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SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2015

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September 4-10, 2015

COVER 8 Cache Theatre troupe

delivers the musical, ‘Aida’

THE ARTS 4 Celebrate America will

be back ‘In the Miller Mood’ at USU from Sept. 8-11

4 Four Seasons bringing ‘Dreamcoat’ to Sky View

4 Home Tour coming up next weekend in Logan

5 Language Center set to

host African Night Thursday

15 Logan Film Festival

scheduled for Sept. 11-12

MOVIES 6 ‘War Room’ closes in on ‘Compton’ at the box office 6 New ‘Everest’ opens up

Venice Film Festival in Italy

7 Two and a half stars: Redford and Nolte take ‘A Walk in the Woods’

COLUMN 11 Dennis Hinkamp likes the view at Burning Man

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Actor Bill Murray, left, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and rocker Jon Bon Jovi attend the Hamptons Sneak Screening of Open Road Films’ “Rock the Kasbah” after party last Friday in East Hampton, N.Y. On the cover: Katie Ditton sings during a dress rehearsal for the Cache Theatre Company’s production of “Aida” at Mount Logan Middle School earlier this week.

FROM THE EDITOR For whatever reason, it seems like there have been an awful lot of unique little entertainment items pop up in the news this week. So here are a few of my thoughts on these very important issues: • I’m a regular viewer of “Running Wild With Bear Grylls,” so I was a bit surprised to see that President Obama is slated to film an episode of the NBC show during his visit to Alaska. Didn’t the Secret Service and/or Michelle Obama see the episode where Bear talks actress Michelle Rodriguez into urinating into a cup so they could boil a mouse for dinner? But then they are in Alaska, so I’m

sure they’ll go for something larger, like caribou tongue sautéed in moose drool, or perhaps some roasted Kodiak bear scat. You know, something the White House chef could easily put together for the next State Dinner if the president likes it.

• It was 1996 when an episode of “The Simpsons” mocked Broadway by having Troy McClure star in “The Planet of the Apes: The Musical.” While it was funny and outrageous at the time, nearly two decades later it doesn’t even seem like satire. It was announced this week that “SpongeBob SquarePants” is being turned into a musical, slated to be presented on Broadway in 2016-17 and featuring music from the likes of David Bowie, Steven Tyler and John Legend. That pretty much means that even “Simpsons” writers would have a hard time coming up with

a musical idea that’s truly mockworthy ... unless, perhaps. it involved the exciting new cast of “Dancing with the Stars,” some deflated NFL footballs and Donald Trump’s hair.

• Speaking of presidential candidates, while getting ready Tuesday morning, I had CNN Headline News on the TV. I wasn’t paying much attention when, all of a sudden, my son blurted out “Fat guy in a little coat.” While I know he’s familiar with the Chris Farley scene from “Tommy Boy,” I didn’t understand why he said it at that particular time. Until, of course, I realized that Headline News was showing a clip of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s visit to “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” the night before.

— Jeff Hunter

Fall season set to get underway this month

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an exciting new fall season ahead on broadcast TV. We await the charming rom-com “Manhattan Love Story” ... the hearttugging youth drama, “Red Band Society” ... and don’t forget “Mulaney,” an autobiographical sitcom about a promising young standup.

Hold on! All that was LAST fall! Those now-forgotten flare-outs (along with other quick flops like “A to Z” and “Selfie”) are long dead and buried.

Now it’s time to welcome the latest round to the five major broadcast networks.

And if 60 years of TV history is any hint, it will again repeat itself with a fair number of these two dozen rookies gone by Christmas and many more canceled by Memorial Day. But what’s different — very different — in the current TV universe: Broadcast TV’s fall crop is only a portion of the seamless 12-month harvest of programming that vies for the viewer’s attention and approval. Once upon a time, the fall season was a cage match between just three content providers — ABC, CBS and NBC. Today, those legacy networks not only do battle with Fox and CW, but also with scores of cable and streaming outlets. And

– Cache columnist Dennis Hinkamp on attending Burning Man (Page 11)

PET OF THE WEEK Above, “Scream Queens” is scheduled to premiere Sept.

22, on Fox. Left, Amber Valletta, left, and Don Johnson appear in a scene from “Blood & Oil,” premiering Sept. 27, on ABC. (AP photos)

they do it year-round.

If there’s an overriding trend in TV today, it’s this: There’s simply too much TV, even too much good TV, for any viewer to take stock of, much less support.

That’s quite a change from the lament by an FCC boss a half-century ago that TV is “a vast wasteland.” Today,

only the “vast” part holds true.

Even so, some things never change.

Like the reliance on medical shows. This fall will see the arrival of three more: “Code Black” (CBS, premiering Sept. 30), a latter-day “ER” that’s even busier and bloodier; “Chi-

cago Med” (NBC, Nov. 20), the third dose of producer Dick Wolf’s latest trilogy that also includes “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.”; and “Rosewood” (Fox, Sept.

23), which, starring Morris Chestnut as a beefcake Miami pathologist, doubles as a crime drama with Dr. Rosewood using his medical wiles to bust bad guys while charming every woman in his path.

NEW CROP OF COMEDIES Comedies again will be arriving in force, with See CROP on Page 12

Available for adoption

Pet: Maddy From: Cache Humane Society Why she’s so lovable: If you’re interested in adpoting this terrier and spaniel mix, contact the Cache Humane Society by calling 792-3920 or visiting her in person at 2370 W. 200 North.

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Harvesting TV’s latest crop

“It’s hot, dusty and downright miserable for at least four hours of the day. Everything you bring back from there is permanently stamped, if not ruined, by the alkaline Black Rock Desert dust.”

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Celebrate America show returns Sept. 8-11 What’s unique about the Celebrate America Show? For one ticket price, guests receive three outstanding events: dinner, a show and dance.

The main attraction is the Broadway-style show, “New York, A Wonderful Town!” which takes the audience back in time to the 1940s with three sailors who have only 24 hours in New York City before being shipped out. They see the girls, see the sights and end up at the Statue of Liberty understanding why they’re

fighting for America. Packed with singing, dancing and a message that makes you proud to be an American, this delightful show features the Stardust Singers, Stardust Dancers and the Larry Smith Orchestra.

This year’s show will run from Sept.

8-12 at the Evan Stevenson Ballroom in the Taggart Student Center at Utah State University.

Tickets are available for the full package with dinner, show and dance, or show and dance only. The first

performance on Tuesday, Sept. 8, is a dress rehearsal. Group rates are offered for the Tuesday and Wednesday shows.

For tickets, call (435) 554-1049 or visit celebrateamericashow.com.

Preceding the each night’s show, guests can ine on carved roast beef and roasted salmon filet by awardwinning Utah State University Catering. After dinner and the show, the

Celebrate America will return to the stage at

See SHOW on Page 11 Utah State University from Sept. 8-11.

Home Tour coming up ‘Dreamcoat’ hits

Annual event set to be held at six sites on Sept. 12

The eighth annual 2015 Historic Home Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.

Sponsored by the Cache Valley Historical Society and Cache Valley Visitors Bureau, this year’s tour will spotlight six homes built by early Logan-area settlers.

“This year’s tour features homes we have been hoping to show for years, plus some newly discovered treasures,” says Bernice McCowin, tour chair. “Visitors will see the amazing work of skilled artists and craftsmen from both the past and present.”

Highlights include a variety of architectural styles, period and modern construction techniques and features, a collection of antique furnishings dating from 1850 to 1929, an inviting contemporary residence that has been transformed from a stark warehouse and Cache Valley’s first lumber mill.

See TOUR on Page 13

the SVHS stage

Four Seasons Theatre Company will open popular musical tonight

Top, the former home of longtime River Heights mayor Heber Olsen was built in 1904. Above, Design West is now housed at a former lumber mill constructed nearly a century ago.

Four Seasons Theatre Company is excited to present the family favorite musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” Aug. 28-29, 31, and Sept. 3-5.

Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Sky View High School Auditorium in Smithfield, with Saturday matinees starting at 2 p.m.

Tickets are available at fourseasonstheatre.org for $11 in advance and $13 at the door (price includes a $1 processing fee). Family and group rates are offered by calling the Four Seasons ticket hotline at 535-1432.

This production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” has a cast of over 50 local adult performers and 35 children in the youth choir. The Biblical saga of Joseph is delightfully narrated by Afton Lovell (who previously starred in Four Seasons’ “The Wizard of Oz” as The Wicked Witch).

Joseph’s coat of many

colors comes to vibrant life through a cornucopia of musical styles in this entertaining parable. Joseph, played by Cache Valley native Jon Rash in his reprised role, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and taken to Egypt, where he endures a series of adventures in which his spirit and humanity are continually challenged.

He is purchased by Potiphar, where thwarting advances from Potiphar’s wife land him in jail. When news of Joseph’s gift to interpret dreams reaches the Pharaoh (wryly and riotously depicted as Elvis), Joseph is well on his way to becoming second in command. Eventually his brothers unknowingly find themselves groveling at the feet of the brother they betrayed but no longer recognize. After testing their integrity, Joseph reveals himself leading to a heartfelt reconciliation of the sons of Israel.

bringing other members of his/her family here to Utah; newly arriving refugees who have fled persecution from Africa, Burma, and the Middle East compose the second group; and finally, spouses to those completing doctoral studies at USU. This year’s fundraising celebration dinner, “A Night of Light,” will feature the Jambo Africa Burundi Drummers, who have the unique ability to balance their massive traditional drums on their

heads while dancing and singing. These young men fled to the United States as refugees from Burundi, a country located in wartorn central-east Africa. Their performance symbolizes peace, love and the heartbeat of life itself.

The dinner will feature authentic African cuisine with items such as peanut soup and South African chicken curry, plus other delicacies.

In addition, some of our students

Local author Tyler Whitesides will perform a free skit and a musical presentation on Friday, Sept. 4, at Logan High School.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; the show begins at 7 p.m.

Admission is free.

“Janitors: Heroes of the Dustbin,” the final volume in Whitesides’ award-winning middle-grade series, will be released on Sept. 8.

Visit tylerwhitesides.com for more information.

CTC presenting ‘Aida’

See ELC on Page 7 The Cache Theatre Company will present Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida: The Timeless Love Story” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1-5 at Mount Logan Middle School, 875 N. 200 East. There will also be a matinee at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 5.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at the door, or online at cachetheatre.com. No children under 3 admitted.

Utah State hosts concert

Eremiášová’s latest musical piece featured Saturday night

Composer, singer, songwriter and producer Michaela Eremiášová is coming to Utah State University to premiere a new chamber work that features percussion, piano, trumpet and electronics.

The world premiere of the work will incorporate presentations by the composer, assistant professor in the Caine College of the Arts Max Matzen and Mayumi Matzen, recitalist and soloist. Also presenting is Stephanie Maxwell, animator, filmmaker and professor in the School of Film and Animation at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Eremiášová’s new piece “Convergence” will be performed by Max (trumpet) and Mayumi (piano) Matzen, accompanied by electronics at the Exploring Technology and Music event at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 5, in the Caine Performance Hall.

The concert presentation is free and open to the public.

“We wanted to create an engaging presentation that See CONCERT on Page 15

Call for Fall Salon entries

The Logan Fine Art Gallery is calling for entries in the Fall Salon 2015.

This is the fifth year Logan Fine Art has offered a salon d’automne, a French tradition dating back to 1667 when artists would show their work.

This year, submissions are due from Aug. 29 to Sept. 4, and they will hang at the Logan Fine Art Gallery at 60 W. 100 North from Sept. 18 to Jan. 2, 2016. The Salon d’Automne Reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, followed by an awards presentation at 7 p.m.

For more information, call 753-0333 or visit loganfineartgallery.com.

Piano competition open

Auditions for the second annual Piano Concerto Competition will be held Jan. 23 in the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State University.

Open to students up to 18 years of age who reside in Cache, Box Elder or Rich counties, the competition is sponsored by the Cache Symphony Orchestra. Students must perform a complete concerto movement from memory. Three top winners will receive a cash prize of $100, $75 or $50. The firstplace winner will also perform his or her concerto with the Cache Symphony Orchestra at their spring concert on March 26.

Deadline for applications is Dec. 14. An audition form is available for download at cachesymphonyorchestra.wordpress.com. For more information contact Bonnie Slade at 760-7361.

The Cache Symphony Orchestra is comprised of 90 local musicians under the leadership of newly appointed director Mark Emile. The public is Photo courtesy of Adam Fenster invited to the CSO’s call concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Michaela Eremiášová will present a new piece of music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, in the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Sept. 5, at the Caine Performance Hall on the campus of Utah State University. Arts Center.

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The English Language Center of Cache Valley invites you to attend an African-themed evening at the Riverwoods Conference Center at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10.

The ELC is a non-profit organization serving the needs of non- or limited-English speaking adults.

These people come to Cache Valley via diverse pathways: the largest group are people who live and work in our community and are looking to upgrade their employment status often with the goal of

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COMING UP ELC to host African evening Whitesides event tonight

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New ‘War Room’ nearly overtakes ‘Compton’ NEW YORK (AP) — The Christian drama “War Room” made a surprise bid for the box-office lead, Zac Efron’s music drama “We Are Your Friends” fell completely flat and the N.W.A biopic “Straight Outta Compton” keeps chugging along.

Universal’s “Straight Outta Compton” topped the box office for the third-straight week with $13.2 million at North American theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The film, which has now made $134.1 million

in total, has continued to dominate August moviegoing. It joins “Jurassic World” as the only movies to lead the box office three consecutive weeks this summer.

The late August weekend held scant competition for “Straight Outta Compton,” but “War Room” nearly matched it. The Sony TriStar release took in $11 million by appealing to faith-based audiences, an often powerful but underserved demographic at the multiplex. “War Room” is about an African-American family who perseveres through prayer.

“We knew that we were going to get a lot of love, we just didn’t expect quite this much love,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony.

“This is a genre that we’re very much committed to.”

The film, directed by Alex Kendrick, is the highest opening yet for Affirm Films, a production company that has had previous success with low-budget films that pull in Christian audiences through grassroots marketing.

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‘Everest’ opens festival Epic mountain disaster film kicks things off in Venice

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jake Gyllenhaal and Jason Clarke lead the cast but the mountain is the star of “Everest,” a high-altitude thriller that opened the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday.

Based on real events, Baltasar Kormakur’s film follows two expeditions caught in a blizzard while attempting to reach the summit in 1996.

Shot in 3-D and on the super-sized IMAX format, the film is a nerve-shredding, life-ordeath battle between the mountain and the windwhipped, snow-blinded, oxygen-deprived climbers. Some live and some die, but as one character notes, “the last word always belongs to the mountain.”

“Part of telling the story is telling it in the elements,” added Kormakur, who took his cast high into the Himalayas and imported snow to England’s Pinewood Studios in his quest for

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Actor Jake Gyllenhaal, right, and director Baltasar Kormakur pose during the photo call for the movie “Everest,” which opened the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday in Venice, Italy.

authenticity. “The story happened in the elements.”

Kormakur, director of the Icelandic indie classic “101 Reykjavik” and the Hollywood action comedy “2 Guns,” said growing up in sub-Arctic Iceland made him especially suited for the job.

“I trained for this film every day when I went to school, basically in

a blizzard, as a kid,” he told reporters Wednesday ahead of the film’s red carpet premiere.

The film focuses on New Zealand climber Rob Hall (Clarke) and American mountaineer Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal), who pioneered commercial expeditions on Everest. Both are depicted as passionate climbers

who, perhaps unwittingly, unleashed a lethal combination of money, hubris and nature.

The film is implicitly critical of the Everest climbing industry, which has seen several thousand people climb the mountain in the last two decades and more than 250 die. But See OPENS on Page 10

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The Christian faith-based film “War Room” took in a total of $11 million last weekend.

VMAs get spread out over MTV’s sister networks NEW YORK (AP) — MTV boosted the viewership of its annual Video Music Awards, this year hosted by Miley Cyrus, with a little help from its friends.

The Nielsen company said just over 5 million people watched the program on MTV on Sunday night, which would have represented a sharp drop from last year’s 8.3 million and the 10.1 million who watched in 2013.

Instead, MTV’s corporate parent Viacom aired the show simultaneously on 10 separate networks. It was seen on MTV and its offshoots, but also on Comedy Central, BET, CMT, TV Land and Logo. Add in that viewership and MTV said the awards were seen by 9.8 million people, with the show still being seen in reruns or on DVRs. While that boosted the show’s numbers, critics of the strategy warn that if overused, it can muddy the focus of specific networks with programming that has little to do with their missions.

NBC said its “Carmichael Show” debuted last week to 4.8 million viewers, the largest audience for any summertime comedy in eight years.

CBS won the week with an average of 5.4 million viewers in prime time. NBC had 5 million, ABC had 3.4 million, Fox had 2.3 million, Univision had 2 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.4 million viewers.

For the week of Aug. 24-30, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.34 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.53 million; “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 8.46 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 8.39 million; “Fear the Walking Dead,” AMC, 8.18 million; Exhibition Football: Arizona vs. Oakland, NBC, 7.51 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 7.25 million; “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 6.73 million; “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.46 million; “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 6.37 million.

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ford a voiceover filled up with memorable phrases from the book would’ve done wonders.

Instead we’re left with the superficially funny situations, which lack the real bite of Bryson’s detailed backstory of the places and people.

The film also conjures up events — including the relationship-defining one — out of nowhere. They don’t appear in the book at all. It’s strange nesses (for example: a because there are bookbackpack that costs over based scenarios that $200). Redford has the timing down perfectly in would’ve worked better than what the screenAP Photo scenes where he gets off play made up.

Robert Redford, left, and Nick Nolte share a scene in “A Walk in the Woods.” a clever jab, or throws As an odd-couple an exasperated glance buddy comedy, you dotes that make Bryson’s at a person who readily could do worse. It’s writing so engaging, the deserves it. quite funny much of movie instead predictably Nolte wheezes and the time while Redford follows a buddy comedy stumbles down the trail. does his thing and Nolte routine as Bryson and Curiously the movie left Director // Ken Kwapis shines. But even a Katz head off into the out one of the book’s Starring // Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Kristen Bryson fan such as I has woods where misadvenbest parts: Katz trying to Schaal, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Thompson, to come to grips with tures await. take nothing but Little Nick Offerman, R. Keith Harris the fact that turning any While Redford doesn’t Debbie snack cakes on Rated // R for language and some sexual referconjure up any thoughts their 2,000-plus mile hike. of his books into movences ies will require the most of Bill Bryson physically, There are enough funny thoughtful and interestNolte, who is — more Katz thusly: ‘’He brought he seems to have his rath- parts to keep interest, ing information to be or less — the grotesque to mind Orson Welles after er affable arrogance down though. Nolte and Redomitted. That’s just the image of the man I pica very bad night.” Suffice pat. In his writing, Bryson ford have a wonderfully way it goes I suppose. is consistently bothered jovial chemistry. tured while reading the it to say, Nolte is the perBut hey, it’s got some by annoying people stat The movie lacks book. Bryson and Katz fect actor for this part. laughs and sometimes Bryson’s inner monohave a history from trav- Excluding all the inter- ing the obvious, or other eling Europe together in social injustices he witlogue. Even giving Redesting asides and anecthat’s all you need. their younger days.

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It’s a strange idea to create a movie from travel writer Bill Bryson’s words.

Anyone who’s read any of Bryson’s collection of travelogues will understand what I mean.

Bryson is a wordsmith who finds beauty in the mundane. He has a knack of extracting interesting local history from the places he visits, and then recounting it in such a way that it makes you wonder why you too aren’t as interested in the local history of your town.

Bryson’s a peculiar writer whose books are enjoyed more as curiosity compendiums rather than strict narratives.

That’s why fashioning a movie from his critically-acclaimed work “A Walk in the Woods” seems rather bizarre.

Bryson’s book, which recounts an Appalachian Trail hiking trip he undertakes with his overweight, outspoken friend, Stephen Katz, is relentlessly detailed and cleverly hilarious. The movie takes a portion of the memoir and turns it into a feature-length movie with a screenplay that captures some of the excitement of the book, but misses out on the wonderful meticulousness of Bryson’s thought process.

Bryson is played by Robert Redford, which causes quite an imagination stretch. His friend Katz is played by Nick

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‘Walk’ heads out in the right direction

‘Every Story is

Above, Abby Eames gets her makeup done by Susan Bankhead prior to a dress rehearsal for “Aida” earlier this week at Mount Logan Middle School. Right, Alex Lambert, performing as Radames, sings during a dress rehearsal. Below right, Katie Ditton, performing as Aida, holds a sword to the throat of Dallin Clark. Below, Lauren Bowe plays the piano as the cast warms up prior to a dress rehearsal.

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s a Love Story’ Cache Theatre Company delivers ‘Aida’ at MLMS You may not expect to hear an electric guitar in ancient Egypt, but it seems to fit perfectly in the high energy show “Aida,” put on this week by Cache Theatre Company on the Mount Logan Middle School stage.

The show’s plot centers around three characters: a captive Nubian princess, Aida, who conceals her identity and is made slave to fashionista Egyptian princess Amneris, who is engaged to Radames, captain of pharaoh’s armies and the one who captured Aida.

While Radames and Aida don’t initially hit it off well — kidnapping on the banks of the Nile will do that — they seem to have a chemistry that draws them together, and, in the swift fashion of musicals, causes them to fall in love. Radames and Aida spend much of the time trying to figure out what to do about this uncomfortable love triangle, hiding it from Amneris, while plans for the escape of the Nubian slaves and machinations for the throne of Egypt swirl around.

“I think Aida is a classic romance.

Love triangles, deception, drama, comedy, but I would call it a romance above all,” said Jared Rounds, the director.

Classic romance aside, Aida is not your mother’s musical. It’s definitely not “Oklahoma!”

Rounds said it fits the style teenagers, who make up the entire cast, like to sing.

“It’s got some pop and rock in it.

It’s not so much your Golden Age Broadway musical. And, that’s what kids are really interested in now,” he said.

Young actors’ portfolios tend to have more contemporary and pop songs, Rounds noticed, so a show like “Aida” — in which British

singer and composer Elton John seamlessly joined flashy Egypt and modern pop — seemed the right fit for this fall’s musical.

The music demands a lot from voices, and while it was a bit of a struggle for the cast to get there, Rounds said he is in awe of how the young actors were able to sing notes that wouldn’t normally be belted.

The successful costuming stands out especially with Amneris, of course, given the character’s fondness for the “finest, most audacious and divinest” apparel. Rounds credited costume designer Katherine Eborn, as well as the rest of the artistic staff, for their help in putting on the show over the last several months with music, stage management and choreography.

The show also features bold characters and intriguing development.

“I like that my character is strong,” commented 16-year-old Alex Lambert, one of the two actors playing Radames. “He knows that he’s in charge, but at the same time he has the ability to feel emotion and act upon that emotion.”

Hannah Wood, a 17-year-old from Brigham City playing Aida, echoed Lambert.

“My favorite part about her is the strength I get to portray in her and to the audience,” she said.

Katie Ditton, an 18-year-old from Providence who is also playing Aida, described her character.

“She is a princess, but she has very much not princess manners,” Ditton said. “She doesn’t want people to know she’s a princess, but I think that’s the depth of her character. And she loves her people and would do See STORY on Page 11

Top, Katie Ditton, performing as Aida, sings during a dress rehearsal of the Cache Theatre Company’s production of “Aida.” Above, Lambert interacts with Ditton during a scene at Mount Logan Middle School.

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New Continued from Page 6 So the success of “War Room” wasn’t overly surprising. Faith-based films have regularly performed well at the box office, and “War Room” capitalized on an especially quiet movie weekend.

But thoroughness of the flop of “We Are Your Friends” was unusual. The Warner Bros. release, an electronic dance music drama, wasn’t expected to do especially well and wasn’t much promoted.

But the Efron-led film opened with just $1.8 million on 2,333 screens (more than twice the number of “War Room”). That makes it one of the lowest weekend openings ever for a film that played so widely.

“August can be a land of opportunity or it can be your worst nightmare,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media

analyst for box-office firm Rentrak.

Whereas “We Are Your Friends” got lost in the shuffle of a traditionally quiet period for the movie business, Dergarabedian said, “War Room” used its late-summer, littlecompetition release date to its advantage. “War Room,” Dergarabedian said, further proves the box-office strength of faith-based moviegoers: “They are looking for content. If you build it, they will come.”

“No Escape,” the Thailand thriller starring Owen Wilson and Lake Bell, opened with $8.3 million for the Weinstein Co. In its fifth weekend, Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” also earned $8.3 million to bring its North American total to $170.4 million.

With another low-key weekend looming over Labor Day, Hollywood’s summer is slowing to a crawl. Overall business on the weekend was down 21.4 percent from last year, according to Rentrak.

Opens Continued from Page 6 Kormakur says he understands the “almost animalistic” desire to pit oneself against the peak. “In some ways you get the most real version of yourself,” he said. “You get to the core of who you are.”

Written by William Nicholson, the co-writer of “Gladiator,” and Simon Beaufoy, whose scripts include endurance saga “127 Hours,” the film brutally depicts the effects of high altitude on the body.

Kormakur put his cast through grueling paces, filming in Italy’s Dolomites and near Everest base camp, more than 5,300 meters (17,000 feet) above sea level.

“People started getting really sick at that point,” Kormakur said. “And we had to evacuate people with a helicopter pretty quickly.”

“I think Jake worded it very

well when he said there’s a difference between pain and injury. I put them through a lot of pain, but no injury,” he said.

Josh Brolin, who plays a member of Hall’s expedition, said the pain and deprivation forged camaraderie among the cast — though they initially didn’t know what they were in for.

“A lot of directors say, we want to do this for real, we want to bring you in the elements, we want it to be you against nature,” he said. “And most of them aren’t telling the truth.”

“Everest” — which features Keira Knightley and Emily Watson in supporting roles — is not among the 21 films competing for prizes at the festival, which runs to Sept. 12.

But the opening-night slot carries considerable cachet, and pressure. The last two Venice openers — “Gravity” in 2013 and “Birdman” in 2014 — went on to multiple Academy Awards.

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The film also has a tragic timeliness, opening months after an April earthquake in Nepal killed almost 9,000 people, including 19 mountaineers.

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Show Continued from Page 4 evening concludes with “In The Miller Mood”, Big Band Era, supperclub-style entertainment where guests may dance or just enjoy listening to the hit tunes of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and others including, “In The Mood,” “Moonlight Serenade,” “I’ve Got A Gal in Kalamazoo,” “At Last, Stardust,” “Sing Sing Sing” and many more with the Stardust Singers and Larry Smith

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that may include some unpleasant and offensive ways, but there is far more whimsy than darkness; more creativity than crazy; more of the sublime than shocking. Burning Man is not perfect, but it is a near perfect attempt.

It’s hot, dusty and downright miserable for at least four hours of the day.

Everything you bring back from there is permanently stamped, if not ruined, by the alkaline Black Rock Desert dust. So why would you even want to go?

Because why not?

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Cache Magazine humor columnist Dennis Hinkamp shares some of his photographs from the annual Burning Man gathering in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada.

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Why would anyone build a giant shark that you can drive around with 50 people in it?

Why build a typewriter the size of a house, or a temple that takes three weeks to build — only to be burned to the ground?

Why would any sane organization build a city with streets, a fire department, medical centers, department of public works and 10 radio stations that only functions for a week? And why drag all this 100 miles from the nearest Starbucks-sized town?

Because, why not?

I have been attending and writing about Burning Man for 18 consecutive years now, and I’m still not sure what it is.

That is the beauty of it.

Though thousands have tried, There’s no correct set of words to describe it. It shouldn’t exist at all because it serves little function other than to allow people to express themselves in ways not always be acceptable outside this context.

Yes, of course,

Dennis Hinkamp hopes these photos give you a taste of the “why not?”

Orchestra.

“The show itself is spectacular, but there’s more to Celebrate America than a great show,” founder Brenda Anthony says. “We are proud to partner with Utah’s Honor Flight and to present a World War II veteran with ‘The Freeman Award’ — each show honors a different veteran.

“Our Education Outreach program, now in it’s third highly successful year, includes six local elementary schools: Wilson, Greenville, Lewiston, North Park and Thomas Edison North and South Campuses. Thanks to the

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Why not? A glimpse at Burning Man

vision of Principal Sundee Ware and music teachers Tina Andrews and Karen Teuscher, students learn the effect big band music had on the morale of America during World War II, and are taught songs which they perform with the Stardust Singers and Larry Smith Orchestra during the show on Sept. 8.

“The show alone is impressive and exciting, but these added elements take it to another level,” Anthony adds. “It becomes an emotionally moving, musical patriotic experience.”

Story Continued from Page 9 anything to help her people. She puts her emotions first, definitely, whether it’s love or her people.”

For 17-year-old Morgan England, a senior at Sky View High School who is one of the actresses playing Amneris, how her character changes through the show, going from a shallow, image-obsessed princess to a powerful ruler, is her favorite aspect.

“I like that she’s really, really sassy in the beginning, and has really good character development, and kind of develops into this heartfelt pharoah. She becomes really strong,” England said.

“Aida” is the final show in CTC’s

25th season, explained DeAnn Johnson, a member of the company’s board of trustees. A celebration will be held in the spring, at the end of the 25th season’s run.

“It’s really given families a chance to stay in theater and perform,” she said. “Music’s such a big part of this valley. And it’s nice to know they have some place to go to. And it’s quality.”

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Cache Theatre Company’s production of “Aida” continues through Saturday, Sept. 5. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4 and 5, with a matinee at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 5. The show is held in the Mount Logan Middle School auditorium, 875 N. 200 East, Logan. Tickets are $12. Discounts are available for kindergarten through university students, as well as groups of 15 or more.

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Illusionist coming to Logan Jay Owenhouse: The Authentic Illusionist will present “Dare to Believe” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

Tickets for the show are $29.50, $39.50 or $69.50, with group ticket packages available for $35.50 and $24.50 each. Tickets are available at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Box Office at 43 S. Main St., by calling 7520226 or online at cachearts.org.

“Dare to Believe” breaks new ground with a brand-new, elaborate stage show — a mind-boggling, spell-binding experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Owenhouse’s new show is a theatrical event where audiences not only witness the magic — they experience it.

You’ll see audience members float

Crop Continued from Page 3 “selfie-coms” — an autobiographical subset reaching back to the based-on-real-life “I Love Lucy” at the dawn of TV — duly (but drearily) represented.

“Dr. Ken” (ABC, Oct. 2) stars South Korean doctorcomedian Ken Jeong (“Community”) as a doctor flustered by the challenges of his practice and his home life.

This show’s absence of laughs could expose him to viewers’ malpractice suits.

Little better is “Truth Be Told” (NBC, Oct. 16), whose creator, D.J. Nash, decided that, when packaged as a sitcom, his life wed to a Korean woman and with an AfricanAmerican couple as their best friends would fuel witty observational banter and spark “a national conversation,” as Nash recently told reporters with inflated self-regard. Nash may find viewers’ conversation about “Truth” is limited to “this isn’t funny” and “let’s change the channel.”

Other upcoming comedies are more promising.

in mid-air, get sawed in half and predict the future. “Dare to Believe” also features Owenhouse’s new bengal tigers, Shekinah — a stunning royal white tiger — and her sister, Sheena — a beautiful orange bengal.

Owenhouse spent 2008 touring China and Japan, where his show received the “Best Touring Family Show in Asia” award. Now back in the U.S., he is working on his new TV series. Owenhouse can also currently be seen on Fox television in the show “Magic On The Edge,” and in the television special called “Masters Of Illusion,” a program profiling the best magicians in the world. Produced by Associated Television International, the show is currently airing in Europe, Asia, Australia and in the U.S.

“Angel From Hell” (CBS, Nov. 5) finds the delightful Jane Lynch as a riotously unguarded guardian angel.

“Life in Pieces” (CBS, Sept.

21) is an ambitious comedy with a sprawling ensemble whose half-hour episodes are splintered into four related mini-stories.

And Fox’s back-to-back comedies “Grandfathered” and “The Grinder” (both premiering Sept. 29) star, respectively, 50-ish dreamboats John Stamos and Rob Lowe as 50-ish fellows whose dreamboat status remains undiminished, as do the comic chops of the actors who play them.

More unconventional humor-based shows also are on deck.

“The Muppets” (ABC, Sept.

22) goes behind the scenes in mockumentary fashion for a “real-life” group portrait of these show-biz veterans as they produce a TV series.

“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” (CW, Oct. 12) stars rising actress-writer-comedian Rachel Bloom in a magical comedy-with-music about a quirky young woman seeking romance a little too hard.

Maybe the fall’s riskiest new show, with TV’s brav-

Caught by the magic bug at 4 years old, Owenhouse first performed as a freshman in high school. Since then, in the spirit of “giving it away to keep it,” Owenhouse has invented magic effects and designed illusions not only for his show, but also for other worldrenowned magicians.

The father of four children, the Montana resident stepped away from the stage for a few years as his wife, Susan, battled a rare autoimmune disease. Susan passed away in April 2009, and he is now regularly aided on tour by 23-yearold John (main illusion engineer/ assistant); 21-year-old Peter (sound and video engineer); 18-year-old Juliana (main female assistant); and 9-year-old Christina (second female assistant).

est star presiding: “Best Time Ever,” NBC’s live comedyvariety hour (premiering Sept.

15), hosted by the incomparable Neil Patrick Harris.

And horror blended with comedy is the formula for “Scream Queens” (Fox, Sept.

22), an anthology co-created

by Ryan Murphy centered on homicide and hijinks at a college sorority house.

“Blood & Oil” (ABC, Sept.

27) is a brawny melodrama set in the North Dakota oil boom, with Don Johnson as its reigning oil baron.

CRIME AND SUPERHEROES As usual in recent years, superheroes will be summoned in an effort to win viewers.

“Supergirl” (CBS, Oct. 26) is a good bet to soar thanks to winsome Melissa Benoist as Superman’s cousin who works as an assistant to a media mogul while she comes to terms with her super-humanness.

And “Heroes Reborn” (NBC, Sept. 24) revives “Heroes” from a decade ago as a 13-episode limited series whose heroes are ordinary people who possess extraordinary powers — and now are

Photo courtesy of Jay Owenhouse

Illusionist Jay Owenhouse is scheduled to perform on Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

going public with them.

On television, as elsewhere throughout the arts, one enduring genre surpasses them all: mystery-and-crime. This fall, the networks are plotting a range of mayhem and intrigue: — “Quantico” (ABC, Sept.

27) is a lavish, twisted and deliciously outrageous look at domestic terrorism and the select group of CIA recruits (sexy and skilled) who are tasked with preventing it — even as one of them is secretly a terrorist infiltrating the team.

— “Wicked City” (ABC, Oct. 27) gets moody and violent with a murder case in the 1980s party-and-druggy world of L.A.’s Sunset Strip.

— “The Player” (NBC, Sept. 24) plays a hyperactive, high-stakes game with a swashbuckling security expert who must try to prevent major crimes from happening while a band of high-rollers gambles on whether or not he can pull it off.

— “Limitless” (CBS, Sept.

22), based on the 2011 film, focuses on a chronic slacker who discovers the brain-boosting power of a miracle drug but then is coerced by the FBI into using his mind-blowing abilities to solve cases for

them.

— “Minority Report” (Fox, Sept. 21), based on the Tom Cruise hit, is set in 2065 where a man who can see the future, including crime, forms an alliance with a cop to stop the murders he predicts.

— And, finally, there’s “Blindspot” (NBC, Sept. 21), a tatty tattoo whodunit that dwells somewhere between soft-core porn and a cruelty joke.

Judging from the pilot, it’s a mashup between two dramas from years ago: “John Doe” (which began with a mysterious man found naked, with no memory of who he is) and the tattooed hero of “Prison Break,” self-inked with the info he needs to gain escape.

In “Blindspot,” an attractive young woman is discovered in Times Square with no memory but with unexplained tattoos covering her well-toned body.

The FBI discovers that each tattoo contains a clue to a crime they, with her help, will have to solve.

What a sexy memo pad!

But it remains to be seen how many clues are on this human things-to-do list. Maybe none will be needed past the show’s initial 13 weeks.

COMING UP

Fjeldsted’s art on display

“Still Life, Portraits and Landscape: The Art of Russ Fjeldsted” will be on display at the Logan Library through the month of September.

Fjeldsted is an artist, businessman and former mayor of Logan who started painting seriously when he retired from city politics. “I’m just a starving artist, who plans on painting until I go blind or die, whichever comes first,” Fjeldsted says.

Christiansen to perform

The Corey Christiansen Trio will perform at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Tickets are $15.

Recognized as one of the preeminent jazz guitarists in the world, Christiansen is a recording artist, writer, educator and performer who has played and taught in literally every type of situation around the globe for the last decade. He is currently serving as a professor of jazz and guitar studies at Utah State University.

Patriot Day at Tabernacle

Cache Community Connections will present Patriot Day 2015: Remembrance and Reflection at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at the Logan Tabernacle.

This event is free and everyone is welcome This year marks the 14th anniversary of the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, that changed us all forever. Andreas Wesemann, Lt. Col, USAF (ret.) will be the keynote speaker and will discuss why it is vital that we all remember that day, reflect on those that lost their lives and recommit ourselves to connecting with others in our own community so that we may build bridges between our different faiths, backgrounds and circle of friends.

Wesemann will also share his experiences as a rescue pilot to inspire us all to search for those that need our help, and rescue those that cannot help themselves. Local heroes — police, fire, rescue, Civil Air Patrol and military veterans — will be recognized (please attend in your dress uniform).

Newell to speak Sept. 24

Quincy D. Newell, a specialist in the religious history of the American West, will be the featured speaker at the 21st annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture, an event coordinated by Utah State University’s Special Collections and Archives, a division of University Libraries.

Newell will present “Narrating Jane: Telling the Story of an Early African American Mormon Woman” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Logan Tabernacle.

The lecture if free and everyone is invited.

The subject of the lecture, Jane Elizabeth Manning James, was among the early African American converts to Mormonism. Newell, a former educator on the religious studies faculty at the University of Wyoming, now teaches in the religious studies department at Hamilton College in New York.

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Continued from Page 4 “These homes are amazing because they have so much character,” says Julie Hollist Terrill, director of the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau. “It’s also impressive to see what the homeowners have accomplished in preserving, restoring and furnishing their homes.”

Proceeds from the tour will fund scholarships for USU students studying local history and to provide bus transportation for school children to visit the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville.

Guests should purchase tickets in advance. They are $10 and are available at Lee’s Marketplace locations in Logan and Smithfield, Macey’s stores in Logan and Providence and at the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau, 199 N. Main St. For more information, call 7551890 or visit explorelogan.com.

DOUGLAS HOME Visitors to this year’s tour will have a “peek at the past” in the Douglas family’s simple, classic bungalow. The home has arts and crafts windows, pocket doors, the original oak floors, an original “genie” art deco light fixture, large overhanging eaves with the original unpainted wood, and it houses such family memorabilia as an antique spinning wheel, weaving items, and historic quilts.

Susan Douglas, the current homeowner, studied art at Utah State University and her collection of local artist’s work will be hung throughout the home.

WRIGHT HOME This Queen Anne, Eastlake style home has been beautifully restored and renovated by Tim and Claudia Wright.

The home was built in 1899 by John H. and Phoebe Bishop. A prominent merchant and for 10 years manager of Logan’s City Drug, Bishop sold the home in 1910 to Dr. Isaac P. Stewart, a prominent dentist in Logan, and his wife Rebecca, who lived there over 40 years and then sold it to Elijah and Erma Hicken. In 2000 it served as a bed and breakfast, and then later fell into disrepair.

The house now shows the

more about the history of various artifacts has been her hobby throughout her life.

NEEDHAM HOME What can you do with an old warehouse? If you are Joseph and Jenilyn Needham, you turn it into a beautiful and spacious home, complete with a 2,500-squarefoot multipurpose room, a theater, sports arena and workout loft. The home has a sleek, modern design and lighting features.

After serving as the Bishop’s Storehouse for 30 years, the building was used by the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre company to build and store show sets. The Needhams purchased the building and surrounding property in the summer of 2014 and started the process of extensive transformation to a private residence with two additional homes on the surrounding property.

DESIGN WEST BUILDING A tour of the Anderson Lumber Company Building, circa 1918, will be a bonus feature of this year’s Historic Home Tour, where visitors will see such historic artifacts as: the water powered turbine from the diversion dam and system of wide belts and wooden pulleys that powered the mill equipment; solid timber structural system of beams and trusses; clerestory and large perimeter windows which provided light and ventilation; original chain operated rollup doors; and the original cast iron boiler fed by lumber and sawdust scraps.

Visitors will also see the transition from 1903 drawings in ink on linen to today’s 3D architectural computer renderings.

The building is now the home of Design West architects, the oldest continuously operating architectural firm west of St. Louis. It was established in 1892 when founder K.C. Shaub left the employ of LDS church architect, Truman Angel, where he worked on the Salt Lake LDS Temple and the Governor’s Mansion to design the Old Main building at USU and other significant historic buildings throughout Cache Valley.

The original drawings of the west façade of Old Main will be on display, as well as the original design for the Brigham Young College, which sat on the current site of Logan High School.

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great effort and ingenuity of the Wrights. It features a Victorian turret, segmental arched windows, a decorative front porch, many original features such as lighting fixtures, a brass fireplace cover, brass door handles, sliding doors, floors and a shed.

Shahan home The first part of this Victorian home was constructed in 1880

by Anthon Anderson, founder of Anderson & Sons Lumber Company, with the main part built in 1899.

Anderson was mayor of Logan and also bishop of the LDS 2nd Ward. Don and Marjorie Snedaker purchased the home in 1973, and, according to the plaque at the home, ”have given detailed restoration and love to this beautiful home.”

Visitors will enjoy the intricate original interior and exterior woodwork, banister, tall ceilings and wood floors.

MCFAUL HOME This Victorian farmhouse was built in 1904 by Heber Olsen. The mayor of River Heights for 24 years, Olsen and also served as chairman of the irrigation company and as water master.

Beautifully renovated and furnished, the home has a fireplace mantle built using the parts of an upright piano, as well as original transoms and pine floors. The yard is an extensive, long-term project in permaculture design.

The current owner, Rebecca McFaul, is a violinist in the Fry Street Quartet, which holds the Manon and Dan Russell Endowed Residency at Utah State University’s Caine College of the Arts.

MUNSEN HOME This home was featured in the book, “Utah’s Historic Architecture, 1847-1940,” and will turn a century old next year. Built in 1916 by Herschel Bullen, Jr. and Mary H. Bullen, the arts and crafts architectural style home is primarily in its beautiful original condition, with only the kitchen being updated.

Tour visitors will see a marvelous collection of antique furnishings dating from 1850 to 1920, which includes, quilts and coverlets, kitchen items, Norwegian artifacts such as weavings, carvings and printed boxes.

The current owner, Sylvia Munsen, says, collecting antiques, refinishing furniture, and learning

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Local author Tyler Whitesides will perform a free skit and a musical presentation on Friday, Sept.

4, at Logan High School. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; show begins at 7 p.m. Admission is free. “Janitors: Heroes of the Dustbin,” the final volume in Whitesides’ awardwinning middle-grade series, will be released on Sept. 8.

SATURDAY little Barefoot, Scott Ferrin and the Smooth Operators, Boone Hogg and Panthermilk will perform on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. John Patrick Halling will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

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

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

Twin Flames will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

MONDAY Wellsville’s annual Founder’s Day Breakfast will be held from

6 to 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7.

Adult plates are $7, kids plates are $4 and the family deal is $25 (two adults and up to four kids).

All funds raised will benefit the Wellsville Tabernacle Foundation.

WEDNESDAY Utah State University Extension offers free, research-based courses to the public. “How to Avoid Falling for a Jerk/ette” will teach participants what to look for in a healthy relationship. The goal is to help singles learn how to follow their heart without losing their mind. This threesession course is offered free of charge to anyone who is single, dating, engaged or single again.

Dinner is provided each evening.

The dates for the upcoming class are Wednesdays, Sept.

9, 16 and 23 from 6 to 8:15 pm. The class will be held in the FCHD West building at 670 E. 500 North. Please call (435) 232-6022 or email k.anderson@ usu.edu with questions. To register, visit healthyrelationshipsutah. org.

THURSDAY The English Language Center of Cache Valley invites you to attend an African-themed evening at the Riverwoods Conference Center at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. Your $50 ticket will not only purchase a delicious meal, but an opportunity to make a difference. Tickets can be purchased online by following the link at elc-cv.org or by phone at 750-6534. Your donations are

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Eremiášová’s music has been featured in more than 100 national and

gratefully accepted.

The Cache County Republican Party is sponsoring a photography contest with cash prizes to be awarded. We are looking for scenic pictures of Cache Valley, along with American flag images and patriotic photos. Winning images will be featured on the party’s website and social media with a photo credit. First prize is $50. Deadline for submissions is Sept. 10. For more information and an entry form, visit cachegop.com.

The Cache Valley Library Association will visit Stokes Nature Center in Logan Canyon at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10.

This meeting will begin with a business meeting followed by a presentation on what SNC can offer to libraries and their patrons.

The presentation will be followed by a brief tour of the facility. You can find information on parking and accessing the center at logannature.org. CVLA meetings are open to the public.

Utah State University will host an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at the Utah Water Research Laboratory at 1600 Canyon Rd. Come experience working models of dams, see science and engineering demos, unmanned aerial vehicles, a walk-thru timeline and more. Participants will also have a chance to see one of the country’s only indoor rainfall simulators in action. Free parking and refreshments. For more information, call 797-3168.

international film festivals as well as the Cincinnati Opera & Opera Fusion Workshop, New York City Opera’s VOX Festival, New Music Festival at Bowling Green State University, the Kurt Weill Festival at Berlin’s Sony Center in Germany and many more. She also co-composed and co-produced the orchestral theme for the Toronto Blue Jays and has scored several productions for the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel Latin America. Eremiášová

The fourth annual Logan Film Festival will be held Friday, Sept. 11, and Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Caine Lyric Theatre and Dansante Building in downtown Logan.

A unique regional event featuring independent film from around the region, state, nation and world, the Logan Film Festival will screen over 30 films in a variety of categories including narrative and documentary features, narrative and documentary shorts, animation, and special categories for student films and local filmmakers.

In addition to showing films from around the world, the LFF is committed to providing an important forum for local filmmakers to have their work screened to a wide audience, and this year over a third of the films to be shown were made in Utah.

Tickets are available now, and a special $20 “locals only” discount pass can be purchased at Caffe Ibis and S.E. Needham Jewelers. At Morty’s Cafe on the USU campus, high school and college students and faculty members may also purchase two-days passes for only $5. Regular-priced tickets are available online for $45.

For tickets, more information and a complete schedule, visit loganfilmfest.com.

Two s​ howcase films ​in the LFF line­up are “​ Prophet’s Prey​,” Amy Berg’s fascinat-

is also a recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize.

Max Matzen has performed with the Eastman Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, the North See, Vienne and Montreaux jazz festivals. He holds a doctor of musical arts and a master of music in trumpet performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music and a bachelor of music in jazz studies from the University of North Florida.

Mayumi Matzen holds a bachelor’s

ing and disturbing investigation of Warren Jeffs and the FLDS church, which will be screened at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Caine Lyric Theatre, and “In Football We Trust,” Tony Vainuku and Erika Cohn’s gripping account of Polynesian football players in the U.S., which will be screened at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Caine Lyric Theatre.

Following both screenings, there will panel question-andanswer periods with the filmmakers.

Some of the films being screened such as “Our 1/4 Life Crisis” will be premiered at the LFF, while other have premiered at prestigious film festivals such as “Jackrabbit” (2015 Tribeca Film Festival) and “Challat of Tunis” (Festival de Cannes). In addition, there will be a variety of discussion panels and social events with notable musical guests, such as the Joe McQueen Quartet, at the The Factory Pizzeria and the Waffle Iron.

The Logan Film Festival is only made possible by the generous ​support​and sponsorship ​of many local and regional organizations and businesses. S.E. Needham Jewelers have once again provided Presenting Sponsor level support, which both underpins the entire program as well as demonstrating their continued commitment to the arts in Cache Valley.

degree in piano performance from Kyoto City University of Arts and a master and doctor of musical arts from the Eastman School of Music.

She maintains an active career as a recitalist and soloist at the national and international level.

Exploring Technology and Music is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 7978022 or visit arts.usu.edu.

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