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Thrifting Internationally

When I traveled to Ireland last year, I investigated thrift stores near my hotels.

Got a T-shirt with Key West homes on it and a dragonfly one, too. A scarf, sunglasses. All utili- tarian and memorable about the country.

I'm an old broad who thrifts abroad.

Kim Kelly Eugene

Not Enough in Thrifting

Iwas disappointed by a missed opportunity in last week's “Thrift- ing" issue. While I appreciated the brief article on finding second- hand clothing, the accompany- ing photo — featuring clothing at an overstock discount store — sent a confusing message. Buying surplus fast fashion is not thrifting. It's a far cry from the values of reuse, sustainability, and community that real thrift culture represents.

Even more frustrating was thelack of mention of our town's vibrant secondhand and vintage clothing scene. We have a pleth-

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ora of locally owned shops and creative entrepreneurs who've built a thriving ecosystem around reuse and sustainable fashion. To overlook them in a thrifting-themed issue felt like a disservice to readers and to the businesses keeping these values alive.

I hope future coverage will give our local secondhand fash- ion community the spotlight it deserves.

Kaya Berry Eugene

Editor's note: We agree — it would be great to have more local businesses in the spotlight! We tried to address the plethora of vintage clothing shops with roundup stories while also balancing including furniture, figurines, vinyl and the full secondhand scene in Lane County.

With Benevolence Like This...

We are fortunate to have such a benevolent corporation as Union Pacific around to “help” our community “grow.” Recently, the company “partnered” with a short-line rail company (not based in Eugene, either) to take over its train yard.

This *opportunity for growth" will on the surface *better serve customers in the Willamette Valley.” What's really happen- ing — has happened — is that Union Pacific contracted out its yard operations to a non-union-

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ized third-class railroad, forsaking dozens of employees in the yard who have given 10 and 20-plus years of service to the company. Those employees can now sign with the short-line to do their same job for much less money while lacking union support. Otherwise, workers are being forced to commute to Portland if they want to keep their job. This should serve to remind us all that we're responsible to corporate shareholders above all, even our own community! Thanks, UP, for “helping” Eugene continue to grow! Aaron Dactyl Eugene

Election Hot Air

Did you know there is a secre- tive MAGA-inspired attempt to take over a school district here in Lane County? Yeah, look at your Voters! Pamphlet pages 20 to 24. There is a slate of candidates running for each of four South Lane School District positions. You can't really see “MAGA” listed in their statements or endorse- ments, or lack thereof. But there are Donald Trump tracks every- where. I've only lived here for the last 50 years. It's only been 30 years since I entered the Oregon legislature — just follow the scent.

I miss the old days compos- ing a Hot Air Society column for you, dear reader. But I’m really

encouraged in my doddering dotage by the substantial resis- tance being raised here locally against Trump and his MAGA wannabees. Last weekend over 20 wonderful volunteers showed up in Cottage Grove to walk door- to-door on behalf of the rational candidates in these races. Thank you. And thank you, Blackberry Pie Society volunteers, for your continued good work.

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An accident waiting to happen on 33rd Avenue in Eugene

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,a__-year old pedestrian, was struck and killed on East 33rd Avenue between the cross-streets of Donald and Hilyard.

The driver, . -year-old ,Was reported by witnesses to have been speed- ing and distracted before hitting who resided at ____ East 32rd Avenue.

In recent years, a steady stream of speeding motorists use the narrow street daily to save time by not driving the addi- tional three blocks to access Amazon Park- way. Despite cutouts and signs indicating the tiny street is a bike lane, residents report constant traffic doing 10 to 15 miles over the speed limit that have made cross- ing the street to talk to their neighbors risky.

Neighbors note that it’s now common

for traffic attempting to turn left at Hilyard to have created gridlock with long lines of cars backed up and blocking Ferry Street. Neighbors also report that while traffic has heavier periods during the morning commute, it especially swells when parents are dropping and picking up their children at a local school. Despite the presence of small children, those with disabilities and senior citizens, the commute is especially dangerous at school pick-up time. Parents hurrying to pick their own children up have been seen to narrowly avoid hitting children walking back to their neighborhood homes. Several neighbors reported incidents in which bicyclists using the bike lane have been forced off the road by drivers seeking to pass them. Several parked cars have been totaled since 2021 after being smashed by errant drivers. Neighbors also report that, despite posted speeds of 25 mph, cars are routinely observed to be driving in excess of 40 mph. Lorraine Berry, a resident, reported her own multiple calls to the city's traffic divi-

sion and department of public works, in addition to speaking with City Councilor Matt Keating. She was assured that the city was aware of the problem, although no plan to ameliorate the danger has been proposed. Multiple neighbors also reported their own contacts with the city and note that there's been no follow-up.

Unable to spur action from the city, neighbors have posted signs requesting that drivers stop speeding. During warm days, neighbors often shout at passing motor- ists to slow down and have attempted to get drivers' attention by blasting speeding cars with garden hoses. Many expressed anger and grief about today's fatality, noting that they had warned various officials that such an accident had become inevi- table, and mourning the victim, who had many friends.

One day, after witnessing the local mail carrier nearly get struck while she was crossing the road, Berry reported that she staged a road sit-in, one in which she wore a hi-visibility vest and sat in the middle of

the road, forcing cars to slow down and stay in their lanes. During the incident, neighbors gathered to support her, and were witnesses when a frustrated driver drove into oncoming traffic to pass those who had slowed down.

“Clearly, these drivers’ lives are much more important than those of us who live here,” Berry said. “Тһеуте in obvious rushes and can't be expected to obey local laws that stipulate yielding to pedestrians or not blocking local intersections. For a city that considers itself progressive, city residents’ lack of empathy and awareness of others in this neighborhood is clear evidence that progressive values only apply when it doesn't cause inconvenience."

Several city officials contacted about the tragedy offered condolences to the family of the victim, and said that the driver involved would be prosecuted. They offered no comment when asked if changes would be made to the traffic conditions that have been reported on 32rd Avenue since before 2021.

Lorraine Berry lives in Eugene and is a book critic for the Los Angeles Times.

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A QUICK PROFIT ON WELLS FARGO FLIP

Eugene School District 4J’s purchase of downtown building in 2024 gave windfall to savvy Portland investors

ate in the evening of Feb. 7, 2024, Andy Dey, at that time superintendent of the Eugene school district, was jubilant. The school board had just approved his plan to buy the empty former Wells Fargo building in downtown Eugene and remodel it into the district’s administrative offices.

At Dey’s direction, the district the next day sent buoyant announcements to media, staff and parents. Dey gave upbeat interviews.

But the purchase involved a secret that the district has never disclosed to the public and of which school board members appear to have been unaware: To buy the building, the district had to hand a quick profit that may have approached $600,000 to four Portland commercial real estate brokers who the previous year had obtained control over, but not ownership of, the building.

The deal worked like this, records and interviews show: The Portland exec- utives in early 2022 secured from the vacant building's owner, banking giant Wells Fargo, an option to buy the prop- erty. That was just before Dey began zeroing in on it for district adminis- trative space. Once the school board finally voted on Feb. 7, 2024, to buy it, the Portland executives' company, NMDM LLC, quickly exercised its option and bought the building from Wells

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Fargo for $2,225,000 and “other good and valuable consideration,” according to the deed. The nature of that extra *consideration" is unclear.

Then, seven days later, NMDM flipped the building to the district for $2,894,000, according to the deed. The deal gave NMDM a potential markup of up to $669,000, or 30 percent — although NMDM likely incurred significant costs in the deal, such as paying Wells Fargo for the option. How much profit the group made is not publicly known.

BOARD REVERSAL

Did the district get a good deal anyway? No one can be sure.

But the district has been trying to sell the place for nearly a year, with no luck. Just four months after buying it, the board soured on the idea of spend- ing $10 million-plus for the remodel. So, it put the building up for sale, asking $2.2 million.

“Pm hoping that we can sell it, and ideally we can sell it for at least what we purchased it for,” says Jenny Jonak, current chairperson of the Eugene school board. Jonak had opposed the purchase. But at the February 2024 board meeting she was outvoted 5-2. Jonak says she didn't know the purchase entailed an option and a flip until Eugene Weekly recently explained it to her. *Had I been aware of it [at the Feb. 7 meeting], I would have asked a lot of questions about it,” she tells the Weekly. “I would have wanted to know if we could get a better price.”

Just three months after the Febru- ary 2024 vote, the board didn’t renew Dey’s employment contract, for reasons unrelated to the Wells Fargo building. Then, the board unanimously voted to list the building for sale.

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The Wells Fargo flip saga appears to be a case of sharp-witted Portland real estate executives beating school district leaders to the punch by getting the purchase option even as the district was engaged in a very public scramble to find sizable office space in Eugene. And, crucially, the executives lucked out as the district became fixated on buying the Wells Fargo building.

The option and flip sequence is also a saga that school district leaders — other than Jonak — won't talk about, and have never explained to the public. Dey appears to have kept the details hidden from a KLCC reporter.

Of the seven school board members who voted on the purchase — all are still in office — only Jonak would speak with Eugene Weekly. Five other board members, who all voted for the purchase, did not reply to repeated emails asking about the flip. One other board member, Rick Hamilton, who voted against the purchase, declined to comment.

Dey declined to be interviewed about it. Three of the four members of NMDM did not reply to emails and phone messages. The fourth member denied being involved in the transac- tion. Wells Fargo declined comment.

Options aren't uncommon in real estate. They typically give a party the right to buy a property at a set price fora fixed period while they mull a purchase. Terms of NMDIV's option are unknown.

Longtime Eugene commercial real estate broker John Brown says that in March or April 2022, Dey asked him to help find office space for the district. Brown says when he looked into the Wells Fargo building, Portland real estate broker Nathan Sasaki — a member of

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NMDM — had already locked it up with the option. The district’s only avenue was to negotiate with NMDM, Brown says. That dragged on about 10 months as the district calculated remodeling costs. The district “did all their due diligence,” he says.

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During 2023, Dey met with the school board at least twice in closed execu- tive sessions to discuss the planned purchase. It’s unclear what he told the board. In response to Eugene Weekly’s public records requests, the district has produced few relevant records; the district refuses to disclose some documents on the deal that it considers confidential and that it gave to board members.

In October 2023, the district signed an agreement to buy the building from NMDM for $2,894,000, subject to board approval.

At the Feb. 7, 2024, open-to-the-public board meeting to approve the purchase, nobody mentioned the building price, the option, who owned the building or who the district would buy it from.

Jonak, who had joined the board in July 2022, says the board was focused on the overall cost of buying and remodel- ing. The board never voted on a specific purchase price, she says.

At the February 2024 meeting, “what was before us was to approve an all-in amount, basically an up-to level, that the district could spend, and ... that was supposed to include the purchase price and the amount of contemplated remodeling,” Jonak says. The total was about $13.5 million.

“It never occurred to me that there was some sort of flip happening," Jonak says, adding she would be “surprised” if any other board members had known about the flip.

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What's the building worth? That hinges on finding a buyer who wants that space, she says. “My objections to the building were not because it lacked fair market value,” she adds. She just didn't think buying office space was a district priority.

FUTILE EWEB EFFORT

But buying office space had been a much-publicized district priority in early 2023, following the district's ill-fated effort to buy the former Eugene Water & Electric Board headquarters.

Soon after the school board picked Dey for superintendent in the summer of 2022, he quickly took the lead in seeking an office building for the district's 200-plus administrative staff, long headquartered in a former school building on North Monroe Street in the Whiteaker neighborhood. A new office would free that old building for teaching space, so the argument went.

When EWEB put its riverfront building in Eugene for sale in late 2022, Dey jumped at the chance and announced the district would make a bid. But the city abruptly pushed the district aside and bought the building for a new city hall. Fuming district officials were back to square one in their very public quest.

Also in late 2022, the Wells Fargo building came into play. Wells Fargo vacated the property and recruited the Colliers real estate brokerage in Port- land to list it. “The bank wanted it sold quickly," a source at Colliers tells EW. Wells Fargo didn’t set an asking price. Instead, it told inquiring brokers that the bank hoped to get $2.5 million to $2 million, says the source.

The NMDM members took a shine to the place. All four are experienced Portland commercial real estate brokers. Three are executive manag- ing directors at Cushman & Wakefield’s Portland office: Doug Duerwaarder, Matt Johnson and Mark Carnese; Sasaki is the owner of the APEX Real Estate Partners brokerage in Portland.

The four formally registered NMDM LLC in June 2023 with the Oregon Secretary of State's Office.

Johnson says, “I was not involved in that [Wells Fargo] project. I would help you if I could.”

Dey sought to keep NMDM’s role in the deal hidden from the public. The day after the Feb. 7, 2024, vote, a reporter from the KLCC radio station asked Dey who the district was buying the building from. At that time, the

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building was still owned by Wells Fargo, which would, within a week, sell it to NMDM LLC, which would then flip it to the district. Dey *declined to name the current owner of the building," KLCC reported.

Bricks $ Mortar is a column anchored by Christian Wihtol, who worked as an editor and writer at The Register-Guard in Eugene 1990-2018, much of the time focused on real estate, economic development and business. Reach him at Christian@EugeneWeekly.com.

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Protests, activism and more around Lane County

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Upcoming Rallies, Marches, Trainings and Protests

>> BHRN Bash, a free community resource fair highlighting vital

addiction and recovery services in Lane County, 11am to З pm, Friday, May 16, Emerald Valley Resource Network, Farmers Market Pavilion, 8th Avenue and Oak Street.

>> Free Legal Clinic: Topic #1 Immigration — Know Your Rights, 1pm to 4 pm, Sunday, May 18, 1695 Jefferson Street, Black Cultural Initiative.

>> Speak Out on Eugene Proposed Budget Cuts to Animal Services, 5:30 pm, Wednesday, May 21, give public input at city of Eugene Budget Committee Meeting, to comment go to Eugene-or. gov/1154/Budget-Committee, to learn more go to Green-hill.org/ recent-posts.

>> Avelo Airlines boycott/protest, Saturday, May 31, time and place TBD, Avelo, which flies out of Eugene Airport, has contracted with ICE to facilitate deportation flights out of other airports.

>> Unite for Veterans, Unite for America Rally, 2 pm Eastern, Friday, June 6, National Mall in Washington, D.C., 50501 Veterans. Unite4Veterans.org.

>> No Kings, noon to 3 pm Saturday, June 14, Veneta, 126 and Territo- rial Hwy, other locations time and place TBA, 50501, protest Trump’s tax-funded Flag Day parade, NoKings.org.

Weekly/Ongoing >> Resist! Persist! Repeat! Weekly Protest, 11 am to noon, Mondays, corner of 29th and Willamette Street.

>> Weekly vigils calling for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Israel, 5 pm Wednesdays, Planet Versus Pentagon, Old Federal Building, corner of 7th & Pearl.

>> Signmaking at MECCA, 11 am to 6 pm Tuesday through Satur- day, help with signmaking 11 am to 1pm Wednesdays. Paint up to four signs for a donation of $5 to $10. MECCA, 555 High Street.

>> Stop the Cuts/Fire Trump and Musk, noon Fridays, Eugene Veterans Clinic, 3355 Chad Drive.

>> Stand in solidarity with Food Not Bombs feeding the commu- nity, 3:30 pm Fridays, Food Not Bombs, Downtown Park Blocks, 8th and Oak, Instagram.com/foodnotbombs_eugene.

>> Nonviolent Assembly Protesting Dissolution of Our Consti- tutional Rights, 10 am to 2 pm, Saturdays, 211 East 7th Avenue.

>> Protest Trump’s attacks on immigrants, noon to 5 pm Satur- days, in front of the Creswell AM/PM on Oregon Avenue, resources available to teach people how to disrupt ICE raids in their area.

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McKenzie-Willamette picks west Eugene site for emergency department

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cKenzie-Willamette Medical Center's much-anticipated free- standing emergency department in Eugene will go on a vacant parcel just west of Chambers Street, plans filed with the city show.

Many Eugene residents have been await- ing news after the Springfield hospital’s CEO declared eight months ago that McKenzie-Wil- lamette would open an emergency department somewhere in Eugene, without providing specif- ics. The lack of updates since then led some Eugene residents to fear the project stalled.

But it is very much alive.

The single-story 19,000-square-foot build- ing would go on a large parking lot between West 6th and West 7th avenues, the prelimi- nary plans show.

The hospital’s spokesperson did not respond this week to Eugene Weekly. The draft plans and questions recently submitted by McKen- zie-Willamette’s architect to the city did not include a construction timeline.

McKenzie-Willamette’s September announcement followed PeaceHealth’s bitterly criticized decision to close the PeaceHealth Sacred Heart University District hospital near the University of Oregon, including the emer- gency department, and consolidate emergency operations at PeaceHealth’s RiverBend hospital in Springfield. The move left Springfield (popu- lation 62,000) with two emergency departments and Eugene (population 178,000) with none.

Nonprofit PeaceHealth cited persistent finan- cial losses at the University District complex. But for-profit McKenzie-Willamette saw the closure left an emergency services void in Eugene, especially in the city’s fast-growing west and northwest neighborhoods.

McKenzie-Willamette still faces hurdles. It needs city planning approval. The targeted parcel is zoned community commercial, and McKenzie-Willamette is seeking confirmation its medical building is allowed there. The hospi- tal is also consulting with city staff over park- ing, traffic issues, landscaping and more. Plus, McKenzie-Willamette needs approval from the Oregon Health Authority, which reviews new medical capital construction projects.

The west Eugene site is owned by John and Corinne Kiefer of Reno, Nevada, owners of the Mazda and Kia car dealerships in Eugene, property records show. The lot is across West 7th Avenue from the Kia dealership.

Freestanding emergency departments — EDs that are not within a hospital complex — are uncommon. It’s unclear whether there are any in Oregon. Nationwide, there are about 700, out of a total of roughly 5,000 emergency departments, research reports show. About half the freestanding ones are in Texas.

Last September, McKenzie-Willamette CEO David Butler announced his hospital had an investor, a developer and a site for a 12-bed Eugene emergency department. He provided no location specifics.

Many hospitals in Oregon complain they are losing money. But McKenzie-Willamette reaped spectacular profits pre-pandemic, and has eked out slender profits the last few years.

Historically, McKenzie-Willamette had one of the highest profit rates among Oregon’s 60 acute-care inpatient hospitals. During the pandemic, it incurred an operating loss in only a single year, 2020. Last year, it had a profit of $5.4 million on revenues of $274 million. Pre-pandemic, the hospital had eye-popping profits — for example, $22 million in 2019 and $50 million in 2015, according to its filings with the OHA.

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The founder of Xcape Dance Academy is named the 2025 Eugene Arts and Letters Award

recipient for her \ decades of community impact and artistic leadership

BY KAT TABOR

anessa Fuller — dancer, chore- ographer and longtime advocate for community arts — has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Eugene Arts and Letters Award, a distinguished honor that recognizes outstanding contributions to the city’s cultural life.

Established in 1982 by Lee and Hester Bishop, the award is presented annually by the mayor of Eugene. Since 2010, it has been part of the BRAVA Awards, hosted by the Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene, and honors individuals who have significantly shaped Eugene’s artistic community.

“Гуе never been honored by the city, ever, for anything,” Fuller says.

Fuller is the founder and artistic director of Xcape Dance Company, a studio built on prin- ciples of equity and access. Xcape is known for offering scholarship-based dance education to participants of all ages — from toddlers to adult professionals. “The way we work, Xcape provides no barriers education to every single person who walks in the door,” Fuller says. “I don’t turn anybody away for not having funds to dance,” she adds. “This means that we have a lot of students on scholarships and a lot of students in some of those marginalized populations that would never get the chance to take dance or be involved in a community like this otherwise.”

As someone who was born and raised in Eugene, Fuller says she feels closely tied to the community and grateful for the opportunity to give back. “I’m born and raised here. I left for a while, and I came back, which gave mea lot of perspective,” she says. “I would say my favorite part about creating here in Eugene is that I feel like I get to do what’s needed for kids that look like me.” she continues. “And so what keeps me motivated and excited about being here is the opportunity to do that. I feel like it’s kind of my purpose, my karma, what- ever you want to call it,”

Fuller’s work reaches far beyond Eugene. Her choreography has been featured on major stages, including Club Jeté in Los Angeles, and at arena concerts across the country along- side artists like E-40, Twista, The Game and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. She also appeared in Season 1 of Second Chance Stage on HBO Max and Magnolia Network, and has collaborated with MTV, CBS and the University of Oregon.

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VANESSA FULLER AT XCAPE DANCE STUDIO Photo by Kat Tabor

Reflecting on her upbringing, Fuller says the lack of diverse representation in local dance shaped her vision. “I grew up here. At that time, there wasn’t a lot of hip hop, a lot of jazz, a lot of African rooted styles. I did take tap growing up, but there wasn’t a community of Black and brown leadership here. There just wasn’t.”

That lack of representation fueled her passion for teaching and ultimately led her to become the artistic director and studio owner of Xcape — a space designed not just as a dance studio, but as a launching pad for the next generation of artists. Xcape now includes a teacher assistant program, competitive youth teams and a professional dance company for adults. “This is the pipe- line,” Fuller says. “We’re creating that connec- tion from here to L.A. and New York.”

She says receiving the BRAVA award is especially meaningful as arts organizations across the country are dealing with sharp cuts to funding.

“Те feels great to be honored. I think it's a really good time because we all know of the grants and things that have been cut abruptly in the past couple weeks to art organizations, part of our organization is nonprofit. So we’re going to feel the effects of that,” Fuller says. “And so I feel like it's a really good time to have the opportunity to speak about that.”

Many of the affected grants are tied to the National Endowment for the Arts, which helps fund local groups such as Lane Arts Council, Eugene Symphony and Oregon Bach Festival. These organizations often support programs that uplift marginalized and LGBTQ-« commu- nities — a cornerstone of Xcape's mission. Fuller notes that many of those grants are being reduced due to decisions made by the current presidential administration.

At the heart of Xcape's purpose is creating a pathway for the next generation to believe in a future in the arts.

“There was nobody telling me I could make a career out of dance and art,” Fuller says. “Now, kids in Eugene can see someone who looks like them doing just that.”

“Dance to be free" is the guiding motto that Fuller and the Xcape Dance Company carry forward.

To learn more about Vanessa Fuller and Xcape Dance Academy, visit Xcapedance.my.canva.site/ vanessafullerdance. Xcape Dance Academy is located at 1416 West 7th Avenue. For inquiries, call §41-337-3797 or email info@xcapedance.com.

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was told to follow a club member from the Springfield Albertsons on Main Street to the secret hideout. When the club wouldn’t give me the address, I thought my kidneys were going to be harvested. Instead, following Tom Snyder, 84, down a set of winding back roads, I felt this experience could go either way — organ harvesting or cool hidden clubhouse.

Unfortunately, the odds of either happening still seemed 50/50 when I pulled up to the Pelican Park Speedway, an exter- nally rundown looking garage I was told used to be a small body shop, with a view of mountains and suburban sprawl.

Snyder exited his car, pulled out a cane and walked over and introduced himself. He then explained the history of Pelican Park, which was purchased back in 1996 by a few of the members — an era that predated Oregon’s legalization of cannabis.

Initially, the group members, who are all in their боз or older, met in secret as they also smoked weed at meetings and didn't want to get caught. They met to race slot cars — small model vehicles on specially designed tracks powered by electric motors. The name comes from the small slots or grooves on the track that a pin or blade from the car is inserted into to power it.

The members still meet to hang out, smoke, race and honor the memories of previous members of the Pelican Park club — who Snyder refers to as “10 or 12 retired gear-head men who gather weekly for fierce but happy competition."

In the clubhouse — where my initial impressions were blown out of the water and any fear of kidney robbery was dismissed — Snyder regaled me with tales of the beginnings of the club, which was founded by Doug Haynes, who died in 2009. Another notable deceased member, who died in 2019, was Todd Messinger. Messinger housed a massive collection of slot cars, and apparently built a new one every week. The final name mentioned for late racers was Dave Frazier, who passed away in 2022.

Slot cars began in the early 1900s with

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the invention of the toy by Lionel Corpo- ration. However, the little race cars as we see them today, powered by electric motors and current from the track, gained popularity in the 1960s, according to Ital- ian artisan slot car maker, NSR. The Peli-

line the walls with photos of previous and current club members added among the photographic collages.

Diecast and model cars line large book shelves along the edges of Pelican Park. Racing hats and small trophies break up

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The Pelican Park clubhouse is a dream for all things automotive. Bits of art and photographs of famous racing drivers, such as Bruce McLaren and Enzo Ferrari,

the rows of model car after model car. A car aficionado myself, I have dreamed of a man cave this meticulous and overt at displaying all things with four wheels and a combustion engine.

The centerpiece of it allis the race track. Pelican Park's track is on the smaller side, according to Snyder, who explained that many of the tracks he grew up with were far larger. Multiple bends, a straightaway and an overpass comprise the majority of the track.

Slot cars are built on a variety of scales — 1/24 means that the small cars are 1/24th the size of a real race car. Snyder says Pelican Park races “1/24 and 1/25th scale *hard body' slot cars where the bodies are converted from 1/24th and 1/25th scale plastic model car kits from the hobby shop or online.”

Each corner of the track is populated by a diorama of figures and miniatures, sometimes performing unsavory, but funny, acts. The raceway has its own personal- ity, one that amalgamates each members' personal taste. When it comes to the race itself, a better lap result — the difference between winning and losing — comes down to the weight of the car, understanding of the track, aerodynamics and simple skill.

The display of previous members' cars holds emotional significance to the surviv- ing racers, says Paul Lanz, 70. “It’s how we like to honor our former racers and friends.”

Lanz inherited Messinger’s previous collection and pared it down, keeping the best examples for display. “Todd had 250 cars. He gave me all of his unbuilt models. I sold off a lot of them though,” Lanz says.

Two other members, who’d arrived earlier to help set up the track were Greg Pierson, 73, part of the original group in 1996, and Cully Bowman, 62, who joined in 1999. They were re-soldering electrical contact points along the track as well as wiping it down with copious amounts of lighter fluid to remove grease and spent silicone from the cars’ tires.

Snyder explained the night’s racing class. Out of 12 classes, the night's specialty was “modified dirt,” which Snyder, with a drag on his Marlboro, described as “one of our fastest classes. It’s a bit loose with the rules, which is to say other classes aren’t.”

Bowman chimed in saying each night is

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stocking-stuffers from last Christmas, and who knew how funny they would be when we initiated our ‘On your mark, get set, go" beginning each heat race!”

The racing is exhilarating.

Each slot car can reach nearly 60 miles an hour on straightaways, according to а few of the members — a speed narrated by the whir of their electric motors, which Charlie Snyder, the aforementioned parts liaison, provided with a price tag of $23.50 each. Charlie Snyder is able to purchase the motors from a wholesaler in Roseburg, and delivers the parts to the members at races.

The 1/24 scale models rip around through bends and corners, sometimes with their rear ends stepping out in either direction. Every so often, a car leaves its designated lane, but any of the members not racing are readily available to replace the car so it can continue its heat.

Each heat lasts 50 laps with an average lap speed of 4.7 seconds, although I saw a lap as quick as 4.441 seconds, posted by Tipton. “He’s the man to beat,” a few of

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“the systematic destruction of your works of art. And no crying!" Destruction of a slot car is usually due to running off the track or winding up in a collision. Notably, Snyder explained the slot cars they race can cost anywhere from $5 to $250, but they tend to limit the usage of their more expensive models.

A few more members entered the fray: Gary Klein, 74, who joined in 2016. Gary Tipton, also 74, joined in 2016 after racing in Albany from 2010 to 2015. Charlie Snyder, 81, Tom’s brother, who's been racing since the

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start and acts as the group's parts liaison. Chris “Basil” Snyder, 67, another Snyder brother. Deke Coleman, 68, who's been racing since he was 8, and finally James Wendel, 74, who joined up in around 2012.

With the racers all set, and their work- shop kits assembled along the benches lining the walls, the qualifier races quickly set into motion.

Placement in the qualifiers is dictated byarandom drawing of numbers, with two groups of four racing for placement in the eventual main event, although, there is a

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loser's category lovingly referred to as the “consi” or consolation race. The bottom two racers from either qualifier populate the loser's bracket, and the top four racers populate the main event.

The prize? Doughnuts. White, powdered sugar doughnuts.

Each race begins by grabbing the atten- tion of the racers with a recording of a goat scream — a quirk of Pelican Park. The scream is followed by a countdown, which is also visible on a small TV hung from a ceiling rafter. Snyder says, “The goats were

the other racers said.

Interspersed between heats is the occa- sional smoking session, be it cigarettes or marijuana, but they’re never long breaks.

Ultimately, at the end of the night, despite who wins and who loses, there’s always companionship. Lanz put it best: “We come together and put aside life differences and political opinions because we just want to race.”

“At the end of the day, the guy that beat your ass that night will probably tell you how to beat his ass next week,” he says.

For more information on Pelican Park Speedway, contact Tom Snyder, 541-953-8951 or mitexib@ gmail.com.

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Taking the fast lane since 1982.

E It's highly possible that there are people who go to the annual Florence Rhododendron Festi- val just for the bright native blooms. There are definitely folk who go for the noon Sunday, May 18, grand finale Floral Parade through Old Town Florence. There are also people who go to the festival to ogle the hordes of shiny Harleys that line the streets of Old Town that weekend. The bikes are rarely mentioned in PR for the Rhody Days fest, but they dominate the scene. Not to be missed is the sight of several hundred members of the Free Souls Motorcycle Club roaring in from the Eugene area on Saturday morning. If you do have to miss the Souls’ grand entrance on the coast but are in the mood to check out some hogs and other bikes, then put the annual Distinguished Gentleman's Ride on Sunday on your agenda. The ride takes place across the world and the Eugene version is hosted

by the local Caballeros Riders Club to raise funds and awareness for men's mental health and prostate cancer research. The ride features folks of all genders dressed in dapper clothing on vintage and classic motorcycles. The DGR After-Party is open to all at Viking Brewing and will feature Darline Jackson's My Band “performing a couple of sets of sweet soul music starting at 1 pm.” Viking Brewing will be donating a portion from each

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Open Mic, 5:30-10pm, Mac's Restaurant & Nightclub, 1626 Willamette.

Arthur Buezo, savage folk, 7-9pm, beergarden, 777 W. 6th Ave.

Covenhoven, indie, 8pm, The Hybrid Gallery, 941 W. 3rd Ave. $15-20.

DJ Jon Smith, vinyl, 8pm, PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th St.

MaMuse, folk-soul, 8pm, WOW Hall, 291 W. 8th Ave. $31.

Pocket Dimension, funk fu- sion, 8pm, Sam Bond's, 407 Blair Blvd. $5.

Funk Night Eugene, 9pm, Luckey's Club, 933 Olive St. Noche De Rumba w/ DJ Pachanga Mix, 9pm-2am, Cowfish Dance Club, 62 W. Broadway.

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Karaoke, 5:30-10pm, Dexter Lake Club, 39128 Dexter Rd., Dexter.

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Transgressors Reception, 5-7:30pm, Museum of Natu- ral & Cultural History, 1680 E. 15th Ave.

Paint w/ Cats, 5:30-7pm, Eu- gene Spfd. Cat Lounge, 537 W. Centennial Blvd. $30.

Comedy

Bryan Callen, 7pm, Olsen Run Comedy Club, 44 E. 7th Ave.

$30-45. Film

The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, 6:30-10pm, The Shedd, 868 High St.

Food/Drink

Thursday Tasting: Double Mountain, 6-8pm, The Bier Stein, 1591 Willamette.

Gatherings

Hearing Voices & Different Realities Discussion & Support Group, 1-2:30pm, Trauma Healing Project, 631 E. 19th Ave., bldg. B.

LCC Job Fair, 1-4pm, Lane Community College, 4000 E. 3Oth Ave., Center Build- ing.

Co-Dependents Anony- mous: Living the Dream at Wellsprings Friends School, 7-8:15pm, Wellsprings Friends School, 3590 W.

Kids/Family Family Playtime, 10:15-11am,

Bethel Branch Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd.

The Magical Moombah: Tall Tales & Silly Stuff!, 10:15am, The Shedd, 868 High St. $4.

Lectures/Classes

Oregon Urban & Community Forestry Conference, 9am- 3:30pm, Venue 252, 252 Lawrence St.

Hablemos Español: Spanish Conversation, 4pm, Down-

town Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 1Oth Ave.

How To Save A Rhinoceros, 5:30-8pm, Erb Memorial Union, 1395 University St.

Literary Arts

Writing Time, 10:30am-1pm, Wordcrafters Studio, 436 Charnelton St., ste. 100. $5.

Music

Artistic Encounters w/ John Shipe, folk, noon-1pm, Kesey Square, Willamette & E. Broadway.

Viking Brewing West, 520 Commercial St., unit F.

Bingo, 7-11pm, The Wild Duck, 1419 Villard St.

Bingo, 7pm, Twisted Duck Pub, 529 W. Centennial Blvd., Spfd.

Karaoke, 7-11pm, Twisted River Saloon, 1444 Main St., Spfd.

Karaoke, 8pm, Happy Hours, 645 River Rd.

Karaoke, 8:30pm-12:30am, The Barn Light, 924 Wil- lamette.

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Karaoke, 9pm-1am, Conway's Restaurant & Lounge, 5658 Main St., Spfd.

Outdoors/Recreation

GRiT Series: Bike & Helmet Fit- ting, 5:30-7:30pm, LifeCycle Bike Shop, 1733 Pearl St., ste. B.

Spiritual Refuge Recovery, 5:30-7pm, Sacred Connections Com-

munity Church, 810 W. 3rd Ave.

Teens

D&D for Beginners, 4:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

Theater

Tappin' Talent Search, 6-9pm, Tallman Brewing, 2055 Primrose St., Lebanon.

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Art/Craft

Make Buttons, 2:30-5:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 1Oth Ave.

LEGACY: 75th Anniversary Exhibit Opening Celebration, 5-7pm, Maude Kerns Art Ctr., 1910 E. 15th Ave.

Comedy

Bryan Callen, 7pm & 9:30pm, Olsen Run Comedy Club, 44 E. 7th Ave. $30-45.

Drag

Men At Werk: It's Gonna Be May, 8pm, The Hybrid-Eu- gene, 941 W. 3rd Ave. $15.

Film Filmed by Bike Festival, 5:30pm, University of Or-

egon Straub Hall, rm. 156, 1451 Onyx St. $5-10.

The Wild Robot (2024), 6pm, Bethel Branch of Eugene Public Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd.

The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, 6:30-10pm, The Shedd, 868 High St.

Prince of Darkness (1987), T:30pm, Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave. $8-11.

Gatherings

Emerald Valley Resource Net- work BHRN Bash, 11am-3pm, Farmer's Market Pavilion, 85 E. 8th Ave.

Eugene Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome & Hypermobil-

ity Support Group, 4-6pm. Email EugeneWildStripes@ zohomail.com for location.

Health

Lifestyle Medicine Class, 7-8:30pm, Irving Grange, 1011 Irvington Dr.

Kids/Family

Tot Discovery Day: Physics Phenomenons, 9am-noon, Eugene Science Ctr., 2300 Leo Harris Pkwy. FREE-$9.

The Magical Moombah: Tall Tales & Silly Stuff!, 10:15am, The Shedd, 868 High St. $4.

Lectures/Classes

Tech Help, 3-4pm, Bethel Branch of Eugene Public Li- brary, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd.

Djembe Drumming, 3:30- 4:30pm, Djembe Trading Post, 1740 W. 10th Ave. $10.

Negotiation w/ Emmett & Crys- tal of Breathe Toys, 5-7pm, As You Like It: The Pleasure Shop, 1655 W. 11th Ave., ste. 1. $20.

Gray Whale Foraging Behaviors & Morphology Off the Oregon Coast, 7-8:30pm, University of Oregon Allen Hall, rm. 221.

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Music

Still Woozy ft. Goth Babe, psychedelic alternative, 4pm, The Cuthbert Amphi- theater, 601 Day Island Rd. $65-89.

Walker T. Ryan Trio, blues, rock, folk, 5pm, Viking Brew- ing West, 520 Commercial St., unit F.

Bootleg Rose, indie folk, 5:30- T:30pm, LaVelle Vineyards, 89697 Sheffler Rd., Elmira.

Henry Cooper Trio, blues, 6-9pm, Territorial Vine- yards & Wine Co., 907 W. зга Ave.

Arthur Buezo, savage folk, 7-9pm, PublicHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.

Boxcar Figaro, folk, blues, 7-9pm, Drop Bear Brewery, 2690 Willamette.

The Stagger & Sway, Ameri- cana, rock, 7-9pm, The Garden on Friendly, 2760 Friendly St.

Ky Burt & the Feelgoods, coun- try, folk, 7:30pm, Gratitude Brewing, 540 E. 8th Ave.

Magid Ensemble, folk, klezmer, 7:30-9:15pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Wil- lamette. $24.

UO Jazz Ensembles, 7:30- 10pm, The Jazz Station, 124 W. Broadway. $15.

Anna Moss, r&b, Americana, porch jazz, 8pm, WOW Hall, 291 W. 8th Ave. $20-29.50.

Charity Kiss w/ Slippy & The Sheets & Skip The Millers, var- ious, 8-10:30pm, Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW Madison Ave., Corvallis. $10-15.

Daddy Rabbit, roots, rock, blues, 8-11:45pm, Even Steven's, 117 S. 14th St., Spfd. $8.

Grateful Web: Shafty, 8pm, Whirled Pies, 199 W. 8th Ave. $20-22.

The Survivors, classic rock, 8pm-midnight, The Embers, 1811 State Hwy 99 N.

Just Clark & Buck Magic, country, Americana, 9pm, Sam Bond's, 407 Blair Blvd. $5.

Nightlife Karaoke, 7-11pm, Round Up

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Trivia, 7pm, The Barn Light, 924 Willamette.

Trivia, 7-9pm, Local Losers Lounge, 85944 Highway 99 S.

Karaoke, 8pm-midnight, Squachos, 471 S. A St., Spfd.

Karaoke, 8pm-2am, Keg Tav- ern, 4711 W. 11th Ave.

Karaoke w/ DJ Saturn, 8pm, Twisted Duck Pub, 529 W. Centennial Blvd., Spfd.

Kinky Bingo, Зрт-11рт, 255 Madison, 255 Madison St. $10.

Karaoke, 9pm-1am, The Barn Light, 924 Willamette.

Outdoors/Recreation

Fun Friday Goat Yoga, 6-7pm, No Regrets Flower Farm & Animal Sanctuary, 26641 Bellfountain Rd., Monroe. $28.

Social Dance

Soul Sessions, 8pm, PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th St.

Freek! Dance Party w/ DJ SPOC-3PO, 8:30pm-2:15am, Cowfish Dance Club, 62 W. Broadway.

Church of '80s, 9pm-2am, Blairally, 245 Blair Blvd. $4.

Salsa & Bachata Social Danc- ing & Drop-in Class, 9pm- 12:15am, The Vet's Club, 1626 Willamette. $8.

Spiritual Recovery Dharma Buddhist

Meeting, 10-11:30am, Jesco Club, 340 Blair Blvd.

Teens

Learn to Play Magic the Gather- ing, 4pm, Sheldon Branch of Eugene Public Library, 1566 Coburg Rd.

LGBTQ+ Youth Group, 4pm, Amazon Community Ctr., 2700 Hilyard St.

Theater

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 6-9:30pm, Zero Clear- ance Theater Co., 47781 Hwy 58, Oakridge. $12-25. Misery, 7:30pm, The Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hilyard St. $22.

The B!tch is Back! A Night of Elton John Burlesque, 9pm, Sparrow & Serpent, 211 Washington St. $15.

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Figure Art Session, 1Oam-1pm, Lane Community College, 4000 E. 30th Ave. $8-60.

Mandala Dot Rock Painting Workshop & Goat Happy Hour, 10am-noon, No Regrets Flower Farm & Animal Sanc- tuary, 26641 Bellfountain Rd., Monroe. $45.

Kids Craft, 11am-2pm, MECCA, 555 High St. $5.

Comedy

Bryan Callen, 7pm & 9:30pm, Olsen Run Comedy Club, 44 E. 7th Ave. $30-45.

Dance

Eugene Ballet: A Midsummer Night's Dream w/ Orchestra Next, 7:30-9:30pm, Hult Ctr. $18-70.

Farmers Markets

Lane County Farmers Market, 9am-3pm, Lane County Farmers Market, 8th Ave. & Oak St.

Spencer Creek Community Grower's Market, 10am-2pm, Spencer Creek Grange, 86013 Lorane Hwy.

Veneta's Downtown Farmers' Market, 10am-2pm, Veneta's Downtown Farmers' Mar- ket, 88267 Territorial Rd., Veneta.

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The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, 9:30am-7pm, The Shedd, 868 High St.

The Metropolitan Opera: Sa- lome, 10am, Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave. $18-26.

Prince of Darkness (1987), 1pm, Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave. $8-11.

Gatherings

Overeaters Anonymous, 9:30-10:30am, Unitarian Universalist Church, 1685 W. 13th Ave.

Come As You Are: Codepen- dents Anonymous, 10-11am, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.

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Chalk it Up For Kids in the Arts: A Chalk Party Fundraiser, 10am-2pm, C.R.O.W. Ctr. for the Performing Arts, 3120 Hwy 101, Florence.

Baby & Toddler Playtime, 10:15-10:45am, Bethel Branch of Eugene Public Li- brary, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd.

Kids & Family Crafting, 11am- 2pm, MECCA, 555 High St.

The Magical Moombah: Tall Tales & Silly Stuff!, ipm, The Shedd, 868 High St. $4.

Builders & Makers Club, 3-5pm, Bethel Branch of Eugene Public Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd.

Talk Time: Practice Conver- sational English, 10:30am- 12:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

Women's Self Defense, 3-5:30pm, Modern Samurai Academy, 755 Charnelton St.

Young Historians, 11am-1pm, Shelton McMurphey John- son House, 303 Willamette.

Epic, Comedy, Tragedy, 9:30am-noon, UO Baker

Downtown Ctr., 975 High St.

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Writing Hooks, Cliffhangers & Page Turners, 9am-1pm, Wordcrafters Studio, 436 Charnelton St., ste. 100. $159.

Eugene Saturday Market, 10am-4pm, Park Blocks, 8th Ave. & Oak St.

Eugene Saturday Market Main Stage, 10am-4pm, Park Blocks, 8th Ave. & Oak St.

99th Eugene Gleemen Spring Concert, 2:30pm, The Wild- ish Theater, 630 Main St.,

Spfd. FREE-$25.

Drive to Space, prog rock, funk, reggae, Americana, 2:30-4pm, Park Blocks, 8th Ave. & Oak St.

Let It Roll, classic rock, 5-7pm, Tallman Brewing, 2055 Primrose St., Leba- non.

Fast Gravel, jazz, salsa, 6-8pm, Arable Brewing Co., 510 Conger St.

Just Clark, Americana, 6-8pm, Viking Brewing West, 520 Commercial St., unit F.

Matt Mitchel, Americana, 6-9pm, McKenzie Gen-

eral Store & Obsidian Grill, 91837 Taylor Rd., McKenzie Bridge.

Shamanic Drumming, 6-8pm, The Center, 390 Vernal St. $10-20.

Mix-A-Lot Music & Comedy Open Mic, 6:30-9pm, Twisted Duck Pub, 529 W. Centen- nial Blvd., Spfd.

Corwin Bolt & The Wingnuts, folk, Americana, 7-9pm, The Garden on Friendly, 2760 Friendly St.

Grateful Web: Garcia Birthday Band, 7pm, Whirled Pies, 199 W. 8th Ave. $20-22.

Roger Jaeger, indie, pop, 7pm, Drop Bear Brewery, 2690 Willamette.

Soromundi: Everything Pos- sible, 7pm, Hult Ctr. $23-28.

Walker T Ryan, blues, Ameri- cana, 7pm, Houndstooth Public House, 1795 W. 6th Ave.

Oregon Mozart Players: Da Capo, 7:30pm, Beall Concert Hall, 1225 University of Oregon. $30-65.

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Mus- selwhite, blues, 7:30pm, The Shedd, 868 High St. $45-64.

Keith Brown Sextet, r&b, funk, jazz, hip hop, 7:30-10pm, The Jazz Station, 124 W. Broadway. $25.

Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories, country, blues, 7:30- 9:30pm, beergarden, 777 W. 6th Ave.

Shadow Sway ft. Halie Loren & Daniel Gallo, jazz, 7:30- 9:15pm, Tsunami Books, 2585 Willamette. $20.

Tannahill Weavers, Celtic, 7:30pm, Unity of the Valley, 3912 Dillard Rd. $27.50-30.

Outlandish D'Amour, The Police tribute, 7:30pm, Gratitude Brewing, 540 E. 8th Ave.

Seeking Saturn, alt rock, 8pm-midnight, Even Ste- ven's, 117 S. 14th St., Spfd. $5.

Against the Raging Tide w/ Ala- mance, rock, metal, 8-10pm, Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW Madison Ave., Corvallis. $10-15.

The Survivors, classic rock, 8pm-midnight, The Embers, 1811 State Hwy 99 М.

Drag Bingo, 5-7pm, Sparrow & Serpent, 211 Washington St.

Music Bingo, 6-10pm, Local Losers Lounge, 85944 High- way 99 S.

Karaoke, 8pm-midnight, Craig's Lucky Logger & Henry's Bar, 39297 McKen- zie Hwy, Spfd.

Goth Prom, 9pm, Sparrow & Serpent, 211 Washington St.

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Cottage Grove Half Mara- thon & 10K, 8:30am-2pm, Trailhead Park, S. 10th St., Cottage Grove. $65-120.

Treat Yourself, 9-11am, Bohemia Park, S. 10th St., Cottage Grove.

College Hill/Friendly Neighbor- hood Walking Tour, 10am, Washington Park, 2025 Washington St.

Myofascial Release for Core & Pelvis, 2-3:15pm, Eugene Family YMCA Don Stathos Campus, 600 E. 24th Ave. $20-35.

SCM Yoga, 2-4pm, Sacred Connections Community Church, 810 W. 3rd Ave. FREE-$10.

Goat Yoga & Wine Happy Hour, 4-5:30pm, No Regrets Flower Farm & Animal Sanctuary, 26641 Bellfoun- tain Rd., Monroe. $45.

Spiritual Let's Just Sit Together, 10:30am-noon, Buddha Eye

Temple, 2190 Garfield St. FREE-$10.

Theater

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 6-9:30pm, Zero Clear- ance Theater Co., 47781 Hwy 58, Oakridge. $12-25.

Misery, 7:30pm, The Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hil- yard St. $22.

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Goats & Glass Class: Square Rainbow Edition, 10am-1pm, No Regrets Flower Farm & Animal Sanctuary, 26641 Bellfountain Rd., Monroe. $125.

Paint & Sip w/ Sierra, noon, beergarden, 777 W. 6th Ave. $30.

Benefits

Bark in the Park, 8am, Alton Baker Park, 200 Day Island Rd.

Bingo for Charity: Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom, 3-5pm, Tallman Brew-

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Comedy

Hand Shoes & Horse Gre- nades, 7:30pm, Luckey's Club, 933 Olive St.

Dance

Eugene Ballet: A Midsummer Night's Dream w| Orchestra Next, 2-4pm, Hult Ctr. $18-70.

Moxie Dance Collective: Broadway After Dark, 8pm, John Henry's, 881 Willa- mette. $10.

Festival

Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Wild- flower Festival, 10am-5pm, Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd. $15.

Film The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival,

9:30am-7pm, The Shedd, 868 High St.

Gatherings

Sunday Gathering, 10:30- 11:30am, The Center, 390 Vernal St.

Wayne Morse Open House 50th Anniversary, noon- 4pm, Wayne Morse Family Farm, 595 Crest Dr.

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Kids/Family

Family Fun w/ Pastels, 1-4:30pm, Downtown Eu- gene Public Library.

Family Bingo, 5:30pm, Drop Bear Brewery, 2690 Wil- lamette.

Lectures/Classes

Wildfire Awareness & Fires- caping, 11am-3pm, Down To Earth, 532 Olive St.

Now What? A Series in Sup- port of Artists, noon, The Hybrid, 941 W. 3rd Ave. $10-12.

Anyone Can Be a Pornstar: Living Your XXX Fantasy w/ Javay da BAE, 5-7pm, As You Like It: The Pleasure Shop, 1655 W. 11th Ave., ste. 1. $20.

Literary Arts

Poetry in the Round, 12:30- 2pm, Coburg Commons Bookstore, 91193 N. Wil- lamette, Coburg.

Writing Time, 6:30-9pm, Wordcrafters Studio, 436 Charnelton St., ste. 100. $5.

Music

Soromundi: Everything Pos- sible, 2:30pm, Hult Ctr. $23-28.

Concerts at First, 3pm, First United Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St.

Irish Jam, 4-7:30pm, Sam Bond's, 407 Blair Blvd.

Spring Vespers (Music & Poet- ry), 4pm, Central Lutheran Church, 1857 Potter St.

EastSide Sunday Jam & Dance Party, 5pm, Twisted River Saloon, 1444 Main St., Spfd.

Open Mic, 5:30pm, Publi- cHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.

Open Jazz Jam Session, 6pm, Gratitude Brewing, 540 E. 8th Ave.

The Bad Plus, jazz, 6-7:15pm & 8-9:15pm, The Jazz Sta- tion, 124 W. Broadway. $40.

Eugene Opera: An Evening w/ Lawrence Barasa, 7pm, Unity of the Valley, 3912 Dillard Rd. $25-40.

Goth Night w/ Church Noir, 9pm-2am, Cowfish Dance Club, 62 W. Broadway.

Nightlife Trivia w/ Elliot Martínez,

4-6pm, Blairally, 245 Blair Blvd.

Karaoke w/ Adam Stiles, 8pm, Happy Hours, 645 River Rd.

Karaoke, 9pm-1am, Sparrow & Serpent, 211 Washington St.

Outdoors/Recre- ation

Sunday Funday Goat Yoga Class, 4-5pm, No Regrets Flower Farm & Animal

Sanctuary, 26641 Bellfoun- tain Rd., Monroe. $35.

Social Dance

Ballroom, Latin & Swing, 5:30-8pm, Veteran's Memorial Ballroom, 1626 Willamette. $4-8.

The Merry Lanesters, 11:15am, 118 Merry Lane, 118 Merry Lane.

Spiritual Dawn of a New Era, 10-

11:30am, Baha'i Ctr. of Eugene, 1458 Alder St.

Nondual Teachings from the Great Spiritual Traditions, Лат-ірт, The Ctr. for Sacred Sciences, 5440 Saratoga St.

Spring Vespers (Music & Poet- ry), 4pm, Central Lutheran Church, 1857 Potter St.

Emerald Valley Ctr. for Spiritual Living, 4pm, Hilyard Community Ctr., 2580 Hilyard St. Don.

Theater

Misery, 2pm, The Very Little Theatre, 2350 Hil- yard St. $22.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, 6-9:30pm, Zero Clear- ance Theater Co., 47781 Hwy 58, Oakridge. $12-25.

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Benefits

Oakshire Inspires: Hearts for Hospice, 5-8pm, Oakshire Commons, 416 Main St., Spfd.

Film Chinatown (1974), 7-9pm, Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW

Madison Ave., Corvallis. $8-10.

Prince of Darkness (1987), T:30pm, Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave. $8-11.

Food/Drink

3-Way IPA Release Party, 5-8pm, The Bier Stein, 1591 Willamette.

Gatherings

Afternoon Chess, 4-6pm, PublicHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.

Deaf Night Out, 6-8pm, Por- tal Tea Co., 41 W. Broadway.

Death Cafe, 6:30-8pm, Shel- ton McMurphey Johnson House, 303 Willamette.

Malcolm X at 100 Years (1925-2025), 7pm, Sacred Connections Community Church, 810 W. 3rd Ave.

Lectures/Classes

Amateur Tinkerer Night, 6-8pm, Portal Tea Co., 41 W. Broadway.

Music

Open Mic, 5:30-7:30pm, 255 Madison, 255 Madison St.

Bluegrass Jam w/ Belltower, 6pm, beergarden, 777 W. 6th Ave.

Open Mic, 6:30-10pm, Houndstooth Public House, 1795 W. 6th Ave.

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, singer-songwriter, 7:30pm, Hult Ctr. $59-89.

Funk Yo' Monday w/ Alexander East, 8pm-1:30am, Cowfish Dance Club, 62 W. Broad- way.

Open Mic, 8-11pm, Happy Hours, 645 River Rd.

Nightlife Cribbage w/ Eugene Cribbage, 6:30-8:30pm, Coldfire

Brewing Co., 263 Mill St. $3.

Trivia w/ Elliot Martínez, 6:30pm, Oakshire Public House, 207 Madison St.

Trivia w/ Geo, 6:30pm, Publi- cHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.

Trivia, 7pm, PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th St.

Karaoke, 8pm-1am, Rennie's Landing, 1214 Kincaid St.

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Craft a Floral Lantern Jar, 6:30pm, Bethel Branch of Eugene Public Library, 1990 Echo Hollow Rd.

Figure Art Session, 6:15pm -9pm, New Zone Gallery, 110 E. 11th Ave., Ste. C. $8-60.

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Men's Codependents Anony- mous Meeting, 7-8pm. Visit CoDA.org for link.

Metal Detecting Club Meeting, 7-9pm, Eugene Elks Lodge, 2470 W. 11th Ave.

Farmers Markets

Tuesday Farmers Market, 9am-2pm, Lane County Farmers Market, 8th Ave. & Oak St.

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Lectures/Classes

Talk Time: Practice Conver- sational English, 4:30-6pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

Willamette Writers: How to Interview Anyone, 6pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

Literary Arts

Writing Time, 9:30am-noon, Wordcrafters Studio, 436 Charnelton St., ste. 100. $5.

Tweens Writing Club, 4:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

Greg Marshall: Memoir Reading & Q&A, 7-8:30pm, Knight Library, 1501 Kincaid St. Music

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Rich Fisher, singer-song- writer, 6:30-9:30pm, Happy Hours, 645 River Rd.

ESYO's Junior Orchestra Spring Concert, 7:30pm, Churchill High School, 1850 Bailey Hill Rd. N/C-$10.

Nightlife Bi-Weekly Bingo, 6pm, Hop

Valley Brewing Co., 990 W. 1st Ave..

Pub Trivia, 6-8pm, Sparrow & Serpent, 211 Washington St.

Tacos & Trivia, 6-8pm, Tall- man Brewing, 2055 Prim- rose St., Lebanon.

Trivia, 6pm, Sparrow & Ser- pent, 211 Washington St.

Bingo w/ Ty Connor, 6:30pm, PublicHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.

Quality Trivia w/ Elliot Marti- nez, 6:30-8:30pm, Oakshire Commons, 416 Main St., Spfd.

Trivia w/ Elliot Martínez, 6:30pm, The Oregon Wine LAB, 488 Lincoln St.

Bingo, 7-11pm, The Wild Duck, 1419 Villard St.

Bingo w/ Judy Jitsu, 7pm, PLAY Eugene, 232 W. 5th St.

Trivia w/ Geo, 7pm, beergar- den, 777 W. 6th St.

Karaoke, 8:30-11:45pm, 5th St. Cornucopia, 207 E. 5th Ave.

Twisted Karaoke & Tacos, 8pm, Twisted Duck Pub, 529 W. Centennial Blvd., Spfd.

Social Dance

Latin Dance Night & Salsa Instruction w/ DJ Vito, 7-11:30pm, Cowfish Dance Club, 62 W. Broadway. $8.

Theater

BRAVA, 5pm, Hult Ctr. $25- 35.

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Knit & Crochet Circle, брт, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

Figure Art Session, 6:15-9pm, New Zone Gallery, 110 E. Tith Ave., ste. C. $8-60.

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Oakshire Inspires: Protect Lane County Watersheds, 5-8pm,

Oakshire Public House, 207 Madison St.

Film Sully (2016), 1-3pm, Willama-

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Bob Newton Family Film: The Princess Bride (1987), 7-9pm, Whiteside Theatre, 361 SW Madison Ave., Corvallis. FREE-$10.

Prince of Darkness (1987), T:30pm, Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave. $8-11.

"Survivor" S48 Watch Party, T:30pm, PublicHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.

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Hope & Help Hour Tour, 4:30- 5:30pm, Catholic Commu- nity Services, 1025 G St., Spfd.

Bike Happy Hour, 5-7pm, Gratitude Brewing, 540 E. 8th Ave.

Co-Dependents Anonymous: Women's Step Study Group, 6-7pm, Saint Thomas Epis- copal Church, 1465 Coburg Rd.

Make a Puzzle, 4:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 1Oth Ave. Eugene, Oregon. n/c.

Balance Fitness w/ Nate, 10am, Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St. $20.

Compost Workshop, 2-4pm, Community Sharing Program, 1440 Birch Ave., Cottage Grove.

Talk Time: Practice Conver- sational English, 4:30-6pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

Body Mind Movement Aware- ness, 5:30-6:30pm, Trauma Healing Project, 631 E. 19th Ave., bldg. B. $8-20.

Windfall Reading Series: Elea- nor Berry & Chris Anderson, 6pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

Scott Austin, singer-song- writer, 6-8pm, PublicHouse, 418 A St., Spfd.

Blues Jam & Open Mic, 7pm, Twisted Duck Pub, 529 W. Centennial Blvd., Spfd.

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ESYO's Youth Symphony Spring Concert, 7:30pm, Churchill High School, 1850 Bailey Hill Rd. N/C-$10.

Open Mic, 8:30pm, Mulligan's Pub, 2841 Willamette.

Millenial Night w/ DJ Amaya, 9pm-2am, Cowfish Dance Club, 62 W. Broadway.

Quality Trivia w/ Rob & Lor- raine, 6-8:30pm, Hop Valley Brewing Co., 990 W. 1st Ave.

Western Wednesday, 6pm- 2am, Jackalope Lounge, 453 Willamette.

Cribbage w/ Eugene Cribbage, 6:30-8:30pm, The Bier Stein, 1591 Willamette. $5.

Bingo w/ Ty Connor, 7pm, beergarden, 777 W. 6th Ave.

Trivia, 7-11pm, The Wild Duck, 1419 Villard St.

Trivia, 7-9pm, Drop Bear Brewery, 2690 Willamette.

Karaoke w/ KJ JudyJitsu, 8pm-midnight, 255 Madison, 255 Madison St.

Trivia w/ Thomas Hiura, 8-10pm, Starlight Lounge, 830 Olive St.

Community Yoga, 5:30- 6:30pm, Sacred Connec- tions Community Church, 810 W. 3rd Ave.

Pin & Mount Bugs, 4:30pm, Downtown Eugene Public Library.

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Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965), 9:30pm, Art House, 492 E. 13th Ave. $8-11.

Thursday Tasting: Georgetown Brewing Co., 6-8pm, The Bier Stein, 1591 Willamette.

Co-Dependents Anony- mous: Living the Dream at Wellsprings Friends School, 7-8:15pm, Wellsprings Friends School, 3590 W. 18th Ave.

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History Book Club, 6-7:30pm, Shelton McMurphey John- son House, 303 Willamette.

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Fermata Ballet Collective, winner of this year’s Arts and Business Alliance visionary award, is diversifying ballet

BY EVE WESTON

ugene's Fermata Ballet Collec- tive is transforming the local ballet scene by telling the story of those who normally might not have their story told, its founders say. Fermata's mission statement is to “diversify ballet by creating renewed paths in the dance experience and create collaborative performance opportunities." Eugene's Fermata Ballet Collective won this year's Business Recognizing Arts Vision and Achievement (BRAVA) visionary award for artists or organizations that are chang- ing the arts community for the better, presented by the Arts and Business Alli- ance of Eugene. Fermata has 12 resident artists and routinely collaborates with others around town. This year, Fermata is slotted to work with six outside artists, two guest faculty members and 10 miscel- laneous collaborators. Ballet as an art is infamous for its lack

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Fermata is run by a board of directors who try to set themselves apart from other collectives. “We’re radically doing some- thing different, and I think it’s caught atten- tion in the best way possible,” they add.

With the pandemic at an all-time high at the time, plus massive demonstrations taking place across the country, Badalich says they felt it was more important than ever to establish a dance collective that personified the resilience and resistance against racism, homophobia and trans- phobia through dance. “Our collective is intentionally inclusive, prioritizing repre- sentation across race, gender identity, body type and ability,” Badalich says. Fermata means a musical pause of undefined length, which Badalich says represents the uncer- tainty in the world during 2020.

To dance is to tell a story, and Fermata has a unique way of doing it. The process of coming up with a dance begins with the dancers. They can come forward and pres- ent an idea or story that they feel needs to be heard. Then, the team works together with the choreographers to create a dance that tells that story.

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Badalich says they tell their stories through dance by asking themself a ques- tion and forming a narrative by answering that question. ^I think the gift of Fermata is that the intention is so clear that you can decide what it means to you,” Bada- lich says.

Steph Young, Fermata's treasurer, says they work with their dancers to develop an intensity that can be translated into dance to express the emotion that comes with the story being told. “I have my dancers sit and listen to the music multiple times because that's how my mind creates a connection with the scoring," Young says.

Fermata is a nonprofit organization. Young says being a nonprofit helps provide more opportunities for the community to come together and learn more about dance. “A lack of funds is not a reason to not engage in one of our events, and being able to be a nonprofit really allows for people to give us those donations of just simply space,” they say.

Fermata is flexible about their perfor- mance spaces and takes part in different events around town. This year, they'll be performing at Founded Fest, Eugene Pride, the Rebelle Summer Soiree and participating in the Summer Choreographic Workshop series. “We’ve done seasonal workshops where we cultivate choreogra- phy and this will be our first season that we're able to reuse some of that repertoire

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from one of our workshops to perform it at an event which will be at Found Fest on June 8,” Young says.

As a relatively new collective, Fermata is just getting started. ^I would love for us to, like, keep expanding our program- ming, our outreach, community partner- ships," Badalich says. Young says they hope Fermata will be able to expand their educational program, helping new artists explore their talents. “We’ve had our first seminar with lighting design, and we're aiming to expand that with all variet- ies of knowledge within performing art,” Young says.

Fermata performs at this year's Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene BRAVA awards 5:30 pm May 20 at the Hult Center. Tickets are $35 at ArtsBusinessalliance.org/calendar.

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friends," Hagedorn writes in an email to Eugene Weekly, recalling the night, 35 years ago, six women gathered in the living room of her home when Soro- mundi launched.

But, she adds, *it wasn't long before I knew what I had started, and I knew it was more than just a choir. It was a community."

More than three decades later, Hagedo- rn's Soromundi Lesbian Chorus is celebrat- ing its 35th anniversary with two concerts. The first is an evening performance May 17 in the Soreng Theater at the Hult Center, and a matinee in the Soreng Theater is the next day.

Alongside the anniversary concerts, called Soromundi: Everything Possible, the chorus has produced a book commemorat- ing its 35th anniversary for sale in limited quantities and available for preorder the evening and afternoon of each performance.

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The book will later be sold on Amazon and from the Soromundi website.

Shortly before and after the concerts, Soromundi will present a museum-style exhibit of the chorus' history in the Jacobs Community Room, formerly Jacobs Gallery, on the Hult Center's ground floor.

Soromundi Vice President Ann Huber and former President Kate Barry, both singers, have co-chaired the anniversary planning. Huber joined the chorus seven years ago, and Barry joined the group shortly after it started.

Huber and Barry say Everything Possible will be in two sections. The first focuses on music from the group's first few years, featuring traditional chants, circle songs and pieces with call and response.

In the second half, Huber and Barry say the music will look toward the future, with selections like Chappell Roan's *Pink Pony Club,” illustrating the “Everything Possible” theme of the show and high- lighting Soromundi’s broad commitment to diverse gender identities.

In both the first and second half, Huber

says the chorus will perform “a wider mix of songs than most people would ever expect a chorus to do.” Such as “Songs of Sanctuary” by the Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, written in Jenkins’ made- up language.

Percussion, piano and guitar will accom- pany singers in both the first and second halves, and former chorus members will return to Eugene and perform for the celebration.

As for the photographic exhibit, Huber and Barry say it’s organized around five general themes highlighting the nonprofit’s guiding principles: performance, collabo- ration, activism, friendship and commu- nity building.

The Soromundi book, Sisters of the World, is organized similarly, with photo- graphs and stories from throughout Soromundi’s 35 years.“Talking to differ- ent people and groups reminded me of specific concerts or moments in Soro- mundi's history that were meaningful for everybody," Barry says of the research process for the book and exhibit.

Such as the first time the chorus went on tour, or the time Soromundi performed at a gala conference in Portland, “when we were still a young choir, maybe 10 years old, and were just received with raptur- ous applause,” Barry recalls.

“Tt was very affirming of what has been accomplished," she says.

Soromundi accepts members of all musical skill levels each September, and no audition is required to apply. The group rehearses once a week, all music selections come from the singers, and they perform at least three annual concerts in Eugene and around the Northwest.

Lisa Hellemn, Soromundi music direc- tor, says she knows of no other chorus of its kind that lets the membership select the music they sing. That process, she says, “gives every person a way to listen, discuss and vote on the repertoire.”

At first, Hellemn says, Soromundi had trouble booking gigs because "lesbian" was in the name. (The word lesbian remains, but membership is open to all female- identifying singers, regardless of sexual orientation.)

*Now, unfortunately, it's our friends in the trans and genderqueer community who are being attacked," Hellemn says. “That’s why it's important to support our LGBTQ+ organizations and provide safety for everyone."

Hagedorn calls the community the chorus has built and which the anniver- sary events will celebrate *a network for members, past and present, who need each other on many levels.”

She says, "Support might include simply lending an ear, helping build a shed, buying weekly groceries, and singing someone on to whatever comes next when this life is finished.”

Huber adds, “We can add more people to the table, and it doesn’t diminish anybody else’s presence.”

Soromundi: Everything Possible — Annual Spring Concert is 7:30 pm Saturday, May 17, and 2:30 pm Sunday, May 18, in the Soreng Theater at the Hult Center, 1 Eugene Center. Tickets are $28; the concerts are all ages. For more information about joining the Soromundi Lesbian Chorus, go to Soromundi.org.

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I'm a 33-year-old gay man in a big city. | am currently in a five-month relationship with a wonderful, sweet man who loves me very much. I love him, too. Prior to this | was in a throu- ple for three years. That relationship was toxic. | was the new addition to the throuple, and | was more in love with one of them. There were a lot of jealousy issues, and a lot of hurt that took me a long time to get over when | finally moved on. Truthfully, even when that relationship ended, | was still very much in love with my main partner from that throuple. Our sexual chemistry was unlike anything else, and the deep passion we have for each other was unmatched. But we did break up. And І spent a lot of time healing. And now І met this wonderful man.

My main ex from the throuple — the опе | loved most — just reached out to let me know that he and his other partner broke up and he wants me back. All of a sudden, my ex is tell- ing me how much he loves me, how much he wants me, and how he wants to be my only partner — all of the things | would've killed to hear him say a year ago. | now find myself torn between my new boyfriend, who has done nothing wrong, and my ex, a man l love so much and have this incredible sexual chemistry with but who really hurt me. It should be noted that I am incredibly submissive in bed, and although my new partner tries to be dominant, it doesn't come naturally to him. My ex was fantastic in that role. And if I’m being honest, | have to admit that that kind of sexual play is something І need in a relationship. I'm torn and don't know what to do. I don't want to hurt anyone, but find myself in the impossible position of choosing between two people І care deeply about. Help!

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“When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers." — Oscar Wilde

You spent three years in a throu- ple that turned toxic — or maybe was toxic from the start — and when it ended, all you wanted was for the guy you truly loved to choose you... and he didn't. So, you did what people are supposed to do when a bad relationship ends: you moved out, you moved on, you met someone else. And now the relationship gods have decided to fuck with you: the man you wanted is single and now he wants you and only you — so, your prayers have been answered, but a year too late.

Let's rewind.

You joined a couple as a third — as their third — but you weren't a perfectly balanced third. You were more into one than the other, TOXIC, which you most likely realized going in. That happens in lots of relation- ships; even in couples, one partner is often more invested/besotted/commit- ted than the other. But an imbalance like that hits a little different — it's

more destabilizing — in a triad. If the partner you weren't into could tell you were only tolerating him while not-so-subtly fantasizing about peel- ing off his boyfriend... that's not just an awkward vibe or a price-of-admis- sion power imbalance a person can learn to tolerate. That's an existential threat. Whether the other guy — the guy your dream man just dumped — was always the problem or he became a problem when he sensed not just what you wanted, TOXIC, but what his original partner also wanted... it's easy to understand why he was unhappy. It's a situation that could bring out the worst in anybody — you included.

Anyway!

Your throuple ended! You did the work! You found someone new! Some- one kind! Someone who loves you! Someone you love... kinda... but not as much as you love the man who just walked back into your life.

As much as it pains me to say this — because the only person we know for sure is blameless in all this is the lovely man you've been seeing for the last six months — you should dump the new guy. You're already comparing the new guy to your ex... and the new can't meet your needs the same way your ex did... which means you're going to be thinking about your ex each and every time he tries and fails. And the longer you go on measuring the meh sex you have with your current boyfriend against the insanely hot sex you had with your ex, TOXIC, the more you're going to miss your ex and find yourself fantasizing about what might've been.

So, while staying with the nice guy sounds like the nice thing to do — while it sounds like the decent thing todo — staying with someone to avoid hurting their feelings only sets them up for more hurt down the road. But while you won't be able to avoid hurt- ing your current boyfriend's feelings, TOXIC, you can avoid wasting his time by ending things cleanly and soon. But don't move right back in — or pick up right where you left off — with your ex. Date him. Take it slow. You may have fantasized about being with your ex on his own, TOXIC, but you've never known him on his own.

P.S. You're faced with a choice between two men you love — your ex from that disastrous throuple and the man you've been seeing for six months — and you're hesitating, in much the same way your ex faced a choice between you and his original partner and hesitated.

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