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    SPIRITUAL
Dances
of
Universal Peace taught to all
ages, 7pm, Friends Meeting
House, 2274 Onyx St., 688-4134.
Don.
THEATER
The Roving Park
Players: Pinwin’s Mitten: A
Family Folktale Show, 7pm to-
day & tomorrow, 3pm tomor-
row & Sunday, Good Samaritan
Center, 3500 Hilyard St., 686-
2738. FREE.
A Christmas Carol, 7:30pm to-
day & tomorrow, 2pm Sunday;
through Dec. 17, Actors Cabaret,
996 Willamette St. $16-$41.95.
No Shame Eugene Holiday
Extravaganza: 15 fi ve-minute
original acts, Atrium Building, 99
W. 10th Ave. FREE.
The Sound of Music, 7:30pm to-
day & tomorrow; 2pm Sunday;
through Dec. 18, The Shedd,
www.theshedd.org $20-$42.
The SantaLand Diaries, 8pm
Fridays & Saturdays, 2pm
Sundays, Dec. 2-18, Lord Leebrick
Theatre, 540 Charnelton St.,
www.lordleebrick.com $17.
food & other supplies, 10am-6pm
today & tomorrow, Lane County
Fairgrounds, 796 W. 13th Ave.,
www.sarastreasures.org
Beatles Celebration w/Maya
Love, Love Truffl e, special
guests, benefi t for St. Vincent de
Paul’s homeless programs, 7pm,
Cozmic. $10 sug. don.
THEATER The Term’s End
Shakespeare Showcase, 2pm &
7pm, LCC. FREE.
Poison Pen Players: Dead in the
Sled: Ho Ho HO … OH NO!, a mur-
der mystery comedy dinner the-
ater production, 7pm, Silvan
Ridge Winery, 27012 Briggs Hill
Rd., 866-5-SILVAN. $50, $45
wine club.
DANCE
All That! Dance
Company:
The
Nutcracker
Remixed, 7pm today, 2pm to-
morrow, Hult Center, www.
allthatdancecompany.com $18.
FOOD/DRINK
Hideaway
Bakery Farmers’ Market, 9am-
2pm, Hideaway Bakery 3377 E.
Amazon.
Family Reunion, 8pm today, 2pm
tomorrow; through Dec. 11, The
Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard
St. $10.
Holiday High Tea, noon &
3pm today & Dec. 10, Shelton-
McMurphey-Johnson House, 303
Willamette. $25.
Angels In America: Millennium
Approaches
continues.
See
Thursday, Dec. 1.
Christmas Tea Parties, 2pm, Our
Daily Bread Restaurant, 88170
Territorial, Veneta, reg. www.
ourdailybreadrestaurant.com or
935-4921. $15.95 afternoon tea;
$28.95 high tea.
The Darkside Cinema in Corvallis screens six short
fi lms by Jürgen Böttcher Friday
682-5450.
“Through the Eyes of a Child,”
Springfi eld Christmas Parade,
1pm, downtown Springfi eld.
www.springfieldchristmaspa-
rade.org or 988-0955. FREE.
LITERARY ARTS Book sign-
Wineries Without Walls: Wine
Tasting of Five H Wines, 4-6pm,
Fern Ridge Chamber Visitors’
Center, Hwy. 126 & Territorial,
Veneta. FREE.
Angels In America: Millennium
Approaches
continues.
See
Thursday, Dec. 1.
GATHERINGS Eugene Garden
Club Annual Greens Sale, 9am-
3pm, 1645 High St.
Lane Literary Guild & Oregon
Poets Association seasonal par-
ty, bring any literary magazines
& journals you’d like to give
away, 3-6pm, Tsunami Books,
2585 Willamette St.
River Road Holiday Bazaar, 9am-
3pm, River Road Park, 1400 Lake
Dr. FREE.
Oakridge Tree Lighting Festival,
5-8pm, Oakridge City Hall,
48318 E. 1st St., Oakridge. FREE.
Christmas Bazaar at Dayspring
Fellowship, 10am-5pm, 1580 River
Rd. FREE.
Prospectors Holiday Bazaar con-
tinues. See Friday.
Sunrise 7:30am; Sunset 4:35pm
Av High 47; Av Low 35
ART/CRAFT Faye Nakamura
Holiday Studio Sale, 10am-4pm
today, 10am-3pm tomorrow,
2695 University St. FREE.
Holiday Art Studio Sale, Original
Ornaments, Gifts & Paintings,
Alison McNair & Jamie King,
10am-4pm, 315 W. 39th Ave.
YaPoAh Terrace Holiday Bazaar,
10am-3pm, 350 Pearl St.
Eccentricities: painter Mitzi Linn,
11am-5pm, Eccentricities, 2368
Agate St., 484-1490. FREE.
Holiday studio art show, J.
Scott Hovis, noon-4pm, 22nd &
Lincoln.
First Saturday Public Tour, 1pm,
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of
Art, UO.
Second & Blair Artists Studio
Sale continues. See Thursday,
Dec. 1.
Faith Rahill’s Holiday Pottery
Sale continues. See Friday.
Standhardt Studio Holiday Open
House & Pottery Sale continues.
See Friday.
BENEFITS Pet Food Drive at
the Eugene Holiday Market, pet
Eugene
Symphony
Guild’s
Christmas Walk, tour of three dec-
orated homes, live music, 10am-
5pm today, 11am-4pm tomorrow,
www.eugenesymphonyguild.org
$12 adv., $15 day of.
Picc-A-Dilly Flea Market, 10am-
4pm, Lane County Fairgrounds,
796 W. 13th Ave. $1.50.
Saturday
Market’s
Holiday
Market: hundreds of booths, in-
ternational food court & Eugene
Bhangra Youth Group, Chip
Cohen, Bin Daas, Brian Cutean,
Ghillie Dhu & the Dhonts, Peter
Wilde Band, 10am-6pm, Lane
County Fairgrounds, 796 W. 13th
Ave.,
www.holidaymarket.org
FREE.
Eugene Waldorf School Winter
Light Faire, 11am-4pm, 1350
McLean Blvd. FREE.
Peace Vigil, noon-1pm, down-
town library, info at 342-2914.
FREE.
The American Cetacean Society:
gray
whales,
12:30-1:30pm,
Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St.,
Spfd. FREE.
LCC Pow Wow, all drums & danc-
ers welcome, 1pm & 7pm grand
KIDS/FAMILIES
Eugene
Downtown Lions Club “Breakfast
with Santa & Mrs. Claus,” pancakes,
sausage, eggs, cocoa & coffee,
bake sale, photographs w/Santa,
raffl e, 8:30am-noon, St. Thomas
Episcopal Fellowship Hall, 1465
Coburg Rd., 344-1049. $7, $5 kids.
Family Music Time w/Pia & Jason
Robbins, 10:15am, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
Bilingual Family Fiesta, 11am,
Bethel Branch Library, 1990
Echo Hollow Rd. FREE.
ing w/local authors & illustra-
tors, 3-5pm, The Book Nest, 1461
Mohawk Blvd., Spfd.
DIVA Poetry Series w/Maryrose
Larking & Laura LeHew, 7:30pm,
Eugene Storefront Art Project
Offi ce, 224 E. 11th Ave. Don.
MUSIC
Oregon
Tuba
Association & the City of
Springfi eld: Tuba Carol Concert,
noon, Wildish Theater, 630 Main
St., Spfd., www.oregontuba.org
FREE.
Oregon Children’s Choir Holiday
Concert, 3pm, First United
Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.
$14, $11 stu. & sr., $38 family.
John
Nilsen
Christmas
Concert, 4pm, Cottage Grove
United Methodist Church, 334
Washington Ave., www.jhnnilsen.
com Don.
Baby Gramps, folk, 8pm, Tsunami
Books, 2585 Willamette St. $12
reserved, otherwise don.
Vijay Iyer, jazz piano, 8pm, Beall
Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu. & sr.
Orgone, rock, 9pm, WOW Hall.
$10 adv., $12 door.
“The Secret Life of Toys,” stories
& craft w/Pattiebuff, all ages,
1pm, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th
St., Spfd. FREE.
Jonathan Richman w/Tommy
Larkins on drums, rock, 9:30pm,
Sam Bond’s. $14.
Dog Tale Time, grades 1-6,
2-3:30pm, downtown library, reg.
682-8316. FREE.
Northwest Christian University’s
Candlelight Carols continues.
See Thursday, Dec. 1.
The Nutcracker: Kingdom of the
Sweets, family-friendly, con-
densed version of the holiday
favorite for children, 4:30pm to-
day, 2:30pm tomorrow, Wildish
Theater, 630 Main St., Spfd. $5
sug. don.
ON
LECTURES/CLASSES
Intro
to the Internet, keyboard &
mouse skills required, 10am-
noon, downtown library., reg.
A Christmas Carol continues. See
Friday.
The Sound of Music continues.
See Friday.
entries, building 5, LCC. FREE.
A Year with Frog & Toad, 8pm
today & tomorrow; 2:30pm
Sunday; through Dec. 18, Cottage
Theatre, 700 Village Dr. $10-$21.
3 sat
Weed Identifi cation Walk, rain
or
shine,
11:30am-12:30pm,
GrassRoots Garden, 1465 Coburg
Rd. FREE.
calendar
THE AIR “Meet The
Band” w/Fivebyfi ve, 2-2:30pm,
Comcast channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidians: hike Brice Creek, 5.5
miles, info & sign up obsidians.org
Frist Saturday Park Walk, 9-11am,
Alton Baker Park duck pond.
FREE.
A Year with Frog & Toad contin-
ues. See Friday.
VOLUNTEER
Civic Stadium
Cleanup, weather permitting,
bring gloves & hand tools, 10am-
noon, Civic Stadium.
Greenhill
Humane
Society
Volunteer Orientation, 11am-
noon, 88530 Green Hill Rd., reg.
689-1503.
4 sun
Sunrise 7:31am; Sunset 4:35pm
Av High 47; Av Low 35
ART/CRAFT
Artists’ Open
House w/Shefa Marcus & Judith
Hankin, 11am-4pm, 2450 Adams
St.
Second & Blair Artists Studio
Sale continues. See Thursday,
Dec. 1.
Standhardt Studio Holiday Open
House & Pottery Sale continues.
See Friday.
Faith Rahill’s Holiday Pottery
Sale continues. See Friday.
Faye Nakamura Holiday Studio
Sale continues. See Sunday.
BENEFITS Portland Gay Men’s
All That! Dance Company: The
Nutcracker Remixed continues.
See Saturday.
GATHERINGS
Saturday
Market’s Holiday Market: hun-
dreds of booths, international
food court & Lorna Miller, Richard
Crandell, Those Dirty Rounders,
Gypsy Moon, Kef, Calango, 10am-
6pm, Lane County Fairgrounds,
796 W. 13th Ave. www.holiday-
market.org FREE.
Rainbow Family Potluck, 1-5pm,
Alton Baker Park. FREE.
Drums of Peace, 2-4pm, old
federal building, 211 E. 7th Ave.
FREE.
West Cascade Peace Corps
Association pot luck, 6-8pm,
see
www.westcascadepca.org
for info.
KIDS/FAMILIES
“Santa’s
Workshop,” kids make gifts while
parents shop, 1-5pm, WOW Hall,
808-330-3263. $10 per hour per
child.
Wire Creations for Kids, 3pm,
downtown library. FREE.
MUSIC Conrad Tao, piano, 3pm,
Beall Hall, UO. $17-$37.
Lane Chamber Orchestra, 3pm,
Ragozzino Performance Hall,
LCC.
The Motet Singers Holiday
Concert, 4pm, Ebbert Memorial
United Methodist Church, 532
C St, Spfd., 344-5271. $7, $5 sr.,
youth FREE.
University Percussion Ensemble,
6pm, Aasen-Hull Hall, UO Music.
$7, $5 stu. & sr.
Holiday Choral Concert, 8pm,
Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu. & sr.
Selfest: Lost Lander, Radiation
City, Au, Appetite, Bright Archer,
rock, 8pm, Sam Bond’s. $10.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidians: hike Ridgeline Trail,
6.2 miles, info & sign up obsid-
ians.org
Community Yoga Class, 4:30-
5:45pm, Eugene Yoga, 3575
Donald St., 520-8771. Don.
SOCIAL
DANCE
Tango
Milonga, 5-7pm, Reach Center,
2520 Harris St. $5.
Chorus: Joy to the Modern
World, canned food dona-
tions sought, 4pm, First United
Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.,
www.pdxgmc.org Don. to FFLC.
Cuban Salsa, 5pm lesson, 6pm
social dance, Courtsports, 2728
Pheasant Blvd., Spfd., see www.
eugenecasineros.com for info.
$2 sug. don.
Books to the People Benefi t con-
cert & silent auction w/Mood
Area 52, Tara Stonecipher & the
Tall Grass, Jeremy Pruitt & Craig
Chee, 5:30pm, Cozmic, booksto-
thepeople.org $12-$25 sliding
scale.
Veselo Folk Dancers, weekly in-
ternational folk dancing, 7:15-
10pm, In Shape Athletic Club, 2681
Willamette St., 683-3376. $3.’
DANCE
Ballet Fantastique:
Beatrix Potter: Tales for the
Holidays continues. See Friday.
SPIRITUAL Renewal, documen-
tary on religious environmentalist
movement, 11am, Green Phoenix
Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave., center-
forsacredsciences.org FREE.
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LETTER CARRIERS FOOD DRIVE
First 2 Saturdays in December
Put a bag of canned or packaged food by your mailbox. Your Letter Carrier will pick it up.
Make a cash contribution online at www.foodforlanecounty.org or call (541) 343-2822.
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