WHAT’S
HAPPENING
Australian author Dr. Arne Rubinstein’s book, The Making of Men is about “raising boys
to be happy, healthy and successful,” and Rubinstein says he does so through rite of
passage camps. Rubinstein is coming to Eugene in an event sponsored by Cascadia
Quest, a local nonprofit that facilitates wilderness rites of passage for young men
much like Rubinstein’s in Australia. “They’re nature-based camps,” Cascadia Quest
Director Rob Miller says. “It’s a traditional way to mark that change from child to young
adult and it includes mentoring, time with older people, and a challenge for them to
step into their adulthood.” Rites of passage have been a part of cultural traditions
across time, but according to Miller, American culture lacks them. “There are some
vestiges, like, for example, in the Jewish bar mitzvah or Catholic confirmation, but a
lot of the meaning has been lost,” Miller says. There has been a recent reclamation of
rites of passage, though, Miller says, and a resurgence of organizations popping up
throughout the country, such as the nationwide ManKind Project and Rite of Passage
Journeys in Seattle. As far as Rubinstein’s event goes, Miller says it’s going to be
angled toward parents, teachers, coaches and other mentors who work with teens.
The event also welcomes mentors who might want to work with Cascadia Quest.
“I think that young people really need people who believe in them and people who
can encourage them,” Miller says. He says this is a huge part of Cascadia Quest’s
message, and Rubinstein’s too. “We see them and we believe in them.”
Dr. Arne Rubinstein speaks at Unitarian Universalist Church on Tuesday, April 18 from
6:30-8:30 pm. FREE. — Meerah Powell
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THURSDAY
APRIL 13
S U N R I S E 6 : 31 A M ; S U N S E T 7: 5 4 P M
AV G. HIGH 6 0 ; AV G. LO W 39
ART/CRAFT Make Colorful
Candle Holders, 2pm, Sheldon
branch library, 1566 Coburg
Rd. FREE.
GATHERINGS Refuge Recovery
meeting, 7:30-8:30am today
& Thursday, April 20, Cascade
Center for Spiritual Living, 741
Main St., Spfd. FREE.
Stress & Anxiety Relief Group
Acupuncture, 10-11:30am
today & Thursday, April 20,
Trauma Healing Project, 2222
Coburg Rd., 687-9447. $10.
Downtown Public Speakers
Toastmasters Club, drop-ins
welcome, noon-1:05pm today
& Thursday, April 20, 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, April 20, 2411 Martin
Luther King Jr. Blvd. FREE.
Chinese Acupuncture Healing
Circle, by appt. only, 1:30-
3:20pm today & Thursday, April
20, Trauma Healing Project,
2222 Coburg Rd., Ste. 300, 687-
9447. $15.
Enterprise Zone Task Force
Meeting #4, 3pm, Atrium Build-
ing, 99 W. 10th Ave. FREE.
Mindfulness Group, 4-5pm,
NAMI Resource Center, 2411
Martin Luther King Blvd., 520-
3096. FREE.
McKenzie Watershed Council
Meeting, 5pm, location varies -
contact Melanie 458-201-8150.
FREE.
Eugene Active Transportation
Committee, 5:30pm, Atrium
Building, 99 W. 10th Ave. FREE.
Emerald Photographic Society
Club Meeting, 6:45pm today &
Thursday, April 20, Northwood
Christian Church, 2425 Harvest
Ln., Spfd. FREE.
Churchill Area Neighbors Gen-
eral Meeting, 7pm, McCornack
Elementary Library, 1968
Brittany St. FREE.
Home Grown Community Radio
Forming KEPW-FM, 7pm, today
& Thursday, April 20, Growers
Market, 454 Willamette St., 343-
8548. FREE.
HEALTH Kenji Carp speaks
about rehabilitation for
dizziness, 7pm, Hearing Loss
Association, Hilyard Community
Center, 2580 Hilyard St. FREE.
LECTURES/CLASSES
HOPES[23] Conference w/UO’s
Ecological Design Center, noon-
8pm today & tomorrow, 9am-
8pm Saturday, UO Campus,
Lawrence Hall, 5249 University
St. FREE.
Roundtable: “Achieving
Justice: Gendered Violence,
Displacement & Legal Access in
Guatemala & Oregon,” 2-4:30pm,
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art,
Ford Lecture Hall, 1430 Johnson
Lane, UO Campus. FREE.
Talks at the MNCH, 2pm today
through Sunday, Tuesday
through Thursday, April 20,
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,
April 20, all abilities & disabili-
ties, Hilyard Community Center,
2580 Hilyard St., 357-4982. don.
One on one job hunt help,
4-6pm, Downtown library,
pre-register: 682-5450. FREE.
Vocal Workshop w/Honey
Whiskey Trio, 6:30-8:30pm, The
Shedd, rm. 230. $15.
Friends of Sanctuary City,
7-8:30pm, First United Method-
ist Church, 1376 Olive St. FREE.
Save Our Public Schools—A
Conversation w/Diane Ravitch &
Yong Zhao: Defending Our Public
Educaiton from Attacks in the
Trump/DeVos Era, 7-9pm, Straub
Hall rm. 156, UO campus, 543-
3577. FREE.
KIDS/FAMILIES Wonderful Ones
Storytime, 1-year-olds w/care-
givers, 10:15am & 11am today
& Thursday, April 20, downtown
library, 682-8316. FREE.
ON THE AIR “The Point,” current
local issues, arts, stories,
9-9:30am, today, tomorrow &
Monday through Thursday, April
20, KPOV 88.9FM.
“Arts Journal,” current local arts,
9-10pm today & Thursday, April
20. Comcast channel 29.
Thursday Night Jazz w/David
Gizara, 10pm today & Thursday,
April 20, KLCC 89.7FM.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Pool Hall for seniors, 8:30am-
4:30pm today, tomorrow &
Monday through Thursday,
April 20, Campbell Community
Center, 155 High St. $0.25.
Lunchtime Running Group, 3-4
miles, 12:15-12:45pm today &
Thursday, April 20, Tap & Growl-
er, 207 E. 5th Ave. FREE.
Duplicate Bridge, 1pm today,
Sunday, Tuesday & Thursday,
April 20; 9:30am Monday;
6:30pm Wednesday, Emerald
Bridge Club, 1782 Centennial
Blvd., Spfd. $8.
Cribbage Tournament, 5:30-
7:30pm today & Thursday, April
20, Max’s Tavern, 550 E. 13th
Ave. $2.
GEARs Bicycle Club: Women only
Ride, 5:45pm today & Thursday,
April 20, Alton Baker Park, euge-
negears.org. FREE.
Board Game Night, 6-11pm
today, Tuesday & Thursday,
April 20, Funagain Games, 1280
Willamette St. FREE.
Adult introduction to ki-aikido,
7pm today, Monday & Thurs-
day, April 20, OKS, 1071 W. 7th.
FREE.
Quizzo Pub Trivia w/Dr. Seven
Phoenix, 9pm, Level Up, 1290
Oak St. FREE.
WDYK Trivia w/Rick, 9pm today
& Thursday, April 20, Side Bar,
1680 Coburg Rd. FREE.
SOCIAL DANCE Line Dance Les-
sons, 6-8pm today & Thursday,
April 20, The Blind Pig Bar, 2750
Roosevelt Blvd. FREE.
English & Scottish Country
Dancing, 7pm today & Thurs-
day, April 20, Vet’s Club, 1620
Willamette St. $7, first time
FREE.
Music & Dance Workshops w/
Taller de Son Jarocho, 7-9pm
today & Thursday, April 20,
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,
April 20, Blue Cliff Zen Center,
439 W. 2nd Ave. FREE.
Insight Meditation, 6:30-8pm
today & Thursday, April 20, Eu-
gene Yoga Annex, 3575 Donald
St. Don.
Zen Meditation, 7-8:45pm today
& Thursday, Zen West, 981
Fillmore St., zenwesteugene@
gmail.com. FREE.
THEATER Blue Door - preview
performance, 7:30pm, Oregon
Contemporary Theatre, 194 W.
Broadway. Don.
No Shame Workshop: Short-
form theatre & improv! 7:30pm,
Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Ave.
FREE.
Curtains, 8pm tonight through
Thursdays-Sundays until April
30 & 2:30pm Sunday matinees
(no show on Easter Sunday),
Cottage Theatre, 700 Village Dr.,
Cottage Grove, $15-$25.
The Damnation of Faust, 8pm,
Hult Center. $22-$68.25.
VOLUNTEER Friends of Buford
Park & Mt. Pisgah Native
Plant Volunteer Work Party,
9am-noon today, Tuesday
& Thursday, April 20, Native
Plant Nursery, Buford Park,
volunteer@bufordpark.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
APRIL 14
S U N R I S E 6 : 3 0 A M ; S U N S E T 7: 5 5 P M
AV G. HIGH 6 0 ; AV G. LO W 39
ART/CRAFT Artist’s Reception
for Adam Rubin, 5-7pm, WOW
Hall. FREE.
Downtown Spfd Second Friday
Art Walk, 5-8pm, Emerald Art
Center, 500 Main St., Spfd.
FREE.
Island Park Gallery Reception,
5-7pm, Ages 18+, Willamalane
Adult Activity Center, 215 W. C
St., Spfd. FREE.
Matt Reese Photography
Opening Reception, 5-6pm, Dot
Dotson’s, 1668 Willamette St.
FREE.
DANCE Rascal Cabaret Variety
Show, 8pm, Cowfish Dance Club,
62 W. Broadway. $5.
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.
Metropolitan Wastewater Man-
agement Commission, 7:30am,
Library meeting rm. Spfd City
Hall, 225 5th St., Spfd. FREE.
Diesel Days - tour of the Diesel
Technology Program, 9am-2pm
today & tomorrow, LCC, Parking
Lot 4 & Diesel Lab (bldg. 9, rm.
101). FREE.