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When you look at the dance community over the past few years, you can see a steady growth in the performers, but not so much in the companies. --- I'm not saying that the companies we currently have aren't awesome (well, maybe not so much the one that keeps doing Thriller every year until 2055), but the expansion of smaller productions hasn't seen a lot of action over the past 10 years, causing some to look at what can be done to support the ever-growing number of performers on the way.
Orin Swift's newest wine line is called Locations. These are wines that are made to represent the best grape varieties of the wine regions they represent, at very affordable prices, --- be it in Italy, France, Spain or wherever.
In the countdown to this week's House Investigative Committee hearings on former Utah Attorney General John Swallow, one issue that may come up for examination by the House's imported attorneys is Swallow's relationship with Timothy and Jennifer Bell, who contributed to Swallow's campaign but later changed the record of their support from $15,000 to $1,000.---
Democratic Representative Jim Matheson's Facebook announcement that he was not running for reelection in 2014 was the status update heard 'round the state Tuesday, and immediately had conservatives crowing about finally having a Republican take his seat after a dozen years in office.
A band of clean-air advocacy groups rang in the third day of the “12 polluted Days of Christmas” by handing out literature and air masks to shoppers at the Trolley Square mall in Salt Lake City Tuesday.---
As hazardous air pollution along the Wasatch Front prevented children from playing outside during recess Monday, an attorney with Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality was named the state’s attorney of the year for his work defending air-quality permits issued to oil refineries and a power plant. High praise was given to Assistant Attorney General Christian Stephens, who, officials say, worked “tirelessly,” and sometimes even while he was on vacation, defending the DEQ against the lawsuits.
On Saturday, I made my way to Provo as both a fan and a judge for Velour's biannual Battle of the Bands, looking to help crown a winner for winter 2013. --- The night was a fantastic array of musicianship that you'd expect to come out of our giant music scene, featuring finalists who won over the previous five nights of competition.
