The storyline and characters are well
known. There is the “Party Scene,” “The
Transformation,” “The Battle Scene” and
the “Snow Scene.” And that’s just Act I. In
your mind’s eye, from your seat inside the
Hult Center’s Silva Concert Hall, you might
anticipate every move of Clara, the Prince,
the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Mouse King
with his mischievous army of mice. Add to it
the mesmerizing music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky,
as performed live by OrchestraNext, and The
Nutcracker is a wonderful family-oriented
event. Eugene Ballet brings the story to life
starting Dec. 21. Is it all a Christmas Eve
dream? Are there really dancing characters
such as Spanish Chocolate, Arabian Coff ee,
Chinese Tea and French Marzipan? Let your
imagination roam and the magic take you
for a ride at any of Eugene Ballet’s seven
performances.
Eugene Ballet’s production of The
Nutcracker is 7:30 pm Dec. 21, Dec. 22, Dec. 23
and Dec. 26. Matinee performances are 2 pm
Dec. 23, Dec. 24 and Dec. 26. All performances
are at the Hult Center’s Silva Concert Hall.
Tickets are $15 to $65. — Dan Buckwalter
Photo by Ari Denison
THURSDAY
DECEMBER 21
ART/CRAFT
Expression Through Art,
4:30-5:30pm, Trauma
Healing Project, 631 E. 19th
Ave., Bldg. B. $15 sliding
scale.
Create Zines, 5pm,
Downtown Eugene Public
Library. FREE.
CIVICS
Ln. County Finance & Audit
Meeting, 1:30-3pm, Board of
Commissioners’ Conference
Rm., Public Service Bldg.,
125 E. 8th Ave.
Human Rights Commission
Homeless Person’s
Remembrance Day Vigil,
5pm, Downtown Eugene Park
Blocks, 8th Ave. & Oak St.
LCOG Board of Directors
Meeting, 6-8pm, Ln. Council
of Governments, Park Place
Bldg., Buford Rm., 859
Willamette St., Ste. 500.
COMEDY
Wild Ones: Comedy Open
Mic, 8pm today & Thu., Dec.
28, WildCraft Cider Works,
232 Lincoln St. FREE.
DANCE
Fermata Ballet Collective:
Winter Series, 5-7pm today
& Fri., Dec. 22, Xcape Dance
Academy, 1645 Oak St.
$17-100.
Eugene Ballet's The
Nutcracker, 7:30pm today
& Fri., Dec. 22, Silva Concert
Hall, Hult Ctr. $15-65.
FILM
Rumble: The Indians
Who Rocked The World
Documentary, 6:30-8:30pm,
Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave.
$9-12.
GATHERINGS
Hearing Voices & Diff erent
Realities Discussion &
Support Group, 10-11:30am,
Trauma Healing Project, 631
E. 19th Ave., Bldg. B. FREE.
Flourish Networking
Eugene, 1-2:30pm, Oregon
Wine LAB, 488 Lincoln St.
$30 per month.
Grief & Bereavement
Support Group, 1:30-3pm
today & Thu., Dec. 28, Ctr.
for Spiritual Living, 390
Vernal St. More info email:
karunasams120882@gmail.
com.
Retired Senior Providers
of Ln. County: Bags of
Love — Helping Children in
Crisis, 2pm, Sheldon Oaks
Retirement, 2525 Cal Young
Rd. FREE.
National Homeless Persons
Memorial Day, 4-6pm,
Monroe Park, W. 10th Ave. &
Monroe St. FREE.
Winter Solstice Sacred Fire
Ceremony, 5:30-8pm, FM
Wilkins Shelter at Hendricks
Park, Summit Ave. & Skyline
Blvd. $30.
Citizens' Climate Lobby
Meeting, 5:45-7pm, link at
CitizensClimateLobby.org.
FREE.
NAACP Ln. County
December Membership
Meeting, 6pm, link at
NAACPLaneCounty.org.
FREE.
Queer, Trans & Disability
Group, 6-7pm today &
Thu., Dec. 28. Email Info@
Transponder.Community
for link. FREE.
Codependents Anonymous
(CoDA) Meeting, 7-8pm
today & Thu., Dec. 28,
Wellsprings Friends School,
3590 W. 18th Ave. FREE.
HOLIDAY
A Very Jerry Christmas,
6pm, 255 Madison St. $6.
Build a Winter Holiday
Story, 6-8pm, Wordcrafters,
438 Charnelton St., Ste.
102. $52.
KIDS/FAMILY
LEGO, 10am-5pm, Bethel
Branch of Eugene Public
Library, 1990 Echo Hollow
Rd. FREE.
STEAM Stories: Robots,
4pm, Downtown Eugene
Public Library. FREE.
LECTURES/CLASSES
Parenting Teens Seminar,
6-8pm. Online at TripleP.
net.
MUSIC
Open Blues Jam w/ Dave
Roberts, 6pm today &
Thu., Dec. 28, Jimmy Mac's
Overtime Bar & Grill, 770 S.
Bertelsen Rd. N/C.
Gerry Rempel Trio,
instrumental-jazz-variety,
6:30pm, The Public House,
418 A St., Spfd. N/C.
Ghost Of Brian Craig,
acoustic-rock, 7pm,
beergarden, 777 W. 6th Ave.
N/C.
Whirly Bop, blues-pop-rock,
7pm, Mac's Restaurant &
Nightclub, 1626 Willamette.
N/C.
Caleb Davis Quartet w/
Idit Shner, Robert Lassila
& Evan Furrow, 7:30pm,
The Jazz Station, 124 W.
Broadway. $20.
Elf the Musical, 7:30pm
today, Fri., Dec. 22 & Sat.,
Dec. 23, Cottage Theatre,
700 Village Dr., Cottage
Grove. $15-27.
Grateful Dead Jam, 8pm,
The Big Dirty, 844 Olive
Street. $5.
John Bellows & Asher Fay,
acoustic-folk, 8pm, Sam
Bond's, 407 Blair Blvd. $5.
Funk Jam!, 9:30pm today &
Thu., Dec. 28, Luckey's Club,
933 Olive St. N/C.
NIGHTLIFE
Beginners Board Game
Night, 5pm today & Thu.,
P epperberries
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ART/CRAFT
Paint & Sip — Winter
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Dec. 28, Funagain Games
Game Parlor, 2711 Oak St.
FREE.
Karaoke w/ Jeff , 6pm
today & Thu., Dec. 28, Slice
Pizzeria & Bar, 325 Blair
Blvd. FREE.
Cribbage Night, 6:30pm
today & Thu., Dec. 28,
Falling Sky Brewpub, 1334
Oak Alley. $5.
Quality Trivia w/ Brett Silva,
6:30pm today & Thu., Dec.
28, Viking Brewing Co., 520
Commercial St., Unit F.
FREE.
FWD Trivia, 7pm today &
Thu., Dec. 28, Gratitude
Brewing, 540 E. 8th Ave.
FREE.
Small Batch Trivia from
Geeks Who Drink, 7pm
today & Thu., Dec. 28,
Nelson's In The Whit, 394
Blair Blvd. FREE.
Trivia Night w/ Forest,
7pm today & Thu., Dec. 28,
Gratitude Brewing, 540 E.
8th Ave. FREE.
Karaoke Thursdays, 7:30pm
today & Thu., Dec. 28,
Happy Hours, 645 River Rd.
FREE.
OUTDOORS/RECREATION
Gentle & Restorative Yoga
w/ Sound Healing, 4:15-
5:30pm, Trauma Healing
Project, 631 E. 19th Ave.,
Bldg. B. $10 sliding scale.
Ninkasi Run Club, 5:30pm
today & Thu., Dec. 28, The
Ninkasi Better Living Rm.,
155 Blair Blvd. FREE.
SPECTATOR SPORTS
College Women’s Basketball:
Oregon at Oklahoma State,
1pm, St. George, UT. More
info at GoDucks.com.
(ESPN+).
College Men’s Basketball:
Kent State vs. Oregon, 6pm,
Matthew Knight Arena.
Tickets at GoDucks.com.
(Pac-12 Network).
THEATER
Christmas Presence,
7:30pm today & Fri., Dec.
22, 2pm & 7:30pm Sat., Dec.
23, Wildish Theater, 630
Main St. $15-20.
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