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CALENDAR SEMINAR 2005 Community Gardener Certificate Series, 6:30pm-9pm, sustainable gar- dening, home composting, tilth, building healthy soil, integrated pest management, more, partic- ipants attending at least six classes will receive a Community Gardener Certificate. $6 per class, register at 682-4243. OSU/Lane County Extension Service Auditorium. SPIRITUAL The Science of Spirituality Reading Group, 7pm, Borders Books. FREE. Gong Bath-Sacred Sound/ Vibrational Healing, 7pm, Richard Rudi plays a 36” earth gong tuned to the sound of AUM, also Himalayan Sacred Singing Bowls, creates harmonic resonance to reduce stress and promote healing, Tamarak Wellness Center. $20. A Life in the continues. See Theatre Wednesday calendar. THEATER Sleepwalk, today, tomorrow and Jan. 15, Thurston High School, Spfld. http://ths.sps.lane.edu/theatre/. ON THE road Note- Continuation dates for out-of-town events are listed under the first day of the event. JAN. 6 Works by LCC instruc- tor Adam Grosowsky, Kevan Smith, reception 5:30pm-8:30pm, Augen Gallery, Portland. www.augengallery.com. Tony Orlando tickets on sale now for Feb. 18, 2005 show at The Mill Casino, North Bend. Order at (800) 953-4800, or click on themillcasino.com. $44. Big-time guitarist Tony Furtado becomes the first concert of the year at the U of O. See for yourself, or better yet, hear for yourself. See Wednesday calendar. Works by Don Bishop, Shannon Ray, reception 6pm-9pm, Lawrence Gallery, Portland. www.lawrencegallery.net. Learn how to distill essential oils in the Greek Islands, one week distillation program is the final program making up Summer School in Greece 2005, offered by the Australasian College of Health Sciences, Portland. Visit www.achs.edu or call 800 487 8839. Applications Wildlife Stewards Program, complete orientation and weekend training course, provide 50 hours of volunteer service to a 4H Wildlife Stewards Member school. Winter class held Jan. 21- 23, 2005 at YMCA Camp Collins, Gresham. Contact the OSU/Lane County Extension Service at 682-4243, online at http://exten- sion.oregonstate.edu/lane. Martin Steiner’s Geometric Landscapes, through January 29, Whipple Fine Arts Building, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg. FREE. JAN. 7 Twelfth Night Concert, 7:30pm today and tomorrow, First Presbyterian Church, Roseburg. Tony Graham, 8pm, Coffee Grove Cooperative, Cottage Grove. First Friday Promenade, 6pm- 9pm, visit galleries and shops, appetizers and wine available, Random Dance from Britain, Lincoln Hall, Portland State University. See Jan. 13, on the road. Raku pottery at the Pearl Gallery, call Camille Roberts for more information (503) 831- 1341, Dallas. FREE. JAN. 8 Albany Farmer’s Market, 8am-noon, Water St. between Broadbin & Ferry, Albany. FREE. The David Samuel Project, 8pm, Bocherinies, 1st Street, Albany. Rick and Lavinia Ross, 7pm, Coffee Grove Cooperative. JAN. 9 Works by Don Bishop, Nancy Rankin, reception 2pm- 4pm, Lawrence Gallery, Portland. www.lawrencegallery.net. Pepsi Cheerleading Competition, Roseburg, (541) 672-6641. FREE. JAN. 12 Jack Gabel CD Release, 7:30pm, with Agnieszka Laska Dancers, Tessa Brinckman, members of fEARnoMUSIC and Highstrung, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N. Interstate Ave., Portland. $15 (includes free CD). (800) 757-7384. JAN. 13 Random Dance, 8pm, today, tomorrow and Jan. 15, from Great Britain, Lincoln Hall, PSU, Portland. Adults $25, Stu., sr. $14. (503) 725-3307 or Ticketmaster outlets. CORVALLIS EVENTS JAN. 6 Saturday farmers’ mar- ket, 9am-1pm, 1st and Jackson. FREE. Wine tasting, appetizers, live music, 4pm-6pm, First Alternative Co-op. FREE. Basketry, Reviewed, through January 27, Main Gallery, Corvallis Arts Center, noon-5pm Tu-Sa. Neil Grandstaff, Ray Brassfield, 7:30pm, Bombs Away Café, 2527 NW Monroe. Cinderella! The Musical, 7:30pm today, tomorrow, January 8, 13, 14, 15, Corvallis Community Theatre. Adults $12, stu., sr. $10. Works by Linda Humphrey, Michelle Schultz, Margaret Parkerson, through January 28, Corrine Woodman Gallery, Corvallis Arts Center, noon-5pm Tu-Sa. JAN. 7 Cinderella! The Musical continues. See January 6 calendar. JAN. 8 Oregon State Women’s Basketball vs UO, 2pm. Cinderella! The Musical contin- ues. See January 6 calendar. 20 JANUARY 6, 2004 JAN. 10 The Hogwashers Appalachian Mountain Music, Intaba’s. $5. Contact Vaia Abatzis at (917) 595- 5325 or e-mail americasbusiest- families@yahoo.com. JAN. Public art opportunity, artwork to represent the Helen Gordon Child Development Center to the com- munity, low maintenance and long- lasting, budget of $37,000. Panel will only review artists’ past work. http://www.oregonartscommis- sion.org/public_art/current_oppor- tunities_for_public_artists.php. 13 Oregon State Women’s Basketball vs Washington State, 7pm. Cinderella! The Musical contin- ues. See January 6 calendar. Music a la Carte Faculty Concert, noon, with soprano Janet Hacket, trumpet player Jay Chen, Rebecca Jeffers accompanying, OSU Memorial Union. FREE. attn: OPPORTUNITIES The Potluck Chorus is accepting ALL voices, contact Val Rogers, 344-8931. New reality show about America’s busiest families seeking house- holds with kids in Oregon. Compete with other families, win cash prize. Volunteer bookkeeper/adminis- trative assistant sought for non- profit social service provider in Eugene. 20 hours per week, must be familiar with Quickbooks or willing to learn, contact Kate Marvel-Lewis at 484-2450 or e- mail kmarvel@sobrevivientes.org. Auditions for new members of the Eugene Concert Choir, January 6, to schedule an audition with Artistic Director Diane Retallack call the choir office at 687-6865, or e-mail choir@eugeneconcertchoir.org. The Corvallis Spring Creek Project is in need of a photographer, archivist and clerical help. 737-6198. Oregon Quarterly is sponsoring the Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest, for writers with nonfiction ideas that affect the Northwest. Open and student categories, mon- etary and publishing prizes, dead- line for entries January 31, 2005. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~oq/ html/essay_content.htm Senior Wheels USA Program makes power wheelchairs available to senior citizens at no cost if they qual- ify. Call toll-free 1-800-246-6010. Unpublished play manuscripts sought for Lord Leebrick Theatre’s Northwest Playwrights Festival (July 2005), send one-page synop- sis, cast list and first ten pages of script, plus resume to Lord Leebrick Theatre Company, 1320 W. 2nd Ave., Eugene, 97402, or go on-line at www.lordleebrick.com. Deadline is February 28, 2005. Ethnic music groups sought for Winter Folk Festival in Florence, Jan. 22, 2005. Specifically seeking Latino, Native American, Scandinavian, Celtic and German groups. Contact Paul Cornett (541) 902-9578, cornett@harborside.com. The Dowtown Lounge presents a “Nuclear Themed” exhibit of works by Scott Boyes. See Thursday, Jan. 6.
