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