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Open Reading to Close the Season, City Art
by CityArt＠thelibrary 30 May '16

30 May '16

City Artconcludes its season with an open reading on Wednesday June 1st at 7:00 P.M. atthe Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch. It’s Potluck poetry, prose, food, andbeverage. Come and share your writing orenjoy what others bring to share. The eventis free and open to the public. Thereading is free and open to the public. City Art is sponsored by the Salt Lake City Arts Council; the Utah ArtsCouncil; Xmission; Zoo, Arts and Parks; and audience donations Joel Long

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City Art High School Night
by CityArt＠thelibrary 17 May '16

17 May '16

For Immediate Release Contact: City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong(a)yahoo.com Utah High School Writers will Read for City Art Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday May 18th 7:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesday May 18thwill be High School Writers Night for the City Art Reading Series. High School writers from all around thevalley will read from the poetry and prose at the Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch at 7:00P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series. Some of the schools expected to participate are Rowland Hall, CopperHills High School, Bountiful High School and Waterford among others. The event is free and open to thepublic. City Art is sponsored by theUtah Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks,X-mission, and audience donations. Thefeatured reading will be followed by an open reading. Joel Long

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Harold Carr and Geoffrey Miller at City Art
by CityArt＠thelibrary 10 May '16

10 May '16

ForImmediate Release Contact: City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong(a)yahoo.com City ArtPresents Harold Carr and Geoffrey Miller Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday May 11th 7:00—9:00 P.M. Poet and bass player HaroldCarr will perform along with guitarist Geoffrey Miller at the Salt Lake PublicLibrary Main Branch on Wednesday May 11th at 7:00 as part of the City ArtReading Series. Poet/bassist Harold Carr has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as BobbyMcFerrin, Crystal Gayle, Lightnin' Hopkins, John McCuen, Steve Lacy, CatieCurtis and Matt Flinner. He has published three books of poetry:_Wekwomteks_, _Being Time_ and _Where You Were_. Harold has been amusician/poet-in-residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts inCanada, guest soloist at the Frutillar Music Festival in Chile,composer/soloist with the Guangdong Modern Dance Company in Guang Zhou,China, invited poet for the Utah State Governor and commissionedcomposer/performer at New Music America. He has worked with the WindollsTheatre of Images in Colombia, Hong Kong, San Francisco and Seattle. Hehas been a member of a number of popular Utah-based bands such asThe Cowdaddies, The Jarman/Kingston Quartet, Amnesia and Wood. Hecurrently works with the Mark Chaney Trio, Red Rock Rondo, The EmilyMerrell Group and Good Grass. Geoffrey Miller has played withsuch Jazz luminaries as Steve Lacy, Mulgrew Miller, Bob Brookmeyer, BrianBromberg, and Gregory Hutchinson, among many others. Geoffreycurrently performs with groups such as the Daniel Day Trio, Greg Floor Quartet,Slajo, The John Flanders Trio, The Chisolm Bros., Utah Symphony, and the MormonTabernacle Choir. Also a composer, Professor Miller has written pieces for BigBand, Woodwind Trio, and Guitar Ensemble. He has also composed over fiftyJazz pieces. As an undergraduate at the University of Utah, GeoffreyMiller won the prestigious Lionel Hampton award for Outstanding JazzSoloist. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree ('96) from the Universityof Utah. After his graduation from the University, he was honored to jointhe faculty. In 2001, Geoffrey moved to Boston to study at the NewEngland Conservatory of Music, where he earned his Masters in JazzStudies. At the Conservatory, Geoff was mentored by great Jazz artistssuch as Steve Lacy, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Bob Brookmeyer, CecilMcBee, and Alan Chase. Most featuredreadings are followed by an open reading. City Art is sponsored by the UtahArts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Catalyst, the Salt Lake City Public Library, Xmission, and the Zoo,Arts, and Park Fund. The event is free and open to the public. City Art is sponsored by the Utah ArtsCouncil, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, X-mission, andaudience donations. Joel Long

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Sandy Anderson and Howard Wilkerson At City Art Wednesday
by CityArt＠thelibrary 03 May '16

03 May '16

ForImmediate Release Contact: City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong(a)yahoo.com City ArtPresents Sandy Anderson and Howard Wilkerson Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City UT 84111 Wednesday May 4th 7:00—9:00 P.M. Writers Sandy Anderson and HowardWilkerson will present their work on May 4th at the Salt Lake CityPublic Library at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series. SandyAnderson has been involved in organizing and giving poetryreadings and workshops since 1965. Shewas a founding member of Salt Lake Younger Poets in the 1960’s, Word Affair inthe 70’s and 80’s, and City Art in the 90’s. She has been artist in residence at Valley and Alta High School, and hasgiven workshops to groups of disabled, Veterans, and prisoners.. She was the 1997 recipient of the Salt LakeCity Mayor’s Award in Literature, and the 1995 Writers at Work Writing AdvocateAward. She has edited collections of poems by Ken Brewer, Nancy Takacs, andMiriam Murphy, Willie Newbrough, and three collections of poetry by thedisabled. Anderson’schapbook, Jeanne Was Once a Player of Pianos, was published byLimberlost Press in 1998. Her book, Atthe Edge in White Robes, was published by Ghost Planet Press in 1978. She is included in the anthologies Greatand Peculiar Beauty: A Utah Reader, The Trubador Anthology, and TheGreat Salt Lake Anthology. She wasthe editor of the first issue of Wasatch Front, which won first place inthe literary magazine category in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate PressAssociation, and is a former editor of City Art Journal. She has published poems in LimberlostReview, Weber Studies, The Deseret News, Echo Canyon News,Runes, and Lucid Moon. Anderson teaches piano under her married name, Sandy Wilkerson and hasserved as a judging chairman for the Salt Lake Area Chapter of the AmericanMusic Federation since the 1970’s. HowardWilkerson is a writerfrom Salt Lake city. His publications includeSierra Nevada College Review, Open Window, and a host of lesserpublications. His poetry is characterized as fairly short and compact,primarily dealing with experiences of the 1970's decade. He has been active in multiple genres of art -painting and photography, and belongs to the Poor Yorick Studios for the past8 years. His visual work has been exhibited throughout the UnitedStates. Wilkerson retired after 31 years in thedefense industry. Most featuredreadings are followed by an open reading. City Art is sponsored by the UtahArts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Catalyst, the Salt Lake City Public Library, Xmission, and the Zoo,Arts, and Park Fund. The event is free and open to the public. City Art is sponsored by the Utah ArtsCouncil, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts, and Parks, X-mission, andaudience donations. Joel Long

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