Chris Botti. See Wed. April 26
by Tony Hobday tony@qsaltlake.com
bonnet you own, girls, because this definitely ain’t no beauty contest.
16SUNDAY
11am door open, The Trapp, 600 W 102 South, a private club for members.
I don’t give a hoot what people say about EASTER. There is nothing more invigorating than sitting around the table with your friends and family coloring hardboiled eggs and speckling them with tiny Scooby Doo and Bratz stickers and then hiding them in the backyard under two feet of snow where they seemingly fall victim to the effects of the Bermuda Triangle until Summer. Maybe this year I’ll hunt for boys dressed in pastel Bermuda shorts. Q If you’re not “family value” conscious apparently like most homos, and all you want to do is get tanked, then head on over to Club Try-Angles for an EASTER PARTY. BBQ Buffet and an Easter egg hunt provided (not sure if you’ll be hunting for Gene’s eggs or not and Stan can’t even find his own).
Q Because this issue of QSaltLake is dedicated to fashion, I decided to include the following event sponsored by the Utah Arts Council Design Arts Program. Last month they released a call for Utah designers to submit their work to be featured in the fourth annual DESIGNARTS UTAH ’06 exhibit held through June and July. Any design field is eligible to enter, not only fashion. So get those creative juices flowing because submission deadline is April 28.
2pm doors open, Club Try-Angles, 251 W 900 South, a private club for members.
Q If you’re more into a frilly Easter, then The Trapp is the place to be today as it’s hosting an EASTER BONNET CONTEST. Pull the dozens of hat boxes out of your closet and find the most dreadful
Call 533-3585 for more information or visit arts.utah.gov for the entry form.
17MONDAY Q If your lover or spouse is constantly riding your back — and not in a good way — or your boss is always badgering you at work, may I suggest a sure-fire way of tuning them out. Attend TAO Institute’s MEDITATION, NATURAL GREAT PEACE, a six-week class that teaches the art of open-eye meditation. Your lover, spouse, and/or boss will never be the
wiser — they may just think you’ve swallowed one too many Prozac. 6:30-9:30pm, Mondays through June 10, TAO Institute, 150 S 600 East. Call 521-0055 for more information.
18TUESDAY Q Will Rogers said, “I never met a man I didn’t like.” I whole-heartedly agree even though the context of his statement is likely different from my horny interpretation. The multi-Tony award winning THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES hits the stage for a one-night musical jamboree that’s as flamboyantly American as crème cheese-filled Fuji apple pie. 7:30pm, Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S Main Street, Logan, UT. Tickets $20-35, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.com.
19WEDNESDAY Q Dubbed an “apocalyptic fairy tale”, Caryl Churchill’s intellect-stabbing antiwar play FAR AWAY comes as a regional premiere and an innovative theatrical event. Known as art-installation, community members are encouraged to sign up for the roles of political prisoners forced to parade in elaborate hats en route to their execution, during a short scene of the production. Tonight through May 7, Studio Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W Broadway. Tickets $10–15, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.com for show times. To sign up as an extra, visit toothandnail.com.
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20THURSDAY Q Illusion is such a unique concept, one I embrace when I look in the mirror at my beer gut and see only a washboard stomach. But I digress. It’s probably marital bliss for Kevin and Cindy Spencer to have magical powers. Their show THE SPENCERS: THEATRE OF ILLUSION, according to audiences everywhere is breath-taking and entertaining. You will leave the theatre asking “how’d they do that?” and “Can you learn that? I really think it would help our relationship.” 7:30pm, tonight and Friday, Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S Main Street, Logan. Tickets $10–20, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.com.
21FRIDAY Q RCGSE’s own William Munk, Mr. Golden Spike proudly presents A COMEDY OF ERRORS, a comic-themed drag show fundraiser, which is part of a number of pre-Coronation shows. See the 29th and 30th on this calendar as well as upcoming issues of QSaltLake for more exciting RCGSE events. 9pm(ish), Paper Moon, 3737 S State Street, a private club for members. Tickets $5–6 at the door.
Q If the documentary Gay Sex in the ’70s is not exactly anatomically pleasurable for you, perhaps you will connect with THE SEX HABITS OF AMERICAN WOMEN, the new show presented by Pygmalion Productions Theatre Company. Set in the ’50s, but smartly juxtaposed with contemporary times, it follows women’s sexual liberation over the past fifty years. 8pm, tonight through Saturday, May 13, Leona Wagner Black Box Theatre, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W Broadway. Tickets $18, call 355-ARTS or visit arttix.com.
Q All right you Rydell High alumni, GREASE is back for yet another reunion. Paint on your leather pants, slip into your red stilettos, tease your hair into a bird’s nest, and call yourself Sandy, the frigid boy-tease turned chain-smoking street slut. 7:30pm, Terrace Plaza Playhouse, 305W Pleasant View, Ogden. Call 801-393-0070 for ticket information.
22SATURDAY Q Start Earth Day out on a good note by supporting VEG FEST 2006 (no, that does not mean wake up, smoke a doobie, and stare at the boob tube all day). The Student Organization for Animal Rights (SOAR) presents this day-long festival of music, games, films, prizes, and animal-friendly foods. 10am-6pm, Salt Lake Public LibraryDowntown, 210 E 400 South. Free.
Q If nothing else inspires active behavior in you today, at least take your dog or a kite or a picnic basket to Sugarhouse Park. While there, be sure to look for the participants of the ANNUAL WALK FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION event