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.
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