Marquee Quick Picks.

Byline: The Register-Guard

TONY FURTADO, stringed-instrument master from Colorado, returns to Eugene with his band for a show at the Wild Duck Music Hall at 9:30 p.m. today. Furtado, an accomplished banjo player who also plays acoustic and electric slide guitar, currently is moonlighting as a singer.

A CASE of mistaken identity puts the future of a struggling theater company into the hands of a wannabe actor in the holiday-themed comedy "Inspecting Carol," opening today at Actors Cabaret of Eugene.

NEW MOVIES

"The Man Who Wasn't There" and "Sidewalks of New York" open today at the Bijou Art Cinemas.

"Behind Enemy Lines" opens today at Cinemark and Cinema World.

"Texas Rangers" opens today at Cinemark.

NEW PLAYS

"Inspecting Carol" opens at 8 p.m. today in the Actors Cabaret Annex.

`1940s Radio Hour" opens at 8 p.m. today at the Cottage Theatre in Cottage Grove.

ART SHOWS

"Art for All Seasons," membership show and sale, reception 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Maude Kerns Art Center.

"Enduring Images - 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints," reception noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, White Lotus Gallery.

"La Petite IX, 2002," reception 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Alder Gallery, Coburg.

CONCERT NEWS

Selected out-of-town concerts this weekend:

Shelby Lynne, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aladdin Theater, Portland, $18.50 advance, TM.

Yuk Mouth, Dru Down, Sassy, Gotm, Cool Nutz of DBA, Grinestone, 7 p.m. Saturday, Venetian Theater, Albany, $18 advance, Fx.

The Trail Band, 7 p.m. Sunday, Historic Elsinore Theatre, Salem, $9 to $49, Fx.

Neil Diamond, 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Rose Garden, Portland, $37.50, $57.50, TM.

KEY:

TM - Ticketmaster (503-224-4400, local outlets: G.I. Joe's, Meier & Frank)

Fx - Fastixx (800-992-8499, local outlets: EMU and Safeway stores at 945 Bailey Hill Road, 350 E. 40th Ave. and 1891 Pioneer Parkway, Springfield)

CAPTION(S):

A case of mistaken identity puts the future of a struggling theater company into the hands of a wannabe actor in the holiday-themed comedy "Inspecting Carol," opening today at the ACE Annex. At left, Kevin Dills, as Tiny Tim, places a wreath in a chair and dreams about Christmas.