QUICK TAKES A BRIEF LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN EASTERN OREGON ICE CREAM SOCIAL PLANNED AT THE GRANGE STAGED READINGS SET FOR APRIL 24 COVE HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS PLAY EOCENES BRING BLUEGRASS TO BAKER BAKER CITY — The blue- APRIL 20�27, 2022 with various bands throughout the years. They reformed as a performance group about 12 years ago. JOSEPH — The Hurricane Creek Grange is hosting an ice cream social on Sunday, April 24, noon-3 p.m., to celebrate Grange Month. This event is free and open to the public. The grange is at 82930 Airport Lane, Joseph. For more information, call Barbara McCormack at 541-605-8233. COVE — Cove High School theatre presents “Nooses Off ” — a “play within a play” farce by Don Zolidis. Performances are set for April 22 and 23 at 7 p.m., and April 24 at 2 p.m. at the Coe Kerr Community Building on the Ascension School grounds, 1104 Church St. Seating is limited. Ticket res- ervations are available at www. eventbrite.com/e/nooses-off - tickets-319764001737. Dona- tions are accepted at the door in lieu of ticket pricing. 5 Duane Boyer/Contributed photo The EOCenes will play Saturday, April 23, at Churchill School in Baker City. grass band EOCenes will perform live on Saturday, April 23, at Churchill School, 3451 Broadway St. Doors open for the concert at 6 p.m., and the music starts at 6:45 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance at www.churchillbaker.com, or $15 at the door. Admis- work with a dynamic team & make a difference in someone's life part-time & full-time positions open at our residential care facilities Learn more at wvcenterforwellness.org or contact HR at hr@wvcenterforwellnes.org 541-426-4524 x1062 sion is free for youth age 15 and younger who attend with a ticket-holding adult. Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test is required. Enter through the 16th Street park- ing lot. The EOCenes formed at Eastern Oregon College (now Eastern Oregon University) in La Grande. The musicians were members of the EOC Ambas- sadors from 1969-1971 and performed concerts around the Northwest as a recruiting program for the college. After graduation, the musicians went their separate ways and played LOSTINE — Fishtrap and MidValley Theatre Company will host “Staged Readings with E.M. Lewis” at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at Lostine’s South Fork Grange, 317 Rosewell St. Admission is free, and light re- freshments will be provided. E.M. Lewis is a playwright and writer-in-residence at Fishtrap. Local actors will be reading three pieces out of Lewis’ vast repertoire: the new one-act “Dorothy’s Dictionary,” as well as two shorts, “Drop-Off Day” and “The Last Four Things My Father Held Against Me.” This event, according to Fishtrap, is a return to live the- ater in Wallowa County. MidVal- ley Theatre Company’s mission is to provide high-quality com- munity theater to the county and to off er opportunities for amateur participation in all aspects of theater. Learn more at www.fi shtrap.org.