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THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 21
5TH STREET PUBLIC
MARKET Jeremy Pruitt—
5pm; n/c
B&B LOUNGE Karaoke—
9:30pm; n/c
BEERGARDEN Moonlight
Jubilee at Bacon, Bluegrass
& Boneyard Festival—7pm;
n/c
COWFISH 90s Night—
9pm; n/c
LISTINGS
SAM BOND'S BREWING
Austin Has Jazz Trio—
8pm; n/c
JERSEY'S BAR & GRILL
Karaoke w/Sassy Patty—
9pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE
Chad Kushuba, Brandon
Cagle—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Brown
Stallion—10pm; $5
SEASON'S BAR & GRILL
Karaoke w/Sassy Patty—
8pm; n/c
TERRITORIAL
VINEYARDS The Porch
Band—7pm; n/c
THE BARN LIGHT Karaoke
w/Breezy Bee—9pm; n/c
THE COOLER BAR
Country Night at The
Cooler—7:30pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Crystal
Harmony Karaoke—8pm;
n/c
HOLIDAY INN EUGENE/
SPFD S'mores and Pours—
6pm; $10-25
THE JAZZ STATION
Torrey Newhart's Obsidian
Animals w/Tony Glausi—
7:30pm; $12
JIMMY MAC'S OVERTIME
BAR & GRILL Westside
Blues Jam w/ Dave
Roberts—7pm; n/c
THE LOUNGE J Meast,The
Clumzys & Baby Eazy
E—9pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Grateful Dead
Family Jam—10pm; $3
FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 22
MAX’S TAVERN DJ
ƒVictor—10pm; n/c
BRONCO SALOON
Karaoke w/Lindsey—9pm;
n/c
MCSHANE'S Acoustic
Underground Open Mic—
7:30pm; n/c
COWFISH Freek Nite w/
SPOC, 3PO—9pm; $3
MULLIGAN'S PUB
Karaoke—9pm; n/c
OLD NICK'S PUB Hi-Fi
Presents: Dead Meadow,
Dallas Acid & Ferns—8pm;
$15-18
RATTLESNAKE BBQ AT
THE DEXTER LAKE CLUB
Karaoke w/Jared—7pm; n/c
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/ KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
EL TAPATIO Karaoke w/
KJ Rick—9pm; n/c
WILDCRAFT CIDER
WORKS Daniel Romano w/
special guest—7pm; $12-15
SATURDAY
MAC'S NIGHTCLUB &
RESTAURANT Karen
Lovely ft. Lisa Mann—8pm;
$10
MOHAWK TAVERN Code
Red —9pm; n/c
NOBLE ESTATE URBAN
Noble Friday Nights —
Inner Limits—5pm; n/c
FEBRUARY 23
COWFISH Sup! w/Michael
Human—9pm; $5
COWFISH Frequency [Vol.
2]—9pm; n/c
DOC'S PAD Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
O BAR Karaoke w/Jared—
9pm; n/c
DRIFTWOOD BAR Karaoke
w/Slick Nick—9pm; n/c
OREGON WINE LAB Gerry
Rempel Trio—7pm; n/c
HAPPY HOURS Crystal
Harmony Karaoke—7pm;
n/c
SAGINAW VINEYARD
Richieg & Ma Beat—6pm;
n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE Lili
St. Ann, DOINK—9pm; $5
SPFD ELKS BTM
Karaoke—8pm; n/c
KEG TAVERN Dance Music
w/J'Lynn—9pm; n/c
MAC'S NIGHTCLUB &
RESTAURANT Bottleneck
Blues Band—8pm; $5
TERRITORIAL
VINEYARDS Geoffrey
Mays—7pm; n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE
John Prine Sing Along—
8pm; $5
THE EMBERS The
Survivors—9pm; n/c
SEASON'S BAR & GRILL
Karaoke w/Tobey—7pm;
n/c
THE JAZZ STATION
Eugene Composers Big
Band—7:30pm; $12
THE SHEDD The Seven
Deadly Sins—7:30pm; $28-
38
THE LOUNGE Born Sick,
Atharichast, Xray Vsns,
R.A.D.—9pm; n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON
Karaoke w/Sarah—9pm;
n/c
WOW HALL Hyding Jekyll,
Vial...experiment,
Alamance—8pm; $10-12
SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 24
THE DRAKE Karaoke—
9pm; n/c
THE EMBERS Karaoke w/
Sassy Patty—7pm; n/c
THE JAZZ STATION
Sunday Learners Jam—
2:30pm; $5 don.
TRAVELER'S COVE,
FLORENCE Paul Biondi
Quartet—6pm; n/c
WEBFOOT Karaoke w/KJ
Power—9pm; n/c
WHIRLED PIES Joe Craven
& The Sometimers do the
Garcia Songbook—8pm;
$15
WILDCRAFT CIDER
WORKS Jessica Malone—
4pm; n/c
LUCKEY'S Naked Luck,
Roger Lemstrom &
Tornado Ripe—10pm; $5
AGATE ALLEY BISTRO
Karaoke w/Breezy Bee—
9pm; n/c
MOHAWK TAVERN Code
Red —9pm; n/c
COWFISH Sun Daze w/
Aaron Jackson—9pm; n/c
FEBRUARY 25
NOBLE ESTATE URBAN
Noble Saturday Nights—
5pm; n/c
CUSH CAFE Open Mic—
2pm; n/c
BUGSY'S BAR & GRILL
MondayBug—7pm; n/c
QUACKER'S Ladies Night
& DeeJay—9pm; n/c
HULT CTR. Eugene
Concert Choir (Faure
Requiem)—2:30pm; $25-59
THE SHEDD The Seven
Deadly Sins—7:30pm; $28-
38
RATTLESNAKE BBQ AT
THE DEXTER LAKE CLUB
Heavy Chevy—8pm; n/c
MULLIGAN'S PUB Open
mic—8:30pm; n/c
CENTENNIAL STEAK
HOUSE Karaoke w/ Crystal
Harmony & Makada—9pm;
n/c
WHITE HORSE SALOON
Karaoke w/ KJ Mike—9pm;
n/c
SAM BOND'S GARAGE
Inner Limits, Spiller—
9:30pm; $5
RIVER STOP
RESTAURANT Open Jam
Session w/ Brian Chevalier
& Tim Donahue—6pm; n/c
TERRITORIAL
VINEYARDS Confluence (ft.
Linda Kanter & Geoffrey
Mays)—7pm; n/c
THE EMBERS The
Survivors—9pm; n/c
THE JAZZ STATION
Whitney Moulton Quartet—
7:30pm; $12
MONDAY
CORESTAR CULTURAL
CENTER Samba Ja Winter
Beginner Class—7:30pm;
$50
music
Sinfully
Delicious
SIRI VIK AND COMPANY BRING
THE ORIGINAL SEVEN DEADLY SINS
TO LIFE AT THE SHEDD
By Bob Keefer
W
hen Kurt Weill and Bertolt
Brecht’s Seven Deadly Sins
opens for a two-night run on
Friday, Feb. 22, it will assemble
one of the largest groups of
performers ever to appear at
once on stage at The Shedd’s
Jaqua Concert Hall.
“We’ll have five dancers, five singers and 26
musicians,” says soprano Siri Vik, who is artistic director
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and sings the lead role of Anna I in in the show. “I can’t
imagine what it’s going to feel like. I think it’s going to
be thrilling, and probably a challenge, to have that many
people singing with that many orchestra players on that
stage.”
Those musical forces, conducted by Robert Ashens,
will wrestle with a nine-movement “sung ballet”
composed by Weill (with libretto by Brecht) that was
performed for the first time in Paris in 1933. Since
then it has often been performed in a reduced version,
eliminating the dancers — including the role of Anna II,
a dancer who is Anna I’s alter ego in the satirical show.
As Vik and Shedd Executive Director Jim Ralph
discussed the possibility of doing Seven Deadly Sins
over the past few years, they realized they wanted to go
back to the 1933 version.
“It was like, we have to do this the way it was originally
done,” Vik says. “The way it’s often done, the element
of dance is underplayed. That makes total sense — it’s
expensive to do.”
One big reason to do the original show, Vik says, in
spite of the difficulty and expense of dealing with all
those performers, is that eliminating the role of Anna
II makes the story more psychological rather than
political.
The split-personality roles of Anna I and II originated
when a wealthy Englishman who commissioned the work
from Weill and Brecht insisted that his wife, a ballerina,
be cast to dance opposite Lotte Lenya, Weill’s wife, who
was to sing the lead.
Only later were the two roles combined in most
productions.
“When it’s done that way, it’s implied that we are
observing a psychological story rather than a political
one,” Vik says. “And so when you separate these two
sides of the story, I think it de-emotionalizes some of
the character Anna but highlights other things about
the progression of events. There’s just something
about externalizing both sides of the personality that is
important to the original intent.”
Caitlin Christopher choreographs the show. Eugene
Ballet dancer Sarah Stockwell plays the part of Anna II.
Bill Hulings is stage director and sings the role of Anna’s
mother. Cloud Pemble sings Anna’s father, and Boys 1
and 2 are sung by Dylan Stasack and Alex Mentzel. ■
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins will be performed at
7:30 pm Friday, Feb. 22, and Saturday, Feb. 23, at The Shedd. Tickets
are $28 to $38 at TheShedd.org.
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