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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
QUICK TAKES
‘Stiff Cuffs’ comedy
continues this weekend
BAKER CITY — Eastern
Oregon Regional Theatre presents
the comedy “Stiff Cuffs” again this
weekend. This romantic comedy
is set in a laundromat just after
midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at
EORT’s theater space, 2101 Main
St., Baker City.
Tickets are $15 adults, $13
EORT members, $8 students.
These are available at Betty’s
Books, at www.easternoregonre-
gionaltheatre.com, and at the door.
Two exhibits open Friday
at Art Center East
LA GRANDE — Art Center
East presents “Farmers Markets in
Fiber,” the fourth-annual Fiber Arts
& Jewelry Exhibit. The show opens
with a reception at 6 p.m. Jan. 31.
Admission is free. Sponsored by the
La Grande Quilt Shop, the exhibit
will be on display until March 28.
The exhibit invited artists to
use photographs taken at regional
farmers markets as a springboard
to create new works in fiber. Each
artist selected one inspiring image,
interpreting its colors, textures and
subject through the lens of their
chosen medium. Viewers get a
glimpse into the creative process —
as the photograph and the finished
piece will be displayed side by side.
In ACE’s Co-op Gallery, “New
Works by Damian Garcia” also
opens Friday with a 6 p.m. recep-
tion. Garcia is an emerging artist
from Los Angeles who recently
relocated to his home state after
studying art at Eastern Oregon
University. His work focuses on
layered images using ballpoint pen
and acrylic paint on wood panels.
The exhibit will be on display
through March 28. ACE’s exhibits
are free and open to the public.
for Feb. 1 from 5 p.m. to close. The
event is family-friendly and admis-
sion is free.
There will be new Side A beer
releases, games, a beer naming
contest and more. Side A is at 1219
Washington Ave., La Grande.
Pasta fundraiser supports
historic theater project
BAKER CITY — Pasta night at
the Geiser Grand Hotel on Feb. 5
will benefit the Baker Orpheum
Theatre project, which is working
to renovate a historic theater space
on Main Street in Baker City.
Cost is $21, with 20% of revenue
going to the theater. Dinner will
be served 5-9 p.m. at the Geiser
Grande, 1996 Main St.
Elwood schedules tour
stop in La Grande
LA GRANDE — Northeast
Oregon’s own Elwood will play
7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday at Side A
Brewing, 1219 Washington Ave.,
La Grande. This concert is part of
Elwood’s winter tour across Oregon
and California. For more, visit
www.elwood-music.com.
Virtuoso guitarists play in
La Grande Tuesday
LA GRANDE — Year of the
Dog, the duo of Grant Gordy and
Ross Martin, virtuoso guitarists,
will play Feb. 4 at the fire museum
adjacent to Side A Brewing, 1209
Washington Ave., La Grande, start-
ing at 7:30 p.m. General admission
is $15. Seating is limited.
Live music planned at
Anthony Lakes
NORTH POWDER — Catch live
music at Anthony Lakes Mountain
Resort in February at the Star-
bottle Lounge. The February lineup
includes the Greenneck Daredevils
Feb. 1 and Bag of Hammers Feb. 9.
All music runs from 3-6 p.m.
Side A’s Dead of Winter
Festival is Saturday
LA GRANDE — Side A Brew-
ing’s Dead of Winter Festival is set
WEEKEND OUTLOOK
a brief look at what’s happening
in northeast oregon
Test your knowledge at
trivia night contests
LA GRANDE, BAKER CITY,
ENTERPRISE — Northeast Or-
egon offers several chances for you
to test your trivial knowledge.
Side A Brewing, 1219 Washing-
ton Ave. in La Grande, will hold
trivia nights on Feb. 5 and 19 from
7:30-9 p.m. Teams can be no larger
than four members.
Terminal Gravity, 803 School St.
in Enterprise, will host trivia night
on Feb. 5 and 19 at 6:30 p.m. Space
is limited to eight teams of up to
four people each. Participants must
sign up at www.terminalgravity-
brewing.com.
Churchill School, 3451 Broad-
way St. in Baker City, has trivia
night on the second Sunday of each
month. The next is at 5:30 p.m. Feb.
9 with the theme of love music.
Season tickets available
to theater shows
BAKER CITY, LA GRANDE
— Season tickets are still avail-
able for Eastern Oregon Regional
Theatre productions. A four-show
pass is $55, or see eight shows for
$100. These are available at www.
bakerlivetheatre.com.
The Elgin Opera House also
offers season tickets. Season tickets
must be bought by phone. Call the
box office at 541-663-6324.
Learn the art of Celtic
Knots Feb. 6
BAKER CITY — Ginger
Rembold will teach “Celtic Knots
-— Circle Designs” in a one-night
workshop on Feb. 6 from 6-8
p.m. at Crossroads Carnegie Art
Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker
City. Students will learn how to
create Celtic knotwork designs
using grids and dots as a guide.
The process taught in this class is
said to be fairly simple with great
results. Use it to make personalized
cards or posters or as a meditative
practice.
Cost is $10 members or $15 for
nonmembers. The class if open to
ages 12 to adult.
To register, call 541-523-5369,
stop by the center, or go to www.
crossroads-arts.org.
Mark your calendars for A
Night at Old Auburn
BAKER CITY — Join the
Friends of the Baker Heritage
Museum for its annual casino-
style fundraiser “A Night at Old
Auburn” from 6-10 p.m. Feb. 29.
The museum is at 2480 Grove St.,
Baker City.
The evening includes dinner,
dancing with Baker Allstar, casino
games, bingo and a “Roaring Twen-
ties” costume contest. All proceeds
will benefit the historic Baker
Heritage Museum.
Tickets are $35 per person with
dinner, or $10 without dinner.
These are available at Betty’s
Books, the Chamber of Commerce,
or by calling 503-980-5036.
John Statz returns to
Terminal Gravity
ENTERPRISE — Terminal
Gravity hosts John Statz for an
evening of live music beginning at
7 p.m. Feb. 1 at the brewpub, 803
School St., Enterprise. The live mu-
sic will complement Sunday’s all-
day Happy Hour prices for locals.
Intermediate watercolor
taught Saturday
LA GRANDE — Jan Clark will
teach an intermediate watercolor
class on Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave.,
La Grande.
This class is a follow-up to the be-
ginning watercolor class but is open
to everyone. Participants will be
painting bright California poppies
and learn new brush techniques
and how to use masking fluid in
different ways.
This class is for ages 15 to adult.
Cost is $70 members, $80 nonmem-
bers. Register at www.artcen-
tereast.org, stop by the center or
call 541-624-2800.
Poet Chad Sweeney reads
Feb. 4 at EOU
LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon
University’s Carl and Sandra
Ellston Ars Poetica Literary Read-
ing Series returns Feb. 4, featuring
award-winning poet Chad Swee-
ney. Sweeney will read selections
from his work beginning at 7:30
p.m. in Pierce Library on the EOU
campus in La Grande.
Sweeney is an associate profes-
sor of English and creative writing
at California State University-San
Bernardino. His “Little Million
Doors: An Elegy” won the 2019
Nightboat Poetry Prize.
Sweeney writes of the collection,
“I merely write perceptions, compo-
sitions in motion, textures, con-
trasts, distances, sounds, frames,
traceries, and scatterings as if the
world were a cubist painting or
sculpture garden.”
Sweeney’s reading is free and
open to the public. Copies of his
books will be available for purchase
and signing after the reading.
Abstract painting classes
offered in February
BAKER CITY — Hillery Lay will
be teaching a beginning abstract
painting class Feb. 14 and 15 at
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center,
2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City.
Students age 21 and older can
choose one of the two nights. Each
session is 6-8 p.m. and costs $16
members, $24 nonmembers. There
is also a $14 supply fee.
To register, call Crossroads at
541-523-5369, stop by the center or
visit www.crossroads-arts.org.
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