Scott Iwasaki

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Arts and Scene Editor at Park Record

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Articles

Summit Arts Market submission deadline looms

5 days ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Fine artists, creative entrepreneurs and artisan makers and agricultural producers are encouraged to submit applications for the 2025 Summit Arts Showcase that will be held on July 12 at the Red Barn in Oakley. Application deadline is end of the day on Friday, May 23, and applications can be submitted by visiting pcscarts.org/summit-artsmarket, said Jocelyn Scudder, Arts Council of Park City & Summit County executive director.
Scene Happenings: May 10 to May 14

5 days ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Family Film Fest: ‘Dog Man’ at the Park City LibraryPark City Library and Park City Film will host a free screening of Peter Hastings’ animated adventure, “Dog Man,” rated PG, at 4 p.m. on May 10, at the library, 1255 Park Ave. The film, based on Dav Pilkey’s children’s graphic novel series, is free, as is the popcorn. For information, visit parkcityfilm.org.
MegaMind PubQuiz educates, entertains and even plays cupid

5 days ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Since 2012, the MegaMind PubQuiz has entertained and enlightened local residents and visitors with its up-to-date trivia, said founder and organizer Colleen McGinn. “When Malia Denali and I started this 13 years ago, we were just trying to think of an idea of something fun for people to do at night,” she said. “At that time both of us were working at Wasatch Brew Pub and wondering how to get more business.
Park City Song Camps strike a chord with teens and tweens

1 week ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer and composer Mary Beth Maziarz celebrates five years of hosting her Park City Song Camps. The sessions teach the ins and outs of the music business — songwriting, recording, performing and promotion, and other artistic and practical skills. This year’s Idol Camp, for emerging performers and songwriters, will run June 16-20, and the Songwriting 101: Write Your First Song, will run July 28-30.
Scene Happenings: May 7 through May 10

1 week ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Park City Film: ‘Thaw’Park City Film will host a free screening of Parkite Robin Hauser’s documentary, “Thaw,” not rated, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, at the Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave. The film, part of Park City Film’s Reel Community Series, examines the once niche medical procedure of egg freezing, which is now a billion-dollar industry.
YouTheatre readies a Cabaret revue

1 week ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Amy Livingston, Egyptian Theatre’s YouthTheatre director of education and media content, wants to make one thing clear. The YouTheatre Cabaret performance that is set for Friday, May 9, at the Egyptian Theatre Studios, is not a kid version of the classic, but sometimes risque, musical, “Cabaret.”“We’re doing a revue-styled performance that features our YouTheatre Academy Class, which is our upper-level training program,” she said with a laugh.
A small-town aesthetic crosses into the Talbott Brothers’ ‘Borderlands’

1 week ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Music kept Nick Talbott and his kid-brother Ty on the somewhat straight and narrow while growing up in the small town of Imperial, Nebraska. “As kids we were always getting into trouble, and music was one of the things that kind of helped us stay out of trouble,” Talbott said during an interview.
Film reveals ‘The Power of Sports for Amputees’

1 week ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

The origin of Krown Family Films Founder Marci Krown’s documentary, “The Power of Sports for Amputees,” lies in a few simple questions. “The biggest thing that kept coming through was, ‘Why don’t we see more amputees out in the community?’ and ‘Why don’t I see them grocery shopping or traveling?’” she said.
Documentary warms up the pregnancy discussion with ‘Thaw’

1 week ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Birth control remains a hot topic in the political and social realm, as does women’s rights and women’s right to body autonomy. While the use of contraceptives and abortion are at the top of the list, one way of controlling birth, deciding on when to become pregnant by freezing eggs and embryos for future use, has, arguably, hovered below the radar, even though it is a billion-dollar industry.
Museum presentation will bring into focus ‘Indigenous Views on Nature’

1 week ago | parkrecord.com | Scott Iwasaki

Darren Parry remembers what it was like when the Great Salt Lake was high enough to cover the access road to Antelope Island. “I grew up on the shores of the Great Salt Lake in Syracuse after my family moved there in 1965,” said Parry, the former Chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.