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Jeremy Hale

Refugees dish up food as Catholic Community Services of Utah and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox's family host a Thanksgiving dinner at Saint Ambrose Catholic Church in Salt Lake City for newly arrived refugee families from all over the world on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 20
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Most generous time of the year — 21 ways to donate in Utah
We created an open list of organizations and charities that benefit those in need.
By Jeremy Hale
A "Talk to Santa" event was held at the Herriman Library in December 2013.
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Ground control to Santa Claus — Utah kids can talk to the Big Man by ham radio this weekend
Christmas bells and radio static may be heard in Herriman this weekend as Santa Claus talks to children at the Herriman Library over ham radio.
By Jeremy Hale
A BYU student responds to the Daily Universe question, "What are you grateful for?" ahead of Thanksgiving in 2016.
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The Clean Cut: BYU students express their Thanksgiving gratitude
The Daily Universe asked students at BYU to share what they were grateful for. Here is what they said.
By Jeremy Hale
Aundrea Frahm said the kaleidoscope she built with the help of BYU engineering students probably weighed 450-500 pounds.
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BYU grad’s Buddhist-inspired exhibit includes 12-foot-long kaleidoscope
Aundrea Frahm’s “We Revolve Ceaseless” exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art bends light and color.
By Jeremy Hale
Houston Astros fans celebrate after their win against the Los Angeles Dodgers during Game 3 of baseball's World Series Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, in Houston.
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The Clean Cut: Crowd throws hat back up 9 stories to Astros fan
A lady dropped her hat from the ninth story of a parking garage during a Houston Astros victory parade, but her fellow Astros fans worked together to get it back to her.
By Jeremy Hale
MythBusters alumni Tory Belleci (left), Kari Byron (center) and Grant Imahara will perform their live show "Down the Rabbit Hole" at the Eccles Theater Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017.
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‘MythBusters’ alumni will try not to blow anything up at Salt Lake show this weekend
Stars from the hit TV show “MythBusters” and “White Rabbit Project” are coming to Utah on Saturday, Nov. 18, for their live show “Down the Rabbit Hole.”
By Jeremy Hale
Thierry Fischer, music director of the Utah Symphony Orchestra, conducts a practice with the symphony at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013.
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Utah Symphony team up for Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 recording
The recordings are being released following a Utah Symphony tour over the past three years that included performances of all 10 Mahler symphonies.
By Jeremy Hale
Salt Lake City was chosen by organizers to host the 2020 World Fantasy Convention. The event marks the first time WFC will come to the Beehive State.
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Salt Lake chosen to host World Fantasy Convention in 2020
The event will mark the first time a Utah city has been chosen to host the convention since its 1975 inaugural year.
By Jeremy Hale
Dancers will perform William “Bill” Evans’ choreography as part of “Top Bill,” which will dance into the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Nov. 16-18, 2017.
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Utah-native dancer and U. grad returns to headline RDT’s ‘Top Bill’
William “Bill” Evans returns to the Repertory Dance Theatre Nov. 16-18 for “Top Bill.” The concert will draw from nearly 50 years of Evans’ extensive repertoire.
By Jeremy Hale
Winners will see their submitted photos placed on exhibit at the Utah Film Commission’s venue at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
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‘This is Utah’ photo contest calls for nationwide photography talent
Winners, as chosen by a panel of industry judges, will see their submissions placed on exhibit at the Film Commission’s venue at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival.
By Jeremy Hale
The documentary film "I'll Push You" follows lifelong friends Patrick Gray (left) and Justin Skeesuck (right) on the 500-mile trail, El Camino de Santiago, in Northern Spain.
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500 miles of humor, grit and a wheelchair — ‘I’ll Push You’ stars explain how they got there
Justin Skeesuck lost the use of his arms and legs due to an extremely rare neuromuscular disease, but that didn’t stop him from taking his best friend, Patrick Gray, on a 500-mile pilgrimage in northern Spain.
By Jeremy Hale
FranklinCovey's chief people officer Todd Davis will sign copies of his book "Get Better: 15 Proven Practices for Building Effective Relationships at Work" at the Sugarhouse Barnes & Noble on Friday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m.
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Q&A: FranklinCovey’s chief people officer shares professional advice in new book
Todd Davis is the executive vice president and chief people officer at FranklinCovey, where he has worked for over 20 years. He discussed his new book “Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships at Work” with the Deseret News.
By Jeremy Hale
The mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe will be explored in "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive." Tony Award winner and Emmy-nominated actor Denis O'Hare will star in this American Masters series production on PBS.
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Poe, vampires and Michael Jackson — check out this year’s Halloween TV specials
A number of spine-tingling TV specials and programs creep onto the airwaves this week as Halloween approaches.
By Jeremy Hale
Artifacts on display at the "Vikings: Beyond the Legend" exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Utah in Salt Lake City.
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‘Thorsday’ comes Saturday this week at the Natural History Museum
Whosoever attends the museum Saturday, if he be worthy, shall enjoy a celebration of Thor.
By Jeremy Hale
Dylan, played by Landon Kasten, finds the list his father wrote years before his time in "Before Your Time." The film is the Community Film Project's first full-length feature and can be seen at the Kaysville Theatre Oct. 20-26.
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Community Film Project brings filmmaking to Davis County
The Community Film Project based in Davis County, Utah, is ready to show its first feature film “Before Your Time” at the Kaysville Theatre.
By Jeremy Hale
Comedian Tim Allen is seen on the sidelines before the first half of an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears in Detroit, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. Allen will perform in Salt Lake City on Oct. 20 at the Eccles Theater
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Why Tim Allen almost walked out of a performance of ‘The Book of Mormon’ musical
Tim Allen said he nearly walked out of a performance of “The Book of Mormon” musical, but hopes Utahns won’t do the same to him Oct. 20 when he comes to the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City.
By Jeremy Hale
A flyer for the upcoming "Princesses of Color" event presented by United for Adoption features Princess Merida.
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Princesses of Color to showcase ‘positive representation’ for kids, raise adoption awareness
The nonprofit adoption support and awareness group United for Adoption hopes many will “come, meet and get pictures with” more than 15 princesses represented by women of color.
By Jeremy Hale
Kids join performers on stage and learn how to dance through the Ring Around the Rose series.
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Ring Around the Rose celebrates 20 years of wiggle-friendly fun
For 20 years, the Repertory Dance Theatre has helped kids get those wiggles out on stage through the Ring Around the Rose performance series.
By Jeremy Hale
Christian Lackman (left) and Sarah Jane Watts (center) dressed in costume as Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette, respectively. Standing behind them is Taylor Smith, who plays Sydney Carton in the production. These actors are from the Monday, Wednesday and F
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Theater review: CPT’s ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is a production Dickens could be proud of
If Charles Dickens were alive, he likely would have joined the standing ovation that concluded CenterPoint Legacy Theatre’s production of his classic novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.”
By Jeremy Hale
George Winston poses beside a Fischer piano and a guitar. The Grammy Award winner will play his winter setlist at the State Room in Salt Lake City on Oct. 3.
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Utah, meet New Orleans rhythm and blues pianist George Winston
Pianist and Grammy Award winner George Winston will be bringing some New Orleans flair to the State Room in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
By Jeremy Hale
FILE - Comedian Tim Allen is seen on the sidelines before the first half of an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears in Detroit, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014.
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Tim Allen sees no place for likable conservative TV characters ‘in this present environment’
Actor and comedian Tim Allen is speaking out about the end of his ABC sit-com “Last Man Standing” and why he believes the show was taken off the air.
By Jeremy Hale
Youth performers stand for applause after performing with the Utah Symphony during the Salute to Youth concert at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.
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Salute to Youth displays the best in young musical talent
The 58th annual Salute to Youth concert featured 10 of Utah’s best young musicians performing alongside the Utah Symphony.
By Jeremy Hale
Coloratura soprano Erin Morley (left) performed the role of Olympia in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" opposite tenor Vittorio Grigolo at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in their 2014-2015 season. Morley will reprise her role at the Met this y
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LDS opera singer Erin Morley stars at the Met — ‘Not bad for a girl from Utah’
Beginning Sept. 26, Erin Morley will be performing the role of Olympia in “Les Contes d’Hoffmann,” a beloved classic at the Met, and one Morley has performed before in New York.
By Jeremy Hale
Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo in the original "Battlestar Galactica" as well as Tom Zarek in the reboot, talks to the media Utah's first Salt Lake Comic Con at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. "Ba
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‘Battlestar Galactica’s’ Jack Stauffer to dive into the past at Salt Lake Comic Con
A tribute to the late Battlestar Galactica actor and superfan Richard Hatch will be held at the 2017 Salt Lake Comic Con by fellow actor and friend Jack Stauffer.
By Jeremy Hale
Beginning June 18, 2018, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will embark on their Classic Coast Tour — a 16-day journey with performances in California, Washington and Vancouver, Canada.
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square announce 2018 Classic Coast Tour
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square announced its 2018 Classic Coast Tour, including performances in five west coast cities spanning the U.S. and Canada.
By Jeremy Hale
U.S. musician Bob Dylan performs during The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kentucky, on June 30, 2012.
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Bob Dylan announces Salt Lake performance with Mavis Staples
Bob Dylan’s “Never Ending Tour” came to an end in July, but the singer-songwriter is preparing for back-to-back performances in Salt Lake City as part of his newly announced fall 2017 tour.
By Jeremy Hale
Wesley Orton, center, youngest son of the late US Congressman Bill Orton and Jacquelyn Orton, was named the Utah's Top High School Volunteer by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards in 2015.
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$1,000 grants and D.C. trip for Utah youth volunteers
The 2018 Prudential Spirit of Community Award will be bestowed on two Utah students who have left a meaningful impact on the world or their communities through volunteering.
By Jeremy Hale
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan. The museum has archived voicemails and recordings like the one Flight 175 passenger Brian David Sweeney left for his wife, Julie Sweeney Roth, in 2001. Monday, September 11, 2017, marks 16 ye
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The Clean Cut: Wife of 9/11 victim recounts her husband’s final request
Brian David Sweeney was a passenger on flight 175 the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when his airplane was hijacked.
By Jeremy Hale
In honor of Labor Day this week, the YouTube channel People are Awesome shared this video compilation of incredibly fast workers.
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The Clean Cut: Recoup from Labor Day with these speedy workers
Another Labor Day has come and gone, but for some, the extended weekend might still be taking its toll. This video is here to fix that.
By Jeremy Hale
Two sketches of Count Olaf highlight the subtle steps in Brett Helquist's artistic process.
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BYU extends Mormon illustrator’s ‘Unfortunate’ exhibit one more month
The exhibit showcases Mormon illustrator and BYU alumnus Brett Helquist and his original illustrations from “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events.”
By Jeremy Hale
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