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Art notes: Art that defies death (and a cash bar!), a meditation on murder, and the robot risking rust at Saltair.

Meditating on murder Michael Arata appropriates cheap portrait photography to manipulate images of female murder victims in a meditation on absence. When • May 1-26 Where • House Gallery, 29 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City Info • www.housegalleryslc.com, ... »

Three artists explore Himalayas at Charley Hafen gallery.

Charley Hafen Jewelers and Gallery is offering a three-pack of Himalaya-related exhibits: “Thangka Paintings,” Tibetan religious paintings offering a glimpse of the divine, photographs of Nepal by Carmen Fournier and the ethnographic jewelry of Jacki M... »

Weekend Express: Your fun-stuff planning tool

We’re here to help you plan your weekend, with best picks from our entertainment reporters, critics and bloggers. For more event listings, visit nowsaltlake.com. EARTH DAY Hogle Zoo • 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Hogle Zoo, 2600 E. Sunnyside Ave. Celebrate t... »

Literary: An autism forum, plus Mary Catherine Bateson speaks on late adulthood, and poetry readings

Talking about autism The Forum for Questioning Minds hosts a discussion by Shamby Polychronis on autism, considering possible causes and implications for schools and families. Polychronis is an assistant professor of special education at Westminster Co... »

Earth Day events stress learning, volunteerism

Here’s a sampling of events planned this weekend to celebrate Earth Day. For a more complete listing, visit www.nowsaltlake.com/calendar. Bend-in-the-River volunteer event Volunteers will be involved in planting projects, tackling invasive species and ... »

Out and about: Todd Snider, Tennis and Title Fight shows of the week

Todd Snider Spotlight show • The lovably quirky Oregon-based singer-songwriter will release his second album of the year the same day he headlines The State Room. Snider, 45, is releasing a tribute album to his musical hero Jerry Jeff Walker on Tuesday... »

Herbs and spices make this aged French cheese unique

Thanks to a global marketplace, Utahns can enjoy many cheeses from around the world. This week we explore Tome de Bordeaux. What it is • A pasteurized goat’s milk cheese from Bordeaux, France made by Jean D’Alos Affineurs (cheese agers). Once formed, t... »

Westminster’s Chamber Orchestra holds spring concert

Westminster College’s Chamber Orchestra and Flute Choir perform their last concert of the season on Monday, April 16, at the Vieve Gore Concert Hall, 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City. The annual spring concert celebrates the end of the academic year. ... »

It’s party time at Tracy Aviary

Parents, leave your kids at home and party at the Tracy Aviary on Friday night, April 20. You can bring the young’uns on Saturday to celebrate Earth Day. The aviary’s spring fundraiser, Ready to Hatch, is an adults-only party on Friday from 6 p.m. unti... »

Utah Muslim women don outer symbols of their inner faith

Last month’s murder of a 32-year-old Muslim mother in California was just the dry kindling needed to ignite a global protest. After learning that the attacker reportedly left a note saying, “This is my country. Go back to yours, terrorist,” outraged Mu... »

Special screenings: From ‘West Side Story’ to ‘Xanadu’

The Tramp and the blind girl Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 silent classic “City Lights,” as Chaplin’s Tramp falls for a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill). Presented by the Salt Lake Film Society as part of the “Tower Through Time” film series — this month... »

Literary: Ken Jennings’ ‘Maphead,’ plus a Westminster College poetry reading

‘Maphead’ and other readings The King’s English will hold several events this week. Info • Tuesday, April 17, at 7 p.m., record-breaking “Jeopardy!” winner and author Ken Jennings will sign his new book, Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geogr... »

Transnational poet Fiona Sze-Lorrain hosts Westminster reading

Poets who double as citizens of the world are few and far between. Fiona Sze-Lorrain is the real deal. With family all over the world due to political unrest, Sze-Lorrain has lived in Singapore, England and now Paris. She speaks and translates Chinese,... »

Free One-Acts at Westminster Theater Festival

Short is sweet, when it comes to drama. Westminster College’s student directors have selected and, of course, directed a series of one-acts for your free theater-going pleasure. The plays, six in all over four days, encompass everything from first love... »

Dig in at Roots Cafe

Meat-lovers, vegetarians and even those who eat gluten-free will find something to satisfy their hunger at Roots Cafe, 3474 S. 2300 East, Salt Lake City. Breakfast specialties include huevos rancheros, German-style pancakes and gluten-free eggs Benedic... »

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