The Herald Journal March 18-24, 2011

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Hip-hopfinds home in Logan

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Watching video clips and read-ing stories about the earthquake and

tsunami in Japan over the last week have been heartbreaking. Boats, homes and cars float down streets, while rescue crews row through the wreckage looking for bodies and survivors.

It’s incredible to think how our lives can change at any moment, and how the world around us is more fragile than we think.

On Wednesday night I went to Ellen Eccles Theatre to watch the Repertory Dance The-atre of Salt Lake City perform a program dedicated to water and the fragility of the earth. On stage, the performers became water, creating wave-like movements with their arms and dancing as if they were immersed in an ocean.

In the program, it was mentioned that water has the power to change everything. It has the power to unify or divide the world.

It’s interesting how, when we’re looking for an answer to the world’s problems, we can often find something in art. Water has definitely taken a tole on Japan and the hearts of people around the globe. Howev-er, while water has done so much damage and changed everything for those living there, the tiny silver lining is that maybe people can be more unified while helping survivors.

On Tuesday I was able to talk to Jay Nash, a singer/songwriter who is coming to Logan next week. He recently released a new album on iTunes and said when he heard about the tragedy in Japan, he decided to donate 50 percent of his album proceeds this week to the relief effort. What a great way to use his music to give something back to the world.

I don’t think there is ever a reason why tragedies such as the earthquake and tsu-nami happen. But I do know that through the arts we can find messages of hope. And hopefully in our own way, we can give back.

— Manette NewboldCache Magazine editor

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Local hip-hop artist Mo Eastmond, right, and disc jockey Troy Siddoway, who goes by Turn Table Willie, at Why

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Books .......................p.13Crossword ................p.14

‘Paul’ a funny andcharming movie

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Dennis Hinkamp explains the

confusing timing of Easter

Janis Ian coming to Ellen Eccles

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The Calmus Ensemble, a world-renowned

choir, comes to Utah State University March 22, from Leipzig, Ger-many, for a one-night concert featuring various musical styles.

Hosted by the Caine College of the Arts and invited by Craig Jessop, dean of the Caine College of the Arts at USU, Cal-mus will perform in the USU Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m.

“Calmus’ stylistic vari-ety is nearly limitless,” said Jessop. “Whether it be music of the Grego-rian period, Bach, Verdi, contemporary sacred music or the great range of music extending from madrigals to folk songs to rock, these singers from Leipzig are at home in all styles and also add their own personal touch.”

The ensemble, formed

in 1999, includes four former members of the St. Thomas Boys’ Choir and Anja Lipfert, a bright and talented soprano, Jessop said.

An active schedule has led the Calmus Ensemble across Germany, as well as to Belgium, Lux-embourg, Switzerland, France, Ireland, Finland, Austria, Spain, Portugal and North and South America.

“It’s a true musical priv-ilege to host Calmus here in Logan,” Jessop said.

Tickets are $8 reserved seating and free for USU students with ID. Tickets can be purchased through the Caine College of the Arts Box Office, open weekdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Cen-ter, online at arts.usu.edu or by phone at 435-797-1500.

German ensemble to perform at USU

An Evening in Brazil” is back to turn up the heat with some indoor

winter entertainment Friday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. in USU’s Performance Hall.

The ensemble will perform music by Brazilian composers from the Bossa Nova move-ment with an emphasis on music by Antonio Carlos Jobim. The ensemble will explore Bra-zilian rhythms and music with a jazzy flair, said Michael Chris-tiansen, USU’s director of the guitar studies program.

“The only thing this concert will be lacking is a drink with an umbrella in it,” said Chris-tiansen.

Performers for the evening include Christiansen on guitar, Christopher Neale on guitar and vocals, Linda Ferreira Linford on vocals, Eric Nelson on saxo-phone and clarinet, Lars Yor-gason on bass, Jason Nicholson on drums and Don Keipp on percussion.

Neale is a professor of engi-neering at USU. He was born and raised in Brazil, has a clas-sical guitar degree and appeared in last year’s concert. Joining Neale on vocals for the concert is USU vocal music major Linda Ferreira Linford, a native of New Jersey and of Brazilian heritage.

Nelson, who performs cross country with Christiansen as part of the Lightwood Duo, is a middle school band teacher in

Cache Valley. Yorgason is a 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 was recently hired as the head of the percussion program for USU’s department of music.

Keipp rounds out the eve-ning’s performers. He is profes-sor of percussion at Weber State University.

The evening’s program includes a number of classic works by Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) the Grammy Award-winning Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger,

singer, pianist and guitarist. A primary force behind the cre-ation of the Bossa Nova style, his songs are performed by art-ists around the world.

The third annual “Evening in Brazil” is sponsored by USU’s Guitar Program in the Depart-ment of Music and the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University.

General admission tickets are $15 and student tickets are $8. Tickets are available at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, FAC 139-B, 435-797-8022, online at arts.usu.edu or at the door prior to the perfor-mance.

Come hang out Brazilian style

Auditions will be held this month for two upcom-

ing plays at The Old Barn Community Theatre. The first is March 22 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for “Into the Woods.” Callbacks will be held March 26 from 1-5 p.m.

On March 29 auditions will be held from 6:30-9:30 p.m. for

“Guys and Dolls.” Callbacks will be held April 2 from 12:15 to 4:15 p.m.

For more information visit http://www.oldbarn.org/audi-tions.html.

Pickleville Playhouse will hold auditions for its 2011 sum-mer season on Thursday and Friday, March 24–25 at 1280 E. 3100 North in North Logan. There will also be a callback audition on Saturday March 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. which will include a dance audition along with some reading and

singing from the shows. This summer’s produc-

tions include the Broadway hit “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and a brand-new Pickleville melo-drama, “Who Shot Juanito Bandito?”

Please call Andrea Davis at (435) 755-0968 to schedule an audition time. You can also email info@picklevilleplay-house.com with any questions.

Auditions coming up for summer community theater

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By Manette NewboldCache Magazine editor

It’s noon in Texas and Jay Nash is 18 hours into a 21-hour drive from Southern California to Austin where

he will be performing in the South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals. The festival, which is one of the big-gest in the world, will last five days and include hundreds of shows from around the world on 80 stages in downtown Austin. Something like 2,000 bands come every year, he says, and anyone who loves music would enjoy the atmo-sphere.

It’s been a week since the singer/song-writer released his sixth full album, “Dia-monds and Blood,” and he’s on the road to promote it and perform. Originally from the east coast, Nash has been per-forming his folk rock/alter-native music for more than a decade, his style inspired by Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan and Jackson Brown. As we talk, he expresses what his album is about, his plans to never stop touring, and his decision to donate much of his recent proceeds to help with efforts in Japan after last week’s earthquake. On March 24 he’ll be perform-ing at the Logan Arthouse and Cinema.

Can you tell me a little about your new album?

It’s actually my 10th studio release, but it’s my sixth full release. It’s on iTunes initially. It takes a lot more to get physical records in the stores anymore. So the album was released Tuesday (March 8), and unfortunately the earth-quake hit Japan on Thursday (March 10). We started talking about how it didn’t feel right to be pushing a record, push-ing commercialism, right now. So we decided that this week that we’re going to donate 50 percent of the proceeds of our album, from March 14-21, to Red Cross relief in Japan. I feel like it would be in bad taste to push the album when there’s so many people that are in need. So, we’re going to kind of combine that this week — promote the cause in Japan and getting the music in people’s ears.

Did anything inspire this album?

Some of the songs have to do with my exodus from Los Angeles. I’d been there for the last nine years and last April moved back east to Vermont. “Diamonds and Blood” comes from the first song “Til I Get Through.” I tried to explain that it’s about the work and the toil and the ultimate payoff of commitment, through a person or place.

I wrote most of these songs before the birth of my first child. It was some musi-cal house cleaning of songs I had kind of been kicking around. In general, it’s about the work in relationships that sort of makes them successful.

Have you visited Utah before?I have. I’ve played up in Salt Lake. I

have been there quite a bit, over the time I spent in Los Angeles. I’ve played in Cedar, Salt Lake City, Provo and Park City. I’ve probably done over 20 to 25 gigs in Utah. I don’t think I’ve ever played in Logan though.

You were recently listed as one of the top downloads in singer/songwrit-ers?

It’s pretty amazing considering I don’t have a record label. It’s just word of mouth — fans and just people spreading the word on their own accord. It’s hum-bling and inspiring to me.

How long is your tour going? Where are you playing?

Intermittently, I’ll be on tour forever. On this particular one, I just played five shows in California, then I’m playing in the South by Southwest and then we’re working our way back to California. This little leg is only about three weeks. I have a couple shows in the midwest, then I’m going over to Europe to play in England, Holland, France and Germany. I try to keep my runs three weeks or less to make sure I have a balance of time and home in between. A couple years ago I wanted to be playing every night and would tour for six weeks.

Jay Nash, featuring Joey Ryan and special guests Dallas & Guy, will perform March 24 at the Logan Arthouse, 795 N. Main. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $8 at www.smithtix.com.

Folk rock singer to play in Logan• Friday, March 18: Comedic

hypnotist Abracadan will perform live at 7:30 p.m. Abracadan is a professionally trained hypnotist who puts on a family-friendly show that is safe for all ages, though it is recommended for chil-dren over 10. Tickets are $5.

• Friday, March 18: Come find out who won the coveted slot to perform improv comedy every Fri-day night from 10:30 to 11:30 p.m.

• Saturday, March 19: Logan Out Loud, Logan’s newest com-edy troupe, will premiere at 7 p.m. Cost is $6 and show is rated PG-13.

• Saturday, March 19: An all-ages benefit stand-up comedy show featuring Utah native Ricky Hacking will be held at 8 p.m. Tickets available at the Arthouse box office on the day of the show. Proceeds will benefit a humanitar-ian trip sponsored by the Com-municative Disorders Department at USU.

• Wednesday, March 23: Do you have a talent? Do you want to share it with Cache Valley? Open Mic Night is held every Wednes-day from 7 to 9 p.m. Send us a Facebook message so that we can save you a spot.

• Friday, March 25: Brendan James and Matt White will per-form at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 day of the show.

• Saturday, March 26: Allred will perform at 7:30 p.m. with spe-cial guests Falk, Double or Noth-ing and Steven Stucki. Tickets are $6 for students, $8 in advance or $10 day of the show.

Tickets for events are available at www.smithtix.com, loganart-house.com or at the box office.

More events at Logan Arthouse

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In celebration of the season of St. Patrick,

Bridger Folk Music Society is proud to present the sev-enth Annual Celtic Night coming March 18 and 19 to the Ellen Eccles Theatre. The Celtic Night program will feature local talent by Inishfre Irish Band (aka CuHulainn) and Dance Company along with local guest artists, Kent Braddy and emcee Ted Erekson.

Audience members will experience a variety of dances and dance styles of Ireland intertwined with instrumental music, singing, story telling and sing-alongs. Local person-ality and story teller, Ted Erekson, will join in to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day weekend and emcee a spirited evening of good

fun and merriment, Celtic style.

The company has been dancing and performing around the Utah/Idaho area since 2003. Started and directed by Julie Zufelt, the company consists of nine experienced dancers with a wide range of dancing experience. Zufelt, with a

background in ballet and piano studies, arranges and choreographs the dances, staying true to the tradi-tional dances and styles of Ireland. After visiting Scotland and Ireland and having been inspired by Riverdance, Zufelt became passionately immersed in Irish step dancing. She has

chosen a program of both hard-shoe and soft-shoe dances that will be set to traditional Celtic music with a little New Age feel thrown in for good mea-sure.

Ticket prices range from $12 to $19 and may be pur-chased in advance at the Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main St., in Logan or at the door prior to the performance. Tickets are also available online at www.bridgerfolk.org or www.EllenEccles-Theater.org. Students with a valid student ID will be given a 25 percent discount on any ticket price. A por-tion of the proceeds from this year’s performance will go to benefit Cache Valley’s Four Paws Pet Rescue and Cache Humane Society.

Irish dancers ready for Celtic celebration

The Cache Valley Center for the Arts presents Janis Ian on March 22 and 23 at 7:30

p.m. in the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Ian’s work as a songwriter made her one of the early innovators of the singer-songwriter style and the cre-ator of many masterpieces including Jesse, Society’s Child, and her 1975 album “At Seventeen.” Catapulted into fame at the age of 15, her career has led her to a total of 9 Grammy nominations, two Grammy wins, and a life-long hunger to write. The singer, guitarist and songwriter will perform live in concert for two nights only as part of CVCA’s Performing Arts Series.

“Janis Ian’s music moved a gen-eration. The world during the ’60s and ’70s was constantly changing and Janis Ian provided a voice for the rock revolution,” said Wally Bloss, executive director for the Cache Val-ley Center for the Arts.

Ian was born April 7, 1951, and started playing the guitar at age 10. Her first song was written at 12 and recorded on her first album for Verve-

Folkways in 1965, which also featured her first hit, Society’s Child, a song about interracial romance. The song ignited controversy from coast to coast, resulting in the burning of a radio station, the firing of disc jockeys that played it, and a generation hungering for the truth.

With her family under sur-veillance by the FBI during the Cold War era, Ian grew up looking over her shoul-der. By the age of 16, she was a regular per-former, had played to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall and was nomi-nated for a Grammy.

Ian is still touring in cabaret-style venues and haunting people with a

voice that stands alone or with her guitar. She also runs a foun-dation that works with various universities and colleges to supply scholarships for return-

ing students; they’ve raised over $300,000 to date.

• Saturday, March 19: March Unicorn Theatre Pillow Show will be at the Bullen Center Unicorn Theatre at 2 p.m. They will show “Magic Camp” by D.M. Bocaz-Larson. Five kids are invited to a camp for children with special magical powers. Little do they know they must save a boy who was turned into a monster, and defeat a family of bad guys who are out to steal their power. With the help of the magical camp counselors they learn about sacrifice, friendship and just how important each individual is.

Another performance will be held March 26 at 2 p.m. All ages are welcome. Cost is $3 at the door.

• Ceramics classes for adults and children begin March 28 and run through April 25 at the Bul-len Center. Another session will be held May 2 through June 2. Classes are held once a week for five weeks on Mondays, Tues-days and Thursdays. Cost is $56 plus a $15 materials fee.

• Unicorn Theatre creative drama classes for ages 5-13+ will run from April 12 through June 2.

• The next downtown Gallery Walk will be Friday, April 8 from 6-9 p.m. Various artists and busi-nesses will be involved.

For more details on any of these events, visit www.cachearts.org for details or call the CVCA ticket office at 752-0026. The Bullen Center is located at 43 S. Main in Logan.

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Grammy-winning artist to sing at Ellen Eccles

Tickets for the Janis Ian concert are $17-$27 and can be purchased at www.EllenEccles-Theatre.org, or at the box office in the Bullen Center at 43 S. Main.

“Battle: Los Angeles”Rated PG-13★

1⁄2 Jonathan Liebesman’s disaster film doesn’t rely as much as others in the genre on the gleeful horror of seeing familiar landmarks burn. Instead, this West Coast version of alien invasion distinguish-es itself as an urban war-fare film and a patriotic ad for the Marines. A dozen alien ships land on Earth

— we only care about the one just off L.A. — and in the ensuing carnage, a platoon of Marines are sent into the fray with the seemingly inconsequen-tial mission of rescuing a handful of civilians (Bridget Moynahan, Michael Pena). The weary veteran Staff Sgt. Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) isn’t their lieutenant (Ramon Rodriguez), but he’s effectively their leader in survival and Marine honor. The talented Eckhart and Liebesman manage to pull off the ultra-serious-ness for much of the film, before a laughable speech of teary-eyed inspiration finally does them in.

“Jane Eyre”Rated PG-13★★★ There’s been no shortage of film versions of Charlotte Bronte’s classic tale of romance and woe. Now, yet another take on the 1847 novel has come to the screen, with Cary Joji Fukunaga directing Moira Buffini’s script, which shakes things up by messing with the narrative structure. It begins with Jane fleeing the imposing Thornfield Hall in hysterics and is told mainly in flashback, which creates tension from the start — even if you know the story. Fukunaga may seem like an odd choice to direct such revered literary material; his last

film, “Sin Nombre,” was a contemporary and violent tale of Central Americans making their way through Mexico on their way to the United States. But both are about people search-ing for a place to belong, and they share a visceral immediacy. Visually and tonally, his “Jane Eyre” is muted, stripped-down; it’s gooey and marshy, vast and grassy, anything but lush — and that’s what makes it beautiful. The pacing might even be a bit too low-key, but because it is, and because the attraction between Jane and Rochester simmers for so long, it makes the pas-sionate bursts stand out even more. The relation-ship between these two guarded people is at the heart of the story and Mia

Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender challenge and beguile each other beauti-fully.

“Red Riding Hood” Rated PG-13★

1⁄2 This aims not for little girls who want to hear a fairy tale before they go to sleep at night, but rather for teenage girls who want a soapy melodrama full of angst and hair product

— with some supernatural flourishes thrown in. Does that sound vaguely familiar to you? It should. “Red Riding Hood” suggests what it might look like if the kids from “Twilight” got dressed up and went to the Renaissance Faire. And that is not a good thing. Catherine Hard-wicke, who directed the first “Twilight” movie, is

working from a script by “Orphan” writer David Leslie Johnson, which takes this classic story and turns it into a medi-eval love triangle. Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) would rather be with the bad boy she loves than the good guy she’s been arranged to marry. She knows that Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), a hunky woodcutter, is wrong for her, but she longs to run away with him, rather than live a safe, comfort-able life with Henry (Max Irons), a hunky black-smith. Hardwicke depicts the tiny town where they live in haunted fashion, with scenery and lighting that often have a misty, ethereal, almost other-worldly glow. But then the set design feels super

chintzy, like something you’d see in a theme park.

— All reviews by The Asso-ciated Press

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Frost) are geeks from England that have come to America on a nerdy pilgrimage. They plan to attend the world’s largest geek-fest, Comic-Con. They’re obsessed with aliens, and the possibil-ity of extra terrestrial life. That’s why after the convention is over, the two of them plan on taking a cross-coun-try tour in an RV to all the popular UFO sight-ing sites across the nation.

Not too long after they hit the road in their huge RV, do they witness a car crash right in front of them. They get out to see if the driver is alright, and there in the dis-tance is Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen). Paul is a wise-cracking, cuss-happy alien who’s just escaped from the nearest military base, and is trying to find his way back to the site where he crash landed decades ago. Paul is a friendly alien, and immediately takes to the two dumbfounded geeks.

“Paul” is directed by Greg Mottola who also helmed the suc-cessful R-rated comedy

“Superbad.” It was writ-ten by Nick Frost and Simon Pegg who have spent most of their careers together. Their most famous movies have been “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” Those comedies were made for British audiences, but did well over here too. “Paul” is more slapstick, and less dry British humor. It’s tailored specifi-

cally for an American audience.

That doesn’t mean the movie isn’t funny. Somehow through all its jokes about bodily functions, it’s gags involving military grade marijuana, and even it’s not-so-subtle jabs at religious folk, the movie still seems to have heart.

Pegg, Frost, and Mottola show their love for various other sci-fi movies as they pepper in references from “The X-Files,”

“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,”

“Indiana Jones,” and “Alien.” These guys know their sci-fi histo-

ry and they wield their knowledge like honed craftsmen. It’s impos-sible not to chuckle when Paul nonchalant-ly asks the guys to pick him up some Reese’s Pieces from the con-venience store. It’s the tiny references like that that make “Paul” so much fun to watch.

Along their road trip, Paul and his friends are being tailed by govern-ment agents played by Jason Bateman and Bill Hadar. Bate-man doesn’t usually play the tough silent type, but as Agent Zoil, Bateman transforms himself. He’s still the likeable actor he’s

always been, but it’s nice to see him branch-ing out.

Yes, “Paul” does travel down the well-traveled highway of road trip movies. The

group meets nefari-ous characters along the way, pick up a few friends, and end up getting stuck in outra-geous situations. The difference here is Pegg

and Frost know their way around a comedy script. They know how to handle each and every situation and they’re such talented actors that even when the scene is complete slapstick humor, they still pull it off.

In the end though “Paul” has heart and substance to it too. Don’t be surprised if you get a bit choked up at the end.

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By Aaron Peck

Hip-hopfinds home

in Logan

Hip-hop in Logan has a name, and a com-pany. It’s been a long time coming.

Mo Eastmond, the man behind the hip-hop scene in Logan, was introduced to the genre as a kid by his sister, Rachel.

“She worked at Greywhale for many years,” he explains. “She would come home from work and say, ‘I got a free promo, check it out.’ She hooked me up with music by Grandmaster Flash, M.C. Hammer and stuff like that. When I started getting into hip-hop and got my first pair of turntables, she was the first one to give me some records.”

One of the major things that attracted him to hip-hop and kindled his interest in it, was how fresh and uncommon it was for the Cache Valley area.

“It was the lack of it being where I was,” East-mond says. “It was my way to branch out. When I was a kid you were either into rock or some eclec-tic music. I thought ‘look at these guys on the East Coast’ and ‘look at these guys on the West Coast’ and even ‘look at what they’re doing down in Salt Lake.’ It was very cool, and we didn’t have that in Logan. It allowed me to do my own thing because literally no one was doing it.”

Taking in the full hip-hop lifestyle, Eastmond began break dancing and doing graffiti art, as well as mixing records and rapping. He formed a hip-hop club while he was a student at Logan High School to use as an outlet and so he could perform at assemblies. He also helped form a hip-hop funk rock band because in the early days of this hip-hop renaissance. “I couldn’t perform or do shows unless it was with metal bands.”

Once he graduated high school in 2004, East-mond realized that there was no one doing hip-hop shows in Logan, so he started throwing his own shows with a couple other people. It was this col-laboration that his entertainment company was founded upon.

“I turned it into a company called StreetDef Entertainment and we’ve been doing hip-hop shows around town ever since. If there is hip-hop going on our crew is usually the one that’s doing it.”

Now hip-hop seems to be finding its legs in the valley, thanks in no small part to Eastmond and his team.

“The StreetDef crew has about eight DJs and

five or six MCs that are here in Logan. We do artist management, we throw shows, we run shows.”

One of the major events that StreetDef has put together was the InTents series that took place up near Preston. The series, which took place last year, was a set of four two-day festivals spread across the summer months. The turnout for the event was around 300 to 400 people. StreetDef also sets up turntables on Main Street every year for the Cruise In and has performed to packed rooms at Why Sound.

Still, for all the success the hip-hop scene has seen in Logan, the going has been slow and there are still goals which haven’t been accomplished.

“We’re just barely getting into bars now,” East-mond states. “We also have another group we’ve been working on too called The Beat Slum … they do a lot more drum and bass, house, techno … We’re trying to come at it from all angles. We’ve been really, really trying to build the scene up here as a hip-hop scene.

“We’re also in the works of opening a record shop in Logan. I have over 5,000 records that I got from Uprok which is the hip-hop mecca of Utah.

They actually gave me half of their store to start a store up here ... so they get props for helping change Logan for the better.”

Eastmond hopes that the store, once opened, will not only expose more local residents to hip-hop, but also make it more alluring for bigger artists to come perform and promote their work in Logan. Already he’s working to get Dead Prez and Chali 2na, from Jurassic 5, out here to perform during the Cruise In.

Currently StreetDef is busy with its monthly Logan Hip-Hop series at Why Sound, number six of which will take place March 19. Each month the focus is on a different aspect of hip-hop, such as breakdancing, freestyle rapping, or heavy beats. Eastmond would like to dedicate a future set of the series to graffiti art, and is working to set up some special walls in front of the historic courthouse for local artists to have a go at.

One thing he wants to make clear though is that when he talks about hip-hop, it’s not the kind of thing people are used to seeing on TV. While some of the material is probably best suited for those 18 or up, the focus isn’t on drugs or gangs.

“I would not by any means classify it under rap, even though it is rap. It’s not gangsta rap and it’s got nothing to do with thuggin’ or drugs. It’s more just our life stories or poems,” Eastmond says.

“Our hip-hop is very conscious. We’re writing about life and the way we perceive life, the way it’s helping us or hindering us. The MCs under the StreetDef label are really smart people that are all about learning, knowledge, growth.”

Aside from his work promoting artists, running shows and opening a store, Eastmond is using up the rest of his time to record his first solo album.

“Isaac Cook, my second in command, and Uprok deserve special thanks for all their help,” he notes.

All of this work isn’t exactly what Eastmond had in mind when he began getting into hip-hop, but he’ll take it.

“It’s crazy, it’s totally turned into a full-time job, which is amazing, but I still have time for my music, which is cool.”

For more information on Eastmond, StreetDef, or the hip-hop scene in general check out www.streetdef.com.

Story by Casey RockPhotos by Jennifer Meyers

Center photos: Logan hip-hop artist Mo Eastmond works in the control room at Why Sound in Logan last Thursday. Top right: Troy Siddoway, left, and Eastmond set up at Why Sound. Bottom right: Eastmond raps in a recording studio at Why Sound.

Hip-hopfinds home

in Logan

Hip-hop in Logan has a name, and a com-pany. It’s been a long time coming.

Mo Eastmond, the man behind the hip-hop scene in Logan, was introduced to the genre as a kid by his sister, Rachel.

“She worked at Greywhale for many years,” he explains. “She would come home from work and say, ‘I got a free promo, check it out.’ She hooked me up with music by Grandmaster Flash, M.C. Hammer and stuff like that. When I started getting into hip-hop and got my first pair of turntables, she was the first one to give me some records.”

One of the major things that attracted him to hip-hop and kindled his interest in it, was how fresh and uncommon it was for the Cache Valley area.

“It was the lack of it being where I was,” East-mond says. “It was my way to branch out. When I was a kid you were either into rock or some eclec-tic music. I thought ‘look at these guys on the East Coast’ and ‘look at these guys on the West Coast’ and even ‘look at what they’re doing down in Salt Lake.’ It was very cool, and we didn’t have that in Logan. It allowed me to do my own thing because literally no one was doing it.”

Taking in the full hip-hop lifestyle, Eastmond began break dancing and doing graffiti art, as well as mixing records and rapping. He formed a hip-hop club while he was a student at Logan High School to use as an outlet and so he could perform at assemblies. He also helped form a hip-hop funk rock band because in the early days of this hip-hop renaissance. “I couldn’t perform or do shows unless it was with metal bands.”

Once he graduated high school in 2004, East-mond realized that there was no one doing hip-hop shows in Logan, so he started throwing his own shows with a couple other people. It was this col-laboration that his entertainment company was founded upon.

“I turned it into a company called StreetDef Entertainment and we’ve been doing hip-hop shows around town ever since. If there is hip-hop going on our crew is usually the one that’s doing it.”

Now hip-hop seems to be finding its legs in the valley, thanks in no small part to Eastmond and his team.

“The StreetDef crew has about eight DJs and

five or six MCs that are here in Logan. We do artist management, we throw shows, we run shows.”

One of the major events that StreetDef has put together was the InTents series that took place up near Preston. The series, which took place last year, was a set of four two-day festivals spread across the summer months. The turnout for the event was around 300 to 400 people. StreetDef also sets up turntables on Main Street every year for the Cruise In and has performed to packed rooms at Why Sound.

Still, for all the success the hip-hop scene has seen in Logan, the going has been slow and there are still goals which haven’t been accomplished.

“We’re just barely getting into bars now,” East-mond states. “We also have another group we’ve been working on too called The Beat Slum … they do a lot more drum and bass, house, techno … We’re trying to come at it from all angles. We’ve been really, really trying to build the scene up here as a hip-hop scene.

“We’re also in the works of opening a record shop in Logan. I have over 5,000 records that I got from Uprok which is the hip-hop mecca of Utah.

They actually gave me half of their store to start a store up here ... so they get props for helping change Logan for the better.”

Eastmond hopes that the store, once opened, will not only expose more local residents to hip-hop, but also make it more alluring for bigger artists to come perform and promote their work in Logan. Already he’s working to get Dead Prez and Chali 2na, from Jurassic 5, out here to perform during the Cruise In.

Currently StreetDef is busy with its monthly Logan Hip-Hop series at Why Sound, number six of which will take place March 19. Each month the focus is on a different aspect of hip-hop, such as breakdancing, freestyle rapping, or heavy beats. Eastmond would like to dedicate a future set of the series to graffiti art, and is working to set up some special walls in front of the historic courthouse for local artists to have a go at.

One thing he wants to make clear though is that when he talks about hip-hop, it’s not the kind of thing people are used to seeing on TV. While some of the material is probably best suited for those 18 or up, the focus isn’t on drugs or gangs.

“I would not by any means classify it under rap, even though it is rap. It’s not gangsta rap and it’s got nothing to do with thuggin’ or drugs. It’s more just our life stories or poems,” Eastmond says.

“Our hip-hop is very conscious. We’re writing about life and the way we perceive life, the way it’s helping us or hindering us. The MCs under the StreetDef label are really smart people that are all about learning, knowledge, growth.”

Aside from his work promoting artists, running shows and opening a store, Eastmond is using up the rest of his time to record his first solo album.

“Isaac Cook, my second in command, and Uprok deserve special thanks for all their help,” he notes.

All of this work isn’t exactly what Eastmond had in mind when he began getting into hip-hop, but he’ll take it.

“It’s crazy, it’s totally turned into a full-time job, which is amazing, but I still have time for my music, which is cool.”

For more information on Eastmond, StreetDef, or the hip-hop scene in general check out www.streetdef.com.

Story by Casey RockPhotos by Jennifer Meyers

Center photos: Logan hip-hop artist Mo Eastmond works in the control room at Why Sound in Logan last Thursday. Top right: Troy Siddoway, left, and Eastmond set up at Why Sound. Bottom right: Eastmond raps in a recording studio at Why Sound.

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On Thursday, March 31, the Chamber Music Soci-ety of Logan will present

the Cypress String Quartet at Utah State University’s Performance Hall. Known for its elegant performances, the Cypress’s sound has been called

“beautifully proportioned and pow-erful” by the Washington Post, and the ensemble has been singled out by Chamber Music Magazine as “a Generation X ensemble to watch.”

The Cypress String Quartet formed in 1996 in San Francisco and during its first rehearsals together created a now-signature sound through intense readings of J.S. Bach’s Chorales. Built up from the bottom register of the quartet and layered like a pyramid, the resulting sound is clear and trans-parent, allowing the texture of the music to be discerned immediately.

Now, on top of a busy schedule of over 90 concerts each year at ven-ues across the US and internation-ally, including major concert halls and series such as the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Stan-ford Lively Arts, ,Krannert Center and Ravinia Festival, the Cypress String Quartet is a vibrant member

of the San Francisco arts commu-nity and is dedicated to reflecting and enriching the city’s cultural landscape.

Over just a decade, the Cypress String Quartet has commissioned and premiered more than 30 new works, four of which are now included on Chamber Music America’s list of 101 Great Ameri-can Ensemble Works.

For their performance in Logan the Cypress Quartet will present the Utah premier of Bel Canto, a commissioned work by Elena Ruehr.

They will also perform a suite of five short pieces, called Novelettes, written by Russian composer, Alex-ander Glazunov in 1886. The Nov-elettes display much of Glazunov’s signature charm and melodic tal-ent. He composed them for a party given by his patron, Belayev. They were inspired by Spanish, Hungar-

ian and Asian dance rhythms, using string instruments in combination and impressionistic effects. His music is filled with nationalistic touches, including folk melodies and Russian songs.

After intermission the Cypress String Quartet will perform Beethoven’s String Quar-tet in B-flat, Op 130. Beethoven referred to this as the

“Liebquartet” (Dear Quar-tet), a fitting title since it contains some

of his sweetest and most intimate music. Composed in 1825, its form is unusual in that it has six move-ments – the “extra” “Alla Danza tedesca” and “Cavatina” move-ments are some of Beethoven’s best-known music.

This concert closes the season for the Chamber Music Society of Logan. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m.

For 16 years the Chamber Music Society of Logan has provided opportunities for young

musicians to expand their musical expertise, working directly with profes-sional artists. The Cypress Quartet will be helping students hone their musical skills and build their appreciation for classical music. As a community out-reach, these master classes are free and open to the public, middle school, high school and university students.

Tuesday, March 29 Logan High School: 9 a.m. to 2:30

p.m.Events include Cypress Quartet

performance and commentary, student ensemble coaching, master class and orchestra coaching. Visitors must check in at main office, then go to orchestra room for a schedule of events and room numbers.

Wednesday, March 30 Logan High School: 9 to 11 a.m.Separate sessions with students from

Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Orchestra and Concert Orchestra. Visitors must check in at main office.

Mount Logan Middle School: 11:40 a.m. to 1:05 p.m.

Performance with commentary by Cypress Quartet for grades 6 through 8, Visitors must check in at the main office.

Utah State University Performance Hall: 7 to 9 p.m.

Master class with student ensembles, comprised of students of the Fry Street Quartet.

Thursday, March 31Logan High School: 9:30 to 10:20

a.m.Performance by student ensembles

coached by Cypress Quartet on Tues-day and Wednesday. Closing ceremony for the Cypress Quartet. Visitors must check in at the main office.

USU Performance Hall: 7:30 p.m.Cypress String Quartet concert

String quartet to perform, teach master classes

Tickets for the Cypress String Quartet’s USU performance are $24 or $10 for students. They can be purchased by call-ing 435-797-8022 or at www.arts.usu.edu, or at the door prior to the performance.

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“Missionary Page,” The Herald Journal, PO Box 487, Logan, UT 84323

JUST FILL OUT THIS FORM

Mail complete entry form with a clear picture of your missionary plus your $15 payment to Missionary Page, The Herald Journal, PO Box 487, Logan, UT 84323.

Entries must be received by March 23, 2011. If you wish to have your picture returned, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your photo.

SEnd a PHOTO Of yOUr MISSIOnary aLOng wITH $15 PayMEnTand THIS fOrM By wEdnESday, MarcH 23rd, TO BE PUBLISHEd

In OUr LdS LIvIng SEcTIOn, MarcH 31, 2011.

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It’s a wonder the Easter bunny can find Easter because I

sure couldn’t without a computer or a religious consultation. Easter is the Rubik’s cube of holidays defying you to solve the puzzle on your own. From year to year, it can be in com-pletely different months. It’s a carnival sideshow combination of religion, math, meteorology and ancient civilizations.

To complicate things further, it’s a most sacred holiday to some, and an egg and candy festival to others. There are magical bunnies that hide multicolored chicken eggs and per-haps more magically lay chocolate eggs. There are pink and yellow baby chicks made out of marshmallow. Some people roll hardboiled eggs down hills for seemingly no particular reason other than to feed the seagulls that myste-riously appear to clean up the carnage. How do the seagulls know when Easter is?

Christmas is equally weird with baby Jesus vying for time with a fat man who flies around the world powered only by reindeer, but at least more reasonable minds have settled on Dec. 25 so that both craven mer-chants and true believers can make plans. Easter makes you really work at it. Easter is 20 days later this year than it was last year.

So, how do you know when it’s Easter? I’m sure you can Google the entire history yourself, so I will only paraphrase for you.

Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs next after the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox is a fixed date even though the real definition of the vernal equinox is a precise measurement. It is the time at which the apparent longitude of the sun is zero degrees. I have no idea what that last sentence means, but I think of the vernal equinox as the first day of spring or the midway point between the lon-gest night of the year and the longest day of the year. I also think of Vernal, Utah.

If you mix in the Gregorian calendar (the same band that made chanting popular) and the Julian calendar (made famous by Cae-sar rather than Childs) you further complicate things. As you might have guessed, a full moon varies a little depending on where in the world you are. If the full moon appends in the middle of a sunny day, is it really a full moon? Throw in the Internation-

al Date Line and the dif-ference between eccle-siastical full moons and astronomical full moons and most people might as well throw a dart at a calendar to figure out when to celebrate Easter.

Basically what you need to know is that Eas-ter can neither fall earlier than March 22 nor later than April 25. Luckily we have the Internet to help us determine when.

Progressing from frustrating holidays to daily life, this whole Easter thing reminds me of Daylight Saving Time and all this “spring forward” and “fall back-wards” nonsense. The beginning of Daylight Saving Time starts in winter and the end is not until well into fall. In fact, under the new defi-nition of Daylight Sav-ing Time, we observe it for more than half the year. So, Daylight Sav-ing Time should be con-sidered the norm. Thus, we should refer to what is referred to as Standard Daylight Time as Day-light Loss Time.

One good thing about this is that it makes Logan not celebrating the Fourth of July on the fourth of July seem trivial.

In case you are won-dering, Dennis Hinkamp would like to confirm that Easter 2011 falls on April 24. 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 dhinkamp@msn.com.

SlightlyOff CenterBy Dennis Hinkamp

So, when’s the big bunny coming again?

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“I Am Not AnythingBut Myself”

by Erica Lee Christiansen

I am not a tree branch,sitting alone all day.

I am not an owl,watching everyone else

trifling and giggling.I am not a shoe,

letting people push me into sharp rocks,while they don’t get hurt at all.

I am not Alaska,perched quietly above all the other states.

I am not white,watching all the other colors shine brightly.

I amthe one,the only,

Me!

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“Swing”by Courtney EgbertSwing!Whack!Oh no what did I do?Blood!

Blood!Blood!Go get mom and dad.I start to panic.The smell of blood.The puddle of blood.The sight of blood.My stomach is in knots.

Oh no what have I done?The feeling of guilt.

There’s blood on the road, and on the driveway.

Drips of blood lead to the doorway.My brother bolts for the house!It’s my older brother, of course.

10 minutes went by.Then 20 minutes.Here he comes, all bandaged up.Slowly.

Slowly.Slowly.

“The Devil’s Army”

by Billy Bird

The strength of our army is in our youth,

We follow the devil and never tell the truth.

We’re cunning, crafty and full of deceit,

There isn’t an honest man we can’t beat.

We work in secret and gang up on our foe,

We never play by decent rules ho, ho, ho.

We pretend to be righteous to get them off their guard,

Then we hit them often and we hit them hard.

We’ll raise hell for the devil, right here today,

And serve him in hell, that will be our pay.

We will not repent, that would be no fun,

We’ll be with the other goats, when the final bell is rung.

We get praise, power and money, doing what is wrong,

We won’t go to heaven, cause we don’t belong.

We’re living just for this life, is there any other?

We want all that we can get, but we’ll still call you brother.

“We don’t have problems, we create them” is our motto,

We’ll flatten all your tires if we can find your auto.

We are very rotten through and through,

Get in our way and it will be so bad for you.

When this life is over, we’ll take what we have earned,

We know it won’t be much, cause the wicked will be burned.

“4-Wheelers”by Hyrum Kunz Christiansen

Vroom, Vroomroared the engine

as we spedtoward the jump.All four wheels

sputtered and skiddedshooting rocks sailing

while the engine roaredlike a pack

of hungry lions.As we wheelied up the jump,

my heart poundedlike a hammer.

We soared50 feet into the air

while the engine whinedbehind us.

As we went downmy stomach lurched

up into my chest.We plunged into the ground

activating the shocks.We landed with a dull thud

and a crunch of leaves.We prepared

for the final jump.As we sailed off,

the enginegroaned with laughter.

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By Susan A. Madsen

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “The Wise Man’s Fear” by Patrick Rothfuss2. “Sing You Home” by Jodi Picoult3. “River Marked” by Patricia Briggs4.”Minding Frankie” by Maeve Binchy5. “Treachery in Death” by J. D. Robb

HARDCOVER NONFICTION1. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand2. “Blood, Bones, and Butter” by Gabrielle Hamilton3. “Cleopatra” by Stacy Schiff4. “In the Blink of an Eye” by Michael Waltrip and Ellis Henican5. “Known and Unknown” by Donald Rumsfeld

PAPERBACK NONFICTION1. “Heaven is For Real” by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent2. “Inside of a Dog” by Alexandra Horowitz3. “The Big Short” by Michael Lewis4. “The King’s Speech” by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi5. “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls

HARDCOVER ADVICE & MISC.1. “Tell to Win” by Peter Guber2. “A Simple Government” by Mike Huckabee3. ”Revolt!” by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann4. “Surviving Your Serengeti” by Stefan Swanepoel5. “Peace From Broken Pieces” by Iyanla Vanzant

Keep your reading list updatedat www.nytimes.com/pages/books/

* This week’s New York Times Best-seller List *

By The Associated Press

Ah, the 1980s. Those carefree years spent spinning the gears

of Rubik’s Cubes, popping Pac-Man cartridges into Atari consoles, slipping on legwarmers or parachute pants, and checking out the latest episodes of “Family Ties,” ‘’Diff’rent Strokes” or “Knight Rider.”

That’s one remembrance.Here’s David Sirota’s:Those carefree years spent

sitting idly and naively by as a cabal of ill-willed corporate leviathans and backward-looking govern-mental decision-makers put their stamp on a society whose seemingly innocuous, kitschy pop culture masked a me-first, militaristic out-

look that is having negative ramifications in the 21st century.

Whatchoo talkin’ ‘bout, Sirota?

It’s an oversimplification of Sirota’s thesis, but the journalist and radio host’s book, “Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now

— Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything,” is indeed about what he sees as a return to 1980s-style themes and mindset in today’s soci-ety.

Look no further, Sirota says, than the “greed is good” ethos of “Wall Street” villain Gordon Gekko play-ing itself out in the mas-sive swindle by Bernie Madoff. Or, he says, witness President George W. Bush

swooping down on an air-craft carrier “Top Gun”-style to proclaim victory in his dogfight against a squadron of Soviet warplanes — er

— the Iraqi army.“Now today, almost every

major cultural touchstone is rooted in the 1980s — whether obviously or subtly,” Sirota writes.

“Back to Our Future” is thought-provoking and worth reading — if, that is, you’re willing to suspend a little disbelief.

Let’s say for the sake of argument that the 1980s are making a comeback. How, then, is that any different than the 1970s channeling their inner ‘50s in the form of “Happy Days,” ‘’Grease” or Richard Nixon?

American culture is cycli-

cal, and history tends to repeat itself regardless of place. Of course, the events and attitudes of the 1980s are having an impact in 2011. The same could be

said about the 1960s, 1970s or 1990s, for that matter.

Still, Sirota’s book is a fun, engaging read if not taken too seriously.

After all, the guy spends paragraphs wondering why average citizens could track down “The A-Team,” yet the U.S. Army couldn’t, and debating the merits of the Statue of Liberty-as-movable-object ending of

“Ghostbusters II.”As the noted ‘80s histo-

rian Ferris Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

Or, in Sirota’s worldview, even if you missed the 1980s the first time around, you’ll see them now virtu-ally everywhere you look.

Books

Journalist takes readers back to future

All are invited to attend a special Peace Vigil from 5:30 to 6 p.m. on Friday, March 18, on the east side of Main Street between Center Street and 100 North as we mark the mile-stone of the 8th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. This non-violent public vigil for peace has been on-going every Friday since Septem-ber 2005.

Come listen to performer and enter-tainer “Music by Melodie” at 2 p.m. Friday, March 18, at Cache Valley Assisted Living, 233 N. Main St. Provi-dence. Melodie sings a wide variety of classic/fun songs. Please call (435) 792-4770 if you have any questions.

The Austin Weyand Band will

perform with special guest singer/songwriter Danielle Vaughn at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at the Fine Arts Center, 58 S. 100 West, Brigham City. Admission is $8 at the door ($5 for students) or online at www.bcfineartscenter.org. Call 723-0740 for reservations. Admission price includes $1 off for dessert at Peach City after the show.

Made in Spain with Skyler Smith, Clay Summers and Paul Christiansen, will perform acoustic music at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

Abracadan, the comedic hypno-

tist will be performing live at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 18, at the Logan Arthouse, 795 N. Main St. Abracadan is a professionally trained hypnotist who puts on a family-friendly show that is safe for all ages, though it is recommended for children over 10. Tickets are $5 and are available at www.loganarthouse.com or at the box office.

Stokes Nature Center invites curi-ous toddlers, ages 2-3, to join them for Parent Tot from 10 to 11 a.m. on Friday, March 18. Explore animals, plants, and nature through music, crafts, and games. This program is parent interactive, and all toddlers must have a parent present to partici-pate and explore along with their child.

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Across1. Chrysalis5. Squirm11. Commanded15. American sounding rockets19. Swear to20. Trojan hero21. ___ ferox22. Bird whose male hatches the eggs23. Fooled26. Alpine sight27. Black and tan ingredient28. Embarkation location29. Beset30. Mawkish31. Hindu holy man33. Poetic feet35. Trainee37. World of higher learning41. Unclean42. Made crazy47. Maid’s cloth50. Sportscaster Andrews51. One way to go52. Descartes’s “therefore”53. Grassy plain55. Baby carrier?56. Supply with battlements59. The New Yorker cartoon-ist Edward62. ___ the ground floor63. Japanese martial art65. Woodsman material?67. Harvesting69. Move beyond the limit75. Reject contemptuously78. The buck stops here79. Nosh83. Eastern attire84. Spat87. Flash light?91. ___ Miguel92. Marker94. High-hat

96. Nasdaq debut: Abbr.97. Part of a plot98. Tai language branch99. Rescues105. Amble106. Guide107. Nostrum110. Did farm work112. Cry of pride116. Indolence117. Color ___119. Billiards move123. Sliding door site124. Least bit of concern125. Twyla Tharp title128. Daughter of James II129. Musical mark130. More buffoonish131. Qom home132. Knawe, for one133. Misses the mark134. Word with real or fifth135. Membranous sac

Down1. ___ bravas (Spanish dish)2. Palate part3. Punted4. Hole maker5. Baseball’s Boggs6. Realize7. The skinny8. Mid-afternoon break9. Partakes of10. Ballpark ___11. Flight maneuvers12. Not aweather13. Drew aimlessly14. Hallow ending15. Military storehouse16. Cut off17. Pasta choice18. Nymph chaser24. Elicit25. Heavenly body

30. Caravan beast32. Jim Bakker paramour34. Ventilate36. Centimeter-gram-second unit38. Jewish month39. Ignoramus40. Composed41. Colonies King42. Cheat, in a way43. Importune44. Omen45. Store posting: abbr.46. I problem?47. Indian royal48. Erelong49. Percussion instrument54. Flax fabric56. Masterstroke57. Ending of the Bible58. Make stuff up60. Certain turn61. “Seinfeld” uncle64. Advanced degree66. “20,000 Leagues” har-pooner ___ Land68. “Spirit” rock band70. It replaced CQD71. Skip preceder72. In the way indicated73. Rebuffs74. November honoree75. Head-turner76. It may be minced77. Hydrox rival80. Fungal spore sacs81. Mystery writer John Dickson ___82. Spoon-playing site85. Dash widths86. Batman and Robin, e.g.88. Epidemic89. Prefers, with “for”90. English actress Jean93. Historical period95. Raze, in a way

97. Big top?100. “___ Me,” Withers hit101. Besiege102. Nail holder103. Curiosity104. Roof features105. Entangled107. “Get outta here!”108. Without equal

109. Who “ever loved you more than I,” in song110. Thai money111. It’s measured in degrees113. Off-white114. They go with the flow115. About118. The Beatles’ “Back in the ___”

120. Part of SEATO121. Leave in, as text122. Like some losers125. Grand ___ (“Evangeline” setting)126. More, in Madrid127. Sot’s sound

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The program fee is $3 ($2.50 for SNC members). For more info, call 755-3239 or visit www.logannature.org.

The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing on Sat-urday, March 19, at the Cracker Barrel Cafe in Paradise.

Street Def Presents Oddmal-ity with Smash Bros., Sycronice, MC Untyled, Chance Lewis and Vishis performing hip hop at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cost is $5.

The Bear River Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, at the Logan Library East Confer-ence Room. The speaker will be Sheri Lynn Lemon of the Logan Family History Center. For more information, contact Marilynne Wright at 752-2076 or marilyn-nwright4@msn.com.

The premiere of Logan’s newest comedy troupe, Logan Out Loud, will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, at the Logan Arthouse, 795 N. Main St. Cost is $6 and show is rated PG-13.

A benefit stand-up comedy show featuring Utah native Ricky Hacking will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, at the Logan Arthouse, 795 N. Main St. All ages show. Pro-ceeds will benefit a humanitarian trip sponsored by the Commu-nicative Disorders Department at USU.

A free kids activity with a craft, video and treat will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Sat-urday, March 19, at the Macey’s in Providence. Drop in any time with kids ages 3 and up.

HYPE, a hip hop workshop, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March. 19, at Moun-tain Crest High School. Cost is $75. The event is a fundraiser for the MC Caprielle Drill Team.

The Air Force ROTC and

Aviation Department at USU are sponsoring an event to raise money for Baby Mason who needs three major heart sur-geries to fix a birth defect. The Braveheart 5K/10K will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, on the east side of the HPER building on campus. Entry fee is $12 and all proceeds go to Mason. Pre-register at http://braveheart.regtix.com.

Rowan Cecil will sing at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, at Pioneer Valley Lodge, at 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call 792-0353.

Jerry Joseph & The Jack-mormons will perform rock/acoustic music Sunday, March 20 at 8 p.m. at Why Sound. Cost is $12.

The Smithfield Summit Camp DUP will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 21, at the Smithfield Senior Center. Ruth Swaner will give the lesson. Visitors are welcome.

William Hyde Camp DUP will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Mon-day, March 21, at the Hyde Park Civic Center. Visitors are welcome.

The schedule for Hyrum Senior Center is as follows: Monday, Fit over 60 at 10 a.m.; Tuesday, chair yoga at 10:30 a.m. and games at 12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Mary Kay from Alpine will be visiting; Thursday, chair yoga at 10:30 a.m.; Friday, Bingo at noon. The center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with lunch at noon. All seniors are welcome.

USU Extension in Cache County and the Utah Commis-sion on Marriage presents “Din-ner Date Night in the USU Sky-room” on Tuesday, March 22. The speaker will be Dr. Victor Harris, a marriage expert from the USU Family and Consumer

Sciences Department. His topic will be “What Men and Women Need Most.” Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The work-shop will begin at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $6 per person or $10 per couple for dinner and workshop supplies. To reserve your spot or receive more information, call 752-6263.

Cache County Senior Center will host its annual 9-ball tour-nament at 11 a.m. April 1 at the center, 240 N. 100 East, Logan. All seniors are invited to par-ticipate in this open tournament. Pre-register at the Senior Center or call 435-750-0820 or 435-881-2495 for information.

Ken Graves will teach a class on Latin cooking from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, at the Macey’s in Providence.

The UFO Opera Guild will meet at the Dansante Building Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. Members will organize invita-tions, and address envelopes and assign posters to distribute for the April UFO fundraiser. New members are encour-aged to join for help. For more information call Kurt Smith at 752-4526.

USU presents the Partners In Business Principle-Cen-tered Leadership Seminar on Wednesday, March 23, at USU’s Eccles Conference Center. The featured speaker will be Andrew Cherng, founder and chairman of Panda Restaurant Group. For more information, go to http://partners.usu.edu.

The Logan City Environmen-tal Department will host a tree trimming class from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March, 23, at the Logan City Environmental Department Classroom, 450 N. 1000 West. This class is free and open to the public. Joe Archer, the City Forester, will teach about local trees and how to care for them. This class is limited to 50 people. To sign up or for more information, call or e-mail Archer at 716-9749 or joe.archer@loganutah.org.

USU Extension, Cache

County Master Gardners and the Utah Native Plant Society are holding a workshop about inexpensively propagating and growing native and waterwise plants for use in the yard. Par-ticipants are provided planting materials and actually plants seeds during the workshop. Between 20-25 separate spe-cies will be available. A work-book detailing the various plants at the workshop and how to care for them will also be pro-vided. Three separate workshop times are available: Wednesday, March 23 at 7 p.m., and Satur-day, March 26 at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Cost to register is $25. All workshops will be held at the teaching greenhouse on the USU campus located at 1390 N. 800 East. Call 435-752-6263 for further information.

A Jazz Combo concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, at USU’s Performance Hall. Tickets are $8 general admission; free for USU students. For more infor-mation, go to http://arts.usu.edu. The first combo is coached by Ryan Heidt, the second combo is coached by Jason Nicholson, the third combo is coached by Corey Christiansen and the fourth combo, the Caine Jazz Combo, is coached by Jon Gud-mundson.

Get Ready, Get Set, Learn, Canyon Elementary School’s kindergarten readiness parent training (for parents of children who will enter kindergarten this fall) will hold a session at 7 p.m. on March 23 in the school media center. To register call 792-7684 or pick up a form at the school. This training is for parents only. Child care will be provided at the school at no cost. Free to interested parents living within the school’s boundaries. If you are interested in this training but live outside school boundaries, or need more information, call 792-7799 ex. 2509.

Kindergarten registration for North Park Elementary and Greenville Elementary Schools will take place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thurs-day, March 24. The child must turn 5 on or before Sept. 1, 2011

to attend Kindergarten. Please bring a birth certificate and copy for our records, current and complete immunization records, donation of $30 for food. All enrolling children will undergo a short assessment. For more information, go to www.ccsdut.org or call North Park at 752-5121 or Greenville at 750-7888.

Neighborhood Non-profit Housing is pleased to announce an open house celebrating the completion of 14 houses built by owner-builders in the Mutual Self Help Housing Program. The houses will be available to see on the following dates: Thursday, March 24 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the open house main event, Saturday March 19 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Tuesday, March 22 from 6 to 7 p.m. The homes are located in the Zollinger Acres Subdivision at 1400 W. and 3390 South in Nibley. Open house signs will be posted in front of participating houses. Please go to www.nnhc.net or call 753-1112 for more information.

A free avalanche awareness class for snowmobilers will be held on Thursday, March 24 at 6 p.m. at Renegade Sports in Nib-ley. There will also be a field ride on Saturday, March 26 (location TBD). Presented by The Utah Avalanche Center in Logan. No registration necessary. All ages and abilities welcome. Call 757-2794 for more information.

Kindergarten registration for the 2011-2012 school year for all three Smithfield elementary schools will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, and 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, March 25. To register bring your child, his/her birth certificate and proof of immu-nizations to the school he/she will be attending. To locate the school boundaries for each of the three schools (Birch Creek, Summit, and Sunrise), go to www.ccsdut.org. If you have any questions please contact any of the three schools. Birch Creek at 792-7692, 675 W. 220 North. Summit at 563-6269, 80 West Center St. Sunrise at 563-3866, 225 S. 455 East.

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