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Just how well informed are you?: SLAC’s Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood takes audiences on a bristling tour of zeitgeist in Utah’s news cycle

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For those planning to attend Salt Lake Acting Company’s (SLAC) Summer Show: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, it would be wise to be up on all dimensions of Utah’s contentious, quirky, even bizarre, news cycle. Written by Olivia Custodio and directed by Cynthia Fleming, augmented by excellent dramaturgical material provided by Latoya Cameron, the … Read more

Ninth edition of the Great Salt Lake Fringe has new home at Trolley Square in Alliance Theater venues

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For its ninth edition, the Great Salt Lake Fringe (GSLF) festival has a new home at the Alliance Theater, connected to the Utah Arts Alliance, at Trolley Square.  The move signals the best opportunities to ensure Fringe shows will have access to the ideal professional technical capacities for producing top quality shows, according to Jay … Read more

Dusk Raps’ multifaceted creative safari is open, honest, reflective adventure to explore his path to fully accomplished artistic expression

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The spring afternoon sun casts a flattering light in Dusk Raps’ art studio, located in his downtown Salt Lake City apartment. His work space is neat and organized, which gives the viewer a clear sense of not only his current paintings in process but also numerous examples that catalog his evolution in technique, subject matter … Read more

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2023: Awards announced for Fear No Film, Artist Marketplace, Poetry Slam Competitions, Wasatch IronPen

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Awards in visual arts, film and literary have been announced for the 47th Utah Arts Festival.  FEAR NO FILM Twelve awards were announced today in the 20th annual Fear No Film portion of the Utah Arts Festival, including a Grand Jury Prize, two Utah Short Film of The Year honors, Fearless Filmmaker Award, three honorable … Read more

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2023: More about Utah art from different perspectives: Urban Art venue, Holladay artist Vincent Mattina

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URBAN ARTS The programming at the Urban Arts venue at the Utah Arts Festival focuses on fostering freedom of expression, independent identities and creativity but also to demonstrate the value and importance of respect, communal bonds and support within the community of urban and street visual artists and musicians. Since it became a part of … Read more

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2023: Extending the dance spectrum: Devoncé; Lakshmi Parimala and Kuchipudi

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Devoncé (June 23, 7:35 p.m., Festival Stage) When Devan Kinnear (Devoncé) was younger, he thought that his entrance into the entertainment industry would be behind the scenes, such as directing and producing films. But, as Kinnear explains in an interview with The Utah Review. “music was a huge outlet for me because I did not … Read more

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2023: Three Utah bands set to take the stage: Sky Olson and The Valley, Jim Bone and The Dig, Flamingo

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SKY OLSON AND THE VALLEY (June 25, 6:15 p.m., Amphitheater Stage) Sky Olson grew up in a musical household. His father, Kevin Olson is pianist, composer, and piano area coordinator at Utah State University, where he has taught courses in piano literature, pedagogy, accompanying and music theory. At the age of 12, his father composed … Read more

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2023: Shows at The Round to feature Ambitious Romel from California, Aiden Barrick from Utah

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AMBITIOUS ROMEL (June 25, 4:30 p.m., The Round) Known by his performing name Ambitious Romel, which becomes an advantage when searching online for his music, Dejo’n Rothschild has built his brand around the dynamics of ambition, organically grown his critical mass as a creative entrepreneur. One of the Utah Arts Festival’s Emerging Artists, Rothschild (whose … Read more

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2023: Emerging Artists slate includes Alaina Noelle, Las Vegas freestyle poet; Kearns High School student and poet Savannah Davis

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ALAINA NOELLE (June 24, 12:45 p.m., The Round Stage) One of the Utah Arts Festival’s Emerging Artists, Alaina Noelle is a poet from Las Vegas who specializes in freestyle forms. She answered several questions from The Utah a review by email.  TUR: What were your formative influences and introductions to poetry? Who were among your … Read more

Backstage at the Utah Arts Festival 2023: Now in its 29th year, Literary Arts marks comprehensive depth in integrated programming with WordFest performers, poetry slam competitions, Community Writing Center workshops

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EDITOR’S NOTE: In addition to this centerpiece feature about the Literary Arts program at the Utah Arts Festival, see features about this year’s poetry slam competitions at this link, and features about Utah Poet Laureate Lisa Bickmore and Heather Lang-Cassera who was Clark County, Nevada poet laureate from 2019-2021 at this link. Also follow The … Read more