The Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, March 6, 2009
Plans for the weekend: Be happy
- The Utah Symphony, conducted by Larry Rachleff and featuring violinist Boris Brovtsyn, present "An Evening in Vienna" - featuring Ablan Berg's Concerto for Violin and Beethoven's Third Symphony ("Eroica") - tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m., at Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets, from $16 to $60, available at ArtTix.

- Hit rapper The Game is the headliner on a bill (which includes Nipsey Hussle, Chino-4-Real, Ace-High and Strangerz) starting tonight at 8 at Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna. Tickets, at $35 each, available at the door.

- The Provo band Fictionist - the official strangely-named band of the Culture Vulture blog - plays on a bill that includes Paul Jacobsen & the Madison Arm and Nate Pyfer, tonight at 8 at Velour, 135 N. University Ave., Provo. Admission is $7, at the door.

- The Utah Jazz go for their 10th straight win - and their last home game before a five-game East Coast road swing - against the division-leading Denver Nuggets, tonight at 8:30 at EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets are available through TicketMaster.

- "Charette: The Search for Utah's Iron Choreographer," Repertory Dance Theatre's annual competition, plays out Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City. Tickets are $50, available at ArtTix.

- Jazz vocalist and one-man musical instrument Bobby McFerrin - who is so much more than "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - performs Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle on the University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City. Tickets, from $19 to $49.50, available at the Kingsbury Hall web site.

- The Young Dubliners, the acclaimed Celtic-rock band, brings St. Patrick's Day a wee bit early, Saturday at 8 p.m. at The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets, at $20, available at SmithsTix.

- California death-metal band Decrepit Birth plays Sunday at 8 p.m. at Club Vegas. Tickets are $10, at SmithsTix and 24Tix.

- And don't forget that Daylight Savings Time starts Sunday morning. Set your clocks ahead one hour on Saturday night.

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Friday, September 26, 2008
Fictionist faces facts
The Provo band Fictionist (formerly known as Good Morning Maxfield) came up short in its bid to win a spot in tonight's Austin City Limits Music Festival.

The Steps, a band from Austin, wowed the judges in front of a hometown crowd Wednesday night, winning the Sound and the Jury contest - a competition that drew entries from 700 bands - according to this story from KEYE, the CBS affiliate in Austin.

"All in all, this was such an excellent experience to be here in Austin, one of the music capitals of America, and meet some great industry contacts and share our music with a new and welcoming audience," the band wrote on its old web site.

I've had a little fun, at Fictionist's expense, over the band changing its name. So let me add that one of the other finalists, also from Austin, has one of my favorite band names: The Scotland Yard Sale. It's no Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but it's pretty cool wordplay.

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