■ Thursday, April 20
7 p.m.—Sinbad Live!, Silva Concert
Hall, Hu It Center. One Eugene Center,
Tickets $22-32.
7:30 p.m.—Woody Guthrie’s Ameri
can Song, Soreng Theater, Hult Cen
ter. Tickets $11-16.
9 p.m.—Unstuck in Time (jazz), Sam
Bond’s Garage, 407 Blair Blvd. $3-5
cover.
9 p.m.— Richard Day Reynolds
(blues/R&B), Good Times Cafe and
Bar, 375 E 7th. $4.
9 p.m.—Craig Einhom (acoustic gui
tar), The Buzz Coffeehouse. Until 11
p.m. Free.
9:30 p.m. —Jazz Jam Session, Jo Fed
erigo’s Restaurant and Jazz Club, 259
E. Fifth Ave. Free.
■ Friday, April 21
5 p.m.—WalkerT. Ryan, Chez Ray’s,
30 W 10th.
5:30 p.m.—Chip Cohen (acoustic),
Sam Bond’s Garage. $4 until 7:30
p.m.
7 p.m.—Edson Oliveira & Veronica
Slim, Chez Ray’s.
8 p.m.—Woody Guthrie’s American
Song, Soreng Theater, Hult Center.
Tickets $16-25.
9 p.m. — Eclectic Open Mic Fridays,
The Buzz Coffeehouse. Until 12 p.m.
Free.
9 p.m.—Blood & Fire Sound System,
Trinity, Dillinger, Rankingjoe (dance
hall), WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave.
$12 advance, $12 at the door.
9:30 p.m.—Astral Project, Jo Federi
go’s Restaurant and Jazz Club. $5 cov
er.
9:30 p.m.—Stone Cold Jazz, Chez
Ray’s.
9:30 p.m.— Honeybucket (blue
grass/rock), Good Times Cafe and Bar.
$5.
■ Saturday, April 22
10 a.m.—Kaulean O’Shaugnessy
(punk-folk), Saturday Market Stage.
Free.
11 a.m.—Joe Ross(bluegrass), Satur
day Market Stage. Free.
12 p.m.—Sun Bossa Duo (Brazilian
Bossa Nova), Saturday Maiket Stage.
Free.
1 p.m.—Colin McGrath (folk), Satur
day Market Stage. Free.
2 p.m.—Zephyr (celtic), Saturday
Market Stage. Free.
2 p.m.—Woody Guthrie’s American
Song, Soreng Theater, Hult Center.
Tickets $14-20.
3 p.m.—Nichols & Dhymes (pop
rock), Saturday Market Stage. Free.
7 p.m. — Jaimie Maderas-Wood, Chez
Ray’s.
8 p.m.—“M” (film), 180 PLC, $2 stu
dents, $3 general public
8 p.m.—Old time contra dance, Kel
ley School, 650 Howard Ave. $6.
8 p.m.—Babes with Axes (folk), WOW
Hall. $7 advance, $8 at the door.
8 p.m.—Woody Guthrie’s American
Song, Soreng Theater, Hult Center.
Tickets $16-25.
9:30 p.m.—U-Gene Band, Chez
Ray’s.
9:30 p.m.—Juba! & Beard (funk),
Good Times Cafe and Bar, 375 E 7th.
$5.
9:30 p.m.—Patrick Dodd (folk), The
Buzz Coffeehouse. Until 11:30 p.m.
Free.
9:30 p.m.—Nancy Verdouw Quartet,
Jo Federigo’s Restaurant and Jazz
Club. $2 cover.
9:45 p.m.—Rain Like I Know and
Shawn McDonald, da’Refuge, 1171
Fairfield in the Gilbert Shopping Mall
on Hwy 99. Free.
■ Sunday, April 23
4 p.m.—Irish Jam, Sam Bond’s
Garage. Free. Every Sunday.
3 p.m.—Vaudeville, Chez Ray’s.
6 p.m.—Vaudeville, Chez Ray’s.
9 p.m.—Mark Alan (acoustic gu ita r
and vocals), Jo Federigo’s Restaurant
and Jazz Club. $3 cover.
8 p.m.—Laura Kemp, Katie Henry &
Fancine Allen (acoustic), Sam Bond’s
Garage, 407 Blair Blvd. $3-5 cover.
9:30 p.m.—T-Bone Weldon and the
Prime Cut Band,
Chez Ray’s.
■ Mon
day, April
24
6:30 p.m.—
Open Mic sign-up
(show begins at
8:30 p.m.), Jo
Federigo’s Restaurant and Jazz Club.
Free.
7 p.m.—Poetry, Beats & Jazz, Chez
Ray’s.
8 p.m. —John Scofield Band (jazz),
EMU Ballroom.
8 p.m. —The Slackers, The Jive
Bombers (ska), WOW Hall. $7 at the
door.
9 p.m.—Flamenco, Sam Bond’s
Garage. $2 cover.
■ Tuesday, April 25
7 p.m.—Walker T Ryan,Chez Ray’s.
7:30 p.m.—Troupe Americanistan,
Muraja, Gypsy Gathering (middle
eastern music), WOW Hall. $4 at the
door.
8 p.m.—University Jazz Combo
Night, The Buzz Coffeehouse, EM U.
Until 10 p.m. Free.
8:30 p.m. — Barbara Dzuro Jazz Pi
ano, Jo Federigo’s Restaurant and
Jazz Club. Free.
*
9p.m.—BluegrassJam,Sam Bond’s
barage. ups accepted.
9:30 p.m.—In the Dead of the Night,
Chez Ray’s.
■ Wednesday, April 26
5 p.m.—MusEvenings!, extended
viewing hours of museum exhibits,
Museum of Art, 1430 Johnson Lane.
Free. Until 8 p.m.
7 p.m.—Norman Mesman, Chez
Ray’s.
9 p.m.—Doing Business As (hip hop),
Wild Duck, 169 W. Sixth. $10.
9p.m.—RasShiloh, Fertile Sound
Farm (reggae), WOW Hall. $10 ad
vance, $12 at the door,
9 p.m.—Ty Connor,Sam Bond’s
Garage, $2-5 cover.
9:30 p.m.—Paul Paydos jam Session
(variety), Jo Federigo’s Restaurant and
Jazz Club. Free.
9:30 p.m.—David Mosey (acoustic
rock), The Buzz Coffeehouse. Until
11:30 p.m. Free.
9:30 p.m.—Thais Perkens (folk),
Chez Ray’s.
Rain Like i Know (left to right): Dan Hawk, Dan Haiseth, Leslie
LaVerne, Aaron Courier, Shaun Davidson, and Summer Schar.
all events are FREE
Patrick dodd
fri - apr. 21st
9pm-midnight
sat ► apr. 22nd
9-11pm
eclectic open mic
music ► performance art ► theatre
Sign-up to perform at The Break (located next to The Buzz)
For more info call Melanie at 346-3725
Patrick dodd
folk
Imon - apr. 24th
9pm-11:30pm
wed ► apr. 26th
9-11pm
thu - apr. 27th
9:30-11:30pm
poetry open mic
Sign-up to perform at The Break (located next to The Buzz)
For more info call Melanie at 346-3725
david mosey
acuostic rock
narboza
rock
the buzz ► emu ground floor
Film shows power of silence
An inmate at Tihar prison in New Delhi
practices Vipassana to gain insight into his crimes and himself.
Courtesy of Karuna Films
■ ‘Vipassana’ takes the
viewer inside a New Delhi
prison and rehab center
By Rory Carroll
Oregon Daily Emerald
“Doing time, Doing Vipassana”
is the extraordinary documentary
about the introduction of the an
cient meditation Vipassana as a
method of rehabilitation for in
mates at the infamous Tihar Cen
tral Prison in New Delhi. Bril
liantly scripted and vividly
filmed, the powerful film is proof
that this form of meditation verifi
ably produces results in the in
mates who practice it.
The documentary begins with
a brief introduction to India, giv
ing a sense of population and
subsequent need for mammoth
jails like Tihar. Ten thousand pris
oners reside, with 9,000 of those
awaiting trial in this congested,
dilapidated prison.
The film then introduces Kiran
Bedi, the vibrant female warden
and the force behind the incep
tion of Vipassana in the jail sys
tem. Her assiduous effort to bring
change to Tihar lead her to try
Vipassana.
The story culminates in the
scenes of a 10-day Vipassana
course in April 1994 where more
than 1,000 inmates participated.
Despite huge security risks and
an intense rainstorm, the course
was a success.
The transformational course re
quires complete silence through
out. The first three days of the
course, the inmates are instructed
to concentrate only on their own
breathing. Around the fourth day,
they often feel a rush of emotions
ranging from rage to fear. Around
the seventh day, they begin to be
able to separate themselves from
these emotions and gain an objec
tive perspective on their past ac
tions. It is here that rehabilitation
begins to take place. Many of the
inmates interviewed said that for
the first time, they could see the
pain they had caused others and
felt remorse for doing so.
“Doing Time” is short — only
52 minutes — but that’s because
it is only an invitation to learn
more about Vipassana and its rev
olutionary affect on the inmates
of Tihar and its ability to help
prison systems everywhere. India
has already begun opening Vipas
sana programs in its other jails.
The proof of the power of Vipas
sana is best told not in the narra
tion, but in the faces of the prison
ers after they break silence for the
first time upon finishing the 10
day course. The tears of joy run
ning down the face of an inmate as
he embraces his captor is enough
to send chills down your spine and
put hope into your heart.
Vipassana, which means “to
see things as they really are,” is
taught in more than 50 centers
around the world. One would
hope that Vipassana really is the
much-needed solution that the
troubled prison system has long
been searching for.
“Doing Time, Doing Vipas
sana” will be shown at the Bijou
April 22 and 23 at 1:00 p.m. mati
nees. The charge is a $3-5 sliding
scale.