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The Old Barn Community Theatre presents ‘The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)’

SEPTEMBER 19-25, 2014

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September 19-25, 2014

COVER 8 Old Barn Community

Theatre delivers ‘Complete Works of Shakespeare’

MUSIC 4 Kray Van Kirk to perform at Crumb Brothers Bread

5 Chamber season kicks off with Brentano Quartet

ART 12 Logan Fine Art to host Salon d’Autome exhibit

MOVIES 3 One and a half stars:

‘The Maze Runner’ gets a little bit lost along the way

7 ‘This Is Where I Leave

You’ delivers drama, laughs

BOOKS 10 Kellermans’ ‘Golem

of Hollywood’ disappoints

COLUMN 11 Dennis Hinkamp talks about the pros and the cons of a distracted world

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Actor and director Sam Farnsworth takes the stage during “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” at The Old Barn Community Theatre last Monday night in Collinston. On the cover: Matt Bodrero performs at the Old Barn. (John Zsiray/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR You know, there are a lot of bands out there with names that don’t make a whole much sense.

For instance, there’s the ’80s pop trio known as the Thompson Twins which featured a redheaded man, a blonde woman and a black guy.

There’s also Hootie and Blowish, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Chumbawamba and The The. And as an editor, I’m personally offended by the spelling of Def Leppard and Ratt.

But I recently came across a newer band

with a name that I take even more personally: Everyone Dies in Utah.

Formed in Temple, Texas, in 2008, the band’s website states: “The name Everyone Dies In Utah was merely just a joke in the beginning, but stuck with them through time. Its just a common fact found in any history book. The death rate in Utah is higher than any other state, hence Everyone Dies In Utah.”

Now, while I can’t argue that everyone in Utah does, indeed, die, I’m not sure why the Beehive State should be singled out more than say, South Dakota or Maine. Or even the band’s native Texas.

In fact, according to the most recent numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Utah doesn’t come close to having the high-

est annual mortality rate. With 1,022 deaths per 100,000 people, Mississippi is No. 1, followed by Louisiana (1,007) and Alabama (1,004). Utah (764) is actually ranked 36th, far better than Texas (846), which is right at the national average.

That’s why I’m calling for the six guys in Everyone Dies in Utah to change the band’s name immediately. While they could go with Everyone Dies in Mississippi, there’s a good chance the Magnolia State is going to fall out of the top spot.

So, why not just go with Everyone Dies on Planet Earth? Then no one is offended, especially us Utahns who are currently alive.

— Jeff Hunter

Don’t get caught in ‘Maze’

Teen survival movie gets kind of lost along the way

– Cache humor columnist Dennis Hinkamp (Page 11)

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By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic

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“The Maze Runner” is yet another dystopian movie where angst-ridden teenagers are the key to the survival of the human race — a formula that seems specifically designed to sell books rather than tell interesting stories. Of all the recent dystopian teenage actioners, “The Maze Runner” is probably the dullest. Hoping to skirt by on its “Lost”-esque mystique — questions answered with more questions — the screenplay throws out almost all characterization and replaces it with endless loops of exposition. It’s a frustrating, time-wasting exercise in quick-buck Hollywood.

Of course, our wouldbe intrepid hero Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) begins the movie with amnesia. This is a perfectly constructed way to vomit out all of the mysterious, but requisite, information for Thomas’ new surroundings. Thrust up through the ground in a rusty elevator, Thomas finds himself surrounded by a gaggle of teenage boys looking down from above. He arrives in an open, grassy area, surrounded by mammoth walls of cement. Behind the cement, a deadly maze.

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Dylan O’Brien stars as Thomas in “The Maze Runner.”

★ ‘The Maze Runner’ Director // Wes Bell Starring // Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Ami Ameen, Will Poulter, Thomas Sangster Rated // PG-13 for thematic elements and intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, including some disturbing images

There appears to be a society that the boys have created. Alby (Aml Ameen) is the leader; Gally (Will Poulter) is the troublemaker; Newt (Thomas BrodieSangster) is the wise one; Minho (Ki Hong Lee) is the courageous one; and Chuck (Blake Cooper) is the comic relief. There are plenty other

teenage boys milling about, but they’re just there to fill up space, mostly.

“The Maze Runner” subscribes to The One theory that many of these teencentric dystopian fantasies do. Everything is fine until a special kid comes along and changes all of it. Thomas is The One, and once he

arrives, things inside the maze start changing. People start dying. Mysteries start getting kinda-sorta solved, but not really.

Well, not so fast. First Newt enlightens us on the existence of the maze, the groups everyone belongs to, the jobs everyone participates in, the schedule of the moving maze, the fact that a new kid pops out of the ground elevator every month to join the group, and so on and so forth. Most of this expository dialogue leads with “We call it …”

An idyllic grassy plane surrounded by a sinister cement maze? “We call it See MAZE on Page 6

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all mixed up ‘Bus Stop’ takes to the stage at the Lyric “Bus Stop,” Utah State University’s Caine College of the Arts’ first theater production of the season, hits the Caine Lyric Theatre stage at 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 23-27.

A matinee will also presented at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at 28 W. Center Street. Tickets are $13 adults, $10 seniors and youth, $8 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information or tickets, visit the CCA Box Office in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 797-8022 or visit arts.usu. edu.

“This show was popularized by Marilyn Monroe in the movie version,” says Richie Call, assistant professor of theater in the CCA and director of the show. “The play script is vastly different and incorporates all of the characters.”

Written by William Inge, “Bus Stop” is about a bus that gets stranded at a small roadside diner owned by widow Grace Hoylard. All roads are blocked

because of a snowstorm, and four or five weary travelers have to take refuge there until morning.

“The individual relationships within the play are some of my favorite aspects to this story,” Call says. “I have too many favorite scenes to pick just one!”

Romantic relationships ensue between Grace and Carl, the bus driver, professor Lyman and Elma, a college professor with a drinking problem and

Hoylard’s high school waitress, and Cherie and Bo, an aspiring nightclub singer and a brash young cowboy.

Virgil, an older cowboy who is a father figure to Bo, and Will, the local sheriff, are the older authority figures outside the relationships. Originally written in 1955, this comedy manages to charm modern audiences with sentimental characters and a slice-of-life storyline.

“We have a fantastic cast involved in this show,” Call says. “I have worked with most of them before and I know we will put on a great show.”

Kray Van Kirk to play Crumb Brothers

Alaskan singer/songwriter set to perform on Saturday The Bridger Folk Music Society presents a concert with Alaskan singer-songwriter Kray Van Kirk at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 20, at Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread, 291 S. 300 West.

Tickets are $13 and are available via PayPal at bridgerfolk.org, by calling 757-3468 or you can take your chances at the door.

Seating is limited; advance purchase is recommended.

The concert is cosponsored by Import Auto.

Van Kirk is an Alaskan singer-songwriter, delivering strong, compelling performances that the Borderline Folk Club in New York called “...what every singer-songwriter should aspire to.” His

warm and intimate concerts on six- and 12-string guitar have received critical praise and enthusiastic receptions from the house concert circuit to festivals and larger stages.

His songs are rich tapestries of myth (“The Queen of Elfland” and “Three Days to England”), passionate echoes of the world (“A Chorus of Stones” and “Dust”) and a pure expression of the American singer-songwriter (“A Medicine for Melancholy” and “Walk With Me”).

At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where many shows receive only a handful of audience members due to the sheer volume of available performances, his room was sold out, leaving some

Photo courtesy of Kray Van Kirk

Kray Van Kirk will perform Saturday night at Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread.

folks sitting on the stairs and a Fringe reviewer to write “the Alaskan singer-songwriter, in his

Edinburgh debut, was not the reason I arrived early, but certainly why I stayed late.”

Living without road access in Alaska might not seem the best way to be a touring musi-

cian, but that’s where he makes his home with his daughter, one cat and far too many books to fit into one room (along with the occasional bear sitting in the front seat of his car).

Van Kirk supports his touring through proceeds from live shows only, as he no longer sells CDs or charges money for his songs; all of them wait patiently on his website, ready to march their way across the world like little digital penguins, leaving no footprints in the snow.

The Steveston Folk Guild in British Columbia said, “Kray Van Kirk writes great songs, sings them masterfully and entertains tirelessly throughout his show. His guitar playing is second to none — I swear he has 10 fingers on each hand.”

Visit krayvankirk.com for more information.

26, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre at 43 S. Main St. The festival team is also pleased to be screening an AFI thesis film that was directed by Cache Valley native Kevin Lacy. His film, “Young Americans,” has won seven awards at various film festivals and took second place at the College Emmy Awards in the drama category.

To learn more about the details of each individual film, watch trailers, find show times and buy tickets, visit loganfilmfestival. com.

Human Library at USU

The Merrill-Cazier Library at Utah State University will host its fifth Human Library from noon to 3 p.m.

Sept. 23-26, in Room 101.

The Human Library, an international movement, is an innovative approach to dialogue and interaction.

The “library” offers “living books” to be checked out for conversations. Everyone is invited to view the catalog and visit Merrill-Cazier Library to check out one of its human books and find out about different experiences and ways of thinking. All are welcome.

For more information, contact Angela Neff at angela.neff@usu.edu, or Anne Hedrich at anne.hedrich@ usu.edu. The catalog of books can be found online at libguides.usu.edu/humanlibrary.

Brentano to open season ‘Alive Inside’ screening

First Chamber Music Society concert to honor Eastman Hatch

The acclaimed Brentano String Quartet will open the Chamber Music Society of Logan’s 2014/2015 season with an exciting program of Mozart, Bartok and Schubert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the USU Performance Hall.

Tickets are $24 ($10 for students) and are available online or by phone at the CCA Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, at arts.usu.edu, by calling 797-8022 or at the door the night of the performance. Season tickets and further information are available at cmslogan.org.

The Eastman Nibley Hatch opening concert gives the Performance Hall audience a chance to enjoy musicians that have been praised worldwide: “Magnificent” (Times (London)); “Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding” Photo courtesy of Brentano String Quartet (London Independent); and “luxuThe Brentano String Quartet will open the 2014/15 season of the Chamber riously warm sound (and) yearnMusic Society of Logan with a concert on Oct. 7 at the USU Performance Hall. ing lyricism” (New York Times).

Mark Steinberg, violin, Serena in Tokyo and the Sydney Opera sity. Formed in 1992, the quartet Canin, violin, Misha Amory, viola House in Australia. has performed at concert venues and Nina Lee, cello, make up the The quartet has a special interest throughout the world, including Brentano String Quartet. Artists in interpolating old with new in residence at Yale University Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully as of July 2014, after 14 years’ Hall in New York, the Concertgeresidency at Princeton UniverSee OPEN on Page 13 bouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Hall

A free screening of the film “Alive Inside” will be presented at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium on the USU campus.

This documentary shows the incredible results of music therapy on residents of nursing homes. Dan Cohen, a social worker, invited Michael RossatoBennett, a film producer, to witness what happened when Henry, a very confused, 84-year old, listened to his favorite singer, Cab Calloway, though headphones. After listening to “his music,” Henry “woke up.”

He went from a near comatose state to speaking, talking about his feelings and interacting with the people around him in a matter of minutes. After seeing this miraculous transformation, Michael followed Dan from one nursing home to another for the next three years as he distributed headphones to the residents. The result is this fabulous documentary.

Library book sale continues

The Friends of the Logan Library Big Book Sale continues at the old Car Care Center at 321 N. Main St. The sale is open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday through the first week of October. We have thousands of books to choose from with new items arriving almost daily. The book prices have been reduced. Hardbacks are $1; paperbacks are 25 cents. We also have bookcase units, wire storage racks, loose wood for shelving or storage and many hardwood maple tables.

‘The Broadcasting Bullens’

Special Collections and Archives, a division of University Libraries at Utah State University, has developed an exhibit that spotlights the growth and development of media in Cache Valley.

The exhibit, “The Broadcasting Bullens: One Family’s Contribution to Cache Valley Newspaper, Radio and Television,” opens Tuesday, Sept. 2, in the atrium of the Merrill-Cazier Library on the USU campus and continues through Oct. 15.

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Previously held in the spring, rative and documentary.

The festival team is especially the Logan Film Festival will be excited to be screening “20,000 making its fall debut Sept. 25-27.

Days on Earth.” The documen The LFF is a celebration of tary feature was premiered at the independent films that focuses on 2014 Sundance Film Festival and artistic expression and alternative received two awards for editing views instead of big Hollywood and directing. In regards to the names and budgets. film, the Sundance jury said: The selected films were submit“We award this film for being ted from around the world, and arguably the most exciting film out of the 43 films that will be in competition…. This is docuscreened, 7 of them were made mentary storytelling at its most locally in Cache Valley, 12 in visionary and mindblowing.”

Utah, 13 in the United States and “20,000 Days on Earth” will be 11 internationally. The films have various run times and are both nar- presented at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.

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Logan Film Festival coming up COMING UP

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‘Deed’ defeats ‘Guardians’ at the box office LOS ANGELES (AP) — It took a murderous Idris Elba and a pair of dolphin buddies to defeat “Guardians of the Galaxy” at movie theaters.

The Sony thriller “No Good Deed,” which stars Elba as an escaped convict and Taraji P. Henson as the innocent he terrorizes, opened on top of the box office with $24.5 million,

according to studio estimates Sunday. And Sony wasn’t surprised.

“It’s a movie that we really loved and felt that it was going to win,” said Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer. “You have to give it to the cast in Idris and Taraji.

Their chemistry together is fantastic.”

The film nearly doubled its reported budget in its first week of release, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak.

“It’s the first brand new, post-summer release to really catch on,” he said.

The Warner Bros.’ feel-good film “Dolphin Tale 2” debuted

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in second place with $16.5 million. The family-friendly story stars Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd reprising their roles from the 2011 original.

“Guardians” slipped to third place with $8 million in ticket sales. The Marvel space adventure, which held the No. 1 spot for four weeks, is the

call it The Box.” You get the idea.

Being surrounded by a deadly maze is a Continued from Page 3 problem. Most of the 321 N. Main Street, Logan inhabitants don’t dare The Glade.” Someone is venture out into The Open Daily Mon-Sat 11 am - 6 pm (into October) infected with a mysterious virus? “We call it The Maze. Running The Maze is left up to — Changing.” Monsters in you guessed it — The The Maze? “We call them Wire Racks/Units • Wood • Hardwood Maple Tables Maze Runners: the The Grievers.” Strange extra strong and handLOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS ground elevator in the somest of the bunch. middle of a field? “We Their job is to map The Maze in hopes of finding a way out. Except utah state theatre it’s been three long years and they haven’t found an exit yet. At one point Thomas brings up a good quesSEPT 23–27, 2014, 7:30PM tion, “Has anyone tried climbing to the top?”

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top-grossing film of the year domestically, collecting more than $300 million in North America and $600 million worldwide.

Paramount’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” finished fourth with $4.8 million, followed by the Fox comedy “Let’s Be Cops,” which collected $4.3 million.

Newt responds, “No. The vines don’t go all the way to the top.”

We’re just assuming the special effects were done without this dialogue in mind since there are numerous shots of the walls surrounding The Glade, where the ivy — which the movie adequately demonstrates is strong enough to support human weight easily — reaches from the ground to the very tiptop of the wall in many spots.

Enormous plot holes aside, “The Maze Runner” is all based on cheap thrills and

unanswerable questions, which lead to more questions, whose answers will never provide any real resolution making the least bit of sense. Like all these types of stories, it’s been engineered into a series. A string of books, which turn into a hopeful movie franchise. It’s all about plodding onto the next sequel. It’s essentially like watching a bad “Lost” remake, only this time it’s done by the CW with just as much phony charm and sappy sentimentality that they put into, say, something like “The Vampire Diaries.”

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You” nails the “I don’t like you, but I love you,” sibling sentiment. The bickering between them is somehow cutting and loving all at the same time. It’s the one thing that the movie does really, really well. Presenting us with a family who acts like a family. They may not all get along.

They may fight. They may do some terribly childish things to each other. But love is always

the undercurrent that keeps the family moving along.

At times “This is Where I Leave You” can be accused of trying a little too hard. Of throwing in so many ridiculous, unbelievable variables that it certainly pushes right up against the “enough is enough” point of no return. It’s a crazy family, but the screenplay calls for as much craziness as possible, all the while trying to balance the dramatic.

While its dramatic touches are affecting, the sheer zaniness of the family’s antics begin to wear a little thin.

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Like a lighter version of “August: Osage County,” “This is Where I Leave You,” chronicles a week with a dysfunctional family. Coming together over the death of their beloved father, the Altmans — a family full of depressed adults — descends upon the family home. Apparently, their non-religious father had one dying wish: that all his kids sit Shiva for him — a Jewish mourning custom where the family sits together for seven days while receiving visitors.

Only their dad wasn’t Jewish, and this dying wish seems like a lastditch effort to get his kids to like each other again.

As you might have guessed from the trailers, “This is Where I Leave You,” is an irreverent look at death, family, love and loss.

It dances around the issues as it continuously reveals the hidden secrets of each sibling’s private lives.

Judd (Jason Bateman) just found out his wife has been cheating on him for a year with his boss. Wendy (Tina Fey) is the strong daughter type, except she’s stuck in a loveless marriage.

Paul (Corey Stoll) is in a loving marriage, except he and his wife are unable to have children. Finally, Phillip (Adam Driver) fulfills the role of the perpetual screw up. Each one of them is dealing with a major, life-changing event or events. Bringing them all together is the mixing pot needed to help everything boil over with dramatic and comedic results.

Now, this isn’t a

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‘This Is Where’ delivers drama, comedy

In Love With

SHAKESPEARE

Football, rapping, a cooking show and plenty of fake vomit await you this weekend if you choose to venture out to the Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston to see “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).”

Above, Juliet (Morgan Hawkes) removes a dagger as he stands above Sam Farnsworth, performing as Romeo, during a scene from “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” on Monday night at the Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston.

The zany romp through 37 of the Bard’s tragedies, comedies and histories will be performed Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Sam Farnsworth, Morgan Hawkes and Matt Bodrero, calling themselves “The Reduced Shakespeare Company,” present Shakespeare’s portfolio as quickly and irreverently as possible.

The show is Farnsworth’s directing debut.

Farnsworth chose the show for the fall with the stipulation that he would get the opportunity to act in it, direct it and choose his two fellow cast members. Hawkes and Bodrero were hand-picked, lending chemistry to the show as the three friends and colleagues had worked together many times in the past. Rehearsals felt “more like three friends hanging out” than work, Farnsworth said.

The show was chosen partly because Farnsworth felt the format, which includes a lot of audience participation, would be perfectly suited for the Old Barn’s signature 360-degree stage.

“We’re really close here in this theater,” Bodrero explained.

“Even if people sit in the back row, they’re only four rows back.”

Involving audience members means that everyone who attends is a part of the show and should be prepared to be splashed with water, be called upon to play Ophelia or

her ego and/or have their lap used as an extension of the stage. The improvisational nature of the show means that it is different every night — even blocking changes depending on where the audience members choose to sit.

“Without a fourth wall, it makes it so that we have to be able to adapt and willing to adapt,” Farnsworth said.

The show’s biggest challenge, the cast agreed, was its demand for non-stop physicality and energy.

Since there are only three cast members, the amount of lines each person must memorize is staggering, and the actors usually deliver each line while running from one side of the stage to the other. Add in lightning-fast costume changes and swordplay, and you have a recipe for comedic gold.

Farnsworth said their audience has consistently grown since the show’s opening on Sept. 5. Many people aren’t familiar with the show, but Farnsworth said the format is perfect for Shakespeare lovers and novices alike.

“A lot of people see Shakespeare and get scared. … They have no idea what to expect,” Farnsworth said. “We like how this makes Shakespeare more accessible to everybody. If you know Shakespeare it makes it even funnier, but if you like to watch three guys act silly, you’ll definitely enjoy the show.”

Clockwise from left: Matt Bodrero performs Monday night. Bodrero is one of three actors delivering “Shakespeare” at the Old Barn. Hawkes drinks poison during a scene from “Romeo and Juliet.” The unconventional feet of Farnsworth and Hawkes.

Story by RACHEL KENLEY FRY Photographs by JOHN ZSIRAY

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Books Kellermans’ ‘Golem of Hollywood’ disappoints ish culture, “The Golem of Hollywood” offers few religious insights.

Detective Jacob Lev “The Golem of Holhas been analyzing stalywood” — the first tistics in the Los Angeles collaboration by fatherPolice Department’s traffic and-son Jonathan and department when he’s reasJesse Kellerman — tries signed to Special Projects, to showcase the best a squad he didn’t know that each author brings existed. His first assignto his individual novels, ment is an odd murder: but, ultimately, is overa severed head has been written. A shorter, more found in a vacant house in focused story would the Hollywood Hills. The have been stronger. only clue is the Hebrew The novel works best word for justice burned when Jonathan Kellerinto a kitchen counter. man’s affinity for police unbelievable twists and tiresome flashbacks about The head is that of a serial procedures and Jesse the origins of the golem, killer, last seen a year ago Kellerman’s use of an artificial human being near a synagogue in Prague unusual psychological in Hebrew folklore that before he was attacked by suspense mesh organican be endowed with life. cally in a hunt for a a “hard-domed insect.”

The frequent touches of The investigation is stymurderer linked to a the supernatural further Jewish legend. mied because he can’t get weigh down the novel. And access to information he But too often the plot despite the reliance on Jew- needs and his new bosses meanders, relying on

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discourage him from talking to witnesses or following clues. Jacob is also confused and frustrated by his own encounters with a strange beetle. The case solidifies only when Jacob travels to Prague, where legend maintains that a rabbi created the golem to protect his synagogue.

While the police procedural aspect moves at a fast clip, the investigation is never as exciting as those that Alex Delaware encounters in Jonathan Kellerman’s best-selling series nor as interesting as the unusual turn of events in Jesse Kellerman’s stand-alone novels.

Jewish lore, supernatural events and shady cops are just window dressing to disguise that there is little beyond the curtain.

new york times best-sellers HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Personal” by Lee Child 2. “Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good” by Jan Karon 3. “The Bone Clocks” by David Mitchell 4. “The Secret Place” by Tana French 5. “The Eye of Heaven” by Clive Cussler and Russell Blake HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “Personal” by Lee Child 2. “Unphiltered” by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach 3. “One Nation” by B. Carson with C. Carson 4. “Diary of a Mad Diva” by Joan Rivers 5. “In the Kingdom of Ice” by Hampton Sides PAPERBACK TRADE FICTION 1. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn 2. “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline 3. “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho 4. “Sycamore Row” by John Grisham 5. “The Best of Me” by Nicholas Sparks

Ronald Walker to deliver Arrington Lecture on Oct. 2 An emeritus history professor and noted Mormon history expert has been selected as the next speaker for the 20th annual Leonard J. Arrington Mormon History Lecture, an event coordinated

by Special Collections and Archives, a division of University Libraries at Utah State University.

The 2014 speaker is Ronald W. Walker, who will present “Heroes and Hero Worship: Brigham Young and the Utah War.” The free lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Logan LDS Tabernacle.

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sity’s Brad Cole coordinates the lecture series and has a long association with both the lecture series and the Arrington Foundation, and he notes a close tie between Walker and the lecture series’ namesake.

“Ron Walker brings a broad view of Mormon history thanks to his experience of the last 30 years,” Cole says.

“He was one of the first professional historians hired by Leonard at the LDS Church Archives in the 1970s, and he has gone on to have an amazing career as a Mormon historian — he’s been a recipient of almost every award given by the Mormon

History Association.”

Cole said he considers Walker’s place in the lecture series as a capstone

event.

Arrington’s papers were donated to USU’s Special Collections and

Archives and offering an annual lecture on some facet of Mormon history was part of the

gift agreement. Walker’s lecture marks the 20th anniversary of the lecture series.

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surrounding reality really that boring? Becoming a hood ornament on my car could be quite exciting compared to your current banal existence. Again, I think of this as a coping mechanism, but I would not actually do it … yet.

Much has been said about how disconnected we are socially by electronics, but what about the safety factor?

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So, technically the sci-fi people who were talking writers are right; we do on their cell phones while have a lot of zombies in hiking the Bonneville our midst. These zombies Shoreline Trail. don’t so much want to “Hey Verizon guy, kill us as they want to be there is a beautiful sunkilled, or at least shuffle set just to your right. If lifelessly through the world of the living. Is the you agree, please press

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Salon d’Autome USU museum plans new program art exhibit opens Logan Fine Art Gallery will its fourth annual Salon d’Autome competition this month.

A reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, with an awards ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. at the gallery at 60 W. 100 North.

Professional and novice artists are juried equally by Cynthia Dye and Anne Marie Oborn, helping new artists be discovered as they compete side by side against seasoned professionals.

The work they present is stunning, innovative and breathtaking. Participants from all over the country are invited to submit entries, with the grand prize being $1,500.

The exhibit will run from

Friday through the end of December 2014. Come early to view the exhibit in it’s entirety as the paintings will be destined for collectors homes.

Logan Fine Art Gallery owner Gene Needham hopes to make the Salon d’Autome an annual event for years to come, bringing together great artists and collectors.

“Our hope is to make Logan a destination art collectors can come to find their favorite artists while they take in the unique beauty of the surrounding valley and mountains that inspire so many artists’ paintings,” says Logan Fine Art gallery director Julie LeFevre.

The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University will present its inaugural “Museum and Music” event and gallery talk at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 21, at the museum.

The offering is coordinated

by Christopher Scheer, doctor of musicology and music history in the Caine College of the Arts. It will feature pianist Ronald Squibbs performing music composed by author, painter and

composer Dane Rudhyar.

Katie Lee Koven, director of NEHMA, says Rudhyar was affiliated with the Transcendental Painting Group, a group of artists based in Santa Fe that formalized in 1938.

Lee Koven said Scheer, who is also curator of “Enchanted Modernities: Mysticism, Landscape and the American West,” will also give a gallery talk at noon Wednesday, Sept. 24.

“Museum and Music is intended to be a casual Sunday afternoon event,” Koven says. “Light refreshments will be served following the performance.”

“Museum and Music” is free and open to the public. NEHMA is located on the USU campus and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit artmuseum.usu.edu or call 797-8022.

Writers’ contests get underway Join us for another year of a Celebration of Writers and Artists. Creative Communication is pleased to announce our Fall 2014 Essay, Poetry and Art Contests. Thousands in prizes and awards will be awarded to students and schools in your area.

The Essay Contest divisions are: Grades 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, with 10 top winners in each division.

To enter an essay, write

between 100 and 250 words on any non-fiction topic. The deadline for the Essay Contest is Oct. 15. The Poetry Contest divisions are: Grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12, with 10 top winners in each division.

To enter a poem, submit one original poem in English, 21 lines or less. The deadline for the Poetry Contest is Dec. 5.

To submit your essay or poetry

entry, you may enter online at: www.poeticpower.com or mail your entry labeled “Poetry Contest” or “Essay Contest” to 159 N. Main St, Smithfield, UT 84335. Please include the author’s name, address, city, state, and ZIP, current grade, school name, school address and teacher’s name. Homeschool students are also encouraged to enter.

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The Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston proudly “Steel Magnolias” is directpresents “Steel Magnolias” at ed by Mark A. Rhea. The cast 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Friincludes Heather Gleason day and Saturday, Sept. 26 to (M’Lynn), Kassie Winkler Oct. 11. There will also be a (Shelby), Lynette Spackman matinee at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, (Ousier), Katrina Skoggins Oct. 11.

(Clairee), Katherine Newman For tickets, visit oldbarn.org (Truvy) and Sylvia Newman (Annelle). or call (435) 458-2276.

Written by Robert Harling, Robert Harling was “Steel Magnolias” focuses inspired to write his first play on the camaraderie of six after his sister Susan died of Southern women who talk, complications from diabetes. gossip, needle and harangue “Steel Magnolias” premiered each other through the best off-Broadway at the WPA of times — and comfort and Theater in 1987, then quickly repair one another through the transferred to the Lucille worst. The play is alternately Lortel Theater and became an hilarious and touching with instant sensation, running for The Old Barn Community Theatre in Collinston will present six female characters that are three years and spawning a delicate as magnolias yet as hit movie.

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The Brentano Quartet is known for imaginative projects combining old and new music, such as “Fragments: Connecting Past and Present” and “Bach Perspectives.” Collaborations with contemporary composers include Steven Mackey’s “One Red Rose,” commemorating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; a piano quintet

by Vijay Iyer; and a viola quintet by Felipe Lara. In 2012, the quartet played Beethoven’s last composition, Opus 131, as the central music of the film, “A Late Quartet.”

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

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All are invited to public night at the USU Observatory from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

19. Hosted by USU’s Physics Department, guests are invited to view the autumn sky through the observatory’s 20-inch telescope on the roof of the Science Engineering Research Building.

Admission is free. Before arrival, please visit www.physics.usu. edu/observatory, as the event will be cancelled in the event of cloudy or inclement weather.

Website also offers directions and parking information.

Seasons will perform at 8 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 19, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $5.

The Sky View and Mountain Crest High School marching bands will be performing their 2014 shows at the annual Marching Band Family Night at 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 19, at MCHS, 255 S. 800 East in Hyrum. The community is invited to join friends and families of these talented and hardworking students as they kick off their competitive seasons. Both high school marching bands will be performing these shows in competitions against other high schools throughout the state in the next two months. Come and see this year’s debut for both SV and MC. This event is free.

Hear encouraging messages from experts in the industry and other popular speakers who will help inspire you to seek out your ancestors, build your family tree and discover and share your families’ stories. Attendance is free. Sign up at lds.org/familyhistoryfair.

The Richmond LDS Stake will host its Stake Family History Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at 135 W. State St. in Richmond. Diana Foley will be the keynote speaker at 9 a.m.

There are five classes offered every hour; classes are available for youth, beginners and advanced enthusiasts. Casual dress acceptable. Bring your own lunch and questions. Register at myezsw.com/fhfair.

The 16th running of the Top of Utah Marathon will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Hardware Ranch in Blacksmith Fork Canyon and ends at Merlin Olsen Park in Logan. For more information, visit topofutahmarathon.com.

Josh Johnson will perfrom from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

20, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

The 2014 Cache County Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, at Willow Park, 500 W. 700 South.

Registration begins at 8 a.m., opening ceremony at 9 a.m. and the walk starts at 9:30 a.m. The length of the route is two miles.

For more information or to register, visit alz.org.

Lace ‘N Levis Square Dance Club will be dancing on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 1650 E. 2600 North in North Logan. This week we are starting a new class for beginning square dancing and round dancing. The class is open to couples, singles and families. Come out and learn how much fun square dancing is for everyone. New dancers will our special guests Saturday night. Round dancing class starts at 6 p.m., basic square dance class at 7 p.m. and plus and main stream club dance at 8 p.m. For more information, contact lacenlevis@hotmail.com or call Mike at 757-4479.

Join us for Family History Day at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Mendon LDS Stake Center, 460 S. 100 East in Mendon. Connect your family — past, present and future. Attend Family History Day and learn how to strengthen your family across generations.

As part of Hispanic Heritage month, the Logan Library is sponsoring a kids craft and puppet activity from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 20, in the Lake Bonneville Room. Kids can make Guatemalan worry dolls, Mexican papel picado flags and puppets

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that they can then use to create their own puppet show on our puppet stage. For more information, call 716-9121 or visit library. loganutah.org.

day, Sept. 23, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s event is entitled “Lights. Camera. Anime!” and is open for patrons 11 to 18 years old.

for discounts in vehicle insurance for those 55 years and over. Cost is $15 for AARP members; $20 for non-members. For reservations, call Lee Turner at 787-8384.

Dr. B. C. Sun, economic strategist and founding director of Little Bloomsbury Foundation, will host a Chinese Culture & Language Workshop at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 20, at 181 N. 200 East. The workshop is held on most Saturdays through Oct. 25, and is ideal for culture and arts aficionados, summer citizens, language scholars, businessmen and Chinese-speaking missionaries. The event is followed by Chinese-proverb-based radio interviews at 3 p.m. by Sun. All activities are free and open to all ages. Visit www.littlebloomsbury. org, email dr.b.c.sun@aol.com, or call/text (435) 994-9904 for more information.

The Logan Library presents “Learning @ the Library” — classes showing how to get the most from your e-reader device or computer using the free resources available at the library. “Email & Internet Basics” will be taught at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Logan Library. You can use the library’s devices or bring your own. Sign up in person at the information desk or call 716-9120.

The Bear River Tai Chi Chuan Society will offer an open house introduction to the art of Tai Chi Chuan at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Whittier Community Center. Tai Chi Chuan is an ancient martial art and training that has many contemporary virtues. For more information, call 563-8272 or email bearrivertaichi@hotmail.com.

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.

Gavin Mikesell will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

21, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.

MONDAY Join the Logan Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 22, for the 2002 release of “The Count of Monte Cristo.” The movie is about a young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous “friends,” who escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge. The movie is rated PG-13 and will be show in the Jim Bridger Room. Admission and popcorn are free.

TUESDAY The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday at 4 p.m. Tues-

WEDNESDAY Wednesday, Sept. 24, is the Logan area car cruise night at Quiznos, 1730 N. Main St. Bring out your classic car, hot rod, specialty vehicle, etc. and join the fun. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you don’t have a vehicle, you are welcome to come and take a look. Time will be from 6:30 p.m. until dark or whenever the last car leaves. For more information, call 799-7149.

“Cass-Cass-Casserole!” is the title of the cooking class at 7 p.m.

Wedneday, Sept. 24, at Macey’s Little Theatre in Providence.

Every mom and grandma on the planet has a handful of go-to casserole recipes. Whether it’s the hamburger and green or the chicken and broccoli, it’s a family favorite that has been used time and time again. Alissa Weller knows her way around a casserole, and she wants to show you a few new recipes that will liven up your age-old favorites. You must reserve a seat at the service desk, and please be on time.

Classes are for ages 10 and up.

Check us out on Facebook or visit littletheatrerecipes.blogspot. com for more information.

THURSDAY AARP is offering its reserachbased Safe Driver class from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

25, at the Cache County Senior Center. The class is four hours long and meets the requirements

OPTIONS for Independence’s Youth Group will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, for a cooking class at Macey’s Little Theatre in Providence. There is no cost for this activity. For more information or to RSVP, call Jennie at 753-5353 ext. 104. This group is for your ages 14-30 with all kinds of disabilities.

The Logan Library presents “Learning @ the Library” — classes showing how to get the most from your e-reader device or computer using the free resources available at the library. “E-readers & the Library” will be taught at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at the Logan Library. You can use the library’s devices or bring your own. Sign up in person at the information desk or call 716-9120.

Helicon West will showcase the League of Utah Writers at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the Jim Bridger Room at the Logan Library. Open-mic portion to begin around 8 p.m.

Join the Food $ense program this month for “Cooking Quick!”

In today’s busy world, it is important to know how to put a quick dinner on the table. Join us for some quick cooking ideas and new recipes. Our daytime class will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the multi-purpose room next to the Cache County Extension office, 179 N. Main St. Call 752-6263 to reserve your spot. Out of respect for the hearing impaired, no children please.

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