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CALENDAR Amphitheater. $16 for Singin’ and Daddy-O; and $24 for Legends of Doo Wop. The Neville Brothers, 8 pm, Broadway Plaza. $15. Western Oregon Opry features music by The Billy McCoy Trio, Just Country, The Poodle Creek Pickers and others, 6 pm, Powers Auditorium, Willamette High School. $5, $4 sr., $2 youth. Carlos Guitarlos, 9:30 pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARS rides 45 miles, Watlerville. Meet at 9 am, Alton Baker Park. FREE. Singles hike, 9 am to noon, Mt. Pisgah. Bring a lunch for post-hike picnic. $4 sug. don. The Obsidians hike 5.5 miles, Clear Lake; 13 miles, Tipsoo Peak. See YMCA board for details. “Go for the Gold” games features friendly competitions in soccer, bas- ketball, softball, horseshoes and many other sports and fun activi- ties, 10 am to 4 pm, Willamalane Park, Spfd. Prizes to top finishers. For information call 736-4544. FREE. Native Plant Society field trip to Canyon Creek Meadows, 8 am, South Eugene High School. Register at 345-5531. FREE. and Transgendered Persons) potluck picnic, 3 pm, Jay’s Willow Farm. For directions call 302-4422. FREE. LECTURE “The Power of Intention,” 10 am, Unity Church. FREE. MUSIC Brass Bash, 6:30 pm, Washburne Park. FREE. The Blacks Unlimited, 8:30 pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. ON THE AIR “Success: What is It? Where Does it Come From?,” 7 am, KPNW, 1120 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION 16 M O N DAY Sunrise 6:18 am; Sunset 8:14 pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 ARTS/VISUAL Drawing group features musical models, 6:30 pm, World Café. FREE. GATHERINGS Sexual Assault Support Services women’s drop-in support group, 7 pm. For informa- tion call 484-9791. FREE. Cascadia Wildlands hike to the Pryor timber sale area. Carpools leave at 10 am, Growers Market. 434-1463. FREE. Confidential HIV testing, 4 to 7 pm. For information call 342-5088. FREE. GEARS rides 65 miles, Cottage Grove Loop. Meet at 9 am, Alton Baker Park. FREE. Planet Goloka. FREE. SCIENCE “Ringworld: Voyage to Saturn” continues. See Saturday. SPIRITUAL Dawn of awaken- ing practice of The Buddha Path, 11 am, Dzogchen Buddha Center. 431- 1066. FREE. THEATER The Winter’s Tale continues. See Saturday. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof continues. See Thursday, Aug. 12. Fake Shade of Grey continues. See Friday. MUSIC Open mic night, 6:30 pm, Katy Bowser, Kenny Hutson, 8 pm, Café Paradiso. $5. The Nick Luca Trio, 9 pm, Sam Bond’s. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Adult dragonfly walk with Steve Gordon and Cary Kerst, 10 am, 5t. and Wallis. For registration call 683- 6494. FREE. VIGIL Women in Black silent vigil to protest war, 5 pm, 7th Avenue across from the Federal Building. It is requested that participants wear black clothing. FREE. 91075 Starlite Lane Alvadore, Oregon SCIENCE “Ringworld: Voyage to Saturn” planetarium show, 2 pm today and tomorrow through Sept. 30, The Science Factory. Exhibit hall features “Heartbeat Drumbeat” and fun with “Motion Challenge.” $4, $3 sr. Joe Meno reads at Barnes and Noble. See Wednesday. 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 Thursday, Aug. 12. Fake Shade of Grey continues. See Thursday, Aug. 12. 15 S U N DAY Sunrise 6:17 am; Sunset 8:16 pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 BENEFIT Musical benefit for Womenspace features music by Craig Einhorn, Shandi, Skip Jones and Barbara Healy, 4 to 9 pm, Secret House Vineyards, Veneta. For information call 485-8232. $20. GATHERINGS Mercado 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. Grupo Condor plays at 11:30 am; a piñata for kids is at 12:30 pm and Ricardo Cardenas plays at 2 pm. FREE. PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual AUGUST 12, 2004 19