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what's happening 24 movies 15 thurs Sunrise 7:24am; Sunset 7:20pm Av High 56; Av Low 37 ART/CRAFT Arts After Hours w/ Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce & The Arts & Busi- ness Alliance of Eugene, 5pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. $8-$20. BENEFITS Showing of Street- ShelterCare fundraiser, ball, 7pm, Wildish Theatre, 630 Main St., Spfd., www.sheltercare.org/ streetball $7 adv., $10 door. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting, 5-7pm today & Thursday, March 22, Supreme Bean Coffee Co., 2864 Willamette St. FREE. GATHERINGS Eugene Metro Business Networking Internation- al, 11:30am, Downtown Athletic Club, 999 Willamette St., http:// wkly.ws/159 $12 lunch. Everyday Heroes Awards Lun- cheon, noon, Valley River Inn, RSVP 344-5244, www.oregonpa- cifi c.redcross.org FREE. Women’s Opportunity Worldwide, 6-8pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Wil- lamette St. $7-$10 sug. don. KIDS/FAMILIES Wonder- ful 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. LECTURES/CLASSES Panel Discussion: 40 Years of U.S.- China Business Relations, 9am- 12:30pm, Hult Center’s Studio One, 346-1521. FREE. “Creating an Economy That’s Built to Last” w/Vicki Walker, 11:30am-1:30pm, Hilton Garden Inn, 3528 Gateway St., Spfd. $13 lunch, admission FREE. “How To Prepare for Later Life Issues — From an Elder Law Ex- pert,” 5-6pm, 1345 Olive St., RSVP 687-8851. FREE. Bottle Cutting Workshop, bring 5 de-labeled bottles of your choice, to make glasses, bowls or vases, 6:30-8pm, MECCA, 449 Willamette St., reg. www.materi- als-exchange.org $13, $8 mem. CALC & Taxes for Peace Not War: “Death & Taxes,” short video, 6pm potluck, 7pm video, CALC, 458 Blair Blvd., www.calclane. org FREE. MUSIC SHOcase: The Topnotch- ers, 11:15am, Hult Center. FREE. Lane Symphonic Band, 7:30pm, Ragozzino Performance Hall, LCC. $5, $3 stu. & sr. William Fitzsimmons w/Deni- son Witmer, singer-songwriters, 8pm, WOW Hall. $15. Prezident Brown, Fafi A.K.A. 3Percent, reggae, 8:30pm, Cozmic. $15 adv., $20 day of. Release the Sunbird, indie-rock, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $10. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians: hike Salmon Creek Trail, 8 miles, info & sign up ob- sidians.org Walk with Us, weekly self-led neighborhood walking group, ages 50 & up, 9:30-10:30am to- day & Thursday, March 22, meet at Petersen Barn Community Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE. Prenatal Yoga, 5-6:15pm today & Thursday, March 22, RiverBend Medical Center, 3333 Riverbend Dr., Spfd., 222-7074. $11, $40 for 4 classes. Yoga & Qigong, 5:30pm today & Thursday, March 22, Celebration Studio, 1820 Willamette St. $10. Beginning Yoga, fi rst class free, 6-7:15pm today & Thursday, March 22, Green Phoenix Insti- tute, 352 W. 12th Ave., http:// wkly.ws/15t Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip- ment, no instruction provided, ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today & Thursday, March 22, Echo Hollow Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd. $5. 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, Hope Theatre, UO, http://tickets.uoregon.edu/ theatre $12-$14, UO stu. FREE. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 8pm today, tomorrow, Saturday & Thursday, March 22; through March 31, The Very Little The- atre, 2350 Hilyard St., www. thevlt.com $13-$18. Fahrenheit 451, 8pm today, to- morrow, Saturday & Thursday, March 22; 2pm Sunday, through March 24, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton St. $10-$30. VOLUNTEER Care for Owen Rose Garden, bring gloves & small hand-weeding tools, instruction provided, noon-3pm, end of N. Jefferson St., 682-5025. 25 music 16 fri Sunrise 7:22am; Sunset 7:21pm Av High 56; Av Low 37 BENEFITS Garage Sale, ben- efi t for KindTree — Autism Rocks, 10am-5pm today & tomorrow, Kaufman Senior Center, 10th & Jefferson. COMEDY Brian Regan, 7:30pm, McDonald Theatre. $46.75. BJ Johnson, 8:30pm today & tomorrow, Doc’s Pad, 740 Willa- mette St. $10. DANCE Winter Dance Loft, 8pm, Dougherty Dance Theatre, Gerlinger Annex, UO. $5, $3 stu. & sr. Middle Eastern Dance Guild of Eugene w/Emily Alrick, 8:30pm, Cozmic. $5 sug. don. FILM Full Access: Sprout Films, 1-2pm FREE matinee, 5:30pm reception & silent auction, 7pm evening fi lms, Wildish Theater, 630 Main St., Spfd., http://fullac- cess.org $10-$25. FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food Not Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West Park. FREE. Vegan Potluck, eat for the en- vironment, no animal products, 7pm, McNail-Riley House, 601 W. 13th Ave., 341-1690. GATHERINGS League of Wom- en Voters: Privatization, 9:30am Cascade Manor, 434-4107. City Club of Eugene: “The At- torney General’s Race: Why We Should Care & What the Can- didates Think” w/Ellen Rosen- blum & Dwight Holton, 11:50am- 30 theater 1:30pm, Eugene Hilton, 66 E. 6th Ave. $5, mem. FREE. Kesey Square Revival: Creat- ing 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. Aloha Friday: Immigration Sto- ries with Kat & William Greene, open mic on Songs of Other Lands, and making a group Ku- puna Map, 6-8pm, Hodgepodge, 2190 W. 11th Ave. FREE. Occupy General Assembly, 6pm, OE V, 1274 W. 7th Ave. 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. KIDS/FAMILIES Baby Sto- rytime, ages 0-1 w/caregivers, 10:15am & 11:15am, downtown li- brary. FREE. Family Storytime, 10:15am, Beth- el Branch Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd. FREE. Lego Club, ages 2-13, legos & du- plos supplied, 2-4pm, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES Attneave Lecture w/Nelson Cowan: “The Control & Storage of Information in Human Work- ing Memory,” 3:30pm, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. Eugene Natural History Society: Gordon E. Grant, “Willamette River Hydrology,” 7:30pm, Wil- lamette 100, UO. FREE. For Gen X music fans, Hootie and the Blowfi sh is a group whose music you were used to hearing on the radio, back in the days when bands like Pearl Jam, Sound Garden and Alice in Chains played constantly on the air. Ever fi nd yourself asking what happened to those days? Or, perhaps, what happened to Hootie (aka Darius Rucker)? A standout in his genre of country music, both because of his initial pop background and his being one of the fi rst Afro-American country singers to win the Country Music Association’s New Artists of the Year award, Rucker has transitioned into the realm of solo musicianship after the Blowfi sh pumped out fi ve killer studio albums and burned up Billboard charts. Since then, Rucker has released two solo albums, the most recent of which, Charleston, SC 1966 (named after his hometown and the year he was born), proves without a doubt that the man is a force to be reckoned with. Check out the song “I Don’t Care,” a duet with Brad Paisley, if you need further convincing. You can catch Rucker gigging Wednesday, March 21, at Matthew Knight Arena with Lady Antebellum. It’s a show that’s sure to be packed, so get after tickets pronto. 16 MARCH 15, 2012 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
