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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 2005)
CALENDAR Storytime features books about celebrating frontier Oregon, 10am, Barnes & Noble. FREE. Create mylar ribbon “fireworks,” elem. ages, 2pm, Downtown Library. FREE. MUSIC Culture Clash: Shatta-I, Big Chiefin’, Burtha War Bebe, Santotzin, Rezhogs, NW Connect Drum, EagleThunder Drum, Powwow Dancers, James Greely, 8pm, WOW Hall. $12 adv., $15 dos. Cabinessence, Deke Falcon (cele- brating the release of Sand in the Shower, Rust on the Road), The Fast Computers (celebrating the release of SP), 10pm, Luckey’s. 21+ show. $3-$5. Midiyanto demonstrates Javanese shadow puppet theatre, music by Gamelan Sari Pandhawa, 8pm, Agate Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr. A.R., Damn Your Eyes, Satin Fury, the Widow White, a benefit for Womenspace, 10pm, John Henry’s. 21+ show. $5. Dark Star Orchestra, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $17 adv., $20 dos. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians snowshoe trip to Fuji shelter, 8 miles; hike the Row River trail, 9 miles; cross-country Ray Benson circumnavigation, 10 miles. See YMCA board for details. Indoor rock climbing session, 2pm- 4pm, Rec Center, UO. Register at 346-4365. $4, $6 with gear rental. SYMPOSIUM Violence and the Changing Geopolitical Order in Literature and the Arts, 10am-6pm, EMU, UO. For information go to vio- lence.uoregon.edu FREE. THEATER The Full Monty, 2pm today and tomorrow; 8pm tonight, Hult Center. $25-$47.50. Act 1 Festival continues. See Thursday, Feb. 24. A View From the Bridge contin- ues. See Friday. Beauty and the Beast continues. See Friday. 27 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella regional com- petition, 7pm, South Eugene High School. $10, $7 stu. S U N DAY Brian Cutean, 3pm, Tsunami Books. Don. BENEFIT Flute trio, 2pm, Atrium Building. FREE. Sunrise 6:52am; Sunset 5:59pm Av High 53; Av Low 36 77th Annual Academy Awards on the big screen, all proceeds go to the Red Cross for aid in Sudan and to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, 5pm, Bijou Art Cinemas. $10 adv., $12 dos. Oscar Sunday 2005, dinner and Oscar party to benefit Pearl Buck Center and the Eugene 20-30 Foundation, 4pm, Eugene Hilton. $100. COMEDY The Comedy Workout presents “The Evolution of Comedy,” 7pm, Actors Cabaret. $7. Live Matinee continues. See Friday. FILM 13th Annual Queer Film Festival presents Drag Kings on Tour, noon; A Few Good Dykes, 1pm; Goldfish Memory, 2pm, 180 PLC, UO. Festival passes $8, $6 stu. Afghanistan: The Lost Truth, 3pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Compassion and FORUM Controversy: The U.S. Moratorium on Cambodian Adoptions, screen- ing and discussion with Tiara Delgado and Carol Wagner, 4pm, Springfield Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. FREE. GATHERINGS Chiapas Caravan send-off party with music by Mood Area 52, 6pm-9pm, World Café. For information call 485-8633. Sug. don. or bring school supplies for the caravan to take to Mexico. Ceremony of release and renewal with drumming, sandtray journeying, 6:30pm-9pm. For directions and to reserve a space, call 747-6900. $25. LITERARY ARTS Ingrid Went and Maia Rossini read from Mamaphonic: Balancing Motherhood and Other Creative Acts; Ralph Salisbury and Frank Rossini also read, 3pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. MUSIC BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $20-$28. Sage Francis, Sol lloquists of Sound, Jared Paul, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $15. UO Chamber Ensemble, 2pm, Collier House, UO. FREE. George Harrison Birthday Tribute with Maya Love, The #9 Band, oth- ers, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. $6. Darryl Cherney & the Chernobles, benefit for Oregon Forest Research & Education Group, 7:30pm, Growers Market. $5-$10. ON THE AIR “The Sunday Morning Hangover” features “The Ray Davies Diaries, Part Two,” 8am, KWVA 88.1 FM. “Sunday at Noon” discusses the Oscars, noon, KLCC 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs ride, 32 miles to Four Hills, meet at Alton Baker Park. For infor- mation call 484-1734. FREE. Obsidians cross-country Ray Benson trip, 5 miles; cross-country Arrowhead Lake trip, 12 miles. See YMCA board for details. Maia Rossini reads from Mamaphonic Sunday at Tsunami Books. Ski/snowshoe trip through a por- tion of the B&B fire area near Santiam Pass, meet at 10am, Growers Market. For information call 344-0675. FREE. FEBRUARY 24, 2005 21
