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THURSDAY, MARCH 5

Sunrise 6:42am; Sunset 6:06pm, Av High 54; Av Low 36

Film Schindler’s List, 6pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE.

2009 Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films: 5:15pm & 7:10pm today; 5:15pm & 9pm March 7; 7:10pm March 13; 5:15pm & 9pm March 14, DIVA. $6.

2009 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films: 9pm today & tomorrow; 7:10pm March 7; 5:15pm & 9pm; 7:10pm March 14, DIVA. $6.

Food/Drink “Taste of Tango” dinner and silent auction, 5pm, LCC. http://lanecc.edu/culinary/cuisine.htm

Gatherings “Burning Forests for Electricity and Liquid Fuels: Deforestation is Bad Energy Policy,” public forum, 6:30pm, Harris Hall, Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Ave. FREE.

Women Veterans potluck, 6pm, Heeran Center Building, 2222 Coburg Rd. 607-7428. FREE.

Lectures “The Challenges of Modeling the Interactions of Climate Change, Ecosystem Trajectories, and Land Use Decisions,” David Hulse & Bart Johnson, 5pm, Bowerman Center for Environmental Law, UO. FREE.

“Star Power: Astral Theology, Castorian Imagery, and Dual Heirs in Imperial Rome,” John Pollini, 7pm, 129 McKenzie, UO. 228-0196. FREE.

Outdoor Adventures: “Columbia & Venezuela: Bicycling Beyond the Headlines,” Willie Weir, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. $5, FREE UO stu.

Literary “How to Call it Quits with Your Short Story,” Jerry Oltion, 6:30pm, Tsunami Books. $10, $5 stu.

Laurie Lynn Drummond reads her fiction, 8pm, Browsing Room, Knight Library, UO. FREE.

Music UO Symphonic Band, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr.

Loyd Family Players, Samba Ja, 8pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5.

Sound Tribe Sector 9, Pnuma (PA set), 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $22.50 adv., $25 door.

Iration, The T-Club, 8:30pm, WOW Hall. $10 adv., $12 door.

Pert Near Sandstone, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5.

On the Air “New Dimensions” presents “The Rhythym of Healing,” Reinhard & Cornelia Flatischl, 6:30pm, KLCC 89.7 FM.

Theater As You Like It, 8pm today, tomorrow and March 7, 12-14; 2pm March 8, Hope Theater, UO. 346-4363. $14, $10 UO staff, stu., $7 UO stu.

Bus Stop, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and March 7, Springfield High School Studio Theatre. 517-9028. $5.

A3 presents Children of a Lesser God, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and March 7, Wildish Community Theatre. $7.

Rabbit Hole, 8pm, Lord Leebrick Theatre. $12-$14.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

Sunrise 6:40am; Sunset 6:07pm, Av High 54; Av Low 36

Arts/visual Free First Friday admission, 11am-5pm, J-Schnitz Museum of Art, UO. FREE.

Slide presentation by Bretton Sage Binford/Mudshark Studios on “Mold Making and Slip Casting: The Process of Creating Multiples from your Creative Work,” 7pm, Clay Space, 222 Polk St. 653-8089. FREE

First Friday ArtWalk, hosted by Natalie Butto, 5:30pm, begins at Opus6ix. FREE.

5:30pm openings include photography by Paula Goodbar, David Minor Theater; six exhibits, DIVA; work by Mark Flores, Fenario Gallery; glass pendants by Eli Mazet, Imagine Gallery; work by Jani Hoberg, La Follette Gallery; work by Tony Brown, New Zone Gallery; work by Barry Geller and Anne Teigen, Opus6ix; work by S.J. Hart and Sarah Ohman-Ybarra Lopez, Studio West; work by Michael Perkins, WOW Hall. 7pm openings include work by Davina Snyder, Diablo’s Downtown Lounge.

Benefits International Women’s Day celebration, benefit for Womenspace, feat. Broh-Taylor Blues and The Vicki Stevens Band, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don.

Film Swedish Film Series: Cops, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE.

2009 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films continues. See Thursday. March 5.

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

Project Homeless Connect, w/free meals for homeless, more, 9am-3pm, Lane County Fairgrounds. FREE.

Cloth diapering seminar, 10am, Bambini South, 2864 Willamette. 302-1555. FREE.

“Baby Massage: Hands-on Workshop w/Annie Siemens,” 10:15am & 11:15am, Downtown Library. FREE.

Eugene Senior Program presents on how older job seekers can succeed in today’s work environment, 1pm, Campbell Center, 155 High. FREE.

Best of the Northwest Bicycle Party, feat. showcases, wine tasting, door prizes, more, 5:30pm-9pm, Hutch’s Bicycles, 960 Charnelton. FREE.

Pacifica Forum: "9-11 Update,” presentation by Dan Athearn, 4pm, EMU Walnut Room, UO. FREE.

Eugene Waldorf School’s Science and Academic Fair, 6:30pm-8pm, Eugene Waldorf School, 1350 McLean Blvd. 683-6951. FREE.

“Learning Among the Oak Groves,” a living history program about ancient Celtic life presented by Tames Alan, 6:30pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

Eugene Astronomical Society’s star party, 7pm, College Hill Reservoir, 24th & Lawrence. FREE.

Kids/family Dive-in Movie Night: Kung Fu Panda, 7:30pm, Echo Hollow Pool. $3.

Lecture “Uneven Exchanges: Narratives of Realism in 19th century South Africa,” Deborah Shapple, noon, 159 PLC, UO. FREE. 

Literary Ha Jin, author of War Trash, reads from his work-in-progress, 7pm, 180 PLC, UO. FREE.

Music Marty Chilla & Friends, 5:30pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

Chamber Music on Campus, feat. Beethoven duet for violin and cello, sonata for violin and piano by Grieg, wind quintet by Krumpholtz, 6:30pm, Living Learning Center, UO. FREE.

Jazz Party at the Shedd, 7:30pm today; 1:30pm & 7:30pm tomorrow; 11am March 8, The Shedd. www.theshedd.org

LCC Faculty Concert, feat. the work of Mendelssohn, Piazzolla and Joplin, 7:30pm, Performance Hall, LCC.

World Music Series: Irish Traditional Music and Dance, feat. Chulrua, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. www.eugeneirishfest.org $13. $9 stu., sr.

El Dante, Mosley Wotta & DJ Mudd, 9pm, Indigo District. 21+. $10.

Sometymes Why (members of The Mammels and Uncle Earl), 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $10.

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

Spiritual Dances of Universal Peace, 7pm, Friends Meeting House, 2274 Onyx St. 688-4134. Don.

Sound Healing Journey and concert w/Solala Towler and Eostar Kamala, 8pm, Tamarack Wellness Center, 3565 Donald. $5-$15 sug. don.

Theater Altar Boyz, 8pm today & tomorrow; 2pm March 8, Hult Center. $14-$22.

Once Upon a Mattress, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and March 12-14; 2pm March 8, Churchill High School. 687-5252. $10, $7 stu., sr.

Rabbit Hole, 8pm today, tomorrow and March 12-14, 19-21; 2pm March 8, & 15, Lord Leebrick Theatre. 684-6988. $12-$19.

As You Like it continues. See Thursday, March 5.

Bus Stop continues. See Thursday, March 5.

Children of a Lesser God continues. See Thursday, March 5.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

Sunrise 6:38am; Sunset 6:09pm, Av High 54; Av Low 36

Arts/visual First Saturday public tour, 1pm, J-Schnitz Museum of Art, UO. FREE w/admission.

Benefit Eugene Poverty Slam, benefit for FOOD for Lane County, feat. Radar Skinny, Greenlander and Green is for Go, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $5 or 3 cans of food.

comedy The Comedy Workout, 8pm, Diablo's Downtown Lounge. 21+. $5. 

Farmers’ Markets Farmers’ market, 9am-1pm, Hideaway Bakery (behind Mazzi’s). FREE.

Film 2009 Oscar Nominated Live Action Short Films continues. See Thursday, March 5.

2009 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films continues. See Thursday. March 5.

Gatherings Eugene Police Bicycle Safety event, feat. safety classes & bike registration, 9am-noon (ages 5-7 and family), 1pm-4pm (ages 8-10 and family), Petersen Barn Community Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE.

UO Chess Club presents a Blitz Chess Tournament, 10am, Fir Room, EMU, UO. $5.

Energy discussion with Sen. Vicki Walker, 11am, Beanery on 5th St. FREE.

Single parent/grandparent social support group newcomers meeting, 11:15am, Bagelsphere, 810 Willamette St. 968-2718. FREE.

School Garden Project presents “Landscape to Foodscape for Beginners,” a hands-on lawn-to-garden conversion workshop with experienced panel, noon-5pm, Springfield City Council Meeting Room, 225 5th St. www.schoolgardenproject.org FREE.

Eugene Marathon volunteer kick-off event, 1pm-5pm, Nike Store, 5th & Pearl. FREE.

"Soldiers in Petticoats," Tames Alan brings history to life in the costume and character of a suffragette, 3pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

International Women’s Day, celebration with student and community performers, 6:30pm, EMU Ballroom, UO. FREE.

Tax-Aide continues. See Friday.

Kids/Families Eugene Concert Choir presents “Jazzin’ It Up for Kids,” 11am, Hult Center. $15, $5 youth.

Puppet Making Workshop for children, 12:30pm today and March 14; 3:30pm March 27, Springfield Library. Register, 726-3766. Limited enrollment. FREE.

“Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” Saturday Songs and Stories w/Pattiebuff Bear, 1pm, Springfield Library. FREE.

Music Eugene Irish Cultural Festival, feat. workshops, presentations and performances by Three Fingered Jack, Poitin & Stout, Tonn Nua and The Dublinaires, 10:30am-6pm, Sheldon High School. www.eugeneirishfest.org $8, $6 stu., sr., FREE under age 5.

Benefit concert for Kids in Need, feat. metal bands Fall of Enosis, Deverra, Proven, Panteon, New World Sinner, Avid, Deosyl, Scrapyard Swag, 1:30pm-10:30pm, Indigo District. $10.

Fantazia Consort, 2pm, Atrium Bldg., 10th & Olive. FREE.

Oregon Percussion Ensemble: A Tribute to Frank Zappa. 3pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr.

Phinegan’s Plate, feat. acoustic music at 6pm, spoken word at 8pm, hip hop music at 10pm, Toasted Herb’s Subs, 1220 Willamette. FREE.

High School Mic Night, all high school students welcome, 6-9pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

“A Winter Gift,” Sacred Heart Medical Center’s Strings of Compassion program presents its sixth annual benefit concert, 7pm, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St. Don.

Greater Eugene Chorus presents a cabaret concert, “Life’s Possibilities: Fame, Fortune and Love,” 7pm, St. Paul's Catholic Church, 1201 Satre St. 341-3756. $10. 

Eugene Concert Choir presents “Jazz, Gospel & Motown,” 8pm, Hult Center. $29-$34.

Future Music Oregon: Chinese composer Zhang Xiaofu, 8pm, 163 Music, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr.

Anthony B, Lila D’More & the Brazilian Lions, Brimstone Sound, 9pm, WOW Hall. $20 adv., $25 door. 

Andres Kendig, 9:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. Don.

Boozeweek release w/Man Overboard, Poitin and Stout, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.

Jazz Party at the Shedd continues. See Friday.

Outdoors/recreation GEARs ride: Harrisburg, 45 miles, 10am, departs from Keystone Café, 5th & Lawrence. www.eugenegears.org 

Eugene Fencers Club’s annual spring tournament, foil at 9:30am; epée at 11:30am; saber at 1:30pm, Roosevelt Middle School, 24th and Hilyard. www.eugenefencersclub.org $10 competitors, FREE for spectators.

Spiritual “Expansion through Spiritual Poetry,” participants are invited to create their own poetry or share poetic readings that move them, 11am, 260 W. 12th. 344-5693. Don. 

Theater As You Like it continues. See Thursday, March 5.

Bus Stop continues. See Thursday, March 5.

Children of a Lesser God continues. See Thursday, March 5.

Altar Boyz continues. See Friday.

Once Upon a Mattress continues. See Friday.

Rabbit Hole continues. See Friday.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8

Sunrise 7:37am; Sunset 7:10pm, Av High 55; Av Low 36

Benefit Dinner and silent auction w/live music, benefit for Peace Village, 5pm-9pm, Davis’, 94 W. Broadway. 505-7993. $35.

Gatherings “Digital Photos,” computer clinic, 4pm, Downtown Library. Pre-registration required: 682-5450 (press 2). FREE.

Kids/families “Oregon Family Art Sunday,” art activities and music for youth and their families, 2pm-4pm, Emerald Art Center, 500 Main St., Spfd. 726-8595. FREE.  

Lectures Connie Battaile chronicles weird events caused by people, nature, or a combination of the two, 2pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

Beth Wenger gives a lecture on Jewish American history, 7:30pm, Browsing Rm., Knight Library, UO. FREE.

Music Matt Treder, Chris Ward, Halie Loren, Mark "Mo" Schneider, Darryl Hastings and Christine Cutty, 2pm, Center for Spiritual Living, 390 Vernal St. $10 sug. don.

The Altenberg Trio Vienna, 3pm, Beall Hall, UO. $16-$33.

Todd Johnson, didjeridu, 4pm, Tsunami Books. $5 sug. don.

Rich Hill, Gaelic singer and storyteller, 7pm, Collier House, UO. FREE.

The Pack A.D., The Infamous Stonerollers, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5.

Jazz Party at the Shedd continues. See Friday.

Outdoors/recreation GEARs ride: Hamm via Dillard, 46 miles, 10am, departs from Keystone Café, 5th & Lawrence. www.eugenegears.org 

Obsidians trip: Prairie View Loop, s'shoe, 5.5 miles. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

Spiritual Words of Peace video showing of Maharaji speaking about our innate desire for inner peace and happiness, 6pm, EWEB Community Room. FREE.

Social dance Ecstatic Dance, 10:30am, Tango Center, 194 W Broadway. 343-2246. $5-$10.

Theater As You Like it continues. See Thursday, March 5.

Altar Boyz continues. See Friday.

Once Upon a Mattress continues. See Friday.

Rabbit Hole continues. See Friday.

MONDAY, MARCH 9

Sunrise 7:35am; Sunset 7:12pm, Av High 55; Av Low 36

Gatherings Native Plant Society: Lynda Boyer will give a talk about native seed production from nursery-grown plants, 7:30pm, EWEB Training Room. 746-9478. FREE.  

GEARs meeting, 7pm, Keystone Cafe, 5th and Lawrence. FREE. 

Music Chamber Music on Campus, feat. piano trio and a clarinet quintet by Brahms, violin-piano sonata by Grieg, Barber’s “Summer Music” for wind quintet, Schubert’s “Shepherd on the Rock” for soprano, clarinet and piano and “Valse Brillante” by Moszkowski for piano, 6:30pm, Beall Hall, UO. FREE.

Mike-E, with Kenny Watson, DJ Invisible and African percussionist Sowandé Keita, 7pm, EMU, UO. FREE.

Spiritual “My Fair Esther,” a Purim Parody followed by the reading of the Book of Esther, costumes encouraged, 6pm, Temple Beth Israel. $5-$10 sug. don.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

Sunrise 7:33am; Sunset 7:13pm, Av High 55; Av Low 36

Arts/Visual “Drawing with a Brush,” w/Kiki Metzler,” 12:15pm, Clay Space, 222 Polk St. FREE.

Across the Universe, 6:30pm, Koho Bistro. FREE.

Gathering UO Libraries’ annual book sale, 9am-4:30pm today, tomorrow and March 12, Browsing Room, Knight Library, UO. FREE.

Lectures “How Nature Works: Basics of Systems Sciences,” Alder Fuller, 6:30pm, Ste. 1, 151 Cleveland St. www.euglena-academy.net FREE.

Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group presents Richie Steffen presenting on “Beyond the Sword Fern,” 7pm, Agate Hall, 18th & Agate. $6.

Biology: “The Evolution of Complexity: Opening Darwin’s Black Box,” Joe Thornton, 7:30pm, 150 Columbia Hall, UO. FREE.

Music Petersen Barn Youth Open Mic, 3pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

All That Brass! UO Trombone Ensemble, Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble and the Wagner Tuba Ensemble, 7:30pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr.

Everest, Day of Lions, Green Green Green, 8pm, WOW Hall, $10 adv. $12 door.

Outdoors/recreation Wetland Wander, 9am, starting at the Checkermallow Access Point to the Fern Ridge Bike Path off of Royal Ave. WREN will provide binoculars. 683-6494. FREE.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

Sunrise 7:31am; Sunset 7:14pm, Av High 55; Av Low 36

Dance Dance Quarterly, 7pm, Dougherty Dance Theatre, UO. FREE.

Film Heckler’s Movie Night: Dirty Dancing, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE.

Gatherings Nearby Nature’s volunteer orientation, 6:30pm, Downtown Library. 687-9699. www.nearbynature.org FREE.

“Legislative Action for Climate Protection,” representatives from city, county, state and federal government discuss upcoming climate initiatives and answer questions, 7pm, Harris Hall, 125 E. 8th Ave. FREE.

UO Libraries’ annual book sale continues. See Tuesday.

Lecture “Contemplating the Buddha,” Venerable Lobsang Thubten, 5pm, J-Schnitz Museum of Art, UO. FREE w/admission.

“The Effects of Light on Human Health and Behavior,” web seminar, 4pm, Bldg. 17, LCC. Register: www.viweei.org. FREE.

Literary Poet Jay Leeming reads from Dynamite on a China Plate, 7pm, Tsunami Books. FREE.

Music Oregon Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Bands, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $7, $5 stu., sr.

Social dance Cajun/Zydeco dance, 6:30pm, New Day Bakery (formerly World Cafe), 449 Blair Blvd. 344-0748. FREE.

Outdoors/Recreation Obsidians multi-day trip: Big Lake, x-ski/s'shoe. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12

Sunrise 7:30am; Sunset 7:15pm, Av High 55; Av Low 36

Arts/visual Video artist & sculptor Olaf Breuning screens “Home 2” and gives a lecture, 7pm, 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. 

Dance Open Showing, 5:30pm, Gerlinger Annex, UO. FREE.

Film 2009 Oscar Nominated Live Action and Animated Shorts, today, tomorrow and March 7, 13 & 14, DIVA, see divacenter.org for times. $6.

Gatherings Everyday Heroes Awards Luncheon, open to the public, noon, Valley River Inn. Pre-registration is required by March 6: 344-5244. FREE.

Community Engagement Forum for Lane County Human Services and Housing Planning, 5:30pm, Springfield City Hall Council Chambers. 682-4614. FREE.

UO Libraries’ annual book sale continues. See Tuesday.

Lectures Science Pub: “Artifact Clues to Native American Life on the Rogue River,” Brian O’Neill, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

“Climate Change & Gaia Theory,” Alder Fuller, 6:30pm, Ste. 1, 151 Cleveland St. www.euglena-academy.net FREE.

Literary  Matt Love, Andrew Rodman and Nora Robertson read from Citadel of the Spirit: Oregon's Sesquicentennial Anthology, 5:30pm, UO Bookstore. FREE.

Music Riverside Chamber Symphony performs Beethoven, Humperdinck, Ross and Vivaldi, 7:30pm, Wildish Community Theater. $5 sug. don.

Asylum Street Spankers, Bad Mitten Orchestre, 8pm, WOW Hall. $13 adv., $15 door.

Arms and Sleepers, Elder Mason, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. 21+. $5.

Theater As You Like it continues. See Thursday, March 5.

Once Upon a Mattress continues. See Friday.

Rabbit Hole continues. See Friday.

CORVALLIS EVENTS

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

Thursday, March 5 “Community and Social Sustainability,” lecture by Martin Goebel, 3:30pm, 107 Richardson, OSU. FREE.

“Environmental Degradation as a Human Rights Issue,” lecture by Steven Vanderheiden, 7pm, Gilfillan Auditorium, OSU. FREE.

The Shape of Things, student-directed play, 7:30pm today, tomorrow and March 7; 2pm March 8, Lab Theatre, OSU. FREE.

Friday, March 6 An opening for artwork by Howard Bruner, 5pm, Majestic Theater. FREE.

Sunday, March 8 Willamette Valley Concert Band, 3pm, Russell Tripp Performing Arts Center, LBCC, Albany. $8, FREE stu. (w/paid adult admission).

OSU Opera Workshop Performances, 3pm & 7:30pm, First Christian Church, 660 SW Madison. $10, $5 stu., FREE OSU stu.

Monday, March 9 Science Pub Corvallis: “Beer: A Tasty Blend of Art, History and Science,” lecture by Jeff Clawson, 6pm, Old World Deli & Café, 341 SW 2nd St. FREE.

OSU Jazz Ensemble, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. $10, FREE OSU stu.

Tuesday, March 10 Mem-ory Loss support groups, 1:30pm, Corvallis Senior Center. FREE.

Wednesday, March 11  “The Great Warming, or the Story of the Silent Elephant in the Room,” lecture by Brian Fagan, 4pm, 1109 Cordley, OSU. FREE.

Thursday, March 12 “We Have Had Singing,” LBCC Concert Choir, 7:30pm, Russell Tripp Performance Center, LBCC, Albany. $6.

ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES

Volunteers needed for Project Homeless Connect from 9am-3pm Friday, March 6, at the Lane County Fairgrounds. www.homelessconnect.org or 741-6000 x104.

Registration now open for Climate Masters at Work training. Reduce emissions and save money at your workplace. climlead@uoregon.edu Deadline March 20.

Casting directors from Bunim/Murray Productions, creators of the perennial hit MTV show “The Real World,” will be holding an open casting call on Saturday, March 14, 10am-5pm, at the UO’s EMU Fir Room. Bring a recent picture of yourself (which will not be returned) and photo ID. Ages 18-24 only.