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Sister duo shares story of coming into their own

THE HERALD JOURNAL

APRIL 6-12, 2012

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April 6-12, 2012

MUSIC 3 Easter cantata to be

performed this weekend

3 USU Chamber Ensembles take stage Tuesday

4 Evening in Brazil returns to the university

4 USU Big Bands perform Wednesday

5 Utah Symphony to visit Logan

5 String Chamber Recital coming up

THEATER 5 USU students to perform ‘Radio Opera’ scenes

MISC. 4 Learn about forensics at USU museum Saturday

6 Baby Animal Days continues through Saturday

11 Earth Day Downtown event to take place soon

COLUMN 12 Lael Gilbert’s take on the Spice on Ice event

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Photos by Eli Lucero/Herald Journal

Members of Falk, Alexa (left) and Natalee Falk practice in their home in Logan. As a duo, the sisters recently became ambassadors for the National Eating Disorders Association. On the cover: Alexa and Natalee Falk pose outside their home.

FROM THE EDITOR

I

’m not much of a cat person, although I’m slowly trying to change that.

My friends’ furry felines don’t bother me, and I honestly think they’re cute, but my desire to have a kitty of my own faded a long time ago.

I blame it partly on my mother. When I was a kid and the neighbor cat had kittens every couple months, my best friend and I would visit daily to hold and play with them. The kittens would sit in our laps and we would coax them to sleep. It was one of our favorite things in the world.

But, when the neighbors offered to give

me kittens, my mom always said no. She had bad experiences with her childhood pet cat Freddie. One night he creeped onto my grandma’s chest while she was sleeping and when she woke up in the dark, two beady eyes were staring at her.

She screamed, got angry, and soon after that, Freddie disappeared. That was the end of cats for my mom.

All kitty enthusiasm for me ended a few years back when an old boyfriend got one (named Lucifer of all things) who liked to pounce. Everyone says he was playing with me, but they never saw the look in that cat’s eyes before he attacked.

My current boyfriend also loves cats, so I’m trying to make an honest effort to find good things about them. My neighbor’s cat has nice eyes and he’s pretty.

And a big, fat orange cat my friend owns actually likes to just sit on my lap, or sleep on the couch by me, kind of like the kittens when I was a kid.

I bring all this up because I saw “Cats” at The Ellen Eccles Theatre on Tuesday.

This experience helped me get inside the cat mind in a weird, musical, dancing way. Did you know every cat has three names? A human name, a fancy name and a secret name he decides on his own? The show was different than anything I’d ever seen, and I really enjoyed it. The costumes, make-up and especially the vocal talent amazed me so much I got chills.

Did this experience help me love cats more in general? I’m unsure. But here’s hoping.

— Manette Newbold

“Love’s Greatest Gift,” a cantata acclaiming the resurrection of Jesus Christ and His ascension to heaven, will be presented Easter weekend, April 7 and 8, in the Logan LDS Tabernacle at 7 p.m. An 80-voice choir, a 20-voice children’s choir and an orchestra will perform. An Easter tradition in Logan, this year’s performance marks the 16th year the work has been presented. The composition was co-written by Cecelia Benson, Karen Carter and John Carter of Logan and was based on a text by the late Hortense Richardson of Salt Lake City. Its original performances in 1996 and 1997 were on a smaller scale, but when the invitation to present it in the tabernacle was extended in 2000, the piece was expanded to include full orchestra.

Once again, the cantata will be narrated by the familiar voice of Bruce Newbold who has appeared in television and motion pictures including “17 Miracles,” “Everwood,” “Touched by an Angel,” “Pixel Perfect,” “The Proof Point,” “Highway to Heaven” and many more. He also recently authored a novel, “Baseball Box Prophecy.”

The soprano soloist is Heather Shepherd from Georgia. Her musical experience covers a wide range including classical soloist, studio vocalist, lead singer in numerous pop/ rock bands and backup singer. Later this spring, she will be the soprano soloist in Schubert’s “Bass in G” in

– Natalee Falk, on working in the music business

PET OF THE WEEK

Photo courtesy Max Cropper

A local choir and orchestra perform in the 2006 Easter cantata at the Logan Tabernacle.

Stockbridge, Ga. This will be the 12th year Shepherd has soloed in “Love’s Greatest Gift.”

Shepherd will be joined by Jonathan Weiss of Logan, who recently had a lead in Utah State University’s production “The Pirates of Penzance.”

Jonathan Rose, also of Logan, will be the organ soloist in the Sunday presentation.

Everyone is welcome and there is no charge for admission.

Available for adoption

Photo courtesy Heather Shepherd

Heather Shepherd will perform in “Love’s Greatest Gift” at the Logan Tabernacle as the soprano soloist Saturday and Sunday.

USU presents Caine Chamber Ensembles

The Caine Chamber Ensembles will perform Tuesday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Performance Hall at Utah State University.

“This performance gives the music department’s finest wind and percussion students the opportunity to perform in small groups,”

said Todd Fallis, director of the chamber area and USU professor.

At the beginning of the semester, students audition for the different groups.

Each student in the different groups is awarded a scholarship, provided by the Marie Eccles CaineRussell Family.

“We are so grateful for the Russell family and their support of the music students,” said Fallis. “Their donations assist these talented musicians as they are trained.”

The concert will also feature a performance by the USU Tuba/Euphonium Choir.

The Caine Chamber Ensembles include the Caine brass sextet, Caine woodwind quintet, Caine saxophone quartet and Caine percussion quartet.

The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, check the Caine College website, arts.usu.edu.

Pet: Odie From: Four Paws Rescue Why he’s so lovable: Odie

is looking for a forever family to live out his golden years with.

Odie is a perfect family pet. He is house-trained and crate-trained.

He is well-behaved in the home and around people. He is friendly and patient with everyone he meets and is great with other dogs, cats and kids. Odie is a German Shepherd/Yellow Lab mix and is about 12 years old.

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, April 6, 2012

Tabernacle to host Easter cantata

“You have to be yourself. You have to be an individual. You have to be authentic.

You have to be an artist and that’s the only way you’ll be successful, at least longevity. You have to be happy with it.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Evening in Brazil returns to Utah State University Utah State University will host the jazz ensemble, Evening in Brazil, on Friday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the USU Performance Hall.

Professor of engineering Christopher Neale and several others will perform together.

They specialize in Brazil’s bossa nova movement which is a style of jazz music that draws together diverse, syncopated rhythms and offers an alternative to the traditional samba rhythm.

Works performed in the concert include a number of classic works by Antônio Carlos Jobim and other contemporary International artist Marcus Brazilian composers. Dancers Santos will join Evening in Brazil from The Baianas de Logan for the April 6 concert at Utah will be a part of the program, State University. performing in traditional Bahia apparel. ied Afro-Brazilian music and The evening’s music works as the artistic director of explores different regional drumming groups in six states rhythms of Brazil including in the United States. Santos the state of Bahia. Guest perhas performed internationally, cussionist Marcus Santos is a and the Brazilian Immigrant native of Salvador, the capital Center honored him with the of Bahia, and specializes in “Outstanding Arts Performer” music from the area. He studaward in 2008.

Evening in Brazil musicians will return to the USU campus for a concert featuring bossa nova rhythms.

The concert will be Friday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the USU Performance Hall.

Tickets are $15 for general admission and $8 for USU students with valid ID. They can

USU museum presents forensics day A crime has taken place at the Utah State University Museum of Anthropology and it is up to museum guests to solve it using forensics. The Museum of Anthropology will teach visitors about forensics at work Saturday, April 7.

Richard Walton, a professor at USU Eastern, and Patricia Lambert, a USU anthropology professor, will speak at noon.

Walton will discuss the role of forensic anthropology in cold cases, and Lambert will focus on the role bones play in forensic anthropology. The presentation will be held in Room 115 in Old Main. Inside the museum will be a crime

scene where visitors can solve the case of “Who Killed the Last Neanderthal,” available throughout the day.

“I don’t think most people realize many of the important roles forensics can play,” said Jessica Swift, Saturdays program coordinator. “Forensics are important in solving crime cases, but are also used to identify mummies and bodies that have been destroyed beyond recognition, like at 9/11. There is much more to the forensics field than what TV shows portray.”

USU students and members of the public are invited to the museum any time during open

hours: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Funding for Saturday events is provided by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information about the IMLS is available online at www.imls. gov.

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building. For more information on this event, call 435-797-7545 or visit anthromuseum.usu.edu.

be purchased at the CCA Box Office located in Room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center,

online at the Caine College of the Arts website (arts.usu.edu) or by calling 435-797-8022.

Utah State University Big Bands to take stage Wednesday night Professional trombonist Harry Watters will join the USU Big Bands in “Hit the Ground Running” on Wednesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the USU Performance Hall.

“I have had the great privilege to conduct several concerts with Harry Watters,” said James Bankhead, USU Music Department head. “He is a virtuoso trombonist, fantastic showman, engaging teacher, remarkable musician and an all-around highly accomplished artist.”

Watters serves with the United States Army Band in Wash-

ington, D.C., and teaches jazz trombone at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Watters has also appeared as a featured soloist with bands and orchestras around the world.

Tickets for the USU event are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. More information and tickets are available at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in Room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at arts.usu.edu or by calling 435-797-8022.

‘Radio Opera’ scenes come to the USU stage The Utah State University Opera Theatre program presents “Radio Soap Opera,” a performance of scenes from various operas written by Gian Carlo Menotti on April 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be held in the Caine Lyric Theatre, located at 28 W. Center St. in Logan.

“This performance is exciting because a great variety of works will be presented in a wonderfully entertaining way,” said Lynn Keisker, director of opera theatre and associate professor in the Caine College of the Arts.

Some of the operas that will be performed were originally written for radio broadcasts and adapted to the stage for this performance. Scenes chosen for this performance come from Menotti’s works, including “Amelia Goes to the Ball,” “The Medium” and “The Telephone” among others.

The first half of the program will be various scenes both comedic and dramatic, showcasing Menotti’s earlier works.

The second half will feature the performance of “The Old Maid and the Thief,” a radio opera written in 1939. Each scene will be preceded by a short commentary written by the composer, explaining the

upcoming scene.

“The Old Maid and the Thief” is a comedic opera about a spinster named Miss Todd and her young maid who convinces an attractive younger gentleman to stay with them. The two ladies are quite attracted to the gentleman and convince him to stick around longer at no charge. The ensuing results to pay for his room and board lead to comedic occurrences as these ladies will do whatever it takes to keep the gentleman there.

Bridgette Worthington, a senior studying vocal performance, plays the part of Miss Todd’s gossipy friend Miss Pinkerton. “‘Radio Soap Opera’ is a really exciting idea and different from everything else I have done at USU,” said Worthington. “This show presents a great variety of operatic works to the audience and has a fun atmosphere to it.”

Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information and tickets, visit the CCA Box Office located in Room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-9022 or go online at arts.usu.edu.

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, April 6, 2012

Photo courtesy Richard A. Keisker

Karyn Handy and Shalayna Guisao are shown in a scene from “The Old Maid and the Thief,” one of the USU Opera Theatre performances coming up April 13 and 14.

Utah State University’s Caine College of the Arts welcomes the Utah Symphony with guest pianist Ronald Brautigam on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kent Concert Hall. They will perform a show entitled “Utah Symphony Orchestra, Classically Charged featuring Beethoven’s ‘Eroica.’”

“We are honored to have the Utah Symphony Orchestra perform in our Kent Concert Hall,” said Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts. “With Ronald Brautigam on the piano and Thierry Fischer conducting, the audience is guaranteed a night of wonderfully expressive music they will never forget.”

The concert features Beethoven’s “Eroica,” which was originally inscribed for Napoleon, but erased when he proclaimed himself Emperor.

“Eroica” is Beethoven’s heroic portrait that still celebrates the memory of Napoleon.

Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer was announced as the seventh music director of the Utah Symphony in September 2009. He now conducts a minimum of 12 weeks during each season. The 2011-12 season is also his sixth and final season as principal conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Ronald Brautigam, one of Holland’s leading musicians, performs regularly with leading European orchestras under many distinguished conductors. Besides his performances on modern instruments, Brautigam has established himself as a leading exponent of the

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The Utah Symphony will perform at Utah State University on Thursday, April 12.

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In addition to performing more than 70 concerts in Salt Lake City’s Abravanel Hall annually, the Utah Symphony travels around the Intermountain West and performs in Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho communities. The orchestra also participates in the Utah Opera’s four annual productions at Salt Lake’s Capitol Theatre. Funding from the Utah State Legislature makes it possible for the Utah Symphony to perform for

more than 55,000 students each year, both in the Abravanel Hall and schools throughout the state.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for USU faculty, staff, seniors and youth, $5 for USU students with ID and free for all USU music majors.

More information and tickets are available at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in Room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at arts. usu.edu or by calling 435-7978022.

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A Baby Animal Days patron picks up a chick during the 2009 event.

Baby Animals Days in full swing Baby Animal Days continues at the American West Heritage Center on Friday, April 6, and Saturday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

Enjoy holding cuddly baby farm animals and join in on the candy cannons, living history activities, wagon/

train rides, pony rides and trout fishing. The center is also welcoming back the baby bears from Bear World.

The festival is $8 for adults and $6 for kids ages 3 to 11. Receive $1 off when you donate a can of food for the Cache Valley Food Bank.

Utah State University presents annual string chamber recital Students in the Caine College of the Arts string program at Utah State University will perform in the annual String Chamber Music Recital Friday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the USU Performance Hall.

“In this performance, students directly experience the results of their dedication, ideas and skills,” said Rebecca McFaul, USU string faculty instructor in the music department and member of the Fry Street Quartet.

The concert will feature movements from Beethoven’s “String Trio in G Major,” Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet and Mendelssohn’s “String Quartet in A Minor” among others.

Two piano performance majors will

also perform in the recital amongst the string majors.

Students are tutored by the Fry Street Quartet, a nationally acclaimed group composed of four USU string faculty members.

“As faculty, we’d love to invite everyone to this special evening where every student in the string program has a voice,” said McFaul.

Tickets are $10 for general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. Tickets can be purchased at the CCA Box Office located in Room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at arts.usu. edu or by calling 435-797-8022.

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By Christy Lemire AP Movie Critic

“Harold & Kumar” creators Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg take over as writers and directors but the sense of unpredictability that infused their own franchise never surfaces here. Plus, this kind of raunchy, hard-R comedy has been done — and done better — countless times since “American Pie” debuted and seemed fresh in 1999. Movies like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and even the recent hockey flick “Goon” (which also stars Scott) have found a way to push boundaries more daringly while simultaneously finding an unexpected, resonant sweetness.

“American Reunion” achieves neither of these extremes, and playing intrusive, cloying music to signal that certain moments are supposed to be special isn’t terribly persuasive.

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After the music industry molded them for more than a decade, sisters and singing duo Alexa and Natalee Falk are happy being

Natalee

true to themselves

By Manette Newbold

Eli Lucero/Herald Journal

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Alexa

Eli Lucero/Herald Journal

Photo courtesy Jimmy Grecco

Album cover by Blush Photography

f there’s one thing sisters Alexa and Natalee Falk have learned after spending most of their young lives in the music business, it’s to not let others choose who they are.

At ages 20 and 22, the contemporary country singers and songwriters of Logan have already spent more than a decade in a business that can often be fickle, heartbreaking and tends to push artists into specific categories while ignoring natural talent. But while their journey has been up and down, Alexa and Natalee say they have finally reached the point where they want to be.

“I can say there’s four distinct phases for what we’ve done and now it’s come full circle,” says Natalee, the younger of the sisters. “We started out just singing at 2 and 4 years old and started harmonizing at 3 and 5. And just like any mother who discovers a talent in their kid will put them in a singing group or a dance class, that’s what happened.”

Their mother, Analee Falk, says she put her daughters in a singing group without really knowing how talented they were. She hoped they would simply have fun and gain confidence from the experience. Analee wasn’t especially familiar with music and no one in her family had been a singer, but she was soon approached by the teacher who said the girls should be in private lessons. From there, Alexa and Natalee were coached on their own by a teacher who entered her students in several competitions around the state. At ages 6 and 8, the Falk sisters entered a competition in Las Vegas and won the opportunity to record their

first album. The only catch, Analee said, was that they were not allowed to record a cover song.

So, Alexa wrote her first song in the back of her grandmother’s car and she and Natalee recorded it under the band name Two Steppin’. Then, Analee entered Alexa’s song into a statewide comeptition and she won Utah’s Songwriter of the Year over all categories and ages.

“This is when I was 8 and they didn’t believe that I wrote it so we had to get proof from my singing teacher and it got a lot of attention,” Alexa said.

From there, things started spinning into action for the girls. Analee and her husband, Mike, had been friends with the parents of the hit country group SHeDAISY, which was made up of three sisters. Through that connection, the Falks were introduced to SHeDAISY’s producer, Jason Deere, who agreed to write songs with Alexa and Natalee.

“He took the time to work with us which is pretty rare. We were 7 and 9,” Natalee says. “So, after that, we started writing music with him and (Alexa) had all these ideas and he kind of brought them to life in a way working with her.”

Deere submitted Falks’ songs with his catalog to various singers and Brazilian pop artist Wanessa Camargo ended up choosing five of them which turned into huge hits overseas.

“We had five hit songs in Brazil and we were so young, we didn’t even know what had happened.

A few of them went number one. They were all platinum,” Alexa says. “I don’t think it even hit us

until I was like maybe 15 and we got this concert footage of a stadium of Brazilian people bawling to our song ‘Sweet Someday’ with lighters, and it was like, this is surreal. (Before that) it was like, OK, it’s on the radio over there, but to see the visual of so many people it affected, it was crazy.”

From there, Alexa and Natalee were sort of propelled into the music business. The next step was Hollywood and recording an album. By then, around ages 11 and 13, Natalee said their music transformed from two country girls into a sort of Disney teen bop style.

“We’d get on stage, play guitar and piano, but we would dance with head mics as well. So, that was a phase,” Natalee says. “Thankfully that passed.”

The girls started getting record deals, but unfortunately, they all seemed to fall apart in strange ways. Analee says the girls were offered a contract with RCA, but it was during the Napster days when downloading was killing the music business. When top businessmen were fired from RCA because they weren’t making money, the Falks’ contract disappeared as well. After that, they were supposed to be on a Disney soundtrack and Analee says they had the contract in hand when Alexa and Natalee were bumped off for teen pop singer Aaron Carter. They were told Alexa and Natalee’s songs were better, but Analee says Disney made a political, business move to sell more albums.

“So, we had a lot of deals that happened … and every time one would fall apart, we’d kind of rein-

vent ourselves, get another deal, and it would fall apart,” Alexa says.

It was the typical music business story, Natalee added.

Around the ages of 19 and 17, the sisters signed to be in a band with a manager who worked with Irving Assof, a pretty big name in the industry who has represented Christina Aguilera, Journey, Jewel and at least a dozen other stars.

“It wasn’t like Nat and I started a band, it was like this phase was going to be, OK, you guys are going to be the next Fleetwood Mac,” Alexa said.

“So, Nat and I were the duo and they auditioned three guys to be with us. All the sudden we were in this kind of overnight band.”

The band was called Faces Without Names and even though they recorded an album and saw some success overseas in countries like Hong Kong and Germany, Natalee said it never felt right.

“That album was proof that just because you have a lot of big-name producers behind you, does not mean that you will be successful. It’s all about the intention,” says Natalee.

“And the integrity,” Alexa adds.

“Of the music you’re creating,” Natalee finishes. “Exactly.”

Alexa says she and Natalee learned a lot from letting others tell them what sounded good. They were so young that they were constantly molded toward what others wanted them to be.

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After the music industry molded them for more than a decade, sisters and singing duo Alexa and Natalee Falk are happy being

Natalee

true to themselves

By Manette Newbold

Eli Lucero/Herald Journal

I

Alexa

Eli Lucero/Herald Journal

Photo courtesy Jimmy Grecco

Album cover by Blush Photography

f there’s one thing sisters Alexa and Natalee Falk have learned after spending most of their young lives in the music business, it’s to not let others choose who they are.

At ages 20 and 22, the contemporary country singers and songwriters of Logan have already spent more than a decade in a business that can often be fickle, heartbreaking and tends to push artists into specific categories while ignoring natural talent. But while their journey has been up and down, Alexa and Natalee say they have finally reached the point where they want to be.

“I can say there’s four distinct phases for what we’ve done and now it’s come full circle,” says Natalee, the younger of the sisters. “We started out just singing at 2 and 4 years old and started harmonizing at 3 and 5. And just like any mother who discovers a talent in their kid will put them in a singing group or a dance class, that’s what happened.”

Their mother, Analee Falk, says she put her daughters in a singing group without really knowing how talented they were. She hoped they would simply have fun and gain confidence from the experience. Analee wasn’t especially familiar with music and no one in her family had been a singer, but she was soon approached by the teacher who said the girls should be in private lessons. From there, Alexa and Natalee were coached on their own by a teacher who entered her students in several competitions around the state. At ages 6 and 8, the Falk sisters entered a competition in Las Vegas and won the opportunity to record their

first album. The only catch, Analee said, was that they were not allowed to record a cover song.

So, Alexa wrote her first song in the back of her grandmother’s car and she and Natalee recorded it under the band name Two Steppin’. Then, Analee entered Alexa’s song into a statewide comeptition and she won Utah’s Songwriter of the Year over all categories and ages.

“This is when I was 8 and they didn’t believe that I wrote it so we had to get proof from my singing teacher and it got a lot of attention,” Alexa said.

From there, things started spinning into action for the girls. Analee and her husband, Mike, had been friends with the parents of the hit country group SHeDAISY, which was made up of three sisters. Through that connection, the Falks were introduced to SHeDAISY’s producer, Jason Deere, who agreed to write songs with Alexa and Natalee.

“He took the time to work with us which is pretty rare. We were 7 and 9,” Natalee says. “So, after that, we started writing music with him and (Alexa) had all these ideas and he kind of brought them to life in a way working with her.”

Deere submitted Falks’ songs with his catalog to various singers and Brazilian pop artist Wanessa Camargo ended up choosing five of them which turned into huge hits overseas.

“We had five hit songs in Brazil and we were so young, we didn’t even know what had happened.

A few of them went number one. They were all platinum,” Alexa says. “I don’t think it even hit us

until I was like maybe 15 and we got this concert footage of a stadium of Brazilian people bawling to our song ‘Sweet Someday’ with lighters, and it was like, this is surreal. (Before that) it was like, OK, it’s on the radio over there, but to see the visual of so many people it affected, it was crazy.”

From there, Alexa and Natalee were sort of propelled into the music business. The next step was Hollywood and recording an album. By then, around ages 11 and 13, Natalee said their music transformed from two country girls into a sort of Disney teen bop style.

“We’d get on stage, play guitar and piano, but we would dance with head mics as well. So, that was a phase,” Natalee says. “Thankfully that passed.”

The girls started getting record deals, but unfortunately, they all seemed to fall apart in strange ways. Analee says the girls were offered a contract with RCA, but it was during the Napster days when downloading was killing the music business. When top businessmen were fired from RCA because they weren’t making money, the Falks’ contract disappeared as well. After that, they were supposed to be on a Disney soundtrack and Analee says they had the contract in hand when Alexa and Natalee were bumped off for teen pop singer Aaron Carter. They were told Alexa and Natalee’s songs were better, but Analee says Disney made a political, business move to sell more albums.

“So, we had a lot of deals that happened … and every time one would fall apart, we’d kind of rein-

vent ourselves, get another deal, and it would fall apart,” Alexa says.

It was the typical music business story, Natalee added.

Around the ages of 19 and 17, the sisters signed to be in a band with a manager who worked with Irving Assof, a pretty big name in the industry who has represented Christina Aguilera, Journey, Jewel and at least a dozen other stars.

“It wasn’t like Nat and I started a band, it was like this phase was going to be, OK, you guys are going to be the next Fleetwood Mac,” Alexa said.

“So, Nat and I were the duo and they auditioned three guys to be with us. All the sudden we were in this kind of overnight band.”

The band was called Faces Without Names and even though they recorded an album and saw some success overseas in countries like Hong Kong and Germany, Natalee said it never felt right.

“That album was proof that just because you have a lot of big-name producers behind you, does not mean that you will be successful. It’s all about the intention,” says Natalee.

“And the integrity,” Alexa adds.

“Of the music you’re creating,” Natalee finishes. “Exactly.”

Alexa says she and Natalee learned a lot from letting others tell them what sounded good. They were so young that they were constantly molded toward what others wanted them to be.

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Falk Continued from p. 9 “So, after that, I mean, after so many heartbreaks in the music business, we just sort of got fed up and it was like either we quit, or we do it our way,” she says. “And ever since doing it our way it’s been really fun and we’ve had so many great experiences and now doors are seeming to fly open.”

So, now they’re a duo – sisters who sing, write, play and harmonize. And because they release music through their own parent record company, NaShea LLC, they can live as freely as they wish.

Alexa and Natalee say they are best friends and that is clear when they are together. They finish each other’s sentences, they joke back and forth, they tell stories of all their crazy adventures. They even plan to get penthouses next to each other and date New York Jets quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow.

“That’s the running joke, but it’s really not a joke,” says Natalee, who has the preference for Sanchez. She and Alexa are now arguing about which player will start.

The sisters also both like to travel and say they’re probably out of town as often as they’re not. In a couple weeks, on April 19, they will perform in New York as part of a convention for the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA).

At age 16, Alexa wrote a song called “Deadly Beauty” which tells the story of a young girl with an eating disorder. She and Natalee say the song has always been in the back of their minds, but too often they were told it held too heavy a message.

Left: Alexa and Natalee Falk are shown on the cover of their Two Steppin’ album. Photo courtesy Hazens Photography. Above: The Falk sisters are pictured with country group SHeDAISY at ages 6 and 8 when they opened a show for them at the Karl Malone Foundation.

But, after performing the sisters will now speak for song for a NEDA walk on NEDA at various events the Brooklyn Bridge, they and play “Deadly Beauty.” received such an outpour- On April 16, they plan to ing of generosity toward release that song along their song that NEDA with two others as a packasked them to be ambasage on iTunes to get some sadors for the organization. momentum going for the Flattered, they accepted event and their upcomthe offer in January. The ing album slated to be

released in September.

Mike Falk says his daughters’ music has always been about helping people. He adds he’s proud of their passion to do what they love in spite of obstacles.

In May, Alexa and Natalee will both graduate with bachelor’s degrees

from Utah State University. Then they plan to spend the summer recording and finishing their album which they will call The Ride. Their new material is going to be produced by Deere again, and the girls find it interesting that their path has sort of taken them back to

their roots in music. And while the road hasn’t been easy, Alexa and Natalee are probably ahead of the game when it comes to understanding the industry.

“With the music business they want to get their hands on you and tell you what they think is right for you and what they want to chase next, and who you should be like, and all of these different things. ...

It’s like once Lady Gaga comes out they’re looking for the next Lady Gaga and it doesn’t work that way,” Natalee says. “You have to be yourself. You have to be an individual.

You have to be authentic.

You have to be an artist and that’s the only way you’ll be successful, at least longevity. You have to be happy with it.”

For more information about Falk, check out their website at www.falkmusic.com.

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Celebrate the planet during Earth Day Downtown event In partnership with Logan City and Stokes Nature Center, The Cache Valley Center for the Arts will present the second annual Earth Day Downtown on Saturday, April 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 100 South (Between Main Street and 100 West).

The Earth Day Downtown Street Festival will include: entertainment, music, arts activities, food vendors, hands-on environmental activities and booths for local environment and sustainability groups. The emphasis of this event is to inspire people to participate, no matter how big or small.

“We are excited to see this event develop into an annual celebration” said Wally Bloss, executive director of the Cache Valley Center for the Arts. “When it comes to the earth, we should all take the time to celebrate what we are doing right. It is a special day because our decisions today will have impact on our enjoyment of tomorrow.

This event celebrates our local community, offers ideas and tools to excite change, and just have fun.”

Earth Day provides an opportunity to embrace the world we live in and find out how we can all serve as better stewards of the planet and its resources. Earth Day only happens one day a year, but it is an opportunity to educate and engage the community. If the arts can help inspire change and engage creative young minds, the future is well worth it!

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The Eccles Ice Arena annual fundraiser was the place to be March 29 for the “who’s who” of food in Cache Valley.

People milled and foraged under a glittering mass of ice sculpted into a gargantuan chili by Culinary Concepts chef John Simpson. Chefs and foodies hobnobbed with mayors, city council members, and even a state senator, sampling tangy, grilled pineapple from Gaucho Grill, minipulled pork sandwiches with Texas Roadhouse’s sweet in-house sauce, and spicy snow crab rolls dappled with hot wasabi from Kabuki Japanese Steakhouse. As tantalizing as the appetizers outside the arena were, most people paced themselves for the main event, Spice On Ice, the annual chef competition.

A food competition is an interesting exercise in psychology. It isn’t an easy task, I imagine, to face strong scrutiny and intense pressure and still be culinarily at your best.

But just like earthquakes and after-Christmas sales, behavior under this kind of pressure can tell you a lot about a person. So can food. Based on my psychological experience garnered from my high school psychology class and several episodes of watching Dr. Phil, let me tell you about the minds behind the chefs of Spice On Ice. Based on his food, Corey Cozzens, catering sous chef at USU Dining Services is subconsciously a pirate. Let me explain. Cozzen’s plate arrived steaming to our table piled with braised waygu short ribs. The meat had the deep, rich flavor meat gets from a

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A psychological assessment of Spice On Ice

Photos courtesy Brooke Snow

Top: Corey Cozzens’ dish is displayed during the Spice On Ice event March 29 at the Eccles Ice Arena. Cozzens won the judge’s choice, people’s choice and chef of the year awards. Above: Hamiltons Steak and Seafood chef Barney Northrop’s dish is displayed during the same event where he took runner-up in the judges’ choice and people’s choice categories.

marinade of red wine and the benefit of a long time spent in low, humid heat.

Good enough, I thought, and almost passed the plate along.

Then I paused, spoon in midair. There was more than met the eye here. I decided to dig.

The spare ribs were stacked on steamed asparagus tips, both green and white, and

beautiful pencil-sharpened carrots. It made for a nice presentation and lent a fresh crunch to foil the richness of the meat. I dug some more. I found buttery roasted fingerling potatoes, well spiced. I dug more and found the real treasure, the mother lode. Under the potatoes was a shitake, oyster, and wild mushroom ragout with a rich, exotic, earthy

flavor. The texture was fascinating – chewy, tender and smooth. The flavor was pungent, salty, musty, and nicely accessorized with wilted bitter greens. The starchy potatoes gave a nice break to the intensity of the ragout.

The asparagus and carrots gave it clean sweetness.

I dug one more time and hit plate. I had to be sure I wasn’t missing

Northrop’s dish had a beautiful presentation, and the texture of his food was a strength.

With the exotic foreign treatment of our local pork, I’m going to surmise that Northrop’s id and ego have a ying-yang pull between home and the unknown, between the comfort of the familanything else. I’d origiiar and the allure of farnally focused on the meat, off places, all tempered and had almost missed through his superego into the treasure because it some darn good food. was buried. Therefore, it And for Northrop, I’d was clear to me that Cozprescribe a good dose of zen’s subconscious has a the travel channel, but for desire for the pirate life. purely selfish reasons, I’d He likes buried treasure. say he cannot leave the Barney Northrop, valley for any reason. executive Chef at HamThe judges and crowds iltons Steak and Seafood at Spice On Ice agreed presented a different kind with me (perhaps not of plate. He served thin in my psychological slices of locally-raised, assessment, but certainly slow-roasted pork belly about the food). Barney from Smithfield’s own Ballard Farms. The mari- Northrop won runner-up in the judge’s choice and nated meat was balanced people’s choice categoprecariously between ries, and Corey Cozzens balls of sticky sushi rice won the judge’s choice with sunflower seeds and people’s choice and thick, sweet soy awards, as well as top sauce. It was all topped chef of the year. with a bite-sized scoop Congratulations to the of house-made kimtop chefs, and to everychee, which is an herby one who pulled together mouth-watering punto raise money for the gently acidic aged salad of carrots and cabbage. It arena and under pressure, feed a lot of hungry all came together like a people. colorful mini snowman, and proved to be a great Feedback can be sent to combination of umami, laelgilbert@hotmail.com. gluten, crunch and kick.

By Manette Newbold Cache Magazine editor

Those who get the chance to meet Cheri Housley, Marie Lundgreen and Kathy Jones at the Richmond Relic Hall are sure to go away with smiles on their faces.

The “Three Musketeers,” as Housley calls them, are the curators of the Relic Hall which houses several photos, histories, journals and artifacts from Richmond’s history. The three of them joke back and forth, laugh at each other and laugh at themselves. It’s possible no small museum has ever felt so lively.

So, when Arcadia Publishing contacted Richmond City about writing a history photo book as part of their Images of America series, the three not only stepped up to the plate, but were very enthusiastic about the project and working together as a team.

Their book, “Richmond” was published in September of last year after Housley, Lundgreen and Jones spent a year and a half collecting and labeling photos from the Relic Hall and several Richmond residents. Jones said they wrote the book in the most low-tech way possible, “which really

separate cardboard box.”

The three women did a lot of their own research on several of the photos to make sure they had correct information including names and dates.

“There was a picture that had been up at the (USU) Special Collections that they put in the history book years and years and years ago that was supposed to be a parade in Richmond, and we did some research and found out it wasn’t even in Richmond,” Housley said.

After the trio gathered all the photos, their friend, Holly Hyer, scanned them and Jones typed up all the captions.

When everything was finished, they sent their work to Arcadia. According to the publishing company’s website, they are best known for their books which feature small towns across America in pictoral format.

“People love it because it’s a picture book kind of — a history book people will read,” Housley said.

Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal Lundgreen added, “This From left, Kathy Jones, Cheri Housley, and Marie Lundgreen recently book has pictures in it that wrote the book Images of America, Richmond. The three are curators have not been in the previous at the Richmond Relic Hall. history book.” Many history the back of the pictures, and irritated Arcadia. books feature the politicians then organized (the book) from and their family; “Richmond” “We wrote everything on sticky notes and stuck them on there. Each chapter was in a features locals of all statuses,

giving the book a slice-of-life kind of feel.

“A lot of the other history books included the mayor’s family,” Housley said.

Throughout the book, readers can view old barns, businesses and buildings as well as school and church groups and everyday life. Housley, Lundgreen and Jones covered just over 100 years in Richmond, from 1859, when the city was established, to 1962 when an earthquake made a big impact on the city. Eventually, Housley, Lundgreen and Jones would like to put together a follow-up book, but they would like to forget how much time the first book took before beginning. They each share a love for history and Richmond.

Housley and Lundgreen both grew up there and have ancestors from the city. Jones said she landed in Richmond about 20 years ago, but now lives in Millville. Jones joked that they volunteer at the Relic Hall because “we wanted a clubhouse.”

“Richmond” is currently available at the Richmond City office building and The Book Table. For more information, call the city office at 258-2092, or contact Lundgreen at 2585362.

Book explores world of Supreme Court law clerks

By Jessica Gresko Associated Press

They’ve been called “Courtiers of the Marble Palace” and “Sorcerers’ Apprentices.” But to the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, their law clerks are much more: sparring partners, workhorses and, often, extended family.

Each of the court’s

nine justices hires several law clerks for yearlong stints, newly minted lawyers from top law schools who have impeccable credentials. The role of a clerk includes assisting the justices in determining what cases to take, preparing them for the oral arguments and helping write opinions.

Now a new collection of essays, including some

written by former clerks, takes readers inside justices’ chambers for a look at clerkship life. Chapters focus on more than a dozen justices, ranging from Justice Horace Gray, who hired the first clerk in 1882, to current Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who pushes clerks to write clearly and plainly, without lawyerly Latin phrases. The book also

includes chapters on the court’s first female clerk, Alaska native Lucile Lomen, who clerked during the 1944 term, and the first AfricanAmerican clerk, William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., who began his clerkship in 1948.

Without a doubt, the best parts of the book are the behind-the-scenes descriptions of life at

the court: Justice Hugo Black cooking breakfast for the two clerks that lived with him during the 1953 term, Justice Byron White engaging in in-office golf putting competitions with his clerks, and Chief Justice William Rehnquist putting together NCAA betting pools and taking walks outside the court with his clerks.

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28. Not shiny 29. ___ cap 30. Doofus 32. Hopeless case 34. Long stories 36. Start of North Carolina’s motto 40. Charm 42. “___ in the Middle With You” 43. Retrovirus, for short 44. Bone inflammation 47. Sanskrit rule 48. Play an ace?

51. Was under constant stress, perhaps 54. Marker letters 55. Centimeter-gramsecond unit 56. Become accustomed (to) 57. Lions, e.g.

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overseer 83. Worsening states 87. Long-legged shorebird 88. Set free 89. Embitter 90. Surfing site 91. Saw logs 92. Building materials 93. It was introduced in 1912 95. Kind of ticket 96. Stage item 97. “Check this out!”

101. City VIP 103. Slue 105. Last word of “America, the Beautiful” 107. ___ shooter 108. Opposite of raise your hopes 114. Ancestry 115. Cranelike bird 116. Down in the dumps 117. Perianth parts 118. Resolved 119. Less embellished Down 1. Africa’s largest country 2. Turn out 3. More crude 4. Place to stay 5. Like some decrees 6. Highway annoyance 7. Corroded 8. Housekeeper at Cambridge University 9. Come back 10. Organic compound 11. Category of mail 12. Edible mushroom 13. ___ fish 14. Pigeon-pea plants 15. Shred 16. Wavelike design 17. Courtroom affirmation 18. Part of the alloy

britannia 19. Word on a Ouija board 24. Going really fast 25. Roll partner 31. Does in general?

33. Word with ring or job 35. Prize money 37. Ship follower?

38. “Norwegian Wood” instrument 39. Balances 41. Fertilizer ingredient 42. Early time 44. Willow twig 45. Glittered 46. Track tipsters 47. Vessel detector 48. Under way 49. Wiener schnitzel meat 50. Kamakawiwo’ole 52. Navajo language 53. ___ Maiden, heavy metal band 59. Kind of cuisine 60. D.C. bigwig 61. More, in Madrid 63. Let in 64. Ostrichlike birds 65. Booze 66. One of the Simpsons 68. Sayings attributed to Jesus 69. Discomfit 70. Flat paper?

72. Peerless 73. Stray calf 74. Simper 75. “A Bell For ___” 76. Olympics athlete 77. Gush 78. Burgundy grape 79. Asocial one 80. Most risque 81. Cold treats 84. Diana, for one 85. Links scores 86. Baking abbr.

91. Sometime today,

say 92. Ancient galley 94. Watch word?

95. Rhone River city 96. Force back 98. Hound’s trail 99. It may be common 100. Electric dart shooter 102. Seed covering 104. “No ___” (Sartre play) 106. Surmounting 108. Discerp 109. Neighbor of Ida. 110. 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play 111. “___ Me Now” (Kanye West song) 112. No-goodnik 113. 401(k) alternative

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The LDS Cache Singles 31 and older group will host a ’50s Under the Sea dance Friday, April 6, at 8 p.m. at the Willow Park Church, 340 W. 700 South, Logan. Cost is $3. There will be a costume contest, games, prizes, refreshments, ’50s Bingo, a bubble gum blowing contest, bowling, car races and board games.

gram at Utah State University and Effect International present Spring Fest: Benefit Craft Fair.

The fair will be held Saturday, April 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Logan Rec Center multipurpose room. Free admission to the public. Donations welcome.

Cost for vendors is $35. All vendor charges and donations go to Effect International to build a school in India. Vendors keep all their sale proceeds. Contact Dallin at 435-764-5792 or springfest. logan@gmail.com to sign up or for more information.

Two informational presentations for the USU Summer Citizens Program will be held FriCome meet the Easter day, April 6, at 3 p.m. at Pioneer Bunny at Macey’s on Saturday, Valley Lodge (2351 N. 400 East, April 7, from noon to 3 p.m.

North Logan) and Monday, April 9, at 3 p.m. at the Cache County The Cache Valley Folk DancCouncil Chambers. The program ers and Bridger Folk Music is open to local senior residents Society are hosting their monthly ages 55 and older and offers “first Saturday” contra dance programs for lifelong-learning, April 7. The dance will be held at guided bus tours, free use of the Whittier Community Center, campus facilities and exclusive 290 N. 400 East in Logan and local business discounts. Locals begins at 7:30 p.m. Kay Forsyth save $40 on the Summer Citizens card which provides access will be our caller. A $6 donation is suggested at the door to events, classes and discounts for adults and $3 for children including the opera and dining. younger than 12. Beginners and Call 797-2028 for more informafamilies are welcome and all tion. dances will be taught. For more information about contra dancGravetown will perform ing, call 753-2480 or 753-5987 metal music with Adipocere, or visit www.bridgerfolk.org.

Dethblo and Odium Totus on Friday, April 6, at 8 p.m. at Why Jumbi will perform indie/ Sound. Cost is $5. acoustic music with Friends & Friends and Chase Talbot on Tim Pearce will perform at Saturday, April 7, at 8 p.m. at Caffe Ibis on Friday, April 6, from Why Sound. Cost is $5.

4:45 to 6:45 p.m. Free.

Enjoy making a spring craft at OPTIONS for Independence (1095 N. Main, Logan) on April 6 at 10 a.m. Craft cost is $2 and transportation is $2. RSVP to Mandie at 435-753-5353 ext.

108.

Irv Nelson and JessieJo Kerr will perform at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 6. There is no cover charge; everyone is welcome.

SATURDAY The Huntsman Scholar Pro-

The names of past USU students who have died in military service will be engraved on the veteran’s monument on campus, located on the outside of the south side of the Spectrum on Saturday, April 7, at 11 a.m.

The fallen to be honored cover conflicts from World War I to Afghanistan.

Registration for the The 2012 Cache Democrats JeffersonJackson awards dinner and auction ends April 7. The event will be held April 13 at 6 p.m. at the Logan Golf and Country Club. “Celebrating a Community

United in Service” will be the theme for the evening. To order tickets visit www.cachedems.org.

Space is limited. Cost is $75. For more information, visit Cache Democrats on Facebook and click on Events. To donate auction items, call 435-757-6862.

Stork Landing’s annual Easter egg hunt will be held Saturday, April 7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Easter bunny will be there.

Come in the store for a coupon that can be used later or that day.

Stork Landing is located at 99 W. Center Street, Logan. For more information, call 435-79CHILD. The Hyrum Lions Club Easter egg hunt will be held Saturday, April 7, at the city square. The hunt starts at 9 a.m. and is for kids 12 and younger who are residents of Hyrum City.

The Pioneer Valley Lodge is sponsoring an Easter egg hunt Saturday, April 7. Pioneer Valley Lodge is located at 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. For more information, call 435-792-0353 and ask for Julie.

Acoustic oldies group Relic will perform live from 6 to 8 p.m. at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. Many people in the valley have heard The Fender Benders classic rock band. Relic is the unplugged version of that band. Preview them at relicacousticband.com.

No cover charge, everyone is welcome.

SUNDAY A Resurrection Run will be held Easter morning at 8 a.m.

The 1-mile and 5K races begin and end at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Hyrum (310 N. 800 East). Cost is $15 and includes a T-shirt and breakfast after the race. Proceeds go to missions.

Contact Christy Holmes at 435770-6508 with any questions.

The Old Ephraim String band will perform Sunday, April 8, from noon to 2 p.m. at Caffe Ibis. Free.

The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) meets every Sunday. Worship takes place at 10 a.m. in the Whittier Community Center at 300 North and 400 East in Logan. Fellowship follows at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

MONDAY A volunteer support group for victims of divorce (especially divorced dads and other non-custodial parents and grandparents) will meet at the North Logan Wendy’s at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 9.

Storytime for children ages 2 through 8 will be held at Stork Landing on April 9 at 4 p.m. Enjoy spring stories and a fun activity. Parents must be in the building. Stork Landing is located at 99 W. Center St., in Logan.

TUESDAY The Caine Chamber Ensemble groups, along with the USU Tuba/Euphonium Choir, will perform various musical pieces April 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the USU Performance Hall.

The Cache Valley Watercolor Society will hold its general membership meeting April 10 at the Logan City Library, 255 N. Main, in the Jim Bridger Room (northeast corner). Entrance and parking for this event are both on the northeast side of the building. Critique will begin at 6:30 p.m., with the meeting following at 7. Joseph Alleman will be the guest artist.

OPTIONS for Independence will host a pizza and a movie activity at 1095 N. Main, Logan, April 10 at 6 p.m. Cost is $2 for food and $2 for transportation.

RSVP to Mandie at 435-7535353 ext. 108.

The Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater Guild will meet April 10 at 7 p.m. at 59 S. 100 West. For more information, call Kurt at 770-6302.

WEDNESDAY The quilters English-speaking group will meet April 11 at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main, Logan, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For questions, contact Royella at 435753-5353 ext. 105.

THURSDAY Ashley and Alan Lunt will teach a class on how to make homemade pizza at a free cooking and community class at Macey’s Little Theater on Thursday, April 12, from 7 to 8 p.m. The Lunts will add common and not-so-common ingredients to the pizzas.

Danny the Skeleton Horse will perform indie/alternative/ rock music with Soulway Spaceman and Envicta on Thursday, April 12, at 8 p.m. at Why Sound.

The North Logan Library will host an adult book club on Thursday, April 12, from 9 to 10 a.m. Come discuss and share insights about Alan Bradley’s “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.” The North Logan Library will hold a teen poetry slam Thursday, April 12, at 5:30 p.m. Come share your poetry or just come to listen.

The 13th annual Mountain Crest Young Artist Cup competition will be held Thursday, April 12, and Friday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the Mountain Crest auditorium. The piano performances will be Thursday and the vocal and instrumental performances will be Friday. This event showcases the musical talents of Mountain Crest Students. Admission is free and everyone is invited.

Toddler tales for babies 12 to 36 months will be held at Stork Landing on April 12 at 10:30 a.m. Enjoy short spring stories. Stork Landing is located at 99 W. Center St., Logan.

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