For
Immediate Release
Contact:
City Art Director Joel Long: joeltlong@yahoo.com
City Art
Presents Mike Dorrell and Harold Carr with Flavia Cervino-Wood
Salt Lake Public Library Main Branch
210 East 400 South
Salt Lake City UT 84111
Wednesday January 15th 7:00—9:00 P.M.
Writer
Mike Dorrell and poet/musician Harold Carr and Violinist Flavia Cervino-Wood
will read and perform their work on January 15th at the Salt Lake City Public
Library at 7:00 P.M. as part of the City Art Reading Series.
Mike Dorrell is originally from
Swansea, Wales. He has is the author of over a dozen produced plays, including
work for BBC Radio 4 such as PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD, an examination of
the artistic and personal legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright, BURNING THE ARC, an
antidote to UNDER MILK WOOD and PENNY GAFFS AND ANGEL PLACES, a sound portrait
of the midlife crisis of Charles Dickens. Plays for the stage includes his
series of stories about his home town, TALKING WALES 1, 11, and 111 and IV for
Utah Contemporary Theatre which is designed for performance in non traditional
theatre spaces. In Britain, his plays include RISE OF THE OLD CLOUD for Paines
Plough, SONS OF THUNDER for Theatre Powys and EAST OF MAIN ST. for Avon Touring
Company. From 1999-2008 he was Dramaturg for Salt Lake Acting Company and in
that capacity he developed new work by Julie Jensen, J.T. Rogers and others.
Since leaving SLAC, had written
THE TOWERING DEAD, a play about Dylan Thomas, and three other new plays. In the
last few years he has turned to writing literary mysteries and has completed
THE HOUSE OF THE RAVEN’S WING, and THE SCRIMSHAW SKELETON, both currently doing
the rounds. Mike’s poetry has been published in small magazines in the UK.
Mike was educated at the
University of London, studied drama, film and television at the University of
Bristol and holds an M.A. from the University of Utah. He has taught there and
is currently teaching a course in playwriting at Westminster College.
Poet/bassist Harold Carr has
performed and recorded with numerous
artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Crystal
Gayle, Lightnin' Hopkins, John
McCuen, Steve Lacy, Catie Curtis and Matt
Flinner. He has published
three books of poetry: _Wekwomteks_, _Being
Time_ and _Where You
Were_. Harold has been a
musician/poet-in-residence at the Banff
Centre for the Arts in Canada, guest soloist
at the Frutillar Music
Festival in Chile, composer/soloist with the
Guangdong Modern Dance
Company in Guang Zhou, China, invited poet
for the Utah State Governor
and commissioned composer/performer at New
Music America. He has
worked with the Windolls Theatre of Images in
Colombia, Hong Kong, San
Francisco and Seattle. He has been a member
of a number of popular
Utah-based bands such as The Cowdaddies, The
Jarman/Kingston Quartet,
Amnesia and Wood. He currently works
with the Mark Chaney Trio, Red
Rock Rondo, The Emily Merrell Group and Good
Grass.
Violinist Flavia Cervino-Wood
studied music at the Conservatory of
music in Santiago Chile. In Brazil she
played with Milton Nascimento
and Grupo Agua. Her first work in the
U.S.A was with the to Brockport
Symphony in New York. She lived in San
Francisco for 19 years,
playing with many latin artists such as
Rebeca Mauleon and Michael
Spiro and latin bands such as Sol y Luna
(featured in the Oliver Stone
movie “The New Age”). Flavia performed
with Cecil Taylor at the San
Francisco Jazz Festival and with Merce
Cunningham Dance Company. She
was also an active member of the San
Francisco avant-guard scene. In
Utah Flavia plays with Red Rock Rondo (who
won two Emmys), the Emily
Merrell Group and the Salt Lake Symphony.
Most featured readings are
followed by an open reading. City Art is sponsored by the Utah Arts Council,
the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Catalyst,
the Salt Lake City Public Library, Xmission, and the Zoo, Arts, and Park Fund.
The event is
free and open to the public. City Art is
sponsored by the Utah Arts Council, the Salt Lake City Arts Council, Zoo, Arts,
and Parks, X-mission, and audience donations.
Joel Long