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Arts

Charlie Chaplin serenades Edna Purviance in the film “The Vagabond.” The Organ Loft will show 3 Chaplin films this month. Photo courtesy of The Hunter Hale Collection.

Organ Loft accompanies Chaplin silent comedies

January 6, 2014

The Organ Loft, a theater on Edison Street and 3300 South, regularly screens silent films with live organ accompaniment. This year, the art house will kick things off with none other than silent comedian...

Rugs of the Navajo

December 12, 2013

In a Utah elementary school, students waited patiently for math and English. However, in Bettina Oesch’s class, Navajo rugs and stories are scattered all over. A Westminster senior in elementary education,...

Salt Lake gets early screening

December 11, 2013

Most people have to wait until Dec. 20 to see David O. Russell’s latest film “American Hustle.” However, Salt Lake City film fanatics were able to attend a preview screening broadcast by the New...

Company combines past and present in ‘Momentum’

December 11, 2013

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company celebrates 50 years of talent with its new production “Momentum,” a show welcoming past alumni. Housed at the Rose Wagner Center in Salt Lake City, the performance will...

UMFA exhibit explores the Great Salt Lake

December 11, 2013

The mystery that is the Great Salt Lake overwhelms artists with inspiration. From pioneer painters to contemporary filmmakers, the inland sea is a muse that invokes pure artistry. Often ignored by Salt...

Rebellion at Kingsbury

December 11, 2013

As the curtain rises for rock opera “American Idiot,” audience members hear the static sounds of a notorious Jerry Springer baby-daddy reveal,a“SouthPark”scene,and a President Bush-chattering that...

‘Elf – the musical’ a whimsical romp

December 9, 2013

Although Hollywood releases a handful of holiday movies this time of year, few can stand up to the Christmas cult classics. A couple favorite characters include Ralphie in his pink bunny pajamas, the Grinch...

Exhibit examines boundaries

December 9, 2013

Working to blur lines between the personal and private, Rio Gallery’s ‘Borderline’ features three talented artists crossing the threshold of different mediums. The showcase allows the community to...

Review: Snoop Dogg returns to his funky roots

December 9, 2013

In the album “7 Days of Funk,” Snoop Dogg and Dâm-Funk trace hip-hop’s inspirational roots back to funk. While it’s obvious jazz and R&B play a significant role in rap music, funk has a special...

Graduate performance embraces stigmas, contradicts misconceptions

December 5, 2013

The inspiration for the Modern Dance Department’s graduate thesis was born from Walt Whitman’s famous words, “Do I contradict myself?/Very well, then I contradict myself./(I am large. I contain multitudes.)”...