The volume of on-campus events slows down, but the fun in the sun remains at a high level during the first full month of summer. America’s 250th takes the national center stage while local calendars fill with activities.
Cinema
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy Steven Brence will host a showing and conversation about the filmed-in-Oregon movie Stand by Me at the Eugene Public Library, July 11.
Check back in late July for the summer session of the Nordic Film Series curated by retired landscape architecture professor Whitey Lueck.
Exhibitions
View rarely seen items at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History in the current exhibit America at 250—Before, Between, Beyond.
Find out what the Buzz About Bees is when the new exhibit opens July 10 in the museum. The opening night public reception will feature the Craft Center’s Art Bus with a special bee-themed craft. The celebration of Oregon’s bees continues through the weekend.
July 5 is your last chance to visit the Gateway to Himalayan Art exhibition at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The museum will be closed July 3-4. Also on view is Collecting America.
Hands-on art
Enjoy a summer Thursday evening, meet fellow crafters and create a keepsake. The Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Craft Center host Crafts in the Courtyard, July 16, 23 and 30.
You can also get creative indoors this summer in the Erb Memorial Union. The Craft Center offers workshops on sewing, ceramics, photography, glasswork and more.
Music
Ducks Night at Oregon Bach Festival is July 5. Use code DUCKS50 for half price tickets — then come dressed in your UO gear for an afternoon of music, sweet treats from Euphoria, UO and OBF giveaways, and Ducks pride. There are also several free shows and talks. Visit OregonBachFestival.org for tickets and more information.
Hear Oregon Bach Festival updates on KWAX Classical Oregon throughout the day. Tune in to 91.1 FM or via streaming at kwax.com/listen. And as we celebrate Americas 250th, KWAX DJs will be spinning music from American composers throughout the broadcast day July 4.
How does music down by the Willamette River sound? Visit Roaring Rapids Pizza Company all summer long to hear bands with members from the ranks of UO School of Music and Dance professors and students.
Take your music on the go with the campus radio station KWVA 88.1 FM. Listen live or choose to stream a variety of shows from the Latent 80s to Femme Fatale to 1000 Old Songs hosted by DJ Food Stamp, aka André Sirois, instructor of cinema studies.
Learning in the outdoors
Family Fun in the Sun activities are available on Fridays and Saturdays from July 10-Aug. 29. Topics are bees and bugs, Ice Age creatures, dinosaurs, rocks, fossils, earthquakes and volcanoes.
Run over to Hayward Field to hear the latest about the Oregon Sports History Program from Lauren Goss, UO Libraries athletics archivist. She’ll be at a table during the Prefontaine Classic July 3-4.
Streaming resources
Learn about two new books by UO professors on UO Today hosted by director Leah Middlebrook. Micah Jones, assistant professor of history and Black studies, talks about The Price of Freedom: Race, Consumption, and the Long Black Freedom Struggle, 1915-1970, while Colin Koopman, professor of philosophy, discusses Data Equals: Democratic Equality and Technological Hierarchy.
—Jennifer Archer, University Communications