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CALENDAR FOR A FULL SCHEDULE VISIT WWW.MIKETHRASHERPRESENTS.COM WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MIKETHRASHERPRESENTS Fortune Cookie plays a benefit concert for Wellsprings School at Cozmic Pizza Saturday Argento, Barber and Copland; feat. Stefan Jackiw, violin, and William Schimmel, accordian, 8pm, Hult Center. 682-5000. $15+. THIS SUN Slavic Festival Showcase, feat. Voronezh Girls and Soromundi Choir, 7pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. www.slavichome.org $15 adv., $20 door, $5 child. Tyler Fortier, Melissa Ruth, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. Disco Organica, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson MUSIC Andrew Heringer, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. Snow Camping clinic, 7pm, REI. Register, 465-1800. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Hand Held, Basin & Range, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $3. “Make Magnified Flowers like Georgia O’Keefe,” art clinic led by Kim Jarvis, for grades 1-5, 3pm, Springfield Library. Register at Youth Services Desk. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson LECTURES Audio Seduction: Joel Crane, Phutureprimitive, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10. Exchange” discusses straw-bale construction, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Wetland Wander hosted by WREN, 9am, meet at Stewart Pond Overlook. 683-6494. FREE. 24 THURSDAY Sunrise 7:39am; Sunset 5:12pm Av High 47; Av Low 33 ARTS/VISUAL An artist’s talk & reception for “Conversing in Stitches” exhibit of fiber art by Brenda Jones, noon, Bldg. 11, LCC. FREE. FILM Film in celebration of Roe v. Wade, 4pm, Women’s Center, EMU, UO. FREE. “Ethics, Leadership and the Responsible Citizen,” Jeff Miller, 4pm, Evans Chapel, NCC, 11th and Kincaid. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Philosophy presents a celebration of Bonnie Mann’s Women Liberation and the Sublime, w/comments by Scott Pratt and Mary Wood, 4pm, Mills International Center, UO. 346-5548. FREE. Oregon Book Awards tour, reading & book-signing, feat. Alison Clement, Shannon Riggs, Paul Merchant & Ben Saunders, 6:30pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Reflective Readers book group: Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Nathan Alef and the Pantone Sextet, 12:15pm, Hult Center lobby. FREE. Eugene Symphony presents Gershwin’s American in Paris, plus Exchange” discusses modern autopsies & causes of death, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Intro to Cross County Skiing, 5:30pm pre-trip today at OP Office, EMU, UO; 9am outing Jan. 27 meets at OP Barn, 18th & University. Register, 346-4365. $15. THEATER Memory House continues. See Thursday, Jan. 17. HIT ME BACK TONITE & LAST OF THE BELIEVERS PITTSBURG SLIM TYGA & 3 BLIND MICS THURSDAY JAN 17 WOW HALL SUNDAY JAN 20 WOW HALL 291 W 8TH AVE · 8:00PM DOORS ALL AGES · BEER & WINE W/PROPER ID TICKETS AT ALL SAFEWAY/TICKETSWEST LOCATIONS. CHARGE BY PHONE 1-800-992-TIXX 291 W 8TH AVE · 8:00PM DOORS ALL AGES · BEER & WINE W/PROPER ID TICKETS AT ALL SAFEWAY/TICKETSWEST LOCATIONS. CHARGE BY PHONE 1-800-992-TIXX FOUR YEAR STRONG & THE STATUS MONDAY FEB 11 WOW HALL 291 W 8TH AVE · 8:00PM DOORS ALL AGES · BEER & WINE W/PROPER ID TICKETS AT ALL SAFEWAY/TICKETSWEST LOCATIONS. CHARGE BY PHONE 1-800-992-TIXX CORVALLIS EVENTS Note - Continuation dates for out- of-town events are listed under the first day of the event. THURSDAY, JAN. 17 Music a la Carte: Cello Bop, noon, MU, OSU. FREE. Dinner With Friends, 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 19, Albany Civic Theater, 111 SW First Ave. www.albanycivic.org $7-$10. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 Grief support group, 2pm, Corvallis Senior Center. 753-1088. FREE. THURSDAY, JAN. 24 Music a la Carte: Chanson du Soir, noon, MU, OSU. FREE. SATURDAY FEB 16 MCDONALD THEATER MARV ELLIS · DZO & JAE-LAVA SUNDAY FEB 17 MCDONALD THEATER 1010 WILLAMETTE ST · 7:00PM DOORS · ALL AGES FULL BAR WITH PROPER ID TICKETS AT ALL SAFEWAY/TICKETSWEST LOCATIONS. CHARGE BY PHONE 1-800-992-TIXX 1010 WILLAMETTE ST · 7:00PM DOORS ALL AGES · FULL BAR WITH PROPER ID TICKETS AT ALL SAFEWAY/TICKETSWEST LOCATIONS CHARGE BY PHONE 1-800-992-TIXX Spirit of the Marathon, 7:30pm, Cinemark 17, Spfd. $5.25-$7.25. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: Critter-labeled wines,, 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $5. GATHERINGS UO MLK Jr. Made of Skin plays a benefit concert at WOW Hall Friday Award Presentation, 11:30am, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. FREE. SUNDAY MAR 23 MCDONALD THEATER 1010 WILLAMETTE ST · 7:00PM DOORS · RESERVED SEATING ALL AGES · FULL BAR WITH PROPER ID TICKETS AT ALL SAFEWAY/TICKETSWEST LOCATIONS. CHARGE BY PHONE 1-800-992-TIXX Volunteer orientation & meeting for Hospice of Sacred Heart, 1:30pm, SH’s Home Health Office, 1121 Fairfield Ave. 242-8755. FREE. “Voter Owned Oregon?” panel dis- cussion w/Arizona State Senator Meg Burton Cahill and R-G editori- al page editor Jackman Wilson, hosted by Pete Sorenson, 7pm, Harris Hall, Lane County Courthouse, 125 E. 8th. FREE. 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