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Birdie Jo, Mood Area 52, Scrambled Ape, Brownout, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. 24 Sgt. Leonard’s Loopy Arts Dub Band plays Cozmic Pizza Sunday OUTDOORS/RECREATION SATURDAY Sunrise 7:19am; Sunset 4:39pm Av High 49; Av Low 36 ARTS/VISUAL Holiday Art Sale w/Elaine Pruett, Susan Staffel & Lynn Frost, 11am-4pm, 665 City View Blvd., Spfd. 747- 4181. FREE. COMEDY Cripple XXX Comedy Tour, feat. Lonnie Bruhn, Joe Fontenot, hosted by Andy Andris, benefit event for cerebral palsy research, 10pm, Diablo’s Downtown Lounge. 21+. $10. DANCE The Nuttycracker con- tinues. See Friday. FILM War Made Easy, noon today & tomorrow, Cinemas. $4. Bijou FOOD/DRINK Family-style Turkish Dinner, 6:30pm, Iraila Mediterranean Cuisine. RSVP, 684-8400. OWW’s wine/cheese tasting con- tinues. See Friday. GATHERINGS 22 THURSDAY FILM Fourth Friday Film Fest, KIDS/FAMILIES 7pm, Spencer Creek Grange. 341- 1709 for film listing. Don. FILM Thanksgiving Day Movie FOOD/DRINK Wines paired w/cheeses from around world, 3pm-10pm today & tomorrow, Oregon Wine Warehouse. $15. GATHERINGS Festival of Trees, 10am-7pm today; 9am- 9pm tomorrow; 9am-2pm Nov. 24; 9am-6pm Nov. 25, Valley River Inn. 228-3003. $6, $4 sr., under age 12. Whiteaker Community Thanksgiving Dinner, feat. music, massages, flu shots, more, 11am- 3pm, Whiteaker Community Head Start Center, 21 N. Grand. 485-8179. FREE. calendar Food Not Bombs serves meals, 3:30pm-5pm Fridays, Broadway & Willamette (or 8th & Oak St. in case of rain). FREE. Sunrise 7:17am; Sunset 4:40pm Av High 50; Av Low 37 Marathon, all day, Wandering Goat Coffeehouse. FREE. 18 NOVEMBER 21, 2007 Dance Theatre of Oregon presents The Nuttycracker, 7:30pm today & 2:30pm tomorrow and Nov. 25, Wildish Theater, Spfd. 682-5000. $18, $14 under age 12. DANCE Community Thanksgiving Dinner to all with no place to go for the holiday, noon-3pm, Friendly Street Church, 2290 Friendly. 345-6553. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses food prepa- ration & the history of Thanksgiving, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. “New Dimensions” discusses Of Animal Grace and a Spa for a Pig w/Sy Montgomery, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. Thanksgiving Gypsy Swing Radio Special w/David Gizara, 9pm-mid- night, KLCC 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Turkey Stuffer 5k run, 10:30am, Splash Swim Park, Thurston. 343-7414. www.goodrace.com OP trip to Sunriver/Mount Bachelor Thanksgiving Wknd., depart 1:30pm today; return 8pm Nov. 25, OP Office, EMU, UO. 556- 8398. 23 F R I D AY Sunrise 7:18am; Sunset 4:40pm Av High 50; Av Low 36 ARTS/VISUAL Asian Art Show & Sale, noon-4pm, Lamb Cottage, Skinner Butte Park. 953-0739. FREE. Once their clothes are done drying, Aphrodesia will play the WOW Hall Thursday, Nov. 29 Wine tasting: Pheasant Valley Winery, 4pm-6pm, WineStyles. FREE. “Black Dress, Black Tie, Black Friday,” premium wine tasting, 6pm-9pm, WineStyles. $25-$30. Wine tasting w/Siva, 6pm, 20 East, Broadway & Willamette. FREE. Post-Thanksgiving Champagne Bubble Bash tasting, 5pm-7pm, The Broadway. FREE. GATHERINGS Oregon HomeCrafters Association expo, 10am-6pm today & tomorrow; 10am-5pm Nov. 25, Lane County Fairgrounds. 747-3263. FREE. Saturday Market’s Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by Eagle Park Slim, Two Easy, Ricardo Cardenas, Shawmillyadon Family Holiday Concert and Shelley James & Cal Coleman, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.org FREE. Grrrl Talk panel discussion, 1pm, WOW Hall. FREE. Festival of Trees continues. See Thursday, Nov. 22. “Turkey Time,” Thanksgiving crafts & activities, noon-4pm, Science Factory. $4-$7. MUSIC Dead Americans, Ginger Hustlers, Sideways Down, Scrambled Ape, Breakdown, 7pm, WOW Hall. $5 adv., $6 door. Los Cumbiamberos, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don. Soulicious, 9pm, Luna. 21+. $5. Olem Alves, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses traffic laws & abuses w/Sgt. Dace Cochran, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. SOCIAL DANCE Baby Boomers Social Club dance, 7:30pm, Vet’s Club ballroom. 461- 0319. $8. THEATER I Am My Own Wife, 8pm today & tomorrow, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton. 684-6988. $18; ($10- $14 Thursdays & Sundays). Willamette Repertory Theatre presents A Christmas Carol, 8pm today, tomorrow, Dec. 1 and 7-8; 7:30pm Nov. 29 & Dec. 6; 2pm tomorrow and Dec. 2 & 9, Hult Center. www.hultcenter.org $15- $35. Willamette Valley Arms Collectors Holiday Gun Show, 9am-5pm today & 9am-3pm tomorrow, Lane County Fairgrounds. $5, FREE over age 70 and under age 12. Saturday Market’s Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by Rich Glauber, David Rogers, Kay Rose, Swingin’ Marmalukeys, K.O.G., The Raventones, Janet Naylor, Beth Miriam Rose and Emily Fox, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymar- ket.org FREE. Holiday Farmer’s Market, 10am- 6pm today & tomorrow, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE. Traditional Native American Gathering & Holiday Craft Fair, 10am-8pm, Cottage Grove Masonic Center, 33322 Row River Rd. 942-7069 or 729-4635. FREE. Intro to the Internet II mini-clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. 682- 5450. FREE. Festival of Trees continues. See Thursday, Nov. 22. Oregon HomeCrafters Association expo continues. See Friday. MUSIC Junction City High School & the Sixth Street Band, 1pm-5pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. Tonn Nua CD release party, 5pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. Forgotten Works’ 2nd Anniversary Celebration, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE. The Kitchen Syncopators, Gill Landry, The Conjugal Visitors, 9pm, WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 door. Oregon River Sports paddle trip: Tahkenitch Lake, 9am, meet at ORS. RSVP, ors@oregonriver- sports.com or 334-0696. Eugene Cyclocross Racing pres- ents Psycho Cross Series, 9:30am-3pm, meet at Fox Hollow French Immersion School. bikin- joe@gmail.com or 517-0685. $10- $20. “Turkey Burn” deep water fitness clinics, 9:30am, Sheldon and Echo Hollow Pools. 682-5314 (Sheldon) or 682-5525 (Echo). $4. GEARs rides: West Hills, 68 miles; Alvadore short, 23 miles, 9:30am, Alton Baker Park. www.euge- negears.org SOCIAL DANCE Contra dance, feat. Linda Danielson & Chico Schwall, 7:30pm, Cesar Chavez School Gym, 1510 W. 14th. $7, $6 stu. Jose Cruz salsa dance, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. SPIRITUAL Catch the Fire, Soaking prayer meeting, 7:30pm, Lamb Cottage, Skinner Butte Park. catchthefireeu- gene.spaces.live.com or 915- 4418. Bring blanket & pillow. FREE. THEATER I Am My Own Wife continues. See Friday. WillRep’s A Christmas Carol con- tinues. See Friday. 25 S U N DAY Sunrise 7:21am; Sunset 4:38pm Av High 49; Av Low 36 DANCE The Nuttycracker con- tinues. See Friday. FILM Centrifugal Cinema, 8pm, Wandering Goat. FREE. War Made Easy continues. See Saturday. GATHERINGS Saturday Market’s Holiday Market, 10am- 6pm, featuring hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by Lorna Miller, Richard Crandell, Al Rivers, Janet Bates & the Instruments of Change, Jessie Marquez & Mike Denny, Elizabeth Cable Band, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.org FREE. Food Not Bombs serves meals, 3pm-5pm Sundays, Washington- Jefferson Park. FREE. Holiday Farmer’s Market contin- ues. See Saturday.
