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CALENDAR FRIDAY, DEC. 22 6th Annual Holiday Market Place, 10am-6pm, MU, OSU, Corvallis. www.osumu.org or 737-2937. FREE. The Santaland Diaries, 8pm today & tomorrow, Albany Civic Theater. www.albanycivic.org $7-$10. DEC. 21 Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, 7:30pm today & tomorrow; 2pm Dec. 23, Elsinore Theatre, Salem. www.nutcrack- er.com FRIDAY, DEC. 22 Shiny Toy SUNDAY, DEC. 24 Celtic Guns, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $9.47. Christmas Eve w/Sharon Thormalen & Prix Fixe Dinner, 6pm & 9pm, Intaba’s. Reserve, 754- 6958. $35. Amy Clawson and the Boys, 9pm, Landmark Lounge, Yachats. $5. MONDAY, DEC. 25 Open SATURDAY, house, period-costumed guided tour, 11am-4pm today through Jan. 1, Moyer House, Brownsville. 466- 5709. FREE. ON THE road HORSEHEAD BAR & GRILL THURSDAY, Note- Continuation dates for out- of-town events are listed under the first day of the event. DEC. 23 Dancing with the Stars — The Tour, 7:30pm, Rose Quarter, PDX. www.rosequarter.com Hookah Stew, 9pm, Landmark Lounge, Yachats. FREE. Wine tasting: “Sip and Shop,” 1pm-4pm today & tomorrow, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE. TUESDAY, DEC. 26 Winter Whale Watch, volunteers sta- tioned at overlooks & parks all over the central Oregon Coast, daily through Jan. 1. FREE. attn: OPPORTUNITIES Eugene’s Active 20-30 Club is hold- ing its Christmas tree pick-up fundraiser the first two weekends after Dec. 25. $7 suggested dona- tion. Schedule pick-up at www.eugene2030.org or 341-6200. National Trust is accepting nomi- nation for 2007 America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list. www.nationaltrust.org Deadline Jan. 12. Seeking Northwest artists’ proposals for installations at Eugene’s Crescent Village lobby. Budget is $10,000 per lobby wall. Proposals due at Maude Kerns Art Center office, 1910 E. 15th Ave., by 5pm Feb. 28. www.mkartcen- ter.org or 345-1571. Adoption Mosaic offers two adop- tion clinics, “Telling Your Child’s Story” and “Transracial Parenting,” on Jan. 12 and 13, respectively. www.aflcadoption.org or 554-1201. Invincible Vince has some magic up his sleeve at Springfield Library Thursday, Dec. 28 NOW SERVING CHEF JEVON’S BAYOU BAR-B-QUE FULL MENU TILL 2 AM TUESDAY SPECIAL - BURGER & FRIES $5.25 ADD CHEESE 75¢ ADD BACON $1.25 WEDNESDAY SPECIAL - 16oz STEAK WITH 2 SIDES $12.50 THURS. SPECIAL - CATFISH SANDWICH WITH HABAÑERO MAYO - $6 INCLUDES FRIES & COLE SLAW (SUBSTITUTE SIDES $1.50 EACH) *DAILY SPECIALS FOR DINE-IN ONLY!* ★ 683-3154 ★ 99 W. BROADWAY ★ EUGENE ★ Slavic Festival JANUARY 6 & 7, 2007 • 10AM-8PM Lane Events Center Fairgrounds • Performance Hall International Food & Slavic and Eastern European Folk Music and Dance VORONEZH Ensemble “Canary” (LOS ANGELES, CA) Ensemle “Barynya” (NEW JERSEY) Trio “Voronezh” (EUGENE, OR) Eugene Russian Choir (EUGENE, OR) Ballet “Fantastique” (EUGENE, OR) Trio “Style of Three” (EUGENE, OR) Gypsy Dancers (BOSTON, MA) International Souvenir and Craft Sale Natala Zhulaeva (Irkutsk, Russia) with bereginya-dolls Russian Gallery - Portland, OR Anna-Maria Gallery - Portland, OR with Siberian Fine Art (Irkutsk, Russia) Traditional New Year Performance for Children with Father Frost and his granddaughter Snow-girl. This show will be a unique cultural experience for you and your children! ATTENTION: Do not forget to order a New Year gift for your children - straight from Russia. NEW YEAR GIFT PRICE: pre-order $7 • at the Festival $18 Ticket price: $5 adults (under 14 free) For information or to order tickets/gifts please call (541) 510-7651, visit www.slavichome.org or email contactus@slavichome.org 28 DECEMBER 21, 2006