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CALENDAR Ingite Your Courageous Spirit “playshop” with Sally Sheklow, 10am-4pm, Tamarack Wellness Center. For information and regis- tration call 683-5936. 8 - minute meals. Sanskrit with Aja from the Atma Institute, 10am-5pm today and tomorrow, Yoga Studio. For infor- mation call 461-8044. Town Hall on Veterans’ Affairs with Representatives Phil Barnhart and Debi Farr, 10am-12pm, Eugene Armory. FREE. The Unbroken Thread Quilt Show, 10am-4pm, Lane County Historical Museum. A presentation on “Piecing Borders for a Quilt” is at 10:30am; Brattain Quilt Club docu- mentary screens at noon & 2pm; a panel on “Quilting in Children and Young Adults Groups” is at 1pm. $4, $10 week pass. Raavioli Paasta Saauce Peesto • Sal alsa Rainwater Harvesting presentation and information, 11am, LCC Building 20. For information call 343-0607. FREE. Contra Dance with music by Unleashed, 8pm, Kelly School Gym. $7. KIDS B.E.A.R. Faire: Be Excited About Reading!, activities, door prices, music and storytellers, 1pm- 3pm, Springfield City Hall. FREE. Nearby Nature’s 3rd Annual Egg Walk, special trail hikes, visit with rep- tiles and amphibians, 2pm-5pm, Alton Baker Park. Register at 687-9699. $5, $4 Nearby Nature members. “Arts For All” adapted art day for children with and without disabili- ties, 4 sessions throughout the day, Hilyard Community Center. Register at 682-6365. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Oregon poet John Witte reads from The Hurtling, 5pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. Eugene Poetry Slam play-offs, 7pm open mic, 8pm competition, Territorial Winery. $5. MUSIC Glassman’s Dixieland Band, Jazz and Jammer Kids, 2pm, Atrium Building. FREE. Dan Rinnan, Aaron Pratt, Ellie Gruman and Hung-Yun Chu per- form solo and four-hand piano and organ works, proceeds benefit Handbell Choir, 4pm, Central Presbyterian Church. Don. Hawaii Club Luau, authentic Hawaiian dinner, hula show and music from Sudden Rush and the Kekai Boys, 5pm, McArthur Court, UO. $22, $18 UO stu. Nancy Ream and Mercury’s Refrain, 7pm, Triomphe, 1591 Willamette. FREE. Lucy Kaplansky, 8pm, Café Paradiso. 21+ show. $17 adv., $19 dos. Groove More Erik Larson gives the 2005 Johnston Lecture Thursday, April 21 at the UO. Over the Rhine, 8pm, WOW Hall. $15. Priscilla Herdman, 8pm, Tsunami Books. $12 adv., $14 dos. Sound Tribe Sector Nine, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. A free signing at CD World at 2:30pm. $18. UO Opera Ensemble continues. See Friday. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Bird of the Willamette Valley outing, 7:30am, Outdoor Program Barn, UO. Register at 346-4365. $4. GEARs training ride, Franklin Loop, 36 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. FREE. Oregon River Sports Paddling Club overnight trip on Smith Resevoir. For information and location call 334-0696. THEATER Life!, 7:30pm, Stage Left at the Very Little Theatre. $5- $10 don. Blues Power Beauty and the Beast continues. See Thursday, April 21. Copenhagen continues. Thursday, April 21. See 1:00p.m. - 5:00p.m. Sa Kiss Me Kate continues. See Thursday, April 21. Oliver! continues. See Thursday, April 21. NABA field trip to spot the rare Taylor’s Checkerspot butterfly, meet at 10am, Campbell Senior Center. Register at 461-3596. Once Upon a Mattress continues. See Thursday, April 21. Stop Kiss continues. See Thursday, April 21. Rock Climbing 101, 10am and 12:45pm, Skinner’s Butte Climbing Columns. Register at 346-4365. $10, $8 UO stu. Equipmental rental is $3. FOR A FULL SCHEDULE VISIT You Can’t Take It With You contin- ues. See Thursday, April 21. WWW.THRASHERPRESENTS.COM Northwest Association for Adult Competitive Kickball game, 1:46pm, 20th & Washington. For information contact eugenekickball@yahoo.com FREE. VOLUNTEER NW Expressway planting maintenance with the Eugene Tree Foundation, 9am, meet at Public Works. For informa- tion call 342-2183. Obsidians hike, Row River Trail, 5 miles; Tahkenitch Dunes, 6.5 miles. See YMCA board for details. Help Northwest Youth Corps, REI and Disciples of Dirt build and repair sections of the Goodman Trail, 10am. Register at REI Customer Service. Jean Hegland reads from Windfalls Thursday, April 21 at Mother Kali’s. You’re It! continues. See Friday. 24 M C D O N A L D T H E A T E R JEDI MIND TRICKS S U N DAY Sunrise 6:14am; Sunset 8:08pm Av High 62; Av Low 40 GARDENING Down to Earth donates 5% of all sales to Huerta de la Familia, an organization providing organic gardening skills to Spanish- speaking families, 10am-5pm, Olive St. and Willamette St. stores. & PIGEONJOHN GATHERINGS The Unbroken Thread Quilt Show, noon-4pm, Lane County Historical Museum. A Scrap of Pride: Quilting to Bring People Together screens at noon & 2pm; a panel on “Quilting at a ‘Quilting Bee’” is at 1pm. $4, $10 week pass. THIS SUN Youth Enrichment/TAG Program Summer Camp Fair, 1pm-3pm, Amazon Community Center. FREE. Open house, 3pm-5pm, Full Circle Community Farm. For information call 461-3798. FREE. Exotic Bird Fair continues. See Saturday. Sanskrit continues. See Saturday. KIDS The Joy of Reading Aloud, for parents, 2pm, Downtown Library. FREE. 1010 WILLAMETTE ST 24 SUN APR 7:00PM DOORS ALL AGES 800-992-8499 J O H N H E N R Y S ON SALE SAT 10:00AM 800-992-8499 20 FRI MAY MUSIC An Afternoon of Vocal Music with Siri Vik, soprano, Patricia Dewey, contralto, and Dr. A. Elray Stewart-Cook, organ, 4pm, Central Lutheran Church. Don. 8:00PM DOORS 21 & OVER 77 W BROADWAY 800-992-8499 APRIL 21, 2005 17
