There are plenty of ways to celebrate your love.Byline: The Register-Guard Debra Arlyn may have the most Valentine's-themed concerts, but there are plenty of other options to mark the holiday. A sample of local offerings: A Chocolate Affair Saturday, Eugene Country Club From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Eugene Country Club, 255 Country Club Road, will be transformed into a chocolate lover's dream. A benefit for the Wilani Camp Fire Council, the event will feature chocolate for sale, live music, local artisan vendors, silent auction and a chocolate carving contest. Tickets are a tax-deductible $15, and available at the Camp Fire Office, 3575 Donald St., and a few local businesses. Call 344-4856 for more information. Eugene Gleemen Sweetheart Ball Saturday, Hilton Eugene The fourth annual Sweetheart Ball, sponsored by the Eugene Gleemen, will feature local big band Swing Shift. On the Rocks, a male a cappella a cap·pel·la adv. Music Without instrumental accompaniment. [Italian : a, in the manner of + cappella, chapel, choir.] Adj. 1. group from the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. , will sing throughout the evening. Between courses, the Gleemen will perform romantic songs. The event will begin at 6 p.m. in the Hilton's Playwright's Room, 66 E. Sixth Ave., with ballroom dancing from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets are $70 per couple. Call 485-5122 to purchase tickets. Love Across the Decades: A Film Festival for Teens Monday through Thursday, Eugene library branches From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, the library will sponsor a movie from a different decade and provide free popcorn. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday movies will screen at the downtown branch of the library, 100 W. 10th Ave. The Wednesday film is at the Bethel Bethel, in the Bible Bethel (bĕth`əl) [Heb.,=house of God]. 1 Ancient city of central Palestine, the modern Baytin, the West Bank, N of Jerusalem. branch, 1990 Echo Hollow Road. The movies are, in order: "Superman Superman invincible scourge of crime. [Comics: Horn, 642–643] See : Crime Fighting Superman superhero under guise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter. ," "Better Off Dead," `10 Things I Hate About You" and "The Sisterhood sisterhood: see monasticism. of the Traveling Pants." The movies are free. Call the library, 682-8316, for informa- tion. Immaculate Machine Tuesday, Tiny Tavern tavern: see inn. Immaculate Machine, a power-trio from Canada, plays Tuesday at Tiny's, 394 Blair Blvd. The band's press materials promise "soaring and steady three-part harmonies, rotating lead vocals, intricate melodies and thought-provoking lyrics." The free show begins about 10 p.m. Americanistan and Tribal Belly Dancers Tuesday, Iraila Have dinner and watch Tribal Belly Dancers perform to live music by Americanistan. Americanistan has been performing acoustic world music on traditional instruments for more than 14 years. The show runs from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Iraila Mediterranean Rustica, 2435 Hilyard St. Call 684-8400 to make dinner reservations. The NRQ Valentine's Massacre Tuesday, John Henry's The pipe guy, aka Mike Silverman, is a classically trained bass player who decided to go the weird route musically and play the magic pipe. Eugene indie band the Crash Engine also will take the stage, followed by headliners Rose Hill Drive, a rock band out of Colorado. The show starts at 9 p.m. Advanced tickets are available at TicketMaster outlets for $6. Tickets are also $6 at the door at John Henry's, 77 W. Broadway. Pearls and Brass Pearls and Brass are a stoner metal band from Nazareth, Pennsylvania. History The band members began playing together in 1996, but did not officially form the band until 2001. Tuesday, Luckey's Pennsylvania-based Pearls and Brass claim in their press materials they take the hard rock power-trio to a new place, and that the band's shows are filled with three kinds of smoke: "The good kind, the kinds that comes from speakers exploding, and maybe even some from a sheriff's gun." The commotion starts at 10 p.m. Luckey's Club Cigar Store Luckey’s Club Cigar Store was purchased in 1911 by Tad Luckey, Sr., the son of Irish immigrants and an early Eugene pioneer. It is the oldest retail business in downtown Eugene, and one of the oldest bars in Oregon. , 933 Olive St. The cover is $3. The Foghorn fog·horn n. 1. Nautical A horn for sounding warning signals in fog or darkness, used especially on ships, buoys, and coastal installations. 2. A booming, insistent voice. Stringband Tuesday, WOW Hall The Wilders, out of Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , will join Portland's Fog- horn Stringband for a Valentine's dance. The Foghorn Stringband's music includes early country, fiddle from the Southern Appalachians and the Midwest, and the string band sounds of the Piedmont Piedmont, region, Italy Piedmont (pēd`mŏnt), Ital. Piemonte, region (1991 pop. 4,302,565), 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on Switzerland in the north. region. The show starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $6 at the WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. Singing Valentine Quartets By appointment The greater Eugene Chorus of Sweet Adelines International Sweet Adelines International is a worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performances. offers singing Valentines for $30. The gift includes two songs, flowers and a card delivered right to your special someone. Call 344-7020 for more information. - Serena Markstrom |
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