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Top Picks 🏅
Our top picks for events you won’t want to miss.
Friday 4/17 National Dance Week kickoff event; dancing and much more
Saturday 4/18 Pop Princess Skate Party… and dress to impress!
Sunday 4/19 Don’t stop believing… Journey comes to town
Sunday 4/19 Re-Imagine Earth Day; music, food, prizes and more
Some weeks feel more routine, others are for really living. Which is it for you this week?
As always… Happy reading, and see you out there! 🤠
Around Town 🏙
It’s healthy to leave your house once in a while…
Wednesday 4/15 Jam it up with jazz group The Wretched Party
Thursday 4/16 Parents get the deal; Itty Bitty Boutique Consignment Sale
Thursday 4/16 Big Water brings the jazz to stage for a cause
Thursday 4/16 Bluegrass music and more with Kitchen Dwellers
Friday 4/17 Dancing With the Stars Live comes to Eugene
Friday 4/17 Have fun finding deals at Sip and Seams (all weekend)
Friday 4/17 Break out the Hawaiian shirt; Luau with Elvis dinner/show
Friday 4/17 Enjoy the music of the Joe Manis Quartet
Friday 4/17 Lynnea Barry and friends bring music of the 70s (all weekend)
Saturday 4/18 Cat lovers unite; Mountain Mist Cat Fanciers show
Saturday 4/18 Eugene Concert Choir presents Cosmic Voices (and Sun.)
Saturday 4/18 Curtis Salgado entertains with his blues music
Saturday 4/18 Autism Walks Through History gala dinner
Saturday 4/18 Springfield’s own “Grammies“… Arts and Culture Awards
Saturday 4/18 Sofia Talvik entertains with her folk songs and stories
Saturday 4/18 OCT present; A Case for the Existence of God play (& Sun.)
Saturday 4/18 Community dance and flow state event
Saturday 4/18 Hear the music of the Celtic nations with Golden Bough
Sunday 4/19 Rock out with Josey Scott at Wow Hall
Monday 4/20 Genre bending music from Freshwater + Julie
Tuesday 4/21 Austin based singer/songwriter Jaimee Harris onstage
Tuesday 4/21 Lace up yer boots; Old Time Community Square Dance
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For the Kiddos 🛝
We won’t judge if you want to go and don’t have kids!
Wednesday 4/15 Let creativity flow painting watercolor flowers (age 13-19)
Wednesday 4/15 Have some fun making a sock puppet (age 5-9)
Thursday 4/16 Paint a pet using pop art style (say that 5 times fast!)
Friday 4/17 Explore weather at Tot Discovery Day at the Science Center
The Duck Corner 🦆
All things University of Oregon.
Wednesday 4/15 Hear from a panel of scholars; The War on Iran
Wednesday 4/15 Evening of music and stories with pianist Samantha Ege
Thursday 4/16 Former Congressman Kristof lecture; “Cities and Town”
Thursday 4/16 Learn at a geography colloquium on the Race for Lithium
Friday 4/17 America at 250; Before, Between, Beyond opening night event
Friday 4/17 Go see Radium Girls, a play about science (and Sat.)
Friday 4/17 Across the Atlantic, Songs by Irish and American women
Friday 4/17 Oregon Track Team Invitational
Friday 4/17 Women’s Softball vs Washington
Saturday 4/18 Oregon Track Team Invitational
Saturday 4/18 Women’s Lacrosse vs USC
Saturday 4/18 Women’s Softball vs Washington
Sunday 4/19 Women’s Softball vs Washington
Sunday 4/19 Arcadian Dreams with Les Delices concert
Links for sports events below:
What’s on Tap 🍻
Grab a beverage and stay a while.
Wednesday 4/15 Chris Higgins brings the comedy, you bring the laughs
Thursday 4/16 Laughs, stories and more with Margaret Cho (and Fri.)
Thursday 4/16 Fruit Fest 2026, all weekend at Play Eugene
Thursday 4/16 MFG Group brings their Neo Soul Jazz Funk Fusion music
Friday 4/17 Play some Kinky Bingo at Whirled Pies
Friday 4/17 Cosmic Crawl; Cider “bar crawl“ with games and more
Saturday 4/18 Country roads take me to… Dueling Pianos- Country Edition
Saturday 4/18 Record Store Day at Bier Stein; music, prizes and more
Saturday 4/18 Shhh.. Don’t Tell Comedy will be dishing laughs
Saturday 4/18 Join in or watch; Pub Sing at Drop Bear Brewery
Saturday 4/18 Hear Grateful Dead music by Skeletons from the Closet
Sunday 4/19 PublicHouse is hosting a pet adoption event
Sunday 4/19 Happy Tim Curry Day; performances, drag, games, etc
Monday 4/20 Start your engines! Mario Cart Tourney at Bier Stein
Tuesday 4/21 BEST Happy Hour; hear from guidebook author Tyler Burgess
⬇And for weekly trivia, bingo, and much more ⬇
Take a Hike 🌲
Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!
Wednesday 4/15 Watershed Wednesday; get outside and volunteer
Friday 4/17 For the Love of Oaks ecology talk
Friday 4/17 Enjoy an inclusive dance performance at Owen Rose Garden
Saturday 4/18 Head out on a photography walk of Green Island
Saturday 4/18 Spring is here; get ready with a free compost workshop
Saturday 4/18 Celebrate Earth Day at the Eugene Science Center
Sunday 4/19 Find those creepy crawlies… Insect Tour
Tuesday 4/21 Learn how to grow fruit trees in your backyard
Free 💸
Need we say more?
Wednesday 4/15 Eugene City Council Election Forum
Wednesday 4/15 Windfall Reading at the library; hear from 3 poets
Friday 4/17 Xplore; Dance showcase, lessons, and more… get dancing!
Friday 4/17 Gather:Make:Shelter exhibit opening and artist talk
Friday 4/17 Hear from Democratic candidates of Congressional District 4
Saturday 4/18 Eugene Saturday Market and Lane Farmer’s Market are back
Sunday 4/19 Learn how to properly forage for tasty forest finds
Sunday 4/19 Attend a Health Care Reform town hall event
Tuesday 4/21 Head to the library for a literary Open Mic
Tuesday 4/21 Need a job? ECC 2nd Annual Job Fair
Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗
Events about an hour away, ish.
Thursday 4/16 Cabaret the musical on stage (through Sat., Cottage Grove)
Friday 4/17 The Addams Family musical (through Sun, Junction City)
Saturday 4/18 Volunteer at the Beach Cleanup (Florence)
Saturday 4/18 Enjoy the Spring Rhododendron Show/Sale (& Sun, Florence)
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