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Have you seen the film Little Miss Sunshine? Do you remember those wordless scenes in the Volkwagen bus as the family contemplated the scenery (and their lives) flashing by, all set to a beautiful soundtrack of fiddles, mandolins, Sousaphones, piano and accordion? Well, you were listening to the Denver-based gypsy-folk revivalist group DeVotchKa, who were asked by the directors (who had only worked in music videos previously and needed music to inspire their imagery) to score Little Miss Sunshine. DeVotchKa last played Eugene in December of '06 at the WOW Hall, so perhaps you've seen 'em and could care very little. Well, here's the kicker: Not only do they have a kick-ass new album out, A Mad and Faithful Telling, but Basia Bulat, the Canadian folk-firecracker, opens their show at the McDonald Theatre. And if there's anything we know about Canadians and gypsies, they're damn fine with their musical instruments. Don't curse yourself for missing this show. It's going to be a magical evening. See Tuesday Calendar.

While we're debating whether New Zone Gallery really wants to be a Last Friday Art Walk stop instead of a First Friday ARTWalk haunt, it's important to understand how really beside the point it all is. Sure, New Zone holds its closing reception for its "Zone 4 All" nonjuried exhibit (it's like the Salon des Refusés, only without the thrill of rejection by the Mayor's Art Show) on Friday, but there's a bevy of Last Friday artiness going on a bit more west of center, including didactic paintings (pictured) by James Herman at Gallery Obscura, photographs of urban decay by James Horn at Wandering Goat and a new bonus feature of the Art Walk: Find the artwork by the third artist with the name of James and win a prize! Well, it's not really an official prize or anything. In fact we made it all up, except for the art walk parts. What? We're not stooping to Margaret B. Jones levels here. Sheesh. See www.lastfridayartwalk.orgto print a walking map and see Friday Calendar.

Eugene's fashions are usually the mocked variety: flowy drapes, hemp-centric fabrics or hideous tie-dyed concoctions that wore out their welcome 20 years ago. Amidst this stereotype, Eugene's fashion scene has been quietly churning out original, colorful wearables in local boutiques like Infinity Mercantile, Better Yet, Deluxe and others. The owners of Deluxe decided to throw a fashion show last year (Deluxe's District Mode) to a sell-out, standing-room-only crowd. This year the show, renamed Cirque De Luxe to honor its ever-expanding participants, will be staged at a larger venue (Wheeler Pavilion) with even more fashionistas displaying (and some even donning) their clothing, jewelry and accessories in the product fair and runway show. More than 25 designers and boutiques are on board this time around (including designs, pictured right, by Moria Wheeler) and, with the ECRG's roller derby earlier in the evening, the opportunities for funky fashions are unlimited at the Lane County Fairgrounds. See Saturday Calendar.


THURSDAY, APRIL 24

Sunrise 6:15am; Sunset 8:07pm, Av High 62; Av Low 40, SnarkCast: LOW DOWN

FILM DisOrient Asian American Film Festival: WEST 32ND, 6:15pm & 8:25pm, Bijou Cinemas. $15, $12 stu., sr.

The Official Story, 6:30pm, Mills Int'l Center, EMU, UO. FREE.

Dildo Diaries, documentary on Texas' ban on sex toys, 7pm, Q Center, 1309 Lincoln. FREE.

GATHERINGS Career Fair: "Be Your Dream," 10am-2pm, CML, Bldg. 19, LCC. www.lanecc.edu/cesor 463-5859. FREE.

"Speaking Up! What Does It Look Like?" DVD screening & discussion on assertiveness for young women, 6:30pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

Polytheism discussion group, 7pm, 5th St. Beanery. www.wildivine.orgor 345-1844. FREE.

DisOrient Film Festival opening night reception, 10pm, Oregon Electric Station. FREE w/ticket stub, $10 w/out ticket stub.

KIDS/FAMILIES April Art Class: "Kandinsky Abstract Paintings Set to Music," for grades 1-5, 3pm, Springfield Library. Register at Youth Services Desk. FREE.

Book Buddies book group: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume, for grades 2-3, 4pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

Tween Scene book group: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, for grades 4-6, 4pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

LECTURE Asian Studies: "The Revolution is Dead. Long Live the Revolution: Rethinking Modern Chinese History," Joseph Esherick, 4pm, 221 McKenzie, UO. FREE.

LITERARY ARTS "Writing about Politics in Everyday Life," lecture & book signing by Peggy Orenstein, 4pm, Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, UO. FREE.

Margaret Randall reads & signs Stones Witness, 4pm, Fir Rm., EMU, UO; w/reception following at 5:30pm, Ben Linder Rm., EMU, UO. FREE.

Reflective Readers book group: Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE.

MUSIC Potluck in the Park benefit concert, feat. The Brainwashers, Cambio, Jake Anderson, Traveling Sols, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5 or 5 cans of food.

Oregon Brass Quintet, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr.

CunninLynguists, Substantial, The Garden, Endr-1, DJ Flip-Flop, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door.

Deadwood Revival, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5.

ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses alternative methods to keep invasive weeds at bay, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

"New Dimensions" presents "Rev Up Your Creative Genius Like Edison" w/Michael J. Gelb, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.

OUTDOORS/RECREATIONWorld Kayak's Throwdown kayak competition, 7:30pm, Echo Hollow Pool. Register, www.worldkayak.com/eugeneFREE.

RECYCLING NextStep's Cell Phone Collection event, 4pm-7pm, Market of Choice, 2580 Willakenzie Rd. FREE.

SPOKEN WORD "Weapon of Choice: Voice," open mic poetry, 7pm, Morning Glory Café. FREE.

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 25

Sunrise 6:13am; Sunset 8:09pm, Av High 62; Av Low 40, SnarkCast: TROUBLED

ARTS/VISUAL Last Friday Art Walk, self-guided tour through many venues around town, 6pm-9pm. For details and locations go to www.lastfridayartwalk.orgFREE.

5:30pm closing receptions include "Zone 4 All" non-juried show, New Zone Gallery. 6pm openings include "Artists' Tree: A Van Family Art Show," Axe & Fiddle, Cottage Grove; fused & functional art by Jan Piper & Linda Mills-Price, Art of Glass; paintings by James Herman, Gallery Obscura; drawings by Lily Gilbert, Infinity Mercantile; "Gone Tomorrow," photography by James Horn, Wandering Goat.

BENEFIT "Little Moments, Big Magic" benefit for Big Brothers/Big Sisters youth program of YMCA, feat. magic, music, auctions & fine food, 6pm, Hult Center lobby. 686-9622.

DANCE "An Evening of Dance," LCC Spring Dance Concert, 8pm today & tomorrow, Performance Hall, LCC. 463-5202. $10, $8 stu., sr.

FILM LETTERS FROM THE OTHER SIDE, documentary on U.S./Mexico border, 6:30pm, Cesar Chavez School cafeteria, 1410 W. 14th. FREE.

DisOrient Asian American Film Festival, film screening, 5:15pm-11pm, Bijou Cinemas. www.disorientfilm.org$7-$8.

Dalai Lama Renaissance, documentary on Dalai Lama, 7pm, Unity of the Valley, 39th & Hilyard. 345-9913. $10, $7 stu., FREE under age 12.

FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: Specials paired w/cheeses, 5pm-7pm, The Broadway. FREE.

GATHERINGS City Club Friday Forum: "Biology of Humor: Jews, Blondes, Lawyers & Bush," w/Nathan Tublitz, UO biology professor, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. www.cityclubofeugene.org$3.

"Barbara Marx Hubbard's The Evolutionary Edge," screen presentation w/discussion & refreshments, 7pm Inside Edge Program, 390 Vernal St. RSVP, 995-3799. $5.

DisOrient Film Festival after-party, 11pm, Taboo Night Club. FREE w/ticket stub.

KIDS/FAMILIES "Dive-In" movie night: SHREK THE THIRD, 7:30pm, Echo Hollow Pool. $3.

LECTURES Comp. Lit: "Theatrical Asides: Gender and Nation in Russian Women's Travel Writing," Katya Hokanson, noon, 159 PLC, UO. FREE.

Linguistics: "The Brain and Its Politics," George Lakoff, 7pm, 150 Columbia, UO. FREE.

Travel: "The Joys of Cycling in Japan," Ruthy Kanagy, 7:30pm, Obsidians Lodge. www.obsidians.orgor 206-2303. $1, plus food item for potluck.

Eugene Friends of Jung presents "The Sad Soul," Pauline Napier, 7:30pm, Sacred Heart Medical Center auditorium. $8.

MUSIC Gary Reynolds and the Bridges of Obscurity, 6pm, CD World. FREE.

"You'll Never Walk Alone," choral concert benefit for American Cancer Society Relay for Life, 7pm, Willamette Christian Center, 1500 W. 18th. $10, $5 under age 12.

Village School benefit concert, feat. Jessie Marquez & Mike Denny, Jonathan Bilenki, Chesapeake Blue, PAST, more, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. $6.

Maria Jette & Sonja Thompson present "The Discreet Nightingale: Songs of Edvard Grieg," 7:30pm, The Shedd. $20-$30.

Lafa Taylor, DJ DV8, Nanda, 8pm, WOW Hall. $12 adv., $15 door.

Poor Man's Whiskey, 9:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5.

ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the battle against noxious weeds & invasive plants, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

RECYCLING NextStep's Cell Phone Collection event, 4pm-7pm, Market of Choice, 1960 Franklin Blvd. FREE.

SPOKEN WORD Jared Paul, 8pm, EMU, UO. FREE.

THEATER BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO, 8pm today, tomorrow and May 2-3; 2pm April 27 & May 4, Actors Cabaret, 996 Willamette. 683-4368. $16-$19, $33-$36 brunch/dinner seating.

Chicago, 8pm today & tomorrow, Cottage Theater, Cottage Grove. www.cottagetheatre.orgor 942-9195. $19, $17 stu., sr.

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 26

Sunrise 6:12am; Sunset 8:10pm, Av High 63; Av Low 40, SnarkCast: PEACHY

ARTS/VISUAL Stop-in-studio: "The Sketch Traveler" w/Ken O'Connell, 2pm-4pm, UO Bookstore. FREE.

BENEFITS March of Dimes' March for Babies fundraising event, 9am, Alton Baker Park. www.marchforbabies.orgor 800-525-9255.

"Speak the Speech" Bard's Birthday Benefit for Free Shakespeare in the Park, feat. performances, feast, spirits, more, 5pm & 7pm (two seatings), The Secret Garden B&B, 1910 University St. RSVP, 684-8400. www.iraila.com$38.

DANCE Pacific Classical Ballet presents "The Snow Maiden: A Russian Fairytale," 2pm & 7pm today; 2pm tomorrow, Hult Center. $9-$15.

LCC Spring Dance Concert continues. See Friday.

FARMERS' MARKET Farmers' Market, local produce, plants, meats, flowers, food, 9am-4pm, 8th Ave. & Oak St. FREE.

FILM The Met Opera Live in HD: LA FILLE DU RéGIMENT, 10:30am today & noon tomorrow, Cinemark 17, Gateway Mall. www.metoperafamily.org$15-$22.

DisOrient Asian American Film Festival: Japanese American short films, 11am-1pm; feature films, 1pm-11pm, Bijou Cinemas. www.disorientfilm.org$7-$8.

GATHERINGS Lane County Master Gardeners Garden Fair & Plant Sale, 9am-2pm, OSU Extension Service, 950 W. 13th. 682-4243. FREE.

Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, with entertainment from Craig Sorseth, 10am; Anahid Bertrand, 11am; Kef, noon; Sun Bossa Quintet, 1pm; Gypsy Moon, 2pm; Honky Funk, 3:30pm, Park Blocks, 8th & Oak. www.eugenesaturdaymarket.orgFREE.

"Internet II" mini-clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. FREE.

World T'ai Chi and Qigong Day, 10am-1pm, LCC main campus. www.worldtaichiday.orgor 515-0462. FREE.

CPA's Downtown Together series: The Project Fair, featuring Conjugal Visitors, Bad Mitten Orchestra, more, noon-5pm, The Tango Center, 194 W. Broadway. www.lanecpa.org/cpaFREE.

"An Honoring of the Water," w/Siletz Spiritual Elder Agnes Baker Pilgrim, 3:30pm, EWEB Riverfront Plaza. 434-1245. FREE.

International Night performance variety show, 5:30pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. $10, $7 stu.

Cirque De Luxe: A Local Fashion Event, feat. product fair, fashion show, cash bar, more, 6pm, Wheeler Pavilion, Lane County Fairgrounds. $8 adv., $10 door.

Emerald City Roller Girls presents a "Concrete Jungle" roller derby, 6pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. www.emeraldcityrollergirls.com$12, FREE under age 6.

Conscious Connections meeting to "connect deeply with others," 7pm, Tamarack Wellness Center. 579-3084. $10-$15.

Multi-Cultural Storytelling Festival & Concert, feat. Lyn Ford, Esther Acosta & Dayton Edmonds, 7:30pm, Very Little Theatre. 344-8176. $10, $25 family of four.

KIDS/FAMILIES "Love of Art" storytime: THE NAPPING HOUSE, w/craft project, 10am, Barnes & Noble. FREE.

Nearby Nature Quest: "I Spy Spring!" 10am-noon, Park Host Residence, Alton Baker Park. RSVP, 687-9699. $2, $5 family.

Glitterary Word Festival, feat. dance/storytelling performance and a mixed-ages writing workshop w/Oregon Poet Laureate Lawson Inada, 11am-5:30pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

A Mad Hatter's Tea Party & Lunch, w/scenes from Alice in Wonderland and Beauty and the Beast, 11am-1:30pm, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive. 345-8764. $6, $4 under age 12.

April Pools Day, free swimming & learn about water safety, 11am-2pm, Echo Hollow Pool. 682-5525. FREE.

Be Excited About Reading! Faire, feat. activity tables, door prizes, music & storytellers, 1pm-3pm, Springfield City Hall lobby. FREE.

LITERARY ARTS Sexual Assault Support Services hosts a "Poetry of Survival Read," 8pm, Tsunami Books. FREE.

MUSIC Yeltsin, 4pm, CD World. FREE.

Oregon Bach Festival season preview, feat. Mood Area 52 and Rebecca Oswald, 7:30pm, Wildish Theater, Spfd. FREE.

Eugene Concert Choir presents "Voices of Eastern Europe," feat. Croatian Mass & more, 8pm, Hult Center. $14-$34.

T.J. Ino w/Jennel Fisher, 8pm, NCC Chapel, 11th & Kincaid. FREE.

Total Hip, Butterscotch Blondes, Levi Wills, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5.

Cherry Poppin' Daddies, 8pm, WOW Hall. $16.50 adv., $20 door.

Yeltsin CD release shows, 6:15pm w/The Daveys ($3) & 9:30pm w/Tractor Operator ($5), Sam Bond's. 21+.

OUTDOORS/RECREATION"Learn to Identify Animal Signs" trail walk, 11am, Dorris Ranch, S. 2nd & Dorris St., Spfd. 736-4544. $3.

Obsidians trip: Silver Falls, hike, 7 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up.

GEARs rides: Doane & Briggs Hills, 45 miles; Pine Grove, 25 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org

RECYCLING NextStep's Cell Phone Collection event, 10am-2pm, Jerry's Home Improvement Center, 2525 Olympic St., Spfd. FREE.

SOCIAL DANCE Contra dance, w/music by Rad Francine, 7:30pm, Cesar Chavez School gym, 1510 W. 14th. $7, $6 stu.

Scare Dance Square Dance, feat. The Barnstormers, Molasses, 8pm, Vet's Club ballroom, 1826 Willamette. $10, $8 stu.

SPIRITUAL "Intelligent Prayer" clinic led by Edgar Peara, 1pm-4pm, Unity of the Valley, 39th & Hilyard. Don.

THEATER The Improvolution, w/Jose Chavez, Angie Riley & Brian Schmidt, 5pm, Tsunami Books. Don.

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do continues. See Friday.

Chicago continues. See Friday.

VOLUNTEER Clean up Beaver Creek under the Glenwood bridges, 8am-11am, Island Park. 736-4104. Tools, gloves & supplies are provided.

Spruce up the jogging trail, 9am-noon, Eastgate Woodlands & West D St. greenway. 736-4104. Tools, gloves & supplies are provided.

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 27

Sunrise 6:10am; Sunset 8:11pm, Av High 63; Av Low 40, SnarkCast: QUAKING

DANCE "The Snow Maiden: A Russian Fairytale" continues. See Saturday.

FILM DisOrient Asian American Film Festival: 72 Hours Shootout competition shorts, 11:30am-12:45pm (FREE); "Arranged Family Secrets" program of GLBTQ directors, 1pm-3pm; feature films, 3pm-7:30pm, Bijou Cinemas. www.disorientfilm.org$7-$8.

Ping Pong Playa, 7:45pm, Bijou Cinemas. www.disorientfilm.org$10-$13.

The Met Opera's La Fille du Régiment continues. See Saturday.

GATHERINGS Home-buying clinic & home tour, 1pm, meet at parking lot of McKenzie Medical Center, 960 N. 16th St., Spfd. 914-9696. FREE.

DisOrient Film Festival after-party, 10pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE w/Ping Pong Playa ticket stub.

KIDS/FAMILIES Lynette Ford tells her "Home-Fried Tales," 2pm, Downtown Library. 682-8316. FREE.

MUSIC "Music Sunday" w/UUCE adult choirs, 9am & 11am, Unitarian Universalist church, 477 E. 40th. FREE.

Piano duos & solos, feat. Marti Csonka, Sandy Hull, Hannah Cone, Abigail Edwards & Daniel Bodily, 4pm, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive. FREE.

Shannon Curtis, John Shipe, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5.

Dave Brubeck & Ramsey Lewis, 7:30pm, Hult Center. $35+.

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, 8pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. $10, FREE UO stu. (pick up at EMU ticket office).

Dezarie, 9pm, WOW Hall. $20.

The Swell Season, Ronan & Liam, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. SOLD OUT.

Jon Itkin, 8:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $3-$5.

OUTDOORS/RECREATIONLeadership Dash 5k run, 9am, Alton Baker Park. www.eclecticedgeracing.comWildflower walk, 3pm, Mount Pisgah Arboretum. RSVP, 747-1504. FREE.

Obsidians trips: Brownsville-Peoria, bike, 35 miles; Raptor Center, family hike, 3 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up.

GEARs rides: Hamm Road, 53 miles; Meadowview, 25 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org

SPIRITUAL Intro to mantra meditation w/Barkhas Suman, 2pm, River Road Park & Rec. Office. 688-4052. Don.

THEATER BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO continues. See Friday.

VOLUNTEER Restore local creeks w/mulching projects, 9am-1:30pm, meet at Long Tom Watershed Council office to carpool to site. RSVP, jgarmon@longtom.org or 683-6949. Tools, training, coffee & snacks provided.

 

MONDAY, APRIL 28

Sunrise 6:09am; Sunset 8:12pm, Av High 63; Av Low 40, SnarkCast: LAPSIT

ARTS/VISUAL Robert Burridge presents a painting demo, 7pm, Emerald Art Center, Spfd. $15.

KIDS/FAMILIES Día de Los Niños event, feat. music, crafts & refreshments, 5pm-7pm, Springfield Library. FREE.

MUSIC The Detrick/Swigart Jazz Orchestra, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

Oregon Composers Forum, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE.

Lyrics Born, 8pm, WOW Hall. $17.

ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the social & legal issues confronting transgendered people, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 29

Sunrise 6:07am; Sunset 8:13pm, Av High 63; Av Low 40, SnarkCast: SHIMMY

ARTS/VISUAL Opening of Emerald Spring Exhibition 2008, 11am, Emerald Art Center, Spfd. FREE.

An opening for the Juried Student Art Show, 3pm, LCC Art Gallery. FREE.

FILM The Four Children: A Jewish Film Festival: THE TRIBE and WHEN DO WE EAT, 7pm, 100 Willamette, UO. $12 series, $5/evening; $5 series, $2/evening for students.

First Films film series: Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino, 7pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE.

FOOD/DRINK Benefit wine tasting for Eugene Youth Ballet, 5pm-8:30pm, WineStyles. $10.

GATHERINGS ESSN/Jobs with Justice hosts a social event & forum, 5pm, World Café, 4th & Blair Blvd. 736-9041. FREE.

Nadia Telsey presents on self-defense for women, 6pm, EWEB. FREE.

CPA's Downtown Together series: "Putting It All Together" wrap-up meeting and downtown actualization party, featuring Wild Hog in the Woods, 7pm, WOW Hall. www.lanecpa.org/cpaFREE.

LECTURES Mental Health: "Why the Story of Opal Whitely is Relevant to Lane County Today," Steve Williamson, 2pm, Downtown Library. 607-7020. FREE.

CISCAP/LASC: "Women Waging Peace in Colombia," Maria Ruth Sanabria, w/free childcare & Spanish interpretation provided, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE.

MUSIC Poetry in Song, 7:30pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE.

Kimya Dawson, Angelo Spencer, L'Orchidee D'Hawai, 8pm, Indigo District. $12 adv., $14 door.

ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the economy and recession, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

"Alternative Radio" presents an interview with Arundhati Roy, "Brave New India: Uprisings," 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.

THEATER MAMMA MIA!, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and May 1; 8pm Friday; 2pm & 8pm May 3; 1:30pm & 7pm May 4, Hult Center. $35+.

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30

Sunrise 6:06am; Sunset 8:15pm, Av High 63; Av Low 41, SnarkCast: TRUANT

COMEDY Adelina Anthony performs "La Angry Xicana?!" 6pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. FREE.

FILM The Four Children: A Jewish Film Festival: HEBREW HAMMER, 7pm, 100 Willamette, UO. $12 series, $5/evening; $5 series, $2/evening for students.

Heckler's Movie Night: The Last Starfighter, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE.

GATHERINGS Presentation on Medicare coverage by Michael Reddy, licensed insurance agent, 10am, Willamalane Center, Spfd. RSVP, 736-4444. FREE.

Town Hall meeting w/State Rep. Chris Edwards, 2:30pm, Alpine Springs Assisted Living, 3760 N. Clarey. FREE.

Eugene Weekly & Lane Bus Project present a Brewhaha political slam: "Get On the Budget: Fun & Games w/County Finances," feat. Pete Sorenson, Bobby Green, more, 7pm, Davis' Restaurant. Optional: Dress as favorite budget item. FREE.

SOUNDplay Music Improvisation clinic w/Liz Byrd & Annie O'Shea, 7:30pm, Friends Meeting House, 22nd & Onyx. 343-5694. $10.

LECTURES "The Self Between Languages and Places as Part of Diasporic Sephardic Identities: A Transnational Poetics of Jewish Languages," Monique Balbuena, noon, 330 Hendricks, UO. FREE.

Philosophy in Art: "Damned Opera," Scott Pratt, 6pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE.

MUSIC Carl Woideck, saxophone, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr.

Raquy and the Cavemen, 8:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $6-$10.

Isabella, Coastline, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5.

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Joggers, 9pm, WOW Hall. $15 adv., $17 door.

ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the puzzle of feeding the hungry in an overweight world, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

OUTDOORS/RECREATIONObsidians trips: Alton Baker bike trail, 6 miles; McDowell Creek Park, hike, 4.3 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up.

GEARs rides: Dillard Access Road, 20 miles, 6pm, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org

SPIRITUAL Eckhart Tolle/Oprah "A New Earth" mtg. for online class, 6pm Wednesdays, SGC, 390 Vernal St. 485-0035. FREE.

THEATER MAMMA MIA! continues. See Tuesday.

 

THURSDAY, MAY 1

Sunrise 6:04am; Sunset 8:16pm, Av High 64; Av Low 41, SnarkCast: SHIV! YO!

ARTS/VISUAL An opening for the Pacific Northwest Art Annual, 6pm, Adell McMillan Gallery, EMU, UO. FREE.

FILM The Four Children: A Jewish Film Festival: MECHINA: A PREPARATION, 7pm, 100 Willamette, UO. $12 series, $5/evening; $5 series, $2/evening for students.

GATHERINGS "Between Nature and Culture: Edging Beyond the Continental-Analytic Divide" philosophy conference, w/Andrew Cutrofello, Paul M. Livingston, Dominik Hoens & more lecturers, 9am-7pm, Walnut Rm., EMU, UO. www.uoregon.edu/~gerscan/news/events.htm

May Day Party, feat. speakers, music & solidarity, 7pm, World Café. FREE.

LECTURE Art History: "Cuban Poster Art and the Spirit of Revolution," Lincoln Cushing, 4pm, 115 Lawrence, UO. FREE.

LITERARY ARTS N. Scott Momaday reads his work, 6pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. FREE.

William Sullivan presents "Make Nonfiction Writing Exciting," 6:30pm, UO Baker Bldg., 975 High St. www.willamettewriters.com$10, $5 stu.

MUSIC The Wailers, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $21 adv., $23 door.

Niayh, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza. $3.

Patty Larkin w/Peter Mulvey, 8pm, WOW Hall. $20 adv., $23 door.

ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the documentary ON PAPER WINGS w/filmmaker Ilana Sol, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

"New Dimensions" presents "The Transformative Power of Beauty" w/J. Ruth Gendler, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.

OUTDOORS/RECREATIONObsidians trip: Spencer Butte, hike, 6.4 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up.

THEATER WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION, 7:30pm today, tomorrow & May 3, 8-10, Springfield High School. 517-9028. $5.

Mamma Mia! continues. See Tuesday.

 

CORVALLIS EVENTS

Note - Continuation dates for out-of-town events are listed under the first day of the event.

THURSDAY, APRIL 24 GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, film screening, 2:30pm, Russell Tripp Performance Center, LBCC, Albany. FREE.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 Local musicians perform The Beatles' REVOLVER and Pink Floyd's WISH YOU WERE HERE, benefit for Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence, 7pm today & May 3, Milam Auditorium, OSU. $5.

The Diary of Anne Frank, 8pm today, tomorrow and May 2-3 & 8-10; 2:30pm April 27 and May 4, Albany Civic Theater. $7-$10.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26 Farmers' Market, 9am-1pm, City Hall parking lot, Albany. FREE.

Jubilate! Women's Choir of Corvallis, 7:30pm, Corvallis First United Methodist Church, 1165 NW Monroe. $8-$15 sug. don.

SUNDAY, APRIL 27 Corvallis Youth Symphony presents Orchestravaganza!, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $12.

THURSDAY, MAY 1 Emerald City Jazz Kings present "Blowin' Up a Storm! w/Woody Herman at the Café Rouge," 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $20.

 

ON THE ROAD

THURSDAY, APRIL 24 DORIAN: THE REMARKABLE MISTER GRAY, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and April 26 and May 1-3, 8-10; 2pm April 27 and May 4, Pentacle Theater, Salem. 503-485-4300.

FRIDAY, APRIL 25 Oregon Potters Ceramic Showcase, 10am-9pm today, tomorrow; 10am-5pm April 27, Oregon Convention Center, PDX. www.ceramicsshowcase.comOld Growth, Pink Snowflakes, 9:30pm, Berbati's Pan, PDX. $3.

The Jerry Zybach Band, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE.

Y Marina Boat Show, 10am-8pm today & tomorrow; 10am-6pm April 27, Three Rivers Casino, Florence. FREE.

Deadwood Revival, 7pm, Drain Civic Center, 205 West A St. $5.

Heathen Valley, 7:30pm today & tomorrow and May 2-3; 2:30pm April 27 & May 4, Betty Long Unruh Theatre, Roseburg. 673-2125.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26 Puppetry of the Penis, 7pm today & tomorrow, Aladdin Theater, PDX. 18+. $38+.

Mike Doughty's Band, The Panderers, 9pm, Wonder Ballroom, PDX. $20.

Loch Lomond, 7pm (w/Y La Bamba) and 10pm (w/Holcombe Waller), Mississippi Studios, PDX. $12.

Tu Fawning, Dragging an Ox Through Water, The Paperbacks, 9pm, Rotture, PDX. 21+. $7.

"Give Peace a Dance" benefit concert for Oregon PeaceWorks, feat. Ty Curtis Band, Dr. Atomic's Medicine Show, more, 5pm, Grand Ballroom, Salem. $18.

Wulapalooza, free music, art & Earth festival, feat. Blitzen Trapper, Mobius Band, The Blow, Panther, and more, 5pm-11pm, Willamette University, Salem. FREE.

Beer tasting, 1pm-4pm, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE.

Deadwood Revival, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE.

SUNDAY, APRIL 27 "Dancing with Toulouse-Lautrec," lecture by Mary Weaver Chapin, 2pm, Portland Art Museum. 503-226-0973. $10.

MONDAY, APRIL 28 Goldfinger, Beat Union, Guff, Kristen Key, 8pm, Hawthorne Theater, PDX. $20.

Cut Copy, Black Kids, Mobius Band, 9pm, Doug Fir Lounge, PDX. 21+. $15.

TUESDAY, APRIL 29 "What Good Are Bugs?" lecture by Scott Black, 7pm, Oregon Zoo, PDX. www.oregonzoo.com$10.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 White Bird Dance presents Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PDX. 503-790-2787. $20-$50.

THURSDAY, MAY 1 "What Scientists Know and How They Know It," lecture by Steven Goldman, 7pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PDX. www.isepp.orgBodyVox presents "Horizontal Leanings," 7:30pm today, tomorrow and May 3; 2pm & 7:30pm May 2, Newmark Theatre, PDX. www.bodyvox.comor 503-790-2787. $12-$40.

 

ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES

The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise is now accepting applications from citizens or permanent residents of the United States who were born abroad and no older than 38 years old as of Jan. 1, 2009. Prizes in biomedical research and filmmaking will be awarded. www.vilcek.orgDeadline isJuly 11.

Applicants are sought to fill vacant positions on the Lane County Advancements of Human Rights Commission. Applications available at www.lanecounty.orgor 682-4203. Deadline is May 2.

Join the National Marrow Donor Program registry from noon-4pm Tuesday, April 29, at the UO's EMU Fir Room. 360-921-5182.

Applications for writers' residencies in the forests near Corvallis are now being accepted. http://springcreek.oregonstate.eduDeadline is May 15.

Candidates with a project that could make a lasting change in their community can enter to win $25,000 in grant money by entering the Mark of Distinction awards at www.markhammarkofdistinction.comUO's Outdoor Program will lead a crew to Smith Rock for cleanup activities, free dinner and camping/climbing May 2-4. $10 for van transport. 346-4365. Register by April 25.