.: Utah Humanities

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Utah Humanities

EMPOWERING UTAHNS TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES

THROUGH ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN THE HUMANITIES

UTAH @ 125 FEATURES

LOCAL SHORT STORIES

Utah Humanities is thrilled to be participating in Thrive125 by offering humanities-related events. You can view the event recordings on our YouTube channel in our Thrive125 playlist. Topics include “When Utah Was México,” “125 of Refuge,” “Wintertime Native American Tales,” and more. If you weren't able to attend the events, be sure to watch the recordings!

As part of the Thrive125 events celebrating the 125th anniversary of Utah's statehood, the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts has created Utah @ 125. This project is a collection of short stories by Utah writers, each 125 words long, one word to represent each year of official state history, all the words layered together as part of an ongoing conversation about Who We Are and Why We’re Here.

Our own Willy Palomo, Program Manager for the Center for the Book, wrote a phenomenal piece titled Do You Know Me? for the collection. You’ll definitely want to read it.

THE UTAH POETRY FESTIVAL DURING APRIL,

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate with us at the Utah Poetry Festival.

Each day during the month of April, the Utah Poetry Festival will promote a Utah poet to celebrate both the festival and National Poetry Month.

Poets of all ages, styles, training, publishing, and performing backgrounds are encouraged to send a video of themselves performing or reading one brief, original poem to the festival organizer and Utah’s Poet Laureate, Paisley Rekdal, by March 1^st, 2021. Please contact Paisley at paisley.rekdal@utah.edu.

Selected videos will be shared via social media, along with information about the poet and any links to the poet’s feeds and sites.

Learn more about the Utah Poetry Festival here.