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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JUN 19 - JUN 25

Juneteenth Events, James Austin Johnson, Truth in Comedy @ Urban Arts Gallery and more.
By City Weekly Staff

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JUN 12 - JUN 18

AJ Irving: The Bi Book, Broadway at the Eccles: & Juliet, SAW: The Musical – The Unauthorized Parody of Saw, and more.
By City Weekly Staff

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JUN 5 - JUN 11

Randy Feltface @ Wiseguys West Jordan, Utah Asian Festival, Jane Austen Regency Festival and more.
By City Weekly Staff
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JUN 19 - JUN 25
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JUN 19 - JUN 25

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR JUN 19 - JUN 25

Juneteenth Events, James Austin Johnson, Truth in Comedy @ Urban Arts Gallery and more.
Here are just a few ways you can commemorate the date.

By City Weekly Staff June 18, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 29 - JUN 4
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 29 - JUN 4

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 29 - JUN 4

Out Loud @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Planned Parenthood 55th Anniversary with Jonathan Van Ness, Jake Shane @ Kingsbury Hall, and more.
For more than a decade, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has been such a place through its Out Loud program, providing a creative outlet, artistic guidance and a venue in which their experience can be shared with the world.

By City Weekly Staff May 28, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 22 - MAY 28
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 22 - MAY 28

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 22 - MAY 28

Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship & Festival, Utah Symphony: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Scandinavian Heritage Festival, and more.
The Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship & Festival returned to Midway, moving from its previous traditional Labor Day weekend time frame to Memorial Day weekend.

By City Weekly Staff May 21, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 15 - MAY 21
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 15 - MAY 21

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 15 - MAY 21

Queer Spectra Arts Festival, This Was Water @ Dumke Arts Plaza, Salt Lake City Main Library Rooftop Reopening, and more.
Let's face it: 2025 has been a particularly challenging year to be queer in Utah.

By City Weekly Staff May 14, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 8 - MAY 14
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 8 - MAY 14

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 8 - MAY 14

Sammy Obeid, Dan McClellan: The Bible Says So, Ballet West: Works from Within, and more.
American-born Lebanese-Palestinian comedian Sammy Obeid came out of college as a Business and Mathematics major.

By City Weekly Staff May 7, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 1 - MAY 7
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 1 - MAY 7

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAY 1 - MAY 7

Pioneer Theatre Company: Waitress, Utah Opera: Madame Butterfly Pixar Putt @ Mountain View Village
It would be easy to focus on the tragedy that was part of Waitress's origins—but that wouldn't be doing the story justice.

By City Weekly Staff April 30, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 24 - APR 30
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 24 - APR 30

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 24 - APR 30

RDT: Deux, Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival, Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Kids
At its most literal level, the title of Repertory Dance Theatre's season-ending production Deux of course just means "two," referring to the two celebrated choreographers featured as part of the evening's program.

By City Weekly Staff April 23, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 17 - APR 23
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 17 - APR 23

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 17 - APR 23

Nepantla: Border Arte @ Finch Lane Gallery, Utah Symphony: Mozart's Requiem, Ririe-Woodbury: Re-Act, and more.
Identity is no simple matter; for each one of us, it's a complex interplay of place, ethnicity, faith, gender, sexual orientation and so much more, defying attempts at creating simplistic binaries.

By City Weekly Staff April 16, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 10 - APR 16
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 10 - APR 16

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 10 - APR 16

Bat Boy: The Musical @ SLAC, Alton Brown Live: Last Bite, Ali Wong
Time comes at you pretty fast: It's been more than 30 years since the supermarket tabloid Weekly World News published a story claiming the existence of a strange "bat boy" who grew up in a cave.

By City Weekly Staff April 9, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 3 - APR 9
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 3 - APR 9

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APR 3 - APR 9

Broadway in Utah: Life of Pi, Ballet West: The Rite of Spring, Stephen E. Strom: Forging a Sustainable Southwest
It's clear that Martel's tale is rich with possibility for interpretations in other media.

By City Weekly Staff April 2, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 27 - APR 2
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 27 - APR 2

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 27 - APR 2

Pioneer Theatre Company: A Case for the Existence of God, Science Friday Live, Odyssey Dance: Shut Up & Dance, and more.
It's almost conventional wisdom now that the traditional "American Dream" has become ever more inaccessible to younger generations.

By City Weekly Staff March 26, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 20 - 26
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 20 - 26

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 20 - 26

Ziegfeld Theater: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, "The Forbidden Bookshelf" book club @ The King's English Bookshop, NCECA Conference and exhibitions, and more.
There's a bittersweet backstory to the origin of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the improbable creation of Ian Fleming, better known for the sexy, violent spy capers of James Bond.

By City Weekly Staff March 19, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 13 - 19
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 13 - 19

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 13 - 19

Sheng Wang, RDT: Regalia, Ben and Gabrielle Blair, and more.
He's a multi-cultural kind of guy, but also decidedly modest, and generally takes a self-effacing, observational approach as far as his comedy routines are concerned.

By City Weekly Staff March 12, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 6 - 12
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 6 - 12

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR MAR 6 - 12

Jenna Voris: Say a Little Prayer, Utah Opera: Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, International Women's Day, and more.
Saturday, March 8 marks the 50th anniversary of the United Nations' first declaration of an International Women's Day, and there are ways to celebrate the occasion locally.

By City Weekly Staff March 5, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 27 - MAR 5
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 27 - MAR 5

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 27 - MAR 5

Josh Johnson, Hubbard Street Dance, Mad King Productions: Proof, and more.
It's a frustrating experience, because deep down, we understand that it takes time to appreciate the art that's truly great.

By City Weekly Staff February 26, 2025

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 20 - 26
THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 20 - 26

THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR FEB 20 - 26

Pygmalion Productions: The Big Quiet, City Weekly Winter Soirée, Ed Yong: Becoming a Birder @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 2/25
The 2024 thriller Heretic prominently centered the experience of two female missionaries, and now we have the local premiere of playwright Morag Shepherd's The Big Quiet, inspired by her own experience as a missionary.

By City Weekly Staff February 19, 2025

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