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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Dia de los Muertos
Photo by Lisa Britton
Ma’lena Wirth shares Hispanic traditions and history at South Baker
Intermediate School.
Celebrate Day of the
Dead on Nov. 1
BAKER CITY — With thanks to
the Reser Foundation, Crossroads
Carnegie Art Center is partnering
with Baker School District and the
school’s ESL family liaison, Ma’lena
Wirth, to celebrate Hispanic Heri-
tage Month.
A Dia de los Muertos (Day of
the Dead) community celebration
will begin at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in the
Baker High School commons area.
The event is open to all.
Guests will be able to purchase
tokens for $1 each to purchase
samples of South American and
Latino cuisine.
The Pasco, Washington, band
Mariachi Jaliciente de Pasco will
perform during the evening.
Programs taught at South
Baker Intermediate School will
be recapped, and ofrendas (altars
to those who have passed away)
created in the classrooms will be on
display.
The celebration includes building
a community ofrenda. Commu-
nity members are invited to bring
photographs of deceased family
members to include on the ofrenda.
Warm up at Fishtrap Fireside
ENTERPRISE — Find a seat
by the fi re at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 and
hear readings from Wallowa
County locals Lorna Cook, Nodya
Papineau and Barrie Qualle at
Friday’s Fishtrap Fireside.
An open mic follows where
audience members have a chance
to get up to the podium and share
their stories too.
Fireside is a free monthly event
for Wallowa County writers to
read and share their work. It
takes place the fi rst Friday of the
month from October through April
at Fishtrap, 400 E. Grant St.,
Enterprise.
November’s Fireside is spon-
sored by The Bookloft. Firewood
has been provided by Jay Zee
Lumber.
Lorna Cook has lived in Wal-
lowa County for the last 20 years
and is now retired and currently
dabbling in writing. She graduat-
ed from Colorado State University
with a degree in animal nutrition,
had a career in medical research,
and owned and ran her own paint-
ing company. She is a beginning
writer and photographer who
Nodya Papineau
Lorna Cook
focuses on teaching and creating
characters in survival situations
in her fi ction writing.
Nodya Papineau is a 19-year-old
Enterprise High School gradu-
ate currently studying English
at Eastern Oregon University.
She has a love for poetry and has
attended a few poetry workshops
through Fishtrap in the past. She
enjoys spending her free time
writing, hiking, sleeping and being
with her family.
Barrie Qualle’s life started 15
years ago when he moved to Wal-
lowa County. Prior to that it was
“wretchedness and drudgery.” He
Barrie Qualle
is the author of “Out’a the West,”
stories of 20th century farming
and cattle ranching, and writes a
column for The Wallowa County
Chieftain.
Learn more about Fishtrap
Fireside at www.fi shtrap.org.
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