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A CULTURAL GEM

Cache Valley’s Ellen Eccles Theatre

The Herald Journal

JAN. 29-FEB. 4, 2016

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Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2016

COVER 6 Celebrating Cache Valley’s cultural gathering place: The Eccles Theatre

THE ARTS 4 Cache Valley Cowboy

Rendezvous to feature country artist Billy Dean

4 ‘Reasons to be Pretty’ set to open at Utah State 4 Chocolate Festival aims to raise money on Feb. 6 5 New ‘kitsch’ art exhibit now open at Utah State

5 Repertory Dance group coming to Cache Valley

MOVIES 3 Two and a half stars:

New ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ takes an emotional turn

8 ‘The Revenant’ grabs

the top spot at box office

9 Three stars: ‘The Finest

Hours’ displays ‘great heart’

TV 8 Fox TV banking on big

ratings with ‘Grease: Live’

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week in Cache Valley

Bob Kelley shows a video at the Scobee Education Center planetarium at San Antonio College following a ceremony to honor the lives of the seven crew members of Challenger shuttle flight STS-51L on the 30th anniversary of the 1986 tragedy, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in San Antonio. (AP Photo) On the cover: The interior of the Ellen Eccles Theatre in downtown Logan. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR Anytime I’ve brought it up, the reaction has been pretty much the same: “That was 30 years ago? Oh my gosh!”

I have to admit, it didn’t cross my mind until I happened to catch a special documentary on Nat Geo earlier this week that it has been three decades since the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in the skies above Cape Canaveral.

But Jan. 28, 1986, was the ultimate “Where were you when ...?” moment from the ’80s. And in my case, I was a junior in high school, right in

the middle of second period English.

Since the disaster happened in the days before smartphones and iPads, my teacher found out about the accident via a whispered conversation near the door with a school secretary, then relayed the some limited information on to us. Being a news junkie, I can still remember the agonizing couple of hours that followed until I was able to go home at lunch and find out more on CNN. I’ll also never forget the strange feeling of watching the 73 seconds’ worth of video of the Challenger’s takeoff again and again. There was admittedly a disconnect between real life and the lost lives of seven astronauts, and watching sci-fi movies like “Star Wars” and “Star Trek.”

I think that’s why watching “Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes” hit me in a completely different way. Being a parent now, seeing video of the children of the astronauts lost 30 years ago was extremely moving, particularly when the then-6year-old daughter of school teacher/astronaut Christa McAullife declared that she didn’t want her mommy to go into space.

Being 16 years old at the time of the disaster, I looked at heading into space as a great adventure, certainly worth risking your life for in order to experience.

But now, 30 years later and having lost my own mother prematurely, I certainly agree with young Caroline McAullife.

— Jeff Hunter

New sequel follows same path, but adds a unique twist

By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic

It had slipped my mind since “Kung Fu Panda 2” came out in 2011, but that one left us with a bit of a cliffhanger. At the end, a panda exclaims, “My son is alive!” then cut to black.

“Kung Fu Panda 3” finally revisits that thread in case you were wondering about the franchise’s continuity or something.

So, here we are. The “Kung Fu Panda” franchise is three movies deep, and they’ve all — more or less — contained the exact same story structure. Po (Jack Black) feels unworthy of the mantle laid before him; the worst bad guy imaginable arises to conquer China; and Po is the only one who can stop them.

In the first film, Po fought the vicious snow leopard Tai Lung. In the second film, he faced off against an egotistical peacock named Lord Shen. And in the third film, an even more improbable bad guy rises. Although Tai Lung escaped a maximum security prison and Lord Shen returned from exile, neither of them hold a candle to Kai (J.K. Simmons), a snarling bull, who resurrects himself from the spirit world.

The story follows the same basic predictable struc-

– Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony, on the impact of Winter Storm Jonas on movie goers last weekend (Page 8)

PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption

AP Photos

This image released by DreamWorks Animation shows characters Po, voiced by Jack Black, left, and his long-lost panda father Li, voiced by Bryan Cranston, in a scene from “Kung Fu Panda 3.”

★★ ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Directors // Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Starring // Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Kate Hudson, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, James Hong, J.K. Simmons Rated // PG for martial arts action and some mild rude humor

ture as the previous movies.

Yet, however familiar the story feels, it makes up for it in the animation department. There are times where “Kung Fu Panda 3” simply amazes with the animation provided.

The opening scene where Kai battles Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim) in the spirit world is breathtaking.

The color and detail as Kai jumps from one floating

rock to another is extraordinary. When the floating rocks — and sometimes mountains containing crumbling monasteries — splinter and explode during the fight, it’s hard not to marvel at how utterly impressive it all is.

Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur” achieved a photorealism that was entirely immersive. While “Kung Fu Panda 3” isn’t as concerned

with lifelike animation, it is nonetheless as remarkable as that Pixar counterpart.

The core of the story revolves around Po being reintroduced to his long-lost biological father. Li (Bryan Cranston) journeys to find his son after receiving a mysterious message from the universe that his son is still alive. Feeling left out is Po’s adoptive father Mr. Ping (Kim), who can’t hide his jealousy when Po’s birth father returns.

As a child of adoption, this storyline hit rather close to home. What a great segue into teaching children about complex familial relationships. Po has two fathers — a birth father and an See PANDA on Page 10

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The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, January 29, 2016

‘Panda 3’ gets emotional

“Jonas was certainly no friend to the movie industry.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Dean coming for Rendezvous The Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous is pleased to welcome award-winning country singer Billy Dean in concert at the sixth annual event slated to be held March 4-6 at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum.

Appearing with Dean at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5, will be Canadian performers Eli Barsi and Doris Daley,

and hosting the Cowboy Family Dance at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 5, will be Michael Martin Murphey and his band.

Tickets are on sale now at cachevalleycowboyrendezvous.com. Billy Dean concert ticket prices range from $10 to $50, while Michael Martin Murphey dance tickets are $15 adults and $10 students/children.

In addition, a Cowboy Opry featuring Gary Allegretto, Ernie Sites and Thatch Elmer & Tumbleweeds will begin at 7 p.m.

Friday, March 4. Tickets are $10 for adults, children $1.

Dean has sold more than 5 million albums worldwide, with 11 Top 10 singles and five No. 1 hits. He has been nominated and received awards in every major music

award entity, including a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year for “Somewhere in My Broken Heart.”

In 1992, Dean won ACM’s New Male Vocalist of the Year award and was a CMA Horizon Award nominee.

For more information on the 2016 Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous, visit cachevalleycowboyrendezvous. com.

‘Pretty’ headed to USU “Reasons to be Pretty,” a play by Neil LaBute, will take the stage at the Black Box Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University during the first week of February.

The production will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 2-5, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.

Due to strong language and sexual references, “Reasons to be Pretty” is for mature audiences only.

“I have wanted to direct a Neil LaBute play for a while,” said Adrianne Moore, Theatre Arts Department head and the play’s director. “Our students have been performing scenes from his plays for a long time, but this is the first full-length play by LaBute to be a part of our season.”

LaBute is a Brigham Young University alum who is a screenwriter as well as a playwright. IMDb (Internet Movie Database) says LaBute’s “true-to-life cynical and self-absorbed characters and all-tootrue social themes” have firmly established him as an unforgiving judge of the ugliest side of human nature.

“LaBute’s dialog is fluid in its awkwardness,” Moore said. “Watching the play, you feel like you are in a grocery store and happened upon someone bumbling and stumbling their way through a conversation.”

Tickets for “Reasons to be Pretty” are $13 adults, $10 seniors/youth, $8 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information or tickets, call 797-8022 or visit cca.usu.edu.

Billy Dean

Chocolate Festival coming up Feb. 6 Annual event held at Four Seasons

Photo courtesy of the Caine College of the Arts

Kenny Bordieri, left, Claire Harlan, Christopher Perez and Kelly McGaw will star in “Reasons to be Pretty” Feb. 2-6 at USU.

On Saturday, Feb. 6, an army of volunteers will transform the Four Seasons Event Center in North Logan into a chocolate emporium. They will usher patrons through a dizzying display of truffles, cakes, cookies and even non-chocolate deserts.

As a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and the local health center in Logan, the annual Valentine Chocolate Festival offers a sweet, light-hearted break for the winter weary. In 2015 over 500 people sampled 37 different deserts and bid on 20 other non-desert items at the live and silent auctions. That effort yielded $20,107. Organizers predict an even stronger showing in 2016.

The event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Four Seasons Event Center at 140 E. 2200 North in North Logan. Tickets, which are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under, will be available at the door. The public tastings and silent auction begin at 6:30 p.m. The live auction will start at approximately 8:45 p.m.

Participants sample delicious treats, bid on their favorite goodies in the silent auction or stay for the live auction where they bid on award-winning desserts and other items donated by local merchants.

Amateurs and professionals may submit entries in the following categories: cakes, pies, cookies, brownies and chocolates. And, just to be fair, organizers created a category for “non-chocolate sweets.” Entry forms and more information can be found at thechocolatefest.com and on Facebook.

Judges will choose winners for each desert category including best amateur and best professional chef. The public will vote on which desert should win “People’s Choice Award.”

exhibit will be on display through May 7.

The exhibition, which will be on display through May 7, showcases a wide range of kitsch, kitsch-like or kitschinspired objects dating from the 20th and 21st centuries drawn from public and private collections, including figurines, shot glasses, snowglobes, posters, toy cars and mass-produced lithographs, as well as fine art objects that play upon the accessibil-

ity and dominance of kitsch across cultures.

“Derived from ‘verkitschen’ (German for “to make cheap”), kitsch was first used in the 1860s and 1870s to describe art sold in street markets in Germany,” said Katie Lee Koven, NEHMA director and chief curator. “While many continue to characterize kitsch as lowbrow, scholars have identified various interpretations of kitsch in the

modern and postmodern eras.

Kitsch may be an intentional style of the maker, evoking sentimentality or posing an ironic gesture. It may also be defined by technology as kitsch objects are often massproduced, stimulating the broad diffusion of imagery in the marketplace.”

Admission is free and open to the public. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more, visit artmuseum.usu.edu.

“Vendora” by Frank McEntire

COMING UP

‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ Music Theatre West will present “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Feb. 12 to 20 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

Everyone’s favorite flying car comes to life in the musical adaptation of the beloved family film. Take a fantastic musical adventure with an out-of-thisworld car that flies through the air and sails the seas.

“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12, 13, 15, 18, 19 and 20, and at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20. Children 5 years and older will be admitted; no babes in arms.

Ticket prices are $20 to $23 and available at cachearts.org, by calling 752-0026 or at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Box Office at 43 S. Main St.

Young Artist Cup logo

The Mountain Crest Young Artist Cup Committee announces the beginning of the 2016 Young Artist Cup season with the selection of this year’s logo winners.

Photo courtesy of Repertory Dance Theatre The first-place winner is Ivy Rich (parents Jason and Kari Rich) of Mendon. Her logo will be used Repertory Dance Theatre will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. for publicity, programs and T-shirts for the contest this year. In addition, Tia Luther (parents Jared and Jennifer Luther) of Providence was chosen as the second-place winner, with Jane Finlayson (parents Kurt and Stephanie Dance Theatre is an internationally scapes, nursery rhymes, and group Embrace the unexpected with Finlayson) of Wellsville as touring modern dance company identity and conflict through an Repertory Dance Theatre’s 50th third place winner. that has become known for its incredible blend of modern dance anniversary tour, presented by The awards for these students will be presented dance innovation while preserving during the Young Artist Cup Competition in April. styles that put art in motion.

Cache Valley Center for the Arts and celebrating its legacy.

Tickets are $17 to $27 and are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, at the Dates for the competition are Thursday, April 7, for In 1966, Utah modern dancers available at cachearts.org, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. string and vocal performers, and Friday, April 8, Ellen Eccles Theatre Box Office at beat out the big city stalwarts to The grace, athleticism, beauty, for piano, winds and percussion performers. Entry receive a Rockefeller grant that 43 S. Main St. or by phone at 752and power of this RDT perforrules and forms can be located at the MCHS office 0026. mance spins unparalleled stories and online youngartistcup.wordpress.com.

See POWER on Page 10 of communal triumph, desert land- Salt Lake City-based Repertory

Grace, beauty and power Repertory Dance Theatre set to perform at Eccles Theatre

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, January 29, 2016

“A Matter of Taste,” an exhibition exploring the complex relationship between art, kitsch and popular culture opens Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University.

A reception celebrating the opening of the exhibit will be held from 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 23, with a gallery walk through with artist Frank McEntire and exhibition curators at 8 p.m. The

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USU exhibit celebrates kitsch

Clockwise from left: The old Capitol Theatre. Artwork on the wall of the Ellen Eccles Theatre depicts a rising phoenix. Michael Ballam was the driving force behind the theater’s renovation in the early ’90s. The promendate of the theater in 1940.

Relief artwork at theater.

Story by Amy Macavinta

The Ellen Eccles Theatre: Celebrat

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love of the arts is widespread throughout Cache Valley and is perhaps most visibly apparent on a Friday or Saturday evening as couples and families walk down Main Street to the Ellen Eccles Theatre to see a show.

Once known as the Capitol Theatre, it has been a part of Logan’s downtown community since 1923. It was built to replace the Thatcher Opera House that was destroyed by fire in 1912, and meant to rival the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, said Wendi

Hassan, executive director for the Cache Valley Center for the Arts.

Journals, history books and newspaper articles tell stories of hard-working pioneering families who settled in Cache Valley in the latter half of the 19th centuries. But somewhere in the midst of building communities, they stopped along the way to make sing, dance and make music.

In “A History of a Valley” edited by historian Joel E. Ricks, early dances were described as social events that included the whole family.

The waltz was outdated and square dancing was most popular. The dances went late into the night with sandwiches and pie served at midnight.

Music was provided by a single fiddle or violin.

In 1890, George W. Thatcher completed the Thatcher Opera House, located on the upper floors of the Thatcher Bank Building at the current intersection of Main and Center streets. In the winter, Hassan said people could be seated in a heated theater to enjoy an operas, concerts, plays or

any number of vaudeville shows.

After the theater was destroyed by fire in 1912, Hassan said the Thatchers hastily constructed the Lyric Theatre on Center Street so that the shows might go on.

Meanwhile, George Thatcher’s son’s were conspiring with their mother, Eunice “Luna” Young Thatcher. In a conversation chronicled in a history of the Thatcher-Young mansion, the Capitol Theatre was born.

“With Luna’s help, George and Brigham Guy would build a beautiful

Clockwise from left: Relief artwork adorns the theater. A cyclist rides past the front of the theater. Dancers from the Cache Valley Civic Ballet perform on the stage. A 1940 photo of the lobby taken by Max Brunson.

The 5 Browns perform. The theater renovation cost $6.5 million.

Photos by Eli Lucero

ting Cache Valley’s cultural center showpiece for the arts. It would be a grand house of culture and refinement, a memorial to the Thatcher name.

Luna saw the vision. She loved the arts. She loved the people of Cache Valley. She loved the thought of bringing great performers here where all could enjoy them. She offered her money — and her support.”

After its construction was completed in 1923, the Capitol Theatre showcased all sorts of performances over the years that have since died with the memories of those in attendance. How-

ever, the story of the theatre remains within the details of the structure itself.

For example, the large murals on the walls of the theatre featuring the Egyptian firebird.

“The firebird, it’s an Egyptian phoenix, going down in flames, dying in flames, and on the other side it is exactly like this except the bird is rising up out of the ashes,” Hassan said.

“So on the corner you have a theatre we lost to fire and out it came not one, but two great theaters. It is kind of neat symbolism in terms of not giving up.”

Over time, live performances were supplemented with movie showings, the building became run down and Logan City considered demolishing the theater. But in 1988, the municipal council voted to trade two city-owned homes for the theater.

At that time, former mayor Newell Daines reportedly believed the building could be an important community center.

A four-year renovation project nearly 25 years ago not only restored the theater to is early grandeur, but

also included additions to the building to add dressing rooms and storage space. The theater also expanded into the building space to the north, creating a place where they community can broaden their experiences through the arts.

The Center for the Arts provides classes in music, art and dance, while a number of organizations continue to bring entertainment to the theatre a century after the Thatcher brothers dreamed a dream in their mother’s kitchen.

NEW YORK (AP) — The snowy frontier saga “The Revenant” weathered a blizzard-ravaged box office.

Weekend movie-going was affected up and down the East Coast by Winter Storm Jonas, which forced theater closures in Washington D.C. and New York, and caused hundreds of theaters to suspend showings. Studio executives said the storm had a major effect on business.

“It had a huge effect on the entire marketplace,” said Kevin Grayson, head of domestic distribution for

STX Entertainment, which debuted the horror thriller “The Boy.” “Anywhere from 300 to 400 theaters were affected.”

Fittingly, the film that most flourished in the frigid winter weather was 20th Century Fox’s Oscar-nominated “Revenant,” which took in an estimated $16 million in its third week of wide release. The Alejandro Inarritudirected thriller, set in the 1820s, is proving to be one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s biggest hits with $119.2 million in North America thus far. It

was also the top film internationally over the weekend with $33.8 million.

Disney’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” came in second with $14.3 million in its sixth week of release.

“The Force Awakens,” with $1.94 billion globally to date, will likely cross $2 billion in the next week.

Last week’s No. 1 movie, the Kevin Hart-Ice Cube comedy “Ride Along 2,” dropped steeply in its second week, sliding to third with $13 million for Universal.

Those holdovers were trailed by a

trio of new releases: “Dirty Grandpa,” ‘’The Boy” and “The 5th Wave,” which all earned $10 million to $12 million over the weekend.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office firm Rentrak, said the storm had an effect, but cautioned against overestimating its impact.

“It probably altered the box office 10 or 12 percent overall,” Dergarabedian said. “This was never predestined to See BOX on Page 10

TV viewers tune in for the return of ‘The X-Files’

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The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, January 29, 2016

‘Revenant’ takes over top spot at box office

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Aaron Tveit, left, and Julianne Hough rehearse for “Grease: Live,” airing live Sunday, Jan. 31.

‘Grease’ goes live on Fox Utah native Julianne Hough stars in Sunday’s broadcast BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Fox is gearing up to give Broadway a serious dose of the Hollywood treatment.

“Grease: Live,” airing Sunday (6 p.m. MST), goes beyond other made-for-TV live musicals such as “The Sound of Music” and “The Wiz,” both of which were huge hits for NBC. This hybrid of the stage and movie musical blends theater with film, with dynamic camera movements capturing the dance and drama on multiple sets housed in

two massive soundstages.

“The scale is insane,” said TV director Alex Rudzinski. “It’s almost half a kilometer from one end of the site to the other.”

Cast and crew members will rely on golf carts — or fast feet — to get between the stages during commercial breaks.

“Grease: Live,” which stars Julianne Hough as Sandy and Broadway veteran Aaron Tveit as Danny, has taken over Warner Bros. studios with its many sets and stages.

Here’s a look at this ambitious television production by the numbers: — 412: The number of times “Grease: Live” director Thomas Kail can listen to consecutive replays of the song “Hand Jive.”

Fresh off the success of his Broadway production “Hamilton” and his Tony Award for “In the Heights,” Kail is bringing his theater talents to the production of “Grease: Live,” and he’s not See LIVE on Page 11

NEW YORK (AP) — Mulder and Scully received a big assist from the NFL in attracting more than 16 million television viewers to the premiere of their return in Fox’s “The X-Files.”

Fox’s iconic series starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson is back for a limited run, and Fox schedulers smiled on them by booking the show directly after the NFC championship game between Arizona and Carolina. That game was seen by 45.7 million people on Sunday, the Nielsen company said.

While more people watched “NCIS” last week, “The X-Files” had more than twice as many viewers as any other scripted series among viewers aged 18-to-49, Nielsen said. That’s the audience Fox cares the most about.

CBS’ coverage of the AFC championship between New England and Denver wasn’t in prime time, but it was seen by an average of 53.3 million viewers Sunday on CBS. That made it the top-rated AFC championship game in 30 years, Nielsen said.

As the game was reaching its conclusion, CBS’ telecast hit a peak of 63 million viewers between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. EST. The NFC championship helped Fox to an easy ratings win, with the network averaging 13.2 million viewers in prime time. CBS had 8.7 million, NBC had 4.9 million, ABC had 4 million, Univision had 2.1 million, the CW had 2 million, Telemundo had 1.5 million and ION Television had 1.4 million.

For the week of Jan. 18-24, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NFL Football: NFC Championship, Arizona at Carolina, Fox, 45.74 million; “NFC Championship Post-Game Show,” Fox, 33.9 million; “The OT,” Fox, 24.32 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 17.51 million; “The X-Files,” Fox, 16.19 million; “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 13.31 million; “Scorpion,” CBS, 11.61 million; “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 11.56 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 11.09 million; “NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 10.64 million.

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Casey Affleck stars in “The Finest Hours,” a heroic action-thriller based on the true story of the most daring rescue in the history of the Coast Guard.

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The effects in “The Finest Hours” are superb. It’s immersive, dynamic action. Which is more than what can be said for many modern action movies. Director Craig Gillespie allows the audience to experience the raw power of the ocean and the wintery elements. The effects are straight-forward — comes from the hairand effective. It’s raising action scenes.

Once Webber is sent out everything that “In with a team to rescue the the Heart of the Sea” wasn’t. crew of the Pendleton, the tension never lets up. Sure, Disney can’t help but apply their It’s one of those movies, like “The Revenant,” fantastical varnish. where the icy weather At least that’s what seems to seep through Bernie’s blissful the screen becoming romance with Miralmost tangible. iam feels like. Yet, As Webber’s little boat even with that prebounces off monster dictability, “The Finwave after monster wave, est Hours” is comimagining the real-life pelling in its purpose. scenario becomes difIt captures a moment ficult to fathom. As is of American heromade abundantly clear, ism, dresses it up just getting out of the in modern special harbor on a night like effects, and produces this was considered suicide, yet Webber and a pulse-pounding his crew took on the task thriller with a great because it was their job. heart.

The Reel Place Aaron Peck

Disney’s based-on-atrue-story movies have a signature look and feel. From “Remember the Titans” to “McFarland, USA,” all these movies true-life hero films pulsate with an undeniable squeakyclean Disney sheen.

Despite that patented gloss, “The Finest Hours” manages to be intense, heroic and feature a Chris Pine performance that is decidedly anti-Captain Kirk.

The screenplay is based on the book “The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue,” written

by Casey Sherman and Michael Tougias. The story contained therein is still hailed as one of the Coast Guard’s greatest rescues.

The time is 1952. The place: Chatham, Massachusetts. During a particularly terrible blizzard, rough seas tear two oil tankers in half. The SS Fort Mercer is the first to be sent rescue vessels. However, the Coast Guard is initially unaware that the same catastrophe has befallen the SS Pendleton. This is the story of the men on the Pendleton and those tasked with saving their lives.

On shore, Bernie Webber (Pine) is a Coast Guard officer tasked with mundane operations. He usually spends his days in the lazy but frigid town of Chatham, helping fishermen tie up their boats.

He constantly lives with the memory of men he wasn’t able to save. It’s something that eats at him. He’s also looking forward to marrying his

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and the resolution is unsurprising, to say the least. But “Kung Fu Panda 3” is a kid’s movie that deals with some fairly weighty familial social issues. It’s refreshing to see a big-budget animated feature delve into these sorts of topics.

While it’s not revelatory by any means, “Kung Fu Panda 3” — along with being stunningly beautiful to watch — at the very least offers up a discussion topic for parents and their children: families are beautiful and complicated and rarely fit into a given mold.

Continued from Page 3 adoptive father. It’s an interesting dynamic that turns “Kung Fu Panda both the Kerrville Folk — An Exploration of The Bridger Folk 3” from a formulaic tale of animated Appetite, Body-Image Music Society will pres- Festival’s New Folk animals karate chopping each other into Award and The Telluride and Myth.” She is one ent national award-winsomething else entirely. These compliBluegrass Festival Trou- of the most respected ning singer/songwriter cated relationships between the characCosy Sheridan in concert badour Contest, and then touring musicians on the ters add a certain richness that wasn’t released her critically folk circuit, appearing at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, there in the previous films. everywhere from Carn- Of course, the beats are foreseeable Feb. 13, at the First Pres- acclaimed CD “Quiegie Hall to the Jerry byterian Church Fellow- etly Led” on Waterbug Records.

Lewis Telethon and the ship Hall. $11.5 million.

Philadelphia Folk Festi Sheridan has been Since then, Sheridan “The Boy,” a PG-13 val. called “one of the has released nine more rated supernatural tale era’s finest and most CDs, taught songwrit For more information that cost only about $10 thoughtful singering at workshops and on Sheridan, visit cosys- Continued from Page 8 million to make, earned songwriters.” She first camps across the counheridan.com. For more be an earth-shattering an estimated $11.3 milcaught the attention of try and written a oneinformation about the box office weekend, any- lion. It appealed strongly national folk audiences woman-show entitled concert, (435) 535-1408 way.” to Latino moviegoers, in 1992 when she won “The Pomegranate Seed or visit bridgerfolk.org.

Lionsgate’s “Dirty which made up 41 perGrandpa,” starring Robcent of the audience, ert De Niro and Zac according to STX. Efron, received some Sony’s “The 5th of the harshest reviews Wave,” which cost about Join us for another year of a Cel To submit your Essay or Poetry of the year. It narrowly $38 million to make, is ebration of Writers and Artists. Creentry, you may enter online at poetedged out the other newa young-adult adaption ative Communication is pleased to icpower.com or mail your entry labeled comers with an estimated from the first of Rick announce our Fall 2015 Essay, Poetry “poetry contest” or “essay contest” to:

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Essay, poetry contests open and Art Contests.

Thousands in prizes and awards will be awarded to students and schools in your area. The essay contest divisions are: grades 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, with 10 top winners in each division. To enter an essay, write between 100 and 250 words on any non-fiction topic. The deadline for the essay contest is Feb. 18.

The poetry contest divisions are: grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, with 10 top winners in each division. To enter a poem, submit one original poem in English, 21 lines or less. The deadline for the poetry contest is April 7.

Power Continued from Page 5 established RDT as the nation’s first repertory dance company. Since then, the company has defined itself by a simple concept: They are about art; art in motion, expressed through bodies as modern dance, which engages audiences in delightful ways.

For the performance at the Ellen Eccles

45 E. 200 North, Ste. 107, Logan, UT 84321. Please include the author’s name, address, city, state, and zip, current grade, school name, school address and teacher’s name. Homeschool students are also encouraged to enter. Selected entries of merit will be invited to be published in an anthology.

We also sponsor an art contest for students in grades K-12. To enter, take a photo of your original art and go to celebratingart.com to enter and for full contest information. The art contest deadline is April 5. If you have any questions, call (435) 713-4411.

Theatre on Jan. 29, Repertory Dance Theatre will collaborate on a piece with Cache Valley’s own modern dance company, Valley Dance Ensemble.

Repertory Dance Theatre is also known for their excellent education and outreach. In addition to their performance at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, Repertory Dance Theatre will conduct a week-long residency, coordinated

by Cache Valley Cen-

ter for the Arts, during which over 2,500 Cache Valley residents of all ages and skill levels will benefit from the talent and expertise of RDT’s artists through dance workshops and lecture demonstrations.

RDT knows how to provide entry level experiences for new dancers and new dance audiences, and their professional dancers show participants just how thrilling, profound, and immediate modern dance can be.

Yancey’s trilogy of science-fiction books about alien invasion. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, “The 5th Wave” $10.7 million debut didn’t suggest a budding YA franchise. But Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony, was upbeat about the result and said it came in “ahead of our expectations with the storm.”

“Jonas was certainly no friend to the movie industry,” Bruer said.

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USU’s Science Unwrapped will present “What is Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Anyway?” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, in the Eccles Science Learning Center Auditorium. Featured speaker is USU soil scientist Jennifer Reeve. Admission is free and all ages are welcome.

Refreshments and learning activities follow the lecture. For more information, call 797-3517 or visit usu.edu/science/unwrapped.

The final round of the Indie/ Alternative Rock Battle of the Bands will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 29, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6.

SATURDAY Nordic United is hosting the seventh CROWBAR (Cache Regional Overland Winter Backcountry Race) ski mountaineering (SkiMo) race at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Sink Hollow Trailhead in the Bear River Mountains in Logan Canyon. The race is one of 10 races in this year’s United States Ski Mountaineering Association

National Series and will attract some of the top and fastest SkiMo competitors in the U.S. These elite competitors will climb more than 6,000 vertical feet under their own power and ski down a challenging mix of long glades and open areas along a 9-mile-plus-long course. For more information, visit crowbarskirace.org or email treasurer@ nordicunitied.org.

The annual Bridal Faire will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Riverwoods Conference Center, 615 S. Main St. The Bridal Faire is a one-stop destination to visit many wedding professionals in one location at one time, everything from the ring to the honeymoon. Many prizes and discounts are given away. Admission is free. Visit bridalfaire.org for more information.

The last Saturday in January is Whittier Community Center’s annual fundraising dinner/ dance. Funds go to benefit current restoration and program development of this community building. The dinner usually goes from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., and then the dancing or program continues until 10 p.m. Cost is $12 for

Live Continued from Page 8 daunted by its scope and scale.

“The spirit of theater that’s captured so many of us for so long is you do what you do to make the show,” he said. “Our job is to capture that and see if we can put it through some tubes and send it into people’s homes.”

— 208: And that’s just the number of costumes for the show’s 52 extras.

Hundreds more outfits were needed for the dozen main cast members, most of whom change outfits at least four times each, said Tony Award-winning costume designer William Ivey Long, who commandeered an entire empty soundstage on the Warner Bros. lot just to house the show’s collection of clothing.

Creating costumes for this live TV production is different than working

adults for dinner; the dance is free. Visit whittiercenter.org for more information.

2500 North. This week’s movie is “Minions” which is rated PG. Popcorn and admission is free.

Hoodoo will perform at 1 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

Booklore Club will will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at the home of Alice Lamborn.

The final round of the Hard Rock/Metal Battle of the Bands will begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $6.

The Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 1, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “War Room,” which is rated PG. Popcorn and admission is free.

Experience dancing on the spring floor at the Elite Hall in Hyrum from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. Live music will be provided by the CC Big Band.

Guest instructors will teach lessons from 7 to 8 p.m. for $2. The dance costs $6, and refreshments will be served.

SUNDAY Salduro will perform at 2 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 31, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

MONDAY The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at 475 E.

onstage, he said, where outfits have to be built “super-duper, eight-showsa-week for a year.” Because of this show’s more cinematic approach to photography, costume details near the face take on new significance. Long has also been excited to incorporate real vintage pieces into the stars’ wardrobes — items that would be too delicate to hold up to the rigors of theater.

Because stars have to do quick changes during commercial breaks, many of the costumes are held together with magnets. Some stars will also be wearing layers of outfits on top of each other for what Long calls “magical transformations that were not in the Broadway musical and were not in the film either.”

— 45: The number of camera positions needed to shoot scenes in disparate locations from multiple angles.

Using 20 cameras, Rudzinski is doing something almost unprecedented in live TV: taking cameras offline so they

The Cache Valley Retired School Employees Association will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, at the Bluebird Restaurant. Sydney Porter, a violinist and singer, will entertain us. All retired school employees in the valley are invited to attend. Reservations are required. If you plan on attending, please call Rodell Johnson at 750-0184.

TUESDAY The Cache Woodcarvers will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, at the Cache County Senior Citizen Center at 240 N. 100 East (please enter through the south doors). We will be

can be moved and reset for the various scenes.

“We move them over the three-hour broadcast about 30 times,” said Rudzinski, who shoots live shows weekly as a director of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.” ‘’That’s a huge challenge and obviously kind of nerve-racking on a live show to be losing feed and then coming back up.”

He has storyboarded the entire show, like film productions generally do, to time camera movements to the beat — or even half-beat — of the music.

— 45: The number of seconds it takes to travel between stages on a golf cart. But it isn’t idle time: Makeup artists, hairstylists and dressers will ride with the stars between scenes to help facilitate quick changes while the carts are in motion.

“I have one commercial break to go from good Sandy to bad Sandy,” said Hough, confessing that she needs to abandon her tendency to try to do her

wood burning name tags for club members. This will also be an open carving night to work on projects of your choice. The public is welcome. For more information, please contact Deb at 757-0594.

WEDNESDAY Logan City Poet Laureate Star Coulbrooke will read selections of her poetry at the program “Gardening in a Changing Climate” presented by the Cache Master Gardeners. The event will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3, at the Wildlife Learning Center at Willow Park Zoo.

THURSDAY The Bel Canto Women’s Chorus rehearses Thursday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Logan 4th/Yorkshire ward building, 294 N. 100 East. Women interested in singing three- and four-part choral works for treble voices are invited to join the chorus, which is preparing for its spring season. Rehearsals begin Thursday, Feb. 4. For information, contact Laurel Maughan at 245-3204.

hair and makeup herself.

— Three: The age musical director Tom Kitt was when he first saw “Grease” in theaters.

“I probably saw it between 50 and 100 times when I was a kid,” tagging along with his older sisters to the movies, he said.

The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Awardwinning composer (“Next to Normal”) also choreographed a dance routine to “The One That I Want” when he was 5 years old, then produced “Grease” as a senior musical at his New York high school.

“I haven’t music-directed it again until now,” he said, adding, “obviously, this is a very different production.”

Cast members, including Carly Rae Jepsen and Vanessa Hudgens, have recorded a soundtrack album for “Grease: Live” set for release after the show airs. Other featured musical performers include pop star Jessie J and Boys II Men.

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31. Third degree?

32. Fundamental principle 35. Sayings 37. Place for a plug 38. Scent 39. Legal document 41. Film with Daniela Bianchi 50. Casual carpeting 52. “Tommy” singers 53. Butterfly catchers 55. Coolest 56. Drop a line?

58. Injustice 61. In alignment 62. Asian cuisine 64. In a destructive way 66. Jane Seymour acted in it 70. Thug at work 74. “___ on Down the Road” 75. Out, in a way 79. Shacks 80. Make, in relation to wages 82. 17th-century Baroque sculptor 85. European capital 86. Christmas tree decor 87. Perception 89. Jill St John was a star in it 95. Council

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97. Bactrian deer 100. Turner of TV channels 101. Snap 103. __ kid on the block 106. Make, in arithmetic 109. “Pipe down!”

111. Before natal or pay 112. Excellent review 113. Dawn’s moisture 114. High 115. Actress Mie Hama played Kissy Suzuki in this film 121. Son in Genesis 122. Raw linen hue 123. Royal attendant in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta 124. When repeated, a cry of approval 125. ____ in the chips!

126. Voting district 127. Marx associate 128. “Uh-huh” Down 1. India’s first P.M. 2. Confused children, sometimes 3. Dr.’s posting 4. It’s written in stone 5. Competed in a regatta 6. Yearn for 7. Confucian “way” 8. Malicious 9. New: Prefix 10. Detailed proposals 11. Word before Gaga or Antebellum 12. Common street name 13. Little, like laddies 14. Gift givers 15. Battery part 16. Dutch treat 17. Debaucher 18. Theater keepsake 23. Spirit 24. Roman numeral 29. Highlander 32. Smack 33. Fool 34. Hit the slopes 35. Carney or Monk 36. US medical research

branch 38. Face 39. Life story 40. Hot chocolate?

41. Woman 42. Cramming method 43. Fall behind 44. Doubtfire or Smith 45. Routine 46. Hole maker 47. “--- Waldo?”

48. Victory signs 49. List-shortening abbr.

50. Great leveler 51. “___ Majesty” (last track on “Abbey Road”) 54. Tricky 56. Peabody Award winner Rather 57. Downy duck 58. Empty (of) 59. Start for Ionian 60. Heartache 62. Midmorning 63. Intolerant types 65. Colorado Indian 66. Fired up 67. U.N. arm 68. “___ in victory” (elementary lesson) 69. Computer-sharing setup 70. White (in prescriptions) 71. Lentil, e.g.

72. Hindu wrap 73. Biblical high priest 75. Archer or Murray 76. Coffin’s companion 77. Printer’s widths 78. Insult on the street 81. Camel fabric 82. Bell or code 83. Gone by (poet.)

84. Race one’s engine 86. Not matching 87. ’60s hairdo 88. Chinese pan 90. Fable 91. “We’re number ___!”

92. Winkin’ Blinkin’ and __ 93. Greek “P” 94. Lunch 97. Fragrant compound 98. Tibet’s capital

99. Pre Russian revolution class 101. Having self-esteem 102. Adult female bird 103. The “N” of U.S.N.A. 104. Ties up 105. ____ behind the ears 106. Farewell 107. Run-through 108. Spouted vessel 110. Pivot 111. Pet sound 112. Winter coating 115. Old World evergreen 116. Mozart’s “L’___ del Cairo” 117. Soap component 118. Strong desire 119. Nautical journal 120. Query word

Cache Magazine calendar items are due Tuesday by 5 p.m. They will also run for free in The Herald Journal one to two days prior to the event. Calendar items can be submitted by email at hjhappen@hjnews.com. Any press releases or photos for events listed in the first half of Cache Magazine can be sent to jhunter@hjnews.com. Poems and photos can also be sent to jhunter@hjnews.com and run on a space-available basis if selected.

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