Violent Femmes @ Red Butte Garden 06.13 with Marcia Mello 

Photo courtesy of Violent Femmes

It’s hard to not feel nostalgic. In fact, it was a longing for the past that prompted me to attend the show in the first place. I saw the Violent Femmes numerous times in the ’90s. The first time, a night spent with friends at Kingsbury Hall where bassist Brian Ritchie smoked a giant cigar, is one of my fondest memories. … read more

“Crap. It’s All Crap”: A Review of Something Really Big by SB Dance

George Rivera and Kimberly Campa, photo by John Brandon

This is not your typical Utah happy hour. No, leave the kids at home, order a beer and sit as perplexed and entertained as I was through this intimate, close-to-home and bewildering spectacle. A guy walks into a bar … or a club, rather, and a series of events through time unfold into a myriad

Cold Cave @ Urban Lounge 06.04 with Black Marble, Choir Boy 

Wesley Eisold of Cold Cave. Photo: Ryan Michael Painter

With the stage stripped down to three banks of keyboards, a trilogy of guitars and the lone drum set, three black-clad performers take the stage. A fog sets in against the backdrop of “My Heart is Immortal,” the closing track on Cold Cave’s fascinating 2018 release You & Me & Infinity. … read more

Book Review: Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | Wizards of the Coast

Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes Wizards of the Coast Street: 05.29 What sacrifices are you willing to make to ensure interplanar balance? What role will you play in the conflicts to come? Those are two of the main narrative themes presented throughout Wizards of the Coast’s newest publication, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. Almost immediately upon cracking

Luminaria: A Photo Lab for Alternative Process Photography

(L–R) David Hyams and Christine Baczek of Luminaria. Photo: Jessica Bundy

Luminaria is one of the newest installations to Salt Lake City’s blossoming arts community. It began earlier this year as artists and partners Christine Baczek and David Hyams made the decision to focus their passion for alternative photography into an outlet that they could share with the greater community. … read more

A Place of Power: Russel Albert Daniels and the Authentic Native Image

Russel Albert Daniels, "Native Horseman."

Russel Albert Daniels is a quiet, pensive artist who contains an expansive river within him, much like the spaces and stories his work reflects. His photographs have captured the complexity of the modern Native experience intersecting with nature and contemporary political struggle. … read more