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calendar Native Plant Society Daniel Mos- quin of the University of British Columbia Botanical Gardens on “Plants of the Southern Interior British Columbia,” 7:30pm, EWEB, 500 E. 4th Ave., 345-5531. FREE. MUSIC Homesource Fam- ily Charter Music Night, 6:30pm, Cozmic. Don. Irish Jam Session, all ages, 7pm, Eugene Suzuki Music Academy, 170 W. 12th Ave. FREE. ON THE AIR City Club of Eu- gene: “The Attorney General’s Race: Why We Should Care & What the Candidates Think” w/El- len Rosenblum & Dwight Holton, 6:30-7:30pm, 89.7 FM KLCC. OUTDOORS/RECREATION New Yoga classes, 8-9am, MMA, 3666 W. 11th Ave. Aerial Circus Arts & Acro-Bal- ance, free trial, 8-9pm today & Wednesday, GymFusion: National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics, 1205 Oak Patch Rd., 344-2002. $10 drop-In, $80 for 10 classes. Rhythm Hoopdancing, 8-9pm, 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. SPIRITUAL Cascade Center for Spiritual Living is hosting You’ve Always Been Welcome w/The Drama Queens, season for non- violence, 6:30pm, First Christian Church, 12th & Oak, 747-3887 or cascade csl.org $10 sug. don 20 tues IWW Movie & Discussion: Whose Counting? Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies & Global Economics, 7pm, Reality Kitchen, 245 Van Buren St. FREE. Trivia Night, 7pm, Divine Cup- cake, 1680 W. 11th Ave. FREE. HEALTH Occupy Medical Clinic, doctor onsite, 5-7pm, Occupy V, 1274 Polk St. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Terrifi c Twos Storytime, for 2-year-olds w/ caregivers, 10:15am & 11am, downtown library, info at 682- 8316. FREE. Special Puppet Jammie Story- time, all ages, 7pm, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. Springfi eld High School Audito- rium, 875 N. 7th St., Spfd. FREE. Skerik’s Bandalabra, jazz, rock, 8pm, Cozmic. $8 adv., $11 day of. Bluegrass Jam, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians: hike Mt. Pisgah Spring Equinox, 3 miles, info & sign up obsidians.org SOCIAL DANCE Eugene Folk Dancers, weekly international folk dancing, 7:45pm, Willama- lane Activity Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd., 344-7591. $2. Housing is a human right/stop il- legal foreclosures meeting, 6pm, Upstairs Growers Market, 454 Willamette St. FREE. Trivia Night, 7pm, Sharkeys Pub & Grill, 4221 Main St., Spfd. Bingo Night, 8pm, Rogue Public House, 844 Olive St. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Lapsit Story- time, ages birth-3 w/adult, 10am, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. Preschool Storytime, ages 3-6, 10am, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. SPIRITUAL Cosmic Spring Equi- nox, 10am, top of Skinner Butte, 342-8348. FREE. Preschool Storytime, ages 3-6 w/caregivers, 10:15am & 11am, downtown library, info at 682- 8316. FREE. puter Basics — Part 2, windows, fi les, folders, icons & storage de- vices, 10-11:30am, Bethel Branch Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd., reg. 682-5450. FREE. 21 wed Sensory Storytime, 1pm, down- town library. FREE. HEROweb Marketing & De- sign: Search Engine Marketing to Boost Your Website Traffi c, 6-7:30pm, downtown library Singer Room. FREE. FILM Movie Appreciation Group: LECTURES/CLASSES Com- LITERARY ARTS Windfall Reading Series: Maxine Scates & John Addiego, 5:30pm, down- town library. FREE. Big Read Book Groups for Adults, 6pm, Sheldon Branch Library, 1566 Coburg Rd. Sunrise 7:13am; Sunset 7:27pm Av High 57; Av Low 38 Love Birds (2011), PG, subtitles, 1pm, Willamalane Adult Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd. Ray Bradbury Film Festival: A Sound of Thunder, 6pm, down- town library. FREE. GATHERINGS Free Admission Cozmic Carnival, Games & Fun for Kids, variety, 5pm, Cozmic. FREE. LECTURES/CLASSES Oc- cupy Education in collaboration w/CLDC, organizer series, 6:30- 8:30pm, OE V., 7th & Polk. Don. Willamette Orchid Society: re- potting w/Cattleyas & Paphio- pedilums by James Snyder, 7:30pm, Odd Fellows Building, 1233 Charnelton St., 688-6100. Day at UO Museum of Natural & Cultural History, 11am-5pm, UO. FREE. MUSIC Cozmic Carnival, vari- Teen Gaming, board, card & role- playing games, 3:30-5:30pm, Sheldon Branch Library, 1566 Coburg Rd. FREE Faculty Woodwind Trio, 5:30pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. ety, 5pm; Open Mic: Everyone Welcome, 8pm, Cozmic. FREE. Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, 7pm, Matthew Knight Arena. $36-$79.50. Mad Maggies, The Darn feat. Paul Rogers from Those Darn Accordions, rock, klezmer, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $1-$5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Bike Riding for Seniors, weekly in-town rides, helmets required, 10:30am, Campbell Center, 155 High St., reg. 682-5218. FREE. Drop-in skateboard lessons, 3:30- 5:30pm, U.S. SportsPlex, 4540 Commerce St., 682-5329. $8. Kundalini Yoga Happy Hour, 5:30-6:30pm, YogaWest, 3635 Hilyard St., www.yogawesteu- gene.com $8 drop-in. Break Dance, free trial, 7:20- 8:20pm, GymFusion: National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics, 1205 Oak Patch Rd., 344-2002. $10 drop-In, $80 for 10 classes. Kids Break Dance, 6:15-7:15pm, GymFusion: National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics, 1205 Oak Patch Rd., 344-2002. $10 drop- In, $80 for 10 classes. Rhythm Hoopdancing, 8-9pm, GymFusion: National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics, 1205 Oak Patch Rd., 344-2002. $10 Drop- In, $80 for 10 class punchcard. FREE TRIAL CALC & SAfER in celebrating the lives of Cesar Chavez & Benito Juarez, 6:30pm, Agnes Stew- art Middle School, 900 S. 32nd, Spfd. 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 “Meet the Funders Where You Are” grant-writing workshop, 1-3pm, Hult Center, reg. http://wkly. ws/17y Open discussion: “How Long Term Care insurance Works” by insurance professional Kim Kelly, 5-6pm, LTCA offi ces, 333 W. 10th Ave., reg. 222-9020. Many Rivers Group Sierra Club on local watershed issues w/ Jared Weybright & Max Nielson- Pincus, 7pm, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. LITERARY ARTS Big Read Book Groups for Adults, 6pm, Bethel Branch Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd. FREE. MUSIC Antonio Pompa-Baldi, 7pm, Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St., Florence, 997-1994. $25, $10 stu. Tribal Belly Dance & Perfor- mance, 8-9pm, GymFusion: National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics, 1205 Oak Patch Rd., 344-2002. $10 drop-In, $80 for 10-class punchcard. FREE TRIAL. My Fathers Ghost, Elizabeth Yan- del, rock, 8pm, Cozmic. $5. Aloha Friday features Immigration Stories Aerial Circus Arts & Acro-Bal- ance continues. See Monday. Taste, Scott Austin, soul, folk, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $1-$5. at Hodgepodge SOCIAL DANCE Argentine Tango Practica, 8-10pm, Studio B, 189 W. 8th Ave. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION SPIRITUAL Learn the Shma Beginning Yoga continues. See Thursday, March 15. MUSIC Springfi eld High School Fine Arts Department annual Pre- Spring Choral Concert, 7:30pm, Sunrise 7:15am; Sunset 7:26pm Av High 57; Av Low 38 ART/CRAFT Live Drawing Ses- sions, 6-8pm, 224 E. 11th Ave. $6. prayer as a meditation, 7pm, Temple Beth Israel, 1175 E. 29th Ave., ConsciousTorah.com $10. FILM Judith Butler: Philosophi- cal Encounters of the Third Kind, 4-6:30pm, EMU Fir Room, UO. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Creswell Farm- ers’ Market, indoors, 4-6pm, 182 S. 2nd St., Creswell. GATHERINGS Cascade Toast- masters, drop-ins welcome, 6:45-8:15am, Original Pancake House, 782 E. Broadway, call 343-3743 for info. FREE. Adaptive Game Day for Stroke Survivors, 1:30-3pm, Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St. FREE. Eugene Springfi eld Solidarity Network-Climate Change Com- mittee, 3pm, Cozmic. 22 thurs Sunrise 7:11am; Sunset 7:29pm Av High 57; Av Low 38 FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting con- Chris Isaak, 7pm, McDonald The- atre. $55-$100. New Yoga classes, 8-9am, MMA, 3666 W. 11th Ave. Drop-in Kayaking continues. See Thursday, March 15. Prenatal Yoga continues. See Thursday, March 15. Walk with Us continues. See Thursday, March 15. Yoga & Qigong continues. See Thursday, March 15. tinues. See Thursday, March 15. GATHERINGS Eugene Metro Business Networking Interna- tional, 11:30am, Downtown Ath- letic Club, 999 Willamette St., http://wkly.ws/159 $12 lunch. Dining for Women, Eugene chap- ter of national nonprofi t that supports impoverished women in developing countries, 5:30- 8pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Wil- lamette St. FREE. THEATER No Shame Eugene Theater Workshop, write, direct & act in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30- 9:30pm, 126 W. Broadway. FREE. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels contin- ues. See Thursday, March 15. Fahrenheit 451 continues. See Thursday, March 15. VOLUNTEER Care for Owen Rose Garden, bring gloves & small We believe in Greenpower Clean energy that is local, renewable. Eugene Water & Electric Board customers who believe in clean energy support Greenpower. Sign up for Greenpower now and you’ll get a booklet of money- saving coupons from local Greenpower businesses—and a chance to vote on which local nonprofit receives a grant up to $100,000 for a renewable energy project. Sign up at eweb.org/greenpower or call 541-685-7000. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY MARCH 15, 2012 21