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‘PON FARR’ AT TREK THEATER TAKES SONG AND DANCE TO THE FINAL FRONTIER Have you ever watched Star Trek and wondered: “Why is no one singing? Why is no one dancing?� If so, you’re in luck. Trek Theatre, the beloved Eugene theater troupe known for its public performances of Star Trek episodes, is about to debut its first musical. Pon Farr: A Green-Blooded Musical Love Story is an adaptation of “Amok Time,� a 1967 Trek episode in which the half-alien, half-human Spock undergoes the titular hormonal explosion. He must find a mate within seven days or die – pretty typical Broadway stuff. The creative minds behind Pon Farr are Jason Heald, director of music at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, and Chryss Allaback, Artistic Director at Trek Theatre. The two met three years ago while Allaback was working on a musical for UCC and hatched the idea as a way to celebrate Star Trek’s 50th anniversary, which falls on Sept. 8 of this year. The episode was selected via popular vote through Trek Theatre’s Facebook page. Trek Theatre generally performs material from The Next Generation, the philosophical series that aired 1987 to 1994 and followed up the Original Series (1966-1969) from which Pon Farr was sourced. This was no issue for Allaback – and certainly not for Heald, who claims he “never followed the spin-offs as much.� In writing material for such iconic characters as Spock and Captain Kirk, Heald struggled to portray the characters in ways that would feel new to the audience. “You have characters that are already in people’s minds,� said Heald. “You don’t want to redefine them, so you have to really think about that character and how they would express themselves in song. What kind of language might
they use?� It helps that the cast is familiar with the material. “I’ve never had a cast before so totally dedicated to the subject,� said Heald. In another unexpected twist, the songs in Pon Farr are all arranged for surf band. Heald found that, in addition to adding retro flavor, the minimal sound of surf music complemented Trek Theatre’s stripped-down style. It’s also convenient in that it uses fewer musicians than a typical pit orchestra. Pon Farr debuted on July 28 at UCC. Trek Theater will head to Eugene on Sept. 8 for a 50th-anniversary celebration at Amazon Community Center, where they’ll perform both Pon Farr and the Next Generation episode “The Drumhead.� They’ll perform Pon Farr there again on Sept. 10, then wrap up in Corvallis on Sept. 11. Trek Theatre often picks episodes with timely themes. Star Trek has long been known for its social-justice bent, and Allaback found “The Drumhead� — an episode she describes as being about “witch-hunting people based on their race� – particularly resonated in a post-9/11 era. This proved particularly prescient given that Trek Theater planned to perform Pon Farr at the Festival of Eugene on Aug. 21, which was cancelled after founder Krysta Albert’s history of racist comments was exposed. Amid what’s already been termed the Summer of Shit by the Internet, “The Drumhead� should prove to be more relevant than ever. Audiences seeking to confront these issues headon could do worse than to catch “The Drumhead.� But if you want to distract yourself with a singing Spock, check out Pon Farr this September. B Y DA N I E L B R O M F I E L D, @ B R O M F 3
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Buster Keaton Genealogy Display – Cottage Grove Community Center (700 E Gibbs Ave.)
Game One: Eugene Emeralds vs. Vancouver Canadians – PK Park – 7:05 p.m. – Box seat tickets start at $3
The Shining, Animal House, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest are among the most popular movies that were filmed around Oregon. This summer marks the 90th anniversary for the Buster Keaton silent picture The General, which was shot around Cottage Grove in 1926. “Buster Keaton Days� take place every five years in recognition of the film’s anniversary. Starting on the first, the Cottage Grove Community Center will host a genealogy display about Keaton’s life and family.
Much like the music of the Grateful Dead, baseball can be unpredictable but often rewarding and gratifying. It’ll take a group of boys on a wayward journey, making stops throughout the country with nights that pivot between joyous revelries or deplorable flops. This Thursday evening, the Emeralds will face off the Canadians at PK Park in game one of five on Grateful Dead night.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 2ND Ninkasi Pints for a Cause for Nearby Nature – Ninkasi Tasting Room (272 Van Buren St.) All day.
Miike Snow at HiFi Music Hall – doors open at 7:30 p.m., show starts at 8:30 p.m. – all ages – tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door.
MillerCoors may have absorbed Hop Valley this past week, but Ninkasi still stands as Eugene’s largest independent local beer producer. As part of its continuing charitable initiative, Ninkasi’s Pints for a Cause event this Tuesday will send $1 from every pint sold to Nearby Nature. Nearby Nature is a local non-profit and summer daycamp for children aged 3-13 focused on outdoor activities like hiking and canoeing and educating students about ecology and science.
Even if you don’t think you’d recognize the songs of this Swedish indie-electronic trio, whose songs like “Animal� and “Silvia� were unavoidable in 2009, you may recognize their work with Britney Spears’ “Toxic� and Bruno Mars’ “Grenade,� which were written by the members of Miike Snow. Why do the Swedes have such a firm grasp on pop music? This tour comes on the heels of iii, the band’s third album, which came out in March. Hayley Kiyoko will open.
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Ty Segall performing at Sasquatch Music Festival in May. (Hannah Steinkopf-Frank)
Comics Workshop for Teens with Phil Yeh – Eugene Public Library (100 W 10th Ave.) – Free Graphic novelist Phil Yeh, author of Even Cazco Gets the Blues (1977), will visit Eugene this week. Yeh will lead a handson comics workshop at the Eugene Public Library this Wednesday at 2 p.m. about the craft of comic storytelling, how to develop characters and illustrate a compelling graphic novel. The workshop will also take place at the Bethel Branch on Thursday at 2 p.m. and the Sheldon Branch on Friday at 2 p.m.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH-SUNDAY, AUGUST 7TH Pickathon at Pendarvis Farm (16581 SE Hagen Rd. Happy Valley, OR) – Tickets are still available: $25 to $600 Beach House, Mac DeMarco, Yo La Tengo, Thee Oh Sees and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy are among those slated for this year’s Pickathon, which will doubtlessly be the indie music festival’s most prolific lineup to date. Bob Boilen, creator of NPR’s All Songs Considered, will also host a live interview on Sunday centered on his new book Your Song Changed My Life about musicians’ favorite life-altering tracks. This year will also mark the debut of Pickathon’s comedy element, with a lineup curated by Portland comic Amy Miller.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH On the Town – Jaqua Concert Hall at The John G. Shedd Institute (868 High St.) – tickets are $14.50 to $38 This musical, performed from July 29 to Aug. 7, focuses on three American sailors who have a 24-hour shore leave in New York City and use their time to find love. On the Town opened on Broadway in 1944; the music is from mastermind Leonard Bernstein, who’s also composed music for West Side Story, On The Waterfront and Peter Pan. The show is the seventh Shedd production directed by Peg Major, who’s also led Babes in Arms, Mary Poppins and Funny Face.
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Illustration of the University of Oregon’s campus atop crumbling ground to symbolize the danger that the Cascadia subduction zone event poses. Illustration by Jarred Graham.
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alls crumble, glass shatters and the ground ripples as the subduction zone off the coast of Oregon releases hundreds of years of tension, setting off a chain of catastrophes known as the Cascadia Event: a highmagnitude earthquake causing an estimated 30-foot tsunami along the coast, widespread flooding, power outages, broken highways, ruptured gas lines, fires and thousands of deaths in Oregon. In Eugene, bridges and overpasses will collapse, crippling highways. On the University of Oregon campus, many buildings will be damaged beyond repair, and occupants will have to leave immediately. When this event happens, students will need to be self-sufficient, according to Kelly McIver, communication director for UO’s Safety and Risk Services. For at least two days, UO students will be without internet and cell service. They will face shortages of food, shelter and medical attention. A team of runners will be putting up handwritten signs to direct people to help. This event could happen at any moment, seismology experts say. The consensus among scientists is that it’s overdue. This is all according to the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Commission and UO’s emergency management and continuity team. When Kathryn Schulz’s article “The Really Big One� was published in The New Yorker in 2015, years of research in the Pacific Northwest came to the attention of residents. Earthquake preparedness became for Oregon what it had been for its neighbors to the south for years, according to Leland O’Driscoll, project manager for the West Coast’s earthquake early warning system. Only a handful of faults in the world are capable of doing the kind of damage that is projected for the Cascadia event, which is expected to affect the entire West Coast. Since accurate tracking capabilities became available in the 1900s, 17 quakes have registered at 8.5 or higher on the Richter scale across the globe, according to the United States Geological Survey. The likelihood of a Cascadia Event in the 8.3 to 8.6 range is 37 percent, according to the Oregon Resilience Plan. The most destructive quake in the state’s history, in terms of property damage, came March 25, 1963, when a 5.6 magnitude temblor caused $30 million in damages. But further back, it gets significantly worse: more than 250
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years ago, the last Cascadia event dropped the Oregon Coast five feet and sent a tsunami as far as Japan. Officials at UO must plan for an event that is unplannable. “There is no effective way to plan for dealing with earthquake response,” Krista Dillon, UO director of emergency management and fire prevention said. “We won’t know what we’ve got until it happens.” UO officials can’t be sure how many buildings will withstand the Cascadia Event. Of the 86 major buildings on campus, 39 aren’t built to current code and could be damaged beyond repair in an earthquake, according to Darin Dehle, the director of the design and construction office at UO. The remaining 47 buildings are built so that they don’t collapse in an 8.0, “but they may not be salvageable,” Dehle said. “That is a big quake,” Dehle said. “The majority of our historic buildings would be un-occupiable.” Very few buildings anywhere are designed to withstand magnitude 8.0 earthquakes. Emergency response buildings — such as hospitals, fire and police stations — are the only buildings that stand a relative chance of remaining functional after Cascadia hits, according to Dehle. The Oregon Resilience Plan, however, estimates that health care facilities will take 18 months to return to operation. Despite the difficulty planning for such a disaster, the UO emergency management team has taken steps to prepare the campus for a major earthquake. It has posted flipcharts around campus with detailed tips for how the public should respond to various emergencies, including power outages, severe weather and earthquakes. The team advises people on campus to “drop, take cover under sturdy furniture and hold on to it” during an earthquake. There are also detailed instructions on what to do before, during and after an earthquake. Emergency management officials also recommend personal emergency kits with survival supplies. “You’ll need to be able to take care of yourself for the first couple of days,” Dillon said. Taking “care of yourself” ranges from basic first aid to ensuring that survival kits include a battery-powered radio, flashlight, clothes and food for at least three days. A reusable water bottle is also recommended by Dillon. Clean drinking water will be scarce until FEMA arrives on the scene an estimated three days after the initial shock. “Students need to be thinking about the fact that they are almost all adults,” McIver said. “Things like the university … [are] going to be very low on the priority list.” Hospitals and K-12 schools are much higher on the priority list than the “able-bodied adults” who make up most of the UO community, McIver said. That means students, staff and faculty on campus will have to exit buildings quickly and congregate in safe areas. But safe areas can’t be designated until after the quake is over. “We don’t know what places are going to be fine,” McIver said. Once safe spaces are established, information will be dispersed by volunteer runners organized by the Emergency Response department. A team of about 40 people who have taken courses in emergency response will report to Dillon, McIver and other authorities before spreading out over campus and the city. “We are going to have to rely on hand-written posters with information,” Dillon said. Because UO can’t plan for the Cascadia event, staff want to know as soon as possible that an earthquake is coming. To give people a chance to get to safety before earthquakes strike, O’Driscoll and UO geophysics
professor Doug Toomey are collaborating with UC Berkeley, University of Washington and USGS. In the last three to five years, UO has taken on more responsibility in this project, O’Driscoll said. The face of the program is a smartphone app called ShakeAlert. It’s the brand name for the project, O’Driscoll said. It’s still in the beta stage, but in 2018 the app will use sensors up and down the West Coast to alert users before the quake hits. ShakeAlert could give Eugene residents up to a minute to evacuate unsafe buildings or drop, cover and hold until the initial shocks cease. A minute is a relatively short amount of time, but Toomey told a live forum last year that “even one minute of warning would give you time to protect yourself.”
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Day one of the Democratic National Convention, held on Monday, July 25, would have been informative had speeches not been repeatedly overshadowed by shouts and chants from Bernie Sanders’ supporters. Thus, day one was informative in one way: Embers of “The Bern� still smolder in the hearts of many. The diehard “Bernie or Bust� supporters were the source of the jeering. Bernie Sanders repeatedly stated throughout his campaign that this is a movement to believe in, and his supporters held their ground when he and many others faltered. Sanders and the other Democrats who want to see a liberal in the White House disagree with the Busters. Although these supporters are fueled by righteous indignation, high standards don’t win elections alone. As Bernie spoke at the convention, his motif of what “this election is about� echoed some of the greatest points from his platform. The curveball that the Bernie or Busters despised was his new addition: “Hillary will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her tonight.� But at every mention of Hillary’s presumptive nomination, boos echoed throughout the arena in Philadelphia. It was apparent that the Democratic Party’s goal of the convention was to take Ber-
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nie with his supporters and ally them with Hillary. At least on day one, those supporters needed more convincing. This degree of division certainly puts fear in the hearts of Democrats who know strength comes from unity within the party. The DNC is held every four years to nominate a presidential candidate and unite for the final leg of one of the most important competitions in the world. Each party has its respective convention because solidarity is crucial for winning the race, and as a tall bearded man who once understood the importance of unity said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.� When Democrat, comedian and proud Bernie supporter Sarah Silverman took the stage to address the Bernie or Busters and said that they were being “ridiculous,� she had a point. In an interview with the New York Times after her speech, she noted that the best way to support Bernie’s dream is to give him a better ally in the Oval Office. Abstaining from voting or even voting for Trump to oppose Hillary will only set Bernie farther away from a position where he can effect change. During roll call on day two of the DNC, Bernie took the stage, this time to give all of Vermont’s delegate
votes to Clinton. He did not take those votes and join an independent third party but united with the Democratic establishment to give his support to Hillary. The liberal mastermind behind the campaign that mobilized millions of Americans made this choice. He made this decision to endorse the Clinton campaign only after working to amend her platform. Bernie stated that after working together, they have created “the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party� by adding reforms such as a plan to install half a billion solar panels in the next four years, promotion of vote-by-mail policies and the addition of banking services to post offices. His impact is not inscrutable; in fact, he has improved Hillary’s campaign, made way for future changes in the electoral system and activated millions of young Americans who never would have participated in such a way. To the Busters who believe in the movement and not the figurehead, the staunch supporters of free education, public health care and a higher minimum wage, your hero announced that “Hillary Clinton must become the next President of the United States.� Please don’t forget what is at stake.
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Team New York steeplechase runner Stephanie Garcia jumps into the pond. (Kaylee Domzalski)
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Following her fifth-place finish in the women’s 1,500 at Hayward Field Friday, July 29, U.S. Olympian Emma Coburn’s eyes began to wander toward the scoreboard as she addressed the media. Coburn did her best to field questions, but when the gun for the women’s 800-meter race went off, she laughed and said, “I’m sorry. I’m gonna go cheer for Team New York in just a second.” Coburn was one of many athletes who found themselves enamored with the team aspect of the inaugural TrackTown Summer Series meet on Friday. The meet featured four 35-athlete teams representing Portland, San Francisco, New York and Philadelphia, each of which competed for a team title and cash prizes. The Summer Series offered the first major team-based professional track and field event in recent history. It also broke the mold of a typical professional track meet and provided a loose, carefree environment that pro track athletes rarely experience. Athletes weren’t as concerned with beating a certain time. “I kept thinking about how close the team score was,” men’s 1,500 meter winner and San Francisco runner Colby Alexander said. “That kind of brought me back to the [University of Oregon] days, the high school days.
This is a lot of fun; I was only hearing positive stuff from other athletes.” San Francisco won the team event with 179 points, largely due to a personal-best effort from Alexander and a first place finish from high jumper Erik Kynard. The winner of each event earned a $4,000 prize, and Team San Francisco received a $36,000 check as a team following the award ceremony. Non-profit TrackTown USA announced before the meet that up to $500,000 would be distributed to athletes. TrackTown USA President Vin Lananna spearheaded the event, which was squeezed into a two and a half hour time window in order to air on ESPN, partially to draw attention to the American track scene and spark fan interest. However, the event is also intended to give U.S. track and field athletes a chance to compete on a large stage — and earn a living — without having to travel overseas. Lananna hopes to expand the series to three meets next year and five meets the following year. Amid the success, there was also a bit of mystery to the process. While a draft was held on June 25, it was never made clear who was pulling the strings on draft day. Numerous athletes from all four teams said that there was no head coach and no general manager for
any of the teams. Triple jump runner-up and San Francisco athlete Omar Craddock didn’t know he had been drafted until fans started bombarding his notifications on Twitter. “I don’t know half the people on my team; or didn’t know them until now,” Craddock said in an interview during the meet. “It’s so much fun [...] I really hope it catches on, I hope it gets more sponsors and I just really hope the ratings on ESPN are going up right now.” TrackTown USA went above and beyond to make the meet as athlete-friendly and fan-friendly as possible. Younger fans were allowed to sit by the triple jump pit and high-five competitors between attempts. Every fan in the stadium was invited to move down to the rail along the track in order to get a close-up view of the coed 4x400 realy, the final event of the night. Athletes also passed out their race bibs to fans after their races. “I love the community feel of it,” Team New York runner Jessica Tebo said. “It was funny racing and hearing people yell ‘Go New York!’ at me. It’s easy to be kind of jaded with track and field in this day and age, and it was really refreshing to see a group of people who have their hearts in the right places and are doing really positive things to better the sport.”
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