27 September 2010

Local Company Wins Bid to Build NSA Data Center


Local Company Wins NSA Data Center Bid Award



Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon congratulated Salt Lake County firm Big-D Construction and partners Balfour Beatty and DPR on the award of a $1.2 billion federal contract to build a data center for U.S. intelligence agencies at Camp Williams.

“We are very pleased that the data center is coming to Salt Lake County, and proud that a Salt Lake County construction company will be working on the project,” said Mayor Corroon. “This will bring many new jobs to our valley.”

It is estimated that 7,000 to 10,000 workers will be employed in the construction of the data center. The center is expected to be completed in 2012.


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SLCo Flood Victims In Line for Financial Relief


SL County Flood Victims In Line for Financial Relief



Two million dollars in federal funding has been approved to restore Little Cottonwood Creek to its pre-flood conditions.

Mayor Peter Corroon requested $6,000,000 from the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Emergency Watershed Protection Program for creek restoration.

The Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program is designed to reduce threats to life and property in the wake of natural disasters. The remaining $4,000,000 is expected in coming months.

Funds from the EWP are used to restore non-federal property back to pre-flood conditions. The program will not reimburse private property owners for restoration work completed prior to the time the County gets the EWP award.

Salt Lake County crews are currently making temporary repairs to Little Cottonwood Creek by stabilizing slopes and making channel banks safe.

Complete repairs will be started when NRCS funds become available.

In the meantime, Salt Lake County is doing design work for locations that need restoration. Actual construction on those locations should start early next year and the highest priority locations will be done before spring runoff.

Private property owners are reminded to contact Salt Lake County Flood Control (801-468-2779) to get a permit before starting any non-emergency restoration work.


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Tracy Aviary Hosts Free Screening of Ghost Bird







"Ghost Bird"
Free Screening

Hosted by Tracy Aviary &
The SLC Film Center








With the United Nation's having declared 2010 International Biodiversity Year, join the award-winning documentary Ghost Bird in helping to protect and raise awareness for the planet's precious biodiversity. Ghost Bird tells the timely story of the Ivory-billed woodpecker's miraculous rediscovery in 2005. The birdʼs resurrection was heralded around the world as proof that conservation efforts on behalf of threatened species were making the critical difference between life and death. While the fate of Ivory-bills remains uncertain, there is no question the vital role local conservation efforts play in reversing the planet's extinction crisis.

Featuring music by The Pixies, The Black Keys, Under Byen, Hazmat Modine, The Black Heart Procession and an original score by Zoë Keating.

Critical Acclaim for Ghost Bird

"This spellbinding documentary takes a small item from recent history-the alleged discovery of the extinct ivory-billed woodpecker near a small, depressed Arkansas town in 2005, and the media and scientific hoopla that ensued-and turns it into a cosmic lament for the forest primeval and manʼs search for environmental redemption." - Critic's Pick! New York Magazine

"Scott Crocker has turned a bird-watching tale into a multilayered story that will fascinate practically everybody in "Ghost Bird," a witty, wistful documentary about the supposed rediscovery in Arkansas of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird thought to have been extinct for decades." - The New York Times

Salt Lake City Library
September 28th - 7:00 pm
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City, Utah


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UMFA Special Exhibitions - Warhol, Kusama, Southey and More


Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Special Exhibitions



Don’t miss Warhol, Kusama, Southey and more at the UMFA this fall!

The Ideal Landscape
October 7, 2010–February 13, 201
Chinese landscape paintings do not recreate a natural setting, but instead conjure an ideal scene imagined by the artist. As a result, these intricate depictions of mountains and bodies of water offer expressions of the painter’s heart and mind. This fall, the UMFA will bring together thirteen Chinese landscape paintings dating from the Ming dynasty to the twentieth century in The Ideal Landscape, an exhibition that will be installed in the UMFA’s second-floor LDS Galleria.


Trevor Southey: Reconciliation
October 21, 2010–February 13, 2011
This retrospective of the life and work of artist Trevor Southey gives prominence to four life passages that have defined Southey’s character and art: his youth in Rhodesia and education in England; his life as a married, practicing Mormon and his desire for a utopian lifestyle created around family, farming, and art; Southey’s decision to acknowledge his homosexuality in 1982, which coincided with the first major public awareness of the AIDS epidemic; and the reconciliation of his life decisions as expressed in his revised artistic approach to the human form. This exhibition is generously supported by the B.W. Bastian Foundation, Jim Dabakis and Stephen Justesen, and Tom and Mary McCarthey.


Yayoi Kusama: Decades
October 21, 2010–February 13, 2011
Yayoi Kusama: Decades offers a focused presentation of exemplary works by renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. A key figure in the New York art world of the late 1950s and 1960s, Kusama’s pioneering work has galvanized subsequent generations of artists. From her early watercolor paintings of the 1950s to her “accumulation” sculptures of the 1960s, to recent, large-scale “infinity nets” paintings, the exhibition highlights works from each decade of the artist’s long career.


Faces: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art
October 21, 2010–February 13, 2011
This exhibition brings together classic works of Pop Art and more recent Pop-inflected works, with a focus on the human face and figure. Many works in the exhibition take the form of portraits, such as Alex Katz’s series of screen prints depicting young people in the 1970s, or ironic self-portraits, as in Robert Arneson’s Untitled Trophy (Bust Of Bob), 1978. Faces also includes a selection of Andy Warhol’s famous Polaroid portraits, a recent gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, on view at the UMFA for the first time. Ranging from portraits of the rich and famous to unknown figures, Warhol’s Polaroids revel in the idiosyncrasies of his subjects.


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24 September 2010

Utah Opera Opens With Puccini’s La Bohème

Utah Opera
Opens 2010-11 Season with
Puccini’s La Bohème

Utah Opera will open the 2010-11 season with Puccini’s La Bohème at Capitol Theatre on October 16, 18, 20 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and October 24 at 2:00 p.m. The Utah Symphony will accompany Utah Opera in each performance, conducted by Leonardo Vordoni (Utah Opera debut) and directed by Crystal Manich (Utah Opera debut). The opera will be sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Originally written to be set in the 19th century, Utah Opera has set this production 1939 Paris. The opera follows a group of young bohemians on the verge of adulthood, eager to fall in love forever, refusing to recognize illness or pain. With emotion-filled melodies and some of the greatest arias ever written, La Bohème will transport the audience to the joys and sorrows of young adulthood.

With two twenty-minute intermissions, approximate final curtain will be 9:50 p.m. for evening performances and 4:20 p.m. for the matinee.

Karen Brookens will deliver a free Opera Preview Lecture on Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the 4th floor meeting room of the Salt Lake City Library. Associate Professor and head of the voice area at Weber State University, Dr. Brookens has appeared in opera and concert performances throughout the United States and Canada

Utah Opera Artistic Director Christopher McBeth will hold a Questions and Answers session immediately following each performance in the Founders room on the mezzanine level at Capitol Theatre.

SYNOPIS

ACT I. Paris, Christmas Eve, c. 1939. In their Latin Quarter garret, the painter Marcello and poet Rodolfo try to keep warm by burning pages from Rodolfo's latest drama. They are joined by their comrades — Colline, a young philosopher, and Schaunard, a musician who has landed a job and brings food, fuel and funds. But while they celebrate their unexpected fortune, the landlord, Benoit, arrives to collect the rent. Plying the older man with wine, they urge him to tell of his flirtations, then throw him out in mock indignation. As the friends depart for a celebration at the nearby Café Momus, Rodolfo promises to join them soon, staying behind to finish writing an article. There is another knock: a neighbor, Mimì, says her candle has gone out on the drafty stairs. Offering her wine when she feels faint, Rodolfo relights her candle and helps her to the door. Mimì realizes she has dropped her key, and as the two search for it, both candles are blown out. In the moonlight the poet takes the girl's shivering hand, telling her his dreams. She then recounts her solitary life, embroidering flowers and waiting for spring. Drawn to each other, Mimì and Rodolfo leave for the café.

ACT II. Amid shouts of street hawkers, Rodolfo buys Mimì a bonnet near the Café Momus before introducing her to his friends. They all sit down and order supper. A toy vendor, Parpignol, passes by, besieged by children. Marcello's former lover, Musetta, enters ostentatiously on the arm of the elderly, wealthy Alcindoro. Trying to regain the painter's attention, she sings a waltz about her popularity. Complaining that her shoe pinches, Musetta sends Alcindoro to fetch a new pair, then falls into Marcello's arms. Joining a group of marching soldiers, the Bohemians leave Alcindoro to face the bill when he returns.

ACT III. At dawn on the snowy outskirts of Paris, a Customs Officer admits farm women to the city. Musetta and revelers are heard inside a tavern. Soon Mimì walks by, searching for the place where the reunited Marcello and Musetta now live. When the painter emerges, she pours out her distress over Rodolfo's incessant jealousy. It is best they part, she says. Rodolfo, who has been asleep in the tavern, is heard, and Mimì hides; Marcello thinks she has left. The poet tells Marcello he wants to separate from his fickle sweetheart. Pressed further, he breaks down, saying Mimì is dying; her ill health can only worsen in the poverty they share. Overcome, Mimì stumbles forward to bid her lover farewell as Marcello runs back into the tavern to investigate Musetta's raucous laughter. While Mimì and Rodolfo recall their happiness, Musetta quarrels with Marcello. The painter and his mistress part in fury, but Mimì and Rodolfo decide to stay together until spring.

ACT IV. Some months later, Rodolfo and Marcello lament their loneliness in the garret. Colline and Schaunard bring a meager meal. The four stage a dance, which turns into a mock fight. The merrymaking is ended when Musetta bursts in, saying Mimì is downstairs, too weak to climb up. As Rodolfo runs to her, Musetta tells how Mimì has begged to be taken to her lover to die. While Mimì is made comfortable, Marcello goes with Musetta to sell her earrings for medicine, and Colline leaves to pawn his cherished overcoat. Alone, Mimì and Rodolfo recall their first days together, but she is seized with coughing. When the others return, Musetta gives Mimì a muff to warm her hands and prays for her life. Mimì dies quietly, and when Schaunard discovers she is dead, Rodolfo runs to her side, calling her name.

Tickets start at $15 and can be can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (355-2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office, the Capitol Theatre box office or by visiting www.usuo.org. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (533-6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 day of performance.


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Phase III of Parley's Trail Offically Opened

New Section of Parley's Trail
Offically Opens

The third phase of Parley’s Trail, which runs from the pedestrian bridge that spans I-215 to Tanner Park, is offically opened. The newly paved .9 mile section of trail provides County residents with more alternatives for walking, biking, commuting and recreating.

Parley’s Trail is a paved bicycle and pedestrian trail, currently under construction, which follows the Interstate 80/Parley’s Creek corridor from the Bonneville Shoreline Trail at the mouth of Parley’s Canyon to the Sugar House Business District with the end goal of connecting with the Provo-Jordan River Parkway. When fully completed Parley’s Trail will be about 8 miles long and will be the major east-west connector trail through Millcreek Township, Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake City. Currently the trail reaches from Tanner Park eastward over I-125 via a pedestrian bridge and connects with the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. Additional phases of the trail are progressing.

Phase III of the Parley’s Trail was designed by HW Lochner Engineering Firm and constructed by Cal Wadsworth Construction. Cost for Phase III was approximately $2 million dollars of which $1.6 million ( 80%) was from Federal funding and $400,000 (20%) came from local matching funds from Salt Lake County and Salt Lake City. Private donors have contributed nearly $300,000 on all three phases to this point.

To date over 300 plants and trees have been planted which were provided by PRATT with support from private financial donations. Water for the new plants until they are well established will be provided by a drip irrigation system connected to a number of cisterns also made possible by PRATT with the help of private and corporate donors.

For more information on Salt Lake County Parks and Recreations programs please visit them on the web at www.recreation.slco.org.


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23 September 2010

A Book for Every Child Program at Magna Elementary



A Book For
Every Child



Rock Canyon Writing for Charity, in concert with the Children’s Literature Association of Utah have recently put together a “Book for Every Child” program. They have formed a partnership with Magna Elementary School, Salt Lake County Community Resources and Development and Community Development Corporation of Utah to make available to each child who attends Magna Elementary a book from a local author.

The Children's Literature Association of Utah (CLAU) is a volunteer organization of individuals who have a personal or professional interest in children's literature. The organization's purposes are: to encourage the reading, study, and writing of children's literature; to provide a forum for all points of view and levels of experience in children's books; and to gather and share information about children's literature. They also orchestrate the Beehive Book Awards, Utah’s children’s choice book awards.

Magna Elementary School is actively involved in the promoting of reading for all of its students. On September 23 and September 28 an assembly will be held. Rick Walton and other local authors will come together to give an assembly on the value of reading books and will so some story telling.

Salt Lake County Community Resources and Development and Community Development Corporation of Utah are helping to sponsor this program and effort as part its Idea House Neighborhood and Energy Smart Programs. An open house will be held October 2nd at the Idea House located at 3037 South 9050 West and the Webster School Cottages at 2631 South 8990 West. The purpose of the open houses is to make available ideas on ways to make homes more energy efficient and information on different programs such as foreclosure prevention, emergency home repair program and Energy Smart loans and grant program.

The Rock Canyon Writers are a group of over 70 nationally published Utah authors and illustrators of books for young readers. They began The Writing for Charity project three years ago and it has become an annual event. If you would like more information about the Book for Every Child project and how you put books into the hands of a child, a class, a grade, or a school, visit their website at writingforcharity.com.


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Regional Premier Of The Drowsy Chaperone at HCT

Hale Centre Theatre
To Debut Regional Premier Of
“The Drowsy Chaperone”

Heartfelt, Comedic Homage to Classic 1920s Musicals to Feature Surprising Stage Antics and Decadent Costumes.

Hale Centre Theatre (HCT), Utah’s premier family theatre, will present the regional premier of the just-off-Broadway hit “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Oct. 6 through Nov. 27. A multiple Tony Award-winning show, HCT’s production features creative staging elements and glamorously detailed 1920s costumes.

A show written to be performed in proscenium, HCT has adapted the production to its unique theatre-in-the-round. The entire story is told from a small, realistic apartment, which contains multiple stage sets that are incorporated as the show progresses. With eight entrances through the floor, including traps and quick lifts, HCT’s set also features surprise entrances through pieces of furniture.

“Every musical number in the show is one-upping itself so we tried to match the set to that energy,” said Kacey Udy, HCT technical director and resident scenic designer. “As the story builds, the sets become more surprising and elaborate even though the story is taking place in the apartment.”

HCT’s costume designers have also created detailed, period-appropriate costumes. The designers started a friendly competition by dividing up characters instead of working on all the pieces. The result is imaginative, beautiful costumes that add to the nostalgia and Vaudeville Era atmosphere of the show.

“What people will be most surprised about is how they feel when they leave the theatre,” said director David Tinney. “It’s a classic comedy with a contemporary sensibility. It’s funny, but still very heartwarming. I can’t think of a better remedy for these times than to escape to the theatre to enjoy this kind of a show.”

Honoring classic American musicals of the Jazz Age, “The Drowsy Chaperone” stars a depressed die-hard musical theatre fan, Man in Chair, who plays a record from the original cast recording of a (fictional) Broadway musical to cheer himself up. As the needle hits the record, the audience, with Man in Chair, is transported to a 1928 Broadway theatre and into “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a play-within-a-play featuring gags and gimmicks from the golden age of musicals.

“The Drowsy Chaperone” debuted on Broadway in May 2006. It was written by improvisational performer/writer Bob Martin and Don McKellar, with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison. What started as a spoof of old musicals written by friends for the wedding of writer Martin to his wife, Janet, swept the theatre world by storm and earned five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Score.

HCT’s “The Drowsy Chaperone” is directed and choreographed by Tinney with musical direction by Anne Puzey. The show stars Greg Barnett as Man in Chair; Marcie Jacobsen as the Drowsy Chaperone; Kelly Coombs and Debra Weed as Janet Van de Graaff; and Ames Bell and Taylor Eliason as Robert Martin. Costumes were designed by the HCT design team headed by Suzanne Carling; technical direction and scenic design by Udy; lighting designer is Spencer Brown; and assistant technical direction and sound design by Dan Morgan

Performances are Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with matinées each Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. and occasional weekdays at 4 p.m. Ticket prices for Monday through Thursday evenings and matinees are $22 per adult and $15 per child (5-11 years); for Friday and Saturday evening shows tickets are $26 per adult and $16 per child (5-11 years). Tickets may be purchased online at www.halecentretheatre.org, via telephone at (801) 984-9000 or at the Hale Centre Theatre box office at 3333 South Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, Utah.


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20 September 2010

SLCo Hosts Emergency Preparedness Fair


Residents invited to
Emergency Preparedness Fair



Salt Lake County is hosting an Emergency Preparedness Fair on Saturday, September 25, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the county’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located at 3380 South 900 West in Salt Lake. The fire in Herriman is a stark reminder of the need for families to be prepared in case of an emergency, such as wildfires, floods, and earthquakes.

Emergency preparedness experts and vendors will be present to assist residents become better prepared. In addition, local emergency response agencies will showcase some of their response capabilities. Attendees will also be able to tour the county’s EOC and Joint Information Center.

There will be raffles for emergency preparedness kits, along with free hot dogs and drinks.

EOC
3380 South 900 West
Salt Lake City, Utah
September 25 - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm


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Utah Symphony Presents Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody On A Theme of Paganini

The Utah Symphony Presents
Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody
On A Theme of Paganini


The concert features Maestro Mario Venzago and pianist Conrad Tao.

Guest conductor Mario Venzago leads 16-year-old Chinese-American pianist Conrad Tao (who replaces Horacio Gutiérrez) and the Utah Symphony in Rachmaninoff’s romantic and hugely popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The program also includes Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island and Finlandia as well as Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 in D Minor. The performances will be held at Abravanel Hall on Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9 at 8:00 p.m.

The program opens with Sibelius’ emotionally expressive Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island followed by the composer’s Finlandia. Then, Tao joins the orchestra for Rachmaninoff’s famous Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini featuring wit, charm, romance and rhythmic verve. The evening concludes with Schumann’s 4th Symphony with its unprecedented cohesion and structural unity.

Mario Venzago was born in 1948 in Zürich, Switzerland. He began playing piano at age five, attended the conservatory and the university in Zurich and continued his studies with Hans Swarowsky in Vienna. After seven extremely successful years as Music Director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra he resigned in 2009. In 2004 he was appointed Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (the National Orchestra of Sweden). He has previously held posts as Music Director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra (1997-2003), the Basque National Orchestra in Spain (1998-2001), the Graz Opera House in Austria (1990-95), the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie in Frankfurt/Bremen (1989-92), the Heidelberg Opera (1986-1989), the Winterthur City Orchestra (1978-86), the Lucerne Opera House and he served as principal conductor for the broadcast recordings of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva until 1986.

In 2010 he became principal conductor of the Northern Sinfonia in Newcastle and was announced Chief Conductor of the Bern Symphonie Orchestra. A regular visitor to the world’s leading orchestras and opera houses, Mr. Venzago's distinguished conducting career has included engagements with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, the BBC London, the Scala di Milano, the Boston and Philadelphia Orchestras as well as the Tapiola Sinfonietta which he will join as "Artist in Association" from autumn 2010 on.

Born in Urbana, Illinois, 16-year-old American pianist Conrad Tao began showing an interest in music at a very early age, when he was found playing children’s songs on the piano at about 18 months of age. Conrad started violin lessons at age 3 and formal piano lessons at 3 1/2, gave his first public piano recital at age 4, and performed a recital at the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in Orlando, Florida at age 7. At age 8, he made his concerto debut with the Utah Chamber Music Festival Orchestra performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A major, K414. At age 10, Conrad was featured on the national radio program “From the Top” as both pianist and composer, and he was featured again on PBS’s “From the Top - Live from Carnegie Hall” TV series in September 2006 as violinist, pianist and composer. Conrad’s recital performance has been featured on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today”. In 2008 Conrad was named a Davidson Fellow Laureate by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development.

As a pianist, Conrad has performed with many symphony orchestras throughout the United States, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony and the Russian National Orchestra, among others.

Conrad is currently enrolled in Juilliard’s Pre-College Division and studies piano with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky.

Tickets for the evening’s performances start at $15 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting www.usuo.org. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 day of performance.


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SLCo Libraries Celebrate Banned Books Week

Library Celebrates Banned Books Week


Salt Lake County Libraries are partnering with Utah Food Bank to help feed our communities in need from September 27 through October 2. The County Libraries are making it fast and easy for library patrons to help: bring in any commercially-packaged, non-perishable food items to your neighborhood library to aid the Utah Food Bank during Banned Books Week, and then receive up to $5.00 of previously accrued fines waived from your library account. Help ban hunger - and then check out a banned book! Look for displays in the libraries, and find more details at www.slcolibrary.org.

WHERE: All Salt Lake County Libraries
WHEN: September 27 – October 2, 2010


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Spy Hop 2010 Awards Ceremony

Spy Hop Productions Presents
The Best of Spy Hop 2010 Awards Ceremony


Come see the best in filmmaking, songwriting, sound design, game design and animation by Salt Lake area teens.

Spy Hop Productions will be hosting its annual BEST OF SPY HOP Awards Ceremony honoring the finest film, music, audio and design work from Spy Hop's 2009-10 student body on Thursday, September 23, from 7-9 PM at the University of Utah's Post Theater (245 S. Fort Douglas Boulevard, Bldg. 636). This is a free, all-ages event open to the public. To reserve seating, attendees must RSVP online at www.spyhop.org.

Nominations for each awards category were provided by the staff of professional mentors at Spy Hop Productions. Then, two rounds of voting were conducted in which all staff voted for their favorite pieces in each category. Spy Hop serves an annual population of more than 1,000 students from over 117 different schools throughout the Salt Lake area. Mentors were asked to submit as much work as they felt deserved recognition in as many of the categories as possible. The awards categories were intentionally left general as to encourage competition between the disciplines for each award. From 53 original nominations, the finalists have been narrowed down to just 33 individual pieces.

All of the nominated works will be screened before the audience that night, after which the winner will be announced and presented with the Spy Hop “Golden Mouse Award.”

Finalists for this year's 2009-10 Best Of Spy Hop Awards are:

BEST PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Most intelligent, compelling, articulate personal account of self.
• Dan Pimentel – “A New Song” (Film Apprenticeship)
• Laela Omar (Cottonwood High) – “Hijab” (REEL Stories)
• Connor Estes (Ogden) – “Battling the Mind” (Loud & Clear Youth
   Radio)

BEST STORYTELLING
Most able to draw you in using all the elements of storytelling including, but not limited to, sound, lighting, voice, depth of field, animation, effects and music.
• Daniel Pimentel, May Bartlett, and Kevin LeStarge – “The
   Antagonist” (PitchNic)
• Loren Ruiz, Rachel Fairclough, and Britt Decker – “Brains” (PitchNic)
• Connor Estes, Lauren Gutierrez (AMES), Austin Charillo – “End of
   The World Radio Play” (Loud & Clear Youth Radio)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Most thoughtful, compelling and intelligent documentary storytelling.
• Ethan Pullan (SLCC), Alek Sabin, and Pat Thompson – “Brother of
   Mine” (PitchNic)
• Erin Cole (Judge Memorial High) – “Just Say Know” (Reel Stories)
• Laela Omar (Cottonwood High) – “Hijab” (Reel Stories)

BEST CREATIVE/ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Best use of talent in a creative visual, sound, or print output.
• Chris Miller (Magna) – Personal Narrative #1
• Phil Davis in the role of 'Hat Man' from “The Antagonist”
• 'Interviews About Mortality' - Sending Messages (Award-winning
   podcast from Decker Lake Youth Center)

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Best technical and artistic sound design composition.
• “The Antagonist” (Audio Apprentices)
• “Brains” (Audio Apprentices)
• William Palomo (Bingham High School) – “Zergs” (Loud and Clear
   Youth Radio)
• Jared Gilmore (Centerville) and JT Allen (Murray High) mixing The
   Direction "From VII & IV" CD (Spy Hop Records)

BEST SONG
Best lyrics and musical tapestry/overall song composition.
• The Direction – “Digging”
• Joel Brown – “Lullaby”
• Idyll Rigamarole – “Kid” by Rachel Myhrin (Musicology)
• Idyll Rigamarole – “Benchmark” by TJ Hunter (Musicology)

BEST PEER MENTOR
Most dedicated, hard working, reliable and responsible peer mentor.
• May Bartlett (PitchNic)
• Ethan Pullan (PitchNic)
• Liz Tanner (Loud and Clear Youth Radio)

ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Where are they now? Most community impact and personal achievement after Spy Hop.
• Eli Sasich
• Garrett McDowell
• Margaret King

BEST DIGITAL DESIGN, ANIMATION OR CLAYMATION
Best artwork and highest skill level exemplified in Design, Animation or Claymation.
• Ben Diez (Layton) - Character Design for Steam Knight (Game
   Design)
• “Mighty Hunt of the Kickapoo” (Summer Claymation)
• Sam Milliner (Olympus High) – Portfolio 2010
• Alex Huggins (West High) - buttons, fliers and Direction CD booklet
   design (Spy Hop Records)

BEST GAME DESIGN
Best overall game design exhibiting the best design, playability and original idea.
• Joey Despain (Indian Hills Middle School) - 3D Maze (Game Design)
• Mackay Hare (Park City) – “Rocco’s Adventure” (Game Design)
• Design Apprentices – “Steam Knight” (Game Design)


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Brown-Bagging It with Slow Food Utah




Brown-Bagging It
with Slow Food Utah





Packing a lunch for school or for work is often cited as a smart idea to help save money, but what about the nutritional benefits of a well-planned mid-day meal? On Saturday, September 25, Slow Food Utah will teach the community how to “Build a Better Lunch Box” at the Sorenson Unity Center.

The event is free to the public and features more than 20 different booths on food education, health, nutrition and other great resources for families. Throughout the day, Slow Food will sponsor a series of hands-on workshops that teach things like the building blocks of a good lunch, the importance of food portion control, and clever ways to make dinner leftovers stretch into appealing meals for days to come.

Sorenson Unity Center
1383 South 900 West
Salt Lake City, Utah
September 25 - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm



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13 September 2010

Red Butte Garden Bonsai Show






Red Butte Garden
Bonsai Show








September 24 - 26, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

See amazing trees, many over 100 years old, presented by the Utah Bonsai Club. Tricks of the trade, plants, and supplies available at the show. Then, on Saturday at 2:00 PM, join members of the Utah Bonsai Club as they share proven techniques for the cultivation and care of this millennia-old art form.

Red Butte Garden
University of Utah
300 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, Utah
801-585-0556


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Utah Symphony's Salute To Youth



Utah Symphony’s
51st Annual
Salute to Youth
Concert





Nine youth musicians will perform concerto movements with the Utah Symphony.

New Music Director Thierry Fischer will lead the Utah Symphony and some of the state’s most gifted young musicians in the 51st annual “Salute to Youth” concert at Abravanel Hall on Tuesday, September 28 at 7:00 p.m. This year two pianists, five violinists, one soprano and one mezzo soprano will join the orchestra to perform different concerto movements. To receive eligibility for “Salute to Youth,” these nine young musicians either had to qualify from preliminary auditions or from the Youth Guild recital auditions.

This will be Maestro Fischer’s first time conducting the annual “Salute to Youth” concert. “I’m looking forward to meeting and working with each of these talented young musicians. They are the musicians of tomorrow and it is privilege to help them cultivate their skills,” said Maestro Fischer.

Thierry Fischer, Conductor
Douglas Benson Ferry, Violin
Maren Davis, Violin
Anna Victoria Humphries, Soprano
David Price, Violin
Samantha Anderson, Violin
Shenae Anderson, Violin
Rebecca Pedersen, Mezzo Soprano
Anthony Cheng, Piano
Natalie Coombs, Piano

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto No. 8 in A Minor for two violins and strings, op. 3,RV 522
George Frideric Handel - “Piangero la Sorte mia” from Giulio Cesare
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216
Jean Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D Minor, op.47
Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen, op. 20 “Gypsy Airs”
Giacomo Puccini - “O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488 in A Major
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, op.1

You and your children will be amazed with the talent and devotion to music of young soloists playing with the Utah Symphony.

Tickets for the performance start at $8 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (355-2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting www.usuo.org. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (533-6683).


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06 September 2010

Becoming Pablo O’Higgins


Becoming Pablo O’Higgins
Free Public Talk with Author Susan Vogel
at the UMFA


The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to host local author Susan Vogel for a free public talk inspired by her new biography, Becoming Pablo O’Higgins (Prince-Nez Press, 2010). Presented in conjunction with the UMFA’s current exhibition,"Pablo O’Higgins: Works on Paper," the event will take place on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 6:30 pm in the UMFA’s Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Auditorium. Vogel’s talk will focus on the intriguing life and powerful art of Pablo O’Higgins, a Utah-born artist who moved to Mexico and became one of the Mexico's most celebrated muralists.

Born in Salt Lake City in 1904, Paul Higgins studied under acclaimed local artists James T. Harwood and LeConte Stewart at East High School. By the age of twenty, the gifted art student had moved to Mexico City and secured a position as a mural assistant for the famed Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera. Embracing his new homeland, he eventually changed his name to Pablo Esteban O’Higgins. In 1937, O’Higgins co-founded the "Taller de Grafica Popular" (People’s Graphic Workshop), an anti-Fascist printmaking workshop that promoted the graphic arts and made politically inspired images available to often-illiterate audiences. O’Higgins was the only non-native whose work was included in the New York MoMA’s 1940 exhibition,"Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art." His work was exhibited to wide acclaim in Mexico, the United States, and Europe throughout the remainder of his life. O’Higgins became an official citizen of Mexico in 1961, and when he died in Mexico City in 1983, El Palacio de Bellas Artes held a funeral in his honor.

While many books have been published in Spanish honoring the art of O’Higgins and his love of Mexico, Becoming Pablo O’Higgins is the first English biography to be written. Vogel’s 330-page biography reveals extensive, well-researched information on the artist that has never been published, and marks the first book in any language to make a critical examination of his life and work.

"Exhaustively researched, Becoming Pablo O’Higgins examines the complex personality of Pablo O’Higgins and his participation in the vibrant and often volatile twentieth-century political art movement in Mexico,” said Donna Poulton, associate curator of the art of Utah and the West at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. “Unraveling O’Higgins’ true identity, this fascinating narrative weaves together some of the most powerful personalities in international politics and art.”

Scholar and freelance writer Susan Vogel has been researching the life, art, and influence of Pablo O’Higgins for twenty years. A Salt Lake City native and East High School alumna, Vogel first fell in love with the country and people of Mexico while studying at the National Autonomous University of Mexico City (UNAM). Vogel graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor’s degree in English and earned a law degree from the University of California-Hastings College of the Law. It was in 1985, while serving as president of Utah Lawyers for the Arts, that Vogel revisited Mexico City and first learned of Pablo O’Higgins. Fascinated by the artist’s story, his connection to Salt Lake City, and the lack of available information on his life, Vogel resolved, over the next two decades, to bring his story to light. In 1990, Vogel received a Utah Humanities Grant to support her research, now embodied in Becoming Pablo O’Higgins. Vogel was greatly involved with the creation of the UMFA’s current exhibition, "Pablo O’Higgins: Works on Paper," and she graciously credits the museum with its support in the completion of her book.

The exhibition, "Pablo O’Higgins: Works on Paper," is located in the second-floor LDS Galleria at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Organized by Donna Poulton, associate curator of the art of Utah and the West, the exhibition offers a focused look at O’Higgins’ sustained commitment to Mexico’s working and peasant classes. It comprises twenty-six lithographs from local private collections, the majority of which depict the dignity of Mexican workers and their close connection to their environment.

Salvador Jiménez, former Mexican Consul to Utah, said that “With this masterful work, which involved very serious research and a deep understanding of the cultural and political environment that prevailed on both sides of the border in the times of Pablo O’Higgins, Susan Vogel has made a very important contribution for a better under­standing between the U.S. and Mexico.”

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University of Utah Campus
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Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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Church Embraces Sustainability with Solar Array




Christ United Methodist Church
Embraces Sustainability with
New Solar Array





On Sept. 7, Christ United Methodist Church will celebrate its new 99-panel, rooftop solar array, together with Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, Rocky Mountain Power and Utah Interfaith Power and Light. This is the first time a church has received funding from Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky renewable energy program for a project in Salt Lake County

When: Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m.

Where: Christ United Methodist Church, 2375 East 3300 South, Salt Lake County

Who: Christ United Methodist Church Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. Marti Zimmerman, Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, Rocky Mountain Power Customer and Community Manager Alene Bentley, Utah Interfaith Power and Light representatives.

Why: The new solar array is helping Christ United Methodist Church avoid environmental impacts and reduce energy costs. Church members donated about $50,000 toward the project with the remaining $60,000 being funded by Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky renewable energy program. The solar panels were installed by a Utah-based contractor, Alpenglow Solar. A Web-based monitoring system will be on permanent public display at the church showing real-time data about the electricity being generated. A plaque recognizing church members who donated to the project also will be on display.


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Music Director Thierry Fischer Joins Utah Symphony for First Performance

Guest Violinist Hilary Hahn
Performs with Utah Symphony

New Music Director Thierry Fischer will lead the Utah Symphony and guest violinist Hilary Hahn in his first appearance of the 2010-11 season. The much anticipated performances will feature Ms. Hahn performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin concerto on a program that also includes Stravinsky’s The Firebird and Fireworks. The performances will be held at Abravanel Hall on Friday, September 24 and Saturday, September 25 at 8:00 p.m.

Maestro Fischer will open the program with Stravinsky’s Fireworks, which in just four short minutes features glistening and sparkling effects true to its title. Then, Ms. Hahn will join the orchestra to add her technical prowess to one of the most beloved solo violin works in the repertoire, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Like many of the composer’s pieces, the concerto contains a wealth of pure romantic lyricism. The evening will conclude with Stravinsky’s The Firebird featuring music of sumptuous hues, exotic fantasy and orchestral enchantment.

Violinist Hilary Hahn, recently named Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning soloist celebrated for her probing interpretations, technical assurance and compelling stage presence. For a decade and a half, extensive international performances and recording activities have made Hahn one of the most sought-after artists of this era.

Hahn's major orchestral debut came in 1991. Her international debut followed at age 14 in Hungary, playing Bernstein with Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra. In March 1995, at age 15, she made her German debut, playing the Beethoven concerto with Lorin Maazel and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in a concert broadcast on radio and television throughout Europe. Two months later, she received the Avery Fisher Career Grant in New York. For several summers in her teens she attended the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont, and in 1996 she made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

While primarily a classical musician, Hahn participates in a number of other projects and collaborations. In 2004, she was the violin soloist on the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to M. Night Shyamalan's film The Village, and in 2005 and 2006, she appeared as a guest on albums by the art-rock band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. More recently, she wrote and performed violin tracks for singer/songwriter Tom Brosseau's record Grand Forks. Hahn works frequently with folk-based singer/songwriter Josh Ritter; they have toured together in Canada, Europe, the United States, and Japan.

Tickets for the evening’s performances start at $20 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting www.usuo.org. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 day of performance.

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02 September 2010

Tracy Aviary Welcomes Storm the Red-Tailed Hawk





Tracy Aviary
Welcomes
Storm, the Red-Tailed Hawk







This month, Tracy Aviary is very pleased to welcome Storm the red-tailed hawk into their bird programs family. Storm is six years old and comes to the Aviary as a generous donation from a falconer in Pennsylvania. Tracy Aviary thanks consultant, Phung Luu, for connecting them to this opportunity.

When Storm wasn't out hunting with his falconer, he was active in educational programs and even flew in some renaissance festivals. At the Aviary, Storm's fame will reach new heights in their fledgling partnership with the University of Utah Athletics Department. He is slated to join Swoop, his human counterpart, as a Utes mascot and will be soaring into the stadium in dramatic style at the beginning of each home football game. Fans can see Storm fly into the Rice-Eccles Stadium for the first time on September 2 this year.

In addition to his appearances at University of Utah events, Storm will be featured in 2011 free-flight bird show and outreach programs.

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Major Solar Installation at Salt Palace





Salt Lake County Announce
Major Solar Installation





Salt Lake County and its project partners announced the construction of one of the largest roof-top solar panel installations in the United States.

The estimated 600,000 square-foot system will be built atop the Calvin L. Rampton – Salt Palace Convention Center. When completed, the system may produce up to 2.6 megawatts of electricity, one-quarter of the annual needs of the convention center.

The project is a big step toward achieving Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon’s goal to install a total of 10 megawatts of solar power on as many county-owned facilities as possible.

“This solar project is exactly what we need in Salt Lake County,” said Mayor Corroon. “It will help keep our air clean but won’t hurt our pocketbooks.”

The project is a public-private partnership, and will utilize a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) financing model. Salt Lake County will partner with Bella Energy, which will build the system, and NexGen Energy Partners, which will own, operate and maintain the system, providing power to the county at a fixed rate. The project will also employ public and private capital, Federal grants, and public/private subsidized bonds that work in concert through the federal stimulus package.

The support of Representatives Jim Matheson and Rob Bishop resulted in federal funding for the project.

“This project will make an important contribution to Utah’s renewable energy portfolio,” said Rep. Jim Matheson. “It’s the start of a transition toward energy independence.”

When completed, the solar project will more than double the solar capacity of the state.

“The Salt Palace project is setting a national example for renewable energy,” said Ted Rose, vice president of business development and public affairs for NexGen. “With a ground-breaking public-private partnership driving it, this project will place Utah at the forefront of solar development. It proves once again that large rooftops can successfully provide power from the sun that benefits both the environment and the bottom line.”

Salt Lake County has worked with Rocky Mountain Power to maximize the productivity of the solar installation, a relationship which is key to the project’s success.

“Rocky Mountain Power congratulates Salt Lake County on the announcement of the Salt Palace solar power project,” said Rocky Mountain Power President Richard Walje. “As a national leader in the production of renewable electricity, we look forward to continuing our partnership with the county. We look forward to learning from the county’s experience as it builds and operates this landmark project.”


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Record Pet Adoptions at SLCO Animal Services

Salt Lake County Animal Services
Celebrates Record Breaking
Number of Pet Adoptions

Salt Lake County Animal Services celebrates record number of pet adoptions with a 50% off adoption promotion.

“We are very excited to announce record number of pet adoptions so far this year. From January through August 25th , 1604 pets were adopted from the shelter compared to 1087 adoptions during the same period last year,” says Shawni Larrabee, Director of Salt Lake County Animal Services. “To celebrate our success we will be offering 50% off of all dog adoptions along with our regular FREE cat and kitten adoption program through the end of October.”

Salt Lake County Animal services is one of 50 shelters nationwide competing in the ASPCA Saving More Lives $100,000 Challenge. Every pet adopted increases the shelter’s chances of winning $100,000 for lost and abandoned pets in the community.

If you, your friends or neighbors were thinking about adopting a pet this summer NOW is the time!!!
All adoptions include spay/neuter, microchip, vaccinations and a bag of food. 50% off dog adoptions will last through October 31st. The Free Cat Adoption program is year round.


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01 September 2010

Poetry Reading by Mónica de la Torre at UMFA


Free Poetry Reading at UMFA
with Acclaimed New York City Poet
Mónica de la Torre


The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to host renowned New York City-based poet, Mónica de la Torre, for a free public poetry reading on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 3:30 pm. Co-sponsored by the University of Utah Department of English and Creative Writing Program, the reading will take place in the UMFA’s Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke, Jr. Auditorium. This program is presented in conjunction with the UMFA’s current exhibition, Las Artes de México from the Gilcrease Museum of Art, on view through September 26, 2010.

A NYFA 2009 fellow in poetry and senior editor of BOMB Magazine, Mónica de la Torre is well known for her poetry and conceptual art books. A bilingual author and poet, Torre has written several acclaimed poetry books, including Talk Shows (Switchback, 2007); Acúfenos (Taller Ditoria, 2006); and Public Domain (Roof Books, 2008). She is co-author of the artist book, Appendices, Illustrations & Notes; co-editor of the anthology, Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry (Copper Canyon Press, 2002); and co-editor of the anthology of post-Latino writing, Malditos latinos, malditos sudacas: Poesía hispanoamericana Made in USA, published recently in Mexico City. She translated the poetry books, Poems by Gerardo Deniz (Lost Roads) and Mauve Sea-Orchids by Lila Zemborain (Belladonna Books). A new poetry book by Torre entitled SOCIEDAD ANONIMA, published by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Bonobos, is scheduled to premier this fall in Mexico City.

In addition to reading excerpts from her own work, Torre will read some of her translations of Mexican poetry, primarily poems by Gerardo Deniz, and she will perform poems by the late Mexican poet and visual artist, Ulises Carrión.

"Mónica's poetry -- informed by her work as a scholar of Latin American political movements and literary avant-gardes, as well as her interest in music and the visual art -- offers important insights into how identities are constructed at the intersection of intimate, internal, affective states and anonymously mediated social institutions,” says Craig Dworkin, a professor of English at the University of Utah. “The complexities of the persona constructed on-line, for instance, under the name that you share with strangers, via information that may or may not be accurate, up-to-date, or under your control but that none-the-less defines who ‘you’ are to those who search for your name.”

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University of Utah Campus
Marcia & John Price Museum Building
410 Campus Center Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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Wednesday: 10 am – 8 pm
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Utah Symphony Welcomes Duke Ellington Orchestra

The Utah Symphony Welcomes
The Duke Ellington Orchestra

The evening features music by one of the most influential figures in Jazz history.

Principal Pops Conductor Jerry Steichen leads the Utah Symphony and The Duke Ellington Orchestra in a concert featuring some of the greatest Jazz music ever written. The evening features songs such as “Take the A Train,” “Caravan,” “Cotton Tail,” and many more. The performances will be held at Abravanel Hall on Friday, September 17 and Saturday, September 18 at 8:00 p.m.

The Duke Ellington Orchestra is the preeminent performer of the music of Duke Ellington. A prolific composer, Ellington created over two thousand pieces of music, including the standard songs “Take the A-Train” and “It Don’t mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” and the longer works Black, Brown and Beige, Liberian Suite, and Afro-Eurasian Eclipse. The orchestra features Barrie Lee Hall, one of the original orchestra members

Tickets for the evening’s performances start at $30 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall box office, or by visiting www.usuo.org. Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should call (801) 533-NOTE (6683). Ticket prices will increase $5 day of performance.


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