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Walking the Narrow Path of Academic Careers in the Arts

By Hannah Keating and Frank Gardner January 21, 2022

  Adjunct and full-time professors alike have had a difficult couple of years of adapting to online teaching and trying to work through the emotional toll taken by the pandemic. Many of...

(Photo by Kevin Cody | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Labor Strikes in Arts and Entertainment: National News and Local Conversations

By Makena Reynolds, Arts Writer January 19, 2022

  The concerns of entertainment and gig workers have come to a head as television and film became the main source of entertainment during the COVID-19 pandemic. As streaming companies...

Cover Art for "Aristotle and Dante Dive Into The Waters of The World" (Photo Courtesy: Simon and Schuster Publishing)

‘Aristotle and Dante Dive Into The Waters of The World’ is A Wondrous Sequel

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer January 18, 2022

  Benjamin Alire Sáenz's novel “Aristotle and Dante Dive into The Waters of The World” has been highly anticipated as a sequel to 2012 novel “Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of...

"Flight," an Opera by Jonathan Dove & April De Angelis.
(Photo courtesy of utahopera.com)

‘Flight’ is an Ambitious Opera That Sparks Curiosity in the Medium

By Luke Jackson January 16, 2022

  When my inexperienced mind approaches the art form of opera, I think of the music from "Carmen," a mysterious masked man singing from the depths of a theatre and that one episode of "SpongeBob"...

Mark H. Dold on the 'Eerie Parallels' from the Premiere of Talbott's 'The Messenger' at Pioneer Theatre Company

Mark H. Dold on the ‘Eerie Parallels’ from the Premiere of Talbott’s ‘The Messenger’ at Pioneer Theatre Company

By Lee Kedem, Arts Writer January 15, 2022

  Jeff Talbott’s "The Messenger" had its world premiere at Pioneer Theatre Company on Jan. 14, and the play showcased the eerie yet comprehensible parallels between an epidemic that began in...

Paisley Rekdal, Utah Poet Laureate. (Photo Courtesy: Austen Diamond Photography)

Professor and Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal on the Personal and Narrative Scope of Poetry

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer January 15, 2022

  The medium of poetics can be a vehicle for catharsis or a personal touchstone. Whatever connections it is able to form, poetry is a force that shapes both a poet and their audience. I had a chance...

Bradley Cooper in "Nightmare Alley." (Courtesy of searchlightpictures.com)

‘Nightmare Alley’ is a Wonderfully Dark Reminder that Everyone is Horrible

By Luke Jackson January 12, 2022

  I’ve always had a slight obsession with sleight of hand magic tricks. The moment of disbelief in someone’s eyes when they’ve successfully been tricked is insanely satisfying. For a split...

Video Still by Sama Alshaibi featured in "Land Body" (Courtesy Ogden Contemporary Arts)

‘Land Body’ at OCA: An Exploration of the Female Body and Landscape

By Drew Reynolds, Arts Writer January 11, 2022

  The connection between femininity and the earth has been deeply ingrained into our cultural consciousness. From the earliest points of art history, male artists fostered feminine connotations...

Members of the Arts Desk

Starting a New Year: The Arts Desk on Their Past Favorites and Pieces To Look Forward To

  Here on the Arts Desk of the Chronicle, we talk about art. A lot. While 2020 shut down many creative productions as COVID-19 and its subsequent stops, restrictions and shutdowns rose, 2021 brought...

Bozeman, MT - Anker-Lowe family hiking Alex Lowe Peak in Montana. (Credit: Lowe Anker Family)

National Geographic’s ‘Torn’ Documents a Family’s Loss and Explores Their Recovery

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor January 9, 2022

  National Geographic's latest documentary “Torn” is an intimate look into the life left behind by the “world’s greatest climber” Alex Lowe after his tragic death in an avalanche. In...