ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, April 8, 2017
East Oregonian
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Arts & Culture week offers variety of
presentations in Pendleton, Hermiston
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Artists, speaker and
musicians will be on hand
during the 2017 Arts &
Culture Week at Blue Moun-
tain Community College —
events are planned at both
the Pendleton and Hermiston
campuses.
“Whether or not we want
to admit it, Eastern Oregon
is a rural, out-of-the-way
place,” said Shaindel Beers,
a BMCC instructor. “This is
our chance to bring world-
class artists and activities
to Pendleton and Hermiston
residents completely free of
charge.”
The
event
runs
Monday, April 17 through
Wednesday, April 19, with
activities in Pioneer Hall,
2411 N.W. Carden Ave.,
Pendleton; and Wednesday,
April 19 and Thursday, April
20 in Room 134 at 980 S.E.
Columbia Drive, Hermiston.
The public is invited to all
events.
Beers said among the
highlights is a performance
by Deletta Gillespie. A
native of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
Gillespie is a multidisci-
plinary performing and
teaching artist. In addition to
her musical talents, Gillespie
received a master’s degree in
theatre.
“I can’t wait to hear her
music,” Beers said.
As the artist in residence,
Gillespie will make several
presentations, as well as
perform “Songs of Protest,
“A Place for All People”
The BMCC Arts & Culture Week also features
a special traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian
Institute.
“A Place for All People: Introducing the National
Museum of African American History and Culture”
celebrates the opening of the Smithsonian’s newest
museum in Washington, D.C.
The display will be available for public view Monday,
April 10 through Friday, April 21 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
outside the president’s office in Pioneer Hall on the
Pendleton campus. Gwendolyn Trice, executive director
of the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center in Joseph,
will speak during a reception Monday, April 17 from
4:30-6:30 p.m. She helped coordinate the exhibit’s stops
in Eastern Oregon.
Trice’s father lived and worked in the town of
Maxville. Constructed in 1923 in northern Wallowa
County by a Missouri logging company, it later closed in
the 1930s. Many of its residents were African American
loggers and their families who relocated from the South.
The exhibition highlights key artifacts of the African
American experience. It features many stories of people
and their contributions. It includes everything from the
child-sized shackles of a slave and the clothing worn by
Carlotta Walls on her first day at Little Rock Central High
School to Chuck Berry’s Gibson guitar “Maybellene” and
the track shoes worn by Olympian Carl Lewis.
For more information, contact Lori Sams at lsams@
bluecc.edu or 541-278-5952.
Songs of Peace” Wednesday,
April 19 at 7 p.m. in the Bob
Clapp Theatre.
The festival also is fortu-
nate to have Manny Taiblum,
author of “With G-d at My
Side: A Child’s Story of
Survival,” return to share his
experiences as a Holocaust
survivor (Thursday, April 20
at 11 a.m. in Hermiston).
An eye-opening account
of the German invasion
of Poland, he presents a
different perspective that
isn’t covered by concentra-
tion camp survivors. As a
12-year-old boy, he returned
to his home one day in 1941
to find his entire family
gone.
“As time passes, we have
fewer and fewer Holocaust
survivors to hear from first-
hand,” Beers said.
Also, Beers said former
BMCC student Helday de
la Cruz has been making a
name for himself as an artist
and activist in Portland.
She encourages people to
learn about the big things
he is doing in the art world.
He’ll speak Tuesday, April
18 at noon in Pendleton and
Wednesday, April 19 at 5
p.m. in Hermiston.
Also, a pair of free
luncheons hosted by the
Associated Student Govern-
ment are planned. The
public is invited to enjoy the
noon meals and visit other
festival attendees Monday,
April 17 in Pendleton and
Wednesday, April 19 in
Hermiston.
In addition, Tiffany
Midge and Xavier Cavazos
are the featured presenters
during the First Draft
Writers’ Series Thursday,
April 20 at 7 p.m. at Pend-
leton Center for the Arts,
214 N. Main St. Midge is
an American Indian poet
and her writing is noted
for its depiction of a self
divided by differing iden-
tities. She’s also a humor
columnist at Indian Country
Today. Cavazos, also a poet,
teaches in the Africana
and Black Studies and the
Professional and Creative
Writing programs at Central
Washington University.
For more information,
including a full schedule,
visit www.bluecc.edu. For
questions, contact Beers
at sbeers@bluecc.edu or
541-278-5938.
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
BRIEFLY
‘Live Wire!’ dials
into Hamley’s
PENDLETON — For a unique
experience, be sure to catch
the first-ever Pendleton taping
of “Live Wire!” — the fastest
growing entertainment show on
public radio.
Join Emmy award-winning host
Luke Burbank for an evening of
“Late Night” stride, Oscar Wilde
wit and the charisma of Ferris
Bueller grand marshaling a parade.
The event features music, comedy
and conversation — live and
packed with surprises.
“Live Wire!” is Saturday,
April 29 from 7:30-10:30 p.m. at
Hamley Steakhouse & Saloon,
8 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton.
General admission tickets are $15
and VIP seats are $25. They can be
purchased at www.livewireradio.
org/live.
Special guests include James
Lavadour and Jim Brunberg.
No stranger to the area,
Lavadour is an internationally
known painter who grew up on
the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
A self-educated artist, Lavadour
helped establish Crow’s
Shadow Institute of the Arts as
a reservation-based nonprofit
organization in 1992.
Brunberg is a music producer,
engineer and founder of a pair of
performance venues in Portland.
He travels in his trusty Winnebago
to find out answers to obscure
questions — many generated from
Vern and Dana, his 7-year-old twin
daughters — for “Roam Schooled”
podcasts.
For more information,
visit www.facebook.com/
events/246965529045666 or
call 541-278-1100. For more
about Live Wire, visit www.
livewireradio.org.
Nobel laureate Toni
Morrison honored
with literary award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)
— Nobel literature laureate Toni
Morrison is collecting another
prestigious prize.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning
novelist is scheduled to be
presented with the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences’
Emerson-Thoreau Medal.
The prize was established in
1958 and is awarded to individuals
to recognize a lifetime of literary
achievements.
Previous recipients include
Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Katherine
Anne Porter, Saul Bellow, Norman
Mailer and Philip Roth.
Morrison is set to receive
her medal Thursday evening at
the Academy’s headquarters in
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Academy President Jonathan
Fanton says Morrison was
selected “for her excellence in the
humanities.” Her nomination calls
her “an overwhelming figure in
American and world literature.”
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
Songwriter Don Schlitz, left, and singer and song-
writer Alan Jackson pose after it was announced
Wednesdau, in Nashville, Tenn., that they are the
2017 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame
along with the late singer and songwriter Jerry Reed.
Alan Jackson, Jerry
Reed, Don Schlitz
to join Hall of Fame
NASHVILLE,
Tenn.
(AP) — Country star
Alan Jackson, actor-sing-
er-guitarist Jerry Reed and
songwriter Don Schlitz will
be inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame later
this year. Their selection was
announced Wednesday.
Jackson,
58,
from
Newnan, Georgia, broke out
in 1990 with his neo-tradi-
tional style of honky-tonk
country music that earned
him several multiplatinum
records. His hit songs include
“Chattahoochee,” ‘’She’s
Got the Rhythm (And I Got
the Blues)” and “Where
Were You (When the World
Stopped Turning).”
The singer-songwriter
earned two Grammy Awards
and was named entertainer
of the year three times by
the Country Music Asso-
ciation. Over the course of
his 25-year career, he’s the
second most nominated
artist in CMA history with
81 nominations and has had
more than 30 No. 1 country
hits.
Reed, from Atlanta,
Georgia, became a popular
country star in the 1960s
with his fingerstyle picking
that earned him the nick-
name “Guitar Man.” which
became the title of one of
his signature songs. His hits
include Grammy-winning
“When You’re Hot, You’re
Hot” and “Amos Moses.”
He died in 2008 at 71. His
daughters Seidina Hubbard
and Lottie Zavala spoke on
his behalf Wednesday.
Schlitz, 64, from Durham,
North Carolina, has written
dozens of top country hits
including “The Gambler,”
‘’On The Other Hand,”
‘’Forever and Ever, Amen,”
‘’The Greatest” and “When
You Say Nothing At All.”
WHAT TO DO
tini Lounge
Festivals
•Fridays; 9 p.m.-midnight
•Virgil’s at Cimmiyotti’s,
137 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. Features marti-
nis, mixology and music.
Adams Day
•Saturday, April 8
•Adams, various locations
www.cityofadamsoregon.
com
Free entry. The Adams La-
dies Club is throwing a party
in celebration of the start of
the Triangle Little League.
Includes a parade, breakfast,
vendors in the park, yard
sales, library book sale and
baseball games all day.
Theater & film
Dancing With Your
Pendleton Stars
Prestige Championship
Wrestling 1
• Saturday, April 15;
7-11 p.m.
w w w. p c p r o w r e s t l i n g 1 .
eventbrite.com
•Eastern Oregon Trade
and Event Center, 1705 Air-
port Road, Hermiston
$15-$50. Features some
of the biggest current and for-
mer stars in WWE, TNA and
UFC, including former UFC
star “Filthy” Tom Lawlor.
BMCC Arts & Culture
Festival
•April 17-20, various times
•Blue Mountain Communi-
ty College
www.bluecc.edu
Free. Open to the public,
activities are planned on the
Pendleton and Hermiston
campuses of BMCC.
Art, Museums
“The Path of Totality”
•Monday-Saturdays;
10
a.m.-5 p.m.
•Crossroads Carnegie Art
Center, 2020 Auburn St., Bak-
er City
www.crossroads-arts.org
Free. Amateur and profes-
sional artists’ work depicts the
theme inspired by the upcom-
ing Aug. 21 total solar eclipse.
Show and sale runs through
April 29.
“A Place for All People”
•April 10-21; 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
•Monday, April 17; 4:30
p.m., public reception
•Pioneer Hall, BMCC, 2411
N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton
www.si.edu
Free. The poster exhibi-
tion introduces the National
Museum of African Ameri-
can History and Culture. The
newest Smithsonian museum
opened last fall in Washington
D.C. The reception features
a presentation by Gwendolyn
Trice, executive director of the
Maxville Heritage Interpretive
Center.
First Draft Writers’
Series
•Thursday, April 20; 7 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
Free. Features Tiffany
Midge and Xavier Cavazos.
Also, short open mic readings
from the audience.
Terrific Tuesday
•Tuesday, April 25; 7-8:30
p.m.
•Heritage Station Muse-
um, 108 S.W. Frazer Ave.,
Pendleton
www.heritagestationmuse-
um.org
Free. Joey Lavadour pres-
ents a basketweaving presen-
tation and demonstration.
Chuck Close: Portraits
•Tuesday-Fridays,
10
a.m.-4 p.m., Saturdays, noon-
4 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
Free. Selection of Close’s
works from the collection
Photo contributed by Philip Palermo
The Restless Vocal Band, an upbeat and energetic a cappella group, will per-
form Saturday, April 15 at Hermiston High School. Sponsored by the Desert
Arts Council, tickets are still available.
A cappella group features energetic voices
HERMISTON — An upbeat
performance that will bring the audience
to their feet singing and dancing is
featured in the upcoming Desert Arts
Council event.
The Restless Vocal Band is an a
cappella group who will perform music
from multiple decades and genres. The
energetic musicians, powered by vocals
alone, belt out hits from the likes of
Bill Withers to Bruno Mars and The
Temptations to Taylor Swift.
The event is Saturday, April 15 at
7 p.m. in the auditorium at Hermiston
High School, 600 S. First St. Advance
tickets are $20 for adults or $10 for
students. The cost is an additional $5 at
the door.
Purchase tickets at the Hermiston
Chamber of Commerce, Hermiston
Parks & Recreation and www.
desertartscouncil.com. For more
information, contact 541-667-5018 or
parksandrec@hermiston.or.us.
of Jordan Schnitzer. Runs
through April 29.
dancing.
Game Night
Open Regional Exhibit
Scott Garred
•Monday, April 17; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine &
Coffee Co., 403 S. Main St.,
Pendleton
No cover, all ages.
•Wednesdays; 3-7 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
No cover. Xbox 360, Nin-
tendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and
Nintendo 64.
Cadillacs for Everyone
Digital Karaoke
•Saturday, April 29; noon-4
p.m., accept entries
•Thursday, May 4; 5 p.m.,
opening reception
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
$10/adults, $5/youths en-
try fee per piece of art. Cash
prizes awarded.
Music
Oldies Night in
Milton-Freewater
•Saturday, April 8; 7 p.m.
•Wesley
Methodist
Church, 816 S. Main St., Mil-
ton-Freewater.
Free. BJ the DJ spins
tunes of Chuck Berry. Snacks
available from The Frogs.
Decade X
•Saturday, April 8; 8 p.m.
No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission
Live Music Thursday
•Thursdays 7-9 p.m. No
cover
•40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emi-
grant Ave., Pendleton
Design
•Friday, April 14; Saturday,
April 15; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission
Restless Vocal Band
•Saturday, April 15; 7 p.m.
•Hermiston High School
auditorium, 600 S. First St.
www.desertartscouncil.
com
$20/adults,
$10/youths.
Desert Arts Council presents
the event featuring the a ca-
pella group that performs
multiple genres of music,
spanning several decades —
from The Temptations to Tay-
lor Swift, the performance will
have everyone singing and
•Friday, April 21; Saturday,
April 22; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission
•Thursdays and Fridays, 8
p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
“Go Fourth and Be
Merry”
•Thursdays; 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
No cover. April 13: Rodger
Lizaola; April 20: Jack Willhite
•Saturday, April 22; 7:30
p.m.
•Vert Auditorium, 480 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton
www.oregoneastsympho-
ny.org
$20/adults, $15/students,
seniors, $45/family. Oregon
East Symphony and Chorale.
The program includes Bee-
thoven’s “Symphony No. 4,”
Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No.
21,” featuring James Cook on
piano, and Rossini’s Overture
to “L’Italiana in Algeri.”
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
1501 Sixth St., Umatilla
Bar,
Lock, Stock & Lipstick
Ladies’ Night
•Saturdays; 8 p.m.-2 a.m.
•Sub Zero Restaurant &
Lounge, 100 W. Highway 730,
Irrigon
No cover. Drink specials
from 8-10 p.m. Live DJ with
female-friendly music.
LOL Comedy Jam
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.
Midget Wrestling Fiesta
•Friday, April 14, Saturday,
April 15; 8-11 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
thepheasant.ticketleap.
com
$20-$40. Micro Wrestling
Federation event.
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
The Office Trivia Tuesday
•Fridays; 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports
1501 Sixth St., Umatilla
•Tuesday, April 25; 7 p.m.
No cover
•40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emi-
grant Ave., Pendleton
DJ and dancing
•Fridays, 8 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
Whiskey Wednesday
Cimmi’s Late Night Mar-
Bar,
•Saturday, April 8; 7 p.m.
•Vert Auditorium, 480 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton
w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /
events/402373760146806
$20. Presented by CAPE-
CO, features six local celebri-
ties teamed up with members
of the Utah Ballroom Dance
Company.
Chippendales
•Thursday, April 29; 6:30 &
9:30 p.m.
•Rivers Event Center,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino,
off I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
www.wildhorseresort.com
$54/premium seats, $44/
general seats (Club Wild
members receive $10 dis-
count). The male revue fea-
tures chiseled bodies, cheeky
humor and charm. 21 and
older.
“Live Wire!”
w/Luke Burbank
•Saturday, April 29; 7:30
p.m. No cover
•Hamley Saloon, 8 S.E.
Court Ave., Pendleton
www.livewireradio.org/live
$15/general; $25/VIP. Join
Emmy award-winning host
Luke Burbank for a live taping
of the fastest growing enter-
tainment show on public ra-
dio. An evening of Late Night
stride, Oscar Wilde wit and
the charisma of Ferris Bueller
grand marshaling a parade.
Music, comedy and conver-
sation. Also features James
Lavadour and Jim Brunberg.
Hot tickets
•The Pilot Tour: (featuring
hip-hop artists Gem Starks
and US[+] from Portland) May
12, Flower Building in Walla
Walla; and May 13, Little Vert
Theater in Pendleton. Tickets
available ($10) via www.thep-
ilottour.com
•What the Festival: June
16-19, Wolf Run Ranch, near
Dufur. Three-day music, art,
film and interactive festival.
Features 90 electronic music
DJs on eight stages and the
largest splash pool in North
America. Camping options
available ($300-$2,500) via
www.whatthefestival.com
•Pendleton Whisky Fest:
(featuring Maroon 5) July
15, Pendleton Round-Up
Grounds. Box/grand stand
seats still available ($70-$95)
via www.pendletonwhiskymu-
sicfest.com
•Northwest World Reg-
gae Festival: (music, camp-
ing, food, vendors) July 28-30,
Pfau Pfamily Pfarma, 13 miles
west of Sandy. Early bird pric-
es ($120) via www.nwwrf.com
•Eclipse Wine Festival:
(music, rooms, camping, wine,
meals, tours, eclipse viewing)
Aug. 18-21, Eola Hills Legacy
Vineyard, near Salem. Single
event or multiple-day pack-
ages (free-$2,900) via www.
eolahillswinery.com
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Want to get your event
listed in our calendar? Send
information to community@
eastoregonian.com, or c/o
Tammy Malgesini, 333 E.
Main Street, Hermiston, OR,
97838.