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1 T H U R S DAY Sunrise 6:04 am; Sunset 8:16 pm Av High 64; Av Low 41 ARTS/VISUAL “Expressions of our Lives: An Introduction to Self- Exploration Through Art”, 6:30 pm. For information call 736-4444. $9. An opening for Figures in Bas Relief, work by Miriam Key, 5:30 pm, Karin Clarke Gallery. FREE. BENEFITS “Rock for Peace!” musical benefit for Justice Not War Coalition features Sunken Grade, Dan Dolinger, Tom Heinl, Ed Cole, Dan Jones and the Squids, 7 pm to mid- night, Sam Bond’s Garage. $5. Silent auction benefits the Cascadia Forest Defenders, featuring food and music, Wild Duck Special Banquet Hall, 725 W. 1st Ave. 684-8977. $10. May Day celebration and benefit fea- tures live music, stories, games and more, 8:30 pm to 2:30 am, Growers Market. FREE. DANCE Lord of the Dance, 8 pm, Silva, Hult. $22.50-$47.50. GATHERINGS HIV counseling and testing, 9 to 11:15 am Thursdays, 135 E. 6th Ave. $15. Lonely pot sale, 10 am to 4 pm, EMU Craft Center. FREE. calendar LITERARY ARTS Meg Lemke speaks, 6:30 pm, Baker Downtown Center. $5. Marla Runyan reads, 7 pm, UO Bookstore. FREE. MUSIC Los Mex Pistols Del Norte SHOcase performance, 12:15 pm, Hult lobby. FREE. Poetry in Song, UO voice majors and pianists, 7:30 pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE. Emerald City Jazz Kings, 7:30 pm, The Shedd. $12.50-$22.50. “May Day Ballroom Blues” features music with Eagle Park Slim Band, Bourbon Renewal, Deb Cleveland and the Vipers, 8 pm, Vet’s Ballroom. $5 adv., $7 dos. Footloose, Sheldon High School spring musical, 7:30 pm tonight, tomorrow and May 3, 7, 8, 9 and at 2 pm May 4, Sheldon High auditorium. $8. ON THE AIR “New Dimensions” features “The Rise of Corporate Dominance: the Untold Story,” Thom Hartmann, 6:30 pm, KLCC, 89.7 FM. “Arts Journal” features Eugene School of Ballet SHOcase perfor- mance, 6 pm, CTV 29 & 22. Re-airs 9 pm May 3. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Chuck Homier’s Tool Sale, 10 am to 8 pm today, tomorrow and May 3, and from 10 am to 6 pm May 4, Lane Co. Fairgrounds. Obsidians hike 6 miles, Mt. Pisgah. See YMCA board for details. $3-$4 sugg. don. Lane Co. Bill of Rights Defense Committee Meeting to oppose the PATRIOT Act, 6 pm, 1192 Lawrence St. FREE. the Alps,” Jim Blanchard, REI. FREE. Bikes not Bombs bike ride, 4 pm, 13th Ave. and University St. FREE. 16 MAY 1, 2003 “Why Don’t Collaborative Plans Work?” Rich Margerum, 4 pm, and “The Social Planning, Infrastructure and Community Support Organizations,” Marc Schlossberg, 4:45 pm, 206 Lawrence, UO. FREE. KIDSTUFF Baby storytime, 10:15 am, Downtown Library, pre-school storytime, 10:30 am, Bethel and Sheldon branch library. FREE. PRESENTATION “The Best of SPIRITUAL Eugene peace cir- cle, noon Thursdays, Suite 306, 474 Willamette St. 684-3850. FREE. THEATER Eleemosynary, 5 pm today, tomorrow and May 3, Pocket Playhouse, Villard, UO. $1 sugg. don. VIGIL Prayer for Peace circles, noon Monday through Friday, Unity of the Valley. FREE. The Wooden Horse of Troy, 5th grade performance, 7 pm, Eugene Waldorf School. FREE. Candlelight peace vigils, 5 pm until the end of the war, Federal Building. FREE. “Creative Movement,” 10 am Thursdays through May 8, Memorial Bldg. gym, Spfd. 736-4544. $7.50. 2 LECTURES “Human Rights in Cambodia,” 3:30 pm, Knight Library, UO. FREE. F R I D A Y Sunrise 6:03 am; Sunset 8:17 pm Av High 64; Av Low 41 ARTS/VISUAL Area art open- ings include at 4 pm work by stu- dents of the Art Careers Program, Eugene Museum of Art; 5:30 pm includes Celebrate Eugene’s Unique Wetlands photography show, Café Paradiso; Myths of Siberia, paintings by Vitaly Smaguin, Vivace Gallery; 6 pm includes Junk Redux, work in recy- cled materials by local artists, Jawbreaker Community Art Gallery, Between Sleep and Waking, paintings by Joseph Mross, WOW Hall Gallery; work by Chris Surbaugh and Josh Mazet, Secret House Vineyards; 7 pm includes work by Joe Pencil and the Kid, Feinstein’s Museum of Unfine Art; 7:30 pm includes Visionary Art, work by Dan Hitchcock, Tak Kishino and Scott Boyes, Downtown Lounge. FREE. JIYUN JEONG PERFORMS WITH ANNE BALLARD IN KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING AT THE NEWMAN CENTER, UO. SEE SATURDAY. Lane Arts Council First Friday Artwalk features a guided tour of downtown art galleries and visual arts attractions. This week the walk begins at 5:30 pm with an UO MFA exhibition at Jacobs Gallery. Then at 5:50 its Figures in Bas Relief, work by Miriam Kley. At 6:10 pm the walk features work by William Baby, Shane Fortner, Dan Hitchcock and others at New Zone Art Gallery. At 6:30 pm it’s beadwork by Nome May, Michael Rose and Chela Guyette at Harlequin Beads & Jewelry. The last stop at 6:50 pm is for work by Kris Ibach, Sadie Smith and Cyndy Duerfeldt at LaFollette Gallery. FREE. Useful Pots and More show and sale of work by Kath Lee, Michiyo Goble, Don Prey and others, noon to 8 pm today, and from 10 am to 4 pm tomorrow and May 4, 2620 W. 22nd Ave. FREE. BENEFIT Benefit concert for Nicaragua features music by On the Rocks, 7 pm, Central Presbyterian Church. $8, $5 stu. DANCE The Works, Lane student performance, 8 pm today and tomor- row, LCC Theatre. $8, $6 stu. FESTIVAL Fiesta Latina fea- tures music, dancing, food, booths, information tables, magic, children’s activities and more, from 6 pm to 11:30 pm today, from noon to 11:30 pm tomorrow, and from noon to 6 pm May 4, Washington-Jefferson Park. Children’s activities are from noon to 6 pm May 3 and 4. $3 don. FILM Men and Animals, films by Jim Finn and Dead Rank, 7:30 pm, My House. $3-$5 sugg. don. Gorgeous, Chinese Film Series, 4 pm, 115 Pacific, UO. FREE. Ping Pong, Japanese Film Series, 4 pm, 207 Chapman, UO. FREE. Antique sale, 10 am to 8 pm today, to 7 pm tomorrow and to 5 pm May 3, Lane Co. Fairgrounds. $3. A BRING TV, computer & electronics recycling roundup event accepts these and faxes, phones and stereos for disposal, recycling, 10 am to 2 pm todya for businesses, and 10 am to 3 pm tomorrow for the general public, Glenwood Central Recycling Station. $10 TVs, $5 monitors, $8 computers. “First Fridays at the Library” features music with Vocal Tangent, 6:30 pm, and lecture with Bill Sullivan, 7:30 pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Tool Sale continues. See Thursday, May 1. KIDSTUFF Playgroup for moms and newborns to two year olds, 10 am, Bambini. FREE. Pre-school storytime, 10:30 am, Bethel Library. FREE. “The Magic School Bus Gets Grossed Out!” features hands-on science exploring “Grossology” for ages 6-10, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, The Science Factory. Pre-register at 682-7888. $9. LECTURES “My Fight With the Feds,” Ed Rosenthal, 6 pm, 150 Columbia. $5. “Human Shields: From Baghdad to Eugene,” 7:30 pm, 123 Pacific, UO. FREE. S AT U R D AY Sunrise 6:01 am; Sunset 8:18 pm Av High 64; Av Low 41 ARTS/VISUAL “Making Recycled Art” features “Collage Extravaganza” MECCA, noon to 2 pm, Materials Exchange, 1235 Railroad Blvd. $5-$10 don. Work by students of the Art Careers Program, 1 to 5 pm, Eugene Museum of Art. FREE. Useful Pots and More continues. See Friday. BENEFITS Geranium sale bene- fits Zonta Service Foundation, 9 am to 4 pm today and from 11 am to 2 pm tomorrow, Champion Friction Co., 845 McKinley St. FREE. Benefit country concert celebration for Elizabeth Anderson features music with King Wilkie, the Vanilla Boys, Stan Owenby, 8 pm, Tsunami Books. $10 sugg. don. Plant sale benefits The Rachel Carson Center for Natural Resources and other charities, 10 am to 4 pm, Churchill High School greenhouse. FREE. CELEBRATION “The M & M Show” post May Day celebration fea- tures music with Michael Glownia, Mike Jones, as well as poetry and rap open mic, 7 to 9 pm, Lingo’s Books. $1-$5 ss. LITERARY ARTS Michael Linz reads, 7 pm, Barnes and Noble. FREE. Friday. MUSIC A Celebration of Harps, FESTIVAL Fiesta Latina contin- performance by UO harp students, 8 pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE. They Might Be Giants, 8 pm, McDonald Theatre. $18.50 adv., $20 dos. Vagiant, Starantula, Pellet Gun, Ovulators, 10 pm, John Henry’s. $4. Brenda Weiler, Caseu Hut, 9 pm, Café Paradiso. $7. Footloose continues. See Thursday, May 1. THEATER La Cage Aux Folles, 8 pm tonight and tomorrow, Actors Cabaret. $10-$15, $29.95 dinner/show combo. The House of Yes, 8 pm tonight and tomorrow, Actors Cabaret Annex. $12. Eleemosynary continues. Thursday, May 1. See VIGILS Prayer for Peace circles continue. See Thursday, May 1. Moms (parents) for Peace vigil, 4 pm Thursdays until the end of the war, Federal Building. FREE. LOIS, BY ADAM GROSOWSKY, AUGEN GALLERY, PORTLAND. SEE MAY 1, ON THE ROAD. 3 GATHERINGS Copper Penny Candlelight peace vigils continue. See Thursday, May 1. DANCE The Works continues. See ues. See Friday. GATHERINGS Saturday Market features more than 150 local artisans, international food court and live music, 10 am to 5 pm Saturdays, Park Blocks. Olem Alves plays at 10 am; Jam Jamboree at 11; Corono at noon; Kaulean O’Shaughnessy at 1 pm; Sweet River at 2 and Small Revolution plays at 3 pm. FREE. Cannabis march protests the prohibi- tion of cannabis and the war on (some) drugs, noon, Scobert Park, 4th Ave. and Blair St. FREE. “Conversation Café” meeting, 4 pm Saturdays, Lingo’s Books & Coffeehouse, 741 Lincoln St. www.conversationcafe.org FREE. “Pet Adoption 2003” worldwide event features tours and pet adop- tion, 11 am to 7 pm today and tomor- row, Saving Grace Pet Adoption Center. FREE. Farmers Market features produce, plants and flowers from more than 40 local growers, across from the Park Blocks, 10 am to 5 pm Saturdays. FREE.
