From the SLC Tribune Renowned Utah artist Arnold Friberg has died at age 96, his family confirms. The painter and illustrator, known for his heroic depiction of Book of Mormon characters and patriotic-themed works, passed away Wednesday at a Salt Lake City rehabilitation facility following hip replacement surgery. Among his most famous non-religious works is [...]
SALT LAKE CITY — Two rare, historic paintings that will interest Mormons have come into Anthony Christensen’s possession. Christensen is the owner of Anthony’s Fine Art and Antiques at 401 E. 200 South. The paintings — a 1903 rendition of Christ in America done by Danish artist CCA Christensen (no relation to Anthony Christensen) and [...]
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By Peter Bacque Published: May 10, 2010 Updated: May 10, 2010 7:38 AM The companies Glade Knight founded are now worth billions of dollars. “I started with $100,“ said Knight, chairman and CEO of the four Apple REIT companies based in Richmond. “Anything over that is a profit.“ Not bad for a Utah cowboy. Today his companies [...]
Naomi Kahoilua Wilson insists that making the Mormon film “Johnny Lingo” in 1969 was more like a huge Polynesian luau — fun coming above film formalities. She’s a reliable witness. She was Mahana. She still is, since the role of the shy outcast Mahana has become what Wilson terms a “full-time church calling” as opposed [...]
BYU students solve Mormon mysteries By Christine Rappleye Mormon Times Published: 2010-03-04 00:20:22 PROVO, Utah — The questions usually start simply enough. As the full-time editors of each volume of the Joseph Smith Papers program comb through the journals, histories and other documents of Joseph Smith, questions will pop up from the history of a [...]
SALT LAKE CITY 23 February 2010 Catholics and Latter-day Saints …
The world’s oldest multiple-page book – in the lost Etruscan language – has gone on display in Bulgaria’s National History Museum in Sofia. It contains six bound sheets of 24 carat gold, with illustrations of a horse-rider, a mermaid, a harp and soldiers. The book dates back to 600BC The small manuscript, which is …
Only 22% of Alaskans say they attend religious services at least once a week, making Alaska the least religious state judged by this measure. In Utah and several Southern states, more than half of those surveyed by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life said they were weekly service attenders. Along with Alaskans, residents [...]
By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 02/12/2010 09:59:19 PM MST // < ![CDATA[ var requestedWidth = 0; // ]]> // < 