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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15713 BALLET STEPS UP TO SOCIAL MEDIA, C-2 HERMITS SET FOURNIGHT RESIDENCY, C-5 www.parkrecord.com C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, MAY 15-17, 2019 Park City Limits offers acoustic experiences PARK CITY BRIDGE CLUB WEEKLY SESSIONS Park City Bridge Club offers weekly social bridge sessions to Park City visitors and residents every Wednesday at the Park City Senior Center, 1361 Woodside Ave., from 7-9 p.m. Beginners who have completed lessons and experienced players are invited. There are no age restrictions. For information, visit parkcitybridge. com, email shirleywright16@aol.com or call 435-640-4782.s SHOWCASING THE LEGACY OF LAGOON LECTURE Historian and former Deseret News reporter Lynn Arave will give a free lecture that will showcase the legacy of Lagoon Amusement Park at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at the Park City Museum’s Education and Collections Center, 2079 Sidewinder Drive. The lecture complements the museum’s exhibit “Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland,” which is on display until May 25. For information, visit parkcityhistory.org. CONNECT HONORS THE SACRED JOURNEY CONNECT Summit County, a nonprofit that raises awareness of mental health issues, will host a free screening of Kathy Sparnins’ documentary “Voices of Grief: Honoring the Sacred Journey,” not rated, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave. The award-winning documentary examines the different ways people deal with grief. The screening is part of the Brainstorm Film Festival. A post-screening panel discussion will feature Sparnins. For information, visit connectsummitcounty.org. TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Lisa and Jeff Ward, owners of the Silver Star Cafe, enjoy offering intimate concert experiences that feature local, national and international touring artists to their patrons every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Concerts run Thursdays through Saturdays at the Silver Star Cafe SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record KIMBALL ART CENTER BOOK CLUB The Kimball Art Center’s Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, at the Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd. The book discussed will be Peter Ho Davies’ “The Fortunes.” The book examines the lives of four Chinese Americans. The book complements the Zhi Lin’s exhibit, “A Chinaman’s Chance,” which celebrates the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. To RSPV, email Nancy Stoaks at nancy.stoaks@kimballartcenter.org. For information, visit kimballartcenter. org. PARK CITY FILM: ‘AMAZING GRACE’ Park City Film will present screenings of Sydney Pollack’s “Amazing Grace,” rated G, on Friday, May 17, to Sunday, May 19, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium. Friday’s and Saturday’s screenings will start at 8 p.m. Sunday’s screening will start at 6 p.m. “Amazing Grace,” produced by Alan Elliott, follows the late soul icon Aretha Franklin as she records one of the most successful gospel albums of all time, “Amazing Grace.” The film features never-before-seen footage originally captured in 1972 at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles. Wine and beer will be available for purchase. General admission tickets are $8. Tickets for students and senior citizens are $7. For information, visit parkcityfilm.org. The Silver Star Cafe’s Park City Limits concert series is well underway. The free dinner shows, which are intimate, in-restaurant performances that are held at around 7:30 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, are performed for Silver Star Cafe patrons. The current season, which started at the beginning of May and will run to the first weekend of November, features 81 concerts. It all started as a singersongwriter series, with one or two acoustic guitarists on stage at a time...” Lisa Ward, Silver Star Cafe co-owner Sometimes in the spring, some start times are moved up to 7 p.m. to accomodate patrons who make early reservations, according to the restaurant’s owners, Jeff and Lisa Ward. “There are all kinds of artists who play everything from jazz, blues and bluegrass, to European folk and gypsy jazz,” Lisa said. Many of the scheduled artists, such as folk blues artist Michelle Moon- Park City Limits Concert Series When: 7:30 p.m., Thursdays through Saturdays Where: The Silver Star Cafe, 1825 Three Kings Drive Phone: 435-655-3456 Web: thesilverstarcafe.com shine, acoustic duo Small House Strings and folkies Mister Sister Trio, are from Utah, but others, like singer-songwriter Hannah Jane Kile and Bradford Loomis, are touring artists. One group, The Sweet Sorrows, is from Ireland. The band was referred to the Wards by longtime Park City Limits performers Oskar and Julia, a flamenco-pop duo from Salt Lake City. “Oskar and Julia toured Europe last year, and they met The Sweet Sorrows,” Lisa said. “They learned they were coming to the U.S. in July. It’s great to have local bands turn us onto artists that we may never have the chance to hear or find.” Lisa is the one who books the concerts, Jeff said. “It can be tricky to communicate with these artists because of schedules and things, but Lisa is very good at navigating all of that,” he said. The couple confessed that they were being selfish when they first started booking live music in 2009. “We just wanted to hear the music we wanted to hear,” Lisa said. “I mean, Jeff and I don’t have time to go to bars, but we wanted to hear some great music and share it with our diners.” Initially the free concerts, dubbed Plaza Palooza, were held on Thursdays at the Silver Star Plaza at Park Please see Concerts, C-3 PHOTO BY KIMBERLY LOOMIS Americana blues singer Bradford Loomis will take the Silver Star Cafe stage on Aug. 1. PHOTO BY MEGHAN WHITE Singer and songwriter Hannah Jane Kile will return to Park City on July 26 to play during the Silver Star Cafe’s Park City Limits concert series. |