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7 Thursday, February 13, 2020 GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon QUICK TAKES Tiller’s Folly returns to La Grande Feb. 15 LA GRANDE — Tiller’s Folly is returning to La Grande to give a concert Feb. 15 in EOU’s McKen- zie Theatre, located in Loso Hall. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the EOU Bookstore, La Grande Stereo & Music and at the door. Cost is $20 general, $15 for students and seniors. Tiller’s Folly was founded 23 years ago. The band’s style of music is described as “acoustic roots, Celtic, Canadiana and Americana.” Two youth plays scheduled for Feb. 20-23 BAKER CITY — Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre, based in Baker City, will present two youth productions this month. From Feb. 20-23, each night features two plays: “The Fisherman and His Wife” and “The Twilight Cone.” Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and at 3 p.m. Sunday at the EORT theater space at 2101 Main St. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 stu- dents, $25 for a family of two adults FEB 14-20 ELTRYM HISTORIC THEATER a brief look at what’s happening in northeast oregon and two children. Tickets may be purchased at Betty’s Books, at the door, and online at www.bakerlive- theatre.com. for purchase from MC Taco Bus, Copper Belt and Barley Brown’s. Free movie and pizza for teens at the library JOSEPH — The news is full of fi res in Australia, and several Oregon fi refi ghters have seen them fi rsthand. The next Brown Bag at the Josephy Center in Joseph will feature two of these fi refi ghters. The gathering is at noon Feb. 18. Nathan Goodrich, Fire Manage- ment Offi cer for the Wallowa Fire Zone since 2007, recently returned from a tour in Australia where he was an Operations Section Chief stationed a few hours north of Sydney in the Hunter Valley. He was with an incident management team responsible for overseeing nu- merous fi res in New South Wales. Goodrich has been back for a few weeks. He will be joined by Todd Peterson, who works with him at Wallowa Fire Zone and also went to Australia. Due back just before the 18th, Peterson will bring fresh news from this awful series of devastating fi res. The Brown Bag Lecture Series is free and open to the public. Bring a lunch or snack if you like. LA GRANDE — The Union County Safe Communities Coali- tion sponsors a monthly movie at Cook Memorial Library, 2006 Fourth St., for teens. The Third Friday Teen Movie Night this month is on Feb. 21. The free event is held in the library’s Community Room beginning at 6 p.m. In addition to the movie, there will be popcorn and free pizza (courtesy of Domino’s Pizza). Teens also can play a bingo game as they watch the movie for a chance to win prizes. Swing and line dancing night set for Feb. 22 BAKER CITY — Shane Cun- ningham will lead the monthly country Western swing and line dance on Feb. 22 at Churchill Dancehall, 3451 Broadway St. (en- ter through the 16th Street parking lot), Baker City. All ages are welcome. The doors open at 7 p.m., and dancing goes until 10 p.m. Cost is $3 singles, $5 couples and families. Food and drinks will be available Grande happens Feb. 19 from 7:30- 9 p.m. No cell phones are allowed, and teams can have up to four members. The winners receive a gift card. The losing team chooses the category for the next trivia night. Brown Bag lunch topic is fi res in Australia Share a song on Valentine’s Day at Terminal Gravity ENTERPRISE — Terminal Gravity will host an open mic night at 7 p.m. Feb. 14. There is no charge to share or to observer. Terminal Gravity is located at 803 School St., Enterprise. For information, visit www.terminalgravitybrewing.com. OMSI ‘Science Pub’ brings animals of Africa to La Grande LA GRANDE — A “science pub” event hosted by OMSI is planned for Feb. 20 at Side A Brewing in La Grande. The topic is wildlife of Southern Africa. “Stories from the Okavango: The Exquisite Wildlife of Southern Africa” will be presented by Donna Rainboth, assistant professor of sci- ence education at EOU, and James McIver, PhD, entomologist and research professor at OSU. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The pro- gram runs from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The suggested donation is $5. The African landscape evokes Side A Brewing hosts trivia night on Feb. 19 LA GRANDE — Trivia Night hosted by Side A Brewing in La 1809 1st St, Baker City • eltrym.com For showtimes, please call (541) 523-2522 or visit eltrym.com FREE eBooks and audiobooks Thousands of titles AVAILABLE DAILY Noon to midnight Unlimited # of sessions at NO CHARGE! It’s PRE-PAID with your taxes. Access with your Baker County Library Card from www.bakerlib.org/kids-teens ( )Bargain Matinee Show Times: 541-523-2522 Explore the ONLINE LIBRARY at www.bakerlib.org 541.523.6419 info@bakerlib.org images of wildlife, of predator-prey relationships, of large migrations, of survival of the fi ttest. For most people, Africa offers the possibility of witnessing, fi rsthand, some of the most spectacular events in the animal kingdom. Ever encountered a lion on foot, watched a hyena stick its head into a hippo carcass, seen a leopard in a tree? All ages are welcome to join husband and wife team Donna and Jim (and friends) as they explore the southern African landscape as Rudyard Kipling saw it. Attendees will hear stories of amazing wildlife encounters accom- panied with photos and videos that capture the lives of the birds and mammals of the Okavango Delta, in central Botswana, as well as the deserts of northern Namibia. For more information or to sign up for OMSI’s mailing list, email sciencepub@omsi.edu. Food and drinks will be available for purchase from Side A. ‘Gypsy Jive Yoga’ offered three days a week BAKER CITY — Dallas Bain will teach Gypsy Jive Yoga from 7-8 a.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Auburn Ave., Baker City. Cost is $8 per session for mem- bers, $12 for nonmembers. Gypsy Jive Yoga is a beginner- friendly, slow and controlled vinyasa class. The focus of this class is to challenge, yet improve posture, mobility and perspective. 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