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Community calendar for the week of June 15, 2018

Deseret News 14 Jun 2018

MUSIC/DANCE. Assembly 6.0, June 15, 7 p.m., Midvale City Park Amphitheater, 455 W. 7500 South, Midvale, free (385-313-0278 or midvalearts.com). Philip Kuehn Orchestra with Jon Batiste, June 15, 7.30 p.m., Gallivan Center, 239 S ... “Something Really Big ... GETTING OUT ... Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, 410 Campus Center Drive, sumi ink painting class for families, June 16, 1-4 p.m., free (801-581-7332 or umfa.utah.edu) ... 31 ... 8....

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Utah's the 5 Browns dig through darkness — and find light — in new documentary

Deseret News 07 Jun 2018

SALT LAKE CITY — People packed into the auditorium of the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Wednesday night to watch a screening of "The 5 Browns. Digging through Darkness." No tickets were left available ... Desirae, Deondra and Melody Brown ... "I hope people will give the film a chance. … I hope people will walk out and recognize that there's more to (The 5 Browns) than their abuse," Niles said ... Cristy Meiners ... umfa.utah.edu ....

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UMFA’s new Chiura Obata exhibit asks: ‘Who gets to be called American?’

Deseret News 01 Jun 2018

"Untitled (Bears)" by Chiura Obata is featured in the UMFA's exhibition "Chiura Obata ... "A Sad Plight" by Chiura Obata is featured in the UMFA's exhibition "Chiura Obata ... "Untitled (Ikebana in a Glass Vase)" by Chiura Obata is featured in the UMFA's exhibition "Chiura Obata ... umfa.utah.edu ....

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Community calendar for the week of June 1, 2018

Deseret News 01 Jun 2018

MUSIC/DANCE. Mark Dee, June 2, 6 p.m., Conestoga Ranch, 427 W. Paradise Parkway, Garden City, free (800-565-5267 or conestogaranch.com/events). BYU-Idaho Choirs and Orchestra, June 2, 7.30 p.m., Salt Lake Tabernacle, Temple Square, free (801-570-0080 or ) ... Six Feet in the Pine, June 4, 7 p.m., Canyon Rim Park Amphitheater, 3100 S. 2900 East, free (801-706-3344) ... North Temple, free (801-570-0080 or ) ... THEATER ... (801-581-7332 or umfa.utah.edu)....

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Chiura Obata, who painted natural wonders and hardships of Japanese-Americans at Topaz, gets major exhibition ...

The Salt Lake Tribune 25 May 2018

His Yosemite images were so striking, and so different from traditional landscape painting, that one jaded art critic of the era said “he fell in love with California landscape again,” according to Luke Kelly, a curator at UMFA who worked with Wang in displaying the exhibition ... “His response was to keep making art,” said Gretchen Dietrich, UMFA’s executive director ... in the Dumke Auditorium at UMFA.<br>Lecture • “Topaz....

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Memorial Day events in Utah and community calendar for the week of May 25, 2018

Deseret News 25 May 2018

MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS. Animals for Armed Forces Memorial Day Special Adoption Event, May 25-26, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; May 27, noon-5 p.m., Humane Society of Utah, 4242 S. 300 West, Murray, adoption fee waived for military members and immediate family with ID (801-261-2919 or utahhumane.org). Ivins Memorial Day Program with Maj. Gen. Jefferson S ... Our Stories,” by Kimi Kodani Hill, May 31, 6.30 p.m., free (801-581-7332 or umfa.utah.edu) ... 10-12....

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Your Weekend: Chris Kattan, Bees and other semi-wild animals in Salt Lake County

Deseret News 24 May 2018

SALT LAKE CITY — Memorial Day weekend is upon us. If you're sticking around the Salt Lake area this weekend, there's plenty to do ... May 25-Sept. 2, hours vary (closed Memorial Day), 410 Campus Center Dr., $10-$13, free for children ages 0-5, UMFA members, University of Utah students, staff and faculty, students at public Utah universities, Utah Horizon/EBT cardholders and active duty military families (801-581-7332, umfa.utah.edu)....

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The Essential A&E Picks for May 24-30

Salt Lake City Weekly 23 May 2018

FRIDAY 5/25. Chris Kattan. Rubber-faced comic Chris Kattan made his name during his seven-year stint on Saturday Night Live by portraying a wide array of oddball characters. Indeed, anyone who witnessed his roles as Mango, Mr. Peepers, Gay Hitler or one of the Butabi Brothers will find him hard to forget. Like many of his SNL colleagues, Kattan got his start in improvisational comedy at L.A.'s Groundlings Theatre ... Guy ... 2, umfa.utah.edu ... .......

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UMFA remembers Chiura Obata, a Japanese-American artist and internment camp detainee

Q Saltlake Magazine 21 May 2018

Chiura Obata, a Japanese-American artist whose life story is as captivating as his art, is the subject of a major retrospective at the UMFA, Chiura Obata ... The UMFA exhibit opens Friday, May 25, at the Marcia and John Price Museum Building, 410 Campus Center Dr., UofU ... 8 am at UMFA ... Join the UMFA and the Topaz Museum in Delta to learn more about Obata....

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Community calendar for the week of May 18, 2018

Deseret News 18 May 2018

MUSIC/DANCE. “Songs of the Heart,” Millennial Choirs and Orchestras, May 18, 5 and 8 p.m., Abravanel Hall, 123 W ... GETTING OUT ... 900 West, free (utah17mai.com) ... Be Right Back,” May 23, 7 p.m., Utah Museum of Fine Arts, U., free (801-581-3580 or umfa.utah.edu) ... Still Lifes,” May 19, 1-4 p.m.; and “Obata’s Cosmopolitan California” with ShiPu Wang, May 24, 7 p.m., free (801-581-3580 or umfa.utah.edu)....

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Arts Listings: What to see

Provo Daily Herald 16 May 2018

THEATEROPEN. ING .. MONTY PYTHON’S “SPAMALOT” — The Grand Theater at Salt Lake Community College will present Monty Python’s “Spamalot” on the Grand Theatre Stage, 1575 S. State St. in Salt Lake City, with performances Thursday through June 9. “Spamalot” is directed by Jamie Rocha Allan with choreography by Frida Moses and music direction by Michael Leavitt ... CONTINUING. ... with Saturday matinees at 12.30 and 4 p.m ... umfa.utah.edu ... umfa.utah.edu....

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How the arts keep Utah interesting: Q&A with arts champion Marcia Price

Deseret News 14 May 2018

ambassador John Price, donated funds and their name to the new UMFA building ... In addition to her work at the UMFA, Price also sits on the National Committee for the Performing Arts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and is on the board for Utah Symphony and Utah Opera ... With the opening of the UMFA's newest exhibition, "Chiura Obata ... Deseret News ... DN ... MP ... DN ... But 59,000 people (coming to UMFA since it reopened)? That's a good number....

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