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In foggy times like this, sit back with our list of inside activities to occupy your free time.

Happy Thursday, Lookout readers. As I walk around Eugene, I’ve been loving the thick morning fog and onset of some winter chill — but it does make for a things-to-do list teeming with inside activities. Let’s get into it:

📖 A reading and conversation with Melissa Hart and Brian Trapp: These two authors, who both grew up in homes with a disabled sibling and channeled those experiences into their writing, will be reading from their new books and talking about life, writing and disability. I read Trapp’s “Range of Motion” ahead of speaking with him last month about his life and writing. It’s a funny, affecting book that I would recommend picking up.

  • When: Thursday, Nov. 13, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  • Where: Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St., Eugene
  • How much: Free to attend, but bring money to grab a book!

🎸 Frank Zappa tribute concert: Any Zappa heads out there? The Stinkfoot Orchestra, featuring some “Zappa alumni” who performed with Zappa, will stop in Eugene to play music from across decades of his discography.

  • When: Friday, Nov. 14. Doors open at 7 p.m.
  • Where: WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., Eugene
  • How much: Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 on the day of the show. 

🐈‍⬛ “Wink”: Curiosity killed the cat; so did marital dysfunction. That’s the story of “Wink,” a domestic dark comedy about a wife who loves her cat, a husband who kills the cat, the psychologist hearing both sides, and the reanimated cat itself sauntering back into their lives to seek vengeance. As a cat lover, my judgment is that vengeance is warranted.

  • When: The play opens Saturday, Nov. 15, and runs through Nov. 30.
  • Where: Oregon Contemporary Theatre, 194 W. Broadway, Eugene.
  • How much: Tickets are available online, starting at $25.

🗣 “La Bella Vita”: This concert from Eugene Vocal Arts, the 30-voice chamber concert choir from Eugene Concert Choir, is a celebration of Italian chamber music across centuries, from Antonio Vivaldi and Gioachino Rossini to the avant-garde composer Luciano Berio. Bonus: The concert will feature a reconstructed 150-year-old harmonium, a cousin to the pipe organ with a more human, vocal quality to its sound.

  • When: There will be two performances of “La Bella Vita”: Saturday, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 16, 2:30 p.m.
  • Where: Hult Center, in downtown Eugene.
  • How much: Tickets are available online, starting at $25.

👧 Rose Children’s Theater’s “Roald Dahl’s Matilda Jr.”: Sometimes, I hear, you have to be a little bit naughty. Audiences needing to heed that message in song should head to the Wildish Theater, where they can catch the final weekend of the Rose Children’s Theater’s production of this musical based on Roald Dahl’s “Matilda.”

  • When: Performances are Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m; Saturday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m.
  • Where: Wildish Theater, 630 Main St., Springfield
  • How much: Tickets are available online, starting at $17 for adults and $11 for students and seniors.

🎞️ OPB “Uncovering Boarding Schools” documentary free screening: Oregon Public Broadcasting will be hosting a free screening of its documentary “Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience,” focused on Klamath Tribes member Gabriann “Abby” Hall as she follows her own family history of being forced into Native American boarding schools. After the screening, OPB’s Kami Horton will talk about the documentary in a discussion and Q&A session.

  • When: Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m.
  • Where: The Unitarian Universalist Church, 1685 W. 13th Ave., Eugene
  • How much: Free to attend

🎥 What’s playing at the movies: 

  • The first trip away together is always a stress test for a new couple. But compared to Osgood Perkins’ new horror flick, “Keeper,” quibbling over itineraries is true romance. This relationship horror starts with a new couple spending time at the boyfriend’s family cabin, before he leaves her there alone and things devolve deliciously, as Perkins’ horror stylings guarantee. Playing at Metro Cinemas, Regal Valley River Center and Cinemark Eugene Springfield 17. 
  • I trust Edgar Wright when it comes to directing punchy, frenetic material, so I’ve been looking forward to his take on Stephen King’s dystopian reality television thriller “The Running Man.” I’m also partial to Glen Powell’s particular brand of leading man manic energy, so I’m game to watch him run around in desperation as an entire nation hunts him for sport. Bonus: Colman Domingo seems to be having the time of his life hamming it up as the host of the in-universe television show. Playing at Metro Cinemas, Regal Valley River Center and Cinemark Eugene Springfield 17.

Annie Aguiar is the Arts and Culture Correspondent. She has reported arts news and features for national and local newsrooms, including at the Seattle Times, the Washington Post and most recently as a reporting fellow for the New York Times’ Culture desk covering arts and entertainment.