BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Youths' jungle-theme creations on display COTTAGE GROVE Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). - Creations by Cottage Grove youth will be on display Thursday at a community open house at Bohemia Elementary School elementary school: see school. to conclude the Jungle Safari Arts Camp. A YouthArts program of Lane Arts Council An arts council is a government or private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing events at home and abroad. , the two-week camp gave kids in grades one through seven a chance to explore the sights, sounds and stories of the jungle through art and performance. Participants spent each day with professional local artists Leslie Rubinstein, Joanna Newton, Shelly A. Davey and Tony Willey. The gala will include youth dance and drum, a musical "sound safari" and displays of artwork and environmental projects. Bohemia Elementary is located at 721 South R St. For information, call 485-2278. Painting session for kids salutes Jackson Pollock Children 12 and younger are invited to join the American Music Institute American Music Institute (also referred to as AMI) is a non-profit private music school located in the Chicago west suburbs of Hinsdale, IL and St. Charles, Illinois. Currently, the school is home to hundreds of students ranging in age from 2 years - 50 + years. on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Broadway Plaza Broadway Plaza is the name of various places:
After the artwork is completed, a panel of arts community members and children will select a winner and three runners-up. A People's Choice Award also will be given. The winner will receive four tickets to OFAM's Gala Opening Concert at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5 at the Hult Center, plus a special dinner invitation for two to OFAM's annual Music Thru' the Eye presentation on the work of Pollock. Other winners will receive two tickets to the opening concert. For information, call 687-6526. State Senate candidate to speak at Rubicon Norm Thomas, Republican candidate for state Senate District 4, will discuss his campaign at the Rubicon Society meeting at noon Thursday at the Pearl Street Ice Cream Parlour & Restaurant, 13th Avenue and Pearl Street. Visitors may attend. Lunch is optional. Friends of Pacifica to talk about ways to avoid war The Friends of Pacifica Forum will meet at noon Friday in the Erb Memorial Union's Century E Room at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. . Stan Cook will speak about "Local-National Steps for Avoiding War." The event is free. For information, call 344-0483. Trainsong Neighbors set potluck dinner tonight The Trainsong Neighbors will hold a potluck dinner tonight. The gathering will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Trainsong Park, at the end of Edison Street off Bethel Bethel, in the Bible Bethel (bĕth`əl) [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. Drive. For more information, call 607-0277. Send announcements to: Briefly News at The Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440, fax 683-7631 or e-mail rgnews@guardnet.com. |
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