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Last summer I was heading to Idaho with a friend for a gathering of writers. As we came up a hill late at night, the bright eyes of half a dozen frozen deer reflecting back our headlights popped into view.
Local entertainment podcast will be gaming for a cause.
This weekend, we'll have an epic gaming experience that will all benefit a good cause. The local gaming and culture podcast Entertainment Is Dead will be hosting Gaming For A Cause, a 24-hour live streaming gaming session featuring the show's hosts and a plethora of local talent, who will be dropping by starting at 7 p.m.
This is one of my favorite pasta recipes and also one of the easiest. The first time I ever had pasta with brown butter sauce was at Todd English's Olives restaurant.
Awesome cards and letterpress works from Katrina Flores
One of the new names starting to make headway in both the art of typography and the crafting circles is Black Rabbit Arts, which boasts a fine selection of cards and other designed material for your personal needs. Today we chat with artist Kartina Flores about starting up the new business and her work behind the art.
Mysterious street poster campaign calls for SLCPD chief's return
On the corner of 1300 South and West Temple, in front of a 7-Eleven convenience store, a large white poster in the form of a police badge proclaims: "Bring Back Burbank." The call to reinstate former Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank by unknown individuals with a taste for the artfully dramatic comes as a surprise, of sorts, to former Chief Burbank.
New local music by Honey Suns, Violettas, The National Parks and more.
As we start making our way into the fall season, the last remaining sounds of summer are making themselves known. We have six releases to discuss, including a release show, so we'll start with the online releases.
Local leaders to kick-off citizenship campaign in Glendale
Immigrant rights nonprofit Comunidades Unidas along with Salt Lake County is launching a service to help residents apply for citizenship. The launch will take place on Sept. 17, which happens to be National Citizenship Day.
The September doldrums offers some suspense to go with a unique animated experience. The film adaptation of the faith-based best-seller 90 Minutes in Heaven (pictured) actually feels more like a real movie than a lecture—but that doesn't mean it's a good movie.
A peek into the SLC-based organization before their Sugarmont Plaza show
Fall is about to hit, and with it will be the 2015-2016 performing arts season, The usual suspects are preparing for all sorts of awesome fun, but a lot of the smaller and independent companies around the state are gearing up to release their own shows in places you wouldn't likely see them otherwise. Take, for example, Porridge For Goldilocks, an interdisciplinary performance group who mesh together music, dance and other artistic disciplines into fantastic one-off performances.
