For the Visitor

While in Eugene, be sure to spend some time in the Gallery District. There you will find entertainment such as Eugene Opera, Eugene Concert Choir, Eugene Symphony, Willamette Repertory Theatre, Eugene Ballet , or any of a number of concerts, plays, or performances. Tickets may be easily acquired at the box office of the Hult Center. If you are lucky enough to be in town in late June and early July you can experience the Oregon Bach Festival.

Spend the night at The Hilton and have breakfast at Big River Grille or stroll a half block for Latte’ and scones at Perugino or have an organic breakfast at Park Street Café . Take a spa break at London Hair or have a foot massage and be pampered at Footloose. For lunch try Misako Japanese Restaurant, the City View Café, The Wich House, or The Paradise Cafe'.

Explore the many wonderful galleries and find that perfect item to remind you of your visit. For Asian art, White Lotus Gallery is one of the most respected and important galleries of its kind in America. Karin Clarke Gallery features many Northwest artists and has an impressive collection of older artists along with the modern. OPUS6IX Gallery is 6000 square feet of fine art, ceramics, glass, jewelry, and sculpture unlike anything you have seen, anywhere. The Jacobs Gallery has regional shows of exciting art and is a showcase for works not always seen in commercial galleries. Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts is a visual arts center that takes chances and gives many emerging artists their first shows. They also have performances and film events. As you leave DIVA turn left and a few doors down is a journey back to the origins of Eugene art. New Zone, a collective whose scope ranges from the absurd to the elegant, from the amateur to the accomplished and is a fun and sometimes edgy experience. Fenario Gallery features work from such notables as Jerry Garcia and has a stable of fine artists from around the region. La Follette is an elegant frame shop and gallery whose owner is also a wonderful vocalist, hence the grand piano sitting in the middle of the shop. Definitely worth a visit. If you just want to look and see what would look great on your wall (or on your finger) or if you are a serious collector, The Gallery District has what you want.

Stop by Convention & Visitors Assn.of Lane Co.OR and pick up all the planning tools for a day trip to the many vineyards or a raft trip down the McKenzie.

Wander over to Letterhead and buy a card to send to your envious friends, or a journal to keep your wine tasting notes. Next door you will find the most exquisite sweets you can imagine! Fenton & Lee Chocolatiers make their candy on site and you can watch! Now walk off the sweets and go to Scan Design and test out some Swedish Modern chairs, , and walk over some history at Oveissi Rugs where the finest of carpets await you.

Have a martini at Adam's Place and enjoy the patio for some people watching. Stick around for Jazz at Luna and then grab a late night glass of wine back at Perugino.