Based on a True Story – ish by Melissa Leilani Larson This article also appears in the June 2022 issue of QSaltLake magazine. I’ve come to realize audiences enjoy finding out that the play they’ve just seen is based on a true story. I don’t think I can count the number of times people have […]
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“We Are All Living Traditions.” Help preserve and continue the folk and ethnic traditions of our diverse community. The Living Traditions Festival supports the diverse artistic traditions and perspectives through the presentation of both historical and contemporary customs, facilitating thoughtful conversations about the unique qualities of various cultures, and the similarities of the human experience, […]
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How to Grow a Music Festival So, Sartain and Saunders do indeed have plenty to take pride in with regard to KBP3, which seems on a trajectory for consideration similar to acclaimed music fests like South by Southwest, Pitchfork or even the aforementioned Coachella. Sartain admits that luck played a role in landing the […]
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The Carmina Burana’s journey from obscurity to Ballet West’s stage is as interesting as an Indiana Jones movie, filled with mystery and scandal. When John Butler first set Carmina Burana on dancers at the New York City Opera in 1959, it became an instant success, although it was sometimes controversial. Ballet West Founder Willam Christensen, […]
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Playwright Iris Salazar powerfully describes the creation of AFTERSHOCK, a world premiere play being produced by Plan-B Theatre, April 7-17 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. I don’t have an agenda in telling Teah’s story. I’m not out to preach religion, advocate celibacy, or make men look bad. I just want to tell a […]
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THE CLEAN-UP PROJECT began as a journal entry in response to the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. I told Jerry Rapier at Plan-B Theatre that I was trying to make sense of my feelings and he said he thought it could be a very provocative play. As we began to develop what would […]
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If you happened to visit downtown’s Gallivan Center Plaza last winter, you likely came across koro loko, a shimmery, three-dimensional heart sculpture by Utah artist Emily Nicolosi and the In Theory Art Collective. Don’t worry, however, if you missed it. Not only is koro loko back at the Gallivan this winter, but Nicolosi and the […]
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THE BLOCKS is adding a layer of holiday magic to the Gallivan Plaza with the inaugural season of GLOW Garden at Gallivan, now installed and ready to be experienced through March 1.
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Sure, last December’s Zoom meetups, driveway cocktail parties and live-streamed performances did an OK job of preserving holiday cheer. But what those pandemic-necessitated substitutes also accomplished is an off-the-charts excitement for this season’s return to live and in-person holiday events. (Can I get a hallelujah to that?!) Over the next month, THE BLOCKS will be […]
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