THE ARTS AROUND
EASTERN OREGON
3
MIXED MEDIUM
MAY 18�25, 2022
Inaugural Arts Festival coming to EOU
Go! staff
12:15-2 p.m.: 45th Parallel Jazz
Ensemble
1-3 p.m.: Open senior studios
and studio tours
2 p.m.: Opening of wood kiln and
ceramics raffl e to support Arts
Fest for future years
3 p.m.: EOU African Drumming
Ensemble
3:20 p.m.: EOU Community
Music
4 p.m.: EOU Singers
4:15 p.m.: “Life in the Arts after
EOU” Alumni Panel with Dean
Nate Lowe in the Gilbert Center
5 p.m.: Ars Poetica Reading with
Tina Ontiveros in Gilbert Plaza
6 p.m.: Alumni Social in Acker-
man Alumni Room
7 p.m.: “Rent” in McKenzie
Theatre
L
A GRANDE — Art is taking
over Eastern Oregon Univer-
sity for the fi rst-ever Arts Fes-
tival, organized by the College
of Arts, Humanities and Social
Sciences on May 20 and 21.
“The main goal of the event
is to have a day celebrating
the arts and highlighting locals
making great art and food in our
community,” said Heather Tom-
linson, EOU theatre professor.
In addition to two days of art
and music events, the festival
coincides with “Rent,” the fi rst
musical in two years presented
at EOU May 19-22.
Saturday activities begin at
noon when the Craft Fair opens in
Gilbert Center with local vendors
and interactive tables hosted by
the EOU Art Club and Art Center
East. Student Advocates and
Gender Equity & MountainQueers
”RENT”
EOU/Contributed photo
See a presentation of the Eastern Oregon University African Drumming Ensemble at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21, during
EOU’s Arts Festival.
(SAGE/MQ) will be holding their
annual book sale fundraiser at
the Craft Fest as well. Books cost
“a buck an inch.”
Those with an appetite can
fi nd food and beer trucks open
until 6 p.m. in the Gilbert Plaza.
Here’s the schedule:
FRIDAY
3:30-5 p.m.: Ashley O’Toole
leads a tour of the Liberty
Theater
5 p.m.: Oregon East Reading in
Schwarz Theatre
5-7 p.m.: Nightingale Gallery
extended hours for All-Campus
Juried Student Art Exhibition
7 p.m.: “Rent” in McKenzie
Theatre
SATURDAY
Noon-6 p.m.: Crafts Fair in
Gilbert Center with vendors and
SAGE/MQ book sale
July
30 & 31
2022
Gourmet Provisions,
Majestic Pizza,
Wine & Beer Bottle Wonderland,
Dedicated Tap House,
Craft Cocktails,
Espresso Bar, Local & Far-Out Deli
403 S. Main Street Pendleton • 541.276.1350
EOU’s theater department
presents the musical “Rent” at
7 p.m. May 19, 20 and 21, and
2 p.m. May 22. Shows are in Loso
Hall’s McKenzie Theatre.
Tickets are $15 general
admission, $10 for seniors,
veterans and currently military or
free for EOU students. Purchase
tickets online at tix.com/ticket-
sales/eouniversity/6521, at the
Loso Hall box offi ce or by calling
541-962-3757.
Prairie City
FIBER FEST
www.PrairieCityFiberFest.com
Thank you for
being a GREAT
sponsor 4 years!
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