The days may feel shorter, but there’s still plenty of time for arts and culture. Hispanic Heritage Month is observed Sept. 15-Oct. 15. The community will celebrate Sept. 5 at Fiesta Cultural during the Eugene First Friday ArtWalk at the Farmers Market Pavilion and Plaza and at Herencia Hispana on the city hall plaza during the Springfield Block Party.
Music
During the Chamber Music Amici Summer Festival at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Sept. 2-3, several faculty members will perform including Tyler Abbott, senior instructor of double bass, Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington, assistant professor of flute, and Steven Pologe, professor of cello and chamber music.
The Don Latarski Quintessential plays Sept. 19 at The Jazz Station. Bassist Zach Wallmark is an associate professor of musicology. The Idit Shner Quartet takes the stage Sept. 27. Shner is a professor of saxophone and jazz studies and band member Ken Mastrogiovanni is a drum set instructor.
Learn more about local cultural and educational offerings during a free panel discussion “Focus on the Arts—Music” Sept. 23 with the UO Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Tours
See the latest art Sept. 6 at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art during the First Saturday Tour led by an experienced exhibition interpreter.
Take a walk around campus and beyond following the Indigenous UO map to view points of interest related to Native American and Indigenous history.
Hands-on art
Explore your creative side without leaving campus. The Craft Center fall registration opens Sept. 8 at noon.
Books
Senior Instructor of English Miriam Gershow is one of the authors featured at the Windfall Reading series, Sept. 17 at the Eugene Public Library.
Celebrations
Remember the late author, local icon, UO alum and instructor Ken Kesey at the mural rededication during the Springfield Block Party, Sept. 5.
Streaming resources
In a recent UO Today podcast, Oregon Humanities Center Director Leah Middlebrook talked with Courtney M. Cox, assistant professor of Indigenous, race and ethnic studies, about her new book “Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball.”
Public art
The Oregon Arts Commission is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the state’s Percent for Art in Public Places program and is highlighting a handful of projects at the UO:
- Wonder by Susan Zoccola at Huestis Hall.
- Lessons from a Falling Star by Garrick Imatani at Straub Hall.
- Facing the Future Eyes Wide Open by Rick Bartow at the Ford Alumni Center.
- Physics Wall by Kent C. Bloomer at Willamette Hall.
- Wind Fence by Ned Kahn at the Lillis Complex.
- Allegory by Janet Echelman at the Matthew Knight Arena.
- Animal Gargoyles by Wayne Chabre at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
—Jennifer Archer, University Communications