Commencement isn’t the one large occasion developing. In addition to the arts-related actions in June, it’s Pride Month and Juneteenth.

You can commemorate the emancipation of African American slaves and have a good time African American tradition at Eugene Juneteenth, or Kick off National Pride Month with an out of doors live performance that includes the Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene and a picnic within the Museum of Natural and Cultural History courtyard.

Cinema

Ducks After Dark presents “The Secret World of Arrietty” June 1 outdoors on the Erb Memorial Union Green. Based on “The Borrowers,” a youngsters’s fantasy novel about tiny individuals who reside secretly within the partitions and flooring and borrow what they should survive, Arrietty, a tiny teenager, varieties a secret friendship with one of many “big” individuals. Free entry for UO group members with a sound UO ID.

The Asian Film Series on neurodiversity and psychological wellness presents a screening of “Mental,” a feature-length documentary that examines the complicated world of an outpatient psychological well being clinic in Japan, on June 1 on the Yamada language Center.

The UO Presents Student Film Club and the Department of Cinema Studies will current two free screenings on the Art House Theater on East thirteenth Avenue. “Repo Man,” on June 1, follows a younger punk who will get caught up within the pursuit of a automobile with one thing otherworldly stashed in its trunk. Two outdated buddies reunite for a tenting journey in Oregon’s Cascade Mountains in “Old Joy” on June 8. Both screenings are free with a scholar ID.

Celebrations

Celebrate National Pride Month on the Museum of Natural and Cultural History on June 6 with an out of doors live performance that includes the Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene and a picnic within the museum’s Glenn Starlin Native Plant Courtyard.

Commemorate African American freedom at Eugene Juneteenth on June 18 at Alton Baker Park with performances, family-friendly actions and one of the best of Eugene’s Black-owned companies.

Dance

Come out to the Dougherty Dance Theatre on June 1 for the Dance Student Spotlight that includes scholar performers showcasing their inventive and technical dance expertise.

Don’t miss Duck Jam Spring 2023, the dance division’s in style Hip Hop Finals Showcase performances on June 7.

Spring Dance Loft 2023 on June 9 will showcase a various array of items choreographed and carried out by college students.

Exhibitions

June 1-2 are the ultimate days to soak up “Dreaming Like a Beehive,” an exhibition sponsored by the UO Center for Art Research on the Main Space Gallery that includes the work of Portland-based artist and retired UO artwork professor Kate Wagle.

Celebrate the inventive works of Master of Fine Arts graduates on the MFA Art Exhibition 2023, June 1 on the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Lily Wai Brennan, Mary Evans, Anastasiya Gutnik, David Peña and William Zeng, 5 artists whose varied practices interact a broad vary of inquiry, will showcase three years of unbiased analysis and experimentation. 

Don’t miss the School of Art + Design’s annual end-of-year exhibition, Spring Storm, that includes work by graduating artwork, artwork and know-how, and product design college students, June 9 at Lawrence Hall.

Music

At Beall Concert Hall: The University of Oregon Symphony Orchestra will kick off the month with a efficiency of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 on June 1. On June 2, the Wet Ink Concert will showcase performances of latest compositions and preparations for small and enormous ensembles written by UO jazz research college students. The UO Campus Orchestra and the Repertoire Singers will carry out June 7. The Oregon Wind Symphony, comprising music and nonmajor wind, brass and percussion college students, will carry out June 8. Join the University of Oregon Chamber Choir and University Singers June 10 for a night program of eclectic music from all intervals and kinds.

At the Frohnmayer Music Building: Join music know-how college students for Future Music Oregon on June 3. Catch School of Music and Dance college students on June 9 as they perform Chamber Music on Campus, that includes blended chamber music for strings, winds and piano by Mozart, Debussy, Gershwin, Dvořák, Barrière, Yvon and Anderson. Undergraduate, grasp’s and doctoral composers current a Composition 1 and 2 Performance June 10, integrating compositional research with principle, historical past and up to date efficiency observe. The UO Gospel Choir, beneath the path of Andiel Brown, will carry out June 11. Drop in June 10 for a UO Popular Music Ensembles efficiency.

The annual Oregon Bach Festival Opening Celebration begins June 30 at Beall Concert Hall; the pageant runs via July 16. Join Jos van Veldhoven for a Hinkle Distinguished Lecture, “1723: A Festival Inspired by Bach’s Move to Leipzig,” at Berwick Hall. Later within the night, van Veldhoven will lead the Oregon Bach Festival Period Orchestra Chorus on a Baroque-era journey in “Bach: Magnificat” at Beall Concert Hall.

Lectures

Join Joyce Cheng, affiliate professor of the historical past of artwork and structure for “Kitsch, Ornament, Allegory: Hello Kitty as Commonist Art,” a midday discuss June 1 through Zoom or in particular person in Hendricks Hall.

Cheng’s discuss focuses on the Japanese cultural icon Hello Kitty as an object for the historical past of artwork however with aesthetics that each epitomizes and undermines the class of kitsch.

“The Emperor’s New Robe: The Matrix of Ritual Space in Imperial Attire” would be the focus of a June 10 lecture on the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art by China historian Ana Asim, primarily based on the up to date Chinese images from the Jack and Susy Wadsworth assortment, “Framing the Revolution.” Asim will present political context of the weird gown created for the short-lived imperial authorities.

Streaming sources

Commemorate Juneteenth and have a good time Black tradition and artwork at PBS’ Juneteenth Jamboree.

Learn extra concerning the historical past of Pride Month, from post-WWII teams just like the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis to the Stonewall Riots and the primary Gay Pride Parade.

Explore UO Libraries’ digital libraries collections highlighting the various vital contributions by ladies, together with the Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection, Guild of Women Binders: A Social Movement in Printing History and Remarkable Works by Women Authors.

The UO Channel options quite a lot of livestreamed occasions, Department of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series movies, visitor audio system and extra.

—By Sharleen Nelson, University Communications