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CALENDAR Corvallis Senior Center. 752-3238. FREE. A reception & artist’s lecture by Bill Viola on “The Voyage of No Return,” 6pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. LBCC Concert & Chamber Choirs, 7:30pm, Russell Tripp Performance Center, LBCC, Albany. Don. On the Verge, 7:30pm today, tomorrow & March 17; 2:30pm March 18, Majestic Theatre. $10, $8 stu., sr. FRIDAY, MARCH 16 St. Patrick’s Day Party, 2pm, Corvallis Senior Center. 766-6959. $4. Deborah Eisenberg reads & signs Twilight of the Superheroes, 7:30pm, Valley Library, OSU. FREE. OSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents “Morning, Noon & Night in Vienna,” 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. OSU Meistersingers present “Brothers, Sing On!” 7:30pm, First Presbyterian Church, 114 SW 8th St. $5, FREE OSU stu. SATURDAY, MARCH 17 “The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption and the Culture of Total Work,” a lecture by Curtis White, 7pm, Oddfellows Hall. Don. “Mad Dogs & No Englishmen,” a tribute to Joe Cocker, 9pm, Murphy’s, 2740 SE 3rd St. $3. SUNDAY, MARCH 18 Contributors to Horse Crazy read their work, 2pm, Borders Books, 777 NW 9th St. FREE. $26. Willamette Valley Concert Band Scandinavian Festival Concert, 3pm, Russell Tripp Performance Center, LBCC, Albany. $8. Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 7:30pm today, tomor- row & March 17, 22-24; 2pm March 18 & 25, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg. 440-4694. $10. “Driving Concerns for Older Adults,” a lecture by Kate Hunter- Zaworski, 1:30pm, Corvallis Senior Center. FREE. ON THE road THURSDAY, MARCH 15 Mary Gaitskill & George Saunders, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PDX. www.literary-arts.org FRIDAY, MARCH 16 Elliot Bicycle/Pedestrian Committee meeting, 8:30am, Senator Hearing Rm., Courthouse Square, 555 Court St., Salem. FREE. The Dimes, Eve’s Dilemma, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. “The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption and the Culture of Total Work,” a lecture by Curtis White, 7pm, St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 19th & Tamarack, Florence. Don. A reception for “Colors of the Coast” show, 5:30pm, Florence Events Center Gallery, 715 Quince St. FREE. SATURDAY, MARCH 17 “Oregon Coast Bridges: Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans,” 10am, Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Ave., PDX. www.visi- tahc.org $15. Floater, Bitter Sweet, Tyrone Wells, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $12 adv., $14 dos. The Prids, Wet Confetti, LKN, 9pm, Doug Fir, PDX. 21+. $8. L’Orchestre de Chambre Français, 8pm, Linfield College, McMinnville. 503-883-2275. $25. Wine tasting: Lane County wines, 1pm-4pm, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE. Bottoms Up Blues Gang, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. SUNDAY, Skye plays a St. Patrick’s Day show at WOW Hall Saturday The Prids play Doug Fir in PDX Saturday Erwitt lectures, 7pm, Portland Art Museum. $25. MARCH 18 “Getting Ready for Rembrandt & the Golden Age of Dutch Art,” a lecture by Penelope Hunter- Stiebel, 2pm, Portland Art Museum. $10. Performance Works NorthWest presents Holy Tuning Goats, 3pm, Conduit Dance, 918 SW Yamhill, PDX. $8. Beyond War meeting, 4pm, Siuslaw Public Library, Florence. FREE. THURSDAY, MARCH 22 White Bird/PSU Dance presents Connie Janssen Danst from The Netherlands, 8pm today, tomor- row & March 24, Lincoln Hall, PSU, PDX. www.whitebird.org $25, $14 stu., sr. Amadan, My Life in Black & White, The Young Immortals, 9pm, Doug Fir, PDX. 21+. $8. 26-30 for children age 2 1/2 to 17 years. Register, www.eugene- or.gov/recenroll or 682-5333. New Zone Gallery will be accept- ing submissions for its “Zone 4 All” non-juried April exhibit at noon-6pm March 30 and noon- 4pm March 31. $10 entry fee. www.newzone.org or 935-4308. Abby’s Closet, Inc. is collecting used formal gowns and prom wear for distribution to high school girls free-of-charge so they can afford to attend their prom. Donate between now and April 6 at the following drop-off sites: Umpqua Bank (675 Oak St.) and Alpha Chi Omega Sorority (815 E. 15th). attn: Cottage Theatre is holding audi- tions for Prelude to a Kiss at 1pm Saturday, March 17. Six to eight men & six to seven women need- ed, ages 16-65. www.cottagethe- atre.org or 942-8001. Registration now open for a vari- ety of City of Eugene-sponsored Spring Break camps from March Actors Cabaret is holding audi- tions for musical All Shook Up at 5pm Sunday, March 18. Nine men & nine women needed. 683-4368. OPPORTUNITIES MARCH 15, 2007 21
