Saturday
Concert Music
Holiday Celtic Event at the WOW
Hall, 8th and Lincoln, celebrate with
Apples in Winter, O'Carolan's Con
sort, Gregory Field and other sur
prises. Wassail available. 9:30 pm.
$3.
Dance
The Nutcracker is performed at the
Hult Center Silva Theatre again at 8
pm. Call 687-0020 for ticket infor
mation.
Theatre
On the Edge, last night at the Brass
Rail; see Friday's listing for details.
Etc.
Planetarium Shows at WISTEC: 1
pm "Winter Skies,” constellations of
the night sky, 3 pm "Star of Won
der," astronomical Christmas show,
costs $1 adults, 50c students, free to
under 6 and senior citizens. Call
484-9027 for more information.
The Holiday Project needs more
people to visit those confined in
nursing homes and hospitals on
Christmas Day. Interested? Call
345-3277 or come by the Holiday
Project's gift-wrapping booth at the
Saturday Market.
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Sunday
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Workshops
The Tree of Life and Mystical Ex
perience, led by film producer
Rowena Pattee, will be held at Eu
gene Church of Religious Science,
390 Vernal St, 485-0035 or 726-0534
from 2-7 pm. Costs $25. The
workshop will explore direct mys
tical experience and practice exer
cises to open intuition. Sponsored
by Connections.
Esoteric Tarot workshop will study
the major arcana through guided
meditation, myths, and other teach
ings. Explore this rich source of an
cient and modern wisdom from 1-4
pm, $9. Call 345-0233 for location.
Rajneesh quiet meditation and bio
energetics workshop from 1-4 pm
for a cost of $5. Call 343-8516 for
more information.
Massage workshop for couples; see
Saturday's listing for details.
Exercise workshop at the New Age
Center; see Saturday's listing for
more information.
Sports/Recreation
UO Wrestling Team competes in the
Oregon Invitational Tournament at
Mac Court beginning at 9:30 am.
Call 686-4461 for ticket information
. or 686-5241.
Sunday
Radio
This Sunday Morning on KLCC,
89.7 FM, offers comprehensive
world news and focuses today on
"Gifts for a Poor Planet" at 10 am.
Women and the Arts on KLCC’s
Women's Night Out at 6 pm, 89.7
FM.
Fairs / Festivals
12th Annual Old Oregon Christmas
Fair continues at the Fairgrounds,
free. Reverend Chumleigh entertains
at 12:30; Cascade Chorus performs
at 2:30. Fair closes at 6 pm today.
Kwanzaa Celebration: looking for
black families interested in celebrat
ing Kwanzaa, an Afro-American
Festival of the First Fruits, Dec
26-Jan 1. Contact Debra Cook at
688-6165.
PiccaDilly Flea Market at the Lane
County Fairgrounds Expo Halls
from 10 am-4 pm costs 75t adults,
50c kids.
Christmas Market in the Park at the
new Saturday Market, 8th & Oak
location, features Judith Reese, strol
ling Christmas Caroler, at 11:30;
Skinner City Cloggers at noon; the
Eugene No-Name Marimba Band
performing African Marimba at
1:30, and Spring Creek Band playing
English and Irish music.
Dance
The Nutcracker at the Hult Center
performs at 2 and 8 pm; call the box
office, 687-0020, for ticket infor
mation.
International Folk Dancing instruc
tion from 7-8 pm at Westmoreland
Community Center is followed by
program and request dancing until
10 pm. Cost is 75c. For information,
call 726-7548.
Etc.
4-H Christmas Tree Sale continues
today at the Lane County Extension
Parking Lot from 1-5 pm; see Satur
day's listing for details.
Celebration of the Spirit features
poetry, music, ritual, visions. Free at
the New Age Center, 1015 River
Road, at 7 pm. Sponsored by
Coyote's Dance, a Journal of Trans
formation. For more information,
call 969-5561.
Buffet at Old Town Pizza sponsored
by Network Singles, 345-6432,
begins at 7 pm.
WISTEC planetarium shows and
special exhibits continue today; see
Saturday's listing for details.
Eugene Storyteller's Association
sponsors storyteller's potluck at 7
pm at 1975 Olive. Call Godfrey,
484-0758, for more information.
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Grassroots Survival Company
They live in a log cabin 17 miles out of town; they call their hand-built home
Company Headquarters. From this place near Sandpoint, Idaho, Mark and
Buffy Nichols have written and published a little book to help folks make it
through lean times better. The book, A Grassroots Survival Company Cook
book of Memories, Remedies, and Recipes from the Great Depression, is
available for $7.50 at the Old Oregon Christmas Fair until Christmas Eve or for
$8.95 plus $1 handling by mail.
The Nichols and their 10-year-old daughter and 10-month-old son live a
somewhat rustic lifestyle, by choice. Buffy typed the manuscript for the book
on an electric typewriter plugged into car batteries back before they had elec
tricity; they proofed the book by kerosene lantern light. This was their first
publishing venture and Buffy says they made many mistakes and lived through
them all.
This Depression-era cookbook, now in its 6th printing, contains over 400
home remedies and recipes, many gathered from people who came through the
Great Depression and the "eggless, butterless, milkless" war years. Buffy
researched old cookbooks as well. She dug up a couple of great recipes for
Soda Cracker Pie (which I thought was a Texas delicacy) and Mock Cherry Pie
(made with cranberries and raisins) as well as lots of "stretching" recipes. One
part of the book deals with making main dishes go further with the use of
bread, pasta, beans and vegetables; there are sections on cooking wild meats
and cheaper cuts of organ meats, lots of great soup recipes, a section on wild,
free foods, clever substitutions, vegetarian main dishes, breads and "Brews for
the Blues"—cordials, beer, and wine making recipes—round out the collection.
The Nichols take self-reliance quite seriously. They hope by this spring to
put out a second book on canning and drying foods, building and using a root
cellar, developing alternative forms of energy, and maybe even a section on
buying rural property. To survive the Great Depression required a com
bination of self-reliance and neighborly cooperation the Nichols believe we
would do well to emulate in the 80s. Who's to argue?
—Lois Wadsworth
'Holiday in the Park"
December 18 through 23'
, 6 Days, 10-5 p.m. v
) SATURDAY
MARKET
Shop for gifts in an atmosphere of celebration.
Quality crafts made with love and care,
and sold to you by their creators.
' The Market has moved to the Park Blocks
at 8th and Oak - Downtown Eugene