Monday, March 02, 2015

Music and Art Events for our area this week!



The GROOVACIOUS WEEKLY EMAIL BLAST!
Music and Art News and Schedule for Monday, March 2, 2015
From the desk of Tim Groove
Groovacious – 173 N. 100 W. in Cedar City, Utah 84720
435-867-9800   groovacious@groovacious.com
For non-art related events go to www.scenicsouthernutah.org and click on “Calendar”.

If you have not yet heard, we will be moving at the end of March and should be open in the new location by April 1st. Our new digs will be at 195 W. 600 S. Unit #2, just west of Top Spot, right next to Parts Plus. Wish us luck with the move!

Remember; all existing stock in the current location is 20% off the regular price! So come on in and take advantage of this sale and help us lighten our load a bit!

**I want to make sure that you all know about the 2nd annual Soirée for the Groovefest Music & Art Festival coming up on Friday, March 13th from 7 – 9PM. This will be our first fundraiser of the 2015 Groovefest season and all proceeds will go to help us put on this year’s Groovefest. It is an art auction fundraising event hosted by gallery GALA. This promises to be a very exciting event and we are grateful to the gallery for hosting it! See details below.

Don’t forget that the 2015 edition of the Groovefest Music & Art Festival is coming up June 22 – 28 and we are currently looking for Festival Partners to advertise with us. Please take a moment to www.groovefestutah.com and check out the levels to get you/your business on board.

Groovacious Top Dozen Best Sellers for the week of February 16-21, 2015:
1: All That Remains “Order of Things”
2: Imagine Dragons “Smoke + Mirrors”
3: Kid Rock “First Kiss”
4: Pink Floyd “Endless River”
5: Taylor Swift “1989”
6: Father John Misty “I Love You Honeybear”
7: Robert Earl Keen “Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions”
8: Rob Zombie “Spook Show International Live”
9: Annie Lennox “Nostalgia”
10: Iron & Wine “Archive Series Volume No. 1”
11: Rhiannon Giddens “Tomorrow Is My Turn”
12: Fifty Shades of Grey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Now, here’s what’s happening for this week:

Monday, March 2 through Friday, March 6, 10:00AM – 5:00PM: Spirit of the Forest; an illustration exhibition by nine SUU senior art and design students in SUU’s South Hall at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. The exhibition features original art created by the students. Admission is free and open to the general public.  www.suu.edu/pva/arts

Monday, March 2 , 7:30PM: Fiddler on the Roof – starring Peter Sham as Tevye, in the Randall L. Jones Theatre at 300 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is $15 for adults and $12 for students. For tickets call 435-586-7872.

Tuesday, March 3, 11:00AM: New Releases at Groovacious, including many being released on vinyl. This is what’s coming this week: ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, BRANDI CARLILE, KELLY CLARKSON, COASTAL, NOEL GALLAGHER, G-UNIT, AMY SPEACE, UFO, and STEVEN WILSON, among others.

Tuesday, March 3 through Saturday, March 7, 12:00PM – 7:00PM: Art Auction Preview Exhibition in the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery on the SUU campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission to this showing is free and open to the public. 435-586-5432   www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery/

Tuesday, March 3, 7:30PM: CALEB HAWLEY with ZACH HURD at Off the Cuff at 913 S. Main St. in Cedar City. Harlem’s Caleb Hawley is an American soul singer, songwriter and performer. Like savvy throwback crooners Mayer Hawthorne and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Hawley channels early Stevie Wonder and other Motown sounds into a complete, magnetic package. Caleb Hawley was on the list of Resound Magazine’s 2014 Best Albums and EP’s of 2014. Advanced tickets are $10 and are available at Groovacious or $12 at the door. 1-210-4-IMPROV   www.facebook.com/events/745493782201371

Wednesday, March 4, 5:30PM: The 23rd Annual Braithwaite Art Auction at Rusty’s Ranch House - 3 miles east on Highway 14 in Cedar City. Tickets are $55, which includes dinner, and may be purchased at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery on the SUU Campus or at Artisans Art Gallery at 94 W. Center St. in Cedar City. Tickets may also be purchased from  www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery/auction.   435-586-5432   www.suu.edu/pva/artgallery



Wednesday, March 4 through Friday, March 6, 7:00PM: “1776”, presented by the Parowan Community Theater in the Aladdin Theater at 27 N. Main St. in Parowan. Admission is $7 for adults and $3 for children and are available at the Parowan Visitor Center by calling 435-477-8190. Info: 435-477-8190 or 435-477-9022

Thursday, March 5, 8:00PM: The Armando Show: NIK MIKKELSEN at Off the Cuff at 913 S. Main St. in Cedar City. Nik is another of the featured performers from the upcoming production of Closer, which is happening on March 20th and 21st at the OTC Training Center. You may have also seen him in SUU's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream! Stop by Thursdays to hear fun stories and personal anecdotes inspired by an audience suggestion, with our zany cast of improvisers replying with hilarious scenes! It's an outrageous dialogue you won't want to miss! Admission is $3 at the door.  1-210-4-IMPROV   www.facebook.com/events/1574621659451461

Friday, March 6, 7:30PM: BEANS N WHEELS at the Grand Lodge in the Lift Lounge at 314 Hunter Ridge Dr. in Brian Head. Admission is free and for more information you can call 435-677-9000.

Friday, March 6, 7:30PM: TIMOTHY HOFT, a pianist of unique versatility, presented by the SUU Music Department in the Thorley Recital Hall, Music Building on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Timothy Hoft is in demand as a soloist and chamber musician and has given performances in the concert halls of France, Italy, Czech Republic, England, Scotland, and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Admission is free and open to the public.  www.suu.edu/pva/arts

Friday, March 6, 10:00PM: SUU Live: Gender-Bender in the Sterling Church Auditorium on the SUU Campus at 351 W. University Blvd. in Cedar City. Admission is $3 per person and the public is welcome. For information visit SUU Second Studio on Facebook.   www.facebook.com/events/781777081911495

Saturday, March 7, 8:00AM – 5:00PM: Music Festival: Strings at Canyon View High School at 166 W. 1925 N. in Cedar City. Marin Colby directs the Southern Utah String Festival with a team of volunteers.  Sessions start at 8:00AM and are open to the public.  Students are grouped by age and level so each session makes a mini-recital.  They learn from each other, rather than only the judges hearing their performance.  Judges are being coordinated by Mariah Larsen and Judy Larsen.  Lauana Carter organizes the Gold Cup recitals and trophies.   www.southernutahstringfestival.org/

Saturday, March 7, 4:00PM - close: Saturday Night Music & Dinner in the Last Chair Saloon in Brian Head. Music and $5 Dinner specials will be the feature on this special night – through April 18.   866-930-1010

Saturday, March 7, 7:30PM: BEANS N WHEELS at the Grand Lodge in the Lift Lounge at 314 Hunter Ridge Dr. in Brian Head. Admission is free and for more information you can call 435-677-9000.

Saturday, March 7, 7:30PM: IMITATION ANGEL with THE JERKS OF at Mike's Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City. This will be the first performance of these bands together. Imitation Angel is a nearly all cover band that plays popular tunes from the likes of Alice in Chains, Chevelle, Rob Zombie, Black Sabbath, Tom Petty, Bush, Seether, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Helmet, Metalica, Billy Idol, Misfits, Incubus, Sex Pistols and many others. The Jerks Of are a new project from St. George playing originals and covers. Admission is $5 at the door.   435-867-5990   www.facebook.com/events/868227906532684

Sunday, March 8, 3:00PM – 6:00PM: THE SUNDAY JAZZ SHOW with your host Bob Gordon, on KSUU Thunder 91. The best in Jazz every week.         www.power91radio.com/


And coming up in the near future:

Friday, March 13, 7:00PM – 9:00PM: 2015 Groovefest Soirée at gallery GALA at 63 W. Center St. in Cedar City. You are invited to attend the second annual Soirée for the Groovefest Music & Art Festival. The program for the evening includes poetry, live music, food and drinks. In response to a 'Call for Artists', artwork on auction will be select works from a wide range of artist representing all genres.   www.facebook.com/events/1554081061520768

Saturday, April 4, 9:00PM: TAARKA at Mike's Tavern at 90 W. Hoover in Cedar City.   435-867-5990   www.taarka.com

We’re proud of our 2015 Groovefest Music & Art Festival Partners!!
Presenters:
Cherry Creek Radio
Cedar City Brian Head Tourism Bureau
Southwest Applied Technology College
Anderton Orthodontics
Utah Arts and Museums
Underwriters:
Camp Creek Trees
Hughes & Associates
Dailey Builders
Las Vegas Sun/Weekly
Convergys
State Bank of Southern Utah
Sunshine Nutrition
Mike’s Tavern
Hunter’s Portable Toilets
Whittlesticks
Utah Arts & Museums
Sponsors:
Safari Hospitality
Frontier Homestead State Park Museum
KUER
KB Oil
Centro
Gallery Gala
Bradshaw Chevrolet Buick
Cedar City Corporation
Downtown Retail Alliance
Contributors:
Intersearch
Cedar Cottage Company
Jim & Jeanine Howells
Gunjah the Bead Forest
Cedar Post Pawn
Bill Byrnes
Bulloch Drug
Mosdell Sanitation
Chip Chapman