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Film Review: Spenser Confidential

Posted on March 6, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke play side by side in this buddy-cop thriller about a Boston P.I. caught in a series of mysteries he must solve before he can move on with his life.

Spenser Confidential is a briskly paced, buddy-cop thriller, and there’s just enough to like here to make it a decent enough way to kill two hours. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Closest to the Hole Productions, Netflix, Peter Berg, Spenser Confidential

Utah Premiere of Aaron Sorkin’s Adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Takes White Saviorism to Task

Posted on March 11, 2020 (April 11, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird begins its run at the Grand Theatre on March 26.

Aaron Sorkin’s stage version of To Kill a Mockingbird is a happy ending to a long story of legal struggles to present the play to Utah audiences. … read more

Posted in: Performance & TheatreTagged: Aaron Sorkin, Grand Theatre, To Kill a Mockingbird

Content Shifter: 7 Series To Stream in March 2020

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Here are seven TV series that are actually worth streaming in March, the lamest of the winter months. … read more

Posted in: Show ReviewsTagged: Content Shifter, Stream, TV Series

Creature Feature: Ursula Major

Posted on March 4, 2020 (September 5, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Ursula Major is a newcomer to the Salt Lake drag scene and is already making her mark in the city.

Salt Lake has been blessed with the essence and aura of an incredible performer and body-positive member of the local drag community: Ursula Major. … read more

Posted in: Art and Fashion, Fashion, LGBTQ+Tagged: Bottoms Up, creature feature, LGBTQ+, Ursula Major

Spectral Siblings: An Interview with LEYA

Posted on March 6, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
(L–R): LEYA is Marilu Donovan and Adam Markiewicz.

With their second release Flood Dreams, the duo of LEYA have chiseled and honed their sound into a diamond of an avant-pop album. … read more

Posted in: Music InterviewsTagged: Adam Markiewicz, Flood Dreams, LEYA, Marilu Donovan, NNA Tapes

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus @ Metro Music Hall 02.28 w/ The Wildfires Projekt, Let’s Get Famous, Oxford Grey

Posted on March 4, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus takes the stage.

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus took over Salt Lake City’s Metro Music Hall for one night and brought all of us back to our emo days. … read more

Posted in: Show ReviewsTagged: Let's Get Famous, Metro Music Hall, Oxford Grey, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Wildfires Projekt

Film Review: Greed

Posted on March 4, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
While its anti-capitalist exploitation message is well meaning, it doesn't change the fact that Greed is a pompous, cheesy and dreadful film.

While its anti-capitalist exploitation message is well meaning, it doesn’t change the fact that Greed is a pompous, cheesy and dreadful film. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Film 4 Productions, film review, Greed, Michael Winterbottom

Film Review: Extra Ordinary

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
If you tend to enjoy BBC comedies and have a fondness for ghost stories, you are likely to have a very pleasant time with Extra Ordinary.

If you tend to enjoy BBC comedies and have a fondness for ghost stories, you are likely to have a very pleasant time with Extra Ordinary. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Comedy, Extra Ordinary, film review, Horror

Localized: Consumer Reducer

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
As Consumer Reducer, local musician Steven Lear finds room for beauty and feeling within his noise compositions.

“Consumer Reducer is half-human, half-machine. It’s about making you comfortable before going to a place of dysphoria and negative psychedelia.” … read more

Posted in: LocalizedTagged: Consumer Reducer, Feint Recordings, Localized, Steven Lear, Urban Lounge

Made of Masks: Alli Arocho’s Aislá

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
(L-R) Alli Arocho, "Colorá" and "Playera," 2020, from Aislá at Sugarspace.

For Alli Arocho, vejigante masks have become a lifeline to her island home, and her show, Aislá, will debut through Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts. … read more

Posted in: Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Aislá, Alli Arocho, MICA

Women to the Front: The Legacy of Women’s Suffrage through Contemporary Artists

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Annelise Duque, “To Be Close to You No. 8,” 2018, from Women To The Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism, at Rio Gallery.

Women to the Front acknowledges and sheds light on the intersection of equality, gender and activism through the lens of 15 artists. … read more

Posted in: Activism, Outreach and Education, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Nancy Rivera, Rio Gallery, Scotti Hill, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Women to the Front

Localized: Passive Refraction

Posted on March 5, 2020 (March 13, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Local electronic duo Passive Refraction’s multimedia sci-fi excursions look toward the future to deal with the intensity of present emotions.

The art created by Passive Refraction speaks to a central, guiding principle: “finding tranquility in places that aren’t considered tranquil.” … read more

Posted in: LocalizedTagged: Hiraeth Records, Localized, Passive Refraction, Urban Lounge
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