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.
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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.
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Spoon, Crosstide, 9pm, Crystal
Ballroom, Portland. $9.47.
THURSDAY,
An Independent Artist Alliance Benefit Show
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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.
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