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OCTOBER CONCERTS
For more information on School of Music events, call 346-5678.
Tue. ESMA REDZEPOVA: Queen of Romani Music
10/12 World Music Series 8 p.m., Soreng Theater, Hult Ctr.
$15—$20, $5 discount for students. Call 682-5000.
Wed. SEQUENTIA: Lecture-Demonstration
10/13 Guest Ensemble 5 pm, Beall Hall
Preview of the Oct. 18 concert (see below). FREE
Thur. FACULTY SHOWCASE
10/14 New performing faculty in concert. 1 p.m., Beall Hall
FREE Admission
Fri. HOMECOMING CONCERT
10/15 Oregon Wind Ensemble, Oregon Jazz Ensemble
7:30 p.m., Beall Hall FREE Admission
Mon. BENJAMIN BAGBY & SEQUENTIA
10/18 “Lost Songs of a Rhineland Harper," featuring 11th-century
European secular music. 8 p.m., Beall Hall
$9 General Admission, $5 students & senior citizens
Thur. ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
10/21 with Todd Palmer, clarinet
UO Chamber Music Series 8 p.m., Beall Hall
Music by Beethoven and a premiere by Osvaldo Golijov.
Reserved seats $12, $25, $29; in advance from Hult
Center (682-5000) or EMU (346-4363).
Fri. MUSIC OF EUROPE: 1886-1945
10/22 Faculty & Guest Artists 8 p.m., Beall Hall
Chamber music for flute, oboe, violin, bassoon, piano.
$9 General Admission, $5 students & senior citizens
Sat. JAMES DASHOW, Composer
10/23 Guest Artist; audio-video works 8 p.m., Beall Hall
$5 General Admission, $3 students & senior citizens
Tue. ANNE AZEMA, SHIRA KAMMEN
10/26 Guest Artists 8 p.m., Beall Hall
“The Unicorn," featuring medieval French songs and
poems about mythical animals. FREE Admission
Sun. A HELMUTH RILLING ENCORE:
10/31 University Symphony & Choirs
Bach's Magnificat & Mozart's Mass in C Minor
3 p.m., Silva Hall, Hult Center FREE Admission
For our complete calendar, check: music.uoregon.edu
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Don-Mike Cambra, bar manager for the Ring of Fire, shows two caramelizing rings of fire as he prepares glasses for Spanish coffees.
■ Restaurant review
Fire and spice: Thai restaurant
serves more than the usual fare
What the restaurant lacks in convenience and cost,
it makes up for in food and original atmosphere
BY NATASHA CHILINGERIAN
SENIOR PULSE REPORTER
All the ingredients for an exotic
evening await behind the doors of Ring
of Fire, a full-service restaurant special
izing in Thai and Pacific Rim cuisine.
Inside, leafy plants and Asian art
accent a backdrop of coral-colored
walls; low lighting and tribal music
further enhance the mood. The food
is equally impressive — it stretches
beyond typical Thai fare with inven
tive flavor and spice combinations.
Adjacent to Ring of Fire’s main din
ing room is the stylish Lava Lounge, a
good place to start if pre-dinner drinks
are on the agenda. Good for groups
(or twosomes if you’re really thirsty)
is the Volcano Bowl, a flaming pot
filled with a fruity alcoholic beverage,
orange and pineapple chunks and
maraschino cherries; straws are pro
vided for team sipping. A lengthy list
of beer, wine and trendy mixed drinks
..
is also available.
The menu’s descriptions of intense
ly flavored dishes do not exaggerate.
Curries are served with jasmine rice
and come in varying degrees of heat;
Panang, a red curry, is quite spicy but
its delicious combination of bamboo
shoots, basil and red peppers will
make you want to keep munching
even while you sweat. Matsaman is a
milder yet filling choice containing
potatoes, onions and a creamy co
conut milk sauce with a hint of cinna
mon. Peanut Sauce Curry, which fea
tures angel hair pasta, vegetables and
a rich topping, is delightfully nutty,
sweet and hot.
A lighter choice is the Thai Noodle
Salad, a fresh mix of steamed noodles,
broccoli, carrots, sprouts and peanuts
that gets its flavor from a sweet,
translucent lime sauce. Appetizers of
satay and tempura, soups, noodle
dishes and meat-heavy choices are
also up for the picking. Vegetarians
will be pleased at Ring of Fire, as many
menu items offer tofu and tempeh as
protein choices. Portion sizes are gen
erous and sharing is encouraged.
Although 1 understand that Ring of
Fire’s powerfully flavored food re
quires careful preparation, service is
often slow at the restaurant, which
can be a pain. The price range is
moderate to expensive — entrees run
from $10-$ 17, so this restaurant is
best saved for a special occasion. Lo
cated at 1099 Chambers St., it’s a lit
tle off the beaten track (students who
are looking for a hip place to walk to
from campus are out of luck). But
Ring of Fire is an attractive spot with
exciting Thai food that’s worth the
wait and the distance. Couples,
friends and groups will delight in the
sleek ambiance that makes way for
conversation, romance and laughter.
Ring of Fire is open from 11 a.m. to
midnight Monday through Thursday,
11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday
and noon to midnight on Sunday.
natchilingerian@ daily emerald, com
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