Campus and community news briefs
Institute hosts USU Chinese spring bash
The 2004 Utah State University Chinese Lunar Spring Festival Party will be held at the Logan LDS Institute Saturday at 6 p.m.
The festival will feature Chinese traditional and modern dancing, Kong-Fu and magic shows, a Chinese fashion show and Chinese food.
Tickets are $7 per person for a reserved seat in the Institute cultural hall. The best seats go to the early ticket buyers. Children who don’t need a seat get free entry. Tickets will be sold Friday on the first floor of the Taggart Student Center, or can be reserved by contacting Min Rui at ruimin@cc.usu.edu.
USU concert to feature Indian Christian music
For the first time, a concert featuring Indian Christian music will be performed at Utah State University Saturday.
The cultural concert will feature both Indian and local artists and will take place in the Taggart Student Center Auditorium from 5 to 7 p.m. The performance will have a full orchestra as well as Indian instruments.
Admission is free. Refreshments will be served.
Chefs and tasters wanted for festival
Friends and neighbors are invited to an evening at the 17th annual Valentine Pro/Am Chocolate Festival on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Bullen Center, 43 S. Main St. Tickets are $5 per person and will be available at the door.
A fund-raiser for Logan Planned Parenthood, the Chocolate Festival gives the public a chance to taste and vote for their favorites of chocolate creations donated by local chefs, professional and amateur alike. Attendees can also take a treat home.
Awards will be given for the first, second and third place entries in each dessert category and the parent/child category. Additional prizes will be given for the best amateur and professional chefs, as selected by the judges, and the People’s Choice Awards, as voted by the public.
Adventurous chefs may enter desserts in the following categories: Cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, chocolates and the “Wildcard” category. Entry forms with instructions and tickets for the Chocolate Festival are available from the Planned Parenthood Clinic at 550 N. Main St. or by calling 753-0724. Entry forms and information may also be found at www.zmariner.com/chocolate.
Prof wins T.S. Eliot poetry prize for 2004
Utah State University assistant professor of English Michael Sowder has been awarded the 2004 T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry for his manuscript “The Empty Boat.” The annual award for the best unpublished book-length collection of poetry in English is awarded by Truman State University Press.
Poet Diane Wakoski judged this year’s competition and called Sowder an “earthy yet elegant poet.”
“Reading these poems, I felt the possible power of all poetry: a way of understanding and connecting to the primal and expanding universe,” Wakoski said. “This poet, evolving from the American modernists, transforms the ordinary into magic. A journey, a quest: I could not stop or be distracted from his path.”
New faculty art exhibition is ‘Fresh’
“Fresh” is the title of an exhibition presented by new faculty in the department of art at Utah State University. The exhibit will be shown in the Twain Tippetts Gallery in the Chase Fine Arts Center Feb. 5 to 27.
“Fresh” features work by five visual artists who are the newest faculty members of Utah State University’s art department. Eileen Doktorski, Danielle Foushee, JinMan Jo, Laura Johnson and Dan Murphy will present work in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, ceramics and graphic art.
A public reception opens “Fresh” Thursday, Feb. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery. The Twain Tippetts Gallery is open for viewing Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m., and by appointment by calling 797-3460.