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Calendar The Moondoggies, World. FREE. 3pm, CD The Met Opera LIVE in HD: Salome, 7pm, Cinemark 17. $16-$24. Emerald Valley Opry, 6:30pm, Willamette High School. $3-$6, FREE for kids under 7. John Lennon Birthday Celebration, feat. Peter Almeida Duo, No. 9 Band, Blue Road, Red Pajamas, The Lennonite Choir, more, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $3-$5, FREE for kids. Benefi t concert for Michael “Nelly” Nelson, feat. Basin & Range, Loop Whole, Brimstone Sounds, 8pm, WOW Hall. Don. Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko & Kutt Calhoun, Grave Plott & Prozak, Skatterman & Snug Brim, 8pm, McDonald Theater. $22 adv., $25 door. Yeltsin, Pony Village, How for Chocolate, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. FREE. The Moondoggies, Sungods, 10pm, Luckey’s. 21+. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Lichen identifi cation walk at Clear Lake Dunes Park led by Rob Weiss, 9am, meet at South Eu- gene High School. 752-1362. Bring lunch, raingear & hand lens. presentations, tours & work- shops, 3pm-8pm, Aprovecho. helios@heliosnetwork.org or 284-7020 for bus reservations. $10. A Streetcar Named Desire con- tinues. See Friday. GATHERINGS Mural dedica- 13 tion ceremony w/food, festivi- ties, kids’ painting area, 2:30pm, W. 11th & City View. FREE. Lane County Home Improvement Show continues. See Thursday, Oct. 9. Clayfest continues. See Friday. Piccadilly fl ea market continues. See Saturday. KIDS/FAMILIES Hawai- ian Family Art Sunday, 2pm- 4pm, Emerald Art Center, Spfd. 726-8595. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Bob Welch reads/signs Pebble in the Water, 2pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Eugene Symphony & Eugene Youth Symphony pres- ents Fauré’s Requiem, 8pm, Hult Center. SOLD OUT (but free tix may be available at door). Dark Star Orchestra, 8pm, Mc- Donald Theater. $22 adv., $24 door. Gaelic Storm, 7pm, WOW Hall. $18 adv., $20 door. Obsidians hike: McKenzie River Trail, 10 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up. Tune Stranglers, The Swingin’ Marmalukeys, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5. GEARs breakfast rides: Junction City, 26 miles; Applegate Trail, 40 miles, 9am, meet at North Eugene High School. www. eugenegears.org OUTDOORS/RECREATION SOCIAL DANCE Contra dance, w/music by Rad Francine, 8pm, Cesar Chavez School gym, 1510 W. 14th. $7, $6 stu. SPIRITUAL Interfaith Prayer Service, 6:45pm, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. FREE. Gutenberg College’s Oktoberfuss continues. See Friday. THEATER A Winter’s Tale con- tinues. See Thursday, Oct. 9. Doubt, A Parable continues. See Thursday, Oct. 9. A Streetcar Named Desire continues. See Friday. Eugene Memory Walk, 3.3 miles, 1pm, Alton Baker Park. www. mw08.kintera.org/eugene Obsidians hikes: Black Butte, 3.8 miles; Duffy Lake, 6.6 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up. GEARs rides: Harrisburg/ Junction City area, 43 miles; Harrisburg via Diamond Hill, 62 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org SOCIAL DANCE Swing dance, feat. Blue Skies Big Band, 8pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. $7, $5 stu. THEATER A Winter’s Tale con- tinues. See Thursday, Oct. 9. Doubt, A Parable continues. See Thursday, Oct. 9. The Nerd continues. See Friday. 80th SEASON ! M O N DAY Sunrise 7:26am; Sunset 6:31pm Av High 66; Av Low 41 SnarkCast: FLAKY GATHERING WOW Hall volun- teer orientation, 6:30pm, WOW Hall. FREE. LECTURES “Freedom from Trauma” lecture series by Sadh- vi Chaitanya, 6pm today, tomor- row and Oct. 15-17, Heron Center, 2222 Coburg. FREE. “Gaia Theory = Geophysiology,” Alder Fuller, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. MUSIC SoundBytes, new music feat. Douglas Detrick & Friends, noon, Collier House, UO. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses what’s “ob- scene” in art with Rick Wartzman, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. The Very Little Theatre presents Funny Money A Farce by Ray Cooney Directed by Chris Pinto Oct. 17-19*,23-26*, 30-31*, Nov. 1-2*, 6-8 * Sunday Tickets: $14 matinees ($10 for Thursdays) Box office open 2:00-5:30 Wed.-Sat., 2350 Hilyard St. www.TheVLT.com 344-7751 VIGIL Women in Black standing for peace & justice, 5pm, 7th & Pearl. FREE. 14 T U E S D AY Sunrise 7:27am; Sunset 6:29pm Av High 66; Av Low 41 SnarkCast: SHUGGY ART/VISUAL An opening for “Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris: Rhap- sody in Black and White” photog- raphy exhibit, noon, DIVA. FREE. FARMERS’ MARKET Farm- ers’ market, 10am-3pm, 8th Ave. & Oak St. FREE. Tell Me continues. See Friday. The Nerd continues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Work party to protect native habitats, 9:30am- noon, meet at fi rst turnout on the north side of 18th, Willow Creek Preserve. 915-7459. Bring lunch, water, gloves and lopper & handsaw if possible. 12 S U N DAY Sunrise 7:25am; Sunset 6:33pm Av High 66; Av Low 41 SnarkCast: BOOTY-STRAPPED ARTS/VISUAL Free admission to UO museums continues. See Saturday. FILM Politics & Popcorn fi lm series: Campaign by Kazuhiro Soda, 3pm, Downtown Library. 687-6617. FREE. FOOD/DRINK “100 Mile Diet/ Riot,” an Eat Here Now! Local Foods Community Potluck, w/ Cartoonist Leigh Rubin discusses his work (and his love for cats and cows) at the UO’s Willamette Hall Thursday, Oct. 16 D ONALD D EXTER J R DMD LLC DENTISTRY All that is good begins with good health. 2233 W ILLAMETTE S T , B LDG B • 541-485-6644 w w w . d r d e x t e r. c o m BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY OCTOBER 9, 2008 21
