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You know, there’s nothing like a little ukulele music for a good cause … and this week that good cause is the North Eugene High School Ukulele Club. Supposedly the word ukulele means “jumping flea” in Hawaiian, but we promise you won’t get any fleas for your $5 donation at 7:30pm at Cozmic Pizza on Thursday, April 16. 

Sunday is Easter, and, church-going aside, for many of us that means chocolate bunnies, Peeps and jellybeans in happy spring colors. It also means small children running around searching for eggs filled with goodies that will soon lead to the post-Easter sugar-high, and having pictures taken with an oversized rabbit. Luckily for you egg-seekers, Lane County is rife with egg hunts and Easter events. Check out the Kids/Families events on Saturday and Sunday for an egg and bunny event near you.

Spring is here, and you know what that means: Bird watching. The McKenzie River Trust invites all you twitchers and birders out there to Green Island on Saturday (and again on May 16) to see the flying feathered creatures at MRT’s restoration project in process. If you can’t make the bird watching, and hunting Easter eggs doesn’t appeal, then see the hikes and walks offered by the Obsidians, Cascadia Wildlands Project, Hendricks Park and others under Outdoors/Recreation this week.


THURSDAY, APRIL 9

Sunrise 6:39am; Sunset 7:50pm, Av High 58; Av Low 38

Gatherings Science Pub: “Healthy Waters: Science and Streams,” Kim Carson and Jeremy Monroe, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

Munay Retreat “The Sacred Mesa,” 3pm, Dancing Deer Mtn. 232-9239. Don. 

WOW Hall Board of Directors meeting, open to the public, 6pm, Growers Market, 454 Willamette. FREE. 

Assistive Listening Devices Demonstration, Hearing Loss Association mtg., 7pm, Hilyard Community Center. 345-9432. FREE.

Literary Lilian Faschinger reads from “Woman with Three Aeroplanes,” 2pm, 240A McKenzie, UO. FREE.

Ralph Salisbury, reading and book signing, The Indian Who Bombed Berlin and Other Stories, 8pm, Knight Library, UO. FREE.

Music Hapa, pan-Polynesian music, 7:30pm, The Shedd. $32, $28, $24. 

The Earl Brothers, bluegrass, 9pm, Sam Bond’s, $5

Social Dance Cuban Salsa Class, 7-8 pm, April 9-30, Inshape Athletic Club, 2681 Willamette. $10 per class.

Spiritual Temple Beth Israel Community Passover Seder, 5:30pm, Temple Beth Israel, 1175 East 29 Ave. RSVP 485-7218. $30-$36 adult, $12-$14 kids.

Theater Arcadia, 8pm today, tomorrow and April 16-18, 2pm April 12, The Blue Door Theatre, Bldg. 6,  LCC. $10 gen., and $8 stu., staff, sr. 463-5761.

Snow and the Dudes, funky, retelling of Snow White, 7 pm, today tomorrow, 2pm & 7pm, April 11, The Phoenix Players, 264 6th Ave, Junction City. $8.

Volunteer The Eugene chapter of the American Diabetes Association seeks fundraising volunteers, info mtng., 5:30pm, Oregon Medical Group, 1580 Valley River Dr., Suite 160. 343-0735. FREE. 


FRIDAY, APRIL 10

Sunrise 6:37am; Sunset 7:51pm, Av High 59; Av Low 38

Benefits Wellsprings Friends School dinner hosted by Morning Glory Café, 5:30pm. RSVP 686-1223. $10-$25 sliding scale.

Oregon Mozart Players “April in Paris” Benefit Dinner & Auction, 5:30, Eugene Hilton. 345-6648. $50.

“Casino Night: A Night of Gambling with Your Rights,” Civil Liberties Defense Center, 7pm, Apocalypse on Broadway. 2100 W. Broadway. $10. 

Film Short Film Showcase: The work of Daniel Eli Dronsfield, 7pm, New Zone Art Gallery. FREE.

Food/Drink Wine tasting: “River's Edge Winery, Oregon,” 5pm-7pm, WineStyles. FREE. 

Gatherings Tax-Aide for ages 60 or older & people w/low income, today and tomorrow, Downtown Library. For more information 682-5450. FREE. 

Oregon Ink Tattoo Convention, 2-10pm today, noon-10pm tomorrow & noon-6pm Sunday, Lane Events Center. $15. 

City Club: “Can Civic Stadium Be Saved?” w/ Dennis Hebert, Save Civic Stadium & Natalie Perrin, 11:50am, Downtown Athletic Club. $7.

GPS 101, Bring your handheld GPS unit, 7pm, REI, 306 Lawrence. FREE for REI mem. $20 non-members.

Astrology & Predictable Life Cycles: Working with the Saturn Return, Uranus Opposition & Other Individual Life Transitions, 7pm, Ste. 302 474 Willamette. FREE. 

Kids/Family “Geology Rocks,” 9:30am-12:30pm, Alvord Farm and Museum, RSVP 968-1986. $15, $10 each for sibling.

Lectures  LGBT Interweave LGBT Dinner and a Movie: Milk, 6pm potluck, 7pm film, Unitarian Universalist Church, 477 East 40th. FREE.

Literary Lilian Faschinger reads from her novels Paarweise (By Pairs) and Stadt der Verlierer (City of Losers), 2pm, 275 Lillis Hall, UO. FREE.

Music Kidz Rock, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. www.myspace.com/kidzrockoregon. $6.

Tenebrae: A Service of Darkness, candlelight service, music, choir, 7pm, First Presbyterian Church, 3rd & Adams, Cottage Grove.

Oregon Ink Tattoo after party w/Rye Wolves & Tormentium, 7pm, Epic Space, 245 Van Buren. All ages. $5. 

Swing Shift, music of Count Basie and Frank Sinatra. 7:30pm, Wildish Theater, Spfd, FREE.

Moon Mountain Ramblers, acoustic, 9:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.

Social Dance Waltz, 8:30pm lesson followed by open dance, Staver Dance Sport, 41 E 6th. 746-6268. $10.

Theater Annie, 8pm today, tomorrow & April 17-18 & 23-25, 2:30pm April 19 & 26, Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove. 942-8001. $19, $17. 

The Producers, today, tomorrow & April 17, 18, 24 & 25, 8pm, April 12, 2pm, Actors Cabaret. 683-4368. $16-$35.95. 

The Following, 7pm today, tomorrow & April 12, Eugene Christian Fellowship, free childcare. ecf.org. FREE.

Arcadia, continues. See Thursday, April 9.


SATURDAY, APRIL 11

Sunrise 6:35am; Sunset 7:53pm, Av High 59; Av Low 38

Arts/Visual Slowpoke Sketch Walk w/Katura Reynolds, bring drawing supplies, 10am-noon, Mount Pisgah. $5.

Lasting Legacies: Saturday Celebrations, art, food and fun, 5:30-8pm, J-Schnitz, UO. FREE.

Comic Art by Kenny Ashcraft, Tennielle Cossey, Rosy England-Fisher, Michael Goosens & Tommy Harbour, comic book release party & artists’ reception, 4 pm, WOW Hall. FREE.

Benefits Junction City Community Celebration, fundraiser for JC Great Grad Night, 2pm-4:15 pm, Junction City Grange Hall, 14th & Kalmia. Don.

Farmers’ Markets Lane County Farmers’ Market, 9am-4pm, 8th and Oak, FREE. 

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

Gatherings Lane County Dental Care Day, emergency dental treatment for low income & uninsured, 8am, 2745 Delta Oaks. 686-1175. FREE. 

O.U.R. Federal Credit Union offers tax preparation, 10am-2pm Saturdays & Wednesdays 4pm-8pm through April 15, 325 Blair Blvd. FREE. 

Veneta Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, 88115 Territorial Hwy, Veneta. FREE.

Single parent/grandparent social support group, meet & greet, 10am, 5th St. Public Market. 968-2718. FREE. 

Rhododendron Flower Show & plant sale, noon-5pm today, 10am-5pm Sunday, Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St. FREE.

Arbor Day urban tree planting w/ REI, Tree Foundation & City of Eugene, downtown Eugene. amacleo@rei.com. FREE.

Open House for Creswell Activity Center, plan for new bldg’s use, 1:30-4pm, Cobalt Bldg., 364 Cobalt Ln, Creswell. 895-2531. FREE. 

Preserving Cultural Heritage in Times of War (and Peace) vigil in memory of Iraq National Museum, 2pm, J-Schnitz Museum. FREE. 

Helios Network Green Drinks, 5-7pm, World Cafe, 449 Blair. FREE.

Emerald City Roller Girls, Church of Sk8in v. the Andromedolls & The Flat Track Furies v. Slaughter County Roller Vixens, 6pm,  Lane Events Center. $12, 5 & under FREE.

Miss Lane County, Miss University of Oregon and Miss Linn-Benton, 7pm, Willamette High School, 1801 Echo Hollow Rd. $20 reserved, $15 gen.

“Roy Zimmerman: Real American,” satire,  8pm, Unitarian Church, 477 E 40th, $15 sug. don. 

Tax-Aide continues. See Friday. 

Tattoo Convention continues. See Friday.

Kids/Families mEGGa Hunt, Meet E. Bunny, live entertainment, crafts, carnival games, 9:30-noon, Community Recreation Center, 250 S 32nd St, Spfd., $5, non-hunters FREE.

Easter Egg Hunt, 11am, Broadway Park. Veneta. FREE.

3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt w/ seniors, Easter Bunny, face painting, balloons, games, 2pm-3pm, Emerald Valley Assisted Living, 4550 W. Amazon. 345-9668. FREE.

Lectures  “Best Plant Picks for 2009,” Larry Finley, 10am, Artistic Gardener Nursery, 3244 W16th. RSVP 915-7439. FREE. 

“Beads Around The World,” Jamey Allen, bring your mystery beads!
3pm, Downtown Library. FREE.

Literary Poetry Series: Fluxus Poets Tony Christy & Marko Whens, 7:30pm, DIVA. Don. 

Music Songwriters workshop, “Melody Tips & Tricks,” 11am-1pm, Tsunami Books. $1 sug. don. 

Richard Guy, harpsichord, 2pm, Atrium courtyard, 10th & Olive. 683-1940. FREE.

Kidz Rock, 2pm, Cozmic Pizza. www.myspace.com/kidzrockoregon.  $6.

Arts Umbrella 75th Anniversary Concert, Eugene Youth Symphony, Eugene Junior Orchestra & soloist Jeff Bradetich, 7pm, LCC Performing Arts Auditorium. FREE.

Brian Cutean (aka QTN) w/ Tim Heaton, 7:30 pm, Tsunami Books. Sliding scale.

The Roots, Lyrics Born, hip-hop, soul, 8pm, McDonald Theatre. $32, $29.50 adv.

maus haus w/Church and On The Tundra, 9pm, WOW Hall. $12 , $10 adv. 

The Sugar Beats, Jeremy Wegner, cd release, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $7.

Outdoors/Recreation Bird watching at Green Island, 8am-11am today and 5/16, Green Island, Coburg. Map provided after RSVP 345-2799. FREE. 

Oregon Marathon Relay, run or walk, walk, 8am; run, 9am, EWEB Plaza. $20, $15 adv. 

Whale watching, adults age 18+ w/disabilities, 8am-6pm, Hilyard Community Center. RSVP 682-5311. $65. 

Recycle Run, 15k run/walk, or  5k run/walk, 9am (registration 7:30am), Eastgate Woodlands Park, D St & Aspen, Spfd. $15 - $20 + shirt.

GEARs ride, Harrisburg, 45 miles, food stop, 9am, Alton Baker Park. FREE.

Devil's Staircase/Wassen Creek hike w/Cascadia Wildlands Project. moderately difficult, off-trail, 4 miles, RSPV 689-7189.

Obsidians trips: Ridgeline Trail, hike 6.2  miles. See YMCA for details/sign-up.

Covered Bridge Regatta, rowing events. all day, Dexter Lake, Lowell. FREE.

Social Dance Elegant waltzes & couple dances, Eugene Folklore Society, 8pm, Cesar Chavez School, 1510 W. 14th. 521-0596. $7, $6 stu.  

Spiritual Interfaith Prayer Service on Trust, 6:45 pm, First Christian Church. 344-5693. FREE. 

Theater Arcadia continues. See Thursday, April 9. 

Annie continues. See Friday.

The Producers continues. See Friday. 


SUNDAY, APRIL 12

Sunrise 6:34am; Sunset 7:54pm, Av High 58; Av Low 38

Gatherings Digital Photos Management, Downtown Library, 4pm. RSVP 682-5450 (press 2). FREE. 

Kids/Families Lighthouse Int’l Church, Community Easter Egg Hunt at the Park, 9am, Charnel-Mulligan Park, 17th & Charnelton. 485-5244. FREE. 

Lighthouse Farm animal sanctuary, Easter celebration, 1-4pm, 36831 Richardson Gap Rd., Scio. $10 sug. don. 

Music CD release, Jeremy Wegner, “Never Mind the Triangles,” w/ The Klezmonauts  and Bindaas, 4pm, Tsunami Books. $10 sug. don., kids FREE.

High school mic night, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE. 

After Hours sound event, Don Haugen, 8pm, DIVA, $3. 

Tonebent, Acoustic, 8:30pm, Sam Bond’s. $5. 

Outdoors/recreation GEARs Ride, Easter Sunday show and go, riders choose ride, 9am, Alton Baker Park. FREE.

Hendricks Park tour: native plant garden w/ Director of the Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany Tobias Policha. 1-3 p.m., F.M. Wilkins picnic shelter. $3 sug. don.

Pets Save-the-Pets dog & cat adoption, 1-3pm, Petsmart, Chad Drive/Coburg Rd. FREE. 

Theater Arcadia continues. See Thursday, April 9. 

The Producers continues. See Friday. 


MONDAY, APRIL 13

Sunrise 6:32am; Sunset 7:55pm, Av High 58; Av Low 38

Film Baraka, 9pm, Wandering Goat. FREE. 

Monday Movie Night, Monty Python's Life of Brian, 8pm, Peabody's. FREE.

Food/Drink  Wine tasting: Chards Away & Zins, 5pm-7pm, WineStyles. $5.

Lectures “NAFTA's Impact on Food Security and Migration in Oaxaca, Mexico, Baldemar Mendoza Jimenez, 7pm, Room 175, UO Law School. 485-8633. FREE. 

Lane County Historian ed. Dorothy Velasco on  local history, 7pm, Springfield Public Library. FREE.

“Wildflowers in our Landscape: How Lane Community College has added color and biological diversity to campus,” Gail Baker,  7:30 pm, EWEB Training Room. 746-9478. FREE.

Literary Amina Gautier, fiction reading, 7:30pm, Knight Browsing Room, UO. FREE.

Music “Organic Brass,” Chamber Music & Chocolate series, the Oregon Mozart Players, 7:30pm, First Christian Church. $15, $12 stu., sr.  

On the Air City Club: “Can Civic Stadium Be Saved?” 6:30-7:30pm, KLCC 89.7. 


TUESDAY, APRIL 14

Sunrise 6:30am; Sunset 7:56pm, Av High 58; Av Low 38

Benefit Open Microphone for Habitat For Humanity, 6:30 pm, Axe & Fiddle Music Pub, Cottage Grove. 942-3878. Sug. don.

Film Copyright Criminals, screening and Q&A with filmmaker Kembrew Mcleod, 7pm,  221 Allen Hall, UO. FREE. 

Food/Drink Wine tasting: Chards Away & Zins, 5pm-7pm, benefit tba, WineStyles. $5.

Gatherings  City Club Roundtable: “Can Civic Stadium Be Saved?” 5:30pm, Davis’. FREE.

Composting & soil amendments,  7pm, Fern Ridge Library, Veneta. FREE.

 Lectures Carolyn Buel, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Willamette Pain Management, 11:30am, Zonta Club buffet lunch,  Eugene Hilton Vistas Room. $15 non-mem. 

All Dressed Up & Gourmet to Go w/Cassandra Barrett: creating spaces for relaxing in food gardens and orchards & mini clinic on using native plants, 7pm, Agate Hall, UO. $6, $3 mem.

“Make Love, Not War: What Chimpanzees Can Tell Us About the Evolution of Human Behavior” w/Frances White, 7:30pm, 150 Columbia Hall, UO. FREE. 

Music Detrick/Swigart Jazz Orchestra, 7pm, Cozmic Pizza. $10, $5 stu. 

Outdoors/Recreation Wetland Wander, 9am, Tsanchiifin Trail, West Eugene Wetlands. FREE.

Volunteer Volunteer Orientation, 6:30pm, WOW Hall. 687-2746. FREE.


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15

Sunrise 6:29am; Sunset 7:57pm, Av High 58; Av Low 38

Arts/Visual Crocheted plastic bag art, 1-3pm, Willamalane Center. RSVP 736-4444. $5.

Artists’ Salon open studio, 6-9pm, MECCA, 43 W. Broadway. 345-8164.  $2-$5 hour. 

Film Heckler’s Movie Night: Urban Cowboy, 7pm, Wandering Goat. FREE.

Margaret Meade Film & Video Festival: Gimme Green, 7pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. $3,  stu. FREE. 

Gatherings Trash or Treasure? Antique Appraisal & Information Event, 12:30-2:30pm, Petersen Barn, 870 Berntzen. 682-5521. FREE.

Tax Day Penny Poll and Literature Distribution, 1-4pm, Downtown Post Office, Willamette St., 485-1755 ext. 1. FREE. 

Tax Day War Tax Walk, 4pm, Downtown Post Office, Willamette St. & at old federal bldg., 485-1755 ext. 1. FREE.

Tax Day Vigil & Mini Rally, 4:30-5:30pm, old federal bldg. 7th & Pearl. 485-1755 ext. 1. FREE. 

Eugene Macintosh Users Group (E-MUG) mtg., 6:30pm, Vet’s Club. FREE.

O.U.R. Federal Credit Union tax preparation continues. See Saturday. 

Kids/Families ACE the Magician, Free Family Night, 6pm, Cozmic Pizza. FREE.

“Sell Your Best Self” to employers or college recruiters, girls 16-18, 4-5:30 pm, Ophelia's Place. 284-4340. FREE.

Lectures  “Freedom Narra-tives,” Eugene’s African-American and Jewish leaders share stories of personal and collective freedom, 7pm, Temple Beth Israel, 1175 East 29th. FREE.

“The Legal Implications of Japanese American Internment: Then and Now, “ Peggy Nagae, 6pm, 177 Lawrence Hall, UO. FREE.

Music The Joshua Redman Trio, 7:30pm, Jaqua Hall, The Shedd. $38, $32, $26.

El Ten Eleven, Byron Space Circus, variety, 9pm, Sam Bond’s. $5.

Outdoors/Recreation Obsidians trip: McDowell Creek & Brownsville, hike 1.7 miles. See YMCA for details/sign-up.


THURSDAY, APRIL 16

Sunrise 6:27am; Sunset 7:58pm, Av High 58; Av Low 38

Benefit North Eugene High School Ukulele Club, 7:30pm, Cozmic Pizza. Benefit $5. $3 stu.

Dance SHOcase: Eugene Ballet performs excerpts from Peter Pan, 11:15am, lobby, Hult Center. FREE. 

Film Hairspray, 2:30pm, Campbell Senior Center. 682-531. FREE.

Banff Mountain Film Festival, films on mountain culture, environment, today and April 18, 7pm, McDonald Theater. $11, $9 stu.

Beer Wars documentary and simulcast panel w/ 

brewers and beer industry experts, 8pm, Cinemark 17 Spfd. $15.

Gatherings Eugene Senior Rec. Albany tour, 9am-2pm, Petersen Barn, 870 Berntzen Rd. 682-5521. $20.

Civil Liberties Defense Center “Know Your Rights Training,” 5:30 Room 142, UO Law School. FREE. 

Citizen Planning Committee for the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park, 6pm, Willamalane Center, Spfd. FREE. 

Peace Corps Information Session, 6:30pm, Ben Linder Rm, EMU, UO. FREE. 

Lectures “The Precious Raft of History: The Past, West, and the Woman Question in China,” Joan Judge, 3:30 pm, 229 McKenzie Hall, UO. FREE.

“Algerian Women & Berber Queen/Warrior Princess,” Amel Tafsout, 7pm, Harris Hall, 125 E 8th Ave. FREE.

 “Teaching English while Learning Chinese.” Jerry Rust, former long-term Lane County Commissioner & Hoedad, 7pm, Tsunami Books. FREE.

Literary Sarah Weddington, reading and book signing, A Question of Choice, 4:30pm, 175 Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate St., UO. FREE. 

John Daniel reading from The Far Corner: Northwest Views on Land, Life and Literature, 7pm, Konnie Room, Fern Ridge Library. FREE. 

“Being in the Language of Poetry, Being in the 

Language of Law,” Larry Joseph, 7:30pm, 175 Knight Law Center, UO. FREE.

Music Jazz Let Loose, 7-9pm Thursdays through May 21, LCC Cottage Grove. 463-4204. 

Chico Schwall, “Chamber Music with Mr. Chico,” 7:30pm, Jaqua, The Shedd. $18, $22, $26

Faculty Artist Series: The Oregon Wind Quintet, 8pm, Beall Hall, UO. $10, $8 stu. sr. 

Social Dance Cuban Salsa Class, 7-8 pm, April 9-30, Inshape Athletic Club, 2681 Willamette. $10 per class.


CORVALLIS EVENTS

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

Thursday, April 9 Cabaret, 8pm today and April 10 & 4, & 11, Albany Civic Theater. $10, $13. 

Friday, April 10 Museum Tea Party, 2pm, Albany Regional Museum. 541-967-7122.

Tuesday, April 13   “Evolutionary Contingency and Its Broader Significance, from Charles Darwin to Stephen Jay Gould, 4pm today & April 16 & 17, Memorial Union, Journey Room, OSU. 

Wednesday, April 15 “Carmina Burana” Corvallis-OSU Symphony Orchestra, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. 758-6822. $12, $25, and $3.

Thursday, April 16 Music à la Carte: The Svens, surf music & cowboy stories, noon, Memorial Union Lounge, OSU. FREE.

Cypress String Quartet, 7:30pm, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU. FREE.

 

ATTN: OPPORTUNITIES

Follow-up audition for OFAM 2009 musicals to fill remaining principle and ensemble positions. 12pm-5pm, Sunday, April 19. For more info go to www.theshedd.org.

The Roving Park Players announce auditions for Peter Pan, Friday, April 10, 6:30pm & April 11, 3pm at 1404 E. 23rd Ave., Seeking players 10 years and above for mermaids, fairies, lost boys, wild girls, pirates and family members. 

Lane County Cultural Coalition arts grants for organizations, individuals, and businesses. You need not be a nonprofit to apply. Submit application by April 15th until 5pm. Download forms at http://www.lanecountyculturalcoalition.org/ or go to LaneArts / YouthArts 1590 Willamette Suite 200, or call 485-2278.

Cancer related/inspired artwork for a collaborative art show and auction to take place this spring. Email wpollack@uoregon.edu and respond with: name, email, phone, information about yourself & your art, attach images in your email, if possible.