ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, January 7, 2017
East Oregonian
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ENTERPRISE
Henry leads
‘Hamilton’ national
tour in San Francisco
Budwig studio in OK Theatre offers laid-back vibe
NEW YORK (AP) — Tony
Award-nominee Joshua Henry,
who has been playing Aaron
Burr in the Chicago production
of “Hamilton,” will take his
character on the road in the
show’s first national tour.
Henry will play Burr
alongside Michael Luwoye’s
Alexander Hamilton and Rory
O’Malley’s King George III
when the tour starts in San
Francisco this March. The tour
then goes to Los Angeles.
Luwoye has been an alternate
Alexander Hamilton on
Broadway and O’Malley, Tony-
nominated for his work in “The
Book of Mormon,” will reprise
his work as King George, which
he plays on Broadway through
Jan. 15.
The trio will be joined by
Solea Pfeiffer as Eliza Hamilton,
Emmy Raver-Lampman as
Angelia Schuyler, Isaiah
Johnson as George Washington
and Jordan Donica as Marquis
de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson.
Billy Joel to hit
baseball stadiums
on 2017 tour
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Billy Joel will play Dodger
Stadium for the first time
in May in a return to the
city where he first gained
attention.
The May 13 show
was announced in a news
conference at the iconic
baseball stadium. The
Dodgers will be on a seven-
game road trip when Joel
takes over their home.
The Dodger Stadium show
is part of Joel’s 2017 tour
that will take him to SunTrust
Park, the Atlanta Braves’
new stadium, on April 28.
He also is set to play in other
baseball stadiums, including
Cleveland, Wrigley Field
in Chicago, Fenway Park
and Citizens Bank Park in
Philadelphia.
The 67-year-old singer-
songwriter from New York
first became known as a piano
player and lounge singer
at the Executive Room on
Wilshire Boulevard in Los
Angeles, where he played
for six months in 1972 under
the name Bill Martin. The
characters from his hit song
“Piano Man” were based on
staff and customers at the bar.
Joel has an ongoing
residency at Madison Square
Garden, having played one
show a month there for the
last three years.
Obama plans final
White House bash
before term ends
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Before his farewell address,
President Barack Obama plans
a farewell bash Friday night
to celebrate the end of his
presidency.
While the White House
isn’t saying who’s on the guest
list, Chicago-based hip-hop
artist Chance the Rapper said
Wednesday on Facebook and
Twitter that he was about to fly
“21 hours to DC to bid farewell
to the greatest president in
US history. God bless you
@Potus.” Chance had been
touring in Australia and New
Zealand.
Many other celebrities
are expected to attend what’s
shaping up to be the Obamas’
final party before the Jan. 20
hand-off to President-elect
Donald Trump.
Beyonce was among the
celebrities who attended
Michelle Obama’s 50th
birthday party at the White
House in 2014.
J.K. Rowling
updates ‘Fantastic
Beasts’ book
NEW YORK (AP) — J.K.
Rowling is not done with the
story of “Fantastic Beasts.”
The author’s Pottermore
website announced Thursday
that a new edition of the Harry
Potter spin-off “Fantastic Beasts
and Where to Find Them” will
come out in March. The book,
which arrives four months after
the hit film adaptation, will
include a foreword by Rowling
writing as Magizoologist Newt
Scamander, new artwork and a
batch of new beasts. Proceeds
will be donated to Comic
Relief and Lumos, Rowling’s
charity for children placed in
institutions.
The original book came out
in 2001.
By STEVE TOOL
EO Media Group
While many Wallowa County
music aficionados may know
Bart Budwig as a fine alt-country
musician on the center stage, one
of his passions is working behind
the scene.
Budwig, who attended the
Conservatory of Recording Arts
and Sciences in Arizona in the
mid-2000s, has always enjoyed the
process of music recording.
After much experimentation
in northeastern Idaho, where he
resided as a musician and sideman,
Budwig picked up stakes and
moved to Enterprise. He made
the OK Theatre his home base,
residing in an apartment at the
rear and recording in the theatre
proper. Budwig invested in a reel-
to-reel recorder as well as a digital
ensemble, first recording and
producing two albums of his own.
As time passed, he built a solid
reputation as a musician as well
as a sound engineer. Musicians
started coming to Budwig’s yet-un-
named studio in the back of the OK
Theatre, often using its stage as a
convenient recording area.
Budwig is currently recording
Lewiston
singer/songwriter
Nevada Sowle’s (pronounced soul)
album “The Great American.” In
keeping with his laid-back persona
and retro taste, the album was
recorded live on the stage with
only sound baffles around the
drum kit.
Unlike some producer/engi-
neers, Budwig doesn’t tinker
digitally with every note, or like to
record tracks in isolation booths
“I prefer to record live,” he said.
“It’s more fun. I’ve just found that
you have to have fun with music to
be productive.”
Outside of the fun, Budwig said
that recording live tends to move
more quickly.
“Maybe not everything is
perfect, there’s a little more
creative element,” he said. “You
can make more albums instead of
spending 10 years getting every-
thing perfect on one.”
Steve Tool/Chieftain
The many faces of Bart Budwig: Local musician, recording engineer and producer Bart Budwig poses
next to his TEAC reel-to-reel recorder in his OK Theatre apartment.
“I prefer to record live.
It’s more fun. I’ve just
found that you have to
have fun with music to
be productive.”
“I leave that up to the musician,”
he said. “Since it’s a live recording,
I’m just trying to catch it the best
way possible.”
Gesturing at the stage setup,
Budwig said everything is arranged
for a more polished, clean sound.
“It’ll be live; but it’ll sound like
it’s well-produced,” he said.
Sowle’s album was recorded
with the digital setup. While
Budwig enjoys the simplicity of
the reel-to-reel, he said the digital
setup offers more flexibility in
recording multiple instruments.
James Dean Kindle of the Pend-
leton group James Dean Kindle and
the Eastern Oregon Playboys said
his band recorded their upcoming
album “Roaming Charges May
Apply” with Budwig.
He thought it was the most
accessible of the studios he consid-
ered, and he enjoyed the ambiance
of the OK from previous shows at
the theatre. The Playboys did some
— Bart Budwig, musician,
recording engineer and producer
The live recording facilitates the
many-album approach of some of
Budwig’s musical heroes, namely
Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan.
“They’ve made a lot of records
that way,” he said. “Some are awful
and some are the best records of
all time. I think productivity is
important.”
The Nevada Sowle recording
that Budwig is currently working
on is the singer’s first solo album.
Budwig tries not to lay a heavy
hand on the musician’s vision.
analog recording on the TEAC
reel-to-reel, too.
“I wanted to work with (Budwig)
one-on-one to see what our work
relationship would be like — see
if we could communicate properly
and if he was the right fit for the
band,” Kindle said.
After praising Budwig’s good
ear for recording, Kindle noted
other positives.
“He can work quickly. Some of
his methods are unorthodox, which
I kind of like. Overall, it was an
enjoyable recording experience.
I’d definitely go back and record
if it was for the right project,” he
said.
Budwig laughed when asked
about what he charges for his
recording services.
“I normally just kind of figure
it out with people I work with,”
he said. “I can be kind of flexible,
because I really don’t record
people who don’t know me at all.”
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
The Big Read Kick-off
•Thursday, Jan. 12; 7 p.m.
•Hurricane Creek Grange
Hall, Joseph
www.fishtrap.org
$5/adults, free/students. A
screening of “Dick Cavett’s Viet-
nam” kicks off The Big Read in
Wallowa County — this year’s
book is “The Things They Car-
ried,” a work of fiction by Tim
O’Brian. The documentary film
examines the war and its impact
on America through interviews
conducted on “The Dick Cavett
Show.” The event continues
each Thursday (free admission,
except Feb. 9 — $5 for screen-
ing of “Good Morning Vietnam”)
at various locations in Wallowa
County. The event finale ($10)
is Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
at the Joseph United Methodist
Church. It features a ’60s Fash-
ion Show, potluck dinner and
dance party.
Eagle Cap Extreme Sled
Dog Race
•Jan. 18-21
•Joseph, Enterprises, Fergi
Ski Area
www.eaglecapextreme.com
Free, except banquet, which
is $20/adults, $8/ages 5-12,
free/4 and under. People can
watch the race, meet and visit
with mushers during vet checks
and a meet-and-greet, and buy
merchandise. The banquet,
which is a fundraiser, includes
an auction and live entertain-
ment.
Robert Burns Supper
•Saturday, Jan. 28; 2 p.m.
•Elks Lodge
$30/couple, $17/single. In its
20th year, the event celebrated
the poet Robert Burns with food,
fun and a toast to the Scottish
national poet.
Art, Museums &
Authors
“Deadly Medicine: Creat-
ing the Master Race”
•Saturday, Jan. 7; 10 a.m.-5
p.m. Last day.
•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.
Traveling exhibit from the Unit-
ed States Holocaust Memorial
Museum, which examines how
Nazi leadership used science
to help legitimize persecution,
murder and, ultimately, geno-
cide.
St. Distaff’s Day Spin-In
•Saturday, Jan. 7; 1-4 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
Free. As part of the First
Saturday Spin-In, fiber enthusi-
asts celebrate St. Distaff’s Day,
which according to tradition
marks the time when women re-
sume normal household chores
after the holidays. Bring a proj-
ect to work on or visit with oth-
ers. Coffee, tea and work space
provided.
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•Thursday, Jan. 12; 4:30-
6:30 p.m., opening reception
Hamley’s hosts Chamber
Winds
PENDLETON — A chamber ensemble
of wind instruments will perform works
by Gaetano Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart and Charles Gounod during
Chamber Winds.
Conducted by Beau Benson of the
Oregon East Symphony, the concert opens
with Donizetti’s “Sinfonia for Winds.”
It’s followed by Mozart’s “Serenade
No. 11 in E-flat Major,” which was
composed for the purpose of currying
the favor of a court musician of Emperor
Joseph II. It was written at a time when
wind instruments were beginning to
be manufactured with higher degree of
accuracy. The evening concludes with
Gounod’s “Petite Symphonie,” a work
composed for French flute virtuoso
Paul Taffanel in 1885. Pendleton-based
principal flutist Cathy Muller will fill the
role of Taffanel.
The concert is Saturday, Jan. 14 at 7:30
p.m. at Hamley’s Slickfork Saloon, 8 S.E.
Court Ave., Pendleton.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for
students/seniors or $45 for a family.
They can be purchased in advance at
the symphony office, 345 S.W. Fourth
St., Pendleton Art+ Frame or www.
oregoneastsymphony.org.
Linfield professor to share
at First Draft
PENDLETON — Joe Wilkins, author
of “The Mountain and the Fathers:
Growing Up on the Big Dry,” will read
during the upcoming First Draft Writers’
Series.
A memoir, the publication is winner
of a 2014 GLCA New Writers Award.
Also, his most recent full-length collection
of poetry, “When We Were Birds,” was
selected by Billy Collins for the Miller
Williams Poetry Prize Series. Wilkins
also teaches writing at Linfield College in
McMinnville.
The event is Thursday, Jan. 19 at 7
p.m. at Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214
N. Main St. There is no admission charge.
After Wilkins’ presentation, audience
members are invited to read short excerpts
from their own works.
First Draft meets the third Thursday of
each month. For more information, call
541-278-9201 or visit www.pendletonarts.
org.
•Monday-Thursdays, 9:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m., gallery hours
•Betty Feves Memorial Gal-
lery, BMCC, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton.
Free. Features collage art of
Cory Peeke, director of Nightin-
gale Gallery and art professor at
Eastern Oregon University. Gal-
lery also open by appointment
by calling 541-278-5952. Runs
through Feb. 9.
www.pendletonarts.org
Free. Features Joe Wilkins,
author of a memoir, “The Moun-
tain and the Fathers: Growing
Up on the Big Dry.” The Linfield
College writing teacher’s poet-
ry collection, “When We Were
Birds,” was selected by Billy
Collins for the Miller Williams
Poetry Prize Series. Also, short
open mic readings from the au-
dience.
Biennial Faculty Exhibition
Music
•Friday, Jan. 13; 6-8 p.m.,
opening reception
•Monday-Fridays; 11 a.m.-4
p.m.
•Nightingale Gallery, Loso
Hall
•Eastern Oregon University,
La Grande
www.eou.edu/art
Free. Gain an in-depth look
at the recent studio practices
of exhibiting professors Jaime
Gustavson, Nathan Prouty, Mi-
chael Sell, Jessie Street and
Kerri Rosenstein. Runs through
Feb. 10.
Student art display
•Monday-Saturdays,
10
a.m.-5 p.m.
•Crossroads Carnegie Art
Center, 2020 Auburn St., Baker
City
www.crossroads-arts.org
Free. Features art created
by students of Baker County.
Runs through Jan. 28
New Year 2017
•Tuesday-Sundays, 10 a.m.-
6 p.m.
•Peterson’s Gallery, 1925
Main St., Baker City
www.petersonsgallery.net
Free. Features a collection
of some of the most sought after
and requested artists represent-
ed at the gallery in 2016. Runs
through Jan. 31.
First Draft Writers’ Series
•Thursday, Jan. 19; 7 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
Oldies Night in Mil-
ton-Freewater
•Saturday, Jan. 7; 6 p.m.
•Wesley Methodist Church,
816 S. Main St., Milton-Free-
water.
Free. BJ the DJ spins tunes
from 1957. Snacks available
from The Frogs.
Full Zoo
•Saturday, Jan. 7; 8 p.m. No
cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission
Thrillride
•Friday, Jan. 13; Saturday,
Jan. 14; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission
Cabin Fever
•Saturday, Jan. 14 and 21;
5:30 p.m., doors open for Dutch
oven dinner; 6:30 p.m., show
only
•Hermiston
Conference
Center, 415 S. Highway 395
$38/dinner show, $15/show
only. John Wambeke & Friends
present a musical variety show.
Tickets available at Cottage
Flowers, 1725 N. First St.,
Hermiston.
Chamber Winds
•Saturday, Jan. 14; 7:30
p.m.
•Hamley Slickfork Saloon, 8
S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton
org
www.oregoneastsymphony.
$20/adults,
$15/students,
seniors, $45/family. Oregon
East Symphony conductor and
artistic director Beau Benson
leads a chamber ensemble of
wind instruments. They will per-
form works by Gaetano Doni-
zetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mo-
zart and Charles Gounod.
Eric John Kaiser
•Wednesday, Jan. 18; 7 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee
Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton
www.ericjohnkaiser.com
Free/all ages. Known as
Portland’s French Troubadour,
Eric John Kaiser comes through
Eastern Oregon for a CD-re-
lease show for his fifth album,
“Made in Gaspésie.” It charted
at No. 14 on the Billboard World
Chart the week of its release
this past summer.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
LOL Comedy Jam
•Thursdays; 8 p.m. No cov-
er.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
No cover. Jan. 12: Ryan
Reves, Nick Theisen; Jan. 19:
Travis Nelson, Chase Mayers
Zerba Cellars Wine &
Chocolate Tasting
•Friday, Jan. 20; 4-7 p.m.
•Alexander’s Chocolaterie
& Vino Bistro, 363 S. Main St.,
Pendleton
No cover. Stop in and sam-
ple the award-winning wines
paired with chocolates.
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 w/DJ David
•Fridays; 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501
Sixth St., Umatilla
DJ and dancing
•Fridays, 8 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
Cimmi’s Late Night Mar-
tini Lounge
•Fridays; 9 p.m.-midnight
•Virgil’s at Cimmiyotti’s,
137 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. Features marti-
nis, mixology and music.
Theater & film
Dancing with the Hermis-
ton Stars
•Saturday, Jan. 14; 7 p.m.
•Hermiston High School,
600 S. First St.
www.desertartscouncil.com
$20/adults, $10/students
(additional $5 at the door).
Presented by Desert Arts
Council, it features a new line-
up of community stars who hit
the dance floor with members
of the Utah Ballroom Dance
Company.
Showdown
Melonville Comedy
Festival
Night life
•Saturday, Jan. 28; 8 p.m.
•Hermiston
Conference
Center, 415 S. Highway 395
www.melonvillecomedyfes-
tival.com
$35. Features a trio of fun-
ny men, Dwight Slade, Gabriel
Rutledge and Chase Mayers.
No-host bar and food avail-
able. Tickets available at event
website or the Hermiston
chamber.
•Friday, Jan. 20; Saturday,
Jan. 21; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission
DJ music
•Saturdays, 8 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
Karaoke w/DJ David
•Saturdays; 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501
Sixth St., Umatilla
Whiskey Wednesday
Game Night
•Wednesdays; 3-7 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
No cover. Xbox 360, Ninten-
do Wii, PlayStation 3 and Nin-
tendo 64.
Digital Karaoke
•Thursdays and Fridays, 8
p.m.
Hot tickets
•Roots & Boots Concert:
(features Sammy Kershaw,
Aaron Tippin and Terri Clark)
Feb. 10, Wildhorse Resort &
Casino. $49.99-$125 via www.
wildhorseresort.com
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