kid yoshida’s rabble rouser hour: MAY
It is that time of the month for another installment of Kid Yoshida’s Rabble Rouser Hour. This listen supplies you with info on local goings-ons as well as introduced you to great music that has been in LG, will be in LG, or should be in LG. Enjoy. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. tracklist & links old death whisper – iron cuffs sean gaskell – tiramakan strangled darlings – snake & the girl strangled darlings –...
Read MoreAU, ETERNAL TAPESTRY, & CATSKILLS COLLIDE TO BENEFIT EOFF2014
A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WARM-UP PARTY EOFF announced it’s 2014 Dates – February 20-22, 2014 – but before we can savor another year of great film and music in downtown LG we need to assist the organization in growing it’s pocket book to bring about a 5th annual celebration that continues to astound. Portland, Oregon’s AU and ETERNAL TAPESTRY will cozy up with La Grande’s Catskills on Thursday, May 23rd at The Art Center at the Old Library to present a powerhouse evening of edgy rock, experimental psychedelia, and hyper-attentive, graceful, and often fierce...
Read MoreHonored artist’s exhibit continues…
The two remaining artists who received Honored Artists awards at the 2012 Artists of Eastern Oregon Biennial Show will be featured at the ArtsEast’s office gallery beginning May 10. An opening reception will be held from 5 – 8 PM. Peter Johnson is an associate professor of art at Eastern Oregon University. He has spent this past year on sabbatical as a 2012-13 Matsutani Fellow at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, MT. “I am interested in how the artifacts we leave behind speak to our history and cultural identity,” says Johnson. “My work is meant to...
Read MoreLa Grande Disc Golf Meet Zoe Andyke
Disc golf has become a popular past time in La Grande serving hundreds of folks a year at the Eastern Oregon University campus course or in the hills at one of the many grass-root courses. One La Grande native, however, has taken her passion for the disc into and exciting new level. Zoe Andyke, who has been playing disc in our valley on and off for the last 7 years will be attending the 2013 PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships. She will be doing clinics along the way to garner support the next of which will be a clinic on Distance Driving and is planned to be on Wednesday...
Read MoreTreefort’s Branches Extend to La Grande
kid yoshida considers La Grande’s ties to Treefort Music Fest and the LG’s musical future… Many people from La Grande were lucky enough to make it to the most recent Treefort Music Fest , and were served a music lover’s paradise. Boise is welcoming to the influx of tourism that comes with the dynamic music scene. “It really seems that Boise is a city that’s rapidly growing these days, undergoing change. I understand the economy is booming in Idaho, compared to Oregon and Washington,” observed James Dean Kindle. “From my experience, it seems like it’s a very...
Read MoreHow I Spent My Treefort Vacation
words and images by Benjamin Morgan I went to the Treefort Music Festival last weekend. I wasn’t actually planning on writing this article (as evidenced by the sporadic, less than stellar photos I took on my high-tech iPhone 3GS). But a) I’m a purebred Border Collie who needed a chew toy, and b) I had to get these thoughts out of my head so I can sleep at night. As you may or may not know (or care), I am the Programming Co-Director of the Eastern Oregon Film Festival. Like a masochistic cinephile, I pour months of my life into putting on a three day film festival. When it’s over,...
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