Show e 1 PFT1-1- 1 se ga!traktZtatztt IlITE ARTS Arts Desk: 237-207- January 26 SUNDAY 8 -- - El 1992 Ken turns tu- es 1 1 ' '— ' Jo— 1 1 ! i i ' t t 1A t yr a to rail° 1 1 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Ken Burns can't say no At 38 he's rich and famous and bewildered by it all But he's like one of those performers you might see in Las Vegas juggling all sorts of unlikely and almost impossible objects without missing a beat And it leaves spectators slackjawed and gasping in awe: How does he do that? A year ago about this time he was in the final stages of editing a massive film project a documentary on the Civil War involving thousands of feet of motion picture film of archival photos lithographs paintings headlines and live cinematography plus filmed interviews with historians and writers on the subject The result was an masterpiece an ambitious comprehensive and definitive study d of the war put on film that became the 41 - t 7N 1 - 4 fc t " 4 k 11' ‘ t- - J ) ) 1 1 4 i V 1 1 x ' 1 4 9- - k t - 11-ho- '' ' i ‘ I - N 1 V most-watche- I t 'N i a j '4 t- ' fi ts' public television series in history one that many believe is the best documentary ever made It changed forever America's viewing habits by establishing public television as a solid competitor to the commercial networks "The Civil War" brought Mr Burns two Emmys and a Peabody Award for public service Fame and celebrity came in a rush almost but intense young smothering the man who suddenly found himself a sought-afte- r speaker on the lecture circuit and being documentahailed as the nation's ry filmmaker The limelight left him with precious little time to spend on new projects and they are formidable: His latest effort "Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio" premieres See Column 3 It 1ft ! ) A N 'N ito t - 1 t !‘ soft-spoke- t $- i' 1 '' xr 71'" -4 - - -- - - - 'N - a fa n pre-emine- L - -- - Harold Schindler By 1 V--I 7 - 7 - - E-- 6 HartmannThe Salt Lake Tribune Al For Hal Cannon guiding spirit of the Western Folk life Center sponsor of upcoming Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko Nev there's little time to read Besides the activity of the gathering the center has a new Nevada home — downtown Elko's historic Pioneer Hotel By Judy B Rollins Cowboy barie at hi lle Fans of the Western Folk life Center Salt Lake City and guiding spirit Hal Cannon now have more reason than the once-a-yeCowboy Poetry Gathering to step down stretch and spend time in Elko Nev With the new year the center has a Nevada home — the historic Pioneer Hotel on downtown thé range full-blow- ift I n : ' - - fund-raisin- g room-reservatio- INIMIIIIIIIMIONErnt1111 historic-preservatio- Ken Burns isn't resting on his laurels n ter the "Civil War" series His new kviis 0 -- I ii111::'VainNOe00 V1e ve I I i i !! 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'u -I--MIZ- non-prof- Elko's main drag Elko 237 freeway miles across the desert west from Salt Lake is buckaroo country with Basque restaurants and a JM Capri° la Co Western-wea- r store It has been home seven years and again this year for the popular Cowboy Poetry Gathering Mr Cannon and staff each year burn the road between Utah and Elko putting together the gathevent a respite ering Billed as a before spring lambing and calving "gathering" doesn't describe what happens in Elko Tuesday town through Feb 2 It's more a siege a takeover by an army of 8000 in Wranglers neck rags and boots At the downtown Stockmen's Hotel gathering place and watering hole desk clerks six months ago would guffaw at inquiries Stockmen's reservations were full a year ago Mr Cannon back in Utah for a long weekend working in his upstairs office in the Chase Home tilti LIr tc Museum of Utah Folk Art Liberty Park said buying the hotel doesn't mean Utahns are losing the proverbial daughter so much as gaining an Elko annex west a place to stop and say "Howdy" when in the area "The center is incorporated in Utah and Nevada We'll continue an active folk-art- s program in Utah "It's a neat old hotel a premier Elko building We've relied on donated space seven years — the Salt Lake office and half a trailer furnished by Northern Nevada Community College in Elko Our THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 1 -- - - - : - s |