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Ludi Lin as Liu Kang and Max Huang as Kung Lao in "Mortal Kombat" (2021). (Photo by Mark Rogers | Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

‘Mortal Kombat’ Continues the Unsurprising Trend of Bad Video Game Movies

By Luke Jackson May 3, 2021

  Hollywood bigwigs are not shy about producing live action films based on popular video game franchises as a money grab. Since 1993, there have been forty live action video game films, each rather...

Salt Lake Acting Company Executive Artistic Director Cynthia Fleming at the Launch Event for The Amberlee Fund on April 27, 2021. (Photo by David Daniels | Courtesy Salt Lake Acting Company)

SLAC’s New Campaign Launch Moves its Theatre Towards Accessibility

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor May 3, 2021

  The last year of shutdown has sparked great changes in the theatre industry. On a large scale, Actors' Equity Association recently protested their union's lack of support by not paying their...

Chiang Ta-Lai Landscape. (Courtesy Utah Museum of Fine Arts)

Music and Art Combine in New UMFA Exhibit ‘Sight & Sound’

By Heather Graham, Assistant Copy Chief, Arts Writer May 1, 2021

  If you have ever looked at a painting and wondered what the painting would sound like, the "Sight & Sound" project, hosted by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, might be able to tell you. The...

The Bloody Cabaret Ensemble. (Courtesy Bloody Cabaret LLC)

‘Bloody Cabaret’ Redefines Music and Performance In Self-titled Debut

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer April 29, 2021

  On March 30, 2021 Bloody Cabaret made its self-titled debut, both as an original musical and film project. It was created by University of Utah School of Music alumnus and composer Kagan Breitenbach,...

Gwen Christopherson's UID, which functions as an ArtsPass, at the U. Chronicle archives.

Recapping Arts on Campus for the 2020-2021 Season

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor April 28, 2021

  Something I’ve had the pleasure of covering this year is how the arts on campus have stopped for nothing: earthquakes, pandemics and more. The 2020-2021 arts season carried an undertone of...

A view of the Union Station sign in Los Angeles where the Oscars were held this year. (Courtesy Wikipedia)

Long-Awaited 2021 Oscars Leave Much to be Desired

By Frank Gardner, Assistant Arts Editor April 28, 2021

  The 2021 Academy Awards left viewers with much to talk about. The first in-person awards show of the season strayed from Oscar norms in many ways, but, for better or for worse, still managed...

Farewell: Cade Anderson

Farewell: Cade Anderson

By Cade Anderson, Arts Writer April 28, 2021

  As I wrap up five years of college and four semesters of writing for the Chrony Arts Desk, I feel a strange mixture of pride, nostalgia and disorientation. I don’t really know what to do with...

Farewell: Kate Button

Farewell: Kate Button

By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor April 28, 2021

  After my freshman year — once I hesitantly declared my English major — I was still largely lost and confused about what I wanted to be when I grew up. There were so many areas that I was...

Oakley Burt is the 2020-21 arts editor.

Farewell: Oakley Burt

By Oakley Burt, Arts Editor April 27, 2021

  It’s hard for me to grasp that this is the last piece I’ll contribute to the Chronicle, that this wonderful experience is coming to an end. I’ve thought a lot about what I would write for...

"What Kind of Woman" cover art. (Courtesy Joanne O'Neill)

Kate Baer’s ‘What Kind of Woman’ is a Poetic Revolution for Motherhood

By Whit Fuller, Arts Writer April 27, 2021

  Kate Baer’s debut poetry collection “What Kind of Woman” was released in November 2020 to the delight of poets, readers and those who identify with labels such as "mother" and "woman."...