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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 7-10, 2016 C-3 The Park Record YourParkCityAgents.com Hall • Prugh Real Estate Team SHEILA HALL ALEX PRUGH, J.D. Associate Broker 435-640-7162 cell sheila@hall-prugh.com REALTOR® 435-901-9504 cell alex@hall-prugh.com JOSEPH AGUIRRE Dan Koeppel takes a turn during his Los Angeles segment in Fredrik Gertten's "Bikes vs. Cars," a fllm that looks at the struggle for bicyclists in a society dominated by cars and centers on bike activists in Sao Paulo, Los Angeles and Copenhagen, where forty percent of the population commute by bike daily. Continued From C-1 Film event focuses on bicycles tive means of transportation." Although this film focuses on efforts in Los Angeles and Sao Paulo, which are very large cities compared to Park City, its heart is citizen action against seemingly impossible odds, Wang said. "It's about how these bike activists were able to make inroads and get mayors and city leaders to think about transportation in a Continued From C-2 Songwriter coming to Park City Ginnis said. "He was in town doing some private shows up in Promontory in September and we began talking about bringing him back." McGinnis reached out to the schools, and with funding provided by the Park City Education Foundation and Mountain Town Music, things really started to roll. It just so happened that Seskin would be in town the same time Peter Yarrow is set to perform at the Egyptian Theatre, which was serendipitous, according to McGinnis. Seskin, with one of his cowriters, Allen Shamblin, wrote the song "Don't Laugh at Me," that was recorded by Yarrow different way and not so car-centric," she said. The film brings to light Los Angeles' bike culture. "The city used to have a bicycle freeway," Wang said. "The easement still stands, and you still see the boardwalks that go through the center of L.A. And while car companies have kind of taken that over, people are trying to take it back." Wang believes it's not impossible for cars and bikes to coexist. "You can always say no to new ideas surrounding bicycles and our climate, but the film kind of gives you that spark of inspiration that says, ‘If we have will, we can make anything happen,'" she said. "We just need to spark that conversation in our community." Ferris is grateful for the Park City Film Series for a variety of reasons. "The arts, of course are a big part of any community, but what I love about the Film Series is that the films they bring in tackle important and current issues," she said. "These issues aren't just important to our community but to the global community, and it really keeps our citizens involved and keeps the conversations going." Park City Film Series, Park City Municipal and Summit County Transportation will present a free screening of Fredrik Gertten's "Bikes vs. Cars," not rated, at the Park City Library's Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave., on Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m. A pre-film Active Transportation Fair will begin at 6 p.m. The event is free. For more information, visit www.parkcityfilmseries.com. and his now late cohorts Paul Stookey and Mary Travers in 1998 for the trio's 1999 compilation, "Songs of Conscience and Concern: A Retrospective Collection." "Peter was introduced to the song at the Kerrville Folk Festival, where Steve directs the Kerrville Songwriter's School," McGinnis said. "It was also recorded by country singer [Mark Willis]." In addition to the school sessions, Seskin will also host two songwriting classes at the Granger School of Music, 1850 Sidewinder Dr., May 21 and 22, from 9:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Registration is $150 for both days, or $90 for one day. Registration can be made via PayPal to seskins@aol.com. Checks can also be mailed to Steve Seskin at 929 36th St., Richmond, California, 94805. "The Granger School has always been generous with our group, and this will bring the older aspect of the community into this," McGinnis said. "We have everyone from high school to senior citizens -- 14 to 75 and older -- in the group. So, this project literally is done by the whole community." This is what McGinnis and Hareza are most excited about. "We, in Park City, tend to look at the arts passively," he said. "We go to Deer Valley and open the picnics and go to the Egyptian and sit in our seats while people entertain us. But we also have many people in our community who are just dying to create something and they have no opportunity to do this." McGinnis believes an active songwriting community can only benefit Park City. "I think about that little town, Lyons, Colorado, that was a dying little town where people stopped to get gas and a hot dog before heading to Estes Park," he said. "Along came Planet Bluegrass that bought a ranch, started the Song School, the RockyGrass Academy and the RockyGrass Festival. Musicians moved to that community and creative arts blossomed in that community." For more information about the songwriting workshops, contact Bill McGinnis at jillandbill@comcast.net. ore m and s c i s u rd' m o e c liv Re Find e Park dar in h n on T ts Cale line at lendar a n Eve and on com/c t . prin record k par par kr s at form t n eve ission n r ow tsubm u o t y even i m Sub .com/ rd eco Park Avenue Office • 1700 Park Avenue, Suite 102 • Park City, Utah 84060 © 2015 BHH Affiliates, LLC. An independently owned and operated subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and a franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC. 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