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Byline: The Register-Guard

Ani DiFranco won't

appear at Secret House

Ani DiFranco is taking some time away from touring because of an inflammation of the nerves and tendons in her wrists and hands. But the big show at Secret House Vineyard on Sept. 2 will go on without her.

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 slot.

They will be joined by Mofro, the Hot-Buttered String Band and Blackalicious.

Full refunds are available at place of purchase. Those who still want to attend the show may keep their tickets and they will receive a $5 refund at the gate.

Geek Chic Gala will

raise money for charity

Brett Estep, the Darsan Trio and the Divided will provide the music on Saturday for the annual Nerd Ball III: Geek Chic Gala.

The event will raise money to support the work of Geeks Without Borders A number of NGOs have adopted the "Without Borders" tag, inspired by Doctors without Borders.
  • Reporters Without Borders
  • Braille Without Borders - established 2002.
  • Action Without Borders
, a local nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.

Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law.
 group that gets donated computer equipment to needy organizations in developing countries.

The gala will be held beginning at 8 p.m. at the Veterans' Memorial Building, 1626 Willamette St. Tickets are $6, available in advance at Evolution Games, 2475 Hilyard St., or at the door.

The night also will feature raffles Raffles

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, door prizes for the best nerd gala costume, '70s and '80s dance music, a photo booth and more.

Sheldon Pool is site

of Multicultural Festival

Sheldon Community Center and Pool will host the third annual Multicultural Festival from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

The free event will feature music from Etoufee and magic from Dr. Delusion delusion, false belief based upon a misinterpretation of reality. It is not, like a hallucination, a false sensory perception, or like an illusion, a distorted perception. . Also on the agenda is a free "cosmic" swim at Sheldon pool, food booths, Polynesian dancers, hands-on drumming, a performance from the ZAPP ZAPP - Zero Assignment Parallel Processor. A virtual tree machine architecture in which a process tree is dynamically mapped onto a fixed, strongly connected network of processors communicating by message passing.  dancers and more.

The center is at 2445 Willakenzie Road.

For more information, call 682-5312.

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Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Jul 29, 2005
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