ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, December 2, 2017
BRIEFLY
Minion to visit SAGE
Center for movie
BOARDMAN — For more
minion madness and a chance
to meet a minion, head to the
SAGE Center for screenings of
“Despicable Me 3.”
The showings are Friday,
Dec. 8 at 7:15 p.m. and Saturday,
Dec. 9 at 2:15 p.m. at 101 Olson
Road, Boardman. The meet-
and-greets are 45 minutes prior
to each show and are free with
movie admission. In addition,
non-perishable food donations
will be accepted.
Admission is $3 per person
and includes a bag of popcorn.
Other concessions are available
for cash purchases.
For more information, call
541-481-7243 or visit www.
visitsage.com.
Tunesmith Night
showcases original
musicians
JOSEPH — A Nashville-
raised folk musician is among a
trio of original musicians set to
take the stage during Tunesmith
Night in Wallowa County.
With Nashville roots, Erisy
Watt is now based in Portland
after honing her craft for
six years in Santa Barbara,
California. She has toured in
several countries over the past
few years with guitarist Jeremy
Ferrara. Watt’s blend of folk
and soul are often compared to
Joni Mitchell and Norah Jones.
Her music, including her latest
EP “Foolish Things,” invites
listeners to celebrate the beauty
and freedom of wilder places.
Joining Watts in a round-robin
format — each musician taking
turns playing a song — are
Joseph Hein and Bart Budwig.
The show is Saturday, Dec. 9 at
7 p.m. in the Gold Room at the
Jennings Hotel, 100 N. Main
St., Joseph. The cost is $10 for
the all-ages event. No food or
beverage service is available, but
people may bring their own.
Hein grew up making music
in the Palouse region of eastern
Washington. With the small
town isolation, the multi-
instrumentalist gleaned from a
range of influences from punk to
electronic pop. His recent album,
“Following Fog,” holds the
energy and sounds of the places
it was recorded, including a barn,
church, garage, cabin, closet and
the span of Washington state.
Budwig, the resident sound
engineer at Enterprise’s OK
Theatre, whose talents are
wrapped in a warm and giving
spirit, fosters collaborations on
stage and in the recording arena.
Budwig’s spring release, “Paint
by Numbers Jesus: Sacrilegious
and Spiritual Songs,” is
described as a “swamp country”
concept record pulling from
grooves of Motown and the
American deep south from
1960-70.
The Wallowa Valley Music
Alliance hosts the monthly
Tunesmith Night. For more
information, contact info@
wvmusicalliance.org or visit
www.wvmusicalliance.org.
Modest Mouse singer
sued over 2016 wreck
PORTLAND (AP) — The
lead singer of the alternative
rock band Modest Mouse was
sued Wednesday in a Portland
court for nearly $1 million over a
traffic accident last year.
Isaac Brock was cited after
the Aug. 3, 2016, accident for
crashing into a city of Portland
pick-up truck when he fell asleep
at the wheel. He was not charged
with a crime.
In the lawsuit filed in
Multnomah County Circuit
Court, city employee Cassidy
Kane claimed the accident
caused herniated disks in her
spine and did other tissue and
muscle damage that continues to
cause her pain and numbness in
her extremities.
She will need steroid
injections and may need surgery,
the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit asks for total
damages of more than $865,000.
At the time, police said Brock
failed to stop as he approached
traffic that was stopped near the
Morrison Bridge in downtown
Portland.
He hit the back of the city
truck, which hit a Subaru, which
hit another Subaru, which likely
hit a fifth car that left the scene
perhaps not knowing it had been
tapped.
The singer told police he
had fallen asleep at the wheel.
He was evaluated for signs of
intoxication, which officers
could not confirm.
There were no signs Brock
was impaired, so police cited
him for careless driving and he
has since paid a $435 fine.
East Oregonian
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Singing praises for Sofia Talvik’s Christmas album
O
ne of the most appealing
aspects of Americana
music is the specific, often
editorialized depiction of life’s
events within the lyrics — and the
subject matter
rivals Norwegian
Black Metal for
death and murder
references.
So perhaps
in some way it
makes complete
sense that a
Swedish chan-
Johnny
teuse uses that
Vinyl
genre to create
Ride the Vibe
what may be the
darkest Christmas
album ever.
Swedish singer/songwriter
Sofia Talvik’s “When Winter
Comes” has been gestating for the
last decade. Every year she has
released a Christmas single for
various charities as well as a treat
for fans.
“This year I’ve re-imagined,
re-recorded, re-mixed and
remastered these songs to
make them come together as
an album,” Talvik said. “This
album is unique, not just because
13 of the 14 songs are original
but because the songs focus on
the darker side of Christmas,
something you don’t hear that
Contributed photo
After releasing Christmas singles each year for a decade, Swedish
folk musician Sofia Talvik re-worked and re-mixed them to create
a Christmas album.
often in Christmas music.”
A truer statement has never
been made. This collection of
songs covers just about everything
that makes the holidays severely
depressing for so many.
Not being able to make it home
for the holidays, passing of time,
regret, war, loss, homelessness,
depression and, yes, even murder
are all equally dealt with on
“When Winter Comes.”
And murder is depicted in
what is one of the most magical
tracks on the album. Simply titled,
“Christmas,” it is the darkest
among the dark. You’ll never
think of “snow covering tracks”
the same way again.
All of this doesn’t mean that
Talvik is not equipped with a
fully functioning sense of humor.
The song “When It Rains on
Christmas Day” explains personal
failure and regret over a minimal
piano accompaniment, lulling the
listener into a melancholy before
it breaks into a church choir of
hallelujahs. Audio whiplash,
baby!
Sofia Talvik’s “When Winter
Comes” has got something that
virtually no other Christmas
album can claim: It doesn’t sound
at all like Christmas and can
literally be played any time of the
year. That in and of itself places
it on a very short list of “Best
Christmas Albums Ever!”
■
A retired educator, Johnny
Vinyl spends his days with Lucifer,
an 8-year-old German shepherd,
reading and riding the vibe. His
column, Ride the Vibe, focuses on
entertainment. Contact him via
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
from across the nation. Runs
through Dec. 30.
Pendleton WinterFest
“C-Lager: Stalag Luft IV
and the 86-Day Hunger
March”
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 10 a.m.-
4 p.m.
•Pendleton
Convention
Center, 1601 Westgate
www.sahpendleton.org/
foundation/winterfest
Free. Formerly the Festival
of Trees, the holiday extrav-
aganza features tree viewing
and holiday activities.
Winterphest, Bazaar &
Light Parade
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 10 a.m.-
2 p.m.; 5 p.m. parade
•Pilot Rock Community
Center
www.facebook.com
Free. After shopping for
homemade goodies and gifts,
get ready for the Light Parade,
followed by a chili feed ($) and
float awards.
Hermiston Festival of
Trees
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 6 p.m.,
gala event
•Sunday, Dec. 3; noon-4
p.m., family day
•Hermiston
Conference
Center, 415 S. Highway 395
www.facebook.com
$40/gala event, $5/sug-
gested Family Day donation.
The gala event features a live
and silent auction for Christ-
mas trees and other holiday
decor and gift baskets. The
Family Day features tree view-
ing and holiday fun.
Light Festival & Parade
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 5:30
p.m.
•Downtown Condon
www.condonchamber.org
Free. People are encour-
aged to come early to shop
at local merchants, caroling
on Main Street and a 4 p.m.
screening of “A Charlie Brown
Christmas” at the Liberty The-
ater. After party at the Elks
Lodge includes ($) food, drinks
and pictures with Santa.
Art, Authors,
& Museums
Crow’s Shadow Holiday
Open House
•Sunday, Dec. 3; 1-4 p.m.
•48004 St. Andrew’s Road,
Mission
www.crowsshadow.org
Free. Tour the printmaking
studio, view works of 2017
artists-in-residence and help
bid farewell to longtime mas-
ter printer Frank Janzen, who
is retiring after 16 years, and
his wife, Marie, who has volun-
teered in the studio.
“Season of Magic”
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 2-4 p.m.
•Arts Portal Gallery, 508 N.
Main St., Milton-Freewater
www.facebook.com
Free. Holiday-themed art
exhibit opening. Exhibit hours
Saturday & Sundays, noon-5
p.m. through Dec. 17.
The Art of the Gift
•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. Gallery features cre-
ative gifts from craftspeople
•Saturday, Dec. 9; 11 a.m.
•Pendleton Public Library,
502 S.W. Dorion Ave.
www.pendletonlibrary.wee-
bly.com
Free. Vietnam veteran and
clinical therapist David Dorf-
meier shares a multi-media
presentation about his book
that recounts his father’s World
War II military service.
“Drawn Narratives”
•Monday-Thursdays, 9:30
a.m.-1:30 p.m.
•Betty Feves Memorial Gal-
lery, BMCC, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton.
Free. Christopher Trout-
man’s artwork explores differ-
ences and similarities of the
Midwestern United States and
southern Japan. Gallery also
open by appointment by calling
541-278-5952. Runs through
Dec. 7.
Great Gifts Show
•Tuesday-Sundays,
10
a.m.-6 p.m.
•Peterson’s Gallery and
Chocolatier, 1925 Main St.,
Baker City
www.petersonsgallery.net
Free. Features hand-se-
lected recommendations for
Christmas gifts from new pro-
ductions by local favorite art-
ists. Items include ornaments,
vases,
photography
and
unique pieces that can be used
as stocking stuffers.
“Art of Survival - Endur-
ing the Turmoil of Tule
Lake”
•Monday-Saturdays,
10
a.m.-5 p.m.,
•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. Ex-
hibit probes the complexity of
the Japanese-American con-
finement site in Newell, Califor-
nia, during World War II. Runs
through Jan. 7.
Music
Brass Fire
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 7-10
p.m.
•Red Lion Inn, 304 S.E.
Nye Ave., Pendleton
No cover. Local brass band
performs an eclectic array of
music.
Dana Osborn Band
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 8 p.m.
No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
I-84 Exit 216, Mission
Hymnspiration
Christmas
•Sunday, Dec. 3; 4:30 p.m.
•Victory Baptist Church,
103 E. Main St., Hermiston
Free. An evening of sing-
ing old-fashioned Christmas
carols, featuring food, fun and
fellowship.
Lincoln Barr
•Thursday, Dec. 7, 5:30
p.m.
•The Gathering Place at
Bellinger’s, 1823 S. Highway
395, Hermiston
Free. The First Thursday
wine event features sing-
er-songwriter for the Seat-
tle-based band Red Jacket
Mine. Now residing in Pendle-
ton, Barr’s debut solo album,
“Trembling Frames,” has been
described as “deeply personal”
with a “cafe jazz vibe.”
Jam Night
•Thursday, Dec. 7; 6:30-8
p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
Free. Join Pendleton Music
Company and other local mu-
sicians for an informal evening
of jamming. All levels of experi-
ence are welcome.
Open Mic Thursday
•Thursday, Dec. 7; 7 p.m.
•40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emi-
grant Ave., Pendleton
No cover. Show up and
share your talents. All perform-
ers get a free beverage.
Cory Wilds Band
•Friday, Dec. 8; Saturday,
Dec. 9; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
Light of the World
•Saturday, Dec. 9; 7:30-
9:30 p.m.
•Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, 850 S.W.
11th St.
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Free. Features the Hermis-
ton Community Choir singing
holiday favorites. Features Dal-
lin Puzey and other local talent
Refreshments served.
Holiday Music Festival
•Sunday, Dec. 10; 3:15 p.m.
•Vert Auditorium, 480 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton
www.oregoneastsymphony.
org
$20/adults, $15/students,
seniors, $45/family. Features
the Oregon East Symphony
and Chorale, Our Songs Are
Alive, the Pendleton Men’s
Chorus and the Eastern Ore-
gon Community Big Band.
Christmas with John
Wambeke & students
•Friday, Dec. 15; 6:30-9:30
p.m.
•Sno Road Winery, 111 W.
Main St., Echo
No cover. All ages wel-
come. Share the holiday sea-
son with an evening of Christ-
mas music and budding stars.
The Spirit of the Season
•Friday, Dec. 15, 7 p.m.;
Saturday, Dec. 16, 4 p.m.
•Echo Community Center,
20 Bonanza St.
•Sunday, Dec. 17, 4 p.m.
•Connell High School, 1100
W. Clark St., Connell, WA
www.inlandnorthwestmu-
sicians.com
Free, donations accept-
ed. Holiday cone of the Inland
Northwest Musicians (due to
limited seating, reservations
are required for the Echo con-
certs by calling 541-289-4696).
Debra Arlyn & the Good-
ness
•Friday, Dec.15; Saturday,
Dec.16; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar,
Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off
I-84 Exit 216, Mission.
Great Pacific Christmas
Extravaganza
•Sunday, Dec. 17; noon
•Great Pacific Wine & Cof-
fee Co., 403 S. Main St., Pend-
leton
No cover. All ages. Get
ready to amp up your holiday
spirit with James Dean Kindle
& the Eastern Oregon Play-
boys, Lincoln Barr and a whole
host of other local musicians.
Holiday cheer starts at noon
and continues into the after-
noon/evening.
Night life
Santa Express Donation
Event
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 5-11
p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
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$10. Features UFC 218
Holloway vs. Aldo 2, raffle
items, door prizes, drink/food
specials. Dancing with DJ Di-
ego Arriola after the fights.
Benefit event for Hermiston
Police Christmas Express.
Karaoke w/DJ David
•Saturdays; 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501
Sixth St., Umatilla
DJ & Trivia
•Saturdays; 9 p.m.
•Midway Tavern, 1750 N.
First St., Hermiston
Mac’s Trivia Night
•Tuesdays; 7 p.m. No cover
•Mac’s Bar & Grill, 1400
S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton
21 and older. Eat. Drink.
Think. Teams of 2-8 compete in
trivia contest with other teams.
Live host and prizes, including
$50 gift card for winning team.
Christmas Trivia
•Wednesday, Dec. 20; 8
p.m.
•40 Taps, 337 S.W. Emi-
grant Ave., Pendleton
No cover. Includes ugly
sweater contest and prizes.
Back to the ‘80s
Karaoke
•Thursday, Dec. 7, 9 p.m.
•The Pheasant, 149 E.
Main St., Hermiston
Wine tasting
•Fridays, 4-8 p.m.
•Sno Road Winery, 111 W.
Main St., Echo.
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
Karaoke
•Fridays; 9 p.m.
•Midway Tavern, 1750 N.
First 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.
Holiday Barrel Tasting
•Friday, Dec. 8, 4-8 p.m.;
Saturday, Dec. 9; noon-5 p.m.
•Echo Ridge Cellars, 551
N. Thielsen St. & Sno Road
Winery, 111 W. Main St.
$5/tasting fee at both ven-
ues. Both wineries offer holiday
wine deals and samples of fu-
ture releases straight out of the
barrel. A gift basket workshops
is available Saturday at Echo
Ridge.
Theater, stage,
film & lectures
“The Nutcracker”
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 2 p.m.
•Bob Clapp Theatre at
BMCC, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton
$5/adults, $3/children under
12. Featuring 30 local dancers
presented by Pendleton Ballet
Theatre under the direction of
Julie SnedenCarlson.
Journey to Bethlehem
•Saturday, Dec. 2-Sunday,
Dec. 3; 5-9 p.m.
•Seventh-day
Adventist
Church, 855 W. Highland Ave.,
Hermiston
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Free. Features the sights,
smells and sounds of a bustling
village during Biblical times —
sharing the reason behind the
season. Outdoor tours followed
by refreshments indoors.
“Steel Magnolias”
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 6:30
p.m.
•Pendleton High School,
1810 N.W. Carden Ave.
$6/adults, $4/students with
ID. Presented by the PHS dra-
ma department.
“The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”
•Saturday, Dec. 2; 6:30
p.m.
•Irrigon High School, 315
Wyoming Ave.
$5. A re-telling of the classic
tale by Robert Louis Stevenson
featuring suspense and humor.
Ticket price includes dinner.
“Despicable Me 3”
•Friday, Dec. 8, 7:15 p.m.;
Saturday, Dec. 9; 2:15 p.m.
•SAGE Center, 101 Olson
Road, Boardman
www.visitsage.com
$3/includes popcorn. A
meet-and-greet with a Despi-
cable Me minion is 45 minutes
prior to both screenings (no
charge with movie admission).
Non-perishable food donations
accepted.
Hot tickets
•Dirty Voltage. (AC-DC trib-
ute band) Dec. 31, Pheasant
Bar & Grill. Tickets ($20) via
https://thepheasant.ticketleap.
com
•Dancing with the Hermis-
ton Stars. Jan. 13, Hermiston
High School. Tickets ($10-$20)
via www.desertartscouncil.com
•Chicks with Hits (featuring
Pam Tillis, Terri Clark and Suzy
Bogguss), Jan 26 at Wildhorse
Resort & Casino. Tickets for the
21-and-older shows ($49-$79)
available via the Wildhorse Gift
Shop or www.wildhorseresort.
com
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Malgesini, 333 E. Main Street,
Hermiston, OR, 97838.
‘Lady Bird’ named best picture by New York Film Critics
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
NEW YORK — The New York
Film Critics Circle on Thursday
named “Lady Bird” best feature
film and its star, Saoirse Ronan,
best actress, throwing its full
support behind Greta Gerwig’s
comic drama about growing up in
Sacramento, Calif.
The wins for “Lady Bird,”
announced on Twitter, add further
steam to the film’s growing Oscar
chances. “Lady Bird,” Gerwig’s
first feature as a solo director, also
has the distinction of setting a new
record for perfection: It’s the most
widely reviewed movie on Rotten
Tomatoes to receive 100-percent
positive reviews.
Earlier in the week, “Lady Bird”
also scored honors at the Gotham
Awards (for Ronan) and from the
National Board of Review (for
Gerwig and co-star Laurie Metcalf).
Ronan, 23, has now won best
actress from the New York critics
twice, following her 2015 win for
“Brooklyn.”
“The Florida Project” — an A24
release like “Lady Bird” — also
fared well with the New York critics,
winning best director for Sean
Baker and best supporting actor for
Willem Dafoe. The film depicts the
vibrant but hard lives of those living
at a low-budget Florida motel in the
shadow of Disney World.
Timothee Chalamet, the young
star of the tender coming-of-age tale
“Call Me By Your Name,” took best
actor from the New York critics.
Chalamet, 21, is the youngest to
receive the NYFCC award. It’s his
third award of the week, following
wins at the Gotham Awards and the
National Board of Review.
Another breakout star, Tiffany
Haddish, took supporting actress for
the summer comedy “Girls Trip.”
The win could help propel Haddish
— who so far hasn’t been counted
among the category’s favorites —
into further awards contention this
season.
Other winners included Paul
Thomas Anderson for his screen-
play to “Phantom Thread” and
Jordan Peele’s horror hit “Get Out”
for best first film.
“Mudbound” cinematographer
Rachel Morrison became the first
woman to win the NYFCC’s best
cinematography prize. Were her
success to continue, Morrison
would be the first woman ever
nominated for cinematography by
the Academy Awards.
Best documentary went to Agnes
Varda and JR’s travelogue “Faces
Places.” Pixar’s “Coco” landed
best animated movie. And the
foreign language film winner was
Robin Campillo’s “BPM (Beats Per
Minute),” a docudrama about an
AIDS activist in 1990s Paris.
The New York Film Critics
Circle Awards will be handed out
January 3.