The Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
The Oregon Book Awards Author Tour brings writers to the Cook Memorial Library in La Grande, 2006 Fourth St.,for author readings and free writing workshops. Oregon Book Awards authors Toni Hanner, Ismet Prcic and Carter Sickels will offer free writing workshops, followed by a reading and panel discussion with all three writers at 3:00 p.m. Workshop: Get Ready to Write!, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. This fast-paced poetry workshop will focus on generating new first drafts and is appropriate for beginning writers as well as those with more experience. You will go home with some new tools and ideas for...
Read MoreEOU’s Theatre Main Stage Production of “The Secret Garden”
LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) – When Frances Hodgson Burnett sat at her writing desk in New York City in the spring of 1911 and began to pen her famous children’s novel, she probably never dreamed that more than 100 years later a musical version of her book would be staged by a university theatre program in northeast Oregon. An adaptation of Burnett’s “The Secret Garden” is opening at Eastern Oregon University May 15. The final main stage production of the year continues through May 18 with nightly showings at 7 and a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. All performances are in McKenzie Theatre...
Read MoreGet ‘Exposed’ to Amazing Student Exhibition at EOU Nightingale Gallery
Eastern Oregon University presents “Exposed,” the third and final senior capstone exhibition of the year, on display in Nightingale Gallery May 17-24. A reception for artists Jennifer Brotherton, Trevor Durr and Asa Miller is from 6-8 p.m. on the opening day of the exhibition. The students will be showing a variety of ceramic sculpture, drawing, installation, painting and pottery. “This diverse group of art and artworks coalesce into an exhibit which provides intimate insight into the artists and their work,” said Cory Peeke, gallery director and associate professor of...
Read MoreSean Gaskell Performs at The Stage Door
The Liberty Theatre Foundation is proud to host soloist Sean Gaskell on Friday, May 17th at 8:00 p.m. in the Stage Door Theater. Hailing from Seattle, Wash., Gaskell will give a solo acoustic set on the Kora, an ancient 21 stringed harp from West Africa. Gaskell features traditional songs of the Mandinka people from Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau. Kora music is traditionally played by Griots (Greeohs, oral/musical historians). The Kora is a very melodic and seemingly peaceful instrument, which is contrary to a repertoire that tells ancient stories of war and hardship, while...
Read MoreCentennial Launch Party
On May 18, 2013 from 7 – 10 pm the Art Center at the Old Library will be throwing a Centennial Celebration Launch Party! Guests will be treated to an elaborate 3-course meal while enjoying entertainment provided by The Jamie Nasario Trio. The center will also unveil The Grid Project–over 100 small works of art created by some of the area’s most prominent artists! There will also be a raffle with amazing prizes including a two-night stay in a VACATION HOME in Joseph, a gourmet CHEESECAKE-OF-THE-MONTH delivered to your door, eight group sessions with PERSONAL TRAINER Lynette...
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