Arts
Bellyography: Aubrilynn – May 2010
Aubrilynn not only takes my breath away every time I watch her dance, but she also lights and ignites any place she is dancing. Aubrilynn’s talent, command of the art and stage presence seem mature beyond her sixteen years. She has been gifted with natural talent, beauty and style. Her performances are hypnotic and professional, whether dancing solo or in a troupe. Although she is young and still has much to learn, it is quite obvious that this young lady was born to dance. … read more
Gallery Stroll – May 2010
May is full of great events, and as luck would have it, most of them are taking place on May 21. Salt Lake has great connectivity, but having the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, SLC Fashion Stroll and Living Traditions Festival all in one night is just crazy busy. … read more
Plan B: Censorship Creating Art
Plan B Theater Company ends its 2009/2010 season with a bang! The feature fundraiser, And The Banned Slammed On, is the compilation of two previous Plan B productions––And the Banned Played On and Slam. “As both of the events progressed it was clear that we had the opportunity to more strongly show the connection between censorship and art,” says producing director Jerry Rapier. … read more
Plan-B Theatre: Amerigo
Eric Samuelson’s latest play takes on the question of who discovered America and for what purpose. The seemingly easily answered question is hashed out and debated eternally (literally) between Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci. The debate takes place in purgatory and is moderated by philospher/proto-capitalist Niccolo Machiavelli and arbitrated by Mexican nun/writer Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. … read more
Movie Reviews – April 2010
Reviews of recently released films, including Alice in Wonderland, The Bounty Hunter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Ghost Writer, Repo Men, She’s Out of My League and more! … read more
Gallery Stroll – April 2010
I’ve always said art is where you look for it. In the case of the Utah Arts Alliance’s April show that means finding art in your pre-packaged dinners, plastic grocery bags and the plastic wrap usually reserved for leftovers. Plastic World is an innovative art installation featuring 100% plastic art by artist Derek Dyer. … read more
Miyazaki Mayhem!
As soon as Walt Disney cryogenically froze himself beneath Cinderella’s Castle inside Disneyland’s Magic Kingdom theme park in 1966, the world of animation lacked a leader capable of shattering the limits of children’s fantasies. On the other side of the globe, in Tokyo, Japan, a young animator by the name of Hayao Miyazaki was already creating a social stir with his never-ending creativeness with conceptual drawings and story ideas.
Plan-B Theatre: Wallace
Wallace is the story of two men whose lives run aground in Salt Lake: Wallace Thurman, a young, gay, African-American writer and Wallace Stegner, the Pulitzer-prize winning writer who survived the brutal plains of Saskatchewan. In life their paths never crossed, in the minimalist set in the Plan-B theater they only once acknowledge each other, but their lives, at some point, share a city, a passion for writing, and a name: Wallace. … read more
Movie Awards a Go-Go
The past two months have been bursting with award shows, but the two biggest polar opposite events, the Razzie Awards (March 6th) & the Academy Awards (March 7th) have yet to commence. Here are the nominees (and winners) as foretold to me in my dream by Pee-wee’s Playhouse’s Jambi the Genie. Mekka Lekka Hi Mekka Hiney Ho bitches! … read more
Movie Reviews – March 2010
Reviews of new movies in theaters and on DVD/Blu Ray, including Black Dynamite, Cop Out, The Crazies, Dead Snow, Nirvana: Live at Reading, Percy Jackson, Shutter Island, Valentine’s Day and The Wolfman. … read more
Gallery Stroll – March 2010
The Kayo Gallery celebrated their sixth anniversary last month and like many locally-owned and operated businesses, they have changed the community that surrounds them for the better. I sat down with Shilo Jackson and Davina Pallone, the passionate women who keep the lights on and the art hung, to find out why they do it and what the future looks like for Broadway’s flagship art gallery. … read more
Movie Reviews – January 2010
This month we feature reviews of A Single Man, Avatar, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Invictus, It’s Complicated, The Lovely Bones, Nine, The Road, Up In the Air and The Princess and The Frog. … read more
