Classical tonight! There's something for everyone in the 2005-06 music and dance seasonsOnce again the classical-music and dance season is under way.
With the Utah Symphony kicking off its 2005-06 performances last week, it looks as if there is truly something for everyone.
This year will be a little different from the past. Ballet West, to save on production costs, has made some adjustments so that its season will open in December with that annual holiday tradition, "The Nutcracker.
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Lost may have sparked growth of sci-fi showsWith a few notable exceptions, network television has largely avoided sciencefiction/fantasy shows over the past few years.
"The X-Files" was a big hit on Fox, and "Buffy," "Angel" and various "Star Treks" have found more limited success on smaller networks UPN and the WB. But, for the most part, shows in the "genre" (as its known) have mostly been found on cable and in syndication.
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Scott Pierce: How-to goes to whole new levelMartha Stewart is back, and shes bigger and better than ever.
"Am I the same girl? Yes I am. Yes, I am. Although Ive changed," Stewart said with a laugh.
For one thing, shes got not one, but two, new TV shows a five-days-a-week daytime show and "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart."
"My new motto .
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Fantasy frees the reader and opens up the possibilities, childrens author saysThe wonderful thing about fantasy, says author Gail Carson Levine, is that "it frees us. It opens up every possibility." At the same time, however, "it gives us a sense of the shape of a story. You can’t imagine if there is nothing to go by, but using imagination within a certain context can help you shape ideas, gives you plenty of room to make up stuff.
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Dragons and magic enthrall the readers of ongoing trilogy of booksChristopher Paolini believes in magic the magic of words and stories that can create awe, impart wisdom, generate wonder, bubble with emotion.
But what about magic in his own life? "All I know is that if I wrote a book about what has happened to me, no one would believe it."
Words and stories have taken Paolini on a magical journey of his own that began when he was 15 and he decided to transfer his love of fantasy to the written page.
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Hot dogs chill out at Draper poolGleeful yelps and barks could be heard a block away from the Draper pool Saturday as more than 100 dogs turned the facility into a canine water park.
Some took flailing leaps off the diving boards while others were more cautious and ventured only ankle deep. Their soaked-to-the-bone humans threw balls to fetch and made sure everybody played nice.
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Clown time: At 79 years old, Mary Lou Tanner learns laughs and self-discovery at clown schoolThis is a story about following a dream as much as having fun. It’s about seeing something through as much as trying something new. It’s about finding help and support from those you love, about daring to take a risk. It’s about a 79-year-old woman who wanted to be a clown.
Mary Lou Tanner has harbored a secret desire to be a clown for the past decade or so ever since she met a clown face-to-face while serving an LDS mission in Washington, D.
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Seniors urged to get movingWalking, line dancing, swimming. It didn’t matter as long as they were moving.
Seniors from all over Salt Lake County gathered at the West Jordan Senior Center Wednesday for the county’s first-ever Healthy Aging Day. The event, part of National Healthy Aging Month, encouraged the county’s 110,000 seniors to practice healthy habits for physical and mental well-being.
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