Checking Our Accounts
On the occasion of our ten-year anniversary, Tom Alder reexamines some of his old columns and shares a few new stories he has picked up along the way.
Have You Seen This Lee Greene Richards?
A local family looks for the portrait of their mother painted in 1936 by Lee Greene Richards.
Do You Know Where These Trucks Are?
Tell us where these photos were taken and you may win a free 15 Bytes tee shirt.
Utah Shakespeare Festival on BYUtv
Tonight BYUtv broadcasts a live performance of the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is the first time in the festival’s 50 year history that a performance has been broadcast live. The play will be performed at the festival’s signature venue, the Adams Shakespearean Theatre, one […]
Boys of Bonneville
This week Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon declared August 24th (this past Wednesday) Ab Jenkins Day. Though David Abbot “Ab” Jenkins” was mayor of Salt Lake City from 1940 – 1944, his real achievement was as the record-setting race car […]
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow & Other Mixed Media
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, a documentary that explores Anselm Kiefer’s city of ruins and art in southern France, is now screening in select cities in the United States.
Edward Burtynsky Comes To Utah
Internationally-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky comes to Utah with an exhibit of photographs entitled The Industrial Sublime that opens today at Weber State University’s Shaw Gallery.
Fearless Fringe Festival
In the last weekend of August, Salt Lake Acting Company stepped out to the fringe and they did it fearlessly. From August 26 – 28, unique voices in the theatre community had a moment in the spotlight as SLAC hosted the second annual Fearless Fringe Festival, which features […]
Relevant 2011
A look at the Kimball Art Center’s partnership with Spiro Arts to develop a residency program for artists.
Bridgette Meinhold’s Studio
What do you do with a shipping container plopped into the middle of an aspen grove? Turn it into a studio.
The Plein Air Attraction
John Hughes reflects on the joys of being a plein air painter.
Spirit of the Land: LeConte Stewart landscapes at the LDS Church History Museum
Joint exhibits at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Church History Museum present the largest ever assembled collection of works by LeConte Stewart. This month we look at the exhibit of rural landscapes.
Maximilian Werner at King’s English Tonight
Tonight local author Maximilian Werner will read from and sign his new novel, Crooked Creek, at The King’s English Bookstore in Salt Lake City. Two percent of each book’s cover price is donated to environmental organizations in the West. Werner teaches writing at the University of Utah. Our […]
Serious Listening
If you want to hear music by Benjamin Britten that is almost never performed and music that offers sounds you have rarely heard, then you will want to attend Intermezzo’s concert on Monday, July 11th.
Randy Rasmussen
Randy Rasmussen’s new 20 foot painting “Woodside” is smaller than what he’s used to working with. As Technical Director for both Plan B Theatre and Kingsbury Hall his usual canvas is the size of a stage, a scale he’s been working with since his days at Jordan High […]
Jorge Rojas: Waxworks
Geoff Wichert reviews Jorge Rojas’ exhibit of wax encased works now up at Mestizo Gallery.
Heidi Moller Somsen Studio Space
Jared Christensen takes a look inside Heidi Moller Somsen’s studio.
Living Art: Philip Beesley and Simon Heijdens
Two Installation Projects Coming to Salt Lake Blend Art and Technology.
