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Show I SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, September 27, 2007 Springvill e Reads 20072008 selections announced For older teen and adults, the Springville Reads committee has chosen "Barefoot Heat," by Elva Trevino Hart as the 2007-2008 selection. Each year the committee chooses a book, or books, for citizens to read and discuss. This year they have chosen two books, this one for older teens and adults and one for younger teens. "Barefoot Heat" tells the story of the childhood of a migrant worker from her perspective. It is a story of challenges and overcoming. It's truly about the American Dream. For younger teens, the committee has chosen "Day of Tears," by Julius Lester, "Day of Tears" is told by characters involved in one of the biggest slave auctions auc-tions in American history. Though the situation is obviously ob-viously sad, this book is not too graphic for young readers. Both books are excellent choices for book clubs, classroom study and individual reading. Come learn about both books on Thursday, Oct. 18, in the Springville Spring-ville City Council room. Presenters will introduce the books and provide suggestions for discussions in classes and book groups. Refreshments will be served. Three plays at Shakespearean FestivaHorM Three outstanding plays are being presented in Cedar Ce-dar City for the fall season at the Shakespearean Festival, Fes-tival, ""The Tempest," "The Mousetrap" and "Art." Prospero, the protagonist in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (written between 1609 and 1611) is a character with much in common with Leonardo da Vinci. He commanded the stormy ocean, he controlled con-trolled the fabulous monsters mon-sters and fairies of his world, he understood the human mind and soul. Most interpretations of this play consider Prospero Prospe-ro to have magical powers beyond the average mortal. mor-tal. Director Kathleen F. .Conlin and her design team working on this fall's production of "The Tempest"believe Pros-pero's Pros-pero's power and seeming seem-ing magic arise from the same place Leonardo's did: his huge intellect and his unequalled creative (and emotional) powers. Book Look - 'The Night Eater' Debbie Balzotti This review of the children's chil-dren's book "Night Eater" by Ana Juan is written in tribute to our dear departing depart-ing children's librarian Vivian Milius. For some reason she wants to be with her family in Idaho and so must leave us. I cannot say enough about Vivian's incredible incred-ible dedication and service ser-vice to our children here in Springville during the past 12 years. Vivian, hopefully you will have time to read this beautiful new whimsical children's M mm i&talCwirtyJytj Vl 0 0 6 JJ d Ytarc in a row! lAot tarnK.KSttA CnB Today! HARRIS HEARING CENTER 330 W. Center St. Provo 373-6827 Call me today about our full iine-up. (Auto, Home, Life. 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The story stars a chubby chub-by pink pj wearing character char-acter that travels around the world nibbling up the nighttime so the sun can shine each morning. When his buttons are bursting with overeating, he stops devouring "deep black nights that tasted like bitter chocolate" and at first it wasn't a problem prob-lem as people discovered "nocturnal animals and perfumed flowers, whose petals opened only at night." Of course this soon changes. This tale has the feeling of an old world fable fa-ble with many messages and opportunities to talk about the lessons of life as you read it to a child. And so as we part, I dedicate this review to Vivian Milius and thank her for all she has given to our children. If you would also like to thank her personally, please join our library board at an open house in the city council room tomorrow, Friday, Sept. 28, from 3 to 4 p.m. And they believe that the greatest manifestation of this intelligence and power pow-er comes near the end of the play, when Prospero replaces his yearning for revenge into a more noble emotion: forgiveness. "We are attempting to understand the identity of Prospero, how he fits into our consciousness, how that sensibility fits with a contemporary audience," said Conlin. "That's the resonance we are striving for, to represent that level of talent, intelligence and capabilities that are superhuman super-human and yet within a recognizable context." "The magic is really the magic of forgiveness," she continued. "His other magic mag-ic is compelling and awe inspiring. But on the other side, in terms of the human scale of things, the important impor-tant moment of realization is when the human heart can forgive." In fact, this is the recognition recog-nition she hopes audiences will take away from the play. "I would hope there's a greater understanding of Prospero and his powers but also his internal strugglesthe strug-glesthe spiritual sense of what it means to pursue revenge, to come to the moment of forgiveness, and to free those who are in any kind of bondage to us." Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" has kept au diences guessing for five decades. Now in its fifty-fifth fifty-fifth incredible year, this world record-breaking production continues to attract audiences to the St. Martin's Theatre from every corner of the globe. The Utah Shakespearean Festival is thrilled to present pres-ent The Mousetrap during its 2007 season. For most audience members, mem-bers, this will be their first time to experience a theatrical the-atrical piece by Agatha Christie. The Mousetrap, a two-act two-act play, could be considered con-sidered a forerunner to today's television drama, "Crime Scene Investigation." Investiga-tion." Christie borrows from Doyle the idea that a murder has taken place and that the murderer lingers lin-gers amid a gathering of innocents. This perpetuates perpetu-ates a game-like atmosphere atmo-sphere tainted by mystery and suspicion. "Art" was born in Paris. Yasmina Reza wrote the play in 1994. In October of that year, the Comedie des Champs-Elysees staged the first production of the piece. From that point on, "Art" embarked on a journey jour-ney to Berlin (1995), London Lon-don (1996), Moscow (1997), Madrid (1998), and, finally, Broadway with Alan Alda as Marc (1998). Along the way, Reza's international hit collected several high profile awards including the Moliere Award for Best Author and for Best Commercial Production, the Evening Standard and Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Comedy, the Drama Dra-ma Critics Circle Award, and a Tony Award for Best Play in 1998. Together with the awards and fame came criticism. The reviewers re-viewers are as divided on the subject of 'Art' as are the three friends in Reza's play. Serge, Marc, and Yvan argue throughout the whole performance. What the argument is about might seem clear at first Serge bought an extortion-ately extortion-ately expensive painting which is completely white, and his friends are not happy about the acquisition. acquisi-tion. However, things are not this simple. The three buddies debate the nature of art (modern and classical), but end by discovering the nature of friendship. At least, this is by far the most common interpretation of Reza's comedy. Many reviewers agree that 'Art' "is more successful in examining friendship than it is art" Along with the plays, you can attend play orientations, orien-tations, literary seminars, actor seminars and props seminars and dine at a long list of restaurants in Cedar City, for more information call 1-800-PLAYTIX or go to www.bard.org. f..H,-"- ICS, V;l i - i rcr VV ( ' .. v :.)$ ; - - hi n ILU i 1 . i There is a student from just about every class at Hobble Creek Elementary School in this week's Student of the Week picture. These students are recommended by their teachers for their good citizenship. Standing on the top row, from left are: Jackson Smith, Aaron Coon, Ellie Thorpe, Kevin Rose, Ryan Milburn and Abe Durrant. Sitting, second row are: Alexi Frixione, Samuel Krommenhoek, Spencer E. Young, Heather Asay, Rebecca Brown and Sammie Haynes. Kneeling, third row are: Kaylin Anderson, Keili Johnson, Kelton Hartvigsen, Wesley Evans, Tanner Hanines and Tiffany Asay. Sitting, bottom row are: Cate Wayment, Nicole Sisk, Annika Christensen, Calvin Barrett and Ty Wolfgramm. Missing when the picture was taken are Devin Freeman and Clay Wilson. 'i --fe??. ' . fir, , 4 t t We have some terrific community helpers. The kindergarten classes at Art City Elementary got to see up close the Springville ambulance and workers, even going inside the ambulance as well as listening the the siren. Thank you! ! ?.;'.' Off i y t "-v. l fill t (1 f ; I ' ; 1 1 1 1 l l " -l : I ! ' t if L , i l- - t 4 hi I J h A l U WHY SUFFER? mm Arthritis Failed Back Surgery Back & Leg Pain HeadachesTMJ Neck Shoulder & Arm Pain Mention this ad & receive your Initial Consultation, Exam & Xrays for FREE. Offer excludes medicare and other state and federally funded programs. 37 W. Main Santaquin 754-4878 1790 S. 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