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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 FILM SERIES SCHEDULES OSCAR NOMINEES, C-2 www.parkrecord.com LAMOTT WILL SPEAK AT THE ECCLES CENTER, C-3 C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 2, 2018 Book finds the spark of Park City’s Pop WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S WINE AND CHEESE SOCIAL The Utah Alzheimer’s Association will host a wine and cheese social from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at Berkshire Hathaway, 2200 Park Ave., downstairs in the Saddleview Office Park , Buiding B. The public will learn about the Walk to End Alzheimer’s that will take place later this year. For information, visit www.alz.org/utah/ in_my_community_contact.asp. HIGH ALTITUDE GARDENING CLASS A high altitude gardening class will be held from 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at Basic Recreation Fieldhous, 1388 Center Drive at Kimball Junction. Summit Community Gardens Executive Director Ken Kullack will lead the session that will include garden locations, raised beds, soil health and plant selection. Adult tickets cost $20. For information, visit http://www. summitcommunitygardens.org/event/ high-altitude-gardening. THE DRIFTERS AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee The Drifters, known for its hits “Stand By Me,” “This Magic Moment” and “Up on the Roof,” will perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 1-3, and at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4, at the Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Thursday tickets range from $29-$45. Tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday range from $35 to $55. Tickets can be purcahsed by visiting www.parkcityshows.com. PARK CITY FILM SERIES BOOKS 2 MOVIES: ‘EMMA’ The Park City Film Series will present a free screening of Douglas McGrath’s “Emma,” rated PG, as part of its Books 2 Movies Series at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave. Friday and Saturday screenings will start at 8 p.m. and Sunday’s screening will start at 6 p.m. In this adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel of the same title, socialite Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) plays matchmaker for those around her. However, Emma’s attempts at matchmaking cause more problems than solutions and may ultimately jeopardize her own chance at love and happiness. For information, visit www.parkcityfilmseries.com. WINTER WETLAND EXCURSION ON THE SWANER PRESERVE A winter wetland excursion will is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Swaner Preserve. Participants will meet at the Swaner EcoCenter. The excursion will feature snowshoeing onto the wetlands and learning about wetland ecology, animals and habitats. Showshoes will be available for use. Registration is required. Visit www. swanerecocenter.org for information and to RSVP. TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD “Park City’s Pop: A Portrait of Photographer J.E. Jenkins (Pop Jenks)” is a new book written by David Hampshire, a former Park Record editor. The book is exclusively on sale at the Park City Museum. Author Hampshire will do a presentation and book signing Friday SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The Park City Museum wants to reintroduce Joseph Edward Jenkins Jr. to the community. Jenkins, known to locals as Pop Jenks or Mr. Park City, was a local photographer and restaurateur, who captured the essence and people of Park City and was also instrumental in the campaign to turning Park City into a skiing destination. Many people have seen his photos on display in businesses throughout the town, without realizing they were his. To rectify this, the Park City Muse- um partnered with author and former Park Record editor David Hampshire to write a book, “Park City’s Pop: A Portrait of Photographer J.E. Jenkins (Pop Jenks).” In addition, Hampshire will give a short and free presentation about the book and do a book signing at 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, at the Park City Museum Education and Collection Center, 2079 Sidewinder Drive. The book is filled with historic black and white images Jenkins took of Park City and the other parts of Utah. The photos were provided by Jenkins’ daughter Thelma Uriarte back in 1986, when Hampshire was the parttime director of the Park City Museum. “She told me that her father was a photographer in town and she had some photos she wanted to show me,” Hampshire said. “I went to her house in Highland Estates, and she pulled out this trunk that had more than 600 imag- TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Park City Museum Executive Director Sandra Morrison, left, and writer David Hampshire worked to get “Park City’s Pop: A Portrait of Photographer J.E. Jenkins (Pop Jenks)” published. Hampshire will do a small presentation and book signing on Friday at the Park City Museum Education and Collection Center. es and negatives. I was blown away.” Knowing the value of the photographs, the Park City Museum teamed with the Kimball Art Center a few months later and presented an exhibit of Jenkins’ photos. “We found a place in Salt Lake that would enlarge the photos,” Hampshire said. “We mounted them and the exhibit pretty much took up the Main Gallery.” Shortly afterwards, the museum commissioned author John Kinch to publish a book about Jenkins and his photographs that was sold at the museum. The book was sold at the museum. “By the time the museum closed in 2007 for our remodeling, we had finally sold them all,” said Park City Museum Executive Director Sandra Morrison. Morrison, who has admired Jenkins’ photos for years, wanted to see another, more substantial book that documented the photographer’s life. Please see, Book, C-4 Jeweler Helmcken has a bead on design Artique will host a First Friday artist opening on Feb. 2 SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Amanda Helmcken, jeweler and owner of Silverwear Design, enjoys displaying her handmade works at Artique, because people can see her jewelry with their own eyes before they decide to buy it. “I do sell my work on Etsy, and that’s challenging because it’s hard also to sell something with a picture,” Helmcken said. “That’s why I so appreciate the opportunity to be at Artique, because I’m more comfortable when people touch and feel what I make before they buy it.” The public will get a chance to see Helmcken’s works and meet the artist from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, at Artique, 283 N. Main St. in Kamas. The event is free and open to the public. Helmcken plans to show her knitted bracelets, leather jewelry and works she makes from precious metal clay. “Precious metal clay was developed by Mitsubishi in the 1990s, and they started making it to find a way to use up silver dust that was left over from manufacturing their products,” Helmcken said. The clay is made with an organic binder that holds the dust together, she said. “It comes in a little tiny piece of clay, and I took a course at the Kimball Art Center and learned how to use it,” Helmcken said. “I create things with it and then I fire each one individually with a blowtorch. And when you fire it, the binder burns away and you’re left with this fine .999 [grade] silver.” Helmcken began working with precious metal clay because she couldn’t always find the beads she wanted to turn into jewelry. “I thought if I worked with the precious metal clay, then I could make whatever I wanted,” she said. The artist will also show off some Please see Jeweler, C-4 PHOTO COURTESY OF KATIE STELLPFLUG The woven metal jewelry Amanda Helmcken will be spotlighted during the February First Friday Artist Opening at Artique on Feb. 2. Helmcken will be in attendence. |