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The Spiral Jetty. Courtesy of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

Great Salt Lake and Vicinity Redefines Museum Art

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor June 24, 2019

  Anyone who has ever stepped inside the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) on campus can agree that the cavernous G.W. Anderson Family Great Hall is an odd place for a museum. When you consider the...

Courtesy of Maggie Wright Tesch

Utah Ballet Summer Intensive Offers Dynamic Training

By Sofia Sant'Anna-Skites June 21, 2019

  The Utah Ballet Summer Intensive (UBSI) is currently in session and thriving. With new additions to the program, such as an alternative track for modern dancers, the intensive is a dynamic one,...

South Weber Railroad Club's leading engine, the Southern Pacific. Courtesy of the South Weber Railroad Club.

All Aboard — Free Train Rides in South Weber

By Ray H., Arts Writer June 19, 2019

  Upon entering the Canyon Meadows Park in South Weber, there is a little railroad track along with railroad lights, signs and gates. There is a small playground, a baseball field and kids playing...

Photo by Cameron Gott.

Alt-Country Band American Aquarium comes to the Metro Music Hall

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer June 19, 2019

  Maturing as an artist comes with a clearer sense of one's place in the world and the audience one reaches. For BJ Barham, the leader of the alternative-country band American Aquarium, this evolution...

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Gaming Corner: ‘Total War: Three Kingdoms’

By Yixin Song June 18, 2019

  “The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been.” No opening line in Chinese literature better summarizes ancient China than this opening line in “Romance...

(Justin Prather | The Daily Utah Chronicle).

SummerArts Piano Competition Provides Key Opportunities to Pianists

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor June 17, 2019

  Held annually through the University of Utah's School of Music, the SummerArts Piano Competition acts as an opportunity for young pianists of the Salt Lake Valley to showcase their talents while...

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The Changing Face of Science Fiction

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer June 13, 2019

  Here’s the scenario — the civil rights movement is blazing across America, kids are being shipped in scads to fight a war that grows increasingly unethical every day and television has never...

Photo by Palak Jayswal | The Daily Utah Chronicle

‘Malibu Nights’ in Salt Lake City

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor June 12, 2019

  Los Angeles, California-based alternative pop band LANY came to Utah on a beautiful Tuesday summer night. Their show at the Great Saltair housed nearly 6,300 fans on their “Malibu Nights”...

Photographing the book 'Mama's Boy' by Dustin Lance Black in Salt Lake City, UT on Thursday, June 6, 2019. (Photo by Kiffer Creveling | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

LGBTQ Activist’s Memoir ‘Mama’s Boy’ is Unique, but Inconsistent

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor June 11, 2019

  To preface this review, I have to tell you that memoirs are a leap from my regular reading tastes. As someone who is consistently bored by nonfiction and a serial enthusiast of all things fiction,...

Queer Spectra Arts Festival Opens Door to Vital Conversation

Queer Spectra Arts Festival Opens Door to Vital Conversation

By Alison Myers, Arts Writer June 11, 2019

  A panel of artists lines up, standing and sitting, against a white backdrop. The unusual suspects. “You can’t be what you can’t see,” Rhonda Kinard, a member of the Americana folk band...