WHAT’S
HAPPENING
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 23
S U N RIS E 6 : 59 A M ; S U NS E T 5 : 53 PM
AV G. HIGH 52 ; AV G. LO W 35
GATHERINGS Refuge Recovery
meeting, 7:30-8:30am today
& Thursday, March 2, Cascade
Center for Spiritual Living, 741
Main St., Spfd. FREE.
Legislative Committee,
10:30am-noon, Bob Straub
Conference rm., 125 E. 8th Ave.
FREE.
Downtown Public Speakers
Toastmasters Club, drop-ins
welcome, noon-1:05pm today
& Thursday, March 2, Les Lyle
Conference rm., 4th floor Wells
Fargo Bldg., 99 E. Broadway
Ave., 485-1182. FREE.
NAMI Connection Support Group
for people w/mental health
issues, 1-2:30pm today &
Thursday, March 2, 2411 Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd. FREE.
Rush Hour Resistance, Progres-
sive Coalition Rally, 5-6pm Mon-
day through Friday, old Federal
Building, 211 E. 7th. FREE.
Emerald Photographic Society
Club Meeting, 6:45pm today &
Thursday, March 2, Northwood
Christian Church, 2425 Harvest
Ln., Spfd. FREE.
Home Grown Community Radio
Forming KEPW-FM, 7pm, today
& Thursday, March 2, Growers
Market, 454 Willamette St., 343-
8548. FREE.
Standing Strong for Justice
at Standing Rock, 7pm, First
United Methodist Church, 1376
Olive St. FREE.
HEALTH Stress & Anxiety Relief
Group Acupuncture, 10-11:30am
today & Thursday, March 2,
Trauma Healing Project, 2222
Coburg Rd., 687-9447. $10.
Senior Fitness Testing,
10:30am-12:30pm, Eugene
Family YMCA, 2055 Patterson
St. FREE-$15.
Chinese Acupuncture Healing
Circle, by appt only, 1:30-
3:20pm today & Thursday,
March 2, Trauma Healing
Project, 2222 Coburg Rd., Ste.
300, 687-9447. $15.
Mindfulness Group, 4-5pm,
NAMI Resource Center, 2411
Martin Luther King Blvd., 520-
3096. FREE.
LECTURES/CLASSES Conversa-
tions w/Funders: Oregon Cultur-
al Trust, 1-3:30pm, downtown
library. FREE.
Adult colored pencil drawing
class, 2-4pm, Emeral Art Center,
500 Main St., Spfd. $15.
Talks at the MNCH, 2pm today
through Sunday, Tuesday
through Thursday, March 2,
Museum of Natural & Cultural
History, 1680 E. 15th Ave., nat-
ural-history.uoregon.edu. FREE
w/price of museum admission.
DanceAbility Class, creative
movement for youth 4pm,
adults 5pm, today & Thursday,
March 2, all abilities & disabili-
ties, Hilyard Community Center,
2580 Hilyard St., 357-4982. don.
Subcontractor vs. Employee:
Learn the Law, 6pm, downtown
library. FREE.
LITERARY ARTS Poet Rick Barot
book reading, 8pm, UO campus
Knight Library browsing rm.
FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES 4J school
choice visit week, tours &
meetings offered at Eugene 4J
schools, today & Friday, see
schedule for details, 4j.lane.
edu/choice, 790-7570. FREE.
Wonderful Ones Storytime,
1-year-olds w/caregivers,
10:15am & 11am today &
Thursday, March 2, downtown
library, 682-8316. FREE.
Preschool fun w/arts & science:
collages, 10:30am, Spfd. public
library, Spfd. FREE.
ON THE AIR “The Point,” current
local issues, arts, stories,
9-9:30am, today, tomorrow
& Monday through Thursday,
March 2, KPOV 88.9FM.
“Arts Journal,” current local
arts, 9-10pm today & Thursday,
March 2. Comcast channel 29.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Pool Hall for seniors, 8:30am-
4:30pm today, tomorrow &
Monday through Thursday,
March 2, Campbell Community
Center, 155 High St. $0.25.
GEARs Bicycle Club: Clearwater
Trail, 9:30am Alton Baker Park,
eugenegears.org/wp-content/
uploads/February-2017.pdf.
FREE.
Tai Chi: Level 1, Ages 50+,
11am, Willamalane Adult Ac-
tivity Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd.
FREE intro.
Tai Chi: Level 2, Ages 50+, noon,
Willamalane Adult Activity
Center, FREE intro.
Lunchtime Running Group, 3-4
miles, 12:15-12:45pm today &
Thursday, March 2, Tap & Growl-
er, 207 E. 5th Ave. FREE.
Duplicate Bridge, 1pm today,
Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday,
March 2; 9:30am Monday;
6:30pm Wednesday, Emerald
Bridge Club, 1782 Centennial
Blvd., Spfd. $8.
SilverSneakers© Classic, Ages
50+, 1:30pm, Bob Keefer
Center, 250 S. 32nd St., Spfd.
FREE intro.
Zumba Gold, Ages 50+, 1:30pm,
Willamalane Adult Activity
Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd. FREE
intro.
Pi-Yo Live, combined Pilates &
yoga, 5pm, Ridgeview Elemen-
tary School, 526 66th St., Spfd.
FREE intro.
Cribbage Tournament, 5:30-
7:30pm today & Thursday,
March 2, Max’s Tavern, 550 E.
13th Ave. $2.
Nia Fusion Fitness, 5:30pm, Wil-
lamalane Adult Activity Center,
215 W. C. St., Spfd. FREE intro.
Tai Chi: Evening, 5:30pm, Wil-
lamalane Adult Activity Center,
115 W. C St., Spfd. FREE intro.
Board Game Night, 6-11pm
today, Tuesday & Thursday,
March 2, Funagain Games, 1280
Willamette St. FREE.
Pi-Yo Live, combined Pilates &
yoga, 6pm, Bob Keefer Center,
25 S. 32nd St., Spfd. FREE intro.
Femme-identifying & Women’s
Bike Maintanence, 6-8pm, UO
Bike Program, UO Erb Memorial
Union. $10.
Yoga for Weight Management,
6:30pm, Willamalane Adult
Activity Center, 215 W. C St.,
Spfd. FREE intro.
Quizzo Pub Trivia w/Dr. Seven
Phoenix, 9pm, Level Up, 1290
Oak St. FREE.
WDYK Trivia w/Rick, 9pm today
& Thursday, March 2, Side Bar,
1680 Coburg Rd. FREE.
SOCIAL DANCE English &
Scottish Country Dancing, 7pm
today & Thursday, March 2,
Vet’s Club, 1620 Willamette St.
$7, first time FREE.
Music & Dance Workshops w/
Taller de Son Jarocho, 7-9pm
today & Thursday, March 2,
American Legion Hall, 344 8th
St., Spfd. FREE.
Fall Dance Sampler Series, Tan-
go, 7:30pm, In Shape Athletic
Club, 2681 Willamette St. $10.
SPIRITUAL Zen Meditation
Group, 7-8am today & Thursday,
March 2, Blue Cliff Zen Center,
439 W. 2nd Ave. FREE.
Insight Meditation, 6:30-8pm
today & Thursday, March 2, Eu-
gene Yoga Annex, 3575 Donald
St. Don.
Intro to Zen Practice, 7- 8:45pm,
Zen W., 981 Fillmore St., zen-
westeugene@gmail.com. FREE.
Zen Meditation, 7-8:45pm,
Zen West (Jefferson Westside
Neighborhood). FREE or don.
TEENS Japanese Manga &
Cartoon Drawing Club! 4-5pm,
Ophelia’s Place, 1577 Pearl St.
Ste. 100. sug. don. $10-$25 for
the term.
Teen Book Group, 4pm, down-
town library. FREE.
Tween Scene Book Group, 4pm,
downtown library. FREE.
THEATER The House of Yes, 7pm
today through Saturday, South
Eugene High School Theater,
400 E. 19th. $7-$10.
Oregon Contemporary Theatre:
Melancholy Play preview
performance, 7:30pm, 194 W.
Broadway. $15.
No Shame Workshop: Short-form
theatre & improv! 7:30pm, Atrium
Building, 99 W. 10th Ave. FREE.
VOLUNTEER Friends of Buford
Park & Mt. Pisgah Native
Plant Volunteer Work Party,
9am-noon today, Tuesday
& Thursday, March 2, Native
Plant Nursery, Buford Park,
volunteer@burfordpark.com,
344-8350. FREE.
Care for Owen Rose Gar-
den, bring gloves & small
hand-weeding tools, instruction
provided, noon-3pm, end of N.
Jefferson St., 682-5025. FREE.
FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 24
S U N R I S E 6 : 57 A M ; S U N S E T 5 : 5 5 P M
AV G. HIGH 52 ; AV G. LO W 3 6
FARMERS MARKETS Spfd. Farm-
ers Market outdoors w/enter-
tainment, 3-7pm, Spfd. city hall,
225 5th St., Spfd. FREE.
FILM “Through a Lens Darkly”
showing, 6:30-9pm, Jon Meyers
Studio, 385 W. 2nd Ave. FREE
or don.
FOOD/DRINKS 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.
City Club of Eugene, Check in w/
Lucy Vinis, noon-1pm, UO Aca-
demic Extension at the Baker
Center, 975 High St. $5.
Nar-Anon Meeting, 12:30pm,
Spfd. Lutheran Church, 1542 I
St., Spfd. FREE.
Food Not Bombs, vegan meal,
2-4pm, 8th & Oak. FREE.
An Evening w/the Tar Sands
Valve Turners, 6:30-8:30pm,
First United Methodist Church,
1376 Olive St. FREE, $20 don.
In the wake of the Women’s March on Washington this past January, local women-
ran group Makeba Arts and Entertainment is keeping the party going with their
upcoming Mardi Gras themed shindig. Makeba Arts and Entertainment is a decade
in the making and consistently aims to create a diverse, female-centered arts and
music culture in Eugene. The two women behind the scenes are Shea Baker, who
spent 12 years in nonprofit women’s healthcare, and Merrill Moore, a real estate
broker whose passion lies in advocating for women’s rights. Together, the women
have put together music line-ups and events for the Oregon Country Fair, Dance for
Africa, Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center and more. And they aren’t stopping now. Next
on Makeba’s to-do list is hosting Eugene’s First Annual Mardi Gras, complete with a
masquerade and dance party theme. The event is a mash-up of live music, poetry
slams and visual arts. Hold tight to your masks with a line up like funk electronica
band Soul Vibrator and the ever-groovy Eleven Eyes. What is most impressive
about this show, however, is the number of local businesses eagerly standing in
support. Twenty-four women-owned or co-owned businesses agreed to sponsor
the event, including Tacovore, Hot Mama’s Wings, WildCraft Cider Works and As
You Like It. “What’s so exciting about this event is how it reflects women actively
participating in our communities from the local to the national level,” Baker says,
“We here in Eugene are coming together … by organizing around support for
nonprofit organizations on the local level.” All proceeds from the event go to local
groups who advocate, support and provide services for women’s health and safety.
Sexual Assault and Support Services (SASS), Planned Parenthood of S.W. Oregon,
the Trauma Healing Project and Well Mama all make the list.
Don’t forget to bring your beads to Eugene’s First Annual Mardi Gras 7 pm Friday,
Feb. 24, at Hi-Fi; tickets $12 in advance and $15 at the door. — Kelsey Anne Rankin
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