Arts, Culture and Entertainment Events
Juniper Arts
Contact: Cynthia LaBelle
Gallery phone: 435-644-3898
ANNUAL SPRING ART SHOW
Date: Monday through Saturday, May 17 - 22
Time: Daily, 1 – 5 PM, Saturday, 10 AM to 2 PM
Location: Juniper Fine Arts Gallery, 13 South 100 East, Kanab: downstairs in the old public library building across from Parry Lodge.
Description: Juniper Fine Arts Gallery presents its Annual Spring Show. On display will be works by member artists in a variety of media. Exhibit runs from May 1 - 28.
The Rocking V Cafe
Contact: Victor Cooper 435-689-0095 rockingv@kanab.net
ART ATTACK!
Date: Daily throughout the festival
Time: 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: The Rafters Gallery, upstairs at The Rocking V Café, 97 West Center St. Kanab.
Description: Come and enjoy the vast & unforgettable landscapes of the Colorado Plateau, along with its stunning wildlife, translated through the cameras, hands & brushes of talented local artists. A wide array of artistic media are on display including Photography, Paintings in oil, acrylic & watercolor, Ceramics, Sculpture, Fabric Art, Wood, Silver, Bronze, Tin and Rock. Browse and marvel at nature’s influence on art. EVERYONE is WELCOME at The Rafters Gallery!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Healthy Planet Mobilization Committee
Contact: Barbara Richardson 801-661-6177
INVOCATION TO SUSTAINABILITY
Date: Sunday, May 16, 2010
Time: 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Angel’s Landing Outdoor Amphitheater at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab. Directions: West side of the gravel road north of Best Friends Welcome Center.
Description: A north/south collaboration to forge bonds between Salt Lake Valley and Kane County citizens. Join international choreographer dancer Maida Rust Withers, http://www.maidadance.com/performances.html, Utah poet and wordshaker Alex Caldiero, http://thesonosopher.blogspot.com/, and guest performers from Salt Lake’s Repertory Dance Theater http://www.rdtutah.org/about.html, in a live outdoor music/dance/science performance exploring our connection to place. Experience meditation, evocative music and artistic movement coupled with perspectives of inquiry, discovery, and alignment with the natural world.
David Bowles, Pastor of the United Church of Kanab, will contribute insights to our understanding of creation as “life in relationship”. Listen, then discuss with visiting University of Utah professors Kent Udell, Director of Sustainability Research Center, Joe Andrade, Professor of Engineering, and John Horel, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, ways to protect the Colorado Plateau’s air, water and great night skies.
Local Best Friends celebrity, Ann Allums will serenade us for this occasion with the soulful sound of her flute. At this kick-off event tucked in a red rock alcove, celebrate shared connections as we explore Earth-care and sustainability on a grassy meadow at the Best Friend’s Sanctuary. Please bring blankets and/or low chairs for seating.
**This event also appears in the Science, Ethics & Astronomy category.
Monday, May 17
Willow Canyon Outdoor
Contact: Barbara Richardson 801-661-6177
“GUEST HOUSE”, A READING AND BOOK SIGNING
Date: Monday, May 17
Time: 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM
Location: Willow Canyon Outdoor, 263 South 100 East, Kanab
Description: Willow Canyon loves good books. Utah author Barbara Richardson will read from her newly released novel “Guest House, which explores environmental themes through the eyes of mid-life go-getter Melba Burns, a single professional woman doing what so many of us only dream about. Melba sidelines her car, quits her job, and literally abandons the rat race, until a shy ten-year-old boy enters her world. Then Melba’s life changes even more radically! Please join us for this reading and signing by a local author.
Writer Lisa Jones says, “"Richardson, who is part comedienne, part landscape artist and part Zen master, reveals the vulnerability of her characters with utmost delicacy... there is salvation here, and it happens in this addictively-readable and often hilarious novel..."
Wednesday, May 19
Healthy Planet Mobilization Committee
Contact: Barbara Richardson 801-661-6177
“REFLECTIONS OF THE SPIRIT”
Photochoreography of Anasazi Sites by James Westwater
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Crescent Moon Theater
150 South 100 East, Kanab www.crescentmoon.com
Description: You won't want to miss James Westwater's stunning photographs of ancient Anasazi sites, set to a live performance of the Barber "Adagio for Strings," played by members of the Symphony of the Canyons, with renowned guest conductor and violist, Joel Rosenberg and musicians from Salt Lake City. http://www.joelrosenbergconductor.com/pages/about.html
Photochoreography literally means, "dance of light”. www.WestwaterArts.com Westwater’s dynamic fusion of two art forms -- great works of music blended with live big-screen photographic essays -- has been called "a match made in heaven."
In this evening of "pure art for the eye and ear," internationally renowned dancer, Maida Rust Withers presents dance segments inspired by spirit of place and Native American mythology, an experiment of dancing and living at four habitat Earth sites in Utah. Visit: Utah * Spirit Place * Spirit Planet * http://www.maidadance.com/mediatechnology.html
A local speaker will discuss Native American interdependence with the land. Please mark your calendar for this emotional journey into a time in ancient history on the Colorado Plateau.
"My photochoreography is concerned with life. My subject matter includes people, the environment, nature, beauty, regions, special places, heritage, different cultures and significant approaches to life." - James Westwater
Dr.
James Westwater is the pioneer of
photochoreography. During his 30-year career, Westwater has performed with
over 150 orchestras across North America and abroad.
A two-time National Endowment for the Arts resident artist, Westwater has
created photochoreography in collaboration with the National Geographic
Society, the Institute of Polar Studies and the National Science Foundation.
In addition to his orchestral appearances, Westwater has performed before
the National Academy of Science and the World Congress of Local Government.
City of Kanab Variety Arts Council
Contact: Kim Willoughby 644-2337
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE GAZEBO
Live Music By
THE TUMBLEWEEDZ
Date: Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: At the Gazebo on Center Street (US Hwy 89)
between State Bank and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Description: Playing a variety of folk and bluegrass music on guitar, banjo, mandolins, bass, fiddle, and harmonica, the Tumbleweedz offer their original songs, plus compositions gathered from singers and songwriters like John Prine, Greg Brown, Ian Tyson, Kate Wolf, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Iris Dement, and Gillian Welch. The band may even throw in a few traditional or old time pickin’ tunes for good measure. The band recently created their first CD, Tumbleweedz On a Roll, and will soon produce their second, Tumbleweedz in Your Backyard. The Tumbleweedz are a bunch of local Kanab folks who sometimes show up in unexpected places. Come on out and drift along with the Tumbleweedz. They may rub off on ya!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Frontier Movie Town
Contact: Tom & Jen Forsythe
forsythe@kanab.net 435-644-5337
LIVE FOLK MUSIC DUO - JEN HAJJ AND UTAH SLIM
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Time: 8:00 – 9:30 PM
Location: 297 West Center Street (US Hwy 89), Kanab, Utah
Description: An inspired performance with guitar and voice in a casual setting, featuring original music about the Desert, its people, and the issues confronting rural communities of the mountain West. Sweet or silly, but always engaging, Jen Hajj, host of KRCL 90.9 fm's Bluegrass Express has a voice you will not forget. Slim brings grit and wit to the duo; Jen brings soaring vocals and dreamy tone poems. This evening of music and song outdoors, under the stars, will remind you of the beauty of the West!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Crescent Moon Theater
150 South 100 East, Kanab, Utah
Contact: Dustin Jackman 435-644-2350
SATURDAY EVENING GALA CONCERT
The BEST in REGIONAL TALENT
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Crescent Moon Theater
Evening Program
SLICKROCK STRING BAND – Country dance & banjo
Intermission
KENNY HALL – Western folk
DOUG KELLER – Cowboy poetry
Intermission
JEN HAJJ – Original contemporary folk music
Admission: $5.00. Tickets available at the door.
Slickrock String Band and Friends - Doug and Terry Griffin are the Slickrock String Band. They've been playing music together for over 30 years in a variety of styles including Folk and Traditional Bluegrass. But their first love is authentic Old-Time Appalachian fiddle/banjo duets and ballads, a music steeped in early American and old world traditions. In this program Doug playing banjo and Terry on Autoharp and fiddle, will offer all their styles including some of Terry's original songs.
Kenny Hall
- One of the premiere Cowboy Song and Western Folk Life performers in the
Intermountain area,
Kenny Hall's artistry and character is clearly reflected
in his music: direct, uncontrived, and honest. A native
son of Utah, whose great, great, grandparents came west with Brigham Young,
his life and career is centered in the small town of
Cannonville, Utah, where he lives with his wife
Jean.
Vice President of the Cowboy Poets of Utah, Kenny
performs regularly in venues such as Western
Legends in Kanab, the National Cowboy Poetry gathering in Elko, NV, Butch
Cassidy Days in Beaver County, UT, Everett Ruess Days in Escalante, UT, and
many others. His artistic talent includes
creating exceptionally beautiful, well-crafted custom saddles,
hand-made chaps and gear, and award-winning camp wagons.
A former PRCA bull rider, Kenny's goal is to "...pass on and keep alive this heritage and way of life that has been handed down to me by my family and those gone before me."
Doug Keller - Currently the Cowboy Poet Laureate of Kane County, Doug Keller grew up on a ranch near Zion Canyon in southern Utah and for several years owned a dude string near the Grand Canyon. He has written Cowboy Poetry for 35 years and is a Silver Buckle winner at the Western Legends Round-Up. Doug participates in Cowboy gatherings all over the West, and has written, directed and produced melodramas at the Old Barn Playhouse and at the Crescent Moon Theater in Kanab.
Jen Hajj – Jen’s original compositions have been described as moody, ambient art songs, blended with elements of acoustic folk that sometimes express a longing for social or environmental justice. The inspiration for her artistry is far ranging, including JS Bach, Henry Purcell, John Denver, Paul Simon, and many of today’s talented yet unknown singer/songwriters. Treat yourself to the sweet sound of Jen’s original music, inspired by the beauty of the desert.