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CALENDAR Echo and the Bunnymen, 9pm, Wonder Ballroom, Portland. $20 adv. Holiday Ale Festival, 11am-10pm today through Dec. 3 and noon- 6pm Dec. 4, Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland. FREE; tasting mug is $4. Inspecting Carol preview, 7:30pm, Cascades Theatrical Company, Bend. 389-0803. “Dance in Cuba,” photographs by Gil Garcetti, through Dec. 31, Lawrence Gallery, Portland. FREE. Bi-Mart Winter Wonderland, 5pm- 10pm Sundays through Thursdays and 5pm-11pm Fridays and Saturdays through Jan. 1, Portland International Raceway. $14 per car. The Polar Express, an adventure to the North Pole, 6pm tonight, tomorrow and Dec. 3, 6-10 and 13- 23, Mt. Hood Railroad, Hood River. $24, $16 kids. Do Jump for the Holidays, 7:30pm tonight, tomorrow and Dec. 3, 8-10, 15-17 and 20-23; 3pm Dec. 4, 11 and 18, Echo Theatre, Portland. $22 adv., $26 dos. FRIDAY, DEC. 2 Umphrey’s McGee, 8pm, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. $15. The Trail Band Christmas, 7:30pm, Elsinore Theatre, Salem. www.elsi- noretheatre.com David Hutson, 7pm, Blu Cork Wine Bar, Newport. FREE. Dance, Portland. $14, $12 stu., sr. SATURDAY, DEC. 3 An Acoustic Christmas with Misty River and Doug Smith, 7:30pm, Tower Theatre, Bend. $17. Marion-Polk-Yamhill Central Labor Council AFL CIO Children’s Holiday Party, 10am, Elsinore Theatre, Salem. FREE. Idil Biret, 7:30pm today and 4pm tomorrow, Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State University. $30. Yachats Conservatoin Easement Celebration, 2pm, Yachats Commons. FREE. Sokol Blossom wine tasting, 7pm, Blu Cork Wine Bar, Newport. $12. Oregon Wine & Books with Warren Johnson of Second Harvest books, 1pm-5pm, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE. SUNDAY, DEC. 4 “Meet the Young Writers,” an event to cele- brate and support the Young Writers Group, 2pm, Walport Middle School. FREE. Christmas High Tea with music by Joe Ross & Moonglow, 6pm, White Horse Coffee and Tea Company, Sutherlin. $22. Tall Jazz Willamette Turner. $18. & Friends, 3pm, Valley Vineyards, Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra, 2pm, Florence Events Center. 997- 1994. Chicago, 8pm tonight and tomor- row; 2pm Dec. 4, Newport Performing Arts Center. $14, $12 stu., sr. TUESDAY, Inspecting Carol, 7:30pm tonight, tomorrow and Dec. 7-10 and 14-17; 2pm Dec. 4, 11 and 18, Cascades Theatrical Company, Bend. 389- 0803. Madeleine Peyroux, 8pm, Aladdin Theater, Portland. $39.50. Tere Mathern Dance presents The Grammar of Regret, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and Dec. 9 & 10; 7pm Dec. 4 & 11; 3pm Dec. 11, Conduit DEC. 6 Morcheeba, Gabby La La, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. $22.50 adv., $25 dos. Robert Dietsche reads from Jumptown: The Golden Years of Portland Jazz, 1942-1957, 7:30pm, Powell’s on Burnside, Portland. FREE. Charlie Hunter Trio, 9pm today and tomorrow, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland. $16.50 adv., $18 dos. “Turning Oral History into Dramatic Story,” a writers-on-writ- ing talk by Sandy Polishuk, 7pm, Newport Public Library. FREE. WEDNESDAY, DEC. DEC. Enjoy a night exploring several styles of music... ...and help support independent music. 7 Spoon, Crosstide, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. $9.47. THURSDAY, An Independent Artist Alliance Benefit Show 8 Steven Curtis Chapman, Mercy Me, 7pm, Rose Garden, Portland. www.ticketmaster.com Cozmic Pizza - December 9th at 9pm - $3 Only Featuring: Squankidonk & Friends, Halie Loren, and Jon Itkin For more info... visit: www.IAAJamboree.com attn: OPPORTUNITIES The “Unisong” International Song Contest is now accepting entries. Earlybird deadline is Dec. 15; regu- lar deadline is March 15. For details see www.unisong.com The First Annual Asian American Film Festival is scheduled for Feb. 18-19 at the Lane County Fairgrounds. Asian American artists are invited to submit new works; early deadline is Dec. 9 and final deadline is Dec. 30. Entry forms are available at www.disori- entfilm.org Cottage Grove’s Cottage Theatre will hold auditions for The Diary of Anne Frank at 1pm Dec. 3 at the theatre. Needed are five women (one between the ages of 13 and 16) and four men (one between the ages of 16 and 18). For information call Reva, 484-6760. Lord Leebrick Theatre Company will hold auditions for Latino actors for Jose Rivera’s Cloud Tectonics at noon Dec. 3. Roles are available for one woman, 20-35, and two men, 20-35. For information call Craig, 684-6988. DECEMBER 1, 2005 21
