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Author Andrea Barrett reads at OSU. See April 22. Multi-media installation artist Carol Ann Carter discusses her work, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. Local folk open mic anchored by MC Squared, 7pm, Corvallis Arts Center. FREE. FRIDAY, APRIL 22 First Alternative Co-op Earth Day Celebration, sales and demonstra- tions, children’s events, 9am-9pm, Main and North Stores. For information call 753-3115. FREE. Wine tasting, appetizers and live music, 4pm- 6pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Listings in the Eugene Weekly calendar are free. We don’t list workshops, classes or events that cost more than $25. Submit list- ings to cal@eugeneweekly.com by noon on Thursday the week prior to publication. Poetry Month reading with Pam Wilson, Linda Varsell Smith, Cindy Smith, Susan Shumway, Wyn Schoch, Carol Ann Lantz, Jesse Ford and Linda Gelbrich, 7pm, Grass Roots Bookstore. FREE. tomorrow and April 16, AJ’s. $3 each night. Note: Continuation dates for events are list- ed under the first day of the event. Sharing Our Faith series: members of the Heart of the Valley Sufi Circle speak, 7pm, Westminster House. FREE. Wine tasting, appetizers and live music, 4pm- 6pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. THURSDAY, APRIL 7 OSU Percussion Ensemble, noon, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. Treehouses, 7:30pm tonight, tomorrow and April 9 and 14-16; 2pm April 17, Withycombe Theatre, OSU. $7, $5 sr., $4 stu. Spring Stampede Rodeo, 7pm, Benton Arena. $8 adv., $10 dos. Old Hat, 8:30pm, Murphy’s. 21+ show. $3, $5 couples. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and April 9, 14-16, 21 and 23; 2:30pm April 10 and 17; midnight April 22, Albany Civic Theater. $11. Don & the Generation Gap, 9pm, Tommy’s Peacock. $3. Waiting Room, Rooms Waiting, multi-media installation by Carol Ann Carter, through April 22. 8am-5pm M-F, Fairbanks Gallery, OSU. FREE. Flailing Inhalers, Microcosm, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For information call 758-4582. Art About Agriculture, through April 27. 8am- 5pm M-F, Giustina Gallery, OSU. FREE. The Gathering: Dolls and Beyond, work by mutiple artists, through April 30. 10:30am- 5:30pm Tu-F; 10:30am-4pm Sa, Pegasus Gallery. FREE. Landscape photography by James Schupp and Loretta Robinson, through Apil 30. 7am- 11pm M-Th; 7am-12am F; 7:30am-12am Sa; 10:30am-11pm Su, MU Concourse, OSU. FREE. Work by Debbie Maggiulli, through April 30. 7am-9pm daily, First Alternative Co-op North Store. FREE. Work by Ron Garnett, through April 30. 9am- 9pm daily, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. Latinoaméricano: Sight, Sound & Culture, filete & photos by Remedios Rapoport & Karen Dunlap, through May 1. An opening is 5:30pm tonight. Work by Dianne Lay, Sharon McKey & guild artists, through April 30. Noon- 5pm Tu-Sa, Corvallis Arts Center. FREE. FRIDAY, APRIL 8 India Night 2005, 4pm tonight and 5:30pm tomorrow, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $6. Wine tasting, appetizers and live music, 4pm- 6pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. Connections: A Celebration of Fiber Arts, through May 28. 10am-4:30pm Tu-Sa, Benton County Historical Museum. FREE. Paul Delay, The David Samuel Project, 9pm, Platinum. 21+ show. For information call 738- 6996. Prime Rib, 9pm, Tommy’s Peacock. $3. The Wobblies, My Life in Black & White, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For information call 758-4582. SATURDAY, APRIL 9 Flea market, 8am- 3pm; Final indoor winter farmers’ market, 10am-2pm, Benton County Fairgrounds. FREE. Oregon Scottish Heritage Festival, 9am-5pm, Linn County Fairgrounds, Albany. $6, $5 stu., sr. Work party and writing workshop with Barbara Drake and Charles Goodrich, tidy the cabin and property and discuss writing, 9am- 5pm, Cabin at Shotpouch Creek. For informa- tion and to RSVP call 737-6198. FREE. Sam Holmes, 9pm, Iovino’s. FREE. Pillow Talk: Latinoaméricano, 10pm, ArtCentric. For information call 754-1551. SUNDAY, APRIL 10 National Library Week, through April 16, Corvallis Library. For infor- mation call 766-6926. MONDAY, APRIL 11 Anthony Grafton lec- tures, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. The Valaam Ensemble, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $3 adv., $5 dos. “Electronic Voting: Voting Process is Technology,” a lecture by Ted Selker, co-direc- tor of the CALTECH-MIT Voting Technology Project, 7pm, 109 Withycomb, OSU. For infor- mation call 737-1562. TUESDAY, APRIL 12 Natural History Discovery Days, 9am-4pm today and tomor- row, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. For informa- tion call 737-6716. FREE. READ dogs, children read to trained canines, 3:30pm today, tomorrow and April 14, Corvallis Library. Register at 766-6794. FREE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 School tour, 8:45am, Corvallis Waldorf School. FREE. Random Review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, noon, Corvallis Library. FREE. “Mathematics Through the Grades in Waldorf Schools,” a lecture by Liz Hartman & Anais Alexander, 7pm, Corvallis Waldorf School. For information call 758-4674. Installation artist Ann Hamilton discusses her work, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. “Tainted Legacy: 9/11 and the Ruin of Human Rights,” a lecture by William Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Bug Day, look at or handle impressive creepy-crawlies, 9am- 4pm, MU Quad, OSU. FREE. Village Green Celtic Quartet, noon, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. FRIDAY, APRIL 15 “The Many ‘Rolls’ of Fat in Inflammation and Liver Disease,” a lecture by Laura Nagy, 4001 ALS, OSU. FREE. Murder! At 6th & Ferry!, 6:15pm dinner, 7pm show only, tonight, tomorrow and April 22, 23, 29 and 30, Flinn’s Dinner Theater, Albany. For information go to www.flinns.com Strawberry Stakes casino night, 7pm, Lebanon Elks Lodge. For information call 258-7164. Cantus Choir, 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church. $12. Oregon Dance and guest artists, 8pm, Majestic Theatre. $12, $8 stu., sr. Priscilla Herdman, 8pm, Unitarian Fellowship Hall. $13 adv., $14 dos. El KaBong Orchestra, 9pm, Tommy’s Peacock. $3. SATURDAY, APRIL 16 La Fiesta De Su Biblioteca, English/Spanish program for chil- dren of all ages, performance by Woodburn High School’s Mariachi Band, 11am-12pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. “A Taste of Waldorf,” 3rd Annual Spring Auction with dinner and music, 5:30pm, Corvallis Waldorf School. Don. Jan Michael Looking Wolf, 7pm, Corvallis Art Center. For information call 754-1551. Contra Dance, 7:30pm, First Congregational Church. For information call 754-1839. The David Samuel Project, 8:30pm, Murphy’s. 21+ show. $3, $5 couples. David Feinberg & Mark Bielman, 9pm, Iovino’s. FREE. The West Coast Rockers, 9pm, Tommy’s Peacock. $3. SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Intaba’s Wood Fired Anniversary Party, buffet, demos, lecture, music and more, 11am-9pm, Intaba’s. FREE. Ellen O’Grady reads from Outside the Ark, 3pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. MONDAY, APRIL 18 “Pathways to Resilience — Self Regulation: The Key to Children’s Adjustment and Resiliency,” a lecture by Nancy Eisenberg, 2pm, MU, OSU. FREE. Joan Roughgarden gives a talk based on her book Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gender and Sexuality in Nature & People, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 A reception for Carol Ann Carter’s Waiting Room, Rooms Waiting, 4:30pm, Fairbanks Gallery, OSU. FREE. Songwriters in the Round, hosted by Sam Holmes, 9pm, Iovino’s. FREE. An opening for The Gathering: Dolls and Beyond, 6:30pm, Pegasus Gallery. FREE. 6th Annual Conference on Gender & Culture, today through April 22, OSU. For information go to www.oregonstate.edu/womenscenter OSU Jazz Ensemble, 7:30pm, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. THURSDAY, APRIL 21 OSU Classy Jazz Quartet, noon, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. Athena Reich, 9pm, Intaba’s. $5. New Horizons Band adult beginner session, 6pm, Gracewinds Music. For information call 754-6098. Ward 5 Battle of the Bands, 9pm tonight, Andrea Barrett, author of The Voyage of the Narwhal, speaks, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. Infinite Variety: A Showcase of Shakespeare’s Women, Real and Imagined, 7:30pm tonight and 2pm April 24, Withycombe Lab Theatre, OSU. $4. Floater, 9pm, Platinum. 21+ show. For informa- tion call 738-6996. Sumo, 9pm, Tommy’s Peacock. $3. The Richard Hedders, The Overtones, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For information call 758-4582. SATURDAY, APRIL 23 509J Book Drive & Sale, 9am-5pm, Browsers Bookstore. For infor- mation go to www.waypointcorvallis.com Procession of the Species and Earthfaire 2005, parade, music, dancing, children’s activities and more, 12:30pm-5pm, Monroe Ave. between 1st and 2nd Streets. For infor- mation go to www.corvallisprocession.org Ted Cox reads and signs The Toledo Incident of 1925: Three Days That Made History in Toledo, Oregon, 6:30pm, Old World Deli. FREE. Cantus Choir Choral Festival: First Presbyterian Chancel Choir, HVCC Chamber Choir, Bella Voce & OSU Chamber Choir, LBCC Chamber Choir, Jubilate!, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $15. Caught in the Act, 8:30pm, Murphy’s. 21+ show. $3, $5 couples. Wendy James & Dan Andrews, 9pm, Iovino’s. FREE. Cascade Reed Trio, noon, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. “The Art of Fashion” show, 7pm tonight and 12pm, 2pm and 4pm April 30, MU Ballroom, OSU. $3 tonight, $10 April 30. Latinoamérica! in the Valley: “Filete: Painting Buenos Aires Style,” a talk by Remedios Rapoport, 7pm, Corvallis Arts Center. $4. FRIDAY, APRIL 29 Wine tasting, appetizers and live music, 4pm-6pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. Theater Corvallis, 7:30pm tonight and tomor- row, First Congregational Chruch. For infor- mation call 758-2478. Open mic night, 9pm, Iovino’s. FREE. THURSDAY, MAY 5 Outspoken, noon, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. Red Cross Blood Drive, 11am-7pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. For information call 753-3115. Old Hat, 9pm, Tommy’s Peacock. $3. Sue Miles & Slow Burn, 9pm, Tommy’s Peacock. $3. “Wanted! The Scientific Revolution, Dead or Alive,” a lecture by John Heilbron, 4pm, MU, OSU. FREE. The Dimes, Ahimsa Theory, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For information call 758-4582. Arcweld, Tourist, Field Trip, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For information call 758-4582. Cinco de Mayo party, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For infor- mation call 758-4582. SUNDAY, APRIL 24 39th Annual Auto & Parts Swap Meet, 7am-4pm, Benton County Fairgrounds. $2. SATURDAY, APRIL 30 Spring planting open house, lanscaping ideas, vegetable starts, petting zoo, 9am-6pm, David Family Farm. For information call 752-0697. As We See It: Teen Photographic Interpretation of Community, through May 21. An opening is 5:30pm tonight. Noon-5pm Tu- Sa, Corvallis Arts Center. FREE. Cantus Choir, 4pm, Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan. FREE. Latinoamérica! in the Valley: Grupo Fiesta Mexicana, folkloric 4H dancers, 2pm; Hay Caramba! bilingual puppet theater, 3:30pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. FRIDAY, MAY 6 Wine tasting, appetizers and live music, 4pm-6pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. MONDAY, APRIL 25 Latinoamérica! in the Valley: Make a Mask! workshop for ages 6-12, 4pm today and April 29, Corvallis Library. Register at 766-6974. FREE. Jubilate! The Women’s Choir of Corvallis 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert, 7:30pm, First Congregational Church. For information con- tact jubliatechoir@comcast.net “The Revolution in Genetics and its Meaning for Everyday Life,” a lecture by Ruth Schwartz Cowan, 4pm, 206 MU, OSU. FREE. Magpie, 8:30pm, Murphy’s. 21+ show. $3, $5 couples. Corvallis Youth Symphony, 2pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $6 adv., $8 dos. Latinoamérica! in the Valley: Bilingual bed- time storytime, 7pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. DJ Krusty, 9pm, Iovino’s. FREE. Fate 55, 9pm, Tommy’s Peacock. $3. TUESDAY, APRIL 26 Latinoamérica! in the Valley: Bilingual storytime for toddlers, 10am; El día de los jóvenos, teen comedy night with Angel Ocasio, 7pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. John Shipe, 9:30pm, Squirrel’s. 21+ show. $3. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 Latinoamérica! in the Valley: Bilingual storytime for infants, 10am; Muticultural family movie night, 7pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. SUNDAY, MAY 1 Spring Garden Festival, 12pm-5pm, Corvallis Arts Center Plaza. FREE. Thriving Improv Theatre show, 9pm, Iovino’s. $5. THURSDAY, APRIL 28 Latinoamérica! in the Valley: Bilingual storytime for preschool ages, 10am; International story & craft night: France, Russia & Mexico, 7pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. Port Authority, Adequits, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For information call 758-4582. Jane Kirkpatrick reads from A Land of Sheltered Promise, 2:30pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. Work by Aaron Spitzer, through May 31. 9am-9pm daily. First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. The Critique Group, recent work by local artists, through June 25. 7am-11pm M-Th; 7am-12am F; 7:30am-12am Sa; 10:30am-11pm Su, MU Concourse, OSU. FREE. Come to the Table: Spring Art Harvest, work by various artists, through May 31. 10:30am- 5:30pm Tu-F; 10:30am-4pm Sa, Pegasus Gallery. FREE. TUESDAY, MAY 3 Oregon Symphony, 8:15pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. For infor- mation call 754-7097. Teen Open, showcasing the creativity of young adults, through May 21. Noon-5pm Tu- Sa, Corvallis Arts Center. FREE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Jason DeShaw, 7pm, MU Quad, OSU. FREE. Ann Hamilton, corpus, 2004, football-field sized installation. Hamilton discusses her work at the LaSells Stewart Center. See April 13. Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte,” presented by Opera Wine & Whiskers: Art From the Heartland silent auction of human and cat art, proceeds benefit Heartland Humane Society, 5pm, Magruder Hall, OSU. $10 don. “Shh! Just Give!” Silent auction & silent movies, 6pm, Flinn’s Dinner Theater, Albany. For information go to www.flinns.com Annie Get Your Gun, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and May 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28; 2:30pm May 8, 15, 22 and 29, Majestic Theatre. $12, $10 stu., sr. Travis Hanson, Silas, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For infor- mation call 758-4582. SATURDAY, MAY 7 Flinn’s Old-Time Vaudeville, 6:15pm dinner, 7pm show only, Flinn’s Dinner Theater, Albany. For informa- tion go to www.flinns.com Ramblin’ Rex Trio, 8:30pm, Murphy’s. 21+ show. $3, $5 couples. Paul Chenard & Jim LaRocca, 9pm, Iovino’s. FREE. The Perverts, The Richard Hedders, 9:30pm, AJ’s. For information call 758-4582. 12th Night, 9:30pm, Squirrel’s. 21+ show. $3 MONDAY, MAY 9 Queer Pride week, through May 13, OSU. For information go to oregon- state.edu/groups/rcosu WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 Random Review: Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It by Neal Bascomb, noon, Corvallis Library. FREE. Natalia Rachel Singer, author of Scraping By in the Big Eighties, speaks, 7:30pm, Valley Library Rotunda, OSU. FREE. THURSDAY, MAY 12 Divine, noon, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. Latinoamérica! in the Valley: “Singing in South America,” a talk by Maria Guinard, WHAT’S HAPPENING Corvallis • 11
