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Laughter is one of those things said to keep us alive
longer — it’s medicinal. And while not all of us have
the same sense of humor, when it comes to stand-up
comedians, Doug Benson is a pretty good fi t for Eugene.
The self-proclaimed “professional humoredian” is headed
our way with more hysterical marijuana-logues than you
can shake a joint at.
Benson, whose fi rst performances as a stand-up
comedian were the result of a dare, has enjoyed a
noteworthy career to date, with appearances on Last
Comic Standing, Comedy Central, a movie (Super High Me)
and multiple albums to his credit. Hey, he even hosted High
Times Magazine’s Stony Awards with ganja-fueled East
Coast hip-hop icon Redman — how much more stoner cred
can a guy have?
Eugene will have to forgive Benson for coming to the
party a day late (his show lands on 4-21), but hey, you might
already have plans to celebrate other things this Friday.
Doug Benson’s standup comedy show is 7 pm Saturday,
April 21, at WOW Hall; $20 adv., $25 door.
BENEFITS Max Rameau on
Community Control of Lane &
Human Rights as It Relates to
Housing & Homelessness, ben-
efi t for Take Back The Land
Organization, 7:30pm, Reality
Kitchen, 245 Van Buren St.,
www.realitykitchen.org $10 adv.,
$12 day of.
EARTH DAY Earth Day Kick-
Off — Solar Station Ribbon
Cutting,
10-10:45am,
Solar
Station, Parking Lot B, LCC.
FREE.
Sustainable Business Fair, 11am-
2pm, Lillis Atrium, UO. FREE.
Tour Building 30, LCC’s greenest
Building, 11am-noon, LCC. FREE.
Learning Garden veggie soup
served, noon, Learning Garden,
LCC.
Learning Garden tour, 3pm, LCC.
FREE.
Trail Tour: Ecology and Wellness,
1:30-2:30pm, west entrance to
Building 16, LCC. FREE.
Sustainable
Landscapes,
3-3:45pm,
West
Entrance
Garden, LCC. FREE.
FILM
Cinema Pacifi c Film
Festival, today through Sunday,
see wkly.ws/192 for info.
“COINTELPRO 101,” screening
by Oregon Jericho Project, 7pm,
Willamette 110, UO. FREE.
FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting,
5-7pm today & Thursday, April
26, Supreme Bean Coffee Co.,
2864 Willamette St. FREE.
GATHERINGS
Eugene
Metro Business Networking
International,
11:30am,
Downtown Athletic Club, 999
Willamette
St.,
http://wkly.
ws/159 $12 lunch.
Business After Hours Hosted
by Imagine Group, 5-7pm, 990
Garfi eld
St.,
bit.ly/Hvf7WS
$8-$20.
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.
LECTURES/CLASSES Birds
of Oregon & General Science:
“Among Penguins: A Birdman
in Antarctica” w/Noah Strycker,
9-11am, Campbell Center, 155
High St. $1 sug. don.
The League of Women Voters of
Lane County’s Third Thursday:
Denise Wilkinson, “How Zonta
Fights
Human
Traffi cking
Locally, Nationally & Around the
Globe,” 11:30am-1:30pm, Hilton
Garden Inn, 3528 Gateway St.,
Spfd. $13 lunch, admission FREE.
“Taking Root: The Vision of
Wangari Maathai,” 2pm, Many
Nations Longhouse, UO. FREE.
Roberto Jimenez: how to pro-
vide safe, healthy and afford-
able housing for farmworkers in
Oregon, 3:30pm, Knight Library
Browsing Room, UO. FREE.
Johnston
Lecture:
Alex
Kotlowitz on “Bearing Witness:
Storytelling & Human Rights,”
20 APRIL 19, 2012
EUGENE WEEKLY
30 music
4pm, Gerlinger Lounge, UO, reg.
wkly.ws/18w FREE.
Job Search Help, Part 2: comput-
er class, 6-7:30pm, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
LITERARY
ARTS
Kris
Millegan, publisher of TrineDay
Books, 7pm, Tsunami Books,
2585 Willamette St. FREE.
36 theater
EARTH DAY Circle of Children
Earth Day Gathering: bicycle
smoothies, collective painting,
raw food preparation, herbal
medicine making, park hours all
weekend, Alton Baker Park duck
ponds, info at 520-1474.
Sustainability Fair & Local Food
Free Sample Fair, 11am-3pm, EMU
Amphitheater, UO. FREE.
MUSIC
SHOcase:
Eugene
Concert Choir: Hot Latin Nights,
11:15am, Hult Center. FREE.
FILM
Drew Rouse, acoustic solo, 5pm,
Cozmic. $3.
Cinema Pacifi c Film Festival con-
tinues. See Thursday, April 19.
Wanda Jackson & the Dusty
45s w/Sallie Ford & the Sound
Outside, rock, 8pm, WOW Hall.
$20 adv., $25 door.
Banff Mountain Film
Festival, 6pm today & tomorrow,
McDonald Theatre. $14, $12 stu.
FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food
Not Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West
Park. FREE.
Yonder Mountain String Band,
Brown Bird, 8:30pm, McDonald
Theatre. $20 adv., $25 day of.
Vegan Potluck, eat for the en-
vironment, no animal products,
7pm, McNail-Riley House, 601 W.
13th Ave., 341-1690.
Tyler Fortier, Goldenboy, Cody
Beebe & the Crooks, 8:30pm,
Cozmic. $5.
GATHERINGS
Will Bernard Trio, Now! Trio, rock,
jazz, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $10.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
New Yoga classes, 8-9am today,
tomorrow & Thursday, April 26,
MMA, 3666 W. 11th Ave.
Walk with Us, weekly self-led
neighborhood walking group,
ages 50 & up, 9:30-10:30am to-
day & Thursday, April 26, meet
at Petersen Barn Community
Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Community Yoga, all levels/by
donation class to support those
who cannot afford yoga, 4:30-
5:45pm, 3575 Donald St. Don.
Prenatal Yoga, 5-6:15pm today
& Thursday, April 26, RiverBend
Medical Center, 3333 Riverbend
Dr., Spfd., 222-7074. $11, $40 for
4 classes.
Beginning Yoga, fi rst class free,
6-7:15pm today & Thursday, April
26, Green Phoenix Institute, 352
W. 12th Ave., http://wkly.ws/15t
Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip-
ment, no instruction provided,
ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today &
Thursday, April 26, Echo Hollow
Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd.
$5.
Peace
Symposium: “People Powered
Democracy Confronts Corporate
Rule,” keynote address by David
Barsamian, today, tomorrow &
Sunday, see wkly.ws/193 for info.
Free-market/Barter Fair, 11am-
3pm, 13th & University, UO. FREE.
City Club of Eugene: Occupy the
Economy w/David Barsamian,
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.
Weekly Bank of America protest,
4:30-6pm, 11th & Pearl. FREE.
County Commissioner Candidate
Forum, 6-8:30pm, North Park
Community
Church,
3484
Harlow Rd. FREE.
Occupy General Assembly, 6pm,
park blocks.
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.
SPIRITUAL
Reiki
Tummo
Healing Clinic, by appt., 5:30-
7:30pm, 2550 Portland St., 914-
0431. Don.
KIDS/FAMILIES
THEATER Nunsense, 7:30pm
today, tomorrow, Saturday &
Thursday, April 26; through April
28, Springfi eld High School, 875
7th St., Spfd.
Family
Storytime,
10:15am,
Bethel Branch Library, 1990
Echo Hollow Rd. FREE.
No Shame Eugene Theater
Workshop, write, direct & act
in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30-
9:30pm, 126 W. Broadway. FREE.
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will,
ages 10 & up, 7:30pm today, to-
morrow & Saturday; 2pm Sunday;
through April 28, LCC. $10, $8
stu. & sr.
Northwest Ten – The Northwest
Festival of Ten Minute Plays, 8pm
today, tomorrow & Saturday; 2pm
Sunday, Lord Leebrick Theatre,
540 Charnelton St. $12.
VOLUNTEER Care for Owen
Rose Garden, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N.
Jefferson St., 682-5025.
20 fri
Sunrise 6:20am; Sunset 8:04pm
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DANCE UO Repertory Dance
Company,
8pm,
Dougherty
Dance Theatre, UO. $10, $5 stu.
& sr.
Middle Eastern Dance Guild of
Eugene, 8:30pm, Cozmic. $10
sug. don.
Baby
Storytime, ages 0-1 w/caregivers,
10:15am & 11:15am, downtown li-
brary. FREE.
No School Day Workshop: bi-
lingual poetry writing & fl exa-
gon booklet-making workshop,
ages 10 & up, 1-3pm, Springfi eld
Library, 225 5th St., Spfd., reg.
726-3766. FREE.
Lego Club, ages 2-18, legos & du-
plos supplied, 2-4pm, Springfi eld
Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Parents’ Night Out, interactive
storytelling, group games, arts
& crafts, bring a sack dinner if
needed, ages 5 & up, 5-10pm,
Springfi eld Lutheran Church,
1542 I St., 515-2025. $4 per child
per hour.
Children’s Repertory of Oregon:
Beauty and the Beast Jr., 7pm to-
day, 2pm & 7pm tomorrow, 2pm
Sunday, Florence Events Center,
715 Quince St., Florence. $14, $8
stu., $5 & under FREE.
L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES
David Barsamian: “Movements:
Kashmir, to Cairo, to Wall Street,”
6pm, LCC Longhouse.
Eugene Natural History Society:
Tina Schweickert, how the eco-
logical changes that have taken
place illustrate our attitudes to-
ward nature, 7:30pm, Willamette
100, UO. FREE.
MUSIC Acoustic Hootenanny,
3-6pm, Mrs. Thompson’s Herbs,
347 W. 5th Ave., 686-6136. FREE.
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