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CALENDAR Dine out and support SMART (Start Making a Reader Today). Restaurants donating a portion of their sales to SMART are Roaring Rapids Pizza, 5pm-9pm; El Torito, 4pm-10pm (call 726-3302 for a flyer); Abby’s in Junction City, 5pm-8pm; Vintage Inn in Cottage Grove, 5pm-9pm; Trailhead Coffehouse in Oakridge; Our Daily Bread in Veneta, 8am-2pm. For information call 726-3302. [ 8dbZ 9^ccZg ### ijX`^c # DANCE Pilobilus, 7:30pm, Hult Center. $18-$28. FILM Ivan Vasilievich Changes Careers (Russian), 7pm, 115 Pacific, UO. FREE. Artemesia, 7:30pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. GATHERINGS Information sessions for up-to-date details on possible return of the draft and preparation for conscientious objector status, 5pm-6pm, CALC Office, 458 Blair. FREE. Long Tom Watershed Council monthly meeting featuring a tour of the Tugman Creek enhancement project, 5:45pm, Tugman Park. For information call 683-6949. FREE. Breaking Free teaches self-defense as part of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, 6pm, Central Presbyterian Church. For informa- tion call 503-998-4751. Lane County Audubon Society meet- ing with presentation on dragonflies, 7:30pm, Eugene Garden Club. Don. Contra Dance with music by Lift Ticket, 7:30pm, Kelly School Gym. $7. LECTURE “Healthy Eating With Dr. K.,” Sunny Kierstyn, 12:30pm, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. Register at 736-4444. FREE. “Compassionate Resistance: Confronting Militarization in the Age of Empire,” Simona Sharoni, 7pm, EMU, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS David Farris reads from Lie Still; Stephanie Kane reads from Seeds of Doubt, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Diagonal, a performance of music and poetry in English, German and Japanese with Aki Takase and Yoko Tawada, 7:30pm, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. FREE. Rumah Sakit, Chevreuil, By the End of Tonight, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $7, $5 UO stu. Pam Houston reads from Sight Hound (see review, page 34) Monday at the UO’s Knight Library. LITERARY ARTS Bill Sullivan presents a slide show on New Hikes in the Central Oregon Cascades, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. Charles Wilkinson reads from Blood Struggle, 7pm, UO Longhouse. FREE. Chick-Lits book group discusses Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Junior Reid, Reggae Angels, 9pm, WOW Hall. $12 adv., $15 dos. Kinnie Starr, The Ovulators, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+ show. $5. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses traditional Native American stories with Brent Floredo, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. PRESENTATION Christopher “Alternative Radio” features “Studs Terkel: Which Side Are You On? Part Two,” 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. SPIRITUAL World Tai Chi Day with Suman Sensei, experience Tai Chi or Qi Gong, 10am, Skinner’s Butte Park. For information call 515- 0462. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Seattle-to-Portland ride training and information, 7pm, REI. FREE. Indoor kayak practice, 7:30pm, Gerlinger Pool, UO. $5, $3 UO stu- dents, $5 kayak rental. Obsidians trip, Eugene Wetlands bike/bird, 12 miles. See YMCA board for details. SPIRITUAL Women’s sound healing circle with Auriel Loux, 7pm, Body Now. $5. VIGIL Practicing “being peace,” silent meditation, 8:15am-8:45am, Federal Building steps. FREE. 27 Zinn discusses the Oregon Council for the Humanities, 4pm, 159 PLC, UO. For information call 346-3934. Chant experience, 7pm, Unity of the Valley. For information call 767-0953. Granada, 7pm, First United Methodist Church. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Reflective Readers book group discusses The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Swang, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $15-$20. Ancient Future, 8pm, Far Horizons School. $13 adv., $17 dos. Faculty Artist Series: Fritz Gearhart, Kathryn Lucktenberg, Leslie Straka and Steve Pologe, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $9, $5 stu., sr. “I Love Paris/J’aime New York!” with soprano Amy Burton and pianist John Musto, 8pm, Luna. 21+ show. For information call 345- 6648. Tsunami relief benefit with Genus Pro, Dance Northwest, Wild Style DJs, Balou the Sasquatch, Bigg Reece, Michael Kay, Zapp and oth- ers, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $10. Bat Makumba, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $8. Eckhart Tolle Power of Now Practicing Presence group meet- ing, 7pm, Maitreya Eco-Village. Don. Ellis Paul, Ashleigh Flynn, 8pm, Café Paradiso. 21+ show. $14 adv., $16 dos. VIGIL Peace celebrations, 4:30pm- 5:30pm, Federal Building. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” features East Lane County Commissioner Faye Stewart, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. 28 “New Dimensions” features “The Minds of Animals” with Temple Grandin, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. THURSDAY Sunrise 6:08am; Sunset 8:13pm Av High 63; Av Low 40 BENEFIT 3rd Annual Early OUTDOORS/RECREATION Paddling Club meeting, 6:30pm, Oregon River Sports. FREE. SPIRITUAL World Tai Chi Day with Suman Sensei, experience Tai Chi or Qi Gong, 6:30pm, Skinner’s Butte Park. For information call 515- 0462. FREE. WEDNESDAY Education Program Walk the Diamond Walk-a-Thon, 9:45am and 2:15am, Civic Stadium. For informa- tion call 485-0368. FILM Bubba Ho-Tep, 7pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE. Chef’s Night Out, a fund-raiser for FOOD for Lane County, 6:30pm, Hult Center. $50. Living the four agreements wisdom circle, 7pm. For information and location call 510-9031. FREE. GATHERINGS “Connecting to DANCE ZAPP Dancers, 12:15pm, Spiritural insights on healing prayer from a Christian Science perspec- tive, using Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health, 7pm, Borders Books. FREE. Sunrise 6:09am; Sunset 8:12pm Av High 63; Av Low 40 Meet Global Challenges,” an infor- mation technology and knowledge- based business networking event with keynote speech by Phil Keisling, 8am-10am, Eugene Hilton. For infor- mation call 503-228-5401. $25. Transgender Rights Evening facili- tated by Alan Brown, 7pm, Mother Kali’s. FREE. Hult Center. FREE. GATHERING Downtown Neighborhood Association all neighborhood meeting to explore the possibilities of Eugene’s water- front development, 6pm, Downtown Library. FREE. KIDS Sir ReadAlot, acting, story- Introduction to Breema, 7pm, Phoenix Inn. Register at 343-4038. FREE. THEATER Godspell, 7:30pm tonight, tomorrow and April 30 and May 5, 6 and 7; 2pm May 1, Thurston High School. $7, $5 stu., sr. KIDS Sir ReadAlot, acting, story- telling and fun, 4pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Copenhagen continues. Thursday, April 21. telling and fun, 4pm, Sheldon Library. FREE. LECTURE “Hope and Inspiration Alive and Well in Mulukuku,” Dorothy Stop Kiss continues. See Thursday, April 21. See APRIL 21, 2005 19
