tracklist & links

old death whisper – iron cuffs

sean gaskell – tiramakan

strangled darlings – snake & the girl

strangled darlings – circus

holiday friends – duck duck goose

eternal tapestry – bread of dreams

tartufi – seldom

radiation city – foreign bodies

rxndvmon$†v – bodies

sun angle – rectangle

Featured Image: Eternal Tapestry Band;  Photo by Amanda Smith

Hey movie-goers! It’s the movie times! 

The Great Gatsby (PG-13) Also shown in 3-D

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Elizabeth Debicki, Amitabh Bachchan

About: The Great Gatsby follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich,their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

Showtimes:

Fri. May 17 – Thurs. May 23

7:30 additional showing at 1:20 on 5/18

Shown in 3-D: 4:20

Star Trek: Into the Darkness (PG-13) Also shown in 3-D

Starring: John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Peter Weller

About: In Summer 2013, director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness.In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of The Enterprise is called back home to Earth.In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirkleads his crew on a manhunt tocapture an unstoppable force of destruction and bring those responsible to justice. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of lifeand death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left his crew.

Showtimes:

Fri. May 17 –  Thurs. May 23

6:50 9:30 additional showing on 5/18 at 1:15

Shown in 3-D: 4:00

 Iron Man 3 (PG-13)

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley, Wang Xuequi

About:Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony StarkIron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Starkdiscovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him does the man make the suit or does the suit make the manStarring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley, Iron Man 3 is directed by Shane Black from a screenplay by Drew Pearce and Shane Black and is based on Marvel’s iconic Super Hero Iron Man, who first appeared on the pages of Tales of Suspense (39) in 1963 and had his solo comic book debut with The Invincible Iron Man (1) in May of 1968.Iron Man 3 is presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures and DMG Entertainment. Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige is producing and Jon Favreau, Louis D’Esposito, Stephen Broussard, Victoria Alonso, Alan Fine, Charles Newirth, Stan Lee and Dan Mintz are executive producers. The film releases May 3, 2013, and is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

Showtimes: 

Fri. May 17 – Thurs. May 23

(4:10) 6:45 9:20 additional showing at 1:30 on 5/18

See you at the movies!

The Oregon Book Awards Author Tour

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 jump-starting your writing practice. Bring something to write with and an open mind.Taught by Toni Hanner, Oregon Book Awards finalist in poetry for her book Gertrude: Poems and Other Objects

Workshop: Writing Life As Fiction (Because it Is), 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
This workshop is for fiction writers at all levels; participants will take part in exercises to help them discover ways to express their own stories; some time will be devoted to sharing and discussing the writing completed during the workshop. Taught by Ismet Prcic, Oregon Book Award winner for his novel Shards

Workshop: Starting the Big Project, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. 
Do you have a compelling idea for a novel or memoir, but don’t know how to get started? Maybe you’ve already started, but don’t know how to keep going. This workshop will help you kickstart your writing project. We’ll explore different approaches to writing a book, and encourage you to discover your own creative process. As you start putting your ideas on paper, you’ll be inspired to continue developing your project. Taught by Carter Sickels, Oregon Book Awards finalist for his novel The Evening Hour

The workshops are free but space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, contact Susan Denning at susan@literary-arts.org or 503-227-2583 x107.

Local support for this tour comes from the Cook Library in La Grande.

Art Center at the Old Library
1006 Penn Ave.
541-624-2800

Arts for All at the Art Center

The Art Center at the Old Library will be having an award ceremony and reception from 6:00 – 7:30 pm for the 34 winners from this year’s Arts for All juried competition, which took place at Riveria Activity Center on April 19 and 20.  Organized by the La Grande Arts Commission, Arts for All is a hands-on art experience for kids of all ages, which gives them the opportunity to express their artistic talents using various media.  Award winners include kids from Central Elementary, Imbler Elementary, La Grande Middle School, Marian Academy, Heidi Ho, and Stella Mayfield in Elgin. Each young artist in attendance will receive a gift certificate for 50% Art Center classes. The show will only be up for one night this Thursday.  Light refreshments will be provided.  The Art Center is located at 1006 Penn Avenue in La Grande.  Please call 541-624-2800 if you have any questions.

The Blue Turtle
1124 Adams Avenue
541-963-3841

The Blue Turtle Gallery presents our Featured Artist, Stephen Wadner, in an exhibit entitled “more than meets the eye.” Making the move from Director of Campus Safety and Security to the creative life of an artist, seems like a huge leap but Stephen Wadner is now free to embrace his life-long pursuit of a degree in art. Born in Ohio, Wadner has traveled to Scotland, Portugal, Bosnia, and Albania as well as holding a variety of jobs from sawing lumber to milking cows. This vast range of experience brings knowledge of cultural values and differences that gives Wadner somewhat of an “outsider” perspective on life and a keen interest and appreciation for what is different. Wadner creates clocks of recycled materials that some call trash and throw away. He is drawing a distinction between what our modern values reflect and what those values were in an era gone by when frugality was a virtue. His gathering of clocks makes us think of time as mostly a series of ordinary and ‘everyday’ experiences. Wadner insists that we transcend the ordinary by attaching personal relationships with time as we attach remorse or regret for the past and joy or anticipation for the future. The nature and duration of time is also a puzzlement that Wadner has expressed in his clock “Approximate Time.” This particular clock is for those of us who divide time into segments of a clock face and do not operate on a strict minute by minute schedule. There is whimsy beneath the serious engagement of the notion of time. Wadner uses materials to build his clocks that show the effects of time. They transcend their intended everyday use and value to challenge us to the possibility that there is more there than “meets the eye.” He calls this “the Pygmalion effect,” applying good design and craftsmanship to their use and metamorphosis to Fine Craft.

ArtsEast Gallery
Corner of 6th and L
541-962-3624

ArtsEast hosts honored artists exhibit
The work of the two remaining artists, Peter Johnson and Cindy Sitz, will be on display from May 10 – June 28. The four Honored Artists were selected from the 23 artists juried into the biennial show by John Olbrantz, director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University.
The ArtsEast Gallery is located in the Community School for the Arts Building, 6th Street and L Avenue on the EOU campus. For information call 541-962-3629 or email mika@eou.edu.

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The Potters House
6th & Penn T
541-963-5351

The Potter’s House is featuring the latest photography of  Darcy Anne Dolge and the music of   Bridgetown, a group from Warner Pacific College, during this month’s Artwalk.

Darcy’s artists statement best describes what you will see.

I am a photographer. For me that means that each time the shutter closes, I am attempting to embody the message that the subject itself is asking us to see. This makes me just a means by which something, anything, everything can offer its story to the world in a way which does not require words. The resulting photograph gives us time to contemplate and internalize the source material’s message.

For this showing, however, I would like to add a personal note as well. I call this series , ‘The Apple Connection’. There is an invisible but palpable bond between myself and my family that instantly makes itself known when I look at my young hands working with apples. These images of my Grandmother, Betty, in the apple orchard, of another Grand Betty making apple pies, and the memory of my Mother’s apple dishes that were always experimental; have a deeper meaning for me.

I feel a rich thread that connects us and reminds me of our individuality, our moral code, our propensity to take risks, and to live a life larger than our circumstance. From root and tree and limb and blossom they have infiltrated me and yet left me to ripen on my own. Such a gift.

I am a photographer and I offer these images for your consideration.

Bridgetown will be performing at 6:00 and 7:30 pm.  They are a group of students from Warner Pacific College who do music ministry.

Bob will also be doing a Raku firing demonstration at 7:00.

We look forward to seeing you Thursday evening for an enriching and fun fill time.

Photo by Mike Kennedy / Marina Kennedy, right, plays Mary Lennox in EOU’s production of “The Secret Garden.” Elijah Mugrage, center, plays Mary’s cousin Colin Craven, and Brian Moore plays her friend Dickon.

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 in Loso Hall.

Kenn Wheeler, production director and associate professor of theatre at EOU, spoke about his desire to direct this particular musical.

“’The Secret Garden’ was the first production my wife and I saw on Broadway,” Wheeler said. “It was 1992, and we were working in upstate New York. Over the course of one day, we drove four hours to the city, found the theatre, saw the show and drove back to the Adirondack Mountains to our summer job.”

“The whole experience was unforgettable,” Wheeler continued. “We were able to see nearly the entire original cast and the show blew me away. We were laughing one instant and crying the next. From that moment on, I wanted to direct my own production of this amazing musical. And now I finally have the chance.”

“The Secret Garden” tells the story of 10-year-old Mary Lennox, played by Marina Kennedy, who is orphaned when her parents die from cholera while in India. She is sent to live in northern England with her brooding uncle Archibald Craven, played by Rick Mugrage, where she finds herself abandoned in his gloomy Misselthwaite manor with nothing to do and no one to play with.

While exploring the grounds, Mary discovers a “secret” garden closed off to the outside world. Archie’s wife Lily, played by Emily Smith, died 10 years earlier and in his grief Archie ordered the garden locked, never to be opened again.

With the help of new friends Martha, played by Caitlin Burke, and Dickon, played by Brian Moore, Mary sets out to find a way into the garden. She also learns, after following a crying voice late one night, that she has a cousin named Colin Craven, played by Elijah Mugrage, who is bedridden and seemingly destined to die.

Through the course of the musical, Mary discovers and recovers the dead garden, helps her cousin regain his health, and eventually helps her uncle put his grief behind him and face a future with his son.

Others living at Misselthwaite manor include Archie’s brother Dr. Neville Craven, played by Joshua Gilman, head housekeeper Mrs. Medlock, played by Julia Cieslak, head gardener Ben Weatherstaff, played by Kenn Wheeler, a nurse played by Kelsy Carson, and a maid, played by Bryn McLaughlin.

Rounding out the cast is group known as “The Dreamers.” These are characters from Mary’s past who died of the cholera but whose ghosts are helping her find her way. They include her mother Rose, played by Brittanie Sorenson, her father Albert, played by Jonathan Phipps, her nursemaid, played by Adraine Jacobs, Major Holmes, played by Griffin Fleming, his wife Claire, played by Becca Butler, Major Shelley, played by Caleb Hulsey and his wife, Mrs. Shelley, played by Mallory Livingston, Lieutenant Wright, played by Israel Bloodgood, Lieutenant Shaw, played by Ari Bloodgood, Rose’s friend Alice, played by Samantha Ragsdale, and an Indian Fakir played by Shahayla Ononaiye.

Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman adapted the script and Lucy Simon composed the music.

Michael Heather, assistant professor of theatre, designed the scenery and lighting for EOU’s production. Senior theatre major Alex Uemura is in charge of costuming, and La Grande dance instructor Ashly Braden created the choreography.

Jamie Jacobson, adjunct music instructor, taught the musical numbers to the performers with Mio Aoike serving as rehearsal accompanist. Teun Fetz, associate professor of music, is conducting the orchestra.

Senior theatre student Adam Lindberg is the stage manager, with Kelsy Carson, Bryn McLaughlin and Maia Turner serving as assistant stage managers.

Tickets to “The Secret Garden” are $15 for general admission and $10 for students, senior citizens, veterans and active military members.

Special ticket pricing is also available for families. For each general admission ticket purchased, one child aged 12 or younger will be admitted for $5.

“We really want people to bring the whole family out to this outstanding show,” Wheeler said.

To reserve tickets call 541-962-3757 or visit the theatre box office in Loso Hall. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1-2 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and 1-4 p.m. on Friday. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.ticketpeak.com/eou.

Reduced admission for children under 12 is only available when purchasing general admission tickets through the box office, not online.

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 art.

Brotherton is from Union and has focused in the medium of clay throughout her three years at EOU. Her current work consists of large-scale ceramic sculpture and charcoal drawings exploring the psychological and physical challenges faced by today’s youth.

Brotherton’s inspiration originates from societal standards, home life and innocence of young people. She is interested in the intimate moments in which these challenges exist, still-framing the honest emotions and raw reactions of children during confrontations such as conformity, obesity or identity conflict.

Durr is from Halfway and began studying art at EOU in the fall of 2009. The graffiti movement has been one of the principal dynamic forces behind his work as both a street and studio artist. His interest in street art, ceramics and combining the two, inspired what is now his current body of work.

Using a witty street art twist and graffiti aesthetics, Durr brings attention to cultural, political and social issues that are often overlooked by many, ranging from social media conflicts to more serious and worldwide issues like the actuality of freedom.

Miller is from Spray and began working with ceramics at EOU in 2008. His creations are unlike a painting, photograph or other varieties of fine art. They are meant to be more approachable and develop a deeper relationship with the viewer.

Utilizing the wood fire kiln at EOU, Miller has been creating objects that fulfill a certain purpose, such as a vessel meant for pressurized containment. By constructing pieces that can trick the eye, his recent work also establishes a tone of curiosity and inquiry with the viewer.

The Nightingale Gallery is located in Loso Hall on the EOU campus. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

View the Facebook Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/577038012319361/

Check out the Nightingale Gallery on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/NightingaleGallery

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 praising people of high political status and those who helped expand the Mande Empire. While the Kora is only 300 years old, some of the songs date back as many as 800 years to the founding of the Mande Empire, which took place in Mali in the mid 13th century.

Gaskell has studied extensively under the instruction of Malamini Jobarteh and Moriba Kuyateh, both of Brikama, Gambia. He has also studied under Kane Mathis, a Kora player formerly based in Seattle who has lead groups such as “The Kora Band” and “The Sahel Band”.

Gaskell released his first solo album “Kora Music of West Africa” in March of 2012. He has performed at the Kartong Festival in Gambia, the Dombondir Festival in Senegal, the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle and at various venues across the United States.

Tickets to see Sean Gaskell $10 and are available at the Mountaineer Market, Direct Music Source, the EOU Bookstore and at the door. Proceeds benefit the Liberty Theater Foundation.

The Stage Door Theater is located in the Liberty Theater building accessed in the alley behind Nature’s Pantry and City Hall. Visit the Liberty Theater’s website at www.libertyonadams.org for more information about the Stage Door Theater and the Liberty Theater restoration project.

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 of BodyFit, and a beautiful GIFT BASKET from SORBENOTS COFFEE!  Raffle tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10 and are available at the Art Center now through May 18. 

Please RSVP ASAP as there are only 100 seats available. Tickets are $30. * For Art Center members, tickets are $25! * To reserve your spot, please call 541-624-2800 or stop by the Art Center, Tuesdaythrough Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm.  You can also send us an email at ucartctr@eoni.com.  Please act fast as the last day to purchase tickets will be May 16!  For more information and to view the menu, please visit www.artcenterlagrande.org.  This event is sponsored by our local Community Bank and Double Mountain Brewery from Hood River. 

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 instrumentation of sonic and psychological terrain. The trio of cutting edge NW musicians will be heading to the Tumbleweeds of Idaho to converge with a number of other stellar musicians.

AU

AU’s third album, Both Lights, is a recurring dream. Eleven songs made by the Portland, Oregon-based duo Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka, it’s a story of Time.

In its eleven songs, Both Lights constructs new sonic and psychological terrain for the listener. It unfolds like a story, both in its hyper-attentive, graceful, and often fierce instrumentation — the language of Wyland and Valatka — and in its heated and naked emotion. “This is all inner struggle, inner growth, inner seeking,” said Wyland. Set to music, life sounds like AU.

-Sara Padgett Heathcott, Hometapes

ETERNAL TAPESTRY

After the dark conceptual ambience of Beyond the 4th Door, the members of Eternal Tapestry decided the time was right to do an album embracing their live show – blistering psych rock filled with lyrical guitar soloing and a caveman approach to rhythm, an oddly euphoric state where melancholia is blasted by ecstatic noise.

“Committed psych, folk, and early metal music crate diggers could probably reference a vast and rich collection of LPs from the ’60s and ’70s that Eternal Tapestry’s work fits nicely alongside.” – Filter Magazine

CATSKILLS

From La Grande, Oregon. Jeff Grammer (drums, keyboard, banjo, vocals) Gregory Rawlins (guitar, vocals, harmonica, tamborine, cassette effects). Wayne Marvin Callahan (bass, vocals) have been evolving their newest project CATSKILLS, most recently playing at Boise’s Treefort Music Fest these homegrown experimentalists bring to the table raw and romping regional rock/folk.

The event cost is $5.00 at the door. (Eastern Oregon Film Festival members are admitted free). Support our growing film and music festival by experiencing this evening of cutting edge northwest centric music.

Red Turbine with Wire: Sculpture Piece by Peter Johnson

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 straddle the present, simultaneously looking back to the past and towards the future. It catalogues the act of making, constructing, inventing, and reinventing. My sculptures are not recreations but abstractions of the things we find ourselves surrounded by. These aged objects are meant to spur reflection of our pursuit of “progress” in relationship to the vast expanse of human history.” – Peter Johnson

“Looking Back from Going Forward”: Photograph by CM Sitz

On days when she is able to steal a few moments and step away from the hard work of a rancher, Sitz reaches for her camera and takes in the action. Because of the unpredictable reality of ranch life, through happenstance and circumstance, her subject often chooses her.  She is inspired by both color and black and white photography. Her vibrant color photographs depict realistic moments, while her raw black and white photographs harkens back to a time long passed.

The exhibit runs through June 28.  The ArtsEast office gallery is located in the Community School of the Arts Building, 6^th Street and “L” Avenue, across from the La Grande police station.  Office hours are Monday – Friday, 8 AM – 4 PM.  For information call 541-962-3624 or email dheath@eou.edu.