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7 Wednesday, October 30, 2019 GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon FROM THE COVER an inside look at northeast oregon’s arts and entertainment scene Award-winning Western author to speak in Elgin ■ Rick Steber will be the first guest in the museum and historical society’s Storytellers Speaker Series ELGIN — The Elgin Museum and Historical Society will welcome Western writer Rick Steber as the fi rst guest in the new Storytellers Speaker Series Nov. 3. Beginning at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Elgin Opera House, Steber will spin tales, sign books and share his Celebrate with us… at the Open House with the MOST nuts! Join us for the Downtown HOHO November 1st & 2nd, 2019 Celebrate! Go nuts, bring a friend and let’s kick off the holiday season. personal experiences as he talks about his passion for writing about the people and places of Eastern Oregon. Admission is $2, which will include entrance into the museum next door immediately following the event. Tickets will be avail- able at the door of the opera house and at the museum on Sunday afternoon. The author of more than 40 books — including “Traces,” “Jackson Sundown,” “Red White Black,” “Little White Man” and “Wild Horse Rider” — Steber has sold more than two million copies of his works and has won numer- ous awards for his colorful and intensively researched nonfi ction books, biographies and novels. Among his accolades are the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel, the Independent Publishers Award for Best Regional Fiction, the Western Heritage Award, the Mid-America Publishers Award, the Oregon Library Association Award and the Oregon Literary Arts Award. Much of Steber’s fi ction titles were inspired by historical fi gures and events in Northeast Oregon. At one time, Steber lived in Sum- merville, where the history and stories of the area inspired him to write the illustrated book “Rendez- vous.” His “Tales of the Wild West” series recounts the lives and times of the pioneers, Indians, loggers, miners, mountain men and hardy women who tamed the rug- ged land we now call home. Raised in Bonanza, a small town in Southern Oregon, Steber now makes his home in Prineville, where he writes in a cabin in the foothills of the Ochoco Mountains. He recently opened a new re- tail business in Prineville, Rick Steber & Company — MAKERS, which sells items from more than 30 rural artists and crafts- people. ALSO: On Monday, Nov. 4, the author will be at Pierce Library on the campus of Eastern Oregon University in La Grande at 7 p.m. for a reading and book signing hosted by the EOU Alumni Association. Steber is an EOU alumnus. His most recent book, “Fall Down Angel,” will be available for purchase. Visit at least 8 of the participating Holiday Open House Merchants and enter to win one of 12 Gift Certificates! Peterson’s Chocolatier Hearts & Petals J Tabor Jewelers Geiser Grand Gift Shop Queen City Modern Sycamore Tree Cody’s General Store No. 1911 BELLA Main St. Market The Trailhead MADHabit Tawney’s Toy Box Take time to enjoy the other independent merchants, art galleries and fine restaurants in Baker City while you’re here! Call BELLA for more information 541-523-7490 Back Row: (L to R) Jamie, Ilea, Mara, Katt Front Row: (L to R) Tyana, Krista, Roszanne, Stephanie 10901 Island Avenue, Island City • 541-963-7226
