Leonardo's days return to Corvallis.Byline: Mark Baker The Register-Guard CORVALLIS - Leonardo would be proud. Wouldn't he? Where else other then the annual three-day festival here that bears the 15th century Renaissance man's name could you drink a Full Sail Ale, eat Tillamook Ice Cream and ride an antlike machine through sand, surf and something sludgelike ? Da Vinci da Vinci Surgery A surgical robot for performing certain surgeries–eg, mitral valve repair and laparoscopic procedures–eg, cholecystectomy and gastric ulcer repair. See Laparoscopic surgery, Robotics, Surgical robot. Days - this city's yearly celebration of art, science and technology (three things Leonardo was pretty good at) - begins today and goes through Sunday. This year marks the festival's 15th anniversary, and you can expect the familiar potpourri of film, paintings, street performances, music and food from around the world. The festival kicks off today at noon with the community art project on Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. . This year's theme is "The Art of Nature." Look for sculptures made of natural materials, word-play art, interactive displays and interpretive art. The home base for the show is at the Corvallis Arts Center, 700 S.W. Madison Ave. In recent years, da Vinci Days has perhaps become best known for the Kinetic Sculpture Race The Kinetic Sculpture Race has been an annual event in Ferndale, California since 1969. It began when local sculptor Hobart Brown "improved" the appearance of his son's tricycle, and was challenged to a race down Main Street by Jack Mays. , which runs all three days. Watch the wacky vehicles race through water, mud, sand and the streets. Teams come from all over the West Coast to show their human-powered, all-terrain vehicles. You also can attend the da Vinci Film and Video Festival all three days at the Austin Auditorium at Oregon State University's La Sells Stewart Center. Check out a diverse selection of short films and videos from various genres beginning at 7 p.m. Friday. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, this year's keynote speaker, Academy Award-winning motion picture sound editor Richard Hymns, will present "Life in Sound." Hymns has worked on such films as "Saving Private Ryan," "Fight Club," "Minority Report" and the upcoming "Catwoman." The 55th annual Children's Parade is from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. today, starting at the corner of 11th Street and Monroe Avenue. The parade, for children ages 2 to 12, includes floats, costumes, decorated bicycles and marching groups. If "The Art of Nature" isn't enough for the art lover in you, there's also the "Meandering Mural," which starts at the Arts Center Plaza and wends Wends or Sorbs, Slavic people (numbering about 60,000) of Brandenburg and Saxony, E Germany, in Lusatia. They speak Lusatian (also known as Sorbic or Wendish), a West Slavic language with two main dialects: Upper Lusatian, nearer to Czech, and toward Central Park. Paint will be available from volunteers at various stations. And what's a festival without great food? The International Food Court is located on the lower OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. campus near the main entertainment stage. Speaking of entertainment, you can catch Alexis at 7:30 p.m. and Laura Love Laura Love is an American musician born in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. She describes herself as a "light skinned Black" woman. Laura Love had a difficult childhood, raised by a mother with schizophrenia and in foster homes. at 9 p.m. today, and Bobby Torres at 7:30 p.m. and Spyro Gyra For the UK folk band, see . For the type of algae, see . Spyro Gyra (IPA: // at 9 p.m. Saturday. Magnifico mag·nif·i·co n. pl. mag·nif·i·coes 1. A person of distinguished rank, importance, or appearance: "He is both an old-world and a new-world figure, a feudal magnifico and a modern technocrat" ! FESTIVAL PREVIEW Da Vinci Days When: Today through Sunday Where: Various Corvallis locations How much: Daily admission $8 adults, $4 children; three-day passes $12 adults, $6 children Details: Visit www .davinci-days.org CAPTION(S): After 25 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time members of Spyro Gyra are still at it, making their own blend of jazz and pop. The band will perform Saturday night in Corvallis as part of the 15th annual da Vinci Days festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . FESTIVAL PREVIEW Da Vinci Days When: Today through Sunday Where: Various Corvallis locations How much: Daily admission $8 adults, $4 children; three-day passes $12 adults, $6 children Details: Visit www .davinci-days.org |
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