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BACK TO SCHOOL Calendar SAVINGS Name brand clothing for students of all ages College students can fi nd: • Beds • Furniture • Appliances • Books • Housewares The Material materialize for a show at the WOW Hall Sunday LECTURE Outdoor adventures: Sue Sullivan tells tale of team climbing two Himalayan moun- tains, 1:30pm, Willamalane Cen- ter, Spfd. 736-4444. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Refl ective readers book group: Slaughter- house-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. AUDITIONS MUSIC Swing Shift, 6:30pm, Pre-Audition Workshop for Patrick Kavaney & The Last Drags, John Shipe, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza. $3. Roaring Rapids Pizza Co. FREE. Montana Slim, Chris Brecht, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses the results of privatizing the Jackson Coun- ty public libraries, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. “New Dimensions” presents “Working For Your Soul” w/Thomas More, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Directed by Choreographed by Joe Zingo Lindsey Cooper Required q Dance Audition at Breakdown Dance Studio 471 South A St. August 30 & 31, 2008 at 1 PM A Greenhill Humane Society’s Rover Romp 5k run/2k walk, 8am, 88530 Green Hill Rd. www. greenhill.dojiggy.com $20-$25. Kayak Competitions: Whitewater Rodeo and Awards Ceremony, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Knickerbocker Footbridge, Alton Baker Park. www.worldkayak.com FREE. Obsidians hikes: Heceta Head, 6.5 miles; Lillian Falls, 7.6 miles. See YMCA board for details/ sign-up. CORVALLIS events NOTE - Continuation dates for out-of-town events are listed under the fi rst day of the event. FRIDAY, AUG. 22 Northwest Art & Air Festival, feat. Curtis Salgado (Fri.), Little River (Sat.), balloon rides, car shows, art dis- plays, food vendors and more, 6:45am-9pm today & tomor- row and 6:45am-3pm Aug. 24, Timber Linn Park, Albany. www. nwartandair.org SATURDAY, AUG. 23 Farm- ers’ market, 9am-1pm, City Hall parking lot, Albany. FREE. Corvallis artisans market, 9am- 2pm, downtown Corvallis. www. corvallisartisansmarket.com FREE. Wine tasting: Paschal Winery, 4pm-6pm, WineStyles, Timberhill Shopping Center. $5. SUNDAY, AUG. 24 Southtown Street Party, benefi t for South Corvallis Food Bank, feat. Eleven Eyes, Lost Tortoise, Future Roots, The Nettles, Poitin and Stout, more, 11am-11pm, FireWorks Res- taurant. $5-$10 sug. don. MONDAY, AUG. 25 Lissa Schneckenburger, fi ddler & folk singer, 7:30pm, house concert, Corvallis. dianearney@msn.com for location. TUESDAY, AUG. 26 Wine tasting: New wines, 5:30pm- 9:30pm, WineStyles, Timberhill Shopping Center. $5. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 A re- ception for photography by Mar- cy Stolte, 6pm, WineStyles, Tim- berhill Shopping Center. FREE. THURSDAY, AUG. 28 Wine tasting: King Estate Winery, 5:30pm-7:30pm, WineStyles, Timberhill Shopping Center. $5. ON THE road THURSDAY, AUG. 21 The Phantom of the Opera, 7:30pm today and Aug. 22, 26-29 & Sept. 2-5; 2pm & 7:30pm Aug. 23, 30 & Sept. 6; 1pm & 6:30pm Aug. 17, 24 & 31, Keller Auditorium, PDX. 866-739-6737. $23+. Hookah Stew, 9pm, Landmark, Yachats. FREE. The FRIDAY, AUG. 22 Concert for Big Red, benefi t for historic building restoration, feat. Jeffer- Auditions Chorus Roles ONLY 18 & Over MARSHALL ROSENBERG founder of Non-Violent Communications to lecture on “Speak Peace in the World of Confl ict” Friday September 12th 7pm, doors open 6:30pm $5 to $20 Sliding Scale Atrium Building, Olive & 10th Downtown Eugene Info (541) 653-0446 Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 1 PM at Actors Cabaret 996 Willamette St. bewell@bossig.com For Tickets & Information Call 683-4368 www.ActorsCabaret.org 24 AUGUST 21, 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM