WHAT’S
HAPPENING
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 25
S U N R I S E 7: 41 A M ; S U N S E T 6 : 12 P M
AV G. HIGH 6 0 ; AV G. LO W 4 0
COMEDY Brickwall Comedy Club
Amateur Competition, $500 prize,
8:30pm, Brickwall Comedy Club.
$5.
FILM Hidden Battles, 7pm, First
United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive
St. FREE.
Warren Miller’s Flow State, 7:30pm,
McDonald Theatre.
FOOD/DRINK Park Blocks Farmer’s
Market, 1-5pm today & Thursday,
Nov. 1, 11am-3pm Tuesday, Park
Blocks.
The Corner Market, noon-6pm to-
day, tomorrow, Tuesday, Wednes-
day & Thursday, Nov. 1, 295 River
Rd., 513-4527.
FOOD for Lane County Youth Farm
stand, 2-6pm today & Thursday,
Nov. 1, Sacred Heart at RiverBend,
3333 Riverbend Dr., Spfd.
Wine tasting, 5-7pm today &
Thursday, Nov. 1, Supreme Bean
Coffee Co., 2864 Willamette St.
FREE.
GATHERINGS Eugene Ski Swap,
consignment 9am-9pm today,
9am-5pm tomorrow, sale 6-9pm
tomorrow , 9am-5pm Saturday,
pick-up 9am-4pm Sunday, Lane
Events Center, 796 W. 13th Ave.
$0.50 consign., $1.
Group Acupuncture Clinic, 10am-
noon, Trauma Healing Project,
2222 Coburg Rd., STE 300, 687-
9447.
Eugene Metro Business Network-
ing International, 11:30am, Down-
town Athletic Club, 999 Willamette
St., http://wkly.ws/159 $12 lunch.
Eugene Chamber Business to Busi-
ness Expo & After Hours, 4-7:30pm
today, Lane County Fairgrounds,
796 W. 13th Ave., pre-reg. at eu-
genebusinessexpo.com $10-$20.
Teen Book Group: “Daughter of
Smoke & Bone” by Laini Taylor,
4pm, downtown library, info at
682-8316. FREE.
Tween Scene Book Group: “Smile”
by Raina Telgemeier, 4pm,
downtown library, pre-reg., info at
682-8316. FREE.
Meadowlark Prairie & Oak Savanna
Restoration Tour, Post-Treatment,
4:30pm, pre-reg. & info at buford-
park.org/tours
Eugene Neighborhood Inc. annual
meeting, 5-7pm, Davis Restaurant,
94 W. Broadway. FREE.
Doc’s Pad Drag Queen Bingo w/
DJ Fallon Love, 8pm today &
Thursday, Nov. 1, Doc’s Pad, 710
Willamette St. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES Make a Mask, all
day, all library branches: down-
town, Bethel Branch & Sheldon
Branch, through Saturday, info at
682-8316. FREE.
Wonderful Ones Storytime, 1-year-
olds w/caregivers, 10:15am &
11am, downtown library, info at
682-8316. FREE.
Make a Mask continues. See
Saturday.
LECTURES/CLASSES From Suf-
frage to Citizenship: Empowering
Oregon Women in the Twentieth
Century & Beyond. 3pm. Knight
Library Browsing Room, UO Cam-
pus. FREE.
“New to Medicare? Learn the
How-To’s,” 5-6pm, 333 W. 10th Ave.,
RSVP 222-9020. FREE.
Robots for Aging, 6pm, downtown
library, info at 682-5450. FREE.
“Envisioning a Compassionate
America,” EMU, UO Campus. FREE.
LITERARY Joe Blakely discusses
his book “Oswald West: Governor
of Oregon 1911-1915, His Life &
Legacy,” 6-7pm, Lane County
Historical Society, 740 W. 13th
Ave. FREE
Amanda Coplin reading & book
signing, 7pm, Tsunami Books,
2585 Willamette St. FREE.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION Ath-
letic League Registration, all day,
Amazon Community Center, 2700
Hilyard St., info at 682-5409.
Walk with Us, weekly self-led
neighborhood walking group, ages
50 & up, 9:30-10:30am today &
Thursday, Nov. 1, meet at Petersen
Barn Community Center, 870
Berntzen Rd. FREE.
Yoga for Relaxation, 12:30-1:30pm,
Trauma Healing Project, 2222
Coburg Rd., 687-9447.
Mahjong for Seniors, 1-4pm,
Campbell Community Center, 155
High St. $0.25.
Gentle Yoga, 5:30-6:30pm, Trauma
Healing Project, 2222 Coburg Rd.,
STE 300, 687-9447.
Prenatal Yoga, 5:30-6:45pm today
& Thursday, Nov. 1, RiverBend
Medical Center, 3333 Riverbend
Dr., Spfd., 222-7074. $11, $40 for
4 classes.
Aqua Yoga, 5:45-6:45pm today &
Thursday, Nov. 1, Tamarack Well-
ness Center, 3575 Donald St. $11.
Contact Juggling, 7:30-8:30pm,
Academy of Artistic Gymnastics,
1205 Oak Patch Rd., 344-2002.
$10 Drop-In, $80 for 10 class
punchcard. First class FREE.
Contact Staff w/Brandon, 7:45-
8:45pm, Academy of Artistic
Gymnastics, 1205 Oak Patch Rd.,
344-2002. $10 Drop-In, $80 for
10 class punchcard. First class
FREE.
Drop-in Kayaking, bring equip-
ment, no instruction provided,
ages 12 & up, 8-10pm today &
Thursday, Nov. 1, Echo Hollow Pool,
1655 Echo Hollow Rd. $5
SOCIAL DANCE Crossroads Blues/
Fusion, no partner necessary,
7:30pm lesson, 8:30pm-midnight
social dance, Just Breathe, 2868
Willamette St. $5.
SPIRITUAL Yoga Attunement w/
Dave Curtis, all levels, 6:45-8am,
Saraha Nyingma, 447 E. 40th Ave.,
info at yogawithdave.com or 515-
3614. $10 pre-reg., $12 door.
Reiki Tummo Healing Clinic,
5:30-7:30pm, 2550 Portland St.,
914-0431. FREE.
THEATER Cirque du Soleil’s Quidam,
7:30pm today, 3:30pm & 7:30pm
tomorrow, 7:30pm Saturday, 1pm &
5pm Sunday, Matthew Knight Arena,
tix at 800-WEBFOOT or cirqueduso-
leil.com/quidam $28-$70.
Beauty & the Beast, 7pm every
Thursday, Friday & Satuday
through Nov. 3, Red Cane Theatre,
1077 Chambers St., info & tix at
556-4524. $14-$16 Thursdays,
$18 Fridays & Saturdays.
The Seafarer, 7pm, Red Octopus
Theatre, Newport, info at redoctopus-
theatre.org tix at 265-ARTS. $12-$14.
VOLUNTEER Care for Owen Rose
Garden, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N. Jef-
ferson St., 682-5025.
FRIDAY
OCTOBER 26
S U N R I S E 7: 4 2 A M ; S U N S E T 6 : 10 P M
AV G. HIGH 6 0 ; AV G. LO W 4 0
FOOD/DRINK Eugene Food Not
Bombs, 2-4pm, 8th & West Park.
FREE.
Marketplace@Sprout, indoor farm-
ers’ market, 3-7pm, First Christian
Church, 418 A St., Spfd.
“In the Pink” wine tasting, 5-7pm,
Wineries Without Walls, Hwy. 126
& Territorial, Veneta, 935-8443.
FREE.
The Corner Market continues. See
Thursday, Oct. 25.
GATHERINGS City Club of Eugene
meeting: Oregon Citizen’s Initiative
Review, noon-1:30pm, Eugene
Hilton, 66 E. 6th Ave.
Kesey Square Revival: Creating vi-
brant public space downtown that
focuses on community inclusion,
art vendors welcome, noon-5pm,
Kesey Square. FREE.
Teen Gaming, board, card &
role-playing games, every Friday
in Oct., 3:30-5:30pm, Sheldon
Branch Library, 1566 Coburg Rd.,
info at 682-8316. FREE.
Weekly Bank of America protest,
4:30-5:30pm, 11th & Pearl. FREE.
“Frights for the Furries,” haunted
walk, 15 & over, 5-11pm today,
5pm-midnight tomorrow, 1835
Gilham Rd., info at 337-0946. $7 &
2 cans of food.
OE 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.
Best of Eugene Awards Show,
7:30pm, McDonald Theatre. $8
adv., $9 door.
Trivia Night, 8pm, Rogue Public
House, 844 Olive St. FREE.
Poker Tournament, 9pm,
Goodfellas, 117 S. 14th St., Spfd.,
726-9815.
Halloween is on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Ouja
Boards not included.
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October 25, 2012 • eugeneweekly.com
MIKE SHEAHAN
The history of Halloween is a long one.
Scholars maintain that it began with pagan
celebrations of the dead some time ago —
and the fi rst traceable usage of the word
“Halloween” comes from 16th-century
Scotland. But at the end of the day, this
spooky holiday has become far less sinister
than its roots, which suggest that the
boundary between the living and the dead
is at its weakest on Hallows Eve. Nowadays
Oct. 31 is an evening of awesomeness
characterized by jack-o’-lanterns, costumes,
haunted house parties and — the obvious
crowning jewel of the evening — candy. Trick
or treat responsibly, and if you get home
on Wednesday night to fi nd your pumpkins
smashed and toilet paper dangling from your
roof, don’t worry; it probably wasn’t ghosts.
Probably.