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CALENDAR EVENTS FOR DECEMBER 2016 THU 01 Greg Goebel Quintet Music firmly rooted in tradition while simultaneously proving to be a unique voice among a new generation FRI 02 Art Walk FREE Territorial Wine Tasting [ 5PM to 7PM ] Enjoy some wine tasting and great HOLIDAY JAZZ FRI 02 Corey Foster Collective TAKING ROOT [ 8PM ] Vivid imagery with floating melodies, and syncopated underlying rhythms ... a blend of grooving mixed-meters and modal harmonies SAT 03 Charles McNeal Quartet World class saxophonist swings with one very tight group FRI 09 ECBB - Eugene Composers Big Band Continuing a long tradition of live big band music, and providing a platform for local composers to have their music performed SAT 10 The Swing and Standards Jazz Band Swing, Jazz, and Blues from the American Songbook, plus Latin Jazz THU 15 Calvin Smith sings "STARDUST” - [TWO SHOWS] 7:00P and 9:00P An Evening With Hoagy Carmichael and Mel Torme SAT 17 Kelly Kelso … A Tribute to Roy Hargrove Original music and creative re-imaginations of standards FRI 23 Sarah Burkhart … The Holiday Show Holiday Show filled with joy and laughter, featuring original music, unique arrangements and holiday favorites FRI 30 Matt Cooper joined by members of the Band Blue Moon A night of novelty swing, jazz standards and ballads Sunday Learners Jams 2:30-5:00P 12/04 ● 12/11 ● 12/18 The Jazz Station provides an all-ages jam for developing jazz musicians and singers hosted by local musicians. SHOWS START AT 7:30P UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED The Jazz Station features LIVE JAZZ music. All ages are welcome. Visit our website for events schedule, info on performers and links to music, membership info, to purchase tickets, and much more ... Eugene’s Home For LIVE Jazz 124 West Broadway ● Downtown Eugene Tckets available online at www.thejazzstation.org SPIRITUAL Contemplative Mass w/Taizé chant, incense & candlelight, 5:30pm, Church of the Resurrection, 3925 Hilyard St. FREE. Community Kirtan, 7pm, Heart Wise, 1840 Willamette St. $1 sug. don. THEATER Harrisburg High School Drama Club play & Christmas carols, 6:15pm, United Methodist Church, 710 Smith St., Harrisburg. Experience Christmas w/ NCU performing arts, 7:30pm today & tomorrow, 828 E. 11th Ave., nwcu.edu/events/experi- ence-christmas. $10. Annie Get Your Gun continues. See Friday. David Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries continues. See Thurs- day, Dec. 1. Little Women continues. See Thursday, Dec. 1. The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge continues. See Friday. Willy Wonka continues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Eagan Warming Center volunteer training, 10am-noon, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. FREE. Feed the Hungry w/Burrito Brigade, 10am, Bethesda Lutheran Church, 4445 Royal Ave. FREE. SUNDAY DECEMBER 4 S U N R I S E 7: 31 A M ; S U N S E T 4 : 3 4 P M A V G . H I G H 4 7; A V G . L O W 3 5 ART Create Festive Mason Jars, 4-6pm, Laurelwood Golf Course, 2700 Columbia St., thirst2create.com. $35. Art in the Hood continues. See Saturday. BENEFIT Community Ecstatic Dance-A Benefit for Community Organizations, 1-3pm, WOW Hall, 291 E. 8th Ave. $5-$10 sug. don. FARMERS MARKETS Fairmount Neighborhood Farmers Market, 10am-2pm, 19th Ave. & Agate St. FREE. Holiday Farmers Market contin- ues. See Saturday. FILM Franklin Merrel-Wolff & The Owens Valley, 11am-1pm, Center for Sacred Sciences, 5440 Saratoga St., 345-0102. FREE. Open Saturdays & Sundays! Dec. 3-4, Dec. 10-11, Dec. 17-18 + Thur.-Sat., Dec. 22-24 Hours: 10 AM–6 PM Dec. 2 4 only, 10 AM–4 PM Handcrafted Gifts International Food Live Music Lane Events Center, 13th & Jefferson Free Admission • Free Parking 541-686-8885 • holidaymarket.org 20 December 1, 2016 • eugeneweekly.com FOOD/DRINKS Mimosa Sunday, noon-6pm, Sweet Cheeks Win- ery, 27007 Briggs Hill Rd. Wine Tastings, 12-5pm, Noble Estate Vineyard, 29210 Gimpl Hil Rd., 338-3007. $5-$10. GATHERINGS Overeaters Anon- ymous, 9:30am, First United Methodist Church, 1370 Olive St. FREE. Sunday Market Music, 10am-6pm;TBA 10:30am; Gordon Kaswell & Jerry Zybach 11:30am; O’Carolan’s Consort 12:30pm; Mother of Pearl 1:45pm; The Jackal Mother 3:15pm; The Fiannacats 4:45pm; Lane Events Center, 13th & Jefferson. FREE. Rainbow Family Potluck, bring food to share, place settings, mu- sical instruments, 1-5pm, Cush Cafe, 1235 Railroad Ave. FREE. Community Centered Martial Arts, 3pm, Mangan City Park. FREE. Exhibit Talks continue. See Thursday, Dec. 1. HEALTH Occupy Eugene Med- ical Clinic, noon-4pm, 509 E. 13th Ave. FREE. HOLIDAY Blair Artists Open House Studio Sale continues. See Friday. Clay Space Store & Holiday An- nex Sale continues. See Friday. Faith Rahill’s Holiday Pottery Sale continues. See Friday. Happy’s Christmas Trees contin- ues. See Thursday, Dec. 1. McMilliam Spring Studio Holiday Sale & Show continues. See Friday. Santa Photos at Valley River continue. See Thursday, Dec. 1. KIDS/FAMILIES Children’s Med- itation Class, 7-7:45pm, Eugene Zendo, 2190 Garfield St. FREE. Family Fun: “Seriously Silly Col- lages” w/Sharon Kaplan, 1pm, downtown library. FREE. Buzzer-Fly, multicultural children’s play performed by kids 5-11 years old in English, Russian & French, downtown library, arts4kidsoregon.org. FREE. LECTURES/CLASSES Women’s Self Defense Class, 11am- 12:15pm, The Art of War, 251B W. 7th Ave. FREE. Probioticis w/Yaakov Levin, 1-2:15pm, Natural Grocers, 210 Coburg Rd., 345-3300. FREE. ON THE AIR “The Sunday Morn- ing Hangover TV Show,” 1:30am, Comcast channel 29. “The Sunday Morning Hangover Radio Program” w/Marc Time, 10am, KWVA 88.1FM & kwvara- dio.org. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Picc- A-Dilly Flea Market, 10am-4pm, Lane County Fairgrounds, 796 W. 13th Ave., 683-5589. $1.50. 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. Cards Against Humanity w/Rick, 7pm, First National Taphouse, 51 W. Broadway. FREE. Duplicate Bridge continues. See Thursday, Dec. 1. SOCIAL DANCE Coalessence Dance, 10am-noon today, WOW Hall, 291 W. 8th Ave; 6-7:45pm Tuesday, Vet’s Ballroom, 1626 Willamette St. $8-$12, first time FREE. Music & Dance Workshop w/ Taller de Son Jarocho, 3-5pm, Whiteaker Community Center, N. Jackson & Clark St. FREE. Argentinian Tango, lesson 3-4pm, dance 5-7pm, 485-6647. $5-$12. Veselo Folk Dancers, weekly international folk dancing, 7:15- 10pm, In Shape Athletic Club, 2681 Willamette St., 683-3376. $3. SPIRITUAL Self Realization Fel- lowship 9-9:50am Meditation; 10-11am Service, 1610 Olive St. FREE. Zen Meditation Group, 5:30- 7pm, Blue Cliff Zen Center, 439 W. 2nd Ave. FREE. Gnostic Mass Celebration, 8pm, Coph Nia Lodge OTO, 4065 W. 11th Ave. #43, info at coph- nia-oto.org. FREE. THEATER Annie Get Your Gun continues. See Friday. David Sedaris’ The Santaland Di- aries continues. See Thursday, Dec. 1. Experience Christmas w/NCU performing arts cotinues. See Saturday. Little Women continues. See Thursday, Dec. 1. The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge continues. See Friday. Willy Wonka continues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Feed the Hungry w/Burrito Brigade, 11am, First Christian Church, 1166 Oark St. FREE.’ MONDAY DECEMBER 5 S U N R I S E 7: 3 2 A M ; S U N S E T 4 : 3 4 P M A V G . H I G H 4 7; A V G . L O W 3 4 ARTS Artist Show & Tell, artists, photographers, storytellers, 5-7pm, Shadowfox, 76 W. Broad- way. FREE. Musart, drawing musicians as they perform, 6-8pm, Whirled Pies, 199 W. 8th Ave. $5. GATHERINGS Lunch Bunch Toastmasters, noon, 341-1690. FREE. Drop-In Support Group for girls, 4-5pm, Ophelia’s Place, 1577 Pearl St., #100. FREE. Y12SR and Yoga of Recovery, please call to reserve space in the circle, 4:30-6pm, 2466 W. 11th Ave., 915-7439, kenan- kat@msn.com. $12-$14 sug. don. Women in Black, silent peace vigil, 5-5:30pm, Pearl & 7th. FREE. Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30- 6:30pm, Central Presbyterian Church, 555 E. 15th Ave. FREE. Atheist, Agnostics & Free Thinker AA, 12-Step Meeting, 6:30-7:30pm, 2520 Harris St., 255-8444. FREE. Cascadia Forest Defenders Meeting, 5:30-7pm, Growers Market, 454 Willamette St. FREE. Men’s Mentoring Circle, 6:30- 8:30pm, McKenzie River Men’s Center, 1465 Coburg Rd. $10 sug. fee. Marijuana Anonymous, 12-step meeting, 7-8pm, St. Mary’s Church, 166 E. 13th Ave. FREE. Nar-Anon Meeting, 7pm, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 1465 Coburg Rd. & Cottage Grove Community Center, 700 E. Gibbs Ave., Cottage Grove. FREE. Psychoanalysis in Eugene, clinical & literary discussion group, 7-9pm, 355 W. 8th Ave., rsvp to michaelhejazi@gmail. com. FREE. SASS Monday Night Drop-in Group, for survivors of sexual assault, self-identified women 18+, 7-8:30pm, 591 W. 19th Ave. FREE. Sweet Adeline harmonizing group, 7pm, United Methodist Church, 1385 Oakway Rd. FREE. Polyamory & Non-monogamy Relationship Discussion & Support Group, 7:15pm, contact eugenepolygroup@gmail.com for location. Don. Eugene Cannabis TV Record- ing Session, 7:30pm, CTV-29 Studios, 2455 Willakenzie Rd., contact dankbagman@hotmail. com. FREE. HOLIDAY Happy’s Christmas Trees continues. See Thursday, Dec. 1. Santa Photos at Valley River continue. See Thursday, Dec. 8. KIDS/FAMILIES “Star Wars Hour of Code” for kids ages 8-12, 4pm today & Wednesday, 682-8316. FREE. Children’s Intro to Ki, 4:15pm today & Wednesday, Oregon Ki Society, 1071 W. 7th Ave. FREE. LECTURES/CLASSES Coloring Party for Adults, 10am-noon, Bethel branch library & Sheldon branch library. FREE. Probioticis w/Yaakov Levine, 1-2:30pm, Natural Grocers, 210 Coburg Rd., 345-3300. FREE. Adults & Teens: Make Light-Up
