GEARs Bike Ride: Creswell to Cottage
Grove, 26 miles, 10am, Ray’s Market,
Creswell; Pleasant Hill via Matthews,
28 miles, 10am, Alton Baker Park,
www.eugenegears.org FREE.
calendar
Mount Pisgah Arboretum Walk:
“Life Among the Mosses,” rain
or shine, 1-3pm, Mount Pisgah
Arboretum Visitor Center. 34901
Frank Parrish Rd., 747-3817. $5.
PETS Greenhill Humane Society
Adoption Event, $100 from every
car sold donated to Greenhill, 11am-
3pm, Lithia Nissan, 2060 Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd.
SOCIAL
DANCE Beginning
Salsa Drop-In, 3pm, Eugene Ballet
Academy, 1590 Willamette St. $10.
Saturday Social Dance, 7-9:30pm,
StaverDanceSport, 41 E. 6th Ave. $5.
Contra Dance, 7:30pm workshop,
8pm dance, Ridgeline Montessori,
3411 Willamette St., 521-0596. $8,
$6 stu. & mem.
Salsa dancing & music from Priyo
& Gypsy Moon, 9pm, Kate’s in June,
1591 Willamette St. $5.
SPIRITUAL
Meditation
for
Awakening
w/Alan
Zundel,
9-10:30am, 1376 Olive St., 510-
8804, www.heartawake.org Don.
Collaborations Dance 2012 runs
Thursday, Feb. 23, through
Saturday at LCC
Women’s
Business
Network
Luncheon: Be a Successful Employer,
11:30am-1:30pm, Eugene Hilton, 12th
fl oor. $20, $15 mem.
Peace Vigil, noon-1pm, downtown li-
brary, info at 342-2914. FREE.
Occupy
Oregon
Statewide
Assembly, 3-6pm, Occupy V 1274
W. 7th Ave.
Oregon Logging Conference: “The
World Needs Our Wood” continues.
See Thursday, Feb. 23.
KIDS/FAMILIES
Magical
Moombah: Mr. Big at Large, 10am &
1pm, 11:15am Music Box, The Shedd,
www.theshedd.org $5.
Dog Tale Time, grades K-6,
2-3:30pm, downtown library, reg.
682-8316. FREE.
Cuentos y Canciones: Stories &
Songs in Spanish, 11am, Bethel
Branch Library, 1990 Echo Hollow
Rd. FREE.
Cuentos: Spanish language sto-
ries, songs & fun w/Emily, 1pm,
Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St.,
Spfd. FREE.
Nearby Nature Quest: Treefrog
Tunes, 6:30-8pm, Amazon Park,
reg. 687-9699. $2, $5 family, mem.
FREE.
LECTURES/CLASSES Compost
Demo by Compost Specialist,
10am-noon, Transition Garden, 905
Flamingo, Spfd. FREE.
MUSIC
SALUT:
Celebrating
African American Musicians of
the 20th Century, members of the
BSU in partnership w/the African
American special emphasis unit
of the VA Roseburg Healthcare
System,
4-5pm,
Ragozzino
Performance Hall, Building 6. FREE.
Tony Arnold Performs the Music of
Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, 4pm, Beall
Hall. $10, $8 sr.
Beth Wood, Jeffrey Martin, folk,
7:30pm, Tsunami Books, 2585
Willamette St. $11.50 adv., $12 door.
The Britten War Requiem w/Eugene
Concert Choir, Eugene Symphony,
Oregon Festival Choirs, 8pm, Hult
Center. $15-$36.
Chuck Prophet & The Mission
Express, Americana, rock, 9pm,
Cozmic. $11 adv., $14 day of.
Acoustic Golden Motors, 6pm,
FREE; Golden Motors, CD release,
Casey Neil and the Norway Rats,
9:30pm, $5; Sam Bond’s.
Metropolitan Rhythm & Blues Revue
continues. See Thursday, Feb. 23.
ON THE AIR “The De’Ampy Soul
Hama Show,” Erik Lindquist, bass
guitarist, Unicron, James Wood,
midnight, Comcast channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidians: snowshoe Diamond
Creek Falls, 5.4 miles; Spencer
Butte Trail Maintenance, 2 miles,
info & sign up obsidians.org
Escorting the Shabbat Queen
Gathering, bring instruments, ko-
sher food provided, 8pm, 8:30pm
Havdallah, call 514-2571 for location
& info, JewishEventsWillamette-
valley.org
THEATER Northanger Abbey con-
tinues. See Thursday, Feb. 23.
VOLUNTEER Disciples of Dirt
Mountain Bike Club: trail main-
tenance, extensive brushing of
ground vegetation, installing drain-
age features & repairing the tread,
dress for the weather & bring a
lunch, bring safety glasses & hard-
hats/helmets, 9am today & to-
morrow, meet Goodman Creek/
Hardesty Trailhead parking lot west
of mile post 21 & east of Goodman
Ck Rd., disciplesofdirt.org
Row River Nature Park Tree
Planting, 9am-noon, 33301 Row
River Rd., reg. 767-9717.
Willamette Riverfront forest resto-
ration work party, tools, gloves & re-
freshments provided, 9:30am-noon,
Greenway Bike bridge across from
VRC, www.walamarestoration.org
26 sun
Sunrise 6:55am; Sunset 5:57pm
Av High 53; Av Low 35
BENEFITS Vegetarian & vegan
speed dating event, veg-leaning sin-
gles also welcome, 18 & up, fundraiser
for Eugene Voices for Animals, 7pm,
Cornbread Cafe, 1290 W. 7th Ave., reg.
http://wkly.ws/173 $12.
FILM Movie & discussion: hous-
ing is a human right/occupy the
March 2 - 24
previews February 29 & March 1
Ray Bradbury’s Sci-Fi Classic
An unforgettable tale of a future without
books comes chillingly to life in this stage
adaptation by the legendary author himself.
Fahrenheit 451 - The Play is presented in
collaboration with the Eugene Public Library’s
Big Read project.
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