Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current, January 22, 2004, Page 14, Image 14

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T H U R S DAY
Sunrise 7:40 am; Sunset 5:09 pm
Av High 47; Av Low 33
FILM UO Sociology Winter Film
Series runs Thursdays. Mean
Machine, 7 pm, 180 PLC. FREE.
GATHERINGS “Take Back the
Right” 31st Roe v. Wade Celebration
features speakers and music by the
Ovulators, 6 pm, Wild Duck. FREE.
Third Annual Volunteer Fair features
information for anyone interested in
volunteering for a variety of organi-
zations, 10 am to 3 pm, EMU
Concourse, UO. FREE.
“Salsa I” with Jeryl Johnston fea-
tures elemental dance moves in a
relaxed environment, 7 pm, The
Shedd, 868 High St. 687-6526 for
price and more info.
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, Children’s Book Club, 3:30 pm,
Downtown Library. FREE.
Pre-school Storytime, 10:30 am, Bethel
and Sheldon Branch Libraries. FREE.
“Discovering Instruments” with AMI
faculty, features a different instru-
ment each week, 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Thursdays through March 11, The
Shedd, 868 High St. 687-6526. $10
per session.
LECTURES UN Poet Laureate
calendar
Werner Fornos speaks, 7 pm, EMU Fir
Room, UO. FREE.
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“Relax Into Healing,” presented by Nancy
Hopps, 7 pm, UO Bookstore. FREE.
“Organizing against the End-game of
Globalization,” lecture and round-
table discussion by UO Morse Chair
Professor Neil Smith, 7 pm, United
Methodist Church. 346-3700. FREE.
“Discrepant Medievalisms,” by
Sharon Kinoshita, 5 pm, 221 Friendly
Hall, UO. FREE.
LITERARY ARTS Author
Elizabeth Lyon speaks, 7 pm, Barnes
& Noble. FREE.
Science of Spirituality Reading Group
features The Gospel of Mary
Magdalene, 7 pm. Borders Books.
FREE.
Poet Joseph Millar reads, 8 pm, Knight
Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE.
MUSIC
SHOcase presents:
Anthony MCcarthy, 12:15 pm, Hult
Center Lobby. FREE.
Faculty Artist Series features the
Oregon String Quartet and jazz and
classical violinist Diane Monroe, 8
pm, Beall Concert Hall, UO. $5-$9.
Guy Davis, 8 pm, Café Paradiso. $12.50.
ON THE AIR “The Healing
Connection,” 7 pm Thursdays, CTV-
22 & 29.
“New Dimensions” features “Beyond
Buddha,” Steve Bhaerman-Swami
Beyondananda, 6:30 pm, KLCC, 89.7 FM.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
One-hour fast bike rides, noon
Monday through Friday, Bike Friday.
687-0487. FREE.
“Intro to Cross-Country Skiing,” class
and field trip, class 5:30 pm tonight,
trip 9 am Jan. 24. 346-4365 for
schedule, cost and locations.
PRESENTATIONS “Walking
Coast-to-Coast In England,” slide
show features 13 women on an 18-day
walk across England, 1:30 pm,
Willamalane Adult Activity Center.
736-4044. FREE.
“Pruning: Tree Fruits” features hands-
on pruning, bring your own pruners, 1
pm, GrassRoots Garden, 1465 Coburg
Rd. Register 682-4243. FREE.
Local author and cross-country ski
racer Mike Bogar presents a slide
show featuring 48 of the best ski
areas in the state, followed by Q&A
and book signing, 7 pm, REI, 306
Lawrence St. 465-1800. FREE.
SPIRITUAL
Eugene Peace
Circle, noon Thursdays, Suite 306,
474 Willamette St. 684-3850. FREE.
THEATER Hamlet, 7:30 pm
tonight, tomorrow, Jan. 24, Jan. 28
and Jan. 29, South Eugene High
School Auditorium. 334-4882. $5-$7.
Far Away , 8 pm tonight, tomorrow
and Jan. 24, Lord Leebrick Theatre,
540 Charnelton. 465-1506. $8-$12.
The Lion In Winter, 8 pm tonight,
tomorrow, and Jan. 24, 2 pm Jan. 25,
Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St.
344-7751. $9-$12.
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F R I D A Y
Sunrise 7:39 am; Sunset 5:11 pm
Av High 47; Av Low 33
ARTS/VISUAL Artists’ gallery
talk and reception for Susan
Lowdermilk, Tallmadge Doyle and Ken
Paul, talk 3 pm, reception 5:30 pm,
Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center. FREE.
DAVID HELFAND
AND FRIENDS
PLAY COZMIC
PIZZA. SEE
SATURDAY.
COMEDY ComedySportz fea-
tures Tag Team Improv: the Gateway
Mall Rats take on the Sacred Heart
Attackers, 8 pm, 1030 Oak St. 517-
9996. $6-$8, $1 off with a can of food.
GATHERINGS
Visions of
Eugene Center public design charette
to explore ideas for a civic center
encompassing a new city hall and
more, kick-off meeting, 3 pm,
Downtown Library. FREE.
UUCE Singletarians meeting, 7:30
pm, Unitarian Universalist Church,
477 E. 40th Ave. $2 sugg. don.
First meeting of the Ukalaneys (the
Lane County Ukulele Club), 7 pm, St.
Mary’s Episcopal Church, 166 E. 13th
Ave. 343-8363. FREE.
Salsa Dance, featuring DJs Mario and
Herman and instructor Gabriel
Romero, lesson, 9 pm, dance, 10 pm to
1 am, Vet’s Club. 1626 Willamette St. $5.
Donizetti and Weill. Benefits the UO
Opera Program. 8 pm, Beall Concert
Hall, UO. 346-4363. $10-$18.
Taarka, 9 pm, Cozmic Pizza, 199 W.
8th Ave. $8 adv., $10 dos.
Oregon Ballroom Dance, dress-up or
casual, 7:30 pm, 220 Gerlinger Hall,
UO. $5.
Swing Shift & Kenny Drew, Jr., 7:30
pm, Hult Center Soreng Theater. 682-
5000. $15-$17.
Marlene “Mitzi” Colbath political
announcement lunch, noon, Elks
Club, 2470 W. 11th Ave. $8.50 option-
al lunch. www.colbath.info
ON THE AIR “The Jefferson
Toastmasters meeting, 6:15 am
Fridays, Mr. K’s Restaurant, Coburg
Rd. 683-9657. FREE.
Progressive Coalition Happytime
Friday, 5:30 pm Fridays, Café
Paradiso. FREE.
Exchange” features “Techniques for
Straightforward Communication
Based on Meeting Mutual Needs,”
Kelly Bryson, 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.
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: “Dino Discoveries”),
noon to 4 pm Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays. $4 exhibit hall or planetari-
um, $7 exhibits and planetarium.
www.sciencefactory.org.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
“Jump Up Singing” with Rosette
Lattimore, features songs, stories,
games, dance and instruments, ages
1-3, 10 am to 10:45 am, ages 3-5, 11 am
to 11:45 am Fridays through March 19,
The Shedd, 868 High St. 687-6526.
$9 per session.
SCIENCE “Into the Woods” exhib-
Mom and Baby Play Group, 10 am,
Bambini. FREE.
SPIRITUAL Lecture, meditation,
Pre-school Storytime, for ages 3 to 6,
10:30 am, Bethel Branch Library. FREE.
Teen Game Night, for ages 12 to 18, 6
pm to 8 pm, Sheldon Branch Library.
FREE.
LECTURE “Where Darkness and
One-hour fast bike rides continue.
See Thursday, Jan. 22.
PRESENTATION “Your New
Baby,” features an overview of your
baby’s health and development in the
first few months, 7 pm, McKenzie-
Willamette Medical Center, 1460 G.
St., Spfd. FREE.
it 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.sciencefactory.org.
and dance into enlightenment, Trinity
Healings, Energy Baptisms, 7 pm
Fridays. Call 344-0458 for location. don.
THEATER Hamlet, 12:30 pm
today, 7 pm tomorrow and 3 pm Jan.
25, Impact! Arts Auditorium, 2520
Harris St. 431-1177. $3.
Lightness Meet: The Role of the
Sacred Scarab,” by Pratibha Eastwood,
7:30 pm, Hilyard Community Center,
2580 Hilyard St., $8.
Bad Seed, 8 pm tonight and tomor-
row, 2:30 pm Jan. 25, Cottage
Theatre, Cottage Grove. 942-7414 for
tickets and prices.
MUSIC “No Tenors Vocal Recital,”
featuring Mark Kaczmarczyk, Marie
Landreth and Doremus Scudder per-
forming music by Mozart, Verdi,
Pretty Faces: The Large and Lovely
Musical, 8 pm tonight, tomorrow and
Jan. 29, ACE Annex. 683-4368. $10-
$29.95.
The Lion In Winter continues. See
Thursday, Jan. 22.
THE HANDSOME FAMILY PLAYS WOW HALL. SEE TUESDAY.
Far Away continues. See Thursday,
Jan. 22.
Hamlet continues at South Eugene
High School. See Thursday, Jan. 22.
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S AT U R D AY
Sunrise 7:39 am; Sunset 5:12 pm
Av High 47; Av Low 33
BENEFITS Benefit Dinner for
Landmine Victims in Cambodia, fea-
turing food, presentation and slides,
6 pm, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church,
13th Avenue and Pearl Street. 343-
3782. $10-$20 don.
Florence. $3 general, extra for indi-
vidual events.
Visions of Eugene Center public
design charette to explore ideas for
a civic center encompassing a new
city hall and more, 9 am to 5 pm,
Atrium Building Sloat Room. RSVP
342-7291. FREE.
Accordions Anonymous Polka
Bowling Night, features bowling, live
music, prizes, more, all ages, 8 pm to
midnight, Southtowne Lanes, 2486
Willamette St. Advance tickets only,
available at Comic News, Tsunami
Books, Backstage Dancewear. $12.
Tree Planting Party for Middle Fork
Willamette Watershed Council’s Elijah
Bristow Lost Creek Confluence
Project, 9 am to 1 pm, Elijah Bristow
State Park, off Hwy. 58, east of Spfd.
937-9800. FREE.
U-Lindy Swing Dance, 9 pm to 11 pm,
EMU Fir Room, UO. $5.
Children’s Program and Family
Potluck to celebrate Martin Luther
King, Jr., noon to 2 pm, McNail-Riley
House, 601 W. 13th Ave. 343-4023 for
more information.
Early Childhood Open House, fea-
tures classroom visits, meeting
teachers, stories and puppet shows, 11
am to 1 pm, Eugene Waldorf School,
1350 McLean Blvd. FREE.
Contra dance and dinner features
home cooked food, live music, fun
and camaraderie, 6 pm to 9 pm,
Eugene Waldorf School, 1351 McLean
Blvd. 683-5403. $4.
Indoor Saturday Market, 9 am to 2
pm Saturdays, The Art of Everything,
Cottage Grove. FREE.
Milongas continue. See Friday.
KIDSTUFF
Kindermusic of
Eugene open house includes a trial class
for children ages newborn to 7, 9 am to 1
pm, 1520 W. 28th Place. 344-7899 for
class times and directions. FREE.
The Science Factory Children’s
Museum and Planetarium features
more than 50 hands-on exhibits, live
reptiles, computer lab and free the-
matic activities, noon to 4 pm
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. $4
exhibit hall or planetarium, $7
exhibits and planetarium. www.sci-
encefactory.org.
Children’s Storytime, 11 am Saturdays,
Borders Books. FREE.
Saturday Storytime, 10 am, Barnes
and Noble Books. FREE.
Family Music Time, 10:15 am, Sheldon
Branch and Downtown Libraries.
FREE.
MUSIC The Raventones, 8 pm, The
Art of Everything, Cottage Grove. $5.
Norma
Fraser,
8:30
pm,
Sweetwater’s. Free with two-drink
minimum.
David Helfand and Friends, CD
Celebration Concert, 8 pm, Cozmic
Pizza. $7.
Walker T. Ryan, 9 pm, The Buzz
Coffee House, EMU, UO. FREE.
Marimba Dance Party, featuring
Zambuko, Jenaguru and Shamwari
marimba bands, plus Eugene Mbira
Circle. Benefits Kutsinhira Cultural
Arts Center. 7 pm Sam Bond’s
Garage, 407 Blair Blvd. $5 cover
begins at 8 pm.
“Intro to Cross-Country Skiing” con-
tinues. See Thursday, Jan. 22.
COMEDY ComedySportz fea-
PRESENTATIONS “Feel the
tures Tag Team Improv: the Bethel
Ninos face the Skinner’s Butte-ies, 8
pm, 1030 Oak St. 517-9996. $6-$8, $1
off with a can of food.
GATHERINGS “Early Days on
the Siuslaw,” Winter Folk Festival, fea-
tures craft and vendor booths, story-
telling, food, music and much more, 11
am to 7 pm, Florence Events Center,
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Gay and lesbian tennis group, noon
Saturdays and Sundays. 687-9689. FREE.
Spirit” cultural performances feature
UO Gospel Choir and Eugene African
Dance Troupe, 8 pm to 9:30 pm, EMU
Ballroom, UO. 346-3216 for ticket
prices and more information.
“Just One Step” inspirational multi-
media presentation of stories and
images of 18 years of walking for
peace, 7:30 pm, 110 Willamette, UO.
$5-$10 don.