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& Scarecrow Contest, 10am- 4pm, Mount Pisgah Arboretum. 747-1504. $5/person, $10/family. Calendar College Fair for High School Stu- dents and Families, noon-3pm, Bldg. 5, LCC. 463-5688. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Autism Rocks! presents a Mask Making Party, w/Star Wars Stormtroop- ers, karaoke, more, 4pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5/person, $20/family. LECTURES “Finding Peace in Troubled Times,” teaching by Tibetan Monk Ngaglo Tulku Rinpoche, 4pm, Tsunami Books. Don. Douglas Detrick Quintet plays DIVA Saturday noon, Emerald Art Center, Spfd. 726-8595. $5. Bilingual Family Fiesta, 11am at Downtown Library; 3pm at Beth- el Library. 682-8316. FREE. LECTURE “Good and Evil: Making Sense of a Senseless World” lec- ture series continues. See Friday. Kirtan w/Fearless Love, 7:15pm, Tamarack Wellness Center. Don. THEATER Funny Money con- “Good and Evil: Making Sense of a Senseless World” lecture se- ries continues. See Friday. MUSIC University Symphony, 3pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr. tinues. See Friday. Skerik’s McTuff, Bond’s. 21+. $8. VOLUNTEER Green Island Tree OUTDOORS/RECREATION Planting, 9am-1pm, Green Island, Coburg. www.mckenzieriver.org or 345-2799. 9pm, Sam The Shedd. 682-5000. $30+. Obsidians hikes: H.J. Andrews Forest; Upper McKenzie River, 13 miles. See YMCA board for de- tails/sign-up. Tom Rawson, benefi t concert for Eugene Area SOA Watch, 7:30pm, Eugene Mennonite Church, 3590 W. 18th. 485-8633. $5-$15 (no one turned away). GEARs rides: Walterville/McK- enzie View, 48 miles; McKenzie View/Sunderman/Deerhorn, 83 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org MUSIC Randy Newman, 7:30pm, Lou Crist, piano & synthesizer, 7:30pm, Tsunami Books. $10 sug. don. 26 S U N DAY Sunrise 7:42am; Sunset 6:10pm Total Hip, Levi Wills, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $3-$5. Indubious, The T Club, Outpost, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10. Douglas Detrick Quintet, 9:30pm, DIVA. $5-$10. Unkle Nancy CD release show, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Monster Dash 10 mile run, 5k run/walk and 5k-9 doggie dash, 8:30am, Slocum Center for Or- thopedics and Sports Medicine, 55 Coburg Rd. www.zapevent. com $30+. GEARs rides: Dale Kuni, 44 miles; Creswell, 38 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www. eugenegears.org SOCIAL DANCE Contra dance, feat. music by The Nettles, 7:30pm, Cesar Chavez School gym, 1540 W. 14th. $7, $6 stu. SPIRITUAL Community medi- tation, 6:30am today through Nov. 15, Yoga West, 3635 Hilyard. FREE. Candlelit chant & meditation evening, 7pm, Freedom Yoga Studio, 1633 Willamette St. Bring cushion, dessert/drink to share. THEATER Funny Money con- tinues. See Thursday, Oct. 23. Av High 60; Av Low 39 27 SnarkCast: ENGUDGED COMEDY Dave Attell, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $30 adv., $32.50 door. DANCE Ronald K. Brown Dance Co. presents EVIDENCE, 2:30pm, Hult Center. $18-$36. M O N DAY Sunrise 7:44am; Sunset 6:09pm FILM Central Presbyterian Church Community fi lm series: For the Bible Tells Me So, 1pm, Bijou Cinemas. FREE. Politics & Popcorn fi lm series: The Fall of Fujimori, 3pm, Down- town Library. 687-6617. FREE. Centrifugal Cinema, 7pm, Wan- dering Goat. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Guided wine tasting, benefi t for Network for Reproductive Options, 5pm- 8pm, 1163 W. 4th Ave. 345-5702. $10 adv., $12 door. GATHERINGS Lane Bus Proj- ect presents “Trick or Vote” get out the vote canvas party, w/ Ben Westlund, music by For- tune Cookie, Samba Ja and belly dancers, 2pm meet at WOW Hall; 3pm-5pm canvassing, 6pm mu- sic at WOW Hall. FREE for volun- teers ($8-$10 music only). Av High 60; Av Low 39 SnarkCast: BREW-SKI KIDS/FAMILIES Haunted Hayrides, 6pm-9:30pm today & tomorrow, Dorris Ranch, S. 2nd & Dorris St. Reservations required, 736-4544. $5. LECTURES “Gliders, Pentamin- os & Rule 110: Cellular Automata: A New New Kind of Math & Sci- ence,” Alder Fuller, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. “Frogs on the Mantlepiece: Do- ing Natural History in 18th-cen- tury France,” Mary Terrall, 4pm, Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. MUSIC Nate Wooley/Paul Lyt- ton Duo, noon, Collier House, UO. FREE. Eugene Symphonic Band’s fall concert, 7:30pm, Beall Hall, UO. $5, $3 stu., sr., $8 families. Mushroom Festival, Plant Sale Visit 30 Artist Studios Saturday, Oct. 25 th Eugene 12-9 p.m. Ninkasi Brewing Company 272 Van Buren Street October 18th & 19th and 25th & 26th Available at: DIVA Borders Books Smith Family Bookstores The Duck Shops Market of Choice Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Gift Shop Karin Clarke Gallery online at divacenter.org ..and enjoy our beautiful art calendar all year! supportlocalart Visit divacenter.org for more information BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY OCTOBER 23, 2008 21