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THEATER Hair, 8 pm tonight and
tomorrow, Actors Cabaret. $15 res.,
$10 gen., $29.95 for dinner and show.
GATHERINGS
ARTS/VISUAL An opening for
Art About Music, work by Ellen
Gabehart, Craig Lasha and Robert
Prokop, and The Tamkin Collection,
work by Maude I. Kerns, 6 pm, Maude
Kerns Art Center. $3 sugg. don.
HIV counseling and testing, 9 to 11:15
am Thursdays, 135 E. 6th Ave. $15.
Home Builders Association of Lane
Co. 2003 Tour of Homes, 6 to 9 pm
today and tomorrow and from noon
to 6 pm July 26 and 27. Information
and schedules are available at the
Eugene and Springfield Chambers of
Commerce.
KIDSTUFF
“Peewee
Playground” for ages 3-5 features
singing, stories, crafts, active games
and more, 9 am to noon Mondays
through Thursdays through Aug. 14,
Eastgate Woodlands and Thurston
Park, Spfd. Children must be toilet
trained and with parent/caregiver.
736-4544. FREE.
“Silly Stories & Twisted Tales,” 11:30
am today, tomorrow and July 26,
Impact! Arts, 2520 Harris St. 431-1177.
$2 sugg. don.
“Actors in Action,” 10:30 am Sheldon,
1 pm Bethel and 3:30 pm Downtown
branch libraries. FREE.
“Camp Read-it!” for 4th, 5th and 6th
graders, 1 to 3 pm, Springfield
Library. FREE.
Baby storytime, 10:15 am, Downtown
Library. FREE.
LECTURE “All About Coins and
Coin
Collecting,”
1:30
pm,
Willamalane Sr. Adult Activity Cntr.,
Spfd. FREE.
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Sunrise 5:53 am; Sunset 8:44 pm
Av High 83; Av Low 51
F R I D A Y
Meridian
Farmers Market, noon to 5 pm
Thursdays, 18th Ave. and Willamette
St. FREE.
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SPIRITUAL Prayer for Peace
circles continue. See Thursday,
July 24.
T H U R S DAY
Sunrise 5:52 am; Sunset 8:45 pm
Av High 83; Av Low 51
BENEFITS Locks of Love hair
drive, Fridays and Tuesdays through
June, 20 W. 17th Ave. 870-0388. don.
JAPANESE OBON AND TAIKO DRUMMING FESTIVAL, ALTON
BAKER PARK. SEE SATURDAY.
LITERARY ARTS A celebra-
tion for Best Essays NW, work from
Oregon Quarterly Magazine features
appearances by Robin Cody, Lauren
Kessler, Bobbie Willis and others, 7
pm, Barnes and Noble. FREE.
Jim Brown reads, 6 pm, Luna. FREE.
Reflective
Readers
discusses
Atonement by Ian McEwan, 7 pm,
Barnes and Noble. FREE.
“Discover Oregon’s Overlooked
Wilderness Gems” Oregon Wild
Forest Coalition’s Wilderness Week
features hikes, celebrations and cam-
pouts today through July 27. For
schedule go to www.oregonwild.org
Petersen Park. FREE.
The Ovulators, 9 pm, Sam Bond’s
Garage. $3.
GEARS rides 40 miles, Four Hills.
Meet at 9 am, Alton Baker Park. FREE.
The Jazz Mandolin Project, 8:30 pm,
WOW Hall. $12 adv., $14 dos.
SPIRITUAL Eugene peace cir-
cle, noon Thursdays, Suite 306, 474
Willamette St. 684-3850. FREE.
Accordions Anonymous, 6 pm,
Coiner Park, Cottage Grove. FREE.
ON THE AIR “New Dimensions”
features “Making Friends With
Death,” Jane Gignoux, 6:30 pm,
KLCC, 89.7 FM.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
One-hour fast bike rides, noon
Monday through Friday, Bike Friday.
687-0487. FREE.
“The Relay For Life” benefit for the
American Cancer Society today and
tomorrow features Bill Willie Bluz,
Don Latarski, 1:30; Deb Cleveland, 3
pm; Red Pajamas, 4:30 pm; Wheel of
Meat, 6 pm; The Valley Boys, 7 pm
today, LCC track, main campus. don.
Balm in Gilead continues. See
Thursday, July 24.
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S AT U R D AY
Sunrise 5:54 am; Sunset 8:43 pm
Av High 83; Av Low 52
ARTS/VISUAL A summer stu-
dio sale and show of ceramics by Faye
Nakamura, 10 am to 4 pm, 2695
University St. FREE.
VICTORIA WILLIAMS PLAYS THE WOW HALL.
SEE THURSDAY, JULY 31.
Obsidians hike 6 miles, Gwynn Creek.
See YMCA board for details. $3-$4
sugg. don.
Introduction to sea kayaking, 7:30 pm
today and at 9 am July 26, Outdoor
Program, EMU, UO. $20.
MUSIC The Valley Boys, 6:30 pm,
Wilderness Week continues. See
Thursday, July 24.
Prayer for Peace circles, noon
Monday through Friday, Unity of the
Valley. FREE.
THEATER Balm in Gilead, 8 pm
tonight, tomorrow, July 26, 31 and
Aug. 1 and 2, Lord Leebrick Theatre.
$10.
BALM IN GILEAD PLAYS AT LORD LEEBRICK THEATRE. SEE THURSDAY, JULY 24.
FESTIVAL
Toledo Summer
Festival features fireworks, logging
show, carnival, dances and a parade,
today through July 27, Memorial
Fields, Toledo. For information go to
www.visittoledooregon.com
BENEFIT “The Relay For Life”
benefit for the American Cancer
Society features Ben Powell, 8:30
am; Island Jammin’, 9:30 am; The
Cheeseburgers at 10:50 am, LCC
track, main campus. don.
GATHERINGS Blackberry Jam
Pow Wow features music, a fishing
derby, a parade, an exhibition of arc-
tic winter games, contests, a pow
wow, exhibition dancing, drumming,
storytelling, Indian crafts and food, as
well as pow wow grand entries, today
through July 27, Lowell. For informa-
tion call 687-3489. FREE.
COMEDY ComedySportz, 8 pm,
“The Singletarians” meeting, 7:30
pm, Unitarian Universalist Church of
Eugene. $2 don.
Lane Co. 2003 Tour of Homes con-
tinues. See Thursday, July 24.
KIDSTUFF Playgroup for moms
and newborns to 2-year-olds, 10 am,
Bambini. FREE.
“Flying Machines” features hands-on
building and flying of crazy creations,
noon to 4 pm today and tomorrow,
The Science Factory. Free with admis-
sion to Science Sleuths exhibit.
“Explore Bugs!”, 10:30 am, Bethel
Library. FREE.
“Silly Stories & Twisted Tales” contin-
ues. See Thursday, July 24.
LITERARY ARTS A benefit
for the Eugene Poetry Slam Team’s
August travel to the National
Competition in Chicago features a
poetry slam with the slammers trying
out their new licks, 9:30, John
Henry’s. $3-$10 ss.
MUSIC Satin Love Orchestra, 6:30
pm, Island Park, Spfd. FREE.
Culture, 9 pm, The Annex. $16 adv.,
$18 dos.
Mood Area 52, Scrambled Eggs, 9:30
pm, Sam Bond’s Garage. $5.
West Coast Rhythm Kings, 9 pm,
Vet’s Club Ballroom. $6 adv., $8 dos.
Jaya Lakshmi, Deva Privo, Gypsy
Moon, 8:30 pm, Agate Hall, UO. $12.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
One-hour fast bike rides continue.
See Thursday, July 24.
The ComedySportz Theatre, 10th Ave.
and Oak St. 517-9996. $8, $7 with a
can of food for FOOD for Lane Co.
FESTIVALS Japanese Obon
and Taiko Drumming Festival fea-
tures Japanese dancing, Taiko drum-
ming, audience participation, crafts,
food, children’s activities and more, 5
to 9 pm, Alton Baker Park. FREE.
Toledo Summer Festival continues.
See Friday.
GATHERINGS
A “War on
Boredom” closing multimedia event
for My House features a multi-media
event with music, film, art, zin read-
ings, slide shows, crafts, poetry, food,
four square and more, 3 to 11 pm,
Washington/Jefferson Park. FREE.
Saturday Market features more
than 150 local artisans, internation-
al food court and live music, 10 am
to 5 pm Saturdays, Park Blocks.
Richard Crandall plays at 10 am;
Invincible Vincent at 11; Eugene Slam
Team at noon; Tony Kaltenberg at 1
pm; Laura Kemp with Roy Brewer at
2 and the Olem Alves Band plays at
3:30 pm. FREE.
Eugene swap meet and auto display, 8
am to 3 pm, Lane Co. Fairgrounds. $3.
Cascadia Forest Goods warehouse
sale features figured maple, chinkapin,
walnut, decking, siding, paneling, fenc-
ing and more from sustainably man-
aged forests and recycled wood, 9 am
to 3 pm Saturdays, 4446 Franklin
Blvd., Glenwood. 485-4477. FREE.
Southtowne Shoppes Farmers
Market, Saturdays 9 am to 3 pm, and
Tuesdays 11 am to 3 pm, 28th Ave.
and Oak St. FREE.
Farmers Market features produce,
plants and flowers from more than
40 local growers, 9 am to 4 pm
Saturdays and from 10 am to 3 pm
Tuesdays, 8th Ave. and Oak St. FREE.
“Stray Cat Showcase” adoption
event features adorable felines of all