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Cache Valley Civic Ballet to perform ‘edgy’ Russian fairy tale, ‘Firebird’ The Herald Journal

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Cache Valley Civic Ballet dancers Hannah Okelberry, left, and Evin Brown, right, rehearse for “Firebird” alongside castmates at the Whittier Community Center last weekend. “The story of a magic firebird, I think, will enlist the imagination of young and old,” says Sandy Emile, artistic director of the CVCB. Read more about the production on Page 8. Photo by Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal

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AFFE IBIS COFFEE found a national audience this week when it was mentioned in the March 31 issue of Wine Spectator magazine. Harvard graduate Mark Pendergrast writes a regular column about coffee for the magazine and has published four books; he writes in this month’s publication that “there are far too many fine organic coffees to cover in one column. ... Recently I’ve come across three other organics that I especially like” — including Caffe Ibis. It’s nice to know some of our favorite distinctly local businesses are being recognized elsewhere. I prefer to patron places like Caffe Ibis simply because I know my money is being fed back into the community, not into a big cor-

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porate office in Omaha. Plus, you just can’t find that kind of quality or variety anywhere else in town (however, I did find out recently that my usual order, a “double-shot milosh,” is, in fact, just a double-shot mocha). Pendergrast’s column, titled “Going Organic, for Good,” talks a little bit about Ibis’ “mountain-roasted” beans. He sampled the Caffe Ibis Organic Cafe Femenino, “grown by a women’s cooperative in Peru,” and describes it as “a sweet cup with medium body, citrusy overtones and a clean finish.” While black coffee isn’t my favorite, I can appreciate a good flavor, and every Ibis coffee I’ve tried is delicious. Most everyone I know gets their beans or morning coffee there, and now the rest of the world will know why. Have a great weekend, everyone! — Jamie Baer Nielson Cache Magazine editor

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This dog is available for adoption! Pet: GusGus From: Cache Humane Society Why he’s so lovable: “GusGus is a cute little Chihuahua who needs a safe, quiet place to build up his confidence. Because of his nervousness, he would likely not do well with small children, large or rambunctious dogs or in a busy home. He would prefer a quiet, sheltered home that would give him the love he needs. He would like to go everywhere with you, and could use the socialization as long as you keep him safe and don’t force him into scary situations. Give this cute boy your love and he’ll give you all of his!” GusGus’ ID number is 2010-7962. To learn more about adopting him, call 792-3920 or drop by the shelter at 2370 W. 200 North in Logan.

Slow Wave is created from real people’s dreams as drawn by Jesse Reklaw. Ask Jesse to draw your dream! Visit www.slowwave.com to find out how.

The thrilling theatrical feat that is Diavolo

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Valley Center for the Arts will host the return of Diavolo, a modern dance company that combines dancers, gymnasts, climbers and theater in a thrilling theatrical feat, at 7:30 p.m. March 9 and 10 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main, Logan. Tickets are $21, $26, $28 and $32 and can be purchased online at www.EllenEccl esTheatre.org or at the ticket office in the Bullen Center. For more information, including available discounts, call 752-0026. Diavolo was founded in 1992 in Los Angeles by Jacques Heim. His goal was to create large-scale interdisciplinary performances to examine the funny and frightening ways individuals act and react with their environment.

In celebration of the Irish season n celebration of the season of St. ISociety Patrick, the Bridger Folk Music will present the sixth annual

Celtic Night at 7:30 p.m. March 5 and 6 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main, Logan. Tickets are $10-$19 and available at www.bridgerfolk.org or at the door. Students with a valid ID will be admitted at half price one hour before each performance. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit Four Paws Rescue and the Cache Humane Society. This year’s program will feature the local Inishfre Irish Dance Co., Kelsey Crane and Logan’s upcoming new Celtic band, Cuhulainn. Audience members will experience a variety of dances and dance styles from Ireland and Scotland inter-

twined with instrumental music, singing, storytelling and sing-alongs. Inishfre Irish Dance Co. has been dancing and performing around the Utah/Idaho area since 2003. Started and directed by Julie Zufelt, the company consists of nine dancers with a wide range of experience. This year’s cast includes Dance Sterling Scholar Kate Jensen, a longtime student and company member of Inishfre. Logan’s newest Celtic band, Cuhulainn, will be performing a number of traditional Celtic selections along with a few more modern compositions. Cuhulainn’s combination of musicians represent more than 100 years of musical experience. Their musical arrangements blend traditional musical form with modern “Celticfusion” instrumental combinations.

Architectural structures or sculpted adaptations of everyday items — sofas, doors, stairs — provide the backdrop for dramatic and risky movement, revealing metaphors for the challenge of maintaining human relationships in modern environments. In 1993 the company was nominated for two Lester Horton awards and in 1995 Diavolo was named “Best of the Fest” by the London Independent and Critic’s Choice by The Guardian at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 1998 the company opened the performance series at the new Getty Center Museum in Los Angeles. In 1998 they created their first full evening-length work “Catapult,” which was commissioned by the National Dance Project and nearly a dozen prominent perform-

ing arts centers around the United States. Diavolo has developed numerous educational workshops, residencies and interactive school concert performances that have reached more than 100,000 students and adults in communities nationwide. The workshops and residencies use specific techniques and exercises to develop trust and teamwork skills. The 10-member company currently has more than a dozen works in repertoire, most of which travel easily and can be adapted to large- and small-scale venues. Their Logan program will include “Tete En L’Air,” “Knockturne,” “Bench” and the return of two audience favorites from their performance here in 2006 titled “Trajectoire” and “Humachina.”

Awards ceremony brings to close kids’ Art-O-Rama

HE Alliance for the Varied Arts will host an awards ceremony for the children’s art show “Art-O-Rama” at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the AVA, 35 W. 100 South, Logan. For more information, call 753-2970 or e-mail ava_gallery@yahoo.com. There will be voting for the People’s Choice Awards in the two-

dimensional and threedimensional art for kindergarten through second grade and third through fifth grades; special awards will be given to those winners. The Providence branch of Zion’s Bank will be providing a small prize to all the children for participating and some of the snacks for the ceremony.

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All mixed up

Cliburn winner to perform for Wassermann

N THE WORLD OF international piano competitions, one event rises to the top — the Van Cliburn Competition. This competition is held every four years and the foundation that coordinates the event has a goal to promote and advance promising young artists. Those goals are shared with Utah State University’s Wassermann Festival, and over the years the festival has been able to bring a number of prize-winning Van Cliburn pianists to the Logan campus for performances and master classes. This year, after slight schedule adjustments, the 2010 Wassermann Festival brings the most recent gold medal winner, Haochen Zhang, to campus for a solo recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets for the event are available at the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, FAC 139-B; online at http://csaboxoffice. usu.edu; or by calling 797-8022. Adult reserved seats are $20 and student tickets are $8. The Wassermann Festival is presented by the Department of Music in the Caine School of the Arts at USU and is directed by music department faculty member Dennis Hirst. Concerts

and master classes form the festival, with 2010’s offerings presented through March. Zhang was the youngest competitor at the 2009 Van Cliburn competition in Fr. Worth, Texas, and, as it turned out, captured the gold medal four days before his 19th birthday. Perhaps a true prodigy, Zhang’s talent emerged early. He began piano study at the age of 3, and at age 5 made his recital debut at the Shanghai Music Hall. His orchestral debut followed a year later when he performed a Mozart concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. At age 17, he became the youngest winner ever of the China International Piano Competition in 2007. Zhang’s Wassermann program will open with Mozart’s “Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330.” It will be followed by “Klavierstucke, Op. 119” by Brahms. In a nod to the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth year, the program leads to intermission with Chopin’s “Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52.” Following intermission the program continues with Schumann’s “Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17” and Stravinsky’s “Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka.” The latter work is a show-

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Pianist Haochen Zhang is congratulated by Van Cliburn at this year’s competition. Zhang, the second guest at Utah State University’s Wassermann Festival, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9.

piece, a virtuosic selection that displays the breadth and depth of a pianist’s technical and artistic abilities, Hirst said. In the tradition of the Wassermann Festival, Zhang will

conduct a master class from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 8, at the Performance Hall. The public is invited to attend and tickets will be available at the door. Admission is $10 for the public or free

for USU students. For more information about the 2010 Wassermann Festival, visit www.usu.edu/wassermann or contact Hirst at 797-3257 or Dennis.Hirst@usu.edu.

A comic tale told only by Shakespeare TAH STATE U Theatre will present Shakespeare’s

“Love’s Labour Lost” at 7:30 p.m. March 4-6 and March 10-13 in the Morgan Theatre of the Chase Fine Arts Center on campus. Tickets are $13 for adults, $11 for USU faculty and staff, $9 for all non-USU students, free to USU students with a valid ID, and available at

the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, FA 138-B; by calling 797-8022; or online at box office. usu.edu. A comprehensive study guide created specifically for “Love’s Labour’s Lost” is available upon request. To obtain a free electronic copy, e-mail jlbob1@hotmail.com.

HE NEWLY T formed Bridgerland Storytelling Guild will

Joseph is back with his technicolor dreamcoat

HE OLD BARN Community Theatre will present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Friday and Saturday through March 27. Matinees will start at 2:30 p.m. March 13 and 20. “Joseph” is a humorous, lighthearted show that retells the story of Joseph from the Bible with

excitement, energy and a musical score that includes many different styles. This classic musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber has charmed audiences around the world for years with songs such as “Close Every Door” and “Any Dream Will Do.” This production is directed by Laura Lee and Marvin Hull. Some cast members include Jed Chris-

Coming up: John Lilly country roots and traditional folk RIDGER FOLK MUSIC music. He writes new songs that B Society will host John Lilly in the first of a series of house con- sound as old as the hills, and percerts along the Wasatch Front, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 12, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East, Logan. Coffee and baker items will be served starting at 7 p.m. Cost is a suggest donation of $15. Seating is limited; for tickets, contact Lisa or Ron Goede at 752-9650, 757-5420 or queen rags@gmail.com. Lilly is a multi-talented acoustic music performer from Charleston, W.Va., specializing in Americana,

forms older songs like they were made yesterday. Lilly has released four self-produced CDs. His latest, “Haunted Honky Tonk,” achieved the No. 1 position on both the Freeform American Roots (FAR) and the Euro Americana radio charts. “Broken Moon,” released in 2000, earned enthusiastic reviews and widespread radio airplay. For more information about John Lilly, visit www.johnlillymusic.com.

tensen as Joseph, Afton Lovell as the Narrator and Jay Greene, David Hull, Craig Thunell, Matt Jeppesen, Cameron Clark, Brett Kirby, Josh Hirschi, Brett Herron, Travis McKee, Skylar Williams and Matthew Baker as Joseph’s brothers. The Old Barn Theatre is at 3605 Bigler Road in Collinston. Reservations can be made at www.oldbarn. org or by calling 435-458-BARN.

present a storytelling festival at 7 p.m. Friday, March 12, at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. Admission is free and everyone is invited. This event will feature several tellers familiar with Cache Valley residents, including Ted Erekson and David Sidwell. Tellers Omar and Lori Hansen will also come down from Idaho Falls to present their special brand of musical storytelling performance. Combining a rich theatrical background and their love of folk tales and folk music, Omar and Lori Hansen join forces to create a unique style of tandem storytelling. Omar is an award-winning published playwright and has written the majority of their tandem work. With a repertoire of zany characters and a flair for the silly, Omar has created numerous stories that have delighted audiences of all ages for many years. His works also include several two-person shows, which are of a more serious note, covering issues such as the women of the Oregon Trail and the Scottish legend of the Selkie. Omar loves incorporating music into their storytelling pieces, using the guitar, his voice and a rich folk song repertoire. He enjoys telling personal tales of his Midwest upbringing, as well as historical pieces. Lori loves pairing personal stories with classic folk tales, legends and myths, as well as stories that blossom from her childhood and her experiences as the mother of five children. Lori has a theater education background and over the years

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has taught storytelling, children’s theater, and directed numerous children’s theater productions. David Sidwell is from River Heights and has taught storytelling at Utah State University for more than 15 years. He has told stories across the U.S. and throughout Utah, and is known for his boundless energy and good humor. Ted Erekson of Providence is a favorite teller from Cache Valley and is a familiar face to many. Ted comes with many years of experience as a Cache Valley teller, and is no stranger to schools and organizations, where he tells stories with his relaxed, humorous style. Also telling at the festival will be other tellers from the Bridgerland Storytelling Guild, formed in November 2009 as a chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild. Special tellers from the Guild will include Aaron Crawford of Brigham City, Leah Adkins of Logan and Briant Hall of Richmond.

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Film New this week “Brooklyn’s Finest” Rated R ★★ Director Antoine Fuqua uses a sledgehammer to pound home the irony in the title of this drama about cops who are anything but fine at their jobs. Fuqua rounded up a fine cast — Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Wesley Snipes and the director’s “Training Day” co-star Ethan Hawke. Yet for all its fine performances and solid production values, the film is a bloody mess, largely because of the body count. Fuqua kills off lots of people in nasty ways with the remorseless glee of a cruel boy torturing insects. The movie centers on three Brooklyn cops — a burned-out patrolman (Gere), a murderously corrupt narcotics detective (Hawke) and a stressedout undercover man (Cheadle) playing drug dealer under the nose of a crime kingpin (Snipes). The decent supporting cast features Lili Taylor, Ellen Barkin and Will Patton. But the movie is relentlessly bleak and barbarous, Fuqua grinding viewers down through his cavemen-with-badges depiction of police work. R for bloody violence throughout, strong sexuality, nudity, drug content and pervasive language. 133 min.

Still playing “Cop Out” Rated R ★1⁄2 This clumsy postmodern buddy cop flick stuffs as many genre references as it can into the ceaseless patter between Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis. They play our paired police — detectives Paul Hodges and Jimmy Monroe, respectively — and they might as well be in different movies. Willis, a veteran of cop films, is our unmistakable straight man. Almost charmingly, he’s actually trying to solve crimes. Hodges, however, is a parody. One can’t help wondering how his partner — let alone his wife (Rashida Jones) — can treat a cartoon so much like a human. Kevin Smith, for the first time directing from a script not his own, never comes close to raising the movie to the level of its buddy cop inspirations. Harold Faltermeyer’s synthesizer-heavy score recalls his soundtrack from “Beverly Hills Cop,” which “Cop Out” falls well

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short of. R for pervasive language including sexual references, violence and brief sexuality. 110 min. “The Crazies” Rated R ★★★ Breck Eisner’s remake of George A. Romero’s 1973 cult horror film presents the perfect nightmare for a flu-fearing times. It’s an offshoot of Romero’s zombie movies, deriving its horror from the fear that the enemy lurks both within and without you and that there’s a very real chance you might turn into a monster. Here, folks in a small Iowa farming town begin acting strangely, leading to a government-ordered military crackdown. Four plucky survivors (including Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell) try to get out of Dodge, avoiding hazmat-wearing soldiers and their formerly friendly neighbors. There’s some unease over Big Brother, but what “The Crazies” really taps into is our pervasive unease over disease, that moment when the person sitting next to you on the subway or airplane or, yes, the movie theater breaks into a coughing fit and you realize you’re unarmed. Never mind the pitchfork. Just don’t leave the hand sanitizer at home. R for bloody violence and language. 101 min. — All reviews by The Associated Press

“Crazy Heart” Rated R ★★★ In some not too far-fetched parallel universe, Jeff Bridges really might be living the life of a boozy country singer. Bridges seems like the real thing in this musical portrait, rasping out songs in the comfortable remnants of a whiskeyand-tobacco-seared voice that you might swear you’ve heard on a hundred jukeboxes in a hundred anonymous roadhouses. He plays the aptly named Bad Blake, a country-music veteran performing in dive bars and bowling alleys as he continues to drink and smoke himself toward an early grave. Accustomed to

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Artistic Director Sandra Emile (center) Hannah Okelberry (middle) and Evin Brown (right)

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ache Valley Civic Ballet is preparing what Sandy Emile calls a classic case of good versus evil, and she’s hoping people are ready for it. The school will perform “Firebird,” a Russian fairy tale put to music by Igor Stravinsky, on March 26 and 27. Emile described the music as “a little edgy” but with the storyline of a fairy tale dating back centuries, Emile thinks people will like it. “The story of a magic firebird, I think, will enlist the imagination of young and old,” said Emile, artistic director of Cache Valley Civic Ballet. The storyline involves Firebird, a creature who provides magical powers and protection to those who hold one of its feathers, Emile said. In the fairy tale, a conflict develops between Prince Ivan and the immortal emperor. The emperor rules his palace with a spell under which people are changed into demons, dolls, ogres or statues. After falling in love with the tale’s leading princess, the prince tries to rescue her from the emperor, Emile said. With the help of Firebird and others, Prince Ivan attempts to relieve those cast under the emperor’s spell. “It’s quite perfect for American fairy tales because we love happy endings,” Emile said. The ballet, which is about an hour and a half, was first put to music around 1910. “We tell it with Stravinsky’s music, which is like no other music that there is,” she said. “... The music is very strong and has a lot of power to tell a story.” Performers say the music is not what they are used to, but that’s what makes it fun. “It’s a little bit different style of dancing than we’re used to. It’s actually kind of fun,” said Luke Anderson, who plays Prince Ivan. Nicole Gricius, who plays Firebird, agrees. As Firebird, she said her role requires a lot of running and jumping. “Instead of being all, like, proper ... I’m a bird,” Gricius said. Karyn Hansen plays the nightingale. She said the ballet has intense and beautiful parts, which will keep people

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Cache Valley Civic Ballet to perform ‘edgy’ Russian fairy tale, ‘Firebird’

Cache Valley Civic Ballet dancers Maddison McAllister (top photo), Evin Brown (foreground, right photo) and other cast members (left photo) rehearse for “Firebird” at the Whittier Center last weekend.

Story by Arie Kirk *** Photos by Braden Wolfe

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Slow is the answer

ODAY I FOUND MYSELF

yelling at someone on the phone who wanted me to actually put a piece of paper in an envelope, stamp it and mail it to them. “What? It’s sitting here right on the desktop of my computer; can’t I just press a couple buttons and send it to you immediately?” I bellowed. I increasingly find myself getting too annoyed at people who only drive the speed limit or those who actually pause to read the menu at McDonald’s before making their decision. I need to slow down. I think most of us do. Impatience is becoming a national pastime. I’ve spent most of my life racing against some sort of clock or calendar in sports, project deadlines and the ever-looming human expiration date. Nothing sounds more blissful to me than doing something slow. Still, I seldom get around to doing those things. I think it means we have to schedule some slowness — which sounds antithetical — in our lives. There’s only so much multitasking you can do; maybe it’s time to schedule a single-task day. I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t even open up a paper directory when I can use the search engine on my computer so much faster. Thumbing through has been replaced by mouse clicks. Though I wouldn’t want to give up most of this instant information, I’m not sure we can get much faster or efficient. And if we do, we will probably just fill the time with whatever time wasters come after Twitter and Facebook. Slowing down could be good for health, the economy and the environment. You can talk all you want about airbags, more DUIs and cell phone laws, but the one proven thing that will reduce traffic deaths and save energy is slowing down. Not from 80 to 70, but really slow. We could even go back to that ridiculoussounding 55 mph that would save fuel and even Toyotas would be safer. “Slow” is one of those words we need to re-spin so it does not so often refer to negative things. We tend to attach “slow” to poor academic or athletic performance. We often compli-

Slightly Off Center By Dennis Hinkamp

ment people for their quick response to our e-mail when maybe a slow, measured one would have been better. Slow is good, slow is relaxing; it need not be ponderous or pedantic. You probably wouldn’t want a fivesecond sunset or a nine-page novel. Some of our more lovable animals are slow: pandas, three-toed sloths, turtles and white guys. I think the reason instant coffee tastes so bad is because it is instant. I like the process of the hot water dripping through fragrant grounds and steam gradually building up. Most food tastes better when prepared and eaten slowly and that’s why the Slow Food movement is gaining momentum even outside of Europe. Slow up, slow down; don’t just smell the roses, plant them and watch them grow. Don’t take a snow day, take a slow day. Dennis Hinkamp suggests you start by slow roasting something, anything, this weekend. 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 dhinkamp@msn.com.

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By The Associated Press

ith his tousled, seemingly unwashed locks, and rumpled, just-rolled-outof-bed undershirt and jeans, Robert Pattinson seems laidback and carefree. But the 23-year-old heartthrob, who attracts throngs of screaming fans wherever he goes, has a lot on his mind these days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not the least of which is what will happen when the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robsessionâ&#x20AC;? ends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If it suddenly dies down and suddenly no one is interested ... yeah, it is worrying,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scary to think that it all might just fundamentally stop after the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Twilightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finished.â&#x20AC;? That â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight thingâ&#x20AC;? is the more than $1 billion movie franchise based on Stephenie Meyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best-selling series. Pattinson stars as Edward Cullen, the vegetarian vampire who falls in love with human Bella Swan. Despite the success of the first two films, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Moon,â&#x20AC;? Pattinson hopes to break away from the emo, teenage undead role with his latest project, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remember Me.â&#x20AC;? The drama stars Pattinson and Emilie de Ravin as twentysomethings falling in love while coping with family tragedy. Pierce Brosnan and Chris Cooper co-star. Pattinson, also an executive producer on the film, recently talked to The Associated Press about nude scenes, being idolized and what he fears most in life. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; AP: Did you feel a lot of pressure choosing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remember Me,â&#x20AC;? since itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the first time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing you postâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;?? Pattinson: I just always liked the script. When I was

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Actor Robert Pattinson poses for a portrait in New York last month. making it, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even think about it. Now that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being released, it comes into context with all of that. AP: I know your two sisters are older, but were you able to draw on any real-life experience for your role as a protective brother? Pattinson: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never really had the opportunity to do that, really. I remember when I was like 6 years old and one of my sisters was being bullied by someone and I came down with my foam baseball bat. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only example of brotherly protectiveness I had. AP: What exactly are these modesty patches you used during the sex scenes? Pattinson: Mine was made out of half a bra and some wig tape, which took me 35 minutes to actually figure out how to stick on and then it just fell off immediately. ... Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re so obsessed whenever you have to do any nudity stuff. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah, I definitely need this thing on.â&#x20AC;? ... And then you get there and as soon as youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re standing naked in front of everyone you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care anyway. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually quite liberating.â&#x20AC;? AP: So if nudity doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make you blush, what does

embarrass you? Pattinson: Dancing. I used to dance all the time till I was 16 and I was at a wedding in Seattle. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize at the time that Canadian beer is like really strong, like 7.8 percent or something. And I was just going nuts on the dance floor and my dad was like, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What are you doing?â&#x20AC;? ... Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been able to get that out of my head. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so self-conscious about it. AP: When are you most at ease? Pattinson: Arguing with people. AP: What canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you live without? Pattinson: Very little. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not one for ... comforts and stuff. I think I can kind of do without most things. AP: So when you travel, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t leave home without? Pattinson: No, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bring anything. I came here for like four days and ended up bringing this massive suitcase and ... Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been wearing the same clothes for like three days now. AP: So youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not into shopping, yet youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ranked one of the top earners in Hollywood. That money must go somewhere?

Pattinson: I bought a really nice guitar recently, which is the only thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever really spent a lot of money on. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only thing. I had my apartment in London before when I was unemployed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this tiny little place and I liked it more. You had to walk through a restaurant kitchen and up this staircase filled with trash and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no heating. I like that. But now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quite difficult. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in places like that anymore. The people outside, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only issue. AP: Do you regret taking on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilightâ&#x20AC;?? Pattinson: You can never tell. When I did â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight,â&#x20AC;? I had no idea it was going to be so big. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know they were going to make the sequels afterward. ... But I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really have any regrets about it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing you can do about it. AP: So no pleasures? Reality TV? Pattinson: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so much anymore. I used to watch things like â&#x20AC;&#x153;American Idolâ&#x20AC;? and stuff because I used to like it. And now, I was back at home in London and I saw â&#x20AC;&#x153;Top of the Popsâ&#x20AC;? they had a Christmas special and five out of the 10 people were reality TV show winners or ex-winners. Now people who want to be musicians think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about learning an instrument, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about doing anything. ... They should have much better idols.â&#x20AC;? AP: How do you feel about being an idol? Pattinson: I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really know if I am. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still just the sort of character that people like a lot. I try and avoid promoting myself like that â&#x20AC;&#x2122;cause otherwise you end up with a huge burden of responsibility.

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Books

White’s ‘Deep Shadow’: A heart-stopping thriller By The Associated Press

WO BLACKhearted murderers on the run from the police are hiding out in a mangrove swamp that surrounds a deep, teardrop-shaped lake in central Florida. Doc Ford and his three friends know nothing of this as they prepare to dive the lake to salvage a crashed cargo plane. Doc’s septuagenarian friend Arlis Futch, who discovered the wreck, is convinced it will make them rich. The plane, he believes, is the one that vanished a halfcentury ago on a flight from Havana as Fidel Castro’s army approached the city. The plane was carrying gold bars and coins that the country’s deposed despot, Fulgencio Batista, had looted from Cuba’s national treasury. Doc is skeptical, even when Arlis displays a couple of gold Cuban coins he found at the lake. But Doc is always up for an adventure. So is his freespirited friend, Tomlinson. With them comes Will Chaser, a courageous, intuitive, 16year-old Cherokee Indian boy Doc met on his last adventure, “Dead Silence.” On a bright, February day, Doc, Tomlinson and Will don scuba gear and dive into the lake while Arlis remains on the shore, guarding their equipment. As the divers explore the lake, two disasters strike: An unstable, underwater limestone formation crumbles, trapping Tomlinson and Will. When Doc surfaces and heads for the truck to call for help, he is captured at gunpoint by the two murderers, who have already taken Arlis prisoner. To the killers, who had robbed a farmhouse a few days earlier, murdering four people

including two children, fiftysomething Doc looks harmless. But readers of Randy Wayne White’s 16 previous Doc Ford adventures know the bookish marine biologist is also a retired intelligence agent, a man who is both resourceful and capable of violence. Doc knows that his buried friends, if they’re still alive, are running out of air. The killers aren’t about to let him call for help, so he needs to get back into the lake to dig them out himself. He strikes a bargain with the killers, showing them a couple of gold coins and promising them riches if they let him save his friends. This is the premise of “Deep Shadow,” a heart-stopping, fast-paced thriller that’s one of the best Doc Ford novels yet. White tells the story by frequently switching viewpoints from the killers to Ford to his trapped friends and back again. About half of the story unfolds underwater. The story is written in White’s crisp, muscular style. The characters are well-drawn, especially the villains, the manipulative King and the dumb, bloodthirsty Perry. White injects a harrowing

complication into this already suspenseful story. Escaped exotic pet iguanas, monkeys, parrots, even pythons have become a scourge in Florida, breeding in the wild and preying on native fauna. So Ford isn’t that surprised when he and the killers hear, and occasionally catch glimpses of, something exotic lurking in and along the shores of the lake as night falls. But the mysterious creatures turn out to be something more dangerous than mere pythons; something even more menacing than the well-armed killers. As the story races to its conclusion, the reader gradually learns that the creatures are huge, fast, venomous and hunt in packs. Ford, his friends and the killers are what they want for dinner.

What regular folks think you should be reading: “The Outlander” — “From the first paragraph to the last two words, ‘The Outlander’ by Gil Adamson moves along at a ‘can’t-put-it-down’ pace with writing to savor as pages turn. The setting — the Canadian Rockies in 1903 — opens an interesting time and world with characters to match.” — Pat Boldt (Appleton, Wis.) “Dreams and Shadows” — “I’m reading ‘Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East’ by former (Christian Science) Monitor correspondent Robin Wright. This book is a must-read for gaining a clearer insight into the social and political complexities of this vital region.” — Paul Sedan (San Francisco) “Two Old Women” — “Velma Wallis softly tells a story about an Athabascan Indian legend in ‘Two Old Women.’ The content is rich, wise and adventurous: a very satisfying experi-

ence. The reader is left wanting to know more about Indian life in Alaska.” — Yong Sook Rogers (Oakland, Calif.) “The Places in Between” — “‘The Places in Between’ chronicles Rory Stewart’s walk through Afghanistan. It offers a glimpse into a deeply hospitable people whose lives have been shaped by intense poverty. Stewart is accompanied by a faithful mastiff. He masterfully takes the reader into a different world.” — Barbara Sklar (Eugene, Ore.) “The Coldest Winter” — “‘The Coldest Winter’ by the late David Halberstam offers striking portraits of the principal players — Truman, MacArthur, Mao, Kim — during Korea, the ‘Forgotten War.’ It’s a fine book and all the more enjoyable because it is nestled in my new 9.7-inch Kindle.” — Bill Snyder (Lancaster, Pa.)

* This week’s New York Times Bestseller List * HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett 2. “Worst Case” by James Patterson 3. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown 4. “Poor Little Bitch Girl” by Jackie Collins 5. “Winter Garden” by Kristin Hannah PAPERBACK (MASS-MARKET) FICTION 1. “Dear John” by Nicholas Sparks 2. “First Family” by David Baldacci 3. “Shutter Island” by Dennis Lehane 4. “Pleasure of a Dark Prince” by Kresley Cole 5. “The Scarecrow” by Michael Connelly HARDCOVER ADVICE 1. “Switch” by Chip & Dan Heath 2. “The Kind Diet” by Alicia Silverstone 3. “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin 4. “So Long, Insecurity” by Beth Moore 5. “... Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1” by Julia Child PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis 2. “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson 3. “The Lost City of Z” by David Grann 4. “Are you There, Vodka? ...” by Chelsea Handler 5. “My Horizontal Life” by Chelsea Handler

Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

Hollywood gears up for Sunday’s big game By The Associated Press

high-tech ever seen on an Academy Awards show. And after three days of technical tests, the stage welcomed its first stand-ins Wednesday.

F THE ACADEMY Awards are like the Super Bowl of entertainment, then it’s game week in Tinseltown. There are cocktail parties in every corner of the city. Gift lounges have sprouted up like spring flowers. Calendars are crammed with dress fittings and shoe fittings and diamond fittings, not to mention countless lunches and dinners in honor of various nominees. Meanwhile, rehearsals are going on inside the Kodak Theatre. All of Hollywood is gearing up for Sunday’s big game — the Oscars. Here’s the latest: RED CARPET, GREEN DRESS: Most women attending the Academy Awards choose their dress weeks in advance and keep it a secret until the big day. James Cameron’s wife, Suzy Amis Cameron, started looking for her dress more than a year ago and she showed it off on a mannequin at a party Wednesday night. Suzy Cameron held an ecodress design contest to raise funds for Muse Elementary, the eco-friendly school she founded in Los Angeles. She unveiled the winning dress and its designer, 21-year-old Michigan State senior Jillian Granz, at environmental organization Global Green USA’s seventh annual pre-Oscar party. The long, flowing gown is made almost entirely from sustainable materials. It’s one shouldered, with a big slit up the side, and it’s “Avatar” blue. “Suzy likes blue,” said James Cameron, an Oscar nominee for best director and best picture for “Avatar,” which features a blue humanoid species living on a faraway moon called Pandora. Cameron said it was just a coincidence that the eco-friendly message of his film echoes the message of his wife’s gown

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A tourist takes a picture of an Oscar statue for the 82nd Academy Awards outside the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Academy Awards will be held on Sunday.

and the eco-friendly school it’s supporting. “We have the same value system,” he said. “We believe that it’s absolutely critical for us to live sustainably.” Other celebrities attending Global Green’s annual pre-Oscar call for increased environmental awareness included David Duchovny and Jessica Alba. MIRRORS EVERYWHERE: Instead of returning to their seats after presenting or accepting an Academy Award, Oscar’s stars might opt to relax in the Architectural Digest green room backstage at the Kodak Theatre, where they can have a drink, watch the show on a flat-screen TV and check their reflection in multiple mirrors. Interior designer Roger Thomas, who is responsible for the look of the Wynn hotels, says Oscar’s green room was inspired by Hollywood’s golden

age. Black lacquer furniture is trimmed in shades of cream and white, flanked by end tables topped with orchid plants and oversized crystals. An outdoor garden space connected to the green room provides celebrity smokers with a private, covered place to light up. The floor inside is splattered with paint, like one might find in the art department on a studio lot. And there are mirrors everywhere. Besides creating light and reflection inside the room, ample mirrors allow stars stepping onto Oscar’s worldwide stage to see themselves from every angle. “You feel your best when you look your best,” Thomas says. Maybe that’s why there’s also a makeup chair right outside the green room. THE KODAK COMES TO LIFE: Just outside the Kodak Theatre, a giant golden Oscar stands wrapped in plastic, wait-

ing for his big day. Meanwhile, inside the theater, rehearsals are in full swing. The Kodak has become an intimate speakeasy, its traditional seats replaced with a new arrangement that brings guests closer to the stage and to each other. Clusters of seats are set apart with a railing dotted with tiny lamps, lending to the nightclub feel. Cardboard placards sit where the stars will on Sunday. Stand-ins wearing giant nametags that say which celebrities they represent walk on and off the stage, presenting and accepting prop Oscars while their colleagues clap. An invisible director guides the action, his voice booming over a speaker. Other workers, meanwhile, monitor how the stage appears on screen. Framed by a crystal curtain and anchored by three giant video screens, producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman say their set is the most

DRINKS WITH HISTORY: The week just started and the Oscar parties have already begun. Entertainment site TheWrap.com held its Oscar soiree Monday night at the Four Seasons, and Los Angeles Times’ awards section The Envelope celebrated the season Tuesday with a cocktail party at the Hollywood Museum. Costumes from Oscar-nominated films filled the exhibition cases inside the historic Max Factor building. There were the military uniforms from “The Hurt Locker,” Sandra Bullock’s dress from “The Blind Side” and the romulan pistol from “Star Trek.” Also on display: Meryl Streep’s costumes from “Julie & Julia” and Brad Pitt’s Nazi-killing garb from “Inglourious Basterds.” The museum also holds such relics as Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” and the first Irving Thalberg award, presented at the 1937 Oscar ceremony. Guests from the media, the actors union and nearby studios toasted Hollywood history as they geared up for the latest chapter at Sunday’s 82nd Academy Awards. HOLLYWOOD HALTED: Hollywood Boulevard — and its merchants — are martyrs for the Academy Awards. The famous street shuts down for several blocks each year to accommodate Oscar’s red carpet, fan bleachers and stages outside the Kodak Theatre. Hollywood Boulevard is closed between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive until March 9. The subway stop at the Hollywood & Highland complex will also be closed beginning Saturday.

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Academy Awards

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Ongoing events Curves of Cache Valley is now sponsoring its annual Food Drive. Donations will be accepted at any of the three Cache Valley Curves locations. In support of this focus, there will be no sign-up fee charged through March 20. For more information, call 752-9293 (Logan), 5635657 (Smithfield) or 245-4734 (Hyrum). The Cache Beaver 11U Super League baseball team is looking to fill two or three spots for the 2010 RMSB season. If interested, contact Deron Hansen at 787-8583 or Steve Pond at 755-2908 to discuss your player and arrange a practice session/tryout.

Friday Bryce and Austin Wood will perform live music from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South, Logan. Everyone is invited. Utah State University is turning 122 years old, and the Utah State blue light atop Old Main will light the night sky Friday to celebrate the occasion. Also, the Utah State Alumni Association will host a Founders Day celebration in the Even Stevenson Ballroom of the Taggart Student Center on campus. For more information, call 797-2055. Stones Nature Center will host Parent Tot Nature Hour for kids ages 2 and 3 from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday. Toddlers will explore animals, plants and nature through music, crafts and games. This program is parent interactive, and all kids must have a parent present. Cost is $3 ($2.50 for SNC members). To register, call 755-3239 or e-mail nature@logannature.org. Los Rasquetis will perform with Atonio Arce (Spanish/rock) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace. com/whysound. The sixth annual K9 Challenge Sled Dog Race will be held Friday and Saturday at the Sinks parking lot up Logan Canyon. Races start at 8 a.m. with eight-dog and six-dog teams starting first. Four-dog teams will depart next. After their return will be the junior race and skijoring competition. Parking is very limited, so carpooling is recommended. Everyone is invited to join a weekly peace vigil from 5:30 to 6 p.m. every Friday on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 North in Logan. For more information, e-mail info@loganpeace.org. Dry Lake Band will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave., Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 753-4777.

Saturday The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing Saturday at the Cracker Barrel Cafe in Paradise. Everyone is invited.

Robert Linton will perform live music at 6 p.m. and Becky Kimball will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. Everyone is invited. Stokes Nature Center will host a family snowshoe activity from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday (location to be decided). Participants will tromp through the snow looking for animal tracks then dig and design snow furniture. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $4 ($3 for SNC members), which includes snowshoe rental. To sign up or for more information, call 755-3239 or e-mail nature@logannature.org.

The Post-Mormon Community Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restaurant. Newcomers welcome. For more information, visit www.PostMormon.org/logan.

Monday The Logan Chapter of NARFE will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Sizzler restaurant in Logan. Dr. William Lanier, a U.S. public health service officer from Salt Lake City, will discuss public health, drug use and pandemics such as H1N1. All retired and active federal employees and their spouses are invited to attend.

A free weight management class, “Reading Food Labels,” will be held Saturday at the Curves in Smithfield. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 563-5657.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a snowshoeing activity at 1 p.m. Monday up Logan Canyon to the sinks. Cost is $5. For more information, call 713-0288.

Build Homes and Not Borders will perform with The Gypsies and The Jedi Hand Turkeys on Saturday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. This is a benefit for Habitat for Humanity. For more information, visit www. myspace.com/whysound.

The oldest Scout troop west of the Mississippi, Boy Scout Troop One of Logan, will celebrate their 100th anniversary as a continuously chartered, non-denominational Scouting unit of the Boy Scouts of America on Saturday, March 13. All Cache Valley Scouts and adult leaders who have been associated with Troop One in the past are invited. RSVP by Monday to Stu Parkinson at 563-0451. Dinner tickets are $10 with advance reservations only.

Cache County 4-H and the Dairy Industry of Cache Valley will host Dairy Ambassador try-outs for youth in grades three through nine on Saturday at BATC. Register and pick up a packet at the 4-H office at 179 N. Main in Logan. For more information, call 752-6263. Registration for Mountain Crest youth lacrosse for grades four through eight will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Cost is $40 and includes a jersey. All players must also be members of U.S. Lacrosse. For more information, contact Spencer Brown at spencer. brown@ccsdut.org or 881-2844. The Utah Chapter of the American OrffSchulwerk Association will host a first-time free music workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Fine Arts Building, Rowland Hall School, 720 S. Guardsman Way, Salt Lake City. Registration and a continental breakfast will start at 8:30 a.m. For reservations, contact Lynette Deru at 801-731-2457 or uaosatreas@yahoo.com. Women throughout the world will be honored for International Women’s Day on Saturday at Global Village Gifts, 146 N. 100 East, Logan. Tastes of authentic Ethiopian foods will be offered from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, call 713-4347.

Tuesday Local caterer Leah Nielsen will teach a gluten-free cooking class at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kitchen Kneads, 1211 N. Main, Logan. Cost is $15. For more information, call 752-9220. Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a climbing activity at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Rockhaus. Learn to climb or challenge yourself on a difficult route. Cost is $8. For more information, visit www.cgadventures.org. Auditions for “Music Man” will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at the Old Barn Community Theatre, 3605 Bigler Road, Collinston. There will be no auditions for anyone younger than 10. Come prepared with a song (16 bars), to read from the script and learn a dance. An accompanist will be provided. For more information, visit www.oldbarn.org. The Sidekick will perform with MinusSteven and Straight Jacket! (rock/hardcore) at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5.

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Wednesday

The Cache Valley Stone Society will host a Learn-to-Curl clinic from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Eccles Ice Arena, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. Cost is $10 for adults or $5 for USU students and kids younger than 18. Wear warm, comfortable clothes and clean, rubbersoled shoes. Options are available for wheelchairs and non-flexible participants. All equipment will be provided. For more information, e-mail tecova@gmail.com or call 760-7377.

Ye Olde Tyme Quilters will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main, Logan. The group will have lunch afterwards (prices vary). For more information or to schedule transportation, contact Aimee at 753-5353 ext. 105.

Kris Krompel will perform at noon Sunday at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli. Everyone is invited.

Bruce Parker will describe and show pictures of his climb to the top of Mount Everest at the Cache Valley Historical Society meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the northeast corner of the Logan Library building. Parker was born and raised in Logan, graduating from

Logan High School and Utah State University. Lecture is free and everyone is invited. The John Birch Society meeting will host a discussion on current events and legislation at 7 p.m. Wednesday at The Book Table (upstairs). Everyone is invited. For more information, call 753-2930 or 753-8844. Logan’s Newsboys will perform with The Delroys (folk/reggae) at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5. OPTIONS for Independence will host a movie night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Cinefour Theatre in Logan. Movie price is $3. For more information or to schedule transportation, contact Mandie at 753-5353. “Jazz and Cocktails” — featuring the Jon Gudmundson Quartet — are served up from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday at Le Nonne, 129 N. 100 East, Logan. In addition to its regular menu, the restaurant also features a selection of crepes on Wednesday nights. For more information, call 752-9577. Relda Sangran will share her “Cincinnati chili” and “cake bites” at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301.

Thursday A Brain Builders Activity will feature an introduction to the history and customs of the country of Armenia from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Cache Senior Center, 240 N. 100 East, Logan. Refreshments will include traditional Armenian food. Seating is limited; RSVP to Allison at 713-1468 or 760-9294. USU Extension in Cache County will present an emergency preparedness class on organizing financial papers and putting together a financial information binder from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday. Cost for the workshop is $2 per person and includes a light lunch. For reservations, call 752-6263. The Knotty Knitters meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Senior Citizen Center in Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, contact Cathy at 752-3923. Susan Lott will demonstrate how to make corned beef and cabbage and poached pear dessert at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

Upcoming event The Cache Chamber of Commerce and the Cache Valley Mall will host a Taking Care of Business at the Mall Business Expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 17. All businesses, large or small, are invited to showcase their business to the public in one central location. To register your business or for more information, contact Tamra at 752-2161 or tneilson@cachechamber.com.

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