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The Wasatch Fault breaks onto local scene

The Wasatch Fault breaks onto local scene

January 20, 2014

In a small venue just off State Street, audience members waited anxiously for Utah’s newest band, The Wasatch Fault, to shake up the evening. The members of the band are no strangers to providing a top-notch...

Photo courtesy of Kingsbury Hall.

Comedian Mike Birbiglia returns to the U

January 15, 2014

The new semester is well underway. The January slumps have begun, and there is little to rejoice over as students struggle through the post-holiday blues. Next Thursday, comedian Mike Birbiglia, who Time...

Photo courtesy of UMFA

Mayer explores online identity, control at UMFA

January 15, 2014

Technology is society’s prosthetic limb. To many, it is an extension of the body. Like the opposable thumb, technology is a crucial part of human gestures and actions. In the hyperbolic and metaphorical...

“Genius Draws No Color Line” by Carlos Anderson will be on display at the Rio Gallery as part of the “Only Light” exhibition. Photo courtesy of Utah State Fine Arts Collection.

‘Only Light’ exhibit celebrates MLK, Jr.

January 13, 2014

On Friday, Rio Gallery’s “Only Light” exhibit opens, a showcase which celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. and highlights the history of civil and human rights activism. Claudia Nakano, director of...

Kris Gruen will be performing at the Sundance Music Café on Jan. 20. Photo courtesy of Bob Gruen.

Kris Gruen’s music embodies lullaby qualities

January 13, 2014

Kris Gruen’s new album, “New Comics from the Wooded World,” builds off the successes of his two previous records. However, it is the recent level of maturity in his husky vocals and bold compositions...

Courtesy of Alice Art Collection.

‘Utah Iconography’ explores symbols of the Beehive State

January 8, 2014

The Beehive State is home to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a place painted with red rock landscapes, the Great Salt Lake and snow-capped mountains. It also temporarily housed infamous...

Photo courtesy of Roseanne Cash.

Rosanne Cash’s newest album illustrates city, Southern soul

January 8, 2014

I have this dream. It has slowly been building inside me, rolling and gaining momentum with each Southern accent I hear and every open road I travel. I want this dream to become reality. In my dream,...

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UMOCA touts cult director

January 8, 2014

The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art opens its doors to an inside perspective of misfit and cult filmmaker Trent Harris with the exhibit “Trent Harris: Echo Cave.” Presented with drawings, photographs,...

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,...