ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, May 21, 2016
BRIEFLY
Brass Fire announces
local shows
Brass Fire, a regional horn
band, has a pair of upcoming
shows.
All ages are welcome to
attend Saturday, May 21 from
6-8 p.m. at Sweet Productions,
233 N. Main St., Heppner.
The Saturday, June 4 show is
for ages 21 and over. It’s from
7-10 p.m. at the Red Lion, 304
S.E. Nye Ave., Pendleton. There
is no cover charge.
The group performs jazz,
funk, blues, rock and swing. For
more about the group, contact
Brad Rozema at 541-314-5416,
brassireband@gmail.com
or visit www.facebook.com/
brassire.
Museums celebrate
Dayton Days
DAYTON, Wash — A full
day of art-related activities is
featured during Dayton Days.
The public is invited to
visit all four of the museums
in Dayton, Washington,
and participate in activities.
Admission is free during the
event, which is Saturday, May
28. Highlights include:
•Dayton Historic Depot,
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., artists
demonstrating and selling their
work. Includes ukulele music.
•Smith Hollow School,
1:15-2:45 p.m., a spelling bee
and math bee. Also, throughout
the day there will be children’s
games, including marbles,
blackboard art, jacks, pick-up-
sticks and checkers.
•Palus Museum, 9:30-11:30
a.m. and 1:30-3 p.m., artisans on
hand demonstrating weaving and
bead work
•Boldman House Museum,
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., learn
about daily life from the early
20th century with old-time tools
and washboard wringers, and
plant lowers in the garden.
For more information,
contact 509-382-2026, info@
daytonhistoricdepot.org or visit
www.historicdayton.com.
Symphony fundraiser
features cartoon fun
MISSION — A tribute to
Saturday morning cartoon
classics is featured during
a concert fundraiser for the
Oregon East Symphony.
The 35+ piece orchestra will
perform the “Young at Heart”
show, including Rossini’s
“Barber of Seville Overture,”
Beethoven’s “Symphony No.
5”, Strauss’s “Blue Danube,”
Brahms’s “Hungarian Dance No.
5,” Anderson’s “Chicken Reel”
and, of course, the “Looney
Tunes Theme.”
The event is Saturday, June
11 at 8 p.m. in the Rivers Event
Center at Wildhorse Resort &
Casino, located off Interstate 84
at Exit 216, Mission. Premium
tickets are $45 and regular tickets
are $25. All ages are welcome
Also, a concert, dinner,
auction and gift ticket package
is available for $75. The dinner
and auction is at 6 p.m. in
Cayuse Hall. The meal includes
Speedy Gonzales’ Three Bean
Salad, Pan Seared Rosemary
Daffy Duck Breast, Braised
Bugs Bunny Rabbit, Porky Pig
Roasted Red Potatoes, dinner
rolls and dessert. A no-host bar
will be available for dinner and
during the concert.
For tickets, visit www.
wildhorseresort.yapsody.com
or stop by the Wildhorse gift
shop. For more information, call
800-654-9453.
Eric Clapton lays
down the blues on
‘I Still Do’
(AP) — Not as if there were
any doubt, but Eric Clapton
knows how to play the blues.
And on the aptly titled
“I Still Do,” the 71-year-old
music legend proves it all over
again with a smooth, sonically
soothing mix of covers with a
couple originals thrown in. He’s
not breaking any new ground
here, or tearing the roof off with
scorching guitar solos, but that’s
OK.
Clapton reunites with famed
producer Glyn Johns, who was
also behind Clapton’s most
popular record “Slowhand.” And
the songs on “I Still Do” — with
purring female backup singers
and an economy of gently
rollicking guitar licks — almost
sound like outtakes from that
1977 classic that spawned
“Wonderful Tonight” and “Lay
Down Sally.”
Clapton closes with his cover
of the standard “I’ll Be Seeing
You,” which hopefully is a
hint of more to come and not a
farewell.
East Oregonian
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Music in the Parks tunes up with Dallin Puzey
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Music in the Parks
A free summer outdoor music
festival kicks off its 10-concert
season with entertainment by
Dallin Puzey of Hermiston.
The homegrown musician plays
familiar folk and classic country
songs by the likes of Johnny Cash,
Tom Petty, Hank Williams and
Creedence Clearwater Revival, as
well as his own original tunes.
During performances Puzey
plays acoustic guitar, as well as
strapping on a harmonica. He’s
been known to bust out nice rendi-
tions of “Stand By Me,” “Ain’t No
Sunshine” and “Midnight Special.”
Puzey will perform during the
2016 season opener of Music in
the Parks Monday, June 13 at 7
p.m. at Boardman Marina Park.
The concert venue alternates each
week between Boardman and
Irrigon marina parks. People are
encouraged to bring a lawn chair
or blanket and enjoy the music
with the Columbia River as a
backdrop.
“We have a really exciting
lineup with lots of new faces,” said
Tami Sherer, one of the event orga-
nizers. “All of our performances
are family-friendly and they are
free — so that’s another plus.”
Everyone from senior citizens
to young children gather to enjoy
the free shows, Sherer said. The
parks provide large shade trees
that help shield concert-goers from
the sun. In addition, Sherer said
both parks have play areas that
June 13: Dallin Puzey (B)
June 20: 98% Angels (I)
June 27: Zac Grooms (B)
July 11: Bram Brata (I)
July 18: JuggleMania (B)
July 25: 7-Wheel Drive (I)
Aug. 1: Brass Fire, (B)
Aug. 8: Dakota Brown Band (I)
Aug. 15: Jamie Nasario (B)
Aug. 22: Fallout (I)
(B)=Boardman, (I)=Irrigon
Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini
Dallin Puzey of Hermiston will kick off the 2016 Music in the Parks
season Monday, June 13 at Boardman Marina Park. The free out-
door music festival alternates venues each week between Board-
man and Irrigon marina parks.
drinks. In addition, they are trying
to secure a snow-cone machine,
Sherer said.
The concert series continues
each Monday — except July 4 —
through Aug. 22.
The irst concert of the season
in Irrigon — Monday, June 20 —
features 98% Angels. The duo of
provide space for children to enjoy
themselves.
“It’s a great place for the parents
to come and listen to music and let
their kids play,” she said.
Also, Judy’s Chuckwagon
will be on hand each week at
both venues. People can purchase
hamburgers, hot dogs and cold
Marie Rose and Renate Meakins
began singing together in 1998
while attending Blue Mountain
Community College. They perform
everything from 1930s standards
and Big Band music to hits of the
’50s and ’60s and popular contem-
porary and country tunes.
An “early bird” show prior to
the July 11 performance in Irrigon
will highlight education birds from
Blue Mountain Wildlife at 6 p.m.
Then Bram Brata, a steel drum
band from the Tri-Cities will take
the stage.
The following week — on July
18 in Boardman — a juggling
workshop will be offered at 6 p.m.
for people that are interested in
learning how to toss a few items
around. That night’s entertainment
features JuggleMania, with Rhys
Thomas’ clean comedy, amazing
tricks and interactive shenanigans.
For more information, call Tami
Sherer at 541-571-0844 or Renee
Couchman at 922-1560.
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
Heart of the Country
Rodeo
•Saturday, May 28; 12:30
p.m.
•Quantum 9 Arena, Helix
www.helixrodeo.org
$10/adults, $5/ages 5-12,
free/under 4. Features rodeo ac-
tion and activities for kids (barrel
racing/12 and under, stick horse
racing/6 and under, mutton bus-
tin’/ages 4-8 and 55 pounds and
under. Calcutta to bid on favorite
rough stock rider Friday, May 27
at 7 p.m. at the Helix Pub. Live
music in the beer garden after
the rodeo with Tylor Bushman &
the Train Robbers.
Century Ride of the
Centuries
•May 28-30
•Base: Wildhorse Resort &
Casino
www.cyclependleton.com
$195/all-inclusive,
$155/
ages 13-17, $130/under 12,
$75/non-riders (special events
and meals). Registration dead-
line May 23. From rolling whet
ields and century farms to the
picturesque Blue Mountains, the
ride offers routes for novices to
veteran cyclists.
Art & Museums
21st Anniversary Party
•Saturday, May 21; 11 a.m.-
4 p.m.
•Columbia Gorge Interpre-
tive Center, 990 S.W. Rock
Creek Drive, Stevenson, Wash.
www.columbiagorge.org
Free. Features live music,
demonstrations, a guest speak-
er and food available for pur-
chase.
www.pendletonlibrary.wee-
bly.com
Free. Exhibit featuring more
than two dozen documentary
photographs by Teresa Rae.
Runs through June 30. An art-
ist’s reception to be scheduled.
All-Campus Juried Stu-
dent Exhibition
•Monday-Fridays;
noon-4
p.m.
•Nightingale Gallery, Loso
Hall
•Eastern Oregon University,
La Grande
www.eou.edu/art/nightin-
gale-gallery
Free. Features artwork of
EOU students from all disci-
plines. Runs through June 9.
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-
queline Brown People’s Choice
Award. Runs through May 27.
“Book Sort”
•Monday-Thursdays;
10
a.m-8 p.m.,
•Friday-Saturdays; 10 a.m.-5
p.m.
•Pendleton Public Library,
502 S.W. Dorion Ave.
Mike Kellison
•Friday, May 27; 6-9 p.m.
•Nookies/Hermiston Brew-
ing Co., 125 N. First St., Herm-
iston
No cover.
Cadillacs for Everyone
•Friday, May 27; Saturday,
May 28, Sunday, May 29; 8 p.m.
No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
La Luz
•Tuesday, May 31; 7:30 p.m.
•Great Paciic Wine & Coffee
Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton
www.rivolifundraiser.brown-
papertickets.com
$10/advance, $12/door. All
ages fundraising event for the
Rivoli Theater Restoration Coa-
lition. Features the Seattle surf-
rock-punk band La Luz. Also,
James Dean Kindle & the East-
ern Oregon Playboys will open
the show.
Yosi Mesbah
•Thursday, June 2; 7 p.m. All
ages. No cover.
•Great Paciic Wine & Coffee
Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton
Explore Evolution
Brass Fire
•Monday-Saturdays; 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
•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
exhibit features the work of sci-
entists who are making leading
discoveries about the evolution
of life. The interactive displays
provide visitors with an opportu-
nity to experience how scientists
conduct research on evolution.
Runs through May 28.
•Saturday, June 4; 7-10 p.m.
No cover
•Red Lion, 304 S.E. Nye
Ave., Pendleton
“Central Dreams”
•Saturdays/Sundays; noon-
5 p.m.
•Arts Portal Gallery, 508 N.
Main St., Milton-Freewater
www.facebook.com/artspor-
talgallery
Free. Exhibit features Cen-
tral Middle School student-cre-
ated artwork communicating
their hopes and dreams for
themselves, their families and
community. Also includes adult
artists.
Exit 216, Mission.
Music
Brass Fire Band
•Saturday, May 21; 6-8 p.m.
•Sweet Productions Restau-
rant & Bakery, 233 N. Main St.,
Heppner
No cover. All ages event fea-
tures regional brass band.
Hillfolk Noir
•Saturday, May 21; 8 p.m. All
ages. No cover.
•Great Paciic Wine & Coffee
Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton
Funk Factory
•Saturday, May 21; 8 p.m.
No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
“Young at Heart”
•Saturday, June 11; 6 p.m.
•Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
www.oregoneastsymphony.
org
$25/general, $45/premium,
$75/concert, dinner and auc-
tion ticket. Beneit event for Or-
egon East Symphony (tickets
available at www.wildhorsere-
sort.com). Features Rossini’s
“Barber of Seville Overture,”
Beethoven’s Symphony No.
5, Strauss’s “Blue Danube,”
Brahms’ “Hungarian Dance
No. 5,” Anderson’s “Chicken
Reel” and “The Looney Tunes
Theme.”
Night life
live DJ, face painting and a mon-
ey booth. Call 541-922-4374 for
reservations.
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.
Thursday Night Comedy
•Thursdays, 8 p.m. No cover.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
May 26: Alvin Williams
Digital Karaoke
•Thursdays and Fridays, 8
p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
Folk Night
•Friday, May 20; 7-9 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
$5/single, $8/couple. Contra
and Western-style dancing, live
music and callers.
Wine tasting
•Fridays, 4-8 p.m.
•Sno Road Winery, 111 W.
Main St., Echo.
•Saturday, May 28; 9 p.m.
•Sub Zero Restaurant &
Lounge, 100 W. Highway 730,
Irrigon
No cover. Come dressed as
your favorite element — water,
ire earth or air. Prize money for
best costumes. The Lucky Coy-
otes will perform Coyote Ugly
dancing. Party also features a
“Mother’s Day”
•May 21-22 & May 24; 7:30
p.m.
•May 21-22; 3 p.m.
•The Liberty Theater, 344 E.
Main St., Dayton, Wash.
www.libertytheater.org
$8/adults, $7/students and
seniors, $6/12 and under; $1
discount for matinées. Three
generations come together in
the week leading up to Mother’s
Day. The historic 1910 theater is
operated by the Touchet Valley
Arts Council.
“MILTON”
•June 16-19; 7 p.m.
•June 18-19; 2 p.m.
•McLoughlin High School,
120 Main St., Milton-Freewater
www.skyovermilton.com/
town/milton-freewater-or
Free/Milton-Freewater res-
idents, $5-$15 suggested do-
nation from others. The story
behind “MILTON,” a play about
ive towns named Milton (and
Milton-Freewater) and the con-
stellation they create. Local pre-
sentation is presented bi-lingual
in English and Spanish. Child
care provided during the Sun-
day matinée.
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 & ilm
“All Over the Map”
Elements Party
seven one-act plays covering a
broad range of topics and theat-
rical styles. The show contains
some mature subject matter and
language; some content is not
suitable for young children.
•Saturday, May 21; 7:30 p.m.
•Sunday, May 22; 2 p.m.
•BMCC Bob Clapp Theatre,
2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pend-
leton
www.bluecc.edu/commu-
nity/bob-clapp-memorial-the-
atre-community
$10/adults,
$5/students.
(May 12 is pay-what-you-can
preview night). College Commu-
nity Theatre production features
Hot tickets
•Vanilla Ice and Morris Day
& The Time. July 30 at Wild-
horse Resort & Casino. Tickets
($29-$59) available via www.
wildhorse.com
•KISS. July 10, Toyota Cen-
ter, Kennewick. Tickets ($39.50-
$125) via www.ticketmaster.com
•Umatilla County Fair Main
Stage entertainment: A Thou-
sand Horses (Aug. 9), The Bella-
my Brothers (Aug. 10), Brothers
Osborne (Aug. 11) Baile (Aug.
12), Creedence Clearwater Re-
visited (Aug. 13). Festival seating
free with fair admission; 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-
newick Ranch & Home or www.
bentonfranklinfair.com
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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.
MOVIE REVIEW
Gosling-Crowe chemistry livens uneven ‘Nice Guys’
By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
Take two charismatic actors.
Give them characters that are, on
the surface, totally incompatible.
Plunk them into your basic
whodunit, a mismatched team
ighting ill-in-the-blank bad guys.
Stir in some shoot-em-up action,
and poof: You have a buddy cop
movie, one of the most durable
formulas in Hollywood.
Now, technically, Ryan Gosling
and Russell Crowe don’t play
cops in “The Nice Guys,” by
writer-director Shane Black (who
knows a thing about buddy cop
movies, having written “Lethal
Weapon” back in 1987.) One’s a
bumbling private investigator, the
other a low-life hired enforcer. But
the equation’s the same, and like
a buddy-cop movie the important
thing isn’t the plot. It’s the
chemistry.
Gosling and Crowe do have
chemistry, and an obvious sense of
humor, which gets them far. They’d
have gotten farther, though, if the
“The Nice Guys”
★★★☆
R, 115 minutes
Daniel McFadden/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP
This image shows Ryan Gosling, left, and Russell Crowe in a scene
from “The Nice Guys.”
movie, while at times hilarious,
didn’t have such an uneven feel,
particularly a nasty edge that simply
clashes with the desired jocular
tone. Yes, there’s such a thing as
dark comedy, but this is a comedy
that occasionally just makes you
feel queasy. There were moments I
knew I was supposed to be laughing
but found myself scribbling in my
notes: “hmm, funny but not?”
Then again, there are some
inspired moments, such as when
enforcer Jackson Healy (Crowe,
paunchy and amiably violent)
tracks down Holland March
(Gosling — sweet, clumsy,
effortlessly funny ) in a men’s room
stall. March is understandably wary,
considering Healy had broken his
arm at their last meeting, leaving
him howling on the kitchen loor
like a wounded cat.
March also has his pants down.
Watch Gosling juggle pointing a
gun, keeping an annoying stall door
open, and hiding his privates behind
a magazine. It’s top-notch physical
comedy, and you’ll laugh out loud.
This has to be one of Gosling’s
most entertaining performances.
The ilm ends up in an incredibly
energetic, chaotic shoot-em-up. It’s
fun in a manic sort of way, but it
might have been more fun to clear
away some of the dust — or smog
— and just watch two charismatic
pros spar with each other. Maybe
in the sequel.
