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Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. As wildly successful as those movies were—collectively grossing more than six-and-a-half billion dollars worldwide—theyre not exactly the kind of movies that get people to take you seriously as filmmakers. So after a 20-year career spent almost exclusively on superheroes, episodic television and high-concept comedies, you could understand how the Russos might want to do somethi...

Baggage: Alex Caldiero in Retrospect @ UMOCA Alex Caldiero ranks among Utahs most distinctive creative minds, with a career spanning 50 years as a writer, performer and multidisciplinary innovator—just dont call him an "artist." Caldiero prefers the term "maker," and a new exhibition at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (50 S. West Temple, utahmoca.org) explores the many things and ideas he has made. Baggage: Alex Caldiero in Retrospect—currently running—digs through Caldieros archives ...

Sonderimmersive We all remember where we were, and how it felt, when the COVID-19 pandemic truly hit home a year ago this week. Businesses and schools shut down, toilet paper became more precious than gold and we became very aware of how much we did or didnt like the people we were stuck in our homes with. Arts organizations in particular were forced to scramble in a world where isolation was the norm; ho...

Monthly Food Boxes from Spice Kitchen Spice Kitchen Incubator (751 W. 800 South, 385-229-4484, spicekitchenincubator.org) has been busy developing new ways for their chefs to flourish during the pandemic. One of their most exciting ideas is the monthly community food box, a pre-composed dinner that includes seasonal eats ready to enjoy at home. Most recently, Spice Kitchen featured their feminista box to celebrate International Womens Day. Chef Merab Maciel of The Salseria included cheese ench...

Water Resources, Police Reform in Utah, Social Justice in Jail, Amber Ruffin on Equity

"Making the Grade" Feb. 25 cover story by Benjamin Wood Great article, Ben. I remember another "kumbaya" moment when we passed the Teacher Evaluations Law with then-Sen. Aaron Osmond. Lets hope this moment lasts a bit longer. We will see. @SharonGF_NBCT Republican AG "War Games" In case you missed it, as part of a report by a Missouri organization called "Take Back Missouri," new emails released via a public-records request uncovered planning meetings by the Republican Attorneys General Associa...

A week ago, I got a call from a friend who works at our local pharmacy. They had a half-dozen doses of COVID-19 vaccine that, if not used by 6 p.m. that evening, would be tossed away due to expiration mandates.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) In late April of 1969, Cambridgeshire, UK, hosted the first-ever Thriplow Daffodil Weekend: a flower show highlighting 80 varieties of narcissus. In the intervening years, climate change has raised the average temperature 3.24 degrees Fahrenheit. So, the flowers have been blooming progressively earlier each year, which has necessitated moving the festival back. The last pre-COVID show in 2019 was on March 23-24, a month earlier than the original. Lets use this as a met...

Taking a Gander: A kinder gentler president can't fix stupid.

Raya and the Last Dragon offers a unity fable with more optimism than wisdom.