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Ballet West’s 62nd season set to open Oct. 24 with lavish production of Michael Smuin’s Romeo & Juliet set to famous Prokofiev score

The historical significance of Ballet West’s 62nd season opener, Romeo & Juliet, for the company cannot be overstated. As ...
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A detailed rundown of the 2025 slate of the Utah Film Center’s Utah Queer Film Festival

For the curtain raiser of the 2025 Utah Queer Film Festival, see this link. The theme of fearless queerness permeates the ...
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Mowing down physical and cognitive borders we imagine: Jorge Rojas’ multimedia Coyotek at Gittins Gallery a unifying testament of sociopolitical resilience, spiritual ...

The layout of the space in the Gittins Gallery at the University of the Utah is perfect for Jorge Rojas’ Coyotek exhibition ...
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Utah Film Center set to open 22nd Utah Queer Film Festival, with six feature-length documentaries, international slate of 40 short films

For a detailed rundown of the 2025 slate for the Utah Queer Film Festival, see this link. At a hostile, polarizing time like ...
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Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix set to take UtahPresents stage Oct. 23 as part of blockbuster jazz series

In the video for Noble Rise, the epitome of musical collaboration is dynamic. An exquisite conversation is captured in a ...
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Mexico and U.S.

The layout of the space in the Gittins Gallery at the University of the Utah is perfect for Jorge Rojas’ Coyotek exhibition which mows down the physical and cognitive borders we conventionally imagine ...
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Gittins Gallery

The layout of the space in the Gittins Gallery at the University of the Utah is perfect for Jorge Rojas’ Coyotek exhibition which mows down the physical and cognitive borders we conventionally imagine ...
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Noble Rise

In the video for Noble Rise, the epitome of musical collaboration is dynamic. An exquisite conversation is captured in a montage with alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin on her solos and her core band ...
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Queer history

For a detailed rundown of the 2025 slate for the Utah Queer Film Festival, see this link. At a hostile, polarizing time like now, many people understandably demur from being unapologetic about ...
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Lakecia Benjamin

In the video for Noble Rise, the epitome of musical collaboration is dynamic. An exquisite conversation is captured in a montage with alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin on her solos and her core band ...
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Les Roka

I am a native of Toledo, Ohio, having received my Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from Ohio University's Scripps School of Journalism in 2002. In addition to teaching at Utah State ...
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Sundance 2023: A look at some of the festival’s elite class of short films and Animation Short Film Program

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sundance’s elite short film slate is highlighted. Les Roka’s reviews five short films from various offerings while Thomas Dugrosprez reviews this year’s Animation Short Program. The ...