Originally published in Desert Companion magazine
Crashing Sundance
Every January, Park City and Salt Lake City host the Sundance Film Festival. Started as the US/Utah Film Festival in 1978, it’s since grown into a must-go for anyone who is anyone (and anyone who wants to be anyone) in the indie film biz. During...
Originally published in Utah Explorer's Guide
The Ghosts of Cedar Mesa
“Good spot guys,” I mutter to the ghosts as I dump my pack onto the grass at the side of the trail. “Now, how did you get all that up there?” I’ve discovered yet another riddle of the ancients down here on Cedar Mesa, a...
Originally published in Salt Lake magazine
Up Close and Personal: Fans Here Get a Front Row Seat
SLC’s MUSIC SCENE has flourished in the last decade because of a few promoters who put quality before quantity. As a result, bands love to play here and fans get a front row seat, every show. Thirty-eight years ago, Robert Plant’s howling vocals reached an...
Originally published in Salt Lake magazine
The Book of Mormon Comes Home
The musical arrives in Salt Lake City, and no, we don’t want to talk about it. THE CURTAIN opens on a spare stage, a set of doors. A lone LDS missionary rings a doorbell and sings, “Hello, my name is Elder Price, and I would like...
Originally published in Salt Lake magazine
Utah Can Dance
THE REST OF THE WORLD is discovering Utah’s talented pool of dancers and choreographers. What took them so long? It started, in a way, with Footloose, the 1984 movie about teens in a town where dance was forbidden. The film put Utah on Hollywood’s radar...
The Central Wasatch is a Damn National Treasure, Let’s Make It Official