Fairs,
festivals
ef FUN
The summer season will feature local events such as
the 35th Country Fair and the Oregon Bach Festival
BY JOSH LINTEREUR
PULSE REPORTER
After the drenched days of spring
give way to the dog days of summer,
Eugene's summer festival season
kicks into high gear. Here are several
events that are notto be missed.
The 2005 Oregon Bach Festival
runs from June 23 through July 10 and
includes a lineup of 50 events, includ
ing choral-orchestral works, chamber
music, lecture-concerts, family
shows and other social events.
This year's edition of the revered
festival includes two buzzed-about
debuts. The first, "La Pasion Segun
San Marcos," is the Pacific North
west premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s
celebrated rendition of "The Passion
according to Saint Mark." It unfolds
with the flair of a South American
street festival, complete with the
rhythmic movements of salsa, mam
bo, flamenco and tango.
"If there's one show in the sched
ule you have to see, that would be it,"
said George Evano,the festival's di
rector of communications. "It will be
the only time it's seen in the North
west in the near future."
The most affordable opportunity to
see "La Pasion" is on June 23, when
tickets will be offered for $12 to $22.
Tickets for the June 24 performance
range from $29 to $49.
This year's Bach festival also in
cludes the unveiling of a lost opera by
19th-century romanticist Felix
Mendelssohn. "The Uncle From
Boston," was recently uncovered in a
Berlin library through research by the
festival's artistic director, Helmuth
Rilling. The July 3 performance will be
the first time the opera has been per
formed in a concert setting in the U.S.
Check out the festival's Web site at
www.oregonbachfestival.com for a
complete listing of performances and
ticket prices.
Alton Baker Park is a popular out
door spot during summertime, and it
will be the site of the 22nd annual Art
and the Vineyard, held July 1 -4. The
four-day event attracts 25,000 visitors
who come to sip wine from more than
15 area wineries while browsing
paintings, prints, photographs, sculp
tures and other crafts.
More than 140 artists will partici
pate in this year's festival, which pub
licity coordinator Marsha Shankman
said is a record number. The event
also features live music each day, and
a fireworks display around dusk on
the Fourth of July. Proceeds from the
festival help fund the Maude Kerns
Art Center. The event costs $5 daily or
$10 for a three-day pass if tickets are
purchased in advance.
Each year a wooded setting
13 miles west of Eugene becomes the
state's fourth-largest city during the
Oregon Country Fair. Celebrating its
35th year, the annual counter-culture
happening features live entertain
ment, crafts, food, and educational
displays. This year's fair is scheduled
for July 8-10. Tickets must be pur
chased in advance at a Ticketswest
outlet. Tickets aren't sold atthe fair
site at any time. Three-day passes are
offered for $40 and single-day tickets
are $13-$16 in advance.
The summer festival season
comes to a close with the Lane
County Fair, held August 16-21. Mar
keting manager Carrie Matsushita
said this year's fair has taken on a
more urban feel while also staying
true to its agricultural roots.
And that means fairgoers can see
livestock during the day and pop stars
at night. Hoobastank, John Michael
Montgomery, Diamond Rio, David Lee
Roth and Tracy Byrd are the featured
performers atthis year's fair.
"The beauty of the fair is that it ap
peals to all ages," Matsushita said.
"We've got it all." For a complete list
of fair events and ticket information,
go to www.atthefair.com/press.html.
joshlintereur@dailyemerald.com
Books: Stores reluctant to
sell through third-party site
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35 percent this past year and he is
looking to hire someone to run
Tsunami's Internet business.
But Landfield isn't ready to ditch
the brick and mortar concept just
yet. Tsunami hosts an array of
year-round cultural events that he
feels are importantto the community
and his business. By leveraging the
potential of the Internet and remain
ing a community gathering spot,
he sees potential in the future of
his store.
"It's kind of a one-two punch," he
said. "I think we're going to keep
ticking and maybe even thrive."
The Smith Family Bookstore has
n't been as quickto enter the
cyberspace fray. Smith said she
would like to launch a private Inter
net site before the end of the year,
but she's reluctant to sell books on
a third-party site like Abebooks. "We
don't necessarily want to use a
service that could inevitably kill us,"
she said.
But with more than 500,000 titles
and two locations, Smith Family
can deal with the changing market
place differently than smaller
retailers can.
Smith said business is growing at
the downtown location and plans
are in motion to expand the store
this fall. A Springfield store is in the
works, but at the campus location,
which traditionally draws a good
slice of business from students, the
traditional strategy is changing.
Smith said young people are read
ing less and textbooks publishers
are introducing new copies of
their books at a rapid pace, which
erodes the shelf life of used
textbooks. Eventually Smith said
they might stop buying and selling
used textbooks.
"I see us changing from a univer
sity bookstore, serving students and
faculty, to looking atthe broader
community," she said.
And while her business hasn't
been as challenged by the market
forces that have sent smaller used
book retailers to bed, she feels her
store's fate is connected with other
locally owned booksellers.
"We are only referring customers
to other independent stores and I get
the feeling that we're all doing that,"
she said. "I feel like we're all sup
porting each other and are con
cerned about the same things."
joshlintereur@dailyeiTieraid.com
Film: Works
try to break
usual cliches
Continued from page 7
"Phone Booth" and "Cellular")
gives rise to the hope that his
works might become an example
for others on how to break the
usual cliches and come up with
something that moves outside
the confines of a genre. We can
only pray.
ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com
Travellers:
Film avoids
complications
Continued from page 7
much interest happens. The gov
ernment official eventually gives
up his vague dreams of America
forthe love of a rice paper maker's
daughter, but this change feels
preordained ratherthan natural.
I'm not saying it's not possible, but
the film takes it as a given rather
than bothering to go into details or
make anything too complicated.
The film will open this Friday at
the Bijou Art Cinemas.
ryannyburg@dailyemerald.com
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