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Upcoming Events In & Around Eugene

August 30 - September 5

September 1
Vampire Weekend
Where: The McDonald Theatre
When: 8:00 PM Tuesday

 With special guest Beach House opening

Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. The band released their eponymous debut album on January 29, 2008 and it produced the singles "Mansard Roof", "A-Punk", "Oxford Comma", and "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa". The band's most recent album, Contra, was released on January 11, 2010.

The members of the band met while attending Columbia University; they then self-produced their first album after graduation while concurrently working full-time jobs. Vampire Weekend's name is derived from lead singer Ezra Koenig's amateur film of the same name. (http://vimeo.com/28464) He spent time with friends in Waltham, MA. Koenig and drummer Chris Tomson first collaborated as members of the comedy-rap band "L'Homme Run". They are managed by Ian Montone, who also manages The White Stripes. They were signed to XL Recordings, of which the band said in an interview: "Before any labels had contacted us, we actually mentioned XL as the kind of label we'd ideally like to end up on. Just going on their roster alone, they obviously have good taste and support their artists well."

www.vampireweekend.com

Purchase Tickets Ticket Pricing: $35 in advance | $40 day of show

Contact Info:
541-345-4442
1010 Willamette Street - Eugene, Oregon 97401

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September 1
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Where: W.O.W Hall
When: 8:00 PM Wednesday

At first glance, Alex Ebert, the lead singer and founder of the sprawling '70s-inspired 10-piece indie-rock band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, simply looks like a homeless hipster Jesus,” reports Charleston City Paper. “It's perhaps an unlikely intersect, but when it's revealed that the former frontman from Ima Robot conceived of the Sharpe persona as a musical messiah meant to spread the word of love ... well, just take a listen to the songs on the band's first album, Up From Below. Every aspect of Ebert's vision crystallizes beautifully, as if by design from a maybe-mad prophet-genius.”

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros made their WOW Hall debut on December 10, 2009. Their first full-length recording, Up from Below, was released during the summer of ‘09 on Vagrant Records. Their song "Home" was voted number 15 on the Australian Triple J Hottest 100, 2009 countdown, the largest music poll in the world.

After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining a 12-step program for addiction, Alex Ebert began work on a story about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. According to Ebert, Sharpe "was sent down to Earth to kinda heal and save mankind...but he kept getting distracted by girls and falling in love." Ebert later met singer Jade Castrinos in Los Angeles. In the summer of 2009, as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Ebert and Castrinos toured the country with a group of fellow musicians in a big white school bus.

www.edwardsharpeandthemagneticzeros.com

Ticket Pricing: $13 Advance, $15 Door.
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Contact Info:
541-687-2746
291 West 8th Avenue - Eugene, Oregon 97402

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September 2
The Budos Band with Basin & Range
Where: W.O.W Hall
When: 8:00 PM Saturday

On August 10, 2010, Daptone Records will release The Budos Band III, the long-awaited follow-up to 2007's The Budos Band II. Conceived during weekly, beer-fueled writing sessions in their dank Staten Island rehearsal space, sharpened to a fine point on the road - more than 150 live gigs over the last two years - and recorded during an intensely productive 48 hour period in January 2010, The Budos Band III is chock full of the type of tough sonic nuggets that have long earned The Budos Band the title, "the quintessence of Staten Island soul."

Having scalded listeners' ears with sonic lava on Budos I and stung them with venomous frequencies on Budos II, The Budos Band delivers on their promise to spread the epidemic of "Budos Fever" far and wide with the release of The Budos Band III. And, if there was ever any question whether the brotherhood of The Budos is instrumental afro-soul royalty, the Chateau de Budos that graces the back cover of The Budos Band III assures all that the group is strong - unstoppable even - and will use all of nature's power to ascend to their rightful throne.

Basin & Range is a constantly evolving entity, difficult to label, undeniably funky, occasionally reckless and sure to get your body moving in ways you cannot practice. These four misfits draw on a wide variety of influences, merging elements of funk, psychedelia, hip hop and dirty electro-grit into a sound that is wholly original. Instrumental by nature, B&R has been wrecking dance floors all over the Northwest since 2005, bringing a new spin on instrumental dance music.

www.thebudos.com

Ticket Pricing: $15 Advance, $18 Door
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Contact Info:
541-687-2746
291 West 8th Avenue - Eugene, Oregon 97402

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September 3
No Shame Theatre
Where: Downtown in the Atrium Bldg, 10th & Olive - Eugene, OR
When: 7:30 PM Friday

One theatre. Five minutes. Three rules: 1. All pieces must be original. 2. No breaking anything, including the law. 3. Five minutes and the lights go out. Each show is composed of the first fifteen acts to sign up at 7:30. Welcoming skits, poetry, dancing, monologues, music, and experimental. Bring your friends and bring an act -- or there's no shame in just watching.

Ticket Pricing: Free

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First Friday Of Every Month: September 3
Lane Arts Council First Friday Artwalk
Where: Downtown Eugene
When: 5:30 PM First Friday Of Each Month

Last Band Standing EugeneLane Arts Council's First Friday ArtWalk on September 3rd is guest hosted by Robert Alexander Schwartz, dance director of Studio B and the Eugene Dance Studio. He recently won the Eugene version of Dancing with the Stars with partner Colleen Bellotti. The ArtWalk tour begins at 5:30 pm at Harlequin Beads and Jewelry (1027 Willamette St), followed by stops at Vistra Framing and Gallery (160 E Broadway), ECO Sleep Solutions (25 E 8th Ave), Jacobs Gallery (Hult Center), and Art of War (251B West 7th). ArtWalk is always free!

Details about First Friday ArtWalk:

##1 Harlequin Beads and Jewelry (1027 Willamette St)
Melanie Moertel started making beads in 2003 and is now a full time bead maker and teacher of lampworking. She lives and works in her tiny studio in Bamberg (Bavaria/Germany). Her work is best known for the very detailed stringer work and her whimsical designs. Melanie uses a bobcat torch and generally sticks to using 104 colors. She usually works with Moretti, Double Helix, Gaffer, Trautman and Kugler glass and all of her beads are kiln annealed. She does all the murrinis and twisties on her beads and the surface decoration is always done with glass (detailed stringer work), "painted" in the flame onto the bead. All of Melanie's beads are one of a kind, so if you fall in love with a certain design, give yourself a treat and take it home because she will not make the same piece twice

#2 Vistra Framing and Gallery (160 E Broadway)
Vistra Framing and Gallery is pleased to announce a second show for well-loved Eugene artist Lynn Ihsen Peterson. The show "Memories, Dreams, Reflections" runs September 3rd-29th. The upcoming show features her exquisite tile mosaics, which she calls clay collage, along with dynamic acrylic abstract paintings, and small assembled collections of life's debris. Her tiled mirrors include breathtaking frames made with ceramic tiles she creates herself. Clay is impressed with found objects to give each bit a distinct pattern and texture, bisqued then fired a second time with glaze. After this labor intensive process, pieces are assembled to make mirror frames, wall panels, and her popular 'art sticks.' From serene to exuberant, her recent paintings are bold abstractions, based loosely on her experience with clay, but with the immediacy and fluid quality of paint on canvas. The assemblies of life flotsam, of rusty bits and string, broken shells, seeds, paper clips and cast off words, paper wasps nests, and sea stones are separate pasts brought together for study as collections of curiosities.

#3 ECO Sleep Solutions (25 E 8th Ave)
eptember 3rd is ECO Sleep Solutions' one year anniversary! Come celebrate and view the featured works by Tylar Merrill, Dena Amend, and Annie Hubbird. Tylar will be featuring new Ori-Kiri felt designs. Ori-Kiri uses a variety of folding and cutting techniques using different weight fabrics and pre-felt. Using both positive and negative shapes, Tylar creates one-of-a-kind felted art with surprising results of kaleidoscope color and surface design. ECO Sleep Solutions also features whimsical hats created by Dena Amend, some very flamboyant and some just fun, but all made from recycled materials adorned with ribbons, felted flowers, jewels, and more. Dena and her band of artist playmates, Tylar Merrill, Bob DeVine, and Kip Amend, also cast leaf prints in cement and have colorfully painted them for garden art and more. The handmade tea sets by Annie Hubbird are playful, colorful, and functional. From individual tea pots and matching cream and sugar sets to tea service for four, including cups and a bud vase, these textured slab-built vessels can transform a shared cup of tea into a celebratory ritual.

Contact Info:
541-485-2278
1590 Willamette Street, Suite 200 - Eugene, Oregon 97401

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September 3 - October 29
DIVA Art Exhibits: Do You Want to Ford the River?
Where: DIVA Art Center - Eugene, Oregon 97401
When: 12:00 - 5:00 PM Tuesday - Saturday

This September the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts is proud to present Do You Want to Ford the River? This international group exhibition will attempt to use Oregon Trail, the videogame, as a starting point from which to view notions such as mass migration, displacement, “manifest destiny", popular histories, regional identity, etc.—hopefully, with a healthy sense of humor. Do You Want to Ford the River? features a group of both established and emerging artists from the United States and Canada offering their unique interpretations on the theme.

Visit a sneak preview of the exhibition during the Eugene Celebration on August 27th thru 29th.

Some background information on the theme:
Oregon Trail is both a piece of educational software and an institution. It has been almost omnipresent in North American schools for over 20 years. For most North American students since the early 1980s, it is probable that Oregon Trail marked their first—and potentially only—interaction with the idea of Oregon as a place and its popular history.

Ticket Pricing: Free To Public

Contact Info:
541-344-3482
110 W. Broadway - Eugene, Oregon 97401

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September 5
Zion I
Where: W.O.W Hall
When: 8:00 PM Sunday

Zion I (pronounced "Zion Eye") are a hip hop duo from Oakland, California. The duo consists of producer (& DJ), AmpLive, and MC Zumbi. The group is known to its followers for Amp's futuristic production techniques, using a mix of live instrumentation and samples, and Zumbi's positive and socially conscious lyrics. Zion I debuted in 1997 with the locally distributed cassette-only EP Enter the Woods. Their first single on Indie label Ground Control Records ("Inner Light") paved the way for an album deal and in 2000, they released the critically acclaimed Mind Over Matter. In total, they have released six studio albums, 2000's Mind Over Matter, 2003's Deep Water Slang V2.0, 2005's True & Livin', 2006's Break a Dawn (a Japan exclusive), also in 2006 a collaborative album with The Grouch, Heroes in the City of Dope, and 2009's The Take Over.

After signing with independent label Ground Control Records, the duo released their debut single "Inner Light" in 1998, along with their debut EP Starship. In 1999, they released their next single "Critical" featuring Planet Asia, and another EP, Chapter 4. Their debut album Mind Over Matter finally surfaced in 2000. The effort was one of the most critically acclaimed underground albums of the year, and was nominated for Independent Album of the Year by The Source Magazine. AmpLive's futuristic production techniques and Zumbi's strong and substantial lyrical content were a major hit with underground Hip Hop fans.

www.zionicrew.com

Ticket Pricing: $15 Advance, $15 Door
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Contact Info:
541-687-2746
291 West 8th Avenue - Eugene, Oregon 97402

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September 5
One More Time Marching Band
Where: Washburne Park, Agate & 20th - Eugene, OR
When: 6:30 PM Sunday

Favorite tunes, baton twirling, funny hats & a bit of marching.

Ticket Pricing: Free

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September 5
Mare Wakefield
Where: Sam Bonds Garage - 407 Blair Eugene, OR
When: 9:00 PM Sunday

“Every star in the sky will shine for you.” In the refrain of Ironwood opener “Enjoy the View,” Mare Wakefield might just be singing from experience. The girl from Southeast Texas went from playing Oregon coffee shops to headlining major Northwest festivals before a songwriting scholarship brought her to Boston’s Berklee College of Music which boasts alums such as Gillian Welch and Aimee Mann (two of many artists that Mare has been compared to). Currently based in Nashville, Mare—pronounced Mary—continues her upward trajectory by co-writing with hit songwriters and burning up the highways with her fourth studio album in tow.

Mare celebrates the release of Ironwood with a 5-week tour of the Western US, then heads to Holland and Germany before hitting the Northeast.

www.marewakefield.com

Ticket Pricing: $7 - $10

Contact Info:
541-431-6603
407 Blair - Eugene, Oregon 97405

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