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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki Arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 KURT BESTOR RETURNS TO THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE, C-2 www.parkrecord.com Parkite continues window-exhibit tradition Santa Claus will make his annual trip down the Town Lift at 5:30 p.m. today, Dec. 17. The free event will feature time with Santa, refreshments and live music performed by the Park City Treble Makers. For more information, visit www. parkcitymountain.com. A HOLIDAY MIXER WITH A TWIST The Park City Wine Club will host a Tuesday tasting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at the Paint Mixer, 738 Main St. The event is an artful evening sampling of and learning about five festive wines with local cheeses and meats, while participants create holiday art pieces. The cost is $55 and open to ages 21 and older. To register, visit www.the paintmixer.com. ARTIST RECEPTION AT MEYER GALLERY COURTESY OF JONNIE HARTMAN For six years, Silver Creek resident and artist Jonnie Hartman, right, has created holiday scenes for the Grand America Hotel window stroll in Salt Lake City. PACIFIC MAMBO ORCHESTRA Park City Institute will present the Pacific Mambo Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd. The Grammy Award-winning band brings the classic sounds of the great Latin Big Bands of the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s to the stage. That mix of salsa, bachata and cha-cha – with traces of American jazz, R&B, and Afro-Cuban music – also graces their debut album. Band members have performed and/ or recorded with the industry’s biggest names, including Carlos Santana, Ray DeLa Paz, Jose Lugo Guasabara Orchestra, Los Adolescentes, Isaac Delgado, Gilberto Santarosa, Tito Rojas, La India and Victor Manuelle. Tickets range from $29 to $79 and can be purchased by visiting www.ecclescenter.org. PARK CITY SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 18 The Park City Singers will perform its “Festival of Christmas” concert at 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 18, at Park City Community Church, 4501 S.R. 224. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and younger. They can be purchased from any of the Park City Singers and at SmithsTix.com, parkcitysingers. com and the Market at Park City, 1500 Snow Creek Drive. Tickets can also be purchased at the door of each performance for $15. For more information, visit www.parkcitysingers.com. C-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, DECEMBER 17-20, 2016 SANTA ARRIVES IN PARK CITY VIA THE TOWN LIFT An artist reception for Utah painter Santiago Michalek will be from 6:308:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, at Meyer Gallery, 305 Main St. The exhibit is called “Combustion.” and Michalek has created lively and detailed paintings of trains, Volkswagons and a variety of motorized vehicles. The event, which will feature music and refreshments, is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.meyergallery.com. PARKITE ENJOYED FILMING ‘THE CHRISTMAS PROJECT’, C-4 Displays grace the Grand America Hotel By SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record When people visit the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, they can embark on a world Christmas tour with hotel mascot Maurice the penguin, thanks to the art of Silver Creek resident Jonnie Hartman. Hartman, whose specialty is public art, has created the hotel’s indoor window displays for the hotel for the past six winters. She has made scenes that symbolize songs and traditions. This year the theme is “Holidays Around the World.” Scenes, which feature more than 250 hand-glittered and painted pieces, include an ice climbing yodeling penguin, a skier hitting the slopes in Germany, two mechanical ice skaters, 60 handmade paper tulips, flamenco dancers, life size Russian matryoshka dolls and more. “There are 16 windows this year,” Hartman said during a Park Record interview. “Of those, 14 are of different countries and two show a departure from Utah and a return to Utah.” In addition, each window has either the words “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” written in the different countries’ languages. “Each person who visits the windows will have a scavenger hunt card and can match the windows to each greeting,” Hartman said. Selecting the countries to depict was a fun, but difficult process. “I wish we had more windows,” Hartman said with a smile. “I had a huge list that I wanted to do, but the Grand America narrowed it down.” Hartman worked with some of the world’s iconic countries, including Italy and France. “I also included England, Holland and Germany and the Ukraine,” she said. “In fact, the Ukraine window is beautiful. I put a traditional Ukrainian outfit on an ice skater, and she is holding a big flowered wreath.” Among her favorites is the Scotland scene. “We have a hand-stitched adorable fivefoot-tall Loch Ness Monster,” Hartman said. Hartman began working on the window ideas at the end of May. ‘“It was fun doing all of these because I had to study the cultures and find their traditions during Christmas,” she said. “I did a lot of studying and sketching.” The artist began working on the displays in August. “I have to think, ‘How long was I in my garage?’” Hartman said, laughing. “I built and built until November, because the windows opened on Nov. 22.” The displays are made out of everything from fabric, paint and glitter. “I used roughly 10 pounds of glitter,” she said. The window spaces varied. Please see Hartman, C-5 |