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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 Ben at cal@eugeneweekly.com
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 2 ARTS/VISUAL Registration of Winter Term workshops, 10am, EMU Craft Center, UO. Works by Don Voss, reception 6pm, Adell McMillan Gallery, UO. FREE. CLINIC Travel Tips Clinic, 7pm-8pm, Judith Engle shares tips, REI, 306 Lawrence St. FREE. DEMONSTRATION Intro to course and demo of hypnosis and life coaching, 3pm and 7pm, Art of Life Coaching, 1257 High Street. FREE. GATHERINGS Lane Pregnancy Support's 10th Annual Home for the Holidays Market, today, tomorrow and Dec. 4, 1580 River Road. Bacardi Red Hot Road Trip, compete for the title of "Best Party Town," meet Bacardi Girls, today at Taylor's, tomorrow at The Jungle, Dec. 4 at Club Tsunami. KIDS Santa photo hours, 11am-8pm M-SA, noon-7pm SU, Valley River Center. LECTURE Rebecca Solnit discusses "Hope in the Dark" 7:30pm-10pm, book signing follows, Gerlinger Hall, UO. FREE
LITERATURE Carola Dunn reads, 7pm, Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Authors Ted and Bill Merrill speak and sign their book River Runts, 7pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. "Uniting East and West: The Life and Work of Gertrude Bass Warner" exhibition through Jan. 16, 2005, showcases material from the founding curator of the UO's art museum. Hours coincide with Knight Library hours. http://libweb.uoregon.edu/acs_svc/hrs-acad.html. MUSIC Don Carlos, 9pm, The Jungle. $15. Holiday Choral Concert, 8pm, UO Choral Ensembles, Beall Hall. $5, $3. Student Awards and Eugene Concert Choir, 12:15pm, Hult Lobby. FREE. Traditional music of Java with UO Javanese Gamelan class, Gamelan Sari Pandhawa, 7pm-9pm, DIVA. FREE. Toby Koenigsberg Trio with Tim Wilcox, 8pm, Luna. $5. We're From Japan, 7pm, Graham Barey, Sapient, Ethic, hip-hop poets, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza. $6. Matt Vrba plays, 5pm-8pm, Dani's Coffee and Espresso, 45 Division Ave. Smokey Joe's Café, 8pm today and tomorrow, music from the '50s and '60s, Silva Concert Hall. $25-$45. ON THE AIR Linda and Charlie Bloom, Making Love Last a Lifetime, 6:30pm-7:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. On the Exchange – Spiritual Life in the Northwest, 8am-10am and 8pm-10pm, KRVM 1280 AM. THEATRE Tempest, Thursdays through Sundays through Dec. 11, 8pm, 2pm matinee SU, Lord Leebrick Theatre. $16, $14 stu., sr. Always…Patsy Cline Thursdays to Sundays through Dec. 12, Soreng Theatre. $12-$35, Hult Box Office. 682-5000.
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 3
ARTS/VISUAL First Friday ArtWalk, begins with stops number 1 and 2, 5:30pm at the Artist's Galleria at the 5th Street Market, featuring Pieces of Eight with works by Maggie Lancaster, Vicki Neville, Terence Heldreth, Robert Rikeman, Kathy Downey, Caroline Margery Dunn, and 5th Street Market Artists Co-op with works by Mark Andrew, Sydney Roark, Erskine Wood, Robin Mix, Shalini Pagliaro, Joanne Dubrow; stop number 3 at DIVA, works by Pam Enberg, Barbara Weinstein, Seja Stevenson, LiDoña Wagner, more; stop number 4 at the Eugene Public Library to view 100 banners made by local artists. FREE. The American Spirit Quilt Collection, today, tomorrow and Dec. 4, SA-Th 11am-4pm, F 11am-7pm, Emerald Art Center, Spfld. 3rd Annual Rustic Furniture Studio Sale, 11am-7pm today, 11am-5pm tomorrow and Dec. 5, 1568 Fairmount Blvd. 24th Annual Holiday Faye Nakamura Studio Sale, 5pm-9pm today, 10am-5pm tomorrow, 2695 University Street. FREE. Works by Lindsay Kennedy, Katie and Sean Aaberg, Morgan Thomas, opening party 6:46pm, Museum of Unfine Art, 537 Willamette. 683-7357. FREE. Downtown Holiday Party, 5:30pm-8:30pm, many stores will be open late, live music, scavenger hunt, prizes, decorated stores, much more, free bus rides after 5:30pm from LTD, Downtown Eugene. FREE. Holiday Open House, 5pm-9pm, works by Dawn States, Letterhead Fine Paper & Gifts, 25 E. 8th Avenue. FREE. Faith Rahill's Annual December Studio/Pottery Sale, 5pm-8pm today, 10am-5pm tomorrow and 11am-3pm Dec. 5, 775 W. 26th Ave. 344-2100. Holiday Studio Sale, works by Katie Swenson, Tamaris Landsman, Chris Domagala, Nancy Blum, Meg Jones, Jamie Swenson, Tim Jarris, 6pm-9pm today, 11am-6pm tomorrow and Dec. 5. 1625 Lorane Hwy. 687-8443. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Relief Nursery. FREE. DANCE Eight @ Eight dance performance, 8pm, new and reconstructed dance works by UO dance graduate students, Dougherty Dance Theater, Gerlinger Annex. $5, $3 stu., sr. Ballroom dance, 7:30pm-11:30pm, no partner needed, lessons the first hour, Room 220, Gerlinger Hall, UO. $5, $4 stu., faculty. FILM Three Seasons (Vietnam), 6:30pm-9pm, International Lounge, UO. FREE. The Fellowship of the Ring, 6pm-10pm, sponsored by the University Student Fibers Guild, with handout sheets describing various costumes. Room 177, Lawrence Hall, UO. Seating limited. GATHERINGS Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, Exhibit Hall, Lane County Fairgrounds. 10:30am Joe Ross kids songs; 11:30am Celtic harp with Janet Naylor; 12:30pm North of the Black Sea music of eastern Europe; 1:45pm Tom's Kitchen Celtic dance tunes; 3:15pm samurai groove with Yo Hi Brothers; 4:45pm blues from Eagle Park Slim Band. FREE. 2nd Annual Calendar Girl Party for Charity, 9pm, calendar girls will autograph Reel Fish calendars, all proceeds donated to the Free Souls Toy Run, Yukon Jacks. Altair TGIF, 6;30pm, Rogue Ale, 844 Olive St. Stay healthy through the holidays with raw and living foods, 6pm, 4th Floor, 5th Street Market, bring raw fruit, vegetables or mixed dish to share. 686-LOVE (5683). FREE. HEALTH Life Line Screening to avoid strokes, beginning at 9am, fast and painless, takes ten minutes, pre-registration required, (800) 697-9721. Missionary Alliance Church, 490 Howard Ave. KIDS Santa photo hours, 11am-8pm M-SA, noon-7pm SU, Valley River Center. Pajamarama, 7pm, stories, snacks and watch Shelley Duvall Presents: The Christmas Witch, Barnes & Noble Booksellers. FREE. LECTURE Dianne Dugaw speaks on "Gender, the Arts, and Baroque Culture in Early Modern Britain," noon, 159 PLC. FREE. LITERARY Charlotte and Harriet Childress read from their book Clueless at the Top – While the Rest of Us Turn Elsewhere for Life, Liberty and Happiness, 7pm, Mother Kali's. Author Maura Conlon-McIvor reads FBI Girl: How I Learned to Crack My Father's Secret Code, 7:30pm, Downtown Library. FREE. MUSIC Oregon Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Bands, 8pm, Beall Hall. $5, $3. Winters Night, A Celebration of Seasonal Celtic Music, 7:30pm today, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, $10, $5 children; 7pm tomorrow, Tsunami Books, free with a suggested donation. Break the Chains World AIDS Day Benefit concert, 7pm, to raise money for AIDS orphans in Africa. Speakers from Break the Chains and HIV Alliance, music from Los Mex Pistoles Del Norte, Happy Bastards, the Shudders and the Phormula, Sam Bond's Garage. $5 minimum donation. Brenda Weiler, Edie Carey, 8pm, Café Paradiso. $8. Vagabond Opera, Terpsichore's Daughters, 8pm, Eastern European music and belly dancing, Cozmic Pizza. Holiday Open House, 5:30pm-8:30pm, live holiday music from OFAM and AMI staff and faculty, tickets and gift certificates for sale, The Shedd. FREE. JC Rico and Zulu Dragon, 9:30pm, Luna. $6. Foghorn String Band, Accordions Anonymous, 7pm, fundraiser for the 35th Annual Willamette Valley Folk Festival, Fir Room, EMU, UO. $5, $3 stu., kids under 12. Live performance and signing with White Hot Odyssey, 5pm, CD World, W. 11th and Seneca. Rock 'n' Roll Soldiers, White Hot Odyssey, 8pm, WOW Hall. $5. Hip-Hop show with Brad B, Picster One, Morse Code, Saints of Everyday Failure, Debaser and The Phormula, 9pm, all ages, the Campbell Club, 1670 Alder Street. $3. ON THE AIR On the Jefferson Exchange – T.R. Reid, author of The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremity, 8:00am and 8:00pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOOR/RECREATION Altair in-town walk, start at L&L Market. 726-8154. Qigong with Suman Sensai, Core Star. 345-4132. SPIRITUAL Dharma talk presented by H.E. Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, 7pm, EWEB Training Room. FREE. THEATER The Wizard of Oz, through Dec. 18, 8pm, Actors Cabaret. $16, $10 stu., sr. Marley & Scrooge, 8pm F, SA, 2:30 SU, through Dec. 19, world premiere musical, Cottage Theatre. $13 adv., $14 d.o.s. www.cottagetheatre.org.Cottage Grove. Tempest continues, 8pm. See Thursday, Dec. 2. Always…Patsy Cline, continues, 8pm. See Thursday Dec. 2.
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 4 ARTS/VISUAL Studio Sale, 11am-7pm, today, tomorrow and Dec. 11, art and craft works by Judith Hankin, Jean Hanna and Annie Hubbird. 683-5683. FREE. Art For All Seasons Membership Show, through Dec. 23, open 12pm-8pm today, reception 6pm-8pm, works by over 50 members of the Center, Maude Kerns Art Center. $3 donation. Works by Robert Canaga, Susan St. Cyr, Sue Schaffer, others, 1pm-5pm today, tomorrow, Dec. 11 and 12, Upstairs Studio, 787 Audel Ave. 461-3895. Show and sale of Chinese Brush Paintings, today and tomorrow, reception 2pm-5pm today, Tsunami Books. Final show of ceramic work by Fern and Ralph Ritchie, 9am-5pm, through Dec. 12, final exhibit after working as a creative team for 56 years. 1427 Anderson Lane. 741-0794. FREE. CLASS Cut Flower Design and annual greens sale, 9am-4pm, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High Street. FREE. DEMONSTRATION Nichol Rauch demonstrates holiday card-making techniques, 2pm-4pm, using specialty art papers, basement, UO Bookstore. FREE. Intro to hypnosis and life caohing continues. See Thursday, Dec. 2. Create seasonal wreaths using native plants, 10am-11:30am, Amazon Community Center, pre-registration required. $20, $15 Mt. Pisgah members. FILM The Two Towers, 4pm, sponsored by the University Student Fibers Guild, with handout sheets describing various costumes. Room 177, Lawrence Hall, UO. Seating limited. GATHERINGS Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, Exhibit Hall, Lane County Fairgrounds. 10:30am Edison School choir; 11:30am baroque music from Sarabande; 12:30pm Cal Young Big Band; 1:45pm ukulele sounds from the UkuLaneys; 3:15pm eclectic originals from Brian Cutean; 4:45pm power folk with Adam & Kris. FREE. Holiday Farmers' Market features fruit, vegetables, plants, meat, eggs, dairy, music and more, 10am to 6pm today and tomorrow, Auditorium, Lane Events Center. FREE. Oregon Homecrafters, 10am-6pm today, 10am-5pm tomorrow, Performance Hall, Lane Events Center. FREE. 7th Annual Soap and Honey Sale to benefit Stray Cat Alliance, FCCO, Pro-Bone-O, Florence HS and Greenhill HS, today and tomorrow, 11am-5pm, 1092 W. 10th Ave. Eugene Public Library Foundation's 5th Annual Author and Artist's Fair, 7pm-10pm, books, art, wine and chocolate, Downtown Library. FREE. 12th Annual Native American Student Association Powwow, 1pm, main gym, LCC. 463-3235. FREE. Benefit for Stray Cat Alliance today and tomorrow, wreaths, crafts, trimmings with a percentage of proceeds to Stray Cat Alliance, Mountain Mist Ranch, 28940 Crow Road, corner of Greenhill and W. 11th. 461-7325. Piccadilly Flea Market, 10am-4pm, Expo Hall, Lane Events Center. $1.50. Fun Boyz Charity Auction, 11:30pm, auction off ten well-dressed bachelors, to benefit YouthArts. Indigo District. www.funboyzauction.cook-audio.net.FREE. Fiesta Navideña Holiday Party, 9pm, New World Café. Oasis Indoor BMX, 6:30pm today, 1pm tomorrow, Livestock Building, Lane Events Center. Free for spectators. 24th Annual Winter Light Faire, 11am-4pm, Eugene Waldorf School. FREE. Ivy pulling workparty needed, 9am-noon, to help clear ivy from Eastgate Woodlands, east end of Alton Baker Park, Spfld. 736-4055. Potluck presented by the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Living, 4pm, at the strawbale hut, Maitreya Village, NW corner of W. Broadway and Almaden. FREE. Cascadia Wildlands Project©šs Annual Holiday Auction, 6pm-10pm, ski passes, rafting trips and more auctioned, all proceeds go directly to ancient forest protection work, free food and drinks. Agate Hall, UO. $25 couple, $15 person, under 12 free. 434-1463 for tickets. KIDS Santa photo hours, through Dec. 24, M-SA 11am-8pm; SU noon-7pm, Valley River Center. The Art of Shibori, making small tapestries, 2:30pm-4pm, Sheldon Branch of Eugene Public Library. FREE. "Hubble's Universe" explores the views of our universe, 2pm; Dino-Mite Artist Workshop, grades 1-5, 2pm-4pm, $10, $15 non-members; Chemistry Calls, noon-1pm, free with admission; The Science Factory. $4, $3 sr. Dog Tale Times, learning to read with a supportive listener, 2pm-3pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Holiday Nature Crafts, 10am-11am, make gifts using nature as inspiration, meet at the West Eugene Wetlands Yurt, registration 683-6494. FREE. Storytime, 11am, read The Polar Express, Children's Department, Border's Books. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Powell's opens temporary bookstore, 11am-6pm today, tomorrow, Dec. 6 and Dec. 7. The store will be buying used books from the public of all types, except mass market paperbacks. Customers can take cash or credit for their books. Ramada Inn, Coburg Road. www.powells.com Bob Welch signs his latest book, 1pm-4pm, Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Gardening author book signing, folklorist Twilo Scofield CD signing, 10am Gray's Gardens, Eugene, 2pm Gray's Gardens Spfld. MUSIC The Repertoire Singers perform two Renaissance Christmas-related songs, among other numbers, 2:30pm, Beall Concert Hall, UO. FREE. 3rd Annual Benefit Concert for Famine Relief in Southern Africa, 7pm, with Phantazmagoria Lights, Kutsinhira Marimba Youth Ensemble, Vakasara Mbira, Njuzu Mbira and Kudana Marimba, all proceeds donated to Mercy Corps, Cozmic Pizza. $10. Katherine Claire and friends perform acoustic winter music, 7pm, Tsunami Bookstore. FREE (donations accepted). See Friday, Dec. 4. The Motet Singers, 5pm, all-female a cappella vocal ensemble, presents a Candlelight Christmas Concert, Trinity United Methodist Church. $7, sr, youth free. Emerald Valley Opry, five different artists including Buster B Jones, 6pm, Powers Auditorium, Willamette High School. $2 with donation of non-perishable food. CD Release Concert by classical guitarist Peter Thomas and flutist Alan McCullough, 7:30pm, Newman Center, 1850 Emerald Street. $7. Marcus Eaton and the Lobby, Justin King, 8pm, $8 adv., $10 d.o.s., Café Paradiso. Membership Party with Tim Mueller, Nel Applegate, Brian Cutean, Ed Cole, the College Girls of Tora Bora, WOW Hall. ON THE AIR Good Day Lifestyles, 9am-11am, Fox TV. Garden stories, home improvement, more. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Yoga for Health, 5:30pm, Kiirtan, 6:30pm, with Suman Sensai, Core Star. 345-4132. Birdwalk, Madison Meadow and nearby, led by David Irons, 8:30am, at 22nd and Madison Street. 683-3430. FREE. SPIRITUAL Integrated Amrita Meditation Course, today and tomorrow, Four Winds, 3575 Donald Street. Pre-register at 896-0427. $20. TRIM's Interfaith Books and Beliefs, 10:30am, Tsunami Books. 744-8149. Dharma talk, 6pm, presented by H.E. Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, EWEB Training Room. FREE. THEATER Tempest continues, 8pm. See Thursday, Dec. 2. Always…Patsy Cline, continues, 8pm. See Thursday, Dec. 2. Wizard of Oz continues. See Friday, Nov. 26.
SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 5
ART/VISUAL Mike Pease One Day Sale, 10am-5pm, drawings, paintings, notecards. 768 W. 10th Ave. 345-8819. Hannah Goldrich Annual Holiday Show, through Dec. 31, opening 2pm-4pm. Melange, 5th Street Market. DANCE Holy Goats! Sunday Afternoon Improvisations, 2pm, improv dance performance, Performance Works Northwest. www.performanceworksnw.com.$7. FILM/VIDEO Joseph Campbell: Sacrifice and Bliss, 11am, includes group discussion and potluck brunch, The Center for Sacred Sciences, 1571 Buck Street. FREE. Night of the Hunter, 6pm, DIVA. FREE. The Return of the King, 6pm-10pm, sponsored by the University Student Fibers Guild, with handout sheets describing various costumes. Room 177, Lawrence Hall, UO. Seating limited. 16,000 Feet on a Friday video of local author Lynette Chiang's Peru expedition, 11am, Bike Friday, RSVP 687-0487. FREE. GAMES Mah Jong games, 5pm-7pm through June 3, 2005. Ancient Chinese tile game, similar to poker, Skylight Area, EMU, UO. FREE, donations to charity accepted. GATHERINGS Holiday Market, 10am-6pm, Exhibit Hall, Lane County Fairgrounds. 10:30am music in action with Rich Glauber; 11:30am folk with Windsong & Kat DelRio; 12:30pm St. Mary's Celtic Children's Choir; 1:45pm Eugene Recorder Ensemble play holiday favorites; 3:15pm Accordians Anonymous; 4:45pm hippie funk with The Raventones. FREE. Porches and Parlors Christmas tour of historic homes, 2pm-6pm. Tour three homes in the Washburn District and the museum where artists will have work for sale, proceeds of the tour to benefit the Center for Community Counseling. Meet at the Center, 1465 Coburg Road, Spfld. $10. ESSN Holiday Party, 3pm-6pm, worker's rights meeting with refreshments, AFSCME Union Hall, 688 Charnelton. Family Values LGBTQ/Queer Youth and Family group potluck, 1pm-3pm, open to all, community building at Woodleaf Village, 742 Woodleaf Lane, call 485-9953 for directions. KIDS Santa photo hours, 11am-8pm M-SA, noon-7pm SU, Valley River Center. LITERATURE Carola Dunn, Shirley Tallman sign copies of their books, 3pm-5pm, B Dalton Bookseller, Gateway Mall.
MUSIC University Percussion Ensemble, 2pm, Beall Hall. $5, $3. University Gospel Ensembles, 5pm, Beall Hall. $5, $3. An Old Fashioned Christmas, 2:30pm, with the Eugene Concert Choir, Silva Concert Hall. $15-$28. Holiday USO Show, 2pm-4pm, with the Blue Skies Big Band and Jewel Tones, music and spirit of entertainment tours from WWII, Eugene Hilton. $6. Dedicatory recital for the new Brombaugh organ, 5pm, Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, reception following. FREE. Sospiro, 7pm, 14th Century Gothic music of angst and betrayal, Café Paradiso. FREE. Queercore Blitz tour, all ages show with Triple Crème, Dominatrix, Jack Queen, The Dead Betties, 8pm. WOW Hall. $7. ON THE AIR Concert for George, 8pm, concert for George Harrison featuring who's who in British rock music, PBS. The School Superintendency, noon-1pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. Deepak Chopra, 6:30pm, OPB. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEAR ride, Tomahawk Café in Marcola, 40 miles, 10am Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.orgEasy social bike ride, 9:30am, meet at Bike Friday. 687-0487. Wilderness Survival Course: Emergency Shelters, 10:30am-2pm, for adults and families with kids age 10 and over, make shelters with materials found at Mt. Pisgah. Pre-registration required, 747-1504. $15, $20 family. Cascadia hike to the Straw Devil timber sale above McCredie Hotsprings in Willamette National Forest. Cascadia Forest Defenders have occupied the area for the past two years. Leave Grower's Market 10am. jlaughlin@cascwild.org. Obsidian Hike N&S Shasta Loop and Woodson, 4 miles, advanced. 689-3850. SPIRITUAL Monthly group meditation, 5:30pm, Dharmalaya, 356 Horn Lane. FREE. THEATER Tempest continues, 2pm. See Thursday, Dec. 2. Wizard of Oz continues. See Friday, Nov. 26. Always…Patsy Cline, continues, 2pm. See Thursday, Dec. 2.
MONDAY,
DECEMBER 6 ARTS/VISUAL December Craft Sale, through Dec. 10, 10am-2pm, Willamalane Adult Activity Center, 215 W. C Street. GATHERINGS Eugene Astronomical Society meeting, 7pm-9pm, Science Factory. $1 non-members. Museum of Natural and Cultural History Volunteer Holiday Celebration, 11am-1pm, see how to become a volunteer, view latest exhibits, 1680 E. 15. FREE. Truth in Voting meeting, 6:30pm, concerned about vote fraud, EWEB Training Room, 345-3269. FREE. KIDS Santa photo hours, 11am-8pm M-SA, noon-7pm SU, Valley River Center.
MUSIC Brian Cutean, Adam & Kris, 8:30pm, Sam Bond's. Jane Monheit, 7:30pm, jazz singer, The Shedd. $25-$35. 687-6526. Wishbone Ash, 8pm, The Jungle. $13. Springfield High School Fine Arts Department's 40th Annual Christmas Choral Concert, 7:30pm, Springfield High School Auditorium. FREE. ON THE AIR On the Exchange – Social historian and map animator Ed Stephan tracks the evolution of Oregon and California counties, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Altair hike at Mt. Pisgah. 344-6416. VIGIL Women in Black silent vigil to protest war, 5pm, 7th Avenue across from the Federal Building. FREE.
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 7 DEMONSTRATION Intro to course and demo of hypnosis and life coaching, 3pm and 7pm, Art of Life Coaching, 1257 High Street. FREE. FILMS My Edem v Ameriku (We are Going to America), Russian language film with subtitles, 7pm, 115 Pacific, UO. FREE. The Other Side of Sunday, 7pm, sponsored by The Friends of Scandinavian Studies. International Resource Center, above EMU Post Office, UO. FREE. The Great Conspiracy, 7pm, film and multimedia presentation tying together issues of the election, 9/11 complicity, destruction of civil liberties and more, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. GATHERINGS Medicine Buffalo Women Society, 7pm-8:30pm, Eugene Evangelical Church. FREE. Organizational meeting for Jan. 20 Inauguration Day, World-Wide Day of Truth, Justice and Love at the Federal Building, 6pm-7pm today, 454 Willamette, 7pm-9pm tomorrow, upstairs Grower's Market. 726-8834. KIDS Santa photo hours, 11am-8pm M-SA, noon-7pm SU, Valley River Center. MUSIC Shasta Winter Concert, 7pm, Silva Concert Hall. Baroque Holiday Music, 11:45am-1:30pm, Fishbowl, EMU. FREE. Arts Umbrella Gala Concert features Eugene Strings, Cadet Orchestra and Junior Orchestra, 7:30pm, South Eugene High School auditorium, $7, $3 stu., elementary age free. 484-0473. ON THE AIR On the Exchange—Political and contemporary satire with Andy Borowitz, 8:00am and 8:00pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Tai Chi for Health with Suman Sensai, 7pm, Core Star. 345-4132. GEAR Show and Go ride, 10am, Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org SPIRITUAL Guy Finley speaks from his book Letting Go and Living in the Now, 7:30pm, Unity of the Valley Church. FREE. Zen meditation, 7pm, Eugene Zendo. FREE. Video satsang with Gangaji, 7pm meditation, 4th Floor, 5th Street Market, 484-6090. FREE.
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 8 CELEBRATION Peace celebrations, 4:30pm Wednesdays, the Federal Building. FREE. FILMS Germinal, 7pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE. Slacker, 8pm, Café Paradiso. FREE.
GATHERINGS Peace Celebration, 4:30pm, Federal Bldg. Peace Tree, hang your wishes for peace on our tree, 10am-6pm M-SA, through Dec. 21, Mother Kali's Books. Holiday Social, 6pm-8:30pm, refreshments, kids activities, music, Whiteaker Community Center. FREE. Altair general meeting, 6pm, Vet's Club, 1626 Willamette St. KIDS Drop in soccer game, middle school ages, 4pm-dark, Roosevelt Middle School field. FREE. Santa photo hours, 11am-8pm M-SA, noon-7pm SU, Valley River Center. Tween Scene, ages 9-12, reading Coraline, 4pm-5pm, Eugene Public Library Bethel Branch. FREE. The Shapeshifters, Pigeon John, 3 Blind Mics, 9pm, WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 d.o.s. Unkle Nancy, 9:30pm, Black Forest. ON THE AIR Author and life consultant Nancy Anderson discusses how to do what you love for a living, 8:00am and 8:00pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Drop in soccer game, middle school age, 4pm, Adams Elementary School field. 683-2122. FREE. Altair in-town walk, start at L&L Market. 726-8154. SPIRITUAL Eckhart Toller Power of Now Practicing Presence group, 7pm-9pm, Maitreya Eco-Village, 1631 W. Broadway. 344-6606. THEATRE Always…Patsy Cline, musical, 7:30pm, Soreng Theatre. $35-$12. 682-5000.
THURSDAY,
DECEMBER 9 CLINIC Winter Camping Clinic, 7pm-8pm, proper planning for camping safely, REI, 306 Lawrence Street. FREE. GATHERINGS Rogue Ales' Grand Opening Party, 5pm, 35 beers on tap, all ages, 844 Olive Street. 345-4155. Presentation by WAND's women of conscience, 7pm, McNail-Reilly House. FREE. KIDS Santa photo hours, 11am-8pm M-SA, noon-7pm SU, Valley River Center. Book Buddies, ages 6-8, reading Gooney Bird Green, 4pm-5pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Tween Scene, ages 9-12, reading The Thief Lord, 4pm-5pm, Downtown Library. FREE. LECTURE James Hollis discusses his book On This Journey We Call Life, 7pm-9pm, sponsored by the Eugene Friends of Jung. Knight Law Center. $8, $5 stu., members. MUSIC Songspinners, 12:15pm, women's choral group, Hult Lobby. FREE. Meadowlark-Buena Vista Melodies school choir perform, 3pm, Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Fuck, Built Like Alaska, Panty Lions, 8pm, WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 d.o.s. ON THE AIR Evolution Through Conflict, 6:30-7:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. SPIRITUAL The Science of Spirituality Reading Group, 7pm, Borders Books. FREE. THEATRE Tempest continues, 8pm. See Thursday, Dec. 2. Always…Patsy Cline, continues, 7:30pm. See Thursday, Dec. 2. The Real Thing, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Dec. 11, Springfield High School Studio Theater. 517-9028. $4.
ON THE ROAD Note- Continuation dates for out-of-town events are listed under the first day of the event.
DEC. 2 Sisters of the Road Holiday Matching Grant Challenge, through December. Donations to the charity that serves 300 meals a day to Portland's homeless will be matched dollar-for-dollar by one charity and 50 cents on the dollar by another during the month, so a $1 donation becomes $2.50. Donations can be made on-line: sistersoftheroead.org. Works by Doug and Sheryl Dawson, Rollin Karg, Earl, Satsuko and George Hamilton, Jennifer Gray, T.E. Day, Dan Chen, through Dec. 19, Lawrence Gallery, Portland. (800) 894-4278. Holiday Treat, 7:30pm, three choirs, Russell Tripp Performance Center, Linn-Benton Community College. $5. Box office (541) 917-4531. Celebration of Trees, today, tomorrow and Dec. 4, Albany Boys & Girls Club, 1215 SE Hill St., Albany. Live in a planned community on Vashon Island, WA. Presentation 7:30pm-9:30pm, Laughing Planet Ecovillage. (206) 525-0630 or www.laughingplanet.net. The Truth Revisited: Beyond the Walls, the Borders, the Ocean, the Distance Separating Two Painters, an Exhibit About the Search for 'Il Vero' art exhibition by local painter Jerry Ross and Italian artist Clarice Zdanski, in Angola Boffalora, Milan, Italy at Barios Bar. Lighting displays and Festival of Trees, through Dec. 8, The Mill, Coos Bay. www.themillscasino.com .Works by Matthew Dennison, reception 5pm-8:30pm, Froelick Gallery, 817 SW Second Ave., Portland. www.froelickgallery.com The Enchantment of the Artist's Book: Selections from the Collection of the Portland Art Museum, 10am-5pm TU, W and SA, 10am-8pm Th, F, noon-5pm SU, Portland Art Museum. www.portlandartmuseum.org.$10, $9 stu., sr., $6 kids 5-18, under 4 and Museum members free. Christmas Night Time Magic, 6pm-10pm through December, Historic Districts, Albany. DEC. 3 Do Jump for the Holidays, through Jan. 2, aerial dance, acrobatics, humor and music for the family, Echo Theatre, Portland. $20, $15 kids 12 and under and sr., adv., $2 more at the door. Box office (503) 231-1232. Christmas in Old Town, 6:30pm, today, tomorrow and Dec. 5, carols, horses and riders, tree lighting, Florence Old Town. (541) 997-1646. FREE. Timber Twirlers Square Dance, 7:30pm-10:30pm, 100F Hall, Albany. www.angelfire.com/sd2/timbertwirlers. Prints by Picasso, through Dec. 15, 10am-5:30pm M-F, noon-5pm SU, Lawrence Gallery, Pearl District, Portland. Christmas Storybook Land, 6:30pm-8:30pm, M-F, 10am-8:30pm SA and SU, through Dec. 19, Linn County Fair & Expo Center, Albany. Charley's Aunt, 2:30pm and 8pm through Dec. 11, Albany Civic Theatre, Albany. An Oregon Pioneer Christmas Story, 7pm today and tomorrow, Flinn's Dinner Theater, Albany. www.flinns.com The Pink Mountaintops, Dunes, Portland. Kelly Clarkson, 7:30pm, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. 12th Annual Sea of Lights, 6:30pm-9:30pm today and tomorrow, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport. $3.50, $2 kids 13 and under, under 3 free. Town and Country Christmas Bazaar, 5pm-9pm today, noon-6pm tomorrow, noon-5pm SU, Linn County Fair & Expo Center, Albany. Works by Glen Corbett and designer Karen Bandy, reception 6pm-9pm, Karen Bandy Design Jeweler, 126 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend. The Santaland Diaries & Season's Greetings, 10pm, The Candlelight Dinner Cabaret Theatre, today, tomorrow, Dec. 11, 17 and 18, Cascades Theatrical Company, Bend. (541) 389-0803. $10. DEC. 4 Albany Farmer's Market, 8am-noon, Water St. between Broadbin & Ferry, Albany. FREE. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, 7:30 pm today, 1:30pm tomorrow, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. $7, $5 kids. 942-4730. Vassily Primakov, Russian pianist, 7:30pm, 4pm tomorrow, Portland State University. (503) 725-3307. Mitch Hedberg, Steven Lynch, 8pm, Crystal Ballroom. $29.50. Portland. Works by Doug and Sheryl Dawson, reception 2pm-4pm, Lawrence Gallery, Portland. (800) 894-4278. Light Parade, 7pm-8:30pm, Downtown Harrisburg. FREE. Yachats Ladies Club 77th Annual Christmas Bazaar, 10am-4pm, gifts, food, live music, Yachats Ladies Club, 3rd and Pontiac St. (541) 547-3542. FREE. Windsong, Katie Del Rio perform, 8pm, Rising Sun Warehouse, 92151 North Coburg Road, Coburg. $12 donation. 687-0282. Global Seepej 8th Anniversary Party, 9:30pm, Porky's Pub, Portland. www.porkyspub.com.FREE. Best of the Northwest/Guild of Oregon Woodworkers combined show, 10am-6pm today and tomorrow, over 200 artists. Portland Convention Center. $5, kids under 12 free. www.nwcraftsalliance.com for discount coupon. Magical Strings Yuletide Concert, 3pm, First Congregational Church, Portland. Holidays in the Park, noon-6pm, Ralston Park, Lebanon. FREE. As If Salmon Matter: Making Ethical Choices workshop, 9:30am-3pm, topics include wild vs farmed salmon, clean water, energy stewardship, more, Native American Student and Community Center, Portland State University. $25, $20 stu., sr. and includes lunch. Registration deadline is Thursday, Dec. 2. (503) 221-1054. Decker Nursery Open House, 9am-5pm today, 10:30am-5pm tomorrow. Wine tasting, decoration ideas, classes, garden art and gifts. The men of Long Tom Grange (clothed, one assumes) will sign their calendar, 1pm-5pm SA. Bring non-perishable food item for food drive. DEC. 5 Pedro the Lion, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. $10 adv., $12 d.o.s. All That Remains, GWAR, 7pm, The Midtown, Bend. $18-$20. (541) 388-1106. Carols by Candlelight, 6pm, First Assembly of God, 2817 Santiam Hwy. SE, Albany. FREE. Guided tour of Aprovecho Research Center's organic garden, sustainable forest, appropriate technology stoves and more, 2pm-4pm, call 942-8198 for directions, Cottage Grove. FREE. Works by Rollin Karg and Earl, Satsuko and George Hamilton, reception 2pm-4pm, Lawrence Gallery, Portland. (800) 894-4278. Albany General Hospital Foundation Winter Gala, 5pm-9pm, Springhill Country Club, 155 Country Club Lane, Albany. (541) 812-4704. DEC. 6 Keane and Snow Patrol, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. $10. DEC. 7 Sally Timms (of the Mekons), 9pm, White Eagle, Portland. $10 adv., $12 d.o.s. "All Sustainability is Local: A Global Strategy" by William McDonough, 7pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. Tix (503) 274-7488. The Killers, Crosstide, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. $10. DEC. 8 Festival of Trees, through Dec. 8, decorated trees throughout casino and hotel, auction on Dec. 8, The Mill, North Bend. Save Our Valley, citizens opposed to proposed power plant in Coburg, 6:30pm, 91003 Willamette St (corner of Willamette and Dixon), Coburg. Christmas Night Time Magic, 6pm-10pm through December, Historic Districts, Albany. Jimmy Eat World, 9pm, Crystal Ballroom, Portland. $12. Albany Senior Center Christmas Party, registration required, 50+, Albany Senior Center, 489 Water Ave. NW, Albany, (541) 917-7760. Comedian Shelley Berman, 7:30pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $25, $18 stu., sr. (503) 227-2583. DEC. 9 Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, 8pm through Dec. 19, Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State University. $25-$14. (503) 725-3307. Joseph Arthur, 9pm, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland. $9. Bob Schneider, Gram Rabbit, Aladdin Theatre, Portland.
CORVALLIS EVENTS DEC. 2 Blood pressure clinic, 9am-11am, Corvallis Senior Center. 766-6959 for appointment. FREE. Gifts for a Better World holiday store, through Dec. 5, Red Carriage House, Benton Co. Fairgrounds. FREE. DEC. 3 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, today, tomorrow and Dec. 5, Riverside Church of God, 1255 S. River Road. $7, $5 kids. Celebrate! an evening with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony and the combined OSU Choirs, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $20, $10 stu., kids FREE with adult. Wine tasting, appetizers, live music, 4pm-6pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store, 1007 SE 3rd. FREE. Winter's Eve Corvallis, 5pm-10pm, shopping, live music, Madison Street. FREE. DEC. 4 Saturday farmers' market, 9am-1pm, 1st and Jackson. FREE. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever continues. See Friday, Dec. 3. Carrie Clark performs, 8pm, Downtown Beanery. The Holiday Bazaar, 9am-3pm, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Men's basketball, OSU vs Colorado, 1:30pm. The Grasshoppers, 8pm, play old-time fiddle, Gypsy-jazz at Intabas. $5. Jazz vocalist Nancy Ream performs, 9pm, Iovino's Restaurant. DEC. 5 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever continues. See Friday, Dec. 3. Corvallis Youth Symphony Orchestra, 3pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. DEC. 6 Coin Club meeting, 6pm, Corvallis Senior Center. FREE. DEC. 7 Senior Services Outreach, 9:30am-11:30am, Corvallis Senior Center. FREE. DEC. 9 Moveable Feast of Art, 6:30pm-8:30pm reception, Pegasus Gallery.
ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES Digital Movie Cinema seeks short and medium length DV movies for national distribution, especially interested in films from the Eugene area. Payment approximately $2,000 a minute. www.DigitalMovieCinema.com Casting call for reality show based in Montana, pit your nerves against whitewater, wilderness and 5 housemates. www.barrettproductions.com Auditions for OLIVER!, 7pm, need over 15 adults and over 10 children, prepare song from show for audition, Cottage Theatre, 700 Village Drive, Cottage Grove. Auditions for a new dance company, 4pm-6pm, Dec. 4, tap, jazz and hip-hop, Musical Feet, 420 W. 12th. 485-2938. The Art Selection Committee for Reser Stadium is seeking artwork in a diversity of styles that is long-lasting and low-maintenance. The Panel is only interested in reviewing artist's previous work. Budget is $470,000. For application, www.oregonartcommission.org/pdf/reser_rfq.pdf. Auditions for OLIVER! 7pm, Wednesday, Dec. 8, need 15 men and women, 10 children, prepare song from show, Cottage Theatre, 700 Village Drive, Cottage Grove. www.cottagetheatre.org Documentary producers for an all-gay television network are looking for either children of gay parents (aged 13-21) or gay parents raising children (aged 13-21). Call (213) 250-5060 or e-mail teenswithgayfamilies@hotmail.com Environment Law Conference needs art. Theme is "Living as if Nature Mattered," submission due Jan. 14, 2005. Land Air Water, 1221 University of Oregon, Eugene 97403. Auditions for Into the Woods, noon-5pm, bring a short song by Spondee. Roles for 7 men and 12 women, begins March 17 and runs four weekends, Very Little Theatre. 686-1177. Commission of artwork for new plaza at the Centro Cultural Cesar Chavez at OSU, budget approx. $40,000, deadline 5pm Dec. 5. Guidelines at http://www.oregonartcommission.org/pdf/dining_rfq.pdf Play Santa at the McKenzie-Willamette Community Health Foundation's Festival of Trees, costume provided, now to Sunday; general Festival of Trees volunteers also needed, call 741-4606 for information. The Corvallis Spring Creek Project is in need of a photographer, archivist and clerical help. 737-6198. Sheet music available for Rutter's "For the Beauty of the Earth" to be sung as an all-community interfaith choir, 7pm, all choirs invited to sing. Central Presbyterian Church. 344-5693.
DANCE LISTINGS Th: Int./Adv. Modern Technique w/Kim Christensen—7:30,
Eugene School of Ballet. Fr: Salsa—9, Studio B. 687-0678. Sa: Capoeira—7:30, Core Star Community
Space. 729-2238. Su: Middle Eastern Dance with Aziza—1,
Eugene Ballet. 302-8226. Mo: West Coast Swing—7, Agate Hall, UO.
688-0260. Tu: International Folk—7, St. Mary's Episcopal
Church. 461-9328. We: Contact Improvisation—5:30, Agate Hall.
343-2913.
DECEMBER ONGOING EVENTS THURSDAYS GATHERINGS Gender Queer Social Group, 7:30pm, UO LGBTQA Suite 34, EMU. hpersson111@yahoo.com. Womanspace Woman's Drop-In for LBT women, 7pm. 302-2417. Gay movie night for LGBTA. HEALTH Hot meals from Food for Lane County, 5:15pm single adults, 6pm families with children, 270 W. 8th. FREE. ON THE AIR Girl's Room Women's Eclectic Music, 10pm-midnight, KWVA 88.1 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Eugene Woman's Rugby Club practice, 6pm, no experience necessary, Tugman Park. 338-0238 SPIRITUAL Meditation, enlightenment dialogue, 7:30pm, facilitated by Michael Mooney, founder of the Center for Conscious Unity. Unity of the Valley, 39th and Hillyard. FREE. www.consciousunity.org. FRIDAYS GATHERING Drum circle, 7pm, Mother Kali's. FREE. GLBTQ Youth Group Drop-In, ages 13-18, 4pm-6pm, Amazon Community Center. 684-3466.
SATURDAYS GATHERINGS Rainbow River Women social group, 5pm, McMenamin's North Bank Pub. queenbee3831@comcast.net. GITA Transgender Support Group, 6:30pm-8:30pm. bce@efn.org. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Gay and Lesbian Tennis Group, 2pm today and tomorrow. . FREE.
SUNDAYS GATHERINGS LGB 20s/30s Social Club, 10am. 485-3437. OUTDOORS/RECREATION 18 mile social bike ride with refreshments, 9:30am, Bike Friday. 686-8257. FREE. Emerald Valley LGBT Bowling Association. 485-8686. ON THE AIR Anarchy Radio, 11pm, political discussion, KWVA 88.1 FM. SPIRITUAL Meditation on Compassion – Chenrezig Practice, 10am, Nyen-Gyud Samten Choe-Ling Tibetan Buddhist Study and Meditation Center. 747-2843. Metropolitan Community Church of the Two Rivers, 6:30pm, First Christian Church. SUPPORT GROUP SASS Women's Drop-In Support Group, 7pm-8:30pm, for survivors of sexual abuse. 484-9791. FREE.
MONDAYS ARTS/VISUAL Drawing group features musical models, 6:30 pm, World Café. FREE. GATHERINGS French Conversation, 4 pm to 6 pm. For information call 937-2304. Women in Black Silent Vigil, 5pm-5:30pm, 7th Avenue across from the Federal Building. Wear black! FREE. South Eugene Gay Straight Alliance, 3:30pm, Room 512, South Eugene High School. FREE. LGBTQ youth group, ages 18-24, 5pm-6:30pm, WCA. 342-5088. FREE. Men's GTBQ group, 7:30pm. 342-5088. HEALTH Hot meals from Food for Lane County, 5:15pm single adults, 6pm families with children, 270 W. 8th. FREE. HIV counseling/testing, 4 to 7 pm, HIV Alliance, 1966 Garden Ave. don. ON THE AIR Woman's Music, 9:30pm-11pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. Amy Pincus Merwin, 6:30pm-7pm, KWVA 88.1 FM. SUPPORT GROUP Women's drop-in support group for survivors of sexual violence, 7 pm Mondays, Sexual Assault Support Services. 484-9791. FREE.
TUESDAYS GATHERINGS Springfield/Thurston High School Gay/Straight Alliance meeting. 242-2746. HEALTH Hot meals from Food for Lane County, 5:15pm single adults, 6pm families with children, 270 W. 8th. FREE. ON THE AIR Woman and Music, 7pm-9pm, KRVM 92 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Eugene Women's Rugby Club practice, 6pm, no experience necessary, Tugman Park, 37th and Hillyard. FREE. SPIRITUAL Video satsang with Gangaji, 7 pm, Conference Rm., 4th Floor, 5th St. Public Market. FREE. Open Sky Shambala meditation group meetings, 7 pm, 100 W. Q St., Spfd. 726-1988. FREE. Women's Sound Healing Circle with Auriel Loux, 7pm-8pm, Body Now, 453 River Ave. $5. 342-3336. Medicine Buffalo Women Society, 7pm-8:30pm, reclaim identity, healing through helping, Eugene Evangelical Church. FREE. Shambala Meditation, 7pm, 100 W. Q Street, Spfld. FREE.
WEDNESDAYS GATHERINGS Hemp Cannabis Meeting, 6:30pm, Community TV Station, behind Sheldon High School. 741-7636. FREE. Mind Freedom Support Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault, 5:30pm, Grower's Market. 345-9106. FREE. Rainbow Wranglers, LGBT square dancers, 7pm-9:30pm. 912-4932. HIV-Poz Social Group, 7pm, HIV Alliance. 342-5088. FREE. HEALTH Hot meals from Food for Lane County, 5:15pm single adults, 6pm families with children, 270 W. 8th. FREE. Calm Abiding Meditation, 6:30pm, Nyen-Gyud Samten Choe-Ling Tibetan Buddhist Study and Meditation Center. 747-2843. SPIRITUAL Eckhart Tolle Power of Now Practicing Presence group, 7pm-9pm, Maitreya Eco-Village, 1641 Broadway. FREE.
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