80KV is the moniker of local musician Autumn Rogers and centers around the use of motion-controlled gloves that Rogers uses as instruments. … read more
Mechanical Ghost: A Conversation with 80KV
Talib Kweli @ Metro Music Hall 01.28 with K’Valentine, Styles P
On Jan. 28, Talib Kweli’s The Seven Tour hit Salt Lake City at the Metro Music Hall on its way from Berkeley, with openers K’Valentine and Styles P. All three artists his the stage and represented what the people feel like more accurately and articulately than many of those who ran for office. … read more
Huge: The Benefit Art Show for Comunidades Unidas
The Huge Benefit Art Show will be held on Feb. 11 at the Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts to raise awareness and funds for Comunidades Unidas. … read more
A Salt Lake Oasis: Oasis Cafe
Oasis Cafe is transporting. I can take a friend or associate visiting from anywhere in the world and know that they would feel welcome and at ease. … read more
East Meets West: Wallace Mecham’s Hybrid Banjos
By challenging the notion of what a traditional banjo should sound like by Western standards, Wallace Mecham hopes to create a hybrid of the Eastern and Western styles of music. … read more
Movie Review: The Comedian
In The Comedian, De Niro takes on the role of Jackie Burke, an aging comedian running from the sellout skeletons in his closet. … read more
Out of the Woodwork: Four Electric Guitar Luthiers: Duende
With a machine-centric aesthetic, Duende aims to build guitars that are designed like they’ve always existed: atavistic, evocative and correct. … read more
Time For a Tempo Check With Cathy Foy
Cathy Foy is the head drum instructor at the Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls, where she helps aspiring musicians create original music. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Crown Heights
Based on the true story of Colin Warner, Crown Heights is a harrowing reminder of just how little has changed in the U.S. by way of race, law enforcement and criminal justice. … read more
Sundance Film Review: The Incredible Jessica James
Director Jim Strouse decided to write an entire film tailor-made for Jessica Williams in the lead. The result is a lighthearted indie comedy that shines—especially through the effortlessness with which Williams commands each scene. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Manifesto
In Manifesto, Cate Blanchett takes center stage in a stunning homage to some of the most emphatic declarations of 20th-century art and art history. Blanchett takes on 13 different roles, examining how these truths hold up in our contemporary world. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Person to Person
Comprising a series of vignettes shot entirely in a nicely textured and nostalgic 16mm, Person to Person brings an unassumingly hilarious and real, life-sized take on several characters as they contend with both the humdrum and the unexpected. … read more
