The Sun Valley Center for the Arts Presents:
Sir Salman Rushdie
Friday September 10, 2010 at 7pm (rescheduled from original February 11, 2010 date)
Sun Valley Pavilion
$30 / $40 nonmembers
Raised in India and Pakistan and educated in England, Sir Salman Rushdie is one of the most celebrated and controversial authors and critics of our time. His novel The Satanic Verses provoked a fatwa (religious edict) by Ayatollah Khomeini calling for his death, as a result of which he spent nearly a decade “underground,” seldom appearing in public. A leading proponent for free speech, Rushdie was knighted by the British government in 2007.
Tickets are ONLY available through the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.
Lecture Sponsors:
Martine and Dan Drackett, Wodecroft
Foundation & Judith and Richard Smooke
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts Presents:
The Campbell Brothers
Saturday, December 12 at 7:30pm
Sun Valley Opera House
$20 / $30 nonmembers
The Campbell Brothers present “Sacred Steel”: African American gospel music with electric steel guitar accompanying the vocals. This tradition is just now emerging from the House of God Keith Dominion Church, where for sixty years it has been an integral part of worship. As the music moves from sanctuary to concert hall-the group has appeared at the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music-secular audiences are able to appreciate a performance both devotional and rocking. The Campbell Brothers present a rich variety of material from the African American Holiness-Pentecostal repertoire with a new twist: the growling, wailing, shouting, singing and swinging voice of the steel guitar, played as you have never heard it played before.
A part of the 2009/2010 Winter Performance Series, sponsored by Gail and Jack Thornton.
Tickets available ONLY through the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts Presents:
Christylez Bacon
Saturday November 7, 2009 at 7:30pm in the Sun Valley Opera House
$20 / $30 nonmembers / $10 kids 18 & under
On Friday, November 6 adult tickets may be purchased for only $20 through the SVCA.
A native of Washington, DC, Christon “Christylez” Bacon is a testament to groundbreaking Hip-Hop, self-expression and pure artistry. Christylez moves between various instruments including the West African djembe drum, acoustic guitar and the syncopated oral percussions of the human beatbox. Christylez has been featured at venues not commonly associated with Hip-Hop music, such as the National Cathedral and the Kennedy Center. With versatility, clever songwriting and unbounded talent, Christylez brings a dynamic perspective to Hip-Hop. Don’t miss your opportunity to hear live Hip-Hop here in the valley! Christylez will also be doing a school residency.
A part of the 2009/2010 Winter Performance Series, sponsored by Gail and Jack Thornton.
Tickets are ONLY available through the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.
The Sun Valley Center for the Arts presents:
David Sedaris
Sunday, October 25 at 7pm
Limelight Room, Sun Valley Resort
$30 / $40 nonmembers
One of America’s pre-eminent humorists, David Sedaris is a frequent contributor to Public Radio’s This American Life and recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He is the author of the bestselling collections of personal essays Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Time Out New York raves, “David Sedaris just may be the funniest man alive.” And, he’s even funnier when he reads his material out loud.
Tickets are going fast and are ONLY available through the Sun Valley Center for the Arts.
Lecture Sponsors:
Martine and Dan Drackett, Wodecroft Foundation & Rebekah and Larry Helzel
