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You’ve seen the iconic image of her by Norman Rockwell — the 1964 painting titled The Problem We All Live With — in which a small Black girl in a white dress is dwarfed by the four deputy U.S. marshals escorting her to school. Now Ruby Bridges tells her story of being that 6-year-old child in 1960 and entering the newly desegregated public school system in New Orleans. Using Your Voice for Racial Justice with Ruby Bridges is the first of a four-month listening series that is part of United Way of Lane County’s launch of its Racial Justice Fund, and it aims to inspire hope and resilience on Oct. 28 to Lane County school students and the general public in the ongoing fight for racial equity. Bridges, the oldest of five children, was the first Black child to enter William Frantz Elementary School. White parents pulled their children from the school, and only one teacher, Barbara Henry, agreed to teach her. Bridges and her family persevered, and today she chairs the Ruby Bridges Foundation. Its goal is to promote “the values of tolerance, respect and appreciation of all differences.” The Lane County virtual student-only portion of “Using Your Voice for Racial Justice with Ruby Bridges” is 10 am Thursday, Oct. 28. FREE. Bridges speaks again that day at a virtual public event, hosted by Lane County Public Health Community Partnerships Supervisor Marieke (Mo) Young, from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. $10. Register for the event at UnitedWayLane.org/ ruby. — Dan Buckwalter GENERAL ART EXHIBITS George Olson: Signs of the Times (thru Oct. 24), Dot Dotson’s Photography, 1668 Willamette St. OSLP Art Exhibit (thru Oct. 31), Eugene Public library, second floor. More info at 541-682-5450 or Eugene-or. gov/library. Rick Bartow: Absinthe Dream (thru Oct. 30), Karin Clarke Gallery, 760 Willa- mette St. Finding the Light photo (thru Oct. 30), LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University. R₀ Prayer Flag Redux (thru Oct. 31), Donald R. Dexter, Jr. DMD, LLC, 2233 Willa- mette St. 10 O C T O B E R 2 1 , 2 0 2 1 Dia de los Muertos Exhibit (thru Nov. 5), Maude Kerns Art Ctr, 1910 E. 15th Ave. Beyond Creative: Japanese Prints Since the 1950s (thru Nov. 13), White Lotus Gal- lery, 767 Willamette St. On Earth (thru Nov. 14), Bennett Vineyards, 296 E. 5th Ave. The Black Lives Matter Art Exhibit (thru Nov. 21), Jor- dan Schnitzer Museum, UO. Bill Haynes, Wet and Dry - Water Abstracts and Bodie CA. (thru Nov. 30), The O’Brien Photo Gallery, 2833 Willamette St. Oregon Wetlands: Beauty in the Ordinary w/ Russell Tomlin (thru Dec. 30), Don- ald R. Dexter, Jr., DMD, LLC, 2233 Willamette St, Ste. B. Studio 7 Art Exhibit (thru Dec.), ft. Robin Hostick, Jerry Ross, Kristina Rust & more, 87230 Central Rd. BENEFITS 2022 Calendar Fun-Drais- er for CROW and Oregon Coast Humane Society (Tutu Dads), at Oregon Coast Humane Society, 2840 Rhododendron Dr, Florence or at CrowKids. com/tutu-dads. GATHERINGS Job Search Help by appoint- ment at the Eugene Public Library. Call 541-686-7985 to schedule. HEALTH Registration now underway at YMCA for the Escape 2021 Triathlon. More info at EugeneYMCA.org. KIDS/FAMILY Bilingual Story Walks w/ Eugene Public Library in October: Creepy Carrots / Las Zanahorias Maleficas in the park at Petersen Barn. The Rainbow Fish / El Pez Arco Iris at Willakenzie Park. Also, Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Count- ing Book at Amazon Park. 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. THEATER Submissions for the NW 10 Festival: Long Story Short! Submissions are open to the first 100 scripts received thru Oct. 31. Submission guidelines at OCTheatre. org. THURSDAY OCTOBER 21 BENEFITS 7th Annual (virtual) Bee Jazzy w/ Halie Loren (benefit for Beyond Toxics), 6:30-8:30pm. Tickets at BeyondToxics.org. $10-100. FILM Drive-In Movie: Sleepy Hol- low, 8:30pm, Old Nick's Pub, 211 Washington St. $8. GATHERINGS Hearing Voices and Differ- ent Realities Discussion and Support Group, 10-11:30am, Alton Baker Park. FREE Paint-Your-Pet-Night, 6:30- 9pm, 5th Street Public Mar- ket, 296 E 5th Ave. $50. HEALTH NAMI Family Support Zoom Group @ NAMILane.org, 7-8:30pm. RSVP at NAMIL- ane.org. FREE LECTURES/CLASSES Lunchtime Meditation, noon-12:30pm. More info at MeditateInEugene.org. FREE-$3. Catherine Haggarty: "It Takes Time,” 4pm, Law- rence Hall rm. 177, UO. More info at Calendar.UOregon. edu. FREE Conversations for the Curious, 6-7pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural Histo- ry, 1680 E. 15th Ave. RSVP at MNCH.UOregon.edu. $20-60, sliding scale. Día de los Muertos en Oaxaca y Chiapas w/ Mija Matriz at Maude Kerns Art Ctr, 6-7pm, MkArtCenter. org. FREE KIDS/FAMILY Library Storytime in-per- son, 10:30am, Sheldon Com- munity Ctr. Pre-register at bit.ly/EugStorytimesCal or call 541-682-5450. FREE. MUSIC Johnny Inglish, 6pm, Ben- nett Vineyards, 199 E. 5th Ave. No cover. The Porch Band, country, 6pm, Territorial Vineyards, 907 W. 3rd Ave. No cover 7th Annual (virtual) Bee Jazzy! w/ Halie Loren, 6:30pm. Info at BeyondTox- ics.org. $60-100. The Traceys, hip hop, 6:30pm, Mac’s Restaurant & Nightclub, 1626 Willamette. No cover Arthur Buezo, americana, 7pm, beergarden, 777 W. 6th Ave. No cover. Eugene Symphony Orches- tra - “Orchestra Dance Remix,” 7:30pm, Hult Ctr. Ticket info at EugeneSym- phony.org. Jack Radsliff's Migration Patterns, 7:30 pm, The Jazz Station, 124 W. Broadway. $15 NIGHTLIFE Karaoke, 6pm, Slice Pizzeria and Bar, 3425 Blair Blvd. FREE Karaoke. 9pm, Monkey's Paw, 420 Main St, Spfd. FREE 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). FREE Quality Trivia, 6:30-8:30pm, Viking Braggot Brewery on Commercial St. FREE Ghostly Golf, 7-10pm, Camp Putt Adventure Golf Park, 4006 Franklin Blvd. $29. SPECTATOR SPORTS College women’s soccer: Oregon vs. Colorado, 2pm, Pac-12 Insider. SPIRITUAL Zen Meditation, 7-8am, Blue Cliff Zen Ctr, 352 W. 12th Ave. FREE FRIDAY OCTOBER 22 FILM Springfilm: A Bucket of Blood, live stream & discus- sion, 6:30pm, WhereMinds- Grow.org. Winter Starts Now, Warren Miller’s 72nd film, 7:30pm, McDonald Theatre, 1010 Willamette St. $18-21. GATHERINGS City Club of Eugene: “Re- sponding to Fires in the Western Cascades,” noon- 1:30pm, Eugene City Club Facebook. Airs again at 7pm Monday, Oct.. 25 on KLCC, 89.7 FM. FREE 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. Trans & Disability Group, 2-3pm, Transponder.Com- munity. FREE KIDS/FAMILY Library Storytime in per- son, 10:30am, Echo Hollow Pool. Pre-registration required: bit.ly/EugStory- timesCal or call 541-682- 5450. FREE LECTURES/CLASSES Pumpkin Patch Plein Air Painting, 11am & 3pm, Northern Lights Christmas Tree Farm, 36777 Wheeler Rd, Pleasant Hill. $33. “Hyakumantō Darani: Re- flections on Eighth-Century Japanese Architecture, Calligraphy and Printmak- ing,” 2pm, UOregon.Zoom. us. Additional info at JSMA. Uoregon.edu. Expression Through Art (via Zoom), 4-5pm. More info at HealingAttention.org. $15. Sci-Fi Fantasy Writing Studio for Young Writers, 4-5:30pm, WordCrafters. org. $13-129. New Works Workshop (two-session Zoom work- shop), 6pm, w/ Oregon Con- temporary Theatre. RSVP at OCTheatre.org. $25-75, sliding scale. MARKETS Fiesta Cultural Pop-Up Event, 4-8pm, The Empori- um, 87980 Territorial Hwy, Veneta. FREE. MUSIC Well Rounded Edges, Ore- gon folk, 6pm, 5th Street Public Market alley. No cover. El Borko Surf!, 7pm, Eugene Wine Cellars, 255 Madison St. No cover. Alasdair Fraser (fiddler) & Natalie Haas (cello), 7:30pm, The Shedd. $26-34. Garrett Baxter Quintet, 7:30pm, The Jazz Station, 124 W. Broadway. $15. The Groove Farmers, 8pm, Happy Hours, 645 River Rd. No cover. Marvel Years & Maddy O’Neal, electronic, 9pm, Sessions, 44 E. 7th Ave. $15. NIGHTLIFE Karaoke, 6pm, Slice Pizzeria and Bar, 3425 Blair Blvd. FREE Friday Night Laser Shows (Halloween Spooktacular, 7pm; Stranger Things, 8pm), Eugene Science Ctr, 2300 Leo Harris Pkwy. $7. RECREATION Ghostly Golf, 7-10pm, Camp Putt Adventure Golf Park, 4006 Franklin Blvd. $29. Bingo w/ Elliot and Chad, 7:30-9:30pm, Viking Brag- got Brewery, 520 Commer- cial St. FREE SPECTATOR SPORTS College volleyball: Oregon vs. UCLA, 7pm, Pac-12 Network. SPIRITUAL Eugene Insight Medita- tion Community Practice Session, 10-11am, EugeneIn- sight.com. FREE SATURDAY OCTOBER 23 ART/CRAFT MAGIC Exhibit Opening Weekend, 10am-5pm, Muse- um of Natural and Cultural History, 1680 E. 15th Ave. Included with regular ad- mission. FARMERS MARKETS Saturday Lane County Farmers Market, 9am-3pm, 5th Ave. between High & Oak streets. KIDS/FAMILY Drop in Library Story- time in-person, 10:30am or 11:30am, Eugene Public Library. FREE Pumpkin Carving, noon- 6pm, 5th Street Market, (upper balcony looking over fountain). FREE Virtual Lego Club w/ Springfield Public Library, 3:30-4:30pm, 225 5th St, ste. 301. FREE LECTURES/CLASSES Compost Workshop, 10am-noon, OSU Extension Service, Lane County, 996 Jefferson St. FREE New Works Workshop (two-session Zoom work- shop), 6pm, w/ Oregon Con- temporary Theatre. RSVP at OCTheatre.org. $25-75, sliding scale. MARKETS Eugene Saturday Market, 10am-4pm, Park Blocks. MUSIC Saturday Market Main Stage: David Rogers, guitar- ist, 10am; Ryan Petersen, singer/songwriter, 11am; Chip Cohen, fiddler, noon; Gordon Kaswell & Anthony Proveaux, soul, 1pm; Hank Shreve Band, harmonica, 2:30pm. Park Blocks. No Cover. Petty Thievery, Tom Petty tribute band, 6pm, Whirled Pies, 199 W. 8th Ave. $20- 25. George Colligan & Theo- retical Planets, 7:30pm, The Jazz Station, 124 W. Broadway. $20. Los Gondos w/ Novacane, Spoon Benders, The Macks & Candy Picnic, punk 7:30pm, WOW Hall, 291 W. 8th Ave. $15-18. The Music of Milagro (Evynne Hollens’ Contem- porary Songbook Project), 7:30pm, The Shedd. $18-28. Real Gone Trio, psychobilly/ rockabilly, 7:30pm, beer- garden, 777 W. 6th Ave. No cover. Legends of Amethyst Rock (L.O.A.R.), rock, 8pm, Happy Hours, 645 River Rd. No cover. RECREATION Ghostly Golf, 7-10pm, Camp Putt Adventure Golf Park, 4006 Franklin Blvd. $29. SPECTATOR SPORTS College football: Oregon vs. UCLA, 12:30pm, ABC. SUNDAY OCTOBER 24 GATHERINGS Burrito Brigade,11am-4pm. More info at BurritoBrigade. org. FREE. Celebration of new elevator at Ebbert Memorial United Methodist Church, 11am, 532 C St, Springfield. FREE. HEALTH Occupy Medical, noon-4pm, 1717 Centennial Blvd, Spfd. LECTURES/CLASSES Karen Rainsong: Kalapuya Ways, 1pm, Hendricks Park, Summit Ave & Skyline Blvd. Pre-register at Friendsof- HendricksPark.org/tours. MARKETS Whiteaker Community Mar- ket, 11am-4pm, 4th & Blair at Scobert Park. MUSIC The Music of Milagro (Evynne Hollens’ Contem- E U G E N E W E E K LY . C O M
