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arts: These three claim to be Eugene's funniest writers/artists.
In doubt? Judge for yourself. Nationally syndicated cartoonist Jan Eliot has
just released a new book, Stone Soup the Comic Strip. The second Stone Soup
collection, You Can't Say Boobs on Sunday, was released last year. Humorist
Leigh Anne Jasheway writes columns for Readers' Digest New Choices,
Family Circle and Eugene's Comic News. Jasheway's latest book, Serious
Side Effects: The Best of Leigh Anne Jasheway from The Comic News, Vol. I features
"Don't Hate Me Because I'm Sober," "Fido Meet Plato" and "Roll
Over and Play President." Cartoonist Jesse Springer's book Only in
Eugene is a collection poking fun at our little town when it starts taking itself
too seriously. All three sign copies of their books at the Eugene Library. See Sunday Calendar. visual
arts: Eugene's used to an arty party on the First Friday
of each month. But this week The Lane Arts Council turns 25 and the party's going
to last all week. ArtsWeek will feature not one, but two ArtWalks, a Fifth
Street Arts Festival, art workshops at local galleries and a grand finale ArtsParty
on June 8. Shown here is fiberwork by Barbara Pickett showing at Robert Canaga Gallery.
See Friday Calendar. music:
Throughout the Cold War of the 1980s, America waited nervously
with fears of an invasion by the U.S.S.R. The Russians have finally landed and who
knew it would be this much fun? The Red Elvises from Siberia are now living
in the U.S. The colorful three-piece combines charisma, classical theatrical training
and a blend of Russian, ethnic, surf and rockabilly music. Since their last WOW Hall
show in November, the Elvises have released two CDs, Welcome to the Freak Show
and Bedroom Boogie. Welsh Rabbit, the local power pop band influenced by The
Beatles, Elvis Costello and Big Star among others, opens the show. See Sunday Calendar. |
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BECAUSE OF THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY, THE EARLY DEADLINE FOR
MAY 31 EW CALENDAR WILL BE AT NOON ON MAY 23. DANCECollaborations 2001, the LCC faculty dance concert, is at 8 pm tonight through June 2 at LCC Performance Hall. $8, $6 stu. The Dance Theatre of Oregon performs at Shocase concert at 12:15 pm in the Hult's lobby. FREE. LITERARY ARTSThe third annual poetry reading by Sexual Assault Support Services is at 7 pm at Tsunami Books. FREE.
MUSICThe University Singers, UO Chamber Choir and Collegiam Musicum perform at 8 pm in Beall Hall, UO. $5, $3 stu./sr. ON THE AIR"Art Beat" features Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Quilter Carmenita Coleman and Wood Turner Dan Kvitka at 8 pm OPB. "Arts Journal" features a Shocase performance at 9 pm on CTV-97. OUTDOORS/RECREATIONOregon River Sports leads a social float on the Willamette River. Meet at 5:30 pm at ORS. FREE. Volunteers collect native seeds at 7:30 am at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum. RSVP, 349-0544. FREE. THEATERAngels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches, Tony Kushner's Pulitzer-Prize winning play, is at 8 pm tonight, June 1, 2, 8 and 9 at Robinson Theatre, UO. Matinee is at 2 pm June 3, benefits HIV Alliance. $10, $8 stu./sr., $5 UO stu. Matinee is $12. The Monogamist is at 8 pm tonight and June 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15,
16, 21, 22 and 23 at Lord Leebrick Theatre. Matinees are at 2 pm June 10 and 17.
$20 for June 1 gala, $11 Thursdays and Sundays, $15 Fridays and Saturdays, $8 stu.
Thursdays. ARTS/VISUALThe First Friday ArtWalk, sponsored by the Lane Arts Council, is a walking tour of downtown Eugene art galleries. A pre-Walk celebration featuring a presentation by the Willamette Repertory Theatre is at 5 pm at Cafe Paradiso. Design professionals display images and plans to make Broadway a "great street." Artwork by students, parents and instructors of Eugene Waldorf School are on exhibit. The tour begins at 5:30 pm at Cafe Paradiso and continues to Temporarily Maude, Circle of Hands, ScanDesign, Due Fine Art, Robert Canaga Gallery, Provenance and Harlequin Beads, ending around 8:30 pm with a block party on Broadway with musical performance by Island Jack Jammin'. FREE. Opening reception for Unity of Things, an installation by Samantha Stengel-Goetz, is from 5 to 9 pm at Temporarily Maude. Artist present. FREE. Opening reception for Conversations With God, pointillistic watercolors by Don Ferrell, is from 5 to 8:30 pm at Circle of Hands. Artist present. FREE. Opening reception for paintings by Janine Applequist and Anne Teigen is from 5 to 9 pm at Scan Design. Also features wood lathe demonstrations, decoy artwork/carving demonstrations and music by Gamelan Sari Pandhawa. Artists present. FREE. Reception for cast paper and mixed media by Sara D. Glater is from 5 to 9 pm at Due Fine Art. Artist present. FREE. Opening reception for fibers by Barbara Setsu Pickett, Rudy Kovacs and Jennifer Moore is from 5 to 8:30 pm at Robert Canaga Gallery. Artists present. FREE. Opening reception for felt textile art by Patricia Sparks, Leslie Samson and Sharon Kilfoyle is from 5:30 to 9 pm at Provenance. Live jazz by John Bishop and Friends. Artists present. FREE. Opening reception for beadwork by Nome May is from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Harlequin Beads. Artist present. FREE. Reception for UO's MFA 2001 is from 5 to 8:30 pm at Jacobs Gallery. FREE. Reception for paintings by Jon Jay Cruson is from 5 to 9 pm at White Lotus. FREE. Reception for paintings by Ariana Storms is from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Mobelwerks. FREE. Opening reception for The World of Italian Majolica: Hand-Painted Italian Ceramics is from 5 to 8:30 pm at Oviessi & Company. FREE. Opening reception for Portraits of my Past by Ivan Tomicic is from 5:30 to 8:30 pm tonight and July 6 at LaFollette Gallery. FREE. Opening reception for Precious Metal: A Study of Guns by Harry Bonham is from 6 to 8:30 pm at PhotoZone Gallery. FREE. Opening reception Unfine Art is at 7 pm at Downtown Lounge. FREE. DANCEThe UO Ballroom Dance Club holds a Latin-themed formal to semi-formal dance from 9 to midnight at the EMU Ballroom. Salsa lessons begin at 8 pm. $7, $5 stu. Collaborations 2001 continues at LCC Performance Hall. See Thursday. LECTUREMargaret Conkey discusses "Beyond the Caves: Landscape Archaeology in the French Mid-Pyrenees" at 2 pm in Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, UO. FREE. MUSIC"Electronic Visions," original space music performed by Peter Thomas and Vishravas, is at 8 pm at Agate Hall, UO. Derryl Parsons reads poetry. $5. Future Music Oregon students and faculty present computer music by Mark Applebaum at 8 pm in 198 Music, UO. $5, $3 stu./sr. OPEN HOUSEAn open house featuring glassblowing demonstrations and tours is from 5 to 10 pm at The Eugene Glass School. FREE. An open house including a Breema bodywork session is from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Breema Northwest. FREE. OUTDOORS/RECREATIONVolunteers collect native seeds at 7:30 am at Mt. Pisgah. RSVP, 349-0544. FREE. POLITICAL A celebration of resistance against those who put profit and economic growth above nature and people is at 7:30 pm at the Shamrock House, 1080 West 3rd. FREE. SCIENCE "The Magic School Bus in a Beehive ... Honeybees," a hands-on science event for ages 6-10, is from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at WISTEC. Pre-register, 682-7888. $9. "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. THEATER Credit and Check Out on Aisle 6 by the Springfield Acting Ensemble are at 7 pm tonight and tomorrow at Thurston HS. $3. Bus Stop by William Inge is at 8:15 pm today, June 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16 at the Very Little Theatre. Matinees are at 2 pm June 3 and June 10. $12, $9 sr. matinee. Born Yesterday starring Storm Kennedy and Michael Watkins is at 8 pm tonight and June 2 at Actors Cabaret. $14 adv., $17 dos. How I Learned to Drive, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, is at 8 pm tonight and June 2 at Actors Cabaret Annex. $14 adv., $17 dos. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches continues at Robinson Theatre, UO. See Thursday. The Monogamist continues at Lord Leebrick Theatre. See Thursday. ARTS/VISUAL Reception for contemporary fine art including works by Terry McIlrath is from 10 am to 5 pm at 2461 Onyx Street. FREE. BENEFIT Run for the Mountain, a 5-K benefit run for Mt. Pisgah Arboretum, starts at 9 am at Mt. Pisgah. $10-15. A benefit dinner for United Students Against Sweatshops and a research team going to Indonesia is at 6, 7:30 and 8:30 pm at Morning Glory Cafe. $10-15 ss. A swing dance to benefit projects in Nicaragua is at 8 pm at Central Presbyterian Church. Lessons are at 7 pm. $5, $8 per couple, $3 stu. The Lennonites, West Coast Rhythm Kings and Schwall Street Journal play a benefit concert for Ida Patterson Family School at 6 pm at Sam Bond's. $5. Acoustic Etouffée and Timbila perform a concert benefiting earthquake victims in India at 7 pm at the EMU's Fir Room, UO. $5 sugg. don. DANCE Collaborations 2001 continues at LCC Performance Hall. See Thursday. GATHERINGS 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 features Eagle Park Slim at 10 am, Charlemagne Choir at 11 am, Nichols & Dhymes at noon, the Olem Alves Jazz Quartet at 1 pm, Walker T. Ryan at 2 pm U-Gene Band 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 through October 30 at 8th and Oak, across from Saturday Market. FREE. KIDSTUFF Kurt Cyrus, author of Oddhopper Opera: A Bug's Garden of Verses, signs copies of his book at 1 pm at the Book Mark. FREE. A presentation on the area's coolest summer camps featuring facepainting, clowns and more is from noon to 5 pm at Valley River Center's Center Court. FREE. Encore Theatre presents True to Me at 7:30 pm and When We Were Your Age at 8:30 pm at Roosevelt Middle School. $5 sugg. don., kids free. A teen culture jam featuring breakdancing, drumming, painting and more is from 3 to 7 pm at the YMCA. FREE. LITERARY ARTS MFA candidates Corrina Wycoff, Lindsay Knisely and Brandy Nalani McDougall read from their works at 7:30 pm in the Gerlinger Alumni Lounge, UO. FREE. MUSIC Marty Jennings and Claire Wachter perform classical music by Faure, Stravinsky and others at 7:30 pm at the Newman Center, UO. $12, $6 stu./sr., under 16 free.
The Unitarian Universalist Church Choir presents its annual spring concert at 7:30 pm at 477 E. 40th Ave. $5, $10 family sugg. don. OUTDOORS/RECREATION Volunteers restore native habitat at 9 am at Mt. Pisgah. FREE. A National Trails Day work party is from 11 am to 2 pm at Mt. Pisgah North Trailhead. RSVP, 485-3986. FREE. The Obsidians hike at Dog Mountain, Coburg Hills, Tackenitch Dunes and the McKenzie River Trail. See YMCA board for details. $3-4 sugg. don. GEARS bikes 55 miles at Rattlesnake Butte. Meet at 9 am at Alton Baker Park. Helmets req'd. FREE. PRESENTATION A presentation on medicine plants is at noon today and tomorrow at Scobert Park. $4-12 sugg. don. SCIENCE "Images of the Infinite" continues at the Lane ESD Planetarium. See Friday. THEATER Credit and Check Out on Aisle 6 continue at Thurston HS. See Friday. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches continues at Robinson Theatre, UO. See Thursday. The Monogamist continues at Lord Leebrick Theatre. See Thursday. Born Yesterday continues at Actors Cabaret. See Friday. How I Learned to Drive continues at Actors Cabaret Annex. See Friday. Bus Stop continues at the Very Little Theatre. See Thursday. ARTS/VISUAL Kat Rodriguez presents a workshop on creating art in the service of social justice from 2 to 5 pm at Jefferson Middle School. Kids welcome. FREE. Opening reception for Worth Repeating, fiber work by members of Tactile Expression, is from 2 to 4 pm at Washington Abbey. FREE. BENEFIT Aziza, Bene-Sharez, Kameal and others perform in a benefit for the Oregon Country Fair's Gypsy Caravan Stage at 8 pm at the Wild Duck. $6, children under 10 free. The Springfield Museum's Garden Tour featuring seven local gardens is from 10 am to 5 pm. Tix: The Book Mark, Bloomer's Nursery. $12, $10 adv. FESTIVAL The Fifth Street Arts Festival features visual arts, performances, gallery openings and interactive community arts from noon to 4 pm at Fifth Street Market. FREE. LITERARY ARTS Cartoonist Jan Eliot, Humorist Leigh Anne Jasheway and Cartoonist Jesse Springer sign copies of their books from 1 to 4 pm at the Eugene Library Lecture Room. FREE. Mary Carol Moran reads from her book, Clear Soul: Metaphors and Meditations, at 3 pm at Mother Kali's. FREE. MUSIC The Red Elvises and Welsh Rabbit play Siberian surf rock at 8:30 pm at the WOW Hall. $8 adv., $10 dos. The Oregon Children's Choir presents its spring concert at 3 and 7 pm at Central Presbyterian Church. $8, $6 stu./sr. Student ensembles directed by Gregory Mason present a Chamber Musicale at 1 pm in Beall Hall, UO. $5, $3 stu./sr. OPEN HOUSE An open house featuring tours of the garden, forest, strawbale dormitory and more is from 2 to 4 pm at Aprovecho Research Center in Cottage Grove. 942-8198. Donations. OUTDOORS/RECREATION The Obsidians hike Eula Ridge. See YMCA board for details. $3-4 sugg. don. PRESENTATION Presentation on medicine plants continues at Scobert Park. Donations. SCIENCE "Images of the Infinite" continues at the Lane ESD Planetarium. See Friday. SPIRITUAL A video of Marcus Borg's talk on "Seeing God Again" shows at 11 am at the Center for Sacred Sciences, 1571 Buck Street. FREE. A Taize healing prayer service is at 7 pm at Unity Church. FREE. THEATER Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches continues at Robinson Theatre, UO. See Thursday. Bus Stop continues at the Very Little Theatre. See Thursday. ARTS/VISUAL Artist Susan Lowdermilk demonstrates printmaking at 6:30 pm at Robert Canaga Gallery. FREE. Opening reception for BFA show is from 7 to 9 pm at LaVerne Krause Gallery, UO. FREE.
Luna Park, a Russian film exploring the relationship between father and son, is at 6:30 pm in 115 Pacific Hall, UO. FREE. KIDSTUFF A swim test to determine appropriate swim levels for ages 3 and up is from 6:15 to 8 pm today and tomorrow at River Road Pool. FREE. LITERARY ARTS A women's poetry slam is at 7 pm at Mother Kali's. FREE. MUSIC The one-year anniversary of the Doc's Pad Rooster's Blues Jam is at 9:30 pm at Doc's Pad. $2. Crash Test Dummies play at 8 pm at the Wild Duck. $13.50 adv., $15 dos. The UO Lab Choir performs French choral music through the ages at 8 pm at Beall Hall, UO. $5, $3 stu./sr. THEATER Beginning Acting presents "Theatre Sports!"
at 7 pm at Thurston HS Main Stage. FREE. ARTS/VISUAL MFA student and photographer Mick Briscoe speaks about his work featured in the MFA 2001 exhibition at noon at the Jacobs Gallery. FREE. FILM Rosa Luxemburg, about the founder of the Spartacus League to oppose World War I, shows at 7 pm in 122 Pacific Hall, UO. FREE. Wendy Oberlander shows Nothing to Be Written Here and Still about the Jewish Diaspora at 7 pm in 214 Grayson Hall, UO. FREE. GATHERING The Farmers' Market continues at 8th and Oak. Little Big Sue performs at noon. See Saturday. KIDSTUFF The Hershey Track and Field Meet for ages 9-14 is at 4 pm today at North Eugene HS and June 7 at South Eugene HS. FREE. Swim test continues at River Road Pool. See Monday. LITERARY ARTS Amit Goswami discusses his new book, The Visionary Window: A Quantum Physicist's Guide to Enlightenment" at 7:30 pm in the Knight Library Browsing Room, UO. FREE. MUSIC The Collegium Musicum performs at 8 pm in Beall Hall, UO. $5, $3 stu./sr. LCC's Chamber Choir and Concert Choir perform at 7:30 pm at LCC's Performance Hall. $4, $2 stu./sr. ON THE AIR "Taking the Pulse" examines the Oregon Health Plan at 10 pm and private insurance at 10:30 pm on OPB. "Arts Journal" features a Shocase performance at 6 pm on CTV-97. Re-airs at 9 pm on June 7. OUTDOORS/RECREATION The Obsidians hike 8 miles at Spencer's
Butte. See YMCA board for details. SPIRITUAL Kadam Sonja Hanson leads an introduction to Buddhism
at 7:30 pm Tuesdays through June 26 at Four Winds. $7 sugg. don., $4 stu. ARTS/VISUAL Barbara Pickett gives a demonstration and lecture on the various processes used to create fiber art at 6 pm at Robert Canaga Gallery. FREE.
DANCE Dance Composition II students present final composition studies at 7 pm in the Dougherty Dance Theatre, UO. FREE. FILM Modern Times, a Chaplin film about an assembly line worker who goes crazy, shows at 7 pm in 180 PLC, UO. FREE. LECTURE Pissamai Homchampa discusses "Self-Care Practice among Industrial Workers in Thailand: Constructing Knowledge and Perceptions on Health and Wellness in the Factory Setting at noon in 330 Hendricks Hall, UO. FREE. MUSIC Giancarlo Guerrero, one of three candidates to replace Eugene Symphony Music Directory Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conducts the symphony at 8:30 pm at the Hult's Silva Hall. Guerrero gives a pre-concert talk at noon in the Hult's Studio One. FREE. The Riverside Chamber Symphony performs at 8 pm at Campbell Sr. Ctr. $5. ON THE AIR "Taking the Pulse" examines teen suicide at 10 pm on OPB. PRESENTATIONS The Northwest Eco-Building Guild presents Bruce Sullivan on "Resources for Finding Green Building Products" at 7 pm at the McNail-Riley House, 13th and Jefferson. FREE. Hear from people about protests at the Summit of the Americas at 7 pm at EWEB Training. FREE. Learn the secrets of container gardening at noon at the Enchanted Inn Country Bed and Breakfast, 29195 Gimpl Hill Road. $5. A video of a talk by Leslie Feinberg, transgendered activist, lecturer and journalist, is at 7 pm at Mother Kali's. FREE. THEATER "Theatre Sports!" continues at Thurston
HS Main Stage. See Tuesday. ARTS/VISUAL A special edition Art Walk is at 6 pm in the Meridian atrium. FREE. Art Night celebrating art projects, dance and theater by students is at 7 pm at Lorane Elementary School. FREE. "Animation Explosion" showcases student-crafted multimedia, animation and visual design work at 7 pm in 177 Lawrence, UO. FREE. DANCE A UO Department of Dance end-of-term presentation is at 5:30 pm at Dougherty Dance Theatre, UO. FREE. KIDSTUFF The Hershey Track and Field Meet continues at South Eugene HS. See Tuesday. MEETING Anita Browning discusses "Becoming a Blessing: Claiming Our Worth" at the Women's Business Network meeting at noon at the Eugene Hilton. $12, includes lunch. ON THE AIR "New Dimensions" features Jimmy Carter on "Georgia Stories/Global View" at 6:30 pm on KLCC, 89.7 FM. "Arts Journal" continues on CTV-97. See Tuesday. THEATER Bus Stop continues at the Very Little Theatre. See Friday. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches continues at Robinson Theatre, UO. See Thursday, May 31. The Monogamist continues at Lord Leebrick Theatre. See Thursday.
JUNE 1 Kristen Hersh performs at 8 pm at the Aladdin Theater in Portland. Ticketmaster. $13.50 adv. Jamie Anderson performs at 7:30 pm at the First Congregational Church in Corvallis. Jubilate!, The women's choir of Corvallis, also performs. $10. JUNE 2 A presentation "Pierre Cruzette: Stories & Music!" is at 11 am and 2 pm and on "William Clark & Thomas Jefferson: Living History" is at 7 pm at Fort Clatsop in Astoria. FREE. JUNE 3 Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer celebrate the release of their new CD, Drum Hat Buddha, at 7:30 pm at the Majestic Theater in Corvallis. (503) 606-0367. $10 adv., $12 dos. Opening reception for oils by Sharon Engle, Jill Atkin and Louise Lamontagne is from 2 to 4 pm at Lawrence Gallery in Sheridan. (503) 843-3633. FREE. A presentation on "Hiking From Fort Clatsop" is at 8
am and on "Chinook Tribal Culture" is at 1 pm at Fort Clatsop in Astoria.
FREE. The Community Center for the Performing Arts holds a new volunteer orientation and training at 6 pm on June 5 at the WOW Hall. For more information, contact Kayte McDonald or Reed Davaz at 687-2746. The Eugene Library seeks volunteers with Internet experience to assist patrons in the library's Internet Center from 2 to 5 pm Sundays. www.ci.eugene.or.us/library or 682-5454. Greenhill Humane Society holds a volunteer orientation at 4 pm June 2 at Greenhill.
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