The Wanted is on of Britan's hit pop band. Here from the other side of the "pond," the group is showcasing its latest release, "Battleground," when it hits In The Venue on Feb 2nd.
Four very different short plays, all with the same name. Be prepared for the suprise and rediculousness that ensues.
Oquirrh Mountain Symphony is holding hands-on musical workshop for families. Participants will explore everying from musical instruments to conducting. They'll even get a chance to create paper instruments.
Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) is hosting two community movement classes on February 6th: one for seniors and one for the whole family. Both classes are designed to explore movement and different kinds of dance. RDT will conduct these classes simultaneously.
Available at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8 and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11.
This 40-minute Peter Gabriel Suite, choreographed by Derryl Yeager, is a blue-collar rock ballet—an ode to the common man that takes the audience on an exciting, touching, heartbreaking and heartwarming journey through everyday life. Danced in work jeans and t-shirts, this piece includes such Gabriel classics as Sledgehammer, Don’t Give Up, In Your Eyes, Mercy Street, We Do What We’re Told, and Big Time.
Price: $40, $35, $30, $25, $20
Join Salt Lake Acting Company as the present the Tony Award-winning play Red. This is a show designed to pump your heart full of creativity and passion.
Oquirrh Mountain Symphony, in collaboration with Repertory Dance Theatre, is inviting Utah residents to experience a celebration of American folk heroes through music and dance at their “American Tall Tales: Larger than Life” performance. This one-of-a-kind performance will be held on February 9th at 7:30 pm. The selections to be performed by OMS and RDT include Fanfare for the Common Man (Aaron Copeland), Paul Bunyan Suite (William Bergsma), Revolutionary Suite (Ernest Williams), Casey at the Bat(Frank Proto) and Mississippi Suite (Ferde Grofé). Two of these selections, Revolutionary Suite and Casey at the Bat will be narrated by none other than RDT’s own Ricklen Nobis.
Available on Thursday, Feb. 9 and Saturday, Feb. 11.
A full-length work, based on the Shakespearean tale about star-crossed lovers, but in the Odyssey tradition: a hip-hop version. Choreographed by Odyssey Principal Eldon Johnson, along with sections by Ashleigh and Ryan Di Lello from " So You Think You Can Dance ," Derryl Yeager and others, this is a unique and powerful tour de force! Truly a highly charged and time honored story.
Price: $40, $35, $30, $25, $20
Odyssey’s Spring Repertory Season, where the dancers stretch their artistic muscle and create new, exciting works. Deseret News said, “Odyssey Dance Theatre’s Shut Up and Dance season only proves that it is a company to be taken seriously. Bravo!” Truly a dance lover’s buffet of cutting edge choreography – this program will most assuredly have something for everyone!
Price: $40, $35, $30, $25, $20
10 years ago, Salt Lake welcomed the world for the XIX Olympic Winter Games over 17 magical days in February 2002. Join your fellow residents in reliving the magic of the 2002 Olympics at Salt Lake City's official 10th Anniversary Party!
Activities include:
Plus, local food trucks on-site. So, dig out your Roots beret hats, volunteer jackets, pins, and sweaters and "Light the Fire Within!"
More 10th-year-anniversary-events are available at utaholympiclegacy.com/pages/10th-anniversary-of-salt-lake-2002.
This event turns up the pressure. To begin, the audience goes to the theatre for introductions to 5 pre-selected duos of choreographers and for the rehearsed performance. Five choreographer duos are given "secret ingredients" that they must use in each composition. RDT's 9 professional dancers and 30 gifted community dancers are divided between the choreographers and are sent to one of the 5 studios to create their work. Charette guests (the audience) eat, drink, and merrily wander between the party and the studios where dance is being created. Guests are invited to "bribe" the judges to vote for their favorite choreographer with RDT Funny Money. Guests are invited to bid on Silent Auction items - collectibles from RDT stakeholders. After an hour everyone returns to the theatre to see the newly created dances, vote for their favorite, and see who wins the title of RDT's "Iron Choreographer" for 2012!
Get ready to jump into a live-action comic. This event combines comic-style projections with radio play for an exciting experience. With only one performance, this touring production is hitting up Park City before heading off to Texas. Enjoy what the Dallas Morning News calls "out of this world."
Peery's Egyptian Theater in Ogden presents Valentine's Dinner and a Movie, featuring the classic film, West Side Story . They're also serving a three course dinner, prepared by Ogden Eccles Conference Center Chef Dave Fuentes, in their junior ballroom for those who are looking for a complete hassle-free evening out.
Three options are available:
1. Dinner & Movie Combo - $35 per person.
2. Movie Only - $5 per person.
3. Dinner Only - $30 per person.
Fraud is on the rise across the nation—particularly in the state of Utah. In 2010, the FBI named the Salt Lake office as one of the top 5 “hot spots” for fraud.
Fraud College, a not-for-profit organization, was founded in 2009 to tackle this issue on a local and national scale. It aims to educate the public on detection and prevention methods. This year, the Fraud College Conference will be held February 15 at the University of Utah. Fraud College has received national coverage in the past and this year is expected to be bigger than ever before. This free event is open to the public and will feature local government, community, and other experts as mentioned previously. By attending the free event, participants will be taught how to discern who or what to invest money in as well as who to share personal information with.
With Anthrax and Death Angel, the thrash metal sounds of Testament will rock The Depot. You will not want to miss out!
Price: $22
Must be 21 or older to attend.
Utah Arts & Museums, in collaboration with the Capitol Preservation Board Staff, is presenting an exhibition from the State Fine Art Collection, which includes works by well-known Utah artists such as J. Leo Fairbanks and Alvin Gittins.
Utah Arts & Museum is a division of the Utah Department of Community and Culture with a goal to promote innovation in and the growth of Utah's arts and culture community. The exhibition fulfills the vision of Capitol architect Richard Kletting that the fourth floor of the Capitol be used as a space for exhibitions of Utah artists and their work.
Open to the public for free.
SLAC
Dottie-The Sister Lives On!
by Charles Lynn Frost
World Premier
Feb. 15-March 4 2012
This is the story of Dottie S. Dixon, City Weekly's best Utahn.
The iconic Utah book store, Ken Sanders Rare Books, is holding a reading and signing for the latest book in the Kingdom in the West series, Playing with Shadows: Voices of Dissent in the Mormon West. The book looks at four stories of individual pioneers who eventually left the Mormon Church. It uses these stories to delve into the roots of Mormonism.
The signing is free to the public and will feature the book's editors: Polly Aird, Jeff Nichols and Will Bagley.
Flamenco Vivo, the premier Flamenco Company in the U.S., will perform on two evenings. Driven by the fiery cante jondo, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana provides passion and drama in their inspiring program La Pasión Flamenca. This fierce and eclectic evening of Spanish dance and music features lamenting solos, sizzling duets, and festive company dances. Whether these amazing artists are conveying love or sorrow, happiness or anger, the emotions will speak to everyone and transcend all cultural boundaries.
Price: $19, $24, $26, $29
Additional program: 75-minute dance master class with Flamenco Vivo on Tuesday, Feb 21 at 1:30 p.m. on the Ellen Eccles Theatre stage. $10 per person with limited space. First-come, first-served. Register online at cachearts.org.
Organized by the Brigham Young University Museum of Art, this is the first major exhibition to collectively examine paintings by Robert Walter Weir, John Ferguson Weir, and Julian Alden Weir. It showcases important pieces from museum and private collections across the country, many of which have never been seen together. The exhibition explores how the transatlantic encounters of the Weir family of artists helped to shape American art for nearly a century.
The early twentieth-century artists who painted the impressive mountains and expansive vistas of the American Southwest all came from other places. Their previous experience and training in less dramatic landscapes did not fully equip them for the challenges of painting in this open, wild land. This exhibition explores how they developed new approaches in color, composition, and technique to capture the grandeur of the region. The exhibition will include impressive works from the BYU Museum of Art collection together with outstanding selections from the Diane and Sam Stewart Art Collection.
Seoungho Cho's video artwork blends West and East by overlaying the pulsing drum solo from Iron Butterfly's famous 1960s rock song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" with a Buddhist drumming ritual. The video focuses on the mesmerizing drummer, whose movements resemble those of a butterfly beating its wings in the air. Born and educated in Korea with graduate studies in New York, Cho explores the connections of 1960s rock-and-roll with Asian philosophy in this intense yet contemplative work.
Compared to Rembrandt by his contemporaries, Whistler’s dual dedication to painting and printmaking invigorated the graphic arts movement and fundamentally influenced a generation of artists in the late 19th century. Whistler’s exceptional ability to express the spontaneity of the moment in the labored medium of printmaking marks one of his many gifts as an artist. "Fleeting Impressions" features images from all phases of his career, including early impressions inspired by travel in France and Germany, his fascination with the Thames River and the working-class neighborhood of Chelsea in London, and his novel perspective of the landmarks and palazzi of Venice.
Open-call auditions for the next season of Fox's hit series "So You Think You Can Dance!"
Registrations start at 8 a.m.
Check out their website for eligibility rules.
Attend to hear a brief update on MS research, followed by our keynote speaker Jay Gurmankin, a loving father, successful lawyer with Holland & Hart and long time Trustee of the Utah-Southern Idaho Chapter of the MS Society. Jay has been living with MS for 30 years and is passionate about the Society mission, and particularly about supporting families impacted by MS.
At 1:00pm, enjoy the latest spring fashions thanks to Whimsy Clothing Boutique
Tickets are $80 per person with $50 being a tax deductible donation to the National MS Society.
Joe Goode Performance Group
Kingsbury Hall
Saturday, February 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Studio D discount - $10 (use coupon code STUDIOD at checkout)
