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Show C-2 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, January 23-25, 2019 ASCAP celebrates 21 years with Sundance ASCAP Music Cafe performance schedule Everlast and Griffin to play at the Music Cafe ASCAP Music Cafe SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record The ASCAP Music Cafe is officially old enough to drink. For the past 21 years, the event, run by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, has teamed with the Sundance Film festival to present free concerts performed by ASCAP-affiliated artists. Past performances have included Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, Rachael Yamagata, Lenka, Brett Dennen, Guy Clark and Sting. “It’s been such an incredible road,” said Loretta Munoz, ASCAP assistant vice president of membership. “Every year at this time, I will pull up and review the different artists who have played, and it’s pretty stunning.” This year’s concert series, which will run during the film festival from Friday, Jan. 25, through Friday, Feb. 1, at the Rich Haines Gallery, 751 Main St., is set to include Claudia Brant, Patrick Martin and MILCK. The mission of the ASCAP Music Cafe, which started at the Elks Lodge, before moving to the Star Bar and a tent on Main Street, before landing at the gallery, is to expose ASCAP artists to the filmmaking community. “While our mission is to collect royalties and get distribution for our artists, we also work with our members and try to create new opportunities for them,” she explained. “Sundance elevates filmmaking by giving voices to artists in different areas including composing and producing. That’s what we’re doing, and it’s worked out very well.” Munoz is looking also forward to presenting seasoned artists — Deana Carter, Everlast and Patty Griffin – this year. “I like to call these artists jewels in the crown, because their music is sustaining and still af- Continued from C-1 Sundance examines disciplines “Midnight Traveler,” which is part of the World Cinema Documentary category. The film wasn’t shot with an expensive cinema camera. “The filmmakers chronicled their own family’s migration (from Taliban-controlled territory) through Afghanistan to Europe on a cell phone,” Libresco said. “If that’s not a huge outcome to access to filmmaking and storytelling, then what is? That’s been a huge change in the past 12 years.” In addition to films like “Midnight Traveler,” Sundance has beefed up its New Frontier offerings with the New Frontier Central, a new hub located at 950 Iron Horse Drive, Libresco said. New Frontier showcases works in non-traditional mediums like virtual reality, among others. “We have square feet where we can share these works with every- P c f When: Jan. 25 through Feb. 1 Where: Rich Haines Gallery, 751 Main St. Cost: Free to Sundance Film Festival credential holders as space allows Web: ascap.com and sundance.org PHOTO BY ESTEVAN ORIOL Everlast will make his ASCAP Music Cafe debut on Friday and Saturday in the Rich Haines Gallery. fects us throughout the years,” she said. “We have been trying to get Everlast out for quite some time, but the timing never worked out. So we’re excited to have him come this year.” Munoz likens Americana singer Griffin’s lyrics to poetry. “Her voice is like tears in the snow, and those can be tears of sorrow or tears of joy,” she said. “I’m blown away by all the music we were able and still are able to present.” Munoz remembered when the lineup included Rufus Wainwright, Joe Jackson and Judy Collins, back in 2006. “When I get the artist on stage, I like to crawl back into the crowd to hear some of the sets, and when we had Judy Collins, people told me when they first saw Judy or that this was their first time seeing her after hearing their parents talk about her,” she said. Local music fans will recognize the name of Park88, an act new to the series that will make its Music Cafe debut. Park88 is the husband and wife duo of pianist Rich Wyman and singer Lisa Needham, who have lived in Park City since 1991. Last fall, the two embarked on a tour with the Grammy Award-winning Latin-music band, Gypsy Kings. Wyman, a multi-ASCAP Songwriting Award winner, has worked with artists such as Van Halen and producer Andy Johns. Needham, a local singer, recently sold her yoga studio to join Wyman in the duo. “A good friend of ours, Jonathan McCue, told me about Park88, and I didn’t put that to- one,” Libresco said. Another way Sundance Institute has tried to help filmmakers tell their stories is by broadening their pipelines through various programs. This is especially helpful for women, Native American and LGBTQ filmmakers, Libresco said. “I still think there are major, complex obstacles for women filmmakers, as well as for other underrepresented filmmakers, that are very real,” she said. “Some of those issues include unconscious bias and access to financing and power that are very real. Sundance hasn’t solved those things, but we are a pipeline to Hollywood. The more we commit ourselves to women and these other filmmakers, the better their odds are for them to get access to bigger budgets and getting their films done.” Of the 112 features and 73 shorts that will screen during the festival, 47 percent of them were directed by women, Libresco said. “If you still take out the shorts, 39 percent of the films were directed by women, who take an unflinching look at the world,” she said. “While it’s so hard to tell the story in massive movements and filmmaking, I think, and this is my interpretation, social shifts in society right now are emboldening women to tell their stories.” Other changes have also influenced filmmakers and their stories, especially in the documentary categories, Libresco said. “Documentaries look at the issues of our times, so there are a few films about the rise of the political right (wing),” she said. Some of those films include the Alyson Klayman’s documentary “‘The Brink,” about former Trump staffer and Breitbart editor Steve Bannon, Matt Tyrnauer’s “Where’s by Roy Cohn?,” a film about President Donald Trump’s earliest political mentor, and Peter Costa’s Brazilian documentary, “The Edge of Democracy,” which covers Brazil’s recent political turmoil and the resultant election of nationalist president Jair Bolsonaro. There are screenings about journalism, she said, exemplified by Ursula Macfarlane’s “Untouchable,” which tells the story of the reporters who revealed Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct to the world. Another is Janice Engel’s gether with Rich, whom I have known for years through his solo music and music blogs,” Munoz said. “When I did connect the dots, it made sense to have them play, because it’s also a nod to Park City.” Sometimes the cafe presents surprise performances, like when former Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora performed a special solo set in 2014. Seven years before that, when the Music Cafe was located at the Star Bar, (now the site of O.P. Rockwell) one of Munoz’s favorite musicians, Glen Hansard from the group The Frames, stopped by. Hansard was at Sundance for John Carney’s film “Once,” in which Hansard plays an Irish busker, Munoz said. “The back door opened and someone walked in looking for me because he wanted to play,” she said. “It was Glen, and I think I just greeting him by saying, ‘Yes.’ He told me Damien Rice had told him to find me and ask to play.” This year, rumors that Bruce Springsteen will pay Park City a visit have been fueled by the inclusion of Gurinder Chadha’s narrative feature premiere “Blinded By the Light.” The film is about a British teen who learns about life through Springsteen’s music. Munoz would be thrilled to have Springsteen play at the ASCAP Music Cafe. COURTESY OF ASCAP The Warbly Jets will perform Sunday and Monday at the ASCAP Music Cafe. Artist include The Dumes to Stephen Bishop Tuesday, Jan, 29 • 2 p.m. – Shim Moore • 2:45 p.m. – Leland • 3:30 p.m. – Marcus Eaton • 4:15 p.m. – Neff-U & Priscilla Renea • 5:15 p.m. – Flor de Toloache Submitted by ASCAP Friday, Jan. 25: • 2 p.m. – The Dumes • 2:45 p.m. – Patrick Martin • 3:30 p.m. – Judith Owen • 4:15 p.m. – Beulahbelle • 5 p.m. – Everlast Saturday, Jan. 26 • 2 p.m. – Dounia • 2:45 p.m. – Judith Owen • 3:30 p.m. – Patrick Martin • 4:15 p.m. – Patty Griffin • 5:15 p.m. – Herizen • 6 p.m. – Everlast Sunday, Jan. 27 • 2 p.m. – Claudia Brant • 2:45 p.m. – Warbly Jets • 3:30 p.m. – MILCK • 4:15 p.m. – Patty Griffin • 5:15 p.m. – iDKHOW Monday, Jan. 28 • 2 p.m. – Claudia Brant • 2:45 p.m. – Shim Moore • 3:30 p.m. – Warbly Jets • 4:15 p.m. – MILCK • 5 p.m. – Leland • 5:45 p.m. – iDKHOW Please see ASCAP, C-4 Wednesday, Jan. 30 • 2 p.m. – Flor de Toloache • 2:45 p.m. – Neff-U & Priscilla Renea • 3:45 p.m. – Stephen Bishop • 4:30 p.m. – ACM & Bluebird Cafe Songwriters Series featuring Carlton Anderson, Deana Carter, Jacob Davis & Lee Ann Womack • 6:15 p.m. – Abe Musical Performance by Seu Jorge & Jaques Morelenbaum Thursday, Jan. 31 • 2 p.m. – Mel Bryant & the Mercy Makers • 2:45 p.m. – JP Saxe • 3:30 p.m. – Stephen Bishop • 4:15 p.m. – ACM & Bluebird Cafe Songwriters Series featuring Carlton Anderson, Deana Carter, Jacob Davis & Lee Ann Womack Friday, Feb. 1 • 2 p.m. – Mel Bryant & the Mercy Makers • 2:45 p.m. – Park88 • 3:30 p.m. – JP Saxe • 4:15 p.m. – Pete Molinari • 5 p.m. – Brett Young COURTESY OF SUNDANCE INSTITUTE The 2019 Sundance Film Festival will feature a few films about journalism, including “Mike Wallace Is Here” by Avi Belkin, an official selection of the festival’s U.S. Documentary Competition. “Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins.” Ivins, a Pulitzer nominee who died in 2007, was an “unflinching” columnist for the Texas Observer and the Dallas Times Herald newspapers, Libresco said. “(Molly) is one of our great writers in her heyday,” she said. “The film looks at what she was able to carve out in her spot in Austin, Texas.” Then there is Avi Belkin’s “Mike Wallace Is Here.” “This film looks at the first primetime journalist who played with the ideas of entertainment and journalism in the confrontational interviews he did,” Libresco said. The topics of journalism and the reemergence of the far right weren’t originally sought when programming the screenings, Libresco said. “When we curate the festivals, our job is to respond to and select what we think are the strongest pieces,” she said. “That said, when we finish making those hard choices, we do step back and see some interesting threads in the films.” People Banking With People It’s All About Relationships At STARTING @ $35/SF INSTALLED (3CM THICKNESS) For all of us at Grand Valley Bank, it’s really about building relationships. Not only are we the people you bank with, but we live in and are involved in our community. We understand your needs and connect with you better. We work to provide better customer service and earn your trust. Call Us Today 1225 Deer Valley Dr. Park City 435-615-2265 grandvalleybank.com Free UNDERMOUNT STAINLESS STEEL KITCHEN SINK with purchase OVER 10 COLONEW QUA RS OF RTZ! 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