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Thinking about running for office? This new book can help (especially if you’re a woman)

Authors June Diane Raphael and Kate Black have created a workbook-like resource to be your best friend through the campaign process. We spoke with Black to learn more.

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Celebrate Women’s Equality Day with this illustrator’s work

Brooke Smart, illustrator of “Champions of Change,” on how she represented each woman’s individuality in her illustrations and why we need to know more about women in history

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On the same page: How this Utah book club is getting people more involved in the community

The Columbus Library Feminist Book Club provides a casual venue for discussion of gender issues.

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Your Weekend: Reggae? In Utah? It’s a thing

The ninth annual Reggae Rise Up festival returns to Heber this weekend

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“So You Think You Can Dance” Top 10 to 8: Top 10 contestants Madison Jordan (R) and Ezra Sosa (L) perform a jazz routine to “You Can Leave Your Hat On,” choreographed by Ray Leeper on “So You Think You Can Dance,” which aired Monday, Aug. 19.

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Two Utahns just got eliminated on ‘So You Think You Can Dance.’ Will the last Utah contestant make it past the Top 8?

Ezra Sosa just landed a spot in the Top 8 of “So You Think You Can Dance.” Fellow Utah contestants Stephanie Sosa and Eddie Hoyt are headed home after last night’s episode.

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How a play adapted by a Utah playwright ended up at Salt Lake’s U.N. conference

“The Post Office,” adapted by Melissa Leilani Larson, will be shown alongside the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City. Proceeds benefit education programs in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.

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Your Weekend: Take time to realize Colbie Caillat’s new band

The singer joins her new band, Gone West, this weekend at the Eccles Theater

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‘There’s just so many different kinds of beauty in Utah’: Colbie Caillat and her new band on returning to the Beehive state

Colbie Caillat and Jason Reeves have been longtime songwriting partners. Now, the two, along with Caillat’s fiancé Justin Young and Reeves’ wife Nelly Joy, have started a new band called Gone West. The band performs in Utah on August 16.

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Inside a live taping with BYUtv’s new ‘Studio C’ cast

Live tapings of “Studio C” are underway, giving audiences a look behind the scenes of a TV taping and introducing the new cast.

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Your Weekend: Dust off your cowboy boots for the Salt Lake County Fair’s hoedown

Weekend events for Aug. 9-11 include the Salt Lake County Fair, a concert on Temple Square from violinist Jenny Oaks Baker and the 11th annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival.

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JK! Studios keeps bringing the funny to NBC comedy competition

On last night’s episode of “Bring the Funny,” JK! Studios wowed the NBC judges with their Viking- and self-care-themed sketch, advancing to the Semi Final Showcase.

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‘So You Think You Can Dance’ now has three Utah dancers in its top 10

This week’s episode cut the remaining men from 10 to five, and dynamic hip-hop routines got both Ezra Sosa and Eddie Hoyt through to the next round.

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How a class this Utahn took on her honeymoon landed her a spot at Craft Lake City

The 11th annual Craft Lake City DIY festival takes place this weekend. We spoke to one of the participating artists about her craft, the community of the festival and how to start your own craft business.

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Your Weekend: It’s Shark Week, folks — here’s how to celebrate in Utah

The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium has some shark-themed activities to celebrate the yearly tradition.

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50 years ago, Park City was a ghost town in the summer. Here’s how the Kimball Arts Festival helped change that

The Kimball Arts Festival, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, started as a volunteer effort by a few artists, raises funding for the Kimball Art Center and provides enrichment for the community.

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‘It was like an out-of-body experience': 18-year-old Utahn on winning national high school theater competition

Ethan Kelso, winner of the 2019 Jimmy Awards, started singing as a way to distract himself after his father died and his mother became addicted to drugs. Now, he’s a rising Broadway star headed to college this fall.

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Utah’s Stephanie Sosa advances to the Top 10 on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

Stephanie Sosa, an Orem native, was cut from “So You Think You Can Dance” at the Top 20 last season, but this season she’s back and has made it to the Top 10 after a “stunning” contemporary performance choreographed by Mandy Moore.

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Your Weekend: At Hogle Zoo’s annual Ice Block Day, the animals play it cool

Hot animals + cold ice = a Hogle Zoo trip to remember.

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‘So You Think You Can Dance’ now has a Top 20 — and 3 of them are Utahns

Utah dancers Eddie Hoyt, Stephanie Sosa and Ezra Sosa have successfully made it to Top 20 in “So You Think You Can Dance.”

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‘We have our own set of problems': Merrill and Justin Osmond on hearing loss, depression and anxiety in new podcast

Merrill Osmond and his son Justin have been through a lot together, including Justin Osmond’s 90% hearing loss and Merrill Osmond’s struggle with anxiety and depression. Now, the father-son duo are sharing hope in a new video podcast.

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Art exhibits can take years to complete. These 3 Utah curators told us how

Three local curators explain the “many details that add up to make the exhibits what they are.”

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After bringing judges to tears in his audition, Utah-based tapper Eddie Hoyt continues to shine in ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

Eddie Hoyt, a 19-year-old tap instructor at Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, aced his audition for this year’s season of “So You Think You Can Dance.”

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On the same page: 12 years in, this Kaysville book group hasn’t read anything that was a ‘waste of time’

Kaysville/Farmington book group Friendly Persuasion has been meeting for 12 years and enjoys novels and good food together.

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JK! Studios’ Mallory Everton and Jeremy Warner on their ‘Bring the Funny’ performance: ‘We gave it our all’

JK! Studios members Mallory Everton and Jeremy Warner shared their experiences getting ready for NBC’s “Bring the Funny” and how they felt after making it to the next round.

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Your Weekend: One-armed ‘Soul Surfer’ Bethany Hamilton is back in a new documentary

Events for July 12-14 include the opening of a new version of “Cinderella” at the Eccles Theater, a Brazilian bossa nova concert and the chance to make a leaf-print family tree in one of Utah’s beautiful state parks.

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Your Weekend: Utah barbershop quartets, pancake breakfasts and live music for the Fourth of July

Fourth of July in Utah features options for 5K runs, parades and fireworks in various cities as well as the 81st International Barbershop Contests and Convention in Salt Lake and “Cries of Freedom, The Musical” at SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem.

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What do elk migrations in Yellowstone have to do with us? A new exhibition in Utah wants to tell you

Natural History Museum of Utah’s “Invisible Boundaries,” which runs through Sept. 15, combines photography of elk migration, an extensive migration tracking project and original artwork to show the rich ecosystem in Yellowstone National Park.

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At this year’s Utah Shakespeare Festival, family’s the thing

This year’s Utah Shakespeare Festival brings audiences 4 Shakespeare plays and 4 contemporary plays all centered on the idea of family relationships.

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Marie Osmond performs in concert with her brother Donny at the Santander Arena on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Reading, Pa.

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Your Weekend: The Osmond cometh

Events to spice up your weekend include a performance from Marie Osmond with the Utah Symphony, a book reading from bestselling author Lauren Kate and the culminating performance of the first Dance West Fest.

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Utah student wins best actor and $25,000 at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards in New York

Ethan Kelso, a student at Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, won $25,000 in scholarship money and a chance to perform at BroadwayCon as part of his award for best performance by an actor at the 2019 Jimmy Awards.

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