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At Keys on Main, you’ll find 2 dueling pianos cranking out requests all night long. We play everything from country to pop, rap, rock, and whatever gets requested. Put your song up and put in $5 – if somebody outbids you by a $1, you better raise the stakes! We have open mic on Monday nights and Karaoke on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Our establishment has 2 bars and a full dinner menu with everything from local beers like Uinta and Wasatch to nachos, sandwiches and the fanciest cocktails you can imagine. Keys on Main is a great spot for a private party or a corporate event so look us up if you are hosting one. We always book up on Friday and Saturday, so reserve a seat early!

Abravanel Hall is a concert hall in Salt Lake City, Utah that is home to the Utah Symphony, and is part of the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts. The hall is an architectural landmark in the city, and is adjacent to Temple Square and the Salt Palace on South Temple Street. The hall can hold up to 2,811 occupants.HistoryThe Board of the Utah Symphony created a Design and Construction Committee which included Maurice Abravanel, O.C. Tanner, and Jack Gallivan, to advise the architectural design team headed by Bob Fowler. Construction took three years and $12 million.Abravanel Hall first opened in September 1979, and was originally known as Symphony Hall, but was renamed in May 1993 for Maurice Abravanel, conductor of the Utah Symphony. In 1998, the Hall underwent an expansion project which added wheelchair accessible restrooms, a new Ticket Office, and a new reception room.

Originally the Hotel Utah, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building was later named in honor of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. It is located on the corner of Main Street and South Temple in Salt Lake City. It is now a social center with three restaurants: The Roof Restaurant, The Garden Restaurant and The Nauvoo Cafe. It is also a venue for events complete with 13 banquet rooms, catering services, event coordinators and a full-service floral department - Flowers Squared. Several levels of the building also serve as administrative offices for LDS Church departments such as FamilySearch. On January 3, 1978, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Hotel Utah.HistoryThe corner of Main Street and South Temple has long been important in Utah history. Prior to construction of the Hotel Utah in 1909-11, the general tithing office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a bishop's storehouse, and the Deseret News printing plant all were located on the site.

Gallivan Plaza is a light rail station in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States serviced by the Blue Line and Green Line of the Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) TRAX system. The Blue Line has service from the Salt Lake Intermodal Hub in Downtown Salt Lake City to Draper. The Green Line provides service from the Salt Lake International Airport to West Valley City (via Downtown Salt Lake City).

Urban Arts Festival September 17th and 18th 2016 – at The Gallivan Center Saturday 17th 2016 – noon – 10pm Sunday 18th 2016 – noon – 6pm ABOUT THE URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL The Urban Arts Festival is a FREE community event organized by Utah Arts Alliance. Started in 2011, the Urban Arts Festival is one of the most unique and exciting events in SLC. The festival draws over 40,000 in attendance annually and showcases hundreds of artists, performers, and musicians. In 2012 the readers of City Weekly voted the Urban Arts Festival as the BEST new Festival in Utah and in 2013 the Festival won an Arty award for the Best Indie Art Event in Utah. In 2016 the festival will be held at the Gallivan Center in Downtown SLC. It is a two day celebration of Salt Lake’s urban and artistic culture for the community, art lovers, and families. The festival features artists, music, dance performance, and skateboarding displays as well as art projects created at the festival by local artists. Introducing the music and performing arts lineup for the 2016 Urban Arts Festival!! SATURDAY September 17th Festival Stage 12:30 PM Magda-Vega 1:30 PM Talia Keys 2:30 PM The Hips 3:30 PM The Bboy Federation 5:30 PM DJ BASK 5:45 PM ådub 6:00 PM Jay Citrus 6:15 PM Dine Krew 6:30 PM Dusk Raps 6:45 AM Dumb Luck 7:00 PM Saltwater: Pat Maine, EMRSN & Dean Risko 8:00 PM GRANDMASTER FLASH Gallivan Street Stage 12:00 PM MusicGarage.Org 1:00 PM Shanin Blake 2:00 PM Candy's River House 3:00 PM Bullet Proof 4:00 PM PIN-UP CONTEST 5:00 PM Phoenix Rising 6:00 PM Version Two 7:00 PM Samba Fogo SUNDAY September 18th Festival Stage 12:00 PM Cityweekly's Best of the Arts Showcase 1:30 PM Rhythm Against Society 1:45 PM Utah Repertory Theater Company 2:00 PM WOFA Afro Fusion Dance 2:15 PM Hula Hoopology 2:30 PM Intimin8 3:00 PM Dallas Wayde 3:15 PM AZA 3:30 PM Underground Ambitionz 3:45 PM Radius 4:00 PM Lost, the Artist 4:15 PM The Outsiders 4:30 PM Tribe of I 5:15 PM JRAS Gallivan Street Stage 12:00 PM Wyoming Dave Band 1:00 PM Terence Hansen Band 2:00 PM MiNX 3:00 PM Vocal Reasoning 4:00 PM Cello Joe 5:00 PM Juana Ghani THE URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE, 2016 Over 200 artists displaying and selling everything from paintings, photography, and prints to jewelry, clothing, and sculpture. Music on Three Stages from over 80 different groups—featuring hip-hop, rock, funk, and jazz. Dance performances from top urban dance groups—featuring breakdancing battles and showcases throughout the day. Live painting demonstrations from Utah’s top mural and street artists as well as a community wall for everyone to paint on. Food vendors and booths from non-profit groups and sponsors. The Voice Of The City Film Festival. URBAN ARTS FESTIVAL CONNECTS THE ARTS TO COMMUNITY The Urban Arts Festival benefits the community in Salt Lake in many ways, including giving the public an opportunity to experience some of the most relevant and current art in the state. Attendees will experience some of the newest and most innovative dance and music performances around. The public can also participate in the many projects at the festival, whether it is creating their own skate deck art, voting in the several audience-choice competitions at the festival, taking art workshops, or just enjoying the unique atmosphere that can only be found at the Urban Arts Festival. The festival draws thousands of people, both from inside and outside the state, to downtown SLC for the day, supporting local businesses such as hotels, restaurants, shops, parking lots, and clubs. The benefits also extend to the artists that sell their unique works at the festival and the many musicians and performers that use this opportunity to increase their visibility and expand their audience. The festival and our patrons brings millions of dollars to the downtown economy and is supported by the Salt Lake City Corp. Salt Lake County and the State of Utah. This festival is unique to the city as it provides the best opportunity for Urban Artists to be showcased and celebrated for the positive cultural impact they have on the society. Urban Art is all about city life and culture and Salt Lake City has an amazingly diverse population, many of whom celebrate urban cultural/artistic expressions. Join us at the 2016 Urban Arts Fest and see what is all about!

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RDT is the nation’s oldest and most successful repertory dance company. Unlike conventional modern dance organizations, we present you with a diverse range of modern dance styles and choreographers paired together in dynamic and unexpected performances. New viewers often ask us what to expect from an RDT performance. We tell them grace and athleticism, beauty and power. Beyond that, we tell them to embrace the unexpected. So, what is RDT Dance all about? Simply said, we are about art. Art in motion, expressed through our bodies as modern dance. Art that in its immediacy and intimacy can be both thrilling and profound. Art that challenges you, and art that you won’t see coming.

Abravanel Hall is a concert hall in Salt Lake City, Utah that is home to the Utah Symphony, and is part of the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts. The hall is an architectural landmark in the city, and is adjacent to Temple Square and the Salt Palace on South Temple Street. The hall can hold up to 2,811 occupants.HistoryThe Board of the Utah Symphony created a Design and Construction Committee which included Maurice Abravanel, O.C. Tanner, and Jack Gallivan, to advise the architectural design team headed by Bob Fowler. Construction took three years and $12 million.Abravanel Hall first opened in September 1979, and was originally known as Symphony Hall, but was renamed in May 1993 for Maurice Abravanel, conductor of the Utah Symphony. In 1998, the Hall underwent an expansion project which added wheelchair accessible restrooms, a new Ticket Office, and a new reception room.

Japanese Church of Christ is a historic church at 268 W. 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah.The Gothic Revival church building was constructed in 1924 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. From 1953 to 1967, the church housed two separate branches for Issei and Nisei. As of 2012 the congregation is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

The Utah Commercial and Savings Bank Building, at 22 East 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah, was designed by Richard K.A. Kletting and was built in 1888. Also known as the Village Brownstone Building, it is a Richardsonian Romanesque style building.It is important for its architecture and for its association with its architect, Richard K.A. Kletting, and with the founder of the Utah Commercial and Savings Bank, Francis Armstrong.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

The Salt Lake Tabernacle, also known as the Mormon Tabernacle, is located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.HistoryThe Tabernacle was built to house meetings for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and was the location of the church's semi-annual general conference for 132 years. However, because of the growth in the number of conference attendees, general conference was moved to the new and larger LDS Conference Center in 2000. In the October 1999 General Conference, church president Gordon B. Hinckley gave a talk honoring the Tabernacle and introducing the new Conference Center. Now a historic building on Temple Square, the Salt Lake Tabernacle is still used for overflow crowds during general conference. The Tabernacle is the home of the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and was the previous home of the Utah Symphony Orchestra until the construction of Abravanel Hall. It is the historic broadcasting home for the radio and television program known as Music and the Spoken Word. In 2005, the Tabernacle was closed for two years of intensive renovations that greatly increased its ability to withstand earthquakes. It was reopened and rededicated by Hinckley during the Saturday afternoon session of the church's general conference on March 31, 2007. The Museum of Church History and Art opened an extensive display on the Tabernacle as part of the rededication of the historic edifice.

The Gallivan Center, opened in 1993, is an urban plaza in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The Center is also known as the John W. Gallivan Utah Center, it is named in honor of John W. Gallivan.An adjacent TRAX station (Gallivan Plaza) takes its name from the plaza. The Station is served by the Blue and Green Lines.It was a popular gathering place during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.Kazuo Matsubayashi's Asteroid Landed Softly Sundial is one of the prominent features of the plaza. The plaza also includes a seasonal ice skating rink that serves as a racquetball and basketball court during warmer months.The Gallivan Center is owned by the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City Public Services has partnered with RDA to provide the management, programming and maintenance.

Vivint Smart Home Arena is an indoor arena located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The building is owned by Jazz Basketball Investors, Inc., the estate of Larry H. Miller. The arena is the home of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and has been the home venue for other professional athletic teams such as the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League and the Utah Starzz of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). It seats 19,911 for basketball, has 56 luxury suites, and 668 club seats.Opened in 1991, the arena was known as the Delta Center, under a naming rights deal with Delta Air Lines which has a hub at Salt Lake City International Airport. Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions purchased the naming rights in November 2006, after Delta decided not to renew their 15-year contract due to filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the year prior. From 2006 to 2015 it was known as EnergySolutions Arena. On October 26, 2015, the arena was renamed as part of a 10-year naming rights contract with the Provo, Utah-based home security system provider Vivint.

The Salt Lake City Union Pacific Depot is a building on the western edge of downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Built in 1908-09, it dates back to the more prosperous era in the history of American railroad travel. As Salt Lake Union Pacific Railroad Station, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.Railway historyOriginally called the Union Station, it was jointly constructed by the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad and the Oregon Short Line, both later wholly owned by the Union Pacific, at an estimated cost of $450,000. The platforms behind the station ran north-to-south, parallel to the first main line built in the Salt Lake Valley, which predated the station building. South of 1300 South this is the route used by the UTA TRAX Blue Line and Salt Lake City Southern, while north of North Temple (100 North) it is used by the FrontRunner line and Union Pacific. Trains from the west used a line south of 900 South in Glendale to approach the north-to-south platforms. The Salt Lake and Ogden (Bamberger) Interurban line also stopped nearby. When Amtrak was formed in 1971, it took over the remaining passenger services at the station, but after Rio Grande joined Amtrak all trains were moved to its station three blocks south.

The Mormon Pioneer Memorial Monument is a private cemetery and memorial. It was dedicated to the more than 6,000 Mormon pioneers who died making the journey to Utah from Illinois and other parts of the world between 1847 and 1869. It is the gravesite of Brigham Young, and his legal, non plural wife, Mary Ann Angell.

The Salt Lake Hardware Building is a converted warehouse building, located at 155 N 400 West in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1996 it was converted to office space for Albertsons operations, but currently it is vacant. In 2001, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At that time there was a water tower on the roof, but it has since been removed. The building was built in 1909, just north of a depot of the Oregon Short Line Railroad.

Downtown Salt Lake City welcomes the Urban Flea Market, a great place to find and sell inexpensive, second-hand and locally made treasures. The Urban Flea Market is a great opportunity for attendees to shop, browse and enjoy the experience of a Sunday in downtown Salt Lake City. It also provides a great community outlet for vendors to sell unwanted items that will be treasures for others. Admission for visitors is free and the event is open to the public. The Urban Flea Market is held one Sunday of every month from June through October. There are over 80 vendors at each market! The events are held from 9:00am – 3:00pm. Each Sunday flea market features a local animal rescue where groups showcase animals that are available for adoption. Event and vendor information is available at www.fleamarketslc.com The Urban Flea Market would like to recognize and thank our sponsors: Now & Again, City Weekly, Third Sun Productions, Metro Display, Q Salt Lake, SLUG Magazine and Unhinged.

Artists, architects, film makers, printers, designers, galleries even theater companies have called this building home. And whether its an estate sale, a block party, a concert or even a wedding, the pickle factory is a great place for people of all walks of life to come together. Recently under new ownership, the Pickle Factory Building is in the midst of a big redo, where we will be updating the building, creating some new private studio and office spaces as well as a some retail space and even plans to open a coffee shop here are in the works for this great old building. Currently we have about 15 artists who create here and we have as of late been holding estate sales at the building during the reconstruction (check the page for our next sale dates!). Summer of 2012 we plan to start a local and independent Saturday Marketplace at the building - Something like the farmers market but on a much smaller, intimate scale catering to the granary district and all Salt Lakers who love anything local, independent, original, funky and fun! Get at us with any questions or suggestions! And stay tuned in to our page for news of events and the like! We are committed to the redevelopment of the granary district and all of down town salt lake and we are proud to be a part of such a vibrant district. We will strive to continue to support and foster the development of this historic and eclectic part of town and we hope you continue to support us and all we aim to do! Also, if you are interested in renting space at, filming at, or holding an event at the Beloved Utah Pickle Factory Building, give us a call!

Congregation Sharey Tzedek Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue at 833 S. 200 East in Salt Lake City, Utah.It was built in 1920 to house Utah's third Jewish congregation, a splinter group from Congregation Montefiore consisting mostly of immigrants from Russia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. The congregation disbanded in the 1930s, and the building was sold to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1948. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.See AlsoB'nai Israel Temple