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Cache Theatre Company relives the ’70s with ‘Schoolhouse Rock LIVE!’

The Herald Journal

OCTOBER 4-10, 2013

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October 4-10, 2013

COVER 8 Cache Theatre Company goes back to the ’70s with ‘Schoolhouse Rock LIVE!’

MUSIC 3 Taj Mahal headlines the ‘World Blues’ Oct. 15-16

5 Chamber Music Society opens new season with Emerson String Quartet

ARTS 4 Fall CVCA Gallery Walk

hits the streets next Friday

BOOKS 12 Bill Bryson’s new book

celebrates summer of 1927

MOVIES 6 Timberlake’s ‘Runner Runner’ loses the race

7 Four stars: New ‘Gravity’ is an epic movie adventure

COLUMN 10 Dennis Hinkamp seeks

the joys of naps and snacks

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Cast members from the Cache Theatre Company’s production of “Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! Jr.” perform a scene at a rehearsal last Tuesday at Mount Logan Middle School. On the cover: “Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! Jr.” runs from Oct. 3-5. (Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal)

FROM THE EDITOR Just about a year ago in this space, I wrote about the significant contribution made to the culture of Cache Valley by Eastman Hatch, one of the founders of the Chamber Music Society of Logan.

Fittingly enough, this fall the Chamber Music Society plans to pay tribute to another one of those original founders who has helped to bring great music to the area for more than three decades. After 33 years of service, Marilyn Wagner is stepping down as the chair of the Chamber Music Society’s program committee.

The Chamber Music Society’s season kicks off Thursday, Oct. 10, with a performance by the Emerson String Quartet — the first ensemble to play at the Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall at Utah State University.

The efforts of people like Wagner help necessitate the construction of the Performance Hall in 2006 by bringing renowned musicians from around the country and the world to perform in Cache Valley.

Although she had no experience in booking concerts when the society was founded, Wagner was a quick learner and soon developed the connections and the skills to help bring in a long list of talented performers. She also knew how to treat the musicians once they were here, mak-

ing sure her guests “are well fed, never get lost in town and even have child care if needed,” this year’s Chamber Music Society program states.

“The treatment became legendary among ensembles, and those in the know are aware that Logan is a desirable destination for any tour.”

“Would that we could clone her,” adds Erica Shupp of Shupp Artists Management. “The world needs more Marilyns who, having discovered the riches of chamber music, get busy and dedicate their life to spreading their passion.

Blessed is the community in which a Marilyn lives, dreams and gets results. May she and her work continue to thrive.”

— Jeff Hunter

‘World Blues’ coming to town Taj Mahal to play with international musicians The Cache Valley Center for the Arts presents “World Blues” at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 15, and Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

Iconic folk-blues legend Taj Mahal, performing with The Taj Mahal Trio, will headline a fall tour celebrating the global influence of American blues music as seen from three very diverse points of view and three international points of origin. The Harlem-born artist will be joined by legendary South African guitarist/vocalist Vusi Mahlasela and Fredericks Brown, a soul/R&B band that features Taj’s daughter, Deva Mahal, who hails from New Zealand.

The “World Blues” tour, conceived and produced

by Columbia Artists Management, will be the first time these artists have performed all together on one stage. There are three ways to purchase tickets: call, click or come by. Stop by the CVCA Ticket Office in person at 43 S. Main St., call 752-0026 or visit cachearts.org. The CVCA Ticket Office is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

“I am really excited about the ‘World Blues’ tour,” Taj Mahal says. “It is not every day that three

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– Dennis Hinkamp on the joys of “meandering” (Page 10)

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Legendary bluesman Taj Mahal will perform with a variety of international musicians at “World Blues” Oct. 15-16, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

artists from different worlds, Hawaiian stylings to AfriAfrican and American musibut who speak a common can rhythms. In addition cal forms.

With Fredericks Brown, language, come together for to headlining the program, it’s clear that Taj has influa tour. This used to happen a he is the binding thread enced the next generation lot in the ’60s and ’70s, but throughout. He and Vusi not as much today. It should first met at a benefit concert of blues musicians, those be real fun and you can bet for Nelson Mandela’s 46664, charged with carrying the music forward. Together filled with many surprises.” an HIV/AIDS awareness these musicians will take Over the course of his campaign. Now, fresh from audiences on a kaleidoscopic five-decade career, the their sessions together on journey that underscores Grammy Award-winning Taj Vusi’s latest studio album the importance of American Mahal has become a mas“Say Africa,” which Taj problues music on the world ter of global styles, from duced, the two continue to stage.

Mississippi Delta blues to explore the intersection of

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Fall Gallery Walk ready to hit downtown The Cache Valley Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the fall Gallery Walk to be held from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11.

The 2nd Friday Gallery Walks are held every even month on the second Friday of the month. The public is invited to join CVCA for festive free bi-monthly evening enjoying visual art in historic downtown Logan. Over 14 local businesses will be featuring artists demonstrating their skills in various media. There will be musicians at multiple locations and many stops will serve light refreshments. Start your walk at any location by looking for the official yellow banner at participating galleries. Maps will be available at each art gallery and business, or online at www. cachearts.org.

Art lovers of every description will have the opportunity to socialize and tour a full spectrum of spaces and mediums — all in one evening. The fall walk is always a favorite and promises to be a colorful evening in Cache Valley. From the artwork to the trees, the colors of fall promise to make an enjoyable evening.

The fall Gallery Walk features a mix of fabulous photography, artists working in oil and watercolor, watercolor, jewelry, handcrafts and more at the fol-

Look out for ghosts in Logan

“Jake” by wildlife and Western landscape photographer Kelly Smith.

lowing locations: Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, The Diamond Gallery, Fuhriman’s Framing and Fine Art, Global Village Gifts, JoyRide Bikes, Logan Fine Art, Mountain Place Gallery, Oasis Books, S.E. Needham Jewelers, St. John’s Episcopal Church and Summerfest, The Sportsman, the Thatcher-Young Mansion, Utah Public Radio, USU Department of Art & Design and Winborg Masterpieces.

Artist highlights Friday night include: the Salon d’Automne show at Logan Fine Art Gallery; “The World Around Us”

by Mario Mathis; “Horizons”

by Tom Bunn; bead, wire, knitting and crochet work by Chris Anderson, Dancing Wolf Gallery photography by Sam Crump; acrylic on various media by Elyse Johnson; decorative and functional gourds by Melinda Petro; acrylics and oil

by Jonathan Hatch; wildlife and Western landscape photography

by Kelly Smith; Jodi McGregor Peterson; Nancy Calderwood, Kathy Noble and Tammy Munk.

The Winborg Gallery will also be showcasing some new and familiar artwork. Many artists will be selling their work. If items are not marked, don’t be afraid to ask. Help support the local art scene by taking a piece of art or a print home with you.

Haunted structures and nighttime spirits await your arrival this Halloween season in Historic Downtown Logan.

Learn about downtown’s most famous 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.

Each guided tour lasts approximately 100 minutes and walking distance is less than a half-mile.

Tours will run nightly between 7 and 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays (Oct. 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26).

Tours depart from the Ellen Eccles Theatre.

Tour reservations can be made now at www. logandowntown.org, or in person at the Eccles Theatre box office during regular business hours.

Annual Moondog Ball benefit event set for Oct. 12 Time to howl at the moon! The 13th Annual Moondog Ball will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Logan Golf & Country Club, 710 N. 1500 East. This is the largest fundraising event of the year for Four Paws Rescue, a nonprofit animal rescue organization in Cache Valley.

Tickets are available now for $55 at Caffe Ibis, Le Nonne, The Italian Place, Fuhriman’s Fine Art and Framing, the Cache Valley Gardeners’

Market (Caffe Ibis booth) or by calling (435) 535-6279.

The event will begin at with hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction featuring local goods, services, art, jewelry and much more. The first live band of the evening is The Joe McQueen Quartet featuring 94-year-old legendary jazz musician Joe McQueen from Ogden. The local popular dance band the Raindogs will finish out the night, and the dance groups Valley Dance

Ensemble and FreeStyle Dance Company will perform during the band breaks.

The Moondog Ball will include food donations from the Beehive Grill, Café Sabor, Caffe Ibis, Crumb Brothers Artisan Bread, Culinary Concepts Catering, Herm’s Inn, Indian Oven, The Italian Place, Tandoori Oven, Gaucho Grill, Firehouse Pizza, Jack’s Wood Fired Oven and Le Nonne Ristorante Italiano.

Four Paws Rescue is a volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless pets. The organization helps cats and dogs from local pounds and places them into loving, lifelong homes while reducing the pet overpopulation through spaying and neutering.

For more information, please visit www.4paws.petfinder.org. Please contact Shannon at (435) 535-6279 for questions.

Utah State University will host jazz guitarist John Scofield in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center.

“John Scofield is an icon in the world of improvised music,” says Corey Christiansen, director of the guitar program in the Caine College of the Arts. “He has firmly placed himself among the most important innovators in improvised music and has worked with the

most important figures in jazz, including Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and countless others.”

Scofield began playing the guitar at age 11 and is currently an adjunct professor of music at New York University. He has worked with Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Pet Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams and many others.

Touring 200 days of the year with his own groups, Scofield works both as a performer and composer.

“He is a rare artist that has

blended the musical vocabulary of jazz, blues and many forms of rock into his own music,” says Christiansen.

Tickets for the concert are $15 for adults and $8 for seniors, youth, USU faculty and staff and $5 for USU students with ID. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Caine College of the Arts Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 797-8022 or visit arts.usu.edu.

Bear River quilting book

The Bear River Heritage Area is pleased to announce the completion of a book on the history of quilting and contemporary quilting practices in the seven counties of the region: Box Elder, Cache and Rich in Utah, and Oneida, Franklin, Caribou and Bear Lake in Idaho.

The 62-page booklet “It’s Been Fun, Girls. Carry On: Quilting as a Heritage Art in Northern Utah and Southeastern Idaho” takes its name from the last words of well-loved Cache Valley quilter Millie Olmstead, who died in 2012. It includes a brief history of quilting in the region, 17 profiles of local quilters, several highlighted quilts, a quilt glossary, a list of quilt shops and a list of further reading and resources.

Copies of the book may be purchased at a cost of $9.99 (plus tax, shipping and handling) by contacting the office of the Bear River Heritage Area at 713-1426 or (877) 772-7242. The book will also be available at the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau (755-1890) and the National Oregon California Trail Center in Montpelier ((208) 847-3800).

Coin in the Sea concert

Photo courtesy of the Emerson String Quartet

The Emerson String Quartet will play Thursday, Oct. 10 at the USU Performance Hall.

Chamber season begins Emerson String Quartet to perform Thursday at USU The Chamber Music Society of Logan will open its 33rd year with a performance by the acclaimed Emerson String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the USU Performance Hall.

The Emerson String Quartet last visited Logan for the opening of the Manon Caine Russell Kathryn Caine Wanlass Performance Hall on the USU campus in October 2005.

Season tickets for the Chamber

Music Society of Logan are $96 for general admission or $40 for students with ID. Individual tickets are $24 or $10 for students.

There is also a new mini-series, three-concert option available for $65 or $27 for students.

Tickets are available at the door, or they can be purchased online at arts.usu.edu or cmslogan.org. Call 797-8022 for more information.

An education outreach performance will also be held from 10

a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 11, at the USU Performance Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

Formed in 1976, the Emerson String Quartet stands alone in the history of string quartets with an incomparable list of achievements over three decades: nine Grammy Awards, three Gramaphone Awards, the coveted Avery See SEASON on Page 11

Coin in the Sea will perform along with little Barefoot and Oh Maryland beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Bringing concept-driven new folk north from Provo, Coin in the Sea loves what’s happening with music in Utah Valley, but the band is also excited to be a part of the new folk movement at large. With traces of Iron & Wine, M. Ward and James Taylor woven into their writing, Coin in the Sea aims to build on traditional sounds while taking advantage of the modern fluidity of the genre.

Coin in the Sea is comprised of John Goodman (Kansas City) on acoustic guitar and singing lead vocals; Eliza Smith (Salt Lake City) with female vocals and on the Hammond organ; Keley Barzeele (Lindon) on the fiddle and mandolin; Ryan King (Beijing, China) on bass; and Preston Lewis (Traverse City, Mich.) on the drums. All the members of Coin in the Sea have studied or are currently studying music at BYU.

Art teacher exhibit at USU Art teachers from around the state are coming to Utah State University to showcase their work in the exhibit “Artist + Teacher = Inspiration Squared,” showing Oct. 7-31 in the Tippetts Exhibit Hall in the Chase Fine Arts Center.

“This exhibit is in honor of secondary school teachers who are also practicing artists,” said Dennise Gackstetter, lecturer and art education coordinator in the Caine College of the Arts. “It’s good for students to see the work of their teachers because it shows that it is possible to make a living as an artist.”

This year’s exhibition features the work of artist teachers Katie Campbell, a teacher at Alta High School in Sandy; Nicole Warner, a teacher at Herriman High School in Herriman; and Justin Wheatley, a teacher at Connections High School in Salt Lake City.

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John Scofield to play at USU COMING UP

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Timberlake’s ‘Runner’ an uncompelling film

By Aaron Peck Cache movie critic

You know you’re in for a pretty hum-drum night at the movies when Justin Timberlake is narrating the movie like he’s trying to win an Oscar. “Runner Runner” takes itself far too seriously, and never pays out enough for the time the audience invested. Just like its central bad guy, it cheats. Only instead of laundering money, the movie’s screenplay is laundering phony legitimacy.

It’s as generic as gambling thrillers come.

Richie (Timberlake) is a Princeton hopeful who, like every other college kid in the country, is sick and tired of soaring tuition costs. So,

★ ‘Runner Runner’

Director // Brad Furman Starring // Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie, Ben Schwartz Rated // R for language and some sexual content

to make ends meet, Richie becomes an affiliate for a gaming site. He pushes students to a website to play online poker, and reaps a little kickback. It’s a shortlived plan, because after the dean finds out, it’s squashed.

Back to square one and desperate to stay in school, Richie grabs some friends, some pizza, and settles down for an all-in night of frivolous online gambling. Since he’s a bright Princeton kid,

he comes to the conclusion that the only way he’s going to be able to afford college is to pull an all-night poker blitz and hope against hope that it pays off. Complete with dramatically spinning camera, the montage quickly shows the ultimate highs, distressed lows and illogical rationalizations of gambling.

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‘Cloudy’ sequel tops weekend box office LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2” slurped up the box office.

The animated Sony sequel featuring the voices of Bill Hader and Anna Faris opened in first place and earned $35 million in its debut weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

The original “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” was showered with $30.3 million during its opening weekend in 2009.

“It’s remarkable that it did as well as and surpassed the first film,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony Pictures.

“The filmmakers really ratcheted it up in terms of palette and tone. It’s one of those films that just draws you in. The story is fun, and there’s something for the whole family.”

Last week’s top film, “Prisoners,” slid to second place. The Warner Bros. kidnapping thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal nabbed $11.3 million in its second weekend, bringing its total domestic haul to $38.9 million.

Universal’s Formula One tale “Rush,” directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, drove into the third position with $10.3 million in its second outing after expanding to 2,297 theaters in wide release.

The weekend’s other new releases — Fox Searchlight’s “Baggage Claim” and Relativity’s “Don Jon” — didn’t have debuts quite as sunny as “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.”

“Baggage Claim” opened in fourth place with $9.3 million, while “Don Jon” debuted at No. 5 with $9 million.

there. Most movies you watch, a select few you actually experience.

“Gravity” belongs in the latter group. It’s a spectacle of immense beauty and unbelievable terror.

The screenplay is equally fantastic. It ebbs and flows, providing moments for the audience to catch its collective breath – which is needed, trust me.

Cuarón understands that a sci-fi movie doesn’t AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures Cuarón adheres to the need to be 90 minutes George Clooney and Sandra Bullock star in the new film “Gravity.” silent nature of space. of non-stop action.

Some of the most unnervThere’s a small nar“Apollo 13,” Stone and ing moments come when rative thread about Kowalski hear Ed HarDr. Stone’s life back ris’ voice on their radios, Dr. Stone doesn’t realize that the cloud of debris home, and a bit of her calmly reassuring the is pulverizing everything backstory thrown in team of two with messagDirector // Alfonso Cuarón around her. At one point so we can relate to her. es from mission control.

Starring // Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed she’s dislodged from the That’s neither here nor Everything is going fine Harris, Amy Warren, Basher Savage shuttle and begins tumthere, though. The main until there’s a warning Rated // PG-13 for intense perilous sequences, bling out into blackness. reason “Gravity” exists that a recently detonated some disturbing images and brief strong language It’s a completely helpless is to throw you into a missile may have struck feeling, which you can’t terror thrill ride bursta satellite, which in turn astronauts floating above when this comes out on ing with cutting-edge may have created a deadly help but experience. home video. It’s a wonEarth isn’t marred by The way that Cuarón visual effects, which cloud of debris circling shaky-cam tactics or split- drous visual feast that the Earth at thousands of places you directly in the have been harnessed by isn’t only dazzling your second editing disasters. line of fire makes you feel a visionary director who miles per hour. eyes, but it’s also tying Cuarón concocts beautilike you’re really, truly knows how to use them.

Normally in sci-fi your stomach in knots. fully serene and boldly impressive tracking shots That’s because you know movies that take place something awful is going in the vacuum of space that rotate, zoom, swing and fly around Stone and to happen. Something ter- (“Star Wars,” “Star Trek”), rible is coming, soon, but somehow there’s actual Kowalski in ways that make you think, Boy, I’m you can’t help admire the sound traveling around going to have to watch the beauty until it arrives. out there without oxyIn a nice throwback to making-of documentary gen to transmit it. Here

The Reel Place Aaron Peck

I have a completely irrational, but – I feel at least – totally legitimate fear that one day gravity will cease to exist, and we’ll all go floating out into space. It’s with that context that I viewed Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity.” Forget horror films, this is one of the most terrifying movies I’ve ever seen. It’s like being thrust directly into my nightmare of a suddenly gravity-deficient world.

It’s one of the scariest films I’ve seen, ever.

Dr. Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Dr. Kowalski (George Clooney) are astronauts floating above the Earth’s atmosphere.

It’s an idyllic view of the glowing blue Earth below as they work to try and repair the Hubble Telescope. They float freely around the space shuttle and the telescope. Tethers anchored to the hefty machinery are the only things keeping the astronauts from floating out into the void.

Anyone who has seen Cuarón’s “Children of Men” knows exactly the type of visionary director they’re dealing with.

This magnificent view of

★★★★ ‘Gravity’

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This weekend, be prepared to be entertained by songs of all styles that teach the basics of American history, grammar, multiplication and science at Cache Theatre Company’s presentation of “School House Rock LIVE! Jr.”

Students ages 10-15 bring this musical to life, each song reinforcing Tom the teacher’s idea that, “Music should be fun — it should be like a game.”

The show is an adaptation of the popular 1970s “Schoolhouse Rock” cartoons, which began as an advertising venture.

Popular songs such as “Just a Bill” and “Three is a Magic Number” are included in the junior show, which is an abbreviation of the full-length version.

Mason Sydell, 15, plays the part of the nervous first-time teacher Tom Mizer. As Mason’s character contemplates his first

Above, Mya Simmons and Mason Syddall perform a song during a dress rehearsal for the Cache Theatre0 Company’s production of “Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! Jr.” Tuesday at Mount Logan Middle School. Left, Elisabeth Spencer rehearses in the role of Shulie.

o rock! And learn!

NY GOES BACK TO THE ’70s WITH ‘SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!’ day of school, five alter egos — played

by Joshua Hunsaker, Elisabeth Spencer, Clarity Perry, Maya Simmons and Emma Holland — appear to help him get excited about teaching and learning through catchy songs.

Elisabeth Spencer, 13, says the show is very educational.

“I’ve learned a lot just from some of the lyrics of the songs,” she says. “I know the preamble now.”

Spencer lends her voice, mature well beyond her years, to “Interplanet Janet,” a song she says she hadn’t heard before being cast in the show.

Including the six main characters and the group of chorus members, there are about 30 children cast in the show, says director MaryJo Noble.

While some students have been doing drama since they were very young, others are brand new to the stage.

Noble says she accepted everyone who auditioned in order to give them a chance to learn and grow in the theater.

And Noble knows something about giving kids chances — she admits that while she’s been involved in theater since high school and even met her husband through a show, she got the worst grade in her first high school drama class. The only reason she’s still involved in theater is because her loving drama teacher gave her a second chance and let her advance into Drama 2.

Noble says her entire family is now involved in theater. While Noble is directing “Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! Jr.,” her high school aged-daughter is the stage manager and her younger daughter is part of the cast. Her husband created the set.

“It’s really a family affair,” Noble says. “For the past year and a half we’ve all been involved in some kind of show.”

“Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! Jr.” cast members warm up their voices before Tuesday night’s dress rehearsal.

The last week of rehearsals is always the most stressful, Noble confides during a dress rehearsal. They call it “hell week” for a reason, she says.

“The kids’ parents have been so patient; I know they need to get the kids to sleep on time and up early in the morning,” she says. “I sometimes worry about that.”

The hard work pays off at performances, however, when audiences can see the perfected result. One number Noble is particularly excited to unveil is “Conjunction Junction,” which features 10-year-old Joshua

Hunsaker as a train conductor.

For Mason Sydell, musical theater is a passion he hopes to make a career, and performance day gives him a chance to do what he loves.

“My favorite part is being able to be up on stage and act and sing, and not have people look at me like I’m this giant freak,” Mason says. “When you burst into song in regular life, people look at you like you’re weird, but here it’s not questioned. … A lot of hard sweat and blood has gone into this (production); if people don’t come, I’ll be crushed!”

Emma Holland, 15, adds that the

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show is a great one for kids, since it’s educational and only an hour long.

“Everyone should come because it’s cute, and fun… it’s just adorable,” says Maya Simmons, 13. “I don’t see how anyone could hate this show.”

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The Cache Theatre Company will present “Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! Jr.” at 7 p.m. Oct. 3-5 (with a matinee at 4 p.m. Saturday) at Mount Logan Middle School. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children 8 and under. You may purchase them online or at the door.

For more information, visit www.cachetheater.org.

Enjoy snacks, naps and more There probably is nothing more oxymoronic than planning an unplanned day — or maybe simply moronic.

It is some sort of Zen crossed with Escherrendered logic to schedule a day without plans. That said, an unplanned day is so succulent.

With all our Tivo boxes, smartphones, shared calendars, beeping appliances, Google alerts and fridge-front reminders, it’s not only getting hard to forget things, it is making it harder to have any unplanned time.

I think of unplanned time as a micro vacation. Not to worry, I believe in moderation of even moderation. If all of your time was unplanned you’d be considered homeless or possibly a couch-surfing sparkle pony surviving only on the goodwill of tolerant friends and relatives. Still I find myself dreamily drifting toward weekends that are not filled with plans, goals or destinations.

My relaxation mantra words are: snack, nap, fritter, dawdle and meander. Chant … SNFDM. SNFDM. Repeat.

If used properly, these are the keys to unplanned bliss, if not sainthood. Get to know them: Snacks: There is substantial evidence

skiing. I always mean to; sometimes I just forget. I think I have forgotten to go skiing about 10 years in a row now.

Dawdling: This is taking more time than needed to accomplish a given activity. Think of those people in front of you at fast food or coffee places.

They drive you mad because they have been standing there for five minutes but don’t bother to look up at the menu until they reach the front that snacking throughof the line. Who looks at a out the day may be menu at a fast-food place better than three peranyway? It’s not like they functory square meals. change often. Okay, take However, since snacks that image and apply to have become associated washing the dishes, mowwith bad food, vending ing the lawn or surfing the machines and weakInternet. You are not wastwilled people, we don’t ing time, you are taking a take advantage of this mental nap. simple pleasure.

Meandering: This is Naps: Research also something I like to do points to naps being a good thing for productiv- when I drive. No, I don’t ity and mental health, but meander around the lanes or even dawdle within naps are still laden with one because I don’t want guilt and weakness in the workplace. Seriously, to cause an accident or be a victim of road rage. unless you are in the act of flying a plane or oper- What I mean by meanderating heavy machinery, ing is stopping for a snack, why not take a nap if it nap or to fritter away time will help you be more by taking a longer route. alert the rest of the day?

One of the great tragedies Take a nap on a weekend of Utah driving is there afternoon so you can stay aren’t many choices if up through that “Breaking you want to drive north to Bad” marathon you just south. When I was drivrented on Netflix. ing to and from college Fritter: It just sounds in Missouri, there were fun. It is usually associhundreds of meandering ated with the phrase “frit- country roads I could take tering your life away,” and only lose 30 minutes but it can be deployed in of time. smaller increments. I’m ——— regularly told that I fritDennis Hinkamp is havtered away another winter ing a snack followed by a nap right now. because I never went

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World Cultures Night slated for Oct. 11 The second annual World Cultures Night at the Logan LDS Tabernacle is a unique multi-cultural event which includes music from several different countries of the world.

The performers are residents (new or longtime) of Cache Valley and include dancers from India, Mexico and Ireland, a violinist from China, guitarist from Brazil, and a piper from the USU Scotsmen.

The Concert and Lecture Series Committee event which begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, is sponsored by Cache Community Connections.

Six members of the

Singh Family (Bhavna, Bartja, Rossy, Subham, Suraj and Paul) will perform dances in native dress from their homeland of India. Their dances will be “Thugle” and “Barso Re Megha.”

A dance troupe of 10 young Latino teens, directed by Reyna Delgadillo, will display many different sounds and movements honoring the traditions of the Aztecs of ancient Mexico.

They have been dancing together for about four years, first performing at Christmas festivals at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish in Hyde Park, The An Tús Nua Irish Dance Academy under

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are considered to be Mozart’s finest classical string quartet compositions and are understood to be the paradigm for string quartet composition.

Before intermission, the group will play Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Major, Op. 142. The piece was composed in 1973. Shostakovich dedicated the piece to English composer Benjamin Britten. Shostakovich was a long-term friend of Britten and a great admirer of his work. The piece is 27 minutes in length with three movements. The piece is played in the key of F sharp major with many solo parts and the cello solo dominating the piece.

After intermission. the Emerson String Quartet will feature Beethoven’s Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2. This quartet was the second in a series of three commissioned

Continued from Page 5 Fisher Prize and an international reputation for groundbreaking chamber music projects including cycles of the complete Beethoven, Bartok, Mendelssohn and Shostakovich string quartets.

Described by Time Magazine as “America’s greatest quartet,” the group has performed as an ensemble since ’76 with only one role change, the exit of long-time cellist David Finkel and the arrival of Paul Watkins in May 2013.

The Emerson String Quartet’s first piece of the evening will be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K 428. The quartet is the third of the “Hayden Quartets,” a set of sixstring quartets dedicated to Joseph Hayden. Published in 1785, they

received a BA degree from the Shanghai Normal University and a MA degree from the Kiev Conservatory in Kiev, Ukraine, both specializing in violin performance and teaching. She will share her talents with a song

by Chinese composer Zili Li, “Fishermen in a Harvest” and also “Salut d’Amour” by Members of the An Tús Nua Irish Dance Academy will Edward Elgar.

Christopher Neale, a perform at World Cultures Night on Oct. 11. native Brazilian and guitarist with the ”Evethe direction of Terena Jennifer Jin is an ning in Brazil” band, Lund, brings two troupes accomplished violin of dancers presenting teacher from Shanghai, will perform along with his daughter, Julia, and authentic, traditional Irish China, who came to friend, Eric Nelson, dances: The Fairy Reel Logan in August while clarinetist of Lightwood (soft shoe) and AC Acaher husband completes pella (hard shoe). his studies at USU. Jin Duo fame. They will perby Count Rasumovsky in 1806. The quartet occurred to Beethoven while he was contemplating a starry sky and dreaming of musical spheres. The three quartets have often been described as the most symphonic of all his quartets, and are the natural fulfillment of the promise of his later symphonies.

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by Antonio Carlos Jobim and “Chega de Saudade” by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.

Ryan Moeller, a piper with the USU Scotsmen, will end the evening with tunes from the British Isles.

After the concert, the audience and performers are invited to socialize in the multi-purpose room at St. John’s Episcopal Church across the street from the Logan LDS Tabernacle. International refreshments will be served.

Visit logantabernacle. blogspot.com for more information.

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By Jerry Harkavy Associated Press

In retrospect, most summers seem pretty much alike: vacations in the country, lazy days at the beach and less tedious workloads that ramp up again after Labor Day. But some summers evoke memories that linger for decades, and the summer of 1927 may be the most telling example.

Strictly speaking, it was a month before the official start of summer that Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight from New York to Paris captivated the world and made him an instant celebrity. And it was the last day of September that Babe Ruth hit his record-breaking 60th home run, putting an exclamation point on a New York Yankees season ranked among baseball’s greatest ever.

In the midst of those achievements, epic flooding on the mighty Mississippi devastated much of the nation’s midsection, Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for killing a guard and a payroll clerk during a Massachusetts robbery, President Calvin Coolidge stunned the political world by announcing he would not seek re-election, and international banking officials meeting in New York opted to lower interest rates, sparking a speculative bubble that would end with the stock market

new york times best-sellers HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Longest Ride” Nicholas Sparks 2. “The Quest” by Nelson DeMille 3. “Thankless in Death” by J.D. Robb 4. “W is for Wasted” by Sue Grafton 5. “Never Go Back” by Lee Child

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crash two years later and the Great Depression.

Bill Bryson, the bestselling author of humorous accounts of his hike along the Appalachian Trail and his travels in Australia, has captured the zeitgeist of the Roaring Twenties in this entertaining and informative book that focuses on what he calls “that long, extraordinary summer.”

With Europe still struggling to recover from the Great War, America emerged as the dominant player in everything from new inventions to popular culture. It was a golden age for reading: Books, magazines and newspapers thrived, and tabloids pumped out a steady stream of crime news, sports stories and celebrity gossip. Meanwhile, radio made its debut, gaining a national audience for major events like that summer’s Dempsey-Tunney heavyweight championship rematch that drew 150,000 spectators to Chicago’s Soldier Field.

The book is filled with profiles of some of the era’s top newsmakers

1. “Si-Cology 1” by Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach 2. “Still Foolin’ ‘Em” by Billy Crystal 3. “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell 4. “Zealot” by Reza Aslan 5. “Happy, Happy, Happy” by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach

and celebrities: Herbert Hoover, Al Capone, Henry Ford, Al Jolson, Bill Tilden, flagpole sitter Alvin “Shipwreck” Kelly, Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum and Queens housewife Ruth Snyder, who teamed up with her lover, Judd Gray, to murder her husband.

Her trial became a tabloid sensation, and Bryson’s account of how the two

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killers were transported by high-speed motorcade from a Queens jail to Sing Sing Prison suggests how congested the roads had become. New York City had more cars than all of Germany, along with 50,000 horses, and the city’s traffic deaths were four times what they are now.

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Logan Fine Art will be hosting a reception for the Utah Watercolor Society during the CVCA Gallery Walk from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. An awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m.

Andi Jorgensen, a longtime member of the UWS, says, “How do you paint fresh air? How do you bring the outdoors inside? Members of the Utah Watercolor Society do it by painting The Cache Valley Chapter of the Utah Watercolor Society will host an exhibit at Logan Fine Art beginning Oct. 11. ‘en plein air,’ or taking their easels and paints outside to paint directly the elements. Their obser- and the results of their outdoor work are among vations of atmospheric from nature. Many artthe most beloved of subtleties and the play of ists prefer exploring the paintings. People love to light on various subjects wonders of flowers and have that breath of fresh hone their skills in all trees or broad vistas air inside.” directly, even in spite of their creative endeavors,

Respected artist Joseph Alleman juried this year’s show, which will be on display at the Logan Fine Art Gallery from Oct. 11 to Nov. 8.

The Utah Watercolor Society is an organization of artists striving constantly to improve their skills in painting with water media. Based in Salt Lake City, the organization also has a local branch in Cache Valley. The UWS hosts monthly meetings from 6:30 to 9 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month (September through May) in the Bonneville Room at the Logan Library. There are critiques, discussions and demonstrations.

Jazz bands set to perform at USU Utah State University’s Jazz Big Bands will perform the music of European composers during a fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at USU’s Performance Hall.

“This is not your typical big band jazz music,” says Jon Gudmundson, director of jazz studies and associate professor in the Caine College of the Arts. “Dou-

Large Continued from Page 12 One of the book’s less remembered but most disquieting episodes seems like a tragedy drawn from today’s headlines: A distraught Michigan man who blamed local school taxes for the pending foreclosure on his farm planted explosives in a school basement, killing 44 people, 37 of them children.

The Jazz Age was a time of widespread bigotry, as the Ku Klux Klan gained wide sup-

bling is off the scales and there is a lot of writing across the different band sections, creating a hybrid sound different from sectional music composed by Americans.”

Doubling in music is where one musician plays multiple instruments, switching between them.

Sectional music in jazz means there are parts that only a certain

port and eugenics studies supporting theories of racial superiority won acceptance in academic circles. But the period is best remembered as a time of heady optimism for a nation that embraced the future as a time of endless possibilities. This splendid book, written in the breezy and humorous style that has come to be Bryson’s trademark, is sure to delight readers steeped in the history of the period as well as those looking to acquaint themselves with it for the first time.

instrument plays at a time and rotates among the different instruments in the big band.

Tickets for the Jazz Big Bands performance are $10 adults, $8 seniors and youth, $5 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information call 797-8022 or visit arts. usu.edu.

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Don’t worry, though, because Richie didn’t just get beat, he got hustled. Using his smart Princeton brain – yes the exact same one that thought the poker all-nighter was a can’t-miss opportunity – he figures out that he was, in fact, cheated. Somehow the players he was playing could see his cards. So, it’s off to Costa Rica to confront the online gaming mogul of the shady website, Ivan Block (Ben Affleck).

Richie’s plan is to alert Ivan to his security breach and hope that he gets a refund and walks away.

Grammy winner to speak at USU Libby Larsen, one of America’s most performed living composers, presents “A Creative Life in Music” at the Caine College of the Arts’ fourth annual Dean’s Convocation at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the USU Performance Hall.

“The dean’’s convocation has become one of the great traditions for the Caine College of the Arts,” says Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts (CCA). “Each year we have been able to bring distinguished scholars, artists and performers from around the nation to Utah State University.

Libby Larsen continues in our tradition of excellence. It is a great honor to have her on our campus.”

The convocation is the Caine College of the Arts’ formal welcome to all students and provides an opportunity to meet faculty, staff and administration from the CCA. As a Grammy

But Richie never realizes that he’s in a gangster movie, and in gangster movies guys named Ivan don’t simply let you walk away.

“Runner Runner” follows the same formula as so many other movies about small-time guys making it big, only to find out the guy above them isn’t really looking out for them at all. The moment Richie starts working for Ivan you know exactly how this whole thing is going to play out. If the screenplay was a poker player, you’d know his hand every single time. It’s that obvious.

This is the type of movie where characters dazzle with useless trivia about Napoleon, hoping it makes them sound tougher than they really are. Thankfully,

Award-winning and widely recorded artist, Larsen is consistently sought after by major artists, ensembles and orchestras around the world. The first woman to serve as a resident composer with the Minnesota Orchestra, a major orchestra located in Minneapolis, Larsen has been a longtime advocate for women in the field of music. In addition, Larsen has been instrumental in music education, fueling a passion to bring new music out of academia by holding a number of residencies throughout the country.

In addition to her 1994 Grammy Award, Larsen co-founded what is now known as the American Composers Forum in 1973, earned a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and has had the privilege to record with many world-renowned artists, including The King’s Singers, Benita Valente and Frederica von Stade.

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Affleck isn’t trying to do his best Scarface impression, like so many other wannabe movie bad guys are wont to do. Sadly, it doesn’t appear that he’s making much of an impression either way.

He’s just kind of there. Yelling at people about money, and tossing out one-liners that are sure to be repeated to him once his comeuppance rolls around.

The derivative storyline, flatlined characters and been-theredone-that plot serve more as a sleeping aide than an effective formula for a thriller. Fall season is usually known for better movie quality as the studios ramp up for the awards race. “Runner Runner” feels more like a movie more suitable for the dog days of February.

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97. Market activity 99. Leaning Tower’s town 100. Most reliable 101. Herb used in Mexican cuisine 104. Obsolescent refrigerant 106. Kind of treat 110. N.Y.C.’s Park or Madison 111. Diplomat 113. Eastern yogurt condiment 117. On the water 118. Decide to use, as a policy 120. Cunning 122. Row’s opp.

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5. Cheerleading cry 6. Living force 7. Ire 8. Spring to mind 9. “A Beautiful Mind” director 10. Schooling basics 11. Black bird 12. Interweave 13. Not an officer 14. Goes off on a tangent?

15. It can follow you but not me?

16. Cry at the Met 17. Harley-Davidson rider 18. All-Star game e.g.

19. Landlord’s collections 24. Glandular fever (abbr.)

29. Of a newspaper page 32. Move like molasses

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103. Indian’s neighbor 104. Lose one’s train 105. Little with a lot of voices 106. Carpentry grooves 107. Interest to an unfair degree 108. Study sections 109. America discoverer 112. Roosters on spires 114. Cake embellishment 115. 2204.62 pounds 116. Pond vegetation 118. Cuckoopint, e.g.

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Friday Come see what USU students who traveled to Norway this past summer created in the Norway Travel Abroad Exhibit. Located in Gallery 102 of the Chase Fine Arts Center, this exhibit will be full of pieces inspired by the students’ experience. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday and is free and open to the public. An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4.

Guitarist John Scofield will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, in the Morgan Theatre at Utah State University. Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for USU faculty and staff, seniors and youths and $5 for USU students with ID. Visit arts.usu.edu for more information.

Sandwiched among the Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s and early ’80s was a series of educational — yet fun — musical vignettes known as “Schoolhouse Rock!” “Conjunction Junction,” “Just a Bill,” “The Preamble” and many more of the old “Schoolhouse Rock!” tunes will come to the stage at Mount Logan Middle School when its youth theater group presents “Schoolhouse Rock LIVE! Junior.” The production will be presented by Cache Theatre Company at 7 p.m. Oct. 3-5, with a matinee at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children 8 and under. You may purchase them online or at the door.

The Smart Bites class will begin at 10:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 4, and continue every Friday through Nov. 22, at the Cache County Senior Center, 240 N. 100 East. The classes will discuss nutrition tips, make and sample tasty recipes and demonstrate simple strength and flexibility exercises. Visit www. cachecounty.org/senior for more information.

Acoustic oldies group Relic will perform live from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. Scott Olsen, Steve Rob-

erts and Irv Nelson provide excellent music and plenty of fun with their guitars, vocals and audience interactions. Preview them at relicacousticband.com.

SATURDAY Cyclists of all ages and abilities are invited to join Brigham City Recreation for the annual Dam Donut Bike Ride at Mantua Reservoir at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, for riders 14 and over, and 9:30 a.m. for riders 13 and under. The cost for this event is $10, which includes a T-shirt if registered by Sept. 23. Register online at www.brighamcity.utah. gov or you can come in to the office at 641 E. 200 North in Brigham City. If you have questions, please (435) 734-6610.

The Cache Valley Folk Dancers and Bridger Folk Music Society is hosting its monthly “first Saturday” contra dance at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. This month live music will be provided by Leaping Lulu. Mike Cottle will be calling. A $7 donation is suggested at the door, $4 for children under 12. Beginners and families are welcome; all dances are taught.

For more information about contra dancing call 753-2480 or 7535987, or visit www.bridgerfolk.org.

AARP is offering a driver safety class from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Cache County Sheriff’s Office.

Each class is four hours long and meets the requirements for discounts in vehicle insurance for those 55 years and over. Call Susie Jackson at 753-2866 to make a reservation.

The Blacksmith Fork Wildlife Association will host a plant and seed exchange from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Nibley City Office, 455 W. 3200 South in Nibley. Dig up your extra perennials and gather annual seeds to exchange with your neighbor, or just come by and pick up something to plant in your own yard. The BFWA will have information available

to help you optimize your yard for birds, bees, butterflies, etc.

Everything is free ... you do not need to bring something to take something home.

The Pumpkin Run 5K and 1-mile race will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, in North Logan. Visit northlogancity.org for more information.

Dream Pointe Ballet Company in Brigham City announces auditions for its upcoming production of “Cinderella” Saturday, Oct. 5. Auditions for non-pointe acting roles are 10 to 11 a.m., and auditions for pointe main roles are from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Dream Pointe, 1156 Dentwood Dr. Call (435) 2398338 or visit starstruckarts.com to apply for audition.

Ben Brown will perform from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. Brown recreates the hidden jewels of popular music on the acoustic guitar with a lush, smooth and well-crafted sound.

Coin in the Sea will perform along with little Barefoot and Oh Maryland at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

It’s Girls Night Out at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. While your men are busy, from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, come enjoy the music of guitarist/ singer Kris Krompel. Don’t miss this chance to hear one of the most versatile and talented performers in the valley.

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.

Tanner McDowell will perform

from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave. A soulful medley of blues, funk and rock, with a splash of contemporary acoustic and a pinch of classical.

MONDAY The Cache County Coalition Against Domestic Abuse will hold Safe Family Night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, on the grounds of the Historic Cache County Courthouse. This event that brings together various community agencies to educate families about services available to strengthen them and keep them safe. There will be several bands performing, games, prizes and many other activities.

WEDNESDAY Love to Cook at Kitchen Kneads is hosting a benefit for CAPSA. Our fall entertaining cooking class featuring Boston brown bread with green olive spread, bacon-wrapped stuffed pork tenderloin with cherry sauce, rice pilaf, roasted acorn squash and English trifle, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9.

Space is limited, so hurry and register. Cost is $25 per person.

CAPSA is a shelter and advocate for victims of domestic violence.

Utah State University Jazz Big Bands will perform the music of European composers in a fall concert at 7:30 p.m.

Wedneday, Oct. 9, at USU’s Performance Hall. The performance will feature two big bands, the jazz orchestra and the jazz ensemble. Tickets for the Jazz Big Bands performance are $10 adults, $8 seniors and youth, $5 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information or tickets, visit the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, call 7978022 or visit arts.usu.edu.

“Fall Baking” is the title of the cooking class at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Macey’s Little Theatre in Providence. This class is all about what makes

fall so enjoyable. When it gets cold outside and we just want to cuddle under the blankets, comfort foods really hit the spot. Amy Smith will be teaching another class for us using her own family favorite recipes that are easy to put together. Classes are for ages 10 and up. Check us out on Facebook or visit littletheatre recipes.blogspot.com for more information.

THURSDAY A gardening seminar features Jim Kennard will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the LDS church building at 30 S. Center St. in Wellsville. The president of the Food for Everyone Foundation, Kennard is internationally known in many countries for the humanitarian gardening training projects he and the foundation have conducted. He will teach and demonstrate a high-yield sustainable gardening method that promises “a great garden in any soil.” The free seminar promises to be fast-paced and highly informative. Visit www.foodforevery one.org for more information.

The film “Sherpas Cinema: Into the Mind” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, and Friday, Oct. 11, at the Taggart Student Center Auditorium on the USU campus. Admission is $9. Visit www.facebook.com/usu freeride for more information.

The Fission Breakers will perform along with Nostalgia and The Wide Awakes at 8 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 10, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

“Autumn Soups” is the title of the cooking class at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at Macey’s Little Theatre in Providence. Whether it’s bright and chilly outside or dark and freezing, soup really warms right to the core. Relda Sandgran lives soup and she will be sharing a few of her soups that will warm up those cold bodies after an autumn afternoon.

Classes are for ages 10 and up.

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

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One Coupon Per Table Coupons May Not Be Combined With Any Other Offer Valid M-Thurs Only

Effective until 10/11/13