Weekly outlook? Confused

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January 24, 2011

schedule 2 min read

The existential crisis you’ve been experiencing lately finally has found its origins. Apparently you’ve got your whole life wrong – and it’s all because your zodiac was off. Marriage? Moot. New Business? Proceed way more cautiously. However, life and your personality can finally be put back into some sort of stasis thanks to recent astrological […]

Celebrate, but don’t eat the cake with cows heart

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January 18, 2011

schedule 2 min read

Vultures – they look like old men with beaks, even when they are young. Known as scavengers and bad omens for those lost in the desert, the members of this bird family have a godlike power and majesty that allows them to age into their bald and wrinkled heads – in addition to growing old […]

Fantasy and the Four Seasons in Botanica

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January 18, 2011

schedule 1 min read

In the dim lights of a large room, the human form becomes the four seasons—and it’s all part of the experiencing a Moses Pendelton’s Momix Show. Momix will bring its world-renowned dance style to Kingsbury Hall with its newest show, Botanica, on Jan. 22. Momix shows can truly be something you’ve never seen before. The […]

Start the day with some librettists

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January 10, 2011

schedule 2 min read

Grab some opera glasses and head to the basement of the Orem Public Library for a little bit of New York Opera and possibly a chance to mingle with the Spanish-Gypsy scenesters. The Orem Library will screen The Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Carmen on Jan. 12 in its Media Auditorium. At 9:30 a.m., the show […]

One man, small world, big attention

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January 10, 2011

schedule 2 min read

If you haven’t investigated alternative therapy, let Mark Hogencamp’s attempt to self-heal in the town of Marwencol be an example of it. The Salt Lake City Film Center will be screening Hogencamp’s story in the award-winning documentary Marwencol for one night only on Jan. 11. In April 2000, Mark Hogencamp’s outlook on life was almost […]

Green Cello: Deliciously colorful music

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December 6, 2010

schedule 2 min read

Coming up with funky concert names like “Green Cello: Rated PG for Language and Low Violins” is one part of Crystal Young –Otterstroms job as one of the co-founders and marking director for the Salty Cricket Composers Collective. It’s all part of the season for the Salty Cricket. “Marketing is my day job, and I […]

Re-experience adolescence, but with legal inebriation

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December 6, 2010

schedule 2 min read

The transition from high school life to post-high school life is difficult, but who could make that transition easier than Steve Buscemi? Movies like Ghost World bring a realization of this world in a very relatable way. Brewvies will be showing the cult classic based on the comic of the same name from the early […]

‘Faces of Mali’ Creating more cultural bonds

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November 15, 2010

schedule 2 min read

The next time you are in the Orem Public Library’s Chidren’s sections looking for copies of Arthur’s Loose Tooth and The Missing Piece, take a look at the walls. The Library will host the “Faces of Mali” photo exhibition through Dec. 6. While the distance between Utah Valley and Mali is great, both share values […]

Commune with your commute

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November 15, 2010

schedule 4 min read

Who’s ready for an ice-cold, refreshing bike ride? The transition to winter is difficult to swallow each year for commuters. Drivers struggle not to slide around and off the roads. Walkers run the gamble of walking on slick or unshoveled sidewalks, in addition to being very cold. Cyclists, however, face a combination of these problems […]

Should the wolf make a comeback?

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November 8, 2010

schedule 3 min read

Wolves, like many predatory species, live as both an dangerous and endangered species. In August, all wolves in the Western U.S. were placed back on the endangered species list, and while this should allow populations to thrive, it could mean extra caution for the states’ farmers, ranchers and hunters. Don’t be fooled by these majestic, […]