Sambo Fogo’s Inspiraçâo Do Fogo @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 04.03-05

Sambo Fogo’s Inspiraçâo Do Fogo @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts...
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Sambo Fogo, in addition to presenting Brazilian dance as fine art, also shows a clear commitment to the non-formal aspects of dance, specifically its capacity for improving cultural awareness and fostering social relations. In line with this, the company warmly encourages spontaneous audience response and interaction with its work, while the work is being performed. Thursday’s crowd did not fail to applaud, cheer, and rise to its feet at key moments during the evening. … read more

Gallery Stroll: Art is Springing Up Everywhere

Gallery Stroll: Art is Springing Up Everywhere
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The dainty flowers push through the hardened ground, past the decayed winter foliage to find sunlight and warmth, announcing it’s spring! Often you do not see the single bud emerge, or even the little patch, but eventually, when your garden is filled with bright flowers, you realize the metamorphosis is complete and you are surrounded by life and beauty. I liken the journey of the bud to that of artists, toiling away in basements and old garages, sheds and drab spare bedrooms, creating things of beauty and, when finished, they emerge with works that encourage, amuse and beautify the world around us. … read more

What You Know & What You Don’t Know About Comic Jason Harvey

What You Know & What You Don’t Know About Comic...
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Jason Harvey is originally from Nilbog Porterville in Morgan County, Utah, the land of the burned-down Troll 2 chapel we all love and admire dearly. He’s been performing standup for roughly four and a half years now, and decided to up his personal ante by organizing and hosting the monthly show, Comedy! And Other Opinions at 5 Monkeys, a bar in the heart of Murray.  … read more

The Art of Salts Science

The Art of Salts Science
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Revealing cultural and artistic ties with salt as the night progressed, I couldn’t help but recognize that salt isn’t just salt at all. The event provided a refreshing approach to dissecting an art installation with the focus on the literal medium—a topic that allowed the audience to revise ordinary, table-spice subject matter into something far more complex than ever imagined. … read more

12 Minutes Max – First Iteration @ The City Library 03.23

12 Minutes Max – First Iteration @ The City Library...
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12 Minutes Max has long been a staple in the dance and performance world. It’s the signature program of Seattle’s famous On the Boards and now, Paul Reynolds has brought it to Salt Lake City’s downtown public library. This past Sunday at two in the afternoon, a respectable crowd––faces familiar to me from our city’s film, dance and visual art communities––filed into the auditorium at the library. … read more

2014 SLC Tattoo Convention

2014 SLC Tattoo Convention
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The Salt Palace Convention Center was filled from end to end with artists of all types and attendees from a wide range of demographics for the 2014 SLC Tattoo Convention.  … read more

Ghouls and Dolls: Bad Kids Pageant Preliminary #1 @ Metro Bar 03.13

Ghouls and Dolls: Bad Kids Pageant Preliminary #1 @ Metro...
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Faced with an overwhelming response upon the announcement of their second yearly pageant, the Bad Kids decided to give every applicant a chance to compete, splitting the pageant into two preliminaries before the actual main event, to be held on June 5. … read more

Gallery Stroll: Connecting to Art

Gallery Stroll: Connecting to Art
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This month, I delighted in finding the connections within the gallery exhibits, artists, themes and methodology. As I tied them together, I felt looped in—I hope you will, too. … read more

Creature Feature: Jezebel Jet’s Bad Kid Origins

Creature Feature: Jezebel Jet’s Bad Kid Origins
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SLUG’s bi-monthly online column, Creature Feature, has followed the Bad Kids from their raw, youthful days to the brilliant, thriving queer constellation it continues to be. They are a vital force for queer voices in the face of today’s hesitancy toward all things goofy and sexy and weird and fun. For its sixth installment, SLUG spoke with Jezebel Jet about becoming her comic book alter ego and being the Bad Kids’ first female performer. … read more

Ithaka 12 and Zacuanpapalotls @ Mestizo Gallery 02.21

Ithaka 12 and Zacuanpapalotls @ Mestizo Gallery 02.21
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Latina artists’ migration-themed art now showing at Mestizo Gallery. … read more