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The Bird is the Word: Species Names That ALSO Mean Other Things
In honor of naturalist John James Audubon’s birthday today. Here is a list of bird species names that also have other meanings. Grouse: A grouse is a ground dwelling bird. Grouse as a verb means to complain or gripe about one’s problems. Snipe: A snipe is a bird with a long straight bill, round body, and long legs. It inhabits marshlands or coastlines. At beaches it eats insects, snails, tiny crabs, fish eggs, and tiny fish. In the marsh it eats insects and small fish.
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In years past, you might have expected to see a City Weekly Summer Guide issue sometime in May. Of course, years past were different because, well... [gestures broadly at everything]. As recently as late spring, it wasn't entirely clear if Summer 2021 would be a depressing instant replay of Summer 2020.
By Scott Renshaw Verified, Benjamin Wood Verified, Rebecca Chavez-Houck, Kathleen Curry, Geoff Griffin, Megan Wagstaff, Matt Pacenza, Aimee Cook Verified, Erin Moore, Darby Doyle, Mika Jehoon Lee, Cait Lee
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Easily Confused Words: Wind Chill vs. Windshield
kathleenwcurry in Easily Confused Words January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 280 Words Windchill and windshield are easily confused words. The spell-check application of most word processing software programs would not catch a slip-up of these two words. Spell-check is looking for words that aren’t in its dictionary, and words that resemble words in its dictionary, but are possibly spelled wrong. Spell-check isn’t perfect.
<span class='lock-icon'></span>DEAR GOVERNOR, from KATHLEEN CURRY | Rural Colorado is watching — and worried
Dear GovernorGovernorNewsDEAR GOVERNOR, from KATHLEEN CURRY | Rural Colorado is watching — and worriedAuthor: Kathleen Curry - October 31, 2018 - Updated: October 29, 2018 It is possible to develop solutions if there is a commitment from the top to try and improve the lives of all Coloradans, regardless of where they live. Post Views: 1
Cirque du Salt Lake | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
At some point in the history of entertainment, the term "family-friendly" became shorthand for "boring." Some might suggest that we've lost the ability to appreciate wholesome entertainment thanks to the internet, but a mouse named Mickey might tell you otherwise. People haven't lost their taste for activities and events that adults and kids can enjoy together.
Not Lost in Translation | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Forty years ago, when a fledgling would-be opera company in Salt Lake City made Puccini's La Bohème its first production, it might have felt like an obvious choice. In addition to being one of the most popular works in the operatic canon, it's also a story of struggling young artists doing what they do for pure love of creating, and with no guarantee of financial reward. Now that Utah Opera is an established institution, however, the production is bound to have a different meaning.
Star Power | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
When Salt Lake Comic Con opens its doors this week, it will feature a guest lineup of familiar celebrity names like John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd, Elijah Wood and Dick Van Dyke. By now, this influx of talent seems like an almost predictable September occasion. But how did a relatively new pop-culture convention in Utah become one of the most desirable guest destinations in the country?
Border Crossing | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Stage doors tend to attract uninvited groupies and fans seeking an autograph after a show. But with its new "Stagedoor" series, UtahPresents invites audience members right in. In fact, those at guitarist and composer Kaki King's Sept. 14 performance at Kingsbury Hall will be seated on stage with her.
Colorado needs thoughtful politicians not bound to parties
Voters are clearly fed up with the two-party status quo. A majority of Americans view both parties unfavorably, and more Americans identify as independent than either Democrat or Republican. The trend lines are even more staggering here in Colorado. Our secretary of state recently reported that more than half of the 25,039 voters who registered since June 28 chose to be unaffiliated with either party. Independents now number over 1.3 million in the state, or 37 percent.
Point Blank | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
The process of creating art almost always begins with blankness: a clean canvas, a bare stage, a blinking cursor on an empty screen. But when an artist begins the process of adapting an already-existing work to a new medium, you'd expect there to be more of a starting point for filling in that blankness.
The Essential A&E Picks for August 3-9 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
THURSDAY 8/3 Anthem Theatre Co.: Elephant's Graveyard It's never easy to launch a new small theater company, and those who do often find themselves working in makeshift spaces. That's why Anthem Theatre Co. Creative Director Caitlin Bell is delighted to be staging a production of George Brant's 2008 play Elephant's Graveyard in the Rose Wagner Center's Studio Theatre. "It's very nice, I have to tell you," Bell says.
The Essential A&E Picks for July 27-August 2 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
FRIDAY 7/28 Cotopaxi Questival A race used to be a straightforward concept: A bunch of people start at one point, and the first one to reach the other point wins. These days, a race can mean just about anything, from eating 72 hotdogs in 10 minutes to running a half-kilometer in high heels. The possibilities are endless.
Fringe Kiss | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
In January 2015, Alex Ungerman was trying to launch a theater company—and launching a theater company isn't easy. Finding space to produce shows isn't easy; getting local theater audiences acquainted with your name and your mission isn't easy. Coincidentally—and fortunately for Ungerman's fledgling Sackerson Theatre Co.—early 2015 was also when Westminster College theater faculty members Michael and Nina Vought were launching the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival.
Between Two Worlds | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Statewide, competitive dance is a big deal. Think little girls caked in makeup and sequins, popping their hips and doing split leaps—it's flashy and designed to impress judges. Local and national competitions, like the Spotlight Dance Cup, take place in Utah cities throughout the year. From Orem's Center Stage Performing Arts Studio to Ogden's Studio 48, dozens of instructors teach kids (mostly young girls) how to turn ballet, hip-hop, jazz funk, modern and tap into a spectacle that wins awards.
The Essential A&E Picks for July 20-26 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
FRIDAY 7/21 Al Ahad: The Hijab Project The concept of the hijab—the traditional head scarf worn by some Muslim women—as art might seem counter-intuitive, yet it's exactly this pre-conception that inspired a new exhibit at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. According to Ana Antunes, a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Utah's School of Education, "We developed this idea of how cool it would be ...
Driving Force | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
On May 24, 1991, Becky Aikman was in the audience for the opening night of Thelma & Louise, an under-the-radar comedy-drama about two women on an outlaw road trip, which was opening opposite macho big-budget action movies like Hudson Hawk and Backdraft. "There hadn't been much marketing or publicity about it," Aikman recalls, "so I didn't know what to expect. And it completely blew my mind, because there was nothing else like it at the time.
The Essential A&E Picks for July 13-19 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
FRIDAY 7/14 Under the Influence: Eight Local Artists Influenced by Animation Ask any young child: Animation can be as addictive as sugary breakfast cereal. Since at least the pop art movement of the 1960s, visual artists have incorporated images and themes from the genre into their work, often as commentary on popular culture. Under the Influence at Rio Gallery collects works from local artists whose creations bear a distinct impression from the art of animation.
Friends, Romans, Controversy | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
In 2017 America, it feels like nothing should be able to surprise us anymore. Yet it was still somehow particularly bizarre when a New York City production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar—with the Roman emperor dressed as Donald Trump—became the latest flashpoint for political tensions at the outset of the current presidency. Yes, it was 2017, and we were all getting worked into a lather over a Shakespeare play.
The Essential A&E Picks for June 22-28 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
THURSDAY 6/22 Salt Lake Acting Co.: Saturday's Voyeur 2017 There are years when Saturday's Voyeur—Salt Lake Acting Co.'s annual satirical musical comedy revue—is certain to focus on specifically local headlines. Then there are years when it's impossible to ignore that national news has overwhelmed everything else. "I think this year it's mostly about how, nationally, the world has affected us locally, more than taking it completely local," Cynthia Fleming, SLAC's executive artistic director, says.
Putting It Together | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Over the course of its 41 years, the Utah Arts Festival has shifted locations, added programs and swelled annual attendance. One thing, however, has remained consistent: Every year is a new test of its organizers' creativity in putting it all together. After 2016's big 40th anniversary—which included a unique, Legislature-funded free-admission day on the opening day—you could forgive UAF director Lisa Sewell if she wanted to take a year where everything stayed the same.
The Essential A&E Picks for 15-21 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
FRIDAY 6/16 Chris Bodily and Heather Romney: Strange News from Another Star When two artists come together to display vastly different work in the same space, the narrative created just by walking from one end of a gallery to the next is striking. It transports viewers from the world of one artist to the other, inviting them to draw ties between the two.
School's Out | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
In 2017 Utah, a work by an openly gay high school student—including an artist's statement addressing its LGBTQ themes—won a Juror's Award at the Springville Museum of Art's 45th annual All-State High School Art Show, where it became part of a touring exhibit that will make its way to state schools and libraries throughout the 2017-18 school year. Yet the most remarkable thing about Dylan Kime's story, is that it doesn't seem like a seismic shift, but rather part of a new normal.
The Essential A&E Picks for June 1-7 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
THURSDAY 6/1 G.S. Larson: Aaronic Configuration Masculinity has been a mythic subject in art going back to the time of cave-dwellers, and G.S. Larson explores new terrain regarding what it means to be male. His Aaronic Configuration series—photographs transferred onto paper backdrops, then painted with watercolors and acrylics—began as figure studies, but eventually developed into stories. The men Larson depicts are not ordinary artist's models.
Birds of a Feather | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
When you see a novel titled Cages, and realize that it's about emotionally wounded scientists engaged in research on songbirds, it's easy to fear the worst about a clunky, extended literary metaphor.
Traveling the Luther Trail in Germany for 500th anniversary of Reformation
Stepping from a Martin Luther-focused museum built in 2015 into the Luther House, where the noted religious reformer had lived as a schoolboy from 1498-1501, is like going back in time.“With one step, we’ve gone across 500 years,” said Malcolm Crowson, of Eisenach, Germany.The whole of Germany is stepping across half a millennium in 2017 as it celebrates the 500th anniversary of Luther setting the Reformation in motion on Oct.
The Essential A&E Picks for April 27-May 3 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
FRIDAY 4/28 Kelly O'Neill: rend/er Kelly O'Neill—a recent recipient of a BFA in studio art emphasizing in photography/digital imaging from the University of Utah—likes to tinker with digital production. He's fascinated with how the digital image is created, and then how we react to it. Thus far, he's focused on cultural arenas like courtroom hearings and social media. But for a new exhibit, he's gone further afield.
Uncomfortable Moments | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Salt Lake Acting Co.: Hand to God If you want to experience the most exhilarating acting performance on a Utah stage this year, be forewarned: You're going to have to endure plenty of profanity, more than a hint of blasphemy and a marathon session of puppet sex. That performance belongs to Riley O'Toole, who technically plays two characters in Salt Lake Acting Co.'s production of Robert Askins' Hand to God.
The Essential A&E Picks for April 20-26 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
FRIDAY 4/21 Art Behind the Zion Curtain The term "Zion Curtain" conjures up a few images for people who live here, like the secretive area in restaurants behind which adult beverages are mixed. Or, for old school SLC punkers, the classic KRCL radio show hosted by Raunch Records' Brad Collins. In general, it represents the effects of living in what is virtually a theocracy.
A Contemporary History | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
On Friday, April 21, after 13 eventful years, the Central Utah Art Center—better known as CUAC—will stage a gallery stroll and a closing party for both its current exhibition, Utah Ties, and the gallery itself. CUAC was a significant part of the Salt Lake City arts scene, a fact that's apparent with a simple Facebook search, where dozens of people have been mourning its closing.
A Really Modern Stone-Age Family | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
The year is 2017, and there are a lot of things I never thought I'd have to say—like "President Trump" or "There's a new Star Wars movie this year, too?" But what I'm having the hardest time wrapping my head around is the amount of time I've spent telling people they need to read the comic book adaptation of The Flintstones. I know; I'm just as surprised as you are. I never thought I'd be writing this, but you need to read it. Why?
Unfamiliar Arias | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
In 2015, Brian Castner wrote for the online magazine Literary Hub about the experience of having his memoir, The Long Walk, commissioned as an opera by New York's American Lyric Theater: "It was like winning a vacation to a country you've never thought of visiting, like Uruguay or Botswana." Much about the origin of The Long Walk as an opera seems improbable, even as Utah Opera gives it its second-ever production.
Con Artistry | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Whenever convention season in Salt Lake City rolls around, I think a lot about the idea of fan celebrations. They're big and loud and fun and bring a lot of people together. But after these fan gatherings, there can be what I call "post-con depression." Though it's going to be a long six months until Salt Lake Comic Con comes back to town, there are plenty of pop-culture creations to help you cope during the wait.
Designing Woman | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
On occasion, a designer will claim to be inspired by steampunk, sci-fi and fantasy, only to reveal that the work is more akin to yet another amateur cosplayer's online modeling portfolio. While there's nothing wrong with cosplay, it's not fashion in the true sense of the word—rather, it's what Tim Gunn would call "costumey" in a polite tone that conceals an ocean of derision.
Sundance Day 2 capsules | The Daily Feed
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Colossal (Spotlight) *** There's goofy high-concept and then there's goofy high-concept mixed with goofy allegory—and yet somehow it mostly works. Anne Hathaway plays Gloria, an alcoholic writer who get kicked out of her New York apartment by her fed-up boyfriend, and retreats to her upstate hometown, where she reconnects with an old schoolmate named Oscar (Jason Sudeikis).
Sundance Day 1 capsules | The Daily Feed
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An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (Documentary Premieres) **1/2 It might be hard for detractors of the original An Inconvenient Truth to imagine feeling nostalgic for all the PowerPoint presentation material, and yet here we are.
Mind the Gap | Film Reviews | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
If you were given just a thumbnail description of the plot of writer/director Mike Mills' 20th Century Women, you might think you'd know what to expect from the character of Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening). The 55-year-old single mother of a 15-year-old son, Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann), in 1979 Santa Barbara, Dorothea struggles with the confidence that she can provide everything Jamie needs to grow up emotionally healthy.
State and the Arts | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
When you think of a dyed-in-the-wool red state like Utah—where Republicans dominate at most every level of government—you might expect strict conservative principles applied to funding the arts and arts education. But the interaction between the state's art patrons, artists and public funding is more complicated.
New Year's Eve 2016 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Take part in a mirror ball countdown. Instead of watching the New York ball drop through your television screen, visit the MirrorBall at the Salt Palace. Each piece of this ball was custom built by local artists and assembled by hand. In addition to seeing the nation's largest mirror ball drop to a light show, visitors are entertained by local DJs, drum performances and fire dancers all night. (KE) Salt Palace, 100 S. West Temple, 801-333-1133, 7:30 p.m.-midnight, $20-$25.
Cracking It Open | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Imagine entering that dreamlike place of The Nutcracker ballet. There's snow falling on sugar plum fairies. Marionette dolls come to life. A handsome prince invites you to his beautiful palace. It's the kind of magic that appeals to children and adults alike. It's also a story that appeals to dance companies and choreographers, though maybe for slightly different reasons.
Opening Song | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
This week, the new Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City hosts its first touring Broadway musical, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. And while residents have followed the story and construction behind that facility for several years, the journey toward this inaugural show goes back two decades.
Easily Confused Words: Hippocrates vs. Hypocrites
Hippocrates and hypocrites are easily confused words. The spell-check application of most word processing software programs would not catch a slip-up of these two words. Spell-check is looking for words that aren’t in its dictionary, and words that resemble words in its dictionary, but are possibly spelled wrong. Spell-check isn’t perfect. It doesn’t know and can’t guess what word you wanted, or what word you meant, it can only judge the words on the page.
Going Gaga | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Over the course of a single week this September, a new dance was born. Eight Repertory Dance Theatre company members and one Israeli choreographer, Danielle Agami, came together for many hours—crammed into a few long days—to create, cut, edit and design costumes, set and lighting, all for one original piece. Titled "Theatre," this roughly 20-minute piece is now ready for its world premiere this week, as one of three works in Élan, RDT's 2016-17 season opening performance.
Ruthless People | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
One could argue, with the ease of claiming B.I.G. and Tupac's eternal rap game dominance, that music fans want every speck of background on their favorite hotshots. How else could one explain the everlasting cycle of celebrity worship and tabloids, or the slut-shaming and buzz around the selfie hacks of private panty shots snapped by the starlet du jour? On the other hand, it's clear that many pop-culture fanatics prefer that the legacies of their heroes be scrubbed and romanticized.
Protecting our Constitution by raising the bar | GJSentinel.com
Each election year, Coloradans from all walks of life and parts of the state, with varying views of the world, will pick sides on candidates and ballot issues. All too common in today’s world we will hold our noses and decide if we can live with them rather than having a feeling of comfort and support. This gut check of acceptability on candidates comes with the realization that one must be chosen. These potential leaders could impact our lives and families; our businesses and employees.
Unfinished Business | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Is visual art like sausage-making? Perhaps it's actually the reverse: Instead of being repulsed by the process, we tend to romanticize it, with the myth of the tortured artist searching for inspiration, subsisting on turpentine fumes, driven by desperation to acts like cutting off one's ear. We've even come to enjoy viewing artists at work at open-studio events, like the upcoming one at Poor Yorick (Sept. 24).
The Essential A&E Picks for Aug 18-24 | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
THURSDAY 8.18 Rae Meadows: I Will Send Rain John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath might be the story most closely associated with the Oklahoma "Dust Bowl" of the 1930s, but that doesn't mean it's the only story that can be found in that setting. And as one-time Utah resident Rae Meadows demonstrates in her novel I Will Send Rain, a setting doesn't define a story when its themes are more generally about the way different members of the same family can respond to the same crisis.
For the Books | Arts & Entertainment | Salt Lake City | Salt Lake City Weekly
Despite digital alternatives, the old-fashioned book hasn't yet gone out of style. Neither have a few of the bookstores that sell them, even when those wares have been appreciated by others before ending up on their shelves. Four used bookstores—all stocking the new and the rare as well—can be found in downtown Salt Lake City. Each is unique in its selections, making them interesting enough to spend hours wandering their spaces.
Mainstream American Comic
Comedian Hari Kondabolu has been making comedy out of hot-button issues like race and women's rights for more than 10 years. In addition to appearances on the late-night talk-show circuit, Kondabolu spent two years as a writer and correspondent for FX's Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. His new comedy album, Mainstream American Comic, was released July 22.
The Essential A&E Picks for Aug 4-10
THURSDAY 8.4 People Productions: The Witness Many of history's most horrifying tragedies have been captured in iconic photographs, like a terrified 9-year-old girl fleeing a napalm attack in Vietnam. But many of the people captured in those photographs lived afterward. How does life go on after surviving a nightmare?
What is Zero-Knowledge, Why Is It Important?
Zero-knowledge means software companies and service providers don’t have access to the contents of your data. It’s a feature we look for among service providers when possible. It helps us assure our clients that their data is being kept safe. Typically for a zero-knowledge service, data is encrypted locally on computers before being transmitted and stored on remote servers.
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