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Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. ~ Helen SchucmanBroken open and beautifully stitched, a collage of heartists offering one sweet night of community togetherness in sound & story, violin & voice.
OPEN is your Valentine’s Day invitation to contemplate and celebrate LOVE in its myriad forms. Through a dramatic tapestry of word, music, and imagery, this show tangles and tangoes with the particularly provocative and sometimes painful realm of romantic love, without separating it into a commodified category. Bring a friend, bring a sweetie, bring a polycule. Most importantly, bring yourself. Take your heart out for a night of connection, on a giant group date (where you don’t have to talk to anyone if you don’t want to).
This is the second show in a unique quarterly series produced by writer/performer Jorah LaFleur in concert with the Eugene Art House. In collaboration with original poetic work and visual design from LaFleur, OPEN will feature celebrated violinist Ness Zolan and a small company of special guest performers. Jorah says, “The opportunity to produce four themed shows in a year is exciting because each show is seasonally ephemeral, involves totally new collaborations, improv from exceptional musicians, a spotlight for great writers, and a subtle dissolution of the distinction between artist and audience. As a creature of solitude who can too easily slip into isolation, I’m endlessly curious about how quickly and deeply live creativity can connect us. I will always work hard for the chance to make something sublime TOGETHER.”
This is a one-night-only event. If you are called to be there, please reserve tickets in advance, as they may sell out.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
NESS ZOLAN
Ness Zolan is an arts administrator, producer, musician, composer, and educator, working to elevate the value of the arts in our society. Over the past two decades, Ness has produced award-winning live and virtual productions for the Kennedy Center, National Symphony Orchestra, and Eugene Symphony. As a performer, Ness has toured in central and south America with the Pan American Symphony Orchestra and performs in small ensembles in his home city of Eugene, OR.
JORAH LAFLEUR
A writer, performer, emcee, and community arts advocate, Jorah LaFleur has spent years tending creative expression in herself and others, from a decade of hosting the Eugene Poetry Slam to her current work as a teaching artist with Wordcrafters in Eugene. Voted 2025’s “Best Poet” in the Eugene Weekly, Jorah’s work thrives on curiosity and collaboration, always chasing connection like a golden retriever after a tennis ball. Full Bio: jorahlafleur.com
SPECIAL GUESTS TBA
Feb 14th, 2026 - 7:30pm - $20 ADV, $25 DOS
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492 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR, United States, Oregon 97401
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