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Dinner Host – Musician – Conductor – and yes, Marathoner

To imply Utah Symphony Music Director Maestro Thierry Fischer is able to multi-task would be a gross understatement…  Last weekend, prior to a concert featuring pianist Conrad Tao (in lieu of a very ill Louis Lortie) performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.… Read more

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Utah Museum of Natural History hosts NPR’s Ira Flatow

It was an evening of cocktails, light food fare, multi-million year-old bones, and the wit and intelligence of NPR Science Correspondent Ira Flatow – the award-winning TV journalist and host of Talk Of The Nation: Science Friday®.  Mr. and Mrs. Zeke and… Read more

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Alta Club Engineering Breakfast Forum

April 18th ended the last of the 2013 Alta Club Engineering Breakfast Forums.  After a second successful season of discussions ranging from nuclear energy, to oil and Iraq, and featuring University super-stars like Dr. Vivian Lee, University of Utah President… Read more

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Westminster College Trustee Emeritus Spring Social

On April 17, 2013, College President and Mrs. Brian and Debbie Levin-Stankevich hosted their first Westminster Emeritus Board dinner at the Dumke Estate on Walker Lane in Holladay – their new home.  Enlisting continued support, advice, and friendship from this… Read more

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Mary & Martha – Malaria No More – Utah Film Center

The non-profit organization Malaria No More teamed up with Utah Film Center recently to present a pre-screening of HBO’s production MARY AND MARTHA, which officially premiered April 20, 2013, on HBO.  Directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Richard Curtis, this highly emotional… Read more

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Stand-up with McAdams

Frida Bistro welcomed nearly 300 people for laughs, delicious food, and libation.  Mayor Ben McAdams (flanked by his lovely wife Julie) got things started with signature orange–this time standing in orange sneakers, with a microphone and his self-deprecating sense of humor.… Read more

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Espresso with Chief Burbank at Nobrow

Nobrow Coffee‘s move from 3rd and 3rd to 9th and 2nd is attracting all the right people – namely Donald Dunn from The University of Utah Development office, Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank, and Greg Hardy from Chevron.… Read more

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A Legislative Update in Emigration Canyon

ACLU Executive Director Karen McKreary, and attorney now ACLU Board Member Rusty L. Andrade, were two of many on hand to enjoy the hospitality of the John and Catherine Netto, and listen to the ACLU’s staff attorney Marina Baginsky Lowe… Read more

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Plenty of room at ‘The Cramer House’

Inspecting the restoration progress of The Cramer House with The La Porte Group architect, Melvin Grossgold.  Built in 1890 by a Mr. Cramer, a florist who sold and distributed flowers for retail downstairs, and lived upstairs (an old-fashioned home/office scenario).  Just… Read more

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Multicultural Commission at WSU

Newly installed Weber State University President Charles Wight invited the Utah Multicultural Affairs Commission on campus to learn about the successes of multicultural outreach at Weber through the direction of Dr. Forrest Crawford, and many others.  Lt. Governor Greg Bell,… Read more