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About Eugene weekly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1993-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 2007)
Alex Diaz is a special guest at Jon’s Acoustic Open Mic at Cozmic Pizza Tuesday meet for carpooling at Campbell Adult Center, 155 High. Ages 50 and older. 741-1176. Don. Leon Russell plays Taboo Thursday, Sept. 20 SPIRITUAL Rosh Hashanah services, 10am, Unity of the Valley, 39th & Hilyard. FREE. 14 F R I D AY Sunrise 6:50am; Sunset 7:26pm Av High 77; Av Low 47 ARTS/VISUAL A reception for award-winning paintings from the spring show of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, 5:30pm, Emerald Art Center, Spfd. FREE. An opening for “Fast Forward: The Mayor’s Teen Art Show,” 6pm, Maude Kerns Art Center. $3 sug. don. BENEFIT Spring Valley Assisted Living residents will hold a silent auction & compli- mentary wine & cheese tasting, 7pm-9pm, 770 Harlow Rd, Spfd. Don. 13 calendar THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 Sunrise 6:49am; Sunset 7:27pm Av High 78; Av Low 47 BENEFIT Spring Valley Assisted Living residents invite the public to write letters to sol- diers in Iraq, 1:30pm-4pm, 770 Harlow Rd, Spfd. Don. GATHERINGS Restless Leg support group, 2:30pm, Campbell Center, 155 High. Register, 682-5318. FREE. Wine tasting: New World vs. Old World, 5pm, WineStyles. $5. WAND presents “The Praxis of Peace,” Kara & Betsy Steffensen share stories from the peace conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, 6:30pm, McNail-Riley House. FREE. WOW Hall volunteer orientation, 6:30pm, WOW Hall. FREE. Nearby Nature new volunteer orientation, 6:30pm, Downtown Library. info@nearbynature.org or 687-9699. FREE. Hearing Loss Association/Lane County presents Dr. Peter Succo speaking on the Eugene Hearing & Speech Center and Andrea Cabral speaking on hearing alerts in the home, 7pm, Hilyard Community Center, 2589 Hilyard. 354-3212. FREE. LECTURE Science Pub: “Particles, Energy and Our Mysterious Universe,” UO physics professor Jim Brau, 7pm, Luna. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Mid- Valley Willamette Writers pres- ents Holly Brix speaking on “Blueprinting Your Screenplay,” 6:30pm, Baker Bldg., 10th and High. $10, $5 stu., $3 members. Charles Fisher reads, discusses Dismantling and signs Discontent: Buddha’s Way Through Darwin’s World, 7pm, UO Bookstore. FREE. MUSIC The Starlings, The Comforters, Jim Keaveny, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. Jonathan Byrd, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. Naughty By Nature, Mackdub, DZO, 9pm, Taboo. 18+. $25. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses marijuana laws w/Clifford Schaffer, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. “New Dimensions” discusses “Evolving Spirituality” w/Ken Wilber, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION BOGS presents a bird walk, 9am, Cadetes de Linares, plus food, dancing, free pony rides, more, 5pm-11:30pm today & 11:30am- 11:30pm tomorrow, Island Park, Spfd. $5, FREE under age 10. Green Drinks progressives social, 5pm, World Café. FREE. Wine tasting: Graton Cellars, 4pm, WineStyles. FREE. Sam ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses the current efforts to end homelessness w/David Christian, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Desert Eagle Shiraz wine tast- ing, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Midtown Wine Shop. FREE. THEATER Campbell Center’s “Newcomers Social,” 1pm, 155 High St. Register, 682-5318. FREE. MUSIC John Bayless, piano Fiesta Latina, feat. Cana Son, Organizacion Oaxaca, Miramar, 9pm, Obsidians trip: Sahalie—Koosah Falls loop, 4.4 miles. See YMCA board for details. DIVA Fall Media Arts preview evening, 7pm, 110 W. Broadway. 344-3482. FREE. Pacifica Forum: “Complicity on 9/11? Common sense physics and the World Trade towers,” talk by Dan Athearn, 4pm, 121 McKenzie, UO. FREE. Mare Wakefield, Bond’s. 21+. $5. All Eugene Wine Trivia & Social, 6pm, WineStyles. $5 adv., $10 door. GATHERINGS City Club Friday Forum: “Tasers in Eugene: Good, Bad, Why, How” w/Tamara Miller & Charles Zennache of Eugene Police Commission and David Fidanque of ACLU- Oregon, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. www.cityclubofeu- gene.org $3. Blind wine tasting, 3pm-10pm today & tomorrow, Oregon Wine Warehouse. $12. $6. Baby Boomers Social Club dance, 8pm, Vet’s Club ballroom. 461-0319. $8, $5 members. LECTURE “New Hikes in Northwest Oregon,” William L. Sullivan, 7pm, REI. FREE. recital, 8pm, Wildish Theater, 630 Main St., Spfd. 736-4044. $20. Bazookahosen, Rollie Tussings One Man Band, The Enablers, 7:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5 plus nonperishable food item. Jai Uttal and Daniel Paul, 8pm, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak. $20 adv., $25 door. Brian Cutean, 9pm, Luna. 21+. Rosie Adams plays the ukulele at this week’s Saturday Market The Great American Trailer Park Musical, 8pm today, tomorrow and Sept. 21-22, Actors Cabaret, 996 Willamette. 683-4368. $15, $18 reserved, $34.95 dinner seating. 15 SATURDAY Sunrise 6:52am; Sunset 7:24pm Av High 77; Av Low 47 ARTS/VISUAL An opening for a Pop art show by William Kasper, w/music by Jennifer Sennett, 6:30pm, WineStyles. FREE. An opening for mask exhibit by Rev. Dr. Munt Hoolala, 7pm, The Play Ground, 366 E. 40th Ave.