Stories about local arts and culture events and profiles about local creatives.
The Park City Museum’s annual holiday ornaments have long been a tradition for locals or anyone in search of a unique Park City memento. In the past, the ornaments featured a specific historic building but since 2019, the focus has broadened to include one of our beautiful local wildflowers and perhaps tell more of a story along with the historic scene.
Read MoreIn August, The Arts Council of Park City & Summit County (‘Arts Council’) in partnership with Park City Municipal Corporation (‘Park City’) invited Summit County artists and/or artist teams to apply for the Bonanza Park Paint Out to create a series of temporary outdoor art projects for the temporary Bonanza Art Park site on the corner of Munchkin Rd. and Bonanza Dr. The project aimed to celebrate connection, art, culture, and community in Park City, UT.
Read MoreMarianne C. Bohr, is one of our newest local authors. She retired in 2016 from a career in publishing and teaching middle school French and moved here from Maryland soon after.
Being skiers and hikers, she and husband Joe, love that Park City is a real town and not just a ski resort. “We also love that the international airport is so close for our frequent getaways,” explains Marianne. “Our two adult children are in LA and DC and so we chose somewhere in between they would appreciate visiting.”
Read MoreLocal musician, Alicia Stockman is realizing a dream with the release of her debut album, These Four Walls. Singles including “Stay Between the Lines” and “Halfway to Houston” have already dropped with the full album available on November 5.
Read MoreIn this blog series we feature Summit County Public Art Board Member’s favorite local art pieces. See Summit County public art through new eyes and experience what makes these pieces so special according to our Summit County Public Art Board members. Once you’ve read our blog, go experience these public art pieces for yourself!
Read MoreEmma Greally is a photographer, author, and activist whose Art Exhibit will be on display at the Park City Library through November. Her motivation to photograph this project in black and white was to highlight the issues of race and systematic discrimination that is deep-rooted in the current immigration debate. In her own words, “I believe that as a society, are faced with a binary, or ‘black and white’, choice regarding how we treat one another, wither with mutual respect and inclusivity or otherwise.”
Read MoreWith the crisp and colorful fall leaves that are reappearing to Park City, old throwback films like ‘Aspen Extreme’ and ‘Beetle Juice” return as well. Some films are old, but most are new this year. If you are antsy to put your ski boots on, we’ve got some new Ski Premieres that you are not going to want to miss.
Read MoreThe Tozer Gallery in Park City’s History Museum is hosting a temporary exhibit entitled “Gold Fever! The Untold Stories of the California Gold Rush” from September 12 until November 7.
Read MoreThe Ziegfeld Theatre’s production of ‘9 to 5-The Musical’ brings Violet, Judy and Doralee, three beloved and empowered female characters who emerged from the 1980’s silver screen, to The Egyptian Theatre stage. Meet this terrific and sometimes terrifying trio from September 10 to 19.
Read MoreThis year’s One Book One Community selection, The Book of Delights by Ross Gay, was selected by librarians from the Park City Library and Summit County Library in partnership with Dolly’s Bookstore and Utah Humanities.
Read MoreLocal photographer and adventurer, Bill Silliman grew up on a wheat and cattle farm in North Dakota and attended NDSU in pharmacy. Throughout his career he took photography classes and practiced his craft. “I have walked with gorillas in Rwanda, spent 12 days in The Serengeti, photographed brown bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska and stayed on Barter Island off Alaska for five days photographing polar bears from a 30 foot fishing boat. Recently, I have been taking many astro photography photos.”
Read MoreArt on the Trails is coming up Saturday August 28th from 2-6pm, and you can still RSVP in advance for your preferred tour time here. This free program takes guests on a walking tour of pop-up creative performances presented by local and regional performing and visual artists along the McLeod Creek Trail.
Read MorePark City Library is once again hosting the ‘Wasatch Back Author Celebration” involving authors who either live in or have written about the Wasatch Back. It will be held on Saturday, August 28 from 10 am to noon outside, on the patio. Overflow guests might want to bring camp chairs or blankets.
Read MoreCelebrating connection, art, culture, and community in Park City, UT. The Arts Council of Park City & Summit County (‘Arts Council’) in partnership with Park City Municipal Corporation (‘Park City’) invites Summit County artists and/or artist teams to apply for the Bonanza Park Paint Out to create a series of temporary outdoor art projects with a range of budgets, surfaces, and materials for the temporary Bonanza Art Park site at 1635 Bonanza Drive, Park City, UT 84060.
Read MoreCovid restrictions forced the cancellation of the 2020 edition as well as The Egyptian Theatre to go dark. Park City Follies 2021 will be the first live performance when the theatre reopens in August.
Read MoreArt on the Trails is a program that connects art and nature, and celebrates our local performing arts sector. It’s designed to promote local performing artists, visual artists, and musicians, making their work more visible to our community, as well as provide an accessible platform for our community to connect with high caliber performances that are integrated into our natural surroundings.
Read MoreThe Kimball Art Center’s new home at the YARD in Park City is already being put to good use with their current exhibition titled, People of Corn / Gente de Maiz with Artist in Residence, Jorge Rojas. During his two month residency, Rojas has built upon his decade-long work of creating art that celebrates the spiritual significance of corn in cultures throughout the Americas. His exhibition is on display this summer from June 23rd to September 19th with free admission.
Read MoreMark your calendars for August 6-8th, because the Park City Kimball Arts Festival is making a much anticipated return to in-person events! The festival, which will take place on Friday, August 5th from 5pm-9pm, Saturday, August 7th from 10am-8pm, and Sunday, August 8th from 10am-6pm in downtown Park City, will feature hundreds of artists, food, and live music.
Read MoreIn this blog series we feature Summit County Public Art Board Member’s favorite local art pieces. See Summit County public art through new eyes and experience what makes these pieces so special according to our Summit County Public Art Board members. Once you’ve read our blog, go experience these public art pieces for yourself!
In this blog post we feature a favorite from Summit County Public Art Board member, Pete Van Stee.
Read MoreDr. Alison Delgado is a pediatrician who has been on staff at Summit Pediatrics in Park City since 2013. She is also a runner with an amazing story to tell and now a local author. After experiencing a near-fatal accident with dim prospects for recovery Alison beat the odds and wanted to share her story of hope, prayer and love.
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