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 This Week's Calendar | Galleries | Kids Calendar  music:Chick Corea has been acknowledged as one of the greatest pianists in the history of jazz. In the 1960s his groundbreaking performances with Miles Davis created the earliest fusion of rock and jazz. Now his trio, including bassist Avishai Cohen and drummer Jeff Ballard, continues to chart new territory with open-structured combinations of Latin and bebop. The three are promoting the album Past, Present & Futures, which was released this month. See Sunday Calendar.  comedy:After a successful run on "Saturday Night Live" as anchor of the "fake news" and Bob Dole impersonator, comedian Norm MacDonald debuted on ABC as star of his own sitcom, "Norm." MacDonald has had featured roles in the films Man on the Moon, Billy Madison and Dirty Work. See Friday Calendar.  music:Marin Alsop, Conductor Laureate of the Eugene Symphony, returns to direct 140 performers in a production inspired by the life and legend of Joan of Arc. Solo voices, the chorus and orchestra will perform Richard Einhorn's score made for Carl Dreyer's 1928 silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc. Dreyer's film is considered a masterpiece. For years it was thought to have been destroyed in a warehouse fire until a perfect copy was discovered. In 1995 Einhorn released his score, Voices of Light, a combination of visions, fantasies and reflections drawn from the writings of medieval female mystics and letters dictated by Joan herself. The Eugene Symphony performs Voices of Light/The Passion of Joan of Arc at the Hult this weekend. See Friday Calendar. |
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COMEDY The Goddess Perlman performs at 8 pm tonight and April 26 at Groucho's. $10. DANCE Theresa Elliott teaches a workshop on yoga dancing at 6 pm in 352 Gerlinger Annex, UO. $1-5 sugg. don. GATHERINGS The UO Outdoor Program's spring equipment swap is at 7:30 pm in the EMU Ballroom, UO. FREE. The Oregon Homecrafters Association's spring arts and crafts fair is from 10 am to 6 pm today through April 28 at Oakway Center. FREE. The ASUO Street Fair is from 10 am to 5 pm at UO. FREE. LECTURES Caren Kaplan discusses "Home, Place and Nation: The Politics of Location Revisited" at 4 pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. Shelia Stiers presents a lecture on "The Value and History of Family Quilts" at 1:30 pm at Willamalane Sr. Ctr. FREE. Charles Tilt discusses the vision quest and nature-based ceremony and rituals at 7 pm at the Eugene Waldorf School. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Poet Shelly Withrow and essayist Debra Gwartney read from their works at 8 pm at the Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, UO. FREE. William Sullivan presents a slide show from his new book, 100 Hikes in Eastern Oregon at 7 pm at the Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. MUSIC The Noontide Friends perform at 8 pm at the EMU Buzz Coffeeshop. FREE. OPEN HOUSE An open house is from 5 to 7 pm at the Family Relief Nursery in Cottage Grove. FREE. ON THE AIR "Arts Journal" features artist interviews at 9 pm on CTV-97. OUTDOORS/ RECREATION The Oregon River Sports Sea Kayak Club meeting is at 6:30 pm at ORS. FREE. THEATER The Springfield Acting Ensemble performs Stolen Praise and Silent Notes at 7:30 pm in the Springfield HS Studio Theater. $3. Grease is at 7:30 pm tonight and April 27, 28, May 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 at Sheldon HS. $8. The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard is at 7:30 pm tonight
and April 27 and 28 at South Eugene HS's Little Theater. $4, $3 stu. ARTS/VISUAL Opening reception for Following the Road, paintings by Jon Jay Cruson, is from 5 to 8:30 pm at White Lotus Gallery. FREE.
A dance party with DJ Cassie Curtis benefits The Leadership Education Adventure Direction Program at 7 pm at the Campbell Sr. Ctr. $10 or more sugg. don. Harpist Verlene Schermer performs a benefit concert for the ACCHORD Music Mentorship Program at 8 pm at Yoga West. $8 sugg. don. COMEDY Comedian Norm MacDonald performs at 8 pm at McArthur Court, UO. Fastixx. $17.50, $12.50 stu. CONFERENCE Oregon Natural Resources Council and the Oregon Wilderness Coalition hold the Oregon Wilderness Conference beginning at 2 pm today, 8 am to 10 pm tomorrow and 8 am to 2 pm Sunday in 308/309 Forum, LCC. 344-0675, www.onrc.org/info/owcconference.html $55, $25 Saturday only. DANCE The Performers Project presents "No Boundaries" at 8 pm tonight and tomorrow in the Dougherty Dance Theatre, UO. $10, $5 stu. A dance party featuring Caribbean dance by Baila Boricua and belly dance by Muraja is at 8 pm at Foolscap Books. $2-4 ss. FILM Ed and Doug's Short Film Festival, "Where Happy Short Films Gather" is at 8 pm in 177 Lawrence Hall, UO. FREE. /!. ShortFilms, a festival of shorts films about sound and music, is at 8 pm in 123 Pacific, UO. FREE. FORUM "Report from Visques and Columbia" is the topic at "Pacifica Forum" at noon in the Wesley Center. FREE. GATHERINGS Foreign Language and International Studies Day is from 8:30 am to 3 pm at UO. Pre-register, 346-1538. $5 stu. The Oregon Homecrafters Association's spring arts and crafts fair continues at Oakway Center. See Thursday. KIDSTUFF Impact! Theatre presents Alice in Wonderland at 12:30 pm in the Eugene Library. FREE. "14 Days in Oz" features Sir Readalot who will read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at 3:30 pm at Auntie Brandy's in Gateway Mall. FREE. A cosmic swim is from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Echo Hollow Pool. $2.50, $2 children. LECTURES Shannon Applegate, a descendant of pioneers, and Esther Stutzman, a descendant of the Kalapuya/Coos tribes, discuss "Two-Way Seeing: Pioneers and Native Oregonians" at 7 pm at Dorris Ranch in Springfield. FREE. Patch Adams, M.D. speaks at the Annual Area Health Educational Center Awards dinner at 6 pm at the Lane County Fairground's Wheeler Pavilion. $40, $20 stu./sr. LITERARY ARTS Wendy Larson discusses "Recalling the Future: Jiang Wen's In the Heat of the Sun" at noon in 159 PLC, UO. FREE. MUSIC Marin Alsop conducts the Eugene Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a concert inspired by Joan of Arc at 8 pm at the Hult's Silva Hall. $14-30, $10 stu. The Darol Anger/Mike Marshall Band perform new grass at 8:30 pm at the WOW Hall. $12 adv., $14 dos. Rocker T. and the I.R.T. Band plays reggae at 8 pm at Agate Hall, UO. Fastixx. $12 adv., $14 dos. OPEN HOUSE The Walterville Grange holds its annual open house with a spaghetti dinner at 6:30 pm at 39259 Camp Creek Road in Walterville. FREE. POLITICAL John Lindsay-Poland discusses "Understanding and Challenging U.S. Military Policy in Colombia and Puerto Rico" at noon in the Wesley Center, UO and at 7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church. FREE. SCIENCE "Images of the Infinite" features recent images and discoveries made by the Hubble Space Telescope at 4 pm Fridays and 2 pm Saturdays and Sundays through June 10 at the Lane ESD Planetarium. $4, $3.50 stu./sr. $3 children under 12. SPIRITUAL A niggun Shabbat is at 7:30 pm. Bring food for the stomach and the soul. 685-0488. FREE. THEATER You Can't Take it With You, a Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by Kaufman and Hart, is at 8 pm tonight and April 28, May 4, 5, 11 and 12. A matinee is at 2 pm May 6 at LCC's Performance Hall. $10, $8 stu./sr. Born Yesterday, a comedy starring Storm Kennedy, is at 8 pm tonight and April 28, May 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26, June 1 and 2 at Actors Cabaret Annex. Matinees are at 2 pm April 29 and May 6. $14 adv., $11 adv., stu./sr., $17 dos. Electra by Sophocles is at 8 pm tonight and April 28 at Robinson Theatre, UO. $10, $8 sr./non-UO stu., $5 UO stu. A Few Good Men, the Broadway and movie hit, is at 8 pm tonight and April 28 at Actors Cabaret Annex. $14 adv., $11 adv., stu./sr., $17 dos. Grease is at 7:30 pm tonight and April 28, May 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 at Sheldon HS. $8. The Real Inspector Hound continues at South Eugene HS. See Thursday. ARTS/VISUAL Jon Jay Cruson gives an artist's talk at 2 pm at White Lotus Gallery. FREE. BENEFITS Birth to Three's Spring Fling featuring a raffle, silent auction, music and more is at 7 pm at the Hilton. 484-5316. $35, benefit Birth to Three. The March of Dimes WalkAmerica 10K walk is at 9 am at Alton Baker Park. 686-2170. Pledges. Encore Theatre performs True to Me at 7:30 pm and When We Were Your Age at 8:30 pm at the YMCA. $5 sugg. don. benefits the residency project at Serbu Juvenile Justice Center. Cascadia Media Collective presents A Year in the Streets, a documentary of revolt and mass resistance against neoliberal capitalism at 7 pm at PLC 180, UO. $2-5 ss. CONFERENCE The Oregon Wilderness Conference continues at LCC. See Friday.
Darryl Shaft teaches a workshop on breakdancing at 3 pm in 352 Gerlinger, UO. $1-5 sugg. don. The Eugene Folklore Society holds a contradance at 8 pm at the Kelly School. $6. The Performers Project's "No Boundaries" continues at UO. See Friday. GATHERINGS Play your favorite games or learn new ones at Gamex IV at 11 am in the EMU Walnut Room, UO. FREE. Saturday Market features handmade local crafts, food, entertainment and more, every Saturday, 10 am-5 pm, at the park blocks, 8th and Oak through mid-November. Today's entertainment includes Joe Ross at 10 am, Sharon Rogers at 11 am, Just Us at noon, Bin Daas at 1 pm, Glo Time at 2 pm and The Casual T's at 3 pm. FREE. The Farmers' Market, featuring locally grown produce, flowers, plants, foods and garden starts, is from 9 am to 5 pm every Saturday through November 10 and from 10 am to 3 pm every Tuesday beginning June 5-October 30 at 8th and Oak, across from Saturday Market. FREE. The Oregon Homecrafters Association's spring arts and crafts fair continues at Oakway Center. See Thursday. KIDSTUFF Ages 8-12 make magnetic poetry sets at 2 pm at Eugene Library. Pre-register, 682-8316. FREE. "14 Days in Oz" features Sir Readalot reading The Marvelous Land of Oz at 10 am at Auntie Brandy's in Gateway Mall. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Open mic poetry is at 5 pm at Tsunami Books. Five-minute limit per poet. FREE. MEETING The Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah volunteers hold a habitat stewardship meeting from 9 am to 1 pm. Pre-register, 349-0544. FREE. MUSIC The Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble presents its spring concert, "Of Love, Light and Roses" at 8 pm at the Central Presbyterian Church. $15, $10 stu. Musicians from the American Music Institute perform at 2 pm at Barnes & Noble. FREE. ON THE AIR "The Nowsville Radio Show" with host Johnny Now airs from 3 to 6 pm on 88.1 FM, KWVA. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Reid Freeman leads a bird walk at 8 am at the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Visitor Center. $3 sugg. don. Ella Crow leads a beginner's wildflower walk at 10 am at the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Visitor Center. $3 sugg. don. Jock Beall leads a Lane County Audubon birdwalk to Snag Boat Bend. Meet at 8 am at South Eugene HS. 344-5385. FREE. The Obsidians hike 5 miles from Yachats to Waldport or bike 40 miles on the Coburg bike loop. See YMCA board for details. $3-4 sugg. don. GEARS bikes 60 miles to Deerhorn. Meet at 9 am at Alton Baker Park. FREE. PANEL A panel of women report back from their experiences at the World March of Women on the U.N. at 7 pm at Mother Kali's. FREE. PRESENTATION Master Gardener Shirley Brock leads a compost demonstration at 10 am at the Grass Roots Garden. FREE. SCIENCE "Images of the Infinite" continues at the Lane ESD Planetarium. See Friday. THEATER A trial ongoing street theatre class is from 2:30 to 5:30 pm at Far Horizons Montessori School. 686-8119. FREE. Murder me, Murder Me Not!, a mystery dinner theatre, is at 7 pm at Stacy's Covered Bridge Restaurant in Cottage Grove. Tix: 767-0320. $35, includes dinner. Footloose is at 3 and 8 pm today and at 2 pm tomorrow at the Hult's Silva Hall. $22.50-38.50. You Can't Take it With You continues at LCC. See Friday. Electra continues at Robinson Theatre, UO. See Friday. A Few Good Men continues at Actors Cabaret Annex. See Friday. Born Yesterday continues at Actors Cabaret Annex. See Friday. Grease continues at Sheldon HS. See Thursday. The Real Inspector Hound continues at South Eugene HS. See Thursday. ARTS/VISUAL The Photography at Oregon Auction features works by 75 photographers at 1 pm on the third floor of Fifth Street Market. FREE. Opening reception for acrylics and watercolor by Sally Schwader is from 1 to 4 pm at LV Gallery in Elmira. FREE. CONFERENCE The Oregon Wilderness Conference continues at LCC. See Friday.
FILM Subversive Pillow Theater presents Cascadia Alive! at 7 pm and Questioning AIDS in South Africa at 8 pm at the Shamrock House, 1080 West 3rd. FREE. GATHERING Never Bored Gamers play La Cittá and Desert Raiders from 5 to 9 pm at The Beanery. FREE. LITERARY ARTS A chapbook fair for local poets who wish to share their chapbooks is at 6 pm at Hungry Head Books. FREE. MUSIC The Chick Corea Trio performs at 9 pm at the WOW Hall. $28 adv., $30 dos. Cathryn Wellner and Richard Wright perform at 7 pm at 3345 Chambers. $10. The Eugene Recorder Ensemble performs at 2:30 pm at The Newman Center, 1850 Emerald Street. FREE. OPEN HOUSE An open house is from 1 to 4 pm at the Mariposa Inn Bed and Breakfast, 690 West Broadway. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATION The Cascadia Wildlands Project leads a hike to Brice Creek and the Blodgett timber sale. Carpools leave at 10 am from the Growers Market. FREE. Guided tours of the Rhododendron Garden at Hendricks Park are at 1 pm Sundays through May 20. FREE. GEARS bikes 45 miles on the Seavey Loop. Meet at 9 am at Alton Baker Park. FREE. The Obsidians hike 16 miles at Mt. June. See YMCA board for details. $3-4 sugg. don. SCIENCE "Images of the Infinite" continues at the Lane ESD Planetarium. See Friday. THEATER The Eugene Playback Theatre performs at 7 pm at Tsunami Books. $6-12 donation. Footloose continues at the Hult. See Saturday. Born Yesterday continues at Actors Cabaret Annex. See Friday. ARTS/VISUAL Opening reception for fiber works by Laura Sky, Daniel Peabody, Robin Seloover and Annette Hepner is from 7 to 9 pm at LaVerne Krause Gallery, UO. FREE. FILM Doctor Zhivago, part 2 shows at 6:30 pm in 119 Pacific Hall, UO. 346-5051. FREE. Kazablan, an Israeli musical about relations between Ashkenazi and Sepharadic Jews, shows at 7:30 pm in 115 Pacific Hall, UO. FREE. GATHERING A Family Fun and Facts Fair is at 6 pm at Lincoln Middle School in Cottage Grove. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Richard Gordon reads from his book, Quantum Touch, at 7:30 pm at the Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. ON THE AIR The Oregon Bach Festival presentation of Mendelssohn's Elijah airs at 7 pm on 91.1 FM, KWAX. PANEL A panel of local union activists discusses "And the Union Makes Us Strong: Women's Voices From Our Local Labor Movement" at 7 pm at Mother Kali's. FREE. POLITICAL A Walk for Farmworker Justice planning party is at 7 pm at Emmaus Lutheran Church. FREE. SPIRITUAL Dr. Ron Hershel discusses the rift between science
and religion at 7:30 pm at the Bahá'í Center, 1458 Alder. FREE. FILM Burnt by the Sun, a Russian film about Stalin's purges, shows at 7 pm in 122 Pacific Hall, UO. FREE. The Way Home shows in honor of Women's Day and Women's History Month at 7 pm at Mother Kali's. FREE. GATHERING A May Day Celebration featuring music by Onomatopoeia is at 8 pm at 8th and Oak. FREE. HEALTH Carol DeFrancesco discusses "Diets, Fad Diets and Dieting: A Woman's Guide to Health Eating" at 7:30 pm at the DoubleTree Hotel. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Roy Parvin reads from his work at 7:30 pm at the Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. MUSIC LCC music faculty performs at jazz concert at 7:30 pm at LCC's Blue Door Theatre. $6. ON THE AIR "Arts Journal" features fiber art and a Shocase performance at 6 pm on CTV-97. Re-airs at 9 pm May 3. POLITICAL The Alliance for Democracy and the Progressive
Lane Activist Network present a potluck and panel discussions on topics including
the FTAA, Dynamic Facilitation and the 30th Ave. military base. Potluck is at 5:15
pm, panel discussions and world cafe follow. FREE. FILM The Organizer, about 19th century textile factory strike, shows at 7 pm in 180 PLC, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Lea Williams discusses "Writing on All Fronts: Gender, Nationalism and the Literature of War" at noon in 330 Hendricks Hall, UO. FREE. James Houston reads from his work at 7:30 pm at the Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. MEETING An informational meeting for prospective adoptive parents is at 7 pm at Open Adoption and Family Services, Inc., 1400 High Street, C-2. FREE. MUSIC The Oregon Wind Ensemble performs at 8 pm in Beall Hall, UO. $5, $3 stu./sr. OUTDOORS/RECREATION GEARS bikes 22 miles to McBeth. Meet at 6 pm at Fifth Street Market. Helmets req'd. FREE. PRESENTATION The Northwest EcoBuilding Guild presents Christopher Dymond on "Sun Tuned Homes Eligible for Oregon Tax Credit" at 7 pm at the McNail-Riley House, 13th and Jefferson. FREE. SPIRITUAL Professor Shaul Cohen discusses "Zionism
vs. Nature: Liberation, Conquest and the Land" at 7:30 pm in the EMU Ben Linder
Room, UO. FREE. ARTS/VISUAL The Lonely Pot Sale is from 10 am to 3 pm at the EMU Craft Center, UO. FREE. LECTURES Homi K. Bhabha discusses "Space Agency: Ethics and the Enunciation of Equality" at 7 pm in 177 Lawrence Hall, UO. FREE. Musicologist Kofi Agawu discusses "Ethical Issues in the Representation of African Music" at 4 pm in the Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, UO. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Franco Moretti discusses "On Bourgeois Seriousness" at 4:30 pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. Joe Sutton reads from his work at 7:30 pm at the Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. MEETING Izzy Covalt discusses "Reflections on Growing a Business in Oregon" at the Women's Business Network meeting at noon at the Eugene Hilton. $12, includes lunch. MUSIC Lyrical Fest features music by Strange Folks, 10,000 Fold Form and others at 8:30 pm at the WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 dos. The Pacific Rim Gamelan performs at 8 pm at Beall Hall, UO. $5, $3 stu./sr. SPIRITUAL Christine Jenks Herlinger discusses "You Are God's Masterpiece" at noon at the Serbu Juvenile Justice Center Training Room. FREE. Christine Jenks Herlinger discusses "Conflict Resolution 4 Nothing Beats Prayer" at 7:30 pm at Unity of the Valley. FREE. THEATER Oliver!, the musical adaptation of Oliver Twist is at 7:30 pm tonight, May 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 at Thurston HS Pocket Theatre. $6, $4 stu./sr. ON THE AIR "Arts Journal" continues on CTV-97.
See Tuesday. Abstraction As Interpretation, works by the artists of the Women Artists' Marketing Cooperative, shows through April 28 at the Coos Art Museum in Coos Bay. FREE. APRIL 27 CALYX's Celebration of Poetry features readings by Deborah Narin-Wells, Verlena Orr and Vicki Reitenaur at 7 pm at the Corvallis-Benton Library. FREE. APRIL 29 Museum Family Sunday for Remington, Russell and the Language of Western Art is from 1 to 5 pm at the Portland Art Museum. Show continues through June 24. (503) 226-2811. $7.50, $6 stu./sr., $4 ages 5-18, under age 4 free. MAY 1 Steven Lopez presents a slide show and discussion on "Graffiti as Art" at noon at Linn-Benton Comm. College. 917-4540. FREE. Reception for James Martin's Recent Paintings 5:30 pm at Pulliam Deffenbaugh Broadway Gallery in Portland. The artwork created in gouache on paper, will be exhibited through June 2, 10:30 am to 5:30 pm Tuesdays to Saturdays. Free. Corvallis Folklore Society presents Irish accordianist Sharon Shannon and her six-piece band at 7:30 pm at the 1st Presbyterian Church. $14 adv./$15 dos. Tickets at CD World and Grass Roots. MAY 3 Roberta Hill reads from her books, Star Quilt
and Philadelphia Flowers at 7 pm at Portland State University's Neuberger
Hall, Room 407. FREE. The River Road Marketplace seeks vendors, crafters and growers
for Saturday and Sunday market. Call 463-8375 for more information.
The Rose Children's Theatre presents Aladdin's Lamp at 7 pm tonight and at 2:30 pm May 6 at Churchill HS Auditorium. $6.50. Saturday, May 5 Kidzplorations lets kids "Be Pet for a Day" with mask-making, facepainting, clay critters and more from noon to 3 pm at Valley River Center's Center Court. FREE. Nearby Nature's Walk on the Wild Side featuring wildflower gazing, crafts, bird watching, bug netting and more is from 11 am to 3 pm at Alton Baker Park shelter #2. 687-9699. $4, free for pledge-drive participants. Ellen Beier, illustrator for the new Anne of Green Gables picture book, signs copies of her book at 11 am at the UO Bookstore. FREE. Dick Salisbury presents a talk on trappers of the Willamette Valley at 10 am at Dorris Ranch in Springfield. FREE. Sunday,
May 6 Aladdin's Lamp continues at Churchill HS Auditorium. See May 4. Tuesday,
May 8 Wednesday,
May 9 Thursday,
May 10 Saturday,
May 12 Sunday,
May 13 Wednesday,
May 16 Friday,
May 18 Saturday,
May 19 Author Robert Rubinstein and actress Linda Burden-Williams present theater games and activities for ages 6 and older at 7 pm at Barnes & Noble. FREE. Action Night features gymnastics, video games, pizza dinner and more for ages 6-12 at Gymnastics Northwest. Pre-register, 688-4052. $12. Sunday,
May 20 Bring your camera for a visit from Madeline at 10 am at Barnes & Noble. FREE. Monday,
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