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The Herald Journal Feb. 19-25, 2010
Cache Magazine
Cache Magazine
Local quartet spices up restaurant
atmosphere with weekly performances
Jazz& cocktails
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Cute pet photo of the week
This cat is available for adoption!Pet: Trenton From: Four Paws RescueWhy she’s so lovable: “Trenton has a sweet, gentle disposition and is very affectionate and snuggly once she gets to know you. She is also very special — Trenton has radial nerve dam-age to her front leg, which seems to be paralyzed from the ‘elbow’ to the paw. She gets around just fine, and can run and play, but she can’t use that leg properly. The vet said it isn’t causing her trou-ble, but because she can’t run as fast as other cats and couldn’t climb and get away from danger, she needs a safe, indoor-only home. Trenton is very playful and loves to stalk and ‘kill’ her toy mouse. She has been spayed and given her vaccinations, and is now ready for a forever home.” For more information, contact Sheri at 787-1751.Slow Wave
Slow Wave is created from real people’s dreams as drawn by Jesse Reklaw. Ask Jesse to draw your dream! Visit www.slowwave.com to find out how.
Cache
IFOUND MY NEW FAVORITE quote in a book review on Page 13 of this week’s magazine: Editor
John Bowe defines “successful” love as “a series of simple actions, performed repeatedly in various forms: listen, affirm, accept, support, commit, share, be hon-est, forgive.”
It’s short, it’s simple and it’s to the point. In the real world, love isn’t always beautiful and magical and roman-tic. It’s rarely ever like you see in the movies (good or bad); it’s just another part of life you get to experience if you’re lucky enough.
I would rather have acceptance and support than flowers, and I’d prefer my husband’s commitment to jewelry any day of the week. I know I’m young, but
I’ve been with my husband for more than 10 years (married for more than four) and it seems to get easier every day. That’s why the above quote is my new favorite, because it sums up the secret I’ve always known about.
When you’re always hearing about how divorce is at an all-time high, it’s refreshing to know love still exists — if you check out the book featured on Page 13, an anthology titled “Us: Americans Talk About Love,” you’ll see people do still fall in love and people do still stay married until “death do us part.” In fact, my parents have been married more than 43 years and my husband’s parents have been married almost as long.
It might not always be pretty, but true love is possible. And that gives me a lot of hope to base my future on.
Have a great weekend, everyone!— Jamie Baer Nielson
Cache Magazine editor
From the editor [email protected]
Musician Jon Gudmundson’s reflection is seen in a window as he performs for patrons at Le Nonne on Wednesday
evening. Gudmundson’s quartet plays at the restaurant every week for Jazz and Cocktail Wednesdays. Learn more about the musicians on Page 8. Photo by Alan Murray/Herald Journal
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Check out this week’s “Photos By You” feature!
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What’s inside this week
Please: Let’s keep America
fat and free
(Page 11) Film..........................p.6-7Bulletin Board ..........p.10
Aaron reviews “Shutter Island”: A cheap trick in a beautiful package
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(Page 4)Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers is returning to Cache Valley
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THE BRIDGER FOLK MUSIC Society will present the Infamous
Stringdusters at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, in the Eccles Conference Center audito-rium at Utah State University. Amanda Maestro-Scherer will open. Tickets are $16 in advance or $18 at the door and can be purchased at the USU Spectrum ticket office, Sunrise Cyclery (138 N. 100 East) and KSM Guitars (50 W. 400 North). For more information, visit www.thestring dusters.com or www.bridgerfolk.org.
When the Infamous Stringdusters first emerged in 2007 there were immedi-ate accolades, including International Bluegrass Music Association awards and a chart-topping debut record. The group — Andy Hall (dobro), Andy Falco (guitar), Chris Pandolfi (banjo), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), Jesse Cobb (mandolin) and Travis Book (upright bass) — was viewed as a collection of Nashville’s most sought-after young guns getting together for a super jam.
While critics have loved to declare the band newgrass torchbearers, this group is actually a broad melting pot of American music. Backgrounds range from training in classical and jazz to hard rock to stints
backing country legends and high lone-some heroes. Their recordings include their self-titled debut and “Fork in the Road.” For more information, visit www.thestring dusters.com or www.bridgerfolk.org.
All mixed up
“G oat Stack” (seen here) is one of 35 quilts in the exhibit “Tribute to Friendship: Quilting Round Robin,” on dis-play at the Brigham City Museum-Gallery through Feb.
24. Also on view are 23 cloth postcards designed by quilters and sent to one another in the mail and 14 mini quilts. The museum is at 24 N. 300 West in Brigham City and is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Admission is free. For more information, call 435-723-6769.
‘Tribute to Friendship’quilt exhibit on display
Stringdusters bringingit home bluegrass style
FOLLOWING FOUR DAYS OF complicated negotiations, a revised
schedule for Utah State University’s Wassermann Festival has been set, and pianist Stephen Hough is still the open-
ing artist with a solo recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at USU’s Performance Hall. Chinese pianist Haochen Zhang will now perform March 9.
Hough’s original appearance was canceled due to storms that affected the East Coast and
stranded the artist in New York while his luggage was snowbound in Chicago. The
storm set off a series of changes in the Wassermann schedule.
Ticket holders for the canceled open-ing (Feb. 11) will be provided tickets for Hough’s new date, Feb. 23. Those who had purchased tickets for Zhang’s original-ly scheduled appearance will receive new tickets for the March 9 date, but should not use their old Zhang tickets to attend the Hough event. Those who are now unable to use their tickets can contact the box office for an exchange or refund.
Both artists will provide master classes at the Wassermann Festival, but spe-cific times and dates are being finalized. Details of the master class schedules will be posted on the Wassermann Festival Web site at www.usu.edu/wassermann.
For more information, visit www.usu.edu/wassermann, call 797-3257 or e-mail [email protected].
Wassermann back on track with pianist Stephen Hough
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NINE-TIME All-Ireland fiddle champ and Riverdance
show-stopper Eileen Ivers and other old-time musicians will celebrate the story of the immi-grant’s journey during her 2010 tour of “Beyond the Bog Road — An Irish-American Experi-ence” at 7:30 p.m. March 1 and 2 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre in downtown Logan, 43 S. Main. Tickets are $21-$32 and can be purchased at www.EllenEccles Theatre.org or at the Cache Val-ley Center for the Arts Ticket Office in the Bullen Center.
Ivers’ recording credits include more than 100 contem-porary and traditional albums and numerous movie scores. The Bronx-born Irish-American is a nine-time All-Ireland fiddle champion, original music star of Riverdance, a founding mem-ber of Cherish the Ladies and a best-selling recording artist.
Ivers toured to Cache Valley in April 2005, selling more than 1,700 tickets. Her unique per-formances appeal to all types of listeners and audiences of all ages.
This performance is the perfect opportunity to engage young musicians in celebrating Irish-American music, but also the incredible and engaging style Ivers has mastered.
Created by Ivers, “Beyond the Bog Road” is a multimedia concert of music, story, dance and film. The concert celebrates the journey of the Irish immi-grant and showcases how Irish music and dance have integrat-ed with various North American roots to create one of the rich-est cross-fertilizations of folk music styles in the world. The “Beyond the Bog Road” CD will be released later this year.
Ivers will be sharing the stage with some old friends including Irish vocalist Niamh Parsons, three-time All-Ireland accordion champion Buddy Connolly, multi-instrumentalist and pro-ducer Greg Anderson, and bass-ist Leo Traversa. This concert will feature dance by Matthew Olwell, Kristyn Fontanella and special guests from Utah’s
Crawford School of Irish Dance. The backdrop for the show is video designed by DJ Men-del, who has recently directed Rosanne Cash’s “Black Cadillac in Concert” and the award-win-ning “Accidental Nostalgia.”
The daughter of Irish immi-grants, Ivers grew up in the cul-turally diverse neighborhood of the Bronx, N.Y. Rooted in Irish traditional music since the age of 8, Eileen proceeded to win nine All-Ireland fiddle champi-onships, a 10th on tenor banjo and more than 30 championship medals, making her one of the most awarded persons ever to compete in these prestigious competitions.
In 1999 Ivers established a touring production to present the music that now encompass-es Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul. The ensemble headlines prestigious performing arts cen-ters, guest stars with numerous symphonies, performs at major festivals worldwide, and has appeared on national and inter-
national television. For more information, visit www.eileenivers.com. Photo by John Kucza
Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers returning to Cache Valley
Rhythms
UTAH STATEUniversity music profes-
sor Michael Christiansen and a group of colleagues will be fea-tured in the second annual “An Evening in Brazil” — a concert featuring music by Brazilian composers with an emphasis on music from Rio — at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at USU’s Per-formance Hall. General admis-sion tickets are $15 and student tickets are $5, all available at the Caine School of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, FAC 139-B; by calling 797-8022; online at boxoffice.usu.edu; or at the door prior to the performance.
Performers for the evening
include Christiansen on guitar, Christopher Neale on guitar and vocals, Linda Ferreira Linford on vocals, Eric Nelson on saxo-phone, Lars Yorgason on bass, Jason Nicholson on drums and Don Keipp on percussion.
Christiansen is director of the guitar studies program at USU. He is the author of many books, including two books on bossa nova and samba. In addition to his duties at USU, he is a mem-ber of the Lightwood Duo.
Neale is a professor of engineering at USU. He was born and raised in Brazil and appeared in last year’s “Evening in Brazil.” Joining Neale in vocals for the concert is USU
vocal music major Linda Fer-reira Linford, a half-Brazilian native of New Jersey.
Nelson, the second half of the Lightwood Duo, is a middle school band teacher in Cache Valley. With Christiansen and the duo, he performs across the coun-try. Yorgason is a respected bass player in Utah and has performed with a number of noted artists.
Nicholson is a new addition to the music faculty at USU. From North Carolina, he is the recent-ly hired head of USU’s percus-sion program in the Department of Music. Keipp rounds out the evening’s performers. He is professor of percussion at Weber State University.
Samba back to ‘An Evening in Brazil’ at Utah State
“An Evening in Brazil” with Mike Christiansen, Jason Nicholson, Eric Nelson, Linda Ferreira Linford and Christopher Neale.
>>> Coming soon: Diavolo (p.12)
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IN CELEBRATION of the season of St. Patrick, the Bridger Folk Music
Society will present the sixth annual Celtic Night at 7:30 p.m. March 5 and 6 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main, Logan. Tickets are $10-$19 and available at www.bridgerfolk.org or at the door. Students with a valid ID will be admitted at half price one hour before each performance. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit Four Paws Rescue and the Cache Humane Society.
This year’s program will feature the local Inishfre Irish Dance Co., Kelsey Crane and Logan’s upcoming new Celtic band, Cuhulainn. Audience members will experience a variety of dances and dance styles from Ireland and Scot-land intertwined with instrumental music, singing, storytelling and sing-alongs.
CuhulainnLogan’s newest Celtic band
will be performing a number of traditional Celtic selections along with a few more modern compo-
sitions. Cuhulainn is a combina-tion of musicians including Mau-reen Killila (vocals, keyboard), David Hunt (fiddle, guitar, man-
dolin), Laurie Baef-sky (silver flute, wooden flute, pennywhistle,
piccolo), Harvey Neuber (guitar,
concertina, banjo, etc.), Julie Zufelt (keyboards),
Ryan Russell (drums) and Chris Mortensen (bass).
Together these seasoned musicians represent more than 100 years of musical experi-ence. In addition to the dance accompaniment, Cuhulainn has chosen a number of clas-sic Celtic pieces along with some newer tunes familiar to all. Their musical arrangements blend traditional musical form with modern “Celtic-fusion” instrumental combinations.
Inishfre Irish Dance Co.
The company has been danc-ing and performing around the Utah/Idaho area since 2003. Started and directed by Julie Zufelt, the company consists of nine dancers with a wide range
of experience. This year’s cast includes Dance Sterling Schol-ar Kate Jensen, a longtime student and company member of Inishfre.
Zufelt, with a background in ballet and piano studies, arranges and choreographs the danc-
es, staying true to the tra-ditional dances and styles of Ireland. After visiting Scotland and Ireland and having been inspired by Riverdance, Zufelt became immersed in Irish step-danc-ing. She has chosen a program of both hard-shoe and soft-shoe dances that will be set to tra-
ditional Celtic music with a little “New Age” feel thrown in for good mea-sure. Also, the company is
pleased to include a cameo appearance by U.S. National
Highland Dance Champion Kelsey Crane. A Utah native, Crane has been Highland danc-ing for 13 years.
In celebration of the Irish season
Coming soon: The Slants
• Who: Portland, Ore.-based, Chinatown dance-rock outfit The Slants• With: The IB; Road Trip to Hawaii• When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23• Where: Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave.• Cost: $5• More information: www.myspace.com/whysound or www.theslants.com
“BYE BYEBirdie!” will
play at 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 through March 20, at the Heritage Theatre, 2505 S. Highway 89, Perry. Matinees will start at 2 p.m. March 6 and 13. Tickets are $9 for adults and $8 for seniors and children. For reservations, call 435-723-8392.
Set in the 1950s,
“Bye Bye Birdie” stars Tyson Price of North Ogden as Conrad Birdie; Emilee Cooke of North Ogden as Kim MacAfee; Jessica Knowles of Ogden as Rosie Alvarez; Doug Shepherd of Liberty as Albert Peterson; and Jared Henderson of North Ogden as Hugo Peabody.
For more informa-tion, visit www.heri tagetheatreutah.com.
‘Bye Bye Birdie!’ coming to Heritage
THERE’S JUST something about islands — the seclusion con-
jures up feelings of loneliness and, at times, paranoia. There’s one way on and one way off. Things can get creepy on an island. I guess that’s why it’s the perfect place for a mental institu-tion for the criminally insane.
Shutter Island, located off the coast of Boston, is home to 66 prisoner patients. Mostly they are murderers with the only dif-ference being the increasingly bizarre ways they killed their vic-tims. U.S. Marshal Teddy Dan-iels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner, Chuck (Mark Ruffalo), have been sent to the facility to investigate the disappearance of one of the inmates. Seems as though the prisoner, who is said to have drowned her three kids, has vanished into thin air.
DiCaprio is a force here. He’s perfect as the strung-out U.S. marshal who may have a secret agenda to pull off during his investigation. Teddy’s fear and paranoia are ever present on DiCaprio’s continuously furrowed face — a master actor at work.
Daniels is battling his own inner demons. A decorated sol-dier in World War II, Daniels was there when they freed the prison camps. The horrors and atrocities, including images of piles of bodies, play over and over in his head like a broken movie reel. He can’t forget his time in the Army; he can’t forget the faces of the nameless corpses heaped on top of one another like pieces of trash.
Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley) is the doctor in charge of the island. Always present during Daniels’ investigations, Cawley keeps a watchful eye to make sure Dan-iels doesn’t overstep his bounds. Right away you know he’s hiding something, but you also know it’s the kind of something you won’t find out until the end.
“Shutter Island” is being billed as a straight-up horror movie by the looks of its trailers, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s sad when Hollywood
thinks what they have won’t sell, so they feel like they need to dress it up as something else. People expecting a horror movie will be disappointed. This is a psychological thriller that will, at times, make your brain hurt. You know the movie is deliberately hiding secrets from you for its big-end reveal, which becomes a little perturbing.
Scorsese’s direction is mas-terful, as always. His score is unsettling and his camera work top-notch. This could have easily been a movie where things jump out from the dark and scare you, much like last week’s “Wolf-man.” Scorsese instead focuses on the visuals, building suspense by lingering on shots of the bizarre and beautiful.
After all that, you may think “Shutter Island” is one of the year’s best; sadly, it isn’t. The entire premise, once laid out, is a sham. The wool has been pulled over our eyes, and for an hour or so we believe it, but when we find out what’s really going on we realize the entire story hinges on a string of convenient coinci-dences.
After the curtain is pulled back and we see what’s really going on behind the scenes, it’s not suspenseful, masterful
or even the least bit creative. The movie as a whole collapses under its own weight. The old-est trick in the book, really, and we were duped. It’s sad that a magnificently directed, cleverly written and brilliantly acted
film like this one could turn out so mundane and unoriginal.
Eagle-eyed viewers may be able to catch onto the story and realize what is happening. I have to confess I had an inkling, but didn’t want to believe it. I want-
ed it to be something more than what it is — something more than what we’ve seen in physi-ological thrillers like this time and time again — but it isn’t. It’s nothing more than a cheap trick wrapped in a beautiful package.
Film critic Aaron Peck has a bachelor’s degree in English from USU. He also writes for BlogCritics.org, HighDefDigest.com, and is starting up a new movie Web site called TheReel Place.com. He currently lives in Logan. He is among a num-ber 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 at [email protected].
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The Reel Place
By Aaron Peck
★★★“Shutter Island”
Rated R
A cheap trick in a beautiful package
“Percy Jackson& the Olympians:The Lightning Thief”Rated PG★★ Uma Thurman with snakes for hair and a killer stare is almost enough on her own to make this Greek-myth-inspired adventure worth seeing. Throw in the absurdity of former James Bond smoothie Pierce Brosnan, now put out to stud as a mythical centaur with a horse’s rump, and this latest supplicant for the Harry Potter fantasy crowd has two decent elements in its favor. The trouble with this return to youth fantasy by direc-tor Chris Columbus, who made the first two “Harry Potter” flicks, is that for every worthwhile moment, there’s a clunker merely filling up time, or worse, wasting it. Based on the first book in Rick Rior-dan’s fantasy series, the movie stars Logan Ler-man as Percy, a teen who learns he’s the demigod son of Poseidon, lord of the sea. Falsely accused of stealing boss god Zeus’ lightning bolt, Percy travels America with two fellow young heroes (Brandon T. Jackson and Alexandra Daddario) to save his mom (Catherine Keener) from the under-world and recover Zeus’ bolt. The fitful movie has OK action and effects, but it lacks spark. With Steve Coogan, Rosario Daw-son, Sean Bean, Kevin
McKidd. PG for action violence and peril, some scary images and sug-gestive material, and mild language. 119 min.
“Valentine’s Day”Rated PG-13★
1⁄2 Gauzily wrapped in stars and roses, Garry Marshall’s “Valentine’s Day” is exactly what it professes to be: an over-dose of sentimentality. A Hallmark card of a film, it’s a calculated ploy of comfortable predictability and general cheerfulness. The stars spill out as if from a clown car. They’re too numerous to name, but Ashton Kutcher, as a florist, is at the cen-ter. Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, Taylor Swift (in her feature film debut) and many oth-
ers find various forms of love on one eventful Val-entine’s Day in Los Ange-les. Like real Hollywood, there’s plenty of musical chairs. Marshall (“Pretty Woman,” “Runaway Bride”) juggles the many overlapping story lines successfully, but the film is remarkably, sometimes nauseatingly overstuffed. It also might boast the most shirtless dudes in a movie since “300.” PG-13 for some sexual material and brief partial nudity. 121 min.
“The Wolfman”Rated R★
1⁄2 With vampires of every kind running around Hollywood, the big-screen is ripe for a new take on werewolves. Yet despite a first-rate cast led by
Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt, a classy re-creation of late-Victorian England and commendable respect for Lon Chaney’s 1941 original movie, this one’s more a yawn than a scream. The tone adopted by director Joe Johnston is oppressive to the point of suffocating. Sure, the players here are swept up in the story of a man bearing a horrible curse, so you don’t expect them to be having fun. But they don’t have to be so funereal about it. The remake casts Del Toro as
a wayward aristocrat who transforms into a hairy beast after he returns to his ancestral home. Except for Hopkins, who wrings some deviltry out of a pretty silly patriarch’s role, the performers are just deadly dull. Del Toro’s
wolfie may be a doomed and tortured soul, but that’s no reason to doom and torture the audience. R for bloody horror vio-lence and gore. 102 min.
— All reviews byThe Associated Press
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Still playing “Precious: Basedon the Novel ‘Push’by Sapphire”Rated R★★★★ Director Lee Daniels assembles some of the unlikeliest ingre-dients — Mariah Carey, Mo’Nique, and a lead actress plucked from an anonymous casting call — to create a wondrous work of art. The film isn’t easy to watch and will test your tolerance for despi-cable behavior as a long history of physical abuse and incest unfolds involv-ing an illiterate, obese Harlem schoolgirl. Yet “Precious” — both the film and its grandly resilient title character — will steal
your heart. Daniels crafts a story that rises from the depths of despair to a place of genuine hope. Gabourey Sidibe offers a phenomenal screen debut as Precious, who makes an utterly believable and electrifying rise from an urban abyss of ignorance and neglect. The nor-mally lowbrow Mo’Nique delivers an Oscar-worthy performance as Precious’ viper of a mother, while great support is provided by Paula Patton, Lenny Kravitz and Carey in a small but honest role. This is great American cinema. R for child abuse including sexual assault, and perva-sive language. 109 min.
New this week!
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he restaurant is Italian, but on Wednesday nights the music inside comes from closer to home.
Bebop, Bossa Nova and classic jazz can be heard from the sidewalk outside Le Nonne restaurant at 129 N. 100 East in Logan where the Jon Gudmundson Quartet plays each week from 8 to 10 p.m. for Jazz and Cock-tail Wednesdays.
The group has appeared every week since November and restaurant owner PierAntonio Micheli says his restau-rant is the only one in town with regu-larly scheduled live music.
Jon Gudmundson, director of jazz studies and assistant professor of saxophone performance at Utah State University, leads the group with an energetic yet relaxed command of his alto saxophone.
The Pacific Northwest native says his friendship with Micheli began years back when a group of friends assembled to play the entire album of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” inside the restaurant. Micheli played the bass, Gudmundson played saxophone and others filled in where needed.
“There are a couple of saxophone solos on that album,” said Gudmund-son. “They asked me to sit in and play. It was a lot of fun.”
Micheli says customers gathered in front of the restaurant to watch as the group played each song from the album. Some of the hungrier guests were confused when they saw people walking in and out of the closed res-taurant with sound gear and musical instruments.
“So I asked them if they knew
Pink Floyd and said they should stick around to watch,” said Micheli. “They hung out all night and watched to the very end.”
But now Micheli leaves the Wednes-day night entertainment in the hands of Gudmundson and three other talented musicians.
Bassist Jim Schaub of Benson has been with the group for about a year and says selecting which song to play next is as simple as picking one off the top of his head. He sometimes plucks the strings on his double bass so hard they look like they could snap in two. Other times, he’s so gentle with the instrument, he places his ear right next to the fingerboard.
Percussionist Jason Nicholson of North Carolina is also a professor of music at USU. He received a doctorate of musical arts in percussion perfor-mance from the University of North Texas.
Nicholson holds a straight face as he plays the precise notes, but at the table he cracks jokes with his fellow musi-cians to show he’s not as serious as he looks. Nicholson has a way of playing percussion instruments with his hands and fingertips — the range of sounds that come from his drums resembles beats that can only be achieved by using a variety of sticks and wands.
Pianist Liz Woolley of Layton brings a soft touch to the group. She composed the song “Apple of My Eye” that was played at Le Nonne last Wednesday evening. She is studying music at USU.
In addition to its regular menu, Le Nonne also offers a selection of crepes on Wednesdays. For more information, call 752-9577.
Local quartet spices up restaurant
atmosphere with weekly performances
Jon Gudmundson, Jim Schaub, Jason Nicholson and Liz Woolley perform for patrons at Le Nonne.
Jazz& cocktails
Jon Gudmundson plays the saxophone as waiter Brandon Saunders takes an order from a customer at Le Nonne.
Jim Schaub plays the bass at Le Nonne.
Crepes are served from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with live jazz music at Le Nonne.
Liz Woolley sings a number at Le Nonne on
Wednesday.
From top: 1) Gudmundson plays the saxophone. 2) Le Nonne Executive Chef PierAntonio Micheli
prepares crepes. 3) Micheli talks with Gudmundson during intermission Wednesday evening.
Steve and Donna Smith
enjoy live music at Le Nonne on
Wednesday.
Story by Matthew K. Jensen
Photos by Alan Murray
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he restaurant is Italian, but on Wednesday nights the music inside comes from closer to home.
Bebop, Bossa Nova and classic jazz can be heard from the sidewalk outside Le Nonne restaurant at 129 N. 100 East in Logan where the Jon Gudmundson Quartet plays each week from 8 to 10 p.m. for Jazz and Cock-tail Wednesdays.
The group has appeared every week since November and restaurant owner PierAntonio Micheli says his restau-rant is the only one in town with regu-larly scheduled live music.
Jon Gudmundson, director of jazz studies and assistant professor of saxophone performance at Utah State University, leads the group with an energetic yet relaxed command of his alto saxophone.
The Pacific Northwest native says his friendship with Micheli began years back when a group of friends assembled to play the entire album of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” inside the restaurant. Micheli played the bass, Gudmundson played saxophone and others filled in where needed.
“There are a couple of saxophone solos on that album,” said Gudmund-son. “They asked me to sit in and play. It was a lot of fun.”
Micheli says customers gathered in front of the restaurant to watch as the group played each song from the album. Some of the hungrier guests were confused when they saw people walking in and out of the closed res-taurant with sound gear and musical instruments.
“So I asked them if they knew
Pink Floyd and said they should stick around to watch,” said Micheli. “They hung out all night and watched to the very end.”
But now Micheli leaves the Wednes-day night entertainment in the hands of Gudmundson and three other talented musicians.
Bassist Jim Schaub of Benson has been with the group for about a year and says selecting which song to play next is as simple as picking one off the top of his head. He sometimes plucks the strings on his double bass so hard they look like they could snap in two. Other times, he’s so gentle with the instrument, he places his ear right next to the fingerboard.
Percussionist Jason Nicholson of North Carolina is also a professor of music at USU. He received a doctorate of musical arts in percussion perfor-mance from the University of North Texas.
Nicholson holds a straight face as he plays the precise notes, but at the table he cracks jokes with his fellow musi-cians to show he’s not as serious as he looks. Nicholson has a way of playing percussion instruments with his hands and fingertips — the range of sounds that come from his drums resembles beats that can only be achieved by using a variety of sticks and wands.
Pianist Liz Woolley of Layton brings a soft touch to the group. She composed the song “Apple of My Eye” that was played at Le Nonne last Wednesday evening. She is studying music at USU.
In addition to its regular menu, Le Nonne also offers a selection of crepes on Wednesdays. For more information, call 752-9577.
Local quartet spices up restaurant
atmosphere with weekly performances
Jon Gudmundson, Jim Schaub, Jason Nicholson and Liz Woolley perform for patrons at Le Nonne.
Jazz& cocktails
Jon Gudmundson plays the saxophone as waiter Brandon Saunders takes an order from a customer at Le Nonne.
Jim Schaub plays the bass at Le Nonne.
Crepes are served from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with live jazz music at Le Nonne.
Liz Woolley sings a number at Le Nonne on
Wednesday.
From top: 1) Gudmundson plays the saxophone. 2) Le Nonne Executive Chef PierAntonio Micheli
prepares crepes. 3) Micheli talks with Gudmundson during intermission Wednesday evening.
Steve and Donna Smith
enjoy live music at Le Nonne on
Wednesday.
Story by Matthew K. Jensen
Photos by Alan Murray
“Untitled”by Donna Burns
A small little girl with brown curly hairSat alone in her room on her little wooden chair.
She wanted to think about the thoughts in her head;She wanted to remember what the grownups had said.She knew something must have gone terribly wrong,
Because her mommy was there, but her daddy was gone.Would she see him again was her one biggest fear.
It was a hard thought to think, and she brushed away a tear.From that time on she seldom saw him —
The visits few and far between.Even then the time was shared with others —
There was not much time alone together so it seemed.Soon the war came and he went so far away.
Although she really needed him, she knew he couldn’t stay.She had to be a big girl all too soon and understand
That her daddy had a mission in a far-off foreign land.She tried to make her letters cheerful so he’d think she wasn’t sad,But the letters carried teardrops as they made their way to her dad.
Then one day a letter came back with the dreaded word “deceased,”And a small eight-year-old girl has to learn to live with grief.
Once again the small girl with brown curly hairSat alone in her room in a bigger wooden chair.
It would be a long time now till she would again see her daddy dear.And now he waits in heaven while an old silver-haired woman waits here.
“Now”
by J. Marvin Black
Now, is the time.
Now, the keystone between the past and future.
Now, the only time assured.
Now, a moment lost, an experience crystallized.
Now, a life passes, a life begins.
Now, sin destroys, righteousness builds.
Now, a step downward, a leap forward.
Now, tears shed in sorrow, joy increased in hope.
Now, the disgrace of a lie, the strength of truth.
Now, a move toward eternal remorse, the time to prepare to meet God.
Hold fast to now, improve upon the past with it,
build the future out of it, rise toward eternity with it.
Want a piece of the action? E-mail submissions to [email protected] or call 792-7229 for more information!
By Susanna Oliverson “Attack! Attack!” by Brenda Schoenfeld
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The Cache Magazine Bulletin Board
GET YOUR STUFF PUBLISHED!The Cache Magazine Bulletin Board is a place for our local community to share, well ... anything! From short stories to poems to recipes to photos to unique tips when it comes to rearranging your closet, Cache Magazine wants your stuff! Send it all to [email protected], or mail it to Cache Maga-zine, 75 W. 300 North, Logan, UT 84321. We’ll be waiting!
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS ruining an otherwise flawless health care system? It’s those
fat people, people who smoke, people who don’t exercise, people who eat junk food — and especially those who have all four bad habits. They are driving up health care costs almost as much as peo-ple like me. I have almost no unhealthy habits except one: trying to stay healthy.
I’ve had expensive injuries from ski-ing, biking, running, playing soccer and ultimate Frisbee, stitches form playing basketball and baseball and skin pre-cancers just from being outside doing all these things. I’ve had surgery on both feet, a knee and an elbow. Doing all this exercise probably means I have consumed more food, breathed more air and worn out more shoes and clothes than the average person would in a lifetime. Staying healthy is killing me and no doubt driving up the health care costs for everyone else.
None of this would have happened if I just stayed inside and watched TV, played video games and watched TV commercials about people playing video games. And if any of this stuff really makes me live longer, the tax-payers are going to have to pay more out of Social Security and Medicare the longer I hang around.
On the up side, I have stimulated the economy by purchasing exotic bikes, boats, skis, Frisbees, disc golf discs, baseballs, basketballs, soccer balls, racket balls, tennis balls and mountains of specialized shoes for every sport. I’ve paid a year’s wages on entry and membership fees just for the privilege of doing all this crazy stuff. Physical thera-pists know me on a first-name basis.
So, healthy or slothful? What’s best for the economy? It’s a tough call. Pos-sibly the best thing for the economy would be to encourage people to go to school, get jobs, abuse their health and die young, which is essentially what we have been doing.
As the health care debate lingers on longer than the war in Afghanistan, all the crazies are coming out to play. We actually have a group of people run-ning around high-fiving each other for defeating health care reform. If you followed my earlier twisted logic you might conclude that keeping the popu-
lace numbed and unhealthy is the best approach. If everyone were like me, we would be wallowing in debt. Oh wait, we already are.
The answer is that there is no easy answer and that’s why we have been arguing about this since Hillary Clin-ton was merely a first-term first lady. The current first lady is taking a more reasoned approach and is just going after the low-hanging fruit of childhood obesity. Who could be against that? If they haven’t yet, it will be the same keep-government-out-of-the-home-except-for-gay-marriage swizzle sticks. If you force everyone to be healthy, everyone in our once great nation will end up slim, beautiful and socialist like those Swedes.
So please, urge your elected repre-sentatives to put an end to all this health improvement nonsense and let America stay fat and free but not fat free.
Dennis Hinkamp is really a fat person trapped inside the body of an obsessive-compulsive exercise nut. 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. Feed-back at [email protected].
Keep Americafat and free
SlightlyOff CenterBy Dennis Hinkamp
THE CACHE VALLEY Center for the Arts will host the return of
Diavolo, a modern dance com-pany that combines dancers, gymnasts, climbers and theater in a thrilling theatrical feat, at 7:30 p.m. March 9 and 10 at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main, Logan. Tickets are $21, $26, $28 and $32 and can be purchased online at www.EllenEcclesTheatre.org or at the ticket office in the Bullen Center. For more information, including available discounts, call 752-0026.
Diavolo was founded in 1992 in Los Angeles by Jacques Heim. His goal was to create large-scale interdisci-plinary performances to exam-ine the funny and frightening ways individuals act and react with their environment. Archi-tectural structures or sculpted adaptations of everyday items — sofas, doors, stairs — pro-vide the backdrop for dramatic and risky movement, revealing metaphors for the challenge of maintaining human relation-ships in modern environments.
In 1993 the company was nominated for two Lester Horton awards and in 1995 Diavolo was named “Best of the Fest” by the London Inde-pendent and Critic’s Choice by The Guardian at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 1998 the company opened the perfor-mance series at the new Getty Center Museum in Los Angeles. In 1998 they created their first full evening-length work “Cata-pult,” which was commissioned by the National Dance Project and nearly a dozen prominent performing arts centers around the United States.
The 1998-99 sea-son marked Diavo-
lo’s first full North American tour, and subsequent seasons have seen the company per-form in more than 30 states and in international venues
in such countries as Japan, Mexico and Chile. Since then, Diavolo has been nominated several times for numerous awards, including four 2001
Lester Horton Awards and two 2003 Lester Horton Awards.
This acrobatic dance com-pany works collaboratively under the guidance of Heim.
The sets created for Diavolo are outrageous and surrealistic and form an intrinsic part of each piece of work. Every-day items are used as props to dance on, off, over and through while demonstrating abstract concepts. The techni-cal aspects of the show require the company to build a trust among its members. Teaching, training and performing with 10 dancers adds danger and a high level of risk.
Due to the unusual and innovative way Diavolo works with architectural structures, the creative team at Cirque du Soleil was inspired to engage in a creative partnership with Heim to work on future projects. Ultimately, Heim was chosen to choreograph the Cirque show “Ka” in Las Vegas.
Diavolo has developed numerous educational work-shops, residencies and inter-active school concert perfor-mances that have reached more than 100,000 students and adults in communities nation-wide. The workshops and resi-dencies use specific techniques and exercises to develop trust and teamwork skills.
The 10-member company currently has more than a dozen works in repertoire (ranging from 10 to 75 minutes in length), most of which trav-el easily and can be adapted
to large- and small-scale venues. Their Logan program will include “Tete En L’Air,” “Knock-turne,” “Bench” and the return of two audience favorites from their perfor-mance here in 2006 titled “Trajectoire” and “Humachina.” These pieces dem-onstrate the ability of Diavolo’s artistic director to use basic shapes as stage sets.
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The thrilling theatrical feat that is Diavolo
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The Christian Science Monitor
WHATEVER FORM love takes, it is always fascinating to
dissect. Alongside death, love is surely the most obsessed-over subject in the history of literature and poetry.
In his new anthology, “Us: Americans Talk About Love,” editor John Bowe takes the pulse of American experiences of love won and lost — from teenagers to octogenarians, and across the socioeconomic and geographic spectra. Unlike the typical anthology filled with essays by familiar authors, “Us” offers love stories by nonliterary types, told in their own voices.
In the book’s preface, Bowe writes that this oral history “aims as an ensemble to do jus-tice to the array of voices in our country, celebrating their ear-nestness, openness, optimism, vulgarity, humor, religiosity, sexuality and generosity.” He began each interview with the same simple question: “Please tell me about the person whom you have loved the most.” The responses he elicited are rich and varied and startling.
Although Bowe claims to have no special expertise on the subject, he’s quite articulate in describing love’s endlessly surprising nature: “At the heart of the compact between two lovers is mystery code that, for anyone else, reads as kabbala-like, indecipherable gibberish. And yet, for the lovers, it’s transformative, life-affirming,
redeeming. It could well be a ghost. It doesn’t matter a bit.”
Love can begin with a mutu-al spark at first sight. Or, as in the case of 36-year-old New Yorker Jordan Perl, it can be a meandering, confusing road. He recounts his undergraduate years at Yale, when he was fix-ated on a close friend, Rebec-ca, who obdurately refused to move their relationship into romantic territory. (She also had a number of other avid suitors.) He persisted; she ulti-mately realized her feelings for him, and they have been married for 12 years. “(T)he fact that it took so long might be the reason why we ended up together,” he says. “It’s really been the key to our long-term happiness.”
Jack Babineaux of Louisiana has a rather Forrest Gump-like perspective on love, seeing it as “two people each reaching
for the french fries at the bot-tom of the McDonald’s bag … one of them is going to let the other one have it. That’s love.”
San Antonio teenager Celia Menendez shares her hilari-ously succinct take on a former boyfriend: “I guess the best way to describe us is like Crys-tal Pepsi. Like, we were this really, really great idea. And then it didn’t really work out.”
For others, a relationship lasts but demands unfathom-able tests of strength. “It got to the point where I was ask-ing God for the strength to get through the day because I did not know whether or not my wife was going to be alive when I got home,” says Steven Hager of Colorado, married for 21 years. After his wife suf-fered an accident, the pain left her suicidally depressed, and she tried to kill herself with a shotgun before he intercepted her (on more than one occa-sion).
There are stories of grief. Kathy Barrett, a 72-year-old widow from Vermont, recalls her idyllic marriage to Bob: “On most major issues, we thought alike, and if it was minor issues, we didn’t bother arguing,” she says. “We were both Roman Catholics, we believed in the tenets of our faith. I really think there’s a spiritual side to love.” He died of a heart attack eight years after their wedding, and she never wanted to be with any-one else. “I know what I had for the time I had it,” she says.
In his preface, Bowe explains that “Us” makes no attempt to offer a grand, sweeping statement on its sub-ject. He notes that many people show their best selves in love, while others are at their most monstrous — and no matter what, so many marriages in America end in divorce. Still, he discovered some instructive elements among those who
have achieved “successful” love, which Bowe defines as “a series of simple actions, per-formed repeatedly in various forms: listen, affirm, accept, support, commit, share, be honest, forgive.” There’s noth-ing sexy or exciting about that, but it works.
One of the book’s most inspiring love stories is the lon-gest-lasting marriage featured in “Us”: 65 years, although Fred White and his wife, Helen, from Mission, Kan., have actu-ally been together for 71 years — since junior high school.
“She was quite a doll, and I didn’t want anybody else,” says Mr. White. “That’s the way it was. I’ve got good taste!”
Now 86 years old (with a 62-year-old son), White admits that the duration of his happy marriage is extraordinary, but he believes it is possible for anyone. “I don’t have a lot of advice,” he says. “True love exists. If you make it. It’s a true thing if you make it.”
Books
HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Worst Case” by James Patterson2. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett3. “Flirt” by Laurell K. Hamilton4. “Winter Garden” by Kristin Hannah5. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown
PAPERBACK (TRADE) FICTION1. “A Reliable Wife” by Robert Goolrick2. “The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks3. “Dear John” by Nicholas Sparks4. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson5. “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold
PAPERBACK NONFICTION1. “The Lost City of Z” by David Grann2. “The Blind Side” by Michael Lewis3. “Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson4. “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn5. “Are you There, Vodka? ...” by Chelsea Handler
HARDCOVER ADVICE1. “The Kind Diet” by Alicia Silverstone2. “... Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1” by Julia Child3. “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin4. “So Long, Insecurity” by Beth Moore5. “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man” by Steve Harvey
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‘Us’: A nice tribute to the power of love
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Answers from last week
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By Myles Mellor and Sally York
Reckless Kelly channels Pinto BennettBy The Associated Press
T he great thing about the roots music movement in America is
the little-known and regional voices exposed to wider audiences.
Reckless Kelly does us all a favor with its latest, “Somewhere In Time.” The album is made up completely of songs written by Pinto Bennett, an overlooked coun-try songwriter from Boise, Idaho, whose adroit music deserves a closer look.
Two of the band’s members, Willy and Cody Braun, grew up in Idaho and were exposed to Bennett’s music long ago. Bennett was a hit in Europe, but never really caught on in
the United States, and that’s a shame.The music as channeled by the
Austin, Texas-based band is fun, poignant, authentic and completely deserving of this tribute, which comes on the heels of Reckless Kel-ly’s most commercially successful album, 2008’s “Bulletproof.”
The album opens with the heavy rocker “Little Blossom,” the story of a life spinning out of control, bounces along with “Bird on a Wire,” and gets all deep with “Some People’s Kids.” Bennett’s at his best, though, when his wry humor comes to the forefront on songs like “I’ve Done Everything I Could Do Wrong” and “I Hold the Bottle, You Hold the Wheel.”
Here’s hoping “Somewhere In Time” brings a little more attention to Bennett.
CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: The best thing about Bennett’s songs are the evocative lyrics. Ben-nett paints a vivid picture in the title track. Add in a beautiful fiddle line and the song is stunning.
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Colleen Darley will perform live music from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Fran-cisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South, Logan. For more information, visit pier 49logan.com.
Everyone is invited to join a peace vigil from 5:30 to 6 p.m. every Friday on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 North in Logan. This non-violent public event has been ongoing every Friday since 2005. For more information, call 755-5137.
Blues duo The Legendary Porch Pound-ers will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Brigham City Fine Arts Center, 58 S. 100 West, as part of the “Music in the City” series. Admission is $8 at the door ($5 for students with ID) or by calling 435-723-0740.
The Mountain Crest Drama Department will present the comedy “The Dearly Unde-parted” by Michael Soetaert at 7 p.m. Feb. 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 in the MCHS auditorium. Tickets are $5 each or $3 each when you pur-chase 10 at one time.
Kids ages 2 and 3 are invited to join Parent Tot Nature Hour from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Stokes Nature Center. Toddlers will explore animals, plants and nature through music, crafts and games. This program is parent interactive, and all toddlers must have a par-ent pal present. Cost is $3 ($2.50 for SNC members). To register, call 755-3239.
The Thomas Edison Charter Schools will hold random drawings for classes where applications exceed enrollment space at 3:30 p.m. Friday. For more information, call Edison North at 787-2820 or Edison South at 752-0123. Enrollment will continue until classes are filled.
Steady Machete will perform with The Deception, Jackson Kelly and The Lam-etones (rock/jam band) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound.
A series of films exploring the changing nature of American society and the experiences of those who cross real and perceived bound-aries continues with “The Border Wall” (not rated) at 7 p.m. Friday in Old Main Room 121. All films are free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For more information, contact Scott at [email protected] or 797-7373.
An art reception for “Taste” will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave., Logan. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 753-4777.
Friday
The 2010 Winter Olympics will be shown in the lobby of the Eccles Ice Center (2825 N. 200 East, North Logan) all week. For public skating times and an up-to-date schedule, call 787-2288 or visit www.ecclesice.com.
Ongoing events Kevin Kula and Jeremy Threlfall will per-form “Music that Heals the Soul” at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Piano Gallery, 1940 N. Main, North Logan. For tickets or more information, call 213-7944 or visit www.kevinkula.net.
Melody with Tyler Forsberg will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Pier 49 San Fran-cisco Style Sourdough Pizza.
This month’s Unicorn Pillow Theatre show, “1940s Radio Mystery,” will play at noon and 2 p.m. this Saturday and next at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main. Tickets are $2 at the door for ages 2 and older. Children young-er than 2 get in free.
The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing Saturday at LD’s Cafe in Richmond. Everyone is invited.
Bear River Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the office of Dr. Robert Young, 550 E. 1400 North, Ste. Q, Logan. Young will take the group on a tour of his collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday. Everyone is invited. For more information, contact Regent Marilynne Wright at 752-2076.
Deja Vu will perform at 3 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. Everyone is invited.
Auditions for “Into the Woods” will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 99 E. 4700 South, Ogden. All roles are open; some may be double-cast. Ages 14 and older should come prepared with 16 bars of Broadway-style music. An accom-panist and CD player will be provided; please, no a cappella auditions. To download an audi-tion form, visit www.terraceplayhouse.com.
Why Sound will host Battle of the Bands: Final at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Taggart Stu-dent Center auditorium at USU. Performing bands include Battle School, Water and Walls, Dry Lake Band and Viewers Like You. Admis-sion is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound.
Soccer registration will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Logan Rec Cen-ter. Last-chance registration will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 27. Registration forms are also available online at www.soccer7.org. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 881-2906.
An AARP driving class will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Cache County Sheriff’s Complex. Cost is $12 for members or $14 for non-members. To register, contact Gayle at 764-0834.
Saturday
Melody and Tyler will perform at noon Sunday at Caffe Ibis, 52 Federal Ave, Logan. For more information, call 753-4777.
Sunday
The Post-Mormon Community Cache Val-ley chapter meets for dinner and socializing every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at a local restau-rant. Newcomers welcome. For more informa-tion, visit www.PostMormon.org/logan.
Cub Scout Swim Days 2010 will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 27 and 4 to 5 p.m. March 2 at the Sky View pool. Bring a towel and swimsuit and arrive 15 min-utes early. A bag for personal belongings is encouraged. Cost is $1.50 per boy in advance or $2 at the door. Leaders, parents and den chiefs are free. For more information, contact Dale at 258-2908 or Joe at 753-5864.
The Utah Avalanche Center in Logan and Renegade Sports will host a free Avalanche Beacon Training Clinic from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Renegade Sports in Nibley. The clinic is open to everyone who wants to learn how to properly use an avalanche rescue bea-con. Bring a friend, your family or your Scout troop. This is an open house, so come when you can. For more information, call 755-7111.
The Sports Academy will start an eight-week FUTSAL (mini soccer) league this week. Games will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays. Cost is $240 per team. For more information or to register, contact Natalie at 753-7500.
Health for Life will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Senior Center, 240 N. 100 East, Logan. Speaker Jennifer Birchell, board-certified neurologic music therapist, will talk about “the healing power of music.” The public is invited.
Tuesday
“Jazz and Cocktails” — featuring the Jon Gudmundson Quartet — are served up from 8 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday at Le Nonne, 129 N. 100 East, Logan. In addition to its regular menu, the restaurant also features a selection of crepes on Wednesday nights. For more information, call 752-9577.
Scott Bradley will lead a “To Preserve the Nation” Constitution class at 7 p.m. Wednesday at The Book Table. There is no charge. For more information, call 753-2930.
Rosa and husband Michael will share their recipe for lasagna at a free cooking and com-munity class from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.
A Southern Cache Valley Medusahead Prevention Area Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Paradise Fire Sta-tion, 9035 S. 100 West. Medusahead poses a serious threat to both natural resources and agricultural operations on the southern end of Cache Valley. For more information, contact Dave Mabey at 753-6029 ext. 24.
USU Extension in Cache County will pres-ent a four-week series of personal and fam-
Wednesday
ily financial management workshops from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays starting Feb. 24 at the Cache County Administration Building, 179 N. Main, Ste. 111, Logan. Each week a different financial expert will teach the basics of good financial techniques. Cost is $15 per person and includes handouts, materials and refreshments. To register, call 752-6263.
The Knotty Knitters meet from 6 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Senior Citizen Center in Logan. Everyone is invited to work on their crochet, knitting, needlework, cross-stitch projects and more. For more informa-tion, contact Cathy at 752-3923.
The Friends of the Cache County Chil-dren’s Justice Center will host their 10th annual dinner and auction Thursday at The Copper Mill Restaurant. A silent auction will start at 6:30 p.m.; dinner will be served at 7 p.m. A live auction will follow dinner. Tickets are $35 per person or $60 per couple. All pro-ceeds will go directly to the Children’s Justice Center and benefit abused children in our area. For ticket information, contact Janna at 245-4671 or 753-7017.
Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center will host a Basic Avalanche Class at 6 p.m. Thursday at USU’s Outdoor Recreation Cen-ter. A field day will be held Feb. 27. Cost is $65. For more information, call 797-3264.
Jeremy Threlfall will perform at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pioneer Valley Lodge. Hot choco-late will be served. Everyone is invited.
Resident chef JaDene Denniston and bread specialist Janet Thompson will present “As the Dough Rises” for beginning and intermedi-ate bread makers at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Kitchen Kneads of Logan. Students will learn what professional bread makers do to produce a good loaf of bread every time. Cost is $15; proceeds will go to the American Red Cross. For more information, visit luvtocook.com.
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Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a dog-sledding trip to Jackson Hole on Feb. 26, 27 and 28. Volunteers are always needed. Common Ground has been providing outdoor recreation for people with disabilities since 1993. For more information, visit www.cgadventures.org or call 713-0288.
A Flatline Tragedy will perform with Fire in the Skies (metal) at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, at Why Sound. Cover charge is $6.
Hyrum city and BATC Fashion Merchandise students will produce Hyrum’s annual Roy-alty Pageant for female high school seniors at 7 p.m. Friday, March 5. Pageant will consist of personal interview questions, a display of talents and interests, presenting yourself on stage, and answering one question from the judges. There is no charge to enter or attend, but deadline for entry is March 1. For more information, contact Stephanie at 245-4405.
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