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Cache Magazine LOOKING BACK Herald Journal photographers share some of their most memorable images from 2016

The Herald Journal

DEC. 30-JAN. 5, 2017

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Dec. 30-Jan. 5, 2017

COVER 6 A look back at some of the more memorable shots taken by HJ photographers

THE ARTS 4 Steve Williams looking to jazz things up on UPR

4 Brigham Museum shares

a ‘Journey Through Time’ art exhibit through Jan. 21

4 Celebrate New Year’s

Eve Saturday night at the historic Elite Hall in Hyrum

5 Katie Francis & Friends to provide entertainment at New Year’s Eve Dance

5 Summerfest Arts Faire

now accepting applications for vendors and artists

MOVIES 3 Cache film critic Aaron

Peck selects his Top 10 favorite movies from 2016

10 Three and a half stars: Denzel Washington stars and directs new ‘Fences’

10 ‘Rogue One: A Star

Wars Story’ continues to dominate the box office

CALENDAR 11 See what’s happening this week in Cache Valley

In this Oct. 5, 1978 photo, “Star Wars” actors Harrison Ford, left, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew take a break from filming a television special to be telecast during the holidays. Fisher died on Tuesday at the age of 60. (AP Photo) On the cover: Some of the photographs taken by Eli Lucero, John Zsiray and Jeff Hunter of The Herald Journal in 2016 are featured on Pages 6-9.

FROM THE EDITOR In preparation for this week’s column — my final one of the year — I spent some time Tuesday morning looking over comprehensive lists of celebrities who have passed on during 2016.

Needless to say, these lists are sadly, unusually long for one calendar year. And because there have been so many actors, musicians, athletes and politicans who have died in 2016, I was a little ashamed that I had already forgotten about a number of them.

But immediately after poring over some of these lists, I went to the Associated Press wire where I read about the cause of

death of comedian Garry Shandling back in March, as well as the Christmas Day passing of pop singer George Michael.

Unfortunately, the moment I finished reading those stories, the AP sent out the first alert that “Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher had passed away at age 60. While Fisher’s death didn’t come as a real surprise considering that she was hospitalized on Dec. 23 after going into cardiac arrest on an airplane in Los Angeles, it was yet another kick in the stomach during an epically bad year for noteworthy individuals. Especially considering that I had just recently seen “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — you know what I mean if you’ve seen the in-between film that leads into the original “Star Wars” film.

Chances are we won’t make it through the rest of 2016 without another tough loss,

but I can’t help but be optimistic that we’ll avoid more departures. (Note: Fisher’s mother, actress/singer/dancer Debbie Reynolds, died just a couple of hours after I finished this column. And literally minutes after adding this note came the news that former Aggie and longtime BYU football coach LaVell Edwards had passed away, as well.)

While the loss of my own father tops my list of difficult goodbyes this year, there are certainly many other losses — Muhammad Ali, Prince, Arnold Palmer, Glenn Frey, Craig Sager, Pat Summitt, David Bowie, Nancy Reagan, John Glenn, Alan Thicke, Florence Henderson, et al — that have made 2016 a very memorable year that most of us just wish we could forget.

Here’s to a much more uplifting 2017.

— Jeff Hunter

‘Kubo’ and ‘La La Land’ head critic’s ‘best of’ list

The Reel Place Aaron Peck

As we stand upon the precipice of yet another new year, it behooves us to stop and take stock of 2016’s best cinema.

In 2015, I gave out seven 4-star ratings. This year that number was cut in half. Only three 2016 films were deserving of my arbitrary 4-star score.

What does that tell us?

Honestly, I’m not sure, since the star rating system is flawed and 2016 felt like a solid year as far as movies were concerned. Blockbusters and big-budget studio films suffered, but mid-sized budget and indie films thrived.

It seems like every year I’ve tried something new with this list.

However, in 2016 we’re going to go for a straight Top 10 because I’m in a ranking mood: 10. “Midnight Special” — As a father of a young boy, I found that Jeff Nichols’ “Midnight Special” was a movie that really spoke to me.

Here Michael Shannon plays the father to a gifted young boy who will do anything to keep him safe. It’s easy to relate to him because most of us would stop at nothing to protect our children. It also has the added effect of containing a suspenseful sci-fi story.

9. “Hell or High Water” — One of the most well-written and well-directed films of this year was a modern Western. “Hell or High Water” captures perfectly the plight of lower-income families struggling to survive in an economy that’s left them behind. With pitch-perfect performances from Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges and Ben Foster to boot.

8. “Manchester by the Sea” — A study of grief and how people deal

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Top, Monkey (Charlize Theron), Kubo (Art Parkinson) and Beetle (Matthew McConnaghey) share a scene in “Kubo and the Two Strings.” Above left, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling dance in “La La Land.” Above right, George Clooney stars in “Hail, Caesar!”

with loss differently. This affecting, emotional gut punch of a film was one of the year’s best due to the acting of its lead. Casey Affleck gives one of the best performances of 2016 as a man, worn down by life, and sick of the terrible hand he’s been dealt, simply decides to shut off and never confront his emotions ever again. It’s a stoic performance and the story is heartbreaking.

7. “Pete’s Dragon” — No movie surprised me more this year than Dis-

ney’s live-action remake of “Pete’s Dragon.” It’s a splendid magical boyand-his-dog tale, only this one involves a dragon.

The first few minutes are rough, especially as a parent. They immediately get you invested in the story and poor little Pete.

6. “Arrival” — Denis Villeneuve is one of Hollywood’s premier directors. Last year’s “Sicario” put a moody atmospheric twist on the espionage genre. Now Villeneuve takes on science fiction

and aliens with stunning results. With a terrific score, a smart script and stellar performances, “Arrival” was the best science fiction movie of 2016.

5. “The Nice Guys” — Comedies don’t get enough credit. Once awards season rolls around everyone forgets about comedies and gravitates toward dramatic roles. I’m not an actor, but it would seem that physical comedy is as hard or harder than straight-forward dramatic

acting. I loved Ryan Gosling in “La La Land,” but this is his best role of 2016. The scene where Gosling’s character is trying to simultaneously hold a gun, a magazine and his pants — all while trying to keep a bathroom stall door closed — is an all-timer. Funniest scene of the year.

4. “Sing Street” — It’s joyful, it’s happy, and it’s got a killer soundtrack. This film about a group of Irish kids in the ‘80s who form a band is beautiful in its optimism.

You’ll be singing “Drive it Like You Stole it,” for days after seeing it.

3. “Hail, Caesar!”

— It’s easy to forget about this Coen Brothers’ masterpiece which came out early in the year, but it shouldn’t be forgotten. Personally, I think it’s the sharpest original screenplay to come out of this year. The writing is sharp-witted and its story is a love letter to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

You can tell the Coens are having fun here.

I can’t get enough of the scene where Ralph Fiennes and Alden Ehrenreich take turns trying to pronounce, “Would that it were so simple.”

2. “La La Land” — Detractors say that “La La Land” is this year’s See TOP on Page 11

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Hollywood’s Top 10 films from ’16

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ALL MIXED UP

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all mixed up UPR adds Steve Williams to its Sunday lineup New Year’s Eve at LGCC Come celebrate the New Year with your friends at Utah Public Radio beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at the Logan Golf & Country Club.

The evening will feature music

by Way Way East Bay and a plated dinner from Hamilton’s at the Country Club, with special guest host Steve Williams, jazz host of KCPW’s “Jazz Time

with Steve Williams” and former KUER jazz director/host of “Nighttime Jazz.”

Individual tickets are $100 each ($70 of each ticket is a taxdeductible donation). No-host bar. Reserved tables of eight available.

For more information or questions, please contact Ted Twinting at 797-9507.

Utah Public Radio has added to its regular lineup a radio program that will please jazz lovers, a demographic that is underserved, says Tom Williams, UPR’s program director.

The Utah State Universitybased radio station, a National Public Radio member, will air “Jazz Time with Steve Williams” from 6 to 10 p.m. each Sunday, beginning in this month.

“We know that many of our listeners love jazz and have missed having jazz available statewide,” said Williams.

“We think our audience will really enjoy spending Sunday nights with Steve Williams.”

Williams hosts his show live from the studios of KCPW Public Radio in Salt Lake City. He offers jazz music from along the historical timeline — Havana to Paris, Billie Holiday to saxo-

‘Journey through Time’ in B.C. The Brigham City Museum of Art and History exists to acquire and to treasure important works of art. The museum’s current exhibit “An Art Journey through Time” features masterworks from its extensive, permanent collection on show Nov. 12 through Jan. 21.

The museum is located at 24 N. 300 West in Brigham City. Admission is free.

Hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. For further information, please phone (435) 226-1439 or brighamcitymuseum.org.

J. T. Harwood, Lee K. Parkinson, Minerva Teichert, E. J. Bird, Theodore M. Wassmer and other premier artists have created “1,000word stories” that will enable viewers to experience joy or grief or courage as they vicariously travel as far away as Saint-Tropez, France, and as near as North Ogden, Utah.

The imagination of many of the painters and draftsmen encircles Utah with such themes as old Frisco mine; thorn-apple tree east of Murray; desert sentinel; Mill-

This untitled painting by E.J. Bird and many other paintings are part of “An Art Journey through Time” exhibit currently on display at the Brigham City Museum.

creek autumn; City Creek, Salt Lake; and home of the brave (Native American scene).

Placed throughout the exhibit is some of the artwork from the Hinckley Collection owned by the Box

Elder County School District and stored at the museum.

“Art’s sweet relationship with the brain and the body will make a trip to the museum worthwhile,” museum director Kaia Landon says.

“Particularly engaging are

the portraits ‘Dance Family,’ ‘Helen,’ ‘Fleur de Blu,’ ‘At the Market’ and ‘Contemplation,’ all by Wassmer,” The media in the exhibit include watercolors, drawings, etchings, paintings and photographs.

phonist Joe Lovano. Among the musicians he plays are Duke Ellington, Diana Krall, Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis and Joe McQueen.

He primarily features music, but often includes interviews, history notes, live performances and a local jazz calendar of events.

The show is streamed live at upr.org. It can also be heard live at 91.5FM in the Cache Valley.

Celebrate the New Year at the Elite Hall Ring in the New Year New Yorkstyle this year at the historic Elite Hall in Hyrum.

The party will start at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, with dinner, music and dancing on the legendary spring dance floor.

Games, movies and popcorn will start at 8 p.m. along with live music and dance demonstrations.

Then we will celebrate the arrival of 2017 by watching a live stream of the ball drop in New York City on the big screen at 10 p.m. MST. Dinner will be catered by Firehouse Pizzeria and music, dancing, dessert and beverages will be available all night.

Tickets are $10 per person or $40 for a family of five — additional children in the same household are only $5 and children 3 years and younger are free.

If you’d like to join the party after dinner, “party-only” tickets are available starting at 8 p.m. and are $5 each or $15 for a family.

Tickets can be pre-purchased by visiting hyrumcitymuseum.org or at the door.

This event is a fundraiser for the restoration Elite Hall, which is located at 83 W. Main St. in Hyrum.

Francis has been a guest soloist with the American Festival Chorus & Orchestra and the USU Chamber Singers. She has been featured in master classes with Rita Moreno, Andrew Samonsky and AaronGalligan Stierle.

Francis is thrilled to share this special evening of music with her older brother, Michael, an experienced actor and veteran of the Lyric Repertory Company and Pickleville Katie Francis and her friends and siblings will provide the Playhouse. Michael Franentertainment at the New Year’s Eve Program and Dance. cis has been featured in many roles including Tarzan in “Tarzan the MusiCompany as Kathy Selden and Old Lace” and Alice cal,” and he will appear in “Singin’ in the Rain,” Sycamore in “You Can’t this spring as Edward Elaine Harper in “Arsenic Take it With You.”

Time to think Summerfest

Applications being taken for vendors and featured artist Logan’s Summerfest Arts Faire is now accepting applications from visual artists, performers and food vendors for its 2017 festival, which will take place June 15-17.

The deadline for applications is Feb. 18.

Performers and food vendors wishing to participate can apply at logansummerfest. com. Visual artists and craftspeople may apply through Zapplication, an online arts application service at zapplication. org.

All links are on the Summerfest website.

“We strongly encourage all artists to apply online,” said Summerfest executive director Elaine Thatcher. “If someone needs help with doing an online application, they can call and make an appointment to come

in, and we’ll help them.

Online applications are much easier for us to manage than paper ones.

“One thing we’re changing for performance applications this year is that in addition to being able to upload photos and audio samples on the application, performers may also put the samples on a CD or flash drive and mail them or drop them off at our office.”

In addition, applications are now being accepted from artists interested in being Summerfest’s featured artist this year.

Each year, one artist is selected to be the fair’s featured artist. That artist’s work appears on the festival’s posters and other publicity, and the selected artist receives a free booth at Summerfest

This year’s Summerfest Arts Faire will be held June 15-17

See TIME on Page 11 at Tabernacle Square in downtown Logan.

Bloom in USU’s production of “Big Fish: The Musical.”

Katie and Michael Francis will be joined by their talented younger brother Daniel

Francis; composer/pianist Michael Dressman; and Cache Valley native MarKaye Hassan, an experienced performer and filmmaker based in Provo.

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The annual New Year’s Eve Program and Dance for all Cache Valley singles 46 years old and older will be held Saturday, Dec. 31, at the LDS Logan South Stake Center at 350 W. 700 South.

Musical entertainment featuring Kate Francis & Friends will begin at 7 p.m., followed by games and refreshments. Dancing will take place from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Admission to the event is free.

Francis works professionally as an actor and appeared last summer in her seventh season with the Lyric Repertory

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Francis to headline New Year’s Eve event

THE YEAR IN PHOTOS

JOHN ZSIRAY • MARCH 15 Logan soccer player Hamed Dosso takes in the snow after a 1-0 win over Mountain Crest. I couldn’t begin to count how many times I’ve stood in the peace of a snowfall letting the flakes land and dissolve onto my face.

JOHN ZSIRAY • JANUARY 30

Nevada power forward Cameron Oliver reacts after being called for a foul during a basketball game against Utah State at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. I was taken back to elementary school field trips and singing the cookie jar song on the bus after watching Oliver react to a foul during an Aggie game.

ELI LUCERO • MARCH 17

A dancer waits to take the stage during a dress rehearsal of the Cache Valley Civic Ballet’s performance of “Beauty and the Beast.” I love shooting the ballet, the lights costumes and dancers always make for good photos. This time I decided to shoot on the side of the stage and use the side lights to silhouette the dancer.

Some of the most memorable images from 2016 and the stories behind them as selected by HJ shooters

ELI LUCERO • AUGUST 22

JEFF HUNTER • NOVEMBER 28 Jeffrey Jensen of the Woods Cross Police Department prepares to present the American flag to Jake Shepherd’s family during the late paramedic’s burial service at the Mendon City Cemetery.

I was unexpectedly thrust into the role of photographer on a cold, windy Monday morning to shoot the graveside service for Shepherd, an EMT killed in a plane crash in Elko, Nevada. While it was heartbreaking taking photos of his young widow and their children, it was also an honor witnessing the reverence with which fire, medical and police personnel from around the state handled the untimely loss of one of their own.

JOHN ZSIRAY • APRIL 21 Colleen Rafferty assembles fence parts for one of her newest models, “Home On The Range,” in her Pioneer Valley Lodge apartment in North Logan. The model builder of nearly 50 years wouldn’t reveal her age, but responded “I’m going to live forever and I’m only half way there.” I can only hope that when I’m half way to living forever, I’ll be as sharp and capable as Colleen Rafferty.

A plane drops fire retardant on the Peterson Hollow fire near Beaver Mountain Ski Area.

Photographing forest fires are really tough, especially on the first few days when you can’t get much access to get close. On this fire I was a couple of miles away on a hill that overlooked the fire.

ELI LUCERO • OCTOBER 30 A cat hides under a car while stalking a wild turkey in Wellsville. We have had a flock of turkeys have been hanging out around my house. One day, I was following them around my neighborhood to see where they were going.

After a while I noticed that I wasn’t the only one stalking them. A cat was following closely behind, keeping an eye on them, as well. I kept hoping the cat would get the courage up to try to take one down, but it never did.

JOHN ZSIRAY• MARCH 9 Tippy, a corder collie, searches an area during a training session with the Cache County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue at the mouth of Millville Canyon. I’m so glad Tippy was able to find me on the mountainside above Millville Canyon just by smelling my favorite Red Sox hat. Watching a search-and-rescue dog work is pretty amazing.

JOHN ZSIRAY• MAY 11 Sky View’s Takesha Saltern receives a high-five from Mountain Crest infielder Alex Buttars as she rounds second after hitting a grand slam.

Having grown up in Cache Valley, I’ve witnessed some intense rivalries — mostly fueled by parents. The sportsmanship displayed

by Buttars after watching her “rival” jack a grand slam makes me wish some of the prep activites were done without parents in the stands.

ELI LUCERO • NOVEMBER 9 A firefighter works to control a Logan Light and Power cherry picker that caught fire. I was in the office when our power went out in the middle of the afternoon. My first thought was, Why did the power go out, there isn’t a windstorm. I figured that something must have happened. I quickly turned on the scanner and heard about an explosion a couple of blocks from our office.

I took off running figuring it would be quicker than driving and trying to park. Luckily, Jeff Hunter picked me up on the way and dropped me off close to the fire. I was only able to get about 20 frames before the fire was out.

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ELI LUCERO • JANUARY 19 The Logan LDS temple is silhouetted against the morning fog. This was shot through my windshield while stopped at a red light at 400 North and Main Street. While driving around town I always try to have my camera in the seat next to me just in case something grabs my attention.

ELI LUCERO • NOVEMBER 11 Utah State quarterback Kent Myers, right, prays in the Aggie locker room before playing BYU. Years ago I had an editor that told me that photojournalism is about trying to show the public something that they don’t see. One way that I try to do this while covering sports is to photograph in the locker rooms. I liked this photo because amid all the chaos that goes on in the room there moments of peace and reverence. I appreciate that USU coach Matt Wells trusts me and allows me the access to take these photos.

JEFF HUNTER • JULY 25

Young Dax Craig experiences an abrupt ending to his mutton bustin’ ride at the Cache County Pioneer Day Youth Rodeo at the Cache County Fairgrounds. I’ve been around rodeos my entire life, but I have to admit, I had never heard of a competitor ending up in the “scorpion” position until the announcer at this annual Pioneer Day event pointed it out. Fortunately, I was shooting from the right angle to record it. And even more fortunately, tough, little Dax acted like a true cowboy and got right back up.

JOHN ZSIRAY • JUNE 14 Vigil-goers dance to Aretha Franklin at the start of a vigil held at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church honoring those involved in the Orlando shooting. What makes this one of my favorite images is what this photo says about community.

After the attack on the Pulse nightclub, Cache Valley residents quickly organized a vigil featuring local officials and people from all walks of life. The event featured dancing, prayer and heartfelt stories from the people you walk past everyday in life.

ELI LUCERO • AUGUST 31

JEFF HUNTER • JULY 23

Sky View High’s Clarissa Mantz approaches the finish line to win the girls cross country race in Smithfield. In my career I have only shot two photos of runners that I really liked. This is one. As Mantz approached the finish line, all the Bobcat football players stopped watching practice and focused their attention on her. Ironically the other cross country photo that I liked was of her older brother, Conner.

Two-year-old Athena Maloney enjoys the water and foam during the firemen’s hosedown at Mendon’s Pioneer Day celebration. Mendon has always been one of my favorite communities in Cache Valley, and the way they celebrate Pioneer Day is a big reason why — they really go all out. I took a lot of fun photos that day, but this one is my favorite, probably because I have a 2-year-old daughter who would have been totally freaking out, while little Athena was out there by herself having a ball.

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Wilson’s words sing in Denzel’s ‘Fences’

By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer

The blue music of “Fences” sings with a ferocious beauty in Denzel Washington’s long-in-coming adaptation of August Wilson’s masterpiece of African-American survival and sorrow.

Transfers from stage to screen often serve up only a pale reflection of the electric, live-wire theater experience. But Washington, in his good sense, has neither strained to make August’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play particularly cinematic nor to “open it up” much from the confines of the staged settings.

What we have, instead, is a meatand-potatoes drama, delivered with fullbodied, powerhouse performances and an attuned ear to the bebop rhythms of Wilson’s dense, musical dialogue. The 1957-set “Fences” surely doesn’t call for anything like a Stanley Kubrick treatment. Just give us the words and the people,

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Viola Davis, left, and Denzel Washington share a scene in “Fences.”

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with passion.

“Death ain’t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner,” says Troy Maxson (Washington), a

53-year-old garbage man in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Primarily from the hemmed-in backyard of his brick house he pours

forth a torrent of rage, bitterness, pride and anguish.

“Fences,” part of August’s celebrated 10-part, decade-by-decade Century cycle, ought to have been made decades ago. It nearly was once, but Wilson’s insistence that a black director make it was deemed impractical by a backward Hollywood.

So Washington’s “Fences,” the first big-screen adaption of any of Wil-

son’s plays, is righting a wrong. The upside to the timing is that it would be difficult imagining better performers than Washington and Viola Davis, who starred together in a 2010 Broadway revival.

Wilson claimed to have never seen or read Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” before writing “Fences,” but the two works are undeniably linked in their grand, wrenching portraits of bone-tired mid-century American men coming to the realization of how little their lifetime of work has gotten them.

Maxson, an illiterate former Negro League baseball star who spent 15 years in prison, is a nine-to-five, blue-collar patriarch in loud revolt against a life that’s ground him down. With almost unrelenting bombast, he’s at war with the racism that’s boxed him in his whole life, with the changing world around him and with his own mortality. Feeling the devil near, Maxson is building a fence to keep him out -though there are other reasons he’s closing himself off. “I ain’t goin’ easy,” he swears while clutching a

bottle to an imagined but palpably present devil.

No one would doubt his resolve.

The other characters operate in reaction to the verbal force that is Maxson. First and foremost is his wife, the demure but formidable Rose (Viola Davis), who gradually moves from the kitchen toward the center of the film. She’s a figure of devotion whose own pains and regrets don’t spill out until her climactic speech: “I planted myself inside you and waited to bloom,” she tells Maxson. It’s a knockout moment, delivered by a blistering Davis with tears and snot smeared across her face.

The heart of the drama, though, is its fatherson story. Jovan Adepo plays Cory, whose college hopes rest on his football skills. Maxson lectures him again and again: “The white man ain’t gonna let you get nowhere with that football noway,” he tells him.

Washington’s performance is titanic, surely one of the best

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was an intergalactic holiday at movie theaters as “Rogue One” blasted past a spate of new releases to hold onto the top spot at the weekend box office.

The “Star Wars” story added another $96 million to its coffers over the four-day holiday period, according to studio estimates Monday.

“The power of the ‘Star Wars’ brand made it the odds-on favorite to be the No. 1 film on Christmas weekend despite a massive amount of competition,” said Paul Derga-

rabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker comScore.

That left the weekend’s many new releases in a race for second place. The animated animal musical “Sing” claimed that spot, debuting to $56 million. The Jennifer Lawrence-Chris Pratt space tale “Passengers” opened in third place with $23.1 million, followed by the R-rated comedy “Why Him?” with $16.7 million. The video-game adaptation “Assassin’s Creed” debuted in fifth place with $15 million.

“Star Wars” also dominated the

holiday box office last year with “The Force Awakens.”

“Mid-December is kind of a magic time to release a big franchise film,” Dergarabedian said, noting that the top-grossing films of all time, “Avatar” and “Titanic,” also opened in mid-December.

Half a dozen other films either opened or expanded over the holiday weekend. Denzel Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s “Fences” expanded on Sunday, earning $11.37 million See ROGUE on Page 11

The Logan Library Holiday Film Festival will continue at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, with “Home Alone.” Admission is free and the movies will be shown in the Jim Bridger Room of the Logan Library at 255 N Main St. Visit library.loganutah.org for more information.

The New Year’s Eve Program and Dance for all Cache Valley singles 46 year old and older will be held Saturday, Dec. 31, at the LDS Logan South Stake Center at 350 W. 700 South. Musical entertainment featuring Kate Francis & Friends will begin at 7 p.m., followed by games and refreshments. Dancing will take place from 9 p.m. to midnight.

Admission is free.

celebrate the arrival of 2017 by watching a live stream of the ball drop in New York City on the big screen at 10 p.m. MST. Dinner will be catered by Firehouse Pizzeria and music, dancing, dessert and beverages will be available all night. Tickets are $10 per person or $40 for a family of five — additional children in the same household are only $5 and children 3 years and younger are free. If you’d like to join the party after dinner, “partyonly” tickets are available starting at 8 p.m. and are $5 each or $15 for a family. Tickets can be prepurchased by visiting hyrumcitymuseum.org or at the door. This event is a fundraiser for the Elite Hall Restoration.

Hardware Ranch WMA offers a unique opportunity to get up close to wild Rocky Mountain elk on a horse-drawn sleigh beginning Dec. 9, and running through Feb. 27, 2017. Hardware Ranch is open Mondays and Fridays from noon to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are sold

Ring in the New Year New York-style this year at the historic Elite Hall in Hyrum. The party will start at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, with dinner, music and dancing on the legendary spring dance floor. Games, movies and popcorn will start at 8 p.m. along with live music and dance demonstrations. Then we will

Classic movies continue at the Utah Theatre in downtown Logan. On Saturday, Dec. 31, “The Little Princess” starring Shirley Temple will be shown at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults; $5 under 12 years of age. Call 750-0300 or visit theutahtheatre.org for more information.

Classic movies continue at the Utah Theatre in downtown Logan. On Friday, Dec. 30, “Dr. Doolittle” will be shown at 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Admission is $8 for adults; $5 under 12 years of age. Call 7500300 or visit theutahtheatre.org for more information.

Top Continued from Page 3 “The Artist” — a gimmick that won’t age well. I don’t agree.

As a musical, “La La Land” does indeed have a gimmick, but it feels rather timeless. The music is instantly memorable and plays like a soundtrack that

in the visitors center. Tickets are $5 for ages 9 and up; $3 children ages 4-8 and children 3 and under are free. Visit wildlife.utah. gov/hardwareranch for more information.

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people will be singing for years.

Not to mention director Damien Chazelle has crafted some of the most eye-popping song-anddance numbers.

1. “Kubo and the Two Strings” — The moment I saw “Kubo” I knew it would be one of my favorite movies of the year. In a world where most animated movies seem geared toward mindless entertainment,

Sing Continued from Page 10 of his career. Maxson’s deluge of dialogue — all its tale tales, braggadocio and pain — just flows out of him.

Washington keeps almost entirely to the play’s settings, but the most notable exception is its first scene where Maxson and his friend Jim Bono (a soulful Stephen McKinley Henderson) ride on the back of a

Come celebrate the New Year with your friends at Utah Public Radio beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at the Logan Golf & Country Club. The evening will feature music by Way Way East Bay and a plated dinner from Hamilton’s at the Country Club, with special guest host Steve Williams. Individual tickets are $100 each ($70 of each ticket is a tax-deductible donation).

No-host bar. Reserved tables of eight available. For more information or questions, please contact Ted Twinting at 797-9507.

Stand Together, a group of citizens working for equality, social justice and preservation of the planet, will have a short meeting at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, in front of the Cache County Courthouse at 199 N. Main St.

MONDAY Hardware Ranch WMA offers a unique opportunity to get up close to wild Rocky Mountain elk on a horse-drawn sleigh beginning Dec. 9, and running through

Laika Studios has gone the opposite way. “Kubo” closely mirrors the wisdom and wizardry contained in Studio Ghilbli’s best films. The stop-motion artistry lends itself to a lifelike, tactile appearance, something that just can’t be achieved even with the best computer animation. It’s magical, but has some important lessons for young and old alike.

garbage truck, up and down Pittsburgh’s hills, while Maxson rails against the lack of black drivers.

It’s an indelible image, and perhaps “Fences” could have used a few more such flourishes. The other obvious visual attempt — a handful of wordless montages — is a misstep, out of sync with the rest of the film. “Fences” may never lose the look and sound of a play, but Washington’s close-up focus on the characters only heightens the dignity Wilson bestowed on them.

Time Continued from Page 5 as well as other benefits.

Applications are being accepted from interested artists who live anywhere in Utah and selected counties in surrounding states.

The art pieces submitted for consideration must depict some aspect of Cache Valley or Sum-

Feb. 27, 2017. Hardware Ranch is open Mondays and Fridays from noon to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are sold in the visitors center. Tickets are $5 for ages 9 and up; $3 children ages 4-8 and children 3 and under are free. Visit wildlife.utah. gov/hardwareranch for more information.

TUESDAY The Logan Library will host Teen Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 3, in the Jim Bridger Room. This week’s theme is “So Crafty!” Visit library.loganutah. org for more information.

WEDNESDAY Want to enjoy a free story, snacks, refreshments and crafts with Stokes Nature Center staff?

Well, then come join us every Wednesday at the Whittier Community Center for our fun-filled Nature Tales! This week at 11 a.m. Jan. 4, will be “Stranger in the Woods” at 290 N. 400 East.

Rogue Continued from Page 10 over the lease, the celebrated musical “La La Land” opened in 534 additional theaters and finished the weekend in eighth place.

Also opening over the long holiday weekend: Pedro Almodovar’s “Julieta,” Martin Scorsese’s “Silence,” J.A. Bayona’s dark fantasy “A Monster Calls,” Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night” and the NASA drama “Hidden Figures.” merfest. The application deadline is Jan. 16.

“We accept applications from regional artists who work in two-dimensional media like painting and photography,” Thatcher said. We will accept either actual paintings/ photos, or for those artists who live farther away, high-quality photos of the work.”

Each year on Father’s Day weekend, Sum-

merfest Arts Faire brings together 150 visual artists and about 30 performers on Tabernacle Square in its free-to-the-public event. In addition, about 23 food vendors from around the region provide a variety of cuisines for hungry visitors.

Interested artists and vendors can contact Thatcher at (435) 2133858 or elaine@logansummerfest.com.

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4. Needlefishes 8. Italian brandy 14. Romantic connection 18. Grassland regions 21. Concerning this 22. Proofread 23. Bond film 25. Digging for dirt 26. Research facility, abbr.

27. Monetary unit of Romania 28. Disney duck 30. Grunts 35. Sludge-like 38. Hindu social division 42. Scream blue murder 46. Outside the law 49. Milk supplier 50. Rocket launch area 51. Many-stringed Japanese instruments 52. Substituting a creditor for another, insurance term 54. A means to an ___ 55. Verve 57. Lavishes one’s attention (on) 58. Want 61. Chapter of history 62. Olive, for one 64. 2009 “Survivor” setting 67. Yo! 69. Hindis’ devotional courses 73. Grating cries 74. Bond film 77. Bond agents 78. Bond film 80. It goes on forever 81. Subjects of wills 83. Qatari leader 84. Reason for a raise 86. Pig out 87. Sancho Panza’s transport 90. Odds-taker 94. Italian city 96. “Bravo!”

99. “__ Maria”

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100. Sprouting 104. Completely 106. Portion of butter 107. Marauding Khan 108. Unties 109. Fundamental reasons 111. Senior member 113. Assail 115. Prefix with linear 116. Thick outer coat of a seed 119. Free from 121. Time for presents 125. Good looking guy 128. Bond film, with the 135. Shiny on top?

136. Of Peru’s peaks 137. Massive snow slide 138. Indigenous Canadian 139. Next to 140. ___ brat 141. Owned Down 1. Italian wine region 2. Chemistry Nobelist Otto 3. Streets 4. Econ. measure 5. No matter what 6. Good way to eat vegetables 7. “Quiet, please!”

8. Monstrous 9. Gun, the engine 10. “Diamonds ___ Forever” (1971) 11. Itinerant merchant 12. Fleshy fruit 13. Not many 14. Nairobi’s land 15. Wedding vow 16. Family address 17. Place for a pig 19. “The Maltese Falcon” actress Mary __ 20. Costa del ___ 24. Grassy area 29. Dazzling successes 31. Bug 32. Apprentice 33. Martial arts sequence

34. Bakery treat 36. Elmer’s, for one 37. Tirana country, for short 39. Caused by earth vibrations 40. Low card 41. Night of poetry 42. Newspaper piece 43. Certain weather indicator 44. Historic Icelandic work 45. Old autocrat 47. Superhuman 48. Signifying a time in the past 53. Server’s trolley 56. Italian-born explorer of the New World 59. Rare metallic element 60. Muscle contraction 62. Well enough 63. Part of T.G.I.F. 65. Harry Potter’s mailman 66. Word in a simile 68. Supply house 70. Furrow maker 71. Put to trial 72. Representative 74. Match 75. Play 76. LAX posting 79. Fee ___ fo fum 80. Morning show time 82. @ 85. Three in one 88. Flap 89. Navigational aid 91. Appetizer for Juan 92. Racetrack 93. Network of nerves, e.g.

95. It has a keeper 96. Misfortunes 97. Gooselike 98. Arena take 100. Wander 101. Self center 102. Knight clothes 103. “Rocks” 105. Drawing 110. Johnson’s succes-

sor 112. Music, exercise in technique 114. It comes before the season 117. Deck mopper 118. Sound 120. Code of life 122. Great amount 123. Turkish general 124. Outbuilding 125. British media company 126. Much decorated lobe 127. Dark beer 129. Hawaiian necklace 130. Family man 131. Bul ____ watch 132. Seafarer 133. Shade tree 134. No vote

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

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