THURSDAY
Sunrise 5:53 am; Sunset 6:40 pm
Av High 58; Av Low 38
ARTS/VISUAL Artist’s recep-
tion for Mike Walsh, 5:30 pm, Adell
McMillan Gallery, EMU, UO. FREE.
Artist’s Reception for Naomi
Kasumi, 5 pm, LCC Gallery, LCC.
FREE.
BENEFIT “April Fools, Ghouls &
Jewels Masquerade Ball and Vegan
Dinner
Benefit,”
benefits
Committee for Countering Military
Recruitment, dinner 5:30 pm to 10
pm, Morning Glory Café, 450
Willamette St. $5-$8 don,
Masquerade Ball and “Bust Bush
Boutique,” 5:30 pm to 11 pm,
Grower’s Market, upstairs. Free with
mask or costume, or canned food
donation, $5 don.
COMEDY “The Ninth Annual
Laff Off,” benefits Greenhill
Humane Society, 7 pm to 10 pm,
ACE. 683-4368. $12.50.
GATHERING Dahlia Tuber
Auction and Sale, 7:30 pm,
Campbell Senior Center, 155 High
St. FREE.
KIDSTUFF
Pre-school
Storytime, 10:30 am, Bethel and
Sheldon Branch Libraries. FREE.
PRESENTATION SHOcase
DANCE First Friday Irish Dance,
Presents: Juggling Fools, 12:15 pm,
Hult Center Lobby. FREE.
8 pm, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church,
13th and Pearl St. $8 ss.
THEATER The Skin of Our
Repertory Dance Concert, 8 pm,
Newport Performing Arts Center,
777 W. Olive St. Newport. 265-2787.
$6-$10.
Teeth, 8 pm tonight, tomorrow,
April 3. April 8, 2 pm April 4, Lord
Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton
St. 465-1506. $8- $16.
Cabaret, 8 pm tonight, tomorrow,
and April 3, 2 pm April 3, The Very
Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St.
344-7751. $12-$15.
Twelfth Night, 7:30 pm tonight, 8
pm tomorrow and Saturday, 2 pm
Sunday, through April 11, Soreng
Theatre, Hult Center, 682-5746.
$15-$35.
WORKSHOP Craft Hour with
Sarah Grimm features making wine
cork bulletin boards, 4:30 pm,
MECCA, 449 Blair Blvd. 746-3023.
$2-$10 sugg. don.
2
The
Weather
Underground, 7 pm, 180 PLC, UO.
GATHERINGS University of
Oregon’s 2nd Annual Venus
Festival, 10-5, today through April 4,
EMU, 346-0715.
First Fridays at Downtown Library:
Invincible Vincent magic show, 6:30
pm, Sarabande, 7:30 pm, 682-
5450. FREE.
Edgefield Winery’s “A Celebration
of Syrah III” annual food and wine
festival begins 6:30 pm. (503) 492-
5453 reservations. $90 includes
dinner and reception.
“Just April Foolin’ Around” Talent
Show, 5 pm spaghetti dinner, 7 pm
show, Triangle Grange Hall, Blachly.
don.
“Those Fabulous Fifties” dinner
show, 6:30 pm tonight and tomor-
row, Willamalane Adult Activity
Center, 215 W. C St. $13.
ARTS/VISUAL First Friday
Walterville Grange Open House, 6
pm, George Millican Community
Hall, Walterville. 741-1046. FREE.
Sunrise 5:51 am; Sunset 6:42 pm
Av High 58; Av Low 38
LITERARY ARTS Mid-Valley
New Zone Art Collective opening
reception for Figures, Nudes, Self
Portraits, 5:30 pm to 8 pm. 1 E.
Broadway. FREE.
musical guests, 8 pm, Beall Concert
Hall, UO. $5-$9.
FILM
F R I D AY
Art Walk includes stops at DIVA,
Circle of Hands, New Zone, Karin
Clarke Gallery, Perugino, 5:30 pm.
Meets at DIVA. FREE.
MUSIC Toby Koenigsberg and
calendar
COMEDY ComedySportz fea-
tures Tag Team Improv Comedy! 8
pm tonight and tomorrow, 1030
Oak St. 517-9996. $8, $1 off with a
can of food.
Baby Storytime, 10:15 am and 11:15
am, Book Buzz for ages 7-11, 3:30
pm, Downtown Library. Pre-register
for Book Buzz 682-8316. FREE.
Willamette Writers Speakers Series
features Register-Guard columnist
Bob
Welch
speaking
on
“Persistence: The Marathon of
Researching, Writing and Selling
Non-fiction,” 6:30 pm, Baker
Downtown Center, 10th Ave. and
High St. $5 sugg. don.
16 APRIL 1, 2004
Survival Skills Workshop, featuring
former U.S. Air Force Survival
Instructor Gene Ward, 7 pm, REI,
306 Lawrence St. 465-1800. FREE.
Dan Hitchcock, Portraits and
Figures opens, 6:30 pm, Downtown
Lounge, 959 Pearl. FREE.
Artist’s Reception for Adam
Anderson, Peter Herley, Prudence
the Pug and more, 7:30 pm,
Museum of Unfine Art. FREE.
Teen Game Night, 6 pm to 8:30 pm,
Sheldon Branch Library, 682-5778.
FREE.
COMEDY ComedySportz con-
tinues. See Friday.
Indoor rock wall for teens, 11:30 am
to 4 pm, meets at Memorial
Building Community Center, 765 A
St. $25 includes lunch.
belly dance workshop with Razia, 1
pm to 4 pm, TaDa Productions
Dance Studio, 50 E. 10th. 685-
0475. $30- $35.
LECTURE Pacifica Forum:
Tikkun Plus: Critique of the Tikkun
Community, noon, Metolius Room,
EMU, 344-0483. FREE.
GATHERINGS
Saturday
Market and Farmers Market, 10 am
to 5 pm, 8th and Oak. 686-8885.
LITERARY ARTS Invest-
igative Journalist Daniel Hopsicker
speaks on Terrorland, 6 pm to 8:30
pm, Cosmic Pizza. FREE.
MUSIC Songwriter Slam, signup
8 pm to 9 pm. Slam 9pm, Foolscap
Books, 780 Blair Blvd. 681-9212. $3-
$5 ss.
Saturday Market Opening Day
Party, 2 pm to 10 pm, 791 E. 15th. $10
food and beverages.
Alternative Education Fair, featur-
ing middle and high school options,
1 pm to 4 pm, The Strand, 199 W.
8th Ave. Free.
That One Guy, 7:30 pm, McDonald
Theatre Lounge. $8.
FOOD for Lane County Gardens
Fruit Tree Sale, starts 10 am,
Grassroots Garden, 1465 Coburg
Rd. 343-2822. $5 min. donation.
Venness Express, 8:30 pm tonight
and tomorrow, Valley River Inn’s
SweetWaters Lounge. FREE.
“A Community Design Forum:
Eugene’s Parks, Recreation and
Open Space Comprehensive Plan,”
Mikey Dread
plays The Jungle.
See Thursday,
April 8.
Great Oregon Spring Beach
Cleanup, 10 am to 1 pm. FREE.
HEALTH Chelation Therapy: A
Nonsurgical Alternative, 1:30 pm,
Willamalane Adult Center, 215 W. C
St. Pre-register 736-4444. FREE.
KIDSTUFF You’ll Flip for the Y
breakfast, 5:30 am to 8 am. Healthy
Kids Day, 3 pm to 8 pm, Eugene
Family YMCA. FREE
Pre-school storytime, 10:30 am,
Bethel Branch Library, 682-5766.
FREE.
Mollybloom, 7pm to 9pm, Border’s
Books and Music. FREE.
9 am to 1 pm, Churchill High School.
682-4907.
Matt Jorgensen with +451, 9 pm,
Luna. $6.
Edgefield Winery’s annual wine and
food festival continues with “Syrah
101,” 1 pm, $25. Benefit Syrah Wine
Tasting and Silent Auction, 4 pm to
8 pm, $35. Call (503)492-5453 for
reservations.
ON THE AIR KLCC’s Spring
Radiothon, 6 am to 5:30 pm today
through April 8. 463-6001 to
donate.
THEATER The Skin of Our
Teeth continues. See Thursday,
April 1.
Cabaret continues. See Thursday,
April 1.
Independence, 8 pm, tonight and
tomorrow, April 9 & 10, Blue Door
Theater, LCC. $8- $10.
How to Succeed in Business
(Without Really Trying), 8 pm
tonight and tomorrow, 2:30 pm
April 4. Runs through April 25.
Cottage Theater, Cottage Grove.
942-7414. $14 advance, $15 door.
Just Imagine, 7 pm tonight &
tomorrow, and 2 pm tomorrow,
Springfield High School Studio
Theatre. 517-9028. $3.
Twelfth Night cont. see Thursday.
“Those Fabulous Fifties” dinner
show. See Friday.
University of Oregon’s 2nd Annual
Venus Festival continues. See
Friday.
Rainbow River Womyn Social
Group, 5 pm, McMenamins, North
Bank at 22 Club Rd. FREE.
Lane County Secular Society, 1 pm,
EWEB’s Community Room. 349-
1381 or 726-5146.
Tax Preparation for UO students
and community members, 10 am to
4 pm, today and April 10, 228
Chiles, UO. FREE.
Annual Spring Pow Wow and Indian
Craft Market, grand entry 1 pm and
6:30 pm, North Eugene High
School Gym, 200 Silver Lane. 687-
3489.
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Veneta Elementary Spring Carnival
Bake Off, noon to 4 pm. 935-9344.
Sunrise 5:50 am; Sunset 6:43 pm
Av High 59; Av Low 38
KIDSTUFF
“Spring into
Downtown
Eggstraordinary
Eggstravaganza,” 11 am to 3 pm,
downtown. FREE. Paint-an-Egg
Party, 10 am to 6 pm, Brushfire
Pottery Studio, 954 Pearl Street.
$5. 343-1117.
SATURDAY
ARTS/VISUAL 16th Annual
Jello Art Show, “Funky Jello,” 10 am
to 5:30 pm M-F, 12 pm to 4 pm Sa.
Opening reception tonight, 5 pm to
8 pm, Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910
E. 15th Ave. Submissions due
between 3 pm and 4:30 pm today.
The Radar Angels perform 7 pm.
345-1571. $3-$5 sugg. don.
Dan Hitchcock graces
Downtown Lounge with his art.
See Friday.
DANCE “Dynamic Drum Solos”
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OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Artist’s Reception for Ellen
Emerson, 5:30 pm, Emerald Art
Center, Spfd. FREE.
Opening reception for Bodhi Page,
Jarrett Arnold and Jaylene Arnold,
featuring violinist Stephanie Park, 6
pm to 9pm, Gallery 508. FREE.
Alternative Education Fair show-
cases Middle and High School
Options, 1 pm to 4 pm, The Strand,
199 W. 8th Ave.
Nearby Nature’s Egg Walk, 2 pm to
5 pm, Alton Baker Park. Pre-regis-
tration required 687-9699. $4- $5.
“Dr. Stan’s Science Circus” with UO
Physics
Instructor
Stanley
Micklavzina, 3 pm, South Eugene
High School Auditorium, 400 E.
19th St. 681-9662. $4 - $7.
“Kool Keyboards,” 10:30 am, Beall
Concert Hall, UO. $2-$3.