WHAT’S
happening
’80s punk-persona Cyndi Lauper performs at the Hult’s Silva Hall in OFAM’s Now Hear This summer series. Singing
songs off her new DVD At Last, Lauper combines covers that range from Edith Piaf to Smokey Robinson, as well as
a handful of her own MTV classics, including “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” “Time After Time” and “True Colors.”
See Friday Calendar.
Eugene’s Joint Forces Dance Company
presents a weekend of DanceAbility
workshops (above), followed a week
later by outdoor performances
and an evening dance party.
Visiting DanceAbiltiy teach-
ers lead students through
two days of poetic and inte-
grative dance, welcoming
people of all abilities and
cultures. See Thursday, July
15 Calendar.
John Hiatt (below) celebrates his 18th
release, Beneath the Gruff Exterior, with a
concert at Secret House Vineyards. Recorded in just
eight days, Exterior documents the sound of Hiatt’s long-
time collaborators, The Goners. After the studio session,
the album was so clean Hiatt said, “I couldn’t have fixed a
vocal if I wanted to.” Check out his superlative songwrit-
ing amidst grape vines and greenery. See Thursday, July
22 Calendar.
What can streak like lightning, hover like a helicopter, dive like a falcon and eat its lunch on the fly? A dragonfly, that’s what!
A West Eugene Wetlands dragonfly walk led by Steve Gordon and Cary Kerst teaches biology, ecology and behavior of these
ancient insects. Plus, later in the day, Gordon leads another dragonfly-themed walk at Mt. Pisgah. See Saturday Calendar.
Da Vinci Days is a unique, three-day Corvallis festival celebrating art, science and technology through a diverse range of
activities and events for all ages. Complete with kinetic sculpture vehicles racing through water, mud and sand; music on
three stages; a film festival; street performers; theater and much more, this year’s festival, “Nature’s Canvas,” will be an
energetic explosion. Here’s Laura Love (right), one of the festival headliners. See Friday Calendar.
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