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USU presents ‘The Rescue of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina’

The Herald Journal

MARCH 25-31, 2016

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March 25-31, 2016

COVER 6 Utah State University plays host to puppet opera at the Morgan Theatre

THE ARTS 4 AFCO set to perform

Bach’s ‘Matthew Passion’

4 Germany-based quintet

Calmus coming to USU

4 Mountain Crest’s Young Artist Cup set for April 7-8

5 UPR to play host to ‘The Kitchen Sisters’ in April

5 Brigham City Museum

opening ‘Building History II’

10 Elvis Presley simply isn’t as popular in Las Vegas as he used to be

MOVIES 3 Jesse Eisenberg steps

into iconic Lex Luthor role in ‘Batman v Superman’

8 ‘Zootopia’ goes past

$200 million at box office as ‘Divergent’ flounders

9 Two stars: DC Comics’

‘Batman v Superman’ hits theaters in the U.S. today

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

Actor Regis Philibin throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a spring training baseball game between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets Tuesday in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo) On the cover: Puppets act out a scene from the opera “The Rescue of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina” last week at USU’s Morgan Theatre. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR Unfortunately, by the time you read this, it’s probably going to be too late.

Logan has likely already lost.

In honor of the ongoing NCAA Tournament, on its website, KSL has been hosting a similar “tournament” between the 68 largest cities in Utah.

“How you come to decide upon the best city is entirely up to you,” KSL.com explained. “Will you vote simply on population? Or does one city have better food than the other? What about the landscape and scenic opportunities? You be the judge.”

Although Logan managed to reach the Sweet 16, Cache County’s largest city trailed St. George by a large margin as of Thursday afternoon, with the Elite Eight

slated to be announced sometime Friday.

A No. 3 seed, Logan took out No. 14-seeded Vernal in the opening round, then cloberred Springville, a.k.a. “Art City,” in the second round by a 69 to 31 percent split.

Despite being listed as a No. 16 seed and having to first win a play-in vote against Tremonton, Cache Valley’s Hyrum did edge a No. 1 in West Jordan in the first round — something that’s never happened in the real NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. But then Herriam bounced Hyrum in the Round of 32 in a close battle (52 to 48 percent).

On the other side of KSL’s bracket, No. 13 seed Smithfield also won in the first round, taking out No. 4-seeded Murray. However, Smithfield went down to Lindon in the following round (54 to 46 percent).

And finally, No. 10-seeded Brigham City defeated No. 7 seed Kaysville in the

first round to set up a clash with another local city, North Logan, in the second round. But after upsetting No. 2 Ogden in the first round, 16th-seeded North Logan was clobbered by Brigham City (63 to 37 percent).

Brigham City is now going up against Highland in the Sweet 16 — and losing 54 to 46 percent through Thursday afternoon — while Logan trails St. George, 61 percent to 39 percent.

Of course, the timing of this “tournament” surely isn’t helping Logan. While we saw some snow this week, the temperatures in St. George are in the mid-70s.

Had KSL waited a couple of months until it’s a brutally dry 110 degrees in Dixie, and we’re experiencing another perfect summer in the mountains, then Logan dominates that showdown. Even if we don’t have an In-N-Out Burger.

— Jeff Hunter

Luthor gets childlike edge Eisenberg steps into villan role in DC’s latest

– Cache Magazine movie critic Aaron Peck on ‘Batman v Superman’ (Page 8)

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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Jesse Eisenberg didn’t meet Ben Affleck on “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” until they were filming the party scene where Affleck’s Bruce Wayne and Henry Cavill’s Clark Kent interact for the first time — a crucial moment before their superhero alter egos face off.

Even then, he didn’t spend much time with either Affleck or Cavill, who he also barely knew. For one, he was too busy talking to U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow from Michigan, who makes a cameo in the scene.

“I was so in my own world,” he said.

Also, in portraying the eccentric, megalomaniac Lex Luthor who tears the two superheroes apart, he actually preferred meeting them in the spirit of the characters.

“It is funny working with guys like that. (They’re) so massive and unusually attractive. It felt like I could push them around literally and annoy them and tease them and it would never really get to them. And they’re also playing these powerful superheroes so it gave me more license to bother them,” Eisenberg said.

The character of Lex Luthor is as essential to Superman as the red

“It’s a dour exercise in grimacing.”

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, March 25, 2016

ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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Above, Jesse Eisenberg stars as Lex Luthor in a scene from “Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice.” Left, Eisenberg poses for a portrait in Los Angeles to promote “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

cape and the Man of Steel’s ultimate earthbound foe has been played by everyone from Gene Hackman to Kevin Spacey. But this iteration neither looks nor sounds like any version of Lex that we’re used to seeing. Instead of bespoke suits and the legendary bald dome, Eisenberg’s Lex

sports blazers, t-shirts and a wavy bob haircut (his idea). And while this millennial entrepreneur might be disarmingly intelligent and philosophical, he’s also a spoiled brat at the core.

“He’s like a child who hasn’t yet been told how the world works and has a juvenile sense of propriety.

If you take their toy away, the initial reaction is not anger, it’s probably confusion,” Eisenberg said. “He’s a person who is struggling with real existential crises about his abusive childhood about his, let’s say, perverse Freudian associations with Superman and his need for power in an unstable world.”

The character he spends the most time with on screen though is neither Batman nor Superman but Holly Hunter’s fictional U.S. Senator June Finch, who Lex sees as a potential ally.

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

A free informance and open rehearsal, providing insight into the work, will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at the Logan Tabernacle.

Tickets to the performance at the Eccles Theatre at 43 S. Main St. are $13-$22. Children over 8 years old are welcome.

For more information, call 752-0026 or visit american-

festivalchorus.org.

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

“Shaw is very sensitive to the German textual/musical overlay and at the same time

very faithful to the Lutheran translation of the Bible as well,” Jessop says.

The Good Friday performance date was carefully chosen as well.

“Bach initially wrote the ‘St. Matthew Passion’ as a way to present the Passion story in music at Good Friday vesper services,” Jessop See AFCO on Page 10

Calmus to perform at USU Germany-based quintet will share voices on March 31 Calmus will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at the USU Performance Hall.

In spite of the group’s name, Calmus is full of excitement. The quintet’s joy in performing, their refined sound and their varied and imaginative program is the capstone to the 35th anniversary season of the Chamber Music Society of Logan.

When they tour, members of this quintet never have to transport instruments on a plane — their voices are their instruments. The quintet incorporates the voices of Anja Pöche, soprano; Sebastian Krause, countertenor;Tobias Pöche, tenor; Ludwig Böhme, baritone; and Manuel Helmeke, bass.

Shaped by the centuries-old tradition of great German boys’ choirs, Calmus is naturally at home

in the vocal music of the Renaissance, the Baroque and the Romantic eras. But they also love to sing pop, folk and jazz.

The program the quintet will present at the Caine Performance Hall ranges from the music of the 16th century through 21st century work newly commissioned by Calmus, along with the music of Elton John, Bobby McFerrin and other pop icons.

Based in Leipzig, Germany, and one of the most successful vocal groups in that country, Calmus now performs throughout Europe, and in North and South America.

Calmus has been praised wherever they perform. The Deseret Morning News raved about the group: “What

Paul Phoenix

MCHS ready to host Artist Cup Musical competition takes place April 7-8

Photo courtesy of Calmus

Calmus will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at the USU See USU on Page 11 Performance Hall.

The Young Artist Cup Committee, in association with Mountain Crest High School’s performing arts department, will present the 17th annual Young Artist Cup Competition at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 7, and Friday, April 8, at the MCHS Auditorium in Hyrum.

Admission to this event is free and everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served each night.

The vocal and string competition is scheduled for Thursday evening, while the piano and winds/percussion competition is Friday.

This annual event showcases the musical talents of Mountain Crest High School students. Competitors vie for cash prizes (which substantially increased this year due to many generous donors) and trophies in six areas: graphic arts design, female and male vocalist, strings, winds/percussion and piano.

Awards will be given to first-, secondand third-place winners in each category.

The logo for this year’s Young Artist Cup was selected from submissions by students in a competition earlier in the year. The design of Ivy Rich was chosen to represent the 2016 Young Artist Cup. Past Cup participants have gone on to excel in music and the performing arts.

Jazz Kicks Band show

The Jazz Kicks Big Band will play selections from “The Great American Song Book Vol. 2” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the USU Performance Hall.

Admission is $10 for adults, and free for all students. The Jazz Kicks Big 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 Can’t Stop Loving You” as played by the Count Basie orchestra; “Polka Dots and Moonbeams” as recorded by the Stan Kenton orchestra; and Jelly Roll Morton’s “King Porter Stomp” as performed by Benny Goodman’s band. Other numbers to be performed include George Gershwin’s “’S Wonderful”; Cole Porter’s “I Love You”; Duke Ellington’s “Caravan” and Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz.”

For this concert, Smith has arranged “There Will Never Be Another You” and “Gone With The Wind.” In addition, Monica Fronk will sing “The Midnight Sun” and “Route 66.”

UPR to play host April 4-7 Utah State University’s public radio station, Utah Public Radio, will host Peabody Award winning public radio producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, the Kitchen Sisters, in Logan on April 4-7. Events include a multimedia Tanner Talks lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, in the USU Caine Performance Hall.

The Tanner Talks lecture is free to the public but ticket reservations are required and can be made online at the UPR website (upr.org) or through the Caine College of the Arts “Buy Tickets” web-

site (arts.usu.edu).

The Tanner Talks presentation includes personal stories by the Kitchen Sisters about their experiences sharing stories for programs on public radio, including the National Public Radio series “Lost & Found Sound” and “The Sonic Memorial Project.” The Kitchen Sisters also produced “The Hidden World of Girls” and “Hidden Kitchens” heard on NPR’s “Morning Edition.”

The series inspired their first book, “Hidden Kitchens: Stories, Recipes, and More See LOGAN on Page 10

The Kitchen Sisters — Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva — will visit Cache Valley April 4-7.

New exhibit opens in B.C. Folks that lived by the rise and set of the sun built homes, shops, churches, and a railroad depot after they arrived 165 years ago in the Box Elder Creek area, known today as Brigham City.

Fifty photographs that document the pioneers’ accomplishments through 1900 are presented in the exhibit “Building History II” which will be on displays from March 30 through June 8 at the Brigham City Museum of Art and History.

Like the museum’s exhibit “Building History” in 2013, most of the photos were taken by an unknown photographer.

The Brigham City Museum is located at 24 N. 300 West. Admission is free. The entrance is on the west side. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from 1 to 5

Cache Symphony concert

The Cache Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 26, in the Morgan Theatre at Utah State University.

The concert will feature some great works and two young soloists from the CSO piano concerto competition and the CVASTA festival.

Sabrina Ellis will be playing Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F, Op 21, Mvt. 2, and David Kim will be playing “Zigeunerweisen” Op 20 by Sarasate. Other featured works will include “Theme and Variations”

by Glazunov and “Enigma Variations” by Elgar.

Tickets are available online at arts.usu.edu, or at the Caine College of the Arts ticket office on campus. Tickets are $5 for adults; USU students with ID and school age children get in free.

Cache Messiah Chorus

The Cache Messiah Chorus, Orchestra and soloists, conducted by Dr. Harold Heap, will present Handel’s “Messiah” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, in the Logan Tabernacle. This event is a free benefit concert for the Cache Community Food Pantry and donations of canned goods are welcome.

Photo courtesy of Brigham City Museum

Summerfest volunteers

A photo of C.D. Brown Boot and Shoe Shop is included in new museum exhibit. Summerfest Arts Faire is seeking volunteers for

p.m. Saturday. For further information, please call (435) 226-1439, or visit brighamcitymuseum.org.

Narratives communicated in the photos show a town prospering over

the years. Successful ventures were a driving factor in Brigham City’s home-building rush of the 1890s coupled with the arrival of electricity and a pressurized city water

system. Images of homes in the exhibit range from simple (and sometimes unfinished) log and adobe dwellings to brick, Mansard- and Victorian-style houses.

this year’s event on June 16-18. Come and play in the sun and enjoy the art, music and food. We are looking for help to set up, run and take down the fair.

If you need service hours, are looking for an Eagle Scout project or a project for your Girl Scout Silver or Gold award, or just want to come and enjoy the ambiance, visit logansummerfest.com or call 2133858 for more information.

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, March 25, 201

COMING UP

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Kitchen Sisters coming to Logan

‘The Rescue of Ruggiero from the Island of Alcina’

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praises of the Polish prince for which the opera was commissioned, the main plot follows a heroic knight, Ruggiero, who finds himself trapped on a distant island away from his native lands and under the bewitching spell of the evil sorceress Alcina. Melissa, a good sorceress from Ruggiero’s homeland, arrives on the island to attempt to break Alcina’s spell on him and free Alcina’s former lovers, who have been turned into enchanted plants.

Visiting scholar Professor Suzanne Cusick, who serves as a Professor of Music at New York University, explained the role gender plays in the opera as a preview to the performance. As part of her attempts to break Alcina’s spells, Melissa changes her appearance to that of Ruggiero’s father figure, Atlante, who Melissa believes Ruggiero would be more likely to listen to.

Cusick said the portrayals of Alcina and Melissa reflect and challenge the expectations of women in power positions.

“Two opposite models are represented,” she said. “One the one hand, you have a woman who exploits her sexuality to achieve her goals, while on the other there is a woman who supports marriage and unity while masquerading as a man.”

Carter said the production differs from

many puppet operas. He said while filled with magic and fantasy and has a happy ending, the opera is not as comical as other puppet operas.

“There are some serious puppet operas out there, but most fall into parody,” Carter said. “When it was at its height, opera productions using puppets could be a commentary on other productions and issues of the day.”

Carter, a professional puppeteer since his childhood who currently serves as director for Seattle’s Northwest Puppet Center, collaborated with fellow visiting artist Craig Trompeteer, a specialist in early opera currently serving as artistic director of Chicago’s Haymarket Opera Company to help bring Caccini’s opera to life in a new way. Although not originally performed with puppets, Carter adapted the opera for puppets 10 years ago, the first time he produced a puppet opera after years of puppet productions.

The performance marked the first time Utah State had produced a puppet opera.

Carter said this also marked the first time many of the students in the fine arts and theatre departments worked extensively with puppets.

“This project has been going on at least

since last fall, but even that is a tight time frame for something so ambitious,” Carter explained. “For their first time working with puppets, I think the students have done a fantastic job.”

The music itself was also a challenge for the music students to learn. Written in 1625, Trompeter explained the opera’s focus on a “recitativo” style of delivery, which demands rhythmic precision but can feature challenges harmonically, is a sharp contrast to operas produced in later periods.

“The music is beautiful and harmonically interesting, but its melodic recitativo can be difficult to wrap your head around,” Trompeter said.

Ultimately, both directors said the range of talent available at USU made the collaboration between each department a success.

“The totality of this project is outstanding,” Trompeter said. “It’s an ensemble piece, but every part is necessary, from the musicians to the puppet operators. Even in a setting like this, every part of the production has the opportunity to stand out.

I think the students made the most of this opportunity and really showed they were up to the task.”

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, March 25, 2016

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Dramas, hoops put CBS on top NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is back on top of the weekly Nielsen ratings, propelled by its drama-heavy lineup and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, which gave life to a normally quiet Saturday night schedule.

“NCIS” was the week’s most-watched program, with the CBS drama seen by 15 million viewers. NBC’s ‘Little Big Shots” was second, with Steve Harvey’s family-friendly show appearing to be a Sunday night hit.

Fox’s airing of “The Passion” from New Orleans on Palm Sunday was seen by 6.6 million viewers, more than any other show on the network last week

aside from “American Idol.”

For the week, CBS averaged 7.7 million viewers in prime time.

For the week of March 14-20, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “NCIS,” CBS, 15.1 million; “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 13.32 million; “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 12.69 million; “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 12.47 million; “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 11.97 million; “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 11.19 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.24 million; “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 9.8 million; “The Bachelor,” ABC, 9.58 million; “Survivor,” CBS, 9.5 million.

‘Zootopia’ tops $200 million LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Zootopia” continues to run wild over its rivals in its third weekend in theaters, stomping all over the launch of “Allegiant,” the third film in the “Divergent” series.

The animated Disney film featuring the voices of Jason Bateman and Ginnifer Goodwin earned $38 million this weekend to take first place once again, according to comScore estimates Sunday.

It’s now earned $201.8 million domestically.

It stole the thunder from “The Divergent Series: Allegiant,” starring Shailene Woodley and Theo James, which opened in second place with an estimated $29.1 million from 3,740 locations.

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But there are other factors — is the movie good?

What are the conditions of the marketplace?”

Dergarabedian also AP Photo “Zootopia” picked up $38 million over the weekend to noted that fickleness of the teen audience might remain in the top spot at the box office for a third time. be playing into the big YA series based on Veron- like “Twilight” and “The drop from the previous films. ica Roth’s novels, which Hunger Games,” it’s not “They’re chasing an both opened north of $50 unusual for Part 1 of a million, but not unex2-film finale to fall short audience that is very difficult to pin down,” he pected. Lionsgate broke of some of its predecessaid. “What might be cool up Roth’s final book into sors. two movies, the second “It’s had mixed results to them one day isn’t cool of which, “Ascendant,” in general, but it’s also launches next year. And, had great results so I can’t See TOPS on Page 10

Superman,” that a fight between the two of them wouldn’t last longer than eight minutes.

At one point, two-plus hours into the movie, even Batman is confused at what’s going on, and I was right there with him.

Perhaps the most noteworthy casualty of “Batman v Superman” is that Snyder’s film aesthetic has seemingly abandoned him. Say what you will about many of his movies, but he’s always known where to place a camera and how to diagram engrossing, intelligible action scenes.

Gone are the days of Snyder taking in the majesty of a shot, and here to stay (apparently) is Snyder’s new affinity for shoving the camera up everyone’s noses, and shaking it around so hard that you’ll never make out what’s happening. It’s an onslaught of blurry action and nonsensical violence. Not one sequence standing out as visually stunning or even specifically memorable.

it doesn’t even come close.

However, even if it was structured that way, these characters are far too seriAP Photo ous to bond or even share Ben Affleck, left, and Henry Cavill face off in DC Comics’ new film, “Batman v Superman: a laugh. “Batman v SuperDawn of Justice.” man” feels like a PG-13 version of the “The Watch “Batman v Superman” men,” with even less jokes, is two-and-a-half hours long, and even within this if that’s possible. It’s a dour exercise in grimacing. bloated time frame, Snyder is frantically trying to Where characters are only expounded upon in confit in as many pieces as possible. So much so that fusing dream sequences Director // Zack Snyder the entire movie feels like and familiar flashbacks.

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The Reel Place Aaron Peck

The quote that kept echoing through my mind as Zach Snyder’s “Batman v Superman: The Dawn of Justice” explosion opera pounded eardrums with its nonstop crashing bass and incessant gloomy mood was Christopher Nolan’s Joker who intoned, “Why so serious?”

Why so serious, indeed.

Snyder introduced us to a sulkier version of Superman (Henry Cavill) in “Man of Steel,” but this time around Supes doesn’t even crack a smile. There’s not much to be happy about, I suppose. The fallout from Superman’s battle with Zod has caused a firestorm. Whether this was always the plan for this movie will always be up for debate. One does wonder if the backlash from fans prompted Snyder and company to move this way with the overarching DC Universe story.

In “Man of Steel,” Superman destroyed countless amounts of public property, likely killing thousands of innocent people who were conveniently never shown, only to find Lois Lane (Amy Adams) afterward for a post-war smooch — instead of, you know, digging out the survivors. It was a jarring act, to say the least, given who we know Superman to be. Don’t worry, this movie doesn’t make the same mistake.

It’s thoughtful enough to use dialogue from Batman and newscasters to assure us that most everyone has gone home from work and those about-tobe-rubble buildings are totally empty.

So, here we begin with Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) running through

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‘Batman v Superman’ gets pretty serious

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Still ‘Viva Las Vegas’ for Elvis Presley?

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For decades, Las Vegas has loved Elvis Presley tender — and loved him true — but the King’s presence in modern day Sin City has lately been diminishing, one impersonator at a time.

“Vegas really is, ironically, a challenging market for Elvis,” said Jack Soden, CEO of Elvis Presley Enterprises, which runs the Graceland attraction in Memphis, Tennessee, and manages many of the official business deals on behalf of the estate.

The group had loaned hundreds of artifacts to a muchhyped, months-old Elvis attraction at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino.

“Graceland Presents Elvis” closed in February after failing to draw in many visitors to the museum exhibit, wedding chapel and theater.

The off-Strip property is now holding the valuables against the will of the estate, as Westgate battles with the attraction’s third-party operator over a leasing dispute. The estate has since filed a lawsuit to get those items back.

The fallout at Westgate is not the first Elvis-related spectacle in Las Vegas to leave

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But while the future of drawn out YA franchises might be looking as bleak as the dystopias they portray, one genre that does seem to produce nearconsistent hits is that of the faith-based film.

The latest entry, Sony’s “Miracles From Heaven,” took third place this weekend with an impressive $15 million. The film, starring Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah, opened Wednesday.

It’s earned $18.6 million to date, and cost only $13 mil-

the building too soon. Low attendance numbers were also to blame when the Viva Elvis Cirque du Soleil show at the Aria casino-hotel was cancelled in 2012 after a two-year run. That’s a much shorter shelf life than most of its sister shows. The longest-running one, Myste’re, started on the Strip more than two decades ago.

It’s left the Strip’s largest casino operator, MGM Resorts International, without any Elvis-themed shows, attractions or weddings. Rival Caesars Entertainment Corporation still hosts tribute acts and weddings, but a spokeswoman said few of those getting hitched ever choose the official Elvis packages.

It’s a stark turn for a city that has for so long thrived in its association with “The King.” The rise of Elvis coincided with the rise of Las Vegas as an entertainment capital, said Cory Cooper, an Elvis historian.

Elvis played here more than anywhere else, selling out hundreds of shows, year after year. Cementing his ties to Sin City were his hits, the “Viva Las Vegas” song that gave the town its anthem, and the lion to produce.

Audiences, who were 65 percent female and 75 percent over the age of 25, gave the film an A+ CinemaScore, which bodes well for its longevity going into the Easter holiday weekend.

Rounding out the top five were holdovers “10 Cloverfield Lane” and “Deadpool” with $12.5 million and $8 million, respectively.

The weekend overall was about on par with last year, but the 2016 box office is thriving, up 10.5 percent from 2015 — a number that is likely to rise when “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” opens next weekend.

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Ted Payne rests as he works for tips dressed as Elvis at the “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign in Las Vegas.

movie by the same name that showcased its glitzy persona.

There was a time when Elvis fans across the country made the pilgrimage to Las Vegas to see his concerts, and following his death in 1977, to indulge in the many tribute shows, impersonators and nostalgic memories from his heyday.

It also became a staple of Las Vegas kitsch to see Elvis impersonators — though they prefer to be known as “tribute artists” — on the many tourist-

friendly corners of town and at the quickie wedding ceremonies Vegas was known for.

Elvis impersonator Ted Payne, 54 said business has slowed dramatically since he started taking photos with tourists for tips just six years ago.

“When I first started out, I wouldn’t get out of a bed unless I (could) make at least $150,” he said. “Now, these days, $50 is a great day.”

These days, Elvis registers only briefly in the conscious-

ness of Melanie Casas, 22, of Phoenix. On her first trip to Las Vegas recently, she identified him as the singer of “Hound Dog” who was also featured as a character in the “Forrest Gump” movie.

“I know of him but I don’t know anything about him,” Casas said, shrugging.

This generational divide could be blamed for the apparent lull in interest in the iconic performer. Others say the market was oversaturated by Elvis impersonators for so long that the appeal burned itself out here, even as Elvis’ reach grows internationally.

The Elvis brand is one of the most active and successful entertainment estates. Forbes magazine, in its annual list of earnings by dead entertainers, said Presley’s estate earned $55 million for the year ending October 2014 — second to Michael Jackson.

Soden said Graceland mansion, where Elvis lived, sees a growing number of visitors and is expanding with a new Elvis-themed hotel nearby.

Elvis fans are not aging out, he said, because nearly 40 percent of Graceland visitors See ELVIS on Page 11

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“St. Matthew Passion” was first performed on Good Friday in 1727 at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. After Bach’s death, the St. Matthew Passion was virtually forgotten and never published until the young Felix Mendelssohn revived it in 1829.

A monumental musical achievement, the “St. Matthew Passion” was composed for double choir, double orchestra, organ and vocal soloists. In the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra production, the role of the Evangelist will be sung by the incomparable tenor Paul Phoenix, formerly of the King’s Singers of Great Britain. Other soloists are: Darrell Babidge, Jesus; Celena Shafer, Soprano; Holly Sorenson, Alto; Robert Breault, Tenor; and John Buffett, Bass.

Continued from Page 5 from NPR’s The Kitchen Sisters,” a 2005 New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2005 nominated for a James Beard Award for Best Writing on Food.

The Kitchen Sisters will meet with USU students during a campus presentation Tuesday, April 5, at 8 a.m. in the Edith Bowen Laboratory School Auditorium on the USU Logan campus. Students and other attendees should enter the auditorium through the south doors of the school on 700 north.

Kitchen Sisters Productions is a non-profit independent reporting project working to build community through storytelling. Their presentations and visit are made possible through Utah Public Radio and the USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2015-16 Tanner Talks.

For more information or tickets contact Utah Public Radio at 797-3138 or visit the UPR website.

Merit will perform with the Last Lost Continent and My New Mistress at 7 p.m. Friday, March 25, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7.

The Unicorn Theatre will present “The Never Ending Story” at 7 p.m. March 24-26, in the Carousel Ballroom at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. Performances will begin at 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday.

Tickets are $6 for general admission; children under 2 are free.

Tickets are available at the door or my calling (435) 554-8311.

SATURDAY The Cache County Constitution Party Convention will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 26 at Altius Gymnastics Academy, 917 W. 600 North, Logan. Delegates to the state convention will be selected, and participants will receive updates on the state and national levels.

The Home Team will perform with Demon in Me and Hylian at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7.

Cache Valley Assisted Living will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 26, at 233 N Main St. in

Elvis Continued from Page 10 were born after Elvis’ death.

Soden also said the estate has been successful in many of its business deals, particularly in the Middle East, U.K., Asia and Australia.

He in large part blamed the Westgate closure on Vegas’ lack of interest in exhibits overall. “Vegas hasn’t seen the last of Elvis.

Giving it a rest is not all that bad,” Soden said of a future comeback.

Providence. There will be three different hunts: 5 years and under; 6-8 years old; and 9-12 years old. There will be snacks, drinks and lots of candy, as well as a golden egg in each age division. Please come 30 minutes early and visit with our residents so that you don’t miss out in the hunt. Once it starts, it is over very quickly.

The North Logan Easter Egg Hunt will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 26, at Elk Ridge Park, 1060 E. 2500 North. The event is for children up to 8 years of age.

The Logan Downtown Easter Walk will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 26. Participating businesses are located between 200 North and 100 South along Main Street, and along Center Street, 100 South, 100 North and Federal Ave. Just look for the Easter Walk poster in participating doors or windows.

For more information, visit logandowntown.org.

Andrew Higbee will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

SUNDAY Katie Jo will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federeal Ave. The third round of the Logan

Meanwhile, Vegas tourism only continues to reinvent itself. Once focused as an entertainment capital, it veered momentarily in an attempt to be a familyfriendly destination before settling on its latest persona: the overindulgent playground of the young and wealthy.

“I think the problem with Vegas is Las Vegas is trying to escape from itself, either rewrite history or make new history,” Cooper, the historian, said. “All these properties that started Las Vegas, nothing’s there anymore.”

Battle Series will begin at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Local battle rappers will show their skills for a chance at ultimate bragging rights. Admission is $6.

Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “Anything Can Happen Tuesday!” Visit library.loganutah. org for more information.

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Logan Library from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, March 28. To schedule an appointment or for more information, please call Vic Osmond at (435) 256-0773. You can begin the donating process by completing an on-line predonation health history questionnaire at redcrossblood.org/ RapidPass.

Smithfield seniors will meet at noon Wednesday, March 30, for a chicken parmesan meal at the Smithfield Senior Citizen Center, 375 Canyon Road. Cost is $3. The activity is a surprise.

Come socialize with other seniors any time after 10 a.m. To sign up, call Rachael Bott at 7641303.

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

Monday, March 28, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s movie is “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2,” which is rated PG-13. Popcorn and admission is free.

Calmus will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at the USU Performance Hall. Tickets are $24; $10 for students. Tickets are available at arts.usu.edu, 797-8022, as well as at the Caine College of the Arts box office and at the door the night of the performance. Further information is available at cmslogan.org.

The North Logan Library Monday Movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, at 475 E. 2500 North. This week’s movie is “Bridge of Spies” which is rated PG-13. Popcorn and admission is free.

TUESDAY The Logan Library will host

THURSDAY

Baby Animal Days will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday, March 31, Friday, April 1, and Saturday, April 2, at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville. Tickets are $9 for adults; $7 for ages 3 to 11. For more information, visit awhc.org.

UPCOMING The Cache Singles First Friday Dance will be held from 8 to 11:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Married couples and singles welcome; ages 46 to 101. Admission is a $5 donation is requested.

USU professor of photography Carsten Meier will speak at 7 p.m. Friday, April 1, at the North Logan Library about his latest project of photographing dams.

Admission is free and open to everyone.

A fundraising event for Cache County firefighter Travis Peterson, who is facing large medical bills, is planned for 6 to 10 p.m.

Monday, April 4, at Yogurtland, 1007 N. Main St. A percentage of all purchases will go to a fund in Peterson’s name, and whoever comes in and says they are from a local fire department will get 20 percent off. Contact Mary Demille at 213-5156 for more information.

BYU’s Native American, Polynesian and Latin American music and dance group Living Legends will perform at 7 p.m.

Friday, April 8, at the Dahle Performing Arts Center in Dayton, Idaho. Tickets are $12 for adults; students are $6. For tickets and more information, visit wssd.k12.id.us.

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Tickets are $24; $10 for students. Tickets are available at arts.usu.edu, 797-8022, as well as at the Caine College of the Arts box office and at the door the night of the performance. For more information, visit cmslogan.org.

Continued from Page 3 Hunter described Eisenberg’s Lex as volatile, complicated and emotional, and her character as the one bringing some “sense and sensibility” to the mayhem.

“It was a really fun ride to take with him,” she said.

His spine-chilling facial tics and vocal flourishes can make

even the simple offer of a Cherry Jolly Rancher somehow seem menacing, and it only escalates from there, which gave Eisenberg more room to play — especially as he continues to up the stakes.

“This is a character who becomes increasingly Machiavellian and unhinged,” he said. “In this kind of part there was no ceiling. I could be as odd and eccentric and as vengeful as I wanted. I felt there were no limitations.”

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33. W.S.J. subjects 34. Killer ___ (core computer program) 35. Formerly 36. Mandela org.

37. Big tippler 38. A dramatic composition 39. “Harper Valley ___” 40. Lithium-___ battery 43. Mischievous fairy 44. Striped shirt wearer 49. Mythical man-goat 50. They are in the stage before imagos 51. Chosen ones 52. Wound 55. Want ___ 57. Grease 58. Deadly sins number 59. Plagiarizes 60. SA berry 61. Concealed, or the last word in a Proust title 62. Pro 63. Fla. neighbor 64. Suffered from 65. Nightly visitor of folklore 66. Filly’s mother 67. Old saying 68. Union position 69. Plants with white, yellow or purple flowers 74. Quite, to the British 75. Gov. agency 76. “Flags of ___ Fathers’’ 79. Hunt target 81. Sched. data 82. Bo Derek film 84. Belonging to something 85. Touch of Jack Frost 86. St. 87. Sherlock Holmes, for short 88. Phila. clock setting 90. Cold War missile 92. Make it 93. Kitchen smell

94. Hinder by prohibition 95. Alterations of the truth 100. Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc.

101. Lies 102. Impatient 105. Litigant 106. Limerick language 107. Wych or white 108. Spinner 109. ___-European 110. Computer menu option 111. Religious denomination 113. Vain individual 114. Home of the brave 117. He opposed Wade in court

Cache Magazine calendar items are due Tuesday by 5 p.m. They will also run for free in The Herald Journal one to two days prior to the event. Calendar items can be submitted by email at hjhappen@hjnews.com. Any press releases or photos for events listed in the first half of Cache Magazine can be sent to jhunter@hjnews.com. Poems and photos can also be sent to jhunter@hjnews.com and run on a space-available basis if selected.

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