Poppy Injects Optimism Into Negative Spaces

Negative Spaces is one of Poppy’s heaviest projects to date, but there’s a thread of optimism running through the album: “You don’t know how bright the light is without the darkness,” she says. Photo courtesy of Poppy.

Negative Spaces is one of Poppy’s heaviest projects to date, but there’s a thread of optimism running through the album: “You don’t know how bright the light is without the darkness,” she says. … read more

Play Review: The Antipodes

(From L-R): Olivia Custodio, Jared Kamauu, Sophia Van Nederveen and Kelly Branan appear in Voodoo Theatre Company's production of The Antipodes.

Both playwright Annie Baker and director Jack Cobabe excel at finding the extraordinary in the mundane, and isn’t that what stories are all about, anyway?  … read more

Film Review: The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig from the new Looney Tunes movie.

The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie is everything you could reasonably want it to be: a great mix of wistful throwback and just enough modern sensibilities to strike a perfect balance. … read more

Film Review: The Electric State

Millie Bobbie Brown sits next to a yellow grinning robot.

It’s hard to imagine anyone becoming invested in the odious piece of dreck on either level, and its only value would have been as a massive tax-write off. … read more

Shannon Beveridge’s exes and o’s hits Salt Lake City

Shannon Beveridge. Photo: Katia Temkin

Beveridge hopes tour guests will take away the answers to the three things she’s been asked the most: How do girls have sex? How do you get over heartbreak? How do you make queer friends?  … read more