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The Studio Museum in Harlem At the moment, The Studio Museum in Harlem remains closed to the public as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But the institutions history and cultural significance is available to visitors in Utah thanks to a traveling exhibition. Black Refractions: Highlights from the Studio Museum in Harlem opens this week at the University of Utahs Utah Museum of Fine Arts to showca...

Mike Riedel This week, I came across two stouts that couldnt be more different while coming from the same family. One is a boozy, in your face pastry stout, and the other is a locally-made no-alcohol oatmeal stout. This should be fun! TF Brewing - Fluffier Nuts: This is the much bigger brother to Fluffy Nuts, a pastry stout released earlier this year at 5.0 percent ABV. It poured a nice dark brown, almost...

Downwinders and the Radioactive West In the 1950s, after several years of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, the United States government moved its above-ground testing program to the Nevada Test Site in the desert west of St. George. The small town was informed that the testing was taking place, and schoolchildren were even brought outside to watch the mushroom clouds appear in the distance. But beginning with apparent impacts on the local livestock, it soon became clear that the testing...

Long Life Vegi House Reopens Long Life Vegi House (2561 S. State Street, 801-467-1111, longlifevegihouseut.com), a pioneering restaurant in Utahs vegetarian food scene, has reopened after closing its doors during the pandemic. Their lengthy vegetarian menu features several Chinese classics, many of which feature plant-based meat—the vegetarian General Tso chicken and the tofu in spicy garlic sauce are two menu standouts. Though Utahs vegetarian options have become more diverse in recent years...

Alex Springer I think its safe to say that if youre reading this right now, you need a pastry. Something light, fluffy and stuffed with a luxurious cream filling—or maybe something warm, cheesy and bedazzled with bacon. Whatever pastry craving that little voice inside is telling you to indulge, chances are youll find it inside Comcom Kitchen (67 W. 1700 South, comcomkitchen.com). Owned and operated by ...

Sundance Institute Next week, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival begins—but not in any way weve ever experienced it before. The annual independent film showcase has gone almost entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a smaller slate of films, and people around the world will have a chance to experience the programming from their own homes. One thing that remains the same, however, is the questi...

Awe and Sublimity

Ken Pao | Clark Clifford What a time it must be to be a young artist—or indeed, a young label. Besides figuring out how to make ones own music, newbies and industry vets alike have been forced to navigate a pandemic for nearly a year. Thats certainly been the reality at the brand-new Utah-based record label Wonderwild Records, a project which found Mindy Gledhill and Fawn Goodman teaming up to create op...

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Repertory Dance Theatre had originally planned to premiere its streaming recorded version of the annual Emerge production on Jan. 8. But the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact arts organizations in ways even beyond forcing them to present their work to audiences in different formats. According to Nicholas Cendese—Artistic Associate and Development Director for RDT, who also choreographed one of the Emerge pieces—work on the production was delayed when dancers had to isolate due to poss...