Wallowa County Chieftain
Entertainment
wallowa.com
November 16, 2016
MidValley
to present
radio play
C ELLOS AT THE OK
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
The MidValley Theater
Company will present the
radio play “The Cop and the
Anthem: a spirit of Christ-
mas present,” based on an
O’Henry story.
It is the story of a man
down on his luck who just
wants to get arrested for
some small crime so he can
spend Christmas in a nice,
warm jail cell and get three
square meals a day. Natu-
rally, since it is an O’Henry
story, there is a twist.
Stuart Vencill will direct
the 35-minute play writ-
Steve Tool/Chieftain
The Portland Cello Project played an hour-long concert at the OK Theatre for about 300 Wallowa County students on
Nov. 10. The group also later played an evening benefit show for Wallowa Land Trust.
THE SCENE 48-hour Ruby Peak Film
Festival draws nine teams
By Kathleen Ellyn
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, Nov. 16
• Grande Ronde Sympho-
ny presents ”Magic, Mystery,
and Majesty,” 7:30 p.m. in
McKenzie Theater in Loso
Hall on the EOU campus
Thursday, Nov. 17
• Annual Young People’s
Concert, 10 a.m. at the
Wallowa School gymnasium.
Free.
• Tom Bennett, 7 p.m. at
Terminal Gravity
Saturday, Nov. 19
• Old-Time Community
Dance, 7-10 p.m. at the Hur-
ricane Creek Grange Hall.
$5 cover
Friday, Nov. 25
• Brady Goss, 6 p.m. at
the OK Theatre. theoldok.
com
• “Final Friday” Open Mic
Night, 7 p.m. at Stockman’s
Lounge
Thursday, Dec. 1
• Heidi Muller and Bob
Webb CD release concert, 7
p.m. at the Hurricane Creek
Grange. $10; children 12 and
under free
Friday, Dec. 2
• Open mic, 7 p.m. at
Terminal Gravity
Wednesday, Dec. 7
• Wallowa Valley Chorale
Christmas Concert, 7 p.m.
at the OK Theatre. theoldok.
com
Friday, Dec. 9
• Great Red Shark, 7 p.m.
at Terminal Gravity
Sunday, Dec. 11
• Open mic night, 4-6 p.m.
at the Josephy Center with
emcee Ted Hays. josephy.org
Monday, Dec. 12
• O’Connor Band featur-
ing Mark O’Connor, 6 p.m.
at the OK Theatre. theoldok.
com
Saturday, Dec. 17
• Michelle Moonshine, 7
p.m. at Terminal Gravity
Please submit Enter-
tainment Calendar event
information to editor@
wallowa.com
The 48-Hour Ruby Peak
Film Festival kicked off last
Friday with nine Wallowa
County teams ready to “run
and gun” an entire six-minute
fi lm by Sunday night.
Those teams were assigned
a prop, a character and a line
of dialogue that must be used
in their screenplay and then
drew their genres out of a hat.
The prop this year was a
musical instrument, the line
of dialogue was “A warm
drink soothes the soul,” and
the character is an astronomy
enthusiast. The prop must ap-
pear at least once in the fi lm,
the line of dialogue must be
used at least once, and the
character may be a minor
character.
Teams included fi rst-tim-
ers Gus Johnson and Car-
rie Chupp of Joseph, who
drew mystery/crime for their
genre; the team of Peggie
Ellis, Becky Blody, Tammie
Quinby and Austin Blodget
of Lostine and Wallowa, who
drew the Western genre; and
the junior team of Kierra and
Kiesha Naisbitt of Enterprise
who drew action/adventure.
Returnees included the Mov-
ich-Fields family team with
sci-fi this year; the Hobbs
family team with comedy
The Wallowa Valley Or-
chestra and the Inland North-
west Musicians will present
their annual Young People’s
Concert at 10 a.m. Thursday
at the Wallowa School Gym-
nasium.
This year, rather than a
public concert in conjunc-
tion with the Young People’s
Concert, this will be the only
concert performed. All ages
and interests are invited to
attend.
ten by Daniel M. Hobbs of
Vancouver, Wash. Auditions
were held last weekend.
The play will be staged as
an old-time radio play with
voice actors at microphones.
Two shows are planned. The
fi rst will begin at 7 p.m. Dec.
10 at Odd Fellows Hall in
Enterprise and the second is
7 p.m. Dec. 17 at the Josephy
Center in Joseph.
Tickets are $12 at the
door. Doors open at 6:30
p.m.
Bob Webb will record
the Dec. 10 performance
and CDs will be available
for purchase about a week
later.
Book recounts years
in Idaho wilderness
Wallowa County Chieftain
Jim and Holly Akenson
of Enterprise have penned
a new book about their 21
years living in the Frank
Church-River of No Re-
turn Wilderness.
“7003 Days” describes
encounters with wild-
life and nature: tracking
wolves and cougars, using
mules for transportation
and ranch work and in-
troducing university stu-
dents to life in the rugged
Salmon River Mountains
of Central Idaho.
Holly Akenson is a
wildlife biologist cur-
rently serving a four-
year term on the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife
Commission.
She attended high school
in Baker City before at-
tending college at East-
ern Oregon University,
where she earned degrees
in biology and secondary
education. She earned
her master’s degree at the
University of Idaho.
Jim Akenson is conser-
vation director for the Or-
egon Hunters Association.
Wildlife biologists by
training, the Akensons
studied the changes in both
the animal and plant lives
when wolves returned to
Idaho. One of their key
findings was the complex-
ity in determining whether
a wolf or another predator
had killed an animal.
The public can meet the
authors Wednesday, Nov.
30 at EOU. A presentation
followed by a reception
and book signing is from
5-7 p.m. in Huber Audito-
rium in Badgley Hall. The
event is free.
Kathleen Ellyn/Chieftain
Keisha Naisbitt, 11, looks anxious as big sister Kierra, 12,
draws the genre for their 48-hour film at the kickoff of the
Ruby Peak Film Festival on Friday. The Enterprise duo drew
action/adventure.
this year; the Mathews fami-
ly team with fantasy this year.
Other teams included the Es-
quibel and Maslach team with
thriller/suspense; the Wilson,
Moholt and Delancey team
with drama; and the Russel,
Eaves and Reed team with
horror.
All fi lms were shown Mon-
day night at the O.K. Theater
and winners will be posted at
www.rubypeakfi lmfest.com.
Prizes awarded included
gifts from local businesses
and video equipment.
Young People’s Concert Thursday
Wallowa County Chieftain
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As with all Wallowa Valley
Orchestra and Inland North-
west Musicians events, this
concert is free. Some fun and
interactive audience participa-
tion activities are planned.
This year’s selections:
• Joseph Hayden’s “Toy
Symphony,” arranged by Au-
brey Winter
• “Take Five,” by Paul
Desmond
• “The Blue Bells of Scot-
land,” from “The Scottish
Site.” by LeRoy Anderson
• “Western Scenario,” by
John Cacavas
• An arrangement for or-
chestra of the traditional
tune, “Chopsticks”
For more information,
contact the INWM offi ce at
541-289-4696 or visit www.
inlandnorthwestmusicians.
com.
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