected
originals provoke the idea that many parts
of an artist and their life will not live on, but
what does last is what matters most. In the
case of Thomas Kinkade, what has lasted
are the lives he touched, his passion for
humanitarian works, his astounding creative
process, and his family who continues his
legacy. For info, visit http://oregonstate.edu/
lasells/gallery.
Exhibit: Studio262 Presents Gifts
from the Sea. Studio262 Gallery, 425
SW Madison Ave. Runs through March 19.
Studio262 is pleased to announce our next
featured artist series showcasing the work
of local artists Annclaire Greig and Rinee
Merritt in a lovely sea-inspired collection
of ceramic and glass pieces. For info, visit
www.studio262gallery.com.
Exhibit: Transportation and
Defense with Patrick Hackleman
and Dale Scott. Corinne Woodman
Galley, 700 SW Madison Ave. 12 – 5 p.m.
Runs through March 26. Patrick Hackleman
and Dale Scott both had artworks in the I
Am exhibit at The Arts Center last May. The
public has the opportunity to view their
work more in depth when they bring more
work to the Corrine Woodman Gallery in
March. Dale Scott’s drawings are about
transportation; Hackleman’s work is about
warships. For info, visit www.theartscenter.
net.
Exhibit: The Nuclear Age: 70
Years of Peril and Hope. OSU’s
in stunning views of the Willamette Valley
and Coastal Range. Cocktails and small
plates will be available from Forks & Corks
Catering. For info, visit www.vuecorvallis.
com.
Community Movie Night. Darkside
Cinema, 215 SW 4th St. 7 p.m. Free. Every
Tuesday at the Darkside Cinema, Ygal
Kaufman, noted local film historian and
Darkside enthusiast, hosts Community
Movie Night, a free weekly screening of
lost, classic, and cult films. The feature
film of the week is always preceded by
newsreels, cartoons from the year of the
feature’s release, and an introduction with
interesting facts about the production from
Kaufman. Donations are graciously accepted
and benefit the renovation of the Darkside
Cinema, Corvallis’ only independent
movie house. For info, visit www.cmnyk.
wordpress.com or www.facebook.com/
freemovienightcorvallis.
Drink and Draw. Cloud & Kelly’s Public
House, 126 SW 1st St. 7 p.m. Free. Local
artists meet up for brews and shop talk. All
Valley Library, fifth-floor exhibit gallery,
OSU main campus. Runs through March.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of
the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki during World War II. The Special
Collections and Archives Research Center at
OSU Libraries is honoring this anniversary
with an exhibit featuring a wide-ranging
selection of primary source materials from
their rich collections documenting nuclear
history. Original materials include comics,
Geiger counters, newspapers, photographs,
manuscripts, and letters from famous
antinuclear activists Linus Pauling and
Albert Einstein. For info, visit http://scarc.
library.oregonstate.edu.
Exhibit: Up, Up, and Away. Benton
County Historical Museum, 1101 Main
St., Philomath. 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Runs
through Nov. 5. Up, Up, and Away is a
year-long exhibition about the history of
flight. See artifacts and learn stories about
the past century of manned flight. Themes
in the exhibition include ballooning, kites,
helicopters, toys, and early development of
the airplane and its evolution through the
20th century, during wars, by commercial
travel and into space. For info, visit www.
bentoncountymuseum.org.
Chintimini Movies. Chintimini Senior
and Community Center, 2601 NW Tyler
Ave. 1:30 p.m. Cost: $2. Please join us for
a movie at the Center. Concessions will be
available to purchase. Closed captioning
available on request. For info, call 541-7666959.
The Majestic Reader’s Theater.
The Majestic Theatre, 115 SW 2nd Ave.
3 – 5 p.m. and 7 – 9 p.m. Cost: $10 ($8
for students and seniors). Last Sundays.
The company will offer a production in the
“reader’s theater” style: trained actors, with
scripts in hand, make the play come alive
through vocal talent, facial expressions,
and minimal staging. Reader’s theater plays
are a fun, accessible way to experience
contemporary works by famous modern
playwrights that might not otherwise be
performed here. For info or tickets, visit
https://majesticreaderstheater.wordpress.
com.
Makers Club. Corvallis-Benton County
Public Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave. 4 –
5:30 pm. Tuesdays. Youth aged 10 to 18
learn basic programming with Arduino and
Raspberry Pi, plus explore 3-D printing and
other technologies. Makers Club meets
skill levels welcome! For info, visit www.
cloudandkellys.com.
Wednesday, Mar. 2
Majestic Playwrights Lab. The
Majestic Theatre Community Room, 115
SW 2nd St. 6:30 p.m. Free. The Majestic
Playwright’s Lab is a place for playwrights to
present, share, and discuss their new plays
with other playwrights, actors, audience and
interested community members. The Lab is
free and open to all playwrights, whether
aspiring, experienced, exploring or interested
in writing for the stage. Actors and audience
members are welcome and encouraged to
attend, listen and participate. For info, visit
www.majestic.org/majestic-playwrights-lab.
Sunset Boulevard at the
Whiteside. Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW
Madison Ave. 7 p.m. Cost: $5 in advance;
$7 general, $6 students and seniors, $5
Whiteside members at the door. It’s MARCH
MADNESS! We’re proud to present Sunset
Boulevard, Billy Wilder’s 1950 classic starring
Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond. William
on the second and fourth Tuesdays of
each month at 4 p.m. For info, visit www.
cbcpubliclibrary.net.
Teen Writers. Corvallis-Benton County
Public Library, 645 NW Monroe Ave. 4 –
5:30 pm. Thursdays. Teens in middle and
high school are invited to this writers group
focused on exploring writing with other
teens. Meets every first and third Thursday.
Led by Rita Feinstein, MFA student, OSU. For
info, visit www.cbcpubliclibrary.net.
Hula Classes. First Baptist Church, 125
NW 10th St. 5:30 – 7:15 p.m. Mondays.
Come experience a bit of Island Aloha by
learning Hula. The first class, from 5:30 to
6 p.m., is for those who have never danced
Hula. It’s a chance to learn the basic steps
and hand movements. From 6 to 7:15 p.m.,
the class is for all students where we learn
new dances and review the ones we have
already learned. For info, contact bslandau@
gmail.com.
Corvallis Community Drum
Circle. 101 NW 23rd St. 7 – 8 p.m. First
Saturdays. All ages and skill levels welcome.
Instruments provided or bring your own.
Hosted by Michelle Lovrich of the Drum
Circle Connection. For info, contact Michelle
at [email protected].
Corvallis Community Choir –
Winter Term. Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship, 2945 NW Circle Blvd. 7 – 9
p.m. Cost: $50/term. Tuesdays. CCC is a
non-audition choir dedicated to spreading
joy through singing together. Music for the
term will be a mixture of new selections
and pieces carried over from prior terms.
The director is James Moursund and Bryson
Skaar is the accompanist. For info, call
Nan Chaney at 541-740-6068 or email
[email protected], or visit http://
corvalliscommunitychoir.us.
Ukulele Cabaret. First Alternative
South Store, 1007 SE 3rd St. 7 – 9 p.m. First
Fridays. Free. This is an open mic and singalong for ukulele players of all ages and
skill levels. Songbooks and instruction are
provided. Bring snacks to share. Hosted by
Suz Doyle and Jeanne Holmes of the Wallop
Sisters. For info, call 541-753-8530.
Reiki Healing Circle. 8285 NW
Wynoochee Dr. 7 – 9 p.m. First Thursdays.
Donation: $5 to $10. All students and
interested parties welcome. For info, call
Margo at 541-754-3595.
Holden plays a screenwriter down on his
luck (imagine that) who accidentally crashes
a chimpanzee funeral at the estate of a
silent era star who’s plotting her triumphant
return. For info, visit https://www.facebook.
com/events/748736971929314.
Mostafa and NappyTHC. Bombs
Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe Ave. 9 p.m.
Free. NappyTHC is gangsta hip-hop from
local Corvallian, expressing impedimenta
that pertains to the reality we think we are
living. Mostafa is a skilled lyricist out of the
Pacific Northwest, who reveals his solipsis
through expressive hip-hop. For info, visit
www.bombsawaycafe.com.
Thursday, Mar. 3
Drum Circle. Imagine Coffee, 5460 SW
Philomath Blvd. 7 – 9 p.m. Free. For info, visit
www.imaginecoffee.net.
Open Source Improv. Cloud & Kelly’s
Public House, 126 SW 1st St. 9 p.m. Free. For
info, visit www.cloudandkellys.com.
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Thursday, February 25
Goldfoot and The Kosmos
The Raccoons
Friday, February 26
Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe
Ave. 9 p.m. Free
Left Coast Country and
McDougall
This folk act out of Salem is just upbeat and bouncy
enough for you to go to the show and come out thinking
you got your money’s worth. And the same cannot
be said about many folk acts. Most of the time you’re
looking for a partial refund on the cover charge and/
or fist fighting with the bassist in the parking lot after
the show. Not with the Raccoons. These fun-loving
and handsome young gents are here to spark a fire in
your heart with the sparkly glint off their teeth when
they smile wide on stage… or so a more bizarre and
unhinged writer than myself might put it. Also there’s a
60% chance these guys follow you home and tip over
your trash cans, get it? Because raccoons love meth.
Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe
Ave. 9 p.m. $5
Marys River Grange
Movie Night
Marys River Grange Hall, 24707
Grange Hall Rd., Philomath. 7 p.m.
Free
It’s Bob Hope on the big-ish screen at the next
installment of Philomath’s medium-popular free movie
night. We’re watching My Favorite Brunette (1947) with
newsreels, cartoons, and other goodies. It’s just like
Community Movie Night with Ygal Kaufman, only it’s
exactly the same and it’s at the Marys River Grange.
Church pew seating, fresh unlimited popcorn for $1,
getting to meet the wonderful people that make up
our community, and it all happens at one of the coolest
spots in town? There is literally no downside to this…
other than the lottery.
Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe
Ave. 9 p.m. $5
Left Coast Country are a bunch of Oathkeepers who
sing songs about how much they love their guns and
how much they want to limit government. Just kidding,
they’re probably a bunch of hippies. McDougall is a
one-man, Americana-spewing whirlwind, but he’s also
kind of awesome. I admit at first I was getting ready to
say something sort of quippy, but McDougall is pretty
fun. This show could be pretty fun, too. Unless you ruin
it, with your complaining… and your violent spasms of
rage-zombie-ing.
Goldfoot is back, and they’ve got their funky midweek happy hour type of sound with them. If I had
a nickel for every lonely office drone who bagged
the co-worker they were secretly lusting after at
a Goldfoot show over discounted well drinks, I’d
have a legitimate crap-ton of nickels. Like $3.65,
minimum. Goldfoot plays mistake-making music;
hot jams for you to make a crucial life error to with
a person you’re going to have to see at work again
tomorrow. Yayuuuuuhhhh... Oh, also Kosmos will be
playing this show. I’m not sure anyone ever got laid
to Kosmos, but it’s hard to imagine nobody has. You
know, because they make hot ‘n’ sexy baby-factory
jamz.
Kiss Me Kate
Ghost Fuzz and Arcweld
Withycombe Main Stage, 2901 SW
Campus Way. 7:30 p.m. $12 ($10 for
seniors, $8 for youths, $5 for OSU
students)
Cloud & Kelly’s Public House,
126 SW 12th St. 10 p.m. Free
I can’t pretend to be a “musicals guy.” So I won’t.
Breaking into song instead of good solid exposition and
subtext just has always struck me as lazy. So I’m not
traditionally that into them. I have a friend on Facebook
who is super-into musical theater, and not for nothing,
but his wife is leaving him. So… I guess I feel like that
totally justifies me in ranking this second behind that
McDougall show for things to do this Friday. But I guess
that was sort of an over-explanation, huh? Fine then.
This is from OSU Theatre, and they’re great. Go to this.
Happy?
Has Arcweld been around for almost 30 years? That
doesn’t seem possible, but a cursory Internet search
contends that it is so. Ghost Fuzz is playing a couple
times this week, and I’m down with that. They’ve
got a very mid-90s Epitaph-ian sound that I’m all
about. I would go drink some booze and listen to
these guys play. And that’s just in a hypothetical
world. Here in the real world I’m definitely going to
go see them play and I may also rob a casino in a
high-tech homage to 500 Miles to Graceland, one
of the more underrated heist-comedies of the early
2000s. Because I’m dedicated. And I love pop-punk.
And Kurt Russell.
Sunday, February 28
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Majestic Theatre, 115 SW 2nd St.
2:30 p.m. $14 to $16
Picasso and Einstein walk into a Bahr. Matt Bahr, former
placekicker for the Cleveland Browns, to be precise.
Everyone involved excuses themselves politely and
then they go on their way. Later, a rabid and deranged
Steelers fan accosts Mr. Bahr, causing grave insult to
him and his family with foul language and illustrative
examples. Picasso turns to Einstein and says, “I have
no idea who that guy is, because we both died such a
long time ago, but this is a funny situation.” Einstein
replies, “Holy crap dude, you look a lot like a young
Donald Sutherland. Did they ever consider having him
play you in a movie?” That’s it. End of joke. To see jokes
and dialogue far superior to that involving Einstein and
Picasso, please catch Picasso at the Lapin Agile on this,
its last show at the Majestic.
Corvallis-OSU Symphony
Orchestra: The Final Frontier
LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th
St. 3 p.m. $20 online, $20 to $32
I had some hopes that the “final frontier” in question
was some sort of frontier-themed music? I don’t
know, like the Davy Crockett theme… or… huh, this
is embarrassing. I guess I didn’t really have anything
else in mind besides the Davy Crockett theme playing
on a loop. But I guess that’s not the final frontier.
We all know what the final frontier is (though to be
honest, it’s a little presumptuous on space’s part. Who
is to say we won’t eventually find something else
more perplexing and seemingly infinite in horrifying to
explore… like society’s bottomless patience for Melissa
McCarthy movies. So lemme guess, this is going to be
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Wednesday, March 2
space music? Can I make a wacky suggestion? How
about playing the themes from Star Wars, Star Trek, and
Lost in Space? Because honestly, people are getting
sick and tired of hearing the theme music from the
misunderstood 2000 James Spader sci-fi film, Supernova,
again and again and again...
OSU Wind Ensemble
LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th
St. 7:30 p.m. $7 online, $10 at the door,
free for students
Damn OSU bands and orchestras. Get down now!
They playing heck of shows this week, with gigs on
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. This is probably the
most interesting looking show in the lot, as the Wind
Ensemble blows their horns. This is the elite of OSU
wind players and they’ll be playing some selections
from the likes of Billy Childs, Dana Reason, Kevin
Walczyk, Gregory Youtz, Michael Coolen, DJ Sparr,
James Mobberly, Dan Welcher, and David Gillingham.
All people you’ve never heard of—you don’t have
to pretend with your boy—but rest assured they’re
the crème de la crème of wind composers and band
leaders. I’m pretty stoked for this show.
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It’s the Ides of March as punk rock comes to tax the
town. Corvallis DIY is back in action with another
rocker at Interzone. Wet the Rope is Sacto hardcore
of the finest pedigree with former members of
Amber Inn, Sinker, and Pitchfork. Ghost Fuzz is some
of that local stuff I like so much, and Snake Eyes
bill themselves as “math rock.” I was always great
at math so I’m sure I’ll like them, too. If they’re
anything like 10th grade geometry, I’ll be spending
the majority of this show fantasizing about Daisy
Fuentes. That’s a name check for all you people
who’ve heard of the 90s. Like the dudes from Wet
the Rope undoubtedly do. They owned in the 90s.
Community Movie Night
Darkside Cinema, 215 SW 4th St.
7 p.m. Free
If you weren’t at the screening of The Bat (1959)
Bryson Skaar
a couple weeks ago—and mathematically I don’t
see how that’s possible since basically every person
Imagine Coffee, 5460 SW Philomath
I’ve ever seen in Corvallis was there—then you
Blvd. 7 p.m. Free
don’t know what you’re missing. Every other week
True story: Bryson Skaar’s nickname in high school
now CMNYK has a silent short starring legends like
was Skittles. And when he’d challenge someone to a
Chaplin, Lloyd, Arbuckle, and Keaton before the
“cutting” match (old jazz parlance for a showdown) NEW
show with Schep from Manhattan NEW
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“Taste the rainbow… b*tch.” You know, Bryson and I
there in the theater. This
week it’s another magical
Combo
have never really spent that much time together, but
installment, and the feature is Jean
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he must be thrilled to have such a creepily devoted
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Wow, holy sh*t. It’s not punk, it’s not
Americana, and it’s not a soul band. That’s
right, it’s not every other band that plays in a
bar all year round. You ever hear of a genuinely
unique live music experience? It’s Dougy D’s
AnyWhen Ensemble, a bizarre and tonally
satisfying mélange of jazz and chamber music.
This would make a great soundtrack for an
animation, which is I’m sure something Detrick
hears all the time. And if not, I’m going to start
calling him constantly suggesting it. So notify
your security team, Dougy Doug: you just got a
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Mostafa and Nappy THC
Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe
Ave. 8:30 p.m. Free
Mostafa is one of the PNW’s most prolific and
well-known touring MCs, recording frequently
with Oregon’s own Landon Wordswell and the
great Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious). So if
you’ve never heard his stuff, congratulations,
you probably have never listened to an MC
from the PNW at all. In which case, we should
probably fight. Nappy THC is one of these
young “go-hards,” always out on the Internet
hustling. And for that I salute him. Go to this
show, because there’s only about three hip-hop
shows per year. Maybe if we all turn out next
year we can go for four.
Thursday, March 3
Open Source Improv
Cloud & Kelly’s Public House,
126 SW 12th St. 9 p.m. Free
I’ve got a crazy-good idea for you, my loving
readers, to guinea pig for me. And I feel like that’s
a completely solid read on the nature of our
relationship, so here goes: it’s a gym for people who
like to laugh while they get their pump on. Welcome
to The Gymprov. Stand-ups and improv troupes
do their routines live on stage, and here’s the rub,
the microphones and lights are all powered by the
ellipticals and treadmills in the audience. So if the
act isn’t funny and people stop working out, they get
cut off. I know. It’s genius. But for all you haters not
trying to invest in The Gymprov, I suppose you could
go to this monthly comedy show at Cloud to get
your funny bone tickled.
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CAROL —R
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45 YEARS—R As their 45th wedding anniversary approaches, a
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The Americans (FX) Season 4 –
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CSI, NCIS, or Criminal Minds. In this
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to the fold to lead a team of blah
blah blahs that blah blah… but
this time, in foreign countries. Cue
awesome music. Stars Gary Sinise,
Alana De La Garza, and Tyler
James Williams.
Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Season 2 – This
Canadian export was one of my
favorite new shows of last year,
so I’m very excited to continue
with the adventures of the Roses,
Toronto elites who get stranded in
their last possession, the tiny hamlet
of Schitt’s Creek. If you want to see
understated but funny comedy
that manages to be edgy without
needing the bleep noise, this is the
show for you. Stars Eugene Levy,
Catherine O’Hara, and Chris Elliott.
March 18
Daredevil (Netflix) Season 2 –
The first season of this show was
mysteriously featured on many
people’s “Best of” lists for 2015. I
can’t imagine why, because it was
in almost all ways conventional,
predictable, and preposterous.
That said, I still watched it because
I grew up on Marvel and Daredevil
and it would have to be pretty
awful for me not to watch, like
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
bad. Season 2 looks promising,
as it introduces two of the best
characters in the Marvel universe
to the small screen: Punisher and
Elektra. Okay, let’s do this Netflix,
I’m in. Stars Charlie Cox, Elden
Hensen, Jon Bernthal, and Vincent
D’Onofrio.
March 22
Heartbeat (NBC) New – Melissa
George is great, but I just can’t do
another hospital drama. Sorry. Not
even one with D.L. Hughley and
Jamie Kennedy as doctors. Wait,
make that especially not for one
with them. At this point how do they
even pitch a show like this in the
producer’s meeting? “Here’s the
idea guys: it’s just like ER, Chicago
Hope, St. Elsewhere, Chicago Med,
House, Grey’s Anatomy… only
the twist is, this time… it’s not in
Chicago. Or wait, maybe it is? Ah
who cares?” Stars Melissa George,
Dave Annable, and Joshua
Leonard.
March 24
The Catch (ABC) New – This is
another project from ShondaLand,
which should come as good news
to the roughly two trillion living
humans (and one billion dead)
who manage to tune in to watch
one of her seven shows every
week. I’ve never really gotten into
any of them, but this one looks as
promising as any of them have—a
forensic accountant gets into sexy
and exciting adventures? Wait,
what? Stars Mireille Enos and Peter
Krause.
March 30
Empire (Fox) Season 2 Midseason
– This show has been fluctuating
since I gushed about it last summer.
As it returns from its sophomore
midseason break it has a lot on
the line. Risky maneuvers in casting
haven’t really panned out yet, the
music was less consistently strong,
and they’ve already resorted to
resurrecting ghosts from Season 1. I
am glad to see Naomi Campbell’s
return, as she’s actually pretty
great. Stars Taraji P. Henson, Terence
Howard, and Jussie Smollett.
Lopez (TV Land) New – George
Lopez has always seemed like an
incredibly nice and fun guy. He’s
one of those comedians who is
venerated by other comedians,
even though you can’t ever really
recall seeing him be funny. I wish
him the best, but I can’t pretend
to be excited about another soonto-be canceled family sitcom from
him. Stars George Lopez.
huge leap forward. Stars Aaron
Paul, Hugh Dancy, Rockmond
Dunbar, and Michelle Monaghan.
March 31
Archer (FX) Season 7 – I couldn’t
be more ready for the return of
the best cartoon on TV. Is it my
favorite cartoon ever? I wonder
sometimes. It’s awful hard to argue
against the smart-mouthed and
historically versed screw-ups at
ISIS—oh my God, what fun are they
going to have with that little naming
coincidence this season? Thank
God Archer is back. Stars H. Jon
Benjamin, Chris Parnell, Judy Greer,
Jessica Walter, and Aisha Tyler.
Rush Hour (CBS) New – OK, CBS,
so you’ve decided to bring a
well-regarded film franchise to the
small screen to annoy me. I can
live with that. But why Rush Hour?
CBS actually had a TV pilot for a
Beverly Hills Cop TV show that would
feature Eddie Murphy playing Axel
Foley mentoring his son, a young
cop-to-be played by the talented
Brandon Jackson. That also sounds
terrible, but it sort of has legs. This
on the other hand… does not. Hard
pass. Stars John Foo and Justin Hires.
The Path (Hulu) New – An unnerving
and spooky-looking drama about
a cult. Oh yes please; this sounds
amazing. Hulu doesn’t quite have
the deep bench Netflix has in terms
of original programming, but they
have turned out some impressive
work. This looks like it could be a
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