CALENDAR
3:30pm & 7pm, Corvallis Library.
FREE.
Starship
featuring
Mickey
Thomas, 7pm, Linn County Fair &
Expo Center, Albany. www.lin-
ncountyfair.com
FRIDAY, JULY 22 Wine
tasting, appetizers and live
music,
4pm-6pm,
First
Alternative Co-op Main Store.
FREE.
SATURDAY,
JULY
23
First Alternative Co-op’s 35th
Anniversary Celebration, live
music, food, wine, beer, kids’
activities and more, 11am-8pm,
First Alternative Co-op South
Store,
1007
SE
3rd.
www.firstalt.coop
three slides. Deadline is August 1.
Download
application
at
www.contemporarycrafts.org/bir
d or call 503-223-2654 for infor-
mation.
Sing and perform Russian music,
classical and folk. Choir open to
men and women of all ages.
Ability to read music and speak
Russian not necessary. Meets
7:30pm Mondays at 2650
Willamette. Use rear entrance of
Harmony Road School. 747-7416.
The Shedd Institute’s spring clos-
et cleaning instrument drive
runs through July. Donate usable
instruments of all types to the
Shedd’s instrument bank, where
instruments are made available
to students who aren’t able to
purchase their own. Drop off
instruments at the Shedd
(Broadway & High) between 8am
and 6pm Monday through Friday,
or 9am-1pm Sunday. For larger
instruments, call Eric, 687-6526.
The Jazz Station currently has
openings for musicians to join.
Membership includes use of the
hall for your own shows and
rehearsals. For information go to
www.thejazzstation.org
David Rogers, 10am, Corvallis
Saturday Market. FREE.
Farmers’ market, 8am-
noon,
Water
St.
&
Broadalbin St. SW,
Albany. FREE.
Art in the Garden,
10am-4pm today
and tomorrow,
Garland Nursery.
FREE.
M O N D AY,
JULY
25
C h i n e s e
Performing Arts
Ensemble, acrobat-
ics, martial arts and
classical music, 7pm,
Ashbrook Independent
School. FREE.
Men of
Monteith
FREE.
HIGH COUNRTY
EXPEDITIONS
Worth, 7pm,
Park, Albany.
Northwest Whitewater Trips
Thriving Theatre! Improv Night,
9pm, Iovino’s Ristorante. $5.
THURSDAY,
JULY
28
Summer Reading preschool
finale, performances by Celeste
Rose, Shadow Puppet Theater,
10am; Summer Reading finale
with Rhys Thomas, 3:30pm &
7pm, Corvallis Library. FREE.
The Coats, 7pm, Monteith
RiverPark, Albany. FREE.
attn:
OPPORTUNITIES
Auditions for Lend Me a Tenor
will be held at 1pm Saturday, July
23 and 6pm Sunday, July 24 at
the Very Little Theatre, 2350
Hilyard. Parts available for four
men and four women ranging in
age from 20s to 50s. For details
call Ron Hart, assistant director,
747-5738.
Portland’s Contemporary Crafts
Museum seeks entries for “Good
Bird/Bad Bird,” open to all artists
working in ceramic, fiber, wood,
glass or metal. $500 Best in
Show award. $10 entrance fee for
Brendan Benson
plays Portland’s
Doug Fir Lounge
Saturday. See On
the Road listings.
• Upper Mckenzie River - class 1-3
• Upper Klammath River - class 1-4
• Cal Salmon River - class 1-5
• Rogue River - class 1-4
• Trips daily
• 1/2 to 3 day excursions
• Student and group discounts
• Locally owned and operated
• Come see us at Belknap Hotsprings
$ 5.00
off on all
Mckenzie River Trips
T rips
Fun, exciting upper
river adventures
Excluding Holidays & Saturdays
*Not to be combined with other discounts,
must be mentioned at time of booking
10% off on
Upper Klamath Rafting
Oregon’s best whitewater
experience!! Warm water, fun,
long, thrilling rapids...
*Not to be combined with other discounts,
must be mentioned at time of booking
www.highcountryexpeditions.com
888.461.7238 • 541.822.8288
“Let us guide you through your next outdoor adventure”
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