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Thursday, April 8, 2021
GO! magazine — A&E in Northeast Oregon
Quick Takes
Register by April 15 for
8-week ceramics course
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.”
Art Center East/Contibuted Art
glass paints and brushes
are provided. Experience
is not necessary, but face
masks are.
Puzzle Exchange
planned
LA GRANDE — Art
Center East hosts a puz-
zle exchange on the third
Saturday of the month.
The 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.
Reserve a table at the
Magical Tea Party
Elgin Opera House’s next
production will be on fi lm
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.
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.
Paint wineglasses at free
weekly gathering
JOSEPH — Those who pur-
chase opening night tickets for the
annual Wallowa Valley Festival of
Art each receive a hand-painted
wineglass. In preparation for the
event, wineglass painting gather-
ings are held every Wednesday eve-
ning 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,
The 2021 EOU Junior Exhibit
— “a point of connection” — is
evidence that art always fi nds
a way. The exhibit showcases
work made during the pandemic,
exploring themes of internal and
external worlds.
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The 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 pur-
chasing tickets is available at www.
elginoperahouse.com/box-offi ce.
Register now for virtual
Wallowa Fiddle Tunes
Camp
WALLOWA — The 2021 Wal-
lowa Fiddle Tunes Camp will be
virtual. The camp may not take
place over the entire week, but
there will be at least three days
(Friday-Sunday, July 16-18) of
instruction and fi ddle tunes com-
munity activities. To register and
for more information, go to www.
wvmusicalliance.org.
EOU students fi nd ‘point
of connection’
LA GRANDE — On display now
at Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave.,
La Grande, is the annual EOU
Junior Exhibition, featuring Eastern
Oregon University students with a
major or minor in art.
As students enter this phase of
their studies, their unique style and
perspective begins to emerge, even
in the midst of a global pandemic.
“After a year of stumbling around
online trying to reimagine making
art with digital tools or in isolation,
I think we all realize the privilege
of presenting creative work to the
community,” said Susan Murrell,
EOUart professor.
The exhibit will be on display
through May 1. Regular gallery
hours are Wednesday to Friday from
noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Gallery admission is free and
open to the (masked) public. Cur-
rent and past exhibits may also be
viewed at www.artcentereast.org.
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