Invest in Success
American Express and the Community Foundation of Utah are committed to the success of Utah’s nonprofit organizations. As part of our ongoing efforts to offer programs, funding, and other resources to the nonprofit community, we are hosting Invest in Success, an intensive leadership training that provides participants with resources to achieve extraordinary performance.
Invest in Success is specifically designed for leaders of rural nonprofit organizations. As many as six organizations will be chosen to participate in the 2017 program. For more details about the Invest in Success program, please click here. To apply for the program, please click here.
Applications are due to the Community Foundation of Utah no later than 11:59 p.m. MDT on June 26, 2017 and the program will take place from August 21 to August 24, 2017.
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Dartside Utah and Frequency RC are partnering up to help raise supplies for the
Family Connection Center of Layton
Layton, UT (June 13, 2017) – Join us this Saturday, June 17th from 12p-4p in the North parking lot for remote control cars and nerf-gun action all in one place! Simply show up with non-perishable food items and receive your ticket to play in the Dartside arena or on the Traxxas RC race track.
“We are excited to be part of an event that will help raise much needed supplies for a great community organization” says Tommy Cormier, owner Frequency RC. “And what better way to make that happen then kids competing with adults in nerf-gun battles and remote control car racing!”
Event organizers would also like to extend an offer to city officials and first responders to come out and compete against the kids.
Remote control cars will be provided for use, or you can bring your own to show off!
Nerf dart guns will be provide (sorry, no outside guns will be permitted)
Follow Layton Hills mall on Facebook and Instagram for the latest details.
For more information please see the links here:
http://www.shoplaytonhills.com/event/blt41d1435391bc2b39
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Matisyahu
On Tour This Summer
JULY 22 | THE COMPLEX | SALT LAKE CITY, UT
June 12th, 2017 - Grammy-nominated Reggae artist Matisyahu is going on tour this summer! Matisyahu will be performing at festivals Mountain Jam and Electric Forest, and then hitting cities on tour like Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.
Matisyahu officially released his sixth studio album, Undercurrenton May 19th! Undercurrent is musically Matisyahu's most courageous release to date and lyrically his most vulnerable. Nearly thirteen years after the release of his first studio record, Matisyahu and his band have done something unmatched in his past repertoire. The album is now available for via iTunes.
Touching on the significance of this new recording experience, Matisyahu explains. "This is the first album I've made that is produced by myself and the band with out any outside forces involved. It's my baby. No compromises, full artistic integrity."
The vulnerability felt throughout the lyrical narrative comes from acceptance in uncertainty. Matisyahu explains, "This record is like, Abraham's walk back down the mountain. After he's made this kind of breakthrough experience, like how does he now come back to life? And that's kind of what this period of time in my life has been all about. Like "Okay, now you broke out of bad relationships, bad habits, religious practices that weren't working for you, philosophical, you know, mental ties that you had to things." And, and then it's like, "Okay, where are you now?" You know? And that's kind of what this record is."
The courage in the music comes from trust. Trust in the band, and only in the band. There are no post-production bells and whistles or litany of special guests on Undercurrent. The band improvised for hours in the studio with Matisyahu watching on as an admirer without singing a single lyric. Out of the improvisations grew melodic themes, rhythmic peaks and valleys, blissful and proto-song guitar passages, deep dub meditations and ultimately an inspired instrumental record until itself. Only once the band had crafted this musical narrative, did Matisyahu begin to work on a lyrical narrative of his own.
The level of interplay between Matisyahu and his band mates on Undercurrent is unquestionable - with each replay, the album reveals a guitar line from longtime guitarist, Aaron Dugan, which elevates a vocal melody that only 15 years of experience together can achieve. Keyboard patterns from BigYuki unrealized in a previous listen connect one song to another and the full band improvisations with Dub Trio bassist and drummer Stu Brooks and Joe Tomino climax with an impressive exploratory section on the record's final track "Driftin'".
With this album, Matisyahu and his band have achieved a musical retelling of the Matisyahu story that explores the forces within that inspire us all, challenge us all, break us down, lift us up, and yet are rarely obvious to the outside observer.
Ultimately, Undercurrent is a fully realized concept album crafted by a band-of-brothers who have learned to hold a conversation that is both comforting and challenging at the same time. It plays like a revelatory session with a great psychotherapist.
The visual component of Undercurrent falls into the same level of exploration and creativity, as Matisyahu explains, "Artist/designer Joey Bayer created the cover art and comic to follow based on fantasy versions of the band members and myself. At times during shows I've found myself lost in trance where the band becomes a unit of spiritual warriors fighting to free the souls of the youth. We've created all of the album art around this fantasy."
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Follow Matisyahu:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matisyahu/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/matisyahu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matisyahu/
Tour Dates:
** = Supporting UB40
Jun 17 - Hunter, NY @ Mountain Jam
Jun 23 - Rothbury, MI @ Electric Forest
Jul 1 - Rothbury, MI @ Electric Forest
Jul 2 - Des Moines, IA @ Woolys
Jul 4 - Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
Jul 6 - Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre**
Jul 7 - Avila Beach, CA @ Avila Beach Resort Amphitheater**
Jul 8 - Crystal Bay, NV @ Crystal Bay Casino / Crown Room**
Jul 9 - Fresno, CA @ Tower Theatre**
Jul 11 - Eugene, OR - Wow Hall**
Jul 12 - Garden City, ID @ Revolution Center**
Jul 13 - Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park**
Jul 14 - Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Music and Arts Festival**
Jul 15 - Redwood Valley, CA @ Coyote Valley Casino
Jul 16 - Bend, OR @ Crows Feet Commons**
Jul 19 - Missoula, MT @ Big Sky Brewing**
Jul 20 - Billings, MT @ The Pub Station**
Jul 21 - Denver, CO @ Levitt Pavilion Denver**
Jul 22 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex**
Jul 24 - Durango, CO @ Animas City Theatre**
Jul 25 - Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee**
Jul 27 - Pala, CA @ Pala Casino Spa and Resort**
Jul 29 - Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Beach**
Aug 2 - New York, NY @ The Cutting Room
Aug 3 - Rochester, NY @ Martin Luther King Jr. Park at Manhattan Square
Aug 12 - Acoma Pueblo, NM @ Sky City Casino Hotel - Amphitheater
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“Don’t Give Up!” 2017 Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses
news release and media packet.
Millions of people in over 150 countries will attend this year’s convention.
Our local Utah convention is June 30-July 2, 2017 at the Dee Event Center located at
4450 Harrison Blvd. Ogden UT. Our Spanish convention is July 7-10, 2017 at the same location.
CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS
“Don’t Give Up!” 2017 Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses
See how God “supplies endurance” to all sorts of people, even today.- Romans 15:5.
Multimedia:
Discover how the Bible and even nature teach lessons about how to endure.
Feature Film:
Each afternoon, follow the story of a family who learns why Jesus said: "Remember the wife of Lot." - Luke 17:32.
Public Bible
Discourse: On Sunday morning, benefit from the encouraging discourse "Never Give Up Hope!"
Anyone interested in these bible topics are invited to attend. Note that there is no charge for admission nor is a collection taken
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Bayside
Announce The Walking Wounded Tour
Releases New Video
"Rumspringa (Return To Heartbreak Road)"
Presale Tickets Available Now At baysidebayside.com
June 13, 2017 - Bayside has announced The Walking Wounded Tour; a series of US headline shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of their third full-length album. The ten-day run kicks off in Baltimore on September 9thand concludes at Riot Fest in Chicago on September 16th. Bayside will also be bringing the album to Santa Ana on November 4th, as well as the U.K. for multiple dates in December. Presale begins today at 12pm local time at baysidebayside.com, and tickets will be available to the general public on Friday, June 16th.
"The Walking Wounded was a really important record for us both personally and career wise. It was the record that got us back on our feet after our accident and also marked a big breakout for us professionally," lead singer Anthony Raneri explains."It was the first record and touring cycle that we did with the current line up. We felt it was important to celebrate the ten year anniversary of such an important time in our lives."
He adds: "We wanted this to be more of an event. A celebration. So instead of doing the shows on a grand scale, we decided to only do a few of them and scale back the sizes of the venues from where we've been playing for the last few years. We wanted this to feel special for the fans in attendance and for us on stage."
In addition to announcing their upcoming tour, Bayside has also shared a brand new video for their track "Rumspringa (Return To Heartbreak Road)," off the band's latest album Vacancy. About the video, Raneri shares, "I love the 'Rumspringa' video. It is comprised of all footage from our 2016 Fall tour, both live and behind the scenes. I love that I'll always have it as a video yearbook to remind me of the tour and the album release and how much fun we had doing it."
Bayside released their seventh studio album Vacancy on August 19th, 2016. It was written during an uncertain time for Raneri - the end of a relationship and the beginning of a mission of reflection and self-examination - and represents a case study in self-acceptance. He admits those twelve compositions are especially cathartic because he was literally "coming to terms with what my life was becoming."
To purchase Vacancy, please visit: smarturl.it/Vacancy
For more information
Follow Bayside
www.youtube.com/user/BaysideVEVO
The Walking Wounded Tour Dates:
9/6 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
9/7 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
9/8 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony
9/9 - Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
9/10 - Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
9/12 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
9/13 - Millville, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theater
9/14 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall
9/16 - Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest
11/4 - Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory
Additional UK Tour Dates:
12/6 - London, UK @ Garage
12/7 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 3
12/8 - Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse
12/9 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute 3
