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Deadline for Calendar and Art in the Galleries submissions are noon on Thursday, a week before the issue that covers your event. Send an e-mail with event, date, time, location and cost to attend to cal@eugeneweekly.com
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Sunrise 7:03am; Sunset 5:50pm,Av High 52; Av Low 35, SnarkCast: TEPID BENEFIT "Music of the Heart," feat. Oregon Children's Choir, dinner & auction, 5:30pm-8:30pm, Twin Rivers Baptist Church, 1660 Mohawk Blvd., Spfd. RSVP, 461-0954. $30. FILM Flags of Our Fathers, 2:30pm, Campbell Center. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: "Put your best fruit forward," 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $5. GATHERINGS League of Women Voters of Lane County presents Mary Oberst speaking on "Oregon's Sesquicentennial: Your Important Role in Preparing for 2009," 12:15pm, Mallard Banquet Hall, 725 W. 1st St. 343-7917. FREE. Learn about different types of independent & assisted living facilities in the area w/Rod Holst, 1:30pm, Willamalane Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd. Register, 736-4444. FREE. Project Management Institute meets on the topic of "Supercharging Project Management with Technology," 5:45pm, Symantec, 555 International Way, Spfd. $5. West Cascade Peace Corps Association meets, 7pm, info@westcascadepca.org or 607-4140 for location. FREE. Snow Camping 101 clinic, 7pm, REI. 465-1800. FREE. Adoption seminar presented by PLAN, 7pm, Emerald Bible Fellowship, 1855 Cal Young Rd. 503-472-8452. FREE. LECTURES Sports: "The Bill Bowerman Papers and Sports History at Oregon," Heather Briston, 5:30pm, Knight Library, UO. FREE. Dr. Wade Guthrie discusses the connections between detoxification, inflammation control, nutrition and weight loss strategies for vibrant health, 6:30pm, 235 W. 10th Ave. 683-9069. FREE. MUSIC Metropolitan Rhythm & Blues Revue, 7pm today, tomorrow and Feb. 23; 2:30pm Feb. 23 & 24, Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove. www.cottagethreatre.orgor 942-8001. $13, $10 stu., sr. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, 7:30pm, The Shedd. www.theshedd.orgor 682-5000. $24-$34. Faculty Voice Concert, feat. Siri Vik, David Gustafson & Laura Wayte, 7:30pm, Performance Hall, LCC. $10, $8 stu., sr. Lydia Van Dreel, horn, w/Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin, and David Riley & Sandy Holder, piano, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr. Glen Phillips, Jonathan Kingham, 8pm, WOW Hall. $20 adv., $23 door. The Mood, 9:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $4. Americanistan, 8pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $6-$8. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the successes and struggles of the wood products industry w/Allyn Ford, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. "New Dimensions" presents "The Culture of the Integralist" w/Steve McIntosh, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. SPIRITUAL Angelic reiki healing circle, 7pm, call 607-9408 for location. FREE. THEATER "Body Talk: Stories from our Lives," 7pm today & tomorrow, Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, UO. $5 sug. don. Proof, 7:30pm today; 8pm Feb. 22-23; 2pm Feb. 24, Hult Center. www.willrep.orgor 682-5000. $12-$35. Zombie Prom, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Feb. 23, Springfield High School. 517-9028. $8, $5 stu., sr.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Sunrise 7:02am; Sunset 5:52pm, Av High 52; Av Low 35, SnarkCast: LOUD ARTS/VISUAL An artists' talk & opening for "Telling Stories," photography by Rich Bergeman and Paul Neevel, 3:30pm-8:30pm, Jacobs Gallery. FREE. An opening for "The F-Word: Photos & Stories of Forgiveness" exhibit, 5pm, Fenario Gallery. FREE. An opening for "Spirited Journey: Women Artists," work by Kathleen Caprario, Bets Cole, Annette Gurdjian, Wendy Huhn & Betsy Wolfston, 6pm, Maude Kerns Art Center. $3 sug. don. DANCE MEDGE presents "An Evening of Contemporary Belly Dance," feat. Razia, 8:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. www.medge.org$4. FILM Margaret Mead Traveling Film Festival: Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus, 5:30pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. FREE. Swedish Film Series: My Life as a Dog by Lasse Hallstrom, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. Jean Houston's So You Want To Make Miracles, 7pm, Spiritual Growth Center, 390 Vernal St. RSVP, 995-3799. $7.50. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: Erin Glenn Cellars, 5pm-7pm, WineStyles. FREE. Wine tasting w/cheeses, 5pm-7pm, The Broadway. FREE. Premium wine tasting, w/appetizers, 6pm-8pm, WineStyles. $30. Wine tasting, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Midtown MarketPlace. FREE. GATHERINGS Tax-Aide, free tax assistance on first-come, first-served basis, 10am-2:30pm today & tomorrow, Downtown Library. 682-5450. FREE. City Club Friday Forum: "Girls At Risk: What the Community Should Know," w/Cynthia Pappas of Planned Parenthood, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. www.cityclubofeugene.org$3. Pacifica Forum: "2nd Amendment Gun Rights," 4pm, EMU, UO. 344-0483. FREE. Eugene for Obama meets, 6:30pm, EMU, UO. 513-9650. FREE. LECTURES Anthropology: "Between Radical Exclusion and Conditional Integration: A Case Study of Roma Communities from Romania," Gabriel Troc, noon, 313 Condon, UO. FREE. Forgiveness Project: "Wounds to Warriors: Healing the Trauma of Social Violence," Aqeela Sherrills, 7pm, Fenario Gallery, 881 Willamette. FREE. Travel: "Trekking Nepal to Everest Base Camp," slideshow presentation by Bob & Anders Bell, 7pm, REI. RSVP, 465-1800. FREE. Psychology: "Honoring the Deus Absconditus: The Irrational as an Essential Presence in Healing," Nicholas French, 7:30pm, Sacred Heart Medical Center auditorium. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Reflective Readers book group: Titus Groan by Mervyn Peak, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE. MUSIC Halie Loren & Matt Treder, 7pm, Borders Books. FREE. The Jazz Café, 7:30pm, 178 Music, UO. $5. An Acoustic Evening w/Floater, 9pm today & tomorrow, WOW Hall. $12 adv., $15 door. Bad Mitten Orchestre, Zoe Vermillion, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5. Metropolitan Rhythm & Blues Revue continues. See Thursday, Feb. 21. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses dog behavior & rescue operations w/dogs, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION "Mysteries of Trees" walk, 10am, Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Limted to 20 participants. RSVP, 747-1504. FREE. SOCIAL DANCE Herman & Barb's salsa dance, 10pm, Tango Center. $5. THEATER Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, 8pm today & tomorrow, Actor's Cabaret, 996 Willamette. 683-4368. $16-$19 reserved ($35.95 dinner seating). Proof continues. See Thursday, Feb. 21. Zombie Prom continues. See Thursday, Feb. 21. "Body Talk: Stories from our Lives" continues. See Friday.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Sunrise 7am; Sunset 5:53pm, Av High 52; Av Low 35, SnarkCast: LOWBROW BENEFIT "Sweet Leaf Valentine Ball," benefit for Emerald Empire HempFest, feat. Neighborhood Inc., Sweet Island Thyme, silent auctions, vegan buffet, 8pm, The Lorax Manner, 1648 Alder St. $3 adv., $5 door. COMEDY The Comedy Workout presents "Survivors of Valentine's Day," 8pm, Diablo's Downtown Lounge. 21+. $5. DANCE Eugene Ballet Co. presents Ken Kesey's Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear, 8pm today and 2:30pm tomorrow, Hult Center. $18-$42. FILM Sicko, w/discussion, 6:30pm, United Methodist Church, 750 W. 10th, Junction City. FREE. GATHERINGS League of Women Voters of Lane County hosts a conference on "Civics 101 — Eugene & Springfield: Aligning Interests," 9:30am-12:30pm, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. 343-7917. FREE. Oregon Logging Conference, 9am-2pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. 686-9191. FREE. "Intro to the Internet II" clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. 682-5450. FREE. EcoGrove presents a conference on local food production & rainwater harvesting, 10am-12:30pm, Cottage Grove Community Center, 700 E. Gibbs. www.victorygardensforall.orgFREE. "The Power of Parenting" conference, 11:30am-3:45pm, Whiteaker Elementary, 21 N. Grand St. Register, 346-2578. FREE. Willamette Valley NORML meets, 2pm, Toasted Herb's Subs, 1210 Willamette. FREE. Oregon League of Conservation Voters presents a 2008 Campaign Kick-Off, feat. silent auction, music, tango dancing, hors d'oeuvres, special guests Pete Sorenson, Kitty Piercy, Betty Taylor, 7pm, DIVA. www.olcv.org/laneor 503-224-4011. FREE. Tax-Aide continues. See Friday. KIDS/FAMILIES Nearby Nature Quest: "Rah! Rah! Rodents!" 10am, meet at Park Host Residence, Alton Baker Park. RSVP, 687-9699. $2, $5 family. "Create a Puppet and a Play" w/Celeste Rose, for ages 8-13, 12:30pm today, March 1, 8; 3:30pm March 14; performance 2pm March 15, Springfield Library. Register at Youth Services Desk. FREE. Archaeology Family Day, hands-on activities, 1pm-4pm, Museum of Natural & Cultural History, 1680 E. 15th Ave. $3, $2 sr., youth, $8 family. LECTURE Commemoration: "WWII Internment and Incarceration: Japanese Ancestry Persons in the United States, Canada and Latin America," Tetsuden Kashima, 10am, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. FREE. MUSIC Michael: Haydn Divertimento in C for String Trio, 2pm, Atrium Bldg., 10th & Olive. FREE. The Sugar Beets: "Unplugged," 7:30pm, The Shedd. 434-7000. $12.50-$25. Gospel Music Program concert, 7pm, First Congregational Church. 345-8741. FREE. Ashleigh Flynn CD release show, Peter Wilde, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $5. Metropolitan Rhythm & Blues Revue continues. See Thursday, Feb. 21. An Acoustic Evening w/Floater continues. See Friday. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARs rides: Rattle Snake Butte, 54 miles; Pleasant Hill (long), 40 miles, 9:30am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org SOCIAL DANCE Baby Boomers Club social dance, 7:30pm, Springfield Elks Ballroom, 1701 Centennial. 461-0319. $10, $7 members. Contra dance, 7:30pm, Cesar Chavez School gym, 1510 W. 14th. $7, $6 stu. The Big Milonga, tango performance, instruction & dancing, 8pm, The Tango Center, 194 W. Broadway. $7. Salsa dance w/Jose Cruz, 9pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5. SPIRITUAL "Creating a Nonviolent Mind," 1pm, Spritual Growth Center, 390 Vernal St. 485-0035. Don. THEATER Proof continues. See Thursday, Feb. 21. Zombie Prom continues. See Thursday, Feb. 21. Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash continues. See Friday. VOLUNTEER Plant native trees & shrubs with the Obsidians group at Canyon Drive Trail, 9am, meet at trailhead off Martin St. 682-4845. Tools, gloves provided.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Sunrise 6:58am; Sunset 5:54pm, Av High 52; Av Low 36, SnarkCast: PRUDISH BENEFITS Eugene's Active 20/30 presents Oscar Sunday, benefit for children's charities in Lane County, feat. formal dinner, red carpet paparazzi, silent auction, more, 4pm, Chambers Media Center. 285-7474 or www.eugene2030.org Academy Awards ceremony on Hi-Def, benefit for ALS Assoc. of Oregon, w/hors d'oeuvres, 5pm, Bijou Cinemas. $10 adv., $12 door. DANCE Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear continues. See Saturday. FILM Down by Law by Jim Jarmusch, 8pm, Wandering Goat. FREE. GATHERINGS Healing clinic feat. medical intuitive Tiffany Masters, 1pm, Tamarack Wellness Center. 338-2170. Don. "New Name, Same Aim," celebratory dinner for Latin America Solidarity Committee, 5pm, World Café. 485-8633. $10 sug. don. LECTURE History: "Lifting Oregon Out of the Mud," Joe Blakeley, 2pm, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. FREE. MUSIC Drumming, dancing & singing clinic w/Musekiwa Chingodza of Zimbabwe, 1pm, Tamarack Wellness Center. $20. Kathryn Lucktenberg, violin recital, w/pianist David Riley, 3pm, Beall Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr. A. ElRay Stewart-Cook, organ recital, 4pm, Central Lutheran Church, 1857 Potter St. Don. Drummers in the Round, a musical tribute to black history, feat. Eric Richardson, 5pm Tsunami Books. FREE. Cadillac Sky, 7:30pm, The Shedd. www.theshedd.org$20-$28. Jasper Mountain, Water Tower String Band, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don. The Everybodyfields, 8:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $6. Metropolitan Rhythm & Blues Revue continues. See Thursday, Feb. 21. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Cascadia Ecosystem Advocates leads a grandmothers' hike in Coast Range threatened by WOPR, 10am, meet at Growers Market. Obsidians trip: Circle Lake Trail, x-ski, 7.5 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up sheet. GEARs rides: Pine Grove, 25 miles; Crow via Central, 40 miles, 9:30am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org THEATER Proof continues. See Thursday, Feb. 21.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Sunrise 6:57am; Sunset 5:56pm, Av High 53; Av Low 36, SnarkCast: SUNNY GATHERINGS Training on "What is Literacy?" 1pm-4pm, Whiteaker School, 21 N. Grand St. 747-2424 or 726-2287. FREE. Volunteer orientation, 6:30pm, WOW Hall. FREE. Digital photography clinic for seniors, 6:30pm, Campbell Center. Register, 682-5318. $8. MUSIC Detrick/Swigart Jazz Orchestra, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses native myth, language and sense of place in southern Oregon/northern California, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. SPIRITUAL Martha Moffett speaks on "Prayer that Heals and Restores," 7pm, The Shedd, 868 High St. FREE.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Sunrise 6:55am; Sunset 5:57pm, Av High 53; Av Low 36, SnarkCast: HEADACHE FOOD/DRINK Benefit wine tasting: Relief Nursery, 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $10. GATHERING On Being Caribou, 7pm, Campbell Center. 682-5329. FREE. LECTURE Dr. Sunny Kierstyn presents on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, 12:30pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. 736-4444. FREE. MUSIC Eugene Youth Symphony, "Symphonic Safari," 7:30pm, South Eugene High School. FREE. Pacific Rim Gamelan Ensemble, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr. David Darling, Liz Byrd & Friends, 8:30pm, The Shedd. $10. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses the life & writings of Wallace Stegner, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. "Alternative Radio" discusses Sut Jhally's "How TV Exploits its Audience," 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. SPIRITUAL Lane Interfaith Alliance presents "Healing the Broken Heart" dialogue & potluck, 6pm, River Island Estates, 598 Wimbledon Ct. 344-5693. FREE.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Sunrise 6:53am; Sunset 5:58pm, Av High 53; Av Low 36, SnarkCast: CRAZY ARTS/VISUAL Guided tour of "Buddhist Visions" exhibit, 5pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE w/admission. FILM Heckler's Movie Night: Highlander, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE. Films of Cuba: Waiting List by Juan Carlos Tabio, 7pm, 129 McKenzie, UO. FREE. Speak Out: I Had an Abortion, w/speak-out following, 7pm, EMU, UO. 345-5702. FREE. GATHERINGS "Understanding Mental Health and Aging" discussion w/Joanna Vervoon, 10:30am, Hilyard Center. 682-5311. FREE. Community Conversations panel on "Aesthetic Hegemony: Cross-Cultural Ideals of Physical Beauty & Body Image," 7:30pm, Bean West Conference Rm., UO. 346-1977. FREE. "Living Well with Chronic Conditions" clinic, 5:30pm, Willamalane Center, 215 W. C St., Spfd. Register, 687-6234. FREE. Amazon Creek Planning Area public workshop, 6pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Presentation on "Supplements: Who needs them?" 6pm, Tamarack Wellness Center. 953-8715. $12. Ballet class for boys, ages 10-22, 6:15pm Wednesdays, Oregon Ballet Academy. Register, 338-7800 or info@oregonballetacademy.com FREE. Archimedes Movement presents on activities of Oregon Health Fund Board, feat. Rhonda Busek, 7pm, EWEB. FREE. Post Carbon Eugene presents A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, w/discussion, 7pm, Grower's Market, 454 Willamette. 485-6846. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES "On the Road to the Great Zimbabwe" performance by Drinking Gourd students, for ages 3-6, 10:15am and 11am, Downtown Library. 682-8316. FREE. LECTURES German/Scandinavian: "Eye Contact: Reading Surveillance in Recent German Literature & Film," John Griffith Urang, 3:30pm, EMU, UO. FREE. Law: "Environmental Entrepreneurship," Rob Illig, 4:30pm, Many Nations Longhouse, UO. 346-1563. FREE. Art: "The Letter of the Law and the Splendor of the Pure Land," Mark Unno, 6pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. Civics: "Eco-Logical Culture Change and Neighborhoods," Jan Spencer, 7pm, Harris Hall, 8th & Oak. 870-1997. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Readin' in the Rain: An evening with Kenny Moore, 7pm, Hult Center. FREE. MUSIC Jeffrey Lewis & the Jitters, 4pm, CD World. FREE. Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. 346-5678. FREE. The Mountain Goats, Jeffrey Lewis & the Jitters, 9pm, WOW Hall. $12 adv., $15 door. The Mother Truckers, 9pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $3-$5. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses large sclae bike path projects & greenways, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. OUTDOORS/RECREATION WREN presents a Wetland Wander, 9am, meet at end of Terry St. off W. 11th. 683-6494. FREE.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Sunrise 6:52am; Sunset 6pm, Av High 53; Av Low 36, SnarkCast: HEARTY COMEDY Cody Cooper, Don Forest & Kyle Harbert, 8pm, Diablo's Downtown Lounge. 21+. $7. DANCE Collaborations, 8pm today & tomorrow, Performance Hall, LCC. $10, $8 stu., sr. FILM Ethnic Studies film series ("Interrogating Culture"): Life Show, 6pm, 240A McKenzie, UO. 346-0900. FREE. FOOD/DRINK Wine tasting: "Zinapalooza," 5pm-9pm, WineStyles. $5. GATHERINGS Oregon RV Show & Sale, 10am-8pm today, tomorrow and March 1; 10am-5pm March 2, Lane County Fairgrounds. 683-3944. $6, $5 sr., $4 under age 18, FREE under age 12. OSU/Lane Co. Extension offers free nitrate screening of your drinking water, 10am-2pm, 950 W. 13th Ave. 766-3556. Bring a cup of well water in clean container. FREE. Cedar Creek Planning Area public workshop, 6pm, Springfield Library Meeting Room. FREE. Rainbow Family meets to discuss gathering in Wyoming, 6pm, Grower's Market (upstairs), 454 Willamette St. FREE. Polytheism discussion group meets, 7pm, 5th St. Beanery. www.wildivine.orgor 345-1844. FREE. KIDS/FAMILIES "Make a Collage like Matisse," w/Kim Jarvis, for grades 1-5, 3pm, Springfield Library. Register at Youth Services Desk. FREE. Book Buddies book group (for grades 2-3): Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth by Eoin Colfer, 4pm, Downtown Library. FREE. Tween Scene book group (for grades 4-6): The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman, 4pm, Downtown Library. FREE. LECTURES "Martha Stewart and the Tradition of Domestic Advice," Mary Anne Beecher, 1:30pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. 736-4444. FREE. Art History: "The Art of Expenditure," Miwon Kwon, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. Travel: "Walking to Santiago," Susan Alcorn, 7pm, REI. RSVP, 465-1800. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Mark Doty and Paul Lisicky read their work, 8pm, Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. MUSIC Oregon Symphonic Band, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr. Midnite, 9pm, WOW Hall. $20. Slavic Soul Party, 9:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $10. Jackstraw, 9:30pm, Sam Bond's. 21+. $6. ON THE AIR "The Jefferson Exchange" discusses school shootings & the underlying issues behind camps & workplace violence w/Joe Lieberman, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM. "New Dimensions" presents "Manifesting the Life of Your Dreams" w/Cathy & Gary Hawk, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM. THEATER Boy Gets Girl, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and March 1, 6-8, South Eugene High School. 687-3521. $8, $5 stu., sr.
CORVALLIS EVENTS Note - Continuation dates for out-of-town events are listed under the first day of the event. THURSDAY, FEB. 21 Music a la Carte: OSU String Ensemble & The Silhouette Quartet, noon, MU, OSU. FREE. "The Role of Planted Forests in the Pacific Nortwest" lecture series: "International Timberland Investments, Plantation Development and Global Forest Products Markets," Robert Flynn, 3:30pm, 107 Richardson, OSU. FREE. "The Future as Commons," lecture by Kim Stanley Robinson, 7pm, Gilfillan Auditorium, OSU. FREE. Corvallis/OSU Symphony, feat. Mozart's Cosi fan tutte Overture, Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1, Bach's Cantata No. 80, w/Tuebingen University Camerata Choir, 7:30pm, First Methodist Church. $15. Harvey, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Feb. 23; 2:30pm Feb. 24, Majestic Theater. 738-7469. $10, $9 stu., sr. FRIDAY, FEB. 22 Mid-Willamette Valley Sportsman, Boat & RV Show, 3pm-8pm today; 10am-8pm tomorrow; 11am-6pm Feb. 24, Linn County Fair & Expo Center, Albany. www.wvpevents.com OSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble presents "Classics and Concertos," 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $10, FREE OSU stu. Hello, Dolly, 8pm today, tomorrow and Feb. 28-29 and March 1, 6-8; 2:30pm Feb. 24 & March 2, Albany Civic Theater. www.albanycivic.org $10, $7 sr., under age 18. "Human Rights and Justice for All," lecture by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel, 8pm, MU Ballroom, OSU. FREE. SUNDAY, FEB. 24 Stuart Little, 3pm today and March 2, Russell Tripp Performance Center, LBCC, Albany. 917-4531. $9, $6 under age 18. MONDAY, FEB. 25 "Getting Biofuels Right: The Biofuel vs. Food & Environment Dilemma," lecture by G. David Tilman, 7pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE. TUESDAY, FEB. 26 "How Nike is Reducing its Environmental Footprint and Incorporating Sustainability into its Products," lecture by Lorrie Vogel, noon, CH2M Hill Alumni Center, OSU. FREE. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27 The Three Musketeers, 10am & 1pm today, tomorrow and Feb. 29, Majestic Theatre. www.majestic.orgor 738-7469. Grief support group, 2pm, Corvallis Senior Center. FREE. The Mandelring Quartet, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $22-$25, $5 stu., FREE OSU stu. THURSDAY, FEB. 28 Music a la Carte: Crooked Kate, noon, MU, OSU. FREE. OSU Jazz Ensemble presents "Hot Jazz for a Cool Evening," 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $10, FREE OSU stu.
ON THE ROAD THURSDAY, FEB. 21 Portland International Film Festival, daily through Feb. 23, screenings at various locations. www.nwfilm.org The Hives, The Donnas, 8pm, Roseland Theater, PDX. $18. China Forbes, 9pm, Doug Fir Lounge, PDX. $10. Gaelic Storm, 7:30pm, Elsinore Theater, Salem. $25-$35. FRIDAY, FEB. 22 Joshua Redman, 9:30pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. $36+. Speed Limit & The Violations, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. A Bowl of Rose Leaves, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Feb. 29 and March 1; 2pm Feb. 24 and March 2, Betty Long Unruh Theatre, Roseburg. 673-2125. $10, $5 child. SATURDAY, FEB. 23 Wine tasting: Purple Cow, 1pm-4pm, The Wine Place, Yachats. FREE. Soulicious, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE. SUNDAY, FEB. 24 Maceo Parker, 7:30pm, Crystal Ballroom, PDX. www.mcmenamins.com Hellyeah, Machine Head, Nonpoint, Ankla, 8pm, Roseland Theater, PDX. $26. Yoav, Sean Hayes, 9pm, Doug Fir Lounge, PDX. 21+. $12. MONDAY, FEB. 25 Charles Burns signs Black Hole, 7:30pm, Powell's Books, 1005 W. Burnside, PDX. FREE. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27 Holy Fuck, A Place to Bury Strangers, 9pm, Doug Fir Lounge, PDX. 21+. $12. THURSDAY, FEB. 28 "Enduring Traditions of Persian Literature," lecture by Richard Davis, 6pm, Portland Art Museum. RSVP, 503-226-0973. FREE. "Cosmology at the Frontier," lecture by Brian Greene, 7pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, PDX. www.isepp.orgor 503-224-4400. Captured by Robots, Fogatron, 9:30pm, Berbati's Pan, PDX. 21+. $7. Hot Buttered Rum, The Waybacks, 9:30pm, Domino Room, Bend. 541-388-1106. $18.
ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES Imagine artisans collective in the 5th St. Public Market invites new artists to join. 343-0337. Seeking five minute acts for Talent Show to kick off Victory Garden Party Project on March 30. Poetry, theater, music, comedy! 937-3007. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art seeks volunteers to join the tour guide program called Exhibition Interpreters. jsma.uoregon.edu or 346-0968. Deadline is March 10. Auditions for LCC's summer musical, Hello Dolly, will be held at noon on March 1. bertuccir@lanecc.edu or 463-5644.
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So
this week Fidel Castro stepped down as leader
of Cuba, and our own erstwhile, impotent leader
responded by saying we'll help Cubans "realize
the blessings of liberty" by keeping Gitmo, the
number one institution of blessed freedom, up
and running. But we digress. Every other Wednesday
since Jan. 16, the UO's Department of Romance
Languages has been presenting the Films of
Cuba's Special Period, 1994-2003. Beginning
just after the collapse of the Soviet Union, this
"special period" was a time of radical transformation,
when Cuba weaned itself off dependence on imported
goods such as oil from Russia, implemented organic
permaculture and sought the most innovative mass
transit options. The films Strawberry and Chocolate,
Guantanamera and Life is to Whistle
have so far chronicled the years 1994, 1995 and
1997, respectively. Up next is Waiting List
(2000) a sort of Waiting for Godot meditation
on grassroots community development as diverse
Cubans wait (in vain) at a bus station for a seat
on a bus to Santiago. On March 12, the fifth and
final film, Suite Havana (2003) follows
10 Havana residents through their daily lives.
If you had the good luck of being born in the
U.S., it's difficult to visit Cuba (unless you're
Michael Moore), making these movies all the more
eye-opening. See Wednesday Calendar..
Readin'
in the Rain organizers have chosen
Kenny Moore's Bowerman
and the Men of Oregon as this
year's One Book to read and discuss
in Eugene/Springfield. This selection
has its detractors griping about
supposed pandering to the UO/Nike
establishment, but it also has its
enthusiastic supporters, chief among
them local historians and, of course,
the large population of elite athletes
who have benefited from Bill Bowerman's
innovative waffle-iron footwear
at some point in their lives. While
it's not one of the most literary
reads you can find at the local
bookstore or library, Bowerman
is key reading for those who often
wonder: Why the moniker "Track Town
USA"? It may shed light on why Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony gave a shout out
to "Track Town" at their show last
week, not "MethLand" or "Granolaville."
Moore will give a free reading with
a book signing at the Hult Center
this week in the premiere event
for this year's Readin' in the Rain.
As is tradition, the constant drizzle
outside the Hult will be sponsored
by Nike. See Wednesday Calendar.