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Holiday Happenings :
Candles
in the Window, Carols at the Spinet
Plethora of Eugene options for the hols
Winter
Warmers Lift a pint for (or
of) holiday beer
Oh, Christmas Tree! A
source of agony, a source of income
Tasting
Heaven Thanksgiving
weekend makes the palate merry
Holiday
Events Seasonal calendar a glance
NOTE:
Continuation dates for events are listed under the first day of
the event.
THURSDAY,
NOV. 15
Home for the Holidays pet adoption drive, through
Jan. 2, 2008. Give a home to one of thousands of orphaned cats and
dogs. Participating shelters include Lane County Animal Regulation
Authority, Stray Cat Alliance, Florence Area Humane Society, Linn
County Dog Control and Albany's K-9 Homefinders & Rescue. For
details and more shelters see www.home4theholidays.com
FRIDAY,
NOV. 16
Reception & sale for TEAL cooperative art group,
w/wine & hors d'ouvres, 6pm-8pm, 240 SW Washington St., Corvallis.
FREE.
SATURDAY,
NOV. 17
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Anahid Bertrand, Robert Meade, Jerry Zybach, Sweet Papa Lowdown,
David Helfand & the Majestic Ensemble, The Spruce Root Band,
Jim Hershey, Edson Oliveira & Glenn Falkenberg, Lane County
Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Holiday Craft Fair, 9am-4pm, Benton County Fairgrounds,
Corvallis. FREE.
SUNDAY,
NOV. 18
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Rob Tobias, Eric Nicholson, Robert Meade, Janet Naylor & Linda
Danielson, Green Mountain Bluegrass, Gordon Kaswell, Side Roads,
Red Top Trio & Scott Huckabay, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
TUESDAY,
NOV. 20
Eugene Community Orchestra concert, 7pm, Alpine
Springs Assisted Living, 3760 N. Clarey St. FREE.
WEDNESDAY,
NOV. 21
Festival of Trees, 9am-6pm today & Nov. 25;
10am-7pm Nov. 22, 9am-9pm Nov. 23; 9am-2pm Nov. 24, Valley River
Inn. 228-3003. $6, $4 sr., under age 12.
Willamette Repertory Theatre presents A Christmas
Carol (preview), 7:30pm, Hult Center. www.hultcenter.org$12-$20.
THURSDAY,
NOV. 22
Community Thanksgiving Dinner to all with no place
to go for the holiday, noon-3pm, Friendly Street Church, 2290 Friendly.
345-6553. FREE.
FRIDAY,
NOV. 23
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Eagle Park Slim, Two Easy, Shawmillyadon Family Holiday Concert,
Mary Ferris, Brian Cutean, Martha Johnson and Shelley James &
Cal Coleman, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Holiday Bazaar, noon-6pm today; 10am-6pm tomorrow;
noon-4pm Nov. 25, Benton County Fairgrounds, Corvallis. FREE.
Willamette Repertory Theatre presents A Christmas
Carol, 8pm today, tomorrow, Dec. 1 and 7-8; 7:30pm Nov. 29 &
Dec. 6; 2pm Nov. 25 and Dec. 2 & 9, Hult Center. www.hultcenter.org$15-$35.
SATURDAY,
NOV. 24
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Rich Glauber, David Rogers, Kay Rose, Swingin' Marmalukeys, K.O.G.,
The Raventones, Janet Naylor, Beth Miriam Rose and Emily Fox, Lane
County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
SUNDAY,
NOV. 25
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Lorna Miller, Richard Crandell, Al Rivers, Janet Bates & the
Instruments of Change, Jessie Marquez & Mike Denny, Elizabeth
Cable Band and David Rogers, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Waverly Consort, 'The Christmas Story," 3pm, Beall
Hall, UO. music.uoregon.edu $16-$36.
THURSDAY,
NOV. 29
The Grinch, 7pm today, tomorrow and Dec.
1; 2pm Dec. 2, Upstart Crow Studios, 855 W. 1st Ave. www.upstartcrowstudios.com$8
adv., $10 door.
FRIDAY,
NOV. 30
Holiday Market Place, 10am-6pm today & tomorrow,
MU, OSU, Corvallis. www.osumu.orgor
737-2937. FREE.
Community Creche exhibit, 1pm-8:30pm today &
tomorrow, LDS Church, 4141 NW Harrison, Corvallis. www.communitycreche.orgFREE.
Less is Best Holiday Fair & recycled art sale,
3pm-6pm today & 11am-5pm tomorrow and Dec. 2, BRING's Planet
Improvement Center, 4446 Franklin Blvd., Glenwood. FREE.
Community Creche: "A Light Unto the World," 5pm-9pm
today, 11am-9pm tomorrow and 4:30pm-9pm Dec. 2, Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, corner of Harlow Rd. & Calvin St.
www.eugenecreche.comFREE.
Faith Rahill's Holiday Studio Sale, 5pm-8pm today;
10am-5pm tomorrow; 11am-4pm Dec. 2, 775 W. 26th Ave. 344-2100. FREE.
Faye Nakamura's Holiday Studio Sale, 5pm-9pm today
and 10am-5pm tomorrow, 2695 University. FREE.
Winter's Eve Corvallis, shopping, silent auction,
hors d'oeuvres, music and more, a benefit for Assistance League
of Corvallis, 5pm-10pm, Downtown Corvallis. www.alcorvallis.orgor
757-1978.
The Wizard of Oz, 8pm today, tomorrow and
Dec. 6-8, 13-15; 2pm Dec. 2, 9 and 16, Cottage Theater, Cottage
Grove. www.cottagetheater.org$16-$19.
A Christmas Carol, Broadway musical version,
7:30pm today, tomorrow and Dec. 7-8, 14-15 & 21-22; 2pm Dec.
9 & 16, Actors Cabaret. 683-4368. $14-$17, $30.95-$32.95 (dinner
seating).
Goodbye, Charlie, 8pm today, tomorrow and Dec. 7
& 8 and 13-15, 2:30pm Dec. 9, Albany Civic Theater. www.albanycivic.org$7-$10.
SATURDAY,
DEC. 1
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Linda Yapp, Peter Thomas, Bin Daas, Actor's Cabaret preview of A
Christmas Carol, Triplecross, The Klezmonauts, The Conjugal
Visitors, Chip Cohen, Edson Oliveira and Gordon Kaswell, Lane County
Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Holiday Farmers' Market, 10am-6pm today, tomorrow
and Dec. 8-9, 15-16 & 22-23, Lane County Fairgrounds. 431-4923.
FREE.
Oregon Homecrafters Association Christmas Show and
Sale, 10am-6pm today & 10am-5pm tomorrow, Lane County Fairgrounds.
FREE.
Arc of Lane County Winter Festival, 10am-5pm today
& tomorrow, Lane County Fairgrounds. 343-5256. FREE.
Tracy Manso's Holiday Pottery Sale & Open House,
10am-6pm today and tomorrow, 1815 W. 22nd. FREE.
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,
7:30pm today; 2pm tomorrow, Wildish Theater, Spfd. 465-1506. $12-$17.
SUNDAY,
DEC. 2
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Dianne Dugaw & Aunties On the Loose, Chip Cohen & Sharon
Rogers, Beth Miriam Rose & Friends, Brian Cutean, Mike Denny
Quartet, Eagle Park Slim All Star Blues Band, Glenn Falkenberg,
Rob Tobias and Gordon Kaswell, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Children's Holiday Party, 12:30pm-4pm, MU, OSU,
Corvallis. www.osumu.orgor 737-6872.
FREE.
The Motet Singers sing holiday carols & songs
from around the world, 5pm, Ebbert Memorial United Methodist Church,
532 C St., Spfd. 344-5271. $7, $5 sr., FREE child.
Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra "Holiday Favorites"
concert, with OSU Choirs, 3pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. www.symphony.peak.org$12-$24.
TUESDAY,
DEC. 4
Dreams of a Christmas Night Celtic Concert, 7pm,
LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. www.fofm.orgFREE.
Festival of Lights, 7pm, First Presbyterian Church,
8th & Monroe, Corvallis. FREE.
Eugene Community Orchestra concert, 7pm, Emerald
Valley Assisted Living, 4550 W. Amazon. FREE.
THURSDAY,
DEC. 6
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,
7:30pm today, tomorrow and Dec. 8, 13-15; 2pm Dec. 9 & 16, Lord
Leebrick Theatre. 465-1506. $12-$17.
Emerald City Jazz Kings presents "Mistletoe and
Holly," 7:30pm today & Dec. 9, The Shedd. www.theshedd.org
Eugene Symphony presents "American Spirituals,"
8pm, Hult Center. 682-5000. $15+.
FRIDAY,
DEC. 7
Samaritan Village Holiday Faire, 9am-4pm, 285 NW
35th St., Corvallis. FREE.
2nd & Blair Artists Studio Sale & Open House,
5pm-9pm today, 11am-5pm tomorrow and noon-4pm Dec. 9, 2nd &
Blair Blvd. FREE.
"Alice's Wonderland," Holiday Ice Show, a benefit
for Toys for Tots, 7:30pm today and 1pm & 7pm tomorrow, Lane
County Ice Center. Admission is a new, unwrapped, store-bought toy
for a child.
Reception & sale for TEAL cooperative art group,
percentage of sales donated to Chinitmini Wildlife Center, 6pm-8pm,
240 SW Washington St., Corvallis. FREE.
SATURDAY,
DEC. 8
Kenneth Standhardt's Holiday Studio Sale, 10am-5pm
today & noon-4pm tomorrow, 4875 Garnet St. 514-4646. FREE.
Corvallis Waldorf School Winterfest, 11am-4pm, 3855
NE Hwy. 20. 758-4674. FREE.
Waldorf School Winter Light Faire, feat. music,
Eugene Youth Ballet performance, food booths, crafts, games &
more, 11am-4pm, 1350 McLean Blvd. FREE.
Authors & Artists Fair, meet 40 authors and
20 artists, 10am-6pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.lanelibrary.org$1-$5
sug. don.
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Holt Elementary School Choir, Paul Prince, Olem Alves Jazz Duo,
Tim McLaughlin/Sean Peterson Duo, Laura Kemp, Cal Young Jazz Band,
Laurie McClosky, Beth Miriam Rose and Jim Hershey, Lane County Fairgrounds.
www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Eugene Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker,
4pm, Springfield Library. FREE.
Heceta Head Lightstation Victorian Christmas, 4pm-7pm
today, tomorrow & Dec. 15-16, 92072 Hwy 101, Yachats. $3 per
vehicle.
Cascadia Wildlands Project's Holiday Benefit Auction,
food, drinks, live jazz music, bid on a trip to Costa Rica, rafting
trips, art and more, all proceeds benefit ancient forest protection
work, 6pm-10pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. www.cascwild.orgor
434-1463. $10 adv., $12 door.
SUNDAY,
DEC. 9
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Eugene Bhangra Youth Group, O'Carolan's Consort, Debra Mathis, Red
Pajamas, Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene, Paul & Nancy's
Love Truffle, Eagle Park Slim, Beth Miriam Rose and Emily Fox, Lane
County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Holiday Show & Sale of Hannah Goldrich's jewelry
and Mike Pease's paintings & drawings, 11am-4pm, 768 W. 10th
Ave. 345-8819. FREE.
Eugene Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker,
5:30pm, Eugene Hotel. FREE.
Eugene Concert Choir presents Handel's Messiah,
2:30pm, Hult Center. 682-5000. $19-$34.
MONDAY,
DEC. 10
Oregon Mozart Players present "Candlelight Concert:
Baroque for the Holidays," featuring work by Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi
& Bach, 7:30pm today & Dec. 12, First Christian Church,
1166 Oak. 682-5000. $15-$30.
TUESDAY,
DEC. 11
Oregon Mozart Players present "Candlelight Concert:
Baroque for the Holidays," featuring work by Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi
& Bach, 7:30pm, Ebbert Church, 532 C St., Spfd. 682-5000. $15-$30.
Arts Umbrella Youth Orchestras winter gala concert,
7:30pm, South Eugene High School. $7, $5 sr., $3 stu. ($15 family).
WEDNESDAY,
DEC. 12
Eugene Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker,
4pm & 5pm, Downtown Library. FREE.
Eugene Youth Symphony winter concert, 7:30pm, South
Eugene High School. $7, $5 sr., $3 stu. ($15 family).
OMP's "Candlelight Concert" continues. See Monday,
Dec. 10.
THURSDAY,
DEC. 13
"A Celtic Holiday," feat. music by Linda Danielson
& Chico Schwall and storytelling w/David Stuart Bull, 9:30pm
today, Dec. 17-18 and 19-20; 3pm tomorrow, Dec. 15 and 21-22, Café
Soriah. 342-4410. $10.
FRIDAY,
DEC. 14
Eugene Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker,
1pm, Campbell Center. FREE.
Eugene Youth Ballet performs The Nutcracker,
4pm & 6pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE.
Holiday Dance for ages 18 and up (designed for individuals
with developmental disabilities), 6:30pm, Hilyard Community Center.
682-5311. $5.
Misty River presents "Songs of Christmas," 7:30pm,
Hult Center. 682-5000. $16-$20.
SATURDAY,
DEC. 15
Holiday Open House w/arts & crafts, 10am-4pm,
Science Factory. FREE.
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Willagillespie School Choir, Sacred Harp Singers, Sweet Aloha, Balladina,
Olem Alves & Inner Limits, Rob Tobias & Friends, Janet Naylor
& Cascade Harp Ensemble, Richard Crandell and Brian Cutean,
Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Oregon Ballet Academy's all-children Sleeping
Beauty, 2pm & 7pm today, 1pm & 6pm tomorrow, Performance
Hall, LCC. www.oregonballetacademy.comor
338-7800. $15, $12 stu., child.
Willamette Valley Concert Band Christmas Concert,
2pm, United Presbyterian Church, Albany. www.wvcb.infoHeart
of the Valley Children's Choir's Holiday Concert, 3pm, LaSells Stewart
Center, OSU. 738-7888.
Corvallis Repertory Singers present "Candlelight
& Carols," 7:30pm, Russell Tripp Performance Center, LBCC, Albany.
www.repsing.orgor 737-4061.
Eugene Symphony presents Yuletide Celebration, 7:30pm
today and 2:30pm tomorrow, Hult Center. $15+.
SUNDAY,
DEC. 16
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Young Writer's Association, Chip Cohen & Kenny Sokolof, Sun
Bossa Septet, Accordions Anonymous, Tonn Nua, Apocalypso, Robert
Meade and Janet Naylor, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Los Posadas, choral sung in Spanish & English,
followed by fiesta & breaking of piñata, 5pm, Episcopal
Church of the Resurrection. 686-8462. FREE.
Corvallis Repertory Singers present "Candlelight
& Carols," 7pm, First Congregational United Church of Christ,
4515 SW West Hills Rd. www.repsing.orgor
737-4061.
Eugene Sacred Harp Singers' Christmas show &
sing along, 7pm, Hilyard Community Center. 345-3626. Don.
TUESDAY,
DEC. 18
Covallis Community Band's Holiday Concert, 7:30pm,
First Presbyterian Church, Corvallis. 737-4061.
THURSDAY,
DEC. 20
Eugene Ballet Company presents The Nutcracker,
7pm today (recorded music); 8pm tomorrow & Dec. 22; 2:30pm Dec.
22 & 23, Hult Center. $18-$42; $12-$27 today only.
FRIDAY,
DEC. 21
Winter Solstice Goddess Celebration, 7pm, WOW Hall.
www.eugenewintersolstice.comor
463-0943. $5-$13, $2 under age 15, FREE under 8.
SATURDAY,
DEC. 22
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Mary Ferris & Friends, Janet Naylor, Kef, Eugene Recorder Ensemble,
Halie Loren & Matt Treder, Craig Einhorn Trio, David Bowers
Colony, Laurie McCloskey, Eagle Park Slim and Brian Cutean, Lane
County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
Eugene Ballet Company presents "Nutcracker Tea,"
12:30pm today & tomorrow, Studio at the Hult Center. 682-5000.
$20-$25.
SUNDAY,
DEC. 23
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Invincible Vincent, Gordon Kaswell, Ken Silverman, Sweet River,
Gus Russell Trio, Dave's Not Here, Glenn Falkenberg and David Rogers,
Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
MONDAY,
DEC. 24
Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-4pm, featuring
hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by
Sharon Rogers, The Rosen Sisters, Linda Danielson/Sharon Rogers/Chico
Schwall, Cigarbox Jerry & Ukulele Adams, Americanistan and Eagle
Park Slim, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE.
WEDNESDAY,
DEC. 26
Winter Break Family Science Fun, 10am-4pm today
through Dec. 30, Science Factory. $4, $7 w/planetarium.
THURSDAY,
DEC. 27
Messiah sing-through, followed by flaming
plum pudding, 7pm, Church of the Resurrection. 686-8462. FREE.
SATURDAY,
DEC. 29
Eugene Opera presents Mozart's The Magic Flute,
7:30pm today & Dec. 31; 2:30pm tomorrow, Hult Center. www.hultcenter.org$15-$55.
MONDAY,
DEC. 31
New Years Eve Hoof 'n Holler Bull Ride & Dance,
7:30pm, Linn Co. Fair & Expo Center, Albany. www.wildwesteventsinc.com
Jesse Marquez and The Mike Denny Quintet, 8:30pm,
Luna. 21+. $10 adv., $12 door.
Floydian Slips, 9pm, McDonald Theatre. $20 adv.,
$25 door.
Faerie Masquerade Ball, feat. Woodland, 9pm, WOW
Hall. $18 adv., $20 door.
The Magic Flute New Year's Eve Gala, 10pm,
Hult Center.
Candles
in the Window, Carols at the Spinet
Plethora of Eugene options for the hols
Winter
Warmers Lift a pint for (or
of) holiday beer
Oh, Christmas Tree! A
source of agony, a source of income
Tasting
Heaven Thanksgiving
weekend makes the palate merry
Holiday
Events Seasonal calendar a glance
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