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‘Great Wall’ is big, dumb and not much fun
"The Great Wall" is an elaborate, gorgeous-to-look-at, wannabe blockbuster that's really not much more than a monster movie — and not a particularly good one.While this movie set in China is a...
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Archaeology events and more on tap at Frontier Homestead State Park in Cedar...
Frontier Homestead State Park in Cedar City will host its annual Utah Archaeology Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.Activities include American Indian games, history, traditional crafts and...
View ArticleAspiring paleontologists will dig this Utah museum summer program
After the "Jurassic Park" movies, many folks dream of being a paleontologist and having a chance to dig for dinosaur bones.The Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal is...
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State gathering comments on fall upland gaming hunt
Spring might seem a strange time to be thinking about upland game hunting in Utah, but the state will soon begin gathering input on the fall hunt.Division of Wildlife Resources biologists are proposing...
View ArticleAntelope Island State Park celebrates dark sky designation
It seems amazing that a place near a major metropolitan area can qualify for dark-sky designation.But that's exactly what Antelope Island State Park recently earned.The popular Great Salt Lake island...
View ArticleGrantsville girl’s family of buffleheads earns Duck Stamp prize
Sabrina Allen of Grantsville won the Best of Show award at the Utah Junior Duck Stamp Contest, and her artwork made the top 25 in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp contest.The Utah student's entry was...
View ArticleUtah’s counterculture celebrates July 24 with pie and beer
For those seeking an alternative to Utah's traditional Mormon holiday, there are several "Pie and Beer Day" celebrations taking place in the Salt Lake area on Sunday July 24.This unique food and...
View ArticleLess-crowded alternatives abound near Zion National Park
With huge crowds expected to jam trails and parking areas in Zion National Park for Memorial Day weekend, the state tourism officials are promoting alternative southwestern Utah destinations nearby.The...
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Music: Q&A with Alice Cooper
Legendary hard rocker Alice Cooper called from his home in Phoenix last week to promote his concert this Tuesday at Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City. He touched on a variety of subjects, including a...
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Golden Gloves: Ogden’s Diego Alvarez didn’t need fancy gym to win national title
OgdenA small, nondescript garage sits about 20 yards behind a fairly well-maintained yellow home off Ogden's 35th Street. About a dozen boys and girls trudge past a couple abandoned cars and a...
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Limits eased at two Utah fisheries in advance of dam repair and restoration...
Northeastern Utah is a bit of a drive for many Wasatch Front anglers, but fishing at places such as the Green River, Flaming Gorge Reservoir or lakes on the North Slope of the Uintas is always...
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Want to catch and keep lots of fish? Consider a trip to Millsite Reservoir
Millsite Reservoir near Ferron in Emery County offers good recreation choices.There is a small state park campground that is near access to the Skyline Drive and ATV, four-wheeling and fishing high...
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Plenty of Utah history still standing at Fort Deseret
There doesn't seem to be much left of Fort Deseret, a Utah historic site just south of the Millard County town of Hinckley on Utah Highway 257.The fort, built in 1865 during the Blackhawk Indian War,...
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Utah Hike of the Week: Red Reef Trail — Red Cliffs Recreation Area
The Red Reef Trail is a glorious (and popular) canyon hike in the Red Cliffs Recreation Area north of Harrisburg, which is part of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. There was no parking available at the...
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Chance the Rapper, Muse, Gorillaz among headliners at Life is Beautiful in...
If you plan on traveling to Las Vegas for the fifth annual Life Is Beautiful Festival next September, it might be a good idea to begin buying tickets as early as Thursday, when they go on sale.The...
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John Moreland has something urgent to say on new CD
Singer-songwriter John Moreland sings like a man on the edge of his seat, leaning forward as though he has something urgent to say. And on his latest album, "Big Bad Luv," it turns out he...
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A walk on the cozy side, snowshoeing at Sundance Mountain Resort
Normally I don't snowshoe at ski resorts. I usually go to public trails with few tourists, no groomed cross country ski tracks, no buildings and no fees.But earlier this winter, my husband and I had a...
View ArticleReview: Spoon’s ‘Hot Thoughts’ is raw, often danceable
Spoon's "Hot Thoughts" is raw, sinewy and often danceable, the band charging into its ninth album with a cruder and more experimental approach.Helmed by producer Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev, Flaming...
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Concert preview: Kiefer Sutherland, country musician, is no acting role
Kiefer Sutherland is hardly the first actor to scratch a creative itch by recording and releasing an album.Not many of them actually follow up by going around the country in a tour bus to play a few...
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Celebrate the arrival of migrating swans in Utah
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be holding events Saturday celebrating the arrival of thousands of migrating swans to the Wasatch Front.Free events...
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