WHAT’S
HAPPENING
THURSDAY
Guys like Tom Waits and Nick Cave wish they were as
authentically dark as Kurt Weill (sounds like “vile”).
The Weimar-era composer’s fascination with petty
crime, poverty and the violence of gutter life soak the
murder ballads of his best known work, the Threepen-
ny Opera, like fresh-spilled blood. Even if Weill’s name
sounds new to you, you’ve probably heard pop music
renditions of “Mack the Knife” — with lyrics by Bertolt
Brecht — sung by Bobby Darin or Jim Morrison and
The Doors. Joined by the Island Jazz Quintet, Wash-
ington-based jazz singer Maggie Laird takes a crack
at selections from Weill’s oeuvre this weekend at
The Jazz Station in downtown Eugene. Weill’s moody
compositions evoke the smell of stale smoke and the
sound of rain hitting the cobblestone streets of the
Jewish ghetto in Dessau, Germany, where Weill was
born and raised.
Island Jazz and Three-Penny Cabaret: Maggie Laird
sings Kurt Weill at 7:30pm Saturday, April 9, at The
Jazz Station, 124 W. Broadway; $9-$12. — Ben Ricker
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APRIL 7
S U N R I S E 6 : 4 2 A M ; S U N S E T 7: 4 8 P M
AV G. HIGH 59 ; AV G. LO W 3 8
BENEFITS Willamette Valley
Old-Time Social Fundraiser String
Band Showcase, short sets by
six bands, 6-9:30pm, Sam Bond’s
Brewing, 540 E. 8th Ave. Don.
FILM Unmanned: America’s
Drone Wars, w/audience discus-
sion, 6pm, Bijou Art Cinemas,
492 E. 13th Ave. $8.
Behind the Emerald Curtain, a
film by Pacific Rivers, 6:30pm,
City Lights Cinemas, 1930 Hwy.
101, Florence. FREE.
Plank Town Presents: American
Movie, part of SpringFilm series,
6:30pm, Wildish Theater, 630
Main St., Spfd., 726-2238. FREE.
Serf & Stewardship Film
Festival: Surfing Hollow Days,
6:30pm, Rogue's Brewery on
the Bay, 2320 OSU Dr., Newport.
FREE.
GATHERINGS Fair Board Meet-
ing, 7:30-9:30am, Lane Events
Center, 796 W. 13th Ave. FREE.
Lane County Hearings Official,
9:30am, Customer Service Cen-
ter, 3050 N. Delta Hwy. FREE.
Eugene Metro Business Net-
working International, 11:30am
today & Thursday, April 14, LCC
Downtown Center, 101 W. 10th
Ave. $12 lunch.
Downtown Public Speakers
Toastmasters Club, drop-ins
welcome noon-1:05pm today &
Thursday, April 14, Les Lyle Con-
ference Rm, fourth floor Wells
Fargo Bldg., 99 E. Broadway
Ave., 485-1182. FREE.
Oregon Fiber Artists, 1-2:30pm,
Pioneer Quilters’ Quilt Show, 730
W. 13th Ave. $7.
Exhibit Talks, 2pm today, Satur-
day, Sunday & Tuesday through
Thursday, April 14, Museum of
Natural and Cultural History,
1680 E. 15th Ave., natural-histo-
ry.uoregon.edu. FREE with price
of museum admission.
Maker Hub Open Labs, 2-4pm
today & tomorrow, 11am-1pm
Saturday, downtown library.
FREE.
Open Figure Drawing, 4-6pm
today & Thursday, April 14,
MECCA, 449 Willamette St. Pay
what you want.
Eugene Men Against Rape
Culture, book discussion group,
5:30pm today & Thursday, April
14, Knight Library room 321,
UO. FREE.
Home Grown Community Radio
Forming KEPW-FM, 6pm general
meeting, 7:30pm programmers
meeting, today & Thursday April
14, Growers Market, 454 Willa-
mette St., 343-8548. FREE.
Guitar Club, 7-8pm, Cush Cafe,
1235 Railroad Blvd. FREE.
Nar-Anon Meeting, beginners,
7pm today & Thursday, April
14, Wesley United Methodist
Church, 1385 Oak Rd. FREE.
Psychoanalysis in Eugene,
clinical & literary discussion
group, 7-9pm today & Thursday,
April 14, 355 W. 8th Ave., rsvp
to michaelhejazi@gmail.com.
FREE.
HEALTH Group Acupunctire
Clinic, 10-11:30am, Trauma
Healing Project, 2222 Coburg
Rd., 687-9447. Don.
Mindfulness Group, 4-5pm,
NAMI Resource Center, 2411
Martin Luther King Blvd., 520-
3096. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES Wonderful Ones
Storytime, 1-year-olds w/care-
givers, 10:15am & 11am today
& Thursday, April 14, downtown
library, 682-8316. FREE.
DanceAbility Class for Youth,
4-5pm today & Thursday, April
14, Hilyard Community Center,
2580 Hilyard St. Call 357-4982
or see danceability.com for
registration info.
H.E.R. Group, healing empower-
ment & recovery, 4-5pm today
& April 14, Ophelia’s Place, 1577
Pearl St. $5-$40.
LECTURES The Power of Email
Marketing, 6pm, Downtown Eu-
gene Public Library, 682-5450.
FREE.
LITERARY ARTS Lunch w/author
Amy Costales, noon, The Book
Nest, 1461 Mohawk St., Spfd.
FREE.
Mid-Valley Willamette Writers
presents Kathleen Kerr: “500
Words: The Secret to Getting
Your Words on Page,” 6:30pm
gathering, 7pm meeting, Tsu-
nami Books, 2585 Willamette
St. $10 nonmembers, members
FREE.
ON THE AIR “The Point,”
9-9:30am today & Thursday,
April 14, KPOV 88.9FM.
“Arts Journal,” current local arts,
9-10pm today & Thursday, April
14, Comcast channel 29.
Thursday Night Jazz w/David
Gizara, 10pm today & Thursday,
April 14, KLCC 89.7FM.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Pool Hall for seniors, 8:30am-
4:30pm today, tomorrow &
Monday through Thursday,
April 14, Campbell Community
Center, 155 High St. $0.25.
GEARS Bike Club: McKenzie
View & Sunderman, 35 miles,
medium pace, 9am, Alton Baker
Park. FREE.
Lunchtime Running Group, 3-4
miles, 12:15-12:45pm today &
Thursday, April 14, Tap & Growl-
er, 207 E. 5th Ave. FREE.
Duplicate Bridge, 1pm today,
Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday,
April 14; 9:30am Monday;
6:30pm Wednesday, Emerald
Bridge Club, 1782 Centennial
Blvd., Spfd. $8.
Board Game Night, 6-11pm
today, Tuesday & Thursday,
April 14, Funagain Games, 1280
Willamette St. FREE.
WDYK Trivia w/Rick, 9pm today
& Thursday, April 14, Side Bar,
1680 Coburg Rd. FREE.
SOCIAL DANCE Ballet Fan-
tastique Free Dance Week,
new students welcome to try
any adult or youth ballet class,
today through Saturday, Ballet
Fantastique, 960 Oak St., 342-
4611. FREE.
English & Scottish Country
Dancing, 7pm today & Thurs-
day, April 14, Vet’s Ballroom,
1620 Willamette St. $7, first
time FREE.
Music & Dance Workshops w/
Taller de Son Jarocho, 7-9pm
today & Thursday, April 14,
American Legion Hall, 344 8th
St., Spfd. FREE.
Doc’s Pad Drag Queen Bingo w/
Karess, 9pm today & Thursday,
April 14, Doc’s Pad, 710 Willa-
mette St. FREE.
SPIRITUAL Open Heart Medida-
tion, 4:30pm today & Thursday,
April 14, 1840 Willamettes St.
FREE.
Insight Meditation, 6:30-8pm
today & Thursday, April 14, Eu-
gene Yoga Annex, 3575 Donald
St. Don.
Zen Meditation Group, 7-8am
today & Thursday, April 14, Blue
Cliff Zen Center, 439 W. 2nd Ave.
FREE.
THEATER No Shame Eugene,
short-form improv theatre,
7:30pm today & Thursday, April
14, New Zone Gallery, 164 W.
Broadway. FREE.
VOLUNTEER Native Plant
Nursery Volunteer Work
Party, 9-11am today; 9am-noon
Monday, Tuesday & Thursday,
April 14, 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.
Jefferson St., 682-5025.
FRIDAY
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ARTS Downtown Springfield Sec-
ond Friday Art Walk, self-guided
this month, 5-8pm, downtown
Springfield. FREE.
BENEFITS I-Chele & The Circle
of Light concert for Circle of
Children, 6pm, Cozmic, 199 W.
8th Ave. $5-$30.
FARMERS MARKETS Market-
place@Sprout, year-round in-
door & outdoor farmers market
w/entertainment, 3-7pm, 418 A
St., Spfd. info at sproutfoodhub.
org.
FOOD/DRINK Wine & Music,
4-10pm, Noble Estate Urban,
560 Commercial St. FREE.
Wine Tasting, 6-9pm, Sweet
Cheeks Winery, 27007 Briggs
Hill Rd. FREE.
GATHERINGS Yawn Patrol
Toastmasters, 6-7:45am, LCC
Downtown Center, 110 W. 10th
Ave. FREE.
Metropolitan Wastewater Man-
agement Commission, 7:30am,
Springfield City Hall, 225 5th
St. FREE.
City Club of Eugene: Eugene
Mayor Candidate Forum, noon,
UO Academic Extension, Down-
town Baker Center, 975 High
St. $5 non-members, FREE for
members.
Nar-Anon Meeting, 12:30pm,
Springfield Lutheran Church,
1542 I St., Spfd. FREE.
Food Not Bombs, vegan meal,
2-4pm, 8th & Oak. FREE.
Mad Minutes: Speak Out Cre-
atively Against Climate Silence
& Save Kesey Square, 4pm,
Kesey Square, Broadway &
Willamette. FREE.
Exhibit Opening: “Strung Togeth-
er: Beads, People & History,”
6-8pm, Museum of Natural &