BUZZWORTHY.Byline: The Register-Guard If your annual spelunking trip is over already, you may be ready to watch "The Descent" without the risk of it spoiling your underground adventure. It opens in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. today, but came out in Europe last year with a different ending. That alone is reason to see the U.S. version and buy the DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. later so you can see both. Maybe it will tell you if you're more American or European in your taste in horror movies about a team of cave-exploring women. Above ground, there's much to do this week, with several big-name concerts and small-town festivals. It will be hard not to notice the arrival of the String Cheese Incident. The band's three-day stand at the Cuthbert, including shows tonight and Saturday with Railroad Earth, have inspired a handful of after-parties for Cheeseheads who don't get enough dancing in on the amphitheater floor. Los Lobos, Death Cab for Cutie cut·ie also cut·ey n. pl. cut·ies also cut·eys Informal A cute person. and Bruce Cockburn Bruce Douglas Cockburn, OC (IPA ['kobɝn]; phonetically: "co-burn") (born May 27, 1945)[1] is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. also are in town this week. In Creswell, the second Coast Fork Cowboy Festival, which starts today, could be as enlightening a cultural experience for a city slicker as the String Cheese show would be for a cowboy. Stereotypes aside, there's some overlap between the two spectacles: bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. . The cowboy fest will feature old-fashioned acoustic country and bluegrass along with Western poetry and art. Both the Filbert filbert: see hazel. filbert or hazel(nut) Any of about 15 species of deciduous trees and shrubs that make up the genus Corylus, in the birch family, native to the northern temperate zone; also, the edible nuts they produce. Festival in Springfield and the Scandinavian Festival in Junction City start this week, although the JC event is mainly next weekend, with opening events Thursday. There also are festivals in cities in every direction, but don't forget about the offerings here in Eugene. The Oregon Festival of American Music Oregon Festival of American Music is an eclectic, thematically-based two-week summer music festival that has been held annually in Eugene, Oregon since 1992. Produced by The John G. continues through Aug. 12. An edited-for-modern-sensibilities version of "Annie Get Your Gun" starts its five-show run Saturday. The festival celebrates Irving Berlin's America with nine concerts at the Hult Center and the Shedd, plus free films and lectures. |
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