Monday, October 14, 2013

Art, Art, Halloween Happenings, etc. + the final week of the Downtown Farmers Market!!



Your GROOVACIOUS weekly blast!
The MUSIC & ART Related Events CALENDAR for the week of October 14, 2013
From the desk of Tim Groove at Groovacious – southern Utah’s record store

If you are planning a music or art-related event, let me know – I’ll get it on this calendar. Just please make sure to let me know before each Monday afternoon.

Other and non-music/art events can also be found at the Tourism Bureau’s website at www.scenicsouthernutah.com.

Thanks SO MUCH for supporting the arts!!

Here are this week’s Groovacious Top Dozen – our Best Sellers for the week of  October 7-12, 2013:

1- Korn “Paradigm Shift”
2- North Mississippi Allstars “World Boogie Is Coming”
3- Dream Theater “Dream Theater”
4- The White Buffalo” Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways”
5- John Fullbright “From the Ground Up”
6- San Fermin “San Fermin”
7- Sting “Last Ship”
8- Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington “High Rise”
9- Alter Bridge “Fortress”
10- Cage the Elephant “Melophobia”
11- Metallica “Through the Never”
12- Gov’t Mule “Shout”

-------------- On-going music + art events in our area --------------

Now – October 19: 52nd Annual Utah Shakespeare Festival, Tuesday through Saturday, offering matinee performances at 2:00PM and evening performances at 7:30PM in two theaters. The Festival also offers backstage tours, seminars, and play orientations. This season’s plays are Peter and the Starcatchers, The Marvelous Wonderettes, and Richard II.   1-800-PLAYTIX    www.bard.org

Now - November 9, 1:00PM – 7:00PM: Jim Jones: The San Blas Years at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery on the SUU campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Renowned for his vibrant canvases of the southern Utah and southwest landscape, Jim Jones lived in the Mexican village of San Blas for a period of nine years. This exhibition features paintings depicting life in the atmospheric village. From a street scene capturing a youngster learning the guitar to a series of vivid portraits of local personages, these paintings showcase a rarely seen side of Jones’ beginnings.
Admission is free and open to the public.   435-586-5432    www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery


--------- Here’s what we found happening for this week in music + art ---------

Monday, October 14, 7:00PM: Cedar City Arts Council Fall Social at Artisans’ Art Gallery at 94 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. The Social will feature presentations by poet Danielle Dubrasky and Cedar City Junior Ballet, both recipients of the Arts Council’s mini Artist Grants program, as well as an opportunity to network with local artists and art lovers. The event is free and open to the public – in fact, everyone is invited! Light refreshments provided by La Boulangarie will be served. www.facebook.com/events/535465233205766

Monday, October 14, 7:00PM: Dracula’, presented by the Parowan Community Theater present in the Aladdin Theater at 57 N. Main St. in Parowan. Admission is $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for students and $3.00 for children, available at the door.  
435-477-9022    435-559-4504

Monday, October 14, 7:00PM: Cedar City Children’s Musical Theatre Dinner Theater Fundraiser: “I’m Sorry the Bridge is out You’ll Have to Spend the Night,” at 1579 N. Main St. Suite 108 in Cedar City. The cost of a ticket is $20.00 and includes a catered dinner from the Garden House Restaurant and a hilarious Halloween musical comedy show with all of your most beloved monsters. All proceeds benefit the Cedar City Children’s Musical Theatre.   435-979-1432     www.cccmt.org

Monday, October 14, 7:00PM: BEARS & COMPANY with ROBOT’S GUIDE TO LIVING at Jazzy’s Rock N Roll Grill at 285 N. Bluff St. in St, George.   435-674-1678   www.facebook.com/events/410921942342679/

Tuesday, October 15: NEW RELEASES AT GROOVACIOUS! It's a very BIG day every week. So, do yourself a favor and get some new music that will last forever! Here is a sample of the great list of albums coming out his week: ANBERLIN, AVETT BROTHERS, DIANE BIRCH, BLACK OAK ARKANSAS, BUBBA SPARXX, CULTS, DEATH ANGEL, GAVIN DEGRAW, DIVIDED BY FRIDAY, JERRY GARCIA, THE HEAD & THE HEART, MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER, PAUL MCCARTNEY, SCOTTY MCCREERY, MONSTER MAGNET, MORCHEEBA, WILLIE NELSON, GARY NUMAN, PEARL JAM, RED FANG, SOILWORK, THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH, TLC, TOAD THE WET SPROCKET, TRIVIUM. Many of these albums, as usual, will be on warm, cozy - fun to hold and play - vinyl!

Tuesday, October 15, 7:00PM: BRAD HOLT: ‘My Friend and Mentor, Jimmie Jones’ presented at Artisans Art Gallery at 94 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Holt offers his unique insight into the artist and the man Jim Jones who shaped the early years of Holt’s development as a painter. Admission is free and open to everyone.   435-586-5432   www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery

Wednesday, October 16, 10:00AM - 2:00PM: SUU’s Ceramics Guild’s Annual Bowl Sale at the Living Room in the Sharwan Smith Center on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. This annual sale features a variety of bowls created by students who are ceramics majors. The proceeds from this event go to support the visiting artist program in Ceramics and to teach a useful form of professional activity to ceramics majors.   435-865-8800   www.suu.edu/pva/arts

Wednesday, October 16, 4:00 - 7:00PM: Downtown Farmer’s Market in the parking lot in front of Mike’s Tavern, across from Groovacious -  the corner of 100 W. & Hoover Ave. in Cedar City. Live music is also featured each week. For vendor, performing or volunteer info, call 435-586-8132.

Wednesday, October 16, 7:00PM: HARRY O at George’s Corner Restaurant at 2 W. St. George Blvd. #1 in St. George.    435-216-7311   www.facebook.com/events/305748129566185/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming&source=1

Thursday, October 17, 10:00AM - 2:00PM: SUU’s Ceramics Guild’s Annual Bowl Sale at the Living Room in the Sharwan Smith Center on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. This annual sale features a variety of bowls created by students who are ceramics majors. The proceeds from this event go to support the visiting artist program in Ceramics and to teach a useful form of professional activity to ceramics majors.   435-865-8800   www.suu.edu/pva/arts

Thursday, October 17, 7:00PM: - Haunted Homestead: More Than Ghost Stories - Paranormal Investigations in Cedar City, at the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum at 635 N. Main St. in Cedar City. Admission is free and open to all.   435-586-9290

Thursday, October 17, 7:00PM: GINA JREL: "Elevation" – 2013 Paintings Exhibit at Amara  Med Spa at 558 E. Riverside Drive, Suite 200 in St. George. RSVPs are appreciated via facebook, or call AMARA Med Spa at 435-652-9355 www.facebook.com/events/507968035958935/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Friday, October 18, 7:00 – 10:00PM: Haunted Woods at Willow Glen Inn at 3308 N. Bulldog Rd. in Enoch. Admission is $8.00 for adults and $10.00 for children under 10; student and group discounts available.  For info call Nate Marble at 435-740-0688.

Saturday, October 19, 10:00AM – 1:00PM Haunted Homestead: Pumpkin Carving Workshop at the Frontier Homestead State Park Museum at 635 N. Main St. in Cedar City. Admission is $1.50 per person.   435-586-9290

Saturday, October 19, 7:00PM – 10:00PM: Haunted Woods at Willow Glen Inn at 3308 N. Bulldog Rd. in Enoch. Admission is $8.00 for adults and $10.00 for children under 10; student and group discounts available.  For info call Nate Marble at 435-740-0688.

Saturday, October 19, 7:30PM: Ecstatic Dance with DJ SHARU at Sage Hills Healing Center at 6232 West Sage Hills Dr. in Cedar City. Ecstatic Dance is a free-form movement celebration of life, to heal, to move and connect with one another through dancing and music. A playful yet sacred space is created through two very simple guidelines of Ecstatic Dance: "no talking on the dance floor" and "respect the space and one another". Suggested donation is $25.00. 435-867-YOGA   

Saturday, October 19, 9:00PM: SMASHING ALICE, from Las Vegas, at the Firehouse at 1476 W. Sunset Blvd. in St. George. www.facebook.com/events/222212647903074/

Sunday, October 20, 7:00-9:00, AM & PM: GROOVEFEST REWIND on KSUU Power 91 – relive some of your favorites from Groovefest’s past! All live recordings from various years. A different show every week!   www.power91radio.com

Sunday, October 20, 3:00-6:00PM: BOB GORDON’S JAZZ SHOW on KSUU Power 91 – Power 91’s exclusive jazz show featuring the best in acoustic jazz hand picked each week by the expert himself!   www.power91radio.com


--------------- And here’s what’s coming up in the near future:

Tuesday, October 22, 7:30PM: MELODY WALKER & JACOB GROOPMAN at Groovacious at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. 435-867-9800 www.melodywalkermusic.com/

October 25 – 27: CEDAR LIVESTOCK & HERITAGE FESTIVAL 435-586-8132 www.cedarlivestockfest.com

Friday, November, 15, 9:00PM:  OAK CREEK at Mike’s Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City.   www.oakcreekband.com

Thursday, November 21: VICTOR & PENNY at Groovacious 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City. 435-867-9800   www.victorandpenny.com

Saturday, December 7, 7:30PM: JOHN CRAIGIE & LEIGH JONES at Groovacious at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City.   435-867-9800    www.johncraigiemusic.com



GROOVACIOUS/GROOVEFEST AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
173 N. 100 W. Cedar City, Utah 84720
435-867-9800

THANKS FOR LOOKING & LISTENING! TC


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