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The case for not messing with AI "art"

A creator implores us not to treat something created from others' work as worth anyone's time.

Claybourne Elder's I Want to Be Bad

Utah native actor finds comedy (and music) and being a basically decent person

The world of romance fiction writers

Authors talk about working in a genre that probably isn't what you expect

The case for not messing with AI "art"

A creator implores us not to treat something created from others' work as worth anyone's time.
AI art is bad. And you should feel bad for sharing it.

Flashback 2020: Lockdown TV

The shows we were all watching when we were stuck at home.
Exactly four years ago, the COVID-19 lockdown stranded us at home with nothing to do but doomscroll social media and watch TV.

Everything is Collective: Expected Image at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

Artists collaborate on how we understand the landscape through institutional images.
In Utah, the landscape and the natural world form a huge part of the state's identity.

SLC Wars wrestling show and punk concert

Hardcore fans gather for hardcore music and hardcore ring action
Professional wrestling and punk rock have more in common than most people realize.

Friday Night Throwdown pottery classes at Visual Art Institute

Inviting guests to get their artistic hands dirty
Through the "big" doors of Visual Art Institute that are open to the pottery class sits a group of focused students, all at different levels of ability.

Theater preview: Last Lists of My Mad Mother at Pygmalion Productions

Playwright Julie Jensen discusses how her play hits her differently 25 years after its premiere
Julie Jensen's play inspired by her own mother's struggles with Alzheimer's at the end of her life

More movie-to-TV reboots

TV adaptations of films aren't slowing down, but they are getting better.
I'm highlighting some that not only worked, but also surpassed the original film—and most of them premiered just within the past 12 months.

Brewvies Cinema Pub supports the local indie film spirit

Local theater keeps up the fight to let all voices be heard.
At 677 S. 200 West, warm colorful designs, casual decor and a friendly staff welcome moviegoers as they enter Brewvies Cinema Pub.

Big Shiny Robot: Making your own independent film

A guide for how you can create the film that might be inside you.
The return of the Sundance Film Festival is almost as powerful as the Oscars when it comes to inspiring folks to come out of their shells and make art using film—especially here in Utah.

Art in the Utah mountains

Permanent and temporary creations bring beauty to the local surroundings.
While art in general is about connecting people to the experiences of others, that doesn't always take on as concrete a form as it does in the work of Lee Mingwei.

The Reality TV of 2004

If you think reality television is bad now, it's nothing compared to 20 years ago.
Let's take a look back at reality TV of 20 years ago

New Year's Eve 2024 activities

Whatever your age or interest, there's a place for you to ring in the new year
Plenty of opportunities to ring in 2024 dot the Utah landscape, so here are just some of the ways you can join with other revelers for a little auld lang syne.

Big Shiny Robot: The best of 2023 in geek media

Favorite books, movies, TV and more for all your nerdy delights
Every year, I wonder how we could get any more spoiled in the world of geekdom, and every year we seem to get some of the best nerdy content the world has ever created.

University of Utah STEM Community Alliance Program Arts & Justice Lab

Incarcerated artists share their individual selves through arts classes.
This is not a "white savior" story. Mollie Hosmer-Dillard doesn't come at her work that way.

December TV: Documentaries about cults

Pause your usual holiday romcoms and cozy up tales of charismatic creeps.
'Tis the season to watch cult documentaries, not Christmas romcoms filmed in Ogden last summer.

Heber Valley Railroad chugs on

The popular Utah attraction delights passengers all the way to the North Pole
Huffing and puffing up the mountain, the steam locomotive rhythmically chants, "I think I can, I think I can."

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