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P H OTO BY G R EG B U R N S Another heat wave comes late this week, but don’t fret — Ballet Fantastique comes to the rescue with the first of its sizzling summer outdoor performances in the shady areas of the Petersen Barn Community Center. For the young and young at heart, BFAN will put on storybook excerpts from Cinderella: A Rock Opera Ballet and Aladdin, as well as Tales of Beatrix Potter, all with the modern touch that only BFAN can bring. Also, now that it seems like it can have a season, BFAN will offer a preview of its upcoming 2021-22 season and a mini dance class for kids. Bring a blanket and relax. All ages are welcome and encouraged. Ballet Fantastique performs its Ballet in the Park at 5 pm Friday, July 30 at the Petersen Barn Community Center, 870 Berntzen Road. FREE. BFAN also has performances lined up Sept. 4 at Silvan Ridge Winery and Sept. 18-19 at Shadow Hills Country Club. Ticket information for those performances is at BalletFantastique.org. — Dan Buckwalter GENERAL LISTINGS ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ART EXHIBITS Exhibition: Summer - Reflection of the Season (thru July 31), White Lotus Gallery. Flower Spirits: Watercolors by Kaya Singer (thru Aug. 12), Park Street Cafe. How We Grow Our Food art show (thru Aug. 15), Bennett Vineyards & Wine Company. Eugene Biennial Award Winners: One Year Later (thru Aug. 21), Karin Clarke Gallery. Imagery Overload (thru Aug. 27), Maude Kerns Art Center. Ghost Rider: Performing Fugitive Indigeneity (thru Aug. 29), Ditch Projects, Springfield. A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayon (thru Sept. 5), Schnitzer Museum. $5. James Kirk - A Celebration of Life (thru Sept. 5), River Gallery, 184 S. Main Street, Independence. The Black Lives Matter Art Exhibit (thru Nov. 21), Schnitzer Museum. Studio 7 reopening. More info at Studio 7 Facebook. Schnitzer Museum of Art, JSMA.UOregon.edu. 10 J U LY 2 9 , 2 0 2 1 FILM Films at Broadway Metro. More info at BroadwayMet- ro.com. Heritage Broadcasting Service (Eugene) has 143 titles to choose from, including recent additions The Antikythera Cosmos, Maximon: Devil or Saint and Talking Stone: Rock Art of the Cosos. More info at HeritageTac.org. GATHERINGS Gathering and Free Sum- mer Lunch Program for youth 2-18 years (thru Aug. 27, 10am-2pm for gathering, 11:30am-12:30pm for lunch), Mims House, 330 High St. More info at NAACPLane- County.org. Chess & Chai daily at International Brew, 876 Lawrence St. Job Search Help by ap- pointment at the downtown library. Call 541-686-7985 to schedule. HEALTH YMCA Choose-Your-Own Fitness Adventure: Oregon Edition (thru Sept. 13). More info at EugeneYMCA.org. Zoom workout classes at CrossFit. Email Contact@ CrossFitIntensify.com for more info. Workout classes at IAmFor- everStrong.com. Workout classes at Evolve Fitness Studios. More info at Facebook. Workout & Yoga Classes at West Lane Fitness in Vene- ta. More info at WestLane- Fitness.com. Yoga & Workout Classes at Yoga West Eugene. More info at YogaWestEugene. com Yoga classes at EugeneYoga. us; WildLightYogaCenter. com; EugeneMudra.com; HotYogaEugeneBalanced. com; YogaEugene.com. All levels of yoga (chair, advanced, yoga for health care workers and children) at Vista Wellness Ctr. Visit VistaPsych.com for more info. KIDS/FAMILY Imagine That Summer Adventures, Aug. 2-13, Well- springs Fellowship. More info at EugeneImagineThat. com. Bilingual Story Walks w/ Eu- gene Public Library: Knuffle Bunny / El Conejito Knuffle in the park at Petersen Barn Community Ctr. More info at 541-682-5450 or at Eugene-or.gov/library. In-person Storytimes w/ Eu- gene Public Library are now underway. RSVP is one week before each event. Register at Eugne-or.gov/library. More info at 541-682-5450. Nature Exploration Adven- ture Teams (NEAT) Camp (thru July 16). More info at MNCH.UOregon.org. Summer On The Hill w/ Oak Hill. RSVP at OakHillSchool. net Summer Reading Challenge (“Reading Colors Your World”) w/ Springfield Pub- lic Library (thru Aug. 21). More info at WhereMinds- Grow.Beanstack.org. Summer Reading for All Ages: Free Books and Book Bingo (thru Aug. 31), all Eugene Public Library locations. The Emerald Art Center Presents the 2021 Dotty & Frank Light Family Summer Youth Art Camp (two camps in August). RSVP at Emeral- dArtCenter.org. Registration for Willa- malane summer events, Willamalane.org. RECREATION Card games at High Mountain Poker. More info at 541-485-0090 and at HighMountainPoker.com. THURSDAY JULY 29 ARTS/CRAFTS Explore Oregon (thru Sunday), 11am-4pm. RSVP & more info at MNCH.edu. Oregon—Where Past is Present (thru Sunday), 11am-4pm. RSVP & more info at MNCH.edu. Artistic Encounters, noon- 1pm, Kesey Square. DANCE Oregon Culture Nights: Jayanthi Raman. 6pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History. More info at MNCHUoregon.edu. FILM OFAM: Elevator To The Gallows (1958), 9:30am, The Shedd. HEALTH NAMI Family Support Zoom Group @ NAMILane.org. RSVP at NAMILane.org. LECTURES/CLASSES Young Philosophers: What's the Point of Friendship?, 8:30-11:30am, Gutenberg. edu. $15. Empowered Spaces — a Panel Discussion w/ BIPOC Artists and Advocates, 5-7pm, LaneArts.org. Free Obon Festival Dance Class, 5-7 pm, Sheldon Com- munity Ctr. Summer Institute 2021: The Meaning of the City, 5:30- 9pm, Gutenberg.edu. Paint and Part Bacon Bootie. 6-8pm, 5th Street Public Market,. Free Obon Festival Dance Class, 5-7pm, Sheldon Com- munity Ctr. MUSIC OFAM: As Time Goes By: Revisiting Casablanca, 1pm, The Shedd. Ticket info at TheShedd.org. Timothy Patrick, 4pm, Campbell Community Ctr. Scott Austin, 6pm, 5th Street Market. Shipe & McLaughlin, 6pm, Territorial Vineyards. Honey Don't, 6:30pm, McK- enzie General Store. Rudolf Korv, 7pm, beer- garden. OFAM: Elevator To The Gal- lows: The music of Film Noir, 7:30pm, The Shedd. Ticket info at TheShedd.org. ON THE AIR "The Point," 9am, KOPV, 88.0 FM Thursday eKLeCtic, 8-10pm, KLCC, 89.7FM "Arts Journal," 9pm, Com- cast channel 29 RECREATION Trivia w/ Elliot Martinez, 6-8pm, Covered Bridge Brewing Group in Cottage Grove (weather permitting; more info on Facebook). General Trivia, 6:30-8pm, Viking Braggot Brewery on Commercial St. SPIRITUAL Zen Meditation, 7-8am, Blue Cliff Zen Ctr, 352 W. 12th Ave. FRIDAY JULY 30 DANCE Ballet in the Park w/ Ballet Fantastique, 5pm, Petersen Barn Community Ctr. FILM OFAM: La Strada (1954), 9:30am, The Shedd. Ticket info at TheShedd.org. Dive-in Movie: Moana, 8:30pm, Splash! at Lively Park. FREE w/ reg. admis- sion to Splash! GATHERINGS City Club of Eugene: "Pre- scription: Nature. Can Time in the Great Outdoors Save Your LIfe?" noon, Eugene City Club Facebook. Airs again at 7pm Monday, Aug. 2 on KLCC, 89.7 FM Food Not Bombs, cooking starts at noon (email Eu- geneFoodNotBombs@gmail. com for location), serves at 4pm at Park Blocks, E. 8th Ave. & Oak St. next to fountains. KIDS/FAMILY Family Fun in the Sun, 11am- 4pm. Register at MNCH. UOregon.edu. LECTURES/CLASSES Summer Institute 2021: The Meaning of the City, 5:30-9. More info at Guttenberg. edu. MUSIC OFAM: The Spy Who Loved Me: The music of espionage, 1pm, The Shedd. Ticket info at TheShedd.org. Inner Limits, 6pm, Territori- al Vineyards. RIFFLE, 6:30pm, Silvan Ridge Winery. $5 Brian James & the Revival, 7:30pm, The Public House, Spfd. OFAM: Rendezvous w/ Siri Vik, 7:30pm, The Shedd. Ticket info at TheShedd. org. Rock 'n Rewind, 8pm, Happy Hours. RECREATION Bingo w/ Elliot and Chad, 8-10pm, Viking Braggot Brewery on Commercial St. SPIRITUAL Zen Meditation (instruction provided), 7pm. Zoom only at BlueCliffZen.org. SATURDAY JULY 31 FARMERS MARKETS Saturday Lane County Farmers Market, 9am-3pm, 5th Ave. between High & Oak streets. Spencer Creek Growers Market, 10am-2pm, 86013 Lorane Hwy. FILM OFAM: Some Like It Hot (1959), 9:30am, The Shedd. GATHERINGS 2021 ECEC Rummage Sale, 10am-3pm, Elkton Commu- nity Education Ctr. Asian Celebration and Obon & Taiko Festival, 10am-10 pm, Alton Baker Park. Stray Cast Improv, 10am, Kesey Square. KIDS/FAMILY Storytime in Sladden Park, 10:30am. Register at bit. ly/EugStorytimeCal. More info at 541-682-5450 or at Eugene-or.gov/library. Family Fun in the Sun, 11am- 4pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History. RSVP at MNCH.UOregon.edu. LECTURES/CLASSES Summer Institute 2021: The Meaning of the City, 8:30am-3:30pm. More info at Guttenberg.edu. Dot Art Class w/ J-Craft Art, noon-2:30pm, The Emporium Veneta, 87980 Territorial Hwy, Veneta. $35. MARKETS Eugene Saturday Market, 10am-4pm, Park Blocks. MUSIC Eugene Saturday Market Stage: Dan Cioper, 10:30am; The Huckleberrys, noon; Cap‘n Trips, 2pm. OFAM: Spellbound: Hitchcock's music, 1pm, The Shedd. Ticket info at TheShedd.org. Faroe Rum And The Dead Sprites, 4pm, Applegate Theater. $25 The Garcia Birthday Band, 4pm, Island Park, Spfd. $20 Ramblin Robert & The Mckenzie Drifters, 6pm, Territorial Vineyards. Muddy Souls, 6:30pm, McK- enzie General Store. Clayton Eiberg duo, 7:30pm, beergarden. OFAM: Some Like It Hot: From Screen to Club, 7:30pm, The Shedd. Ticket info at TheShedd.org. E U G E N E W E E K LY . C O M
