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The start of a new year brings a feeling of optimism and fresh possibilities. Make 2026 the time you view a new artist, hear a new campus musical performance or learn something that you\u2019ve never considered.<\/p>\n
Grab your seat at the Filmlandia Screening Series<\/a>, celebrating Oregon\u2019s rich film heritage. From classics such as The Shining<\/em> to a 13-minute skate park documentary, there will be a movie to hold your interest.<\/p>\n The Nordic Film Series<\/a> returns this term, featuring movies from each of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) on Friday nights in Lawrence Hall.<\/p>\n Sit back and take in Mother Nature\u2019s artistry from breathtaking imagery by the Webb and Hubble space telescopes during Stargazer: an Immersive Relaxation Visualization<\/a>, Jan. 13 and 27.<\/p>\n Join Craft Center artists at the Jan. 13 opening reception of \u201cI Finally Finished It<\/a>.\u201d The exhibit is on display Jan. 5 to March 12 in the Erb Memorial Union Adell McMillan Gallery.<\/p>\n An opening night reception Jan. 16 at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History offers light appetizers and refreshments alongside colorful portraits by Jeremy Okai Davis featuring Oregon\u2019s early Black pioneers. The rest of the \u201cReEnvisioned<\/a>\u201d opening weekend will include family-friendly activities.<\/p>\n Contemporary art meets archive in \u201cThe Whisperers<\/a>,\u201d a new exhibit opening Jan. 17 at Ditch Projects in Springfield. Produced by the UO Center for Art Research.<\/p>\n Put the art in cartography during the next session of GIS and Tea: Cocoa and Map Crafts<\/a>, Jan. 9 in the Knight Library.<\/p>\n Try your hand at making a laser-cut map notebook and a key chain map of Oregon during the ArcGIS Pro and the Makerspace: Laser-Cut Map Notebook<\/a> workshop series, Feb. 2, 4 and 6.<\/p>\n Is 2026 the year you learn a new crafty hobby? Workshops for woodworking, painting, fiber art or blacksmithing, to name a few, are open for registration through the Craft Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n Joamette Gil will discuss their comic anthology<\/a> Ma\u00f1ana: Latinx Comics from the 25th Century<\/em> Jan. 9 in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Ford Lecture Hall.<\/p>\n A poetry reading will be included in the Jan. 12 lecture \u201cConsiderations for Composing Poetry in Indigenous Languages<\/a>\u201d at the Many Nations Longhouse.<\/p>\n Learn about the world\u2019s first internationally recognized double bass soloist in \u201cThe Legacy of Gary Karr<\/a>\u201d Jan. 14 in the Knight Library.<\/p>\n Discover Migrant Glyps in a storytelling talk Jan. 23<\/a> by Edgar Garcia, associate professor of English at the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n Hear more poetry Jan. 28 as the Creative Writing Reading Series<\/a> presents Michelle Pe\u00f1aloza, the author of All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems<\/em>.<\/p>\n Visiting Trotter Professor and trombonist Megumi Kanda will perform two shows<\/a> Jan. 7 and 9 in Beall Concert Hall.<\/p>\n Album Listening Sessions<\/a> are back at the Knight Library this term, starting Jan. 9. Each one focuses on a single classic album from an array of musical genres.<\/p>\n Musicians from the School of Music and Dance will perform at the Oregon Jazz Festival<\/a> Jan. 23-24 at several venues in Eugene.<\/p>\n Grammy-nominated pianist Simone Dinnerstein muses on musical interconnection with \u201cReflections<\/a>\u201d at Beall Concert Hall Jan. 25.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The Oregon Humanities Center will host Christopher Brown and his jazz band for a lecture\/performance titled \u201cBeyond the Buzz: Finding the Signal in a Noisy World<\/a>\u201d Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. at The Shedd Institute, 285 East Broadway Street. The event will be preceded by a reception with a no-host bar. Registration is requested.<\/p>\n Get educated about music while you listen to the Oregon Wind Ensemble as they present their new program \u201cLike a TedTalk<\/a>\u201d Jan. 30.<\/p>\n Hear an international orchestra<\/a> from the comfort of the Knight Library. The Berlin Philharmonic performs two late-Romantic masterworks Jan. 30.<\/p>\n Find newly added shows on the School of Music and Dance events webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\nExhibitions<\/h2>\n
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