“For one afternoon people cover each other in colored powders, and our differences are erased in one swipe,” says Charu Das, manager of Holi, also known as The Festival of Colors. Celebrated largely in countries with large Hindu populations such as India, Nepal and Bangladesh, the festival is also held yearly at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork.
Ballet West in Salt Lake is at it again with another new and exciting performance called Treasures of the Ballets Russes. This recital is set to sample some of the original Ballet Russes’ most famous and profound pieces, including Les Biches, The Prodigal Son and Polovetsian Dances.
Dial M For Murder, the play on which Alfred Hitchcock based his movie of the same name, opened March 20 at Pioneer Theater Company in Salt Lake. Murder, the story of a scheming former tennis player and his heiress wife who refuses to play the victim, was written by English playwright Frederick Knott.
One can only express admiration for the director Laura Barnham and her youth program Acting UP! at the SCERA. Teenagers from all over the valley audition for her program, and once admitted become part of an ensemble that focuses on family-friendly fun and uplifting entertainment.
The Springville Art Museum’s latest exhibit, the American Collection, is as diverse in styles and artists as America is in cultures and regional personalities. At the exhibit’s core are statues of America’s great Emancipator himself, Abraham Lincoln. The pieces range from life-size statues of a young Lincoln to a large bust of him.
The comfort food of the Utah Valley theater scene can be found in an unassuming small venue beneath the Pleasant Grove Library. The team at PG Players, a city-sponsored troupe, knows their way around contemporary American theater. Often led by the dynamic husband and wife team of Katherine and Howard Little, the PG Players consistently produce great mid-century American comedies and dramas.
“International cinema allows people to learn about different cultures, customs, languages and arts,” says Mark Olsen, the coordinator of integrated and interdisciplinary studies at UVU and cinema studies club advisor. Many students are unaware that the cinema studies club offers free admission to international films in LI 120 on Thursdays from 7 to 9:30.
Sitting in class, grabbing lunch in the cafeteria, or riding in the parking shuttle, students are in danger of coming to a confidence-shattering conclusion: At UVU, there is a crowd. And you’re just a part of it. Standing out from the rest of the Wolverines isn’t easy — it takes work.
On June 11, pop artist Kelly Clarkson will perform at Brent Brown Ballpark, the UVU baseball stadium, at 6:30 PM. The performance is part of UVUphoria! II, Orem Summerfest and Clarkson’s tour for her new album ALL I EVER WANTED, her fourth studio album which released just last week.
The Utah Opera’s latest production, The Marriage of Figaro, opened last Saturday at the Capitol Theater. Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s sequel to The Barber of Seville, is sung in the original Italian with English supertitles. The Marriage of Figaro’s plot is complicated, to say the least.
As soon as you walk through the doors of the Pennyroyal Café, you are instantly enveloped by the eclectic ambience that wafts like a whimsical bohemian vapor beneath the high ceilings. Antique couches, crystal chandeliers, artwork-filled walls and an Old Hollywood-style red carpet running from the doors to the counter make for the perfect place to unwind after a busy day.
The charming Hale Theatre by the E Center Sports Arena is currently featuring one of the many versions of the musical Phantom — not to be confused with Phantom of the Opera; although the two shows center around the same characters and story, they are presented and written in very different ways.
Pretty in Pink is a 1986 John Hughes classic teen-angst high school drama starring ‘The Brat Pack.’ Molly Ringwald plays Andie, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, literally. She lives by the railroad station with her emotionally unavailable, unemployed father.
After a widespread “community engagement” campaign, a visit from Michael Moore, and concerts from bands as popular as Muse, Smashing Pumpkins, and Mika, UVU finally found itself on the map on Feb. 27. In an historical reunion, MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice took the stage at the McKay Events Center, performing together for the first time in 18 years.
In what seems to be an end of an era, March 4 marked the end for Brett Ravenberg, Josh Olsen and the Utah Valley University legend that is Ryan Toolson. With a 38-point shellacking over Houston Baptist, the Wolverines would end their season on a very high note, winning 80-42.
