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Thursday, October 8, 2020
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Quick Takes
Tickets for Baker City
Oktoberfest on sale until
Oct. 10
BAKER CITY — There is still
time to purchase tickets for this
year’s Oktoberfest fundraiser for
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center.
The second-annual Baker City
event is a drive-thru dinner and
virtual auction set for Saturday,
Oct. 17. Tickets are $35 per person
and must be purchased by Oct. 10
through www.crossroads-arts.org.
The meal will include bratwurst
(traditional and vegetarian),
sauerkraut, hot German potato
salad, stone-ground mustard, and
cucumber-tomato-onion salad.
Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort
is catering the dinner. Dessert is a
schaum torte prepared by Sweet
Wife Baking. Tickets include a
bottle of wine from Copper Belt
Winery or a growler of beer from
Barley Brown’s. At the drive-thru,
ticket holders receive dinner, bever-
age, dessert, a tablecloth, festive
napkins and a code for a free hour
of Oktoberfest music courtesy of
Elkhorn Media Group.
The virtual auction will close at
9 p.m. Oct. 18. Successful bidders
will pick up their items Oct. 20 at
Crossroads.
Country-western dance
taught at Crossroads
BAKER CITY — Country-
western dance classes are now held
Thursday nights at Baker City’s
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center.
The two-hour class begins at 6 p.m.
Face coverings are required inside
the art center.
Cost per class is $16 for Cross-
roads members, or $24 for non-
members. The class is taught by
Rhonda Bullard and Henry Hoel-
scher and is for ages 13 and older,
with a maximum of 10 students.
Closed-toe shoes are required.
To register, go to www.cross-
roads-arts.org or call 541-523-5369.
Masks are required.
Learn the art of doodling
BAKER CITY — Ginger
Rembold will teach a “ZenDoodle
Mandalas” class Oct. 22 from 6:30-
8:30 p.m. at Crossroads Carnegie
Art Center in Baker City. Students
will learn an easy method for creat-
ing mandala designs that may be
made into cards,or gifts, or used as
a meditative practice.
Cost is $16 members or $24
nonmembers. Children who are
younger than 12 can attend with a
paid adult for $5 members or $7.50
nonmembers.
To register, go to www.cross-
roads-arts.org or call 541-523-5369.
Masks are required.
Catch a fall foliage train
this weekend
SUMPTER — The Sumpter
Valley Railroad is offering fall
foliage excursions this weekend.
The special foliage runs are set for
Oct. 9, 10 and 11, leaving from the
McEwen Station at 10 a.m. and
1:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The
one Sunday train departs at noon.
Tickets must be purchased in
advance at www.sumptervalleyrail-
road.org, printed, then brought to
the depot the day of the ride. Fare
information is given on the website.
There are discounts for seniors and
members of the military. Age 3 and
younger ride free.
COVID-19 safety precautions
will be in place and face coverings
are required. Windows and doors
may be left open on the train —
passengers are encouraged to dress
for cold weather.
SAFELY OUT & ABOUT IN NORTHEAST OREGON
Oregon Trail center plans
fall events
BAKER CITY — The Bureau
of Land Management’s National
Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive
Center will showcase the pioneer
spirit and settlement of the West
throughout October.
The center is now on its fall op-
erating schedule of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday-Sunday, with free admis-
sion and interpretive programs.
Saturday, Oct. 17, is World
Migratory Bird Day, and from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. the center will offer
family-friendly activities and pro-
grams showcasing the many birds
of the sagebrush desert.
Meet adopted wild horses and
learn more about them at Wild
Horse Day on Oct. 24. Come out be-
tween 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and
meet adopters and their horses,
watch training demonstrations and
talk to BLM specialists about wild
horse management on public lands.
In addition, a self-guided exhibit
titled “Tech on the Trek” is open
through Nov. 1. The display ex-
plores how cutting-edge technologi-
cal advances of the 1800s made the
grueling overland journey easier
for later emigrants.
Find the Oregon Trail Interpre-
tive Center on Highway 86, 5 miles
east of Baker City.
View Fishtrap Fireside by
your own fireside
ENTERPRISE — The 2020
Fishtrap Fireside season opened
Oct. 2 with readings by Mary
Emerick, Cameron Scott and Fish-
trap founder Rich Wandschneider.
The series has gone virtual for its
eighth season, with the readings
streamed live on www.fishtrap.
org and YouTube. The event was
recorded and may be viewed at any
time on these platforms as well as
Facebook.
Fishtrap Fireside is a local
monthly reading series designed to
feature diverse voices of local writ-
ers. Since the program launched
in 2013, audiences have enjoyed a
variety of genres including cowboy
poetry, fiction, nonfiction, journal-
ism, memoir, sci-fi fantasy, humor,
essay, travelogue, food stories and
more. Each month offers a fresh
look at what people of the West are
thinking about and writing down.
“Fireside is one of our most
popular programs,” according to
Fishtrap’s program director, Mike
Midlo, “People come to listen to
their friends and neighbors share
their work, and now by streaming
the program on our website, even
more people can hear what Wal-
lowa County writers have to offer.