City Weekly Best of Utah 2018

Best of Utah 2018: Arts & Culture

21 reader-voted winners in arts & culture, from the City Weekly Best of Utah 2018 poll.

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• Best Armchair Quarterback SpotFiddler's Elbow

  With a projection TV, plenty of seats at the bar and a wide selection of food, this Sugar House staple is a great place to get your Sunday afternoon quarterback on. The front dining area…

• Best Bike-Themed DanceProvo Bicycle Collective Sadie Hawkins Dance

  There's no better feeling than joining dozens of cyclists to temporarily block traffic. Feelings of grandeur are further magnified when you're wearing your Sunday best—whether that's a…

• Best Dance ClubSky

  With more than 12,000 square feet of danceable space spread across three floors, Sky combines a premium sound system with high-tech lighting for the best dance club experience in Salt Lake… — Runners-up: Area 51, The Westerner

• Best Dance CompanyBallet West

  Generations of family members have shared the holiday magic of Ballet West's distinctive annual performance of The Nutcracker—but if your familiarity with the company ends there, you've got… — Runners-up: Repertory Dance Theatre, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co.

• Best Friend of the ArtsUtah Arts Alliance

  There should never be a barrier to creative people finding a way to bring their work to the world—at least that's the principle behind this wide-ranging organization. From creating the… — Runners-up: Dina Krikova, Cat Palmer

• Best GalleryUrban Arts Gallery

  The location moved down the block at The Gateway recently, but it's still the place for a uniquely egalitarian take on visual arts showcases. Annual events like the Skate Deck Show, or… — Runners-up: Phillips Gallery, 15th Street Gallery

• Best MuseumNatural History Museum of Utah

  The stunning Rio Tinto Center welcomes guests to a place that feels distinctively Utah inside and out. Permanent exhibitions showcase the history of the region's Indigenous peoples and… — Runners-up: Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The Leonardo

• Best New Social Media Follow@utahsidebar

  Utah's liquor stores can't advertise what's on sale. That doesn't stop Park City resident Kirsten Park, though, who runs the @utahsidebar account on Facebook and Instagram. Park takes away…

• Best New Theater HomeWasatch Theatre Co. at the Gateway

  While Salt Lake County continues the important work of providing theater space for many performing arts companies, there's also a special feeling that comes from a company finding a place…

• Best Old Media-to-New Media TransferPreserve the Memories

  Technology changes fast, and for some families, that means precious memories are stuck on viewing formats that aren't supported much anymore. Folks who have videotapes, floppy disks or…

• Best PodcastI Am Salt Lake

  People over a certain age recall with fondness the "Golden Age" of television, when shows were broadcast live and Americans welcomed the likes of Milton Berle and Jackie Gleason into their… — Runners-up: Geek Show Podcast, Radio West

• Best Poetry PerformanceSalt City Unified Slam Poetry at National Poetry Slam

  Utah-based slam poets have visited national competitions before, but never before have they made quite this big a splash. The five-person Salt City Unified team of Jesse Parent, Jose Soto…

• Best Radio ShowRadio From Hell

  "Nothing is certain except death and taxes" ... and that City Weekly readers will overwhelmingly vote Radio From Hell as their favorite show. For the umpteenth year (we've lost count… — Runners-up: Radio West, Dave & Deb

• Best Radio StationKRCL

  It's a well-documented fact that Donald Trump isn't a fan of reading—though he has an impressive array of flat-screen TVs in his bedroom. But what about radio? It's a pretty sure bet that… — Runners-up: X96, KUER

• Best Second Chance To DanceIt's Been a While Dance Co.

  For many who love to dance, there comes a time when life steers you away from the possibility of it being a professional career—but that doesn't mean those folks can't still do what they…

• Best Tattoo ArtistBret Johnson, Sacred Souls Tattoo

  It seems each day there are more and more tattoo artists in Salt Lake. It's hard to choose the right person when the pool is so full of talent. Some are good, yet only at one thing, and… — Runners-up: Tori Lake at Black Thumb MST, Sarah de Azevedo at Locust Tattoo

• Best Theater CompanySalt Lake Acting Co.

  For 48 years, Salt Lake Acting Co. has built a history of inspiring and entertaining audiences with a unique mix of locally created world-premieres, cutting-edge new works and even Tony… — Runners-up: Hale Centre Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Co.

• Best TV News ReporterBen Winslow

  If Nike or Adidas were ever to seek endorsements from journalists instead of athletes, they'd be in hot pursuit of Fox 13's Ben Winslow. The bearded dynamo literally sprints from assignment… — Runners-up: Chris Jones, Morgan Saxto

• Best TV News StationFox 13

  When it entered the Utah television market as KSTU in 1978, Fox 13 initially was regarded as the poor cousin among the local network affiliates. All that changed when it hooked up with Fox… — Runners-up: KUTV Channel 2, ABC Channel 4

• Best Visual ArtistCat Palmer

  Year-in and year-out, City Weekly readers share their love of Palmer's photographic artistry, which can find her everywhere from a wedding to a booth at the Utah Arts Festival to shooting… — Runners-up: Sril Art, Daniel Overstreet

• Best Way To Watch the Greatest Films From the Greatest FilmmakersSalt Lake Film Society's Tower Theatre DVD library

  The streaming media world of the 21st century suggests that it's easy to find any movie any time, but have you tried recently to track down a classic more than a few years old on Netflix or…