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Utah Arts Festival at 50: Drunk in June finds harmony in its eclectic collaborative creative environment

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Secondhand Sun finds creative harmonious success in its indie songwriting process

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Hailing from Missoula, wood sculptor and ceramic artist Amanda Krolczyk finds soulful connection in both bodies of work

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Trained in product and industrial design, Arūnas Ošlapas now devotes his time to weaving colorful metal baskets, metal quilts made from reclaimed materials

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: Liz Rhodes’ portfolio of life includes music, writing, acting, drawing, cartooning, caricature, large-scale mural, painting, and collage.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

Utah Arts Festival at 50: ‘We did it’

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For preview coverage of the 50th Utah Arts Festival, which runs June 18-21, The Utah Review is presenting individual or group profiles of artists, performers, entertainers and some newcomers to the event. The curtain raiser highlights the history of the Festival which is marking its golden anniversary. BANDALOOP, among the most prominent pioneers … Read more

The Bachauer at 50: Part of the Great Flourishing in the Utah arts scene

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part I of a retrospective on the 50th anniversary of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation. Part I highlights the origins and formative years while Part II (go to this link) summarizes The Bachauer’s multifaceted legacies on and off the concert stage. The Utah Review is grateful for the assistance of … Read more

The Bachauer at 50: Legacies of competition laureates, concert series, piano festivals, educational outreach, formative leaders

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part II of a retrospective on the 50th anniversary of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation. Part I (go to this link) highlights the origins and formative years while Part II summarizes The Bachauer’s multifaceted legacies on and off the concert stage. The Utah Review is grateful for the assistance of … Read more

Brad Parry, vice chair of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, tapped for inaugural Schnitzer Prize of the West, for restoration project involving Bear River Massacre site

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To the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, Wuda Ogwa is  the name of what we call Bear River. During the winter in 1863, near where Preston, Idaho is located, between 400 and 450 tribal members were killed in one of the deadliest massacres of Native Americans in U.S. history.  Since 2018, when the tribe … Read more

Always revolutionary: Repertory Dance Theatre at 60– Special anniversary feature

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Repertory Dance Theatre’s 60th anniversary season is in full swing. This includes the 60 Years In Motion: RDT’s Archival Exhibition, on view March 2–7, 2026, at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in the West Studio. On March 6 at 7:30 p.m, audiences are invited to a special guided experience through the exhibition … Read more