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what's happening 15 movies 19 thurs Sunrise 7:43am; Sunset 5:05pm Av High 48; Av Low 34 DANCE SHOcase: Ballet Fantastique, 11:15am, Hult Center. FREE. FILM An Ecology of Mind, 7:30pm fi lm, 8:30pm Q&A w/di- rector Nora Bateson, Bijou Art Cinemas, 492 E. 13th Ave. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting, 5-7pm, Supreme Bean Coffee Co., 2864 Willamette St. FREE. GATHERINGS Oregon Tour & Travel Alliance: Quarterly Workshop & Luncheon, today & tomorrow, Village Green Resort, 725 Row River Rd., Cottage Grove, reg. http://wkly.ws/15u $45, $24 mem. Eugene Metro Business Networking International, 11:30am, Downtown Athletic Club, 999 Willamette St., http:// wkly.ws/159 $12 lunch. Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team In Training Information Meeting, 6pm, Phoenix Inn Suites, 850 Franklin Blvd., www. teamintraining.org/mail “Empower the 99 Percent,” facilitated process toward a more empowered & sustain- able community, 6:30-9pm, First Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St., 485-0495. Don. KIDS/FAMILIES The Art of Mathematics, for teach- ers, public & 5th & 6th grad- ers, 9-11:30am, 174 W. Broadway. FREE. 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. LECTURES/CLASSES Agricultural activism and live theater share a noteworthy celebrity in playwright, director and activist Luis Valdez. Founder of the prestigious El Teatro Campesino, Valdez merges his artistic talent with the passion for Chicano rights that led him to mobilize with Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers. Valdez’s fi lm and television projects involve prominent entertainers like Lou Diamond Phillips, Jimmy Smits, Chich Marin and Linda Rondstat. In 1979, he became the fi rst Chicano director to have a play presented on Broadway. Saturday he will speak at Oak Hill School, and students will present his short play Los Vendidos. Seating is fi rst come, fi rst served, and the play will open the program. Luis Valdez speaks 7pm Saturday, Jan. 21, at Oak Hill School, 86397 Eldon Schafer Dr.; FREE. Rob Klavins, Wildlands & Wildlife Advocate, “Bringing Wolves Back Home to Oregon,” 7pm, Obsidians Lodge, www.obsidi- ans.org League of Women Voters of Lane County: “An Update on 4J Goals & Issues” w/Sheldon Berman, 11:45am-1:30pm, Hilton Garden Inn, 3528 Gateway St., Spfd., reg. 343-7917. $13 lunch, program FREE. Charles Walker: Violence & Ideology in Native American Uprisings: The Tupac Amaru Rebellion, 1780-1783, 2pm, Knight Library Browsing Room, UO, http://uoamericas.uoregon. edu FREE. Boost Your Online Business: Learn to Analyze Your Web Traffi c, 6pm, downtown library. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Good News Poetry Tour w/Dylan Garity, Neil Hilborn & Hieu Minh Nguyen, 6:30pm, Mills International Center, UO EMU, http://thegood- newstour.tumblr.com Reading w/Tina Boscha, Miriam Gershow & Pete Hoffmeister, 7pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. MUSIC Open Jazz Jam w/Free Jazz Trio, 5pm, Cozmic. FREE. Eugene Symphony: Piazzolla’s Four Seasons, free space-limited tango lesson, 7pm dancing, 8pm concert, Hult Center. $15-$55. Portland Cello Project w/Israel Nebeker of Blind Pilot, Indie Cello Orchestra, 8pm, WOW Hall. $15 adv., $18 door. Jeffrey Martin, Lucas Gunn, acoustic, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Strong Bones, Strong Body, osteoporosis exercise class, 9:30am today & Thursday, Jan. 26, 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, Jan. 26, meet at Petersen Barn Community Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE. Prenatal Yoga, 5-6:15pm today & Thursday, Jan. 26, RiverBend Medical Center, 3333 Riverbend Dr., Spfd., 222-7074. $11, $40 for 4 classes. Beginning Yoga, fi rst class free, 6-7:15pm, Green Phoenix Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave., http:// wkly.ws/15t Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip- 12 JANUARY 19, 2012 EUGENE WEEKLY 18 music ment, no instruction provided, ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today & Thursday, Jan. 26, 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. An In Depth Look at the Shma Prayer w/Shmuel Shalom (Geoffrey) Cohen, 7pm today & Thursday, Jan. 26, call 514-2571 for location. THEATER No Shame Eugene Theater Workshop, write, direct & act in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30- 9:30pm, 126 W. Broadway. FREE. The Real Thing, 8pm to- day, tomorrow, Saturday & Thursday, Jan. 26, 2pm Sunday, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton St., www.lordlee- brick.com $10-$20. The Underpants, 8pm today, to- morrow & Thursday, Jan. 26; 2pm Sunday; through Jan. 28, The Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St. $15, $10 sr., $10 Thursday. VOLUNTEER Obsidians: trail maintenance, 1 mile, info & sign up obsidians.org Care for Owen Rose Garden, bring gloves & small hand-weed- ing tools, instruction provided, noon-3pm, end of N. Jefferson St., 682-5025. 20 fri Sunrise 7:42am; Sunset 5:06pm Av High 48; Av Low 34 BENEFITS JANLAN: 48 hours of computer game play including fi rst person shooters & real-time strategy games, portion of the proceeds from this event goes to the Elk’s Children’s Eye Clinic at the OHSU Casey Eye Institute, 4pm today-noon Sunday, Elks Lodge 357, 2470 W. 11th Ave., http://wkly.ws/15v $35. DANCE Dance Africa w/ Habib Iddrisu & Nana Yawn Asumin, 8pm today & tomorrow, Dougherty Dance Theatre, UO. $10, $5 stu. & sr. Middle Eastern Dance Night w/ featured dancer: Zahia, 8:30pm, Cozmic. $5 sug. don. FILM Nordic Film Series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food Not Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West Park. FREE. Fast & Slow Cooking Tips, pres- sure saucepans & slow cookers, 6-8:30pm, Community of Christ Church, 1485 Gilham Rd., reg. http://wkly.ws/15w $15. Vegan Potluck, eat for the en- vironment, no animal products, 7pm, McNail-Riley House, 601 W. 13th Ave., 341-1690. GATHERINGS City Club of Eugene: “Are Tax Breaks Keeping Oregon in the Red” w/ Steve Robinson, 11:50am-1:30pm, Eugene Hilton, 66 E. 6th Ave. $5, mem. FREE. We the People-Eugene & Move to Amend: Occupy the Courts, peaceful celebration of democ- racy & freedom, noon-5pm, Eugene Federal Courthouse, 405 E. 8th Ave., see full sched- ule in EW Classifi eds events, 937- 3034. FREE. 20 viz arts Events Center, 796 W. 13th Ave., www.eugenehomeshow.com FREE w/canned food don. Aloha Friday: Mark Kailana Nelson, slack key guitar & uku- lele, playing “Maui to Memphis,” open mic & short fi lm Hawaiian Folk Music, 6-8pm, Hodgepodge, 2190 W. 11th Ave. FREE. Game Night, bring board game or use house game, 7pm, Divine Cupcake, 1680 W. 11th Ave. FREE. Trivia Night, 8pm, Rogue Public House, 844 Olive St. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Baby Storytime, ages 0-1 w/caregivers, 10:15am & 11:15am, downtown li- brary. FREE. Family Storytime, 10:15am, Bethel Branch Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd. FREE. LECTURES/CLASSES Eugene Natural History Society: Patrick O’Grady on “Sheep Mountain, Clovis site archaeology,” 7:30pm, Willamette 100, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Author reading w/Mike Curtis, book reading w/music, 7pm, Creswell Coffee & Wine, 116 Melton Rd., Creswell. $3. Reading & Booksigning by Peter Jensen, 7:30pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. MUSIC Acoustic Hootenanny, 3-6pm, Mrs. Thompson’s Herbs, 347 W. 5th Ave., 686-6136. FREE. Marty Chilla, folk, rock, 5pm, Cozmic. FREE. Oregon Jazz Festival 2012 w/ Jesse Lewis, 7:30pm today & to- morrow, Ragozzino Performance Hall, LCC, lanecc.edu/tickets $7-$18. Roach Gigz, Berner, Clyde Carson, DJ Nima Fadavi, hip hop, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door. Sassparilla, Betty & the Boy, acoustic, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. ON THE AIR “The De’Ampy Soul Hama Show,” audio as- sault edit w/video collage, 10pm, Comcast channel 29. “The Sunday Morning Hangover TV Show,” Halie Loren returns from her Japanese tour & sings live in the studio, 11pm, Comcast channel 29. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians: hike Eugene Wetlands, 6.5 miles, info & sign up obsidians.org Beginning/Continuing Yoga, fi rst class free, 9:30-11am, Green Phoenix Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave., http://wkly.ws/15t Prenatal Yoga, 5:30-6:45pm, Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St., www.eugeneyoga.us $11. AcroYoga Dynamic Flight Transitions Workshop, 6:30- 8:30pm today & 1-4pm tomor- row, Willow Tree Yoga Studio, 1840 Willamette St., #208, www. acroyoga.com 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, waltz, 8:30- 10pm, StaverDanceSport, 41 E. 6th Ave. $10. Guided Tours at UO Museum of Natural & Cultural History, 1pm & 3pm, UO. FREE w/admission. Salsa Dancing w/Jose Cruz, 8:30pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom, 1626 Willamette St. $7. Good Earth Home, Garden & Living Show, 5-9pm today, 10am-8pm to- morrow & 10am-5pm Sunday, Lane THEATER Academy of Arts & Academics: Moon Over Buffalo, 7:30pm today, tomorrow & WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
