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Calendar of Events

Welcome to the events calendar for the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region. Hundreds 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. Come join in on the fun. Please call or check the event website prior to arrival as information may change without notice.
 

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Adult Open Gym/Circus Open Gym
July 29, 2010 - August 26, 2010
  • Recurring weekly on Thursday
  • Event Times: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $6
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  • Location: Bounce Gymnastics
  • Address: 329 W 3rd Ave, Eugene, OR
  • Phone: 541.343.4222

Bounce Gymnastics opens their doors to adults on Thursday nights. Come on in and play on the trampolines, tumble trak, aerial silks, trapeze, tight rope and more.

Boulevard Grill Cruise-in
July 29, 2010 - September 23, 2010
  • Event Times: 5 - 9 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: The Boulevard Grill
  • Address: 2123 Franklin Blvd, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.686.2020

Open to all classic and collector car enthusiasts. People's choice award for best overall car, winner gets a $25 gift card to the Grill. Gather on the outdoor deck and talk about cars.

Eugene Emeralds Baseball
July 29, 2010
  • Event Times: Thursday, 7:05 p.m.
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  • Location: P.K. Park
  • Address: 2760 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Eugene
  • Phone: 541.342.5367

The Emeralds take on the Spokane Indians on Thirsty Thursday. It's Animal House Night. Get your togas out and celebrate the college movie classic filmed right here in Eugene. The Ems are a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the San Diego Padres.

Forest Discovery Tour: Bureau of Land Management & Roseburg Resources
July 29, 2010
  • Event Times: Thursday, 8:30 a.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Meet at Ray's Food Place
  • Address: 25013 Hwy 126, Veneta, OR 97487
  • Phone: 541.767.9078

Private and public lands are intermingled in a checkerboard pattern across the Coast Range. Topics include timber management and harvest techniques, improving habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl, a comparison of differing age timber stands, and, if time allows, a stop at the Tyrell Seed Orchard.

Group Cycling with Fearless Flyer Graham
July 29, 2010 - October 28, 2010
  • Recurring weekly on Thursday
  • Event Times: 6 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: A Taste Gourmet Bistro, Catering & Deli
  • Address: 270 W 6th Ave, Junction City, OR 97448
  • Phone: 541.998.2580

A group bicycle ride exploring the outskirts of Junction City. Return by 7 p.m. and enjoy a pint or dinner and a game of darts. Helmet required.

Jewels of the Vine
July 29, 2010
  • Event Times: Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $20
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  • Location: Sweet Cheeks Winery
  • Address: 27007 Briggs Hill Rd, Eugene
  • Phone: 541.349.9463

An evening of pampering in the vineyard to support the LCC Women in Transition Business Scholarship. Includes light appetizers, live music, gifts and workshops with many local artists, vendors and fashion show by Valley River Center.

Mark Alan
July 29, 2010 - December 30, 2010
  • Recurring weekly on Thursday
  • Event Times: 8:30 - 11:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Sixth Street Grill
  • Address: 55 W 6th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.485.2961

Award-winning acoustic artist and local favorite Mark Alan is back. Come see him perform live.

Oregon Festival of American Music: Man Bites Dog
July 29, 2010
  • Event Times: Thursday, 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $36, $30, $24, $18
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  • Location: The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts
  • Address: 868 High St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.434.7000

"The Songbook & the Morning Paper" brings together a fine assortment of topical gems, giving a special nod to Berlin and Hart's 1933 revue "As Thousands Cheer," which was based on newspaper headlines real and make believe.

Oregon Festival of American Music: The Boys From Syracuse
July 29, 2010 - August 07, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Wednesday, Friday - Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday, 2 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $42, $34, $26, $18
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  • Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.434.7000

The first musical ever adapted from Shakespeare ("A Comedy Of Errors") remains the most madcap musical farce ever to animate the stage...a smash hit in 1938 and certainly one of Rodgers & Harts' greatest score.

Oregon Festival of American Music: Why Can't You Behave?
July 29, 2010
  • Event Times: Thursday, 2 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $28, $24, $20, $16
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  • Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.434.7000

A packed afternoon that offers up "Kiss Me, Kate's" entire score in concert (including a solid dose of jazz).

Race: Co-Motion Classic
July 29, 2010 - August 01, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Thursday - Sunday
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  • Location: Co-Motion Cycles
  • Address: 4765 Pacific Ave, Eugene
  • Phone: 866.282.6336

Various stages of tandem race in and around Eugene. Good for spectators, especially Saturday Criterium.

Thursday Night Live
July 29, 2010
  • Event Times: Thursday, 5 - 11 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Territorial Vineyards & Wine Company
  • Address: 907 W 3rd Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.684.9463

Tim McLaughlin Hosts! Jazzy grooves start at 7 p.m. Great wine and free munchies.

Thursday Nighter Ride
July 29, 2010 - August 26, 2010
  • Recurring weekly on Thursday
  • Event Times: 5:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Church Corner
  • Address: Spencer Creek & Lorane Hwy, Eugene

Race-paced 26-mile training ride with local teams. Great workout. No one will wait for you.

Women's Thursday Ride
July 29, 2010 - August 26, 2010
  • Recurring weekly on Thursday
  • Event Times: 5:45 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Church Corner
  • Address: Spencer Creek & Lorane Hwy, Eugene

Women's 26-mile training ride with the Poplollies. Women of all abilities welcome.

Exhibits & Shows


Drew Bardana: Wired
July 29, 2010 - July 31, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: M.E.C.C.A. Gallery
  • Address: 449 Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.302.1810

Drawings and paintings inspired by the water meters, twisted electrical wires, telephone lines and other urban detritus around his apartment in downtown Eugene.

Excessive Obsession
July 29, 2010 - July 31, 2011
  • Event Times: Wednesday, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Tuesday & Thursday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $5
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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

Featuring art influenced by abstract and minimal expressions evolving from the 1940s through the 1960s by Ellsworth Kelly, Donald Judd, Mark Rothko and others.

Jack
July 29, 2010 - August 07, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m.
  • Event Admission: $5
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  • Location: Amazon Center
  • Address: 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene, OR 97405

Jack has been a great disappointment to his mother. Now he is about to become the Giant’s dinner.

Jon Jay Cruson: Retrospective
July 29, 2010 - August 21, 2010
  • 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: Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.684.5635

The work: drawings, prints, cased pieces, screens and paintings cover this Northwest artist's career from 1970 to 2010. It is rare opportunity to view an artist's work over a number of years.

Metal
July 29, 2010 - September 12, 2010
  • Event Times: Monday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: BRING Recycling
  • Address: 4446 Franklin Blvd, Eugene, OR
  • Phone: 541.746.3023

An exhibit of decorative and functional items made from reused and recycled metal, handcrafted by 15 local artists. Features fine art sculptures and garden art, including gates, arbors, trellises, fountains, copper plant supports and more.

Nature Nurture: Preserving Our Plenty
July 29, 2010 - September 16, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: David Joyce Gallery, Center for Meeting and Learning, Lane Community College, Bldg 19, 2nd floor
  • Address: 4000 E 30th Ave, Eugene, OR 97405
  • Phone: 541.463.3518

Photographs by Eugene horticultural photographer Robin Bachtler Cushman.

One Step Big Show
July 29, 2010 - September 05, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tues, Thurs - Sun, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Wed, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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  • Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
  • Address: 1430 Johnson Lane, University of Oregon campus, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3027

Behind a Polaroid camera Andy Warhol and Gus Van Sant probed innumerable acquaintances and strangers in the process of crafting their art.

Oregon Festival of American Music
July 29, 2010 - August 07, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Evenings 8 p.m.; matinees 2 p.m.; other events see website
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  • Location: The Shedd Institute & Hult Center
  • Address: Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.434.7000

The John G. Shedd Institute presents "Brush Up Your Shakespeare: A Musical Romp Through the Songbook from The Bard to F. Scott Fitzgerald." Concerts, musical productions, recitals, films, talks, youth and senior music camps.

The 22nd Annual PhotoZone Juried Show
July 29, 2010 - July 30, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Emerald Art Center
  • Address: 500 Main St, Springfield, OR 97477
  • Phone: 541.726.8595

A fine art photography exhibit from numerous Western Oregon photographers. Also on exhibit is Dolls from the Borderlands.

The Simpsons Are Here
July 29, 2010 - December 11, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday, noon - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $2, free children under 18
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  • Location: Springfield Museum
  • Address: 590 Main St, Springfield, OR 97477
  • Phone: 541.726.2300

The Simpsons are here. Come to the Museum and congratulate them for over 20 years of sitcom heaven and televised bliss. The family sits on the couch and are available for photo opps.

The Work of Jazmine Gabriel
July 29, 2010 - August 31, 2010
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, noon - 6 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: WOW Hall CCPA Lobby Art Gallery
  • Address: 291 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.687.2746

Her paintings are inspired by her studies in philosophy and the history of art, as well as by time spent looking at the lines and colors of the Willamette River.

Tie Dye & Tofu: How Mainstream Eugene Became a Counterculture Haven
July 29, 2010 - March 31, 2011
  • 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

What makes Eugene, Eugene? This exhibit addresses the change in Eugene occurring 1967 through the mid 70s. It features the people and events, the politics and issues, and the fashion and music of the time.

To Have & To Hold: Wedding Gowns & Memorabilia from 1880s - 1940s
July 29, 2010 - July 30, 2010
  • Recurring every week day
  • Event Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $6, $2 children 12 & under
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  • Location: The Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House
  • Address: 303 Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.484.0808

Enjoy an elegant look back at one of life's most important celebrations. This exhibit features many wedding gowns from 1880 to 1940, along with photographs and other charming and exquisite items.

Tour of Homes
July 29, 2010 - August 01, 2010
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, 6 - 9 p.m.; Saturday - Sunday, noon - 6 p.m.
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  • Address: various homes in Lane CountyOR
  • Phone: 541.484.5352

Tour 17 beautiful and unique homes from 14 top Lane County builders in Eugene, Springfield, Junction City, Veneta and Creswell. A common theme among virtually all Tour homes is energy efficiency.

University of Oregon Campus Tours
July 29, 2010 - December 23, 2010
  • Recurring weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Event Times: Monday - Friday, 9:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10:30 a.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Oregon Hall
  • Address: 1585 E 13th Ave, University of Oregon campus, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.346.3201

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

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