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~ Greta Belanger deJong
(editor & publisher)
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Event picks for
December 12 - December 19
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Fri. Dec. 13, 7-9p. Urban Arts Gallery, 137 S Rio Grande St. $10
Connect, a project of the Utah Arts Alliance, is a monthly community arts gathering for visual artists and art lovers.
This month's gathering is a fund-raising gala featuring a silent auction, music and refreshments, and the opportunity to vote for your favorite among represented artists. The winner will receive grant money from UAA.
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Dec. 12-14, 7p (Sat. 11a & 3p only).
Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E President's Circle. $5-$10.
A fable of self-discovery, humanity's relationship to the land, and the very nature of friendship itself performed by the University Youth Theatre.
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Saturday Dec. 14 & 21, 12-7p.
Free Speech Zone, 411 S 800 E.
Early next year the Free Speech Zone will be no more, so take the opportunity now to check out the last minute deals for the next two Saturdays. Handmade bags, odds and ends as well as some tables and other shop fixtures will be up for sale.
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Sat. Dec. 14, 7:30-9p.
Wasatch Ayurveda & Yoga, 1597 S 1100 E. $10 (or a donation within your means).
An evening of music and chanting. Enjoy the good vibrations or join in the chanting to exercise your vishuddha (throat) chakra.
Jai Krishna Das has been involved in kirtan (yoga music and chanting) since 1988 and has been the main kirtania at the Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork for the last 20 years.
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Dec. 12-14, 7:30-10p (Sat. 3-5:30p as well). Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W 300 S. $35.
If you love modern dance, you won't want to miss this performance featuring 14 R-W alumni dancers, returning with their own choreography. The show's title is also the title of Keith Johnson's new work dedicated to four former company members who died of AIDS.
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Dec. 13-14, 8p.
Abravanel Hall, 123 W South Temple. $18-up.
Virtuoso trumpeter Byron Stripling (Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry) joins the Utah Symphony for this holiday concert, conducted by Jerry Steichen.
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Fri. Dec. 13, 6p. Fiana Bistro, 36 S Wasatch Dr. $15.
A pop-up restaurant
featuring bowls of artisanal ramen noodles plus appetizers and dessert by chefs Brandon Edward Price, Chaz Costello and Benjamin Bombard.
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Fri. Dec. 13, 8p. Griff's Roost, Westminster College, 1840 S 1300 E. $10.
Currently ranked 3rd place internationally, Aaron Samuels is packing all of his awesomeness and traveling to Salt Lake City to share his verse and flows.This workshop will focus on the presentation of poetry.
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Sat. Dec. 14, 8a-5p.
Indian Cultural Center, 1142 W South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan. $15
Celebrate the yoga community while raising money for Philippines typhoon and for communities in need of yoga.
A one day yoga festival with 8 top teachers, live music, food, prizes, and top vendors from Utah and around the country.
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Thurs. Dec. 19, 7p.
Brewvies, 677 S 200 W. Free.
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It's on. It's off. It's on. It's off. Again. And so it goes for this week and next, as Uranus prepares to go direct on December 17...AND...Venus gets ready to go retrograde on December 21. (Yes, I left that bit out last week.) Expect the stop-and-start effect of this forward/backward planetary pattern to disrupt individual as well as collective equilibriums. And because Mars, currently in Libra, also begins its opposition to Uranus this week, anticipate that more than a few of those disruptions will be in the realm of personal relationships...(read more).
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Dec. 12-14, 7:30-10p (also Sat. 3p). Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W 300 S.
Send an email to greta@catalystmagazine.net.
WRITE "MOMENTUM" IN THE SUBJECT LINE. Also, specify which nights (Friday or Saturday, or both) you're available. I'll inform winners by noon on Friday.
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