WHAT’S
happening
Ram Dass, the ex-Harvard professor from the ‘60s who turned on
a generation to meditation appears Aug. 2 at the high school gym
in Central Point, off Hwy. 99 north of Medford. Author of the classic
Be Here Now, Dass is considered one of America’s most influential
spiritual teachers. See Aug. 2 On the Road Calendar.
First Friday Artwalk is a free guided tour of downtown art galleries and visual arts attractions. This
week’s walk begins at 5:30 pm with work by Leslie Hansen, Ken Scott and Robert Ellert at Imagination
Gallery. Then at 5:50 it’s drawings by Clint Brown at Jacobs Gallery. At 6:10 pm the walk moves to White
Lotus Gallery for etchings by Barry Cleavin. Then at 6:30 the walk features “Carpe Diem, The Silk Road
of Traditions,” a collection of silk and wool rugs. At 6:50 the walk features “Dance as Art!” by New Zone
artists at the New Zone Art Collective, in conjunction with a dance performance at 7:30 pm at the Tango
Center, 194 W. Broadway. Last stop is “Visions of Oregon,” oil and watercolor landscapes by Claudia Gray
at Circle of Hands: Inner Circle Gallery. Here’s Monkey Puzzle, by Barry Cleavin at White Lotus Gallery.
See Friday Calendar.
“This is Our Cry, This is Our Prayer, Peace in the World” Commemoration remembers the victims of the
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, at Alton Baker Park. A 6 pm potluck kicks-off the event, and
at dusk floating peace candles will be lit on the duck pond. Former director of Oregon PeaceWorks
Michael Carrigan and others will speak, and there will be songs and poetry. See Wednesday Calendar
and Viewpoint this week.
The Oregon Festival of American Music’s 12th Annual Summer Music Festival, “Easy to Remember:
The Great American Songbook,” features a 10-day celebration of the great composers and lyricists of the
golden age of American popular song. Beginning Aug. 7 with Puttin’ On The Ritz, the opening concert
features John Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski, Dick Hymen and many others. “Easy to Remember” takes place
at the Shedd and Silva Concert Halls. See Thursday, Aug. 7 Calendar.
Author Kate Wilhelm will be meeting the
public and signing copies of her latest legal
thriller, Clear and Convincing Proof, at
Tsunami Books. The book features her popu-
lar character, lawyer Barbara Holloway, and is
set in Eugene. Wilhelm and her late husband,
Damon Knight, for many years opened their
house to aspiring science fiction writers from
Eugene and Springfield. See Saturday
Calendar.
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