Maestro Steichen Pops!

Nearly 75 years ago the Utah Symphony formed. Approximately four decades later the Utah Opera was founded. In 2002, the two entities converged into a powerhouse arts program that produces approximately 100 performances a year. To accomplish such a feat, US&O employs 85 musicians, 60 staff members, a two-tier program of Opera Ensemble Artists (five [...]

Junior Arts Org Does Risky Business

Nestled in a industrialized strip center in the Sugar House area is a tiny multidisciplinary arts organization fittingly called Sugar Space. A table, a couch, a curio cabinet and several pieces of original artwork decorate the simple lobby. Two-tiered crescent-moon rows of seats allow for patronage of up to about 80, within the black-box performance [...]

Utah’s Spencer Day

A Utah-born balladeer with incredible talent, Spencer Day is thrilled to be returning to his birthplace Oct. 16, for a much-anticipated concert. In his new album Vagabond, to be released Sep. 8 through Concord Jazz, Day explores his “wanderlust and endless search for a place to call home.” The mostly self-taught pianist/jazz singer, Day, in [...]

Debate Over Utah AIDS Foundation Continues

Nearly three weeks ago, a group of local activists called for the resignation of Stan Penfold, executive director of the Utah AIDS Foundation and for a restructuring in the organization’s board and programming. Activist Richard Matthews called for Penfold’s resignation during the Rally For Equality, which Turner Bitton organized on Aug. 14. Shortly after the [...]

Guv Hosts Utah Log Cabin Republicans

Over 100 people packed the Governor’s Mansion on Aug. 24 as Gov. Gary Herbert and his wife Jeanette hosted the Utah Log Cabin Republicans at an annual reception that started three years ago by then-Governor Jon M. Huntsman. While Huntsman seemed more at ease in a room full of gay, lesbian, transgender guests and their [...]

Utah Dead Last in Support for Same-sex Marriage

Utah remains dead last in support for gay and lesbian marriage, but is still trending upwards, according to a CNN poll and research by three professors of political science for the New York Times. According to the research, support for same-sex marriage is up in Utah from 12 percent in 1994-1996 to 22 percent in [...]

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