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FRONT ROW

Music, plays and other entertainment

NICKEL CREEK - Country and folk, 7 p.m. today, Secret House Winery, 88324 Vineyard Lane, Veneta. $23. (935-3774)

KARL DENSON'S TINY UNIVERSE - Funk and jazz, 8 p.m. Tuesday, McDonald

STAID CLEAVES BAND - 8 p.m. Tuesday, Cafe Paradiso, 115 W. Broadway. $13.50. (484-9933)

ROY BREWER - Flamenco guitar and dance, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Cafe Paradiso. $4. (484-9933)

PIETA BROWN, BO RAMSEY - Folk, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. $10, $8 advance. (687-2746)

BILL HILLY BAND - 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Cafe Paradiso. $5. (484-9933)

MELISSA FERRICK, JASMINE A.S.H. - Singer-songwriters, 9:30 p.m. Friday, WOW Hall. $12, $10 advance. (687-2746)

"JEKYLL & HYDE" - Musical of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Actors Cabaret, 996 Willamette St. $22, $17 advance. (683-4368)

"SLEUTH" - Diabolical whodunit, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, ACE Annex, 39 W. 10th Ave. $22, $17 advance. (683-4368)

CHOWDER, BLUES AND BREWS FALL FESTIVAL - Food booths, brews and music by the Jim Tilden Brown Band, KUSH and the Jake Blair Band, 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday; music by the Jim Tilden Brown Band, blues jam, the Bobby Lindstrom Blues Band and the Boomer Band featuring the Boomettes, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; music by the Florence All Star Jazz Band, the Lost River Band and the Yachats Big Band, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Florence Events Center, 715 Quince St., Florence. $5, $12 for three-day pass. (997-1994)

SATURDAY MARKET - Entertainment stage, arts and crafts fair and food booths, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, park blocks, Eighth Avenue and Oak Street. Free. (686-8885)

PAUL PUTNAM AND FRIENDS, THE DESERT DRIFTERS, GOOD NEWS QUARTET, GRASSY CREEK, BILLY McCOY TRIO - Western Oregon Opry benefit for Delight Valley Elementary School, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Cottage Grove High School, 1000 Taylor Ave., Cottage Grove. $5. (942-4043, 942-1523, 688-0937)

FABIO CIOFINI - Works by J.S. Bach, A. Van Noordt, J.G. Walther, Dietrich Buxtehude and Antonio Vivaldi, 4 p.m. Sunday, Central Lutheran Church, 1857 Potter St. Free. (345-0395)

ACTIVITIES

Workshops, talks and other stuff

COMMUNITY DRUM CIRCLE - Instruction provided by Hands On Rhythm and Drum School, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Washington Park Center, 2025 Washington St. Free. (682-5373)

JOHN MAJOR JENKINS - "The Galaxy in Ancient Cosmologies from Mexico to India," slide show, discussion and question-and-answer session, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Lane Planetarium, 2300 Leo Harris Parkway. $10. (302-6733)

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