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.
Nov
16
Thu
Some Things Are True
Joe Batt & Nancy Watterson Scharf
November 16 – December 30 2023
Main Gallery
Reception: Thursday, November 16, 2023, 5:30 – 7 PM
Artist Talk at 6 PM
Exhibition Details
The relationship between humans and nature is a frequently explored theme by artists. Uniquely, Some Things Are True, an exhibition featuring PNW artists Joe Batt and Nancy Watterson Scharf, asks us to consider our connection to the world from the animals’ point of view. Join us in The Arts Center’s Main Gallery and experience an enchanted space filled with lush landscapes, persevering plants, and hares who can accomplish anything.
Photo: Joe Batt, Into the Current – Stoneware and colored pencils
Dec
1
Fri
The Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will be holding its annual Holiday Book Sale Dec. 1-2 in the Corvallis Library’s main meeting room, organizers announced.
The sale is open to the general public from 3-6 p.m. Dec. 1 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 2. On the first day, the event is open to members only from noon-3 p.m. The Corvallis Library is located at 645 NW Monroe Ave.
Organizers said the books, which will be individually priced, offered for sale are in very good condition and suitable for gift-giving. There will be fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and much more!
Books. CDs and DVDs will also be for sale. Items may be purchased with cash, check or credit card.
Sales benefit activities at all library locations — Alsea, Corvallis, Monroe and Philomath.
Dec
2
Sat
The Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will be holding its annual Holiday Book Sale Dec. 1-2 in the Corvallis Library’s main meeting room, organizers announced.
The sale is open to the general public from 3-6 p.m. Dec. 1 and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 2. On the first day, the event is open to members only from noon-3 p.m. The Corvallis Library is located at 645 NW Monroe Ave.
Organizers said the books, which will be individually priced, offered for sale are in very good condition and suitable for gift-giving. There will be fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and much more!
Books. CDs and DVDs will also be for sale. Items may be purchased with cash, check or credit card.
Sales benefit activities at all library locations — Alsea, Corvallis, Monroe and Philomath.
Dec
16
Sat
It’s a quick trip to Corvallis to visit the historic Whiteside Theater!
Tickets on Sale now
Born out of the relentless winter months of the Pacific Northwest — where Christmas sweaters adorn even the animal statues — this holiday concert hits different.
The Cello Project, known for their delightfully dedicated performances of both modern and classical music (and everything in between), invite Saeeda Wright on stage with them to bring a complement of unexpected classical jams to the holiday stage. Expect uniquely jazzy takes on holiday classics from What Child is This and Do You Hear What I Hear, to standards like What Are you Doing for New Years?, bridged with Hannukah medleys and hidden gem classical pieces from Benjamin Britten and renaissance rounds made famous by The Monkees.
Just try to be a scrooge at this concert. We dare you. There’s something for everyone, and all the gifts are tied together by the cello in the unique ways that have made The Cello Project a perennial favorite over the last decade.
Special Guest Saeeda Wright has been seen on stages backing Prince (as a member of his New Power Generation), and she has performed with gospel music greats Jessica Reedy, Cece Winans, Crystal Akin, JJ Harrison and Yvette Williams. She is regularly featured heating up the stage in The Cello Project’s Purple Reign programs, and The Cello Project is honored to have her continue their relationship, warming up some wonderful wintertime favorites on this program as well as a new album — also called Under the Mistletoe with Saeeda Wright — due out in November 2023.
Willamette Valley Symphony Concert–“Musical Stories”
Dates: December 16 at 7:00 p.m. and December 17 at 4:00 p.m.
Location: Ashbrook Independent School, 4045 SW Research Way in Corvallis
Price: Youth under 18 are free; Seniors $18; Adults $20. Our Youth Passport Program allows for one free adult ticket for every youth ticket. Arts for All: anyone with a Oregon Trail card gets in for $5. Tickets available at www.willamettevalleysymphony.org
Please join the WVS for an evening of Musical Stories. Our December concerts feature pianist Monica Ohuchi playing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 3. You will then escape into musical stories featuring the adventures of Hansel and Gretel (Humperdinck), the peaceful forest (Debussy’s Afternoon of a Faun), and finally the incredible Firebird Suite by Stravinsky, which depicts the struggle between Prince Ivan and the evil “Kastchei the Deathless.” With the help of the beautiful bird with feathers like flames, Prince Ivan claims victory. The concert is preceded by a pre-concert talk by Artistic Director Lance Inouye at 6:15 pm on Saturday and 3:15 pm on Sunday.
Save by purchasing season tickets for WVS’ last four concerts.
Dec
17
Sun
Corvallis Repertory Singers presents
Candlelight & Carols: Illumination of the Spirit
Sunday, December 17, 2023 – 3 PM
Venue: First United Methodist Church, 1165 NW Monroe Ave., Corvallis, OR 97330
Tickets: available to purchase online at https://repsing.org/
Main Floor: $25
Balcony: $20
Students (K-College) Main Floor or Balcony: $5
Contingent on availability, some tickets may be purchased at the door prior to the performance.
Illuminare by Elaine Hagenberg
Carols of the Season
From the pen of Elaine Hagenberg, one of our country’s most innovative and exciting young composers, is a new five movement work for chamber orchestra and choir. This choral work utilizes ancient texts bringing the listener from the dark into light. Hagenberg’s haunting melodies, driving rhythms, and use of counterpoint are perfect to celebrate the holiday season. It’s a new work that truly captures the need for hope in our time, while acknowledging the uncertainty that surrounds us. The Corvallis Repertory Singers traditional concert concludes with carols old and new.
Jan
21
Sun
The Sick Town Derby Dames Roller Derby Club are collecting cans to raise funds.
Canuary is one of their BottleDrop fundraisers and they want your bottles and cans! It’s pretty simple. You donate your eligible containers. They add them to their non-profit BottleDrop account. You get rid of clutter. They get to keep rolling! Save the date. Save your cans.
Jan
25
Thu
New year, new career!
Lumina Hospice & Palliative Care is hosting an open house job fair on January 25th
Visit with Lumina employees and learn about working in hospice care.
Enter to win door prizes and enjoy complimentary refreshments.
Administrative, Development, Social Work, CNA, LCSW, LMFT, RN and more!
January 25, 2024
4:30-6:00 PM
720 SW 4th Street
Corvallis, OR 97333
Jan
27
Sat
It’s a quick trip to Corvallis to visit the historic Whiteside Theater!
Tickets on Sale now
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.
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