Plus, newly opened Folklore Bookshop encourages community in a small town
❄️ 29 – 41° Logan | 🌧️ 35 – 44° Salt Lake 🌧️ 30 – 37° Manti | ⛅ 37 – 60° Moab 🌧️ 34 – 49° Cedar City | ⛅ 42 – 59° St. George 🌅 Good morning! It's a "Wicked" kind of weekend with the new musical movie premiering Friday. Entertainment reporter Margaret Darby got an exclusive interview with the director. Here are some notable quotes from Jon M. Chu in her story.
"We get to take the audience closer than ever before, not even just in the third row. We get to take you two inches from their faces. And I think in a movie like this which has so much nuance about relationships and good versus evil ... that makes a huge difference." "The reason I fell in love with it is because I do have history with Wizard of Oz. It was a fairy tale that my parents, coming from China, coming here with five kids, instilled in us that America was this great place and and that we could dream as big as we wanted to, so I wanted to retain that." "I’m really proud of us also trying to dig through, to scratch at these truths within this fairy tale, that hopefully generations will get to see." Here are three other "Wicked" stories to check out: "Wicked: Part 1" earns its lengthy runtime "Wicked" is finally in theaters. Can you answer these 7 "Jeopardy!" clues about the musical? Can "Glicked" compete with "Barbenheimer"? |
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| More than a decade ago, picturesque Midway, nestled in the Heber Valley, played home to a used bookstore, ReBook, which has since closed down. At another time, there was a Latter-day Saint bookstore nearby, also long closed. But three local women — Alison Russell, Audrey Lind and Lindsey Leavitt Brown — sought to fill this bookstore-sized hole. After years of planning and organizing, they opened Folklore Bookshop just off of Midway’s Main Street. 📚 The history behind the bookshop: The heart of the trio’s partnership is simple — friendship. Brown and Russell were already in each other’s orbits when the former met Lind at their kids’ basketball game. Brown, an author and book lover, spotted Lind reading a book (waiting for the game to start, she made sure to add), and their friendship was almost instantaneous. Soon, the idea of opening up a bookshop in the community came to fruition. The road to opening day was long — initially their grand opening was slated for 2023 — and hit a few roadblocks, but they’re adamant on one thing: going into their store should feel like coming home. 📖 Read more about Midway's new Folklore Bookshop. More in Utah Advisory issued as Utah taps into atmospheric river moisture this weekend (KSL) Family frustrated with lack of information on crash involving Washington County deputy (KUTV) What a winter La Niña could mean for Utah drought and snow (KUER) Reidhead to build affordable housing in Fredonia (Southern Utah News) As enrollment dips, Ogden school officials mull closure of 4th elementary school since 2019 (KSL) |
| BYU made history this weekend by sweeping the NCAA cross-country championship. In doing so, it became only the fifth team EVER to win both the men's and women's NCAA cross-country championships in the same year. 🏃 Here are three more stories about BYU's historic team: How butterfly necklaces propelled the BYU women’s cross-country team to a 1st place finish BYU’s top finisher in the NCAA cross-country championship is rushing home to become a dad Diljeet Taylor and the power of believing BYU's football team experienced a disappointing 28-23 loss to Arizona State Saturday. A late comeback just wasn't enough. 🏈 Here are three stories covering the devastating loss: Highlights, key plays and photos from BYU’s 28-23 loss to Arizona State How can BYU earn a Big 12 championship game berth in the regular season’s final week? Analysis: BYU’s devastating loss to ASU will be remembered for its ending, but it was lost in first half. More in Sports Utah falls to No. 22 Iowa State as Utes lose seventh straight Big 12 game, ensuring losing season (Deseret News) In Walker Kessler’s return, Lauri Markkanen scores 34 as Jazz beat Knicks with torrent of 3s (Deseret News) Is Utah Hockey Club back on track after 6-1 win over Pittsburgh Penguins? (Deseret News) |
Health How to fall asleep in 10, 60, or 120 seconds (Healthline) New treatments offer hope for older patients with a deadly cancer diagnosis (CBS News) Faith Pioneer spirit lives on in Casper, Wyoming, as new house of the Lord is set to be dedicated (Church News) Enrollment growth at Latter-day Saint universities rebuts narrative about young adults losing faith (Deseret News) Struggling to receive revelation? This fascinating perspective will help (LDS Living) Politics HUD, Treasury, Labor picks announced: Here’s what Trump’s Cabinet looks like so far (Deseret News)
Blake Moore's bipartisan legislation on federal waterways advances in Congress (Cache Valley Daily) Gen Z's gender paradox (Deseret News) The Nation and The World Trump's deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry (NPR) China's giant sinkholes are a tourist hit — but ancient forests inside are at risk (BBC) Israel announces that West Bank settlers no longer face detention without trial (NBC News) Entertainment BYU student competes and wins on Food Network’s 'Christmas Cookie Challenge' (The Daily Universe) 'The Pirate Lord:' an original musical about love found at sea (SUU News) |
🗓️ Events Calendar We put together a calendar list of events and activities going on around the state of Utah during the next month. Check it out and let us know if we are missing anything! Here are some highlights for events in Utah today: Crazy Daisy Holiday Show | Mountain Expo Center, Sandy Utah Hockey at Maple Leafs | 5 p.m. U of U women’s basketball vs. Montana State at home | 7 p.m. U of U women’s volleyball vs. Cincinnati at home | noon Weber State women’s basketball at Boise State | 2 p.m. Utah Tech men’s basketball vs. CSUN | 2 p.m. |
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