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Welcome to AVA’s monthly calendar of events. Take a peek and plan your stay-cation or your next visit to our region. The city’s most notable annual events include historic home tours, outdoor summer concerts and movies under the stars, and the Northwest Art and Air Festival.
*Note for event organizers: If you’d like to have your event listed on the AVA calendar, head over to our contact page and submit your event to us.
It’s a quick trip to Corvallis to visit the historic Whiteside Theater!
International Guitar Night is the world’s premier touring guitar festival, each show bringing together the most interesting and innovative acoustic guitarists to exchange musical ideas in a public concert setting. For each tour, IGN founder Brian Gore brings together a new cast of guitar luminaries for special evenings of solos, duets, and quartets that highlight the dexterity and diversity within the world of acoustic guitar. Brian founded IGN in 1995 as a forum for the world’s finest guitarists/composers to play their latest original songs and share musical ideas and talent with their peers.
SHOCASE GALA – The Golden Age of Music
Don your formal attire and enjoy a classy night out! Come and hear local artists perform hits from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, then enjoy a night of Jazz from Oregon Native and Globally in-demand jazz performer, Gina Saputo. Tickets can be purchased for $15 at:
https://shocase.ticketleap.com/gala-golden-age/
VIP Event preceding starts at 6:00PM – Tickets $35 Includes both events.
The Albany/Corvallis chapter of the Willamette Writers next meets Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, 6:30 p.m. PST.
Free and online.
This month’s meeting features a presentation by novelist Alma Garcia: A View to a Who: Writing Fiction with Multiple Viewpoints.
Preregistration is required to get the Zoom meeting link: https://willamettewriters.org/
Come and enjoy a rock and mineral show! The theme this year is “A Pyrite’s Treasure Chest”.
There will be various displays, vendors, raffles, door prizes, as well as a snack bar!
Admission is $1.00
12 and under, free if accompanied by an adult.
Come and enjoy a rock and mineral show! The theme this year is “A Pyrite’s Treasure Chest”.
There will be various displays, vendors, raffles, door prizes, as well as a snack bar!
Admission is $1.00
12 and under, free if accompanied by an adult.
PRAx OPENS ITS DOORS
PRAx up close and personal at our all-day Open House. Explore our venues, look behind the scenes of the building, and enjoy live music, tours, art installations, the opening gallery exhibition, activities for children, and more. Meet our director and staff and discover what PRAx is all about.
April 6
Noon-7 p.m.
PRAx Building 470 SW 15th St, Corvallis, OR 97331
FREE for daytime events
$10 for 5 p.m. headliner performance, get tickets here
Artist Director, Lance Inouye, and The Willamette Valley Symphony (WVS) are delighted to announce their upcoming concert, “Nostrovia! A Toast to Russian Classics,” scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 6th at Albany Performing Arts Center at West Albany High School and on Sunday, April 7th at Ashbrook Private School at 4 pm. Lance will be giving be a pre-concert lecture 45 minutes before concert.
The concert will feature piano soloist, Susan DeWitt Smith, who will be performing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 2. Other pieces performed by the orchestra will be Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 4 in F, Op. 36. and Melody by Ukrainian Composer, Myroslav Skoryk. Susan DeWitt smith has performed as a soloist with the Oregon Symphony and Portland Columbia Symphony, as well as on subscription series with San Diego Symphony, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Palomar Symphony, Dartmouth Symphony, and others. She is highly regarded as a chamber musician and has collaborated with some of the finest musicians in the Northwest, including members of the Julliard, Kronos and Philadelphia String quartets. She teaches at Lewis & Clark College as an Associate Professor of Music, Director of Piano, and Theory Coordinator.
Concert Details
· Date: April 6th
· Time: 7:00 pm (6:16 pm pre-concert lecture)
· Venue: West Albany Performing Arts Center (West Albany High School), 2100 Elm St NW, Albany
· Date: April 7th
· Time: 4:00 pm (3:15 pm pre-concert lecture)
· Venue: Ashbrook Independent School, 4045 Research Way, Corvallis
Tickets are available for purchase online at www.willamettevalleysymphony.org/buy-tickets or at the door on the day of the event. Willamette Valley Symphony tickets are free for youth (17 & under), $20 for adults, and $18 for seniors (65+). WVS has a “Youth Passport Program” which offers one adult accompanying a youth (17 and under) can receive a free ticket at the door. Additionally, WVS has an “Arts for All Program” where adults with an Oregon Trail SNAP card can receive a $5 ticket at the door. Youth Passport and Arts for All tickets must be obtained at the door.
There will also be stickers, zines, pony bead art, Final Fantasy XIV prints, and free queer resources! ✨️. Purchase tickets here before the market for $5+fees or $10 at the door.
Seniors, Veterans, and children 6 and younger – FREE!
May is dedicated to National Preservation Month. Also known as Historic Preservation Month, the month celebrates the nation’s heritage through historic places.
Albany is home to four national historic districts and the location of the most varied collection of architectural styles in the state. There are more than 800 historic buildings in three of the districts, dating from the 1840s to the 1950s, and all located within an area of approximately 100 square blocks.
Come and celebrate the heritage of Albany by participating in various events and exploring historic places all month long.
Events will include the Annual Tweed Ride, Walking History Tours, Building Tours, Vintage Bicycle Show, the Hidden History Scavenger Hunt, and more!
Scan the QR Code shown below and download the Albany Explorer App! You’ll find self-guided tours of our historic districts, great places to eat, and all things Albany!
We look forward to seeing you!
Photo: “Blue Sky for a Blue House” Monteith Historic District by Camron Settlemier
Albany Explorer App
We would also like to include Benton County’s all-month events! See Full List of Events Here
Trails Through Time is the theme of National Preservation Month in Benton County.
Many events are available to participate in and learn the history of the area.
Some events require registration, all are free. For updates, please check THE VISIT CORVALLIS OR ALBANY VISITORS websites.
This event schedule is a collaboration between the Benton County and Corvallis Historic Resources Commissions, the Albany Heritage Commission, and PreservationWORKS.
You won’t want to miss the 45th Annual łatwa ina Pow-Wow! May 18, in Gill Coliseum. Grand entry is at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Doors open at noon. OSU’s Native American Student Association and university partners present this FREE community event, which features Indigenous dancers, singers, and a marketplace, plus affordable fry bread.
Gill Coliseum
Presented by the Native American Student Association and university partners.
Drugs and alcohol not tolerated. Accommodations for disabilities may be made by contacting Christy Jones at 541-737-3628 or christy.jones@oregonstate.edu.
