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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1987)
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Broadway OPEN SUNDAYS NOON-5 343-9000 J MAINSTAGE THEATRE COMPANY and EUGENE DOWNTOWN present Book and lyric* by Alan Jay burner Mutic by Frederick loewe AMEATRE-Oly-7, 4 gest "YScAA6 4° ( S 6 Ar 6 1, Male and lyric* by Stephen Sondheim Book by larry Gelbart & Burt Shevelare Kw Brigadoun "or, A Fixfy’Timc IP lil ONTWy BTbEFogoy July 31, August 2, 6 & 8, 1987 CALL 683-4368 July 30, August 1. 7 & 9, 1987 All Performances at 8:30 p.m. Tickets Available at The Bon, Literary Lion and 45 W. Broadway Tickets: $5 regular and $4 discount Discount prices for Seniors and Children 12 yrs and under MAINSTAGE CABARET and JIM ROBERTS present The West Coast Premiere of The Elite Greenwich Musical noo" n* eue 2 1 pias DIRECTED BY MELINA HEAL MUSICAL DIRECTION at CHOREOGRAPHY BY RICH GRAY set a sound design by jim Roberts lighting design by da vid sherman on Su P . O' Mio'* 14 ofelarle, . AOO.Jac* 0 py Tickets: $9.50 and $8.50 Available at all Hult Center Outlets and at 45 W. Broadway 15% Discount at Hult Box Office with “1776” Ticket Call — 683-4368 or 687-5000 EUGENE'S BEST MUSICAL THEATER BARGAIN JULY 31 AT AUGUST 1, 2, 6. 7, 8 ar 9. 1987 at 7:30 p.m. HULT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS CALENDAR * y Thursday 30 Sunrise 5:58 am Sunset 8:40 pm Children tug. High 83 tig. lw 52 Become a Piratel Come in costume for a party of face-painting and "tattooing," for ages 5 and older at 10:30 am, Eugene Public Library, 13th & Olive. Free. Concert Summer Parks Concerts by the City of Eugene are a charming outdoors summertime institution, with folks bringing picnics, blankets, lawn chairs. Tonight—O.L. Menard and the Louisiana Aces play bayou Cajun music, from 6-8 pm at Amazon Com munity Center, 2700 Hilyard. Dance Heather and Rose Country Dancers teach tradi tional dances from England and Scotland. Begin ners are welcome, partners not necessary. It's at 8 pm at Jefferson Middle School Cafeteria, 22nd & Filmore Sts. Film The Lady Eve (1941) and The Letter (1940) are tonight's double feature at 7 pm in 180 PLC, U0, 14th & Kincaid. $2 adults/$1 children. In Eve, the card-sharp Barbara Stanwyck comes up against millionaire simpleton Henry Fonda. Bette Davis plays the blackmailed wife of a plantation owner in The Letter. EMU Cultural Forum sponsors. Meeting Living With Joy, a book by channel Sanaya Roman, is the topic of Orin’s Circle, at 7:30 pm at the Unity Church, 3912 Dillard at Hilyard. Museum Lane County Historical Museum has permanent and rotating exhibits describing county history from the perspective of its earliest settlers. Hours are 10 am-5 pm Tuesday through Friday, and 11 am-4 pm Saturday and Sunday, at 740 W. 13th Ave. Admission is $1 adults, 75c seniors, 50c ages 18 and under. 687-4239. Science WISTEC, the Willamette Science & Technology Center, has participatory exhibits: Explorer's Cor ner, Space Place and Special Effects. WISTEC summer hours are from noon-5 Tuesdays through Sundays. Admission is $2 adults, $1 seniors/col lege students, 756 ages 3-18. Both WISTEC and lane ESD Planetarium are at 2300 Centennial Blvd., next to Autzen Stadium. 484-9027. Lane ESD Planetarium shows are: The Grand, Grand Tour, an automated slide show tour of the universe, at 3 pm Tuesdays through Sundays; and Summer Skies, a live star show, at 1 pm Satur days and Sundays. $1.50 adults, $1 seniors/stu dents. See previous entry. Theater A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum continues for Mainstage Theater. A com edy set in ancient Rome, it has “deliciously un savory characters," and is about a slave who con nives to gain his freedom. Performances run in repertory with Brigadoon through August 9 and are under the stars at 8:30 pm, Central Plaza, Eu gene Downtown Mall. Advance tickets are $5 gen eral, $4 seniors and children under 12, at The Bon, Literary Lion, and the Mainstage box office at 45 W. Broadway, 683-4368. Graceland by Ellen Byron continues for Mallomar Productions, running through August 8. Filled with memories and songs about Elvis Presley, the set ting is Graceland, Elvis’s Memphis mansion, where two women compete to be first to enter. Shows include at 7:30 pm radio tribute to Elvis, with an 8 pm curtain time. At New Zone Gallery, 411 High Street, with $4 tickets at Backstage Dancewear or at the door. 683-6866, 345-7152. 1776 by Eugene Festival of Musical Theater is at the Hult Center. An award-winning Broadway musical, producing director Ed Ragozzino calls it “one of the best musicals written." 1776 depicts events leading to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Performances are at 8 pm July 30,31 and August 15,6,7,8,12,13,14,15, or at 2:30 pm August 2 and 9 in Silva Concert Hall. Tickets are $6-$16 at usual Hult outlets. 345-0028, 687 5000. TV/Video The Secret Team, as discussed by Daniel Shee han, is a Christie Institute video of background on connections between drug running profits, the Contras and former and current U.S. officials Screening is from 7-9 pm at 372 W. 10th. Free. Eyes on the Prize, parts V and VI of a six-part documentary on black civil rights struggles will be shown by Lesbians in Coalition Against Racism and Anti-Semitism. Open to all lesbians and their family and friends. Donations accepted, popcorn provided. At 7 pm at Whiteaker School Com munity Center, N. Jackson and Clark Streets. Workshop Work With Passion by Marti Chaney is free to low income women. Bring pen and paper, from 7-9 pm, Westmoreland Center, 1545 W. 22nd. Etc. Time Capsule highlighting the life and work of Martin Luther King visits Eugene from 9-11 am, Eugene Centre, 7th & Willamette. $1 donation gets your name and home city inscribed on a miniature Liberty Bell for the capsule. The city's Human Rights program sponsors. 687-5177. VISTA Volunteer is needed to assist in the crea tion of a business loan fund for disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Contact Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation, 345-7106. Eugene Celebration Film and Video Festival an nounces its call for entries. Forms are at Com munity Cable TV Center, 326 W. 12th, or the Cele bration office, 748 Willamette. 687-5215 Friday 31 Sunrise 5:59 am Sunset 8:38 pm Art Avg. High 83 Avg. Low 52 Opening Reception is for a Hult Center exhibit of oil paintings by Scott Smith. It's from 7:30-9:30 pm at the Jacobs Room Gallery, downstairs at the Hult—adjacent to administrative offices Benefit The Rehabilitation Fund, working with local head injured persons, holds a garage sale today, Satur. day and Sunday at 2190 Willamette. To donate: 686-1182. Books/Slideshow Bed end Breakfast Northwest by Myrna Oakley is the focus of an autograph party and slideshow, from 2-4 pm at the Literary Lion bookstore, 44 W. Broadway- Free. Celebration Switchboard, Inc. marks its last day of 18 years' operation, and turns its program over to White Bird "with a smile and a hug." Potluck, music, and cryptogram fun commemorate the occasion, at 6 pm in the large shelter at the end of Alton Baker Park. Fairs/Festivals Springfield Broiler Festival is today, tomorrow and Sunday in the heart of downtown Springfield Entertainment, chicken dinners, antique cars, a carnival, beer garden, boat/RV show, shuffleboard tournament, historic homes tour and much more. Entertainment is scheduled all three days, high lighted by the Ron Lloyd Band at 8:30 pm tonight and tomorrow night, at the main stage on City Hall steps. See under Youth today and tomorrow and under Sports tomorrow for more. Admission free. Speaker Sonia Johnson speaks on "Revolutionary Acts of the Spirit: The Time for Woman-Wrought Mira cles," at 8 pm at LaSells Stewart Center, 26th & Western, on the OSU campus, Corvallis. Dramatist Vik LightSmith is the opening feature. $1-$5 sliding scale tickets are available locally at Mother Kali’s bookstore, 1070 Lawrence. Sports/Recreation All-Comets’ Tennis Championships for young people are today through Sunday on the Univer sity of Oregon's 15th Street tennis courts. 344-5897. Water Festival is for people with physical disabilities and professionals, today and tomor row at Zumwalt Park, Fem Ridge Reservoir 687-5322, 687-5311. Theater The Boy Who Stole the Stars continues at Very Little Theatre, their first children's theater pro duction. For the whole family, it’s about a boy who spends summer vacation with his grandparents as usual, only to learn his grandfather has a ter minal disease. Curtain time is 7 pm. Tickets are at the theater/box office, 2350 Hilyard. $3. 345-7152. Bigadenn continues for Mainstage Theater in this Lerner and Loewe musical, two modem Ameri cans stumble upon a highland village which awa kens just once each 100 years. Performances run through August 8, and are under the stars at 8:30 pm. Central Plaza, Eugene Downtown Mall. Ad vance tickets are $5 general, $4 seniors and children under 12, at The Bon, Literary Lion, and the Mainstage box office at 45 W. Broadway. 683-4368. Leader of the Pack opens for Mainstage Cabaret at the Hutt Center. A smash Broadway musical, it relives the days when rock 'n' roll began. Ellie Greenwich and friends wrote the music and lyrics —Greenwich is remembered for the era's hits Cha pel of Love, Da Doo Ron Ron, and Do Wah Diddy. Melina Neal directs an 18-member cast. Per formances are at 7:30 pm tonight, August 1,2,6,7 and 8 in the Soreng Theater. $8.50-$9.50 tickets are at Hutt outlets and at 45 W. Broadway. 683 4368, 687-5000. Lucky Per's Journey, a fantasy play, opens at Villard Hall for University Theater. By August Strindberg, there are two different performances each day: an hour-long children’s matinee, and an evening show intended for an adult audience, which adds satire of local and national institutions. Curtain time is at 11 am and 8 pm in Robinson Theater, 1109 Old Campus Lane. Adjacent box of fice is open from noon-4 pm Mondays through Saturdays, noon-8:3O pm performance dates. $2.50 general, $150 children under 12.686-4191. Graceland continues at New Zone Gallery. See Thursday. 1776 is at 8 pm at the Hutt Center. See Thursday. Workshop Gardeners Forum is a panel of experienced gar deners on organic gardening, sponsored by TILTH. It's at 7:30 pm, Lane County Extension Auditorium, 950 W. 13th. 935-1569. Free. . I I I Youth Teen Dance in conjunction with the Springfield Broiler Festival is for middle school age teenagers. It's from 7:30-10 pm today and from 8:30-11:30 pm tomorrow at the Memorial Building, 765 North "A” Street, Springfield. Etc. National Model Railroaders are holding their association's convention at the Lane County Fair grounds. Three days of open-to-the-public exhibits feature model railroads of all sizes, including a live steam model and a rideable set-up outdoors. Schedule: from 7-10 pm today, and from 10 am-5 pm Saturday and Sunday. $3 general, $1 ages Saturday Sunrise 6:00 am Sunset 8:37 pm Benefit Avg. High 83 Avg. Low 52 Garage Sale fundraiser for Poetic Space magazine is from 9 am-4 pm at 910 Jackson Street. To donate items: 342-8123. Celebration Musical Theater Block Party brings together casts and crews of this summer's musical theater productions by Eugene Festival of Musical Thea ter and Mainstage Theater/Cabaret. Dance music by Donna Courtell and Swingtime—food and re freshments available. The Hilton and Eugene Parks sponsors, public encouraged to attend, from 10:30 pm-1:30 am at the Hutt Center Plaza. Free. Concert Chris Sorenson Quartet performs for Willamalane Parks' Concerts in the Parks series, at 3 pm at Island Park, 200 W. "B" Street, Springfield. Can celled if rain. Free. Dance Conjunto Alegre, a 10-piece Latin band based in Portland, brings its Caribbean dance music to the WOW Hall, Community Center for the Perform ing Arts, 8th & Lincoln. Doors open at 9 pm— show is at 9:30 pm. Wheelchair accessible, all ages welcome, adult refreshments available w/ID. $4 at the door. 687-2746. Fairs/Festivals Saturday Market brings spirit and life to two The 52nd annual National Model Railroader Association Convention is being held in Eugene this year at the Lane County Fairgrounds. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see the best that model railroading has to offer in the nation. See August 1 for details. blocks of a downtown park, at 8th & Oak, every Saturday from 10 am-5 pm. Unique handmade crafts and a dazzling variety of foods are avail able from booths set up outdoors. Admission free. Today's entertainment includes: Brevetti Jones, guitar and vocals, at 11 am. Tony Michener, one person band, at 12:30 pm. Peter Thorpe Trio, Texas blues, at 3 pm. Farmer’s Market continues on 8th Avenue, across from the Saturday Market. Lane County growers offer produce, which often is organically grown, and flowers—both cut and potted. Springfield Broiler Festival is in downtown Springfield. The festival’s parade starts at noon in the Mohawk area and ends downtown. See Fri day for more. Family Fun Monroe Park Family Series: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Shakespeare, has been adapted into a one-hour version tor family and young au diences. With a modern setting and LCC students, Eugene Parks and others sponsor the production, at 6:30 pm at Monroe Park, 10th & Monroe. Free. Radio Radio Classics flashes back to “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" plus “Gang busters” at 11 am on KRVM 91.9FM. Chicago Blues Festival, a series taped in early June, features the James Cotton Big Band with guests Luther Tucker, Nick Gravenites and Elvin Bishop, at 4 pm on KLCC 89.7FM. Sports/Recreation Superstars '87 benefits the Big Brother-Big Sister Program and the Willamalane Parks specialized recreation programs. As part of the Broiler Fes tival, it's from 11 am-3 pm at Meadow Park. 746-1669. Chicken Classic Road Run and AYSO Soccer Tournament start at 8 am at Willamalane Park. Springfield. Eugene Emeralds play Bellingham at 7:30 pm in Civic Stadium. $4/$3. Theater The Boy Who Stole the Stars is at Very Little Theater. See Friday. A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum is under the stars downtown. See Thurs day. Graceland continues at New Zone Gallery. See Thursday. Leader Of the Pack is at the Soreng Theater. See Friday. ‘ Lucky Per’s Journey is at the University. See Friday. 1776 is at 8 pm at Silva Hall. See Thursday. Youth Teen Dance is at Springfield's Memorial Building. See Friday. Etc. Cougar Hot Springs work party/potluck is today. For a ride, meet at 9:30 am at Grower's Market, 454 Willamette. 343-9226. National Model Railroaders are at the Fair grounds. See Friday. Sunday 2 Sunrise 6:01 am Sunset 8:36 pm Celebration Avg. High 83 Aug. Low 52 Powdermilk Biscuit Bake-Off and Ice Cream Social, inspired by A Prairie Home Companion, has biscuit judging, door prizes, a general store and free ice cream, chocolate sauce and soda. Event is from 3-5 pm at Petersen Barn, 870 Bernt zen Road. Bring bake-off entries (call for rules) from 1-2 pm. Biscuit judging is from 2-3 pm. Shumba plays at 3:30. Picnics welcome. KLCC presents, and many local businesses sponsor. 726-2224. Free admission. Concert “A Graden of Musical Delights" chamber music concert series, part of the City's Summer Parks Concerts, continues every other Sunday (correc tion) through August 20. Concerts are at 4 pm in Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden. 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