Not always the classiest, but classics.Byline: BUZZWORTHY by The Register-Guard This week is shaping up to be a classic. Start with `Troy,' the $200 million epic based on no less a masterpiece than Homer's `The Iliad.' OK, so Roger Ebert says the movie is a farce that sinks a thousand Hollywood ships, but if it's spectacle you're after - or Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Bloom[1] (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He had his break-through role in the early 2000s as the elf-prince Legolas in The Lord of the Rings[2] and blacksmith Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean in shiny breastplates - look no further than Cinema World or Cinemark starting today. Size will matter as well when the Eugene Symphony The Eugene Symphony is an American orchestra based in Eugene, Oregon. Its home venue is the Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Approximately 22,000 people attend Eugene Symphony's classical and pops concert performances each year. tackles one of its most ambitious programs ever: completing conductor Giancarlo Guerrero's survey of venerable Ludwig van's nine symphonies. For Beethoven's Ninth, the orchestra will be augmented by a 120-voice choir and four vocal soloists at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Hult Center. A local classic, retiring UO theater director Bob Barton, will take his curtain call with William Shakespeare's `Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it was likely first performed in the winter of 1598-1599,[1] and it remains one of Shakespeare's most enduring plays on stage. ,' premiering at 8 p.m. today in the Robinson Theatre. Barton has set the vintage comedy to a Latin beat. Latin beats also will be the order of the day in the Jungle at 8 p.m. Tuesday when Ozomatli drops in from East L.A. Everybody's favorite hip-hop/funk marching band will release an album next month, so expect a preview. For a very different multicultural experience, check out the folk-rock quintet Great Big Sea as it crashes into the WOW Hall at 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The Newfoundlanders are known to pop open such Celtic chestnuts as `John Barbour' and `Chafe's Celidh,' but their new CD, `Something Beautiful,' features 10 original tunes as well. Finally, history will be served from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday as the Mount Pisgah Arboretum The Mount Pisgah Arboretum (85 ha / 209 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and botanical garden located within the Howard Buford Recreation Area (930 ha / 2,300 acre), between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah near Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, Wildflower wildflower Any flowering plant that grows without intentional human aid. Wildflowers are the source of all cultivated garden varieties of flowers. A wildflower growing where it is unwanted is considered a weed. Festival celebrates 25 years. Adding even more local color to the 400 botanical exhibits will be food and craft vendors, live music, children's activities, a plant sale and guided tours of the arboretum arboretum: see botanical garden. arboretum Place where trees, shrubs, and sometimes herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes. An arboretum may be a collection in its own right or a part of a botanical garden. . |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion