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A MATTER OF TASTE Art, Kitsch and Culture at USU The Herald Journal
FEBRUARY 5-11, 2016
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February 5-11, 2016
COVER 8 Kitsch artwork featuring in exhibit at USU museum
THE ARTS 4 Cache Valley Cowboy
Rendezvous to feature country artist Billy Dean
4 ‘Reasons to be Pretty’
on the stage at Utah State
4 Chocolate Festival aims to raise money Saturday 5 Cosy Sheridan to play at Bridger Folk Society show
10 Logan Shakespeare
troupe set to bring ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to Bullen Center
MOVIES 3 ‘Birth of a Nation’ picks
This image provided by Mini USA shows a still from the company’s Super Bowl 50 “Defy Labels” ad spot featuring former Major League Baseball pitcher Randy Johnson. Johnson is one of several celebrities being featured in Mini USA’s Super Bowl spot. (Mini USA via AP) On the cover: The “Matter of Taste: Art, Kitsch and Culture” exhibit at USU’s Nora Eccles Harrison Museum includes many Mormonrelated items, including a chess set comprised of Nephites and Lamanites from The Book of Mormon.
6 O’Neal, McGraw reunite
FROM THE EDITOR
up awards at Sundance
45 years after ‘Love Story’
7 Four stars: The Coens and Clooney do it again
COLUMN 11 Hinkamp shares some unique speechwriting tips
CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week
It’s inevitable. At every Super Bowl party, it seems like it’s always a race for someone to declare: “I love the commercials” — like they are the first to ever proclaim such a thing, and are trying to justify their presence at the gathering inasmuch as they know nothing about football. Thanks to the internet, those people no longer have to pay attention to the commercials or the
game. In fact, should they want to focus completely on food and drink without feeling left out afterwards, they can actually watch the majority of the most highly anticipated commericals of the year before the Super Bowl even kicks off. Although I personally enjoy the Super Bowl for the football, the commericals and the last excuse of the new year to overeat, I took the opportunity to go online the other day and watch several of the advertisements set to make their television debut during Sunday’s big game in the Bay Area. And I have just one word for you ...
well, it’s kind of three words: Puppymonkeybaby. Without divulging too much, let me first state that, no, it’s not another crazy holiday meal dreamed up by John Madden like the turducken. Rather it is a unique creation that is somehow going to sell an awful lot of Mountain Dew Kickstart while creeping our and/or melting the hearts of millions of Super Bowl viewers. And I’m guessing it’s illegal to own one as a pet in the United States, so don’t even ask. — Jeff Hunter
Nate Parker’s slavery epic was highlight of Sundance
– Cache columnist Dennis Hinkamp (Page 11)
By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic
In a flash, the 2016 Sundance Film Festival has come and gone. It was an eventful year by any standard, especially considering that the single biggest film sale of Sundance’s history took place. Some movies gained endearing followings, other films fell by the wayside. So, what movies should you look out for in the coming months? “The Birth of a Nation” — This year’s biggest winner, by far, was Nate Parker’s slavery epic recounting the life of famous slave revolutionary Nat Turner. “Nation” sold for a cool $17.5 million to Fox Searchlight Pictures, which counts as the largest single sale to have ever gone down at Sundance. “Nation” is a great film that feels epic even on an independent budget. The performances, highlighted by Parker as Nat Turner, are tremendous. It’s moving, gut-wrenching and sobering. It won both the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize. It’s certainly one to keep your eye on in the coming year. It’s too early to tell, but I wouldn’t be surprised if people were talking about this movie come awards
PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption
Nate Parker, the star, director and producer of “The Birth of a Nation,” holds aloft the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award for the film during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony Saturday in Park City. (AP Photos)
time next year. “Operation Avalanche” — I have to admit that this little oddball of a film won me over. It purports to be the story of the documentary crew who faked the moon landing. It’s cleverly conceived, and quite funny when it begins. Then it dives headlong into a suspenseful conspiracy, which is punctuated by a car chase that
rivals the quality of many big-budget action movies. It wasn’t a festival darling in the sense “Nation” was, but it does have its quirky charms. Here’s hoping it gets picked up. “Cameraperson” — This was one of the most experimental films at Sundance, and also one of the most enlightening. Yes, it’s apparent that a film like
this won’t appeal to a mass audience, but it’s something that is mesmerizing all the same. It’s a tapestry of short vignettes pieced together by cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. She weaves a visual memoir which ends up being rather hypnotically beautiful. It reminded me of the masterful “Life in a Day.” “Snowtime!” — Over the past few years Sundance has instituted a category aimed at kids. A film about a group of kids who live in a perpetually snowed in village, this film chronicles their most epic of snowball fights. It’s an animated film that is light See NATION on Page 13
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‘Nation’ stands tall in ’16
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink in Flint, Michigan. ”
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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’ playing at 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.”
‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’
Contest, and then released her critically acclaimed CD “Quietly Led” on Waterbug Records. Since then, Sheridan has released nine more CDs, taught songwriting at workshops and camps across the country and written a one-womanshow entitled “The Pomegranate Seed — An Exploration of Appetite, Body-Image and Myth.” For more information on Sheridan, visit cosysheridan.com. For more information about the concert, call (435) 535-1408 or visit bridgerfolk.org.
Cosy Sheridan
A spiritual night at USU Raymond Tymas-Jones, dean of the College of Fine Arts and associate vice president for the arts at the University of Utah, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Caine Performance Hall as part of the Caine College of the Arts’ Visiting Artists and Scholars Series at Utah State University. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors/youth, $5 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information, call 797-8022 or visit cca. usu.edu. See NIGHT on Page 13
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. This local production features Cache Valley’s own Tyler Whitesides, author of the award-winning “Janitors” book series, who fills the dancing shoes of Dick Van Dyke with ease and makes everyone feel like part of the family. Truly Scrumptious is played by Eccles stage veteran Jamie Younker, who adds a new flair to the traditional role. Featured dancers from Cache Valley Civic Ballet join Music Theatre West for this production and add an even higher level of expertise to Stephanie White’s show-stopping choreography. “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.
‘Concerto Evening’ at USU
The Utah State University Symphony Orchestra presents “Concerto Evening” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, in the Morgan Theatre located in the Chase Fine Arts Center. “This concert gives our outstanding music students the opportunity to share their amazing talent with the public,” said Sergio Bernal, director of the USU Symphony Orchestra and associate professor of music in the Caine College of the Arts. All soloists performing in the concert are winners of the annual student concerto competition. Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 seniors and youth, $5 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For tickets or more information, Raymond Tymas-Jones will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Caine call 797-8022 or visit cca.usu.edu. Performance Hall on the campus of Utah State University.
Jazz Nights to hit Elite Hall in Hyrum Hyrum’s Elite Hall will be transformed into a 1930s jazz club for the 12th annual Jazz Night, presented by the Department of Music in the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University at 7 p.m. Feb. 11-13. “This year, guests will have the option of a dinner and dancing ticket for $25 or a dancing only ticket for $10,” said Jon Gudmundson, director of jazz studies in the CCA. “Dinner will be catered by
Firehouse Pizzeria.” While you eat and dance the night away, enjoy live big band music performed by the Downbeat Award-winning USU Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble. “Big band music will draw you to the dance floor to experience the Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Charleston and more,” Gudmundson said. “There is only one dance hall left in the state of Utah that has a spring-loaded floor and it’s located
Piano contest winners
The Cache Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the winners of the second annual Piano Concerto Competition. right here in Cache Valley, It is First-place honors went to Sabrina Ellis for her a great experience to dance on a sprung floor — your dance partner performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, will thank you and your knees will Second Movement. A student of Kathleen Lloyd, thank you!” Ellis will perform her concerto with the Cache Feb. 11 is a student night with Symphony Orchestra at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 26, a dancing-only ticket (punch, ice at Utah State University’s Morgan Theatre. water and cookies — no catering), Second-place honors went to Megan Allred, a while Feb. 12 and 13 offer the student of Betty Beecher who also played Chooptions of a dancing-only ticket or pin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Second Movement. a dancing plus dinner catered by Third place went to Maggie Ida Nawyn, a student of Luke Hancock who performed Shostakovich’s See HALL on Page 11 Concerto No. 2, First Movement.
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The Bridger Folk Music Society will present national awardwinning singer/songwriter Cosy Sheridan in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Tickets for the event are $15. Sheridan has been called “one of the era’s finest and most thoughtful singer-songwriters.” She first caught the attention of national folk audiences in 1992 when she won both the Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Award and The Telluride Bluegrass Festival Troubadour
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Sheridan set to play folk concert Feb. 13
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Kung Fu Panda 3” kicked its way to the top of the North American box office with a respectable $41 million, according to Rentrak estimates Sunday. The DreamWorks Animation film cost a reported $145 million to make and earned a strong “A’’ CinemaScore from audiences — 70 percent of whom were families. “It’s a bold move to take a franchise which has had great success in that summer corridor and move
it into late January, which is generally considered a very slow time,” Rentrak’s senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said. “It also filled a huge void in the marketplace.” The first film opened to $60.2 million in 2008 and the second to $47.7 million in 2011. For Fox, switching up the release was a no-brainer after seeing the successes of “The Lego Movie” and last year’s “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” in this time frame.
“We know that when the market conditions are right, this business really is a 365-day-a-year business,” said Chris Aronson, Fox’s domestic distribution chief. “We saw an opportunity and we grabbed it. We’re thrilled with the results.” There are a number of winter holidays coming up where kids will be out of school and “Zootopia,” 2016’s next big animated release, doesn’t open until March 4.
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“Kung Fu Panda 3” brought in $41 million to take the top spot at the box office last weekend.
Iowa caucuses bring big ratings
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‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ battles way to top spot
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Actors Ryan O’Neal, left, and Ali MacGraw hold hands as they are introduced for a talk with students on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, more than 45 years after the release of their 1970 classic “Love Story.” The duo, now in their 70s, currently are co-starring in a national tour of “Love Letters.”
Revisiting ‘Love Story’
McGraw, O’Neal return to Harvard University 45 years later CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal rolled onto the Harvard campus Monday in an antique convertible similar to the one used in “Love Story” and reminisced about the film that made them household names nearly half a century ago. Both actors said in a discus-
sion with students that the movie, which was partly shot on campus, has special meaning now that they’re in their 70s and in twilight of their careers. They are co-stars in a national tour of the play “Love Letters,” which has a one-week run in Boston starting Tuesday. MacGraw said being at Harvard
brought back fond memories that few of her subsequent experiences in film ever matched. “It was a wonderful, wonderful adventure that was followed by some pretty dramatic stuff in my private life,” she said. MacGraw, who now lives in See STORY on Page 12
NEW YORK (AP) — Much like the presidential debates, coverage of the Iowa caucus set new standards for television viewership. An average of 10.2 million people watched the results of the year’s first presidential contest Monday on CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, the Nielsen company said. Besides Ted Cruz’s mild upset win in the Republican caucus, the Democratic contest was a nailbiter between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. That doubled the 5.1 million people who watched Iowa caucus coverage four years ago. The previous high was just under 6 million on the news networks in 2008, the last time there was no incumbent running. In 2000, a different era when broadcast networks were a bigger player in news coverage, the three news networks had 1.5 million viewers on caucus night. The caucus coverage also more than doubled the viewership for the three news networks during a typical weeknight in January, Nielsen said. Fox, the longtime cable ratings leader, averaged 4.46 million viewers during the prime-time hours of 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST. CNN had 3.73 million, and beat Fox within the 25-to-54-year-old demographic that advertising sales for most news programs are based upon. The most popular prime-time program in all of television last week was Fox News Channel’s coverage of the GOP debate before Iowa. CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 7.5 million viewers. For the week of Jan. 25-31, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: Republican Presidential Debate, Fox News Channel, 12.47 million; “Grease: Live,” Fox, 12.21 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 11.98 million; “Scorpion,” CBS, 10.7 million; “Madam Secretary,” CBS, 10.2 million; “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 10.06 million; “The X-Files” (Monday), Fox, 9.67 million; “American Idol” (Wednesday), Fox, 9.626 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 9.625 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 9.38 million.
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Where does one start with the Coen brothers’ newest picture? “Hail, Caesar!” is a joyfully over-the-top romp through the Golden Age of Hollywood. It’s a hardboiled noir and a light-hearted farce, all mixed up in the same delightful pot. It’s so decidedly a Coen film, and yet it feels fresh. At the core of the film is an opposition between an ironic lambasting of Hollywood’s behindthe-scenes circus, and a thoughtful love letter to the movies. We watch as studio executive Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) stomps around the lot putting out proverbial fires. There’s an actress’s pregnancy he has to hide; an awkward Western actor he has to make into a suave movie star; identical twin gossip columnists badgering him for a scoop; and oh, his biggest star has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. The kidnapping is the storyline the trailers highlight, but it’s hardly the main focus of the film. As with so many Coen brothers’ films, it’s immune from trailers spoiling the fun. That’s because so much is packed into the film that matters so much more than one subplot. While George Clooney headlines as the airheaded movie star Baird Whitlock, the real story is how Mannix swoops in and takes care of the seemingly endless amount of insanity generated by making movies in Hollywood. In one scene, Mannix calls together four religious leaders in order to get their take on the new movie he’s making. The
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The eye of the beholder Kitsch is a difficult thing to define — like the line between fine art and lowbrow.
Grasping the concept completely is not mandatory to enjoy the “A Matter of Taste: Art, Kitsch and Culture” exhibit at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University. In fact, director and chief curator Katie Lee Koven and NEHMA curator of collections Rebecca A. Dunham hope the exhibit will not necessarily answer all questions but rather elicit them. “It’s more of a conversation starter rather than us telling you, ‘This is the one definition,’” Dunham said. “No, we’re saying, ‘You know what, there’s actually a whole bunch of ways to interpret it,’ and this is kind of the starter point with that.” The exhibit, which opened Jan. 23 and will run through May 7, was co-organized by Koven, Dunham and David Wall, an assistant professor in the USU’s Department of Art and Design. “Defining kitsch in some ways is like attempt-
ing to define art because it’s very personal, it’s based on personal experience,” Koven said. “One person’s treasure, something they find intrinsically of value, may be someone else’s discarded whatever.” The exhibit begins with a piece from Utah artist Frank McEntire — a mixed media sculpture made of found objects: a plastic candy dispenser, filled with different religious objects. It has the look some associate with kitsch; something you’d find in your grandmother’s garage. But at the very least, McEntire’s art challenges exhibit-goers to contemplate the relationship between kitsch and art. “A lot of people at first glance, they definitely think of kitsch as a negative way to describe things, but this exhibition explores other interpretations that have nothing to do with that,” Dunham said. “As a university museum with the mission to educate, that’s a big part of what this exhibition is.” The top room gallery holds a mix of different
mediums of art: found art, paintings, TV screens playing movies and music, and the walls are dotted with quotes from philosophers, scholars and artists attempting to define kitsch. The exhibit boasts an original Thomas Kinkade painting — the hobbit villages with smoke curling from chimneys — a piece that evokes polarizing reactions. “Do you argue he’s been extremely successful as an artist?” Koven said of Kinkade. “It depends on how you define success. He has not had a lot of attention in museums, but as a name, like an American household art name, people really do know who he is, regardless of whatever their opinion is. We knew it would spark reactions and responses from people.” The original Kinkade is flanked by reproductions, another key component of kitsch art — mass reproduction. “There’s a lot of blurring of boundaries, and I See EYE on Page 13
Story by Garrett Faylor Photographs by Eli Lucero
Among the many objects featured “A Matter of Taste: Art, Kitsch, and Culture� exhinit at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art are Mormon-themed items such as a Liahona from a private collection (right); a nesting doll showing LDS Church presidents and a replica of the Golden Plates (upper right); snow globes featuring LDS temples from the LDS Church History Library in Salt Lake City (above); and Mormon missionary rubber ducks from the LDS Church History Library (upper left).
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‘Romeo’ ready to roll Logan Fine Art Gallery to
The award-winning actors of Logan Youth Shakespeare proudly present “Romeo and Juliet” opening Friday, Feb. 5, at the Bullen Center. The timeless tale of young love between the children of feuding households is presented in its entirety. Packed with gorgeous love scenes, biting insults, bawdy jokes, edge-of-seat swordplay and gut-wrenching tragedy, and brought to life with the exuberance audiences have come to expect from this energetic Cache Valley company, it is easy to see why “Romeo and Juliet” has been a live theater hit for centuries. Performances begin
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Logan Youth Shakespeare will present “Romeo and Juliet” Feb. 5-6, 8, 12-13 and 15, at the Bullen Center.
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The Cache Valley Chapter of the Utah Watercolor Society will present “Winter Exhibition” on Friday, Feb. 12, at the Logan Fine Art Gallery during the Cache Valley Center of the Arts’ Gallery Walk. This is a collection of new paintings from a professionals and novice watercolor artists in the Cache Valley and surrounding areas of Utah. A reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 12, with an awards ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. The exhibit will remain on display at the Logan Fine Art Gallery until April 12. The gallery is located at 60 W. 100 North. The paintings that have been submitted for this year’s show are professional, colorful and beautiful. They are the fruits of a group of artists who meet monthly to receive critiques and instruction from professionals in the field of
watercolor. The work of professional artists such as Lester Lee, Kristi Grussendorf, Jerry Fuhriman, Ernie Verdine and Jeannie Millecam will be featured at the exhibit. This year’s judge will be Carl Purcell, who taught painting and drawing at Snow College in Utah for 30 years. Purcell is currently retired from teaching, but he is a popular painting and drawing workshop instructor, having conducted workshops throughout the West, from Alaska to Arizona, and in Great Britain. Purcell is the author of “Painting With Your Artist’s Brain” and “Drawing With Your Artist’s Brain.” In addition, his art has been featured in numerous articles published in The Artist’s Magazine and in Splash I, and he has been invited to jury exhibits in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Michigan and California.
America give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Pluto said that in that movie ‘Animal Farm.’ Pluto isn’t really a for-sure planet and why do animals have rights? They don’t vote; most of them don’t even wear pants so how can one of them even be the head of the household? Ask not what canned foods
can do for the country ask what the country has done to you. “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink in Flint, Michigan. And why does lead, the verb, and lead, the noun, sound the same way? This should give one pause or paws if it causes genetic mutation. That would be animal cruelty; take that PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) is my kind of people. Why should you eat meat? Septuagenarians may live longer, but is it worth it? All those broccolis and baby tofu will come back to haunt you. “I have seen the future and it is definitely ahead of us. If we don’t look forward how can we ever learn from history? This country is unsinkable unless it hits an iceberg,
but then it would still rise like a fiery Phoenix from Arizona where John McCain is a prisoner of war. “We all need somebody to lean on; somebody to love and that somebody is us except for the Russians. Those Soviet unions are killing their job growth and their stockpile of nuclear families is a threat to our freedom. We need to stop Russia from becoming a country right now. “I’ve been to the mountain top and it is
cold there and aren’t we all glad that the cold war is over but we still need to address the war on Christmas because Santa and the elves could use some foreign aide. If we can bring back Matt Damon from Mars, why can’t we free the prisoners from Guantanamo? That’s not even a different planet; it’s right there where Cuba used to before Castro ruined it for everyone. “Guns don’t kill people; it’s actually the bullets and the holes
that they leave and don’t we all have holes in our lives? Some of us have Darth Vader for a father; tragedy that must be says Yoda. Where is Captain Kirk when we need him? Start Trek? Who can walk that far? Star wars? We can’t even get out of Afghanistan, and how can we possibly build enough fences to keep out all those aliens?” ———
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three nights. The USU Big Band Swing Club will provide free dance instruction every night at 6 p.m. Tickets for Jazz Night at Elite Hall are $10 for
dancing only and $25 for dinner and dancing are available at the CCA Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at cca.usu.edu or by calling 797-8022.
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Dennis is crazy like a fox; but not as crazy as FOX news.
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Slightly Off Center DENNIS HINKAMP
There have been a few times in my life when I’ve been asked to write speeches for important people with writer’s block. It’s a frustrating process because you want the person to sound witty and intelligent, but also not like you. Wait, what did I just say? The elections and debates have rekindled my interest in speechwriting. Given the state of recent discourse I think I have the write stuff for the job. Here’s my application sample: “Don’t put all your eggs in one hand basket because that basket is going to hell on a highway that is not always carefree no matter what Gordon Lightbulb says, but doesn’t that light bulb give you other ideas? Did
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Annual essay, poetry Story contests now open Join us for another year of a Celebration of Writers and Artists. Creative Communication is pleased to announce our Fall 2015 Essay, Poetry 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.
To submit your essay or poetry entry, you may enter online at poeticpower.com or mail your entry labeled “poetry contest” or “essay contest” to: 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.
Continued from Page 6 New Mexico, walked away from acting in the years after her breakout role and has written about her struggles with addiction. O’Neal noted cancer, like in the movie, played a big part in his life. He recently battled leukemia, which he says is now in remission. He also alluded to the 2009 death of his longtime companion, actress Farrah Fawcett, who died of cancer in 2009. “Love Story” was about a wealthy Harvard student who marries a less wealthy student over his parents’ objections. But the girl is diagnosed with leukemia and dies. It was a huge box office success that received seven Academy Award nominations and gave pop culture
an oft-quoted line: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Both actors admitted they haven’t seen the movie in years. They also said they had a crush on each other during filming, though both were married at the time. “Ryan and I clicked immediately,” said MacGraw. “We just had a chemistry.” “Love Story” also has a special place in Harvard tradition. When the arts journalist and moderator Alicia Anstead asked the 70 or so people in attendance how many had seen the 1970 film, nearly every hand in the room shot up. Alana Davitt, a freshman from Virginia, said the film is iconic, even for students of her generation. She noted that the university’s Crimson Key Society, a student group, hosts a screening of the movie
each year as a sort of rite of passage for incoming freshman. Some students even wore black “Camp Tuckahoe” T-shirts, a reference to the summer camp where MacGraw’s character in “Love Story” worked as a counselor. The two actors said “Love Letters” also has special meaning for them. The play is about two people who take very different paths in life but still maintain contact through notes, cards and letters for more than 50 years. The play, which includes performances in Los Angeles, Detroit, Dallas and Baltimore, will have its Boston run at Citi Shubert Theatre. “I’m at the age of the woman that this is written about, and my life experience includes some of those experiences,” MacGraw said. “This is a life that makes sense to me. Therefore it’s fun.”
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prominent leaders of the LDS church. “Some people know exactly who these individuals are, and other people have the opportunity to learn about them through this lowbrow very accessible, fun, kitsch sort of way.” There are even opportunities to interact with some of the kitsch pieces, like playing board games or putting together puzzles, along with watching the different TV screens mounted on the walls. The exhibit ends in front of a kitsch exchange, where attendees are encouraged to bring in a piece of kitsch they own and trade it with another piece someone else has brought. “As a staff member, it’s really exciting to come in every day and see what’s been taken, what’s still here,” Dunham said. For those interested, there will be a symposium, a gathering of artists and scholars, April 7-8, on the topic. “We’re hoping the audience will walk away and still be thinking and still be asking questions,” Koven said.
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Preaching,” “Prohibition Sparks a Fashion Revolution,” “Detailed Illustration of a Still,” “Gangsters and their Rap Sheets” and “Eliot Ness and the Untouchables.” Local photographs about liquor and tobacco in Northern Utah from 1850 on will also be on view, specifically Rudolph Keyser’s Saloon (interior view); the Willard Winery and Brewery; the Combination Saloon, Corinne; the Pearl Saloon, Garland; and the Billiard Hall, Brigham City. The museum is located at 24 N. 300 West in Brigham City. The entrance is on the west side. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. For further information, please call (435) 2261439 or brighamcitymuseum.org.
Nation Continued from Page 3 and fluffy, and sort of funny. My 4-year-old loved it, but it has an emotional ending that caught him off guard. He was in tears. It offers a chance for parents to speak frankly to their kids about the stark realities of death. As a parent, I saw the ending coming and was worried about how my son
Night Continued from Page 5 Tymas-Jones, a tenor, will perform a collection of Negro spirituals that celebrate the legacy and contributions of the music to American culture. Tymas-Jones told the Salt Lake Tribune that he uses the term “Negro spirituals” to distinguish them from the “white spirituals” sung in regions such as Appalachia. “Negro spirituals really came out of slavery,” he said. “Spirituals are the predeces-
an extra year and a half of rewriting,” said Fisher. “In terms of the overall themes and storyline, it’s very similar, but the structure and details have changed. At least 60 percent of this play is brand new.” The play tells the story of Benji, a Marine who has returned to his Philadelphia neighborhood after being injured during a battle. Bearing not only the medals he earned, but also the scars, Benji must now face the emotional wounds he avoided by going to war. “Benji was challenged throughout his life by a very overbearing father who questioned his masculinity and sexuality,”
Fisher said. “Benji’s best friend, Sam, is an openly gay school teacher. With Sam’s help, Benji tries to put the pieces of his life back together after his father’s death.” Salt Lake Acting Company asked Fisher to do a stage reading of the play and shortly after contacted him to make the production part of the 2015-16 season. “Streetlight Woodpecker” premieres at the Upstairs Theatre at 168 W. 500 North in Salt Lake City, on Wednesday, Feb. 10 and is open through March 6. For tickets and more information, visit SLAC’s website at tickets. saltlakeactingcompany.org.
would take it. He took it hard, but we were able to discuss the sadness of the ending and it helped him understand. “Sleight” — I was most excited for this low-budget film about an inner-city street magician who has to sell drugs to support his family. His mother died tragically, and now he’s tasked with caring for himself and his sister. Oh sure, it sounds like a Sundance cliché, and part of it is. It felt like its heart was in the right
place, but the screenplay was a bit rough around the edges. A good effort with interesting ideas which ultimately failed to realize itself. There were many other films I wasn’t able to see that were met with rave reviews and audience accolades. Other titles to keep on your radar: “The Eagle Huntress,” “Green Room,” “Manchester by the Sea,” “Swiss Army Man,” “Under the Shadow,” Certain Women” and “The Fits.”
sor of gospel music, blues and jazz.” He has previously performed everywhere from the Connecticut Opera to Russia and France while keeping his busy schedule at the University of Utah. Tymas-Jones received the Utah Cultural Alliance’s 2014 Achievement Award, serves on the President’s Academic Leadership Team and as a board member of Equality Utah. “The Caine College of the Arts’ Visiting Artists and Scholars Series provides the opportunity to bring worldclass entertainment to our stu-
dents,” Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts, said. “We’re very fortunate to have Dean Tymas-Jones share this concert of Negro spirituals with our students and the public.” Tymas-Jones will be accompanied by pianist Paul Dorgan. Dorgan performs frequently in the Temple Square Recital Series and in the NOVA Chamber Music Series and has toured in Ireland, London, Paris, Italy, Switzerland and Brazil. Dorgan currently works with the Utah Opera and is and adjunct professor of music at the University of Utah.
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During Prohibition from 1920 to 1933, Americans could not produce, sell, transport or import intoxicating beverages. Bootleggers and temperance lobbyists, suffragists and flappers, and legends such as Al Capone and Carry Nation took sides in the battle against the bottle. These tumultuous times are examined in the national touring exhibit “Spirited: Prohibition in America” that opened at the Brigham City Museum on Jan. 28 and continues through March 16. Admission is free. The exhibit features Prohibitionera photos, artifacts, interactive touchscreen kiosks, videos and music. Some of the photos that emphasize the split between the “wets” and the “drys” are “Why the Twenties Roared,” “Billy Sunday
Shawn Fisher, associate professor in Utah State University’s Department of Theatre Arts in the Caine College of the Arts, created the Fusion Theatre Project for his students to partake in a year-long process to develop new plays in a workshop setting Fisher and director Richie Call, assistant professor in the Department of Theatre Arts in the CCA, worked with the students to write and develop a play called “Woodpecker King of Tacony” in 2013. Fisher rewrote the play for a professional production, now called “Streetlight Woodpecker.” “Streetlight Woodpecker is the original script plus
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CrossworD By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Kind of hit 6. Trying time 12. “NCIS” airer 15. Howitzer 17. ‘Our Love Is -- Stay’ 18. Army Ranger’s topper 20. Swimmers with suckers 21. Trued 22. Falstaffian 23. Holiday film classic 26. Lowers in rank 28. Two-masted craft 29. Hemingway’s “In ___ Time” 31. Evening in Italy 32. Bloodsucking worms 37. Nonsensical 40. “What,’’ “who,’’ “how,’’ and “where’’ followers 41. Exodus participant 44. Soccer position 45. Uses a swizzle stick 46. What you need after a breakdown 47. Bumpkin 48. Elbow setting 50. She played Ann in “King Kong” 53. Andean stew veggie 54. Show wear 55. Contented sigh 57. Choice class 59. New Guinea native 62. They take advantage 65. Heist foilers 66. Line in “California Dreamin’” 70. Dust-up 73. Showy daisy variety 74. When mammoths lived 77. It bears down 78. Comcast, e.g. 79. Afghan monetary unit 81. Madonna book 82. It may need stroking 83. Kind of wrestling 85. _____ out (just man-
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24. Indecisive 25. Genre for Aretha Franklin 27. R.S.V.P. facilitator: Abbr. 30. Dickensian clerk Heep 32. ___ pendens (pending lawsuit) 33. Hinder, in court 34. “All My Children” vixen Kane 35. Turtle shell 36. Bulls and bucks, e.g. 37. In olden times 38. High-society neck warmer 39. Expedition often taken in East Africa 42. Clothe, with “up” 43. Bighorn belle 49. Ice hockey game interruption 50. Tree-line tree 51. Source of afterhours cash 52. “Indubitably” 56. “... the law is a ___”: Charles Dickens 58. Save for future use 60. Take heat from? 61. Commercials, e.g. 62. Play for a sap 63. Pilot’s milieu 64. Cyclops’ feature 65. Portion of an ellipse 67. Christmas sounds 68. Go-to guy 69. Razor man 70. Charge 71. Drilling setup 72. Disturbance 75. Climb aboard 76. Apply force 78. Like paragons 79. Dance step 80. Last in seq. 84. Weak and craven 86. Ignition starter 87. Muck up 89. Application datum: Abbr. 90. Lawyer’s thing 92. High-spirited steed
94. Textile fiber colorer 95. Rocky spot 96. Goon’s parting shot 97. Transfer for a price, as a used car 98. Of the same age 103. Play ice hockey 104. Turned over 105. Some court hearings 107. Prohibition opposer 109. Buckos 110. “It won’t hurt ___” 111. Saskatchewan native 112. You can get this in bars 113. Bear, in two constellation names 114. Business wear 115. Willing companion 116. Antis’ votes
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A charity dinner and auction for the Cache County Children’s Justice Center will be held on Friday, Feb. 5, at the Riverwoods. Social hour begins at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person; tables seat eight. For tickets, call the CJC at 753-7017. A dance for singles and married couples aged 45 and up will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, Feb. 5 at Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East, Logan. There will be music and a DJ. Please bring snacks to share, and adhere to LDS standards. For more information, call 7529538.
SATURDAY 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, lighthearted break for the winter weary. 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. Visit the chocolatefest. com for more information. The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing Friday, Feb. 5, at Jim’s Grill in Smithfield. Come enjoy good Western music and great food in a fun and historic setting. The Cache Valley Folk Dancers and Bridger Folk Music Society are hosting their monthly “first Saturday” contra dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. This month, live music will be provided by Leaping Lulu; Kay Forsyth will be calling. A $7 donation is suggested at the door, $4 for children under 12. Beginners and families are welcome, all dances are taught. For more information, call 7532480 or 753-5987, or visit bridgerfolk.org. The KnightBeats will perform with Jeff Dillon and the Revival and The Beam Me Up Ska-Ts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6. Author R. D. Griffith will be signing copies of his book “To the NFL You Sure Started Something’” at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6,
Spot Continued from Page 6 The animated sequel also fared much better than the weekend’s other new openers, like Disney’s Coast Guard adventure “The Finest Hours,” which debuted in fourth place with $10.3 million. Based on a real life 1952 rescue mission, “The Finest Hours” stars Chris Pine, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster and cost around $80 million to make. Dergarabedian thinks that the nautical theme might have seemed too
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SUNDAY Conveyor/Dependence/ Motives will perform will perform with Militant Formations at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $10. The Post-Mormon Community is a non-sectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing at a local restaurant at 6:30 p.m. every Sunday evening. Newcomers welcome. For more information, call Jeff at 770-4263 or visit postmormon.org/logan.
MONDAY The Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “Kung Fu Panda,” which is rated PG. Popcorn and admission is free. The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at 475 E. 2500 North. This week’s movie is “The Walk” which is rated PG. Popcorn and admission is free.
TUESDAY The Cache Valley Chapter of the Utah Watercolor Society will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 9,
similar to the recently released “In the Heart of the Sea” for audiences. The opening is similar to last year’s “McFarland, USA,” another factbased drama from Disney, which opened with $11 million in late February and went on to earn $44.4 million. The “Fifty Shades of Grey” parody “Fifty Shades of Black,” meanwhile, earned a modest $6.2 million, but it only cost a reported $5 million to produce. Marlon Wayans co-wrote, stars in and produced the R-rated takeoff. “Spoof movies and parodies have a very mixed box office record,” Dergarabedian said. “The reviews are never good on these movies. You have to really hope you’re riding a wave
in the Jim Bridger Room at the Logan Library. The critique will begin at 6:30 p.m. (one painting, please); meeting will start at 7 p.m. Dianne Adams will present.
10, at the Historic Cache Count Courthouse, 199 N. Main St. Admission to the lecture is free.
The Estate Planning Council of Northern Utah is meeting for lunch at the Logan Golf & Country Club at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9. The speaker will be Joan Scheffke, and the topic will be “Planned Giving: Trends and Types of Planned Gifts.” Attorneys, CPAs, financial advisors, insurance agents and the general public are invited. The cost is $25. You must RSVP to Kris Lund at 752-6496.
Helicon West will showcase the League of Utah Writers in a special Valentine presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Jim Bridger Room at the Logan Library. The open-mic portion will begin around 8 p.m. Helicon West is an open-mic opportunity combined with featured speakers; a place for writers to share and learn alike. Creative writers are invited to read up to seven minutes of their original work. Arrive early to sign up. Readings are free, open to the public and uncensored.
The Logan Library would like to invite the public to join library staff and board members in discussing the library’s future at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the Logan History Room. For more information, call 716-9120.
WEDNESDAY Corey Christiansen will perform with Peter Mazza at 7:30 and 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $15. As part of the Cache Valley Historical Society’s lecture series, Travis Seeholzer from Beaver Mountain Ski Area will present a talk on the history of skiing in Cache Valley and Northern Utah at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
of the popularity of the movie you’re spoofing.” “Fifty Shades of Grey” was released last February and its sequel isn’t expected until next year. The Weinstein Company’s Natalie Portman-led Western “Jane Got a Gun” misfired out of the gates, bringing in only $803,000 on a $25 million budget. Overall, there wasn’t much space for newcomers with strong holdovers like “The Revenant” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which took second and third place with $12.4 million and $10.8 million, respectively. Both fell only 23 percent from last weekend.
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Raymond Tymas-Jones, dean of the College of Fine Arts and associate vice president for the arts at the University of Utah, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Caine Performance Hall as part of the Caine College of the Arts’ Visiting Artists and Scholars Series at Utah State University. Tymas-Jones, a tenor, will perform a collection of Negro spirituals that celebrate the legacy and contributions of the music to American culture. Tickets for the performance are $10 adults, $8 seniors/youth, $5 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information, call 797-8022 or visit cca.usu.edu.
Notably, Fox’s “The Revenant,” once considered a possible box office disaster with its gritty subject matter and reported $135 million budget, has earned $138.2 million to date in six weeks in theaters thanks in part to its awards hot streak with multiple wins for star Leonardo DiCaprio and a host of high-profile Oscar nominations. “It’s a marvelous thing for us, for the industry, for filmmaking in general. To have a hold like this is really heartening,” Aronson said. “This is a pretty good weekend. There’s a very balanced marketplace here. There’s something for everyone out there now, and I’ve always said that’s when this business is at its best.”
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