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CALENDAR - t e n g l u f r e e o p tio n s • veg e tari a n s g - f r ien dly • no d ai ry • n o m thank you for voting us eugene’s BEST THAI in eugene weekly’s best of eugene for six years in a row 2008–2014 serving you in two locations eugene springfield 1200 oak street 1410 mohawk blvd. 541.343.1230 541.505.8987 open seven days a week mon-fri: lunch 11am to 3pm dinner 4:30pm to 9pm springfield / 10pm eugene sat-sun: 12 noon to 9pm springfield / 10pm eugene w w w.tararinthai.com According to the U.S. Department of Arts & Culture (not a real department of the federal government), democracy is not a monologue. You can’t trust the president or his high-profi le detractors to speak honestly and in plain terms about how things really are. In order to get a clearer picture of the so-called “state of the union,” the American people fi rst have to step up to the plate and speak for themselves. That’s why an artist collective, calling itself the U.S. Department of Arts & Culture, launched the People’s State of the Union last year. On Friday, Jan. 29, the Many Nations Longhouse in Eugene will be one of more than 150 locations across the country to host People's State of the Union storytelling events in which folks like you will have a chance to tell it like it is. The stories you bring to the People’s State of the Union will be recorded and sent to a group of poets in Philadelphia, who will read them, cut them apart and stitch them back together into what the USDAC calls the Poetic Address to the Nation, which the USDAC will broadcast in late February. Add your two cents. The People’s State of the Union takes place 2:30-4pm Friday, Jan. 29, at the Many Nations Longhouse on UO campus; FREE, see usdac.us for more information. GEARS Bike Club: Herman Rd. & Coburg Bottom Loop, 33 miles, medium pace, 9:30am, Alton Baker Park. FREE. Church of Pinball, tournament, minors welcome, 3pm, Blairally, 245 Blair Blvd., 683-1721 $5. Final Table Poker, 3pm & 6pm, Steve’s Bar & Grill, 117 14th St., Spfd. FREE. Duplicate Bridge continues. See Thursday, Jan. 28. SOCIAL DANCE Community Ecstatic Dance, 1-3pm, WOW Hall, 291 E. 8th Ave. $5-$10 sug. don. Argentinian Tango, lesson 3-4pm, dance 5-7pm, 485-6647. $5-$12. Music & Dance Workshop w/Taller de Son Jarocho, 3-5pm, Whiteaker Community Center, N. Jackson & Clark St. FREE. Cuban Salsa, lesson 5pm, 6-8pm, Courtsports, 2728 Pheasant Blvd., Spfd. $3, fi rst time’s FREE. Veselo Folk Dancers, weekly inter- national folk dancing, 7:15-10pm, In Shape Athletic Club, 2681 Willamette St., 683-3376. $3. 258 EAST 13TH, EUGENE 541.342.7975 16 JANUARY 28, 2016 • EUGENEWEEKLY.COM SPIRITUAL Flying Spaghetti Monster Worship, potluck & pirate movie, may ye feeleth the uplifting suction of its many noodly tentacles, 2:30-5pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 1685 W. 13th Ave., 844-2339. Don. Zen Meditation Group, 5:30- 7pm, Blue Cliff Zen Center, 439 W. 2nd Ave. FREE. Way of the Tao Drum, 6:30pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 685 W. 13th. Don. Gnostic Mass Celebration, 8pm, Coph Nia Lodge OTO, 4065 W. 11th Ave. #43, info at coph- nia-oto.org. FREE. THEATER The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee continues. See Friday. Disenchanted continues. See Friday. South Eugene High’s Hamlet continues. See Thursday, Jan. 28. The Last Five Years continues. See Thursday, Jan. 28. Water by the Spoonful contin- ues. See Thursday, Jan. 28. VOLUNTEER Feed the Hungry w/ Burrito Brigade, noon, First Chris- tian Church, 1166 Oark St. FREE. MONDAY FEBRUARY 1 S U N R I S E 7: 3 0 A M ; S U N S E T 5 : 2 2 P M AV G. HIGH 4 8 ; AV G. LO W 3 4 GATHERINGS Lunch Bunch Toastmasters, learn public speaking in a friendly atmo- sphere, noon, LCC, 101 W. 10th Ave., room 316. FREE. Craft Night & Open Music Collab- oration, bring crafting supplies & musical instruments, 4-7pm, Cush Cafe, 1235 Railroad Blvd. FREE. Women in Black, silent vigil for peace, 5-5:30pm at the corner of Pearl St. & 7th Ave. FREE. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30- 6:30pm, Central Presbyterian Church, 555 E. 15th Ave. FREE. Musart, drawing musicians as they perform, 6-8pm, Cozmic Pizza, 199 W. 8th Ave. $5. SASS Monday Night Mens Meet-up, for survivors of sexual assault, self-identifi ed men 18+,
