Calendar of Events

Father's Day Chili Cookoff weekend is fun for the whole family. Full schedule of activities online.

Using quilting techniques, you will learn how to design and construct a simple shallow bowl shape, then move on to designing more creative shapes, embellishing with beads, thread, etc. All skill levels.

MNCH and Oregon Folklife Network (OFN) present the work of two awardees from the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program: cornhusk weaver Kelli Palmer and her apprentice Joy Ramirez.

Special tapping of cask conditioned beer fermented in and served from a Firkin. Meet Track Town brewer Christina Canto while exploring these rare brews.

Two of Denmark’s finest artists, Blum and Haugaard lead an outstanding quintet which performs traditonal and contemporary Danish music with great passion and virtuosity.

A panel discussion moderated by JSMA executive director Jill Hartz offering collectors and would-be collectors stimulating and practical information to guide and inspire their collecting practice.

Live dinner theater, featuring GREASE, the Broadway musical.

Take part in one of the most unique events in the country celebrating natural colored animals and their fiber.

Come find our booth at the Blacksheep Gathering in the animal barns at the Lane County Fairgrounds. We will be selling raw fleece, rovings, yarn and other finished alpaca products

Portland to Eugene relay race, finishing at Alton Baker Park on Saturday. Teams of 12 runners share 200 miles of epic terrain, each running 3 legs of varying lengths.

21 and over come and join us for old-fashioned fun and entertainment from 6 - 9 p.m. Reasonably priced dinner hot off the BBQ and snacks by Shady Oaks Catering.

If you’re already a Shakespeare-lover, you’ll love this Three Musketeers era production - or it's a perfect introduction if you're not already familiar with the Bard!

SheSings will be a true celebration of women, featuring the SheSings Showcase on Friday night, hosted by The Sing Off's Courtney Jensen, a stellar headliner concert Saturday and workshops in between!

Join folk/rock/fusion group Small Joys and special guest duo Hanna & Neal for a night of music and merriment at The Granary in downtown Eugene! Music starts at 10 p.m. with Hanna & Neal. 21 & over only.

Soulstice 2013 will be a community-based, family-friendly musical and cultural festival produced to celebrate the emergence from the long Northwest winter and the coming season of growth & renewal. Featuring music from Damian & Stephen Marley and the Ghetto Youths Crew with Wayne Marshall and Christopher Ellis.

5K and outdoor concert.

The Westfir Lodge is celebrating Summer Solstice by hosting a Wine Dinner with Seven of Hearts/Luminous Winery. There will be a 7-course dinner, including paired wine.

Board a bus with the South Willamette Wineries Association and visit King Estate Winery, Saginaw Vineyard, Chateau Lorane Winery and Iris Vineyard for wine tastings and food pairings.

Come join Barb Gonzales for a beginners Photography Workshop at the Historic Westfir Lodge. Special room and dinner rates with our package pricing. Call for more info.

The workshop begins with camera basics. It concludes after breakfast Sunday after an evaluation of the weekend’s photos. Students will venture into the covered bridge, and nearby gardens for photos.

Our Barn Dinners are a series of summer dinners held on our farm with local winemakers in the 19th century restored barn. This dinner will feature Terry & Sue Brandborg of Brandborg Wines and Furrer Farms Heritage Grass Fed Beef.

Poker run and car show (cars, trucks, and motorcycles welcome) in addition to children’s activities and Hole in the Wall BBQ.

15-year-old local singer/guitarist, Savanna Coen, is releasing a special live CD of originals featuring highlights from her recent sold-out house concert. All proceeds help fund her next studio album.

Enjoy the music of Beats Antique Shpongle, March 4th Marching Band, Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited in celebration of the end of the long Northwest winter and the coming season of growth & renewal.

Annual celebration featuring vocal talent, Norma Fraser, fire dancers and local food carts!

Join SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) for a 5K Run/Walk to benefit programs to educate about depression and suicide.

The course starts at Noble Estate Vineyard, tours Sweet Cheeks Winery and finishes at Silvan Ridge Winery.

Support Occupy Medical, Eugene's free and mobile health care clinic. Enjoy local musical talent, Bob Satori and Steel Wool. Proceeds fund Occupy Medical's work to provide free health care to all.

Featured are works acquired by the museum in the last five years by Michael Brophy, Tom Cramer, Mel Katz, Whitney Nye, Dan Powell, Jim Roswold and Gary Tepfer. All were created since the 1980s.

A companion exhibition to Lasting Legacies, which celebrated the museum’s seventy-fifth anniversary by highlighting exceptional works in the museum’s collection and the donors who made them possible.

Features works acquired over the last five years reflecting a more expansive collecting mission including exciting works from the Americas, including Central and South America.

Nick Sixkiller is a powwow MC, radio DJ and advocate in Eugene who seeks to connect native and non-native people through his service in the community. Learn more about this amazing local leader.

Journey with Eugene artist Jon Meyers to the Four Corners region of the American Southwest, exploring the sagebrush-covered ruins of Hovenweep and Chaco Canyon.

From a 19-century working-class family in Portland to a Chinese mining community in Jacksonville, this exhibit tells the stories of five historical sites recently excavated by museum archaeologists.

This retrospective exhibition of the art of Su Kwak brings together a body of work that affirms the artist's distinctive use of light and color to capture her spiritual life.

Third in the series of Taste and Flavor exhibits, featuring adult and children's interpretations of "Sweet". Artwork includes photography, mixed media, painting.

Come out for fun mornings with this popular numbers game. Great prizes!

MNCH offers free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Questions range from book learning to pop culture, politics and hip culture. Always a matching round and picture identification round on anything from "Canadian or Dead" to "Seinfeld Girlfriends."

Get your nerd on every Monday night.

Weekly Tuesday farmers market in the downtown park blocks.

An incredible evening of 3 live acoustic style performances by some of the best artists in the Northwest. Tyler Morin and Craig Sorseth host every Wednesday evening with a special guest!

Bingo and brews with Roger. Fun and prizes over craft brews.

Featuring a variety of local produce, art & crafts with special emphasis on sustainable and/or organic. Enjoy free concerts in the park starting June 19th until September.

Come out and bring your best tunes to this popular, weekly open mic night. Sing your heart out! Not a performer? Enjoy the show with a slice of pizza & a drink.

Admission is free every Wednesday at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Downtown merchants (look for the yellow flags) stay open and host local artists. Stroll Historic Downtown, view artwork, and visit with local artists. Participating merchants provide appetizers, wine tasting and in-store specials for those interested in shopping.

Slick Nick MCs Cornucopia's award-winning karaoke night every Wednesday. Pick from thousands of songs.

The Lane County Farmers Market is a vibrant gathering place to shop for locally grown produce and products - and now at the Fifth Street Public Market!

The Youth Farmers assist in growing over 35 different kinds of organic vegetables, over half of which are donated to FOOD for Lane County, the local food bank. The rest is sold by the youth at an on-site and an off-site farmstand during the growing season and through a 50-member Community Supported Agriculture Program.