Arts & Entertainment News Briefs
Week Ended 24 October 1999
Collected by Kent Larsen

Stories:
BYU Professors help writers with personal memoirs
ex-U of U Professor Mulder gets Governor's Award in Humanities
"Artists of Utah" published by Gibbs-Smith, including many Mormon artists
Miner family publishes book about ancestor Mormon
LDS Columnist Jack Anderson drove J. Edgar Hoover Crazy
Utah County Mormon musicians in concert
LDS Author's first book gets positive review
Enoch Train called 'Enchanting'
SLC Punk out on video

BYU Professors help writers with personal memoirs

BYU professors Tom and Louise Plummer are a husband-wife team that teaches Writing A Personal Memoir. This article discusses their teaching method and their teaching style in the class.

This couple of BYU professors help students write the truth
(BYU) Daily Universe 24Oct99 A2
By Christie Robins: NewsNet Staff Writer

ex-U of U Professor Mulder gets Governor's Award in Humanities

ex-University of Utah professor William Mulder was awarded the Governor's Award in the Humanities on Saturday, October 23rd. Mulder's best-known work is "Homeward to Zion: The Story of the Mormon Migration from Scandinavia" which was published in 1957. He was also co-author with A. Russell Mortensen of "Among the Mormons: Historic Accounts by Conemporary Observers."

Also recieving awards on Saturday were Sam and Lila Weller of Sam Weller's Bookstore, a long-time important source of used LDS books and LDS publisher Signatue Books.

Governor's Awards in the Humanities
Deseret News 24Oct99 A2
By Steven Gardner: The Daily Herald

"Artists of Utah" published by Gibbs-Smith, including many Mormon artists

Publisher Gibbs-Smith has re-issued Robert S. Olpins 1980 Dictionary of Utah Art in a new edition titled "Artists of Utah." The book, published through the sponsorship of the Springville, Utah Museum of Art and the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, includes the many Mormon artists who grew-up or lived in Utah.

New 'Artists of Utah' is a comprehensive accomplishment
Deseret News 24Oct99 A2
By Dave Gagon: Deseret News visual arts editor

Miner family publishes book about ancestor Mormon

The descendents of Mormon Miner and his wife Emeline Phoebe Curtis Miner have published a 182-page book about them and their descendents. Mormon, who was born in Kirtland, Ohio to a family that already included a brother Moroni, traversed the Mormon Trail to Utah, settling in what is now Fairview, Utah

Book tells story of Miner family
Provo UT Daily Herald 23Oct99 A2

Hardship, journey to valley part of Miner's childhood
Provo UT Daily Herald 23Oct99 A2

LDS Columnist Jack Anderson drove J. Edgar Hoover Crazy

Columnist Jack Anderson, who was raised in a small Mormon community in Utah, drove FBI director J. Edgar Hoover crazy, says Anderson in his recently-released memoirs. Anderson's squeaky clean past, in sharp contrast to his muckraking column, kept Hoover from finding anything he could use to intimidate Anderson.

Anderson is known as the journalist who broke many of the major stories of the 1970s and 1980s. He was one of the first journalists to cover the Watergate break-in, broke the savings-and-loan scandal and helped uncover the secret Iranian arms-for-hostages deal. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for his coverage of the U.S. involvement in the India-Pakistan war.

Anderson unloads political tales
Tucson AZ Star News 24Oct99 A2

Utah County Mormon musicians in concert

Lisa Arrington, an expert in early Mormon music, and well-known LDS musician Roger Hoffman joined Utah County musician Doc Taylor for a new concert as part of the Community Music Series. The concert was to occur on Tuesday, October 26th.

Doc, friends set for 4th concert
Provo UT Daily Herald 22Oct99 A4

LDS Author's first book gets positive review

Provo Daily Herald reviewer Tawny Archibald gave a postive review to Kelly Blair's first novel, The Heart Has its Reasons, published by Covenant Books. The plot concerns an LDS girl's romance with a major league baseball pitcher.

'Reasons' abound to read Blair's 'Heart'
Provo UT Daily Herald 24Oct99 A4
By Tawny Archibald: The Daily Herald

Enoch Train called 'Enchanting'

The CD Enoch Train, which won five PEARL awards last month, is surprising, says reviewer Archibald. The album contains a number of well-known LDS hymns done in a folksy Celtic style. The cover art for the album is also notable, for its ship motif. The name Enoch Train comes from the name of a ship that brough Mormon immigrants to the United States.

Take an enchanting 'Train' ride
Provo UT Daily Herald 24Oct99 A4
By Tawny Archibald: The Daily Herald

SLC Punk out on video

The independent film SLC Punk, which premiered at the most recent Sundance Film Festival, is now available on video. The movie tells the unlikely story of youth in a punk subculture in Salt Lake City.

Blair Witch Project out on video (SLC Punk)
Jam! Showbiz (Winnipeg Sun) 19Oct99 A7
By Randall King: Winnipeg Sun