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THE WEEKLYARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE OF NORTHEAST OREGON

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Local pianist Keith Taylor composed and will perform original scores for three silent movies, April 10-12. Each night features a different film.

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The troupe will present"An Evening of Passion" along with participating Eastern Oregon University students at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at McKenzie Theatre in Loso Hall.

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Chamber Music Series Features Holly Sorensen, Brittanie Schnell, Corie Sorensen, and Renae Wells on vocals accompanied by Mio Aoike on piano

EYU-Idaho Eand The BYU-IdahoSymphony Band from Rexburg,Idaho,willperform in La Grande April 14. The band is composed of 44 of the university's finest woodwind, brass and percussion players.

Erothers Comatose This San Francisco-based band will perform at the OK Theater in Enterprise on Wednesday, April 15

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Missoula Children's Theater is coming to Baker City twice this summer thanks to donations.

MCT is brought here by Crossroads Carnegie Art Center.

The theater sends two actor/ directors who work with 60 local youths to put on a full-scale musical in one week.

The first production,"Aladdin," will be June 15-20.

Auditions will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, June 15, and then rehearsals are scheduled June 15-20 idepending on part).

The cost toparticipateis$30 per student.

Performances will be at 6 p.m.

June 19 and 3 p.m. June 20 at Baker High School, 2500 E St.

• What: Silent Movie Festival presented by Eastern Oregon RegionalTheatre • When:7 p.m. April 10 and 11; 3 p.m. April 12 • Where: Iron Gate Theater inside Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City • Details: $8 per movie or $20 for all three; tickets on sale at Betty's Books and at the door Submitted to Go! Magazine

The EasternOregon Regional Theatre will be holding a Silent Movie Film Festival at the Iron Gate Theatre in The Basche Sage Mall April 10-12.

Each day of the festival will feature a different classic silent movie and will be accompanied by music composed and performed by local artist Keith Taylor.

According to Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre President Kelly Brickman, Taylor graciously volunteeredtopresent thisfestival in ordertoraise funds forthe operatingcostsofthe Iron Gate Theatre.

On Friday, Taylor will play "Sally of the Sawdust" with W.C. Fields beginning at 7 p.m.

On Saturdayat 7 p.m.,the movie will be the science fiction classic "Metropolis."

Sunday's movie will be at 3 p.m.and isgoing to be a special surpriseshowing ofa classic romantic drama with one of the most famous film stars of that era.

Tickets for the event will be availableatBetty'sbooks and at the door.

The costpermovie is$8 or all threemovies for$20.

"Every year the cost to put on a play rises and we would like to continueto provideaffordable live theatre in Baker City,"

MissoulaChildren'sTheater comingtwiceto BakerCity Admission is $5.

The second visit by MCT will feature"RedRiding Hood" on Aug. 17-22.

Auditions are at 10 a.m.

Monday, Aug. 17, and rehearsals will be Aug. 17-21 depending on thepart.The costis$30 per student.

Performances for the public will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 21 and 3 p.m. Aug. 22 at Baker High

School. Admission is $5.

Both plays are open to students who will be entering first grade in the fall all the way through high school ages. At each age group only a specific number of children will be cast.

To regist er,callCrossroads at 541-523-5369.

Second-annual Truffle Shuffle set for May 2 • Fun run benefits Baker City Young Life

The festival features "Sally of the Sawdust," "Metropolis" and a surprise romantic drama. All three will be accompanied by a live score written and performed by KeithTaylor.

Brickman said. 'We would rather not raise ticketprices.In order to do that, we must do fundraising events such as this festival.

W e also apply forgrants,seek localsponsors forourmusical productions, accept advertisersin our programs, and rent out our theatre for meetings and visiting performers."

The festival will be at the Iron Gate Theatre, upstairs in the Basche Sage Mall. The theatre has 45 seats, which includes two wheelchair spaces. There will be an elevatoroperator to take those patrons who do not wish to climb the stairs up to the theatre.

There will also be popcorn and

drinks available for $1.

The second-annual Trume Shume is set for 8 a.m. Saturday, May 2, in Baker City. Entry is $25, and those who register by April 13 will receive a technical T-shirt and the choice of chocolate imilk, dark or white) for a crown made byAlyssa Peterson, chocolatier at Peterson's Gallery.

Proceeds from the run support BakerCityYoung Life.

Registration forms can be found at Peterson's Gallery, 1925 Main St. in Baker City; at the Baker Family YMCA, 3715 Pocahontas Road; and online at http://tinyurl.com/mcnne8g Same-day registration will be from 7 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of First Street and

Washington Avenue.

There are two distances to choose from: the 5Kis a run or walk and the 10K is a run. Both routes include a hill up toward

Quail Ridge Golf Course.

More information is posted on the Facebook page: www.

facebook.com/TrumeShuffleFunRun. The run is sponsored by Subway, Peterson's Gallery and Chocolatier, Baker City Realty, ¹H i Enterprises, Baker Valley Physical Therapy, Goodrich Farms, Baker Sanitary Service, Hills Family Dentistry, St. Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City, St. Luke's EOMA and

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• What: "An Evening of Passion" • When:7:30 p.m. Thursday • Where: McKenzie Theater, Loso Hall, Eastern Oregon University • Details: Admission is by donations with proceeds benefiting EOU's music program

By Jeff Petersen Go! staff

Opera is not a big city thing anymore.

Some farmers are known for listening to the Metropolitan Opera broadcast as they drive tractors on a Saturday.

Now opera is coming to La Grande. Portland Opera to Go will perform "An Evening of Passion" along with participating Eastern Oregon University students at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at McKenzie Theatre in Loso Hall.

Admission is by donation with proceeds benefiting EOU's music program.

The show is a kind of greatest hits of opera. It's an introduction to people new to the art form but alsodesigned forthose people familiar with opera who want to hearsome oftheir favorites.

It is one ofseven performances the troupe will give during their visit to La Grande, which started

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"This is their 15th Northwest tour," said Peter Wordelman, professorofm usic."Itisalways one of the musical high moments of the year, and we are thrilled to involve Eastern Promise and Academic Momentum students."

Portland Opera to Go introduces opera to people who might have few chances to see the art form. ''We're there as ambassadors for the art form and to extend people's knowledge of opera," said Alexis Hamilton, manager of education and outreach with the Portland Opera.

PortlandOpera toGo alsoperforms for local schools. This year,

it is partnering with EOU and the Eastern Promise program. As part of Eastern Promise, fifthgraders.

'They tour the campus, learn aboutdifferent programs, envision themselves at the university level and get entertained by opera," Hamilton said.

More than 2,000 students enrolled in Eastern Promise will be treatedtoa new bilingual performance of"The Barber of Seville" when the opera troupe visits EOU this week. The students are from everywhere from Ione to Halfway.

The opera singers also go to the classrooms. Teachers well in advanceofthevisitbegin

incorporatingan arts-integrated curriculum.

"They use opera as a springboard to teach literacy skills, history, social sciences and even science and math," Hamilton said.

M embers of the castwillalso join Hamilton in offering master classes throughout the week to EOU vocal students. Some of those students will sing on Thursday.

The performancein La Grande culminates Portland to Go's nearly three-month education and outreach tour of Oregon and southwest Washington. Some years, the tour even goes into California and Idaho. ''What we're trying to do is

introducethe magic ofopera to young people," said Ingrid Arnett, the Portland Opera's marketing and communications manager.

Bette Lynch Bustedwigreadfor the Third Wednesday Roundhouse Reading Series at7pm. onApril 15 at Looking Glass Books, 1118 Adams Ave, La Grande.

The series is sponsored by Blue Mountain Writers and made possible by a grant from Maxine Cook Public

Library and private donations.

Husted's books can be ordered in advance of the reading from Looking Glass Books. Copies will also be available at the reading. The author will be signing copies. The evening will conclude with a Q & A and open mic. Those wishing to read are

asked to sign up before the reading.

Admission is free. Jax Dog will cater the event. Donations to the reading series are encouraged. For more information, contact David Memmott, dsmemmott@frontier.com or Nancy Knowles, nknowles@eou.edu.

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• Mitre's Touch Gallery, 1414Adams Ave., La Grande, 541-963-3477 • Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall, 1 University Boulevard, Eastern Oregon University campus, La Grande, 541962-3667 • Peterson's Gallery, 1925 Main St., Baker City, 541-523-1022 • Potter's House, corner of Sixth Street and Penn Avenue, La Grande, 541-963-5351 • ShortTerm Gallery, 1829 Main St., Baker City • Skylight Gallery, 107 E. Main St., Enterprise, 541-426-3351 • Stewart Jones Designs jewelry studio and gallery, 2 S. Main St., Joseph, 541-432-5202 • The Sheep Shed, 207 N. Main St., Joseph, 541-432-7000 • T.W. Bronze, 202 Golf Course Road, Enterprise, 541-398-0380 • Uptown Art, 18 S. Main St., Joseph, 541-432-7000 • Valley Bronze Gallery, 18 S. Main St., Joseph, 541-432-7445

• Bear Mountain Pizza Co., 2104 Island Ave., La Grande, 541-963-2327 • Bud Jacksons Sportsmans Bar and Grill, 2209 Adams Ave., La Grande, 541962-7858 • Corner Brick Bar and Grill, 1840 Main St., Baker City, 541-523-6099.

• Earth 8t Vine, 2001 Washington Ave., Baker City, 541-523-1687 • Geiser Grand Hotel, 1996 Main St., Baker City, 541-523-1889 • Joe Bean's, 1009 AdamsAve., La Grande, 624-5600 • Lear's Main Street Pub 8t Grill, 111 W. 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 • Short Stop Frozen Yogurt and Espresso Shop, 12th Street and Gekeler Lane, La Grande, 541-963-2121.

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• Bingo: 6:30 p.m.; American Legion Post 43, 301 Fir St., La Grande • Country Swing Dance: Instruction available. Student discount with ID. 7:30 p.m. $3 before 8 p.m.; $5 after 8 p.m.; Maridell Center, 1124Washington Ave., La Grande, 541-963-2023 • DJTrollhunter: Live DJ'd beats at Jefferson Street Depot; 9 p.m., La Grande • Karaoke Night at Bud Jackson's:9 p.m. - 2 am PST Come get your karaoke on!; 9 p.m.; Bud Jackson's, La Grande • Live music with Pendulum Swing: 8 p.m.;Ten Depot Street, 10 Deport Street, La Grande • Music Gathering Fundraiser: Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music will start at 7 p.m. with a dessert social and auction will follow; Haines United Methodist Church, Corner of Roberts Street and Anthony Lakes Highway, Baker City. Features Baker High

School Bel Canto Choir, Haines area bluegrass musicians Carly Kritchen on piano and Duane Boyer on banjo, Gina Glaubke and Alice and Melanie Trindle on violin and piano; Free although donations are accepted; 541-8563356 • Portland Opera "An Evening of Passion" with EOU Students: Donations accepted.

For more information, call the ticket box office at: 541-962-3757 (Please leave a message if there is no answer). The box office is located in Loso Hall, EOU campus.; 7:30 p.m.; McKenzie Theater, 1 University Blvd., La Grande, https://www.eou.edu/ events/mckenzie-theater/

If aPRIL19 • DAR Lone Pine Tree Chapter: 11:30 a.m.; Flying JTravel Plaza, 63276 Highway 203, La Grande • DJ Trollhunter: Live DJ'd beats at Jefferson Street Depot;

9 p.m., La Grande • Fishtrap Fireside: A monthly event for Wallowa County writers to read and share their work.

The community is encouraged to attend these events, share light refreshments, and hear new work by local writers beside a crackling fire; 7 p.m.; Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St., Enterprise, http://www. fishtra p.o rg • PFLAG Board Game Night: 6 p.m.; Bear Mountain Pizza, 21041sland Ave, La Grande • Silent Movie Festival: "Sally of the Sawdust" accompanied by original music composed by KeithTaylor; $8 or $20 for all three movies (Friday, Saturday and Sunday); 7 p.m., lron Gate Theater inside Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City • Spring capstone exhibition: "Disclosure" is on view '

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through May 1. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m., MondayFriday; Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall, EOU, 1 University Blvd., La Grande • StoryTime: Children get to hear stories and make a craft.

Presented by library staff.; 10 a.m.; Baker County Public Library, 2400 Resort St, Baker City, 541-523-6419, http:// bakerlib.org/news-events/ calendar.html

$AiAPRIE11 • Community Dance:Live music, finger food and door prizes. All ages welcome.; 6:30 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St, La Grande • DJ Troll hunter:Live DJ'd beats at Jefferson Street Depot; 9 p.m., La Grande • GRSA Chamber Music concert: Holly Sorensen and friends perform with Mio Aoike,

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pianist; 7:30 p.m., chamber concert subscription or donation at the door; home of Dr Wes and Marie Rampton, 1405 Chris Court, La Grande • Highland dance workshop: No experience is necessary.

People are asked to wear dance attire, if possible, and no skirts; 1 p.m.; Art Center at the Old Library, 1006 Penn Ave., La Grande • LEGO Play: Come hang out in the story circle every Saturday at the library and create Lego

masterpieces. Legos provided for kids, or they are welcome to bring their own; 9 a.m.; Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La Grande, http://comcal. eoni.com/Events Contributors. cfm? ConlD=9 • Concert: Inland Northwest Chorale will perform a concert with the North Powder High School Band and Choir at North Powder School Gymnasium; 4 p.m. The concert is free and a reception will follow the performance.

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• Reboot Live: An event for parish and family with internationally acclaimed speaker and author, Chris Stefanick. This is a free event but a ticket is required and a small donation is appreciated.

The suggested donation amount is $10 per ticket or $35 per 5 tickets (family).

However, any amount you can contribute will be appreciated.

For more information about this event, visit our website: http://olvyouth.org/reboot/ Check out Chris Stefanick and Real Life Catholic at: www. reallifecatholic.com; 7 p.m.; Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, 1002 L Ave., La Grande, http://www.eventbrite. com/e/reboot-live-tickets15126172790? aff=SRCH

• Silent Movie Festival: 7 p.m. at lron Gate Theater inside Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City; features"Metropolis." Tickets available at Betty's Books and at the door; $8 per film or $20 for all three.

• Spring Tea: 11:30 a.m.; Island City City Hall, 106051sland Ave., Island City • Strike out Abuse Bowling Fundraiser:This is a familyfriendly event to raise funds to support MayDay's prevention and victim services programs.

Bowlers will pay $15 for three games, with part of the proceeds going to MayDay. In addition, there will be a silent auction featuring Seattle Mariners tickets, Wild Horse Resort lodging and dinner, a beautiful handmade wooden benchand many more items.

There will also be door prizes, a raffle and a 50/50 drawing.

Bowlers are encouraged to register now at MayDay, 1834 Main St. in Baker City or by calling 541-523-9472. Lanes can be reserved for teams of up to six players; 3:30 p.m.; Elkhorn Lanes, 3335 10th St., Baker City • Tunesmith Night: Doors open at 6 p.m., music starts at 7; Lear's Main Street Pub and Grill, 111 W. Main St., Enterprise

• Open Mic & Potluck Night: A broad range of talent is invited to perform at the center: Sing, dance, play music or read a poem. Potluck dishes are encouraged.; 4 p.m.; Josephy Center for Arts and Culture,403 North Main St., Joseph • Silent Movie Festival: 3 p.m. at Iron Gate Theater inside BascheSage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City; features a surprise romantic drama. Tickets available at Betty's Books and at the door; $8 per film or $20 for all three (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).

APRll13 MPg • Bridge: 1 p.m.; Union County Senior Center, 1504 N. Albany St., La Grande • Union County Chess Club:; 3 p.m.; Sub Shop, 111Depot St., La Grande

tP/APRii14 • Band concert: Brigham Young University-Idaho concert band performs;7 p.m.; La Grande High School auditorium, La Grande • College/Trade fair I LHS: 6 p.m.; La Grande High School, 708 K Ave., La Grande, http://Ihs. lagrandesd.org/ • Cook Memorial Library: Cook Memorial Library's Page Turners Book Club is reading The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin for the April 14 meeting. Meetings are held at1 p.m. in the Archives Room of the library. New members are always welcome; 2006 FourthSt.,La Grande; 541-962-1339

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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 • Iron GateTheater, inside Basche-Sage Place, 2101 Main St., Baker City. www. bakerlivetheatre.com • Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, 59116 Pierce Road, La Grande, 541-963-4954 • Maridell Center: open 1-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Laser tag, mini golf, roller skating, and a game room.

541-963-2023 • National Historic Oregon Trail lnterpretive Center, 22267 Oregon Highway 86, Baker City, 541-523-1843.

Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. oregontrail.blm.gov • Oregon Trail lnterpretive Park at Blue Mountain Crossing, 1-84 exit 248, west of La Grande, 509-963-7186

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• 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., Joseph, 541-432-5331

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541-426-3246, www.aIpine meadowsgolfcourse. com Anthony Lake Recreation Area, 47500 Anthony Lake Highway, North Powder, 541-856-3277 Buffalo Peak Golf Course, Union, 541-562-5527, 866-202-5950, www. buffal opeakgolf.com Forest CoveWarm Springs Pool, Cove, 541-568-4890 Hells Canyon National Recreation Area,

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• Spout Springs Ski Area, La Grande SK8 Park, Oak www.skispoutsprings. and Palmer, 541-962-1352 com, 541-566-0327 Meacham Divide Nordic Ski • Veterans Memorial Pool, Area, west of La Grande 401 Palmer St., La Grande, 541-962-1347 Mount Emily Recreation Area, www.union-county. ol'g.

• Quail Ridge Golf Course, 2801 Indiana Ave., Baker

• Adler House Museum, 2305 Main St., Baker City;

closed for the season but open by appointment.; 541-523-9308 Baker Heritage Museum, 2480 Grove St., Baker City, 541-523-9308. Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily.

Eastern Oregon Fire Museum, La Grande, by appointment only, 541-963-3123 Eastern Oregon Museum, 610Third St., Haines.

Closed for the season.

Union County Museum, 333 S. Main St., Union, 541-562-6003. Closed until Mother's Day 2015.

Wallowa County Museum (closed until May 23, then open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Sept. 20), 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 • Gene Hayes Gallery of Western Art, 301 Donald St., Wallowa, 541-886-3311 • Lynn Bean Gallery, 293 Mill St., Sumpter, 541-8942306

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

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Wells on vocals accompanied by Mio Aoike on piano.

By Jeff Petersen Sorensen said she will sing six Go! staff German pieces, two Latin pieces, The Grande Ronde Symphony two English pieces, one Italian Association chamber music series piece and maybe a couple of French continues with the Holly Sorensen pieces.

"It gets pretty tricky sometimes, and Friends concert at 7:30 p.m.

April 11. but I always enjoy playing with The concert will be at the home of languages," Sorensen said."Jaimie Dr. Wes and Marie Rampton, 1405 Jacobsonand allthoseprofessors Chris Court, La Grande. Members are such great vocal coaches, and ofthe concertseriesgetin forfree.

Jaimie teaching me about the InterOthers can give a donation at the national Phonetic Alphabet was door. really valuable."

Joining Sorensen in the perSorensen plans on opening the formance are her niece, Brittanie evening with an a capella arrangeSchnell, a music major about to ment of"Ave Maria."

Among other pieces, Sorensen graduate at Eastern Oregon University; Brittanie's mom and Holly's plans to also perform the Puccini e sister, Corie Sorensen; and Renae aria Quando nen vo," a German

Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Johannes Brahms andWolfgang Mozart and "ISend My HeartUp toThee"by composer Amy Beach.

A La Grande native, Sorensen is known for her diverse talents as avocalist.Shealsoperforms in the groups Bag of Hammers, Wasteland Kings, the Depot Street Syncopators and the Holly Sorensen Band.

As an accompanist, Aoike, who holds a doctorate in piano performance fiom the University of Oregon, said she always tries to be the bestorchestra forthesoloist, with which they can project their talentin the most effective way.

"I get the energy fiom the soloist, and I give him/her the energy back, and we try to blend together to makeawork asawhole,"Aoike said."Ideally a soloist and an accompanist have to get along well with each other. As a pianist/accomGo! file photo panist, if I could ever move anyone's heart with my playing, that would Soprano Holly Sorensen and friends will perform for the Chamber be the happiest moment."

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Last Fishtrap Fireside is Friday Submitted to Go! magazine

It's the last Fishtrap Fireside of the season Friday.

This month features readings

by Kristy Athens, Kathy Hunter and Maya Polan.An open mic reading follows where audience members have a chance to get up and sharetheir storiestoo.

Fishtrap Fireside is a monthly event for Wallowa County writers to read and share their work.

Ittakes placefrom 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.the second Friday ofevery month October through April at the Fishtrap House, 400 E. Grant St. in Enterprise. The community isencouraged toattend these events, enjoy light refreshments and hear new work by local writ-

ers beside a crackling fire.

Athens is the author of"Get Your Pitchfork On: The Real Dirt on Country Living" iProcess Media,2012l.In 2014,shereceived an Oregon Literary Fellowship from Literary Arts. She will completea Master ofScience degree in food systems and society from Marylhurst University in June 2015. She lives in Wallowa County, where she works as the outreach specialist for the Northeast Oregon Economic Development District.

Hunter retired to Wallowa County after a career in Alaska as a freelance journalist, college teacher and editor. In Wallowa

County, she discovered a new careeras a performing storyteller, a logical combination of her talents in creative writing, music and theater. Ever since her radio show of 14 years, Fishtrap Storytime, was canceled, she has been figuring out, again, what to be when she grows up.

Polan has an appetite for travel.She fi rstdrove crosscountry when she was 18, and has since been to 47 states. She's lived in Connecticut, California,Indonesia and Oregon, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in literary arts from the University of Redlands en route.

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datefora Master ofFineArts in poetry from Oregon State University in Corvallis, where she's also worked for the Spring Creek Project, OSU Press and

Cloudbank Books. She's nearly finished her thesis, a collection of poems, two of which can be read in the most recent edition of the New Haven Review.

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Ten Depot Street offers live music Pendulum Swingperforms Thursday and Lauren Bihr performs Tuesday at Ten Depot Street in La Grande. The music runs from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and is free.

• What:BYU-Idaho Symphony Band is coming to La Grande • When:7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 • Where:La Grande High School auditorium • Details:Admission is free; concert is sponsored byThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Tunesmith Night is Saturday in Enterprise Featuring Gareth Tabor, Edmund Wayne and Heidi Muller, Tunesmith Night will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday at Lear's Main Street Grill, 107 W. Main St., Enterprise.

The show is presented in a round-robin format. Each musician plays a song. Then the next takes a turn.

Admission is $10 at the door or by season pass. Doors open at 6 p.m., and music begins at 7 p.m. All ages are welcome.

By Jeff Petersen Go! staff

The three P's — passion, persistenceand practice — are characterist ics a good musician needs.

Oh, and discipline and talent doesn't hurt either.

So says Diane Soelberg, the music director of the Brigham Young University-Idaho concert band, which will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at the La Grande High School auditorium.

Admission is free. The concert is sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The BYU-Idaho Symphony Band from Rexburg, Idaho, comprises 44 of the university's finest woodwind, brass and percussion players.

"They need to love what they do in order to spend the time and effort to make great music happen," Soelberg said.

The groupdraws itsrepertoire from thegreat master composers of the 18th and 19th centuries as well as from prominent 20th century composers, including the "March King" John Philip Sousa.

Music sel ections to be performed include overtures, marches, patriotic numbers, show tunes and sacred music.

As conductor, Soelberg leads the band. She organizes the ensemble. She selects the repertoire.

"It's also about interpreting the scoreand creating gestures

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Artisan pizza class set Brenda Johnson will teach a class about making artisan pizza and help students make their own pizza stone, April 10 and 11 at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City.

Cost is $50 for members and

$75 nonmembers. Call 541-5235369 for details.

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The Brigham Young University-Idaho concert band will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the La Grande High School auditorium. Admission is free.

%THE L O N G to expressthat interpretation," she said.

The conductor's job is also about the music and the people.

"From an educational standpoint, as a conductor, you have to love the students and love the music," Soelberg said.

Music has a long tradition in the LDS church. It's about giving service through song, using the universal language of music to

bring joy, peace and healing to listeners. It's about bringing peopletogether across cultural and generational boundaries.

"I believe that much of the reasonforthis great tradition," Soelberg said, "is that music is one of the tremendous blessings God gave the world when He created it, and He expects us to use it in ways that will bless lives here on Earth."

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ENTERPRISE — The life oftoday'sband isoneofnearly constant touring, living out of a van and scrambling to find record

labels.

The Brothers Comatose of San Francisco are juggling all of that — and still having a ridiculous amount of fun.

Brothers Comatose is a fivepiecestring band getting setfora tour of the Northwest. The group will make a stop at 7 p.m. April 15 at the OK Theatre in Enterprise.

Tickets are $15 at Dollar Stretcher in Enterprise, Joseph Hardware in Joseph and M. Crow and Co. in Lostine or at www. brownpapertickets.com.

Ben Morrison, back home in San Francisco for a few days, said he and brother Alex started playing music with the instruments

lying around the family house. He said their mother was a musician in afolk band, and their dad had guitars.

"They had music parties and would invite musician friends over to jam every couple months.

Someone left a banjo behindthat's how my brother picked up the banjo. He picked it up and neverletitgo,"M orrison said.

He said he and his brother listenedto classicrock bands like the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin but played rock on the instruments they had — guitars and banjo. By digging into rock bands,they discovered their influences — old blues, funk and bluegrass. A whole world of music genres opened to them.

All of the members were in rock bands before they formed Brothers Comatose in 2007, Morrison said. On the first album, only a

couple members wrote the music, but the album they are working on now has input from all of the members.

"Everybody's contribution is on the current album, adding different sounds and angles. It has more variety and a little diferent flavor," Morrison said.

Being a band with a rock background playing traditional string instruments — stand-up bass, guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle — they aren't tempted to go the way of some string bands who added drums and swapped out the stand-up bassforan electric version, Morrison said.

"It's a challenge for us not to have it, but we prefer the ability to bring it way down to very quiet and bring it up and go back to rocking, without drums," Morrison sald.

Music festivals have been a

long-standing tradition in the music world, but in the last 10 yearsmore and more festivalsare popping up all over the country.

Morrison said Brothers Comatose getsa lotofexposure and has a lot of fun traveling the country to play at a long list of outdoor venues. aWe started going down that road,anditis super fun togetto playin &ont ofpeoplewho have never seen you. And generally, everyone is really happy at a festival," Morrison said.

This winter, they opened for the Infamous Stringdusters at the Winter Wondergrass festivals outside of Vail, Colorado, where sitsteylt oyeoioya

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"It was awesome, but super weird playing outside in a snowstorm, Morrison said."It was one ofthecoolestexperiences — getting snowed on while you are playing in Colorado."

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Through the grapevine, the band's booking agent heard of the OK Theatre and put it on the rosterforApril.

"I hadn't heard of it before, but heardcoolreviews,"Morr ison sald.

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