The Center’s BIG IDEA: Under the Influence of Rock & Roll
It’s hard to think of a cultural movement that’s more American or that’s had a greater influence on American life than Rock & Roll. This fall and winter, The Sun Valley Center for the Arts celebrates our musical and social heritage with the Under the Influence of Rock & Roll, a BIG IDEA multidisciplinary project. Programming opens with a gallery exhibition and opening celebration at The Center in Ketchum on November 21 and continues with films, concerts, workshops and more through January 30, 2015.
By the 1960s Rock & Roll had transcended the realm of music and had begun to shape an entire generation’s understanding of the world around them. For many fans, Rock & Roll offered an identity: it guided how they spent their money and time, how they dressed and wore their hair and who their friends were. Under the Influence of Rock & Roll speaks to how rock, born out of counter-culture rebellion, has permeated the very fabric of our country and our collective memories, from television and film to fashion and design to political and social history.
How are you influenced by Rock & Roll? Come enjoy programming for Under the Influence of Rock & Roll and learn more about this powerful force in our culture and how it’s figured in your life.
FREE OPENING CELEBRATION PARTY
Fri, Nov 21, 5:30–7pm
Free at The Center, Ketchum
The exhibition will include paintings, photography, sculpture, contemporary and historic show posters and a timeline of the 1960s created by Sage School students that illustrates the connections between Rock & Roll and social, political, musical and historical events. Join us for refreshments as we celebrate the opening of Under the Influence of Rock & Roll. You’re invited to wear your favorite rock & roll concert t-shirt or even dress up as your favorite rock star.
FREE EVENING EXHIBITION TOURS
Thu, Dec 4 & Thu, Jan 8, 5:30pm
The Center, Ketchum
Enjoy a glass of wine as you tour the exhibition with Center curators and gallery guides.
FREE GALLERY WALK
Sat, Dec 27, 5–7pm
The Center, Ketchum
Start your Gallery Walk at The Center!
FILMS
All films will be screened at the Magic Lantern Cinemas, Ketchum
Tickets for each film are $10 / $12 nonmember
Special Rockumentary Film Festival pass: 6 films for $50 (for films screened Nov 22–23)
Tickets for A Hard Day’s Night and This Is Spinal Tap sold separately.
This Is Spinal Tap
Thu, Nov 20, 7pm
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The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night
Fri, Nov 21, 9pm
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ROCKUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Sat & Sun, Nov 22 & 23, showtimes at 2pm and 4:30pm (specific film times to be announced on The Center’s website)
Tickets available on Nov 14
Troubadours: The Rise of the Singer Songwriter
A musical journey tracing the lives and careers of James Taylor and Carole King, pillars of the California singer/songwriter scene, which converged in and around LA’s Troubadour Club in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Featuring interviews with Lou Adler, Elton John, Steve Martin, David Crosby, Jackson Browne and more.
Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n Roll
This documentary covers the concert at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri to celebrate Chuck Berry’s sixtieth birthday. Featuring performances by Robert Cray, Eric Clapton and Etta James with Chuck Berry. Plus interviews with Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bruce Springsteen and more who discuss Berry’s influences and life.
The Last Waltz
Directed by Martin Scorsese, the Band performs its last concert on Thanksgiving 1976 at San Francisco’s Winterland. Scorsese interviews the Band’s five members and explores life … and the wear and tear … of 16 years on the road.
It Might Get Loud
The essential documentary on the electric guitar – and three guitar masters: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White. Through interviews the film reveals how each musician developed his unique sound and style.
Stop Making Sense
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme presents the phenomenon that was the Talking Heads in 1984. The live performance at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood was the location for this essential concert film. Come see the Big Suit and rock out to 18 straight songs from David Byrne and his band … kicking off with “Psycho Killer.”
More films may be announced soon.
$10 / $12 nonmember – special film festival pass: 3 films for $25
CONCERTS
Guy Davis
Fri, Dec 12, 6:30pm
Sun Valley Opera House
$25 / $35 nonmember / $15 student
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Rock undeniably comes straight from the blues and Guy Davis is a bluesman extraordinaire. The son of actors Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, Guy Davis has dedicated himself to reviving the tradition of acoustic blues and brings the blues to life through the songs of great blues masters, African American stories and his own original songs.
Bill Payne
Fri, Jan 30, 6:30pm
Sun Valley Opera House
$25 / $35 nonmember / $15 student
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Co-founder of Little Feat, Bill Payne is considered one of the finest American rock and blues pianists by many of the rock’s greatest piano musicians, including Elton John. He has worked and recorded with a who’s who of rock and blues: Bonnie Raitt, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, J.J. Cale, Emmylou Harris, Stevie Nicks and more.
FREE Footlight Dance Company presents Rockin’ Dance
Wed, Feb 4, 7pm
Wood River High School Performing Arts Theater, Hailey
A free public performance of Rockin’ Dance, an exploration of the impact of rock & roll on dance through ballet, tap, jazz, modern and hip hop. From January 26 through February 6, Footlight dancers will be performing Rockin’ Dance in all Blaine County schools. These performances are Footlight’s annual free outreach service.
CLASSES
Teen Workshop: DJ and Music Production
Sat & Sun, Jan 10 & 11, 10am-4pm
The Center, Hailey
$10 pre-registration required
Registration available Nov 14
Learn the basics of being a DJ and what goes into music production with artist Devin Throngard, a.k.a. DEEVEAUX. Students will be encouraged to do what DEEVEAUX does best: mix music and make beats!
FREE Family Day: Rock Around!
Sat, Jan 24, 3-5pm
The Center, Ketchum
Travel through history to discover big moments in America’s most popular music movement. Families will tour the exhibition and participate in rockin’ hands-on activities!
LECTURES
Ethan Russell: Best Seat in the House
Thu, Jan 22, 6:30pm
NexStage Theatre, Ketchum
$25 / $35 nonmembers
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Author of the memoir Ethan Russell: An American Story and rock photographer of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and the Who. In this lecture and slideshow, Russell will share compelling behind-the-scenes stories, illustrated with original photographs and music from his experience with these rock & roll greats.
FREE PLAY READING Graceland presented by Company of Fools
Sat & Sun, Jan 17 & 18, 6:30pm
The Center, Ketchum
Space is limited—reserve your seat in advance online or with our box office!
The place is the front entrance of Graceland, the late Elvis Presley’s Memphis mansion. The time is 5 o’clock in the morning, three days before the estate is to be opened to the public. Two ardent Presley fans, Bev and Rootie, are camped out before the gates, each determined to be the first to enter the sacred precinct. Featuring Jana Arnold and Russell Wilson under Andrew Alburger’s direction.
In addition to enjoying thrilling programming, attendees to multiple Under the Influence of Rock & Roll events will be in the running to receive a copy of the project poster, which The Center commissioned from world-famous Hatch Show Print. At each event, including evening exhibition tours, The Center will give away one piece of the poster. Guests who collect all five pieces will be entered into a drawing for a poster or a turntable or headphones from Crosley. Posters are also available at The Center to $25.
For more information about Under the Influence of Rock & Roll and to get tickets for events, please visit www.sunvalleycenter.org or call 208.726.9491.