ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, January 14, 2017
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WHAT TO DO
MEACHAM
•Hamley Slickfork Saloon,
8 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton
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Eric John Kaiser
Festivals
The Big Read
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•Thursdays through Feb.
9; 7 p.m.
•Various venues in Wal-
lowa County
www.fishtrap.org
Most events free. This
year’s book is “The Things
They Carried,” a novel by Tim
O’Brien. The Feb. 9 screening
of “Good Morning Vietnam” is
$5. Event finale ($10) features
a ’60s Fashion Show, potluck
dinner and dance party Satur-
day, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.
Eagle Cap Extreme Sled
Dog Race
•Jan. 18-21
•Joseph, Enterprises, Fer-
gi 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
entertainment.
Melonville Comedy
Festival
•Saturday, Jan. 28; 8 p.m.
•Hermiston
Conference
Center, 415 S. Highway 395
www.melonvillecomedy-
festival.com
$35. Features Dwight
Slade, Gabriel Rutledge and
Chase Mayers. No-host bar
and food available.
Robert Burns Supper
•Saturday, Jan. 28; 2 p.m.
•Elks Lodge
$30/couple, $17/single. In
its 20th year, the event cele-
brated the poet Robert Burns
with food, fun and a toast to
the Scottish national poet.
Art & Museums
First Draft Writers’
Series
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•Thursday, Jan. 19; 7 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
Free.
Features
Joe
Wilkins, author of a memoir,
“The Mountain and the Fa-
thers: Growing Up on the Big
Dry.” The Linfield College writ-
ing teacher’s poetry collection,
“When We Were Birds,” was
selected by Billy Collins for the
Miller Williams Poetry Prize
Series. Also, short open mic
readings from the audience.
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•Monday-Thursdays, 9:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m.
•Betty Feves Memorial
Gallery, BMCC, 2411 N.W.
Carden Ave., Pendleton.
Free. Features collage
art of Cory Peeke, director of
Nightingale Gallery and art
professor at Eastern Oregon
University. Gallery also open
PENDLETON
Airport, 30.9 inches
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Biennial Faculty Exhibi-
tion
•Monday-Fridays; 11 a.m.-
4 p.m.
•Nightingale Gallery, Loso
Hall
•Eastern Oregon Universi-
ty, La Grande
www.eou.edu/art
Free. Gain an in-depth
look at the recent studio prac-
tices of exhibiting professors
Jaime Gustavson, Nathan
Prouty, Michael Sell, Jessie
Street and Kerri Rosenstein.
Runs through Feb. 10.
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•Monday-Saturdays,
a.m.-5 p.m.
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HEPPNER
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•Crossroads Carnegie Art
Center, 2020 Auburn St., Bak-
er City
www.crossroads-arts.org
Free. Features art created
by students of Baker County.
Runs through Jan. 28
New Year 2017
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•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
represented at the gallery in
2016. Runs through Jan. 31.
Music
Cabin Fever
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•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 va-
riety show. Tickets available at
Cottage Flowers, 1725 N. First
St., Hermiston.
Chamber Winds
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•Postponed
•Hamley Slickfork Saloon,
8 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton
www.oregoneastsympho-
ny.org
$20/adults, $15/students,
seniors, $45/family. New date
to be announced.
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Thrillride
•Saturday, Jan. 14; 8 p.m.
No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission
Cale Moon
Showdown
•Friday, Jan. 20; Saturday,
Jan. 21; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission
Dallin Puzey
•Friday, Jan. 27; 6-9 p.m.
No cover.
•Nookies/Hermiston
Brewing Co., 125 N. First St.,
Hermiston
Jilt
•Friday, Jan. 27; Saturday,
Jan. 28; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission
Night life
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, Nin-
tendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and
Nintendo 64.
Digital Karaoke
•Thursdays and Fridays,
8 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
LOL Comedy Jam
•Thursdays; 8 p.m. No
cover.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
No cover. Jan. 19: Travis
Nelson, Chase Mayers; Jan.
26: Rich William, Tommy Ber-
retz.
Mac’s Trivia Night
•First Thursday of month,
8 p.m. No cover
•Mac’s Bar & Grill, 1400
S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton
21 and older. East. Drink.
Think. Teams of 2-8 compete
in trivia contest with other
teams. Live host and prizes.
Zerba Cellars Wine &
Chocolate Tasting
F
rench singer/songwriter Eric
John Kaiser is preparing
to introduce “Parisian
Americana” to Pendleton.
Kaiser’s tour is functioning
as a release showcase for his
fifth album, “Made in Gaspésie.”
Recorded entirely in French-
speaking Quebec during the
summer of 2016, the new release
sees Kaiser
trading his usual
Americana for a
more blues-based
rock album.
Referred to
as the French
Troubadour,
Kaiser will be
Johnny
performing
Vinyl
Wednesday, Jan.
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18 at 7 p.m. at
Great Pacific
Wine & Coffee
Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton.
There is no cover charge for the
all-ages show.
Born in France to an American
mother and a French father,
Kaiser’s musical career has been
an attempt to equally present his
cultural origins musically. Since
moving to Portland in 2006, Kaiser
has been a key figure bringing
French-language music to the
United States. He has performed
as the “Artist in Residence” for
the Smithsonian Museum in
Washington, D.C., conducting
workshops for grade-school aged
children on the convergence of
language and music through
Alliance Francaise, and helps in
organizing the Paris Rendezvous
Concert Series in the Portland area.
Those looking for “Parisian
Americana” on “Made in
Gaspésie,” will not find much
of that here. One track of the 10,
Album cover
Eric John Kaiser will make a stop in Pendleton during his CD-re-
lease tour for “Made in Gaspésie.” The free all-ages event is Jan.
18 at Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co.
“Made in Gaspésie”
Who: Eric John Kaiser
What: CD release show
When: Jan. 18, 7 p.m.
Where: Great Pacific, Pendleton
Cost: Free/all ages
Info: www.ericjohnkaiser.com
“Road Trip,” could be considered
Americana. The other nine are
blues-based rock and roll with
French lyrics.
Tracks “Un éternel été” and “Le
Blues du Voyer” are classic rock.
“Ma Blonde” and “Une Place au
Soliel” are pop. “Terre Brûlée” and
“Le Droit de Rêver” are swampy
blues-oriented.
While the music is eclectic, the
vocals are consistent throughout.
BRIEFLY
PNW tribes, legend
featured in reprint
of century-old novel
Wine tasting
•Fridays, 4-8 p.m.
•Sno Road Winery, 111 W.
Main St., Echo.
•First/third Friday each
month, 8 p.m.-midnight
•The Packard Tav-
ern, 118 S.E. Court Ave.,
Pendleton
www.facebook.com/
groups/pendletonopenmic
•Saturday, Jan. 20; 9 p.m.
No cover
•Fridays; 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar,
1501 Sixth St., Umatilla
DJ and dancing
•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 Herm-
iston Stars
•Saturday, Jan. 14; 7 p.m.
•Hermiston High School,
600 S. First St.
www.desertartscouncil.
com
$20/adults,
$10/stu-
dents (additional $5 at the
door). Presented by Desert
Arts Council, it features a
new lineup of community
stars who hit the dance floor
with members of the Utah
Ballroom Dance Company.
“The Greatest Pirate
Story Never Told”
•Friday, Jan. 20; 7 p.m.
•Power House Theatre,
111 N. Sixth Ave., Walla Walla
www.phtww.com
$32/adults, $20/students,
youths. A swashbuckling mu-
sical adventure that weaves
audience suggestions into
scenes.
“The Producers”
•Jan. 20-21, 27-28, Feb.
3-4, 10-11; 7:30 p.m.
•Jan. 29, Feb. 5; 2 p.m.
•1130 Sumach St., Walla
Walla
www.ltww.org
$15. Tickets on sale Jan.
16. Hilarity ensues during the
Mel Brooks comedy musical
when a producer and his ac-
countant aim to stage a flop
to bilk backers out of their
money.
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
•Northwest World Reg-
gae Festival: (music, camp-
ing, food, vendors) July
28-30, Marcola, 20 miles
northeast of Eugene. Su-
per early bird prices ($100)
through Feb. 1 via www.nw-
wrf.com
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listed in our calendar? Send
information to community@
eastoregonian.com, or c/o
Tammy Malgesini, 333 E.
Main Street, Hermiston, OR,
97838.
story originally written between
1887 and 1889 and featuring, for
the first time, Native Americans as
main characters is back in print courtesy
of WSU Press.
“The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of
Indian Oregon” was first published in 1890
by Frederic Homer Balch, a pastor from
Hood River, and became one of the most
successful works of fiction in the Pacific
Northwest, remaining in print for more
than 100 years. It tells the story of Cecil
Grey, a New
England minister
who has a
prophetic dream
of a stone bridge
and gives up his
staid, predicable
life to chase the
dream. He ends
up in the Pacific
Northwest, a
“guest” of the
Cayuse tribe
of northeastern
Oregon, and
sees the legendary natural monument on
the way to a meeting of the tribes ruled by
Multnomah, the fierce and ruthless chief
of the Willamette tribe who controls the
Pacific Coast from Mt. Shasta to British
Columbia. According to the legend, as
long as the bridge stands, the Willamettes
remain the foremost tribe in the region.
Multnomah’s leadership begins to falter
when some tribes vote to wage war on the
Shoshone instead of maintaining peace,
and squabbles break out. And when Grey
accidentally meets Multnomah’s only
daughter, the couple falls in love with
tragic consequences.
“The Bridge of the Gods” is part
legend, part love story, but depicts the
lives of the Northwest Indian tribes with
brutal honesty. While the fictional Cecil
Grey provides the narrative of the novel,
the central characters are Multnomah and
the daughter he has kept isolated from
outside influence since the death of his
wife, an Asian woman washed ashore in
Multnomah’s domain after a shipwreck. In
the end, it is as much Multnomah’s pride as
a natural disaster that dooms his people.
Balch grew up in the Columbia River
Gorge area and spent years researching
the legend of the Bridge of the Gods
near Cascade Locks, interviewing tribal
members and studying the geology of the
site, convinced the legend was based on
historical fact.
The reprint edition includes a new
introduction by Balch biographer Stephen
L. Harris, who felt the story deserved
attention from a new generation.
“The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance
of Indian Oregon,” by Frederic Homer
Balch. © 2016, Washington State Univer-
sity Press.
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Renee Struthers is the records editor
and book reviewer for the East Oregonian.
Contact her at rstruthers@eastoregonian.
com
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Open Mic
Cimmi’s Late Night Mar-
tini Lounge
Vocally he sounds like a cross
between Dire Straits’ Mark
Knopfler and French-Canadian
Daniel Lanois.
The production quality gives an
intimate, down-home feel to the
proceedings. Several spoken intros
add to the vibe.
Understanding French is not
a prerequisite to enjoying “Made
in Gaspésie,” it’s very enjoyable
musically. Go to the show if you
still need further translation.
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A retired educator, Johnny
Vinyl spends his days with Lucifer,
a 7-year-old German shepherd,
reading and riding the vibe. His
column, Ride the vibe, focuses on
entertainment. Contact him via
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com
BOOK REVIEW
•Friday, Jan. 20; 4-7 p.m.
•Alexander’s Chocolaterie
& Vino Bistro, 363 S. Main
St., Pendleton
No fee. Stop in and sam-
ple the award-winning wines
paired with chocolates.
•Fridays, 8 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
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French Troubadour
requires no translation
Karaoke w/DJ David
by appointment by calling 541-
278-5952. Runs through Feb.
9.
Student art display
•Wednesday, Jan. 18; 7
p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine &
Coffee Co., 403 S. Main St.,
Pendleton
www.ericjohnkaiser.com
Free/all ages. See story
for details
East Oregonian
Contributed photo
Off-Broadway’s only improvised pirate musical, “The
Greatest Pirate Story Never Told,” will take the stage
Jan. 20 at the Power House Theatre in Walla Walla.
Off-Broadway
show offers
boatloads of fun
WALLA WALLA — A
mixture of “Pirates of the
Caribbean” meets “Whose
Line is it Anyway?” with
a splash of Monty Python,
Gilbert & Sullivan and
Mad Libs offers an evening
full of yo ho hos.
“The Greatest Pirate
Story Never Told” is
a musical adventure
that weaves audience
suggestions into scenes
during off-Broadway’s only
improvised pirate musical.
It features swordplay
and wordplay with a
boatload of laughs. The
swashbuckling musical is
never the same show twice.
Set sail for a hilarious
evening of entertainment
Friday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at
the Power House Theatre,
111 N. Sixth St., Walla
Walla. Tickets, which are
$32 for adults and $20 for
students and youths, are
available at www.phtww.
com or by calling 509-529-
6500.
Walla Walla theater
stages flop hit
WALLA WALLA — A
Mel Brooks musical
skewers Broadway
traditions and takes no
prisoners as it proudly
proclaims itself an “equal
opportunity offender!”
“The Producers”
features a down-on-his-luck
Broadway producer and his
accountant, who come up
with a scheme to stage the
biggest flop in history —
thereby bilking their backers
out of millions of dollars.
The show ends up being a
smash hit, but the two head
to prison for their misdeeds.
Performances are Jan
20-21, 27-28, Feb. 3-4 and
10-11 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan.
29 and Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. at
The Little Theatre of Walla
Walla, 1130 E. Sumach St.
Tickets are $15 and go on
sale Monday.
For tickets, visit www.
ltww.org. For more
information, contact
boxoffice@ltww.org or
509-529-3683.
Reggae festival
offers big tings
MARCOLA — Hey
mon, listen up — super early
bird passes are available for
the 13th annual Northwest
World Reggae Festival.
Set for July 28-30 at a
Marcola farm (about 20
miles northeast of Eugene),
the family-friendly outdoor
event offers music, world
crafts, food, camping and
vendors. Available through
Feb. 1, the special price
is $100, which includes
camping ($90 each for six
or more). Youths under
14 are free; those 15-17
are half price. Day passes,
no-camping and RV rates
also are available.
Volunteers receive free
weekend passes, crew meals,
staff-only showers, discount
passes for significant others
and discounted T-shirts.
A form is available at
www.nwwrf.com or email
volunteer@nwwrf.com.
For more festival
information, contact doug@
nwworldreggae.com,
503-622-8948 or search
Facebook.
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to: community@
eastoregonian.com or drop
off to the attention of Tammy
Malgesini at 333 E. Main
St., Hermiston Call 541-564-
4539 with questions.