You may wonder how we come up with our fundraising campaigns. Because, some of them are pure gold, right? Like the whole “if the Huntsmans can’t afford to pay for arts coverage how can we?” from last fall (for those of you wondering, we were finally able to […]
Simmering with spring are the sumptuous studies of empty pink- sateen ballgowns painted by Lindsay Frei at 15th Street Gallery. In “Formal Facade” and “Surplus Satin,” our eyes dip and swoop into hanging, empty bodices, imagining the feel of the satin, drinking in its color like palest of […]
Interesting things happen when you bring two writers together, which is why every quarter Artists of Utah, in conjunction with Salt Lake City Arts Council, brings two Utah writers together for a reading and discussion. On Thursday, April 11, READ LOCAL featured poets Trish Hopkinson and […]
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s Bloom featured two new works, one by artistic director Daniel Charon and one by University of Utah professor Stephen Koester, as well as a piece by Tzveta Kassabova (2010) that Ririe-Woodbury first performed in 2016. The concert was well formatted, with Charon’s dynamic and daring […]
Watching Repertory Dance Theatre’s Voices, a show that reiterated the company’s theme this season of “Manifest Diversity,” was a distinct pleasure. Nearly every piece was preceded by a video featuring the choreographer, or re-stager of the original choreography, providing a glimpse into their intent and process, which I […]
A family of three sculpted figures sits atop a pedestal. Ceramic renderings of pre-Columbian figures, the parents are separated from their child, who is encased in a cage. Sadly, we’ve grown accustomed to seeing tragic images of despair and suffering at the U.S.-Mexico border. Emblematic of President Donald […]
The Salt Lake Engineering Works, built in 1904 as a machine shop, warehouse and foundry on Salt Lake’s near West Side, has a new tenant that’s adding some extra class to the increasingly artsy neighborhood. Modern West Fine Art has left Second South and Second East and settled […]
In James A. McLaughlin’s debut novel Bearskin, Rice Moore must choose to preserve his personal safety in anonymity or risk exposure by trying to catch the people responsible for the illegal killings of bear. The book is a plot-driven yet meaningful story of justice and redemption set in […]
“Aspen Forest,” which fronts the new Utah Department of Environmental Quality Technical Support Center in Salt Lake City, is the latest in a number of successful public art projects by Salt Lake City artist Day Christensen. With a degree in art and design from Brigham Young University and […]
“Silent Dancer,” a Jazz Age romance “play with dance” that includes Gatling guns, snazzy costumes and jewelry, gangsters, and gaga shoes for cast members of all persuasions opens April 10 at Salt Lake Acting Company and really should be the Talk of the Town by now — perhaps […]
Even though John Cranko chose the title Onegin for his ballet based on Alexander Pushkin’s verse-novel, I find its power resides in the dancer playing the role of Tatiana. It is her transformation, from withdrawn and innocent to forthright and assertive, that makes the story so compelling. For this reason, […]
According to rules Trish Hopkinson was responsible for creating, her own children aren’t able to join her poetry group. Both her son, 25, and daughter, 17, live in Salt Lake City, and Rock Canyon Poets is a Utah County-only group. “When I had ever done anything in the […]
Tyler Bloomquist announces he is stepping down from THE BLOCKS
July 3rd is Tyler Bloomquist’s last day as artistic director of THE BLOCKS, the Salt Lake Cultural Core initiative. He was hired as the project’s first artistic director in November 2017. Bloomquist announced that he’ll be stepping down to take a position working with Modern West and The Foundry SLC.
“I have been honored to have had the opportunity to serve the City, County and the Downtown Alliance, to build relationships with and showcase our amazingly talented and dedicated creative community and to have had a role in launching and developing the Cultural Core brand and initiative,” Bloomquist said.
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