02/05/10

Theater Review: Too Much Memory

Salt Lake Acting Company's contemporary take on Antigone doesn't quite hit its mark.

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02/04/10

Thursday night and weekend highlights

A few options for you this eve:

- Up at The King's English Thursday, U of U writing prof Maximilian Werner is reading from his new book Black River Dreams, which the King's English Web site calls "a collection of literary fly fishing essays that celebrates the fly fishing life, the intersection between past and present, spirit and body, water and land, ghosts and dreams." The tome won the Utah Arts Council's 2008 Original Writing Award in the Nonfiction Book category.  It's free and starts at 7 p.m.

- Kingsbury Hall features the flying feats, and feets, of the Peking Acrobats. I've seen...

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02/03/10

Concert review: Nouvelle Vague in Salt Lake City

They're French! They're flirty! And they're more rockin' than you think.

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02/03/10

Theater Review: Avenue Q

You'll want to walk down to this electric avenue, especially if your sense of humor lurks on the dark side.

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02/02/10

New music director reveals Utah Symphony's 2010-11 slate

Maestro Thierry Fischer is in Utah this week, and among his activities was unveiling next year's lineup.

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02/01/10

A Trippy Tuesday

Foul-mouthed puppets, flying pigs and French bossa nova-goes-pop (or vice versa)? The week is already getting weird.

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02/01/10

Monday night blues

Eric Sardinas brings his flashy guitar-playing to The State Room Monday night.

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01/31/10

Twisting the night away

What do a fake moustache, four aces and a killer zydeco band have in common? All part of my last night at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.

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01/29/10

American Routes

NPR host and creole culture expert Nick Spitzer dropped some down-home knowledge in a lecture at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

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01/29/10

Sundancers versus Cowboy Poets

In the hunt for fun, give me small-town Nevada over small-town Utah any day.

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