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CALENDAR
DECEMBER 8–15, 2021
FRIDAY 12/10
Piano Jam: Join ragtime
pianist Keith Taylor for an hour
of free music; 4 p.m.; Crossroads
Carnegie Art Center, 2020 Au-
burn Ave., Baker City.
Eagle Valley Christmas Tree
Lighting: 6 p.m.; Richland City
Hall.
Sumpter Valley Railroad
Christmas Train: Departs McE-
wen Depot at 7 p.m.; $25 adults,
$22 seniors/military, $15 ages
3-17, $70 family of four; tickets at
sumptervalleyrailroad.org.
“A Tuna Christmas”: Holiday
comedy presented by Eastern
Oregon Regional Theatre; 7 p.m.;
$12 adults, $8 students; 2101
Main St., Suite 207, Baker City;
tickets at easternoregonregional-
theatre.com.
“A Christmas Carol”: Charles
Dickens’ classic story presented
by the Elgin Opera House play-
ers; 7:30 p.m.; Blue Mountain
Community College, 2411 NW
Carden Ave., Pendleton; tickets at
elginoperahouse.com.
“Tuck Everlasting — The
Musical”: 7:30 p.m.; $8-$18; Elgin
Opera House, 104 N. Eighth Ave.;
tickets at elginoperahouse.com.
SATURDAY 12/11
Pancakes with Santa: Pan-
cakes and sausage and photos
with St. Nick; 9 a.m.; Hermiston
Community Center, 415 S. Hwy
395.
Enterprise Winterfest:
Streets closed at 10 a.m. for
downtown shopping; Santa
arrives at Santa Central at
2 p.m.; Lighted Parade begins at
5:30 p.m. downtown.
Family Gingerbread Wor-
shop: Free hot cocoa bar,
Painted Sky Center for the Arts/Contributed image
Painted Sky Center for the Arts in Canyon City will offer a painting class for
“creative poinsettias” on Thursday, Dec. 16.
10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; photos with
Santa, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; gin-
gerbread workshop $36; Le Bebe
Cakes, 1101 Washington Ave., La
Grande; sign up at 541-963-2253.
Tea in the Gallery: Free tea
tasting hosted by Teahouse
Bakery; drop in 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.;
Art Center East, 1006 Penn Ave.,
La Grande.
Hip & Handmade: Informal
drop-in arts and crafts for grown-
ups; 10:30-11:30 a.m.; free; Pend-
leton Center for the Arts, 214 N.
Main St.
Sumpter Valley Railroad
Christmas Trains: Short runs
leave from the Sumpter Station
at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. &
3:30 p.m.; $18.50 adults, $15
seniors/military, $10 ages 3-17;
tickets at sumptervalleyrailroad.
org.
Saturday Kids Craft: 11 a.m.-
1 p.m.; free; Hermiston Public
Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave.
“Tuck Everlasting — The
Musical”: 12:30 p.m. & 4:30 p.m.;
$8-$18; Elgin Opera House, 104
N. Eighth Ave.; tickets at elginop-
erahouse.com.
Wool Crafts Class: Explore
different techniques using wool
to create small figures and orna-
ments; 1-4 p.m.; $25; Josephy
Center for Arts and Culture, 403
N. Main St., Joseph; register at
josephy.org.
FOR MORE EVENTS, GO TO
WWW.GOEASTERNOREGON.COM
Free Carriage Rides: First
come, first served; 1-3 p.m.;
loading in front of La Grande
City Hall, 1000 Adams Ave.
Paint Party — Sleigh Ride:
Paint an 18-inch wooden sled
with one of two designs; $40,
$36 members (scholarships
available); 1 p.m.; Painted Sky
Center for the Arts, 118 Wash-
ington St., Canyon City; sign up
at paintedskycenter.com.
Family Movie Night: Fea-
turing “Arthur Christmas: The
Movie”; popcorn provided;
2 p.m.; Hermiston Public Library,
235 E. Gladys Ave.
“A Christmas Carol”: Charles
Dickens’ classic story presented
by the Elgin Opera House play-
ers; 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.; Blue
Mountain Community College,
2411 NW Carden Ave., Pendle-
ton; tickets at elginoperahouse.
com.
John Day Drive-thru Visits
with Santa & Christmas Tree
Lighting: 4-5:30 p.m. visits with
Santa; tree lighting at 5 p.m.;
Grant County Fairgrounds.
Sumpter Twilight Parade
and Tree Lighting: 5 p.m.;
Sumpter.
John Day Timber Truckers
Light Parade: 6 p.m.; John Day
Highway.
Elgin Christmas Light Pa-
rade: 6-7 p.m.; downtown Elgin.
Hermiston Festival of
Lights: Twinkling lights, fire
pits and hot cocoa; 6-10 p.m.;
Eastern Oregon Trade & Event
Center, 1705 E. Airport Rd.
Tunesmith Night: Featuring
Meredith Lane, Jeremy James
Meyer and Brittany Brook;
7 p.m.; $10; Enterprise Odd Fel-
lows Hall, 105 NE First St.; view
livestream at wvmusicalliance.
org.
HERITAGE
STATION MUSEUM
Admission is free during
December
Tuesday-Saturday
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
108 SW Frazier Ave.
Pendleton
On Fridays and Saturdays
through Dec. 18, the
museum is open for
Heritage Lights starting at
5 p.m.
https://
heritagestationmuseum.org/
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“A Tuna Christmas”: Holiday
comedy presented by Eastern
Oregon Regional Theatre; 7 p.m.;
$15 adults, $13 EORT members,
$8 students; 2101 Main St., Suite
207, Baker City; tickets at east-
ernoregonregionaltheatre.com.
SUNDAY 12/12
Sumpter Valley Railroad
Christmas Train: Leaves at
noon from the McEwen Depot;
includes 40-minute layover
in Sumpter; $25 adults, $22
seniors/military, $15 ages 3-17,
$75 family of four; tickets at
sumptervalleyrailroad.org.
Flora Chili Feed and Des-
sert Auction: 2 p.m.; $8 adults,
$3 children 12 and younger;
North End Grange, 81029 Flora
Lane.
Oregon East Symphony
Holiday Music Festival:
2:30 p.m.; free general admis-
sion, balcony and reserved
seating available for $25 adults,
$20 seniors, $15 students, $65
family; Vert Auditorium, 480 SW
Dorion Ave., Pendleton; tickets
at oregon-eastsymphony.org.