Reading Time: 2 minutes It wasn’t too long ago that social norms stifled a woman’s spirit and opportunity to experience the world without being under the heavy thumb of her husband. “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen, which is being performed each night at 7:30 p.m. from March 25-April 10 at the Noorda Theater, was written long before these […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute In response to the downward economic spiral of the U.S., 16 artists documented the traumatic effects it has had on citizens and on the country through their artwork. On display at the Springville Museum of Art through April 25, the exhibit, titled “Hard Times: An Artist’s View” compels observers to face the dejected reality in […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Jonathan Langford’s first novel, “No Going Back,” sets a teenage boy named Paul at odds with his homosexuality, his Mormon religion, his family and his friends. It is tired but thematically rich ground, and while the premise is promising, “No Going Back” ultimately trips on its own rhetorical bombast and fails to connect with readers. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes When you finish reading “A Map in the Dirt,” the new short comic book from our own Utah artist Jess Smart Smiley, you may be left scratching your head. It is a dark, poetic and haunting tale that is also, at times, an overly confusing one. In a lot of ways, “A Map in the […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes In September of 2000, Coral Springs, Florida pop-punk quartet New Found Glory (NFG) released a self-titled album of 12 songs. 10 years later, the band is touring in celebration of the album’s release. Opening the March 8 show at In The Venue in Salt Lake City was NFG sound-a-likes Fireworks, electro-nerd rockers Hellogoodbye and fellow […]