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Welcome to the events calendar for the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region. Thousands of events take place each year. Music and ethnic festivals, Broadway performances, museums, sporting events and guided hikes are some of the exciting events that happen here. Come join in on the fun. Please call or check the event website prior to arrival as information may change without notice.

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Don Latarski and Friends
May 16, 2012
  • Event Times: Wednesday, 6 - 8 p.m.
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  • Location: Maude Kerns Art Center
  • Address: 1910 E 15th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
  • Phone: 541.345.1571

Come out for this special benefit concert sponsored by Territorial Wine Company. The concert is in conjunction with the Silent Witness: Parvin Butte, OR exhibit.

Art Show
May 17, 2012 - May 18, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Thursday & Friday, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free, donations accepted
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  • Location: Good Samaritan Eugene Village
  • Address: 3500 Hilyard Street, Eugene, OR 97405
  • Phone: 541.687.9211

Art show featuring the works of Eugene artist George Vonderlinden with a special evening reception at 6 pm on Thursday.

Eugene Smphony: Sound Perspectives
May 17, 2012
  • Event Times: Thursday, 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.682.5000

Enjoy a lovely performance by the Adult Chamber ensemble.

Liszt Piano Concerto
May 17, 2012
  • Event Times: Thursday, 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $55, $45, $32
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  • Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.682.5000

An astounding and diverse season of music concludes with an all orchestral showcase featuring Liszt's First Piano Concerto, Berlioz's dramatic Damnation of Faust, and Bruckner's expressive Sixth Symphony.

Play It Again
May 17, 2012
  • Event Times: Thursday, 6:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401

The concert, which features 13 ensembles, features works by Bach, Mozart, Haydn and more!

Public Works Day - Open House
May 17, 2012
  • Event Times: Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Public Works building
  • Address: 1820 Roosevelt Blvd, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.682.4800

Come take a behind the scenes look at the may ways public works serves our community. With special guests from the City of Eugene police and Fire Departments.

Run Eugene Run
May 17, 2012
  • Event Times: Thursday, 6 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $25 - $30
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  • Location: Alton Baker Park
  • Address: Club Rd and Coburg Rd, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.484.9883

This 5K race is a fundraiser event promoting health, community and kids.

The 2012 Festival of the American Liszt Society
May 17, 2012 - May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Thursday - Sunday
  • Event Admission: $15 - $50
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  • Location: University of Oregon School of Music and Dance
  • Address: University St., Eugene, OR 97403

Three days of symposia, lectures and concerts by over 60 renowned performers and scholars from several countries and throughout the United States. The festival celebrates the great achievements of Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886).

105th Annual Rhododendron Festival
May 18, 2012 - May 20, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Friday - Sunday
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  • Location: Various locations around town
  • Address: , Florence, OR 97439
  • Phone: 541.997.3128

Oregon's second longest running festival! This popular Florence celebration officially begins on Friday evening with the Rhody Pageant to crown "Queen Rhododendra." Activities throughout the weekend include parades, flower show, car show, arts and craft fair, 5K run, carnival and much, much more. This year's theme is "Nothing Short of Wild."

Barn Hoedown
May 18, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 5 - 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Petersen Barn Community Center
  • Address: 870 Berntzen Road, Eugene, OR

Come out for an evening of family-fun featuring barn tours, a petting zoo, dance lessons, a community quilt and more.

Carnaval Latino
May 18, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 6 - 9 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $1
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  • Location: Willamalane Center for Sports & Recreation
  • Address: 250 S 32nd St, Springfield, OR 97478
  • Phone: 541.736.4520

Enjoy carnival games, roller skating, basketball, a climbing wall, indoor soccer, music and family fun! Food available for purchase.

Siri Vik: Where or When
May 18, 2012 - May 20, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Sunday, Friday
  • Event Times: Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $30, $24, $18
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  • Location: The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts
  • Address: 868 High St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.434.7000

Come enjoy the third music project by the extraordinary vocalist and performer Siri Vik for this witty, light-hearted yet at times deeply sad performance of Lorenz Hart music.

Spring Mountain Trail Horse Adventure
May 18, 2012 - May 20, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Friday - Sunday
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Oregon Horse Center
  • Address: 90751 Prairie Rd, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.689.9700

Watch as horses and riders work together and work through an outdoor mountain trail course built indoors.

University of Oregon Baseball
May 18, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 6 p.m.
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  • Location: PK Park
  • Address: Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.346.4461

Come out to watch the University of Oregon Ducks take on Seattle.

Vox Resonat
May 18, 2012
  • Event Times: Friday, 8 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $10, $5 students/seniors
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  • Location: Central Lutheran Church
  • Address: 18th & Potter, Eugene, OR 97403

A soloist vocal ensemble specializing in music of the Baroque, Renaissance and Middle Ages. For this concert, the ensemble reaches back to some of the earliest written music still in existence with a program titled "Candens Lilium."

1st Annual Charity Poker Run and Motercycle Show
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $5 per poker hand, $5 bike entrance fee
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  • Location: Three Rivers Casino & Hotel
  • Address: 5647 Hwy 126, Florence, OR 97439
  • Phone: 541.902.6607

Enjoy a morning of poker and motorcycles. The proceeds go to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Also looking for awards, door prizes and more!

26th Annual HIV Alliance AIDS Walk and Walk
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - noon
  • Event Admission: $15, $10 student, $10 to sponsor a walker
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  • Location: Alton Baker Park
  • Address: 100 Day Island Road, Eugene, OR 97401

This 2-mile walk begins at 9:30am, with concerts, a kid zone, doggie fashion show and other fun events. All proceeds go to support individuals living with HIV/AIDS and to prevent new HIV infections.

2nd Annual Raise a Glass to MECCA
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 5 - 7:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Windsor Caulkins House
  • Address: 588 E. 11th St. on corner of Patterson St., Eugene, OR 97401

Come out for a lovely and lively evening of wine tasting, delicious appetizers, live music with Mood Area 52, and a silent auction of outstanding art from many local artists of varying mediums.

3rd Annual Lane County Pink Ribbon Tea
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, doors open at 11 a.m.; tea at 1 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $25
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  • Location: Eugene Faith Center
  • Address: 1410 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.513.7466

Benefit tea with proceeds going for uninsured and under-insured woman to receive mammogram screening in Lane County.

AIDSwalk Eugene
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 10 a.m.
  • Event Admission: $15, $10 students
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  • Location: Alton Baker Park
  • Address: Alton Baker Park, Eugene, OR 97401

A community benefit for HIV Alliance. Price includes a free t-shirt.

Art at the Ranch
May 19, 2012 - May 20, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Saturday, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: C & M Stables
  • Address: 90241 Hwy 101, Florence, OR 97439
  • Phone: 541.997.7540

Enjoy a weekend of arts and crafts at the stables - a celebration in conjunction with Rhododendron weekend at the coast.

Born to Run Challenge
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 9 a.m.
  • Event Admission: $20 - $40
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  • Location: Maurie Jacobs Park
  • Address: Fir Lane, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.484.9883

A 15K run and 5K run/walk along the flat, fast and scenic bike paths next to the Willamette River. All proceeds will support the Lane Pregnancy Support Center.

Donkey Basketball
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday
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  • Location: Lane Events Center - Livestock Arena
  • Address: 796 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 503.371.7361

Come out for an afternoon of laughs at this unique basketball game. Events is a fundraiser for OARNG.

Emerald City Roller Girls
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday
  • Event Admission: $12 - $17
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  • Location: Lane Events Center
  • Address: 796 W 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97402

Live bone crushing roller derby action, food, beer, music. This is an all-ages event. 

Farm Food Festival
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $4
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  • Location: The Science Factory Children's Museum & Exploration Dome
  • Address: 2300 Leo Harris Pkwy, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.682.7888

Come out for a day where you can play with your food. Investigate growing fruits and vegetables with Nearby Nature, explore different types of soils with visitors from Excelsior Inn and examine processes of preserving and preparing food after its harvested! Raffles for prizes.

Frolic Grand Prix
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday
  • Event Admission: $45
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  • Location: Around Eugene
  • Address: Eugene, OR

A running, thinking, biking, laughing adventure race across Eugene. Compete in pairs in this unique event and enjoy an exciting after party. Benefit for Bridgeway House.

Inspirational SoundsGospel Choir at Saturday Market
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, noon
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Park Blocks
  • Address: 8th and Oak, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.995.8459

Great outdoor music and fun event. A chance to again hear this wonderful local Gospel choir directed by Chris Stubbs.

International Sandboard Day
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, dawn to dusk
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Sand Master Park
  • Address: 5351 Hwy 101, Florence, OR 97439
  • Phone: 541.997.6006

The official first day of sandboarding season and international observance. Come out for an amazing fun day in the sand.

Kidical Mass!
May 19, 2012 - October 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: various locations around Eugene
  • Address: , Eugene, OR 97401

A family fun ride with trailers, trail-a-bikes, Xtracycles, tandems, oh my! We'll ride legal, safe, and hoot it up. Helmets are heavily encouraged (and legally required for the tikes). Location rotates per month. Check website for details.

Mars Water & Via Me
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 8 - 11 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $3 - $6 donation
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  • Location: Cozmic
  • Address: 199 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.485.8633

Come out and enjoy some pizza and watch some great local bands perform! All proceeds to benefit the Latin America Solidarity Committee (LASC) of Eugene!

Oh What a Night!
May 19, 2012 - May 20, 2012
  • Recurring daily
  • Event Times: Saturday, 7 p.m., Sunday, 5 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $22.99, $18.99
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  • Location: Three Rivers Casino & Hotel
  • Address: 5647 Hwy 126, Florence, OR 97439
  • Phone: 800.585.3737

A musical Tribute to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons.

Oregon Concert Choirs present Liberty and Justice for All
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $7; $5 seniors/students
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  • Location: St. Mary's Episcopal Church
  • Address: 13th & Pearl, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.465.4990

Enjoy a program of uplifting music celebrating the cause of social justice around the world.

Pinkalicious! The Musical
May 19, 2012 - May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday & Sunday, 1 & 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $10
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  • Location: Upstate Crow Studios
  • Address: 885 W 1ST Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.688.8260

Do you love pink? This musical theatre production brings the story of the cup-cake loving Pinkalicious to life on stage. Based on the popular children’s Pinkalicious books.

Rhody Run
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 9 a.m.
  • Event Admission: $10 - $40
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  • Location: Florence Events Center
  • Address: 715 Quince St, Florence, OR 97439
  • Phone: 541.484.9883

This is the 33rd running of an Oregon classic held in conjunction with the Rhododendron Festival. Participate in either the 10k or 5k race on rolling paved surfaces around Florence.

Sandboard Season Kick Off
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 5 - 8 p.m.
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  • Location: Sand Master Park
  • Address: 87542 Hwy 101, Florence, OR 97439
  • Phone: 541.997.6006

Join Sandboard Magazine for the annual sandboarding season kick off bar-b-que.

Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene: Terra Omnis
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $20; $16 students, youth & seniors
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  • Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts
  • Address: 7th & Willamette St, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.682.5000

Join Oregon's largest lesbian chorus - over 100 voices - for the premier of their first commissioned work, Terra Omnis, by local composer Audrey Snyder. This work honors and celebrates the beauty, harmony and diversity of the earth as a whole.

Tour de Coop
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $7
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  • Location: Eugene Backyard Farmer
  • Address: 501 Washington St., Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.485.3276

See for yourself how easy it is to raise backyard chickens. Visit some of the backyard coops around town with this self-guided tour. Proceeds go to support Habitat for Hens. Cost includes admission for two people and guide book.

University of Oregon Baseball
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 2 p.m.
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  • Location: PK Park
  • Address: Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.346.4461

Come out to watch the University of Oregon Ducks take on Seattle.

WREN’s Family Exploration Day
May 19, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • Event Admission: Free
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  • Location: Stewart Pond Overlook
  • Address: Intersection of Bertelsen Road on Stewart Road, Eugene, OR 97402
  • Phone: 541.338.7047

Explore the West Eugene Wetlands with your family and celebrate American Wetlands Months. WREN will check-out nature exploration equipment and provide guidance for independent exploration.

27th Annual Kite Festival
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Sunday, 2 - 5 p.m.
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  • Location: Roosevelt Middle School
  • Address: 680 East 24th Ave, Eugene, OR 97405
  • Phone: 541.913.1965

Enjoy beautiful kites & performances throughout the afternoon at this annual event. Make your own kite for $2 and test out its flying skills and participate in the kite flying competition with fun prizes.

Bark in the Park
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Sunday, 9 a.m.
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  • Location: Alton Baker Park
  • Address: Club Rd and Coburg Rd, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.484.9883

This is a traditional fund-raising event for the Greenhill Human Society. Come run or walk alone or bring your furry companion to accompany you on your 5K run or 2K walk. There will also be dog performance exhibitions and fun for the entire family.

Duck Bill Thrill
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Sunday, 8 a.m.
  • Event Admission: $50 - $75
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  • Location: Winberry Park - Fall Creek Reservoir
  • Address: Lowell, OR
  • Phone: 541.484.9883

This is the fifth running of a unique USAT sanctioned Olympic distance triathlon with a 1500 meter swim, a 40K bike and 10K run. Compete as an individual or as part of a relay team.

In Accord Community Choir Spring Concert
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Sunday
  • Event Admission: Free; donation suggested
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  • Location: Wellsprings Friends School / Eugene Mennonite Church
  • Address: 3590 W. 18th Street, Eugene, OR 97402

In Accord is a secular choir that sings memorable songs related to issues social justice and peace. To benefit Eugene Coalition for Better School Food and Helping Hands.

McKenzie Bicentennial Spring Day
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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  • Location: Various locations around McKenzie River
  • Address: , Blue River, OR 97488
  • Phone: 541.822.8454

Enjoy a variety of events to celebrate the Bicentennial of the McKenzie River Valley. Come out for live music, food, vendors, reenactment camps, tree climbing, history presentations, exploration treks and more!

Mount Pisgah Arboretum Wildflower & Music Festival
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Sunday,
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  • Location: Mount Pisgah
  • Address: 34901 Frank Parrish Rd, Eugene, OR 97405
  • Phone: 541.747.3817

Celebrate spring with this fantastic festival featuring extensive displays of Oregon's native and naturalized flowering plant species. As many as 300 to 400 species of wildflowers will be on display from Anemones to Vancouveria.

Oregon Concert Choirs present Liberty and Justice for All
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Saturday, 3 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $7; $5 seniors/students
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  • Location: Emmaus Lutheran Church
  • Address: 18th & Polk, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.465.4990

Enjoy a program of uplifting music celebrating the cause of social justice around the world.

Partial Solar Eclipse Viewing
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Sunday, 5 - 7:30 p.m.
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  • Location: The Science Factory Children's Museum & Exploration Dome
  • Address: 2300 Leo Harris Pkwy, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.682.7888

View the partial solar eclipse through solar telescopes provided by the Science Factory and the Eugene Astronomical Society. The solar eclipse begins at 5:05 p.m. and the maximum eclipse occurs at 6:23 p.m. Eclipse glasses are available for purchase.

University of Oregon Baseball
May 20, 2012
  • Event Times: Sunday, noon
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  • Location: PK Park
  • Address: Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.346.4461

Come out to watch the University of Oregon Ducks take on Seattle.

African Drum Class
May 21, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Monday
  • Event Times: Mondays, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $15, $12 students w/I.D.
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  • Location: Wow Hall
  • Address: 291 W. 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.232.5471

Have you ever wanted to take an African drum class, but felt just a little bit intimidated? Well now is your chance to learn about the vibrant poly-rhythms of Guinea, West Africa in a non-threatening atmosphere that is fun, encouraging and inspirational!

Beginning African Dance
May 21, 2012
  • Recurring weekly on Monday
  • Event Times: Mondays, 7 - 8:15 p.m.
  • Event Admission: $10; $8 students w/ ID
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  • Location: Wow Hall
  • Address: 291 W. 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401
  • Phone: 541.484.3111

African Dance Fundamentals & Core Strengthening. Designed specifically for beginning & emerging dancers! Taught by Andrea DiPalma Yansane with live drumming lead by Alseny Yansane.

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