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The Importance of Being Earnest plays at The Very Little Theatre. See Thursday, Oct. 28. THURSDAY Scream in the Dark haunted house, 7 to 10 pm today, tomorrow and Oct. 31, Lane Co. Fairgrounds. $7.50. ARTS/VISUAL Web work- shops for artists on the divanow.org website, 7 pm, DIVA. FREE. KIDSTUFF Drinking Gourd Elementary School SHOcase per- formance, 12:15 pm, Hult lobby. FREE. An artist lecture by Judith Sparks and Jim Denny, 3:30 pm, LCC Art Gallery. FREE. LECTURES “Down the Rabbit Hole With the Cops,” Ken Metzler, 1:30 pm, Willamalane Adult Center, Spfd. FREE. Sunrise 7:44 am; Sunset 6:08 pm Av High 59; Av Low 39 BENEFITS UNICEF benefit concerts, 7:30 pm, Cal Young Middle School, Roosevelt Middle School and Spencer Butte Middle School. FREE. Lane Co. area “Jail and Bail” March of Dimes benefit features local citi- zens doing time in a fake “slam- mer,” 10 am to 3 pm, Oregon Electric Station. For information call 686-2170. don. Spaghetti dinner and pumpkin pie sale benefits the Northwest Youth Corps, 6 pm, NW Youth Corps cam- pus, 2621 Augusta St. 349-5055. $6, $4 sr. FILM Telluride Mountain Film Festival features Monumental: David Brower’s Fight for Wild America, 7 pm, 180 PLC, UO. $8, $6 stu. calendar Woody Harrelson presents a sneak preview of his new documentary, Go Further, 5 and 7 pm, The Bijou. $10. 18 OCTOBER 28, 2004 “Recent Studio Works and Creative Projects,” Amy Franceschini, 7 pm, 182 Lillis, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Major Jackson reads, 8 pm, Knight Library, UO. FREE. Open mic poetry read, 7 pm, Morning Glory. FREE. A reading by Oregon Book Award finalists Michael Ford, Lauren Kessler, Jewel Lansing and Shelly Lipkin, 7:30 pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. MUSIC Little Wings, El Come Home, Lee Baggett and others, 8 pm, Stonehenge, 2841 Central Blvd. $4-$6 ss. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Zoe Lewis, Brian Joseph, 9 pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. Gym” physical activities that enhance learning and concentra- tion, 1 pm Thursdays through Nov. 4, Willamalane Adult Cntr., Spfd. $4. The Bloody Lovelies, 9 pm, Samurai Duck. $4. Umphrey’s McGee, 8 pm, WOW Hall. $13 adv., $15 dos. Impact, 8 pm, McDonald Theatre. $16.50. Norton Buffalo, Bill Willie Bluz, 8 pm, The Jungle. $13.50. GATHERINGS 35th annual Eugene ski swap consignment hours are from 9 am to 9 pm today and from 9 am to 5 pm tomorrow, and swap hours are from 6 to 9 pm tomorrow and from 9 am to 6 pm Oct. 30, Lane Co. Fairgrounds. $1 admission on Friday. An evening of political folk with Enemy Combatants, 7:30 pm, The Buzz, EMU, UO. FREE. Unkle Nancy’s 84th birthday party, 10 pm, Luckey’s. $3. CLIFF COLES 28 Oregon League of Conservation Voters canvassing, various Eugene locations through Nov. 1. For infor- mation call (503) 224-4011. Dan Bern, 8 pm, Café Paradiso. $15 adv., $18 dos. ON THE AIR “Four Simple Questions That Dispel Unhappiness,” Byron Katie, 6:30 pm, KLCC, 89.7 FM. Snowshoeing clinic, 7 pm, REI. FREE. PRESENTATIONS “Brain The Importance of Being Earnest, 8 pm today, tomorrow, Oct. 30, Nov. 4, 5, 6, 12 and 13, and at 2 pm Oct. 31 and Nov. 7, The Very Little Theatre. $12; $9 sr. on Sundays. Vanities, 8 pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 4, 5 and 6, Villard Hall, UO. $6, $5 sr. The draft for the Downtown Area Housing Policy Analysis presenta- tion, 5 pm, Eugene Public Library. FREE. Harvey, 7:30 pm today, tomorrow, Oct. 30 and Nov. 4, 5 and 6, and at 2 pm Oct. 31, Thurston High School Theatre. $6. “Matching Cannabis Strains to Medical Conditions,” 6:30 pm, Compassion Center. $10. The Goat; or Who is Silvia?, 8 pm tonight, tomorrow and Oct. 30, Lord Leebrick Theatre. $12-$16 for shows. SPIRITUAL Religious Response Network interfaith ser- vice for constitutional equality, 7 pm, First Congregational Church. FREE. THEATER Sticky Buns, 7:30 pm today, tomorrow and Oct. 30, Springfield High School Theatre. $4. The Little Shop of Horrors, 8 pm tonight and tomorrow, Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove. $12-$14. For information go to www.cot- tagetheatre.org 29 LECTURE “Historical Treasures from the Museum of Natural and Cultural History,” Mel Aikens, 5:30 pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. FREE. MUSIC Marc Broussard, 6 pm, CD World; 9:30 pm, John Henry’s. $10 for Henry’s, CD World signing and performance is free. Better Than You Battles II, 9:30 pm, WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 dos. The Asylum Street Spankers, 9:30 pm, Sam Bond’s. $12. Inspirational music by Dada Ragatmananda, 6 pm, Tsunami Books. For information call 345- 8986. Sticky Mouse, Smoked Roaches, The Bubbler Bros. and Bobby Six Crows and de Riggin’ Warriors, 7 pm, Club Rock, Spfd. ss. Marc Broussard performance and signing, 6 pm, CD World. FREE. F R I D AY Dracula the Musical, 7:30 pm today, tomorrow, Nov. 5 and 6, Willamette High School auditorium. $5. CELEBRATION Celtic New ON THE AIR “Holding Large Corporations Accountable for Their Behaviors,” Kathryn Mulvey, 9 am and 9 pm, KRVM, 1280 AM. Sunrise 7:45 am; Sunset 6:06 pm Av High 59; Av Low 39 Year celebration features music, ghost stories, songs, food, cos- tumes vendors and more, 7 pm, Kaufman Center. $5, $4 sr. DANCE Razia performs belly- dancing with Americanistan, 8:30 pm, Café Paradiso. $5. DRUMMING Drum Circle, 7 pm, Mother Kali’s. FREE. FESTIVAL Harvest festival fea- tures carnival games, fall crafts and more, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, Petersen Barn Community Center. $1. FILM Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 7:30 and 10 pm, 180 PLC, UO. $1.50. The North Mississippi Allstars (above) plays Saturday at CD World and later at the WOW Hall with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band (below) and the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band. Hollow, 7:30 pm, Sheldon Pool. $3.50. GATHERINGS Al Fresco farmers’ market features pre- serves, organic produce, baked goods, plants, gifts, wine-tasting, appetizers and more, 11:30 am to 6 pm, 5th St. Market. FREE. Legendary Campbell Club Halloween party, 9 pm, 1670 Alder St. $5. 35th annual Eugene ski swap con- signment and sale continues. See Thursday, Oct. 28. Scream in the Dark haunted house continues. See Thursday, Oct. 28. KIDSTUFF Halloween extrava- ganza features mad scientist’s lab, costume contest, pumpkin hurling and Halloween planetarium show, 5 to 8 pm, The Science Factory. $4, $10 family. THEATER Sticky Buns contin- ues. See Thursday, Oct. 28. Vanities continues. See Thursday, Oct. 28. Harvey continues. See Thursday, Oct. 28. The Importance of Being Earnest continues. See Thursday, Oct. 28. The Goat; or Who is Silvia? contin- ues. See Thursday, Oct. 28. The Little Shop of Horrors contin- ues. See Thursday, Oct. 28. 30 SATURDAY Sunrise 7:47 am; Sunset 6:05 pm Av High 58; Av Low 39 ARTS/VISUAL “Come as You Art” celebration costume party features music, dancing, food, spir- its, art and fun, 8 pm, DIVA, Café Paradiso, Tango Center and Broadway Market. 344-3482. $25. BENEFIT The Little Forest of Horrors “Jolt the Vote” event bene- fits the Committee for Countering Military Recruiting, 5 to 9 pm, Pleasant Hill. For information and directions call 746-0345. After dark in the park walk for ages 3-5 features information about night animals, 10 am, West Eugene Wetlands yurt. 683-6494. FREE. COMEDY ComedySportz for the whole family, 8 pm, ComedySportz Theater, 1030 Oak St. 517-9996. $8, $7 with a can of food for FOOD for Lane Co. Dive-In movie night features swim- ming and screenings of Monsters, Inc. and The Legend of Sleepy GATHERINGS Saturday Market features crafters, musi- cians, vendors & food court, 10 am
