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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 SPANISH LANGUAGE COLLABORATION WILL AND BOOK DAY FUN, C-3 REVEAL ANIMAL ART, C-5 www.parkrecord.com C-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, APRIL 21-24, 2018 EcoCenter plans a happy Earth Day party ‘PARK CITY FOLLIES’ Park City Follies, a musical spoof and benefit for the Egyptian Theatre, will run through Sunday, April 22, and Tuesday to Sunday, April 24-29, at the Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Evening curtain is 8 p.m. Sunday curtain is 6 p.m. Tickets range from $34-$50. They can be purchased by visiting www.parkcityshows.com. BIRDING BASICS AT THE SWANER ECOCENTER A birding basics session will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Sunday, April 22, at the Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive at Kimball Junction. Local bird expert Kenny Frisch, who leads the EcoCenter’s Avian Adventures, will teach the basics of identifying local birds. He will lead a fieldtrip through the Swaner Preserve and host a Q&A. Registration is $10 per person and $45 for Swaner EcoCenter members. Registration is required. To register, visit www. eventbrite.com/e/birding-basics-tickets-42477195435?aff=es2. Sunday’s event will feature hands-on fun, tours and smoothies TEEN ADVISORY BOOK CLUB AT THE COALVILLE BRANCH The Teen Advisory Book Club will meet from 6-7 p.m. on Monday, April 23, at the Summit County Library Coalville Branch, 82 N. 50 East. Readers are encourged to choose any genre of book to discuss. The club, which is open to ages 12-18, will also learn about chalk pastels and do an art project. For information, visit www.thesummitcountylibrary.org. YOUNG ADULT BOOK CLUB AT THE KAMAS BRANCH A young adult book club will meet from 6-7 p.m. on Monday, April 23, at the Summit County Library Kamas Branch, 110 N. Main St. For information, visit www.thesummitcountylibrary.org. CREATING ABSTRACTS AT THE KIMBALL ART CENTER Creating abstractions sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays, April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, at the Kimball Art Center. 1401 Kearns Blvd. Students will learn about bringing shapes, color, techniques, edges, texture, value and more together to form abstract works of art. To register, visit kimballartcenter.org/ classes/creating-abstractions-ii. TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter Visitor Experience Coordinator Hunter Klingensmith stands on the EcoCenter’s pier that looks out to the 1,200-acre preserve. The EcoCenter will host an Earth Day celebration on Sunday. SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Earth Day turns 48 this year, and the Swaner EcoCenter wants to invite the public to the party. The free celebration will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 22, at the EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive at Kimball Junction, said the nonprofit’s Visitor Experience Coordinator Hunter Klingensmith. The celebration will continue the vision of the late senator Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin Democrat who, along with others, founded the annual celebration as a way to raise awareness about pollution and inject environmental protection into the political conversation. “We have been partnering with many other nonprofit and for-profit organizations and we’ll have a schedule of different events throughout the day,” Klingensmith said. “Some of these organizations, such as Summit Community Power Works and Relief Utah, will have tables set up and their representatives will answer any questions people may have about their missions and what they have going on.” The day’s events unofficially begin with a Birding Basics class that will start at 9 a.m., just before the Earth Day celebration. “It’s not officially part of the celebration, but there are openings still available,” Klingensmith said. Birding Basics costs $10 for the general public and $5 for EcoCenter members, and will run until 11 a.m. Local bird expert Kenny Frisch, who leads the EcoCenter’s Avian Adventures tours, will facilitate Birding Basics. “The class will make birding more accessible to beginners, but is also TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Family scavenger hunts will be running on Sunday during the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter’s Earth Day Celebration. enjoyable to advanced birders,” Klingensmith said. “Kelly will hold a Q&A and then lead a walking field trip through the preserve. We will provide binoculars, but people are welcome to bring their own.” Some of the organizations will lead family-friendly activities that will include hands-on sculpting, scavenger hunts and tours. The Kimball Art Center will be on site from noon - 4 p.m. “They will build a ecosystem out of clay, and the public can come and build and sculpt their own things to add on the display,” she said. “The clay will then be recycled at the end of the day.” Recycle Utah will lead a clean-up project on the Swaner Preserve from 10 Please see EcoCenter, C-2 |