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Show Entertainment • Calendar • Arts WED/THURS/FRI, MAY 25-27, 2005 Events Calendar Crossword Scene & Heard TV Listings Classifieds C-2 C-4 C-7 C-9 C-10 SCENE EDITOR: Matt James 649-9014 ext.I04 arts@parkrecord.com Park City's second wine fest coming in July Student musicians sought for Utah State Fair competition The Utah State Fair is looking for classical music students between the ages of eight and 23 to participate in its annual Classical Music Competition. The competition serves as the qualifier for the Utah Symphony and Opera's annual "Salute to Youth" concert if a student's audition piece meets the requirements. Entries for the competition will be accepted June 1 through July 1. The entry categories include solo piano, strings, wind/brass/percussion, voice, harp and organ. Cash awards and ribbons will be presented to the first-, second- and thirdplace winners in each category. Although the competition itself is closed to the public, the winners will perform in recital on the first two evenings of the state fair, Sept. 8 and 9. For complete competition rules, entry forms and other details, visit www.utahstatefair.com or call Tami or Judy at (801) 538-8400. 'One Book' discussions coming up at PC Library The discussion groups for the Park City Library's 'One Book' project will begin in the coming weeks. There will be three discussions about the One Book novel, T h e Namesake," by Jhumpa Lahiri. There will be a discussion group on June 4 at 3 p.m. with Dr. Benjamin Cohen, an assistant professor in the University of Utah's department of history who specializes in South Asian history. On June 8 at 11 a.m., library board member and librarian Bobbie Byron will hold another discussion, and library board member and local business owner Kate Doordan will hold the final discussion June 16 at 6 p.m. All discussions will be held at the Park City Library. To sign up for one of them, or for more information, stop by the library or call 615-5600. Kimball opening new exhibits next week On June 3, the Kimball Art Center will open a new exhibition, the "Utah Opera Costume Retrospective," in its Main Gallery. The exhibit will feature 21 costumes from 13 different Utah Opera productions displayed in the gallery through July 11. The costumes were created by the Utah Opera's resident costume designer, Susan Allred. Beginning on June 1, the Kimball will also play host to an exhibition by local painter Claire Dunaway. Dunaway's paintings are acrylic and mixed media works depicting nudes and faces aimed to provoke a particular expression from their viewers. The exhibit will run through July 18. For more information about the Kimball Art Center, visit www.kimball-art.org or call 649-8882. %*:,.. ' " % VV>. Classic. So the Park City Food and Wine Classic was neither inspired by the Culinary Wine and Ski Classic, nor created to compete with it. "It was something that was going to happen with or without the Eccles Center," said Orr. "But we have expanded it to better fit the By MATT JAMES community." Of the Record staff To do that, Orr suggested a performing Several area non-profit groups hope Park arts theme for the Food and Wine Classic, and City residents still have a taste for a good she enlisted the help of the Jazz Foundation food and wine pairing. This July, Park Cily and the Egyptian Theatre Company, in addiPerforming Arts Foundation will join with the tion to the Performing Arts Foundation. The Egyptian Theatre Company, and the Park City organizations will contribute to the event's Jazz Foundation to sponsor the second wine programming - providing entertainment for and food event of 2005. one event each - and will share in the proBut, Performing Arts Foundation execu- ceeds. tive director Teri Orr said she never intended TeamSage, which will handle the planning to offer Park City's second wine festival. The and details for the Food and Wine Classic, is 2005 debuts of the "Park City Food and Wine a for-profit company from Colorado. It speClassic" and "Park City Culinary Wine and cializes in planning festival-type events for Ski Classic" just four months apart were non-profit organizations. more a matter of coincidence than anything Doug Larson, one of the company's prinelse. cipals, said he estimated that in the festival's "We've been looking at doing a wine event first year the organizations should be able to for years," said Orr. raise between SI0,000 and $25,000 cumulaBut, she noted, the stringency of Utah's tively. alcohol law presented enough obstacles to "We didn't want to be a passive beneficimake planning such an event a major chal- ary," said Orr. lenge - greater than the organization wanted Both of the other organizations involved to tackle on its own. said they were happy to be partners. The Performing Arts Foundation was "One of my mandates when I came on spurred into action this past fall when board was to create the collaborations with TeamSage Productions, which had hosted a some other organizations," said Kris similar annual event - the Steamboat Winter Severson, executive director of the Jazz Wine Showcase in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Foundation. "Ten Orr came up with this idea - decided to bring a wine festival to The and asked us to be a partner... We look for Canyons. this to be a pretty fun event." Katie Eldridge, public relations director at "I was thrilled that Teri was willing to take The Canyons and a member of the this opportunity and include other performPerforming Arts Foundation board, brought ing arts groups, because she certainly didn't the idea to Orr, and the non-profit signed on. have to," said Marialice Klein, executive According to Orr, TeamSage actually director of the Egyptian Theatre Company. applied for an Alcoholic Beverage Control The festival will run July 7-9 at all three permit at the exact same time as the group ski resorts in the Park City area and at other with the Park City Culinary Wine and Ski locations around town. The Food and Wine Performing arts related festival will benefit several local non-profit group? PARK FOOD & WINE C L A S S I C COURTESY OF THE PARK CITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION The Park City Food and Wine Classic, taking place July 7-9, will bring together the Park City Performing Arts Foundation, The Egyptian Theatre Company and The Park City Jazz Foundation for a common fundraiser. Classic will incorporate the Performing Arts Foundation's Pointer Sisters show on July 7 with a "Pinot Sisters" -themed event before the concert. The Egyptian Theatre will provide some selections from its play, "La Cage aux Folles" for another event, and the Jazz Foundation will provide the band for yet Please see Summer event, C-4 While Grippe noted that the old-school rockabilly scene wasn't much to speak of outside of Southern California and Western Europe, he did try to explain the art form and how exactly it got to Park City. "It's a core group of people what want something more than just the traditional popuBy MATT JAMES lar music," said Grippe. Of the Record staff "I talked to John (Sutton, owner ofThe Star This summer, at least one Main Street loca- Bar) about it, and he was bold enough to take tion will offer some tunes of a different era on a chance on it," Grippe continued. "He just Saturday nights. The event will be "The Big sort of had a great attitude about fostering its Beat Jamboree," a 1950s-style record-hop development." hosted by "Cousin" Jon Grippe at The Star Bar Grippe has spent some time playing with on Main Street. Highlighting that weekly his own rockabilly band, 'The Ridge offering will be monthly concerts by touring Runners," and also has significant experience bands. The first is Arsen Roulette and The as a disc jockey, spinning his own collection of Drugstore Romeos. rare, vintage music. The band, which hails from Fresno, CaL, "We get tired of the more common stuff," brings a style indicative of "The Big Beat he explained, "so we search for the rare stuff." Jamboree" nights. They feature vintage, '50sHe noted the searching typically isn't all style rockabilly, with guitar-man Lloyd Trip too hard, because the musical period was so riding the axe and bass player/songwriter/front prolific. His collection and the songs played man Arsen Roulette providing rhythm and include roots rock, rockabilly and old rhythm lyrics. and blues. Grippe said the band was one that brought "It started with black music in the late '40s a talent and a passion for vintage rockabilly. and the white country musicians changing it, "A lot of these guys are amazing because and that's how rock 'n' roll was born," conthey can write a lot of original stuff that has the cluded Grippe. same vibe and the same lingo," Grippe noted. Like rock 'n' roll, the most impressive thing Roulette, with the '50s wardrobe to match about "The Big Beat Jamboree" will likely be his '50s rock (despite his late-20s age) offers a its inclusiveness - with the danceable music completely different look and sound compared most Saturday nights, touring bands on others, to almost any rap, or pop or even rock star, and and on nights when bands are in town, free Grippe said he was excited to bring that kind dance lessons at 9 p.m. Grippe said it would be of music - and hopefully that kind of scene - a unique set-up. to Park City. "There's never been a situation [in the area] "It's sort of one of my things," he said. "I'm where you have really good rare music that's a record collector and I'm really interested in '50s music." 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