Entertainment update

Mesa, Reynolds at The Pines

Matt Mesa and Mark Reynolds are two Gorge-based songwriters who share a love for roots-based, bluesy, Americana-esque music. Most recently, Mesa led the local roots-rock group Barlow Road and Reynolds was a member of the rockabilly group Cash Cow. Together, they'll trade songs back and forth and give a little insight into the stories behind the tunes. Friday, May 20, 6-9 p.m.

Saturday, May 21, it’s a blues show from Rusty Zinn and Mark Hummel, who have not been through town in quite some time. Get tickets early! The Pines Tasting Room, 202 Cascade Ave., Hood River; 541-993-8301.

Chic Preston at Stave & Stone

May 20, 7-10 p.m: Chic Preston tells us he’ll be bringing a couple of friends to round out the stage for this particular Friday night. Stave & Stone, 210 Oak St., Hood River; 541- 946-3750.

Baroque performance workshop

The Mid-Columbia District of the Oregon Music Teachers Association in partnership with the Oregon Community Foundation and the Nellie Tholen Fund is proud to present a free workshop for pianists, and all in-terested on Friday, May 27, from 10 a.m. to noon present-ed by Deborah Cleaver. In this workshop, Cleaver will dis-cuss many elements of Baroque musical performance practice, and their relationship to expression, including the concepts of metric hierarchy, rhetoric, speech, artic-ulation, ornamentation and rhythmic freedom.

Entitled “Beyond Legato: The Expressive Elements of Baroque Performance Practice” the workshop will be held at Riverside Community Church, 317 State St, Hood River. This workshop is free and open to all who are interested.

Willie & Nelson at Eagles May 21

Coming up at The Dalles Eagles Lodge:

Saturday, May 21, Willie & Nelson - country, pop and rock. 7-11 p.m.

Saturday, May 28, Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with the Night Winds band. Cover Charge $3 for Mem-bers, $4 for Non- Members. The Eagles Lodge, 2006 W. Seventh St., The Dalles.

Leftover Dreams play May 24

Leftover Dreams — moody ballads, jumping swingers and unabashedly romantic love songs — come to Hood River for a house concert on Tuesday, May 24, at 7 p.m. Suggested donation $15. 401 Montello Ave., Hood River. For more information call Paul Blackburn at 541-387-4011.

The Hokum Pokum Show

Hokum Pokum is the musical duo of Ben Bonham and Madame Betz Oslund, with Ronnie Ontiveros on bass and Dennis Williams on clarinet, both of the Hapa Hillbillies, for this special show, playing long forgotten gems that are right up your alley. Madame Betz is a powerful singer with a marvelously theatrical delivery, and she and Bon-ham delve deeply into the rich tradition of naughty, rude and often very silly female/male duets. This is very much an ‘Adults Only’ show. Saturday, May 27, 7-9 p.m. The Moth Lounge, 105 Fourth St., Hood River; 541-387-7600.

‘Twin Mando’s’ at Riverside

Internationally renowned mandolinists Evan Marshall and Brian Oberlin join forces for a Twin Mandolin Slingers show on Friday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are$15. The Washington Post says the music is “Truly Daz-zling!” Marshall is widely regarded as the world’s pre-mier solo performer on mandolin in the Duo-Style, which sounds like two instruments at once. Come see why gui-tar legend Chet Atkins called him “One of the few great musicians of our time.” Riverside Community Church, 317 State St., Hood River.

Entertainment listings can be e-mailed to jdrake@hoodrivernews.com.