Saturday, November 21, 2015
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
Holiday Barrel Tasting
Dec. 4-6
Walla Walla Valley wineries
www.wallawallawine.com/holi-
day-barrel-tasting
Some free. Inspire your holiday
spirit during the festive atmosphere
of the season. Samples of the future
releases straight from the barrel.
Wineries participate in unique ways,
offering a variety of events including
art, music and more.
Music
Groove City Band
Saturday, Nov. 21, 9 p.m. No
cover
Wildhorse Sports Bar at Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off Highway
331, Mission.
James Dean Kindle & the
Eastern Oregon Playboys
Saturday, Nov. 21, 10:30 p.m.
The Sports Center, 214 E. Yaki-
ma Ave., Yakima
www.jamesdeankindle.com
No cover.
Folk Music Concert
Sunday, Nov. 22; 3 p.m.
First United Methodist Church,
191 E. Gladys Ave.
www.heidimuller.com
$10/adults, $5/ages 12 and
under. Heidi Muller and Bob Webb
perform original and traditional mu-
sic on Appalachian mountain dulci-
mer, guitar, mandolin and electric
cello.
24/7
Friday, Nov. 27; Saturday, Nov.
28, 9 p.m. No cover
Wildhorse Sports Bar at Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off Highway
331, Mission.
Night life
Unoffi cial Reunion Party
Wednesday, Nov. 25; 7 p.m.
40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emigrant
Ave., Pendleton
No cover. Home for the holi-
days, head to the bar and visit with
old friends. Features happy hour
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er games.
DJ music
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
ENTERTAINMENT
Q&A with Dan Haug
RocKaraoke
Third Wednesdays, 8 p.m.
Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off Highway
331, Mission.
No cover. Live band karaoke
the third Wednesday of each month
through December.
Thursday Night Comedy
Thursdays, 8 p.m.
Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off Highway
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 trivia con-
test. Live host and prizes.
Stage & fi lm
“Brighton Beach Memoirs”
Nov. 21; 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 22; 2 p.m.
Bob Clapp Theatre, BMCC,
2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton
$10/adults, $5/students and
children 3 and up. College Commu-
nity Theatre production of Neil Si-
mon’s semi-autobiographical play.
Includes mature subject matter and
language.
“Annie”
Nov. 21, 28; 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 21, 28; 2:30 p.m.
Elgin Opera House, 104 N.
Eighth St.
www.elginoperahouse.com
Reserved $17/$8. The irre-
pressible comic strip heroine takes
center stage in one of the world’s
best-loved musicals.
“Mary Poppins”
Nov. 21; 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 22; 2 p.m.
Richland (WA) High School,
930 Long St.
www.midcolumbiamusicalthe-
atre.org
$10-$20 via www.mcmt.tix.
com. Mid-Columbia Musical The-
atre presents the Broadway musi-
cal featuring unforgettable songs,
breathtaking dance numbers and
astonishing stagecraft.
“Inside Out”
Saturday, Nov. 21; 2:15 p.m.
SAGE Center, 101 Olson
Road, Boardman
www.visitsage.com
$5/adults, $3/seniors, students.
Free popcorn with admission. The
animated story of Riley, a hock-
ey-loving 11-year-old Midwestern
girl whose world is turned up-
side-down when her family moves
to San Francisco.
“Bilbo’s Journey”
Monday, Nov. 23; 6:30 p.m.
Hermiston Public Library, 235
E. Gladys Ave.
www.hermistonlibrary.us
Free. Traveling Lantern Theatre
presents a story of peril, wonder
and daring with a Hobbit on an ad-
venture.
Hot tickets
Mannheim
Steamroller
Christmas Tour. Nov. 25 Silva
Concert Hall, Eugene. Tickets ($35-
$75) available via www.tickets.com
Trans Siberian Orchestra
The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Tour. Nov. 28, Key Arena, Seattle;
Nov. 29, Moda Center, Portland.
Tickets ($34-$73) available via
www.ticketmaster.com
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tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com, or
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Street, Hermiston, OR, 97838.
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Guitarist puts Baha’i sacred text to music
D
an Haug is a Pendleton-
based musician and
member of the Baha’i
faith. Recently Haug undertook
a large recording project;
writing and recording musical
arrangements of the Baha’i
sacred text, “The Hidden Words.”
The Hidden
Words are a
collection of short
passages — 153
total — meant
to illuminate
spiritual truths
through a poetic
use of language.
J.D.
Haug’s
Kindle
recorded
Comment
interpretations
are rather sparse,
featuring just his guitar and
multi-tracked vocals, but that
arrangement suits his source
material well considering the
text is the main focus. He was
kind enough to talk about and
perform his compositions for
my installment of the EO Audio
podcast this month.
Where did the concept for
this project come from?
The founder of the Baha’i
faith, his title is Bahá’u’lláh
which means “The Glory Of
God.” It’s a Persian title. The
Hidden Words were written in a
traditional Persian style, written
as if it is God speaking to you.
They are very poetic and use a
lot allusion and imagery so they
lend themselves very well to be
set to music. I got excited about
it a couple years ago. I was just
wrapping up my other job and
moving on to try different things
and I decided to try to set some of
them to music. Once I got going I
kept rolling.
Whiskey Wednesday Game
Night
Wednesdays; 3-7 p.m.
The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St.,
Hermiston
No cover. Drink specials and
games, including Xbox 360, Ninten-
do Wii, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo
64.
East Oregonian
Listen to the full interview on
our weekly podcast, EO Audio,
available at www.eastoregonian.
com/eo/podcasts and iTunes.
Contributed photo
Dan Haug performs at the Baha’i International Center in Haifa,
Israel in October.
Have you performed these
songs live?
I’ve done them a little bit.
These are the things a general
audience isn’t going to be hugely
interested in. I attend some
Baha’i events. There’s a summer
school we do in southwestern
Washington and last year it just
so happened that one of the
classes was focusing on The
Hidden Words. They brought in
a musician named Red Grammer.
He’s won a Grammy award, he
does children’s music mostly.
He was going to sing a bunch of
these Hidden Words and he hadn’t
been able to compose some so
he actually asked me if we could
do some of mine. About half the
songs we performed were mine.
I also sing in the Pendleton
Men’s Chorus and in the concert
last spring their director Bill
Mayclin asked me to sing one.
Also, I just got back from a trip
where I went the the Baha’i
International Center in Israel. I
was asked to sing a song at the
opening of a talk somebody did
there.
What Zas the most dif¿ cult
part about recording process for
“Hidden Words?”
In someways this was a really
good process for me because I
think anybody who engages in
creative activities tends to be
rather critical of themselves.
Because I was trying to do 71 of
these in three months I didn’t have
a lot of time to be critical. I would
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in the morning, It would usually
take me 3 to 4 hours to do that and
then I would just walk away from
it. I did all of them like that before
I came back and listened to them
and there were about a half dozen
I didn’t like so I trashed them and
did new versions.
I was really lucky that I had
the opportunity to do that. I don’t
have a lot of musical training so it
was a real growth experience for
me.
You’ve written other songs
before though, right?
Yeah, I started making up
songs since I was twelve years old
but generally it has just been when
I’ve been moved to do it. Often
it’s when I have a life-changing
event or when I’m struggling with
something. I’ve probably written
50 or 60 songs over the years but
I’ve never tried to systematically
do it, so it’s a different beast.
Have you tried composing
new, original songs since
completing “Hidden Words?”
I’ve written a few, three or
four, but I haven’t tried to do it
systematically. That would be
something I’d try to do next. They
Might Be Giants write a song
every day. They used to have a
phone line called Dial-A-Song
where you could call up and hear
the song they wrote that day,
every day. I always thought that
would be a cool, challenging thing
to do.
Dan Haug’s music can be
found at DanHaug.net.
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J.D. Kindle is the executive
director of the Oregon East
Symphony in Pendleton and a
local musician. Email him at
jamesdeankindle@gmail.com.
HERMISTON
Second City comedy tour rings in the holiday season
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
You better watch out, you better
not cry, the Second City comedy
tour is coming to town.
The famed troupe that has
launched the careers of legends like
John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Dan
Aykroyd, Joan Rivers and John
Candy will perform in Hermiston.
The Second City comedy
sketches will have you laughing
all the way as it presents the hilar-
ious and outrageous Holidazed &
Confused. Sponsored by Desert Arts
Council, the event is Wednesday,
Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at
Hermiston High School, 600 S. First
St. Tickets purchased in advance
are $35 for adults and $17.50 for
students. Tickets bought at the door
are an additional $5.
It’s naughty. It’s nice. And it’s
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show you’ll see this season, said
Mary Corp, Desert Arts past presi-
dent.
“I love the comedy that comes
out of Second City,” she said. “They
have a long history of bringing
up-and-coming comedians.”
Corp said Desert Arts is trying
to diversify their offerings in an
attempt to expand their audience.
Holidazed & Confused
WHEN: Dec. 2, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Hermiston High School
auditorium, 600 S. First St.
TICKETS: Advance: $35 for
adults, $17.50 for students
At the door: Additional $5.
Courtesy of Todd Rosenberg Photography
Tickets are available for the Desert Arts Council presentation of
The Second City comedy tour, who will present Holidazed & Con-
fused Wednesday, Dec. 2 at Hermiston High School.
The comedy troupe, she said, should
appeal to the younger crowd, while
still providing entertainment for its
regular audience members.
“I think the holidays are some-
thing people enjoy and adding the
comedy piece poking some fun at
our holiday traditions sounded like
good entertainment,” Corp added.
The Second City is celebrating 55
years of producing cutting-edge satir-
ical revues and continues to launch
the careers of comedy superstars,
including Stephen Colbert, Steve
Carrell and Tina Fey. The show may
contain mature and adult content.
The Desert Arts season continues
after the new year with the third
installment of Dancing with the
Hermiston Stars. Teaming up with
professionals from the Utah Ball-
room Dance Company, a handful of
local citizens will waltz, salsa and
swing for their favorite charities.
The popular event is Saturday, Jan.
9, 2016.
A perfect prelude to Valentine’s
Day features Barrington “Bo”
Henderson, former lead singer of
the Temptations, with A Temptations
Revue. The evening with unfor-
gettable Motown hits and choreo-
graphed dance steps is Friday, Feb.
12, 2016.
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Oregon Arts Festival May 6-7, 2016.
In its 12th year, it features regional
artists as well as music, festival food
and kids’ activities.
Ticket packages or single show
tickets can be purchased at www.
desertartscouncil.com. In addition,
people can buy Second City tickets
at the Hermiston Chamber of
Commerce, 415 S. Highway 395,
or Hermiston Parks and Recreation,
180 N.E. Second St.
For more information, visit
www.desertartscouncil.com, www.
facebook.com/desertarts or call
541-567-1800.
MOVIE REVIEW
Game over in the dreary ‘Mockingjay Part 2’
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
“The Hunger Games” movies
have unfolded in a relative blitzkrieg
— four movies in four years — and
in a fan-fueled fever that has masked
some seriously silly political
allegory with the thrill of survival
games and the awesome star power
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installation, “The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay Part 2,” the game is
over.
Having left behind the “arena”
— a wooded realm where teenagers
from across the districts of the total-
itarian Panem are set against each
other in a televised kill-or-be-killed
death match — at the conclusion
of 2013’s “Catching Fire,” “Mock-
ingjay” moves into a greater war,
where Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer
Lawrence), the reluctant participant
plucked out of the mining region
of District 12, discovers a wider
network of like-minded rebels.
In part two, the march toward
the Capitol takes on an air of
inevitable victory as the revolution,
led by President Alma Coin
(Julianne Moore), contemplates
power after the expected fall of the
dictator Coriolanus Snow (Donald
Sutherland). Wary of replacing one
corruption with another, an increas-
ingly grave Katniss discovers the
truth of that old maxim: revolution
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competition that, for some, is barely
more cutthroat than high school.
Katniss’ ascent comes not through
her mastery of the game, but her
rejection of its rules.
Unfortunately lacking much
screen time are two of the most
lively and gaudy characters of the
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chaperone — who always gave
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the seriousness too far.
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books, to which the franchise has
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was stretched into two. Philip
the gray-and-gloomy part two of
backward.
Seymour Hoffman, who died nearly
“Mockingjay.” All the color and
That, perhaps, is as it should
two years ago but remains here
vibrancy of the series has been
be. “The Hunger Games” is for its
as the rebel leader Plutarch, is a
drained away; a sizable chunk of
passionate fans and — certainly in
ghostly, abbreviated presence.
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as Katniss and a band of rebels,
At the heart of the phenomenon
center of the saga, can elevate the
navigating various traps, stealthily
is Collins’ clever rendering of
material only so much. Four years
storm toward Snow, with plans to
passage into adulthood as survival
clearly wasn’t fast enough for “The
assassinate him.
through the (literal) slings and
Hunger Games.” Lawrence outgrew
From the start, though, it’s clear
arrows of a cruel system that pits
this stuff long ago.
“Mockingjay Part 2” is neither
teenagers against one another in a