John Cruz, 7:30pm, The Shedd,
www.theshedd.org $18-$26.
UO’s Absolute Improv continues.
See Friday.
Alice DiMiceli w/Jeff Pevar, 8pm,
Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette
St. $12 adv., $15 door.
VOLUNTEER Amazon Creek
tree planting, Richardson Bridge,
9am-noon, friendsoftrees.org or
632-3683. FREE.
Breathe Owl Breathe, Purple
Sparrows, Dan Jones, indie rock,
8:30pm, Cozmic. $8 adv., $10
day of.
The Dimes, The Royal Blue, rock,
9pm, WOW Hall. $5.
Brown Chicken Brown Cow,
Payne & Money, acoustic, old-
time, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Buford Park: South Meadow Tour
w/The Friends of Buford Park &
Mt. Pisgah, 10am-noon, Mount
Pisgah Arboretum, reg. www.bu-
fordpark.org
GEARs Bike Ride: Bowers Rd
via Coburg Btm Loop, 41 miles,
10am, Alton Baker Park, www.eu-
genegears.org FREE.
Winterfest/Gold Lake Sno-Park,
10am-4pm, depart from OP Barn,
UO, reg. 346-4365. $7 gas & gear
rentals.
Weed Identifi cation Walk, rain
or
shine,
11:30am-12:30pm,
GrassRoots Garden, 1465 Coburg
Rd. 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.
SOCIAL
DANCE Beginning
Autism Rocks, Steel Wool, DJ
& Ray, folk, rock, 8:30pm, Sam
Bond’s. $5-$20.
GATHERINGS Piccadilly Flea
Market, 10am-4pm, Lane Events
Center, 796 W. 13th Ave., 683-
5589. $1.50.
1-5pm,
Tom for kids, 3pm, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Understanding the Constitution,
noon-3pm, Grower’s Market, 454
Willamette St., see http://wkly.
ws/15d FREE.
Obsidians: snowshoe to Maxwell
Butte, 5.5 miles, info & sign up
obsidians.org
KIDS/FAMILIES Fiddlin’ Sue &
SPIRITUAL
Cascade Consort & Friends: The
Things We Do For Love, love-
themed Baroque music, bring
canned goods for Food For
Lane County, 4pm, First United
Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.,
www.eugenefume.org $10 sug.
don.
Exploding Love continues. See
Thursday, Feb. 2.
Trailer
Friday.
Park
continues.
See
ON THE AIR Radio Redux on
the Front Porch Revue: “Fat Man:
Murder on the Menu,” “Bob &
Ray: Garish Summit,” 3:30-5pm,
89.7 FM, KLCC.
Salzburg Chamber Soloists w/
Karine Polverelli, 3pm, Beall Hall,
UO. $17-$42.
Awake & Sing! continues. See
Thursday, Feb. 2.
Eugene Symphonic Band Fall
Concert, 7:30pm, Beall Hall, UO.
$8, $5 sr., stu. FREE.
Valentine Pet
Photos, benefi t for Greenhill
Humane Society, 1-3pm, Curious
K9, 5th Street Public Market.
$15.
Saturday
Social
Dance,
7-9:30pm, StaverDanceSport, 41
E. 6th Ave. $5.
Sacred Heart Hospice: Vesta,
8pm; through Feb. 19, UpStart
Crow Studio, 855 W. 1st Ave.,
242-8755. $15.
Celebration w/Marty Dread,
Alcyon Massive & the Escort
Service, all ages, no alcohol,
6-10pm, Spencer Creek Grange,
86013 Lorane Hwy. Don.
BENEFITS
MUSIC Laura Gibson, 3pm,
THEATER Awake & Sing!: pre-
show directors talk w/Damond
Morris, 6:50pm, Miller Theatre,
UO, reg. 1040@gmail.com
MUSIC Bob Marley Birthday
5 sun
Drums of Peace, 2-4pm, old
federal building, 211 E. 7th Ave.
FREE.
House of Records, 258 E. 13th
Ave. FREE.
Music for Makindu, TonePoem
& Brasil Combo, 4pm, Unitarian
Universalist Church, 477 E. 40th
Ave. $25, $10 stu.
EUFORQUESTRA, world, 9pm,
Cozmic. $5 adv., $8 day of.
Emerald City Jazz Kings: Pick
Yourself Up! The Songs of
Dorothy Fields continues. See
Thursday, Feb. 2.
Intro
to eBooks, eReaders on-hand to
try or bring your own, basic com-
puter & internet skills required,
5:30-7:30pm, downtown library,
682-5450. FREE.
LITERARY ARTS Publish
Your Poetry w/Toni Hanner,
6pm, downtown library, reg. 682-
5450. FREE.
Sunrise 7:26am; Sunset 5:28pm
Av High 50; Av Low 35
Pokemon
League,
Cozmic. FREE.
LECTURES/CLASSES
Inquiry Group for the Work of
Byron Katie, 6:30pm, info at
686-3223. FREE.
Nearby
Nature
Restoration
Celebration, bring reusable wa-
ter bottle, 1-4pm, Alton Baker
Park’s Wildfl ower Hollow, reg.
info@nearbynature.org
Salsa Drop-In, 3pm, Eugene
Ballet Academy, 1590 Willamette
St. $10.
Meditation for
Awakening
w/Alan
Zundel,
9-10:30am, 1376 Olive St., 510-
8804, www.heartawake.org Don.
calendar
Volunteer & Foster Orientation,
11am-noon, Greenhill Humane
Society, 88530 Green Hill Rd.,
reg. 689-1503.
Obsidians: cross-country ski to
Midnight Lake, 6 miles; cross-
country ski to Ski Booth/Square
Lakes, 8 miles, info & sign up ob-
sidians.org
UO Outdoor Program: Meadows
Bus, 5am-7pm, OP Barn, UO. $70
ride & lift ticket.
The Girl Who Kicked
the Hornet’s Nest
screens Friday at UO
Beginning/Continuing
Yoga,
fi rst class free, 9-10:15am, Green
Phoenix Institute, 352 W. 12th
Ave., http://wkly.ws/15t
GEARs Bike Ride: Fox Hollow,
Lorane Hwy, Spencer Creek,
Gimple Hill, 38 miles, 10am,
Alton Baker Park, www.euge-
negears.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.
Veselo Folk Dancers, weekly in-
ternational folk dancing, 7:15-
10pm, In Shape Athletic Club, 2681
Willamette St., 683-3376. $3.
SPIRITUAL Video: “Rev. Dr
James Forbes: One in the Spirit,”
11am, Green Phoenix Institute,
352 W. 12th Ave., centerforsacred-
sciences.org
THEATER Trailer Park contin-
ues. See Friday.
6 mon
Conversations on the Forest w/
Rob Handy, Roy Keene & Kevin
Matthews, 6-7:30pm, Cozmic.
FREE.
Autism Rocks Bingo, 9pm, Sam
Bond’s. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES Reading w/
Rover, 6:30pm, Cottage Grove
Public Library, 700 E. Gibbs,
Cottage Grove.
Custom Work
343-4972
KIDS/FAMILIES Terrifi c Twos
Storytime, for 2-year-olds w/
caregivers, 10:15am & 11am,
downtown library, info at 682-
8316. FREE.
Valentine Making Workshop,
all ages, 3:30-5pm, Springfi eld
Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE.
ON THE AIR City Club of
LECTURES/CLASSES North
Eugene: “Governance for Higher
Education in Oregon” w/George
Pernsteiner & Robert M. Berdahl,
6:30-7:30pm, 89.7 FM KLCC.
American Butterfl y Association:
Butterfl ies of Ecuador w/Neil
Bjorklund, 7:30pm, EWEB, 500
E. 4th Ave. FREE.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
MUSIC Voice Faculty Concert:
Aerial Circus Arts & Acro-
Balance, free trial, 8-9pm today &
Wednesday, GymFusion: National
Academy of Artistic Gymnastics,
1205 Oak Patch Rd., 344-2002.
$10 drop-In, $80 for 10 classes.
Siri Vik, Gene Chin & Alison
Slade, 7:30pm, LCC. $10, $8 stu.
& sr.
Eugene Contemporary Chamber
Ensemble, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO.
FREE.
Hoop-Matics, free trial, 8-9pm,
GymFusion: National Academy
of Artistic Gymnastics, 1205 Oak
Patch Rd., 344-2002. $10 drop-
In, $80 for 10 classes.
Nathan Jones,
Cozmic.
7 tues
Sunrise 7:24am; Sunset 5:31pm
Av High 50; Av Low 35
BENEFITS Brewer’s Dinner,
benefi t for the Civil Liberties
Defense Center, Ninkasi Brews,
food by Ashley Hawkins, 6pm,
The Granary, 259 E. 5th Ave.,
http://wkly.ws/16g $50 adv., $60
door.
Bluegrass Jam,
Bond’s. FREE.
blues,
8pm,
9pm,
Sam
SOCIAL
DANCE Eugene
Folk Dancers, weekly interna-
tional folk dancing, 7:45pm,
Willamalane Activity Center, 215
W. C St., Spfd., 344-7591. $2.
SPIRITUAL Full Moon Healing
Meditation, 6:30-7pm, Yoga West
Eugene, 3635 Hilyard St., 343-
7825. FREE.
New Year for the Trees Hike,
Jewish New Year hike, 7-8pm,
Hendricks’ Park Rhododendron
Garden, 514-2571. FREE.
FOOD/DRINK
Creswell
Farmers’
Market,
indoors,
4-6pm, 182 S. 2nd St., Creswell.
Tasting at Oakshire Brewing
Company, sampler trays of
Oakshire brews, meet the brew-
er, tour the brewery, visit the
new tasting room, 5:30-7:30pm,
1055 Madera St., 688-4555.
GATHERINGS
Cascade
Toastmasters, drop-ins welcome,
6:45-8:15am, Original Pancake
House, 782 E. Broadway, call
343-3743 for info. FREE.
8 wed
Sunrise 7:22am; Sunset 5:32pm
Av High 50; Av Low 35
FILM Movie Appreciation Group:
The Wind & the Lion (1975), PG,
subtitles, 1pm, Willamalane Adult
Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd.
Schnitzer Cinema: Unfi nished
Spaces w/guest fi lmmaker Alysa
Nahmias, 7pm, Jordan Schnitzer
Museum of Art, UO. FREE.
Connecting
Communities
BLUES
SHOWCASE
WITH
TIM DONAHUE
BILL SHREVE
PETE GIRI
PAUL BIONDI
Trivia Night, 7pm, Divine
Cupcake, 1680 W. 11th Ave. FREE.
Andy Irvine, Irish vocalist,
8:30pm, Cozmic. $14 adv., $18
day of.
THE
HANK
SHREVE
Alison Shiboski
Adaptive Game Day for Stroke
Survivors, 1:30-3pm, Hilyard
Community Center, 2580 Hilyard
St. FREE.
Fancy Nancy & Super Hero
Stories, all ages, 3:30pm,
Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St.,
Spfd. FREE.
GATHERINGS
Women in Black Standing for
Peace, silent vigil, 5-5:30pm,
across the street from old feder-
al building, 7th & Pearl St., info at
343-0063. FREE.
Lane County Assoc. of PERS
Retirees: Ruth Heller on program
& benefi ts, 10am coffee, 10:30am
meeting, Campbell Center, 155
High St. $5 dues or FREE.
Secret Chiefs 3, Dengue Fever,
rock, 8pm, WOW Hall. $13 adv.,
$15 door.
Sunrise 7:25am; Sunset 5:30pm
Av High 50; Av Low 35
Local Food
Connection: connecting food
producers w/buyers through
networking sessions & work-
shops, 8:30am-4pm, LCC, reg.
www.localfoodconnection.org
$25.
Springfi eld Chamber’s Winter
Membership
Breakfast:
UO
Economic Index for 2012 w/Tim
Duy, 7-9am, Holiday Inn, 919
Kruse Way. $30, $20 mem.
Investing in Quality Growth
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communities engaged in development and
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