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Top Picks 🏅
Our top picks for events you won’t want to miss.
Friday 2/20 Deep Sea Mystery Dinner Theater (all weekend)
Saturday 2/21 The Amazing Bubble Man thrills with bubble artistry
Saturday 2/21 Family Fun day at the Oregon Logging Conference
Sunday 2/22 Free Book Swap alert at Play Eugene
Anyone else have the Olympics on in their home 24/7? I’m just saying… if you don’t get this email next week it’s because I was called up to the big leagues and can be found on the curling rink (rink?? Is that the name?). I have never played before, but I do sweep the floors in my home so I think I would get the hang of it.
As always… Happy reading, and see you out there! 🤠
Around Town 🏙
It’s healthy to leave your house once in a while…
Wednesday 2/18 Hear jazz from Great American Songbook; John Pizzarelli
Wednesday 2/18 The Zupan 5 bring their jazz to the stage
Thursday 2/19 Music of the American string band with Mr Sun
Friday 2/20 Laugh at The Found Dog Ribbon Dance play (all weekend)
Friday 2/20 Love songs all night with jazz vocalist Halie Loren
Friday 2/20 Song and poetry open mic night at ArtCity
Friday 2/20 Eugene Ballet present Cinderella w/OrchestraNext (all weekend)
Friday 2/20 Cyril Neville brings his signature funky soul music to town
Friday 2/20 Art Reception alert; As We See It- Six Sculptors
Friday 2/20 Head to Indigenous language film screening night
Saturday 2/21 The circus reimagined; Catalyst- an aerial acrobatic show
Saturday 2/21 Masquerade de Desir; a mystical Mardi Gras ball
Saturday 2/21 DJ Pauly D brings the tunes to McDonald Theater
Saturday 2/21 Casino Royale; cards and cocktails, & probably no evil villains
Saturday 2/21 Jonathan van Halem brings his standup comedy to Eugene
Sunday 2/22 Electronic party-starting music with OPIUO
Sunday 2/22 Art Reception; “travel“ to France with artist talks & more
For the Kiddos 🛝
We won’t judge if you want to go and don’t have kids!
Wednesday 2/18 Cozy goodies & crafts; music snacks & more (age 13-18)
Wednesday 2/18 Create a whistle... out of clay! (ages 5-9)
Saturday 2/21 Brrrrr! Arctic Adventure family day at the museum
Saturday 2/21 Meet and listen to Enchanted Woodwind Forest musical
Tuesday 2/24 Weave with yarn, beginners welcome (ages 9-12)
The Duck Corner 🦆
All things University of Oregon.
Wednesday 2/18 Listen to thevocals of Majel Connery in Elderflora
Wednesday 2/18 Kemal Gekic brings his piano mastery to stage
Thursday 2/19 Women’s Lacrosse vs California
Friday 2/20 Men’s Baseball vs Youngstown State
Friday 2/20 Go see Much Ado About Nothing (all weekend)
Friday 2/20 Large Jazz ensembles perform w/ guest artist Inserto
Saturday 2/21 Men’s Baseball vs Youngstown State
Saturday 2/21 Acrobatics and Tumbling vs Quinnipiac University
Sunday 2/22 Women’s Lacrosse vs Eastern Michigan
Sunday 2/22 Men’s Baseball vs Youngstown State
Sunday 2/22 UO Hip Hop/Pop music ensembles concert
Sunday 2/22 Learn and listen; Baroque Music across Europe and China
Monday 2/23 Documentary screening and discussion; The General
Tuesday 2/24 Attend a guest lecture; How Venezuela Got Here…
Tuesday 2/24 Zoe Aqua and her Transylvanian String Band perform
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What’s on Tap 🍻
Grab a beverage and stay a while.
Thursday 2/19 Spiced Rum Release Party at Arable Brewing
Thursday 2/19 Laugh with Wet Paint, an improv comedy group
Thursday 2/19 Book talk with author Francesca Fontana; The Family Snitch
Thursday 2/19 Get some laughs in for the week with Comic, Interrupted
Friday 2/20 Talk Dirty to Me; a comedy open mic night
Friday 2/20 Gauntlet of Thrones; Swordplay, theater, dance and more
Saturday 2/21 Helluva Drag show with vendors, raffle and more
Sunday 2/22 Lucky Paws pet adoption at Beergarden; will you be lucky?
⬇And for weekly trivia, bingo, and much more ⬇
Take a Hike 🌲
Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!
Wednesday 2/18 Watershed Wednesday; help care for the outdoors
Thursday 2/19 Learn how to prune fruit trees in your garden
Saturday 2/21 Connect with the land on a photography walk
Saturday 2/21 Lace up the shoes and help plant trees along the Willamette
Saturday 2/21 Learn how to identify twigs on a Winter Twig Tour
Sunday 2/22 Trail run up Mt Pisgah with some friends
Sunday 2/22 Then help out with some trail work at Mt Pisgah
Tuesday 2/24 Valentines Day is over, but learn to prune roses indoors
Free 💸
Need we say more?
Wednesday 2/18 Windfall reading; hears from 3 different poets and authors
Wednesday 2/18 Learn what the Willamette Valley was like before settlers
Thursday 2/19 Book talk and author event; Jan Kerouac’s Baby Driver
Thursday 2/19 School For Scandal by the Roving Park Players (all weekend)
Friday 2/20 Learn with CityClub; children and the foster care system
Friday 2/20 Hear about The Giant Aquifer of the Cascades
Saturday 2/21 I Lived to Tell The World; book talk and reading
Sunday 2/22 Record Listening; Taylor Swift (wrote this email listening😁 )
Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗
Events about an hour away, ish.
Thursday 2/19 A Piece of my Heart; a play about American women in Vietnam (Cottage Grove, all weekend)
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