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calendar WEDNESDAY APRIL 17 SUNRISE 6:25AM; SUNSET 7:58PM AVG. HIGH 47; AVG. LOW 34 ART/CRAFT Jean-Michel Bas- quiat's Masonic Lodge: Anat- omy of the Soul, 5:30-7pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (UO). FREE Closets. All around there are closets with trap doors that the characters Robb and Bart must go through to find peace and reconciliation in Henry Alley’s moving new novel, Men Touching, published this year by Chelsea Station Editions. Alley, a Eugene resident and an emeritus professor of literature at the University of Oregon, takes readers through Robb’s PTSD following the Vietnam War and his drug addiction. They mask the horrors of a hit-and-run incident in Saigon. Bart is a high school drama teacher, a gay man coming out to his family and a caregiver to a man dying of HIV/ AIDS. All of it is set in the 1980s of Alley’s native Seattle. The two stories merge until each man is able to stand on his own, haltingly at first, then with stride and purpose. Men Touching is Alley’s fifth novel. He also has a collection of short stories published (The Dahlia Field) as well as literary articles in The Kenyon Review and other journals. A reading and book signing for Henry Alley’s Men Touching is 7 to 8:30 pm Thursday, April 18, at Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette Street. FREE. — Dan Buckwalter E U G E N E W E E K LY . C O M BENEFIT Save the Bee!, 11am- 10pm, Oakshire, 207 Madison St. An annual fundraiser and the release of 2019 Save the Bee: a dry-hopped hazy blonde ale with honey. $1 from every pint sold throughout the whole day will be donated to Save the Bee! COMEDY Wednesday Night Fight Mic, 7:30pm, The Drake, 77 W. Broadway. FREE FILM Movie Appreciation Group: The Ugly American, 1pm, Willamalane Adult Ac- tivity Ctr, 215 W. C St, Spfd. FREE This Mountain Life, 6pm, Bi- jou Art Cinemas, 492 E. 13th Ave. $6-8. Eugene International Fly Fish- ing Film Festival, 7pm, Wildish Community Theater, 630 Main St, Spfd. $15-18. GATHERINGS Overeaters Anonymous, 8am, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak St. FREE Pet-Loss Grief Support Group – Companioning Care LLC, 11:30am-12:30pm, Companioning Care LLC. $10- 30. Before your first group meeting, call for a short chat to make certain the group is a good fit for your situation: (541) 255-7116. Pet-Care Coping Support Group – Companioning Care LLC, 1-2pm, Companioning Care LLC. $10-30. Before your first group meeting, call for a short chat to make certain the group is a good fit for your situation: (541) 255-7116. Co-Dependents Anonymous, women only 12-step meeting (infants allowed), 6pm, St. Thomas Episcopal Fellowship Hall, 1465 Coburg Rd. FREE LGBTQIA+ Support Group for Survivors of Sexual Violence, 6-7:30pm, Sexual Assault Support Services, 591 W. 19th Ave. FREE NAMI Connection Survivors of Suicide Attempts, 6pm, NAMI Resource Ctr., 2411 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. FREE 25 taps • o f a rti s an • dry cider • from • Willamette Valley heritage fruit fo od proVided by upComing SHoWS f r i d ay 4 / 1 2 • 8 p m - 2 1 + the last revel w/ gossamer strings s at u r d ay 4 / 1 3 • 8 p m 2 1 + baroque betty w/ mood area 52 s u n d ay 4 / 1 7 • 8 p m - 2 1 + hot buttered rum w/ band of comerados st eugene or 232 LincoLn Community SpaCe and taSting room A P R I L 1 1 , 2 0 1 9 21
