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CALENDAR Eclectic Expressions Studio art sale and Trude Kaufman Senior Center open house continues. See Saturday. Mercado GATHERINGS Latino open-air Latin American marketplace features Latin American food, produce, hand- crafts, clothes and more, 11 am to 4:30 pm, 8th Ave. and Oak. Macaco Velho plays samba music at 11:30 am; a piñata for kids is at 12:30 pm; and Grupo Condor plays at 2 pm. FREE. Far West Neighbors ice cream social features kids’ activities, music and more, 3 to 5 pm, Westmoreland Elementary School. FREE. KIDSTUFF Games, songs, face painting and other fun for children, 11 am, Scobert Park. FREE. LECTURE “Creative Herbal Remedies for Parents,” Julie Gauss, 5:30 pm, Living Earth Herbs. $15 adv., $20 dos. MUSIC OFAM’s Fabulous Fifties features My Fair Lady musical the- ater, 7:30 pm, Silva Hall, Hult. $22- $48. Springfield Community Concert Band, 6:30 pm, Washburne Park. FREE. David Helfand, 9:45 am, Peace Presbyterian Church. 688-2218. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Tai-chi, 1 pm, Scobert Gardens, 4th and Blair. 686-4646. FREE. David Ohle reads at Tsunami Books. See Friday. alcoholic beverage to share. 685- 1087. FREE. MUSIC Secret House Acoustic Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street continues. See Friday. Gathering features Sugarbeets at noon; Brian Cutean at 1:30 pm; Ginny Mitchell at 2; Peter Wilde at 2:50; Raventones at 3:30; Azuquito at 4:20; Andrew Calhoun at 5:15; Jamie LaVal at 6; and Greg Brown at 7 pm, Secret House Vineyard, Veneta. $19. Fake Shade of Grey continues. See Thursday, Aug. 5. The Floydian Slips, 8 pm, Broadway Plaza. $5. S U N DAY Nicolette Helm Band, 9 pm, Jo Federigo’s. $5. OFAM’s Fabulous Fifties features a golden oldies jam, 10 am, Hult Lobby; My Fair Lady Swings con- cert, 2:30 pm, The Shedd; “Jazz in the 1950s” talk with Carl Woideck, 4:30 pm, The Shedd; and Take Five: An Evening with the Dave Brubeck Quartet concert, 7:30 pm, Silva, Hult. Jam and talk are free; $16-$28 for My Fair Lady Swings; $24-$42 for Take Five. Sacred Harp Singers, 7th annual all-day singing, 9 am to 3:30 pm, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. A potluck is at noon. 345-3626. don. Freaks in the House, 10 pm, John Henry’s. FREE. Dan Jones and the Squids, Southerly, 9:30 pm, Luckey’s. $3. OUTDOORS/RECREATION A silent evening of wellness features massage, watsu, reiki, crystal bowls and more, 8:30 to 10 pm, Stewart Aquatic Center. $15 adv., $17 dos. GEARS rides 60 miles, Rattlesnake Butte. Meet at 9 am, Alton Baker Park. FREE. SCIENCE “Ringworld: Voyage to Saturn” planetarium show, 2 pm today and tomorrow through Sept. 30, The Science Factory. Exhibit hall features “Heartbeat Drumbeat,” and “Motion Challenge.” $4, $3 sr. SPIRITUAL Krishna chanting and dinner, 5 pm, Planet Goloka. don. Orientation to Buddhist practice, 8:45 am, 85415 Teague Loop. 344- 7377. don. THEATER The Winter’s Tale, 6 pm Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 29, outdoors, Amazon Community Center. A pre-show for children is at 5 pm. FREE. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof continues. See Friday. 8 Cascadia Wildlands hike to the East Fork Coquille timber sale area, 9 am, Growers Market. 434- 1463. FREE. for Nature’s Canvas Meets High Tech, work by Kerry McFall and Richard Helmick, ArtCentric, Corvallis. FREE. GATHERINGS Women in Black silent vigil, 5 pm, 7th Avenue across the street from the Federal Building. It is requested that partic- ipants wear black clothing. FREE. Sexual Assault Support Services women’s drop-in support group, 7 pm. For information call 484-9791. FREE. Confidential HIV testing, 4 to 7 pm. For information call 342-5088. FREE. MUSIC OFAM’s Fabulous Fifties features “Baghdad By The Bay: San Francisco in the 1950s” talk with Steve Stone, 4:30 pm, The Shedd; and Anyway … Onward! concert with Mort Sahl, 7:30 pm, The Shedd. Talk is free; $20-$36 for concert. The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, I Can Lick Any S.O.B. in the House Band, 9 pm, Sam Bond’s. $6. Open mic night, 6:30 pm, Planet Goloka. FREE. The Charlie Hunter Trio, 9 pm, WOW Hall. $14 adv., $16 dos. SPIRITUAL Introduction to Zen Meditation, 7 pm, Eugene Zendo. FREE. 10 Goodnight Irene and $20-$30 for dinner/dance. Sunrise 56:11 am; Sunset 8:24 pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 Pedro the Lion, Tilly and the Wall, The Western States, 9:30 pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 dos. T U E S D AY SCIENCE “Ringworld: Voyage LECTURE “Writing Text for the SPIRITUAL Drumming and ARTS/VISUAL An opening Sunrise 6:10 am; Sunset 8:25 pm Av High 83; Av Low 51 GEARS rides 70 miles, Shotgun Creek. Meet at 9 am, Alton Baker Park. FREE. to Saturn” continues at The Science Factory. See Saturday. Sunrise 6:09 am; Sunset 8:26 pm Av High 83; Av Low 51 9 M O N DAY sandtray ceremony, 6:30 pm. For information call 747-6900. $10-$20 sug. don. THEATER The Winter’s Tale continues. See Saturday. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof continues. See Friday. Web” lecture for artists, 1 pm today and at 6:30 pm tomorrow, DIVA. For information go to www.divanow.org LITERARY ARTS Poetry night, 6:30 pm, Planet Goloka. FREE. Toni Gilbert discusses the tarot, 7 pm, Borders Books. FREE. MUSIC OFAM’s Fabulous Fifties features Goodnight Irene: The Folk Revival, 1947-1960 concert, 2:30 pm, The Shedd; and an “At The Hop” dinner and dance, 6 pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. $16-$28 for Alice in Wonderland, Robinson Theatre, UO. See Thursday, Aug. 5. The Cheeseburgers, 6:30 pm, Island Park, Spfd. FREE. ON THE AIR “Alternative Radio” features “The Progressive Story of America,” Bill Moyers, 6:30 pm, KLCC, 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARS rides a Show ‘n’ Go. Meet at 10 am, Alton Baker Park. FREE. SPIRITUAL Zen meditation, 7 pm, Eugene Zendo. 302-4576. FREE. Fake Shade of Grey is a play by Mario Tucci, playing at the Lord Leebrick Theatre. See Thursday, Aug. 5. 11 WEDNESDAY Sunrise 6:12 am; Sunset 8:22 pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 FILM Eugene 9/11 Truth Alliance presents two films, The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, and San Francisco International Inquiry into 9/11, 7 pm, Harris Hall, County Administration Building. For information go to www.oilem- pire.us/eugene.html FREE. LECTURE “Writing Text for the Web” continues. See Tuesday. MUSIC OFAM’s Fabulous Fifties features a screening of Rebel Without a Cause, 10 am, The Shedd; Purple People Eater concert 2:30 pm, The Shedd; “Work With Me Annie” talk with Carl Woideck, 4:30 pm, The Shedd; and My Fair Lady musical theater, 7:30 pm, Silva, Hult. Film and talk are free; $16-$28 for Purple People Eater; and $22-$48 for My Fair Lady. Ned Evett, Janet Robin, 8 pm, Café Paradiso. $8. Janis Ian, 8:30 pm, WOW Hall. $18 adv., $20 dos. Samba Ja, 7 pm, Scobert Park. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARS rides 25 miles, Gimple Hill. Meet at 6 pm, Alton Baker Park. FREE. The Obsidians hike 5.4 miles, Metolius River. See YMCA board for details. THEATER Henry V, 7:30 pm tonight, tomorrow and Aug. 13, South Eugene High School Auditorium. $10. 12 THURSDAY Sunrise 6:13 am; Sunset 8:21 pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 LECTURE “The Highs and Lows of Cholesterol,” 1:30 pm, Willamalane Adult Center, Spfd. FREE. AUGUST 5, 2004 17
