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Logan Music Scene Eat and Greet

The Herald Journal

MARCH 20-26, 2015

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March 20-26, 2015

COVER 8 Music fans gather at recent Eat and Greet

MUSIC 4 New concert series at USU to begin March 28

5 Hoodoo concert at

Stokes Nature Center

6 Jazz Kicks Big Band

performance upcoming

MOVIES 3 ‘Insurgent’ earns two stars

7 ‘The Gunman’ earns two stars

THEATER 4 ‘Rabbit Hole’ to hit local stage

5 Auditions for ‘The Odd Couple’ scheduled

COLUMN 10 Dennis Hinkamp talks longevity

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Angela Cartwright, Chairmian Carr, Julie Andrews, Heather Menzies and Debbie Turner perform “Do-Re-Mi,” from the film, “The Sound of Music.” The 1965 Oscar-winning film is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox)

FROM THE EDITOR When my family and I travel, we cover a lot of ground. We visit familiar places, lesser-known neighborhoods, locations that hold specials places in our memory. We also visit literary landmarks, the birthplaces of famous composers and movie spots.

Remember the man in “Only You” from Hotel Danieli?

While in Venice we went to that hotel and saw him working at the front desk.

We’ve walked the same path along the Seine River that Cary Grant and Audrey

Hepburn took in “Charade.” We also saw a puppet show at the venue which appears in that movie. My mom recently recalled a story about my sisters who, while in Philadelphia, ran up and down the stairs famously featured in “Rocky.”

“The Sound of Music” is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. After hearing this news, I had the lyrics of “The Hills Are Alive” in my head for days. That’s not a complaint; I love “The Sound of Music.” With the Oscarwinning movie’s landmark year, I’ve also been reminded of my memories of Austria. During visits there, my family and I went on tours of “The Sound of Music” locations. Mirabell Gardens was a favorite, and we had lunch near

Mondsee Church, where the wedding in the movie took place. I went on one of these tours when I was 16 years old.

Liesl was my favorite, so knowing that I was “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” at the time was fun. Another fond memory is how well my sister did at “The Sound of Music” trivia.

My to-do list this weekend includes watching “The Sound of Music.” There are lots of other things to see too — “Insurgent” is in theaters, performances of “Mary Poppins” continue through Saturday at Old Barn Community Theatre and a new art exhibit opens tonight at Logan Fine Art Gallery.

— Arie Kirk

‘Insurgent’ lacks urgency Second film in ‘Divergent’ series feels very familiar

– Cache humor columnist Dennis Hinkamp (Page 10)

PET OF THE WEEK

By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic

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The future, it seems, is in a constant state of oppressive dystopia in today’s young adult fiction. Adults are cast as stodgy, traditionof-our-fathers types, while (some) teenagers are the only ones thinking lucidly.

For heaven’s sake, teenagers are the only ones who can save us from ourselves.

“Insurgent,” which is the newest film in the “Divergent” series, begins with Kate Winslet as overlord Jeanine helpfully explaining what happened in the first movie. Gradually it came back to me. The problem with “Divergent” is that it isn’t memorable to begin with, so once “Insurgent” starts up you’re left wondering who these people are that you vaguely recognize (unless, that is, you’re a voracious reader of the books). But with Winslet’s convenient narration, the blurry narrative comes somewhat into focus.

Instead of districts, we have factions. The factions are based on human traits, and they are constantly pronounced as awkwardly as possible throughout the movie. Honestly, no one ever sounds comfortable saying words like “daunt-

“There is a thin grammatical line between milestone and millstone.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

AP Photo/Lionsgate

Theo James, center, Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort appear in a scene from “The Divergent Series: Insurgent.”

★★ ‘Insurgent’ Director // Robert Schwente, Neil Burger Starring // Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, Octavia Spencer, Jai Courtney, Theo James, Daniel Dae Kim, Miles Teller, Maggie Q, Naomi Watts, Mekhi Phifer Rated // PG-13 for intense violence and action throughout, some sensuality, thematic elements and brief language

less” and “abnegation.”

Each person is assigned a faction in a strange ceremony that involves everyone cutting themselves with the same blade — blood-borne illnesses

be damned. Except there are a select few rebels, miscreants, uncategorizable thugs who technically don’t inhabit any faction.

They’re called “divergents.” And, as we’ve

become well aware, in teenage dystopian fiction, it’s the ones who don’t conform that end up saving the day.

Tris (Shailene Woodley) is our Katniss-type. She’s a decently strong female character hefted reluctantly into the spotlight of a burgeoning revolution. The Erudite faction controls the politics of the land, therefore putting Jeanine forefront in the tyrannical President Snow role.

As “Insurgent” begins, See LACKS on Page 12

Pet: Zoe From: Cache Humane Society Why she’s so lovable: This shy and sweet girl is looking for love. Zoe’s got a very agreeable disposition, and she is such a good-natured little lady. She would be very happy to find a home and a loving family to call her own. If you’d like to meet this pleasant little darling, stop on by.

The Cache Humane Society is located at 2370 W. 200 North in Logan. Call 792-3920 for more information.

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all mixed up Huntsman to open new series Former governor’s daughter headlines Smiley Amano Concert A new concert series has been established at Utah State University that honors the dedication of a respected and well-loved faculty member in the Caine College of the Arts.

The Smiley Amano Distinguished Performers Concert Series was created to recognize and honor the lifetime commitment of professor Gary Amano, director of piano studies in the CCA, to the students of Utah State University. The concert series’ inaugural performance by pianist

Mary Anne Huntsman, accompanied

by Amano, is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, in the Caine Performance Hall.

The inaugural Smiley Amano Distinguished Performers Concert Series featuring Mary Anne Huntsman is free, but tickets are required.

For more information and to pick up tickets, contact the CCA Box Office located in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 797-8022 or visit arts.usu.edu.

Named in honor of Gary Amano’s

mother, Smiley Waki Amano, the series annually presents a former student of professor Amano in public performances celebrating music and music education.

“My mother always involved herself in helping out with my activities and taking an interest in all of my students and their accomplishments,” Amano says. “She couldn’t play an instrument or even read music, yet she was often my best critic and had See SERIES on Page 11

USU presents ‘Rabbit Hole’ Pulitzer winner hits the stage March 24-28 “Rabbit Hole” promises something for everyone — love, loss, comedy and drama.

The Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University and its theater department will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning play at 7:30 p.m. March 24 to 28, at the Black Box Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center. An additional matinee will be performed at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 28.

Tickets are $13 adults, $10 seniors and youth, $8 USU faculty and 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 7978022 or visit arts.usu.edu.

The plot of “Rabbit Hole” includes Becca and Howie Corbett, who have

Photo courtesy of Caine College of the Arts

The Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University will present “Rabbit Hole” from March 24 to 28, at the Black Box Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center.

everything a family could want until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously

apart.

“Rabbit Hole” charts their bittersweet search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead

them back into the light of day.

“The play focuses on a See USU on Page 12

Mary Anne Huntsman will perform Saturday, March 28, at the Caine Performance Hall.

Logan Fine Art opening a new exhibit tonight The Logan Fine Art Gallery and the Cache Valley Chapter of the Utah Watercolor Society present the spring show, “Where We Live.”

A reception will be from 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, March 20, at the Logan Fine Art Gallery, 60 W. 100 North. An awards ceremony will be begin at 7 p.m. that night, and the exhibit will run from March 20 to May 9.

Artists participating range from novice to professional, including Ernie Verdine, Kristi Grussendorf and Diane Adams, who are well known in the regional art world. Newcomers Jeannie Millecam and Eiko Anderson and many others are beginning to receive recognition for their unique styles of painting: Anderson for her delicate sumi-e Japanese brush painting, and Jeannie for her fresh plein landscapes and scenes of Europe.

The Utah Watercolor Society has been around for more than 20 years.

Members support each other by critiquing each other’s art when attending workshops together and encouraging See NEW on Page 12

Poppins arrives to nanny the Banks children, and with some help from the chimney sweep, Bert, ends up turning the family’s world upside down.

The production stars Devery Jeppesen as Mary Poppins, Matt Jeppesen as Bert, MarleeAnn Hull as Jane Banks and Kendon Hull as Michael Banks.

For tickets, please visit oldbarn.org or call (435) 4582276.

Summerfest volunteers

The Summerfest Arts Faire is coming up in just three short months and we are looking for volunteers.

It takes more than 300 volunteers to help us build, run and tear down the event. There is no way the annual festival would happen without volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering for the 2015 Summerfest Arts Faire as an individual, please visit our website at logansummerfest.com to see the many opportunities available and to fill out the registration form on the “Get Involved/Volunteers” page, or send an email to Laurie at volunteers@logansummerfest.

The Old Barn will bring “Mary Poppins” to com. If you have a group that is interested in particithe stage from Feb. 27 to March 21. pating, please send an email to Laurie at the same email address.

We also have many Eagle Scout projects and Girl Scout Silver and Gold Award opportunities available.

Contact Laurie at the email address listed above for more information on these projects.

Come and play with us in the sunshine, surrounded by marvelous artists, good food and fantastic music.

Festival seeking artwork

Photo by Ian Murray

Dana and Susan Robinson will perform Saturday, March 21, at Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread.

Robinsons ready to play The Bridger Folk Music Society is pleased to present a concert featuring Dana and Susan Robinson, celebrated American roots musicians from Asheville, North Carolina.

The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread, 291 S. 300 West. Since seating is limited, reservations are recommended. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased by calling (435) 5351408 or visiting bridgerfolk.org.

Dana and Susan Robinson are interpreters of the American rural

monies, the Robinsons bring joyexperience. Their unique blend of contemporary songwriting and tra- ful energy to their concerts. Their ditional Appalachian music brings music has the unmistakable sound a deep understanding of America’s and feel of American bedrock.

According to the folk and world musical heritage to their performusic magazine Dirty Linen, mances.

The genius of a Dana and Susan “Many songwriters have been herRobinson performance lies in their alded as modern day Woody Guthries or keepers of the American ability to capture the imagination rural spirit, but that mantle might of their audience. They can make the audience howl with laughter or be better entrusted to musicians hush with reflection as they take a like Dana and Susan Robinson who embody both the heart and journey across America.

With Dana on guitar, mandolin the soul of folk music.” and fiddle, and Susan playing For more information, visit clawhammer banjo and singing har- bridgerfolk.org or robinsongs.com.

The Little Bloomsbury Foundation invites artists, musicians, poets, writers and filmmakers of all backgrounds to submit works for the ninth annual Little Bloomsbury Art Festival, which will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 23 to 25, at 181 N. 200 East.

This year’s theme is “What Dreams Are Made Of,” and conventional and innovative artforms are welcome. Submission deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, April 3, or until filled. The awards ceremony and media preview are by invitation only at 4 p.m. Friday, April 13.

All activities, including art submission, exhibition, workshops, masterclasses, magic shows, storytelling and other concerts are free and open to all ages. For submission poster and guidelines, visit littlebloomsbury.org or call/text 994-9904.

Hoodoo concert at SNC

Hoodoo will perform at the Stokes Nature Center’s Canyon Jams Series at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 21, in Logan Canyon. Doors open at 8 p.m.

Admission is $8 per person; $20 for a family.

Hoodoo is an emerging Americana band, with sounds that honor the past with a modern twist.

For questions or to purchase tickets call 7553239 or email nature@logannature.org.

‘Odd Couple’ auditions

Auditions for “The Odd Couple” will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 26, and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, March 28, at the Brigham City Fine Arts Center at 58 S. 100 West in Brigham City.

They are are looking for six male roles and two female roles between the ages of 20 and 50 years of age. Auditioners will be asked to do a cold reading from the script. Please call Tony Ritchie at (801) 6446923 for additional information.

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The Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston will present Disney’s “Mary Poppins” from Feb. 27 to March 21.

Directed by Laura Lee Hull, the story of “Mary Poppins” will come to life on the Old Barn stage in Collinston at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. There were also matinee performances March 7 and 14.

The practically perfect Mary

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Old Barn presents ‘Poppins’ COMING UP

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‘Cinderella’ is the belle of the Jazz Kicks Band box office with $70.1M debut

to play Tuesday The Jazz Kicks Big Band will play selections from “The Great American Song Book” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in the Caine Performance Hall on the campus of Utah State University.

Admission is $8 for adults and free for all students.

The Kicks Band is led by Larry Smith, former director of Jazz Studies at USU, and consists of USU faculty members and Northern Utah’s best jazz musicians.

Featured selections include “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “Crazy Rhythm” as played by the Stan Kenton Orchestra, “Love For Sale” as played by the Buddy Rich Band and “After You’ve Gone” as played by Woody Herman’s band. Smith has arranged sev-

eral selections for the concert including “Speak Low,” “I’ll Remember April” and “Stella

By Starlight.” Monica Fronk will sing “Bye, Bye Blackbird” and “They Say That Falling In Love Is Wonderful.”

Many of the pieces to be performed were written for Broadway shows or movie musicals and were composed

by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Kurt Weil and Victor Young among others.

The program includes driving up-tempo flag wavers, as well as lush romantic ballads: the best of big band jazz.

The Jazz Kicks Band performs every September in the popular “Celebrate America Show” and played for many years as the “Sunburst Club Orchestra.”

NEW YORK (AP) — “Let It Go” may be Walt Disney’s anthem these days, but “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” might be the more accurate theme song for the Disney juggernaut.

Disney’s recent streak continued over the weekend with the $70.1 million North American debut of its traditional, sumptuously costumed fairy tale adaptation “Cinderella,” according to studio estimates Sunday.

Interest in the film, directed

by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James of “Downton Abbey,” was boosted by a “Frozen” short, “Frozen Fever,” that played before the feature.

Disney’s box-office surge has been propelled partly by the so-called “halo effect” of “Frozen,” a sequel to which

Disney announced last week.

But it’s also been driven by the appeal of seeing Disney cartoon classics turned into live-action fantasies. “Cinderella” follows previous liveaction hits like “Maleficent” (whose May 2014 debut of $69.4 million “Cinderella” narrowly bested) and “Alice in Wonderland.”

The holiday release “Into the Woods,” from the Stephen Sondheim musical, added to the live-action trend, and many more are on the way. “The Jungle Book,” ‘’Beauty and the Beast” and “Dumbo” are all coming in live action, as is a sequel to “Alice in Wonderland.”

Disney has also found big profits in capitalizing on female moviegoers, who made up the largest chunk

of “Frozen” and “Maleficent” fans. The audience for “Cinderella” was 66 percent female, Disney said.

“There is seemingly a lot of appetite for these stories to be told, I think, in part because many of them have a female protagonist and we’ve seen there’s significant box-office success that can come by featuring female-driven stories,” said Dave Hollis, head of distribution at Disney. “’Frozen Fever” was certainly part of why we’re seeing the kind of success that we did this weekend,” Hollis said. “In and of itself, ‘Cinderella’ is absolutely a great stand-alone experience. But it ends up being a one-plusone-equals-three thing for the consumer.”

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with thundering gunshots. There are some moments where the action seems to become a coherent whole, but those are few and far between.

That ending though.

Whew boy! The movie relies on snippets of news stories to drive home the political plot points. While it’s somewhat lazy to leave the story’s narration up to talking heads on conveniently helpful news broadcasts, it’s an entirely other thing to have them specifically spell out the movie’s overarching moral. Seriously, it wasn’t enough that it was so heavy-handed to begin with that the movie sees fit to recap its important points, like a high school student making sure that they use the essay’s conclusion to restate their introduction. It’s so blatant and overtly ridiculous that it’s impossible for it not to overshadow whatever the movie did right in the first place.

best of them. There isn’t a scene where he isn’t gruffly whispering to foe or friend.

“The Gunman” does have promise as a contemplative espionage film, AP Photo/Open Road Films punctuated by heavy bits Sean Penn stars as James Terrier in the new thriller, “The Gunman.” of blood-soaked action.

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‘The Gunman’

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The Reel Place Aaron Peck

Assassins, hit men, killers-for-hire; so many of them try to take up a normal life in the movies. Except, inevitably their sins come back to haunt them. It’s a foregone conclusion.

Anyone who is “exSpecial Forces” is never going to be able to outrun their past. It’s a familiar genre. Cozy even. We know what to expect, but sometimes assassins-turnedstraight-laced action movies provide a few thrills as we travel the well-worn path. At first, “The Gunman” succeeds.

Then, boy does it fall off a steep, sharp cliff, impaling itself on the jagged rocks of its own self-satisfaction.

Jim Terrier (Sean Penn) is working undercover in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite its comforting name, the country is a seething powder keg of genocide and exploitation. Jim has fallen for an aide worker named Annie (Jasmine Trinca).

She doesn’t know exactly what he’s doing in the DRC. She thinks he’s just working security, but there’s a little bit more to his job description. Isn’t there always?

Felix (Javier Bardem) is visibly jealous from all the lovey-dovey stuff Jim and Annie are up to in their spare time. With his constant glowering and shifty eyes, it’s easy to surmise that Felix has the hots for Annie, too. He’s also the one running the operation Jim is there for. An operation, that once completed, would expel Jim from the country immediately. Of course that’s exactly what happens.

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Penn mightier than sword in ‘Gunman’

Carlos Bravo plays a guitar while people socialize at a meet and greet for people interested in the local music scene on Friday afternoon at Merlin Olsen Park in Logan. Right: Lyndi Perry plays a guitar during the Logan Music Scene Eat and Greet.

MUSIC SCENE Recent Logan Music Scene Eat and Greet designed to help local music fans get to know each other

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erlin Olsen Park has no doubt seen its share of potlucks, but it recently was the site of one a little more unique. Last Friday, Stiletto Promotions hosted the Logan Music Scene Eat and Greet, a gathering designed to help local music fans get to know each other.

Adam Stiletto, a local band promoter and the event’s organizer, says he put the potluck together because he often talks to people who want to go to concerts in Logan but hesitate because they won’t know anyone there.

“No one wants to show up alone,” Stiletto says. “Everywhere you go, you know, a club, a concert, whatever, there’s always groups of people.

No one likes to do stuff on their own. So I figured we’ll build friendships, and it’ll just make the turnouts to the shows even better.”

Did it work? Stiletto points out one of the attendees as an example.

“I mean, this kid here, he’s from Colorado. He didn’t know anyone.

Now he’s been to every table,” Stiletto says. “He’s gotten to know everyone. It’s worked out pretty well.”

At the high-water mark, around 50 people showed up to the potluck.

People drifted in and out, and food ranged from homemade dishes to Little Caesar’s $5 pizza. The event started at 4 p.m. and ran until the start of a mixed-genre concert at 7 p.m. at Why Sound. The concert, like the Eat and Greet, was planned to attract newcomers.

“We cover all of the bases of music that’s not going to scare people away from our scene,” Stiletto said. “It’s very welcoming, you know. It’s a good mix to show what Logan has to offer.”

The lineup included alternative/ punk outfit The Rompstompers, hiphop artist Eddie Lion, instrumental post-hardcore group Valerian and indie rockers little Barefoot. Most of the bands were represented at the potluck by a member or two and by their fans.

——— Eddie De Leon, stage name Eddie Lion, says he appreciated the invitations to eat at the potluck and perform at the show. Mixers like last week’s are good for networking — one band might have connections another band needs, and vise versa — and sharing fans doesn’t hurt, either.

“With all the mixed genres, (the artists) all pull in their own fans,”

the potluck is interrupted by a man and a woman holding cookie sheets.

“Take these cookies,” the man says. “We don’t want to take this many cookies home, because I’m the only one that will eat them, and I’ll gain more weight.”

As the man pushes the chocolatechips and no-bakes, another woman sneaks up beside the couple. The woman in the couple sees her, screams joyfully, sets the cookie

De Leon says. “I’ll pull in my core group of fans, the Rompstompers will pull in their core group of fans, and they might like each others’ music.”

De Leon says the Cache Valley hip-hop scene isn’t particularly large, but it’s strong enough that he can perform. He says he worries a little about connecting with the crowd at the mixed-genre show — or with fans of different music styles in general.

“That’s always a concern, but there’s always one person, I’ve noticed,” De Leon says, “at every show, there’s always one person that’s like, ‘Dude, I’m not really into rap, but what you did, that was cool and I enjoyed that.’ If I can get that from one person, the night was a success, to me.”

——— The conversation with De Leon at

sheet down and hugs her friend.

They both scream.

“Don’t set that on the ground,” the man says. “That’s how you get ants.”

——— Taylor Wilson, little Barefoot frontman, gives his summary of the Eat and Greet as it winds down and people claim their pizza boxes.

“Everyone who’s here is just here because they want to be part of the local music scene,” Wilson says.

“And they like free food.”

Those two criteria cast a pretty wide net — and that can be nice in a place where the culture’s foundation is fastened by Latter-day Saint stakes.

“I feel like in Utah, a lot of times, these sort of things happen more along the lines of, like, for church activities,” Wilson says. “So this is a great ‘everyone’s invited’ kind

of a thing, and it just brings people together under one premise.”

——— And according to Stiletto, that premise isn’t fame and fortune. With digital music services consistently failing to turn profits and record sales less than stellar even for stars, very few people enter the modern music industry looking to make it big. Despite authorities’ best efforts, online piracy is alive and well. Even with last year’s crackdown on the notoriously tenacious BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay, people looking to steal music have plenty of alternatives, including unauthorized uploads to legitimate sites like YouTube and SoundCloud. Stiletto says if people want to find your music for free online, they can.

“If you’re playing music to make money, that ship has sailed,” he says. He puts an optimistic spin on the situation, though: “It’s weeding out all the people that were in it for the wrong reasons. So now there’s just raw talent and people who love music.”

Artists looking for ways to get some kind of monetary compensation for their craft have largely turned to concerts and touring.

“Live music is — you can’t steal it. You come experience it,” Stiletto says. “You can watch videos of bands playing live all day on YouTube, but it’s never going to be the same as actually being there. Just getting really sweaty and gross with your friends and rocking out and having a good time.”

And even though the free Eat and Greet was designed in part to help sell tickets, the potluck was more about the unique experience and sense of camaraderie.

“I’m not in it for the money, man.

I like food, and I like music, so I’m going to bring my food, and everyone’s going to bring their food, and we’re all going to eat and have a good meal.

“And at the end of the night, I’ll go home poor and happy, you know what I mean? We’ll all have a good time.”

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including overtime? Or conversely only served 28 years because two of those years you were taking long lunches? I like awards. Give me one for my élan, style or mirth, but don’t give me one for

just being in the same place for XX number of years. Or, if you do, make it something I can use such as free parking or gluten-free muffins for life.

I don’t know exactly how many years I have been writing this column; I’ve successfully forgotten what year I started. There is a thin grammatical line between milestone and millstone. Repeatedly doing something in Sisyphean regularity can be a curse as well as a reward. I don’t want a pin, ribbon or gold watch, so why even keep count?

Longevity as a benchmark is overvalued. The only reason it is really

worth counting years of age is that you get valuable privileging and prizes coinciding with different totals. Driving, drinking, voting, AARP discounts and Social Security payments all come at arbitrary ages rather than at some level of competence. I could have driven safely when I was 12, but letting me cast a knowledgeable vote for president even at age 30 was probably ill advised.

Retirement ages, like the Paleo diet, made a lot more sense when we did hard labor every day and we didn’t live much longer than was necessary for reproduction and progeny launch. Now,

living 80-90 is normal and the progeny keep coming back to the cave/ nest like rockets that can’t achieve gravitational escape velocity.

“How can I miss you if you won’t go away?”

I’ve had a fair amount of success in senior, masters and over-the-hill sports events. These separate everyone into fiveyear age groups. I have a wall full of medals and a drawer full of T-shirts as proof. On the one hand it is fun to compete with fellow geezers, but really it can’t match the gloating high of beating the same 20-somethings who just last week thought they had found a new

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paradigm to something you had been doing successfully for 30 years.

“Do not go gentle into that good night” — Dylan Thomas.

This is probably about the only snippet of poetry most people can recall when it comes to aging and death. I’ve never quite known what this means but I am personally going to interpret it as a rage against longevity award. Don’t go gentle into that late afternoon either.

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Dennis Hinkamp has been writing this column for more than 10 years, but that’s all the information he’s going to give out.

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Water heaters can be faithful employees of your home for 40 years, but I doubt you really appreciate this mundane effort.

You replace them, you move on. When people say, “Happily married for 25 years,” I think, But how many total years were you married? Longevity in itself is not an accomplishment. Longevity recognition may make sense up to about 10 years. After that, you just appear to be unimaginative.

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Box Continued from Page 6 The success of “Cinderella,” which cost about $95 million to make, was international.

It made $62.4 million overseas, including $25 million in China. Disney could also celebrate “Big Hero 6” becoming the top-grossing worldwide animated release of 2014; the Oscar-winner has made $633 million globally.

With Disney’s high-priced but lucrative ownership of Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar, the studio will be flexing its strength throughout 2015 with releases like “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” ‘’Inside Out” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

“Disney is just a well-oiled machine that is firing on all cylinders right now,” says Paul

Dergarbedian, media analyst for Rentrak. “It’s about this Disney umbrella which encompasses these incredible crown jewel brands they have. ‘Cinderella’ is just the latest example.”

While Disney was flexing its might, the powers of another box-office force, Liam Neeson, were checked. Neeson’s latest thriller, “Run All Night,” a New York crime saga costarring Ed Harris, opened with $11 million for Warner Bros.

The film’s poor performance marks the weakest debut for the “Taken” star as an action film lead. Dergarbedian noted Neeson’s appeal is strongest in PG-13 rated films (all three “Taken” films, “Non-Stop”), while weaker in R-rated releases like “Run All Night” and last year’s “A Walk Among the Tombstones.”

Last week’s top film, the sci-fi thriller “Chappie,” slid to fifth with $5.8 million.

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Continued from Page 4 the musical ear of an educated musician.”

Smiley and Yosh Amano, Gary’s parents, displayed their devotion to his musical education by driving him eight hours every other week from Helper to Logan for piano lessons with USU professor Irving Wassermann.

Smiley Amano passed away in 2002, and today the Smiley Amano Memorial Scholarship at USU is presented annually to a student who combines talent with the hard work and dedication that professor Amano learned and his parents displayed throughout their lives.

“By adding the Smiley Amano Distinguished Performers Concert Series to

Amano.

“Not only was he my teacher, but a second father to me,” Huntsman says. “I never dreamed I’d be coming back to USU to give my own recital. USU is a place that I hold dear to my heart. This is where it all began for me.

I couldn’t be more honored to perform for the Smiley Amano Concert Series, as Smiley was also a special person to me.”

Amano taught Huntsman intermittently during the time her family moved from Utah, living in various locations around the country.

“I recognized very early Mary Anne’s talent and have always admired her determination to become good through self-motivation and drive in spite of many years of activities that pulled her in other directions,” Amano says.

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the Caine College of the Arts offerings, we honor the Amano family and its dedication to music education,” says Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts.

“We couldn’t be more pleased for former student and world class performer Mary Anne Huntsman to open the series.”

Huntsman began studying with Amano at the age of 7.

She said he listened to her play and saw something that other teachers did not see at the time.

“I was playing everything by ear but couldn’t read a single note,” Huntsman says.

“Professor Amano transformed me within a year and I won my first piano competition at USU.” Huntsman knew at age 5 that she wanted to be a concert pianist, but hadn’t found the right teacher until she auditioned with professor

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Lacks Continued from Page 3 Tris and a cadre of buddies are hiding out as Jeanine searches for them. Tris’ parents have been killed, and now she’s being falsely accused of leading the attack that killed them. Yeah, if it all sounds familiar that’s because it is. Like many would-be teenage heroes and heroines, Tris is haunted — no tortured — by nightmares of the horrible things that have happened. As

if all reluctant saviors need be troubled by sinister psychological forces.

As is stated above, the biggest problem with the “Divergent” series, as a whole, is that it’s just not that memorable.

It ventures far too close to the superior “Hunger Games” to blaze its own path. Instead, these characters inhabit a somewhat lifeless narrative full of familiar Gestapo-esque enemies that are constantly clouded by their own self-importance. Every time Tris runs into the hulky soldiers hunting her down, they snarl and execute

people without remorse just so we know that these are really, really bad dudes.

This series seems so obsessed with the world it’s made up that it can’t get out of its own way. It’s so busy explaining the whats and hows that it forgets about the whos. “The Hunger Games” movies excel with a character-based narrative.

“Divergent” appears content with populating its world with stone-faced humans, throwing in a flatly defined love story, and then hoping we don’t notice that most of these characters are paper thin.

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Everything culminates when a mysterious box is found that can only be opened by youknow-who. A storyline that I’ve heard deviates greatly from the book’s. A quick scan of Wikipedia’s plot synopsis of “Insurgent” the novel reveals as much. The secret of the box is a crummy one anyway. Something that everyone who’s even casually watched “Divergent” or knows of its plot could easily figure out.

Though, it’s understandable that a secret so dull would be the byproduct of a series in need of life support.

The assistant director of “Rabbit Hole,” Alexandria Jaramillo, graduated last year from the BFA acting program at USU. “I gave Jaramillo an entire scene,” Spelbring says. “She took control,

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Continued from Page 4 each other’s artistic endeavors.

Laura Hawley is quoted as saying, “Artists are often solitary people but they still benefit from the support of a group. Eiko gave me my first 11-by14 watercolor paper because I was afraid to go that big.”

This is an example of the kindness and caring of the members. blocked it, and the scene Phil Harrison, the show was seamless. You would chairman, donates his time, as do many othnever know which scene ers, to make exhibits was the one she directhappen. All positions are ed.” staffed by volunteers, “Rabbit Hole” contains and it takes many people adult language and conto organize the society’s activities. tent.

Mormon scholar to speak at Utah State Renowned sociologist and Mormon scholar Armand Mauss will explore the future of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a lecture scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Old Main Room 121 on the Utah State University campus.

Mauss’ lecture, “Mormonism’s Third Century: Coping with the Contingencies,” is sponsored by USU’s Religious Studies Program and is free and open to the public.

Professor emeritus of sociology and religious studies at Washington State University, Mauss began his post-doctoral career at Utah State as a sociology professor.

According to Mauss, as a relatively new religious movement, the LDS Church has followed a developmental trajectory similar to many other such movements. In the next few years, however, as the church enters its third century of existence it is likely to face many new and unprecedented challenges.

During his upcoming

address, Mauss will consider how the church and its members might cope with these challenges.

Mauss is the former editor of “The Journal for Scientific Study of Religion” and served for more than 30 years on the editorial board and board of directors of “Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought,” the major scholarly journal in Mormon studies independent of church auspices.

He also served as president of the Mormon History Association from 1997-98.

Mauss is the author of several books, including “All Abraham’s Children,” an analysis of Mormonism’s evolving and conflicted perspectives on race and lineages that was named Best Book for 2003 by the Mormon History Association.

His most recent book, “Shifting Borders and a Tattered Passport: Intellectual Journeys of a Mormon Academic,” offers a penetrating look at Mormonism and the issues navigated by those who study it.

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This Gilbert & Sullivan masterpiece has been tickling funny bones for more than a hundred years. How can you not have a good time visiting Titipu, where Nanki-Poo (Jordan Tolman) wants to marry the lovely Yum-Yum (Morgan Richards), who unfortunately is promised to Ko-Ko (Rob Christensen), who has changed his occupation to Lord High Executioner so he can save himself from being beheaded for the horrible crime of flirting?

Ko-Ko is being pursued by Katisha (Charline Grigg), an

older woman. The Mikado (Jeff Bigler), ruler of all, insists that heads must roll.

How can it get more complicated? Come find out.

Claudia Bigler is having such a good time with all the comedy and fun would like to share it all with you. She is well known in the area. Bigler taught choral music at Box Elder High School for 23 years, and she was honored by the Utah Music Educators Association with the Superior Accomplishment Award, and this year as Music Educator of the Year. Bigler and her husband, Jeff, recently retired from singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Vogel exhibit open at USU Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, a librarian and a postman of modest means, began acquiring works by contemporary artists in the 1960s. Over the next 40 years the couple amassed a vast, diverse collection of contemporary art that included almost 5,000 pieces by roughly 200 artists. The collection focused on conceptual, minimalist and postminimalist art.

Due to the continuing growth of their collection, in 2008, the Vogels worked with the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., to announce a gift of 2,500 works by 177 artists, with 50 works going to one museum in each state. The gift was intended to heighten public awareness of contemporary art and artists.

The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University is the beneficiary of the gift to the state of Utah.

Art from the gift is featured in the exhibition “The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States” which opened March 19.

“The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States” presents the complete Vogel gift to the state

Contemporary art collectors Dorothy Vogel and her late husband, Herbert, donated art from their impressive collection that eventually went to museums in each of the country’s 50 states.

of Utah for the first time. The exhibition includes works by Lynda Benglis, Richard Tuttle, Lucio Pozzi, Cherly Laemmle, Richard Nonas and many others. The pieces vary in style and medium and, presented as a whole, demonstrate the multitude of expressions within contemporary art.

In conjunction with the exhibition, the documentary film “Herb & Dorothy 50x50” will be shown at 6 p.m.

Wednesday, March 25, at the Kent Concert Hall located in the Chase Fine Arts Center on the USU campus. Dorothy

Vogel and filmmaker Megumi Sasaki will be in attendance for a post-film discussion.

“As a museum dedicated to modern and contemporary American art, we at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art are so honored to be the recipient of the Vogels’ gift of 50 artworks to the state of Utah and to share it with our community,” said Katie Lee Koven, executive director of the NEHMA. “The Vogels’ passion for collecting art, coupled with their generosity in sharing a gift of 50 artworks to every state, is unmatched on a national level.”

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The Heritage Theatre in Perry will perform “The Mikado” from March 6 to 28 on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The Heritage Theatre in Perry presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado” from March 6 to 28, at 2505 S. U.S. Hwy. 89.

Directed by Claudia Bigler, “The Mikado” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday, March 21.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $9 for seniors and children.

Call (435) 723-8392 for reservations daily from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. except Tuesdays and Sundays. Tickets are also available at the box office and

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“Common Sense Medicine” featuring Dr. Gordon Pederson will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Alpine Cleaning & Restoration conference room, 200 S. Main St. in Smithfield.

Admission is free. Pederson graduated with a Ph.D. from the toxicology program at Utah State University, and he has a master’s degree in cardiac rehabilition and wellness. He will talk about anti-aging options, nutrition, wound care and cardiac rehabilition. For more information, contact NayDean Park at (530) 386-5238 or Kathy Woodward at (775) 853-9006 or (775) 846-4585.

A “Best of Logan Film Festival 2014” community event featuring several of the winning short narrative and documentary films will be hosted at Utah State University on Friday, March 20.

The free event is open to the public and aims to increase student and community awareness of the fall festival, as well as to introduce the festival’s spirit and independent filmmaking to the university student base, Logan and Cache Valley. The “Best of Logan Film Festival 2014” event will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 150 of the Fine Arts Visuals Building. For more information, visit loganfilmfestival.com.

All are invited to public night at the USU Observatory from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, March 20. Hosted

by USU’s Physics Department, guests are invited to view the spring sky through the observatory’s 20-inch telescope on the roof of the Science Engineering Research building. Admission is free. Before arrival, please visit physics.usu.edu/observatory, as the event will be cancelled in the event of cloudy or inclement weather. The website also offers directions and parking information.

Bridgerland Literacy is hosting its 10th annual “Scrabble Scramble” fundraising event Friday, March 20, at the Logan River Golf Course, 550 W. 1000 South. Check-in is at 6 p.m.; play begins at 7 p.m. Cost is $90 for an adult team; $10 spectator fee. Enjoy an evening of Scrabble, prizes and a silent auction featuring merchandise from generous local businesses.

Scrabble teams consist of three people, two players and one score-keeper. Sign up for the two levels of competition, friendly Just for Fun, and the competitive Bring it On, or come as a spectator and browse the silent auction items.

Utah State University artist Mark Lee Koven explores the intriguing relationship between nature and the land art of Utah’s massive salty sea as featured speaker for USU’s Science Unwrapped at 7 p.m. Friday, March 20, in the Emert Auditorium (Room 130) of the Eccles Science Learning Center. The talk is free and open to all ages, followed by hands-on learning activities, exhibits and refreshments. For more information, call 797-3517 or visit usu.edu/ science/unwrapped.

Hyrum residents are invited to attend Hyrum City’s Royalty Pageant at 7 p.m. Friday, March 20, in the Hyrum Civic Center, 83 W. Main St. High school senior girls from Hyrum will be selected to represent the city in parades and other events this

SATURDAY Josh Johnson and the Careless Sinners with Jay Davis will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. The Logan Library presents “Learning @ the Library” — classes showing how to get the most from your e-reader device or computer using the free resources available at the library. “eAudiobooks & the Library” will be taught at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Logan Library. You can use the library’s devices or bring your own. Sign up in person at the information desk or call 716-9120.

The next Local Trap Shoot will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, March 21, at the Cache Valley Public Shooting Range, 2851 W. 200 North. Cost is $4 per game; $20 for five games. For more information, call 753-4600 or email Andy Hunter at ahunter@utah.gov or Earl Duncombe at earlduncombe@utah.gov.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures is having a ski day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 21. Cost is $35 for half day and $55 for a full day. Price includes, transportation, lift ticket, ski rental,and lunch. To attend this activity or request additional information, call 713-0288.

The Smithfield Tree Committee invites the public to attend its annual Fruit Tree Workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at 444 E. Center St. in Smithfield. The event is free and will be held outside. The workshop will be taught by Ben Harris, a board-certified master arborist. For more information, please call Geoff at 760-2873.

Raven Spirit will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

SUNDAY The Post-Mormon Community is a non-sectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing at a local restaurant at 6:30 p.m. every Sunday. Newcomers welcome.

For more information call Jeff at 770-4263 or visit www.postmormon.org/logan.

Scotty Haze and Greg Horspool will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

MONDAY The next Logan Library Monday Movie will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 23, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s film is “Alexander and the Terri-

ble, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” which is rated PG. Admission and popcorn are free.

TUESDAY The George S. Eccles Ice Center presents its 12th annual Spice on Ice fundraising event Tuesday, March 24. Come join us as several of Cache Valley’s great restaurant chefs prepare and serve entrees for your dining enjoyment. Many other restaurants kick off the event with a social hour, where they provide some of the best appetizers you will find. Social hour starts at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. This high-end event includes a sophisticated dinner and a live and silent auction. All money donated contribute to the success of the nonprofit ice center’s community programs. To reserve a sponsorship table or individual tickets, contact the George S. Eccles Ice Center at 787-2288.

Tickets go on sale Monday, Feb. 2. Please visit our website at ecclesice.com for additional information.

Teen Tuesday at the Logan Library will be from 3:35 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 24. This week’s event is entitled “Lights, Camera, Anime!” Kick back, relax and enjoy a show of your choosing with your friends in the Jim Bridger Room.

Texas Tech professor Katharine Hayhoe will be in Logan on Tuesday, March 24, to offer a unique perspective on climate change as both a devout Christian and a renowned scientist.

Hayhoe will speak at 3 p.m. in Room 108 of the ENGR Building on the Utah State campus with a reception to follow. A community event will then begin at 5 p.m. at the Logan LDS Tabernacle with refreshments to follow at 6:15 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 85 E. 100 North.

WEDNESDAY “Quick Hands” is the title of the cooking class at 7 p.m. Wednes-

day, March 25, at Macey’s Little Theatre in Providence.

Let’s face it — time seems to slip away faster than dandelion seeds in summer breeze. Some days it seems as if there isn’t time to really pull everything together to make a great family meal. Alissa Weller has brought her A-game and she’s going to teach more recipes that don’t take more than a half an hour to prep and serve. You must reserve a seat at the service desk, and please be on time.

Classes are for ages 10 and up.

Check us out on Facebook or visit littletheatrerecipes.blogspot. com for more information.

THURSDAY “Garden Guru” is the title of the cooking class at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Macey’s Little Theatre in Providence. It’s getting closer to that magical time of year where we will dig our hands into the moist earth, and plant seeds to grow food to enjoy this fall.

Don Sproul has pruned and worked a garden of his own for years, and he’s going to give you a few tips and tricks he’s learned that will help you create your own personal garden haven. You must reserve a seat at the service desk, and please be on time. Classes are for ages 10 and up. Check us out on Facebook or visit littletheatrerecipes.blogspot.com for more information.

Baroque Band performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, in the Caine Performance Hall on the USU campus. Tickets are $24 or $10 for students and are available at the Caine College of the Arts box office, by calling 797-8022 or online at arts.usu. edu. For further information, visit cmslogan.org.

Merit will perform with The Rompstompers, Brad Rizer, Scott Ferrin and Divided Heaven at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.

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