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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1983)
Book Review Portland Rainy Day Guide By Katlin Smith, Chronicle Books in association with Solstice Press, 1983, $6.95. Rain. Oregonians run in it, bi cycle in it, curse it, and leave it for sunny climes come Decem ber, if finances permit. Some manage to ignore it and others, believe it or not, actually appre ciate it. Katlin (Kathy) Smith, a Eugenean who claims that rain has been given a bad name, is one of the latter. Smith spent last winter traips ing all over Portland in her yellow rainslicker researching the myriad ways to enjoy the city on those 150 rainy days a year. The result, Portland Rainy Day Guide, is an informative and en tertaining 127-page book offer ing hundreds of ideas for com batting bad weather blues and inertia. Portland artist Elizabeth Rocchia has provided wonderful illustrations. Keeping dry is the key to en joying rainy day exploring, ac cording to Smith. She introduces her readers to the concept of raingear personality types: the Dressed Properly Personality (DPP), someone who wears tailored raincoats and always has an umbrella at hand when a shower begins; and the Dressed Functionally Personality (DFP), someone untroubled by rubber boots and pajama-like raingear, as long as they keep out the ele ments. The book tells where to buy rainwear of both types. Much of the Portland Rainy Day Guide suggests city activi ties suitable for any weather— walking tours of Skidmore/Old Town, Northwest, Hawthorne Boulevard, Multnomah Village and Old Sellwood. Maps are provided for each of these neigh borhoods as well as listings of dozens of antique shops, res taurants, art galleries and other places of interest,. There are chapters, too, on shopping (from downtown de partment stores to the shopping centers), the art galleries, mu seums, theatres, literary Port land (bookstores new and used, libraries, the best newstands, poetry readings), sports facili ties, spectator sports, kids’ acti vities, rainy day hikes and covered picnic sites, and, for the weary or hedonistic, the hot tub spas. Did you know that Oregon Ci ty was the state’s first capital, that Aurora, 30 miles south of Portland, was the site of Ore gon’s first religious commune, a 600-strong group which ran a hotel, restaurants and mills for nearly 25 years? A chapter on historical excursions provides in triguing information on these and other day trips. If food lovers need an excuse for indulging, rainy weather pro vides a convenient one. Instead of merely listing and rating res taurants, Smith gathered to gether a handful of Portland restaurant connoiseurs to discuss the past and present eating scene, from ethnic restaurants to seafood establishments, delis to hamburger joints. The conver sation is mouth-watering and fascinating. Eating out with kids is some thing quite different than eating out, according to Smith, and she has provided a chapter on this subject, too. A Portland writer/ mother offers tips on choosing suitable restaurants and keeping kids occupied. Restaurants are also recommended. If you don’t have the money to eat out, see a movie or take a hot tub, you'd be amazed at how many different things you can do at Portland’s main library, the Multnomah County Central Library. Smith lists 40 activities, from looking for a job or a col lege to checking out exercise cas sette tapes. For nightlife seekers, there’s a list of 25 late rainy night acti vities. You really can go bowling 24 hours a day in The City of Roses, eat Mexican food at 3 am, play video games at two ar cades or drink beer at a bar serv ing more than 100 different im ported beers. If Portland in the rain has left you cold in the past, you might consider upgrading your rain gear and buying a copy of this new guidebook. Portland has plenty to offer if you know where to look. I’m ready to go and I’m not waiting for the rain. —Martha Wagner 10% Off Skid Lid Helmets 485-5886 C2 -Sales 'Service Parts •Tool Co-Op 88 20g® A Aka 0d Oregon S ne P.O. BOX 11085 EUGENE. OREGON 97440 BUS SERVICE- EUGENE- FLORENCE COASTAL GUIDED TOURS STA TEtVIDE CHARTER SERVICE _ yise* 683-4060 in Eugene 997-8685 in Florence we cot ") SOUTHERN COMFORT AT FOLKWAYS Hammocks, straw hats, natural fiber clothing and folk art from around the world! OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK A’l’s 5 17 DOWNSTAIRS FOLKWAYS FIFTH STREET MARKET IMPORTS 683-2204 Sunday 17 Radio KLCC 89.7 FM features: Big Band Bash, Kaye Kyser, noon; Sunday Afternoon Jazz, Cal Tjader, 3 pm; and Women’s Night Out, “The Lives of Minority Women,’’ 6 pm. KWAX 91.1 FM presents: St. Paul Sun day Morning, Ives, Bartok and Ginastera, 9:30 am; Ears of Old, Canon, 11 am; Sunday Chamber Music, the string trio, 11:30 am; The Library of Congress Chamber Music Series, songs of Mozart, Schubert, Debussy and others, 1 pm; The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Handel, Sessions and Stravinsky, 8 pm. Etc. Plaentarium Shows continue at WISTEC. See 7/9 for details. Picc-a-dilly Flea Market, 10 am-4 pm, Lane County Fairgrounds, 50c-75c. 683-5589. Storytellers Potluck: Bring a dinner dish and a story, 7 pm, 155 E 34th St. W/C ac cessible. The Nurtury Day Care Center is sponsor ing a People's Party at 1857 Jefferson, 2-8 pm. Children Performances In the Park presents A Festival for Children, 4 pm, Washburne Park, E 21st and Agate. Storytellers, clowns, jugglers, dancers, magicians, singers, participatory activities. Monday 18 Workshops / Classes The second session of creative piano study begins today through the Piano Prepara tory Division at the University School of Music. Classes and private lessons are of fered for all ages and levels of musical skill. $20-$40. 686-3761. Concert Music The Traditional Folk Sampler plays at the Corvallis Midsummer Music Festival at LaSells Stewart Center, 26th & Western Blvd, Corvallis, 8 pm. Summer Showcase on the Mall features Chris Sorenson and Judith King at noon. Performances In the Parks features the Spencer Creek Drifters at Westmoreland Community Center at 6:30 pm. Cloud-Roost It is a little old house in the trees high above Eugene, lost, forgotten for awhile, in the limbo of frozen log company - land dealings. At night the sounds of the city find their way up here. (Down there they are all comprehensible: Trucks, trains, cars, whistles, etc., aim oihnuni But up here they take on the quality of "the-city-as-a-wholc,") and I hear it turning and groaning, twisting and heaving as it goes about its business, like some giant octopus foraging the countryside on asphalt legs. A. Porter QALANo, o ‘ . ... A Magical Place < A fine selection of books on personal & spiritual growth, psychology, healing, the occult. Records & 1 tapes of music for meditation and relax Unique in Eugene. Posters—Cards—Incense Monday-Saturday 10-6 790 E. 11th Ave. • 485-4848 Monday 18 Radio KBDF 1280 is broadcasting all 35 home games for the Eugene Emeralds. Mike Parker calls the play-by-play, airtime’is 7:21. Today’s opponent is Tri-Cities. KLCC 89.7 FM features Jim Kweskin at 7:30 pm on From the Leffside. KWAX 91.1 FM features: Rachmaninoff at 10 am; Mozart festival at noon which includes Symphony No. 37 in G, K425a “Michael Haydn.” Tuesday 19 Workshops / Classes Lane Community College's Business Assistance Center is offering a seminar. Introduction to Microcomputers, today at 7 pm. 484-2126. A seif defense class which emphasizes a practical approach, as opposed to the use of martial arts, is offered Tues & Thurs at 7 pm at Sheldon Community Center, 2445 Willakenzie Rd. Cost $12. Call 687-5312. Children The 4-H Fair will have a public style revue at the Hull Center today. No time given. Storytime for ages 5 and up at the Eugene Public Library today at 3:30 pm. Meetings Today at noon is the second planning meeting of a summer night women's march and rally. Room 336 in the EMU, UO. 686-3327. Speakers Henning Hopf, a West German chemist, will discuss dendralenes, ringed organic compounds with many branches. 3:30 pm in Science II, Room 331, UO. Radio KBDF 1280 AM broadcasts the Emeralds vs. Tri-Cities game, 7:21 pm. KWAX 91.1 FM features: Friederich II, Concerto No. 4 in D (Redel, flute), 10 am; The Stranglands, owners of Pepperwood International Corp, discuss the Stamp of Success, 11:45 am; Schumann, Nielsen and Brahms, noon; International Fes tivals—Vivaldi, Haydn and Chrubini, 8 Tuesday 19 Etc. County Serv Bingo in the auditorium at the Lane Co. Convention Center at 7 pm. 18 years and over only, 504 a card or 5 cards for $2. Concert Music Summer Showcase on the Mall Features Richard Crandell and Bill Bartells playing original acoustic guitar duo at noon. Dance Performances in the Parks hosts square, contra and country dancing for everyone at Monroe Park at 6:30 pm. Wednesday 30 Children There will be a Discovery Voyage for ages 6 and older today at the Eugene Library at 10:30. There will be a treasure hunt, maps and guides. Radio KWAX 91.1 FM features: Bach Suite No. 1 in E minor. BWV 996, 10 am; Dvorak, Copland and Grieg, noon; New York Philharmonic plays Ives, Shostakovich and Schumann, 8 pm. Workshops / Classes Preregister for “The Doon of Compen sation" training-seminar to be held July 23*24, 10 am-4 pm. Learn how we use “doors” to release blocked energy. An Arica workshop. $40. For info and pre* registration, 484-4243. Sports / Recreation Adventures on the High Seas: Ouzel Out fitters and the Oregon Sailing Club will give a slide presentation and discussion on water sports. 8 pm at 255 E 38th St. $3.50 non-members. Concert Music Diane Schuur, blues and jazz singer, will perform at the Corvallis Midsummer Music Festival at 8 pm. LaSells Stewart Center, 26th & Western Blvd, Corvallis. Summer Showcase on the Mali features Mainstage Theatre at noon.
