Authors: Kathy Rong Zhou
Review: Men Explain Things To Me
Men Explain Things to Me is a tribute to the women who came before; the women still going; and the women who will come after, for whom we struggle, and who will continue the struggle. … read more
Review: Palate Polish
Portland-based Palate Polish has the whole package: Their nail polishes are all handcrafted in small batches, vegan and 5-free—meaning that they don’t contain toxic chemicals like formaldehyde or toluene. … read more
Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq: This Is An Emergency
Chi-Raq, Spike Lee’s latest satire-meets-agitprop, is incendiary, uneven and heavy-handed with the polemics, musical cuts and rhythm-centric dialogue. It’s also the most electrifying that we’ve seen from Lee in the past decade. … read more
Top 5 Art Albums That Should Be Sold At The...
God Hates Robots opened their doors this year, and this is an appeal to hang these art albums on its walls. These art albums paved new ground in 2015. … read more
Angel Olsen with Lionlimb @ Urban Lounge 10.14
I remember the way Angel Olsen’s songs steeped into the air, lingering, leaving me dazed for hours. … read more
Tina Misrachi Martin: Alberto, Frida y Galería Misrachi
By the 1930s and ‘40s, following an artistic revolution and the peak of the Mural Renaissance, Mexico City had flourished into a thriving meeting-place of culture. … read more
The Art of Safe Sex: Planned Parenthood
There’s been ample precedent for an art-and–Planned Parenthood alliance, what with runway shows featuring dresses fashioned out of condoms, IUDs-turned-jewelry and condom packages touting designs by famous artists. This month, the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is forging its own art-making, action-taking collaboration for its upcoming signature fundraising event: The Art of Safe Sex. The
Go, Find and Make Your Own Friends: Brian Bress @...
Brian Bress’ work is characterized, literally, by a motley squad of imaginative, humanoid figures—friends—crafted out of upholstery foam, clay, paint, found objects and, in some instances, googly eyes. … read more
Mudson Leaps Into Its Fifth Anniversary Season
During Mudson’s final installation at the Masonic Temple, Breeanne Saxton—currently a guest dancer for Ririe-Woodbury through the fall season—performed an in-progress work that dealt with processing a death in her family. By the end of the piece, Saxton folded up small but precious objects into a towel and smashed them. The piece was well received:
SLUG x FYF Fest 2015: Day Two
FYF Day Two was hotter and more crowded than ever, but the highly anticipated and top-notch Sunday lineup kept the momentum going. … read more