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For information call 485-6384 436 Charnelton 11 STRESS BREAKERS • Gifts That Keep on Giving • • Audio Tapes • to soothe and relax (free sampling) plus New Age Holiday Music • Video Tapes • stress reduction • famous teachers • health • metaphysics • self-improvement Both Rentals & Sales • Crystals • Jewelry Books and More Enjoy a Healthy Holiday! 1PP 55 1374 Willamette 342-8348 ... Awareness Resources 10 am-6 pm Tues-Sat © _ We Ship - Fenton & Lee 135 Fast iih • 113-7629 ► MARCOS I CCECRCANOFILLY) So Rich So Creamy So Italian ... 22 Flavors Award Winning Pastries &the Best Hot Chocolate in town ► 683-1417 2495 Hilyard Street Eugene WB AFGHEETUSl E 07-Gk) ENTERPRISES, INC. _LL_2/_ CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON I DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF RON LZOYDI Here's your chance to pull out the stops, get dressed up and celebrate in style! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18th EUGENE HILTON HOTEL 9:00 pm >12:30 am $5.00 BLACK Ti OPTIONAL A PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER 683 6323 CALENDAR Thursday 10 Sunrise 7:37 am Sunset 4:34 pm Avg. High 48 Arg. Lar 36 Art Arts In Public Places, a Community Information Forum sponsored by the Lane Regional Arts Coun cil, meets at 7 pm, Eugene Conference Center, Sousa Room. Presentations and displays of con struction projects and art commissioning pro grams of City of Eugene Airport Terminal, EPUD, EWEB and LTD headquarters, and UO Science Complex. Documentary film on Boston's Public Transit Art Program will be shown. Free. 485-2278. Children Big Bird’s Sesame Street Story is through Sun day at the Hult Center—a 90-minute musical of familiar songs, dance numbers, audience par ticipation and special appearances by the Mup pets, Elmo and Hoots the Owl. Performances are at 7:30 tonight and Friday; at 11 am, 3 pm and 7 pm Saturday; and at 2 pm and 5 pm Sunday, all in Silva Concert Hall. Tickets are $9.50/$9/$8 at usual Hult outlets. 687-5000. Concert Oregon Repertory Theater presents scenes from A Christmas Carol, their current production. It's today's SHOcase concert, at 12:15 pm, Hult Center lobby. Lunch and beverage service avail able—or bring sack lunch. Next week: Eugene Opera. Christmas Concert of Lane Community College features the ICC Choir, Baroque Orchestra, and Harmony, a women's chorus, in a variety of holi day music. At 8 pm, LCC Theatre, 4000 30th Ave. Free. University Sinfonietta performs works by Handel, Borodin, Stavinskyand Poulenc. Evening soloists are Dawn Ring and Ruth Root, violins, Ethalinda Shaw, cello, Dean Kramer and Claire Wachter, pianists. 8 pm, Beall Concert Hall, 961 E. 18th. Free. Holiday Happenings Christmas Crafts Fair by the Erb Memorial Union and Cultural Forum of the University is from 10 am-5:30 pm in Room 167, EMU, 1222 E. 13th. Live entertainent, craft demos, free hot cider and Santa Claus. 686-4361. Free admission. Red Hot Holiday Sale, with many special music events and workshops, runs through December 27 at Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th. See under this category most days for schedule. Holiday Sale and Cafe hours: 10 am-6 pm through December 20. Literature Marjorle Hillson, Hellen Frost and Chad Thomp son give a reading for the Lane Literary Guild. Hillson is from Seattle, at work on her first novel. Frost is a poet who has lived in interior Alaska. Thompson will tell stories he learned from an Alaskan Indian storyteller. At 7 pm, Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th. Ivan Doig, whose most recent book is Dancing at the Rascal Fair, will read from his works at 3:30 pm, Gumwood Room, Erb Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th. Doig is currently the Northwest's best selling author. Free. Museum Lane County Historical Museum takes us back to earlier years in these parts, with special ex hibits, and a permanent collection of fascinating artifacts and noteworthy displays. Stop in for a unique perspective of living in this part of the country. 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, 750 seniors, 50c ages 18 and under. 687-4239. Music Donna Plicher, Cleo Vik and Caroline Paulson will perform Christmas carols from 7-9 pm in various patient areas of Sacred Heart Hospital, 1255 Hilyard. Nature David Wagner, UO Herbarium director, conducts a one-hour Plant Walk, rain or shine, with pos sibly some ivy-pulling to help preserve native wild flowers. Meet at noon, north end of the Autzen footbridge. 686-3033. Free. Press Conference INF Toaly: Local Perspectives Is the subject of a press conference organized by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament, and the University Arms Control Forum. The INF, or Intermediate Nuclear Forces, Treaty is to be signed by Reagan and Gorbachev' Event is at noon, Harris Hall, 125 E. 8th. Info 683-4444, 344-7906. Science WISTEC, the Willamette Science & Technology Center, features "Diversity Endangered," a Smith sonian exhibition through February 28. Ongoing exhibits: Mathematics of Squares, Eyegames, Ex plorer’s Comer, The Space Place and a wealth of hands-on displays. WISTEC hours are noon-5 pm Tuesdays through Sundays. Admission is $2 adults, $1 seniors/college students, 75c ages 3-18. Both WISTEC and Lane ESD Planetarium are at 2300 Centennial Blvd., next to Autzen Stadium 484-9027. Speaker/Slideshow Forestry Conflicts and Creative Solutions in Aus tralia is the topic of a presentation by Dr. Leon Bren, senior lecturer, University of Melbourne, Australia. At 7:30 pm, Lane Extension Auditorium, 950 W. 13th. 687-4243. Free. Theater Noises M takes us behind the scenes of a theater production, and continues through Sunday for University Theater. Cynthia Besteman, David Stuart Bull, Marshall Davis and six others are in the cast. Termed “a farce within a farce,' ’ curtain is at 8 pm tonight through Sat. and also at 2:30 pm Sat. in Robinson Theatre, Villard Hall, 1109 Old Campus Lane. Tickets are $5.50 general, $450 seniors/students, $3.50 UO students at the Robin son Theatre box office, 686-4191. Dm Lesbos, a musical comedy about the trials and tribulation of domestic life for a lesbian cou ple, is by G-Spot Productions. Curtain is at 8 pm, Community Center for the Performing Arts, WOW Hall, 8th & Lincoln. $6. Workshop Wreath Making: New Directions combines material gleaned from outdoors with ornaments and accents. Instructors are Ann Christensen and Rene Kane, 10 am-noon or 7-9 pm, Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th. $10. Optimal Outcomes holds a “workshop" evening with discussion and hors d'oeuvres, from 7-9 pm, Red Carpet Room, Thunderbird Inn. 485-0115. Free. Friday Sunrise 7:38 am Sunset 4:34 pm Avg. High 48 Avg. Low 36 Children Big Bird’* Sesame Street Story continues at the Hutt Center. See Thursday. Cinema Buckaroo Benzal, a hilarious cult classic, stars Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin and John Lithgow. At 7 & 9 pm, 180 PLC, 14th & Kincaid, UO campus. $2. Holiday Happenings Red Hot Holiday Sale is at Kerns Art Center. See Thursday. Today's special activities: Blue Heron String Quartet performs classical music from 7-9 pm. Oregon Printmakers Co-op Studio Sale, 7-9 pm. Also, see under Workshop. Holiday Art & Craft Fair by the Emerald Empire Art Association is from 10 am-9 pm today and tomorrow, and from 10 am-6 pm Sunday in the Performance Hall at the Lane County Fairgrounds, 796 W. 13th. Features: 40 local artists with original paintings, 150 crafts exhibitors, artist demon strations, drawings. Also, Oregon authors will be autographing books and Rojo will be on hand to autograph the record album "If Your Dog Could Talk," new release from Springfield's Songtree Productions. Free Admission. 726-8595. Jefferson Middle School and Shasta Middle School perform carols at 11 am and 5:30 pm re spectively, 5th St. Public Market. Speaker OM Growth Forest Usa for Communal Roosting and Nesting will be addressed by Robert Anthony, Oregon State University. Part of the Eugene Natural History Society Lecture Program, it's at 8 pm in Room 123, Science I Building, UO campus. Theater Mare* of the Falsettos has attended its run through this weekend. Oregon premiere of a re cent Off Broadway hit, Jim Roberts/Mainstage Cabaret bring it to Eugene. A "highly innovative musical," it has shades of Woody Allen movies, Stephen Sondheim musicals and TV's soap operas. Curtain is at 8:30 pm, tickets are $7 ad vance. $8 at the door for general public. Ticket rush for seniors and students w/current ID is one hour before curtain at $5. Cabaret-style setting with food, beverages at Seymour’s Restaurant, 10th & Willamette. 683-4368. Noises on continues for University Theater. See Thursday. Workshop Ardis Lety will demonstrate how to create gift wrap using a variety of mediums, from 3:30-6:30 pm, Westmoreland Community Center, 1545 W. 22nd. $9.25. Call 687-5316 to register. Healthful Holiday Cooling with Sue Ring, R.D., Eugene Clinic, covers how to prepare family favorites while reducing cholesterol and calories, from 10-11 am, Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th. Free. Saturday 12 Sunrist 7:39 tm Sunset 4 :34 pm Avg. High 48 fig. Um 36 An Artists’ Sale features handpainted silk scarves by Rya and pottery by Sequoia, from noon-5 pm to day and Dec. 19 at 450 W. Broadway. 344-7085. Celebration Museum of Natural History of the University of Oregon holds a grand opening for its recently completed building, from 2-5 pm, 1680 E. 15th. UO President Paul Olum will dedicate the facility following the traditional Native American ritual burning of sweet grass. A Don Hunter slide show will be shown and there are two new exhibits. The Museum and its expanded gift shop will be open noon-5 pm until Dec. 23, and closed Dec. 24-Jan. 4. Children Breakfast with Santa Claus raises funds tor the County's Relief Nursery programs for the preven tion of child abuse and neglect. Pancake and sau sage breakfast costs $150 children/seniors, $2.50 adults, $9 family—tickets at the door or at Fletch er’s, Of Grape & Grain and the Junior League Thrift and Gift Shop. Event is from 9 am-noon, Central Presbyterian Church, 1475 Ferry. 343-9706. Santa’s Breakfast and Branch is for children of any age—pre-registration required at 688-4052. Breakfast is served from 9-10:30 am, and brunch from 11 am-12:30 at River Road Park, 1400 Lake Drive. Cost is $2 in-district residents, $3 others. Big Bird's Sesame Street Story continues at the Hult Center. See Thursday. Cinema The Late Show stars Art Carney and Lily Tomlin as detectives in a half-spoof, half-drama. Shows at 7 & 9 pm, 180 PLC, 14th & Kincaid, UO cam pus. $2. Concert Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer perform an even ing of music in the country/folk tradition. Doors open at 8 pm, showtime is 8:30 pm at the Com munity Center for the Performing Arts, WOW Hall, 8th & Lincoln. Admission is $550 advance, $6.50 day of show. Ticket outlets: EMU Ticket Window, Record Garden, House of Records, Balladeer, Cat's Meow, Happy Trails in Corvallis, and the WOW Hall office. All ages welcome, adult refresh ments available with ID, accessible. 687-2746. Dance Fred Strickler will teach a master class in tap, in termediate level, sponsored by Dance Oregon. It's from 1:30-3 pm, 353 Gerlinger Annex, UO cam pus. $3 students/$5 others. 686-4149. Eugene Folldare Society presents a country dance with live caller and music. There will be a clog ging demonstration, as well as square, circle and line dances for all ages. No experience necessary, no partner required, soft-soled shoes only. At 8 pm, Kelly Middle School, 850 Howard Ave. (off River Rd.—use N. Park Ave. entrance). $4 general, $350 EFS members. The Community Center for the Performing Arts hosts an even ing with Dos Lesbos, a two-woman comedy about a lesbian cou ple in a decidedly traditional non-traditional domestic relation ship! See Thursday. Fairs/Festivals Saturday Market continues through next week end-shop for the most talked about holiday gifts. Eugene's open-air marketplace for 18 years, the Market sets up on two 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 available from booths set up outdoors. Admission free. Today's entertainment includes: Ben Bochner and Peter Thorpe, folk and blues, at 11:30 and 12:30. Sweetgrass, women's acapel la, 1 pm. Jazz Destroyers at 3 pm. Holiday Happenings Rod Hot Holiday Sale continues at Kerns Ari Center—see Thursday for details. Today's special events: Greens to Go all day. Stained glass demon stration with Abby Karl from noon-2 pm. Tradi tional String Quartet 11 am-noon. Martin Race, classical guitar, 1-2 pm. McKenzie String Quar tet, 2-3:30 pm. Motet Singers, 3:30-4 pm. Mont gomery and Ingram Recorder Duo, 4-5 pm. Oregon Printmakers Co-op Studio Sale, 10 am-6 pm. Also, see under Workshop Holiday Art A Craft Fair is at the Fairgrounds. See Friday. Oregon Tuba Association performs at 1 pm at the Eugene Downtown central fountain. Inspirational Sounds perform carols at 3 pm, 5th St. Public Market. Radio CD Showcase features Christmas Carols for the season, with the Bach Choir, Philip Jones Ensem ble members and organist John Scott, at 4:30 pm on KWAX 91FM. Science Lane ESD Planetarium Saturday and Sunday shows through Jan. 3 are From Here to the Galax ies at 1 pm, and A Star in the East, at 3 pm. Planetarium is next to WISTEC (see Thursday) and Autzen Stadium, 2300 Centennial Blvd. $1.50 adults, $1 seniors/students. 484-9027. Theater March of the Falsettos continues at Sey mour’s/Mainstage. See Friday. Noises Off ends its run for University Theater. See Thursday. Workshops Community Children's Theatre holds acting workshops for children ages 8 and up and for teens and adults who wish to learn to work with children. Intermediate class is from 9:30 am noon, and beginners from 12:30-3 pm. $5/per son, $2.50 members at Sheldon Community Center. Please call and leave name if attending: 686-1574, 687-5312. The Art of Fly lying will be taught by Bob Guard, from 1-3 pm, Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th. Free. Etc. HuH Center for the Performing Arts offers guid ed tours every Saturday at noon. Meet at the lob by Information desk. Free. Sunday 13 Sunrise 7:39 am Sunset 4:35 pm Avg. High 48 Avg. Low X rna uaminias mtaor similar is at its neitfit tomgm. Art Photography at Oregon Gallery holds an oral auc tion of original photographs donated by artists to support operation of the West Coast's oldest photography gallery. At 1 pm, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall, 1468 University St., UO campus. Open House Is at the University of Oregon Museum of Art, 1430 Johnson Lane, in celebra tion of the opening of the "Art Across America" exhibit. It's from noon-5 pm, and there's music on the hour from noon until 4 pm. Refreshments. Free weekend parking is in the university lot at 14th & Kincaid. Benefit WOW Hall Craft Fair is the latest fundraiser to keep the doors open at the Community Center for the Performing Arts, 8th & Lincoln. Fine crafts from 20 vendors in a festive indoors setting, food, juices, coffee drinks, and adult refreshments with I.D. Glenno Faulkenberg, Jeffrey Powell, Steve Sarant, The Crawdads and The Crows will provide acoustic music entertainment on two stages. Doors open at 10 am. Free admission, wheelchair accessible. 687-2746. Celebration NICU Christmas Reunion Party is for ‘ 'graduates'' of Sacred Heart Hospital's Newborn Intensive Care Unit, their families and friends. A 10th annual event, there will be refreshments, Santa, singers, magicians, clowns and the Oregon Duck, from 1-4 pm, Eugene Hilton Hotel, 66 E. 6th. 686-6916. Children Santa's Workshop by Kerns Art Center is for children ages 4-12. They'll decorate cookies with Mrs. Claus, visit the gingerbread house, take a sleigh ride, make cards, sing with Santa and the Mouse King, and shop for gifts under $5. Cost is $6 Center members, $8 non-members from 1-5 pm at 1910 E. 15th. Big Bird's Sesame Street Story continues at the Hult Center. See Thursday. Concert University Singers perform J.S. Bach's Magnificat and Ottorino Respighi's laude to the Nativity with orchestra of student musicians, 4 pm, Beall Con cert Hall, 961 E. 18th. 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