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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki Arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 FRIENDS OF SKI MOUNTAIN MINING HISTORY MEMBERSHIP PARTY Friends of Ski Mountain Mining History will host a Pick ‘n Shovel Membership party at Town Lift Plaza on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. A $50 membership donation to help pay for stabilization efforts underway currently at Silver King Water Tanks and California Comstock Mine. The event will feature gourmet picnic with local products from Wasatch Brewery, Tandem Chocolates, Beltex Meats and Red Bicycle Bread. For more information, visit http://parkcityhistory.org/friendsof-ski-mountain-mining-history. IMPROV COMEDY SHOW AT MOLLY BLOOMS Molly Blooms, 1680 W. Ute Blvd. at Kimball Junction, will present a night of comedy with Park City Improv -- Laugh Elevated, formerly the Not PC Players, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at 8:30 p.m. The showcase is held every last Wednesday of the month and is free for customers. For more information, visit www.mollybloomsgastropub.com. INSIDE OUT - PARK CITY: LAST CALL AND CLOSING PARTY The Summit County Public Art Board’s Inside Out - Park City exhibit is closing. The open call for participation in the online exhibit ends Wednesday, Aug. 31. If you are a Summit County entrepreneur and would like to be included, visit darkstorefronts.org/participate. A closing party will be held that night at Myrtle Rose in Newpark from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. The public is welcome. GEOCACHING ADVENTURES AT THE SWANER PRESERVE The Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, 1258 Center Dr. at Kimball Junction, will host geocaching adventures Wednesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Geocaching is appropriate for any age -- all participants need are sturdy, comfortable shoes, trinkets for trading (aka geocache swag, which can be purchased at our gift shop), and a GPS device, which also can be rented at the Swaner EcoCenter for $5 a unit for members or $10 a unit for non-members. For more information, visit www. swanerecocenter.org/preserve-ecocenter/geocaching-adventures.html. PARK CITY POINT 2 POINT One of the country’s strongest endurance mountain bike races will ride Park City Point 2 Point at Deer Valley on Saturday, Sept. 3. Start time is 7 a.m. For more information, visit www.deervalley.com. YOUTHEATRE PROGRAM TEACHES LIFE LESSONS, C-2 www.parkrecord.com RODNEY CROWELL ENJOYS THE SONGWRITING CRAFT, C-3 C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 Concert series closes with a Jewel Singer-songwriter excited for her Park City return By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Park City Institute’s 2016 St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights concert series is ready to call it a summer, but has one last gleaming gem up its sleeve -- Jewel. The Grammy Award-winning singersongwriter will perform Saturday, Sept. 3, at Deer Valley’s Snow Park Amphitheater. Jewel, who has performed in Park City numerous times, is looking forward to her return. “I love the town,” she said during an interview with The Park Record. “I’ve done indoor and outdoor venues there. The people are lovely. They are warm and make up a great audience for a singer and songwriter.” Jewel promised to play an exciting and mixed set. “I have an album out called ‘Picking Up the Pieces,’ so there will be some songs off of there, but I don’t ever do a set list,” she said. “I like to show up and see what mood the audience is in. I like them to shout out songs.” That not only keeps the concert exciting for her, but for the audience as well. “I hate doing the same thing every night,” she said. “I find it’s great for the audience as well because they get a fresh, live, actual experience instead of a contrived and canned experience.” Jewel is not only known for her award winning music, but also her acting and poetry. She compiled her diary entries for her autobiography called “Chasing Down the Dawn” in 2000, and recently penned a memoir called “Never Broken” that COURTESY OF PMK/BNC ENTERTAINMENT Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Jewel, who has performed in Park City many times over the years, will close Park City Institute’s 2016 St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights summer concerts at Deer Valley’s Snow Park Amphitheater on Saturday. was published last year. “I’ve always been multi-disciplinary,” she said. “I studied visual art in school before I started writing songs, but I started writing poetry first, when I was quite young, and then short stories. I started writing songs when I was 16. “I never have published short stories, but I would love to,” she said. “I was pleased about the poetry book [“A Night Without Armor”] and have another one ready to come out.” “Never Broken” was Jewel’s first attempt at longform writing. “It was really scary because I never thought I had the talent,” she said. “Even though it was autobiographical, it was still learning how to carry multiple scenes in a longer arc that was more than 350 pages.” She kept calling her editor about those concerns. “I kept telling my editor that I was no hero and that I was sucking at it or have someone help me,” Jewel said. “Then she would tell me every day that I wasn’t sucking and I should keep going.” Revealing more of her life wasn’t difficult for the songwriter, because she Please see Jewel, C-4 Annual book sale features literacy for everyone Miners Day weekend event presented by Friends of the Library By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The temperatures are dropping and the leaves are turning colors. That means fall is coming. It also means the Friends of the Park City Library is gearing up for its annual used book sale that will be held at the Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave., over Labor Day and Miner’s Day Weekend -Sept. 3 to Sept. 5. Friends of the Park City Library’s Ann Witworth and Jean Daly, the cochairwomen of this year’s sale, and Marlene Peacock gave The Park Record the sale’s rundown last week. “We’ve been receiving donations since last October for the sale,” Daly Please see Used, C-4 SCOTT IWASAKI/PARK RECORD Jean Daly, left, and Ann Witworth are the co-chairwomen of this years Friends of the Park City Library annual used book sale. The event will run Saturday, Sept. 3, through Monday, Sept. 5. The money raised will help the library fund its programs. |