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A project of the
Arts & Business Alliance of Eugene
Ape Machine plays Sam
Bond’s Thursday, Feb. 16
Friday Night Dance, rumba, 8:30-
10pm, StaverDanceSport, 41 E.
6th Ave. $10.
Salsa Dancing w/Jose Cruz,
8:30pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom,
1626 Willamette St. $7.
SPIRITUAL
Teachings
by
Dzogchen Monk Erik Drew Jung:
The Dawn of Awakening — A
Profound Buddhist Practice for
Transforming Your Life, 7-9pm,
Eugene Zendo, 2190 Garfi eld St.
Don.
THEATER Don’t Drink the
Water, 8pm today & tomor-
row, 2:30pm Sunday, Cottage
Theatre, 700 Village Dr., Cottage
Grove, www.cottagetheatre.org
$16, $14 sr. & stu.
Trailer Park, 8pm today & to-
morrow, Actors Cabaret, 996
Willamette St. $16-$41.95.
Terra Nova Theatre: Vesta, 8pm
today & tomorrow, 2pm Sunday,
UpStart Crow Studio, 855 W. 1st
Ave., 242-8755. $15.
Northanger Abbey continues.
See Thursday, Feb. 16.
18 sat
Sunrise 7:08am; Sunset 5:46pm
Av High 52; Av Low 35
BENEFITS Soromundi: Lesbian
Chorus of Eugene, benefi t for LCC
Women In Transition program,
7:30-10:30pm, LCC Ragozzino
Performance Hall, www.soromun-
di.org $12, $10 stu. & sr.
DANCE Dance 2012 continues.
See Thursday, Feb. 16.
FOOD/DRINK
Zwickelmania
brewery open house event, 11am-
4pm, see http://wkly.ws/16z for
brewery list. Admission & bus
FREE.
Hideaway
Bakery
Farmers’
Market, 9am-2pm, Hideaway
Bakery 3377 E. Amazon.
GATHERINGS Frontier Heritage
Fair, 9am-6pm today, 9am-4pm
tomorrow, Lane Events Center,
796 W. 13th Ave. $3, age 11 & un-
der FREE.
Oregon Asian Celebration, 10am-
7pm today, 10am-6pm tomorrow,
Lane Events Center, 796 W. 13th
Ave., www.asiancelebration.org $6,
$10 weekend, age 12 & under FREE.
Eugene Maker Space — Grand
Opening, 11am-5pm, 687 McKinley
St., http://wkly.ws/16y FREE.
Peace Vigil, noon-1pm, down-
town library, info at 342-2914.
FREE.
Mardi Gras & Valentine’s Day
Celebration w/The Trio, 6:30pm
dinner, 7:30pm music, Deadwood
Community Center, Deadwood,
964-5031.
Cuentos y Canciones: Stories &
Songs in Spanish, 11am, Bethel
Branch Library, 1990 Echo
Hollow Rd. FREE.
Block Kids Competition, 1-4pm,
Gateway Mall, Spfd., www.sci-
encefactory.org
Ballet Fantastique Valentine’s
Weekend Parents’ Night Out,
ages 3 & up, 5-8pm, City Center
for Dance, 960 Oak St., http://
wkly.ws/16x $25, $15 additional
child.
THEATER Northanger Abbey
continues. See Thursday, Feb. 16.
Don’t Drink the Water continues.
See Friday.
Trailer
Friday.
Park
continues.
See
Vesta continues. See Friday.
VOLUNTEER Friends of Trees
Tree Pruning, learn to prune
street & park trees, improve
our local parks & urban forest,
gloves, tools & refreshments
provided, space limited, 9am-
noon, Bob Artz Memorial Park,
Spfd., reg. friendsoftrees.org or
632-3683. FREE.
L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES
American
Association
of
University Women: “Curbing
Climate Change; Steps We
Can Take” w/Sarah Mazze
of the Climate Leadership
Initiative, 9:30am social time,
10:30am program, Westminster
Presbyterian Church 777 Coburg
Rd., 344-4297. FREE.
Neil Kelly Company remodeling
seminars: 10am kitchen, 11am
countertops & fl oor coverings,
2817 Oak St., www.neilkelly.com
FREE.
Boomers Rule: prepare for huge
demographic shift, 1pm, down-
town library. FREE.
LITERARY
ARTS
Third
Saturday
Readers
Series:
Finishing Line Press Poets Deb
Casey, Kelly Terwilliger, Quinton
Hallett & Karen McPherson, 5pm,
Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette
St. FREE.
MUSIC
Eugene
Blues
Celebration:
Lady
Bianca,
Michael Osborn & the Drivers w/
Bill Rhodes, The Vipers, 6:30pm,
Cozmic. FREE.
Mat Kearney, 8pm, McDonald
Theatre. $20.
Macaco Velho, 9pm, Sam Bond’s.
$5.
MarchFourth Marching Band w/
Samba Ja, marching band, cir-
cus, 9pm, WOW Hall. $12 adv.,
$15 door.
ON THE AIR “Meet the
Band” show w/Betty & the Boy,
2-2:30pm, Comcast channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidians: hike Spencer Butte,
2.2 miles; ski Hoodoo Butte -
Potato Hill Loop, 8 miles, info &
sign up obsidians.org
GEARs Bike Ride: Lorane Hwy,
Spencer Creek, 40 miles, 10am,
Alton Baker Park, www.euge-
negears.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.
SOCIAL
DANCE Beginning
Salsa Drop-In, 3pm, Eugene
Ballet Academy, 1590 Willamette
St. $10.
Barn Dance, 7-9:30pm, Petersen
Barn Center, 870 Berntzen Rd.,
682-5521. $2.
WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
19 sun
Sunrise 7:07am; Sunset 5:47pm
Av High 52; Av Low 35
BENEFITS
“Hold Together,”
multi-choir concert w/Eugene
Peace Choir, Rogue Valley Peace
Choir, Portland Peace Choir, In
Accord Community Choir (Eugene)
& Val Rogers’ South African
Showcase, benefi t for community
music celebrating peace, the envi-
ronment & social justice, 2-4:15pm,
First United Methodist Church,
1376 Olive St. $5 sug. don.
Experience all of Beethoven’s string quartets
quartets, performed over six remarkabl
remarkable concerts.
FIRST CONCERT OF THE SERIES
year.
music.uoregon.edu/osq
diversity.
FEBRUARY 18 & 19, 2012
GATHERINGS
Frontier
Heritage Fair, 9am-6pm Record
Convention, 10am-5pm, Eugene
Hilton, 66 E. 6th Ave. $3.
Piccadilly Flea Market, 10am-
4pm, Lane Events Center, 796 W.
13th Ave., 683-5589. $1.50.
Pokemon
League,
Cozmic. FREE.
1-5pm,
Drums of Peace, 2-4pm, old
federal building, 211 E. 7th Ave.
FREE.
Frontier Heritage Fair continues.
See Saturday.
Oregon Asian Celebration contin-
ues. See Saturday.
Lane Events Center, Eugene t Saturday 10am-7pm, Sunday 10am-6pm
Adults $ 6/day, $ 10 both days, 12 & under Free
www.asiancelebraon.org
HEALTH Occupy Medical Clinic,
doctor onsite, Spanish inter-
preter available noon-2pm, clin-
ic noon-4pm, 7th & Pearl. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Create a
Zany Hat for kids, 3pm, down-
town library. FREE.
L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES
Cultural Opportunity Grants
& Grant Writing Workshop,
10:30am-12:30pm,
Siuslaw
Library, 1460 9th St., Florence,
http://laneculture.net/wp
Understanding the Constitution,
noon-3pm, Grower’s Market, 454
Willamette St., see http://wkly.
ws/15d FREE.
ARTS Reading,
signing & reception for Deb
Mohr’s
The
Flume-Tender’s
Daughter, 3pm, Tsunami Books,
2585 Willamette St. FREE.
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Chocolate
Party,
7:30pm,
StaverDanceSport, 41 E. 6th
Ave., staverdancesport.com $10
& favorite chocolate.
Dog Tale
Time, grades K-6, 2-3:30pm,
downtown library, reg. 682-8316.
FREE.
Yo
Lane County Farmers Market
Winter Market, 10am-2pm, 8th
& Oak.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Th
Dance Center, 2095 Yolanda,
Spfd., 726-8785. $5.
MUSIC
DANCE
FOOD
MARKET
ART
CRAFTS
GAMING
DEMOS
LITERARY
Presented by the
Eugene-Springfield Asian Council.
Sponsored by:
MUSIC
Mind
The
Gap,
Outspoken, Portland Timbre, vo-
cal, 5pm, Cozmic. $5.
Andy McKee w/Antoine Dufour,
acoustic guitar, 7pm, WOW Hall.
$15.
Ari Hest, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s.
$14.
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