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THE WEEKLYARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE OF NORTHEAST OREGON

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A class on fine art photography — basic to advanced — is set for Jan. 30 at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City. There will be two sessions to choose from.

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1 P Songwriters take bow Another edition of the popular monthly songwriter showcase, Tunesmith Night, takes place Saturday at Lear's Main Street Grill, 111 W. Main St., Enterprise.

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Shannon Sullivan presents book Friday Shannon Sullivan will present her book"Days of Travel" at 5 p.m. Friday at Vision Wealth Management, 1839 Second St., Baker City. The book chronicles stories of her family's pioneer and ranching life in Idaho and Eastern Oregon. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served. "Days of Travel" is the story of John and Marcy Kirby, a young couple who came of age during the Depression and following decades. The changes they saw in their lifetimes symbolize the changes in the country and culture. The Kirbys overcame adversity and tragedy with courage, initiative, innovation, perseverance and wry humor.

Soap-carving class for kids unfolds Friday An art class on carving a soap fower willbe offered for kidsages l 8 and older on Friday at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City. The instructor is Dick Kirby. There will be two sessions: 10 a.m. to noon or 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. The cost is $25 for Crossroads members or $50 for nonmembers. All supplies are included. The course is described as follows: Many young carvers startcarving soap with plastic or wooden tools. This class will use sharptoolsimetal )to create even more intricate designs and then tint the soap with food coloring. Soap has no grain like wood, which makes it easier for young carvers.

Community dance set for Saturday evening A community dance featuring House Blend live string band and dance caller Mark Lewis is

plannedfrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m . Saturday at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave. at Baker City. No experience is required. The caller will teach the steps needed before each dance, which are quick to learn but still lots of fun. Come either with or without a dance partner. Everyone gets to dance. Expect a mix of traditional folk dances such as contra lines, circle dances and square dances.

Cost is $5 per person or $2.50 forCrossroads members. People are asked to bring a snack to share. Coffee, tea and water will be provided. Casualattire isappropriate. The best shoes for dancing have smoothbottoms that provide abit of slip and slide. Soleswith a lotofgrip arenot recommended, nor are shoes without heel backs. This dance is sponsored by the Elkhorn Swingers Square & Round Dance Club. For information, visit the website www. square-dancers.com or contact Richard Rubicam at 503-5609005 imobile) or richard.rubi cam@gmail.com.

Special events planned for story time at library Children's librarian Melissa Shafer is planning a special activity for Friday story times at the Baker County Library. She first will show the movie "Maleficent" at 3 p.m. Friday. After that, kids will create fairy gardensand magical creatures of the Moors at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Fridays. The morning session is geared toward younger children, and the afternoon session is for the older crowd. For information, call Shafer at 541-523-6419.

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museum for inspiration For this year's theme show in April, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center and the Baker Heritage Museum are partnering to pres-

ent"Night at the Baker Heritage Museum." To inspire ideas for artwork,localand regional artists areinvitedtoinvestigate the museum collections Friday. That evening, the museum will be open from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for artists to "delve into thehistory of Baker County — the people, the history, the artifacts and lore. To investigate the history from an artist' sperspective,what do you see, what intrigues and inspires you?" There is no charge for the evening. Those planning to attend are encouraged to call Crossroads at 541-523-5369or email cynthia@crossroads-arts .org. Artists who are unable to make the Friday event but would like to participate can call the museum at 541-523-9308 to make an appointment. The April show opens April 3. For submission guidelines, visit the website www.crossroads-arts. org or call Cynthia Newman at

area,located 19 mileswest of North Powder. There are three events. The 6K classic race and the 5K snowshoe race both start at 10 a.m. The 6K skaterace startsatnoon. Entry is $10 per event. There areprizesfor each event and for the overall winner. For more information, call the Nordic Center at 541-856-3277 ext.31 or visitthe websiteat www.anthonylakes.com.

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The ride leaves from the Geiser Grand Hotel, 1996 Main St., at 7:30 p.m. and tours Baker City's historic district. If there isn't enough snow for the sleigh, the tour is by horsedrawn wagon.

Swingin' with Sam dance lessons resume 3an. 15 The Powder River Dance Club presents Swingin'With Sam dance lessons on Thursdays starting Jan. 15. No dance is held on the second Thursday of each month. The group meets from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the VFW Club, corner of First and Valley streets in Baker City. Dances include Western and country swing, Texas two step, waltz, cha cha, line dance, 10 step and more. The first two lessons are free, and yearly memberships are available. No partner is needed, and all ages arew elcome. For more information, call Chuck at 541-524-9306 or Sam at 541-403-0446.

Elkhorn Classic Race set Sunday at ski area Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort's annual Elkhorn Classic race happens Sunday at the ski

Greenneck Daredevils play live music Saturday Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort will present music by the Greenneck Daredevils of Hood River Jan. 17. The music runs from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Horse-drawn sleigh ride held every Saturday A horse-drawn sleigh tour is offered every Saturday through

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Costis$24 for adults,$12 for children. Dress warm for the weather, but the sleigh also has heated seats. Call 541-523-1889 to reserve tickets.

'Night at Old Auburn'

fundraiser is Feb. 28 The fundraising "A Night at Old Auburn" casino night at the Baker Heritage Museum is setfor 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Feb.28. Music will be by the Bruno Dunes Band, and there will be a no-host bar anddinner buffetby Kurt Miller Catering. Tickets are $28 in advance or $38 at the door. These can be purchased online at www.bakerher itagemuseum.com. The museum is located at 2480 Grove St. in Baker City.

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A class on fine art photography — basic to advanced — is set for Jan. 30 at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City. There will be two sessionsto choose from: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. to

8:30 p.m. The instructor is Michael Anderson,a fine artphotographer from West Linn. He has received eight international awards and has been featured in magazines. This class is open to teenag-

ersand older.Costis $50 for Crossroads members or $75 for nonmembers. All students in Baker Middle School and Baker High School art or yearbook classes can attend for the member rate. The course covers camera settings, depth-of-field, artistic composition and basic photo-editing techniques using OnOne Perfect Photo Suite 9.0. Replacement of sky and theblending of artistic textureswillalso be covered and demonstrated. Each student will be provided with background files and textures to use with their own digital photosafter the class. This is not an ordinary photography class as emphasisisplaced on the creation of fine art pieces using a digital photo as a starting point. The class is taught as a demonstration, so the students do not need to bring computers. A similar class was offered in the fall of 2014, and it has been brought back by popular demand. This course is all about creating works of art from digital photos. To register, call541-5235369 or stop by Crossroads Carnegie Art Center.

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ca s career wi one-man s ow • What: Fred Hill one-man photo show • When:6p.m .to 8 p.m .Friday • Where:Art Center at the Old Library, 1006 Penn Ave., La Grande • Details:The show will be up through Feb. 22.

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Digital cameras and smartphone photography have swamped the landscape. Still, not everyone is a photographer, said 94-year-old Fred Hill. The La Grande man said it's the selection of a viewpoint that presents the image in the most powerful manner that separates the photographer from the snapshooter. Hill is having his first one-man show. An opening reception for Fred Hill: Soldier, Artist, Native Son will run fiom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Art Center at the Old Library, 1006 Penn Ave., La Grande. At 6:30 p.m., Hill will talk about his life. He will chat about using photographytocapture crucial intelligence during World War II and what it was like working with famous photographer Ansel Adams. He will also cover what it was like growing up in the Grande Ronde Valley in the 1920s. Re&eshments will be provided. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The show will be up through Feb. 22. Hill will have around 60 prints

displayed. "Photography teaches you to see," Hill said.'You become aware of patt erns,juxtapositions of shapes, darks and lights, near and

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Before stoplights, La Grande police provided traffic control. faritems.It'seasy forsomebody to say,'Oh, that's just a photograph.' A painter can leave out a telephone pole, but as a photographer you're stuck with it. You have to see the possibilities and know where to shoot &om to present the picture in the best way." When it comes to cameras, Hill is old school. He has not moved on to digitals but still loves the world of film and darkrooms. He works mostly with five cameras: a 35 millimeter, a 2-V4 by 2-3/4, a 2-V4 by

4,a4by5anda5by7. Hill was raised in the Elgin area and as a high school student set up shop and had the first overnight processingstorein thearea. "I'd develop 20 rolls at a time," he said."Rent was $3 a month including water." Hill had been introduced to

photography by his mother, Etha iHul5nanl Hill, who taught him to do his own processing. But he really caught the photography bug as a14-year-old on avisittoGarth Westenskow's little cellar darkroom in Imbler. "Seeing the prints come to life in the darkroom trays really turns you on to photography," Hill said. Hill served in the military in the South Pacific, &om which his book"Darkroom Soldier" was inspired. When reconnaissance planes returned &om missions, Hill as lab chief and his stafF would work &om 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. printing pictures. The rolls of film were 200 feetlong and 10inches wide. The photographers had &ee use ofthewaste,called tag ends,and spent many days shooting photos ofnativevillages,beaches and

mechanics working on planes. "Those tag ends would give us 20 exposures of postcard-size negatives," Hill said."It was a gold mine, and gave us lots of chances to work on our photo skills." Later, Hill attended the California School of Fine Arts, where Ansel Adams was teaching. When Adams moved on and Minor White took over the school, Hill found the curriculum changed &om making a living to having a hobby. With a growingfamily,he knew he needed to fi nd awa y to provide forthem. Soon, Hill found a job in the Bay Area with Lucky Stores, where he ran a printing press. He'd also shootexecutiveportraitsand product shots and print forms, coupons and flyers. After a 38-V2-year career, Hill returned to La Grande to live in

Now, after a quarter century of retirement, Hill is optimistic about the future. "My driver's license is good until 2020, and I plan to use it up,"he said."Same with the 70,000-mile tires on my car. I've had'em two yearsand driveabout 100 milesa month on them." Over the years, Hill has donated many pictures to the Pierce Library at Eastern Oregon University from his own collection and those of others he has had the pleasureto reprint. He has also used his basement darkroom to print many photos for people around town. Hill said he is excited to have his first one-man show and hopes a lot of people come down to the Art Center to have a peek.

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Joseph, 541-432-7000 • Valley Bronze Gallery, 18 S. Main St., Joseph, 541-432-7445

• Stage Door Theater, 1010 AdamsAve., La Grande BJStubborn Mule Saloon 8t Steakhouse, 104 S. Main St., Joseph, 541-432-6853 • Ten Depot Street, La To Milton-Freewa e G rande, 541-963-8766 • Terminal Gravity, 803 SchooI St., Enterprise, 541-426-0158

• Barley Brown's Brewpub, 2190 Main St., 541-523-4266 • Bear Mountain Pizza Co., 2104 Island Ave., La Grande, 541-963-2327 • Bud Jacksons Sportsmans Bar and Grill, 2209 AdamsAve., La Grande, 541-962-7858 • Corner Brick Bar and Grill, 1840 Main St., Baker City, 541-523-6099. • Earth 8t Vine, 2001 Washington Ave., Baker City, 541-523-1687 T Ukiah • Geiser Grand Hotel, 1996 Main St., Baker City, 541-523-1889 • Joe Bean's, 1009 AdamsAve., La Grande, 541-624-5600 • Lear's Main Street Pub 8t Grill, 111W. Main St., Enterprise • LG Brewskis, 267 S. Main St., Union, 541-562-6286 • Outlaw Restaurant 8t Saloon, 108 N. Main St., Joseph, 541-432-4321 • Paizano's Pizza, 2940 10th St., Baker City, 541-524-1000 / To John Day • Short Stop Frozen Yogurt and Espresso Shop, 12th Street and Gekeler Lane, La Grande, 541-963-2121.

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1WEDIIESDA V • Bingo:doors open at 5 p.m., early-bird games at 6, regular games at 7;VFW HighValley Post 4060, 518 N. Main St., Union. • Bingo:hosted by Elgin Lions; 6:30 p.m.; Elgin Community Center, 260 N. 10th Ave. • First Wednesday Concert: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Joe Beans, 1009 Adams Ave., La Grande. • Live Music by Blue Mountaineers:Free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

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I THDRSDA V • Big Read 1015 Fiesta Kick-off: "Into the Beautiful North" by Luis Alberto Urrea; free; 6-8 p.m.; Joseph Community Center, 102 E. First St. • Bingo:cash only; 6:30-9 p.m.; La Grande American Legion Post 43,301 Fir St. • La Grande Library Storytime: free; 11:15 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St.. • Live music:Staci Collins Band; 8-10 p.m.;Ten Depot Street, La Grande.

9FRIDAV • Baby Tot Bop Story Circle: ages 0-3; free; 10:30 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande. • Book event: Shannon Sullivan presents her book"Days of Travel" that chronicles her family's pioneer and ranching life in Idaho and Eastern Oregon; 5 p.m.; Vision Wealth Management, 1839Second St., Baker City.

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• Bingo: $1 per card; 6:30 p.m.; Rockwall Grange Hall, 71562 Middle Road, Elgin. • Carving a Soap Flower: Class for kids ages 8 and older; instructor is Dick Kirby. Many young carvers start carving soap with plastic or wooden tools. This class will use sharp tools (metal) to create even more intricate designs; $25 members, $50 nonmembers; 10 a.m.-noon; Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City; 541-523-5369. • EOU Visual Arts Faculty Art Show Opening:Free; 6-8 p.m.; Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall, EOU, La Grande. • Fishtrap Fireside:hear new work by local writers. This month's event features readings by Jon Rombach, Cameron Scott and Amy Zahm; 7-9 p.m.; Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St., Enterprise.

• Fred Hill:Soldier, Artist, Native Son: One-man photo show; 6-8 p.m.; Art Center at the Old Library, 1006 Penn Ave., La Grande. • Live music:Down North; $4; 9 p.m.1 a.m.; Bud Jackson's Sportsmans Bar 5. Grill, 2209 Adams Ave., La Grande. • Pinochle Social Club:7 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. • Young Artist Studio:For ages 10 and older; instructor is Paul Hoelscher. Media include acrylic, oil, and watercolor paint, soft and oil pastels, charcoal, graphite, conte, colored pencil, and clay sculpture; $15 per session or

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1$SATDR DAV • Adult Open Studio:For ages 18 and older; instructor is Paul

Hoelscher. The goal of this class is to offer an ongoing studio opportunity for people interested in any art medium or technique. Join any time; $15 per session or $50 for four; 1-3 p.m.; Crossroads Carnegie Art Center,2020Auburn Ave., Baker City; 541-523-5369. • Bingo:7 p.m.; Odd Fellows Hall, Summerville. • Community Dance:Features House Blend live string band and dance caller Mark Lewis. Sponsored by Elkhorn Swingers Square and Round Dance Club; $5 or $2.50 for Crossroads members; 7-9 p.m.; Crossroads Carnegie Alt Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City; 541-523-5369.

• Live music:Down North; $4; 9 p.m.-1 a.m.; Bud Jackson's Spoltsmans Bar BtGrill, 2209 Adams Ave., La Grande. • TunesmithNight:doorsopen at 6; $10 at the door; 7-10 p.m.; Lear's Main Street Pub BtGrill,111W. Main St., Enterprise.

11SDRD AV • Open Mic & Potluck Night at the Josephy Center:potluck dishes encouraged; 4-6 p.m.; Josephy Center for Arts Bt Culture, 403 N. Main St., Joseph. • Elkhorn Classic Race:At Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort;

• Beginner Woodcarving for Adults:Always wanted to learn the art of traditional wood carving? This fun and easy class will teach you how to carve with basic tools; $40 members, $55 nonmembers; 6-8 p.m.; Crossroads CarnegieArt Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City; 541-523-5369. • Bridge:1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. • Live Music by Dennis Winn: Free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. • Open Painting and Drawing Studio:Independent work time open to members of Crossroads; $5 per month; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Crossroads CarnegieArt Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City; 541-523-5369. • Union County Children's Choir:4:30-5:45 p.m.; Loso Hall, Room 123, EOU, LaGrande.

V 13TDEsDA • Bingo:6:30 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. • Brown Bag Lunch:Free; bring your own lunch; noon; Josephy Center for Arts Bt Culture, 403 N. Main St., Joseph. • International Folk Dance Workshop:group dancing from a variety of cultures, no experience necessary; free, donations accepted; 7:30-9 p.m.; Art Center

at the Old Library, 1006 PennAve., La Grande. • Live music:J.D. Kendal; 8-10 p.m.;Ten Depot Street, La Grande. • Live Music by Blue Mountaineers:Free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. • PageTurners Book Club:Free;1 p.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande. • Pinochle:1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande. • Union Library Storytime:10 a.m.; Union Carnegie Library,182 N. Main St. • Union Senior Meal:noon; Union United Methodist Church.

14WEDHE SDAV • Bingo:doors open at 5 p.m., early-bird games at 6, regular games at 7;;VFW High Valley Post 4060, 518 N. Main St., Union. • Bingo:hosted by Elgin Lions; 6:30 p.m.; Elgin Community Center, 260 N. 10th Ave.. • Gallery talk:EOU visual arts faculty; free; 5-7 p.m.; Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall, EOU, La Grande. • Live Music by Blue Mountaineers:Free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande.

ITHDRSDAV • Bingo:cash only; 6:30-9 p.m.; La Grande American Legion Post 43,301 Fir St.. • La Grande Library Storytime: 11:15 a.m.; free; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St. • Live music:Bag of Hammers; 8-10 p.m.;Ten Depot Street, La Grande.

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• Eagle Cap ExcursionTrain, www.eaglecaptrainrides. com,tickets:800-323-7330 • Elgin Opera House, 104 N. Eighth St., Elgin, 541-663-6324, www. elginoperahouse.com • Eltrym Theater, 1809 First St., Baker City. www. eltrym.com • Geiser Grand Hotel, 1995 Main St., Baker City, 541523-1889. Tours offered at 3:30 p.m. Saturdays for $2. • Hot Lake Springs,66172 Ore. Highway 203, La Grande, 541-963-4685, www.hotlakesprings.com • Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, 59116 Pierce Road, La Grande, 541-963-4954 • National Historic Oregon Trail lnterpretive Center, 22267 Oregon Highway 86, Baker City, 541-523-1843 • Oregon Trail lnterpretive Park at Blue Mountain Crossing, 1-84 exit 248, west of La Grande, 509-963-7186 • Sumpter Valley Railroad, 12259 Huckleberry Loop Road, Baker City, 866-894-2268 • Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area, Sumpter, 541-894-2486 • Wallowa Lake Tramway,

2480 Grove St., Baker City, 541-523-9308. Closed for the season. • Eastern Oregon Fire Museum, La Grande, by appointment only, 541-963-3123 • Eastern Oregon Museum, 610Third St., Haines. Open Thursday-Sunday. • Union County Museum, 333 S. Main St., Union, 541-562-6003. Closed until Mother's Day 2015. • Wallowa County Museum, 110 Main St., Joseph, 541-432-6095

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Art Center at the Old Library, La Grande. See the "Art Galleries" listing for details.

59919Wallowa Lake Hwy., Joseph, 541-432-5331 • • Alpine Meadows Golf Course, Enterprise, 541-426-3246, www.alpine meadowsgolfcourse. com • Anthony Lake Recreation Area, 47500 Anthony Lake Highway, North Powder, 541-856-3277 • Buffalo Peak Golf Course,

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Union, 541-562-5527, 866-202-5950, www. buffal opeakgolf.com Forest CoveWarm Springs Pool, Cove, 541-568-4890 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, 541-523-6391 La Grande Country Club golf course, 541-963-4241, www.lagrandecountry club.com. La Grande SK8 Park, Oak

and Palmer, 541-962-1352 www.skispoutsprings. • Meacham Divide Nordic Ski com, 541-566-0327 Area, west of La Grande • Veterans Memorial Pool, • Mount Emily Recreation 401 Palmer St., La Grande, Area, www.union-county. 541-962-1347 org. • Quail Ridge Golf Course, 2801 Indiana Ave., Baker • Adler House Museum, City, 541-523-2358 2305 Main St., Baker City; • Sam-0 Swim Center, closed for the season but 580 Baker St., Baker City, open by appointment; 541541-523-9622 523-9308 • Spout Springs Ski Area, • Baker Heritage Museum,

• Art Center at the Old Library, 1006 Penn Ave., La Grande, 541-624-2800 • Aspen Grove Gallery, 602 N. Main St., Joseph, 541-432-9555 • Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020Auburn Ave., Baker City, 541-523-5369 • Da ncing E lepha nt Gallery, 1788 Main St., Baker City; www. dancingelephantgallery. com. • Fire Works Pottery Studio 8t Gallery, 62378 Hurricane Creek Road, Joseph, 541-432-0445 • Gene Hayes Gallery of

Call or email us with updates to this guide • Baker County: 541-523-3673, events@bakercityherald e Union and Wallowa counties: 541-963-3161, events@lagrandeobservercom

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Concertcoming to The Hideout 3an. 16 • What: 2015 Big Read kick off • When:6p.m .to 8 p.m .Thursday • Where:Joseph Community Center • Details: Free and open to the public Submitted to Go! magazine

Come and take a swing at thepinata as Fishtrap kicksoff the 2015 Big Read with a fiesta celebrationofLuisAlberto Urrea's novel, "Into the Beautiful North." The event is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Joseph Community Center and is free and open to the public. Enjoy traditional Mexican games, music, activities and Fishtrap staff's interactive introduction to the novel. El Bajio will prepare a special menu of Mexican dishes available for sale plus people can take home a one of a limited number of free copies of "Into the Beautiful North." ''We encourage people to bring the whole family, from grandparents to kids. There will be plenty of fun for everyone," said Fishtrap's Ann Powers. "Into the Beautiful North" is the

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Take a swing at a pinata as Fishtrap kicks off Big ReadThursday. story of a group of young people from a small town in southern Mexico who go on a quest to save their town from banditos. Urrea explores, with compassion and humor, the micro-cultures within the borderworld,from theresidents of the Tijuana garbage dump to the upscale neighborhoods of San Di-

ego,and revealsthatthe distance between them is not as great as one might initially imagine. For younger readers, Fishtrap offers two companion books, "Crossing the Wire" by Will Hobbs and "Esperanza Rising" by Pam Munoz Ryan. "It's a greatadventure story and

veryrelevant given alltheborder crossing and immigration debates happening today," Powers said. Over the next four weeks, the Big Read will continue. Events will include a performance by Portland's Milagro Theater, a special guest lecture on U.S.-Mexican border history by professor Aaron Bobrow-Strain, movie screenings and a Big Finale Feb. 8 with author, Luis Alberto Urrea. Go to Fishtrap.org for a full schedule of events and to learn more about"Into the Beautiful North." The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to revitalize the role ofliterature in American culture and toencourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. Fishtrap is one of 77 not-for-profit organizationsto receivea grantto host a Big Read project between September 2014 and June 2015. The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with Arts Midwest. For more information, or to make a donation to the Big Read, contact Fishtrap Program Manager Mike Midlo at mike@ fishtrap.org.

Astoria power poppers Holiday Friends will be joined by La Grande groups Catskills and The Family James for a concert at 9 p.m. Jan. 16 at The Hideout, 219 Fir St., La Grande.

BlueMountaineers play at senior center The BlueMountaineers perform from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesdays andWednesdays throughout January at the Union County Senior Center, 1504Albany St., La Grande.

Old-time community dance set 3an. 17 An old-time community dance featuring squares, circles, reels, contras,waltzesand polkas with a live string band and caller will take place from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Odd Fellows Hall in Enterprise. Beginners are welcome. All dances will be taught, and no partner or special clothing is required.

Admission is$5 perperson, $10 per family. Children younger than 12 get in for free.

Wallowa Coun writers read, share their work Friday • What: Fishtrap Fireside • When:7 p.m .to 9 p.m .Friday • Where: Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St., Enterprise • Details: Free and open to the public Submitted to Go! magazine

Fishtrap Fireside is a monthly event for Wallowa County writers to read and share their work. This month's event features

readings by Jon Rombach, Cameron Scott and Amy Zahm. An open mic reading follows where audience members have a chance to getup and share their stories, too. FishtrapFiresidetakes place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. the second Friday of every month October through April at the Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St. in Enterprise. The community is encouraged to attend these events, enjoy light refreshments and hear new

work by localwritersbeside a crackling fire. Here's more on this month's featuredwriters. Rombach rambled on and on the first time he read something in public at a Summer Fishtrap open mic16 years ago.He still feelsbad about itand promises never to do that again. He writes columns for the Chieftain that ramble on and on. Scott received a master in fine artsdegree in poetry from the

University of Arizona. His work has most recently appeared in Silk Road, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Clerestory, The Fly Fish Journal and the Watershed Review. He has been a writer-in-residence/teacher for both Fishtrap and Chiloquin Visions in Progress and alsoattended residencies through the Colorado Art Ranch and Playa. He spends his summers as a fly fishing guide at Taylor Creek Fly Shop in Basalt,

Colo., where his clients like to talk about ranches so big they can only get half way across them in a day. Zahm is a Wallowa County native. After severalyears venturing about the American West, she returned home to practice acupuncture, ride horses and revel in the wild beauty of her mountain home. She is currently pursuing a master in fine arts in creative writing through Eastern Oregon University.

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The Wallowa Valley Music Alliance kicks off the new year with another edition of the popular monthly songwriter showcase, Tunesmith Night, Saturday at Lear's Main Street Grill, 111 W. Main St., Enterprise. This month features An American Forrest, Bre Paletta and Justin Bennett. An American Forrest has in the last three years called Adna, Wash., Moscow, Idaho, and Pecos, N.M., home, released two EPs and toured most of the length of the

continental divide. Forrest's fictional Western Americana is populated by sensory-t riggered memories, heroic women, roses, conifers and bleak optimism. Paletta and Bennett are Portland-basedsinger/songwriters making thought-provoking music about the human experience. As the duo 'The Sale," their unique blend of intertwining voices and layersofacousticguitars create a beautiful and intricate sound. Their songwriting is poignant,

with piercing honesty and bittersweet reflection. Paletta's and Bennett's songs speak to the joy and pains of everyday life that can't be captured in everyday expression. Tunesmith Night is presented in a round-robin format. Each musician plays a song, then the next takes a turn, creating an interesting and varied performance. Admission is$10 atthedooror by season pass. Doors open at 6 p.m., music starts at 7 p.m. and all ages are welcome.

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Live music coming to Ten Depot Street The Staci Collins Band performs Thursday and J.D. Kendal performs Tuesday at Ten Depot Street in La Grande. The music runs trom 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is tree.

Staci Collins and band performs at Bud's Staci Collins performs live at 8 p.m. tonight at Bud Jackson's Sportsman's Bar & Grill, 2209 Adams Ave., La Grande, with Mitko Rhynotf on drums, Brandon Hiller on bass guitar and Marshall Turner on lead guitar. Admission to this acoustic night

with Collins is tree.

Down North returns to Bud's for two shows Work off the holiday feasting on the dance floor. Down North returns to Bud Jackson's Sportsman's Bar and Grill, 2209 Adams Ave., for two nights, trom 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jan.

9 and 10. Admission is $4.

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RoundhouseReadingSeries gears upfor bigger andbetter 2015 Bywill Bowman For Go! magazine

When you walk in, shelves and shelves of books — Twain, Jung, Jacques, London, Tolstoy, Allison, Hemingway, and these are just a few — the smell of new books and tresh-brewedcoffeefrom upstairs, soft music, brick spots exposed on the walls, and, toward the back, a line of chairs and a podium. The author reading makes a joke, the audience softly laughs. This is Looking Glass Books, 1118 Adams Ave. in La Grande, on nights of the Roundhouse Readings. The series is attended by Eastern Oregon University professors, students, book enthusiasts and just regular La Grande citizens, all with one thing in common: a dedication to celebrating language, writing and gathering with others who share these loves. And now, said Nancy Knowles, EOU English professor and co-founder of the series, with the 2015 series coming soon, the founders and attendees are just as dedicated to building a literary community in La Grande as ever before.

Knowles and David Memmott, he said."It's important to really localauthor and editorofW ordenhance a sense of audience. And craft of Oregon, began bringing Iseethisreading asa good way of, authors to La Grande with the not just building an audience Blue Mountain Writers years ago. for one person, but a writing However, few if none of the writers community." were paid for their visits. Memmott said both solitude ''We'd never been able to pay and community are essential for anybody anything," he said. Their writers. "It's like breathing," he said. goal, he said, was to get funding to 'You inhale, you hold in, but you pay authors even a small amount can't live there; you exhale, you fortheirreadings. Then the Cook Memorial join and you become part of a Library, the Eastern Oregon Word community." ''When writers are young, they Roundup andthe Oregon Cultural Coalition awarded them startup think it's purely self-expression," Madden said."And I think that's grants to pay their authors. The Roundhouse Reading Series one of the benefits of a literbegan. Today, as many as 30 some ary community. No matter how livid or informal it is, it's that, you people attend monthly readings they sponsor at Looking Glass know, you begin to realize that's Books, their new venue. not necessarily true." All readings feature an open Rather than writing completely mic and catering by Jax Dog cafe. "original," Knowles added, a writer Tom Madden, the "gray-bearded shouldstrive to be a partofand adviser" ofthe reading series, add to their literary heritage. "It's a way of communicating saidthe reading series'primary with others and sharing a lived purposes is to build literary community essential for writers and experience with others," she said, "making a package out of it in an readers alike. "I like to use my writing to artistic way and carrying forward enhance a sense of connectivity," a legacy of centuries ofliterate

The 2015 series will begin later this month with a memorial reading for William Stafford, Carolyn Kizer, Vern Rutsala, and Richard Hugo. Attendees are encouraged to bring and read work trom these authors. The date is to be determined. Alsotentatively slated for2015 arePeterSears,poetlaureate of Oregon,and Kathleen Flenniken, former poet laureate of Washington. Also, Memmott hopes to increase connection with the new Masters in Fine Arts and EOU as a whole. "I think of the university as

a generatorofyoung creatives," Memmott said."Part of what keeps us alive as a community is that the university keeps generating these young creatives who come into the community with new ideas and a desire to make it in someforofarts." 'To seeitasliving and breathingand as arich partofeveryday lives," Knowles said on literature. "Students need to see that."

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The Nightingale Gallery marks the New Year with an exhibition of works by EOU's accomplished and internationally recognized visual arts faculty. The exhibit gives an in-depth lookattherecent studio practices of professors Peter C. Johnson, Susan Murrell, Cory Peeke and Michael Sell. These four dedicated artists and educators have worked together to create a dynamic exhibition that serves as an example of the excellence and cooperation that defines the university's art program. An opening reception is plannedfrom 6 p.m. to 8 p.m . Friday in the gallery in Loso Hall. In conjunction with the exhibit, faculty will present a gallery talk from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Jan. 14in Nightingale. Both events are free and open to the public. Johnson is presenting his most recent sculptural ceramic work, which explores both structural and material transformation. He uses the kiln as a vehicle for deconstructi on.The porcelain grid systems in his sculptures begin as digi talrenderings and are meticulously fabricated by hand. These structures become the architecture over which to stretch a fluid skin that is allowed to warp or collapse the structure under the strain of the firing. Johnson's resulting sculptures expose the relationship between soft and hard, the fluidity of a membrane and the moment of intersectionbetween these contrast-

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Michael Sell, from the series Pressley, Montana, 2013-14, archival inkjet print, 16 inches x 20 inches ing elements. They pair labored construction with unpredictability and capturethedeterioration embodiedin theprocess. Murrell's installations and paintings — like geological, biological and cultural forcessimultaneously disintegrate and procreate, organizing themselves into complex systems. Within the contextand tradition ofabstraction, she engages this shift in visual knowledge. Murrell believes technology has fundamentally changed connections to the landscape. The horizonhas defi ned thehuman relationship to the world; now with an expanding perspective, to feel a kinship with microscopic images and aerial views of planets Similarly, the clean lines of grids, maps and charts have become cultural shorthand for quantifying, organizing and even designating ownership of new information. Peeke collects remnant imagery: the largely ignored and seemingly inconsequential bits of ephemera that once had a purpose,stillhavea presence,butare

idle in disuse. He combines, layers, glues, tapes and re-contextualizes thesebitsand piecesofdetritusin order to reincarnate and recharge them. Through the process of collage, these snippets of the past combine to become something both fresh and familiar. Peeke's most recent works explore the duality that is thetransient,disposable nature of culture, as well as the need to create tradition and cultural continuity through the lens of the book and higher education. Sell's most recent work is drivenby hisobservation ofa continued scattering and the belief that when technology is meant to simplify life and it doesn't, what is left are not memories and hopes but information. Life is scattered, the artworld isscattered and

everything needs organizing. Sell leaves behind the tradition of photography as simply an image within a frame and instead categorizesseparate ideas w ithin an overarching bureaucratic structure. He examines the constructionofa system ofcategories, ideas and concepts, which leaves viewers examining the structure of not just his individual images, but that of the gallery and art world as a whole. For more information on each artist and their work, visit the EOU art program faculty website at www.eou.edu/art/faculty. See the show through Jan. 30 between 11 a.m. and 4 p.mn M onday through Friday.Form ore information, go to www.eou.edu/ art or like Nightingale Gallery on Facebook.

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