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13 Lane Concert & Chamber Choirs & Spectrum Vocal Jazz, 7:30pm, Performance Hall, LCC. $4-$8 sug. don. T H U R S DAY The Drew Emmitt Band, 9pm, WOW Hall. $14 adv., $16 door. Sunrise 7:29am; Sunset 7:16pm Apostle w/DJ Quest, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. Av High 56; Av Low 37 SnarkCast: BIPOLAR DANCE Detail Dance Co. pres- ents Cirque, 7:30pm, Hult Center. $20. BENEFIT “The Longest Walk 2,” slideshow presentation & fund- raiser, 6:30pm, Wandering Goat. Don. FOOD/DRINK “Casserole of “New Dimensions” presents “Consciousness Inside A Black Hole” w/Manjir Samata-Laughton, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. SPIRITUAL Small group medi- Wine tasting: Merlots, 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $5. THEATER ley Career Fair, 3pm-7pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE. “It’s Your City Hall,” community forum on the Eugene City Hall Master Plan, 6pm, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive. Food & childcare provided. RSVP, www.eugenecityhall.com or 682-5222. FREE. Town Hall w/state Reps. Vicki Walker, Chris Edwards and Nancy Nathanson, 6:30pm, Cal Young Middle School. FREE. Oregon WAND presents “The Human Face of Islam,” slideshow presentation by Don Lyon, 7pm, 1577 Pearl St. FREE. Hearing Loss Assoc. of Lane County meets; Gordy Cabral discusses DTV, 7pm, Hilyard Community Center. 345-3212. FREE. Fairmount Neighbors Assoc. meets on UO Arena, 7pm, Laurelwood Golf Course. 517-5027. FREE. tation session & talk on spiritual awakening, 7pm, 2560 Jeffer- son. www.heartawake.org FREE. The Tempest, 6:30pm, Waldorf School, 1350 McLean Blvd. FREE. The Busy World is Hushed, preview performances, 8pm, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton. www.lordleebrick. com or 465-1506. $5-$8. 14 F R I D AY Sunrise 7:27am; Sunset 7:18pm Av High 56; Av Low 37 SnarkCast: RUM ‘N’ COKE ARTS/VISUAL 5:30pm open- ings include drawings, paintings & prints by Anne Kutka McCosh, Karin Clarke Gallery; “Cultural Ho- rizons” landscape photography by Dennis Griffi n, Museum of Natural & Cultural History, UO. FREE. LASC presents “Update on Oaxaca: The Struggle Continues!” w/speakers, 7pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. 485-8633. FREE. DANCE UO’s Winter Loft, 8pm, Doughterty Theater, Gerlinger Annex, UO. $5, $3 stu., sr. West Cascade Peace Corps Assoc. meets, 7pm, 2080 Friendly. www. westcascadepca.org FREE. lion in Oaxaca, w/fi lmmaker Q&A, 7pm, DIVA. FREE. “Choose Change! Prevent Global Warming” presentation, 7pm, 182 Lillis, UO. FREE. LECTURES “The Pacifi c Crest Trail: Tales from Through Hik- ers,” 7pm, REI. 465-1800. FREE. “Mushrooms in Tibet,” Daniel Winkler, 7pm, Rm. 115, Bldg. 16, LCC. 463-5260. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Gerri Doran reads her poetry, 8pm, Knight Library, UO. FREE. MUSIC Master class w/pianist Hui-Ling Liu Tawaststjerna, 3pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE. Thomas Kramer CD release show, Al Rivers, Eagle Park Slim, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. Hawk Nelson, Run Kid Run, 7pm, McDonald Theatre. $15 adv., $20 door. Carl Woideck Jazz Heritage Project presents “Thelonius Monk & Charles Mingus,” 7:30pm, FILM Women, Media and Rebel- Swedish Film Series: House of Angels by Colin Nutley, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: Chateau Bianca, 5pm-7pm, Win- eStyles. FREE. Oregon pinot noir tasting w/ cheese pairings, 5pm-7pm, The Broadway. FREE. Interweave potluck & movie, 6pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 477 E. 40th. 968-9200. Bring dish to share. Library. 682-5450. FREE. City Club Friday Forum: “Pay to Play: Voter-Owned Elections in Oregon” w/Peter Sorenson and Gary Blackmer, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. www. cityclubofeugene.org $3. Eugene Roadster Show, 5pm- 10pm today; 10am-10pm tomorrow; 10am-5pm March 16, Lane County Fairgrounds. www. eugeneroadstershow.com $7, $4 under age 12, FREE under age 6. Green Drinks progressives social, 5pm, World Café. FREE. West Cascade Peace Corps Assoc. potluck w/presentation on Mongolia, 6pm, 2080 Friendly. Bring dish to share. Linda Drake’s Reaching Through the Veil to Heal, w/discussion, refreshments, 7pm, Inside Edge Program, SGC, 390 Vernal St. RSVP, 995-3799. $10, $7.50 members. Teen Game Night 6pm, Sheldon Library. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES “Create a Puppet and a Play” w/Celeste Rose, for ages 8-13, 3:30pm, Springfi eld Library. Register at Youth Services Desk. FREE. LECTURE Outdoors: “The Pa- cifi c Crest Trail: A National Trea- sure” presentation, 7pm, REI. 465-1800. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Steven Bender reads from One Night in America: Robert Kennedy, Cesar Chavez, and the Dream of Dignity, 4pm, Morse Commons, Knight Law Center, UO. FREE. International High School students read their work, 7pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. MUSIC “A Little Knight Music” w/Toby Koenigsberg solo jazz re- cital, 4pm, Knight Library. FREE. THEATER Bugsy Malone, Jr., 7pm today; 2pm tomorrow & March 16, Pleasant Hill Commu- nity Theater, 35575 Zephyr Way. www.phct.org or 988-1195. $8, $6 sr., stu. in 12th grade and under. The Busy World is Hushed, gala opening, 8pm, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton. www. lordleebrick.com or 465-1506. $25. The Flight of the Lawnchair Man, 8pm today, tomorrow and March 21-22 & 28-29, Actors Cabaret. www. actorscabaret.org or 683-4368. $19 reserved, $16 restricted view ($35.95 dinner seating). SoundWave: Underwater Musical Extravaganza, 7pm today & tomorrow, Centro, 513 E. Main St., Cottage Grove. $7, $3 under age 21. Upstart Crow Studios present The Wizard of Oz, 7pm today & tomorrow, Wildish Theater, Spfd. 688-8260. $10. VOLUNTEER Tree planting, noon- 4pm, Garden Lake Park. 767-9717 or coastfork@willamette.net 15 SAT U R DAY Sunrise 7:26am; Sunset 7:19pm Av High 56; Av Low 37 SnarkCast: TUMMYTUCK ARTS/VISUAL An opening for collages by Katherine Olson, 5pm, WineStyles. FREE. BENEFIT Skate N’ Donate Skate-a-thon, noon-3pm, Lane Ice Center. Pick up pledge form at Ice Center. FILM Experimental video art, Wine tasting: Eola Hills, 6:30pm- 8:30pm, Midtown MarketPlace. FREE. Collegium Musicum presents “Music in the Gallant Style,” 6pm, Collier House, UO. FREE. GARDENING Lane Jazz Band & Spectrum Vocal Jazz Ensemble, 7:30pm, Performance Hall, LCC. $4-$8 sug. don. FOOD/DRINK St. Patrick’s Day Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, 7:30pm, Hult Center. 682-5000. $16-$36. Dinner w/Deschutes Brewery, 6:30pm, The Campbell House Inn. RSVP, 343-1119. Grynch, Quandry, We Have Guns, A Plague of Hatred, 8pm, WOW Hall. $7 adv., $8 door. GATHERINGS Diabetes Well- Benefi t concert for Habitat for Humanity, feat. Satin Love Orchestra, 8pm, McDonald Theater. $15 adv., $17 door. Friends of Creswell Library book sale, 9am-5pm today & noon-4pm tomorrow, Creswell Community Center, 99 S. 1st St. FREE. High Ceiling, The T Club, 8:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $4. Daffodil Drive Festival, feat. wagon rides, crafts, coffee & cinnamon rolls, petting zoo, music and more, 10am-4pm, Long Tom Grange, Junction City. FREE. Pruning semi- nar: “Tree fruits, small fruits and grapes,” 1:30pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. Register, 736-4444. FREE. GATHERINGS Tax-Aide, free tax assistance on fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis, 10am-2:30pm today & tomorrow, Downtown Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas bring some Scottish fl air to The Shedd on Thursday, March 20 20 MARCH 13, 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY Run Kid Run plays McDonald Theatre Thursday, March 13 ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses recreation- al fi shing w/Will Johnson & Mark Freeman, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. the Month” luncheon, w/UO international student presenta- tion, noon, Petersen Barn Com- munity Center. 682-5521. $5. GATHERINGS Willamette Val- calendar The Shedd. www.theshedd.org Eleven Eyes, Excellent Gentlemen, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson shorts from UO students, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE. String Cheese Incident Live at Red Rocks, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door. ness Fair, 8am-12:30pm, Bldg. 19, LCC. FREE w/2 cans of food. Exchange” discusses Califor- nia’s budget defi cit, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. American Sewing Guild new membership orientation, 10am, 2793 Tandy Turn. RSVP, buddyroll@ comcast.net or 653-9772. FREE. SOCIAL DANCE Balkan folk- “Intro to the Internet” clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. FREE. dancing, w/instruction, feat. UO East European Ensemble and Kef, 8pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Ag- ate. FREE. Salsa dance w/free lessons, 8:30pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom. $5. Salsa dance, feat. Ramsey Y Los Montunos, 10pm, Tango Center. $10. SPIRITUAL Lane Interfaith Al- liance presents a peace medita- tion, 7pm, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak. 915-5879. Don. Walk-in tax assistance from the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, 12:30pm-5:30pm today and April 5 & 12, 455 Lillis, UO. Bring social security cards and all relevant forms. kphu@ uoregon.edu FREE. Urban Park Design charrette & workshop, 1pm-6pm, Atrium Bldg., 10th & Olive. eugeneparks. blogspot.com FREE. “Have a ‘Left Hook Lager’” w/ Steve Novick, 7pm-9:30pm, Vet’s Memorial Bldg., 1626 Willamette. $10. Eugene Roadster Show continues. See Friday. Tax-Aide continues. See Friday. KIDS/FAMILIES Children’s the- ater production of James and the Giant Peach and shadow-puppet play The Very Hungry Caterpillar, 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm, First United Methodist Church. info@ eugenepreschool.org or 984-5531. $4 adv., $5 day of show. Nearby Nature Quest: “Nesting Neighbors,” 10am, Park Host Residence, Alton Baker Park. Register, 687-9699. $2, $5 family. “The Rock Concert!” children’s puppet show, 2pm, Springfi eld Library. FREE. LGBT Rainbow River Womyn meets, 5pm, McMenamins North Bank. 514-1639. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Lotte Stre- isinger reads from & signs The Potter and the Muse, 3pm, DIVA. FREE. Daniel Estulin discusses & signs The True Story of the Bilderberg Group, 5pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. MUSIC “Embrace of Warmth” blanket drive for homeless & concert, feat. Steve Ibach, JC Rico & Zulu Dragon, The Porch Dawgs, Still Waters, more, 3pm- 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. One blanket & $3 sug. don. Music Soiree, 7pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 477 E. 40th. FREE. “Songs of Resistance,” benefi t show for “Green Scare” prisoners, feat. The Ingredients, David Rovics, Redox, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5-$10. Oregon Mozart Players present “Vestiges,” 8pm today & 2:30pm tomorrow, Hult Center. $15-$35. Ladysmith Black Mambazo, 8pm, McDonald Theater. $35+. The Nettles, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Lucky Clover 5k/10k run, 9am, Dorris Ranch Park. www.eclec- ticedgeracing.com Eugene Fencers Club presents “Ides of March Fencing Tournament,” 9:30am-2pm, Roosevelt Middle School gym, 24th & Hilyard. 688-6574. FREE for spectators. Cascadia Ecosystems Advocates leads an Amazon Headwaters hike, 10am, meet at end of W. Amazon Dr. FREE. Obsidians hikes: Island Park to Autzen Bridge, 5 miles; Trestle Creek Falls, 3.5 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up sheet. GEARs rides: West Hills, 80 miles; Alvadore, 23 miles, 9:30am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www. eugenegears.org RECYCLING Active Bethel Citizens and NextStep Recycling hold an electronics recycling roundup, dispose of electronic appliances for free or low cost, 9am-4pm, Petersen Barn Com- munity Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. SPIRITUAL Conscious Connec- tions meets, topic: “Dreaming Big,” 7pm, Tamarack Wellness Center. $10. Kirtan w/Fearless Love, Shanti WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
