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Tuesday seems like a perfect chance to delve into a little book-learnin', courtesy of Salt Lake City's local booksellers and libraries.--- This week's literary feast starts at the Main Library, where author Michael Ondaatje (pictured) will be on hand for a series of events beginning Tuesday at 7 p.m., when he will read from selections of his published and unpublished works.
Whether you’re 15 or 50, there’s a list of songs that evokes someone in your group to yell, “Turn it up!” And then no one talks until the song ends.--- Many of these songs are universal, a few others are personal for you and your crew.
With so many damn release shows happening this past weekend (which I hope you at least got to one of them), it was kind of a foregone conclusion that in covering a show this weekend, I'd end up at one. So in traditional fashion for this blog, I threw all of them up on a wall and threw a dart.
Last night's season finale of Shameless set a record for Showtime: It was the highest-rated season-closer for a new series in 10 years (behind, ahem, Queer as Folk in 2001). With tonight's premieres and next Sunday's The Borgias, Showtime's on a roll.
Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award-winning Equus is as unsettling today as it must have been when it premiered
almost 40 years ago. ---Its violence and disturbing themes make it one of those
dangerous productions that even professional theater companies hesitate to
mount—so it’s a bold choice for a college production.
At the beginning of February, we let you guys know that Fictionist was one of 16 bands vying to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone.--- And thanks to votes from fans and a week-long stay in New York City playing for Rolling Stone staff members, Atlantic Records executives and corporate sponsors, Fictionist recently found out they advanced to the second round of Rolling Stone’s cover contest, “Do You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star?" "New York was really really good," keyboardist Jacob Jones said.
I've always thought the Obamas were cool; now I'm certain. Barack and Michelle Obama are the first U.S. President and First Lady to have their own homebrew.
Some quirky alt-rockers and local poets headline Monday nights options for your entertainment dollar.--- The Urban Lounge is hosting Akron/Family (pictured), an avant garde crew who delve into prog-rock and pop on songs that are incredibly dense (sonically speaking); they never met a sound they didn't like, as evidenced by the tunes on their ridiculously named new album, S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT. Delicate Steve opens the 9 p.m. show.
