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As it has in the past, this year’s installation of DIVA’s OpenLens Festival celebrates the short film and video output of non-Portland-based Oregon filmmakers and ­ for good measure, perhaps ­ crowns one Portland filmmaker as host. This year that honor goes to animator Joanna Priestly (pictured), whose work has been heralded with retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art (Ground Central of The Artz), Center for Contemporary Art (apparently the real center is in Poland) and American Cinematheque (located in Los Angeles, not Paris). On Friday, see Priestly’s stuff at DIVA in a kickoff event for the festival. Seminars will be taught on Saturday morning followed by screenings of the Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge and the Southwest Oregon Short Film & Video Competition (featuring work by Steven Weeks, Henry Weintraub, Brian Walker and Ziyoung You). Encore screenings take place on Sunday, followed by an awards party later in the evening. Except the seminars, admission to most events is $5 or free. See Calendar for full listings. If you haven’t seen Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, Great Job! then you probably don’t have cable TV. (Pssst, we don’t, either.) But that doesn’t stop us from sucking up many of the Adult Swim’s best comedy duo's hilarious clips on YouTube. Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim met at a “serious film school” on the East Coast and realized they were being duped into making the next wave of French New Wave film. What they really wanted to do was make mockumentaries in a style unheard of since Monty Python and Spinal Tap, but with a consumerist culture edge. “A lot of our stuff is like, ‘We’re fucked, so let’s dance,’” Heidecker told The Onion A/V Club recently. “We don’t hand jokes to anybody on silver platters, and we don’t make it easy for someone to necessarily like it or get it.” But those who have “got it” are legion: Tim and Eric’s “mockumercials” for Absolut vodka have been viewed by over a gazillion desk monkeys the world over. (We hear they’re even big in Paraguay.) After Wednesday’s mix of sketch comedy and theater of the absurd at McDonald Theatre, stick around for a chance to meet Tim and Eric without all their cakey makeup. 9 pm Wednesday, Jan. 14, at McDonald Theatre. $22. Until the U.S. government wakes up to the insane amount of sense a single-payer healthcare system makes, Americans will continue to hold benefit events like the one that’s happening on Friday at Cozmic Pizza. Mark Zolun (pictured), owner and chef at the currently-being-relocated restaurant Iraila, was diagnosed with bladder cancer last year and is undergoing effective chemo treatments without health insurance. Needless to say, the bills are astronomical. Friday’s event, “When Life Gives you Cancer, Make a Variety Show and Flea Market!” will feature entertainment by The Swinging Marmalukeys, Americanistan, Dirty Wink and Luminessah belly dancers. Organizers ask that attendees bring an “irresistible item (art, junk or memento) to donate to the onsite flea market,” and take home a few treasures themselves. If you can’t make it but still want to help Zolun out, tax-deductible donations can be made at a fund set up at Washington Mutual bank. 7 pm Friday, Jan. 9, at Cozmic Pizza. $10.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8

Sunrise 7:47am; Sunset 4:52pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33, SnarkCast: DOGGED

Arts/visual A reception for photographer and explorer Bruce Klepinger, 5:30pm, DIVA. FREE.

Gatherings Town hall meeting hosted by Sen. Vicki Walker, Reps. Chris Edwards & Nancy Nathanson, 6:30pm, North Eugene High School Library. FREE. 

Hearing Loss Assoc. of Lane County meets, screens film Music Within, 7pm, Hilyard Community Center. 685-9327. FREE.

Lectures Science Pub: “Seeing Time: Geological Clues to Our Ancient Earth,” Marli Miller, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

Cascade Mycological Society: “Oregon’s Emergent Culinary Truffle Industry,” David Pilz, 7pm, Rm 115, Bldg. 16, LCC. FREE.

Literary arts Willamette Writers’ Speakers Series: “Beyond the Book: Marketing and Selling a Bigger Picture,” Jill Sager, 6:30pm, Tsunami Books. $10, $5 stu.

Music Ala Nar, feat. bellydancing, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $6.

Social Dance Beginning Swing & Open Ballroom Dancing, 8pm, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 13th & Pearl. $3.

Theater The Clean House (preview), 8pm, Lord Leebrick Theater. $8-$12.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 9

Sunrise 7:47am; Sunset 4:53pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33, SnarkCast: SATANICALS

Arts/visual A gallery talk & reception for work by Mavelle Monsalve-Featherstone, James Nason and John Holdway, 3:30pm talk, 5:30pm reception, Jacobs Gallery. FREE.

An opening for “Plein-air Painters of Eugene-Springfield Annual Show,” 5:30pm, Emerald Art Center, Spfd. FREE.

An opening for “Entwined: Baskets & Fiber,” 6pm, Maude Kerns Art Center. FREE.

Benefit Benefit for Mark Zolun of Iraila’s, feat. The Swinging Marmalukeys, Luminessah, Dirty Wink, Americanistan, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $10.

film OpenLens Festival: An evening of film animation by Joanna Priestly, 7pm, DIVA. $5.

Swedish Film Series: As it is in Heaven, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE.

Dive-in Movie Night: Mr. Magorium’s Emporium, 7:30pm, Echo Hollow Pool. $3.

food/drink Wine tasting: Noble Estates, 5pm-7pm, WineStyles. FREE.

Gatherings Church Women United of Lane County meets, 9:15am, United Lutheran Church, 2230 Washington. FREE.

“Beekeeping 101,” lecture-demo, 7pm, Spencer Creek Grange, corner of Lorane Hwy. and McBeth Rd. 341-1709. FREE.

City Club Friday Forum: “Media Watch: The Future of The Register-Guard, w/Tony Baker III, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Center. $5.

Kids/families Rose Children’s Theatre presents Honk!, 7pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 16-17; 2pm Jan. 11 & 17, Performance Hall, LCC. 431-0444. $12, $6 child.

Literary arts Tribute to Irish poet John O’Donohue, bring one of his poems to read, 5pm, Tsunami Books. FREE.

Music Hell’s Belles perform Highway to Hell and Back in Black, 8pm, McDonald Theater. $12 adv., $14 door.

Molasses, Sidestreet Reny, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5.

On the air “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses why gym memberships skyrocket in January even as gyms sit empty, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

Outdoors/recreation Obsidians trip: Sweet Creek Falls, hike, 2.5 miles. See YMCA board for details/sign-up.

Social dance Drop-in cha-cha dance, 8:30pm-10pm, Staver Dance Sport, 41 E. 6th. $10.

Theater The Clean House (gala opening), 8pm, Lord Leebrick Theater. $30.

Where the Heck’s the Plot? 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 16-17; 2pm Jan. 11 & 18, Actors Cabaret, 996 Willamette. 683-4368. $16-$19, $36 dinner seating.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10

Sunrise 7:47am; Sunset 4:54pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33, SnarkCast: SPAINISH

Arts/visual An artist talk, 3pm, and reception, 5pm, for work by Christopher Perry, Karin Clarke Gallery. FREE.

Tim Giraudier gives a slideshow presentation of his recent photography, 5pm, Sam Bond’s. FREE.

Drag show ISCEE Debutante & Emerald Knight Ball, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $10.

Film OpenLens Festival: Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge, 3pm today & 1:30pm tomorrow, DIVA. Don.

OpenLens Festival: Southwest Oregon Short Film & Video Competition screening, 7pm today & 3:30pm tomorrow, DIVA. $5.

Gathering “Intro to the Internet” clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. 682-5450. FREE.

kids/families Rose Children’s Theatre’s Honk! continues. See Friday.

Lectures “Central Idaho Penstemons & Other Plant Gems,” Louise Parsons, 1pm, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. 484-1284. FREE.

Oregon Mozart Players’ Maestro Glen Cortese gives a pre-concert talk, 7:15pm today at Hult Center; 1:45pm tomorrow at Beall Hall, UO. FREE.

Lgbt Hot Flash Eugene dance party w/DJ Lauren, 5pm-9pm, Diablo’s Downtown Lounge. $8.

Music Songwriters workshop: “Setting a Songwriting Goal,” 11am, Tsunami Books. $1 sug. don.

Emerald Valley Opry, feat. Carolyn Brown & Taste of Country, Triple Cross, more, 6:30pm, Willamette High School. $6, $5 sr., $3 under age 7.

Oregon Mozart Players present “English Trifle,” 8pm today at Hult Center; 2:30pm tomorrow at Beall Hall, UO. 682-5000. $10-$39.

3 Inches of Blood, Toxic Holocaust, Early Man, The Athiarchists, 8pm, WOW Hall. $12 adv., $14 door.

Brightblack Morning Light, Daniel Higgs, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $10.

Opera The Met LIVE in HD: La Rondine, starring Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna, 10am, Cinemark 17. $24, $22 sr., $16 child. 

Outdoors/recreation Obsidians trip: Bechtel Shelter, s’shoe, 5 miles; Fish & Lava Lakes, s’shoe. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

GEARs rides: Cottage Grove via Lorane, 60 miles (food stop); Gimpl Hill via Pine Grove, 35 miles (bring food), 9:30am, meet at Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org

Social dance Contra dance, feat. music by Linda Danielson & Chico Schwall, 7:30pm, Cesar Chavez School gym, 1510 W. 14th. $7, $6 stu.

theater The Clean House, 8pm today and Jan. 15-17, 22-24, 29-31; 2pm Jan. 18 & 25, Lord Leebrick Theater, 540 Charnelton. 465-1506. $12-$19.

Where the Heck’s the Plot? continues. See Friday.

Rose Children’s Theatre’s Honk! continues. See Friday.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 11

Sunrise 7:47am; Sunset 4:55pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33, SnarkCast: BREWSTER

Arts/visual Fiber arts studio, noon-4pm Sunday through Jan. 25, Fox Hollow Farm, 30781 Fox Hollow Rd. FREE.

Astrology “Future Signs: The Astrology of 2009,” w/Johanna Mitchell, 2pm, Tsunami Books. $8-$12 sug. don.

Gatherings Piccadilly flea market, 10am-4pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. $1.50.

“Digital Photos” computer clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. Registration is required. 682-5450. FREE.

OpenLens Festival Awards and Wrap Party, 5pm, DIVA. FREE.

Words of Peace video showing of Maharaji speaking on inner peace and happiness, 6pm, EWEB. FREE.

Film Intimidad, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

OpenLens Festival: Youth Visions Teen Video Challenge and Southwest Oregon Short Film & Video Competition continues. See Saturday.

Kids/families Chinese Family Art Sunday, 2pm, Emerald Art Center, Spfd. 726-8595. FREE.

Rose Children’s Theatre’s Honk! continues. See Friday.

Literary arts Reception and booksigning for Demetra George’s Astrology and the Authentic Self, 4pm, Tsunami Books. FREE.

Music Todd Johnson, didjeridu, 4pm, First United Methodist Church. Don.

“Singing Alive,” participatory song circle led by Rob Tobias, 5pm, Tsunami Books. FREE.

Concerto-Aria Competition, 6:30pm, Beall Hall, UO. $5.

Laura Kemp, Peter Wilde, Michael Conley, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5.

Outdoors/recreation Obsidians trips: Midnight Lake, x-ski, 6 miles; Rosary Lakes, x-ski, 7 miles. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

GEARs rides: Earnest Covered Bridge, 63 miles (bring food); Marcola, 48 miles (food stop), 9:30am, Alton Baker Park. www.eugenegears.org

Social dance Ballroom dance, 6pm, Vet’s Club, 1626 Willamette. 556-9133. $8, $5 stu.

Spiritual “Cultivating Virtue” silent meditation & discussion, 6:30pm Sundays, Maitreya Ecovillage, 1629 W. Broadway. 503-679-0495. FREE.

theater Where the Heck’s the Plot? continues. See Friday.

MONDAY, JANUARY 12

Sunrise 7:46am; Sunset 4:57pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33, SnarkCast: GELLY

film Planet Now: film and videos, 6:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

CHANNELING: An Invocation of Spectral Bodies & Queer Spirits, touring experimental film & video festival, 7:30pm, DIVA. $5-$10.

Lecture Native Plant Society: Charlene Simpson gives a presentation on wetland flora in and near Eugene, 7:30pm, EWEB. 345-5531. FREE.

Music Aaron Shragge performs North Indian classical music, 11:54am, EMU, UO. FREE. 

Aaron Shragge, trumpet & shakuhachi recital, 8pm, Collier House, UO. $10, $8 stu., sr.

On the air “The Jefferson Exchange” talks with Jean Houston, founder of the Mystery School, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13

Sunrise 7:46am; Sunset 4:57pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33, SnarkCast: SPIGOTED

Film Waking Ned Devine, 6:30pm, Koho Bistro. FREE.

Gatherings WOW Hall volunteer orientation, 6:30pm, WOW Hall. FREE.

“The Alchemy of Commitment: Transforming Resolutions into Reality,” seminar, 7pm, Wings Seminars, 275 W. 5th. Register, 693-8540. FREE.

lectures “What You Need to Know About the Change to Digital TV,” 10am, Campbell Center. FREE.

Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group: “The Authentic Garden,” Claire Sawyers, 7pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. 344-0896. $6.

“Darwin’s Puzzles: The Evolution of Sex and Death,” Patrick Phillips, 7:30pm, 182 Lillis, UO. FREE.

Literary arts Explorations book group: The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers, 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE.

Young Readers book group: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw! 7pm, Barnes & Noble. FREE.

on the air “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses the Enertia, a zero-emissions motorcycle, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

“Alternative Radio” presents Philip Agee’s lecture: “Inside the Company: CIA Diary,” 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.

Outdoors/recreation Wetland Wander at Meadowlark Prairie, 9am, park at the overlook off of Greenhill Road. 683-6494. FREE.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14

Sunrise 7:45am; Sunset 4:59pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33, SnarkCast: PIGONY

comedy Tim & Eric’s Awesome Show, 9pm, McDonald Theatre. $22.

food/drink Wine tasting: Red wines, 5pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 16-17, WineStyles. $5.

Gathering Emotional Freedom Technique clinic, 7pm, EWEB. 521-9953. FREE.

Music UO Horn & Flute students present “Columns and Cones,” 6pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE. 

Finn Riggens, The Daveys, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5.

on the air “The Jefferson Exchange” talks with Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

Social dance Cajun/Zydeco dance, 6:30pm, New Day Café, 449 Blair. FREE.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

Sunrise 7:45am; Sunset 5pm, Av High 46; Av Low 33, SnarkCast: LIMINI

Arts/visual A reception for the multimedia design student show, 4pm, LCC Art Gallery. FREE.

Film Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, 2:30pm, Campbell Center. 682-5318. FREE.

Food/drink WineStyle’s wine tasting continues. See Wednesday.

Gathering “Afghanistan/Pakistan/India: Time for a New U.S. Peace Strategy,” moderated discussion, 7pm, Harris Hall, 8th & Oak. FREE.

Lecture “Exploring China & Tibet,” 1:30pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. 736-4444. FREE.

Music Detrick/Swigart Jazz Orchestra, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don.

Fatigo, Joe Manis, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5.

on the air “The Jefferson Exchange” discusses climate change and the benefits to the Oregon wine industry, 9am & 9pm, KRVM 1280 AM.

“New Dimensions” presents “Dreaming Your Way to Higher Consciousness” with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.

theater Chicago, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 17, 22-24, 29-31, South Eugene High School. 687-3583. $12, $8 stu.

The Clean House continues. See Saturday.

CORVALLIS EVENTS

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

Friday, Jan. 9 Forever Plaid, 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 15-17; 2:30pm Jan. 11, Albany Civic Theater. www.albanycivic.org $10-$13.

ON THE ROAD

Thursday, Jan. 8 Elvis Tribute feat. Justin Shandor, 8pm today, tomorrow and Jan. 10, Three Rivers Casino, Florence. $10. 

Friday, Jan. 9 Sugar Cane String Band, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE.

Saturday, Jan. 10 Opening of “Mixografia” exhibit, today through April 26, Portland Art Museum. www.portlandartmuseum.org

Quasi, Eat Skull, The Golden Bears, 9pm, Doug Fir Lounge, PDX. 21+. $13.

Phamous Phaces, 9pm, The Landmark, Yachats. FREE.

Monday, Jan. 12 Glasvegas, Carl Barat, 9pm, Doug Fir Lounge, PDX. 21+. $15.

Tuesday, Jan. 13 Lenka, 9pm, Doug Fir Lounge, PDX. 21+. $14.

Wednesday, Jan. 14 Strategy, Grouper, cloudburst, Gasp, map-map, Jetfinger, 9pm, Holocene, PDX. 21+. $6.

ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES

Pacific Classical Youth Ballet will hold auditions for its springtime story ballet, Hansel & Gretel, at 5:30pm (up to age 11) and 6:30pm (older than age 11) Saturday, Jan. 10, at the Ballet North West Academy studios, 1144 Willagillespie. Parts available for dancers age 6 to 16. 343-3914. 

Middle and high schoolers are invited to volunteer with Teen Team Jan. 20 through March 10 at the Downtown Library. For an application, see the Teen Desk or call 682-8316.