City Weekly - Other A&E http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8352-1-other-ae.html <![CDATA[Magical Music of John Williams]]> By Scott Renshaw

One has certain preconceptions about appropriate attire for the symphony. A Wookiee costume probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind.]]>
<![CDATA[Poetry Slam Finals]]> By Adam Love

On Monday, March 26, Mo’s Neighborhood Grill is lit like a pool hall; its narrow corridors are packed with dozens upon dozens of people ...]]>
<![CDATA[Arts Picks Dec. 29-Jan. 5]]> By City Weekly Staff

What's happening in the arts scene this weekend.]]>
<![CDATA[Holiday Cheers]]> By City Weekly Staff

Nothing says Christmas to me like the classic tale from Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol.]]>
<![CDATA[New Utah Museums]]> By Scott Renshaw

Four hundred years ago, if you were interested in seeing fascinating objects to learn about the world, you would probably have to visit “cabinets of wonders” ...]]>
<![CDATA[John Waters]]> By Dan Nailen

Well before personal “branding,” multi-platform marketing or “outsider art” had entered the mainstream, John Waters built an empire out of sexual perversion, drugs ...]]>
<![CDATA[Utah Haunted Houses]]> By Trevor Hale

You might think that if you’ve seen one haunted house, you’ve seen them all—but that’s not entirely true. Though there are common themes, no two haunts are exactly the same.]]>
<![CDATA[Utopia Early Music]]> By Scott Renshaw

It’s hard enough for some adults to imagine themselves enjoying a musical performance involving lutes, harps and recorders. So how does it happen that someone gets the bug for medieval music in middle school?]]>
<![CDATA[New-Fashioned Pierpont]]> By Austen Diamond

There is a “mayor” of Pierpont Avenue, and he sports an ornate Victorian-era suit, round spectacles, a handlebar mustache and a smile that could put a shine on a silver dollar ...]]>
<![CDATA[Violin Making School of America]]> By Austen Diamond

Throughout centuries, the craftsman’s pride has remained constant, but the method of learning the craft has changed ...]]>
<![CDATA[Sending Messages]]> By Gavin Sheehan

When it comes to our podcasting community, a great deal of the material is more topical than personal ...]]>
<![CDATA[Outdoor Retail Market 2010 Preview]]> By Austen Diamond

The market is not open to the public, but City Weekly was able to preview a few of the small, unexpected oddball booths, from fringe sports to niche equipment ... ]]>
<![CDATA[Pub Quizzes]]> By Scott Renshaw

For 15 seconds, a snippet of a song plays—a grind of guitars, a maybe-familiar vocalist. Heads bow together, each team member hoping one of the others has got it pegged ...]]>
<![CDATA[Seven Poems & Seven Paintings: Joel Long & Dave Hall]]> By Brian Staker

The poetic impulse is a mysterious thing. A work of verse has its genesis somewhere in the mind’s eye, the poet gazing off into the distance at something indistinct...]]>
<![CDATA[Eve]]> By Jacob Stringer

Many who were around for the 2002 Winter Games, have fond memories of downtown Salt Lake City...]]>
<![CDATA[Scary Halloween Movies]]> By MaryAnn Johanson

But Halloween, to me, isn't about "scary," it's about "creepy." Scares make you jump out of your seat and scream, but then they're gone. The creeps stay with you forever...]]>
<![CDATA[A Damn Podcast]]> By Brian Staker

As with any number of cool phenomena in Salt Lake City, the meeting of the two Adams of the movie-centered A Damn Podcast...]]>
<![CDATA[Cabaret Voltage]]> By Curtis Jensen

The Cabaret Voltage is an event of literature, music, and art recently revived by C.A. Leibow, and hosted monthly at Nobrow Coffee...]]>
<![CDATA[Jeffrey Deshell, Lynn Kilpatrick and Elisabeth Sheffield]]> By Brian Staker

Many artistic or literary collectives are collective in name only, bringing a group of practitioners of the same medium or genre together with little more in common than the fact that they produce...]]>
<![CDATA[Hooked on Classicals]]> By MaryAnn Johanson

I love classical movies. That’s right, not classic movies: classical movies.]]>