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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.
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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.
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