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Show }] Friday, Sept 1,2006 Take Note: Today is the first day of September which is also known as National Chicken Month. 797-1769 diversions@statesman.usu.edu Since when is dryness a measure of safety? Over the years of writing this column, I've never really gone off on a political rant, but today there are two burning questions on my mind: 1 )VVhere is the war on terror taking us? 2)Why still hasn't Garrett Wheeler J o h n A sh c rof t launched his singing career with a new album? O b v i o u s I y Chew on this number two on my list is somewhat of a joke. John Ashcroft doesn't need a distinguished singing career. He seems to be doing just fine as the Attorney General. Now on to the war topic. Ifs been almost five years since the catastrophic 9/11 terror attacks. I remember them vividly. What I don't remember is how Osama Bin Laden worked in the justification for removing my agency to participate in onboard nail clipping. Thankfully, that nightmare is finally over. But don't throw up your hands in ecstatic joy just yet. The ongoing war has generated evolving rules for aviation travel. This is the new era of "anhydrous travel." So what does that mean to me the consumer, the traveler, the guy who occasionally just has to get far, far away from Logan, UT? It means that unless I'm prepared, the burly Transportation Security Agency (TSA) guys will grunt even more loudly than c.-r < •'•• -W BY CYNTHIA HARMON Staff Writer With the excitem and toe-tapping rh swings back half a the Copacabana ir/ American histor America Show, production, of ebration to ent ber. ' — After a 25-year tradition of extravagant dinner dances, USU discontinued hosting these affairs because oFalack ot funding. Refusing to let a local tradition fall between the cracks, members of the community arranged a produc- ?nal-level entertainment. ithony said the show follows original theme each year, based aistorical research and collabve ideas from the community. iroac \iusical review, the Celebrate de with sir :a Show attempts to display gherv to 6f an America Vit and enthusiasm of sigNow in its \eras in American history i year\ duction, the C Wiltaneously honoring ate AmeK Show has grov fctensively irK«»^ ^twuiio) current military, firefighters and law enforcement officommunity and has had offers to cers as the "Spirit of America." expand the annual event to other states. According to writer and With the help of a 16-piece big director Brenda Anthony, the celband, it is this spirit that producebration has flourished since its tion members hope to share with humble beginnings as a "glorified the audience. This year's largest road show," now described as an focus will include popular tunes elegant evening offering profesfrom the 1930s and '40s displaying what Anthony said she envisions as a combination of the glamor of the Copacabana and the spirit of a military canteen. In addition to the period's music, the show attempts to recreate the look and entertainment base of the time, transforming the Taggart Student Center Ballroom into an old-fashioned dance hall, a glimpse of which can already be seen at the Ballroom's entrance. The fine details from the atmosphere to authentic costuming are what cast members hope take • CELEBRATE AMERICA see page 7 6 • W A R ON TERROR see 76 see page page 11 • Entertainment Outdoors • Culture Steppin' Out This Weekend Mark Walberg not so 'Invincible' in Disney's latest sports attempt For those of you who adore Mark Miraculously, the tides turn for Wahlberg ("The Italian Job") there are the Eagles as a new coach is brought plenty of opportunities in this film to into town (Greg Kinnear, "Little Miss watch him run in Sunshine") who slow motion. And announces that tryfor those of you who Casey T. Allen outs for the Eagles will can't stand Mark be held free and open Wahlberg there are to the public. What is plenty or opportuniinitially planned as a ties in this film to publicity stunt turns watch him get tackinto something more led, hard. hopeful as Vince is encouraged by his This is probably friends to tryout for the greatest content Rated PG, Grade G the team. Can you that "Invincible" has "Invincibie" ^ ^ — guess what happens to offer. Everything next? else that we see in this film is boring, Like some of lackluster and prosaic. Disney's previous sports films (the most Sadly, those wacky Disney producers memorable being 2004's "Miracle" won't shut down the never-ending conveyor belt of underdog sports movies based on a true story. They just keep coming and coming. And, presumably, the masses will keep going and going. Mostly an accomplished cinematographer, the director, Ericson Core (whose only other directing experience comes from the short-lived sitcom "Family Law"), delivers some exciting and intimate views of the bone-crushing action on the football field. But off the field, most viewers will find it a challenge to pay attention. Wahlberg plays the real-life character of Vince Papale, an ordinary man trying to get by during the employment and economical crisis of the 1970s in Philadelphia. His only outlets for enjoyment are playing football with his friends, including Tommy played by Kirk Acevedo ("The New World"), or watching the Philadelphia Eagles professional football team. Vince hasn't gotten much joy from the latter lately since the Eagles have been playing more and more horribly with each passing season. I I I I Friday, Sept. 1 • Break out your best flash dance moves at the 80s themed Fridayfest 9 p.m. - midnight in the TSC Ballroom. •"Ten Little Indians" by Agatha Christie will be performed at the Cain Lyric Theatre tonight and tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. •Vince Neil of Motley Crew fame will be playing the Ogden Amphitheatre at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 through Smithstix. •The three day Swing 'n' Dixie Festival kicks offin the Perry's Egytian Theater in Ogden. Saturday, Sept. 2 •The Cache Valley Folk Dancers will be performing a "first Saturday" Contra Dance at the Whitteir Community Center, 290 N. 400 East. Dancing begins at 7:30. •The Eastern Idaho State Fair begins at the fairgrounds in Blackfoot Idaho. Visit www.idaho-statefair.com for a full listing of events. Monday, Sept. 4 •Check out Reggae Sunsplash at the USANA Ampitheatre/ The "non-stop reggae party" begins at 6 p.m.. Tickets range from $26 to $50. Want something posted on VENUES? Send to statesman@cc.usu.edu I (l"l"l * . I • I 1 fit . I .1 F— I Reel eviews 1 - 1 I and Titans and 2000's "Remember the Titans"), "Invincible" provides a well-balanced mixture of sports action with accurate historical and cultural background. Everything in the production design reminds you that you're in the 1970s. And thanks to the director's experience as a cinematograbher (on such films as "Daredevil" and "The Fast and the Furious") the camera angels and lighting are striking but not overbearing. This makes "Invincible" a comparatively dark film in visual terms. All of .. » r • I I r* • INVINCIBLE seepage 75 • t f i l l |
