This weekend in Corvallis, OR

This free hybrid class at the Shonnard's Nursery Classroom focuses on helping honey bee colonies make it through winter. Participants learn what bees do during the cold months, including periods without brood, clustering for warmth, and cleansing flights. The instructor also covers practical hive management to limit winter stress, such as removing syrup at the right time, recognizing when solid feed is appropriate, and improving ventilation to reduce moisture. Led by Camille Dill. Available in person or via Zoom with registration offered through the events page.

Settle into a calm, welcoming group setting that supports slowing down, easing tension, and reconnecting with your body within a caring community. Sessions blend breathing practices, free-form movement, somatic release work, sound, quiet, and deep relaxation. The opening portion invites curiosity, play, and embodied exploration, and the closing portion centers on comfort and restoration of the nervous system. This space can be especially supportive if you have been feeling anxious, overwhelmed, exhausted, or weighed down. Participants are welcome exactly as they are. Group size is intentionally limited, so advance registration is recommended. Cost is $25.

Take part in an acro yoga jam at Precision Martial Arts. Open to beginners and experienced practitioners alike, this friendly meetup is all about having fun. A suggested $5 donation helps cover studio costs.

Experience an outdoor evening of giant-scale puppetry as String and Shadow Puppet Theater brings Night at the Grand Opera to life. The show races through a candlelit opera house where onstage spectacles mingle with behind-the-scenes intrigues. With a rococo flair, intricate cardboard environments fold and transform to reveal a cascade of opera-house stories, from tangled romances and converging revolutionary schemes to art-adoring flies and stilt-striding vermin, all crafted from cardboard, fabric, and paper-mache. This family-friendly performance encourages comfort, so bring a blanket or chair and plan to arrive early for a close view. String and Shadow Puppet Theater is based in Olympia, Washington. The company tours parks and fields around the country with large outdoor puppet productions built from abundant cardboard, fabric, and paper-mache.

Experience the 47th annual Covered Bridge Bicycle Tour on peaceful, scenic roads through the Willamette Valley. Riders can look forward to well stocked rest stops and SAG support along the route, then cap it all off with refreshing root beer floats at the finish.

Families and sangha members are invited to a relaxed picnic at the Rotary Shelter in Willamette Park. Expect games and activities for children. Food and drinks will be provided, and guests are welcome to bring a potluck dish to share if they wish. The Rotary Shelter sits next to the children’s playground, at the first picnic area on the right after entering the park.