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Wednesday, August 9, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Full immersion in Scottish festivals Nugget correspondent Macgregor Hay is wing- ing his way to Edinburgh, Scotland, for the 70th anniversary of the world- renowned August festivals. The International Festival started in 1947 and serves up the world’s best clas- sical music, opera, dance and theater. It was joined by the Fringe Festival which features comedy, dance, the spoken word and children’s shows — over 3,200 shows with 50,000 performances. The International Art Festival began in 2004 and features visual art with 40 exhibitions. The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, a global international gathering of musicians and performers, commenced in 1949. Started in 1982, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has 1,000 events featuring international writers and thinkers. Beginning the week of August 14, The Nugget will take readers to Edinburgh, Scotland on a whirlwind two-week visit to this famous festival city. Among the events will be sessions by authors Peter May; Stuart MacBride; Ian Rankin; and Alexander McCall Smith. Topics and events such as: How To Read A Novel; a Laurel and Hardy tribute; Muslims in Britain; Travels with My Easel; Mean Girls; writing fiction, the future of Scotland with Brexit looming; a Simon and Garfunkel tribute; the Edinburgh Farmers Market; the Stirling Highland Games… There will also be feasting and pub crawl- ing, the bus system from a rider’s viewpoint … and more. Slainte! (To your health). 9pm•August 12 FLASH-BACK Ultimate ’80s Tribute Band with guitarist extraordinaire Dan Crenshaw $10 at bendticket.com $15 at the door 175 N. Larch St. 541-549-6114 hardtailsoregon.com Facebook darcymacey Starts Friday Fri., Aug. 11 – Thurs., Aug. 17 The Glass Castle (PG-13) Fri 4:15, 7:00 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:00 Mon-Thurs 4:15, 7:00 Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature (PG) Fri 5:00, 6:45 Sat-Sun 2:45, 5:00, 6:45 Mon-Thurs 5:00, 6:45 The Big Sick (R) Fri 7:00 ; Sat 1:15, 7:00 Sun 4:00; Mon-Thurs 7:00 Detroit (R) Fri-Sat 4:00 Sun 1:00, 7:00 Mon-Thurs 4:00 Dunkirk (PG-13) Fri 4:45, 7:15 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:15 Mon-Thurs 4:45, 7:15 Movie times and titles are bsite subject to change. Visit we n. atio rm info st late for or call WWW.SISTERS MOVIEHOUSE.COM 541-549-8800 ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS & SPECIAL EVENTS Eurosports Food Cart Garden Live Music with Beth Wood 5 to 7 p.m. No Hardtails Bar & Grill cover! For additional information Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every 541-549-2471 or go to Wednesday, no cover! For more call foodcartgarden.com. information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Hood Avenue Art Lampwork Demo with Food Court Garden at Danica Curtright noon to Eurosports Trivia Night 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (6:15 sign-up). Free! 2 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. See Italian For info: 541-549-2471 or go to glass rods melted into beads! For info call 541-719-1800. foodcartgarden.com. Chops Bistro Live Music Sisters Saloon Texas Hold with Mark Barringer & Jo ’Em Tournament 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! For info: 541- Booser 6 to 8 p.m. No cover! For additional information call 549-7427 or sisterssaloon.net. 541-549-6015. THURS...AUG. 10 Cork Cellars Live Music with NTT 7 to 9 p.m. No Fir Street Park Live Music cover! For more information with Halden Wofford & the call 541-549-2675 or go to Hi Beams 6:30 p.m. Free corkcellarswinebistro.com. concert! Honkytonk music presented by Sisters Folk SUN...AUG. 13 Festival. sistersfolkfestival.org. Brand 33 at Aspen Lakes Village Green Park Luau! Sunset Serenades with 6 to 8 p.m. Full Hawaiian meal, Lindy Gravelle 7 p.m. Free hula dancing, ukulele music & concert on the deck! For more more! Tickets: $12 adults, $5 information call 541-549-3663 kids at sistersrecreation.com or or go to aspenlakes.com. call 541-549-2091. WED...AUG. 9 Sisters Saloon Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Thursday, no cover! For info call 541-549- 7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. LIVE SATURDAY! Summer Music at Angeline’s! Friday nights • $5 cover Shows start at 7 p.m. Friday, August 11 Brad Tisdel & Friends Friday, August 18 Dennis McGregor & The Spoilers Friday, August 25 David Jacobs-Strain & The Crunk Mountain Boys Friday, September 1 Brent Alan and His Funky Friends AngelinesBakery.com 121 W. Main Ave. 541-549-9122 Need event space? Rent The Belfry! BelfryEvents.com • 541-815-9122 13 WED...AUG. 16 Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Wednesday, no cover! For more information call 541-549-6114 FRI...AUG.11 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Paulina Springs Books Food Court Garden at Author Reading with Eurosports Trivia Night 6:30 Floyd McKay 6:30 p.m. On to 7:30 p.m. (6:15 sign-up). Free! “Reporting the Oregon Story: For info: 541-549-2471 or go to How Activists and Visionaries Transformed a State.” Free, with foodcartgarden.com. refreshments. 541-549-0866. Sisters Saloon Texas Hold Chops Bistro Live Music with ’Em Tournament 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! For more Tony Lompa 6 to 8 p.m. No cover! For additional information information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. call 541-549-6015. Eurosports Food Cart THURS...AUG. 17 Garden Live Music with Sisters Saloon Karaoke Mark Barringer 5 to 7 p.m. No cover! Info: 541-549-2471 or Night! 9 p.m. Every Thursday, go to foodcartgarden.com. no cover! For additional information call 541-549-7427 Angeline’s Bakery Live or go to sisterssaloon.net. Music with Brad Tisdel & Friends 7 p.m. $5 cover. For FRI...AUG.18 additional information please call 541-549-9122. Eurosports Food Cart Garden Live Music with Episcopal Church of the Bittercreek Band 5 to 7 p.m. Transfi guration Art Show & Silent Auction 5 to 8 p.m. The No cover for classic rock! For juried show continues tomorrow info: 541-549-2471 or go to during the annual Country Fair! foodcartgarden.com. For more info call 541-549-7087. Angeline’s Bakery Live Music with Dennis Hardtails Bar & Grill McGregor & The Spoilers Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every 7 p.m. $5 cover. For additional Friday, no cover! For more information call 541-549-9122. information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Chops Bistro Live Music with Tony Lompa 6 to 8 p.m. Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 2 to 5:30 p.m. No cover! For additional Oregon-grown! Llive music, too! information call 541-549-6015. sistersfarmersmarket.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every SAT...AUG. 12 Friday, no cover! For more information call 541-549-6114 Sisters Saloon Live Music or go to hardtailsoregon.com. with the Bobby Lindstrom Fir Street Park Sisters Band 7 to 10 p.m. No cover for blues & rock! For more Farmers Market 2 to 5:30 p.m. information call 541-549-7427 Oregon-grown produce and or go to sisterssaloon.net. plants, with live entertainment too! sistersfarmersmarket.com. Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration Country Fair SAT...AUG. 19 & Art Show 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 22nd year! Delicious food, Hardtails Bar & Grill Live music, book sale, juried art Music with Unchained show, kids’ activities & more! 9 p.m. Van Halen’s best tribute Free admission. For more band! Tickets: $10 online at information call 541-549-7087. bendticket.com or $15 at the door. For more information Hardtails Bar & Grill Live call 541-549-6114 or go to Music with Flash-Back hardtailsoregon.com. 8:30 p.m. Blasts from the past with the ultimate ‘80s tribute Eurosports Food Cart band, featuring rock guitarist Garden Live Music with NTT extraordinaire Dan Crenshaw. with Chris Brown 5 to 7 p.m. $10 online at bendticket.com No cover! For additional or $15 at the door. For more information call 541-549-2471 information call 541-549-6114 or go to foodcartgarden.com. or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Sisters Saloon Live Music with Parlour 8 to 11 p.m. No cover for contemporary folk! For l information call 541-549-7427 or go online to sisterssaloon.net. Cascade & Oak Sisters Wild West Show 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free admission for entertainment, demos,Native American arts & crafts, food and beer garden! Shoot-out skits on the hour from noon to 4 p.m. Country Western Dance! 6 to 10 p.m. with Scott Brown & His Band, $5 at the gate. 541- 420-0279 for more info. Chops Bistro Live Music with Mark Barringer & Jo Booser 6 to 8 p.m. No cover! For more information call 541-549-6015. SUN...AUG. 20 Cascade & Oak Sisters Wild West Show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission for entertainment, demos, Native American arts & crafts, food and beer garden! Shoot-out skits on the hour from noon to 3 p.m. 541-420-0279 for more info. MON...AUG. 21 Aspen Lakes Golf Course Black Out Golf Tourney 8 a.m. Once-in-a-lifetime Totality tournament! $160 includes breakfast, lunch, hole-in-one prize, hat, cocktails, raffl e, cart, viewing glasses & golf! For more information call 541-549-4653 or go to aspenlakes.com. WED...AUG. 23 Sisters Saloon Texas Hold ’Em Tournament 7 p.m. Every Wednesday! For infol 541-549-7427 or go online to sisterssaloon.net. Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Wednesday, no cover! For more information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Food Court Garden at Eurosports Trivia Night 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (6:15 sign-up). Free! For info call 541-549-2471 or go to foodcartgarden.com. THURS...AUG. 24 Sisters Saloon Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Thursday, no cover! For additional information call 541-549-7427 or go to sisterssaloon.net. FRI...AUG. 25 Angeline’s Bakery Live Music with David Jacobs- Strain & the Crunk Mountain Boys 7 p.m. $5 cover. For additional information pleae call 541-549-9122. Eurosports Food Cart Garden Live Music with Third Seven 5 to 7 p.m. No cover! For additional information call 541-549-2471 or go to foodcartgarden.com. Hardtails Bar & Grill Karaoke Night! 9 p.m. Every Friday, no cover! For more information call 541-549-6114 or go to hardtailsoregon.com. Chops Bistro Live Music with Tony Lompa 6 to 8 p.m. No cover! For additional information call 541-549-6015. Downtown Sisters 4th Friday Art Stroll 4 to 7 p.m. Galleries & shops feature live entertainment & refreshments! Info: sistersartsassociation.org. Fir Street Park Sisters Farmers Market 2 to 5:30 p.m. Oregon-grown produce and plants, with live entertainment too! sistersfarmersmarket.com. Listings are free to advertisers. Submit items by 5 p.m. Fridays to teresa@nuggetnews.com