what's
happening
23 movies
1 thurs
Sunrise 7:28am; Sunset 4:36pm
Av High 48; Av Low 35
ART/CRAFT Second & Blair
Artists Studio Sale & Open House
w/nine local artists, 5-8pm today
& tomorrow, 11am-5pm Saturday,
noon-4pm Sunday, warehouse
studios located around 2nd &
Blair. FREE.
BENEFITS
Holiday
women’s shopping event
efi tting local charities,
Street Market, 296 E. 5th
www.5stmarket.com
Gala,
ben-
Fifth
Ave.,
FILM LiNK UO: Hiding, human
Motivated by the idea that “kids are often
left out” of performances of Charles
Dickens’ holiday classic, actor Al LePage is
bringing to Eugene his one-man dramatic
reading of A Christmas Carol for Kids,
rights crisis in North Korea, Q&A
session after screening, 7pm,
Willamette 100, UO. FREE.
FOOD/DRINK
The Corner
Market, fresh local produce,
noon-6pm
today,
Tuesday,
Wednesday & Thursday, Dec. 8,
295 River Rd.
LECTURES/CLASSES Meet
the Internet, basic keyboard &
mouse skills & understanding
of on-screen windows required,
6-7:30pm Bethel Library, 1990
Echo Hollow Rd., reg. 682-5450.
FREE.
Religion & War: Post 9/11 Military
Chaplains, 6pm, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
LITERARY
ARTS
Spain
& Latin America Through
Contemporary Poetry: Rosa
Chavez, 4pm, Knight Library
Browsing Room, UO, http://cllas.
uoregon.edu FREE.
Beyond Toxics Holiday Cheer
& Open House, 4-6:30pm, 1192
Lawrence St.
HIV Alliance World AIDS Day
Open House & Memorial,
5:30-7pm,
White
Lotus Gallery, 767
Willamette St.
Middle
Fork
Willamette
Wa te rs h e d
Council:
“ T h e
Effects
of
Blue
Green Algae
on
Water,
People
&
Communities,”
6:30-9:30pm,
Lowell
Fire
House,
389
N. Pioneer St.,
Lowell. FREE.
ART/CRAFT Free First Friday,
11am-6pm, Jordan Schnitzer
Museum of Art, UO. FREE.
Northwest Christian University’s
Candlelight Carols, 7pm today &
Saturday, 828 E. 11th Ave. FREE.
Kory Quinn, Henry Hammerer,
Bitterroot, rock, 9pm, Sam
Bond’s. $5.
Latyrx (Lyrics Born & Lateef the
Truthspeaker), hip hop, 9pm,
WOW Hall. $13 adv., $15 door.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Strong Bones, Strong Body,
osteoporosis exercise class,
9:30am, Garden Way Retirement,
175 S. Garden Way, reg. 343-3317.
First class FREE, then $2.
Walk with Us, weekly self-led
neighborhood walking group,
ages 50 & up, 9:30-10:30am to-
day & Thursday, Dec. 8, meet
at Petersen Barn Community
Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Prenatal
Yoga,
5-6:15pm,
RiverBend Medical Center, 3333
Riverbend Dr., Spfd., 222-7074.
$11, $40 for 4 classes.
Rock Climbing, ages 4 & up,
5:30-8:30pm today, Tuesday
& Thursday, Dec. 8, Art &
Technology Academy, Jefferson
Middle School, 1650 W. 22nd
Ave. $5.
Standhardt Studio Holiday Open
House & Pottery Sale, 4-8pm to-
day, 10am-4pm tomorrow, 11am-
4pm Sunday, 4875 Garnet St.,
514-4646. FREE.
Second & Blair Artists Studio
Sale continues. See Thursday,
Dec. 1.
BENEFITS Bethany Foster, or-
gan, canned food donations to
Food For Lane County suggested,
12:15pm, First United Methodist
Church, 1376 Olive St. FREE.
New Zone Gallery December
Benefi t Sale, portion of proceeds
to Greenhill Humane Society,
5:30-9pm, New Zone Gallery, 164
W. Broadway,
DANCE
Ballet Fantastique:
Beatrix Potter: Tales for the
Holidays, 7:30pm today, Wildish
Theater, 630 Main St., Spfd.;
2:30pm Sunday, Florence Events
Center, 715 Quince St., balletfan-
tastique.org $16, $10 youth.
FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food
Not Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West
Park. FREE.
GATHERINGS City Club of
Eugene: “Finding Justice in
Afghanistan:
Deploying
as
a National Guardsman from
Eugene to Kabul,” 11:50am-
1:30pm, Eugene Hilton, 66 E. 6th
Ave. $5, mem. FREE.
Guided Tours at UO Museum of
Natural & Cultural History, 1pm &
3pm, UO. FREE w/admission.
Prospectors Holiday Bazaar,
4pm-8pm today, 10am-8pm to-
morrow & 1pm-4pm Sunday, Dr.
Snapp House, 360 S. River Road,
Cottage Grove, 942-5055.
SPIRITUAL
Reiki
Tummo
Healing Clinic, by appt., 5:30-
7:30pm, 15 N. Cedar St., 914-
0431. Don.
Eugene Astronomical Society:
First Quarter Friday Star Party,
dusk, College Hill Reservoir, 24th
& Lawrence. FREE.
Kitty Piercy’s Campaign Kick-off,
5-7pm, Cowfi sh, 62 W. Broadway.
Wonderful
Ones Storytime, 1-year-olds w/
caregivers, 10:15am & 11am,
downtown library, info at 682-
8316. FREE.
Lane Interfaith Alliance: panel of
leaders from different spiritual
traditions on ways of promoting
openness & acceptance between
different faiths, 6:30-8:30pm,
Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette
St. Don.
Family Storytime w/Eugene
Youth Ballet, 11am, Sheldon
Branch Library, 1566 Coburg Rd.,
info at 682-8316. FREE.
THEATER No Shame Eugene
Theater Workshop, write, direct &
act in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30-
9:30pm, 126 W. Broadway. FREE.
Santa Claus at Macy’s, 5pm,
VRC. FREE.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
7:30pm today, Saturday &
Thursday, Dec. 8; 2pm Sunday;
West
University
Neighbors
General Meeting, 7pm, Central
Presbyterian Church, 555 E. 15th
Ave.
KIDS/FAMILIES
EUGENE WEEKLY
2 fri
Sunrise 7:29am; Sunset 4:35pm
Av High 47; Av Low 35
Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip-
ment, no instruction provided,
ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today &
Thursday, Dec. 8, Echo Hollow
Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd. $5.
Santa
Clara
Community
Organization General Meeting,
7pm, Messiah Lutheran Church,
3280 River Rd.
16 DECEMBER 1, 2011
Rose Garden, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N.
Jefferson St., 682-5025.
Day: I Spy, laser tag (older), bowl-
ing (younger), grades K-5, 7am-
6pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd.,
willamalane.org $30.
First Friday Outdoor Baby Walk &
Talk, ages 0-2 w/caregiver, walks
on paved paths, rain or shine,
9-10am, Owen Rose Garden, ar-
bor by the parking lot, 300 N.
Jefferson. FREE.
Baby Storytime, ages 0-1 w/care-
givers, 10:15am & 11:15am, down-
town library. FREE.
Family
Storytime,
10:15am,
Bethel Branch Library, 1990
Echo Hollow Rd. FREE.
Miles Schneider, variety, 4pm,
The Great Hiatum, 8pm, Cozmic.
FREE.
proceeds going to benefi t the museum; $2
Opal Hour: social networking for
activism, live music, 5pm, LILA
Peer Support Club, 990 Oak St.
FREE.
VOLUNTEER Care for Owen
KIDS/FAMILIES No School
Faith Rahill’s Holiday Pottery
Sale, 4-8pm today, 10am-4pm to-
morrow, 11am-4pm Sunday, 2581
Monroe St., 344-2100.
SHOcase:
Eugene
Concert Choir, 11:15am, Hult
Center. FREE.
Lane Chamber Choir, Concert
Choir & Gospel Choir, 7:30pm,
Ragozzino Performance Hall,
LCC.
Women’s Advisory Council for
Youth Ages 10-18, 4-5:30pm,
Ophelia’s Place, 1577 Pearl St.,
www.opheliasplace.net
Trivia Night, 8pm, Rogue Public
House, 844 Olive St. FREE.
MUSIC
Eugene Toxics Board, 3:30pm,
Emergency Services Center,
1705 W. 2nd Ave.
kids, $3 adults; res. at 682-4242.
Angels In America: Millennium
Approaches, 8pm today, tomorrow,
Saturday & Thursday, Dec. 8; 2pm
Sunday; through Dec. 10, Reality
Kitchen, 245 Van Buren St. $15.
MUSIC Chamber Music On
his magic 10:30am Saturday, Dec. 3, at
Lane County Historical Museum, with all
ages 5-10. LePage, star of last year’s OPB
Game Night, bring board game
or use house game, 7pm, Divine
Cupcake, 1680 W. 11th Ave. FREE.
Holiday Sale at Clay Space,
3-10pm today, 11am-6pm tomor-
row, noon-5pm Sunday, Clay
Space, 222 Polk St., clayspaceon-
line.com FREE.
A Christmas Carol in Prose, per-
formed by A Man of Words, 6pm
today, 5:30pm Dec. 8, 6pm Dec.
22, Cozmic. Don.
Radio airing of A Christmas Carol, works
children of all ages — but especially those
through Dec. 10, Churchill
Theatre, 1850 Bailey Hill Rd. $5,
$3 stu.
Kids: Create Holiday Cards,
ages 6 & up, 3-4pm, Springfi eld
Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Eugene Symphony: Pre-Concert
Performance
7pm,
FREE;
Beethoven Triple Concerto, 8pm,
$15-$60, Hult Center.
GATHERINGS
28 theater
City
of
Eugene
Adaptive
Recreation Service’s Art Show
& Sale, noon-7pm, Hilyard
Community Center, 2560 Hilyard
St. 541-682-5311. $5 to rent a ta-
ble, admission FREE.
S.A.R.A.’s
Holiday Gift Fair Fundraiser:
New & Handcrafted Gifts &
Gift Certifi cates, 10am-6pm to-
day through Sunday, S.A.R.A.’s
Treasures, 871 River Rd., www.
sarastreasures.org
a 30-minute production that is aimed at
25 music
Aloha Friday: Film fest on Gabby
Pahinui, the father of Hawaiian
slack key guitar, performance
videos, documentary & open
mic calling for Gabby & slack
key songs, 6-8pm, Hodgepodge,
2190 W. 11th Ave. FREE.
Sweet Dreams Pajama Party w/
the Grinch, games, activities,
photo opp, parents can drop off
or stay, 6:30-9pm, Upstart Crow
Studios, 855 W. 1st Ave. $10.
First Friday Family Fun Night,
5:30-7pm, Petersen Barn, 870
Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Campus, noon, Jordan Schnitzer
Museum of Art, UO. FREE.
Acoustic Hootenanny, 3-6pm,
Mrs. Thompson’s Herbs, 347 W.
5th Ave., 686-6136. FREE.
Open Jazz Jam, 5pm, FREE;
Jerry Joseph, 9pm, $8, Cozmic.
Fifth Element Wind Quintet,
6pm, downtown library. FREE.
Tingstad & Rumbel Holiday
Concert, 8pm, Unity of the
Valley, 3912 Dillard Rd., www.
tingstadandrumbel.com $18.50
adv., $20 door.
An Evening with The Chris
Robinson Brotherhood, rock,
9pm, WOW Hall. $15 adv., $17
door.
Scout Niblett, David Brokaw,
Ferns, rock, 9pm, Sam Bond’s.
$7.
ON THE AIR “Meet the
Band” w/local pop-rock band
Fivebyfi ve, 7:30-8pm, Comcast
channel 29.
“The Sunday Morning Hangover
TV Show,” “Eugene Record
Convention,” Bill Finneran &
Laurie Penny, 11pm, Comcast
channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Weight Training & Strength Yoga,
8:30-9:30am today, Monday &
Wednesday, Celebration Studio,
1840 Willamette St. $10 drop-in,
fi rst class FREE.
Duck
Football:
Pac-12
Championship, 5pm, Autzen
Stadium, Fox Sports, 96.1 FM
KZEL, www.goducks.com
Prenatal Yoga, 5:30-6:45pm,
Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St.,
www.eugeneyoga.us $11.
Roller Derby Skills Clinic w/
Emerald City Roller Girls, noon-
1pm, Willamette Center for
Sports & Recreation, 200 S.
32nd St., Spfd., www.emeraldci-
tyrollergirls.net
SOCIAL
DANCE Contact
Improvisation
Dance
Jam,
6-8pm, Musical Feet Studio, 420
W. 12th Ave., heartandsoulwell-
ness.com $5-$15 sliding scale.
Dancin’ By The River, profes-
sional dance lesson followed by
DJ’d music, all ages, 7-9:30pm,
Willamalane
Adult
Activity
Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd. $5.
Friday Night Dance, West
Coast
swing,
8:30-10pm,
StaverDanceSport, 41 E. 6th Ave.
$10.
Salsa Dancing w/Jose Cruz,
9pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom, 1626
Willamette St. $6.
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