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Calendar of Events

Welcome to the events calendar for the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region. Thousands of events take place each year. Music and ethnic festivals, Broadway performances, museums, sporting events and guided hikes are some of the exciting events that happen here.
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Events


Arabian Nights
May 04, 2012 - May 05, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Friday & Saturday, 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free - $14
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  • Location: Robinson Theatre, University of Oregon
  • Address: Miller Theatre Complex, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.346.4363

In a magical evening of theatre inspired by the original One Thousand and One Nights tales, Shahrazade's parables weave themselves together into a rich tapestry of faith, healing and transformation.

BLOOM: The Art of Gardens
May 04, 2012 - May 13, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Daily
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Fifth Street Public Market
  • Address: 296 East Fifth Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401

This garden exhibit created by the area's finest landscape architects features themed displays, such as Taste of Tuscany, Game of Thrones and Oregon Sunshine. The event is presented by Lane Forest Products.

Changing the Way We Feed Our Children
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 7 - 8:30 P.M.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: First United Methodist Church of Eugene
  • Address: 1376 Olive Street, Eugene, OR 97401

Come out for this evening with Cheff Ann Cooper, the Renegade Lunch Lady, as she discusses healthy food for families. Sponsored by the Eugene Coalition for Better School Food.

First Friday ArtWalk
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: NEST
  • Address: 1235 Willamette, Eugene, OR 97401

This Friday's walk is guest hosted by Mayor Kitty Piercy. The walk begins at NEST then continues through downtown. In addition to the walk, many local galleries and venues will be open to wander through.

First Friday Family Fun
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Petersen Barn Community Center
  • Address: 870 Berntzen Road, Eugene, OR

Enjoy a free evening of fun including dinner and games, crafts and live entertainment. Dinner served until 7 p.m.

Friday Night Live in the Barn with Mike McLaren
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 6 - 9 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Saginaw Vineyard
  • Address: 80247 Delight Valley School Road, Cottage Grove, OR 97455
  • Phone: 541.942.1364

Bring your dinner basket and come out for old-fashioned fun and entertainment in the warmth of their historic century-old red barn. Complimentary wine tasting. 21 and over.

Go Green
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $15
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  • Location: Community Church of Christ
  • Address: 1485 Gilham Road, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.747.3915

Learn how to find, grow and eat both wild and garden greens (raw or cooked). Learn preparation techniques to make the most of your green moment. Plus enjoSamples? Lots!

Harlem Wizards
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $10, $8 students advance; $14, $10 students at door
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  • Location: North Eugene High School
  • Address: 200 Silver Ln., Eugene, OR 97404
  • Phone: 541.914.9754

Spring Creek Elementary School PTO proudly presents the Harlem Wizards Basketball Team verses the Spring Creek Basketeers (a team of local celebrities, school staff and parents). Come out for this highly entertaining comedy basketball game.

Kindtree Prom
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $12 advance; $15 door
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  • Location: Mac's Restaurant & Nightclub
  • Address: , Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.521.7208

Come out for this fun party hosted by SLUG Queen Holly GoSlugly to support KindTree programs. Enjoy live music, crazy contests for dance and costums. Dress up and grab your friends for this entertaining evening for a good cause.

Motorbikes & Hungry Cloud Darkening
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday,
  • Event Admission: Free; donation suggested
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  • Location: Wandering Goat Coffee Co.
  • Address: 268 Madison St., Eugene, OR 97402

From Anacortes, Washington, these are two mellow/energetic acts interested in incorporating serious/relatable themes into experimental pop music.

Oakridge Tree Planting Festival
May 04, 2012 - May 07, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Friday - Monday
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  • Location: Various locations
  • Address: , Oakridge, OR 97463
  • Phone: 541.782.5701

Parade, tree planting, talent show, quilt show, street fair, food, music and dinner theater.

South Willamette Trail Hike
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $10 suggested donation
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  • Location: Hardesty Mountain area, Willamette National Forest
  • Address: Carpool from Eugene, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.344.0675

Explore the wilderness in Eugene’s backyard! The Hardesty Mountain roadless area is the largest to be found within an hour of Eugene and includes two hike-able peaks. On this hike, the group will stay on the lower flanks of the hills, explore some of the old-growth forests still found here, and cross forest-filtered streams on the South Willamette Trail.

Try Tai Chi
May 04, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Eugene Public Library
  • Address: 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.682.5521

Come out and try Tai Chi for free with this special spring class. Pre-registration is required.

Exhibits & Shows


Attack of the Bloodsuckers
May 04, 2012 - May 27, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $3 - $7; Free for members
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  • Location: The Science Factory Children's Museum & Exploration Dome
  • Address: 2300 Leo Harris Pkwy, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.682.7888

Explore the science of what's eating you as you examine the anatomies, life cycles and behaviors of mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, leeches and other parasites through this skin-crawling collection of interactive exhibits.

Color Whimsey
May 04, 2012 - May 31, 2012
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 6 p.m.
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  • Location: New Zone Gallery
  • Address: 164 West Broadway, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.683.0759

Come out and see this exhibit feature the Acrylic paintings by Sally Ott. Her art consists of playful "confetti" on fruit paintings and glass.

Guided Museum Tours
May 04, 2012 - November 02, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 1 & 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free with admission; $3 adults; $2 youth & seniors
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  • Location: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Address: 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3024

Enjoy a guided tour free with admission. Discover the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, where 15,000 years of human history and 200 million years of geology are at your fingertips.

Gypsy
May 04, 2012 - May 06, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Friday - Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $21, $19 senior/student
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  • Location: Cottage Theatre
  • Address: 700 Village Dr, Cottage Grove, OR 97424
  • Phone: 541.942.8001

Based loosely on the memoirs of burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the 1959 musical Gypsy chronicles the story of the ultimate pushy stage mother, and features “Let Me Entertain You."

Mexico
May 04, 2012 - May 31, 2012
  • Event Times: Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - noon
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Island Park
  • Address: 200 W B St, Springfield, OR 97477
  • Phone: 541.736.4444

An exhibit featuring the paintings of two local artists with Mexico connections.

NewArt Northwest Kids: Global Connections
May 04, 2012 - May 13, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday & Thursday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $5, $3 seniors 62+; Free for members, students and faculty
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3027

Students from around the state respond to the idea of JSMA founder, Gertrude Bass Warner, that knowledge of other cultures and other people promotes global understanding. A K-12 student exhibition.

Out in Space, Back in Time: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope
May 04, 2012 - February 10, 2013
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Wednesdays - Sundays, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $3; $2 seniors & youth; $8 families; Free on Wednesdays & to staff, students, children, faculty
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  • Location: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Address: 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.5083

The Hubble Telescope takes amazingly clear pictures of objects beyond Earth. From our close neighbors in space to the distant Rose Galaxies, discover the universe in this exhibit of photographs.

Russel Wong: The Big Picture
May 04, 2012 - August 19, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11a.m. - 5p.m.
  • Event Admission: $5; $3 seniors; free students, members & UO faculty/staff with ID
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3027

UO graduate Russel Wong strives to distinguish his work by re-defining and re-styling glamorous figures with greater depth, texture, and imagination. He has photographed for Vogue, Nike and Time.

Sandy Tilcock: Lone Goose Press
May 04, 2012 - May 12, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Friday, noon - 4 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts - Jacob's Gallery
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401

Work embraces the limited edition letterpress broadsides and hand bound books. Gallery in the lower level of the Hult Center.

Spring & Summer: Green, Green the Color of New
May 04, 2012 - August 27, 2012
  • Recurring every week day
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Lane Community College - Building 19
  • Address: 4000 E 30th Ave, Eugene, OR 97405
  • Phone: 541.463.3518

The David Joyce Gallery located in the Center for Meeting and Learning at Lane Community College has opened its final exhibit of the 2011-12 academic year all about the inspiration of the color and term "Green."

The Art of Nature by Becky Uhler
May 04, 2012 - June 24, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Sunday - Wednesdays, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $3; $2 seniors & youth; $8 families; free on Wednesdays & to UO students, faculty & staff
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  • Location: University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
  • Address: 1680 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.5083

As an artist and natural science illustrator, Becky Uhler strives to bridge the gap between what we see with our eyes and the intricate systems in nature.

Variations: Art Expressing Music
May 04, 2012 - May 11, 2012
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
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  • Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
  • Address: 1910 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.345.1571

An exhibit showcasing 25 artists whose work has either been inspired by music or is related to the theme of music.

Visions of the Orient: Western Women Artists in Asia, 1900-1940
May 04, 2012 - June 18, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday & Thursday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $5, $3 seniors 62+; Free for members, students and faculty
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3027

This exhibition focuses on the nexus of American art, the woodblock print movement, women and East Asia between 1900 and 1940 through the presentation of work by Helen Hyde, Bertha Lum, Elizabeth Kieth and Lilian Miller.

Weird and Wonderful: Lane County Highlights and Footnotes
May 04, 2012 - September 15, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $3
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  • Location: Lane County Historical Society and Museum
  • Address: 740 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.682.4242

An exhibit featuring the county's notable oddities, superlative scenery, cinematic moments, and surprising personalities.

On-going


Free First Friday at the Jordan Schnitzer
May 04, 2012
  • Recurring monthly on the 1st Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Ln, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3027

Enjoy the museum with free admission the first Friday of every month. Enjoy the museum's new exhibits and old classics.

Rogue Trivia Night
May 04, 2012 - November 23, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Rogue Public House
  • Address: 844 Olive St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.345.4155

Mr. Bill's Traveling Trivia Show hosts a fun-filled evening of tricky questions.

University of Oregon Campus Tours
May 04, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. & 2 p.m.; Saturday, 10:30 a.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Ford Alumni Center / UO Alumni Association 
  • Address: 1720 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3201

Student Ambassadors offer 90-minute walking tours of the main campus. Available year-round except holidays.

Markets


Springfield Farmers' Market
May 04, 2012 - October 26, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 3 - 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Downtown Springfield
  • Address: 5th St & A St, Springfield, OR 97477
  • Phone: 541.345.7106

An open-air marketplace for locally produced fresh vegetables, fruits, plants, prepared food and specialty artisan goods. Open every Friday during the May-October growing season.

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