Go Magazine 2-11-15 by NorthEast Oregon News

THE WEEKLYARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE OF NORTHEAST OREGON

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The Frostbite Festival returns to the OKTheatre, 208 W. Main St., Enterprise, Thursday featuring a screening of the 2014 Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival. Doors open at 6 p.m. and movies start around 7 p.m. Entrance to the Frostbite Festi-

val is $8 for adults and $4 for kids 12 and younger. Now in its 10th year, the Backcountry Film Festival celebrates the human-powered winter experience through film. The festival aims to entertain while helping raise funds and awareness for Winter Wildlands and like-minded partners.

The Wallowa Valley Ice Rink, Ferguson Ridge Ski Area, Wallowa County Nordic Club and the Wallowa Avalanche Center all benefit from theFrostbite'sproceeds. The Backcountry Film Festival premieres in Boise and then travelstomore than 100 locations. Along the way, the Backcountry Film Festival will be viewed by more than 20,000 outdoor enthusiastsand raise more than $110,000 each year. The festival Thursday includes films, raffles, auction items, food and beer. Watch the 2014 Backcountry Film Festival trailer at http:/ /vimeo.com/109084523. For more information, call Paul Arentsen at 541-263-1326.

Offbeat story takes stage "The Sugar Bean Sisters" is a story of romance, murder and alien abuduction that debuts this weekend On the cover: Kathleen Martin, left, and Gloria Kandle star in The Sugar Bean Sisters, which opens Friday for a two-weekend run at the lron Gate Theatre in Baker City.

Ringmaster takes bow Ex-La Grande Mayor Daniel Pokorney is the ringmaster when the sixth annual Marian Academy Mystery Dinner Theater takes place Friday and Saturday in La Grande. The show, Ringding Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, is the biggest fundrasier of the year for the academy.

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Crackling writing Fishtrap Fireside will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m Friday at Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St., Enterprise. The monthly event showcases Wallowa County writers reading and sharing their work.

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Gregory Rawlins shifts the second annual Coffee Shop Concert Series into high gear Monday in La Grande. Rawlins performs alternatively bestial truck stop folk.

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Music runs in the family for McKenzie Lindsey. Campbell • Davis, Rodd Ambroson and Lindsey will be featured as part of Tunesmith Night on Valentine's Day and Oregon's birthday, www.gonortheastoregon.com Feb. 14, at Lear's Main Street Grill in Enterprise.

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Box of Candy Open for dinner: Mon - Wed - Thurs - Fri at 4:30 PM .' CIINIrf Sun. - 12:30 PM. • Closed Tuesday Open by reservation for private parties. 10 miles north of Baker City on Hwy 30 In Haines, Oregon NG/ 541-856-3639 • www.hainessteakhouse.com

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Editor: Jeff Petersen, jpetersen@lagrandeobserver.com Baker County: Lisa Britton, Ibritton@bakercityherald.com Wallowa County: Katy Nesbitt, knesbitt@lagrandeobserver.com

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Romance, murder, aliens in 'The Sugar Bean Sisters' three sisters — Faye Clementine Nettles iplayed by Jorja Culleyl, Willie Mae Nettles iJennifer Button) and Miss Vi-

• What:The Sugar Bean Sisters • When:7 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Then again7 p.m. Feb. 20and 21 and 3 p.m. Feb. 22 • Where: Iron Gate Theatre, upstairs in Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City • Details: $12 or $10 EORT members. Tickets on sale at Betty's Books and at the door. • Contact: www.bakerlivetheatre. com

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The play, says director Scot Violette, is one of the funniest he's seen in a long time. "The Sugar Bean Sisters" is "an offbeat story of romance, murder and alien abduction." Lynne Burroughs, one of the founders of Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre in Baker City, got the play five years ago but couldn't convince anyone to direct it. "When she showed it to people, they'd say 'Man, I'd have to build that set.' When I saw it, I said "I have to build that set!" Violettesays. And Violette did — building a

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Gloria Kandle, left, plays MissVidellia Sparks and Jorja Culley, right, plays Faye Clementine Nettles in "The Sugar Bean Sisters," which opens Friday in Baker City. shack that belongs in a Florida swamp, surrounded by water ireal water!) and an alligator

inot real). "The Sugar Bean Sisters" opens Friday for a two-weekend

run — Feb. 13-15 and Feb. 20-22. Tickets are $12 or $10 for Shows are at 7 p.m. Fridays EORT members, and on sale at Betty's Books and at the door. and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays at the Iron Gate Theater, This production is rated PGlocated upstairs in Basche-Sage 13. Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City. The play revolves around

'WagonsHo'exhibit opensat Trai Center The opening of an interactive exhibit for families will kick off Presidents Day weekend at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. The weekend includes free admission on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. aWagons Ho! An Interactive Oregon Trail Experience" opens Thursday, Feb. 12 and will run through July 6. The exhibit is designed for families and younger

visitors with plenty ofhands-on learning games and activities, including a full-scale packable wagon, pioneer clothing, a"wagon wheel of fortune" game and wildlife activities. Starting Feb. 12 the Trail Center changes to a spring schedule and will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The main exhibits and Gift Shop have been refurbished.

Living history programs will be offered at 11 a.m. through the weekend with"An Evening Chat" Feb. 12, "Packing for the Journey" Feb. 13, "A Visit with Joe Meek" Feb. 14, and "Horse Sense" Feb. 15. The Trail Center is located five miles east of Baker City on Highway 86. Take Exit 302 from I-84. Call541-523-1843 for updates or go to www.blm.gov/or/oregontraiV

Faye claims she was abducted by aliens 20 years ago and is waiting for them to come back. Miss Videllia faked her death and ran away to be a nightclub singer in New Orleans. Willie Mae wants to marry a Mormon bishop. The "murder" part comes in because Miss Videllia needs $20,000 to pay a voodoo woman to lif ta curse,and itjustso happens that Willie Mae inherited a fortune and has buried it on the property. Faye and Miss Videllia hatch a plan to kill her and get the money. But nothing goes right for these sisters, and the return of Miss Videllia sets off a chain of events that no one could predict. In additionto the sisters,the cast includes Kathleen Martin as The Reptile Woman, Jeremy Martin as The Bishop Crumley, Kathrym Gross as director's assistant, Jean Simpson Geddes for props and Lynne Proudfoot as set artist.

Celebrate Oregon's birthday The Baker County Historical Society will host a free Oregon Statehood Day Celebration Saturday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. at Baker Heritage Museum, 2480 Grove St. Lillian and Dave Densley willprovidethe program about Governor Joseph Gale, the first of a triumvirate of territorial governors of Oregon. Joseph Gale, a man involved in many ventures during the westward movement,

became a political power. His venturestook him up and down the west coast, but he ultimately settled in the New Bridge area near Richland, where he is now buried. The Densleys have written a book about Governor Gale and his Native American wife and children. After the program, the Historical Society will serve Oregon Birthday Cake, cookies, truffles, punch and coffee.

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x-ma or a srin maser • What: Mystery dinner theater • When:6p.m .Friday and Saturday • Where: Our Lady of the Valley parish hall, 1002 LAve., La Grande • Details:Admission is $35. For tickets, call Gloria at 541-963-7341, ext. 3.

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Former La Grande Mayor Daniel Pokorney may have retired from political theater. But he is still heavily involved in another kind of theater. Pokorney is playing the ringmaster, Bing Ringding, dressed in tux, top hat and shiny vest, in the sixth annual Marian Academy Mystery Dinner Theater Friday and Saturday. The show, Ringding Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, is for adults only with a no-host wine, beer and soft drinks. Happy hour starts at 6 p.m. at the Our Lady of the Valley parish hall, 1002 L Ave., La Grande. Dinner follows at 6:30 p.m. with a choice of prime rib or chicken cordon bleu and side dishes, with the show to follow. Admission is $35. For tickets and more information, call Gloria at 541-963-7341, ext. 3. The play is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Marian Academy and usually sells out. "For four years we've sold out both nights, and we have room for 100 people," Pokorney said. Guests sit eight people to a table. Each table has a packet, and together, as they watch the show unfold, they try to figure out who

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That first year, in a Mardi Grasthemed production, Pokorney played Buddy Daniels, the mayor of New Orleans who was running for re-election. Better yet, the mayor in real life was that year's fictional"victim." Performing in theater is nothing new for Pokorney.Growing up in Ravenna, a town of about 1,300 people in south-central Nebraska, he acted in all the high school plays and was heavilyinvolved in extemporaneous speaking. Pokorney emphasizes this is not like one of the polished shows put on at Eastern Oregon University. "Mostofus— thereare 18 peoplein thecastthisyear— are professionals but in other things besidesacting,"he said.'%e'rejust regularfolk having agood tim e." Three churches — Our Lady of the Valley, the First Presbyterian Church and the Church of the didthe dastardly deed. Nazarene — help put on the show. 'The first few years I didn't act Graham Hicks will perform on in the play but sliced the prime rib," the keyboards accompanying the Pokorney said.'Then Zee Koza (who show with musical interludes and has written the humorous script circus music. for the show each year) said,'I'm This year's script, which features tired of watching you slice prime rib. a lot of tongue in cheek and puns, You're going to be in the play."' stars, among others, the ringIt wasn't too much of a stretch. master along with his wife, Ming

Ringding, their Siamese twin sons, Barnum and Bailey, and a sword swallower, Tom Silectomy. 'Thereisa lotofaudience participation," Pokorney said."Several times during the show we wander out amongst the audience. When Barnum and Bailey say something, I tell them they can't talk about this. It's secrets of the circus. You boysneed toinvestigate." When Koza asked Pokorney to play the ringmaster, he was all in. 'Years ago, I went to a real Barnum and Bailey Circus in Portland, and remember what a showman the ringmaster was," he said. The Marian Academy was started in 2008 and now has 36 students ranging in age from preschoolto eighth grade. "The majority of students are not Catholic," Pokorney said."It is a truly ecumenical school that specializes in differentiated learning. The kids go at their own pace. It has a national cirriculum approved by the Baker Diocese." Pokorney is looking forward to his moment in the spotlight. '%e have a lot of fun with the show," Pokorney said,"and it's a greatsupportforourlocal academy."

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The Roundhouse Reading Series kicks off February with memoriam open mics to celebratethe lifeand works oftwo important Northwest poets: Carolyn Kizer and Vern Rutsala. The reading will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at Looking Glass Books, 1118 Adams Ave., La Grande. Anyone wishing to celebrate these important poets, whose work reaches into the heart of the region,areinvited to come share or just to enjoy selections ofsome oftheirfavoritepoems, or toshare personalstoriesabout them. Admission is free. Refreshments, catered by Jax Dog, will be served. Donations tothereading series are encouraged. A sign-up sheet will be available at the front desk at Looking Glass Books. People may also sign up at 6:30 p.m. on the day of the reading. Rutsala was born on Feb. 5, 1934, in McCall, Idaho. He was a contemporary of Staford's and taught at Lewis & Clark College for 40 years. He wrote both verse and prose poems and is the author of more than a dozen volumes. R.D. Spector in Saturday Review wrote of Rutsala, "For all the casual language, there is a precis ion metaphor: forallthe

quietness, a moving force, and for all the commonplace experiences, a genuine significance.... Rutsala is apoet ofthe veryreal world.... It is not merely authenticity and wisdom that speak out." "The Moment's Equation" (2003l was a finalist for the National Book Award. He died on April 2, 2014, in Portland. Melanie Rehak of the New York Times described Kizer as "a feminist practically before the term existed, and she has consistently spoken out against injustice both in her work and in her life." Kizer's work has received acclaim"for its intellectual rigor, formal mastery and willingness to engage with political realities. She was the first literary director of the National Endowment of the Arts and a co-founder of Poetry Northwest. Her collection,'Yin: New Poems" (1984l won the Pulitzer Prize. Kizer died in Sonoma, California, on Oct. 9, 2014. The Roundhouse Reading Seriesism ade possible by grants from the Maxine Cook Memorial Library, Libraries of Eastern Oregon and private donations.

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g WEDHES DAV • 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.. • Bingo Night:supports fairground improvement; 6-8 p.m.; Cloverleaf Hall, 600 NW First St., Wallowa County Fairgrounds, Enterprise.

QTDDDSDaV • Bingo:cash only; 6:30-9 p.m.; La Grande American Legion Post 43, 301 Fir St.. • Frostbite Fundraiser:featuring Backcountry film festival, auction Bc raffle; $8, $4 ages 12Bcyounger; 6 p.m.; OKTheatre, 208W. Main St., Enterprise. • La Grande Library Storytime: free; 11:15 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St.. • Live Music by Jimmy Lloyd Rea:free; 8-10 p.m.; TenDepot Street, La Grande.

]3FDiDaV • Storytime:10 a.m., Baker County Library, 2400 Resort St., Baker City • Baby Tot Bop Story Circle: ages 0-3; free; 10:30 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande. • Bingo:$1 per card; 6:30 p.m.; Rockwall Grange Hall, 71562 Middle Rd., Elgin. • Fishtrap Fireside:7-9 p.m.; Fishtrap House, 400 E.Grant St., Enterprise. • Marian Academy Mystery

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Dinner Theater: featuring Ringding Bros. Barnum Bc Bailey Circus; 5:30 p.m.; Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Sixth Street BcKAvenue, La Grande. • Mystery Dinner Theater Ringding Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus; $35; Happy hour starts at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.; Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Sixth Street BcK Avenue,La Grande. • New Orleans LoveFest:dinner Bc dancing, benefits EOU music scholarships; $50; 5:30 p.m.; Gilbert Center, EOU,1 University Blvd., La Grande. • The Sugar Bean Sisters: An offbeat story of romance, murder and alien abduction; presented by Eastern Oregon RegionalTheatre; 7 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater inside Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City. $12 adults, $10 EORTmembers; tickets at Betty's Books and at the door. Rated PG-13. • Pinochle Social Club:7 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany, 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 $50 for four; 1:45-3:45 p.m.; Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City; 541-5235369. • Live music:KeithTaylor plays ragtime piano,5-6 p.m, Veterans Center, 1901 Main St., Baker City. • Live music:Steph Gordon plays fiddle,7 p.m., Geiser Grand Hotel, 1996 Main St.

g SaTDDD aV • 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. • The Sugar Bean Sisters: An offbeat story of romance, murder and alien abduction; presented by Eastern Oregon RegionalTheatre; 7 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater inside Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City. $12 adults, $10 EORTmembers;

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tickets at Betty's Books and at the door. Rated PG-13. • Bingo:7 p.m.; Odd Fellows Hall, Summerville. • community Valentine,Aos Day dance:featuring the music of ChinookWinds; $5 percouple and $3 per person; event will feature a potluck and door prizes; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany, La Grande. • Marian Academy Mystery Dinner Theater: featuring Ringding Bros. Barnum BcBailey Circus; 5:30 p.m.; Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Sixth Street BcKAvenue, La Grande. • Mystery Dinner Theater: Ringding Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus; $35; Happy hour starts at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at

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6:30 p.m.; Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Sixth Street BcK Avenue,La Grande. • Skate Date fundraiser:The MaridellYouth Club is having a two for the price of one fundraiser; $7 for quads, $8 for inlines; Youth Club members will sell Valentine cupcakes and roses as part of their fundraising event; Maridell Center, 1124Washington Ave., La Grande. • Tunesmith Night:Campbell Davis, Rodd Ambroson and McKenzie Lindsey perform; $10 at door or by season pass; Music starts at 7 p.m.; Lear's Main Street Pub Bc Grill,111W. Main St., Enterprise.

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• The Sugar Bean Sisters: An offbeat story of romance, murder and alien abduction; presented by Eastern Oregon RegionalTheatre; 3 p.m.; Iron Gate Theater inside Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City. $12 adults, $10 EORTmembers; tickets at Betty's Books and at the door. Rated PG-13.

IMDDDaV • Bridge:1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany, La Grande. • Coalition of Union County

Ukeleles Strum Circle:7-8:30 p.m.; Bear Mountain Pizza, 2104 Island Ave., La Grande. • Coffee Shop Concert Series: Greg Rawlins performs; free but tips appreciated; 7 p.m.; Short Stop Xtreme Froyo BrEspresso, 12th Street Br Gekeler, La Grande. • Live Music by Dennis Winn: Free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany, 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; 541523-5369. • Union County Children's Choir:4:30-5:45 p.m.; Loso Hall,

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at the Old Library, 1006 PennAve., La Grande. • Live music:Mardi Gras- Depot Street Syncopators perform; free; 8-10 p.m.; TenDepot Street, 10 Depot St., La Grande. • Live Music by Blue Mountaineers:Free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany, La Grande. • Pinochle:1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany, La Grande. • Union Library Storytime:10 a.m.; Union Carnegie Library,182 N. Main St.. • Union Senior Meal:noon; Union United Methodist Church.

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• Bingo:cash only; 6:30-9 p.m.; La Grande American Legion Post 43, 301 Fir St.. • La Grande Library Storytime: DEC 18 IS "SANTASTORYTIME"; free; 11:15 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St.. • LiveMusic by FineTunes:ALSO 5TH FRIDAY;free; 11 a.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany, La Grande. • Never Miss a Chance to Dance:Learn new dances like the Cha Cha, East Coast Swing,10 step, Waltz and more. First hour is working on the dance steps and the last half hour is practice. The first lesson is free, Powder River Dance Club memberships are available for individuals and couples. No partner necessary; open to all ages; $3 per person; 6:30 p.m.; Baker CityVFW Hall, First Street Br Valley Avenue.

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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, 59919Wallowa Lake Hwy.,

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Looking Glass Books,1118Adams Ave., La Grande 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, Union, 541-562-5527,

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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

• Meacham Divide Nordic Ski com, 541-566-0327 Area, west of La Grande • Veterans Memorial Pool, • Mount Emily Recreation 401 Palmer St., La Grande, 541-962-1347 Area, www.union-county. 0!'g.

• Quail Ridge Golf Course, 2801 Indiana Ave., Baker City, 541-523-2358 • Sam-0 Swim Center, 580 Baker St., Baker City, 541-523-9622 • Spout Springs Ski Area, www.skispoutsprings.

• Adler House Museum, 2305 Main St., Baker City; closed for the season but open by appointment; 541523-9308 • Baker Heritage Museum, 2480 Grove St., Baker City,

541-523-9308. I Eastern Oregon Fire Museum, La Grande, by appointment only, 541-963-3123 I 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

• 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. • Gene Hayes Gallery of Western Art, 301 Donald St., Wallowa, 541-886-3311 • Kelly's Gallery on Main,103 N. Main St., 541-432-3116 • Lakeside Interiors, 305 N. Main St., Joseph, 503-692-5050 and

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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Mardi Gras celebration at Ten Depot Street on Fat Tuesday. Before that at Ten Depot, Dale Tovar plays jazz guitar for Valentine's Day. Baker City bluesman Jimmy Lloyd Rea plays from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday.

m ission is$5 percouple and $3 per person. The event will feature a potluck and door prizes.

A community Valentine's Day dance featuring the music of Syncopaters play for Fat Chinook Winds will run from 6:30p.m.to9:30 p.m. Saturday at Tuesday celebration the Union County Senior Center, The Depot Street Syncopaters 1504Albany St., La Grande. Ad- play from 8 p.m. until late for a

• What: Fishtrap Fireside • When:7 p.m .to 9 p.m .Friday • Where: Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St., Enterprise • Details:Admission is free

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Fishtrap Fireside will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday at Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant Sto Enterprise. Admission is free. The monthly event for Wallowa County writers to read and share their work. This month's event features readings by Lynne Curry, Mary Ellen Emerick and Ralph Swinehart. An open mic reading follows where audience members have a chance to get up and share their stories too. Fishtrap Fireside takes place the secc urry ond Friday of every month October through April. The community is encouraged to attend these events and hear new work by local writers beside a crackling fire. Curry is a professional cook and writer who moved to Joseph from Seattl ein 2001.Asa food journalist, she has written for Fine Cooking, Saveur, the HuKngton Post and Los Angeles Times along with many other newspapers and magazines, and she is the author of the cookbook"Pure Beef." Her narrative essays have appeared in the journal Tin House, online at Zester Daily and Leite's Culinaria and in the collection"Food and Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast." Emerickhas been a fi refi ghter,a

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Ralph Swinehart moved toWallowa County in 1972 as part of the back to the land movement and still lives on a small farm. wilderness ranger and a naturalist in 11 states. She moved to Wallowa County in 2009. Her essays have been published in several magazines and anthologies. In 2010, she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for one ofher essays, and she was a finalist for the High Desert Journal Non-Fiction Prize in 2011. She is working on a novel and a memoir. When she isn't writing, she can be found somewhere in the mountains. Swinehart moved to Wallowa County in 1972 as part of the back to the land movement and still lives on the small farm he started building then. He is currently a semi-reti red engineer,a part-time sheepherder and is working on becoming a full-time luddite. In his spare time, Ralph works on and drives his Model A's and Model T's.

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aw ins ic s o r o e • What: Gregory Rawlins • When:7 p.m. Monday • Where: Short Stop, 12th Street and Gekeler Lane, La Grande • Details: Free with tips appreciated

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The second annual Coffee Shop Concert Series kicks off Monday. The concerts, at 7 p.m. Mondays at the Short Stop, 12th Street and Gekeler Lane in La Grande, run weekly through the end of March, except for March 23. Admission isfree.Tips areencouraged to supporttheartistsand Project Human. Half of the tips will go to the artists, half to Project Human. Greg Rawlins begins the series performing folk American legend music. Other performers in the series

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Gregory Rawlins will kick off the Project Human Coffee Shop Concert Series Monday evening at the Short Stop in La Grande. are Dakota Brown, Lyssa Rose, Brent Smith, Scott Nearing and Hadean Park. The series is presented by Project Human and Grayson Dean, a senior in business administration

and music performance at Eastern Oregon University. "I wanted to connect the town and university together," Dean said."It seems like there's a huge split, and never the two should

um a n series meet, even as if there's some animosity between the two. Without the town, there'd be no university and vice versa. Project Human is trying to achieve common ground." Last year's seven-concert series was a rousing success, Dean said. "Fred Bell iproprieter of Short Stop Market) thought it had worked out great and kept after m e to do itagain." The artists are a mixed bag. Brown is fresh offbeing an "American Idol" contestant during auditions in San Francisco. Rose, an up and coming vocal artist, is a freshman at EOU. Smith, Dean said, is a lawyer by day and a rock star by night. Nearing appeals more to the reggae and ska genres, and Park is known for a voice like that heard from Death Cab for Cutie and a similar playing style. Besides promoting the concert series, Dean isgearing up for a Whisky Barrel Rocker full-length

CD release in June. A CD release partyplanned forJune 13 in La Grande will kick off a coast to coasttour forthe band. The Whiskey Giggles Tour will also feature local comedian Nick Johnson. Besides Dean on vocals, others in the band are Jake Malone on guitar, GriSn Fleming on bass and AndrewWigginton on drums. Whisky Barrel Rocker is a blues, rock, alt rock and folk band with country influences.

Coffee Shop Concert Series SHORT STOP MARKET 12TH STREET AND GEKELER LANE, LA GRANDE. ALL SHOWS START AT 7 P.M. Feb. 16 — Greg Rawlins Feb. 23 — Dakota Brown March 2 — Lyssa Rose March 9 — Brent Smith March 16 — Scott Nearing March 30 — Hadean Park

Go Q8A Musica ourneycontinuesfor LaGrande'truck stopfo k' artist top of my list of importance, is creating a new, poignant song. I write and play every day, working on two, Here is a Q&A. three, four, five songs at a time. The Go: Tell me a little aboutyourself. subject matter of my songs has no GR: I began my musical journey limitation, though predominantly deals with personal experience, just over 10 years ago when Mike Surber and I moved to Seattle and social examinations and a strong formed the folk/rock band Sons of underlying celebration of nature. Guns. As a former Eastern Oregon UniSince2007,I've participated versity student ofcreativewriting, in the release of six full-length my origins are in poetry, and a albums — two by SOG and four as keensenseofpoeticcadence isat a soloi st.Since 2011,Ihave been a the forefront of my compositions. touring musician, performing my To put my music in a few words, I original material across the westresort to entitling it alternatively ern U.S., selling my homemade al- bestial truck stop folk. bums I package out of used cereal Go: What's the biggest thing hapboxesand returning to La Grande pening with you lately? to raise a family and assume the GR: The neatest thing I've done musical director role for the Eastmusically lately? Well, funny ern Oregon Film Festival. you ask, because I'm currently Most of all, though, and at the travelling to a small cabin in Port Gregory Rawlins, a Port Orchard, Washington, native, kicks offthe2015 CoffeeShop Series.

Gamble, Washington, to spend four days with the original 2004-2005 cast of Sons of Guns. We have all remained very close friends and just recently found ourselves residing in the same region. Our intentionisto resurrectsome previously unrecorded songs from about 10 years ago, collaborate on a handful of new songs, and record them during our time there, between kayaking and eating oysters. There has always been a particular synergy with this lineup iMike Surber, Seth Johnson, E.J. Sander and myself), and I couldn't be more excited at this retreat. In other musical endeavors, another band of mine called Catskills ialongside Wayne MarvinCallahan and Andy Steelel hasbeen accepted to the prestigious Treefort Music Festival in Boise, Idaho iMarch 25-29l.

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very welcoming and cordial, and they now have a little beer tap area where one can sit and have a pint, or fill up a growler and go.

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Wl'I performs solo. Lindsey loves song writing. 'The melody imusicl comes to me first," she said.'Then I decide what I want to write about, what I'm feeling most passionate about." A coupleofher favorite songsare "Arsenic," about an ex-boykiend, and"OvertheMoon," aboutbeing in a relationship and"taking me as I am," Lindsey said. Among Lindsey's influences are Regina Spector for her unique lyrics, Norah Jones for love songs that are not cheesy but full of soul and Lana Del Rey for her relatable songs with sex appeal. "She has a raspy voice that's beautiful," Lindsey said.

• What: Tunesmith Night • When: 6 p.m. Saturday • Where: Lear's Main Street Grill, 111W. Main St., Enterprise • Details: Admission is $10 at the door or by season pass. The music starts at 7 p.m.

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Music runs in the family for McKenzie Lindsey. The 22-year-old, now of Walla Walla, Washington, grew up in Wallowa surrounded by music like some kids are surrounded by toys. She will be featured as part of Tunesmith Night on Valentine's Day andOregon'sbirthday,Saturday, at Lear's Main Street Grill, 111 W. Main St., Enterprise. Also performing are Campbell Davis and Rodd Ambroson. Admission is$10 atthedooror by season pass. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m. "I grew up in a very musical

family," she said."My dad iCary, who works for Oregon State Parks) plays guitar and both my parents 4er mom is Lisa, a third grade teacher) sing. I was sung to sleep every night." The family, including little sister Madison, performed music. "Itwas greatbecause Madison and I play guitar and sing together," Lindsey said. But guitar came later. First, Lindsey was introduced to piano, starting at age 6, with lessons kom grandmother Iva. "It trained my ear, and I learned some theory," Lindsey said. Starting in sixth grade and continuing for sixyears, Lindsey was trained in classical and jazz voice, again by her grandmother.

As Lindsey develops her own music, she gets lots of practice, at least once a week, sometimes twice a week, at open mics at places like Sapolil Cellars and Marcy's Bar and Lounge in Walla Walla. She encourages musicians coming up to listen to the constructive criticism and stick with their craft. "Don't give up if people try to discourage you," she said."I'm so thankful for everyone who has been supportive of me, both in my family and in the music scene in Walla Walla."

became intrigued by the giants of guitar: Dave Matthews and Jimi Hendrix. Over the last two years, the singer-songwriter has put a lot of energy into original songwriting. His self-produced CD"On the Road" landed him a spot opening for Ziggy Marleyin kont for 2,500 concert goers.

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Joseph painter and sculptor Ambroson is well known for his art and brings that same passion to his music. Flowing fingerstyle guitar kames full of imagery and emotion. Campbell Davis Three ofhis songs appear on the compilation CD"Songs kom the Davis, a native of Walla Walla, began his career at age 12 and soon End of the Road" released in 2008.

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McKenzie Lindsey will be featured as part ofTunesmith Night Saturday. "I was classically trained in opera," shesaid."Itwasreally the base of my music." At age 17,before shewent offto Oregon Coast Culinary Institute at Coos Bay, Lindsey learned to play guitar with help kom her dad. "I found it easier than piano," she said."I think I had heard my dad playing so much that everything just fit together for me. You learn three chords and you can play a bunch of different songs." The family influence continued with her older sister Kelsey and younger sister Madison. aWe all have a love for music, and growing up together was really greatbecausewe were ableto sing together," McKenzie said. Today, when she is not busy working at Frosted, a cupcake shop, Lindsey specializes in indierock with her Walla Walla band, The Mistress, a project with Sami Petri, and indie-folk when she

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