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Show The Summer Chronicle - Feature Page Eight Steven Miller Chronicle Entertainment Editor By is yet to come. July 1 marks the return of Erasure to these parts, and this time they're bringing band par excellence Wire with them. Two days later, on July 3, reggae veterans UB40 are back as 20-ye- ar well, and they're bringing the Smithereens along. On July 11, Richard Marx will be breezing through, and approximately two weeks later, on July 24, Depeche Mode will bring Pioneer Day to a close with Nitzer Ebb and their Violator tour. On July 27, there'll be a little something for jazz andor new age fans, as Kenny G. and Michael Bolton take to the stage. The next day, it'll be Americana galore courtesy of Prairie Home vmh (Utah Companion guy Garrison Keillor and Nashville veteran Chet Atkins. On August 1, the Ramones will be stopping by with Debbie Harry and the odd-coup- Cut this baby out and paste it to your fridge, so when you realize you don't have enough money for that trip to the Caribbean after all, you'll know some of the spots to go to find solace in the arms of music. It's summer, and that means that it's time for some of the best musical performers in the world to make their way to Salt Lake venues. Oingo Boingo and Midnight Oil already kicked off the Park West concert series, but the best by far Dneeirte symmoir DzzlBimg Wednesday. June 27. 1990 le ex-Blon- Talking Heads rhythm section, Tom Tom Club. Their crosscountry tour is tentatively called Escape From New York, according to Joey Ramone. Rounding out the summer at on Park West we have the act with 11, Ziggy August opening Marley and the Melody Makers. Last but not least, Crosby, Stills and Nash appear August 29. All Park West shows will be basis, presented on a and will begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for general or reserved seating are available at all Smith's Tix outlets and at Park West. For top notch blues, folk and jazz, the place to be this year is B-5- 2s rain-or-shi- ne ,;A. once again just south of the medical center, in the beautiful I . J : 11 - XL '' - V 1 iWHHWBfepi Red Butte Gardens on every other Sunday evening. The series gets under way June 10 with one of the few first ' - 'lift? . ' r IrX I III 1 b : .;t if If if, mlnim and will appear at Park West in Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers are opening for the Tickets are available at Park West or at any Smith's Tix outlet. August. generation jazz artists, guitarist Alvino Rey. at 8 p.m., and at performances will range from $10 some reggae, funk and rock your Hall June On June 24, local boys Powder way as well. Snowbird, July 1, at 4 p.m. Each to $15; the Snowbird show will Ridge will be taking to the stage, On July 29, another group of night will feature different works cost $13 in advance, $15 at the bringing with them their unique fine local musicians is up, as the by Beethoven. Joseph Silverstein door, and $20 for reserved seats. blend of bluegrass, newgrass and Jensen-Woodbur- y For the true Beethoven lover, duo add a will conduct, and Garrick Ohlsson Utah folk. is the "Ultimate Beethoven" be all there on soloist the will to their further dimension guest Two weeks later, on July 8, it's classical It first Beethoven the For with music, pass. costs $45, and will get you programs. the folk and blues powerhouse Taj Ricklen guitar a and the reserved seat for every chamber Nobis, principle performance, Mahal. Count on him throwing keyboardist with the Utah performance. And of course, student tickets are available for Symphony. o' 12 us the Sons $5, except at Snowbird, where gives August Thunder, and a blend of bedrock they'll cost $12 . . . sounds sort of like an airline discount plan, blues, jazz standards and popular doesn't it? And you thought all of tunes. on was behind you when you that the out series, Rounding Texas canceled the it's 26, your trip to the August Caribbean. Songwriters Evening, as Guy All tickets are available at the Clark, Robert Earl Keen, Jr., and Townes Van Zandt, three men Symphony Hall box office. For of details on individual programs, some for responsible writing and more on the other summer the most popular country tunes, take their place in the spotlight concerts, call If you're interested in something and perform the songs the way be done. a less expensive, you may should little they All Red Butte concerts begin at want to check out the Brown Bag Concert Series. Sponsored by the 6:30 p.m. and last until 8 Admission Salt Lake City Arts Council, this approximately p.m. series starts the first week of July ranges from $5 to $10, depending with concerts that are free to the on the night, and there is no reserved seating actually, there public and covers every type of is no seating, period, so make sure concert June 28, both Silverstein music from the Lawrence Welk era to break out those picnic blankets. and Ohlsson will solo. to classical to "heavy funk Tickets are available in advance at However, the Beethoven festival mayhem dance music." KUER FM or the Arboretum office. All performances will begin at the Symphony's only begins summer season. It continues with 12:15. Next week they will be held For more information call concerts featuring such artists as at the Salt Lake City & County If strings are your thing, you'll Doc Severinsen, the King's Building. Call the Arts Council at The Utah Symphony, under the direction of Joseph Silverstein, will 0 for more information. be hosting its Summer Beethoven Festival at Symphony Hall and probably like the Utah Singers, Judy Collins, and Keith Snowbird from June 27 to July 1. Guest pianist Garrick Ohlsson Symphony's Beethoven Festival. Brion. And, have a hot summer. will solo at several performances. Tickets for the Symphony Hall Whether you want to or not. It's going down at Symphony B-5- 2s 27-3- 0, ( 533-NOT- E. Preview 581-662- 5. 596-500- Auntie Arlene Calkins- - Chronicle Feature Columnist The Search For Thin: Battle of the Bulge continues got on my scale this morning. Bad mistake, it groaned and mumbled something like, "Get off, you lard-but- t. What do you think I'm made of stainless steel springs?" Damn modern technology and its talking scales! Who needs 'em?! Well...I do. Yes, Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, it's time once again for the annual "Take It All Off, Auntie Arlene" contest. It's that time of year when I take a hard look in the mirror, knowing if I try to join in the fun at the community pool, Captain Ahab is going to come after me with traces of "Harpoon that thing! It's the great white whale!" on his lips. Fully aware that I've made dieting threats before, I've come to the realization that however rude it may be we "women of substance" are frowned upon. We're looked l. upon as less than the best because we obviously lack is to diet a pariah in The poor soul who needs the social order of Yuppiedom. If you're not already too thin or too rich you're dead, albeit fatty, meat. (I know I self-contro- you don't think that and certainly don't, but the majority of the human population does.) Frankly, I'm tired of being snickered at and of running out of breath each time I climb the stairs. likes it or Dieting is a lonesome kind of thing. Nobody (a It involves willpower totally foreign wants to do it. word to me) and a great deal of exercise (the Exercise is a total and complete bore. I see these cute, young things running down the street and want to say, "Stop! You're ruining my health seeing you running makes me sick!" It's not just the fact that they're running that turns my stomach, either. It's those darn cutsie-pi- e running togs they wear: Neon sweatbands on their pert little heads and slim wrists, fluorescent tank tops cut above the navel, and (I've saved the best for last) shorts made with spandex-from-hel(This prompts me to ask the can "How they run in that sausage casing questions: when they have to be poured into it in the first place? What dastardly fiend invented the darn stuff? and Why do fat people insist upon wearing it and looking like stacked rubber tires just for the sake of being chic while they run themselves into a coronary?" As if this running mania isn't bad enough they (those who dictate what society says and does) are coming out with "lite" burgers. Tell me there's lots of meat in a d burger. Now tell me they're going to regulation make it "lite." How? By stuffing helium into the meat before they grind it? Give me a break. In addition to the trendy styles in fast-foo- d burgers, there are the current salad-ba- r wars ("We have 63 different items in our salad bar." Yeah, and I'll bet 17 "E"-word- l. fast-foo- ). chick-pea- s cures for cancer in the under-chille- d alone) and the big rage toward sushi. (Every time a dinner companion suggests we eat raw fish, I point him toward my blue rumblefish and say, "Go for it!" Why not? That stupid fish has to eat a steady diet of shrimp, and I'm stuck eating "lite" burgers.) I've tried everything from Weight-Watcher- s (they booed me when I gained two pounds in one week) to Nutri-System- s (cardboard chops, ugh!) to just plain starving myself. (This last one caused my children to contemplate the solace a monastery might offer.) My editor told me I had a great following, and quite frankly, I wasn't sure if he meant readers or if he meant my "She who must be sat upon." So, I've decided to ask this great following for some help (assuming it's the former and not the latter). We're going to run a small, intimate contest. I'm looking for the best (this means "most helpful") suggestions to get me on the road to feeling and looking good. We'll start today and run it until the July 18th issue, at which time I'll announce the winner. Bring your suggestions or mail them in to the Chronicle office at 240 Union. The reader with the most helpful suggestion will win what else? A dozen of Auntie Arlene's famous chocolate chip cookies, with or without nuts. |