ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, September 3, 2016
East Oregonian
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BRIEFLY
LA GRANDE
Inland Musicians seek
participants
Film festival frames annual event with Sneak Peek
Ensembles of the Inland
Northwest Musicians are
preparing for the 2016-17
season.
Auditions are not required
to participate with the groups.
Participants are welcome
who have a desire to sing and
fellowship with other area
musicians.
The Inland Northwest
Chorale rehearse Mondays at 7
p.m. at Harris Junior Academy,
3121 S.W. Hailey Ave.,
Pendleton. The weekly practices
lead up to a pair of concerts,
which are Oct. 29 in Pendleton
and Oct. 30 in Milton-Freewater.
The Inland Northwest
Orchestra rehearses Thursdays
at 6:30 p.m. at Harris Junior
Academy. The opening concert
of the season is Sunday, Oct 16
at Hermiston High School.
In November, both ensembles
will begin rehearsals for
December performances of
“Handel’s Messiah” in Echo and
Connell, Washington.
The Willow Creek Symphony
begins rehearsing Tuesday,
Sept 13 from 6-7:30 p.m. at
Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School, 315
E. Wyoming Ave. It features
strings, brass, woodwinds and
percussionists. The symphony
welcomes youths and less
experienced musicians of all age,
including adults.
The Inland Northwest
Musicians provide free live
performances throughout
rural Eastern Oregon and
southeast Washington. For
more information, contact
541-289-4696, inwm@
machmedia.net or visit www.
inlandnorthwestmusicians.com.
Stage performance
honors irst
responders
LA GRANDE — A play
written by Anne Nelson pays
tribute to the fallen of the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks.
“The Guys” is a memoriam
for irst responders who gave
their lives saving others in
the aftermath of the attacks in
2001. In the play, a newspaper
editor helps a New York Fire
captain prepare eulogies for
fallen ireighters. “The Guys”
is an exploration of grief and
compassion in the wake of 9/11,
and a show about community
and coming together.
The play opens Friday,
Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. at Stage Door
Theatre, 1010 Adams Ave., La
Grande. Additional performances
are Saturday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m.
and Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $5, with proceeds
goring to the La Grande
Fire Department. To make a
reservation, call 541-975-1515
For more information, visit
www.libertyonadams.org.
Park series features
Sept. 11 tribute
HEPPNER — The season
inale of Heppner’s Music in
the Park will recognize the 15th
anniversary of Sept. 11.
The Tailgators with Sharon
Porter, Matt Cooper and friends,
will perform Sunday, Sept. 11
from 5-7 p.m. at Heppner City
Park, 444 N. Main St. People are
encouraged to bring a blanket
or lawn chair and enjoy the free
concert in the park. Proceeds
from food sales beneits the
Shared Ministry of Hope
Lutheran Church and All Saints
Episcopal Church.
In case of inclement weather,
the event will be held in the gym
at Heppner Elementary School.
For more information, call
541-676-5036.
Judge tosses out
Beyonce lawsuit over
‘Lemonade’ claims
NEW YORK (AP) — A
New York judge has tossed out a
Kentucky man’s claims that the
trailer accompanying Beyonce’s
visual album “Lemonade” used
ideas from his short ilm.
Federal Judge Jed Rakoff
threw out Matthew Fulks’
copyright infringement lawsuit
Wednesday. Rakoff said he
would explain his reasoning later.
In June, the Louisville
ilmmaker iled the lawsuit
against Beyonce and the
singer’s management company,
Parkwood Entertainment, along
with Sony Music Entertainment
and Columbia Recording Corp.
Fulks said the producers of
“Lemonade” copied parts of his
2014 short ilm, “Palinoia.”
The lawsuit alleged
“Lemonade” was produced
months after a senior vice
president at Columbia had been
sent a link to his ilm.
East Oregonian
EOFF Sneak Peek
Discount passes, food, drinks
and details about ilm and music
programming for the 2016 Eastern
Oregon Film Festival are featured
in the EOFF Sneak Peek.
In its seventh year, the festival
is Oct. 20-22 with screenings at
The Granada Theatre, The Liberty
Theatre Foundation’s Stage Door
Theatre and at Eastern Oregon
University, all in La Grande.
The Sneak Peek is Wednesday,
Sept. 21 from 7-9 p.m. at the Stage
Door Theatre, 1010 Adams Ave., La
Grande. The free introductory event
also serves as a festival fundraiser
with an auction and rafle. Festival
previews will be shown at 8 p.m.
Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 21
at 12:01 a.m., festival tickets will be
available for a one-day price of $40
at www.eoilmfest.com. In addition,
they can be purchased at the evening
kickoff event. The following day,
tickets increase to $50 and then
jump to $60 two weeks later.
Christopher Jennings, EOFF
president and festival director,
reports EOU stepped forward as a
presenting sponsor. Adding extra
buzz in the community, the ilm
festival and EOU’s homecoming
festivities coincide. The university
will provide a venue and resources
to help reach students and staff
while enhancing the festival foot-
print, Jennings said.
In addition, Skye Fitzgerald, the
2016 EOU Distinguished Alumni,
WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 21
TIME: 7-9 p.m.
VENUE: Stage Door Theatre
1010 Adams Ave., La Grande
COST: Free
INFO: www.eoilmfest.com
Photo contributed by EOFF
The Granada Theatre’s marquee announces a past Eastern Oregon
Film Festival. The EOFF Sneak Peek is Sept. 21 at the Stage Door
Theatre in La Grande. The fundraising event offers discount passes
to the Oct. 20-22 festival.
will attend the festival. He will
share his most recent ilm, “50 Feet
From Syria,” as part of the EOFF @
EOU program.
The documentary is a portrait
of surgeon Hisham Bismar as he
delivers life saving medical care
despite the chaos of war a round
him. According to a festival press
release, “50 Feet From Syria”
serves as a snapshot in time of the
plight of refugees displaced by the
Syrian uprising.
After receiving an undergraduate
degree in theatre arts at the La
Grande school, Fitzgerald went on to
pursue a master’s degree in directing
at the University of Oregon. The
ilmmaker has produced projects
focused on human rights and social
justice issues for nearly 20 years.
Reviewers have characterized his
work as “emotional and artful,”
“visually brutal “ ( Variety) and “
an infuriating study in the ways
that power greases the wheels of
justice” ( LA Weekly).
For more information about the
Sneak Peek event or festival, contact
director@eoilmfest.com, 541-962-
5799 or visit www.eoilmfest.com
or social media streams such as
Poster contributed by EOFF
“50 Feet From Syria,” a docu-
mentary by Portland ilmmaker
Skye Fitzgerald, is featured at
the 2016 Eastern Oregon Film
Festival.
Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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Contact Community Editor
Tammy Malgesini at tmalgesini@
eastoregonian.com or 541-564-
4539
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
Wild West Show. Runs through
Oct. 29.
Europe.
Tumbleweed Music
Festival
Charlene Liu
•Saturday, Sept. 3; Sunday,
Sept. 4; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
•Sept. 3-4; 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
•Howard Amon Park, Rich-
land
w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /
events/1719517004965906
Free/most
performances
and all daytime activities. $8-
$10/Saturday 7 p.m. concert;
$5-$8/Sunday 8 p.m. contra
dance. More than 100 free
performances. Listen, sing and
dance to folk, sea chanteys,
bluegrass, blues, Celtic music
and more.
Juniper Jam Music
Festival
•Saturday, Sept. 3; 1-10
p.m.
•Wallowa County Fair-
grounds, Enterprise
www.juniperjam.com
$18/gate,
$15/advance,
free/kids 12 and under. Also
includes the TR Ritchie Memo-
rial Songwriting Contest. Food
available for purchase.
Kidz Pow Wow
•Saturday, Sept. 3; 1-4 p.m.
•Tamástslikt Cultural Insti-
tute, off Interstate 84, Exit 216,
Mission
www.tamastslikt.org
Free. All kids up to age 12
can participate. No regalia is
required. Prizes and gifts for
the kids. Food available for
purchase.
Oktoberfest Wein &
Stein
•Saturday, Oct. 8; 5-10 p.m.
•Hermiston
Conference
Center, 415 S. Highway 395
w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /
events/264289217286546
$25. Authentic German din-
ner, microbrews, brew tastings,
rafles, and a live and silent
auction .
Art & Museums
Jackson Sundown and
Happy Canyon: A Centu-
ry Later
•Monday-Saturdays;
10
a.m.-5 p.m.
•Tamástslikt Cultural Insti-
tute, near Wildhorse Resort &
Casino.
www.tamastslikt.org
Regular admission, $10/
adults, $9/senior citizens, $6/
youths, free/5 and under or
$25/family of four. The exhibit
highlights Jackson Sundown’s
championship run in saddle
bronc and the history of Hap-
py Canyon Indian Pageant and
•Monday-Fridays; 9 a.m.-5
p.m.
•Crow’s Shadow Institute
of the Arts, 48004 St Andrews
Road, Mission
www.crowsshadow.org
Free. Liu’s exhibit is held in
conjunction with the Portland
2016 Biennial of Contempo-
rary Art presented by Disjecta
Contemporary Art Center. Her
work combines digital and an-
alog processes. Runs through
Sept. 16.
“The East Oregonian
Captures the Round-Up”
•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. Exhibit features im-
ages of Pendleton Round-Up
taken by ive staff and free-
lance photographers who work
for the East Oregonian. Runs
through Sept. 30.
Arts Portal Exhibit
•Saturday & Sundays;
noon-5 p.m.
•Arts Portal Gallery, 508 N.
Main St., Milton-Freewater
www.facebook.com/Arts-
PortalGallery
Free. Exhibit features the
whimsical art of photographic
artist Lori Montgomery and the
distinct styles of jewelry artists
Margaret Buckles, Sharon De-
maris and Julie Culjak.
“Circuit Chautauquas:
Educating Dayton and
America”
•Wednesday-Saturdays; 10
a.m.-5 p.m.
•Dayton Historic Depot,
222 E. Commercial St., Day-
ton, WA
www.daytonhistoricdepot.
org
Admission by donation.
Exhibit explores the history of
traveling shows and assem-
blies popular in the late 19th
and early 20th century. Runs
through early November.
Thrillride/TonkyHonkers
Expertease
•Friday, Sept. 9; Saturday,
Sept. 10; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
Lee Brice
•Saturday, Sept. 10; 7 p.m.
•Happy Canyon Arena,
Pendleton
www.pendletonroundup.
com
$40-$130. Round-Up/Hap-
py Canyon kick-off concert
features Brice, the winner of
the 2014 single record of the
year by the Academy of Coun-
try Music.
Annie Harkey-Power and
Don Power
•Saturday, Sept. 3; 3 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
$10. Cellist Harkey-Power
and violinist Power perform
music of Germany and Eastern
Boogie at the Balch
•Friday, Sept. 23; 6:30-9
p.m.
•Historic Balch Hotel, 40 S.
Heimrich St., Dufur
www.balchhotel.com
No cover. Outdoor sumer
concert series features PT Bar-
ton and Ryan Kolberg.
Big Font
•Friday, Sept. 23; 6:45-9:45
p.m. No cover.
•Nookies/Hermiston Brew-
ing Co., 125 N. First St., Herm-
iston
The Tailgators
•Sunday, Sept. 11; 5-7 p.m.
•Heppner City Park, 444 N.
Main St.
Free. Heppner’s Music in
the Park series features The
Tailgators with Sharon Porter,
Matt Cooper and friends. It
will include recognition of the
15th anniversary of 9/11. Food
available for purchase.
Westbound 50
•Tuesday,
Sept.13;
Wednesday, Sept. 14; 8 p.m.
No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
EOscenes
•Thursday, Sept. 15; Friday,
Sept. 16; 7 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
$12. Bluegrass and roots
music from Eastern Oregon
returns for annual Round-Up
concerts.
Jessie Leigh Band
•Thursday, Sept. 15; Friday,
Sept.16; Saturday, Sept. 17; 8
p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
Dallin Puzey
Music
•Saturday, Sept. 17; 7 p.m.
•Power House Theatre, 111
N. Sixth Ave., Walla Walla
www.phtww.com
$38-$44. The Seattle Rock
Orchestra plays tribute to the
music of Pink Floyd, including
a complete performance of
“The Dark Side of the Moon”
and many more hits.
•Friday, Sept. 16; 6:45-9:45
p.m. No cover.
•Nookies/Hermiston Brew-
ing Co., 125 N. First St., Herm-
iston
Little McKay Creek
Band
•Friday, Sept. 16; Saturday,
Sept. 17; 9 p.m. No cover
•Hamley Saloon, 8 S.E.
Court Ave., Pendleton
Seattle Rock Orchestra
Night life
24; 7:30 p.m.
•Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24; 2:30
p.m.
•Elgin Opera House, 104 N.
Eighth St.
www.elginoperahouse.com
Reserved $17/$8. Based
on one of Hans Christian An-
dersen’s most beloved stories
and the classic animated Dis-
ney ilm. In a magical kingdom
beneath the sea, the beautiful
young mermaid Ariel longs to
leave her ocean home to live in
the world above.
“Rocky Horror Live!”
•Sept. 9-10; 7 p.m. & 10
p.m.
•Power House Theatre, 111
N. Sixth Ave., Walla Walla
www.phtww.com
$20-$35. A live theatrical
musical production inspired by
the cult-favorite movie “Rocky
Horror Picture Show.” Dress
up, call out and bring props
(no food). Sept. 10 after-party
is $10.
“The Guys”
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. Xbox 360, Nin-
tendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and
Nintendo 64.
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
w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /
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 & film
“Disney’s The Little
Mermaid”
•Friday, Sept. 9; Saturday,
Sept. 10; 8 p.m.; 8 p.m.
•Sunday, Sept. 11; 2 p.m.
•Stage Door Theatre, 1010
Adams Ave., La Grande
www.libertyonadams.org
$5/beneits La Grande Fire
Department. Play written by
Anne Nelson, pays tribute to
the fallen of the September
11th terrorist attacks.
EOFF Sneak Peek
•Wednesday, Sept. 21; 7-9
p.m.
•Stage Door Theatre, 1010
Adams Ave., La Grande
www.eoilmfest.com
Free. Discount passes, ilm
previews, auction, rafle, food,
drinks and details about ilm
and music programming for
the 2016 Eastern Oregon Film
Festival.
Hot tickets
•Maryhill Winery concerts:
Chris Isaak (Sept. 3) $39.50-
$91; Tears for Fears (Sept. 17)
$45-$101. Goldendale, Wash-
ington. Tickets via www.mary-
hillwinery.ticketly.com.
•EOscenes. Sept. 15-16,
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Tickets ($12) available by call-
ing 541-278-9201. Info at www.
pendletonarts.org.
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formation to tmalgesini@eas-
toregonian.com, or c/o Tammy
Malgesini, 333 E. Main Street,
Hermiston, OR, 97838.
•Sept. 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-
BOOK REVIEW
MUSIC REVIEW
‘Three Little Birds’ a true story of helping others
Glass Animals focus on
others on terriic new album
Rick Steber’s latest
George a new lease on
novel, “Three Little
life.
Birds,” is the true
When George’s
story of a man who
health took a turn
saves the life of an
for the worse, only a
orphaned gosling just
transplant would save
as his own fight for
him. A 21-year-old
life begins its most
accident victim
crucial stage. The
provided the heart
fact that it is also an
George so desperately
advocacy plea for the
needed, but Tootie
national organ donor
also played a part in
list makes it both
George’s recovery
heartwarming and
when all other hope
powerful as well.
seemed lost.
“Three Little
Losing a loved one
Birds” is first about
is extremely difficult,
Tootie, who was
but for some the idea
saved even before
of making a difference
Cover photo courtesy Bonanza Publishing in the lives of others,
she was hatched by
Donna Hooker as she
even if they are
drove home along the Sprague River strangers, can help with the grieving
near Klamath Falls. Donna took an
process. If you weren’t already an
orphaned egg home to her husband,
organ donor before reading this
George, who was confined to bed
book, you might just change your
rest after having been diagnosed with mind.
an incurable heart disease. George
hatched the egg and imprinted the
“Three Little Birds,” by Rick
young gosling, who as she grew gave Steber. © 2016, Bonanza Publishing.
(AP) — For their
ambitious sophomore
album, the members of
the indie-electronic band
Glass Animals got some
creative help from an
unlikely source — total
strangers.
Each song on the terriic
“How to Be a Human
Being” is told from the
perspective of someone
inspired by a person the
band encountered on the
road, from taxi drivers
to fans. The result is a
complex, exciting tapestry
of a CD which switches
musical styles and reveals
new things each time it’s
played.
The foursome, hailing
from the southern England
city of Oxford, had a
breakthrough with the
2014 album “Zaba,”
which featured the band’s
melding of ‘90s R&B and
deft electronic touches.
This time, they’re mature,
layered — and hypnotic.
From the orchestral
swell of “Mama’s Gun” to
the tropical percussions of
“Life Itself” and the video
game loops in “Season 2
Episode 3,” Glass Animals
make each of their 11
songs as individual as
the 11 folk pictured on
the album cover, like
a dysfunctional family
portrait.
The lyrics proile
people who can’t get
off the couch, who hear
voices, who use drugs
and whose general reality
never matches their
dreams. They’re regretful,
sometimes arrogant and
often clueless. But a deep
well of empathy runs
through the album.