Monday, March 30: Join RadioACTive Pop! + Salt Lake Acting Co. = Murder Ballad LIVE in the studio.How We Watch the RHOSLC (c'mon, you know you do). Plus, Beyond the Beat with a couple of Loudies.
Homegrown Music with Salt Lake Acting Company and the cast of Murder Ballad, a rock opera about a love triangle that goes wrong. Sexy with a sharp wit and the driving force of a noir thriller, Murder Ballad explores the complications of love, the compromises we make, and the betrayals that can ultimately undo us. Guests include:
Apr 8-May 3: Murder Ballad Regional Premiere @ Salt Lake Acting Co. Conceived by and with Book and Lyrics by Julia Jordan. Music and Lyrics by Juliana Nash. For tickets, click here.
Mar 31: 2nd Annual Trans Day of Visibility Community Celebration | 5-9 PM @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center, WVC. Presented by the Utah Trans+ Coalition and Project Rainbow Utah. Utah Pride Center's Chad Call joins us to talk about the community event.
RAPop! shares some of the speech at yesterday's TDOV Rally by Sean Childers-Gray, a transgender man who in 2016 started their legal fight to change gender markers. It wasn't until 2021 that the Utah Supreme Court ruled in favor of Childers-Gray and co-plaintiff Angie Rice.
Apr 2: Start By Believing Day | 12-2 PM @ Utah State Capitol Rotunda. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Rape Recovery Center (801) 467-7282 | 24-HR HelpLine EN (801) 736-4356 or ESP (801) 924-0860.
Apr 15: Sanctuary Film Screening, 7:00 PM at The Utah Film Center, 375 W, 400 N. This screening is part of the Utah Queer Film Festival. RSVP for free.
A collaboration with Spy Hop Productions, Loud & Clear airs every Saturday night on KRCL from 9-10 PM. It is Utah's only youth-produced radio program, whose director is Rude Awakening's Ricky Vigil.
Beyond the Beat is a project that DJs in Loud and Clear work on for several months in the program. While researching these projects, students consider the historical, social, political, and creative context of the music that they choose to highlight. Tonight, Loud & Clear DJs Blue and f4t4l_4c3 share stories about some of their favorite artists and songs.
RAPop! talks with Marcie Young Cancio, UoU Prof and RHOSLC fan, and Scott Black, Director of the Tanner Humanities Center, which is throwing a ... party? Actually, it's a day-long symposium — both campy and analytical — about the reality TV hit featuring the personal and professional lives of wealthy women in Utah.
Apr 10: Receipts, Proof, Timeline: How We Watch the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City | 9A-3P @ Alumni House, University of Utah. "Scholars and fans from the Salt Lake Valley and across the country gather for a day of lively discussion, appreciation, and shared viewing. We will ask what RHOSLC reveals about fame, faith, femininity, conflict, fashion, and the art of performance. Panels will be stylishly punctuated by interactive audience segments. At the University of Utah, the Tanner Humanities Center is committed to serious thinking about popular culture—and to the pleasure of thinking together. See the full program and reserve your free spot at tanner.utah.edu/rhoslc."