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The Trauma of Transformation: Paisley Rekdal’s “Nightingale”
Utah’s poet laureate reads poems next week in Salt Lake City. “Once, I was afraid of being changed. Now that is finished. The lynx has me in its eye, I am already diminished.” …
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Dirtwire Interview – Preview of Oct. 5 show
Photo by Mika Gurovich Dirtwire can be considered the originator of the “Swamptronica” genre of music that draws from rock, blues and world instrumental music. Think desert America …
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Shaping dancers and model citizens: A reflection on the life of arts educator Pearl Wagstaff Garff
A dance, like any great story, has a beginning, middle and end. It begins in stillness. There is a starting shape. Then the story unfolds through sequences of movement with varied …
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Salt Lake hosts U.N. Civil Society Conference
The goal: to achieve inclusiveness and sustainability at the grassroots level in our communites This August, as a board member-representative of U.S. Servas (pronounced Sir-vahs), …
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Largest climate protest in history: The Global Climate Strike on September 20, 2019
Mother Earth isn’t asking nicely, and neither are we On September 20, 2019, four million youth world-wide marched out of their classrooms, skipping their lessons to teach the polit …
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Peace without Fear, Boundaries without Violence: The Work of Paul Linden, Ph.D.
Think of a time when you felt challenged, threatened, or in conflict. Let it settle into your body a little bit. (If you’re feeling delicate as you read this, don’t overdo it.) Tak …
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SLC Arts Council hires new visual arts and community outreach manager
New energy arrives at the Salt Lake City Arts Council, with Sarah Hobin taking the place of Kandace Steadman, who retired last fall to pursue her own art career. Hobin relocated to …
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Changes at Red Lotus/Urgyen Samten Ling
Salt Lake’s Urgyen Samten Ling Buddhist Temple and its movement school, Red Lotus, have moved to a new address, not too far from its last location on Third West. They are now in Ro …
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SLC Sustainability department hellos and goodbyes
Bridget Stuchly has left her position as Salt Lake City Department of Sustainability’s program manager, and now lives in Spain. Supreet Gill, the former Program Manager of the Salt …
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Take the Eat Local challenge – Sept. 7-14
Visiting a farmers market is the easiest way to find locally grown food. Here’s why you should make the effort: “Local” food has different definitions. Some say it’s local within 1 …
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