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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 2004)
15 T H U R S DAY Sunrise 7:45 am; Sunset 5:00 pm Av High 46; Av Low 33 FILM UO Sociology Winter Film Series runs Thursdays. The Trials of Henry Kissinger, 7 pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE. GATHERINGS HIV counseling and testing, 9 to 11:15 am Thursdays, 135 E. 6th Ave. $15. Vigorous yoga, 5:45 pm Thursdays, Friends Meeting House. $7-$10 ss. Grief Support Group, McKenzie- Willamette Medical Center Willamette Room, 7 pm Thursdays. FREE. KIDSTUFF Baby Storytime, 10:15 am, Harry Potter Club for ages 7 to 11, 3:30 pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Pre-school Storytime, 10:30 am, Bethel and Sheldon Branch Libraries. FREE. calendar MUSIC SHOcase presents: Shasta Middle School Jazz Band, 12:15 pm, Hult Center Lobby. FREE. Hot Buttered Rum String Band, 9 pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. Eugene Symphony Cutting Edge Concerti, featuring conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and special guest composer Jennifer Higdon, 8 pm, Hult Center Silva Concert Hall. 682- 5000 for ticket prices. Grasshopper, 8 pm, Luna. $5. ON THE AIR “The Healing Connection,” 7 pm Thursdays, CTV- 22 & 29. “New Dimensions” features “The Soul of a Dolphin,” Brenda Peterson, 6:30 pm, KLCC, 89.7 FM. “The Jefferson Exchange” features “The Plan for Logging the Biscuit Fire Area in Southern Oregon and Other ‘Healthy Forest’ Restoration Issues,” 8 am, 8 pm weekdays, KRVM, 1280 AM. LECTURES “Benefits of Strength Training,” lecture by clinical exercise specialist Doug DeWitt, 2 pm, Willamalane Adult Center. 736- 4444. FREE. “Democracy Now!,” Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, 7 am weekdays, “Free Speech Radio News” 6 pm weekdays, KWVA, 88.1 FM. Morse Chair Professor Neil Smith speaks on “America’s Lost Geographies,” 7:30 pm, Hilton Conference Center. 346-3700 for more information. One-hour fast bike rides, noon Monday through Friday, Bike Friday. 687-0487. FREE. Architecture and Allied Arts Faculty Lecture Series: Lars Bleher speaks, 4 pm, Janice Rutherford speaks, 4:45 pm, 206 Lawrence, UO. FREE. 16 JANUARY 15, 2004 Johnston Lecture: Author Melissa Fay Greene speaks on her work and “A Writer Bearing Witness: AIDS Orphans in Africa,” 4 pm, Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION PRESENTATION “Pruning: Tree Fruits and Ornamentals,” 9 am to 11:30 am, meets at the Florence Events Center. Register 682-4243. FREE. SPIRITUAL Eugene Peace Circle, noon Thursdays, Suite 306, 474 Willamette St. 684-3850. FREE. “Ballot Measure 30: How Could It Affect Our Criminal Justice System?,” Lane County District Attorney Doug Harcleroad speaks to the League of Women Voters, noon, Wild Duck, Madison Room. 343-7917. FREE. THEATER Far Away, 8 pm tonight, tomorrow, Jan. 17 and Jan. 22, 2 pm Jan. 18, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton. 465-1506. $8-$16. LITERARY ARTS Women’s Focus book group features The Secret Life of Bees, 1 pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. The Lion In Winter, 8 pm tonight, tomorrow, Jan. 17 and Jan. 22, 2 pm Jan. 18, Very Little Theatre. 344-7751. $9-$12. 16 F R I D A Y Sunrise 7:44 am; Sunset 5:01 pm Av High 46; Av Low 33 ARTS/VISUAL Artists recep- tion for Meredith Griffin, Sybylla Lindert, M. Scott McGahan, Dr. Radius and Martha Steele, featuring perfor- mance by Acoustic Bat Girl and Emit, and refreshments, 6:33 pm, Museum of Unfine Art, 537 Willamette St. Artists reception for Ed Vliek, Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin and Mike Leckie, featuring music by Deco Moon Jazz with John Crider, 6 pm, Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th Ave. $3 sugg. don. Progressive Coalition Happytime Friday, 5:30 pm Fridays, Café Paradiso. FREE. KIDSTUFF The Science Factory Children’s Museum and Planetarium features more than 50 hands-on exhibits, live reptiles, computer lab and free thematic activities (this week’s activity: “Ben Franklin’s B-day Celebration”), noon to 4 pm Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. $4 exhibit hall or planetarium, $7 exhibits and planetarium. www.sciencefactory.org. Mom and Baby Play Group, 10 am, Bambini. FREE. continues. See Thursday, Jan. 15. Guys and Dolls, 7 pm tonight and tomorrow, Cottage Grove High School, Cottage Grove. 942-3391. $5. The Fatal Fifties Affair, 7 pm tonight and tomorrow, Springfield High School Auditorium. 517-9028. $10. Fame, 8 pm tonight, 2 pm and 8 pm tomorrow, Hult Center Silva Concert Hall. 682-5000. $20-$42.50. Far Away continues. See Thursday, Jan. 15. Pre-school Storytime, for ages 3 to 6, 10:30 am, Bethel Branch Library. FREE. DAVID BIESPIEL READS AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY. SEE TUESDAY. Special gallery showing for Camera, Computer & Imagination exhibit, 6 pm to 10 pm, New Zone Gallery. 344- 7682. FREE. COMEDY ComedySportz fea- tures Tag Team Improv: the Glenwood Chucks take on the Hendricks Experience, 8 pm, 1030 Oak St. 517-9996. $6-$8, $1 off with a can of food. FILM “Truck Stop Sill Lifes” fea- tures a multimedia showcase of film, video, music and slideshows, 8 pm, WOW Hall. $5. GATHERINGS The Sex Worker’s Art Show, cabaret-style event featuring music, spoken word, burlesque, video, poetry and other performance art, travelling art exhib- it and more offering a wide range of perspectives on sex work, 10 pm, John Henry’s. 342-3358. $5-$10 ss. Springfield second public open house to discuss Stormwater Plan, 4 pm to 8 pm, Springfield City Hall, Library Meeting Room. 736-1023. FREE. Oregon Ballroom Dance, dress-up or casual, 7:30 pm, 220 Gerlinger Hall, UO. 346-6025. $4-$5. Toastmasters meeting, 6:15 am Fridays, Mr. K’s Restaurant, Coburg Rd. 683-9657. FREE. MUSIC Marcus Eaton & The Lobby, Chris Arnold, Nicole Barrett, 7 pm (all ages) and 9:30 pm (21+), Café Paradiso. 349-8711. $7 adv., $9 dos. Bin Daas, 6 pm, Golden Avatar Café, 2757 Friendly St. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” features “Humane Education and Critical Thinking: Instilling Virtues Like Compassion, Courage, Kindness and Respect In Our Children,” 8 am, 8 pm weekdays, KRVM, 1280 AM. “Democracy Now!,” Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, 7 am weekdays, “Free Speech Radio News” 6 pm weekdays, KWVA, 88.1 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION One-hour fast bike rides continue. See Thursday, Jan. 15. Trip Initiator’s Clinic for people inter- ested in initiating trips through the Outdoor Program, 5:30 pm, OP Barn, 18th Avenue and University Street. 346-4365. FREE. Introduction to Telemark Skiing, 5:30 pm, Outdoor Program, EMU, UO. Follow-up class Jan. 17 will be held at a local ski area, beginning 10 am. 346- 4365 for schedule, location and cost. PRESENTATION Pacifica Forum: “Precursors to the Montgomery Bus Boycott,” features Orval Etter recounting constitutional developments prior to the boycott and personal reminiscences of travel in the South, 1946 to 1950. Call 344- 0483 for location. FREE. SCIENCE “Into the Woods” exhibit celebrates great explorer and plant collector David Douglas with tree and plant identification, kids’ tent camping and wildlife study, noon to 4 pm Fridays and Saturdays, The Science Factory. $4. www.sciencefac- tory.org. GORGE ON SUMPTUOUS ART AND MUSIC AT THE MUSEUM OF UNFINE ART. PICTURED IS WORK BY M. SCOTT MCGAHAN. SEE FRIDAY. THEATER The Lion In Winter SPIRITUAL Lecture, medita- tion, and dance into enlightenment, Trinity Healings, Energy Baptisms, 7 pm Fridays. Call 344-0458 for loca- tion. don. 17 S AT U R D AY Sunrise 7:44 am; Sunset 5:03 pm Av High 46; Av Low 33 ARTS/VISUAL “Drawing Trees in Tonal Ink Washes,” features tech- nique lesson with natural science illustrator Kris Kirkeby, 1 pm to 4 pm, EPUD. Pre-register 747-1504. $20. BENEFITS Eugene musician, scholar and teacher Jennifer Kyker speaks on crisis in Zimbabwe, pro- ceeds benefit education for orphaned, disenfranchised Zimbabwean women, 1 pm, Fool’s Paradise Teahouse, 460 Willamette. $5-$15 sugg. don. 60th Birthday Party for Pat Frishkoff. Bring packaged toilet paper and donations to stuff Frishkoff’s Honda Civic. Benefits ETC of Looking Glass Youth and Family Services, 1 pm to 2:20 pm, ETC parking lot, 550 River Road. FREE. COMEDY ComedySportz fea- tures Tag Team Improv: the Springfield of Dreams faces the Cresswell that Endswell, 8 pm, 1030 Oak St. 517-996. $6-$8, $1 off with a can of food. GATHERINGS Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration features a com- munity march, music, food, art and more, featured speakers Alan Siporin, Johnny Lake, Sean Sisson, John Cuff, Gene Davenport, 11:30 am to 5 pm, Florence Events Center, Florence. 902-2749. FREE. Lesbian Social Group, 5 pm, McMenamins at North Bank, 22 Club Road. FREE. Country Western Dance, 7 pm to mid- night, Cascade Middle School. 344- 8118. $6.
