Podcasts about eccles theater

Award-winning composer and music artist Kurt Bestor will perform his annual A Kurt Bestor Christmas concerts on December 5-7, 2024 at the Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City.  Bestor's shows will be one of the only Christmas concerts in the state that feature a full, live band comprised of some of Utah's and the country's most talented musicians. In this episode FM100.3 Host Rebecca Cressman is joined by Kurt Bestor who reveals who this year's special guests will be and gives us a sneak peak of songs he'll be performing from his brand new album, "Etches." For show information and tickets, visit Artix or Live-at-the-Eccles.com.

FTP Theater Hour: Wendy Hassan on filling the Utah Festival Opera gap in 2025

This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. Downtown Salt Lake City has a lot to offer this holiday season. The Gallivan Center is particularly festive this year, with the 2023 GLOW at Gallivan art experience now in full swing. Program Director of The Blocks Britney Helmers joins us with more. Britney Helmers: The Downtown Alliance and The Blocks Arts District are adding a layer of luminous magic to the Gallivan Plaza this year with the fourth and largest season of GLOW at Gallivan! This season's art experience is the most magical yet, with more than two dozen larger than life sculptures designed by interior collective celebrating Utah's diverse natural, cultural and social landscapes. This family friendly attraction is open every evening and completely free! In the middle of this whimsical experience, Gallivan's famous ice-skating rink is open until 10 pm every night, and skates can be rented for just 10 dollars. The Gallivan Center isn't the only place to celebrate the holidays downtown, either — pay a visit for Ballet West's The Nutcracker, special performances at Temple Square and the Utah Symphony, and holiday concerts at the Eccles Theater. You will also find more than 170 bars and restaurants offering seasonal menu options and special holiday events. Derek Miller: Join us downtown to celebrate the most magical time of the year. To stay up to date on more winter events, visit The Blocks SLC website. I'm Derek Miller with the Salt Lake Chamber, Speaking on Business. Originally aired: December 15, 2024

FTP Theater Hour: Eccles Theater ticket giveaway -- Utah Theater student conservatory  

This week, Dave and Blaine's guests include Brad Robins, a graduate of the BYU Marriott School of Management and a member of the popular singing trio, Gentri. The group kicked off the holidays over the weekend with it's annual Christmas show at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City.Our second guest played linebacker, defensive end, running back and kick returner at BYU between 2014 and 2016. He also spent six seasons in the NFL. He and his wife Cassidy are also survivors with a story full of heartbreak and tender mercies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Internationally acclaimed composer Kurt Bestor performed his first Christmas concert in Utah 36 years ago. Since then, attending A Kurt Bestor Christmas each year has become a beloved, local tradition. This season, Kurt Bestor brings another Utah star to the stage, singer David Archuleta and a special arrangement of Kurt's famous "Prayers of the Children" dedicated to children who are currently experiencing war and turmoil around the world. A Kurt Bestor Christmas will run Decemeber 14th-16th at Salt Lake's Eccles Theater. Performance details and tickets are at Live-at-the-Eccles.com.

FTP Theater Hour: Eccles Theater trivia game with Wendy Hassan and Gavin Syme   

Theater Hour: Michael Ballam remembers Eccles Theater at 100 year celebration -- Pickleville on Tour

Join us this week as we go to The Lion King Broadway National Tour at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City. In this episode, we have the tremendous privilege of interviewing Darion Sanders and Isaiah Bailey, who play Simba, and the understudy for Mufasa, respectively. They have so much wisdom to share about what it's like being on a Broadway National touring stage, what they do to prepare, their stories leading up to this production, and truly incredible life advice.

In mid-December, local composer and musician Kurt Bestor will perform his 35th annual Christmas concert with live musicians at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City. In this week's episode of Utah Weekly Forum, FM100.3 Host Rebecca Cressman is joined by Kurt Bestor who shares details of the show that features Christmas compositions from around the world and a special tribute to the children of Ukraine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The big movie of the week is Amsterdam.This weeks guest is Jeff Paris, Damn These Heels program manager, to talk about the Film Festival happening October 14th-16th at the Eccles Theater.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, August 4, 20224:20 pm: Barrington D. Martin II, Co-National Director of Our America, joins the show to discuss his piece for the New York Post in which he says we need to stop loud radicals from drowning out the pro-American majority 4:38 pm: Freedomworks Economist Steve Moore joins the show for his weekly visit with Rod about politics and the nation's economy6:05 pm: Michael J. New, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice at the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America joins the show to discuss his piece in The Federalist about how pro-lifers shouldn't worry about Kansas voters shooting down an amendment to the state's constitution that would have removed a right to an abortion6:20 pm: Brad Polumbo, a Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education joins the show to discuss his piece in the Washington Examiner in which he says the artist Beyonce caved to the woke mob with her decision to change a song lyric6:38 pm: Comedian Bill Engvall (here's your sign) joins the program to discuss his career, his final tour, and his last show ever at Utah's Eccles Theater on December 316:50 pm: Samantha Tilton Sorensen, Prevention Coordinator at Weber Human Services joins Rod to discuss her work as part of the Live On suicide prevention campaign

In the not to distant future, we will be getting new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000! But before that happens, the live tour version has been traveling around the country, including a memorable time at the Eccles Theater back in December! In this episode, Dylan explore the ins & out of touring with the […]

In the not to distant future, we will be getting new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000! But before that happens, the live tour version has been traveling around the country, including a memorable time at the Eccles Theater back in December! In this episode, Dylan explore the ins & out of touring with the […]

In the not to distant future, we will be getting new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000! But before that happens, the live tour version has been traveling around the country, including a memorable time at the Eccles Theater back in December! In this episode, Dylan explore the ins & out of touring with the […]

Welcome to The Ankler Hot Seat, a new podcast that takes you behind the scenes of Hollywood's big personalities, power struggles and ever-changing playbook. It is a production of The Ankler, a subscription-only newsletter. Please follow us on Apple Podcasts (and rate us if you like what you are hearing), and on Twitter.Before we get started with today's episode…We are proud to introduce you to The Optionist, a new Ankler newsletter out today about available intellectual property for the entertainment community, written by Andy Lewis. The Optionist aims to do some of your reading for you by highlighting the best material with rights still available from the worlds of book publishing, backlisted titles, journalism and podcasts (names of reps will be attached to each property when applicable). As anyone who works in this industry knows, the publishing-to-Hollywood superhighway has only expanded in the streaming age, yet the hours in the day have not. We hope this newsletter helps makes your work life just a little bit more productive through our legwork. Try The Optionist in beta free for a limited time Now, as for today's episode 2 of our limited podcast series The Ankler Hot Seat: Sundance 2022, we look at a very special part of the Sundance experience.  At the center of the entire circus are the stories of lone filmmakers inspired to defy the odds and make a film — generally outside any formal system, with a hodgepodge of support and financing held together with Band Aids and Scotch tape.The filmmakers who actually end up accepted to the festival defy stratospheric odds, not only in getting their films made, yes, but then in their acceptance to the world's premiere launching pad for independent film. But once filmmakers get there, the road out of Sundance gets even narrower. Some land splashy deals, great riches and enormous futures. Others scratch their heads wondering — what exactly was that all about?Today, we talk to two filmmakers about what the experience suddenly going from a quiet under-budgeted editing room to the bright lights at Sundance was like.First up, host Richard Rushfield chats with Jesse Moss, whose documentary Boys State debuted at Sundance in 2020, the last time the festival met in person. The film tells the story of a meeting of high school boys in Texas to form a representative government through an American Legion-sponsored program, and was wildly well-received upon its debut, ultimately selling to Apple and A24 for $12 million — one of the highest price-tags ever for a documentary feature.For Moss however, the experience was a whirlwind of fear, joy, logistics and illness as he went into the Sundance barrel. There was even a bout of vomiting from anxiety. We also chat with filmmaker Liz W. Garcia, who hit Sundance in 2013 with her late-coming of age drama, The Lifeguard which has gone on to become a cult favorite and touch stone for many women belatedly searching for their path.Like Moss, Garcia found herself overwhelmed by the whirlwind of suddenly coming to Sundance and seeing the intimate drama she had carved with her bare hands premiere at the Eccles Theater, Sundance's grandest venue. Despite the thrill of the moment and the later glories to come, Garcia's Sundance journey was made bittersweet by the chorus of all-male critics who didn't connect with the female story, and pestered her with undermining and patronizing questions in their interviews throughout the week. For many female filmmakers, it will be a familiar story. Join us for the next episode in our Sundance series, hosted by Janice Min and Tatiana Siegel, on Monday. Thanks for listening! And please subscribe to The Ankler if you like what you are hearing and reading. Also on The Ankler this week:Again check out the debut of Andy Lewis' The Optionist, hot off the presses.ESG weighs on The Worst Case Scenario for Disney, between streaming winds and China problems, a perfect storm of risk is brewing for the entertainment giant.Ankler Hot Seat Podcast: What to Expect at Sundance The first episode in our Sundance podcast series in honor of Hollywood's big festival discusses the big titles, Dakota Johnson, swag bags, and the pinnacle, er nadir, of the festival: the Pizza Hut VIP lounge. Hollywood's China Grovel is Failing Writer Sonny Bunch dives into the absolute mess stemming from the studios' decades of capitulation to the Chinese government. The Chinese government was badly embarrassed following American outrage over the revelations that Disney's live-action Mulan filmed on location in Xinjiang province — where as many as a million Muslim Uyghurs have been detained in concentration camps designed to destroy their ethnic identity. Disney has paid a price ever since. None of Disney's new Marvel Cinematic Universe films received a theatrical release in China. Not Black Widow, not Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which used Chinese iconography and Chinese actors in the hopes of appealing to Chinese audiences and winning approval of Chinese officials, and not Eternals, which was directed by the best director-winning, China-born Chloe Zhao, who has her own baggage with Chinese audiences after old interviews resurfaced in which she said China was a “place where there are lies everywhere.”Broadway's Crisis: It's ‘Las Vegas on the Hudson' As Broadway suffers its lowest attendance in a decade, omicron wreaking havoc, and audiences rejecting one new production after another, longtime entertainment critic and journalist Frank Scheck writes about Broadway's risk of becoming Vegas-on-the-Hudson, a place defined only by longstanding mega-hits: "If the producing doesn't get smarter, the gap between the blandly commercial and artistically pretentious flops will continue to widen." If you are interested in advertising on The Ankler, please contact Kymber Allen at kymber@anklermedia.com.Can't afford The Ankler right now? If you're an assistant, student, or getting your foot in the door of this industry, and want help navigating the craziness of this business but don't have the money to spare right now, drop me a line at richard@theankler.com and we'll work it out. No mogul or mogul-to-be left behind here at The Ankler.The Ankler is Hollywood's favorite secret newsletter, an independent voice holding the industry's feet to the fire. If you're a subscriber, feel free to share this edition with a friend but just a couple, please. The Ankler depends on its paid subscribers to keep publishing.If you've been passed along this issue, take the hint and get on the train. Find out why the New York Times called us the “hit Hollywood newsletter.” Subscribe now! This is a public episode. 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Meet one of the best documentarians on the planet! Joe Berlinger!   Emmy-winning and Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a leading voice in nonfiction film and television for over two decades. A pioneer in the genre of true crime documentaries, Berlinger draws attention to social justice issues in the US and abroad with such landmark documentaries as Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, and Crude. Highlighting the issue of oil pollution in the Amazon rainforest, Crudewon 22 human rights, environmental, and film festival awards and triggered a high profile First Amendment battle with oil-giant Chevron, while Brother’s Keeper and Paradise Lost influenced a generation of documentary filmmakers and are routinely studied in numerous film and law schools across the country. The New York Times included Brother’s Keeper in its guide to the 1000 best movies ever made, a list that represents all genres of film. Berlinger has received multiple awards from the Directors Guild of America, the National Board of Review and the Independent Spirit Awards. Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger, is a feature-length documentary produced by CNN Films and theatrically released by Magnolia in 2014. Berlinger’s film captures notorious crime boss Whitey Bulger’s sensational trial, using it as a springboard to explore allegations of corruption within the highest levels of law enforcement. The film was one of six Berlinger features to have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.In addition to social justice filmmaking, Berlinger has explored cultural icons in such documentaries as Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, a film that redefined the rockumentary genre, and Under African Skies, about the 25th Anniversary of Paul Simon’s Graceland album. The film was nominated for three primetime Emmy awards after its 2012 Sundance Film Festival premiere, including Outstanding Nonfiction Special. In the summer of 2016, Netflix released Berlinger's Tony Robbins: I am Not Your Guru, a riveting vérité film that goes behind the scenes of renowned life and business strategist Tony Robbins and his mega once-a-year “Date With Destiny” seminar. Also for Netflix, Berlinger directed and produced Hank: 5 Years From the Brink, a dissection of the actions taken by then Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson to stave off a global meltdown during the financial collapse of 2008.In 2017, Berlinger completed Intent to Destroy, which pulls back the curtain on the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression and denial over the past century. The film won numerous film festival awards after its Tribeca Film Festival world premiere and was broadcast on Starz. In 2018 Berlinger executive produced Paris to Pittsburgh for Bloomberg Philanthropies and National Geographic. The film highlights the impassioned efforts of individuals across the United States who are battling climate change despite the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement. The film debuted in December of 2018 and aired globally in 172 countries.In addition to his feature documentary work, Berlinger, a two-time Emmy and Peabody award winner (with five additional Emmy nominations), has created hundreds of hours of television as both a producer and director, including the Emmy-winning History Channel series 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America and the Emmy-nominated Gray Matter. He directed and produced six seasons of the critically acclaimed Sundance Channel series Iconoclasts and directed/executive-produced the first two seasons of the Emmy-nominated Master Class, a series for the Oprah Winfrey Network. His numerous HBO productions include Addiction, Judgment Day andVirtual Corpse, and he has created series for VH1 and Court TV. Berlinger’s dramatic television directorial credits include NBC's acclaimed hit drama Homicide: Life on the Street, as well as the short-lived UPN/Dick Wolf series D.C.Berlinger’s multiple Emmy-winning Paradise Lost series for HBO helped spawn a worldwide movement to free the “West Memphis Three" from wrongful murder convictions, ultimately resulting in a death sentence and two life-without-parole sentences being vacated, allowing the men to finally be released from prison on August 19, 2011. The last film in the trilogy, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory was nominated for an Oscar and two primetime Emmys in 2012.In 2015, the filmmaker finished directing and executive producing The System with Joe Berlinger, an eight-part series examining systemic problems within the American justice system for Al Jazeera America. Berlinger also directed and produced Judgment Day: Prison or Parole, an investigative series for Investigation Discovery that takes viewers inside the high stakes decisions made by parole boards everyday. Killing Richard Gossip, another Investigation Discovery series, tells the haunting story of a former motel manager sentenced to die for orchestrating a murder that he swears he had nothing to do with.In the summer of 2017 Berlinger’s eight-part docuseries for Spike TV premiered. Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio, about the deaths and disappearances of six young women in southern Ohio, is a tragic saga shrouded in a mystery that includes a dark underbelly of a struggling Midwest region plagued by drug and sex trafficking, and a system that seems to have failed to protect these women. In the fall of 2017 Berlinger’s four-part true crime documentary series Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders reexamined the crime chronicled in Truman Capote’s landmark book and Oscar- nominated film.In 2018, Berlinger produced and directed Wrong Man, a documentary series for Starz. An investigation into three separate cases of wrongful conviction, the show seeks to bring three innocent people the justice that the American criminal justice system has denied them. Wrong Man has been greenlit for a second season, where Berlinger and his team will examine three new cases. His most recent series, Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers, is an investigative look into the brutal murder of a Mississippi teenager, which Berlinger directed and executive-produced. It debuted as Oxygen’s highest rated show since its true crime rebrand in 2017.Berlinger directed two projects which premiered days apart in early 2019. Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, a four part series for Netflix, examines notorious serial killer Ted Bundy through exclusive interviews with the killer himself after being sentenced to death in Florida. The series debuted on January 24, just two days before the Sundance premiere of Berlinger’s narrative feature film on the same subject: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The film chronicles the life of Ted Bundy through the eyes of Liz Kloepfer, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years. Starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario and Angela Sarafyan, Extremely Wicked made its world premiere at the Eccles Theater in Park City on January 26. Netflix also aquired the film and released it globally in May of 2019. Berlinger’s articles and photographs have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, ArtForum, Film Comment, and Aperture magazines. His book, Metallica: This Monster Lives, The Inside Story of Some Kind of Monster, was published in 2004 by St. Martin’s Press.Berlinger’s film and television development company, Third Eye Motion Picture Company, has had a long-standing unscripted production output deal with RadicalMedia, which also represents the director for commercial and branded-content production.Berlinger is a member of the DGA, PGA, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) and the National Board of Review. He serves on the boards of the International Documentary Association, The Bedford Playhouse and the wrongful conviction nonprofit Proclaim Justice. Berlinger is on the Advisory Boards of the Jacob Burns Film Center, The Woodstock Film Festival and Rehabilitation Through the Arts.  Welcome to Monday Morning Critic Podcast! Instagram: Monday Morning Critic Twitter: @mdmcritic Facebook: Monday Morning Critic Podcast Email: MondayMorningCritic@gmail.com Website: www.mmcpodcast.com  

On a recent trip to Disneyland, I was stuck by the variety of illusions that surround us, and that we surround ourselves with.

On May 16, 2019, Cold host Dave Cawley stepped onto the stage at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah for Cold Live. A crowd of more than 2,000 spent the next two hours walking through the story behind the podcast with Dave and his guests, retired detective Ellis Maxwell and Utah Domestic Violence Coalition Executive Director Jennifer Oxborrow. Cold Live included never-before-heard audio journal and interview clips, as well as new voices and perspectives on the Susan Powell case. This bonus episode of Cold is an edited audio version of Cold Live. For the past four years, investigative reporter Dave Cawley has been studying thousands of police documents, journals, videos and diary entries. He has tracked down new sources, followed new leads and traced Josh Powell's trail from West Valley City, Utah, through Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and on to Washington State, where Powell killed himself and his two sons. Cold is the most complete retelling of the Susan Powell story ever. Join Dave Cawley in his search for truth. See photos, files and more from this episode: https://thecoldpodcast.com/season-1/bonus-ep-cold-live/ Share your thoughts: #ColdPodcast #FindSusan Instagram Facebook Reddit Bluesky If you enjoy Cold, please try these other great shows from KSL Podcasts: The Letter, Ransom, Unsolved Histories

Christie and Rudy spoke with television journalist, producer, and news anchor Bill Kurtis , who is also the beloved judge and scorekeeper for NPR’s weekly game show Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, which airs every Saturday morning on KPCW. He’s in Salt Lake City recording a live shows at The Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake. Tammy King , fiddle player and founder of the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass string band The Steeldrivers was in studio to talk about The Steeldrivers’ shows at Egyptian Theatre .

The Morning MIx feature's local musical guest David Ramhok on the show plus interviews with Jason Orenstein, organizer of the returning Park City Wine Festival, which is in Park City this weekend; and with Gary Shoefield of BASE Hologram, who is part of the team responsible for the upcoming performance of Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison ( as hologram performers backed by a live band) at The Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City. All that and a long-rundown of your weekend events.

FOX 13's Ben Winslow and The Salt Lake Tribune's Kathy Stephenson discuss one of the last remaining "Zion Curtains" (technically, a Zion Ceiling) to fall at the Eccles Theater and the legislature revisiting the very controversial .05 DUI law while insisting they will not repeal it. Tanner Lenart, an attorney who specializes in liquor laws at the firm of Christensen & Jensen, joins the podcast to answer YOUR questions about shipping in wine from out-of-state, giving booze as gifts, beer flights, the lack of Utah happy hours and why we can't have mini-bottles!

About the Show: On this episode of the podcast we get to sit down with the host of KSL's Cold Podcast, Dave Cawley. We get to find out his story. We find out what got Dave interested in doing the Cold podcast, what it was like for him behind the scenes creating the podcast, obstacles he faced along the way, the reason they are doing the upcoming live show at Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City, and his advice for anyone that might want to do a true crime podcast. We also answer tons of listener submitted questions, find out what Dave loves about living in Utah, and even some of his favorite local eating spots. Important Links: Cold Podcast Website https://thecoldpodcast.com/ Cold Podcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thecoldpodcast/ Cold Podcast twitter https://twitter.com/thecoldpodcast Cold Podcast Instagram https://twitter.com/thecoldpodcast Dave Cawley on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ashergrey This episode is sponsored by: Five Wives Vodka http://www.fivewivesvodka.com KRCL https://krcl.org/ Host Gator https://partners.hostgator.com/c/409762/178145/3094 More Episodes of the Podcast You Might Enjoy: Tony Caputo https://iamsaltlake.com/370 Chris Vanocur with the Vanocur Group Podcast https://iamsaltlake.com/361 Bobby Glen James with Speak Up Professional Speakers Studio https://iamsaltlake.com/343 Rob Daugherty from Rob's Wildlife Photography https://iamsaltlake.com/319 Terry Burden, TV Show Host at Park City Television https://iamsaltlake.com/306 Connect more with I am Salt Lake: Email Us hello@iamsaltlake.com Connect With Our Facebook https://www.facebook.com/IAmSaltLake/ Connect With Our Twitter https://twitter.com/iamsaltlake Connect With Our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iamsaltlake/ Join The Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/iamsaltlake/ Support our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/iamsaltlake Sign up for our email list https://iamsaltlake.com/email Thank you for listening to this episode of I am Salt Lake podcast. We showcase local talent, businesses, and everyday people making Salt Lake City what it is today. Please consider making a one time donation through PayPal to help with the expenses of keeping this podcast running smoothly https://www.paypal.me/iamsaltlake

In November, Lane Beattie, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and the Downtown Alliance, announced his planned retirement. His last day at the organization is April 30, 2018. But before he heads off to spend more time with his family, he sat down with us to reflect on his last 15 years with the Chamber. “I cannot express how grateful I am to have been able to lead this great organization for the last 15 years. When I took the job at the Chamber I planned to only stay on for two years. But two years turned into five, five turned into ten and I just couldn't pull myself away from all of the exciting progress we were making here at the Chamber, ” said Beattie. “None of the successes of the Salt Lake Chamber and the Downtown Alliance would have been possible without the dedication and participation of this state's business community. By working together we have accomplished many great things, and I have no doubt that with the continued leadership of our board, the engagement of our business leaders and the commitment from this great staff that those successes will continue for many years to come.” Beattie became president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber in 2003. Since that time, he has helped transform the 130-year-old statewide institution into a powerhouse of influence that stands for all Utah businesses. Under Lane's stewardship, the Chamber embraced a new era of business and policy leadership. By blending the traditional business chamber with powerful, top-notch business advocacy the Salt Lake Chamber has truly embraced the designation of ‘Utah's Voice of Business.' “Lane Beattie dedicated his time, wisdom and passion to this great organization and has helped shape what it is today. Under Lane's direction, the Salt Lake Chamber has stepped up and been the advocate for Utah's business community even when it meant making tough decisions,” said Wilford Clyde, chairman of the Salt Lake Chamber. During his tenure as president of the Downtown Alliance, Lane created the Downtown Rising vision and helped to advance projects including City Creek Center, 222 South Main, Salt Lake City's Public Safety Building, and Eccles Theater along with regional light rail and commuter rail lines to support downtown's growth. “As president of the Downtown Alliance, Lane has been our city center's biggest cheerleader,” said Molly Mazzolini, Downtown Alliance board chair. “He understands the urban center's role in building a strong regional economy and has been a tireless advocate for creating a dynamic and diverse downtown community.” While Beattie will certainly miss his role in bolstering the business community, he says, “I have to look at retirement through my grandchildren's eyes, and understand for them, it means more time with grandpa.” Derek Miller will take over as president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance on May 1, 2018. For more information about Beattie's history with the Chamber, visit http://slchamber.com/lane-beattie-bio/

Illuminate Salt Lake is an exciting light festival taking place November 10-11 2017 in Downtown Salt Lake. Go to Illuminatesaltlake.org Your Utah hosts Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard cover the basics of what to expect.  They'll be projecting light art displays onto buidings, among other things. There will also be lots for kids to do.  The event takes place at Gateway, UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art), and Eccles Theater.  It's free (with some paid receptions & events) 

Salt Lake City has it's own Broadway theater, The Eccles Theater, Downtown at City Creek! Taylor Powers and Ethan Millard explore all the upcoming shows for 2017 and give some details of the beautiful building itself. Still want to get some skiing in? The Ski City Super Pass might be an option for you. Great for tourists and people visiting Utah or locals who want to get some turns in within 2 weeks! Major Discounts there. Finally, the Cupid Undies Run. A run in your underwear; it supports a good cause.

Today on Utah Weekly Forum; Rebecca Cressman talks with Composer Kurt Bestor about what he's been up to and the opening of the new Eccles Theater. With community support through out the years, The Eccles Theater is now open with Kurt at the center of it all. Utah Weekly Forum Podcast's can be downloaded every Monday at Noon from FM 100.3! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.