Jorge Rojas: Material Witness @ Granary ArtsEphraim-based Granary Arts (86 N. Main St.) features a mid-career exhibition of Utah artist Jorge Rojas in Hardware witness, spanning nearly 20 years. Until recently director of learning and engagement at the Art Museum of Utah, Rojas also spent several years in New York, including in the mid-1990s and … Read more
The American jackalope can appear almost anywhere: as a stuffed mount on a wall, on postcards, even in the name of a Salt Lake City bar. Like rabbits of all kinds, these horned rodents seem to have an almost infinite capacity to multiply, despite the fact that they don’t actually exist. Or, again, maybe they … Read more
Click to enlarge Pittsburgh City Paper called comedian, writer and actor Joe Pera, whose Spring in the Midwest and Rust Belt tour is stopping in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, May 10 at the Carnegie Library in Homestead, to discuss performing in that area, do your research and what which is so funny about … Read more
See Global Entertainment/Bridgeman Images “The Creation of Adam” in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: the exhibition It is often true that an artistic experience is also a spiritual experience. However, not all exhibits allow you to touch the hand of God. … Read more
Edward Abbey once said that there were two main functions in an artist: art and sedition. As the guy who coined the term “monkey-wrenching”, he had a very specific idea of what it meant. Right now, artists are rightly angry with issues of women’s right to choose and LGBTQ+ people’s right to exist, as both … Read more
As an exploration of the experience of those who passed through Ellis Island as immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th century, Six Songs from Ellis melds components of dance, theatrical performance and multi-media. But as the creative team sees it, it’s clear where the emphasis should be: on the oral histories that provided … Read more
The Easter season was definitely a little … weird in 2020 and 2021. While some seasonal activities took place, most did not, and even those that did take place might not have been appealing destinations, what with gaggles of unvaccinated kids. If you and/or your family are looking for Easter weekend events as you get … Read more