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EMGE WHYTE SERVICE & CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS calendar Eugene D. Emge Pam Whyte Hilary Anthony EXCELLENCE IN tax & accounting professionals Support Eugene Opera, Symphony, & Ballet! 2:WK$YH(XJHQH25222 Do You Qualify for Your Oregon Medical Marijuana Card ? - Weekly Clinics - Professional and Private Setting O fice hours 10am - 5pm Monday thru Friday. - Free Record Review - New Patients and Renewals Welcome Roxy Jane Allen pops the poetry slam Saturday at Tsunami Books for Healing Harvest & Kennedy School of Sustainability, 5:30- 8:30pm, Axe & Fiddle, 657 E. Main St., Cottage Grove. $3-$10 sug. don. Unity in the Community Kirtan, benefi t for Food For Lane County, 7pm, Unity of the Valley, 3912 Dillard Rd. FOOD/DRINK 16 Tons 2nd Call Today 1-888-920-6076 Annual IPA Fest continues. See Saturday. GATHERINGS Pokemon League, 1-5pm, Cozmic. FREE. Drums of Peace, 2-4pm, old federal building, 211 E. 7th Ave. FREE. Family Art Sunday: England, 2-4pm, Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St., Spfd. FREE. www.OMMPCard.com Northwest Alternative Health is now serving the Greater Eugene Area Discussion Night, “Diversity of Tactics,” 4-7pm, OE V, 7th & Polk. FREE. McKenzie River Cat Club Annual Show continues. See Saturday. HEALTH Occupy Medical Clinic, doctor onsite, Spanish transla- tion available noon-2pm, clinic noon-4pm, 7th & Pearl. FREE. BURRITOS BOWLS A GOODNESS A hell o a deal FRESH $ BURRITO & MICRO BREW KIDS/FAMILIES Sci-Fi Games for Kids, 3pm, downtown library. FREE. LECTURES/CLASSES The Revolution is Love: A Transition Activist Intensive w/Charles Eisenstein, 9am-4pm, WOW Hall, http://unifyingcascadia.event- brite.com $25 to reserve space, cost self-determined. Comparing U.S. Political System to Systems Abroad, noon-3pm, Grower’s Market, 454 Willamette St., see http://wkly.ws/15d FREE. Handmade Books Workshop for Adults, 2-5pm, downtown library, reg. 682-5450. FREE. City Club of Eugene & Downtown Neighborhood Association Public Forum: The Master/ Capstone Student Housing Development Presentation, 2pm, Cozmic. Don. Refl ections on the Nixon- Kissinger Visit by Ambassador Nicholas Platt, 4pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. :00 PM UNTIL CLOSE AFFORDABLE DAYS A WEEK & Locally Owned! OFFER GOOD FOR DINE-IN CUSTOMERS ONLY. OFFER GOOD FOR ONE PERSON, PER VISIT, PER DAY. Blair Blvd. (541) 868-0668 760 BLAIR BLVD. EUGENE, OR 97402 29th & Willamette (541) 505-5399 2864 WILLAMETTE ST. EUGENE, OR 97405 Corvallis (541) 286-4048 127 NW 2nd ST. CORVALLIS, OR 97330 20 MARCH 8, 2012 EUGENE WEEKLY Community Yoga Class, 4:30- 5:45pm, Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St., 520-8771. Don. 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. USA Dance — Ballroom dancing, 7-9:30pm, Veteran’s Memorial Club, 1626 Willamette St., www. eugeneballroom.org $5. Veselo Folk Dancers, weekly in- ternational folk dancing, 7:15- 10pm, In Shape Athletic Club, 2681 Willamette St., 683-3376. $3. SPIRITUAL “God’s Love in Action,” 10-11am, Eckankar Center of Eugene, 2833-C Willamette St., www.eckankar.org FREE. Interfaith Prayer Service International: “Divine Joyous Awakenings,” 7pm, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. FREE. THEATER The Crucible contin- ues. See Thursday, March 8. Fahrenheit 451 continues. See Thursday, March 8. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels contin- ues. See Friday. WOMEN’S DAY That Takes Ovaries — An Event to Celebrate Women’s History Month, presen- tation of The Golden Ovary award presentations, variety, 5:30pm, Cozmic. FREE. 12 mon Sunrise 7:30am; Sunset 7:16pm Av High 56; Av Low 37 BENEFITS Pints for a Cause, 25% of pint sales donated to Northwest Youth Corps, noon- 9pm, talk w/the organiza- tion 5-9pm, Ninkasi Brewing Company, 272 Van Buren St. MUSIC A Bright, Infi nite Future: GATHERINGS ARTS A Concert Inspired by the Writings of Leonard Bernstein, 3pm, Hult Center. $10, $5 stu. & sr. Oregon Bach Collegium, “An Evening at Zimmeman’s Coffee House: Cantata 51, Harpsichord Concerto and More,” 7pm, United Lutheran Church, 2230 Washington St., oregonbachcol- legium.org $10/$15. Steve Aoki, Datsik, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. SOLD OUT. Kory Quinn, Bitterroot, acoustic, rock, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $1-$5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION w w w. L A U G H I N G P L A N E T C A F E . c o m GEARs Bike Ride: Harrisburg via River Rd., 48 miles, 10am, Alton Baker Park, www.eugenegears. org FREE. Poet Leonard Cirino, fi nalist for a Guggenheim Award, 4pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. LITERARY LOCAL Beginning/Continuing Yoga, fi rst class free, 9-10:15am, Green Phoenix Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave., http://wkly.ws/15t Obsidians: cross-country ski Red Top Mountain, 7 miles, info & sign up obsidians.org League of Women Voters: Privatization, 10am South Willamette, 684- 9127; 2pm Harlow Road, 485-9090. 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. Coffee Meeting w/Sen. Lee Beyer & Rep. Phil Barnhart, 6:30pm, Aunt Dings Restaurant, 39297 McKenzie Hwy, Walterville, RSVP 607-9207. Depression Bipolar Support Alliance, peer support group for people w/mood disorders, 7-8:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St. SASS Monday Night Drop-in Group, for all 18+, female-identi- fi ed survivors of sexual assault & abuse, past or recent, doors lock at 7:05pm, 7-8:30pm, 591 W. 19th Ave., 343-7277. FREE. Bingo, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Preschoolers Fun with Art & Science, ages 3-6, 10:30-11am, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. LECTURES/CLASSES Panel Discussion: The Shanghai Communiqué & 40 Years of U.S.- China Relations, 4pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. MUSIC Leni Ament, Jack McGaughy, Sophia Newman, Aaron O’Gara, acoustic, 5pm, Cozmic. FREE. Eugene Symphonic Band – Junction City H.S. Band Joint Concert, 7pm, Junction City High School. ON THE AIR City Club of Eugene: “Economic Freedom, Fiscal & Regulatory” w/Karla Kay Edwards of Americans for Prosperity, 6:30-7:30pm, 89.7 FM KLCC. OUTDOORS/RECREATION 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. VOLUNTEER Volunteer & Foster Orientation, 11am-noon, Greenhill Humane Society, 88530 Green Hill Rd., reg. 689-1503. 13 tues Sunrise 7:28am; Sunset 7:17pm Av High 56; Av Low 37 ART/CRAFT An Artist Conversation w/Frankie Moro & Mike Sirl, 7-8:30pm, Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th Ave. FOOD/DRINK Creswell Farmers’ Market, indoors, 4-6pm, 182 S. 2nd St., Creswell. GATHERINGS Cascade Toastmasters, drop-ins welcome, 6:45-8:15am, Original Pancake House, 782 E. Broadway, call 343-3743 for info. FREE. League of Women Voters: Privatization, 9:30am Coburg Road, 342-2577; 4pm SW Eugene, 343-4728. Parkinson’s Support Group of Lane County, topic: assistive de- vices, 10:30am-noon, Campbell Center, 155 High St. Adaptive Game Day for Stroke Survivors, 1:30-3pm, Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St. FREE. Industrial Workers of the World meeting, 7pm, Cozmic. FREE. Trivia Night, 7pm, Divine Cupcake, 1680 W. 11th Ave. FREE. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
