SAGES Mini Medical School

Utah high school students try on surgeon’s skills at SAGES mini med school boot camp

ByLes RokaApr 8, 2014

“A surgeon’s intellect is inversely proportional to the length of the incision.” – Albert Einstein Forgoing the traditional medical training model of “see one, do one, teach one,” and instead using video game exercises in a “Top Gun” interactive format, some two dozen surgeons from an international conference volunteered to help 100 Utah high school students practice the skills used to train surgeons in laparoscopy and other minimally invasive procedures.…

Wild Rides and Wildflowers

‘Wild Rides and Wildflowers’ is worthy new entry in literary canon of Utah Enlightenment

ByLes RokaApr 7, 201413 min read

By just mentioning death camas (a plant known very well especially by Western sheep ranchers) in their new…

Blue Man Group splashes into Salt Lake through April 6

Blue Man Group splashes into Salt Lake through April 6

ByHeather KingApr 2, 20143 min read

Blue Man Group Describe Blue Man Group. Ready Go. Impossible. Improbable. The theatrically indescribable…

Plan-B Theatre

As close to perfection as possible: Plan-B Theatre’s ‘3’ makes riveting case against perfection

ByLes RokaMar 28, 20147 min read

In each of the short plays that comprise Eric Samuelsen’s latest work ‘3,’ Platonic notions of order and…

solstice venezuelan chocolate

NHMU exhibit demonstrates clearly Utah’s passion for making, eating great chocolate

ByLes RokaMar 26, 20147 min read

One of the best indicators of just how enthusiasm for fine chocolate has grown in Utah in less…