In this week’s V we’re talking about live summer music. Here’s what you can read about – you know, if you’d like.
- John-Ross Boyce wrote a great feature on the Twilight Summer Music Series, what I think to be Utah’s most exciting concert series.
- Editor-in-chief David Self Newlin wrote a piece called Hipster Heresy on why Velour, one of the most popular venues in the Valley, sucks. A bit of a one-sided argument has started in the comments; if you have an opinion of Velour, you should definitely chime in.
- As a sort of counterpoint, Loraine Goldston wrote about Velour’s recent Battle of the Bands.
- Nadia Ashtawy wrote a piece on Lilith, this year’s weak reincarnation of the Lilith Fair.
- I put together this little list of most of the other concert series in Utah this summer, with information about Red Butte Gardens, Brown Bag, Thanksgiving Point, Scera Shell, and Mondays in the Park.
- Now for the articles about something other than music: John-Ross Boyce also wrote this short piece on the recent sex-work controversy in the Farmington Police Department.
- I wrote this run-down of the results of the Republican primary election in Utah County.
- New Play Project, a theater company in Provo, is holding an auction to raise funds for their next season. And I wrote about it.
- I also wrote about Willy Wonka, the SCERA Shell’s upcoming musical based on Roald Dahl‘s book.
- Nadia Ashtawy wrote about the 337 Project Truck, one of Utah’s most exciting artistic adventures.
- Nadia also put together this obscenely-useful events listing, covering most of the entertainment events happening in or around the Valley in the next couple weeks. You can expect to see a similar listing every week.
