A6 Thursday, June 6, 2024 Albany Democrat-Herald Corvallis Gazette-Times 00 1 MID-VALLEY LIVE Hopped Up Friday Nights at Deluxe Brewing, 5 to 9 p.m., taproom, Deluxe Brewing Company, 635 NE Water Al- bany. Weekly summer vintage and clas- sic car cruise-in. Show off your roadsters and classic cars in a cruise-in. Feel free to share photos and posts about your classic rides on the Facebook event page. The De- luxe Brewing Sinister Distilling taproom is family- and pet-friendly, with both in- door and outdoor seating available.
De- luxe Brewing serves craft beers, Sinister Distilling co*cktails, cider, wines and so- das. The Deluxe Food Cart is open during all standard taproom business hours and serves brewery fare. Local band Back Again will play from 6 to 9 p.m. at this kickoff party. The band plays a mixture of classic rock, pop and adult contempo- rary music from the to the 2000s.
Information: 541-928-7699. Enjoy the Ride in concert, 7 p.m., Wh- iteside Theatre, 361 SW Madison Cor- vallis. Corvallis-based group playing mu- sic from the to today. Tickets: $10 at www.whitesidetheatre.org. Live music by Ninjas with Syringes, 7 p.m., Old World Deli, 341 SW Second Corvallis.
Information: www.oldworld- center.com. Matt the Electrician in concert, 7:30 p.m., Majestic Theatre, 115 SW Sec- ond Corvallis. Tickets: $25 at ma- jestic.org. SATURDAY, JUNE 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ankeny Hill Nature Center, 130 Ankeny Hill Road, Jefferson.
For novice and expert species finders. Workshops start at 9 a.m. Winners will be announced at 1 p.m. Join Oregon State University clubs the Bird Nerds, the Bug Club, the Herpetology Club and Stu- dents for Cultivating Change that special- ize in birds, insects, reptiles, plans, am- phibians and invertebrates. Entries will be logged in iNaturalist.
Meet critters close up. Scavenger hunts and prizes. Behind-the-scenes tour, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., the Benton County His- torical Johnson Collections Cen- ter, 1101 Main Philomath. Reservations: See where the staff catalogs, researches, cares for and stores the artifacts, documents, photographs and books. Second Saturday Arts Day on the Plaza, 1 to 4 p.m., The Arts Center, 700 SW Madison Corvallis.
Free. All ages. Drop in. Original Goat Yoga and Wine Happy Hour, 4 p.m., No Regrets Farm Sanctuary, 26641, Bellfountain Road, Monroe. Part yoga, part animal-assisted therapy and part beautiful views and loving animals.
Starts with 30 minutes of goat yoga, fol- lowed by a goat happy hour with wine or cider. Next, take a tour of the farm and meet the other farm animals; then explore the property with your drink and relax with the animals. Outdoors, weather per- mitting; otherwise inside a 130-year-old barn with 360-degree views of the South- ern Willamette Valley. Cost: $45. Registra- tion: https://bit.ly/3x30ZZO.
Mid-Valley Belly Dance Collective in performance, 7 p.m., Old World Deli, 341 SW Second Corvallis. Information: www.oldworldcenter.com. The Oregon State University School of Visual, Performing and Design Arts presents the OSU Chamber Choir in the Concert, 7 p.m., Detrick Hall, Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts, 470 SW 15th Corvallis. The Chamber Choir is director by Steven Zielke, director of choral studies and Pa- tricia Valiean Reser Professor of Music. Tickets: free for students, $25 general ad- mission at tickets.prax@oregonstate.edu.
Italia: A Celebration of the Voice of Italy with Amy 7 p.m. Saturday, June 8, and 4 p.m. Sunday, June 9, Ashbrook Independent School, 4045 SW Research Way, Corvallis. Come 45 min- utes early to listen to a pre-concert talk by artistic director Lance Inouye. Tick- ets: free to $20 at ticketleap.com.
SUNDAY, JUNE and 6:30 p.m., Majes- tic Theatre, 115 SW Second Corvallis. Live music by Egyptian, 7 to 9 p.m., Common Fields, 545 SW Third Corvallis. Egyptian is a quartet based in Chico, California, that pioneers the genre prog-jam. This catchy breed of funk, Latin, reggae, bluegrass and rock roll has swept up the West Coast. Free.
All ages. Information: bluegyptianband.com. MONDAY, JUNE Sip of 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 10, and Wednesday, June 12; meet in the lobby of the Courtyard Corvallis, 400 SW First St. Discover stories on this 75-minute historical walking adven- ture that will end with a tulip pour at a lo- cal craft beer bar.
Tickets: $20 per person. Information: Welcome 4 p.m.; meet at the Corvallis Museum, 411 SW Second St. Engage Corvallis welcomes those here for an Oregon State Univer- sity event, visiting Corvallis or new to town. The walking adventure covers an hour of most significant and pivotal Tickets: $15 at bit.ly/3Vs25rm. TUESDAY, JUNE Placekeeping: Walking 4:30 p.m.; meet in the lobby of the Courtyard Corvallis, 400 SW First St.
Placekeeping has been described as the active care and maintenance of a place and its social fabric by the people on the lands. Discover stories on this historical walking adventure and become a local storykeeper. Tickets: $15 per per- son at https://bit.ly/3Vs25rm. Farm tour, 4:30 p.m., Terra Bella Farm, 6959 NE Elliott Circle, Corvallis. Spend an educational hour on an 11-acre boutique farm.
Feed alpacas, brush goats, feed ducks and chickens, take selfies with the animals and frolic with the goats. Enjoy the beautiful Willamette Valley View and hang out in the Heavenly Field for 30 min- utes after the tour. Admission: $12 per per- son, $5 for children ages 3 to 10 (must be accompanied by an adult), free for chil- dren from birth to age 2. Private group bookings available for $15 per person. WEDNESDAY, JUNE Franklin School Neighborhood Trees Walking Tour, 2 to 3 p.m.; meet at east entrance of Franklin School, 750 NW 18th Corvallis.
Tour includes the 1889 Frank- lin Square Park, oldest park and home to more than 15 tree species. Movie Night, 7 p.m., Whiteside The- atre, 361 SW Madison Corvallis. (1988). Tickets: $6 at www. whitesidetheatre.org, or $8 at the door; free for those age 12 or under.
Live music by Dan Ryker, 7 to 9 p.m., Common Fields, 545 SW Third Corvallis. Peace and Justice Song Circle, 7 p.m., Old World Deli, 341 SW Second Corval- lis. Information: www.oldworldcenter.com. Mid-Valley Live Calendar From A5 not just for wild- life, making it a sustain- able source of income as well from the timber operations and showing others how to do that in a way that negatively impact the wildlife and native plants on the Teller said. There be another biodi- versity tour this year, Teller said, but there will likely be more in the future, as we see some of that prairie vegetation really grow and thrive and look that much Nevertheless, a series of in- door fall events organized by the Luckiamute Watershed Council will continue to edu- cate interested individuals on the diversity of watershed hab- itats, restorative activities and how individuals can improve the landscapes on their properties.
At the Benton Soil and Water Conservation District, Schmitz said the group will host a series of Twilight Tours this summer (and there may be another pri- vate property tour coming up in in Kings Valley, where oak habitats and upland prairie are being restored). Kosisochukwu Ugwuede her) covers the cities of Corvallis, Philomath Millersburg. She can be reached via e-mail at Kosiso. or by phone via 541-812-6091 Tour From A5 called the Forest an ocelot pelt hangs on the wall. The walls are a deep blue, and a tapes- try of dancing bears hangs above the fireplace.
Remnants of bones and antlers are artfully scattered in the room. The whole room is meant to represent ecological succession, she said. The idea of the room is to mimic nature and how things that have died are reclaimed, with new life forming after a disturbance. Some of the pieces in the room are remnants of a disturbance in life: a fire that claimed a speakeasy she and her husband intended to open before it was de- stroyed by the Farm fire. Pieces of wood from the prop- erty are scattered throughout the restaurant, in the bar and as dec- orative pieces.
Skeletalized leaves that had the moisture wicked out of them from the fire are framed on the wall, too. Even the name of the den was a bit of an homage to the pub, called Iron Forest, she said. That theme of perseverance with the devastation of losing their property came unlike the rest of the restaurant it was subliminal, she said. kind of an homage to tell people that you can go through a lot of things that can be very decimating at the moment, but something new can spring from she said. In with the Grazing Oregon started with forward stories and shining a light a catering business before it on injustices.
She can be reached at opened the restaurant in North Shayla.Escudero@lee.net Albany. And the catering side of the restaurant continues to be successful. Many people order for weddings, celebrations of life and business meetings, Myers said. But they were starting to out- grow their space and wanted to make more opportunities for people to sit down and eat at the restaurant, she said. With the opening of the down- town location come new menu items, and they expect to be serv- ing coffee soon, she said.
The cof- fees will have flavors local to the Pacific Northwest, such as laven- der and mushroom. flavor profiles utilize what nature gives she said. The den is meant to be a space that is open longer than the rest of the restaurant and will have a more limited selection for cus- tomers who might just want to get an after-dinner drink or a snack with friends, she said. The space will be closed Sun- days to host events or serve as a private occasion space, she said. They charge for the venues as long as event-goers are using them for the food, she said.
The downtown location is open 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon- days through Saturdays, and 4 to 9 p.m. for dinner. The den will be open with additional hours until 10 p.m.
Mondays through Thurs- days, and until 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Shayla Escudero graduated University of Southern California with a Master of Science in Journalism. She covers Albany city hall and Linn County. She is passionate about telling people Charcuterie From A5 JESS HUME-PANTUSO, MID-VALLEY Grazing Oregon features a area that will be open longer hours, offering a limited menu.
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