POSTED // Mar 4,2009 - The day I’ve long awaited and long predicted may have arrived: Comic books are being taken seriously as cinema and as drama.

POSTED // Oct 1,2008 - Art—and artists, for that matter—have traditionally had a hard time finding a place to feel at home, from artists of the Renaissance who struggled with an uneasy relationship with wealthy patronage to Van Gogh who lived in poverty to today’s...

POSTED // Sep 3,2008 - Welcome to the biggest little gallery in Salt Lake City. But if Albert Wang has his way, IAO Projects will be among the broadest—in terms of artwork if not physical space—in the world. Only a few months old, the brainchild of Wang and gallery...

POSTED // Aug 13,2008 - Paranormal investigators from across northern Utah are joining forces in Ogden this weekend, hosting a first-ever convention to exchange information, share resources—and get together for dinner, a beer and some ghost hunting. The vibe at the Mid...

POSTED // Aug 6,2008 - The summer season of the 47th Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City has been underway since late June, with six productions hitting the home stretch. The actors seemed at home in their roles during a late July weekend—opening night jitters long...

POSTED // Aug 6,2008 - Ready for Hamlet 2? When the Sundance comedy—about a high school drama teacher, played by Steve Coogan, who inspires his students with a politically incorrect sequel to the Bard’s play—gets a wide release in August, it’ll be only...

POSTED // Jul 30,2008 - Salt Lake City is a growing midsize city and along with that growth comes new exposure, expansion and strengthening of existing communities and districts, and—most exciting of all—change. Currently, Salt Lake City is undergoing significant...

POSTED // Jul 23,2008 - There are certain things you know you’re going to get with Utah Festival Opera, which plays every summer in Logan. Some of them are positive: The singing generally ranges from good to moments of greatness; the live orchestra is reliably solid and...

POSTED // Jul 16,2008 - There’s seeing art, and then there’s experiencing it. The two really are not the same, whether you’re talking music, theater, or even essentially two-dimensional visual art. That’s especially true of Impressionism and the styles...

POSTED // Jul 16,2008 - Smack dab in the middle of the Great Salt Lake sits Antelope Island. Although it looks awfully barren from the mainland, it is home to many a plant and creature. Yes, antelope do reside there (a misnomer was avoided by reintroducing the species in 1993...