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Concerts and theater and artworks, oh my! Here’s what to do in the arts and culture world this week in Eugene.
Our event roundup for you this week includes plenty of concerts, from symphonic reimaginings of classic rock to a 30th anniversary tour stop for an Oregon band that made it big, as well as art, theater and a punk-rock benefit show to round out your calendar. Let’s get into it:
🎵 The “Music of Journey” at the Eugene Symphony
Last-minute tickets are still available for the Eugene Symphony’s Friday night “The Music of Journey,” a concert playing the hits from the rock band and karaoke staple Journey, arranged for a symphony. The show is part of the symphony’s Blockbuster Series, concerts that are designed as “as musical on-ramps that invite new audiences into the concert hall,” as executive director Dave Moss put it in a July op-ed for Lookout.
When: Friday, Sept. 12 starting at 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Hult Center, at One Eugene Center in downtown Eugene.
How much: Tickets begin at $35 for seats in the rear orchestra and mezzanine, and $45 for seats in the front orchestra.
🏖️ Portland alt-rock band Everclear on anniversary tour
Tickets are still available for Everclear’s stop on Friday night at the McDonald Theatre. The Portland-formed alternative rock band is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their album “Sparkle and Fade,” which featured the hit “Santa Monica” (God, what a great song — it’s the go-to karaoke pick for a good friend of mine).
When: Doors open Friday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. The show starts at 8 p.m.
Where: The McDonald Theatre, at 1010 Willamette St. in downtown Eugene.
How much: Tickets are $57 (flat rate of $45 with $12 in fees) for standing-room only on the floor.
🖼️ See 100 pieces of art in the Chain Reaction installation: This touring installation is coming to Eugene and features work from two Lane County artists, Susan Detroy of Eugene and Greta Olivas of Florence. The work is from the International Online Art Collective, a 2-D online visual art collective that includes Olivas and Detroy. The two are part of a group of 14 artists from eight different countries, who started producing the 100 works in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
When: The installation is on display at the Hybrid Gallery now through Oct. 12. A reception including Oregon-based artists with work in the show is scheduled for this Friday, Sept. 12, from 5-8 p.m. A “Mini Chain” community painting event will let visitors create their own works inspired by the exhibit on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and a virtual panel with international artists will take place in the gallery on Sunday, Sept. 14 from 11 a.m.-noon.
Where: The Hybrid Gallery, at 941 W. Third Ave. in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood.
How much: All events around the opening reception weekend are free.
👻 Spooky improv with Scriptless Stories to Tell in the Dark: I was so terrified of the “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” book series when I was a kid, I stashed my copies underneath my parents’ dresser when I was done so I wouldn’t encounter those eerie ink drawings while rifling through my bookshelf. But this improv show from Eugene’s No Script Society, inspired by the same book series, looks to be less horrifying and more ha-ha than its source material.
When: Shows are scheduled for Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Where: The Very Little Theatre, at 2350 Hilyard St. in Eugene.
How much: Ticket price is pay what you can, with a suggested contribution of $15.
🤘 Punks gather for mental health with RAD’s Together We Are Enough: This weekend is the fourth annual punk rock mental health benefit from Radical Alternative Development (RAD) Eugene, a group of social workers, mental health and addiction specialists, advocates, artists and “rebels with causes.” The two-day event will feature resource tabling, a skate competition, a Punk Flea Market featuring wares from local artists and vendors and a candlelight vigil, scheduled for Saturday at 8:15 p.m. during the set for the Eugene Anarcho crust punk band Rot/Woven.
When: The benefit is scheduled for both Saturday and Sunday, starting at noon. Bands start playing at 3 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Where: The Washington Jefferson Skate Park, located between Washington Street and Jefferson Street at First Avenue beneath the I-105 bridge.
How much: Both days of the benefit are free.
🎸 Costumed Canadian rockers TWRP come to Eugene: I can’t tell you much about the background for the band TWRP, as its costumed musicians never break character and haven’t shared their real names since forming in 2007. But I can tell you that TWRP is coming to Eugene next week on their “The Longest Weekend” tour, complete with personas as time-traveling space explorers.
When: Doors are scheduled to open on Monday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: The WOW Hall, at 291 W. Eighth Ave. in downtown Eugene.
How much: Tickets are $32 in advance and $40 on the day of the show.
🕴️ Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at brings swing revival to Eugene: Bust out your pinstripe suit to see this ‘90s throwback as swing revival band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy plays in town next week.
When: Wednesday, Sept. 17, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Shedd Institute, at 285 E. Broadway in downtown Eugene.
How much: Tickets are available online, starting at $30.50 for floor seats or $35.25 for balcony seats.
🎥 What’s playing at the movies: In-theater releases this week include a new Stephen King adaptation, a cap to a beloved franchise and a thoughtful documentary take on an iconic band (just kidding on that last one).
- The United Kingdom’s loudest band is back with “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” a follow-up 41 years after “This is Spinal Tap,” the Christopher Guest mockumentary about a not-great British metal band whose amps “go up to 11.” Honestly, after watching Michael McKean play a buttoned-up lawyer in “Better Call Saul,” I get a kick out of seeing him in the Spinal Tap wig again, no jokes necessary. Playing at Broadway Metro, Regal Valley River Center and Cinemark Eugene Springfield 17
- I’ve been looking forward to “The Long Walk,” an adaptation of a Stephen King book about a dystopian annual competition where teenage boys sign up to walk continuously at 3 mph. If they can’t keep up, they are killed; the last walker standing wins anything they desire. It stars Cooper Hoffman, the son of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who I thought was excellent in 2021’s “Licorice Pizza,” and the British actor David Jonsson, who has impressed onscreen in both HBO’s series “Industry” and the sci-fi movie “Alien: Romulus.” Playing at Regal Valley River Center and Cinemark Eugene Springfield 17.
- I was never the biggest watcher of “Downton Abbey.” But I’ve seen the trailer for the franchise-capping film “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” oodles of times at this point. It looks to be appropriately mournful after the death last year of star Maggie Smith, whose witty aristocrat character Violet Crawley became a fan favorite. Playing at Broadway Metro, Regal Valley River Center and Cinemark Eugene Springfield 17.
