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February Fe F e b rua u ry is Libra Library r ry Love Lovers v e r s Month! Mont n t h ! Show Your Y ur Wonderful Yo W nderfu Wo f l Eugene Public Library Libra r ry Some Love! Love v ! Advocate Advo v ca c a t e fo f for r E n t e r the En t e Love th v Enter C a r r y your Ca y ur yo u Carry Y ur Yo u Libra r a r y! y Your Library! Libra r a r y Love v Library Y ur Yo u Library Libra r a r y Your eve v e r y yw w h e er r e ! everywhere! Eugene Public Library r Design Des e s i gn g Contest! Cont n t e s t ! 2. 1. Funding is at risk! LAURIE BROWN (RIGHT) OF THE CANADIAN RECORD Join other concerned community members who are showing up and speaking up for our library. Photo courtesy of For The Record Learn more and sign up to receive advocacy updates at It is, says Andrew DeVigal, “a good starting point. How do we start a conversation?” That conversation is about community journalism and the hurdles it must clear daily, be it fi nancially or with the swirl of ignoble disinfor- mation that surrounds us. That starting point is the 2023 documentary fi lm For The Record by independent fi lmmaker Heather Courtney, an up close look at community journalism with Laurie Brown, editor and publisher of The Canadian Record. The weekly paper has served Canadian, Texas (population 2,339 at the 2020 census), and Hemp- hill County in the Texas Panhandle since 1893. As the Austin Film Festival notes, the fi lm “is a mostly verite documentary that follows one year in the life of the small-town newspaper The Canadian (Texas) Record in what might be its last year.” The Canadian Record stopped printing in March 2023, as the family-owned newspaper was unable to fi nd a buyer. Both Brown and Courtney will attend the screening and participate in a discussion afterward facilitated by DeVigal. “We’re not going to solve the problem in our two-hour time frame,” DeVigal says, but he hopes the conversation steers its way to how community newspapers can be fi nancially sustainable and re-establish trust in the communities they serve. DeVigal is the director of the Agora Journalism Center at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, which advances community-centered journalism. — Dan Buckwalter FEB 19 eplfoundation.org/advocacy 3. Prizes for winners! Also a Youth Division this year! Scan the QR code for details and contest rules. Visit the new Love Your Library merch store to show your library love off in style: bit.ly/eplfshop Entries E En tri r es are r due by March Marc r h 31. 2024 Grand prize priz i e winning design desig i n by Michaela Punt Eugene Public Library Foundation | eplfoundation.org For The Record: A Film Screening and Community Dialogue is 5:30 pm Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Erb Memorial Union Redwood Auditorium at the University of Oregon. Register at Calendar.uoregon.edu. FREE. Film Horrible Bingo: Death Spa (1988) , 7pm, Art House, 492 Rich Fisher , singer-song- writer, 6:30-9:30pm, Happy Hours, 645 River Rd. Gatherings Psychedelic Integration Circle , E. 13th Ave. $10. Nightlife 5:30pm, EDELIC Ctr., 631 E. 19th Ave., bldg. B. UU Tuesday Night Movie: Outli- ers and Outlaws , 6pm, Unitar- Bingo , 6-9pm, Eugene Elks Kids/Family ian Universalist Church, 1685 W. 13th Ave. Tacos & Trivia , 6-8pm, Tall- Gatherings Metal Detecting Club Meeting , 7-9pm, Eugene Elks Lodge, 2470 W. 11th Ave. Lodge, 2470 W. 11th Ave. $5. man Brewing, 2055 Prim- rose St., Lebanon. Bingo w/ Ty Connor , 6:30pm, PublicHouse, 418 A St., Spfd. Trivia Tuesday , 7-9pm, beer- STEAM Stories: Flight , 4:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library. Lectures/Classes Qigong Balance for Life , 10am, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. FREE-$20. Kids/Family garden, 777 W. 6th Ave. Baby Storytime , 10:30am, Social Dance Talk Time: Practice Conver- sational English , 4:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library. Latin Dance w/ DJ Vito , 7pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library. Lectures/Classes Talk Time: Practice Conver- sational English , 4:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library. A Brief History of Tea , 5:30- 7:30pm, Shelton McMurphey Johnson House, 303 Wil- lamette. $25. Basic Bicycle Maintenance , 6-7:30pm, Shift Community Cycles, 811 W. 6th Ave. Internal Family Systems Febru- ary Workshop , 7pm, 70 E. Howard Ave. $10-15. Literary Arts Writing Time , 9:30am-noon, Wordcrafters Studio, 436 Charnelton St., ste. 100. $5. Tween Writing Club , 4:30pm, PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th Ave. International Folk Dancing , 7:30-9:30pm, Friends Meet- ing, 2274 Onyx St. $5-10. Bicycle Mechanics 101 , 6:30- 8:30pm, Shift Community Cycles, 811 W. 6th Ave. Truffl e Diversity of Willamette Valley Oak Savanna , 7pm, February 19 Amazon Community Ctr., 2700 Hilyard St. W E D N E S DAY Literary Arts Art/Craft Figure Art Session , 6:15-9pm, New Zone Gallery, 110 E. 11th Ave. $8-60. Film Mao's Last Dancer (2009) , Windfall Reading Series: Au- thors Sue Fagalde Lick & Jack Cooper , 6pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library. Music Luke Turner Quartet , 7pm, The Jazz Station, 124 W. Broadway. $10. 1pm, Willamalane Adult Activity Ctr., 215 W. C St., Spfd. Bruce Molsky & Darol Anger , For the Record Screening & Community Dialogue , 5:30pm, Tim McLaughlin , singer- folk, bluegrass, 7:30pm, The Shedd, 868 High St. $28-36. Downtown Eugene Public Library. EMU Redwood Auditorium (UO). TransPonder Book Club , 5-6pm. Email Info@Tran- sPonder.Community for link. I, Tonya (2017) , 6:30pm, Wild- ish Theater, 630 Main St., Spfd. Open Mic , 8:30pm, Mulligan's Pub, 2841 Willamette. Self-Care for Writing Productiv- ity , 6pm, Downtown Eugene Horrible Bingo: Death Spa (1988) , 7pm, Art House, 492 Nightlife Public Library. Music Open Jam , 6-10pm, Local Losers Lounge, 85944 High- way 99 S. support.eugeneweekly.com songwriter, 7:30pm, PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th Ave. When Harry Met Sally (1989) , History Trivia , 5pm, 5th Street Public Market, 296 E. 5th Ave. 7pm, Whiteside Theatre, 461 SW Madison Ave., Cor- vallis. $8-10. Davey's Dungeon & Dragons , 6pm, PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th St. “Survivor” S16 Watch Party , 7:30-10pm, PublicHouse, 418 A St., Spfd. Quality Trivia w/ Rob & Lor- raine , 6-8:30pm, Hop Valley E. 13th Ave. $10. Brewing Co., 990 W. 1st Ave. February 13, 2025 13
