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THE HERALD JOURNAL

JULY 1-7, 2016

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July 1-7, 2016

COVER 6 Bridger Folk Society plays host to renowned musician Sierra Hull

THE ARTS 3 Kellie Pickler coming

to Cherry Peak Resort

3 Noon concerts continue at the Logan Tabernacle 4 Tickets now on sale for

annual Utah Festival gala

4 Utah Festival Opera &

Musical Theatre ready to open at the Eccles Theatre

5 USU Alumni Band to

present concert on July 3

5 Lyric Repertory brings

four productions to stage

MOVIES 9 Three stars: Spielberg

delivers Dahl story, ‘BFG’

COLUMN 5 Lyric Rep’s ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ is ‘charming’

8 ‘Peter Pan’ takes flight

again at the utah Theatre

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

Tennessee singer/songwriter Sierra Hull is silhouetted by the setting sun in a window at Bruner Hall during her concert last Saturday night. On the cover: Hull poses for a portrait outside of the First Presbyterian Church. (Jeff Hunter/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR I really hate to toot my own horn, but it turns out that I was correct.

Heading into Memorial Day weekend back in May, I wrote and/or warned that the Fourth of July would be here before we knew it. And now it would appear that — barring the end of the world in the next few days — that I was right. The biggest weekend of the summer is now upon us. Already. Right now.

So, just in case you’re trying to put together a plan for what is basically a

four-day weekend, here’s the major events going on in Cache Valley through the Fourth of July: • Friday, July 1: We’ll kick things off with the first public day of the Cache Valley Cruise-In at the Cache County Fairgrounds. Gates open at 9 a.m. and things continue throughout the day, concluding with the Sock Hop from 8 to 10 p.m.

And just about the time the sock hopping stops, fireworks should be heading skyward from Maverik Stadium as Freedom Fire wraps reaches its grand finale.

• Saturday, July 2: More CruiseIn at the fairgrounds, with the awards ceremony at 4:30 p.m. followed by the Main Street Cruising Parade at 6:30 p.m.

There’s also a handful of events in Hyrum and Lewiston, highlighted by the rodeo in Lewiston at 7 p.m.

• Sunday, July 3: Things are relatively quiet following the end of the Cruise-In, but there is a Patriotic Program in Hyrum at 7 p.m. featuring KUTV weatherman Sterling Poulson.

• Monday, July 4: It’s the north vs. the south, with the best Fourth of July events taking place in Lewiston (parade at 9:15 a.m.) and Hyrum (parade at noon). Check out their respective websites for a full schedule.

Have a safe Independence Day. — Jeff Hunter

The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, July 1, 2016

ALL MIXED UP The Summer Concert Series continues at Cherry Peak Resort in Richmond with a performance by country music star Kellie Pickler at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 9.

Tickets are $18 and $38 for general admission, and $75 for the VIP section.

For more information and/ or to purchase tickets, visit skicherrypeak.us.

There are many ways to describe Kellie Pickler, with spunky, beautiful, talented and charismatic just scratching the surface. But there is one word that ties them all together and brings them to life. Kellie Pickler is real.

Few people speak or sing so transparently from their hearts. Few can bridge life and art, story and song, so vibrantly and compellingly.

“My life is a country song,” she has said on occasion, and no one who knows

her or has watched her career evolve would argue in the least.

Pickler grew up immersed in country music in the small town of Albemarle, North Carolina, with the words of Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton shaping her musical footing. At the age of 19, she gained fame and won television viewers’ hearts as a contestant on the fifth season of “American Idol.”

In 2006, she signed with 19 Recordings/BNA Records and released her debut album, Small Town Girl, which has sold more than 900,000 copies worldwide and produced three hit singles: “Red High Heels,” “I Wonder” and “Things That Never Cross a Man’s Mind.” She followed that in 2008 with her self-titled

sophomore record, featuring the hit songs “Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful,” “Best Days of Your Life” (co-written with Taylor Swift and her first Top 10), and “Didn’t You Know How Much I Loved You.” Having established herself as not only a powerful vocalist but also a songwriter, Pickler released her third studio album, “100 Proof,” in 2011 to huge critical acclaim. The album was named the No. 1 Country Album of The Year by Rolling Stone and was listed on “Best of 2012” lists by Washington Post, Rhapsody, AOL’s The Boot and more.

In the spring of 2013, Pickler partnered with dance coach Derek Hough on “Dancing with the Stars.”

Judge Bruno Tonioli cited See PEAK on Page 11

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Kellie Pickler to sing July 9 at Cherry Peak

Photo courtesy of Essential Broadcast Media

Country music vocalist Kellie Pickler will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at Cherry Peak Ski Resort in Richmond.

Summer concert series continues at Tabernacle The Music at the Tabernacle Summer Concert Series continues at the Logan Tabernacle this week. Admission is free, and all concerts begin at noon.

Visit logantabernacle.blogspot.com for more information.

Friday, July 1 Kim Roderick Haycock & Levente Medveczky: Maycock is a registered nurse with a passion for the performing arts. She studied vocal performance at Utah State University. Her performing credits include performances in venues throughout America and Europe. Her first studio album “Streams of Mercy” was released January 2016.

Medveczky was born and raised

in Budapest, Hungary, where he was invited to play numerous concerts both in solo and orchestral events nationwide. He’s currently enrolled as an organ performance student at Brigham Young University. This year he has received his appointment as assistant organist at the Cathedral of the Madeleine.

Monday, July 4 Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre: Singers and instrumentalists will perform their favorite music in addition to previewing the upcoming UFOMT season which includes “Ragtime,” “Porgy and Bess,” “Show Boat,” “Puccini’s Trilogy” and “Peter Pan.” For

more information, visit utahfestival.org.

Tuesday, July 5 Organist Jeff Karen: Karen will play classic organ works and settings of well-known tunes, as well as other exciting selections that will be enjoyed even by those not familiar with organ repertoire. This performance will also feature a special appearance by soprano soloist Abrianne Storey, who has recently made a splash on YouTube with her original music videos, “Brave” and “A Good Man.” Wednesday, July 6 Lyric Repertory Company: Come enjoy actors and singers as they preview the 2016 Lyric Repertory Sea-

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Holmes Mystery,” “Singing’ In the Rain” and “You Can’t Take It With You.” You will see everything from comedy, suspense, to an old Hollywood classic and hilarious slapstick. There is something for everyone. Visit cca.usu.edu/theatre/ about-us/lyric for more information.

Thursday, July 7 Young Prodigies: The talented performers taking part in this concert include, Rachel Smith, piano; Hubert Kim, piano; Annie Worthen, harp; David Ban, piano; Kayli Checketts, vocals; Elizabeth Sweeten, flute; and David Kim, violin.

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all mixed up Tickets available for annual UFOMT gala Tickets for the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s annual Gala Fundraising Celebration followed by an optional premiere performance of “Ragtime” are on sale now.

The evening includes dinner and entertainment by Utah Festival principal artists

and will be held Saturday, July 9, in the Grand Ballroom of the Riverwoods Conference Center.

The evening will focus on “the music of something beginning,” a theme woven through the production of “Ragtime.” The 13-time Tonynominated hit debuts at the

dawn of a new century where everything is changing and anything is possible.

“The music is lively, springy. Your toes will be tap to marches, cakewalks, gospel and ragtime,” says Lila Geddes, development director.

“It will be an unforgettable evening,” she added.

Proceeds will directly support Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s summer festival, programming in the newly renovated Utah Theatre, year-round education programs for children and the Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards.

Seating is limited and

formal or business attire is suggested. Guests receive a 15 percent discount on that evening’s performance when gala and “Ragtime” tickets are purchased together. The gala dinner is $75 ($45 is tax deductible) and the dinner and See GALA on Page 9

Festival coming to the Eccles Theatre ‘Il Trittico’ begins on July 6; ‘Porgy and Bess’ on July 7 Tickets are on sale now for Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre’s 24th season.

Utah Festival has assembled its largest group of musicians, performers and crew members in its history. They will come from renowned stages across the nation, including Broadway and the Met, to the historic Ellen Eccles Theatre and the Utah Theatre in Logan to present 13 major productions and concerts and 139 events from July 6 to Aug. 6.

The 2016 season includes five Mainstage Productions in repertory.

“Peter Pan” will soar across the stage of the newly renovated Utah Theatre starting June 24. It will be followed during the official season by “Show Boat,” the 1927 classic that defined the “new” form of the American musical; “Porgy and Bess,” the greatest of American operas; the Tony Award-winning “Ragtime”; and Puccini’s final completed work “Il Trittico” in its Utah premiere all held in the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

The productions will be presented in repertory with full orchestra, and the Festival

bursts with concerts, lectures, interactive classes, backstage tours and more.

Concerts include The Pianists, the International Opera Semifinals and Finals, Tribute to Cole Porter, a Chamber Music series, Pioneers and Patriots featuring the return of John Philip Sousa and J.S. Bach’s monumental “Mass in B Minor” conducted by Dr. Craig Jessop and featuring the American Festival Chorus, special soloists and the Utah Festival Orchestra.

Tickets are on sale for backstage tours, breakfast with the stars, literary seminars and Academy classes where interactive courses will be taught by industry experts. The affordable classes range from topics like Houdini to painting with artist Kent Wallis, to backstage magic, history and more.

Performance tickets are available online at utahfestival.org, by calling 750-0300 or in person at the box office located in the Dansante Building at 59 S. 100 West. Academy tickets are not available online. Ticket prices vary by performance, and discounts

Photo courtesy of Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre

Puccini’s “Il Trittico” is one of five productions being presented by the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre this summer in downtown Logan.

are available for season ticket purchases and groups. Students of all ages receive a 25 percent discount with ID. “Peter Pan” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 1, 20 and 26 and Aug. 4, and at 1:30 p.m. July 2 and 14 in the Utah Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying Academy

lectures given by industry experts are: Finding Neverland at Utah Festival, July 1; Smee’s Guide to Swashbuckling, July 20; and Peter Pan Flying Through the Ages, July 26. Times vary. Tickets are $10.

“Il Trittico (The Trilogy)” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 6,

15, 21 and 28, and at 1 p.m.

July 30 and Aug. 5 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying Academy lectures given by industry experts are: The Art of Opera, July 6; The Evolution of See ECCLES on Page 11

The Lyric Repertory Company’s ongoing production of “Singin’ in the Rain” delivers everything you’d expect from a stage version of the classic MGM movie, including the kind of elaborate dance production numbers that are seldom seen in the intimate Caine Lyric Theatre.

Lyric veterans Max Falls and the adorable Katie Francis deliver convincing performances as star-crossed lovers

whose budding relationship is complicated by Hollywood’s adjustment to the advent of talking pictures in the late 1920s. Their duets and dance numbers are delightfully oldfashioned and charming.

The supporting cast is marvelously led by newcomer Cameron Blankenship as Falls’ second fiddle, Cosmo Brown. Having already proven his acting and comedic skills in earlier Lyric productions this season, Blankenship demonstrates here that he can also dance up and down the walls.

No one tops the luscious Kelly McGaw, however, as she literally brings the proverbial ditzy blonde cliché to life with a performance so good that you can’t take your eyes off her. In the role of Lina Lamont, the villainess of the musical, Ms. McGaw hilariously terrorizes her male costars with a thick Bronx accent and a voice like fingernails on a chalkboard. Given her total commitment to those annoying mannerisms, Ms. McGaw’s singing ability remains a largely unknown quality, but

she can dance up a storm.

Other standouts in the supporting cast include Corey Ewan, Lee Daily and newcomer Michael Francis, who is clearly one of the production’s best dancers.

High praise is also due choreographer Britta Joy Peterson and dance captain Savannah Hubbard for adapting the show’s production numbers to the limitations of the Lyric stage as well as backstage technicians Paul Yeates and Joshua Roberts for attempting the daunting challenge of

creating light and projection designs with a retro Hollywood flavor.

Additional evening performances of “Singin’ in the Rain” are slated at the Caine Lyric Theatre on July 2, 6, 14, 22, 30 and Aug. 3. Matinees will be offered on July 9 and Aug. 6.

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Editor’s Note: Charlie Schill is a former city editor of The Herald Journal. He has directed and performed with theater groups in the United States and overseas. daily newspapers in Tokyo.

UP Lyric Rep up and running COMING Alumni Band, AFC show Four productions now underway downtown

Utah State University’s Lyric Repertory Company — the Lyric Rep —brings audiences music, mystery, love and laughter in the summer 2016 season.

“The Caine Lyric Theatre has been an integral part of the community for more than 45 years,” said Richie Call, co-artistic director of the Lyric Rep. “We have a cast of amazing actors from all over the country.”

And, Call notes, a number of long-time audience favorites return this summer. The company offers four shows that, when all have opened, play in repertory.

Opening this year’s season is “Arsenic and Old Lace,” a comedy by Joseph Kesselring.

This Lyric Rep favorite includes some of the most beloved characters of all time. Mortimer Brewster, a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, homicidal family, scrambles to keep Brooklyn safe from the “charity” of his well-meaning aunts. In the classic comedy, Martha and Abby Brewster leave Mortimer questioning his own sanity. The two aunts are played by Leslie Brott and Colleen Baum, both members of Actors’ Equity Association with extensive regional credits.

“Arsenic and Old Lace” opened June 9 and continues through the summer on July 8, 16, 23, 28 and Aug. 5.

Next is Ken Ludwig’s “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,”which opened June 16. In the Sherlock Holmes mystery, Ludwig puts his farcical spin on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic “The Hound of the See LYRIC on Page 10

Join the Utah State University Alumni Band as they celebrate the birth of the nation with an Independence Day salute at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 3, on the USU Quad.

Sunday’s program includes guest performances by the American Festival Chorus, who will be joined by young singers from the valley, organized by the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program.

Along with AFC and the young singers, the Alumni Band will perform “The Star Spangled Banner,” “On the Mall,” “This Land” and “America the Beautiful.” These will be followed by “Cohan’s Big Three,” conducted by Jessop with AFC. In case of inclement weather, performances will be held in the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center.

For more information, call 435-797-8022 or go online to cca.usu.edu.

Cache Idol auditions

The Cache County Clerk’s office will host auditions for the 2016 Cache County Fair Idol Competition from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 18, at the Cache County Administration Building.

All those who will be chosen as contestants will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at the Cache Idol Competition held at the Cache County Fair and Rodeo. Four winners will be announced that same evening. The Cache Idol Winners will perform at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12. These winners will then move on to perform at the Utah State Fair which will be held on Friday, Sept. 16.

Cache County residents 16 and older are encouraged to apply and audition. Cash awards will be Caine College of the Arts given to contestants who come in first through “Arsenic and Old Lace” is one of four productions being presented fourth place. Applications and more information are by the Lyric Repertory Company during its 2016 season. available at: cachecounty.org/fair/events.

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By Charlie Schill Cache theater critic

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Lyric’s ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ is ‘charming’

SIERRA HULL bridger folk society hosts mandolin maestro

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hortly after landing in Salt Lake City following a flight from Nashville, Sierra Hull and her traveling party got the news that legendary bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley had passed away.

That meant that on the drive to Logan last Friday night, Hull, unlike most 24-year-olds, was not listening to Taylor Swift or Katy Perry song during the 90-minute trip north from Salt Lake City. Rather, she was celebrating the music of a man born in rural Virginia in 1927.

“We were jamming’ out to Ralph last night,” Hull said less than an hour prior to her performance Saturday in Bruner Hall at the First Presbyterian Church.

“As we were driving up here, I was just DJ’ing a bunch of Ralph Stanley and listening to the Stanley Brothers.”

“And there’s something about that generation that my generation just will never have because we didn’t live that way. That’s like true mountain music.”

Hull said she does feel some connection to bluegrass pioneers like Stanley because she grew up in the tiny town of Byrdstown, Tennessee, a community of 800 people near the Kentucky border.

“I grew up a little closer to that than some people,” Hull explained. “Just the way that people speak, the accents and just everything. I know people like Ralph. I had grandparents like Ralph that have that mountain kind of thing.

“So, when they play music, or I hear my grandma sing a little bit or my great aunt, there’s that thing about it that it’s just them being authentic and being real.

I feel like my generation just doesn’t have that.”

Unlike Ralph Stanley’s generation, Hull, of course, hasn’t had to tackle world wars, great depressions and extreme poverty. So, when asked if she feels she’s helping to keep the bluegrass

music genre alive, she responded, “Yes, but in a much different way.”

“I don’t know of anybody my age that has the thing that Ralph Stanley had, or has the thing that Bill Monroe had because it’s just a different day and age,” Hull explained. “There’s no way we can relate to the same things that they related to, which was part of what made that music special.”

“I think that what we can learn from it is to keep it alive in the most sincere way we know how, which is to try and take all of the things that you learned from those people, and then try and apply to what you really know and feel to be true in your own moment in time.

As opposed to trying to just emulate something that you’re never going to be as real as those people were about it because it’s just a different thing and it will never be done again like that.”

Hull’s appearance in Cache Valley came courtesy of the Bridger Folk Society, which hosted her, double bassist Ethan Jodziewicz and sound engineer Jason Singleton the night before Hull’s performance Sunday at the Utah Arts Festival in Salt Lake City.

A bluegrass prodigy when she first emerged on the music scene at the tender age of 10, Hull released her fourth album, “Weighted Mind,” back in January and has been out on the road ever since. Just prior to coming back out West, she performed at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival where she had a chance to meet and have her photo taken with legendary Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, as well as fellow Tennessee native Dolly Parton.

“I mean, gosh, any time I get to meet a hero like that, it’s pretty exciting,” Hull said of Parton. “I mean, I’ve always wanted to play music, and I love doing it. So, that’s just a real treat to get to meet someone I admire like that.”

Of course, Hull has some experience with that, having been called up on the stage by Alison Krauss when she was just 11 years old. Since then she has performed with a number of legends — including Ralph Stanley — while also playing at legendary venues such as the Grand Ole Opry and Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, where she now resides.

Hull even has a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame, thanks to a current display that features younger performers with an older musical mentor. Paired with renowned banjoist Bela Fleck, who served as the producer for “Weighted Mind,” Hull’s exhibit includes a mandolin she played when she was 10 years old, the outfit she wore during her Grand Ole Opry debut and a picture she drew of her and Kraus when she was only 9.

“I was so honored,” Hull said of the display. “It’s a really special place. And living in Nashville and knowing everything that the Country Music Hall of Fame means, it’s kind of cool to get to go see that.”

And it was also kind of cool for about five dozen people to see musicians of Hull and Jodziewicz’s caliber play in a setting like Bruner Hall.

“This is fun,” Hull proclaimed at the beginning of the first of two sets separated by a 15-minute intermission. “It’s very intimate.”

Hull’s first set was comprised of 11 songs, featuring several cuts from “Weighted Mind,” including “Compass,” “Wings of Dawn” and the title cut, as well as “Best Buy” from her 2011 album, “Daybreak,” and a cover of “People Get Ready.” The second, eight-song set was highlighted by the first single from “Weighted Mind,” the rather dark “Black River,” followed by an encore featuring a cover of the Prince See HULL on Page 8

STORY & PHOTOGRAPHS BY JEFF HUNTER Mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull and double bassist Ethan Jodziewicz performed last Saturday in Bruner Hall at the First Presbyterian Church at a concert hosted by the Bridger Folk Society. A native of Tennessee, Hull’s lastest album, “Weighted Mind,” was released in January.

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It feels entirely appropriate that a new chapter in the life of the historic Utah Theatre in downtown Logan should open with a light-hearted production of the beloved musical “Peter Pan.” The delightfully dated show being staged by the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre through early August gives director Vanessa Ballam the opportunity to indulge in seldom-seen theater magic, including Peter Pan triumphantly flying over the heads of the audience. This fun-filled exploration of a fairy tale also seems to signal that Cache Valley now has its own Neverland, a theatrical playground with technical capabilities so state-of-the-art that future directors will be bound only by

seems a little tall to play the title role, he nevertheless captures the childlike exuberance of Peter Pan while singing beautifully, flying gracefully and displaying breathtaking gymnastic skills.

As the foppish Captain Hook, UFOMT founder Michael Ballam is marvelous as usual. His interpretation of the pirate rogue is so over-the-top that Ballam sometimes figuratively soars higher than his cotheir own imaginations. stars in their wire-rigged While avoiding any flying harnesses. He is hint of camp or kitsch, particularly amusing when Ms. Ballam dolls up this engaged in slapstick physiotherwise gloriously cal comedy bits with his unsophisticated musical long-suffering foil Smee, with fantastic costummemorably played by local ing, stylized scenery and favorite Stefan Espinosa. convincing special effects Other cast standouts to create a show that is a include UFOMT veteran delight for all ages. Her Kevin Nakatani as Mr. mostly youthful but talDarling, Klara Ricks as his ented cast members throw daughter Wendy and the themselves into the famil- delicious dancer Jessica iar fantasy with sincere Lewis as Tiger Lily. enthusiasm that quickly The real star of this proinfects the audience. duction, however, is the Although Adam T. Biner beautifully restored Utah

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‘Peter Pan’ takes flight at Utah Theatre Ellen Eccles Theatre around the corner.

Additional evening performances of “Peter Pan” are slated at the Utah Theatre on July 1, 20, 26 and Aug. 4. Matinees will be offered on July 2, 14 and Aug. 3.

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Schill is a former city editor of The Herald Journal. He has directed and performed with theater groups in the United States and overseas. Schill also served as theater critic for the Temple Daily Telegram in Texas and the Pacific Stars & Stripes and Japan Times, both daily newspapers in Tokyo.

“We were delighted with this show, and will continue to expand listening opportunities for Continued from Page 6 Cache Valley residents.” classic, “1999.”

During her concert, Lasting just under two Hull also took the opporhours, the crowd was clear- tunity to play a short medly touched by Hull’s voice ley of songs made famous and moving lyrics, and

by Ralph Stanley and the equally thrilled with her Stanley Brothers. She mastery of the mandolin. said she first met Stanley “The Bridger Folk when she was just 11 Music Society’s mission years old, then ended up — for more than 35 years — is to bring high-quality performing on a tour the live music to Cache Valley, and this show with Sierra Hull is emblematic of our efforts,” said concert organizer Blair Larsen.

following year put together by T-Bone Burnett that primarily featured artists whose music was included on the soundtracks for “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “Cold Mountain.”

“It was amazing,” Hull recalled. “I was 12 years old and got to be around Ralph Stanley every night and listen to him sing on stage. Being able to see that was pretty special.”

Theatre itself. The sheer pleasure of experiencing this resurrected entertainment palace easily rivals the joys of its inaugural presentation. Thanks to its multi-million dollar facelift by UFOMT, the once-neglected Utah Theatre is now a worthy sister ship to the elegant

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Most importantly, long-time Spielberg associate Melissa Matheson’s treatment of Dahl’s original vision focuses on the relationship between Sophie and the BFG. Each of them grow in ways they never thought possible. It’s a story about an orphan who gets to meet a giant and then save Britain from certain disaster. It’s a story about how even giants psyche beyond repair? can be shy and unasThankfully, the answer suming. It’s about was, nope.

Sure, they’re AP Photo standing up for yourThe Big Friendly Giant, voiced by Mark Rylance, and Ruby Barnhill share a scene in frightening, but they’re self even when you Steven Spielberg’s “The BFG.” also dumb enough that think you can’t. Overkids can laugh at them way as it should, buckcoming seemingly instead of cower. ing trends and scoffing at One of this movie’s impossible obstacles tropes. defining characteristics is for the greater good.

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I was a child at the time. to go around. If nothemotional heft. It mirrors large human who snatches It’s delightfully bonkers This was something that in a lot of ways, Disney’s ing else, kids will Sophie out of her bed and and makes no apologies was on my mind when I 1946 animated short “Peter laugh hysterically at whisks her off to Giant for it. It doesn’t follow sat next to my 4-year-old the royal corgis who and the Wolf.” Music Country. any set guidelines for son during the screening. become fart-propelled for every movement. An Many people will be story structure and instead Would these bloodthirsty instrument for every feel- missiles after lapping familiar with the tale. up the green elixir. meanders along its merry goliaths damage my kid’s ing. It’s a stellar score.

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“The BFG” is whimsical and Disney-certified safe, providing a candycolored fairy tale that captures the zaniness of Roald Dahl’s original story. Personally, I can’t remember how I pictured it in my head, but this movie looks like it was birthed from childlike imagination.

Strangely though, “The BFG” doesn’t exactly feel like a Steven Spielberg movie. It behaves much the same way you’d expect any familycentric Disney film to behave. Perhaps the subtlety of Spielberg’s trademark direction was lost on me, but the construction and composition of it feels like many other kid-focused fairy tale movies. Easy on the eyes and the brain.

That’s not to say “The BFG” is a bad movie.

Not by a long shot. It’s just difficult to pick out what makes it specifically Spielbergian. No matter, because kids aren’t going to care whether or not Spielberg’s directorial flare is on display.

Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) is a precocious orphan who, one night while wandering around due to her insomnia, spots a gentle giant walking the streets. A real, honest-togoodness giant!

Later he’ll be known

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Continued from Page 5 Baskervilles.” Five actors play 45 characters in the regional premiere by the playwright who brought audiences “Lend Me a Tenor” and “Moon Over Buffalo.” Among the cast is Lee Daily, a Lyric Rep veteran and audience favorite.

Audiences can solve the mystery in “Baskerville” on July 9, 13, 16, 21, 29 and Aug. 6.

Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name is “Singin’ in the Rain,” based on the original screenplay

by Betty Comden and Adolph Green with songs by Nacio Herb

Can’t Take it With You” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

A charming, feelgood comedy, “You Can’t Take it With You”rounds out the 2016 Lyric Rep season.

In the Pulitzer Prizewinning play, Grandpa Vanderhoff, played by Patrick Williams, leads his family to question what matters most in life: money and security or love and happiness?

Audiences can ponder that question June 30, July 1, 2, 7, 15, 23, 27, 30 and Aug. 4.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cca.usu.edu or stop at the Caine Lyric Theatre Box Office 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 1 to Aug. 5.

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Brown and Arthur Freed. One of the most popular movie-musicals of all time, the show follows a Hollywood film studio as it adapts its latest silent film into a musical “talkie.”

Katie Francis, who played the title role in last summer’s “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” is set to play Kathy Selden and Tyler Whitsides plays Don Lockwood.

Toe-tapping tunes from the show include “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Good Morning,” “Moses Supposes,” “Make ‘Em Laugh” and many more. The production continues July 2, 6, 9, 14, 22, 30 and Aug. 3 and 6.

The fourth show of the season is “You

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10:30 p.m. – Midnight

Stoic will perform with Martial Law and Militant at 7 p.m. Friday, July 1, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7.

The Concerts at Noon Series at the Logan Tabernacle continues on Friday, July 1, with Kim Roderick Haycock and Levente Medveczky. All concerts begin at noon. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. For a more information, visit logantabernacle. blogspot.com.

The Cache Valley CruiseIn will be held Thursday, June 30, through Saturday, July 2, at the Cache County Fairgrounds.

Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children 5 to 17 years of age. For more information and a full schedule, visit cachevalleycruisein.net.

Join your family, friends, neighbors, and fellow Americans for Freedom Fire on Friday, July 1, to celebrate the greatest country in the world at USU’s Maverik Stadium. Gates open at 7 p.m., entertainment starts at 8 p.m. and fireworks begin after dark.

The entertainment will include Caleb Chapman’s Crescent Super Band, Journey Unlimited: The Tribute and Ryan Innes.

Tickets are $8 or a six-ton pack for $36. All tickets are general admission.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of pioneers in Northern Utah/Idaho, Little Bloomsbury Foundation calls for submission of pioneer art of all mediums, shapes and forms by established and budding artists. It pays tribute to early settlers of all ages, origins, beliefs, ethnicities and occupations. Artwork is selected for show at the Little Bloomsbury Ice Cream Summer Festival on the theme of “Lengthen Your Stride” from July 21-23. There is no fee for art submission or display. Submission by 12 p.m. noon, Monday, July 11 will be given priority consideration.

Email high-quality images with the title, age (if under 18), and full name of the artist, medium(s), year and physical dimensions of artwork to littlebloomsbury@aol. com. Visit littleblooomsbury.org or call or text Brenda Sun at (435) 994-9904 for more information.

SATURDAY Vessels will perform with Terraform at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 2, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $7.

Bret Hanson will perform from

Peak Continued from Page 4 “her honesty and sincerity as a performer, and as a person, her naturalness and unaffected charm which shines through.” Those qualities, along with her grace and athleticism, helped her and Hough to win the Mirror Ball Trophy amid widespread support from peers and fans alike.

Later that year, Pickler released her fourth album, “The Woman I Am.” She co-wrote three songs on the critically acclaimed album, including the title cut. Newsday said “with ‘The Woman I Am,’ Pickler shows how the next phase of her career may

1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 2, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. The Cache Valley Cruise-In will be held Thursday, June 30, through Saturday, July 2, at the Cache County Fairgrounds. The Main Street Cruising Parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children 5 to 17 years of age.

For a full schedule, visit cachevalleycruisein.net.

The Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 2, on the grounds of the Historic Cache County Courthouse at 199 N. Main St. In addition to craft, food and produce vendors, New Folk Revival will perform. Visit gardenersmarket.org for more information.

The Lewiston Fourth of July Rodeo will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 2, at the rodeo grounds in Lewiston. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for kids and free for 3 and under.

The Hyrum Fourth of July Celebration will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 2, with a youth parade in the City Square followed by a water fight with firemen at 11 a.m. in East Park.

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be bigger than she ever dreamed,” while the New York Times said, “… she’s matured into herself, releasing a string of strong albums, of which ‘The Woman I Am’ is the latest.”

Pickler launched her home goods line “Selma Drye by Kellie Pickler” in cooperation with the Opry Stores (shop.opry.com) in early 2015.

In addition, she and her husband, songwriter/producer Kyle Jacobs, are currently filming the upcoming CMT reality show “I Love Kellie Pickler” with Ryan Seacrest Productions.

An avid supporter of the U.S. military men and women and their families, Pickler has completed eight USO tours, most recently in Dec. 2014.

For more information, visit kelliepickler.com.

SUNDAY with the Four07’s, Jeff Dillon and the Revival and Salduro at 7 p.m. Sunday, July 3, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.

Twin Flames will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 3, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. The Sunday Under the Trees lecture series will continue at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 3, south of Old Main on the campus of Utah State University. This week’s speaker is Norm Nelson, curator of the Brigham City Train Depot Museum. Admission is free; bring a lawn chair.

MONDAY The Hyrym Fourth of July Celebration will begin from 7 to 10 a.m. Monday, July 4, with a chuckwagon breakfast and the Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run. The parade begins at noon, medieval tournament at 4 p.m. at the rodeo grounds and fireworks at dusk. For a full schedule, visit hyrumcity.org.

The Concerts at Noon Series at the Logan Tabernacle continues on Monday, July 4, performers from the 2016 season of the

Eccles Continued from Page 4 Puccini, July 21; Il Trittico: Puccini Fully Explored, July 30; and Puccini: His Life and Love, Aug. 2. Times vary.

Tickets are $10.

“Porgy and Bess” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 7 and 29, and at 1 p.m.

July 15, 20, 22 and Aug 4 and 6 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying Academy lectures given by industry experts are:

Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. All concerts begin at noon. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. For a more information, visit logantabernacle. blogspot.com.

The Lewiston Fourth of July Celebration will begin from 6 to 9 a.m. Monday, July 4, with a cannon salute, flag ceremony and pancake breakfast (adults $5, kids 12 and under $4). The Patriot Border Run begins at 7 a.m. at 30 S. Main St., parade at 9:15 a.m., rodeo at noon Wells Jackson Memorial Horse Pulls at 6:30 p.m. and fireworks at dusk. For a full schedule, visit lewiston-ut.org.

TUESDAY James Shepard will perform with Aaron M at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 5, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.

WEDNESDAY The Receiver will perform with Love You, Bye at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 6, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.

Cruz Night will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, at Rumbi Island Grill (970 S. Main St.) Call 799-7149.

Gershwin’s Music in the American Songbook, July 7; Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, July 19; Gershwin, Porgy & Race in America, July 25; and African American Experience in the Deep South, July 28. Times vary.

Tickets are $10.

“Show Boat” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 8, 13, 16 and Aug. 5, and at 1 p.m. July 21, 23 and 29 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying lectures given by experts are: The History of Black America July 9, The Show That Changed America July

13 and African American Experience in the Deep South July 28. Tickets are $10.

“Ragtime” Plays at 7:30 p.m. July 9, 14, 22, 30 and Aug. 3 and 6, and at 1 p.m. July 16 and 28 in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $13 to $77.

Accompanying lectures given by experts are: The History of Black America, July 9; Ragtime, Just in Time!, July 14; The Music of Something Beginning, July 16; and Houdini: American Celebrity, July 19. Times vary. Tickets are $10.

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5. Finely pulverized lava 6. Benin, once 7. Meanie 8. Provoke 9. Social connections 10. It’s unpleasant to look at 11. Start of a Thanksgiving prayer 12. Rainbow shape 13. Perceive 14. Bury 15. “Just ___!”

16. Link 17. Joule fraction 21. Marquee-name

entertainer 24. Shot 25. Window feature 27. Oaf 31. Layer 33. Gist 34. Check casher 36. Microprocessor type 37. Neck of the woods 38. Actual wording 40. Neglect 42. Stock exchange 43. Compact 44. Macedonian’s neighbor 48. Fly 49. Evil soldier in “The Lord of the Rings” 50. “Tush!”

53. Pad 54. Perennial plants of the Andes 55. Buddy 56. Panoramas 58. Drive 59. Skeptical grunt 60. Had dinner 61. Skedaddled 63. Oven emanation 65. Muzzle 67. Patio furniture 68. Second of two 69. Baton 70. Second in a series 71. Post-apartheid org.

72. ___-di-dah 74. Garden digger 75. More bloody, so to speak 76. Dirt 77. Wedding vow 78. Eur. country 79. England time 80. Will Smith, e.g.

81. Wrong 82. Quality 83. Troubles 90. Side by side 91. Supervise 92. Japanese-American 93. Grass type 96. Zany 97. Playfully roguish

98. Dating service datum 99. Artist Chagall 103. Term of address 104. Impact sound 107. Lung problem 108. Lava maker 110. Mark 111. Current measures 112. Where McDonald wants you to drive 113. Mayberry sot 114. Fourth-largest U.S. state in area, abbr.

115. Immature amphibians 116. Mix breed dog 117. Prevaricate 119. English article 120. Org. that produces the Congressional Record 123. Bell or Kettle

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