POSTED // May 12,2011 - Not many stand-up comedians can boast a 30-year-plus professional career before they’ve sniffed their 50th birthday ...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - In a town stuck in a 20-year drought, water is so scarce that private toilets are unthinkable, and folks have to pay a toll to pee. If these poor souls...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - In this age of a highly politicized global culture, it seems suitable to explore the charged and intricate social spheres with...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - North Carolina author Sarah Dessen has been writing for teens since 1996, long before high-profile books like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games pushed...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - Sam Shepard’s 1980 play about the complicated relationship between two brothers doesn’t deconstruct their knotty family ties so...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - Jazz was created in brothels and bars in New Orleans and perfected in raucous New York City clubs in the wee hours ...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - Self-taught local artist Justin Carruth’s oil paintings (detail of “Premonition” is pictured) study film stills, frame by frame ...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - This challenge lies at the heart of the experimental Innovations, an evening of original works created by Ballet West dancers for Ballet West dancers...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - This year’s spotlight bird at the 13th annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival is not easy to spot in the state of Utah. One of the last migrating species to...

POSTED // May 12,2011 - In the finale, with the entire company singing, the grand message of Falstaff can be understood: Everything in the world is a jest. Falstaff, the portly monarch, has...