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Thursday, April 1, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Quick Takes
Pick up crafts kits on
Monday at the library
Reserve a table at the
Magical Tea Party
LA GRANDE — Cook Memo-
rial Library, 2006 Fourth St., La
Grande, will have free craft kits
available for pick up on Monday,
April 5, at 11 a.m. Dinosaurs is the
theme this month for kids, with Or-
egon Dino-Story from the Univer-
sity of Oregon Museum of Natural
and Cultural History. Suncatcher
kits will be ready for teens and
adults. The kits are free. One kit
per age group per family, fi rst come,
fi rst served.
LA GRANDE — Le Bebe Cakes
Bakery is putting on a Magical
Tea Party Saturday, April 17, for
wizards, fairies and muggles of all
ages at Grande Lumiere Event
Center at The Market Place, 1101
Washington Ave., La Grande.
Cost is $14.95 per person and in-
cludes a catered luncheon, tea and
cakes provided by Le Bebe Cakes.
Reserve a table of two to six guests
for a tea time between 11 a.m. and
4 p.m. by calling 541-963-2253.
Register by April 15 for
8-week ceramics course
Paint wineglasses at free
weekly gathering
JOSEPH — Pamela Beach
will be teaching “Foundations in
Ceramics for Beginners,” an eight-
week course on Mondays beginning
April 19 at the Josephy Center, 403
N. Main St., Joseph.
The in-person class will cover
the fundamentals of handbuilding
with lessons in design, texture and
glazing.
A $195 class fee includes clay,
glazes, fi ring and three open studio
sessions (offered Saturdays, May
1, May 22 and June 12). For age
18 and older, and no experience is
necessary. Masks will be required
at all times.
Pre-registration is required by
April 15. For more information and
to register, call 541-432-0505 or go
to www.josephy.org and from the
“Learn” tab choose “classes and
workshops.”
JOSEPH — Those who purchase
opening night tickets for the an-
nual Wallowa Valley Festival of Art
each receive a hand-painted wine-
glass. In preparation for the event,
wineglass painting gatherings are
held every Wednesday evening
under Pam Beach’s guidance at the
Josephy Center, 403 N. Main St.,
Joseph.
Walk-ins are welcome between
5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wineglasses,
glass paints and brushes are pro-
vided. Experience is not necessary,
but face masks are.
Tune in to April 10
Tunesmith Night
ENTERPRISE — The next
episode of the 15th season of Tune-
smith Night, a livestream showcase
of original music, begins at 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 10.
The unique appeal of presenting
songwriters sharing their original
work in an intimate round-robin
format continues in the virtual
format with the performers safely
situated in their own location.
The show will be streamed live
to YouTube and the Wallowa Valley
Music Alliance website. The April
10 event will feature songwriters
Belinda Bowler, Bill Davie and
Larry Murante. This season’s previ-
ous editions may be viewed free of
charge at any time at www.wvmu-
sicalliance.org/tunesmith-night.
Churchill School delivers
live music at home
BAKER CITY — Churchill
School’s “In Your House Parties”
virtual series is available for online
viewing at any time. Concerts by
Hillstomp, The Horsenecks, Lauren
Napier and Vic Ruggiero, Caleb
Klauder and Reeb Willms, and Tom
Brosseau were recorded and may
be enjoyed on the venue’s YouTube
page and website.
Also, the fi rst album recorded at
Churchill School, “Rob Scheps and
the TBA Band Live at Churchill
School,” may be purchased at
robscheps.bandcamp.com and at
Marilyn’s Music in Baker City.
Ready for new puzzles?
LA GRANDE — The pandemic
has meant lots of time devoted to
indoor activities. For many, that
includes jigsaw puzzles. If you have
worked through the ones you have
and are looking for more, join in Art
Center East’s puzzle exchange on
the third Saturday of the month.
The monthly in-person exchange
requires face coverings and social
distancing.
The next exchange will take
place Saturday, April 17, from
1-2 p.m. at Art Center East, 1006
Penn Ave., La Grande. Bring a
puzzle and take one home. There
is a suggested donation of $5 per
puzzle taken home or exchanged,
with proceeds going toward ACE’s
continuing effort to stay open dur-
ing the pandemic.
Elgin Opera House’s next
production will be on fi lm
ELGIN — Terry Hale, executive
artistic director for the Elgin Opera
House, is directing a fi lm version
of Disney’s “High School Musical
Jr.” with a 70-member cast, the
majority of whom are high school
students.
The production is designed to
replicate the experience of watch-
ing a live theater performance at
the Elgin Opera House. Filming
of “High School Musical Jr.” will
continue for about another month,
after which production work will be
completed.
The Elgin Opera House musical
will be shown online April 24 to
May 2. All showings will be at 7:30
p.m. except for May 2, which will
start at 4:30 p.m. Information on
purchasing tickets is available at
elginoperahouse.com/box-offi ce.
Wallowa Fiddle Tunes
Camp goes virtual
WALLOWA — The 2021 Wal-
lowa Fiddle Tunes Camp will be
virtual this July. The virtual camp
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may not take place over the entire
week, but there will be at least
three days (Friday through Sunday,
July 16-18) of instruction and fi ddle
tunes community activities.
Registration will open April 1 at
www.wvmusicalliance.org.
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