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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 2007)
CALENDAR ON THE road THURSDAY, AUG. Spoon headlines a MusicFest Northwest show at PDX’s Crystal Ballroom Thursday, Sept. 6 30 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents “The Ultimate Bellobration,” 7:30pm today & tomorrow; 3:30pm & 7pm Sept. 1; 1pm Sept. 2, Rose Garden, PDX. www.rosequarter.com $16-$20. Jeff Parker reads from Ovenman, 6pm, Mississippi Pizza Pub, PDX. FREE. We’re From Japan, Aristeia, Westfold, 9pm, Doug Fir, PDX. 21+. $6. Kate Schtaz reads from Rid of Me: A Story, 7:30pm, Powell’s on Hawthorne, PDX. FREE. Oregon State Fair, 10am daily today through Sept. 3, Oregon State Fair & Expo Center, Salem. www.oregonstatefair.org FRIDAY, AUG. 31 Rodrigo y Gabriela, 7pm, Oregon Zoo, Portland. www.oregonzoo.org $18. BodyVox and Third Angle New Music Ensemble, 7:30pm, Drake Park, Bend. www.cascademusic.org $15-$38. Gogol Bordello, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $18. The Gourds, 9pm, Doug Fir, PDX. 21+. $15. L.B. Day Ball of Sophistication, feat. DJ O.G. One, 9pm, Wonder Ballroom, PDX. 30+. $20. Moograss Bluegrass Festival, 6pm- 10pm Aug. 31, noon-10pm Sept. 1 and 10am-5pm Sept. 2, Tillamook County Fairgrounds, Tillamook. www.moograss.com Art in the Pearl, fine arts and crafts festival with more than 100 artists selling their work, World Music Stage, Educational Pavilion, food and more, 10am-6pm Sept. 1 & 2 and 10am-5pm Sept. 3, Northwest Park Blocks, Portland. www.artinthep- earl.com or (503) 722-9017. FREE. I-Chele & The Circle of Light, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. The Watson Twins, Delorean, 9pm, Wonder Ballroom, PDX. $18. Greg Brown, John Hammond, 7:30pm, Britt Pavilion, Jacksonville. www.brittfest.org or (800) 882-7488. $24-$38. Champoeg Pioneer Farmstead Day, living history demonstrations, pio- neer games, farmers’ market and more, 1pm-4pm, Donald Manson Farmstead, Champoeg State Heritage Area, east of Newberg. www.oregonstateparks.org SATURDAY, SEPT. 1 Fort Stevens Civil War Reenactment & Encampment, Sept. 1-3, Fort Stevens State Park, west of Astoria. www.oregonstateparks.org 22 AUGUST 30, 2007 “A Concerto of the American Ideal,” Cascade Festival of Music Orchestra with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, 7:30pm, Drake Park, Bend. www.cascademusic.org or (888) 545-7435. $15-$38. Labor Day Weekend Classic Car Show, vintage and non-vintage vehicles, classic cars and more, 9am-3pm today & tomorrow, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport. www.aquarium.org Wine tasting: Lorelli Vineyards, 1pm-4pm, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE. Sea-Town Rhythm & Blues Prayers, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. An opening for “My Style,” fabric art from members of Tactile Expressions, and “Our Turn,” work by FEC Art Committee artists, 3pm, Florence Event Center Galleries. FREE.
