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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016 DAILYEMERALD.COM MUSIC WILLAMETTE VALLEY TUNES THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL IS BACK. Bands from across the region will be jamming on campus this Saturday. We’ve collected a few you won’t want to miss. WKND CALENDAR: NITRO CIRCUS AT AUTZEN BEYONCÉ’S PIPES — LET THE LADY SING OREGON TRACK REVS UP FOR TWILIGHT MEET May 26, 6:00 p.m. COME RUN, COME ALL TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF FOR A GOOD CAUSE! Register at emrld.co/undierun2016 by 5/20 Photo by Ryan Kang MORE COVERAGE, MORE PHOTOS, MORE NEWS. Plus reader polls, videos, and reader comments. We give you more, and that makes college better. www.dailyemerald.com PAGE 2 EMERALD THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016 WKND CALENDAR EUGENE PORTLAND FRIDAY 5/6 CALENDARCALENDAR ALL WEEKEND Spoonfest — Taylor’s Bar and Grill (894 BY CASEY MILLER Filmed By Bike Film Festival — Hollywood E. 13th Ave), 2-6 p.m. Theater (4122 N.E. Sandy Blvd), $11+ Oregon Spoon’s second annual For cycling fans this weekend, the Spoonfest will be held once again at Hollywood Theater is hosting the 13th Taylor’s this Friday. This chapter of annual Filmed By Bike film festival. Spoon University, which is focused on Over the course of the weekend, the providing recipes and food hacks for festival hosts a street party, filmmaker college town locals, is celebrating Cinco Q&A sessions, brewery tour bike rides De Mayo weekend. There will be free with the filmmakers, workshops and drink giveaways, food contests and awards ceremonies for the films being drinking games, along with a presented. Tickets for each screening live DJ. vary, with the minimum being $11 for a two-hour series of films. SATURDAY 5/7 SATURDAY 5/7 Willamette Valley Music Festival — on Kentucky Derby Party — North 45 campus (1535 E. 13th Ave), noon to (517 N.W. 21st Ave) 3:30 p.m., $20, 21+ midnight, free The Kentucky Derby is this weekend As detailed in today’s Emerald cover for fans of horse racing and Southern story, the Willamette Valley Music culture. In Portland at the North 45, the Festival is returning to campus. With watch party and celebration of the event 18 performers, live art, fire dances and will be huge. Guests are encouraged to aerial gymnastics, it will be the main wear their biggest hats, enjoy a Bulleit attraction of the day for students and Bourbon Mint Julep, place their bets residents of the entire Willamette on the winning horse and listen to live Valley. The event is put on by students, music from the Dixieland-style band the for students, as a creative and Brass Roots Movement. Proceeds benefit artistic celebration. the Ronald McDonald House charity. Nitro Circus is coming to Autzen Stadium this Saturday at 7 p.m. (Nitro Circus Live) SUNDAY 5/8 Nitro Circus Live invades Autzen SUNDAY 5/8 Aaron Carter — WOW Hall (291 W. If you aren’t spending this Mother’s Day weekend with your Elliphant — Mississippi Studios (3939 8th Ave), 8 p.m., $15 in advance, mom, the Nitro Circus is offering a total daredevil, wild action N. Mississippi Ave) 9 p.m., $15 $18 at the door adventure this Saturday night at Autzen Stadium. The sports-ac- Swedish alternative hip hop and Most college students know Aaron synth-pop artist Ellinor Olovsdotter, tion entertainment company is coming by Eugene for a night of Carter as the little brother of Backstreet known by her stage name Elliphant, Boys lead singer Nick Carter, and as freestyle motocross, BMX and, “Anything you can imagine with is performing at Mississippi Studios the boy who rose to childhood stardom wheels!” this weekend. Elliphant is best known with pop/rap songs like “Aaron’s Party Thirty of the world’s best extreme athletes join the Nitro Cir- for her collaborations with more (Come Get It)” and “That’s How I Beat cus tour for a night of entertainment and daring stunts. The Nitro high-profile musicians and producers Shaq.” Now, Aaron Carter is trying to Circus group tours the world every year, hitting five continents like Skrillex and Diplo. Her song “Too make it back onto the charts a decade in 2015. The crew has also been featured on MTV and many oth- Original” with Major Lazer was a track later with new music, a fresh mix of er network television channels. Nitro Circus will be rolling into on their 2015 hit album Peace Is The pop, R&B and progressive house. His Eugene on Saturday after two sold-out shows in Reno. Mission. Her tour is based on her new performance at the WOW Hall on The event at Autzen is still not sold out. Tickets are $79 for album, 0, released in March. Sunday night will include new music off any seat in the stadium, which has been outfitted for the sports- his most recent album . , LOVE theater event. The event starts at 7 p.m. The Emerald is published by Emerald Media Group, NEWSROOM BUSINESS Inc., the independent PUBLISHER, PRESIDENT & CEO EDITOR IN CHIEF DESIGN EDITOR NEWS EDITORS HANNAH WEXHLER nonprofit media company CHARLIE WEAVER X317 DAHLIA BAZZAZ X325 RAQUEL ORTEGA JENNIFER FLECK LINDSEY SMITH at the University of Oregon. LAUREN GARETTO EMAIL: [email protected] FLETCHER BECK EMAIL: [email protected] DESIGNERS NOAH MCGRAW Formerly the Oregon VP OPERATIONS PRINT MANAGING EDITOR JARRED GRAHAM Daily Emerald, the news KATHY CARBONE X302 COOPER GREEN MARIEL ABBENE A&C EDITORS organization was founded in 1900. 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EUGENE, OR 97403 KIRA HOFFELMEYER ERIN FREDERICKSON KENNY JACOBY 541.346.5511 HAILEY GELLER THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016 EMERALD PAGE 3 MOTHER’S DAY THOUGHTFUL GIFT IDEAS FOR MOTHER’S DAY If you’re trying to figure out something thoughtful to send your mom this Mother’s Day, here are a few gift ideas. These first three are sentimental and creative gifts that are best when working on a budget. Prices vary based on the quality/quantity of materials you choose to buy. ANNA LIEBERMAN IF YOU AREN’T ABLE TO MAKE YOUR MOM SOMETHING, HERE ARE 1. A YEAR OF REASONS WHY YOU A FEW IDEAS THAT ARE JUST AS LOVE YOUR MOM SWEET. Although this defines stereotypical homemade Mother’s Day gifts, it’s still a cute 4. SEND HER FLOWERS and cost-effective craft idea that takes a lot If you’re living away from home of love — and a lot of effort. and can’t physically deliver your How to: mother fresh flowers on Mother’s 1. Find some pieces of pretty card stock, Day, there are services that can send cut them into 365 small sections (12 if you’d fresh flowers to her on your behalf, rather just do it by month), then write a either through the mail or via local reason why you love your mom on each one. florists. These companies include Don’t get discouraged if your reasons start 1800flowers.com, proflowers. becoming more silly than sentimental. com, ftd.com, fromyouflowers. 2. Tie a ribbon around the top of a mason com and more. Prices average at jar and pour all of your cards in. Your mom about $30 sans shipping, although will have something sweet to read for every some elaborate bouquets are more day (or month) of the year. expensive. You can also check with florists near your mom’s residence and see if they do deliveries. Some 2. BAKE THE FOODS YOUR MOM florists in Eugene are Dandelions, BAKED YOU AS A CHILD Flowers and Gifts and Rhythm Did your mom make cookies or cupcakes and Blooms. when you were little? If she did, pick the baked good that you remember your mom 5. SEND HER SOMETHING making the most. Instead of waiting for her SPECIAL FROM EUGENE to bake it for you, surprise her by baking it If your mom doesn’t live in Eugene or yourself and sending it to her doorstep. Springfield, send her something she can’t usually find at home. Euphoria Chocolate Company is a local 3. FRAME SOMETHING FROM YOUR business that produces chocolate bars, CHILDHOOD truffles, cocoa and more. They also sell In elementary school you may have assorted boxes of chocolates that make created little poems, pictures and other cute gifts and range from about $10 to $20. projects then shared them with your parents Pioneer Natural Soap Company is to be hung on the refrigerator. These works a private business that sells handmade of art often had a sweet, charming feel to soaps with natural ingredients. These soaps them since a young child put them together. include oatmeal honey shea butter, rose (Mariel Abbene) Some moms may miss that child version of petals shea butter & goat milk and Oregon you, so bring back some charming memories forest. The company is often represented by framing a project you made when you at the Eugene Saturday Market, but were little.