FOOD/DRINK
The Corner
Market continues. See Thursday,
Dec. 1.
GATHERINGS Church Women
United monthly breakfast, an-
nual report, voting for offi cers,
Christmas fun, 7am, Brails, 1689
Willamette St. FREE.
Free Admission Day at UO
Museum of Natural & Cultural
History, 11am-5pm, UO. FREE.
Trip to Grotto Festival of Lights
in Portland, dress for cold out-
door weather, 2-10pm, Campbell
Center, 155 High St., reg. 682-
5318. $35.
Peace Vigil, 4:30-5:30pm, old
federal building, 211 E. Pearl St.,
info at 344-9343.
The Compassionate Friends for
those (18 & over) who have ex-
perienced the death of a child,
7pm, St. Mary’s Church, 1062
Charnelton St., 689-1626.
Bingo Night, 8pm, Rogue Public
House, 844 Olive St. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Lapsit
Storytime, ages birth-3 w/adult,
10am, Springfi eld Library, 225
5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Preschool Storytime, ages 3-6,
10am, Springfi eld Library, 225
5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Preschool Storytime, ages 3-6
w/caregivers, 10:15am & 11am,
downtown library, info at 682-
8316. FREE.
Little Wonders: Stories &
Activities for Preschoolers, 11am-
noon, UO Museum of Natural &
Cultural History, UO. FREE.
Sensory Storytime, 1pm, down-
town library. FREE.
Eugene Youth Ballet: favorite
scenes from The Nutcracker,
4pm & 5pm, Springfi eld Library,
225 5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Family Night: McKenzie Martial
Arts, 6pm, Cozmic. FREE.
Barb Ryan & Miche Meizner:
“Discover Your Inner Happiness,”
7-9pm, Tsunami Books, 2585
Willamette St. $5 sug. don.
L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES
How the Grouch Stole XMas
Tour: The Grouch, Zion I, Eligh,
Evidence, DJ Fresh, hip hop,
8pm, WOW Hall. $20 adv., $25
door.
Symphony Winter Concert w/
string bass soloist Kyle Lambert,
7:30pm, South Eugene High
School Auditorium, 400 E. 19th
Ave., http://artsumbrellausa.org
$10, $5.
Strong Bones, Strong Body,
osteoporosis exercise class,
9:30am, Garden Way Retirement,
175 S. Garden Way, reg. 343-3317.
First class FREE, then $2.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Bike Riding for Seniors, weekly
in-town rides, helmets required,
9:30am, Campbell Center, 155
High St., reg. 682-5218. FREE.
The open studios at 2nd & Blair
feature work by Roka Walsh
The Corner Market continues.
See Thursday, Dec. 1.
downtown library, info at 682-
8316. FREE.
GATHERINGS
Family Storytime, 11am, Sheldon
Branch Library, 1566 Coburg Rd.,
info at 682-8316. FREE.
Women’s
Advisory Council for Youth Ages
10-18, 4-5:30pm, Ophelia’s Place,
1577 Pearl St., www.ophelias-
place.net
Very Victorian Holiday Party &
Silent Auction, 5:30pm, Shelton
McMurphey Johnson House.
$25, $15 SMJ mem.
DANCE The Nutcracker: Short
& Suite, 4pm, downtown library.
FREE.
FOOD/DRINK Martin Luther
King, Jr. Education Center
Culinary Arts Program: Sixth
Annual Holiday Dinner, 11am-
2pm, Department of Youth
Services Carmichael Room, 2727
MLK Blvd. FREE.
SATURDAY, DEC. 3 Contra
Dance w/The Nettles & Erik
Weberg, 7:30pm lesson, 8pm
dance,
First
Congregational
Church, 4515 S.W. West Hills Rd.
$7, $6.
Walk with Us, weekly self-
led
neighborhood
walking
group, ages 50 & up, 9:30-
10:30am, meet at Petersen
Barn Community Center, 870
Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Choice, Sol Seed,
9pm, Sam Bond’s.
Sunrise 7:35am; Sunset 4:34pm
Av High 46; Av Low 34
Poetry Reading: Chris Anderson,
The Next Thing Always Belongs,
7:30pm, OSU MU. FREE.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Open Mic Night, 7:30pm, Cozmic.
FREE.
8 thurs
Six short fi lms from East German
fi lmmaker
Jürgen
Böttcher,
7:15pm, Darkside Cinema, 215 S.W.
4th St. FREE.
Marco Benevento, rock, jazz,
9pm, Sam Bond’s. $10.
MUSIC Arts Umbrella: Youth
Drop-in Skateboarding Class,
3:30-5:30pm, U.S. Sportsplex,
4540 Commerce St., 682-5329.
$8.
Winter’s Eve Corvallis, shopping, si-
lent auction, hors d’oeuvres, mu-
sic, benefi t for Assistance League
of Corvallis, 5pm-10pm, Downtown
Corvallis, www.alcorvallis.org or
757-1978. $35 adv., $40 door.
2011: “Yule Be Swinging,” 7:30pm
today, 2pm Sunday, The Shedd,
www.theshedd.org $20-$32.
Aerial Circus Arts & Acro-
Balance continues. See Monday.
Try
Snowshoeing,
2-4pm,
Campbell Center, 155 High St.,
682-5318. $20.
Carte: University Chorale &
Corvallis Community Choir, noon,
First United Methodist Church, 1165
N.W. Monroe St. FREE.
MUSIC Christmas at The Shedd
Tribal
Belly
Dance
&
Performance, free trial, 8-9pm,
GymFusion: National Academy
of Artistic Gymnastics, 1205 Oak
Patch Rd., 344-2002. $10 drop-
In, $80 for 10 classes.
People’s
Reggae,
$3-$5.
FRIDAY, DEC. 2 Music á la
LITERARY ARTS A Christmas
Carol in Prose, performed by A
Man of Words, 5:30pm today &
6pm Dec. 22, Cozmic. Don.
calendar
Break Dance, free trial, 8-9pm,
GymFusion: National Academy
of Artistic Gymnastics, 1205 Oak
Patch Rd., 344-2002. $10 drop-
In, $80 for 10 classes.
CODEPINK’s Kit Kittredge: Gaza
Freedom, 6pm, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
Science Pub: Big Bang & Beyond: A
Beginner’s Guide to the Universe,
7pm, Cozmic. $5 sug. don.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Wonderful
Ones Storytime, 1-year-olds w/
caregivers, 10:15am & 11am,
LECTURES/CLASSES
Eug
Rec: Handcrafted Cards Class, all
supplies included, 1-3pm, Petersen
Barn Community Center, 870
Berntzen Rd., 682-5521. $12.
Genealogy computer class, ba-
sic computer & internet skills re-
quired, 1:30-3:30pm, downtown
library, reg. 682-5450. FREE.
Cascade Mycological Society:
Daniel Winkler, A Field Guide to
Edible Mushrooms of the Pacifi c
Northwest, 7pm, LCC, cascade-
myco.org FREE.
SUNDAY,
DEC. 4 Corvallis-
OSU Symphony Orchestra Holiday
Concert w/OSU Choirs, 7pm,
LaSells Stewart Center, OSU,
Corvallis,
cosusymphony.org
$15-$30.
Prenatal
Yoga,
5-6:15pm,
RiverBend Medical Center, 3333
Riverbend Dr., Spfd., 222-7074.
$11, $40 for 4 classes.
THURSDAY,
DEC. 8 Celtic
Christmas Concert, 7-9pm, LaSells
Stewart Center, OSU, Corvallis.
Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip-
ment, no instruction provided,
ages 12 & up, 8-10pm, Echo Hollow
Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd. $5.
attn:
OPPS
VOLUNTEER Care for Owen
Rose Garden, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N.
Jefferson St., 682-5025.
Ophelia’s Place: register by Dec.
7 for Dec. 9 School’s Out Spa
Day, ages 10-18, $5-$20 sliding
scale, 284-4333.
corvallis
Tickets on sale for Senior
Holiday Dinner, ages 62 & up,
1pm Sunday, Dec. 25, purchase
at Campbell Senior Center, 682-
5318; Willamalane Adult Activity
Center, 736-4444; Viking Sal
Senior Center in Junction City,
998-1556.
EVENTS
Note: Continuation dates for out-
of-town events are listed under
the fi rst day of the event.
THURSDAY,
DEC.
1
Deliciously Slow Yoga, 8:30-
10am Tuesdays & Thursdays,
1165 N.W. Monroe, Corvallis,
heartandsoulwellness.com
National Association of Letter
Carriers food drive Dec. 3 & Dec.
10.
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sensations,
On the Rocks
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A Classic Christmas
Presented by The Eugene Concert Choir
Great classic favorites to celebrate the holidays!
Conrad Tao
Piano
SUNDAY DECEMBER 4 | 3:00 PM
“The most exciting
prodigy to ever
come my way”
—Harris Goldsmith,
Musical America
(541)
682-5000
Eugene Concert Choir, Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble & Oregon Mozart Players
Highlights from Handel’s Messiah and the Bach Christmas Cantata,
O Holy Night, Go Tell it on the Mountain, Baby it’s Cold Outside, Seasons of Love,
John Lennon’s ballad Happy Christmas, Renaissance carols and revelry and much more....
Sat, December 10, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
Sun, December 11, 2011 at 2:30 p.m.
Silva Concert Hall, Hult Center
Tickets $22-$36 * Call Hult Center 541-682-5000
music.uoregon.edu/cmb
or order online at www.eugeneconcertchoir.org *Senior & student discounts are available.
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