calendar
Mount Pisgah Arboretum’s
Saturday Wildfl ower & Music
Festival includes a live music, a
plant sale and nature walks
Jan Spencer, 7pm, Temple Beth
Israel, 1175 E. 29th Ave. FREE.
& 11am, downtown library, info at
682-8316. FREE.
Learn Biblical Hebrew w/
Shmuel Shalom Cohen, every
Wednesday, 7:30-9:30pm, email
info@eugenehebrewchaburah
for info. FREE.
Preschool Storytime, ages 3-6 w/
caregivers, 11am, Sheldon Branch
Library, 1566 Coburg Rd., info at
682-8316. FREE.
MUSIC Taihei Ensemble, 6pm,
Music 190, UO. FREE.
Campus Band, 8pm, Beall Hall,
UO. FREE.
Kate Reid, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza.
$8.
Jared Mees & the Grown
Children, Sea Bell, On the Tundra,
variety, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.
LECTURES/CLASSES Travel
Info Computer Class, internet
skills required, 2-4pm, downtown
library, reg. 682-5450. FREE.
Jerry Ross: Experiences at the
American Academy of Rome,
3pm, Center For Meeting &
Learning 225, LCC. FREE.
corvallis
EVENTS
Note: Continuation dates for out-
of-town events are listed under
the fi rst day of the event.
THURSDAY, MAY 12 “Food
& Society at Real Alto, a
Prehistoric Community in S.W.
Coastal Ecuador” w/Deborah
Pearsall, 4pm, MU Journey
Room, OSU. FREE.
FRIDAY, MAY 13 John Nilsen,
piano, noon, MU, OSU. FREE.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Taylor Atkins: “Koreana in
the Japanese Colonial Gaze,”
3:30pm, McKenzie 375, UO, 346-
1521. FREE.
Obsidians: hike Pre’s Trail, 4
miles, info & sign-up at www. ob-
sidians.org
“The Political Power of the
Bicycle Movement” w/Jeff Mapes,
5:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.
Bike Riding for Seniors, weekly
in-town rides, helmets required,
9:30am, Campbell Center, 155
High St., reg. 682-5218. FREE.
Franchising 101 w/Page Nicol of
Franchise Network, 6pm, down-
town library. FREE.
TUESDAY,
GEARs Bike Ride: Ride of
Silence to honor killed & injured,
5:30pm; Over the Hump Around
the Dump, 30 miles, 6pm Alton
Baker Park, www.eugenegears.
org FREE.
Eugene Coalition for Better
School Food, nutrition’s impact
on health, education, economics
& politics, 6:30-8:30pm, Jefferson
Arts & Technology Academy, 1650
W. 22nd Ave. FREE, childcare sug.
don. $2-$5 per child.
THURSDAY,
SOCIAL DANCE Canjun/Zydeco
Dance, 6:30pm beginners’ lesson,
7pm dance, New Day Bakery, 449
Blair, 344-0748. $3.
Full Moon, Full Heart Dance,
benefi t for medical expens-
es for meningitis paitent Tim
Meredith, 7:30-9:30pm, Hilyard
Community Center, 2580 Hilyard
St. $8-$20.
SPIRITUAL
A Course in
Miracles Study Group, drop in,
10-11:45am, Unity of the Valley,
3912 Dillard Rd., 914-0431 Don.
Open Heart Meditation, drop-
in, noon-12:30pm, Unity of the
Valley, 3912 Dillard Rd., 914-0431.
Don.
19 thurs
Sunrise 5:43am; Sunset 8:36pm
Av High 67; Av Low 43
BENEFITS “Hooked on Ethos:
Drunk Spelling Bee,” 9:30pm,
Rennie’s Landing, 1214 Kincaid
St. $5.
DANCE The Works Student
Dance Concert, 7:30pm, through
May 21, Ragozzino Performance
Hall, LCC. $5.
FOOD/DRINK
The Corner
Market continues. See Thursday,
May 12.
GATHERINGS Age Knows No
Limits Project: honoring nine older
Americans, 4-5:30pm, Willamalane
Adult Activity Center, 215 W. C St.,
Spfd. FREE.
Emerald People’s Utility District
Community Meeting, 7-8pm,
Cottage Grove Community Center,
700 E. Gibbs Ave., Cottage Grove.
HEALTH Reiki Tummo healing
clinic, 5:30-7:30pm, 15 N. Cedar
St., call 914-0431 for appt. Don.
“The Effects of Altered Diet on
the Health of the Karuk People:
Traditional Foods, Dam Removal
& Environmental Justice on
the Klamath River,” 7pm, Hope
Theatre, UO.
Peter DeFazio: “The View from
the House in 2011: Refl ections
on the Changing Landscapes
of National and Global Politics,”
7pm, Temple Beth Israel, 1175 E.
29th Ave. FREE.
MUSIC SHOcase: Performing
Arts Students,
Center. FREE.
11:15am,
Hult
South Eugene String Academy
Concert, 7pm, Arts & Technology
Academy, 1650 W. 22nd Ave. $3.
Rootdown CD Release w/Anna
Gilbert, Hunter Gray, 7:30pm,
WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door.
Eugene Symphony: Mozart’s
“Symphony No. 40,” 8pm, Hult
Center. $15-$54.
Water Tower Bucket Boys,
Wintertime Carousel, CD release,
acoustic, 8pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Drop-in Kayaking continues. See
Thursday, May 12.
Walk with Us continues. See
Thursday, May 12.
SOCIAL DANCE
Breakdance class continues. See
Thursday, May 12.
THEATER No Shame Eugene
Theater Workshop, write, direct
& act in original 5-min. pieces,
7:30-9:30pm, 126 W. Broadway.
FREE.
A Hollywood Fairy Tale contin-
ues. See Thursday, May 12.
Winter’s Tale continues. See
Thursday, May 12.
The Foreigner continues. See
Friday.
KIDS/FAMILIES Public Works
Open House, 9am-3pm, 1820
Roosevelt Blvd. FREE.
Wonderful
Ones
Storytime,
1-year-olds w/caregivers, 10:15am
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SATURDAY, MAY 14 USA
Ultimate High School Western
National Championship, South
Eugene High School Ultimate
defending champions, today &
tomorrow, Crystal Lake Park, see
www.usaultimate.org for info.
MAY
17
“Remembering the Power of
Words: The Life of an Oregon
Activist, Legislator & Community
Leader” w/Avel Louise Gordly,
7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center,
OSU.
MAY
19
Acupuncture Treatment, 4-7pm,
First Alternative Natural Foods
Co-op, 1007 S.E. 3rd St.
“Equinox:
Where
Darkness
Meets Light,” OSU Fashion Show,
cocktail attire encouraged, 8pm,
CH2M-Hill Alumni Center, OSU.
$20, $5 standing room.
attn:
OPPS
Scholarships available for Nearby
Nature Summer Day Camps, see
www.nearbynature.org for info.
Call to artists: Around Oregon
seeks fi ne art, no entry fee, due
June 30, see www.theartscenter.
net for info.
Roving Park Players: Auditions for
Wizard of Oz, seeking players ages
9 & up, be prepared to read from
script, 2-4pm Saturday, May 14 &
Sunday May 15, Good Samaritan
Society, 3500 Hilyard St.
Call to artists: Dia de Los
Muertos Exhibit, submission
deadline August 22, see www.
mkartcenter.org for info.
Tween Scene Book Group:
Clemency Pogue, Fairy Killer, by
J.T. Petty, for May 26 meeting.
Teen Book Group: How to Say
Goodbye in Robot, by Natalie
Standiford, for May 26 meeting.
Willamette Valley Blues & Brews
Festival seeks poster contest,
entries due June 6, info at www.
wvbbf.org
Auditions for Corvallis produc-
tion of Shakespeare’s As You
Like It, May 18-20, see http://or-
egonstate.edu/bardinthequad
Center for Rural Affairs: $50 mil-
lion available nationwide for organ-
ic farmers, deadline May 20, see
www.cfra.org/node/2509 for info.
Letter Carriers Food Drive, place
nonperishable food items by mail-
box on morning of May 14, see
www.oregonfoodbank.org for info.
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