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Brownsville Library 100th Anniversary Celebration, 10am tea & cake, 5:30pm keynote address, 146 Spaulding Way, Brownsville. Carriage Me Back to 1911, reen- actment, includes carriage ride, 10am-12:30pm & 1-3:30pm to- day, noon-4pm tomorrow, info at 466-3390. $8, $3 age 11 & under. Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah: Native Plant Nursery Plant Sale & Open House, 10am- 1pm, noon mini-clinic, Buford Park Nursery, see www.buford- park.org for info. ReWild Festival 2011 w/ReWild Eugene & Whole Earth Nature School, 10am-4pm, Morse Ranch Park, see www.rewild.com for info. FREE. Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, 10am Craig Sorseth, 11am Edgewood Elementary Choir, noon Sweet River, 1pm Girl Circus Orchestra, 2pm Brooks Robertson, 3:30pm Kudana, 8th & Oak, see www.eugenesatur- daymarket.org for info. FREE. Gardening Workshop & Plant Sale, 10am-4pm sale, 11am- noon workshop, Northwest Youth Corps, 2621 Augusta St., 349-5055. May Faire, games, crafts, ac- tivities, entertainment, food, 11am-4pm, Waldorf School 1350 McLean Blvd. Tickets $1.50, en- try FREE. Church Women United: May Friendship Day, 11:30am, St. Jude Catholic, 4330 Willamette St. Global Marijuana Rally, noon, Old Federal Courthouse, 211 E. 7th Ave. Peace & Justice Festival, noon- 4pm, Wellsprings Friends School, 3590 W. 18th Ave. Peace Vigil, noon-1pm, down- town library, info at 342-2914. FREE. National Train Day, 1pm, Eugene Amtrak Station, 433 Willamette St. PeaceHealth Medical Group Nurse Midwifery Birth Center First Birthday, 2-4pm, 353 Deadmond Ferry Rd., Spfd. Imperial Sovereign Court of the Emerald Empire Closet Ball, get “done up” by a drag veteran, contest for performance & stage presence, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza, info at www.iscee.org for info. $5. KIDS/FAMILIES Family Music Time w/Rich Glauber, 10:15am, downtown library. FREE. Saturday Stories & Songs: “We Love You Mommy!” 1pm, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES “Creating A Safer, More Secure WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM “Stone Soup” cartoonist and Eugene resident Jan Eliot speaks Saturday at the downtown library calendar and Healthier Neighborhood” w/Jan Spencer, 1-5pm, Unitarian Church, 477 E. 40th Ave., www. s u b u r b a n p e r m a c u l t u re.o rg FREE. “Stone Soup” cartoonist Jan Eliot, 2pm, downtown library. FREE. Lonesome Shack, country, blues, rock, 9:30pm, $8, Sam Bond’s. Kenji Ota & Dan Howard, Latin, 5:30-9pm, Marina’s Art Studio, 2650 Willamette St. FREE. Eugene Concert Choir & Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble: Outer Limits, 8pm, Hult Center. $15-$20. Among Penguins: A Bird Man in Antarctica w/Noah Strycker, 3pm, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. ON THE AIR “Meet The Band” Ann Weiss: “The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau” continues. See Thursday, May 5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION LITERARY ARTS National Free Comic Book Day, 10am, DragonVine Toys, 3000 Gateway St., Spfd. FREE. League of Women Voters: book reading & signing w/Barbara Pope, Cezanne’s Quarry & The Blood of Lorraine, 5-7pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. MUSIC Bike Music Festival, noon-8pm, Museum of Natural & Cultural History, UO. FREE. Willamette Valley Music Festival, noon-7pm, UO. FREE. Jared Mees & the Grown Children, rock, 2pm, EMU, UO. FREE. Jonathan Larson, Chris Studs, acoustic, 5pm, FREE; Hillstomp, w/UO students & alumni in local ska band The Longshots, 2pm, Comcast channel 29. Obsidians: hike Eula Ridge, 8 miles, info & sign-up at www. ob- sidians.org First Saturday Park Walk: Blanton Ridge Trail, tour with local experts, all ages, 9am, Blanton Ridge trailhead, W. 40th Ave. & Blanton Rd., info at 682- 5329. FREE. GEARs Bike Ride: Sovern Lane, ride 214a, 36 miles, 9am; McKenzie View, ride 113a, 25 miles, 9:30am, Alton Baker Park, www.eugenegears.org FREE. Staying Healthy Through Cancer, gentle yoga, breathing, relaxing, tips, limited scholarships avail- able, 1:30-4:30pm, Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St., www.eugeneyo- ga.us $39. “Unleash Your Inner IronGirl,” women’s sprint triathlon training EUGENE WEEKLY MAY 5, 2011 21