Flowers and leaves are budding out all over, ushering in the beauty of spring. Events slow down during the week of spring break, but there is plenty to keep everyone entertained leading up to the vernal equinox.
Cinema
The theme in Property, a movie released in 1978, still resonates in 2026. Catch this installment of the Filmlandia Screening Series March 4 in Villard Hall. Head to Lawrence Hall March 11 for a showing of Coraline, the stop-motion animated 3D creation from Laika Studios.
Not quite a movie, this meditative cosmic journey called Stargazer gives the viewer 50 million pixels of stunning detail in space. Zone out March 10 in Allan Price Science Commons and Research Library Visualization Lab.
Celebrations
Wear your best aloha palaka for bingo and dancing at the Hawaii Club’s winter formal March 3.
Visit with the creative students in product design and sports product design and see their projects at the March 12 open house in the UO Portland Campus Center.
Dance
Be enchanted by University of Oregon Dance in Concert that includes works by students, faculty and guest artists in the Dougherty Dance Theatre March 5-7.
Exhibitions
Take a break from your day to experience student and world-class artist pieces in UO museums and art galleries.
View twenty vintage photographs by Diane Arbus in Looking Back, now in display at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art until April 12. In the Wan Koo and Young Ja Huh Wing and Jin Joo Gallery of Korean Art, contemplate Fluid Continuity: Rethinking Korean Art in the Contemporary Age.
Lawrence Hall, which houses the College of Design, is a constantly evolving art gallery. Wander the halls and visit the Design Library and Hearth Café.
Music
How often have you said, “I really should see some student performances this year.” March is the month to make good on that promise. In two weeks’ time you could see UO’s award-winning gospel choir, celebrate Ireland at the St. Patrick’s Day harp studio concert, get a taste of Future Music Oregon or really hear what a bassoon sounds like. See the full events calendar.
Beall Hall will also play host to several national and international acts. The acclaimed musician Filippo Gorini takes part in the Murdock International Piano Series Concert March 3 and the next night music, stories and poetry are brought to life in Winged Flight. Another pianist takes the stage March 6, this time from Brazil. Eduardo Moreira will perform a solo recital. The award-winning choir Tenebrae offers A Prayer for Deliverance in a matinee March 8.
Several School of Music and Dance instructors, students and alumni will perform at The Jazz Station before leaving for spring break. Performance livestreams can be found on the school’s YouTube channel.
Lectures
Next up in the Visiting Artist Lecture Series is Sahar Khoury who explores what makes something, or someone, worth more or less than another. Weights and Measures: The Axis of Mourning and Grief takes place March 5.
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, writer, champion powwow dancer and activist Julian Brave NoiseCat gives a lecture and book signing of Coyote Steals the Salmon March 5.
What is at the intersection of music, dance and a fight game? Learn more at the Collier House March 6 during the THEME lecture A Beautiful Fight: The Racial Politics of Capoeira in Backland Bahia.
Dig deep into Existentialism as Literary Art: A General Introduction for the Curious with the Bad-Boy of Philosophy Friedrich Nietzsche’s Masterpiece, Beyond Good and Evil and Other Works at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s four-week course starting March 7.
Grab a pizza and a pint March 9 at this month’s Eugene History Pub Lecture Series Hiding Native Genocide in Oregon, from the Pioneer Period to the Present at Whirled Pies.
Stop by the Museum of Natural and Cultural History March 12 for Listening to the Pulse of the Past to learn from artist and poet Sam Roxas-Chua Yao, who has worked alongside archaeologists to explore Chinese history in Oregon.
Theater
Fans of the board game Clue can become emerged in the Brothers Clueramazov, a Russian-English bilingual murder mystery unfolding in Global Scholars Hall March 7-8.
—Jennifer Archer, University Communications