1. McKenzie River Music 455 W. 11th Avenue. 541-343-9482. McKenzieRiverMusic.com. 2. Buy and Sell Center 410 E. 11th Avenue. 541-344-9273. BuyNSellEugene.com. 3. Beacock Music 791 W. 8th Avenue. 541-653-9929. BeacockMusic.com. No one in Eugene has a better selection of stringed instruments than McKenzie River Music.…

1. Karress Ann Slaughter (Cornel Hardiman) Facebook.com/GlamazonsEugene. 2. Slutashia Facebook.com/Slutashia. 3. Trai La Trash Facebook.com/MsTraiLaTrash Nothing says “fierce” like perfect eyebrows, sequins and Karress Ann Slaughter. Slaughter is the picture of queenly perfection and an icon in the community. This is certainly not her first…

1. Storm Kennedy StormKennedy.com. 2. Inga Wilson Linkedin.com/in/IngaRWilson. 3. Teia Thompson  Storm Kennedy has once again stormed right through the Best Actor/Actress category in Best of Eugene. The popular Eugene personality swept more than 40 percent of the vote this year. She also took first…

1. Athena Delene AthenaDelene.com. 2. Bob Williams BobWilliamsPhotographer.com. 3. Ashley Morris AshleyMorrisPhoto.com.

1. Rick Dancer Rickdancer.com. 2. Camilla Mortensen Editor, Eugene Weekly. 3. William Kennedy Freelancer, Eugene Weekly.

1. Downtown Deb Trist Dead Air. KLCC 89.7. 2. Barrett, Fox and Berry KKNU. 3. Beefcake KNRQ. Perhaps it was a needed change of scenery that brought Deb Trist to Eugene in 1983. Perhaps she was fleeing the congested streets of New York, where she’d…

1. Halie Loren HalieLoren.com. 2. Calysta Cheyenne Fortune’s Folly. FortunesFollyBand.com. 3. Bettreena Jaeger BaroqueBetty.com. At this point it’s pretty clear: Eugene loves Halie Loren, winner of this year’s Eugene Weekly’s Best of Eugene best singer-songwriter category. Lucky for us, Halie loves us right back. “There…

1. The Shedd Institute 868 High Street. TheShedd.org. 2. Very Little Theatre 2350 Hilyard Street. TheVLT.com. 3. Actors Cabaret of Eugene 996 Willamette Street. ActorsCabaret.org. Pssst: Don’t tell anyone, but Eugene and its surrounding communities have been enjoying an incredible explosion of great local theater…

1. DJ Kalien (Katey Harvey) The Drake. Instagram.com/DJKalien. 2. Connah Jay (Connor J. Sullivan) CJ.Sull@gmail.com Soundcloud.com/ConnahJay. 3. DJ Jon “Supa J” Smith (Jon Smith) Blairally Vintage Arcade. Facebook.com/DJ-Jon-Supa-J-Smith-398091873734699. Within the past three years, you could have seen DJ Kalien spinning records at a slew of…

1. High Step Society HighStepSociety.com. 2. Fortune’s Folly FortunesFollyBand.com. 3. Medium Troy MediumTroy.com. High Step Society, winner of this year’s Best of Eugene best band category, plays electro-swing, a style of music popular in Europe but just catching on in the States. Electro swing, sometimes…

1. Cuthbert Amphitheatre 2300 Leo Harris Parkway. 541-762-8099. TheCuthbert.com. 2. WOW Hall (Community Center for the Performing Arts) 291 W. 8th Avenue. 541-687-2746. WOWHall.org. 3. McDonald Theatre 1010 Willamette Street. 541-345-4442. McDonaldTheatre.com.