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calendar It ain’t exactly Avatar, but Jaws 3D plays as part of UO’s “Horror & the Horrifi c” series Jan. 21 Dodgeball and Bowling Registration Deadline is Jan.26, 2010! GreenLane Sustainable Business Network One-Year Party, food, speakers, music, 6-8pm, Northwest Community Credit Union, 3660 Gateway St., Spfd., info at http:// wkly.ws/68, 465-8108. $10, inc. food & two drinks. Cascade Family Flyfi shers Meeting: “Selecting Trout Flies” w/ Dave Hughes, 7pm, Eugene Eagles Aerie, 1375 Irving Rd. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Family Night w/Museum of Natural & Cultural History, fossil making, artifact in- vestigation, paleontology demos, food, beverages, all ages, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. LECTURES/TALKS Make Holiday Cards, 10am-noon, Petersen Barn Community Center, 870 Berntzen Rd., pre-reg. at 682-5521. $10. Battle of Hembrillo Canyon Lecture w/Lane County Historical Museum director Bob Hart, 1880 battle of Victorio vs. U.S. Army, 12:30pm, Viking Sal Senior Center, 245 W. 5th St., Junction City. FREE. Impressions of Cuba: Stories, Videos, Connections, local activists report back, 6:30pm, UO Many Nations Longhouse, 1630 Columbia St. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Poetry Slam Workshop, 7pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. MUSIC Moniker CD Release Party w/Kirsten Proffi t, rock, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs Bike Ride: Average speed 16- 18 mph, 50 miles & up, bring food, 10:30am, Albertsons, 30th & Hilyard, www.eugenegears.org. FREE. Wilderness Survival w/ReWild Eugene’s Matt Bradley, 7pm, REI, 306 Lawrence St. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Preschool Storytime, ages 3-6, picture books, fi ngerplays, rhyming songs, 11am, Sheldon Library, 1566 Coburg Rd., 682-8316. FREE. LECTURES/TALKS “Who Owns Taiwan?” w/Peng Ming-min, 3:30pm, Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. “Marble & Messages at Ephesos” w/archaeologist Barbara Burrell, illustrated talk, 6pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Eugene Astronomical Society Telescope Workshop, hands-on as- sistance, 7pm, EWEB Community Meeting Room, 500 E. 4th. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Tween Scene Book Group, talk about The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale, grades 4-6, 4-5pm; Teen Book Group Goes to the Movies, discuss book & watch screening of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable by John Boyne, grades 6-12, 4-6pm, pre- reg. at 682-8316. FREE. Bell, Ladies & Jackson, Splash Attack! & Sea to City, 7pm, WOW Hall. $7, $5 stu. THEATER The Neanderthal Club, 7:30pm today through Saturday, Jan. 30, Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St., Spfd., ticket info at 744-6728. No Shame Eugene Theater Workshop continues. See Thursday, Jan. 21. The Country Girl continues. See Thursday, Jan. 21. Speed-the-Plow continues. Thursday, Jan. 21. See VOLUNTEER Pet Preparedness Community Volunteer Kick-Off Meeting, 7-8:30pm, Lane County Mental Health, 2411 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., info at http://wkly. ws/1z corvallis Note - Continuation dates for out- of-town events are listed under the fi rst day of the event. MUSIC Skinner City String Band, MONDAY, JAN. 25 Monday’s at Volifonix, Jamalia, rock, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. “The Bandest of the Bands” Battle of the Bands Contest feat. Gladhander, On the Tundra, Sea PLAYGROUNDSPORTS.NET The Willamette Valley’s Premier Adult Recreation Leagues. Dear Marcus: SPEAKING TO THE MAN WHO SHOT ME EVENTS Reading & Booksigning w/ Elizabeth Eslami, local author of Bone Worship, 7:30pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. old-time jam, square dancing, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. FOR MORE INFO AND LEAGUE SIGNUP INFORMATION: the Majestic Movie Series: On the Waterfront, 7pm, Majestic Theatre, www.majestic.org, 758-7827. $5. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27 Food Film Series: Food, Inc., 7pm, Memorial Union, Rm. 108, OSU. $10. “Jerry McGill’s brilliantly written memoir is unforgettable. It is at once a deeply intimate and personal story and yet it is also the hero’s journey.” A reader review from Powell’s Bookstore Website Malawian dance artist Masankho Banda performs with UO’s Dance Africa ensemble Jan. 22-24 SPIRITUAL A Course in Miracles, drop-in study group, 10-11:45am, Unity of the Valley, 39th & Hilyard, 914-0431. FREE. Community Reiki Circle, guided meditation, 6pm, Koinonia Center, 1414 Kincaid. FREE. Jerry McGill grew up in a poor family in Brooklyn. While walking home from a party at age twelve, he was shot in the back and paralyzed for life. A professional artist, he has earned two degrees and has traveled throughout the world advocating for the rights of people with disabilities. 28 thurs Book Signing and Q & A with Jerry McGill, ARTS/VISUAL “At Hand” w/ Join us in the lobby Monday, January 25th 5:30 - 7:30pm Conversation with the Author at 6pm Sunrise 7:35am; Sunset 5:18pm Av High 48; Av Low 34 Kevin Patton & Maria del Carmen Montoya, intermedia performance, concert of structured improv built around the idea of touching things, 6:30pm, DIVA, 110 W. Broadway. $3 sug. don. FILM “Horror & the Horrifi c” Film & Lecture Series: Pink Floyd’s The Wall, open to the public, 6pm, Rm. 110 Willamette Hall, UO. FREE. YMCA Member and Author Soft-cover $13.95 Hard-cover $23.95 GATHERINGS Build 2010 Construction Conference, free ed- ucational workshops, 2-5:30pm, Eugene Hilton, 66 E. 6th. FREE. Stroke Survivor Support Group, 6-7:30pm, Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St., reg. at 682-5311. FREE. 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