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UMOCA Presents Battleground States
Oct. 5, 2012-Jan. 5, 2013
Salt Lake City – Battleground States brings together local, national, and international artists who critically engage with the discourse of visual culture and gender studies. Through video, sculpture, installation, and photography, these artworks explore ideas of how figuration, the body and identity intertwine.
The exhibition narrative moves along fusions, ambiguities and disconnections between the figure and the self. The story begins with Utah artist Trevor Southey as his process of self-realization and style of figurative painting has made him an art historical pivot when discussing gender politics within the culture of Utah. Each artist addresses the difficulties of personhood, the pressures and rites of the everyday, the empowering symbols, the aesthetics of repression, and the eventual dissolution to reveal a location inclusive and open to anyone. Generations of artists from across the globe set the figure on a course in which concepts of coupling or completing the self are represented as spiritual quests.
"Gender duality is a cultural concept that deserves questioning and this collection of artists and ideas does that,” said Aaron Moulton, senior curator at UMOCA. “This exhibition brings an unprecedented roster of contemporary artists together to ask whether the body and its representations can tell us who we are."
Battleground States analyzes the space between traditional gender duality exploring alternative forms such as the third gender, a largely foreign concept in Western culture. In their non-Western roles, these alternative identities denote a space for possibility and transcendence. Battleground States can be seen as in-between states, not fitting neatly within a concept of black and white but rather an indeterminate and borderless state of gray. Moving from ideas of hybridity, dedifferentiation and alternative unions, the exhibition investigates notions of the “post-gender” as a way to better understand how our cultural diversities allow interpretations of a third space.
“We are thrilled that esteemed Utah artist Trevor Southey can serve as the starting point for the reflection, discussion, and community engagement that Battleground States is sure to engender in this state,” said Adam Price, executive director of UMOCA. “Because of the presence of Trevor’s work, the exhibition is sure to have special resonance for Utah’s LGBTQ community, but, like Trevor’s work, the entire exhibition is also about something even more universal and sublime: the spiritual journey we each must undertake for meaning in our embodied identity. “
Artists: Daniel Albrigo, Absalon, Bas Jan Ader, Matthew Barney, Tobias Bernstrup, Robin Black, Nayland Blake, AA Bronson, Heather Cassils, Nicole Eisenman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jonathan Horowitz, Trishelle Jeffrey, Amy Jorgensen, Asma Kazmi, Terence Koh, Annie Leibowitz, David Levine, Matt Lipps, Georges Minne, Carlos Motta, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Bertrand Planes, Genesis Breyer P-orridge, Dean Sameshima, Jack Smith, Trevor Southey, David Wojnarowicz, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Guido van der WerveBattleground States opens in conjunction with Jonathan Horowitz’s My Land/Your Land: Election ‘12 during UMOCA’s monthly First Friday series; Oct. 5, 8-10 p.m. with DJ Street Jesus, food, and a cash bar.
Contemporary artist Tobias Bernstrup will perform at UMOCA during First Friday. Benstrup creates artwork with videos, interactive pieces, live performances, and electronic music. His music has been dubbed "the torch-bearer of nostalgic techno synth harking back to an era of retro-futurism that never was,” says Moulton. Had David Cronenberg made a movie about Kraftwerk it would star Tobias Bernstrup.
Battleground States and related programming is made possible in part through the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the B. W. Bastian Foundation, IASPIS: The Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual Artists and the Utah Humanities Council.
About UMOCA
The award-winning Utah Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits groundbreaking artwork by local, national, and international artists. Five gallery spaces provide an opportunity for the community to explore the contemporary cultural landscape through UMOCA’s exhibitions, films, events, classes, and presentations.
Founded in 1931, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has been recognized as Best Museum in the State of Utah for 2011 and 2012 and is a four-time recipient of funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
Located at 20 S. West Temple; open Tuesday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.; closed Sunday and Monday. Admission is free. For more information call (801) 328-4201 or visit www.utahmoca.org. ###
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"Lady Day at Emerson´s Bar and Grill" by Lanie Robertson @ Pygmalion Theatre Company (Salt Lake City, October 25-November 10)
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Salt Lake City, Utah - October 1: Pygmalion Productionspresents a return engagement of "Lady Day at Emerson´s Bar and Grill" October25th through November 10th at the Rose Wagner Theatre.
Lanie Robertson´s award winning script is filled with humor,heartfelt stories and the enthralling music of Billie Holiday, including Strange Fruit, God Bless The Child and When a Woman Loves a Man, among severalclassic numbers.
The play is an illumination on the life of jazz great BillieHoliday, taking place at the sunset of her career. "Lady Day at Emerson´s Bar and Grill" is setin a small bar in Philadelphia in 1959, just four months before Billie´s death.Through anecdotes and reminiscences, Ms. Holiday takes us on the journey thathas been her life; her successes, her demons and addictions, the obstaclespresented by a still-segregated society, and the joy she found in singing--hersalvation in a world both tragic and triumphant.
The set design and cabaret seating transform the audience intopatrons of Emerson´s Bar and Grill, enjoying a beer and becoming intimateobservers of one of Billie Holiday´s last performances.
Returning as Lady Day is Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, whoseprevious credits include The ThirdCrossing, Madame X, Well, For Colored Girls Only, Saturday´s Voyeur, 1940´sRadio Hour, Big River and The Overwhelming.Laikwan Waigwa- Stone plays Jimmy Powers, Billie´s accompanist at Emerson´sBar and Grill.
Director Teresa Sanderson is a thirty-year veteran of Utahtheatre, and works with the Davis Arts Council and the Layton City in their Artsprograms.
Venue is the Rose Wagner Center for the Arts - 158 W.Broadway. Tickets are available through ArtTix 801-355-ARTS. Pygmalion TheatreCompany produces plays that reflect concerns, issues and experiences shared bywomen, with three shows each season: Fall, Winter and Spring.
Lanie Robertson´s award winning script is filled with humor,heartfelt stories and the enthralling music of Billie Holiday, including Strange Fruit, God Bless The Child and When a Woman Loves a Man, among severalclassic numbers.
The play is an illumination on the life of jazz great BillieHoliday, taking place at the sunset of her career. "Lady Day at Emerson´s Bar and Grill" is setin a small bar in Philadelphia in 1959, just four months before Billie´s death.Through anecdotes and reminiscences, Ms. Holiday takes us on the journey thathas been her life; her successes, her demons and addictions, the obstaclespresented by a still-segregated society, and the joy she found in singing--hersalvation in a world both tragic and triumphant.
The set design and cabaret seating transform the audience intopatrons of Emerson´s Bar and Grill, enjoying a beer and becoming intimateobservers of one of Billie Holiday´s last performances.
Returning as Lady Day is Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, whoseprevious credits include The ThirdCrossing, Madame X, Well, For Colored Girls Only, Saturday´s Voyeur, 1940´sRadio Hour, Big River and The Overwhelming.Laikwan Waigwa- Stone plays Jimmy Powers, Billie´s accompanist at Emerson´sBar and Grill.
Director Teresa Sanderson is a thirty-year veteran of Utahtheatre, and works with the Davis Arts Council and the Layton City in their Artsprograms.
Venue is the Rose Wagner Center for the Arts - 158 W.Broadway. Tickets are available through ArtTix 801-355-ARTS. Pygmalion TheatreCompany produces plays that reflect concerns, issues and experiences shared bywomen, with three shows each season: Fall, Winter and Spring.
Autumn Choral Concert @ Heritage Center Theater (Cedar City, October 17)
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WHAT: Autumn isin air and the air is filled with glorious song when Southern Utah University´sDepartment of Music presents An Autumn Choral Concert. The program featuresperformances by SUU´s Concert Choir, Women´s Choir and Opus. Dr. Kevin L. Bakerconducts the Concert Choir and Opus and Professor Sara Guttenberg conducts theWomen´s Choir.
WHO: Southern Utah University, College of Performing and VisualArts, Department of Music
WHEN: October 17, 2012
TIME: 7:30pm
WHERE: HeritageCenter Theater, Cedar City, UT
TICKETS: $6 for Adults, $4 for SUU faculty and staff and $3 for youth SUU students are free with a valid I.D.card.
PURCHASE: (435) 586-7872, M-F, 8am-4:30pm, www.suu.edu/arts or may bepurchased at the door.
SUU´sDEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTSANAUTUMN CHORAL CONCERTOCTOBER17, 2012
Southern UtahUniversity, Cedar City, Utah: Autumn is inair and the air is filled with glorious song when Southern Utah University´s Department of Music presents An Autumn Choral Concert. The programfeatures performances by SUU´s ConcertChoir, Women´s Choir and Opus. Dr. Kevin L. Baker conducts the ConcertChoir and Opus and Professor SaraGuttenberg conducts the Women´s Choir. Scheduled for Wednesday, October 17th, the performance begins at 7:30pm at Cedar City´s Heritage Center Theater. Tickets are $6 for Adults, $4 for SUUfaculty/staff and $3 for youth. SUU students are free with a valid I.D. card.
AnAutumn Choral Concert will be an interesting mix of styles andgenres of choral music. From theinfectious rhythms of African music set for two choirs to classics like Brahms´"How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" from his Requiemand works by Handel and Mendelssohn, there will be something for every choralfan´s musical palate. Two interesting works will be Egil Hovland´s "Saul",which uses narrator and a chorus and György Orbán´s "Daemon Irrepit Callidus.The first work uses unique sounds and dissonances to tell the story of God´sconfrontation of Saul as a persecutor of Christians. The work by Orbándiscusses the devil´s attempts to influence human behavior. The concert endswith a look at another universality of the human experience - love. Robert Young´s rich setting of Rossetti´sbeautiful poetry is lush and interesting and Vaughan Williams "See the Chariot"is a wedding chorus from his opera SirJohn In Love.
Kevin L. Baker, Ph.D., joined the faculty at SouthernUtah University as Director of Choral Activities in the fall of 2011. Hedirects the Concert Choir and Opus as well as teaches choral conducting, choraltechniques and studio voice. He was previously Associate Professor of Music andDirector of Choral Activities at Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri. Hisresponsibilities there included directing the choral program consisting of theConcert, Chamber, and Collegiate Choir, teaching studio voice, conducting,choral techniques, choral repertoire, and choral arranging. Prior to hisappointment at Culver-Stockton College, he was a tenured member of the musicdepartment at St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, a position he assumed inthe fall of 2001. There he served as the choral director and as Director of theMusic Department from 2005 - 2007. A native of Missouri, he received hisBachelor´s degree from Southwest Baptist University and earned a Master´sdegree in Choral Conducting and the Ph.D. from the University of Missouri -Columbia. He has studied conducting with Dr. David Rayl, Dr. Duncan Couch, andMr. Edward Dolbashian; voice with Dr. Lee Snook; and has performed masterclasses with or sung under Sir David Willcocks, John Rutter, Dr. DouglasMcEwen, Mr. Rodney Eichenberger and Dr. Charlene Archebeque. His teachingcareer has encompassed nearly every educational level from elementary throughjunior high and high school and to two-year colleges and universities. He hasserved as Minister of Music for churches in Missouri and conducted communitychoirs as well. As Director of the Choral Arts Singers, a St. Louis, Missouricommunity-based adult group, he performed major choral/orchestral works on arecurring basis, which often included members of the St. Louis SymphonyOrchestra. He was also the conductor and artistic director for the Green BayChamber Choir, a position he assumed in the fall of 2004. He is in demand as a clinician andadjudicator, and has lectured at the Missouri Choral Directors Associationstate convention presenting a workshop on "The Care and Feeding of the AdultAmateur Voice." He has adjudicated for the Six Flags over America Corporation,judged contests across the state of Missouri at both the district and statelevel, and worked with numerous all-conference, district, and local choralgroups in festivals and clinics in Wisconsin, Missouri and Utah.
Highly sought after as botha soloist and chamber artist, soprano SaraGuttenberg is a current member of the critically acclaimed chamber choirSeraphic Fire (Miami), Spire Chamber Ensemble (Kansas City) and the Oregon BachFestival chorus. She has performed and recorded music of multiple vocalgenres. As an oratorio soloist, she hasreceived praise for her performances of Handel´s Messiah, Bach´s Mass in BMinor and St. John Passion,Mendelssohn´s Elijah, and theMonteverdi Vespers. She is a featuredensemble soloist on the Naxos recordings of William Bolcom´s Songs of Innocence and of Experience,which received three Grammys. Ms. Guttenberg has sung under the batons ofNicholas McGegan, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Nelson, Leonard Slatkin, andHelmuth Rilling. She is also a champion of new music, having participated inworkshop and premiere performances of works of Bright Sheng, Kristin Kuster,and Shawn Crouch, among others. Originally from Wisconsin, Ms. Guttenbergreceived her bachelor´s degree in music education and vocal performance fromthe University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied with Ilona Kombrink, andmasters´ degrees in vocal performance and choral conducting from the Universityof Michigan, where she studied with Carmen Pelton and Jerry Blackstone. AtSouthern Utah University, Sara Guttenberg is currently an adjunct VoiceInstructor as well as Director and Choral Conductor of SUU´s Women´sChoir.
Enjoy a wonderfulevening of music by attending An AutumnChoral Concert. For more information on the SUU College of Performing andVisual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.
WHO: Southern Utah University, College of Performing and VisualArts, Department of Music
WHEN: October 17, 2012
TIME: 7:30pm
WHERE: HeritageCenter Theater, Cedar City, UT
TICKETS: $6 for Adults, $4 for SUU faculty and staff and $3 for youth SUU students are free with a valid I.D.card.
PURCHASE: (435) 586-7872, M-F, 8am-4:30pm, www.suu.edu/arts or may bepurchased at the door.
SUU´sDEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTSANAUTUMN CHORAL CONCERTOCTOBER17, 2012
Southern UtahUniversity, Cedar City, Utah: Autumn is inair and the air is filled with glorious song when Southern Utah University´s Department of Music presents An Autumn Choral Concert. The programfeatures performances by SUU´s ConcertChoir, Women´s Choir and Opus. Dr. Kevin L. Baker conducts the ConcertChoir and Opus and Professor SaraGuttenberg conducts the Women´s Choir. Scheduled for Wednesday, October 17th, the performance begins at 7:30pm at Cedar City´s Heritage Center Theater. Tickets are $6 for Adults, $4 for SUUfaculty/staff and $3 for youth. SUU students are free with a valid I.D. card.
AnAutumn Choral Concert will be an interesting mix of styles andgenres of choral music. From theinfectious rhythms of African music set for two choirs to classics like Brahms´"How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" from his Requiemand works by Handel and Mendelssohn, there will be something for every choralfan´s musical palate. Two interesting works will be Egil Hovland´s "Saul",which uses narrator and a chorus and György Orbán´s "Daemon Irrepit Callidus.The first work uses unique sounds and dissonances to tell the story of God´sconfrontation of Saul as a persecutor of Christians. The work by Orbándiscusses the devil´s attempts to influence human behavior. The concert endswith a look at another universality of the human experience - love. Robert Young´s rich setting of Rossetti´sbeautiful poetry is lush and interesting and Vaughan Williams "See the Chariot"is a wedding chorus from his opera SirJohn In Love.
Kevin L. Baker, Ph.D., joined the faculty at SouthernUtah University as Director of Choral Activities in the fall of 2011. Hedirects the Concert Choir and Opus as well as teaches choral conducting, choraltechniques and studio voice. He was previously Associate Professor of Music andDirector of Choral Activities at Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Missouri. Hisresponsibilities there included directing the choral program consisting of theConcert, Chamber, and Collegiate Choir, teaching studio voice, conducting,choral techniques, choral repertoire, and choral arranging. Prior to hisappointment at Culver-Stockton College, he was a tenured member of the musicdepartment at St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, a position he assumed inthe fall of 2001. There he served as the choral director and as Director of theMusic Department from 2005 - 2007. A native of Missouri, he received hisBachelor´s degree from Southwest Baptist University and earned a Master´sdegree in Choral Conducting and the Ph.D. from the University of Missouri -Columbia. He has studied conducting with Dr. David Rayl, Dr. Duncan Couch, andMr. Edward Dolbashian; voice with Dr. Lee Snook; and has performed masterclasses with or sung under Sir David Willcocks, John Rutter, Dr. DouglasMcEwen, Mr. Rodney Eichenberger and Dr. Charlene Archebeque. His teachingcareer has encompassed nearly every educational level from elementary throughjunior high and high school and to two-year colleges and universities. He hasserved as Minister of Music for churches in Missouri and conducted communitychoirs as well. As Director of the Choral Arts Singers, a St. Louis, Missouricommunity-based adult group, he performed major choral/orchestral works on arecurring basis, which often included members of the St. Louis SymphonyOrchestra. He was also the conductor and artistic director for the Green BayChamber Choir, a position he assumed in the fall of 2004. He is in demand as a clinician andadjudicator, and has lectured at the Missouri Choral Directors Associationstate convention presenting a workshop on "The Care and Feeding of the AdultAmateur Voice." He has adjudicated for the Six Flags over America Corporation,judged contests across the state of Missouri at both the district and statelevel, and worked with numerous all-conference, district, and local choralgroups in festivals and clinics in Wisconsin, Missouri and Utah.
Highly sought after as botha soloist and chamber artist, soprano SaraGuttenberg is a current member of the critically acclaimed chamber choirSeraphic Fire (Miami), Spire Chamber Ensemble (Kansas City) and the Oregon BachFestival chorus. She has performed and recorded music of multiple vocalgenres. As an oratorio soloist, she hasreceived praise for her performances of Handel´s Messiah, Bach´s Mass in BMinor and St. John Passion,Mendelssohn´s Elijah, and theMonteverdi Vespers. She is a featuredensemble soloist on the Naxos recordings of William Bolcom´s Songs of Innocence and of Experience,which received three Grammys. Ms. Guttenberg has sung under the batons ofNicholas McGegan, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Nelson, Leonard Slatkin, andHelmuth Rilling. She is also a champion of new music, having participated inworkshop and premiere performances of works of Bright Sheng, Kristin Kuster,and Shawn Crouch, among others. Originally from Wisconsin, Ms. Guttenbergreceived her bachelor´s degree in music education and vocal performance fromthe University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied with Ilona Kombrink, andmasters´ degrees in vocal performance and choral conducting from the Universityof Michigan, where she studied with Carmen Pelton and Jerry Blackstone. AtSouthern Utah University, Sara Guttenberg is currently an adjunct VoiceInstructor as well as Director and Choral Conductor of SUU´s Women´sChoir.
Enjoy a wonderfulevening of music by attending An AutumnChoral Concert. For more information on the SUU College of Performing andVisual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.
TWICE WARMED: TRADITIONAL TO ART QUILTS - A WORKSHOP BY MONA COVINGTON and COLOR & ANIMAL COMMUNICATION BY DR. JACQUALINE GRANT @ Southern Utah University (October 13)
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FORCALENDAR EDITORS: TWICE WARMED:TRADITIONAL TO ART QUILTS - A WORKSHOP BY MONA COVINGTON COLOR& ANIMAL COMMUNICATION BY DR. JACQUALINE GRANTWHAT: MonaCovington is giving a workshop on the history of quilting and how it hasinfluenced our society. Dr. JacqualineGrant, Director of SUU´s Frehner Museum of Natural History, has created aremarkable correlation between the quilts and color in the animal kingdom.
WHO: Southern Utah University, BraithwaiteFine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT
WHEN: October 13, 2012
TIME: Color& Animal Communication: 10-11am TwiceWarmed: Traditional to Art Quilts: 1-3pm
WHERE: BraithwaiteFine Arts Gallery, Braithwaite Building, Lower Level, SouthernUtah University, Cedar City, UT
TICKETS: Free Admission
INFO: For more information call (435)586-5432 or visit the gallery website at www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery
SUU´SBRAITHWAITE FINE ARTS GALLERYMONACOVINGTON PRESENTS WORKSHOP AS PART OF "EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN" SERIESOCTOBER13, 2012
Southern UtahUniversity, Cedar City, Utah: Quilting has offered opportunities for people to stitch together fascinatinghistories around the world. MonaCovington will present a workshop about quilting´s influences on society,titled Twice Warmed: Traditional to ArtQuilts on Saturday October 13, 2012 from 1:00-3:00pm in SUU´s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery. The workshop, which is free, is part of the Saturday programseries for the Everything In Between: Art Quilts, Fabric Collage, and Embroideryexhibition at the Gallery. In addition, starting at 10am, there will afamily friendly presentation on Colorand Animal Communication at the Gallery by Dr. Jacqualine Grant.
As a quilter, collector, and teacher, Mona Covington served as the CedarChest Quilters´ Guild President for two years and on the Utah State Quilt Guildboard as a region representative for two years. She completed her appraisaltraining in May of 2005 through the Appraisal Program of the American QuiltSociety. Covington currently maintainsa library of relevant books pertaining to quilt history, pattern and textileresearch and appraisal information, and her personal collection includes quiltsand tops dating from 1880 to the present.
Dr.Jacqualine Grant, Director of SUU´s Garthand Jerri Frehner Museum of Natural History, has created a remarkablecorrelation between the quilts on exhibit in the Braithwaite Gallery and colorin the animal kingdom. Her presentation, Colorand Animal Communication, will use the color combinations in the quilts toexplore how animals use color in their world to communicate and camouflage.
These workshops are part of the Saturday program series of SUU´s Everythingin Between exhibition at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, which is madepossible through the generous support of the Friends of the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery and a sponsorshipprovided by the Cedar Chest Quilters. For more informationabout these events, please visit the gallery website at www.edu/pva/artgallerybeginning in mid-September.
The Friendsof the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery is a non-profit groupestablished in 1977, just one year after the Gallery was opened on the SouthernUtah University campus. For nearly 35 years the Friends have helpedenrich lives through their sponsorship of world-class exhibitions andoutstanding arts education programs. Each year Friends'-supported exhibitions attract legions of art lovers fromthroughout the intermountain west. In Focus: National Geographic GreatestPortraits exhibition saw a record number of attendees from throughout theregion. Other Friends' supported exhibitions seen in recent years at theBraithwaite supported by the Friendsinclude Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos, Chihuly Baskets, Soviet Era Art: 1917-1991 and JimJones: Recent Paintings. All of these exhibitions were free to the generalpublic.
Spenda Saturday at SUU´s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery and learn more about quiltingand the color in the animal kingdom. For moreinformation about these events, please visit thegallery website at www.edu/pva/artgallery beginning in mid-September.
WHO: Southern Utah University, BraithwaiteFine Arts Gallery, Cedar City, UT
WHEN: October 13, 2012
TIME: Color& Animal Communication: 10-11am TwiceWarmed: Traditional to Art Quilts: 1-3pm
WHERE: BraithwaiteFine Arts Gallery, Braithwaite Building, Lower Level, SouthernUtah University, Cedar City, UT
TICKETS: Free Admission
INFO: For more information call (435)586-5432 or visit the gallery website at www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery
SUU´SBRAITHWAITE FINE ARTS GALLERYMONACOVINGTON PRESENTS WORKSHOP AS PART OF "EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN" SERIESOCTOBER13, 2012
Southern UtahUniversity, Cedar City, Utah: Quilting has offered opportunities for people to stitch together fascinatinghistories around the world. MonaCovington will present a workshop about quilting´s influences on society,titled Twice Warmed: Traditional to ArtQuilts on Saturday October 13, 2012 from 1:00-3:00pm in SUU´s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery. The workshop, which is free, is part of the Saturday programseries for the Everything In Between: Art Quilts, Fabric Collage, and Embroideryexhibition at the Gallery. In addition, starting at 10am, there will afamily friendly presentation on Colorand Animal Communication at the Gallery by Dr. Jacqualine Grant.
As a quilter, collector, and teacher, Mona Covington served as the CedarChest Quilters´ Guild President for two years and on the Utah State Quilt Guildboard as a region representative for two years. She completed her appraisaltraining in May of 2005 through the Appraisal Program of the American QuiltSociety. Covington currently maintainsa library of relevant books pertaining to quilt history, pattern and textileresearch and appraisal information, and her personal collection includes quiltsand tops dating from 1880 to the present.
Dr.Jacqualine Grant, Director of SUU´s Garthand Jerri Frehner Museum of Natural History, has created a remarkablecorrelation between the quilts on exhibit in the Braithwaite Gallery and colorin the animal kingdom. Her presentation, Colorand Animal Communication, will use the color combinations in the quilts toexplore how animals use color in their world to communicate and camouflage.
These workshops are part of the Saturday program series of SUU´s Everythingin Between exhibition at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, which is madepossible through the generous support of the Friends of the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery and a sponsorshipprovided by the Cedar Chest Quilters. For more informationabout these events, please visit the gallery website at www.edu/pva/artgallerybeginning in mid-September.
The Friendsof the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery is a non-profit groupestablished in 1977, just one year after the Gallery was opened on the SouthernUtah University campus. For nearly 35 years the Friends have helpedenrich lives through their sponsorship of world-class exhibitions andoutstanding arts education programs. Each year Friends'-supported exhibitions attract legions of art lovers fromthroughout the intermountain west. In Focus: National Geographic GreatestPortraits exhibition saw a record number of attendees from throughout theregion. Other Friends' supported exhibitions seen in recent years at theBraithwaite supported by the Friendsinclude Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos, Chihuly Baskets, Soviet Era Art: 1917-1991 and JimJones: Recent Paintings. All of these exhibitions were free to the generalpublic.
Spenda Saturday at SUU´s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery and learn more about quiltingand the color in the animal kingdom. For moreinformation about these events, please visit thegallery website at www.edu/pva/artgallery beginning in mid-September.
NEWS: New Artist in Residents Program for Utah Artists
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UMOCA Presents New Artist-In-Residence Program for Utah Artists
Salt Lake City –Over the last few years, UMOCA has undertaken several initiatives to better serve the Utah arts community, including opening a new Locals Only Gallery, organizing its first exhibition of Utah artists for an out-of-state venue (last year’s West of Center show in Los Angeles), and better integrating Utah and national artists in group exhibitions.
Now UMOCA will extend its support to Utah artists with a new Artist-in-Residence Program, the only long-term artist residency designed specifically to meet the needs of artists living in Utah. Utah artists will be selected primarily based on demonstrated artistic potential, commitment to working in a contemporary idiom, willingness to participate in a robust and intellectually-engaged community of artists, and readiness to devote the time necessary to advance their professional careers to the next level.
“We are excited to provide the artists with a program that supports their studio practice while developing their professional careers and through this support, fosters an engaging community of contemporary artists,” said Jared Steffensen, curator of education at UMOCA.UMOCA residents will receive a wide variety of benefits from the museum, including up to two years of free studio space inside the museum itself. UMOCA will also provide residents with private meetings with national curators, critics, and other art world professionals who will be brought to UMOCA specifically to give residents opportunities for higher visibility inside and outside the state. In addition, UMOCA will support residents by offering workshops in professional development, monthly critiques, special access to visiting artists and lecturers, exhibition opportunities outside the museum, a week-long working vacation in rural Utah, and greater chances for community engagement.
“Our goal with the new residency program is to make it possible for Utah artists to pursue successful careers at the national level while maintaining their homes here in this state,” said Adam Price, executive director at UMOCA.
The UMOCA Artist-in-Residence Program will launch in the first quarter of 2013; applications are now being accepted. Interested artists can visit www.utahmoca.org for residency information, application requirements, and application deadline.
Salt Lake City –Over the last few years, UMOCA has undertaken several initiatives to better serve the Utah arts community, including opening a new Locals Only Gallery, organizing its first exhibition of Utah artists for an out-of-state venue (last year’s West of Center show in Los Angeles), and better integrating Utah and national artists in group exhibitions.
Now UMOCA will extend its support to Utah artists with a new Artist-in-Residence Program, the only long-term artist residency designed specifically to meet the needs of artists living in Utah. Utah artists will be selected primarily based on demonstrated artistic potential, commitment to working in a contemporary idiom, willingness to participate in a robust and intellectually-engaged community of artists, and readiness to devote the time necessary to advance their professional careers to the next level.
“We are excited to provide the artists with a program that supports their studio practice while developing their professional careers and through this support, fosters an engaging community of contemporary artists,” said Jared Steffensen, curator of education at UMOCA.UMOCA residents will receive a wide variety of benefits from the museum, including up to two years of free studio space inside the museum itself. UMOCA will also provide residents with private meetings with national curators, critics, and other art world professionals who will be brought to UMOCA specifically to give residents opportunities for higher visibility inside and outside the state. In addition, UMOCA will support residents by offering workshops in professional development, monthly critiques, special access to visiting artists and lecturers, exhibition opportunities outside the museum, a week-long working vacation in rural Utah, and greater chances for community engagement.
“Our goal with the new residency program is to make it possible for Utah artists to pursue successful careers at the national level while maintaining their homes here in this state,” said Adam Price, executive director at UMOCA.
The UMOCA Artist-in-Residence Program will launch in the first quarter of 2013; applications are now being accepted. Interested artists can visit www.utahmoca.org for residency information, application requirements, and application deadline.
12 Ekim 2012 Cuma
Proposition 8 at the Tower Theatre
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Something big is happening around the world right now ~ something monumental for gay rights, advocating the separation of Church and State in Utah and the United States, and opening minds and promoting acceptance everywhere.
8: The Mormon Proposition is playing NOW at the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City - 876 E. 900 S.
Please buy tickets to see this film this weekend if it is in ANY way possible for you to re-schedule pre-made plans, or fit this new plan into your budget ~ tickets are NOT too expensive, this is open to the general public, and it will possibly be THE most influential thing you have done all year.
Why might I say this? The Tower Theatre is the ONLY theatre playing this film in Utah ~ Utah, where the film primarily takes place, and where, if people HERE saw it, it would make the greatest positive difference for change.
If we inundate the theatre this weekend, The Tower may be able to afford to continue showing this film for a much-needed extra week, or two, or three. PLEASE. Consider going this weekend to 876 E. 900 S. to show your support for the very vitally life-changing issues that are affecting YOUR Gay and Lesbian family members and friends.
8: The Mormon Proposition is playing NOW at the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City - 876 E. 900 S.
Please buy tickets to see this film this weekend if it is in ANY way possible for you to re-schedule pre-made plans, or fit this new plan into your budget ~ tickets are NOT too expensive, this is open to the general public, and it will possibly be THE most influential thing you have done all year.
Why might I say this? The Tower Theatre is the ONLY theatre playing this film in Utah ~ Utah, where the film primarily takes place, and where, if people HERE saw it, it would make the greatest positive difference for change.
If we inundate the theatre this weekend, The Tower may be able to afford to continue showing this film for a much-needed extra week, or two, or three. PLEASE. Consider going this weekend to 876 E. 900 S. to show your support for the very vitally life-changing issues that are affecting YOUR Gay and Lesbian family members and friends.
Salt Lake Arts Academy
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A week from today I will enter Humanities Classroom 300 at the Salt Lake Arts Academy and teach my first-ever course to a group of 18 students. This week I am working feverishly to develop a course outline, and a course description to post on my homepage which can be accessed by the students, their parents, and other teachers. I have a full year ahead of me, and what will my Beginning French students have learned by June 2011? I will only have four hours of their time each week at my disposal, but I do believe we can accomplish and learn very much in that time.
This public charter school seems to be a place where I would be thrilled to send my children. Take a look at their Curriculum, and their Frequently Asked Questions. I hope to integrate their language-learning with the topics they are covering in their other classes. Can you imagine taking a science class, and learning the names of the parts of the body, then learning them in French as well? Or taking a math class and being able to count in both English and French? There are so many opportunities for cross-curriculum learning at this school. I will be pleased to meet these students, their parents, and their other teachers as I try to engage them culturally and linguistically.
~ Madame Ball ~
This public charter school seems to be a place where I would be thrilled to send my children. Take a look at their Curriculum, and their Frequently Asked Questions. I hope to integrate their language-learning with the topics they are covering in their other classes. Can you imagine taking a science class, and learning the names of the parts of the body, then learning them in French as well? Or taking a math class and being able to count in both English and French? There are so many opportunities for cross-curriculum learning at this school. I will be pleased to meet these students, their parents, and their other teachers as I try to engage them culturally and linguistically.
~ Madame Ball ~
Listener's Community Radio
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Listener's Community Radio of Utah, or KRCL 90.9 FM ~ All the Radio You Need, is one amazing place to work. I have now been their Administrative Assistant for a month and a half, and I've learned so much about how they do what they do. I have lots of cleaning and organizing projects to keep me busy, which I love, as I am able to listen to the radio live while doing them, or think my busy thoughts to myself. I've also been recorded a couple of times for "KRCL is supported by . . ." and "We would like to thank . . ." spots to be played on air throughout the days.
What Listener's Community Radio offers me is different and unique in every way. I feel that what this station offers each of their listeners is individually and collectively identifiable! What I mean is, I get something out of KRCL (RadioActive news and thoughts, a safe place to be out as a lesbian and use my skills to benefit a community) that not everyone else does. Many people listen for Bad Brad's Afternoon Show, to hear the weather and traffic and awesome music they won't hear anyplace else. Others listen for Democracy Now; many listen to our amazing weekend shows ranging from Strange Radio and a Science show to Vietnamese, Chinese and Native American shows. What an eclectic mix!
I am very much looking forward to meeting an eclectic mix of this community's listeners, at our December 3 Polar Jubilee. If you like live music and want to be part of Bad Brad's Hanukkah Harmonica Army, you had better buy your tickets here soon. It sounds like a riot to me . . . not something I would likely attend if I weren't working here, but an event I'm glad I won't be missing now that I am. KRCL makes me smile every day, for one reason or another. I hope you'll start streaming shows online, or listening during your day, to find your reason or another to be a part of the KRCL community! This is where Salt Lake City is found, through and through. I am KRCL ~ are you?
What Listener's Community Radio offers me is different and unique in every way. I feel that what this station offers each of their listeners is individually and collectively identifiable! What I mean is, I get something out of KRCL (RadioActive news and thoughts, a safe place to be out as a lesbian and use my skills to benefit a community) that not everyone else does. Many people listen for Bad Brad's Afternoon Show, to hear the weather and traffic and awesome music they won't hear anyplace else. Others listen for Democracy Now; many listen to our amazing weekend shows ranging from Strange Radio and a Science show to Vietnamese, Chinese and Native American shows. What an eclectic mix!
I am very much looking forward to meeting an eclectic mix of this community's listeners, at our December 3 Polar Jubilee. If you like live music and want to be part of Bad Brad's Hanukkah Harmonica Army, you had better buy your tickets here soon. It sounds like a riot to me . . . not something I would likely attend if I weren't working here, but an event I'm glad I won't be missing now that I am. KRCL makes me smile every day, for one reason or another. I hope you'll start streaming shows online, or listening during your day, to find your reason or another to be a part of the KRCL community! This is where Salt Lake City is found, through and through. I am KRCL ~ are you?
Elaine's Responsibility Code
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First of all, the inspiration for this post's title :
1. Always stay in control.
2. People ahead of you have the right of way.
3. Stop in a safe place for you and others.
4. Whenever starting downhill or merging, look uphill and yield.
5. Use devices to help prevent runaway equipment.
6. Observe signs and warnings, and keep off closed trails.
7. Know how to use the lifts safely.
I saw this posted near the cashier at the Park City Mountain Ski Resort yesterday when checking out my ski rental equipment. It comes from the National Ski Areas Association and is called "Your Responsibility Code." I found it most helpful to have start-off guidelines for etiquette and safety in an area I had never been and where I had no idea of what to expect. Many of the code items were similar to what I observe or expect when hiking, so this immediately put me at ease. But the first one on the list sure made me smile! Stay in control. So, here is my "Responsibility Code" of sorts; these are my suggestions for how to "stay in control."
What I learned the first day :
1. This is not a comfort sport. Don't expect to be comfortable when learning; it will hurt! As I read on one site, "Get in shape to ski. Don't ski to get in shape." I found this amusing more than annoying, because honestly, skiing is a luxury sport. The lifts and runs and equipment are all expensive to maintain and make available. So I found it amusing to put my foot into that first rental boot, only to look around me thinking, people pay for this kind of discomfort? (see what I learned day 2 for better news) But how could I feel annoyed? Surprised a bit, but perfectly ready to take a deep breath and think about something else ... like the fact that I would soon be learning how to ski down a mountain of snow!
2. Don't take your skis inside restaurants. People look at you funny. This is why there are complimentary ski racks to lean them against right outside the restaurant doors.
3. Learn how to walk in heels. (again, see what I learned day 2 for better news) I spent all of the first day thinking I should go home and practice walking in heels more often ~ toe-to-heel, toe-to-heel, like an elegant princess! I used to walk like this, "to practice being a princess," when I was a little girl ... but I never did become graceful, I always looked like a fool doing it! I also looked like a fool all the first day of wearing those rental boots.
4. Do yoga. I should have done an hour of yoga the night before my first time skiing ~ you wouldn't think it looking at those people all bundled up the way they are, but you want to be flexible if you're going to be a skier.
5. Skiing can be very much like ice skating.
What I learned the second day :
1. Wake up early, eat delicious and filling food, drink plenty of water (and go to the bathroom), and don't be opposed to warming up the insides with an early afternoon cocktail! I luckily learned each of these things simply by being grateful I did them, not by experiencing any mishaps like having to go home early because you peed in your getup.
2. Rent equipment from a place that gives you amazing-quality boots that don't hurt and beautiful blue Salomon skis! Then you also learn that your toe-to-heel endeavors didn't actually make any sense whatsoever, so scratch that bit about learning to walk in heels ... there still remains no reason I can think of for that kind of torture being a good idea.
3. Don't cry when you fall. It's not so bad, and then once you have fallen, if you went on something super-challenging for your level, you learned exactly what you should work on next so you can do what you just did again, later, without falling.
4. Always stay positive. Look around you and learn. Even if something's hard or it hurts, you're still skiing! Keep moving (and be willing to move SLOWLY) and you'll get better.
1. Always stay in control.
2. People ahead of you have the right of way.
3. Stop in a safe place for you and others.
4. Whenever starting downhill or merging, look uphill and yield.
5. Use devices to help prevent runaway equipment.
6. Observe signs and warnings, and keep off closed trails.
7. Know how to use the lifts safely.
I saw this posted near the cashier at the Park City Mountain Ski Resort yesterday when checking out my ski rental equipment. It comes from the National Ski Areas Association and is called "Your Responsibility Code." I found it most helpful to have start-off guidelines for etiquette and safety in an area I had never been and where I had no idea of what to expect. Many of the code items were similar to what I observe or expect when hiking, so this immediately put me at ease. But the first one on the list sure made me smile! Stay in control. So, here is my "Responsibility Code" of sorts; these are my suggestions for how to "stay in control."
What I learned the first day :
1. This is not a comfort sport. Don't expect to be comfortable when learning; it will hurt! As I read on one site, "Get in shape to ski. Don't ski to get in shape." I found this amusing more than annoying, because honestly, skiing is a luxury sport. The lifts and runs and equipment are all expensive to maintain and make available. So I found it amusing to put my foot into that first rental boot, only to look around me thinking, people pay for this kind of discomfort? (see what I learned day 2 for better news) But how could I feel annoyed? Surprised a bit, but perfectly ready to take a deep breath and think about something else ... like the fact that I would soon be learning how to ski down a mountain of snow!
2. Don't take your skis inside restaurants. People look at you funny. This is why there are complimentary ski racks to lean them against right outside the restaurant doors.
3. Learn how to walk in heels. (again, see what I learned day 2 for better news) I spent all of the first day thinking I should go home and practice walking in heels more often ~ toe-to-heel, toe-to-heel, like an elegant princess! I used to walk like this, "to practice being a princess," when I was a little girl ... but I never did become graceful, I always looked like a fool doing it! I also looked like a fool all the first day of wearing those rental boots.
4. Do yoga. I should have done an hour of yoga the night before my first time skiing ~ you wouldn't think it looking at those people all bundled up the way they are, but you want to be flexible if you're going to be a skier.
5. Skiing can be very much like ice skating.
What I learned the second day :
1. Wake up early, eat delicious and filling food, drink plenty of water (and go to the bathroom), and don't be opposed to warming up the insides with an early afternoon cocktail! I luckily learned each of these things simply by being grateful I did them, not by experiencing any mishaps like having to go home early because you peed in your getup.
2. Rent equipment from a place that gives you amazing-quality boots that don't hurt and beautiful blue Salomon skis! Then you also learn that your toe-to-heel endeavors didn't actually make any sense whatsoever, so scratch that bit about learning to walk in heels ... there still remains no reason I can think of for that kind of torture being a good idea.
3. Don't cry when you fall. It's not so bad, and then once you have fallen, if you went on something super-challenging for your level, you learned exactly what you should work on next so you can do what you just did again, later, without falling.
4. Always stay positive. Look around you and learn. Even if something's hard or it hurts, you're still skiing! Keep moving (and be willing to move SLOWLY) and you'll get better.
Listen To The Mustn'ts
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Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
Listen to the DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me --
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
- Shel Silverstein
I bought a book a few weeks ago from the First Unitarian Church book sale, called "Earth Bound," which contains "Daily Meditations For All Seasons." The first meditation I read yesterday, January 1, 2012. It was about the atypical human tradition of crafting "resolutions" for the New Year. I adore this tradition, personally. For probably all of the month of December, I find myself thinking about what I would like to see change the most in my own life the coming year. I don't often write my resolutions, but I voice them, to myself and my partner. We encourage each other in pursuing some that are meaningful to us both.
But this meditation/thought I read yesterday pointed out that we are the only species in nature who seek for perfection in this way. I am trying to craft my resolutions now in terms of what will bind me more to the earth and the natural world I am a part of. Eating & moving healthily. Practicing consideration and compassion for others (people, plants, animals, all life). The reading suggested that, rather than seek for 'perfection,' or resolve to be 'perfect,' we embrace the changes and inherent imperfections as parts of who we are as human beings.
Listen to the DON'TS
Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WON'TS
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me --
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be.
- Shel Silverstein
I bought a book a few weeks ago from the First Unitarian Church book sale, called "Earth Bound," which contains "Daily Meditations For All Seasons." The first meditation I read yesterday, January 1, 2012. It was about the atypical human tradition of crafting "resolutions" for the New Year. I adore this tradition, personally. For probably all of the month of December, I find myself thinking about what I would like to see change the most in my own life the coming year. I don't often write my resolutions, but I voice them, to myself and my partner. We encourage each other in pursuing some that are meaningful to us both.
But this meditation/thought I read yesterday pointed out that we are the only species in nature who seek for perfection in this way. I am trying to craft my resolutions now in terms of what will bind me more to the earth and the natural world I am a part of. Eating & moving healthily. Practicing consideration and compassion for others (people, plants, animals, all life). The reading suggested that, rather than seek for 'perfection,' or resolve to be 'perfect,' we embrace the changes and inherent imperfections as parts of who we are as human beings.
11 Ekim 2012 Perşembe
Willow Heights- Big Cottonwood Canyon- August 2012
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With a last minute change of plans, I made a quick over nighter up to Willow Heights. This is a very beautiful area, and a really nice place to see moose, deer, and a host of other wildlife in a pristine area in the Wasatch. I made my way up to the trail head Saturday afternoon, and got the pack on and headed in. Everything in this drainage this year is very lush. The trail makes a pretty steep jaunt straight up the hill for the first quarter mile, then winds its way through the trees. eventually it turns to a manageable grade and enters a very open meadow with good views down canyon. A few more paces and you find yourself at the lake. I walked over to the west side, and took a few photos east. After a bit I made my way through the aspens on the east side of the lake and found a very nice spot to set up shop. After getting shop set, I went to the outlet and filtered some water. After that I just pulled up a seat and watched the light play in the bowl surrounding the lake. Evening set in and I made a very good meal. As the sun started to set, I noticed some high clouds and the fire smoke turning that classic shade of pink that makes sunsets so much fun to shoot. On my way back to camp, I noticed a Cow Moose and Calf at the lake getting a drink. I had some worries for shooting later as I did not want to run into them in the dark. I found a spot, and let it rattle off some shots to get a star trail, as I had a beverage and watched a few meteors which I am sure were the beginning of the Persids meteor shower expected Sunday night. After a couple of hours, I rounded up my camera, took a few more shots and then went to bed. I slept so good, one of the best nights sleep because it was so quiet up there. I was awakened around seven AM to the sounds of Coyotes howling up on the ridge above me. I peeked out to see the Cow and Calf at the lake on full alert. They left with haste as the sound of the pack seemed to get closer. I finally pulled myself out of my sleeping bag, and made some coffee. I pulled up a seat as the light from the morning sun slowly painted the basin. All the flowers were glowing, and the air temps were a bit nippy in the shade. After some coffee, I packed up my bag, so I could wander around taking photos on the way out. As I descended, I noticed the ground cover had started to change color, first sign that fall is just around the corner. I also saw a wasp nest that was extremely large right next to the trail that I had not seen on the way in. After a while of wandering I made my way down the trail to my car. It was a great last minute adventure, and nice to be in the mountains once more. More adventures to come, enjoy the slideshow below.
Trail construction projects continues in northern Utah
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A partnership with the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) and Weber Pathways has resulted in an IMBA trail designer, Joey Klein, designing a new trail alignment within the RMP power line corridor of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. This design work began in late April and is expected to finish mid-May. Funding is currently in place to begin construction on this new section of trail early this summer. This new trail alignment will parallel the current RMP power line access road, and is being designed as a multi-use trail for hikers, bikers and equestrian.
The Weber River Parkway committee continues to work diligently to create two miles of trail from the south end of the Riverdale City Parkway east to the Uintah Bridge. Because of last year’s spring flooding, it became necessary to relocate the proposed pedestrian bridge site. While this has slowed our progress, we are moving forward with identifying a new location and securing agreements allowing us to build the trail. Once all requirements are met, construction can begin either later this year or next summer when waters have receded.
Weber Pathways is partnering with Weber County and the U.S. Forest Service to complete the Pineview Loop Pathway trail. Weber County is providing its right of way over most of the northern and eastern section of the loop and is the project manager for design and construction. The U.S. Forest Service is working with Weber Pathways to complete the necessary analyses and acquire associated permits to secure the corridor through Forest Service land. In addition, the Forest Service is providing materials for trail and trailhead construction. Weber Pathways
A partnership with the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) and Weber Pathways has resulted in an IMBA trail designer, Joey Klein, designing a new trail alignment within the RMP power line corridor of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. This design work began in late April and is expected to finish mid-May. Funding is currently in place to begin construction on this new section of trail early this summer. This new trail alignment will parallel the current RMP power line access road, and is being designed as a multi-use trail for hikers, bikers and equestrian.The Weber River Parkway committee continues to work diligently to create two miles of trail from the south end of the Riverdale City Parkway east to the Uintah Bridge. Because of last year’s spring flooding, it became necessary to relocate the proposed pedestrian bridge site. While this has slowed our progress, we are moving forward with identifying a new location and securing agreements allowing us to build the trail. Once all requirements are met, construction can begin either later this year or next summer when waters have receded.
Weber Pathways is partnering with Weber County and the U.S. Forest Service to complete the Pineview Loop Pathway trail. Weber County is providing its right of way over most of the northern and eastern section of the loop and is the project manager for design and construction. The U.S. Forest Service is working with Weber Pathways to complete the necessary analyses and acquire associated permits to secure the corridor through Forest Service land. In addition, the Forest Service is providing materials for trail and trailhead construction. Weber Pathways
Utah’s first West Elm store opens at City Creek
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Home furnishings and interior design store West Elm launches its first Utah store Thursday at City Creek Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
West Elm, at 51 S. Main St. just south of the mall’s giant skywalk, is part of the Williams-Sonoma chain of interior design stores that include Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, PBteen and Rejuvenation.
The Salt Lake City store will feature West Elm’s signature furniture and home decor, as well as seasonal items and "collaborations." The cooperative efforts will include dinnerware from stationary designer Kamal, cutlery from Schmidt Brothers, and ceramics, textiles and more from different South African artists, according to a company release.
The store will be open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays. It, along with all other retailers at City Creek Center, are closed on Sundays.
The center, which opened in March, has more than 100 stores and 22 places to eat. The Apple Store at The Gateway downtown is expected to move to City Creek by the end of the year, and Microsoft has been issued a building permit for a retail store there. Salt Lake Tribune
Home furnishings and interior design store West Elm launches its first Utah store Thursday at City Creek Center in downtown Salt Lake City.West Elm, at 51 S. Main St. just south of the mall’s giant skywalk, is part of the Williams-Sonoma chain of interior design stores that include Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, PBteen and Rejuvenation.
The Salt Lake City store will feature West Elm’s signature furniture and home decor, as well as seasonal items and "collaborations." The cooperative efforts will include dinnerware from stationary designer Kamal, cutlery from Schmidt Brothers, and ceramics, textiles and more from different South African artists, according to a company release.
The store will be open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays. It, along with all other retailers at City Creek Center, are closed on Sundays.
The center, which opened in March, has more than 100 stores and 22 places to eat. The Apple Store at The Gateway downtown is expected to move to City Creek by the end of the year, and Microsoft has been issued a building permit for a retail store there. Salt Lake Tribune
Women’s Mental Health Center Opens New Utah Location
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The Healing Group (THG), a private practice women’s mental health center in Utah, announced the
expansion of its therapeutic services to women and their families in two ways: It’s opening a new 2,300-
square-foot facility in Salt Lake City at 6771 S. 900 East Ste 100; and it has partnered with Regroup
Therapy to bring women together with expert, licensed therapists in a live video support group, allowing
women to join from wherever they choose.
“In three and half years, we’ve grown from one therapist who was renting space from us to nine fulltime
therapists at two locations serving Salt Lake City and Utah Counties,” said Kristin B. Hodson, MSW and
LCSW, founder and executive director of The Healing Group. “Through our partnership with Regroup
Therapy, we’re now able to reach women in remote areas and those unable to get childcare or come into
the center.” Utah Business
expansion of its therapeutic services to women and their families in two ways: It’s opening a new 2,300-
square-foot facility in Salt Lake City at 6771 S. 900 East Ste 100; and it has partnered with Regroup
Therapy to bring women together with expert, licensed therapists in a live video support group, allowing
women to join from wherever they choose.
“In three and half years, we’ve grown from one therapist who was renting space from us to nine fulltime
therapists at two locations serving Salt Lake City and Utah Counties,” said Kristin B. Hodson, MSW and
LCSW, founder and executive director of The Healing Group. “Through our partnership with Regroup
Therapy, we’re now able to reach women in remote areas and those unable to get childcare or come into
the center.” Utah Business
Castleview rolls out $3 million software advance
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Castleview Hospital has launched a new, $3 million software program designed to streamline hospital
functions and improve the quality of care. While the rollout of the new electronic health record system
became official on Oct. 1, it took months of training and about $250,000 in instructional hours to train the
staff in operation, according to hospital CEO Mark Holyoak. Sun Advocate
functions and improve the quality of care. While the rollout of the new electronic health record system
became official on Oct. 1, it took months of training and about $250,000 in instructional hours to train the
staff in operation, according to hospital CEO Mark Holyoak. Sun Advocate
10 Ekim 2012 Çarşamba
GINA BACHAUER CONCERT SERIES @ Jeanne Wagner Theater (Salt Lake City, October 13)
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The 1998 Gina Bachauer International ArtistsPiano Competition Gold Medalist returns to Salt Lake CityOctober 13th for a solo performance at the Jeanne Wagner Theater, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center at 7:30 PM.
Lori Sims has performed throughout NorthAmerica, Europe, China and South Africa including engagements with theNordDeutscheRadio Orchester in Hannover, theIsrael Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the SpokaneChamber Orchestra, the Denver Chamber Orchestra, and the Memphis SymphonyChamber Orchestra. Her 2000 Alice Tully Hall recital debut in New York receivedcritical acclaim from Bernard Holland in the New York Times, a concert in whichshe debuted the award winning Etudes of composer Curtis Curtis-Smith. Her 2005Weill Hall Recital and 2011 Zankel Hall Recital also received considerablecritical acclaim. In 2012, she will make her seventh appearance at theprestigious Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, where she has beenfeatured as soloist with the Gilmore Orchestra, a solo-recitalist, masterclassartist, and chamber musician.
As a chamber musician, Ms. Sims has been featured at the El Paso Chamber MusicFestival, with the Fontana Chamber Players in Kalamazoo, and with Opus 21, a chamberensemble dedicated to the performance of 20th and 21st Century compositions.Her recording with violinist Renata Artman Knific of Sonatas of Americancomposer, William Bolcom received 5 stars and high praise from the BBC MusicMagazine.
Pianist Lori Sims other awards include firstprize co-winner of the 1994 Felix Bartholdy-Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin,Germany, winner of the 1993 American Pianists’ Association Competitionwith outstanding distinction from the jury, and the silver medal winner in the1987 Kosciuszcko Foundation Chopin Competition.
Ms. Sims’ program that evening will include:
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 JohannSebastian Bach
INTERMISSION
Ballade No. 1 in G Major, op. 23 FrédéricChopin
Ballade No. 2 in F Major, op. 38
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, op. 47
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52
Tickets are available through Arttix. Tickets$15 (Students $5) - http://www.arttix.org/ - (801) 355-ARTS. For moreinformation about Lori Sims please visit www.bachauer.com.
Lori Sims is available for interviews. Please contact our office to arrange a time with her.
012-13 GINA BACHAUERCONCERT SERIES CONTINUES WITH MEDALIST LORI SIMS
The 1998 Gina Bachauer International ArtistsPiano Competition Gold Medalist returns to Salt Lake CityOctober 13th for a solo performance at the Jeanne Wagner Theater, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center at 7:30 PM.
Lori Sims has performed throughout NorthAmerica, Europe, China and South Africa including engagements with theNordDeutscheRadio Orchester in Hannover, theIsrael Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Utah Symphony, the SpokaneChamber Orchestra, the Denver Chamber Orchestra, and the Memphis SymphonyChamber Orchestra. Her 2000 Alice Tully Hall recital debut in New York receivedcritical acclaim from Bernard Holland in the New York Times, a concert in whichshe debuted the award winning Etudes of composer Curtis Curtis-Smith. Her 2005Weill Hall Recital and 2011 Zankel Hall Recital also received considerablecritical acclaim. In 2012, she will make her seventh appearance at theprestigious Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, where she has beenfeatured as soloist with the Gilmore Orchestra, a solo-recitalist, masterclassartist, and chamber musician.
As a chamber musician, Ms. Sims has been featured at the El Paso Chamber MusicFestival, with the Fontana Chamber Players in Kalamazoo, and with Opus 21, a chamberensemble dedicated to the performance of 20th and 21st Century compositions.Her recording with violinist Renata Artman Knific of Sonatas of Americancomposer, William Bolcom received 5 stars and high praise from the BBC MusicMagazine.
Pianist Lori Sims other awards include firstprize co-winner of the 1994 Felix Bartholdy-Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin,Germany, winner of the 1993 American Pianists’ Association Competitionwith outstanding distinction from the jury, and the silver medal winner in the1987 Kosciuszcko Foundation Chopin Competition.
Ms. Sims’ program that evening will include:
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 JohannSebastian Bach
INTERMISSION
Ballade No. 1 in G Major, op. 23 FrédéricChopin
Ballade No. 2 in F Major, op. 38
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, op. 47
Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, op. 52
Tickets are available through Arttix. Tickets$15 (Students $5) - http://www.arttix.org/ - (801) 355-ARTS. For moreinformation about Lori Sims please visit www.bachauer.com.
Lori Sims is available for interviews. Please contact our office to arrange a time with her.
Day of the Dead Celebration @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center (West Valley City, November 2)
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Celebrate Mexican Heritageand Culture at Day of the Dead Celebration
WHAT: UnaMano Amiga and The Utah Cultural Celebration Center present the 9th annual Dayof the Dead altar display and community gathering, a folk art exhibit and eventrecognizing this significant and expressive Mexican holiday. The freecelebration features a variety of exciting, educational, and hands-onactivities for the whole family. WHEN: Altar DisplayOctober 29 - November 6, 2012Mon - Thurs, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and by arrangement
Day of the Dead CelebrationNovember 2, 20126 p.m. - 9 p.m.
WHERE: Utah Cultural Celebration Center 1355 West 3100 South West Valley City, UT 84119 WHO: Everyone is invited to the altar display and Day of the Deadcelebration free of charge.
WHY: The Day of the Dead is actually a two-day Mexican holidaycelebrated November 1-2. For two days and nights families and friends gathertogether with other community members to pay respects to and remember the dead.Altars are constructed at gravesites or in homes with food, beverages and otheritems once owned or appreciated by the deceased. It is believed that forthese two nights - one for children; the other for adults - the spirits of thedead return to be with family and friends. The more elaborate the altar, themore likely the dead will return to be with loved ones once again. Objectsrepresenting the person in real life are used to entice the spirit to travelgreat lengths to return to earth, if only for one night. Day of the Dead bread,flowers, water, mirrors, sugar skulls, candles, skeletons and Catholiciconography are traditional items used as part of Day of the Dead altars. Therituals and altar construction date back to the ancient Aztecs, ancestors toMexicans.
On November 2, the community altar will be on display at the Utah Cultural CelebrationCenter, along with many activities and events, including traditional Mexicanfood, music, dance ceremonies, games and paper flower making/sugar skulldecorating for kids. Bring the whole family to experience this one-of-a-kindcelebration of Mexican heritage and culture here in Utah.
For moreinformation about the altar, celebration or other events at the Utah CulturalCelebration Center call 801-965-5100 or visit culturalcelebration.org.
WHAT: UnaMano Amiga and The Utah Cultural Celebration Center present the 9th annual Dayof the Dead altar display and community gathering, a folk art exhibit and eventrecognizing this significant and expressive Mexican holiday. The freecelebration features a variety of exciting, educational, and hands-onactivities for the whole family. WHEN: Altar DisplayOctober 29 - November 6, 2012Mon - Thurs, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and by arrangement
Day of the Dead CelebrationNovember 2, 20126 p.m. - 9 p.m.
WHERE: Utah Cultural Celebration Center 1355 West 3100 South West Valley City, UT 84119 WHO: Everyone is invited to the altar display and Day of the Deadcelebration free of charge.
WHY: The Day of the Dead is actually a two-day Mexican holidaycelebrated November 1-2. For two days and nights families and friends gathertogether with other community members to pay respects to and remember the dead.Altars are constructed at gravesites or in homes with food, beverages and otheritems once owned or appreciated by the deceased. It is believed that forthese two nights - one for children; the other for adults - the spirits of thedead return to be with family and friends. The more elaborate the altar, themore likely the dead will return to be with loved ones once again. Objectsrepresenting the person in real life are used to entice the spirit to travelgreat lengths to return to earth, if only for one night. Day of the Dead bread,flowers, water, mirrors, sugar skulls, candles, skeletons and Catholiciconography are traditional items used as part of Day of the Dead altars. Therituals and altar construction date back to the ancient Aztecs, ancestors toMexicans.
On November 2, the community altar will be on display at the Utah Cultural CelebrationCenter, along with many activities and events, including traditional Mexicanfood, music, dance ceremonies, games and paper flower making/sugar skulldecorating for kids. Bring the whole family to experience this one-of-a-kindcelebration of Mexican heritage and culture here in Utah.
For moreinformation about the altar, celebration or other events at the Utah CulturalCelebration Center call 801-965-5100 or visit culturalcelebration.org.
The Titanic 100th Anniversary Concert @ Salt Lake Choral Artists (SLC: Oct 20)
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Remembrance and Reflection
The Titanic 100th Anniversary
Saturday October 20th
2pm & 7:30 pm
Libby Gardner Concert Hall
The Titanic 100th Anniversary
Saturday October 20th
2pm & 7:30 pm
Libby Gardner Concert Hall
| After a highly successful Summer Choral Institute, the Salt Lake Choral Artists are embarking on our 2012-2013 concert season with a new home at 700 North 200 West, 21 concerts, and seven choirs!. 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic and SLCA's first concerts on October 20 will honor the memories of those lost. Donald Patriquin's "Titanic Requiem" will have its Utah Premiere with orchestra and soprano soloist, Carol Ann Allred. Utah's own Don Corbett, whose grandmother was on the ship will be telling us her storyand displaying some artifacts from the Titanic era. We'll also perform Samuel Barber's haunting "Agnus Dei," "Little Elegy" by Stephen Paulus,and the Utah premiere of Ola Gjeilo's "Sunrise Mass." You won't want to miss it! Get your tickets today for the 2:00 matinee or the 7:30 evening performance at Libby Gardner Concert Hall.Order online using promo code EB121020 and save $2 off the purchase price! |
Stewardship and Special Events Manager @ Natural History Museum of Utah
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Stewardship and Special Events Manager
University of Utah Job Requisition Number: PRN02720B
Full time -- Must be available for evenings and weekendsThe Natural History Museum of Utah seeks a full-time Manager of Stewardship and Special Events. The position will ensure that Museum friends and supporters are appropriately thanked and acknowledged for their generous contributions to the institution. It will also oversee and coordinate the full range of special events produced by the Museum’s development department including our annual benefit in June, receptions and activities for our Copper Club and Explorers groups, exhibit previews for Museum members, and more.To read the complete job description and to apply for this position visit the University of Utah Jobs Website
Stewardship and Special Events Manager
University of Utah Job Requisition Number: PRN02720B
Full time -- Must be available for evenings and weekendsThe Natural History Museum of Utah seeks a full-time Manager of Stewardship and Special Events. The position will ensure that Museum friends and supporters are appropriately thanked and acknowledged for their generous contributions to the institution. It will also oversee and coordinate the full range of special events produced by the Museum’s development department including our annual benefit in June, receptions and activities for our Copper Club and Explorers groups, exhibit previews for Museum members, and more.To read the complete job description and to apply for this position visit the University of Utah Jobs Website
JOB: Gift Services and Administrative Assistant @ Natural History Museum of Utah
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Gift Services and Administrative Assistant
University of Utah Job Requisition Number: PRN01589N
Part time (up to 19 hours per week)The Natural History Museum of Utah seeks a part-time Gift Services and Adminsitrative Assistant for its development department. This position, which provides complex administrative support for the fundraising department at the Natural History Museum of Utah, is perfect for someone looking to put their superb organizational skills to work in support of the Museum's fundraising efforts. To read the complete job description and to apply for this position visit the University of Utah Jobs Website
Gift Services and Administrative Assistant
University of Utah Job Requisition Number: PRN01589N
Part time (up to 19 hours per week)The Natural History Museum of Utah seeks a part-time Gift Services and Adminsitrative Assistant for its development department. This position, which provides complex administrative support for the fundraising department at the Natural History Museum of Utah, is perfect for someone looking to put their superb organizational skills to work in support of the Museum's fundraising efforts. To read the complete job description and to apply for this position visit the University of Utah Jobs Website
9 Ekim 2012 Salı
Manti council approves seeking final funding for $2.5 million airport project
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Manti’s city council approved the airport board’s request allowing it to seek $465,000 from the Utah Community Impact Board—the final piece of a $2.5 million funding package. The council’s vote duplicated an action of the Ephraim City Council on Sept. 5. As co-owners of the airport, the two cities will apply together to the CIB.
Projects include resurfacing and extending the runway on property already belonging to the airport, installing a fuel station, and building a pilot/passenger lounge. The plans also include installing an automated weather observation system that would compile information so pilots can make GPS instrument landings. Sanpete Messenger
Projects include resurfacing and extending the runway on property already belonging to the airport, installing a fuel station, and building a pilot/passenger lounge. The plans also include installing an automated weather observation system that would compile information so pilots can make GPS instrument landings. Sanpete Messenger
In Utah, food bank expands its reach
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Utah's San Juan County is the definition of remote. It's located in the southeast corner of the state withonly 14,746 people across an area of 7,933 square miles.
And like many areas of the country, an increasing number of those people face food shortages.
"We feed about 700 families per month and I don't think we've even scratched the surface," said SandraAsbury, CEO of Transitions, which serves adults with disabilities throughout the county. "We're the onlyfood bank service in San Juan County and that includes the Navajo and Ute reservations."
Until recently, Transitions received its food supplies from the Utah Food Bank based in Salt Lake City.Then in the spring of 2011 the Utah Food Bank opened a southern Utah branch in St. George to betterserve remote areas like San Juan County.
The new facility has increased deliveries to rural areas by 50 percent since it opened last year. USA Today
And like many areas of the country, an increasing number of those people face food shortages.
"We feed about 700 families per month and I don't think we've even scratched the surface," said SandraAsbury, CEO of Transitions, which serves adults with disabilities throughout the county. "We're the onlyfood bank service in San Juan County and that includes the Navajo and Ute reservations."
Until recently, Transitions received its food supplies from the Utah Food Bank based in Salt Lake City.Then in the spring of 2011 the Utah Food Bank opened a southern Utah branch in St. George to betterserve remote areas like San Juan County.
The new facility has increased deliveries to rural areas by 50 percent since it opened last year. USA Today
Henry Walker Homes acquires Saratoga Springs development
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Henry Walker Homes and sister company Strategic Capital Group have announced the acquisition of the largest portion of Fox Hollow, a 3,230-unit residential development in Saratoga Springs.
The deal give Henry Walker approximately 300 acres at Fox Hollow, including 250 improved single family lots, 420 unimproved lots and 20 acres zoned for high density multi-family and commercial use.
Salt Lake Tribune
The deal give Henry Walker approximately 300 acres at Fox Hollow, including 250 improved single family lots, 420 unimproved lots and 20 acres zoned for high density multi-family and commercial use.
Salt Lake Tribune
Utah among top states for new business formation
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Utah ranks just above the middle among the 50 states for overall entrepreneurial activity, according to a new survey from the University of Nebraska’s Bureau of Business Research.
Still, Utah stood out on the list, not for its ranking, but for being the state with the biggest jump in the past year.
In 2010, Utah was ranked 44th on the list. Last year, it was listed at 23rd.
The survey, though, noted that Utah is one of the top states in the nation in terms of the number of businesses launched by its residents. Salt Lake Tribune
Still, Utah stood out on the list, not for its ranking, but for being the state with the biggest jump in the past year.
In 2010, Utah was ranked 44th on the list. Last year, it was listed at 23rd.
The survey, though, noted that Utah is one of the top states in the nation in terms of the number of businesses launched by its residents. Salt Lake Tribune
New Trendlines Magazine available
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The Fall 2012 version of our Trendlines magazine featuring Occupational Insights is now available online.
Trendlines is published quarterly, and provides feature articles and a basic understanding of Utah's Economy. Contributors to this publication include DWS economists and analysts as well as DWS partners.
To access the entire magazine online, click here. To subscribe to a printed copy, call 801-526-9785 or email.
The Fall 2012 version of our Trendlines magazine featuring Occupational Insights is now available online.
Trendlines is published quarterly, and provides feature articles and a basic understanding of Utah's Economy. Contributors to this publication include DWS economists and analysts as well as DWS partners.
To access the entire magazine online, click here. To subscribe to a printed copy, call 801-526-9785 or email.
8 Ekim 2012 Pazartesi
Salt Lake Community College Students' Work - Part I
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I had the opportunity to teach a class of digital illustration at Salt Lake Community College last semester. It was a great experience and I enjoyed teaching.
I wanted to post some of my students' illustrations on this page. There was a lot of talent in this class. Check it out!
Steve Maloney - http://www.iseehue.com/
Heather Dixon - http://strudelcookies.blogspot.com/
Jessica Calderon - http://ysik.deviantart.com/
Angela Woods - www.angelawoodsfineart.com
Catherine Davis
I wanted to post some of my students' illustrations on this page. There was a lot of talent in this class. Check it out!
Steve Maloney - http://www.iseehue.com/
Heather Dixon - http://strudelcookies.blogspot.com/
Jessica Calderon - http://ysik.deviantart.com/
Angela Woods - www.angelawoodsfineart.com
Catherine Davis
Bookfair Fundraiser @ The Grand Theatre: (SLC: Sept 28 - Oct 5)
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Please join us for a special Bookfair Fundraiser! The Grand will receive a small percentage from all purchases at Barnes & Noble Sugarhouse (including Starbucks!) using our voucher number.
The dates are September 28, 29, 30 for in store purchases and September 29 – October 5 for online purchases.Our Voucher number is # 10855401
Also, please join us for a very special Storytime on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:00am.Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood will be on hand to read to children of all ages.Only at Barnes & Noble Sugarhouse (Located on the corner of 2100 South and 1100 East in Salt Lake City.)
Thank you so much for your support and we look forward to seeing you there!
The Grand Theatrethe-grand.org801 957 3322
Please join us for a special Bookfair Fundraiser! The Grand will receive a small percentage from all purchases at Barnes & Noble Sugarhouse (including Starbucks!) using our voucher number.
The dates are September 28, 29, 30 for in store purchases and September 29 – October 5 for online purchases.Our Voucher number is # 10855401
Also, please join us for a very special Storytime on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 11:00am.Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood will be on hand to read to children of all ages.Only at Barnes & Noble Sugarhouse (Located on the corner of 2100 South and 1100 East in Salt Lake City.)
Thank you so much for your support and we look forward to seeing you there!
The Grand Theatrethe-grand.org801 957 3322
NEWS: CUAC to exhibit the work of seven Utah artists in Los Angele's international art fair
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CUAC to exhibit the work of seven Utah artists in Los Angele's international art fair, Art Platform
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In recognition of the excellent programming over the years, CUAC is one of 20 international non-profit art venues asked to curate exhibitions during Art Platform, a three day event September 28, 29, and 30, in Santa Monica, CA. While the event is in California, it is consistent with CUAC's purpose of helping Utah artists gain international exposure and context.
CUAC has elected to feature the work of seven Utah artists: Allan Ludwig, Cara Despain, Daniel Everett, Jared Lindsay Clark, Jared Steffensen, Jason Metcalf, and Venessa Gromek.
CUAC expects 30,000 members of the international art community to view the works by those artists. Works range from painting by Allan Ludwig, sculpture by Jason Metcalf, Jared Lindsay Clark, Jared Steffensen, and Venessay Gromek, photography by Daniel Everett, and video by Cara Despain.
This program is typical of the things CUAC strives to offer the Utah art community. As we try to survive our censorship and seek a new home, please make a donation.
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In recognition of the excellent programming over the years, CUAC is one of 20 international non-profit art venues asked to curate exhibitions during Art Platform, a three day event September 28, 29, and 30, in Santa Monica, CA. While the event is in California, it is consistent with CUAC's purpose of helping Utah artists gain international exposure and context.
CUAC has elected to feature the work of seven Utah artists: Allan Ludwig, Cara Despain, Daniel Everett, Jared Lindsay Clark, Jared Steffensen, Jason Metcalf, and Venessa Gromek.
CUAC expects 30,000 members of the international art community to view the works by those artists. Works range from painting by Allan Ludwig, sculpture by Jason Metcalf, Jared Lindsay Clark, Jared Steffensen, and Venessay Gromek, photography by Daniel Everett, and video by Cara Despain.
This program is typical of the things CUAC strives to offer the Utah art community. As we try to survive our censorship and seek a new home, please make a donation.
5th Annual College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni Awards Assembly @ University of Utah (Officer's Club on September 26th)
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Please join us for the 5th Annual College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni Awards AssemblyThursday September 27th, 10:45am-12:15pmNancy Peery Marriott Auditorium, Kingsbury Hall
Featuring stunning performances and riveting screenings from the talented students in the College of Fine Arts and honoring our remarkable 2012-13 Distinguished Alumni
The honorees are: Art & Art History- Bruce Lindsey, Dean of the College of Architecture and of the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Ballet --Sandra Birch Allen, Associate Professor of Dance at Brigham Young University and was Associate Chair of the Dance Department from 2009-2011. Film & Media Arts -- Trent Harris, writer and director of six feature films, many experimental movies, and more than one hundred documentaries for PBS, National Geographic, NBC and others. Modern Dance -- Keith Johnson, from Keith Johnson /Dancers and Professor at California State University Long Beach. Music -- Raymond Chobaz, Professor of Music and Conductor Laureate of the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra and Music Director/Conductor of the University of Florida Symphony Orchestra. Theatre -- Timothy McCuen Piggee, Associate Professor and Area Head for Musical Theatre at Cornish College of the Arts. The honorees will be presented a bronze medal and certificate at the CFA Awards Banquet Wednesday September 26th at the Officer´s Club at Fort Douglas on the U of U campus. The Awards Assembly the following morning brings the entire college to the stage featuring performances from the School of Music and the Departments of Ballet, Theatre and Modern Dance. There will be a video presentation from the Department of Art & Art History and a animated short film screening from the Department of Film & Media Arts. The Assembly is free and open to the public. We welcome all for an entertaining morning as we champion the arts. Please join us in Kingsbury Hall, September 27th at 10:45AM. For more information on this event please visit www.finearts.utah.edu, or call 801.581.6764.
Featuring stunning performances and riveting screenings from the talented students in the College of Fine Arts and honoring our remarkable 2012-13 Distinguished Alumni
The honorees are: Art & Art History- Bruce Lindsey, Dean of the College of Architecture and of the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Ballet --Sandra Birch Allen, Associate Professor of Dance at Brigham Young University and was Associate Chair of the Dance Department from 2009-2011. Film & Media Arts -- Trent Harris, writer and director of six feature films, many experimental movies, and more than one hundred documentaries for PBS, National Geographic, NBC and others. Modern Dance -- Keith Johnson, from Keith Johnson /Dancers and Professor at California State University Long Beach. Music -- Raymond Chobaz, Professor of Music and Conductor Laureate of the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra and Music Director/Conductor of the University of Florida Symphony Orchestra. Theatre -- Timothy McCuen Piggee, Associate Professor and Area Head for Musical Theatre at Cornish College of the Arts. The honorees will be presented a bronze medal and certificate at the CFA Awards Banquet Wednesday September 26th at the Officer´s Club at Fort Douglas on the U of U campus. The Awards Assembly the following morning brings the entire college to the stage featuring performances from the School of Music and the Departments of Ballet, Theatre and Modern Dance. There will be a video presentation from the Department of Art & Art History and a animated short film screening from the Department of Film & Media Arts. The Assembly is free and open to the public. We welcome all for an entertaining morning as we champion the arts. Please join us in Kingsbury Hall, September 27th at 10:45AM. For more information on this event please visit www.finearts.utah.edu, or call 801.581.6764.
'Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism" @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts
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Dale Nichols: Transcending RegionalismNew Exhibition Opening at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Dale Nichols,January, 1935, oil on canvas, courtesy the Williams College Museum of Art
Salt Lake City, UT – The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to present Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism,a retrospective exhibition of paintings by American illustrator and painter Dale Nichols (1904-1995). The exhibition will be on view from September 28, 2012 to March 18, 2013 in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah.
Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism comes to the UMFA from The Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art in David City, Nebraska, where it was originally organized by Amanda Mobley Guenther. The exhibition was re-imagined for the UMFA by Donna Poulton, curator of the art of Utah and the West, and will showcase more than twenty works spanning much of the artist’s long career.
Dale Nicholsis regarded as one of the four major American Regionalist artists alongside Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry. The work of these four men, created in the Midwest during the Great Depression, defined a period when artists turned to nature and everyday scenes to create a uniquely American style of art.
Raised on a rural farm in Nebraska, Nichols spent most of his career creating stylized paintings of familiar landscapes and scenes from his youth: red barns, deep snow, and farmers hard at work. Many of Nichols’ works on view in Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism honor the agrarian ideal, and provided an image of hope for a struggling nation.
Nichols received art instruction at the Arts Institute of Chicago and gained early recognition for his magazine cover illustrations inHouse and Garden and The Saturday Evening Post. During the 1920s and 1930s, Nichols worked as a professor and became the Carnegie Professor in Art at the University of Illinois. In the 1940s he indulged his wanderlust by traveling repeatedly to Alaska and spending extended periods of time in Guatemala and Mexico. Visitors toDale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism will have the opportunity to experience paintings from each of these periods.
“Nichols' stylized paintings of agrarian themes capture a mood and time that is neither sentimental nor nostalgic,” says Donna Poulton, UMFA curator of the art of Utah and the West. “He portrays the real work of farmers and their environment in twentieth century America.”
Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism is generously sponsored by the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation; the Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation; and the UMFA Special Exhibitions Council.For more information about this exhibition and others coming to the UMFA this fall, visitwww.umfa.utah.edu.
Dale Nichols,January, 1935, oil on canvas, courtesy the Williams College Museum of Art
Salt Lake City, UT – The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to present Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism,a retrospective exhibition of paintings by American illustrator and painter Dale Nichols (1904-1995). The exhibition will be on view from September 28, 2012 to March 18, 2013 in the Marcia and John Price Museum Building at the University of Utah.
Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism comes to the UMFA from The Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art in David City, Nebraska, where it was originally organized by Amanda Mobley Guenther. The exhibition was re-imagined for the UMFA by Donna Poulton, curator of the art of Utah and the West, and will showcase more than twenty works spanning much of the artist’s long career.
Dale Nicholsis regarded as one of the four major American Regionalist artists alongside Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry. The work of these four men, created in the Midwest during the Great Depression, defined a period when artists turned to nature and everyday scenes to create a uniquely American style of art.
Raised on a rural farm in Nebraska, Nichols spent most of his career creating stylized paintings of familiar landscapes and scenes from his youth: red barns, deep snow, and farmers hard at work. Many of Nichols’ works on view in Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism honor the agrarian ideal, and provided an image of hope for a struggling nation.
Nichols received art instruction at the Arts Institute of Chicago and gained early recognition for his magazine cover illustrations inHouse and Garden and The Saturday Evening Post. During the 1920s and 1930s, Nichols worked as a professor and became the Carnegie Professor in Art at the University of Illinois. In the 1940s he indulged his wanderlust by traveling repeatedly to Alaska and spending extended periods of time in Guatemala and Mexico. Visitors toDale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism will have the opportunity to experience paintings from each of these periods.
“Nichols' stylized paintings of agrarian themes capture a mood and time that is neither sentimental nor nostalgic,” says Donna Poulton, UMFA curator of the art of Utah and the West. “He portrays the real work of farmers and their environment in twentieth century America.”
Dale Nichols: Transcending Regionalism is generously sponsored by the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Foundation; the Ray, Quinney & Nebeker Foundation; and the UMFA Special Exhibitions Council.For more information about this exhibition and others coming to the UMFA this fall, visitwww.umfa.utah.edu.
7 Ekim 2012 Pazar
Listener's Community Radio
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Listener's Community Radio of Utah, or KRCL 90.9 FM ~ All the Radio You Need, is one amazing place to work. I have now been their Administrative Assistant for a month and a half, and I've learned so much about how they do what they do. I have lots of cleaning and organizing projects to keep me busy, which I love, as I am able to listen to the radio live while doing them, or think my busy thoughts to myself. I've also been recorded a couple of times for "KRCL is supported by . . ." and "We would like to thank . . ." spots to be played on air throughout the days.
What Listener's Community Radio offers me is different and unique in every way. I feel that what this station offers each of their listeners is individually and collectively identifiable! What I mean is, I get something out of KRCL (RadioActive news and thoughts, a safe place to be out as a lesbian and use my skills to benefit a community) that not everyone else does. Many people listen for Bad Brad's Afternoon Show, to hear the weather and traffic and awesome music they won't hear anyplace else. Others listen for Democracy Now; many listen to our amazing weekend shows ranging from Strange Radio and a Science show to Vietnamese, Chinese and Native American shows. What an eclectic mix!
I am very much looking forward to meeting an eclectic mix of this community's listeners, at our December 3 Polar Jubilee. If you like live music and want to be part of Bad Brad's Hanukkah Harmonica Army, you had better buy your tickets here soon. It sounds like a riot to me . . . not something I would likely attend if I weren't working here, but an event I'm glad I won't be missing now that I am. KRCL makes me smile every day, for one reason or another. I hope you'll start streaming shows online, or listening during your day, to find your reason or another to be a part of the KRCL community! This is where Salt Lake City is found, through and through. I am KRCL ~ are you?
What Listener's Community Radio offers me is different and unique in every way. I feel that what this station offers each of their listeners is individually and collectively identifiable! What I mean is, I get something out of KRCL (RadioActive news and thoughts, a safe place to be out as a lesbian and use my skills to benefit a community) that not everyone else does. Many people listen for Bad Brad's Afternoon Show, to hear the weather and traffic and awesome music they won't hear anyplace else. Others listen for Democracy Now; many listen to our amazing weekend shows ranging from Strange Radio and a Science show to Vietnamese, Chinese and Native American shows. What an eclectic mix!
I am very much looking forward to meeting an eclectic mix of this community's listeners, at our December 3 Polar Jubilee. If you like live music and want to be part of Bad Brad's Hanukkah Harmonica Army, you had better buy your tickets here soon. It sounds like a riot to me . . . not something I would likely attend if I weren't working here, but an event I'm glad I won't be missing now that I am. KRCL makes me smile every day, for one reason or another. I hope you'll start streaming shows online, or listening during your day, to find your reason or another to be a part of the KRCL community! This is where Salt Lake City is found, through and through. I am KRCL ~ are you?
Des Cannibales ~ Michel de Montaigne
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Tonight I re-read Michel de Montaingne's essai, Des cannibales. I can't count the number of times I have read and researched and re-read this essai, and yet tonight I caught and learned things that brought new life to it. I chose it as a topic for the final French paper of my undergraduate degree for a reason; it spoke to me, as I expressed in a prior post. It spoke to me about the arrogancy of assuming the culture we know is "perfect" and all others are "barbaric." It spoke to me of what we can learn of our own selves and culture through observation and appreciation of other cultures.
But tonight I found lines I don't understand how I could have missed! Entire passages, pages even, have changed how I see the whole piece.
Montaigne tells us how Plato said that all things are produced in one of three ways ~ through nature, fate/fortune, or art. He said that the best and most beautiful are those that come from the first two, and that we find the lesser and most imperfect things in art. How opposite from what our culture seems to believe! We assume that all things man-made, all things "artistic," or all things within our sphere of recognition/understanding/knowledge, are the best things. The paintings, the buildings, even clothing, fashion, film . . . yet we overlook what is truly the best, the highest of what actually exists . . . that which is natural, or, as we would say, "barbaric." Wild flowers. A deep, passionate kiss. Cats tumbling together or one dashing up a tree in fear of a dog. Do we appreciate the real, most beautiful things around us? We think we appreciate art when it makes us reminiscent of these things, and yet we live in cities where we can no longer even see the stars in the night skies!
I am looking forward to crafting an essai of my own, hopefully learning in the process how to weave something beautiful and artistic in a language other than my native one. It is humbling to know that anything I may weave will be, in Plato's words, "imperfect," regardless of my attempts at artistry.
But tonight I found lines I don't understand how I could have missed! Entire passages, pages even, have changed how I see the whole piece.
Montaigne tells us how Plato said that all things are produced in one of three ways ~ through nature, fate/fortune, or art. He said that the best and most beautiful are those that come from the first two, and that we find the lesser and most imperfect things in art. How opposite from what our culture seems to believe! We assume that all things man-made, all things "artistic," or all things within our sphere of recognition/understanding/knowledge, are the best things. The paintings, the buildings, even clothing, fashion, film . . . yet we overlook what is truly the best, the highest of what actually exists . . . that which is natural, or, as we would say, "barbaric." Wild flowers. A deep, passionate kiss. Cats tumbling together or one dashing up a tree in fear of a dog. Do we appreciate the real, most beautiful things around us? We think we appreciate art when it makes us reminiscent of these things, and yet we live in cities where we can no longer even see the stars in the night skies!
I am looking forward to crafting an essai of my own, hopefully learning in the process how to weave something beautiful and artistic in a language other than my native one. It is humbling to know that anything I may weave will be, in Plato's words, "imperfect," regardless of my attempts at artistry.
Sixty cents per glove
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This is a post about the Homeless Youth Resource Center at the Utah Pride Center. TINT stands for Tolerant Intelligent Network of Teens, and the group serves youth ages 14-20.
This amazing resource available here in Salt Lake City gives me hope for the future. Lesbian, Gay, Besexual and Transgender youth are much more likely than their heterosexual or non-gender-queer peers to be thrown from their homes, abandoned to the streets. But with places like this, they have a place to go - to be accepted for who they are!
In this cold weather, I think more and more each day of the times when I barely had enough to eat, and how grateful I am that I never had to be cold out on the streets. Salt Lake City can be so harsh in the winter! But not only do I have plenty to eat and a warm place to sleep, this morning I was particularly reminded of how lucky I really am.
I sat down in my car and it had frost on it for the first time this season. It's a brand new Toyota Corolla, so the heat works spectacularly. But of course it takes a few minutes for the heat to get going in the morning. Let me repeat that . . . a few minutes. That's it! And yet I'm shivering, complaining to myself, etc. I start thinking I will stop at Smith's Marketplace after teaching this morning, and pick up a pair of their gloves I've seen near the front doors for $1.19.
Let me repeat that . . . One dollar and nineteen cents. I started thinking just how lucky I really am, with my heater blaring within five minutes of walking out my front door, and a few dollars available to myself to purchase a cheap pair of gloves for cold-steering-wheel blues.
When I got to Smith's this morning, I picked out 11 pairs. One for me, black with cute white string sewn around the sides, and 10 others, of all shades and patterns available. I took the bag to the TINT at the Utah Pride Center, hoping to offer the teens there some colorful comfort this winter.
I would like to encourage you to the the same ~ I think we can all spare sixty cents per hand to warm!
This amazing resource available here in Salt Lake City gives me hope for the future. Lesbian, Gay, Besexual and Transgender youth are much more likely than their heterosexual or non-gender-queer peers to be thrown from their homes, abandoned to the streets. But with places like this, they have a place to go - to be accepted for who they are!
In this cold weather, I think more and more each day of the times when I barely had enough to eat, and how grateful I am that I never had to be cold out on the streets. Salt Lake City can be so harsh in the winter! But not only do I have plenty to eat and a warm place to sleep, this morning I was particularly reminded of how lucky I really am.
I sat down in my car and it had frost on it for the first time this season. It's a brand new Toyota Corolla, so the heat works spectacularly. But of course it takes a few minutes for the heat to get going in the morning. Let me repeat that . . . a few minutes. That's it! And yet I'm shivering, complaining to myself, etc. I start thinking I will stop at Smith's Marketplace after teaching this morning, and pick up a pair of their gloves I've seen near the front doors for $1.19.
Let me repeat that . . . One dollar and nineteen cents. I started thinking just how lucky I really am, with my heater blaring within five minutes of walking out my front door, and a few dollars available to myself to purchase a cheap pair of gloves for cold-steering-wheel blues.
When I got to Smith's this morning, I picked out 11 pairs. One for me, black with cute white string sewn around the sides, and 10 others, of all shades and patterns available. I took the bag to the TINT at the Utah Pride Center, hoping to offer the teens there some colorful comfort this winter.
I would like to encourage you to the the same ~ I think we can all spare sixty cents per hand to warm!
Elaine's Responsibility Code
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First of all, the inspiration for this post's title :
1. Always stay in control.
2. People ahead of you have the right of way.
3. Stop in a safe place for you and others.
4. Whenever starting downhill or merging, look uphill and yield.
5. Use devices to help prevent runaway equipment.
6. Observe signs and warnings, and keep off closed trails.
7. Know how to use the lifts safely.
I saw this posted near the cashier at the Park City Mountain Ski Resort yesterday when checking out my ski rental equipment. It comes from the National Ski Areas Association and is called "Your Responsibility Code." I found it most helpful to have start-off guidelines for etiquette and safety in an area I had never been and where I had no idea of what to expect. Many of the code items were similar to what I observe or expect when hiking, so this immediately put me at ease. But the first one on the list sure made me smile! Stay in control. So, here is my "Responsibility Code" of sorts; these are my suggestions for how to "stay in control."
What I learned the first day :
1. This is not a comfort sport. Don't expect to be comfortable when learning; it will hurt! As I read on one site, "Get in shape to ski. Don't ski to get in shape." I found this amusing more than annoying, because honestly, skiing is a luxury sport. The lifts and runs and equipment are all expensive to maintain and make available. So I found it amusing to put my foot into that first rental boot, only to look around me thinking, people pay for this kind of discomfort? (see what I learned day 2 for better news) But how could I feel annoyed? Surprised a bit, but perfectly ready to take a deep breath and think about something else ... like the fact that I would soon be learning how to ski down a mountain of snow!
2. Don't take your skis inside restaurants. People look at you funny. This is why there are complimentary ski racks to lean them against right outside the restaurant doors.
3. Learn how to walk in heels. (again, see what I learned day 2 for better news) I spent all of the first day thinking I should go home and practice walking in heels more often ~ toe-to-heel, toe-to-heel, like an elegant princess! I used to walk like this, "to practice being a princess," when I was a little girl ... but I never did become graceful, I always looked like a fool doing it! I also looked like a fool all the first day of wearing those rental boots.
4. Do yoga. I should have done an hour of yoga the night before my first time skiing ~ you wouldn't think it looking at those people all bundled up the way they are, but you want to be flexible if you're going to be a skier.
5. Skiing can be very much like ice skating.
What I learned the second day :
1. Wake up early, eat delicious and filling food, drink plenty of water (and go to the bathroom), and don't be opposed to warming up the insides with an early afternoon cocktail! I luckily learned each of these things simply by being grateful I did them, not by experiencing any mishaps like having to go home early because you peed in your getup.
2. Rent equipment from a place that gives you amazing-quality boots that don't hurt and beautiful blue Salomon skis! Then you also learn that your toe-to-heel endeavors didn't actually make any sense whatsoever, so scratch that bit about learning to walk in heels ... there still remains no reason I can think of for that kind of torture being a good idea.
3. Don't cry when you fall. It's not so bad, and then once you have fallen, if you went on something super-challenging for your level, you learned exactly what you should work on next so you can do what you just did again, later, without falling.
4. Always stay positive. Look around you and learn. Even if something's hard or it hurts, you're still skiing! Keep moving (and be willing to move SLOWLY) and you'll get better.
1. Always stay in control.
2. People ahead of you have the right of way.
3. Stop in a safe place for you and others.
4. Whenever starting downhill or merging, look uphill and yield.
5. Use devices to help prevent runaway equipment.
6. Observe signs and warnings, and keep off closed trails.
7. Know how to use the lifts safely.
I saw this posted near the cashier at the Park City Mountain Ski Resort yesterday when checking out my ski rental equipment. It comes from the National Ski Areas Association and is called "Your Responsibility Code." I found it most helpful to have start-off guidelines for etiquette and safety in an area I had never been and where I had no idea of what to expect. Many of the code items were similar to what I observe or expect when hiking, so this immediately put me at ease. But the first one on the list sure made me smile! Stay in control. So, here is my "Responsibility Code" of sorts; these are my suggestions for how to "stay in control."
What I learned the first day :
1. This is not a comfort sport. Don't expect to be comfortable when learning; it will hurt! As I read on one site, "Get in shape to ski. Don't ski to get in shape." I found this amusing more than annoying, because honestly, skiing is a luxury sport. The lifts and runs and equipment are all expensive to maintain and make available. So I found it amusing to put my foot into that first rental boot, only to look around me thinking, people pay for this kind of discomfort? (see what I learned day 2 for better news) But how could I feel annoyed? Surprised a bit, but perfectly ready to take a deep breath and think about something else ... like the fact that I would soon be learning how to ski down a mountain of snow!
2. Don't take your skis inside restaurants. People look at you funny. This is why there are complimentary ski racks to lean them against right outside the restaurant doors.
3. Learn how to walk in heels. (again, see what I learned day 2 for better news) I spent all of the first day thinking I should go home and practice walking in heels more often ~ toe-to-heel, toe-to-heel, like an elegant princess! I used to walk like this, "to practice being a princess," when I was a little girl ... but I never did become graceful, I always looked like a fool doing it! I also looked like a fool all the first day of wearing those rental boots.
4. Do yoga. I should have done an hour of yoga the night before my first time skiing ~ you wouldn't think it looking at those people all bundled up the way they are, but you want to be flexible if you're going to be a skier.
5. Skiing can be very much like ice skating.
What I learned the second day :
1. Wake up early, eat delicious and filling food, drink plenty of water (and go to the bathroom), and don't be opposed to warming up the insides with an early afternoon cocktail! I luckily learned each of these things simply by being grateful I did them, not by experiencing any mishaps like having to go home early because you peed in your getup.
2. Rent equipment from a place that gives you amazing-quality boots that don't hurt and beautiful blue Salomon skis! Then you also learn that your toe-to-heel endeavors didn't actually make any sense whatsoever, so scratch that bit about learning to walk in heels ... there still remains no reason I can think of for that kind of torture being a good idea.
3. Don't cry when you fall. It's not so bad, and then once you have fallen, if you went on something super-challenging for your level, you learned exactly what you should work on next so you can do what you just did again, later, without falling.
4. Always stay positive. Look around you and learn. Even if something's hard or it hurts, you're still skiing! Keep moving (and be willing to move SLOWLY) and you'll get better.
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