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‘West Side Story’ Four Seasons Theatre Company presents classic Broadway play

The Herald Journal

AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

contents

August 31-September 6, 2012

ART 3 Study abroad students

to display artwork at USU

5 Fall Gallery Walk

coming up next week

5 Jack Sears art to be displayed at Caffe Ibis

MOVIES 6 ‘Hit and Run’ a fun car chase comedy

7 ‘Lawless’ gets three stars from Aaron Peck

THEATER 10 Students to perform ‘Les Miserables’

11 ‘Celebrate America’ takes stage Thursday

MISC. 4 Elegant homes to open doors for historic tours

4 Saturdays at the Museum

explores rock art

COLUMN 12 Perhaps a bar for birds wasn’t the best idea, says Dennis Hinkamp

CALENDAR 15 See what’s happening this week

Photos by Jennifer Meyers/Herald Journal

Members of the Four Seasons Theatre Company rehearse a scene from “West Side Story” at Sky View High School on Tuesday.

On the cover: Parker Beus, left, and Danny Rash rehearse a scene from the production the same evening.

FROM THE EDITOR

B

eginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most.”

That’s one of my favorite lines from the 1998 movie “Hope Floats” which starred Sandra Bullock. It always seems to come to mind when I’m going through some big life change, and for me, the quote seems to perfectly spell out the emotions of beginnings and endings.

On Saturday, I’m taking a small U-Haul trailer filled with all my random belongings and driving out of Utah to start a new

adventure in Albuquerque, N.M. Why? My best answer is love.

While I am 99 percent excited, a few nervous butterflies are fluttering in my stomach because I don’t know exactly what lies ahead — but who does, right?

I’ll admit there are some sad aspects of leaving, namely the mountains, the valley, my job and especially my friends who have been there for me through thick and thin. Logan became my home nine years ago, and while I never thought I would be here forever, I am glad I got to stay so long. When you live in a place for nearly a decade, it becomes a part of you.

Friends turn into best friends, and you almost can’t see yourself living anywhere else.

I’m lucky to have had such a great “middle” here that included getting a degree at Utah State University and my first real job that’s been a major part of my life the last five and a half years. I’ve hiked the mountains, floated the rivers, watched the fireworks, listened to local music, watched countless plays and musicals, went on long drives through the canyons, and I usually always had someone by my side to make me laugh.

Logan will always have a piece of my heart. It’s the place I really “grew up.” I’ll miss seeing that view coming around the last bend of Sardine Canyon and feeling home. Thanks to everyone who made this a good ride.

— Manette Newbold

USU students eager to display art from study abroad program Utah State University art students have returned from abroad and are eager to show what they learned during their five-week stay in Germany. Examples of their work are included in the exhibit “Aggies in Deutschland,” showing Sept. 4 to 14 in Gallery 102, located in the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s Logan campus.

Twelve students and a graduate assistant accompanied Christopher Terry, program facilitator and professor of art, painting and drawing in the Caine College of the Arts, on a study abroad art program to western Germany for five weeks.

“I absolutely loved the study abroad program and I feel that every student should have an opportunity to experience it,” said Valerie Jenkins, a junior majoring in interior design.

As part of the program, USU students worked on a collaborative project with German students at the Steinbart Gymnasium in Duisburg.

Together, they went through the city drawing sketches and gathering images of the sights.

Using those images they created large drawings and collages of Duisburg.

“Our collaborative project this year went beyond my expectations and has already given me new ideas about how I might expand the program further,” said Terry.

While in Essen, students visited the Museum Folkwang, one of the leading museums in Germany famous for its collection of modern and contemporary art. Also included in the program was a visit to the Zeche Zollverein UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. Zeche Zollverein was originally a coal mine and now is the home of the red dot design museum, famous for contemporary design.

“Each museum we visited left an impression on me and seeing hundreds of works of art with my own eyes was awe-inspiring,” said Alexandra Johnson, a junior dual majoring in psycholPhoto courtesy Alexandra Johnson ogy and art. “This was an experience wholly Melanie Hill draws in a cemetery in Essen during a study abroad program different from the usual art class.” in the summer.

Gallery 102 is open Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. “Aggies in Deutschland” is WHAT: “Aggies in Deutschland” exhibit free and open to all.

When: Sept. 4 to 14 More information on the study abroad Germany Art program can be found at http://art.usu. WHERE: Gallery 102 in the Chase Fine Arts Center at USU edu/index.php?page=germany.

WEBSITE: http://art.usu.edu/index.php?page=germany

“The Rufous gang started rolling into town; not all at once, but just one at a time.

We had never seen these flashy guys before so we welcomed the avian diversity. It turns out these guys are greedy, belligerent, persistent drunks.”

– Dennis Hinkamp, page 12

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ALL MIXED UP

Quotable

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all mixed up Take a stroll through Logan’s historic homes The fifth annual Cache Valham home, located at 332 W. ley Historic Home Tour will Center St., was converted in spotlight homes in historic the 1990s from five apartdowntown Logan from 10 a.m. ments to the lovely home they to 4 p.m. Sept. 8. live in today. Maintaining “People really enjoy seeing many of its historic features, it the ingenuity and tremendous has been carefully restored to amount of work some of near its floor plan in the origiour residents have shown in nal home. restoring or updating these Michael and Lori Hale wonderful old homes which have demonstrated what can were built so well by our be accomplished even with a early residents,” said Bernice young family of six children.

McCowin, event co-chair.

With their own labor, they Seven homes of different have turned their 1914 Amerisizes and architectural styles can Bungalow into a very will be featured. The event livable home, even converting is organized and sponsored a concrete shell in the baseby the Cache Valley Visitors ment that contained only a Bureau and the Cache Historilarge pile of dirt into a popular cal Society. hangout for both younger and “I love the history and heriolder children. Check it out at tage of our valley, and this is a 338 N. 400 East. beautiful time of year for resiProceeds go toward history dents and visitors to explore scholarships at Utah State it,” said Julie Hollist, director University and to help pay for of the Cache Valley Visitors This Logan home was elegantly restored by Guy and Roz Hampton. It will part of the Cache Valley bus transportation for elemenBureau. “These homes are tary students to visit the AmerHistoric Home Tour on Saturday, Sept. 8. showpieces of beauty and pioican West Heritage Center. ley their permanent home. with exquisite handicraft and neer ingenuity.”

“We want to engender a love Center. From 1934 to 1948 The Mark Leyda home, 71 art created by its current resiMcCowin added, “This of our history and heritage in Eccles served as chairman of N. 200 West, was recently dents. Patrons visiting before year’s attendees will see a the Federal Reserve Board, as local school children and USU added to the National Register 1 p.m. may want to stroll variety of homes from the appointed by President Frank- students,” McCowin said. of Historic Places. The Victothrough Logan’s Gardeners simple to the elegant.”

Tickets are $10 and can be lin D. Roosevelt.

Homes can be visited in any rian home has been complete- Market, located nearby. purchased at the Cache Valley The stately American ly renovated and is filled with Due to popular request by order.

Visitors Bureau, 199 N. Main Foursquare home at 191 E. antique furniture and fixtures. those who missed the beautiThe Mary Heers home, 192 St., in Logan; Lee’s Market100 North was built for wellVisitors will also be fully restored Marriner S. S. 300 West, has 2-foot thick place in Logan and Smithfield known financier George H. impressed by the beautifully Eccles mansion or want to see Champ and has been elegantly and Maceys Food & Drug in walls quarried from Green displayed antiques in Ernie it again, Robert and Barbara Canyon and is an excellent Providence. Cash or check restored by Guy and Roz and Sharon Verdine’s home, Guy have graciously opened it Hampton. Visitors should also only. On the day of the tour, example of the stone houses 125 S. 200 East. Their house for this year’s tour. The home built by the early pioneers tickets will be available at walk around the lovely yard was built more than 100 years features original stained glass in Cache Valley. These rock each home. For more informawith its beautiful landscaping ago by an immigrant from windows, wood floors and oak and carriage house. houses demonstrated their tion, call the Visitors Bureau trim, and is located at 308 W. determination to make the val- Finland, and is also furnished at 435-755-1890.

The Gene and Julie Need-

Learn about rock art, cave paintings at USU museum Fall semester has begun at Utah State University and the Museum of Anthropology kicks off its Saturdays at the Museum series Sept. 1. Guests are invited to join the museum staff to delve into the mysterious world of rock art and cave paintings during the

Saturday activity. Visitors can learn about rock art from Utah and around the world and the process through which the art has been created over the last 30,000 years.

The museum’s young visitors can make their own rock art from 10 a.m.

until 4 p.m., and special screenings of Werner Herzog’s film “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” will play at noon and 1:30 p.m. The film offers viewers a glimpse of some of the oldest rock art in the world in Chauvet Cave in France.

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252. Admission is free. For Saturday activities, free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

“Majesty” by Kathy Noble

Untitled by David Hull

Dozens of artists to participate in Gallery Walk Join the Cache Valley Center for the Arts Downtown on Friday, Sept. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. for the free Gallery Walk. The Logan Art District invites you to see a variety of art displayed in more than 17 businesses and temporary galleries, all within walking distance and set within the heart of Downtown Logan’s historic district. This event provides art lovers an opportunity to socialize and tour a full spec-

trum of galleries, local businesses, and nonprofit art spaces.

Start at any location and pick up a map; just look for galleries marked with the official CVCA yellow banner. For exhibition details, visit cachearts.org or email events@cachearts.org.

The September Walk features artwork by Jack Sears, Adam Sampson, Jeannie Millecam, Dick Broun, Sierra Merrell, Daniel Hull, Cache Valley

Photographers, Jeremy and Larry Winborg, Russ Fjeldsted, Utah’s Heart Gallery, Johnny and Heaven Lopez with LNL PhotoFarm, Jim Parrish, and Logan City School students.

Returning to St. Johns Episcopal Church at 85 E. 100 North is master watercolorist and oil painter, Colleen Howe Bleinberger. This exhibit will feature Colleen’s student including Linda Morse, Scott

Bushman, Sue Dunker, Roxane Pfister and April Hay. Gallery Walk participants can also see the Valley Dance Ensemble performing “Of JellO Molds and Tupperware” a 5-minute repertoire at 7, 7:30, 8 and 8:30 p.m. during sidewalk performances at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. Locations include Caffe Ibis, Citrus and Sage, The Image Foundry Location, Fuhri-

man’s Framing and Fine Art, Global Village Gifts, Jack’s Wood-Fired Oven, Joyride Bikes, Logan Downtown Alliance Lifestyle Homes, Logan Fine Art, Mountain Place Gallery, Oasis Books, SDesigns at the Thatcher-Young Mansion, S.E. Needham Jewelers, The Sportsman, St. John’s Episcopal Church, the Bullen Center, Utah Public Radio and Winborg Masterpieces Art Gallery.

Caffe Ibis to display Jack S. Sears art exhibit From Sept. 7 to 17, select works from the private family collection of Jack Sears will be exhibited at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave., in Logan.

This collection will be featured as a part of the Logan Downtown Gallery Walk on Friday, Sept. 7, with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m.

Don’t miss out on the rare opportunity to view this special family collection of one of the most prominent Utah artists.

Sears was born in Salt Lake City in 1875. He studied art in San Francisco at the University of Deseret, and in New York as a part of the Art Students League.

He worked as a cartoonist for New York syndicate newspapers before working at Times News as a political cartoonist and illustrator for several other newspapers including the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune.

After going back to study art

in New York from 1904-1918, he returned to Utah where he became instructor of art at the University of Utah for 24 years.

During his teaching career, Sears founded the commercial art department at the University of Utah.

Sears worked in various media, constantly sketching life around him. Apart from creating numerous drawings and paintings, he also wrote and illustrated the books “The Diary of a Cat” in 1934 and “Cat Drawings” in 1943.

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“Caffe Ibis” by Jeannie Millecam

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movies Dax Shepard puts his friends, fiancee Kristen Bell, even his own vehicles to good use in this fun little car-chase comedy that’s quite infectious — the good time clearly had by the filmmakers rubs off on the audience. Done on a tiny budget, the movie’s stunts and chases are nothing much, but the lack of resources steers the story away from action and toward the characters, who are wry, irreverent, even endearing.

Screenwriter Shepard, the “Parenthood” co-star who directed the movie with David Palmer, tailors the roles to suit his pals, including Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Kristin Chenoweth and “Parenthood” co-star Joy Bryant.

Shepard plays a former getaway driver now in witness protection, who winds up pursued by his old bank robbery gang when he hits the road to get his girlfriend (Bell) to an interview for her dream job in Los Angeles. The result is like a student film made by pros, weirdOpen Road Films

This film image shows, from left, Joy Bryant, Bradley Cooper and Ryan Hansen in a scene from “Hit and Run.”

★★ ‘Hit and Run’ Directors // David Palmer, Dax Shepard Starring // Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell and Bradley Cooper Rated // R for pervasive language including sexual references, graphic nudity, some violence and drug content. ly idiosyncratic but efficiently paced.

It’s well-scripted and well-acted, and if the movie lingers too long on so-so gags and inside jokes Shepard and his friends found particularly funny, it compensates with a freewheeling spirit that pulls viewers along for the ride. 99 minutes.

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The Prohibition Era is, to me, one of the most interesting periods of time in American history.

We can look back on it now and realize that it was one of the biggest blunders ever created by the government. It created much more harm than good. It gave rise to the modern day gangster. We wouldn’t have known about names like Al Capone or Meyer Lansky if it hadn’t been for Prohibition.

There have been a lot of movies made about this time period focusing on the famous mafia names of the day, but “Lawless” is a bit different. Instead of taking a look at the well-known wise guys, the film focuses on a backwoods Franklin County, Va., family called Bondurant.

The Bondurants are a nasty bunch. Legends have spread far and wide about their new invulnerability. Many of these legends are fixated on the oldest brother of the Bondurant bunch, Forrest (Tom Hardy). Forrest is mean and imposing. Fresh off “The Dark Knight Rises,” Tom Hardy makes Forrest sound a whole lot like Bane, adding to his dreadful reputation. The youngest brother, Jack (Shia LaBeouf), is ever mindful of trying to please his older, more respected brother. Only he can’t quite seem to get the task done.

The Bondurants are in the illegal liquor game.

With liquor outlawed

by Prohibition, illegally distilled liquor fetches a premium price. Only this game doesn’t come without its dangers. For a while, the Bondurants operate in their section

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This film image shows Shia LaBeouf, right, in a scene from “Lawless.”

★★★ ‘Lawless’ Director // John Hillcoat Starring // Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Guy Pearce Rated // R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexuality/nudity

of Franklin County with relative impunity. Their reputation scares the local police and therefore allows them to traffic their liquor wherever they want. However, things soon change.

Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce) moves into town from Chicago, representing a large criminal organization. His job is to tax the alcohol producers in Franklin County. If they don’t comply, then he’s supposed to eliminate them. Pearce is at his best when he’s

playing a smarmy villain that you love to hate.

Think of his slick, privileged Fernand Mondego from “The Count of Monte Cristo” only this time he’s even more aggravating. Pearce has a quality about him that makes him the perfect cocky villain. Rakes certainly doesn’t measure up to Forrest in terms of size and menacing power, but what he lacks in power, he makes up for in cunning and deviousness.

“Lawless” is full of

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‘West Side Story’

Four Seasons Theatre Company presents classic Broadway musical

Marissa Olson performs in the role of Maria during a dress rehearsal of “West Side Story” on Tuesday.

W

est Side Story” is a popular musical adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim that is often described as the classic tale of forbidden love and rivalry.

However, Nan Wharton, who is directing the Four Season’s Theatre’s production of the story, said this musical is so much more than that.

“It is really about prejudice and the things we do to each other, and not accepting people for who they are,” she said.

The story, made popular by a 1957 production on Broadway, is set in Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid-1950s, in what was an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood at the time. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.

The members of the Sharks from Puerto Rico are taunted by the Jets, a white working-class group.

The young protagonist, Tony (played

by Parker Beus), one of the Jets, falls in love with Maria (played by Marissa Olsen), the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks.

Wharton said “West Side Story” is a difficult piece to produce, with “hard music and hard acting.” It is a piece even she has only directed one other time in her career.

In keeping with the theme of forming bonds, producer Kody Rash said it has been quite an experience to watch the cast draw from life-changing events in a way that adds powerful emotion to a show that is already laden with drama.

One cast member suffered a serious injury and another experienced the death of his mother just two weeks ago.

“It has been really neat to see our cast take these events into their own life.

They have pulled together as a family and that brings some real emotion into the show,” Rash said. “For me, that is probably the most special thing about that show.”

Rash is the costume designer on this production, and “West Side Story” has been a new era that he has not previ-

ously designed for — but one he has enjoyed.

In many ways, the ’50s time period is easier to work with because many things can be purchased instead of custom made. Even so, he has helped the cast take on a whole new look for their roles.

The cast members, who are all ages 18 to 24, have undergone a complete transformation, from hair styles to the color of their skin.

“It made such a drastic difference ... with having them so much darker,” Rash said. “It’s amazing how it changes the people — put a costume on them and all of a sudden they feel like the character, it puts them in the place and time.”

Cast members auditioned for their roles in May and rehearsals started in June. Rash said everyone thought three months would be plenty of time to pull the show together, and it has taken every single possible moment to do it. And after dress rehearsal on Tuesday night, he feels like they are all ready for the show to begin tonight.

Four Season’s production of “West Side Story” features choreography by Michelle Falk, who also plays the role of Anita.

The Tony Award-winning score includes the songs “I Feel Pretty,” “Tonight,” “Maria,” “America” and many more.

Four Seasons Theatre Company is a non-profit community production company dedicated to providing quality, affordable entertainment. The company was formed by brothers Kody, Danny and Jon Rash, all former students of Wharton, who has been teaching drama for 32 years.

“There are so many talented people in this valley,” Rash said. “We can provide another opportunity for people to perform,” Rash said. “But in addition to that, things are expensive, life is tough and very costly. We want to allow people enjoy the arts without going broke.”

Performances are Aug. 30 and 31, Sept. 1, 3, and 6 to 8 at 7:30 p.m. on the Sky View High School stage. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door and are available now at fourseasonstheatre.org.

Some proceeds will be donated to Sky View High School.

Story by Amy Macavinta • Photos by Jennifer Meyers

‘West Side Story’

Four Seasons Theatre Company presents classic Broadway musical

Marissa Olson performs in the role of Maria during a dress rehearsal of “West Side Story” on Tuesday.

W

est Side Story” is a popular musical adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim that is often described as the classic tale of forbidden love and rivalry.

However, Nan Wharton, who is directing the Four Season’s Theatre’s production of the story, said this musical is so much more than that.

“It is really about prejudice and the things we do to each other, and not accepting people for who they are,” she said.

The story, made popular by a 1957 production on Broadway, is set in Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid-1950s, in what was an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood at the time. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.

The members of the Sharks from Puerto Rico are taunted by the Jets, a white working-class group.

The young protagonist, Tony (played

by Parker Beus), one of the Jets, falls in love with Maria (played by Marissa Olsen), the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks.

Wharton said “West Side Story” is a difficult piece to produce, with “hard music and hard acting.” It is a piece even she has only directed one other time in her career.

In keeping with the theme of forming bonds, producer Kody Rash said it has been quite an experience to watch the cast draw from life-changing events in a way that adds powerful emotion to a show that is already laden with drama.

One cast member suffered a serious injury and another experienced the death of his mother just two weeks ago.

“It has been really neat to see our cast take these events into their own life.

They have pulled together as a family and that brings some real emotion into the show,” Rash said. “For me, that is probably the most special thing about that show.”

Rash is the costume designer on this production, and “West Side Story” has been a new era that he has not previ-

ously designed for — but one he has enjoyed.

In many ways, the ’50s time period is easier to work with because many things can be purchased instead of custom made. Even so, he has helped the cast take on a whole new look for their roles.

The cast members, who are all ages 18 to 24, have undergone a complete transformation, from hair styles to the color of their skin.

“It made such a drastic difference ... with having them so much darker,” Rash said. “It’s amazing how it changes the people — put a costume on them and all of a sudden they feel like the character, it puts them in the place and time.”

Cast members auditioned for their roles in May and rehearsals started in June. Rash said everyone thought three months would be plenty of time to pull the show together, and it has taken every single possible moment to do it. And after dress rehearsal on Tuesday night, he feels like they are all ready for the show to begin tonight.

Four Season’s production of “West Side Story” features choreography by Michelle Falk, who also plays the role of Anita.

The Tony Award-winning score includes the songs “I Feel Pretty,” “Tonight,” “Maria,” “America” and many more.

Four Seasons Theatre Company is a non-profit community production company dedicated to providing quality, affordable entertainment. The company was formed by brothers Kody, Danny and Jon Rash, all former students of Wharton, who has been teaching drama for 32 years.

“There are so many talented people in this valley,” Rash said. “We can provide another opportunity for people to perform,” Rash said. “But in addition to that, things are expensive, life is tough and very costly. We want to allow people enjoy the arts without going broke.”

Performances are Aug. 30 and 31, Sept. 1, 3, and 6 to 8 at 7:30 p.m. on the Sky View High School stage. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door and are available now at fourseasonstheatre.org.

Some proceeds will be donated to Sky View High School.

Story by Amy Macavinta • Photos by Jennifer Meyers

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Classic play ‘Les Miserables’ to be performed by students Top of Utah Entertainment will present the student edition of “Les Miserables” at 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 6 to 8, and 10 to 15 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre in Logan. A matinee performance will take place at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8.

The show will be performed by a cast of 130 students younger than 19. Director Gwendolyn Dattage said, “It has been amazing to watch this show change the lives of students in the cast. Every cast member has put 100 percent into this show and I couldn’t be happier with how the production is turning out.”

Dattage also said she’s never seen a more excited cast. “These kids came together and have become one big family.

It’s a joy to watch them all support each other and work as a team.”

The story of “Les Miserables” recounts the struggle against adversity in 19th century France. Imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, petty thief Jean Valjean (Corbin Lee and Peter LaBarge) is released from his 19-year term and not only becomes an honest man, but the mayor of a prosperous town and a loving adoptive father — violating his parole in the

Conner Blankman acts as Marius and Tiffany Lemon acts as Cosette in Top of Utah Entertainment’s production of “Les Miserables” at the Ellen Eccles Theatre next week.

process. The relentless Inspector Javert (Brady Stuart and Scott Glattli) makes a decent life for Valjean impossible while continuously pursuing him. Only years later, after Valjean proves his mettle during a bloody student uprising and saves the life of a young man hopelessly in love with Valjean’s adopted

daughter, does the exconvict finally feel fully redeemed. The play was originally adapted from Victor Hugo’s timeless novel.

Auditions for “Les Miserables” were held in May and the students have been practicing throughout the summer.

Dattage said it took a month to nail down all

the parts with auditions taking place in several high schools from Box Elder and Bear River, throughout the valley and up to Preston and West Side High School.

Tickets are $17 to $19 and can be purchased at the theater box office at 43 S. Main St., by calling 435-752-0026 or online at www.cachearts.org.

CVCA fall classes begin in September The Cache Valley Center for the Arts Fall programs will be in full swing by the week of Sept.

10. Classes at the Center include photography, music notation, digital filmmaking, sound recording with Broadcast Arts & Media; modern dance technique with Valley Dance Ensemble; ceramic

classes for all ages and skill levels; Cadenza Choir classes with Cache Children’s Choir; creative drama classes and production classes with Unicorn Theatre, mixed level yoga with Dennise, and full-length fall production class of “The Winter’s Tale” with Logan Youth Shakespeare. All

classes will be held in the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main, Logan. Registration is available at the CVCA ticket office located at 43 S. Main St., online at www.CacheArts.org or by calling 435-752-0026. The ticket office is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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“Moonlight Serenade,” Lush harmonies of the “String of Pearls,” “Sing Stardust Singers, exciting Sing Sing,” “Peggy The numbers by the Stardust Pin Up Girl,” “Tuxedo Dancers and the music of Junction” and many more. the Larry Smith Orchestra, The show plays nightly provide a night packed from Sept. 4 to 8 in the with show-stopping enter- Evan Stevenson Ballroom tainment including: “In on the Utah State Univerthe Mood,” “Don’t Sit sity campus. Tickets are Under the Apple Tree,” available with or without

“Payday Blues”

By William Humphrey I worked all week to get my pay, it didn’t last long, so hey, hey, hey.

I got the payday blues, I got the payday blues.

I bought some groceries, I paid my rent, the money didn’t last, it went, went, went.

I got the payday blues, I got the payday blues.

I bought oil for my car, I bought some gasoline, it took a lot of money, it wiped me clean.

I got the payday blues, I got the payday blues.

Sometimes I feel there’s nothing to lose, all I have left is the payday blues.

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We never planned on being bar owners. We just thought opening one on a seasonal basis would be a manageable and entertaining contribution to our otherwise sedate neighborhood.

So starting in about June each year, we set up the bar stools, stock tiny barrels with sweet beverage and wait for the customers to start to arrive.

This year per usual, they started showing up thirsty and appreciative. Sure there were exotic flowers to pursue in the wilderness, but our easy access selfserve bar seemed like a restful place to meet fellow travelers. Everything was going fine as the festively-dressed patrons started to arrive.

There was much buzzing, diving and the usual aerial courtship dances. There was the occasional fat oriole that looked like he had lost his way but even strangers like this were generally just politely ignored rather than kicked out.

Then the rufous gang started rolling into town; not all at once, but just one at a time. We had never seen these flashy guys before so we welcomed the avian diversity. It turns out these guys are greedy, belligerent, persistent drunks. It’s not unusual for a tough guy to wander into a bar, pick a fight and then never be heard from again; not so for the rufous. It seemed like

Slightly Off Center DENNIS HINKAMP

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Backyard bar creates buzz between birds, bees

the first one just came in to size up the opposition. Having proved the black chins and broad tails were easily bullied, he came back with friends, uncles and wives in tow. Pretty soon it was like a biker bar with macho chest thumping and roaring around the parking lot

chasing off all hummingbirds not of their clan.

It didn’t matter how many satellite bars we put up, the rufous kept expanding their gang to cover all the entrances to the bar. On a good day, an occasional black chin was allowed to slam down a quick shot of juice, but he was then quickly escorted out the door by the rufous bouncer. On a bad day, the aerial dogfights sometimes resembled the movie “Top Gun.” This went on for two months.

Then came the alien invaders. Every bullying dictatorship has its downfall and this has been the Arab Spring for the rufous. It wasn’t an internal uprising

from the downtrodden masses, but rather an unexpected hoard of outsiders that attacked like the invaders from ever-malevolent alien movie. The bees started sneaking by the rufous doormen a couple at a time and nobody seemed to mind such a tiny intruder; then a few more and a few more until the bar was three deep with the little buzzers. The bees were like alcoholics who had just been cut off by other bars and now they desperately tried to get into the feeders that weren’t made for their anatomy.

Buzz and bluster as they might, the rufous were not up to the risk of death by a hundred stings. The black chins

and broad tails seem to have headed elsewhere while the bees remain undeterred with their faces pushed up against the window of the bar unable to get a drink.

I guess the drought, like Prohibition, has driven the thirsty to desperate measures.

Our neighborhood bar became so popular, we had to close it.

Dennis Hinkamp of course made sure all wildlife was of legal age.

He is among a number of freelance writers whose columns appear in The Herald Journal as part of an effort to expose readers to a variety of community voices. He is not an employee of the newspaper. Feedback can be sent to dennis. hinkamp@usu.edu.

Paul Auster reflects on the winter of his life

By Ann Levin Associated Press

Thirty years ago, a struggling poet and translator of French poetry published a memoir of his father that marked him as a writer worth watching. “The Invention of Solitude” ended a bleak few years in Paul Auster’s life when his first marriage had disintegrated, he was suffering from writer’s block, and he could barely eke out a living.

After its publication, Auster threw his considerable energy into prose, producing a stream of novels, essays and screenplays — including the 1995 Wayne Wang film “Smoke” — that, in the years since, have won him acclaim.

Now 65 — just old enough to collect Social Security but to his way of thinking, almost at death’s door — Auster gives us “Winter Journal,” a bookend to “Invention of Solitude” and a somber meditation on growing old.

Amid some lovely observation and a few distracting literary devices, the book is roughly organized as a catalog of “what it has felt like to live inside this body.” Thus, the scars on his face trigger memories of childhood accidents. We learn about a false heart attack, other curious psychosomatic ailments and the inevitable, and predictable, “years of phallic obsession.”

Memoir writing is hard

— unless the author is a recovering addict, former president or aging rock star — and readers may well wonder why they should

‘Wards of Faerie’ will charm fantasy fans

By Jeff Ayers Associated Press

Author Terry Brooks has delivered some of the best fantasy tales written in the past 35 years. His latest, “Wards of Faerie: The Dark Legacy of Shannara,” continues the saga that started with a sword in 1977.

The best fantasy novels immerse readers in an unusual, yet familiar world, and the Four Lands chronicled in Brooks’ Shannara books highlight a jagged and potentially dangerous landscape.

The classics in the genre also reveal strong and sympathetic characters, and Brooks has a flair for memorable ones that readers root for amid the chaos.

In “Wards of Faerie,” a young Elven girl falls in love with a bad boy thousands of years ago. Their relationship deteriorates when they real-

ize they cannot be together.

Upset, he steals the powerful and magical Elfstones from her, leaving one stone behind that he claims will help her find him. She’s unsuccessful in her quest, and she writes about her sorrow in a diary.

In the present, the young druid Aphenglow Elessedil

stumbles on the forgotten words. She persuades the leader of the druids to launch an expedition to find the missing stones.

Brooks features the conflict between the world of magic and the growing movement for science.

Secrets and a person’s destiny also play key roles in the narrative.

The design of the Shannara books spreads the story line across centuries, yet also makes it easy for new readers to jump in at any point.

With the popularity of George R.R. Martin’s “A Game of Thrones,” the end of The Wheel of Time saga in January and the first part of “The Hobbit” opening in theaters in December, the world of fantasy is more prevalent than ever.

Brooks’ Shannara series is a grand example of the best of the best in the genre.

care. Fans of Auster’s postmodern fiction will, of course, and so might the bohos of Brooklyn, where Auster put down roots long before that borough became trendy.

But readers who aren’t as familiar with Auster’s work may find themselves put off by his intensely self-conscious mannerisms, especially his unfortunate decision to write this in the second person.

In an interview before publication, Auster says it “would have been too hermetic, too egocentric” to use the traditional “I’’ voice. In fact, it’s just the opposite.

Readers are so used to the first person that it goes almost unnoticed, while the “you” continually calls attention to itself. Even worse, the cumulative effect is one of an unseemly self-regard, as though he is admiring himself in a mirror.

Although it’s a given that writers are unusually interested in their own artistic process, Auster is best when he steps outside himself and observes the world around him. He has a good eye, a long memory and an elegant way with words, and these skills, without all the gimmicks, often combine to produce memorable results.

new york times best-sellers HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Gone Girl,” by Gillian Flynn 2. “The Inn at Rose Harbor,” by Debbie Macomber 3. “Where We Belong,” by Emily Giffin 4. “The Kingmaker’s Daughter,” by Philippa Gregory 5. “The Light Between Oceans,” by M. L. Stedman HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand 2. “The Amateur,” by Edward Klein 3. “Solo,” by Hope Solo with Ann Killion 4. “Wild,” by Cheryl Strayed 5. “Obama’s America,” by Dinesh D’Souza PAPERBACK TRADE Fiction 1. “Fifty Shades of Grey,” by E. L. James 2. “Fifty Shades Darker,” by E. L. James 3. “Fifty Shades Freed,” by E. L. James 4. “Bared to You,” by Sylvia Day 5. “The Best of Me,” by Nicholas Sparks E-Book Nonfiction 1. “Unbroken,” by Laura Hillenbrand 2. “Wild,” by Cheryl Strayed 3. “The Amateur,” by Edward Klein 4. “Solo,” by Hope Solo with Ann Killion 5. “Killing Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard Keep your reading list updated at www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

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26. First fugitive?

27. Fixed charges 28. Senate declaration 29. Durable fabric 30. Hard seed coat 31. Positive highway signs?

35. Hit the ___ 38. Tribe of ancient Media 39. Couturier Ricci 40. Biochemistry abbr.

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50. With restraints?

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69. Uppish 71. Sidestep 72. It follows that 73. Large-eyed lemur 74. Ruse 75. Electric ___ 77. Mob 81. Start of some cloud names 82. Place for a firing 83. They must go in the oven?

86. Ingrown ___ 88. Cedar or cypress 89. Econ. statistic

90. Prelude to a duel 92. Center of French resistance in W.W. II 93. Splinter group 96. Happy outcome in any event?

101. Really enjoy 105. 99-Down synonym 106. Battle of Britain grp.

107. Enlighten 111. Pet 112. Break for evil ones?

116. Catalog card abbr.

117. It’s used as fertilizer 118. Seat of Montana’s Lewis and Clark County 119. ___ and now 120. Quaint dance 121. Draft, maybe 122. Complaint 123. Crime fiction writer Johansen Down 1. Like some agreements 2. Unrivaled 3. Licks 4. Convictions 5. Word with wise or mass 6. Some beans 7. Room at the top 8. Body of verse 9. Suffix with musket 10. ___ forma 11. Chilean range 12. Sojourn 13. Hackles 14. Get into 15. Hairy-chested 16. At full throttle 17. Nitrogen compound 18. Kissing diseases 24. “The Parent ___” 25. Recovery 29. Grand duke’s father 31. Philatelist’s purchase 32. Mellowed

33. Peachy-keen 34. Wildebeests 36. Venus or Mars 37. Afternoon service 38. Like a bog 40. Frat letter 41. Swe. neighbor 42. “___ Together Now” (Beatles tune) 44. Not to 46. Burn, maybe 47. Adjust, as laces 48. River to the North Sea 49. Recites 51. Gift to a cause 52. Mouths off 53. Family members, in the U.K. 54. Language of Lahore 58. Tarzan’s transport 59. Enthusiastic 61. ___ Stone 62. Overcast 63. Free 64. It holds the mayo 65. Specialty 66. Lockup 67. The Bard’s river 68. Military missions, for short 69. Crate component 70. ___ contendere 74. Middle Eastern rice dish 75. Homologous 76. Striped shirt wearer 78. Fix 79. Place for a DVD player 80. Telesthesia 82. Bagpiper’s wear 83. Division of Cameroon 84. Any minute 85. Vein stuff 87. China setting 88. ___ Notes 91. Monotheistic sect member 94. Ghanian monetary unit

95. Asian martial art 96. Symbol of thinness 97. Fit to be tied 98. Star bursts 99. See 105-Across 100. Turkic language 102. Selfish sort 103. Where babies come from 104. Feet 107. Common contraction 108. Saturn satellite 109. Cleave 110. “Love Will Find ___” 112. Obstacle 113. Before, of yore 114. Physicist Georg 115. Stephen of “Still Crazy”

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Friday Andrew Higbee will perform indie alternative music from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at Caffe Ibis. Free.

Auditions for Top of Utah Entertainment’s “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Old Rock Church in Providence.

Performances will be in November. For more information, visit www.topofutahentertainment. com, email topofutahentertainment@gmail.com, or call 435225-3416.

Man vs. Mud will take place Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at the American West Heritage Center, 4025 S. Highway 89-91, Wellsville.

Registration is $50 until Aug. 30, and $60 after. Registration includes a T-shirt, race photos, a prize, goodies, coupons and discounts to local businesses. The mud run course has more than 30 obstacles. To register, visit www.manvsmud.com.

The Friday Morning Ladies Sunshine Bowling League is looking for new bowlers of any skill level to bowl at Logan Lanes.

A registration meeting will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31.

Bowling begins Sept. 7. Get a team of four; single bowlers can also come and be added to a team. For more information, call 770-7377.

The Kenton’s Cup, a charitable 4v4 youth/adult soccer tournament, will take place in Hyrum on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. All tournament proceeds go to help with medical expenses for 12-year-old Hyrum resident Kenton Reynolds who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. Multiple divisions of play for youth and adults will be available and all types of skill levels are encouraged to participate.

Cost is $130 per team and each team is guaranteed four games.

Participants get T-shirts as well.

For more information, visit www. facebook.com/kentonscup or email kentonscup@gmail.com.

“Lux,” an art exhibit exploring how artists have used light as a medium or subject matter, will be open to the public from Aug. 31 until May 31, 2013, at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art in the Chase Fine Arts Center on the USU campus. Suggested donation is $3.

musicians will perform and then give an educational clinic on what to look for in any instrument.

Then, there will be a Q&A. The musicians and their expertise for the clinic will be: Austin Weyand (guitar), Mike Reeder (band instruments) and Jim Schaub (orchestral instruments).

“Adventures in the West — Visual Connections to Jack London’s Literature” will be on display at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art from Aug. 31 until Dec. 10. The exhibit will feature majestic landscape photos of Ansel Adams and Brett Weston and will explore the rugged, historical and dangerous qualities of the western world portrayed in Jack London’s writing. Suggested donation is $3.

Utah State University is holding open auditions for children ages 6 to 15 to be part of the cast for “The Miracle Worker.”

Auditions are at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at the Chase Fine Arts Center. Children will read from a scene and do a short improvisation activity with the director. The scene will be available from the theater arts department office at the beginning of the week. The play will be performed Dec. 4 to 8 in the Caine Lyric Theatre. For more information, please contact Adrianne Moore at 435-797-3023 or adrianne.moore@usu.edu.

Kenyon Smith will perform on the organ at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at the Logan Tabernacle.

He is the son of Kelvin Smith, who has played a number of recitals there.

The public is invited to a free Play With Me music sample class for children 0-3 years old at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 31, at the Smithfield Recreation Center. Music therapist Heather Overly planned these classes to be enjoyable for parents and children to assist in child development. Some skills included during instruction include music, dance, movement, playing instruments, body awareness, balance, coordination, attention, parent/child bonding and music appreciation. For more information or to register for follow-up classes, call Heather Overly at 563-6543.

Guitarist/singer Kris Krompel will perform from 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 31, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South. Everyone is welcome.

SATURDAY A free concert and clinic begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

1, at KSM Music, 50 W. 400 North in Logan. Three seasoned

p.m. Newcomers welcome.

MONDAY A special event to honor those who lost their lives in the Canyon Road mudslide, the men and women who came to their aid and the heroes in the USU motorcyclist accident and the Logan River car accident will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 3, at River Hollow Park at 970 East (just off Canyon Road) in Logan. There will be more than 40 booths from local vendors and talent presentations throughout the day with a memorial service beginning at 7 p.m. Craig Jessop with the American West Festival Chorus will perform. Activities will be available for children during the day. For more information, visit www.canyonroadfestival.com.

TUESDAY

Guitarist/vocalist Christina Johnson will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza. There will be no cover charge but tips are appreciated.

Sky View High School hockey registration for the 2012-13 season will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, at the Eccles Ice Arena. A mandatory parents’ meeting will begin at 7:15.

The Smithfield Historical Society will host its closing open house for the historic Smithfield Tabernacle from 1 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 1. Light refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited.

The Cache Carvers Woodcarving Club will meet at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the Cache Senior Center, 236 N. 100 East in Logan. The public is invited.

For more information, call 435563-6032.

September is library card sign-up month at the North Logan Library, 475 E. 2500 North.

Stop by any time during open hours.

Storytime at the Logan Library for children ages 3 to 5 will begin Tuesday, Sept. 4. Storytime will take place Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Pre-registration required. To register, call 435716-9121 or go online at library. loganutah.org, and click on the “children” tab.

SUNDAY Todd Milovich will perform from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, at Caffe Ibis. Free.

The Post-Mormon Community is a non-sectarian organization of individuals and families who have left Mormonism. The Cache Valley chapter meets for dinner and socializing at a local restaurant every Sunday at 6:30

There will be a Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre Guild meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

4, at the Dansante building, 75 N. 100 West. For questions, call Kurt Smith at 770-6302. Newcomers welcome.

WEDNESDAY The Towne Singers chorus is looking for basses and tenors to sing in Logan’s oldest mixed chorus in its 48th year. Rehearsals will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday nights at the Dansante building, 59 S. 100 West in Logan, beginning Sept. 5. The Towne Singers perform two major concerts yearly at Christmas in the Logan Tabernacle and in the spring in the Dansante. For more information, contact Gary Poore at 435713-4726 or check out the chorus during a rehearsal.

THURSDAY The Farmer’s Market in Hyrum takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at 675 N. Main St. Registration for English Classes for Adults will be from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6 and 7 at the English Language Center, 1544 N. 200 West, in Logan.

Classes begin Sept. 10 and end Nov. 15. Cost is $25. Classes will be held for all levels, and there will also be basic computer literacy and citizenship classes offered. For more information, call 435-750-6534.

USU Extension in Cache County will present a monthly Eat and Educate class at 11 a.m.

Thursday, Sept. 6, in the Cache County Administration Building Multipurpose Room at 179 N. Main, Logan. The topic will be “New Ideas for an Old Question: What’s for Dinner Tonight?” New recipes for hearty and healthy suppers will be shared along with tips and suggestions for organizing kitchens and pantries for efficiency and convenience. The cost is $3 per person ($2 if you pay 24 hours prior to the class).

For reservations, call 435-7526263.

Seattle-based metal band Phalgeron will perform with Deicidal Carnage and Nescience at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at Why Sound. Cost is $5.

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