Weekly Events Salt Lake City and Beyond...

Salt Lake City and Beyond...

January 22, 2013

EVENT SPOTLIGHT:

All Star Monster Truck Tour January 25-26, 2013 Maverik Center - Salt Lake City For the first time ever, The All Star Monster Truck Tour invades the Maverik Center! "This is an all new show, never before seen at the Maverik Center", says Bryan Wagner, President of All Star Motorsport Productions. "We're bringing in some of the best monster trucks in the industry from over 2000 miles away and building a never before seen obstacle course track in order to give the Maverik Center fans the best show they've ever seen inside this great indoor facility!" Entertainment includes six All Star monster trucks, including former world champion Equalizer, the Toby Keith inspired Red Solo Truck, the wild man Travis Petri in Toxic, the 1940s panel van Unnamed & Untamed, the rat rod 1960s corvette Rat Attack, and the local hero trying to take down all the invaders, Ron Duncombe in the incredible Maverik Monster Trakker. This All Star Monster Truck Tour event also features the death defying thrills of Freestyle Motocross, just like you see on the X-Games, with one of the riders going for it all, and attempting to do a complete 360 degree backflip. Finally, you can be a part of the action by entering the Tough Truck Challenge, paying out a cash purse to the Top 3 competitors from each show! < More Info

FEATURED EVENTS:

IMAGO THEATRE - ZooZoo January 28, 2013 Cache Valley Center for the Arts - Ellen Eccles Theatre Imago's shows have been described as Cirque Du Soleil evoking acrobatics mixed with Mummenschanz like mime, set in a unique - yet accessible French influenced avant-garde playground. ZooZoo is penguins playing musical chairs, a cat trapped in a giant paper bag, hippos with insomnia, anteaters as waiters, and a madcap revue of illusion, comedy and fun that has inspired audiences nationwide.  ZooZoo is performed without words to an original score by Katie Griesar. Each work plays on the anthropomorphic realization of animals and inanimate objects. A cast of five plays a multitude of characters ranging from fireflies to giant polar bears in a show that appeals to ages 3 to 103. Tickets are $16-$22, ask about our Family Fun discount for kids (50% of ages 5-18) < More Info

Lisa Hopkins Seegmiller in Concert January 28, 2013 Orem Public Library - Orem Join Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee as she sing high-lights from Puccini's "La boheme. Lisa won her Tony in the role of Mimi in Baz Luhrman's Broadway production of this opera. < More Info

Big Stage, Big Heart: The Voice of the Prairie January 24 - February 9, 2013 The Grand Theatre - Salt Lake City The Grand Theatre will present "The Voice of the Prairie". The play, written by John Olive, follows a storyteller on his journey to bring connection through his stories and later, to play a role in the advent of radio technology. The cast, directed by John Caywood, includes three critically acclaimed local actors: Dave Hanson, Stephanie Purcell, and Jonathan McBride. < More Info