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Utah Opera Presents Turandot

ByKelli NakagamaMar 17, 2014

Maida Hundeling (center) and the cast of the Utah Opera during rehearsal for Turandot. Love, passion and death are guarantees in opera and Turandot is no exception.  It’s the tale of a cold-hearted princess who requires suitors to answer a series of riddles in order to win her hand in marriage–but a wrong answer results in death.  The opera is extravagant on several levels, with a…

'Clearing Bombs'

Clearing thoughts on a tough subject: Highly entertaining Plan-B Theatre’s ‘Clearing Bombs’

ByLes RokaFeb 28, 20145 min read

NOTE: Les Roka appreciates Mark Alvarez, an attorney and immigration expert who happens to have studied economics as…

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Utah ‘Transmormon’ film by OHO Media, VideoWest garners Artistic Vision Award at Big Sky Film Fest

ByLes RokaFeb 21, 20147 min read

‘The most striking thing about the crowd is their ordinariness: just a bunch of earnest suburban moms and…

Plan-B Theatre 'Different=Amazing'

For Utah school children, Plan-B Theatre’s ‘Different=Amazing’ aims to create new spaces for addressing bullying

ByLes RokaFeb 20, 20147 min read

The literary arts have emerged as a potent platform for addressing bullying. Recent books such as the compilation…

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Plan-B Theatre’s ‘Clearing Bombs’ seeks to bring sense to the clash of economic principles

ByLes RokaFeb 18, 201412 min read

‘Having spent much of the past three years reading and writing about this subject, I wonder whether it…