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On the fences of Harmony Park in Encampment you will find a couple murals depicting a cartoon. This cartoon was Stampede by the late Jerry Palen. Jerry Palen and his family gave the Platte Valley Arts Council permission to use the Stampede comics for the mural. The Platte Valley Arts Council decided to pursue this project in memory of Jerry Palen. Palen had touched many lives with not just his work but by being an all around kind person. He was known fondly by much of the Valley. The arts...
Los Cheesies is a high-energy fusion party band with a reputation for playing different genres of music. “It's hard to explain what Los Cheesies is,” said Shawn Camden, Los Cheesies’ frontman. “It is an experience you have to see for yourself. I guess you could say when you see us perform it makes you feel like you are hanging out with Weird Al Yankovic or Jim Morrison of the Doors, out in the desert in Mexico taking peyote.” According to Camden, his band plays a combination of Rock ‘n’ Roll,...
Southern Fryed Is making its third visit to Carbon County in four months and will be opening for legendary rock star Lita Ford at Saratoga Days on Saturday, June 6 Southern Fryed made its first appearance in Carbon County on April 27 at the Parco-Sinclair Theater and visited the Platte Valley on June 14 at the Encampment Festival. Russ Brown, Southern Fryed frontman, said the band is excited to make its Saratoga debut. He said it is a great honor to be an opening act for a legend like Lita...
For yet another Independence Day weekend, the freedom of expression will be celebrated at the Platte Valley Community Center in Saratoga with the return of the Festival of the Arts. Local and regional artists will be set up in the Great Hall, showcasing a variety of talent spread across multiple mediums ranging from two dimensional art to mixed media to three dimensional art. An opening night gala will be held July 5 and the art show will be open July 6 and July 7. Two Dimensional Art Dan Andrews "I strive to make each painting an emotional...
At the annual Festival of the Arts, the Platte Valley Arts Council (PVAC) will be holding a silent auction for a one-of-a-kind bronze inspired by a one-of-a-kind wild horse. The bronze, “Desert Dust,” was created by the late Jerry Palen and donated by his wife, Ann. Desert Dust was a famous wild palomino stallion from the Red Desert. According to Ann, the sculpture donated to the PVAC is an artist-proof edition and is the last of its kind. “Jerry was working on another bronze and decided to do...