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calendar AUDITIONS BREATH OF SPRING The hilarious comedy by Peter Coke Sat., June 2, 1:00 pm 2350 Hilyard Street Auditions will be readings from the script. British accents. Roles for 4 women and 1 man ages 50+, and 1 woman and 2 men ages 25-35. Rehearsals will begin June 11, with performances from July 27 to Aug. 11. Questions? Contact Director Nancy Boyett at (541) 485-0771 Scripts will be available for 24-hour checkout at the VLT Box Office Wed-Sat. 2:00-5:30 pm; phone (541) 344-7751. They Call Me Muslim screens at OSU Tuesday downtown library, info at 682- 8316. FREE. Family Storytime, 11am, Sheldon Branch Library, 1566 Coburg Rd., info at 682-8316. FREE. L ECT U R ES/C L ASS ES “Joseph Needham (1900-1995): From Science to Science & Civilization in China” w/Dieter Kuhn, 3pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Ford Lecture Hall, UO, 346-1521. FREE. Conducting Collaborative Research on Racism, Resilience & Health of Latino Youth & Adults in the Eugene/Springfi eld Area, Heather McClure, Ivan Sandoval Cervantes & youth from Juventud FACETA, 4pm, Education 276, UO. FREE. Bev Smith: Why Youth Sports Matter, 6pm, downtown library. FREE. “Atlas of Yellowstone” w/Andrew Marcus, Jim Meacham & Alethea Steingisser, 7pm, Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. Thai Jones, “More Powerful than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives & New York’s Year of Anarchy,” 7pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette St. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Teen Book Group: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King, 4-5pm, downtown library. FREE. Tween Scene Book Group: Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl by Daniel Pinkwater, grades 4-6, 4-5pm, downtown library. FREE. The Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit Show, poetry, 8:30pm, Cozmic. $5. Everyone is welcome to audition! More information on the New Yoga classes continue. See Thursday, May 24. Prenatal Yoga continues. See Thursday, May 24. Walk with Us continues. See Thursday, May 24. SOCIAL DANCE Crossroads Blues/Fusion continues. See Thursday, May 31. SPIRITUAL Reiki Tummo Healing Clinic, by appt., 5:30- 7:30pm, 2550 Portland St., 914- 0431. Don. Inquiry Into the Self w/Alan Zundel, 7-8:30pm, 2274 Onyx St., 510-8804, www.heartawake.org Don. THEATER No Shame Eugene Theater Workshop, write, direct & act in original 5-min. pieces, 7:30- 9:30pm, 194 W. Broadway. FREE. I Ain’t Yo’ Uncle: The New Jack Revisionist Uncle Tom’s Cabin continues. See Thursday, May 24. Almost, Maine continues. See Friday. A Lie of the Mind continues. See Thursday, May 24. VOLUNTEER Care for Owen Rose Garden, bring gloves & small hand-weeding tools, instruction provided, noon-3pm, end of N. Jefferson St., 682-5025. corvallis EVENTS Note: Continuation dates for out- of-town events are listed under the fi rst day of the event. Riverside Chamber Symphony w/Philip Bayles, 7:30pm, Wildish Theater, 630 Main St., Spfd. $10 sug. don. Sacred Harp Singing at Hope Abbey, 7:30pm, Hope Abbey mausoleum at the Eugene Masonic Cemetery, east of 26th & Potter. Don. Oregon Symphonic Band, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu. & sr Mood Area 52, Hot Milk, Mudzidi, tango, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. THURSDAY, MAY 24 OK Chorale Concert, Songs of America: Celebrate America, 2pm, Corvallis Senior Center, 2601 NW Tyler Ave., $1. Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.: “Endless Crisis: North Korea, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine & Nuclear Proliferation,” 4pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. Sandra Alcosser poetry reading, 7:30pm, Valley Library, OSU. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION FRIDAY, MAY 25 Rulemaking MUSIC Photo Hikes for Wounded Warriors, 3-5pm, HIlyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St., reg. 682-5311. FREE. Hershey’s Track & Field Games, 3:30-6pm, Silke Field, 10th & G Streets, Spfd., 736-4516. FREE. Community Yoga continues. See Thursday, May 24. Drop-in Kayaking continues. See Thursday, May 24. hearing, annual setting of fees & charges for services during fi s- cal year 2012-13, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’ substance use & drug testing rule, 1pm, MU 206, OSU. FREE. Student fashion show, 7pm, CH2M Hill Alumni Center, OSU, oregon- statefashionshow.com $5-$100. shoots & tuna on ciabatta, baby green salad w/quinoa & straw- berry shortcake, 5:30-7pm, First Alternative Natural Foods South Co-op, 1007 SE 3rd St., reg. 753- 3115. $25, $20 owners, $5 addition- al child. The Woman Citizen Film Series: They Call Me Muslim, 6pm, Owen 101, OSU. FREE. Auditions page at TheVLT.com WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 Hyslop Farm Field Day, cereal & seed crops, 8:30am-4:30pm, Granger Road, just off of Highway 20, wkly. ws/f FREE. Well water nitrate screenings, bring 1/2 cup of untreated well wa- ter in a clean, water-tight contain- er, 9am-1pm, Corvallis Wednesday Market. FREE. National Senior Health & Fitness Day, 2-3:30pm, Corvallis Senior Center, 2601 NW Tyler Ave., 766- 6959. FREE. Brian Kellow: Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, 7:30pm, MU Journey Room, OSU. FREE. OSU Jazz Ensembles, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $10, OSU stu., staff & faculty w/ID FREE. THURSDAY, MAY 31 Capstone fi eld trip to Flynn Creek & Needle Branch watersheds, 9am-3pm, wkly.ws/1ab Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler: “Investing in Oregon’s Future,” 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. “The Editorial Connection: Editor- Writers on Magazine Writing & Publishing,” 7:30pm, The Arts Center, 700 S.W. Madison Ave. FREE. attn: OPPS Very Little Theatre: auditions for Breath of Spring, cold read- ings from the script in British ac- cents, 1pm, Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St. Lions Fundraising Raffl e, draw- ing June 30, info at wkly.ws/f Eugene Mini Maker Faire exhibi- tor table apps at eugenemaker- faire.com Piano Palooza seeks Springfi eld residents for citywide recital, due June 1, see www.springfi eld- artscommission.org for info. Senior Companion Program of Lane County seeks applicants, see wkly.ws/1ac TUESDAY, MAY 29 Cooking with Kids Class: rhubarb coffee cake w/hard boiled eggs, spring see what we ’ re pinning pinterest.com/eugeneweekly WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM EUGENE WEEKLY MAY 24, 2012 19