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CALENDAR Nearby Nature: “Simple Gifts,” a walk in the woods to find material to make a gift & more, 10am-noon, Park Host Residence, Alton Baker Park. Register, 687-9699. $2, $5 family. Ken Peplowski & Dick Hyman perform at The Shedd Saturday “Gifts for the man or woman who thought they had everything” ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ “Alice’s Wonderland,” Holiday Ice Show continues. See Friday. Gift Cards Lingerie Greeting Cards Sensual Oils ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Gift Bags Toys DVDs Books LGBT Hot Flash Holiday Party: feat. authors Lipstick and Dipstick, hip hop artist KRITIK & go-go dancers, 5pm-9pm, Indigo District. 21+. $8. LITERARY ARTS Authors & Artists Fair, meet 40 authors and 20 artists, 10am-6pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.laneli- brary.org $1-$5 sug. don. MUSIC Community Music Institute Chamber Players per- form classical string music, 1pm- 4pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. “Holiday Music II,” music by Emerald Chamber Players, 2pm, Atrium, 10th & Olive. FREE. Emerald Valley Opry, 6:30pm, Willamette High School, 1801 Echo Hollow Rd. $5, $4, $2 adult, sr., ages 7-16 or if you bring canned food don., under 7 free. Famine Relief benefit concert, feat. Kudana, Pachi Pamwe, Paul Prince, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5-$20. Ken Peplowski & Dick Hyman, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $12-$32. Sideroads, 8pm, Tsunami Books. $5-$10. The Green Mountain Boys, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $6. I-Chele & the Circle of Light, 9:30pm, World Café. Don. Dirty Sweet, Limosine, The Dregs, 10pm, John Henry’s. 21+. $4. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians trip: Tahkenitch, hike, 3 miles. See YMCA board for details. Jingle Bells Run & Walk, 5k, 9am, Maurie Jacobs Park. 686-4494. FREE. Community Climb Time, learn or improve rock climbing skills, 8am- 2pm at Madison Middle School; 2pm-5pm at Jefferson Middle School; 6pm-9pm at Monroe Middle School. All ages. Gear pro- vided. 682-5329. $5. SOCIAL DANCES Scandinavian dance, lessons 3pm, open dance 4pm, Cesar Chavez Elementary, 1510 W. 14th. 935- 6051. $2. Hanukkah Candlelighting Celebration, feat. ceremony, music & stories, 6pm, Washington Park Clubhouse, 20th & Washington. $12 sug. don. THEATER It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play continues. See Thursday, Dec. 6. The Wizard of Oz continues. See Thursday, Dec. 6. WillRep’s A Christmas Carol con- tinues. See Thursday, Dec. 6. ACE’s A Christmas Carol contin- ues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Amazon Creek Work Party, plant native plants along Amazon Creek, 9am-noon, meet at West Eugene Wetlands Project Office, 751 S. Danebo. 683- 6494. Tools/gloves provided. Community Tree Planting, 9am- 1pm, Garden Lake Park, Creswell. coastfork@willamette.net 9 S U N DAY Sunrise 7:36am; Sunset 4:34pm Av High 46; Av Low 34 ARTS/VISUAL Holiday Show & Sale of Hannah Goldrich’s jewelry and Mike Pease’s paintings & drawings, 11am-4pm, 768 W. 10th Ave. 345-8819. FREE. Home & Hearth: Artist Open House continues. See Thursday, Dec. 6. 2nd & Blair Artists Studio Sale & Open House continues. See Friday. Linda Lu’s Studio Sale continues. See Friday. Kenneth Standhardt’s Studio Sale continues. See Saturday. Annie Hubbird’s Studio Sale con- tinues. See Saturday. Contra dance, lessons 7:30pm, open dance 8pm, Cesar Chavez Elementary. 521-0596. $7, $6 stu. BENEFIT Santa Paws and his SPIRITUAL Fire Rituals, 9am- DANCE Eugene Youth Ballet noon, Arsha Vijnana Mandiram, 1190 W 27th. FREE. Reinhound continues. See Friday. The Nutcracker, performs 5:30pm, Eugene Hotel. FREE. GATHERINGS Saturday Market’s Holiday Market, 10am- 6pm, featuring hundreds of booths, international food court and per- formances by Eugene Bhangra Youth Group, 10:30am; O’Carolan’s Consort, 11:30am; Debra Mathis, 12:30pm; Red Pajamas, 1:45pm; Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene, 3:15pm; Paul & Nancy’s Love Truffle, 4:45pm; and in Holiday Hall, Eagle Park Slim, noon; Beth Miriam Rose, 2pm; and Emily Fox, 4pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.org FREE. STANDHARDT STUDIO Oak Patch Gifts Public Sale contin- ues. See Friday. King Estate’s Holiday Faire contin- ues. See Friday. LECTURE Real estate buying and selling lecture, 1pm-4pm, Reflections Realty. 914-9696. FREE. LITERARY ARTS PETA cofounder Ingrid E. Newkirk will discuss & sign copies of Let’s Have A Dog Party, 4pm, Books Without Borders, 199 W. 8th. FREE. MUSIC Elizabeth Cable, 10am, Peace Presbyterian Church, 3060 River Road. FREE. Dave Gross & Friends, 2pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. Suzuki Strings Program performs classical string music, 2pm-4pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. Eugene Concert Choir presents Handel’s Messiah, 2:30pm, Hult Center. 682-5000. $19-$34. HOLIDAY POTTERY SALE 4875 Garnet St. • Eugene (At the end of East Amazon Drive) Saturday Dec. 8th 10-5 Sunday, Dec. 9th 12-4 For more info call 541-514-4646 Finn Riggins, Love That Dress, Leo London, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. Eyedea & Abilities, Sector 7g, Abzorber, Three Blind Mics, The Cougar Hunters, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door. Reptet, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Eugene Cyclocross Racing presents Psycho Cross Series, 9:30am-3pm, Camp Harlow. bikinjoe@gmail.com or 517-0685. $10-$20. THEATER It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play continues. See Thursday, Dec. 6. The Wizard of Oz continues. See Thursday, Dec. 6. WillRep’s A Christmas Carol con- tinues. See Thursday, Dec. 6. ACE’s A Christmas Carol contin- ues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Plant native trees & shrubs along West Eugene wetlands, tools supplied, 9am- 1:30pm, meet at Long Tom Watershed Council Office to car- pool to site. RSVP, jgarmon@long- tom.org or 683-6949. 10 M O N DAY Sunrise: 7:37am; Sunset 4:34pm Av High 46; Av Low 34 GATHERINGS NEHS Academy of Arts Local History Showcase, 14 short oral history documentaries, 5:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. Native Plant Society: Holiday Social & Slide Show, bring 10-12 slides & a snack, Science Bldg Rm. 117, LCC. 746-9478. FREE. Eleventyseven perform in the Punk the Halls show at WOW Hall Wednesday “Western Oregon’s Old-growth Forests Under Fire,” a community discussion of the Western Oregon Plan Revision, 6:30pm, Downtown Library. 344-0675. FREE. DECEMBER 6, 2007 33
