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Show C-3 \The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, April 11-13, 2007 'Art and Soup' returns to Wells Fargo RIGHT ANGLE PICTURE PHOTOS • PRINTS • FINE ART Quality art and top quality service lo meel all your framing needs • Continued from C-2 Park City's most unique collection of pre-made frames! ome care such as cooking meals, leaning and socializing with 'atients. "Art and Soup' is a big fundraisr for us," stresses Travis. "Contributions are essential for s to be able to continue to proide [free] care to patients who eed it." On Wednesday, April 11 and "hursday, April 12, the "Art and oup Celebration" will feature oups and artists for lunch from 11 .m. to 2 p.m. and dinner from 5 '.m. to 9 p.m. A "The Canvas of Life" gala vill also be held at the 23rd Floor Ivent Center Friday. April 13 at 9 Km. featuring a "unique opportu'ity" to add artistic talent to a canas sketched by a participating rtist. Tickets to the gala are $150 <er person. Sponsorships are vailable for the dinner, art aucion and dancing to the music of he Joe Muscolino Band. The •fonorary Chair for the gala is }a vid E. Simmons, Simmons Aedia Group. For more information, please ontact Community Nursing '•ervices at (SOI) 233-6100 or click •n "Art & Soup" at CNSs Web ite at wwu'.cnscna.org. RIGHT ANGLE PICTURE FRAMING • 1240 IRONHORSE DR. 649-3640 Right next door lo Windy Ridge Cof6 j Enjoy the Mountain Views and Daily Specials. Fanny's outdoor patio opens April 14! Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. PHOTO COURFESY COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES Last year, Community Nursing Services 'Art and Soup CeJebration' awarded Kimball Junction's Red Rock Brewing Co. two awards for its soups. This year there are nearly 20 area restaurants who will be participating in the event. Los Tigres Band remains true to noterno By JAVIER ERIK OLVERA MediaNews Group Wire Service It's late afternoon on a sunwashed March Wednesday, and members of San Jose's most wellknown Spanish band entered a private airport to jet off to Las Vegas to be named BMI Icons, one of the highest honors in the recording industry. Inside the airport, a buzz stirred among some Latino employees -members of the working class that make up the band's fan base. "Los Tigres del Norte," they whispered in Spanish, "has arrived." "It's their words, their music _ they know how to relate to us," said 36-year-old Carla Gonzalez, a fan since her father introduced her to the music as a youngster growing up in Mexico. The band that plays norteno music - a traditional style of Mexican folk that uses'accordions mixed with acoustic bajo sexto, electric bass and drums -- has sold more than 32 million albums and won numerous awards in a career that spans four decades. But the latest honor for their "influence on generations of music makers'7 is especially significant for band members, whose fame hadn't reached too far outside the Latino community - until now. An upsurge in the Mexican population in regions where the population was historically low is playing a key role in Los Tigres' growing fame, fueling attention by the mainstream media. It began around October, when the group's last album, "Historias que Contar," scored a Latin Grammy for best norteno album and went on to win a Grammy in the same category from the wider recording industry group. Los Tigres then took to the road for an East Coast tour that attracted attention, including a mention by The New York Times that called band founder Jorge Hernandez "mesmerizing." The Washington Post chronicled a day-in-the-life of the "grandfathers of norteno" as they took their storytelling songs, called corridos, to a crowded Charlotte, N.C., club where a Confederate flag hung. The whirlwind also led the men - whose songs mostly depict the real life struggles Latino immigrants face -- to the Sundance Film Festival to perform their songs that are featured in the movie. "La Misma Luna," starring America Ferrera of the TV series "Ugly Betty." San Francisco Bay Area radio executives familiar with Los Tigres say their widening success is their destiny - a result of discipline that has led to the release of 39 original albums, 30 compilations and up to 150 concerts a year. "A lot of good things have happened to us without looking for it," said Hernandez, who started the band and chalks up their discipline to family ties. "We have a lot of love for what we do and for each other." The groups fame is spreading in places like the East Coast and the South, where they sell out venues small and large. In New York City, for example, Mexican descendants are now the Homestead 700 North Homestead Dr. Midway, UT 84049 435.654-1102 • 800.327.7220 www.HomestcftdRcHiit.coiD fastest growing ethnic group -During the same period, North tripling from 61,722 in 1990 to Carolina saw its Latino population 186,872 in 2000, U.S. Census data ; - sh0WS /OSS Please see L o s Tigres, C-5 e OPEN EVERYDAY Breakfast • Lunch - . ' • • • - - - - - • - • sundance • Dinner 2 for 1 Dinner Entree Good after 5:00 p.m. Dine in only. Expires 4/30/07. 17% graaiity added on original amount Breakfast from 8am till 4pm, Lunch from 11AM-CLOSE, Dinner from 5pm Free Main Street Parking Until 11am Free Parking in China Bridge all Day & Night 317 MAIN ST. • PARK CITY • 649-8284 Serving Park City for Over 30 Years SPECIAL EVENT MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND Julie Andrews Renowned stage and scree?/ star Author of: "Thanks to You: Wisdom from Mother and Child" Event begins ac noon in the Sundance Rehearsal Hall. Ask about our Special Mother's Day lodging package for this event. For lodging reservations, call 800-892-1600. FICTION SERIES Sat Joe Hill Best selling author in the tradition of his father, Stephen King. Author of: "Heart-Shaped Box" Event begins at noon in the Tree Room. hJobody TCwmy(jle4Wil&lul<& Find your Home or Property in Park City Single tickets for each event are $ 9 5 . All tickets include the lecture, a signed copy of che book, discussion, brunch and gratuity. Alcohol not included. To purchase tickets, SPOTTED please call 801-223-4567. contact Ramon/ 'T Very Large Private Lot Lot 138 at 1,23 acres pucs you right in the middle of your golfing lifestyle. It overlooks both rhe 11th Tee and the 10th Fairway. Due to how the building site is situated, you can also view the Wasatch Mountains. Offered ar$ 775,000 pcmls 9966514 One Of The Most Desirable SIGNATURE Lot 120 at 1.28 acres is overlooking the famous Par 3,11th Hole of Utah's Number One rated golf course...Glenwild. Also overlooks the 18th hole, a large lake ,and a magnificent view of the Wasatch Mountains. End of this cul'de-sac provides you with privacy. Offered at $1,250,000 pcmls 9967665 my Lot 110 at 6.7 acres is one of the largest in Glenwild. Very secluded on a private cul-de-sac. The sides of property arc protected by common land. Tremendous views of all three Park City Mountain ski resorts. Offered at $ 1,200,000 pcmls 9966072 Enjoy the spring at Sundance Resort, ranked in Travel and Leisure's 2007Top Hotels in the World • Right O n fa my word/I Fairway Lot 174 ac .89 acre gives you that special view and feeling as you read the morning paper on your deck and you watch the mornings first golfers addressing their second shot on this great par five. Offered at $750,000 pcmls 9967316 Gomez, Jr, 435.640.0590 GROUP IU-AL ESTATE 1776 Park Avenue, Suite 209 Park City, Utah 84068 SPECIAL SPRING PACKAGES ramon(5)rEomczjr.cor www.realtorrampninparkcicy.com Packages valid April 1- June 7» 2007 $174* DECADENT SPRING ESCAPE PACKAGE $306* INDULGENT SPRING ESCAPE PACKAGE $446* G I R L F R I E N D GETAWAY PACKAGE $1340* SPRING ESCAPE PACKAGE SPRING FLY FISHING PACKAGE $1528" Visit www.sundajaceresort.com for package details •All packages also include 20% off any regularly priced General Store purchase. In the case of die Tree Room not being available, guests may dine ai the Foundry Grill at a lesser rate.Rales do not Include taxes, gratuities, or alcohol. Rates arc based on double occupancy. No nightly limit or minimum night stay required. Rates are non-commissionable. Rates are subject to availability and cannot be combined \vidi any other offers or discounts. Rales do not apply to reservations already booked for April 1-June 7, 2007. • • Plus tax, based on double occupancy. Rates for single travelers available. 3 night minimum stay. Sundance is an Orvis-cndorsed lodge. All fly fishing trips are private and professionally guided. Please call Sundance Reservations at 1-800-892-1600 or book online at www.sundanceresort.com. www.sundanceresort.com • 801-223-4567 Programs, artists ami venues subject to change without notice. |