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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 GUITARIST WILL SHOW PUBLIC CAN TAKE ‘NOTES HIS ‘WINNING HAND,’ C-2 ON BLINDNESS,’ C-5 www.parkrecord.com C-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, MARCH 3-6, 2018 Explore the world with Armchair Travel MAVIS STAPLES AT THE ECCLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Park City Institute will present Kennedy Center honoree and Blues Hall of Famer Mavis Staples at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd. Tickets range from $29-$79. They can be purchased by visiting www.ecclescenter.org. AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 3, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2300 Monitor Drive. Donors can walk in or sign up online at redcrossblood.org. FAMILY YOGA FUNDRAISER A family yoga fundraiser with teacher Randi Jo Taurel will be held from 1-2 p.m. on Sunday, March 4, at The Shop, 1167 Woodside Ave. The event is open to everyone from toddlers to the elderly. Mats will be provided. The cost is $25 per family. The money will be donated to Devoted 2 Children Summer Camp in Haiti. To register, visit www.www.yogawithrandijo.com/ giving-back. YOGA AT THE SWANER PRESERVE A Vinyasa yoga session will be held from 8-9 p.m. on Monday, March 5, at the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter. The cost is $10 per person or $5 for Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter members. Participants must bring their own mats. For information or to register, visit www. swanerecocenter.org/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D126848479. ‘COMMUNICATING AND CONNECTING WITH YOUR TEEN CONNECT Summit County, an organization that raises awareness and host programs concerning mental health, will present “Communicating and Connecting with your Teen in the Age of Smartphones and Social Media” at 6 p.m. on Wednesday through Friday, March 6-8, and at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. Wednesday’s venue is North Summit High School in Coalville. Thursday’s venue is the Park City Library Community Room, Friday’s venue is the Summit County Library Kimball Junction Branch auditorium, and the March 13 venue is at South Summit High School in Kamas. The events are free and open to the public. For information, email connectsummitcounty@gmail.com. Park City Library now offers monthly virtural reality trips TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD The Park City Library’s new virtual reality system allows the public to take mini vacations via Google Earth. SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record People can travel to virtually anywhere in the world just by visiting the Park City Library. The trips are made possible from 4-5 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month thanks to a new program called Armchair Travel, said Kate Mapp, Park City Library adult services librarian. “This is our new virtual reality (VR) “Of course you can log on to the internet and see these places, but visiting them through VR makes it more real...” Kate Mapp, Park City Library adult services librarian program,” Mapp said. “The controls let you zoom in on any given, depending on how much information Google Earth was able to obtain.” The system, which will be set up in the library’s green screen room, includes VR goggles and two hand controls. TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Armchair travelers can strap on the Park City Library’s new HTC Vive headset and take trips around the world. The system also requires a heavy-duty gaming laptop, because it has more horsepower than the rest of the library’s laptops, Mapp said. Of course, the library needed to get a virtual reality system, and it purchased an HTC Vive headset. “There is a program that provides libraries with a system and we met them during a conference in California,” Mapp said. The equipment allows people to not only travel to countries, but cities, and even down along sidewalks or beaches, according to Mapp. “The controls also allow the traveler to move the sun so you can see what a place is during the morning, afternoon and evening,” Mapp said. The system isn’t for checkout, yet, because of the many working parts. “We want people to come experiment with VR in the library,” Mapp said. “While there is a learning curve, people will be able to pick things up very quickly.” Armchair Travel is a drop-in program right now, so no sign ups are required. “If there are a lot of people, we will limit their turns to 10 minutes, but if there are only two people, we’ll just play for the whole hour,” Mapp said. The green-screen room is the perPlease see Library, C-4 |