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13 T H U R S DAY Sunrise 7:06am; Sunset 4:48pm Grrrlz Rock! sessions continues. See Thursday, Nov. 6. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses California’s tourist spots, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. FILMS Cambodian fi lm series: OUTDOOR/RECREATION Ob- Rice People: Life in the Country- side, 6pm, 110 Willamette, UO. FREE. Steven Spielberg fi lm series: Polter- geist, 6pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE. The Big Lebowski (10 year anniversary party), 6:30pm & 9pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 15-17, David Minor Theater, 180 E. 5th. 21+. FREE. Tournées French Film Festival: Before I Forget, 7pm, 100 Willamette, UO. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: Or- egon pinot noirs, 5pm-9pm, Win- eStyles. $5. LECTURES “Save Money with Medicare’s Low Income Subsidy,” 2pm, Downtown Library. FREE. “Abrupt Climate Change: Assessing its Impact on Forests and Wildfi re from the Paleoecological Record,” Dan Gavin, 5pm, Bowerman Center for E-Law, Knight Law Center, UO. FREE. Survival Center presents “The Oil Industry and the Amazon,” Leonardo Cerda, 6pm, Ben Linder Rm., EMU, UO. FREE. sidians hikes: LCC Trails, 3 miles; Shasta Loops, 4 miles. See YMCA board for details/signup. SPIRITUAL “A New Global Vi- sion,” Benjamin Creme explains the real dynamics behind cur- rent economic, ecological and social issues (video), 7pm, Center for Spiritual Living, 390 Vernal. FREE. THEATER Spokesong, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 15, Wildish Theater, Spfd. www.ath- ree.org $5. West Moon Street (preview performance), 8pm, Lord Leebrick Theater, 540 Charnelton. www. lordleebrick.com or 465-1506. $12, $8 reduced. Our Town, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 15, Springfi eld High School. $5. 14 Cascade Mycological Society presents “Flavorful, Fancy and Foul Fungi From Far Flung Places Around the World,” Daniel Winkler, 7pm, Rm. 115, Bld. 16, LCC. FREE. F R I D A Y Science Pub: “The Science of Melody: Motion, Metaphor and Meaning in Music,” Steve Larson, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. ARTS/VISUAL A reception for LITERARY ARTS Matthew Dickman and Michael McGriff read their poetry, 8pm, Browsing Room, Knight Library, UO. FREE. MUSIC Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, 7pm, John Henry’s. 21+. $15 adv., $18 door. University Singers & Chamber Choir, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr. X-Vandals, feat. MC Not4prophet and DJ Johnny Juice, Mic Crenshaw, Syndel, 8pm, Living Learning Center, UO. FREE. Bassnectar, Beats Antique, Andrew Mataus, 9pm, WOW Hall. $16 adv., $18 door. Keller Williams w/Moseley, Droll & Sipe, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $20 adv., $23 door. NOVEMBER 13, 2008 EUGENE WEEKLY Sunrise 7:07am; Sunset 4:47pm Av High 52; Av Low 38 SnarkCast: FENUGGLE work by Rebecca La Mothe, 5pm, WineStyles. FREE. A reception for “The Art of Cartooning … My Life in Stone Soup,” work by Jan Eliot, 5:30pm, Emerald Art Center, Spfd. FREE. COMEDY Pacifi c Northwest Women’s Comedy Festival, 7pm today & tomorrow, Actors Caba- ret of Eugene, 996 Willamette. 683-4368. $25. FILMS PBS documentary “The Art of Quilting,” 7pm, DIVA. FREE. The Big Lebowski continues. See Thursday, Nov. 13. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: Paschal Winery, 5pm-7pm, Win- eStyles. FREE. Wine tasting: Holiday wines, 5pm, The Broadway. FREE. GATHERINGS Bus to Salem for Rally to Stop the WOPR, 10am, meet at Growers’ Market, 4th & Willamette. RSVP, stopwopr@ gmail.com or 344-6017. Electronic music duo Lucky Dragons play DIVA Tuesday Spa, Pool and Outdoor Living Show, noon-9pm today; 9am-9pm tomorrow and 10am-6pm Nov. 16, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE. Pigs in Love, 8pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 21-22 & 28-29; 2pm Nov. 23, Actors Cabaret of Eugene, 996 Willamette. $12. Green Drinks progressives social, 5pm-7pm, World Café. FREE. Schoolhouse Rock Live, Jr., 7pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 21-22; 2pm Nov. 16 & 23, Pleasant Hill Community Theater, 35575 ½ Zephyr Way. www.phct.org or 988-1195. $8, $6 stu., sr., $24 families. Walk + Bike to School Celebration Party, 6pm, Cesar Chavez School cafeteria. FREE. West Cascade Peace Corps Assoc. potluck & meeting, w/presentation by new UO Peace Corps recruiter, 6pm, 4430 Pinecrest Dr. Bring dish to share. KIDS/FAMILIES Dive-in Movie Night: Spiderwick Chronicles, 7:30pm, Echo Hollow Pool. $3. LECTURES Art History: “Con- tested Territory: Architecture and Modernity in Interwar France,” Deborah Hurtt, noon, 159 PLC, UO. FREE. “The Imperial Presidency: Citizens and the Growth of Executive Power,” Jordan Paust & Marjorie Cohn from the National Lawyers Guild and the Center for Constitutional Rights, 2:30pm-5pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. FREE. Eugene Friends of Jung present “Invitation to Wholeness: The Choreography of Individuation,” Anna Lyons-Roost, 7pm, Sacred Heart Medical Center auditorium. $10. LITERARY ARTS MFA creative writing students read their works- in-progress, 8pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. MUSIC Chamber Music on Cam- pus, 6:30pm, Living/Learning Center, UO. FREE. Jesse Meade, 8pm, The Loft, 2690 Willamette. FREE. Bellydance/Gypsy/Folk Extravaganza, feat. Deva Priyo, Gypsy Moon, Fearless Love and Luminessah, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. Grrrlz Rock presents Whiskey Spots, Halie Loren, Soulicious, Bajuana Tea, Madame Flod, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $6. The Bridge CD release party, 10pm today & tomorrow, Fenario Gallery. $10. ON THE AIR “The Jefferson Ex- change” discusses animal welfare w/LCAS’ Kylie Belachaikovsky, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. SOCIAL DANCE Balkan village dance, feat. Kef, 8pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. $5 sug. don. SPIRITUAL Shabbat celebratory & meditative gathering, 5pm, 2935 Onyx. www.minyan.us FREE. “Eckhart Tolle: The Art of Presence,” 7pm, Inside Edge Program, Center for Spiritual Living, 390 Vernal St. www.InsideEdge-Eugene.org $5-$8. THEATER Antigone, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 21-22; 2pm Nov. 16, Sheldon High School. $7, FREE sr. Astrobot for President, 7pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 16, Centro del Sol, 513 E. Main St., Cottage Grove. $5-$10, $3 under age 18. Birds, 8pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 20-22, Blue Door Theater, LCC. 463-5761. $10, $8 stu., sr., staff. West Moon Street (gala opening w/chocolate, wine, cheeses & appetizers), 8pm, Lord Leebrick Theater, 540 Charnelton. www. lordleebrick.com or 465-1506. $30. Our Town continues. See Thursday, Nov. 13. Spokesong continues. See Thursday, Nov. 13. 15 S AT U R D AY Sunrise 7:09am; Sunset 4:46pm Av High 52; Av Low 37 SnarkCast: SHIPSHAPE ARTS/VISUAL Free admission days, 11am-5pm today & tomor- row, JSMA and Museum of Natu- ral & Cultural History, UO. FREE. BENEFIT Cherry Blossom Musi- cal Arts presents a “Visual Music Dessert Show” fundraiser, feat. an art music vaudeville show, 7pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. $10 sug. don., $5 child. Painting” clinic at 3pm, Downtown Library. 682-5450. FREE. Grrrlz Rock! presents “Women Who Redefi ne Women’s Work” panel discussion, 7pm, Davis’ Restaurant. FREE. Spa, Pool and Outdoor Living Show continues. See Friday. KIDS/FAMILIES “The Magi- cal Moombah! Sea-Going Mr. Big,” 10am morning session; 11:15am play shop (included in ticket price), 1pm afternoon session, The Shedd. $5. LITERARY ARTS Maryrose Larkin, David Abel and Eric Match- ett read their poetry, 7:30pm, DIVA. $0-$5. LGBT The Radical Faeries, net- work of spiritually-minded queer folk, meet for a coffee-klatsch, 10am, Cozmic Pizza. pippin@plan- etsong.net FREE. Rowdy Rainbow River Womyn lesbian social, 5pm, McMenamins North Bank. 514-1639. FREE. MUSIC Grrrlz Rock! showcase, feat. Dead Americans & Chesapeake Blue, noon-1pm, CD World. FREE. The Alder St. Quintet, 2pm, Atrium building, 10th & Olive. FREE. Harmony Roadhouse recital, 3pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. Flat Stanley, 5pm, Tsunami Books. Don. Josh Feinberg, sitar, w/Chaz Hastings, tabla, 7:30pm, Harmony Roadhouse Studios. $10 sliding scale. Tim McLaughlin/Sean Peterson Duo, 8pm, The Loft, 2690 Willam- ette. FREE. COMEDY Pacifi c Northwest Women’s Comedy Festival contin- ues. See Friday. Annabelle Chvostek, Stephanie Schneiderman, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $8. FILM The Big Lebowski contin- Medeski, Martin & Wood, 9pm, McDonald Theatre. $23.50 adv., $25 door. ues. See Thursday, Nov. 13. GATHERINGS Holiday Bazaar, 9am-3pm, Campbell Community Center. FREE. Future Music Oregon, 8pm, 163 Music, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr. Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, with entertainment by Chip Cohen, 10am; Mary Ferris, 11am; Laurie McCloskey, noon; Two Easy, 1pm; Kef, 2pm; The Conjugal Visitors, 3:30pm, Park Blocks, 8th & Oak. www. eugenesaturdaymarket.org FREE. The Sawyer Family CD release party w/The Goddamn Gallows, Scrapyard Swag, 9pm, WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 door. “Intro to the Internet, Part 1” mini- clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. Register, 682-5450. FREE. AAUW presents a panel discussion on “Breaking Down Barriers,” feat. Cheryl O’Neill, Verna Wise & Eric Vanhouten, 10:30am, Westminster Presbyterian Chuch, 777 Coburg. 344-4134. FREE. JULIE ROBERTS calendar Eugene Symphony presents Mozart’s Jupiter, 8pm, Hult Center. 682-5000. $15+. Keller Williams and Moseley, Droll & Sipe play McDonald Theatre Thursday, Nov. 13 Andrew Oliver Kora Ensemble, 9:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $6. SnarkCast: PILFERED Av High 53; Av Low 38 16 Vic Chesnutt w/Elf Power, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $12. Eugene Tinnitus & Hyperacusis support group meets, 11am, Eugene Hearing & Speech Center, 1500 W. 12th. 485-8521. FREE. “Farm Worker Issues: Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Labor Justice,” community forum, 11:30am, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. 503-805-2343. Don. Special performance in conjunction with “Native American Prison Art” exhibit, 1pm, Red Lodge Gallery, 174 W. Broadway. FREE. “Modern Quilting” clinics, w/”Free Motion Thread Painting” demo at 1pm; “Quilt, Thread and Fabric Loop Whole, Fortune Cookie, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. The Bridge CD release party continues. See Friday. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Cascadia Wildlands Project leads a hike to Elliot State Forest. RSVP to jlaughlin@cascwild.org or 434-1463. FREE. GEARs rides: 4 Hill Climb, 35 miles, 9:30am, meet at Paul’s Bicycles on W. 11th. www.eugenegears.org SOCIAL DANCE Senior barn dance, feat. Country Club Band, 7pm, Petersen Barn Community Center, 870 Berntzen. $2. SPIRITUAL “Songs of the Open Heart,” spiritual concert feat. Reb Matti Ravitz-Brown, 7pm; “Tales of the Hidden Divinity Within,” spiritual storytelling, 9pm, 2935 Onyx. 844-1340. FREE. THEATER West Moon Street, 8pm today and Nov. 20-22, 28-29 and Dec. 4-6; 2pm Nov. 23 & 30, Lord Leebrick Theater, 540 Char- nelton. www.lordleebrick.com or 465-1506. $12-$19. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
