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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.
Join folklorist Jennie Flinspach and local restauranteurs the Novak Family for a conversation about some of the cultural traditions of Linn County and the people who practice them. This open community conversation invites audiences to connect with tradition keeper Matilda Novak and her children about their family history and the authentic Hungarian cuisine that their family has made for many years. The Novaks will also demonstrate the methods they use to create the traditional dishes served in their family restaurant. For information call Oregon Folklife Network: (541) 346-3820. For more information about public Folklife programs throughout the Willamette Valley, contact Jennie Flinspach at ofn@uoregon.edu or 541-346-3820.
Mikel Paul Trio. Wonderful Jazz infused singer/songwriterMikel Paul (pianist) returns to Cellar Cat. This will be a lively and funevening! Joining him will be two of Portland’s finest musicians. Craig Snazelleon Acoustic Bass and the very groovy Dave Averre on Drums. North Albany at Cellar Cat’s new location: the Albany Golf & Event Center.
Come to the carousel and PAINT ROCKS!!!.. Join local artists and take part in this fun-for-all ages activity. This event is free and will ask for donations. Partnering with Facebook Group Linn County Rocks. Contact: Carousel, 541-497-2934.
Join us this September for the Fall Garden Fair, presented by the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs, an event that invites visitors of all ages to engage with and learn about gardening in the state of Oregon. Peruse a horticultural and floral showcase to learn more about the plants that grow in our region, learn about beautification projects throughout the state and efforts to preserve pollinators. Find a new addition for your own garden from local nurseries at the plant sale and get hands-on during a live lecture or workshop. Above all, enjoy the thriving gardening community we’re so lucky to be a part of!
For Activities and Admission see: http://www.oregongarden.org/fall-fair/
503-874-8100. toll Free: 877-674-2733
Join us this September for the Fall Garden Fair, presented by the Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs, an event that invites visitors of all ages to engage with and learn about gardening in the state of Oregon. Peruse a horticultural and floral showcase to learn more about the plants that grow in our region, learn about beautification projects throughout the state and efforts to preserve pollinators. Find a new addition for your own garden from local nurseries at the plant sale and get hands-on during a live lecture or workshop. Above all, enjoy the thriving gardening community we’re so lucky to be a part of!
For Activities and Admission see: http://www.oregongarden.org/fall-fair/
503-874-8100. toll Free: 877-674-2733
Weekly Blues Jam with local talent, good food, great beer and tons of fun!
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Nany Hamilton Trio at the Cellar Cat. John Crider on the piano has been Nancy’s main accompanist since 2004. He plays in a sensitive lyrical style and soars on the Latin tempos. Dan Schulte is one of Portland’s and Salem’s finest bassist’s with a special rich sound all his own. Nancy sings in a smooth contralto voice popular classics and Jazz. She has been compared to Julie London, Ella Fitzgerald and June Christy in style. North Albany at Cellar Cat’s new location: the Albany Golf & Event Center.
Philomath, Ore. – Six talented friends will publicly share some of their passions in the “Artists and Friends” exhibition, featuring Rip Cronk, Ken Haines, Lee Kitzman, Earl Newman, Bill Siebler and Vince Zettler. When they rendezvous every Tuesday at noon they call themselves “The Lunch Bunch”.
Please join us for a reception on Friday, August 24 from 5-6:30pm in the Moreland Auditorium at Benton County Museum.
Rip Cronk’s provocative murals adorn city walls from Honolulu to Switzerland. His diverse studio work, which includes pencil drawings, watercolors, acrylic and airbrush pushes boundaries and inspires conversation. Recent public works in the Benton County area include murals at Linn-Benton Community College, Crescent Valley High School and downtown Corvallis.
Ken Haines, owner of the Color Wheel Company in Philomath, currently employs a staff of nine to produce several hundred thousand color wheels per year. Color wheels are used by artists, instructors, students, designers, illustrators, painters, landscape architects and home gardeners. The Color Wheel Company’s products are designed to promote understanding of color theory, color relationships & color mixing.
Lee Kitzman is a master potter with diverse talents creating ceramics. His specialty is Japanese-influenced raku. “It’s all about attempting to do the absolute best quality,” Kitzman said. Kitzman taught art classes, including ceramics, for 23 years at the Children’s Farm Home and later at Corvallis High School. Recently, Kitzman has been working with new glazes and both low fire and high fire techniques on raku plaques and stoneware.
Earl Newman has been a self-employed professional artist and printmaker for nearly 60 years. Through the medium of silk-screen, also known as serigraphy, Newman has produced Monterey Jazz Festival posters every year since 1963. He also designs and prints posters for the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Oregon State University Theater, and much more. This year, Earl Newman and Ken Haines used Haines’ Color Wheel to choose paint colors from Miller Paint and Sherwin-Williams. Newman then painted a series of circular paintings, the largest of which will decorate the exterior of the Color Wheel Company’s building in Philomath, Oregon.
Bill Siebler adds colorful glass to the exhibition. After he had been a collector of fine contemporary glass art for more than a decade, he was increasingly intrigued about how the artists were able to do what they did and the challenges they faced. Through demonstrations, workshops, and working in studios he learned many techniques and produced marbles, fused work, castings, beads, and other objects in glass. The pieces in the exhibition represent those learning experiences. He primarily does flameworking, making marbles and beads.
Vince Zettler is a master weaver, artist, teacher and arts administrator. Vince has worked as the curator for both Benton County Museum and the Corvallis Arts Center. He is also a retired special educator and autism specialist and is currently working as an employment specialist for those with disabilities. To this exhibition Zettler will bring diverse fiber art tapestries as well as drawings and collages inspired by the natural world around rural Benton County and the State of Oregon.
Enjoy a visit to Oregon’s past AND present! The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 – 4:30. Admission is always free!
Located six miles west of Corvallis on Hwy 20/34, at 1101 Main Street, Philomath, Oregon, the Benton County Historical Society operates the Museum facilities for the preservation of history and culture. Its goal is to preserve the material culture of Benton County, Oregon. It strives to enrich people’s lives through interesting exhibitions and educational programs.
Please call (541) 929-6230 or visit www.bentoncountymuseum.org for more information.
Albany Visitors Association
122 Ferry St SW
Albany, OR 97321
PO Box 965
541-928-0911
Open 9 am-5 pm
Monday-Friday
