ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, January 6, 2018
East Oregonian
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LA GRANDE
EOU art professor explores landscapes and space
Work created during
Murrell’s sabbatical
East Oregonian
Contributed by Mario Gallucci
Installation piece from “we are all cosmic dust,” part of a collection of new works
by Susan Murrell. The Transitional Spaces exhibit opens Jan. 12 at the Nightingale
Gallery at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande.
Eastern Oregon Universi-
ty’s Nightingale Gallery rings
in a new year and hails the
return of associate professor
of art Susan Murrell with the
presentation of “Transitional
Spaces.”
The exhibit presents
works
created
during
Murrell’s 2016-17 academic
year sabbatical.
The exhibition opens with
a reception Friday, Jan. 12
from 6-8 p.m. in the gallery,
located in Loso Hall on the
La Grande campus. Regular
gallery hours are Monday
through Fridays from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Also, Murrell will
present a colloquium/gallery
talk Thursday, February 8 at
4 p.m.
All are free and open to
the public. The exhibit runs
through Friday, Feb. 9.
Murrell’s work explores
how our concept of land-
scape has changed through
technology. Included in this
exhibition is the project “we
are all cosmic dust” and
other work created during
her sabbatical. This group
of paintings was created as a
meditation on passageways,
life transitions and the
constancy of matter. Murrell
is fascinated by the fact that
our bodies are quite literally
comprised of recycled matter
from the stars.
“We are reshuffled mole-
cules,” Murrell said. “I am
Contributed by Mario Gallucci
Painting detail from “we are all cosmic dust,” by Susan
Murrell. Transitional Spaces opens Jan. 12 at the Nightin-
gale Gallery at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande.
constantly surprised by the
complexity of our planet and
how human activities have
impacted it over time.”
Throughout her year of
research and travel, Murrell’s
creative practice focused on
the universal and personal
process of experiencing pres-
ence through absence — a
struggle to know a thing from
the hole it has left behind
after it is gone.
The paintings in the
exhibit were initially created
through gravity and evapo-
ration. Murrell works with
water media on polymer
paper, allowing pools of
water and pigment to settle
and form images over time.
She’s interested in painting
as a method of creating an
image that references other
substances or realities,
but also paint being (or
becoming) a thing within
itself.
During her sabbatical,
Murrell was a resident artist
at several prestigious inter-
national programs, including
Arteles in Finland, Westfjords
in Iceland, and Playa and
Caldera, both in Oregon. In
the fall of 2016, Murrell was
also the artist-in-residence at
Portland State University’s
Studio MFA program, which
resulted in a solo exhibition
at the Autzen Gallery in
Portland.
“EOU’s art program is
pleased to welcome Susan
back to campus,” said Cory
Peeke, gallery director and
department chair. “Her work
has consistently been an
inspiration for our students
and this exhibit will give
them and the rest of our
community a unique glimpse
into her process and growth
as an artist over the last year.”
For more information,
visit www.eou.edu/art or
search Facebook for “Night-
ingale Gallery.”
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
1958. Snacks available.
Eagle Cap Extreme
Sled Dog Race
•Saturday, Jan. 6; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mis-
sion.
•Jan. 17-20
•Joseph, Enterprise, Fergi Ski Area
www.eaglecapextreme.com
Free, except banquet ($20/adults,
$8/ages 5-12) People can watch rac-
es, which includes the Iditarod & Yukon
Quest qualifiers; meet-and-greet with
mushers at vet checks; Race Central
and Kids’ Corner.
Melonville Comedy Festival
•Saturday, Jan. 27; 8 p.m.
•Hermiston Conference Center, 415
S. Highway 395
www.facebook.com
$35. 21-and-older show features
co-headliners Kermet Apio and Derek
Richards. Opening the show is Cory
Michaelis. Tickets available at the con-
ference center. Food available for pur-
chase.
Art, Museums &
Authors
Spin In Spin Off!
•Saturday, Jan. 6; 1-3 p.m.
•Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214
N. Main St.
www.pendletonarts.org
Free. Held in conjunction with the
First Saturday Spin In, a St. Distaff’s Day
event features fun and prizes.
Photography Club Exhibit
•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. The work of Photogra-
phy Club members, is on display.
Runs through Jan. 31.
New Year’s Show
•Tuesday-Sundays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
•Peterson’s Gallery and Chocolatier,
1925 Main St., Baker City
www.petersonsgallery.net
Free. Features the work of three of
the past year’s most requested artists.
Runs through Jan. 31
“Art of Survival - Enduring the
Turmoil of Tule Lake”
•Monday-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
•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. Exhibit probes the complexity of the
Japanese-American confinement site in
Newell, California, during World War II.
Runs through Jan. 7. Museum closed
Jan. 8-20 for maintenance.
Watercolor Society of Oregon
•Thursday, Jan. 11; 4:30-6:30 p.m.,
opening reception
•Monday-Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30
p.m.; hangs Jan. 8
•Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue
Mountain Community College, 2411
N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton.
Free. The traveling show features
20 award-winning paintings from the
society’s bi-annual juried exhibition by
noted artist/juror Paul Jackson. Gallery
also open by appointment by calling
541-278-5952. The exhibit runs through
Feb. 15.
2018 ArtWORKz Junior Art
Show & Competition
•Thursday, Jan. 18, submissions due
•Jan. 27-March 17; exhibit displayed
•Saturday, Feb. 10; 1 p.m., artists’
reception
•Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, near
Wildhorse Resort & Casino.
www.tamastslikt.org
Free. All artists 18 and under are in-
vited to submit entires for show. During
maintenance closure, submissions can
be dropped off at the front entrance.
Music
Oldies Night in
Milton-Freewater
•Saturday, Jan. 6; 7 p.m.
•Wesley Methodist Church, 816 S.
Main St., Milton-Freewater.
Free. BJ the DJ spins tunes from
Decade X
Expertease
•Friday, Jan. 12; Saturday, Jan. 13; 8
p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mis-
sion.
Robt Sarazin Blake
•Saturday, Jan. 13; 7-9:30 p.m.
•Historic Balch Hotel, 40 S. Heimrich
St., Dufur
www.balchhotel.com
No cover. The folk singer offers
unique songs and stories celebrating
the human experience while digging be-
low the surface with humor and passion.
Blake’s latest double-album, “Recita-
tive,” was called “...as instantly indelible
as Springsteen, Weill, Reed and Van
Morrison.”
An Evening to Remember Mar-
tin Luther King Jr.
•Monday, Jan. 15; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co.,
403 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. All ages. Features a eve-
ning of music and spoken word to honor
the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Bart Budwig
•Wednesday, Jan. 17; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co.,
403 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. All ages. Celebrating the
solo release “Sabai,” which was inspired
and created in a remote cabin in the Ea-
gle Cap Wilderness.
Jam Night with Josiah
•Friday, Jan. 19; 6:30-9 p.m.
•Historic Balch Hotel, 40 S. Heimrich
St., Dufur
No cover. Bring your favorite instru-
ment and share the tunes. Extra percus-
sion available for musicians to play.
Troy Fair Band
•Friday, Jan. 19; Saturday, Jan. 20; 8
p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mis-
sion.
Joseph Hein Band
•Saturday, Jan. 20; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co.,
403 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. All ages. Musician cre-
ates harmonious sounds with energetic
up-tempo rhythm.
Billy Don Burns
•Monday, Jan. 22; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co.,
403 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. All ages. Features the
country music warrior who carries his
guitar like a sword.
Night life
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
Holiday Hangover Pub Crawl
•Saturday, Jan. 20, 4-10 p.m.
•Multiple locations, downtown Pend-
leton
www.eventbrite.com
$15/presale, $20/day of event. Ticket
includes stainless steel pint glass, deals
at participating locations — Great Pa-
cific, Oregon Grain Growers, Hamley’s,
Sister’s Cafe, Cimmiyotti’s, The Pack-
ard, Prodigal Son, 40 Taps — and a
chance to win a grand prize raffle item.
LOL Comedy Jam
•Thursdays; 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mis-
sion.
No cover. Jan. 11: Jason Ward, Ryan
Wingfield; Jan. 18: Alfred Carcieri, BJ
Johnson.
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 Martini
Lounge
•Fridays; 9 p.m.-midnight
•Virgil’s at Cimmiyotti’s, 137 S. Main
St., Pendleton
No cover. Features martinis, mixolo-
gy and music.
Theater, stage,
film & lectures
Swim Team Talent Show
•Saturday, Jan. 6; 7 p.m.
•Hermiston High School commons,
600 S. First St.
$10/person, $30/family. Raises mon-
ey for transportation costs for Hermiston
High School swim team. Intermission
includes a bake sale and a raffle for an
iPad and numerous gift cards.
Cabin Fever Concert
•Saturday, Jan. 13 & Saturday, Jan.
20; 6 p.m.
•Hermiston Conference Center, 415
S. Highway 395
$15/show only, $38/dinner & show.
Limited tickets available for the Dutch
oven dinner by Sharon’s Sweet Treats.
John Wambeke & Friends provide an
evening of music and humor. Tickets
available at Cottage Flowers, 1725 N.
First St., Hermiston.
Dancing with the Hermiston
Stars
•Saturday, Jan. 13; 7 p.m.
•Hermiston High School auditorium,
600 S. First St.
www.desertartscouncil.com
$20/adults, $10/youths. Desert Arts
Council presents the event with profes-
sionals with the Utah Ballroom Dance
Company working with six local “stars”
— Cameron Bendixsen, Josh Burns,
Erik Juarez, Tricia Mooney, Erica San-
doval, Ashley Seibel — as they raise
money to support the arts and compete
for the mirrored ball trophy.
“Legal Marijuana in Pendleton:
One Year Later”
•Tuesday, Jan. 16; 7 p.m.
•Science & Technology 200, BMCC,
2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton
$5/adults, free/students. Eastern
Oregon Forum features discussion with
Brandon Krenzler, partner/owner of Kind
Leaf, a cannabis dispensary; Steve Har-
din, manager of emergency services at
CHI/St. Anthony Hospital; and Dr. David
Conant-Norville, a child and adolescent
psychiatrist with Mind Matters clinics in
Pendleton and Hillsboro.
“Totally 80s Totally Murder”
Dinner Show
•Saturday, Feb. 10; 5 p.m.
•Sub Zero Restaurant & Lounge,
100 W. Highway 730, Irrigon
$40/if purchased by Jan. 20, then
$49, $59.95/VIP ($50 if purchased by
Jan. 20). Includes dinner and interactive
murder mystery event. Costume contest
with ’80s style, awards, drawings and
raffles. Lucky Coyote show follows. 541-
922-4374.
Hot tickets
•Chicks with Hits (featuring Pam Til-
lis, Terri Clark and Suzy Bogguss), Jan
26 at Wildhorse Resort & Casino. Tick-
ets for the 21-and-older shows ($49-$79)
available via the Wildhorse Gift Shop or
www.wildhorseresort.com
•Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.
Feb. 25, Toyota Center, Kennewick. Tick-
ets ($27-$67) via www.ticketmaster.com
•Eagles. May 5, Moda Center, Port-
land. Tickets on sale Jan. 12 ($59-$400)
via www.ticketmaster.com
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Want to get your event listed in our
calendar? Send information to commu-
nity@eastoregonian.com, or c/o Tammy
Malgesini, 333 E. Main Street, Hermis-
ton, OR, 97838.
Matt Kennedy/Netflix via AP, File
This undated image released by Netflix shows Will Smith, left,
and Joel Edgerton in a scene from “Bright.”
Netflix greenlights ‘Bright’
sequel, Smith to return as star
NEW YORK (AP) — Despite
scathing reviews from critics,
Netflix has greenlit a sequel to
“Bright,” with star Will Smith and
director David Ayer expected to
return.
The
streaming
service
announced the plans Wednesday,
just two weeks after the fantasy
police drama debuted. “Bright”
is Netflix’s first big-budget, tent-
pole-style release, with estimates
that it cost at least $90 million to
produce.
With a sequel, Netflix hopes
to turn “Bright” into its first film
franchise — the kind Hollywood
studios rely on. But it will be doing
so with one of the worst reviewed
films of the year. “Bright” has
garnered just a 28 percent rating
on Rotten Tomatoes.
Yet viewer data suggests
“Bright” is a hit — or, at least, a
Netflix version of one. Nielsen
reported that 11 million watched
“Bright” in the United States in
the first three days release. If that
many moviegoers had paid tickets
for “Bright,” it would have earned
close to $100 million over its first
weekend, if going by the average
movie ticket price. And Nielsen’s
tabulation is based on TV-con-
nected Netflix viewing, and
doesn’t include those watching on
their phones or computers.
Netflix doesn’t release viewing
numbers, but it said “Bright” has
been its most viewed movie in all
of Netflix’s 190-plus countries. It
called “Bright” its highest viewed
original film ever in its first week
of release.
The film stars Smith as a police
officer in an alternate version of
Los Angeles where orcs, fairies
and magic co-exist. Netflix
announced the sequel with a
mock audition tape from various
orcs hoping to land a role in the
follow-up.
Co-star Joel Edgerton is also
set to return.
BRIEFLY
Arts center spins
into new year
Photo club snaps up
January exhibit
PENDLETON — Fiber fun is
offered at Pendleton Center for the
Arts during the Spin In Spin Off!
Held in conjunction with the
First Saturday Spin In, the special
session highlights St. Distaff’s
Day. Fiber enthusiasts are invited
to participate in fun activities. One
lucky spinner will win a prize for
spinning the longest thread in 20
minutes.
The event is Saturday from
1-3 p.m. at the arts center, 214 N.
Main St., Pendleton. There is no
admission charge.
St. Distaff’s Day, a special
day during Medieval times, was
the first day after the 12 days of
Christmas. It marked the time
when women would return to
work, resuming their household
duties including spinning.
For more information, call
541-278-9201 or visit www.
pendletonarts.org.
HERMISTON — In celebration
of the second anniversary of the
Photography Club, a January
display features pictures taken over
the past year by club members.
The club activities include
picture field trips and working on
new photography skills. It meets
monthly at the Hermiston Public
Library. The upcoming gathering
is Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at 235 E.
Gladys Ave. There is no fee to
participate in the club’s activities.
To view the photography
display, stop by the library Monday
through Thursdays from 11 a.m. to
7 p.m. or Friday/Saturdays from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information
about the club, call 541-567-2882
or visit www.hermistonlibrary.us.
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Submit information to:
community@eastoregonian.com
or or c/o Tammy Malgesini, 333 E.
Main Street, Hermiston, OR, 97838.