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From the editor

OR ME, VALENTINE’S Day is one of those holidays that always seems to disappoint (don’t worry, this isn’t going to be one of those heartbroken rants against love and romance that are as much a cliché at Valentine’s Day as candy hearts and the color pink). I think it’s a matter of unfulfilled potential. As a child, Valentine’s Day is pretty clear-cut and pretty great: Make a cool box for receiving cards, get a lot of candy, eat it all in one day. Meanwhile, the image of adulthood’s Valentine’s Day is one of fancy meals, champagne, beautiful women in splendid dresses and dapper men in tuxedoes. I’m sure I’ve been a victim of the skewed view of the future that inherently develops in childhood. Even so, I can’t help thinking it might be nice to have at

Slow Wave

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least one Feb. 14 that matches the glamour TV and movies taught me to expect. Usually, I’m missing one key ingredient. I’ve had girlfriends at other parts of the year, but somehow I’m never dating someone when Valentine’s rolls around. I guess it’s a blessing in some ways. It saves money. It also lets me avoid potential Valentine’s drama (with all the expectations built up around the day, an occasional misunderstanding is to be expected). And, as the frequent complaints go, it’s just a holiday concocted by Hallmark and the boxed-candy industry to boost corporate profits. Even so, Valentine’s Day has a fond place in my heart. It’s certainly no Christmas or Fourth of July (or even Memorial Day, where at least you get work off), but it’s all right. Of course, I may just be basing that on memories of boxes stuffed with cards and candy. — Devin Felix Cache Magazine assistant editor

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CMSL to present cellist Zuill Bailey

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demand, cellist Zuill Bailey will perform Feb. 16 the USU Performance Hall with USU’s Fry Street Quartet as part of the Chamber Music Society of Logan’s 2009-10 concert series. Bailey last performed in Logan in 2008 with the Perlman, Schmidt, Bailey Piano Trio. He is widely considered to be a pre-eminent cellist of his generation and has been simultaneously described as “stacking right up there with Rostropovich” and “a blast to experience.” and Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. Bailey will perform Suites Bailey is a graduate of The 2 and 6 of the widely popular Juilliard School of Music. He and instantly recognizable currently serves as artistic director of El Paso Pro Musica Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello. The suites were not and professor of cello at the University of Texas at El Paso. widely known before the 1900s, and for a long As a contime it was certo soloist, believed the Bailey has pieces were performed on intended to be his 1693 Matetudes. At the teo Gofriller ★ Who: Zuill Bailey and age of 13, the Cello with the Fry Street Quartet great cellist symphony ★ When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 Pablo Casals orchestras ★ Where: Manon Caine Rusdiscovered a around the sell-Kathryn Caine Wanlass Grutzmacher world, collabPerformance Hall at USU edition of orating with ★ Tickets: $24 single, $10 the suites in such conducstudent with ID; available at a thrift shop tors as Itzhak the CSA Box Office, at csabox in Barcelona, Perlman, office.usu.edu or at the door Spain, and Alan Gilbert, the night of the concert begun studyAndrew Lit★ More information: www. ing them. He ton, Grant cmslogan.org or 752-5867 performed Llewellyn

“A blast to experience”

Grammy winner Bogguss coming to town UZY BOGGUSS S will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at

the Ellen Eccles Theatre in downtown Logan. Tickets are $22 to $30 in advance or $27 to $35 at the door. For more information, visit www.CenterForTheArts.us. “Multi” might be the best adjective to describe singer/songwriter Bogguss — multi-award-winning,

multi-platinum and, as her new CD, “Sweet Danger,” so expertly proves, multi-faceted. Bogguss coproduced the album with famed jazz/pop keyboardist and producer Jason Miles, who’s worked with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross and Sting. The two brought together Nashville and New York musicians, culling the best of both worlds to

create an instantly engaging, groove-oriented record infused with jazz rhythms and Bogguss’ signature vocals. Songs like “Aces,” “Drive South,” “Someday Soon,” “Outbound Plane” and “Letting Go” took Bogguss to the top of the country music charts. Along the way she won the Country Music Association’s

“Horizon Award” in 1992 and “Album of the Year” Award in 1994; ASCAP country and pop awards for her songwriting; and in 2005 she won a Grammy for her contribution to the Best Folk Album, “Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster.” For more information about Bogguss, visit www. suzybogguss.com.

them in 1925, at age 48. Their popularity soared soon after, and Casal’s original recording is still widely available today. After intermission, Bailey will join the Fry Street Quartet in playing Franz Schubert’s “String Quintet C Major, D 956.” The string quintet was written in 1828, two months before Schubert’s death. The work holds the distinction of being the only full-fledged string quintet in Schubert’s vast oeuvre. The piece stands out for its unconventional instrumentation employing two cellos instead of the customary two violas. This performance will mark the first CMSL concert for new Fry Street Quartet violist Bradley Ottesen from Iowa City, Iowa. Prior to arriving in Logan he held the position of principal violist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Rhythms

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Stage

American West Heritage Center to put on vaudeville Valentine’s Day show

HE AMERICAN WEST Heritage Center will host its annual Victorian Valentine’s Vaudeville Show, a dinner theater set in the past, at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12 and 13. Guests are encouraged to arrive early for a wagon ride to the Opera House, where the evening will be set. Tickets for the dinner and show are $29.50 for adults and $24.50 for children; show-only tickets are $14 for adults and $9 for children. Dinner will be provided by Elements Restaurant. Reservations should be made by 3 p.m. Feb. 10 by calling 245-6050. For more information, visit www. awhc.org. Vaudeville was a type of variety show prevalent in the United States and Canada from the early 1860s until the early 1930s. Developing from many sources, including concert saloons, minstrelsy, freak shows, dime museums and literary burlesque, vaudeville became one of the most popular types of entertainment in North America. Each evening’s bill of performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts. Many famous 20th century performers originated on the vaudeville circuit, including such celebrities as W. C. Fields, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, Jack Benny, the Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello, Kate Smith,

Bob Hope and Judy Garland, to name but a few. Al Jolson, still considered by many to be the “world’s greatest entertainer,” ruled the vaudeville stage through most of the early 20th century. This year the Heritage Center has two special guests performing at the show — Jenny Lind (played by Richmond vocalist Christine Hall) was the most famous singer of her day. In 1860, tickets for her concerts sold at nearly $600 apiece. Her fame was such that a melon was named after her that can still be found in heirloom gardens. Also, Maude Adams (played by Logan actress Rebecca Gee) of Brigham City was the first actress from Utah to star on Broadway and was the first to play the role of Peter Pan on Broadway. A well-known actress of her day, she played in many other roles both on and off Broadway and was most renowned as a comedienne. Rumor has it she’ll be playing an exciting scene from Peter Pan with her return trip to her home state. To our understanding, AOther performers include pipers, folk singers, dancers, gunfighters, an organ grinder — complete with plush monkey — and more. Since the dinner and show take place during the valentine season, the show will have a romantic flair.

‘El Bandito’ back at the Pickleville Playhouse FTER THREE A sold-out performances last summer at the theater at Bear Lake, Pickleville Playhouse will present its hit show, “The Hanging of El Bandito,” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 and 15 in the Eccles Conference Center at USU. A matinee will show at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. Also available is an optional Valentine’s Day buffet catered

by The Copper Mill at 6 p.m. before the show. For tickets, call 755-0968 or visit www. picklevilleplayhouse.com for more details. The infamous Juanito Bandito is at it again in this brandnew, high-energy, shoot-’emup musical adventure. See the unbelievable string of events as Bandito, the self-proclaimed “most guapo villain in the

world,” seeks revenge after nearly meeting his end at the hand of a heroically handsome sheriff. With a cast full of outrageous, side-splitting Western characters, brand-new music and Pickleville’s singular brand of musical melodrama comedy, “The Hanging of El Bandito” is guaranteed to be the highlight of your weekend.

Richmond singer Christine Hall will play 1860s singer Jenny Lind in the Victorian Valentine’s Vaudeville Show.

Logan actress Rebecca Gee will play Maude Adams, a vaudeville star who was from Brigham City. Adams was the first actress from Utah to star on Broadway.

‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ EVEN BRIDES S for Seven Brothers” will play at 7:30 p.m.

every Friday, Saturday and Monday, Feb. 19 through April 3, at the Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 E. 4700 South, Ogden. Tickets are $12 and $10 for adults and $9 and $7 for children; seniors and students receive a $1 discount. Visit www.terraceplayhouse. com for reservations or more information or call 801-3930070. “Goin’ courting” has never been as much fun as in this rip-roaring show. Millie is a young bride living in the 1850s Oregon wilder-

ness. Her plan to civilize and marry off her six rowdy brothers-in-law to ensure the success of her own marriage backfires when the brothers, in their enthusiasm, kidnap six women from a neighboring town to be their brides. This show stars Jeremy Hall as Adam and Amberle Stoffers as Millie. The rest of the cast includes Brian Saunders, Jason Baldwin, Mason Imada, Sam Lilly, Aaron Ross, Chase Warburton, Katherine Freeman, Sarah Knowles, Katherine Newman, Kristy Foo, ShaNae Simmons and Monica Connors.

Visit ancient Troy at USU’s Anthropology museum

HE UTAH STATE University Museum of Anthropology will present “Ancient Troy: What We Know Today” Saturday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is part of the ongoing “Saturdays at the Museum” series. Using local myths, instincts and a literal interpretation of the Iliad, early excavator Heinrich Schliemann found what he believed to be the city of Troy in the late 1800s. At USU, the Saturday’s program will explore Schliemann’s excavation methods of the ancient city — including the laws he broke — and compare his techniques to modern archeological practices. Recent scholarship regarding the many levels of the city will be discussed, along with the use of linguistic analysis to determine the names of places and people associated with Troy.

Example passages from Homer’s “Iliad and Odyssey” will be available for guests to examine the words that inspired Schliemann’s search for Troy. Children’s activities will also be featured Saturday. Kids will hear the story of the Greeks’ Trojan horse used to conquer Troy and make their own versions of the horse made famous in the epic tale. USU students and members of the public are invited to the museum any time during open hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building. Visit www.anthromuseum.usu.edu or call museum staff at 797-7545 for more information on this event.

Free Valentine’s show to feature performers from the Utah Opera

Clockwise from center front: Brent Turner, Aaron Blake, Melissa Treinkman, Willem van Schalkwyk and Chanel Wood.

‘Bye, Bye Birdie’ to play at Perry’s Heritage Theatre Where: Heritage Theatre, 2505 So. Hwy 89, Perry, When: 7:30 pm. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 26 - March 20. 2 p.m. matinees March 6 and 13 Cost: adults $9, seniors and children $8.00 Call for reservations Mon., Wed. - Sat. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 435-723-8392

N “BYE BYE BIRDIE,” Elvis-style rock star and teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie is about to be inducted into the army (cue the screaming teenage girls in poodle skirts and hula-hoops). Due to bad contracts, Conrad’s manager and songwriter Albert Peterson will then become bankrupt. Albert’s longtime secretary and girlfriend comes up with a scheme to make Albert some money so he can get out of the music business and marry her. Albert writes a song called, “One Last Kiss,” which Conrad will sing to a randomly selected teenage girl, live on the Ed Sullivan Show, after which he

HE LOGAN CONT CERT and Lecture series will present the eighth

annual Valentine’s Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. This year’s program will feature the Utah Symphony and Opera of Salt Lake City, with selections from musical theater, contemporary and classical song with a romantic theme. Admission is free and everyone is invited. • Soprano Chanel Wood is returning to Utah Opera for her second season as an ensemble artist. She was most recently heard in Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, conducted by Keith Lockhart. Other appearances with the company include Barbarina in last season’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” and Gretel in scenes from “Hansel and Gretel” for a Lollipops concert. • A native of Chicago, mezzo-soprano Melissa Treinkman received her master of music degree from DePaul University and her bachelor of music from Northwestern University.

will kiss her and enter the army. Hopefully, the publicity will vault the song to number one and make Albert rich. Meanwhile, jealousy ensues in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the selected girl, Kim MacAfee, local president of the Conrad Birdie Fan Club, has just been pinned by Hugo Peabody. The show includes numbers such as “Healthy Normal American Boy,” “Kids,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Telephone Hour.” Funny, energetic and charismatic, “Bye Bye Birdie” is a classic family favorite. Visit www.heritagetheatreutah.com for more information.

Most recently she performed the role of Melousine in the American premiere of Lehar’s operetta “Cloclo” with the Chicago Folks Operetta. Earlier in 2009, Treinkman was an apprentice artist with the Sarasota Opera. She has also been a Young Artist with Chicago Opera Theater, Opera North and Cedar Rapids Opera. • Tenor Aaron Blake, a native of Palos Verdes, Calif., received his bachelor’s degree from The Juilliard School and his master’s degree from the Shepherd School of Music of Rice University in Houston, Texas. He won First Prize in The Florida Grand Opera Competition 2005, as well as the concerto competition of the Aspen Music Festival 2005, and was the 2009 recipient of the Brena Hazzard Scholarship in Voice from Muphi Epsilon. In 2009 he made his concert debut with soprano Renée Fleming under the baton of Larry Rachleff. • Brent Turner, baritone, was born in Singapore and

earned a bachelor of music degree in vocal performance from Stetson University in Deland, Fla., and a master of music degree in voice from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Turner’s professional opera career began at the age of 19, singing the role of King Melchior in Orlando Opera’s presentation of “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” • Namibian pianist Willem van Schalkwyk has been a gold medalist and prize winner at several international piano competitions. He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, Namibia and South Africa, in addition to extensive solo and collaborative recitals in these countries. Schalkwyk’s activities as coach and/or repetiteur have taken him to the Opera in the Ozarks and the AIMS program in Graz, Austria, and he was also coach and rehearsal pianist for the University of North Texas during the 200809 season.

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Film New this week

“Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” Rated PG ★★ Uma Thurman with snakes for hair and a killer stare is almost enough on her own to make this Greek-mythinspired adventure worth seeing. Throw in the absurdity of former James Bond smoothie Pierce Brosnan, now put out to stud as a mythical centaur with a horse’s rump, and this latest supplicant for the Harry Potter fantasy crowd has two decent elements in its favor. The trouble with this return to youth fantasy by director Chris Columbus, who made the first two “Harry Potter” flicks, is that for every worthwhile moment, there’s a clunker merely filling up time, or worse, wasting it. Based on the first book in Rick Riordan’s fantasy series, the movie stars Logan Lerman as Percy, a teen who learns he’s the demigod son of Poseidon, lord of the sea. Falsely accused of stealing boss god Zeus’ lightning bolt, Percy travels America with two fellow young heroes (Brandon T. Jackson and Alexandra Daddario) to save his mom (Catherine Keener) from the underworld and recover Zeus’ bolt. The fitful movie has OK action and effects, but it lacks spark. With Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd. PG for action violence and

peril, some scary images and suggestive material, and mild language. 119 minutes. “Valentine’s Day” Rated PG-13 ★1⁄2 Gauzily wrapped in stars and roses, Garry Marshall’s “Valentine’s Day” is exactly what it professes to be: an overdose of sentimentality. A Hallmark card of a film, it’s a calculated ploy of comfortable predictability and general cheerfulness. The stars spill out as if from a clown car. They’re too numerous to name, but Ashton Kutcher, as a florist, is at the center. Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Taylor Swift (in her feature film debut) and many others find various forms of love on one eventful Valentine’s Day in Los Angeles. Like real Hollywood, there’s plenty of musical chairs. Marshall (“Pretty Woman,” ‘’Runaway Bride”) juggles the many overlapping story lines successfully, but the film is remarkably, sometimes nauseatingly overstuffed. It also might boast the most shirtless dudes in a movie since “300.” PG-13 for some sexual material and brief partial nudity. 121 minutes.

Still playing “Dear John” Rated PG-13 ★★ The movie is called “Dear John,” and, yes, there’s a character named John and, yes, he’s a soldier who, sure enough, receives dozens of letters from his sweetheart back home, including one emotionally wrought missive that begins “Dear John” and ends with him vowing to permanently switch to e-mail. And because this earnest romance comes from a Nicholas Sparks novel, death and disappointment hover over the events, ready to strike — and strike often. For Sparks, grief is good. Maybe greed, too, given the number of times he has recycled the same themes. “Dear John” opens with its soldier being wounded in the line of fire. Then the way-back machine takes us to a happier time when John (Channing Tatum) met

“Avatar” Rated PG-13 ★★1⁄2 James Cameron’s 3-D epic has all the smack of a Film Not To Miss — a movie whose effects are clearly revolutionary, a spectacle that millions will find adventure in. But it nevertheless feels unsatisfying and somehow lacks the pulse of a truly alive film. The plot is a little like the American frontier circa the 1800s, only transposed to the year 2154 on the faraway moon Pandora, the home of Native American-like, aqua blue, 10-foot tall creatures called the Na’vi. Arriving are imperialistic humans to plunder, and scientists to study. Dr. Grace Augus-

tine (Sigourney Weaver) leads a team that explores in Na’vi bodies, avatars, controlled remotely. A sense of discovery — of Cameron’s digital world of Pandora, of the impressive technofilmmaking — makes “Avatar” often thrilling. The environmentalist and anti-war messages resonate with contemporary troubles, but they also seem odd coming from such a swaggering behemoth of a movie. One senses Cameron’s zest lies in the battle, not in peace. With Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana. PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking. 161 min.

Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) in the spring of 2001. John is on leave from his Special Forces unit, visiting his father in South Carolina. Savannah is home on spring break, helping a family rebuild its hurricane-damaged house. He’s broody and shirtless. She’s bubbly and pure. He has a dark past. She doesn’t drink or smoke, though she does curse “in her mind.” Sure, it sounds corny. But director Lasse Hallstrom (“Chocolat”) and screenwriter Jamie Linden give the whirlwind romance an appealing, straightforward decency, and Tatum and Seyfried click rather effortlessly. They’re not Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams from “The Notebook,” but they’ll do. PG13 for some sensuality and violence. 102 min.

Meyers. The Rock needn’t worry about his day job. With a shaved head, thick goatee and a leather jacket, Travolta resembles a biker from Soho. He’s Charlie Wax, a brutal but chatty CIA agent. Meyers is James Reese, an aspiring spy who’s teamed with Wax in a race to prevent a terrorist plot. Rhys, more hollow-cheeked model than gun-totting tough, plays Reese as quickly adapting to the carnage — he’s from a hard New York neighborhood, after all, he boasts. (One foresees South Bronx crowds cackling in the theaters.) The bodies pile up, but “Paris” never feels like anything more than action movie dress-up. R for bloody violence throughout, drug content, pervasive language and brief sexuality. 95 min.

“From Paris With Love” Rated R ★ As 2008’s “Taken” turned Liam Neeson into an action star, director Pierre Model again attempts the feat with two distinctly un-tough actors: John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys

“When in Rome” Rated PG-13 ★1⁄2 A vehicle to turn Kristen Bell into the latest romantic comedy star, “When in Rome” is a poor coming-out party. Bell proved her wit and smarts in the shortlived TV series “Veronica Mars,”

and was introduced to many in the Judd Apatow-produced “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” Though she clearly has many on her side (Will Arnett, Danny DeVito, Jon Heder and her real-life squeeze Dax Shepard all play stalkers under a spell in the film), her charisma is stifled by the cliche when-willI-ever-get-married story. She plays a Guggenheim Museum curator who is cursed when she steals five coins tossed into a fountain in Rome. While she is harassed by Arnett et al., a real suitor (Josh Duhamel) pursues her. Dashing and klutzy, Duhamel generally comes off as better than the material. The finest moments of the film are his well-timed pratfalls. It’s that slapstick that suggests where “When in Rome” might have gone: more screwball and less rom-com. PG-13 for some suggestive content. 117 min. “Sherlock Holmes” Rated PG-13 ★★★ Robert Downey Jr. is so NOT Sherlock Holmes. That’s not a hindrance — in fact, it’s a big help — as he and Guy Ritchie bring Arthur Conan Doyle’s Victorian-age detective into the modern world. Enough of the trappings are left in their brawn-over-brain action romp to make Downey a reasonably faithful embodiment of Holmes. And of course, this is Downey, whose career resurgence rests on his ability to make the most unlikely role his own. The movie’s big failing is the drab story, a bit of nonsense revolving around a secret society and potentially supernatural doings. But Ritchie compensates with exhilarating action, and the movie offers engaging interplay among Downey and Jude Law as Holmes’ sidekick Watson, Rachel McAdams as the woman in the detective’s life, Eddie Marsan as Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade and Mark Strong as the bad guy. PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some startling images and a scene of suggestive material. 129 min. — All Reviews by The Associated PRess

HE NEW Wolfman” film, a remake of the 1941 film of the same name, is a movie that hasn’t forgotten its roots, but may have been good to do so just a little bit. It does have a fun, slightly campy feel, but the story is mired in predictability. Bencio Del Toro (“Sin City”) plays stage actor Lawrence Talbot. He’s come back home to his father’s estate set deep in the English countryside in the 1800s. Lawrence’s brother has died under mysterious circumstances, and he’s there to investigate. Lawrence’s father, Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins) is a lonely old man still reeling after the death of his wife some 30-odd years ago. The Talbot estate is old and dilapidated. Cobwebs fill the house. You would swear no one lives there, but Sir John does. What kind of person can live in such a fine house but exist in such squalor? It’s fairly unsettling, but for good reason. When Lawrence finds out that his brother may have been killed by something that’s not human, something possibly supernatural, he goes to find the local band of gypsies. It doesn’t matter which movie, gypsies are always the be-all and end-all when it comes to knowledge of the supernatural. While Lawrence is interviewing a gypsy woman about what may have happened to his brother, the encampment is attacked by an animal. Well, we all know what it is; it’s a

The Reel Place By Aaron Peck

★★★ “The Wolfman” Rated R

werewolf. It rips people limb from limb. It eviscerates villagers with a single swipe of its claws. It even ends up biting Lawrence, who is now doomed to a werewolf’s fate. This remake of the classic horror film has plenty of campy value to it, and the filmmakers should be applauded for not going overboard on the CG effects. CG is used at times, but it isn’t overused. The werewolf looks genuine, not like the ridiculous fakery portrayed in a movie like “Van Helsing.” The film, overall, lacks suspense though. Far too much of the movie is spent on false scares and jump-starts that have grown so cliché when it comes to horror movies.

Something is lurking around the corner, but the character on screen takes forever to walk down the hall, the music is building to a crescendo, and BOOM, something “scary” happens. The reason we jump is because the soundtrack is pumped up to ultra-max volume and our ears just can’t handle the sudden jolt of noise. Where “The Wolfman” really shines is in its performances. The story is predictable and sedentary, but the performances from Del Toro, Hopkins, and even Emily Blunt are the reason for watching the film. Del Toro is at his best when he’s playing a brooding, sullen man, and no one is more brooding than

Lawrence Talbot. Hopkins gives another fine performance as a conniving scoundrel who you never know if you can trust or not. While there’s nothing new offered during this recent incarnation of a Hollywood horror classic, it does provide a dark, foreboding experience that is actually fun at the same time.

Film critic Aaron Peck has a bachelor’s degree in English from USU. He also writes for BlogCritics.org, HighDefDigest. com, and is starting up a new movie Web site called TheReelPlace.com. Feedback at aaronpeck46@gmail.com.

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Enjoyable performances deliver ‘Wolfman’

Every Saturday and Sunday, Ut Classic Films showcases mov have endured the year Utah Festival Opera’s Robert Miller updates the marquee with the upcoming shows in its Classic Films series at the Utah Theatre in Logan. Due to renovation work at the theater, the movies are being shown at the Dansante Building.

Rick Smith prepares the popcorn for Utah Festival Opera’s classic films series showing of Yentl in Logan Friday.

hey just don’t make ‘em like they used to. where this can happen. Utah Theatre Cla With Oscar season just around the corhas resumed showing classic films. Whil ner, Hollywood is going to be debating actual Utah Theatre is still under renovat what film is this year’s best, but one thing company has converted its theater at the that won’t be debated is that some of the best films (pronounced don-saunt), and for any true of all time weren’t made this year. In fact, most of fan, that is “an offer he can’t refuse.” them weren’t even made this decade. The Dansante, located at 59 S. 100 We Talk to any classic movie lover and they will tell Logan, has been renovated and fitted to p you that movies these days lack sic films on the big sc a certain flair that transformed The projector and spe films of the past into classics. that were at the Utah These are There is something about the way have been brought ov Cary Grant stood on that corner in theater can continue t great films that “North By Northwest” or the way classic films. Not onl Humphrey Bogart walked off into technical equipment h are worth seethe fog at the end of “Casablanca” been upgraded, creati ing on a big that brings chills to any classic ter, more natural mov movie fan, a certain quality that ence. screen is unmatched in today’s movies, “We weren’t sure th no matter how many millions of could make it work h dollars they spend on high-tech we decided to give it special effects. Classic Films manager Robert Miller sai It is only in these classic films that you get it has been pretty successful. Some films enduring lines like, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give popular than others of course. … We’re h a damn,” or “I coulda had class. I coulda been a be showing classic films again.” contender.” In order to show classic films, the thea For classic film lovers, these treasures and expe- to pay royalties to the production compa riences have been relegated to watching them on the Utah Theatre started showing classic DVDs at home. And even though Dorothy says production companies would send their f “There’s no place like home,” watching these films the old reel format, which was one way t at home is not how they were meant to be seen. maintained its classic feel. Films like these were designed for the theater, for “It’s kind of a cool idea to show those the big screen. films on the original reels,” Miller said. Luckily for classic movie fans, there is a place This format had its limitations though.

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Rick Smith starts the show for Utah Festival Opera’s classic films series showing of Yentl in Logan on Friday.

ity was poor, and the person running the projector had to constantly manage the reel, making sure the film strip stayed together. Now the studios have granted the theater permission to show the films using Bluray discs. This enables the theater to use the latest technology, finally showing the films in their previous glory. “It’s definitely easier for us, and as I said, the picture and sound quality have improved,” Miller said. “With the Blu-ray discs, we’re basically showing the original film, with all the detail that was in the original. … It’s much more efficient. Picture and sound quality were higher because the old reels were just that, they hadn’t been restored.” Additionally, the cables connecting the projector and the Blu-ray player have been updated, further improving the quality. In fact, it would be hard to see these films any better than they are being shown at the Dansante. “We try to do our best to make the highest quality possible,” Miller said. “The picture quality is actually higher here than at the Utah.” Further, the theater strives to maintain that classic feel by showing the original theatrical trailers

Attendees purchase admission for Utah Festival Opera’s classic films series showing of Yentl in Logan on Friday.

of the films before they start. It also displays the original movie posters. The theater also has an antique pipe organ on display at the Dansante, which will be placed in the Utah Theatre to provide the music for silent films, just like in the old days. A number of things are planned for the Utah Theatre once it is complete from its renovation. The stage has been expanded, allowing for live action shows. To accommodate the actors for the live theatrical productions, the building next to the Utah has been purchased and is being renovated into a dressing and rehearsal area. With so many classic movies it can become a little overwhelming trying to narrow it down to the few that generate the biggest response. Miller, a classic movie fan himself, says he and his team will discuss and plan out their movies for a couple of months in advance. For holidays they try to play corresponding movies, such as scary movies for Halloween or Christmas movies in December. Recently, the theater has started showcasing actors and actresses for a month. They started with Doris Day and then did Barbara Streisand. For the month of February, naturally, they will be showing romance films, such as “An Affair to Remember.”

The theater has no limitations on ratings but prefers to shy away from films rated R. But they have shown rated R films in the past, such as “Psycho.” However, interesting enough, “Psycho” by today’s standard would probably only be rated PG. The challenge for Miller and his staff is to find those movies that will connect with the local audience. Some, he admits, are more popular than others, and finding that truly classic film that appeals to the masses can make all the difference. “Sometimes it’s hard to predict which movies are going to be popular,” Miller said. What are some of the most popular? Miller says they received the biggest reaction from “Psycho,” which was shown during Halloween, “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” You can argue all day about which movies should be shown — the theater is open to suggestions from their customers — but one thing isn’t argued: Classic films are classic for a reason. “I think we’ve had a great reaction from the community,” Miller said. “These are great films that are worth seeing on a big screen.” And while the Utah Theatre is still under construction — the completion date is not determined — these films can once again be enjoyed, in all their glory, at the Dansante building. The films are shown every Friday and Saturday. For those who have grown up with these films, laughed and cried from them, the classic movies at the Dansante are a welcome return to an old friend. To those that haven’t, perhaps they should try. Who knows, it may be “the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

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Caffeinated wines, herbal liqueurs and sweet wines

Cache Stargazers seek fellow lovers of the night sky

HE CACHE VALLEY START gazers will meet today at 7:30 p.m. in room 244 of the Science Engineering Research

(SER) Building on the USU campus. Free parking will be available in the lot adjacent to the SER, behind the Performance Hall. The meeting will feature a talk by Jeffrey Hazboun from USU, who will speak on black holes. Everyone is welcome, experts and beginners alike. The Cache Valley Stargazers welcome anyone with an interest in astronomy for monthly meetings. Cache Valley has fantastically dark skies, allowing stargazers with modest telescopes or binoculars to see the sky up close and personal. The Stargazers are a local astronomy club that provides a venue for people interested in astronomy and the night sky to connect with other people with similar interests. They meet on the second Friday of every month to talk and learn about astronomy and to observe the night skies together when the weather permits. The Stargazers’ goal is to provide a quality astronomical experience for everyone, regardless of age or astronomical expertise. Everyone from absolute beginners to seasoned deep sky observers is encouraged to join. Monthly club meetings feature a range of events, including talks on the latest news in astrophysics, telescope clinics to diagnose troubles you’re having with that scope in your closet, and discussions about the best way to find and see the splendors of the night sky from your own backyard. Get that dusty telescope out of the closet or the binoculars out from under the carseat and join the fun. For information visit www.cachestargazers.org or email cache.stargazers@gmail.com.

READ AN ARTICLE in the New York Times and The Economist about a drink called Buckfast Tonic Wine. It is made by Benedictine Monks at the Buckfast Abbey in England. This sweet wine, with 15 percent alcohol and loaded with caffeine, has become popular with the younger group in Scotland. There is so much caffeine that a drinker can become hyper and aggressive, and thus the wine has a bad reputation. This has become somewhat of an embarrassment for the Abbey, and there is no mention of the wine on its Web site. However, yearly sales amount to $57 million. The FDA is considering a ban on mixed alcohol and caffeine drinks. Benedictine monks have a knack for making desirable beverages. These monks in France were originally responsible for Benedictine Liqueur. The recipe was temporarily lost during the French Revolution, and was rediscovered by a private man who subsequently made a fortune with the drink. It is still made near the location of the original monastery. This liqueur is my favorite evening sweet alcoholic beverage, and it is made with a cognac base. The recipes for most herbal liqueurs contain many herbs and spices and are carefully guarded. In addition to Benedictine there is Chartreuse from France, and Jagermeister from Germany. Drambuie is an example of whiskeyflavored liqueur from Scotland, and Cointreau is one of many fruit liqueurs. Baileys Irish Cream represents that style, and Kahlua is a well-known coffee-based liqueur made in Mexico. Most of these liqueurs are in the range of 40 percent alcohol and should be sipped slowly or mixed in cocktails. They are all available in the Logan Liquor Store in the 375 cc and 750 cc sizes, with prices ranging from $20 to $40 for the large bottle. There are only two varietals that can yield delicious high-quality wines that range from super sweet to exceedingly dry. These are the

Cache Wines By William Moore

Palomino and Riesling grapes. The Palomino grape in Spain is the source of most of the sherries ranging from dry fino to the sweet cream. At the beginning of fermentation a split is made to yield either fino or oloroso styles wines. An extremely sweet sherry is made from the Pedro Ximinex grape. There are examples in our local store of all of these wines. The Lustau brand is known for high quality. True Riesling wines from Alsace or Australia tend to be quite dry, while German Riesling wines are sweeter and less alcoholic. The very sweet Riesling wines are late harvested. There is a 2007 Covey Run Late Harvest Riesling, at $11.99 that Wine Spectator rates at 88. I have not tasted this wine, but know that it will be quite sweet and not to my taste. Examples of the dry Riesling are the 2008 Jacob’s Creek Riesling Reserve, at $12.99 from Australia, and the 2007 Trimbach Riesling, at $17.88 from Alsace. The popular Magnus Riesling from Austra-

Recommended F 2007 Covey Run

Late Harvest Riesling at $11.99 F 2007 Trimbach Riesling at $17.88 F 2008 Jacob’s Creek Riesling Reserve at $12.99 F 2007 Burgans Albarino at $ 12.99 F 2007 Mas Donis Barrica at $11.99 F 2005 Hecula Monastrell at $9.99 F 2006 Monte Antico Rosso at $11.99 F 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo Malbec at $14.99 F 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo Rosé at $12.00 F 2008 Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough at $13.99

lia is sold out. I have never had an American Riesling that matches the quality of Alsatian or Australian Rieslings. I have continued to buy the 2007 Burgans Albarino, at $12.99 from western Spain. This golden-colored wine with floral and mineral character goes well with a variety of foods. I have enjoyed it with chicken breast and spanakopita. A Spanish wine that I liked very much is back with the 2007 Mas Donis Barrica, at $11.99. The wine is a blend of predominately Grenache with Syrah and is aged in oak for eight months. This is a classic Grenache wine, deep in color and loaded with berry flavors. Another Spanish favorite that will soon be gone is the 2005 Hecula Monastrell, at $9.99. This dark red wine was served with a classic vegetarian pizza made from scratch with homemade pesto and tomato sauce. The thin crust pizza was topped with grated cheese. It was a combination pizza and wine to remember. Other wines consumed this month and recommended include

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Help,” by Kathryn Stockett 2. “The Lost Symbol,” by Dan Brown 3. “Kisser,” by Stuart Woods 4. “Blood Ties,” by Kay Hooper 5. “The First Rule,” by Robert Crais HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “Game Change,” by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin 2. “I am Ozzy,” by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres 3. “The Politician,” by Andrew Young 4. “Committed,” by Elizabeth Gilbert 5. “Have a Little Faith,” by Mitch Albom CHILDREN’S BOOKS 1. “The Lion and the Mouse,” by Jerry Pinkney 2. “I Am Going!” written and illustrated by Mo Willems 3. “All the World,” by Liz Garton Scanlon. Illustrated by Marla Frazee 4. “Amelia Bedelia’s First Valentine,” by Herman Parish 5. “Waddle!” written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. “The Blind Side,” by Michael Lewis 2. “The Lost City of Z,” by David Grann 3. “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 4. “A People’s History of the United States,” by Howard Zinn 5. “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea,” by Chelsea Handler

the 2006 Monte Antico Rosso, at $11.99. This a highly rated super Tuscan blend. From Argentina there is the excellent 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo Malbec, at $14.99, and the 2008 Crios de Susana Balbo Rosé, at $12.00. Finally, from New Zealand there is the citrus and mineral flavored 2008 Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough, at $13.99 William Moore is retired from the Utah State University chemistry and biochemistry department and currently lives in Smithfield. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback at wmoore3136@ msn.com.

Le Nonne’s Jazz and Cocktail Wednesdays Where: Le Nonne, 129 N. 100 East, Logan When: 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday

Le Nonne restaurant has begun its weekly jazz and cocktail Wednesdays, featuring the John Gudmundson Quartet. In addition to its regular menu, the restaurant will also feature a selection of crepes on Wednesday nights.

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Strawberry frosting, glazed ham, pan-fried fish Tastes and love mature together By Lael Gilbert

HEN I THINK about foods that say “amour,” I think about the avocado. Its availability is an exotic luxury in frigid Cache Valley. This bulbous fruit has a creamy texture and flesh that undulates between deep and pale green. A ripe strip of buttery avocado spread on a crisp baguette stippled with a sharp accent of freshly ground black peppercorn is positively sensual. I’m not alone. Along with bananas, almonds, oysters and eggs to name a few, the avocado has long been linked with passion. The Spanish, in fact, found the avocados from the New World so obscene that they were shunned by decent folk. There is no science behind the association — in fact many foods thought to be aphrodisiacs are thus categorized because of their similarity to the shape of various parts of the human anatomy. Our brains are that simple. That isn’t saying that the avocado isn’t good for you. The fruit is loaded with folic acid, B6 and potassium, and although it has some fat, it has no cholesterol, making it good for your heart. And a healthy heart never hurt any relationship. But as any country song can tell you, true love takes more than cardiovascular health. It takes the right menu.

Food is kind of a control thing. From are past the intense, light, beautiful but the very beginning of life you get to unsubstantial menu of dating. That was choose what goes into your mouth. You the day of chocolate souffle, coconut seek out what tastes good and reject shrimp, and curried wild salmon. The what you dislike. You like Cheetoes. food of dating is rich, spicy, elaborate You don’t like peanut and fleeting. You darbutter. It is part of the ingly eat things that We don’t eat definition of who you aren’t supposed to be are. consumed: rose petmuch strawberr y frosting anymore. Then you meet als with couscous or somebody. She loves pancakes at dinner. It We don’t need it. We peanut butter. She is intoxicating, but it have moved beyond cooks Ethiopian food. can’t last. You need the strawberry frostShe doesn’t eat prosome fiber. ing stage of our relacessed flour. What do Those happy souls tionship. We are past you do? Love is about who move beyond the intense, light, sharing. You share the strawberry frostbeautiful but yourself, you share ing stage enter what unsubstantial your possessions and I like to call the spinmenu of dating. you share your meals. ach ravioli stage of Being open to new love. This is where experience is an essensharing and learntial part of love, and food can play a big ing become central. Passion no longer part. spits with the vengeance of a deep When I think about love, I also think fryer. It simmers. Things don’t always about strawberry frosting. My husband come naturally. You learn to meet the is ... shall we say ... “particular” about needs of your companion, you explore his food. When we were dating, we limits, you shed baggage, you hurdle stopped by the grocery store to pick up obstacles, you learn to compromise. some ingredients for cupcakes. I chose The first time you try to form a ravioli my favorite — lovely pale pink strawit isn’t perfect. A little ricotta squirts out berry frosting. He looked at the conat one end. There are flecks of spinach tainer and made barfing noises. I burst stuck in the dough. It is shaped like a into tears and ran to the car. cow’s udder. But you keep trying, and A few months later, he made a dinner it gets better and better. And you savor for me. He presented a beautiful pudthe process for the meal’s sake. ding cake, smothered in creamy waves Then comes the brown-sugar-glazed of bright pink strawberry frosting. That ham stage of love. This is when staywas the moment I knew I really loved ing awake after dinner is less important this guy. than eating well during dinner. Your We don’t eat much strawberry frosttable gets larger. You both have to ing anymore. We don’t need it. We choose foods that please and satiate have moved beyond the strawberry the masses. You have the resources frosting stage of our relationship. We and knowledge to put together a grand meal, and you do — on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Roasted sweet potatoes with butter, green bean casserole topped with crunchy fried onions and chocolate pudding pie garnish your table.

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On other occasions easy pasta casseroles or simple meaty grilled burgers fill your stomach. Certainly strawberry frosting reignites serendipitously on occasion. And you make it work with whatever is else is on the menu. Then comes the Coq au Vin stage of love. Characteristic of French cooking, this classic chicken and wine dish takes three days to make, but you have the time and the commitment — why not invest? It is something to be savored. This is the time for good cheese, baked Brie and pears, braised lamb chops and mango chutney. And then the golden sweetness of mature love: the pan-fried fish stage. One of the sweetest exchanges I’ve ever heard came from an elderly couple who related how they didn’t like fish, neither of them. But they ate pan-fried fish every Tuesday for three decades. They look at each other and chuckle. The woman thought the man liked fish, and although she found the smell and texture distasteful, she prepared it and ate it for his sake without complaint. The man had never liked fish, but his wife was kind enough to go to the trouble, and he consumed it with pleasure for her. For three decades, once a week, they ate fish that neither of them liked. What they were really serving up to each other was love. And if all else fails, there is always chocolate. Eating chocolate can make you happy. It’s a chemical thing. It contains a host of compounds including theobromine, a stimulant similar to caffeine, and phenylethylamine, which releases dopamine in the pleasure centers of the brain. Chocolate also helps the brain produce feel-good serotonin, which aids in relaxation. Be sure to grab the dark kind — it contains antioxidants, whereas milk chocolate is just that: milk and sugar with trace amounts of cocoa. Try Logan’s famous and delicious Bluebird chocolate. But honestly, I’d prefer pan-fried fish.

“The Wonders” by Terri Barnes The Seven Wonders of the World I know I’ll never see ld They are halfway around the wor So far away from me The pyramids of Egypt Will stay right where they are Because I really do not think I could get there with my car Then there’s the Pisa tower Leaning just this way Would surely be a sight to see But maybe not today pare But you know they never will com With the time that you could spend And all the love that you can give To your best and dearest friend

You can send anything creative this way — from recipes to pictures you’ve drawn to unique tips when it comes to rearranging your closet. Send it to jbaer@hjnews.com or mail it to Cache Magazine, 75 W. 300 North, Logan, UT 84321

“My Valentine” by William Humphrey Born on Valentine’s Day, She was an angel in every way. Sent from heaven above, So full of beauty and love. She made me happy, All my life. My friend, sweetheart, Valentine and wife. On this special day, I think of her love. And I’m so thankful For my Valentine from above. She is my Valentine, All of my life. And I love her, My dearest wife.

“WinterFence” by Jay Bernhisel

“Heart of Atrial” by Tracy Nielsen Amber heart of butterflies, frozen in onyx, Halo of electricity, crown of foxglove and rose, Delicate wings quivering, ocean blood shivering, Atrial lies dying, on an altar of ventricular stone. Butterfly wings skim icy salt crystals, Green glass plunges into orange warfaring seas, Vibrating chrysalis awaits its underwater currents, Atrial resurrects on a glowing cross of blue shields.

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Crossword

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Elementary school musicians perform for professionals

OUNTAIN WEST STRING M Academy Ambassadors performed for members of the Utah Symphony on Thursday, Jan. 28. The ambassador string orchestra is formed from some of the top second-year students from elementary schools in the Cache County School District. The students worked with the director of Mountain

West String Academy, James McWhorter, to prepare for the event. The orchestra traveled to Salt Lake City to watch Baiba Skride, violinist and Thierry Fischer, conductor of the Utah Symphony. After watching the performance, members of the Utah Symphony observed and worked with the MWSA Ambassador group.

The Mountain West String Academy Ambassadors: 1st Violin: Jackie Andrus, H.Hubert Kim, Rachael Wakefield, Katie Phillips, Landon Keen, Sierra Allen, Adoria Davidson and Raeli Anderson. 2nd Violin: Kiersten Jensen, Amelia Anderson, Olivia Schwab, McKayla McKinnon, Katelyn Wuthrich, Rebecca Larsen, Madison Sadler and Michaela Shoop Viola: Lydia Stanford, Camille Christensen and Maleena Maxwell. Cello: Jade Demler, Brandon Black, Sydney Swan, William Lewis, Calvin Clark, Makel Durham, Joseph Henderson Bass: Justin Skidmore

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Answers from last week

Friday The Hyrum Library will hold an annual bake and book sale from noon to 7 p.m. Friday and from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the library, which is located at 50 W. Main St., Hyrum. Call 245-6411 for information. Jessie Jo Kerr will perform live music at 6 p.m. at Pier 49 Pizza, located at 99 E. 1200 South (across the street north of Maceys). She will be followed by J&L Jazz at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.pier49logan.com Cache Valley’s semi-professional ice hockey team, the Cache Valley Trappers, will be ending their home season against the Utah Dawgs. The game will begin at 8 p.m. at the Eccles Ice Arena. Tickets are $5 for adult and $3 for students. The first 50 paying fans will receive a heart-shaped cookie. The Cache Valley Stargazers will hold their monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, in Room 244 of the Science-Engineering-Research (SER) building at USU. Jeffrey Hazboun from USU will speak on black holes. Everyone is invited, experts and beginners alike. Visit www.cachestargazers.org or e-mail cache.stargazers@gmail.com for more info. Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead an art project at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at 335 N. 100 East in Logan. For more information, visit www.cgadventures.org or call 713-0288. Mountain Ridge Helicopters will sponsor a blood drive with the American Red Cross from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the Logan-Cache Airport. To sign up, visit mountainridgeheli.com or call 752-3828. All participants will be entered into a drawing for a free half-hour helicopter flight and other small prizes every hour. For more information, contact Brett Reeder at fly@mountainridgeheli.com. A series of films exploring the changing nature of American society and the experiences of those who cross real and perceived boundaries continues with “God Grew Tired of Us” (rated PG) at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, in Old Main Room 121. All films are free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Contact Scott Foster at scott.foster@usu.edu or 797-7373 for more information. Cargo Ship Poet will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave., Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 753-4777.

Saturday The Cache Valley Photographers will host an event to benefit Haiti from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at The Studio, 106 Church St., Logan. Contributing photographers and other artists will offer their work and services; all proceeds will go to the American Red Cross of Cache Valley. For more information or to contribute your work or services, visit http://meetup. com/CVphotographers or contact Levi Sim at 754-5672.

Disney’s “Snow Buddies” will play from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the North Logan Library, 475 E. 2500 North. There will also be stories and games. Bring a pillow, blanket and a buddy. Event is free and open to the public. Children younger than 8 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information about weekly activities, call 755-7169. The Logan Youth Shakespeare program will perform “Two’s Company,” a series of two- and three-person scenes, at 2 p.m. Feb. 13 and 15 at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West, Logan. Admission is a suggested $2 donation and everyone is invited. The Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge will host “Bald Eagle Day” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, in the Wildlife Education Center. There will be educational games, activities and crafts. Also, Jen Hajj will talk about identification of raptors at 10:30 a.m. and Ted Steinke will talk about photographing eagles and other raptors at 11:30. Program is free, open to all ages and family-friendly. To register, call 435734-6425. Bring your kids (ages 2 to 14) to the Providence Macey’s Little Theater between noon and 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, to decorate a Valentine’s Day cookie and watch a video while you do your shopping in peace. For more information, call 753-3301. Katie Jo will perform live music at 6 p.m. at Pier 49 Pizza, located at 99 E. 1200 South (across the street north of Maceys). She will be followed by Todd Milovich at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.pier49logan.com.

Sunday Eric Bearheart Hash will perform at noon Sunday, Feb. 14, at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave., Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 753-4777. The Post-Mormon Community is a nonsectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restaurant. Newcomers welcome. For more information, visit www.PostMormon. org/logan or call 770-4263.

Monday The Cynthia Benson Camp of the DUP will meet at 1 p.m. in the Hyrum Civic Center. There will be a lesson, history and light luncheon. Elizabeth Mathews DUP will meet at the Copper Mill restaurant on at 1:30 p.m. Hostesses will be Opal Chugg and Donna Mae Croshaw. The history will be given by Sherrill Raymond, and the lesson will be given by Margaret Jorgensen. The Wm.B. Preston Camp DUP will meet at 2 p.m. at the home of Claire Hammond. A history will be given by Eva Carpenter. The lesson will be given by LuJean Whittaker. Hostesses will be LaRue Koeven and DeLene Ward.

Public skating for Presidents Day from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Eccles Ice Center. Call 787-2288 or visit www.ecclesice.com for more info.

Tuesday

The Cache Valley Gluten Intolerance Group will hold its first “Gluten-Free Night Out” at 7 p.m. at Juniper Take Out, 35 E. 400 North, Logan. For more information, please email CacheValleyGIG@gmail.com or call 752-6231 or 752-3366. Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a recreation night at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Logan Rec Center. Activities include basketball, wally-ball and other gymnasium sports. Cost is $3. Volunteers are always needed. Visit www.cgadventures.org or call 713-0288 for more information. Suzy Bogguss will perform with special guest Hillary Dodd at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main, Logan. Tickets are $20 to $30 in advance or $25 to $35 at the door. Various discounts are available. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.centerforthearts.us. Soccer registration will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 16-19 and from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 20 at the Logan Rec Center. Last-chance registration will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 27. Registration forms are also available online at www.soccer7.org. For more information, e-mail ckhollings@comcast.net or call 881-2906. Trina Thomas will show you how to make delicious Chinese food at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot. Providence city will hold baseball and softball registration Feb. 16 through March 25. No late registrations will be taken. Ages 5 to 14 are invited to participate. For more information, visit www.providencecity.com. Spring Creek Middle School will hold parentteacher conferences on from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. School will remain in session both days.

Wednesday Come join Options for Independence on a drive up Blacksmith Fork Canyon to see the elk at 11 a.m. Afterward, the group will eat at Firehouse. This activity is part of the community integration program. To sign up or for more information, contact Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108. A “To Preserve the Nation” Constitution class will be held at 7 p.m., including a lecture by Scott Bradley. The class will be held upstairs at the Book Table. Call 753-2930 or 753-8844. The second meeting of “Get Ready, Get Set, Learn!” Canyon Elementary’s kindergarten readiness parent training program, will take

place at 6:30 p.m. in the school media center. To register call 792-7684 or pick up a form at the school. Registration at the door is also allowed. Child-care will be provided at no cost.

Thursday The Hyrum Ladies Literary Society will meet Thursday the 18th at 6 p.m. at the Hyrum Civic Center. Everyone is welcome. A Navajo taco buffet with all the fixings will be served at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. Everyone is invited. Adam Gerth will perform with Jake Ballentine and Oscar Buie (acoustic) at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound. Jay from the Macey’s pharmacy will share some of his delicious Dutch-oven cooking at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Come hungry! Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot. The Bridgerland Chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management will meet at noon at Hamilton’s restaurant. The cost will be $10 for SHRM members and $12 for nonmembers. RSVP by Feb. 15 to Pat Hall at hallpaa@kellyservices.com or register online at http://www.bridgerlandshrm.org

Upcoming events The Bridger Folk Music Society will present the Infamous Stringdusters at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, in the Eccles Conference Center auditorium at Utah State University. Amanda Maestro-Sherer will open. Tickets are $16 in advance or $18 at the door and can be purchased at the USU Spectrum ticket office, Sunrise Cyclery (138 N. 100 East) and KSM Guitars (50 W. 400 North). For more information, visit www.thestringdusters.com or www. bridgerfolk.org. Why Sound will host Battle of the Bands: Final at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, in the Taggart Student Center auditorium at USU. Performing bands include Battle School, Water and Walls, Dry Lake Band and Viewers Like You. Admission is $5. For more information, visit www. myspace.com/whysound. Why Sound will host USU Jazz Night with Jon Gudmundson at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24. Admission is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound. A series of films exploring the changing nature of American society and the experiences of those who cross real and perceived boundaries continues with “The Least of These” (not rated) at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, in Old Main Room 121. All films are free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For more information, contact Scott Foster at scott.foster@ usu.edu or 797-7373.

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