Thursday, August 10
2023 Oregon Senior Games. Various Locations in the Greater Corvallis Area, Corvallis. 8 a.m. Various Entry Fees. Athletes ages 50+ (National Senior Games qualifying age) can compete in several sports offered. The Oregon Senior Games are a great chance to test your mettle against other seniors while enjoying a getaway to beautiful Corvallis, Oregon. Whether you’re a super-competitive athlete or just someone looking to stay active, the Oregon Senior Games is a great event to add to your must-do list! Weekend One (Aug. 10-13) includes Archery, Bowling, Golf, Pickleball, Power Walk, Race Walk, Racquetball, Table Tennis, and Track & Field. Weekend Two (Aug. 17-20) includes Disc Golf, Softball, Swimming, and Tennis Cycling Time Trial, and 5k/10k Road Races. The Triathlon, offered through Best in the West Events Triathlon Festival, happens in September (Sep. 9-10). Visit https://oregonseniorgames.com/oregon-senior-games-sports/ for more info.
Art in the Park STEAM – Inspired Art. Riverfront Park, 2 NW 1st St., Corvallis. 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Free. Celebrate the interconnectedness of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) with a variety of art experiences in the park. Ages 4-12. Visit https://www.corvallisoregon.gov/parksrec/page/art-park-steam-inspired-art-0 for more info.
READ Dogs. Brookes Reading Room, 645 NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis. 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Kids can practice reading aloud to trained therapy Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ) during our Dog Days of Summer. Permission form is required and available on sight. Limited spots available. Visit https://corvallisbenton.librarycalendar.com/event/read-dogs-29 for more info.
Monroe Farmers Market. Monroe High School, Grass Area, 365 N 5th St., Monroe. 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Free. Located beside Highway 99W, next to the high school parking lot, the Monroe Farmers Market brings local artisans and food producers every week to celebrate the bounty of the community. It’s the place to buy and sell local edibles and handcrafted gifts. Visit https://www.facebook.com/market97456 for more info.
C3 Summer Concert: Sugar Roots. Chintimini Park, 605 NW 27th Street, Corvallis. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free. As the sun sets and the music fills the park, you’ll be immersed in a tapestry of emotions, united with fellow blues enthusiasts, and embraced by the warm community spirit. These Summer Concerts in the Park create a space where the blues become a source of solace, inspiration, and celebration. Admission is free. Be sure to bring low chairs, seating blanket, and dress for the weather. Visit https://www.visitcorvallis.com/eventdetail/3655/c3-summer-concert#eventdetail for more info.
Wild Hog Jam. Old World Deli, 341 SW 2nd St, Corvallis. 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Free. Music starts around 7. Sandwiches available until 11. Visit https://www.oldworldcenter.com/#Event for more info.
Bard in the Quad: Much Ado About Nothing. Memorial Union Quad, Oregon State University, 2501 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis. 7:30 p.m. $12-$17. Bard in the Quad returns for its 18th magical season with Shakespeare’s beloved comedy featuring the will-they-or-won’t-they pairing of Benedick and Beatrice, two wits who have sworn off love only to find themselves in an unexpected romantic entanglement. Much Ado has it all – dastardly villains, music and dance, witty fools and foolish wits, and enduring lessons about life, love, and forgiveness. Visit https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/svpda/theatre/events/bard-quad for more info.
Friday, August 11
2023 Oregon Senior Games. Various Locations in the Greater Corvallis Area, Corvallis. 8 a.m. Various Entry Fees. Athletes ages 50+ (National Senior Games qualifying age) can compete in several sports offered. The Oregon Senior Games are a great chance to test your mettle against other seniors while enjoying a getaway to beautiful Corvallis, Oregon. Whether you’re a super-competitive athlete or just someone looking to stay active, the Oregon Senior Games is a great event to add to your must-do list! Weekend One (Aug. 10-13) includes Archery, Bowling, Golf, Pickleball, Power Walk, Race Walk, Racquetball, Table Tennis, and Track & Field. Weekend Two (Aug. 17-20) includes Disc Golf, Softball, Swimming, and Tennis Cycling Time Trial, and 5k/10k Road Races. The Triathlon, offered through Best in the West Events Triathlon Festival, happens in September (Sep. 9-10). Visit https://oregonseniorgames.com/oregon-senior-games-sports/ for more info.
Fun Friday Goat Yoga. No Regrets Flower Farm & Animal Sanctuary, 26641 Bellfountain Rd., Monroe. 6 p.m. $25. Join a one-off goat yoga session every Friday night, June 9 through Aug. 25, 2023! Goat Yoga is part yoga, part animal-assisted therapy, and part beautiful views and loving animals. It’s about disconnecting from day to day stress, illness or depression and focusing on happy vibes. No yoga experience is needed. Join in on a Goat Yoga class at No Regrets Farm Sanctuary in Monroe, located between Eugene and Corvallis. Events are held outdoors (weather permitting) or inside the most amazing 130-year-old barn with 360-degree views of in the Southern Willamette Valley. Visit https://headquarters.goatyoga.net/events for more info.
Love’s Labour’s Lost. The Willamette Grange, 27555 Greenberry Rd., Corvallis. 6:00 p.m. $15-$17. Merely Players presents William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Willamette Grange on Aug. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 to $17. Buy tickets. The King of Navarre and his two best friends are huge nerds, and they make a pact to spend three years studying together while ignoring worldly pursuits. Unfortunately, the King is so excited to launch his own little academy that he forgets that the Princess of France and her ladies are about to arrive on an important visit of state. Scrambling to balance providing appropriate hospitality while keeping to their scholarly vows, the King and his friends rapidly find themselves falling in love. With the dubious help of the rest of the King’s household (including an overly dramatic Spaniard, a sassy swain, and a galaxy-brained schoolmaster), the lords attempt to woo the ladies before some unexpected news brings everything tumbling down. Don’t miss this new adaptation of the silliest, frothiest, and punniest of Shakespeares comedies. Visit https://bpt.me/event/6057240 for more info.
Summer Friday Night Concert Series: David Rogers. Cardwell Hill Cellars, 24241 Cardwell Hill Dr., Philomath. 6 p.m. $10. Join Cardwell Hill Cellars for a Friday night concert. Concerts are 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and the suggested check-in time is 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. There will be cheese, salami, crackers, and Burst’s Chocolates available for purchase (as well as wine, of course). All concerts are $10 per person. Children under 18 are free. Pets are allowed with a leash. Visit https://cardwellhillwine.com for more info.
Indré. Old World Deli, 341 SW 2nd St, Corvallis. 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Free. Indré is a pop rock band of friends eager to bring you a show! Fire breathing songbird Maddie Indré writes raw lyrics that make you think twice and catchy melodies that make you sing along, riot, and cry maybe all at the same time. Catch them on tour at The Old World Deli on August 11th from 7-10! Visit https://www.oldworldcenter.com/#Events for more info.
Puppeteers For Fears presents Cthulhu: the Musical. Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW Madison Ave., Corvallis. 7 p.m. $20-$25. Cthulhu: The Musical! is a rock n’ roll retelling of the horror classic The Call of Cthulhu, performed entirely with puppets. Detective LaGrasse is searching for a murderer. Francine Thurston’s uncle vanished. The only clue to both mysteries is a bizarre statue worshiped by a nightmarish cult. And it’s leading both of them out to sea, toward a mysterious island from their nightmares – and toward insanity. But, you know, with singing puppets. Puppeteers for Fears, Oregon’s premier rock n’ roll puppet troupe, presents an original show that, in a sensible universe, would be impossible: a feature-length musical comedy adaptation of one of the least musical or comedic stories ever: H.P. Lovecraft’s cosmic horror classic, The Call of Cthulhu – performed entirely with puppets, and a live band. See noir detectives, dancing tentacles, anarchist pirates, broken-hearted academics, sassy monsters, and more, as they sing and dance their way to love, madness, and possibly the end of the world. Visit https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=178128 for more info.
Bard in the Quad: Much Ado About Nothing. Memorial Union Quad, Oregon State University, 2501 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis. 7:30 p.m. $12-$17. Bard in the Quad returns for its 18th magical season with Shakespeare’s beloved comedy featuring the will-they-or-won’t-they pairing of Benedick and Beatrice, two wits who have sworn off love only to find themselves in an unexpected romantic entanglement. Much Ado has it all – dastardly villains, music and dance, witty fools and foolish wits, and enduring lessons about life, love, and forgiveness. Visit https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/svpda/theatre/events/bard-quad for more info.
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