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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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