The owner of the Warfield Theater in San Francisco filed suit against Bill Graham Presents on Oct. 13, according to the Bay Guardian. The suit alleges that BGP -- a Clear Channel subsidiary which operates the Warfield under a lease that expires in 2008 -- damaged the value of the theater's name by changing it to the SF Weekly Warfield. The naming rights were sold by BGP in June to SF Weekly-parent New Times.
The first Best of Eugene Awards show was held last Saturday, says Director of Sales and Marketing Bill Shreve. Local celebrities presented glass plaques to the winners, and musical entertainment was provided. The money raised was donated to Food for Lane County, which won the Favorite Nonprofit award.
The editor of The Stranger publicizes his latest book, "The Commitment," in a new interview with Boulder, Colorado's Dirt. Among other topics, Savage also discusses the process behind his weekly sex column, the kind of people he likes to hire at the Stranger, and why he thinks "newspapers are a graveyard for people who have lost their ambitions and passions."
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