Good morning, Corvallis.

The article explores the dreidel, a Hanukkah symbol, as a metaphor for balancing the diverse forces within human nature, according to Rabbi Menachem Angster.

Chantil Dukart's New Year’s Eve Celebration

Chantil Dukart will celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts, sharing her Indigenous roots through jazz music.

Exhilarating Beethoven (Oregon Symphony)

A showstopping ode to the power of dance, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony brims with an unbridled energy certain to make your heart race. The composer's Violin Concerto — which ends with its own rollicking tune — trades in technical fireworks for transcendent lyricism, while Jimmy López's Fiesta! shakes up Baroque dance forms with elements of pop, techno, and Latin music.

Exhilarating Beethoven (Oregon Symphony)

A showstopping ode to the power of dance, Beethoven's Seventh Symphony brims with an unbridled energy certain to make your heart race. The composer's Violin Concerto — which ends with its own rollicking tune — trades in technical fireworks for transcendent lyricism, while Jimmy López's Fiesta! shakes up Baroque dance forms with elements of pop, techno, and Latin music.

Ecuagenera Houseplant Pop-up Sale at Garland Nursery

This event offers a chance to pick up preorder plants from Ecuagenera at Garland Nursery, featuring a variety of houseplants available for sale.

Women's Basketball Pregame Reception: Washington State Cougars at Oregon State Beavers

The OSU Alumni Association invites attendees to a pregame reception featuring heavy appetizers and a bar, just before the women's basketball game against Washington State.

Brahms & Bruch: Romantic Reimaginings (Oregon Symphony)

Inspired by a simple chorale attributed to Haydn, Brahms breaks the bounds of his musical imagination with variations that span an ocean of undulating moods. Plus, Oregon Symphony Concertmaster Sarah Kwak captures the high spirits of Highland fiddling in Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, and music meets psychology in Nielsen's Second Symphony, the Danish composer's exploration of human emotions and personalities.