Monday January 23, 2012
Winter is a great time to break out of old routines and discover something new. Maybe it's time to enrich your life without spending any money by taking advantage of the free days offered at Salt Lake area museums.
Some museums, such as the Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Art and the Pioneer Memorial Museum, are always free. Other museums have regular free days - for example the Utah Museum of Fine Arts is free the first Wednesday and Saturday of every month.
Salt Lake City Free Museums
Free Things to Do in Salt Lake City
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Photo: "Red Mesa, Monument Valley, Utah" by Edgar Alwyn Payne is on display at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Image courtesy UMFA.
Thursday January 19, 2012
With the NFL playoffs reaching their peak and the Jazz on a hot streak, it's an excellent time to check out one of the Salt Lake area's favorite sports bars. There's something about watching the big game on the big screen, with great friends and great food and drink, that you just don't at home. Click on the link below for a list of SLC sports bars, and enjoy the game!
Salt Lake Area Sports Bars
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Tuesday January 17, 2012
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival starts this Thursday, Jan. 19, with screenings, parties and events taking place not just in Park City, but in Salt Lake City at the SLC Public Library, the Tower Theatre, Broadway Centre Cinemas and Rose Wagner performing Arts Center.
Conveniently located between Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center and Broadway Centre Cinemas is the Beehive Tea Room, which becomes the Sundance Film Festival Café January 20-28. Festival goers can chat, relax, and enjoy the Beehive Tea Room's lovely vintage antiques and furniture. The Beehive Tea Room serves French-press coffee, Chai, hot chocolate, wine, beer, sweets, English scones, sandwiches, salads and soups. During the festival, the café will also offer live music each night from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. There is no entrance fee.
Beehive Tea Room
12 West Broadway (300 S.)
(801) 328-4700
Performance Schedule
- Friday, Jan. 20: Hot Club Of Zion (French jazz-swing, gypsy jazz)
- Saturday, Jan. 21: Otter Creek (original and traditional Utah folk and bluegrass)
- Sunday, Jan. 22: Doug Wintch & Anke Summerhill (singer-songwriters)
- Monday, Jan. 23: Clarksdale Ghosts (Austin-style country, first generation blues)
- Tuesday, Jan. 24: Mark Dago (indie futuristic video game hip-hop)
- Wednesday, Jan. 25: B.D. Howes Band (vintage, blues-based 60s classic rock)
- Thursday, Jan. 26: 16 Pandora (rock/blues/pop, special acoustic show)
- Friday, Jan. 27: Lake Mary (acoustic guitars, some pedals, a computer and a banjo)
- Saturday, Jan. 28: Kate Macleod (Americana, fiddle, roots, folk, bluegrass, Celtic)
Sundance Film Festival Locals Guide
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Friday January 13, 2012
Martin Luther King, Jr. will be remembered at events throughout the Salt Lake Valley Monday and later in the week. Highlights include a week-long commemoration at the University of Utah, the NAACP Utah Chapter's annual luncheon, and a free concert presented by Murray City.
However you're spending your day Monday, take a little time to remember the accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement, and to think about what you might be able to do to for equal rights in your own community.
Salt Lake City Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Events
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