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T H U R S DAY
Sunrise 5:30am; Sunset 8:59pm
Av High 74; Av Low 48
SnarkCast: HOCK-IT
BENEFIT “Bites for Rights,”
local restaurants donate 15 per-
cent of gross proceeds to Basic
Rights Oregon, all day, Poppi’s
Anatolia, Morning Glory Café,
Moxie, Ring of Fire, The Savoy
Truffl e, Sweet Life Patisserie.
FOOD/DRINK
Wine tasting:
“Pinots on Parade,” 5pm-9pm,
WineStyles. $5.
GATHERINGS “Intro to Long
Distance Cycling,” presentation
by Sarah Schirmer, 7pm, REI.
RSVP, 465-1800. FREE.
CORVALLIS
community art project, music and
dancing w/Ancient Ways Marimba
Ensemble, 2pm-dusk, Avery Park,
Corvallis. www.hourexchange.org
or 753-0595. Free.
NOTE - Continuation dates for
out-of-town events are listed
under the fi rst day of the event.
Black Rock Music Festival, feat. La
Conquista, Yvad, Selassie I. Soldier,
Serious De Witness, Ras Danny
& The Higher Reasoning Sound
System, more, proceeds benefi t
Falls City Public Schools, 2pm-
9pm, Falls City. www.myspace.com/
blackrockmusicfestival $20 adv.,
$25 door, FREE under age 10.
events
THURSDAY, JUNE 12 LBCC
commencement, 7pm, Linn
County Fair & Expo Center, Al-
bany. FREE.
FRIDAY, JUNE 13 Spring Cel-
ebration of Dance, 7:30pm today
& tomorrow; 2:30pm June 15,
Majestic Theater. 738-7469. $8.
SATURDAY, JUNE 14 Farm-
ers’ Market, 9am-1pm, City Hall
parking lot, Albany. FREE.
Corvallis Artisans Market, 9am-
2pm, downtown Corvallis. www.
corvallisartisansmarket.com FREE.
HOUR
Traders
Local
Folk
Festival, feat. local arts & crafts,
SUNDAY, JUNE 15 Farmers’
Market, 9am-1pm, City Hall park-
ing lot, Albany. FREE.
OSU commencement, 1pm, Reser
Stadium, OSU. FREE.
TUESDAY, JUNE 17 Eckhart
Tolle’s A New Earth discussion
group meets, 6:30pm Tuesdays
through July 15, Corvallis Senior
Center, 2601 NW Tyler. Don.
LECTURE “Essential Tremors:
It’s Not Parkinson’s,” Nick Rich-
mond, 1:30pm, Willamalane Cen-
ter, Spfd. FREE.
Canadian improv-folksters Rock Plaza Central
play Cozmic Pizza Thursday, June 12
MUSIC Railroad Earth, 8pm,
McDonald Theatre. $18 adv., $20
door.
The Pears, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza.
$2.
Fred Van Vactor, 9pm, Sam
Bond’s. 21+. $5.
ON THE AIR “The Jefferson
Exchange” pleads with its guest,
Alaska Writer Laureate John
Straley, “Don’t stop here! This
is bear country!” 9am & 9pm,
KRVM 1280 AM.
“Thursday Night Jazz” presents
the “Joni Mitchell Jazz Radio
Special,” 10pm-1am, KLCC 89.7 FM.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidian hike: SW hills of Eu-
gene, 4 miles. See YMCA board
for details/sign-up.
THEATER The Memory of Wa-
ter continues. See Thursday,
June 12.
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