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Seventy Years of Family and Flowers: The Art Floral

February 2, 2021 by John Michael Pantlik Leave a Comment

  If you’re near the corner of 600 East and 300 South in downtown Salt Lake City around 3pm on any given day, you’ll probably see a tall Greek woman with a mane of curly black hair herding a flock of chickens to their coop. An 11-year old terrier is always by her side. The terrier is named Artie, and her name is Stefanie. But no, she doesn’t own a chicken … [Read more...]

Ogden Valley Today: Is the booming real estate squashing out the local community?

December 5, 2020 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

We visited the Shooting Star Saloon to find locals who could provide leads for our story. The saloon survived prohibition by maintaining a lookout for prohibition agents, whereby, if agents or the law were seen ascending Ogden Canyon, saloon owners would be alerted to kick everyone out and shut down. Today it’s a local hangout. Inside, thousands of bills (of various … [Read more...]

Utah Arts Alliance Introduces Lumen Land—a pop-up, COVID-safe walkthrough light art exhibit 

November 9, 2020 by Utah Stories Leave a Comment

As part of the annual ILLUMINATE Light Art + Creative Technology Festival, Utah Arts Alliance and Dreamscapes introduces Lumen Land, in partnership with Element 11. Lumen Land is a walk-through light art labyrinth that showcases the cross section of physical art and technology in a 17,000 square ft outdoor space. The project consists of large and small-scale installations … [Read more...]

Ogden Nature Center’s CUP HOP is Back

November 8, 2020 by Utah Stories Leave a Comment

The Ogden Nature Center’s CUP HOP is returning by popular demand.  So put on your mask and fly in & out of a local coffee shop to add a happy bluebird mug to your collection ... all while supporting the Ogden Nature Center! For a $20 donation, you will receive a bluebird mug, filled with a specialty coffee, tea, or cocoa at one of the local coffee shops listed below. … [Read more...]

Utah Film Center Presents Free Kids Films and Media Arts Activities In November 

November 7, 2020 by Utah Stories Leave a Comment

“Kidvember” Streaming Titles Include Tumbleweeds Favorites and Programming For The Young And Young at Heart Utah Film Center announced a lineup of films and media arts programs for kids available in November to stream for free. With a focus on international stories and the impactful films programmed in the annual Tumbleweeds Film Festival, “Kidvember” is a month-long … [Read more...]

COVID Marketplace – New Restaurants and Sad Closures

October 28, 2020 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

Salt Lake City’s downtown is starting to show signs of life again. Cruising down Broadway the adaptations that restaurants have had to make for COVID are apparent: mainly expanded patio dining. More space that was for sidewalks is now used for customers.  But sadly those lacking patios are hurting: Stanza, Current, and Under Current are open with limited seating after 5 PM. … [Read more...]

The (Other) Oldest Profession: Storytelling in Utah

October 27, 2020 by Kristen Clay Leave a Comment

No, not THAT profession! Get your mind out of the gutter! It’s storytelling! Storytelling has been practiced since the beginning of time.  It has been documented that there have been primitive civilizations who functioned without the use of the wheel and yet, they had storytellers. These storytellers of old were instrumental in passing on traditions, genealogies, songs, … [Read more...]

The Utah Avalanche Center Backcountry Benefit Pivots to Online Event and is a Raging Success

October 15, 2020 by Amiee Maxwell Leave a Comment

For many snow sports enthusiasts, the Annual Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) Fundraiser marks the end of summer. It’s a great place to throw back a couple of local beers with friends and kick off the upcoming ski season. The event has become a reunion of sorts for the outdoor community and the crowd looks like a sea of puffy jackets and snow stoke is high. There’s live music, … [Read more...]

Following City Guidelines Fear Factory is Still Bringing on the Scare

September 30, 2020 by Connie Lewis Leave a Comment

Last November, Fear Factory began a major renovation. Back then, owner Rob Dunfield couldn’t have predicted that a few months later COVID-19 would rear its ugly head and put a damper on haunted houses and businesses everywhere.  But Dunfield and his team, including his wife and co-owner Heidi Dunfield, decided that a scary virus wasn’t going to stop them from scaring Salt … [Read more...]

Red Light Alert RESTART to light up Ogden Venues

September 1, 2020 by Utah Stories Leave a Comment

  This September marks seven months since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastation to communities around the globe. On September 1, 2020 #WeMakeEvents, a coalition of trade bodies, businesses, unions, and live events workers, will light up their venues, homes and cities red in over 1500 locations across North America to raise public and media … [Read more...]

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