Yes, Alice,
It Is a Wonderland...
The Neighborhood Players
and The Brass Rail present a
production of Alice in Wonder
land to delight audiences of all
ages. The Neighborhood Players
children’s thatre group has taken
their well received touring ver
sion of Alice, added lights, a set,
a croquet game and the Queen
of Hearts and has come up with
a wonderful mixture of fun, high
energy and imagination. Work
ing with the three original mem
bers of the group (Bonnie Cohn,
Don Scorby & Janet Steiger) will
be John Duncan as the King of
Hearts, Stephanie Baskin as the
infamous Queen of Hearts,
special guests Jessie, Shanna,
Laila and Karen from the Youth
Academy, and Jim Bradford in
the guise of Randolf Ragtime,
the stage manager.
In conjunction with the open
ing of the show on July 31, some
local merchants and the Eugene
Public Library are lending their
support to the First Annual Un
official Lewis Carroll-Alice in
Wonderland Week starting July
24-30. During this week, color
ing pages will be made available
at various locations; when col
ored these pages are good for a
256 discount off the $2.25 ad
mission price for kids 5 to 13.
Quantities of posters are limted
so be sure to pick yours up early.
The First Annual Unofficial
Lewis Carroll-Alice in Wonder
land Week features:
July 23 at noon—Characters
from Alice on parade at the Sa
turday Market (weather permit
ting).
July 23-30—Coloring pages
available at Gandalf’s Den, Jab
berwockey Cards & Gifts, The
House that Jack Built, and the
Caddis Fly Angling Shop.
July 30—Scenes from Alice at
the River Road Park Outdoor
Faire.
July 31—Opening of Alice in
Wonderland at the Brass Rail,
453 Willamette, at 1 and 4 pm.
(Adults accompanied by 3 or
more kids get in FREE!)
For more information or tic
kets, call 342-2298; Neighbor
hood Touring, 344-7331; or
Youth Academy, 688-4270.
A note about Lewis Carroll...
Lewis Carroll, born Charles
Ludwidge Dodgeson on Jan. 27,
1832, was by profession a
mathematics teacher and by
choice a magician and spinner of
"P*XARW*4*'
“nonsense” tales. A few of
Dodgeson’s more ■ notable
achievements include the inven
tion of the peg board style
traveling chess set and doubled
sided tape; yet what he is best re
membered for is the writing of a
book based on a character pat
terned after his seven-year-old
math student Alice Liddell. The
character of course is Alice from
the classic Alice in Wonderland
written under the pen name
Lewis Carroll.
Never intended for publica
tion, Alice’s adventures started
with tales told during outings the
tutor Dodgeson would take with
his young students. These tales
evolved into being not merely
“nonsense” stories but examples
of the misplaced logic and pe
dantic ways of thinking to which
little Alice Liddell was herself
prone.
The Lewis Carroll-Alice in
Wonderland Week is a celebra
tion of the displaced child in all
of us—the child that the author
Carroll tried to free through his
infinitely logical tale of “non
sense.” And to this day it is still
our own nonsense that makes
Mr. Carroll’s tale make sense.
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Everybody’s Business
The Excelsior Charcuterie is Eugene’s newest delicatessen, spe
cializing in “food to go.” Located in the northeast corner of the
Eugene Hotel Building at 901 Pearl Street, the corporate firm is
managed by Stephanie Pearl, also manager of the Excelsior Restaurant
in East Eugene near the University of Oregon campus.
The interior design of the Charcuterie is as attractive as the food and
beverage offerings of the firm which has been in operation for nearly
one month.
The deli is open Monday through Saturday from 11 am to 6:30 pm
and orders may be placed ahead by telephone (342-3110). This, of
course, applies mostly to large orders of catering, as smaller orders can
be placed on a walk-in basis.
Specialties of the house include sandwiches, salads, pastries, and
various combination box lunches, which vary in size from $4.40 for a
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chicken tarragon salad with toasted almonds, and seviche (red snapper
marinated in lime juice) to $5.95 for a roast beef sandwich on a french
bread roll, potato salad, marinated mushrooms with cracked cor
iander, fresh fruit, and a chocolate truffle.
The deli also features specially prepared meats, cheeses (over 40
varieties), an assortment of breads, pastries and confections, specialty
grocery items, and various bottles of wine and beer.
The Charcuterie also offers an easy-to-read and complete menu de
scribing food and beverage items and other services. The menu, by the
way, explains the firm’s name, reporting the word charcuterie is from
the French language and indicates a “take-out food store that
specializes in prepared entrees, creative salads, pates, sausages,
cheeses, wines, specialty grocery items, fresh breads, and pastries.”
On the subject of delicatessens in Eugene ... the Fifth-Pearl Deli,
located in the Fifth-Pearl building at Fifth Avenue and Pearl near the
Public Market in downtown Eugene, probably has one of the largest
sandwich menus on record anywhere. There, they can make for you
any one of 51 different sandwiches ranging from spectacular hot dogs
to intricate meat and “veggie” presentations. Chef Henrie also has on
tap favorite wines and beverages to go along with his spectacular menu
which spells out all his various combinations suitable for breakfast,
lunch or dinner. In addition, Henry will also cater and provide special
services for his deli patrons.
Shirley Whitehead has moved her Sak’s Thrift Avenue from the
Overpark in downtown Eugene to a location in West 8th Avenue. If
you drive west on 8th Avenue, just past Lincoln, Street, you’re likely
to see a manikin (woman-i-kin) on the lefthand side of the one-way
street. Many persons have thought the “manikin”was actually Shirley
in a bikini, but it wasn’t. The manikin, however, is a real attention
grabber and points towards Shirley’s new store which features used
sports and camping equipment including scuba gear, bikes, running
outfits (you name it). The address, 348 W. 8th Ave.
Shirley says she plans to sell this store at a later date and concentrate
on merchandising consignment stock at other locations. Sak’s Thrift
Avenue should have no name mix-up now, either, because it is (or
would be) Sak’s “Eighth” Avenue. Phone is 345-4537.
—Jack Craig
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