ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, October 17, 2015
BRIEFLY
SAGE Center
offers Saturday
matinée
BOARDMAN — A
movie matinée returns to the
SAGE Center.
“Inside Out” is the
animated story of Riley,
a happy, hockey-loving
11-year-old Midwestern
girl. But her world is
turned upside-down when
her family moves to San
Francisco.
The screening is Saturday
at 2:15 p.m. at 101 Olson
Road, Boardman. Admission
is $5 for adults or $3 for
children and seniors.
Movie-goers get a free bag
of popcorn. Water can be
purchased for $1.
The SAGE Center is an
interactive visitor center
that highlights sustainable
agriculture and energy.
It’s open Sunday through
Thursdays from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and Friday and
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to
6 p.m.
For more information,
call 541-481-7243 or visit
www.visitsage.com.
Art tour offers
holiday shopping
WHITE SALMON,
Wash. — Stroll through
town and embark on a
treasure hunt for beautiful art
and get a head start on your
holiday shopping during the
Walkable Art Tour.
The event is Oct. 23-25
from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in
downtown White Salmon,
Washington. There is no
admission charge for the
self-guided tour.
Meet 17 artists in six
studios as a pop-up gallery
showcasing painting,
drawing, jewelry, metal-
smithing, glass, sculpture,
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and more. The tour is easily
accessible by walking or
biking.
To get to White Salmon,
travel west on Interstate
84 and take Exit 87. After
crossing into Washington,
travel west on Highway 14
for approximately 20 miles.
Maps and more
information is available
at www.facebook.com/
artwhitesalmon or www.
whitesalmonfallarttour.
weebly.com.
BOOK REVIEW
A history of
America’s drinking
and sobriety
“Drinking in America:
Our Secret History”
(Twelve), by Susan Cheever
(AP) —Alcoholism and
sobriety loom large in the
work of Susan Cheever,
the recovering alcoholic
daughter of the great
mid-century American writer
John Cheever, whose own
struggles with alcohol are
legendary.
“My father was addicted
to alcohol and it showed. I
was addicted to everything,
and that was much easier to
hide,” she writes in her new
book, “Drinking in America:
Our Secret History.”
In this latest work
Cheever serves up a sober
cocktail of American history,
dividing it into “pendulum
swings” of overindulgence
and abstinence told through
stories of its leading teeto-
talers and drunks.
At the dawn of American
history, we learn, the Pilgrims
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New England “because they
were running out of beer.”
All histories have a point
of view, and Cheever frankly
admits hers. She writes about
drinking in America to better
understand her family, she
says. “The Cheevers ... are
a family with all the distinc-
tion, myth, talent and destruc-
tion that alcoholism entails,”
she writes in a chapter about
alcoholism in John Adams’
family. “Whether they are
Cheevers or Adamses or
whoever else, alcoholic
families are nightmarish
places, heartbreak machines
in which the innocent fare
worse than the guilty.”
Yes, America has had a
long, checkered history of
drinking, but so have many
nations and peoples. Cheever
claims “our national char-
acter is inextricable from our
drinking history,” but some
readers may disagree.
East Oregonian
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Walla Walla Corn Maze provides spook-tacular fun
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Celebrating its 16th year, the
Walla Walla Corn Maze has a Sweet
16 theme carved within the rows of
corn.
However, the sweet experience can
be scary. As if the swooshing sound of
the cornstalks in the wind isn’t enough
to keep you on edge, masked creatures
are lurking within the maze to scare
those brave enough to enter in the
darkness.
The maze offers spooky fun Thurs-
days and Sundays from dark until 10
p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from
dark to 11 p.m. Parental discretion is
required for children under 12. People
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For the faint of heart, regular hours
are Saturdays and Sundays from 2-5
p.m. Families with small children
can enter the maze for a non-scary
experience.
The daytime tours are free for ages
0-3, $5 for ages 4-11 (must be accom-
panied by someone 16 or older) and
$7 for ages 12 and up. The nighttime
entry for scary fun is $10 per person.
Payment is by cash or checks only.
The last admission is 30 minutes prior
to closing time.
In addition to the maze, visitors can
try their luck with the corn cannons
during daylight hours Saturday and
Sundays. Launch corncobs for a
chance to win cash prizes or extra
shots. The cost is $1 per shot or $10
for 12 shots.
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enjoy some food from the concession
stand. Keri’s Concessions offers
burgers, hot dogs, corn dogs, fries,
tater tots and nachos.
The Walla Walla Corn Maze is
located at 853 Five Mile Road, Walla
Walla. To get there, follow the signs
east on Isaacs to Mill Creek Road,
and go right at the Y onto Five Mile
Road. Travel approximately 1/2 mile
to the parking lot of the corn maze on
the left.
For more information, visit www.
wallawallacornmaze.com or call
509-525-4798.
Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini
A family can’t decide which way to go while visiting the Walla Wal-
la Corn Maze. The maze, which is open through Halloween, offers
regular hours and scary hours.
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
Oktoberfest
•Saturday, Oct. 17; noon-9
p.m.
•Pendleton
Round-Up
Grounds
www.facebook.com/oktober-
festpendleton
$ 10, includes stein and
tasting chips; $5/ages 13-20
and non-drinkers, free/ages
12-and-under. Festival features
beer, food, games and fun for all
ages.
Arlington Oktoberfest
•Oct. 17-18
•Arlington
www.facebook.com/Oktober-
festinArlington2015
Many activities free. Dinner
$35. Festival, which serves as a
fundraiser to build an event cen-
ter, features live music, dancing,
food, games, silent/live auction
and sports tournaments and ac-
tivities.
Northwest Alpaca Show-
case
•Saturday, Oct. 24; 8 a.m.-5
p.m.
•Sunday, Oct. 25; 8 a.m.-3
p.m.
•TRAC Center, 6600 Burden
Blvd., Pasco
www.pnaa.org
Free. See alpacas, talk to
breeders, shop fashion and retail
exhibits, attend seminars.
Dia de los Muertos Festival
•Saturday, Oct. 24, evening
•Sunday, Oct. 25, all day
•Power House Theatre, 111
N. Sixth St., Walla Walla
www.phtww.com
Free. “Day of the Dead” fes-
tival, kicks off with a Saturday
night procession and concert
and an all-day street festival
on Sunday. Activities to include
Steamroller art, performances
by local musicians and dancers,
face-painting and more.
Art & Museums
Hiroko Cannon
•Tuesday-Fridays, 10 a.m.-4
p.m.,
•Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
Free. Japanese artist trained
as an illustrator and graphic de-
signer. After move to the U.S.,
she began painting the plants
and animals of the Eastern Ore-
gon Plateau. Runs through Oct.
26.
Fall Watercolor Show
•Monday-Fridays; 8 a.m.-5
p.m.
•Eastern Oregon Higher Edu-
cation Center,
•975 S.E. Columbia Drive,
Hermiston.
Free. Features 80 paintings
by Oregon¶s ¿nest watercolor art-
ists. Runs through Oct. 30.
Alcatraz: Life on The Rock
•Monday-Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5
p.m.
•Tamástslikt Cultural Institute,
near Wildhorse Resort & Casino.
www.tamastslikt.org
$10/adults, $9/senior cit-
izens, $6/youths, free/5 and
under or $25/family of four. The
3,000-square-foot exhibit in-
cludes a photo collection by Life
Magazine photographer Leigh
Wiener, as well as a section on
the American Indian occupation
in 1969. Runs through Oct. 24.
Ai Weiwei
•Thursday-Sundays; 11 a.m.-
5 p.m.
•Foundry Vineyards, 1111
Abadie St., Walla Walla
www.foundryvineyards.com
Free. Features Chinese art-
ist and activist Ai Weiwei’s the
Rebar and Case series, eight
sculptural works stemming from
the May 12, 2008 earthquake in
Sichuan, China. Runs through
Oct. 31.
“Not Simply Here”
•Monday-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-
2 p.m.
•Betty Feves Memorial Gal-
lery, BMCC, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton.
Free. Features Oregon art-
ists Renee Couture and Heather
Goodwind. For gallery visits by
appointment, call 541-278-5952.
Runs through Oct. 22.
Heritage Station Museum
•Tuesday-Saturdays, 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
•108 S.W. Frazer Ave., Pend-
leton
www.heritagestationmuse-
um.org
$5/adults, $2/student, $4/se-
niors, $10/family.
•Virgil’s at Cimmiyotti’s, 137
S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. Features James
Dean Kindle
•Saturday, Oct. 17; 9 p.m. No
cover
•Hamley Saloon, 8 S.E. Court
Ave., Pendleton
•Wednesdays; 3-7 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
No cover. Drink specials and
all kinds of games, including
Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlaySta-
tion 3 and Nintendo 64.
The Fun Addicts
Thursday Night Comedy
John MacBeth & Nick Berg
•Saturday, Oct. 17, 9 p.m. No
cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar at
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
Highway 331, Mission.
Raucous
•Friday, Oct. 23; Saturday,
Oct. 24, 9 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar at
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
Highway 331, Mission.
Pollywog
•Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501
Sixth St., Umatilla
Brewer’s Grade
•Saturday, Oct. 24, 9 p.m. No
cover
•Sub Zero Restaurant &
Lounge, 100 W. Highway 730,
Irrigon
A Sentimental Journey
•Friday, Oct. 23; 7:30 p.m.
•Princess Theatre, Prosser,
Wash.
•Saturday, Oct. 24; 7:30 p.m.
•Hanford High School, Rich-
land Wash.
•Friday, Oct. 30; 7:30 p.m.
•Armand
Larive
Middle
School, Hermiston
www.rollinghillschorus.org
$15/general admission, $10/
seniors, students veterans and
military. The chorus presents A
Sentimental Journey: Remem-
bering the USO. Ten percent of
ticket sales donated to USO.
Sway
•Friday, Oct. 30; Saturday,
Oct. 31, 9 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar at
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
Highway 331, Mission.
Sherman County Historical
Museum
Matt Borden & Luke
Kaufman
Music
Night life
Hoptober Fest
DJ music
•Daily; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
•200 Dewey, Moro
www.shermanmuseum.org
$5/adults, $1/students.
•Saturday, Oct. 17; 3-8 p.m.
•Nookies/Hermiston Brewing
Co., 125 N. First St., Hermiston
No cover. Live music with
Dallin Puzey and Tucker Tovey,
beer and brats with the ¿xings.
Oktoberfest Nach der Party
•Saturday, Oct. 17, 9 p.m.
Whiskey Wednesday Game
Night
•Monday, Nov. 2; 9:30 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston.
$10.
•Saturdays, 8 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
Sunday Fundays
•Sundays; 4 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501
Sixth St., Umatilla
No cover. Food/drink specials
•Thursdays, 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off High-
way 331, Mission.
Digital Karaoke
•Thursdays and Fridays, 8
p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
Mac’s Trivia Night
•Thursdays; 8 p.m.
•Mac’s Bar & Grill, 1400 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton
No cover. 21 and older. Trivial
Beersuit is weekly through Dec.
17. Teams of 2-8 compete in triv-
ia contest with other teams. Live
host and prizes.
Wine tasting
•Fridays, 4-8 p.m.
•Sno Road Winery, 111 W.
Main St., Echo.
Open Mic
•First/third
Friday
each
month, 8 p.m.-midnight
•The Packard Tavern, 118
S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton
www.facebook.com/groups/
pendletonopenmic
Karaoke
•Fridays 8 p.m. (9 p.m. if
game on)
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501
Sixth St., Umatilla
DJ and dancing
•Fridays, 8 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
Theater, stage &
film
•Oct. 17; 7:30 p.m.
•Power House Theatre, 111
N. Sixth St., Walla Walla
www.phtww.com
$30. Adults only. Private eye
Butt Kapinski invites you to co-
star in a ¿lm noir murder mystery.
Join Butt in a seedy world of sex,
sin, shadows and subterfuge as
you take the ride of an interactive
comedic experience.
“Deep Love: A Ghostly
Rock Opera”
•Friday, Oct. 23; 7:30 p.m.
•Power House Theatre, 111
N. Sixth St., Walla Walla
www.phtww.com
$28-$32. Presented entirely
through haunting rock and folk
music, this tragic tale of a jealous
lover’s reach from beyond the
grave features the talents of Jon
Peter Lewis from “American Idol”
and “The Voice,” Amy Whitcomb
from “The Voice” and “The Sing
Off,” and Ryan Hayes from “The
Voice.”
“Nosferatu”
•Friday, Oct. 30; 7:30 p.m.
•Vert Auditorium, 345 S.W.
Fourth St., Pendleton
www.oregoneastsymphony.
org
$20/adults,
$15/students,
seniors, $45/family. Features
classic silent ¿lm with soundtrack
penned by Oregon East Sym-
phony music director Beau Ben-
son.
“Rocky Horror Picture
Show”
•Saturday, Oct. 31; 8 p.m. &
midnight
•Princess Theatre, 1226 Me-
ade Ave., Prosser, Wash.
www.theprincesstheatre.net
$15. Admission includes pre-
show party (music, treats, trivia
contest, no-host bar), movie and
props bag.
Hot tickets
Pepsi Primetime@the
Museum
•Saturday, Oct. 17; 1 p.m.
•Tamástslikt Cultural Institute,
near Wildhorse Resort & Casino.
www.tamastslikt.org
Free. View two documentary
¿lms about the American Indian
occupation of Alcatraz — “Alca-
traz Is Not An Island” and “Taking
Alcatraz”. Refreshments served.
“Inside Out”
Comedy Series: Butt
Kapinski
•Saturday, Oct. 17; 2:15 p.m.
•SAGE Center, 101 Olson
Road, Boardman
www.visitsage.com
$5/adults, $3/seniors, stu-
dents. Free popcorn with admis-
sion.
•Mannheim
Steamroller
Christmas Tour. Nov. 25 Silva
Concert Hall, Eugene. Tickets
($35-$75) available via www.tick-
ets.com
•Trans Siberian Orchestra
The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Tour. Nov. 28, Key Arena, Seat-
tle; Nov. 29, Moda Center, Port-
land. Tickets ($34-$73) available
via www.ticketmaster.com
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Want to get your event list-
ed in our calendar? Send in-
formation to tmalgesini@eas-
toregonian.com, or c/o Tammy
Malgesini, 333 E. Main Street,
Hermiston, OR, 97838.
MOVIE REVIEW
‘Bridge of Spies’ is an absorbing slow burn
By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of
Spies,” much like its misunder-
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the long game. This complex Cold
War drama soaked in shadows,
blues, greys and furrowed brows,
is a slow burn that challenges the
audience to trust where it’s going.
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how a Brooklyn insurance lawyer
ended up negotiating a high-stakes
prisoner exchange at the height
of the Cold War, Spielberg and
writers Matt Charman and Joel
and Ethan Coen toss details at you,
shake them all around and piece
them back together in the third act,
when the form of the puzzle starts
to take shape. Only then can you
begin to fully appreciate just how
lean and purposeful every moment
is.
Suddenly that seemingly
random conversation about clients
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experience, it’s like not realizing
you’ve been playing a game of
chess until you’ve already lost.
That’s all to say that “Bridge of
Spies,” which waxes poetic — and
occasionally cynically — on
patriotism, honor, and duty, echoes
in your mind long after the credits
roll and begs for a second viewing.
On the page, “Bridge of Spies”
is the story of everyman James B.
Donovan (Tom Hanks), a lawyer
and family man who takes on the
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thankless task of representing
Soviet Agent Rudolf Abel (Mark
Rylance) in a trial, only to then be
called on to negotiate his exchange
for a detained U.S. soldier on
behalf of the CIA. But that’s just
scratching the surface of this very
thoughtful meditation on doing
the right thing — embodied in the
burgeoning friendship between
Abel and Donovan.
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despite the scorn of the public, the
indifference of the legal system
and the danger to his family. When
he goes to Berlin to negotiate the
exchange of Abel for a detained
U-2 pilot, Francis Gary Powers
(Austin Stowell), Donovan
decides, against the wishes of the
U.S., to try to tack on the release
of another imprisoned American
as well.
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against that cozy idea, though.
Donovan is not sentimentalized
or propped up in an unbelievable
way. In Hanks’ hands, Donovan is
a real person, runny nose, doubts
and all. Reality, tedium and wit
supersede the hyperbole of the
great man myth. In this way, it
makes “Bridge of Spies” feel like a
spiritual companion to “Lincoln.”
Perhaps most unexpected,
though, is how Rylance sneaks up
on you and proves himself to be
the heart, soul, and standout of the
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in an elegant, nearly dialogue-free
opening showing the FBI’s real
time pursuit and arrest of Abel.
Cold War-era fears want to paint
him as the face of the enemy, but
Rylance makes Abel sympathetic,
and even docile. He plays him as
a highly intelligent foot soldier
who’s seen enough to know that
even possible execution isn’t
enough to get worked up over. It’s
impossible not to like him.
But the story’s focus on Abel is
juxtaposed with near indifference
to Francis Gary Powers and
the detained American student
Frederic Pryor (Will Rogers).
Donovan wants to get them both
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seem to care if you care about
them — at least not in the way it
does for Abel.
It’s in these unexpected
details and choices that Spielberg
continues to defy our skeptical
movie expectations. He has a
point of view, he has a plan, and
he remains in a class of his own
in his ability to both execute those
ambitions and entertain in the
process.