Things to do: A film festival, two art shows, a hometown jazz singer and improv theater

How’s it going, Lookout readers? We’re firmly in the Ides of March this weekend, but I think we can all agree there’s no need to add any Julius Caesar-specific festivities to the docket. (Et tu, event calendar?)

Here’s what to look forward to for the week ahead in arts and culture:

Art

Springfield’s Second Friday Art Walk

Anchored by Melissa Nolledo’s exhibit “Epiphanies of Flight: Women & The Art of Becoming” on view in the Springfield City Hall Art Gallery, this monthly display of Springfield’s creative scene happens this Friday, with highlights including Courtney Marchesi’s aquatic-themed paintings in “The Seas of Change” and Demetra Kalams’ seasonal inspired work “Spring, The Lightness of Being.”

• When: Friday, March 13, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
• Where: Start at Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St., Springfield, but you’ll be walking around downtown to check out different parts of the show. 
• How much: Free

‘Love, Desire, and Sorrow’

This exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is filled with work from the collections of museum namesake Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation, all curated around the theme of “home.” The works have a wide range of styles and moods, from Silvia Levenson’s skin care-inspired “I Want To Be Happy and Gorgeous” to the fragmented but tender figures shown in Wangechi Mutu’s “Mary & Magda.”

I’m particularly fond of the Louise Bourgeois work in the exhibit. Best known for her sculptures of spiders, my favorite piece of hers in the show is “Ode à l’Oubli,” or “Ode to Forgetfulness”: a wall is filled with framed, quilt-like images on squares of fabric that take on a new level of significance when the viewer learns they were made from her wedding dress.

• When: Wednesdays through Sundays, starting at 11 a.m. Plan your visit around the gallery’s hours, available on its website. This exhibit will be at the museum through May 24. 
• Where: The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Gallery of the museum, on the University of Oregon campus.
• How much: Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors 62 years old and up, and free for children under 18, all college students, museum members and UO faculty and staff.

Shows

Gina Saputo Terzetto 

I interviewed Saputo, who is from Springfield and got her first taste of jazz in Eugene clubs, last year before a concert of hers at the Wildish Community Theater. This week, she’s singing with Joe Bagg on organ and piano and Tim Willcox on tenor saxophone, for “a daring and intimate take on the jazz trio — stripped down to its most expressive elements.”

• When: Friday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m.
• Where: The Jazz Station, 124 W. Broadway, Eugene
• How much: Tickets are available online for $25.

A night of improvised one-act plays 

Are you an expert at coming up with prompts for improv comedy? (Or are you a masochist who wants to give improvisers a very hard prompt to fulfill?) This weekend run of improved one-act plays will see Eugene’s No Script Society asking audience members for suggestions to fuel their on-the-spot dramas (or comedies, depending on your taste). 

• When: Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, March 15, at 2 p.m.
• Where: The Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St., Eugene
• How much: Tickets are available for $15 (or pay what you will)

Eugene Symphony’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ 

Symphony fans, rejoice. Ending with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture,” this Eugene Symphony concert also features Alexander Mosolov’s “The Iron Foundry,” Nina Shekhar’s “Accordion Concerto” with Hanzhi Wang on the accordion, and Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished.”

• When: Sunday, March 15, from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
• Where: Hult Center for the Performing Arts, in downtown Eugene.
• How much: Tickets are available online from $12.50 to $89.10.

Peaches 

Peaches, an electroclash musician, producer, director and performance artist known for sexually explicit lyrics and a punk, gender boundary-blurring aesthetic, is stopping in Eugene on her “No Lube So Rude” tour, playing her 2026 album of the same name.

One dollar from each ticket sold will support the Trans Justice Funding Project, which supports grassroots organizations in the United States and territories that work to improve the lives of local and national trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people. 

• When: Tuesday, March 17, from 8 to 11 p.m. 
• Where: WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., Eugene
• How much: Tickets are available online for $30 in advance and $40 on the day of the show.

Movies

DisOrient Film Festival 

This film festival focused on Asian-American film opens in Eugene this week for its 21st run (KLCC reported on the festival’s history for its 20th anniversary last year), highlighting feature films including “Remathau: People of the Ocean,” about the first Micronesian and Indigenous person to dive to the deepest part of the ocean, “Year of the Cat,” about a filmmaker investigating a family mystery, as well as short films in themed screenings, like “The Art of Animation,” “Queer Decoding” and more. A guide to each film is available on the DisOrient website. 

• When: Screenings are scheduled Friday, March 13, to Sunday, March 15; a full schedule of showtimes is available online.   
• Where: Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave., Eugene.
• How much: Individual screening tickets range from $12 to $20. Passes are available for different levels of access, at $85 for virtual screenings, $125 for all live screenings and $150 for an all-access VIP pass. 

Pre-Oscars catchup

We have just days before the Academy Awards. If you’re inclined to cram in some last-minute viewing of nominated films, here are some screenings around town I found for you:

• Metro Cinemas has showtimes for “Hamnet,” “Sirāt,” animated short films, live-action short films and documentary shorts. 
• Regal Valley River Center has showtimes for Best Picture nominees “Train Dreams,” “Marty Supreme,” “One Battle After Another,” “F1: The Movie” and “Frankenstein.”
• Cinemark Eugene-Springfield 17 has screenings of “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme,” “Sinners,” “The Secret Agent,” “Frankenstein,” “Train Dreams” and nominated short films.

Box office

Two releases at the box office this week caught my eye.

“undertone”: This A24-released Canadian horror film is getting raves for its subtle scares through sound design, fitting for a movie about a paranormal podcaster who starts receiving mysterious recordings. Eerie, and if you’re a subtle horror buff like me, it’s going on the watch list! Playing at Metro Cinemas, Regal Valley River Center and Cinemark Eugene-Springfield 17.

“Reminders of Him”: I truly don’t know what to make of this Colleen Hoover adaptation. Pros: It stars Maika Monroe, standout actress from “Longlegs” and “It Follows,” and Tyriq Withers, the best part of the all-over-the-place sports horror “Him.” Cons: It’s a Colleen Hoover adaptation, which is a tricky proposition after the train wreck that was “It Ends With Us.” I’ll probably half-watch it on a plane some day. Playing at Regal Valley River Center and Cinemark Eugene-Springfield 17.

Thank you for reading, Lookout members. If my picks aren’t up to your liking, check out our event calendar for more things to do. As always, if there are any events I should be including here, or any feedback for this weekly list, drop me a line at annie@lookoutlocal.com.