Utah Gets Naked, Much to Signature's Delight
The first novel by 35-year-old Mormon Robert
Hodgson Van Wagoner, "Dancing Naked" has hit #1 on Amazon.com for the
state of Utah, according to Publisher Weekly's PW Daily for Booksellers.
The novel tells of a Mormon professor confronting his own past and his
homophobia after the death of his 15-year-old son. |
Gilgal 'Friends' Push City to Buy Garden
The Friends of Gilgal Garden may soon see the
end of their fight to preserve the folk art sculpture garden. The Salt
Lake Tribune reports that Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson and a
majority of the City Council are also in favor of purchasing the
garden for the Salt Lake City Parks system. The garden was created by
LDS stonemason Thomas Child and sculptor Maurice Brooks and contains
many works bearing LDS quotations and images. |
Other Arts & Entertainment Articles
Life's a balancing act for teacher-musician
LDS Schoolteacher and part-time musician Jeff Hinton of Lehi, Utah
released his first CD in December. In a telephone interview with the
Deseret News, Hinton talks about the challenges of being a part-time
Musician.
Life's a balancing act for teacher-musician
Deseret News 14Jan00 A2
http://deseretnews.com:80/dn/view/0,1249,145018785,00.html
By Dainon Moody: Deseret News staff writer
Ex-mormon's show called "Painfully Provocative"
Self-described ex-mormon Nancy Wright Cooper's one woman show is
reviewed in this San Francisco Chronicle article. While "Spank" delves
into images of sadomasochism and similar behaviors, Marech says that it
is "more about [Cooper's] relationship with her alcoholic father than
her relationship with a sexual partner." Cooper, a stockbroker, moved to
San Francisco in 1996 from Santa Fe, New Mexico where she chronicled her
religious history in "Religious Experience," which played to sold-out
houses there, but flopped in San Francisco.
'Spank' -- Painfully Provocative
San Francisco CA Chronicle 14Jan00 A2
By Rona Marech: Chronicle Staff Writer
LDS High School Freshman Releases CD
LDS Church member David Sylvester has gained some recognition and
exposure for his musical talent. After teaching himself to read piano
music at age 7, he wowed and convinced his parents in his first piano
recital at age 9. Now 14, he has released a full-length album of
original instrumental songs called "My Turn."
Jefferson County High school freshman turns his musical talents into a
CD
St Louis MO Post-Dispatch 10Jan00 A2
http://postnet.com/postnet/stories.nsf/ByDocID/25EEEEA97B5A57AC86256862004F478C
By Chris Carroll: Post-Dispatch
LDS guitarists perform in Provo
LDS guitarists Shane Jackman and Greg Simpson were to play at Wrapsody
on Monday, January 17th. The folk artists were there to support Provo
native Joey Dempster, who is releasing his first album.
Folk guitarists to perform at Wrapsody
(BYU) NewsNet 11Jan00 A4
http://newsnet.byu.edu/show_story.cfm?number=7154&year=current
By Meredith Young: NewsNet Staff Writer
Newly Released Book 'Geeks' May Become Movie
The nonfiction book "Geeks" may make it to the big screen, under a deal
signed recently. New Line has reportedly paid a 'low-six-figure' sum for
the book, which is based on teens Jesse Dailey and Eric Twilegar who
used the Internet to escape an isolated Idaho Mormon town. The book
about the pair is to be published next month by Villard, an imprint of
Random House.
Latest Hollywood script deals (Geeks)
Boston Globe (Reuters) 14Jan00 A4
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/014/variety/Latest_Hollywood_script_deals_:.shtml
LDS Role Building Transcontinental Railroad
Kenney reviews "Empire Express" by David Haward Bain, which tells the
story of the building of the transcontinental railroad in the United
States. The construction cumulated in the driving of the "Golden Spike"
north of Ogden, Utah. Bain recounts in the book that Mormon construction
workers were used at one crucial stage of the work.
Pride and pitfalls along a coast-to-coast track
Boston Globe pgC08 10Jan00 A4
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/010/living/Pride_and_pitfalls_along_a_coast_to_coast_track+.shtml
By Michael Kenney: Globe Staff
LDS Role in Nevada Adds to Paradox
McGrath reviews "In Nevada: The Land, the People, God and Chance" by
David Thomson. She says "very few places are incurably,
incontrovertibly, irretrievably weird. Nevada is one of these." McGrath
says that "In Nevada" is Thomson's homage to the state. McGrath says
that the heavy Mormon presence and history there is simply one more
example of the contradiction and paradox that is Nevada.
Big, baking and barren - Nevada
London UK Evening Standard This is London 10Jan00 A4
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk:80/dynamic/lifestyle/review.html?in_review_id=242842&in_review_text_id=191223
By Melanie McGrath
New Book "Brigham's Day" Turns Mountain Meadows Into Crime Novel
Martin reviews John Gates' Brigham's Day, which brings the Mountain
Meadows Massacre into a contemporary crime novel. Gates says that
Mormons should enjoy his novel, "Anti-Mormons frequently seize on
aspects of the church's history to condemn the religion. The church's
reaction has often been to suppress its 'bad' history and focus on its
'good' present instead. As a result, many Mormons don't know all the
history of their church's past. I think they'll find this book
enlightening."
John Gates: Brigham's Day
Publishers Weekly 10Jan00 A4
By James A. Martin
LDS Performing Artists May Benefit from New Utah Center
A joint venture between Thanksgiving Point and the Lehi Arts Council
will create a 155,000-square foot performing arts center by the summer
of 2001. The center will include two theaters, the larger of which will
accommodate up to 2100 people. The Center will provide a place where the
predominantly LDS artists in Utah County can perform.
Thanksgiving Point donates land for new performing arts center
(BYU) NewsNet 12Jan00 A4
http://newsnet.byu.edu/noframes/show_story.cfm?number=7177&year=current
By Lyman Kirkland: NewsNet Staff Writer
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