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Mat Kearney plays the
McDonald Theatre Saturday
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidians: snowshoe Potato Hill, 5
miles, info & sign up obsidians.org
Beginning/Continuing
Yoga,
fi rst class free, 9-10:15am, Green
Phoenix Institute, 352 W. 12th
Ave., http://wkly.ws/15t
GEARs Bike Ride: Fairmount
Meander, 15 miles, 9am coffee,
10am ride, Eugene City Bakery;
Walterville via Thurston Rd., 48
miles, 10am, Alton Baker Park,
www.eugenegears.org FREE.
No School Day pool kayak les-
sons, ages 11 & up, 1-3pm, Echo
Hollow Pool & Fitness Center,
1655 Echo Hollow Rd., reg. www.
eugene-or.gov/recenroll $25.
No school swim day, 1:40-
3:40pm, Sheldon Pool, 682-
5525. $3.
“What We Talk About When We
Talk About Eating Dog,” Robert
Ji-Song Ku, 4pm, Knight Library
Browsing Room, UO, 346-1521.
FREE.
Birding w/a Purpose, 1-4pm, Row
River Nature Park, reg. 767-9717
for location, http://wkly.ws/170
Reading
w/Rover,
6:30pm,
Cottage Grove Public Library,
700 E. Gibbs, Cottage Grove.
Community Yoga Class, 4:30-
5:45pm, Eugene Yoga, 3575
Donald St., 520-8771. Don.
LECTURES/CLASSES
Emerald Valley BMX continues.
See Saturday.
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.
Avid
Gardeners: Tried & True & New
w/ specialty nursery owners
Mark Bloom, Alice Doyle, Ernie
& Marietta O’Byrne & moderator
Mary-Kate Mackey, 7pm, Garden
Club, 1645 High St.
MUSIC REFA, Cody Enright,
rock, folk, 6pm, Cozmic. FREE.
Irish Jam Session, all ages, 7pm,
Eugene Suzuki Music Academy,
170 W. 12th Ave. FREE.
Cursive w/Ume, rock, 8pm, WOW
Hall. $15 adv., $18 door.
Neutral Uke Hotel, Golden
Bloom, Michael Jepstein, 9pm,
Sam Bond’s. $10.
THEATER Northanger Abbey
ON THE AIR City Club of
continues. See Thursday, Feb. 16.
Eugene: “At the Corner of
Main Street & Broadway: New
Downtown Businesses in the
Eugene Area,” 6:30-7:30pm,
89.7 FM KLCC.
Don’t Drink the Water continues.
See Friday.
Vesta continues. See Friday.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
20 mon
Sunrise 7:05am; Sunset 5:49pm
Av High 52; Av Low 35
BENEFITS
First Book of
Oregon fundraiser, 40% of prof-
its donated from eat-in & take-
out, 5-8pm, Roaring Rapids
Pizza Company, 4006 Franklin
Blvd.
FILM Movie Night, 7:30pm,
Cozmic. FREE.
GATHERINGS Women in Black
Standing for Peace, silent vig-
il, 5-5:30pm, across the street
from old federal building, 7th
& Pearl St., info at 343-0063.
FREE.
McKenzie Flyfi shers monthly
meeting, Shivonne Nesbit on the
Crooked River, 6pm social hour,
6:45pm dinner, 7:30pm program,
Boulevard Grill, 2123 Franklin
Blvd., www.mckenziefl yfi shers.
org
KIDS/FAMILIES
Nearby
Nature No School Day Program:
River Rhythm & Rhyme w/Rhian
Pyke, drummer from Dance
Africa, ages 6-9, max. 12 kids,
8:30am-3pm, Alton Baker Park,
reg. 687-9699 or http://wkly.
ws/167 $35, $30 mem.
YES! YEA! No School Day Camp:
Bloodsuckers! grades 1-5, 9am-
4pm, see www.sciencefactory.
org for info. $40, $35 YWA &
Science Factory mem.
Mixed Media Art Journaling
Workshop, ages 10-18, reg. by
Feb. 16, www.opheliasplace.net
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FEBRUARY 16, 2012
EUGENE WEEKLY
Aerial Circus Arts & Acro-
Balance, free trial, 8-9pm to-
day & Wednesday, GymFusion:
National Academy of Artistic
Gymnastics, 1205 Oak Patch Rd.,
344-2002. $10 drop-In, $80 for
10 classes.
SOCIAL DANCE Tango lessons
for beginners, 7-8pm, Studio B,
189 W. 8th Ave. $10 drop-in.
West Coast Swing, 7pm lesson,
8-10:30pm social dance, The
Vet’s Club, 1626 Willamette St.
$6, $4 mem. & stu.
SPIRITUAL
Open
Heart
Meditation, 5:30-6:30pm, 1210
W. 4th Ave., 914-0431. Don.
21 tues
Sunrise 7:03am; Sunset 5:50pm
Av High 52; Av Low 35
FILM IWW Movie & Discussion:
¡Viva Mexico! & discussion w/
PCUN union organizer Javier
Lara, 7pm, Willamette 100, UO.
FREE.
Trivia Night, 7pm, Divine
Cupcake, 1680 W. 11th Ave. FREE.
HEALTH Occupy Medical Clinic,
doctor onsite, 5-7pm today &
Thursday, Feb. 23, Occupy V, 1274
Polk St. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES Terrifi c Twos
Storytime, for 2-year-olds w/
caregivers, 10:15am & 11am,
downtown library, info at 682-
8316. FREE.
Jammie Storytime, all ages,
7pm, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th
St., Spfd. FREE.
L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES
Nonprofi t Association of Oregon:
Effective Fundraising Strategies,
8:30-10:30am,
John
Serbu
Campus, www.nonprofi toregon.
org
Barbara Diamond from Dancing
Lizard Gardens on Hardy
Succulents, 1pm, Eugene Garden
Club, 1645 High St. FREE.
Boomers Don’t Retire,
downtown library. FREE.
6pm,
A.W.A.K.E.: respiratory thera-
pists Katy Reeves & Deb Riddell
w/tips for getting a better night’s
sleep, 6:30-8pm, Sacred Heart
at RiverBend, 3333 Riverbend
Dr., Spfd. FREE.
LITERARY
ARTS Windfall
Reading Series: Patty & Vince
Wixon, 5:30pm, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
MUSIC North Eugene Region
String Academy Concert, 7pm,
Madison Middle School. FREE.
Ari Hest Bluegrass Jam, 9pm,
Sam Bond’s. FREE.
SOCIAL
DANCE Eugene
Zydeco Dance Community: Mardi
Gras dance party, 7pm, New Day
Bakery, 449 Blair Blvd.
Eugene Folk Dancers, weekly in-
ternational folk dancing, 7:45pm,
Willamalane Activity Center, 215
W. C St., Spfd., 344-7591. $2.
VOLUNTEER
Volunteer
Orientation, 6:30pm, WOW Hall.
22 wed
Sunrise 7:02am; Sunset 5:51pm
Av High 52; Av Low 35
BENEFITS Homebrewer’s Beer
Camp, benefi t for Food For Lane
County, 4pm, The Bier Stein, 345
E. 11th Ave.
FILM
Movie Appreciation
Group: Finding Forrester (2000),
PG, subtitles, 1pm, Willamalane
Adult Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd.
FOOD/DRINK
Creswell
Farmers’
Market,
indoors,
4-6pm, 182 S. 2nd St., Creswell.
ASUO: Precious Knowledge,
lawmakers in Tuscon attempt
to eliminate ethnic studies de-
partment, high school students
fi ght to keep the program, 6pm,
McKenzie 221, UO. FREE.
GATHERINGS
GATHERINGS Free Admission
Cascade
Toastmasters, drop-ins welcome,
6:45-8:15am, Original Pancake
House, 782 E. Broadway, call
343-3743 for info. FREE.
Adaptive Game Day for Stroke
Survivors, 1:30-3pm, Hilyard
Community Center, 2580 Hilyard
St. FREE.
Day at UO Museum of Natural &
Cultural History, 11am-5pm, UO.
FREE.
Teen Gaming, board, card & role-
playing games, 3:30-5:30pm,
Sheldon Branch Library, 1566
Coburg Rd. FREE.
Bingo Night, 8pm, Rogue Public
House, 844 Olive St. FREE.
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