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Marcia Ball won the 2002 W.C. Handy
Award “Best Blues Album of the Year” for
Presumed Innocent. Her new album, So
Many Rivers, featuring a plethora of musi-
cal guests, is now available on the
Alligator Records label. Ball coaxes the
ebony and the ivory into shades of blue at
the Wild Duck Music Hall. See Thursday,
June 5.
The Maude Kerns Art Center is holding an
opening reception for Four To Go , work
by William Hosterman, Johanna Paas,
Lampo Leong and Diana Jacobs. The
exhibit, running through July 11, features a
print and media project by Hosterman and
Paas, etchings by Jacobs and work by
Leong that combines visual arts
techniques with advanced computer tech-
nologies. Hear a gallery talk with William
Hosterman at 7 pm June 2. Here’s One of
Many (right,) by Johanna Paas. See
Friday and Monday Calendar.
First Friday Artwalks have now been joined by the occasional Thursday Artwalk at the
Meridian at 18th and Willamette. Sattva Gallery, Letterhead, Folkways and Uncommon Scents
host an evening of artwork by Mitzi Lynn, B.W. Krehbiel, Steve and Penelope Oshatz and
Alison McNair. Wine and light refreshments will be served by Café Yumm! Perhaps a good
prelude to the Marcia Ball performance at the Wild Duck. See Thursday, June 5.
A “Talking Stones” dedication celebration highlights artwork honoring the Kalapuya
Indians. An artwalk with Lisa Ponder, designer and engraver of the stones, introduces four
stones engraved with Kalapuya words at 10 am in Springfield’s Eastgate Woodlands. Then at
2 pm a ceremonial dedication of the remaining seven stones features Kalapuya elder Esther
Stutzman, a brief interfaith service as well as American Indian drumming and songs at Alton
Baker Park. See Saturday Calendar.
Recent concerts at the McDonald Theatre have been packed. The Roots
finally made it to Eugene after some scheduling hassles, and the hip hop
they brought thumped fully in an ultra-tight and ingenious performance.
Then it was Ziggy Marley’s turn. His new album, Dragonfly, doesn’t
have a reggae song on it, leaning more to pop rock, and the tour t-shirts
for sale use a hard-rock style font. The fans gave their love, but you
had to wonder how much they were clapping for his music or just
for Ziggy himself. The crowd didn’t bump too much to Dragonfly,
but when Zig slid into old Bob numbers, the throng was
cheering before the first volley of bass notes ended.
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