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THURSDAY,
APRIL 14 ARTS/VISUAL Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Scott Reeder, 7pm, 115 Lawrence, UO. FREE. COMEDY Second City Touring Company, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $15, $8 UO stu. CONFERENCES Tools for Advocacy Conference for people concerned about poverty and hunger who want to turn ideas into action: speakers, workshops and more, 8:30am-3:30pm, Building 19, LCC. Register at www.foodforlanecounty.org $20. FILM The Stroll (Russian), 7pm, 115 Pacific, UO. FREE. GATHERINGS Women's Business Network luncheon meeting with Barbara Wirtz of Wirtz Consulting, 11:45am, Eugene Hilton. For information call 984-8778. $15, $12 members. Citizens Planning Committee for the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park meeting, 6pm, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. For information call 736-4052. Open house, game night, art party: play, create, samba!, 6pm, Possum Place, 339 Taylor. FREE. "Restore Our Stolen Rights: Standing Up to the Patriot Act," a Eugene Community Forum, 7pm, Whiteaker Community Center. FREE. WAND meeting: Sue Barkhurst & Carol Horne discuss war tax resistance, 7pm, McNail-Riley House. FREE. KIDS A Lemony Snicket Unfortunate Event, vile games, unfortunate crafts and more, 3:30pm, Springfield Library. Register at 726-3766. FREE. Book Buddies for ages 6-8 discuss 7 x 9=Trouble! by Claudia Mills, 4pm, Downtown Library. Register at 682-8316. FREE. Tween Scene for ages 9-12 discusses Hoot by Carl Hiassen, 4pm, Downtown Library. Register at 682-8316. FREE. Open house and registration, 9am-11:30am today and tomorrow, Westside Indoor Playground. For information call 688-9085. LECTURES "Medicines and You: Managing Medicines as You Age," Susan L. Busler, 1:30pm, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. Register at 736-4444. FREE. "Mamiya Rinzo and the Japanese Mapping of Sakhalin Island," Brett Walker, 3:30pm, Knight Library, UO. For information call 346-5484. LITERARY ARTS Storyteller Yvonne Young, 12:15, Hult Center. FREE. Susan Straight reads from Fiction, 8pm, Knight Library, UO. FREE. MUSIC Del Rey, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $16.50. The Black Halos, The Bones, Civet, Busholini, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $6. Red Brown and the Tune Stranglers, Richard March, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+ show. $4. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses hospice care and end of life issues with Jeannette Butler, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. "Northwest Passage" features John Cooney, 4pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. "New Dimensions" features "Becoming Hope" with Marianne Williamson, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians hike, bike path at Delta Highway. See YMCA board for details. PRESENTATION "Fighting for Human Rights and the Environment: Liberia After Charles Taylor," Jerome Verdier, 7pm, 175 Knight Law, UO. FREE. SPIRITUAL Spiritural insights on healing prayer from a Christian Science perspective, using Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health, 7pm, Borders Books. FREE. THEATER Sleepwalk, proceeds benefit the show's tour to Scotland this summer, 7pm dinner, 8pm show, Thurston High School. For information and reservations call 988-5350. $15. Kiss Me Kate, 7:30pm tonight, tomorrow and April 16 and 21-23, Springfield High School. $8, $5 stu., sr. Willamette Repertory Theatre presents You Can't Take It With You, 7:30pm tonight and April 21; 8pm tomorrow and April 16, 22 and 23; 2pm April 17 and 24, Hult Center. For information call 682-5000. Oliver!, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and April 16 and 21-23; 2:30pm April 17, Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove. $16, $14 Thursdays. Copenhagen, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and April 16, 21-23 and 28-30; 2pm April 17 and 24, Lord Leebrick Theatre. For information call 465-1506.
FRIDAY,
APRIL 15 ARTS/VISUAL An opening for work by Connie Mueller, 5pm, Springfield Museum. FREE. April ArtTalk focusing on the LCC Music, Dance and Theatre Arts Department, 5:30pm, DIVA. FREE. An opening for work by E.G. Boone, Dr. Radius, Galen McGuire and Joey Edwards, 6:51pm, Museum of Unfine Art. FREE. Night of the Living Dead Media, video collage by The JIRCS, audio by Warning Broken Machine and Pipedream, 7:30pm, Wilkinson House, Millrace Studios, UO. For information go to www.electronicelsewhere.comFREE. BENEFIT All-you-can-eat spaghetti feed, proceeds benefit Eugene Looking Glass Station Seven and Prevent Child Abuse America, 6pm, Kappa Delta Sorority, UO. $5. COMEDY ComedySportz competetive team improv, 8pm tonight and tomorrow, ComedySportz Theater. $8. CONFERENCE Western States Folklore Society Conference, 9am-4:50pm. Jack Santino's keynote speech, "Reinventing Ritual: Folklore and Public Display," is at 5pm, Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, UO. For information call 346-3946. DANCE Middle Eastern Dance Guild of Eugene with featured dancer Shawneea, 8:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $4 sug. don. Terpsichore's Daughters, comic burlesque performance troupe, with Scrambled Ape, 9:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+ show. $7. FILM Banff Mountain Film Festival, mountain culture, environment and sports films, 7pm today and tomorrow, McDonald Theatre. $10 adv., $12 dos. Andy Warhol Film Festival: Absolut Warhola, 8pm, DIVA. $2-$5. GATHERINGS Women's Action for a New Direction distribute information about taxes and military spending, 11am-5pm, Springfield Post Office. For information call 683-1350. Taxes for Peace Not War hand out war tax resistance information, noon-5pm, Main Post Office, 5th & Willamette. At noon the group will do a public re-direction of their tax monies, presenting checks to local programs working for human needs and social justice. For information call 342-2914. Stand for Children and Citizens for Oregon's Future distribute information about tax spending, 4:30pm, Gateway Post Office, Spfd. For information call 912-2921. Members of the Civil Resistance Study Group appear with flag-draped coffins and placards relating war causalties to tax spending, 5:30pm-11pm, Gateway Post Office, Spfd. For information call 579-5843. Vegan potluck, 7pm, McNail-Riley House. For information call 341-1690. KIDS Half Day of Art: Watercolors & costumes and dance, noon, Applegate Elementary, Lorane. Register at 767-0143. $16. Westside Indoor Playground open house continues. See Thursday, April 14. LECTURES "Woolf Among the Lunatics: Septimus Smith, Mrs. Dalloway and the Women of Holloway Sanatorium," Suzette Henke, noon, 330 Hendricks, UO. For information call 346-4051. "Racism and the Rule of Law: Proving 'Racial Acceptability' in Nazi Germany," Eric Ehrenreich, 1pm, 184 Knight Law, UO. FREE.
LITERARY ARTS Spoken word by "dub poet" Mutabaruka, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. A book signing is 2pm at Tsunami Books. $7-$10 don. MUSIC Oslo, 3pm; Brian Cutean, 6pm, CD World. FREE. Balkan Dance with Balladina Folk Music Ensemble, 7pm, Agate Hall, UO. $5 sug. don. Martin Hayes, irish fiddle, and Dennis Cahill, guitar, 7:30pm, First Presbyterian Church, Roseburg. $15 adv., $16.50 dos. A night of songs in the spirit of Nick Drake, featuring Rosemary Melia, Andrew Barton, Brian Hall and Carey Mann, 8pm, Fool's Paradise Tea House. $3-$5. Caliente, salsa & dancing, 9pm, Vet's Club Ballroom. $10. The Independents, Satin Fury, The Anxieties, 800 Octane, 9pm, John Henry's. 21+ show. $5. Acoustic Minds, 8pm, Café Paradiso. 21+ show. $8. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the current publishing industry with Diana Van Vleck, National Sales Director for the Penguin Group, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Obsidians trip to Sunriver, downhill & cross-country skiing, snowshoes and hikes, through April 19. See YMCA board for details. Welcome Back Swifts event, see thousands of Vaux's swifts circling before roosting for the night, sunset, Agate Hall, UO. For information call 485-BIRD. PRESENTATION Pacifica Forum: "Taxed Out of Existence: The New National Defense Strategy: An Arms Race to Extinction," presentation by Brian Bogart, 4pm, 127 Chiles, UO. FREE. SPIRITUAL "Baha'u'llah: His Life and Teachings," a presentation commemorating the Baha'i Festival of Ridvan, noon, Eugene Baha'i Center. For information call 344-3173. FREE. Forestland Dwellers' No Spray group interfaith prayer circles at businesses initiating aerial herbicide spraying in western Lane rural neighborhoods. For information and locations call 342-8332. SYMPOSIUM UO Art History Association Symposium, "Artistic Allegiances: Cultural Identity Expressed in Art and Architecture," through April 17, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Amy McNair's keynote speech, "Chinese Court Eunuchs and Buddhist Cultural Identity," is at 7pm, Maude Kerns Art Center. For information call 346-2590. FREE. THEATER A Midsummer Night's Dream, 8pm tonight and tomorrow, Blue Door Theatre, LCC. $12, $10 stu., sr. Once Upon a Mattress, 7:30pm tonight, tomorrow and April 21-23; 3:30pm April 17, Marist High School Theatre. $10, $8 stu., sr. You're It!, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and April 22 and 23, Actor's Cabaret. For information call 683-4368. Copenhagen continues. See Thursday, April 14. Kiss Me Kate continues. See Thursday, April 14. Oliver! continues. See Thursday, April 14. You Can't Take It With You continues. See Thursday, April 14.
SATURDAY,
APRIL 16 BENEFIT Cut-A-Rug-A-Thon, flamenco, tango, African, bellydancing and more, dance benefit for Peace Village, 1pm-7pm, Eugene School of Ballet. For information call 337-6917. COMEDY ComedySportz continues. See Friday. CONFERENCE Western States Folklore Society Conference continues. See Friday. DANCE Eugene Ballet Company presents Scheherazade, 8pm today and 2:30pm tomorrow, Hult Center. $18-$42. FILM Andy Warhol Film Festival: Bad, 8pm, DIVA. FREE. Banff Mountain Film Festival continues. See Friday. GARDENING Master Gardener plant sale: plants, tools, recycled garden art treasures, bake sale and more, 9am, OSU/Lane County Extension Service Office, 950 W. 13th. FREE. Jim Gilbert of One Green World discusses unique & unusual fruit for the backyard garden, noon, Down to Earth Olive St. FREE. Herbal Allies: uses of common plants for healing, 1pm-5pm. 2560 Friendly St. For information call 683-5403. $20. Great groundcovers with Liz Lair, 2pm, Gray's Garden Center Spfd. FREE. Organic gardening advice from Rich Wilen of Hayhurst Organic Farms, 2pm, Gray's Garden Center Eugene. FREE. GATHERINGS Lane County Farmer's Market, 9am-4pm, 8th Ave. & Oak St. FREE. Eugene Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, 8th Ave. & Oak St. Music by Ken Silverman, 10am; Rich Glauber, 11am; Sun Bossa Duo, noon; Kristen Chandler, 1pm; Brian Cutean, 2pm; The Walton Complex, 3:30pm. FREE. Get It Together! Red Cross disaster training, information and resources, 10am-3pm, Jerry's Home Improvement Centers. FREE. Spring Chess Tournament, 10am, Theo's Coffee House. For information call 485-5471. Stone Age Day, experience what life was like 12,000 years ago in Oregon, 10am-4pm, Dorris Ranch, Spfd. FREE. The Unbroken Thread Quilt Show, 10am-4pm, Lane County Historical Museum. A presentation on "Historic Quilts of Lane County" is at 10:30am; Piecing Memories screens at noon & 2pm; a panel on "Quilting to Remember Our History" is at 1pm. $4, $10 week pass. Lewis and Clark Family Day, 11am-3pm, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, UO. For information call 346-3024. "Genealogy: Tracing Your Family Tree," 3pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Rainbow River Womyn meeting, lesbian social group, 5pm, McMenamin's North Bank. For information call 741-1210. KIDS Early childhood open house, 11am, Eugene Waldorf School. FREE. Astronomy Day, speakers, activities and more, noon-4pm and 5pm Star Party, Science Factory. FREE. Knitters Club for middle and high school ages, 1pm, Springfield Library. Register at 726-3766. FREE. Storytime with author Kurt Cyrus, author of Hotel Deep: Light Verse from Dark Water, 2pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Friends of Eugene Public Library Book Sale, 60,000 gently- and never-used books, CDs, audiobooks and more, 9am-6pm today and 9am-4pm tomorrow, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE.
MUSIC Noah Brenner, Celtic harp, 2pm, Atrium Building. FREE. David Rogers, classical guitar, 5pm, Wonderland Coffeehouse, Spfd. For information call 736-0256. 5th Anniversary Eugene Singles Ministry Dance & Potluck, 5:30pm, Cascade Middle School. $6. The Visible Men, CD release for Love:30, 6pm all ages show with Tom Heinl; 9pm 21+ show with Tom Heinl & Yeltsin, Sam Bond's. $3 early show, $4 late show. Country Dance with Annie & the Band, 7pm, Creswell Grange. $4, $7 couples. Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble and Cantus present Rachmaninoff's Vespers and other works, 7:30pm, Central Lutheran Church. $10-$15. American Symphonia: Yuri Rozum, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $20-$30. Trio Slavej, Balkan folk music, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $7, $5 stu. The Everyone Orchestra, a Pangaea Project Benefit, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $15 adv., $18 dos. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Elder Walk: Birds!, 8:30am, Mount Pisgah Arboretum. $4 sug. don. GEARs ride, McKenzie View, 26 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. FREE. Paddling Club trip, Duncan Slough, 9am, meet at Oregon River Sports. For information call 334-0696. "Get Back on the Bike!" for adults wishing to get more exercise, 10am, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. For information call 682-5471. Free; bring bike & helmet. Hike through old-growth forests in Three Sisters wilderness, 10am, meet at Walnut & Franklin Park & Ride. For information call 344-0675. Northwest Association for Adult Competitive Kickball game, 1:46pm, 20th & Washington. For information contact eugenekickball@yahoo.com FREE. Obsidians hike, Drift Creek, 10 miles. See YMCA board for details. SPIRITUAL Sound healing with Auriel Loux, 9am, Spiritual Growth Center. Register at 485-0035. FREE. SYMPOSIUM UO Art History Association Symposium continues. See Friday. THEATER Copenhagen continues. See Thursday, April 14. Kiss Me Kate continues. See Thursday, April 14. Oliver! continues. See Thursday, April 14. You Can't Take It With You continues. See Thursday, April 14. A Midsummer Night's Dream continues. See Friday. Once Upon a Mattress continues. See Friday. You're It! continues. See Friday.
SUNDAY,
APRIL 17 BENEFIT "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" afternoon tea, proceeds go to the Eugene Vineyard Valley Chapter of the American Business Women's Association, 1pm, Coburg Inn. For information call 726-2666. $40. "Shakespeare in Italy," an evening of dining, theater and music to benefit Free Shakespeare in the Park, 6pm & 8pm, Iraila Mediterranean Rustica. For reservations call 684-8400. $35. DANCE Scheherazade continues. See Saturday. FILM Andy Warhol Film Festival: I Shot Andy Warhol, 6pm, DIVA. FREE. Iron Jawed Angels, benefit screening for Planned Parenthood, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. Sug. don. GATHERINGS The Unbroken Thread Quilt Show, noon-4pm, Lane County Historical Museum. A video on the 2004 American Quilt Society Show screens at noon & 2pm; a panel on "Quilting Close to Home" is at 1pm. $4, $10 week pass. Rainbow Family potluck, 1pm-5pm, McNail-Riley House. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Writers Fair: Making the Connection, with panelists Valerie Brooks, Bruce Holland Rogers and Margarita Donnelly, 1pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Friends of Eugene Public Library Book Sale continues. See Saturday.
MUSIC Spring Dance with Accordions Anonymous and Little Bohemia Band, 1pm-5pm, Eagles Lodge #275. $8. A Concert of Opera Favorites featuring Jacqueline Noparstak and Siri Vik, sopranos; Katherine Lauson, mezzo-soprano, and LeAnn Overton, piano, 3pm, Central Lutheran Church. $10. Organ recital with Susan Ferr, 5pm, Episcopal Church of the Resurrection. For information call 686-8462. Emma Zunz, El Come Home, Palisades, with art by Adam Zeek and M. Brown, 8pm, DIVA. $3-$5. VHS or Beta, Electric Six, DJ Never Forget, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $13 adv., $15 dos. ON THE AIR "Sentinel Radio" discusses "unrestricted by age," 7:30am, KPNW 1120 AM. "The Sunday Morning Hangover" features "Bigshot: A Journey Through the Canyons of Vivian Stanshall's Mind, Part One," 8am, KWVA 88.1 FM. "The Son of Saturday Gold" features music and conversation with The Temptations, 11am, KRVM 91.9 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs ride, Dillard/Hamm Road, 50 miles, 9am, meet at Alton Baker Park. For information call 686-2196. Earth Day open house, meet birds, take behind-the-scenes tours, noon-5pm, Cascades Raptor Center. For information go to www.eraptors.orgWildflower walk, 1pm, Mount Pisgah Arboretum. $3 sug. don. Obsidians hike, Sweet Creek Falls, 2.2 miles; Three Sisters traverse, 35 miles. See YMCA board for details. SPIRITUAL TRIM's Interfaith Books & Beliefs group discusses Judaism, 12:30pm, Tsunami Books. FREE. Honoring the sacred in everyday life discussion group with Barbara Stott, 3pm. For location and information call 747-6900. $15. SYMPOSIUM UO Art History Association Symposium continues. See Friday. THEATER Copenhagen continues. See Thursday, April 14. Oliver! continues. See Thursday, April 14. You Can't Take It With You continues. See Thursday, April 14. Once Upon a Mattress continues. See Friday.
MONDAY,
APRIL 18 ARTS/VISUAL An opening for multimedia design works by Jade Bunker, Kristian Adams, Chris Flanagan, Max Johnson, Adisti Soedarsono and Brendon Eisenhart, 6pm, LaVerne Krause Gallery, UO. FREE. FILM LCC Earth Week Events: PickAxe, 3pm, Building 3 Boardroom, LCC. FREE. GATHERINGS PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Persons) meeting, 6:45pm, First Congregational Church. FREE. "Global Trends, Local Choices" with guest host Ravi Logan, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Perpetual Motion Roadshow #24 with Todd Dills, Ryan Kamstra and Liisa Ladouceur, 7pm, Museum of Unfine Art. SS. MUSIC Crooked Fingers, Dolorean, 9pm, WOW Hall. $10. DMBQ, Scott H. Biram, Dark Skies, Non Dairy Larry, 10pm, John Henry's. 21+ show. $3. PRESENTATIONS LCC Earth Week Events: Cascadia Wildlands Project, Oregon Natural Resources Council and OSPIRG discuss protecting old growth and mature forests on public lands in the McKenzie River Watershed, 11am; William L. Sullivan presents "Wreckreating or Recreating?," about the McKenzie River Protection Project, at noon. Building 3 Boardroom, LCC. FREE. Introduction to "Complexity 101," the science of complexity and chaos theory, 6:30pm, Euglena Edu. For information go to www.prototista.orgFREE.
TUESDAY,
APRIL 19 ARTS/VISUAL Visiting artist reception for Ellen O'Grady, 5:30pm, DIVA. FREE. BENEFIT Monthly ISCEE community dinner, all-you-can-eat burritos & tacos, benefit for Greenhill Humane Society, 6pm. For information and location call 653-1933. $5 don. FILM LCC Earth Week Events: Exporting Harm, 3pm, 210 Building 1, LCC. FREE. Get Thee Out! (Russian), 7pm, 115 Pacific, UO. FREE. Dangerous Beauty, 7:30pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. For information call 346-3675. GARDENING Healthy lawn care with Bruce Kreitzberg and Cathy Eva, 1pm, Eugene Garden Club. FREE. GATHERINGS The Unbroken Thread Quilt Show, 10am-4pm, Lane County Historical Museum. A presentation on "Designed For You: Quilt Pattern Design, Creation & Marketing" is at 10:30am; Lest We Forget screens at noon & 2pm; a panel on "Quilting For a Good Cause" is at 1pm. $4, $10 week pass. LCC Earth Week Events: Annual LCC Waste Audit, 10am, Bristow Square; Composting discussion with Anne Donnahue, noon, behind Center Building; Peace and Sustainability discussion, 1pm, Building 1 Courtyard; Water Conservation & Rainwater Harvesting seminar, 3pm, 211 Building 16. FREE. Pacific Green Party of Lane County meeing, discuss Aria Seligmann's school board candidacy, Earth Week tabling and chapter development, 7pm, Growers Market. FREE. Community Conversations panel on "Gender: Nature vs. Nurture," 7:30pm, Hamilton Hall, UO. FREE. KIDS Storytime with Corduroy, 10am, Barnes & Noble. FREE. LECTURE Author Carla Emery speaks on urban & rural homesteading, 7pm, EWEB. FREE.
LITERARY ARTS Carol Ann Bassett reads from Organ Pipe; Charles Goodrich reads from The Practice of Home, 7pm, Knight Library. FREE. National Poetry Month reading with local poets José Chaves, Joan Dobbie, Ben Hubbird, Susan Kenyon and Ce Rosenow, 7pm, Downtown Library. FREE. MUSIC LCC Earth Week Events: David Harris, 11:30am; Drum circle, 1:30pm, Bristow Square, LCC. FREE. Toots & the Maytals, Animal Liberation Orchestra, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $20 adv., $22 dos. Split Lip Rayfield, The Koozies, 9pm, WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 dos. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses education and health for Aboriginals with Australian Eddie Stringer, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Indoor kayak practice, 7:30pm, Gerlinger Pool, UO. $5, $3 UO students, $5 kayak rental.
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 20 ARTS/VISUAL "The Variety Theater and German Expessionism," a lecture and gallery talk by Sherwin Simmons, 6:30pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. For information call 346-3027. BENEFIT "Fashion With Passion" event with live mannequins, music, fashion shows and more, percentage of sales benefits Soroptomist Clubs of Eugene and their Walk for Life club, 5pm-9pm, 5th Street Public Market. $5. CONFERENCE ArtCessAble Conference, through April 22. Danceability and comedian Alan Shain perform tonight at 7pm, 282 Lillis, UO; No Boundaries is on display in the Adell McMillan Gallery, 8:30pm-10pm. For information call 346-0007. FILM LCC Earth Week Events: The End of Suburbia, 3pm, Building 3 Boardroom, LCC. FREE. Spirited Away, 7pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE. GATHERINGS Hearing screenings every fifteen minutes starting at 9am, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. Register at 736-4444. FREE. LCC Earth Week Events: "Light & Health" seminar, 10am, 211 Building 16; Discussion on reducing car dependency, noon, Building 1 Courtyard; Discussion on using biodiesel, 1pm, Building 1 Courtyard, LCC. FREE. The Unbroken Thread Quilt Show, 10am-4pm, Lane County Historical Museum. A presentation on "Creating an Art Quilt" is at 10:30am; ABC quilt videos screen at noon & 2pm; a panel on "Quilting to Serve Our Community" is at 1pm. $4, $10 week pass. Nobel Peace Monument Project meeting, 5:30pm, First United Methodist Church. FREE. Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council meeting, 6:30pm, Oregon Department of Forestry, Spfd. For information call 937-9800. FREE. KIDS Windows on Waldorf classroom tour, adults only, 8:30am, Eugene Waldorf School. FREE. LECTURES "An Islamist Victory in NWFP, Pakistan: A Defeat for Women's Rights?," Anita Weiss, noon, 330 Hendricks, UO. FREE. MUSIC LCC Earth Week Events: Armored Frog, 11am; The Fast Computers, 12:30pm, Bristow Square, LCC. FREE. Eugene Symphony preview of tomorrow's concert, noon, Hult Center. FREE. The Ginger Hustlers, 1pm, Earth Day Festival, UO Campus Ampitheatre. FREE. Country Joe Band 40th Anniversary Celebration, 7:30pm, WOW Hall. $13 adv., $15 dos. The High Street Singers, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $10-$15. Mem Shannon & the Membership, 8pm, Café Paradiso. 21+ show. $7. Mary Mulliken & Rob Burger, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+ show. For information call 343-2635. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses stories from the Compassionate Listening Project with Peter Hwosch, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. PANEL "Europe's Identity and Its Multicultural 'Others,'" a faculty discussion by Patricia Dewey, Evlyn Gould and Craig Parsons, 3pm, Lecture Hall, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. FREE. PRESENTATIONS "Living With Grief: Ethical Dilemmas at the End of Life" live-via-satellite teleconference, 10am, Hospice of Sacred Heart. Register at 461-7550. FREE. Introduction to "Climate Change 101," global warming, consequences & solutions, 6:30pm, Euglena Edu. For information go to www.prototista.orgFREE. THEATER Stop Kiss, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and April 22, 23 and 28-30, Arena Theatre, UO. $6, $5 stu., sr.
THURSDAY,
APRIL 21 CONFERENCE ArtCessAble Conference continues. "Just Stay Home! Cinema Sensibilities on Disability" is at 7pm tonight, tomorrow and April 23, 175 Knight Law. Tonight's program is "Kill 'Em With Kindness." See Wednesday. DANCE The Works, student dance concert, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and April 23, Performance Hall, LCC. $6, $5 stu., sr. FILM LCC Earth Week Events: Blue Vinyl, 3pm, Building 3 Boardroom, LCC. FREE. Magic Kitchen (Hong Kong), 4pm, 115 Pacific. FREE. GARDENING "Diagnosing Disease" with Ross Penhallegon, 6:30pm, OSU/Lane County Extension Office Auditorium. Register at 682-4243. $6. GATHERINGS The Unbroken Thread Quilt Show, 10am-4pm, Lane County Historical Museum. A presentation on "Miniature Reproductions of Old Traditional Quilt Patterns" is at 10:30am; Quilts of Gee's Bend, Alabama screens at noon & 2pm; a panel on "Quilting to Perfect an Art" is at 1pm. $4, $10 week pass. LCC Earth Week Events: "Defining Sustainability and How it Applies to Everyday Life," noon, Building 1 Courtyard, LCC. FREE. KIDS Gimme Games for elem. ages, focus on words, creativity and strategy, 4pm, Downtown Library. FREE. LECTURES "America in a Different Mirror: Re-visioning Our Nation's Past," Ron Takaki, 10am, Building 6, LCC. FREE. "Hiking Ireland," slide lecture by Tyler Burgess, 1:30pm, Willamalane Adult Activity Center. Register at 736-4444. FREE. "What Should Be the University's Role in Land Development?," Don Holtgrieve, 3pm, Hendricks Hall, UO. FREE. "Breathing Life Into the Dead: Making History Come Alive on the Page," Erik Larson, author of Isaac's Storm, 4pm, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Jean Hegland reads from Windfalls, 7pm, Mother Kali's Books. FREE. Sexual Assault Support Services' 7th Annual Poetry of Survival reading, 7pm, Tsunami Books. Bring original or favorite poetry or lyrics to share. For information call 484-9791. MUSIC LCC Earth Week Events: Bubbler Bros., 11:30am, Bristow Square, LCC. FREE. Rob Tobias & Friends, 12:15pm, Hult Center. FREE. The Rainy Day Blues Society hosts Johnny Dyer, Mark Hummel, Jerry & the StageHogs, Paul Biondi, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $8 adv., $10 dos. Eugene Symphony featuring Adam Neiman, piano, presents Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 and others, 8pm, Hult Center. A pre-concert talk is at 7:15pm. $15-$42. Northwest Royale, On the First Day … They Were Kittens, Idle Class, Paranos, benefit to help pay Tara Smith's medical bills, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $5. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses body building and fitness before steroids with Bill Pearl, 8am and 8pm, KRVM 1280 AM. PRESENTATION Introduction to "Biology 103," the work of Lynn Margulis: biological evolution by symbiosis, 6:30pm, Euglena Edu. For information go to www.prototista.orgFREE. SPIRITUAL TRIM's Interfaith Books & Beliefs group discusses Judaism, 7pm, Borders Books. FREE. THEATER Copenhagen continues. See Thursday, April 14. Kiss Me Kate continues. See Thursday, April 14. Oliver! continues. See Thursday, April 14. You Can't Take It With You continues. See Thursday, April 14. Once Upon a Mattress continues. See Friday. Stop Kiss continues. See Wednesday.
ON THE ROAD Note- Continuation dates for out-of-town events are listed under the first day of the event. THURSDAY, APRIL 14 First Impressions Vol. 4, 7:30pm nightly through April 23; 2pm April 17, Bodyvox Studio, Portland. $25. Abstracts in April, work by Judith Dunbar, through April 30. Lawrence Gallery, Portland. I Don't Know Either, work by Brian Kershisnik, and Myth of Myself, work by Victor Maldonado, through April 27. Froelick Gallery, Portland. FREE. Diane Arbus: Family Albums, through April 24; Waking Dreams: The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites from the Delaware Art Museum, through May 29; Northwest Masters: Forgotten Prints, through June 5, Portland Art Museum. $10, $9 stu., sr. Watercolors by Bev Jozwiak and Vickie Nelson, through April 30. Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan. FREE. Acrylics by Beth Sauter, through April 30. Lawrence Gallery, Salishan. FREE. FRIDAY, APRIL 15 Slipknot, Lamb of God, Shadows Fall, From Autumn to Ashes, 7pm, Memorial Coliseum, Portland. $35. Capella Romana presents "Baroque Splendor," 8pm, St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland. For information call 866-822-7735. Oslund+Co presents Band of Innocents, The Awkward Duets, The Edge of the Fell, Fog, and 60 Seconds, 8pm tonight, tomorrow and April 17, Imago Theatre, Portland. For information call 503-221-5857. $15, $12 stu., sr. Pansy Party/Blossom Festival, through April 23. Rasmussen Farms, Hood River. For information call 800-548-2243. Blossom Craft Show, today and tomorrow, Hood River County Fairgrounds. For information go to www.hoodriverfair.com Poetry Celebration in the Gordon House, 7pm, Oregon Garden, Silverton. FREE. Barb Apple Natural Horsemanship Clinic, 9am-4pm today through April 19, 18349 Fadjur Lane, Sisters. Today is a benefit for Equus Embrace. For information call 548-6331 or go to www.equusembrace.com SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Earth Day Celebration, 10am-4pm, Oregon Garden, Silverton. $1 sug. don. Poets Cecelia Hagen, Judith Barrington, Charles Goodrich and George Estreich read, 7pm, Silverton Poetry Festival, Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center. For information call 503-873-2480. Jane Goodall speaks on "A Reason for Hope," proceeds benefit MedAssist, 7pm, Salem Conference Center. For information call 503-362-9669. Homes for Hounds shows several available greyhounds, 9:30am-6pm today and 9:30am-5pm tomorrow, Northwest Pet and Companion Fair, Expo Center, Salem. For information go to www.homes4hounds.com Ham dinner fund-raiser for the Yachats Ladies Club kitchen remodel, 5pm, Yachats Ladies Club. $7.50. David Hill Vineyards & Winery tasting, 2pm-5pm, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE. Joe Satriani, 8pm, Roseland Theater, Portland. $29.50 adv., $35 dos. SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Tommy Castro, 7pm, Domino Room, Bend. $10 adv., $13 dos. Earth and Ocean Day, 10am-3pm, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport. For information go to www.aquarium.org MONDAY, APRIL 18 Greil Marcus speaks about his new book, Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads, 7:30pm, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland. $10, $7 stu., sr. Melissa Hart reads from The Assault of Laughter: A Daughter's Journey Back to Her Lesbian Mother, 7pm, Coffee House Café, Salem. FREE. TUESDAY, APRIL 19 Wordstock Festival featuring John Irving, Alice Sebold, Norman Mailer, Ursula K. LeGuin and others, through April 24, various locations, Portland. For information and schedule go to www.wordstockfestival.com James McMurtry & the Heartless Bastards, 8pm, Aladdin Theater, Portland. $15. Josh Rouse, Amy Correia, 8pm, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland. 21+ show. $12. Zilla, 10pm, The Grove, Bend. 21+ show. $10 THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edward P. Jones speaks, 7:30pm, Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland. $15-$25. Velvet Revolver, Hoobastank, 8pm, Memorial Coliseum, Portland. $37.50. Joyce Badgley Hunsaker potrays Sacagawea, 7:30pm, Mission Mill Museum, Salem. $10-$14. Osmond Brothers, 7pm & 9pm, The Mill Casino & Hotel, North Bend. 21+ show. $27.
CORVALLIS EVENTS THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Bug Day, look at or handle impressive creepy-crawlies, 9am-4pm, MU Quad, OSU. FREE. Village Green Celtic Quartet, noon, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. A reception for The Gathering: Dolls and Beyond, 6:30pm, Pegasus Gallery. FREE. OSU Jazz Ensemble, 7:30pm, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. Ward 5 Battle of the Bands, 9pm tonight, tomorrow and April 16, AJ's. $3 each night. FRIDAY, APRIL 15 "The Many 'Rolls' of Fat in Inflammation and Liver Disease," a lecture by Laura Nagy, 4001 ALS, OSU. FREE. Wine tasting, appetizers and live music, 4pm-6pm, First Alternative Co-op Main Store. FREE. Murder! At 6th & Ferry!, 6:15pm dinner, 7pm show only, tonight, tomorrow and April 22, 23, 29 and 30, Flinn's Dinner Theater, Albany. For information go to www.flinns.comStrawberry Stakes casino night, 7pm, Lebanon Elks Lodge. For information call 258-7164. Cantus Choir, 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church. $12. Oregon Dance and guest artists, 8pm, Majestic Theatre. $12, $8 stu., sr. Priscilla Herdman, 8pm, Unitarian Fellowship Hall. $13 adv., $14 dos. SATURDAY, APRIL 16 Farmers' Market, 8am-noon, Water & Broadalbin Streets, Albany. FREE. La Fiesta De Su Biblioteca, English/Spanish program for children of all ages, performance by Woodburn High School's Mariachi Band, 11am-12pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. "A Taste of Waldorf," 3rd Annual Spring Auction with dinner and music, 5:30pm, Corvallis Waldorf School. Don. Jan Michael Looking Wolf, 7pm, Corvallis Art Center. For information call 754-1551. Contra Dance, 7:30pm, First Congregational Church. For information call 754-1839. Spring Bird Celebration for kids, 10am, Audubon Hestavn Sanctuary. Register at 750-7390. $10 sug. don. Spring Open House, 10am-5pm today and tomorrow, Garland Nursery. FREE. SUNDAY, APRIL 17 Intaba's Wood Fired Anniversary Party, buffet, demos, lecture, music and more, 11am-9pm, Intaba's. FREE. Ellen O'Grady reads from Outside the Ark, 3pm, Corvallis Library. FREE. "Music of the Americas," Sarah Roth Vanegas' senior recital, 2pm, 303 Benton, OSU. FREE. MONDAY, APRIL 18 "Pathways to Resilience — Self Regulation: The Key to Children's Adjustment and Resiliency," a lecture by Nancy Eisenberg, 2pm, MU, OSU. FREE. Joan Roughgarden gives a talk based on her book Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity Gender and Sexuality in Nature & People, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 A reception for Carol Ann Carter's Waiting Room, Rooms Waiting, 4:30pm, Fairbanks Gallery, OSU. FREE. Songwriters in the Round, hosted by Sam Holmes, 9pm, Iovino's. FREE. 6th Annual Conference on Gender & Culture, today through April 22, OSU. For information go to www.oregonstate.edu/womenscenter THURSDAY, APRIL 21 OSU Classy Jazz Quartet, noon, MU Lounge, OSU. FREE. New Horizons Band adult beginner session, 6pm, Gracewinds Music. For information call 754-6098. Multi-media installation artist Carol Ann Carter discusses her work, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. Local folk open mic anchored by MC Squared, 7pm, Corvallis Arts Center. FREE.
ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES Volunteers are needed for the 8th Annual Celtic Bealtuinn Festival April 23 and 24 at Iris Hill Winery. Work with kids, take money, assist bands and more. For information call 954-8142. Volunteers are needed for the Earth Day Celebration, April 23 at EWEB's River Edge Plaza. For information call 682-2739. Community volunteers are needed to help renovate Goodman Creek Trail near Oakridge on April 23. For information call 465-1800 or register at REI Customer Service, 306 Lawrence St. The Pot-Luck Chorus calls all voices. Pure pleasure, no pressure. Sundays 6-8pm, Eugene Mennonite Church. The Eugene Peace Choir also seeks new members, especially altos and tenors. For information call 344-8931 or email vrogers@oip.net Cherry Blossom Musical Arts is holding auditions for Nisse's Dream, an original children's theater musical directed by Maggie Tryk to be performed at Lord Leebrick Theatre August 12-21. Roles are available for adults, teens and children ages 7 and up. Auditions are 2pm April 24 at The Edge, 2520 Harris. Prepare a short song and be ready to move. For information call 334-0479 or emai info@cblossom.org Vendors are needed for the Eugene Glass School's First Annual Pre-Mother's Day Garage Sale, May 7. Sell your arts & crafts, studio seconds, art supplies & more. For information call 342-2959. Auditions for Roads End will be held at 1pm on April 15 at Actor's Cabaret Annex. 2 women and 2 men, all over 20, are needed. Knowledge of the script is highly recommended. For information call 683-4368. Auditions for Honk! will be held at 1pm on April 17 at Actor's Cabaret. Men, women and children over age seven are needed; please prepare a short song. Knowledge of the script is highly recommended. For information call 683-4368.
DANCE LISTINGS TH: Adult urban beat jazz dance—4:30, In
Shape Fitness. 485-7675. FR: African—noon, Gerlinger Annex. 346-3379. SU: Capoeira, all-level—8:30, Core Star
Community Space. www.capoeiraeugene.org MO: Capoeira, all-level—8, In Shape Fitness.
www.capoeiraeugene.org TU: African—6:30, Fool's Paradise Tea House.
653-2840. WE: Capoeira, all-level—8, Core Star Community
Space. www.capoeiraeugene.org
APRIL ONGOING EVENTS THURSDAYS GATHERING Womenspace LGBT drop-in/support group, 7:30pm. 302-2417. Por Es Somas Amigos/For This We Are Friends, bilingual workshop, 5:30pm, Turtle Island Health Care. Eugene Chess Club meeting, 7pm, Vet's Club. 485-5471. KIDS Pre-literacy activities for parents and children, 10am, Community Center, Creswell. Baby storytime, 10:15am and 11:15am, Downtown Library. Pre-school storytime, 10:30am, Bethel and Sheldon Libraries. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Eugene Women's Rugby Club practice, no exp. necessary, 6pm, Alton Baker Park. 338-0238. PRESENTATION "Increase Spendable Retirement Income Without Spending More Now," 7pm, Hult Plaza, 401 E. 10th. SPIRITUAL Silent meditation and "enlightenment" dialogue with Michael Mooney, 7:30pm, Unity, 39th and Hilyard. Heal your body, breathing, meditation and stretching, 4pm, 2580 Hilyard. $5. Sadhana, group spiritual practice, 4am daily through May 21, Yoga West. 344-7645.
FRIDAYS GARDENING Biodynamic gardening, learn to create plant communities, 4pm-6pm, 1097 W. 8th Ave. $5-$20 ss. GATHERINGS Low-cost spay-neuter surgeries for pets by appointment, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. 607-4219. Drum circle, 7pm, Mother Kali's Bookstore. LGBTQ youth group, ages 13-18, 4pm, Amazon Community Center. 684-3466. KIDS Pre-school storytime, 10:30am, Bethel Library. SPIRITUAL Free Reign, party in the name of Jesus, 8pm, Westside Christian Church. Sadhana, group spiritual practice, 4am daily through May 21, Yoga West. 344-7645.
SATURDAYS GATHERING Lane County Farmers' Market, 9am-4pm, 8th & Oak. Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, 8th & Oak. Co-dependents Anonymous meeting, noon, White Bird. KIDS Dog Tale Times, children read to trained canines, 2pm, Downtown Library. Register at 682-5450. FREE. Planetarium viewings: "Up in the Sky," 1pm; "Ice and Iron," 2pm, Science Factory. $4. Storytime for kids of all ages, 10am, Barnes and Noble. 687-0356. Family music time, 10:15am, Downtown and Bethel Libraries., OUTDOORS/RECREATION Gay and lesbian tennis group, 2pm, Westmoreland Courts. 686-2557. Eugene Frontrunners, LGBTQ runners and walkers, 9am, 15th and Agate. 683-2692. One-hour fast bike rides, noon weekdays, Bike Friday. (800) 777-0258. SPIRITUAL Sadhana, group spiritual practice, 4am daily through May 21, Yoga West. 344-7645.
SUNDAYS GARDENING Biodynamic gardening, learn to create plant communities, 10am-12pm, 1097 W. 8th Ave. $5-$20 ss. GATHERINGS Potluck chorus led by Val Rogers, 5pm. Register at 344-8931. LGB 20s/30s social club, 10am. 485-3437. SASS women's drop-in support group, 6pm, 591 W. 19th. 484-9791. KIDS Planetarium viewings: "Up in the Sky," 1pm; "Ice and Iron," 2pm, Science Factory. $4. "Learning About World Religions" and "The Oneness of Humanity" for ages preschool—grade 8, through June 5, 10:30am, Eugene Baha'i Center. Register at 344-7899. ON THE AIR "Anarchy Radio" with John Zerzan, 11pm, KWVA 88.1 FM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Gay and lesbian tennis group, 2pm, Westmoreland Courts. 686-2557. SPIRITUAL Meditation on compassion, Chenrezig practice, 10am, Tibetan Buddhist Study and Meditation Center. 747-2843. Sunday devotional service, 10am; adult enrichment program, 10:30am, Eugene Baha'i Center. For information call 344-3173. Sadhana, group spiritual practice, 4am daily through May 21, Yoga West. 344-7645.
MONDAYS ARTS/VISUAL Drawing group with musicians as models, 6:30pm, World Café. GATHERINGS Co-dependents Anonymous meeting, noon, St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Women in Black silent vigil to protest war, 5pm-5:30pm, across from Federal Building. French conversation, 4pm. 937-2304. LGBTQ youth group, ages 18-24, 5pm, WCA. 345-5088. SASS drop-in women's support group, 7pm. 484-9791. HEALTH Free confidential HIV testing, 4pm-7pm. 342-5088. SPIRITUAL Sadhana, group spiritual practice, 4am daily through May 21, Yoga West. 344-7645.
TUESDAYS GATHERINGS Drop-in counseling and information sessions on possible return of U.S. military draft and preparation for Conscientious Objector status, 5pm, CALC, 458 Blair. 485-1755. Practicing "being peace" silent meditation, 8:15am-8:45am, Federal Building. Medicine Buffalo Women Society discussion, 7pm, Eugene Evangelical Church. Women's circle, 11am and 7pm. 517-9655. Women's Sound Healing Cicle with Auriel Loux, 7pm, Body Now. $5. KIDS Toddler storytime, 10am, Barnes and Noble. 687-0356. Toddler storytime, 10:15am and 11am, Downtown Library. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Eugene Women's Rugby Club practice, no exp. necessary, 6pm, Alton Baker Park. 338-0238. Show and Go GEARs rides, 10am, meet at Alton Baker Park. For information call 345-3941. SPIRITUAL Open Sky Shambhala Meditation group, 7pm, 100 West Q Street, Spfld. Video satsang with Gangaji, 7pm. For information and location call 484-6090. Sadhana, group spiritual practice, 4am daily through May 21, Yoga West. 344-7645.
WEDNESDAYS CLASS Earth Magick, 7pm, Mother Kali's Bookstore DANCE Rainbow Wranglers, LBGT square dancers, 7pm. 912-4932. GATHERINGS Co-dependents Anonymous meeting for women, 5:30pm, St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Eckhart Tolle Power of Now Practicing Presence group meeting, 7pm, Maitreya Eco-Village. 344-6606. Hemp Cannabis meeting, 6:30, Community TV Station, behind Sheldon High School. Peace celebrations, 4:30pm-5:30pm, Federal Building. Save Our Valley meeting, citizens opposed to power plant in Coburg, 6:30pm, 91003 Willamette St., Coburg. HIV-Poz social group, 7pm, HIV Alliance. 342-5088. Contact improvisation jam, 5:30pm, Agate Hall. 343-2913. UO juggling club, 6pm, 220 Gerlinger. 346-4436. $1, students free. HEALTH Kundalini yoga class, 8:45am, Yoga West. $6. KIDS Old favorites and new releases on the picture book wall, 7pm, Barnes and Noble. 687-0356. Pre-school storytime, 10:15am and 11am, Downtown Library. Pre-school storytime, 10am, Springfield Library. SPIRITUAL Calm abiding meditation, 6:30pm, Tibetan Buddhist Study and Meditation Center. 747-2843. Sadhana, group spiritual practice, 4am daily through May 21, Yoga West. 344-7645.
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The Eugene
Ballet Company is staging choreographer Dennis Spaight's
Scheherazade, the result of Spaight's dream of
creating a ballet that would both match Rimsky-Korsakov's
lush score and resonate with today's audience. Striking
costumes, a lavish set, and a non-traditional departure
in Scheherazade's tale combine with Spaight's seamless
choreography for a striking piece with an underlying feminist
theme. The EBC presents Scheherazade, along with
Artistic Director Toni Pimble's Two's Company and
the premiere of her new work, Divertimento, this
weekend. See story, page 34, and Saturday Calendar.
For
40 years, Toots and the Maytals have recorded
with renowned producers, turned out massive hits, and
put their stamp on pieces of history — Toots
Live, released less than 24 hours after a 1980 show
at London's Hammersmith Palais, was the fastest live
album ever released. (My, how things have changed!)
Last year, Toots and the Maytals released True Love,
which found the band revisiting some of their classic
works with a whole host of guest musicians, from the
unsurprising to the utterly unexpected. Along with dancehall
hitmaker Shaggy and ska legends the Skatalites, Toots
recruited legends from Willie Nelson to Keith Richards
to Eric Clapton. A few young upstarts make appearances
as well, including hipster heartbreaker Ryan Adams and
still up-and-coming songstress Rachel Yamagata. Toots
and the Maytals, with the Animal Liberation Orchestra
in tow, stop in Eugene at the McDonald Theatre. See
Tuesday Calendar.
The
Eugene Symphony has quite a night planned with
a trio of pieces by Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Beethoven.
The woodwinds take center stage with Stravinsky's Symphonies
of the Wind Instruments, and Shostakovich calls
up images of the Russian Revolution with his Symphony
No. 12, "The Year 1917." But it's Beethoven's Piano
Concerto No. 3, featuring pianist Adam Nieman
(pictured left), that takes top billing. Nieman, a 26-year-old
Juilliard graduate, has performed at Carnegie Hall as
well as with the Symphony Orchestras of Chicago, San
Francisco, Saint Louis and the National Symphony Orchestra.
He arrives in Eugene preceded by a reputation for compelling
and colorful performances. There is a free preview of
the concert at noon Wednesday, and Music Director Giancarlo
Guerrero gives a pre-show talk 45 minutes before the
show. See story, page 27, and Thursday, April 21 Calendar.
