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Event Calendar
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(Brigham City) Heart and Soul: Celebrating the Creative Spirit
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Brigham City; Brigham City Library- 26 E Forest St
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"The Letters of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh"
This thorough collection of van Gogh's letters has been assembled with an artful eye and sensitivity to the artist's thinking. The result is an atypical take on Vincent van Gogh that avoids putting too much stress on his troubled mental state and too much straining by the editor to shape a narrative out of van Gogh's epistolary clues. Instead, we see the thoughtful and contemplative side of this creative genius, as well as his concern for the impact his art and life had on those people closest to him.
Scholar: Kathryn MacKay, Weber State University, History Department
Contact: Sue Hill to reserve a copy of this book and next month's book "Einstein: His Life and Universe" by Walter Isaacson at 435-723-5850.
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(SLC) Sins, Seagulls & Spiritual Perspectives Panel
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; Salt Lake Art Center - 20 W West Temple
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To complement the Seven Deadly Sins exhibit (January 27-May 22) the Salt Lake Art Center is hosting a panel discussion: Sins, Seagulls & Spiritual Perspectives. This panel provides an opportunity for leaders of various religious communities to discuss the nature of sin, transgression and wrong-doings, along with the corresponding perspective about atonement, reconciliation, and reparation.
Contact: Jay Heuman at 801-328-4201
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(SLC) What Can I Do? Can One Person Make a Difference?
Time:
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; Westminster College - Jewett Center
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Reception: 6:30-7:25 pm, Jewett Center Alcove
Panel Discussion: 7:30-9:00 pm, Jewitt Center
Discussion is free and open to the public, and you are certainly invited to bring a guest or two to the reception!
Jean Cheney, Associate Director of the Utah Humanities Council, will discuss her role in establishing the Venture Course in the Humanities, a free two-semester college course in art history, literature, American history, philosophy and writing offered to "people with modest means who dare to dream." The course is a partnership between the Utah Humanities Council, Horizonte Instruction & Training Center, and Westminster College.
James Yapias, Vice-Principal of East High, will discuss East High's programs for underrepresented students. (East High's minority population is 40%; 30% of East's student body are ESL students; and 35 different languages spoken in the homes of East High students)
Jacob Whipple, community activist, will discuss strategies used to organize the Proposition 8 protests in Salt Lake City.
Amanda Ruiz, Westminster senior, will discuss her experience as a student leader focused on social justice advocacy.
Abby Speicher Westminster first-year student "Teach Them 2 Fish," a non profit organization she founded to help establish small enterprises in Ghana, West Africa.
Contact: Jean Cheney at 801-359-9670
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(SLC) Understanding Balanchine
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; Capitol Theatre - 50 W 200 S
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Leigh Witchel, renowned choreographer and dancer and current dance writer for The New York Post, will discuss George Balanchine contribution to American Ballet. This discussion precedes the production and tribute to George Balanchine entitled Balanchine's American on April 9-10.
Contact: Johann Jacobs at 801-323-6906
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(SLC) Utah Humanities Council Board of Directors Meeting
Location:
Salt Lake City
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Utah Humanities Council Board of Directors Meeting
Location: Salt Lake City
Contact: Nici Maruri for more information at 801-359-9670
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(Bluff) Only Bullets Talk Now: Cowboys, Indians, and the 1915 Bluff Fight
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Bluff; The Recapture Lodge - 220 E Main
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DesignBuildBluff Friday Night Lecture Series
The Ute Indians of southeastern Utah had a long-standing grudge against the cowboys of Colorado. In an attempt to arrest one warrior for a crime committed elsewhere, a
deputized posse turned Bluff into an armed camp, ending in a shoot-out that had
repercussions from Salt Lake City and Denver to Washington, D.C. At the bottom of the
trouble lay a group of desperate people attempting to survive and another group anxious for revenge.
Contact: Eric Cook at 801-879-3293
Contact: Eric Cook
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(SLC) Incognegro: The Journey of the African American Comic Book
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; Ken Sanders Rare Books - 368 S 200 E
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Graphic Novelist Mat Johnson will discuss the history of blacks in comics and the historical and biographical background of his novel, Incognegro.
Contact: Wilfred Samuels at 801-581-3288
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(Park City) Smithsonian New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music Exhibit (April 10-May 25)
Location:
Park City; Park City Museum - 528 Main Street
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New Harmonies, a traveling Smithsonian exhibition, will be touring five Utah communities from April 2010 to January 2011, in partnership with the Utah Humanities Council. The exhibit examines the cultural significance of American roots music and the way in which it has shaped American society. First stop is the Park City Museum.
Listen to America's music and hear the story of freedom. It's the story of people in a New World, places they have left behind, and ideas they have brought with them. It is the story of people who were already here, but whose world is remade. The distinct cultural identities of all of these people are carried in song—both sacred and secular. Their music tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people—Americans. Their music is the roots of American music.
Contact: Stephanie Rokich 801-359-9670 or rokich@utahhumanities.org
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(Park City) Robert Santelli Presentation
Time:
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Location:
Park City; Egyptian Theatre - 328 Main Street
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Join Grammy Museum director and Smithsonian exhibition New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music curator Robert Santelli for a free public presentation at the historic Egyptian Theatre. Santelli will share his knowledge and expertise about both roots music in America and the process of creating a traveling Smithsonian exhibition. The Utah Humanities Council is privileged to bring such a prestigious figure to Utah for the launch of this event. Don't miss the New Harmonies exhibition at the Park City Museum during April and May.
Contact: Stephanie Rokich 801-359-9670 or rokich@utahhumanities.org or visit: http://www.utahhumanities.org/newharmonies.htm
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(SLC) Writers Like Me: New Directions in African American Literature
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; King's English Bookstore - 1511 S 1500 E
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Join award winning novelist and author of "Third Girl from the Left" and the "Fall of Rome," Martha Southgate. Ms. Southgate will examine her role as a 21st century African American Woman novelist.
Contact: Wilfred Samuels at 801-581-3288
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(Park City) Searching Inward: Exploring Spirituality
Time:
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Park City; Summit County Library - 6505 N Landmark Dr
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Join the conversation and examine Poetry by Rumi. Born in 1207, the Persian poet Rumi is the most widely read poet today in the United States and throughout the world. Rumi was a Sufi, the mystical branck of Islam, and there is a growing rise in Surfism in Iran, especially among women.
Contact: Dan Compton at 435-615-3947
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(Bluff) Circles, Trees, and Bears: The Empowering Universe of the Weenuche Ute
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Bluff; The Recapture Lodge - 220 E Main
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DesignBuildBluff Friday Night Lecture Series
The Ute people participate in two well-known ceremonies—the Bear Dance and the Sun
Dance—and locally, the less well-known Worship Dance. Each of these performances
shares common symbols and meanings. Following a brief introduction to traditional
culture, this presentation will examine the connection of these ceremonies to the land and lifestyle of the people, opening up part of the Ute worldview.
Contact: Eric Cook at 801-879-3293
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(Ogden) Venture Course in the Humanities Graduation
Time:
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Ogden; Weber State University; Union Ballroom B
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Graduates of the Ogden Venture Course in the Humanities will recieve their graduate certificates at a ceremoy at Weber State University. Time TBA.
Residents of Ogden wishing to apply for Venture for classes that begin September 2010 should contact Shannon Butler, 801-626-6424 or sbutler@weber.edu or apply online at www.utahhumanities.org/Venture.htm
Contact: Shannon Butler for more information on the graduation at 801-626-6424.
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(SLC) "Cracked Earth" 3rd Annual Westerns of the World Film Festival
Time:
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; University of Utah; Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Bldg - 215 So Central Campus Dr
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Come view the screening of the 1979 Australian breakout film "Mad Max." The film is set in the near future and focuses on the dynamics of an Australian society on the verge of breakdown. Film experts consider "Mad Max" a post-apocalyptic Western and, tellingly, the film depicts a war over environmental resources. This is a common theme found in westerns. The screening is followed by a discussion with a panel of experts who will examine the environment, Westerns, and Australian politics.
Contact: John Worsencroft at 801-581-7611
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(Park City) Searching Inward: Exploring Spirituality
Time:
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Park City; Summit County Library - 6505 N Landmark Dr
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Explore spiritual insights in haiku, the Japanese word for a type of contemplative poetry used for centuries fro meditation in the Orient, as part of spiritual practice. Ponder the philosophy, perceptions of nature, and wisdom in poem by the most famous traditional Japanese haiku master: Basho, Issa, and Chiyo-Ni (Japan's most famous female haiku poet).
Contact: Dan Compton at 435-615-3947
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(SLC) Guest Writers Series
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; Finch Lane Gallery/ Art Barn - 1340 E 100 S in Reservoir Park
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Come hear fiction writer Carole Maso and poet Elise Partridge speak.
Carole Maso's literary career can only be described as meteoric. Among the various awards she has received are the Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction (1993), National Endowment for the Arts Literature Grant (1988), National Endowment for the Arts Emer- ging Artist Reading Grant (1987), New York Foundation for the Arts Grant (1987) and the W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts (1985). Works she has published include The American Woman in the Chinese Hat (1994), Pandora's Box, a screenplay (1993), Ava (1993), The Art Lover (1990) and Ghost Dance (1986), among others. Maso received her BA in English from Vassar College in 1977, receiving General Honors and Departmental Honors. Since that time she held the positions of Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Illinois State University (1991- 92), Jenny McKeon Moore Writer-in-Residence at George Washington University (1992-93) and Asso-ciate Professor of Writing, School of the Arts at Columbia University (1993). Currently Maso serves as an Associate Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Brown University. •
Elise Partridge‘s Fielder’s Choice (2002) was shortlisted for the Lampert Memorial Award for best first book of poems in Canada. Her second book, Chameleon Hours (2008) was featured in the “Poet’s Choice” column in the Washington Post. Chameleon Hours was nominated for the British Columbia Book Prize in poetry and won the 2009 Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry, which recognizes “poetry that achieves excellence without sacrificing popular appeal.” Partridge’s poems have been published or are forth- coming in American, Canadian, British, and Irish journals, including The New Yorker, Poetry (Chicago), The New Republic, The Yale Review, The Southern Review and elsewhere. Her work has been broadcast on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac and on CBC radio, and has appeared on Poetry Daily as well as on the Vancouver and Toronto transit systems. Partridge was educated at Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of British Columbia, as well as at Cambridge University, where she was a Marshall Scholar. She has done community outreach work in literature and writing with senior citizens, secondary-school students and cancer patients. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Partridge currently lives in Vancouver, BC.
Contact: Kim Duffin at 801-596-5000 or visit www.slcgov.com/arts
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(SLC) Guest Writers Series
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; Finch Lane Gallery/ Art Barn - 1340 E 100 S in Reservoir Park
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Free lunchtime conversation with fiction writer Carole Maso and poet Elise Partridge.
Carole Maso's literary career can only be described as meteoric. Among the various awards she has received are the Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction (1993), National Endowment for the Arts Literature Grant (1988), National Endowment for the Arts Emer- ging Artist Reading Grant (1987), New York Foundation for the Arts Grant (1987) and the W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts (1985). Works she has published include The American Woman in the Chinese Hat (1994), Pandora's Box, a screenplay (1993), Ava (1993), The Art Lover (1990) and Ghost Dance (1986), among others. Maso received her BA in English from Vassar College in 1977, receiving General Honors and Departmental Honors. Since that time she held the positions of Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Illinois State University (1991- 92), Jenny McKeon Moore Writer-in-Residence at George Washington University (1992-93) and Asso-ciate Professor of Writing, School of the Arts at Columbia University (1993). Currently Maso serves as an Associate Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Brown University. •
Elise Partridge‘s Fielder’s Choice (2002) was shortlisted for the Lampert Memorial Award for best first book of poems in Canada. Her second book, Chameleon Hours (2008) was featured in the “Poet’s Choice” column in the Washington Post. Chameleon Hours was nominated for the British Columbia Book Prize in poetry and won the 2009 Canadian Authors Association Award for Poetry, which recognizes “poetry that achieves excellence without sacrificing popular appeal.” Partridge’s poems have been published or are forth- coming in American, Canadian, British, and Irish journals, including The New Yorker, Poetry (Chicago), The New Republic, The Yale Review, The Southern Review and elsewhere. Her work has been broadcast on Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac and on CBC radio, and has appeared on Poetry Daily as well as on the Vancouver and Toronto transit systems. Partridge was educated at Harvard University, Boston University, and the University of British Columbia, as well as at Cambridge University, where she was a Marshall Scholar. She has done community outreach work in literature and writing with senior citizens, secondary-school students and cancer patients. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Partridge currently lives in Vancouver, BC.
Contact: Kim Duffin at 801-596-5000 or visit www.slcgov.com/arts
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(SLC) "Cracked Earth" 3rd Annual Westerns of the World Film Festival
Time:
4:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; University of Utah; Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Bldg - 215 So Central Campus Dr
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The second screening of the festival will begin with a screening of the 1993 Russian Spaghetti Western "Jonathan and the Bears." The film centers on the story of a young boy who witnesses his parents' murder and then, while growing up in the wilderness, befriends a bear and the chief of a local Indian tribe. In adulthood, he sets out to find the men responsible for his parents' deaths. This film illuminates plundering of natural resources, relationship between the cinematography of the Spaghetti Western and the possibilities of using that form to compel a consideration of environmental politics. A discussion with a panel of experts follows this screening.
The third and final film will be the Chinese film "Mountain Patrol: Keklixi," a true story of the Tibetan Mountain Patrol, a self-sponsored outcast regiment established to eliminate the illegal slaughtering of endangered Tibetan Antelopes by impoverished local and out-of-providence peasants. A discussion will follow the presentation.
Contact: John Worsencroft at 801-581-7611
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(SLC) Venture Course in the Humanities Graduation
Location:
Salt Lake City: Westminster College- Gore Auditorium
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Graduates of the Salt Lake City Venture Course in the Humanities will recieve their graduate certificates at a ceremoy at Westminster College. Time TBA.
Residents of Salt Lake City wishing to apply for Venture for classes that begin September 2010 should contact Jean Cheney, 801-359-9670 or cheney@utahhumanities.org or apply online at www.utahhumanities.org/Venture.htm
Contact: Jean Cheney for more information on the graduation at 801-359-9670.
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(Layton) Museum Interpretation Initiative: Telling Our Stories Workshop Series
Time:
9:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Layton; Heritage Museum of Layton - 403 N Wasatch Dr
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Museum Interpretation Initiative: Telling Our Stories Workshop Series. This program is available to participants of small museums only.
Workshop 2 of 3 - Telling Our Stories: Museum Interpretation Through Exhibits
Facilitator: Laurel Casjens, Utah Office of Museum Services
The Museum Interpretation Initiative: Telling Our Stories program is a series of 3 full-day workshops that offer small museums hands-on learning experiences about museum interpretation and exhibition development. Participants are required to complete a project at their museum that includes researching the story of a group of objects, designing and writing labels for and building a small exhibit about these objects, and developing a docent tour and educational materials for this exhibit. The program is designed to help participants apply what they have learned and change how their museums convey their stories. These workshops are made possible through a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Contact: Megan van Frank, Utah Humanities Council, 801.359.9670
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(Park City) Searching Inward: Exploring Spirituality
Time:
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Park City; Summit County Library - 6505 N Landmark Dr
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Enjoy and explore spiritual poetry from the U.S. and Great Britain by Emily Dickinson and William Black, both famous for their enlightened philosophy and metaphysical poems.
Contact: Dan Compton at 435-615-3947
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(SLC) Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Salt Lake City; SLC Main Library - Nancy Tessman Auditorium - 210 E 400 S
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Screening the award-winning documentary Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman, followed by a discussion with the film's director Eric Bricker and a local Salt Lake architectural historian, architect, and an architectural photographer.
Contact: Kirk Huffaker at 801-533-0858
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