Provo is Utah’s third largest city, and it’s a well-known fact that the Mormon community has helped it grow and develop since the 1850s. It’s no wonder then that the LDS Motion Picture Studio has set up their studio, which looks like you have just walked into an ancient village. The era of days gone…
Category: CULTURE
The Meaning of Sanctuary
One of the most precious values of cinematic experience is its ability to immerse a recipient into a new world where someone else’s reality (real or fictional) becomes the viewers’ own. Thus, it evokes and develops empathy. With the rise of new mediums like the virtual and augmented reality, the all-sensory dive into another person’s…
FanX Kicked off in SLC on Thursday
FanX, the largest comic convention that Utah offers, had its first day this Thursday. Salt Palace Convention Center is where the convention is taking place in its entirety. The whole event will transpire for three days, Saturday being the final one. A slew of celebrities marked the convention’s beginning. Walking along a red carpet next…
Lawmaker in Utah Vying for Lower Polygamy Penalties
Republican Spanish Fork representative Deidre Henderson, a state senator, is pushing for reshaping legislation regarding polygamy. Her intent is to lower legal reprisal for polygamy. This proposal will see consideration on the next legislative session come January. Polygamy has been under severe crackdown in Utah in recent years. The state took great strides to suppress…