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For more information, contact Lee Shoemaker at Public Works Engineering, 682-5471. “Hult Presents” Brings Famed Dance Company to Eugene A recent visit by the famed Martha Graham Dance Company was met with great community enthusiasm. With four events serving a total of 2,288 people, the project was a tremendous artistic and community outreach success. The presentation offered the public a rare opportunity to experience a touring company of extraordinary talent and historical merit. It also made an extraordinary experience available to LCC/UO dance and music students, who were invited to experience a dance rehearsal with orchestra. An elegant, public, multi-media presentation illustrating the collaboration between Martha Graham and Aaron Copland, composer of the music for Graham’s famous Appalachian Spring, was performed the night before. Northwest Community Credit Union was a first-time cash sponsor for a “Hult Presents” performance. The Hult Center is grateful to NWCCU Vice President for Marketing, Kent White, for his leadership in making the new sponsor partnership possible. Sponsorships and grants provide the Hult Center with funding to present distinguished touring events which cannot be financed through ticket sales alone. The Martha Kid Critic Lexi Pitman submitted this drawing of Graham Dance Company project was also supported by a major grant the performance to Intermin Director Laura Niles. from the Nils and Jewel Hult Endowment. The “Hult Presents” program is an integral part of the Cultural Services mission to provide a “broad selection of performances by local and non-local artists and companies.” For additional information on “Hult Presents,” contact Programming Manager Carol Philips, 682-2057 Library Hosts Alternative Education Fair Kids, teens, and parents are invited to catch the 10th annual Alternative Education Fair, Saturday, February 4, 1:00 - 4:00, at the Eugene Public Library, Downtown. Co-sponsored by the Eugene Waldorf School and Eugene Public Library, the fair is a great opportunity to learn about a variety of alternative education programs in Eugene and throughout Lane County. Get information and meet staff and student representatives from local private schools, charter schools, Eugene School District 4-J alternative programs, and homeschooling organizations. For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library at 682-8316. Speaker Offers Lessons in Transportation and Land Use Gordon Price, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia, will offer a free presentation on transportation and land use issues at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8, at the Downtown Athletic Club, 999 Willamette Street. Price will be introduced by Mayor Kitty Piercy. The presentation is being sponsored by the City’s Public Works and Planning and Development departments and Downtown Eugene, Inc., with support from the Oregon Transportation and Growth Management Program, a partnership between the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Oregon Department of Transportation. Price will participate in a brown bag noon lunch discussion with members of the Eugene Planning Commission and staff on Wednesday. A popular speaker, Price will discuss essential ingredients to well-designed cities in which people can get around easily. Price will address the importance Gordon Price of urban design, land use, mixed-use centers, and ways to create a walkable city. A former city councilor in Vancouver, B.C., Price lectures frequently on transportation and land use issues in the Pacific Northwest. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 March 3, 2006