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Summer
GUIDE
Did you know
there’s a SPAM Festival in Oregon? Amazing the
things you learn while compiling a calendar of summer events — and there’s always
something new added to the lineup. In the following pages, you’ll fi nd countless summer
movies, concerts, street fairs and festivals, bike rides, celebrations and more, all organized
into three categories: Close-In (Lane County and Corvallis), for those who like to stick close
to home; Far Out (the rest of western Oregon), for those who like to plan weekend jaunts
to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival or the concert series at the Oregon Zoo; and Outta
State (a selection of events in Washington and California), for those drawn to the big-name
concerts at the Gorge and the reggae festivals of northern California.
But that’s not all. When you pick up your free Eugene Weekly , we like to give you as
much content as we can pack into our pages. In longer pieces, we tell you about rodeos,
your summer reading extravaganzas, blackberries (and alcohol), recommendations for
cuddling (if you get your ass out of that kiddie pool) and a few nonrecommendations for
when you desperately need the turbo-cooled air that only the mall can provide. See you
on the patio!
close-in
june
FRIDAY, 6/4
First Friday ArtWalk, with stops at several galleries,
music, stores open late, refreshments, 5:30pm,
begins at Art of War, 251B W. 7th. www.lanearts.
org FREE.
Battle of the Bands, 4-10pm, OSU, Corvallis. FREE.
Friday Night Live: Jackie Jae & Jason Cowsill,
6pm, Saginaw Vineyard, 80247 Delight Valley Rd.,
Cottage Grove. FREE.
Evening Family Sail, sail w/instructor, ages 8 & up,
5:30-9:30pm, Orchard Point Marina, Fern Ridge
Reservoir, reg. at 682-5329. $15 per person.
First Friday Corvallis, local arts festival w/music,
fi lm, dance, food & more, 6-10pm, Downtown
Corvallis. FREE.
Skinner’s Butte Bald Eagles Walk & Talk, 1:30pm-
4pm, Campbell Community Center, 155 High St.
Reg. req, 682-5111. $13.
Gemini Fest, feat. Basin & Range, Reeble Jar,
The T Club, Bazil Rathbone and more, today
and tomorrow, Clark Creek Campground. www.
myspace.com/geminifest $50 weekend pass,
includes camping.
Rebound Social Ride, 25-mile fun ride, 6pm Fridays
through Aug. 27, Rebound, 960 Charnelton. FREE.
SATURDAY, 6/5
Miles of Mozart, 5K run & 2K walk, 9am, Alton
Baker Park. www.runnerspace.com $15-$20,
canned food don.
Rotary River Run, 5K & 1 miles kids’ run, 9am,
Corvallis waterfront. www.runnerspace.com $15-
$20
National Learn to Row Day w/Oregon Association of
Rowers,10am-noon & 1pm-3pm, AOR Boathouse,
Dexter Lake. www.oarowers.org
Spring Open House Potluck Party, hayrides, lunch,
crafts, music, noon-4pm, Winter Green Farm,
Poodle Creek Road, Noti. www.wintergreenfarm.
com or 935-1920. Bring dish to share.
Obsidians: Oregon Dunes, hike, 6m; Spencer Butte,
trail maintenance. www.obsidians.org Sign up at
Eugene YMCA.
First Saturday Park Walk, 9-11am, West Eugene
Wetlands. 682-5369. FREE.
Flat Tail Festival feat. YACHT, Minus the Bear, Neon
Indian & more, 5:45-11pm, Memorial Union Quad,
OSU, Corvallis. FREE.
Healing Harvest Plant Sale, 10am-4pm today &
tomorrow, 2035 Valhalla. FREE.
Spencer Creek Community Growers’ Market Grand
Opening feat. Old Time Fiddlers, Old Queen Marie
Slugtoinette, 10am-1pm, 86013 Lorane Hwy, www.
spencercreekgrange.org/market for info. FREE.
Tree Climbing Drop-In, ages 8 & up, 1-4pm,
Petersen Barn at the Walnut Tree, 870 Berntzen
Rd. $10.
Bird Walk: Brilliant Blue w/guide Davey Wendt,
8-10am, Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Visitors Center.
747-1504. $5.
Springfi eld Museum Garden Tour, visit historic
Washburne District, 10am-4pm, Springfi eld
Museum, 590 Main St., Spfd. 726-2300. $12.
We Are Bethel Celebration: Intergalactic Gala,
family fun feat. Youth Cozmic Carnival, costume
contest & music w/Marv Ellis & the Platform,
Sirens Dance Co., Willamette Jazz Band & more,
noon-6pm, Petersen Barn Community Center, 870
Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Spring Open House Potluck, food, hayrides, kids’
crafts, noon-4pm, Winter Green Community
Farm, 89762 Poodle Creek Rd., Noti. www.
wintergreenfarm.com FREE.
Wildfl ower Tour of Horse Rock Ridge w/Alan Curtis,
bring water & lunch, 3-mile walk, 9am, meet at
South Eugene High School. 345-5531.
TODD COOPER
Willie Nelson
Sept. 9
Cuthbert Amphitheatre
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