Voting + Writing + Filming

  • January 30, 2025
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As president of the League of Women Voters of Utah, Kathy Biele is keeping an eye on state lawmakers and headed back to court tomorrow to fight for fair boundaries. Writer Bryan Young on the Beehive State's booming writing communities. From Sundance, the family road trip movie Omaha from two filmmakers with Utah ties.

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Kathy Biele of the League of Women Voters of Utah with a legislative update, especially voting rights. In addition to being president of the league, she is keeping an eye on state lawmakers and headed back to court this week on fair boundaries.

  • Jan. 31: Plaintiffs return to court in redistricting lawsuit. Supreme Court Live Stream. Streaming is started a few minutes before court begins. You may experience dead air at the beginning of the audio.

  • THURSDAYS: League of Women Voters of Utah has reserved Room 105 at the Utah State Capitol from 11a-2p every Thursday during the legislative session. Active members of the League of Women Voters are invited to attend. For more information, email legislativeaction@lwvutah.org.

From the pressline at Sundance, Autumn Thatcher talks with poet Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley whose story is chronicled in the documentary Come See Me in the Good Light. 

  • Come See Me in the Good Light. Two poets, one incurable cancer diagnosis. Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley go on an unexpectedly funny and poignant journey through love, life, and mortality.

    “In the good light and in the lightning strike. My love come become beside me,” invites Gibson in their poem “The Good Light.” The Colorado poet laureate and beloved spoken word performer extends this welcome and challenge to audiences in this intimate and heartbreaking yet buoyant documentary. The perspective of such a radically tender, magnanimously thoughtful, and thoroughly in love individual on themes of mortality, grief, legacy, and letting go is a vital instruction on how to both live and die gracefully. Rallied around by powerhouse executive producers Tig Notaro, Brandi Carlile, and Sara Bareilles, director Ryan White (Assassins, 2020 Sundance Film Festival; Ask Dr. Ruth, 2019 Sundance Film Festival) returns with this moving portrait that will dare any eye to stay dry.—Ash Hoyle

    Available in person. Also available online for credentialed press and industry (January 29–February 2). 

Writer Bryan Young, past president of the League of Utah Writers,  and fellow writer Caryn Larrinaga on writing communities in the Beehive State.

  • Jan. 31: Deadline for submissions to League of Utah Writers 2025 Anthology. "Calling all League of Utah Writers members! We invite you to contribute to our upcoming anthology celebrating the theme of: Creating Hope. 'Another reason I became a writer was to escape the hopelessness and despair of the real world and enter the world of hope I could create with my imagination.'  - Ray Bradbury from an interview with Ken Kelley, May 1996. Inspired by Bradbury's profound words, we invite writers to explore the theme of hope through immersive storytelling. In a time when it’s easy to lose ourselves in the despair of the world, it is up to writers to use our imaginations to create the promise of things worth holding on to." For guidelines and more details, click here. 

  • Feb. 4: Wordcraft Chapter League Meeting, 1:00 p.m. at Holladay Library, 2150 E. 4800 S., SLC. The Wordcraft Chapter of the League of Utah Writers is a group of authors who focus on guest speakers, workshops and writing competitions. For more information, please call 801-664-0433.

Val MC talks to Omaha director Cole Webley. His film opened this year's festival. Webley has lived in Utah for over 20 years and is a BYU alumnus. Additionally, most of Omaha was shot in and around Salt Lake City and the state of Utah.

  • Omaha, After a family tragedy, siblings Ella and Charlie are unexpectedly woken up by their dad and taken on a journey across the country, experiencing a world they’ve never seen before. As their adventure unfolds, Ella begins to understand that things might not be what they seem.

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Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of  Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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