Luke Jackson

As someone who might be called “an enjoyer of movies,” I’ve made a specific effort to visit the theater at least once a week for as long as I can remember. Since the world ended a couple years ago, movie theater attendance has dwindled. Typically, the theater is empty aside from myself and an...

  Science versus the arts. Right brain versus the left brain. These two facets, faculties or skillsets always seem to be duking it out in a never-ending boxing match for superiority. This duel of fates is especially vicious in the realm of education. Institutions of learning constantly seem to value one above the other with...

  Folks, “Shucked” has just had its world premiere at the Pioneer Theatre Company, and this, my friends, is a big deal. If you’re like me and don’t have a toe constantly dipped in the effervescent ocean of Broadway, odds are you don’t know that this is a big deal. I myself only learned recently,...

What is it that makes a sporting event so exciting? What is it that makes over 50,000 people throw on red shirts and pile into Rice-Eccles Stadium? What is the driving force that inspires comments such as, “You’re a BYU fan? Damn, and I was just starting to like you.” The Powerful Force of...

  Using the end of World War II as a backdrop, “In My Mother’s Skin” finds a young family struggling against the military powers of the Japanese occupation to stay alive. For the most part, these powers are completely unseen, but their effects are ever present. Illness, famine and a dangerous rumor haunt father Aldo,...

  “Everyone should make a movie” said filmmaker Fox Maxy after the screening of her experimental film “Gush.” “The tools are right there, it’s exciting, it’s healing, it’s hard. Everyone should make a movie.” “Gush” is a 71-minute kaleidoscope of a film that is both engaging and off-putting. There is no pause in sounds or visuals...

  It’s 2 p.m. on a Thursday and you just finished class. You couldn’t pay any sort of attention because that cute little tummy of yours was singing away like a dang whale. You knew you should’ve eaten breakfast, but all you had in the fridge was some ketchup and one weird, bruised banana. You...

This is the start of a casual monthly piece for the Chronicle’s Art desk to recommend the art that has been connecting with us from music to movies to podcasts

Transcript Luke Jackson: Hi, everybody, my name is Luke Jackson. And I’m the current arts desk editor here at the Chrony. And this is Big Emotions: Episode Two — our arts desk podcast. We have an amazing co-host and our amazing producer with us today. And also one of our wonderful writers is here, and

  In true poetic fashion, Salt Lake’s first real snow of the year falls gently on the opening night of PTC’s “Christmas in Connecticut.” All boot prints lead to the warm and bouncy piano carols of the Pioneer Theatre lobby. Patrons shake off large fluffy snowflakes as they settle in for a favorite holiday tradition....