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CALENDAR M. Ward plays Portland’s Aladdin Theater Saturday night. See On the Road listings. Victor Wooten, 8pm, Aladdin Theater, Portland. $25. SpugMotion, contemporary dance and music, 8pm tonight and tomor- row and 9:30pm May 6, Nocturnal, Portland. $10. Billy Currington, 7:30pm, Ross Ragland Theater, Klamath Falls. $21-$34. CORVALLIS events THURSDAY, APRIL 28 Latinoamérica! in the Valley: Bilingual storytime for preschool ages, 10am; International story & craft night: France, Russia & Mexico, 7pm, Corvallis Library. 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. The House of Blue Leaves, 7:30pm tonight, tomorrow and April 30, Crescent Valley High School. $5. FRIDAY, APRIL 29 Wine tasting, appetizers and live music, 4pm-6pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. Teen Idol competition, 7pm, Linus Pauling Middle School. $4. Small Potatoes, John Twist, 7:30pm, Best Cellar Coffeehouse. $4-$10. Ungarage Sale, 8am-4pm today and 8am-noon tomorrow, First Assembly of God Family Center, Albany. FREE. SATURDAY, APRIL 30 Spring planting open house, land- scaping ideas, vegetable starts, petting zoo, 9am-6pm, David Family Farm. For information call 752-0697. Mom’s Weekend Renassiance Fair, 9am-5pm, MU, OSU. FREE. Farmers’ Market, 8am-noon, Water & Broadalbin Streets, Albany. FREE. Latinoamérica! in the Valley: Grupo Fiesta Mexicana, folkloric 4H dancers, 2pm; Hay Caramba! bilin- gual puppet theater, 3:30pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. Jubilate! The Women’s Choir of Corvallis 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert, 7:30pm, First Congregational Church. For information contact jubli- atechoir@comcast.net Last Saturday Bluegrass Jam, 7:30pm, New Morning Bakery. FREE. SUNDAY, MAY 1 Flora of Witham Hill field trip, 9:45am, meet at OSU parking lot south of the Beanery. FREE. MONDAY, MAY 2 Spring Garden Festival, 12pm-5pm, Corvallis Arts Center Plaza. FREE. Jane Kirkpatrick reads from A Land of Sheltered Promise, 2:30pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. “The Other Archipelago: Stalin’s War Against the Peasantry,” a lec- ture by Lynne Viola, 7:30pm, Withycombe Auditorium, OSU. FREE. TUESDAY, MAY 3 Oregon Symphony, 8:15pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. For information call 754-7097. “The Jewish Body and Anti-Semitic Stereotypes,” a Holocaust Memorial Week symposium, 7pm, MU, OSU. FREE. Cuban salsa classes begin, 6pm, Platinum. For information or to reg- ister go to www.rumbanana.org WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Jason DeShaw, 7pm, MU Quad, OSU. FREE. Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, presented by Opera Theater Corvallis, 7:30pm tonight and tomorrow, First Congregational Church. $15, $5 stu. “Jewish Refugees, East and West,” a panel with Ursula Bacon and Sebastian Mendes, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. An opening for “Beginnings,” paint- ings by Harry Widman, 4:30pm, Fairbanks Gallery, OSU. 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. “Himmler: Architect of the Holocaust,” a lecture by Richard D. Breitman, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. “Wanted! The Scientific Revolution, Dead or Alive,” a lecture by John Heilbron, 4pm, MU, OSU. FREE. An opening for “As We See It: Teen Photographic Interpretation of Community,” 5pm, Corvallis Arts Center. FREE. attn: 2XWGRRU ([SORUDWLRQV <RXWK:RUNVIRUDJHV± $QH[FLWLQJRXWGRRU H[SHULHQFHWKDWFRPELQHV WHDPZRUNOHDGHUVKLS FKDOOHQJHDQGVHUYLFH ZRUNZLWKIXQIULHQGVKLS DQGOHDUQLQJ 6HVVLRQV -XQ±-XO -XO±$XJ $XJ±6HS &DOOH[W ZZZQRUWKZHVW\RXWKFRUSVRUJ OPPORTUNITIES Nearby Nature Lord Leebrick Theatre Company will hold auditions for Assassins April 30th at noon at 540 Charnelton. Auditioners should come prepared with a song and 1-2 minute contemporary monologue. Roles are available for 3 women ages 20-50, 9 men ages 20-60 and two children ages 8-12. For informa- tion call 684-6988. Outdoor Daycamps in Local Parks Experienced Naturalist Educators Small Groups, Hands-On Exploring Ages 4 1/2 - 11, Weekly Sessions For registration call 687-9699 The Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) is accepting pro- posals from Oregon artists for the next scheduled round of exhibits in 2006. Applications available online at divanow.org/beanexhibitor.asp Deadline is April 30. Vendors are needed for the Eugene Glass School’s First Annual Pre-Mother’s Day Garage Sale, May 7. Sell your arts & crafts, studio sec- onds, art supplies & more. For infor- mation call 342-2959. Performers are needed for the “No Talent Show,” a coalition fund-rais- er for Eugene Media Action, Oregon Natural Resource Council and Justice Not War Coalition. Show is Sunday, May 22. For infor- mation call 726-8834. or visit www.nearbynature.org EWEB Sponsored Scholarships Available for Conservation-Based Daycamps little moments, 0 The Pot-Luck Chorus calls all voic- es. Pure pleasure, no pressure. Sundays 6-8pm, Eugene Mennonite Church. The Eugene Peace Choir also seeks new mem- bers, especially altos and tenors. A BENEFIT for DANCE LISTINGS TH: Adult urban beat jazz dance—4:30, In Shape Fitness. 485-7675. Argentine tango, all-level—8; Studio B. www.eugenetango.com English and Scottish country dance—7:30, Eugene Friends Meeting. 344-1053. Hip hop, beginning/intermediate—4, Paradise Dance Studio. 747-1323. NIA—9 & 6, Body Now (women only); 9, Studio B; 5:30, YMCA; 5:30, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. www.nia-nia.com Swing aerobics—noon, Paradise Dance Studio. 343-7826. West African—7, Oregon Ballet Academy. 753-6833. Waltz 2—5; West coast swing 1—7; East coast swing—7; Waltz 1— 8; East coast swing 2—8, StaverDanceSport. 746-6268. FR: African—noon, Gerlinger Annex. 346-3379. Bhangra—6, Yoga West. Capoeira, all-level—7, Core Star Community Space. www.capoeiraeugene.org Flamenco, beginning—5. 431-1640. Friday Night Dance—9, StaverDanceSport. 746-6268. NIA—9, Body Now (women only); 5:30, In Shape Fitness (868- 5900). www.nia-nia.com Salsa—9, Studio B. 687-0678. Salsa—9, Vet’s Club Ballroom. 461-6681. Tango with Cecilia Gonzalez—8; Milonga (social dance)—9, The Tango Center. www.tangocenter.org SA: African, all-level—1, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. 653- 2840. African, beginning—11, Dance Factory. 653-2840. Ballroom, Latin—7:15, Studio B. www.alexanderdanceonline.com Cha-Cha—5; Fox trot 1—6; Ballroom sampler 1—7; Ballroom Dance—8:30; Salsa Dance—11, StaverDanceSport. 746-6268. Healing dance & yoga—11, Fool’s Paradise Tea House. 653-2840. NIA—9, Body Now. Women only. www.nia-nia.com Tango intro class—8; Milonga (social dance)—9, The Tango Center. www.tangocenter.org SU: Capoeira, all-level—7, Core Star Community Space. www.capoeiraeugene.org International folk—7:15, In Shape Fitness. 726-7548. Lindy, intermediate—6; Lindy basics—7, Ballroom—8, Agate Hall, UO. www.thejointisjumpin.com NIA—12:30, In Shape Fitness. www.nia-nia.com Waltz 1—4; Viennese waltz—5, StaverDanceSport. 746-6268. West African—11, WOW Hall. 687-2746. MO: Capoeira, all-level—8, In Shape Fitness. www.capoeiraeu- gene.org Flamenco, beginning—7. 431-1640. Mambo/salsa—7; Salsa for kids—7; American tango 2—8, StaverDanceSport. 746-6268. Margo’s modern—9, Eugene School of Ballet. 344-5317. NIA—9 & 5, Body Now (women only); 9 & 7, Eugene School of Ballet (868-5900); 9:30 & 5:30, Tamarack Wellness Center; 9:30, YMCA. www.nia-nia.com West African, beginning—7, Smeed Building. 753-6833. TU: African—6:30, Fool’s Paradise Tea House. 653-2840. Bellydance, beginning—5:30, River Road Parks & Rec. www.raziadance.com Eugene Swing Team—7, Rock ‘n’ Rodeo. 687-9464. Hip hop, beginning/intermediate—5:30; Bhangra—7, Paradise Dance Studio. 747-1323. International folk—7, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. 461-9328. NIA—9 & 6, Body Now (women only); 9, Studio B; 9, YMCA; 5:30, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. www.nia-nia.com Waltz 3—7:10; Waltz 2—7:30; Fox trot 2—8:15, StaverDanceSport. 746-6268. WE: Capoeira, all-level—8, In Shape Fitness. www.capoeiraeu- gene.org Contact improvisation—5:30, Agate Hall, UO. 343-2913. Flamenco, beginning—6. 431-1640. Fluid movement—9, Tamarak Wellness Center. 683-9501. Margo’s modern—9, Eugene School of Ballet. 344-5317. NIA—9 & 5, Body Now (women only); 10:30, Core Star; 7, Eugene School of Ballet (868-5900); 5:30, Tamarack Wellness Center. www.nia-nia.com Salsa 1—7; Rumba 3—7; Salsa 2—8; Rumba 1—8, StaverDanceSport. 746-6268. Swing, lindy hop—8, Studio B. www.eugenelindy.com West African, intermediate—7, Smeed Building. 753-6833. Zydeco/Cajun—7, Downtown Lounge. www.efn.org/~efs/zyde- co.html BIG MAGIC eat, drink & make magic! 3rd Annual Dinner & Auction Tuesday, May 3 Big Brother Big Sisters A Youth Program of the Eugene Family YMCA 6:30pm Auction Begins 7pm Dinner & Magicians Hult Center ALL NIGHT…MAGIC. 5 Keynote Address from George Russell 5 Live Music by Swing Shift Tickets $52 / person Available at: Hult Center • 682-5000 • www.hultcenter.org For information contact: Jude or Julie 686-9622 EUGENE FAMILY YMCA 686-9622 • 2055 Patterson • www.eugeneymca.org APRIL 28, 2005 21
