[Elected] Utah Cultural Alliance Newsletter November 19, 2007

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Utah Cultural Alliance
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November 19 2007

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Dear Colleagues,

The Utah Cultural Alliance invites you to attend our Annual
meeting and Luncheon

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

11:30 AM Check in Mix and Mingle

Noon to 1:30 PM Luncheon

Guest Speaker Margaret Hunt, Executive Director of the Utah
Arts Council

Topic : Re-shaping and Re-vitalizing Communities through
Cultural and Business Partnerships

2007 Wells Fargo Lifetime Achievement Award Honoring Tony
Larimer

Memorial House, Memory Grove

485 North Canyon Road

Salt Lake City, Utah

Remember the rsvp date is Friday, November
23rd.

In this issue you will find:

Utah
Cultural Events and Information

1) Babcock
Performing Readers Professional Company: Merry Christmas, George
Bailey

2) Bountiful/Davis Art Center Announces The 2007
Holiday Art Show And Sale

3) Feast With
The Beast-Hogle Zoo Animals To Gobble Thanksgiving
Treats

4) One Story:
Five Musical Theatre Styles

5) Winter
Arts & Crafts Market At Utah Cultural Celebration
Center:

6) Musical
Theatre History 101: Short Course

7) Four Cultural Concerts
Featured At Ut Cultural Celebration Center This Winter
Season

8) Mansfield Park and The Long Walk: Tears of the
Navajo

9) Banshee
in the Kitchen Contemporary Celtic Concert at Utah Cultural
Celebration Center

10) Photos
and Phrases II

11) Pavel
Kogan returns to explore the Pines of Rome with the Utah
Symphony

Regional & National News

Call for Entries - The 29th Annual St. George Art Festival
Applications Available

Articles of Interest

Resources

Submission Guidelines

Acknowledgments

Utah Cultural Events and Information

1)
Babcock Performing Readers Professional Company Presents
Merry Christmas, George Bailey

The play is staged as if in a radio studio in the 1940's with
sound effects by KUER. The tale of George Bailey is about the
"everyman" from small town America whose dreams have been quashed by
family obligations and civic duty - whose guardian angel has to
descend on Christmas Eve so save him from despair and remind him what
the world would have been like had he not been born - that he has
indeed had a wonderful life. A story with laughter and tears, this
dramatization celebrates the faith and the spirit of
Christmas.

Adapted, produced and directed by Dr. Shirlee H.
Shields

Babcock Theatre, lower level Pioneer Memorial
Theatre,

300 South University Street (1350 East)

December 6,7,8, at 7:30 pm

Tickets at Kingsbury Hall Box Office, 581-7100, www.kingtix.com , or at

the door $9 adults, $5 students w/ID, plus handling
charge.

Become a member of Babcock Performing Readers for $20 and
receive one complimentary ticket for December 6. See www.babcockreaders.com

The play is staged as if in a radio studio in the 1940's with
sound effects by KUER. The tale of George Bailey is about the
"everyman" from small town America whose dreams have been quashed by
family obligations and civic duty - whose guardian angel has to
descend on Christmas Eve so save him from despair and remind him what
the world would have been like had he not been born - that he has
indeed had a wonderful life. A story with laughter and tears, this
dramatization celebrates the faith and the spirit of
Christmas.

Not a Student Production, the cast includes actors from local
and national radio, TV, movie, and stage productions.

This production is partially funded by the Zoo, Arts, and
Parks Program and the Salt Lake City Arts Council. Web info: www.babcockreaders.com.

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2)
Bountiful/Davis Art Center Announces The 2007 Holiday Art
Show And Sale

On November 16th, 2007 at 7: 00 PM, the Bountiful/Davis Art
Center will open our 2007 "Holiday Art Show and Sale." Hors
d'oeuvres will be served during the opening reception and the public
will be entertained by live local musicians as they stroll the
galleries. This exciting exhibit will be on display at the
Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 745 S Main Street, Bountiful, Utah through
December 22nd, 2007. During the Holiday season the Art Center will
have extended hours. BDAC galleries will be open from 10 AM to 9
PM on Mondays, and 10 AM to 6 PM Tuesday through Friday. On
Saturday we will be open from 2 PM to 5 PM. BDAC is closed on Sundays
and holidays.

The Holiday show will include unique clay and pottery pieces,
oil paintings, watercolors, mixed media and fabrics. None of the
pieces in the show will exceed $500, with the majority being offered
for much less.

"All the BDAC galleries will be jam-packed with art," said
BDAC Executive Director, Emma Dugal. "This is a wonderful opportunity
for the public to see and purchase the work of nearly 100 talented
Utah artists."

Holiday shoppers will be able to take their gifts home
immediately. Replacements pieces will be hung as the inventory
is purchased which means that the galleries will have an ever-changing
selection throughout the duration of the show. BDAC members will
receive a 10% discount on purchases. Proceeds from the sale will
benefit Utah artists and the art center.

Also
during the Holiday show the Bountiful/Davis Art Center's Creative
Sources Gift Gallery will be holding a "Sidewalk Sale." The public
will be able to buy original fine art, by Utah artists, at up to 50
percent discount.

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3) Feast With The Beast-Hogle Zoo Animals To
Gobble Thanksgiving Treats

Animals at Utah's Hogle Zoo will celebrate Thanksgiving this
year for Feast with the Beast, Thursday November 22, 2007 from 9 am to
noon. Visitors can see many Zoo animals from black bears to tigers
tearing into tasty meals, showing their pilgrim's pride.

Thanksgiving is a special time to offer the animals some extra
treats that also serve as enrichment, which keeps animals mentally
stimulated and encourages natural hunting and foraging
behaviors.

This Thanksgiving, get the turkey into the oven then get out
of the kitchen

for Feast with the Beasts at Hogle Zoo. Visit Hogle Zoo online
at www.hoglezoo.org <http://www.hoglezoo.org> or for
more information, contact Community Relations Coordinator Holly
Braithwaite by email at hbraithwaite@??? or call (801)
584-1729.

Utah's Hogle Zoo is one of only 216 accredited by the
Association of Zoos &

Aquariums
(AZA). Look for the AZA logo whenever you visit a zoo or
aquarium as your assurance that you are supporting a facility
dedicated to providing excellent care for animals, a great experience
for you, and a better future for all living things. AZA is a
leader in global wildlife conservation, and your link to helping
animals in their native habitats. For more information visit
www.aza.org <http://www.aza.org>.

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4)
One Story: Five Musical Theatre Styles

Who: Weber
State University Department of Performing Arts

What: The Musical of
Musicals: The Musical, directed by Jim Christian

When: 7:30 pm:
November 30, December 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 2:00 pm: December
8

Where: Eccles
Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets:
$8.50/$5.50, Dee Events Center tickets: 1-800-WSU-TIKS

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts presents
"The Musical of Musicals:

The Musical," directed by Jim Christian, November 30, December
1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 at

7:30 pm and a 2:00 matinee on December 8 in the Eccles
Theater, Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are
$5.50 for students, seniors and those with military I.D.; all others
are $8.50. A collateral activity, a lecture on the History of
Musical

Theatre will be presented to add to the enjoyment of the
audience. Please see separate

news release for more information.

The "play," consisting of five musical theatre parodies on a
single theme, are the work

of Eric Rockwell (music, book) and Joanne Bogart (lyrics,
book). It is full of one-liners, puns and other jokes that are
specifically based on the styles of five influential musical theatre
creators: Rodgers and Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman,
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Kander and Ebb. Rockwell skillfully manages to
capture the distinctive sounds of the five composers, and plays around
with familiar melodies without ever being exact copies.

The set design by student Jamie Frank is sparse but flexible
and suitably matched to the experimental feel of the Eccles "Black
Box" theatre. Costume Designer Phil Lowe matches the comedic premise
of the play with costumes that are visual puns. While paying homage to
the original designs a musical style represents, his over-the-top
treatment adds additional laughs to an already funny
production.

For more information about this production, contact Jim
Christian, 626-6992 or

jchristian@???

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5)
Winter Arts & Crafts Market At Utah Cultural Celebration
Center:

Handcrafted Treasures from Utah and Around the
World

WHAT:
Winter
Arts & Crafts Market

WHEN:
November
30, 2007 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. December 1, 2007 10 a.m. to 9
p.m.

WHERE:
Utah Cultural
Celebration Center 1355 West 3100 South

WHO:
EVERYONE
is invited to the FREE Winter Arts Market.

WHY:
The
Utah Cultural Celebration Center is proud to announce its first Winter
Market in 2007. This two-day event will be held on Friday,
November 30 & Saturday, December 1, 2007 at the Utah Cultural
Celebration Center in West Valley City, Utah.

The Market will showcase Utahs finest handcrafted arts and
ethnic products. Live music and dance performances, a holiday
tree exhibit, and diverse food offerings will complement the festive
environment. The free market features a variety of
family-friendly, exciting and interactive arts experiences for the
general public.

Come in from
the cold and experience the holiday spirit at the Utah Cultural
Celebration Center. Find the perfect gift for your loved-one at
one of over 30 artist booths. Enjoy special hand-made gifts,
excellent food, and an elaborate Christmas environment featuring
cultural entertainment from around the world.

For more information about this and other events or exhibits
at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, call Susan Klinker at
801-965-5101.

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6)
Musical Theatre History 101: Short Course

Who: Weber
State University Department of Performing Arts and

the WSU Alumni Association

What: Musical
Theatre History in 60 minutes, a lecture by Jim Christian

When: 6:00 pm:
Tuesday, 4 December 2007

Where: WSU Alumni
Center

Cost:
Free

Weber State University Department of Performing Arts and the
WSU Alumni Association

Classes without Quizzes presents "Musical Theatre History
101," a lecture by Jim

Christian, at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 4th in the WSU
Alumni Center. The lecture is intended to add to the appreciation of
Christian's next production, "The Musical of

Musicals: The Musical," which opens November 30 and continues
December 4, 5, 6, 7

and 8.

The lecture will be finished in time for those wanting to
attend the 7:30 p.m. that

Tuesday. However, it is recommended that tickets for that
performance be purchased in advance, due to the limited seating in the
Eccles Theatre and the short amount of time between the end of the
lecture and the beginning of the performance.

The "play," consisting of five musical theatre parodies on a
single theme, interpreted in

the styles of five musical theatre creators: Rodgers and
Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber and
Kander and Ebb. Christians's lecture will present examples of each of
these individuals or teams and talk about the influences they have had
on American musical theatre.

It isn't necessary to attend the lecture to enjoy and
understand the production. However,

Christian will give the lecture audience members clues about
what to expect and listen

for in the various versions of the story. A familiarity with
musical theatre history will increase the number of visual, lyrical
and musical puns the audience will be able to catch. The more, the
merrier!

For more information about this production, contact Jim
Christian, 626-6992 or

jchristian@???

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7) Four Cultural Concerts Featured At Utah
Cultural Celebration Center This Winter Season

WHAT:
Winter
Concert Series

WHEN:
November
26, 2007 December 3; 6; 18, 2007

All concerts begin at 7 p.m.

WHERE:
Utah
Cultural Celebration Center 1355 West 3100 South

WHO:
EVERYONE
is invited to the FREE Winter Concerts.

WHY:
The
Utah Cultural Celebration Center is proud to announce four cultural
concerts as part of the third annual Winter Concert Series in 2007.
Concerts feature Celtic, Hawaiian, Andean and German Christmas
music at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City,
Utah.

For more information about these and other events at the Utah
Cultural Celebration Center, visit www.culturalcelebration.org.

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8)
Mansfield Park and The Long Walk: Tears of the
Navajo

Mon NOV
19
6:30pm
MANSFIELD PARK

City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S

Based on the novel by Jane Austen

Directed by Patricia
Rozema
Starring Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Frances
O'Connor

Rated
PG-13
112 min (1999)

At 10, Fanny
Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of
her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an
ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially
close to Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of
beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a
neighbor, Henry Crawford. Thomas promotes this match, but to his
displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove
himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on
the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must
assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her
wit.

Free and open to the public

Series: Novel to Film

Tues NOV
20
7pm
THE LONG WALK: Tears of the Navajo

City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S

KUED Diverse Voice Screening

Director: John
Howe
60 min

The year was 1864. Eight thousand Navajo men, women and
children were forced from their sacred homeland to march 300 miles to
a barren reservation along the Texas border, called Bosque
Redondo. Many died along the way and during a four-year
incarceration. It was called "The Long Walk." See a
special screening of the new KUED documentary chronicling one of the
most tragic chapters of American history as told in the Navajo's own
word.

KUED Broadcast Date: Tuesday, November 20, at 8:00
p.m.

Free and open to the public

Series: KUED Diverse Voices

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9) Banshee
in the Kitchen Contemporary Celtic Concert at Utah Cultural
Celebration Center

WHAT:
Banshee
in the Kitchen Concert

WHEN:
November
26, 2007, 7 pm

WHERE:
Utah
Cultural Celebration Center 1355 West 3100 South

WHO:
EVERYONE
is invited to this free winter concert.

WHY:
Kicking
off the Trees of Diversity cultural arts exhibit is California-based
group Banshee in the Kitchen. Banshee in the Kitchen plays
Celtic music with eclectic skill and merry abandon. The trio has
delighted audiences in festivals, theaters, living rooms, and
countless other venues from New York to Los Angeles. They take
traditional Celtic tunes, find the sweet spot between the old and the
new, then stir it all up with playfulness and exquisite musicality
they term banshee-fying. The result is an eclectic, energetic sound
all their own. www.bansheeinthekitchen.com

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10) Photos and
Phrases II - Poetry reflecting individual perspective, inspired by
photography.

The exhibit features the works
of two local arts organizations: The Utah Photo Club and the Rhyme and
Reason Chapter of the Utah State Poetry Society. A total of 19 members
of Rhyme and Reason have created poetry specific to the photographs
taken by four members of the Utah Photo Club. This is the second
exhibit in which the two local arts organizations have collaborated.
"Photos and Phrases II" is part of the Arts Center's annual
Holiday Show and will run through January. All photo/poem
collaborations are available for sale in small poster-form, the
proceeds from which will go to the Bountiful Davis Arts
Center.

For more information about
Bountiful Davis Arts Center, the local arts organizations it hosts, or
this exhibit, please call 292-0367 or visit www.bdac.org

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11) Pavel Kogan returns to
explore the Pines of Rome with the Utah Symphony

The evening will also include
Spohr's Violin Concerto No. 8 featuring Concertmaster Ralph
Matson

WHAT: The Utah Symphony will welcome back
its former Principal Guest conductor, Pavel Kogan, to lead the
orchestra in Respighi's Pines of Rome on Friday, November 30 and
Saturday, December 1 in Abravanel Hall at 8:00 pm. Audience members
will be able to visualize Respighi's vivid work as it travels through
the Pine trees of Rome passing children playing, priests chanting near
the catacombs, up the hill of Janiculum and along the trees of the
Appian Way. The performance will also include Spohr's unconventional,
one-movement Violin Concerto No. 8 featuring Concertmaster Ralph
Matson.

WHO:
Pavel Kogan, conductor

Ralph Matson, violin

The Utah Symphony

PROGRAM:
Mendelssohn/Symphony No. 3,
"Scottish"

Spohr/Violin Concerto No. 8 in A minor (Gesangsszene)

Respighi/Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)

WHEN:
Friday, November 30 and Saturday, December 1 at 8:00 pm

WHERE:
Abravanel Hall, 123 West South Temple, Salt Lake City

TICKETS:
$12-$48. Tickets can be purchased by calling (801) 533-NOTE
(533-6683), 1-888-451-2787, in person at the Abravanel Hall box
office, or by visiting www.utahsymphony.org.
Subscribers and those desiring group or student discounts should also
call (801) 533-NOTE (533-6683).

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Regional & National News

Call for Entries - The 29th Annual St. George Art Festival
Applications Available

Applications are now available online at www.sgcity.org/artfestival
or by calling the Festival office at 435-627-4500.

How to Apply -To be juried for the 2008 St. George Art
Festival, you must include the following in your packet: 1) a
completed application form; 2) a $20, non-refundable fee for each
category applied for; 3) five 35 mm slides or digital format (*Note
digital image submission procedures on application.) - four of your
recent work (created within the last 2 years) of each category you
wish to enter, and one of your booth setup which will be used at the
Festival; 4) a self-addressed stamped envelope.

Applications must be delivered to the St. George Arts Center
by 5:00 p.m. on January 2, 2008 (approximately 110 artists will be
selected). Send applications to: St. George Art Festival, 86
South Main St., St. George, UT 84770. Booth fees will be
required after acceptance - please do not send booth fees with
application.

Exhibitor
Fees- Booth fee is $120.00 each. All spaces are 10' x 11'
long. Exhibitors may request one or two booths (double booths
are limited). No commissions are taken by the Festival.
Artists' booths must contain at least 50% original work.

Jury Selection - Jury selection will take place in mid January
with notification of acceptance or non-acceptance to be mailed to
applicants after that time. If no notice is received by February
3, 2008, contact the Festival office at leisure@??? or (435)
627-4500.

Jurors are selected by the St. George Art Festival Art
Committee. Slides belonging to applicants who are not accepted
will be returned along with their notification. Slides belonging
to accepted exhibitors will be returned at the Festival. Slides
will be considered solely on the merits of the work pictured, not upon
any qualifications of the applicant. Participation in previous St.
George Art Festivals does not guarantee acceptance from year to year.
CD's will not be returned.

Purchase Awards- The City of St. George will provide $5000 in
purchase awards. Art pieces selected will be placed in the
City's permanent collections. Cash prizes awarded to best 2D, 3D, Best
of Show, Merit award 2D, and Merit award 3D.

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Articles of Interest

Do I Need To Say It?
Don't Dance! Don't...

A dentist was dancing to a song on the radio while drilling a
woman's tooth, and the patient wound up in the hospital when the drill
bit snapped off and lodged near her eye, a lawsuit alleges.

Chicago Tribune 11/04/07

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Book Banned In
Iran

Nearly a
month after the first edition of celebrated author Gabriel Garcia
Marquez's latest book sold out in Iran, cultural officials have
reportedly banned the title. CBC 11/15/07

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Writers Using New
Media To Attack Old Guard

The striking
TV writers are taking full advantage of the online resources available
to them, putting creative and sometimes hilarious videos explaining
their position on YouTube and other sites. It's very interesting to
see how the writers have used that entity that doesn't pay them - the
Internet - to do an end run around the very media firms they work for.
It's certainly a nice bit of irony.

Chicago Tribune 11/16/07

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Resources

UCA utilizes many resourceful listserves and acknowledges
their valued contribution in compiling news and information that we
are pleased to share in the E-newsletter:

Americans for the Arts - Monthy
Wire

APInews (Arts in the Public
Interest)

Artists of Utah

ArtsJournal newsletter

Arts Wire Current

Board Cafe: The Newsletter Exclusively for
Members of Nonprofit Boards of Directors

Charity Lobbying in the Public
Interest

Cultural Policy Listserv, Center for Arts &
Culture

Downtown
Alliance

Downtown Rising

Federation of State
Humanities Councils

Grant Station

Steve Klass

National Assembly of State Arts
Agencies

National Council of Nonprofit Associations Action
Center

National Humanities Alliance

NYFA Current

Salt Lake County Zoo Arts & Parks Program,
Salt Lake City

TechSoup

The NonProfit Quarterly

Travel Arts Partnership
Newsletter

Utah Arts Council

Utah Humanities Council

Utah Nonprofits Association

Utah Progressive Network (UPNet) E-Mail Alert
List

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Submission Guidelines for this
Newsletter

Interested in posting your events in this newsletter?
This is another benefit of membership in the Utah Cultural
Alliance. The newsletter is distributed every Monday morning. Members may
simply send your information to the Utah Cultural Alliance at news@???
by the Friday prior to the Monday you want your event
listed.

Please send your information as text in the body
of an email message - DO NOT SEND attachments. We do not save
information. Please send us an email each time you want an event
posted. We do not edit the content, except for length -
please limit your listing to a maximum of 500 words. Check for spelling and grammar -
what you send is what you will see.

Please send us
the title you want your event listed under.

Forward this
message to your public relations person and ask them to put the Utah
Cultural Alliance on their PR list.

Acknowledgements:

Posting events
in the Utah Cultural Alliance E-NEWSLETTER is an exclusive benefit of
membership
in the Utah Cultural Alliance. We welcome members' contributions
including events, resourceful websites or articles of interest for
inclusion in the next issue of UCA's E-Newsletter. This
program is supported in part from Xmission. The Utah Cultural
Alliance would like to thank Xmission for its generous contribution of
internet services. You can visit them at www.xmission.com.

If someone is sharing this email with you, please
consider becoming a member. For more information please visit
our website at http://www.utahculturalalliance.org/

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Acknowledgments

The Utah
Cultural Alliance would like to acknowledge the generous support of
its programs from:

Americans for the Arts

Art Works for Kids

The B.W. Bastian Foundation

Children's Museum of Utah

The George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation

The Fieldstone Foundation

KUER - FM

The Mark and Kathie Miller Foundation

Museum of Utah Art & History

National Association of State Arts Agencies

The John and Marcia Price Family Foundation

Salt Lake City Arts Council

Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts & Parks

Sundance Institute

Utah Arts Council

Utah Humanities Council

Utah Valley State College

Wells Fargo Bank

Wild Oats

Xmission Internet Service Provider

Utah Cultural Alliance

http://www.utahculturalalliance.org/

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Salt Lake City, UT 84152-1613

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