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Local artist uses his own blood to create images of life, mortality

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Oct. 23-29, 2009

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Artist Trevin Prince uses a syringe to paint with his own blood onto a piece of Plexiglas at his home studio in Logan on Tuesday. Controversial or not, the pigment may the perfect choice for a series of paintings by Prince, who’s about to unveil his latest project, “Blood Work.” To read more about Prince and his unorthodox style of painting, turn to Page 8.

Photo by Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal

From the editor

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T’S FUNNY HOW BIG a part food plays in our lives — every holiday, special occasion, even person is associated with a certain dish.

For instance, every Christmas morning we eat my mom’s famous egg casserole, and every Halloween we eat her delicious sloppy joes. A co-worker’s wife makes a special dish for almost every Jazz game, my father-in-law is known for his Christmas ham and I make killer snickerdoodles.

My dad is known for his stew, my husband makes to-die-for loaded mashed potatoes, my sister is famous for her chicken enchiladas, my motherin-law has a knack for meatloaf and another co-worker’s husband is loved for his Crock-pot meals.

Slow Wave

(Page 4) Libbie Linton, Willy Porter to perform for Bridger Folk

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A fun night out involves going out to dinner, while most events serve food to entice more guests. Funerals are known for their funeral potatoes, while local wedding receptions seems to always offer those tiny chicken salad sandwiches.

A Taste of Cache Valley Dine-Around is currently offering deals at 12 local restaurants through this Saturday, Oct. 24. For $30 or $40, two people can enjoy three courses at the following eateries: Angie’s Restaurant, Beehive Grill, Café Sabor, Copper Mill, Cracker Barrel, Indian Oven, Iron Gate Grill, Kamin Thai, Tandoori Oven, Elements, Hamilton’s and Le Nonne. For more information about this event, visit www. visitloganutah.com or call 755-1890.

Happy eating, everyone!

— Jamie Baer Nielson Cache Magazine editor

Celebrate Halloween with ‘Sweeney Todd’

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Cute

(Page 5) AVA set to host Masquerade Ball

pet photo of the week

These kittens are available for adoption!

Pets: Jack (right) and Jill From: Emilie Why they’re so lovable: Jack and Jill are 8-week-old kittens born in a window well. They are playful and cuddly and love people. They’re both socialized, litter box trained and eating hard food.

Their mom is a neighborhood outside cat in Smithfield. They will both need shots soon and will eventually need to be spayed/neutered. Jack’s a little more cuddly, while his sister is more feisty. Both must go to nice, loving homes. For more information about adopting Jack and/or Jill, e-mail emiliehw @gmail.com.

Slow Wave is created from real people’s dreams as drawn by Jesse Reklaw. Ask Jesse to draw your dream! Visit www.slowwave.com to find out how.

Animal bells and their story on exhibit at USU

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T IS NOT UNCOMMON in rural communities to see a belled animal. The small instrument alerts the owner to the place and safety of the herd. Bells are used on animals throughout the world, from goats to chickens, sheep to camels, to connect animals to people and the land.

This rich connection is the focus of the latest exhibit at Utah State University’s Merrill-Cazier Library. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the library foyer, followed by the Friends of the USU Library’s annual fall lecture at 7 p.m. in Room 101. The lecture will feature Thad Box, retired dean of USU’s College of Natural Resources, who will share stories reflecting the cultural connection people have to animals and their landscapes

Thad Box through bells.

“Bells: Connecting Animals, People and Land,” can be viewed in the first-floor foyer area of the library. It highlights Box’s significant animal bell collection, guiding visitors through the exhibit with interpretive and descriptive panels.

“The bell exhibit highlights the relationship of bells and stories, beginning with the earli-

est animal belling traditions in Africa more than 5,000 years ago and continuing today,” said exhibit co-curator Randy Williams.

While working as the department head of USU’s Rangelands Department and then as dean of the College of Natural Resources, Box amassed a wide assortment of bells. As artifacts of livestock management and cultural history, the bells echo personal stories and experiences across several continents. The bells are gifts from many individuals and colleagues across a 60-year span, as well as pieces from his youth on his family farm in central Texas.

“Bells: Connecting Animals, People and Land” will be on display through Jan. 22. The exhibit is free and everyone is invited. For more information, call 797-3493.

Dynamic new teen author visits Logan to encourage youth IFTEEN-YEAR-OLD F Utah author Bron Bahlmann will visit Northern Utah schools

Bahlmann

on Oct. 26 and 27, and sign copies of his new book, “Bone Warriors,” from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at The Book Table, 29 S. Main, Logan.

A reading will take place at 7 p.m.

For more information, visit www. bonewarriors.com.

Bahlmann is an imposing figure at 6 feet 4 inches, dressed in blue jeans, black shoes and a suit coat while facing an audience like a veteran speaker.

“I started writing my book at 11 years old,” he tells his audience of students. “It took three years to finish. So if you don’t give up, you can accomplish whatever you want.”

Bahlmann’s own initiative has

brought him great success. His book, “Bone Warriors,” went to the national New York Book Fair in May and was so popular, it required a second printing almost immediately. The story is about two 15-year-old boys who return home to find their village on fire. A warring necromancer has sent chilling snake men to kidnap villagers. Now the boys must brave the

Four Hims to perform with Cache Children’s Choir HE FOUR HIMS T will host “Sing, Play and Share” with the Cache

Children’s Choir at 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Kent Concert Hall at USU. Admission is free and everyone is invited.

Singing happens when The

Four Hims’ unique renditions blend with the nationally recognized children’s choir’s soaring vocals to delight audience members of any age.

Playing is The Four Hims’ specialty, entertaining with “Sesame Street” songs, symphonic staples and barbershop

classics. If left unsupervised they may abandon a cappella and adopt stray instruments or anything else that makes a sound. Sharing is when the audience participates in the antics and arts. This fusion of styles promises to be an entertaining romp not to be missed.

deadly Forbidden Woods if they are to rescue their families, but their only source of help is from a creature they can’t even trust.

“I didn’t feel like I was reading a rehash of all the other fantasy novels on the market,” says author Tristi Pinkston. “The story is highly imaginative. He’s not just a good writer for being 15, he’s a good writer, period.”

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All mixed up

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All mixed up

Libbie Linton to team with Willy Porter Dual performance celebrates Bridger Folk’s 30th anniversary

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HE BRIDGER Folk Music Society will celebrate its 30th anniversary with acclaimed guitarist singer/songwriter Willy Porter and special guest Libbie Linton at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at USU’s Performance Hall.

Tickets are available at the USU Caine School of the Arts (www.csaboxoffice.usu. edu; 797-8022) or Fine Arts Building 139-B for $16 or at the door for $21.

For almost three decades Porter has been amazing audiences with his intricate fingerstyle guitar work blended with an honest, soulful voice. Porter’s latest release, “How to Rob a Bank,” showcases his continued growth as a songwriter

Libbie Linton and recording artist. Logan will be Porter’s only Utah show on his 24-date fall 2009 tour.

Linton began performing at overcrowded house shows while in her early college

years. Eventually this led to her 2006 home recording of seven songs, packaged oneby-one in sewn cases, titled “The Shackleton EP.” Since “Shackleton” was released, Linton has further developed her own idiosyncratic style.

A debut full-length album titled “Bird Wings in the Bleak” was released last April. Lyrically the album is full of distinctive phrasing and unique lines. Regardless of the subject matter, perhaps Linton’s most memorable quality is an ability to sing only like she means every word.

For more information about the Bridger Folk Music Society and its 30th anniversary season, visit www.bridgerfolk.org.

Celebrate Halloween with ‘Sweeney Todd’

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TAH STATE THEATRE and the Department of Music in the Caine School of the Arts at Utah State University will present “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 23, 24 and 28 through 31 at the Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center at USU. Tickets are $13 for adults and free to USU students, and are available at the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in FA 138-B or online at boxoffice.usu.edu.

Other discounts are also available; call 797-8022 for details.

“Sweeney Todd” is based on the 19th century legend of a London barber driven to a life of crime after malevolent Judge Turpin (played by Wyn Moreno) takes his wife and child from him. Sweeney’s (played by Anthony Eversole) plan for revenge includes a cutthroat partnership with Mrs. Lovett — an enterprising businesswoman played by Felicia

Willy Porter

Sky View to present family variety show KY VIEW’S SKY S High Players will present “Don’t Stop

Mmmmm, meat pie: Anthony Eversole as Sweeney Todd and Felicia Stehmeier as Mrs. Lovett in USU’s production of “Sweeney Todd.”

Stehmeier — who soon produces the tastiest meat pies in London.

Utah State Theatre changed its production schedule in order to present the play, a collaboration between the theater and music departments, during the Halloween season. Originally directed

and designed by John Doyle, who won the 2006 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for the production, “Sweeney Todd” features music and lyrics

by Stephen Sondheim and book

by Hugh Wheeler from an adaptation by Christopher Bond.

Believin,’” a family-fun variety show, at 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 22, 23, 24 and 26 in the Sky View High School auditorium. Tickets are $6 and $7 and can be purchased at skyviewtix.org or at the door the night of the show.

“Don’t Stop Believin’” is a variety show at its best, full of dancing, singing and acting pieces. The show is diverse and has songs from popular musicals including “Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde” and “South Pacific,” along with songs by artists such as Michael Jackson and Journey. The show also

has a number of modern songs like “Hoedown Throw-down” by Hannah Montana, Michael Buble’s “Save the Last Dance for Me” and “Celebrity” by NSYNC.

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Photo by Marco Borggreve

AVA set to host Midnight & Crimson Masquerade Ball HE ALLIANCE FOR T the Varied Arts will present its traditional Midnight and

Crimson Masquerade Ball from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the Carousel Ballroom at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main.

Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door, and available at the Ellen Eccles ticket office or at the AVA, 35 W. 100 South. For more information, call 753-2970 or visit www.avaarts.org. Only adults 21 and older will be admitted.

There will be a costume contest with numerous prizes, live music

by The Rain Dogs and plenty of appetizers and desserts provided

by Lee’s Marketplace and the AVA. The purpose behind this event is to raise money for the AVA, a nonprofit company that promotes local artists and brings art classes to the community.

There will also be a silent auction with art, jewelry, photographs,

massages and more items from local businesses. All proceeds from ticket sales and the auction will go directly to funding these programs that are geared toward enriching the community with art, dance and music.

HE CACHE VALLEY Center for the Arts will present The King’s Singers at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 and 27 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $26 to $38 and available online at www.EllenEccles Theatre.org or by calling 752-0026.

Celebrating 41 years of music making, this stunning British vocal sextet regularly performs more than 100 concerts every season. They have maintained their place at the apex of a cappella singing and are counted among the world’s elite classical performers. The King’s Singers delight audiences around the world with their incomparable musicianship, wit and charm. They were founded in 1968 and though the faces keep changing, their high musical standards and character remain the same.

From medieval to renaissance, romantic to contemporary, folk to pop, their repertoire is all-encompassing and these two concerts are no exception. Comprised of David Hurley (countertenor), Timothy WayneWright (countertenor), Paul Phoenix (tenor), Philip Lawson (baritone), Christopher Gabbitas (baritone) and

> Up next: Cherryholmes

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Stephen Connolly (bass), The King’s Singers continue to be one of the most sought-after and critically acclaimed vocal ensembles in the world, widely celebrated for their manifold repertoire choices and deep commitment to choral standards and new works alike.

Long interested in different styles and genres of music, The King’s Singers have fostered several collaborations that explore and challenge the conventional contexts of vocal music and musicians. Their 2005 recording, “Sacred Bridges,” with the international music ensemble Sarband, was chosen as Editor’s Choice by Gramophone magazine. Additionally, The King’s Singers have commissioned more than 200 works from a host of prominent contemporary composers.

These collaborations have often resulted in recordings to add to the group’s discography of more than 100 albums, which have earned the group several Grammy nominations.

Three Weeks ready to rock fall HREE WEEKS, A T Cache Valley group that performs original “fam-

ily-friendly” music, will host their Fall Concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the historic Wellsville LDS Tabernacle. Admission is $5 and everyone is invited.

Three Weeks was formed in December 2003 and currently consists of four members, including Cache Valley natives and brothers Bryce and Austin Wood.

Bryce is lead vocalist and guitarist and Austin is an accomplished keyboardist and guitarist who plays the harmonica and assists with vocals. Drummer Kent Scott, a native of Pingree, Idaho, also provides back-up vocals. The band recently added Christian Hathaway, a native of Burnley, England, as bass player and back-up vocalist.

Their first CD, “Not Just for Tonight,” was released a couple of years ago, and they recently released their second CD, “Alive Again.”

They have performed in many local and state venues, including a summer appear-

ance as part of the Temple Square Concert Series and a feature on KUTV’s morning show earlier this year.

For more information and to listen to some of their music, visit www.threeweeksrock. com.

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King’s Singers bringing harmony to Eccles

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Film New this week “Paranormal Activity” Rated R ★★★ The no-budget ghost story “Paranormal Activity” arrives 10 years after “The Blair Witch Project,” and the two horror movies share more than a clever construct and shaky, handheld camerawork.

Like its predecessor, “Paranormal Activity” has been making waves through a viral marketing campaign that has been building positive buzz through early, sold-out college town screenings and Internet chatter. Best advice: See it late at night in a packed theater. Half the fun of the movie comes from the communal experience of sharing in something that feels like it hasn’t been market-tested within an inch of its life. In “Paranormal Activity” Micah (Micah Sloat) has bought a video camera to document the “weird (stuff)” that has been happening in the two-story San Diego home he shares with his girlfriend of three years, Katie (Katie Featherstone). It turns out that freaky things have been happening to Katie since her family’s house burned down when she was 8.

Since then, Katie has suffered through nightmares and felt the presence of a “shadowy figure” at the foot of her bed. The young couple consult a psychic (Michael Bayouth) who senses the bad mojo and refers them to a demonologist. The entire film takes place at the couple’s

cookie-cutter dwelling, its layout and furnishings indistinguishable from just about any other readymade home constructed in the past 20 years. Its ordinariness makes the eerie, nocturnal activities all the more terrifying, as does the anonymity of the actors adequately playing the leads. The thinness of the premise is laid bare toward the end, but not enough to erase the horror of those silent, nighttime images seen through Micah’s bedroom camera. “Paranormal Activity” owns a raw, primal potency, proving again that, to the mind, suggestion has as much power as a sledgehammer to the skull. R for language.

84 min. Read more about this movie on Page 13!

“Bright Star” Rated PG ★★★ In telling the story of the final years in the brief life of poet John Keats, this very easily could have been a stuffy, period costume drama. Instead, writer-director Jane Campion has fashioned a fascinating mix of contradictions. Her film is at once gritty and ethereal, grounded and romantic, quaint and contemporary. Those appealing contrasts extend to the casting choices, as well, with the pale, reserved Ben Whishaw playing off the vibrant, direct Abbie Cornish. One of the smartest moves Campion made was to focus on a short, pivotal period for Keats, rather than trying to construct a comprehensive (and potentially

cursory) biopic. “Bright Star” follows the three-year relationship between the writer and Fanny Brawne, his next-door neighbor in Hampstead, north London. It was a time of great productivity for him, as we’d later come to appreciate, but it’s also when he experienced his only true love. Fanny, a flirty and styleobsessed 18-year-old, may not seem like an ideal fit for the 23-year-old Keats at first — and his collaborator Charles Brown, played by a brash and scenestealing Paul Schneider, does his best to exert his territoriality and keep them apart. But in time they become fascinated by the foreignness of each other, until they eventually become inseparable. Physically, they never progress beyond handholding and a few chaste kisses, but the charge those acts carry is palpable. Like the dreamy white light that streams in from the windows of Fanny’s country home, the emotion of “Bright Star” bursts through the stillness and grabs you. PG for thematic elements, some sensuality, brief language and incidental smoking. 119 min.

“Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” Rated PG-13 ★1⁄2 It’s getting downright batty trying to keep all these vampires straight. The latest entry to the overcrowded trend is “Cirque du Freak,” adapted from a 12book series, and with quixotic dreams of a movie franchise of

its own. The film characterizes itself from other vampire fare in its outlandishness. Here, vampires are no longer enough; we now get a freak show complete with a bearded Salma Hayek, a super-tall Ken Watanabe and a vampire, John C. Reilly. Two high school kids (Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson) stumble upon the group. With remarkably little thought, they cast their lot as vampires, each taking different sides in the war between vampires (who merely sedate their prey) and vampaneze (who kill). Reilly (a fine actor out of place here) takes being a vampire seriously, but his best bits are his amusing scoffing at conventional vampire traits. He pronounces, “Vampires don’t need cell phones!” Director Paul Weitz (“In Good Company,” “About a Boy”) should have known that’s what this should have been: an out-an-out comedy. Instead, “Cirque du Freak” might be the single most overstuffed film of the year: a high

school film crossed with a vampire film crossed with a mutant film crossed with Willem Dafoe cameos. PG-13 for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language. 108 min.

“Saw VI” Rated R (N/A) A review for “Saw VI” was not available from The Associated Press. In lieu, please accept this synopsis from www.RottenTomatoes.com: “The makers of the ‘Saw’ films continue to make Rube Goldberg roll over in his grave with this sixth film in the series. ‘Saw VI’ finds Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) the target of an FBI investigation, but that won’t stop him from continuing the murderous mayhem started by Jigsaw.” R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language.

— All reviews by The Associated Press

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T SEEMS LIKE EVERY

other week a new CGI animated feature is opening in theaters, and it’s getting tiresome. Doesn’t anybody draw anything anymore?

“Astro Boy” is the newest CGI film to be rushed into theaters to gobble up the money of parents. I’m not saying CGI is a waste of money — Pixar and Dreamworks have pretty much solidified computer animation as a viable and dynamic storytelling device — but when a CGI film is bad, it tends to be really bad. There’s just a feeling of cheapness to it, like you could have watched the same thing during Saturday morning cartoons.

Boasting a healthy list of star voices kids have never heard of nor care about, “Astro Boy” tells the story of Dr. Tenma (Nicolas Cage) and his goal of re-creating his son, Toby, after he dies in a horrible accident. After Toby’s death, Dr. Tenma, leading researcher in the field of robotics, sets about creating his son in robot form.

Dr. Tenma lives in Metro City, which floats high above the rest of Earth in order to separate it from the dirty landdwellers. Metro City relies on the robot kind to do everything for them, much like the robots in “Wall-E.” As a matter of fact,

The Reel Place

By Aaron Peck

★★ “Astro Boy” Rated PG

this movie borrows so much from other movies it’s hard for it to claim any originality. Movies such as “Wall-E,” “I, Robot” and “The Incredibles” are all referenced here.

Metro City is controlled by Gen. Stone, a war-mongering narcissist who only cares for himself, his own power and his re-election. When two new energies — red (negative) and blue (positive) — are created by one of Dr. Tenma’s colleagues, Stone finds himself coveting them. The resulting accident from using the red

energy in a giant war robot is what spells doom for Dr. Tenma’s child.

The new robotic Toby is soon disregarded by Dr. Tenma as being an imposter and a fake. It’s all pretty sad stuff and, along with the death of his son at the beginning, this may be a little too intense for younger children to handle.

“Astro Boy” does produce some semi-funny adult humor during the first few minutes of the film, but then it veers off into the silliness territory

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that will for sure have kids giggling, but will send parents into a stupor-induced coma.

Parents be warned: This is not a Pixar movie and you will not be loving it as much as your kids. This is a movie to take your kids to if you want to catch some shut-eye for the next 90 minutes. The movie is dull, lifeless and full of unlovable characters that you never, ever care about.

Film critic Aaron Peck has a bachelor’s degree in English from USU. He also writes for BlogCritics.org, HighDefDigest. com, and is starting up a new movie Web site called TheReelPlace.com. He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. Feedback at aaronpeck46@gmail.com.

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‘Astro Boy’ dull, lifeless and unlovable

T revin Prince’s art is alive for a brief moment, and perhaps longer depending on whom you ask.

The 26-year-old Logan artist uses blood taken from his own arm to create images depicting life and mortality.

The idea of using the sometimes controversial pigment didn’t come overnight and it was nothing like simply putting brush to canvas, he said.

Prince got the idea after want-

“I failed at it multiple times,” he said. “For about eight months I experimented with numerous approaches to achieve this goal. My passion for it had turned into an obsession. I stopped watching TV, I stopped playing video games.

All my spare time was put into this trial-and-error process.”

Prince extracts his blood under the supervision of a reg-

drying time do to the blood — dry it too long and it flakes into black fragments; too wet and it smears.

The undergraduate artist has a picture of a syringe on his business card. He explained his motivation in creating a series of paintings he dubbed “Blood Work.”

“This depicts the finite existence of the physical shell,” he

Local artist uses his own blood to create images of life, mortality

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gust that symbolizes time.

“The figures in these paintings are depicting a struggle against the winds of time,” Prince said. “And this just shows the struggle against it and how we try and delay the aging process. But inevitably, the body returns to the dust of the earth.”

Prince says his work isn’t just about mortality but about life

size the reaction the blood was having to the subject matter. They complimented each other.”

The artist got a lot of attention at a Salt Lake City art fair where he sold about half of his work. He said the reaction from art lovers is mixed.

“With a lot of people that view my work, it’s 50/50,” he said. “They either really like it or they just leave once they figure out what it is. But I’ve had people tell me that the subject matter alone is strong

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ing to portray enough that an artist literthey think it’s ally pouring great, aside his heart into from the fact an art piece. that it’s blood.

But materialBut because izing his vision it’s blood, it would prove adds that much difficult.

Left: Trevin Prince poses with the syringe while getting his blood drawn. (Photo courtesy Trevin Prince) Right: Prince uses a syringe to paint more.”

“I initially An openwith his own blood onto a piece of Plexiglas at his home studio in Logan on Tuesday. (Photo by Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal) planned to ing reception render it in oil paints,” he said. istered nurse. Small quantities said, showing a painting of a and how precious and tempofor the fine arts department’s “But the subject matter was so are stored in a refrigerator in his man whose joints are disinterary it is. annual Undergraduate Exhibipowerful, I felt that painting it studio and by aging the blood, grating in a strong wind. “It’s “This depicts just one of the tion, of which Prince’s work is in oil wouldn’t be significant the artist can achieve differmeant to serve as a reminder transformations that we all go a part, will be held from 6 to 8 enough. I decided to use blood ent colors. Prince pulled out a that the physical state is only a through,” he said. “The sense p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, in the for the paint — my blood.” clear practice block he uses to small part of existence.” of mortality came from the Fine Arts Building Studio 102.

Prince experimented and experiment with dobs of drying The wind is visible in the response of the material. My The exhibit will be on display along the way discovered that blood to show how difficult it work. Specks of dried blood first successful pieces weren’t through Nov. 13. blood is extremely fastidious is to manipulate a living fluid. seem to fly off a crumbling entirely solid, there was a lot of For more information about and unpredictable, but beautiful The blood-polka-dotted surface wrist and palm the actor uses to cracking, so I used that to my Trevin Prince, visit www.trevin and translucent. showed what temperature and shield himself from a powerful advantage. I thought I’d empha- prince.com.

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Up next at the CVCA: Cherryholmes

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HE CACHE VALLEY

Center for the Arts will present four-time Grammy nominee Cherryholmes at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $17, $22, $24 and $27 and can be purchased online at www.EllenEcclesTheatre.org or at the Cache Valley Center for the Arts Ticket Office.

This Bluegrass family band was founded in 1999 in Nashville, Tenn. The six band members combine plain, oldfashioned hard work with blazing talent. Their critically acclaimed performance includes twin fiddles, Irish step dancing, classic country yodeling and old-time claw hammer.

Cherryholmes was named 2005 International Bluegrass Music Association’s Entertainers of the Year and has received multiple Grammy nominations.

In 2008 they were nominated for Best Bluegrass Album for “Cherryholmes II Black and White.” Cherryholmes has also become a regular act at the historic Grand Ole Opry.

Jere (Pop) is leader, manager and emcee for Cherryholmes. He plays the upright bass while singing lead with a “rough-aroundthe-edges” old country style.

Sandy Lee (Mom) plays the mandolin with a no-holds-barred style and driving rhythm that inspire an infectious, collective momentum, and is equally masterful on the clawhammer banjo.

The most versatile singer in the band, she delivers crowd-pleasing vocals in repertoire from bluegrass gospel and old-time country tunes to yodeling.

Cia Leigh originally played guitar for the band at the age of 15; in 2000 she switched to the banjo. Influenced by the styles of J.D. Crowe, Don Reno and Jim Mills, she has developed a fast, powerful style all her own. Singing harmony, Leigh shines on tenor and high baritone.

B.J. began playing fiddle in 1999 at age 11; his playing has been compared to fiddlers such as Stuart Duncan and Aubrey Haney and he has performed with some of the finest bluegrass musicians.

Skip began playing mandolin

in the band in 1999 at age 9, but in 2000 he was asked to take over on the guitar. In only a few months he was playing rhythm and flat-picking.

Molly Kate began playing in

1999 at age 6. Debuting on the Grand Ole Opry at age 7, Molly has a beautiful voice and adds her lead and harmony vocals to Cherryholmes’ versatile vocal structure.

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HE BRIDGER FOLK Music Society will host folklorists Alan Jabbour and Hal Cannon in a house concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Cache Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 596 E. 900 North, Logan. At 2 p.m. that day, Jabbour will teach Appalachian-style fiddle in a workshop open to intermediate and advanced fiddlers, and Cannon will share some of his work and teach Western folk songs with instrumental accompaniment.

Cost is $12 for the concert or $35 for both. For tickets or to register for one of the workshops, contact Lisa at 757-5420.

You can learn more about Jabbour and Cannon and their music on their respective Web sites: www.alanjab bour.com and www.halcannon.com.

Jabbour

Cannon

For more information about the Bridger Folk Music Society’s 30th anniversary year line-up, including commemorative T-shirts and posters, visit www.bridgerfolk.org.

Jabbour plays old-time Appalachian fiddle and Cannon sings and accompanies himself on the guitar, mandolin and ukulele.

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Folklorists Jabbour, Cannon to collaborate in rare duo

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Book reviews

Stoker writes sequel to Bram’s classic

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ONG BEFORE Edward Cullen of the “Twilight” series and Bill Compton of HBO’s “True Blood,” there was the original vampire, Bram Stoker’s Prince Dracula, in the gothic horror novel “Dracula.”

Now, more than 100 years later, Dacre Stoker, the great-grandnephew of the famed Irish novelist, and Ian Holt, have written a sequel, “Dracula: The Un-Dead.”

The sequel begins in 1912, 24 years later, and it revisits original

characters Mina and Jonathan Harker, Dr. Jack Seward, Arthur Holmwood and famed vampire hunter Dr. Abraham Van Helsing.

The Harkers’ marriage has been strained since Mina was seduced by the Dark Prince. Her youthful appearance and insatiable sexual appetite — conditions of the blood exchange — serve as a constant reminder of her betrayal. Concern mounts for the Harkers’ son, Quincey, as he pursues a career in the theater against his father’s wishes. He is mentored by a mysterious Romanian actor.

Seward, now a morphine addict,

and Holmwood, who is stranded in a marriage of convenience, still pine for their lost love, Lucy Westenra. The sequel offers an alternate explanation for Lucy’s death, casting doubt on Dracula’s involvement.

Actual events and historical figures are woven into this work of fiction, which puts a new spin on the Jack the Ripper murders and incorporates Elizabeth Bathory, the 16thcentury Hungarian countess accused of killing hundreds of women. It was said that Bathory bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth.

Dacre pays homage to Bram by

casting him as a character in the sequel and making the original novel a focal point of the story. When Quincey reads “Dracula,” he discovers it has details about his family that are too specific to be coincidence.

The book is the impetus for Quincey’s discovery of his parents’ perilous dealings and his mother’s disloyalty.

One may wonder whether Bram would have approved of the contemporary Dracula, who has been reinvented as a romantic hero. The sequel stands on its own, without the original novel, and opens the possibility of a third book by Dacre.

Cheers to Wendt’s ode to beer, ‘Drinking With George’

By The Associated Press

“D

RINKING WITH George” isn’t an autobiography, memoir or tell-all. It has elements of all three, but in the end, it’s about one thing: beer.

George Wendt’s alter ego, the wisecracking “Cheers” barfly Norm Peterson, might be TV’s all-time top beer devotee, and based on this book, Wendt doesn’t appear to be far behind.

The 61-year-old actor takes readers through his lifelong love affair with the stuff — he had his first taste as

an 8-year-old and got drunk at 16 (at the World’s Fair in New York) — and has more than a few tales to tell.

Wendt comes across as the ultimate bar buddy. He’s self-deprecating, an engaging storyteller and, well, thirsty.

He’d tell you that the great love of his life is his wife, Bernadette (who voiced Norm’s never-seen not-so better half, Vera, on “Cheers”), but beer isn’t all that far behind.

It’s a longer relationship, anyway, and Wendt has cracked open more than a few cold ones over the years.

There’s Wendt fetching beers for

his grandpa when he was a boy; roaming the streets of his hometown of Chicago as a teenager looking for a bar that would serve him and his pals; drinking and flunking his way out of Notre Dame; hitting the bars after performances with Chicago’s famed Second City comedy troupe; and of course, sitting on a barstool for more than a decade at the place where everybody knows your name.

“You could say I’ve put in a lifetime of research” to play Norm, Wendt writes.

The book is a lot more than a series of one-liners and beer puns.

Wendt sprinkles in tongue-in-cheek helpful hints (how to survive a bar fight and beat a hangover) and facts about his favorite beverage (its history and health benefits).

He also doesn’t shy away from discussing the dangers of alcohol consumption, including a look back at how he drove drunk through a row of lampposts in the 1970s and was arrested.

But Wendt never gets too serious in “Drinking With George,” a funny, surprisingly informative read that goes down smoothly with no bad aftertaste.

Book combines ghost story and coming-of-age drama

By The Associated Press

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F AUDREY NIFFENEGGER’S

debut novel, “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” was based on love, her follow-up calls on much darker fare: jealousy, possessiveness, immaturity and dishonesty.

“Her Fearful Symmetry” follows twin sisters in their early 20s as they travel to London to live in an apartment their late aunt Elspeth bequeathed them with the condition that their parents — Elspeth’s twin sister and her husband — never set foot in the place.

The more dominant Julia decides they should go, so they do, despite Valentina’s reservations. This is how things are with the inseparable twins: Valentina wishes for more independence but — true to her nickname Mouse — doesn’t stand up to her sister. “You just open your mouth and say, ‘No,’” the twins’ mother instructs her at the beginning of the novel. Valentina’s inability to do so leads to one of the more dramatic and unexpected plot twists in this strange story.

Upon arriving at the apartment, the twins soon find out that their

aunt is a ghost, and they seek to uncover the mystery surrounding her estrangement from their mother.

In the backdrop of this tale is Highgate Cemetery, the resting ground for Karl Marx, George Eliot and Christina Rossetti. Niffenegger is a guide there and sprinkles the book with tons of vivid descriptions and colorful history.

The book, however, falls short in several ways. After introducing the central characters, tensions and unanswered questions, the story drags to the point that midway through the novel, the reader is still unclear where it’s headed. Then suddenly, the last 100 pages or so are packed with action and long-

awaited — if not slightly anticlimactic — revelations.

The personality faults of characters can make them more relatable, even endearing. That’s not the case with this novel’s main characters, whose weaknesses are off-putting and almost unrealistically extreme.

As she did with time travel, Niffenegger manages to make the existence of ghosts a believable reality. Her talent in storytelling shines through in several sections of the book, but sadly, not enough to make up for the slow pace and stunted characters.

‘Paranormal’ achieves abnormal success

By The Associated Press

T

HE CRITICS HAVE spoken. Here’s what some have to say: “Scariest movie of the decade.”

“Scariest movie of my life.”

“Scariest movie of our time!”

For Hollywood studio flicks, such raves usually are no more than icing on top of a marketing campaign that cost tens of millions. For “Paranormal Activity,” the raves are the marketing campaign.

The comments above, repeated over and over again in various contexts on Twitter and Facebook — along with other online fan buzz — propelled the micro-budgeted horror movie to a $7.9 million weekend in just 160 theaters. That’s a colossal average of $49,379 a theater, compared with $11,429 in 3,000 theaters for “Couples Retreat,” which debuted as the weekend’s No. 1 movie with $34.3 million.

“Couples Retreat” has stars — Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis — plus the traditional mammoth studio sales push — one that included TV spots, billboards and a chic junket for Hollywood reporters on Bora Bora.

“Paranormal Activity” mainly

has just its fans — a legion growing by the minute as more and more people post their thoughts.

Distributor Paramount Pictures so far has spent only a couple of million dollars promoting the movie, a fraction of the marketing budget for big releases. Most of that money has gone into its Web site and to set up screenings to build the buzz.

“This movie doesn’t lend itself to a big, giant marketing campaign. This movie is an old-fashioned word-of-mouth movie,” said Rob Moore, Paramount vice chairman. “By and large, at today’s production budgets, it’s really hard to say, ‘All right, now we’re going to rely on the audience and their word of mouth to make it work.’ Not when you have tens of millions of dollars in production costs invested in the movie.”

The studio has only a pittance invested in “Paranormal Activity.” Shot by writer-director Oren Peli for a reported $15,000, the movie was acquired by former Paramount partner DreamWorks at 2008’s Slamdance Film Festival.

The original idea was to reshoot the movie, putting more

money and gloss into the documentary-style fictional tale of a couple tormented by strange phenomenon and apparitions.

But Paramount decided Peli’s raw little fright film could stand on its own. The studio trimmed the movie a bit and punched up the ending, then tried to figure out the best way to hook fans.

In keeping with the movie’s do-it-yourself indie spirit, Paramount started with midnightonly screenings in 13 cities,

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then let the online community decide where the movie would play next.

Over the second weekend of midnight shows, “Paranormal Activity” expanded to 20 more markets where it got the most requests from a Web site the studio had set up. Fans continued to vote, deciding the movie’s next destinations as it went into all-day release in 46 markets the third weekend; the studio plans to continue rolling the movie out to more theaters based on what towns request it the most.

The fan base has grown exponentially as more people saw the movie, then jumped online to write about it. “Paranormal Activity” has lingered on and off for days among Twitter’s most-popular “trending topics.”

“On the social-networking sites, everybody’s talking about how freaking scary this movie is,” said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “This does not happen every day. This is literally capturing lightning in a bottle.”

Finishing at No. 3 last weekend, “Paranormal Activity” raised its total haul so far to $33.1 million.

Internet hype has become

part of every movie’s marketing plan, but online buzz generally is a supplement to traditional advertising. Another indie horror tale, 1999’s “The Blair Witch Project,” became the biggest hit ever discovered at the Sundance Film Festival as months of online chatter pushed it to a $140 million haul.

Preceded by similar Web patter, 2006’s “Snakes on a Plane” wound up fizzling, fans deciding it was more fun to sound off about the movie online than to actually see it.

With a combination of Internet buzz and cryptic advertising, Paramount created an aura of mystery around producer J.J. Abrams’ monster movie “Cloverfield,” turning it into a solid hit last year.

Could “Paranormal Activity” be the new “Blair Witch,” riding online mania to join the $100 million hit club?

“That would seem highly improbable, since it hasn’t happened this decade,” Paramount’s Moore said. “I certainly wouldn’t attach a goal at that level, but it certainly has turned into a major success, and the next several weeks will determine what level of success it’ll reach.”

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‘New Moon’ soundtrack broods nicely

By The Associated Press

HE TWILIGHT “T Saga: New Moon Soundtrack” should successfully

pique the interest of young moviegoers with alt-rock tracks from top shelf hipsters.

The soundtrack offers a brooding panoply of songs, matching the sense of danger that is the sinew of the modernday vampire tale. Forlorn, foreboding and minor-chord infused rock rules the day here.

The album starts out strong with Death Cab for Cutie’s “Meet Me on the Equinox,”

which includes the appropriately dreary line “Your last breath is moving through you, as everything ends.”

Band of Skulls provides a jangle of pleasant buzzing guitars on “Friends.” Hurricane Bells does them one better on “Monsters” by distorting the guitar, the bass and the lead vocals and making the whole collection sound as though it was funneled through a

banged-up megaphone.

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CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: Anya Marina’s “Satellite Heart” is the standout track of the bunch. Her raspy love-song vocals lay perfectly atop the minimalist guitar work, and serve as the musical muse to Twilighter Bella’s boy quandary.

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Answers from last week

Friday Farmtastic Fall continues Friday at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville.

Events include The Haunted Hollow: “Grimm’s Trail of Terror — The REAL Grimm’s Fairy Tales” from 7 to 10 p.m. and Spooky Tales from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.awhc.org.

Rasmussen Pottery will host its Fall Pottery Sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Rasmussen studio, 263 W. 300 North, Hyrum.

The Boys & Girls Club of Cache Valley will host a Halloween House & Downtown Trickor-Treat event at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Monday through Friday at Stork Landing, 99 W. Center, Logan. Admission is $1.50 per person or $8 per family. For Halloween House times, call 792-4453. Everyone is invited to trick-or-treat throughout downtown from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

Becky Kimball will perform at 6 p.m. and Austin and Bryce Wood will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South. For more information, visit pier49logan.com.

Alpine Home Care and Hospice will host a free health fair from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. They will be providing bone density scans, blood sugar analysis, blood pressure analysis and home care and hospice education. For more information, call 792-0353.

Candi and Stacy with USU Food C will share their fall recipes and talk about “food safety” at a free cooking and community class from noon to 1 p.m. Friday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Come hungry! Seating is limited; call 753-3301.

Alicia McGovern will perform at 7 p.m.

Friday at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave., Logan.

Admission is free.

The Utah Music Teachers Association’s annual conference will be held Friday and Saturday at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, 1651 N. 700 West. For more information, visit www.utahmta.org.

Kirsten Bennett will perform with Tina Ferguson and Colleen Darley (acoustic) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound.

All are invited to participate in a Peace Vigil every Friday between 5 and 6 p.m. on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 North in Logan. For more information, call 755-5137.

Saturday Saturday events at the American West Heritage Center include The Haunted Hollow: “Grimm’s Trail of Terror — The REAL Grimm’s Fairy Tales,” Gory Gourds Pumpkin Carving Day, corn maze, train rides, blackout maze, Spooky Tales, kids’ pirate fort maze, hay jump, super slide and more.

Activities run from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

USU’s Museum of Anthropology continues its “Saturdays at the Museum” series with “Mythology and Magic: An Anthropological View of the World of Harry Potter.” The museum will explore how cultures have viewed magic both in the past and present, while exploring the world of Harry Potter. For more information, call 797-7545.

“Laps of Love” — a fundraiser for Kim Nelson, a 2009 Logan High graduate battling leukemia — will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday on the Logan High track, 195 S. 100 West.

“Keep Running Kim” wristbands will be sold for $3. Suggest participation donation is $5 per person or $20 per family. For more information, e-mail cachevalleywrc@gmail.com.

Colleen Darley will perform at 6 p.m. and Todd Milovich will perform at 8 p.m.

Saturday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza.

Monday A free meditation/self awareness class is held from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Cosmic Nudge. This class is for those who have heightened awareness and want to enhance their gifts and abilities.

Scott Bradley will host a “To Preserve the Nation” Constitution class at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at The Book Table. There is no cost. For more information, call 753-2930.

A ceremony to honor the memory of Bill Marshall will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Sunshine Terrace. His friends have purchased a bench and placed it in the garden area between wings 6 and 7, at 300 North and about 250 West. Everyone, especially Bill’s friends, is invited to attend.

A new detachment of the Marine Corps League in Cache Valley will host its first meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Smithfield American Legion Hall, 104 S. Main.

All active, reserve, retired, honorably discharged and FMF Navy Corpsman are eligible for membership. For more information, contact Dan at 232-3170 or Ben at 801-525-0147.

A retirement open house for Max Gyllenskog will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Monday in the Bear River Health Department John C. Bailey Building’s main conference room, 655 E. 1300 North, Logan. For more information, call 792-6512.

Providence city’s annual Sauerkraut Dinner & Bazaar will be held Saturday. There will be dinner, free kids games, craft booths, children’s entertainment, drawings and a piano will be auctioned. To purchase tickets or for more information, call 752-9441 ext. 14.

The USU student group The Caspers will host “Munchkin Safety,” an awareness and Halloween safety information booth, from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday at the North Logan Pumpkin Walk. Information pamphlets, coloring books and treats will be provided.

Carvin Anderson will sing Western music at 3 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Valley Lodge. Everyone is invited.

The Bear River Health Department will host a “Living Well” workshop at 3:30 p.m.

Monday at Pioneer Valley Lodge. Come learn how to stay healthy and happy through your advancing years. Participation is free.

Sunday Sheila Dial and Lori Christensen will teach a tarot class from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Cosmic Nudge, 843 S. 100 West, #309, Logan. Workbook is included; please pre-register to guarantee enough are available. For more information, call 435-363-7173.

A “Living the Faith” community education program concerning issues leading to domestic violence will be offered at 5:30 p.m.

Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Center, Logan. Participation is free and everyone is invited. Dinner will be served.

The Bridger Folk Music Society will host folklorists Alan Jabbour and Hal Cannon in a house concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Cache Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 596 E. 900 North, Logan. At 2 p.m. that day, Jabbour will teach Appalachian-style fiddle in a workshop open to intermediate and advanced fiddlers, and Cannon will share some of his work and teach Western folk songs with instrumental accompaniment.

Cost is $12 for the concert or $35 for both.

For tickets or to register for one of the workshops, contact Lisa at 757-5420.

The Post-Mormon Community Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restaurant. Newcomers welcome. For more information, call 770-4263.

A free Family and Couples Seminar will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the USU Taggart Student Center Ballroom. There will be prizes and refreshments.

Take your family ice skating every Monday at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. For a complete schedule, call 787-2288 or visit www.ecclesice.com.

The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing Saturday at the Cracker Barrel Cafe in Paradise.

Everyone is invited.

Buffalo will perform with Henry Worley & The Button Factory and Paul Christiansen (indie/acoustic) at 8 p.m.

Saturday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $5.

Center. Other activities include a corn maze, train rides, blackout maze, kids’ pirate form maze, hay jump, super slide and more.

Amber R. from “Savory Selection” will teach a Healthy Halloween cooking class for kids ages 4 to 13 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Monday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Kids only, please! Seating is limited.

The USU Women’s Resource Center will host its annual Clothesline Project with a display of T-shirts hanging in the International Lounge at USU the week of Oct. 26. The H.O.P.E. Festival, a fundraiser for CAPSA, will be held in conjunction with this event from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Susan Lott will share some of her holiday cooking ideas at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301.

Why Sound will present USU Jazz Night with Jon Gudmundson at 7 p.m.

Wednesday. Cover charge is $3.

Bridgerland Cruise Nights will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the south Arby’s.

Bring your street rod, classic car or specialty vehicle, or just come check out the cars and trucks. For more information, call 563-6488.

Thursday Co-Incidence Game Nite will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cosmic Nudge. Learn to use your intuition and look at everything from a different perspective. Cost is a $5 donation.

Millville mayoral candidate Guy Curtis will host a meet-and-greet from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Millville North Park.

Refreshments will be served.

Exchange student Laura will be talking about the country of Kazakhstan at 6:45 p.m. Thursday at Pioneer Valley Lodge.

Admission is free.

Tuesday

Upcoming events

Sheila Dial, Rick Dial and Lori Christensen Call will present “Words of Truth” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Cosmic Nudge. Cost is a $10 donation.

A fundraiser carnival for the Jacob and Lacie Bastow family, who has a premature baby at Primary Children’s Medical Center, will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, at Little Wonders Learning Center, 3223 S. Main, Nibley. There will be pizza, hot dogs, a silent auction, carnival rides, bounce house and more. Local businesses interested in donating items for the silent auction can call 752-2266 for more information.

Health for Life will meet at 7 p.m.

Tuesday at the Senior Center, 240 N. 100 East, Logan. Kayo Robertson will discuss “Eating in the Wild.” Everyone is invited.

The USU Ceramics Guild’s annual chili bowl fundraiser sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday on the Taggart Student Center patio at USU. Anyone buying a bowl can also fill it with meat or vegan chili for free.

Wednesday A Family Gory Gourds Pumpkin Carving Party will take place from 4 to 6 p.m.

Wednesday at the American West Heritage

The USU Campus Wellness Expo will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Taggart Student Center. The Wellness Expo provides an opportunity for people around the valley to share ideas, products and other wellness-related information that can improve your quality of life. Themes include sustainability, fitness, nutrition, relaxation and wellness. For more information, e-mail caroline .shugart@usu.edu or call 797-0735.

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