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CALENDAR Group Nurse Midwifery Birth Center, 511 E. 12th. FREE. Contra dance, feat. music by The Laurel Valley Revelers, 7:30pm, Cesar Chavez School. $7, $6 stu. Wine tasting at Oregon Wine Warehouse continues. See Friday. Mother’s Day weekend at King Estate continues. See Thursday, May 10. KIDS/FAMILIES adv., $12 door. Eleven Eyes, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Lichen identification field trip w/Rob Weiss, field botanist, 8am, meet at South Eugene High School. 926-5012. Wildflower walk, 10am, Mount Pisgah Arboretum. $3 sug. don. Ballet Folklorico Infantil, 2pm, Sheldon Library. 682-5778. FREE. Reptiles and Amphibians Walk, 2pm, Mount Pisgah Arboretum. $3 ($1 shuttle from OP Barn, UO). LECTURE “Aprons: Memories HIV Alliance River Walk & Run, 5k, 9am, Alton Baker Park. www.hival- liance.org from the Past,” Bobbe Shafer, 1pm, Springfield Library. 726-2234. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Nicki Scully and Linda Star Wolf celebrate the release of Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt, 5pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. MUSIC Atrium Amateur Hour: Alder Street Quintet, 2pm, Atrium Bldg., 10th & Olive. FREE. Jazz Piano Collective, feat. Steve Larson, Keith Waters & Steve Strunk, 6pm, Oregon Wine Warehouse. FREE Dennis St. Germaine & Hamilton Mays, 7pm, WineStyles. FREE. Lucy Kaplansky, Antje Duvekot, 7pm, Luna. 21+. $17.50. Laura Kemp, 8pm, Lost Valley Educational Center, Dexter. www.lostvalley.org $10 sug. don. Obsidians trips: McKenzie View/Donna Store, bike, 35 miles; N. Fork Willamette River, hike, 6 miles; Sutton Creek, hike, 4.8 miles; Urban bird walk, 5 miles. See YMCA board for details. Little Shop of Horrors continues. See Friday. Little Women continues. See Friday. 13 BENEFIT New Zone yART SALE continues. See Friday. FILM Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea continues. See Saturday. Air Guitar Nation continues. See Saturday. GATHERINGS East Skinner THEATER Mother Courage and Her Children, 8pm today & May 17- 19, 24-26, 31, June 1-2; 2pm May 20 & June 3, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton. $8-$17. Million Mom March for gun safety & world peace, 2:30pm, EWEB plaza (free shuttle back from Owen Rose Garden). FREE. Hot’l Baltimore continues. See Thursday, May 10. Ballroom dance, 6pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom. $7, $4 stu. The Pajama Game continues. See Thursday, May 10. Mother’s Day weekend at King Estate continues. See Thursday, May 10. That 1 Guy and His Magic Pipe, Wolff, 9pm, John Henry’s. 21+. $10 A Year with Frog and Toad contin- ues. See Friday. Every Friday 6-8pm Sunrise 5:49am; Sunset 8:30pm Av High 66; Av Low 42 Butte Historic District Mother’s Day Tour of Homes, noon-4pm, 3rd Ave. btw. Pearl and High Streets. FREE. The Wizard of Oz continues. See Thursday, May 10. W INE T ASTING S U N DAY GEARs rides: Creswell, 35 miles; Wolf Creek from Twin Oaks Elementary, 50 miles, 9am, Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org Talkdemonic, Yeltsin, The Morals, 9pm, WOW Hall. $3, FREE UO stu. HA P PY MO T H ER ’S D AY Tim & Bert Boyden’s Studio & Plant Sale continues. See Saturday. LECTURES Jonathan Balcombe reads from Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, 2pm, Rm. 308, Bldg. 17, LCC. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Sunday book group: A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes, 2pm, Downtown Library. FREE. MUSIC Mother’s Day event, feat. Eugene Symphony members Jennifer Sullivan & Samara Humbert, wines, gourmet food, 11am & 12:30pm, WineStyles. RSVP, 434-9463. $29.95. Sweet Cheeks this Friday! S P E C I AL M O T H E R ’ S D A Y B U FF E T $9 . 9 5 L u n ch $ 13 . 95 D i n ne r B EER T ASTING Every Saturday with hostess Siva 6-8pm • Tickets $2 * Raffle at end of tasting * Breakfast burritos, heavy sandwiches and soup, cool liquid refreshments All Mom’s receive a free glass of champagne with their order. •Available in both locations• 136 SW Third • Corvallis, OR 541-754-7944 1525 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, OR 343-7944 of all flavors, espresso and house coffee by Equator Coffee Co. OPEN 7am–11pm•24/7 Mo’St. Cafe 1123 Monroe St. 342-8158 Benefit concert for FOOD for Lane County, feat. Silas, Beyond the Pale, raffle, speakers, 3pm- 8:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don. Nathan Englander reads from The Ministry of Special Cases at Powell’s Bookstore in PDX Thursday, May 17. See On the Road listings Cosy Sheridan, 7pm, Luna. 21+. $15. The Rocketz, The Sawyer Family, Sid & Fancy, 8pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door. Kudana, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. Emerald City Jazz Kings contin- ues. See Thursday, May 10. Lane Continuing Education Presents: The Art of Group Presentations: Teach What You Love • Turn your passion into a keynote speech, workshop or seminar • Generate quality PR and market yourself or your business more effectively • Become an expert “infopreneur” • Learn to sell from the stage • Identify what separates world-class speakers from the rest Presented by Donn Rochlin, a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA). Since 1995, Donn has presented seminars and workshops to audiences in over 56 cities throughout the U.S. With his high- energy style, Donn keeps his audience engaged with humor, inspiration and fun. Saturday, May 19, 9am–5pm Lane Downtown Center • $137 An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Institution Continuing Education • 1059 Willamette St. Eugene • www.lanecc.edu/ce • 463-5252 MAY 10, 2007 21
