WHAT’S
happening
Ever drink tea or coffee out of a bizarrely shaped
clay mug and thought that maybe the cup was
influencing your cuppa? There’s something — for
lack of a better word — organic about clay pottery
as opposed to synthetic variations. And it may
influence your weekend plans to know that the
annual ClayFest takes over the Lane County
Fairgrounds, allowing you free access to over 70
regional clay artists’ creations for browsing and
purchase. But don’t let the beauty of the finished
products overwhelm you; check out the many
demonstrations of various ceramic techniques
throughout the show. And ditch the kids in the
supervised Clay Play area to give them a sense of
this truly hands-on art medium. See
www.clayfest.org and Saturday Calendar.
In golf, you play a set. In tennis, a match. In box-
ing, a round. With roller derby, you play a bout. It’s
a fight on roller skates at bruising speeds between
two teams of bloodthirsty babes. The Emerald City
Roller Girls’ Fall Brawl at Springfield’s Regional
Sports Center pits the ECRG teams against each
other and a team from Portland’s Rose City Roller Girls
league on Saturday night. Andromedolls take on the
Church of Sk8tan in the first bout and the Flat Track
Furies fight with Rose City’s Fresh Meat in the headlining
event. Through it all, Samba Ja jams out while the
Horsehead’s infamous bartender Ty Connor hosts. More than
just a sporting event, it’s organized carnage with a smile and a
CLAY MASK BY LINDA WILLIAMS
slap on the ass. See Saturday Calendar.
Ballet Fantastique is the Little Ballet Company that Could.
Along with Russian folk musicians (and Eugene residents) Trio
Voronezh, the group presents two performances of music and
dance with its “From Tchaikovsky to Tango” performance this
classic ballet and traditional Russian folk music with a twist, a
stunning repertoire of timeless ballet favorites and innovative
new work. Thumbs up to that. The program features excerpts
from Le Corsaire’s pirate-trod shores, music from Bach and
Tchaikovsky and a spicy tango number performed by the ballet
dancers who keep on chuggin’. What’s “I think I can!” in Russian?
See Saturday Calendar.
PHOTO BY ANGIE PONSO
weekend at the Hult Center. They tell us it’s a collaboration of
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