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UO commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides with “Stand Up for Freedom” Friday & Saturday Daughters of Norway Willamette Valley Lodge Organizational Meeting, 10am-noon, Viking Sal, 5th Ave. & Greenwood St., Junction City, www.daughtersofnorway.org Eugene Scottish Festival, music, food, vendors, kids’ stuff, 10am- 5pm, Peace Presbyterian, 3060 River Rd., 688-2218. $2 & 2 cans of food. Pass It on Children’s Consignment Sale, 10am-7pm today, 10am-2pm tomorrow, Lane Events Center, 796 W. 13th Ave. FREE. Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, 10am David Rogers, 11am Edison Elementary Choir, noon Inspirational Sounds, 1pm Les Etoiles de Guinée, 2pm Maya Love Band, 3:30pm Kef, 8th & Oak, see www.eugenesaturday- market.org for info. FREE. Stand Up for Freedom: Commemorating the 50th an- niversary of the freedom rides: screenings of Bridge to Freedom & Soundtrack for a Revolution; John Else: “From Eyes on the Prize to Soundtrack for a Revolution: The struggle to bring civil rights to prime time America,” 10:30am-3:45pm, John E. Jaqua Academic Center for Student Athletes, UO. FREE. Fires of Change, 11am-10pm, Kesey Square, Willamette & Broadway. FREE. Tour de Coop: Urban chicken coops self-guided tour, 11am- 4pm, call 485-3276 for guide book. $5. Peace Vigil, noon-1pm, down- town library, info at 342-2914. FREE. Eugene/Springfi eld Solidarity Network Annual Public Briefi ng, Low Tide Drifters, 2-5pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. Human Rights System Task Team Meeting, 5:30pm, Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Ave. Ms. Whiteaker Pageant, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. Tiny Tots Spring Carnival & Potluck, games, face painting, crafts & music, 10am-1pm, Our Savior Lutheran Church, 2200 Coburg Rd., tinytotscoop.org Zevy Kmrat, Keewan Dorn, acoustic, 5-7pm, Sam Bond’s. FREE. Family Music Time w/Rob Tobias, 10:15am, downtown library. FREE. Alice DiMicele, CD release, 8pm, Unity of the Valley, 3912 Dillard Rd. $12.50 adv., $15 door. Dog Tale Time, grades 1-6, 10:30am-noon, Bethel Branch Library, 682-5766; Sheldon Branch Library, 682-5778. FREE. Floater, Patch of Sky, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $20 adv., $25 door. KIDS/FAMILIES University Day, 11am-3pm, Science Factory, 2300 Leo Harris Pkwy. $4, mem. FREE. Storytime in Spanish, ages 0-6, 1pm, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES Compost Workshop, 10am-noon, River House Compost Site, 301 N. Adams. Cottage Grove Historical Society: “Aprovecho — Stoves to feed the hungry,” 10am, Cottage Grove Community Center, 700 E. Gibbs St. FREE. Store & Share Digital Photos, no camera needed, internet skills required, 10am-noon, downtown library, reg. 682-5450. FREE. Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 2pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Third Saturday Readers Series: Tom Montgomery-Fate, Cabin Fever: A Suburban Father’s Search for the Wild, Eliza Rotterman, poet- ry, 5pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. MUSIC Alder Street Quintet, 2pm, Atrium Building courtyard, 10th & Olive. FREE. Chamber Music Amici, 3pm, Cascade Manor, 65 W. 30th Ave. FREE. Oregon Percussion Ensemble w/ David Johnson, 3pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM COURTESY OF THE BIRMINGHAM CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, PHOTO JOSEPH POSTIGLIONE calendar Papa’s Soul Food Kitchen Wants Yo’ BIG ASS To... EAT SOUL FOOD! LUNCH DINNER CATERING Tues-Fri 12-2 & 5-10pm Sat 2-10pm 400 Blair Blvd. 342-7500 Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene: Imagine, 7pm, Hult Center. $18. Pacifi c Rim Gamelan, 8pm, Music 190, UO. FREE. Animal Farm CD Release, Endr Won, 9pm, WOW Hall. $5 adv., $7 door. ON THE AIR “Meet The Band” w/Alternant Resonant, Comcast channel 29. 2pm, OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians: hike Heceta Head, 7 miles; Old Baldy to Coburg Hills, 6 miles, info & sign-up at www. obsidians.org GEARs Bike Ride: Ride 403b Jasper, 41 miles, 9am; Ride 302a Veneta, 40 miles, 9:30am, Alton Baker Park, www.eugenegears. org FREE. WREN: Walkin’ & Rollin’, 10am- 2pm, see www.wewetlands.org or 338-7047 for info. FREE. Movement workshop for girls 10-18 & the adult female of their choice, 1-4pm, Ophelia’s Place, 1577 Pearl St., reg. 284-4335. FREE. All Levels Yoga, 4:30pm, Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St., www.eu- geneyoga.us $5. OSAA Boys & Girls Track & Field continues. See Friday. SOCIAL DANCE Barn Dance, Country Crossings Band, ages 50 & up, 7-9:30pm, Petersen Barn, 870 Berntzen Rd. $2. SPIRITUAL Green Tara Empowerment, 1:45pm, Kagyu Dakshang Chuling Dharma Center, 917 E. 43rd Ave. $20. EUGENE WEEKLY MAY 19, 2011 17