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WHAT’S
happening
It’s really October, really, truly, no doubt about it, and we suspect attendees of the Lane Arts Council First Friday
ArtWalk will be kicking leaves as they traipse from place to place. This month’s walk is led by artist Jerry Ross. It starts at
Jacobs Gallery for the Mayor’s Art show, then heads to White Lotus for the work of peasant artist Miao Hui-Zin (pictured at
right). La Follette Gallery, stop three, features the work of Eugene artist Kris Ibach, while Sip ‘N’ Surf, stop four, features
Rebecca J. Becker. The walk winds down at DIVA, featuring the 15th annual Salon des Refusés. If you haven’t checked out
the annual Salon and Mayor’s Art Show yet, this is your chance! And of course, don’t miss the many other downtown gal-
leries with Friday night openings and receptions. See www.lanearts.org and Friday Calendar.
This weekend, the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art unveils two new changing exhibits and two new galleries, all focused
on the art of China and Japan. The Soreng Gallery for Chinese Art opens with “Status and Authority in Imperial China,” and
the Preble/Murphy Wing for Japanese Art opens with “Art and Everyday Life in Japan.” The two changing exhibitions are
“Inside the Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Lenoir C. Wright Collection” and “Ukiyo-e Outside In.” “Floating World,”
an exhibit organized by the Weatherspoon Art Museum of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, showcases 100
prints by some of the best-regarded Japanese woodblock artists of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Hokusai and
Utmaro. “Ukiyo-e” features 19th and 20th century artists inspired by the Japanese woodblock print tradition. See Saturday
Calendar.
Brian Jacques has
been many things in his
life — merchant seaman,
railway fireman, long-
shoreman, truck driver,
boxer and postmaster,
to name a few. It’s safe
to say, though, that
most people are only
concerned with his cur-
rent career: author of
the best-selling Redwall
series. Jacques began
the Redwall books for
the children of the Royal
Wavertree School for
the Blind in his native
England, which
accounts, in part, for the stories’ lush description. The books recount the adventures of brave-
hearted characters who just happen to be small woodland animals: mice, otters, birds, hares, and
dastardly rats like Cluny the Scourge. Since 1991, Jacques has released a book a year in the series,
with High Rhulain and the long-awaited Redwall Cookbook this year’s publications. He’ll be reading
and signing at Barnes & Noble this weekend — a real treat for Redwall readers of all ages. See
Saturday Calendar.
The Eugene Ballet Company
opens its 2005-2006 season with
Giselle, a story of love, tragedy and
betrayal. The title character, a young
woman in love with a man she does
not know is a prince, is a challenging
part, demanding that a dancer change
from an innocent girl into a woman swept
up in passion and madness. “Ballerinas agree
on Giselle’s fundamental qualities,” says the EBC
press release, “but each dancer must develop her
own interpretation.” See Saturday Calendar.
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