Santa Saturdays at Tracy Aviary

Santa Saturdays at Tracy Aviary

Don’t miss out on Santa Saturdays at Tracy Aviary! Have your picture taken with the Christmas Pelican… eat tasty holiday treats… cozy up for story time with a feathered friend… make holiday toys, decorations and gifts* for our birds… and much more!

* bring a small cardboard box to decorate!

Santa Saturdays
December 1, 8, 15, & 22
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm


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50-Inch Storm Kicks Off Snowbird Season

Snowbird snow cat preparing the mountain for opening

50-Inch Storm Kicks Off Snowbird Season

The storm that left one to two feet of snow in Salt Lake City deposited 50 inches of snow at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort between Friday and Sunday, allowing the resort to open early, on Thursday, Nov. 15.

"This is the storm we needed to get the season started off right," said Bob Bonar, President of Snowbird. "Lake effect made a good storm into a great storm leaving more than four feet of snow throughout the mountain."

The resort installed new snowmaking equipment over the summer, doubling its snowmaking capacity and allowing more terrain to open earlier in the season. Snowbird also updated the Little Cloud chairlift to a high speed detachable quad. The new lift will have its grand opening with a celebration on Dec. 1.

Gadzoom, Mid-Gad and Chickadee chairlifts will be open on Thursday. Beginner terrain will be available on Chickadee. Intermediate and Advanced terrain will be available on Bassackwards and Big Emma. The Aerial Tram is scheduled to open with skiing on Regulator Johnson on Saturday, Nov. 17, conditions permitting. The remainder of the mountain will be closed to all guests, including hikers.


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Introducing Shift Your Spending Week

Introducing Shift Your Spending Week

If every household in Salt Lake City shifted just 10% more of their spending to locally owned, independent businesses, $487 million dollars would stay in the Utah economy! $487 million! Imagine the impact if every household in the state shifted just 10% of their spending toward locally owned businesses.

That is the heart behind Shift Your Spending Week, which launches on Friday, November 23rd and runs until Saturday, December 1st. As the holiday shopping season begins, Local First Utah plans to conduct a thorough educational and marketing campaign to illustrate the value of locally owned, independent businesses to our economy and our community.

Local First Utah will be organizing the Shift Your Spending Pledge, an opportunity for consumers to publically declare their support for local businesses and to commit to shift a minimum of 10% of their holiday spending toward local businesses.

Additionally, Local First Utah will offer businesses who sign up to participate in Shift Your Spending Week comprehensive branding and marketing tools designed to engage and educate customers about the vital role local businesses play in our economies and communities.

For more information regarding Shift Your Spending Week, or to sign up your business, please email Kristen@localfirst.org.


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A Thousand Thanks for Celebrate the Bounty!

A Thousand Thanks for
Celebrate the Bounty!

This year's sold out Celebrate the Bounty was truly an opportunity to reap what has been sown in the local business community statewide. More than 20 local restaurants and food purveyours brought their finest culinary delights to the table. The evening as a whole served as an occasion to honor the hardwork of the thousands of local businesses across the state whose daily endeavors contribute so much to the one-of-a-kind community that exists in Utah.

Winners of our first ever Celebrate the Bounty Awards went to Avenues Bistro on Third for Best Presentation, the Black Sheep Cafe for Best Taste, and Hell's Backbone Grill for Most Hardcore Localvore. Local First Utah's 3rd Annual Localmotive Awards were presented to Scott Manning and Kate Chandler who have been instrumental in developing Local First Provo, and to Alex Adams who has contributed countless hours of photography work to the Local First Utah movement. Additionally, Zions Bank received the Community Champion Award for their work in the small business world.

Every part of Celebrate the Bounty truly is a collaborative effort. Local First Utah extends their deepest thanks to the many people who invest their time, talent and resources into not only Celebrate the Bounty, but the Local First Utah movement as a whole.

If you missed out on Celebrate the Bounty, or simply want to reminisce about the evening, visit the Local First Utah website for a full list of supporters and participants, gorgeous photograhs by Will Olivet-Gallo and a compelling video documenting the night.


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Snowbird Delivers Thousands of Meals to Utah Food Bank

Snowbird Delivers Thousands of Meals
to Utah Food Bank

Continuing its tradition of providing free Tram rides while helping Utah’s hungry, Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort collected thousands of pounds of food during the resort’s annual Customer Appreciation Days. The donation will be presented to the Utah Food Bank on Friday, Oct. 26. In addition, a financial contribution of $4,261 was raised for Wasatch Adaptive Sports.

An exact figure of non-perishable food donated will be determined at the Utah Food Bank on Friday.

Guests were asked to donate one can of food in exchange for a free Tram ride, or in lieu of food, customers could make a $3 donation to Wasatch Adaptive Sports. The food will help some of the 10 percent of Utahns who live in poverty.

“November is a critical time for the emergency food network and we are in great need for donations,” said Ginette Bott, Utah Food Bank Chief Marketing Officer. “We are very appreciative for the ongoing generosity of Snowbird and community members alike who give their support of food, cash and volunteer time.”

Offering the longest ski and snowboard season in Utah, Snowbird is scheduled to open for the 2012-13 season on Sat., Nov. 17, weather permitting.


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SLCo Hosts Open House to Discuss Park & Trails Bond

SLCo Hosts Public Open House
to Discuss Park & Trails Bond

Salt Lake County Hosts Public Open House Thursday at Sugarhouse Park to Discuss Regional Park & Trails Bond.

Two meetings remain for Salt Lake County residents to learn about Proposition #1, the Regional Park and Trails Bond. The meetings are an open house format where residents are encouraged to come and talk with County officials about how the bond monies will be used to develop regional parks and complete the Jordan River and Parley’s Trails.

“We are inviting residents to come to one of the meetings to ask questions and learn about the bond issue,” said Mayor Peter Corroon. “I am confident once residents learn about our plans to complete the trails and build the parks they will be supportive.”

The last two of the six public meetings are:

Parley’s Trail Meeting
       Thursday October 25, 2012
              3:30-6pm public meeting
       Sugarhouse Park Garden Center
              2100 south 1600 east
              (North-east corner of park, enter off of 2100 south)

Jordan River Trail Meeting
       Thursday November 1, 2012
              3:30-6pm public meeting
       Northwest Recreation Center / Centennial Park
              1255 Clark Avenue (300 North)
              Salt Lake City, UT 84116

For more information on the Regional Parks and Trails Bond and a full list of the six public meetings visit www.slco.org/parkbond.


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Utah Symphony Presents "Halloween Hi-Jinks" Concert

Utah Symphony Presents
"Halloween Hi-Jinks" Concert

Utah Families are invited to enjoy the magic and thrills of the Utah Symphony’s 22nd annual Halloween concert and costume contest complete with prizes, musical storytelling and festive symphonic tunes.

“Halloween Hi-Jinks: The Haunted Hall” will take flight October 30 at 7 p.m. in Abravanel Hall and feature selections from well-known music from the symphonic repertoire such as Hector Berlioz’s chilling “Witches’ Sabbath” and “March to the Guillotine,” Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King”, and Igor Stravinsky’s electrifying “The Firebird.” The program will come together with the musical storytelling of some spooky visitors who threaten to interfere with the Utah Symphony’s Halloween festivities, under the direction of Associate Conductor Vladimir “Count Dracula” Kulenovic.

Melissa Singleton, Front of House and Publications Manager for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera and Preston Walton, Assistant Vice President with CCS Fundraising, will perform special roles in the program narration (Witch and Ghost/Kastchei, respectively).

Sponsored by KSL NewsRadio, the Utah Symphony’s traditional Halloween costume contest will precede the concert in the lobby of Abravanel Hall at 5:30 p.m. Guests from KSL NewsRadio will judge the contest, which has become known over the past 22 years for its exciting prizes and outrageous costumes. They will choose three finalists from adult, child and group categories to appear onstage during the concert to be ranked by the audience. Potential contestants must be in line at the judges’ table (on the main floor of the Abravanel Hall lobby) no later than 6:15 p.m. to be considered.

Single tickets for the performances range from $8 to $20 and can be purchased by calling (801) 355-ARTS (2787), in person at the Abravanel Hall ticket office (123 W. South Temple) or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org.

Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach
       Toccata and Fugue in D minor(Stokowski), BWV 565
Anatoli Liadov
       Kikimora, Opus 63
Georges Bizet
       Suite No. 1 from Carmen
              I. Prélude (Prelude to Act I)
Edvard Grieg
       "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Igor Stravinsky
       "Danse Sacrale" from Le Sacre du printemps
Hector Berlioz
       "Witches' Sabbath" from Symphonie fantastique, Opus 14

Intermission

Jean Sibelius
       Finlandia, Opus 26, No. 7
Hector Berlioz
       "March to the Guillotine" from Symphonie fantastique
              IV. March to the Scaffold: Allegretto non troppo
Igor Stravinsky
       Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision)
              III. Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
              IV. Berceuse
              V. Finale

Vladimir Kulenovic – Conductor
Since his professional conducting debut in 2006 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, Kulenovic has conducted performances with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Beethoven-Orchester Bonn, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, Aspen Music Festival AACA Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Indian Hill Orchestra, Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra, Juilliard Conductors’ Orchestra, Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Institute Symphony Orchestra and Boston Conservatory Orchestra.

Kulenovic studied with Kurt Masur at the Kurt Masur Conducting Seminar in New York in 2008 and 2009, as well as at the Beethoven-Orchester Bonn and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, where his final performance with the Verbier Festival Orchestra was internationally televised on Medici TV. Kulenovic spent the summer of 2010 as a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, and has also conducted in other prestigious music festivals worldwide, including the National Arts Centre Conducting Programme, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and the Mozarteum Internationale Sommerakademie in Salzburg.

Kulenovic was awarded the prestigious Alfred B. Whitney Prize for the highest scholastic achievement at the Boston Conservatory where he graduated summa cum laude, as valedictorian, earning degrees in Conducting and Piano Performance. As a pianist Kulenovic was awarded the Second Prize at the Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Paris.

Melissa Singleton – Witch
Melissa Singleton is the Front of House and Publications Manager for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera and runs their Volunteer Network with some of the most amazing volunteers in the state of Utah. She received her BA in Directing and Theater Education from Southern Utah University and has participated both in front of and behind the curtain on stages throughout the state of Utah including the Egyptian Theatre, Off Broadway Theatre, Rose Wagner Theatre, Children’s Theatre and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Singleton is on the Board for the Off Broadway Theatre, and is a guest reviewer for Utah Theater Bloggers Association.

Singleton currently performs with And … Go! Improv Comedy, and teaches Improv at the University of Utah. She additionally teaches stage makeup, combat, costuming, and acting with Salt Lake County. Although she was last seen on the Capitol Theatre stage as a Harem girl in The Italian Girl in Algiers with Utah Opera, this is Singleton’s debut at Abravanel Hall.

Preston Walton – Ghost/Kastchei
Preston Walton is an Assistant Vice President with CCS Fundraising and currently serves as fundraising counsel for Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. With all clients, Walton works closely with the organization and its leadership to develop creative and compelling campaigns in support of their fundraising efforts. Walton joined CCS in 2009 and brings extensive experience working with leading organizations including: The Jesuit Network for Equitable Excellence in Higher Education, University of San Francisco, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Arts Council Silicon Valley, and Four Seasons Hotels.

Walton received his B.S. in Hospitality Industry Management and M.A. in Organization & Leadership from the University of San Francisco. He is currently President-Elect of the University of San Francisco Alumni Association. When Walton is not in Salt Lake City working with Utah Symphony | Utah Opera he resides in San Francisco, CA.

Abravanel Hall
123 West South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah


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YWCA Presents 2012 Public Official of the Year Award to David Litvack

YWCA Presents 2012 Public Official
of the Year Award

The YWCA presented Representative David Litvack with the 2012 YWCA Public Official of the Year Award at an appreciation breakfast Wednesday, October 17th. The Public Official of the Year Award was presented at the YWCA Center for Families. This is the 15th year the YWCA has recognized an outstanding public official in conjunction with its annual Week Without Violence campaign.

"During his years in public office, Representative David Litvack has been an articulate, steadfast champion for the safety, health and well‐being of Utah women and families, regardless of their life circumstances. We honor him for advocating with integrity on many public policy issues that define us as a state and a people, and for staying strong and principled and steady in the midst of intense economic and political pressures,” said Anne Burkholder, YWCA Chief Executive Officer.

Week Without Violence is a public awareness campaign with a series of events designed to educate, to encourage thoughtful conversation, and to renew the search for solutions to the problems of violence in families and communities here and around the world—and to strengthen our sense of personal and shared responsibility for keeping one another safe from harm.

Past Public Officials Recognized by the YWCA:
       1998 – Representative Gary Cox
       1999 – Senator Afton Bradshaw
       2000 – City Councilman Keith Christensen
       2001 – Senator Mike Dmitrich
       2002 – Senator Paula Julander
       2003 – Representative Jackie Biskupski
       2004 – Governor Olene Walker
       2005 – Chief Justice Christine Durham
       2006 – Richard Anderson, DCFS
       2007 – City Councilman Eric Jergensen
       2008 – Salt Lake City Prosecutor Sim Gill
       2009 – Representative Lorie D. Fowlke
       2010 – Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank
       2011 – Lloyd Pendleton, Utah DCC

The YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. For more than 100 years the YWCA has reached out to women and their families with friendship, life‐changing programs, and opportunities to learn, lead, and influence the world around them. The YWCA’s enduring belief is that better lives for women – all women – will lead to stronger families and communities.

Since opening the first domestic violence shelter in Utah in 1976, the YWCA has developed an integrated range of programs focused on the problem of family violence. Today the YWCA is Utah’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive provider of shelter, transitional housing, supportive services, and education for women and children who have experienced abuse and violence at home.


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HEAL Utah Community Night: Kicking the Coal Habit

HEAL Utah Community Night:
Kicking the Coal Habit

In recent years, HEAL Utah's focus on opposing the Green River reactors led the to a broader look at Utah's energy system, analyzing where our power comes from today – and where it should come from tomorrow. This lead HEAL Utah to publishing a technical study showing that Utah has vast reserves of untapped renewable energy potential. The eUtah study, published in December 2010, demonstrated that we can provide 100 percent of our electricity needs from wind, solar and geothermal – if we start that transition now.

In recent months, HEAL Utah  has opened up a new front in their bid to help propel Utah towards a clean energy future. They would like to invite you to a special Community Night to describe their new work: Pushing Utah to kick its nasty addiction to dirty coal. A short presentation will be given, then opened up for questions and discussions. The gathering will be in the HEAL conference room, which is currently decorated with beautiful black & white landscape photos of Utah's West Desert by HEAL board member Jeff Clay. A snack and beverage will be offered.

Kicking Coal Community Night topics:
• Utah: America’s most coal-addicted state?
• The cost of coal pollution on our health
• Coal Ash: the hidden menace
• How we can kick the coal habit

HEAL Utah Community Night: “Kicking the Coal Habit.”
Tuesday, October 16 - 6:30 pm
Artspace Commons:
       824 South 400 West. Room B113
      (on the ground floor mid-way down the 400 West side)

Parking is available in and around Artspace Commons. In addition, they are accessible via Trax (the 900 South stop) and bicycle (800 South has a bike lane)

If you who haven’t been to one of Heal Utah's Community Nights, they are monthly gatherings of HEAL supporters who care about energy and environmental issues in Utah.


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