Eugene this week November 5-November 11

Top Picks 🏅 

Our top picks for events you won’t want to miss.

• Thursday 11/6 Check out the free Houseplant Swap (also Fri. & Sat.)

• Friday 11/7 See all the jewelry, beads and more at Gem Faire (all weekend)

• Saturday 11/8 Adult Prom; relive the magic “Under The Sea”

• Sunday 11/9 Fill Your Pantry; stock up on food directly from local producers

Around Town 🏙️ 

It’s healthy to leave your house once in a while…

• Wednesday 11/5 Jazz bassist Jake Chaffee brings the grooves

• Thursday 11/6 Acoustic Americana music with Sugar Pine at Jazz Station

• Thursday 11/6 Nashville songwriter Alice Wallace live at Art House

• Thursday 11/6 Go see the play Radium Girls at Churchill High (through Sat.)

• Friday 11/7 Blues. Soul. Rock and Roll. The Robert Cray Band

• Friday 11/17 See a play; BlueJay’s Canoe at Very Little Theater (all weekend)

• Friday 11/7 Stroll the Willmalane Holiday Marketplace (also Sat.)

• Friday 11/7 Sa-Roc brings her razor sharp hip-hop to Wow Hall

• Friday 11/7 Head to the Hult for Queen Bey: A dance experience (also Sat.)

• Saturday 11/8 Eugene Symphony brings the Music of the Cosmos

• Saturday 11/8 It’s the Eugene Library Holiday Book Sale

• Saturday 11/8 Hear some folk/country from 18yo Waylon Wyatt

• Saturday 11/8 Listen to the jazz tunes of the Joe Manis Quartet

• Saturday 11/8 Shop the Holiday Bazaar; great gifts for all

• Saturday 11/8 Lynnea Barry sings Carly Simon & James Taylor (& Sun.)

• Sunday 11/9 Charles Wesley Godwin brings his Lonely Mtn Town music tour

• Sunday 11/9 Young musicians join Eugene Symphony for Side x Side concert

• Sunday 11/9 Japanese noise rock band Melt-Banana takes the stage

• Sunday 11/9 Stroll the 300 tables at Piccadilly Flea Market

• Sunday 11/9 Film screening and director Q&A: Dance Freak

• Monday 11/10 Songwriter and storyteller Todd Snider Band performs

• Tuesday 11/11 An evening with legendary mycologist Paul Stamets

• Tuesday 11/11 That1Guy brings his music and “The Magic Pipe” to Eugene

For the Kiddos 🛝 

We won’t judge if you want to go and don’t have kids!

• Wednesday 11/5 Make tissue paper collages of autumn scenes (age 5-9)

• Wednesday 11/5 Learn to carve and print with potato stamps (ages 13-19)

• Friday 11/7 Matilda Jr. The Musical comes to the Wildish (all weekend)

• Saturday 11/8 Learn about local Native Americans at Acorn Circle (age 5-12)

The Duck Corner 🦆 

All things University of Oregon.

• Thursday 11/6 Housing solutions for rural communities; panel discussion

• Thursday 11/6 Attend a talk on indigenous art and museums

• Thursday 11/6 Women’s Volleyball vs UCLA

• Friday 11/7 Men’s Basketball vs Rice

• Friday 11/7 See The Moors; a play at Hope Theater (also Sat.)

• Saturday 11/8 Women’s Basketball vs Montana

• Sunday 11/9 Women’s Volleyball vs Michigan State

• Sunday 11/9 Trio Afiori brings brings mezzo, clarinet, &piano music together

• Tuesday 11/11 Women’s Basketball vs Grand Canyon

See below for the links to sports events:

• Women’s Volleyball

• Women’s Basketball

• Men’s Basketball

What’s on Tap 🍻 

Grab a beverage and stay a while.

• Wednesday 11/5 Join comedian Justin Silva for some laughs

• Wednesday 11/5 Head to Gratitude to learn about hemp in construction

• Wednesday 11/5 Join a night of laughs at Comic, Interrupted

• Thursday 11/6 Bella Rayne brings her guitar music to the stage

• Thursday 11/6 Inaugural Jello Shots & Jams at Beergarden (through Sun.)

• Thursday 11/6 Mural unveiling party at PlayEugene; art/music/drinks

• Thursday 11/6 Standup Joe Dombrowski takes the mic for 3 nights (Fri&Sat)

• Friday 11/7 Se the Ornada ski movie with live soundtrack

• Friday 11/7 Think your dancing can make $500? Cowfish Dance Battle

• Saturday 11/8 Grrrlz Rock music and arts festival at Whirled Pies

• Saturday 11/8 Grab a seat and watch the Ducks at the Football Watch Party

 ⬇️And for weekly trivia, bingo, and much more ⬇️ 

Take a Hike 🌲 

Get outside, you live in Oregon for darn sakes!

• Wednesday 11/5 Learn about making a residential native plant meadow

• Saturday 11/8 Volunteer some time outside with trail work at Mt. Pisgah

• Saturday 11/8 Get outside, it’s Living River Exploration Day

• Sunday 11/9 Get some birding in at the arboretum

• Tuesday 11/11 Go on a Wetland Wander at Mt Pisgah and talk mushrooms

Free 💸 

Need we say more?

• Wednesday 11/5 Rumble- Indians Who Rocked the World film screening

• Wednesday 11/5 Dia de los Muertos procession and celebration

• Wednesday 11/5 Author talk; Living with Thunder (PNW geology)

• Thursday 11/6 Paul Safer on the grand piano, poet Ingrid Wendt, & acapella choir Evocantus all at Tsunami Books

• Friday 11/7 Check out new at gallery opening receptions at New Zone

• Friday 11/7 Art, music and more; it’s First Friday Artwork!

• Friday 11/7 Free First Friday again at the Natural & Cultural History Museum

• Friday 11/7 Trade autumn and winter decor, candles etc; Cozy Swap

• Friday 11/7 Learn with CityClub about the gaps in behavioral health care

• Saturday 11/8 Victorian Gift Market at Shelton McMurphey House (& Sun.)

• Saturday 11/8 Go check out the Farmer’s Market

• Sunday 11/9 Honor those who served with a Veterans Day Concert

Not Eugene, but Close Enough 🚗 

Events about an hour away, ish.

• Wednesday 11/5 Be careful but check out the King Tides (Florence, until Fri.)

• Friday 11/7 Head to Walterville for the annual Spaghetti Feed (Walterville)

• Monday 11/10 All branches welcome; Marine Corp Ball (Cottage Grove)

• Tuesday 11/11 Commemorate Veterans Day with a parade (Florence)