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Here’s your chance to do the hump. Digital Underground plays Taboo Friday w/Stanley Gregory, Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, and Steve Gordon, LCOG Project Manager, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. www.cityclubofeugene.org $3. Pacifica Forum: Iraq for Sale, film viewing & critique, 4pm, 121 McKenzie, UO. 344-0483. FREE. Youth Celebration, food, music, art walk & interactive activities, feat. performances by The Tunnel Kings, Subterranean Blackjacks, more, 3pm-8pm, corner of 8th and Oak St. 682-6785 or 682- 6509. FREE. 19 Sunrise 5:47am; Sunset 8:50pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 FILM Boom, Bust and the BLM, OUTDOORS/RECREATION 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don. GATHERINGS 4-H Youth Fair, 9am-9pm daily through July 21, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE. Bohemia Mining Days, feat. youth talent contest, Bloomer Parade, Battle of the Bands, Grand Miners’ Parade and more, 10am-7pm daily through July 22, Coiner Park, Cottage Grove. www.bohemiamin- ingdays.org FREE. “Forensics for Real,” teens learn about crime solving, 1pm, Downtown Library. 682-8316. FREE. “Owens Creek Fish Passage & Riparian Restoration: Managing Small Dams and Ponds to Enhance Habitat,” project tour & discussion, 5:45pm, 24896 High Pass Rd., Bear Creek watershed (west of Junction City). Jgarmon@longtom.org or 683-6949 for directions. FREE. Woman Weaving Wisdom presents the Grandmothers’ Council “Singing Roads,” 6:30pm, Lamb Cottage, Skinner Butte Park. rlee@orange- orb.net or 434-1245. Don. Oregon Toxics Alliance & Western Environmental Law Center pres- ent a “Clean Air For All” communi- ty event to ban field burning, 7pm, EWEB. www.oregontoxics.org or 465-8860. FREE. calendar Exchange” overviews the current California political trends & leg- islative action w/Tony Quinn, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. “New Dimensions” discusses “The High Road to Love and Light” w/Sandra Ingerman, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. THURSDAY 20 JULY 19, 2007 ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Intro to therapeutic grade essen- tial oils, 7pm, Eugene Hilton. 344- 8912. FREE. Wine tasting: Chardonnays, 5pm, WineStyles. $5, FREE members. KIDS/FAMILIES Kids’ Flea Market, kids sell their stuff to other kids, 11am-1pm, Fountain Plaza, Springfield Library. FREE. MUSIC Recycleman and the Dumpster Divers, 11:30am, Douglas Gardens Park, Spfd. FREE. Shannon Curtis & Nick Bearden, 5:30pm, CD World. FREE. Barbara Healy and the New Allnighterz, 6:30pm, Sheldon Center. FREE. Shannon Curtis & Nick Bearden, John Shipe, 8:30pm, Luna. 21+. $5. Panhandle, Fred Van Vactor, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. Drop-in tree climbing session, 4pm-7pm today and Aug. 16, meet near community garden at Maurie Jacobs Park. Wear closed toe shoes. All climbing & safety equip- ment provided. 682-5329. $10. Oregon River Sports’ Social Float: Whitewater paddling on the Willamette River, 6pm Thursdays, Island Park, Spfd. Register, 334- 0696. FREE. Obsidians trip: Lowder Mountain, 5.6 miles. See YMCA board for details. Whiteaker Neighborhood River Festival, music, storytelling, kayak demos, Oregon’s largest slip-n-slide and more, 4pm- 7:30pm, River House, 301 N. Adams. 682-5329. FREE. Emerald Empire HempFest, feat. music, speakers & vendors cele- brating hemp, 4:20pm-10pm today; noon-10pm tomorrow; noon-8pm July 22, Washington- Jefferson Park. $2-$5 sug. don. (No one turned away.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Party, feat. Sir Readalot & Marcus Ambrosius, 7pm-1am, Barnes & Noble. FREE. 4-H Youth Fair continues. See Thursday, July 19. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Party, 7pm-1am, UO Bookstore. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Action Night Ruby by the River, 8pm today, tomorrow and July 21, 26-28, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton. $12, $10 stu., sr. 4-H Youth Fair continues. See Thursday, July 19. 20 KIDS/FAMILIES “Act It Out,” play improv theater games w/Sharon Selove, for grades 1-6, 2pm, Downtown Library. 682- 8316. FREE. LECTURE “Cuba: Health care, Politics and Society,” slide show report by Peter Chabarek, 7pm, EWEB. 579-5843. FREE. ARTS/VISUAL Mitzi Linn’s MUSIC Whole Wheat Bread, Gaslight Anthem, Signal to Noise, Ugly Litter, 8pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door. GATHERINGS City Club Friday forum: “River Floodplains: A Dynamic Partnership,” Andi Starr wonders about beachgrass and plays Cozmic Pizza Sunday Bohemia Mining Days continue. See Thursday, July 19. for Boys & Girls, ages 6-12, 5pm- 9pm, Gymnastics Northwest. Register, 688-8955. $12, incl. dinner. Community Climb Time at the Columns, 9am-11am today, Aug. 11 & 18, The Columns in Skinner Butte Park. Equipment is provided. $5. NABA butterfly count field trip: Browder Ridge, 8am, Campbell Senior Center parking lot, 155 High. Register, 684-8973. $3. Obsidians trips: Battle Ax to Mount Beachie, 8.5 miles; Yoran Lake, 8 miles. See YMCA board for details. GEARs rides: Doane and Briggs Hills, 40 miles; Rattle Snake Butte, 50 miles, 8:30am, Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org THEATER James and the Giant Peach continues. See Thursday, July 19. The Music Man continues. See Thursday, July 19. Ruby by the River continues. See Thursday, July 19. All Shook Up continues. See Friday. SPIRITUAL Church of the Harvest’s Missions Conference continues. See Friday. 22 S U N DAY Sunrise 5:50am; Sunset 8:48pm Av High 83; Av Low 51 FILM “Peace is Possible: It Needs to be Felt,” short video showing of Prem Rawat, 7pm, EWEB. FREE. Reigning “Best of Eugene” folk singer Laura Kemp plays Sam Bond’s Wednesday Bohemia Mining Days continue. See Thursday, July 19. F R I D AY An opening for the 11th biennial “Oregon Made for Interiors” exhibit, 6pm, Maude Kerns Art Center. $3 sug. don. Buffalo BBQ, feat. music, auction, raffles, more, noon-7pm, St. Mark Church, 1760 Echo Hollow Rd. 689-0725. Wine tasting: Sweet Cheeks Winery, 6:30pm, Midtown Wine Shop. FREE. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Party, feat. a “Grand Hallows Ball,” activities, prizes, games, more, 9:30pm- 1am, Borders. FREE. An opening for “A Romantic Vision,” paintings, prints & draw- ings by LaVerne Krause, 5:30pm, Karin Clarke Gallery. FREE. Faerieworlds Festival w/featured artists, authors and musicians including Woodland, Scott Huckabay, Kan’Nal, Casey Neill & Friends, Wake the Dead, Gaia Consort, Brenda & Wendy Froud and Tricky Pixie, noon-11pm today & tomorrow, Secret House Winery, Veneta. www.faerieworlds.com $50 wknd., $25 day; $10 wknd., $5 day under age 12; FREE under age 5. Vegan potluck, 7pm, McNail-Riley House 341-1690. Bring utensils & plates. The Music Man, 7:30pm today, tomorrow, July 21 and 25-28; 2pm July 22 & 28-29, Performance Hall, LCC. $22, $18 stu., sr., $12 under age 12. An Artists’ Insight gallery talk and opening for work by Dennis Gould, 3:30pm talk, 5:30pm reception, Jacobs Gallery at the Hult. FREE. Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, with enter- tainment from Eagle Park Slim, 10am; Invincible Vincent, 11am; Triplecross, noon; Olem Alves Jazz Duo, 1pm; Walker T Ryan, 2pm; Volifonix, 3:30pm, Park Blocks, 8th & Oak. www.eugene- saturdaymarket.org FREE. Wine tasting: Vitis Ridge Winery, 6:30pm, Midtown Wine Shop. FREE. THEATER James and the Giant Peach, 11am today, tomorrow and July 21 at Island Park amphithe- ater, Spfd. 346-4192. $5. studio sale, 10am-7pm today, tomorrow and July 26-28, 4942 W. Amazon. 485-8725. FREE. GATHERINGS Blair Street Party, feat. Uncle Stumbles, 3pm-9pm, Eugene Glass Menagerie parking lot, 980 W. 5th. FREE. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Party, feat. theater, music, fan films, costume contest and a Hogwarts Photo Booth, 9pm- 1am, Books Without Borders. FREE. Sunrise 5:48am; Sunset 8:49pm Av High 83; Av Low 51 a fundraising pizza and cheese feed, 4pm, Midtown Bistro. $10. Vermillion Lies, Brian Kenny Fresno, Shelly Short, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. Digital Underground, 9pm, Taboo. 21+. $20 adv., $25 door. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses encouraging Native Americans toward higher education w/Brent Florendo, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. SPIRITUAL Church of the Harvest’s Missions Conference, “A Voice to India,” Friday evening through July 22, Church of the Harvest, 4646 Fox Hollow Rd. 349-1972. FREE. Star Party w/Eugene Astronomical Society, 8pm, Cascara Campground amphitheater, Fall Creek State Recreation Area. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Poetry Dances of Universal Peace, 7pm, Far Horizon Montessori School. Don. reading in celebration of William T. Sweet’s chapbook, Powder Monkey: Oregon Poems, 5pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. THEATER All Shook Up, 8pm LGBT Rainbow River Womyn today & tomorrow, Actors Cabaret, 996 Willamette. (Continues July 26-28 at the Hult Center.) 683- 4368. $15 general, $18 reserved ($34.95 dinner seating). James and the Giant Peach con- tinues. See Thursday, July 19. The Music Man continues. See Thursday, July 19. Ruby by the River continues. See Thursday, July 19. 21 SATURDAY Sunrise 5:49am; Sunset 8:49pm Av High 83; Av Low 51 ARTS/VISUAL Mitzi Linn’s gathering, 5pm, Roaring Rapids Pizza Co., 4006 Franklin Blvd. FREE. MUSIC Complicated, 4pm, Hult Center plaza. FREE. Bhagavan Das, kirtan concert, 7pm, Unity of the Valley, 39th & Hilyard. $20 adv., $25 door. Floater, 7pm, Cuthbert Amphitheater. $13 adv., $15 door. Incite, multimedia German music group, 8pm, DIVA. $5, $3 stu., members. Jordan Glenn & Friends, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $4. The Ineffectuals, The Tunnel Kings, 8:45pm, Cozmic Pizza. $3. Brook Adams and his Swingin’ Marmalukeys, 9pm, Luna. 21+. $6. Riffle, 9:30pm, 6th and B Street, Spfd. FREE. studio sale continues. See Friday. OUTDOORS/RECREATION BENEFIT Stray Cat Alliance hosts Run in the Park, 8k/5k, 8am, Harry Holt Park, Creswell. GATHERINGS Faerieworlds Festival continues. See Saturday. Bohemia Mining Days continue. See Thursday, July 19. MUSIC World Music Festival, a benefit for the Musicians Emergency Medical Association, feat. Samba Ja, Voodoo Mountain Zydeco, Norma Fraser, Los Mex Pistols del Norte, more, 1pm-6pm, Sweet Cheeks Winery, 26961 Briggs Hill Rd. $15, FREE under age 12. China-Henan Performing Arts, w/Kung Fu demo, 3pm, Hult Center. Free valet bike parking. FREE (pick up tix vouchers at local Bi-Mart stores). Junction City Polka Band, 6:30pm, Washburne Park, 20th & Agate. 344-0483. FREE. Erinn Williams, Andi Starr, 7:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $3. Sean Shanahan and Tim Heaton, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $3. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Tai Chi w/Machiko Shirai, 10:30am, Scobert Gardens, 4th Ave. & Blair Blvd. 686-4646. FREE. Yoga on Mount Pisgah summit, 10am, Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Bring hiking shoes, water & mat or towel. 747-1504. $5, FREE members.
