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26 WHAT’S movies 21 Sunrise 5:40am; Sunset 8:39pm Av High 68; Av Low 43 COMEDY Jerry Seinfeld, Larry Miller, 7pm, Hult Center. $47, $62, $77. FILM Archaeology Channel International Film & Video Festival through May 23, 2pm Maya Hieroglyph Workshop, 6:30pm From Grief and Joy We Sing, 7:31pm From Honey to Ashes, 8:26pm Timbuktu, 9:21pm Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Hult Center. 682-5000. $12, $5 youth. Friday $30, $25. $70 5-day package. 10am-4pm May 20-22, Downtown Library Video Bar. FREE. Senior Matinee: Into the Wild, 2pm, Campbell Community Center, 155 High. 682-5318. FREE. GATHERINGS Bicycle Faire, Ginger Ninjas, free bike repair, bike-blender smoothies, screen printing, bike art & jewelry fab- rication, information, 1 0am-3pm, EMU amphitheater, UO. FREE. Informational Meeting for the Sustainable Building Advisor Program, 5pm, Downtown Library. RSVP 463-3154. FREE. Taser Town Hall, 7pm, EWEB, 400 E. 4th. 337-3229. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES All Comers Meet: Hershey's Track & Field Games, ages 9-14, 4-7pm, North Eugene High School, 200 Silver Lane. 682-5312. FREE. LECTURES “Acoustic Ecology of Bells & Birds,” Steven Feld, 1pm, Beall Hall. 346-2852. FREE. “Rivers in Demand,” Trip Jennings, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. 346-4365. FREE. “Were the Jews Expecting a Messiah?” George Nickelsburg, 7:30pm, 182 Lillis, UO. 346-4971. FREE. Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council: “Young Salmon in Fall Creek,” Kai Steimle, 6:30pm, Department of Forestry, 3150 East Main, Spfd. info@mfwwc. org. FREE. LGBT Women and Wine, a queer women's so- cial event, discounts on wine, 4pm, Uva Wine Bar, Oakway Center. FREE. Journey of the Italians in America, Vincenza Scarpaci, talk & book sign- ing, 6:30pm, Knights of Columbus Hall, 1144 Charnelton. $5 spa- ghetti dinner. Finding Ireland: A Poet's Explorations of Irish Literature and Culture, Richard Tillinghast, reading & book signing, 8pm, Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. MUSIC SHOcase: Performing Arts Students, 11:15 am, Lobby, Hult Center. FREE. Arts Umbrella: Youth Symphony, mallet soloist, Matt Keown, 6pm silent auction, 7:30pm mu- sic, South Eugene High School Auditorium. 484-0473. $7, $5 sr., $3 stu., $15 fam. adv. Siri Vik: In The Measuring of Love: Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $18, $22, $26. Laura Kemp, Joanne Rand & The Rhythm of the Open Hearts, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $8-$10. The Decemberists, Other Lives, 9pm, McDonald Theatre. $24 adv. $25 door. NOMO, Ruins of Ooah, world beat-jazz, 8pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv.$12 door. Touchyfeeliacs, Bajuana Tea, rock, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION 682-5000. $12, $5 youth. $70 5-day package. FOOD/DRINK Wineries of Lane County Memorial Day Open House, today-May 25, www.trav- ellanecounty.org or www.winerie- sofl anecounty.com Price varies. Single origin chocolate tasting, 5pm, Nib, 769 Monroe. RSVP 485-1269. FREE. GATHERINGS Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, w/entertain- ment by David Rogers, 10am; Holt Elementary School Choir, 11am; Two Easy, noon; Steve Goodbar, 1pm; Calango, 2pm; Ras Gabriel, 3:30pm; Park Blocks, 8th & Oak. www.eugenesaturdaymar- ket.org FREE. Stark Fest, presidential inau- guration for manager Dave Stark, noon-10pm, Eugene City Brewery. $5. StoryCorps continues. See Friday. Hot weather heralds the season for outdoor music in Oregon. Get ready for the summer dance-in-the- grass months at the Cuthbert with Michael Franti and Spearhead on Sunday KIDS/FAMILIES Wetlands & Weaving for Wee Ones: 9:30am- noon & 1-3:30pm, West Eugene Wetlands Yurt, 751 S. Danebo. 683-6494. Sug. don. adult. $2 WREN mem., $4 non-mem. LECTURES “Hot water bath canning” OSU master food pre- server, 1-3pm, Down to Earth, 532 Olive. FREE. Financial Basics, 10-11am, Petersen Barn, 870 Berntzen. RSVP 682-5521. FREE. Willamette River Field Guide, Travis Williams, 7pm, REI. 465-1800. FREE. Obsidians trips: Horse Rock, hike 4 miles. See YMCA for details/ sign-up. LITERARY Live Through This, Debra Gwartney, reading & book signing, 2pm, Springfi eld Library. FREE. SOCIAL DANCE Cuban Salsa Class, 7-8 pm through May 28, Inshape Athletic Club, 2681 Willamette. $10 per class. THEATER Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 6:30pm, Briggs Middle School Theater, 2355 Yolanda, Spfd. 744-6350. FREE. Earth Matters On Stage (EMOS), international playwrights com- petition and symposium on the- atre and ecology, May 21-31, “The Olimpias: Burning,” multi-me- dia, poetry, movement, 7:30pm, Villard 104, www.uoregon. edu/~ecodrama Festival pass $75, $45 stu., week-end pass $45, $20 stu.;. ind. performances $5-$12; keynote speakers $5. Academy of Arts & Academics, A Company of Wayward Saints, 7:30pm today, tomorrow & May 23, Wildish Community Theatre. $7. The Ugly Duckling & The Good Samaritan , 10:30am today, 7:30pm tomor- row, Waldorf School, 1350 McLean. $5, $3 k i d s, $ 1 0 fam. MUSIC Suicide Weather 8pm today, to- morrow & May 23, 28-30, 2pm May 31, Lord Leebrick Theatre. 465-1506. $14-$19. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: “Lumos Winery, McMinnville Oregon,” 5pm-7pm, WineStyles. FREE. VOLUNTEER GATHERINGS Museum of Natural and Cultural History volunteer open house, 4-5pm, MNCH, 1680 E. 15th. 346-3116. FREE. 22 FRIDAY Sunrise 5:40am; Sunset 8:40pm Av High 68; Av Low 44 ARTS/VISUAL DIVA Art Talk: Ceramic artist Judy Allison, noon, DIVA. FREE. BENEFITS Eugene Thirst-Aid fundraiser, 7pm, Eugene Buddhist Zendo, 2190 Garfi eld. Sug. don. "Sincerely Wild": The Whiskey Spots, Le Petit Morte, Tansy &Tarweed, & Mark Gunnery of riot folk; poetry reading by Jesus Sepulveda, benefi t for eco-pris- oner Marie Mason, 7:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5-$10 don. FARMERS’ MARKET Springfi eld Farmers' Market, 9am-2pm, The Springfi eld Museum Parking Lot, Main St. between 5th & 6th. FREE. FILM It’s an electrifying week ahead, with fi rst a Taser Town Hall on Thursday, May 21, at Harris Hall and then a benefi t for Ian Van Ornum, the police-Tasered anti-pesticide protestor at Cozmic Pizza on Sunday. 12 MAY 21, 2009 24 music happening THURSDAY LITERARY The 22 nightlife EUGENE WEEKLY Archaeology Channel International Film & Video Festival through May 23, 3pm Native American storytelling, 6:30pm The Last Romans,7:30pm Secrets of the Parthenon, 8:32pm keynote address: Zahi Hawass, Hult Center. 682-5000. $12, $5 youth. Friday $30, $25. $70 5-day package. 10am-4pm May 20-22, Downtown Library Video Bar. FREE. Local premiere: Veer, an intimate look at Portland's bicycle culture, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. $5, $3 stu./GEARs mem.,. Local premiere: Melvin, 9pm, Bijou Art Cinemas. $7. StoryCorps MobileBooth, interviews, 10am- 7pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday; 9am-7pm, Saturday & Sunday, through June 1, Kesey Plaza, Broadway & Willamette. FREE. Rainwater Harvesting Fair, 11am- 6pm, Center Bldg. Cafeteria, LCC. FREE. City Club: “The Importance of Community,” Bob Welch, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. $5. LECTURES “A discussion of the Frankfurt School and Cultural Marxism,” Valdas Anelauskas, 4pm, EMU Walnut Room, UO. 344-0483. FREE. MUSIC The Jazz Café, 7:30pm, 190 Music, UO. $5. The Flatlanders, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $26, $30, $34. Vagabond Opera, Mood Area 52, Razia Cabaret, Tango & Bellydance, 8pm, WOW Hall. $12 adv., $15 door., $20 res. M. Ward, 9pm, McDonald Theatre. $18 adv. $20 door. Son Mela’o, Cuban dance, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $7. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Forest Defense Action Camp: non-violent direct action & tree climbing, lobbying & media, 6pm today or 8am tomorrow & May 24-25 meet to carpool, Growers Market, 454 Willamette. www. ForestDefenseNow.org FREE. Bicycle Permaculture Tour w/Jan Spencer, 4pm, EMU Amphitheater, UO. FREE. Skinner Butte Bald Eagles Talk & Walk, 1:30-4pm, Campbell Community Center, 155 High. $13. PETS Dog Agility Trials, 8am to- day through Monday. Lane Events Center Livestock Arena. FREE. SOCIAL DANCE Veselo Community Folk Dancers, cultural dance class, 7:15 class, 8pm dance, In Shape Fitness. 726-7548. $3 Waltz, 8:30pm, Staver Dance Sport, 41 E. 6th. $10. THEATER Earth Matters On Stage: “Animal and Planet,” Una Chaudhuri, 5:30 pm, Robinson Theatre; Song of Extinction, 7:30pm, Hope Theatre, www. uoregon.edu/~ecodrama Festival pass $75, $45 stu., weekend pass $45, $20 stu.;. ind. performances $5-$12; keynote speakers $5. Gypsy, 7:30pm today, tomorrow & May 29 & 30, Sheldon Theatre, 2455 Willakenzie. 687-3346. $8. Forbidden Broadway, 8pm to- day & May 29 & 30 & June 5 & 6, Actors Cabaret. 683-4368. $19, $16; $35.95 dinner seating. A Company of Wayward Saints continues. See Thursday, May 21. Suicide Weather continues. See Thursday, May 21. The Ugly Duckling & The Good Samaritan. See Thursday, May 21. 23 SATURDAY Sunrise 5:39am; Sunset 8:41pm Av High 68; Av Low 44 ARTS/VISUAL Student Art Show: 10am-4pm today through Monday, 7pm-9pm May 28, 1pm- 4pm May 31, Eugene Masonic Cemetery. FREE. FARMERS’ MARKETS Lane County Farmers’ Market, 9am- 4pm, 8th and Oak, FREE. Farmers’ market, 9am-1pm, Hideaway Bakery (behind Mazzi’s). FREE. FILM Archaeology Channel International Film & Video Festival, 11am The Mummy Who Came In From the Cold, 12pm The Twilight of the Celts, 1pm Borneo: The Memory of Caves, 3pm Rapayan, 4pm Twilight of a Land,5pm Guge: The Lost Kingdom of Tibet, Hult Center. 6:30pm Awards, DIVA. Atrium music: Five Finger Baroque, London baroque music, 2pm, Atrium Bld. court- yard, 10th & Olive. 683-1940. FREE. Qadim Ensemble w/ Elena Villa, 7:30pm, Agate Hall, UO. $12 adv. $15 door. Green & Yellow Garter Bands, mu- sic & dance, 8pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. $7, $5. Jose Cruz Sala Dance feat. Cambalache, 8:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $12. The Slants, Eye Candy, Massive Moth, Adventure Galley, electro- pop, 9pm, WOW Hall. $6 adv., $9 door. Etouffee, Cajun dance, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs ride: Hamm via Dillard 46 miles, 9am, Alton Baker Park. FREE. Obsidians Trips: Saturday- Monday, Hart Mountain, car camp/hike 7 miles. See YMCA for details/sign-up. Forest Defense Action Camp con- tinues. See Friday. PETS Dog Agility Trials. See Friday. THEATER Earth Matters On Stage: Symposium 10am-5:15pm, “The Planet and I," Rachel Rosenthal, 5:30 pm, Robinson Theatre, Atomic Farmgirl, 7:30pm, Hope Theatre, www. uoregon.edu/~ecodrama Festival pass $75, $45 stu., weekend pass $45, $20 stu.;. ind. performances $5-$12; keynote speakers $5. Metamorphoses, 8pm today, Robinson Theatre, UO. 346-4363. $14. Gypsy continues. See Friday. A Company of Wayward Saints continues. See Thursday, May 21. Suicide Weather continues. See Thursday, May 21. VOLUNTEER Butterfl y Meadow restoration, 9:30am-12:30pm, Whilamut Natural Area, Alton Baker Park. 484-3939. FREE. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
