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The Gay Agenda
16Friday
Time again for the monthly Salt Lake Gallery Stroll, which is good for several reasons: it’s your chance to see the opening of some terrific shows and exhibitions in a number of our fine Salt Lake galleries, it’s a possibility that you’ll get free hors d’oeuvres and sometimes wine, and it’s a chance to have a truly fantastic night out that costs you nothing.
Here’s the skinny on a couple of new shows opening tonight:
A new Group Sculpture exhibition will open tonight at A Gallery and run through Sep. 30th. The show features 3D works by Utah artists in ceramic, bronze, glass, metal, fabricated steel and natural stone.
Reception 6-9pm, A Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East. Admission is free, 583-4800
Skyscapes, the new show at Horne Fine Art, is the latest in the gallery’s series of theme exhibits. This time around, more than a dozen artists have created work based on the theme of sky. In an array of media, the artists explore the idea of the sky and the effects of weather, time of day, and light.
Reception 6-9pm, 142 E 800 South. Admission is free, information at 533-4200 or hornefineart.com
Finally, two of Utah’s best loved artists, Suzanne Simpson and Jacqui Larsen, have collaborated on Lost, What’s Found, a collection of digital montages from Simpson and collages and paintings from Larsen, all based around the idea of loss.
Reception 6-9pm Art Access Gallery, 339 W Pierpont Avenue. Admission is free, information at 328-0703 or accessart.org
Then again, if art ain’t your thing but you do like a good show tune, you could check out Broadway baby Faith Prince at her appearance with the Utah Symphony. Prince has a big voice that is as rich, brassy, and warm as a trumpet. She’s like Ethel Merman, but with better tone and not as much cussing. Swell!
8pm though tomorrow, Abravanel Hall, 123 W South Temple. Tickets $20-$48 at 355-2787 or arttix.org
17Saturday
Although it’s an indecorous expression, the phrase “bust a gut” was created to describe one’s reaction at seeing something like Friends of the Bob and Tom Show. A klatch of hot comedians from around the country will take the stage tonight at the Capitol, and my guess is that many a knee will be slapped and anyone drinking milk is sure to shoot it right out his nose. Now I’ve made it sound more dangerous than funny.
8pm, Capitol Theatre, 50 W 200 South. Tickets $25 at 355-2787 or arttix.org
Sure, improv looks easy, but try it sometime for thirty seconds and, unless you know what you’re doing, you’ll experience a very unique sort of hell. But have no fear—master improver Jason Anfinsen, is in town today to teach an Organic Improv Workshop. It’s a five-hour intensive class that will teach students to use their entire instrument—body, voice, and mind—to create long-form improvisation. Even if you’re not a performer, studying improv is a great way to free your mind from the everyday and mundane and explore the spontaneous imp who lives inside you. Which is a fun thing to trot out at parties.
11am-4pm, Jubilee Center, 309 E 100 South. $50, 560-4507 or utahimprov.com.
20Tuesday
Yay yay yay—it’s time for the new Salt Lake Acting Company season! SLAC can always be counted on to treat you to the most brilliant new plays from around the country, and tonight they’ll open Swimming in the Shallows, a hot new comedy dealing with everything from Buddhist monks to Mako sharks to pre-wedding jitters. Oh, SLAC … you’ve gotta love a theatre that thinks Neil Simon is for sissies.
7:30pm, continues Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm and 7pm through Oct. 16, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W 500 North. Tickets $20 to $30.50 tickedts at 363-SLAC or saltlakeactingcompany.org
21Wednesday
Once a year, Utah’s queer community comes out en masse, dressed to the nines, to celebrate our accomplishments and plan to meet our challenges. Equality Utah’s annual Allies Dinner is our annual opportunity to honor our straight advocates and one another. This year, we’ll also get to hear from Tim McFeeley, executive director of the Center for Policy Alternatives and former ED of the Human Rights Campaign. Spending $100 on dinner was never so worth it.
Cocktails 6pm, Dinner 7pm, Salt Palace Convention Center. Tickets $100 at 355-3479 or equalityutah.org
22Thursday
Join Ririe Woodbury Dance Company tonight for the premiere of Voices, an evening of three brand new dances set to music from Mexico, America, and Europe. Renowned Mexican choreographer Alicia Sanchez will premiere new work alongside the legendary Joan Woodbury and the acclaimed Charlotte Boye-Christensen.
7:30pm through Saturday, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W Broadway. Tickets $30 at 355-2787 or arttix.org
23Friday
There is a reason that Beethoven’s 9th is one of the most recognizable pieces of music in the world—because it’s damn good. And until you’ve heard it live, you’ve never heard it at all, which is why you should come hear it at the Utah Symphony this weekend. Just listen for the moment when the chorus thunders into the “Ode to Joy” theme in the finale—you’ll be amazed that your heart could beat so fast while you’re sitting still.
8pm, Abravanel Hall, 123 W South Temple. Tickets $12-$42 at 355-2787 or arttix.org
24Saturday
If you’re like me, you’ve never even heard of, let alone seen, Rodney, comedian Rodney Carrington’s ABC sitcom. While it may be true that just telling someone you’re a comic is probably enough to get you a sitcom these days, this guy seems to be the real deal, at least according to his website. Anyway, I leave it to your judgment.
8pm, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E Presidents’ Circle. Tickets $32.50, 355-2787 or arttix.org
26Monday
Not just anyone has the chops to play a duo tour with Dave Matthews, but Tim Reynolds has done it more than once. Reynolds is a musician’s musician, the kind of songwriter that Ben Harper and Jack Johnson listen to for fun. In other words, if you’re a Kylie Minogue kinda person, this show probably ain’t for you.
8:30pm, Suede, 1612 Ute Boulevard, Park City. Tickets $12 at 467-TIXX or smithstix.com
27Tuesday
Cathy Rigby was a gymnast or something in, like, the 1920s, and ever since then she’s been on a non-stop bus and truck tour playing Peter Pan. That said, this is a show that never loses its charm—that first moment when the children start flying is as magical the twenty-fifth time as it was the first. See it now before Cathy is replaced by some whippersnapper like Mary Lou Retton or Nadia Comaneci.
7:30pm through Thursday, 8pm Friday, 2pm Saturday, Capitol Theatre, 50 W 200 South. Tickets $30-$57.50 at 355-2787 or arttix.org
28Wednesday
If you don’t already know who Emo Phillips is, this is not the place for me to try and explain it to you. Suffice it to say that the guy’s a comedian and he is funny. F-U-N-N-Y. Not quite Eddie Izzard funny, but certainly more than Rodney Carrington funny. I’m guessing.
8pm, Wise Guys Comedy Café, 3500 S 2200 West. Tickets $10 at 463-2909 or smithstix.com.
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