Tagged with "Arts and Entertainment"
Performance Honors Polynesian Cultural Center's 50 Years
MR says: Happy 50th to the PCC! This would have been a fun event to attend. Showcasing the cultures of the Pacific islands, more than a dozen dancers and musicians from the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii, performed in New York City on April 30 and May 1 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the...
LDS Bible film project wrapping up this week in Utah's Jerusalem
MR says: Wow! Unbelievable that the project is nearly finished! In three summers, they've made almost 100 incredible short films. (Video coverage at the full link.) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is about to call it a wrap on its movie-making project in Goshen. Filmmakers will complete...
LDS veterans share inspiring stories of courage, valor
MR says: The stories this man has gotten are incredibly inspiring. You can read some of them at an LDS Living feature story here: "Mortars and Miracles." The Saints at War project started in 2000 with...
New York Times: Hollywood Goes to Mormon Country
MR says: Really great, substantial article about the promise of BYU's animation department--and about the message they're sharing with Hollywood to increase positive influences in film. Fun to read. Allen Ostergar stood at the front of the lecture hall with a stiff and bashful smile, or maybe it was just...
Viral Music Video: "She's Goin' on a Mission"
MR says: A tongue-in-cheek song about the boys getting left behind after the change in missionary age. In just two days, it's become pretty popular. The band members have been careful to say they totally support the sisters--it's just that now the tables are turned, and in all likelihood, "Instead of Dear...
Roll out the red carpet: BYU gets a taste of Hollywood with an early film screening
MR says: *Ephraim's Rescue,* a film about the rescue of the Martin Handcart Company, will be released in just over a week. BYU students will be able to participate in a question and answer session and free screening of the new film “Ephraim’s Rescue” before it opens in theaters. “Ephraim’s...
Two Sister Missionaries Sing 'Nearer My God to Thee' in Studio
MR says: A beautiful version of this song! These two sisters discovered a mutual love of music and found that they shared it with a musician in their ward, who also had a professional studio in his home. These sister recorded this song with the help of a ward member to share their testimonies and help...
What's new: New film shares true story of Mormon teens who took a stand against Hitler (+video)
MR says: This story is pretty incredible. Sounds like movie does a good job with it. During World War II, three Mormon teenagers took on the Third Reich and the new film “Resistance Movement” shares the history of the Helmuth Hubener Resistance Group. The 94-minute DVD from Covenant...
LDS duo starts manly blog to challenge modern views of masculinity
MR says: This is a fairly awesome blog, if you haven't seen it yet. Read more about the couple and their site. Whether it’s how to make a manly hunk of sandwich or live a life reminiscent of Mr. T,...
Was anti-Mormon sentiment on 'Survivor' responsible for Dawn's demise?
MR says: Interesting article that talks more about what the author calls a "double standard" for religious players in general (and not just Mormon players). If you’re like me, you love the first episode of every Survivor season, when people from completely different backgrounds are stuck on an island and...
Phillip Phillips 'Home' - by the Piano Guys
MR says: LOVE this song, and the Piano Guys have pulled it off again with a beautiful but original cover.
Mormon, castaway Dawn Meehan reflects on 'Survivor: Caramoan'
MR says: She is one of the most successful Mormons on this show (two others with Mormon backgrounds made it to the end as well). She says, in regards to her Mormonism, she got a lot of "hilarious questions." Utahn Dawn Meehan said she accomplished what she set out to do on the 26th season of “Survivor:...
LDS artist's 'Mormon Heroin' (sugar) works come to Utah
MR says: Pretty clever--this Mormon artist uses sweets to reconstruct religious or cultural symbols of the LDS faith. To artist Kent Christensen, sugar in all its many forms is "Mormon heroin." It’s also the basis for his art, which satirizes Mormons’ obsession with sweets by using candy, cakes, Jell-O...
Paul Cardall produces soundtrack for 'Ephraim's Rescue' (+video)
MR says: This should be a good film, and the music sounds beautiful. Just about a week to go! Typically, movie soundtracks get buried. People either remember the music or the film, but not both. Paul Cardall hopes the soundtrack for "Ephraim's Rescue" is different. When asked by filmmaker T.C....
HuffPost: Don't Judge a Book of Mormon By Its Cover: How Mormons Are Discovering the Musical as a Conversion Tool
MR says: A must-read. Fascinating look at how *The Book of Mormon* musical is impacting membership and (more importantly) how the Church's changing teaching methods are more relevant to people today than traditional methods. "For a religion to be vital, it needs to show it's relevant to people. And the LDS Church seems well aware of that."
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