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22 Entertainment WHAT’S 23 25 26 28 29 movies music nightlife food gardening happening Allan Stuart, 5pm, Fifth Street Public Market. FREE. Black Ruby, gypsy Americana, 7pm, Scobert Gardens, 4th Ave. off Blair. FREE. Patience Chaitevzi w/Jennifer Kyker, Vakasara Mbira, Shamwari Marimba, mbira, 7:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5-$10. Cicada Omega, Whiskey Spots, rock, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians: Jefferson Park, back- pack, 7 miles/1800 ft, today, to- morrow & Sunday. 736-7498. Sign up at Eugene YMCA. Eugene Emeralds vs. Yakima Bears, 7:05pm today, tomor- row & Aug. 17-18; 4:05pm Aug. 16, Civic Stadium, 342-5367. $4.50-$9 per game. forts, 9am-3pm, 3515 Glen Oak Dr., 344-5044. FILM FARMERS’ GATHERINGS MARKETS Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, w/entertainment by Lonesome Randall, 10am; Eugene Waldorf School Players, 11am; Stone Jumpers, noon; Patience Chaitezvi, 1pm; Swinging Marmalukes, 2pm; Voodoo Mountain Zydeco, 3:30pm; Park Blocks, 8th & Oak, www.eugene- saturdaymarket.org. FREE. ArchaeologyFest Film Series continues. See Friday. Free Skin Cancer Screening Tour, full body skin cancer screenings/skin can- cer info, 10am-4pm, Rite Aid, 57 W. 29th Ave. FREE. Bite of Eugene, celebrate local food w/focus on sustainability, 11am-10pm, Alton Baker Park. FREE. Green Homes Neighborhoods Bike Tours: Crest Drive PETS Feline Fridays, adopt a cat/kitten, fees cut, Greenhill Humane Society, 88530 Green Hill Rd., www.green-hill.org. Rolling into town Saturday is the Ginger Ninja’s Bicycle Music Festival, a caravan of spinning spokes and improvised sound that will utilize nary an outlet to amplify its eco-friendly rock ‘n’ roll. The festival, featuring music from Reeble Jar, Insects on the Bough, Tobin (pictured) & more, starts at the Southtowne Shoppes and will wheel through Eugene — complete with a mobile “Live On Bike” stage and a 2,000-watt pedal-powered PA — until it ends in a Ninkasi-fueled after party off the River Road bike path. 13 THURSDAY Sunrise 6:14am; Sunset 8:19pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 ARTS/VISUAL DIVA Art Talk: photographer Kate Harnedy, 7pm, DIVA Center, 110 W. Broadway. FREE. GATHERINGS Scandinavian Festival, crafts, food, Scandia Run, fashion show, dancing, mu- sic and more, today through Aug. 16, Junction City, www. scandinavianfestival.com. UO Chess Club Meeting, opening gambit: Nimzo-Indian Defense, 5-8pm, Espresso Roma, 825 E. 13th Ave., chess@uoregon.edu. FREE. Wandering Goat BBQ, feat. Heavenly Oceans, Traitors Heart, Zach Galifi anakis look- alike contest, 6pm, Wandering Goat, 268 Madison St., 21+ after 9pm. FREE. Science Pub: CSI: Science/ Fiction, discussion by Eugene Forensic Evidence Unit, 7-9pm, Cozmic Pizza, www.omsi.edu/ sciencepub. FREE. The Work of Byron Katie Inquiry Group, 7-9pm, call 514-3042 for info & location. FREE. LITERARY ARTS The Franklin Scandal, Nick Bryant, booksign- ing & reading, 6:30pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. MUSIC Johnny Laser, 11am; Geoffrey Mayes, 5pm, Fifth Street Public Market. FREE. Riffl e, rock, disco, country, 6pm; Divided We Fall, 6-6:20pm, youth performers, rock, Amazon Park. FREE. Paul Bioni & Friends, jazz, 6pm, Lavelles, Fifth Street Public Market. $5. Riffl e, 6:30pm, Amazon Park. FREE. Fortune Cookie, indie pop, 7pm, Scobert Park, 4th Ave. off Blair Blvd. FREE. Ten Foot Tall & 80 Proof, honky- tonk, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Intro to Backpacking, gear, food, techniques, 7pm, REI, 306 Lawrence St. FREE. 14 AUGUST 13, 2009 THEATER Disney’s Aristocats KIDS, camp performance, youth actors, ages 7-14, 1pm, Churchill High School, 1850 Bailey Hill Rd. FREE. The Night of the Iguana, 8pm to- day, tomorrow & Saturday, Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St., www.TheVLT.com, 344-7751. $10 sr. & on Thursdays, $14. 14 Scandinavian Festival continues. See Thursday, Aug. 13. LECTURES Comparative Holocausts: WWII & the Jews, India under Muslim rule, Armenia, the Assyrians & oth- ers, presentation by Billy Rojas, 3pm, EMU Walnut Room, UO, 344-0483. FREE. Salud Southwest Exchange Presentation, discussion by med student of free medical school in Cuba, 7pm, Apocalypse On Broadway, 2100 W. Broadway. Don. MUSIC FRIDAY Sunrise 6:15am; Sunset 8:18pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 Byron Case, Rick Markstrom & Gus Russell, blues, 6pm, Lavelles, Fifth Street Public Market. $5. SOCIAL DANCE Drop-in Dance: Merengue, 8:30pm, Staver Dance Sport, 41 E. 6th. $10. Dance Party w/Bohemian Sound, 10pm, The District, 21+ FREE. THEATER Into the Woods, Tony-winning Sondheim musical, 8pm, today & tomorrow; 2:30pm Sunday, Aug. 21-22, Cottage Theatre, 700 Village Dr., Cottage Grove, 942-8001. $17-$19. The Night of the Iguana contin- ues. See Thursday. 15 SATURDAY Sunrise 6:17am; Sunset 8:16pm Av High 82; Av Low 51 BENEFITS Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides Garage Sale, benefi ts NCAP ef- The Lane County Fair kicks into high gear with Roy ClarkTuesday. See special section this issue Applegate Trail Community Market, crafts & produce, 2-7pm, Curtin, I-5 exit 163. 942-1222. FREE. Lane County Farmers’ Market, 9am-4pm, 8th and Oak. FREE. Farmers’ Market, 9am-1pm, Hideaway Bakery (behind Mazzi’s). FREE. Southtowne Farmer's Market, 9am-3pm, Southtowne Shoppes, Oak between 28th & 29th. FREE. Neighbors, 10am, Friendly Street Market, 2757 Friendly St., www.eugeneneighbors.org, 485-6846. FREE. A Wee Victorian Tea, tea party for ages 5 & above, 1:30pm, The Shelton-McMurphy-Johnson House, 303 Willamette St. $10. Artist Reception & Poetry Reading, artist trading card for- mat show, 5-8pm, Raven Frame Works, Inc., 325 W. 5th Ave. FREE. ARTS/VISUAL Meet the Artist: Jenny Gray, 5-7:30pm, UVA Wine Bar, 27 Oakway Center, 683-6438. FREE. FARMERS’ MARKET Springfi eld Farmers' Market, 9am-2pm, Springfi eld Museum Parking Lot, Main St. between 5th & 6th. FREE. FILM Experimental Shorts Mix Tape, collection of experimen- tal short fi lms, 7pm, New Zone Gallery, 164 W. Broadway. FREE. Archaeology Fest Film Series: Best of 2009, fi lms celebrating human diversity, culture & envi- ronment, 7:30-9:30pm today, to- morrow & Aug. 21-22, DIVA, 110 W. Broadway. $6. Movie Night: Muppets from Space, 9pm-ish, Washington Park, 9th to 21st along Washington St. FREE. Free Fan Appreciation Movie Showing: Star Wars, the origi- nal, unedited version, 10:30pm, David Minor Theatre, 180 E. 5th Ave. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Wine Tasting: Sineann Vineyards, Winestyles. FREE. 5-7pm, GATHERINGS Miniature Horse Mountain Trail Show, small hors- es compete, 8am today, tomor- row & Sunday, Oregon Horse Center, 90751 Prairie Rd. FREE. Rosie the Riveters Monthly Meeting, WWII women war-ef- fort contributors welcome, noon, Adult Activity Center, 315 W “C” St., Spfd., 747-9542. FREE. Green Drinks, monthly gathering of progressives, 5-7pm, World Café, 449 Blair Blvd. FREE. EUGENE WEEKLY What do Knut Hamsun, pickled herring, Husker Du, gjetost, lutefi sk, accordion music, socialized health care & death metal all have in common? They are but a sample of the fi ne offerings Scandinavian culture has gifted to our wide world, and you can help celebrate this past and present heritage at the Scandinavian Festival running Aug. 13-16 in nearby Junction City. This party for all things Nordic and Swedish and Finnish will feature crafts, food, a fashion show, dancing, music and, of course, the fabled Scandia Run. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
