By BEKAH DEMORDAUNT

A large part of the revival of downtown Provo can be credited to the Gallery Stroll, which takes places the first Friday of every month. With the Gallery Stroll there must be galleries to wander through and, hopefully, yummy treats for tasting along the way.

Recently opened F Stop Cafe, located at 250 N. University Ave., provides exactly that: a gallery, called the Mitchell + West Gallery and a cafe.

The gallery portion has been open for just over a year while the cafe opened in July, with a grand re-opening the first week of November.

Caleb Mitchell, Travis West and Maht Paulos combined business and artistic forces to create a new space in Provo that allows for a cafe and art to meet.

They say that breaking up is hard to do.

But that’s why they invented music. Well, one of the reasons anyway.

I’ve found that music can be a big source of help in dealing with a breakup, and so I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite songs to listen to after it happens.

The first song that comes to mind is Rilo Kiley’s “Breakin’ Up.” This catchy, upbeat track from the band that features the queen of indie, Jenny Lewis herself, will help you forget the messy break-up and get you dancing all the while. By the end, you’ll be singing “Ooo it, feels good to be free” along with Lewis.

If you’re in need of more than one song to get you through this difficult time, pop in Noah and the Whale’s latest album, “The First Days of Spring.” It’s great and will help the healing process.

Maintaining poise and perfection while balancing on a 2-inch diameter platform could be described as superhuman; however, despite all the rehearsal and years of training accidents are bound to happen.

On Wednesday night, during the company’s tech rehearsal, one of the dancers in the Ballet Showcase Company broke her wrist. Two days before the performance, the dancers were forced to pull together to make sure the curtain would still rise on time.

“There are a couple dancers that need to step in and learn new choreography, along with some restaging and alterations,” Kalise Child, artistic director of the company.

Classical, contemporary and various other styles can all be found at Ballet Showcase’s performance tonight and Saturday in the Dance Production Theatre, 166 Richards Building.

6 skinless chicken (1 1/2 pounds) breasts or thighs

1 cup chopped onion

2 garlic cloves, pressed

2 15-ounce cans chicken broth

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 15-ounce cans great northern beans, rinse and drain

1 15-ounce can corn

1 can mild diced green chiles

3 tablespoons lime juice

2 tablespoons fresh chopped cilantro

This delicious cold weather chili is perfect for the crock pot but can be adapted to cook on the stovetop. Place chicken, onion, garlic, broth, oregano, cumin, salt and cayenne pepper in a crock pot. Cover and cook on low for about five hours. Remove chicken, cool and shred. Return to crock pot. Add beans, corn, chiles, lime juice and cilantro. Cook covered for another 30 minutes. Garnish with a little more cilantro. Serve with tortilla chips or hot rolls.

The BYU Singers and Concert Choir will join together in a night of music celebrating works by English composers, tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Ronald Staheli, Singers director, said the choirs will be “singing music that not only titillates the ear, but feeds the soul as well.”

Karen Baron, a member of BYU Singers said she is excited about the British music and the wide variety.

“The songs are absolutely beautiful and there are many songs in this performance that the audience should expect to laugh along with,” she said.

Baron said the British theme was something the choir wanted to explore.

“I am really excited to see sister Rosalind Hall (director of the Concert Choir) conduct this concert because she is from Wales,” said Bryton Beesly, of the Singers.

Baron said it has been fun to sing cultural songs they have not sung before.

Twenty-seven years ago, a dedicated class of artists devoted a large portion of each day to furthering their talents under the direction of visual arts professor Hagen Haltern.

An exhibit on display in the HFAC until Friday brings back the memories of that 1982 art class, allowing those students to pay homage to their dedicated professor.

The art showcased in the exhibit is from Professor Haltern as well as his students from 1982: Jacqui Biggs Larsen, Mark England, Bruce Robertson, Bob Adams, Anne Cordes Daines, Tom Schulte, Keri Vincent Skousen, Richard Gate and Brent Orton.

“This class of 1982 was in an intensive drawing class which met for eight hours a day, four days a week,” said curator James Swensen.

 Swensen explained that the students from the class have continued to develop Haltern’s art techniques even after the class was over and have stayed in touch for 27 years.