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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Jared Oaks speaks deliberately, with long pauses between sentences, as if he’s turning over each thought carefully in his mind before articulating it. But when in the pit, as conductor of the Ballet West Orchestra, Oaks makes countless rapid-fire decisions in service of what’s likely his biggest his role as the ballet company’s music director: […]
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“Let’s meet downtown for a drink” is the opening line in an endless number of stories about friendship, business ventures, and romantic partnerships. Tonight, downtown Salt Lake City bars are alive and buzzing with people beginning their next great story. Following are some of our favorite downtown sippers and the bars and restaurants serving them. […]
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Like many immigrants to the United States, Nataly Welch has had to get creative to achieve a sense of community within their adopted home country. “In the Philippines, I was the same as everyone else,” Welch says. “But since we moved to the U.S. [at six years old], I’ve felt perpetually out of place.” To […]
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There is no snooze button for downtown Salt Lake. A steady and exciting stream of restaurants are on the cusp of opening their doors, keeping food folks busy through the fall. Scott Evans’ impressive culinary empire expands. The savvy restaurateur put the SLC resto scene on the map in 2010 when The New York Times […]
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