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P HOTO BY DAVID P U T ZIER CALENDAR Pull up your green pants and pull out the shamrocks, it’s time to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in Irish style. If you’re in the mood to drink on Friday, head over Mohawk Tavern for its St. Pat’s Party with rock band Piksix starting at 9 pm, no cover. Luckey’s will have DJ Evergreen playing at their party, along with Fortune's Folly (pictured) for their CD release show starting at 10 pm, $5. Reeble Jar and Quick and Easy Boys will play funk and rock music at McShane’s at 9 pm, $9 cover. If you’re feeling more of an Irish sound, Sam Bond’s Brewing will have Celtic music courtesy of Faroe Rum at 6 pm, no cover. beergarden. is hosting Irish tunes by Tots and Tankards, Ghillie Dhu’s and the Dhont’s at 7:30 pm, no cover. Brewstation is celebrating the holiday with Crow Patrick playing Celtic music at 7:30 pm and a special Irish menu available, no cover. The biggest party might be the Pint Pot’s Celtic Celebration, an all-day affair starting at noon that includes traditional Irish food served picnic style, a Celtic dancer show, and six different bands. Minors are welcome till 7 pm, and tickets are $7-$8. Those further south can find their fun at the Axe & Fiddle in Cottage Grove with Jimmy’s Irish Jam at 5 pm, no cover. And northward Corvallis has a St. Patrick’s day party at Fireworks with live Celtic harp and guitar courtesy of Sharon and Dave Thormahlen and traditional Irish food by chef Pete McManus. — Kelly Kenoyer mossbacks.org. FREE, $10 for carpool. Lane County Audubon’s bird walk, 8:30am, along the new Millrace Bike & Walking Trail in Spfd. $3 sug. don. All-Paces Group Run, 9am, Run Hub Northwest, 515 High St., 344-1239. FREE. GEARs Bicycle Club: Ride to Daffodil Festival at Long Tom Grange west of Junction City, start from North Eugene High School, 9am, meet at Junction City Safeway at 10am, eugenegears.org/wp-content/ uploads/March-2017.pdf. FREE. Dungeons & Dragons, roleplay- ing, 12:30pm, Delight, 538 E. Main, Cottage Grove, info at delightcg@gmail.com. FREE. SOCIAL DANCE Salsa Dancing, 9pm, the Lounge, 2043 River Rd. FREE. SPIRITUAL Contemplative Mass w/Taize chant, 5:30pm, Episco- pal Church of the Resurrection, 3925 Hilyard St., 686-8462. FREE. THEATER Comedy of Errors, 2pm matinee, Sheldon Oaks Retirement Community, 2525 Cal Young Rd., & 7:30pm show, Willamette Oaks Retirement Community, 455 Alexander Loop. FREE. Disney Beauty & the Beast continues. See Friday. A Double Rose continues. See Friday. New Voices: “The Fruit Stand” & “On the Street Where We Used To Live” continues. See Thurs- day, March 16. Oregon Contemporary Theatre: Northwest 10: Number 9 contin- ues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Eugene Outdoors, 9am-noon, Lone Oak Park Help spread gravel along the trail & remove trash, tools & snack provided, RSVP at carrie.l.karl@ ci.eugene.or.us, 682-4850. FREE. 18 March 16, 2017 • eugeneweekly.com Walama Restoration Project, drop-in work party, refresh- ments & tools provided, 9am-noon, Alton Baker Park’s Whilamut Passage near the North end of the Knickerbocker footbridge. FREE. Trail Work Party, 10am-1pm, meet at Mount Pisgah Arbore- tum Visitor Center, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd., 747-3817. RSVP to site@mountpisgaharboretum. org. Feed the Hungry w/Burrito Bri- gade, 10am, Bethesda Lutheran Church, 4445 Royal Ave. FREE. SUNDAY MARCH 19 S U N R I S E 7: 16 A M ; S U N S E T 7: 24 P M A V G . H I G H 5 6 ; A V G . L O W 37 FOOD/DRINKS Mimosa Sunday, noon-6pm, Sweet Cheeks Win- ery, 27007 Briggs Hill Rd. FREE. The Primal Smoothie (smoothie demo/tasting) w/Yaakov Levine, 1-2pm, Natural Grocers 201 Coburg Rd., 345-3300. FREE. GATHERINGS Overeaters Anon- ymous, 9:30am, First United Methodist Church, 1370 Olive St. FREE. Picc-A-Dilly Flea Market, 10am- 4pm, Lane Event Center, 796 W. 13th Ave. $1.50. Community Centered Martial Arts, 3pm, Mangan City Park. FREE. Evergreen Tattoo Invitational continues. See Friday. Friends of Creswell Library Book Sale continues. See Saturday. HEALTH Occupy Eugene Medical Clinic, noon-4pm, 509 E. 13th Ave. FREE. Conscious Nutrition Series, 1:30-3pm, Everyday People Yoga, 352 W. 12th Ave. $10-$15. KIDS/FAMILIES Family Fun, 1pm, downtown library. FREE. Children’s Meditation Class, 7-7:45pm, Eugene Zendo, 2190 Garfield St. FREE. LECTURES/CLASSES Women’s Self Defense Class, 11am- 12:15pm, The Art of War, 251B W. 7th Ave. FREE. The Truth Is at My Front Door: Spiritual Direction on Aging Beautifully, 2pm, Eugene Friends Meeting House (Quak- ers), 2274 Onyx St. FREE. Embodied Consent, 6pm, As You Like It the Pleasure Shop, 1655 W. 11th. $15 adv., $20 door. Talks at the MNCH continues. See Thursday, March 16. 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. Son of Saturday Gold, True stuff for true believers, 11am-1pm, KRVM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Bird Walk, 8-11am w/Julia Siporin & Joni Dawning, Mount Pisgah Arboretum Visitor Center, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd., 747-3817 or interpretation@mountpisgahar- boretum.org. $5. TrackTown Fitness, trainings to prepare for Eugene Marathon, 8-9am, Hayward Field. FREE. GEARs Bicycle Club: McKenzie View, Sunderman, Clearwater Trail, 9am, Alton Baker Park, eugenegears.org/wp-content/ uploads/March-2017.pdf. FREE. Aerosmith Pinball Launch Tourney w/ IFPA points. All ages, 1pm, Level Up Arcade, 1290 Oak St. $5 entry. Hendricks Park Sunday Tour w/ botonist David Wagner, 1-3pm, F.M. Wilkins Picnic Shelter, 2200 Summit Ave. $3 sug. don. 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.
