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happening
17 movies
5 thurs
Sunrise 7:48am; Sunset 4:49pm
Av High 46; Av Low 34
BENEFITS Cheese Wars III,
benefi t for Greenhill Humane
Society, cheese, beer & wine
pairings, 5:30pm & 8pm, The
Supreme Bean, 2864 Willamette
St. $25 adv.
Occupy Eugene Benefi t hosted
by Chris Castles w/music & street
theater, Sol Seed Brandon Reid,
Garden Goat Josh Brute, variety,
9pm, Sam Bond’s. $3-$25.
GATHERINGS Guaranty RV &
Trailer Sale, 10am-8pm; through
Jan. 8, Lane Events Center, 796
W. 13th Ave. FREE.
Public Relations Society of
America: how to best work w/the
media to stand out & get your
message heard, 11:45am-1pm,
Valley River Inn, www.goprsa.org
$25, $20 mem., $15 stu.
Opal Hour: Open Mic, 5-6:30pm,
LILA Peer Support Club, 990
Oak St. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Wonderful
Ones Storytime, 1-year-olds w/
caregivers, 10:15am & 11am,
downtown library, info at 682-
8316. FREE.
Family Storytime, 11am, Sheldon
Branch Library, 1566 Coburg Rd.,
info at 682-8316. FREE.
GATHERINGS City of Eugene
Mayor’s Offi ce: State of the City
2012, 5:30pm, Hult Center Lobby.
LITERARY ARTS Mid-Valley
Willamette Writer Series: Bill
Kenower,
6:30pm,
Tsunami
Books, 2585 Willamette St. $10,
stu. & mem. FREE.
MUSIC SHOcase: Lee Rothrock,
11:15am,
FREE.
Hult
Center
Lobby.
Open Jazz Jam, 5pm, FREE;
Tara Stonecipher Band, 8pm, $11;
Cozmic.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Strong Bones, Strong Body,
osteoporosis exercise class,
9:30am today & Thursday, Jan.
12, Garden Way Retirement, 175
S. Garden Way, reg. 343-3317.
First class FREE, then $2.
Alice Wallace plays
Cozmic 6pm Sunday, Jan.
8, FREE; and Bombs Away
Café in Corvallis 10:30pm
Saturday, Jan. 7; www.
alicewallacemusic.com
Walk with Us, weekly self-led
neighborhood walking group,
ages 50 & up, 9:30-10:30am to-
day & Thursday, Jan. 12, meet
at Petersen Barn Community
Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Prenatal Yoga, 5-6:15pm today
& Thursday, Jan. 12, RiverBend
Medical Center, 3333 Riverbend
Dr., Spfd., 222-7074. $11, $40 for
4 classes.
Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip-
ment, no instruction provided,
ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today &
Thursday, Jan. 12, Echo Hollow
Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd. $5.
SPIRITUAL
Reiki
Tummo
Healing Clinic, by appt., 5:30-
7:30pm, 15 N. Cedar St., 914-
0431. Don.
THEATER No Shame Eugene
Theater Workshop, write, direct &
act in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30-
9:30pm, 126 W. Broadway. FREE.
VOLUNTEER Care for Owen
Rose Garden, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N.
Jefferson St., 682-5025.
Prenatal Yoga, 5:30-6:45pm,
Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St.,
www.eugeneyoga.us $11.
SOCIAL
DANCE
Contact
Improvisation
Dance
Jam,
6-8pm, Musical Feet Studio, 420
W. 12th Ave., heartandsoulwell-
ness.com $5-$15 sliding scale.
mitting, bring hand tools & gloves,
10am-noon, Civic Stadium.
Quilts of Hope Quilting Bee,
piece small handmade quilts for
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at
Sacred Heart Medical Center,
bring a machine, thread & oth-
er sewing supplies, food & quilt-
ing kits provided, 10am-4pm, The
Quilt Patch, 448 W. 3rd Ave.
6 fri
ART/CRAFT Free First Friday,
11am-5pm, Jordan Schnitzer
Museum of Art, UO. FREE.
Salsa Dancing w/Jose Cruz,
9pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom, 1626
Willamette St. $6.
Sunrise 7:47am; Sunset 4:52pm
Av High 46; Av Low 34
BENEFITS
THEATER No Shame Eugene
GATHERINGS Picc-a-dilly Flea
Sunrise 7:48am; Sunset 4:50pm
Av High 46; Av Low 34
North
Eugene
Ukulele Orchestra w/Jay Seeley
& Craig Chee, acoustic, 8pm,
Cozmic. $5.
“Make
it
Reign,”
Eugene
Women’s Rugby benefi t w/DJ
Audio Schizophrenic, 9:30pm,
Cowfi sh, 62 W. Broadway. $5.
FILM Nordic Film Series: The Girl,
7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE.
FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food
Not Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West
Park. FREE.
“The Alchemist / Ninkasi / Stone
More Brown Than Black IPA” re-
lease party, 7-9pm, The Bier
Stein, 345 E. 11th Ave.
GATHERINGS
Church
Women United Monthly Forum:
“Homeless Students & Their
Struggle,” 9:15-11:15am, Ebbert
Memorial United Methodist
Church, 532 C St., Spfd. FREE.
City Club of Eugene: “Occupying
the Unhoused: An Alternative
Shelter?”
11:50am-1:30pm,
Eugene Hilton, 66 E. 6th Ave. $5,
mem. FREE.
First Friday Communities of
Color
Network,
5:30-7pm,
Springfi eld City Hall Lobby, 225
5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Performance, 15 fi ve-minute orig-
inal acts, 7:30pm, The Atrium
Building, 99 W. 10th Ave. FREE.
7 sat
Sunrise 7:48am; Sunset 4:51pm
Av High 46; Av Low 34
ART/CRAFT
First Saturday
Public
Tour,
1pm,
Jordan
Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO.
FREE w/admission.
BENEFITS “Future Signs: The
MUSIC Master class w/Kelly
Kuo, 1pm, Thelma Schnitzer Hall,
UO. FREE.
Acoustic Hootenanny, 3-6pm,
Mrs. Thompson’s Herbs, 347 W.
5th Ave., 686-6136. FREE.
Laura Kemp, Dan Jones, Peter
Wilde, acoustic, 5pm, Cozmic.
FREE.
Sweet Papa Lowdown, swing,
jazz, 6pm, downtown library.
FREE.
Syd Barrett tribute, rock,
9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $3-$5.
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.
Try Yoga, 10-11am, downtown li-
brary, reg. 682-5521 #98281. FREE.
Try Chair Yoga, 11:15am-12:15pm,
downtown library, reg. 682-5521
#98284. FREE.
1-5pm,
Candlelight vigil for victims
of gun violence, outdoors,
5-6:30pm, old federal building,
211 E. 7th Ave. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Musical
Stories: Arrieu Wind Quintet,
3pm, downtown library. FREE.
FOOD/DRINK Hideaway Bakery
GATHERINGS Peace Vigil,
noon-1pm, downtown library, info
at 342-2914. FREE.
Free Introduction to the Get-Help-
in-Keeping-Your-Resolutions
Workshops w/Shmuel Shalom
(Geoffrey) Cohen, 6:30-7:30pm,
see ConsciousTorah.com or 514-
2571 for location.
KIDS/FAMILIES Family Music
MUSIC Musica Maestrale: “To
Farmers’
Market,
9am-2pm,
Hideaway Bakery 3377 E. Amazon.
Time w/Pia & Jason Robbins,
10:15am, downtown library. FREE.
Bilingual Family Fiesta, 11:30am,
downtown library. FREE.
Trivia Night, 8pm, Rogue Public
House, 844 Olive St. FREE.
Lectures/Classes Eugene Friends
of Jung, Marea Claasen: The
Call of Our Ancient Ancestors,
7-9pm, 2nd fl oor HEDCO build-
ing, UO. $15, $10 mem.
Pokemon
League,
Cozmic. FREE.
L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES
LECTURES/CLASSES The
Family
Storytime,
10:15am,
Bethel Branch Library, 1990
Echo Hollow Rd. FREE.
Market, 10am-4pm, Lane Events
Center, 796 W. 13th Ave. $1.50.
Astrology of 2012” w/Johanna
Mitchell, benefi t for The Laurel
Hill Center, 2-4pm today & to-
morrow, Tsunami Books, 2585
Willamette St. $10-$15 sug. don.
Stories & Craft w/Pattiebuff:
“Penguins!” 1pm, Springfi eld
Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Baby Storytime, ages 0-1 w/care-
givers, 10:15am & 11:15am, down-
town library. FREE.
8 sun
Drums of Peace, 2-4pm, old
federal building, 211 E. 7th Ave.
FREE.
Game Night, bring board game
or use house game, 7pm, Divine
Cupcake, 1680 W. 11th Ave. FREE.
Outdoor Baby Walk & Talk, ages
0-2 w/caregiver, rain or shine,
meet at parking lot behind VRC,
9-10am, Delta Ponds. FREE.
EUGENE WEEKLY
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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.
KIDS/FAMILIES First Friday
14 JANUARY 5, 2012
21 theater
Renaissance of Chinese Culture
& Shen Yun Performing Arts w/
Shanjian Li, 3pm, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
MUSIC Oregon Mozart Players
w/Kelly Kuo, 7:30pm,
Center. $18-$39.
Hult
Nu Gen Jazz, 5pm, FREE;
Brothers of the Baladi, District 19
Flamenco, Middle Eastern dance,
world, 8pm, $8; Cozmic.
Frank Zappa Tribute Pojama
People w/Ike WIllis, rock,
9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $10.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidians: hike to Ridgeline Trail,
6.2 miles; ski Midnight Lake, 6
miles, info & sign up obsidians.org
GEARs Bike Ride: Doane & Briggs
Hills Ride, 37 miles, 10am, Alton
Baker Park, www.eugenegears.
org FREE.
Emerald Valley BMX, races fol-
lowing registration, reg. 3:30-
4:30pm today; reg. 10am-11am
tomorrow, Lane Events Center,
796 W. 13th Ave. $13 per bike,
spectators FREE.
Hockey: Generals vs. West
Sound, 7:35pm, Lane Events
Center, 796 W. 13th Ave.
SOCIAL
DANCE Beginning
Salsa Drop-In, 3pm, Eugene
Ballet Academy, 1590 Willamette
St. $10.
StaverDanceSport Open House,
3-5pm, 41 E. 6th Ave. FREE.
THEATER My Fair Lady, 8pm
today, 2pm tomorrow,
Center. $31.50-$52.50.
Hult
VOLUNTEER Civic Stadium
cleanup work party, weather per-
Understanding the Constitution,
noon-3pm, Grower’s Market, 454
Willamette St., see http://wkly.
ws/15d FREE.
Lament & to Rejoice,” early
Italian Baroque dramatic instru-
mental & vocal music, canned
goods for Food For Lane County
requested, 4pm, First United
Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.
$10 sug. don.
Alice Wallace, folk, country, 6pm,
Cozmic. FREE.
Bottlecap Boys, Left Coast
Country, acoustic, bluegrass,
9pm, Sam Bond’s. $3-$5.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
GEARs Bike Ride: Cottage Grove
Birthday Lunch ride via Dillard,
50 miles, 10am, Alton Baker
Park,
www.eugenegears.org
FREE.
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.
Cuban Salsa, 5pm lesson, 6pm
social dance, Courtsports, 2728
Pheasant Blvd., Spfd., see www.
eugenecasineros.com for info.
$2 sug. don.
USA Dance: 5pm intermediate
fox-trot lesson; 6pm beginning
fox-trot lesson; 7-9:30pm gen-
eral dancing, Veterans’ Memorial
Club, 1626 Willamette St., www.
eugeneballroom.org $5.
Veselo Folk Dancers, weekly in-
ternational folk dancing, 7:15-
10pm, In Shape Athletic Club, 2681
Willamette St., 683-3376. $3.
SPIRITUAL “What does living
with Grace mean and how does it
apply in your everyday life?” pre-
sentation & discussion, 10-11am,
Eckankar Center of Eugene, 2833-
C Willamette St., www.eckankar.
org FREE.
Video
interview:
“The
Transparency of Things” w/
Rupert Spira, 11am, Green Phoenix
Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave. FREE.
THEATER My Fair Lady contin-
ues. See Saturday.
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