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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, February 1-4, 2020 C-5 The Park Record Inaugural Imagined Futures Bonfire lights up the Sundance Film Festival Cooper hopes the next festival will be bigger, better M E S S R A K E O W H A N D O P R I M A R Y D E B A T E T O E L O O P W R A P P E R B A A M Y O SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper, who will step down from his post after 11 years at the end of this year’s festival, said a few sentimental words before he lit the inaugural Imagined Futures Bonfire at the Flag Pole Parking Lot on lower Swede Alley Thursday night. “This is going to sound corny, but I would like to have a festival that’s even better without me,” Cooper said. Tabitha Jackson, director of Sundance Institute’s documentary program, who led the bonfire program, asked if Cooper meant what he said. “I do, because I want to come back next year and see all of these people here and see (it) even more and bigger and exciting than it is this year,” he said. Jackson then asked Cooper to write those thoughts on a wooden pallet that would be burned in the fire. She also asked Park City Mayor Andy Beerman, who along with other City Council members interrupted their meeting to attend the bonfire, what his imagined future would be like. “On a global level, I imagine a future where we stop focusing on our differences and things that pushes us apart in a future where we focus on our shared challenges,” Beerman said. “We use things like the climate crisis and the great inequities we are facing, and disease and pandemics, things we see right now to bring us together.” Beerman also conveyed another wish from a local standpoint. “We have enjoyed almost 40 C H A C H A I N N I N G E L I T E M O N D A Y B B E R N Y J N A A I R A P A B U L E R S E E I A S T A C T V A O O N B I T E R B E C A P A S R A C A I S H E A T H P I A N O S O N A N T E A E S D S F O O U R S H T E E R D E U R R E N S T E D R I B I T A P E G E D E R L L B O A L O L E N L A S T H O O P U P F E F A C A T N A P S A C I D I C S M R A I Z N E G T H E Y A V L O A N R N M E R B O R N M E F L A L A S S U R R E C H O R C O T S I N E N D A C A M B T A R S L I T O O L H A D E P O P E R I N E C D V A N A L I N I C A S I N I N E T I E I N T O M A S S E S G R A M M A R P O L I C E R R I A G E S T E U E E R I S I S P H A T Park City non-profits get by with a little help from YOU Volunteer opportunities are in every issue of The Park Record and a complete list can be found online at Parkrecord.com/volunteers TANZI PROPST/PARK RECORD Flames rise from burning paletts during the Sundance Film Festival’s inaugural Imagine Futures Bonfire. years with Sundance, and a lot of people look back at those periods and say, ‘The best days are behind us,’” he said. “But I hope through strong partnerships and bold decisions we can move forward and our best days are ahead.” Jackson asked Beerman if Sundance has either “destroyed” or “enhanced” Park City. “We always enjoy having the festival here,” he said. “I won’t lie, it pushes us hard, but it’s worth it. It’s a wonderful time.” The bonfire, Jackson said, was an experiment. “We feel deeply part of the community here — the Festival community, the Park City Community,” she said. “So we wanted to do what storytellers have done since time began, which is to gather around a fire and be together in community.” Cooper lit the pyre, which consumed a stack of wooden pallets that people had written down the future they wished to imagine. Prior to the lighting of the pyre, the crowd that attended Roof Top Snow Removal the event were treated to a percussive, gravity-defying performance by the Jambo African Heartbeat Drummers, and a couple of songs performed by members of the Park City High School Choir. In addition, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine and Zainab Jah, who are featured in Ekwa Msangi’s “Farewell Amor,” one of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Dramatic Competition entries, read a poem. Right after the fire lit up the lot, Bart Powaukee, a Utah environmentalist and member of the Ute and Nez Perce tribes, Sundance Film Festival When: Through Feb. 2 Where: Park City, Salt Lake City and the Sundance Resort Web: sundance.org/now led a drum circle that featured Randall Paskemin, a member of the multi Grammy-nominated Northern Cree drum group. “We come here and we sing these songs for you guys,” Powaukee said as he addressed the crowd. “They’re traveling songs for your travel home, so safe travels for everybody.” JOIN US IN WELCOMING VIRGINIA HOMEWOOD, MD OB/GYN Bring your loved one this year for an unforgettable Valentines dinner at Edge Steakhouse February 14th Valentine’s Menu $120 per person Amuse Bouche Kusshi Oyster First Course Cocktail Rock Shrimp Niman Ranch Lamb Lollipops Hudson Valley Foie Gras AS A NEW CAREGIVER TO OUR TEAM Intermountain Medical Group is pleased to welcome Virginia Homewood, MD to Intermountain Park City Specialty Clinic. Dr. Virginia Homewood was born and raised in Salt Lake City. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Utah where she graduated in Anthropology with Honors. She completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and her residency in OB/GYN at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee. Ten years ago, Dr. Homewood returned to Utah and has been practicing in Salt Lake City, while living in Park City. She is now excited to be working closer to home. Dr. Homewood practices general ob/gyn care, offering services that include low and high-risk obstetrics, routine office gynecologic care and surgery. In her free time, she enjoys all the outdoor activities Park City has to offer, spends time with her three children, and loves to travel. Dr. Homewood is also fluent in Spanish. 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