How the ACA will Impact Your Nonprofit, Compiled by Utah Nonprofit Association

We know that many nonprofit leaders are wondering what their obligations are under the Affordable Care Act. UNA, in partnership with the National Council of Nonprofits, has gathered clear and concise information that will help you understand your obligations.

Note that all employers must notify their employees of options by October 1 –links to sample notices are included below.

FAQs about the Affordable Care Act and Charitable Nonprofits

Myth: The Affordable Care Act will require our nonprofit to provide health insurance coverage for our employees.

Reality: While the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) has changed the way everyone will access health insurance coverage, charitable nonprofits (as with all employers) still have a choice whether or not to offer health insurance coverage to employees.

The ACA does not mandate that employers provide insurance coverage for employees. However, board members and staff leaders of charitable nonprofits – even those without employees – still need to understand how the ACA will affect the nonprofit workplace.

Nonprofits without employees: Individuals served by your nonprofit may have questions about the Affordable Care Act and how to access health insurance and changes to Medicaid. Your nonprofit can serve as a resource and refer those with questions to the federal government:

• Insurance finder
• Learn more about how the Affordable Care Act will affect citizens in Utah
• HealthCare.gov has information on the new marketplace with information for businesses and individuals. 
• The Department of Health and Human Services has a toolkit for faith based and community organizations to help you get the word out.

All nonprofits can share information about insurance coverage:

• Insurance Finder (Healthcare.gov)
• The Health Care Law Helps the Whole Family (Infographic)
• Key Features of the Affordable Care Act (Infographic)

Give notice! All nonprofits with staff have an obligation under the ACA to let their employees know about the options available to their employees to access health insurance. As the nation gets used to a new system of health insurance delivery, lawmakers wanted to make sure that all Americans know that they are eligible to access health insurance through the Marketplace. So, one of the ACA’s provisions requires ALL EMPLOYERS to inform all employees of the options available to them for accessing health insurance. This means that nonprofit employers must provide NOTICE to existing employees by October 1, 2013 -- and notice to all newly-hired employees starting October 1, 2013. You can find sample notices in English and Spanish at:

• Fact Sheet on the Notice requirement (National Council of Nonprofits)
• Model Notice for employers who offer a health plan to some or all employees | en español
• Model Notice for employers who do not offer a health plan | en español

A refund may be available: Is your small nonprofit (under 25 employees) eligible for a refund on the premiums it has paid for health insurance for employees? Learn about the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit

• One pager on the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit (National Council of Nonprofits)

For larger employers, even more changes will be effective starting in 2015: Employers with 50+ full time equivalents that do NOT offer health insurance coverage to their employees will be subject to penalties under the “shared employer responsibility” provisions of the ACA. To help your nonprofit and board members understand how the ACA will impact your nonprofit, the National Council of Nonprofits has developed these website resources:

• Key provisions of the ACA and how they affect charitable nonprofits, small and large.
• Frequently asked questions about how the ACA affects charitable nonprofits.

If you are in need of more resources please don't hesitate to contact us.

FIESTA: A FACULTY RECITAL CELEBRATING LATINO MUSIC @ SUU (CC: Oct 7)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2013 

Michael French

Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator

College of Performing & Visual Arts

Southern Utah University

435-865-8667

michaelfrench@suu.edu

Photo credit: Dr. Christian Bohnenstengel is among the faculty performers at SUU's Fiesta! Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Christian Bohnenstengel

FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: FIESTA: A FACULTY RECITAL CELEBRATING LATINO MUSIC

WHAT:             The rich harmonies and colors of Latin music will fill the air when SUU’s Department of Music presents Fiesta: A Faculty Recital Celebrating Latin Music. Join members of SUU’s Music faculty on Monday, October 7, 2013 starting at 7:30pm. Under the supervision of Dr. Lawrence Johnson, Associate Professor of Voice, the evening will feature faculty members collaborating on a variety of Latin instrumental and vocal selections.

WHO:               Southern Utah University, Department of Music

WHEN:             Monday, October 7, 2013

TIME:               7:30pm

WHERE:           Thorley Recital Hall, Music Building, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

PRICE:             Free and open to the public.

INFO:               www.suu.edu/arts or Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800

 SUU’S DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC OFFERS

“FIESTA: A FACULTY RECITAL CELEBRATING LATIN MUSIC”

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: The rich harmonies and colors of Latin music will fill the air when SUU’s Department of Music presents Fiesta: A Faculty Recital Celebrating Latin Music. Join members of SUU’s Music faculty on Monday, October 7, 2013 starting at 7:30pm. The performance will be at Thorley Recital Hall in SUU’s Music Building and the event is free and the general public is encouraged to attend.

Under the supervision of Dr. Lawrence Johnson, Associate Professor of Voice, the evening will feature faculty members collaborating on a variety of Latin instrumental and vocal selections. Dr. Christian Bohnenstengel and Dr. Willem van Schalkwyk will perform the piano duet "Romance sans paroles" by Carlos de Mesquita. Dr. Virginia Stitt, bassoon, Sarah Solberg, clarinet, and Hilary Stravros, oboe, will perform “Tango” and “Bolero” from Five Dances for Reed Trio. Soprano Carol Ann Modesitt, Professor and Director of Opera and Voice, soprano, will sing “La Maja y el Ruiseñor” from Goyescas by Enrique Granados (“The Spanish Lover and the Nightingale”), accompanied by Dr. van Schalkwyk on piano. Dr. Johnson, tenor, will sing "La Partida" by Fermin Maria Alvarez, accompanied by Tracey Bradshaw. Kind of Blue, the SUU Faculty Jazz Combo, will perform “Spain” by Chick Corea. The Combo features Dr. Thomas Herb on saxophone, Dr. Bohnenstengel on piano, Tyson Cazier on guitar, Gary Joe Howe on percussion and Jesse Maxwell on bass. Other performers scheduled to appear include Dr. Adam Lambert on trumpet, Dr. Lynn Vartan on percussion and soprano Jackie Jackson.         

According to Dr. Johnson, “Fiesta celebrates the rich cultural heritage of Latin music both popular and classical. This year’s faculty recital is so proud to be part of SUU’s celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month and there is no better way to commemorate the Hispanic community than with music.”

Fiesta is presented in association with the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery’s celebration and exhibit of renowned landscape artist Jim Jones, Jim Jones: The San Blas Years (September 12–November 9, 2013), SUU is hosting other unique events and workshops which center on Jones’ time in Mexico, and honor the culture and people that inspired the artist during this pivotal time in his career. All of these events are free and open to the public, and many present a special opportunity to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15, 2013). To get involved in these exciting events, or for more information, please visit: http://www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery/.

Fiesta promises to be a rich musical treat that is to be enjoyed and savored. Please attend this entertaining evening featuring SUU’s Department of Music faculty. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration and the Center for Shakespeare Studies. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.

NEWS: Downtown SLC Events

Downtown Farmers Market


Pioneer Park
Saturdays 8 AM - 2 PM
Tuesdays 4 PM - Dusk

This is the magical time of year when the summer harvest fills the Market and fall favorites start to appear. The deals are so good you won't believe your eyes.

Vegetables: beans, beets, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, celery, chard, chiles, cucumber, eggplant, garlic, herbs, kale, leeks, lettuce, onions, peppers, potatoes, radish, summer squash, tomatoes, winter squash and more

Fruit: grapes, pears, apples, peaches, melons, berries, nectarines, plums, raspberries, blackberries and more

Don't forget all the other farm-fresh goodies like eggs, cheese, beef, pork and lamb.

Visit slcfarmersmarket.org for a full vendor list.

Salt Lake AIDS Walk

Saturday, September 21st

Join the Salt Lake AIDS Walk at the Gallivan Center Plaza at 10am to help raise AIDS awareness and funds to support the Utah AIDS Foundation’s mission of preventing HIV infections, caring for and empowering people living with HIV/AIDS and eliminating HIV/AIDS Stigma. Registration and entertainment begins at 10:00 am, the walk starts at 11:00 am. For more information and to register for Free, visit www.saltlakeaidswalk.org.

Downtown Dine O' Round September 13 - 29 Enjoy three-course dinners for $15 or $30, plus two-item lunches for $5 or $10 at 45 particpating restaurants. Post your photo to facebook for a chance to win dinner for a year! Visit dineoround.com for a list of particpating locations and reservations. Wasatch Jazz Project Big Band Dancing Tuesdays in September 7:30 PM Dancing under the stars to the 19-piece Wasatch Jazz Project and other bands, weather permitting, at the Gallivan Center! These events start at 7:30pm and end between 9:30pm and 10:00pm. Led by Carol Steffens, The Wasatch Jazz Project brings great musicianship and a passion for great arrangements of tunes old and new to the Gallivan Center outdoor stage. Bring your dancing shoes and bring the kids. These events are free and promise to turn downtown Salt Lake City into an outdoor dancehall, complete with a dance floor in front of the stage. Visit excellenceconcerts.org/ for more info. Salt Lake Comedy Carnivale Through Saturday Sept. 21 Multiple venues provide laughs for the whole family. Visit slccomedycarnivale.comfor showtimes and tickets. Free Night Of Theatre October is the perfect time to discover the theatre.  Whether you have never seen live theater or you just want to try out a company you’ve never patronized, you can enter to win free tickets through Free Night of Theater. Instead of being restricted to selecting a theater performance on one night, now you will have a choice of performances throughout the whole month of October, providing many more patrons the opportunity to try something new and experience some of the finest theater performances the state has to offer! Find out how to get tickets at NowPlayingUtah.com

NEWS: Murray Events

Museum Day, September 28, 1-3 pm, Murray City Hall Museum

Celebrate Museum Day! will be held at the Murray Museum located at the south end of City Hall on Friday, September 28 from 1 to 3 pm. A reception at 1 pm will recognize seniors who participated in our oral history project, followed by live storytelling by these individuals in the museum.  Those attending will receive a free publication of their choice.

Murder Mayhem in Murray, October 26, 7:30 to 9:30 pm, Meet at Murray Mansion, 4872 S Poplar

Enjoy a unique Halloween activity recommended for ages 16 and older. Come listen to true murder and ghost stories related to Murray history in front of historic buildings in downtown Murray.  These stories will feature the first murder after Utah became a state involving Charles Thiede, the Rulon Allred polygamist murder story, the famous international story of Joe Hill, the final kidnapping attempt at Fashion Place Mall that broke the Ted Bundy case along with ghost stories related to the Cahoon Mansion.  Meet at the Murray Mansion located at 4872 South Poplar (one block west of State) to begin the tour that will cover a two block area on State Street between 4800 South and Vine.  A “grim guide” will direct tour groups to five locations.  Dress warm and bring your umbrella if it is inclement weather. We will try to stage storytelling under awnings where possible. Those attending will receive a free copy of The History Spotter’s Guide, a booklet describing the location and history of past and current historic buildings in downtown Murray.

Haunted Tales,  Monday, October 28 at 6:30 and 7:30 pm, Murray Library

Literary winners in grades 2-12 will be invited to share their stories at Murray’s Haunted Tales on Monday, October 28 at 6:30 or 7:30 pm at the Murray Library. 

Winter Community Art Pass on Sale

The 2013-14 art pass provides entrance to a variety of community and school performances. The season begins Saturday, October 19 at 7:30 pm featuring the Murray Symphony.  The season pass, featuring approximately 19 community and school productions, may be purchased at the Murray Parks Office for just $45 adults, $40 seniors, $25 students and children, and $125 for an immediate family/dependent children of up to 6.  Individual tickets may be purchased at the door only.  Prices vary for each show.

NEWS: Volunteer at Utah Humanities Council’s 16th Annual Book Festival!

If you love our annual book festival and have time to volunteer, we want you! We are looking for volunteers specifically for this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 28th & 29th at the Salt Lake City Public Library.



We'll be on Library Square with authors, music, vendors, family-friendly activities, poetry slamming, and food! In addition to the activities on the plaza, we’re hosting nearly forty events over the course of the two featuring over fifty authors of all kinds, from poets to novelists, from children’s authors to former governors.Volunteers will have a variety of responsibilities and will be treated to lunch and a t-shirt.



If you’re interested in volunteering, please contact Denver Olmstead at denvergolm@gmail.com or contact the Utah Humanities Council at 801.359.9670.

‘Just For Kids’ Craft Lake Artist Workshop, taught by CLC DIY Fest Alum Teen Artist, Hailey Stephens @ Cricut (SLC: Sept 26)

SALT LAKE CITY - Craft Lake City is excited to announce the first ‘Just For Kids’ workshop, taught by CLC DIY Fest Teen Artist, Hailey Stephens. Hailey will be teaching workshop participants how to create figurines out of Polymer Clay. The workshop is open to kids ages 8 to 14, and they will leave with their very own ‘Octo in the Suds’ figurine.

The workshop will be held at Discovery Gateway on Sept. 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. There is a $10 registration fee, and all materials will be provided. Parents can register their child at http://skl.sh/124lJFU.

Craft Lake City has created the Craft Lake Artist Workshop Series in an effort to not only support the handmade DIY community, but also educate and encourage others to get involved.

For more information or promotional materials, please contact: Angela Brown, Festival Director: 801.487.9221, angela@craftlakecity.com; Karamea Puriri, Marketing Manager: 801.487.9221, karamea@craftlakecity.com  

About Craft Lake City: Craft Lake City is a 501-C3 charitable organization. Craft Lake City’s mission is to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. In an effort to keep the community active, educated and aware of the local DIY culture, Craft Lake City hosts monthly workshops, gallery shows, fundraisers and an annual festival to promote regional spending with independent artisans and businesses. Craft Lake City was started in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, Editor and Publisher of SLUG Magazine, as a way to showcase Utah’s growing DIY community. The 2013 Craft Lake City DIY Festival featured over 200 artisans and exhibitors, and welcomed 30,000 attendees to the Gallivan Center on Aug. 9 and 10, 2013.

About Cricut: Cricut® is a world leader in personal electronic cutting machines that enable people to achieve their creative best. For 50 years, Cricut has sold tools that inspire creativity, including the Cricut electronic cutting machine, Cricut Craft Room® design software, and the Cricut Cuttlebug™ embosser and die cutter. Today, millions of people use Cricut products to create projects, and Cricut products have won dozens of industry awards. Visit www.cricut.com or call (800) 937-7686.

About Discovery Gateway: Discovery Gateway children’s museum is located in downtown Salt lake City at 444 West 100 South and is a contemporary discovery center that offers 60,000 square feet of interactive, hands-on fun. The engaging workshops, programs, and exhibits invite the whole family to create, learn and play together. It is the mission of Discovery Gateway to inspire children of all ages to imagine, discover, and connect with their world to make a difference. For information, please call (801) 456-5437.

free reading of MAD GRAVITY @ SLAC (SLC: Sept 30)

SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series presents a free reading of MAD GRAVITY by William Missouri Downs and directed by John Caywood on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 7:00pm. SLAC is thrilled to welcome Williams Missouri Downs back to the theatre after producing his play THE EXIT INTERVIEW last April. This one night event will feature a reading of this hysterical new play along with a question and answer session with the director, cast and the talented and engrossing Williams Missouri Downs. This creative, absurd play is the Winner of the 2013 Reva Shiner Comedy Award from the Bloomington Playwrights Project and a 2013 finalist at the Eugene O’Neill. The New Play Sounding Series is a part of SLAC’s outreach programming which provides an essential testing ground on which playwrights can see their work in progress and receive insightful feedback from the audience in a post-play discussion. We thank the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation for their support of this vital program.



MAD GRAVITY is a comedy about Archie and Eudora, two Dada performance artists who have built a theatre in their living room. Every night before a live audience they act out their lives. You’ve heard of reality television; think of it as reality theatre. They want to build a second experimental space in their kitchen but they just cannot take any more kitchen sink realism. Artaud would be proud of them.



This Theatre of Cruelty performance concerns their teenage daughter who wants to marry the son of Joe and Mary. All the parties involved have been invited to the house/theatre. But when the kids forget to tell Joe and Mary about the live audience all hell breaks lose.



Things go from bad to worse when they discover that a comet has been spotted in the night sky. There is a 50/50 chance it will hit the earth. Everyone, including the audience, may have only an hour to live. This forces the parents to stop arguing about insignificant things like marriage and start arguing about great philosophical questions of life: Is the comet a sign from God or is it just gravity?  And what the hell is performance art?



The one page second act (that’s right the second act is one page long) does something no play has ever attempted in the history of theatre - it lets the audience in on the meaning of life.



Playwright William Missouri Downs is a unique and creative talent and SLAC is excited to give Salt Lake City audiences the special opportunity to not only enjoy his hilarious play, but to also interact with Downs and learn more about him, the play and his creative process. This special free night of theatre is not to be missed.



THE PLAYWRIGHT:

WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS holds an MFA in acting from the University of Illinois and an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA. He was also trained in playwriting at the Circle Repertory Theatre in New York under Lanford Wilson and Milan Stitt. Since, he has authored over twenty plays, including INNOCENT THOUGHTS, the winner of the National Playwright's Award; JEWISH SPORTS HEROES AND TEXAS INTELLECTUALS, which took first place at the Mill Mountain Theatre's Festival Of New Plays; SEAGULLS IN A CHERRY TREE, the winner of the Larry Corse Prize for playwriting; KABUKI MEDEA, which won the Bay Area Critics Award for best production in San Francisco and the Jefferson Award for best production in Chicago; and THE EXIT INTERVIEW, the winner of the 2012-2013 rolling opening from the National New Play Network. Mr. Downs has had nearly 100 productions from New York to Singapore and from Israel to South Africa, including LORT theatres like the Kennedy Center and the Berkeley Rep. He is a full voting member of both the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America. While in Hollywood, Mr. Downs wrote for such NBC sitcoms as MY TWO DADS (starring Paul Reiser), AMEN (starring Sherman Hemsley), and THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIRE (starring Will Smith). He also won the Jack Nicholson Award for screenwriting and sold the movie EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE to Tri-star.



After many years in Manhattan and Hollywood, Mr. Downs now enjoys living in the wide-open spaces of Wyoming. As head of the playwriting program at the University of Wyoming, Bill has won over a dozen teaching and research awards. He also teaches in the Religious Studies Department. His favorite thing to do is to find ancient temples and theatres - this quest has taken him to Egypt, France, Turkey, England, Greece, Italy, and China. Additionally, Mr. Downs is also the author of a number of books including: THE ART OF THEATRE (Wadsworth) an introduction to theatre book used at over 100 universities, NAKED PLAYWRIGHTING (Silman/James) a popular writing guide, and SCREENPLAY: WRITING THE PICTURE (Silman/James), which is used at top film schools in the United States and Poland. Samuel French and Playscripts have also published several of his plays.



CAST:

Anne Louise Brings

Darrin Doman

Andra Harbold

Tracie Merrill

Zack Phifer

Holly Fowers - Reader



MAD GRAVITY

By Williams Missouri Downs

Directed by John Caywood



WHEN:        

Monday, September 30, 2013 at 7:00pm



WHERE:

Salt Lake Acting Company

168 West 500 North, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84103

Box Office: 801-363-7522

Open 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Mon – Fri

www.saltlakeactingcompany.org



SLAC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 professional theatre founded in 1970 and is dedicated to producing, commissioning and developing new works and to supporting a community of professional artists.  SLAC has been nationally recognized by the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Edgerton Foundation, among others. SLAC operates under a STP Actors Equity Association contract. SLAC is a Constituent Member of Theatre Communications Group, a national organization for non-profit professional regional theatres, and the National New Play Network.

Lucy Raven @ CUAC (SLC: Sept 25)

As part of The Second Lore, CUAC is pleased to present: Lucy Raven  China Town TRT 51:30 min  Photographic animation  2009 Wednesday September 25 at 8pm at the downtown Salt Lake Public Library auditorium. China Town traces copper mining and production from an open pit mine in Nevada to a smelter in China, where the semi-processed ore is sent to be smelted and refined. Considering what it actually means to “be wired” and in turn, to be connected, in today’s global economic system, the video follows the detailed production process that transforms raw ore into copper wire—in this case, the literal digging of a hole to China—and the generation of waste and of power that grows in both countries as byproduct.  The video uses an experimental edit structure, composed entirely of animated sequences of digital still photographs and ambient sound recorded on location. Thousands of individual images with varying frame rates are combined in a granular, accumulative narrative, that structurally echoes the many discrete processes, human efforts, and geographic locations that go into copper mining and commodity production.  Many of the laborers who worked on mines throughout Utah and Nevada in the late 1880s were Chinese immigrants—a population who was also involved in construction of the transcontinental railroad, which connected just north of Salt Lake City in Ogden, Utah, igniting mining activity in both states. The area where the workers lived on the mining site was called Chinatown. Today, the historic mining town of Ruth, which still sits at the base of the mine and most of whose population of several hundred works there, is another sort of China town: sending their ore overseas as China’s rapid industrialization and urbanization demands a growing amount of raw materials from around the world. China Town follows the contemporary recycling of the American landscape and industrial economy into raw mineral wealth for a developing nation.

NEWS: Red Rock Rondo: Zion Canyon Song Cycle

Hello friends,

If you stay up late this Saturday night, at 2am (technically on Sunday, Sept. 29) KUEN (Channel 9) will broadcast our complete TV feature, Red Rock Rondo: Zion Canyon Song Cycle.

This is the 60 minute program produced by Western Folklife Center and KUED that won two regional Emmy Awards, for Best Arts Entertainment Program and Best Musical Composition.

Many of you have seen the excerpts kindly broadcast over the past few years by KUED, but here's your chance to see the complete program, which includes ten songs. It tells the stories behind our songs in beautiful cinematography.

Other news: a fine photographer, Lex Anderson, took a bunch of great photos of us at our last two concerts. They include performance shots of the Romneys and Leon Lewis. You can take a look at them at his website: http://lexanderson.smugmug.com/music

And here are some interesting items about Red Rock Rondo members:

• Phillip Bimstein was featured last weekend in the Salt Lake Tribune, along with a GREAT picture of Piximon, one of his musical cats! It's all in "Composer's life more than just creating art."

• Charlotte Bell has opened up a wonderful new yoga studio, Mindful Yoga Collective, and it's featured in a Salt Lake Tribune story, "The great yoga debate."

• Harold Carr plays with the Mark Chaney Trio: 9/25 & 10/14, 7-10pm at Gracie's, and every Thursday 8-11pm at the Garage. Plus he plays with Good Grass, 10/6, 6-9pm, at Gracie's.

• Hal Cannon plays with 3hatstrio 9/28 at 4pm at the Zion Canyon Music Festival in Springdale.

• Kate MacLeod plays a free concert featuring book-inspired songs from her new album 9/29, 4:30pm at the downtown Salt Lake City Library for the  Utah Humanties Council Book Festival.

• Flavia Cervino-Wood now teaches classical, folk and improvisation on the violin at
Wasatch Music Coaching Academy.

CHILDREN EXPLORE CREATIVITY @ SUU’s Department of Theatre Arts & Dance (CC: Oct 12)

WHAT:              Youngsters can explore and experience the joys of creating art and movement in Arts*Lab, an exhilarating series of workshops created by the College of Performing and Visual Arts at Southern Utah University.

WHO:               Southern Utah University’s College of Performing & Visual Arts

WHEN:             Saturday, October 12, 2013
TIME:               noon-4pm

WHERE:           Gym, Multipurpose Center, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

INFO:               Phone: 435-865-8024 or www.suu.edu/pva/ta

PRICE:             Free and open to all youngsters, ages 3-11
CHILDREN EXPLORE CREATIVITY IN SUU’S “ARTS*LAB”

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2013



Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: The performing and visual arts come alive for youngsters when SUU’s Department of Theatre Arts & Dance continues its free arts classes Arts*Lab. The popular program which includes workshops in theatre, visual arts and creative movement returns on Saturday, October 12, 2013. Pre-school and elementary age children are invited to participate in the various classes and interactive workshops offered from noon until 4pm in the university’s Multi-Purpose Center. The sessions are free and open to youngsters in the community.

Under the supervision of SUU Faculty Denise Purvis, Alisa Petersen and Michael Bahr, the workshops have been created for children ages 3 to 11. Due to the overwhelming popularity of this program, parents are encouraged to go directly to the SUU website at http://suu.edu/pva/ta/ for complete class information, details and registration. All classes are free but space is limited. If you have any questions, please contact Denise Purvis at 435-865-8024.

During its inaugural season in 2012-2012, Arts*Lab enthralled hundreds of children who enjoyed the creative engagement through the arts. According to Denise Purvis, SUU Assistant Professor of Dance and co-creator of Arts*Lab,  “these workshops give children a joyful and non-competitive experience with creative art, while helping our future educators develop skills and see new possibilities in arts education. Everyone who participates in Arts*Lab, whether as teacher or student, receives valuable experience while having lots of fun.”

Don’t let your youngster miss out on this incredible and creative experience.    

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration and the new Shakespeare Studies Center. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.

KATE MAURY, CERAMICIST @ ART INSIGHTS (CC: Oct 3)

WHAT:              A master of ceramic arts, Kate Maury is both an artist and educator whose creations have brought her international acclaim. This gifted artisan shares her craft when she appears at Art Insights, SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series.

WHO:               Art Insights, Southern Utah University, Department of Art and Design

WHEN:             Art Insights: Thu, Oct. 3, 2013; Workshop: Thu & Fri, Oct. 3 & 4, 2013

TIME:               Art Insights: 7:00pm; Workshop: 9am-noon & 1-4pm
WHERE:           Art Insights: SUU’s Gilbert Great Hall, Hunter Conference Center, Cedar City, UT / Workshops: SUU’s Centrum Arena, Room CN203

TICKETS:         Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts

PRICES:           Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.


SUU’S ART INSIGHTS TO FEATURE KATE MAURY, CERAMICIST

OCTOBER 3, 2013



Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: A master of ceramic arts, Kate Maury is both an artist and educator whose creations have brought her international acclaim. This gifted artisan shares her craft when she appears at Art Insights, SUU’s Department of Art and Design’s weekly lecture series, on Thursday, October 3, 2013. The lecture begins at 7:00pm in the Gilbert Great Hall, located in SUU’s Hunter Conference Center on the second floor. Admission is free and the general public is encouraged to attend. In addition, Ms. Maury will be holding a free hands-on workshop on October 3rd and 4th.

Kate Maury received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kansas City Art Institute and a Master of Fine Art from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Currently she resides in St. Paul, Minnesota and teaches full-time as a Professor in the School of Art and Design at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.


Maury’s work has been featured in both juried and invitational shows at regional, national and international venues. In addition her work is published in contemporary ceramic art books such as Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface by Robin Hopper, 500 Bowls, Lark Books, The Art of Contemporary American Pottery by Kevin Hluch, and High-Fire Glazes by Lark Books. She has taken part in two residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation and awarded a grant from Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute to serve as Ambassador to Jingdezhen, China in the 1000 Years Celebration of Porcelain Conference and taken part in their residency program.


Most recently Kate Maury completed a residency at the International Ceramics School in Kecskemet, Hungary. One of her great interests is folk art and she has traveled extensively throughout India and China documenting local artistic practices in pottery and textiles that are integral to the cottage industries.


On Thursday and Friday, October 3rd and 4th, Kate Maury will be presenting a hands-on workshop that is free and open to the public. During the workshops, Kate will be demonstrating her textured slab techniques and will create detailed hand built pieces as well as beautifully thrown functional work in porcelain clay. The workshop will be held 9am-noon and 1-4pm in SUU’s Centrum Arena Building in room CN203.


Art Insights is a weekly program hosted during the fall and spring semesters by SUU’s Art and Design faculty. Students and community members meet weekly to experience presentations and discussions by visiting artists and art educators from around the nation who share their work, insights, and attend gallery openings. Admission is free, and the general public is invited to attend.

Learn more the art of ceramicist Kate Maury by attending her Art Insights presentation. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a Center for Shakespeare Studies and a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. The Center for Shakespeare Studies offers a minor in Shakespeare Studies. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.

NEWS: SUU’S COLLEGE OF PERFORMING & VISUAL ARTS OFFERS MONEY-SAVING SUBSCRIPTIONS AND NEW “FLEXIBLE PASS” FOR 2013-2014 SEASON

Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Great entertainment can be yours for a value price via SUU’s College of Performing & Visual Arts (CPVA). There are seven attractions in both the Theatre Arts & Dance and Music Masterworks Series and a single subscription to each series is only $38.50 (regularly $70). Another value offer is a brand new CPVA Flex Pass which provides six admissions to either Theatre Arts & Dance or Music Masterworks events. The unique aspect of the Flex Pass is that is can be used in any variation from a single entrance to one event to using all six entrances (six people) for a single event. The Flex Pass is a great entertainment bargain for only $35.00 per Pass (regularly $60).  

The 2013-2014 Theatre Arts & Dance Series kicks off with an innovative production of William Shakespeare’s beloved romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. The series includes the holiday favorite Peter Sham and Brad Carroll’s A Christmas Carol on the Air featuring Fred C. Adams as “Scrooge,” Bat Boy The Musical (Content Advisory: mature themes and language), and in rotating repertory the romantic musicalThe Fantasticks! and Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners, An Ideal Husband. This series also includes two breath-taking dance concerts Breaking Bounds: Student Dance Concert and Journeys: Faculty Dance Concert.  

There is music in the air throughout the year at SUU with the popular Music Masterworks series. This seven attraction series includes an Autumn Choir Concert, an Autumn Wind Symphony Concert, the ever-popular Holiday Choir and Wind Symphony Concert, SUU Jazz Band performing with guest artist trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, SUU Opera, a Spring Symphony Orchestra and Choir Concert and a Spring Wind Symphony Concert.

Single ticket prices for both Theatre Arts & Dance and Music Masterworks series events are: $10 General Admission; $8 SUU Faculty/Staff, $5 Youth and free for SUU students with a valid ID. The money-saving season subscriptions are available for either the Theatre Arts & Dance Series and/or the Music Masterworks Series (each of which includes seven events) at $38.50. The new pricing option of the CPVA Flex Pass, offering six admissions to any theatre, dance or music event, is available at $35 per Pass.

For tickets, subscriptions, or the Flex Pass, call the SUU Ticket Office at (435) 586-7872, Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm, or purchase in person at the Centrum Arena box office. The Flex Pass may also be purchased at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery (Tue-Sat, noon-7pm) and at SUUs South Hall, 101B, Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm), and at the door of Theatre Arts & Dance events. Single tickets may be purchased online atwww.suu.edu/pva/arts. For exact dates times of all performances, please visit http://www.suu.edu/pva/arts/ for a link to our season brochure.  

ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration and the new Center for Shakespeare Studies. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.

NEWS: GREENbike: SLC’s BIKE SHARE, TO OFFER FREE DAY SEPT 24

September 20, 2013 (Salt Lake City) –  GREENbike, Salt Lake City’s non-profit bike share program will provide a free day on September 24. The free 24-hour membership to sample GREENbike can be redeemed using the code 123 at any of the 12 downtown stations. Users will still be responsible for usage fees and any damages.



 “We’re seeing unprecedented usage for a system our size. Every GREENbike has been used 350 times since April. Our numbers are higher than larger cities with expansive bike share programs,” said Ben Bolte, GREENbike Director.  “We want downtown workers to use bike share because it’s practical. It’s faster than driving or walking downtown. Going to meetings, lunch with coworkers, or just a couple rides around the block to clear those mid-day cobwebs.”



Salt Lake City’s bike share program was launched in April 2013 with title sponsor Select Health, in partnership with Visit Salt Lake, UTA, Salt Lake City, Redevelopment Agency of SLC and numerous other sponsors. The initial launch included 55 bicycles and ten stations. Due to strong membership sales and user demand, two more stations were added in July, as well as 20 additional bikes. The program is set to expand again next spring.



Bike share programs make high-quality bicycles available in an urban setting for riders to get from point A to point B. Bikes are docked at stations that instantly make them available for other members instead of being chained or tucked away in an office. Shared bikes are either being ridden or are available for someone else. The system benefits visitors, commuters and residents in the downtown area acting as an enhancement to mass transit, such as TRAX and FrontRunner.



Bike share systems are not rentals. Instead the program works through membership that ranges from $5 for 24-hour access to $75 for a year. Bike share allows a member to take any bike from any station, as many times as you want, for 30 minutes at a time for no additional charge. The farthest distance between any two stations is well under a 30 minute trip.  An added benefit is that once the bike is docked at the station, the user is no longer responsible for it: eliminating the need to remember a lock or worry about maintenance. For a limited time, annual members receive a custom “I Bike SLC” helmet with their membership purchase.



More info available at:



www.GreenBikeSLC.org

www.facebook.com/SLCBikeShare

Opening of Urban Gallery VI: Drawn Together @ UMOCA and Neighborhood House (SLC: Sept 20)

I hope your day is going well!



I want to invite you to the Neighborhood House this Friday during Gallery Stroll (6-9 PM) to see the opening of Urban Gallery VI: Drawn Together. UMOCA and Neighborhood House partnered to bring community art to the West side by choosing eight imaginative children’s drawings  and pairing them with a professional artist to create paintings on the exterior of the building.



Our goal is to create something children and parents can be proud of as well as giving a handful of our many talented local artists an opportunity to work on a large scale. With the prominent location just off the street, Neighborhood House and UMOCA also hope to lighten the reputation of the west side.



Opening of Urban Gallery VI: Drawn Together

Friday, SEP 20th from 6-9 PM

Come vote for your favorite artist! The winner is announced at 8PM and given an award.



Thanks, I hope to see you there!

Tablado Flamenco @ RDT's Ring Around the Rose (SLC: Oct 12)

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The talented Flamenco artists from Tablado Dance Company will grace the stage of Ring Around the Rose on October 12, 2013. As always, the show will be interactive and "wiggle-friendly" for audiences ages 2-102. Featuring both dancers and a live band, Tablado Dance Company will present an up close and personal view of this incredible art form.

Founded in 2001 and directed by Solange Gomes (main dancer, artistic director and choreographer), Tablado Dance Company is dedicated to sharing its passion for the dance, music and culture of Spain and is known for maintaining the ethnic richness of flamenco. The company combines the vigor and passion of a traditional Flamenco with the vitality of the modern style through unique arrangements made by the authentic ‘cuadro flamenco’. Tablado’s concerts blend aesthetics, meld genres, and connect to your heart.

Flamenco is a musical phenomenon that, in spite of its popular roots, survived different periods and trends, and transcends borders and nationalities. It is a living art which has drawn on all kinds of different musical trends without losing its own personality. An art for where the audience participates in an emotional and heartfelt manner.

In this interactive show children will gain cultural insights, Spanish language vocabulary in support of Flamenco learning and learn some flamenco dance techniques for footwork, arms, posture and movements in addition to songs, claps and rhythms with the luxury of a live band.

Who: Tablado Dance Company
What: Ring Around the Rose
When: Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 11:00 am
Where: Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101)
How: $5 tickets available through ArtTix (www.arttix.org, 801-355-ARTS, or at the box office)

The Art and History of Mexico, a Great Country @ Artes de Mexico en Utah (WVC: Sept 19)

Contact:          Aaron Crim, Public Relations Director, (801) 963-3466 (media use only)

                        Susan Klinker, Program and Development Director, (801) 965-5101

The Art and History of Mexico, a Great Country

WHAT:           A free Art-Talk class for children and adults to experience the art and history of Mexico, presented in Spanish with English interpreting available.

           

WHEN:           Oct 9: The Olmecs, Mayas and Aztec

                        Nov 13: The Conquest to Cinco de Mayo

                        Jan 15: The Mexican Revolution

                        Feb 12: The Muralists and Mexican Identity

                        March 12: Pablo O’Higgins and Death of Realism

                        All classes begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m.

WHERE:         Utah Cultural Celebration Center

                        1355 West 3100 South

                                                                       

WHO:              Everyone is invited to the Art-Talk classes FREE of charge.

WHY:              In partnership with Artes de Mexico en Utah, the Utah Cultural Celebration Center is pleased to present five classes inspecting the great art and history of Mexico. Classes are presented in Spanish, with English interpretation available, and are free to the public. Both children and adults are welcome; beverages and snacks will be served.

For more information about this and other exhibits or events at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, please call 801-965-5100 or visit www.culturalcelebration.org, ‘like’ us on facebook atfacebook.com/CulturalCelebration or follow us on twitter @WVCUCCC.

These classes are presented by Artes de Mexico en Utah in partnership with the UCCC and supported by ZAP, the University of Utah Latin American Studies, the Consulate of Mexico in Salt Lake City, El Semanal and Wells Fargo. 

Bon Voyage Concert @ Salt Lake Chira Artists (Sandy: Oct 3)

Salt Lake Vocal Artrists Bon Voyage Concert

“Japan: Land of the Rising Sun”

Waterford School Concert Hall, 1480 East 9400 South, Sandy

Thursday, October 3, 2013, 7:30 pm

Ticket Purchase: http://www.saltlakechoralartists.org/concerts_events

Mad Gravity @ SLC Acting Company (9/30 SLC)

PLAYWRIGHT WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS COMING TO SALT LAKE CITY FOR

SALT LAKE ACTING COMPANY’S NEW PLAY SOUNDING SERIES READING OF

THE HILARIOUS MAD GRAVITY 

SLAC’s New Play Sounding Series presents a free reading of MAD GRAVITY by William Missouri Downs and directed by John Caywood on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 7:00pm. SLAC is thrilled to welcome Williams Missouri Downs back to the theatre after producing his play THE EXIT INTERVIEW last April. This one night event will feature a reading of this hysterical new play along with a question and answer session with the director, cast and the talented and engrossing Williams Missouri Downs. This creative, absurd play is the Winner of the 2013 Reva Shiner Comedy Award from the Bloomington Playwrights Project and a 2013 finalist at the Eugene O’Neill. The New Play Sounding Series is a part of SLAC’s outreach programming which provides an essential testing ground on which playwrights can see their work in progress and receive insightful feedback from the audience in a post-play discussion. We thank the Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation for their support of this vital program.

MAD GRAVITY is a comedy about Archie and Eudora, two Dada performance artists who have built a theatre in their living room. Every night before a live audience they act out their lives. You’ve heard of reality television; think of it as reality theatre. They want to build a second experimental space in their kitchen but they just cannot take any more kitchen sink realism. Artaud would be proud of them.

This Theatre of Cruelty performance concerns their teenage daughter who wants to marry the son of Joe and Mary. All the parties involved have been invited to the house/theatre. But when the kids forget to tell Joe and Mary about the live audience all hell breaks lose.

Things go from bad to worse when they discover that a comet has been spotted in the night sky. There is a 50/50 chance it will hit the earth. Everyone, including the audience, may have only an hour to live. This forces the parents to stop arguing about insignificant things like marriage and start arguing about great philosophical questions of life: Is the comet a sign from God or is it just gravity?  And what the hell is performance art?

The one page second act (that’s right the second act is one page long) does something no play has ever attempted in the history of theatre - it lets the audience in on the meaning of life.

Playwright William Missouri Downs is a unique and creative talent and SLAC is excited to give Salt Lake City audiences the special opportunity to not only enjoy his hilarious play, but to also interact with Downs and learn more about him, the play and his creative process. This special free night of theatre is not to be missed.

THE PLAYWRIGHT:

WILLIAM MISSOURI DOWNS holds an MFA in acting from the University of Illinois and an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA. He was also trained in playwriting at the Circle Repertory Theatre in New York under Lanford Wilson and Milan Stitt. Since, he has authored over twenty plays, including INNOCENT THOUGHTS, the winner of the National Playwright's Award; JEWISH SPORTS HEROES AND TEXAS INTELLECTUALS, which took first place at the Mill Mountain Theatre's Festival Of New Plays; SEAGULLS IN A CHERRY TREE, the winner of the Larry Corse Prize for playwriting; KABUKI MEDEA, which won the Bay Area Critics Award for best production in San Francisco and the Jefferson Award for best production in Chicago; and THE EXIT INTERVIEW, the winner of the 2012-2013 rolling opening from the National New Play Network. Mr. Downs has had nearly 100 productions from New York to Singapore and from Israel to South Africa, including LORT theatres like the Kennedy Center and the Berkeley Rep. He is a full voting member of both the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America. While in Hollywood, Mr. Downs wrote for such NBC sitcoms as MY TWO DADS (starring Paul Reiser), AMEN (starring Sherman Hemsley), and THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIRE (starring Will Smith). He also won the Jack Nicholson Award for screenwriting and sold the movie EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE to Tri-star.

After many years in Manhattan and Hollywood, Mr. Downs now enjoys living in the wide-open spaces of Wyoming. As head of the playwriting program at the University of Wyoming, Bill has won over a dozen teaching and research awards. He also teaches in the Religious Studies Department. His favorite thing to do is to find ancient temples and theatres - this quest has taken him to Egypt, France, Turkey,England, Greece, Italy, and China. Additionally, Mr. Downs is also the author of a number of books including: THE ART OF THEATRE (Wadsworth) an introduction to theatre book used at over 100 universities, NAKED PLAYWRIGHTING (Silman/James) a popular writing guide, and SCREENPLAY: WRITING THE PICTURE (Silman/James), which is used at top film schools in the United States and Poland. Samuel French and Playscripts have also published several of his plays.

CAST:

Anne Louise Brings

Darrin Doman

Andra Harbold

Tracie Merrill

Zack Phifer

Holly Fowers - Reader

MAD GRAVITY

By Williams Missouri Downs

Directed by John Caywood

WHEN:          

Monday, September 30, 2013 at 7:00pm

WHERE:

Salt Lake Acting Company

168 West 500 North, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84103

Box Office: 801-363-7522

Open 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Mon – Fri

www.saltlakeactingcompany.org

SLAC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 professional theatre founded in 1970 and is dedicated to producing, commissioning and developing new works and to supporting a community of professional artists.  SLAC has been nationally recognized by the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Edgerton Foundation, among others. SLAC operates under a STP Actors Equity Association contract. SLAC is a Constituent Member of Theatre Communications Group, a national organization for non-profit professional regional theatres, and the National New Play Network.