After a sold-out run in 2009, the hit Broadway show Wicked has landed once again in Salt Lake City, opening tonight at the Capitol Theatre. The famous musical composed by Stephen Schwartz and based on the novel by Gregory Maguire tells a much different story about the characters first made famous by The Wizard of Oz.
A 20-ton sand sculpture will anchor the four-day Utah Arts Festival beginning Thursday on Salt Lake City’s Library Square. And as KCPW’s Jeff Robinson reports, it’s a work-in-progress thousands of people will get the chance to observe.
Summer is officially on its way in Salt Lake City and that means people are gearing up for traditional summer festivities. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, event planners are announcing lineups and selling tickets for the city’s most popular summer attractions.
An exhibition coming to downtown Salt Lake City’s Utah Museum of Contemporary Art will have visitors thinking about hunger in a different way – through cupcakes. Elizabeth Tobias is the artist behind “Let Them Eat Cupcakes,” or “The Cupcake Project.” She’ll appear at UMOCA Friday night from 8 to 10 p.m.
The end of an era has arrived for a public radio program that began as a college radio show. Now, The Sound of Young America, which airs Thursday nights at 7 p.m. here on KCPW, is becoming Bullseye. So what’s behind the change and what can listeners expect of the new show? KCPW’s Jeff Robinson spoke with host Jesse Thorn.
The Salt Lake City Council discussed last night how the vision of a Broadway-style performing arts center in downtown Salt Lake City could be realized. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the big questions remain: how will the Utah Performing Arts Center be funded and how will it impact the broader arts community?
United States Poet Laureate William S. Merwin spoke at the Salt Lake City Main Library on Wednesday, October 5 as part of the 14th annual Utah Humanities Book Festival. Merwin read from his book Migration, a collection of poems from his previous 17 books.
If new technology can help prevent violence, does that necessarily mean it should be used? That’s one of the questions explored in a young adult novel written by Westminster College associate professor of communication Christine Seifert, just released today. The Predicteds centers on an experimental computer program called PROFILE.
Red Butte Garden is counting on a smaller crowd for next year’s outdoor concert series, at least when it comes to those who don’t pay for tickets. Communications Director Bryn Ramjoue says the University of Utah has decided to fence off a half-acre area behind the garden where people frequently listen to the concerts for free due to safety concerns.
A longtime artist and art teacher who passed away in late 2009 is the subject of a joint exhibition opening this week at both the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and Salt Lake Art Center. Final Light: V. Douglas Snow in Retrospect chronicles the work of Doug Snow, who first came into the spotlight nationally in 1957 and later taught at the University of Utah for 35 years.
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