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ENTERTAINMENT Saturday, October 14, 2017 East Oregonian Page 3C Downtown Walla Walla festival celebrates Day of the Dead East Oregonian A street festival celebrating the Day of the Dead, a Latin American tradition, offers fun for the whole family in downtown Walla Walla. In its fifth year, Dia de los Muertos kicks off Saturday, Oct. 21 with a processional at 4:30 p.m. It starts at First Congrega- tional Church, 73 S. Palouse St. It continues down Main Street to downtown at the site of the Walla Walla Farmers’ Market. The first day of the event crescendos with a free concert in the evening. The event continues Sunday, Oct. 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free family-friendly activities, including art, music, dance and theater. Main Street will be closed to vehicle traffic between Third and Fourth avenues to accommodate the Steamroller Print Project as well as numerous food vendors and activity booths. Festival-goers are encouraged to stop by the face- painting station to get into the spirit of the event. Presented by Gesa Credit Union and Shakespeare Walla Walla, Dia de los Muertos is a collaborative effort between a number of local Photo contributed by Shakespeare Walla Walla Photo contributed by Shakespeare Walla Walla The opening processional during the 2016 Dia de los Muertos festival in Walla Walla included mariachi band members. nonprofit organizations and community partners. It’s patterned after Day of the Dead events cele- brated throughout Latin America and Europe, where people gather to celebrate the lives of departed friends and family. In the grand tradition of the colorful and vibrant holiday, Walla Walla’s community event celebrates Hispanic culture with live music and dancing, face painting and kids’ crafts, food vendors, art and history. And there’s even a nod to Shakespeare. The 2016 event featured students from Walla Walla and Lincoln high schools, who presented a tableaux of death scenes from Shakespeare’s tragedies. The catalyst for Walla Walla’s BRIEFLY Writers’ series features fabulist literature PENDLETON — Representatives from Phantom Drift Limited, a literary journal for fabulist literature, are featured in the upcoming First Draft Writers’ Series. Matt Schumacher, managing editor, and Ki Russell, poetry co-editor, will share from their works Thursday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. at Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St. Their featured readings will be followed by short open mic time for up to 10 local writers. The focus of Phantom Drift is to nurture the literature of fabulism, the fantastic and the surreal by publishing an appealing, top-quality literary journal featuring the best fiction and poetry from across the United States and beyond. A nonprofit project, it assists writers by showcasing their talents and offering payment, which results in the best of writers’ work and supports literature as a whole. For more information about the monthly writers’ series, call 541-278-9201 or visit www.pendletonarts. org. To learn more about Phantom Drift, go to www. phantomdrift.org. Batman assembles team in saving city BOARDMAN — Big changes are brewing in Gotham City and Batman might need to hook up with others to save the day. To catch up on the latest crime-stopping adventure with the Caped Crusader, make plans to attend screenings of “The LEGO Batman Movie” at the SAGE Center. The viewings are Friday, Oct. 20 at 7:15 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2:15 p.m. The SAGE Center is located at 101 Olson Road, Boardman. Admission is $3 per person, which includes a bag of popcorn. Bottled water and other concessions are available for purchase. From the team that assembled “The LEGO Movie,” the animated flick features Will Arnett as the voice of Batman and Michael Cera as Robin. In addition, Zach Galifianakis of “Hangover” fame is the voice of the Joker and late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien is The Riddler. On Batman’s side are members of the Justice League, including Superman (Channing Tatum), Green Lantern (Jonah Hill) and The Flash (Adam Devine). The film is rated PG and has a running time of one hour and 44 minutes. For more information, contact 541-481-7243, sagecenter@portofmorrow. com or visit www.visitsage. com. ——— Submit information 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. Getting into the spirit of the 2016 Dia de los Muertos festival in Walla Walla, participants show off their face makeup. The fifth annual event is Oct. 21-22 in downtown Walla Walla. inaugural festival was the Steamroller Print Project, led by Whitman College art professor Nicole Pietrantoni. The popular project starts with reliefs carved into wooden blocks depicting iconic Dia de los Muertos images — skulls, skeletons, harvest and nature — and uses the city’s steamroller as a printing press to create giant prints. They will be on display and available for purchase throughout the festival. For more information, contact Caleb Agee at caleb.agee@ shakesww.org, 208-250-6770, visit www.shakespearewallawalla.org or search Facebook for “Shakespeare Walla Walla.” ——— Contact Community Editor Tammy Malgesini at tmalgesini@ eastoregonian.com or 541-564- 4539 WHAT TO DO Festivals Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event •Saturday, Oct. 14; 9 a.m.- noon •Mirasol Family Health Cen- ter, 589 N.W. 11th St., Hermiston www.eventbrite.com Free. All ages event includes 5K walk, free breast exams, raf- fle prizes, face painting, kids’ games and rock painting for the Hermiston Rock Hunt. Those who pre-register will receive an extra raffle ticket. Autumn in Echo •Saturday, Oct. 14; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. •Echo w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / events/362345980864115 Free admission. Citywide yard sales and Main Street merchants sidewalk sales. Pick up a map at The Vintage Shops at Echo Sta- tion or Rendezvous Vintage. Oktoberfest Pendleton •Saturday, Oct. 14; noon-9 p.m. •Pendleton Round-Up Grounds www.facebook.com/oktober- festpendleton $12/includes beer bug and drink ticket. $5/non-drinkers. Live music, kids activities, food and, of course, beer. Altrusa Oktoberfest •Saturday, Oct. 14; 4 p.m. •Hermiston Conference Cen- ter, 415 S. Highway 395 www.facebook.com/AltrusaIn- ternationalOfHermiston $30. Festive fun with authentic German meal catered by Dinner Thyme (5-7 p.m.), silent/live auc- tions, raffle for $2,000 VISA card. Echo Oktoberfest •Saturday, Oct. 21; 4 p.m. •Downtown Echo w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / events/478893169141688 $15 (if purchased in advance, comes with an extra $5 in event tokens). Features kids’ activities, food (German sausage, cole- slaw, potato salad, hot dogs and brats) and beverages, including 16 varieties of beer from Hermis- ton Brewing Co. Music by Cruise Control. For info, contact Michael Duffy at 541-303-5730, echoki- wanis@centurytel.net. Art, Authors & Museums “Get into the Spirit” •Saturday, Oct. 14; 2-4 p.m., opening reception •Arts Portal Gallery, 508 N. Main St., Milton-Freewater www.facebook.com/artspor- talgallery Free. Artist’s reception for Ju- lie Culjak, who creates jewelry de- signs, abstract acrylic paintings, upcycled wearable art pieces and wreaths made from old books. Reception includes live music by Jimmye Turner, activities and treats for all ages and a window decorating competition for high school students. Regular gallery hours are Saturday and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. “Places to Thrive” •Monday-Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. •Betty Feves Memorial Gal- lery, BMCC, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. Free. Features professional and emerging Pacific Northwest artists. The annual invitational art exhibit is organized by the Ore- gon State University College of Agricultural Sciences through its Art About Agriculture program. Gallery also open by appointment by calling 541-278-5952. The ex- hibit runs through Oct. 26. “Stochastic Resonance” •Monday-Fridays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. •Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande www.eou.edu/art/nightin- gale-gallery Free. John Whitten, a Port- land-based artist and art instruc- tor at Oregon State University, explores the philosophical signifi- cance of what it means to wander. Runs through Nov. 3. “Book Work: Recent Exca- vations” •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. James Allen creates compositions with pages of dis- carded books and fragments of images. Also, local artist featured in Lorenzen Board Room Gallery. Runs through Oct. 31. A Kaleidoscope of Color: American Indian Trade Blankets •Saturday, Oct. 15; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Last day •Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, near Wildhorse Resort & Casino. www.tamastslikt.org $10/adults, $9/senior citizens, $6/youths, free/5 and under or $25/family of four. Showcases pre-1925 Indian trade blankets from historic manufacturers, in- cluding Pendleton Woolen Mills. Runs through Oct. 14. “Fall Colors” •Tuesday-Sundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. •Peterson’s Gallery and Choc- olatier, 1925 Main St., Baker City www.petersonsgallery.net Free. Features a collection of artwork by regional artists depict- ing the fall season in Eastern Ore- gon. Runs through Oct. 31. “Parts of a Life” •Thursday, Oct. 12, 5-7 p.m. opening reception •Monday-Saturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m. •Pendleton Art + Frame, 36 S.W. Court Ave., Pendleton Free. Lorie Baxter will be on hand Oct. 12 to discuss her new- est works; refreshments. Runs through Nov. 18. First Draft Writers’ Series •Thursday, Oct. 19; 7 p.m. •Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St. www.pendletonarts.org Free. Features Ki Russell and Matt Schumacher of Phantom Drift Limited. Also, short open mic readings from the audience. p.m. •Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton No cover. All ages. Main St., Pendleton No cover. Features martinis, mixology and music. James Dean Kindle •Thursday, Oct. 19; 7-9 p.m. •Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton No cover. All ages. Theater, stage, film & lectures Live Music Thursday “The LEGO Batman Movie” •Thursday, Oct. 19; 7-9 p.m. No cover •40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton Raucous •Friday, Oct. 20; Saturday, Oct. 21; 8 p.m. No cover. •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission. Open Mic at GP •Thursday, Oct. 26; 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. Inland Northwest Chorale •Saturday, Oct. 14; 4 p.m. •Umatilla High School •Sunday, Oct. 15; 4 p.m. •Pilot Rock Elementary School www.inlandnorthwestmusi- cians.com Free, donations accepted. Features ensemble of Inland Northwest Musicians. Tylor & The Train Robbers •Saturday, Oct. 14; 5 p.m. (during Oktoberfest Pendleton), Round-Up Grounds, 1205 S.W. Court Ave., Pendleton Costs $12/adults; $5/minors, non-drinkers •Monday, Oct. 16; 7 p.m. •Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co., 403 S. Main St., Pendleton All ages, no cover RockBot •Saturday, Oct. 14; 8 p.m. No cover •Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission Cale Moon •Saturday, Oct 14; 9 p.m. No cover •Midway Tavern, 1750 N. First St., Hermiston J.D. Kindle & the Eastern Oregon Playboys •Wednesday, Oct. 18; 7-9 “The Addams Family” •Oct. 14, 21, 28; 2:30 p.m. •Oct. 14, 20-21, 27-28, 30-31; 7:30 p.m. •Elgin Opera House, 104 N. Eighth St. www.elginoperahouse.com Reserved $17/$8. The kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family offers quirky fun. America’s Greatest Game Shows Night life Saturday Night with Diego Music •Friday, Oct. 20, 7:15 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 21; 2:15 p.m. •SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road, Boardman www.visitsage.com $3/includes popcorn. The mu- seum’s regular hours are Mon- day-Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. •Saturdays in Sept.; 9 p.m. •The Pheasant, 149 E. Main St., Hermiston No cover. Night with DJ Di- ego! Features music, videos, live mixing and fun. Karaoke w/DJ David •Saturdays; 8 p.m. •Riverside Sports Bar, 1501 Sixth St., Umatilla 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 www.facebook.com/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 Martini Lounge •Fridays; 9 p.m.-midnight •Virgil’s at Cimmiyotti’s, 137 S. •Sunday, Oct. 29; 5 p.m. •Rivers Event Center, Wild- horse Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mission. www.wildhorseresort.com Win tickets for live show for a chance to win game play/cash prizes, including $100,000. Fea- tures host Erik Estrada. Hot tickets •Garth Brooks. Nov. 3-5, Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Wash. Tickets ($65+) via www.ticket- master.com •Harlem Globetrotters. Nov. 12, Toyota Center, Kennewick. Tickets ($25-$300) via www.tick- etmaster.com •Amy Grant & Michael Smith. Nov. 16, Toyota Center, Kennewick. Tickets ($37-$127) via www.ticketmaster.com •Mannheim Steamroller Christmas. Nov. 19, Toyota Cen- ter, Kennewick. Tickets ($39-$65) via www.ticketmaster.com •Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Nov. 24, Spokane Arena; Nov. 25, Key Arena, Seattle; Nov. 26, Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene. Tickets ($35-$75) via www.ticket- master.com ——— 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. MOVIE REVIEW A family tale told artfully in ‘Meyerowitz Stories’ By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Your first response to “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” may very well be: Adam Sandler is good — REALLY good — in his sensitive, nuanced portrayal as Danny, the outsider son in the Meyerowitz brood. The opening scene finds Danny in the driver’s seat beside Eliza, his teenage daughter (Grace Van Patten), as he tries to score a parking space in New York City. A devoted father who will soon lose Eliza to college, he is a tangle of tenderness, wistfulness and pent-up rage at the wheel in this fruitless search. That’s just the beginning of a bittersweet, often very funny family portrait written and directed by Noah Baumbach (“Frances Ha,” “The Squid and the Whale”). Available Oct. 13 on Netflix and in theaters, it’s brought to life by an all-star ensemble also including Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth Marvel, Judd Hirsch and Candice Bergen. Hoffman plays Harold, the paterfamilias of the sprawling Meyerowitz clan. A willful, grandiose sculptor plagued by failed ambitions, he molded his three adult children in sharply “Meyerowitz Stories” ★★★★ NR, 112 minutes Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix via AP This image released by Netflix shows Ben Stiller, left, and Adam Sandler in a scene from “The Meyerowitz Stories.” different ways that each still keenly suffers from. Danny, a disappointment to Harold who fell flat as a musician, continues his futile effort to court his father’s approval. Danny’s sister Jean (Marvel) nurses the wounds of Harold’s lifelong neglect. Mean- while, their half brother Matthew (Stiller) has tried to flee Harold’s smothering attention by moving to Los Angeles, where he prospers as the opposite of an artist: a top-tier financial adviser. Of course, the Meyerowitzes have more in common than they may want to accept. These “Stories” are divided into five titled sections beginning with, yes, “Danny Meyerowitz was trying to park.” But as the action stretches over several months, with many complications and cross-currents, an overarching question persists: Is it ever too late to stake out one’s own boundaries and nail down one’s identity? That task is perhaps most difficult for Harold, who, now, in the autumn of his life and career, has more trouble than ever with the painful possibility that his achieve- ments as a sculptor were no greater than the insufficient recognition he received for them. His delusions of grandeur are put to a severe test when he encounters L.J. Shapiro (Judd Hirsch), a fellow artist and nominal friend who has enjoyed the level of success Harold still feels is his due. But the notion that he might have always been second-tier continues to gnaw at his offspring. “If he wasn’t a great artist,” one says to another, “he was just a prick.” They may wonder what the truth is, and you may, too. But the film withholds any simple answers on the folly or nobility of chasing an artistic dream. As for the actors, they are uniformly splendid. If singling out Adam Sandler seems patronizing, so be it. Thanks to him in particular, “The Meyerowitz Stories” is a happy reminder that, when graced with a fine script and director, an actor can be just as surprising as the character he plays.
