what's
happening
25 movies
8 thurs
& Thursday, March 15, RiverBend
Medical Center, 3333 Riverbend
Dr., Spfd., 222-7074. $11, $40 for
4 classes.
FILM Wild & Scenic Film Festival,
Yoga & Qigong, 5:30pm today &
Thursday, March 15, Celebration
Studio, 1820 Willamette St. $10.
Sunrise 6:36am; Sunset 6:11pm
Av High 55; Av Low 36
7-10pm, PLC 180, UO, wkly.ws/17i
$7, $5 UO Outdoor Program
mem. & UO stu.
FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting,
5-7pm today & Thursday, March
15, Supreme Bean Coffee Co.,
2864 Willamette St. FREE.
GATHERINGS
Lovers of avid outdoor
persuits can look forward
to the fi lm festival of their
dreams Thursday, March 8,
at UO. The Wild & Scenic
Film Festival, a benefi t
for Cascadia Wildlands,
will screen fi lm after fi lm
of wilderness adventures,
stunning landscapes and
the work done to save them
both from “progress.” The
fi lms include the sights and
sounds of skiing Baffi n Island,
the run of the Colorado
River, weed-eating goats’
war on invasives, exploration
in Central Africa and Gross
Domestic Happiness in
Bhutan. COLD, pictured above,
is an award-winning short fi lm
that chronicles Cory Richards’
ascent of Gasherbrum II in the
Himalayas. The Wild & Scenic
Film Festival runs 7-10pm
Thursday, March 8, in PLC 180,
UO; $7, $5 UO stu. & OP Co-op
mem. Complete program at
wkly.ws/17i
Oregon
Supreme Court, 9am State v.
Harrell, 10:30am Karuk Tribe
of California v. Tri-County
Metropolitan
Transportation
District of Oregon, Law 175, UO.
FREE.
Eugene
Metro
Business
Networking
International,
11:30am, Downtown Athletic
Club, 999 Willamette St., wkly.
ws/159 $12 lunch.
33rd Annual Lane County Home
& Garden Show, 5-9pm today &
tomorrow, 10am-9pm Saturday,
10am-5pm, Lane Events Center,
796 W. 13th Ave. FREE w/canned
food donation.
Hearing
Loss
Association:
Dustin Girard — I Can’t Hear You
When It’s Dark, 7-9pm, Hilyard
Community Center, 2580 Hilyard
St.
KIDS/FAMILIES
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.
L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES
Visiting Scholars on Islam:
Irfan Omar — “Conference of
the Birds,” selections of well-
known Sufi writings by the
Persian-Muslim poet Farid Al-
Din Attar, 1-2:30pm; “Dialogue
of the Heart: Seeing the ‘Other’
from an Islamic Perspective,”
5-6:30pm; Center for Meeting &
Learning, Building 19, room 226,
LCC.
Jewish Events
Willamette-valley Purim meal,
3pm, location & info at 514-2571,
http://wkly.ws/17j
Reiki Tummo Healing Clinic,
by appt., 5:30-7:30pm, 2550
Portland St., 914-0431. Don.
Full Moon Healing Meditation,
6:30-7pm, Yoga West Eugene,
3635 Hilyard St., 344-8332, www.
yogawesteugene FREE.
THEATER No Shame Eugene
Theater Workshop, write, direct &
act in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30-
9:30pm, 126 W. Broadway. FREE.
The Crucible, 8pm today, tomor-
row, Saturday & Thursday, March
15; 2pm Sunday; through March
17, Hope Theatre, UO, http://tick-
ets.uoregon.edu/theatre $12-$14,
UO stu. FREE.
Fahrenheit 451, 8pm today, to-
morrow, Saturday & Thursday,
March 15; 2pm Sunday, through
March 24, Lord Leebrick Theatre,
540 Charnelton St. $10-$30.
Trudy Bauchery: “Coney Island
Carnival” Squidling Bros. Circus
Sideshow, hoochie coochie girls
& wild beasts, circus acts, pup-
pets, burlesque, variety, 9pm,
Sam Bond’s. $8.
VOLUNTEER Care for Owen
Rose Garden, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N.
Jefferson St., 682-5025.
Jackstraw, bluegrass, CD re-
lease, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.
Family School Benefi t Marathon,
Coast Fork Bluegrass Band,
Satori Bob, bluegrass, 8pm,
Cozmic. $5-$20 don.
COMEDY Professional Comedy,
8:30pm today & tomorrow, Doc’s
Pad, 740 Willamette St. $10.
FILM InterWeave Movie Night,
documentary: Inlaws & Outlaws,
6pm pot luck, 7pm movie,
Unitarian Universalist Church,
477 E. 40th Ave. FREE.
Nordic Film Series: Letters
to Father Jacob, 7pm, 177
Lawrence, UO. FREE.
FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food
Not Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West
Park. FREE.
Cooking on a Dime, class for
adults w/kids ages 12 & up, bring
3 food items, 3:30-6:30pm,
Petersen Barn, 870 Berntzen
Rd., http://wkly.ws/17n #98161.
GATHERINGS Eugene Irish
Cultural Festival, today & tomor-
row, see www.eugeneirishfest.
org
City Club of Eugene: “Economic
Freedom, Fiscal & Regulatory” w/
Karla Kay Edwards of Americans
for Prosperity, 11:50am-1:30pm,
Eugene Hilton, 66 E. 6th Ave. $5,
mem. FREE.
Kesey Square Revival: Creating
vibrant public space down-
town that focuses on commu-
nity inclusion, noon-dark, Kesey
Square. FREE.
Guided Tours at UO Museum of
Natural & Cultural History, 1pm &
3pm, UO. FREE w/admission.
Green Drinks, monthly gathering
of progressives, 5-7pm, New Day
Bakery, 449 Blair Blvd. FREE.
Explore Oregon! In the Making —
Kick-Off Event, 6-8pm, Museum
of Natural & Cultural History, UO.
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.
Lane County Home & Garden
Show continues. See Thursday,
March 8.
Zonta Club Women’s Day Forum,
11:30am-1:30pm, Eugene Hilton,
66 E. 6th Ave., see zontaeugene-
springfi eld.com $25.
Family
Storytime,
10:15am,
Bethel Branch Library, 1990
Echo Hollow Rd. FREE.
Women Amplifi ed: International
Women’s Day March, 4pm, Wayne
Morse Free Speech Plaza, see
wkly.ws/17k for info.
MUSIC
Lane Choirs — Concert, Chamber
& Gospel, 7:30pm, Ragozzino
Performance Hall, LCC. $5, $3
stu. & sr.
Eugene Symphony: Brahms’s
Piano Concerto No. 1 w/Emanuel
Ax, 8pm, Hult Center. $15 & up.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Walk with Us, weekly self-led
neighborhood walking group,
ages 50 & up, 9:30-10:30am to-
day & Thursday, March 15, meet
at Petersen Barn Community
Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Prenatal Yoga, 5-6:15pm today
DAY
Uncorked: An Evening of Wine,
Women & Song, benefi t for
Planned
Parenthood6-8pm,
Studio West, 245 W. 8th Ave.,
http://wkly.ws/17m $20 adv., $22
door.
Cascade Mycological Society:
Toby Esthay on harvesting
mushrooms & truffl es commer-
cially, 7pm, Science Building 115,
LCC, cascademyco.org FREE.
4pm, Cozmic. FREE.
EUGENE WEEKLY
SPIRITUAL
Nadastrom:
Simon
Says,
Dubadank, Corey Mines, DJ
dance, 9pm, WOW Hall. $8-$18.
Experimental Eugene: Building
Culture Through Collaboration,
local efforts to build a new cul-
tural district, 4:30-6pm, The
Broadway Commerce Center, 44
W. Broadway.
MUSIC Paul Seer, acoustic solo,
MARCH 8, 2012
Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip-
ment, no instruction provided,
ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today &
Thursday, March 15, Echo Hollow
Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd.
$5.
Syposium:
“Gender Equity & Capitalism: The
Impact of Capitalist Development
on Women’s Economic Status &
Rights,” today & tomorrow, UO,
see wkly.ws/17l for schedule.
Gender Equity & Capitalism key-
note: “Women’s Gains, Mothers’
Losses: Capitalism & the Care
Penalty” w/Nancy Folbre, 7pm,
Knight Law 110, UO.
9 fri
Sunrise 6:34am; Sunset 6:12pm
Av High 55; Av Low 37
ART/CRAFT Springfi eld 2nd
Friday Art Walk: “The Ides of
March are Upon Us,” fl ashlight-
guided tour, 5:30pm, Riverside,
228 Main St., Spfd.
BENEFITS Book Sale to ben-
efi t Springfi eld Public Library,
33 theater
10am-7pm today, 10am-4pm to-
morrow, Springfi eld Library, 225
5th St., Spfd.
WOMEN’S
Science Pub: “Nanotechnology:
Unveiling the Big World of the
Very Small” w/David Johnson,
7pm, Cozmic. $5 sug. don.
18
Beginning Yoga, fi rst class free,
6-7:15pm today & Thursday,
March 15, Green Phoenix
Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave., http://
wkly.ws/15t
28 music
KIDS/FAMILIES
Baby
Storytime, ages 0-1 w/caregivers,
10:15am & 11:15am, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
Family School talent show, 5pm,
Cozmic. Don.
Chamber Music on
Campus, noon, Jordan Schnitzer
Museum of Art, UO. FREE.
Barbara
Baird,
music
of
Buxtehude,
Bach,
Brahms,
Langlais & Pepping, 12:15-
12:45pm, First Congregational
Church, 1050 E. 23rd Ave.
Acoustic Hootenanny, 3-6pm,
Mrs. Thompson’s Herbs, 347 W.
5th Ave., 686-6136. FREE.
The Jazz Cafe, 7:30pm, Aasen-
Hull Hall, UO. $5.
Lil’ Rev, folk, old-time, blues,
7:30pm, Tsunami Books, 2585
Willamette St. $10.
Bua, traditional Irish music, 8pm,
Beall Hall, 346-4363. $15, $10
stu. & sr.
ON THE AIR “The Sunday
Morning Hangover TV Show,”
Father’s Day, 11pm, Comcast
channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
“Walk ‘n’ Talkers,” self-led group,
3-5 miles at a quick pace, cof-
fee stop, 9am, from Campbell
Center, 155 High St. FREE.
Prenatal Yoga, 5:30-6:45pm,
Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St.,
www.eugeneyoga.us $11.
SOCIAL
DANCE Contact
Improvisation
Dance
Jam,
6-8pm, Musical Feet Studio, 420
W. 12th Ave., heartandsoulwell-
ness.com $5-$15 sliding scale.
Contra Dance, live music by The
Carr Family Band, 7:30pm work-
shop, 8pm dance, Roosevelt
Middle School, 680 E. 24th Ave.
$8, $6 stu. & mem.
Salsa Dancing w/Jose Cruz,
8:30pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom,
1626 Willamette St. $7.
SPIRITUAL
Occupying the
Heart & Mind, an interfaith silent
meditation/prayer circle, bring a
chair, cushion or fl oor mat, wear
warm clothing, 11:45am gather-
ing, noon-1pm sitting, Occupy
Eugene, 7th & Polk. FREE.
THEATER Peter Pan, 7pm to-
day & tomorrow; through March
18, Upstart Crow Studios, 855 W.
1st Ave., www.upstartcrowstu-
dios.com $10.
Avenue Q, 6:30pm dinner,
8pm show, today & tomor-
row; through March 30, 996
Willamette St. $16-$41.95.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 8pm
today, tomorrow & Thursday,
March 15; 2pm Sunday; through
March 31, Very Little Theatre,
2350 Hilyard St. $13-$18.
Squidling
Brothers
Circus
Sideshow
w/Grey
Matter
Jugglers,
8-11pm,
Arcade
Theater, 513 Main St., Cottage
Grove. $5-$7.
The Crucible continues.
Thursday, March 8.
See
Fahrenheit 451 continues. See
Thursday, March 8.
10 sat
Sunrise 6:33am; Sunset 6:13pm
Av High 55; Av Low 37
ART/CRAFT Springfi eld 2nd
Friday Art Walk, 5pm-8pm, Main
Street in Springfi eld between
Pioneer Parkway West & 8th
Street, 346-7106. FREE.
“Shards of Glass,” a musical &
video tribute to the American
composer Philip Glass, 7pm, 224
E. 11th Ave. $5 sug. don.
BENEFITS Oregon Children’s
Choir
Concert
&
Dessert
Fundraiser, silent auction, 2pm,
First United Methodist Church,
1376 Olive St. Don.
Benefi t for Workers’ Economic
Bill of Rights: Indubious, The
Tip, Swag Sensi, music & speak-
ers, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12
door.
COMEDY Professional Comedy
continues. See Friday.
FOOD/DRINK
Hideaway
Bakery Farmers’ Market, 9am-
2pm, Hideaway Bakery 3377 E.
Amazon.
Lane County Farmers Market
Winter Market, 10am-2pm, 8th
& Oak.
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