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The Herald Journal Jan. 29 - Feb. 4, 2010

splashA splash of colorto brighten your day

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Cute pet photo of the week

This cat is available for adoption!Pet: Fifi From: Four Paws Rescue Why she’s so lov-able: “One-year-old Fifi is sweet, quiet, neat and loyal. She is nervous in new situations but with your love and patience, she will feel at ease in no time. She is declawed so it would be unsafe for her to go outside. She was raised from a tender age without other pets, so she finds dogs and other cats scary.” Adoption fee for Fifi is $75, which includes her spaying and vaccinations. To meet her, 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

THIS WEEK’S FEATURE story on floral arrangements made me think about the outdoors,

which made me think about the sun, which made me realize I can’t remember the last time I was really, honestly warm for an extended period of time.

Our office is so cold, a co-worker and I have pulled over a space heater that others in the building periodically wander over to to warm their hands. Sometimes it looks like we’re having a pow-wow with people gathered around the fire; my assistant editor keeps promising to bring in marshmallows for a roast, but he hasn’t pulled through yet.

Last night I was so cold at home that I threw my big, fuzzy Utah Jazz blanket into the dryer for 20 minutes just so I could immediately pull it out and curl up in it on the couch. Sometimes I’ll drive

around the block an extra time or two with the heat blasting in my car, simply to savor a few additional minutes of warmth before I walk into the frozen tundra that is The Herald Journal.

I was watching a show on TV the other day where the characters all went camping, and it made me pine for summer so badly I almost teared up. This time of year is always the worst for that — the air is filled with gunk, it’s ice cold outside, the inver-sion is blocking my view of the mountains, the snow on the sides of the roads is hard and black. There are few pleasures in life I enjoy more than walking out of an air-conditioned building in the middle of the summer and standing outside, feeling the hot sun beat down on my neck.

But for now I’ll just have to try and enjoy the space heaters, dryer-warmed blankets and extra cups of coffee while I patiently wait for spring.

Have a great weekend, everyone!— Jamie Baer Nielson

Cache Magazine editor

From the editor [email protected]

A tulip arrangement is on display during a floral design class at the Providence Macey’s last week. Whether you love the

aroma or simply want some color in a dull room, flowers are an intricate and exciting part of our lives. Hear from the professionals and learn some new and unique floral arrangement techniques on Page 8. Photo by Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal

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MONTREAL’S Théâtre Sans Fil, a

larger-than-life theatrical puppet company, will bring its production of “The Hob-bit” to Cache Valley for a single matinee performance at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre. Tickets are $8, $9, $10 and $12 and can be purchased online at www.EllenEccles Theatre.org or at the Cache Valley Center for the Arts Ticket Office in the Bullen Center. For more informa-tion, call 752-0026.

Founded in Quebec in 1971 by Artistic and General Director André Viens, the Théâtre Sans Fil (“Theatre Without Strings”) is a giant puppet company initially inspired by the expressive Japa-nese tradition of Bunraku theater. Bunraku style uses large puppets that are manipulated by camou-flaged performers instead of marionette strings. The puppets are controlled by a puppeteer who dresses in black and stands behind

the puppet. Théâtre Sans Fil has taken its produc-tions to the next level by combining the wizardry of contemporary technical theater, magical special effects and modern set design with life-sized pup-pets. This highly success-ful production has received awards and standing ova-tions throughout the world.

This puppet production of “The Hobbit” was cre-ated in 1979 and became an instant international success, including playing

to sold-out houses at the 1984 Olympics. Fantasy, poetry, make-believe and magic have always figured strongly in TSF’s texts, along with unusual and heroic characters. Thus far, Théâtre Sans Fil has given more than 3,000 perfor-mances and brought close to 3 million spectators from more than 20 countries and four continents into the fantastic and enchanted world of its productions. For more information, visit www.TheatreSansFil.ca.

MUSIC THEATRE West will present the

U.K. version of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat” at 7:30 p.m. through Feb. 1 at USU’s Morgan Theatre. A matinee will play at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30. Tickets are available by calling 797-8022 or online at csaboxoffice.usu.edu.

“Joseph” is a musical retell-

ing of the biblical account of Joseph of Egypt’s prophetic rise to power filled with a variety of musical styles, local refer-ences and rivalries, and plenty of laughs. The production incorporates the local talents of a full orchestra conducted by local composer Jay Richards and a cast consisting of a dozen USU students, teachers, doctors,

bankers, housewives and 38 cast members between the ages of 4 and 16. This talented ensemble, from Hyrum to Richmond, suc-cessfully managed to choreo-graph and stage the entire show in 14 rehearsals.

For information on tickets, contact the Caine Box Office at 797-8022 or visit csaboxoffice.usu.edu.

UTAH STATE University Opera Theatre will present one-act operas

and scenes at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29 and 30 at the Caine Lyric Theatre, 28 W. Center, Logan. Tickets can be purchased from the Caine School of the Arts Box Office (797-8022), online at boxoffice.usu.edu or at the Caine Lyric Theatre one hour before curtain on the two perfor-mance days. Everyone is invited.

Featured will be the premiere of a new opera for children by undergraduate student Shane Mickelsen based upon the Grimms’ fairy tale “The Wolf and the Seven Kids.” Forty USU opera singers, community chil-dren and instrumentalists will join for the premiere of this comedy,

with the composer conducting.Opening the program will be the

“Act I Finale” from Mozart’s 18th century comic opera, “Cosí Fan Tutte” (“Women Are Like That!”). The Mozart opera scene will be followed by a contrastingly seri-ous one-act opera by Gustav Holst, Sãvitri, based on Indian legend. Dr. Lynn Jemison-Keisker, director of the Utah State University Opera Theatre program, will be piano-conductor with Merillee Broad-bent, duo-pianist for the Mozart scene, and for Sãvitri.

Guest stage director for the Mozart scene is USU alumna Kar-lee Heaps, and guest stage director for the Holst and Mickelsen one-act operas is Utah State Theatre Arts faculty member Adrianne Moore.

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Photo by Richard Keisker

USU to present one-act operas

Take a biblical journey with Joseph

‘Hobbit’ comes to life through puppetry

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Rhythm

DIVERSITY IS KEY to the 2010 Wassermann Festival at Utah State

University. The long-running piano festival sports diversity among the performers and reper-toire, with the addition of a jazz artist in this year’s offerings.

This year’s festival will open Thursday, Feb. 11, with a per-formance by Ste-phen Hough. The 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist, Haochen Zhang, will perform Tuesday, Feb. 23, and jazz performer Bill Mays will play Tuesday, March 23. Con-certs start at 7:30 p.m. in USU’s Manon Caine Russell-Kathryn

Caine Wanlass Perfor-mance Hall. For tickets or more information, visit csaboxoffice.usu.edu, call 797-8022 or contact Dennis Hirst at 797-3257 or [email protected].

The Wassermann Festival is presented by the Depart-ment of Music in the Caine School of the

Arts, and is directed by faculty member Dennis Hirst. Concerts and master classes are a part of the festival, with offerings pre-sented over a two-month period.

This year’s lineup of artists includes a return appearance by

a veteran performer, a young gold-medal winner and a noted jazz pianist.

The USU festival honors Irving Wassermann, a noted pianist and educator, who estab-lished the piano program at USU and was a longtime facul-ty member and department head in the music department.

All artists who per-form at the Wasser-mann Festival also pro-vide master classes for registered participants. The public is invited to attend those sessions at minimal cost through-out the festival.

“Attending the mas-ter classes is similar to having a back-stage

pass to the festival,” Hirst said. “Guest artists typically share personal insights into the expe-riences that shape their music-making. Classes often conclude with question-and-answer ses-sions, allowing audience mem-bers to directly interact with festival performers.”

The concert schedule opens with a solo recital by Hough, who makes a rare return appearance at the festival. Hough is an internationally acclaimed pianist and among his far-ranging and numer-ous accomplishments, he was awarded a prestigious MacAr-thur Fellowship in 2001.

The festival’s next performer is Zhang, the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medalist. The youngest competitor in the competition, Zhang captured the top prize four days after his 19th birthday.

The third and final offering at the 2010 Wassermann Festi-val breaks new ground with an appearance by jazz pianist Mays.

THE LOGANConcert and Lecture

series will present the eighth annual Valentine’s Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the Logan LDS Taberna-cle. This year’s program will feature the Utah Opera and Symphony of Salt Lake City with selec-tions from musical theater, contempo-rary and classical song with a romantic theme. Admission is free and everyone is invited.

• Soprano Chanel Wood is returning to Utah Opera for her second season as an ensemble artist. She has pre-sented at least one solo recit-al every year since 2004.

• Mezzo-soprano Melissa Treinkman has been a Young

Artist with Chicago Opera Theater, Opera North and Cedar Rapids Opera and was a 2006 Vocal Arts Scholar-ship winner from the Society

of Singers.• Tenor Aaron

Blake makes his Utah Symphony

/Utah Opera debuts this season with the Holiday Pops Con-cert and as El Remen-dado in “Carmen.”

• Brent Turner, baritone,

was most recently seen per-forming as a soloist in Utah Symphony’s performance of Bernstein’s Mass.

• Namibian pianist Wil-lem van Schalkwyk has been a gold medalist and prize winner at several international piano compe-titions.

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2010 Wassermann celebrates diversity

Hough Zhang Mays

SOLO POP ARTISTS JENNY Jordan Frogley and Daniel Beck will

heat up the Kent Concert Hall stage with the American Festival Chorus at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, in their Valentine’s Day concert, “Choral Music Is for Lovers.” Tick-ets are $12, $16 and $18 and available at the CSA Box Office in the Chase Fine Arts Center, 139-B; at the Eccles Theatre Ticket Office, 43 S. Main; by calling 797-8022; or online at www.americanfestivalchorus.org.

“This is going to be a celebration of love in all its various facets,” said music director Craig Jessop. “Romantic love, love of fam-ily, love of God, love of country, love of fel-low man. It’s not just the romantic aspect.”

The concert will feature romantic favor-ites, traditional tunes to celebrate Valentine’s Day and a President’s Day tribute.

SUZY BOGGUSS will perform with spe-

cial guest Hillary Dodd at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main, Logan. Tick-ets are $20 to $30 in advance or $25 to $35 at the door. Various discounts are avail-able. For more informa-tion or to purchase tickets, visit www.centerforthearts.us.

“Multi” might be the best adjective to describe singer/songwriter Bogguss — multi-award-winning, multi-platinum and, as her new CD, “Sweet Danger,” so expertly proves, multi-faceted. Bogguss co-pro-duced the album with famed jazz/pop keyboardist and producer Jason Miles, who’s

worked with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross and Sting. The two brought together Nashville and New York musicians, culling the best

of both worlds to create an instantly engaging, groove-oriented

record infused with jazz rhythms and Bog-guss’ signature vocals.

“Sweet Danger,” like all of

Bogguss’ previous work, is filled with songs full of emotional integrity. She covers Chicago’s “If You Leave Me Now” and cre-ates a totally new vibe by stripping the song down to its emotional core and rebuilding it with a tight acoustic ensemble.

For more information, visit www.suzybogguss.com.

Logan’s 8th annualValentine’s Concert

Frogley Beck

‘Choral MusicIs for Lovers’

Grammy winnerSuzy Bogguss

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All mixed up

MARK YOUR CALENDARSfor an evening of good food, music and fun as the Whittier

Community Center hosts the 10th annu-al Vittles & Fiddles on Saturday, Jan. 30. Guests will enjoy dinner prepared by a variety of Cache Valley’s finest chefs while listening to live music performed by a host of local musicians. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. After dinner the chairs and tables will be cleared away and the evening will end with dancing from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tick-ets are $12 for adults and $6 for children younger than 12.

Entertainment will be featured in two locations. Performers on the Main Stage will include Red Desert Ramblers at 5:30 p.m., Sassafras at 6:45 p.m. and Dry Lake Band at 8 p.m. After dinner, head down to the Pink Room to enjoy coffee, dessert and musical performances in a more intimate setting. Per-formers in the Pink Café include Sarah Olsen at 6:15 p.m. and Juniper Day at 7:15 p.m.

• The Red Desert Ram-blers play bluegrass, classic-country and swing music. The five-member band has been honored by the Inter-national Bluegrass Music Association by being the first Utah band to ever be hired for an IBMA performance. Group members include Steve Hewson (lead

vocals, guitar, mando-lin); Richard Schmeling (guitar, harmony vocals, mandolin); Rick Martinez (five-string banjo); Sharon Mitchell (hammered dulci-mer, harmony vocals); and Dave Bates (upright bass).

• Sassafras Folk String Band offers a mix of guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo and bass. Their tight vocal harmonies are vibrant and lively, offering a mix of Celtic, bluegrass and blues. This all-girl band won first place in the 2008 American West Heri-tage Center Battle of the Folk Bands and recently

produced their fourth recording, “Sassa-fras Jam,” which is available on iTunes. Members include Kristen Day, Genet Brown, Candice Kempton, Betty Leish-man and Marianne Sidwell.

• The Dry Lake Band plays tradi-tions acoustic American bluegrass and old-time music from before the turn of the 19th and 20 centuries through the 1940s — hard-living and hard-luck songs, train songs, jail songs, death songs, love and love-gone-wrong songs, spirituals, fiddle and banjo tunes, any-thing soulful. Band members include

Cory Castillo (guitar, harmonica, vocals); Liz Wooley (mandolin, vocals); Kelin Gibbons (banjo, vocals); Lacey Johnson (fiddle, vocals); and Wally Gib-bons (bass).

• Sarah Olsen is a piano/guitar player with a passion for songwriting who specializes in acoustic folk music. She is a freshman at USU studying music therapy. Olsen has played guitar for six years and has been performing and writ-ing songs for almost four years. She will be releasing a CD later this year; to hear some of her music, visit www.reverb nation.com/saraholsen.

The Whittier Community Center is housed in the historic Whittier School (built in 1908) at 290 N. 400 East in Logan. Many local civic, non-profit, arts and educational organizations call the Whittier Center home. The center serves as many as 1,600 people in our com-munity each week. Funds raised during Vittles and Fiddles will go toward the Adventure Playground and upgrades in and around the building. For more infor-mation, contact Dallin at 753-9008.

Photos, from top: Red Desert Ramblers; Dry Lake Band; Sassafras Folk String Band; Sarah Olsen

Vittles & Fiddles raises money for Whittier

Guests enjoy dinner at last year’s Vittles & Fiddles fund-raiser at the Whittier Community Center.

WITH THESundance Film Fes-tival almost over, it’s

time to take a look at the films the people of Logan can expect to see come up here over the next year or so. Before we do that, though, I want to talk a little bit about what Sundance is like for the people thinking of heading up or those who have never been.

Sundance is, in a word, insane. It’s not often you’re absolutely surrounded by people who are exclusively talking about movies. For a film critic, it’s heaven. Life has sud-denly stopped for everyone and all they care about is movies. They’re talking about movies on the bus and on the street; strangers will approach you out of the blue and ask you what your favorite film has been and why. It’s glorious. For film lov-ers, there’s no better place.

The festival is always crowd-ed. Park City’s free shuttles and buses are always full and they pack you in like sardines. The audiences are some of the best around. It’s nice to be in a group of people who understand that even texting on your cell phone during a movie is annoy-ing. If you’re a lover of film,

head up to Park City this week-end for an experience you won’t soon forget.

Now for the movies!• “Cyrus” stars John C.

Reilly, Marisa Tomei and Jonah Hill. It’s sure to be released in the near future as it already has distribution through Fox Search-light. Hill plays a son who is trying to break up his mother (Tomei) and her new boyfriend (Reilly). This is definitely Hill’s best performance — he’s finally shown us he can actually act instead of just being the loud-mouthed, ranting comic relief.

• “Tucker and Dale vs. Evil” is a satirical spoof on the slasher movie genre, completely ripping on movies like “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “Scream.” Tucker and Dale are two fun-loving hillbillies who are judged to be killers by a bunch of hipster college kids out on a camping trip. Think-ing Tucker and Dale are evil, the college kids try to kill them, but end up killing themselves instead. I think this film will find its way to a wide release sometime around the end of the year, and it’s sure to be a hit with anyone who liked “Zom-bieland.” I laughed through

nearly the entire movie.• “Buried” has been picked up

by Lionsgate. Ryan Reynolds is the only person in the movie — he’s been buried alive in a coffin in the Iraqi desert with only a lighter, a pencil and a cell phone. If you buy into the gimmick, which is essentially “Phone Booth” underground, then you’ll really enjoy this movie. It’s sus-

penseful and fun, and will likely find success in the box office.

• “The Runaways” stars Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart. This isn’t the Stewart you know from “Twilight.” OK, yes, she’s still angst-rid-den and depressive, but now it’s for a good reason. It’s a biopic about the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band called The Runaways. While I thought it covered the rise and fall of the band all too quickly, it’s still a decent movie that is slated for wide release in mid-March.

• “The Extra Man” is sure to get wide distribution as it stars Kevin Kline and Paul Dano, and is directed by the same co-directors who made “American Splendor.” Kline plays the poor-est aristocrat in the world, living the high life by schmoozing old rich women. He doesn’t have any money himself, but that doesn’t stop him from acting like he does. Only Kevin Kline could do this part. One of the funniest and most light-hearted films at Sundance this year.

• “Catfish” is, by far, the best thing I’ve seen at Sundance. Wow — I really hope this gets a good distributor and finds a home in the hearts of everyone

who has ever used any type of social networking. “Catfish” is a documentary about a photogra-pher from New York and an 8-year-old girl from Michigan who creates an immaculate painting of a photograph and sends it along to the photographer, Niv. After Niv becomes involved with the little girl’s family through Facebook, he ends up getting involved with her half-sister and decides it may be time to meet all of them. What tran-spires is something so unbeliev-able it must be scripted — but it isn’t. It starts out light-hearted and genuinely funny then ends up in a very sad and disturbing place exploring souls that may not want to be seen. It’s a fan-tastic film, and probably the best documentary I’ve ever seen.

Sundance runs through Sun-day, Jan. 31, but movies end Jan. 30. There’s sure to be a Best of the Fest for locals after the crowds have died down, but there’s still plenty to be excited about — a lot of these films will find themselves in local theaters sometime this year and now you know what to look forward to!

Feedback at [email protected].

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The Reel Place

By Aaron Peck

Movies you might actually get to see

“The Extra Man”

“The Runaways”

“Tucker and Dale vs. Evil”

“When in Rome”Rated PG-13(N/A) A review for “When in Rome” was not available from The Associated Press before publication time. In lieu, please accept this synopsis from www.RottenTomatoes.com: “Kristen Bell stars in this comedy as a young woman with an enviable problem: She has multiple men after her heart! She takes a trip to Italy to escape New York City, and there she makes the ques-tionable decision to take coins from a fountain of love. Soon, a number of men (played by Danny DeVito, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard and Will Arnett) are a-wooing, and she doesn’t know what to do. Making things even tougher is the presence of a journalist (Josh Duhamel), who seems to display a real affection for her.” PG-13 for some sug-gestive content.

“Tooth Fairy”Rated PG★★ Following the big-screen exploits of elves and bedroom monsters, tooth fairies were inevitably ready for their close-up. “Tooth Fairy” steals liber-ally from “Monsters Inc.” and “Elf,” among many others. It’s very much what you’d expect: a tale of optimism overcoming disbelief; family fare with comi-cal casting (Julie Andrews as a Fairy Godmother); The Rock in a tutu. But despite its pre-dictability and pat Hollywood cliche, “Tooth Fairy” is mostly charming, thanks largely to the toothy grins of Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) and Stephen Merchant, the British comedian and Ricky Gervais sidekick. Johnson plays a minor league hockey player who’s summoned to Tooth Fairy duty (Merchant plays his guide) to penalize his dream-dashing ways. Obvious puns (some from Billy Crystal in a cameo as a veteran fairy) and fully expected redemption follow. Johnson, a human Buzz Lightyear, and the spindly Mer-chant make the obvious material surprisingly winning. PG for mild language, some rude humor and sports action. 101 min.

“Extraordinary Measures”Rated PG★★ This medical drama has been marketed as another “Blind Side,” a true story about quiet heroism, doing the right thing and overcoming great odds. But imagine if “The Blind Side” had focused on the legal processes necessary for Michael Oher’s adoption instead of the football and spunky Sandra Bullock and you have an idea of the strange path “Extraordinary Measures” takes on its road to inspiration. The movie tells the fictional-ized story of the Crowley family, whose two youngest children are afflicted with Pompe disease, a metabolic disorder that leads to muscle degeneration and short life expectancy. The dad (Bren-dan Fraser) decides to fight for a cure, partnering with an eccen-tric scientist (Harrison Ford) to beat the clock and save his kids’ lives. The filmmakers strangely focus on funding and paperwork instead of the human drama with a lot of time spent watching Ford

and Fraser bicker and make investor presentations. The debut feature of CBS Films, who, next time, might want to deliver a film that veers a little farther from the kind of fare people can watch at home for free. PG for thematic material, language and a mild suggestive moment. 104 min.

“Sherlock Holmes”Rated PG-13★★★ Robert Downey Jr. is so NOT Sherlock Holmes. That’s not a hindrance — in fact, it’s a big help — as he and Guy Ritchie bring Arthur Conan Doyle’s Victorian-age detective into the modern world. Enough of the trappings are left in their brawn-over-brain action romp to make Downey a reasonably faithful embodiment of Holmes.

And of course, this is Downey, whose career resurgence rests on his ability to make the most unlikely role his own. The movie’s big failing is the drab story, a bit of nonsense revolv-ing around a secret society and potentially supernatural doings. But Ritchie compensates with exhilarating action, and the movie offers engaging interplay among Downey and Jude Law

as Holmes’ sidekick Watson, Rachel McAdams as the woman in the detective’s life, Eddie Mar-san as Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade and Mark Strong as the bad guy. PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some startling images and a scene of suggestive mate-rial. 129 min.

— All reviews byThe Associated Press

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Still playing

New this week“Edge of Darkness”Rated R★★

1⁄2 It’s been seven years since his last film, but Mel Gibson is still playing mar-tyr. After righteously battling injustice in “Lethal Weapon,” “The Patriot,” “Payback” and others, Gibson plays Thomas Craven, a humble Boston police detective and single father to a 24-year-old daughter, Emma (Bojana Novakovic). When Emma is killed, Craven sets out to find the killer, a journey that leads him into a complex web of corporate and political cover-up. Hellbent in a beige raincoat, he attacks with little

self-regard. Now 54, Gibson is grayer and grimmer. The wildness and fire that once exploded unpredictably from Gibson is dimmed after sev-eral hard years for the actor. But he fits well in “Darkness.” Some might reasonably swear off films with Gibson, but there aren’t a lot of actors mak-ing movies that try to bring contemporary rage to the multiplexes. Perhaps, though, crusades needn’t always be a bloodbath. With Ray Winstone as a weary, philosophical gov-ernment operative and Danny Huston as a slick CEO. R for strong bloody violence and language. 117 min.

New this week!

hether we love the aroma or simply want some color in a dull room, flowers are an intricate and exciting part of our lives.

You give them, get them and simply enjoy them. When planning a wedding they are chosen carefully, giving that extra sparkle to your big day. And, with Valentine’s Day coming up, Macey’s floral department might just be your best, cheapest and unique bet to help you say “I love you.”

Sarah Parslow and her team are the ones to see. Staying up on trends and offering the best of her floral selection, Parslow and her team can create a beau-tiful, personal floral definition of you.

Parslow has been floral supervisor at

Macey’s in Providence for four years. After traveling to Idaho from her native California to study at BYU-Idaho (then Ricks College), Parslow made her way to Logan after getting married. She received her associate degree in Humani-ties, Arts and Social Sciences from Ricks, but sought out landscape architec-ture with a minor in ornamental horticul-ture from Utah State University.

“My favorite part of this is seeing the look on people’s faces when they come to pick stuff up,” Parslow said. “They just go, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s so much more than I expected.’ I love that. Wed-dings are my favorite. That personal con-nection is what I really love.”

In 2009 the Macey’s floral department was requested for 80 weddings, includ-

ing one for an employee. If you’re plan-ning a wedding, the florists ask that you give them at least two weeks in advance to get the flowers ordered and create the arrangements you want.

Valentine’ Day is upon us and it is admittedly one of the most stressful days of the year for Sarah and her crew. Flower prices go up for cupid’s holiday because of demand on shipments (generally they come from a huge warehouse in Europe, Sarah said). But if you want the best price, Macey’s can offer a large array of beauties for you — Sarah orders Valen-tine’s Day flowers in September in order to give customers the best pick and price.

She also emphasizes the need for something new — it’s not just about the rose anymore, she said. From daisies to

tulips, your valentine bouquet can be completely unexpected.

“It’s not hard to love flowers,” Sarah said. “Flowers can raise (your) mood. So, talk to your honeys about doing something different for Valentine’s Day.”

A passion for flowers is evident in Sar-ah’s character. Whether creating a bridal bouquet or arranging a small token for a birthday, flowers always bring a smile to her face. The most requested flower for the Macey’s florists? Gerber daisies, hands down.

“They’re fickle little daisies,” Sarah said. “They like to wilt. That’s the most popular. Also, calla lilies, and people don’t realize that they’re one of the most expensive flowers on the market. But they’re really beautiful. I’ve noticed that

I really love sticking with one flower. I find myself grouping just tulips, or del-phinium, lilies — all in the same tone, in single vases and then grouping them. It depends on my mood. I used to not like the color orange, but these orange roses are my favorite right now.”

Another busy time for the ladies is high school dance season — they made 85 corsages for Mountain Crest’s home-coming dance last fall.

In creating your own arrangements, Sarah recommends starting with a good-looking green, any green you want. The greens are the support system for your arrangements, she said. Next, pick your favorite flowers. She said she would generally stay in the same color families, but it’s hard to mess up when

it comes to flowers. House plants can brighten your home, Sarah said, even in the gloomy winter.

“I really think anyone can do it. It’s easier for some and it’s all about prac-tice,” Sarah said. “For me it’s easier because I do it every day, if I’m lucky. Roses are really easy to work with because they have a long, linear shape. When they open they fill in their own gaps. That’s why they are probably the world’s most popular flower. Orchids are also really easy to work with.”

So don’t be afraid to try it out on your own — design your own or let a floral design team send you home with some-thing innovative for your kitchen table, entryway or bedroom. What’s better than flowers to brighten your day?

WMacey’s floral department supervisor Sarah Parslow leads a class on floral design in Providence last week.

A splash of color to brighten your day

Story by Erin W. Anderson

Photos by Braden Wolfe

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By Lael GilbertFor Cache Magazine

MY EDUCATION at USU failed me. Sure, it prepared me

for a career and opened my eyes to the world, but it taught me nothing about steak.

I spent most of my time in the College of Natural Resourc-es, where half my colleagues avoided meat for environmen-tal, moral or health reasons. The other half (of which I belonged) couldn’t afford it. So much for that big meaty bull, Aggies.

This all changed when I married a man with a job. My husband is a steak con-noisseur. When we dine out, he invariably peruses the menu for a good cut of meat. He knows all the good steak places in Logan, and appreciates what goes into preparing a good, juicy T-bone.

What is it about men and meat? Is it a sociological con-nection to sharing the kill around the fire? Is it a psycho-logical symbol of power over nature? A caloric necessity to fill the stomach? Does it taste really really really good?

I grew up somewhat cloistered from meat culture. The only kind of beef on our table was the ground kind. Then one evening after helping a neighbor cater a dinner I was presented my compensation … a lovely thick slab of Porterhouse dressed with tangy A1 sauce. Every solid juicy mouthful was heaven.

It was an inspiration, but not a conversion for me. I don’t automatically flip to the red meat section of every menu I hold. It seems like a missed opportunity when there is new food to try. I’ve often wondered if this is a function of gender, or just individual preference. Do men need meat more than women?

They definitely eat more of

it. Men are more likely to eat meat than women, according to The FoodNet Population Sur-vey completed in 2007 by B. Shiferaw. In a national survey, men ate more chicken, duck, veal and ham than women. Women were more likely to eat fruits and vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, strawberries and raspberries.

This may, in fact, be part of the reason women live longer than men. That cow may kill you, and not in the cool running-of-the-bulls-of-Pamplona way. Men and women who ate about

4½ ounces of red meat a day — the equivalent of a small steak — had a modest to moderate increase in overall mortality, as well as in cancer and cardiovascular disease, according to the Nation-al Cancer Institute in 2009. But we’re not going to dwell on that.

Your significant other eats significantly different than you do. But why?

Differences in eating styles between men and women are not based on nutrition, accord-ing to the Harvard School of Medicine. Caloric intake is based on body size and activ-ity. More active people need more calories. Bigger people need more calories — irrel-evant of gender. Both sexes need the same percentage of protein, fat and vitamins in their diet, with the exception of iron. While red meat is an excellent source of iron, it is the woman who needs it more.

The difference may be more practical. A Norwegian study on men and food called “I eat because I’m hungry, because it’s good and to become full” reports … actually, the title

pretty much says it all (Roos, Gun & Margareta Wandel, 2005). “Women have a, well, a thing about food. They want to make fancy food. … I just want (to eat) a lot and to eat it fast, and then I can go out and do something else,” reported a male eater in another study by the same authors.

Whatever your reason for eating steak, you don’t need to rely on a steakhouse for the essential (or occasional) red meat. You can turn out a beau-tiful steak at home. I had the opportunity to observe local steak experts Joyner Lofthouse and Bill Fillmore at work in the kitchen. These men have a combined 60 years experience cooking steak, and the sizzle hasn’t left the grill for either. They’ve served enough hot platters to know the perfect

steak is in the eye of the beholder, but Fillmore’s preferences fall with the New York steak, or any cut that has plenty of fatty marbling for flavor.

A good cut of meat has a bit of

moisture, a bright color, an even cut and no odor. Look for a cow who spent more time on the couch than in the gym. Developed muscle makes tougher meat (sorry, Aggie Bull). Good steak is aged for 10 to 28 days to allow the enzymes in the meat to make it more tender. It can be wet-aged or dry-aged. Most meat at the grocery store is wet-aged in the package. Dry-aged beef can be found at some steakhous-es. It allows some of the moisture to evapo-rate and creates a more intense meaty flavor. All beef should be stored below 40 degrees to keep those microbes at bay, but bring-ing the meat to room tempera-

ture just before putting it on the grill makes a more tender steak.

Waves of heat shimmied the air off the grill in front of the steak experts. The grill has to be hot, said Lofthouse, close to 400 degrees. A few drops of an oil that can take the heat (canola, peanut or safflower) will help prevent sticking. High heat sears the exterior of the steak and gives it a nice crust. This seals in the juices before it overcooks the center. The men lay their steaks down and season the upside with seasoning salt and granulated garlic. Once the steak starts to sweat, they turn it over and season the back.

Lofthouse uses the finger-jab method to determine doneness. That comes with experience, he said. A good meat thermom-eter will do for the rest of us. He prefers his steak medium rare, with a nice pink middle (between 130 and 145 degrees). Fillmore is a medium man (between 145 and 155 degrees), and tops his with a little melted butter and 57 Sauce. Let the steak rest for three minutes (lightly covered to retain heat) before cutting to let the juices reabsorb. If you don’t, you’ll get a piece of beef jerky sit-ting in a pool. Be patient, and the steak juice will be where it belongs — in your mouth.

The steak Lofthouse and Fill-more cooked for me was, in a word, perfect. Tender, medium pink in the center and dripping

with flavor. Their seasoning comple-mented the natural taste of the meat, rather than over-whelming it. With a perfectly baked sweet potato by its side, I needed no sauce.

Whatever the reason for a man

to love a steak, I’m glad I get a meaty bite once in a while. That steak may kill me, but would life be worth living without it?

Let me tell you a thing or two about a good, juicy steak ...

CACHE VALLEY resident Amy C. Mad-

docks has released her first book, “Too Precious for Earth: A Little Miracle that Will Change Your Life.”

“Too Precious for Earth” is a compelling story of one tiny boy whose brief

moment in his family’s life changed them and those around them forever. It’s not often you encoun-ter this type of deep and tragic loss,

accompanied by profound and awe-inspiring joy. Mad-docks guides the reader through her own emotional and physical trials of hav-ing a miracle baby and fin-ishes with an up-front, honest guide on how to not only cope with loss, but to make a better life than before.

Maddocks lives in Cache Valley with her husband and children. She graduated from Utah State University with a bachelor’s degree in educa-tion, and currently teaches in Cache County.

For more information, visit www.amymaddocks.com. “Too Precious for Earth” can be purchased online by contacting the author or at Reed’s Pharmacy in Hyrum.

Local mom publishesfirst book

Maddocks

By Devin Felix

“HAMLET” IS not too confus-ing for a 10-

year-old.Nothing about “Henry IV”

is beyond the interest of a kid in junior high.

There’s no reason kids shouldn’t enjoy, celebrate and perform the works of history’s most celebrated playwright.

That’s the idea behind the Alliance for the Varied Arts’ new Youth Shakespeare pro-gram, which gives kids ages 8 to 18 the chance to learn and perform some of the world’s most enduring plays.

“I think we underestimate what humans can do, espe-cially what kids can do,” said Mary Jackson-Smith, the program’s director. “There aren’t a lot of opportunities for kids who really want to delve into things and chal-lenge themselves.”

Youth Shakespeare’s first

project is called “Two’s Company.” It’s a selection of well-known scenes from 12 of Shakespeare’s plays — sort of a “greatest hits” collection, Jackson-Smith said. It’s a good introduction to Shakespeare, and it gives each of them a chance in the spotlight.

Each of the 29 young actors performs in three dif-ferent scenes, and all the parts are double-cast. That way, each performer has a peer who is portraying the

same character and under-going the same process. It allows them to connect and help each other, Jackson-Smith said. In mid-February, each cast will perform once, while the other runs back-stage operations.

Jackson-Smith said some may be skeptical of the idea that children can understand 400-year-old plays written in Shakespeare’s notoriously grandiloquent style. But not only do they understand the plays, they love them.

“It’s fun to be a whole other person for a while,” said 14-year-old Kristina Roy.

Eighteen-year-old Hannah Ekstrom agreed. It can be dif-ficult but exhilarating to drop your inhibitions, cut away your own personality and take on the role of a charac-ter, she said. And if you do it well, you grow closer to the audience.

“Acting is a way to con-nect to people,” she said.

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THE NORA ECCLES Harrison Museum of Art

at Utah State University will present a new exhibit display-ing the artwork of Bobby Ross, opening Tuesday, Feb. 2, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the museum’s Study Center Gallery on campus.

Scheduled to run through July 31, more than 100 Ross drawings are featured in the exhibit, including never-before-seen drawings. Exhibit organizers at USU promise a profusion of drawings that will cover the walls of the gallery demonstrating Ross’ meticulous narrative style. Using only a graphite pencil to execute his drawings, Ross combines a mixture of images

from politics, advertising, car-toons and technology.

As part of the event, Ross will create new drawings dur-ing the course of the exhibi-tion. Through the museum’s blog, anyone from the public can give suggestions to Ross for the subjects and ideas of his new work. The blog is available on the home page of the museum’s newly designed Web site, artmuseum.usu.edu.

Ross said contradiction is the main theme in his art.

“Good battles evil; truth confronts lies,” he said. “Questions posed are not answered.”

When asked about his artistic creations, Ross said he is spontaneous: “The work

changes as I do it,” he said.The Los Angeles Times

wrote that his pieces are “… so overloaded with visual information that they induce a state of mental vertigo.”

A graduate of the Univer-sity of California, Berkeley, Ross has exhibited his work at the San Jose Museum of Art, the Riverside Museum of Art, Carnegie Mellon Uni-versity, Hewlitt Gallery, the Ovsey Gallery and the Koplin Gallery in Los Angeles.

For more information or to schedule a tour of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, call 797-0165. The muse-um is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Satur-day. Admission is free.

Photo by Braden Wolfe/Herald Journal

Youth Shakespeare member Emmon Rogers walks through a scene during rehearsals for “Two’s Company” at the Bullen Center last week.

The play’s the thingLocal youth take on some of Shakespeare’s greatest works in AVA’s ‘Two’s Company’

If you go ... The Logan Youth Shakespeare program will perform “Two’s Company,” a series of two- and three-person scenes. • When: 2 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 13, and Monday, Feb. 15 • Where: Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West • Cost: A suggested $2 donation

“Dead” by Bobby Ross (2009, graphite drawing)

Bobby Ross brings his drawings to museum at USU

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“Love Is Bliss By the Holy Ghost:

Finding a Soulmate” (A Valentine Gift)

by Allie Lofland

I see a stream

As I’m lifted above it,

I sweep my feet:

To its bank.

Hands holding me firmly,

My trusting hand:

To his rank.

Kissing is bliss,

To the heart’s content,

When two are one.

We met with spirit.

Our thoughts in union,

When the voice spoke.

Unifying our souls:

To raise to communion.

All from the Holy Ghost.

“Progeny of Two Spheres”by Joseph Marvin BlackProgeny of two spheres,

First sired by celestial parentage,Of spiritual matter,

Journeyed light years to a lesser orb,Formed of genes and clay,

And received the breath of earth life.

Citizen of Kolob, citizen of earth,

Existence bound by terrestrial time.Tested by human drama.

Victim or recipient of conflict and love,

Receptive to spirit, receptive to earthly lust,

Freedom to bind both existences by celestial law,

Again separated to return to former birth,

Then by sacrifice of One Holy,Forever joined in eternal time.

Want a piece of the action? E-mail submissions to [email protected] or call 792-7229 for more information!

“Heavenly Hare” by BJ Fellows “Lazy in the shade” by Brenda Schoenfeld

The Cache Magazine Bulletin Board

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to rearranging your closet, Cache Magazine wants your stuff! Send it

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The Christian Science Monitor

LIKE “ANGELA’S” Ashes,” the memoir of her one-time teacher

Frank McCourt, Gorokhova’s A Mountain of Crumbs opens with a wish that youth had been an easier enterprise.” Both tales rest largely on childhood depre-dation, whether in famished Ire-land or socialist Russia, and the cataloging of both personal and national grievances, leavened with wistful humor, is a modus operandi Gorokhova clearly learned from her acclaimed mentor. They also share an unabashed longing for America, where both would eventually find themselves.

Despite Gorokhova’s debts to McCourt, “A Mountain of Crumbs” is not a Russian version of “Angela’s Ashes.” Gorokhova may lack McCourt’s lush storytelling skills, but her book is also free — thankfully — of his sugary sentiment. “A Mountain of Crumbs” is a straightforward account of Rus-sia in the postwar decades, one that takes the reader confidently through the slow sinking of the Soviet ship. Like despotic Rus-sian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Gorokhova was born in Leningrad in the early 1950s

and came of age during the cold war. This memoir offers valu-able insight into those bleak years bracketed by Khrushchev and Afghanistan, from which the nation emerged with the bruised ego it has since aggres-sively sought — under Putin’s guidance — to burnish.

Gorokhova’s story begins far from the palaces of Leningrad, in the village of Ivanovo, where her mother, a doctor, loses two husbands — to alcoholism, ill-ness, and the ravages of World War II — before finally making her way to Leningrad with her third, an older and established Communist Party member. Nec-essarily imagined by Gorokho-va, these early rural scenes lack the immediacy of later passages in which her own childhood is rendered with sharp detail. But she does recount an amusing episode in which her mother, indignant that Ivanovo has no maternity ward, writes to Stalin that “the Soviet women, who toil in peat swamps for our common bright future, deserve better.” Some time later, she is summoned by the local health commissioner. She is mortified, since others had earned trips to the Gulag for far less, but learns instead that Moscow has awarded 15,000 rubles for her

proposed project. It is between such straits of terror and prom-ise that the Soviet leadership hemmed in its populace.

Gorokhova is much more confident in recounting her rather comfortable upbringing in postwar Leningrad, with her mother (now a professor of anatomy), her consistently ail-ing father, and her rebellious older sister, an aspiring actress with a Westward gaze. A dutiful McCourt acolyte, Gorokhova is attuned to the inherent absur-dities of a society that, while aspiring to a supposedly com-mon ideal — whether a free Ireland or a workers’ paradise in

Russia — cannot care for its cit-izens on the most rudimentary level. “We hear a lot about love for the motherland and love for the Communist Party, but never about love for one another,” she writes.

In fact, her school years are full of subtle terrors that Gorokhova chronicles capably (if not always with great narra-tive gusto) in a reminder that, even in the twilight that fol-lowed Stalin’s death, the manu-facture of fear continued apace. During a meeting of Young Pioneers, a teacher interrupts the procession of laudatory speeches to announce, “One of us wrote a note incongru-ous with the Code of Young Pioneers.” The students wonder if a counterrevolutionary is in their midst, but soon learn that the guilty one was simply a girl who had scribbled “I love you” to her beau.

Gorokhova’s own first love truly was subversive: as a teen she becomes enamored of the English language and conse-quently begins dreaming of “stately England” and “mythical America,” in awe of societies indulgent enough to have the need for living rooms and cof-fee tables. A political awaken-ing occurs when she comes

across the word “privacy” in a textbook and realizes that it has no equivalent in Russian. “It simply doesn’t exist,” her per-plexed English tutor announces. “We do have seclusion, though, as well as isolation.”

That isolation begins to wane by the 1980s, just as Gorokhova is settling into adulthood. After receiving a degree in English from Leningrad University, she is assigned to tutor American college students in Russian. Here she meets an amerikanets from the University of Texas who wants to marry Gorokhova and take her back to the States, a hasty plot that ruffles the feathers of her compatriots. “You don’t want to get fired there, or get sick or get old. ... You are on your own,” warns a dean whose dire assessment of American priorities rings truer today than it ought to.

Not that she listened. Before her departure, Gorokhova’s sis-ter Marina bemoans the “bright future” had been promised by the Soviet Union. Only, she notes, “no one has told us it’s on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.” Luckily, it wasn’t too late: Marina now lives in New Orleans, while Gorokhova and her mother are happily settled in New Jersey.

Books

Russian memoir free of sugary sentiment

THE 23RD ANNUAL Valentine Chocolate Fes-

tival will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at The Bullen Center, 43 S. Main, Logan. Tickets are $5 per person and will be available at the door. A fundraiser for Utah Planned Parenthood, the Chocolate Festival offers an opportunity to sample tasty treats whipped up by professional and amateur Cache Valley chocolatiers. A silent auction of all entries begins at 6:30 p.m.; a live auction of the winning des-serts and other valuable items donated by local merchants will start at 8 p.m.

Everyone is invited to participate. Amateur and pro-fessional dessert-makers are welcome to submit entries. Taste these delicacies at the Chocolate Festival or, for a modest donation, take home special sampler bags to your sweetheart. Better yet, stay and bid on the award winners at the live auction.

Adventurous chefs may enter desserts in the following categories: cakes, pies, cook-ies, brownies and chocolates. For delicacies that transcend these definitions, there is a special category called “pot-pourri.” Entry forms and more

information can be found at www.thechocolatefestival.org. Judges will award the best entries in each category. Other awards will include best teen and best parent/child collabo-ration. Additional prizes will be given for the best amateur and professional chefs and the People’s Choice Awards, as voted by the public.

The annual Chocolate Festi-val is the sweetest way to sup-port affordable health care in your community. During these difficult economic times, more and more people are relying on Planned Parenthood for their reproductive health care.

Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!

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Answers from last week

Across1. View from Jidda7. Be short with13. Kind of bench20. Shut21. Absentee22. Lennon album title23. Not overspending26. Fall place27. Raft28. Logan postings29. Bed board30. Certain workplace35. Get the picture38. Gin41. Deprive of heat?43. Pack animal44. Slice of history47. Visits a secret chamber53. Wall Street order54. Home of the Cyclones55. Like some goodbyes56. Island nation east of Fiji57. P.D.Q.59. Owlish?61. Half of quatorze64. Urticate65. “Main Street” novelist67. Levels71. Truant73. Specializes in design80. Kind of pad81. Reserved82. Illegal offer83. Pad ___ (noodle dish)86. Viva-voce89. “Goldberg Variations” composer91. Monopoly card92. Zenana94. Greek coins98. Empennage100. Supporting

101. Takes advantage of confidential knowledge106. Moorbad Gmos, for one107. Denebola’s constellation108. Ring109. Trattoria offering110. Aces112. Award-winning Albee play116. Lavish119. Post-career abbr.121. Old cargo boat122. ___-en-scène126. Unpopular investigators133. Three-masted sailing ship134. Synchronized135. Place for rings136. Brisk movement137. Frothy138. Crackers

Down1. Principle2. Seat of Garfield County, Okla.3. Hawk’s opposite4. Bearing thorns5. Velvet finish?6. Tilt7. Piques8. Omitting9. Carolina ___10. Fourth-to-last Greek letter11. Bang-up12. They can’t be trusted13. Elaborate parties14. Dorothy’s aunt and namesakes15. Three Gorges project

16. Discharge17. Omani money18. Writer Quindlen19. In case24. South Korean currency25. Masefield play “The Tragedy of ___”31. Persian spirit32. Clamor33. Tending to business34. Philatelist’s purchase36. SALT signer37. Fails to be38. Certain Asian39. Unwelcome obligations40. Pontiac, e.g.42. Retrovirus component44. Sight from Taormina45. Hairpieces46. Wet nurse48. Implant49. Classic party game50. Dispatch51. Kvass ingredient52. Kind of greens58. Little digits60. Miscalculate62. Parade leader63. Double standard?66. Offense68. Boost69. Water tester70. Offshoot72. Symbol of sovereignty74. Prefix with orthodox75. Name76. Sister of Thalia77. Haberdashery item78. Moon of Uranus79. Fixed up83. Gum olibanum84. Door fixture85. Vicinage

87. HBO’s “Da ___ G Show”88. Debauched90. That guy93. Not piquant95. Through96. Associations97. Daughter of James II99. Arctic native102. Watchman ___, Chinese Christian author

103. Coloratura ___104. JFK overseer105. Pullulating ones110. Anoint111. ___ el Amarna, Egypt113. Cogitation114. Hint115. Old adders116. Baryshnikov’s birth-place117. Word with phase or retention

118. Common contraction120. Drop123. Machu Picchu build-er124. Zap125. Sum, ___, fui127. Gas station abbr.128. Part of Scand.129. ___ Appia130. One-striper: Abbr.131. Clear132. Pink lady ingredient

By Myles Mellor and Sally York

By The Associated Press

THE BEST THING ABOUT the debut album from The Over-

mountain Men is the feel.“Glorious Day” is loose and infor-

mal, an impromptu back porch concert for friends and neighbors.

The North Carolina quintet, which fea-tures singer-songwriter David Childers and Avett Brothers bassist Bob Crawford, has played together in various forms over the years and is confident and assured.

From the hoedown feel of “Some Place Along the River” to the easy stroll of “Coney Island Express” and the fuzzed-out menace of “Looking for Dr.

Caligari,” the band switches gears and directions with ease.

The album also features the song “Angola,” Crawford’s contribution to the documentary “Six Seconds of Freedom” about the inmates at the Louisiana prison

who participate in an annual rodeo.The one knock against the album is

that it feels like what it is — the side project of a bunch of guys with other gigs. It’s not as cohesive as it could be and meanders a bit.

“Glorious Day” is always interesting, though, right from the opening note on the melancholy lament, “Magpies.” And that’s something that can’t be said for every debut.

CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: If there’s a statement of purpose on this album, it comes from “Some Place Long the River.” It’s an imminently singable song about fellowship and the pursuit of “whatever kills your ills.” Good times.

Old-time feel to Overmountain Men debut

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Quinn Christensen will perform live music at 6 p.m. and Spencer Jensen will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza.

Saturday

Colin Botts, formerly of Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband, will perform live music at 6 p.m. and Irv Nelson of The Fender Bend-ers will perform at 7 p.m. Friday at Pier 49 San Francisco Style Sourdough Pizza, 99 E. 1200 South, Logan. For more information, visit pier49logan.com.

Retired Ambassador Lynn M. Hansen will recount his distinguished career in military and government service at 11:30 a.m. Fri-day at USU’s David B. Haight Alumni Center as part of the Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series. Everyone is invited. For more informa-tion, contact Natalie at 797-1195.

Robert Linton will perform at 7 p.m. Fri-day at Caffe Ibis Gallery Deli, 52 Federal Ave., Logan. Everyone is invited. For more informa-tion, call 753-4777.

Professor Ken White of USU’s Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences will present “Seeing Double: The Origins of Cloning” at 7 p.m. Friday as part of USU’s Science Unwrapped series. Refreshments and exhibits will follow. Everyone is invited. For more information, call 797-3517.

The Cache Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Awards Banquet on Friday at The Riverwoods Conference Center to rec-ognize individual business leaders from Cache County. USU President Stan Albrecht will be special guest speaker and the 2010 Cham-ber Board of Directors will take their Oath of Office. Evening will include networking, dinner and entertainment. For more information or to attend the Awards Banquet, contact Tamra at 752-2161 or visit www.cachechamber.com.

Televised comedy nights take place at 7:30 p.m. Fridays at Club New York, 339 N. Main, Logan. Come poke fun at any topic you find funny or come be part of the live audi-ence. Cover charge is $3 at the door for the show and an additional $2 to stay for danc-ing. Jokes must conform with the FCC PG-14 guidelines. For more information, visit www.CacheValleyFilm.com.

January Summerhays and Jacob Bartley Davidson will perform with Nick Gittins and Britney Hunter (acoustic) at 8 p.m. Friday at Why Sound, 30 Federal Ave. Cover charge is $5. For more information, visit www.myspace.com/whysound.

Bridgerland Literacy’s fifth annual Scrab-ble Tournament and Fundraiser will be held Friday at USU’s Taggart Student Center. Teams can register at www.bridgerlandliteracy.org or call 716-9141 for more information. Evening will include a Scrabble tournament, silent auction, crossword challenge, giant Scrabble boards for spectators and more.

Friday The Bridger Folk Music Society will host an intimate evening of piano playing with Radoslav Lorkovic at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at a private home. For tickets and directions, call 757-3468.

The Western singing duo Tumbleweeds will perform from 6 p.m. to closing Saturday at the Juniper Take Out restaurant in Logan. Everyone is invited.

Common Ground Outdoor Adventures will lead a ski clinic Saturday at Beaver Moun-tain. Common Ground offers adaptive equip-ment and trained professionals to help anyone ski, regardless of ability. For more information, visit www.cgadventures.org or call 713-0288.

Joseph Tainter, professor of environment and society at USU, will present “Why Societ-ies Collapse” at 1 p.m. as part of the “Sat-urdays at the Museum” series at USU’s Museum of Anthropology. Tainter’s research focuses on social conflict in environmental issues, human responses to climate change and environmental degradation, and human uses of energy and resources. For more infor-mation, visit anthromuseum.usu.edu.

A silent auction of works by Sean Wallis will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Dansante Building, 59 S. 100 West, Logan. Works of all sizes and prices will be auctioned.

A “Just Jumpin’ Jump In” workshop will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Smithfield Rec Center, 315 E. 600 South. Participants will learn basic to advanced jump rope skills and fun jump rope games. Cost is $15. For more information, contact Patrice Winn at 755-6046.

USA Jump Rope All Stars and The Just Jumpin’ Team will perform a master jump rope exhibition Saturday at the Smithfield Rec Center. Doors open at 6 p.m.; a silent auction will be held from 6 to 7 p.m.; and per-formances will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per person or $20 per family.

Marnae Gerszewski and her violin stu-dents will perform at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Pioneer Valley Lodge, 2351 N. 400 East, North Logan. Everyone is invited.

Sky View Lacrosse will hold player regis-tration for the 2010 spring season for grades four through 12 from 9 a.m. to noon Satur-day at the North Logan Library, 475 E. 2500 North. Come prepared with proof of current U.S. lacrosse registration, medical/insurance information and cash or check for registration fees. An equipment swap and sale will be held during that time. For more information, contact Diana Cannell at 770-3299.

Battle of the Bands: Part 3 will start at 6 p.m. Saturday at Why Sound. Admission is $5.

Bridgerland Applied Technology College will host its annual “Day of Design” event from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday on the north cam-pus. Participants will select four of eight work-shops that will provide information about real-istic ways to update and improve your home

The Conger Frew Duo will perform at noon Sunday at Caffe Ibis. Everyone is invited.

The award-winning documentary “A Necessary Journey” will be screened for the Ecumenical Youth Group at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 581 N. 700 East, Logan. All youth in grades six through 12 are invited. Raina Zeeh, volunteer mission coordinator for Children of Peace Internation-al, will also share her personal experiences.

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.

Sunday

New classes at the Alliance for the Var-ied Arts start in February, including creative writing for teens and adults and children’s drawing. For more information, visit avaarts.org or call 753-2970.

The Cache Valley Retired School Employ-ees Association will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at The Copper Mill Restaurant. Program will be presented by Debra Smith from the BRAG office. All retired school employees in the val-ley are invited to attend. Reservations are nec-essary; contact Barbara Jensen at 753-1070.

Monday

The Cache Wood Carvers will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Logan Senior Citizen Cen-ter, 236 N. 100 East. This will be an open carv-ing evening; bring your own project to work on. Visitors are welcome. For more information, contact Neil Butterfield at 752-8789.

Danene Dustin will talk about her Ama-zon experience at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the North Logan Library. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call 755-7169.

Susan Lott will demonstrate how to make an easy chicken curry and garlic naan bread at a free cooking and community class from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Providence Macey’s Little Theater. Seating is limited; call 753-3301 to reserve your spot.

Tuesday

A Quarterly Arts Summit will be held at noon Wednesday at the Bullen Center. Those who plan arts events are invited to come coor-dinate their calendars, share best practices and discuss issues of common concern. For more information, contact Tricia at 753-6518.

Sky High Players will present “Oklahoma! The Musical” on Feb. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 in the Sky View High School auditorium. Tickets are $7 at the door or $6 at skyviewtix.org. Every-one is invited.

Wednesday

and yourself. A light lunch will be served. Cost is $15 before Jan. 26 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 750-3192.

The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center in Logan and the USU Outdoor Recreation Center will host a level 2 avalanche certifi-cation class Thursday through Sunday. For more information or to register, call 797-3264.

The Logan Stampede football team will host tryouts for their inaugural Lady Stampede dance team at 4:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the Rulon Gardner Elite Training Center, 981 S. Main, Logan. Dance team is open to women 18 and older. Come dressed to dance and tumble. Cost is $10. For more information, call or text Shelsy at 512-3332.

USU Extension in Cache County and the Utah Commission on Marriage will host a “Marriage Week Banquet” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at The Copper Mill Restaurant. Keynote speaker Dr. Victor Harris from USU will talk about “What Men and Women Really Need.” To reserve your spot, you must prepay by 5 p.m. Thursday at the USU Extension Office, 179 N. Main, Ste. 111. Cost is $10. Best dress is encouraged. For more information, call 752-6263.

Wellsville Elementary kindergarten registration will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m Thursday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday in the school office. Parents should pick up a regis-tration packet that will need to be filled out and returned to the office, along with all required shots, by Feb. 24.

Dino Genco from The American Legion, Salt Lake City will be at the Logan Department Workforce Services Employment Center (180 N. 100 West) from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday to assist individual veterans in understand-ing and applying for VA benefits. Veterans should bring DD form 214, marriage/divorce papers, birth/adoption/death certificates and children’s Social Security numbers. For more information, call 801-326-2380.

Auditions for “The Curious Savage” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Saturday at The Heritage Theatre, 2505 S. Highway 89, Perry. Be prepared to read cold from the script and bring a wallet-sized photo of yourself and detailed list of all evening and Saturday conflicts from Aug. 9 through Nov. 7, as well as a resume or list of acting experi-ence. For an audition form, visit www.heritage theatreutah.com/auditionform.htm.

Thursday

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 753-8844.

Shenandoah Davis & Kaylee Cole will perform with Travis Chambers and Manor Jones (acoustic) at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Why Sound. Cover charge is $6.

Stephanie Skewes will demonstrate how to make chicken cordon bleu, twice-baked potatoes and a special drink for Valentine’s Day at a free cooking and community 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.

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