ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, August 19, 2017
East Oregonian
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Daniel Craig, back as Bond, keeps 007 fans on edge
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK — Daniel
Craig’s 007-era will die another
day.
After months of gossip and
denials, Craig on Tuesday night
confirmed to Stephen Colbert
on the “Late Show” that he will
indeed return for another James
Bond movie. The yet-titled film
is due out November 2019.
“We’ve just been trying to
figure things out,” Craig told
Colbert. “I always wanted to. I
needed a break.”
The 49-year-old actor’s
stewardship of James Bond has
spanned four films — and now
will go for a fifth — but it has
generated enough rumors to
power the kind of doomsday
device Bond is usually trying to
stop.
Craig’s time as Bond
has been distinguished. His
“Skyfall” remains a high point in
both dollars and quality for the
55-year-old franchise. His last
one, 2015’s “Spectre,” grossed
$880 million worldwide. Most
consider him a terrific Bond
who has raised the bar for
the franchise, and his official
return was greeted warmly on
Wednesday.
But the Craig Era, far more
than its predecessors, has been
characterized by a steady supply
of Bond drama. Rumors and
debates over who should be the
next 007 have been nonstop for
years, as has Craig’s frequent
hints about calling it quits. In
2015, he famously said he’d
rather “slash my wrists” than
make another Bond movie, a
comment he later explained as a
kind of joke from the fatigue of
just completing one.
Yet even while Craig keeps
donning the tux, the next-Bond
handicapping has been a year-
round business. Tom Hardy,
Tom Hiddleston, Jack Huston
and Riz Ahmed are just some of
the actors who have been linked
to the role — some of them for
the better part of the decade.
Others have lobbied for
a female 007, like Charlize
Theron. Idris Elba has been a
favorite for at least two years,
going back to when Bond author
Anthony Horowitz suggested he
was “too street” for the part.
The meetings of producer
Barbara Broccoli are spied on as
if they concern national security.
In a way, they do. Bond is a
nation-state of its own, with more
than $7 billion in box-office reve-
nues alone. And that’s a heavy
burden for any actor to bear.
Craig’s constant dance with
Bond has very possibly been
a smart strategy to deflect
some of that pressure. He has,
perhaps more than anyone
since Sean Connery, eluded
being completely defined by
007. Last year he did “Othello”
off-Broadway with David
Oyelowo. He gives a comic turn
in Steven Soderbergh’s “Logan
Lucky,” out Friday.
It’s as though Craig has always
wanted his future with James Bond
a little up in the air — shaken, if
you like — so as to avoid the stasis
that could set in for a decades-old
franchise now preparing its 25th
films. Craig acknowledged on
Colbert that his return had been
settled months ago, meaning he
AP file photo
was evading questions about Bond
as recently as that morning when Daniel Craig poses for the media in 2015 as he
he told a Boston radio station that arrives for the German premiere of the James
Bond movie ‘Spectre’ in Berlin, Germany.
“no decision has been made.”
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
Morrow County Fair &
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
•Aug. 16-20
•Morrow
County
Fair-
grounds, Heppner
www.co.morrow.or.us/fair/
page/county-fair
$4/ages 8-and-older, free/
ages 7-and-under. Rodeo tick-
ets are $10-$15 and $6/ages
7-12. Saturday features a pa-
rade (10 a.m.), buyers lunch
(noon) and youth livestock auc-
tion (2 p.m.).
Milton-Freewater Rocks!
Cover photo courtesy of 5050 Press
STEM, teen angst
combine in new
young adult novel
By RENEE STRUTHERS
East Oregonian
Junior high school can be
the most difficult time for teens.
Even more so if you just don’t
fit in.
Kimbra Kasch’s new book,
“Irma the Inventor and the
Vampire Spiders,” tells the story
of a girl light years ahead of her
class intellectually, but clueless
when it comes to understanding
human nature. All she wants to
do is share her love and passion
for science, but kids like Kate,
the school bully, just want to tear
her down for being different.
Kasch navigates the roll-
er-coaster emotions of teendom
like a pro, showing that even
the smartest kids can take the
low road when they’ve been
humiliated in front of their peers.
But when the chips are down,
lifelong enemies can also come
together to save something that
really matters. Kasch cleverly
leaves the door open for a whole
series of adventures.
Kimbra Kasch is a Portland
resident and author of other
young adult titles.
“Irma the Inventor & The
Vampire Spiders,” by Kimbra
Kasch. © 2017, 5050 Press.
Available Aug. 21, 2017.
•Aug. 18-20
•Yantis Park, 200 Dehaven
St., Milton-Freewater
w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /
events/686618031527763
Free admission. Festival
features live entertainment,
food/craft vendors, beer/wine
garden, fundraising meals and
the Firefighters Water Fight.
Pilot Rock
Community Days
•Aug. 18-20
•City Park & other venues
Many activities free. Fea-
tures yard sales, craft and food
vendors, kids’ games, eclipse
presentation (11:30 a.m.), wie-
ner dog races, car show, parade
(6 p.m.), live music and beer
garden.
Path of Almost Totality
Tailgate Party
•Sunday, Aug. 20; 11 a.m.-
11:30 p.m.
•Umatilla Marina Park
www.facebook.com/umatil-
laoregonchamber
Free admission. Features
Blue Tattoo and The Outsiders.
RV/tent sites available by calling
541-922-3939. Beer garden and
food available for purchase.
Eclipse Across America
•Monday, Aug. 21; 9 a.m.-
noon
•SAGE Center, 101 Olson
Road, Boardman
www.visitsage.com
Free. A NASA livestream of
the total solar eclipse. Viewing of
the eclipse from the SAGE Cen-
ter is estimated at 97.7 percent
totality.
Art, Museums &
Authors
Summer’s Bounty
Student Art
•Saturday/Sundays; noon-5
p.m.
•Arts Portal Gallery, 508 N.
Main St., Milton-Freewater
Free. Exhibit featuring stu-
dent artwork. Also includes local
fruits and vegetables celebrating
the season’s bounty.
Harvest of Art
•Aug. 18-20
•Central
School,
Mil-
ton-Freewater
Free. The indoor exhibit of-
fers cash prizes awarded in four
categories.
Infusion: A Night of Artful
Pairings
•Thursday, Aug. 24; 5-8 p.m.
•Arts Portal Gallery, 508 N.
Main St., Milton-Freewater
$30/advance, $35/door. En-
joy art exhibit with wine from
Forgeron Cellars and food by lo-
cal chef Steven Grabinski of Ox
& Cart in Walla Walla.
Small Works Invitational
•Tuesday-Fridays; 10 a.m.-4
p.m.; Saturdays; noon-4 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
Free. Features small works
from regional artists. Runs
through Aug. 26.
Naamí Nisháycht,
Our Living Culture Village
•Monday-Saturdays;
10
a.m.-5 p.m.
•Tamástslikt Cultural Insti-
tute, near Wildhorse Resort &
Casino.
$10/adults, $9/senior cit-
izens, $6/youths, free/5 and
under or $25/family of four.
Highlights American Indian life,
including displays, activities and
stories from tribal leaders. Runs
through Sept. 2.
A Kaleidoscope of Color:
American Indian Trade
Blankets
•Monday-Saturdays,
10
a.m.-5 p.m.
•Tamástslikt Cultural Insti-
tute, near Wildhorse Resort &
Casino.
$10/adults, $9/senior citi-
zens, $6/youths, free/5 and un-
der or $25/family of four. Show-
cases pre-1925 Indian trade
blankets from historic manu-
facturers, including Pendleton
Woolen Mills. Runs through Oct.
14.
“A Love of Western
Color”
•Monday-Fridays, 10 a.m.-5
p.m.; Saturdays; 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
•Pendleton Art + Frame, 36
S.W. Court Ave.
Free. Features watercolors
and fluid acrylic paintings by The
Dalles artist Mary Rollins. Runs
through Aug. 31.
Oregon Grange
•Monday-Thursdays;
11
a.m-7 p.m.; Friday-Saturdays;
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
•Hermiston Public Library,
235 E. Gladys Ave.
www.hermistonlibrary.us
Free. Exhibit features photos
and memorabilia highlighting the
history and accomplishments of
the Oregon Grange. The Na-
tional Grange is celebrating its
150th anniversary.
Collected Works:
Black & White
•Monday-Thursdays;
10
a.m-8 p.m.; Friday/Saturdays;
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
•Pendleton Public Library,
502 S.W. Dorion Ave.
Free. Features Walla Walla
artist Susan How. Runs through
Aug. 31.
Music
Jamie & Luke
•Saturday, Aug. 19; 7-9 p.m.
•Echo Ridge Cellars, 551 N.
Thielsen St., Echo
No cover. All ages. Features
Jamie Nasario and Luke Basile.
EOCenes
•Saturday, Aug. 19; 7 p.m.
•La
Grande
Methodist
Church, 1612 Fourth St.
•Sunday, Aug. 20; 4-6 p.m.
•Geiser-Pollman Park, 1723
Madison St., Baker City
$8/adults, $5/seniors &
students (Saturday show), $5/
suggested donation (Sunday
show). Features former Eastern
Oregon university classmates
performing bluegrass music.
Stompin’ Ground
•Saturday, Aug. 19; 8 p.m.
No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission
TBA
•Saturday, Aug. 26; 6 p.m.
•Ione City Park
No cover. As part of the
monthly Music in the Park con-
cert series, features the local
group country group. Bring lawn
chairs or blankets and a cooler.
Open Mic at GP
•Thursday, Aug. 31; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee
Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. All ages are wel-
come during the last Thursday
of each month. Bring your instru-
ment, voice, family and friends.
Dokken
•Thursday, Aug. 31; 8 p.m.
•Rivers Event Center, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission
$29. All tickets for the
21-and-older show are stand-
ing/dancing room only. Formed
in 1978, the heavy metal band
continues to rock. No-host bar
available.
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
Badd Influence
LOL Comedy Jam
•Saturday, Aug. 19; 8
p.m.-midnight
•Archie’s Restaurant, 194
Main St., Pilot Rock
$3/single, $5/couple. Live
music in the beer garden. Guest
appearance by Medium.
•Thursdays; 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
No cover. Aug. 24: Travis
Nelson
Wheatstock Music
Festival
•Thursdays and Fridays, 8
p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E. Main
St., Hermiston
•Saturday, Aug. 19; noon-10
p.m.
•Quantum 9 Arena, Helix
www.wheatstock.org
$20/advance,
$28/gate,
free/military personnel and
youths 12-and-under. Free
camping with tickets. Dual
headliners include Super-
suckers and Too Slim and the
Taildraggers. Other musicians
include George Devore, Im-
perial Twang, Little McKay
Creek and Tylor & The Train
Robbers.
Pendleton Block Party
w/Hillstomp
•Friday, Aug. 25; 6-10 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee
Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton
Free. All-ages event features
live music, food vendors and
beer/wine garden.
Island of Black & White
•Friday, Aug. 25; Saturday,
Aug. 26; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission
Digital Karaoke
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
www.facebook.com/groups/
pendletonopenmic
Sip & Shop
•Friday, Aug. 25; 6-8:30 p.m.
•Sno Road Winery, 111 W.
Main St., Echo
No cover. Enjoy wine tast-
ing while shopping with Melissa
& Amy (LuLaRoe and Simply
Comfortable).
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 martinis,
mixology and music.
Theater, stage,
film & lectures
“Cabaret: The Musical”
•Aug. 18-19, 25-16; 7 p.m.
•Aug. 20, 27; 2 p.m.
•Power House Theatre, 111
N. Sixth St., Walla Walla
$20-$32. The familiar Broad-
way musical opened in 1966,
playing for 1,165 performances.
It won eight Tony Awards.
“Bump off at the BBQ”
•Saturday, Aug. 26; 5:30 p.m.
•Maxwell Siding Event Cen-
ter, 145 N. First Place, Hermiston
$30. Murder mystery dinner
theater presentation features
maple bacon chicken or rotis-
serie pork loin dinner. For tick-
ets, call 541-571-7293 or 541-
567-8774.
Hot tickets
•Juniper Jam: (various artists)
Sept. 2, Wallowa County Fair-
grounds, Enterprise. Tickets ($18
to $20) via www.juniperjam.com
•Round-Up Happy Canyon
Kick-off Concert: (Gary Allan)
Sept. 9, Happy Canyon Arena.
Tickets ($40 to $130) via www.
pendletonroundup.com
•EOCenes: Sept. 14-15,
Pendleton Center for the Arts.
($12) available via 541-278-9201
•Maryhill Winery Summer
Concert Series: Steve Win-
wood, Sept. 9 ($46-$86), Goo
Goo Dolls & Phillip Phillips, Sept.
17 ($50-$1,500) near Golden-
dale, Washington.
•Benton-Franklin Fair en-
tertainment: (Pasco): Boyz II
Men* (Aug. 22); Joan Jett & the
Blackhearts (Aug. 23); Trace
Adkins* (Aug. 24); Eli Young
Band (Aug. 25); WAR (Aug. 26).
Reserved tickets ($15) available
via Kennewick Ranch & Home or
www.bentonfranklinfair.com *Re-
served sold-out, festival seating
available with fair admission
•Central Washington State
Fair entertainment: (Yakima):
Williams & Ree $9-$14 (Sept.
22); LeAnn Rimes, $18-$24
(Sept. 23); Music Mexicana, TBA
(Sept. 24); Montgomery Gen-
try, $18-$24 (Sept. 26); Smash
Mouth, $18-$24 (Sept. 27), John
Kay & Steppenwolf, $18-$24
(Sept. 28); En Vogue, $18-$24
(Sept. 29); Mark Chesnutt, $18-
$24 (Sept. 30); Music Mexicana,
TBA (Oct. 1). Tickets free w/fair
admission or buy reserved seats
via www.fairfun.com
BRIEFLY
Music festival gets
ready to jam in
Wallowa County
ENTERPRISE — A music
festival has sprouted in Wallowa
County that highlights the talents
of original musicians.
In its ninth year, Juniper Jam
showcases singers and songwriters
in various genres who are creating
their own music.
The festival kicks off Saturday,
Sept. 2 at the Wallowa County
Fairgrounds in Enterprise. It starts
at 1 p.m. with the TR Ritchie
Memorial Songwriting Contest and
closes at 9:35 p.m. with the JAM.
In between, the music is non-stop
with a pair of stages to minimize
down time. The musical acts (with
their stage time noted) include:
•Frontman Dustin Hamman
describes Run On Sentence (8:35
p.m.) as “an ever-evolving musical
project.” With musical interests
that widely vary — everything
from American Indian singing and
early punk to the blues, swing and
big band — Hamman’s roots are
firmly embedded in folk music.
Run On Sentence’s latest album,
“Feelings,” sums up Hamman’s
existence in what he feels and
sharing that with listeners.
•Introduced to Americana
music while attending college
in Boston, David Luning (6:45
p.m.) immediately dropped out,
returned to California and focused
on songwriting and performing.
His self-released debut album,
“Just Drop On By,” was given the
nod by music critics and fellow
admitted free. Primitive camping
is available for $5 at the Wallowa
County Fairgrounds.
For more information, call
541-426-3390 or visit www.
juniperjam.com.
Gallery event includes
local wine, food
MILTON-FREEWATER — An
art gallery event also showcases
local wine and food.
Infusion: A Night of Artful
Pairings features wine from
Forgeron Cellars and food by local
EO Media Group file photo
chef Steven Grabinski of Ox &
Juniper Jam offers a relaxed venue, stunning views of the moun- Cart in Walla Walla. The event is
tains and music on two stages. This year’s event is Saturday, Thursday, Aug. 24 from 5-8 p.m.
Sept. 2 at the Wallowa County Fairgrounds in Enterprise.
at Arts Portal Gallery, 508 N. Main
St., Milton-Freewater. Advance
•The sounds of Alexa Wiley &
musicians. He went on to perform
tickets for the event are $30 or $50,
the Wilderness (4:40 p.m.) have
with the likes of Jackie Greene,
which includes a bottle of Forgeron
been called “wild metaphorical
Elvin Bishop and Dave and Phil
Cellars 2014 Chardonnay, at www.
music that rocks.” Their 2015
Alvin, as well as musical festivals
brownpapertickets.com. Tickets
self-titled album is said to make
along the Pacific Coast.
purchased at the door are $35.
them a “must see” group.
•Brad Parsons Band (3:35
Regular hours at Arts Portal
•A modern-day troubadour,
p.m.) features a Portland-based
Gallery are Saturday and Sundays
Beth Wood (6 p.m.) is said to be
singer-songwriter described as
from noon to 5 p.m. For more
an introvert with a passion for
having an “almost unreal power-
information, visit www.facebook.
performing.
house voice.” The group is said
com/artsportalgallery.
•Jezebel’s Mother (2:50 p.m.)
to perform a blend of psychedelic
blends the talents of songwriters
rock and Americana.
•Bigfoot Mojo (1:55 p.m.)
Carolyn Lochert and Janis Carper,
Multi-disciplinary
includes upright bassist Belinda
who entertain with soul and style.
program highlights
Underwood and national mandolin
The festival also features food
region’s geography
champion Josiah Payne. The duo
and beverage vendors, and local
adds various guest musicians to
artisans with everything from
JOSEPH — A a three-day
create a trio, quartet or more.
glass and pottery to bronze and
program of music, literature and art
•Catskills (7:50 p.m.) is a La
more. Activities for kids, which
provides an interpretation of man’s
Grande-based psychedelic rock
are monitored from noon to 5
connection over the ages to the
quartet known to depart from the
p.m., include a bouncy house, face
Wallowa Mountains, Snake River
mainstream — playing everything
painting, bubble fun and more.
and Hells Canyon.
from minimalist folk tunes to driving,
Advance tickets are $18 or $20
Presented by the Wallowa
amped-up Americana music.
at the gate. Kids 12 and under are
Valley Music Alliance, in
collaboration with Fishtrap and
the Josephy Center for Arts
and Culture, “The Geography
of Music” is Aug. 24-26.
Refreshments will be served during
each of the events.
The event begins with a free
reception Thursday, Aug. 24 at 7
p.m. at the Josephy Center, 403 N.
Main St., Joseph. Attendees will
meet the musicians, writers, artists
and photographers while viewing
the center’s exhibit of photographs
of the Snake River and Hells
Canyon. The evening includes the
performance of a short piece of
music and an author’s reading.
A full concert of interwoven
classical music, spoken word and
the visual arts, including real-time
painting inspired by the artist’s
impressions of the music, is featured
Friday, Aug. 25. The program begins
at 7 p.m. at the Enterprise Christian
Church, 85035 Joseph Highway,
Enterprise. The cost is $20 for
general admission, $15 for seniors
and free for youths 18 and under.
The final event is Saturday,
Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. at Fishtrap, 400
E. Grant St., Enterprise. It features
a moderated panel discussion with
visual, musical and literary artists
exploring how place informs and
inspires the creation of art. There is
no admission charge.
For more information about
“The Geography of Music,”
contact Bob Webb at 541-432-
0156 or Mark Eubanks at
bassoonbrothers@gmail.com.
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Contact Community Editor
Tammy Malgesini at tmalgesini@
eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4539