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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 29 - JUN 4

Out Loud @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Planned Parenthood 55th Anniversary with Jonathan Van Ness, Jake Shane @ Kingsbury Hall, and more.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 22 - MAY 28

Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship & Festival, Utah Symphony: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Scandinavian Heritage Festival, and more.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 15 - MAY 21

Queer Spectra Arts Festival, This Was Water @ Dumke Arts Plaza, Salt Lake City Main Library Rooftop Reopening, and more.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 29 - JUN 4

Out Loud @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Planned Parenthood 55th Anniversary with Jonathan Van Ness, Jake Shane @ Kingsbury Hall, and more.
For more than a decade, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has been such a place through its Out Loud program, providing a creative outlet, artistic guidance and a venue in which their experience can be shared with the world.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 8 - MAY 14

Sammy Obeid, Dan McClellan: The Bible Says So, Ballet West: Works from Within, and more.
American-born Lebanese-Palestinian comedian Sammy Obeid came out of college as a Business and Mathematics major.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 1 - MAY 7

Pioneer Theatre Company: Waitress, Utah Opera: Madame Butterfly Pixar Putt @ Mountain View Village
It would be easy to focus on the tragedy that was part of Waitress's origins—but that wouldn't be doing the story justice.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 24 - APR 30

RDT: Deux, Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival, Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Kids
At its most literal level, the title of Repertory Dance Theatre's season-ending production Deux of course just means "two," referring to the two celebrated choreographers featured as part of the evening's program.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 17 - APR 23

Nepantla: Border Arte @ Finch Lane Gallery, Utah Symphony: Mozart's Requiem, Ririe-Woodbury: Re-Act, and more.
Identity is no simple matter; for each one of us, it's a complex interplay of place, ethnicity, faith, gender, sexual orientation and so much more, defying attempts at creating simplistic binaries.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 10 - APR 16

Bat Boy: The Musical @ SLAC, Alton Brown Live: Last Bite, Ali Wong
Time comes at you pretty fast: It's been more than 30 years since the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News published a story claiming the existence of a strange "bat boy" who grew up in a cave.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 3 - APR 9

Broadway in Utah: Life of Pi, Ballet West: The Rite of Spring, Stephen E. Strom: Forging a Sustainable Southwest
It's clear that Martel's tale is rich with possibility for interpretations in other media.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 27 - APR 2

Pioneer Theatre Company: A Case for the Existence of God, Science Friday Live, Odyssey Dance: Shut Up & Dance, and more.
It's almost conventional wisdom now that the traditional "American Dream" has become ever more inaccessible to younger generations.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 20 - 26

Ziegfeld Theater: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, "The Forbidden Bookshelf" book club @ The King's English Bookshop, NCECA Conference and exhibitions, and more.
There's a bittersweet backstory to the origin of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the improbable creation of Ian Fleming, better known for the sexy, violent spy capers of James Bond.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 13 - 19

Sheng Wang, RDT: Regalia, Ben and Gabrielle Blair, and more.
He's a multi-cultural kind of guy, but also decidedly modest, and generally takes a self-effacing, observational approach as far as his comedy routines are concerned.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 6 - 12

Jenna Voris: Say a Little Prayer, Utah Opera: Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, International Women's Day, and more.
Saturday, March 8 marks the 50th anniversary of the United Nations' first declaration of an International Women's Day, and there are ways to celebrate the occasion locally.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 27 - MAR 5

Josh Johnson, Hubbard Street Dance, Mad King Productions: Proof, and more.
It's a frustrating experience, because deep down, we understand that it takes time to appreciate the art that's truly great.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 20 - 26

Pygmalion Productions: The Big Quiet, City Weekly Winter Soirée, Ed Yong: Becoming a Birder @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 2/25
The 2024 thriller Heretic prominently centered the experience of two female missionaries, and now we have the local premiere of playwright Morag Shepherd's The Big Quiet, inspired by her own experience as a missionary.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 13 - 19

Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter Tour, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical @ Pioneer Theatre Company, Adam Ray is Dr. Phil Live, and more.
Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter Tour Comedian, writer and actor Jim Jefferies is multi-talented man who rose from the ordinary while raised in his native Australia

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 6 - 12

Salt Lake Acting Company: The Robertassey, Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Live, Utah Symphony: Disney's Beauty and the Beast in Concert, and more.
Salt Lake Acting Company has established quite a relationship with Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Kathleen Cahill over the years.

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JAN 30 - FEB 5

Pete Holmes, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Re-Mix, Charles Ross: One-Man Star Wars® Trilogy, and more.
Pete Holmes boasts the persona of an everyday kinda guy, albeit an everyday kinda guy who's both talented and versatile.

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