How 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,...
Read MoreRoad Trip to Treefort
Treefort Music Fest returns to Boise March 21-24 We will once again be hitting the road this week to attend Boise’s Treefort Music Fest, the crown jewel of a flourishing Boise music scene and sponsors of Saturday night’s after party at Eastern Oregon Film Festival this year. Frequent La Grande visitors Finn Riggins kick everything off on Thursday evening, and a complete onslaught of some of contemporary music’s finest from around the nation will ensue. The music will encompass many genres, 250 plus bands, films, art, panels, great food and will bring people from all...
Read MoreRiding with Champions: An Appreciation of the 2012-13 Mountaineer Women Basketball Team
kid yoshida travels to Sioux City Iowa to watch EOU women compete in NAIA national basketball championship...
Read MoreInfamous Stringdusters to hit Enterprise Nov. 1
The Infamous Stringdusters, out of Charlottesville, VA, to visit OK Theater in Enterprise on Nov. 1.. The Infamous Stringdusters’ constant, relentless, revelatory musical evolution is on display throughout the band’s new double disc release Silver Sky-Deluxe Edition (October 16, 2012 / High Country Recordings and SCI Fidelity). Fresh off a hugely successful third installment of the band’s beloved festival – simply dubbed The Festy, an appearance at the recent International Bluegrass Awards, and a feature on CMT’s “Concrete Country” series, The Infamous...
Read MoreField Trip to Treefort Tip Top
Some times it is just good to get out of La Grande. I had the pleasure of following La Grande music’s Sons of Guns and Correspondence School to Boise, Idaho for the inaugural Treefort Music Festival. Treefort’ welcomed over 150 bands from across the United States, Canada, and as far away as Australia. This emerging artists music festival hosted over 3,000 people each day and has secured itself a place in the arts and cultural annual calendar. We rolled into Boise just in time to secure our passes and make it to The Red Room to see Sons of Guns and met up with other La...
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