Film Review: The Aeronauts

Posted on December 6, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The Aeronauts is a film that, though historically based, depicts a narrative that is more historical fiction than anything else.

If anyone out there needs a reminder that the phrase “based on a true story” should be taken with a grain of salt, The Aeronauts is here. … read more

Black Mountain @ Urban Lounge 12.02 with Ryley Walker

Posted on December 9, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Black Mountain is such a exceptional ensemble; a band with a sound so eclectic, it can feel like Sabbath, Floyd and Voivod all at the same time. … read more

The Language of the Body Told Through Cinema’s Frame: The Bi-Annual Screendance

Posted on January 2, 2020 (April 11, 2023) by Asha Pruitt

Screendanc—both the art form and the formal festival—aim to highlight the similarities and connections between film and modern dance.

Founder Ellen Bromberg discusses her plans for the upcoming Screendance Festival, an event that showcases dance for camera and film. … read more

Localized: Breakfast in Silence

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Russ Wood, Val Brown and Ash Bassett in Breakfast in Silence have had their music dubbed as “soul punk” which they think is essentially “emo music.”

Breakfast in Silence’s genre is a mixture of indie rock and soul punk. Ash Bassett explains that “soul punk” means they’re basically an emo band. … read more

The 1975 @ The Complex w/ I Don’t Know How But They Found Me 12.02

Posted on December 3, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

The 1975's fourth coming to Utah was an unusually intimate venue visit.

On a cold night of an ostensibly cold year in a nearly untenably chilling era, The 1975 threw a string of shimmering lights across the darkness. … read more

Magical Realism with Claire Taylor

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Cover artist Claire Taylor’s work is a mosaic of visual, literary and book arts—a meta-literary potpourri from page to page.

As a book artist, Claire Taylor combines “creative nonfiction, illustration and biology” as she examines the intersections between humans and nature. … read more

Nothing Beets Poetry: Sugar House Review Celebrates 10 Years of Publication

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

“It’s a labor of love and comes with frustrations we [the team] didn’t imagine,” says Natalie Young on creating and running Sugar House Review

Founding Editor Natalie Young discusses the challenges and triumphs of running Utah’s first independent poetry journal: Sugar House Review. … read more

Unveiling the Unknown: Weller Book Works

Posted on December 5, 2019 (May 21, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

(L–R) Lila, Tony and Catherine Weller carry on the Weller Book Works legacy while in tandem modernizing and revolutionizing the business with each generation.

Weller Book Works’ legacy includes offering a colorful community an array of books that make connections between the unfamiliar and familiar. … read more

Poem: Mother of Swords by Lisa Bickmore

Posted on December 5, 2019 (September 5, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Lisa Bickmore is a published poet and teaches at Salt Lake Community College

Lisa Bickmore is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Ephemerist (Red Mountain Press, 2017), and teaches writing of all kinds at Salt Lake Community College. … read more

Walking the Path of Black Lantern with Chris Bodily

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

Black Lantern features the tattooed, pumpkin-headed Edgar amongst other characters.

Black Lantern is truly epic—the first book clocks in at 250 pages—and Bodily estimates it will take him three more volumes to tell the story. … read more