ANNA BLOOMOf the Record staff, Author at Park Record https://www.swiftcharge.net Park City and Wasatch Back News Sat, 17 May 2008 04:45:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.swiftcharge.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-park-record-favicon-32x32.png ANNA BLOOMOf the Record staff, Author at Park Record https://www.swiftcharge.net 32 32 235613583 Roadside curiosities https://www.swiftcharge.net/2008/05/16/roadside-curiosities/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:45:57 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/roadside-curiosities/ NaVee Vernon, Summit County's historical director, distributes a business card printed with her name, e-mail address, phone number and also the words, "Unless history lives in our present it has no future."

"In school, you don't really study the history where you live," she observes, "but it's more interesting to me to find out about the history of where I live than it is to find out about any other kind of history."

In her five-year tenure with the county, Vernon, among other things, has undertaken the task of helping locals and visitors become aquainted with historic treasures by car. She created a do-it-yourself guide to the entire county, a guide to Kamas Valley and the Uintas, and last year, created another drivers' guide for Echo Canyon. This year, in preparation for the annual Lincoln Highway Convention in Evanston, Wyo., June 17, she unveiled yet another car tour that encourages travelers to take the long route along the former highway, which has since become the alternative route to Interstate 80.

"I don't think a lot of Park City people know the East Side at all, and, to tell you the truth, I don't think East Side people know much of Park City," she says. "Silver Creek kind of divides us a little bit, you know. It's kind of fun to try and put us all together."

A good portion of the detour onto the old Lincoln Highway means driving in Echo Canyon, a natural omnibus route used by Shoshone and Ute Indians, then by the Pony Express and Union Pacific and now by Mack trucks and modern journeymen to get to Wyoming or head to Salt Lake City. The throughway also unites two of Utah's landscapes: Rolling green hills stand at one side and large redrock buttes on the other. According to John Eldredge's "Illustrated Emigrants' Guide to the Historic Sites Along the Hastings/Mormon Trail," in 1860, British explorer Sir Richard F. Burton said, "Echo Canyon has but one fault: Its sublimity will make all other similar features look tame."

"Echo Canyon has its unique, own beauty," says Vernon. "It's a natural museum, all of its own."

The new and old uses of the canyon are in plain view. Power lines are strung right by the train tracks sandwiched between I-80 and the old Lincoln Highway, which is now considered a frontage road.

Integral to the area's history are the "breastwork" tucked up high, fortifications built of stones to protect Mormon soldiers during the "Utah War" from 1857 to 1858, an armed dispute between the United States federal government and members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The conflict was hardly bloody, and the negotiated resolution was historic: Brigham Young was replaced as governor by non-Mormon Alfred Cumming, and Utah citizens were pardoned for seditions and treason, provided they accepted federal authority.

"I've learned a lot. It's funny how you live in your own town and don't even know it," Vernon says. "Echo Canyon surprised me."

There are countless other noteworthy areas in Summit County from Coalville with its farming and coal-mining past to Park City's silver mining and skiing hub to towns like Wahsatch and Emory that disappeared after being missed by the highway or bypassed by trains. In the future, Vernon plans to plot as many unmarked curiosities as she can. With the help of Robert West, Summit County Public Works' transportation specialist, already she has initiated a new program to tag historic sites with brown signs explaining their significance, so that they may be more easily discovered.

"We have such wonderful history here," she says. "I'm just trying to do the whole county in little spurts."

To pick up brochures for the Summit County historic driving tours, visit Summit County's Historical Society Museum, located in the Summit County Courthouse at 60 North Main in Coalville. For further details about Summit County's history, visit summitcounty.org/history.

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]]> NaVee Vernon, Summit County’s historical director, distributes a business card printed with her name, e-mail address, phone number and also the words, "Unless history lives in our present it has no future."

"In school, you don’t really study the history where you live," she observes, "but it’s more interesting to me to find out about the history of where I live than it is to find out about any other kind of history."

In her five-year tenure with the county, Vernon, among other things, has undertaken the task of helping locals and visitors become aquainted with historic treasures by car. She created a do-it-yourself guide to the entire county, a guide to Kamas Valley and the Uintas, and last year, created another drivers’ guide for Echo Canyon. This year, in preparation for the annual Lincoln Highway Convention in Evanston, Wyo., June 17, she unveiled yet another car tour that encourages travelers to take the long route along the former highway, which has since become the alternative route to Interstate 80.

"I don’t think a lot of Park City people know the East Side at all, and, to tell you the truth, I don’t think East Side people know much of Park City," she says. "Silver Creek kind of divides us a little bit, you know. It’s kind of fun to try and put us all together."

A good portion of the detour onto the old Lincoln Highway means driving in Echo Canyon, a natural omnibus route used by Shoshone and Ute Indians, then by the Pony Express and Union Pacific and now by Mack trucks and modern journeymen to get to Wyoming or head to Salt Lake City. The throughway also unites two of Utah’s landscapes: Rolling green hills stand at one side and large redrock buttes on the other. According to John Eldredge’s "Illustrated Emigrants’ Guide to the Historic Sites Along the Hastings/Mormon Trail," in 1860, British explorer Sir Richard F. Burton said, "Echo Canyon has but one fault: Its sublimity will make all other similar features look tame."

"Echo Canyon has its unique, own beauty," says Vernon. "It’s a natural museum, all of its own."

The new and old uses of the canyon are in plain view. Power lines are strung right by the train tracks sandwiched between I-80 and the old Lincoln Highway, which is now considered a frontage road.

Integral to the area’s history are the "breastwork" tucked up high, fortifications built of stones to protect Mormon soldiers during the "Utah War" from 1857 to 1858, an armed dispute between the United States federal government and members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The conflict was hardly bloody, and the negotiated resolution was historic: Brigham Young was replaced as governor by non-Mormon Alfred Cumming, and Utah citizens were pardoned for seditions and treason, provided they accepted federal authority.

"I’ve learned a lot. It’s funny how you live in your own town and don’t even know it," Vernon says. "Echo Canyon surprised me."

There are countless other noteworthy areas in Summit County from Coalville with its farming and coal-mining past to Park City’s silver mining and skiing hub to towns like Wahsatch and Emory that disappeared after being missed by the highway or bypassed by trains. In the future, Vernon plans to plot as many unmarked curiosities as she can. With the help of Robert West, Summit County Public Works’ transportation specialist, already she has initiated a new program to tag historic sites with brown signs explaining their significance, so that they may be more easily discovered.

"We have such wonderful history here," she says. "I’m just trying to do the whole county in little spurts."

To pick up brochures for the Summit County historic driving tours, visit Summit County’s Historical Society Museum, located in the Summit County Courthouse at 60 North Main in Coalville. For further details about Summit County’s history, visit summitcounty.org/history.

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]]> 13574 The green glass grows https://www.swiftcharge.net/2007/12/04/the-green-glass-grows/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:57:12 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/the-green-glass-grows/ Ginny Ruffner's glossy glass and metal sculptures have invaded the Main Gallery of the Kimball Art Center, some exploding 10 feet into space, glittering in an abundance of flower-shaped forms. Gigantic as some are, one wonders how much material must be melted and shaped? Where does it come from?

Friday, beneath a ceiling of Ruffner's glass flowers -- part of one of her most powerful installations -- a group of gallery strollers was enlightened about glass artists' bourgeoning environmental movement. The talk, which drew a crowd of 35 (five times the typical turnout for the Center), was team-taught by Sundance Resort's Art Shack Director Celeste Dennis and Park City resident Peter Roberts, a glass artist who is constructing The Glory Hole, a studio and glassworks school at the Canyons Resort.

Both artists employ used glass in their practices, but caution that though attitudes are changing, the fine art world long considered the recycled glass declasse.

"There's been a division between artists who recycle and those who don't," explained Dennis. "For a long time, recycled glass was often thought of as an inferior material."

However, increasing environmental awareness has made artists "more enchanted" with used glass and the process, she said. When working with the material, artists must assemble teams to keep the recycled glass hot since it losses its heat so rapidly. Quickly, they scoop and mix the batch together in a rhythm, Dennis explained, almost like a choreographed dance. In fact, for the 2002 Winter Olympics, Roberts said he choreographed a performance of the process set to music performed by the Julliard School of Music's orchestra, but the event was later cancelled due to 9/11.

Dennis works with a team from Mexico at the Art Shack at Sundance to crush, melt and blow the resort's glasses, cups and plates, many are third or fourth generation glass artists from towns just outside Guadalajara. They come for six-month residencies to work at the resort, bringing their recycled glass expertise with them. "They work in two teams of three and know each other's movements," Dennis explained. "They are master glass blowers."

The colors that emerge from recycled glass tend to be limited to clear, brown and in Sundance's case, cobalt blue, due to donations from the Skyy Vodka company. Material also comes from Provo residents, she said, who otherwise must dispose of their empty glass bottles into landfills. The pieces -- mainly drinking cups, plates and bowls -- are used in the resorts restaurants and are featured in the Sundance Catalogue.

"It's great to be able to talk about this, because this is what artists should be doing" she said. "There's a wave that's come along for green practices and making art in more efficient ways and we consider ourselves pioneers in this area of recycled glass outside of Guadalajara."

Roberts likewise noted a reversal in the "snobbish" attitude of the art world toward used glass, adding that employing the environmental process could contribute significantly to reducing the amount of waste in landfills and energy consumption. A billion-dollar glasswares company in Ashville, N.C., for example, has not only reduced the amount of waste in landfills, but has engineered a system that siphons methane from a landfill to fuel their furnaces, he said. Roberts himself dreams of sequestering the carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired plants in Utah in a similar way, though he is only at the beginning "white paper" stages of speaking with the U.S. Department of Energy and investigating the possibility.

As for his own practice, Roberts has spent decades creating cost-efficient and energy-efficient kiln rooms, ultimately arriving at a globe topped, round structure built with triangle bricks. He said his kiln rooms are 38 percent more efficient than the typical square-shaped variety. The Glory Hole is slated to open by February of 2008 with three of his circular kiln rooms that will also be used to heat surrounding neighbor's driveways in the winter months.

Dennis' and Roberts' talk at the Kimball drew a crowd of 35 -- five times the typical talk, according to Kathleen Carricabusa.

"Other art talks have drawn about seven people at the max," she said. "I think it's a very contemporary idea to have that environmental thread throughout the work. It's very exciting to see."

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]]> Ginny Ruffner’s glossy glass and metal sculptures have invaded the Main Gallery of the Kimball Art Center, some exploding 10 feet into space, glittering in an abundance of flower-shaped forms. Gigantic as some are, one wonders how much material must be melted and shaped? Where does it come from?

Friday, beneath a ceiling of Ruffner’s glass flowers — part of one of her most powerful installations — a group of gallery strollers was enlightened about glass artists’ bourgeoning environmental movement. The talk, which drew a crowd of 35 (five times the typical turnout for the Center), was team-taught by Sundance Resort’s Art Shack Director Celeste Dennis and Park City resident Peter Roberts, a glass artist who is constructing The Glory Hole, a studio and glassworks school at the Canyons Resort.

Both artists employ used glass in their practices, but caution that though attitudes are changing, the fine art world long considered the recycled glass declasse.

"There’s been a division between artists who recycle and those who don’t," explained Dennis. "For a long time, recycled glass was often thought of as an inferior material."

However, increasing environmental awareness has made artists "more enchanted" with used glass and the process, she said. When working with the material, artists must assemble teams to keep the recycled glass hot since it losses its heat so rapidly. Quickly, they scoop and mix the batch together in a rhythm, Dennis explained, almost like a choreographed dance. In fact, for the 2002 Winter Olympics, Roberts said he choreographed a performance of the process set to music performed by the Julliard School of Music’s orchestra, but the event was later cancelled due to 9/11.

Dennis works with a team from Mexico at the Art Shack at Sundance to crush, melt and blow the resort’s glasses, cups and plates, many are third or fourth generation glass artists from towns just outside Guadalajara. They come for six-month residencies to work at the resort, bringing their recycled glass expertise with them. "They work in two teams of three and know each other’s movements," Dennis explained. "They are master glass blowers."

The colors that emerge from recycled glass tend to be limited to clear, brown and in Sundance’s case, cobalt blue, due to donations from the Skyy Vodka company. Material also comes from Provo residents, she said, who otherwise must dispose of their empty glass bottles into landfills. The pieces — mainly drinking cups, plates and bowls — are used in the resorts restaurants and are featured in the Sundance Catalogue.

"It’s great to be able to talk about this, because this is what artists should be doing" she said. "There’s a wave that’s come along for green practices and making art in more efficient ways and we consider ourselves pioneers in this area of recycled glass outside of Guadalajara."

Roberts likewise noted a reversal in the "snobbish" attitude of the art world toward used glass, adding that employing the environmental process could contribute significantly to reducing the amount of waste in landfills and energy consumption. A billion-dollar glasswares company in Ashville, N.C., for example, has not only reduced the amount of waste in landfills, but has engineered a system that siphons methane from a landfill to fuel their furnaces, he said. Roberts himself dreams of sequestering the carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired plants in Utah in a similar way, though he is only at the beginning "white paper" stages of speaking with the U.S. Department of Energy and investigating the possibility.

As for his own practice, Roberts has spent decades creating cost-efficient and energy-efficient kiln rooms, ultimately arriving at a globe topped, round structure built with triangle bricks. He said his kiln rooms are 38 percent more efficient than the typical square-shaped variety. The Glory Hole is slated to open by February of 2008 with three of his circular kiln rooms that will also be used to heat surrounding neighbor’s driveways in the winter months.

Dennis’ and Roberts’ talk at the Kimball drew a crowd of 35 — five times the typical talk, according to Kathleen Carricabusa.

"Other art talks have drawn about seven people at the max," she said. "I think it’s a very contemporary idea to have that environmental thread throughout the work. It’s very exciting to see."

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]]> 11886 Enjoy classical music without the suit and tie https://www.swiftcharge.net/2007/07/14/enjoy-classical-music-without-the-suit-and-tie/ Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:00:00 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/enjoy-classical-music-without-the-suit-and-tie/ "Especially in the summer, the Salt Lake area is such an outdoor group of people," explained conductor Keith Lockhart, Utah Symphony music director. "It's hard to get people to come downtown even if it's air conditioned in a concert hall. People want to be outside."

On Saturdays at Deer Valley, the festival focuses on pops orchestral music, a lighter kind of music composed for a broader audience, and often meant to appeal also to those who don't listen to classical music regularly, Lockhart explained.

This weekend, continuing the momentum started by the Fourth of July's Patriotic Celebration last week, the symphony will accompany the soft-spoken modern folk artist Jewel. An artist who has crafted a unique blend of rock, country, blues and jazz and autobiographical lyrics, Jewel plans to play a repertoire of some of her best-known originals and new songs from her 2006 album "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland."

Lockhart, who primarily lives in Boston where he conducts the Boston Pops, regrets he will not be conducting either Jewel or legendary crooner Tony Bennett, who will be the closing act on August 18. "They don't need me there anyway they're big enough names on their own to draw a crowd," he said. The symphony's assistant conductor, David Cho, will take the helm.

Instead, Lockhart will return to conduct the 1812 Overture on August 4, a piece by Tchaikovsky commemorating the unsuccessful French invasion into Russia which involves real cannons exploding more than 10 times throughout the performance. Though the performance features explosives, rest assured, Lockhart says, "it doesn't really affect my job at all it just kind of adds big noise to the proceedings."

The series also includes more subdued chamber orchestra performances at St. Mary's Church, including string trios and violin concertos.

Lockhart says he's chosen music that hasn't been heard in the festival before such as Franz Joseph Haydn's "Concerto for Cello in C major" and "Symphony No. 100 in G major," featuring cellist Alexandre Bouzlov at St. Mary's.

On July 25, Lockhart's second performance will bring him back to the Deer Valley Stage for a concert of classics from works by Gioacchino Rossini and Franz Liszt to Ottorino Respighi.

Lockhart says he conducts according to the music and not according to the atmosphere, though sheet music might need to be weighed down to parry gusts of wind, and some might want thermals on hand for when the sun sets and temperatures dip. Aside from those details, high altitude affects very little about the symphony's performance, he says, besides lending it a spectacular backdrop and a more casual environment.

"In a place as beautiful as Deer Valley and Park City, it's really about the marriage of a beautiful setting and beautiful music," Lockhart said. "People love coming out there they love getting their picnic basket and their wine glasses and sitting there and listening to great music in a very relaxed, don't-have-to-put-your-coat-on atmosphere and we have a good time with the audience."

Tickets to the Deer Valley Music Festival are available by calling (801) 355-ARTS or (888) 451-2787 or by visiting www.deervalleymusicfestival.org.

Deer Valley Music Festival lineup

Saturday, July 21, 7:30 p.m.

Jewel with the Utah Symphony

(at the Snow Park Amphitheater)

Pop folk singer Jewel will pick from her bank of over 500 original songs from her twelve-time platinum album "Pieces of You" released in 1995, to her latest album that debuted last year, "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland."

Wednesday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Haydn Seek

(at St. Mary's Catholic Church)

Utah Symphony Conductor Keith Lockhart, and featured cellist Alexandre Bouzlov will bring to life Franz Joseph Haydn's Concerto for Cello in C major and Symphony No. 1000 in G major.

Thursday, July 26

Muir String Quartet No. 1

(at St. Mary's Catholic Church)

The Muir String Quartet, Boston University's in-residence quartet since 1983, has taught master classes nationwide. An ensemble committed to advancing contemporary American music, the quartet has commissioned works written for them by distinguished contemporary composers.

Friday, July 27, 7:30 p.m.

Keith Lockhart Conducts the Classics

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Featuring Lise de La Salle on piano, Lockhart has chosen a classics program that includes Gioacchino Rossini's Overture to La Cenerentola, Franz Liszt's Concerto No. 1 for Piano in E-flat major, and Ottorino Respighi's Fontane di Roma and Pini di Roma.

Saturday, July 28, 7:30 p.m.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Friends

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Guests vocalists Christiane Noll, Debbie Gravitte and Doug LaBrecque will sing recognizable Broadway favorites from "The Phantom of the Opera" to "Les Miserables."

Wednesday, August 1, 8 p.m.

Choral Classics

(at St. Mary's Catholic Church)

Utah Symphony conductor Susanne Sheston along with Utah Sympony Chorus will perform Franz Joseph Haydn "Te Deum in C major," Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Exultate" and "Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore, K. 339."

Thursday, August 2, 8 p.m.

Muir Quartet No. 2

(at St. Mary's Catholic Church)

The Muir String Quartet returns to St. Mary's to play chamber music.

Friday, August 3, 7:30 p.m.

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Conducted by Thomas Wilkins and featuring Katia Skanavi on piano, Deer Valley will host a romantic evening of Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43."

Saturday, August 4, 7:30 p.m.

1812 Overture

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Utah Symphony Conductor Keith Lockhart will lead a cannon-filled performance of Tchaikovsky's patriotic "1812 Overture."

Thursday, August 9, 8 p.m.

Onder Piano Duo

(at St. Mary's Catholic Church)

Join twin sisters Ferhan and Ferzan Onder for a piano duo.

Friday, August 10, 7:30 p.m.

Utah Opera's "The Gondoliers"

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Conducted by Gerald Steichen, Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Gondoliers" is a comic opera that achieved popularity through its satirical wit and melodies. The plot is about two Venetian gondoliers who have just been informed that one is the heir to the throne of Barataria. Utah Opera starts Geroge Dyer and Lisa Vroman return to lead the absurd plot.

Wednesday, August 15, 8 p.m.

Ralph Matson Plays Spohr

(at St. Mary's Catholic Church)

Join conductor James Gaffigan and violinist Ralph Matson for a night of Haydn, Spohr and Luwig van Beethoven.

Thursday, August 16, 8 p.m.

Time for Three

(at St. Mary's Catholic Church)

A young string trio known as "the future of music" or Tf3, has attracted n eclectic fan base with a repertoire of classical music and popular hits and bluegrass.

Friday, August 17, 7:30 p.m.

Symphonie Fantastique

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Conductor of Time for Three and guest artist David Cho will feature the revolutionary symphony of Hector Berlioz's "Concerto No. 1 for Piano in E-flat major."

Saturday, August 18, 7:30 p.m.

Tony Bennett

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Multi-Grammy award-winning crooner Tony Bennett will join the Utah Symphony for the grand finale of the Deer Valley Music Festival.

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]]> "Especially in the summer, the Salt Lake area is such an outdoor group of people," explained conductor Keith Lockhart, Utah Symphony music director. "It’s hard to get people to come downtown even if it’s air conditioned in a concert hall. People want to be outside."

On Saturdays at Deer Valley, the festival focuses on pops orchestral music, a lighter kind of music composed for a broader audience, and often meant to appeal also to those who don’t listen to classical music regularly, Lockhart explained.

This weekend, continuing the momentum started by the Fourth of July’s Patriotic Celebration last week, the symphony will accompany the soft-spoken modern folk artist Jewel. An artist who has crafted a unique blend of rock, country, blues and jazz and autobiographical lyrics, Jewel plans to play a repertoire of some of her best-known originals and new songs from her 2006 album "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland."

Lockhart, who primarily lives in Boston where he conducts the Boston Pops, regrets he will not be conducting either Jewel or legendary crooner Tony Bennett, who will be the closing act on August 18. "They don’t need me there anyway they’re big enough names on their own to draw a crowd," he said. The symphony’s assistant conductor, David Cho, will take the helm.

Instead, Lockhart will return to conduct the 1812 Overture on August 4, a piece by Tchaikovsky commemorating the unsuccessful French invasion into Russia which involves real cannons exploding more than 10 times throughout the performance. Though the performance features explosives, rest assured, Lockhart says, "it doesn’t really affect my job at all it just kind of adds big noise to the proceedings."

The series also includes more subdued chamber orchestra performances at St. Mary’s Church, including string trios and violin concertos.

Lockhart says he’s chosen music that hasn’t been heard in the festival before such as Franz Joseph Haydn’s "Concerto for Cello in C major" and "Symphony No. 100 in G major," featuring cellist Alexandre Bouzlov at St. Mary’s.

On July 25, Lockhart’s second performance will bring him back to the Deer Valley Stage for a concert of classics from works by Gioacchino Rossini and Franz Liszt to Ottorino Respighi.

Lockhart says he conducts according to the music and not according to the atmosphere, though sheet music might need to be weighed down to parry gusts of wind, and some might want thermals on hand for when the sun sets and temperatures dip. Aside from those details, high altitude affects very little about the symphony’s performance, he says, besides lending it a spectacular backdrop and a more casual environment.

"In a place as beautiful as Deer Valley and Park City, it’s really about the marriage of a beautiful setting and beautiful music," Lockhart said. "People love coming out there they love getting their picnic basket and their wine glasses and sitting there and listening to great music in a very relaxed, don’t-have-to-put-your-coat-on atmosphere and we have a good time with the audience."

Tickets to the Deer Valley Music Festival are available by calling (801) 355-ARTS or (888) 451-2787 or by visiting www.deervalleymusicfestival.org.

Deer Valley Music Festival lineup

Saturday, July 21, 7:30 p.m.

Jewel with the Utah Symphony

(at the Snow Park Amphitheater)

Pop folk singer Jewel will pick from her bank of over 500 original songs from her twelve-time platinum album "Pieces of You" released in 1995, to her latest album that debuted last year, "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland."

Wednesday, July 25, 8 p.m.

Haydn Seek

(at St. Mary’s Catholic Church)

Utah Symphony Conductor Keith Lockhart, and featured cellist Alexandre Bouzlov will bring to life Franz Joseph Haydn’s Concerto for Cello in C major and Symphony No. 1000 in G major.

Thursday, July 26

Muir String Quartet No. 1

(at St. Mary’s Catholic Church)

The Muir String Quartet, Boston University’s in-residence quartet since 1983, has taught master classes nationwide. An ensemble committed to advancing contemporary American music, the quartet has commissioned works written for them by distinguished contemporary composers.

Friday, July 27, 7:30 p.m.

Keith Lockhart Conducts the Classics

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Featuring Lise de La Salle on piano, Lockhart has chosen a classics program that includes Gioacchino Rossini’s Overture to La Cenerentola, Franz Liszt’s Concerto No. 1 for Piano in E-flat major, and Ottorino Respighi’s Fontane di Roma and Pini di Roma.

Saturday, July 28, 7:30 p.m.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Friends

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Guests vocalists Christiane Noll, Debbie Gravitte and Doug LaBrecque will sing recognizable Broadway favorites from "The Phantom of the Opera" to "Les Miserables."

Wednesday, August 1, 8 p.m.

Choral Classics

(at St. Mary’s Catholic Church)

Utah Symphony conductor Susanne Sheston along with Utah Sympony Chorus will perform Franz Joseph Haydn "Te Deum in C major," Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s "Exultate" and "Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore, K. 339."

Thursday, August 2, 8 p.m.

Muir Quartet No. 2

(at St. Mary’s Catholic Church)

The Muir String Quartet returns to St. Mary’s to play chamber music.

Friday, August 3, 7:30 p.m.

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Conducted by Thomas Wilkins and featuring Katia Skanavi on piano, Deer Valley will host a romantic evening of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43."

Saturday, August 4, 7:30 p.m.

1812 Overture

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Utah Symphony Conductor Keith Lockhart will lead a cannon-filled performance of Tchaikovsky’s patriotic "1812 Overture."

Thursday, August 9, 8 p.m.

Onder Piano Duo

(at St. Mary’s Catholic Church)

Join twin sisters Ferhan and Ferzan Onder for a piano duo.

Friday, August 10, 7:30 p.m.

Utah Opera’s "The Gondoliers"

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Conducted by Gerald Steichen, Gilbert and Sullivan’s "The Gondoliers" is a comic opera that achieved popularity through its satirical wit and melodies. The plot is about two Venetian gondoliers who have just been informed that one is the heir to the throne of Barataria. Utah Opera starts Geroge Dyer and Lisa Vroman return to lead the absurd plot.

Wednesday, August 15, 8 p.m.

Ralph Matson Plays Spohr

(at St. Mary’s Catholic Church)

Join conductor James Gaffigan and violinist Ralph Matson for a night of Haydn, Spohr and Luwig van Beethoven.

Thursday, August 16, 8 p.m.

Time for Three

(at St. Mary’s Catholic Church)

A young string trio known as "the future of music" or Tf3, has attracted n eclectic fan base with a repertoire of classical music and popular hits and bluegrass.

Friday, August 17, 7:30 p.m.

Symphonie Fantastique

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Conductor of Time for Three and guest artist David Cho will feature the revolutionary symphony of Hector Berlioz’s "Concerto No. 1 for Piano in E-flat major."

Saturday, August 18, 7:30 p.m.

Tony Bennett

(at Deer Valley Resort)

Multi-Grammy award-winning crooner Tony Bennett will join the Utah Symphony for the grand finale of the Deer Valley Music Festival.

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]]> 10500 Number of acts at Wednesday night free concert series doubles https://www.swiftcharge.net/2007/06/23/number-of-acts-at-wednesday-night-free-concert-series-doubles/ Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:00:00 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/number-of-acts-at-wednesday-night-free-concert-series-doubles/ The list of Frontier Community Bank's Wednesday night concert series might have some thinking they're seeing double.

There are eight dates in the series, and last year, there were eight acts. This year, however, 15 artists will play. If anyone sees double, therefore, it's no mistake.

"We've increased the size and quality of sound system, so we're going to have the very best at Deer Valley," said Toby Martin, executive director for Mountain Town Stages, the nonprofit who now produces the resort's mid-week concerts.

He estimates Frontier Bank and three other sponsors have put up three times as much money this year to support the lineup.

Concerts, which begin regularly at 6 p.m., won't be longer, there will just be more variety, he says. Concerts typically end at 8 p.m.

Once a date reserved for Park City area bands only, Martin notes Mountain Town Stages has also expanded on its idea of "local" for Wednesday nights. Bands booked for the Deer Valley stage hail from Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake City. On August 1, "Band of Heathens," a group from Austin, Texas, will perform.

"We're not putting many bands on stage that played last year," admitted Martin.

But "Mountain Town Stages' mission is to foster the careers of musicians and to improve the quality of cultural experience of people in Summit County," he argued. "To bring on the same bands every year doesn't meet that mission."

He adds that Mountain Town Stages does continue support the musical loci on five other stages throughout Summit County, as well as festivals and the Fourth of July Parade on Main Street.

"We just want to spread the opportunity to new bands," Martin said.

Concert seating at the series generally fills up fast and there's no reserved seating. Martin recommends coming early and staying late.

For details about Mountain Town Stages upcoming concerts, www.mountaintownstages.com.

Lineup for upcoming shows Wednesdays at Deer Valley:

June 27 Downright Blue and Tim Wray and Fat Paw

July 11 Soul Survivor

July 18 Israeli Scouts and Jagertown

July 25 Brandie Frampton followed by Andrew Goldring and The Rosedale Power Co.

August 1 The Band of Heathens

August 15 Coles Whalen and Slaymaker Hill

August 22 Swagger and Mary Beth Maziarz

August 29 Alexa Wilkinson and Bryon Friedman

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]]> The list of Frontier Community Bank’s Wednesday night concert series might have some thinking they’re seeing double.

There are eight dates in the series, and last year, there were eight acts. This year, however, 15 artists will play. If anyone sees double, therefore, it’s no mistake.

"We’ve increased the size and quality of sound system, so we’re going to have the very best at Deer Valley," said Toby Martin, executive director for Mountain Town Stages, the nonprofit who now produces the resort’s mid-week concerts.

He estimates Frontier Bank and three other sponsors have put up three times as much money this year to support the lineup.

Concerts, which begin regularly at 6 p.m., won’t be longer, there will just be more variety, he says. Concerts typically end at 8 p.m.

Once a date reserved for Park City area bands only, Martin notes Mountain Town Stages has also expanded on its idea of "local" for Wednesday nights. Bands booked for the Deer Valley stage hail from Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake City. On August 1, "Band of Heathens," a group from Austin, Texas, will perform.

"We’re not putting many bands on stage that played last year," admitted Martin.

But "Mountain Town Stages’ mission is to foster the careers of musicians and to improve the quality of cultural experience of people in Summit County," he argued. "To bring on the same bands every year doesn’t meet that mission."

He adds that Mountain Town Stages does continue support the musical loci on five other stages throughout Summit County, as well as festivals and the Fourth of July Parade on Main Street.

"We just want to spread the opportunity to new bands," Martin said.

Concert seating at the series generally fills up fast and there’s no reserved seating. Martin recommends coming early and staying late.

For details about Mountain Town Stages upcoming concerts, www.mountaintownstages.com.

Lineup for upcoming shows Wednesdays at Deer Valley:

June 27 Downright Blue and Tim Wray and Fat Paw

July 11 Soul Survivor

July 18 Israeli Scouts and Jagertown

July 25 Brandie Frampton followed by Andrew Goldring and The Rosedale Power Co.

August 1 The Band of Heathens

August 15 Coles Whalen and Slaymaker Hill

August 22 Swagger and Mary Beth Maziarz

August 29 Alexa Wilkinson and Bryon Friedman

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]]> 10308 Artists mix and mingle at gala https://www.swiftcharge.net/2007/06/16/artists-mix-and-mingle-at-gala/ Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:00:00 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/artists-mix-and-mingle-at-gala/ Last Saturday, 100 members young and old from the Utah art community convened to network at Utah's first Artists' Gala.

Students from Weber State University and the University of Utah mingled with established Utah artists and galleries. Some said they came to see how they measured up, others to reconnect with old friends. Five Park City galleries attended the gala, including Coda Gallery, Phoenix, Terzian Galleries, Julie Nester Gallery and the Paisley Pomegranate.

Curtis Olsen, an artist who splits his time between his studio in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and his new studio in Park City, was also in attendance. His work was at Phoenix Gallery's booth, the gallery that carries his work in Park City.

"It's fantastic, and it's what's great about Utah there's much more of a community of artists here, especially in Salt Lake," he said. "I find it's so important to have artist friends to bounce ideas off of."

Terzian Galleries manager Emily Chaney organized the gala, which was held at the Utah Opera Studios in Salt Lake City. She reports by the evening's end, attendees had donated $300 for Art Access, an organization that provides art activities to adults and children with disabilities.

Artists voted by e-mail before the event for the artist they felt had contributed the most to the Utah artist community. The award went to Shawn Rossiter, creator of 15 Bytes, the online Utah art magazine (located online at www.15bytes.org ).

Chaney said the idea was to create a less intimidating space to get to know others in the Utah artist community. She plans to hold the gala again next year.

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]]> Last Saturday, 100 members young and old from the Utah art community convened to network at Utah’s first Artists’ Gala.

Students from Weber State University and the University of Utah mingled with established Utah artists and galleries. Some said they came to see how they measured up, others to reconnect with old friends. Five Park City galleries attended the gala, including Coda Gallery, Phoenix, Terzian Galleries, Julie Nester Gallery and the Paisley Pomegranate.

Curtis Olsen, an artist who splits his time between his studio in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and his new studio in Park City, was also in attendance. His work was at Phoenix Gallery’s booth, the gallery that carries his work in Park City.

"It’s fantastic, and it’s what’s great about Utah there’s much more of a community of artists here, especially in Salt Lake," he said. "I find it’s so important to have artist friends to bounce ideas off of."

Terzian Galleries manager Emily Chaney organized the gala, which was held at the Utah Opera Studios in Salt Lake City. She reports by the evening’s end, attendees had donated $300 for Art Access, an organization that provides art activities to adults and children with disabilities.

Artists voted by e-mail before the event for the artist they felt had contributed the most to the Utah artist community. The award went to Shawn Rossiter, creator of 15 Bytes, the online Utah art magazine (located online at www.15bytes.org ).

Chaney said the idea was to create a less intimidating space to get to know others in the Utah artist community. She plans to hold the gala again next year.

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]]> 10232 Counties celebrate the next generation of artists https://www.swiftcharge.net/2007/04/28/counties-celebrate-the-next-generation-of-artists/ Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:00:00 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/counties-celebrate-the-next-generation-of-artists/ Standing amid a sea of framed water colors, collages and photographs arranged on the carpet, ready to be hung, Kimball Art Center consultants Susan Gallacher and Brent Herridge paused for a break Thursday afternoon, if only for a few minutes.

For the annual Wasatch Back Student Art Show, the Kimball Art Center received 274 submissions from Park City area schools, and Gallacher and Herridge needed to have all work mounted for display in the Main Gallery in time for Friday night's gallery stroll and this Saturday's reception. Gallacher likens the exercise of assembling the student artwork salon-style to putting together a giant puzzle, balancing colors, sizes and shapes according to school.

All kindergartners through high school students who submitted their work according to the guidelines (matted or framed two-dimensional work and three-dimensional sculptures, pottery) were accepted. The work ranges from a clay bearded bust with copper-wire glasses, to polished ceramic teacups to multi-media photo-and-paint pieces to portraits of iPods.

Gallacher, who has owned Salt Lake's Kings' Academy and Gallery of Art for 30 years, surveyed the already hung mosaic of brightly-colored paintings on the gallery's east wall. She says what she likes best is the "whimsy and playfulness and intensity of color," of the work.

As an example, she pointed to Park City Academy first-grader Katie Markham's inventive pastel and watercolor of a flying Wilbur, the pig protagonist from E.B. White's novel, "Charlotte's Web." Gallacher observed that Markham, and her fellow classmates, didn't follow the typical order that occurs to young artists.

"It's just obvious that this instructor is fabulous," she said. "I love that she's telling them there does not need to be symmetry the design is so strong."

Herridge, a professional photographer in Salt Lake who spearheaded the creation of the Children's Media Workshop, year-round courses that help young artists develop their photography and technology skills, agreed.

"I was a late bloomer I didn't begin photography until after I graduated high school," he admits. "These kids are so far ahead of where I would have arrived I'm sure."

Gallacher helps to instruct students at her academy and she says she appreciates the center's effort to display children's masterpieces for a month each year.

"There's a huge amount of self-esteem and satisfaction that their work is being appreciated," she said.

Student artwork will deck the walls of galleries throughout Summit and Wasatch counties this month, at the Kimball Art Center and at the Heber Valley Chamber of Commerce, celebrating the budding talent of a new generation.

The new exhibitions at the Kimball Art Center for the month of May include the Visual Art Institute in the Badami Gallery on the lower level, and the Kimball's Young Artists' Academy work in the Garage Gallery.

Kimball Center spokeswoman Susan Thomas calls the Garage Gallery the culmination of a successful first year run of the Artists' Academy. The group of high school students has met weekly to develop their art portfolios, resumes, discuss art history, meet local artists and explore vocations in the arts.

Laura Paustenbaugh, the Visual Art Institute's community outreach director configured the Badami Gallery's exhibition, showcasing several portraits in oil paintings, including several renditions of a man listening to headphones in a blue collared shirt from a figure painting class. The paintings of the man are arranged in order of perspective, left to right.

"Having work shown boosts a young artist's confidence," Paustenbaugh said, echoing Gallacher. "They also get to compare their work to other pieces and showing their work also helps them finish their paintings something that kids typically have a hard time doing."

Across the county border in Heber City, 14-year-old Heber City resident Bailey Singer displays her first solo-exhibition of her wildlife photography at Heber Valley's Chamber of Commerce.

Singer currently attends Wasatch Mountain Junior High School and her work has previously been exhibited at the Kimball, in last year's Wasatch Back show. But Singer, like many of Visual Art Institute and Artists' Academy students, sought out her passion outside of the art classes her school provides.

On weekends and after school, she and her grandfather, Jay Niederhauser, the innkeeper at the Blue Boar Inn and former professional photographer, visit Utah parks and fields to capture grizzly bears, Ibis, calves and antelopes with a Nikon D70 camera.

"It takes a lot of patience I waited 20 minutes for the bald eagle to fly," Singer says of one photograph. "I've always been interested in animals I just really enjoy it."

Some weekends they return home without a shot, and others none at all, but they will spend hours waiting for a moment to snap a photo, Niederhauser explained. He admires his granddaughter's patience and intuition, he says, and her ability to follow her interest.

"In my day, we spent hours mixing chemicals in the darkroom I'd never used digital before," he admits. "She's really self-taught and I'm just so happy to see her get out and see what Utah nature is about."

The Heber Valley Chamber of Commerce building is located at 475 North Main Street. Bailey Singer's photography exhibition runs through May 4. Visit the exhibition from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. There is no cost for admission.

The Kimball Art Center is located at 638 Park Avenue. Gallery Hours are weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from noon to 5 p.m. For more information contact the center at 649-8882 or visit the gallery's Web site at www.kimball-art.org .

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]]> Standing amid a sea of framed water colors, collages and photographs arranged on the carpet, ready to be hung, Kimball Art Center consultants Susan Gallacher and Brent Herridge paused for a break Thursday afternoon, if only for a few minutes.

For the annual Wasatch Back Student Art Show, the Kimball Art Center received 274 submissions from Park City area schools, and Gallacher and Herridge needed to have all work mounted for display in the Main Gallery in time for Friday night’s gallery stroll and this Saturday’s reception. Gallacher likens the exercise of assembling the student artwork salon-style to putting together a giant puzzle, balancing colors, sizes and shapes according to school.

All kindergartners through high school students who submitted their work according to the guidelines (matted or framed two-dimensional work and three-dimensional sculptures, pottery) were accepted. The work ranges from a clay bearded bust with copper-wire glasses, to polished ceramic teacups to multi-media photo-and-paint pieces to portraits of iPods.

Gallacher, who has owned Salt Lake’s Kings’ Academy and Gallery of Art for 30 years, surveyed the already hung mosaic of brightly-colored paintings on the gallery’s east wall. She says what she likes best is the "whimsy and playfulness and intensity of color," of the work.

As an example, she pointed to Park City Academy first-grader Katie Markham’s inventive pastel and watercolor of a flying Wilbur, the pig protagonist from E.B. White’s novel, "Charlotte’s Web." Gallacher observed that Markham, and her fellow classmates, didn’t follow the typical order that occurs to young artists.

"It’s just obvious that this instructor is fabulous," she said. "I love that she’s telling them there does not need to be symmetry the design is so strong."

Herridge, a professional photographer in Salt Lake who spearheaded the creation of the Children’s Media Workshop, year-round courses that help young artists develop their photography and technology skills, agreed.

"I was a late bloomer I didn’t begin photography until after I graduated high school," he admits. "These kids are so far ahead of where I would have arrived I’m sure."

Gallacher helps to instruct students at her academy and she says she appreciates the center’s effort to display children’s masterpieces for a month each year.

"There’s a huge amount of self-esteem and satisfaction that their work is being appreciated," she said.

Student artwork will deck the walls of galleries throughout Summit and Wasatch counties this month, at the Kimball Art Center and at the Heber Valley Chamber of Commerce, celebrating the budding talent of a new generation.

The new exhibitions at the Kimball Art Center for the month of May include the Visual Art Institute in the Badami Gallery on the lower level, and the Kimball’s Young Artists’ Academy work in the Garage Gallery.

Kimball Center spokeswoman Susan Thomas calls the Garage Gallery the culmination of a successful first year run of the Artists’ Academy. The group of high school students has met weekly to develop their art portfolios, resumes, discuss art history, meet local artists and explore vocations in the arts.

Laura Paustenbaugh, the Visual Art Institute’s community outreach director configured the Badami Gallery’s exhibition, showcasing several portraits in oil paintings, including several renditions of a man listening to headphones in a blue collared shirt from a figure painting class. The paintings of the man are arranged in order of perspective, left to right.

"Having work shown boosts a young artist’s confidence," Paustenbaugh said, echoing Gallacher. "They also get to compare their work to other pieces and showing their work also helps them finish their paintings something that kids typically have a hard time doing."

Across the county border in Heber City, 14-year-old Heber City resident Bailey Singer displays her first solo-exhibition of her wildlife photography at Heber Valley’s Chamber of Commerce.

Singer currently attends Wasatch Mountain Junior High School and her work has previously been exhibited at the Kimball, in last year’s Wasatch Back show. But Singer, like many of Visual Art Institute and Artists’ Academy students, sought out her passion outside of the art classes her school provides.

On weekends and after school, she and her grandfather, Jay Niederhauser, the innkeeper at the Blue Boar Inn and former professional photographer, visit Utah parks and fields to capture grizzly bears, Ibis, calves and antelopes with a Nikon D70 camera.

"It takes a lot of patience I waited 20 minutes for the bald eagle to fly," Singer says of one photograph. "I’ve always been interested in animals I just really enjoy it."

Some weekends they return home without a shot, and others none at all, but they will spend hours waiting for a moment to snap a photo, Niederhauser explained. He admires his granddaughter’s patience and intuition, he says, and her ability to follow her interest.

"In my day, we spent hours mixing chemicals in the darkroom I’d never used digital before," he admits. "She’s really self-taught and I’m just so happy to see her get out and see what Utah nature is about."

The Heber Valley Chamber of Commerce building is located at 475 North Main Street. Bailey Singer’s photography exhibition runs through May 4. Visit the exhibition from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. There is no cost for admission.

The Kimball Art Center is located at 638 Park Avenue. Gallery Hours are weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from noon to 5 p.m. For more information contact the center at 649-8882 or visit the gallery’s Web site at www.kimball-art.org .

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]]> 9766 Follies promises the biggest cast for the most nights https://www.swiftcharge.net/2007/04/21/follies-promises-the-biggest-cast-for-the-most-nights/ Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:41:38 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/follies-promises-the-biggest-cast-for-the-most-nights/ "Participate or be impersonated," seasoned Park City Follies writer Annette Velarde has been known to say of the annual Park City lampoon.

This year, Parkites are taking heed.

According to the creators behind 'An Inconvenient Follies,' this year's performances will showcase the biggest cast to date with more than 50 community members gracing the Egyptian Theatre's stage.

Debbie Walsh, who has organized the event since it started nearly seven years ago, says in addition to returning cast members Steve Philips, Sandra Morrison, John Spung, Jim Lea, Kim Page, John Burdick and Johnny Totten, there are also several others making their Follies debut including County Commissioner Sally Elliott and Park City Television host Ori Hoffer.

In anticipation of additional friends and family members, the Follies will run an extra performance on Saturday.

"I think people would rather participate than have people spoof them& We get a lot of involvement that way," Follies lyricist Terry Moffitt says. "I wouldn't call it threatening. We just say, 'you know we're going to do something about you, so you can either be in it, or someone will play you.'"

Follies writers, who have met regularly since last September, ultimately decided to merge two concepts for the show: "Da City Code" and "Park City Idol."

Inspired by the novel "The Da Vinci Code," "Da City Code" is a mystery that follows detective Killer Williams (played by Off the Top improv comedian John Burdick) on his quest to capture an albino ninja realtor who has stolen Park City's water. "Park City Idol" is a mock talent competition hosted by salon manager Marc Raymond and a record number of cameos, including judge Mayor Dana Williams, Park City school teachers, realtors and business owners competing for the Idol title.

Moffitt, who writes radio commercials in Salt Lake City, says she usually pens poems and songs for birthdays and anniversaries as a hobby. Fellow Follies writer Velarde , who wrote the "Idol" script, calls her the "extreme talent of the group."

"All of us think we're so damn funny, but she's really funny when she writes the lyrics," Velarde said of Moffitt.

Moffitt returns for a third Follies to write the lyrics for most of the songs Idol contestants sing, such as the "No Child Left Behind Opera" and the song "Perky" sung to the tune of Nat King Cole's "L-O-V-E," with the lyrics:

"At 6 a.m. I sip a soy latte

Get my Franklin out to plan my day

Drive the kids to school

Do aerobics in the pool

When the house, is spic and span

I treat myself to a spray-on tan"

"To be honest, the most fun I have in this whole creative process is sitting in Annette's house and coming up with ideas," says Moffitt. "The funniest stuff is the stuff you'll never see&I come home from Annette's house and my stomach hurts I laugh so hard."

Follies writer Tom Clyde, the chief scribe behind the "Da City" script, says that while outrageous ideas can be hilarious, they may not work as well on stage as they do in the living room.

"We're not looking to insult anyone," agrees Valerde. "As a writers' group, we're very well balanced, in that, I'm way over the edge and willing to be very offensive, but Tom has a very sweet sense of humor and is very politically correct."

Clyde says the "Inconvenient Follies," which was co-written by Pam Wylie and Rick Klein, has gone through several incarnations an entire finished script with footage shot at last year's Fourth of July Parade was tossed in January.

"You get ideas and then things become current or things that were current become not so current," he explained. "We're unfortunately too late to get Promontory's air strip in there in any meaningful way, but new levels of absurdity just surface every day."

According to Clyde, the Follies has become an important tradition.

"Park City is becoming a terribly serious place," he observes. "People fuss and fume and worry over the slightest little thing, so it's just sort of nice to have a good night for us to laugh at ourselves."

"We're not looking to insult anyone," Velarde chimes. "My main purpose in working with the Follies is I think that the most dangerous thing that can happen to a person as well as a community is to stop laughing at themselves. When they start to take themselves too seriously, we're all in big trouble."

Volunteering as director is professional actor and director Terrance Goodman, who moved to Park City from New York in 2005. A 35-year veteran of stage and film, he's performed at the Egyptian as part of the musical, 'Urinetown," and most recently co-starred on the stage with Robby Benson for a weekend performance of "Open Heart." This will be his second Follies.

"I was assistant director last year and kind of pulled in," Goodman explained. "I saw how people put their heart and soul into this thing high-profile people in the community took time out of their busy schedules to participate."

In addition to blocking scenes, Goodman said he also served as choreographer for sketches such as a synchronized business number involving briefcases inspired by the Broadway show "Stomp."

"This is a different kind of community than I've ever lived in," he admits. "The Follies really has that small-town community atmosphere. It really is a love letter to the community."

It's a lot of fun, Goodman says, but also a lot of work.

"At the end of the night, you walk out of there saying, 'never again. This is way too much work for little or no compensation. This is too much'" Clyde says of the Follies. "And then, along comes August, and Annette starts calling and saying, 'well, I was thinking about a skit about this&' and before long, you're right back at it."

Park City Follies shows are scheduled to run Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28 at 8 p.m. with an additional show on April 28 at 5 p.m. Tickets for Thursday's show are $12, while tickets for all other nights are $20. Tickets for Friday and Saturday's shows include catered cast parties. The show is rated PG-13 and is likely not appropriate for children or younger teens. Tickets are available by calling the Egyptian Theatre at 649-9371 or by visiting www.parkcityshows.com.

All proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Egyptian Theatre.

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]]> "Participate or be impersonated," seasoned Park City Follies writer Annette Velarde has been known to say of the annual Park City lampoon.

This year, Parkites are taking heed.

According to the creators behind ‘An Inconvenient Follies,’ this year’s performances will showcase the biggest cast to date with more than 50 community members gracing the Egyptian Theatre’s stage.

Debbie Walsh, who has organized the event since it started nearly seven years ago, says in addition to returning cast members Steve Philips, Sandra Morrison, John Spung, Jim Lea, Kim Page, John Burdick and Johnny Totten, there are also several others making their Follies debut including County Commissioner Sally Elliott and Park City Television host Ori Hoffer.

In anticipation of additional friends and family members, the Follies will run an extra performance on Saturday.

"I think people would rather participate than have people spoof them& We get a lot of involvement that way," Follies lyricist Terry Moffitt says. "I wouldn’t call it threatening. We just say, ‘you know we’re going to do something about you, so you can either be in it, or someone will play you.’"

Follies writers, who have met regularly since last September, ultimately decided to merge two concepts for the show: "Da City Code" and "Park City Idol."

Inspired by the novel "The Da Vinci Code," "Da City Code" is a mystery that follows detective Killer Williams (played by Off the Top improv comedian John Burdick) on his quest to capture an albino ninja realtor who has stolen Park City’s water. "Park City Idol" is a mock talent competition hosted by salon manager Marc Raymond and a record number of cameos, including judge Mayor Dana Williams, Park City school teachers, realtors and business owners competing for the Idol title.

Moffitt, who writes radio commercials in Salt Lake City, says she usually pens poems and songs for birthdays and anniversaries as a hobby. Fellow Follies writer Velarde , who wrote the "Idol" script, calls her the "extreme talent of the group."

"All of us think we’re so damn funny, but she’s really funny when she writes the lyrics," Velarde said of Moffitt.

Moffitt returns for a third Follies to write the lyrics for most of the songs Idol contestants sing, such as the "No Child Left Behind Opera" and the song "Perky" sung to the tune of Nat King Cole’s "L-O-V-E," with the lyrics:

"At 6 a.m. I sip a soy latte

Get my Franklin out to plan my day

Drive the kids to school

Do aerobics in the pool

When the house, is spic and span

I treat myself to a spray-on tan"

"To be honest, the most fun I have in this whole creative process is sitting in Annette’s house and coming up with ideas," says Moffitt. "The funniest stuff is the stuff you’ll never see&I come home from Annette’s house and my stomach hurts I laugh so hard."

Follies writer Tom Clyde, the chief scribe behind the "Da City" script, says that while outrageous ideas can be hilarious, they may not work as well on stage as they do in the living room.

"We’re not looking to insult anyone," agrees Valerde. "As a writers’ group, we’re very well balanced, in that, I’m way over the edge and willing to be very offensive, but Tom has a very sweet sense of humor and is very politically correct."

Clyde says the "Inconvenient Follies," which was co-written by Pam Wylie and Rick Klein, has gone through several incarnations an entire finished script with footage shot at last year’s Fourth of July Parade was tossed in January.

"You get ideas and then things become current or things that were current become not so current," he explained. "We’re unfortunately too late to get Promontory’s air strip in there in any meaningful way, but new levels of absurdity just surface every day."

According to Clyde, the Follies has become an important tradition.

"Park City is becoming a terribly serious place," he observes. "People fuss and fume and worry over the slightest little thing, so it’s just sort of nice to have a good night for us to laugh at ourselves."

"We’re not looking to insult anyone," Velarde chimes. "My main purpose in working with the Follies is I think that the most dangerous thing that can happen to a person as well as a community is to stop laughing at themselves. When they start to take themselves too seriously, we’re all in big trouble."

Volunteering as director is professional actor and director Terrance Goodman, who moved to Park City from New York in 2005. A 35-year veteran of stage and film, he’s performed at the Egyptian as part of the musical, ‘Urinetown," and most recently co-starred on the stage with Robby Benson for a weekend performance of "Open Heart." This will be his second Follies.

"I was assistant director last year and kind of pulled in," Goodman explained. "I saw how people put their heart and soul into this thing high-profile people in the community took time out of their busy schedules to participate."

In addition to blocking scenes, Goodman said he also served as choreographer for sketches such as a synchronized business number involving briefcases inspired by the Broadway show "Stomp."

"This is a different kind of community than I’ve ever lived in," he admits. "The Follies really has that small-town community atmosphere. It really is a love letter to the community."

It’s a lot of fun, Goodman says, but also a lot of work.

"At the end of the night, you walk out of there saying, ‘never again. This is way too much work for little or no compensation. This is too much’" Clyde says of the Follies. "And then, along comes August, and Annette starts calling and saying, ‘well, I was thinking about a skit about this&’ and before long, you’re right back at it."

Park City Follies shows are scheduled to run Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28 at 8 p.m. with an additional show on April 28 at 5 p.m. Tickets for Thursday’s show are $12, while tickets for all other nights are $20. Tickets for Friday and Saturday’s shows include catered cast parties. The show is rated PG-13 and is likely not appropriate for children or younger teens. Tickets are available by calling the Egyptian Theatre at 649-9371 or by visiting www.parkcityshows.com.

All proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Egyptian Theatre.

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]]> 9699 Shorts fest continues online https://www.swiftcharge.net/2007/01/31/shorts-fest-continues-online/ Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:00:00 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/shorts-fest-continues-online/ In a black-and-white world, Bill, a lumberjack, becomes a 21st century tin man when a pastor curses his axe. Within the span of a 20-minute short film, Bill loses one limb, then another through freak accidents, until his entire body is replaced by metal prostheses manufactured by his friend Paul. Finally, he loses the one thing that can't be replaced by modern science: the warm attention of Jill, the love of his life.

The fast and furious filmmaking of this year's Sundance Film Festival's honorable mention for best short film, "Death to the Tinman," tells the surreal modern-day backstory to L. Frank Baum's "Wizard of Oz," the tin woodsman, an all-metal man who lost his heart.

The festival might be over, but independent short maker Ray Tintori's fairytale short, like its unstoppable protagonist, is also experiencing a second life by way of modern technology, trading the silver screen for a smaller, digital screen on the Internet.

Sundance launched many of its 71 innovative shorts program online to give budding film talents extended exposure, and, in conjunction with iTunes, the opportunity to turn a profit. In the past, a filmmaker views a short as an investment in the future of their career, and not a way to earn a living.

This year, for the first time, some shorts opted to be launched on iTunes, where they can be downloaded-to-own for $1.99.

Selected shorts are also available at the festival's Web site, at festival.sundance.org free of charge and will be available through June, 2007.

Among the shorts offered online is the nine-minute documentary "God Provides," a film that follows members of a Mississippi community and spiritual mission leaders as they respond to Hurricane Katrina's carnage.

Brian Cassidy who co-directed "God Provides" with Melanie Shatzky, says though a screen "the size of four postage stamps" cannot replace the experience of seeing film shorts with an audience in a theater, he accepts the new virtual forum.

"There's a part of me that thinks absolutely a short film should be experienced in the theater, but at the same time, things are changing," he told The Park Record. "The way that people are experiencing film is changing, the distribution models are changing and I do think a newer generation will just kind of develop a new way of processing images."

According to Cassidy, while he attended Sundance and his film was being viewed on the big screen, he fielded calls from not only from other states, but from other countries from people who saw his film on line on their computer screens.

"I think that [launching shorts online] can only be a good thing in the end," said the first-time filmmaker. "As time goes on, and as the distribution models for films change and people begin to experience things in more fragmented ways, I think that the short form will have a kind of renewed vitality.

"In the past, the short film has been perceived as less marketable, less popular. I think that's going to change," Cassidy concluded.

Robert Redford reflected at the beginning of this year's festival that watching the work of short filmmakers will give people a taste of what to expect in the future. If people care about independent filmmaking, they should watch shorts, he said, since they are "the best indicators of what's coming down the pike."

The Sundance short program as helped to further the careers of such filmmakers as Directors David O. Russell, who directed "Three Kings," Spike Jonze, the director of "Adaptation," Paul Thomas Anderson, and the director of "Magnoia," Paul Thomas Anderson.

Most of them, however, had to wait until they were involved in full-length features with a larger budget before they earned a living.

For the past two decades of Sundance's shorts, there has not been a market for the shorts films, according to director of programming for the Sundance Film festival John Cooper. Most filmmakers considered making short film an investment in their future careers, he said, adding that the online offerings of films is exciting because it could "change the culture of the short film genre."

For actor Anthony Neil Moss, the investment in shorts has already paid off.

"This is my first Sundance and this short is my first major release as a lead," he said. "This is the greatest experience I've had in my entire life as far as filmmaking is concerned."

For six 18-hour days and little preparation, he and director Jesus Beltran produced "The Grass Grows Green," a dramatic piece about the impact of a soldier's death in Iraq on the Marine recruit who encouraged him to enlist. The 19-minute performance features Moss as a lead in the role of lieutenant and is also featured on the Sundance Web site.

Moss, who previously had been working as a telecommunications engineer in Dallas, Texas, says due to connections he made in Park City in the past week, he will soon travel to China to play the lead in a full-length feature now that the festival has ended.

As far as the future of shorts is concerned, the screen will only get smaller.

Last November, Redford announced plans to commission six directors to make three-to-five minute shorts for an even tinier screen: the cell phone.

Redford said he hoped to launch the five short films at a cellular industry conference organized by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) in Barcelona next month, when cell phone operators can make the films available for broader distribution.

In the November press release, GSM Association Chief Marketing Officer Bill Gajda said phone operators would not charge consumers for the films. Once the content was downloaded people would be able to transfer the films to other phones using wireless link technologies such as Bluetooth, he said.

The filmmakers asked to direct the shorts by The Sundance Institute include Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, who debuted the feature film "Little Miss Sunshine" at Sundance in 2006.

GSM allows cell phone users to roam freely among markets and has become the global standard for mobile phone frequencies throughout the world.

If successful, in the near future the once non-existent shorts market could be magnified more than ten fold: GSM represents nearly 700 mobile phone operators in 215 countries, Redford said last fall.

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]]> In a black-and-white world, Bill, a lumberjack, becomes a 21st century tin man when a pastor curses his axe. Within the span of a 20-minute short film, Bill loses one limb, then another through freak accidents, until his entire body is replaced by metal prostheses manufactured by his friend Paul. Finally, he loses the one thing that can’t be replaced by modern science: the warm attention of Jill, the love of his life.

The fast and furious filmmaking of this year’s Sundance Film Festival’s honorable mention for best short film, "Death to the Tinman," tells the surreal modern-day backstory to L. Frank Baum’s "Wizard of Oz," the tin woodsman, an all-metal man who lost his heart.

The festival might be over, but independent short maker Ray Tintori’s fairytale short, like its unstoppable protagonist, is also experiencing a second life by way of modern technology, trading the silver screen for a smaller, digital screen on the Internet.

Sundance launched many of its 71 innovative shorts program online to give budding film talents extended exposure, and, in conjunction with iTunes, the opportunity to turn a profit. In the past, a filmmaker views a short as an investment in the future of their career, and not a way to earn a living.

This year, for the first time, some shorts opted to be launched on iTunes, where they can be downloaded-to-own for $1.99.

Selected shorts are also available at the festival’s Web site, at festival.sundance.org free of charge and will be available through June, 2007.

Among the shorts offered online is the nine-minute documentary "God Provides," a film that follows members of a Mississippi community and spiritual mission leaders as they respond to Hurricane Katrina’s carnage.

Brian Cassidy who co-directed "God Provides" with Melanie Shatzky, says though a screen "the size of four postage stamps" cannot replace the experience of seeing film shorts with an audience in a theater, he accepts the new virtual forum.

"There’s a part of me that thinks absolutely a short film should be experienced in the theater, but at the same time, things are changing," he told The Park Record. "The way that people are experiencing film is changing, the distribution models are changing and I do think a newer generation will just kind of develop a new way of processing images."

According to Cassidy, while he attended Sundance and his film was being viewed on the big screen, he fielded calls from not only from other states, but from other countries from people who saw his film on line on their computer screens.

"I think that [launching shorts online] can only be a good thing in the end," said the first-time filmmaker. "As time goes on, and as the distribution models for films change and people begin to experience things in more fragmented ways, I think that the short form will have a kind of renewed vitality.

"In the past, the short film has been perceived as less marketable, less popular. I think that’s going to change," Cassidy concluded.

Robert Redford reflected at the beginning of this year’s festival that watching the work of short filmmakers will give people a taste of what to expect in the future. If people care about independent filmmaking, they should watch shorts, he said, since they are "the best indicators of what’s coming down the pike."

The Sundance short program as helped to further the careers of such filmmakers as Directors David O. Russell, who directed "Three Kings," Spike Jonze, the director of "Adaptation," Paul Thomas Anderson, and the director of "Magnoia," Paul Thomas Anderson.

Most of them, however, had to wait until they were involved in full-length features with a larger budget before they earned a living.

For the past two decades of Sundance’s shorts, there has not been a market for the shorts films, according to director of programming for the Sundance Film festival John Cooper. Most filmmakers considered making short film an investment in their future careers, he said, adding that the online offerings of films is exciting because it could "change the culture of the short film genre."

For actor Anthony Neil Moss, the investment in shorts has already paid off.

"This is my first Sundance and this short is my first major release as a lead," he said. "This is the greatest experience I’ve had in my entire life as far as filmmaking is concerned."

For six 18-hour days and little preparation, he and director Jesus Beltran produced "The Grass Grows Green," a dramatic piece about the impact of a soldier’s death in Iraq on the Marine recruit who encouraged him to enlist. The 19-minute performance features Moss as a lead in the role of lieutenant and is also featured on the Sundance Web site.

Moss, who previously had been working as a telecommunications engineer in Dallas, Texas, says due to connections he made in Park City in the past week, he will soon travel to China to play the lead in a full-length feature now that the festival has ended.

As far as the future of shorts is concerned, the screen will only get smaller.

Last November, Redford announced plans to commission six directors to make three-to-five minute shorts for an even tinier screen: the cell phone.

Redford said he hoped to launch the five short films at a cellular industry conference organized by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) in Barcelona next month, when cell phone operators can make the films available for broader distribution.

In the November press release, GSM Association Chief Marketing Officer Bill Gajda said phone operators would not charge consumers for the films. Once the content was downloaded people would be able to transfer the films to other phones using wireless link technologies such as Bluetooth, he said.

The filmmakers asked to direct the shorts by The Sundance Institute include Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, who debuted the feature film "Little Miss Sunshine" at Sundance in 2006.

GSM allows cell phone users to roam freely among markets and has become the global standard for mobile phone frequencies throughout the world.

If successful, in the near future the once non-existent shorts market could be magnified more than ten fold: GSM represents nearly 700 mobile phone operators in 215 countries, Redford said last fall.

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]]> 8893 Squatters’ owners share plans for former cafe https://www.swiftcharge.net/2006/05/06/squatters-owners-share-plans-for-former-cafe/ Sat, 06 May 2006 13:00:00 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/squatters-owners-share-plans-for-former-cafe/ 极速168赛车官方网站图片

Now a month into its metamorphosis, the Mt. Air Café sign remains, but the insides the old counter, the stools, the booths have been torn out. By fall, Salt Lake Brewing Co. founder Jeff Polychronis plans to turn the café his father, George, and his uncle Charlie, operated for 30 years, into a Squatters Roadhouse Grill.

"We had discussed opening up a Squatters in Park City on more than one occasion, but we couldn't find the right location," Jeff says, speaking also on behalf of Salt Lake Brewing Co.'s co-founder Peter Cole. "Peter and I are pretty cautious and deliberate with what we do We believe there is a niche underserved in Park City for what we do which is casual and affordable dining."

Both owners found the location near the corner of Kearns Boulevard and S.R. 224 well worth the wait.

"It's the best location in Park City," Cole confirms. "At least that's what George told us before we signed the lease."

Salt Lake Brewing Co., established in 1989, will spend the summer renovating before opening in September.

Cole says changes to the exterior of the building will be minimal, however. Recent renderings of the Roadhouse Grill feature modifications to the roof, the addition of a tall clock tower and a new east-facing entrance, but leave the windows and general body of the café intact.

"What we're trying to do is honor the original structure that is the Mt. Air Café -- though we're changing materials and finishes much like we did when we renovated Squatter's building in Salt Lake," he explained. "We named it 'Roadhouse' to reflect that ranch and roadhouse style."

The interior is where most of the changes will occur.

The latest floor plans for the 3,859-square-foot building call for an expanded seating area that exposes the kitchen and includes two bars. Squatters Roadhouse will add 59 seats to Mt. Air's original 115, and during the summer months, the 1,030 square-foot patio will seat an additional 48.

The basement, which until now was used as storage only, will include a prep kitchen.

In keeping with the Brewing Co.'s environmental philosophy, the urinals in the bathroom will be water-free in-order to conserve as much as 800,000 gallons of water a year, they explain. As with their other restaurant locations, the two will continue to use recycled paper cartons for takeout, and use biodiesel made from their kitchen's used canola oil to fuel their trucks.

The Roadhouse menu will be similar to the menu available at Squatter's two other locations in downtown Salt Lake and at Salt Lake City International Airport: dishes made with wild salmon, free range buffalo, organic brown eggs, organic flour, and organic spring greens.

Unique to the location, however, the Roadhouse plans serve breakfast beginning at 6 a.m. Those familiar with Mt. Air's old menu will recognize some dishes, according to Polychronis, but many of the breakfast items will draw from Squatter's current weekend brunch menu that features eggs Florentine, huevos rancheros and buckwheat pancakes.

Unlike Old Town's Wasatch Brew Pub, and Squatter's Salt Lake location, the owners will not brew beers at their Park City Roadhouse. Instead, they will ship their beers to Park City. The bar will feature 13 to 14 beers on tap, wines and cocktails, says Cole.

Despite the fact that they will be competitors, Greg Schirf, owner of Park City's Brew Pub, was the first to learn of their plans to open a Squatters restaurant in town, according to Cole. The three owners in fact brew their beers at the same microbrewery in the heart of Salt Lake and have known each other since the late 1970s, when they all worked in real estate together, Cole says.

"I'd say [Schirf] has been very supportive of us coming to town," Polychronis confirms.

As Polychronis and Cole hammer out the details of their Park City location, they admit Mt. Air will be a tough act to follow.

The Polychronis family has a legacy of owning businesses in Park City. Jeff's grandfather opened Palace Meat and Grocery on Main Street in 1916, he says, and after working for his grandfather, his father owned and operated several businesses under the Mt. Air name.

"My father is 78 years old and he's basically worked his entire life," Jeff explained. "[Retiring] a significant transition for him and not an easy decision to make."

In October, the brothers announced to Jeff that they would be retiring and in January the Salt Lake Brewing Co. presented a proposal to open a new Squatters location in its stead, he says. After the café officially closed its doors, April 1, the new owners invited all Mt. Air employees to fill out applications for their new business, though they say they will wait until a month prior to opening the Roadhouse to hire anyone for their staff.

Polychronis describes the feeling of taking over the Mt. Air location as "a mixture of fear and excitement."

Cole, who is originally from a town south of London, estimates he has known the Polychronis family for 26 years, and like Polychronis, recognizes that a solid reputation like Mt Air had is hard-won.

"As we were telling Jeff's parents it's the end of an era and they really deserve their retirement," Cole said. "We would be extremely pleased if over the years [Squatters Roadhouse Grill] would become a Park City institution, but we realize that you have earn that status."

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Now a month into its metamorphosis, the Mt. Air Café sign remains, but the insides the old counter, the stools, the booths have been torn out. By fall, Salt Lake Brewing Co. founder Jeff Polychronis plans to turn the café his father, George, and his uncle Charlie, operated for 30 years, into a Squatters Roadhouse Grill.

"We had discussed opening up a Squatters in Park City on more than one occasion, but we couldn’t find the right location," Jeff says, speaking also on behalf of Salt Lake Brewing Co.’s co-founder Peter Cole. "Peter and I are pretty cautious and deliberate with what we do We believe there is a niche underserved in Park City for what we do which is casual and affordable dining."

Both owners found the location near the corner of Kearns Boulevard and S.R. 224 well worth the wait.

"It’s the best location in Park City," Cole confirms. "At least that’s what George told us before we signed the lease."

Salt Lake Brewing Co., established in 1989, will spend the summer renovating before opening in September.

Cole says changes to the exterior of the building will be minimal, however. Recent renderings of the Roadhouse Grill feature modifications to the roof, the addition of a tall clock tower and a new east-facing entrance, but leave the windows and general body of the café intact.

"What we’re trying to do is honor the original structure that is the Mt. Air Café — though we’re changing materials and finishes much like we did when we renovated Squatter’s building in Salt Lake," he explained. "We named it ‘Roadhouse’ to reflect that ranch and roadhouse style."

The interior is where most of the changes will occur.

The latest floor plans for the 3,859-square-foot building call for an expanded seating area that exposes the kitchen and includes two bars. Squatters Roadhouse will add 59 seats to Mt. Air’s original 115, and during the summer months, the 1,030 square-foot patio will seat an additional 48.

The basement, which until now was used as storage only, will include a prep kitchen.

In keeping with the Brewing Co.’s environmental philosophy, the urinals in the bathroom will be water-free in-order to conserve as much as 800,000 gallons of water a year, they explain. As with their other restaurant locations, the two will continue to use recycled paper cartons for takeout, and use biodiesel made from their kitchen’s used canola oil to fuel their trucks.

The Roadhouse menu will be similar to the menu available at Squatter’s two other locations in downtown Salt Lake and at Salt Lake City International Airport: dishes made with wild salmon, free range buffalo, organic brown eggs, organic flour, and organic spring greens.

Unique to the location, however, the Roadhouse plans serve breakfast beginning at 6 a.m. Those familiar with Mt. Air’s old menu will recognize some dishes, according to Polychronis, but many of the breakfast items will draw from Squatter’s current weekend brunch menu that features eggs Florentine, huevos rancheros and buckwheat pancakes.

Unlike Old Town’s Wasatch Brew Pub, and Squatter’s Salt Lake location, the owners will not brew beers at their Park City Roadhouse. Instead, they will ship their beers to Park City. The bar will feature 13 to 14 beers on tap, wines and cocktails, says Cole.

Despite the fact that they will be competitors, Greg Schirf, owner of Park City’s Brew Pub, was the first to learn of their plans to open a Squatters restaurant in town, according to Cole. The three owners in fact brew their beers at the same microbrewery in the heart of Salt Lake and have known each other since the late 1970s, when they all worked in real estate together, Cole says.

"I’d say [Schirf] has been very supportive of us coming to town," Polychronis confirms.

As Polychronis and Cole hammer out the details of their Park City location, they admit Mt. Air will be a tough act to follow.

The Polychronis family has a legacy of owning businesses in Park City. Jeff’s grandfather opened Palace Meat and Grocery on Main Street in 1916, he says, and after working for his grandfather, his father owned and operated several businesses under the Mt. Air name.

"My father is 78 years old and he’s basically worked his entire life," Jeff explained. "[Retiring] a significant transition for him and not an easy decision to make."

In October, the brothers announced to Jeff that they would be retiring and in January the Salt Lake Brewing Co. presented a proposal to open a new Squatters location in its stead, he says. After the café officially closed its doors, April 1, the new owners invited all Mt. Air employees to fill out applications for their new business, though they say they will wait until a month prior to opening the Roadhouse to hire anyone for their staff.

Polychronis describes the feeling of taking over the Mt. Air location as "a mixture of fear and excitement."

Cole, who is originally from a town south of London, estimates he has known the Polychronis family for 26 years, and like Polychronis, recognizes that a solid reputation like Mt Air had is hard-won.

"As we were telling Jeff’s parents it’s the end of an era and they really deserve their retirement," Cole said. "We would be extremely pleased if over the years [Squatters Roadhouse Grill] would become a Park City institution, but we realize that you have earn that status."

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]]> 5594 Heber building exemplifies green goals https://www.swiftcharge.net/2006/04/22/heber-building-exemplifies-green-goals/ Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 http://dev.swiftcharge.net/news/heber-building-exemplifies-green-goals/ 极速168赛车官方网站图片

An unlikely location for one of the greenest buildings in the area, perhaps, but leaders of the Park City Area Home Builders Association are calling a Heber Valley office building an example of the new standards for green building practices.

"This [Heber City] building is a good example of what we're trying to bring to the community," explains Norm Anderson, the association's treasurer. "It's the greenest building I can think of."

The 12,000-square-foot energy-efficient building is the headquarters of Anthony Aliengena's company, Insight Technology, a factoring service for owner operators and small trucking companies. Aliengena's will be installing shelves on his windows that will take advantage of the sun's low position in the wintertime, and block sunlight when the sun is high in the summer. The interior lighting system is sunlight-sensitive, he says, so that the lights will dim and brighten as needed. The building is currently in the midst of construction.

To save money on heat and cooling, Aliengena employs heat from the ground to warm and cool his concrete structure by running pipes up to 300 feet underground called "ground coupled heat pumps." The earth is naturally 56 degrees, he notes and he uses it to heat and cool the building.

The concrete absorbs the heat well, and takes a long time to cool off in the evening, which means it takes less time to warm the building back up again the following morning, according to Aliengena.

Park City Area Home Builders Association President Gary Hill says a ground coupled heat pump system works something like a refrigerator, which pumps out heat from behind, and cools in the front. Flip a switch, and the system that heats Aliengena's building can become a natural air conditioner.

While Aliengena does aim to help save natural resources, he notes he is likewise conserving money.

"It costs us about $45,000 to $50,000 more to use this as our heating, but the system will pay itself back in five years," he says. "

When asked whether his neighbors have taken note of his environmental efforts, he says that while the immediate community has not said much, Park City has, he says. Park City Councilwoman Marianne Cone has taken the time to drive out for a visit.

Led by Hill and Anderson, building experts in the area have outlined a Built Green Checklist for 2006. The list identifies 209 items that count as points toward qualifying a home as "green." A home needs at least 70 points, and must be registered with the "Built Green" program to qualify.

The points are inspired by a list of standards from Colorado, which separates green building into eight categories, featuring mechanical heating and cooling systems, air distribution systems, improved indoor air quality, moisture management, lighting, framing, exterior wall finishes and water conservation.

Anderson describes the government citizens group in its "formative stage" at the moment, currently presenting its lists to city and county governments in Wasatch and Summit counties for ratification and for funding. The green building group would like local governments to adopt their list as a voluntary set of standards, and contribute funds to the group, he says. The group is currently looking for $25,000 from the private sector and $20,000 from the public sector to help fund public education on green building and green building "audits" to ensure standards are met.

The group plans to establish a green building council under the Park City Home Builders Association this fall, Anderson says, but the concept of creating green building standards for the community has been in the works for several years now.

"People in Park City have been very receptive to the idea of green building ... It started three years ago with [Recycle Utah's Executive Director] Insa Riepen's green building seminar she expected 50 people to show up, and 140 came last year 250 people showed," he explained. "Last year, Leadership Park City chose green building as their topic, and when they finished, we created a government citizens group."

The seven-member group includes Park City Municipal's Chief Building Official Ron Ivie, Summit County Building Official Eric Averett, and Doug Smith, a planner from the Wasatch County Planning Department. According to Anderson, Ivie has said he suspects that the majority of Park City homes meet 90 percent of the green building standards outlined by the committee.

When Aliengena looked at the standards proposed by the Park City Area's Home Builders group, he says he tallied his building's green points at more than 130 and insists that's a conservative count on his part.

His wife Jennifer who has helped to design the building observes that

"We just thought we'd give back a little. It just doesn't make sense anymore to build a big building the old way, given the technology available now," she said.

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An unlikely location for one of the greenest buildings in the area, perhaps, but leaders of the Park City Area Home Builders Association are calling a Heber Valley office building an example of the new standards for green building practices.

"This [Heber City] building is a good example of what we’re trying to bring to the community," explains Norm Anderson, the association’s treasurer. "It’s the greenest building I can think of."

The 12,000-square-foot energy-efficient building is the headquarters of Anthony Aliengena’s company, Insight Technology, a factoring service for owner operators and small trucking companies. Aliengena’s will be installing shelves on his windows that will take advantage of the sun’s low position in the wintertime, and block sunlight when the sun is high in the summer. The interior lighting system is sunlight-sensitive, he says, so that the lights will dim and brighten as needed. The building is currently in the midst of construction.

To save money on heat and cooling, Aliengena employs heat from the ground to warm and cool his concrete structure by running pipes up to 300 feet underground called "ground coupled heat pumps." The earth is naturally 56 degrees, he notes and he uses it to heat and cool the building.

The concrete absorbs the heat well, and takes a long time to cool off in the evening, which means it takes less time to warm the building back up again the following morning, according to Aliengena.

Park City Area Home Builders Association President Gary Hill says a ground coupled heat pump system works something like a refrigerator, which pumps out heat from behind, and cools in the front. Flip a switch, and the system that heats Aliengena’s building can become a natural air conditioner.

While Aliengena does aim to help save natural resources, he notes he is likewise conserving money.

"It costs us about $45,000 to $50,000 more to use this as our heating, but the system will pay itself back in five years," he says. "

When asked whether his neighbors have taken note of his environmental efforts, he says that while the immediate community has not said much, Park City has, he says. Park City Councilwoman Marianne Cone has taken the time to drive out for a visit.

Led by Hill and Anderson, building experts in the area have outlined a Built Green Checklist for 2006. The list identifies 209 items that count as points toward qualifying a home as "green." A home needs at least 70 points, and must be registered with the "Built Green" program to qualify.

The points are inspired by a list of standards from Colorado, which separates green building into eight categories, featuring mechanical heating and cooling systems, air distribution systems, improved indoor air quality, moisture management, lighting, framing, exterior wall finishes and water conservation.

Anderson describes the government citizens group in its "formative stage" at the moment, currently presenting its lists to city and county governments in Wasatch and Summit counties for ratification and for funding. The green building group would like local governments to adopt their list as a voluntary set of standards, and contribute funds to the group, he says. The group is currently looking for $25,000 from the private sector and $20,000 from the public sector to help fund public education on green building and green building "audits" to ensure standards are met.

The group plans to establish a green building council under the Park City Home Builders Association this fall, Anderson says, but the concept of creating green building standards for the community has been in the works for several years now.

"People in Park City have been very receptive to the idea of green building … It started three years ago with [Recycle Utah’s Executive Director] Insa Riepen’s green building seminar she expected 50 people to show up, and 140 came last year 250 people showed," he explained. "Last year, Leadership Park City chose green building as their topic, and when they finished, we created a government citizens group."

The seven-member group includes Park City Municipal’s Chief Building Official Ron Ivie, Summit County Building Official Eric Averett, and Doug Smith, a planner from the Wasatch County Planning Department. According to Anderson, Ivie has said he suspects that the majority of Park City homes meet 90 percent of the green building standards outlined by the committee.

When Aliengena looked at the standards proposed by the Park City Area’s Home Builders group, he says he tallied his building’s green points at more than 130 and insists that’s a conservative count on his part.

His wife Jennifer who has helped to design the building observes that

"We just thought we’d give back a little. It just doesn’t make sense anymore to build a big building the old way, given the technology available now," she said.

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