CALENDAR
They sleep in cells, monitored by prison guards. Some are
serving life sentences. But, while working with Curt Tofteland,
the founding producing director of Shakespeare Behind Bars,
they are actors. On Tuesday, Tofteland, who started the prison
theater program in Luther Luckett Correctional Facility in Ken-
tucky in 1995, speaks at the University of Oregon about his
experience guiding prison inmates to perform Shakespeare.
For 20 years now, incarcerated men and women have studied
and performed plays by the Bard through Shakespeare Behind
Bars — which has expanded to correctional facilities in Michi-
gan. Tofteland, whose passion for Shakespeare is refl ected in
his 38 years working in theater, maintains that Shakespeare’s
characters provide a space for prison inmates to refl ect on
their lives through four questions: “Who am I? What do I love?
How will I live my life knowing I will die? What is my gift to
humankind?”
Shakespeare Behind Bars founder Curt Tofteland will speak at
7:30pm Tuesday, Jan. 19, in Straub Hall room 156, UO campus;
FREE. — Claire Rischiotto
Duplicate Bridge continues. See
Thursday, Jan. 14.
Pool Hall continues. See Thurs-
day, Jan. 14.
ON THE AIR “The Point,”
9-9:30am, KPOV 88.9AM.
“Truth Television,” live call-in
local news/politics, 6pm,
Comcast 29.
“That Atheist Show, weekly call-
in, 7pm, Comcast 29, 790-6617.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsid-
ians: Hike Amazon Headwaters/
Spencer Butte, 6.2 miles, reg. at
obsidians.org. FREE.
Accessible Aquatics, swimming
classes for individuals with
disabilities, 10am, Amazon Pool,
2600 Hilyard St. $7.
Community Group Run, 3-5
miles, bring lights for visibility,
6pm, Run Hub Northwest, 515
High St., 344-1239. FREE.
Pinball Knights, double-elimina-
tion pinball tournament, 21 and
over, 8pm, Blairally, 245 Blair
Blvd., 683-1721. $5 buy in.
THURSDAY
JANUARY 21
S U N R I S E 7: 4 0 A M ; S U N S E T 5 : 0 7 P M
A V G . H I G H 4 7; A V G . L O W 3 3
GATHERINGS Retired Senior
Providers: Move-in-Comfort w/
Diana Masarie, 2pm, Sheldon
Oaks Retirement, 2525 Cal
Young Rd., 342-1983. FREE.
Doc’s Pad Drag Queen Bingo
continues. See Thursday, Jan.
14.
Downtown Toastmasters contin-
ues. See Thursday, Jan. 14.
Eugene Metro Business Net-
working International continues.
See Thursday, Jan. 14.
Exhibit Talks continue. See
Thursday, Jan. 14.
Open Figure Drawing continues.
See Thursday, Jan. 14.
KIDS/FAMILIES Meet Georgie,
the South American Coatimundi,
for girls ages 10-18, 4-6pm,
Ophelia’s Place, 1577 Pearl St.,
284-4333. FREE.
Wonderful Ones Storytime con-
tinues. See Thursday, Jan. 14.
LECTURES/CLASSES Master
Class: Trombonist Stephen
Fissel, 1pm, Aasen-Hull Hall,
UO. FREE.
Email Marketing w/Carol In-
franca, 6pm, downtown library.
FREE.
UO Visting Artist Lecture Series:
Martha Rosier, 6pm, Lawrence
Hall room 115, UO. FREE.
Eugene Astronomical Society
Meeting & Telescope Workshop,
The
PEOPLE’S WELLNESS
Center
BLUE
CITY
DIESEL
BLUE DREAM X NYC SOUR DIESEL
TERPENE-HEAVY, FRUITY AROMA
WITH A FRESH FLAVOR
$10 GRAM THROUGH 1/21
71 Centennial Loop • Eugene • 541-505-8100
Open Every Day
8am - 10pm
18
JANUARY 14, 2016 • EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
7-8:30pm, Science Factory
Planetarium, 2300 Leo Harris
Pkwy. FREE.
ON THE AIR “The Point,”
9-9:30am, KPOV 88.9FM.
“Arts Journal,” current local arts,
9-10pm, Comcast channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
GEARS Bike Club: Alvadore via
Meadowview, 35 miles, medium
pace, 9:30am, Alton Baker Park.
FREE.
Duplicate Bridge continues. See
Thursday, Jan. 14.
Lunchtime Tap & Growler
Running Group continues. See
Thursday, Jan. 14.
Pool Hall for seniors continues.
See Thursday, Jan. 14.
SOCIAL DANCE English & Scot-
tish Country Dancing continues.
See Thursday, Jan. 14.
Music & Dance Workshops w/
Taller de Son Jarocho continues.
See Thursday, Jan. 14.
SPIRITUAL Insight Meditation
continues. See Thursday, Jan.
14.
Zen Meditation continues. See
Thursday, Jan. 14.
THEATER Water by the Spoon-
ful, 8pm, Hope Theatre, UO.
$14-$16.
The Last Five Years continues.
See Thursday, Jan. 14.
No Shame Workshop continues.
See Thursday, Jan. 14.
To Kill a Mockingbird continues.
See Friday.
VOLUNTEER Care for Owen
Rose Garden, bring gloves &
small hand-weeding tools,
instruction provided, noon-3pm,
end of N. Jeff erson St., 682-
5025.
Native Plant Nursery Volunteer
Work Party continues. See
Thursday, Jan. 14.
CORVALLIS
AND SURROUNDING
AREAS
FRIDAY, JAN. 15: Reading:
Journalist/author Héctor Tobar,
7:30pm, Valley Library, OSU,
Corvallis. FREE.
TUESDAY, JAN. 19: Willamette
Writers on the River: “Jump
Starting Narrative: Plot in
Fiction” w/Ian Sacks & Gretchen
Schraff , 6:30-8:30pm, First
Presbyterian Church, Corvallis.
FREE. $5-$10.
THURSDAY, JAN. 21: Paris
Climate Conference lecture
w/Green Party Presidential
Candidate Jill Stein, 7pm, Uni-