The Essential A&E Picks for August 16-22
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THURSDAY 8/16 Jana Richman: Finding Stillness in a Noisy World In her two novels—2008`s The Last Cowgirl and 2013`s The Ordinary Truth, both winners of City Weekly Artys Reader`s Choice awards—Utah author Jana Richman mined a rich sense of local geography and history to tell stories about families and the impact their surroundings has on their lives. But Richman is also an accomplished non-fiction writer, from her memoir Riding in the Shadows of Saints to New York Times editorials. And at her best, she`s always exploring the way people are shaped by their world. Finding Stillness in a Noisy World finds Richman meditating on a life that has taken her from Utah`s West Desert to New...