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Writing Through Waves: Utah Japantown Advocates Welcome Poet Sawako Nakayasu
Sawako Nakayasu’s reading feels especially timely as Japantown and its stewards and advocates sit at the precipice of a fraught time of change. … read more
James Badge Dale Is An Actor with Something To Say
Even if you don’t know the name James Badge Dale, you’ve loved him in something. He’s one of those actors who can disappear into a role. … read more
Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist @ The Union 11.01.2025
The night ensued with a mixture of hits from Alfredo and Alfredo II, with Gibbs delivering his bars word-for-word in his gravelly, hard-edged timbre, pausing only to hype up the audience, The Alchemist, and himself. … read more
Concert | Music | Show Reviews
Garbage @ The Complex 10.29.2025
Roughly 29 years, six months and a few breakups (for both me and the band) later, I’m walking with my girlfriend into The Complex to see Garbage for what could be the last time. … read more
Film Review: Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc
A triumph that was three years in the making, Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc is the complete cinematic experience: higher production value and top direction. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Reviews
Local Review: The Midnite Judges — Verdict
Verdict by the Midnite Judges is a great soundtrack for Halloween decorating, costume prep or holding down the fort at the house and handing out candy. … read more
Film Review: Bugonia
With Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos once again asserts his singular blend of absurdity, melancholy and moral inquiry, crafting a world where human behavior feels alien. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Reviews
The Fashionable, Fabulous Phantasm That Is the Bodacious Bosco
Ahead of her frightfully fantastic performance at The Haunted Dollhouse show — hosted by Ms. Meredith — I talked to Bosco to uncover her center-stage persona. … read more
Hayden Pedigo @ The Parker Theatre 10.26.2025
Hayden Pedigo’s signature fingerpicking style has taken over my life again this year with the release of I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away. … read more
Utah Queer Film Festival 2025 Showcases Local Queer Shorts
These films remind us that short doesn’t mean small and that big ideas can come from the unlikeliest places. … read more
Review: Ashes and Diamonds — Are Forever
Ashes and Diamonds is the new project from Daniel Ash, Bruce Smith and bassist Paul Spencer Denman. Are Forever is a record defined by driving rhythms. … read more
Film Review: Ballad of a Small Player
Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player doesn’t demand your attention like Conclave did, but there’s a big difference between not quite great and not good at all. … read more
Art | Film | Film Reviews
