‘Echoes Never Die’ Logan High School student Alex Lambert composes original musical to celebrate school’s centennial THE HERALD JOURNAL
MARCH 31-APRIL 6, 2017
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March 31-April 6, 2017
COVER 6 Logan High School celebrates centennial with ‘Echoes Never Die’
THE ARTS 4 AFCO to perform with
Morten Lauridsen April 15
4 Cache Theatre group puts a 1920s spin on ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ 4 Baby Animal Days set
for next week at AWHC
5 Alex Sharpe to sing at
the Tabernacle on April 15
5 Artists to be featured at the CVCA Gallery Walk 8 Folk singer Newcomer coming to Cache Valley
MOVIES 3 Two and a half stars:
Baldwin stars in ‘Boss Baby’
9 Three stars: Johansson’s new ‘Ghost in the Shell’ is ‘visually mesmerizing’
COLUMN 8 Snowflakes unite and
head out for coal country
CALENDAR 11 See what’s happening this week in Cache Valley
Logan High School students perform in the original musical “Echoes Never Die” last week at LHS Auditorium. On the cover: Klara Ricks, left, and Patrick Grob share the stage in “Echoes Never Die.” (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal)
FROM THE EDITOR We’re out. Our bracket is busted, if you will. On the footsteps of last year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament-like battle of Utah’s best cities, this spring, KSL.com has been running a similar event in an attempt to unscientifically determine what the best small city is in the Beehive State through online voting. In the round of 64, Cache Valley started off with Providence (No. 1 seed) and Wellsville (No. 7) in one bracket; Nibley (No. 3) and Lewiston (No. 12) in another; Richmond (No. 9),
Millville (No. 11) and River Heights (No. 12) in the third; and Hyde Park (No. 6) in the final bracket. Hyde Park was upset in the first round by Kamas (No. 11), while other first-round exits included Lewiston (to No. 5 La Verkin), Richmond (to No. 8 Parowan), River Heights (to No. 5 Perry) and Millville (to No. 6 Morgan). My current favorite small city in Cache Valley, Nibley, beat Ferron (No. 14) in the first round, but then got roughed up by Midway (No. 6) in the second round. Wellsville fared even better, knocking off Huntington (No. 10) and upsetting Farr West (No. 2) before being stunned by Oakley (No. 14). And Providence also bowed out in the Sweet Sixteen, topping Centerfield (No. 16) and Salina (No. 9)
before running into Moab (No. 4). Moab was my pre-tournament selection to win it all — how can you compete with that weather, scenery and general perception that it is just a cool, chic and extremely active community? — and the town of 5,130 did cruise into the Final Four. However, as of Thursday morning, Moab was trailing Midway in the semifinals, albeit it by a slim 49 percent to 51 percent margin. And Kamas, which came in as a No. 11 was the Cinderella story, leading Morgan by 57 to 43 percent margin. Who will emerge as small city champion? I still like Moab, but you’ll have to check in at KSL.com this weekend to find out for sure. — Jeff Hunter
By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic
ment in Baby Corp. (not kidding). It all seems so cynical, really. The very It’s possible — quite idea of reproduction probable even — that of the human species “The Boss Baby” will has been co-opted by be the weirdest movie capitalists who trade you take your kids to love as currency. Anythis year. Strange doesn’t way, the big babies even begin to describe in charge are afraid how bonkers its plot is. that puppies are takWe begin with a ing over all the love thought exercise. The on earth, so the babies movie opens on a happy must fight back lest family: a mom, a dad humans stop having and their son, Tim. Tim babies and trade them is perfectly content with in for puppies. So, being the only child. He now the idea of a baby gets all the attention, all who wears tailored the bedtime stories and suits doesn’t seem like all the bedtime songs. the craziest idea in this Life is good. movie, right? However, we visibly AP Photo Kudos to “The Boss see that his mom is pregTim, voiced by Miles Bakshi, and Boss Baby, voiced by Alec Baldwin share a scene in “The Boss Baby.” Baby” for going fullnant, and they let Tim tilt toward crazytown. in on their little secret. Then we get to the plot. Never once does it head since he has such He’s not impressed. So, here goes nothing a wild imagination, but abandon the slapThen a day later a baby (deep breath): babies are as the movie progresses dash fever dream of is dropped off in a taxi, manufactured in a corpo- capitalist reproductive it appears to be taking walks up to the front rate environment. They place in whatever realDirector // Tom McGrath services and the wacky door and viola! Tim has ity they inhabit. So many sort of spring into being Starring // Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy hijinks employed to a brother. Mom isn’t Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Miles Christopher Bakshi, and race headlong on a questions! Like, what keep them solvent. pregnant anymore, so Tobey Maguire, James McGrath, ViviAnn Yee very dangerous conveyor is the purpose of Tobey Boss Baby’s main the question is, what Rated // PG for some mild rude humor belt heading toward their Maguire narrating Tim’s goal is to save babyhappened to the pregstory the exact same way new family. If they’re tick- kind so he can attain nancy? stupid? What is going on he narrated in “The Great lish, they head on down to the corner office with Obviously Boss Baby are clueless and accept the fraud into their family. here? Gatsby”? Is it a joke I’m earth to find a happy fam- the golden potty. And (Alec Baldwin) wasn’t I suppose some could Have they been brainily. If they aren’t, they’re missing? Coincidence? born, he simply arrived See BABY on Page 8 sent to middle managesay that this is all in Tim’s What? in a taxicab. The parents washed? Are they just
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‘The Boss Baby’
‘Beauty and the Beast’ tops box office again LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not all reboots are created equal. This weekend at the box office, nostalgia-driven fare was everywhere, from “Beauty and the Beast” to “Power Rangers” and “CHIPS,” producing both successful and
underwhelming results. On the high end, Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” continued enchanting audiences in its second weekend in theaters, easily topping the charts with $88.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. On the low
end, Warner Bros.’ raunchy, R-rated “CHIPS” debuted in seventh place with $7.6 million. In the middle was Lionsgate’s “Power Rangers,” which earned a solid $40.5 million to grab the No. 2 spot. The PG-13 take on the campy
1990s television show tells the origin story of the Power Rangers with a diverse teenage cast of relative newcomers. Its audiences were 60 percent male, while “Beauty and the Beast” crowds remained largely female. The divide
allowed both to succeed in the crowded marketplace. “Power Rangers” didn’t get the best reviews, but audiences gave it a promising A CinemaScore, suggesting that it might have staying power in See BOX on Page 9
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all mixed up AFCO hosting Morten Lauridsen For its final concert of the 2016-17 season, the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra will present “Lux Aeterna: The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen” at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 15, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $22; children ages 8 and older are welcome. For ticket information, call 752-0026 or visit
americanfestivalchorus.org. Directed by Dr. Craig Jessop, AFCO will be joined by the USU Chamber Singers and their acclaimed conductor, Dr. Cory Evans, for this not-tobe-missed concert, which will showcase many of Lauridsen’s inspiring works. The American Festival Chrous is excited to announce that Lauridsen will also be
joining them on stage for the performance. “Morten Lauridsen is considered by many to be the musical mystic of our age,” Jessop said. “A quintessentially American composer of the 21st Century, he brings a fresh voice of spirituality and mysticism to everything he writes. We are very fortunate to have him personally appear with
us on stage and to be a part of our concert honoring him and his great legacy of music.” In addition to performing on Saturday night, Lauridsen will spend time on Friday giving master classes and working with choral and composition students from the USU Music Department.
See AFCO on Page 10
‘The Shrew’ visits the 1920s Cache Theatre Company puts a twist on Shakespeare’s classic Put flappers and fedoras into a William Shakespeare classic, and what do you get? A stunning Cache Theatre Company production of “The Taming of the Shrew” set against the backdrop of a 1920s New York City skyline. Shakespeare’s work is relatable throughout many different periods of time and cultures with his ability to identify and amplify basic human experiences and behaviors. Since the time of Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew” has been portrayed in a variety of ways, from being put to song and dance in “Kiss Me Kate “to a more modern 1990s perspective in “10 Things I Hate About You.” There have been a reported 25 versions of this classic love battle from television and movies alone to confirm that, though centuries old, Shakespeare is still relevant. For tickets to this vintage retelling of a definitive story please visit cachetheatre.com. Performances will be March 30-April 3 in the Bullen Center Carousel Ballroom adjacent to the Ellen Eccles Theatre.
Cache Theatre Company director, Jeffrey Olsen, describes his inspiration for this art deco production of “The Taming of the Shrew” to come from the incredible energy and exuberance of plot in Shakespeare’s writing. For him, it seemed to fit perfectly with the lavish and lively 1920s era of social and artistic dynamism. So, how will this version be different from Shakespeare’s original? The cast is working hard to ensure that their production of “Shrew” both remains true to the emotion and wit of the original dialogue and distinctly human experiences, while refreshing those poignant moments with visually pleasing aesthetics and more contemporary environments. “The locations of the play will be opened up into exciting, vibrant environments, the costumes will be time-period appropriate and certain phrases in the original dialogue will be updated for the benefit of a 1920s New York setting.” Olsen says. “It’s exciting to consider how universally
The Cache Theatre Company will present “The Taming of the Shrew” March 30-April 3 in the Carousel Ballroom at the Bullen Center.
human we really are when a play hundreds of years old can visually and emotionally enrapture you in a modern context.” Though “Taming of the
Shrew” may be one of Shakespeare’s first plays, Cache Theatre Company is proving that his work will last through the ages and continue to find its place in contemporary theater.
Morten Lauridsen
AWHC to host baby animals The American West Heritage Center will host its annual Baby Animal Days event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 5-8 at 4025 S. U.S. Hwy. 89 in Wellsville. The festival has become so popular that dates have been extended for an additional day to allow more opportunities for visitors to see baby bears from Yellowstone’s Bear World and cuddle lots of baby farm animals. Visitors can pet baby lambs, goats, ducks, chicks, piglets, calves, bunnies, turtles and more. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for children ages 3-11 and $8 for military and seniors. USU students will receive $1 off with current ID, and all visitors can receive $1 off with the donation of any nonperishable food item at the American West Heritage Center ticket booth. Tickets are being sold in advance online at awhc.org. For more information, call 245-6050 or visit awhc.org.
working as a freelance illustrator, Edwards evolved as a fine art oil and watercolor painter. Commonly portraying figurative imageries, her painterly, realistic paintings have received numerous awards (listed below) as they have been exhibited in international, national, regional and state juried, invitational, group and two-person exhibits. The Oil Painters of America Board of Directors in 2011 awarded Signature Status to Barbara for her “remarkable talent.” The Utah Arts Council as part of the State of Utah’s Permanent Collection
Night Ranger at Cruise-In
purchased two of her paintings, and one of those, “Gotcha!” hangs After going without a concert for the past two in the Governor’s Mansion in Salt summers, the Cache Valley Cruise-In announced Lake City. this week that Night Ranger will be performing at A native of Logan, Needham 8 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the Cache County Fairrecently released a new book grounds. entitled “An Artistic Narrative of Best known for the Top 5 1984 power ballad, the House of Israel in Paintings “Sister Christian,” Night Ranger is celebrating their and Sculpture Based in the Bible 35th anniversary this year and released their 12th and the Scriptures of the Prophet studio album, “Don’t Let Up,” last week. Joseph Smith,” which is an exploThe rock band out of the Bay Area currently ration and a culmination of his includes original members Jack Blades (lead research and studies of ancient and vocals, bass), Kelly Keagy (lead vocals, drums), modern-day prophets. Brad Gillis (lead guitar), as well as relative new For more information, visit comers Eric Levy (keyboards) and Keri Kelli loganfineartgallery.com or cache(guitar). arts.org/gallerywalk. REO Speedwagon was the last band to perform at the Cruise-In in 2014, following a variety of other musical acts including Styx, Pat Benatar and the Beach Boys. The 2017 Cache Valley Cruise-In will be held June 29-30 and July 1 at the Cache County Fairgrounds. For more information, visit cachevalleycruisein.net.
Sharpe returning to Logan Vocalist to perform at Tabernacle on April 15 Irish singer Alexandria (Alex) Sharpe, internationally acclaimed vocalist and former lead singer for the group Celtic Woman, will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 15, in the Logan Tabernacle. Sharpe will be appearing with television personality Glenn Rawson and pianist Jason Tonioli in a concert produced by Bob Cosgrove. Sharpe has appeared a number of times in Utah, including three previous concerts in Logan. In 2012, she appeared as a guest soloist with Craig Jessop in the Christmas program of the American Festival Chorus. In 2015, she was the featured performer in the concert “One Heart, One Voice.” That same year she appeared as a guest soloist on the broadcast of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, then in November 2016 she performed at USU in the “Christmas Spectacular,” along with Jenny Oaks Baker and Jason Lyle Black. The April 15 concert will include Easter music, as well as some Celtic music and songs from her time with the group Celtic Woman. Sharpe began her career as Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin. Since then she has had many professional roles in a variety of theaters in Ireland, England and other venues in Europe and the U.S. She has performed in concerts and on television with award-winning symphonies and orchestras. She sang live See SHARPE on Page 11
Royal Bliss at Eagles
Royal Bliss will perform along with ZamTrip and Preston-based band Veiger on Friday, March 31, at the Logan Eagles Lodge, 170 W. 900 North. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Hailing from Salt Lake City, Royal Bliss has been making their mark for years with a consistent work ethic of writing, recording and touring that have helped build the success of the band. Their wide variety of influences from Johnny Cash to Led Zeppelin and everything in between has helped to mold a sound that is uniquely theirs that cannot be denied. Visit royalbliss.com for more information.
Annual Young Artist Cup
The Young Artist Cup Committee, in association with Mountain Crest and Ridgeline high schools’ performing arts departments, will present the 18th annual Young Artist Cup Competition at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13, and Friday, April 14, in the MCHS Auditorium in the Hyrum. Admission is free and everyone is invited to attend. The vocal and string competition will be held Thursday evening and the piano and instrumental competition will be Friday night. This annual event showcases the musical talents of outstanding Mountain Crest and Ridgeline students. Students compete for cash prizes and trophies in six areas: graphic arts design, female and male vocalist, strings, brass/winds/percussion and piano. Acclaimed vocalist Alex Sharpe will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, April Awards will be given to first, second and third15, at the Logan Tabernacle. place winners in each category.
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During the next CVCA Gallery Walk on Friday, April 7, the paintings of Barbara Summer Edwards will be featured at S.E. Needhams Jewelers while the artwork of S. Eugene Needham will be featured at the Logan Fine Art Gallery. Hours at both locations are 6 to 9 p.m. S.E. Needham Jewelers is located at 141 S. Main St., and the Logan Fine Art Gallery sits at 60 W. 100 North. Born and raised in Southeastern Idaho, Edwards is a fourth generation native of the American West. After graduating from Utah State University in illustration and
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Logan High School Centennial
Alex Lambert serves as the writer, composer and co-director of “Echoes Never Die” at Logan High. (Jeff Hunter/Herald Journal)
Alex Lambert brings ‘Echoes Never Die’ to the stage Even though admission was free to the Logan High School’s “Echoes Never Die,” the original musical was obviously a hot ticket since the fire alarm went off midway through the March 24 performance at the LHS Auditorium. “We had a great crowd that night, and then the fire alarm went off halfway through,” says co-director Alex Lambert. “We’ve had a lot of construction issues here — the new fire alarm system doesn’t really match up with the new one — so that was about a 30-minute delay. “But while it was obviously an annoying interruption to have, the performers got back in and finished strong. And I felt like the audience submersed themselves back into the show, which was really nice. You’re very grateful for audiences that can do that.” The current student body president at Logan High, Lambert also wrote and composed “Echoes Never Die,” which is a
musical tribute to the high school that is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Clarity Perry, a 2016 LHS graduate, is the production’s other director, which helps free up Lambert a little bit as he directs the orchestra. Lambert first came up with the idea of putting on an original musical last June, but he says he didn’t really start to write the script until last December. “So, it’s been really interesting,” Lambert declares. “I’ll write a little bit, and then we’ll shove it into rehearsal. And then I’ll keep writing more, and we’ll rehearse that. And then all of a sudden, we had a finished product. So, it was a pretty quick process.” “Echoes Never Die” is set during the 194142 school year, which was wrapped around the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States’ entry into World War II. The musical tugs at the heart strings as Lambert tells the story of teachers trying to prepare their stu-
dents for war, as well as for life. “They tell you to write about what you’re interested in and what you like, and Logan High has obviously a hundred years of history but I’ve always been interested in World War II,” Lambert explains. “It’s always been a section of history that’s really fascinated me, and the whole Greatest Generation. You know, just the study of those people and the time that they were in and the sacrifices that they made was inspiring to me.” Lambert culled much of the background from “Echoes Never Die” by studying old LHS yearbooks and digging through other materials at the LHS library and the Logan Library. Because of that research, he wrote two “real-life” characters into the musical: legendary coach and P.E. instructor Glen Worthington and English teacher Inez Maughan. See STAGE on Page 11
Clockwise from above: Klara Ricks, center, and other students perform in the musical “Echoes Never Die” last week at the Logan High School Auditorium. Dallin Clark acts as Harold. Andy Skabelund and Nalani Mathais share the stage as Stanford and Rose, respectively. Logan High students perform in the original musicial, which was staged March 23-25 and 27, at the Logan High School Auditorium.
Story by Jeff Hunter • Photos by Eli Lucero
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I know that my fellow snowflakes are going through the typical stages of grief associated with the loss of a loved one. Our loved one was not Barak Obama so much as the liberal agenda that we clutched like a squeaky dog toy. Two months in it is time to stop whining and start shining. The war on coal is over, the bodies are buried, the medals have been handed out and now we need to turn this frown upside down. It’s time to start Coal Tourism! Forget Arches National Park; it’s too crowded. Forget the Grand Staircase
Slightly Off Center DENNIS HINKAMP
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Snowflakes unite, head to coal country
and Bears Ears, noses, throat or whatever; it’s too politically volatile. Who wants their vacation ruined by a bunch of Patagonia-wearing protesters? You know how popular those Civil War reenactment things are? Just think how many jobs
coal-mining reenactment will create. Have the family come to Eastern Utah to spend a weekend in a real reopened coal mine! Kidsized picks, jump suits, hard hats and ventilators! Get sprayed down with coal dust and have your photo taken with a black lung survivor! Dad gets to sit in one of the giant excavators, push buttons and yell like a drunk at a Packers game. Mom can have a cup of tea with the other ladies and discuss how they are going to spend all the new cold, hard carbon cash that’s going to be rolling in. As a semi-educational bonus, just down the road you can see the fossil
remains of the dinosaurs and plants that died millions of years ago and became the coal we so much love today. Of course these reenactments are just the temporary tourism jobs to tide us over until the real boots in the ground jobs start rolling in. It will take some time to retrain software developers and cosmetologists to extract coal, but we can do it. Free from the tyranny of climate change regulations we can take this spirit and let it trickle down through the economy. For starters: • We can reverse the engines on those huge worthless wind turbines, power them with clean
coal and literally laterally blow the pollutants out of our state so they can be enjoyed elsewhere. • Sure we got a lot of snow this year, but the winters are trending in the other direction. Now is the time to get ready for ATV and motocross madness on Utah’s formerlyknown-as-ski slopes; Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! OK, maybe not Sunday since it’s still Utah. • Electric cars were cute, but really why should the government subsidize these now that we know that reducing carbon emissions is a waste taxpayer’s money? How do we know? President Trump said so and it was confirmed his press
secretary. Has anybody actually seen CO2 other than in a book? Don’t worry though; all the remaining electric cars will make the coolest golf carts ever! • You’ll be able to keep your hey-look-at-me solar panels, but only if you string your own wire from your house to the grid in Central Utah right next to the clean coal plant. We all know climate changes almost daily. Why should we have to pay people to research the obvious? Just join hands snowflakes; there is going to be a double rainbow any day now. ———
Dennis Hinkamp puts the chasm in sarcasm.
Newcomer to play Cache Valley Baby
Folk musician set to perform Sunday, April 9
Bridger Folk Music Society welcomes multi-talented contemporary folk music mainstay Carrie Newcomer at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at First Presbyterian Church of Logan, 178 W. Center Street. Tickets for the performance are $15 in advance via PayPal at bridgerfolk.org or by calling 757-3468. Tickets at the door will be $20 cash. Advance purchase is recommended as seating is limited. Newcomer is a songwriter, recording artist, performer and educator. She has been described as a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe, “asks all the right questions” by Rolling Stone, “a voice as rich as Godiva chocolate” by The Austin Statesman and as “the kind of artist whose music makes you stop, think and then
Carrie Newcomer will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at the First Presbyterian Church.
say, ‘that is so true’” by The Dallas Morning News. Recent appearances on PBS “Religion and Ethics” and national award-winning Krista Tippett’s “On Being” have focused on her use of creative art-form as a spiritual/mindfulness practice, her
work in social/environmental justice, interfaith dialogue, progressive spirituality and as a champion for a new political conversation. She has toured with Alison Krauss Europe, and Nickel Creek recorded Newcomer’s song “I Should’ve Known Better” on
their Grammy-winning album This Side. In the fall of 2009 and 2011 Newcomer was a cultural ambassador to India invited by the American Embassy of India. In October 2011 she released her interfaith collaborative benefit album “Everything is Everywhere” with world master of the Indian Sarod, Amjad Ali Khan. In June 2012 Carrie Newcomer traveled to Kenya, Africa performing in schools, hospitals, spiritual communities and AIDS hospitals. In 2013, Newcomer visited organizations dedicated to nonviolent conflict resolution through the arts and the empowerment of women in the Middle East. Newcomer was listed as one of “The 50 most influential folk musicians of the past 50 years” by Chicago’s WFMT. In September 2016 Available Light Records released “The Beautiful Not Yet.” For more information, visit carrienewcomer.com.
Continued from Page 3 at that moment, every parent who works in an office environment dies a little inside because they understand exactly why Boss Baby is the way he is. Don’t we all want corner offices and golden toilets? Yes. Yes, we do. “The Boss Baby” feels like an odd mix of “Looney Tunes” and DreamWorks’s “Mr. Peabody and Sherman.” It’s just so utterly bizarre all the way around. Amid the strangeness is a touching story about siblings finding common ground and becoming friends, so there’s that. But before that, you find out that for all you know, Boss Baby could be older than his parents because Baby Corp. babies drink magic formula to keep them small, cute babies. It’s possible to focus on the movie’s strangeness and its emotional moments, but it’s harder than saying no to a cute puppy.
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‘Ghost in the Shell’
Box Continued from Page 3 “CHIPS,” on the other hand, underwhelmed audiences, critics and the studio. Dax Shepard wrote, directed and starred in the action comedy based on the 1970s and ‘80s TV show about the California Highway Patrol. Costing $25 million to produce, “CHIPS” wasn’t the biggest risk, but its $7.6 million debut disappointed. The film also got a deathly B- CinemaScore from audiences. “Brand recognition will get you far — it gives you a leg up before you even start — but at the end
of the day, it comes down to the movie itself,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore. “No matter how much brand equity they have with a particular title, the real test is: How do critics and audiences respond to that film? “You still have to deliver a solid movie that will entice people to spend their hard-earned money to go see something that they already know, or already know about,” he said. That’s where Disney has succeeded, with its latest remake earning $317 million in just 10 days in North American theaters and $690.3 million worldwide. “With ‘Beauty and the Beast’ there have been decades of good-
will and the Disney brand and so many more elements going into it than just the intellectual property,” Dergarabedian said. “Disney makes it look easy. Others have had more challenges.” Also this weekend, the sci-fi thriller “Life” failed to connect with audiences, debuting in fourth place with $12.6 million behind holdover “Kong: Skull Island” with $14.4 million. The R-rated space film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds as astronauts who discover that the alien life form they have brought on board might be dangerous. With a $58 million price tag, Sony and Skydance’s “Life” has a long journey to profitability.
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where Major descends into the depths of the nearby ocean and floats near the bottom among the jellyfish. A friend asks her why she does it and she says, “It’s dark and cold. It’s scary. It feels real.” In a society utterly taken over by corporations selling enhanced stuff, it’s quite revealing that the only place that feels realistic is deep beneath the al wizardry, it’s hard not waves. to feel a tad let down by “Ghost in the Shell” the accompanying story. feels like it’s missing AP Photo With a brisk running time something, but it has of around 100 minutes, more than enough to Scarlett Johnsson stars in a scene from “Ghost in the Shell.” this version of “Ghost be entertaining and in the Shell” is unable Major finds herself in surprisingly thoughtto catch the depth of its battle after battle with provoking. It’s visu83-minute predecessor. enhanced humans. All ally mesmerizing It’s a strange conundrum, even to the extreme. these humans with all but there you go. these enhancements and Maybe that’s the Director // Rupert Sanders Major’s story feels nobody chose bulletpoint. It’s purposeStarring // Scarlett Johnsson, Michel Pitt, Pilou rushed. The true implica- fully an onslaught of Asbaek, Christopher Obi, Juliette Binoche, Chin Han proof skin? Perhaps they haven’t invented that yet. tions of a cybernetic-con- visual information, Rated // PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi nected world aren’t fully In any case, “Ghost in because the world violence, suggestive content and some disturbing the Shell” is quite violent. realized. We’re only able Major lives in is conimages to scratch the surface of Sure, there’s no blood – structed of informawhat this imagined future tion. At what point just a lot of robot parts The visuals conjured its world. It feels believmeans for humanity. At up here are stunning. able. It’s almost hypnotic getting blown to smithis there too much what point, does individu- data? When do we say ereens – but, it’s sort of They owe everything to in a way. Like you’re ality become a casualty of enough is enough? surprising this got away Mamoru Oshii’s original staring at something that anime, which this movie you can imagine happen- with a PG-13 rating. Then constant progress? Are we Hopefully before we all inexorably headed this reach 100-foot neon is based on. The futuristic ing to the world you live again, it’s not surprising way? billboards and bodycityscape design is engulf- in. We’re not that far away, at all. hacked cops. For all its glitz and visu- There’s a telling part ing. It transports you into you might think. I did.
The Reel Place Aaron Peck
“Ghost in the Shell” presents a futuristic society completely taken over by capitalism. Holographic advertisements, as tall as skyscrapers, lifelessly peer down at the city’s inhabitants hawking their wares. Many of the people are walking, talking commercials for robotic corporations. In this future, humans enhance themselves with cybernetics. It’s a brave new world; one that questions our very humanity. Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind: her body is completely made from synthetic elements, but her brain is all human. Like all promising, possibly evolutionary, technology, the first human reaction is to use it as a weapon. So, Major becomes a cop. A great one. She’s unstoppable. In a world full of enhanced humans, it’s an advantage to have the most enhanced one on your side. Major and a group of super-secret government agents are tracking down a mysterious hacker who is killing people and stealing classified information from robotic scientists.
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USU Dance Company to present Showcase The Utah State University Dance Company presents its year-end Spring Showcase — the final concert of the academic year — at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. “Illuminate” will feature the company’s 21 student members in 15 numbers in a variety of styles including contemporary, hip hop and jazz. The performance will include a tribute dance in memory of Annie Schmidt, the daughter of “The Piano Guys” member Jon Schmidt and a friend of several of company’s dancers. Annie’s body was found last November, several weeks after she disappeared while hiking in Oregon. The tribute dance was choreographed by Tristin Hampshire.
Another dance was choreographed by Logan resident Fiona Katrine, a Juilliard graduate in modern dance. All other dances have been choreographed by members of the company. The April 8 performance will reflect the growth of the company, now in its 10th year. The USU Dance Company is a student-run performing group organized in 2008 by thendirector Krissy Fry, to provide a creative outlet for several talented dancers on campus, after the school eliminated dance as an academic program. It has evolved from the Full Circle and Vilociti groups into its current form and is supported by USU’s Caine College of the Arts.
The company performs at campus events and conducts fundraisers during the school year, the largest of which is this yearend concert. They also serve on the staff at the annual Utah Dance Fest. Ginger Hislop is the company director. Officers include president Kiera Griffis, vice president Amanda Berrett, treasurer Amelia Hollberg, communications director Daidree Davis and attendance officer Rosemary Grow. Tickets are $7 for USU students, children 3-12 and seniors over 65 and $12 for everyone else. Tickets are available at the Eccles Theatre Box Office or at cachearts.org. Those attending are encouraged to purchase tickets early as all seats are reserved.
The USU Dance Company will present its Spring Showcase at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.
HillBenders deliver ‘Tommy’ AFCO The HillBenders will present “Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $30; children 5-18 years old are 50 percent off and USU students are 25 percent off. Visit cachearts.org for tickets and additional information. Based in Springfield, Missouri, The HillBenders are currently touring in support of their latest project, “Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry.” This release transforms The Who’s iconic album “Tommy” into a fully realized, full length bluegrass tribute, and it’s unlike anything you’ve heard before. Comprised of Mark Cassidy (banjo), Gary Rea (bass), Jim Rea (guitar), Nolan Lawrence (mandolin) and Chad “Gravy Boat” Grave (dobro), The
Continued from Page 3 Lauridsen was named an “American Choral Master” by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2006. In 2007 he received the National Medal of Arts from President Obama in a White House ceremony “for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide.” Lauridsen has been a professor of composition at the USC’s Thornton School of Music for more than 40 years; he chaired the composition department from 1990–2002 and founded USC’s Photo courtesy of The Hillbenders advanced studies program The HillBenders will present “Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, in film scoring. at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. A recipient of numerous grants, prizes, and ied influences, we’re all ognize their ability to HillBenders have been commissions, in 2016 he trying to bring in songs bridge the gap between winning over audiences was awarded the ASCAP common music consumer that unify,” Lawrence with their high-octane Foundation Life in Music says. “We wanted to pair Award. His works have and the bluegrass genre, shows, tight harmonies bluegrass with the other selecting material that and stunning instrumenbeen recorded on more American music we grew than 200 CDs, five of defies any hillbilly stigtal prowess since their up with — with rock and which have received mas. formation in 2008. roll!” “With our widely var The HillBenders recGrammy Award nomina-
tions. A documentary film about him, “Shining Night: A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen,” won four Best Documentary awards. Lauridsen draws profound inspiration from the beauty of the natural setting he encounters in the Pacific Northwest. By combining the music in his mind with his inner poetry, he has created some of the most radiantly beautiful choral music ever heard. “In this modern secular age of confrontation in civic dialogue, he brings a voice of peace and quiet – of introspection and meditation,” Jessop said. “He seems to be in tune with the sounds of nature and eternity, and brings healing and quiet to an often noisy and unsettled humanity.” AFCO’s concert will feature many of Lauridsen’s most inspiring works: “Midwinter Songs,” “O Magnum Mysterium,” “Sure On This Shining Night,” “Dirait-On,” and will also showcase his masterpiece “Lux Aeterna,” conducted by Evans.
VERA will perform along with Isabel Forinash and The Gatherers at 7 p.m. Friday, March 31, at WhySound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7. Visit whysound. com for more information. Royal Bliss will perform along with ZamTrip and Veiger on Friday, March 31, at the Logan Eagles Lodge, 170 W. 900 North. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance; $20 at the door.
SATURDAY The Cache Valley Folk Dancers and Bridger Folk Music Society are hosting their monthly “first Saturday” contra dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Live music will be provided by Bandage a Trois; Mike Cottle will be calling. A $7 donation is suggested at the door; $4 for children under 12. Beginners and families are welcome, all dances are taught. For more information about contra dancing call 753-2480 or 7535987, or visit bridgerfolk.org. Sex Room will perform along
Stage Continued from Page 7 “I thought they really embodied everything that’s good about Logan High school,” Lambert says. “And so instead of trying to create characters that were similar to them, I thought that maybe it would be appropriate to use them as sort of a tribute to them.” Lambert put together two arrangements of “Hail to Logan High” as well as writing 12 original songs for the production. He says his favorite song is “A Teacher’s Prayer,” a tear-jerker of a tune that is sung after some LHS teachers have found out that
with Salduro and Indiscriminate at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at WhySound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7. Visit whysound. com for more information.
MONDAY Booklore Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the home of Lila Watterson. The Cache Valley Retired School Employees Association will meet at 1 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the Bluebird Restaurant. Peggy Matthews will provide dinner music and Audrey Godfrey will tell us the history of early education in Utah. All retired school employees in the valley are invited to attend. Reservations are necessary. If you plan on attending, please call DeLoy Johnson at 750-0184.
will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the Caine Performance Hall at USU. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, $10 for youth and USU faculty and staff, and free for USU students with ID. Visit cca.usu.edu for more information.
TUESDAY The Smithfield Senior Citizens will meet on Tuesday, April 4, at the Smithfield Senior Center at 375 Canyon Road for a lunch at noon of enchiladas, rice and beans, chips and salsa and Dessert. At 12:30 p.m., there will be a spring activity with Bryce. Come any time after 10 a.m. to socialize with other seniors. If you haven’t signed up yet please call Rachael Bott at 764-1303 and leave a message.
are free. Visit library.logan.utah. org for more information. “Angry Birds” will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 4.
WEDNESDAY Cruz Night will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, at Rumbi Island Grill (970 S. Main St.) and continue every Wednesday night through October. For more information, call 799-7149. The Logan Library will host a Spring Break Movie Series from April 3-7, in the Jim Bridger Room. Admission and popcorn are free. Visit library.logan.utah. org for more information. The animated version of “Beauty and the Beast” will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 5.
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The Logan Library will host a Spring Break Movie Series from April 3-7, in the Jim Bridger Room. Admission and popcorn
The American West Heritage Center will host its annual Baby Animal Days event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 5-8 at 4025 S. U.S. Hwy. 89 in Wellsville. Admission is $9 for adults, $7 for children ages 3-11 and $8 for military and seniors. USU students will receive $1 off with current ID, and all visitors can receive $1 off with the donation of any nonperishable food item at the Ameri-
one of their students was killed in combat. “The future is looking bleak — we don’t know what’s going to happen — and the teachers just kind of express the love and concern that they have for their students,” Lamber says. “And it starts off with that it’s not fair what’s going on, and what’s going to happen. But it ends with we really taught them and brought them up correctly, and if anyone can do it, they can because we taught them correctly. “I hope it’s a good tribute to my teachers, as well, because it really means a lot to me thinking what my teachers have meant to me.” Presented last Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, “Echoes Never Die” featured orchestration by Sam Arm-
strong and John Carter; choreography by Klara Ricks; set design by Patrick Gobb and starred LHS students Nalani Mathais (Rose), Daniel Francis (Grant), Dallin Clark (Harold), Andy Skabelund (Stanford), Ricks (Ella) and Grob (James). Lambert, who also received his LDS mission call to Rome, Italy, last week, says he doesn’t know if he’ll continue to write musicals as a career or a hobby. But he does know that his love of musical theater started when he was just 5 years old and attended a performance of “Oklahoma” at Logan High School. “I just remember leaving this place thinking it was the most magical place on Earth,” Lamber says. “So, it’s honestly been since I was 5 that I’ve dreamed on being on that
stage. And in high school I’ve been able to be involved with productions, and it sounds really geeky and nerdy, but it’s a dream come true for me to be on that stage and to be doing things like this.” Lambert, who composed most of the music for “Echoes Never Die” on a keyboard at home, says he isn’t sure if the musical will ever be performed again, but that Logan High is more than welcome to all the rights to the production should someone want to bring to the stage in the future. “I’ve told a lot of people that I love Logan High more than is healthy for me,” Lambert says with a smile. “So, this is something that I just wanted to do as a tribute to the school that I love. That I love a lot.”
The Logan Library will host a Spring Break Movie Series from April 3-7, in the Jim Bridger Room. Admission and popcorn are free. Visit library.logan.utah. org for more information. A “Harry Potter” marathon will begin at 10:15 a.m. Monday, April 3.
The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “Craft It Up!” Visit library.loganutah. org for more information.
can West Heritage Center ticket booth. Tickets are being sold in advance online at awhc.org. For more information, call 245-6050 or visit awhc.org.
THURSDAY Logan City Limits will be held April 6-8 at multiple venues in downtown Logan. The National Parks, Brumby and The Young North are scheduled to perform on Thursday, April 6, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $5; concert is free with high school/college ID. Visit logancitylimits.usu.edu/music for more information. The Logan Library will host a Spring Break Movie Series from April 3-7, in the Jim Bridger Room. Admission and popcorn are free. Visit library.logan.utah.org for more information. “Moana” will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 6. The Academy Award-winning film “Moonlight” will be shown at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium at Utah State University. Admission is $5; $3 for students with ID.
Sharpe Continued from Page 5 on “Dancing with the Stars,” “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America” and for the National Christmas Tree Lighting in 2009. She has also performed on Japanese and Chinese television, as well as on the soundtrack of the movie “Evita.” Sharpe toured and recorded as a soloist with Celtic Woman from 2008 to ’10, and for their summer 2015 tour. She also performed on Jenny’s Christmas album “Noel.” Alex was guest soloist for the 25th Anniversary of “A Kurt Bestor Christmas.”
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