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COVER 6 Canada’s Cecilia String

Quartet pays an extended visit to Cache Valley

THE ARTS 4 Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous to feature country artist Billy Dean 4 Logan High hosts annual Concerto Night Saturday at Ellen Eccles Theatre

4 Famous Shakespeare comedy ‘Twelfth Night’ coming to Utah State 5 Renowned pianist

Richard Goode to play at Wasserman Festival

5 American Festival Chorus & Orchestra set to perform Bach’s ‘Matthew’s Passion’

MOVIES 3 Academy Awards take

center stage Sunday night

8 ‘Deadpool’ dominates at the box office again

9 Two and a half stars:

‘Triple 9’ features bad cops battling even worse cops

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

An Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre in preparation for the 88th Academy Awards Tuesday in Los Angeles. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo) Sarah Nematallah of the Cecilia String Quartet, plays the violin during a performance Monday at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR So, even though we currently have only two photographers here at The Herald Journal, in last week’s issue of Cache Magazine, I still somehow managed to attach the wrong name to the right photos.

Perhaps because chief photographer Eli Lucero has shot so many recent cover stories, I incorrectly placed his name with photos taken by John Zsiray at Elite Hall in Hyrum. Even prior to that assignment, John was, of course, an elite photographer, and should be given proper credit for his fine work.

In order to try and compensate for this

unintentional blunder, I decided to run a photo of John in place of my own this week. I certainly hope John will accept my apology, and while I’m at it, I thought I might as well take the opportunity to apologize for a few other things: • I’m sorry that I’ve only seen only three of the eight nominees for Best Picture at Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony. However, I have “The Martian,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Revenant,” which means I have seen a higher percentage of films than in recent years.

• I’m sorry that my old buddy Bryan Cranston isn’t going to win an Oscar Sunday night. Even though we predate “Breaking Bad” with “Seinfield” and “Malcolm in the Middle” together, Cranston just can’t overcome Leonardo

DiCaprio’s effort in “The Revenant.” But then it’s pretty hard to top a mountain man who came back from the dead by playing a guy —Dalton Trumbo — who wrote screenplays on a typewriter while sitting in bathtub. (Although, admittedly, this column might be better had I taken a similar approach).

• I’m sorry to my 2012 self that another Leap Day has snuck up on me. Four years ago, I vowed to do something special with the gift of an extra day. But with Leap Day fast approaching on Monday ... well, I’ve got nothing. To be honest, as a middle-aged father of three children, I can’t think of any better way to make the most of a bonus 24 hours than by sleeping for 20 of ‘em.

— Jeff Hunter

Oscar race to be determined Sunday night

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ahead of Sunday’s 88th Academy Awards, Associated Press film writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle share their predictions for a ceremony that has everyone guessing: BEST PICTURE The Nominees: “The Big Short,” ‘’Bridge of Spies,” ‘’Brooklyn,” ‘’Mad Max: Fury Road,” ‘’The Martian,” ‘’The Revenant,” ‘’Room,” ‘’Spotlight.”

BAHR: Will Win: “The Revenant’s” bravado will match its awards tally.

Should Win: “Mad Max: Fury Road” is a visionary filmmaking coup of a different kind, and, unlike “The Revenant,” Miller’s raging road opera is the definite classic of the bunch.

Should Have Been a Contender: It still boggles the mind why Todd Haynes’ period romance “Carol” was overlooked. It is filmmaking at its best.

COYLE: Will Win: No one really knows. “The Revenant” has the momentum, but consensus is elusive. Panicked voices everywhere can be heard exclaiming “The guilds are all over the map!” In the end, I go with “The Big Short” because the Producers Guild has been the best forecaster in recent years.

Should Win: It may lack some cinematic punch, but the sturdy “Spotlight” is the closest thing we have to a new Sydney Lumet classic.

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Above, Alicia Vikander is an Oscar contender for “The Danish Girl.” Left, Sylvestor Stallone is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for “Creed.”

Should Have Been a Contender: “Carol” and “Creed.”

The absence here of Todd Haynes’ majestic ‘50s dream is a glaring oversight. And it took too long for people to realize just how good Ryan Coogler’s “Rocky” sequel is.

BEST ACTOR The Nominees: Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”; Matt

Damon, “The Martian”; Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”; Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”; Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl.”

BAHR: Will Win: DiCaprio. He had us at “raw bison.”

Should Win: DiCaprio’s inevitable win can be both boring and merited. If only

we could guarantee that the Academy was choosing him for his actual performance and not the behind-thescenes suffering.

Should Have Been a Contender: When did we start taking the greatness of the Tarantino/Samuel L. Jackson pairing for granted?

Jackson’s speechifying, Lincoln-letter carrying Union soldier in “The Hateful Eight” is a performance that will live long beyond DiCaprio’s tussle with that bear.

COYLE: Will Win: DiCaprio. It’s “his year,” as they say. But I would love to see what lengths his Oscar crusade would go to if he didn’t

win. What would he eat in his next film? What animal carcass would he sleep in?

Should Win: It’s a weak year for the men. Can I pass?

Should Have Been a Contender: Michael B. Jordan of “Creed” and 2013’s “Fruitvale Station” has twice been unfairly overlooked here. But what about Al Pacino as an aged rock star in “Danny Collins”? It was one of the year’s most underrated films. (And that surprised me, too.)

BEST ACTRESS The Nominees: Cate Blanchett, “Carol”; Brie Larson, “Room”; Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”; Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”; Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn.”

BAHR: Will Win: Brie Larson. She gives about 10 incredible performances in a single film and has won everything so far.

Should Win: Obvious grit trumps nuance at the Oscars, but Charlotte Rampling tore out many a heartstring as a jealous woman in “45 Years.”

Should Have Been a Contender: Bel Powley made the sexual awakening of a teenager (with her mom’s adult boyfriend no less) seem neither too exploitative nor celebratory in the criminally underseen “The Diary of a Teenage Girl.”

COYLE: Will Win: Brie Larson has this in the bag. She’s a terrifically natural performer and a real talent. But, for me, she was better in “Short Term 12” than in the mawkishly manipulative “Room.”

Should Win: In a strong field, Cate Blanchett slips by because of the regularity of her quality. In “Carol,” she’s both devastating and exhilarating.

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all mixed up Rendezvous returns March 4-6 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.

‘12th Night’ set to open Shakespeare play hits the stage Monday Shakespeare’s comedy “Twelfth Night” will take the stage Feb. 29 through March 4 at the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University.

Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5.

Tickets are $13 adults, $10 seniors/youth, $8 USU faculty/staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information or tickets, contact the CCA Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 797-8022 or visit cca. usu.edu.

“Twelfth Night” contains innuendo and double entendre common to all Shakespeare. The length of the show and story line may be inappropriate for 12 and under.

In the play, twins Viola and Sebastian are separated in a shipwreck and each believes the other is dead.

Photo courtesy Caine College of the Arts

“Twelfth Night” will be performed from Feb. 29 to March 5 at USU.

Viola dresses as her brother and becomes a trusted confidante to Count Orsino. Orsino is madly in love with

Countess Olivia who, in turn, falls in love with the in-disguise version of Viola. Riotous disorder ensues.

“I believe this play carries prominent themes of life, death See OPEN on Page 10

Billy Dean

Concerto Night moves to the Eccles Theatre The Logan High School Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Amanda Kippen, will present Concerto Night 2016 at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

A longstanding LHS tradition, Concerto Night will feature six outstanding student soloists: Jennifer Ban, Emma Cardon, James Conger, David Kim, Hubert Kim and Raymond Li. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. For ticket information, visit the CVCA box office, call 7520026 or visit cachearts. org.

Junior and senior students participating in the LHS orchestra, band and choral programs, as well as those studying piano outside of school, are eligible to audition for the honor of being soloists.

In December students auditioned for a panel of judges, and the final six

were chosen. Their varied repertoire features: Jennifer Ban, MacDowell Piano Concerto No. 2, Second Movement; Emma Cardon, Haydn Cello Concerto in C major, First Movement; James Conger, Ravel Piano Concerto in G major; David Kim, violin, Sarasate Zigeunerweisen; Hubert Kim (piano), Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”; and Raymond Li, Bruch Romanze for viola.

Concerto Night 2016 will be an extra special event, as the concert will be held in the historic Ellen Eccles Theatre for the first time.

The extensive construction at Logan High School gutted the auditorium, forcing Kippen to find an alternative venue.

“I was so happy to be able to arrange for Concerto Night to be held at the Ellen Eccles Theatre this year,” Kippen said.

“The wonderful LHS soloists will sound fantastic on the stage there.”

St. are $13-$22. Children over 8 years old are welcome. For more information, call 752-0026 or visit americanfestivalchorus.org.

Experiencing AFCO’s performance of this eloquent and profoundly moving work will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As a way to help bring this work to life for the audience, Jessop chose to use Robert Shaw’s English translation of the work.

“Shaw is very sensitive to the German textual/musical overlay and at the same time very faithful to the Lutheran translation of the Bible as well,” Jessop says.

The Good Friday performance date was carefully chosen as well.

“Bach initially wrote the ‘St. Matthew Passion’ as a way to present the Passion story in music at Good Friday vesper services,” Jessop explainss.

“St. Matthew Passion” was first performed on Good Friday in 1727 at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig.

After Bach’s death, the St. Matthew Passion was virtually forgotten and never published until the young Felix Mendelssohn revived it in 1829.

Melodrama in Preston

The Franklin County Theatre Arts Council will present “How the West was Dun” at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, Saturday, Feb. 27, and Monday, Feb. 29, at the Worm Creek Opera House in Preston. Tickets are $5 and available from any cast member or at the door.

Visit wormcreek.org for more information.

‘Music’ at the Old Barn

The Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston will present “The Sound of Music” from Feb. 26 to March 19.

Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, with matinees at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 5, and Saturday, March 12.

See AFCO on Page 10 Directed by Laura Lee Hull, “The Sound of Music” tells the story of when Maria, a nun-intraining, proves to be too high-spirited for religious life, she is sent to serve as the governess for the seven children of a widowed naval captain. Her amazing rapport with the children combined with her generosity and kindness gradually capture the heart of the austere Captain von Trapp.

“The Sound of Music” stars Josie Payne (Maria Rainer); Kenneth Larsen (Captain Georg von Trapp), Kennedy Anglesey (Liesl); Adam Hales (Friedrich); Sophie Reynolds (Louisa); MarleeAnn Hull (Brigitta); Kenden Hull (Kurt); Annalee Hales (Marta); and Sammie Dustin (Gretl).

The Old Barn Community Theatre is located at 3605 Bigler Road in Collinston. For tickets or more information, call (435) 458-2276 or visit oldbarn. org.

Goode to perform at USU Annual festival continues with famed pianist There is an axiom that the total is more than the sum of its parts. That phrase isn’t often used in the arts, but it might sum up the next solo piano recital performer at Utah State University’s Wassermann Festival.

Richard Goode is the consummate teacher, musician, recording artist and concert performer. He is known internationally, and he has been on Wassermann Director Dennis Hirst’s wish list for years.

In fact, in 1997 when Hirst first joined the Wassermann and was just finding his legs as a festival director, one of the first names that came to mind was Goode’s. Of course, that was before Hirst learned the realities of assembling a series and the associated costs.

But this year, everything fell into place and Hirst is able to bring Goode — a person he refers to as a “showstopper” — to Logan.

Goode is featured in a

Cache Symphony concert

The Cache Community Wind Symphony will share the stage with CC Big Band during its Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the Mount Logan Middle School Auditorium, 875 N. 200 East. The concert will also feature guest soloist Steve Hunter, who will dazzle the audience on a rare alto trombone.

Photo exhibit in Brigham

During Prohibition from 1920 to 1933, Americans Richard Goode will perform March 3 at the Caine Performance Hall. could not produce, sell, transport or import intoxicating beverages. Bootleggers and temperance lobsolo piano recital at 7:30 Reserved seat tickets the Wassermann,” Hirst byists, suffragists and flappers, and legends such as p.m. Thursday, March 3, are $24 for adults, $20 said. “The stars aligned Al Capone and Carry Nation took sides in the battle in USU’s Caine Perforand we were able to for USU faculty and against the bottle. mance Hall. staff and students ages 8 work it out. He’s been These tumultuous times are examined in the Tickets are available on my ‘most wanted list’ national touring exhibit “Spirited: Prohibition in and older can purchase through the Caine Colsince I began directing a $12 ticket.

America” that opened at the Brigham City Museum “When putting this lege of the Arts Box the festival.” on Jan. 28 and continues through March 16. Admisyear’s series together, Office, Room L101 in Goode’s concert pro- sion is free.

Richard Goode was the the Chase Fine Arts gram includes many of The museum is located at 24 N. 300 West in central choice for the Center or online via a the finest works by the Brigham City. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday link on the Wassermann season — the other con- classical world’s most through Friday, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday from certs were built around website (usu.edu/was1 to 5 p.m. For further information, please call (435) his decision to come to sermann).

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Dr. Craig Jessop will conduct the critically acclaimed American Festival Chorus & Orchestra, along with a stellar cast of soloists, the USU Chamber Singers and the USU Women’s Choir, in a performance of J.S. Bach’s revered sacred masterwork, “St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244,” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

A free informance and open rehearsal, providing insight into the work, will be held at 7 p.m.

Sunday, March 20, at the Logan Tabernacle.

Tickets to the performance at the Ellen Eccles Theatre at 43 S. Main

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AFCO to deliver ‘St. Matthew’ COMING UP

Based in Toronto, the Cecilia String Quartet is comprised of (clockwise from above): Min-Jeong Koh (violin); Rachel Desoer (cello); Caitlin Boyle (viola); and Sarah Nematallah (violin). The foursome performed at Mountain Crest High School in Hyrum on Monday.

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‘A Universal Language’ Canadian group shares music with local schoolchildren

W

hen the Cecilia String Quartet spent this past week in Cache Valley, there was a lot more to the foursome’s trip then masterfully performing various arrangements by some of the world’s most famous composers, past and present.

The Toronto-based group also spent time visiting and instructing chamber music students at Logan, Mountain Crest and Sky View high schools, plus Mount Logan Middle School. Additionally, the CSQ taught a string master class at Utah State University, and put on a concert with students from the aforementioned four local schools.

Simply put, education is a big part of the quartet’s focus, and is something violinist and Cecilia String Quartet founding member Sarah Nematallah thoroughly enjoys.

“It’s kind of amazing because we visited three high schools (Monday), and I was so impressed with the substance of their music programs because all of them have orchestras and they have strings in the orchestras, which is rare in a lot of places,” Nematallah said following a concert Tuesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church.

“In Canada and the U.S., I know there’s been a lot of cutbacks to arts education, and in Toronto. I know we’ve lost a lot of music programs in schools and (also) British Columbia. And so, yeah, it’s amazing (Cache Valley) has this and the students seem really knowledgeable and passionate, so it’s incredible.”

In addition to Nematallah, the group is comprised of fellow violinist Min-Jeong Koh, Caitlin Boyle, who plays the viola, and cellist Rachel Desoer. The CSQ was formed in 2004 and has performed in many renowned venues throughout the world.

In addition to education, the quartet

prides itself in its commitment to outreach programs. A year ago, the group organized a series they dubbed Xenia Concerts, which was formatted to benefit kids who suffer from autism spectrum disorder.

The CSQ was finishing a residency at Stanford University two years ago when a friend approached the group about putting on a concert for kids in the autistic spectrum. The quartet obliged and the concert was a rousing success.

“Even though a lot of these kids really love music and actually a lot of them are musically inclined, they’re often not welcome at traditional concerts because sometimes they need to move around or they need to make noise,” Nematallah said. “And a lot of more, I guess, dogmatic presenters might not be OK with that, and we just thought that was a huge shame. ... So we did this concert and we were so touched by what we saw because, I mean, not only do the kids get a lot out of it, but also the parents now are able to come and enjoy music that they like with their kids.”

Since that initial concert, the CSQ has spent a lot of time interacting with the autistic community in Toronto and working with a psychologist that studies autism, “so we were able to develop what we call sensory-friendly concerts,” Nematallah said. Children at these concerts are provided devices they can use if they need to cover their ears, plus toys “to keep their hands busy,” Nematallah said.

Another recent project of the group is its Celebrating Canadian Women in Music series. In this endeavor, the CSQ commissions female Canadian composers to orchestrate new works that the quartet will record and premiere.

The CSQ performed one of those pieces at all three local high schools and it was well received by the students, Nematallah said.

“I think they really liked the piece and they were curious about it, and asking a lot of questions,” she said. “And they also seemed to know quite a few women composers that are working today, so I thought that was kind of cool.”

While at the local schools, the CSQ spent time performing, teaching the students rehearsal techniques and answering questions. Nematallah said the group also “talked to them a little about the business of being a (professional) musician.”

“We always hope we were able to share with them a little bit of what music can bring to our lives,” she said.

Being a part of the CSQ consumes the lives of its musicians at times, Nematallah asserted. The group travels at least once a month for concerts and/or residencies, and those trips last anywhere from “a few days to a few weeks,” Nematallah said.

The quartet also instructs chamber music students at the University of Toronto.

“We consider ourselves a full-time quartet, so we don’t have other jobs,” Nematallah said. “When we’re not playing in concerts or teaching, we practice together four hours a day, five days a week. We do think it’s necessary for upkeep. I mean, we have to continue to create and to add to our repertoire base, and so it’s a big time commitment.”

Nematallah, Koh, Boyle and Desoer will be back on the road next week. The Cecilia String Quartet will be working on a project with famous recording artist Kid Cudi in Nashville.

Collaborating with another musicians is something Nematallah cherishes.

“It’s sounds cheesy and I hate to repeat it because it’s so cliché, but it really is true that music is like a universal language, and it does work,” she said. “I mean, you connect with people that are so different from you and you become closer to them, and it broadens your mind.”

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Goode Continued from Page 5 renowned composers, including Bach, Beethoven and Schubert. Hirst is especially excited to hear a personal favorite, Beethoven’s “Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110.”

According to his biography, Goode has been hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth and expressiveness, “and has been acknowledged worldwide as one of today’s leading interpreters of Classical and Romantic music.”

His reviews back that up.

The “Washington Post” writes “Richard Goode is one of the finest pianists in the world. Few can match his unfailingly beautiful tone, effortless technical command, interpretive insight and total emotional commitment to the music he plays.”

And this from the “Los Angeles Times”: “A total performance that was a joy in the ear, a nourishment for the mind and an uplift for the spirit. For this listener, it was a high point of the musical year.”

Or, as Hirst said, “he’s the whole package.”

‘Deadpool’ dominates box office with $55 million in second week NEW YORK (AP) — Marvel’s R-rated antihero smash “Deadpool” continued to dominate movie theaters over the weekend, earning an estimated $55 million and trouncing a trio of newcomers.

After pulling in a massive $152.2 million in its President’s Day weekend four-day debut, the comic book adaptation from 20th Century Fox starring Ryan Reynolds as a foulmouthed mercenary again topped the North American box office. Having already grossed $235.4 million domestically, “Deadpool” — made for just $58 million — is poised to become one of the most successful R-rated movies ever.

Globally, the film — now certain to spawn a franchise of its own — has made $491.1 million thus far.

Among new releases, the faith-

based drama “Risen” debuted with $11.8 million. The film, in which Joseph Fiennes plays a Roman soldier investigating the death and resurrection of Jesus, was made for about $20 million by Sony’s Affirm label, which targets evangelical Christian moviegoers.

A24’s critically acclaimed Puritan thriller “The Witch” opened with $8.7 million, marking the biggest opening of the indie label behind the Oscarnominated drama “Room.” A24 celebrated Robert Eggers’ directorial debut — an austere 1600s horror film, rigorously authentic to the period — as not only the company’s biggest weekend in its three-year history, but one that put “The Witch” on course to be “the most successful film of all time with a goat in a starring role.”

It may have been too art house for some horror fans, though, as “The Witch” received a poor C-minus CinemaScore from audiences.

The Jesse Owens biopic from Focus Features, “Race,” struggled to find its footing with $7.3 million. Directed by Stephen Hopkins, “Race” stars Stephan James as the Olympic sprinter.

Edging out the three debuts was Fox’s “Kung Fu Panda 3,” which made $12.5 million in its fourth weekend. The animated sequel, which has made $117.1 million in total, will lose its near-exclusive window of family moviegoing next weekend when Disney’s “Zootopia” opens. That film has already begun its overseas rollout, where it made $31.2 million from 22 territories over the weekend.

“World-Renowned Musicians in a World-Class Setting”

Richard Goode piano

“Richard Goode is one of the finest pianists in the world.”

— The Washington Post

Thursday, March 3 7:30 p.m.

Caine Performance Hall Reserved Seating: Adults $24, USU Faculty/Staff $20, Students (ages 8 and older) $12 Tickets: (435) 797-8022 or arts.usu.edu More information at www.usu.edu/wassermann

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In the vein of cop thriller epics like “Heat” or “Training Day,” “Triple 9” slithers into a darkened world filled with gangsters and dirty cops. There are, apparently, degrees of dirty. That’s perhaps the most striking thing about John Hillcoat’s new film. It’s not a black-and-white world of good cops vs. bad cops that Hillcoat creates here. It’s a world of dirty cops vs. homicidal ones.

There’s indeed a scale of police righteousness on display here.

On the saintly end of the spectrum you have Det. Chris Allen (Casey Affleck), who might look the other way when his partner is beating up no-name guys, but essentially plays it by the book. As we move to the other end of the scale, we pass Chris’ dad, Sgt. Det. Jeffrey Allen (Woody Harrelson), who may recreationally use drugs and perform questionable police work, but there’s nothing overtly awful about him. After that the waters are muddied beyond belief.

A team of ex-servicemen and current police officers pulls off an elaborate bank robbery in the opening moments, initially setting the tension at unsustainable levels. Michael Atwood (Chiwetel Ejiofor), exspecial forces, is the group’s leader. The Welch brothers (Norman

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of society personified. They’re ugly personalities. Hillcoat embraces that and runs with it.

Driving the movie’s suspense is its everpresent musical score, which produces high levels of dreadful unease. It’s reminiscent of “Sicario” in that respect.

The ultraviolence might turn people off.

It’s not over-the-top violence like you’d find in a Tarantino movie. This is inyour-face, unrelenting violence. Why only a few deaths when a bloodbath will do?

“Triple 9” is a dour police thriller. Given Hillcoat’s past filmography, this feels like one of the weaker entries. However, the stellar ensemble cast is more than enough to elevate it. While the script may leave something to be desired in the “what was the purpose?” department, the acting prowess on display is enough to carry it.

powered the core of that movie. Whereas “Triple 9” doesn’t ever create that.

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Using Atwood’s son as a Woody Harrelson, left, and Casey Affleck share a scene in “Triple 9.” bargaining chip, Vlaslov sends Atwood and his are.

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AFCO Continued from Page 5 A monumental musical achievement, the “St.

Matthew Passion” was composed by Bach for a double choir.

It was first performed on Good Friday in 1727 at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany.

Open Continued from Page 4 such a dark side in a comedy but it actually starts in a very dark place that grows to a beautiful, bright place. Our production will visually reflect this.”

Spelbring was recently named one of the 50 most influential people on the USU campus by the USU Statesman.

Spelbring said the show has a great behind-the-scenes team. Nancy Hills, associate professor in the CCA, is designing costumes for the show, graduate students have completed lighting and set designs and an undergraduate student is working sound design.

“This is one of Shakespeare’s most musical plays,” Spelbring said. “The character Feste sings a lot of songs and the actor will be singing live with guitar.”

Spelbring’s team has created an Act

After Bach’s death, the “St. Matthew Passion” was virtually forgotten and never published until the young Felix Mendelssohn revived it in 1829.

0, Scene 0 “prologue” for the play to help the storytelling process. He says a lot of people have “Shakesfear” and are worried Shakespeare’s plays will be difficult to understand.

“My job as a director is to make the story very clear,” Spelbring said.

“Anyone who comes to see this production will not have a problem following the plot. Act 0, Scene 0 has a tableau that will help patrons understand what is going on.”

Life imitates art in the Caine College of the Arts’ production of “Twelfth Night.” The plot is heavy with sibling themes and there are two actual sets of siblings in the cast, Michael and Katie Francis and Shannon and Shawn Peters.

“The concept of darkness into light and following the journey of characters who find themselves in unsavory positions, but discover there’s more, makes the play into must-see entertainment,” Spelbring said.

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Kitfox will perform with John Allred at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.

USU’s Science Unwrapped presents “Life is Short, But Snakes are Long” at 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 26, in the Eccles Science Learning Center Auditorium. Featured speaker is USU herpetologist Andrew Durso.

Admission is free and all ages are welcome. Refreshments and learning activities follow the lecture. For more information, call 797-3517 or visit usu.edu/science/unwrapped.

CAPSA Trivia Night will be held on Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Riverwoods Conference Center, 615 Riverwood Pkwy. Come test your knowledge and have a lot of fun as you compete as a table of 10. Trivia questions are for ages 14 and up. There will be prizes, mulligans, concessions and more. Tables are $200. Doors

Oscars Continued from Page 3 Should Have Been a Contender: Bel Powley’s hipswinging ‘70s San Francisco teenager in “Diary of a Teenage Girl” was a sensational breakthrough.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR The Nominees: Christian Bale, “The Big Short”; Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”; Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”; Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”; Sylvester Stallone, “Creed.”

BAHR: Will Win: Sylvester Stallone, but it’ll be more about his legacy than “Creed.”

Should Win: Mark Rylance made his subtlety affecting Soviet spy more lovable than Tom Hanks in “Bridge of Spies.”

Should Have Been a Contender: Nicholas Hoult. It

open at 6:30 p.m. Visit capsatrivia.org for more information.

SATURDAY The Logan Dance Club will meet from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Logan Golf & Country Club. A buffet dinner will be served with dancing beginning at 9 p.m. Live music will be provided by the Honky Tongans. The Logan Dance Club hosts four dances each year featuring live music, great food, good company and adult beverages. The music is classic rock and country tunes.

The dancing is freestyle all the way. New members and guests are welcome. For more information, call Debbie at 764-5955.

Take a step back in time and enrich your future — learn more about volunteering at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville. We invite all new and returning volunteers to attend our annual Volunteer Breakfast and Orientation at 9 a.m. Satur-

takes quite a performance to upstage the bellowing visuals of “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

COYLE: Will Win: There’s potential intrigue here, but the swell around Stallone is a fitting honor for the actor who’s spent three myth-making decades as Rocky Balboa.

Should Win: Mark Rylance gives “Bridge of Spies” a serene glow. The combination of him and Tom Hanks is riveting: one of the theater’s greats meets one of the movies’.

Should Have Been a Contender: The thundering Idris Elba is the obvious answer for his rebel commander in “Beast of No Nation.” But Michael Shannon in most things is a good answer, too, and he was in grand, imposing form in Ramin Bahrani’s “99 Homes.”

BEST SUPPORING ACTRESS The Nominees: Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”; Rooney Mara,

day, Feb. 27, in the AWHC livery stable and opera house. Join us as we celebrate Cache Valley’s heritage and explore opportunities for individuals and families to volunteer. For more information, visit awhc.org or call 245-6050.

The Mountain West String Academy Ambassadors will perform their annual orchestra concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Bullen Center. For more information, visit mountainweststrings.com.

SUNDAY

at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

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

Monday, Feb. 29, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “Leap Year,” which is rated PG. Popcorn and admission is free.

The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, at 475 E. 2500 North. This week’s movie is “The Martian” which is rated PG-13. Popcorn and admission is free.

Matt Hires will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.

Cache Naturalists meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the Wildlife Learning Center at Willow Park Zoo, 419 W. 700 South.

Logan City Poet Laureate, Star Coulbrooke, will open the program, followed by Ron Hellstern, who will speak on “Backyard Habitat Garden Certification with National Wildlife Federation.” For more information, visit bridgerlandaudubon.org.

THURSDAY

A special Lenten prayer service featuring the USU Choral Scholars performing a portion of “Lamentations of Jeremiah” by Thomas Tallis will begin at 7 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 28, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 85 E. 100 North. The service is free and open to the public. For more information, please call 752-0331.

The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 1, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “So Crafty!” Visit library.loganutah.org for more information.

Hillkat Johnson will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28,

WEDNESDAY

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures, a nonprofit that serves individuals with disabilities, will host a ski day beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 3. Call 713-0288 to register.

“Carol”; Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”; Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”; Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs.”

BAHR: Will Win: Alicia Vikander, for giving a soul to “The Danish Girl.”

Should Win: Alicia Vikander, for “The Danish Girl,” sure, but also as a secret nod to the scope of her work this year in both “Ex Machina” and “Testament of Youth.” I swear, Jake and I did not plan this.

Should Have Been a Contender: There are few performances that have moved, entertained, and stayed with me as much as Mya Taylor’s sultry transgender loungesinging stunner did in “Tangerine.”

COYLE: Will Win: Alicia Vikander will win for “The Danish Girl,” as voters honor not only her intelligent performance in that film, but a year full of standout work.

Should Win: Vikander, but for her slinky artificial intelligence in “Ex Machina.”

Should Have Been a Contender: Cobie Smulders, best known for “How I Met Your Mother,” ran away with Andrew Bujalski’s “Results” as a comically intense personal trainer.

BEST DIRECTOR The Nominees: “The Big Short,” Adam McKay; “Mad Max: Fury Road,” George Miller; “The Revenant,” Alejandro G. Inarritu; “Room,” Lenny Abrahamson; “Spotlight,” Tom McCarthy.

BAHR: Will Win: Alejandro Inarritu, and it’ll be deserved and an incredible achievement.

Should Win: George Miller, and it will also be deserved.

Should Have Been a Contender: There are so many this year — Ridley Scott (“The Martian”) and Todd Haynes (“Carol”) among them — but I would like to have seen Sean

Baker in here for his incredibly inventive and utterly engaging “Tangerine.”

COYLE: Will Win: The Inarritu repeat seems to be in effect.

“The Revenant” isn’t shy about its filmmaking, but Inarritu’s audacious long shots and ravishing frontier wilderness offer a quality hard to come by: the awe of something not seen before.

Should Win: George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” is a crazy puzzle of a movie trying to stretch the language of film just like “The Revenant,” but in opposite directions: with rapid cutting and feverish surrealism.

Should Have Been a Contender: Andrew Haigh’s “45 Years” earned a nod for Charlotte Rampling and acclaim for her co-star, Tom Courtenay. But neither would have been possible without the acutely observant eye of Haigh.

TUESDAY

Jashuna Sales will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.

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23. Have a debt to 30. Swerve 31. Perm suffix 32. Sorority letter 34. The sun, for example 35. Russian river 36. Spelling’s daughter 37. Sheep 39. Befitting a son or daughter 41. Frankfurter 42. Purple bloomer 44. Macho 46. Indian bread 48. Organ knob 50. BBQ meat cuts 53. Chap 54. Dueler’s choice 55. Bandy words 56. Weird 58. They’re all in the family 59. Boor 60. Cockeyed 63. Shoulder piece 66. “Omigosh!”

67. Nipper 68. Russian big shot 70. Tiny sea veggie 72. Gorbachev was its last leader (abbr.)

73. Damon of “Good Will Hunting” 75. Boards 77. Thick-skinned herbivores 80. Shrub found in New Zealand 82. In ___ of (replacing) 84. Pet doctor 87. 1965 march site 88. Having a Wrigley flavor 89. Chamber lead-in 90. Purge 91. Tummy trouble 92. Of the next month 93. Bridge (Fr.) 95. Chows down 97. Singly 101. Republic in SE Europe, bordering Black Sea 102. Cleans up 104. Fish that goes

upstream 106. Cider makers 107. Man-goat beings 109. Make smooth 112. Basic chess tactic 113. Island in the Med 115. Segment of a flower 117. Golf club 119. Dublin’s home 121. Flatten, in metalworking 122. Tally (up) 124. Foreign money 125. Maple output 126. Blunder 127. Kiwi kin 128. Fed. construction overseer 129. Teamster’s transport 130. Drench

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