In 1889, Utah Rep. Alice Merrill Horne sponsored a bill to create Utah’s Division of Arts & Museums, the first state-sanctioned art agency in the nation. Beginning this month, the state division is celebrating its 125 years of history with an anniversary art exhibit at the UVU Museum of ...
Murals have a way of telling stories through strokes of a paintbrush, adding a sense of personality and imagination to a specific area or space. These are among the reasons Courtney Hart is passionate about her work, and that passion is a major reason why Hart, a local fine art muralist and ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Ultrasound imaging is one of the best tools in the diagnosis and treatment of an unborn child. This year, proceeds from the annual Holiday Quilt Show and Auction, hosted by the Intermountain Foundation, will help bring a new state-of-the-art fetal ultrasound imaging machine ...
Springville has been known as “Art City” since the mid-1930s, but its connection to the arts goes back further than that. In 1922, Springville High School students began showcasing famous artists through a spring salon art display. The city marked the 100th anniversary of that tradition ...
Since opening a Nothing Bundt Cake bakery in St. George five years ago, owning a franchise has been a family affair for Claudia and Kelly Clayton. With the help of their six children — especially their daughters, Kelsey, Cassidy and Lisa — the married couple of 42 years found success with ...
Vessel Kitchen, a Utah-owned restaurant offering a unique experience with signature dishes opened its first location in Park City in 2016. While the business has expanded to other areas in Salt Lake and Davis counties, bringing its fresh concept to more people, Brian Reeder, co-founder of ...
Nancy Whitney, affectionately known as “Mema,” knows a good pastry when she tastes one, and also has a knack for taking an idea and making it her own. In the late 1970s, Mema, who resided in Southern California at the time, was enjoying a cinnamon roll that she purchased while on a visit ...
Summertime is here, and with it comes warmer weather, longer days and lots of get-togethers. But it can also bring with it a rise in foodborne illnesses such as salmonella, campylobacter and E. Coli, especially if food is left out longer, hands aren’t adequately washed and utensils are used ...
Annette Bening stars in and is the executive producer of the Peacock series “Apples Never Fall.” In the show, based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, Bening plays Joy Delaney, a middle-aged woman dealing with complex family issues. When she spoke to members of the media, a ...
Hugh Bonneville narrates the new documentary series "The Secret Lives of Animals" on Apple TV+. This series takes a deep dive into 77 unique species in 24 countries. It took the filmmakers over three years to study the animals’ behaviors to bring them to viewers in a new, entertaining and ...
After two years, the fun AcornTV series “Darby and Joan” returns to the delight of fans. Jack Darby (Bryan Brown) and Joan Kirkhope (Greta Scacchi) are back as the duo who seem to be a little more than just friends these days. In the first season, Joan had come to Australia to find out ...
The hit CBS series “Ghosts” is now on its fourth season. All the ghosts are back and there’s an addition for a brief time. As Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) continue to run their bed-and-breakfast while dealing with the ghosts that live there, things get even whackier than ...
Velour Live Music Gallery in Provo is known for being the starting place for some of the best local talent in Northern Utah. While the venue has concerts weekly, some of my favorite shows are the ones that happen annually like last weekend's Slumber Party shows. These shows, which took place ...
OGDEN — Wayne Osmond, an Ogden native who garnered international fame alongside his siblings performing musically and in other media as The Osmonds, has died at 73, the family's longtime publicist Ron Clark has confirmed to the Standard-Examiner. Osmond suffered a massive stroke over the ...
Makynlee Hinckley has had a musical instrument in her hands for nearly as long as she’s been alive. The 16-year-old says she began playing the violin when she was only 3. “I feel like I've always had some sort of connection to music, and I'm able to feel things on a deeper level and ...
A man with a familiar voice will play a key role in the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Christmas Concert series this week. Actor Dennis Haysbert, a former spokesman for Allstate Insurance and opening narrator for “Meet the Press” known for his deep and powerful voice, will narrate the ...
The final weekend of 2024 marked the end of an era as the final curtain closed at the Hale Center Theater in Orem. Last Saturday, cast members gave their all in a farewell production as the theater presented an adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” closing a chapter of more than 30 years in ...
A holiday tradition for three-plus decades in the Intermountain West and beyond continues in 2024. "The Forgotten Carols" — Michael McLean's musical tale of Connie Lou, a nurse hardened by life's struggles, and the intervention on her behalf of the mysterious "Uncle John" through the ...
The Covey Center for the Arts in Provo presents “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!)" this Christmas season. This production will surely bring out the laughs and possibly a few tears as it quickly becomes a new holiday favorite. Written by Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald and ...
The Hive Collaborative is ringing in the Halloween spirit with its production of “Secrets of Sleepy Hollow.” With remaining shows happening Thursday, Friday and Saturday, this show is a perfect way to end the Halloween holiday. The play, written by Mahonri Stewart, is performed with ...
