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13 T H U R S DAY Sunrise 7:05 am; Sunset 4:48 pm Av High 53; Av Low 38 ARTS/VISUAL Life Painting, 7:30 pm, DIVA. $5. BENEFIT “Gifts from the Heart” gala benefits HIV Alliance, features food, music, auction, 6 pm, Eugene Hilton. $50. COMEDY Live Matinee, 25th anniversary show features comedy skits and short films, 8 pm tonight, tomorrow, Nov. 15, and Nov. 20, 2 pm Nov. 16, runs through Nov. 22, Lord Leebrick Theatre. $12.99-$14.99. FILMS Life and Debt, 7 pm, Law School, UO. FREE. One Giant Leap, 7 pm. 182 Lillis Complex, UO. FREE. GATHERINGS Grief Support Group, McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center Willamette Room, 7 pm Thursdays. FREE. Antera and Omaran, 8 pm, Foolscap Books. FREE. Amelia Piano Trio, 8 pm, Beall Hall, UO. $12-$29. SHOcase features Gamelan Sari Pandhawa Indonesian Percussion Ensemble, 12:15 pm, Hult Center Lobby. FREE. Yellowcard, Stole Your Woman, AlterEGO, 7 pm, Wild Duck. $10. ON THE AIR “The Healing Connection,” 7 pm Thursdays, CTV- 22 & 29. “New Dimensions” features “Exploring the Dark Night of the Soul,” Mirabai Starr, 6:30 pm, KLCC, 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION One-hour fast bike rides, noon Monday through Friday, Bike Friday. 687-0487. FREE. PRESENTATIONS Frankie Manning Swing Dance Workshop, 7 pm tonight and 12:30 pm Nov. 16, Agate Hall, UO. FREE. “Life Without Anger: Your Guide to Peaceful Living,” 7 pm, UO Bookstore. FREE. Lane County WAND party, 7 pm, McNail-Riley House. FREE. Cuckoo’s Nest, 8 pm tonight, tomor- row Nov. 15, Nov. 21 and Nov. 22, 2 pm Nov. 16. Robinson Theatre, UO. $5-$12. 14 F R I D A Y Sunrise 7:07 am; Sunset 4:47 pm Av High 52; Av Low 38 BENEFIT Mother Kali’s Benefit Dinner, 5 pm, 7 pm and 9 pm, Keystone Café. $5-$30 ss. don. 343- 4864 for reservations. COMEDY Live Matinee continues. See Thursday, Nov. 13. FILMS Yellow Earth, 7 pm, EMU International Lounge, UO. FREE. Animation Show opens at Bijou Art Cinemas. Call 686-2458 for times. GATHERINGS Dedication of Ken Kesey Memorial, 1 pm, Broadway and Willamette. FREE. Vigorous yoga, 5:45 pm Thursdays, Friends Meetinghouse. $7-$10 ss. Veteran Appreciation Day, 9 am to 3 pm, Eugene National Guard Armory. FREE. “The Last Kesey Test” celebrates Ken Kesey, 7 pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. Progressive Coalition Happytime Friday, 5:30 pm, Café Paradiso. FREE. Community open house to share information on McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center’s progress on identi- fying a site for a replacement McKenzie-Willamette, 6 pm, Springfield City Hall. FREE. Gem Faire features gems, beads, crystals, silver, noon to 7 pm today, 10 am to 7 pm tomorrow and 10 am to 5 pm Nov. 16, Lane County Event Center. $5. KIDSTUFF Baby Storytime, 10:15 am, Downtown Library. FREE. American Songfest with Erica Brookhyser features songs, games, dances for ages 7 and up, 3:30 to 4:30 pm Thursdays, The Shedd. $8.50. “Juggling for Kids,” 3:30 pm, Downtown Library. FREE. POET MICHAEL SPRING READS AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY. SEE TUESDAY. “Music Fun,” 10 am, BabyCakes. don. LITERARY ARTS Author Mary Ellen talks about animals and their special powers in our lives, 7 pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. SPIRITUAL “The Buddhist View of Selfishness,” Steven Zimmerman, 7:30 pm Thursdays through Nov. 20, First Christian Church. 344-5693. don. Medieval poetry reading, 4 pm, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. FREE. Eugene Peace Circle, noon Thursdays, Suite 306, 474 Willamette St. 684-3850. FREE. MUSIC Guster, Trachtenburg Family Slide Show Players, 7:30 pm, McDonald Theatre. $15. Nature’s Designers Gift Show features handcrafted gifts by Pacific Northwest artists, 11 am to 7 pm today MUSIC The Danged, 9:30 pm, Luckey’s. $3. “A Night in Brazil” features Serenata and Macaco Velho, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. Tracey Grammer, 8 pm, Café Paradiso. $16.50 adv., $18 dos. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange,” 8 am, 8 pm KRVM, 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION One-hour fast bike rides continue. See Thursday, Nov. 13. Exploratory hike through local forests features a search for Eugene’s best mushrooms, 7:30 am, meets at Outdoor Program, UO. $4. PRESENTATIONS “Cancun to Miami: On the Road of Resistance to the FTAA!” features stories from local activists, 7 pm, EMU Ben Linder Room, UO. FREE. Sustainable Business Symposium, 9 am today and tomorrow, 10:30 am Nov. 16, Lillis Complex, UO. FREE. “Our Lives are Our Practice,” featur- ing Ani Tsering Chodron, 7 pm, Unity of the Valley Church. $5 plus don. “Trapped in the Phillipines,” featuring Frances B. Cogan, 1:30 pm, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. FREE. “Theory and Practice: Recent Work,” featuring architect Gary Moye, 5:30 pm, 177 Lawrence Hall, UO. FREE. SPIRITUAL Prayer for Peace cir- cles continue. See Thursday, Nov. 13. THEATER Sealed For Freshness, 8 pm tonight and tomorrow, ACE Annex Theater. $12. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest continues. See Thursday, Nov. 13. “Dressed for the Part: A Diamond Jubilee of Theatre Fashions” fea- tures costumes from Very Little Theatre’s 75-year history, 8 pm “Abolishing War: Three Evenings of Dialogue,” 7 pm, Friendly St. Neighborhood. For information and to register, call 543-0525. Architecture and Allied Arts Faculty Lecture Series: Rich Margerum speaks, 4 pm, 206 Lawrence Hall, UO, John Camp discusses “Recent Excavations in the Athenian Agora,” 7 pm, 166 Lawrence Hall, UO. Free. Pre-school Storytime for ages 3 to 6, 10:30 am, Bethel and Sheldon Branch Libraries. FREE. THE ANIMATION SHOW OPENS AT THE BIJOU. SEE FRIDAY. calendar THEATER One Flew Over the Toastmasters meeting, 6:15 am Fridays, Mr. K’s Restaurant, Coburg Rd. 683-9657. FREE. HIV counseling and testing, 9 to 11:15 am Thursdays, 135 E. 6th Ave. $15. 16 NOVEMBER 13, 2003 Prayer for Peace circles, noon Monday through Friday, Unity of the Valley. FREE. Mitzi Linn Studio Sale features paint- ings and reproductions from travels, 10 am to 5 pm today and tomorrow, 1333 Oakpatch Rd. Apt. 47. FREE. Call 485-9524 for directions. Gem Faire continues. See Friday. Nature’s Designers Gift Show contin- ues. See Friday. Crest Drive Elementary School Fundraiser features fresh Krispy Kreme donuts, 8 am, Churchill High School parking lot. FREE. Lesbian Social Group, 5 pm, McMenamins at North Bank, 5 pm. FREE. Oregon Society of Mayflower Descendents luncheon, noon, Ramada Inn. $17. Saturday Market features more than 150 local artisans, international food court and live music, Chip Cohen plays 10 am, Walker T plays 11 am, M & M Show plays noon, Shaka plays 1 pm, Carmizin plays 2 pm, Poodle Creek Pickers plays 3:30 pm. 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. Veneta Saturday Market features produce, crafts and festivities, 10 am to 5 pm Saturdays, Veneta. 935- 2268. FREE. “Adoption Issues and Perspectives” conference, 9 am to 5 pm today and 10 am to 5 pm tomorrow, EWEB Training Center. FREE. Ken Kesey Symposium features five scholarly papers, poetry readings, fic- tion, guest speakers and a perfor- mance by the Merry Pranksters today and tomorrow: “Electric Art for the Mind and Body,” panel, 9 am, “Kesey the Writers,” panel, 10:45 am, EMU Fir Room, UO, Merry Pranksters CLAUDIO MENDEZ AND DANIEL GOMEZ PLAY THE TANGO CENTER. SEE MONDAY. and 11 am to 5 pm tomorrow, Museum of Natural History, UO. FREE. Ken Kesey Symposium features five scholarly papers, poetry readings, fiction, guest speakers and a per- formance by the Merry Pranksters tonight, tomorrow and Nov. 16: “Fifty Years Young: The Beats Go On,” a panel of three papers, 7 pm, EMU Fir Room, UO. FREE. http://kesey.uoregon.edu Ballroom Dance, 7:30 pm, 220 Gerlinger Hall, UO. $4-$5. KIDSTUFF “Rock and Mineral Show and Sale” features hands-on science activities for kids, 12 pm to 4 pm, The Science Factory. $4 exhibits and activities. www.sciencefactory.org Mom and Baby Play Group, 10 am, Bambini. FREE. tonight and tomorrow, Nov. 21 and Nov. 22, 2 pm Nov. 16 and Nov. 23, Nov. 16 show to benefit for McKenzie- Willamette Adult Day Care and the Alzheimer’s Association, Very Little Theatre. $10, $15 Nov. 16. 15 S AT U R D AY Sunrise 7:08 am; Sunset 4:46 pm Av High 52; Av Low 37 COMEDY Live Matinee continues. See Thursday, Nov. 13. Stand-up poet Les Barker, 8 pm, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. $12. GATHERINGS Eugene Poetry Pre-school Storytime for ages 3 to 6, 10:30 am, Bethel Branch Library. FREE. Slam! Round II features Detroit poet Blair, 8 pm, Foolscap Books. $3-$5 ss. Jump Up Singing with Rosette Lattimore features songs, stories, games, dance for ages 1 to 3, 10 am to 10:45 am Fridays, ages 3 to 5, 11 am to 11:45 am. The Shedd. $8.50. Lupus Support Group, 1 pm, McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center Willamette Room. FREE. Teen Game Night, 6 pm, Sheldon Branch Library. FREE. Indoor Saturday Market, 9 am to 2 pm, The Art of Everything First Anniversary Celebration, featuring live music, 8:30 pm, The Art of Everything, Cottage Grove. FREE. Teen Night features outings for teens, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, Willamalane Center, $8. LITERARY ARTS “Afterlives of May ’68,” featuring Kristin Ross, 4 pm, 375 McKenzie Hall, UO. FREE. Holiday Bazaar, 9 am to 3 pm, Campbell Senior Center. FREE. Willamette High Band Holiday Craft Fair, 9 am to 5 pm today and 10 am to 4 pm tomorrow, Willamette High Cafeteria. FREE. performance, 2:30 pm, Amphitheatre, UO. FREE. EMU KIDSTUFF “Rock and Mineral Show and Sale” features hands-on science activities for kids, 12 pm to 4 pm, “Backyard Astronomy Show,” 2 pm, The Science Factory. $7 exhibits, activities and planetarium show, $4 exhibits and activities or planetarium show. www.sciencefactory.org “Action Night” for ages 6 to 12 fea- tures gymnastics, video games and pizza, 5 pm to 9 pm, Gymnastics NW. $12. 688-4052. “Baile Latino with Jessie Marquez” features Latin dance for girls grades 4 to 7, 11:30 am to 1 pm Saturdays, The Shedd. $10. Children’s storytime, 11 am Saturdays, Borders Books. FREE. Saturday storytime, 10 am, Barnes and Noble Books. FREE. “Intro to Fiddling” for all ages, 9:15 am to 10 am Saturdays, teens and adults 10:15 to 11 am, The Shedd. $8.50. Family Music Time, 10:15 am, Bethel Branch and Downtown Libraries. FREE. MUSIC Electroacoustic works by composers Eric Chasalow, Jeffrey Stolet, 8 pm, 198 Music Building, UO. $3-$5. Guy Clark, 7:30 pm, The Shedd. $10.50-$24.50. Bill Mays, 8 pm, Luna. $10-$30 ss.
