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Diana Darby plays Cozmic Pizza. See Tuesday. Aurora Glass Seconds Sale and Glass-blowing Demonstrations con- tinue. See Friday. Pleasant Hill Pottery holiday studio sale and open house continues. See Saturday. Pleasant Hill Pottery holiday studio sale and open house, 10 am to 5 pm today and tomorrow, Pleasant Hill Pottery, Pleasant Hill. FREE. BENEFIT Potters for Pets and BENEFITS Potters for Pets and GATHERINGS Saturday Market’s Holiday Market features four hundred artisans, locally hand- crafted items, international food court and live entertainment. Invisible Vincent performs 10:30 am, Lorna Miller plays 11:30 am, Sun Bossa Sextet plays 12:30 pm, The Raventones plays 1:45 pm, “Yes! It Is Fashion!” show at 3:15 pm, Neil Bjorklund Trio plays 4:45 pm, Lane County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. FREE. Secret House Winery pre-holiday pottery show and sale continues. See Friday. Readin’ in the Rain Fundraiser fea- tures Alan Siporin reading from his novel, Fire’s Edge, noon to 5 pm, readings 1 pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. 27 T H U R S DAY Sunrise 7:23 am; Sunset 4:37 pm Av High 48; Av Low 36 GATHERINGS “Festival of Trees,” through Nov. 30, McKenzie- Willamette Medical Center Columbia Room. 726-4622 for times. $3-$5. Community Thanksgiving Dinner, 11 am to 3 pm, Whiteaker School. FREE. HIV counseling and testing, 9 to 11:15 am Thursdays, 135 E. 6th Ave. $15. calendar “Men of Eugene Booty Pageant,” calendar competition for local men, 9 pm, John Henry’s. $3. Smirkin’ Turkey Revue features jug- gling, magic, music and more, 7 pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5, kids free. Vigorous yoga, 5:45 pm Thursdays, Friends Meetinghouse. $7-$10 ss. Toastmasters meeting, 6:15 am Fridays, Mr. K’s Restaurant, Coburg Rd. 683-9657. FREE. Grief Support Group, McKenzie- Willamette Medical Center Willamette Room, 7 pm Thursdays. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Healing Connection,” 7 pm Thursdays, CTV- 22 & 29. 14 NOVEMBER 26, 2003 GATHERINGS Saturday Market’s Holiday Market features 400 artisans, locally handcrafted items, international food court and live entertainment. Roger Fountain performs 10:30 am, Janet Naylor plays 11:30 am, Craig Einhorn plays 12:30 pm, Wryley plays 1:45 pm, Shaughnessy plays 3:15 pm, Fiddlin Big Sue Band plays 4:45 pm, Lane County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. FREE. “New Dimensions” features “Words That Heal,” Judith Simon Prager, 6:30 pm, KLCC, 89.7 FM. “The Jefferson Exchange,” features two hours from the Exchange archives, 8 am, 8 pm KRVM, 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION One-hour fast bike rides, noon Monday through Friday, Bike Friday. 687-0487. FREE. SPIRITUAL Eugene Peace Circle, noon Thursdays, Suite 306, 474 Willamette St. 684-3850. FREE. Prayer for Peace circles, noon Monday through Friday, Unity of the Valley. FREE. 28 F R I D A Y Sunrise 7:24 am; Sunset 4:37 pm Av High 48; Av Low 36 ARTS/VISUAL “Useful Pots and More” Fall 2003 Studio Sale fea- tures pottery by Kathy Lee, Michiyo Goble, Don Prey and Sookjae McCarty, boxes and books by Elizabeth Uhlig, 10 am to 4 pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 30. FREE. Aurora Glass Seconds Sale and Glass-blowing Demonstrations, 10 am to 4 pm, Aurora Glass. 681-3260. FREE. Open house featuring wine and cheese tasting, noon to 7 pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 30, Eugene Wine Cellars. $5. BENEFITS Benefit for FOOD for Lane County’s “Gardens Project,” five percent of sales donated to gar- den projects, 10 am to 6 pm, Down to Earth Home, Garden, Gift. FREE. Potters for Pets and Secret House Winery pre-holiday pottery show and sale benefits Greenhill Humane Society and The Bearen Foundation, 11 am to 5 pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 30, Secret House Vineyards Wine Cellar. 689-1503. FREE. COMEDY ComedySportz fea- tures Aaron “J Jonah” Jamison, 8 pm tonight and tomorrow, ComedySportz Theatre. $8, $7 with a can of food. “Musicians Unite” featuring Henry Cooper, benefit to replace musical equipment stolen from Mo’ Fessor, 9 pm, Quackers Last Stop. don. COMEDY ComedySportz contin- ues. See Friday. FILM The Dildo Diaries and panel discussion, fundraiser for 12th Annual UO Queer Film Festival, 6 pm, 180 PLC, UO. $3-$5. GATHERINGS Saturday Market’s Holiday Market features 400 artisans, locally handcrafted items, international food court and live entertainment. Nisse’s Dream performs 10:30 am, Olem Alves plays 11:30 am, Hanson Family Singers plays 12:30 pm, Inspirational Sounds plays 1:45 pm, Jill Cohn plays 3:15 pm, Jessie Rae plays 4:45 pm, Lane County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. FREE. Secret House Winery pre-holiday pottery show and sale continues. See Friday. Open house featuring wine and cheese tasting continues. See Friday. “Strategies to prevent demolition and redevelopment in Moss/Villard/Columbia neighbor- hood,” 7 pm Sundays, 13th and Alder Starbucks. FREE. “Festival of Trees” continues. See Thursday, Nov. 27. Open air market features crafts, farmers, music and food vendors, 11 am to 7 pm Sundays through Nov. 30, downtown Blue River. FREE. Interfaith dialogues with incarcerat- ed youth, 10:30 am Sundays, Serbu Juvenile Justice Center. For informa- tion call 344-3080. KIDSTUFF Raino the Clown Open house featuring wine and cheese tasting continues. See Friday. Storytime, 12:30 pm, BabyCakes. FREE. Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene Singletarians meeting, 7:30 pm, Unitarian Universalist Church. $2 sugg. don. Holiday Fun Day features refresh- ments, storyteller for children, raffle and more, 10 am to 6 pm, Mother Kali’s Books. 343-4864. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Healing Connection,” 8 pm Sundays, CTV-22 & 29. “Festival of Trees” continues. See Thursday, Nov. 27. “Festival of Trees” continues. See Thursday, Nov. 27. Progressive Coalition Happytime Friday, 5:30 pm Fridays, Café Paradiso. FREE. Indoor Saturday Market, 9 am to 2 pm Saturdays, The Art of Everything, Cottage Grove. FREE. Oregon Ballroom Dance, 7:30 pm, Gerlinger Hall, UO. $5. 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. KIDSTUFF “Nature Art” fea- tures 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. Jump Up Singing with Rosette Lattimore features songs, stories, games, dance for ages 1 to 3, 10 am to 10:45 am, The Shedd. 687-6526. $8.50. “Searchasaurus,” kids’ computer workshop, 10:30 am, Downtown Library. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Pacifica Forum: “The Watchdogs: Review of Laird Wilcox’s Book,” noon, Wesley Center. 344-0484. FREE. Veneta Saturday Market features produce, crafts and festivities, 10 am to 5 pm Saturdays, Veneta. 935- 2268. FREE. KIDSTUFF “Nature Art” fea- tures hands-on science activities for kids, 12 pm to 4 pm, The Science Factory. $4 exhibits and activities. www.sciencefactory.org Children’s storytime, 11 am Saturdays, Borders Books. FREE. Saturday storytime, 10 am, Barnes and Noble Books. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange,” 8 am, 8 pm KRVM, 1280 AM. “Intro to Fiddling” for all ages, 9:15 am to 10 am Saturdays, teens and adults 10:15 to 11 am, The Shedd. 687-6526. $8.50. OUTDOORS/RECREATION MUSIC The Perverts, The One-hour fast bike rides continue. See Thursday, Nov. 27. Obsidians hike Adams Mountain Crawfish Trail. Email www.summer- trips@obsidians.org for more informa- tion. SPIRITUAL Prayer for Peace circles continue. See Thursday, Nov. 27. Lecture, meditation, and dance into enlightenment, Trinity Healings, Energy Baptisms, 7 pm. Call 344- 0458 for location. don. THEATER MAME, 8 pm today Anxieties, Joshua James and the Runaway Trains, 9:30 pm, Wild Duck. $3. Atrium Concert: “Early Music Exercise,” featuring Emerald per- forming pre-1800 music, 2 pm, The Atrium. 344-0483. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Gay tennis group, noon Saturdays and Sundays. 687-9689. FREE. SPIRITUAL Tibetan Buddhist meditation with Tenzin La Gurmey, 9 am Saturdays and 6:30 pm Wednesdays. For information call 554-9696. $2-$5 ss. and tomorrow, 2 pm Nov. 30, Actors Cabaret of Eugene. $10-$15. THEATER MAME continues. See 29 30 Friday. S AT U R D AY S U N D A Y Sunrise 7:26 am; Sunset 4:36 pm Av High 48; Av Low 35 Sunrise 7:27 am; Sunset 4:36 pm Av High 48; Av Low 35 ARTS/VISUAL “Useful Pots ARTS/VISUAL “Useful Pots and More” Fall 2003 Studio Sale continues. See Friday. and More” Fall 2003 Studio Sale continues. See Friday. “Anarchy Radio,” John Zerzan, 11 pm Sundays, KWVA, 88.1 FM. Listener call-in with Adrienne Wilson, noon Sundays, KLCC, 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARS rides 70 miles to Wolf Creek, 10 am, meets at Alton Baker Park. FREE. Gay tennis group continues. See Saturday. 1 M O N DAY Sunrise 7:28 am; Sunset 4:36 pm Av High 48; Av Low 35 ARTS/VISUAL Life Drawing, 7:45 pm Mondays, 439 W. 2nd Ave. 302-2727. $5. FILM Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano, Russian Film Series screening, 9:15 pm, 115 Pacific, UO. FREE. GATHERINGS World AIDS Day activities feature Peace Corps Africa Experience, 11 am, Gumwood Room, Pandemic, 6 pm, Taylor Lounge, LGBTQA & Women’s Center Safe Sex Info, noon, Walnut Room, Professor Chuck Hunt speaks, 2 pm, African Dance Show, 3:30 pm, Poetry Slam, 5 pm, Candle vigil 5 pm, EMU Amphitheater, UO. FREE. HIV counseling/testing, 4 to 7 pm Mondays, HIV Alliance, 1966 Garden Ave. don. French conversation, 3:30 to 5:30 pm Mondays. For information call 937-2304. $5. Gentle yoga for people with multiple sclerosis, 10:45 am to 12:45 pm Mondays, Hilyard Community Center. $5. Women’s drop-in support group for survivors of sexual abuse, 7 pm Mondays, Sexual Assault Support Services. 484-9791. FREE. Yoga for seniors, 1:30 pm Mondays, Core Star Center. $5-$10 ss. KIDSTUFF Drop-in time for families features toys for kids and relaxation for parents, 1:30 to 3:30 pm Mondays, Patterson Family Resource Center, Patterson Elementary School. FREE. “Storytime with Phylis,” 11:30 am Mondays, BabyCakes. FREE. MUSIC Oregon Percussion Ensemble celebrates the release of composer Meyer Kupferman’s Percussion Symphony CD, 8 pm, Beall Concert Hall, UO. $3-$5. Obsidians hike Castle Rock. Email www.summertrips@obsidians.org for more information. OUTDOORS/RECREATION SPIRITUAL “Dances of Nearby Nature Action Walk features litter patrol and park caretaking, 3 pm, meets at Alton Baker Park Host Residence. $3 sugg. don. Universal Peace,” 7 pm Sundays, Eugene School of Ballet. 688-4134. don. Rigpa Tibetan meditation evenings feature video teaching from Sogyal Rinpoche, 7 pm Sundays, 1405 Mill St. $5 don. Tibetan Buddhist teachings feature meditation, chanting and relaxation, 11 am Sundays and 7 pm Wednesdays, 3333 Storey Blvd. FREE. THEATER MAME continues. See Friday. Tony Furtado and the American Gypsies play the Wild Duck. See Thursday, Dec. 4. One-hour fast bike rides continue. See Thursday, Nov. 27. SPIRITUAL Prayer for Peace circles continue. See Thursday, Nov. 27. Foundation Course in Meditation, 7 pm Mondays. FREE. Call 343-5252 for location. VIGIL Women in Black silent vigil, 5 pm Mondays, corner of 7th Ave. and Oak Street. FREE.
