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2013
H O L I DAY
H APPENINGS
FRIDAY, NOV. 22
Fern Ridge & Veneta Annual Holiday Bazaar, food
and crafts by local artisans, 9am-5pm today and
Nov. 23, 541-935-8443.
“Holly Jolly Follies” celebration presented by
Florence Events Center, 7pm today, 7pm Dec. 7
and 2pm Dec. 8, Florence Events Center, visit
www.eventcenter.org for more info, $15, $8 ages
12 and under.
Maude Kerns presents “Art for All Seasons”
exhibit, Nov. 22 - Dec. 20, Opening Reception
Nov. 22, 6-8pm, FREE.
Tree Lighting Festival with caroling,
refreshments, hayride and gift giveaways, 5pm,
downtown Oakridge, FREE.
SATURDAY, NOV. 23
2nd and Blair Artist’s Holiday Sale and Open
House, 5pm Dec. 6, 11am Dec. 7 and 12pm Dec.
8, 2nd and Blair St., FREE.
Holiday Market, hundreds of booths with
handcrafted gifts, international food court and
live music, 10am-6pm ongoing weekends until
Dec. 24, Exhibit Hall, Lane County Fairgrounds,
FREE.
Cottage Theatre presents James W. Rogers’
adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life, 8pm, Dec. 6, 7,
13, 14, 19, 20 and 21, 2:30pm matinees Dec. 8,
15 and 22, 700 Village Dr., $18 adult, $15 youth.
“Let it Snow” presented by the Academy of Ballet
Fantastique, 7pm, Wildish Theater, Springfield,
$16, $9 kids.
33rd Annual Holiday Ceramics Studio Sale at
Faye Nakamura Studio, 1-6pm today, 10am-4pm
Dec. 7, 2695 University St., FREE.
SUNDAY, NOV. 24
Holiday Choral Concert presents four UO choirs
performing holiday-themed music, 8pm, Beall
Concert Hall, $7, $5 students, seniors.
Children’s Chanukah Celebration, crafts,
activities, live music, stories and baked goods,
10am-1pm, Temple Beth Israel, 1175 E. 29th Ave.,
$5 per child suggested donation.
R. Atencio’s Studio Sale, today 3pm-7pm, and
Dec. 7 10am-4pm, 98 W. 26th St.
It’s a Wonderful Life presented by Radio Redux
7:30pm today and Dec. 7, 2pm Dec. 8, at the Wildish
Theater, Springfield, 541-206-3283, $40-$60.
TUESDAY, NOV. 26
New Zone Gallery Holiday Store featuring
handcrafted gifts made for the holidays under
$50, noon-6pm Tuesdays through Saturdays, Nov.
26 to Dec. 28, 164 W. Broadway, 541-683-0759.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27
Festival of Trees, trees, wreaths, Christmas
stockings, gift baskets, holiday fair in Dicken’s
Village, entertainment, visits from Santa, Candy
Cane Forest and chainsaw art carving, 9am-6pm
today, 10am-7pm Nov. 28, 9am-9pm Nov. 29,
9am-2pm Nov. 30, 9am-6pm Dec. 1, Valley River
Inn, 541-228-3040.
THURSDAY, NOV. 28
Annual Community Thanksgiving Day Dinner
hosted by Friendly Street Church of God,
transportation available and volunteers
welcome, noon-3pm, 2290 Friendly St., 541-345-
6553.
SATURDAY, DEC. 7
6th Annual “Breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus”
hosted by Eugene Downtown Lions Club,
breakfast includes pancakes, sausage, eggs,
cocoa and coffee, photographer available,
Santa’s helpers assist kids with frosting cookies,
bike raffle, 8am-11am, St. Thomas Episcopal
Fellowship Hall, 1465 Coburg Rd., 541-344-1049,
$8, $5 kids.
Annual Greens Sale hosted by Eugene Garden
Club. Natural wreaths, table floral designs, little
trees, cone baskets, poinsettias and other
holiday home decorations, 9am-3pm. Eugene
Garden Club, 1645 High St., 541-485-5772 for
more information or special orders.
Sugar Plum Festival with craft show, food and
drinks, 9am-5pm today, 11am-3pm Dec. 8,
48119 E. 1 St., Oakridge, FREE.
Wednesdays at St. Jude’s Art Group Open Studio
Sale, today 10am-6pm, Dec. 8, 12-5pm, 2275
Columbia St. 541-683-3424.
Turkey Trot, 4-mile run, 2-mile walk, 200-meter
kid’s Gobbler Gallop, benefit run for FOOD for
Lane County 9am, Valley River Center, register
through FOOD for Lane County or Eugene
Running Company, 116 Oakway Center, $20
adults, $15 17 and younger.
The Eugene Symphony Guild presents
“Christmas in the Kitchen, a Tour of Homes,”
self-guided tour to home kitchens hosting local
chefs, gift basket drawings, holiday décor, live
music, 10am-4pm, for more information call
541-255-7323, visit eugenesymphonyguild.org,
$15 adv, $18.
FRIDAY, DEC. 6
Jingle Bells Run, 12k run (new), 8k run and 5k
run/walk, music, Santa, breakfast, noon, Maurie
Jacobs Park, 541-484-9883, eclecticedgeracing.
com, $15-20.
6th Annual Holiday Sale at Clay Space featuring
more than 20 local artists, 3-9pm today,
10am-6pm Dec. 7, noon-5pm Dec. 8, Clay Space,
222 Polk St.
Upstart Crow Studios presents Pinocchio, 7pm
Dec. 6 and 7, 3pm matinees Dec. 7 and 8, 855 W.
1st Ave., $10.
Naughty Listed: Stories of Holiday Misbehavior
presented by Planned Parenthood, 6pm, Cozmic,
$13 adv., $15 door.
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Holiday Home Tour presented by the Newport
Symphony Orchestra, four houses decorated for
the holidays, live music, 11am-4pm today, noon-
4pm Dec. 8, Newport, 541-574-0614, $18 adv.,
$20 door.
Eugene Waldorf School’s Winter Light Faire,
puppet shows, cakewalks, candle dipping, The
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Nutcracker ballet, Hanukkah room, crosscut saw
competition, games, food and live music,
11am-4pm, 1350 McLean Blvd, FREE, some
activities require ticket; $1.50 each.
The 61st Annual Springfield Christmas Parade,
1pm, begins at Olympic St., FREE.
“Christmas in Cottage Grove” with tree lighting at
Trailhead Park, scavenger hunt in Historic
Downtown District, pictures with Santa, winter
wonderland, 6pm-9pm, Cottage Grove Chamber
of Commerce, FREE.
Handel’s Messiah presented by Eugene Concert
Choir, 8pm, Hult Center, $24-38. College, youth
and senior discounts available.
SUNDAY, DEC. 8
12th Annual HOUR Traders Winter Celebration,
activities, live music, entertainment, 11am-5pm,
Old World Deli Arena, 341 SW 2nd St., Corvallis,
FREE.
UO Gospel Choir and Ensemble’s 30th
Anniversary Concert, celebrating thirty years of
uplifting, high-energy music, 5pm, Beall Concert
Hall, $8, $5 students, seniors.
The 11th Annual “Experience Christmas with
NCU” community concert presented by
Northwest Christian University, 7pm today and
Dec. 9, Silva Concert Hall, FREE.
MONDAY, DEC. 9
Oregon Brass Quintet feat. UO Student
Ensembles, holiday concert in support of homes
for Lane County’s homeless, 7:30pm, Central
Presbyterian Church, 555 E 15th Ave., $10
suggested donation.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11
Tingstad & Rumbel performance, 8pm today,
8pm Dec. 12, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette
St., 541-345-8986.
THURSDAY, DEC. 12
Very Victorian Holiday Party and Silent Auction,
5:30-8pm, Shelton McMurphey Johnson House,
541-484-0808, www.smjhouse.org, $10.
“Button Up Your Overcoat,” The Shedd’s 6th
annual Christmas show, 7:30pm today, Dec. 17
& 18, 1:30pm Dec. 15, The Shedd, $15-$30.
FRIDAY, DEC. 13
Holiday Pottery Sale at Standhardt Studio, 5-8pm
today, 10am-4pm Dec. 14, 11am-4pm Dec. 15,
55 W. 27th Ave., 541-514-4646.
Faith Rahill’s Holiday Pottery Sale, 5-8pm today,
10am-4pm Dec. 14, 11am-4pm Dec. 15, 2581