Sundance review: Guster, Low Anthem, Secret Sisters highlight concert
Friday, January 28th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Max Dahl PARK CITY--The Sundance ASCAP Music Café’s musical line-up played a rousing show Jan. 25 with a variety of genres, culminating with a set by acoustic-pop artists Guster. The Low Anthem opened with songs off their up-coming album Smart Flesh, ...
Sundance review: Carole King is radiant
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Sundance review: Carole King is radiantStory and photo by Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY--Many of you may not be old enough to remember a time when Carole King was one of the driving forces in the music industry. Over the last four ...
Sundance review: Fight for Your Right Revisited
Friday, January 21st, 2011 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »By Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY--You may remember the classic video “Fight for Your Right,” the 1980’s video where the Beastie Boys' Adam “MCA” Yauch, Mike D., and Ad-Rock crash a nerdy party and liven it up to ...
Sundance: ‘The Killer Inside Me’ a dark psycho-thriller
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Sundance: ‘The Killer Inside Me’ a dark psycho-thrillerBy Chris Romriell PARK CITY--The Killer Inside Me, which screened as Sundance ended last weekend, is a graphic, disturbing, sexually charged and brutally vicious Western thriller that follows the life of severely troubled West Texas deputy sheriff Lou Ford (Casey ...
Sundance: Music 4 Peace helps fight global poverty
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on Sundance: Music 4 Peace helps fight global povertyStory and photo by Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY--Music and peace. It sounds like the background to a 1960’s scene, a time when people were supposed to stand up for these values and help out the world. ...
Sundance: ESPN parties at Harry O’s
Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on Sundance: ESPN parties at Harry O’sStory and photos by Ben Hansen and Matt Thurber Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY--What better way to celebrate the NFL postseason and Sundance together than with THE sports network that covers events around the clock? ESPN presented their 4th annual AFC/NFC ...
Sundance: Downstairs with Dave Navarro
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | 1 Comment »Review and photo by Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY--Monday nights in Utah are usually not anything to get excited about. Unless it happens to be the Monday night following opening weekend of Sundance, and one alternative icon, Dave ...
Sundance: ‘Hesher’ lives up to expectations
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Sundance: ‘Hesher’ lives up to expectationsReview and photo by Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY--One of the early, most-sought films in this year’s Sundance film festival was Hesher. With an all-star cast of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Devin Brochu, and Rainn Wilson, anticipation ...
Sundance: Kenneth Cole Black party all the rave
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on Sundance: Kenneth Cole Black party all the raveStory and photos by Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY--For the second year in a row, the Kenneth Cole Black party at the Sky Lodge was the hot spot in Park City opening weekend. And for the second ...
Sundance: Jett still loves rock ‘n’ roll
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Sundance: Jett still loves rock ‘n’ rollReview and photo by Ben Hansen Special to Hard News Cafe PARK CITY--Sometimes, timing is everything, especially in the music scene. There could not have been better timing for Joan Jett this weekend. On Saturday night, Jett and her band the Blackhearts ...
JCOM alum’s film picked for Sundance Film Festival
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on JCOM alum’s film picked for Sundance Film FestivalA controversial documentary film about gay rights in Utah by a USU broadcast journalism alumnus is slated for its world premier at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in Park City in January. Reed Cowan's documentary, "8: The Mormon Proposition" (http://www.mormonproposition.com/), was ...