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Show Entertainment Calendar Arts The SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002 Events Calendar C-2 Crossword C-4 TV Listings C-ll Classifieds C-13 Auto Pages C-16 SCENE EDITOR: Patrick Connors 6499014 ext. 104 artsparkrccord.com Park Record Kimball closed through Games As part of its sponsorshiprental deal with General Motors, the Kimball Art Center's galleries will be closed through April 1. GM will use the space during the Olympics as a hospitality center. The automotive giant is financing current renovations renova-tions on the building, some of which will stay in place after the Games. KAC staff will continue to use the building's office space throughout the Olympics - February is a crucial month in the Cadillac Park City Art Festival application process. The art center will reopen in April with a gala event and the unveiling of a new exhibit. Olympic program on NBC Local alpine skier Picabo Street will be one of the featured athletes on "Winter Exchange," a NBC show that will examine how winter athletes ath-letes train. The program starts at noon today and will be hosted by former NBA player Charles Barkley and sprinter Marion Jones. "Winter Exchange" is geared toward younger viewers and will feature conversations with athletes and footage of them performing their sports. Opening night: Norwegian style The Viking Yurt will host an opening ceremony gala at the Norwegian Olympic house (Park City Library building) on Feb. 8 from 5 to 10 p.m. The event will feature a gourmet buffet, Norwegian pastries, live entertainment throughout the night and a live feed of the opening ceremony cere-mony in the Jim Santy Auditorium. Tickets are $150 per person and can be purchased by calling Smith's Tix at 800-888-8499. For more information, visit www.parkci-tyyurts.com. www.parkci-tyyurts.com. Play rompers Play Rompers, an interactive learning learn-ing program for children eight months to four years old that uses music and games, will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The program will be held at the Silver Mountain Sports Club and Spa and is open to the public. For more information, 658-1585. raw cm JACJIIAQY DIAL EM Silver Mountain Sports Club if COF? . Imdjfakk ex Parkite's renditions of area's Olympic venues selling fast around town by Patrick Connors OF THE RECORD STAFF Sometimes, artists are inspired by what they don't see - a feeling that something is missing. A few years ago, when Olympic trinkets trin-kets and garb started popping up at grocery gro-cery stores and souvenir shops around Utah, Patricia Smith had that feeling. In the melange of Olympic paraphernalia parapher-nalia she noticed almost everything was geared toward Salt Lake City and that very little attention was paid to Park City - home to three Olympic venues. "I felt like we needed images that were bright, energetic and colorful to represent the town," says Smith who grew up in Salt Lake, but has spent most of the last 25 years in Park City. To fill the void, Smith, a life-long painter, decided to create posters depicting three popular events that will be held at each of Park City's venues in February: giant slalom, bobsled and aerials. Although each poster shows different athletes in their sport, they are connected connect-ed by what Smith calls the "perfect arc." In the giant slalom poster, skis bend around a gate. The bobsled poster shows a four-man team carving a turn at the Utah Olympic Park and in the freestyle poster an athlete flies, back arched, through the air in mid flip. They wont be her first drawings to capture the spirit of Park City. In 1977, Smith designed a logo for the Park City Arts Festival. The logo, which she created for wood cuts, posters and prints, featured an image of the Coalition Mine Building. "Back then," she says "It was Park City's most recognizable symbol." Her depiction of the Coalition building .was also used as the Park City Chamber of Commerce logo, which she help Popovich's Pet Circus gives animals a 'second chance' RemrH-spttinn Russian dimension to his repertoire: rescued cats and dogs by Patrick Connors OF THE RECORD STAFF Gregory Popovich doesnl keep his circus animals locked in a cage. He doesnt does-nt shout commands at them or wave a whip anywhere in their vicinity. They are his pets. More specifically, he says, they are his family and his family is big. Popovich's Comedy Pet Theatre, which will be at the Eccles Center on Feb. 2, includes 15 cats, 9 dogs, a few pigeons and a couple white mice. He also travels with his wife and assistant, Izolda and their 10 year-old daughter, Anastasia. "The show should really be called "A Second Chance,"" he says referring to the fact that all of the animals in the Comedy and Pet Theatre were adopted from animal shelters. The troupe has grown over the years, but Popovich has never abandoned a pet - it would be like losing a child. The animals have been good for his career. Although, Popovich came to America from Russia in 1991 as one of the most well-known jugglers in the world, incorporating cats and dogs into his act has helped him carve a unique 2080 Gold Dust Lane (Prospector Square) 649-6670 Spa found in the late 1970s Her latest posters went on sale Jan. 8 and have been selling fast around town and in Salt Lake. Smith ordered a print run of 3,000 posters 1,000 of each sport and so far nearly a third have been purchased. "It's really a ma ma operation," she says referring to the fact that she is distributing the posters by herself. A printing press in Salt Lake City helped her transform the original origi-nal tempera paintings into 18 by 24-inch posters, but Smith has framed, packaged and toted the posters from store to store on her own. If they continue to sell, she admits that she might need to hire some help. It took Smith around three months to finish the paintings. She worked from photographs that she snapped at various World Cup events last winter. She says she used the photographs for reference and to give the posters a better sense of place. The posters dont depict specific athletes. The skier for example is a "composite of different skiing styles." Smith compares the illustrations illus-trations to European travel posters popular in the 1930s - with a modern mod-ern touch. Their significance will be most profound in February, but Smith thinks that the posters' allure transcends tran-scends time. "I hope they have a shelf-life past the Olympics," she says. "Park City's future includes a lot of athlete training programs at the Please see Parkite C-6 - iiinnlpr arirfc new niche in the circus world. "I was looking to develop and when I came to the United States I noticed that there were no cats in circus performances," performanc-es," says Popovich. The show started with a single feline named Snow who jumped from chair to chair while Popovich juggled. It was such a hit with audiences that he decided to expand the animal element in his shows. Popovich's cats and dogs jump through hoops, climb objects, ride on each other's backs and play intricate roles in his juggling routines. Training them, he says, is more about developing a connection than demanding extreme discipline. To do that, Popovich says he studies each animal's physical ability. "It's important not to ask the animals to do what they dont do in nature," he says. Popovich learns his animal's individual individ-ual quirks and expands on them. Working with animals wasnt foreign to him. When Popovich was a child, he helped his mother train cats and dogs with a Russian circus. He says that is when he started to develop his connec- Please see Eccles, C-6 my Cj'Ml 7 rm) ) f fh y: 1 ' h .-V" 'V '. j.-' v I 1 ,'., . - Vy.-" - ' 1 r ;4-:--tifisr.--- Ui .i-. M COURTESY OF THE ECCLES CENTER Gregory Popovich surrounded by a few of his 15 cats and nine dogs. He trains the animals to do tricks by developing personal connections with them. learning while we play! HOUSE FROM 11AM-2PM! An Exciting Development Play Program for children ParentChild interaction for BABY ROMPERS 8 mos to 3 I2 yrs. FABULOUS FRIDAYS for JUNIOR ROMPERS ages 4 to 7 yrs. (Two hour drop off class) Fun-a-saurus, slides Kidsercise, Parachute Games.Tunnels, Tumbling, Crafts and more! STEPHEN ZUSYIPARK RECORD ARTWORK COURTESY OF PATRICIA SMITH Patricia Smith's posters of Olympic venues define a new era in Park City. In the 1970s, Smith's depictions of the Coalition Mine Building were recognizable recogniz-able around town. Around a third of her winter sport posters have sold since Jan. 8. u 'A - J-- L Bring your kids to Silver Mt. Sports Club Today for a fun open |