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Byline: BUZZWORTHY by The Register-Guard

Wazzup? Did somebody declare this Oldies Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the '50s, '60s and '70s.

Oldies are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres.
 But Goodies Week and forget to tell us? Or are we just imagining that our immediate future includes many backward-looking events?

The Eugene Chamber Choir has its 25th anniversary concert at 7:30 tonight at St. Mary's Episcopal Church.

The Eugene Concert Choir Eugene Concert Choir is a non-profit choral organization based in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It consists of two mixed-voice choruses: the 100-member Eugene Concert Choir (ECC), and the semi-professional chamber group Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble (EVAE).  will sing Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem (1874) at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Hult.

Madeline L'Engle's fantasy-adventure classic "A Wrinkle in Time" (1962 ) will pop through a wormhole wormhole - back door  into your TV set at 8 p.m. Monday on ABC ABC
 in full American Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928.
.

After 11 seasons and way too many Emmys, "Frasier" will have its last laughs at 9 p.m. Thursday on NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
.

That same night, right here in downtown Eugene, the Dark Star Orchestra Dark Star Orchestra (or simply DSO) is a U.S. tribute band to the Grateful Dead, formed in 1997 and based in Chicago. Overview
Dark Star Orchestra achieves notoriety by performing shows from among the nearly 3,500 that the Grateful Dead performed during their 30
 will re-create an entire show by a well known band that's been Dead for several years.

Speaking of things that never die, ex-X-Man Hugh Jackman will battle Dracula, his brides and other night frights as "Van Helsing," opening today at Cinema World and Cinemark. Will all the popcorn be served with garlic butter?

Speaking of neck-biters, if you're one of those guys who fell in love with Isabelle Adjani's neck in the 1979 German remake of "Nosferatu" - Klaus Kinski obviously did, and probably Roger Ebert, too - she's back as an actress who will do anything to get ahead and stay alive during the German occupation of Paris in "Bon Voyage," opening today at the Bijou Art Cinemas.

And speaking of alarming creatures who seem to have been around forever and won't go away, the Olsen sisters, who are twins but don't want you to know that, will complicate Eugene Levy's life - or is it the other way around - in "New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Minute," also opening at Cinemark and Cinema World.

Finally, for aficionados who know a timeless guitar great when they hear one, Adrian Legg will finger-pick and deadpan at Cafe Paradiso at 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Title Annotation:Entertainment
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:May 7, 2004
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