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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Sunrise 7:08am; Sunset 4:46pm, Av High 52; Av Low 37 FILM War Made Easy (preview screening), followed by discussion w/Norman Solomon, 7pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. $5-$25. UO Sociology Dept. and www.greenwasheugene.compresent videos from the "Confronting the Global Triple Crisis" international forum, 7pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE. Sound of the Soul, film of Morocco's Fez Festival, 7:30pm, EWEB. 301-7469. FREE. FOOD/DRINK 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau taste-off: Deboeuf vs. Drouhin, 6pm-9pm, WineStyles. FREE admission. GATHERINGS Dept. of Art presents its Cheap Jewelry Sale, 9am-4:30pm, Lawrence Hall, UO. FREE. Overview of Euglena Academy courses, 2pm & 6:30pm today; 6:30pm tomorrow and Nov. 20, 762-1217 for location. FREE. Project Management Institute's monthly mtg., feat. Pamela Cournoyer speaking on effective meetings, 5:45pm, Symantec, 555 International Way. FREE. Nontraditional Student cakewalk, 6pm, Spencer View's Community Room. nontradwc@gmail.com FREE. Friends of Buford Park & Mount Pisgah Fall Celebration, feat. keynote by William Sullivan, "Preserving the Northwest's Natural Treasures," 6:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St. $3-$25 sug. don. LECTURE "Mexican Immigration: Local and National Political Implications," Lynn Stephen, 12:15pm, Mallard Banquet Hall, 725 W. 1st. 343-7917. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Norman Solomon discusses Made Love, Got War, 1pm, Rm. 308, Forum Bldg., LCC. FREE. Reflective Readers book group: A Lesson Learned Before Dying by Ernest Gaines, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. Northwest Review's 50th Anniversary Party w/Ursula K. Le Guin, 7:30pm, Alumni Lounge, Gerlinger Hall, UO. FREE. MUSIC John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $28-$38. Springfield High School Percussion Ensemble, 7:30pm, Springfield High School auditorium. FREE. Chamber Music on Campus, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE. Eugene Symphony presents Carmina Burana, w/Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, 8pm, Hult Center. $15+. Hot Buttered Rum, 9pm, WOW Hall. $14 adv., $16 door. Brad Mackeson, Casey Hurt, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $3-$5. Ala Nar, 9pm, Luna. 21+. $8. Heavenly Oceans, American Relay, Colin Gilmore, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5. Chronicles of Rock, feat. In This Moment, Pinkzilla, In Her Memory, Grynch, Fluid, hosted by Mistress Juliya, 9pm, Indigo District. $20, $18 w/2 cans of dog or cat food. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" talks w/Rita Marie Robinson, author of Ordinary Women, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. "New Dimensions" discusses "The Emergence of Evolutionary Consciousness" w/Andres Cohen, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION OP pretrip meeting for Sunriver/Mount Bachelor trip over Thanksgiving Wknd., 5:30pm, OP Office, EMU, UO. 556-8398. SOCIAL DANCE Contra dance, feat. Wild Asparagus, 7:30pm, Cesar Chavez School Gym, 1510 W. 14th. $10, $9 stu. THEATER I Am My Own Wife, 8pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 17, 23-24; 2pm Nov. 18, Lord Leebrick Theatre, 540 Charnelton. 684-6988. $18; ($10-$14 Thursdays & Sundays). The Threepenny Opera, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 17, Performance Hall, LCC. 346-4363. $14, $11 UO staff, sr., non-UO stu., $8 youth, UO/LCC stu.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Sunrise 7:08am; Sunset 4:45pm, Av High 52; Av Low 37 DANCE MFA students Gina Bolles & Carrie Goodnight present "(mis)adventures in Gormandizing," 8pm today & tomorrow, Dougherty Dance Theater, UO. $10, $5 stu., sr. In-Concert latenite: Bob Marley, 11:30pm today, tomorrow & Nov. 11, Bijou Cinemas. $4. FOOD/DRINK Blind wine tasting: local wineries, 3pm-10pm today & tomorrow, Oregon Wine Warehouse. $15. Wine tasting: Beaujolais Nouveau, 4pm-6pm, WineStyles. FREE. Wine tasting: Spangler Vineyards, 6:30pm, Midtown Wine Shop. FREE. Wine tasting: Viridian, 5pm-7pm, The Broadway. FREE. Dark Beer/Dark Chocolate tasting (Ninkasi & KeKau), 6pm, Supreme Bean Coffee House, 29th & Willamette. $15. Vegan potluck, 7pm, McNail-Riley House. 341-1690. Bring utensils & plates. GATHERINGS City Club Friday Forum: "Thinking Globally: Human Rights in Eugene," w/Ken Neubeck & Greg Rikhoff, 11:50am, Vet's Club, 16th & Willamette. www.cityclubofeugene.org$3. Food Not Bombs serves meals, 3:30pm-5pm, Broadway & Willamette (or 8th & Oak St. in case of rain). FREE. Pacifica Forum: "The Hate of Elie Wiesel," critique of the ethics of Nobel Laureate Wiesel, 4pm, 121 McKenzie, UO. 344-0483. FREE. Informational meeting w/Tariro & Swahili Imports, feat. wine tasting, slide show, music by Vakasara, 5pm, Swahili's, 5th St. Public Market. FREE. The Gathering of Friends (of the MNCH), 5:30pm, Many Nations Longhouse, UO. 346-1671. Singles Mingle Mixer, 6pm, WineStyles. $15, $10 members. "Alchemy of Love: Transformational Tools for Increasing Joy & Intimacy in Everyday Life" clinic, 7pm, Unity of the Valley. 434-6607. FREE. Universal Humans meeting, 7pm, EWEB. 726-6215. FREE. Overview of Euglena Academy continues. See Thursday, Nov. 15. LECTURE "Failed Modern Girls," Tze-lan Sang, noon, 159 PLC, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Ann Herrick signs copies of her books, 9am-5pm, Fern Ridge Library, Veneta. FREE. MUSIC Toby Koenigsberg, Tommy Sciple and Jason Palmer perform jazz standards, 8pm, 178 Music, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr. Justin King & The Apologies, The Dimes, Cabinessence, 8pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door. Floater, 8pm, McDonald Theater. $15 adv., $17 door. Acoustic Minds, Deb Cleveland & the Blues Divas, Electric Soul Improv, Accordions Anonymous, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $6. Matt Haimovitz, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $12. Evin Marshall benefit show, feat. DJ Tekneek & DJ Kal-El, Gaia Tribe, Brothers of Beat, Go Go Dancers, raffle, more, 9pm, John Henry's. 21+. $2+. Robert Meade & Cambio, 9pm, Luna. $6. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses maintaining health through the cold/flu season, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. SPIRITUAL Dances of Universal Peace, 7pm, Far Horizon Montessori School. 345-4951. Don. THEATER Dearly Departed, 7:30pm today & tomorrow; 2pm Nov. 18, Pleasant Hill Community Theatre, 35575 Zephyr Way. www.phct.org$8, $6 sr., under age 18. Evita, 8pm today; 2pm & 8pm tomorrow, Hult Center. 682-5000. $25-$50. Simon Says, 7:30pm today & tomorrow, Sheldon Theater, 2455 Willakenzie Rd., Spfd. 687-3346. $7. I Am My Own Wife continues. See Thursday, Nov. 15. The Threepenny Opera continues. See Thursday, Nov. 15.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Sunrise 7:10am; Sunset 4:44pm, Av High 51; Av Low 37 ARTS/VISUAL Watercolor demo by Lavonne Tarbox-Crone, 2pm-4pm, UO Bookstore. FREE. An opening for "Bowled Over By Trash," sculpture by Tim Boyden, 2pm, BRING's Planet Improvement Center, 4446 Franklin Blvd. FREE. A reception for "Turning Trance Into Form," work by Maria Berendt Friedman, 5pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. BENEFIT "A Taste of Territorial," benefit event, feat. music by Jason Cowsill, 4pm-8pm, Territorial Vineyards, 907 W. 3rd. FREE. COMEDY PotPie improv & sketch comedy, 8pm, Sam's Place. 21+. $3. DANCE "(mis)adventures in Gormandizing" dance concert continues. See Friday. FILM War Made Easy, noon today & tomorrow, Bijou Cinemas. $4. Tactics Premiere: MDP's We Are People Too and Nike's Nothing But the Truth, 7:30pm, WOW Hall. $5. Bob Marley in-concert latenite continues. See Friday. FOOD/DRINK OWW's blind wine tasting continues. See Friday. GATHERINGS Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by Anahid Bertrand, Robert Meade, Jerry Zybach, Sweet Papa Lowdown, David Helfand & the Majestic Ensemble, The Spruce Root Band, Jim Hershey, Edson Oliveira & Glenn Falkenberg, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE. Holiday Farmer's Market, 10am-6pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 24-25, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE. Quilts of Hope presents a Quilting Bee, 10am-4pm, Quilt Patch, 448 W. 3rd. 338-0164. Bring sewing machine, thread & scissors. Show Off, hip hop dance competition, 10am (youth competition) & 5:30pm (semi-pro competition), Wayne Morse Center, 828 E. 11th. 255-8868. $12. Intro to the Internet mini-clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. 682-5450. FREE. AAUW's community forum, feat. Renee Baumgartner speaking on "Updating Title IX," 10:30am, Westminster Presbyterian Church. 344-4134. FREE. Rally & vigil to close the Pentagon's School of the Americas, noon, 8th & Oak St. 485-8633. FREE. "Finding a Job in Lane County" mini-clinic, 3pm, Downtown Library. 682-5450. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Nontraditional Student Family Swim, 10am, UO Rec Center. nontradwc@gmail.com FREE. Nearby Nature Quest: "Beast Feast," 10am, Park Host Residence, Alton Baker Park. 687-9699. $2, $5 family. Special Guest: Biscuit! 11am, Barnes & Noble. FREE. Action Night for Boys & Girls, ages 6-12, 5pm-9pm, Gymnastics Northwest. Register, 688-8955. $12, incl. dinner. LECTURE "Magic Carpet Made of Steel: Songs of America's Railroads," Jeni Foster, 1pm, Springfield Library. 726-2234. FREE. LGBT Rainbow River Womyn meeting, 5pm, McMenamins North Bank. 741-1210. FREE. MUSIC Silverwood, 2pm, Eugene Hotel. FREE. Oregon Percussion Ensemble, 3pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr. Americanistan, Luminessah, 6:15pm, Iraila's. 684-8400. Chico Schwall, Mark Ross, Bad Mitten & The Shuttlecocks, 7pm, Wesley Center, 1236 Kincaid St. FREE. Eugene Gleemen present "Songs of the Sea," 7:30pm, Central Presbyterian Church, 555 E. 15th. 485-9377. $10. UO Opera Workshop presents "An Evening of Arias and Song," 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE. KRVM's 60th Anniversary Party, feat. The Sugar Beets, The Strange Tones, Conjugal Visitors, Saltlick, 8pm, McDonald Theater. FREE. Soulicious, Complicated, Demimonde Slumber Party, Beth Willis, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $6. Sue Miles & Slow Burn, 9pm, Luna. 21+. $8. Jackstraw, 9:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $6. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs rides: Creswell via River Drive & Howe Ln., 55 miles, 9:30am, Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org SOCIAL DANCES Spin Cycle Squares present square dances, 3pm advanced; 5:30pm mainstream, Springfield Square Dance Hall, 2095 Yolanda. 513-1711. $5. THEATER I Am My Own Wife continues. See Thursday, Nov. 15. The Threepenny Opera continues. See Thursday, Nov. 15. Dearly Departed continues. See Friday. Evita continues. See Friday. Simon Says continues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Hendricks Park Forest Work Party, 9:30am-1pm, 2200 Summit Ave. Tools & snacks provided.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Sunrise 7:12am; Sunset 4:44pm, Av High 51; Av Low 37 BENEFIT Auction of over 40 photographs, 1pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE. FILM City of Women by Federico Fellini, 7pm, DIVA. FREE. Green: The New Red, White and Blue, 7pm, Unitarian Universalist Church. FREE. Bob Marley in-concert latenite continues. See Friday. War Made Easy continues. See Saturday. FOOD/DRINK EVEN's Vegan Thanksgiving potluck, 2pm, LCC Cafeteria. 343-8055. Bring vegan dish & place setting. GATHERINGS Saturday Market's Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, featuring hundreds of booths, international food court and performances by Rob Tobias, Eric Nicholson, Robert Meade, Janet Naylor & Linda Danielson, Green Mountain Bluegrass, Gordon Kaswell, Side Roads, Red Top Trio & Scott Huckabay, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.holidaymarket.orgFREE. Picc-A-Dilly Flea Market, 10am-4pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. $1.50. Used Mystery Novel Sale, 10am-4pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Free People: food, clothing, music, fellowship, 11am-3pm, WOW Hall. FREE. Food Not Bombs serves meals, 3pm-5pm, Washington-Jefferson Park. FREE. Mount Pisgah Arboretum Volunteer Appreciation Party, feat. Kenny Helphand speaking on "Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime," 3pm, EWEB. FREE. Artist Salon: "Increase Your Art Sales and Learn About Lane MicroBusiness," 4pm, DIVA. FREE. Grandmothers' Council meets, w/Barbara Weston speaking on "Intuitive Sacred Sound," 4:30pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 40th & Donald. FREE. Holiday Farmer's Market continues. See Saturday. LITERARY ARTS PEO Booksale for Women's Scholarships, feat. authors Tyler Burgess, Maryana Vollstedt, Marva Dasef, Shirley Tallman, JoJo Jensen and Cai Emmons signing their books, noon-4:30pm, Books Without Borders. 284-2838. FREE. MUSIC Bernie Robe & Robin High perform Schumann, Quilter and Brahms, 2pm, Emmaus Lutheran Church, 1250 W. 18th. FREE. Oregon Wind Ensemble & Oregon Symphonic Band, 3pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr. Eugene Gleemen present "Songs of the Sea," 3pm, Wildish Theater, Spfd. 485-9377. $10. LCC Chamber Orchestra & Symphonic Band, 4pm, Performance Hall, LCC. $4-$8 sug. don. Peter Irving, Jay Crowly, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don. Columbia Piano Trio performs Beethoven and Fauré, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr. Benefit concert for White Bird Clinic, feat. Bad Mitten, Traitor Hearts, Scrapyard Swag, 8:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5 sug. don. LECTURE "Oregon Beach and Bottle Bills," multimedia discussion by Matt Love, 2pm, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. 682-4242. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs ride: Wendling Covered Bridge, 63 miles; Mohawk Store, 32 miles, 9:30am, Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org SPIRITUALITY "The Future Song: Individual and Global Healing" w/Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum, 5:30pm, Ahavas Torah, 3800 Ferry St. 334-6772. $5 sug. don. Six Sensory Intuitive Group meeting, 6:30pm, The Spirit Moves, 1840 Willamette. $5. THEATER I Am My Own Wife continues. See Thursday, Nov. 15. Dearly Departed continues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Help take down the Iraq Body Count exhibit, 10am-5pm, UO campus. 556-8241. Snacks/coffee provided.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER , 19 Sunrise: 7:13am; Sunset 4:43pm, Av High 51; Av Low 37 FILM Video showing of Gangaji on "Innocence, Trust & Self-Betrayal," 7pm, Downtown Athletic Club. RSVP, 228-8546. FREE. GATHERINGS Transitions to Success program orientation, 11am today and 5:30pm Nov. 27, Women's Center, Bldg. 1, LCC. 463-5353. FREE. PFLAG gathering, feat. Akasha Vitelli speaking about the youth coalition, 6:45pm, First Congregational Church, 1050 E. 23rd St. 302-4422. FREE. LECTURE "Public Pulpits: Religion in the Moral Argument of Public Life," Steven Tipton, 7pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. 346-3700. FREE. Andrea Thorpe presents her research on invasive plants, 7:30pm, Rm. 115, Science Bldg., LCC. 746-9478. FREE. MUSIC Sound-Bytes, feat. Swigartian Arts Ensemble, 12:08pm, Collier House, UO. FREE. Faculty Jazz Concert, feat. Idit Shner, Toby Koenigsberg, Tyler Abbott and Jason Palmer, 8pm, 178 Music, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr. Ozomatli, 8pm, McDonald Theater. $18 adv., $20 door. UO French horn students recital, 8:30pm, Knight Library, UO. FREE. Ryan Montbleau Band, 9pm, John Henry's. 21+. $10. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses vocational training for outdoor adventure leadership, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Walkabout w/Mel, 1pm, meet at Campbell Center. Register, 682-5318. $2.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Sunrise 7:14am; Sunset 4:42pm, Av High 50; Av Low 37 FOOD/DRINK Benefit wine tasting for CASA of Lane County, 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $10 (half donated to non-profit). GATHERINGS LCC board holds a community conversation, 5:30pm, Springfield City Hall, Library Meeting Room, 225 5th St. FREE. Overview of Euglena Academy continues. See Thursday, Nov. 15. LITERARY ARTS Windfall Reading Series: Shannon Applegate & John C. Morrison, 7pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Deep Economy book group w/Dr. Alan Zundel, 7pm, First Christian Church, 1166 Oak. Don. Molly Gloss reads from The Heart of Horses, 7pm, Knight Library, UO. FREE. MUSIC Eugene Community Orchestra concert, 7pm, Alpine Springs Assisted Living, 3760 N. Clarey St. FREE. LCC Chamber Orchestra & Symphonic Band, 7:30pm, Performance Hall, LCC. $4-$8 sug. don. Oregon Composers Forum, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the health of PERS in Oregon, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. "Alternative Radio" presents Dilip Hiro: "Oil: Blood of the Earth" (interview), 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Sunrise 7:16am; Sunset 4:41pm, Av High 50; Av Low 37 GATHERINGS Festival of Trees, 9am-6pm today & Nov. 25; 10am-7pm Nov. 22, 9am-9pm Nov. 23; 9am-2pm Nov. 24, Valley River Inn. 228-3003. $6, $4 sr., under age 12. Family Drumming Circle, 6pm, River House, 301 N. Adams. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Teen book group: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, 4pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Classics book group: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Dan Jones, Le Nunes, Baitball, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses therapeutic horseback riding, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. THEATER Willamette Repertory Theatre presents A Christmas Carol (preview), 7:30pm, Hult Center. www.hultcenter.org$12-$20.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Sunrise 7:17am; Sunset 4:40pm, Av High 50; Av Low 37 FILM Thanksgiving Day Movie Marathon, all day, Wandering Goat Coffeehouse. FREE. GATHERINGS Community Thanksgiving Dinner to all with no place to go for the holiday, noon-3pm, Friendly Street Church, 2290 Friendly. 345-6553. FREE. Festival of Trees continues. See Wednesday. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses food preparation & the history of Thanksgiving, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. "New Dimensions" discusses Of Animal Grace and a Spa for a Pig w/Sy Montgomery, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. Thanksgiving Gypsy Swing Radio Special w/David Gizara, 9pm-midnight, KLCC 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Turkey Stuffer 5k run, 10:30am, Splash Swim Park, Thurston. 343-7414. www.goodrace.com OP trip to Sunriver/Mount Bachelor Thanksgiving Wknd., depart 1:30pm today; return 8pm Nov. 25, OP Office, EMU, UO. 556-8398.
CORVALLIS EVENTS Note - Continuation dates for out-of-town events are listed under the first day of the event. THURSDAY, NOV. 15 Music a la Carte: OSU Concert Band, noon, MU, OSU. FREE. Parkinson's support group, 2pm, Corvallis Senior Center. FREE. Girls Night Out at the Winterlight Holiday Gift Show, 5:30pm-8pm, The Arts Center, 700 SW Madison. FREE. "The Role and Rule of Law in the Global Development of Food Biotechnology," lecture by Gary Marchant, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. OSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble's fall concert, "To the Dance," 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $10, FREE OSU stu. My Fair Lady, 8pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 17; 2:30pm Nov. 18, Mainstage Theater, Ashbrook Independent School. www.willamette-stage.org$15, $12 stu., sr. Angels in America: Part I: Millennium Approaches, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 17, Withycombe Hall, OSU. http://oregonstate.edu/dept/theatre$8-$10, $5 stu. FRIDAY, NOV. 16 "The Art of Theater" w/actors from Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 10am, Russell Tripp Performance Center, LBCC, Albany. 917-4531. An opening for work by member artists, 6pm, TEAL Art Collective, 240 SW Washington St. FREE. Bella Voce's fall concert, 7:30pm, First Congregational United Church of Christ, 4515 SW West Hills Rd. $5, FREE OSU stu. SATURDAY, NOV. 17 Holiday Open House, 10am-5pm, Garland Nursery, 5470 NE Hwy. 20. FREE. OSU Opera Workshop presents "Love, Drugs, Money and Manipulation," program of romantic & comic opera scenes, 3pm & 7pm, 202 Benton, OSU. $10, $5 stu. SUNDAY, NOV. 18 Corvallis-OSU Symphony, feat. violinist Amy Schwartz-Moretti, 3pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. http://symphony.peak.org$12-$30. In Her Memory, Pinkzilla, Fluid, The Enigma's Electric Acid Theater, hosted by Mistress Juliya & Jamey Jasta, 8pm, Club Platinum. 21+. $1 sug. don. MONDAY, NOV. 19 Low Vision/Macular Degeneration support group, 2pm, Corvallis Senior Center. FREE. OSU Trombone Choir concert, 7:30pm, MU, OSU. FREE. TUESDAY, NOV. 20 "What Parents Need to Know about the Individualized Education Programs," seminar, 6pm, Heritage Museum, 790 Smith St., Harrisburg. FREE. Procrastinator's Night Out at the Winterlight Holiday Gift Show, 5:30pm-8pm, The Arts Center, 700 SW Madison. FREE. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21 Senior Citizens Council of Benton County meeting, 1:30pm, Corvallis Senior Center. 766-6959. FREE.
ON THE ROAD THURSDAY, NOV. 15 Tour "Chuck Close Prints" w/Matthew Letzelter, 6pm, Portland Art Museum. FREE w/admission. "Decoding Life: The Next Phase of Discovery," lecture by J. Craig Venter, 7pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PDX. 503-232-2300. The Walkmen, The Builders and the Butchers, The Subjects, 9pm, Doug Fir, PDX. 21+. $15. Stars, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $17. Gypsy, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Nov. 17, 23-25; 2pm Nov. 18, Pentacle Theater, Salem. 503-485-4300. $20.50-$21.50. FRIDAY, NOV. 16 Oregon Book Awards Party, 5:30pm, The Cleaners at Ace Hotel, PDX. FREE. Cold War Kids, Richard Swift, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $9.47. Heavy Trash, Powersolo, 9pm, Doug Fir, PDX. 21+. $12. Blumeadows, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. The Umpqua Singers CD release concert, 7:30pm, Jacoby Auditorium, UCC, Roseburg. $5, $12 family. SATURDAY, NOV. 17 Opening of "In Winter, Silk Linings: The Kimono in Print" exhibit, 10am-4pm Tu-Su; noon-4pm M, through Feb. 17, Japanese Garden, PDX. $5.25-$8. Travis, Maximo Park, 8pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $30. The Velvet Teen, Say Hi, The A-Sides, 9pm, Doug Fir, PDX. 21+. $10. 3rd Anniversary Party, 1pm-4pm, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE. The Bluesdusters, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. SUNDAY, NOV. 18 Evanescence, Sick Puppies, Julien-K, 8pm, Rose Quarter, PDX. $35+. The Nutcracker, 3pm, Jacoby Auditorium, UCC, Roseburg. 672-3469. TUESDAY, NOV. 20 Diane Ackerman reads The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PDX. $5-$26. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21 Band of Horses, The Drones, Tyler Ramsey, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $17.
ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES Oregon Quarterly invites submissions to its Northwest Perspectives essay contest. Go to www.oregonquarterly.comfor submission guidelines. Deadline is Jan. 31. Holiday items can be donated at any Sleep Country USA store for its Foster Kids Secret Santa Toy Drive Nov. 19 through Dec. 16. www.sleepcountry.comor 888-88-SLEEP. Volunteer assistant director of children's museum needed at Alvord Museum in West Eugene; 5-10 hours per week. www.alvordmuseum.orgor 683-8271. Cottage Theater will hold auditions for comedy First Impressions at 1pm Nov. 17 and 7pm Nov. 18 at the theater. Four men (20s-60s) and four women (20s-60s) needed. www.cottagetheater.orgor 942-8001.
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We'll
fact-check this statement, but we swear it must be
Celebrate Oregon Authors Week (or, if
it's not, it should be). It's a veritable cornucopia
of happenings, kicking off with tonight's 50th anniversary
gala for the Northwest Review, UO's
literary magazine of fiction, poetry, translations
and hybrid forms, in Gerlinger Hall. Award-winning
sci-fi/fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin (pictured)
will read at the event. On Tuesday, Le Guin protégé
Molly Gloss will hold hold court at the UO's
Knight Library and read from her recent novel, The
Heart of Horses. Also on Tuesday (so decide!)
is this month's Windfall Reading Series at the Downtown
Library, bringing in historian Shannon Applegate
and poet John C. Morrison, who speak on "Starts,
Stops, and Our Time Between the Two." Lastly, should
you be in Portland on Friday, stop by The Cleaners
annex at the Ace Hotel for a free shindig with the
finalists for the Oregon Book Awards, including
seven authors from the Corvallis-Eugene area. Now,
who will bet us The New York Times next writes
about Oregon's literary crop of writers? See Calendar.
Seven
days until T-Day (and eight until D-Day, in which
you Detonate your Dollars and get heavy with the
Debt, yo ho ho!), so what to do? Well, for starters,
if you wake up and find yourself penniless and
with no family or friends around to share in this
day of gluttonous feasts, head over to the Friendly
Street Church for its Community Thanksgiving
Dinner. (And if you do have cash and
family, consider volunteering here.) Of course,
if November's T-Day is just the day you see fit
to finally get serious about the month of December,
you could check out the Festival of Trees
out at Valley River Inn (starting on Wednesday
and running through Nov. 25). It's all a benefit,
so don't feel too guilty gawking at all them purty
trees. (Hey! You can volunteer here, too!) And
as the evening grows dark (and you're shut out
from all the closed bars), flip on the radio (if
you still have one of those contraptions) and
check out KLCC's Thanksgiving Gypsy Swing Radio
Special with David Gizara from 9 pm to midnight.
Nothing says "Get ready for holiday gloom" than
gypsy swing! For all you serious Scrooges out
there, please note: We're just kidding! See Thursday,
Nov. 22 Calendar.
We've
seen percussion ensembles play in
glass factories, in college swimming
pools, in high school gymnasiums
(well, we wish we'd seen
one there … think of all the
percussion instruments in the equipment
room!), but alas, here in Eugene,
we have the Oregon Percussion
Ensemble (pictured) playing
their bomb beats in the rather stately
Beall Hall. The OPE sticks to traditional
venues but decidedly nontraditional
programs like Daniel Levitan's "Marimba
Quartet" and Kenneth M. Snoeck's
"Octet for Keyboard Percussion,"
which a press release described
as "new and unusual works." The
OPE will also debut Elliott Schwartz's
"Octagon for Eight Percussionists,"
a piece written for the ensemble's
director, Charles Dowd, and to be
performed "in a battle across the
stage." This, we have to see. But
next time, percussionists, could
ya please step out of the Beall? It
can get a bit stuffy in there.