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Calendar breakfast AT THE BISTRO WEEKENDS 8am 1pm S TA R T I N G M A R C H 2 8 t h Wandering to the top of Mt. Pisgah to check out the view is the classic Eugene close-to-town and bring-the-guests hike. If you’re interested in the plans to steward the natural resources and habitats at Pisgah (aka Howard Buford Recreation Area) then come to Harris Hall at 5:30pm on Thursday, March 19. There will be an open house with displays as well as staff and biologists giving short presentations and answering questions. Café Perugino. $1 + cost of meal. Emerald City Junior Gems end of season celebration, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza, $2 don. FILM Oscar nominated shorts, live action, 1pm, animated, 3:30pm DIVA. $6. Green Sanctuary Film Series: Unnatural Selection & Hidden Dangers in Kids' Meals, 7pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 40th & Donald. FREE. Hecklers’ Movie Night Young Guns 2, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE. GATHERINGS Eugene's Adaptive Recreation trip to Daffodil Festival, 1-5pm, 10th and Olive. 682-5311. $6. Job Search & Resumes, 4pm, Downtown Library. Pre-register 682-5450 (press 2). FREE. Picc-A-Dilly Flea Market, 10am- 4pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. 683-5589. $1.50 LECTURES ‘A Tale of Two Rivers,’ SOCIAL by geologist Janet Brown, 2pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Argentine Tango, 7:30. Tango Center. All ages, $5. LGBT Eugene/Springfi eld PRIDE Committee mtg., Q Center, 1-3pm, 1309 Lincoln. 513-1711. FREE. VOLUNTEER Spring cleaning, 10am-6pm, WOW Hall. FREE. MUSIC Skinner City Old-time Jam, 2pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. Floating Glass Balls, acoustic, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s, $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs ride: Daffodil Ride: 40 miles 9am, North Eugene High School, or16 miles, 10am, Safeway, Junction City. www.eugenegears.org. Natural history and ecology walk in Hendricks Park, 1-3pm, F.M. Wilkins Picnic Shelter, Hendricks Park. 607-4066. $3 don. Whale watching continues. See Friday. PETS Northwest Horse Fair & Expo continues, See Thursday, March 19. DANCE Milonguita, 23 MONDAY Sunrise 7:10am; Sunset 7:29pm Av High 57; Av Low 37 Specialties: Th e University Street STEAK AND EGGS 6 oz. fl at iron steak, spice rubbed and grilled to order. Served with two eggs any style, toast and choice of side. Th e Potter Street SMOKED SALMON HASH House-smoked wild salmon, spuds, bell peppers and onions, hashin’ it out with 2 poached eggs and our house- made hollandaise. Served with toast and choice of side. Wine tasting: Mellow Madness, profi ling mellow reds, 5pm-7pm, WineStyles. $5. Th e Onyx Street GATHERINGS Alvord Farm and Poached eggs, served over Oregon peppered bacon and tomatoes on a French baguette with fresh house-made hollandaise. FOOD/DRINK Museum Pioneer Day Playshop, 11am -2 pm. Alvord Farm and Museum. RSVP 968-1986. FREE. EGGS BENNIE Th e Orchard Street SEAFOOD OMELLET TE Lobster, scallops and bay shrimp swimming with asparagus and tomatoes inside a 3 egg omlette and topped with fresh hollandaise. Served with choice of side. Th e Emerald Street CAMPFIRE TROU T Pan-fried cornmeal Idaho trout, served with spuds and Oregon peppered bacon. Irish Car Bomb French Toast Bailey’s Irish Cream- battered croissants, topped with Guinness stout whipped cream and served with Jameson’s Irish whiskey maple syrup. Th e Villard Street Fire-roasted Anaheim peppers, stuff ed with monterrey jack cheese, lightly battered and fried. Served with 2 eggs, house-made salsa verde and choice of side. Th e Columbia Street Crispy Potato Flapjacks, topped with a tomato, basil & feta salsa and served with two eggs any style and choice of side Featuring Eugene’s only “Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar” Madeleine Peyroux’s story wanders from Georgia to California to Paris, and from the cor- ner stage of a street busker to Lilith Fair. Her 1996 debut, Dreamland, drew high praise from Time magazine; her latest album, Bare Bones, will be barely two weeks old when Peyroux’s peregrinations bring her to The Shedd at 7:30 pm Wednesday, March 25. $30-$46. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM Open Everyday til 1am EUGENE WEEKLY MARCH 19, 2009 13