This article was updated because an earlier version contained an inaccuracy.
This week offers five opportunities for folks in Eugene and Springfield to connect with their communities and see fabulous local art. The Maude Kerns Art Center is hosting a Jell-O Art Show, bringing the sugary confection to center stage as a muse. The Wildish Theater is hosting the Cascadia Chamber Opera for “Trouble in Tahiti,” and DRUM TAO is taking to the stage at the Hult Center with their new show, “The Best.”
Maude Kerns’s Jell-O Art Show
Some might see Jell-O as a relic of the past. Days of Jell-O salad and multilayered sugary desserts are long gone, but the Maude Kerns Art Center has found a way to keep the artificially flavored confection in the spotlight. The 2026 Jell-O Art Show, themed Jell-O Jamboree, will bring Jell-O fans back to jiggly days they remember, with a fun, Eugene twist.
The March 28 show will feature all art made of Jell-O, and a performance by the Radar Angels at 7 p.m. Those who want to display their Jell-O art can drop off their creations from 3 to 4:30 p.m., and the show will run from 5 to 8 p.m. Maude Kerns Art Center is located at 1910 E. 15th Ave. in Eugene. A donation of $3 per person or $5 per family is suggested for entry to the show.
Trouble in Tahiti at Wildish Theater
The Cascadia Chamber Opera will present “Trouble in Tahiti” by Leonard Bernstein at the Wildish Theater at 7 p.m. March 28 and 3 p.m. March 29. The show is a one-act opera composed of seven scenes, and is one of the darker “musicals” that Bernstein composed. It uses comedy, drama, and classical and jazz music to portray one day in the life of Dinah and Sam, a seemingly normal but troubled couple…