Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 2 at 2 a.m. and there are plenty of arts and cultural events to keep your mind off the new ratio of darkness and light. Celebrate the people and continuing culture of those who have lived in the region since time immemorial during Native American Heritage Month.
Art
Want a one-of-a-kind handcrafted art piece for your office? Visit the Fall Lonely Craft Sale in the Craft Center Nov. 21 to claim a unique treasure.
Prefer to make your own creations? Check out the Duck Store’s annual Tools of the Trade Show Nov. 12-13 to see professionals in action and learn about the supplies used.
Cinema
The Nordic Film Series continues Friday nights in 115 Lawrence Hall. This term features movies from Norway.
Experience a rare performance of the groundbreaking 1926 Japanese silent film A Page of Madness. Benshi artist Ichiro Kataka brings this haunting psychological drama to life, reviving the electrifying art of benshi – Japan’s unique tradition of live film narration. Attend a roundtable with the performers prior to the film screening Nov. 5.
A special national simulcast of the documentary film Vietnamerica shows Nov. 18 at Justice Bean Hall followed by a Zoom discussion with the filmmaker.
Celebrations
Enjoy an evening of art and crafts, music and dance featuring performances from the Mexican musical group Hermanos Herrera during the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art’s 44th Annual Celebration of Day of the Dead Nov. 1-2.
The EMU 75th Anniversary Celebration keeps bopping into November with a ringing of the carillon bells and a reception in the Adell McMillan Gallery.
Exhibitions
In the Knight Library, a new exhibition, Evolution of a Moment: The Photographs of Brian Lanker spotlights the extraordinary work of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Lanker, a longtime Eugene resident. An opening and panel session is scheduled for Nov. 19, 5-7 p.m.; limited seating, RSVP required. The exhibit will be open to the public throughout the 2025-26 academic year and viewable during regular Knight Library hours of operation.
The Charleston Marine Life Center at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology has a beautiful display of traditional fishing gear made and donated by David Brainard, a former chief of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians.
Music
The student music groups have been practicing and will offer concerts this term at the School of Music and Dance. Several faculty members and student groups also play shows at The Jazz Station this month.
Who was George Crumb? Hear how the Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer expanded the very definition of musical expression. Stop by the Knight Library Nov. 12 and take a listen.
Lectures
Professor David Martínez asks can Indigenous artists, curators, and historians resist the colonial narrative of art museums when the museum itself is a colonizer institution? Attend his lecture Nov. 6 at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to hear his experiences.
Also at the museum Nov. 20 Transgressing the Museum co-curator Anthony Hudson and artist Steph Littlebird discuss decolonizing museum exhibits and honoring Indigiqueer ancestors through art.
Readings
Oregon poet Jan Verberkmoes reads from her collection Nov. 12 in the Knight Library Browsing Room as part of the Creative Writing Reading Series.
The next day, hear from Ashley Cordes, associate professor of environmental studies and enrolled citizen of the Kō-Kwel/Coquille Nation, who will sign copies of her new book Indigenous Currencies: Leaving Some for the Rest in the Digital Age at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
Theater
The Moors is University Theatre’s fall production. The dark comedy tells the story of two sisters living out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set them on a strange and dangerous path. It opens Nov. 7 and plays Nov. 8, 14-16, 21-23. Visit University Theatre for tickets.
BlueJay’s Canoe, a story of two contemporary Indigenous families created by Theresa May, professor emerita of theatre arts, and Marta Lu Clifford (Chinook, Cree, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde), has a three-weekend run starting Nov. 7 at the Very Little Theatre. A talk back discussion with the artists takes place after the Nov. 16 matinee.
—Jennifer Archer, University Communications