Calendar of Events

Dick Lamster and Maeve Sowles will be leading a bird-watching-by-canoe trip. You will need to furnish your own canoe or kayak. RSVP for location and time.

The celebration begins at 11 a.m. with a 10-15 mile family-friendly loop. Everyone who rides get blackberry pie and ice cream. Includes music, entertainment, demos, vendor booths, local bike builders, food, beer garden, community groups, bike rodeo, competitions, bike safety checks.

Join the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council and the Willamette Water Ouzels for an exploration and cleanup of the Row and Coast Fork Willamette Rivers. Bring your boat, lifejacket, lunch, water, water shoes, rain/sun gear and snacks to share. Their mascot, the Water Ouzel, is an aquatic songbird seen on river rafting trips. Please RSVP.

"The Magic of Quilts." Over 350 traditional, vintage, contemporary and fiber art quilts. Featuring the Hoffman Challenge Paisley Trunk Show. Preregistration for high tea is required.

Featuring local and Northwest artists, crafters, farmers, vintage, antiques, collectables, imports, live music and food vendors. Come join the fun.

Sideroads plays Americana, folk and originals with Michael Kevin Daly.

A fast-paced 40-100 mile training ride with local teams. Bring food, water and spare tubes.

The Emeralds take on the Spokane Indians. An appearance by Myron Noodleman, the hippest nerd in da' biz. The Ems are a Minor League Baseball affiliate of the San Diego Padres.

Join tricksy goblins, pillaging pirates, frisky faeries, beguiling bellydancers and steam powered time travellers for musical wonderment, bombastic beats, trance dance, Celtic chants and much more. On-site camping, RVs welcome.

Paddle raft down the scenic Willamette River from Island Park to the River House and enjoy the golden hour as the sun sets on the horizon.

Featuring local and Northwest artists, crafters, farmers, fishermen, imports, live music and food vendors. Come join the fun next to the Siuslaw River.

Music of central Java with gongs, xylophones, drums, flutes, string instruments and voices.

A social, friendly, moderately paced 30-80 mile no-drop ride. Meet at duck pond.

Take advantage of the lowest prices in the market for the finest quality of jewelry, gems, beads, crystals, silver, rocks, minerals and more. Exhibitors from all over the world will be on site. Classes and demonstrations all weekend.

People are drawn to genealogy in their quest to find who they are. The featured speaker is Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG. There will be additional classes by leading lecturers and a vendor area.

Featuring local organic produce. Fresh turkey, chicken, duck and goose eggs. Goat cheese, jerky and herbs. Fresh pork. Enjoy fresh organic coffee, breads and gourmet sandwiches from Hideaway Bakery.

Cap'n Trips plays for Jerry's birthday. The band will play two long sets and sing Happy Birthday to Jerry with the crowd at midnight. There may even be a birthday cake.

Featuring the Boeing-40 Aircraft which originally flew U.S. mail in the 1920's and a crashed B-40 that was rebuilt and will fly into Cottage Grove. Any aviation enthusiast will appreciate this historic and restored aircraft - the only flying B-40 in the world.

With his legacy as a world-class singer firmly established in the annals of country music history, Joe is re-visiting the bluegrass music that set the wheels of his storied career in motion.

Great music, dance floor, snacks, 50/50 raffle.

On the cool grass under the Water Tower enjoy music, fresh produce, flowers, arts, and crafts. Country fun for the whole family.

An old-fashioned, family-oriented community fair featuring old time craft booths, fire trucks, handmade candies and treats, raffles and live entertainment. Blueberry pancake breakfast is at 9 a.m. and BBQ chicken lunch starts at 11 a.m. Then it's the Smiling Baby Contest. Doggy Parade is at 2:30 p.m.

A 25-60 mile no-drop moderately paced ride with stops.

Experience the exciting world of hot glass in motion, in addition to a multitude of contemporary art works. Demonstrations can be viewed directly from the main gallery floor.

Enjoy a summer evening of Japanese folk dances, drumming by Eugene Taiko and Waka Daiko, Asian arts and crafts and Asian food.

Carl Woideck discusses Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

Combine William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" with Cole Porter's music and lyrics and get an instant classic. This is a play-within-a-play where each cast member's on-stage life is complicated by what is happening offstage.

In 1957, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn composed "Such Sweet Thunder," a magnificent suite of 12 pieces dedicated to Shakespeare and his most compelling characters.

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.

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

All categories from beginner to pro.

The old-fashioned family fun includes horseshoes, croquet, pony rides, craft vendors and winery tours. Food, soft drinks, wine and beer available for purchase. Music by Jerry Zybach, Left Turn Only, Huckleberries.

Seated at a table on the south lawn, you'll enjoy pairings of four selected LaVelle wine with four of Devour's gourmet mini sandwiches and a discussion with the young winemaker, Matthew LaVelle. Afterwards, you'll be driven up through the vineyard to the deck for a fifth pairing of wine with dessert.

The oldest, open-air market in the United States offers great food, local crafts and live entertainment. Every Saturday, rain or shine.

Backyard growers and hobby farmers offering locally grown fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, nursery plants, plant starts and more.

This trio plays alternative progressive piano art-pop. Part of a series of shows they are playing along the West coast this summer.

Learn basic weaving techniques with materials found at MECCA. Learn plaiting and twining by making two small baskets. Preregistration required.

Each weekend enjoy a unique tasting flight of 3 to 6 wines from Oregon and around the world, based on a particular theme. The flights can be enjoyed with dinners by Chef Pat Teel, or alone.

Get fresh produce from this three-acre farm staffed by at-risk teenagers.

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

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

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.

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.

Photographs by Eugene horticultural photographer Robin Bachtler Cushman.

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

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 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.

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.

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.