Some people add real value to the community. They don’t just reside somewhere, they live there. They don’t just work for a company, they improve it. They don’t see people as just neighbors, they look at them as friends –as people with desires and needs. Such people that you will find in this […]
Our society is submersed in mass media. Everybody knows it. Maneuvering through manipulative advertisements has become such a mindless process in our daily grind that we seldom give it a second thought—we ingest information without conscious discretion, and that, according to BYU grad student Ashley Mae Christensen, is a problem. In an […]
“Wandering through the Springville Museum of Art is a magical experience, a spiritual experience,” said Dr. Vern G. Swanson, director and curator of the museum since 1980. “The museum immediately attracted me because the work it holds is life-affirming and nourishing.” In the summer of 1964, Swanson was a young, bewildered BYU student from Medford, […]
Summertime just isn’t summertime without the aroma of freshly grilled hot dogs wafting through the air. For Utah Valley residents, there are comparatively few options for fresh and flavorsome hot dogs. But Craig Gandolph, founder of Gandolfo’s deli and Rocco’s Dog House, is changing that. Gandolph’s first business venture, Gandolfo’s deli, suddenly exploded into national […]
Antique collecting is a science. Paula Perkins, one of the creators of Flea.o.logy, a large tri-annual flea market in Payson, Perkins finds tremendous satisfaction in the study and acquisition of second-hand treasures. Perkins, along with her friends Jenifer Reed and Kathy Cox, grew tired watching their items collect dust in consignment shops and decided to […]
Provo doesn’t celebrate many things. With the exception of a few strands of lights in December and a handful of window displays on Valentines day, holidays seem to comeand go rather imperceptibly in Utah County—but not the Fourth of July. As the Fourth approaches, smoke from barbeque grills will waft through the air, Old Glory […]
Artists tend to be reclusive creatures. Despite propensity toward isolation, it has been said that art cannot be created in a vacuum. It thus behooves the artist to make periodic return-visits to civilization after lengthy internal retreats.Creative Collaborative, an organization of artists based in Utah Valley, was founded to serve this very purpose. […]