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Masked protesters, proclaiming Black Lives Matter, became one of the dramatic images of summer 2020 across the country and also in Utah streets.  After the COVID-19 shutdown paused the state’s...

 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...

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,...

By Ellen Fagg Weist | Illustration by Kerry Shaw On just about every school visit, Paisley Rekdal, Utah’s poet laureate, meets a few students who have literary ambitions they haven’t...

Engineers help students puzzle out escape plans in a logic challenge inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. By Ellen Fagg Weist “We cannot walk alone.” That message from Martin Luther...

WASHINGTON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM A new wing is being designed to house a maker space for the Washington City library, says Joel Turner, Washington County library director. That space will...

Utah’s libraries and schools are investing in 21st-century technology to attract a new generation of problem solvers. By Ellen Fagg Weist In an old vault in a renovated bank building...

By Ellen Fagg Weist One hundred fifty years ago, Seraph Young, a 23-year-0ld Salt Lake City schoolteacher, amplified the voices of Utah women by casting her first vote in a...

Glenis Redmond, a road warrior poet from North Carolina, will offer creative fire at this year’s Mountain West Arts Conference. By Ellen Fagg Weist | Photo illustration by Todd Anderson...

The state’s new youth council found service opportunities while enlisting peers in Utah’s volunteer army. By Ellen Fagg Weist Jace Draper was shocked when he observed a couple of his...

Crafting your own musical stories offers a little bit of everything, arts supporters say, but kids admit it’s a lot of work. By Ellen Fagg Weist | Photography by Todd...

By Ellen Fagg Weist | Photography by Todd Anderson First came the blessing of the seeds. On a dramatically overcast spring evening, Mayan artist Maria Elena Ku’lub Gomez offered a...