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Unless you're shopping for shirts on one of the daily printed-T-shirt sites, chances are you're not looking for something new to wear every week. --- The buy-local mentality that's swept through a state full of people now watching their budgets isn't just confined to goods and services, but fashion and everyday clothing, as well.
Let’s go, Voltron Force! Operation Voltron Christmas, a collaboration amongst Utah bands and musicians, has crafted its second volume of rockin’ holiday tunes to benefit The Road Home.---
My favorite "locally made, locally played" albums (to coin a term from KRCL's Bad Brad) in 2012 were thematic, but offered myriad genre stylings. Here's the rundown of 15, plus music videos.
Dear GYA, I know you probably aren't worried about the Mayan apocalypse, but I’m afraid some of the less intelligent citizens of the world are gonna go out and make babies tonight.
While a slew of new releases hit first-run theaters, discount theaters similarly see a wave of new material: action, comedy, animation and more. For families, two titles with more of a Halloween than a Christmas vibe arrive: Frankenweenie and Hotel Transylvania.
If you're looking for a thoughtful, locally made stocking stuffer, or just a bit of deliciousness for your holiday meals and parties, Utah's Amour Spreads is just the ticket. ---
Unless you've been in submerged in a mine shaft lately,
snacking on spiders and lapping up water drops off of stalactites, tonight
is the eve of wonder. --- Beginning at 4:12 a.m.
The procedural thriller Zero Dark Thirty -- about the mission to track down Osama bin Laden -- took Best Picture of 2012 at the Utah Film Critics Association annual awards. In voting that spread the recognition among multiple films, Zero Dark Thirty, which opens in Utah Jan. 11, was also recognized for Best Actress Jessica Chastain, who tied in that category with Silver Linings Playbook's Jennifer Lawrence.
The head of the Justice Department’s pardons office withheld key facts from the Bush administration concerning the case of a man serving a triple-life sentence for involvement in a drug conspiracy case where he was not the dealer, user, buyer or supplier.---
