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calendar Michelle Shocked plays Cozmic Thursday, April 26 UO Cultural Forum: Ben Linder commemorations, reception, Los Cumbiameros, jugglers & clowns, 6pm, Ben Linder Room, UO EMU. FREE. Eugene Fashion Week: Avant Garde/Costume Runway Show, 8pm, Broadway Commerce Center, 44 W. Broadway, www.eugenefash- ionweek.com $10. HEALTH Cascade Medical Team Free Clinic, 8am-5pm today & 8am-noon tomorrow, McKenzie Medical Building, Heart Associates of Oregon, 960 N. 16th St., Spfd. FREE. Medical Clinic, 12-4pm, 7th & Pearl. FREE. Chinese Health Arts: 4pm Qi Gong Meditation, 5pm Chinese Yoga (Daoyin), 6pm Tai Chi, 7pm Praying Mantis Combat, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. $10, fi rst class FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Morning Hangover TV Show,” Claus Sogaard Andersen & Ariel Embree, 11pm, Comcast channel 29. OUTDOORS/RECREATION 28 sat Sunrise 6:08am; Sunset 8:13pm Av High 63; Av Low 41 “Walk ‘n’ Talkers,” self-led group, 3-5 miles at a quick pace, cof- fee stop, 9am, from Campbell Center, 155 High St. FREE. BENEFITS Gregory Ahlijian Prenatal Yoga, 5:30-6:45pm, Eugene Yoga, 3575 Donald St., www.eugeneyoga.us $11. West African Cultural Arts Institute’s Benefi t African Dance, 7:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5-$20. SOCIAL DANCE Contact Improvisation Dance Jam, 6-8pm, Musical Feet Studio, 420 W. 12th Ave., heartandsoulwell- ness.com $5-$15 sliding scale. FOOD/DRINK book signing, benefi t for Jasper Mountain, 3-5pm, The Book Nest, 1461 Mohawk Blvd., Spfd. Hideaway Bakery Farmers’ Market, 9am- 2pm, Hideaway Bakery 3377 E. Amazon. GATHERINGS Celebrate “World Friday Night Dance, waltz, 7:30- 9:30pm, StaverDanceSport, 41 E. 6th Ave. $10. Tai Chi Day” w/Machiko, 10-11am, EWEB Reservoir, 24th & Lawrence. FREE. Milonga Bruja, Argentina Tango Social Dance, no partner neces- sary, all ages, 8-10pm, Studio B, 189 W. 8th Ave. $5. National Prescription Drug Take- Back Day, anonymous return of ex- perired & unwanted prescription drugs, except for chemotherapy drugs or sharps, 10am-2pm, Buildig 19, LCC. FREE. Salsa Dancing w/Jose Cruz, 8:30pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom, 1626 Willamette St. $7. SPIRITUAL Occupying the Heart & Mind, an interfaith si- lent meditation/prayer circle, dress warm, 11:45am-1pm today, 2:15-3:30pm Saturday, Occupy Eugene, 7th & Polk. FREE. Inquiry into the Self w/Alan Zundel, 7:15-9 pm, 601 W. 13th Ave., 510-8804, www.heart- awake.org Don. THEATER Gypsy, 8pm today & tomorrow; 2:30pm Sunday; through May 6; Cottage Theatre, 700 Village Drive, Cottage Grove. $21, $19 stu. & sr. Arabian Nights continues. See Thursday, April 26. Completely Hollywood (abridged) continues. See Thursday, April 26. Nunsense continues. Thursday, April 26. See Twelfth Night, Or What You Will continues. See Thursday, April 26. Nature Quest: Celebrate Slime! w/The Slug Queen, 10am-noon, Nearby Nature Learnscape, Alton Baker Park, reg. 687-9699. $2, $5 family, mem. FREE. Celebrate Dia de los Ninos Y los Libros, bilingual storytelling, mu- sic, dance, crafts & food, all ages, 1-4pm, Springfi eld Library, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE. UO Cultural Forum: Ben Linder com- memorations, “A Voice for Ben,” 4:30pm, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. LECTURES/CLASSES Run Momma Run: US Track & Field certifi ed coaches Jessica Green & Meghan Reynolds, recovery plan, post-race nutrition, common post-race mistakes, muscle re- pair, 10-11am, Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St., reg. www.RunMommaRun.com/events $25, $15 w/coupon code “Weekly” online. Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, 10am Anthony McCarthy, 11am Twin Oaks Choir, noon Sweet River, 1pm Acoustic Etouffee, 2pm Samba Ja, 3:30pm The Usual Suspects, 8th & Oak, see www.eugenesaturday- market.org for info. FREE. LITERARY ARTS YWA Glitterary Word Festival Contest Winners Reading, 10am, down- town library, www.ywalane.org World Tai Chi & Qigong Day, 10am- noon, fi r trees behind Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend, 3333 RiverBend Drive, Spfd. FREE. Merrell Brothers, folk, jazz, 4pm, Cozmic. FREE. Peace Vigil, noon-1pm, downtown library, info at 342-2914. FREE. “Sacred Economics & the Divine Commons,” Collective Visioning Committee presentation & gen- eral discussion on our local Kindista online gifting network & the work of Charles Eisenstein; w/Finn Po on “the houseless commons,” 2pm, OE V, 1274 W. 7th Ave., 937-3034. FREE. Eugene Fashion Week: 18 & Under Fashions Runway Show, 1:30-5pm, Broadway Commerce Center, 44 W. Broadway, www. eugenefashionweek.com $5. The Poker Lounge ladies tourna- ment, prizes, 4pm, 2043 River Rd., 654-4193. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM Glitterary Word Festival & Día de los Niños/ Día de los Libros, 10am-4pm downtown library; 2pm Hult Center, 682-5450. FREE. MUSIC Uncalled Four Bassoon Quartet, 2pm, Atrium Courtyard, 10th & Olive. FREE. Arts Umbrella: Midori Super Strings Performance, 4pm, Hult Center. Keola Beamer & Raiatea Helm, 7:30pm, The Shedd, www. theshedd.org $28-$36. The Dead Americans, 8-10am, Eugene Storefront Art Project, 224 E. 11th Ave. Lafa Taylor, Cory O, Dream Dusters, Britz, hip hop, electronica, 9pm, WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 door. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians: Spencer Butte Trail Maintenance, info & sign up obsid- ians.org GEARs Bike Ride: Jasper via Weyerhauser Rd, 41 miles, 9am, Alton Baker Park, www.euge- negears. org FREE. EUGENE WEEKLY APRIL 26, 2012 15