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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1987)
CALENDAR Church, 477 E. 40th. Wine and cheese offered, donations. 686-2775. Workshop Carolyn Osberne-Sommer will teach the making of soft-sculpture ornaments, from 10 am-noon at Kerns Arts Center, 1910 E. 15th. $2. Candielight Concert is by University of Oregon’s Children's Choir, composed of 140 local children in four ensembles. Program Includes folk and holi day selections sung in French, German and Latin. Tickets are $3 at the door, from choristers, at Wilson Music and Da Capo Music. At 3 pm, Cen tral Presbyterian Church, 1475 Ferry. Dance Veselo Community Folk Dancer* offer inter national folk dancing. Instruction is in separate simultaneous classes for beginners and intermedi ate/advanced from 7-8 pm, with request dancing from 8-10 pm. $2 at Westmoreland Center, 1545 W. 22nd. 726-7548. Holiday Happenings Christmas Tree Cutting Tip is co-sponsored by Kelly and Whiteaker Community Schools. Bring warm clothes and a small axe (no chain saws)— transportation provided. For more information or to register: 687-3224, 687-3552 Red Hot Holiday Sale continues at Kerns Art Center. See Thursday's listing. Today's special events: Cajun folk music by Etouffee from 1-3 pm, free. Oregon Printmakers Co-op Studio Sale, 1-6 pm. Also, see under Children. Christmas Tour is by the Eugene area Bed & Breakfast Association. Each inn will be decorated for the holidays and will offer refreshments to drop-in visitors from noon-5 pm. Participating are: Campus Cottage at 1136 E. 19th, Shelley Guest House at 1546 Charnelton, Griswold B & B at 552 W. Broadway, Backroads B & B, 85269 Lorane Hwy., Giles Guest House, 690 W. Broadway, and Lorane Valley B & B, 86621 Lorane Hwy. Holiday Art & Craft Fair is at the Fairgrounds. See Friday. Radio Pinchas Zukerman is featured in a New York Chamber Music Series broadcast of performances from the Mostly Mozart Festival, at 3 pm on KWAX 91FM. Chanukah Special presents the quartet "Voice of the Turtle” in a two-hour program of traditional music and stories, at 5 pm on KWAX 91FM. Sports/Recreation Sierra Club sponsors a seven-mile cross country hike through the south hills of Eugene—off-trail, through the brush, over hills. Dress for cold and wet, bring lunch. Meet at 9 am at Hendricks Park shelter. Register at 342-4527. Jingle Bell Run and Walk raises public awareness of arthritis, America's most crippling disease. Sponsored by Cellular One, the Arthritis Founda tion and KUGN, it's Eugene’s only Christmas 8K road run and walk and 1.5 mile fun run. Day-of race registration is $8, or $15 including t-shirt; pre-registration by December 12 is $6, or $11 with t-shirt. Register at local running stores. Packet pick-up is at Eugene Athletics, 94 W. Broadway from 10 am-5 pm Dec. 12 and today. Awards, re freshments at end, random drawings, plus Holi day Costume Competition. Info: leave your number with pager at 341-9236. Monday 14 Sunrise 7:40 am Sunset 4:35 pm Avg High 48 Avg. Low 36 Art Opening Reception is for a new exhibit of works by advanced painting students at the University of Oregon. At 7 pm, Gallery 141, near courtyard of Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd. Children Holiday Soft Boxes will be created in a workshop for youth in grades 2-8. Liz Deck of Sew Happy Studios gives instruction, which will include sew ing with fabric, lace and ribbon. From 3:30-5 pm. Call Amazon Center for place and to register: 687-5373. Radio Handel’s Messiah performance recorded at last summer's Oregon Bach Festival is broadcast at 8 pm on KWAX 91FM. Helmuth Rilling conducts, with soloists Sylvia McNair, Sarah Walker, Scot Weir and Rodney Gilfry. Speaker New Physics and Higher Consciousness pre sentation is by Dr. Amit Goswami, physics pro fessor and author of The Cosmic Dancer, and Joel Morwood, contemporary mystic and founder of Eugene's Center for Sacred Sciences. Psi-Sym posium sponsors, from 7:30-9 pm, Unitarian Tuesday 15 Sunrise 7:41 am Sunset 4:35 pm Avg. High 47 Aug Low 36 Celebration Ingrid Wendt and Jerry Rust, local authors, are honored at an autograph party and carol singa long . Wendt has published Singing the Mozart Re quiem, and Rust Breaking Out of Foochow, both works of poetry. Also featured: opening of a series of paintings from the greeting card line of local watercolorist Jan Mehringer. Eugene Concert Choir will lead singing from 6:15-6:45 pm and sales of books and Mehringer greeting cards will benefit the Choir. Event is from 5:30-7 pm at spon soring Literary Lion bookstore, 44 West Broadway. Mask Making Party: balance your face in the Libra moon. Potluck, optional role-playing, dance, mas sage at 7 pm. Call Kalah at 484-4616 for place. S3-S6. Dance Eugene Folk Dancers host international folk dan cing. Instruction for beginners is at 7 pm, request and program dancing 8-10:30 pm, Campbell Center, 155 High Street. Newcomers welcome; partners not necessary. 50*. Holiday Happenings Red Hot Holiday Salo continues at Kerns Art Center—see Thursday for details. Today seniors have 10% discount on gifts and there will be a Timeless Vision, a new exhibit at the Natural History Museum, features Eugene artist Allen Cox’s interpretations of Indian petroglyphs from well-known archaeological sites along the Columbia River Gorge. Singers Mary McCaslin and Jim Ringer will perform their country folk this Saturday at the CCPA. “Prairie songstress” McCaslin has been called one of the best singers of our time—while Ringer’s sing ing is more country with strong ties to 1950‘s honky tonk styles. workshop on "Holiday Cards and Gift Paper Print ing" with Mary Dole and Lauren Sauvage, from 3:30-5:30 pm. $10. Meeting Siena Club program focuses on the Kalmiopsis roadless area of Siskiyou National Forest, which has been blackened by fire. David Atkin, Eugene attorney, will show slides and discuss the Siskiyou plan and the National Park proposal. Potluck at 7 pm, program at 7:45 pm, Ida Patterson School, 1510 W. 15th. 342-4527. Radio Now York Philharmonic performs Prokofiev’s Plano Concerto 43 and Shostakovich's Symphony 415 at 8 pm on KWAX 91FM. Speaker Return to Tibet, a public talk with slides, will be given by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist lama who fled Tibet in 1959 and returned last summer. The presentation will focus on the lives of people of Eastern Tibet during the last 30 years. At 7:30 pm, Unitarian Church, 477 E. 40th. $7 suggested donation. Wednesday 16 Sunrise 7:42 am Sunset 4:35 pm Art Avg. High 47 Afg. lav 36 Carved Ivory Creations artist "Dragon Master” will exhibit hand-carved miniature ivory and crys tal jewelry. Meet the artist as he discusses this ancient form of craft, from 4-8 pm at Star Gate, 1374 Willamette. 342-8348. Free. Children Kid’s Night Out offers a family movie and juice at 6:30 pm Wednesdays, in the basement of First Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. Parents need to bring their children in and sign forms for them; parents may stay. Pick-up time is 8:30 pm. Holiday Happenings Red Hot Holiday Sale continues at Kerns Art Center—see Thursday for more. Today's special events include two workshops with April Bault: Beadwork Ornaments from 10 am-noon at $3, and Holiday Basket Making from 1-3 pm at $5. Hot Pepper Hour is from 5-7 pm, with jazz by Connie Doolan and Gus Russell and wine tasting, free. Seniors Medicare Workshop, sponsored by Older Adult Resources of McKenzie-Willamette Hospital, is led by a representative from the County's Social Security Office, and will provide basic informa tion on Medicare, explain insurance and medical billing terms and answer questions. From 10 am noon in Conference Room A of the hospital, 1460 “G" Street, Springfield. 726-4459. Speaker Fireside Chat and lecture is on "The Inner Child: Source of Our Wisdom, Pain, Anger and Joy,” by Aurora Fiorintina, therapist, from 7-9 pm, 3480 Donald. 344-3354. Workshop Polarity Rebirthing Playshop is at 8 pm, spon sored by the Baraka Family. It's a free introduc tion to the training offered by the group and an open discussion on the causes and effects of energy. Kids welcome. Call 484-4616 for more information and place. Free. 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Seniors $6, Student discount 1 hour before curtain, $5 with current student I.D. Tickets available at Seymour's Restaurant CALL 683-4368 EUGENE'S BEST MUSICAL THEATER BARGAIN Seymour’s Restaurant—996 Willamette Street
