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Our weekly list of things to keep you busy this week also includes live English court chamber music and a vibrant Brazilian-influenced performance of rock ‘n’ roll and pop.

Greetings, Lookout readers. It’s seems dim all the time now, so this week we’ve compiled a list of activities that can hopefully brighten your day (even though the sun sets about 5 p.m.) Almost all of our activities, from a “The Sound of Music” sing-along, to a post-election anxiety workshop are inside to keep you out of the drizzle.

Let’s get into it:

‘The Sound of Music’ sing-along

Have you ever wanted to belt out “the hills are alive with the sound of music” in a theater without any consequences? Me too! This weekend folks will be doing just that at the Hult Center, as the sing-along version of the 1965 movie classic is screened. Attendees will be able to sing along to classics like “My Favorite Things,” “Edelweiss” and, of course, “Do-Re-Mi.”

  • When: 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14
  • Where: The Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center in Eugene
  • How much: Tickets start at $28; details can be found online

Baroque ensemble at the Shedd

Enter the intimate world of English court chamber music with Alice Blankenship and her Baroque ensemble. The program traces how Queen Elizabeth’s support of music shaped the century that followed, featuring works by John Dowland, Orlando Gibbons, William Lawes, Anthony Holborne and Henry Purcell. It also honors the women who championed, curated and presented this music.

  • When: Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13-14
  • Where: The Shedd Institute, 868 High St., Eugene
  • How much: Tickets start at $25; details can be found online

Johnny Franco and His Real Brother Dom

Johnny Franco and His Real Brother Dom — originally from São Paulo, Brazil, and now based in Portland — offer an energetic live show. The duo (which consists of Franco and Dom, who apparently is Franco’s brother) was signed by producer Sterling Fox on his label Blanket Fort in 2020, and they’ve been blending intricate lyrics with a unique Brazilian groove ever since. The duo sing and play both electric and acoustic guitar.

  • When: 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14
  • Where: WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave., Eugene
  • How much: Tickets start at $12; details can be found online

Explore Green Island

Green Island is a former farm turned young floodplain forest, now home to beavers, river otters and more than 150 bird species. Visitors can walk the trails, watch wildlife, take photos or just spend time by the rivers.

The Willamette River flows through the 1,100-acre Green Island conservation area just outside of Eugene. Since purchasing the area in 2003, McKenzie River Trust has collaborated with a range of partners to restore over 6 miles of riverfront, including the planting of more than a million trees and shrubs on the property, which was previously used for agricultural purposes. Credit: Steve Smith Photography / McKenzie River Trust

Trails are gravel and dirt farm roads, and bikes are welcome, but wider tires are recommended. The property is privately owned and managed for conservation, it is open to the public the second Saturday of every month.

  • When: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 
  • Where: 31594 Green Island Road, Eugene
  • How much: Free, no registration required; details can be found online

Solidarity Share Fair

The Solidarity Share Fair is back and aims to help people connect in any easy and fun way with community resources and services. The goal is to help unhoused and working-class folks gain free resources and services. There will be live music, games and food.

  • When: Noon to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14
  • Where: 1376 Olive St., Eugene
  • How much: This is a free event, but resources, donations and volunteers are welcome; details can be found online

Post-election anxiety workshop

For many, the midterm, felt like mayhem. And for many, it still feels like mayhem. The nonpartisan group Braver Angels hopes to teach people to manage that mayhem and related anxiety through mindfulness and experiential sessions, and hopes to ease some of that anxiety. Lookout Eugene-Springfield editor Mike McInally dove into election anxiety and spoke to folks at the Braver Angels event shortly before the midterm. The workshop is free to the public.

  • When: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12
  • Where: Bethesda Lutheran Church, 4445 Royal Ave., Eugene
  • How much: Free; details can be found online

Box office

Special screenings

Watch the locally produced “Declan Carter: Monster Hunter,” where a security guard comes across a monster in the middle of the night. Unfortunately for the monster, who happens to be the Easter Bunny, the security guard comes from a long line of monster hunters!

On the big screen

“Ebenezer” is a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” and is set in Victorian London during the holiday season. The movie follows Johnny Depp as grumpy cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge as he faces supernatural encounters that make him question his life choices, and fight for redemption.

Playing at Cinemark Eugene-Springfield

Following the Victorian-era theme, “Victorian Psycho” is also set in the U.K. during the 1800s. The movie features an eccentric young governess, Winifred Notty, who travels to a remote manor in rural England. Her actions begin to make the other residents question if she really is who she says she is.

Playing at Metro Cinemas

Well, folks, that’s it for this week. Hopefully one of these suggestions will get you out of the rain and make you forget about our puny nine hours and 47 minutes of direct sunlight. As always, if these options aren’t up to par, please take a look at our events calendar, where we keep a more comprehensive list. Feel free to message me at at Leoh@lookoutlocal.com with any tips or feedback.

Leo Heffron is a 2026 intern with the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism.