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Never has donating a few items
from your cupboard yielded such
a smashing good time. Bring just
three cans of food for FOOD for Lane
County to gain entry to the Winter
Fashion Show at Jo Federigo’s
Friday. With a showcase of
apparel sourced from Buffalo
Exchange (pictured), Melange,
Shag Boutique, Boardsports,
Freudian Slip and other area
shops and their employees, it’s
the perfect primer to what’s hot to
trot in this cold, clammy climate of
ours. (And unlike fashions seen on
Project Runway, these would actually
fl y in our neck of the woods.) Join
MCs Marv Ellis and Casey Mitchell
for an evening of style, runway antics
and music mixed by DJ Rain. A silent
auction for gift certifi cates to most of
the stores mentioned above rounds
out the evening. 9 pm Friday, Jan. 16,
at Jo Federigo’s. Three cans of food
admission.
Despite our constant jam practices in Mark’s basement, our hallucinogenic album covers, our use of the wildly popular
didjeridu, our experiments with various over-the-counter naturopathic edibles and a constant presence at summer
festivals … our band still can’t be as big as O.A.R. (left). We keep trying — gawd knows we keep trying! But there’s just
something about fi ve dudes with guitars, drums and a saxophone that just blows the minds of American dudes … who
also play guitar and drums and sax. Maybe we need to push our band to the extreme center of normality for success
like that. Mark: You’re out of the band! No cellos! Amy: You, too! You’re our best guitarist, but I’m sorry, no women
allowed. Ah yes, just wait, Fox News Channel … our band will be playing your next New Year’s broadcast. O.A.R. and
Eric Hutchison play at 8 pm Friday, Jan. 16, at McDonald Theater. $22.50 adv., $25 door.
MLK Jr. Day! 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade! Obama lives the dream!
Somebody should make this week a national holiday celebrating
progressive policy. See Calendar.
Drums and the human voice go hand-in-hand
with African dance, a delicate play of beats,
nonverbal communication and energetic
movements. The UO’s resident African
dance ensemble, Dance Africa, will present
a concert featuring sister-brother African
dance instructors Mondjou and Salif Koné.
The Koné siblings belong to a well-known
Griot family in West Africa, a group renowned
for its “ability to record events carefully and
accurately, using dance, music and song,”
according to a press release. Watch Dance
Africa’s concert and see what messages
you can decipher. 8 pm Thursday, Jan. 22,
through Jan. 24; 2 pm Jan. 24, at Dougherty
Dance Theater, UO. $10, $5 stu., sr.
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