City Council Newsletter - 09/14/06

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The Mayor’s CPR Committee comprises a diverse group of arts advocates and is chaired by Tina Rinaldi, a University of Oregon Arts Administration Program Manager and Adjunct Professor, former director of the Jacobs Gallery and current member of the Lane County Cultural Coalition. Councilor David Kelly is the committee vice-chair. The Cultural Policy Review is the City’s first in more than two decades. The objective is to collaboratively review current conditions, services and gaps, and identify community-supported options that will assist the City Council in defining the City’s ongoing role in arts and culture. For more information, contact Mark Loigman, CPR project manager at mark.d.loigman@ci.eugene.or.us, : 682-5307 (related link go to www.eugene-or.gov/CulturalPolicyReview for background and information). "Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading:” NPR's Maureen Corrigan at Eugene Public Library "Readers: Put down that book for just one evening -- it'll be worth it!" Insightful, entertaining book reviewer Maureen Corrigan speaks at the Downtown Library, Thursday, September 21, at 7 p.m. Many Eugeneans recognize Corrigan’s name—and voice—from her pithy reviews on National Public Radio’s Fresh Air. Corrigan talks about her book loves and dislikes, the inside scoop on a book reviewer’s everyday life, and, in honor of Banned Books Week, the importance of the right to read, write, and speak freely. Author and journalist Alan Siporin, a local favorite from his years with National Public Radio affiliate KLCC-FM, introduces Corrigan. Corrigan's recent memoir, Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books, depicts the profound effects of reading on her life, including on her career as an academic from a working class family. Winner of an Edgar Award for criticism, Corrigan writes a mystery column for the Washington Post, and her reviews and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, The Nation, Boston Globe, and Village Voice. Booklist calls her “immensely likable, eclectic, and dynamic . . . as adept in her analysis of life as she is in her fresh and significant interpretations of books.” She also teaches literature at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Corrigan's visit is the latest in the Author!Author! Series, co-sponsored by the Eugene Public Library and the Eugene Public Library Foundation. The evening talk is free and open to all. For more information, contact EPL at 682-5450. The EPL Foundation holds a benefit luncheon with Corrigan the same day; for information or to reserve a seat, contact the foundation at 682-5338. Golden Gardens Park Neighbors Invited to Second Public Workshop In June, City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Planning staff held the first in a series of public workshops designed to gain input from the surrounding community about the improvements they would like to see made to Golden Gardens Park. This second meeting will offer park neighbors and interested community members the opportunity to review and provide feedback on the short- and long-term alternatives that have been generated for the site. The meeting will be held Wednesday, September 20, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Shasta Middle School, Studio West, 4656 Barger Drive. The report from the first workshop is available for viewing online at www.eugene-or.gov/parks (click on “Parks and Maps” > “Bethel/Danebo” > “Golden Gardens”). Golden Gardens is a 46.8-acre natural area park located in Eugene’s Bethel neighborhood, at the intersection of Golden Gardens Street and Jessen Drive, north of Barger Drive. A former gravel pit that provided material used in the construction of Belt Line Road and its overpasses, the land that is now Golden Gardens Park was acquired by the City of Eugene from Lane County in 1974. For more information or to give input, contact Carolyn Weiss, Parks and Open Space planning manager at 682-4909 or carolyn.j.weiss@ci.eugene.or.us. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 September 14, 2006