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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Sunrise 7:07am; Sunset 5:47pm, Av High 51; Av Low 35

Dance All That! Dance Company, 11:15am, Hult Center lobby. FREE.

Film Video work by Daniel Heila & Doug Detrick, w/music by Any Permutation, 8pm, Wandering Goat. FREE.

Gatherings “Mobilizing New Constituencies: The 2008 Elections,” seminar, w/keynote adress by Steve Hildebrand and Dan Carol of Obama for America, 10am-5:30pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. 346-3700. FREE.

Learn about the scheduled Spray Park at Washington Park, 6pm, Washington Park Center, 2025 Washington. FREE.

Public memorial service for blues guitarist Buster B. Jones, 6pm, Vet’s Club. FREE.

“Map & Compass 101,” present-ation & clinic, 7pm, REI. FREE.

Lectures Mary Wood speaks on global warming issues, 12:15pm, Mallard Banquet Hall, 725 W. 1st. 343-7917. FREE ($10 lunch optional).

“Chair Exercises for Everyone,” Janet Hollander, 1:30pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. 736-4444. FREE.

“Eat, Move, Think Well: Part II,” Garetth MacDonald, 6:30pm, EWEB. 343-4343. FREE.

Music All That! Dance Company, jazz, hip hop, 11:15am, lobby Hult Center. FREE. 

Benefit concert for Water for People, feat. Kef, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. $10.

Benefit for Cottage Grove High Band, Rhythm and Blues Revue. Today, tomorrow & Feb. 21, 7pm, Feb. 21-22, 2:30pm. Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove. 942-8001. $13, $10 stu., sr. 

Eugene Symphony presents “Drum Roll Symphony,” 8pm, Hult Center. $15+.

Any Permutation, music & video, IMMI 2009, 8pm, Wandering Goat. FREE.

Jerry Joseph, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $8.

Outdoors/recreation Obsidians trip: River Trail, Skinner Butte, 5miles. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

Social dance Mardi Gras Dance Party, feat. Voodoo Mountain Zydeco, 7pm, Rock ‘n Rodeo. 21+. 514-6905. $10-$15.

Theater Ah! Wilderness, 7:30pm today, tomorrow & Feb. 21, South Eugene High School. www.southeugenetheater.com $12, $8 stu.

Rabbit Hole, 7:30pm today, tomorrow & Feb. 21, Springfield Studio Theatre. 517-9028. $5.

Godspell, 8pm today, tomorrow & Feb. 21; Performance Hall, LCC. www.lanecc.edu/tickets or 463-5761. $12.50, $10 stu., sr.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Sunrise 7:05am; Sunset 5:49pm, Av High 52; Av Low 35

Arts/visual “Living Dualities,” works by Annie Frantzeskos, Wesley Hurd, Laura Jaszkowski Jennings. Gallery talk is 3:30pm-4:30pm, opening reception is 5:30, Young Writers Association reading 7pm, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center. FREE.

An opening for nature photography by Nadia Lutje-Tort, 5pm-7pm, Eugene Coffee Company. FREE.

An opening for “Juxtaposed: Sculpture and Installation” and “Multiples x 3,” a site-specific installation, 6pm-8pm, Maude Kerns, 1910 E. 15th. FREE.

Benefits Chili for a Cause, 5pm, Emerald Valley Assisted Living 4550 W. Amazon Dr., 345-9668, $5-$20.

Film Knotty Ensemble perform improv soundtrack to Nanook of the North, 8pm, DIVA. $5.

Food/drink Wine tasting: HWY 14 Wines, Washington, 5pm-7pm, WineStyles. FREE.

Vegan potluck, 7pm, McNail-Riley House, 341-1690. Bring food, utensils & plates.

Gatherings Tax-Aide, first-come, first-served for people with low incomes or over age 60, 8:30am today & tomorrow, Downtown Library. 682-5450. 

“Social Complexities in the Centers & Frontiers in Northern China,” Museum of Natural and Cultural History, 9am-3pm. 346-1521. FREE. 

City Club Friday Forum: “But You Look So Young: Happy Birthday, Oregon!” w/Robert Lee Hart,” 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. $5.

Kids/Families Tots to Ten: Carnival of the Animals, Eugene Symphony, 10am & 11:15am (Spanish) today, 11:15 Saturday, Soreng Theater, Hult. $8, $5 youth.

Lectures “Craft in the 21st Century: Directions & Displacements,” art lecture by Glenn Adamson, 4pm, 211 Lillis, UO. FREE.

“Biodiversity Hotspots Around the World,” Eugene Natural History Society lecture by Bitty Roy, 7:30pm. Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard, FREE.

Music Words of Albert Schweitzer & the Music of Bach, multi-media musical dramatization, 7pm, Unity of the Valley, 39th & Hilyard. 345-9913. Sug. don. $10.

Juan De Marcos, Afro-Cuban All Stars, 7:30 pm, Hult Center. $18-$36.

“Heidi,” Dance Theatre of Oregon, 7:30pm, Soreng Theater, Hult Center. $25, $19 youth, $22 sr.

Charles Dowd, timpani, Faculty Artists Series, 8pm, 163 Music, UO. $8-$10.

“Dido and Aeneas,” UO Opera Ensemble, 8pm tonight & tomorrow, Sheldon High School Auditorium. 346-4363. $8-$10.

Thomas Mapfumo, Albino!, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $12 adv., $15 door.

Second Annual M.E.D.G.E. Alternative Night, feat. Bijou Project, 8:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5 sug. don.

First Annual Family School Talent Show, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.

Rhythm & Blues Revue continues. See Thursday.

Social Dance Dance lesson in Bolero followed by open dance, 8:30pm, Staver Dance Sport, 41 E. 6th. $10.

Spiritual Dances of universal peace, potluck & dance, 6pm, dances, Friends Meeting, 2274 Onyx. 345-4951. don.

Theater Altar Boyz, 8pm today, tomorrow & Feb. 27-28; 2pm Feb. 22, Actors Cabaret, 996 Willamette. 683-4368. $16-$19; $36 dinner seating.

Ah! Wilderness continues. See Thursday, Feb. 19.

Godspell continues. See Thurs-day, Feb. 19.

Rabbit Hole continues. See Thursday, Feb. 19.

Volunteer FOOD for Lane County Food Rescue Team meets to redistribute food from area restaurants & cafeterias, 6:45pm, call 682-5318 to register.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21

Sunrise 7:03am; Sunset 5:50pm, Av High 52; Av Low 35

Arts/visual “Maude I. Kerns: International Artist, Local Legend,” paintings, prints and drawings, gallery talk and reception, 3pm. Karin Clarke Gallery, 760 Willamette. FREE.

“Lasting Legacies: The First 75 Years,” 5:30pm-8pm, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO. FREE. 

Woodcut prints demo, 2pm-4pm, UO Bookstore. FREE.

Benefits “Slavic Home” Russian dinner & entertainment, benefit for Slavic Festival, 5pm. 1956 Woodson Loop. RSVP 344-5693. $12-$25.

Roller Girls Exhibition Bout, Evil v. Good, 6pm, Regional Sports Center, 200 S. 32 St., Spfd. www.emeralcityrollergirls.com. Sold OUT.

West Cascade Peace Corps fundraiser, 6:30pm, Mekala’s, RSVP vicepresident@westcascadepca.org . $20. 

Comedy  Comedy Workout “It Was Funny In the Shower,” 8pm, Diablo’s. $5.

Film Any Permutation perform improv soundtrack to Drifters, a herring documentary, 8pm, DIVA. $5.

Food/drink Latte art contest for baristas, 12pm, Perk & Play Coffeehouse, 2866 Crescent Ave. preregister perkandplay@gmail.com. $5 entry fee. 

Gatherings Tax-Aide continues. See Friday. 

“Genealogy computer work-shop” clinic, 10am, Downtown Library. Register, 682-5450. FREE.

Tax-Aide continues. See Friday.

Kids/families 4J school choice information meeting, 9-10am, 4J Information Center, 200 N. Monroe St., www.4h.lane.edu/choice. FREE.

Village School parent information meeting 10am-noon, 2855 Lincoln St. 345-7285. FREE.

Block Kids Competition, kids design & build structures with blocks, 1pm. Science Factory, register by 1pm, preregistration encouraged. www.sciencefactory.org. FREE.

Saturday Sing-A-Long, 1pm, Springfield Public Library. 726-2237.

Oregon Reads: Battle of the Books, middle school kids read Bat 6, 1pm-3pm, Downtown Library, RSVP 682-8316. FREE. 

Dog Tales, kids read to dogs, 2pm-3:30pm, Downtown Library, RSVP 682-8316. FREE. 

Thomas and Friends: A Circus Comes to Town, 4pm today, 1pm tomorrow, Hult Center, $7-$36. 

Carnival of the Animals continues. See Friday.

Lecture “How to Train Yourself in Nonviolence According to Gandhi,” Veena Howard, 2pm, Center for Spiritual Living, 390 Vernal Street. 344-5693. Sug. don.

LGBT Heart of Oregon, ISCEE, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5.

Rainbow River Womyn, lesbian social group mtg., 5pm, McMenamins North Bank. FREE.

Literary Poetry readings by Kelly Terwilliger & Judith Montgomery, 5pm-7pm, Tsunami Books. Audience encouraged to brings snacks & drinks. FREE.

Poetry readings by S. Silem Mohammed & Rodney Koeneke, 7:30pm, DIVA. FREE.

Music The Jazz Café, 7:30pm, 190 Music, UO. $5.

Krazy & Kool tap & hip hop dance concert, 7:30pm, Wildish Theater. $10, $5 12 & under.

KRVM’s Breakfast with the Blues, feat. Ty Curtis Band, Michael Tracey and the Hi-Tones, 8pm, WOW Hall. $10-$100 sug. don. 

Modest Mouse w/Mimicking Birds, 9pm, McDonald Theatre. $30 adv., $34 door. 

“Tango Passion: Music and Dance,” Joe Powers & Naoko Aoki, harmonica, piano, 8pm, Vanguard Series, Beall Hall. $5-$8.

Dan Jones, rock, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.

“Dido and Aeneas” continues. See Friday.

Rhythm and Blues Revue continues. See Thursday.

Outdoors/recreation GEARs rides: Fox Hollow to Doane Rd. & Briggs Hill, 41 miles, 10am, meet at Alton Baker Park, bring food. www.eugenegears.org

Cascadia Wildlands Project hike, old-growth forest McGowan Creek, 9am. Meet behind Kinkos, 13th & Willamette St., bring snacks & water. RSVP 434 1463. FREE. 

Native Plant Society 3-mile hike, wildflowers & floodplain restoration at Mt. Pisgah, 9am. 345-5531. FREE.

Tracker Team Immersion Program taster day, learn aboriginal skills, brewing, tracking, martial arts, 9am-4pm, Wayne Morse Family Farm. RSVP 503-453-3038. FREE. 

Obsidians trips: Benson SP Loop, x-ski, 10 miles. Fawn Lake, snowshoe, 7 miles. Gold Lake, snowshoe, 4 miles. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

Theater American Association of University Women present “Voices of Oregon Women—1843-1890,” 10am, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 777 Coburg Rd. 344-4134. FREE.

Ah! Wilderness continues. See Thursday, Feb. 19.

Altar Boyz continues. See Friday.

Godspell continues. See Thursday, Feb. 19.

Rabbit Hole continues. See Thursday, Feb. 19.

Volunteer Willamette River restoration, mulching trees & shrubs & removing blackberries 9:30am-12:30pm, South Bank bike path next to the Greenway Bike Bridge. 484-3939.

Native shrubs, groundcover & trees planting at East Spring Creek Wetland, 10am-12pm, shovels & snacks provided, bring gloves. 342-4991. FREE.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Sunrise 7:02am; Sunset 5:51pm, Av High 51; Av Low 35

Arts/visual “George Tice: Paterson,” photos by George Tice, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, UO.

Benefit Drummers in the Round, 4pm-8pm, Tsunami Books. Don. $5-$25.

Film “On Paper Wings,” documentary & talk w/filmmaker Ilana Sol, 2pm, Downtown Library. 682-5450. FREE.

Academy Awards, 5pm, Bijou Cinema. $12 don. 

“Saved by the Sun,” film & lecture by Brendan Lynch on solar energy in Oregon, 7pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 40th & Donald. FREE. 

Gatherings EBSCO: Newspapers & Magazines workshop, 4pm, Downtown Library. Preregister 682-5450 (press 2). 

Kids/Families Thomas and Friends continues. See Saturday.

Lectures  “From Mali’s Neba Solo to John Coltrane, Vamps, Improvisation, & Perceptual Agency,” talk by Ingrid Monson, 1pm, Beall Hall. FREE.

“Hiking Oregon’s History,” slideshow by Bill Sullivan, 7pm, Lowell Grange, 2nd & Moss. FREE.   

“John Coltrane & Sun Ra: Alternative Spiritual Traces & Politics in 1960s Jazz,” talk by Ingrid Monson, 7:30pm, Collier House, UO. FREE.

Music Skinner City old-time jam, 2pm-5pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

Chamber Music@Beall, The Portland Baroque Orchestra, 3pm, talk 2pm, Beall Hall, UO. $40, $20 stu., sr.

An Afternoon of Organ Music, 4pm, Central Lutheran Church, 18th & Potter. FREE. 

Kutless, Stellar Kart, Disciple & Esterlyn, 7pm, First Baptist Church, 3550 Fox Meadow Rd. $15-$25. 

The Mumlers, 7:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5.

The Dropkick Murphys w/ H20 & Civet, 8pm, McDonald Theatre.  

Rhythm & Blues Revue continues. See Thursday.

Outdoors/recreation GEARs rides: McKenzie View counterclockwise, 35 miles, 10am, meet at Alton Baker Park, breakfast stop at Keystone Cafe at end. www.eugenegears.org

Obsidians trip: Arrowhead Lake, x-ski, 8 miles. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

Knitting & fiber arts, ReWild Eugene, 1pm, Alvord Farm & Museum. Preregister, bring materials. 968-1986. FREE.

Pets Bunny Spa Day: manicure, pedicure, grooming, massage for your bunny, 12pm-3pm. Greenhill Humane Society. 689-1503. FREE.

Social Dance Ecstatic dance, 10:30am-12pm, The Tango Center. 343-2246. $5-$10.

Theater Altar Boyz continues. See Friday.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Sunrise 7:00am; Sunset 5:53pm, Av High 51; Av Low 35

Film “On The Line,” 7pm, LASC (formerly CISCAP) office, 458 Blair Blvd. 485-8633. FREE.

Gatherings Urban to Farm Connection Information & Orientation, 6:30pm, Jefferson Middle School Cafeteria, 1650 West 22nd Avenue. 543-9103.

Planet Now: Life & Evolution, 6:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

Spiritual-political action in our lives & futures, 7pm, Guild Room, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 13th & Pearl. 484-0923. Sug. don.

Kids/families 4J school visitation week begins, info meetings, tours etc. Call schools or go to www.4j.lane.edu/choice.  FREE.

Lecture “Grown Woman Show,”  Women of color speaker series, 7pm, Gerlinger Lounge, UO. 346-4095. FREE.

Music Gospel concert, Sound-Bytes music series, 11:54am-12:08pm, Concourse Lobby, EMU, UO, FREE.

Bleed the Sky, Straight Line Stitch, Flatline, The Athiarchists, 8pm, WOW Hall. $10.

Jeffrey Work, trumpet, 8pm, Beall Hall. $10, $8 stu., sr.

On the Air City Club, “But You Look So Young: Happy Birthday, Oregon!” with Robert Lee Hart, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Sunrise 6:59am; Sunset 5:54pm, Av High 52; Av Low 36

Arts/visual Sack Lunch Series: “Get a Handle on It” w/ Jim Laub & Josh Allen, 12:15pm, Clay Space, 222 Polk. FREE.

Benefit Wine tasting: Zinapoloza, featuring Zinfandel, proceeds to Team in Training, 10am-7pm, Winestyles. $9.99.

Film Shaft, 6:30pm, Koho Bistro. FREE.

Gatherings Sierra Club beer social discussing wood-fired power plant in Eugene, w/David Monk, 6:30 pm McMenamins East 19th Street Café. FREE.

Writers for a Sustainable Future mtg., 6:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. www.wiserearth.org. FREE.

Munqy Ki fire ceremony, 7:30pm, behind 2826 Floral Hill Dr. 337-4001. Don. 

“School Shootings & School Safety,” panel conversation, 7:30pm, Living Learning Center, UO. FREE.

Kids/families 4J school visitation week continues. See Monday.

Lecture “Heart Health,” talk by Dr. Sunny Kierstyn, 12:30pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. 736-4444. FREE. 

“From Murchison Falls to the Impenetrable Forest,” talk by Bob Fleming, Lane County Audubon,  7:30pm, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High. FREE.

Music Murder by Death, The Builders & the Butchers, Fake Problems, 7pm, WOW Hall. $12.

“Poetry in Song,” voice, piano, 7:30pm, Beall Hall. FREE.

Jason Webley Trio, Ribbons, Led to Sea, variety, 9pm. $8.

Outdoors/recreation Obsidians trip: McKenzie River Trail, hike. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

Spiritual “Secrets of Fearless Living” talk by Guy Finley, 7pm, Unity of the Valley, 3912 Dillard Rd. 345-9913. FREE.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

Sunrise 6:57am; Sunset 5:55pm, Av High 51; Av Low 35

Film Heckler’s Movie Night: Dante’s Peak, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE.

Gatherings “The Confluence of Human Rights & the Environment” law symposium, 9am-5pm, Many Nations Longhouse, UO. www.law.uoregon.edu/org/oril/symposium.html. FREE.

Love to Read Book Club, 10am, Campbell Center, 155 High. 682-5318. 25¢.

Bicycle Appreciation Day, bike repair, 10am-2pm, in front of Lillis Hall. FREE. 

Brewhaha, field burning discussion, 7pm, Davis’. FREE. 

Eugene Tree Foundation, Celebration of Trees, 7pm-9pm, EWEB Training room.  FREE. 

Food/drink Wine tasting: Meriwether wines, appetizers, 6pm, Midtown Wine Shop. $10.

Kids/families Family Night, students of Sean Brennan, 6pm-8pm, Cozmic Pizza. 338-9333. Kids’ menu $4.50-$6.75. 

Village School middle school orientation, 6pm-7:30pm, 2855 Lincoln St. 345-7285. FREE.

Teen gaming, DDR, Guitar Hero III, Wii, 3:30pm-5pm, Springfield Public Library. FREE. 

Oregon Reads, Apples to Oregon, reading & crafts, 4pm, Downtown Library. 682-8316. FREE. 

4J school visitation week continues. See Monday.

Music Percussion Spectacular, 8pm, Beall Hall. $7, $5 stu., sr.

Gretchen Phillips, variety, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $7.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Sunrise 6:55am; Sunset 5:57pm, Av High 51; Av Low 35

Benefit  Planned Parenthood Annual Benefit Gala, 6pm-9pm, Valley River Inn. www.ppsworegon.org. Don. 

Film Jurassic Park, 6pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE

Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, proceeds to Cascadia Wildlands, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. cascwild.org. $5-$7.

Gatherings “Spider Secrets,” class lead by John Parrot, 1:30pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. 736-4444. FREE. 

Book groups: Book Buddies, gr. 2-3, The Ink Drinker; Tween Scene, gr. 4-6, The Awakening; Teen Book Club, Angels and Demons, 4pm-5pm, Downtown Library. 682-8316. FREE. 

Public Interest Environmental Law Conference begins, 3:45pm, Law School, UO. Sug. don.

“Oregon’s 150th Anniversary: To Celebrate or to Mourn,” discussion led by Douglas Card, 7:30pm, Tsunami Books. FREE.

Kids/families Art class for grades 3-8, 3:30pm-5pm, Springfield Public Library, preregister 726-3766. FREE. 

4J school visitation week continues. See Monday.

Lecture “How to Write a Woman’s Life Into & Out of History: The Case of Wang Zhaoyuan (1763-1851),” Harriet Zurndorfer, Knight Library, 4pm, UO. 346-1521. FREE.

Literary Live Through This, Debra Gwartney, reading & book signing, 7pm, Knight Library, UO. 346-4331. FREE.

Music Spirit Showcase, Christian artists, feat. More Yom, Billie  Tasascio Band, Brent Cole, Eight Eleven Central, Tommy Parker, Julie Marie Horn, DeFacto & Breakdown Dance co., 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5, $3 stu. 

“Along The Field: Songs of Vaughan Williams,” Maria Jette, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $18+.

Eugene Contemporary Music Ensemble, 8pm, Beall Hall. FREE.

On the air “New Dimensions” presents “Remaining Unstruggled in a Struggling World,” with Zachoeje Rinpoche, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.

CORVALLIS EVENTS

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

Thursday, Feb. 19 The Music à la Carte presents nine-member flute choir,  “Flute Cocktail,” 12pm Memorial Union Lounge. FREE.

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group, 2 pm, Corvallis Senior Center.  800-426-6806. FREE.  

Doubt: A Parable, 7:30pm today & Feb. 20-21; 2:30pm Feb. 22, Majestic Theater. 738-7469. $10, $9 stu., sr.

The Gang’s All Here! 20th Century Fox with Alice Faye & Betty Grable, 7:30pm, LaSells, OSU. $20.

A Love Affair, 8pm today & Feb. 20-21; Albany Civic Theater. www.albanycivic.org $11, $8 stu., sr.

Friday, Feb. 20 “The Post-Darwinian Natural Theologies of Asa Gray & Charles Kingsley,” lecture by Piers Hale, 4pm, Room 208, Memorial Union, OSU. FREE. 

Sunday, Feb. 22 Carolyn Cruso, hammered dulcimer, folk, jazz, Celtic, 4pm. Info & RSVP 541-753-0762. $10-$15 sug, don. 

Corvallis Symphony, “All American: A celebration of the great American composers,” 3pm, LaSells, OSU. $12-$30.

Monday, Feb. 23 Low Vision Support Group, 2 pm, Corvallis Senior Center. 800-448-2232. FREE.

“Women & Reality TV,” media critic Jennifer Pozner, 7pm, LaSells Center, OSU. FREE.

Wednesday, Feb. 25 Justice Betty Roberts & professor Melody Rose, conversation, 6pm, Memorial Union, OSU. FREE.

ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES

Auditions, Roving Park Players’ Welcome Back, America, 6:30pm Feb. 20, 3pm Feb. 21, 10 + performers, 17 & up, stage crew & technical support. 1404 E 23rd St. 337-6144.