Native American Heritage Month is celebrated at the Many Nations Longhouse with open beading and craft nights, community culture night dinners, and soon-to-be-announced workshops or speakers. The Native American Student Union organizes many of the events. Restoring Cultural Arts is the topic of the artist talk with Shirod Younker (Coquille/Coos/Umpqua). View 20 colorful artworks in the Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation exhibition at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Bring the children to the Museum of Natural and Cultural History Native Innovation Family Day Nov. 21 to explore engineering. Other events are listed on the Native American and Indigenous Studies webpage.
Art
The Arts and Crafts of Mapmaking workshop topic is making map symbol magnets and jewelry Nov. 13 in the DeArmond Makerspace.
Shop two opportunities to buy locally made art at the Student Jewelry Sale Nov. 12 and the Craft Center: Lonely Craft Sale Nov. 13.
Cinema
Friday night films in Lawrence Hall are an entertaining and educational way to wind down the week. Retired professor Whitey Lueck gives a quick lesson in landscape architecture before each Nordic Film Series screening.
Exhibitions
Artwork by over 100 students will be on display in the LaVerne Krause Gallery at Lawrence Hall from Oct. 20-22.
Lectures
The Nov. 9 Eugene History Pub Lecture Series dives deep with the talk Whale Lovers: The 1970s Scientists and Activists Who Saved the Whales and Hated Each Other.
Join the Oregon Humanities Center at a wine chat Nov. 12 where School of Planning, Public Policy and Management Professor Eleonora Redaelli discusses the Invisible Influence of Policy in American Culture.
International Cultural Service Program students share superstitions, urban legends, folklore or similar beliefs from their home cultures Nov. 13 at the Mills International Center.
Professor Yong Chool Ha from the University of Washington will present a talk Nov. 13 about his recent book Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea.
UO international students and professors will taste and explore the cultures behind the world’s most influential beverages: coffee and tea. Join them Nov 18 in the Mills International Center.
Learn about professor and PhD candidate research during Oregon Humanities Center work-in-progress talks happening during fall term.
Music
Celebrate Diwali, the South Asian festival of lights, through music, dancing, good food and community Nov. 4 in the Erb Memorial Ballroom.
The fan-favorite OcTUBAfest blasts off a month of shows at the School of Music and Dance. Settle into Beall Concert Hall Nov. 15 for Bach Reinventions with Canadian Brass. Earlier in the day, the public can listen to students play in the masterclass with the celebrated horn section.
The Oregon Marching Band hosts the Festival of Bands Nov. 7. Watch talented high school bands from around the Northwest perform in Autzen Stadium.
Take an afternoon break from your workspace to hear the pitch-perfect student singers at the A Cappella Friday Show in the EMU Amphitheater.
Immerse yourself in a classic record during the Douglas Room Album Listening Sessions Fridays in the Knight Library.
Oregon150
Celebrate the UO sesquicentennial with exhibits in Eugene and Portland. No Fear for the Future: Student Voices, Student Visions is on display at the Knight Library until June. Walk through the legacy of creativity, innovation and connectivity in Unstoppable: 150 Years of the University of Oregon at the Oregon Historical Society.
Radio
Campus radio KWVA has a new slate of shows for fall term. One of them is the International Cultural Service Program Radio Hour — learn about other cultures every Wednesday this month. Turn your radio dial to 88.1 or stream on your device.
Readings
At the Nov. 6 Creative Writing Reading Series, Michael Copperman shares his new book, Seeking Kenny, the story of a five-time national champion UO wrestler.
Theater
The first production in the 2026-27 University Theatre season is a classic comedic play filled with innuendo, comic misunderstandings, physical humor and characters running around on stage in their underwear. The play, Noises Off, presents a chaotic troupe of actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Slamming doors, intrigue on and off the stage, and a misbehaving herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious, high-energy comedy. UO alum Elizabeth Helman is guest directing the play. The curtain goes up on opening night Nov. 6. Tickets are available through the box office.
—Jennifer Archer, University Communications