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An acoustic evening with Floater, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 dos. Dark Star Orchestra perform at the McDonald Theatre Friday. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses healing laughter, cosmic comedy and painful puns with Swami Beyondananda, aka Steve Bhaerman, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. “InForm Talk Radio” features Ballot Measure 20-106, which would authorize an external police review process in Eugene, with Michael Carrigan, Ron Chase and Guadalupe Quinn, 5pm, KWVA 88.1. 346-0645. SPIRITUAL Breathing Renewal, community breath- work circle, 6:30pm, Tamarack Wellness Center. Kassy, 683- 1776. Segaki retreat, “Feeding the hungry ghosts,” focusing on lib- eration from greed and the bonds of a self-centered life, today through Oct. 16, Eugene Zendo. 302-4576. FREE; dona- tions welcome. THEATER Sugar, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and Oct. 21, 22, 27, 28 and 29; 2:30pm Oct. 16 and 23, Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove. $16, $14 stu., sr. Assassins continues. Thursday, Oct. 13. 13 THURSDAY Sunrise 7:25am; Sunset 6:31pm Av High 66; Av Low 41 GATHERINGS calendar RMLS Technology Fair, 10am-4pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE. 16 OCTOBER 13, 2005 League of Women Voters October meeting, discuss report on the Oregon Legislature, noon, Eugene Hotel. www.lwvlc.org FREE. 23rd Annual Lane County Home Improvement Show, 5pm-9pm today and tomorrow, 10am-9pm Oct. 15 and 10am-5pm Oct. 16, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE with canned food donation. Blue Mountain School presents a forum on how video games affect education, with presenters David Williamson Shaffer, June Russell and Bill MacKenty, 6pm, Center for Meeting and Learning, LCC Building 19. FREE. Alf Orpen discusses the negative effects of ingredients in body care products and make-up, 7pm, Downtown Library. FREE. WAND meeting, delegates report back from the WAND conference and United for Peace and Justice DC parade, 6:30pm, McNail-Riley House. 683-1350. FREE. Breast cancer awareness event with informational presentation from Paula Jewett and Miffy Davis of Women’s Care, make-up demonstration, champagne, dessert and more, 7pm, Face It!, 285 E. 5th Ave. FREE. Cascade Mycological Society 4th Annual Identifest, bring mush- rooms for identification and dis- cussion, 7:30pm, 115 Building 16, Lane Community College. Kyle, 463-5447. KIDS Half Day of Art: Sock puppets & painted door signs, noon, Applegate Elementary, Lorane. Register at 767-0143. $16. Gimme Games for grades 1-6, play word and storytelling games, 4pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Nearby Nature’s Crazy Critters for grades K-2, learn about spi- ders through games, stories and crafts, 4pm, Springfield Library. FREE. LECTURE “Pakhtuns and Political Challenges for Pakistan,” Dr. Ghulam Taqi Bangash, 4pm, EMU, UO. 346- 1521. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Authors Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush and Carly Alexander sign their books, noon, Thurston Book Exchange, 5505 Main St., Spfd; 3pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Still Waters, 12:15pm, Hult Center. FREE. Otis Murphy and Haruko Murphy, saxophone and piano, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $9, $5 stu., sr. USDUET English: Joe Foster and Bonnie Jones, 9pm, DIVA. $5. Shanti Groove, Sweet Island Thyme, Jair, 9:30pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 dos. Eleven Eyes with performance painting by Dhira Lawrence and poetry by Jorah LaFleur, 10pm, Luna. 21+ show. $6. Testface, Tracker, Southerly. 10pm, Luckey’s. 21+ show. $3-$5. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses alterna- tives in education with Eric Rofes of Humboldt State University, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. “Northwest Passage” features “Natural World” with John Cooney, 4pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. “New Dimensions” features “Educating for Wholeness” with David Marshak, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. SPIRITUAL Jewish High Holy Days: Yom Kippur morning service, 9am; Children’s service for ages 2-4, 9am; Children’s service for ages 5-7, 10am; Children’s service for ages 8-12, 11am; Yom Kippur afternoon service, 4:30pm; Ne’ila service, 5:30pm, Temple Beth Israel. 485-7218. Sug. don. Living the Four Agreements wis- dom circle, 7pm, Maitreya Eco- Village Community Room. Paul, 461-1977. THEATER Assassins, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and Oct. 15; 2pm Oct. 16, Lord Leebrick Theatre. $18 Friday & Saturday, $14 Thursday & Sunday. 14 F R I D AY Sunrise 7:27am; Sunset 6:30pm Av High 66; Av Low 41 ARTS/VISUAL Daniel Dancer directs local students into Dragon Fly Dream-Art for the Sky, a field art image, 2:15pm, LCC Athletics Field. FREE. An opening for “Transition Zones,” work by Kathleen Caprario, 5pm, Springfield Museum. FREE. An opening for “International Mail Art,” 5:30pm, City Hall Gallery, Spfd. FREE. An opening for “A Woven History…,” an exhibit of hand- made antique carpets from the Caucasian Mountains, 5pm, Magic Carpet Cultural Center, Meridian Building. FREE. “The Weekend of the Living Dead” with MC Drac, obscure horror shorts and Noiseferatu, an experimental performance with Shawn Mediaclast, Warning Broken Machine and The JIRCS, 11:15pm, Bijou Art Cinemas. $4. COMEDY ComedySportz competitive team improv: River Road Warriors vs. Hult Center Fielders, 8pm tonight and tomorrow, ComedySportz Theater. $8, $6 stu. FILM YouthVisions 2005: Award Winners, reception and screening of award-winning short films by local high school students, 6:30pm, DIVA. FREE. GATHERINGS City Club: “Domestic Violence: Who Are They? Who Are They Battering?” with Margo Schaefer, Community Outreach Director for Womenspace, 11:50am, Eugene Hilton. $3, City Club members free. “That Takes Ovaries,” open mic for women of all ages to share stories of things they’ve done that took courage; performance by The Ovulators, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. Oregon Bioneers 2nd Annual Conference, promoting vision and action for positive change in the Northwest, with speakers, workshops, exhibits, presenta- tions and more, today through Oct. 16, Lane Community College. www.bridgingworld- snw.org Lane County Home Improvement Show continues. See Thursday, Oct. 13. KIDS Nearby Nature No School Day Adventure: Creature Feature for ages 7-10, 8:30am, Alton Baker Park Host Residence/Yurt. Register at 687- 9699. Totally radical ’80s Family Fun Night with “dive-in” movie, car- nival games, prizes, open gym, game room and more, 5:30pm, Sheldon Community Center & Pool. 682-5312. FREE; dinner available for $3. LECTURE “Fort Clatsop: Where Has it Been the Last 200 Years?,” Ken Karsmizki, 6:30pm, 110 Knight Law, UO. A reception follows at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Joan Cadden discusses her book The Meaning of Sex Differences in the Middle Ages, 2pm, EMU, UO. 346-5414. Book-signing and wine-tasting to celebrate the release of The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics with Jim Carpenter, David Dodd and Alan Trist, 4:30 pm, Tsunami Books. Books will also be signed at the Dark Star Orchestra show. FREE. MUSIC Music faculty concert with guest artists from Eastern and Western Oregon Universities, 7:30pm, Performance Hall, LCC. $8-$10. Faculty Jazz Ensemble, 8pm, 178 Music, UO. $9, $5 stu., sr. Dark Star Orchestra, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $18 adv., $20 dos. Blue Skies Band & The Fabulous Jewel Tones, swing lesson with Denise Steele, 7pm; swing dance and music performance, 8:30pm, Agate Hall, UO. $8. See 15 SATURDAY Sunrise 7:28am; Sunset 6:28pm Av High 65; Av Low 40 ARTS/VISUAL “Adventures in the Avant-Gourd,” a survey of souped-up jack-o-lanterns and other experiments with pump- kins and gourds, 7pm, Wilkinson House, Millrace Studios, UO. Interested artists are encour- aged to bring their own avant- gourds at 6pm day of show to be included. FREE. BENEFITS “Science Meets Religion,” a three-hour world- wide benefit teleconference lec- ture by Gary Smith for western Kwazulu-Natal AIDS orphans, 10am, 1236 Kincaid. Dennis, 914- 7366. $7 don. Spa Night, a hurricane relief benefit with body work, an inspi- rational personal account from Pamela Wible and more, 7:30pm, Stewart Aquatic Center. 954- 2559 or 686-9290. $25 sug. don. COMEDY ComedySportz con- tinues. See Friday. Ballet Fantastique presents Mosaico de Danza at the Hult Center Saturday.
