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A Christmas cause Peter Breinholt returns to Logan to benefit Bear River Mental Health

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What’s inside this week (Page 11) Seventeenyear-old acoustic musician at Logan Arthouse

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On the cover:

Peter Breinholt performs at Summerfest in 2006.

Breinholt is taking the stage at the USU Performance Hall on Dec. 4 to benefit Bear River Mental Health. Go to page 8 for a Q & A with Breinholt. Photo by Eli Lucero/Herald Journal

From the editor HIS WEEK, I STOPPED BY T Utah State University’s Performance Hall for a concert by the Kuss Quartet — but I wasn’t there for the music.

Instead I was looking for people, specifically people who were willing to let me take their picture.

The reason for this rather unusual request will become clear if you turn to page 10, where you can find Cache Magazine’s newest feature, “Out on the Town.” The idea behind this section is to get quick and simple point-and-shoot pictures of people having fun at concerts, plays, poetry readings, arts shows and other events around the valley.

Most of the time, I’ll drop in to take the pictures, but I also invite readers to send me their own snapshots.

kburgess@hjnews.com

I admit that when I came up with this idea, the thought of approaching random strangers and asking to take their photo was a little daunting. Walking into the Performance Hall on Tuesday, I felt a bit out of place; but I am glad to say that things went smoothly.

Everyone I encountered was polite, accommodating and patient. I particularly enjoyed chatting with a few folks who told me they are regular Cache Magazine readers. Hyde Park resident Tyler Lemon mentioned that he found out about the Kuss Quartet show from an article in these pages that appeared a few weeks ago. That was gratifying to hear.

I look forward to meeting more people as I go “Out on the Town” — and if you should see me, feel free to stop and chat.

I promise I won’t bite, but I may try to take your picture.

— Kim Burgess Cache Magazine editor

Find a full PDF version of Cache Magazine online at www.issuu.com/cachemagazine

Slow Wave

Logan Downtown Alliance seeks nativities for display

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It’s Potter time!

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Pet: Mac From: Cache Humane Why he’s so lovable: Mac is a wonderful, sweet and loving black lab.

He is about 2 ½ years old and would love to become part of a family with children.

Mac already knows to sit and wait, so it wouldn’t take much to give him more obedience training. He is a jewel and is just waiting for a family. Please come see for yourself what a wonderful dog he is.

Cache Humane’s dog adoption fees start at $100 plus a $50 to $75 surgical fee if necessary. To meet Mac, call 792-3920.

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Concert, class feature unique guitar virtuoso HE BRIDGER FOLK T Music Society presents a concert with Richard Gilewitz

at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, at Crumb Brothers Bakery, 291 S. 300 West. Tickets are $13 and are available by calling 757-3468 or at the door.

Seating is limited, so advance purchase is recommended. The concert is sponsored by Import Auto and Utah Public Radio.

Gilewitz will also be offering a guitar workshop at 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 21, in the Pink Room at the Whittier Community Center, 209 N. 400 East.

For more information, contact Beverly at 352-860-2422.

Known for his ability to make one guitar sound like an orchestra, Gilewitz has toured the world for 25 years, fashioning a signature sound that has been captured on his six releases.

Gilewitz began performing and composing during the 1970s at the University of Alabama, playing coffeehouses while pursing degrees in computer science, math and music.

Storytelling fest at AWHC HE BRIDGERLAND CHAPTER OF T the Utah Storytelling Guild will host its annual StorySwap festival on Friday,

After graduation, he worked in flight simulation design, telemetry and satellite systems, but soon decided to teach and perform full time.

The 1980s brought Richard to Florida where he released his first LP, “Somewhere In Between.” He has released six

more recordings: “Voluntary Solitary,” “Synapse Collapse,” “The Music of David Walbert,” “Thumbsing,” “Live at 2nd Street Theatre” and 2008’s “Strings for a Season,” plus an instructional guitar video and a solo instrumental collection.

Nov. 19, and Saturday, Nov. 20, at the American West Heritage Center.

The festival is free. As a fundraiser, the USG is offering professional headshot (or other photos) for $25.

Featured in StorySwap is a storytelling concert at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, with some of Utah’s finest tellers.

Saturday’s events begin at 9:30 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. with each hour featuring a different storytelling mini-concert. The day kicks off with a message from USG president Rachel Hedman (pictured above) and a keynote address by Bridgerland Chapter president David Sidwell, the event’s chief organizer. Afterward, storytelling the sessions begin, with topics like animal stories and stories about science. Workshops include training on telling, creating and improving stories. To learn more, go to www.utstoryguild.org.

Anthropology museum hosts talk on Mayans

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HE MUSEUM OF Anthropology at Utah State University hosts Mayan culture expert Michael Plyler for a lecture at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20, at the museum, Old Main Room 252.

In a slide-illustrated presentation, Plyler will examine the cultural erosion of the highland Maya of Guatemala, descendants of the pyramid builders of such classic Maya sites as Tikal, Palenque, Caracol and others.

Activities for children are provided throughout the day.

A continuously existing culture for 4,500 years, the Maya were the first to develop the

mathematical concept of zero.

Their accurate astronomical measurements allowed them to calculate the path of Venus with

an error of 14 seconds a year and to create a calendar projected 30,000 years into the future with an error of less than three

minutes. Their empire lasted roughly six times as long as the Roman Empire.

Plyler’s lecture will recap their accomplishments and history before examining their collisions with European culture, their oppression under rightwing dictators from the 1950s through the 1990s, and today’s cultural erosion accelerated by their exposure to consumerism and tourism.

Michael Plyler has been photographing the Maya of Guatemala since 1982 and has made some 15 trips there between 1982 and 2008 to record his vision. Trained as

an archaeologist, Plyler brings an anthropological perspective to his photography. Over the course of the years his portraits record the subtle changes and diminishment of the traditional dress or traje.

The Museum of Anthropology is open six days a week: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

On Saturdays, free parking is available in the lot south of the building.

For more information about this event, call museum staff at 797-7545 or visit http://anthromuseum.usu.edu.

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Rhythm

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Christmas spirit lands at the tabernacle

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he 20010 Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series will kick off Friday, Nov. 26, with a performance by Aaron and Tami Pyfer. All concerts are free to the public and begin at 7 p.m. Be sure to check Cache Magazine every week for profiles on upcoming performers. And as always, remember to visit the gingerbread house displays in downtown Logan.

Rootbeer Reunion

Aaron and Tami Pyfer

inging is a family affair in the Pyfer home, and they are excited to kick off the Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series.

Highlighting a Thanksgiving and Christmas theme, the Pyfers will sing some of their family favorites along with a big dose of traditional Christmas music.

Aaron grew up in a musical family, performing with his younger brothers beginning at age 6. One of the highlights of those early years was singing on the Roy Rogers radio program in Southern California.

Tami was also raised with a rich musical heritage, performing with her twin sister throughout junior high and high school and later with the

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USU Chorale. The Pyfers have been guest performers with the Towne Singers and the Imperial Men’s Glee Club, a group that Aaron enjoyed performing with for many years.

Aaron and Tami have been singing together for more than 30 years, and during that time have added five musical children (plus two singing

in-laws!) to their family.

Their repertoire moved from simple duets to three-part women’s and four-part men’s harmony, along with piano, guitar, and even a little ukulele accompaniment. Two of their sons, Nate and Kyle, now have their own bands and keep busy writing and performing their music in Logan and throughout the state.

Coming up at the Tabernacle Concert Series *Nov. 30: Logan Institute Choirs *Dec. 1: Larry Slade and the Willow Valley Players *Dec. 2: Dean Kaelin Christmas *Dec. 3: Community Christmas Program *Dec. 4: Cache Children’s Choir *Dec. 7: Paul Barte Organist

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he boys of Rootbeer Reunion — Braden (16), Kort (13) and Trae (8) — have been entertaining audiences for 6 years. The group has opened for many acts including Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband and their music has been played on the radio in the U.S. and Canada. They have recorded three albums with the most recent including originals works.

The Wellsville residents each

play many sports as well as several instruments. Braden plays lead guitar, flute and fiddle and does lead vocals. Kort plays lead bass, guitar, flute, whistle and helps with vocals. Trae is back on the drum set, but also plays the flute, piano and sings.

Rootbeer Reunion’s three albums include “Plugged In,” “Rootbeer Before Breakfast” and “Rootbeer Reunion.” They perform regularly around the state and across the West.

Plus... Don’t forget the interfaith service

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ache Community Connections will present the annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, “Singing Our Thanks!” at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Logan LDS Tabernacle. The service will offer a sampling of different faith traditions and various ways of giving thanks.

CCC also invites community members to participate in Faith Exchange Welcome Weeks during November. Everyone, whether affiliated with a particular religion or not, is invited to attend a different religious service. This is not a time for proselytizing but for learning and appreciating diversity.

Created after 9/11, CCC is a group of civic and religious leaders who meet monthly in the belief that spiritual unity is vital to community well being.

Jon Schmidt brings Christmas concert T

HE KENT CONCERT HALL at Utah State University hosts a Jon Schmidt Christmas, featuring special guests Steven Sharp Nelson and Daniel Beck, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20.

Tickets are $14 general admission; $12 for groups of 10 or more; $10 for groups of 20 or more. Price at the door is $16.

Schmidt began writing songs at age 11 and has released eight albums and eight piano books containing transcriptions of original arrangements.

Often labeled a “New Age” artist, Schmidt takes the essence of that genre and adds elements of rock and classical.

With his eclectic blend of sounds, Schmidt has produced a loyal following that is as diverse as his musical interests.

Schmidt himself was raised on the masters. Born to German immigrants, classical music was a part of everyday life. In college, Schmidt worried about what kind of future a musician could provide a family. He majored in English with plans to earn an MBA. While performing occasional benefit shows, his music began to

take off. Schmidt took a leap of faith and rented out the largest concert hall in Salt Lake City and presented his own concert, which proved to be a success.

Schmidt is now both a father of five and a professional musician He performs to sell-out crowds and his annual Christmas Concert has become a staple of the Wasatch Front holiday season.

Steven Sharp Nelson is no stranger to the stage. His unique “cello-percussion” technique and passionate style have earned him a place in front of sold-out audiences around the world. Steven entertains young and old with humorous parody and a little slapstick between his compositions and arrangements.

Daniel Beck is a local performer and recording artist whom choral conductor Craig Jessop has called, “Utah’s answer to Josh Groban.”

He has released a solo album called “Daniel Beck – Love Like That.” His talents have been featured on EFY, including “2010 Courage to Stand Strong” and the “Liken the Scriptures” DVD series.

USU professor’s book mentioned in NY Times BOOK BY UTAH A State University professor Steven R. Simms and

photographer Francois Gohier was included in the Nov. 11 issue of the “New York Times Review of Books” in a special section on books published by university presses.

Simms and Gohier collaborated to produce “Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah.” The book was published in 2010 by the University of Utah Press and features photography by Gohier.

“The photographs in the book include exquisite images of rock art and spectacular jewelry,

head dresses and other artifacts left by the Fremont people who inhabited Utah a thousand years ago,” said Simms.

The book and photos take the reader to an ancient Fremont village, portraying the lives of the inhabitants.

“Rock art through the lens of archaeology and anthropology offering an innovative model of Fremont society, politics and worldview,” the book’s description in the Times Book Review said.

A review of the volume in North American Archaeology, the national magazine of the Archaeological Conservancy,

describes the work as beautifully illustrated.

“Simms and photographer Francois Gohier paint a vivid picture of a robust people as shown in their material culture,” the review said. “Simms insists the rock art cannot stand alone and must be interpreted within the context of the overall culture. The images in Fremont rock art are, Simms writes, ‘part of an ideological fabric stretched across a sacred landscape.’ Giant figures with elaborate headdresses and jewelry as well as more familiar animals and designs jump from the pages.”

Simms said Gohier spent 20 years assembling the photos used in the book. The collaborators spent much of summer 2010 touring, presenting the book to audiences at bookstores throughout the state, including sites in Moab and Torrey, the

USU center in Blanding and at the Utah State University-College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum in Price.

Simms joined the faculty at USU in 1988 and his research interests include the prehistory of the American desert west.

His fieldwork focuses on providing undergraduate students the foundation of field training and research opportunities in Utah, preparing them for work in cultural resource management.

For information about the book, contact Simms at 7971277 or visit USU Press at www.usu.edu/usupress/

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All mixed up

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Film Still playing “Unstoppable” Rated PG-13 ★★★ Finally, we’ve found the ideal use for Tony Scott’s hyperkinetic, headache-inducing filmmaking style: a movie about a runaway train, barreling through small Pennsylvania towns filled with hardworking, unsuspecting people, at 80 mph. And threatening schoolchildren. Oh, and the train is a halfmile long and it’s carrying hazardous material.

Sounds insanely implausible, but that’s part of the fun: How many layers of danger can they pile on here? The grainy camerawork and various exposures, the snap zooms and quick edits all enhance the incessant sense of motion. The train rumbles and growls, rattles and clangs, and we’re in the middle of it all, but in a good way.

While the premise may sound crazy — or like something out of a starstudded ‘70s disaster movie — it really happened. Mark Bomback’s script is based on a 2001 incident in Ohio in which a train carrying hazardous cargo traveled 66 miles without a crew. But because this is a movie, the speeds are even faster, the danger is even greater, and there’s only one man who can stop it and save all those innocent lives: Denzel Washington. With some help from Chris Pine. PG-13 for sequences of action and peril, and some language. 98 minutes.

“Morning Glory” Rated PG-13 ★★ This romantic comedy about a sunny, network morning show feels like ... well, a sunny, network morning show.

It’s glossy, moves quickly enough and has a few enjoyable personalities.

But afterward you realize it tried to cram a whole lot of vapid stuff into one compact time frame, and despite all the hard work that must have taken place behind the scenes, you haven’t really learned anything and you’re no better for having watched. The hardest-working of all has got to be Rachel McAdams as plucky, driven Becky Fuller, a young producer who has dreamed of working at the “Today” show since she was 8 years old. Instead, Becky is asked to help keep the fourth-place “Daybreak” alive. The network’s head of news (Jeff Goldblum) isn’t thrilled about hiring her, but no one else has stuck around for more than a year or so, so he decides to give her a shot. Director Roger Michell’s film, from a script by “The Devil

Wears Prada” writer Aline Brosh McKenna, finds Becky navigating her prickly co-hosts (Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton) while trying to maintain a relationship with a fellow producer (Patrick Wilson). The obligatory obstacle to their ultimate happiness comes out of nowhere, and when they do get back together, it’s hard to care. PG-13 for some sexual content including dialogue, language and brief drug references. 110 minutes.

“Megamind” Rated PG ★★ 1⁄2 A dastardly super-villain who turned evil because of a bad upbringing finds himself seduced to the good side to defeat an even badder guy. Didn’t we just see this last summer in “Despicable Me”? This latest action comedy

from DreamWorks Animation features dazzling design and action. Yet despite a clever hook — what’s a villain to do when he manages to defeat his superhero nemesis? — it’s a thin story that feels familiar and unfolds with no surprises. The movie offers an amiably goofy voice cast led by Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Tina Fey, whose wisecracks are cute if not memorable.

Ferrell’s the title character, an alien villain struggling to fill the void in his life after one of his plans to get rid of superhero Metro Man (Pitt) actually succeeds. The most impressive thing about the movie is the setting, a detailed skyline of steely skyscrapers.

The dizzying heights are so authentic in 3-D that some of the action sequences bring on a faint sense of vertigo. PG for action and some language. 96 minutes.

“Due Date” Rated R ★★ Robert Downey Jr. is miserable, stuck on a cross-country drive with a creepy Zach Galifianakis.

And it’s easy to imagine how he feels: It’s often torturous just sitting through the movie, and we’re not the ones trapped in Texas with the guy. From the commercials alone, though, it’s clear we’re probably going to be in trouble here: They cut away early and often to a French bulldog in all his adorableness.

When you need to go to

the dog for laughs, there’s something wrong with your script. That script comes from director Todd Phillips, hot off the success of “The Hangover,” and three other writers. But “Due Date” lacks the originality of that hit; it’s got some laughs but lacks sufficient story or character to hold together.

Downey plays Peter Highman, an uptight architect whose wife (Michelle Monaghan) is about to give birth. Galifianakis plays Ethan Tremblay, a clueless aspiring actor Peter bumps into at the airport. Through a series of contrivances, they’re forced to share a rental car. R for language, drug use and sexual content. 95 minutes.

All reviews by The Associated Press

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T HAS BEEN almost a decade since the first “Harry Potter� movie came out in 2001. Since then we’ve been through four different directors, all whom have had their own style and something new to add to the story. David Yates, has been at the helm since “Order of the Phoenix,� and after seeing “Deathly Hallows: Part 1� I’m pretty confident in saying that Yates should have been the director all along. This new “Potter� film is by far the best of the bunch.

It’s filled to the brim with action and intrigue and as my wife (who is a gigantic “Harry Potter� fan) stated, “This is by far the best book-to-movie adaption yet.�

When “Half-Blood Prince� hit theaters last year, die-hard “Potter� fans screamed foul as the movie was missing huge portions of the book. They said that huge battles and crucial plot points were left out for inexplicable reasons.

When making movies like this that refer to such beloved source material, there’s always the danger that you’re not going to please everyone all of the time. Perhaps each book would have benefitted from the two-part treatment.

As a person who has not read all of the books, I can say that “Deathly Hallows: Part 1� feels the most complete. “HalfBlood Prince� was lacking that final oomph to

push it over the edge.

It lacked any particular climax, and when I found out from avid readers that a large battle was left out, then I knew why.

In “The Deathly Hallows: Part 1,� Harry and the gang are reeling after the death of Dumbledore.

The wizarding world has been turned upside down, and Harry now finds himself in very real danger.

Voldemort has amassed a great following and enough power that he can openly attack Harry Potter, which he does when Hagrid and a bunch of other friends of Potter try to move him to a safe location. A large battle is waged in the skies above England as wizards and witches on brooms try and fend off Voldemort’s Death Eaters. It’s all very exciting.

Fans will be happy to know that the movie follows closely along with the book (at least that’s what my wife has told me). Yes, there is a lot of camping, which I know many people complained about after they read the book. To me though, the camping is necessary to

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A Christmas cause

Story by Dana Ivins Lower photos by Eli Lucero

Peter Breinholt returns to Logan to benefit Bear River Mental Health.

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ITH A FRIENDLY DEMEANOR and upbeat attitude that communicate even through a phone, it’s easy to imagine the presence musician Peter Breinholt has onstage.

To Breinholt, Christmas is in the air as excitement mounts for two performances in Utah State University’s 400-seat Performance Hall on Saturday, Dec. 4. Proceeds will benefit “Transitions,” a Bear River Mental Health program dedicated to helping individuals overcome mental conditions and reintegrate into society. Along with four musicians from the Salt Lake City-based group Big Parade “A Peter Breinholt Christmas” marks Breinholt’s first concert in the valley since 2007.

Q: These concerts are benefiting a Bear River Mental Health program. What are your reasons for helping out?

A: I know enough about it to know that it’s a

good thing. There are a lot of causes out there and we get called all the time. We could perform every night of the year and have a different good cause every night. This just made a lot of sense maybe because we have a relationship with the group and they have a presence in Logan. It just all sounded really appealing to me and the rest of the band. We have to pick our good causes. Can’t do them all, can’t research all of them, so we just go on our gut and this one just seemed like it was calling out to us a little bit.

Q: You wanted to appear at USU’s Performance Hall. Why did you want that particularly venue?

A: When we discovered the Performance Hall, I think it was in 2007. We kind of stumbled upon it.

That’s a performer’s dream, when they find a new venue. I hadn’t heard of it before. I didn’t know anything about it, and we immediately were able to book a show before it got really busy. It just got better and better for us. The theater is great, the show went great. I just came away thinking, “That’s my favorite venue. I hope I get to do another show

there.” When this opportunity came up, I thought “Well let’s do that place.” So it’s a good venue, it’s small … it’s an intimate kind of show.

Q: What are the best things about performing in Logan?

A: When we first did a show in Logan, I think it was probably 1996. It was through Utah State. We (eventually) got (called) maybe twice a year. It was always a student association, either “A” day out on the Quad or in the Kent (Concert Hall). At the time, the student body was really into our music and really into music in general. I mean, college students are into music everywhere, but it felt like in Logan for some reason there were a lot of people on the same page as far as what kind of music they listened to. It’s a little more scattered now, and that’s just a result of technology and the way people listen to music. People would come through and put on a show there and you would just get a large crowd. They dug us — I guess, that’s what it felt like. We’ve always just felt that intimacy in concerts and music events up there. I mean, again, that exists everywhere, but I remember thinking, “We’re on the same page. I like the music scene here.” They seem to like what we do, and there’s just a connection. I just always really felt that way about Logan. And since then, friends of mine have gone to Utah State and I’ve tried to describe it that way to them. There are coffee shops up there, little venues. Seems to be kind of a nice music scene.

Q: What ties do you have to Logan?

A: My main tie is as a performer in Logan. (It’s) kind of funny and interesting because when I was in my very first band — just a high school band — our first outof-town gig, which would have been

1988, was to go up to Logan to play at Utah State.

I don’t even remember how we got that (gig), but I remember at the time I was this naïve kid. I didn’t even knew how to get to Logan. I still remember that show.

Q: What will you play at these concerts?

A: We’ll be playing a lot of songs from my Christmas album, which was released in 2002, and we’ve tried to fill in with newer Christmas songs we’ve arranged and put together since the album.

That keeps it kind of fresh. We always intersperse non-Christmas songs that are my original songs.

When I’m putting any Christmas show together, I don’t turn to the songs that are kind of expected.

There are certain songs that are requested at every show we do. At Christmas shows, we don’t do those as much unless they are songs that fit into the Christmas show “feel.” For example, “You Wear Flowers” is a big song for us, but we won’t play it because it’s a real summer, upbeat song. However, there’s another popular song called “Edwin’s Tale,” which feels like a Christmas song even though we play it year-round. The most important thing for us is for it to feel like Christmas.

Q: What are your favorite songs?

A: I’ve got my favorites of the traditional songs that the whole world knows. I kind of like what we do with “Bring a Torch, (Jeannette, Isabella)” and what we do with “Silent Night.” Then there are the Christmas songs that are not traditional, but the ones I wrote. I’ve only got a few of those and those are really nice to play, too. But I think for these shows I prefer the ones that everyone knows.

Q: How long have you been preparing for these concerts?

A: I think we got the call to do this in July. … I’ve started to zero in on it just over the last couple weeks. We (Breinholt and his wife, Becca) had a baby, so I didn’t think about anything for a couple weeks! That was in October. It seems like in the last two weeks or so it’s started to feel like Christmas. I’ve noticed some radio stations have already started (playing Christmas music), lights have gone up. I’m one of those people, it’s hard for me to think about it and listen to it in July but it becomes very easy once we get into the fall.

Above: a publicity photo of Breinholt. Lower photos: Breinholt and Big Parade perform at the 2001 Summerfest.

Q: What are you most looking forward to this Christmas season?

A: The Christmas season, for us, means a lot of corporate shows where we go and play for a company party. Those are nice, but the shows that we really plan for and get excited about are the shows where it’s in a theater, it’s a ticketed event where it’s just one of our shows. We’re doing these ones in Logan and two more in Salt Lake. Those are the shows that mean the most for me at Christmas.

What stories am I going to tell? What video are we going to show? What poems are we going to do?

How are we going to try to communicate Christmas the way we see it? You don’t get to do that as much if it’s a corporate show.

Q: Any after-Christmas plans?

A: I’m in the middle of writing a bunch of songs.

I started in the summer and then I stopped because of the baby. I started again; but just as I started, it felt like Christmas shows were upon us so I kind of have to focus on them for a bit. In the beginning of January I’m really going to be able to dive back in. I had some good momentum going. I’d like to get something out by April and it’ll be a different

kind of album for us. We’ll see how it goes. We’re excited about that.

Q: Final thoughts?

A: We’re really excited that we get to take our show up to Logan. I think the last time we did a Christmas show in Logan was at the Ellen Eccles Theater on Main Street, and that was in 2007. That was part of a tour we used to do with a few other artists, and I felt like we nailed it. That’s what it felt like for the artists and the audience. Then we didn’t follow up with it the next year. I got these e-mails from people in Logan saying “What happened? You hooked us and then you don’t come back.” So hopefully we can pick up where we left off. We love it up there. We actually wish we played more in Logan these days.

Peter Breinholt will perform at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets are $10; $8 for USU students. To purchase, go to www.arts.usu.edu, call 797-8022 or visit the Caine College of the Arts box office on campus in the Chase Fine Arts Center, Room 139B.

A Christmas cause

Story by Dana Ivins Lower photos by Eli Lucero

Peter Breinholt returns to Logan to benefit Bear River Mental Health.

W

ITH A FRIENDLY DEMEANOR and upbeat attitude that communicate even through a phone, it’s easy to imagine the presence musician Peter Breinholt has onstage.

To Breinholt, Christmas is in the air as excitement mounts for two performances in Utah State University’s 400-seat Performance Hall on Saturday, Dec. 4. Proceeds will benefit “Transitions,” a Bear River Mental Health program dedicated to helping individuals overcome mental conditions and reintegrate into society. Along with four musicians from the Salt Lake City-based group Big Parade “A Peter Breinholt Christmas” marks Breinholt’s first concert in the valley since 2007.

Q: These concerts are benefiting a Bear River Mental Health program. What are your reasons for helping out?

A: I know enough about it to know that it’s a

good thing. There are a lot of causes out there and we get called all the time. We could perform every night of the year and have a different good cause every night. This just made a lot of sense maybe because we have a relationship with the group and they have a presence in Logan. It just all sounded really appealing to me and the rest of the band. We have to pick our good causes. Can’t do them all, can’t research all of them, so we just go on our gut and this one just seemed like it was calling out to us a little bit.

Q: You wanted to appear at USU’s Performance Hall. Why did you want that particularly venue?

A: When we discovered the Performance Hall, I think it was in 2007. We kind of stumbled upon it.

That’s a performer’s dream, when they find a new venue. I hadn’t heard of it before. I didn’t know anything about it, and we immediately were able to book a show before it got really busy. It just got better and better for us. The theater is great, the show went great. I just came away thinking, “That’s my favorite venue. I hope I get to do another show

there.” When this opportunity came up, I thought “Well let’s do that place.” So it’s a good venue, it’s small … it’s an intimate kind of show.

Q: What are the best things about performing in Logan?

A: When we first did a show in Logan, I think it was probably 1996. It was through Utah State. We (eventually) got (called) maybe twice a year. It was always a student association, either “A” day out on the Quad or in the Kent (Concert Hall). At the time, the student body was really into our music and really into music in general. I mean, college students are into music everywhere, but it felt like in Logan for some reason there were a lot of people on the same page as far as what kind of music they listened to. It’s a little more scattered now, and that’s just a result of technology and the way people listen to music. People would come through and put on a show there and you would just get a large crowd. They dug us — I guess, that’s what it felt like. We’ve always just felt that intimacy in concerts and music events up there. I mean, again, that exists everywhere, but I remember thinking, “We’re on the same page. I like the music scene here.” They seem to like what we do, and there’s just a connection. I just always really felt that way about Logan. And since then, friends of mine have gone to Utah State and I’ve tried to describe it that way to them. There are coffee shops up there, little venues. Seems to be kind of a nice music scene.

Q: What ties do you have to Logan?

A: My main tie is as a performer in Logan. (It’s) kind of funny and interesting because when I was in my very first band — just a high school band — our first outof-town gig, which would have been

1988, was to go up to Logan to play at Utah State.

I don’t even remember how we got that (gig), but I remember at the time I was this naïve kid. I didn’t even knew how to get to Logan. I still remember that show.

Q: What will you play at these concerts?

A: We’ll be playing a lot of songs from my Christmas album, which was released in 2002, and we’ve tried to fill in with newer Christmas songs we’ve arranged and put together since the album.

That keeps it kind of fresh. We always intersperse non-Christmas songs that are my original songs.

When I’m putting any Christmas show together, I don’t turn to the songs that are kind of expected.

There are certain songs that are requested at every show we do. At Christmas shows, we don’t do those as much unless they are songs that fit into the Christmas show “feel.” For example, “You Wear Flowers” is a big song for us, but we won’t play it because it’s a real summer, upbeat song. However, there’s another popular song called “Edwin’s Tale,” which feels like a Christmas song even though we play it year-round. The most important thing for us is for it to feel like Christmas.

Q: What are your favorite songs?

A: I’ve got my favorites of the traditional songs that the whole world knows. I kind of like what we do with “Bring a Torch, (Jeannette, Isabella)” and what we do with “Silent Night.” Then there are the Christmas songs that are not traditional, but the ones I wrote. I’ve only got a few of those and those are really nice to play, too. But I think for these shows I prefer the ones that everyone knows.

Q: How long have you been preparing for these concerts?

A: I think we got the call to do this in July. … I’ve started to zero in on it just over the last couple weeks. We (Breinholt and his wife, Becca) had a baby, so I didn’t think about anything for a couple weeks! That was in October. It seems like in the last two weeks or so it’s started to feel like Christmas. I’ve noticed some radio stations have already started (playing Christmas music), lights have gone up. I’m one of those people, it’s hard for me to think about it and listen to it in July but it becomes very easy once we get into the fall.

Above: a publicity photo of Breinholt. Lower photos: Breinholt and Big Parade perform at the 2001 Summerfest.

Q: What are you most looking forward to this Christmas season?

A: The Christmas season, for us, means a lot of corporate shows where we go and play for a company party. Those are nice, but the shows that we really plan for and get excited about are the shows where it’s in a theater, it’s a ticketed event where it’s just one of our shows. We’re doing these ones in Logan and two more in Salt Lake. Those are the shows that mean the most for me at Christmas.

What stories am I going to tell? What video are we going to show? What poems are we going to do?

How are we going to try to communicate Christmas the way we see it? You don’t get to do that as much if it’s a corporate show.

Q: Any after-Christmas plans?

A: I’m in the middle of writing a bunch of songs.

I started in the summer and then I stopped because of the baby. I started again; but just as I started, it felt like Christmas shows were upon us so I kind of have to focus on them for a bit. In the beginning of January I’m really going to be able to dive back in. I had some good momentum going. I’d like to get something out by April and it’ll be a different

kind of album for us. We’ll see how it goes. We’re excited about that.

Q: Final thoughts?

A: We’re really excited that we get to take our show up to Logan. I think the last time we did a Christmas show in Logan was at the Ellen Eccles Theater on Main Street, and that was in 2007. That was part of a tour we used to do with a few other artists, and I felt like we nailed it. That’s what it felt like for the artists and the audience. Then we didn’t follow up with it the next year. I got these e-mails from people in Logan saying “What happened? You hooked us and then you don’t come back.” So hopefully we can pick up where we left off. We love it up there. We actually wish we played more in Logan these days.

Peter Breinholt will perform at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets are $10; $8 for USU students. To purchase, go to www.arts.usu.edu, call 797-8022 or visit the Caine College of the Arts box office on campus in the Chase Fine Arts Center, Room 139B.

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Out On The Town Photos taken at the Kuss Quartet’s Nov. 16 performance

Bruce Bishop of Mendon Bekah Staheli of Smithfield and Tyler Lemon of Hyde Park

USU students Angelee Caldwell, Mykenzie Carter and Jesse Massey

Darcy McEvoy of Providence

Musical prodigy to perform in Logan

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HE LOGAN Arthouse and Cinema welcomes Plug In Stereo at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 22. Tickets are $6 in advance; $8 on the day of the show for students; $10 day of the show for the public. Purchase at the Arthouse box office or online at www. ticketweb.com.

Plug In Stereo is also known as 17-year-old wunderkind Trevor Dahl, a jack-of-all-trades, multiinstrumentalist who crafts acoustic melodies.

“Right now, the only thing I want in life is for people to hear my music,” says Dahl. “I grew up playing in bands, but was tired of the fake, closedminded attitudes that a lot of kids my age shared. I always had my solo/acoustic music on the side, so as I got older, my style and sound changed to a more honest and organic approach.”

‘Bloodworks’ on display at Arthouse

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Email your photos to kburgess@hjnews.com

Since he began touring, Dahl has shared the stage with bands like The Ready Set, Never Shout Never and Dashboard Confessional, as well as appearing on the 2009 Vans Warped Tour. For more information, go to www. myspace.com/pluginstereo

HE WORKS OF Trevin Prince will be featured during a gallery opening from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema, 795 N. Main St. The event also includes music from the Bridger Folk

Society. For more information, go to www.loganarthouse.com.

Known for creating his paintings with his own blood, Prince is a Utah State University graduate whose work has been shown across the state.

The 2010 winter Gallery Walk is here!

Federal Avenue The Italian Place Summerfest

The Art Center

Caffe Ibis

The Studio

Sunrise Cyclery

The Sportsman and Mountain Place Gallery

Global Village

S.E. Needham Jewelers

100 East

200 North

Winborg Art Gallery Utah Public Radio

Main Street

100 North St. John’s Episcopal Church

Fuhrimans

Center Street Off the Map: * Art Center * Best Western * Cache Valley Center for the Arts * Gia’s * Logan Arthouse

* Art Center, 25 W. 100 North

* JF Prince Gallery

Reel Continued from p. 7.

“127 Hours”

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E HERE IN UTAH are pretty familiar with the story of Aron Ralston. Aron went out on his own in the Southern Utah wilderness only to find himself trapped in a deep crevasse. As he descended Ralston knocked a rock loose. He and the rock fell.

When he hit the bottom the rock had wedged itself against the canyon wall with Aron’s hand trapped between the canyon wall and the rock. It was now impossible to move. He was stuck.

Aron travels around doing

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HE ALLIANCE For the Varied Arts will present Gallery Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3. Many businesses and galleries in the downtown area will showcase artwork and live music. Featured artists include Beverly Byington at Fuhrimans Framing & Fine Art, Brandt Bernstson at Logan Arthouse & Cinema and Becky Blankenship at Utah Public Radio.

Also, this year, the Logan Downtown Alliance is putting up a display of nativities from community members.

Particularly needed are nativities from other countries. The nativities will be at the Champ House across from the Tabernacle. For more information, call Kathy Robison at 7535109. To learn more about the walk, go to www.avaarts.org.

This year’s participating organizations include:

motivational speeches now, talking to all sorts of people about his experience. See, what makes Aron’s experience special is not only that he lived through it, but how he was able to survive.

Aron amputated his own arm with a pocket knife to get free and find help, but only after he was stuck there for a little over five days. It’s a harrowing reallife story that has now been put to film with the help of Academy Award winning director Danny Boyle.

Boyle has crafted a film that bears his hyper-stylized signature that seemed to become fully apparent in “Slumdog Millionaire.” Quick cuts, overly saturated colors, and lucid dream sequences are Boyle’s style and it makes this movie shine.

James Franco (“Pineapple

Express”) plays the energetic Aron Ralston who lives only to hike and bike in the outdoors.

Aron is one of those people that feel like they know everything.

He sets out on his journey without telling anyone. He can do everything on his own. He fails to answer a call from his mother before he leaves. He neglects to tell his boss where he’ll be travelling for the weekend. Finally his whole “Me, me, me,” attitude has caught up to him.

After Aron becomes trapped the rest of the movie is about how he was able to survive and stay sane. Franco is the perfect person to play the role. He is able to tap into Aron’s humor, which he keeps throughout the situation, but he’s also able to convey some deep emotion as he sits there essentially waiting

* Best Western, Weston Inn, 250 North Main St.

* Gingerbread Walk Parade, various local businesses.

* Cache Valley Center for the Arts, 35 W. 100 * Mountain Place Gal lery, 123 N. Main South St. * Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave. * St. John’s Episcopal Church, 85 E. 100 * Fuhrimans Framing & North Fine Art, 75 S. Main St. * SE Needham Jewelers, 141 N. Main St. * Gia’s, 119 S. Main St. * The Sportsman, 129 * Global Village Gifts, N. Main St. 146 N. 100 East * The Studio, 106 N. Church St. * Italian Place, 48 Fed eral Ave. * Sunrise Cyclery Phan tom Gallery, 138 N. * JF Prince Gallery, 100 East 2600 N. Main St. #106, North Logan * Utah Public Radio, 43 * Logan Arthouse & Cin S. Main St. ema, 795 N. Main St. * Winborg Art Gallery, * Summerfest Office, 69 55 N. Maint St., Ste. 208 E. 100 North to die if he can’t get himself free.

Yes, the movie does indeed focus on the amateur amputation of Aron’s arm. You can feel the movie building to that scene and you will find yourself cringing, expecting that at any moment he’s going to start sawing off his own arm with a dull pocket knife. I’m not going to lie, it’s tough to watch, but with Boyle’s quick cuts and stylized way of shooting the scene it’s bearable.

Much of the movie plays out like a glorified public service announcement about what to not do when you go hiking.

Aron learns from his mistakes and as he’s stuck he realizes that he’s got to change his ways if he ever escapes this horrible fate.

‘127 Hours’ isn’t for everyone.

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All mixed up

Like I said that one scene in particular is really graphic and may cause nausea for some people. With that said this is definitely a great film. Boyle’s direction is fast-paced and relentless. He’s able to turn a real-life experience of a man sitting in a canyon waiting to die, into a introspective character study that will keep you riveted even though the main character is planted firmly in one spot for almost the entire film.

Aaron Peck has a bachelor’s degree in English from Utah State University. He also writes for BlogCritics.org, HighDefDigest.com, and is starting a movie website called TheReelPlace.com.

Send feedback to aaronpeck46@gmail.com.

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Culture

The White father of African rock

By The Associated Press

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NE AFTERNOON in 1986, a white South African musician wrote an international hit — partly in Zulu, the language of the largest ethnic group in the country.

“Asimbonanga,” which means “we’ve never seen him,” refers to the generation of South Africans who grew up under apartheid and had never even seen a photograph of Nelson Mandela, the country’s hope for reconciliation who was imprisoned under South Africa’s apartheid regime.

Johnny Clegg, later dubbed the “white Zulu,” was sure his song’s message would be lost.

At the time, his new genre of music, a blend of Western pop and Zulu rhythms, was banned from the radio — as Mandela’s photo was banned from newspapers. Clegg’s concerts were routinely broken up, and he and other members of his multiracial band had been arrested several times for challenging a South African law meant to keep whites and blacks apart.

AP photo

In this Nov. 3 photo, South African musician Johnny Clegg looks on during an interview with the Associated Press.

“Asimbonanga,” in which the names of Mandela and other prisoners are spoken aloud in defiance of state radio rules of the time, was released in South Africa in 1986 and abroad a year later. The South African government immediately banned the video and restricted the song from radio programming, so most South Africans only got to hear it a few years

after its release. They embraced it.

For the 57-year-old Clegg, the pinnacle of his career occurred while performing in Frankfurt a few years after Mandela was released and became the country’s first black president in 1994. Clegg began to sing “Asimbonanga,” which had quickly risen to the top of the charts. In the middle of the

song, the Frankfurt crowd started cheering loudly. Clegg turned around and to his surprise, saw Mandela dancing on the stage.

“I was taken by a wave of such amazing emotions,” Clegg told The Associated Press. “I wrote that in 1986, knowing it was going to be banned and not knowing he (Mandela) was ever going to be released because we were in the middle of a civil war. Eleven years later, in a new South Africa, I’m playing the song, and the very man I wrote it for walks on stage and sings it with me.”

Clegg celebrated his 30 years as a musician — with the bands Juluka and Savuka and later as a solo act — in a recent concert in Johannesburg. Thousands of people streamed into the concert grounds near Johannesburg’s botanical gardens with the multiracial crowd sitting on picnic blankets on the grass.

Sipho Mchunu, Clegg’s musical partner from the days of their legenday Juluka band, joined him. Juluka ended in 1985, when Mchunu returned

to his Zulu homeland in eastern South Africa to take up cattle farming.

Under the South Africa’s racially segregated regime, Clegg’s multiracial band performed in small spaces such as churches, university halls and private homes because laws prohibited blacks from performing in white areas and whites from performing in black areas.

“If you were a mixed band like we were trying to be, you were in trouble immediately,” Clegg said.

Radio disc jockeys were banned from playing Clegg’s music, but the live performances spread like wildfire. The band, which mixed traditional Zulu high kicks and warrior dress as well as musical elements with Western styles, began to perform unannounced in the townships so that authorities wouldn’t have time to ban shows.

Outside of South Africa, the music became an instant hit, and the band toured extensively through North America and Europe during the height of racial tensions in South Africa.

Al Pacino stunningly good in ‘Merchant’

By The Associated Press

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HOUGH HE ONLY appears in only a handful of scenes, Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice” is perhaps William Shakespeare’s most thorny character. Al Pacino plunges into that fraught thicket on Broadway and emerges bloody, but undefeated.

Pacino manages to play the anti-Semitic characteristics of the hated Jewish money-lender without inhibition, and yet also communicate the burning anger welling up as the result of a lifetime of Christian contempt.

It is a terrific, fierce performance but only one in this

superb Public Theater production staged at the Broadhurst Theatre. The production, which moved from Central Park with some tightening, places the darkest of Shakespeare’s comedies in the Victorian Age, making it reek of filthy lucre.

Director Daniel Sullivan and scenic designer Mark Wendland waste no time in signaling what they wish to tease out by devising a stage dominated by imposing concentric iron gates that turn and overlap, creating spaces inside — and therefore outside, too.

As the play begins, the inner sanctum is filled with a stockticker and Christian gentlemen

in waistcoats, cravats and top hats; outside, forbidden to enter, are the Jews. Those gates will later turn to create

prison walls.

Love starts it all off, when Bassanio (David Harbour) goes to his old merchant friend Antonio (Byron Jennings) to ask for money to woo the fair Portia (Lily Rabe). Antonio, short of cash, must borrow from Shylock against the safe return of his ships from abroad.

Antonio, an upright businessman, cannot feign his dislike of the lowly Shylock, whose demand for interest on the loan represents to him crass commercialization.

They strike an unusual bargain: Should Antonio fail to repay the loan, Shylock will extract a pound of his debtor’s

flesh. This, of course, comes to pass and Antonio must plead for mercy from a man to whom he has given so little.

Pacino, in a yarmulke and black suit, is hunched and haggard on stage, burdened by a Venice with canals of hypocrisy and his own peoples’ history of horrors. He plays Shylock as an arrogant, calculating, venal man — as furious that his daughter Jessica (Heather Lind) has fled and converted to Christianity with her new husband as he is that she’s also taken a small fortune. There’s not an ounce of compassion when he finally gets one of his tormentors in his grasp.

Book explores Lawrence’s legend

By The Associated Press

W

ITH EACH DAY bringing fresh news of tribal feuds, double-dealing and bloodshed in Arab lands once occupied by the French and British, there couldn’t be a better time to brush up on the life and times of T.E. Lawrence.

Anyone born after 1950 is probably familiar with the story of the man better known as Lawrence of Arabia from David Lean’s majestic 1962 film starring Peter O’Toole as the char-

ismatic and controversial leader of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Even a nearly four-hour epic like Lean’s can only paint a life as complex as Lawrence’s in broad strokes. For those interested in detail and nuance, as well as a thrilling adventure story, Michael Korda has written a new, 700-page biography about his boyhood hero.

Relying on previous biographies as well as Lawrence’s own war memoir, “Seven Pillars of Wisdom,” Korda, the former

‘Devils Are Here’ searches for roots of economic crisis

By The Associated Press

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UTHORS BETANY McLean and Joe Nocera are too kind when they say the history they lay out in rich and compelling detail was “hidden.”

It wasn’t.

The authors, both award-winning writers notable for their ability to bring confusing financial ideas to life, thoroughly demonstrate that the roots of the current crisis never were hidden.

They anchor the story of modern housing finance in the federal government’s move to create securities out of home mortgages in 1970. That’s what first allowed lenders to share risk with investors and create more debt — and risk — than previ-

ously imagined. With wit and vitality, the authors outline the characters who played roles in the financial crash and housing market collapse, tracing everything back to the new math that grew from that moment.

The story is simple: Americans increasingly believed in a new parallel narrative. In it, everyone could pretend they could afford bigger and bigger cars, more expensive houses and more of everything else — except regulation and personal discipline. Forget about fussy rules mandating 20 percent down payments. As long as everything was spiraling upward, the new narrative made perfect sense.

At its core, the story was about an intoxicating American dream of home ownership, according to McLean and Nocera.

editor in chief of Simon and Schuster, attempts to reconcile history’s two sharply different views of the Oxford-educated soldier-scholar.

To his admirers, Lawrence was a brilliant, courageous warrior whose unconventional tactics and strategy place him among the greatest military leaders in history. To his critics, he was a self-aggrandizing, manipulative liar who exaggerated his role in the Arab uprising against the Turks.

As the title suggests, Korda firmly believes Lawrence was a hero, someone who knew from an early age that he was destined for greatness and pushed himself ferociously to be ready when the opportunity arose.

While Korda doesn’t stint on battlefield heroics, he also attempts, with great compassion, to explicate the demons that tormented Lawrence until

his untimely death in a motorcycle accident in 1935 at age 46.

For one thing, Lawrence never got over the stigma of his illegitimate birth. In addition, he struggled to live up to the impossibly high expectations of

his fiercely religious and domineering mother. Most important, he was wracked with guilt for his inability to win for the Arabs the great empire he had urged them to fight and die for.

Despite his flair for self-dramatization — he will forever be remembered in white, flowing robes and headdress, mounted on a camel — Korda shows that Lawrence was a skillful diplomat with uncanny insight into the geography, politics and religions of the former Turkish empire.

Korda persuasively argues that had Lawrence’s vision for a Mideast peace prevailed after the war — a plan that recognized differences between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, as well as Kurdish claims for an independent state — that deeply troubled part of the world might be a far more peaceful, prosperous region than it is today.

* This week’s New York Times Best-seller List * HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Towers of Midnight” by R. Jordan, B. Sanderson 2. “The Confession” by John Grisham 3. “Indulgence In Death” by J. D. Robb 4. “The Girl ... The Hornet’s Nest” by S. Larsson 5. “American Assassin” by Vince Flynn PAPERBACK (TRADE) FICTION 1. “Happy Ever After” by Nora Roberts 2. “The Girl ... The Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson 3. “The Girl ... With Fire” by Stieg Larsson 4. “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave 5. “Cutting For Stone” by Abraham Verghese HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “Life” by Keith Richards with James Fox 2. “Broke” by Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe 3. “Unbearable Lightness” by Portia de Rossi 4. “Earth (The Book)” by Jon Stewart and others 5. “Me” by Ricky Martin PAPERBACK NONFICTION 1. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert 2. “Inside Of A Dog” by Alexandra Horowitz 3. “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls 4. “Three Cups of Tea” by G. Mortenson, D. Relin 5. “Stones Into Schools” by Greg Mortenson

Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

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Books

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Answers from last week

Calendar Friday

The USU Caine College of the Arts String Chamber Music Ensembles Sub for Santa/Shopko Sharing Tree, Recital will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets begins Friday at the Logan Shopko.

Choose a child from the tree and supply are $8; free for USU students. The proa Christmas wish. Those wishing to help gram includes works by Mozart, Haydn more children or whole families can do so and Schubert. by calling Cache County Sub for Santa at 752-6315. All gifts need to be returned no The Bridgerland Chapter of the Utah Storytelling Guild will host the later Friday, Dec. 10. annual StorySwap storytelling festival on Friday and Saturday at the American An artist gallery opening featuring West Heritage Center. The event feathe work of Trevin Prince will be held tures a storytelling concert at 7 p.m. on from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Logan Friday. Saturday’s events run from 9:30 Arthouse and Cinema, 795 N. Main St. a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. For more informaPrince is unique for painting with his tion, go to the USG website, www.utstoblood. Event also includes music from the Bridger Folk Society. For more infor- ryguild.org. mation, go to www.loganarthouse.com.

Logan High School will present Irving Jazz trio JLG Jazz will perform from 6 Berlin’s “White Christmas” musical at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, Monto 8 p.m. on Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 day and Tuesday. Tickets are available online at www.lhs.loganschools.org and South. No cover charge; tips accepted.

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are $7 for adults and $5 for students and children. At the door, tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students and children.

The USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series continues from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Friday at USU’s Haight Alumni Center. November’s guest is Judge Samuel Alba (1969 graduate) who will speak about his career. The lecture is free.

Leaping Lulu will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Fine Arts Center, 58 S. 100 West, Brigham City. Tickets are $8 at the door; $5 for students. Advance purchase available by calling 435-723-0740.

Admission price includes $1 off for dessert at Peach City.

The “Music in the City” concert series runs the third Friday of the month from October through April (excluding Decem-

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An open house featuring one-of-a-kind creations by local artist Charlene Peterson will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at 145 S. 1170 East. Included are jewelry, scarves and paintings. For more information, call 7530503.

event features gift items from artists like Jeani Anderson-Jeanks, Jim Parrish and Carole Warburton. Music performed by The Major Family at noon. Canned goods accepted for the food bank.

The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing on Saturday Stokes Nature Center invites toddlers ages at LD’s Cafe in Richmond.

2-3 to join them for Parent Tot from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday at the center, located in Logan The Daughters of the American RevoluCanyon. Explore animals, plants, and nature tion Bear River Chapter will meet at 10:30 through music, crafts and games. All toddlers a.m. on Saturday at the old Logan Court must have a parent present. Cost is $3 ($2.50 House on Main Street. Guest speaker Annie for SNC members). To register, call 755-3239 Egleund will discuss her African travels. Also or e-mail nature@logannature.org. includes a tour of the courthouse. For more information, call Marilynne Wright at 881 A holiday bazaar will be held from 10:30 0458. a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday at Oak Meadow Apartments, 351 W. 1600 North. Items for sale Hills of Home will be perform at 3 p.m. on include Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, greeting Saturday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. cards and Lazy One products.

400 East, North Logan. For more information, call 792-0353.

Global Village Gifts is holding a Night of Nativities from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday at the Street Def Presents with TBA will perform store, 146 N. 100 East. There will be selection hip hop at 8 p.m. on Saturday at Why Sound, of nativities and holiday décor from many coun- 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5 at the door. tries. For information, call 713-4347.

The Lewiston Craft and Gift Boutique will Immigration issues will be the focus of a be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at public forum sponsored by local churches and the Lewiston community building. Entertainnonprofit groups from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday at ment, prizes and food available. For more First Presbyterian Church, 12 S. 200 West. information, call 258-5002.

For information, call 752-0871. Panelists will include Senator Lyle Hillyard and Lt. Brett Ran- Macey’s will hold a free tailgate party from dall from Logan Police Dept.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday in the Romney Stadium parking lot. USU vs. Idaho State Double or Nothing with Tracing Yesterday game begins at 1 p.m. and Mermaid Baby will perform alternative/pop music at 8 p.m. on Friday at Why Sound, 30 Spencer Jensen, will perform from 6 to 8 Federal Ave. Cost is $5 at the door. p.m. on Saturday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South.

OPTIONS for Independence will have Thanksgiving lunch at Angie’s at 11:30 a.m. on The Bridger Folk Society presents an Friday. Prices will vary. To sign up, schedule Acoustic Adventures Concert with guitarist transportation or for more information, contact Richard Gilewitz at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108.

Crumb Brothers, 291 S. 200 West. Tickets are $13 and are available by calling 757-3468.

Fingerstyle guitarist Richard Gilewitz will present Guitars and Gear, a two-hour presen The Macey’s grocery store in Providence tation on guitar playing, from 7 to 9 p.m. on invites kids ages 4 to 12 to make a craft, Friday at KSM Guitars, 50 W. 400 North. More watch a video and have a treat from 1 to 3 information at www.richardgilewitz.com. p.m. on Saturday in the little theater.

Mountain Crest High School will stage a production of the musical “Annie Get Your Gun” at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday in the school auditorium. Tickets are $7 for adults; $5 for senior citizens, K-12 students and university students with ID.

The Utah State University College Republicans will offer a concealed weapons permit course from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday in the Agricultural Science building, Room 202.

Cost is $45. RSVP to usu.gop@aggiemail. usu.edu.

Sunday Richard Gilewitz presents a GillaCamp Guitar Workshop at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Whittier Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. The three-hour workshop includes three separate topics. Cost is $40 per session or $110 for all. Register or see more information at www.gillacamp.com.

A chanting and dancing circle for healing of ourselves and the planet will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the Faith and Fellowship Center, 1315 E. 700 North. For more information, contact Rev. Hannah Thomsen at 757-7097.

Monday Join OPTIONS for Independence on a shopping trip in North Logan and lunch at 10 a.m. on Monday. Lunch prices will vary. This activity is part of the Community Integration Program at OPTIONS for Independence, which encourages people with disabilities to take part in activities. To sign up, schedule transportation or for more information, contact Mandie at 753-5353 ext. 108.

Tuesday A Low Vision Clinic is being offered by specialists from the Division of Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main St. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Royella at 753-5353 ext. 105.

The exhibition “EcoVisionaries: Designs for Living on Earth” opens on Tuesday at USU’s Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, 650 N. 1100 East. The show runs through August. Includes socially engaged artists who have envisioned alternative ways of living to reduce impact on the Earth.

Wednesday Scott Bradley leads a class on the Constitution called “To Preserve The Nation” at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the BookTable. For more information, call 753-2930.

Ongoing Mom or Dad & Me sessions are held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Eccles Ice Center, 2825 N. 200 East. For $6 a session, pre-school age children skate for free with a paying adult and receive a free hot chocolate. Call 787-2288 or visit www.ecclesice.com for more information.

Global Village Gifts wants to connect with other local nonprofits that are interested in partnering for a community shopping night.

From mid-November to mid-December, the fair trade gift store will host a different organization each week, donating 20 percent of the proceeds from sales to them. Application information is available at Global Village

Gifts, 146 N. 100 East, or e-mail the store at globalvillagegifts@yahoo.com.

The Utah Mobile Vet Center (MVC) visits from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays at the Logan Work Force Services office, 180 N. 100 West.

Vet Centers are a division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and provide readjustment counseling to combat veterans and their families. Vet Center Readjustment Counselors also provide trauma counseling and grief counseling. Walk-ins welcome; appointments encouraged. For more information, call Travis Larsen at 1-800-613-4012 ext. 1294.

“Out of the Blue” entertainment puts on a changing weekly show of improv comedy, sketch comedy, stand-up comedy, stunt comedy and puppet-prov at 9:30 p.m. on Saturdays at the Brigham City Fine Arts Center, 58 S. 100 West. Tickets are $5 at the door.

Your Valet Fine Dry Cleaning is conducting a “Share Your Warmth” coat campaign to collect coats for people in need. They will collect donated coats, clean them and give them to the Cache Community Food Pantry. The event runs through Tuesday, Nov. 30. Items should be taken to Your Valet, 495 N. 100 East.

The Eccles Ice Center offers Family Night from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. on Mondays at the center, 2825 N. 200 East, North Logan. Up to eight people can skate for $30, including skates. Call 752-1170 for an updated, daily schedule as times are subject to change. For more information, call 787-2288.

Sunshine Terrace Wellness Center and BRAG are offering “Mighty Me” workshops on brain health from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursdays at 209 W. 300 North. Classes are free. Upcoming classes include dealing with depression on Dec. 2. For more information, call 713-1468 or 752-9321.

A weekly Peace Vigil is held from 5:30 to 6 p.m. on Fridays on the east side of Main Street between Center St. and 100 North. For more information, e-mail info@loganpeace.org or call 755-5137.

Ye Olde Tyme Quilters meet at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays at OPTIONS for Independence, 1095 N. Main St. Lunch will follow. Prices vary. For more information or to schedule free transportation, contact Royella at 753-5353 ext 105.

The Post-Mormon Community’s Cache Valley chapter meets Sundays at 6:30 p.m. at a local restaurant. The non-sectarian organization welcomes former Mormons. For more information, call Jeff at 770-4263 or go to www.postmormon.org/logan.

The Towne Singers would like to find more singers in the group. All parts — Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass — are welcome.

Tenor and bass are especially needed. The group meets Wednesday evenings for practices. To audition, contact Margaret at 7521962.

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ber) showcasing regional and national talent in the music styles of folk, blues, jazz, bluegrass and popular. Check out “Music in the City” The Utah Fibromyalgia Association will Brigham City Fine Arts Concert Series on Face- hold its free monthly educational meeting at 11 book to see the schedule. a.m. on Saturday at Logan Regional Hospital room 6. The program will be Yoga for Fibro USU’s physics department hosts its third myalgia presented by Anne Gardiner. Please annual November Demonstration Show at 7 bring a yoga mat, towel or blanket to particip.m. on Friday in the Eccles Science Learning pate or just watch. For information, call Christy Center Emert Auditorium, Room 130. The free at 764-7693. event is open to all ages. This year’s theme is “Electricity and Magnetism.” For information, The Paradise Holiday Art Sale will be call 797-2857 or visit www.usu.edu/science/ held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at unwrapped.

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