Cache Magazine THE AUTHENTIC
ILLUSIONIST Jay Owenhouse brings snow — and magical fascination — to the Ellen Eccles Theatre
The Herald Journal
SEPT. 25-OCT. 1, 2015
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Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2015
COVER 8 Master illusionist Jay
Owenhouse brings show to Ellen Eccles Theatre
THE ARTS 4 ‘Factory Girls’ coming to Black Box Theatre at USU
4 Bridger Folk Society
welcomes dulcimer and ukulele player Bing Futch
5 Ghost tours starting up soon in downtown Logan
5 Two new art exhibits on display at USU museum
MOVIES 6 ‘Maze Runner’ sequel
edges ‘Black Mass’ at box office over the weekend
7 Two stars: Robert De
Niro and Anne Hathaway team up for ‘The Intern’
TV 6 Trevor Noah is ready
and ‘terrified’ to take over reins of ‘The Daily Show’
6 Jerry Springer celebrates his show’s 25th anniversary
CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week
Jay Owenhouse presents his daughter/assistant, Juliana, following a successful illusion last Saturday night at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. On the cover: Owenhouse amazes the audience by making it snow inside at the end of his performance. (Jeff Hunter/Herald Journal)
FROM THE EDITOR Although I don’t actually make it to a lot of concerts by major musical acts these days, I just wanted to pass along the existence of one of my favorite websites: setlist.fm. Because I am heading to a concert in the near future, I have been following the band’s tour and tracking its setlist over the past couple of months. So, I actually have a very good idea of what songs they’ll be playing because the setlist hasn’t ever
changed (something that definitely seems to happen more often than not with older musical acts). I have to admit, having that information in advance does put a very different spin on concert going, since I’ve come home from shows many times and struggled to remember immediately afterwards all of the songs that were played (or not played) during the band’s performance. But because I’ve been getting so many emails recently about Garth Brooks’ upcoming shows in Salt Lake City on Oct. 30-31 — tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today, by the way — I was curious to see what songs Brooks has been performing
on his current tour. That’s available at setlist.fm, of course, so you can see if he’s playing enough of your favorite songs to justify purchasing a ticket. But visit led me to trying to find a setlist from Brooks’ four SLC shows back in 1998 — one of which I attended — but, unfortunately, no setlists were posted for those shows at the Delta Center. Of course, since Brooks was “retired” for so long, I’m betting the setlist from those performances aren’t a whole lot different from the shows he’s putting on 17 years later. — Jeff Hunter
Comedy takes the stage in Collinston until Oct. 10 Tracy Lord is about to get married today again. Or is she? Her fiancé, George Kittredge, is very wealthy and very proper. He probably will not approve of what happened last night. Mike Connor, the newspaper man sent to cover her “Wedding of the Year,” seems to be very enamored of her after what happened last night. Her exhusband, C.K. Dexter Haven, who has been hanging around — uninvited — seems to find an infuriating mirth in what happened last night. The problem is that Tracy, who never drinks, got drunk and can’t remember what happened last night. Is she getting married again? And if so ... to whom? Come see what did happen last night, if the wedding is going to happen, and, who,
– Talk show host Jerry Springer (Page 15)
PET OF THE WEEK Available for adoption
Photo courtesy of Old Barn Community Theatre
Sam Farnsworth, left, Ryan Martineau, Brandon Bowen and Sarah Hall star in the Old Barn Community Theatre’s production of “The Philadelphia Story.”
if anybody, marries whom. Based on the Broadway play written by Philip Barry, “The Philadelphia Story” is directed by Marc Jensen and will be presented at the Old
Barn Community Theatre in Collinston from Sept. 18 to Oct. 10. Performances will be held every Monday, Friday and Saturday, with evening shows at 7:30 p.m.
and a matinee at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, October 3. Tickets can be purchased online at oldbarn.org, or you can call (435) 458-BARN for reservations.
USU choirs to share ‘Voices of Heaven’ Utah State University choirs will present their annual fall concert, “Autumn Voices,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Hyde Park. This year’s theme is “Voices of Heaven.” “Celebrate the fall season with beautiful choral music performed by USU students,” said Cory Evans, director of the choral program and professor in the Caine College of the Arts. The concert features the USU Chamber Singers, USU Chorale and USU
Women’s Choir, groups directed by Cory Evans and Luke Shepherd. The USU Eastern Choir and the Scotsmen Pipe and Drum Corps will also perform. The USU Chamber Singers will perform selections from Rachmaninoff’s “All Night Vigil” as well as works from Thomas Tallis, Javier Busto, Igor Stravinsky and Paul Manz. The USU Chorale will perform Eric Whitacre’s “Water Night” as well as pieces by Leonard Bernstein, Anton Bruckner and Alice Parker.
The USU Women’s Choir, under Shepherd’s direction, will perform music by Z Randall Stroope, Eric Whitacre and an arrangement of “Amazing Grace” featuring the Scotsmen Pipe and Drum Corps and the organ of St. Thomas Aquinas. “Don’t miss a special solo appearance by renowned gospel singer Jeunee Roberts,” Evans said. Admission is free and open to the public; donations are accepted. For more information, visit arts.usu.edu.
Pet: Avon From: Four Paws Rescue Why she’s so lovable: Avon is a cute 4-month-old Chihuahua. She loves to cuddle and gets along great with other dogs. She arrived at Four Paws Rescue with two sisters, Liberty and Eden. She will be microchipped and spayed before adoption. The adoption fee for this dog is $200, which includes the spay or neuter surgery and vaccinations (rabies and parvo/distemper). We show dogs by appointment or at adoption events. If you would like to meet this dog, please call and leave a message with Lisa at 7643534 or email us at scfourpaws@ hotmail.com.
The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, September 25, 2015
Old Barn tells ‘Philly Story’
“I can’t sit here and tell you I know why I’ve lasted 25 years. I don’t know. There’s a niche. If I’d been hosting another show, I wouldn’t have lasted 25 years.”
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all mixed up USU to present ‘Factory Girls’ at Black Box Utah State University and the Caine College of the Arts will present the first theater show of the season, “Factory Girls,” Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in the Black Box Theatre at the Chase Fine Arts Center. “This show features strong female characters in extended, high-stakes scenes,” said Leslie Brott, the show’s director and associate professor in the Theatre Arts Department.
Written by Frank McGuinness, “Factory Girls” is about five women whose jobs at a shirt factory in County Donegal are under threat. The play was first produced at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. “The topics in this show are still relevant today,” Brott said. “Fair and decent labor practices, voices at the table for women and workers ver-
sus management are overt topics in the show but there is also an examination of family and a challenge or redefinition of family — that is, those who can be counted on to have your back.” Besides political and group themes, there are also moments of epiphany for each individual character: confronting their personal lies and denials and not having them
destroy, but rather empower them, Brott said. Brott is working with actresses in the bachelor of fine arts training program for the production. “They constantly astonish me with their excellence,” Brott said. “In this case they are presenting a historical piece from another culture and the ability to embody their characters with specific-
Futch ready to perform
Renowned uke, dulcimer player coming Monday In conjunction with the Bridger Folk Music Society, Bing Futch, one of the world’s most respected dulcimer players, will offer a mountain dulcimer workshop, a ukulele workshop for beginners, and a concert on Monday, Sept. 28, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Futch, a Floridian, is on a cross-country tour, and will offer a ukulele workshop at 4 p.m., a mountain dulcimer workshop at 5:30 p.m., and a concert at 7:30 PM. The ukulele workshop Futch will offer is called “Fun With Chords” and will help players get the most out of their ukuleles. It will cover chord shapes, popular progressions and strumming techniques. It will also look at the chord-melody style of playing and teach a few new tunes. Futch’s “Mountain Dulcimer Made Easier” workshop will cover tips and tricks to take the easy-to-play dulcimer to the next level. It will include scale and rhythm exercises, chord shapes,
Photo courtesy of Bing Futch
Florida musician Bing Futch will host workshops for ukulele and dulcimer musicians and then perform a concert on Monday at the Whittier Community Center.
ornamentations and it will introduce some new songs to participants. Both workshops are designed for beginning students, although participants should have some prior experience with the instrument or a similar
instrument, such as guitar. The cost of a workshop is $25 or $40 for both. Pre-registration is required. Futch will also perform a See FUTCH on Page 12
ity and honesty — no matter how unattractive the character may be — requires a fearlessness that inspires me daily.” Brott hopes audience members will take away an awareness that we’re “not there yet” in regards to women or any other underrepresented constituency. “Hopefully the play will See USU on Page 11
Pedal Punk coming to Cache Valley From the inventive Cirque Mechanics comes Pedal Punk, a Steampunk-inspired acrobatic whirlwind where cycling is the escape from technology obsessed society. In Pedal Punk we experience the excitement, artistry and thrill that occurs when a zany bike shop mechanic interacts with cyclists and bikes and repairs more than broken pieces. He creates wondrous machines that come to life and inspires the cyclist in all of us to unite with our inner Pedal Punk. The Cirque Mechanics show will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, and Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets start at $25 and are available online at cachearts.com, by calling 752-0026 or at the Ellen Eccles Theatre Box Office at 43 S. Main St. Creative director Chris Lashua spent most of his career on a BMX bike and inside a German wheel (a large wheel that performers do gymnastics and acrobatics inside). This new production showcases his innate passion and fascination for all things bicycles and cycling. The synergy between man and machine, the hallmark of Cirque Mechanics, is magnificently exposed in Pedal Punk. It is that synergy that The New York Times called “exceptional, evocative, eye-catching and grossly entertaining … in a word, excellent.”
Lodge concert Downtown Logan hosting groups beginning Oct. 9 Eagles The Eagles Lodge will host performances by
Haunted structures, nighttime spirits and eerie stories await your arrival this Halloween season in Historic Downtown Logan. Learn about downtown’s most infamous ghosts, poltergeists and spirits doomed to the realm of mortals. The Historic Downtown Logan Ghost Tour is technically a familyfriendly tour; however, it is not recommended for small children
or for people who don’t like to be scared. Your private guided walking tour will take you into the heart of Logan’s haunted history as you visit sites with the Bridgerland Storytelling Guild and enjoy the Cache Theatre Company. Each guided tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and walking distance is less than a half mile. Tours run nightly between 7 and
11 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays on Oct. 9-10, 16-17, 23-24 and 30. Sites will be announced on Sept. 25. Tour reservations are required and can be secured at logandowntown.org. This event sells out every year, so don’t delay. For more information, contact Gary Saxton at the Logan Downtown Alliance (752-2161 ext. 4 or logandowntown@gmail.com).
Art exhibits open at USU Aboriginal and abstract works now on display at the NEHMA Two complementary exhibitions featuring artists from the Australian Western Desert and the American West are opening in September at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University. “Abstraction and the Dreaming: Aboriginal Paintings from Australia’s Western Desert” (1971-present), featuring historic and contemporary works from private collections, will be on view from Sept. 12 to Dec. 12. And “Transcendence: Abstraction and Symbolism in the American West,” drawn from the NEHMA’s distinguished collection, will be open from Sept. 1 to May 7, 2016. “Abstraction and the Dreaming” and “Transcendence” propose a reexamination of how we understand and experience art of the last century,” says Katie Lee Koven, NEHMA executive director and curator. “Both exhibitions help us understand artists and their work more individualistically, with layers of identity that are complex and distinctive yet, in some ways, connected.”
three bands beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at 170 W. 900 North. Tortured Soul, a fast-growing, Utah-based metal/rock band will be performing popular cover songs that will get the crowd pumped up. The show will be opened up by special guests, Maiden Voyage and The Feros Project. Tickets are $5; you must be 21 years old or older to be admitted. Visit torturedsouldrocksslc.com for more information.
Why Sound benefit show
Why Sound will present Crush Cancer: A Benefit Concert from noon to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at 30 Federal Ave. In loving memory of Bart Cragun and in support of Julie Ryals, the concert will feature performances by My New Mistress, Someonce, Red Light Commandos, The Wasatch Fault, Where the Rowdy Things are, Clementine, Regal Beagle and more. Tickets for all-day access are $10. Funds raised will go towards benefitting Bart Cragun’s two young sons, Caleb and Isaac, and Julie Ryals, who is battling kidney cancer. For more information, visit bartsbattle.com and gofundme. com/8ga28e6stk.
Gary Morris to perform
Country music singer Gary Morris will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $20 to $40. Visit cachearts.org or garymorris.com for more information.
Reach for the Stars
Reach for the Stars, a benefit dinner and auction for Common Ground Outdoor Adventures, will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Riverwoods, 615 Riverwoods Pkwy. Social hour and the silent auction begin at 6 p.m., dinner starts at 7 p.m. and the evening program and auction starts at 7:30 p.m. Event hosts include USU men’s basketball coach Tim Duryea and his wife, Angie, Jen Wells and Jette Youngblood. Individual tickets are $75. Tables range from $750 to $5,000-plus. Call 7130288 or visit cgadventures.org for more information. “Watercolor #10” by Raymond Jonson
“Abstraction and the Dreaming” includes more than 50 artworks spanning the emergence of painting at Papunya, a remote Australian Indigenous settlement, to the present day. The early “Papunya boards” are descendants of mark-
‘Dracula’ by the CVCB
making that dates to well over 100 The Cache Valley Civic Ballet will perform centuries ago and are the begin“Dracula” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturnings of the Western Desert art day, Oct. 24, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are movement. With fewer than 600 in $8 to $16. Following the performance, Dracula will existence, the “Papunya boards” host the Ellen Eccles Theatre Haunted Tour. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Visit cacheSee USU on Page 13 art.org or cvcballet.org for more information.
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‘Scorch Trials’ take out Depp at box office
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Dylan O’Brien appears in a scene from the film, “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.”
NEW YORK (AP) — “The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” edged out Johnny Depp’s “Black Mass” at box office, as the two films split young and old moviegoers in half on the first weekend of the fall movie season. 20th Century Fox’s sequel to “The Maze Runner” earned an estimated $30.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. While that came in slightly below the debut of the 2014 young-adult dystopian sci-fi original, it counted as a win for a movie that cost $61 million to make.
Warner Bros.’ “Black Mass,” starring Johnny Depp as Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, premiered with $23.4 million. That’s a strong sum for an R-rated adult drama, and it stabilizes a bad box-office run for Depp following a string of disappointments including “Mortdecai,” ‘’Transcendence” and “The Lone Ranger.” The audience for “The Scorch Trials” was 63 percent below the age of 25, according to Fox, while 89 percent of the audience for “Black Mass” was over 25, according to Warner Bros.
Noah ready for his debut
The draw for “Black Mass” was Depp’s icy performance as Bulger, which has garnered better reviews for the actor and some Oscar buzz. Jeff Goldstein, head of domestic distribution for Warner Bros., said that 55 percent of the audience said in exit polls that Depp was their reason for seeing the movie, which features an ensemble including Joel Edgerton and Benedict Cumberbatch. A diverse cast leading to a diverse audience was the key for “Scorch See BOX on Page 10
South African set to take over reins of ‘Daily Show’
NEW YORK (AP) — For someone who uses the word “terrified,” Trevor Noah looks anything but. Just days before he takes over the “The Daily Show” anchor chair from Jon Stewart, TV’s toughest act to follow, Noah is willing to acknowledge “it isn’t easy to reboot and recreate a new show from an old show in just five weeks.” Which he has been obliged to do, stepping in as host on Monday at 11 p.m. EDT on Comedy Central little more than a month after Stewart ended 16 years as the nation’s court jester who molded “The Daily Show” in his own savvy image. Still, Noah looks calm as he greets a reporter in his not-quite-settled-into office at the network’s so-called World News Headquarters. “The joke we have in the building is that
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Jerry Springer appears at the taping of his 25th anniversary show in Stamford, Connecticut.
Springer enjoying silver anniversary
several years ago for a meet-and-greet. That overture led to an invitation to drop by “The Daily Show,” which Noah found to be “the most daunting experience
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — As his talk show celebrates its silver anniversary on Monday, Jerry Springer knows better than to wheel a cake onstage with him. No sense tempting fate. He didn’t anticipate he’d be fighting back tears as he addressed his audience. “Know this,” said Springer, who wore a tuxedo for the show’s taping. “There’s never been a moment in the 25 years of doing our show that I ever thought that I was better than the people who appear on our stage. I’m not better. Only luckier.” Don’t mistake that for a valedictory. Springer, 71, is all aboard for another year on the crazy train, and plans to stay as long as he’s healthy. Upcoming episodes include “Spontaneous Sex Mistakes,” ‘’Big Girls Bring It!” ‘’Sorry Sis, Your Man is Fair Game,” ‘’I Sexed Your Ex” and “Lesbian Stepsister Hook-Up.” It’s been a long time since “The Jerry Springer Show” was a sensation, and a threat to Civilization As We Know It. Now it’s a dependable daytime
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Trevor Noah, host of the new “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. The show will premiere on Monday, Sept. 28, on Comedy Central.
I’m the Boy King with a lot of responsibility,” he says, “but with a lot of great people who can guide me.” Noah, of course, is the 31-year-old South African comedian who until his ascension few
had heard of, apart from a worldwide fan base including 2.6 million Twitter followers who flocked to his shows from Sydney to Dubai ... and also, notably, Jon Stewart, who admired his work and reached out
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The Herald Journal, Logan, Utah, Friday, September 25, 2015
doing his best Grandpa De Niro impression. That’s this portion of his career, and we just have to accept that. He’s a nice guy. He never loses his cool. He’s wise and understanding. He’s everything Jules needs, and, by jove, he’s going to get her through these tough times. There’s also this other thread of a story that never really gets toonishly clueless about defined or finalized. technology, and perhaps A story about sexism if all the Millennials in business, which is weren’t so incessantly truly the most interannoying when discuss- esting aspect of the ing, well, anything, then movie. So, there’s no maybe the movie would surprise when it’s the move somewhere instead least explored. See, AP Photo of laterally. Sadly, the many of the members JoJo Kushner, left, and Robert De Niro share a scene in “The Intern.” screenplay seems conof her company’s tent on throwing out the board seem to think open-concept corporate usual “old people just that bringing in a structures, their cardidon’t get it” tropes and CEO would be best gans and flannel shirts, pairing them up with are completely foreign “kids these days” clichés. for the company. To Jules that means, most to a guy like Ben. OffDirector // Nancy Meyers There are times where putting even. Ben’s gen- these juxtapositions can likely, bringing in a Starring // Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro, eration wore suits and Rene Russo, Adam DeVine, Andrew Rannells, be superficially chuckle- man to show her how to run things. There’s carried briefcases. This Linda Lavin, Zack Pearlman, Celia Weston worthy, but there aren’t a kernel of societal Rated // PG-13 for some suggestive content and generation — whom he that many. brief strong language now works for — plays Jules is stressed out of interest there to explore, but unfortuvideo games and doesn’t her mind. Ben is calm, rom-com recipe mixed politely. We get it. The nately, like the movshave. Anarchy! relaxed and always with just enough genlife of the Millennial: ie’s comedy, it’s all Perhaps if all the knows the right thing erational angst to keep only surface tension. seniors weren’t so carto say. Robert De Niro their work habits, their some people from falling asleep. Action! PROVIDENCE 8 UNIVERSITY 6 Sure, watching Ben — 535 West 100 North, Providence 1225 North 200 East, Logan a chivalrous gentleman Ant-Man (PG-13) 12:00 5:05 7:30 Black Mass** (R) 12:00 2:25 4:50 7:15 9:40 of yesteryear who still Black Mass** (R) 1:00 3:40 6:25 9:20 2297 N. Main September 25 - October 1 Everest 2D** (PG-13) 3:10 carries a handkerchief MOVIE HOTLINE 753-6444 • WWW.WALKERCINEMAS.NET Everest** (PG-13) 12:05 4:45 7:20 Everest 3D** (PG-13) 12:30 9:00 2D SEATS $4.00 • 3D SEATS $6.00 around for the sole purMOVIES 5 ** OPEN SAT AT 11:30 AM FOR MATINEES 10:00 2450 North Main, Logan Hotel Transylvania 2 2D** (PG) 2:55 pose of giving it to cry- OpEN SuN - frI AT 3:45 pM • NO 9PM SHOWINgS SUNDAY Everest 3D (PG-13) 2:30 ** TIMES EFFECTIvE FRI SEPT. 25 - THURS OCT. 1 The Green Inferno** (R) 3:10 7:40 10:05 Hotel Transylvania 2 (PG) Fri-Sun 1:45 5:00 7:05 9:20 ing women — walk into 3:10 4:00 6:15 8:20 10:20 MAX (Pg) 2D PIXELS (Pg-13) Hotel Transylvania 2** (PG) 12:00 1:30 an open-air office space Mon-Thurs 4:00 6:15 8:20 4:10 4:40 & 7:00 Hotel Transylvania 2 3D** (PG) 12:00 Inside Out (PG) Fri-Sun 3:10 10:30 Sat Matinees Sat Matinees filled with Macbooks, 3:00 3:50 5:20 6:05 7:35 Mon-Thurs 5:40 11:40 & 1:55 12:00 & 2:15 Hotel Transylvania 2 3D DBOX** (PG) 12:00 modern décor and MilHotel Transylvania 2 3D** (PG) 2:40 9:55 The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials** (PG-13) RICKI AND THE SHAUN THE SHEEP The Intern** (PG-13) 12:45 3:20 6:20 9:10 lennials is a little bit Fri-Sun 1:30 4:20 7:05 9:50 (Pg) 4:30 FLASH The Intern** (PG-13) 2:00 4:35 7:10 9:45 Mon-Thurs 4:20 7:05 Sat Matinees (Pg-13) ** funny. Once I Was A Beehive (PG) Fri-Sun 12:35 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials 12:20 & 2:20 6:45 & 9:10 The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials** Yeah, there’s all the Mon-Thurs 3:50 6:30 5:30 8:00 (PG-13) 12:10 2:05 4:50 8:00 9:15 (PG-13) 1:15 4:10 7:00 9:50 standard, “What? You FANTASTIC FOUR 2D SAN ANDREAS Straight Outta Compton (R) Fri-Sun (Pg-13) (Pg-13) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation 12:45 3:45 6:50 9:55 Mon-Thurs 3:45 6:50 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials don’t have an Insta9:20 9:30 The Transporter Refueled (PG-13) DBOX** (PG-13) 2:05 4:50 8:00 gram? How do you live (PG-13) 12:15 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:00 5:15 7:25 9:40 THE COKEvILLE THE TRANSPORTER without social media?” Mon-Thurs 3:30 8:05 MIRACLE (Pg-13) War Room (PG) 1:00 4:00 6:40 The Visit (PG-13) 12:45 5:30 8:15 10:20 REFUELED Last Scheduled Showtime at Movies 5 on Sun is 8:10 PM 5:00 & 7:15 conversations with Ben (Pg-13) Private Screenings & Events Showtime Updates: Sat Matinees **No Discount Tickets or Passes 7:30 & 9:40 standing there nodding www.MegaplexTheatres.com 12:40 & 2:40 435-752-7155
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I suppose, on the surface, “The Intern” is a completely affable movie. A nonthreatening look into generational gaps; sort of a congenial Baby Boomers vs. Millennials thing. Though, that’s probably overselling it a bit. It isn’t as smart as it wants to be, and isn’t nearly as thoughtful as it thinks it is. Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) is a 70-year-old retired widower looking for purpose in life. He quotes Freud, “Love and work ... work and love, that’s all there is.” Ben seems to be living a quiet, comfortable retirement. Yet, he remains unfulfilled. He’s tired of attending a steady stream of funerals. He’s tired of feeling like his existence as a senior is superfluous. So, he answers an ad for a senior citizen internship program. The internship happens to be for one of the hottest online clothing boutiques in Brooklyn, which is run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway). While she doesn’t take on the demeanor of Meryl Streep’s character — whom Hathaway battled in “The Devil Wears Prada” — Ostin, nonetheless, is a difficult person to work for. She’s constantly on the move, and micromanaging to a suffocating degree. Ben is assigned to be her assistant. Oh boy, from the trailers you know right out of the gate how this story plays out. I mean there are a few unforeseen subplots and such, but for the most part you already know the formula. It’s a classical
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JAY OWENHOUSE: THE AUTHENTIC IL Montana-based magician makes the first stop of his touring season at the Ellen Eccles Theatre
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Top, Jay Owenhouse displays predictions he made and then housed in a metal case prior to last Saturday’s performance. Above, Owenhouse feeds Shekinah, one of his two tigers.
t’s about 45 minutes following the conclusion of his performance at the Ellen Eccles Theatre last Saturday, and Jay Owenhouse finally has a few minutes to process the evening after signing autographs and chatting with fans. And the man billed as “The Authentic Illusionist” is clearly downright relieved — and not just because he successfully pulled off yet another Houdiniesque escape from the so-called Jaws of Death. “This was actually kind of an interesting show for us,” Owenhouse says while sipping from a bottle of water. “Our season really ends in May, and then we’re off for the summer. So, this is our first show starting up again, and we have new crew members that you have to train and teach. And also all the new stuff that you’re trying out that you haven’t done before. “So, it always feels good when it goes well, but it’s fun to get it out of the way because you basically have the next 12 months to perfect it.” Based out of Bozeman, Montana, Owenhouse and his four children (John, 25; Peter, 23; Juliana, 20; and Christina, 11) will hit the road nearly every weekend from now until next May. Housed in a motorcoach that formerly belonged to the band Journey, the Owenhouses will typically leave south-central Montana as soon as Christina gets out of her sixth-grade class on Thursday afternoon, then travel through the night to their first destination of the weekend. “We can go as far as about 1,400 miles,” Owenhouse explains. “That gets us to all of California, Arizona and Colorado, and we can go out a little past Wisconsin. We’ll pull in somewhere around 9 a.m., and our crew is completely rested and ready to go. We do shows on Fridays and Saturdays, then we’re usually back home either late Sunday, or early Monday morning.” The bus includes a room in the back for Owenhouse, along with 12 bunks for his children, the bus driver and seven crew members. In addition, a semi-trailer heads out a ahead the traveling party, carrying the 25 tons of equipment used during Owenhouse’s performances.
“What a lot of people don’t realize is that we travel with our own theatrical grid,” Owenhouse says. “If you look behind the curtain, there’s basically a big grid that’s 20 feet up in the air and it has all of our curtains and lights on it, so we take that with us everywhere. That’s put together every day, and then we have about 50,000 pounds worth of equipment. “Of course,” Owenhouse adds with a sly grin, “some of which you don’t see because then you’d know how the magic works, so …” And, oh yeah, there’s also a trailer that’s pulled behind the bus. That houses Owenhouse’s two, 5-year-old tigers, Shekinah and Sheena. Although Shekinah is white and Sheena is orange, the beautiful Bengal tigers are twin sisters. Shekinah and Sheena are both used in Owenhouse’s act, and prior to each night’s performances, individuals who purchased a VIP ticket for $69.50 are escorted backstage, where they had an opportunity to “meet” the sisters. The fans also receive several gifts, as well as the knowledge that a portion of the funds raised by their tickets will go to the Corbett Foundation, which supports tiger reserves in India. “It’s estimated that there’s only about 3,000 tigers left in the world,” Owenhouse says. “If something doesn’t change, they could become extinct in a few decades.” A native of Lafayette, California, Owenhouse first traveled to Montana when he was 6 years old to visit some relatives at Christmastime. During his stay, he says he was disappointed to find that there was no snow in the region, but soon a huge snowstorm provided the first magical experience of his life. Later on, local magicians provided Owenhouse with the inspiration to pursue some sleight-of-hand skills, and by the time he was in high school, professional magicians like Doug Henning had him thinking much bigger. After high school, Owenhouse moved to Bozeman to attend college at Montana State University, where he ended up graduating with a degree in psychology and meeting a beautiful See JAY on Page 13
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This page: One of most popular portions of Owenhouse’s shows is called the Jaws of Death. Based on an escape made famous by Harry Houdini, Owenhouse has less than two minutes to find his way out of a straitjacket and drop to the stage floor before the rope keeping the Jaws of Death apart burns through.
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Noah Continued from Page 6 I’ve ever seen: There was an insane amount of work going on.” Noah was eventually signed to make an occasional appearance as a correspondent. Then, last February, Stewart announced he was leaving. When Noah began getting feelers about being his replacement, “I asked Jon, ‘Have you been kicked out?’ He said, ‘No, I’m tired.’” Whereupon Noah asked him the big question: What was his stance on Noah as his successor? Stewart’s reply, according to Noah: “Who do you think suggested you?” A month later, he was tapped by Comedy Central. “Then the whirlwind started,” Noah laughs. Within hours, a handful of Noah’s old tweets resurfaced, lousy jokes that targeted women, Jews and Ebola virus victims. A social media firestorm erupted with the press fanning the flames. “To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn’t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian,” Noah tweeted in response. “It’s not like it didn’t affect me, or hurt me,” he says now, a lean, baby-faced presence clad in jeans, T-shirt and running shoes. “But I understood it, which helped me get over it.” Defying social-media admonishments, Noah argues that a smattering of dumb tweeted jokes, like anything unearthed from a person’s digi-
tal past, serves usefully as evidence of what that person may have been and, more importantly, has moved beyond. “Should we erase our history because someone will judge us by that now, in the present?” poses Noah, and says no. “I think history is a reminder of what not to repeat.” The uproar (including speculation that Noah might be pitched overboard) quickly subsided, but not before the story had been covered to death and, says Noah, too often driven by hearsay. “It was a beautiful baptism of fire,” he says. “What better way to learn the purpose of my new job than to be at the epicenter of many of the problems of how the media covers news?” Certainly, Noah’s new job is to quarterback the “Daily Show” truth squad
as it lampoons news makers and the media that cover them in the context of the serious business of the comically fake newscast. “Comedy is a very powerful tool,” says Noah. “The truest things are said in jest.” He jests from the standpoint of someone born to a black mother and a white father 10 years before apartheid ended (“I was born a crime,” he sums up) whose mother had to walk ahead of him as a toddler, pretending not to know him if she saw the police. “I come from a crazy place,” he says. “When I was 25, my mother was shot in the head by my stepfather, an abusive alcoholic. I was so, so angry. But the first thing she said to me after she came out of the hospital was, ‘You need to learn to forgive. Then you’ll be setting
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yourself free.’” He found a certain freedom in comedy, which he pursued, he says, not to vent his spleen, as with many comedians, “but because I made people laugh.” A man of mixed race and a stormy childhood, he saw himself as a perpetual outsider. But he made himself at home globally, including the United States, where he toured comedy clubs and landed TV appearances (including “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late Show with David Letterman”). From the beginning, he joked about things that were on his mind, but even when they touched on painful social issues he was never fueled by anger, he insists. Nor is
he now. “I come from a country where everything that happened was impossible! A place where there was a bloodless revolution, where Nelson Mandela, let out of jail after 27 years, made peace with his persecutors. And now I have an almost delusionally optimistic view of America. I see a lot of progress here. I see a lot of hope. “It’s often difficult to see progress when you look at it one day at a time,” he muses. “Like with a workout regime: Take a picture today, then take another picture not tomorrow or the next day, but after six or eight weeks. That will show you how far you’ve come.” Maybe that’s Noah’s way of saying that to size
him up as host after his first night, or his first week, can’t address how far he plans to go. Nonetheless, he has no doubts the media will pronounce an instant verdict. With their insatiable appetite for content, they treat each passing moment as a potential milestone, however specious it may be. So Noah, reconciled to the foibles of the media, and eager to lampoon them for it, appears calm as he prepares for opening night. But don’t think he won’t feel terrified, he says, “the same way I feel now. I’m having nightmares! It’s terrifying, it really is. But it’s also extremely exciting. I’m trying to enjoy every moment of it.”
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Lady Michelle Obama taped messages for the final show, which featured performances by musicians Luis Fonsi, Espinoza Paz, Intocable, Juanes and Laura Pausini. Francisco, whose real name is Mario Kreutzberger, began his show in Chile. It moved to Miami in 1986, when Univision began televising it. Football and the second Republican presidential debate dominated the week’s ratings, won by NBC on the strength of its Sunday night football game. That game also cut into viewing of the annual Emmy Awards, with 11.9 million viewers the smallest audience in the show’s televised history. For the week in prime time, NBC averaged 8.7 million viewers, CBS had 6.7 million, Fox had 5.3 million, ABC had 4.3 million, Univision had 2.5 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.1 million and the CW had 1 million.
Futch Continued from Page 4 “pay what you want” free-will offering concert at 7:30 p.m. KSM Music in Logan is offering a 15 percent discount on ukuleles for students of these workshops. For more information, call (435) 535-1408. With a big smile and
wild dreadlocks, Futch kicks off every performance with a buoyant energy that is inviting and energizing. Using an Appalachian mountain dulcimer, Native American flute, ukulele, drums and electronic effects, he deftly navigates the varied waters of traditional and modern Americana with passion, wit and a genuinely huge heart for sharing music with a crowd.
Known for his musical shape-shifting, Futch switches the channels on style with every new song, sung in a limber tenor voice and woven together with the other instruments. His casual way with any audience, coupled with a fierce originality on the lesser known mountain dulcimer, makes each show a one-of-akind and good-timing romp.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly twice as many people as usually watched the Spanish-language television institution “Sabado Gigante” turned out for the show’s farewell on Univision after 53 years on the air. The Nielsen company said that 3.4 million people saw host Don Francisco’s adios in the United States. The threehour variety show, whose name translates to “giant Saturday” and is a mix of celebrity appearances and amateur talent contests, reached 1.9 million viewers on a typical Saturday this year. The finale was the show’s fourth-biggest audience ever in the U.S., with the top being 3.5 million for an episode in January 2005. The measurement doesn’t include other Latin American countries, where the show is also seen, and for which no immediate viewership estimate was available. President Barack Obama and First
Continued from Page 4 provoke an examination of self in the minds of each audience member, prompting them to question whether their own level of self-respect is adequate to meet the demands of life; do they listen as well as they
Chase Fine Arts Center. A 2 p.m. matinee show is also scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3. 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 L101 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 797-8022 or visit arts.usu.edu.
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should; do they believe in the possibility of change; do they have to know how to solve the problem before they tackle the problem or is just recognizing the problem a good enough starting place?” Brott said. “Factory Girls” can be seen at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 to Oct. 3 in the Black Box Theatre at USU’s
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USU Continued from Page 5 have a singular status within the history of Australian Aboriginal art. The first Papunya painters were men whose extensive cultural knowledge of ancestral stories, referred to as “dreamings,” provided the subject matter. Encouraged by a Sydney schoolteacher who provided materials — acrylic paint and masonite boards and, later, canvas — to create permanent works, the artists employed symbols used in other contexts. Among the male artists included are Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra, Tim Payungka Tjapangarti and Shorty Lungkarta Tjungurrayi. Over time, Papunya artists moved away from the use of symbols toward greater abstraction. The scale of artworks on canvas grew and women began painting, using a markedly more gestural and vibrant style than their male counterparts. Today, these works are interpreted and experienced as contemporary abstract paintings, stimulating a rich dialogue about indigenous art in the contemporary art world. Among the women artists included are Makinta Napanangka, Ningura Naparrula and Naata Nungurrayi. Works for the exhibition have been loaned from collectors John and Barbara Wilkerson, New York (John is an alumnus of USU); Dennis Scholl, Miami; Julie Harvey, Idaho; and Stephen Luczo, San Francisco. Margo Smith, director and curator of Kluge Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection at the University of Virginia, was hired to
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Depp Continued from Page 6 Trials,” said Chris Aronson, head of domestic distribution for Fox. Wes Ball’s adaptation of James Dashner’s youngadult novel stars Dylan O’Brien, Ki Hong Lee and Kaya Scodelario. More than half of its audience was made up of minorities. It also performed well abroad, earning $43.3 million internationally. But North American theaters had the distinct feel of fall, with a crowded slate of wellreviewed films — some of them awards hopefuls — opening in more lim-
ited release and hoping to build strong word of mouth for longer runs at the multiplex. Universal’s 3-D mountaineering thriller “Everest,” starring Josh Brolin and Jason Clarke, opened with $7.6 million, playing only on 545 IMAX and large-format screens. It expands wide next weekend. “Sicario,” the Lionsgate drug-war thriller starring Emily Blunt, Brolin and Benicio del Toro, opened in New York and Los Angeles ahead of its expansion over the next two weeks. In just six theaters, it took in $390,000 with an excellent per-screen average of $65,000.
Left, Owenhouse levitates high above the stage floor during an illusion. Above, the father of four shares a high-five with his 11-year-old daughter/assistant, Christina, after a successful illusion.
Based on Houdini’s straitjacket escapes of the early 1900s, Owenhouse is suspended high above the stage — upside down
completely through in roughly two minutes and he is crushed in between the jagged steel teeth. When asked if his show is physically — — and must remove him- as well as mentally self from the jacket and — demanding, Owenjump to the ground before house says, “The first a rope, which holds the one is tough, but once Jaws of Death apart, burns you get in the rhythm
of it, it’s easier to keep going. But yeah, you have to stay in good shape because the straitjacket escape is pretty difficult to do. “Plus, you know, you always have 300-pound tigers jumping on you all the time,” he adds with a smile.
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Continued from Page 8 blonde named Susan Daines. A native of Bozeman, Susan married Jay in 1987, then helped him develop his magic act. The Owenhouses eventually ended up touring China and Japan in 2008, where Jay’s show was named “the best touring family show in Asia.” Married for 22 years, the Owenhouses’ goals and dreams were drastically sidetracked when Susan was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. She passed away in April 2009, leaving Jay to step away from the stage for a few years to focus on raising his children. “My happiness comes from my beautiful family,” Owenhouse declares. “And my satisfaction comes from the opportunity to bring a feeling of wonder to the next generation of young people with what is nearly a lost art — the live magic
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show.” Entitled “Dare to Believe,” Owenhouse’s current show features numerous elaborate illusions, one which utilized a motorcycle, as well as a couple of potentially deadly ones involving his two daughters. During the performance last Saturday — his first in Cache Valley in nearly two decades — Owenhouse says he made a number of predictions before the show, then housed them in a glass tube, which was placed in a locked box and suspended high above the Ellen Eccles Theatre stage. He then proceeded to ask specific questions of apparently random members of the audience, one of whom drew big laughs by repeatedly declaring Chili’s to be the most romantic place in Logan to go on a date. Owenhouse’s predictions appeared to be right on the money when he revealed the handwritten list, as was his timing with the Jaws of Death.
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CrossworD By Myles Mellor and Sally York Across 1. Go on a buying spree 6. Hearty entree 11. Fight cause, often 14. Sea dog 18. Stress result 19. Island nation east of Fiji 20. Finger, in a way 22. On the sheltered side 23. Great Lion 26. Footballer who costarred in “The Dirty Dozen” 28. Nailhead 29. Short smokes? 30. Tavern quaff 32. Took to the streets 33. Kept 34. Body covering 35. Leading man 36. Bolt partner 39. Dot-com’s address 40. Data transfer measures 41. Sensitive 45. Self starter? 46. “Get your hands off me!” 47. Lubrication 48. ___ welder 51. “The Pit and the Pendulum” writer 52. Think-tank offering 54. Slip into, as clothing 55. Fragrant compound 57. Roman garment 58. One of the best defensive backs in NFL history 62. Before retirement he set 13 NFL records as QB, defensive back and punter 64. Brownish-yellow shades 65. Select, with “for” 66. Pretext 67. “Way to go!” 69. Reddish brown 70. Led, as a meeting 73. Hot drink 74. Freshen 75. Hair piece 76. Passing legend 80. Packer passer 84. Outfit 85. Football field divisions
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86. Jar part 87. Low, as the tide 88. He was the subject of a Warhol painting 89. Line signal 90. Last word of a dead end road 91. Operate 94. Take a downhill ride 95. Renoir’s hat 98. Corn color 100. __ de theatre, stage name 101. Detective (abbr.) 102. Shark 105. Emerald, for one 106. Mister’s lady 107. Ribbed fabric 109. Game piece 110. Skier’s transport 112. Campus military org. 116. All-time great Raven 118. One of the all-time great offensive linemen in the NFL history 121. Cookie jar denizen, often 122. UN aircraft group 124. Dickens “A Christmas ___” 125. One’s true inner self, according to Jung 126. Tangled and interwoven 127. Little helper 128. Black 129. Rhythm Down 1. Sandwiches 2. Land outline 3. Brown shade 4. Overly academic type 5. Set, in a way 6. In a calm manner 7. Chinese mafia 8. Finalizes 9. Gray, in a way 10. Asian sheep 11. Hot 12. Gandhi’s woe 13. Big guns in the Mideast 14. French philosopher 15. Sunburn lotion 16. Ribald 17. Wallet bill, perhaps 21. Put out
24. Close call 25. Glided 27. Bridge site 31. “No, No, Nanette” quartet 33. Exclamation of bewilderment 34. ___ Christopher’s medal 36. Black, as roulette numbers 37. Reverse, in word processing 38. Kind of angel or idol 40. Fires 42. Partner 43. Nicely dressed (up) 44. “Uh-huh” 48. Teller type 49. Sleep segment 50. Shout out 53. Science of body structure 54. Fishing site 55. Notice 56. Waited 57. One born in May often 59. Insect stage 60. Diminish 61. Singer, Sayer 63. To the point 65. Boat mover 67. Ancient meeting places 68. Sign of nervousness 69. Slant 70. Like many college dorms 71. QB’s cry 72. Quick on the uptake 74. Besides 75. Instant 76. Door part 77. Big Apple inits. 78. Certain cross 79. “You ___ the apple of my eye” Stevie Wonder 80. Arsonist’s aim 81. Grant 82. Yard chore 83. Sweeping 90. Library demand 91. Wimpy 92. Madonna single 93. Type widths 96. Give work to
97. Chronicle 98. Centermost 99. Where India is 103. Aussie’s neighbor 104. Where figure-skaters practice 107. Prefix with graph 108. Court cry 110. National park acronym 111. Blessing 112. Ancient alphabetic character 113. “I’m working ___!” 114. Large book 115. Old Russian autocrat 116. CD-___ 117. Cape Verde island 119. Actor Hunter 120. Mayan Indian 123. Lady __ the Lake
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Why Sound will present Crush Cancer: A Benefit Concert from noon to 11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at 30 Federal Ave. Tickets for allday access are $10. Country music singer Gary Morris will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $20 to $40. Visit cachearts.org for more information. Take a Sunset Cruise on the Bear River with the Stokes Nature Center from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25. Cost is $20; $18 for SNC members. Meet at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. To register, call 755-3239 or email nature@ logannature.org. The Bear 100 endurance run will begin at 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Hyrum Gibbons/Mount Logan Park, 350 S. 1400 East. Runners will race through the mountains to Fish Haven on the shores of Bear Lake. The awards ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the finish line. Visit bear100.com for more
Silver Continued from Page 6 comedy, seen regularly by about two million people each day and rarely noticed by others. The days of Springer being shunned or scolded by people at cocktail parties are over, too. “We don’t hear it anymore,” he said, “because I’m not part of the pop culture. It’s not shocking anymore ... You can’t be a grown-up and say, ‘oh my gosh, they’re talking about a gay person.’ The world has changed.” Springer has theories about why his show has endured. Since the dawn of civilization, people have been fascinated by the behavior of others, particularly when it is outside of
Whispering Canyons Foundation, a non-profit, after-school horse program for at-risk teen girls in the Logan area, will host an open house for the public from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at 1150 S. 1000 West. Come enjoy the ranch and watch our girls demonstrate pole bending, barrel racing, a cross country course, English jumping and horsemanship skills. Learn more at whispering-canyons.org.
The Logan Library is sponsoring a Hispanic Heritage Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, in the plaza outside the library and throughout the library itself. Authentic Latin American food vendors will be offering tacos, churros, lemonada and other great foods for sale. Entertainment will include a children’s dance performance, performances by the Logan High Latinos in Action and a ballet folklorico. There will be free crafts and activities for the kids. Free balloon animals, face painting and much more.
Hastings will be hosting a live comic workshop at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, featuring Variant Comics artist, Clayton Henry.
Rap Battles hosted by Eddie Lion will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.
A fundraising event for the National Down Syndrome Society, the Buddy Walk & 5K will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the American West Heritage Center, 4025 S. U.S. Hwy. 89-91 in Wellsville. The 5K begins at 9:15 a.m.; the Buddy Walk starts at 11 a.m. Visit udsf.donordrive.com for more information.
Bryse Cooper will perform from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.
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society’s norm. Television is dominated by upper middleclass white people and his show regularly features others. It also appeared at the beginning of an era marked by people looking to themselves for entertainment, and not always celebrities. And, of course, it’s a freak show that is hard to take your eyes off. “I can’t sit here and tell you I know why I’ve lasted 25 years,” he said. “I don’t know. There’s a niche. If I’d been hosting another show, I wouldn’t have lasted 25 years. And I mean it. People aren’t watching the show because they want to see me.” He’s prone to joking that anyone can do his job if they learn three phrases: “You did what?” ‘’Come on out!” and “We’ll be right back.” Truth is, Springer’s air of
SUNDAY Papertowns and Tigerwine will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $6.
benign bemusement, his light hand on the tiller, is one of the show’s secrets. He passes no judgments. Everyone knows he’s in on the joke. “Any show that has a zany supporting cast, you have to have one person who’s the calm in the middle of the storm,” said Marc Berman, an analyst for TV Media Insights. “And that’s him.” Springer is a lawyer and former news anchor who got into politics and became mayor of Cincinnati. He’s still a proud liberal. Being a grown-up before he got into television gives him a different perspective, he said. “Can anyone do it?” he said. “No. Can most people do it? I can take most people on television, give them my show and probably in five or six months, they’d be comfortable. Maybe why it works
Salduro will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave.
MONDAY St. John’s Episcopal Church will host a Jazz Vespers service at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at 85 E. 100 North. Please join us for this short prayer service with musical accompaniment by Aggie Music Project (a USU faculty jazz ensemble), followed by a reception afterwards. The next Logan Library Monday Movie will be “Cinderella.” Disney’s 2015 live-action take on the classic fairy tale, the movie will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, in the Jim Bridger Room. Admission and popcorn are free. In conjunction with the Bridger Folk Music Society, Bing Futch will offer a mountain dulcimer workshop, a ukulele workshop for beginners, and a concert on Monday, Sept. 28, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Futch is on a cross-country tour, and will offer a ukulele
with me is because what you see is what I am. I don’t mean the subject matter but, I don’t have a different personality onstage.” Springer’s show is taped in the same theater 30 miles northeast of New York City that Maury Povich and Steve Wilkos use. Talking to the audience before the 25th anniversary episode began, he tells some of the same corny jokes they’ve probably heard from their grandfathers. Taking a hands-off approach, he does little preparation before a taping, often knowing only that day’s general theme. Knowing too much would turn him into an actor. That’s why when he invited one guest’s “wife” onstage and turned his back to walk into the audience, the loud roar surprised him; he didn’t know the man said he’d
workshop at 4 p.m., a mountain dulcimer workshop at 5:30 p.m., and a concert at 7:30 p.m. Futch will also perform a “pay what you want” free-will offering concert at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (435) 535-1408.
TUESDAY Open Mic Night will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Admission is $2.
THURSDAY Utah State University choirs will present their annual fall concert, “Autumn Voices,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Hyde Park. This year’s theme is “Voices of Heaven.” The concert features the USU Chamber Singers, USU Chorale and USU Women’s Choir, groups directed by Cory Evans and Luke Shepherd. The USU Admission is free and open to the public and donations are accepted. For more information, call 797-8022 or visit arts.usu.edu.
married his horse. “If there’s a wedding cake, there’s no way that the wedding cake is not going to be thrown,” he said. “We’ve never ended a show with a wedding cake still in one piece. There’s just stuff that you know. I’m not dense. But do I learn the specifics? No. It’s much better that way.” The improbability of making it in this world — few things in television are more lucrative than a successful syndicated talk show — fueled his unexpected emotion onstage. “This is show business and there are so many talented people, and I don’t have any particular talent,” he said later. “Where is the fairness? It just suddenly struck me. It’s not just a saying. We’re all alike, and I just got incredibly lucky.”
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