Oregon daily emerald., October 07, 2004, Page 10, Image 10

Thursday
What: Peter Rowan and Tony Rice
Where: The Shedd
When: 7 p.m.
How much: $10 to $34
Friday
What: California Guitar Trio
Where: Cafe Paradise
When: 8 p.m.
How much: $16.50 advance, $18 day of show
Saturday
What: Courtesy Clerks
Where: John Henry's
When: 10 p.m.
How much: $3
Mood Area 52 will be performing
live soundtracks to Buster films.
Sunday
What: The Silos
Where: Sam Bond's Garage
When: 9 p.m.
How much: $5
What: Walker T. Ryan and the Delta Mystics
Where: Luna
When: 9 p.m.
How much: $5
Saturday
What: Mood Area 52
Where: Sam Bond’s Garage
When: 9:30 p.m.
How much: $4
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Sunday
What: Broadway Revue One-Year Anniversary
Where: John Henry’s
When: 10 p.m.
How much: $2 to $5 sliding scale
Thursday
What: Yonder Mountain String Band
Where: McDonald Theatre
When: 8 p.m.
How much: $19
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WOW Hall, home of the nonprofit Community Center for the Performing Arts, is located at
271 W. 8th Ave. It was built in 1932 and has housed a variety of performances.
Volunteers fuel
eclectic shows
at WOW Hall
The theater, one of the oldest structures in Eugene,
maintains a community-based entertainment focus
BY DAHVI FISCHER
PULSE REPORTER
The WOW Hall is a venue that aims
to be culturally enriching, musically ap
pealing and community-oriented. The
hall, built in 1932, has been home to
musical performances, dance acts and
other forms of entertainment, featuring
everything from African dance to hip
hop and reggae to polka and jazz.
“The WOW Hall serves as a multi
purpose art facility with an emphasis
on serving people of all incomes, and
of all ages,” said Kayte McDonald,
WOW Hall volunteer coordinator and
house manager.
McDonald is responsible for recruit
ing, training and scheduling volunteers
for the WOW Hall. She said volunteer
ing at the WOW Hall is enjoyable be
cause volunteers typically only work
during shows. There are two shifts
each show, and volunteers only have
to work one shift and have the other
shift to devote their attention to the act
on stage.
Seeing the act for free is a way of be
ing rewarded for the work. Volunteers
are responsible for working in security
positions, answering phones and col
lecting tickets. For people interested in
journalism, McDonald recommends
writing for the WOW Hall newsletter.
Volunteer orientations are held once
every month and last for about one
hour. The next orientation is 5 p.m.
Tliesday at the WOW Hall at 291 W.
8th St. McDonald said volunteers drop
in sporadically to set up for shows and
help with other activities.
“Volunteering at WOW Hall is a
great way to learn about publicity,
working shows and administration,”
she said. “It is a great way to learn
about the music industry.”
October is a busy month for the
WOW Hall. People at the Hall refer to
October as “Rocktober” because the
Hall will be hosting 21 shows in 31
days. McDonald recommends check
ing out Buck 65, who she describes as
“awesome, underground, backwards,
backyard hip-hop. ”
For more mainstream hip-hop, Mc
Donald recommends checking out
Missouri-based rapper Tech N9NE,
who performed previously at WOW
Hall at the end of the past academic
year. The rapper will be at WOW Hall
on Wednesday and Thursday.
McDonald is also looking forward
to a performance by singer-song
writer Mason Jennings on Oct. 20.
She said Jennings is popular with the
college crowd.
Michael Griffin, a five-year janitor
at the Hall, said he enjoys his job.
Aside from “picking up after rock
stars,” which is what he considers
the highlight of the janitorial posi
tion, he also enjoys working at the
WOW Hall because he is working
with “some of the finest people (he
has) ever known.” He said the at
mosphere at the Hall is positive and
encourages community involvement.
“The WOW Hall is what it is sup
posed to be — a community cultural
center,” Griffin said, adding that there
is great participation from all age
groups in the community.
McDonald couldn’t name her over
all favorite WOW Hall performance be
cause there have been too many.
“Overall, one of the wildest shows
has been GWAR,” she said. “We had
to completely line the entire inside of
the building with plastic to protect it
from all of the fake vomit and other
fake bodily fluids sprayed out by the
group while on stage. ”
Senior multimedia major Alaina
Mickes has been to WOW Hall several
times.
dahvifischer@ daily emerald, com