Community Happenings

Read up on recent local events.

Four drag queens perform in a nightclub

Salt Lake City drag scene thrives despite pushback

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Drag performance has exploded in Salt Lake City in the past few years, much of it credited to the mainstream cultural acceptance of it.
People pouring water into Great Salt Lake from the shoreline

A pouring out of love: Utahns gather for Great Salt Lake blessing ceremony

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Children and adults took turns pouring jars and bottles of water into the Great Salt Lake on Saturday morning as part of an offering ceremony on Antelope Island.
Punk band playing music in front of an outdoor audience

Mind the Gap Festival returns to celebrate women’s pay equality

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The Mind the Gap Festival celebrated International Women's Day by highlighting women's leadership, economic equity, and the power of representation.
People cheering and documenting a ribbon cutting

Marmalade District will be home to the Utah Film Center

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The Utah Film Center held its grand opening for the Geralyn White Dreyfous building on Sept. 27 in Salt Lake City.

‘Hercules’ Kevin Sorbo talks acting at Salt Lake Comic Con 2013

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Kevin Sorbo at Salt Lake Comic Con 2013
Record Store Day fans wait outside Graywhale

The beat goes on: Record Store Day during COVID-19

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The novel coronavirus paused typical Record Store Day celebrations in 2020.
RadioActive KRCL graphic for March 21, 2022

Voices Amplified: March 21, 2022

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Rising journalists once again took over RadioActive for #VoicesAmplified, a collaboration between Salt Lake Community College, Amplify Utah and KRCL.
RadioActive KRCL graphic for Feb. 16, 2023

Voices Amplified: Feb. 16, 2023

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Learn more about maternal mental health, seasonal affective disorder, and more on the latest episode of Voices Amplified on KRCL.
Four students standing next to donated furniture

Four students organize furniture drive for victims of domestic violence

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Four SLCC students raised funds and collected furniture Tuesday as part of their ongoing capstone project to benefit the nonprofit crisis shelter, Safe Harbor.
Drag artists standing on stage

3rd annual SLCC Drag Show presented by the Thayne Center slays the stage

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10 local drag artists, kings and queens slayed on the Grand Theatre stage for the third annual SLCC Drag Show on April 11.
Eilonwy Kimball (red shirt) from Plot Bunny Studios shows her portfolio to an attendee.

Salt Lake Comic Con 2014 boasts larger crowds than ever before

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Now that reporter Aldo Gomez has had time to recharge after Salt Lake Comic Con, here's the basic rundown of the convention.
From left to right: comic writer/artist Tony Puryear, filmmaker Kohl Glass, and ComicBookMovie.com co-founder Nathan Best.

The Strength of Visual Storytelling: A Comic Con Panel Report

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Romney reports on the Comic and Film: Visual Storytelling Panel at Salt Lake Comic Con 2013.