The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, January 21, 2021, Page 4, Image 4

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Thursday, January 21, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Quick Takes
Tune into a live concert
this Saturday
BAKER CITY — Churchill
School will host an “In Your House”
live concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan.
23, featuring Caleb Klauder and
Reeb Willms. Here’s the live link:
https://youtu.be/KdIyUxfzx58.
Willms and Klauder form a
vocally-driven duo that has been
playing and singing together since
2008, performing professionally
across Europe, Scandinavia, Aus-
tralia and North America.
Weaving together powerful
harmonies, these two voices are
backed by Caleb’s distinct and
lyrical mandolin and fi ddle play-
ing, and Reeb’s unwavering guitar
playing. Caleb and Reeb perform
timeless original songs, as well as
their favorite gems from old time
and country repertoire.
Donations are welcome: paypal.
me/reebwillms. For more informa-
tion about the duo, go to https://
calebklauder.com.
‘Mug Shots’ show
continues at Crossroads
BAKER CITY — For the Janu-
ary art show, Crossroads Carnegie
Art Center is exhibiting collections
of local mugs on loan from local
residents. Although the featured
mugs are not for sale, Crossroads
has stocked the sales gallery with
a variety of mugs created by local
and regional artists.
Crossroads, 2020 Auburn Ave.,
Baker City, currently is open Mon-
day through Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Visitors are limited to 50 inside
the building, and face coverings are
required.
Tonight’s virtual reading
features Pulitzer Prize
fi nalist
PENDLETON — A writer who
sees both poetry and journalism
as essential in reporting on the
world and witnessing the human
condition will be featured at the
Pendleton Center for the Arts First
Draft Writers’ Series on Thursday,
Jan. 21. Pulitzer Prize fi nalist and
poet Don Colburn will headline the
online event, followed by an open
pic. The Zoom gathering begins at
5:30 p.m. Email director@pendle-
tonarts.org for the link.
Colburn is a longtime newspaper
reporter who did not begin writing
poems until he was nearly 40. Dur-
ing a 33-year career as a reporter,
he worked for four newspapers,
including The Washington Post and
The Oregonian.
He is the author of fi ve poetry
collections, all published as a result
of winning or placing in national
manuscript competitions. His new-
est volume, “Mortality, with Pro-
noun Shifts,” won the 2018 Cathy
Smith Bowers Chapbook Contest.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of
Amherst College, Colburn has an
MA in journalism from American
University and an MFA from the
Warren Wilson College Program
for Writers.
His writing honors also include
the Discovery/The Nation Award,
the McGinnis Award, the Ducka-
bush Prize for Poetry and the
Blethen Award for Distinguished
Newspaper Reporting.
In the past eight years PCA’s
First Draft Writers’ Series has
welcomed more than 75 nationally-
known writers.
Local writers, including those
just beginning, are invited to read
their own 3-5 minute readings dur-
ing open mic, following the featured
author.
The event is made possible
by generous local donors. More
information about the First Draft
Writers’ Series is available at
pendletonarts.org or by calling 541-
310-7413.
Don Colburn
Be safe, wear masks,
stay distanced: we will
get through this.
Thank you. Mae
ACE calls for fi ber and
jewelry artists
LA GRANDE — Artists are in-
vited to submit entries for the 2021
Fiber Arts and Jewelry Exhibit at
Art Center East, 1006 Penn, La
Grande.
According to ACE, “This annual
exhibit creates a platform for an
underrepresented branch of the
visual arts while showcasing the
breadth of talent within our local
community of fi ber and jewelry
artists.”
The exhibit will run from Feb. 5
to March 27.
This year’s theme is “Comfort.”
This can mean a variety of things:
comfort in process, comfort in the
products you make, or a little bit of
both.
ACE encourages artists to cre-
ate a fi ber or jewelry piece that
explores one or both sides of this
coin — process and product —
while visually expressing whatever
the word “comfort” means to you
(chunky yarn, soft textures, calm-
ing color combos or focal points,
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foot and ankle. Anything from foot & ankle
pain to diabetic foot care & limb salvage,
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sports medicine, he covers it all!
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Please call 541.519.8802 to schedule.
Or, email mbybakercity@gmail.com
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(541) 519-8802
reassurance, support, etc).
One submission per artist is al-
lowed. Artists participating in this
exhibit must be older than 18.
The entry fee is $10 per person,
regardless of ACE membership
status. This fee is due when artists
drop items off at ACE.
The submission process includes:
fi lling out an online submission
form any time between now and
Jan. 30, paying the $10 entry fee,
and dropping off your submission
between Jan. 13-30. The form is
available at www.artcentereast.
org/artist/annual-fi ber-arts-jewelry-
exhibit.
The deadline to submit an entry
form is Jan. 30.
Artwork can be dropped off until
Jan. 30 during regular business
hours of 1-5 p.m. on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Those unable to submit work
during those hours are asked to
make an appointment by sending
an email to president@artcen-
tereast.org.
2830 10th St Baker City, Oregon
Brian Sanders, DPM
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