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CALENDAR Vineyard, Veneta. $26.50 adv., $30 dos. Barbara Healy and Mofessor, 9pm, Mac’s at the Vet’s. 21+ show. $3. Damon Castillo Band, 9pm, Luna. $6. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses the cultural, ecological and economic function of forest fires with William C. Robbins, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians trip: Little Brother, 12 miles. See YMCA board for details. SPIRITUAL New Moon Mystic Meditation group, chanting, medi- tation, spiritual discussion, 6:30pm. Call 345-2220 for loca- tion. FREE. 3 SATURDAY Sunrise 6:38am; Sunset 7:45pm Av High 80; Av Low 49 ARTS/VISUAL Oregon Crafted open studios, 10am-4pm today and tomorrow, various artists’ studios in Lane, Linn, Benton and Lincoln Counties. www.oregoncrafted.org An opening for work by Marilyn Kent, including altered clothing and paper collages of bird-women, 7pm, Colette. FREE. BENEFIT Friends of GrassRoots’ Second Annual Fabric and Craft Sale to benefit FOOD for Lane County’s GrassRoots Garden, 10am-2pm, St. Thomas Episcopal Church. 345-1354. FILM Feast & Film: Best of the 2004 Archeology Film Fest: Kurtal: Snake Spirit, Secrets of the Dead: Search for the First Human and Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer, 8pm, DIVA. 344- 3482. Films & dinner $10-$20; films only, $6. Trick Pony performs at the Cuthbert Amphitheater Thursday, Sept. 1. 5th Annual McKenzie Arts Festival featuring fine art, crafts, demon- stration, live music, wine tastings, foods and more, 10am-5pm today and tomorrow, Tokatee Golf Club, McKenzie Bridge. www.mcken- zieartsfestival.com 3rd Annual Animal House Celebration including look-alike contest, world’s largest toga party and music from Accordions Anonymous, Steve Ibach, the New Blues Brothers and Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts, 10:30am-late, Cottage Grove Community Center/Downtown Cottage Grove. www.animalhousecelebration.com Rainbow River Womyn, lesbian social group meeting, 5pm, McMenamin’s North Bank. Sue, 741-1210. KIDS Meet special guest Biscuit, 10am, Barnes & Noble. FREE. What’s Up? String Along!, kids in grades 1-6 explore beadwork, 2pm, Sheldon Library. 682-5778; tickets available 30 minutes before pro- gram. FREE. MUSIC Atrium Amateur Hour: Tom Gettys, Capriccio Quartet, Dijana Ihas, 2pm, Atrium Building. FREE. Scrambled Ape, Bohemian Collective, 10pm, Downtown Lounge. 21+ show. $5. ON THE AIR “Jivin’ Johnny’s SPIRITUAL Monthly vipas- sana/metta meditation, 9am, Unity of the Valley. Offerings accepted. 4 S U N DAY Sunrise 6:39am; Sunset 7:43pm Av High 80; Av Low 49 ARTS/VISUAL Oregon Crafted open studios continue. See Saturday. FILM Odd Sunday Film Seminar: Point Blank, discussion follows, 6pm, DIVA. FREE. GATHERINGS Rainbow Family monthly potluck, 1pm, Maurie Jacobs Park. FREE; bring food & juice, utensils, instruments. 5th Annual McKenzie Arts Festival continues. See Saturday. MUSIC Sweet Winds, 6:30pm, Washburne Park. FREE. Bobby Bare Jr., Crooked Fingers (solo), Tom Heinl, 9pm, Sam Bond’s Garage. 21+ show. $8. The Voodoo Organist, musical guest performer in John Henry’s Broadway Revue, 10pm, John Henry’s. 21+ show. $3-$5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION ON THE AIR “The Sunday Morning Hangover” features “The Wacky World of Whistling” with host Reverend Marc Time, 8am, KWVA 88.1 FM. GEARs ride, North Bank bike path to Alvadore, 35-45 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org “The Son of Saturday Gold” fea- tures music and conversation with Buddy Holly & the Crickets, 11am, KRVM 91.9 FM. Northwest Association for Adult Competitive Kickball game, 4pm, Skinner Butte Park ballfield. eugenekickball@yahoo.com FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Country Classics” features Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys, 9am, KRVM 91.9 FM. Obsidians trip: Table Lake back- pack, 22 miles, through Monday. See YMCA board for details. GEARs ride, Dale to Brownsville, 45-80 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org 18 mile social ride with refresh- ments, 9:30am, meet at Bike Friday. 800-777-0258. FREE. GATHERINGS Farmers’ Market, 9am-4pm, 8th Ave. & Oak St. FREE. Obsidians trip: Mt. Yoran, 9.4 miles. See YMCA board for details. 5 M O N DAY Sunrise 6:41am; Sunset 7:41pm Av High 79; Av Low 49 GATHERING Lane County Labor Council’s 16th Annual Labor Day Picnic with horseshoe compe- tition, music, games and communi- ty service awards presentation, 1:30pm-4:30pm, Jasper Park, Spfd. $3; potluck event. MUSIC The Valley Boys, Kiki, BBQ and concert to benefit the girls’ teams of Gymnastics Northwest, 3pm, River Road Park. 688-4052. Junction City Brass, 6:30pm, Washburne Park. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses bio-diesel as a viable fuel alternative for vehi- cles with David Tourzan of Rising Phoenix Biofuels and Ian Hill of SeQuential Biofuels, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Prefontaine Trail Restoration Run & Walk, 8K run, 9:30am; 5K walk, 10:30am; 800m kids’ run, 9:15am, registration opens at 7:30am, Alton Baker Park picnic area. $25, $19 without shirt; kids’ run free. www.goodrace.com Obsidians trip: Amazon headwa- ters/Ridgeline Trail, 3 miles. See YMCA board for details. 6 T U E S D AY Sunrise 6:42am; Sunset 7:39pm Av High 79; Av Low 49 Southtowne Farmers’ Market, tast- ings of organic and local produce, 9am-3pm, 28th Ave. & Oak St. FREE. GATHERING Farmers’ Market, 10am-3pm, 8th & Oak St. FREE. Eugene Saturday Market, 10am- 5pm, 8th Ave. & Oak St. Music by Janet Naylor, 10am; Lorna Miller, 11am; Ricardo Cárdenas, noon; Justus, 1pm; Americanistan, 2pm; Give Us a Shot, 3:30pm. FREE. Speak your mind at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Terrace, 11am- 3pm, County Courthouse, 8th & Oak. FREE. Hike to McKenzie logging areas with the Cascadia Wildlands Project and learn ways to help pro- tect these areas, 10am, meet out- side Indigo District. Bring water, lunch, hiking shoes. LECTURE “The Rationale That Links U.S. and Israeli Policy in the Middle East,” Ron Wixman, 7pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE. Pepper plays the WOW Hall Tuesday. MUSIC Pepper, The Expendables, The Beautiful Girls, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $13 adv., $15 dos. Emil Beaulieau, IDX1274, Warning Broken Machine, Barracks of Afghanistan, i.n.r.i., 9pm, DIVA. $5. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses making com- munity health care work with Peg Crowley of the Community Health Center in Ashland and Dr. John Forsyth, founder of VolPact, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. 7 sary of the bombing of that city and Nagasaki, 7pm, EWEB. FREE. KIDS Mothers of Pre-Schoolers (MOPS) support group meeting, mothers-to-be welcome, dinner and childcare provided, 5:30pm, Living Hope Church. Kirsten, 520- 6175. LITERARY ARTS A Celebration of the Poetry of Rumi, reading by local poets and open mic, 8pm, Luna. $3-$5. MUSIC The Visible Men, True Margrit, Dan Jones, 9pm, Sam Bond’s Garage. 21+ show. $3. WEDNESDAY Sunrise 6:43am; Sunset 7:38pm Av High 79; Av Low 48 ARTS/VISUAL An opening for work by Joy Descoteaux, 5pm, Island Park Gallery. 736-4444. GATHERINGS “Humor, Psychiatry and Screening for Normality,” learn street theater to screen public for normality while educating about diversity with the MindFreedom Mad Clown Troupe, 5:30pm, MindFreedom International. 345-9106. FREE. Panel discussion on “The Landscape and Ways to Take Care of It” featuring Sue Bowers of the Society of American Foresters, Hal Salwasser of the OSU College of Forestry and David Bayles of the Pacific Rivers Council, 6pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. 346-0942. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses inspiring inventors to create simple solu- tions to global environmental prob- lems with David Ward, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs ride, River to Alvadore and beyond, 25-35 miles, 6pm, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.euge- negears.org Obsidians trip: Scott Mountain & Tenas Lakes, 8.2 miles. See YMCA board for details. VOLUNTEER Open house: learn about the volunteer pro- gram, 4pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History. RSVP to 346- 3116. FREE. 8 Small Vineyard Imports tasting, 5:30pm, Ambrosia. $12 includes wine and appetizers. THURSDAY Beyond War staffer Kate Wearn presents a slide show of her travels with The Wall Project to Hiroshima Peace Park for the 60th anniver- ARTS/VISUAL “How Did the Sunrise 6:44am; Sunset 7:36pm Av High 79; Av Low 48 Jurors Decide?,” hear the inside The LaSells Stewart Center presents THE ROBERT CRAY BAND Blues Guitar Slinger & Singer/Songwriter Join us on Friday, September 2 at our new location 58th & Main, Springfield and enjoy FREE drinks ALL DAY! (58th & Main location only.) 7th & Olive - open 24 HRS. • 11th & High - 5:30AM- 11PM 11th & Chambers - 5:30AM-11PM • 2115 Franklin - 5:30AM-11PM In their only Willamette Valley appearance. Tuesday, September 20th 7:30 PM ★ with Coco Montoya ALL AGES SHOW LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis 541-928-2609 (8 am-7 pm) www.eventfulproductions.com Tickets on sale 9/4 at www.ticketswest.com, 800-992-tixx & select outlets SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 21
