What we’re about
Calling all culture lovers! This group will meet two to three times per month to enjoy fine arts events in Salt Lake City. Think classical music, opera, theater, ballet, modern dance, art museums, gallery strolls, films, etc. We'll experience both performing and visual arts from the major professional companies/institutions as well as from smaller emerging artists and groups.
We will generally keep the group size small (6-8 participants; possibly more for some venues and events) to allow for group members to interact, converse, and get to know each other.
For a small city, Salt Lake City has a vibrant and diverse arts scene. Let's get out and enjoy it, and make new friends along the way. Join us!
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Environmentally-Themed Exhibits at UMOCA and Drinks at Lake EffectUtah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
A Saturday afternoon visit to the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA), where we'll check out the current exhibitions including:
As the Lake Fades: A multi-media exhibit, featuring works by multiple artists, that explores drought, climate change, and the environmental crisis facing Utahns today through the lens of the Great Salt Lake. The exhibit explores how people have been, and continue to be, connected to the lake as well as its importance to the past, present, and future residents of the Salt Lake Valley.
Parable Bodies: Sculptural works by Moses Williams featuring materials that are tactile, lustrous, visceral, and inherently emotive. Referencing deserts, mountains, plants, human and non-human creatures, this exhibit presents a world of entities that are not separate but rather exist in a relational web where “slippage, entanglement, and influence” occur between all materials.Suggested donation for admission to the museum is $10.
After the museum visit, we'll discuss the art over drinks and appetizers at nearby (and aptly named) Lake Effect (155 W. 200 South).
For extra credit - read these articles about the ecological crisis facing the Great Salt Lake, and we can discuss them (book club style) over cocktails:
"The Great Salt Lake's Dire Need for Regeneration" (GreenBiz, April 2023)
"As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces an Environmental Nuclear Bomb" (New York Times, June 2023)
When you RSVP, please comment below or in the event chat to let me know if you're planning to join for drinks at Lake Effect so I can make sure we have an accurate number for our reservation with the bar.
- Ballet West - Choreographic Festival VIRose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Ballet West’s sixth Choreographic Festival is a mixed repertory performance of contemporary ballet works, featuring three world premiere pieces by emerging Asian choreographers Zhongjing Fang, Caili Quan, Phil Chan, and Edwaard Liang.
Tickets are $54 each including service fee. Because it is reserved seating, I will be collecting money in advance from each attendee (via Venmo, PayPal, or other arrangement) and buying our tickets as a group so we can sit together. If you RSVP, please watch the event chat and/or turn on notifications for messages from the Meetup platform so you'll receive details about purchasing tickets!
**Please also note that due to limited seat availability, I would like to reserve the tickets this week (by Fri, May 17) - so if you RSVP, please be prepared to coordinate the ticket purchase within the next few days. Thanks!**
We will also plan to meet before the performance (around 5:45 pm) somewhere nearby for a bite to eat and/or drinks. Stay tuned for details.
- Park City Art Gallery StrollMain Street, Park City, UT
Save the date for Park City's monthly last Friday gallery stroll.
Meet at Star Bar (227 Main Street, Park City) at 6:00 pm for a happy hour drink, then we will visit several galleries along Main Street.
Please also watch the event chat for message about possible carpooling from the SLC area, for those who are interested.
