![]() ![]() Eugene Ballet dancers and live musicians will bring interactive #instaballet performances from 5:30 to 8 p.m.More info at /4394/Visual-Arts-Week-Events. Free, with at least 20 additional artistic and creative events ongoing through 8:30 p.m. will follow with a “Crane Truck Circus Show” at 6 p.m. Lane Arts Council’s First Friday ArtWalk returns just in time to kick off Eugene Cultural Services’ Visual Arts Week at the Park Blocks, south of Eighth Avenue, east and west of Oak Street. At 5:30 p.m., Mayor Lucy Vinis will give opening remarks, poet Jorah LaFleur will premiere her “Emergence”-themed spoken word piece and UP UP UP Inc.Free ice cream, food trucks, family magic show, story time and more will accompany the unveiling of the United Way’s anniversary year initiatives to cultivate just and resilient South Willamette communities. Thursday at Alton Baker Park, 100 Day Island Road. United Way of Lane County's "75th Anniversary Kickoff in the Park" will run from 4 p.m.Free with donations welcome tickets and information at 54 or /theVLT. “Ministers of Grace” will stage Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. Toward supporting local arts, Monsell allowed the VLT to perform “Ministers” for free in lieu of possibly attending the show. VLT will most likely be the play’s first staged performance, Baker said. “Ministers of Grace” is a published work by playwright Jordan Monsell, which has received readings across the globe. The VLT combines the movie’s memorable characters and quotable lines with low-tech effects and silly antics. “Ministers” characters like Russell Dyball (Peter Venkman) and Kari Welch (Dana Barrett) will fight a spiritual infestation with a twist: Dialogue has been adapted into Shakespearean-era Elizabethan English. ![]() “Many of us have enjoyed doing virtual theater over the past year and a half, both prerecorded and live, but it's hard to match the feeling you get when you're in the same physical space as audience members.” “Every person in our cast is thrilled,” Baker said. ![]()
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