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Show B4 Life Monday ® April 20, 2009 Courtesy of Mark A. Philbrick Sarah Jane Lundquist, Dallin Allred, Cody Jordan, and Karen Balrd star in Thoroughly Modern Millie. THEATER from-B1 Courtesy of the Hale Center Theater West Valley Above: Josh Richardson stars as Long John Silver alongside Skyler Holman as protagonist Jim Hawkins in HCTWV's Treasure Island. Left: Elwon Bakly and Fallon Hanson make the two-member cast of the Covey Center's Every Day A Littfe Death. Below: Sarah Jane Lundquist, Keliie Close, and Cody Jordan are featured in the SCERA's latest production as Millie, Courtesy of the Covey Center Dorothy, and Jimmy. way. And if we do, it's not such W h e r e : 745 S. State Street, a stretch to laugh about death as Orem well. After all, it is just another Cost:$10-$12 part of life." This refreshing non-musical about the small de- B o x O f f i c e : Tickets can be tails surrounding what we rec- purchased at www.scera.org, by ognize as life's milestones will •calling (801) 225-ARTS or at at the continue at the Covey Center SCERA Center box office weekdays until May 2. from 10am-6pm and Saturdays from Who: The Covey Center for the Arts W h a t : Every Day A Little Death W h e n : April 9-May 2 April 27 Treasure Island The Hale Center Theater in West Valley will open Treasure at 7:30 p.m. Island late in April, complete W h e r e : In the Brinton Black Box with an on-stage 12-foot pool Theatre at 425 W. Center Street and waterfall. Perhaps the most in Provo versatile and well-decorated Cost: $10 stage in the state, HCTWV will also use faux rain and mist in the B o x O f f i c e : The Covey Center ticket office is open Monday- production, while actors swing Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., or by calling from ropes off of a 20-foot tali aluminum ship mast. The clas801-852-7007 or visiting www. sic pirate tale will be re-told in coveycenter.org dramatic fashion. T i m e s : Thursday-Saturday April 24 Thoroughly Modern Millie The classic movie-musical version of Thoroughly Modern Millie, starring Julie Andrews, was made into a Tony-winning (six awards in one year, to be exact) Broadway musical in 2002. SCERA will produce the show this month at their indoor live theater. Courtesy of Mark A. Philbrick 12Noon-6pm. Tickets may also be purchased at the door 30 minutes prior to showtime. May 1 Miss Saigon Miss Saigon has the plot of Madame Butterfly, the drama of the Vietnam war, and the flare of all 80's Broadway musicals (think Cats, Phantom of the Opera, and Les Miserables). There's no word yet if Pioneer Theater Company will include a live moving helicopter in the production, as most largescale high-budget productions of Miss Saigon do. But with or without the helicopter, Miss Saigon is certain to produce many surprised gasps from the audience. Who: Pioneer Theatre Company W h a t : Miss Saigon W h e n : May 1 -May 16 T i m e s : MondaysThursdays, 7:30 p.m. • Fridays and Saturdays, 8:00 p.m." Saturday matinees, 2:00 p.m. W h o : Hale Center TheaterW h e r e : Simmons Pioneer W h a t : Treasure Island Memorial Theatre • 300 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City W h e n : April 17-June 6 C o s t : $30-$49-Children T i m e s : Monday-Friday at 7:30 p.m. • Saturday at 12:30,4, and 7:30 K -12 are half price on Mondays p.m • Occasional weekday matinees and Tuesdays at 4 p.m. and Saturdays at 10:30 B o x O f f i c e : (801)581-6961. a.m. The Box Office is open 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. W h e r e : 3333 S. Decker Lake Monday - Friday, and Saturdays Drive, West Valley City W h o : SCERA Center for the Arts Cost:$15-$26 W h a t : Thoroughly Modern MillieB o x O f f i c e : Tickets may be purchased online at www.halecenW h e n : April 24-May 9 tretheatre.org, via telephone at (801) T i m e s : Mondays, Tuesdays, 984-9000 or at the Hale Centre TheThursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays atre box office, 3333 South Decker at 7:30 p.m. Lake Drive, West Valley City, Utah. The New Car Lingo for Suckers Advertisements use gibberish to attract customers [LORAINEGHQLDSTON Life writer Had a mechanic offer to vamp up your timing belt speed lately? Is the guy at the counter at the lube shop a real mechanic? Wondering how necessary a fuel injector cleaning is? Under most circumstances, it isn't. And timing belt speed? It doesn't exist, any more than the blinker fluid in the old "gotcha" joke. The person at the counter- not a mechanic, most of the time. Knowing your car and knowing what it has and doesn't have, what its needs really are, and what a deal really is can save you a lot of money and your car a lot of wear and tear. You've seen a billion coupons. Are they worth the glossy paper they're printed on? Usually not, honest mechanics say. You get a corner- cut with a coupon, not a deal- especially when it comes to oil filters. Often, they'll replace your filter with one that cost them about 19 cents and could end up costing you in engine damage. The good mechanics will spend between $2.50 and ten bucks for an oil filter. If your car really needs a fuel injector cleaning, it's because it was somehow contaminated- which is rare. Save yourself the money and skip it. And be careful about fluids. A mechanic I know recently did about $3,000 of work on a beamer that another mechanic had dumped Once you sign a cheaper coolant into. Sevthe paper and eral expensive parts began to hand in your leak and had to be replaced. keys, it may A transmission flush is feel like you're also only needed in cases of locked into paycontamination, but will wipe ing for services. your wallet clean if it isn't. But remember, Some of the fluids utilized you always can run you up to 50 bucks a quart! It's good to have a have the right to tranny flush every few years say no to addior so, but otherwise it's not tional repairs. worth the trouble. Most coupon deals are designed to get your car in and on the lift. Once you sign the paper and hand over have the right to say no to your keys, you're hooked in- additional repairs and serbut remember, you always vices. Here's a short translation of what the ads really mean: Fuel Injector cleaning/ Transmission flush: "We have a payment due on the machine." $20 (or less) oil change: "a teenager will strip your drain plug, then paint it, install an oil filter that cost us less than a 2 oz bag of chips, and glug in 5 quarts when your car takes 4." Tune-up: "We pretend we did all the adjustments the computer does automatically. And we might change the spark plugs." Fuel- Saver Package: "Regular service intervaland you need new tires. And brakes. Definitely brakes." Free (insert number) Point Inspection: "We look under your hood and tell you you need new hoses and a radiator and that catalytic converter is a real piece of crap." Free Brake Inspection: "Some guy shines a light on your hubcaps and tells you to spend money." So remember, research your vehicle. Actually look at the manual it came with, and if it didn't come with one, buy one. If you're suspicious, go to a shop where you can watch them work on your car- and don't be afraid to ask questions. It's your car, and your money. Don't forget it no matter how pushy the guy is. |