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HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS
Willamette High School, 1801 Echo
Hollow Rd. www.emeraldvalleyopry.
com $4 w/food don.; $6, $5 sr, $3 stu.
Bingo Night fundraiser for Save the
Pets, 7-9pm, Diablo’s, 959 Pearl St.,
www.savethepets.net
Poison Pen Players: Dead in the Sled: Ho
Ho HO … OH NO!, a murder mystery
comedy dinner theater production,
7pm, Florence Events Center, 715
Quince St., Florence, 999-9281. $45.
The Eugene Concert Choir: A Classic
Christmas w/Eugene Vocal Arts
Ensemble, Oregon Mozart Players,
Laurel James, Brennen Guillory, Peter
& Evynne Hollens, On the Rocks,
Divisi, Darline Jackson, 8pm today,
2:30pm tomorrow, Hult Center, 682-
5000, www.eugeneconcertchoir.org
SUNDAY,
DEC. 11
Kids’ Chanukah Crafts, tots-3rd grade,
9am; Chanukah Music w/Rabbi Boris
Dolin, 10:15am, Temple Beth Israel,
1175 E. 29th Ave. Don.
Saturday Market’s Holiday Market:
hundreds of booths, international food
court & Edison Elementary Choir,
David Rogers, Inspirational Sounds,
Red Pajamas, Sun Bossa Quintet, To
theBRIDGE, 10am-6pm, 796 W. 13th
Ave. www.holidaymarket.org FREE.
HOUR Traders Winter Celebration,
music by Eric Nicholson, Eric
Vanderwall, Sharon & Dave Thormalen,
Lorraine Anederson, Karl Smiley,
Th’Amazing Acorn Bros., 11am-5pm,
Old World Deli Arena, 341 S.W. 2nd
St., Corvallis. FREE.
Cascade Chorus Community
Christmas Celebration, 2:30pm,
Sheldon High School, 2455 Willakenzie
Rd. $10-$12.
Corvallis Youth Symphony Winter
Concert, 3pm, LaSells Stewart Center,
OSU. $10 adv., $12 door, youth w/
adult FREE.
STUDENTS OF THE UO’S SUZUKI STRINGS LESSON PROGRAM PERFORM AT
THE HOLIDAY MARKET DEC. 10
A Child’s Christmas in Wales, benefi t for
Free Shakespeare in the Park, 3:30pm,
today, 3pm Dec. 16, Café Soriah, 384
W. 13th Ave., reg. 342-4410. $10.
TUESDAY,
DEC. 13
Christmas Treasures & Belknap Hot
Springs, 9am-5:30pm, meet at Amazon
Center, 2800 Hilyard St., reg. 682-
5373. $28.
Holiday Dinner at the Barn, 5:30-
7:30pm, Petersen Barn, 870 Berntzen
Rd., reg. 682-5521. $7.
WEDNESDAY,
DEC. 14
Local Holiday Lights, 4:30-9:30pm,
Petersen Barn, 870 Berntzen Rd., reg.
682-5521. $28.
THURSDAY,
DEC. 15
SHOcase: Eugene Opera, excerpts
from Carmen, 11:15am, Hult Lobby.
FREE.
FRIDAY,
DEC. 16
Julie Reisner Fine Porcelain &
Stoneware Annual Winter Studio Show
& Sale, 10am-4pm today, tomorrow &
Sunday, 3586 Willamette St., 345-0103.
Winter Solstice Celebration, family
fun and festivities, 5-8pm, UO Museum
of Natural and Cultural History, 1680
E. 15th Ave., 346-3024. FREE w/3
non-perishable food items or cash
donation for FOOD for Lane County.
Winter Wonderland, 6-8:30pm,
Willamalane Center, Spfd. $6, $7.50
out-of-district.
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S THE SOUND OF MUSIC RUNS
DEC 2-18 AT JAQUA CONCERT HALL
“Ye Olde Christmas Feaste,” w/
Thurston High School Choirs, music
& catered dinner, 6:30pm, 8:30pm free
performance, 333 N. 58th St., Spfd.,
744-5141. $15.
Eugene Ballet Company: The
Nutcracker, 7:30pm today & tomorrow;
2pm tomorrow & Sunday, Hult Center,
Eugene. hultcenter.org or 682-5000.
$22-$48.
Fred Crafts’ Radio Redux: It’s a
Wonderful Life, 7:30pm today &
tomorrow; 2pm Sunday, Wildish
Community Theater, 630 Main St.,
Spfd., 736-4544. $13, $10 sr. & stu.
SATURDAY,
DEC. 17
Breakfast with Santa, 9:30am &
10:30am, Amazon Center, 2700 Hilyard
St., reg. 682-5521. $5.
SUNDAY,
DEC. 18
Country Holiday Bazaar, crafts &
baked goods, 9am-5pm, today &
tomorrow, pick up bazaar map at Fern
Ridge Chamber of Commerce, 24949
Hwy 126, Veneta, or Ray’s Market,
25013 Highway 126.
Saturday Market’s Holiday Market:
hundreds of booths, international food
court & Twin Oaks Choir, Olem Alves
& Jason Butterworth, Barefoot Leroy,
Opal Creek, Laura Kemp Trio, The
McKenzie Drifters, 10am-6pm, 796 W.
13th Ave. www.holidaymarket.org FREE.
Winter Solstice 5K Run, 2:30-3:45pm
registration, 4pm start, Amazon Park,
27th & Hilyard, www.eclecticedgerac-
ing2.com/Winter_Solstice_Run.html
$15-$20 w/o shirt through Dec. 17.
$25 race day; tech shirts $10 & cot-
ton $6.
Saturday Market’s Holiday Market:
hundreds of booths, international food
court & Oak Hill Glee Club, Janet
Naylor & Linda Danielson, Sacred Harp
Singers, Soromundi Lesbian Chorus
of Eugene, The Dennis Smith Project,
Dreamdog, 10am-6pm, 796 W. 13th
Ave., www.holidaymarket.org FREE.
Local Holiday Lights & Dessert, 4-8pm,
Campbell Center, 155 High St., reg.
682-5318. $12.
Free People Christmas Dinner, noon,
WOW Hall, www.freepeopleeugene.
com FREE.
WEDNESDAY,
DEC. 21
Santa Paws photos, benefi t for Save the
Pets, 11am-4pm, Petsmart, 2847 Chad
Dr., www.savethepets.net
Senior Chanukah Brunch, latkes &
holiday entertainment, 11:30am,
Temple Beth Israel, 1175 E. 29th Ave.,
reg. by Dec. 16, 485-7218.
Eugene Ballet Company: “Nutcracker
Tea,” noon today & tomorrow, Hult
Center, 682-5000. $20-$25.
Kidical Mass: Holiday Lights Ride, 5pm,
Monroe Park, 8th & Monroe. FREE.
Corvallis Repertory Singers: “f
Candlelight & Carols,” 7:30pm, First
United Methodist Church, Corvallis. $15;
donation boxes for Linn-Benton Food
Share. www.repsing.org or 737-4061.
MONDAY,
DEC. 19
THURSDAY,
DEC. 22
Saturday Market’s Holiday Market:
hundreds of booths, international food
court & Circlesong Music Together,
Acoustic Roger McConnell, Darcy
Du Ruz & Ben Farrell, Marty Chilla &
Friends, Gus Russell Trio, The Fiddlin’
Big Sue Band, 10am-6pm, 796 W. 13th
Ave., www.holidaymarket.org FREE.
Latke Dinner & Chanukah Music,
singalong w/Beth Miriam Rose, 6pm,
Temple Beth Israel, 1175 E. 29th Ave.,
reg. Dec. 16, 485-7218.
FRIDAY,
DEC. 23
Saturday Market’s Holiday Market:
hundreds of booths, international food
court & Michael Conley, Sweet River,
Joe Manis Trio, LCC Faculty Jazz Band,
The Fiannacats, 10am-6pm, 796 W. 13th
Ave., www.holidaymarket.org FREE.
Tot Shabbat w/Chanukah songs, stories
& candle lighting, 6:30pm; Shabbat
Services, Chanukah songs & candle
lighting, 7:30pm, Temple Beth Israel, 1175
E. 29th Ave., reg. Dec. 16, 485-7218.
SATURDAY,
DEC. 24
Saturday Market’s Holiday Market:
hundreds of booths, international
food court & Sharon Rogers, Eugene
Recorder Ensemble, Eagle Park Slim,
Jerry Zybach & Friends, Americanistan,
10am-6pm, 796 W. 13th Ave., www.
holidaymarket.org FREE.
WEDNESDAY,
DEC. 28
Eugene Opera: Carmen, 7:30pm today
& Saturday, 5pm Friday, Hult Center.
$20-$84.
SATURDAY,
DEC. 31
First Run, 10K run & 5K run/walk,
11:59pm tonight & 10am tomorrow,
Valley River Inn, reg. 484-9883 or
www.eclecticedgeracing2.com $15-
$30 plus shirt.
Cottage Theatre presents
C
A Y ear
with
Frog Toad
and
A smile-inducing musical
for your entire family!
December 2, 3, 4*
9, 10, 11* ● 16, 17, 18*
* matinee
plus special family matinees on December 10 & 17
Music by Robert Reale, Book & Lyrics by Willie Reale
Based on the books by Arnold Lobel
$21 (adult), $19 (senior/student), and $10 (children 4 -13)
700 Village Drive • Cottage Grove • www.cottagetheatre.org • 541-942-8001
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