WHAT’S
HAPPENING
THURSDAY
JANUARY 14
S U N R I S E 7: 4 5 A M ; S U N S E T 4 : 5 8 P M
AV G. HIGH 4 6 ; AV G. LO W 33
FOOD/DRINK Thirsty Thursday,
tastings & tap attacks, 5-8pm,
Tap & Growler, 207 E. 5th Ave.
FREE.
GATHERINGS Eugene Metro
Business Networking Interna-
tional, 11:30am today & Thurs-
day, Jan. 21, LCC Downtown
Center, 101 W. 10th Ave. $12
lunch.
Downtown Public Speakers
Toastmasters Club, drop-ins
welcome noon-1:05pm today &
Thursday, Jan. 21, Les Lyle Con-
ference Rm, fourth fl oor Wells
Fargo Bldg., 99 E. Broadway
Ave., 485-1182. FREE.
Exhibit Talks, 2pm today, Satur-
day, Sunday & Tuesday through
Thursday, Jan. 21, Museum of
Natural and Cultural History,
1680 E. 15th Ave., natural-histo-
ry.uoregon.edu. FREE with price
of museum admission.
Sustainability Commission Cli-
mate Change Committee, 2pm,
Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Ave,
room 250. FREE.
Open Figure Drawing, 4-6pm
today & Thursday, Jan. 21,
MECCA, 449 Willamette St. Pay
what you want.
Eugene Bicycle & Pedestrian
Advisory Committee, 5:30pm,
Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Ave,
Sloat room. FREE.
Police Commission, 5:30pm, Po-
lice Headquarters, 300 Country
Club Rd., Kilcullen room. FREE.
Home Grown Community Radio
Forming KEPW-FM, 6pm, Grow-
ers Market, 454 Willamette St.,
343-8548. FREE.
Southwest Hills Neighborhood
Association Board Meeting,
6pm, Morse Ranch, 595 Crest
Dr. FREE.
Bernie Sanders ReadOut &
Celebration, a potluck for those
tired of living under oligarchy,
6:30-9:30pm, Tsunami Books,
2585 Willamette St. FREE.
350 Eugene’s New Year’s Meet-
Up: Expert Panel on Oregon’s
Healthy Climate Bill, 7-9pm,
First United Methodist Church,
1367 Olive St. FREE.
Guitar Club, 7-8pm, Cush Cafe,
1235 Railroad Blvd. FREE.
Nar-Anon Meeting, beginners,
7pm today & Thursday, Jan.
21, Wesley United Methodist
Church, 1385 Oak Rd. FREE.
Doc’s Pad Drag Queen Bingo w/
Karess, 9pm today & Thursday,
Jan. 21, Doc’s Pad, 710 Willa-
mette St. FREE.
HEALTH Group Acupunctire
Clinic, 10-11:30am, Trauma
Healing Project, 2222 Coburg
Rd., 687-9447. Don.
KIDS/FAMILIES Wonderful Ones
Storytime, 1-year-olds w/care-
givers, 10:15am & 11am today
& Thursday, Jan. 21, downtown
library, 682-8316. FREE.
Preschool Fun w/Art & Science,
10:30-11:15am, Springfi eld
Public Library, 225 5th St., Spfd.
FREE.
DanceAbility Class for Youth,
4-5pm, Hilyard Community
Center, 2580 Hilyard St. Call
357-4982 or see danceability.
com for registration info.
LECTURES/CLASSES One-on-
One Job Hunt Help, 4-6pm,
downtown library, call 682-5450
to register. FREE.
DanceAbility Class for Adults,
5-6pm, Hilyard Community
Center, 2580 Hilyard St. Call
357-4982 or see danceability.
com for registration info.
Community Conversations:
Building Unity in Our Commu-
nity: “The Danger of a Single
Story: The Complexity of Cultural
Identity,” 5:30-8pm, EWEB
Community Room, 500 E. 4th
Ave., North Building. FREE.
Owning a Food Business, 6pm,
downtown library. FREE.
UO Visting Artist Lecture Series:
Brian Bress, 6pm, Lawrence
Hall room 115, UO. FREE.
ON THE AIR “The Point,”
9-9:30am, KPOV 88.9FM.
“Arts Journal,” current local arts,
9-10pm, Comcast channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Obsidians: Hike River Path
North, 6 miles, reg. at obsidians.
org. FREE.
Pool Hall for seniors, 8:30am-
4:30pm today, tomorrow &
Monday through Thursday, Jan.
21, Campbell Community Center,
155 High St. $0.25.
GEARS Bike Club: Clearwater
Trail & Springfi eld Ride, 25
miles, medium pace, 9:30am,
Alton Baker Park. FREE.
Lunchtime Running Group, 3-4
miles, 12:15-12:45pm today &
Thursday, Jan. 21, Tap & Growl-
er, 207 E. 5th Ave. FREE.
Duplicate Bridge, 1pm today,
Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday,
Jan. 21; 9:30am Monday;
6:30pm Wednesday, Emerald
Bridge Club, 1782 Centennial
Blvd., Spfd. $8.
SOCIAL DANCE English &
Scottish Country Dancing, 7pm
today & Thursday, Jan. 21, Vet’s
Ballroom, 1620 Willamette St.
$7, fi rst time FREE.
Music & Dance Workshops w/
Taller de Son Jarocho, 7-9pm
today & Thursday, Jan. 21,
American Legion Hall, 344 8th
St., Spfd. FREE.
SPIRITUAL Insight Meditation,
6:30-8pm today & Thursday,
Jan. 21, Eugene Yoga Annex,
3575 Donald St. Don.
Introduction to Zen Meditation
& Practice, 7-8:15pm, Yoga Mind
Studio, 1339 Oak St. Don.
Zen Meditation Group, 7-8am
today & Thursday, Jan. 21, Blue
Cliff Zen Center, 439 W. 2nd Ave.
FREE.
THEATER The Last Five Years,
7:30pm today through Saturday
& Thursday, Jan. 21, Oregon
Contemporary Theatre, 194 W.
Broadway. $15-$35.
No Shame Eugene, short-form
improv theatre, 7:30pm today
& Thursday, Jan. 21, New Zone
Gallery, 164 w. Broadway. FREE.
VOLUNTEER Native Plant
Nursery Volunteer Work
Party, 9-11am today; 9am-noon
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday,
Jan. 21, Native Plant Nursery in
Buford Park, rsvp to volunteer@
bufordpark.org. FREE.
Care for Owen Rose Gar-
den, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N.
Jeff erson St., 682-5025.
FRIDAY
JANUARY 15
S U N R I S E 7: 4 4 A M ; S U N S E T 5 P M
AV G. HIGH 4 6 ; AV G. LO W 33
DANCE Middle Eastern Dance
Guild of Eugene Show, 8:30pm,
Cozmic, 199 W. 8th Ave. $5.
FARMERS MARKETS Mar-
ketplace@Sprout, year-round in-
door & outdoor farmers market
w/entertainment, 3-7pm, 418 A
St., Spfd. info at sproutfoodhub.
org.
FOOD/DRINK Cocktails, Tasting
& Music, 4-9pm today & 2-7pm
tomorrow, Crescendo Spirits,
4065 W. 11th Ave. #47. FREE.
Wine & Music, 4-10pm, Noble
Estate Urban, 560 Commercial
St. FREE.
Wine Tasting, 6-9pm, Sweet
Cheeks Winery, 27007 Briggs
Hill Rd. FREE.
Star One Fantasy Happy Hour
w/Blake Hutchins’ “Story War,”
7-9pm, Starlight Lounge, 830
Olive St. FREE.
GATHERINGS Yawn Patrol
Toastmasters, 6-7:45am, LCC
Downtown Center, 110 W. 10th
Ave. FREE
Public Safety Coordinating
Council Juvenile Committee,
noon-1:30pm, Serbu Building,
125 E. 8th Ave. FREE.
City Club of Eugene: “Governing
for Racial & Cultural Equity in
Health Services” w/Ben Duncan.
Desiree Williams-Rajee &
Patrick Luedtke, 12:05-1:20pm,
Downtown Athletic Club, 999
Willamette St. $5.
Nar-Anon Meeting, 12:30pm,
Springfi eld Lutheran Church,
1542 I St., Spfd. FREE.
Food Not Bombs, vegan meal,
2-4pm, 8th & Oak. FREE.
Aloha Friday Birthday Cele-
bration w/music by Bill Keale,
there’ll be cake, 5-7:30pm,
Cozmic, 199 W. 8th Ave. FREE.
Eugene Astronomical Society
Star Party, 6pm, College Hill
Reservoir, 24th Ave. & Lawrence
St., eugeneastro.org. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES Family Game
Night, 6-8pm, Petersen Barn,
870 Berntzen Rd. FREE.
LECTURES/CLASSES Medi-
tation & Breathing, 12:15pm,
Oregon Ki Society, 1071 W. 7th
Ave. FREE.
“Archaeology of Pacifi c Herring”
w/Madonna Moss, 7:30pm,
Willamette Hall room100, UO.
FREE.
LITERARY ARTS UO Creative
Writing Grad Students Read from
Works in Progress, 7pm, Tsu-
nami Books, 2585 Willamette
St. FREE.
ON THE AIR “The Sunday Morn-
ing Hangover TV Show,” 11pm,
Comcast channel 29.
Marc Time’s Record Attic,
11:30pm, Comcast channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Walk ‘n’ Talkers, weekly self-led
neighborhood walking group,
9-11am, meet at Campbell
Community Center, 155 High
St. FREE.
Bridge Group for Seniors, 12:30-
3:30pm, Campbell Community
Center, 155 High St. $0.25.
Final Table Poker, 6pm & 9pm,
Steve’s Bar & Grill, 117 14th St.,
Spfd. FREE.
Magic the Gathering, standard
deck casual play, 6pm, Castle of
Games, 660 Main, Spfd. $1.
Magic the Gathering, 6pm,
Delight, 811 E. Main St., Cottage
Grove, info at delightcg@gmail.
com. FREE.
Pool Hall continues. See Thurs-
day, Jan. 14.
SOCIAL DANCE All Request
International Folk Dancing,
2-3:30pm, Willamalane Adult
Activity Center, 215 W. C St., info
at 603-0998. $1.50.
Advanced dance class w/Taller
de Son Jarocho, 4:30-6pm,
Whiteaker Community Center, N.
Jackson & Clark St. FREE.
Ecstatic Dance, 7-9pm, WOW
Hall, 291 E. 8th Ave. FREE.
Salsa Dancing w/Jose Cruz,
8:30pm, Vet’s Club Ballroom,
1626 Willamette St. $7.
Church of ‘80s, 9pm, Blairally,
245 Blair Blvd. $3.
SPIRITUAL Spiraling Toward
Joy, 6:45-9pm, Center for
Spiritual Living, 390 Vernal St.,
345-5058. $15-$25 sug. don.
THEATER Girl Circus, 7pm today
& 2pm Sunday, Wildish Theater,
630 Main St., Spfd. $6-$10.
Disenchanted, 7:30pm today &
tomorrow, Actors Cabaret, 996
Willamette St. $16-$27.
To Kill a Mockingbird, 7:30pm
today, tomorrow & Thursday,
Scrawny and hoarse, hardcore troika Show Me the Body rips open a psychic wormhole
through which the appalling smoky, pissy odor of cold New York City Subway stations freely
wafts. Their screeching/rumbling 2014 release, Yellow Kidney, lends the impression that it’s
always 3am and you’re stuck underground staring into dark, humming tunnels waiting to see
the headlamps of an early train that never appear. Kidney starts easy, with "One Train," a song
that casts harsh fl uorescent light on New York's cruddy, assaultive mug. Fuck Sinatra: 8.4 mil-
lion New Yorkers will tell you the city that never sleeps isn't an oyster bed with pearls for the
taking. Instead, like SMTB's music, it's an unfriendly grind, with occasional beauty. Once front-
man Julian Cashwan Pratt’s crisp, hurling rapped-out lyrics get rolling, they slap hard against
the mind’s windshield and collect there like it’s raining wet Polaroid exposures of SMTB’s fl inty
home turf, the oft-ignored Queens. Chap-lipped sludge rock, folk metal (there's banjo in it),
NYC dinge-core kids SMTB — performing Monday at The Boreal — kick and scream, fi erce and
frightened, like a cornered animal. But like a prickly beast with its back to the wall, SMTB gives
off the pheromonal reek of fear, anger and bewilderment. Perhaps they know that, reared up
at full height, their tender underside is vulnerable. But what are you going to do? The best
off ense is a mean off ense.
Show Me the Body perform with Gazelle(s) and Plaedo 7pm Monday, Jan. 18, at The Boreal,
450 W. 3rd Ave.; $7 — Ben Ricker
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