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.
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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.
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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.
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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.