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WOW Hall survives through years
I CALL 555-1050
By Cathy Peterson
fme^dtd Reporter
After 15 years of teetering on
finam ial st.il)ilit\ the Kugene
Community ('outer for the Per
forming Arts has found solid
ground
The center, based in the the
Woodmen of the World Hall at
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Eighth Avenue and Lincoln
Street, provides music and the
atrical acts several times a week
during the fall and winter, as
well as a place for dance and
instrument classes
"Our motto is 'Hassle-Free
Environment'," booking and
production manager Margo
Schaefer said
"We re |ust interested in pen
pie enjoying themselves and
having a quality experience
With bands ranging from
Rabbit (ihoir. a vo< al and guitar
group from San Francisco, to
punk band Vomit Launch
there are groups fur every audi
eru e, Sc haefer said Reggae
salsa, metal, tulk and rock n
roll round out the hill
1'he hall also lets in all ages
Beer and refreshments are
served downstairs, and the liall
adopted .1 smoke-free policy
several years ago
And the community is re
sponding Sc haefer said many
bands draw 2<H) to too people
"This is the only plac e some
tans feel comfortable We take
all ages, we’re wheelchair ac
c.essible. there's no smoking in
the hall and you c an only drink
downstairs." Schaefer said
"'This is the best plac e in
town for people who want to
get out and do something.
Schaefer said
ror more man mu yeais,
people have been doing just
that at the corner of Eighth
Avenue and Lincoln Street.
According to a history ot the
hall written by Jon I’incus. the
Seventh Day Adventist emigre
gation built a small church on
the site in 1 Ht>7. Ill 1HH3. the
Presbyterian i hurch bought the
site and built a new church
considered one of Eugene's fin
est structures at the time.
In 1890. a fraternal organize
tion. the Woodmen of the
World, started in the midwest
A ( liapter opened in Eugene,
and members included some ot
the most prominent members of
the community: Pliney Snod
grass. mayor William
Kuykendall and Eugene Regis
ter newspaper owner W.C
Yoran Women belonged to a
sister organization, the Women
of Woodcraft
In 1906, the Woodmen
bought the hall at Eighth and
Lincoln True to the nature of
the organization, the hall was
loaned to other groups for
meetings and events The
Woodmen held dancing lessons
and dances and in 1932 rebuilt
the i hurch for $8,000. the most
expensive building constructed
that year
The hall was built in art deco
stile, with much of the labor
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