Reading Time: 2 minutes Legs twirled over shoes like spindles to the floor, arms flapped in formation, and bodies thrusted forward to undulate like serpents as they popped their assets to create sizzling performances. Ten dance crews echoed each other’s performances with new beats and styles, some shadowy stilted marionettes, others neon ribboned liquid gyrations of hips and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes With their 4-0 win Saturday night over South Carolina State, Utah Valley University’s women’s soccer team won’t have to dress up as Great West conference champs come Halloween Monday night. S.C. State came into the night up one game on the Wolverines with a perfect 5-0 conference record and a head start in the race to […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Outside of Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Provo on Saturday, the sidewalks read, “Close your accounts,” as protesters stood on the corner of 100 N and University Avenue. The group of about 24 members from Occupy Provo stood holding signs and passing out fliers to the public. Cars driving by the scene honked in approval […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes In downtown Provo, there lies a small establishment catering to local and international fashionistas. It is a place where one can find high-end handbags and prominent brand shoes. It doesn’t just tell you what is hot, it sells you what’s hot. The name, ironically, is What’s Hot. What’s Hot boutique has been around since 2004. […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Enthusiasm is contagious. This issue is full of people’s hard work and enthusiasm. For some, it’s their pizza, for others, it’s making sure everyone has a good time. Some just want to give people what they want. Whatever the focus of the enthusiasm, it spreads like wildfire to other people with whom they share […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some people are just different from everyone else. They exercise their genius in whatever medium speaks to them most and inspire the rest of us to be better than we think we can be. These four Utah Valley artists work in the medium of sauce and cheese to tease our taste buds and satisfy our […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Christian Jacobs likes to have fun. He’s part of the Ska band The Aquabats who are famous for their theatrical stunts, costumes and funny lyrics. Co-creator of the kid’s show Yo Gabba Gabba, Jacobs collects Japanese toys and frequently holds dress up days at the Yo Gabba Gabba production warehouse. But the best part […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Doing something right isn’t always easy. For Chet Tapp of Salt Lake City, helping radio stations target demographics in the community and playing songs by popular demand instead of based on corporate charts has cost him work. But he hasn’t given up on his idea of the community-based radio station. Since April, various Utahns have […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Everyday Arts From Heart to Hand All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo Wide-Open Spaces All day, donation BYU Museum of Art North Campus Drive, Provo Entertainment The Marvelous Wonderettes 7:30 p.m., $13.50 – 19.50 Hale Center Theater Orem 225 W. 400 North, Orem […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Painting isn’t dead. It’s not old and decrepit. It’s not expired. It’s not archaic. Painting, according to fine artist Ryan S. Brown, is more alive and relevant than it’s ever been. Brown is a painter, instructor and founder of the Center for Academic Study and Naturalist Painting in Springville, and he intends to make art […]