Monday, September 29, 2014

Utah Symphony, SUMA Art Hike, A Midsummer Night's Dream, etc. etc, etc.

Your GROOVACIOUS weekly blast!
The MUSIC & ART Related Events CALENDAR for the week of September 29, 2014
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 non-music/art events can also be found at the Tourism Bureau’s website at www.scenicsouthernutah.com.

Thank you SO MUCH for supporting the arts in our area!!

Here are this week’s Groovacious Top Dozen – Our Best Sellers for the weeks of  September 22-27, 2014:
1- Sean Rowe "Madman”
2- Joe Bonamassa “Different Shades of Blue”
3- KONGOS “Lunatic”
4- Leonard Cohen “Popular Problems”
5- Lenny Kravitz “Strut”
6- Dead Man’s Town a tribute to Born in the USA
7- Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga “Cheek to Cheek”
8- Slash “World on Fire”
9- Justin Townes Earle “Single Mothers”
10- Alt-J “This is All Yours”
11- Robert Plant “Lullaby & the Ceaseless Roar”
12- Tweedy “Sukierae”


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

Ongoing:
 
53rd Annual Utah Shakespeare Festival: Go to www.bard.org for show times, ticket prices and info.

This week:

Monday, September 29, 7:00PM: Cedar City Arts Council Networking Social in the Heritage Center Theater lobby at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. Tammi Columbo from the Neil Simon Festival will sing 'My Party Dress' from Henry and Mudge, Megan Nelson will present several of her watercolors, and the Southern Utah String Quartet will perform. There will be food provided by La Boulangerie Marie. Cedar City Arts Council sponsors these free community events to encourage interaction between artists of all disciplines.   www.cedarcityartscouncil.org    www.facebook.com/events/718720628164431/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Monday, September 29 - Friday, October 3, 10:00AM - 5:00PMBreaking Imagination: A Retrospective of Delicate Art Forms (1746 – 2014) in the Hunter Conference Center on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is free and open to the public. This exhibition is a unique retrospective of delicate prints from the university’s archives including the fine works of Goya, Whistler, Millet, Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Dali, and Chihuly.   435-586-5432





Tuesday, September 30: NEW RELEASES AT GROOVACIOUS! Lots of great stuff coming out this time of year!! BRYAN ADAMS, ALABAMA, HERB ALPERT, BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME, jEFF BRIDGES, PIETA BROWN, COLBIE CAILLAT, DECAPITATED, MELISSA ETHERIDGE., FINCH, GENESIS, ROBIN GIBB, CHARLIE HADEN & JIM HALL, ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK, LADY ANTEBELLUM, MESHUUGAH, MR. BIG, NONPOINT, PRINCE, THE SCRIPT, BLAKE SHELTON, SICK OF IT ALL, RICKY SKAGGS, SOUTH PARK MEXICAN, MARTY STUART, TANTRIC, GERARD WAY, LUCINDA WILLIAMS. And as usual, a lot of these are available on great quality vinyl records!

Tuesday, September 30 - Friday, October 3, 12:00PM - 7:00PM50 from 6 Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibit from six Rocky Mountain States in the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery on the SUU Campus - Braithwaite Building, lower level at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is free and open to the public.   435-586-5432    www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery
Tuesday, September 30, 7:30PM: The Orchestra of Southern Utah 17th Annual Fall Recital Series: “Performer Favorites” directed by Emily Hepworth in the Heritage Center Theatre at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. Admission is a suggested donation of $5 for adults and $3 forstudents. From folk to classical music featuring Color Country Winds, J.V. Berk with Jane Andersen on violinist, Dennis Loeffel with Mary Anne Andersen on piano, Liahona Hepworth, Debra A Vradenburg, Nina Hansen with Fang Shen, Miss SUU Lindsey Lopez, and Nathan Hatton.  Join the musicians for a cookie social after the performance with music provided by pianists Sarah & David Sun.   435-865-2882    www.orchestraofsouthernutah.org   www.facebook.com/events/665085160247239/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Wednesday, October 1, 4:00PM – 7:00PM: Cedar City Downtown Farmers Market on the corner of Hoover Ave & 100 W. in Cedar City.   www.facebook.com/ccdowntownfarmersmarket
Thursday, October2, 6:30PM: American Experience: Freedom Summer - Community Independent Film Screening in the Sterling Church Auditorium on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd in Cedar City. Admission is free and open to the public.  801-585-3523

Thursday, October2, 6:30PM: Messiah Solo Auditions. The Orchestra of Southern Utah and Southern Utah Chorale are getting ready for the 74th Handel’s Messiah Concert. Adrianne Tawa is the Chorale Director and Xun Sun directs the Orchestra of Southern Utah and Chorale. Solo auditions are set in the Heritage Center Lobby at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. All solo singers from the community are welcome to audition; email Emily Hepworth at emilyosucedarcity@gmail.com or call 435-233-8213 to schedule an audition time. Please come prepared to sing a selection from the Messiah of your choice. An accompanist will be provided.   www.facebook.com/events/272403329623308/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Thursday, October 2 - Saturday, October 4, 7:30PM: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, put on by SUU’s Department of Theatre Arts & Dance. A unique spin on William Shakespeare’s classic magical comedy set in pioneer Utah. The procuction will be held in the Adams Shakespeare Theatre on the SUU campus in Cedar City. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for youth and free for faculty/staff and SUU students with a valid ID.   435-586-7872   www.suu.edu/pva/arts

Thursday, October 2, 10:30PM: A Fundraising Concert: Singing for Supper at the Iron Gate Inn at 100 N. 200W. in Cedar City. A suggested donation at the door is $10 or $7 with six canned food items. All proceeds will be donated to the local food pantry, the Iron County Care & Share.   435-867-0603

Friday, October 3, 7:30PM: Cedar City Music Arts presents The Utah Symphony Orchestra in the Heritage Center Theater at 105 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. Tickets are available through the Heritage Theater Box Office and are $40 for adults and $15 for Iron County & SUU students with I.D. Enjoy The Symphony Soiree before The Utah Symphony performance at 5:43 pm in the Heritage Center’s Festival Hall - the cost is $27 per person.   435-586-3336 or 435-592-9200, or call the Heritage Theater Box Office at 435-865-2882.

Friday, October 3, 7:30PM: THE PABLO SEXTET at Toadz at 432 N. 100 W. in Cedar City.  435-867-8988   www.facebook.com/events/620553831396617/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Saturday, October 4, 9:00AM: SUMA Autumn Art Hike “Clay” Parowan Canyon; meet at the East side of Main Street Park at 200 N. 100 E. in Cedar City. Admission is free and open to the public. All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. The unique landscape of southern Utah rich with clay deposits is the foundation for the final 2014 Southern Utah Museum of Art hike. For the first time an Art Hike has been developed in conjunction with an exhibition at SUU’s Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery specifically 50 from 6: Contemporary Ceramic Art from Six Rocky Mountain States. Reservations are required.   435-586-5432 or send an email to gallery@suu.edu

Saturday, October 4, 7:30PM: A Celebration of Chinese Music & Art in the Thorley Recital Hall, Music Building on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is free and open to the general public.   www.suu.edu/pva/arts

Saturday, October 4, 7:30PM: SUCKER PUNCH and DAM THAT ROOSTER at Mike's Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City.   435-867-5990   www.facebook.com/events/356015827894478/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Sunday, October 5, 3:00-6:00PM: BOB GORDON’S JAZZ SHOW on KSUU Thunder 91 – Thunder 91’s exclusive jazz show featuring the best in acoustic jazz hand picked each week by the expert himself! Tune in each week!  www.power91radio.com


And coming up in the very near future…

Friday, October 17, 7:30PM: ALICE WALLACE, Groovefest alumat Groovacious at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City.  435-867-9800

Friday, November 7, 7:30PM: JOHN CRAIGIE at Groovacious at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City.  435-867-9800

Saturday, January 3, 2015, 7:30PM: COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS at Groovacious at 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City.  435-867-9800



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

THANKS FOR LOOKING & LISTENING!
WE’LL SEE YOU AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS!
 TC

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