Event Listings in Oregon

Will and Peter Anderson pay tribute to one of the giants of the Classic Songbook. Jimmy Van Heusen wrote over 1,000 songs, 50 of which became standards, including “Darn That Dream”, “Polka Dots And Moonbeams”, “It Could Happen To You”, “I Thought About You”, “Aren’t You Glad You’re You”, “My Kind Of Town”, The Tender Trap” and four which won the Academy Award: “All The Way”, “High Hopes”, “Call Me Irresponsible” and “Swinging On A Star”.

The Corvallis Outdoor Farmers Markets operate every Saturday and Wednesday until the day before Thanksgiving, with a bonus market on Dec. 6.

Find fruits and vegetables, plants, or cut flowers, gathered and cultivated mushrooms, or are raising meat, poultry, eggs or honey.

What’s in season varies from week to week and is influenced by weather and production methods, including the tall greenhouses called “high tunnels” that some farmers use.

Summer Reading 2025: Level Up at Your Library
Free Fun for All Ages
Every Wednesday June 18 – August 13
Outdoors on Fountain Plaza

In partnership with Eugene Symphony

Step up to the podium and try your hand at conducting a mini-orchestra during this special program featuring Eugene Symphony musicians and local youth musicians.

Join Food for Lane County at 11:30 a.m., immediately following this event on the Fountain Plaza for a free lunch for kids and teens ages 1 - 18. No strings attached! Available while the supply lasts.

Jazz vocalist Anita O’Day’s unique sound and swinging rhythmic sense put her in the upper echelon of jazz singers, and was indeed as skillful with ballads as with Songbook and jazz standards. Her career spanning over 70 years, beginning with in the big band era with stints with the Gene Krupa, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton and other before launching out as a soloist and prolific recording artist with hundreds of individual sides and over 60 LPs most notably those produced by Verve Records mid-century. "If improvisation is at the heart of jazz,' wrote critic John Voorhees in 1964, "then Anita O’Day is at the heart of vocal improvisation. Imaginative invention springs forth in a great stream, no matter what the tune or the tempo, resulting in jazz statements that are always exciting, always listenable, always musical and highly personal, placing her in a category all by herself."
Vanessa Greenway and friends pay tribute to the extraordinary, enigmatic, always intriguing Anita O’Day.

Chuck and company pay tribute to the incomparable Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington and his brilliant, enduring, always rewarding compositions: “Perdido”, “I Got It Bad”, “Sophisticated Lady”, “It Don’t Mean A Thing”, “Mood Indigo”, “Prelude To A Kiss”, “I let A Song Go Out Of My Heart” and more.

In 1924 Jerome Kern famously objected to other musicians reinterpretating his songs. Nobody listened. How could one? They’re so good. From “All The Things You Are”, “Till The Clouds Roll By” and “The Song Is You” to “The Way You Look Tonight”, “Yesterdays” and “I Won’t Dance”. Chuck Redd and company offer up a choice selection of notable vocal and instrumental covers.

Corvallis area residents are invited to participate in a FREE Edible Garden Tour being offered this summer by the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition’s Food Action Team. The tour welcomes both new and experienced gardeners, as well as anyone who wants to see some amazing food-producing gardens!

The tour will take place on Thursday, August 14, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Join us for a self-guided tour of seven inspiring gardens in Southwest Corvallis that feature a variety of edibles for both people and pollinators. Tour locations are:
• 3290 SW Willamette Avenue (Willamette Gardens)
• 3293 SW Long Ave
• 3303 SW Long Ave
• 3428 SW Chintimini Ave
• 3225 SW Cascade Ave
• 3315 SW Cascade Ave
• 3435 SW Cascade Ave

Participants are welcome to begin their tour at any of the above sites and to determine the order in which they visit the various gardens. Host gardeners will be on hand to talk to participants about their gardens and to answer questions. Tour maps and free copies of the 2025 Corvallis Garden Resource Guide will be available from docents at each of the sites.

Parking is limited in the neighborhoods, so alternative transportation or carpooling to the event is encouraged. All of the gardens are within just a few blocks of each other, making the tour accessible to walkers and bikers. However, this is a hilly area of Corvallis, so please expect a steep walk.

This is the twelfth year of the Edible Garden Tours. The goal of the tours is to encourage Corvallis area residents to grow some of their own food. In addition to fostering greater self-reliance, the Food Action Team hopes to involve more people in the joys and health benefits of gardening: regular exercise, fresh air, healthful and delicious food, and a sense of connection to their community — and to the earth!

For more information, visit sustainablecorvallis.org

This is a space where queer and trans people with disabilities can share their day to day frustrations, discuss chosen topics, and share resources and validation. Open to all LGBTQIA people, including trans, nonbinary, questioning, and gender-diverse folks, ages 13+. FREE.

Email info@transponderoregon.org for the Google Meet link.

Enjoy a night of rock-country from Bad Reputation on Thursday, August 14 at Emerald Park, 6:30–8:00 PM. Grab a bite from the DW Smokehouse food truck, opening at 5:30 PM.
Don’t forget a blanket or lawn chair to enjoy the final show.
Thanks to Emerald Broadband for sponsoring this free summer tradition!

Presenting 11 concerts at five venues in Lincoln City and Newport, this summer’s Siletz Bay Music Festival will offer an adventurous program of chamber, jazz and orchestral music performed by 58 artists who travel to the Oregon coast from locations around the world. Featuring a mix of seldom-performed masterworks and audience favorites, the festival begins August 14 and runs through August 24. The series features two free concerts, including a performance of the family classic, "Peter and the Wolf."
Performances will be held at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, the Lincoln City Congregational Church, Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center, Lincoln City’s Regatta Park Bandshell and Chinook Winds Casino Resort. Tickets are now on sale at SiletzBayMusic.org. Complete program information is available on the website.