Visual Art | Goddess Bless: Olivia Glascock takes on religious iconography from a matriarchal perspective

POSTED // Feb 27,2008 - Artistic expression has always held an important place throughout history. However, it is the expression of history that holds an important place in the works of Salt Lake City artist Olivia Celine Glascock. Using gold leaf as her canvas, Glascock creates...

Music Articles

The Love Groove

Gerald Music choose to roll with soul rather than rock with the flock.

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Forming a band is like developing a romantic relationship. You hope for chemistry and, if you’re lucky, an instant connection. More often than not, it’s the former. What you see on stage is often the result of musician-soliciting want-ads,...

Music Articles

Spin City

New City Movement’s DJ Jesse Walker brings Salt Lake’s underground house music to the surface.

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - When people think of hotspots for house music and its followers, a few cities come to mind. London. New York. San Francisco. Las Vegas. But Salt Lake City? Sound AffectsOnly when vocalist Zabitha Z. Zoome revised the chorus of the band’s theme song...

Arts & Entertainment

Main Street Gambit

Downtown chess tourney hopes to add urban feel.

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Power struggles on Salt Lake City’s Main Street are nothing new. But for once, they’re a welcome element. These new battles that can be fought and solved within 30 minutes, without involving the state Supreme Court or land swap deals. Welcome...

Arts & Entertainment

Black Celebration

Goth culture comes together to celebrate art and music at the Dark Arts Festival.

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - If you’ve ever wanted to see how the other, darker half of the city lives, the Dark Arts Festival might just be what you’re looking for. Six months in the making, this year’s Dark Arts Festival is a three-day bacchanal of dark music...

Arts & Entertainment

Mencia to Society

Carlos Mencia rises from a stage fright debut to stand-up stardom.

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - As a comedian, running out of material is one thing; drawing a complete blank and abruptly announcing your exit as you walk off stage three minutes into your routine is another. In the world of funny, bombing is a fate worse than death. However, for Carlos...

Arts & Entertainment

Gray Matters

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - For more than two decades, Spalding Gray has been known as America’s “Talking Man.” Inspired by the tradition of Beat-era legends Ginsburg and Kerouac, he is an artist of the spoken word and master of the autobiographical monologue....

Arts & Entertainment

High Comedy

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Imagine three stoner friends on a nationwide mission—spreading their unique comedic style of spoken word about their favorite mystical herb, cannabis. Call it pointless. Outrageous. Even revolutionary. They call it The Marijuana-logues. This bong-fueled...

Arts & Entertainment

Emo’s Core

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - By his own count, it’s been almost 12 years since veteran comedian Emo Philips has performed in Salt Lake City. “Let me check the restraining order again to be sure,” he explains in his singsong voice, reminiscent of Peter Brady at the...

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Sexy Strophe

Erotic Poetry Night lets wordsmiths get jiggy.

By Ed Richards

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - If you’re not baring your heart to a special someone this Valentine’s Day, why not bare your soul to a room full of strangers? The University of Utah’s free Coffeehouse Series Erotic Poetry Night falls on Feb. 14 this year. The date...