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Monday, February 7, 2011

Junction City Big Band Dance @ WSU (Ogden: Feb 12)

Gotta Dance!
Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts
What: Junction City Big Band Dance
When: Saturday, 12 February, 7:15 lessons; 8:30 dance downbeat
Where: Ballroom, Shepherd Union Building
Cost: $1/lesson • $5/dancing

The sixteen piece Junction City Big Band, directed by Dr. Earl Ericksen, presents a WSU Saturday Dance Date, February 12, in the Shepherd Union Building Ballroom. Downbeat is at 8:30 p.m. but for those who need it, professional dance instruction by Margene Anderson will be offered at 7:15 Tickets are $1 for lessons and $7 per person.

An intermission floorshow will provide entertainment while dancers have a chance to catch their breath and enjoy some light refreshments. The Ovations from Morgan HS under the direction of Marcie May will perform with the band. Also, at 10 pm, the Davis High School Moonlight Singers will perform. Expect to hear some Big Band versions of famous songs for lovers at this dance. Bring your special Valentine and see what happens!

The band was organized in 1987 under the direction of Dr. K. Earl Ericksen, then chair of the Weber State Department of Performing Arts. The Swing Era style dance band was formed specifically to give local musicians with big band experience an opportunity to continue playing for personal enjoyment as well as for community functions. Donating their time and musical skills, they have helped to keep the community “jumpin’” with the music of Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sammy Kay, Freddie Martin, Harry James and other great swing era sounds.

Lessons will begin promptly at 7:15. No one will be admitted to the lessons after that time so please make plans to come early and be included in this fun and fantastic experience. Dance downbeat at 8:30 p.m. Best dress is recommended, which includes shirt and tie for men.

For more information about the band, contact Dr. Ericksen at 876-3009.

Joe McQueen @ Jazz at the Station (Ogden: Feb 9)

McQueen, King of the Sax

Who: Weber State University Department of Performing Arts and Ogden’s Union Station
What: Jazz at the Station with Joe McQueen and Friends
When: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 • 7:00 pm
Where: Grand Lobby, Union Station, 2501 Wall Avenue in Ogden

Jazz at the Station, a monthly program designed to give local jazz fans and performers an opportunity to meet and enjoy jazz, presents Joe McQueen, saxophone; and friends: Don Keipp, percussion; Steve Keen, keyboard; Lars Yorgason, bass. Wednesday, February 9, at 7:30 pm in the Grand Lobby of Ogden’s Union Station. This is a free performance. Well-behaved children are welcome.

McQueen was born in 1919 and has been playing jazz since he was sixteen. He has been an important part of local jazz since 1945, when he arrived in Ogden with a band that dissolved when its leader gambled away the troupe’s earnings en route from Las Vegas. McQueen reorganized the band and stayed in Ogden. He has played with jazz luminaries such as Charlie Parker, Chet Baker, Lester Young, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie, to name a few.

Jazz at the Station provides an all-ages venue for jazz fans and students. Well behaved children are welcome to attend as long as they do not disturb the performers or members of the audience.

For more information about this program, contact Caril Jennings, 626-6431 or crjennings@weber.edu

Interfaith Week @ Weber Couty Libraries (Ogden: Feb 6 - 12)

C O U R T E S Y R E L E A S E

Increasing Harmony and Understanding in Our Communities

WHO: Weber County Libraries and Weber State University Center for Diversity and Unity
WHAT: Interfaith Week: Many Faiths–One Family
Increasing Harmony and Understanding in Our Communities
WHERE: WSU and Weber County Library locations
WHEN: February 6 – 12

Weber County Libraries, Weber State University Center for Diversity and Unity and Ogden Interfaith Works present Interfaith Week: Many Faiths–One Family; Increasing Harmony and Understanding in Our Communities; February 6 – 12. Ogden Interfaith Works is an association of religious, social action, and community organizations within the Greater Ogden area that meets regularly to share ideas and support social action within the community. This year's Interfaith Week events include music. film, a book discussion and activities for children. Scheduled events:

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 5:00 P.M. • Weber State University Shepherd Union Ballroom
Opening Event “Interfaith Musical Tribute”: Listen to selections from many local choirs and other local talent, highlighting the diversity in the Ogden area. Please plan to attend this evening of song and celebration!

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 7:00 P.M. • Pleasant Valley Branch, Black Box Theater
FILM: "Eve and the Fire Horse" (PG), the feature film debut of Sundance short films vet Julia Kwan, is a magical, elegiac view of life, death and religion as seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old Chinese girl living in Canada in the 1970s.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 7:00 P.M. • Pleasant Valley Branch, Black Box Theater
FILM: Ocean of Pearls (PG-13) As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, Amrit Singh sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a tradition he’s maintained his whole life and cuts his hair. When his compromises result in the death of a patient, Amrit begins to reexamine the value of the religious traditions he’d turned his back on.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 7:00 P.M. • Main Library, Auditorium
Book Discussion at the Main Library Facilitated by Brian and Debbie Davis
"THE FAITH CLUB: A MUSLIM, A CHRISTIAN, A JEW - THREE WOMEN SEARCHING FOR UNDERSTANDING" By Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, Priscilla Warner,The Faith Club was started when Ranya Idliby, an American Muslim of Palestinian descent, recruited Suzanne Oliver, a Christian, and Priscilla Warner, a Jew, to write a children’s book about their three religions. Books available for checkout at the Main Library.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 7:00 P.M. • Pleasant Valley Branch, Black Box Theater
The Men’s Choir from the Second Baptist Church will spend an inspirational evening explaining, listening, and inviting all to join them in singing gospel music.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1:00 P.M. • Pleasant Valley Branch, Activity Center
Faiths Around the World: Bring your children to participate in a fun-filled afternoon to learn about faiths around the world and experience their many expressions. Stories, crafts, and refreshments will be provided.

For more information about Interfaith Week, contact Nancy Nightingale, interfaithgrace@gmail.com

1st Ever Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children & Youth @ SLC Film Center (SLC: April 1 - 3)

For immediate release
Contact: Levi Elder

801.746.7000 – lelder@slcfilmcenter.org


SLC FILM CENTER PRESENTS INAUGURAL TUMBLEWEEDS FILM FESTIVAL

Film Festival for Children and Youth to Run April 1-3

Salt Lake City, UT - From April 1-3, 2011, the SLC Film Center presents the inaugural Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and Youth – the only film festival of it’s kind in the intermountain west. The annual festival feature a jam-packed program of feature length and short films from around the world films for children and youth ages 4-14. All films presented at Tumbleweeds will be screened in their original language with foreign language films presented with English subtitles that will be read aloud by a “subtitle reader” during the screening. In addition to film screenings, the Film Center is partnering with Spy Hop Productions to present workshops designed to introduce participants to different aspects of filmmaking. The full festival line-up and program will be announced in early March.

For more information about the festival program and how to attend, visit www.kidsfilm.org - where you can also sign up for our newsletter, follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook page.

Major funding for the Tumbleweeds Film Festival has been provided by The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Art Works for Kids!, The Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation, and EBay, Inc.

SLC Film Center brings the world of film to local audiences through free community screenings and discussions, outreach programs, and visiting artists and professionals. Emphasizing social content and artistic excellence, we present the best documentary, independent, and dramatic cinema year-round. We collaborate with various educational and community organizations to promote a diversity of ideas, to provide forums for underrepresented groups, and to develop new audiences for film.

The SLC Film Center and its programs are made possible largely by funding from: The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Swartz Foundation, Zions Bank, and Zoo, Arts and Parks.
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"Well" @ Pygmalion Theatre (SLC: Feb 24 - March 12)

CONTACT:
Fran Pruyn
Pygmalion Theatre Company
Ph: 801-971-4362
fran@crsa-us.com
www.pygmalionproductions.org
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pygmalion Theatre Company presents “Well” by Lisa Kron
 
Salt Lake City, Utah – January 29, 2011: Pygmalion Productions presents the Salt Lake City premiere of “Well” by Lisa Kron, February 24 through March, 12 at the Rose Wagner Theatre.
 
The recipient of two Tony Award nominations, “Well” is a comedic narrative that plays with theatrical conventions as it explores big themes: mothers and daughters, wellness and will, racism and community health, and more. 
 
“Well” stars two brilliant Utah actresses, Cheryl Gaysunas Williams as the playwright Lisa Kron, and Anne Cullimore Decker as her mother, Jane. The playwright places herself on stage with her mother along with a chorus of four actors. To the delight of the audience, mother Jane and the chorus continually subvert Kron’s plans and intentions for the play, sometimes breaking out of character, challenging her assumptions about her own biographical narrative and forcing her to react to ideas and motives she has not considered.
 

Ben Brantley of The New York Times said,

            “Well” turns out to be about the mystery of human personalities, even and especially those of the people you think you know intimately…

 

What makes "Well" much more than a clever, deconstructed theatrical riff is the way it keeps surprising itself with glimpses of an emotional depth, both murky and luminous, that goes beyond any tidy narrative….

 

Now that Spalding Gray is gone, Ms. Kron may well be the best stand-up memoirist of the American theater. She has an inspired gift for spinning the depths of personal mortification into high-flying comedy, a trait in evidence a decade ago in her "101 Humiliating Stories" and still alive and kicking in “Well.”

 

Directed by Jason Bowcutt, “Well” also features Betsy West, Carnell Cummings, Jesse Peery, and Dee Dee Darby Duffin.  Duffin returns to the Pygmalion stage after her widely acclaimed performance last year as Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.”

 

All shows at the Rose Wagner Center for the Arts - 138 W. Broadway. Tickets are available through ArtTix 801-355-ARTS.
 
Pygmalion Theatre Company produces plays that reflect concerns, issues and experiences shared by women, with three shows each season: Fall, Winter and Spring.
 
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Charette @ Repertory Dance Theatre (SLC: Feb 12)

RDT Announces Charette
February 12, 2011 - 7:30pm
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center
Jeanné Wagner Theatre - 138 W Broadway



Charette | February 12, 2011 | Jeanné Wagner Theatre | 7:30 pm

RDT's annual choreographer competition and fundraiser; a night of delectable refreshments, raucous bribing, and witty choreography.

The Emcee- Ken Verdoia

The Choreographers: This year in honor of RDT's 45th Anniversary all choreographers are RDT Alumni
(*years with company)

Michael Kelly Bruce (1974-1981*)
Kim Strunk (1984-1996*)
Angela Banchero-Kelleher (1985-1992; 1998-2007*)
Brent Schneider (1989-1994*)
Todd Allen (1993-1999*)

The Judges

Mayor Ralph Becker
Janet Gray
Scott Iwasaki
Jim Bradley
Sterling Poulson (weather permitting)

The Dancers

Ashley Mott, Christina Taylor, Fiona Nelson, Krista Di Lello, Heather Nielsen, Emily Bokinskie, Melanie Ewell, Chloe Langley, Bethany Hansen, Erica Womack, Josie Patterson, Carly Anderson, Nathan Shaw, M. Colleen Hoelscher, Rosy Goodman, Aaron Wood, Christopher Peddecord, Sarah Donohue, Chara Huckins-Malaret, Toni Lugo, Tami Whatcott, PattiJo Hopes, Monica Cambell, Samantha Rodarte, Jazlyn Nielsen, Aleisha Paspuel, Jocelyn Waite, Alyssa Richardson, Henry Sanchez,Stephanie Golden, Rainey Thompson, Tawna Halbert, Aiko Johnson

The Sponsoring Contributors:

Parsons, Behle & Latimer
Salt Palace Convention Center
Southern Odom Spirits West
George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
Emma Eccles Jones Foundation
Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks Program
Utah Arts Council
National Endowment for the Arts
Salt Lake City Arts Council

Desserts By:

Dolcetti Gelato
Gastronomy
Great Harvest
Old Mill Clubhouse
Squatters
Utah Food Services
Bluestar Juice Bar

Care and Feeding of Charette Dancers:

California Pizza Kitchen


For more information visit rdtutah.org

Cynthia Yeo
RDT Marketing Director
801-534-1000
cynthia@rdtutah.org
High resolution images available upon request.

The Art of Grantwriting Worshops (Statewide: Feb 3 - April 7)

WHAT: The Utah Division of Arts & Museums is offering a one-day grantwriting workshop in 6 locations for arts & cultural organizations. This is your opportunity to learn more about the grantwriting process and keys to writing a more compelling grant. In addition, the workshop will focus on the Division of Arts & Museums' grant resources and panel review criteria. This workshop is free to arts & cultural organizations but requires a registration RSVP. RSVP to aboulton@utah.gov or 801.236.7546

WHEN & WHERE: 8:30 AM -- 4:00 PM (hour break for lunch)

Thurs FEB 3 Salt Lake State Library Rm 218

Thurs FEB 10 Pleasant Valley Branch Library, South Ogden

Tues MAR 1 St George (location TBD)

Thurs MAR 3 Kanab (location TBD)

Thurs MAR 24 Orem (location TBD)

Thurs APR 7 Logan (location TBD)

For more detailed information, please see attached flyer or visit our web site at http://artsandmuseums.utah.gov

Anna Boulton
Community Partnerships Program Manager
Utah Arts Council
801-236-7546
aboulton@utah.gov