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Deadline for Calendar and Art in the Galleries submissions are noon on Thursday, a week before the issue that covers your event. Send an e-mail with event, date, time, location and cost to attend to cal@eugeneweekly.com
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 Sunrise 7:44am; Sunset 5:03pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33 ARTS/VISUAL An opening for "Yuyanapaq (For Remembering)" photography exhibit, 3:30pm, Adell-McMillan Gallery, EMU, UO. FREE. FILM The Queen, 2:30pm, Campbell Center. FREE. Ethnic Studies film series: Dil Se … (From the Heart), 6pm, 240A McKenzie, UO. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: "Big Reds," 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $5. GATHERINGS League of Women Voters of Lane County meeting, feat. Mayor Kitty Piercy speaking on sustainability methods, 12:15am, The Mallard Banquet Hall, 725 W. 1st. 343-7917. FREE. Restless Leg support group, 2:30pm, Campbell Center. Register, 682-5318. FREE. Project Management Institute meeting, w/presentation "Increasing Stakeholder Involvement to Achieve Project Success," 5:45pm, Symantec, 555 International Way, Spfd. FREE. Democratic Party of Lane County mtg., feat. Ben Westlund, 6:30pm, Springfield Labor Hall, 1116 South A St. FREE. Intro to "Allying with Herbs for Health & Healing" class, w/LadyB, 7pm, Tsunami Books. 485-8787. FREE. LECTURES Terri Williams, clinical nutritionist, discusses strategies to prevent the cold/flu, 1:30pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. Register, 736-4444. FREE. "After the Storm: Reflection and Reconstruction in New Orleans," panel discussion w/Chris Simons, James Elliott and André LeDuc, 6:30pm, Ben Linder Rm., EMU, UO. FREE. Rebecca Cummins, installations artist, speaks, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Do It Yourself Book Club, learn how to start your own, 6pm, Sheldon Library. FREE. MUSIC Eugene Youth Symphony, 12:15pm, Hult Center lobby. FREE. Oregon String Trio, feat. David Riley, piano, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr. Slavic Festival: Joyless Princess, musical play, 7pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. www.slavichome.org$15. Eric John Kaiser, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $4. The Pack, Pittsburg Slim, Tyga, Three Blind Mics, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door. Starboard Morning, Bad Mitten Orchestre, Ian Hilmers Stagefright, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $3-$5. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses trends in the cosmetics & skin care product industry, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. "New Dimensions" discusses "The Awakening World Mind and the Mayan Calendar" w/Barbara Hand Clow, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. THEATER Memory House, 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 19, 24-26 & 31 and Feb. 1-2; 2pm Jan. 20 & 27, Lord Leebrick Theater, 540 Charnelton. 465-1506. $10-$18.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 Sunrise 7:43am; Sunset 5:04pm, Av High 47; Av Low 33 ARTS/VISUAL Preview reception for "Buddhist Visions" exhibit, 5:30pm-8pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE. DANCE MEDGE presents "Alternative Night: An Evening of Fusion, Experimental and Avant-garde belly dance performances," feat. Janikea, 8:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $4 sug. don. FILM Bird Dog, plus Q&A w/director Kelley Baker, 7pm, DIVA. $5, $3 stu. Swedish Film Series: The Last Dance by Colin Nutley, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: Piedmont region, 5pm-7pm, The Broadway. FREE. Wine tasting: Melrose Vineyards, 5pm-7pm, WineStyles. FREE. All-Church Potluck, 6:15pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 477 E. 40th. www.uueugene.orgFREE. Chocolate & wine pairing tasting, 6:30pm, Midtown MarketPlace. FREE. Vegan potluck, 7pm, McNail-Riley House. 341-1690. Bring utensils & plates. GATHERINGS Diabetes Support & Information group meeting, 10am, Campbell Center. 687-9703. FREE. City Club Friday Forum: "Helping the Homeless: Project Homeless Connect" w/Pearl Wolfe & Susan Ban, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. www.cityclubofeugene.org$3. "Secrets to Generating 'Hot' Sales Leads" business seminar, presented by Terri Harley, noon, Downtown Library. Register, tickets@successbuildersusa.com or 681-9877. FREE. Individuating Humans open meeting, topic: "… and the wisdom to know the difference," 7pm, EWEB. 726-6215. FREE. LECTURE "Why we are past the tipping point for climate change," Alder Fuller, 6:30pm today and Jan. 22, Euglena Academy. www.euglena-academy.netor 762-1217. FREE. MUSIC Melissa Ruth, 6pm, 5th St. Beanery. FREE. Oregon Jazz Festival: Oregon Jazz Ensemble & Lane Jazz Ensemble, 7:30pm, Performance Hall, LCC. www.lanecc.edu$10, $7 stu., sr. "Star Filled Russian Night: The Slavic Wonderland," feat. Voronezh Girls, Barynya, Trio Voronezh, Ivan da Marya and more, 7:30pm, Hult Center. www.slavichome.org$12-$55. Rebecca Rust, cello, Friedrich Edelmann, bassoon, and Vera Breheda, piano, performing music by Hans Gal & Robert Kahn, 8pm, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. FREE. Benefit concert for Planned Parenthood to celebrate 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, feat. Bad Mitten Orchestre, The Ovulators, The Conjugal Visitors, 9pm, John Henry's. 21+. $5-$15. The Castanets, Heavenly Oceans, Dan Jones & The Squids, 9:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5. Help-For-T benefit concert, feat. Ninth Moon Black, Made of Skin, Deosyl, 8pm, WOW Hall. $6, $5 stu. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the history of abortion, medical malpractice & the influence of politics on health policy, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. SOCIAL DANCES Baby Boomers Social Club dance, 7:30pm-11:30pm, Springfield Elks Ballroom, 1701 Centennial. 461-0319. $10. Salsa dance w/Herman & Barb, 9pm, Tango Center, 194 W. Broadway. $5. THEATER Awake and Sing! 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 25-26 & 31, Feb. 1-2, 7-9; 2pm Jan. 20, 27 & Feb. 3, Very Little Theatre. www.thevlt.com$10-$14. Dead Man Walking, 3:30pm today; 8pm tomorrow, Marist High School. trust@marisths.org or 686-2234. $10, $5 stu. Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 25-26 and Feb. 1-2, 8-9, 15-16 and 22-23; 2pm Feb. 3 & 10, Actor's Cabaret, 996 Willamette. 683-4368. $16-$19 reserved ($26.95-$35.95 dinner/brunch seating). So Far From Shore, 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 25-26 and Feb. 1-2; 2pm Jan. 20 & 27, Wildish Theater, Spfd. 606-1125. $16-$19. Memory House continues. See Thursday, Jan. 17.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 Sunrise 7:42am; Sunset 5:05pm, Av High 47; Av Low 33 ARTS/VISUAL A closing reception for "Snoopy as the WWI Flying Ace" exhibit, w/illustrator James Cloutier speaking, 2pm, Lane County Historical Society & Museum. FREE. An opening reception for "Hanging by a Thread," fiber art by Babette Grunwald, 2pm-4pm, BRING Recycling, 4446 Franklin Blvd. FREE. BENEFIT "Celebrate Cambodia: Dinner, Dance Performance & Slideshow on Eco-Tourism," benefit for Friendship with Cambodia's humanitarian projects, 5:45pm, Spencer Butte Middle School. 343-3782. $15-$50 sug. don. DANCE Krump Kings, 8pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. 346-4363. $12, $8 stu. FOOD/DRINK "Eat Here Now," farmer appreciation & local foods community potluck, plus music, prizes, ice cream & grab bag, 6pm, First United Methodist Church, 13th & Olive. $5 sug. don. "A Taste of Mardi Gras," New Orleans-style dinner, w/jazz music, benefit for JC Senior Meals Program, 6pm, Moose Lodge, 427 Front St., Junction City. 998-5367. $10. GATHERINGS Slavic Festival, 10am-10pm today & tomorrow, Regional Sports Center, 200 S. 32nd St., Spfd. www.slavichome.org$5-$14. Oregon Wedding Showcase, 10am-5pm today; 11am-4pm tomorrow (fashion shows 12:30pm & 3pm each day), Lane County Fairgrounds. 800-317-6589. $8. Healthy Pregnancy clinic, "Intro to the Bradley Method of childbirth," 10am, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 13th & Pearl. 344-1464. FREE. "Learn How to Krump" w/the Krump Kings, workshop, 2pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. FREE. Orientation for new & returning students, 2pm-4:30pm, Euglena Academy. RSVP, www.euglena-academy.netFREE. Family Style MLK Jr. Celebration, w/guest speakers, children activities, music by Vibe Nation, 3pm-6pm, 1545 W. 22nd. 954-9292. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES Saturday Play open house, 10am-1pm, Community Recreation Center, 250 S. 32nd St. 736-4544. FREE. Science Ed-Ventures Club, feat. Harry Potter science, handmade wands, levitation & more, for grades 3-5, 12:30pm, Science Factory. $10, $8 members. LGBT Rainbow River Womyn meeting, 5pm, McMenamins North Bank. 514-1639. FREE. MUSIC Eagle Park Slim, 11am-2pm, World Café. FREE. Benefit concert for Wellsprings School, feat. Fortune Cookie, Parallel Minds, Fuzz 4, more, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don. Flat-Stanley, 5pm, Tsunami Books. Don. Oregon Jazz Festival: Luis Bonilla, trombone, with Randy Porter, Dave Captein and Gary Hobbs, plus two outstanding school groups, 7:30pm, Performance Hall, LCC. www.lanecc.edu$18, $12 stu., sr. Oregon Mozart Players present "French Roast," feat. Fauré, Debussy, Mozart and Ravel, 8pm today at Hult Center; 2:30pm tomorrow at Beall Hall. $12-$35. Tom Waits Tribute Night, w/Heart Attack and Vine played by Mood Area 52, 9:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5-$7. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians trips: Bechtel Shelter, s'shoe, 4 miles; Trapper Creek to PCT, s'shoe, 4 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up sheet. GEARs rides: Applegate Trail breakfast ride, 48 miles; Junction City breakfast ride, 32 miles, 9:30am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org SOCIAL DANCES Swing dance clinics: Partner Charleston at 11:30am; East Coast Swing at 12:45pm; Shim Sham at 2pm, EMU, UO. eugenelindy@gmail.com FREE. Barn dance for seniors, 7pm-9:30pm, Petersen Barn Community Center. 682-5521. $2. Contra dance, w/music by Wild Hair, 8pm, Cesar Chavez School Gym, 1510 W. 14th. Potluck at 6pm. $7, $6 stu. THEATER Memory House continues. See Thursday, Jan. 17. Awake and Sing! continues. See Friday. Dead Man Walking continues. See Friday. Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash continues. See. Friday. So Far From Shore continues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Join the Stream Team to plant trees & shrubs along Amazon Creek, 9am-noon, meet upstream of Polk Street. 682-4850. Materials, tools, instruction and refreshments provided.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20 Sunrise 7:42am; Sunset 5:07pm, Av High 47; Av Low 33 FILM Waking Life, 7pm, DIVA. FREE. GATHERINGS CALC and Eugene Peace Works present "They Are Gunning for Our Youth: Countering the Military's Slick Media," w/speakers David Solnit & Chanan Suarez Diaz, 3pm, Cozmic Pizza. 343-8548. FREE. Artist Salon: "Do's and Do Not's of Approaching Galleries," lecture by Dena Brown, 4pm, DIVA. $3. "State of African Americans in the Public School Education System," town hall meeting, 4:30pm, Willamette High School auditorium. 346-4379. FREE. MLK Jr. Commemoration, feat. music by Nick Sixkiller & Willamette H.S. performers, 7pm, Willamette High School. FREE. Meeting on "How to stop Nike & UO, eminent domain and incompatible expansion," 7:30pm, Starbucks, 13th & Alder. FREE. Oregon Wedding Showcase continues. See Saturday. Slavic Festival continues. See Saturday. LITERARY ARTS William Stafford Birthday Celebration, bring your favorite Stafford poem to read, 2pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. Do It Yourself Book Club, learn how to start your own, 2pm, Downtown Library. FREE. MUSIC Concerto-Aria Competition, 6:30pm, Beall Hall, UO. $5. Molly's Revenge, Tonn Nua, 7:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $10. Paul Prince, Imbira Wind, 8:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $4-$6. Circle Jerks, Hit Me Back, Last of the Believers, 9pm, WOW Hall. $14. OMP's "French Roast" continues. See Saturday. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians trip: Rosary Lakes, x-ski, 7 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up sheet. GEARs rides: Powerline Road, 35 miles; Harrisburg Long Way Around, 65 miles, 9:30am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org THEATER Memory House continues. See Thursday, Jan. 17. So Far From Shore continues. See Friday.
MONDAY, JANUARY 21 Sunrise 7:41am; Sunset 5:08pm, Av High 47; Av Low 33 GATHERINGS MLK Jr. Community Celebration, feat. student art, speakers, music by Ricardo Cardenas, more, 2pm, Springfield Middle School. FREE w/donation of warm socks, hats or scarves. Overview of Euglena Academy's curriculum, 6:30pm, Euglena Academy. www.euglena-academy.netFREE. "How to Get a Gig" panel discussion, 7pm, WOW Hall. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES MLK Kids' Celebration, feat. MLK music, comedy juggling, spoken word, 1pm-3pm, Temple Beth Israel, 2550 Portland St. 345-7314. FREE adults, $3 child. LECTURES Patrice Gaines, journalist, radio commentator and motivational speaker, delivers a MLK Jr. Day address, 6pm, Morse Events Center, Northwest Christian College. FREE. Native Plant Society of Oregon presents "Sedges of the Pacific Northwest," Barb Wilson, 7:30pm, EWEB. 746-9478. FREE. LGBT PFLAG meeting, 6:45pm, First Congregational Church, 1050 E. 23rd. 302-4422. FREE. MUSIC Sound-Bytes: Andrew Rosenburg, 11:54am, Collier House, UO. FREE. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the legacy of MLK Jr. w/D.L. Richardson, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 Sunrise 7:40am; Sunset 5:09pm, Av High 47; Av Low 33 FILM UO Outdoor Program's Lunchtime Film Series, noon, EMU, UO. FREE. Eckhart Tolle's The Last Delusional, w/discussion, 7pm, SGC, 390 Vernal St. 995-3799. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Benefit wine tasting for Tamarack Wellness Center, 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $10. GATHERINGS "Celebrate 35 Years of Roe v. Wade," sit in & demonstration, 1:30pm, EMU Amphitheater, UO. FREE. WOW Hall volunteer orientation, 6:30pm, WOW Hall. FREE. Slavic Festival Showcase, feat. Duet Vilona and Anna Kazakova, 7pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. www.slavichome.org$15 adv., $20 door, $5 child. LECTURES "Gastrointestinal Health," Dr. Sunny Kierstyn, 12:30pm, Willamalane Center, 215 West C St., Spfd. Register, 736-4444. FREE. "Why we are past the tipping point for climate change" lecture by Alder Fuller continues. See Friday. "Liberators, Integrators and Dream Generators," Selamawi Asgedom, 6:30pm, 100 Willamette, UO. 346-3216. FREE. "Never Go Back: Roe v. Wade" Edgar Peara, 7pm, Lewis Lounge, Knight Law Center, UO. FREE. Cities in War, Struggle and Peace lecture series (The Balkans): "The Precarious City: Planning Interventions During Political Instability," Scott Bollens, 7:30pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. MUSIC David Isaacs, 7pm, Springfield Library. FREE. BeauSoleil w/Michael Doucet, 7:30pm, The Shedd. www.theshedd.org$22-$30. UO Women's Chorus performs Fauré's Requiem, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $8, $6 stu., sr., child. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the challenges and joys of river running, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 Sunrise 7:39am; Sunset 5:11pm, Av High 47; Av Low 33 ARTS/VISUAL Guided tour of "Buddhist Visions" exhibit, 5pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE w/admission. Sandy Tilcock speaks on broadside print creations, 7pm, Maude Kerns Art Center, 1910 E. 15th. 345-1571. Don. FILM Heckler's Movie Night: Beastmaster, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE. GATHERINGS Eugene Symphony Guild preview of Gershwin's American in Paris, noon, Hult Center. FREE. LCC Preview Night, 6:30pm, Bldg. 5, LCC. 463-5322. FREE. Community Conversations panel on "Little Adults? An Exploration of Changing Concepts and Experiences of Childhood," 7:30pm, Dyment Lounge, Walton Complex, UO. 346-1977. FREE. Emerald Empire HempFest volunteer core meeting, 7pm, Toasted Herb's Subs, 1210 Willamette. FREE. Archimedes Movement & Health Care for All-Oregon meeting, 7pm, EWEB. 334-1760 or 345-6867. FREE. LECTURES "Selecting the Right Shoes," John Olsen, 1:30pm, Willamalane Center, 215 West C St., Spfd. Register, 736-4444. FREE. "How Chan/Zen Paintings Mean: Two Portraits of Bodhidharma," Charles Lachman, 6pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS "Love to Read" book group, 10am, Campbell Center. 25 cents. MUSIC Andrew Heringer, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. Audio Seduction: Joel Crane, Phutureprimitive, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10. Hand Held, Basin & Range, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $3. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses straw-bale construction, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Wetland Wander hosted by WREN, 9am, meet at Stewart Pond Overlook. 683-6494. FREE.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 Sunrise 7:39am; Sunset 5:12pm, Av High 47; Av Low 33 ARTS/VISUAL An artist's talk & reception for "Conversing in Stitches" exhibit of fiber art by Brenda Jones, noon, Bldg. 11, LCC. FREE. FILM Film in celebration of Roe v. Wade, 4pm, Women's Center, EMU, UO. FREE. Spirit of the Marathon, 7:30pm, Cinemark 17, Spfd. $5.25-$7.25. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: Critter-labeled wines,, 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $5. GATHERINGS UO MLK Jr. Award Presentation, 11:30am, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. FREE. Volunteer orientation & meeting for Hospice of Sacred Heart, 1:30pm, SH's Home Health Office, 1121 Fairfield Ave. 242-8755. FREE. "Voter Owned Oregon?" panel discussion w/Arizona State Senator Meg Burton Cahill and R-G editorial page editor Jackman Wilson, hosted by Pete Sorenson, 7pm, Harris Hall, Lane County Courthouse, 125 E. 8th. FREE. Snow Camping clinic, 7pm, REI. Register, 465-1800. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES "Make Magnified Flowers like Georgia O'Keefe," art clinic led by Kim Jarvis, for grades 1-5, 3pm, Springfield Library. Register at Youth Services Desk. FREE. LECTURES "Ethics, Leadership and the Responsible Citizen," Jeff Miller, 4pm, Evans Chapel, NCC, 11th and Kincaid. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Philosophy presents a celebration of Bonnie Mann's Women Liberation and the Sublime, w/comments by Scott Pratt and Mary Wood, 4pm, Mills International Center, UO. 346-5548. FREE. Oregon Book Awards tour, reading & book-signing, feat. Alison Clement, Shannon Riggs, Paul Merchant & Ben Saunders, 6:30pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Reflective Readers book group: Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Nathan Alef and the Pantone Sextet, 12:15pm, Hult Center lobby. FREE. Eugene Symphony presents Gershwin's American in Paris, plus Argento, Barber and Copland; feat. Stefan Jackiw, violin, and William Schimmel, accordian, 8pm, Hult Center. 682-5000. $15+. Slavic Festival Showcase, feat. Voronezh Girls and Soromundi Choir, 7pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. www.slavichome.org$15 adv., $20 door, $5 child. Tyler Fortier, Melissa Ruth, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. Disco Organica, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses modern autopsies & causes of death, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Intro to Cross County Skiing, 5:30pm pre-trip today at OP Office, EMU, UO; 9am outing Jan. 27 meets at OP Barn, 18th & University. Register, 346-4365. $15. THEATER Memory House continues. See Thursday, Jan. 17.
CORVALLIS EVENTS Note - Continuation dates for out-of-town events are listed under the first day of the event. THURSDAY, JAN. 17 Music a la Carte: Cello Bop, noon, MU, OSU. FREE. Dinner With Friends, 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 19, Albany Civic Theater, 111 SW First Ave. www.albanycivic.org$7-$10. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 Grief support group, 2pm, Corvallis Senior Center. 753-1088. FREE. THURSDAY, JAN. 24 Music a la Carte: Chanson du Soir, noon, MU, OSU. FREE. "Planet Taco: The Globalization of Mexican Cuisine," lecture by Jeffrey Pilcher, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE.
ON THE ROAD THURSDAY, JAN. 17 "Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience," 11am & 7pm today; 7pm tomorrow; 11am, 3pm & 7pm Jan. 19; 1pm & 5pm Jan. 20, Rose Garden, PDX. www.rosequarter.com$32+. FRIDAY, JAN. 18 Oregon Wine & Food Festival, 4pm-10pm today; 11am-9pm tomorrow; 11am-5pm Jan. 13, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem. $10, $8 sr. The Dimes, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. SATURDAY, JAN. 19 "Framing: The Art of Jewelry" and "Touching Warms the Art" exhibits open w/panel discussion, noon, Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St., PDX. FREE. Loch Lomond, Matt Sheehy, Johanna Kunin, 9pm, Doug Fir, PDX. 21+. $8. The T Club, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. Wine tasting: Sokol Blosser, 1pm-4pm, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE. Winter Folk Festival, feat. Tom Chapin and The Limeliters, 10am-7pm today & 10am-3pm tomorrow, Florence Events Center. 888-968-4086 or www.winterfolkfestival.org Michael Bolton, 9pm today & 7pm tomorrow, Three Rivers Casino, Florence. www.threeriverscasino.comor 800-585-3737. Winter Fest 2008, free snowshoe rental, clinics, avalanche safety seminars, geocaching course, more, 11am-3pm, Gold Lake Sno-Park, Willamette Pass. Register, 465-1800. FREE w/Sno-Park permit. MONDAY, JAN. 21 Sisters of the Road's MLK March & Rally, 2pm, gather at 133 NW 6th Ave., PDX. FREE. TUESDAY, JAN. 22 The Decemberists, 9pm today & tomorrow, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $28. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23 White Bird Dance presents Tango Fire, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PDX. 503-790-2787. $20-$55. THURSDAY, JAN. 24 White Bird/PSU Dance presents Josie Mosely Dance, 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 26, Lincoln Hall, PSU, PDX. 503-725-3307. $26, $16 stu., sr.
ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES Eugene Gleemen men's chorus has openings for singers age 18 and older. mandjoannemartin@comcast.net or 485-9377. Samba Ja, local percussion ensemble, seeks drummers, dancers, etc. Rehearsals are 11am Saturdays at Core Star Cultura Center, 439 W. 2nd. www.eugenesamba.orgor 686-5708. GOLOSA, a Russian choral ensemble, seeks members. Meets 7pm Mondays at St. Jude's Church. mdossin@uoregon.edu or 688-0672. The Creswell Library seeks artists who wish to participate in an art show Feb. 23-March 22. All formats. Juried. esther_creslib@centurytel.net or 895-3053. Entries now accepted for Oregon Quarterly's Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest. Deadline is Jan. 31. For guidelines, www.oregonquarterly.com/html/essay.htmThe Shedd Institute will hold auditions for its 2008 OFAM musicals, Brigadoon and Wizard of Oz on Jan. 26. To schedule an audition, auditions@ofam.org or 687-6526. KIDZ ROCK concert series is now booking bands under age 21. Send links to awecindy@efn.org
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Race
vs. gender! Race vs. gender! Race vs. gender! Rah!
Rah! Rah! While the mainstream press would like to
generate some sort of artificial competition between
the oppressed minorities vying for the Democratic
nomination for president, the truth is not as "us
vs. them" as one would expect. For example, sure would
hate to be a black woman trying to run for president.
Give that another 30 years. So it comes as a relief
this week to celebrate a black man's dream, the dream
of Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday sees a town
hall meeting on the "State of African Americans in
the Public School System" in addition to a commemoration
at Willamette High School. Monday features a Kids'
Celebration at Temple Beth Israel and a Community
Celebration at Springfield Middle School (bring
donations of warm socks, hats and scarves for the
poor and impoverished, aka the minority that will
never factor into a presidential election). At NCC's
Morse Events Center, Washington Post journalist,
radio commentator and motivational speaker, Patrice
Gaines, will deliver a keynote address at 6 pm.
On the UO campus, Eritrea-born Selamawi Asgedom
will deliver a lecture on "Liberators, Integrators,
and Dream Generators" on Tuesday while UO president
Dave Frohnmayer presents the MLK Jr. Award
on Thursday and Friday sees a Unity Celebration
and Candlelight Vigil. See Calendar.
The
Southeast Asian country of Cambodia has its reasons
for mourning. The Vietnam War bombing campaigns,
genocidal dictatorships and more than 20 years
of civil war are just a few of the hardships the
warm, welcoming Cambodians have endured. Friendship
with Cambodia, a local nonprofit, primarily works
to alleviate such hardship but also brings awareness
of Cambodian culture to the Eugene area through
events like this Saturday's "Celebrate Cambodia"
fundraiser at Spencer Butte Middle School. The
evening's highlights include a slideshow on eco-tourism
in Cambodia by UO prof Greg Ringer, a silent auction,
craft sale, performance by the Cambodian Dance
Troupe of Oregon (including children of genocide
survivors, pictured left) and a delicious dinner
of Southeast Asian delights. Proceeds from the
event will fund humanitarian projects throughout
Cambodia. Reservations are recommended; call 343-3782.
See Saturday Calendar.
Direct
from the urban jungles of south
Los Angeles comes krumping,
a dance-off craze that's sweeping
through worldwide b-boy culture
so fast David LaChappelle's 2005
documentary on the subject was appropriately
titled Rize. Wikipedia has
the best description out there,
calling krumping "an expression
of anger or a release of pent-up
emotion from the struggles of life
through violent, exaggerated, and
dramatic moves." Whereas breakdancing
is an individual performance, krumping
takes on the b-boy spirit of battles,
apprenticeship and team spirit.
The Krump Kings, fine purveyors
of classic krump style and technique,
will make a stop in Eugene on Saturday,
offering a free workshop on krump
dancing at 2 pm and a performance
at 8 pm, both in the UO's EMU Ballroom.
See Saturday Calendar.