ENTERTAINMENT
Saturday, July 21, 2018
BOARDMAN
East Oregonian
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PENDLETON
Symphony announces upcoming season
East Oregonian
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The MissyG band will perform July 23 at Boardman
Marina Park. As part of the Music in the Parks con-
cert series, the event is free.
Park series features
country band
BOARDMAN — The
MissyG Band, a Pacific
Northwest group, will per-
form original songs as well
as country covers from
yesterday and today during
the upcoming Music in the
Parks.
The free concert is
Monday, July 23 at 7
p.m. at Boardman Marina
Park. In case of inclement
weather, the performance
will be held at the SAGE
Center.
People are encouraged
to bring a blanket or lawn
chair. In addition, those
attending are welcome to
bring a picnic and bever-
ages to enjoy while lis-
tening to the music. Also,
food concessions will be
available for purchased
from the Boardman Little
League.
The free show fea-
tures Missy Guthrie, who
writes and performs her
own country originals and
is currently working on her
third release, “The War-
rior In Us All.” The group
also features her husband,
John Guthrie, who plays
lead guitar and sings; Barb
Crowell on pedal steel gui-
tar and keyboards; and
Paul Wieneke, a multi-in-
strumentalist who plays
guitar, mandolin, harmon-
ica and sings background
vocals. The MissyG Band
performs at family-friendly
venues all across the
Pacific Northwest includ-
ing fairs, festivals, wed-
dings and benefits.
Music in the Parks
alternates each Monday
through Aug. 13 between
Irrigon and Boardman
marina parks. For more
information,
contact
Jackie McCauley at util-
ity.clerk@cityofboardman.
com, 541-720-1289 or
541-481-9252.
Ruckus continues in Heppner
HEPPNER — A week-
end of music kicked off
Friday night and contin-
ues through Sunday at 2
a.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds.
In its fifth year, Ruckus
in the Boonies brings doz-
ens of musical acts to Hep-
pner. It is organized by
Dog Bite Harris.
The genres include
everything from Ameri-
cana, country punk and
metal to rock, bluegrass
and folk musicians.
The cost is $10 at the
gate.
For up-to-the-minute
information, search Face-
book or visit www.ruck-
usintheboonies.com.
The Oregon East Sym-
phony recently announced
concert information about
its 2018-19 season. In addi-
tion, season tickets are now
on sale.
The Nov. 4 season opener
is “Bucolic Beethoven” —
so named because it fea-
tures a performance of Bee-
thoven’s “Sixth Symphony,”
also known as his “Pasto-
ral Symphony.” The pro-
gram also includes Mozart’s
“Sinfonia Concertante” —
a concertante is a piece that
features two or more solo-
ists — with Hannah Leland
(violin) and Hannah Burnett
(viola).
Leland has previously
been a featured soloist
during the symphony’s Win-
ter Chamber Music Con-
cert. She recently released
an album of works by Amer-
ican composer George
Antheil with her piano-vio-
lin duo Duo Odéon. Burnett
was named “Best In State”
in viola by the Texas Music
Educators Association in
2014. She is currently study-
ing viola at Juilliard.
Ringing in the season is
the annual Holiday Music
Festival. The Dec. 9 event
features an ecumenical cel-
ebration of the holidays
through song. This year’s
performers include the East-
ern Oregon Community Big
Band, led by Andy Cary; the
Pendleton Men’s Chorus,
led by Bill Mayclin; Our
Songs are Alive, led by Fred
Hill; and Sisters In Song, led
by Lezlee Flagg and Cheryl
Carlson.
The Winter Chamber
Music Festival is Feb. 16. It
includes a variety of small
ensembles, paired with wine
and hors d’oeuvres. The
highlight of the evening is
the world premier of a com-
missioned piece of music
by Raven Chacon. Hailing
from the Navajo Nation,
Chacon has served as com-
poser-in-residence with the
Native American Composers
Apprenticeship Project and
also is a part of the Amer-
ican Indian arts collective
Postcommodity, with work
displayed internationally.
Photo courtesy of Claire McAdams
Pianist Artina McCain is the featured soloist on Saint-Saëns’ “Piano Concerto No. 2”
during the June 14 Oregon East Symphony season finale.
Contributed photo
The world premier of a commissioned piece of music
by Raven Chacon is featured during the Oregon East
Symphony’s Feb. 16 Winter Chamber Music Festival.
Season tickets are now available for order.
The commissioned work
will feature both symphony
musicians and youths from
the Umatilla Indian Reser-
vation. Also, Chacon, whose
highly visual scores feature
Navajo iconographic ele-
ments, will visit Pendleton
for a three-week residency
leading up the performance.
He will produce a series of
prints based on his score at
Crow’s Shadow Institute
of the Arts, and will coach
musicians performing his
piece.
The Oregon East Sym-
phony and Chorale will
present “A Flair for the Dra-
matic” on March 15. The
symphony will perform
Tchaikovsky’s “Fifth Sym-
phony.” The chorale will
join the symphony in a per-
formance of opera choruses,
including the “Huntsmans’
Chorus” from Weber’s “Der
Freischütz,” the “Bridal
Chorus” from Wagner’s
“Lohengrin,” “Triumphal
March” from Verdi’s “Aida”
and many more. Those inter-
ested in participating in the
chorale are encouraged to
contact the symphony office.
Rehearsals begin in January.
The final performance
of the season is “Summer,
Saint-Saëns, & A Sym-
phony.” The June 14 pro-
gram includes Brahms’
“Fourth Symphony” and
Saint-Saëns’ “Piano Con-
certo No. 2,” featuring solo-
ist Artina McCain. She has
appeared as a soloist with
numerous
organizations
and is an assistant profes-
sor of piano at the Rudi E.
Scheidt School of Music at
the University of Memphis.
McCain has been featured in
an episode of the PBS series
“Roadtrip Nation” and is
a three-time Global Music
Awards winner for the album
“I, Too,” a collaboration
with soprano Icy Monroe,
and the albums “Shades”
and “Trombone Czar” with
husband and bass trombon-
ist Martin McCain.
Season ticket packages
can be ordered at the sym-
phony office, 345 S.W.
Fourth St., Pendleton Art
+ Frame, 36 S.W. Court
Ave., and www.brownpa-
pertickets.com. For more
information, contact oesdi-
rectorms@gmail.com, 541-
276-0320 or visit www.ore-
goneastsymphony.org.
WHAT TO DO
Festivals
encaustic painting (aka hot wax paint-
ing). Runs through July 31.
ment, voice, family and friends.
Pendleton Bike Week
Judith Graham Exhibit
•Friday, July 27; 6:30-10 p.m.
•Sno Road Winery, 111 W. Main St.,
Echo
No cover. Kid-friendly. Gerschwitz
formerly played with Iron Butterfly, Meat
Loaf and more. Special guest Martine
Kraft, a folk musician from Norway.
•July 17-22
•Pendleton
www.pendletonbikeweek.com
$20-$125. Motorcycle show, ven-
dors, live music, motorcycle demos,
tattoo demonstration and contest, poker
runs and Foghat in concert (July 21),
with special guest Petty Fever and more.
People can buy just concert tickets.
•Monday-Thursdays; 10 a.m-8 p.m.;
Friday-Saturdays; 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
•Pendleton Public Library, 502 S.W.
Dorion Ave.
www.pendletonlibrary.weebly.com
Free. Features colorful paintings of
the Pendleton artist.
Brews by the Blues
•Monday-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,
opens Aug. 3
•Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, near
Wildhorse Resort & Casino.
www.tamastslikt.org
Free/opening day; regular admis-
sion is $10/adults, $9/senior citizens, $6/
youths. Exhibit highlights sports, which
have played a pivotal role in American
Indian tribal communities. Runs through
Oct. 13.
•Saturday, July 21 at 2-10 p.m.
•Milton-Freewater Jr. Show Grounds,
Highway 11, Milton-Freewater
www.facebook.com
$25/day, $10/designated drivers,
free/ages 13-and-under. Brews, cider,
live music, food vendors, corn hole tour-
nament and more. (541-938-5563).
Takin’ It To the Streets
•Saturday, July 21; Sunday, July 22
•Main Street, Hermiston
www.hermiston3on3.org
Free/spectators. In its 13th year, the
3-on-3 basketball tournament features
hoopsters of all ages and abilities.
Irrigon Watermelon Festival
•Saturday, July 28; 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m.
•Irrigon Marina Park
www.facebook.com
Free/entry. Breakfast, park vendors,
parade (10 a.m.), car show, raffles, stage
entertainment, street dance (9 p.m.) with
Desert Sound of Hermiston and lots of
watermelon.
Arlington Show & Shine
•Saturday, July 28; 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m.
•Earl Snell Park, Arlington
www.visitarlingtonoregon.com
$15/vehicle entry, free/spectators.
Also features a barbecue, hula hoop
contest, poker walk and the annual Rub-
ber Duck Regatta ($1 per duck). Life-
guards will be on hand for water play.
Art, Museums & Authors
“Seeing the West”
•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 Pacific Northwest
paintings and drawings by Jerry Mishler.
Katherine Treffinger
•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. The Grande Ronde Valley art-
ist sharers her newest works, featuring
abstractions that are bold and colorful.
Runs through July 27.
Kristen Oja 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. A Blue Mountain Community
College biology instructor, Oja enjoys
“Beautiful Games: American
Indian Sport & Art”
Music
Martin Gerschwitz & Martine K
Outdoor Hip-Hop Show
•Friday, July 27; 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
www.wildhorseresort.com
$39-$49/general. Bring a low-profile
chair or blanket. The 18-and-older show
features headliner Naughty By Nature.
Also includes Sir Mix-A-Lot and Tone
Loc.
DJ SUB
•Friday, July 27; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mis-
sion.
Ramon Ayala
•July 20 at 4 p.m.-July 22 at 2 a.m.
•Morrow County Fairgrounds, 74473
Highway 74, Heppner
www.ruckusintheboonies.com
$10/gate; or $50/camping package.
Features more than 30 musical acts.
•Saturday, July 28; 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Resort & Casino, off I-84
Exit 216, Mission.
www.wildhorseresort.com
$39-$49/general. Bring a low-profile
chair or blanket. All-ages show features
one of the most recognized artists in the
Mexican music scene. Food trucks on
site and after party hosted by special DJ.
Decade X
Latin Night
Ruckus in the Boonies
•Saturday, July 21; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mis-
sion.
Frank Carlson
•Saturday, July 28; 8 p.m. No cover
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mis-
sion.
Buttercreek Boys
•Sunday, July 22; 6-8 p.m.
•Ione City Park
No cover. Music in the Park concert
series. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and
a cooler. Food available for purchase
from Tacos Hometown at 5 p.m.
•Monday, July 30; 7 p.m.
•Irrigon Marina Park
Free. Music in the Parks series.
Bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Bring a
picnic to enjoy.
Ryan Oxford Band
•Wednesday, Aug. 1; 6-8 p.m.
•Roy Raley Park, 1205 S.W. Court
Ave., Pendleton
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tertainmentbooking
Free. Wednesdays in the Park fea-
tures the outlaw country band from San-
ta Cruz, California. Bring a lawn chair or
blanket. Food, beer and wine available
for purchase.
•Monday, July 23; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co.,
403 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. All ages. Growing up in
rural Ohio, the musician found his way
beyond driving tractors.
MissyG Band
•Monday, July 23; 7 p.m.
•Boardman Marina Park
Free. Music in the Parks series. Bring
a blanket or lawn chairs. Food available
for purchase.
The Irish Singers
•Wednesday, July 25; 6-8 p.m.
•Roy Raley Park, 1205 S.W. Court
Ave., Pendleton
www.pendletonparksandrec.com
Free. Wednesdays in the Park fea-
tures the Pilot Rock-based group that
plays traditional music. Bring a lawn
chair or blanket. Food, beer and wine
available for purchase.
Open Mic at GP
•Thursday, July 26; 7-9 p.m.
•Great Pacific Wine & Coffee Co.,
403 S. Main St., Pendleton
No cover. All ages. Bring your instru-
Miss Lonely Hearts
Night life
Karaoke w/DJ David
•Saturdays; 8 p.m.
•Riverside Sports Bar, 1501 Sixth St.,
Umatilla
Saturday Trivia Nights
•Saturdays; 9 p.m.
•Midway Bar & Grill, 1750 N. First St.,
Hermiston
No cover. Join in for trivia fun and a
chance to win prizes. Also features DJ
music.
Saturday Theme Night--Margari-
taville
•Saturday, July 28; 9 p.m.
•Midway Bar & Grill, 1750 N. First St.,
Hermiston
No cover. Blender and frozen con-
coctions all night long. Wear your flip-
flops, grass skirts and Hawaiian shirts.
Watermelon Wrestling
•Saturday, July 28; 9 p.m.
•Sub Zero Restaurant & Lounge, 100
W. Highway 730, Irrigon
Free/before 7 p.m., $5/cover. No fee
to enter Wrestling event, which offers a
$300 cash prize. (541-922-4374).
Trivia Night
•Tuesday, July 24; 6-8 p.m.
•Neighbor Dudes., 405 N. First St.
Suite 104, Hermiston
No cover. Free brats and chips for
those who stay and play.
Wino Wednesdays
•Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m.
•Echo Ridge Cellars, 551 N. Thielsen
St., Echo
Karaoke at the Packard
•1st/3rd Wednesday, 9 p.m.-midnight
•The Packard Tavern, 118 S.E. Court
Ave., Pendleton
No cover.
Thirsty Thursdays
•Third Thursday; 6 p.m.
•Midway Bar & Grill, 1750 N. First St.,
Hermiston
No cover. Hosts a local brewery of-
fering tastings and food pairings. Aug.
16:
LOL Comedy Jam
•Thursdays; 8 p.m.
•Wildhorse Sports Bar, Wildhorse
Resort & Casino, off I-84 Exit 216, Mis-
sion.
No cover. July 26: Benjie Wright,
Seth Milstein; Aug. 2: Lady Bizness, Ali-
sha Donahue & Jynx Jenkins
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
Movies in the Park
•Saturdays; dusk
•Community Park, 1000 S.W. 37th
St., Pendleton
www.pendletonparksandrec.com
Free. Bring lawn chairs or blankets.
Concessions available for purchase.
July 21: “Coco,” July 28: “Nut Job 2.” In
case of inclement weather, cancellations
posted at park and Pendleton Parks &
Rec’s Facebook page.
Free Movie Fridays
•Fridays as announced; 10 a.m.
•SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road
www.visitsage.com
Free. July 27: “Tangled.” Conces-
sions available for cash purchase.
Ione Movies in the Park
•Saturdays; dusk
•Ione City Park
Free. Bring lawn chairs or blankets
and a cooler. Concessions may be avail-
able. July 28: “Beauty and the Beast,”
Aug. 4: “Lion King.”
Free Summer Movies for Kids
•Wednesdays & Thursdays; 10 a.m.
•Hermiston Stadium 8 Cinema, 355
W. Theater Lane
www.facebook.com
Free. Parents accompanying their
kids also free. July 25-26: “Captain Un-
derpants: The First Epic Movie,” Aug.
1-2: “Ferdinand.”
Hermiston Movies in the Park
•Fridays; dusk
•McKenzie Park, 320 S. First St.,
Hermiston
www.facebook.com/hermistonrec
Free. July 27: “Honey, I Shrunk the
Kids,” Aug. 3: “Lego Ninjago.” Bring a
blanket, chairs and snacks.
Pendleton Tales
•Thursday, Aug. 9; 6 p.m.
•AJ’S Little Café, 30 SW Emigrant
Ave., Pendleton
www.facebook.com/ajslittlecafe
No cover. Sign-ups start at 5:30 p.m.
for a spoken word story contest (5-min-
ute limit) of poetry or prose. Stories may
be read or memorized and may be in po-
etry or prose. (irawhite@hotmail.com).
Hot tickets
•Music at the Granada Theatre in
The Dalles: Systyr Skynyrd (July 27,
$25), Billy Bob Thornton and the Box-
masters (Aug. 25, $85), Carlene Carter
(Oct. 6, $50-$70). Buy tickets via 815-
993-6585 or www.granadatheatrethed-
alles.com
•Umatilla County Fair main stage
performers Sawyer Brown (Aug. 7),
Ned LeDoux (Aug. 8); Skid Row (Aug.
9) Latino Night (Aug. 10) Blues Trav-
eler (Aug. 11) (free/general admission,
$12/reserved, $20/premium) www.uma-
tillacountyfair.net (541-567-6121).
•Wheatstock Music Festival Aug.
18 at Quantum 9 Arena, Helix. Per-
formers include Dirty River Boys, Ja-
son Eady, Courtney Patton, Tyler
Brooks and Wanderlost, The Shop
Singers, The Channel Cats and Frog
Hollow Band. ($25/general, $100/VIP,
free/active military personnel and kids
12-and-under.) www.brownpapertickets.
com