COVID-19

At community COVID-19 clinics, trust makes the difference
WEST VALLEY CITY — “I love the work that you all are doing,” said Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson at a community vaccination clinic on Nov. 19. Henderson thanked the...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

The Creative Pivot: UtahPresents
When UtahPresents shows were canceled in the spring, Executive Director Brooke Horejsi seized the opportunity. If an audience couldn’t be invited to Kingsbury Hall, she asked, could the space be...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

The Creative Pivot: Sears Art Museum
Most exhibitions at St. George’s Sears Art Museum are months in the planning, with artworks that are meticulously hung and arranged. But instead immediacy was the inspiration for “COVID-19 Pops-Up...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

The Creative Pivot: Excellence in the Community
Jeff Whiteley says he started to grieve when the Excellence in the Community concert series was forced to pause in late March — until the nonprofit’s founder hit upon a...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

The Creative Pivot: Alone Together Film Fest
ALONE TOGETHER FILM FEST Film students graduating into a pandemic will face the most difficult job market in years, while many screenings of their works were canceled due to COVID-19,...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

The Creative Pivot: Moab’s KZMU
When Moab’s community radio station closed its building in mid-March, the station first turned to an automated system, which it usually relies on for overnight programming. After a week, KZMU...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

The Creative Pivot: “Un”Common Concerts
By the third reiteration — or was it the fourth? or fifth? — of a summer concert series in the COVID-19 era, the Holladay Arts Council decided to keep plans as...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

The Creative Pivot: Granary Arts
Using front yards as an outdoor art gallery, like a progressive dinner, was the aim of “Lawn Gnomes 2020,” a partnership between Ephraim’s Granary Arts and Salt Lake City Utah...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

Pandemic Bread
It’s all about the dough for two Utah potters during quarantine By Ellen Fagg Weist In hindsight, two Utah potters seemed particularly well-positioned to take advantage of the quarantine bread-baking...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

Art For Everyone
At his Logan studio, Michael Bingham lifts artists of all abilities with grit and a knack for reinvention By Ellen Fagg Weist | Photography by Keith Johnson During the pandemic,...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

Pacific Islanders Infected, Hospitalized at Highest Rates in Salt Lake County
Speaking during Gov. Gary Herbert’s weekly briefing Wednesday, Jake Fitisemanu said the infection and hospitalization rates for Pacific Islanders and native Hawaiians is the highest in Salt Lake County since...
Last updated: March 4, 2026

Life and Death in the Cache County During the Spanish Flu
In episode 14 of the “Speak Your Piece” podcast, Senior Historian Brad Westwood interviews Dr. Holly George about her work on topics such as theater in Washington state and the...
Last updated: March 4, 2026
