In auditions last fall, seven young musicians were hand-picked by the Utah Valley Symphony to perform this week at the Covey Center for the Arts for the Symphony’s annual Young Artists Concert. The musicians, who range in age from nine to nineteen, will perform on piano, flute, cello, double bass, and viola.
The death of a theater production is arguably UVU’s best-kept secret controversy this month. Electra, which was slated for release in early March at the Provo Theater, was cancelled last week for suggestive sexual content. Electra is a classical Greek tragedy by Euripides about a brother and sister who are commanded by the gods to kill their mother.
During the weekend of February 13- 15, Salt Lake City hosted its annual International Tattoo convention. The Salt Palace room buzzed like a nest of metal hornets as the artists set to work with their machines. Hundreds of people milled about to take in the myriad artist’s styles and original arts and crafts, and to get in line for a tattoo or piercing.
Combing elements of Shakespearian comedy and Elvis songs may seem like an unlikely pairing, but the two blend together seamlessly in “All Shook Up,” the latest production from the Hale Center Theater in Orem. Set in the 1950s Midwest, amid the changing social climate and the dawning of Rock and Roll, a motorbike riding, guitar playing “roustabout” drives into town bringing with him a message of social tolerance and equality.
The stage was lit up at the Scera and the scenery was staged for the musical A Year With Frog And Toad. On opening night, the seats were filled with moms, dads, grandparents and children, sponsored by the Head Start program of Provo Mountainland Preschool, excited to have a theatre experience with “The animals at the pond.
Into the Wild is the true story of a modern day transcendentalist-wanderer, Christopher McCandless, and his personal search for truth and meaning. Almost immediately after receiving a degree from Emory University, Chris donated $25,000 from his bank account to charity and drove out west, abandoning his car and burning all of the cash in his wallet along the way.
Noah Baumbach rivals Wes Anderson as one of the most important filmmakers of the 21st century, in my opinion. Reason being, he creates depth in superficiality; he makes memorable characters with consequential flaws which make it impossible not to fancy them.
This Friday, Utah artist Chris Purdie and the Sego Arts Foundation will open a performance art event to coincide with Provo City’s next gallery stroll. The event, called “I am Chris Purdie,” will consist of 30 actors, all dressed in Purdie’s regular black glasses, beanie, and hoodie, roaming the gallery as Purdie himself.
“Some of my earliest memories are of mixing cookie dough.” says Megan Faulkner Brown, founder of The Sweet Tooth Fairy Bakeshop, “Since childhood I have had a profound love for sweets.” Dessert-lovers will be delighted to hear that The Sweet Tooth Fairy Bake Shop is now open for business.
Have hard times gotten you bugaboo or made you frustrated with the often high cost of being a student? If so, you’re definitely not alone. Even the best of us have to search for creative ways to make sure every dollar we spend goes as far as it possibly can.