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WHAT’S happening The Neville Brothers play Cajun funk roots music in an outdoor concert at the Downtown Broadway Plaza. Hear their famous New Orleans R&B while you sip on a soda or microbrew. Listen to Aaron Neville’s (top row, left) angelic voice peel through high notes in “Mona Lisa,” “Brother Blood” and “Yellow Moon.” Wear your 2004 Eugene Celebration button and get a free strand of Mardi Gras beads. The word on the down-low is that if this outdoor concert succeeds, there will be many more to come next summer. Enjoy the warm evening air to its fullest. See Saturday Calendar. In its 75th anniversary season, The Very Little Theater presents for the first time ever Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , a Pulitzer Prize Winning drama by Tennesee Williams. Directed by James Aday and featuring Ken Hoff and Nancy Boyer, this should be a sizzling, feline production. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Aug. 28. See review this week and Thursday, Aug. 12 Calendar. Local folk music favorite Brian Cutean holds his CD release party and concert at Cozmic Pizza. His newest (and fifth) recording, Hearthearthearth, was recorded last year up on Orcas Island in Washington state. Come enjoy the thoughtful music of this kind and popular minstrel. See Friday Calendar. OFAM’s The Fabulous Fifties Music Festival comes to a close this week with performances such as Coming Up Roses: Broadway in the ‘50s (Aug. 12,) My Fair Lady (Aug. 13) and The Legends of Doo Wop (Aug. 14.) Shirley Andrews (right) plays Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. See Thursday, Friday and Saturday Calendar. A benefit concert for Womenspace at Secret House Vineyards fea- tures an evening of music by Craig Einhorn (left,) Skip Jones, Barbara Healy and Shandi. Womenspace has been the domestic violence service agency for eastern Lane Co. since 1977. A very important and noble cause. See Sunday Calendar. The Lane County Fair is back Aug. 17-22 for six days at the Lane County Fairgrounds, featuring a midway full of rides and carnival adventure. Toss a dart, have your weight guessed, win a mirrored picture of David Hasselhoff or Pamela Anderson. Eat a hot dog, a stick of cotton candy, get hung upside down and whipped around in a circle. Check out the animals, go to a concert, see an exhibit, play some bingo and much, much more! Authors such as Carol Ann Bassett, William Sullivan, Bob Welch and others will also be avail- able to sign copies of thier work. For more information go to www.atthefair.com and see Tuesday Calendar. AUGUST 12, 2004 17
