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what's happening 23 movies 17 thurs Sunrise 5:44am; Sunset 8:35pm Av High 67; Av Low 44 BENEFITS Cottage Grove’s Fashion Show, fundraiser for Opal Center for Arts and Education & Arcade Theater, 7:30pm, 513 E Main St., Cottage Grove. $40, $60 couple. DANCE The Works student dance concert, 7:30pm today, to- morrow & Saturday, Ragozzino Performance Hall, LCC. $10, $5 stu., staff & sr. FILM Latin American Studies fi lm series screening, Sub Terra, 7pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting, 5-7pm today & Thursday, May 24, 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. Applegate Regional Theatre Spring Faire, noon-7pm today & tomorrow, Broadway Events Center, 5th & Broadway, Veneta, 935-3636. Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism, noon, EMU Gumwood, UO, reg. journalism. uoregon.edu/reg. FREE. County revenue lost through il- legal foreclosures action, 5pm, Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza, 8th & Oak. FREE. 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 There is sartorial talent galore out Cottage Grove, and local fashion mavens, clotheshorses, slink-a-bees and sex kittens would be fools to miss Arcade Theater’s 6th-annual Fashion Show, which will bring together 14 of the Grove’s best threadheads for an extravaganza of design, DJing and fl ashing cameras. An opening night fundraiser takes place Thursday, May 17, at Opal Center & Arcade Theater (513 E. Main St., Cottage Grove), followed by 7:30 pm shows all weekend, May 18-20. Tickets at door; prices, times, details & such at 505-4099. The Impact of Micro Finance on Women’s Empowerment in Bolivia w/Alejandra Garcia Diaz Villamil, 4pm, Hendricks Hall, UO. FREE. Ruhl Lecture: Anand Giridharadas, “Journalism in the Digital Age,” 4pm, EMU Ballroom, UO, reg. journalism. uoregon.edu/reg FREE. Employee or Contractor? How to Classify Workers Correctly, 6pm, downtown library. FREE. Police Accountability Workshop w/CLDC, 6pm, Lawrence 115, UO. FREE. MUSIC SHOcase: Performing Art Students of the Month, 11:15am, Hult Center. FREE. Coty Hogue, Americana, 5pm, Cozmic. FREE. Rainy Day Blues Society’s “Rainy Day Blues Live,” 6:30-8:30pm, Red Lion, 205 Coburg Rd. FREE. Eugene Symphony: Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, 8pm, Hult Center. $15. Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers w/Massy Ferguson, southwest- ern rock, 8pm, WOW Hall. $15 adv., $18 door. Misery Jackals, Mudpuppy, rock, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $1-$5. Sol Seed, Synergy, reggae, 9pm, Cozmic. $5. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians: hike Horse Rock, 4 miles, info & sign up obsidians. org 16 MAY 17, 2012 EUGENE WEEKLY 26 music New Yoga classes, 8-9am today, tomorrow & Thursday, May 24, MMA, 3666 W. 11th Ave. Walk with Us, weekly self-led neighborhood walking group, ages 50 & up, 9:30-10:30am to- day & Thursday, May 24, 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, May 24, 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, May 24, Green Phoenix Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave., wkly.ws/15t Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip- ment, no instruction provided, ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today & Thursday, May 24, Echo Hollow Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd. $5. SOCIAL DANCE Crossroads Blues/Fusion, no partner nec- essary, 7:30pm lesson, 8:30pm- midnight social dance, Just Breathe, 2868 Willamette St. $5. SPIRITUAL Reiki Tummo Healing Clinic, by appt., 5:30- 7:30pm, 2550 Portland St., 914- 0431. Don. 28 theater Applegate Regional Theatre Spring Faire, noon-7pm today & tomorrow, Broadway Events Center, 5th & Broadway, Veneta, 935-3636. Kesey Square Revival: Creating vibrant public space downtown that focuses on community in- clusion, art vendors welcome, 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. Aloha Friday: Showcase of stu- dent ukulele groups from 6 lo- cal schools; open show & tell on “my favorite uke,” 6-8pm, Hodgepodge, 2190 W. 11th Ave. FREE. Occupy General Assembly, 6pm, Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza, 8th & Oak. 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 Storytime, ages 0-1 w/caregivers, 10:15am & 11:15am, downtown li- brary. FREE. Family Storytime, 10:15am, Bethel Branch Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd. FREE. THEATER Academy of Arts & Academics: Offi ce Hours, 7:30pm today, tomorrow & Saturday, Wildish Theater, 630 Main St., Spfd. $7, $5 sr., stu. FREE. No Shame Eugene Theater Workshop, write, direct & act in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30- 9:30pm, 194 W. Broadway. FREE. A Lie of the Mind, 8pm today, to- morrow, Saturday, & Thursday, May 24; 2pm Sunday; through June 3, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton St. $10-$30. LECTURES/CLASSES Arnie VOLUNTEER Care for Owen LITERARY Rose Garden, bring gloves & small hand-weeding tools, instruction provided, noon-3pm, end of N. Jefferson St., 682-5025. Cox: “Theorizing Musical Affect” 3:15pm, Collier House, UO. FREE. Center for Sacred Sciences & the Green Phoenix Institute lecture: David Loy: “Healing Ecology: A Buddhist Perspective on The Eco-crisis,” 7pm, Green Phoenix Institute, 352 W. 12th Ave. Don. Eugene Natural History Society: “The Blues, the Admirals, the Sulphers & the Swallowtails” w/ Robert Michael Pyle, 7:30pm, Willamette 100, UO. FREE. ARTS Poetry Reading In conjunction w/“Silent Witness: Parvin Butte, OR,” 7-8:30pm, Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th Ave., mkart- center.org MUSIC American Liszt Society 18 fri Sunrise 5:43am; Sunset 8:36pm Av High 68; Av Low 44 ART/CRAFT Make a Mini Masterpiece, 10:30am-12:30pm, downtown library, reg. 682-5521. FREE. BENEFITS Carnival for a Cure, food, swimming, 10-cent games, Samba Ja, 6-9pm, 2445 Willakenzie Rd. DANCE MEDGE w/Ann Shaffer, Middle Eastern dance, 8:30pm, Cozmic. $5 sug. don. The Works student dance con- cert continues. See Thursday, May 17. FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food Not Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West Park. FREE. Springfi eld Farmers’ Market, 3-7pm, through Oct. 12, Library Fountain Plaza, 5th & A St., Spfd., 345-7106. FREE. Vegan Potluck, eat for the en- vironment, no animal products, 7pm, McNail-Riley House, 601 W. 13th Ave., 341-1690. GATHERINGS Beach Trip for individuals with psychiatric dis- abilities, ages 18 & up, 9:30am- 4:30pm, Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St., reg. 682-5311 #98469. #23. Scottish Festival, Scottish-Irish music, Scottish food, wagon rides, children’s games, clans, vendors, 10am-5pm, North Eugene High School, 200 Silver Lane. $3. City Club of Eugene: Annual Turtle Awards, 11:50am-1:30pm, Eugene Hilton, 66 E. 6th Ave. $5, mem. FREE. Festival: “Liszt in Weimar,” 9:30am-8:30pm, Beall Hall, UO, liszt.uoregon.edu Acoustic Hootenanny, 3-6pm, Mrs. Thompson’s Herbs, 347 W. 5th Ave., 686-6136. FREE. UO Symphony Orchestra w/ Danail Rachev, 3pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu. & sr. Brendan Curran, acoustic solo, 5pm, Cozmic. FREE. Highlander’s Concert: Scottish pipes, drums, fi ddles, songs, 7-9pm, North Eugene High School Auditorium, 200 Silver Lane. $10, $6 stu. Brokentop, CD release party, old- time, bluegrass, folk, 7:30pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. $10 adv., $12 door. The Jazz Café, 7:30pm, Aasen- Hull Hall, Frohnmayer Music Building, UO, 346-4363. $7, $5 stu. & sr. Siri Vik: Where or When, The Life & Lyrics of Lorenz Hart, 7:30pm today, 2pm tomorrow, The Shedd, www.theshedd.org $18-$30. Antonio Pompa-Baldi, 8:30pm, Beall Hall, UO. $20, $13 stu. & sr. Schoolboy Q w/Ab-Soul, hip hop, 9pm, WOW Hall. $15 adv., $18 door. Water Tower, Fox & Woman, acous- tic, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. ON THE AIR “The Sunday Morning Hangover TV Show,” New Year’s Day, 11pm, Comcast channel 29. OUTDOORS/RECREATION “Walk ‘n’ Talkers,” self-led group, 3-5 miles at a quick pace, cof- fee stop, 9am, from Campbell Center, 155 High St. FREE. WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
