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ENTERTAINMENT Saturday, April 16, 2016 ‘No One Knows Nothing’ E nthusiasts of UFOs and Bigfoot should take note of the staged reading of the screenplay “No One Knows Nothing.” Written by Community College Theater technical theater coordinator Joshua King, the work revolves around, as King puts it, “neighbors spying on neighbors and conspiracy theories coming alive.” The staged reading will be part of Blue Mountain Community College’s annual Arts and Culture Festival. On the origins of the script’s theme, King says, “It’s very much a reaction to things I’ve read or J.D. seen on the Internet. Kindle Conspiracy blogs, Comment podcasts, Internet radio. Art Bell was a really big inÀuence. Especially his most famous episode where a guy calls in who is working at Area 51 and the things that we think are aliens are really extra-dimensional entities. That was all very much the inspiration. I made up the story but I didn’t make up anything I put in the story. It’s all based off of real conspiracy theories. I wanted to go the extreme of what could be believable.” The plot revolves around Art Williams, a character not too dissimilar to Art Bell, who, at the urging of his no-nonsense girlfriend, begins to drift away from his conspiracy-themed podcast that he has devoted much of his energy to. Persuading him to resist this change is Art’s UFO-obsessed next- door neighbor Stitch whose paranoia is aroused by a mysterious neighbor across the street who appears to be up to acts of domestic terrorism. If the desert town setting of the screenplay feels familiar, that is because it was based on locations around the region, comprising elements of towns like Umatilla, Hermiston and “No One Knows Nothing” WHEN: 7pm, Thursday, April 21 WHERE: Bob Clapp Theater Contributed image This sketch by Joshua King shows The Man in Grey from his screen- play ‘No One Knows Nothing’. Pendleton. “I wanted to make the town a character. I wanted there to be a symbolism. I thought Umatilla would be great for an establishing shot because you have the dam and all the electrical towers and outside of there you have the wind turbines. I imagined that as the setup because we rely on technology and this is very much about ‘technology doesn’t control us, we have control over it.’ This quiet little town nestled in a high desert valley is surrounded by technology so there is this caged aspect but the town itself is quite idyllic.” “No One Knows Nothing” marks the second time King has produced a dramatic work that came to life on stage. His ¿rst was “How Cal *ot Back,” a comedy he wrote and directed his senior year of high school nearly two decades ago. While pursuing a college degree in theater arts, King kept at writing plays but halted most writing activities when he returned to Pendleton around 2004. “I’ve done essays for classes but I haven’t wanted to write ¿ction for a long time,” says King in explaining the long gap in writing projects. “This was a story that’s been going around and around in my mind and I ¿nally came up with the characters. That was the key. If there is no character there, you’re just ranting about an idea. Finally I came up with characters I liked and was able to move the idea around the characters.” Bringing those characters to life will be many regular participants of Community College Theater, including Alex Mitzemberg, Don Pinkerton, Chris McClellan, Allison Sharrard and Vanessa Hawkins. When asked why he chose the medium of a screenplay King says, “It had been swimming around in my mind in various forms. The hardest decision for me was, what medium do you create in? There are so many; novel, play, screenplay, comic book, and I just pictured this as a ¿lm in my mind.” Although it started off as a dialogue- driven script in the vein of Kevin Smith’s “Clerks,” it quickly started incorporating elements of action that would require a visual Àair. “I don’t think there’s any chance I’d ever make the ¿lm. I would need a full production crew. I would need a pretty good sized budget. I have considered redoing it as a novella simply because I have a sequel piece in mind. A lot of screenplays sit on shelves and don’t get made.” At least the public will receive this reading. “No One Knows Nothing” will be read at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21 at the Bob Clapp Theater. Ŷ James Dean Kindle is a Pendleton musician and the executive director of the Oregon East Symphony. WHAT TO DO Festivals Adams Day •Saturday, April 16 •Adams Free. Celebrates the open- ing of Little League baseball season. Features a parade, vendors in the park, yard sales, book sale and baseball all day. Food available for purchase. BMCC Arts & Culture Festival •April 18-22 •BMCC, Pendleton & Herm- iston www.bluecc.edu Most activities free. Wooden Shoe Tulip Fes- tival •March 18-May 1; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. •33814 S. Meridian Road, Woodburn www.woodenshoe.com $5/person or $20/carload. Stroll through 40 acres of color- IXOÀRZHUV%ULQJDSLFQLFOXQFK or purchase food onsite. Catch DULGHRQWKHFRZWUDLQVRUHQMR\ GDLO\ZLQHWDVWLQJDYDLODEOHIURP the Wooden Shoe Vineyards. 9LHZWKHZHEVLWHIRUWKHFXUUHQW ¿HOG UHSRUW DQG VSHFLDO ZHHN- end events. Art & Museums First Draft Writers’ Series •Thursday, April 21; 7 p.m. •Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St. www.pendletonarts.org Free. Features Kathleen Dean Moore, a naturalist and PRUDO SKLORVRSKHU NQRZQ IRU DZDUGZLQQLQJERRNVRIHVVD\V DERXWZHWDQGZLOGSODFHV$OVR short open mic readings from the audience. “Figuratively Speaking ...” •Friday, April 22; 6-8 p.m., opens •Monday-Fridays; noon-4 p.m. •Nightingale Gallery, Loso Hall •Eastern Oregon University, La Grande www.eou.edu/art/nightin- gale-gallery )UHH )HDWXUHV DUWZRUN RI graduating seniors Erica Hitz- man of Pendleton and Victoria Davis, Sheyenne Johnson, Donni Later and Madeline Royce, all of La Grande. Runs through May 6. “Central Dreams” •Saturday, April 30; 2-4 p.m. •Arts Portal Gallery, 508 N. 0DLQ6W0LOWRQ)UHHZDWHU Free. Features Central Middle School student-cre- DWHG DUWZRUN FRPPXQLFDWLQJ their hopes and dreams for themselves, their families and community. Also includes adult artists. Open Regional Photogra- phy Exhibit •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. Features amateur and professional photographers from across the region. Visitors can cast votes for the $200 Jac- TXHOLQH%URZQ3HRSOH¶V&KRLFH $ZDUG5XQVWKURXJK0D\ Shadows of the West •Monday-Thursdays; 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. •BMCC, Betty Feves Memo- rial Gallery •2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton Free. Features acryl- LFRYHUSOH[LJODVVZRUNVE\%UL- an Sostrom. Runs through April 28. Explore Evolution •Monday-Saturdays; a.m. to 5 p.m. 10 •Tamástslikt Cultural Insti- tute, 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 H[KLELWIHDWXUHVWKHZRUNRIVFL- HQWLVWVZKRDUHPDNLQJOHDGLQJ discoveries about the evolution of life. The interactive displays SURYLGH YLVLWRUV ZLWK DQ RSSRU- WXQLW\WRH[SHULHQFHKRZVFLHQ- tists conduct research on evolu- tion. Runs through May 28. Debbie McIntosh •Monday-Fridays; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. •Saturdays; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. •Pendleton Art + Frame, 36 S.W. Court Ave. Free. An exhibit featuring WKH 3HQGOHWRQ SKRWRJUDSKHU¶V LPDJHV ZLOO EH RQ GLVSOD\ DQG for sale through the end of April. Music Sore Thumb •Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m. No cover •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission. Heppner No cover. All ages event fea- tures regional brass band. Corey Peterson and Linderstrom •Saturday, April 30; 9 p.m. No cover •The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston. Night life DJ music •Saturdays, 8 p.m. •The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston Whiskey Wednesday Game Night •Wednesdays; 3-7 p.m. •The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston No cover. Drink specials, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Play- Station 3 and Nintendo 64. Disney Pixar Trivia •Wednesday, April 20; 8 p.m. •40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton No cover. Teams of 2-8 peo- ple compete in trivia about all things Pixar. Thursday Night Comedy •Thursdays, 8 p.m. No cov- Martin Gerschwitz er. •Sunday, April 17; 3 p.m. •Sno Road Winery, 111 W. Main St., Echo •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission. April 21: Alex Elkin & Max Faulkner Dinner with the Conductor •Monday, April 18; 6:30 p.m. 9LUJLO¶VDW&LPPL\RWWL¶V S. Main St., Pendleton $40 (must be purchased LQ DGYDQFH )HDWXUHV D ¿YH FRXUVHPHDORYHUYLHZRI 17 Oregon East Symphony season and live music by the Oregon East Symphony String Quartet. Jaime Wyatt •Wednesday, April 20; 7 p.m. All ages. No cover. *UHDW3DFL¿F:LQH&RIIHH Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton Eliza Rickman •Friday, April 22; 7:30 p.m. All ages. No cover. *UHDW3DFL¿F:LQH&RIIHH Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton Jessie Leigh •Friday, April 22; Saturday, April 23, 8 p.m. No cover •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission. Elwood •Friday, April 22; 9 p.m. No cover •Hamley Saloon, 8 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton “Cathedral of Sound” •Saturday, April 23; 7:30 p.m. •Vert Auditorium, 480 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton www.oregoneastsymphony. org $20/adults, $15/students, seniors, $45/family. Presented by the Oregon East Sympho- Q\ IHDWXUHV $QWRQ %UXFNQHU¶V “Third Symphony” in memory of the late Dr. Al Baxter. Rock Bot (live karaoke) •Sunday, April 24, 8:30 p.m. No cover •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission. James Dean Kindle & the Eastern Oregon Playboys •Monday, April 25, 9 p.m. No cover •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission. Design •Friday, April 29; Saturday, April 30, 8 p.m. No cover •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission. Brass Fire Band •Saturday, April 30; 5-7 p.m. 6ZHHW3URGXFWLRQV5HVWDX- rant & Bakery, 233 N. Main St., Digital Karaoke •Thursdays and Fridays, 8 p.m. •The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston 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 ‘80s Party •Saturday, April 30; 9 p.m. •Sub Zero Restaurant & /RXQJH : +LJKZD\ Irrigon No cover. Coyote Ugly-style ‘80s party, dress up in favorite decade attire and party all night ORQJ ZLWK '- PXVLF DQG GDQF- ing. Stage & film Dancing With Your Pend- leton Stars •Saturday, April 16; 7 p.m. •Vert Auditorium, 480 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton www.brownpapertickets. com $30/adults, $15/students ($5 more at the door). Six 3HQGOHWRQ ³VWDUV´ GDQFH ZLWK members of the Utah Ballroom Dance Company as they raise money for charities. Also bene- ¿WV&$3(&2)RRG%DQN Animation Workshop •Wednesday, April 20; 6 p.m. •Hermiston Public Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave. •Saturday, April 23; 10 a.m. •Athena Public Library, 418 E. Main St. •Saturday, April 30; 3 p.m. •Pendleton Public Library, 502 S.W. Dorion Ave. (registra- tion required) ZZZKHUPLVWRQOLEUDU\XV Free. Teresa Drilling, an (PP\ZLQQLQJ DQLPDWRU ZLOO discuss the principals and his- tory of stop motion animation. 7KRVHSUHVHQWZLOOPDNHDVKRUW DQLPDWLRQ¿OP “Dorothy in Wonderland” •Thursday, April 21, Friday, April 22; 6:30 p.m. •Armand Larive Middle School, 1497 S.W. Ninth St., Hermiston www.hermiston.or.us/parks- rec_recreation $3/door, $2/advance. The ZRUOGV RI 2] DQG :RQGHUODQG collide in a stage production presented by Hermiston Parks & Recreation youth theater pro- gram. Buy advance tickets at WKHSDUNVRI¿FH East Oregonian Page 3C BRIEFLY KISS to perform in Kennewick KENNEWICK — The 2016 Summer American “Freedom To Rock” Tour featuring KISS announced a tour stop in Kennewick. The epic rock band will kick off its 35-city tour in July, performing in more than two dozen venues it hasn’t played in for more than a decade. The group will perform Sunday, July 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. Tickets, which went on sale Friday, are $39.50 to $125. They are available at www. ticketmaster.com. VIP and meet and greet packages also are available. Opening Contributed photo the show will be Kiss will perform July 10 at the Toyota Center as part of Caleb Johnson, the its 2016 Freedom to Rock Tour. “American Idol” Tickets went on sale Friday. Season 13 winner. The group has sold more than 100 million albums during its 40-year career. Notable appearances include Super Bowl XXXIII, the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2005 Rockin’ The Corps concert for U.S. troops Iraq and Afghanistan and performing during the 2009 “American Idol” ¿nale to 30 million viewers. For more information about the venue, visit www. yourtoyotacenter.com. For more about KISS, visit www. kissonline.com. Kathleen Moore to read at First Draft PENDLETON — Kathleen Dean Moore is interested in stories and ideas that will lift people who deeply care, inspiring them to move forward with clarity and moral courage. The featured author for the upcoming First Draft Writers’ Series, Moore will read from her most recent book, “*reat Tide Rising: Toward Clarity and Moral Courage in a Time of Planetary Change.” The free event is Thursday, April 21 at 7 p.m. at Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St. Moore is best known for award- winning books of essays about wet and wild places. A naturalist and moral philosopher, she holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. Moore For many years, Moore taught critical thinking and environmental ethics at Oregon State University. She has published philosophical books on forgiveness, Apache philosophy, Rachel Carson and critical thinking. Moore’s nature writing will return to the wild-weather coast in her novel “The Piano Tide,” to be published in the fall. She writes from Corvallis and from a small cabin where two creeks and a bear trail meet a tidal cove in Alaska. After Moore’s presentation, an open mic provides an opportunity for up to 10 local authors to read their own 3-5 minute poems or short stories. No experience is necessary and everyone is welcome. For more information about First Draft, call 541-278- 9201. For more about Moore, visit www.riverwalking.com. Hot tickets EOU exhibit features Pendleton student •Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. May 10, Windermere Theater, Ken- QHZLFN 7LFNHWV DYDLO- able via www.ticketmaster.com •KISS. July 10, Toyota &HQWHU .HQQHZLFN 7LFNHWV ($39.50-$125) via www.ticket- master.com •Umatilla County Fair Main Stage entertainment: A Thou- sand Horses (Aug. 9), The Bel- lamy Brothers (Aug. 10), Broth- ers Osborne (Aug. 11) Baile $XJ&UHHGHQFH&OHDUZD- ter Revisited (Aug. 13). Festival VHDWLQJIUHHZLWKIDLUDGPLVVLRQ reserved seats are $12. (541- 567-6121). •Hunter Hayes. Aug. 26, Benton-Franklin Fair, Pasco. Also Salt N Pepa (Aug. 23). Tickets ($15) available via Ken- QHZLFN5DQFK+RPHRUwww. bentonfranklinfair.com ——— Want to get your event listed in our calendar? Send information to tmalgesini@eas- toregonian.com, or c/o Tammy Malgesini, 333 E. Main Street, Hermiston, OR, 97838. LA *RANDE — Erica Hitzman of Pendleton is among the graduating seniors of Eastern Oregon University featured in an upcoming exhibition. Figuratively Speaking ...” opens Friday, April 22 from 6-8 p.m. in the Nightingale *allery in Loso Hall on the La *rande campus. The exhibit delves into the experiences of being human through sculpture, photography, painting and mixed media. Hitzman’s work is a combination of decadence and decay. By painting hyper-realistic images on rotting but beautiful backdrops, she endeavors to give the pieces a sense of faded beauty, commenting on Àeeting youth and the unexpected splendor age can bring. Having spent many years in the advertising industry, Hitzman has felt the negative effects the media can have, especially on women. Her work is her own exploration of what it feels like to be treated as an object, and the wear and tear such experiences can have on an individual. Others featured in the exhibit are Victoria Davis, Sheyenne Johnson, Donni Later and Madeline Royce, all of La *rande. Admission to the reception and gallery is free. Regular hours are Monday through Fridays form noon to 4 p.m. For more information, call 541-962-3667 or visit www. eou.edu/art.
