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SUMMARY:VOYAGER LECTURE SERIES  Beyond Billionaires: Bringing Space Down to Earth with Theresa Hitchens
DESCRIPTION:VOYAGER LECTURE SERIES\n\n\n\nBeyond Billionaires: Bringing Space Down to Earth\n\n\n\nwith Theresa Hitchens\n\n\n\nTuesday\, April 21\, 7:30pm | Social Hour Begins at 6:30pm\n\n\n\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow many times a day do you think you touch outer space? Probably more than you think. GPS navigation\, weather forecasts\, and even the value of your stock portfolio all rely on satellites orbiting Earth. So do essential government functions\, from national security and environmental monitoring to managing the electric grid and dam operations. In reality\, we already are space people—and as more nations work to build infrastructure beyond Earth\, from space stations to the Moon and beyond\, humanity may not be far from becoming true inhabitants of the heavens. \nSo who are the players shaping the rules for managing\, developing\, and protecting the space environment? Is space and its future being thoughtfully and collaboratively utilized or is it more akin to the “Wild West”? How do the world’s militaries factor in? What challenges come with humanity’s growing presence in space\, and what is being done to address them? \nPlease join us for an evening with journalist and space expert Theresa Hitchens to gain a deeper understanding of these issues—and to consider what role\, if any\, we as citizens can play in what remains a space of geopolitical competition and billionaire ambition. \nTICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n— \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTheresa Hitchens is a journalist and researcher based out of Washington\, DC\, with almost 40 years of expertise on US and international military defense programs and budgets\, space governance and regulatory issues\, and space-related technology. She is a former director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research\, and the first American to hold that position. She currently writes about defense-related space activities for Breaking Defense. \n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Voyager Lecture Series is generously sponsored by Voyager Wealth Advisors\, Proven Law\, and Cache Valley Bank. 
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SUMMARY:Kayenta 100 - Part V: Kayenta Lifestyle & Arts
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta 100 Project: First Five Decades\nPart V: Kayenta Lifestyle & Arts\, 2016–2026\nSunday\, May 10\, 2026 | 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nA celebration of the present moment and a vision for the future. From the expansion of the Kayenta Art Village to the rise of performing arts\, culinary experiences\, and wellness culture\, this chapter explores how Kayenta has come to embody a unique and evolving desert lifestyle. \nThe Kayenta 100 Project: First Five Decades \nCelebrating a Vision. Honoring a Legacy. Inspiring the Future. \nThe Kayenta 100 Project is a living history initiative honoring the first five decades of the Kayenta community in southern Utah. From its bold beginnings in the 1970s to its emergence as a vibrant hub for culture\, design\, and desert living\, this five-part series invites residents and visitors alike to reflect on the people\, projects\, and ideas that shaped Kayenta’s unique story. Through storytelling\, archival media\, open discussions\, and interactive experiences\, each chapter highlights a transformative era in Kayenta’s evolution. \nTICKETS \n\nWe invite you to help us tell the story of our Kayenta community. Do you have old photos\, home videos\, newspaper clippings\, or keepsakes connected to Kayenta? Or a personal story about your own experiences here? If you do\, get in touch with Wil! You can email him at Wil@KayentaArts.com.  \nAnother way you will be able to share your Kayenta Story is at each Kayenta 100 Event\, where we will have a Story Booth set up! Your memories and materials bring our history to life.  \n\n\nThe Kayenta 100 Project is generously sponsored by Kayenta Homes & Properties
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-100-part-v-kayenta-lifestyle-arts/
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SUMMARY:VOYAGER LECTURE SERIES: Train the Mind\, Open the Heart - with the Mindfulness Center of Southern Utah
DESCRIPTION:VOYAGER LECTURE SERIES\nTrain the Mind\, Open the Heart\nwith the Mindfulness Center of Southern Utah\nTuesday\, May 26\, 7:30pm | Social Hour Begins at 6:30pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for the final Voyager Lecture of this season\, Train the Mind\, Open the Heart. This lecture brings together three distinguished experts from the Mindfulness Center of Southern Utah—Dr. Ginamaria Foglia\, DO\, MPH\, FACP\, Dr. David Tate\, and Kirk Benson\, JD—for an engaging exploration of mindfulness and its real-world impact. \nThis presentation goes beyond theory\, revealing the clinical evidence behind mindfulness practices and how training the mind can unlock profound benefits for the heart—improving physical health\, emotional resilience\, mental clarity\, and social connection. Part of this event will invite you to experience mindfulness firsthand through guided\, interactive elements designed to help you immediately connect with these transformative techniques. \nWhether you’re curious about the science\, seeking stress relief\, or looking to deepen your well-being\, this evening offers practical tools you can carry into everyday life. \nTICKETS \n\n\n\n\n\nGinamarie Foglia\, DO\, MPH\, FACP has over 30 years of healthcare experience as an internationally known subject matter expert and speaker in infectious disease\, internal medicine\, public health\, clinical trial research & development\, medical education and wellness. She is an Adjunct Professor at Rocky Vista University College of Medicine and lecturer at Utah Tech University. Certified as a personal/group fitness trainer\, she has completed several endurance and strength-training activities to include marathons\, cycling tours and the Ironman70 triathlon. More recently\, she held the position of Adventure Guide and Wellness Consultant at Red Mountain Resort in Ivins\, UT. Dr. Foglia is a board member of the Southern Utah Mindfulness Center and volunteers for the Southwest Utah Medical Reserve Corps and the Southern Utah Veterans Home. She served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps for 8 years\, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. David Tate\, PhD\, is a psychologist in St. George\, Utah\, where he has been in private practice for 27 years. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Mindfulness Center of Southern Utah.\nHe has taught Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) classes for over 30 years. He was one of the founders and teachers of Intermountain Healthcare’s Stress Reduction Clinic (1990-1995)\, where his doctoral dissertation was the first replication study of research conducted by his mentor and originator of MBSR\, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn\, at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center Stress Reduction Program. In 1995 Dr. Tate helped develop the first “mindfulness-based” health and wellness resort in the United States\, Miraval\, Life in Balance\, being the initial Lead Mindfulness Instructor and later the Program Director.\nHe has taught mindfulness seminars for many businesses and organizations including Nike\, Ernst and Young\, New Line Cinema\, Abbott Laboratories\, AT&T\, the National Make-A Wish Foundation\, Zion National Park\, and the NCAA.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKirk A Benson\, JD\, is a retired businessman who has been practicing mindfulness for over ten years.  He has received mindfulness training from Brown University\, Mindful Schools\, Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (associated with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach)\, and the Mindful Eating Training Institute.  He is a co-founder\, along with his wife\, Gael\, of the Mindfulness Center of Southern Utah.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Voyager Lecture Series is generously sponsored by Voyager Wealth Advisors\, Proven Law\, and Cache Valley Bank. 
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SUMMARY:Short Film Screening & Art Talk
DESCRIPTION:SUMMER ARTS SHOWCASE: SHORT FILM SCREENING\nRE\nby filmmaker\, Wendy Womack\nJune 19\, 7:30PM | Followed by an Art Talk with Addison Kanoelani\nLorraine Boccardo Theater\nRE tells the story of two sisters who reunite three years after escaping an abusive cult and discover that recovery looks different for everyone. At this special preview screening\, you’ll get a first look at the film and have the opportunity to share your feedback. The film runs 15 minutes and will be presented alongside Addison Kanoelani’s Art Talk. \n\n\n\n\n\nWendy Bird Womack is a writer and filmmaker whose award-winning work has received recognition from the Austin Film Festival\, BlueCat Screenplay Competition\, First Flights Film Fund\, the League of Utah Writers\, and others. Wendy’s career has spanned multiple corners of the film industry\, from development through post-production. Most recently\, she taught film courses at Utah Tech University and served as the communications manager for Conserve Southwest Utah\, where she advocated for the protection of public lands and endangered species. An avid traveler\, Wendy often draws creative inspiration from the places she visits and the people she meets. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nART TALK\nThresholds: Art in Between\nWith Addison Kanoelani\nDiscuss the short film preview\, RE with visual artist\, Addison Kanoelani\, in this Art Talk. Explore the artistic process\, and the practices and needs of creatives today. \n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the Kayenta Summer Arts Showcase\, an all-month event featuring exceptional local artists and the premiere of brand-new creative work\, across several disciplines. Join us this June to celebrate and experience local art\, fun\, and community. \nWe’re introducing tiered ticket pricing for this program. The Kayenta Summer Arts Showcase is about welcoming audiences to see the work of artists within their own community. We’re committed to making our events as accessible as possible\, and believe this tiered structure will help remove financial barriers\, while also presenting quality events and compensating artists fairly for their work. The pricing tiers are as follows: \n$10 – Pay What You Can \n$20 – Suggested Ticket Price \n$30 – Support This Program \nTICKETS
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LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
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SUMMARY:The Book Bungalow Presents: Eli McCann
DESCRIPTION:HUMANITIES & LECTURE SERIES\nThe Book Bungalow Presents\nEli McCann\nTuesday\, September 1\, 2026\nSocial Hour at 6:30p // Presentation at 7:30p\nJoin the Center for the Arts at Kayenta and The Book Bungalow for an engaging lecture and book talk with Utah author\, humorist\, podcaster\, and lawyer Eli McCann as he presents his new book\, Stitched. \nKnown for finding humor\, humanity\, and meaning in the experiences that connect us\, McCann brings his distinctive voice to Kayenta as part of our new Humanities & Lectures series. Following the presentation\, guests will have an opportunity to meet the author and have copies of Stitched signed. \n\n\n\nEli McCann is the author of We’re Thankful for the Moisture and a host and producer of Strangerville\, a live storytelling series and podcast. He writes a monthly humor column for The Salt Lake Tribune\, and his work has appeared in The Washington Post\, Newsweek\, HuffPost\, and the BBC. He lives in Salt Lake City with his husband\, their new child\, and two naughty dogs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis special pre-launch event gives guests the exclusive opportunity to purchase Stitched and have it signed by Eli McCann—a full week before its official release. Books can be pre-ordered along with your ticket below. \n \nIn Stitched\, Betty Lou Dearden has been a member of the Ogden Quilter’s Association for more than twenty years when it’s announced that the biggest quilting competition in the country is coming to her small Utah town. With the clock ticking\, the women welcome two young gay men to their group as they bicker their way to an award-worthy entry and attempt to beat their long-time rivals once and for all. \nWith disarming humor and extraordinary heart\, Eli McCann takes readers deep into the cozy but cutthroat world of competitive quilting and the sometimes-messy friendships that shape our lives. \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/the-book-bungalow-presents-eli-mccann/
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SUMMARY:Seeking the Wildest West: Histories of Wilderness Experiences and Challenges To Their Future
DESCRIPTION:VOYAGER LECTURE SERIES\nSeeking the Wildest West:\nHistories of Wilderness Experiences and Challenges To Their Future\nDr. Brenden Rensink\nTuesday\, October 6\, 2026\nSocial Hour at 6:30p // Presentation at 7:30p\nWhat does it mean to experience the West as truly wild—and what will it take to keep it that way?\nJoin historian Dr. Brenden Rensink for an engaging exploration of the American West and our evolving relationship with wilderness. Drawing on histories of outdoor experience\, recreation\, conservation\, and the landscapes themselves\, Dr. Rensink examines how generations have sought out\, understood\, and shaped the idea of the “wild” West. \nLooking to the future\, the conversation will consider the growing challenges facing these treasured places and ask what the history of wilderness can teach us about preserving meaningful encounters with wild landscapes for generations to come. \nBrenden W. Rensink is Professor of History at Brigham Young University and Associate Director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies. A historian of the American West\, borderlands\, Indigenous peoples\, environment\, genocide studies\, and religion\, his recent books include the award-winning Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands (2018) and Essays on American Indian and Mormon History (2019)\, and The North American West in the Twenty-First Century (2022). He is Project Manager and General Editor of the Intermountain Histories digital public history project\, Host and Producer of the Writing Westward Podcast\, and editor of the University of New Mexico Press “The West in Context” series. Rensink is currently researching environmental and cultural histories of “wilderness” adventuring and experience in the West. \n\nTICKETS \n 
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/seeking-the-wildest-west-histories-of-wilderness-experiences-and-challenges-to-their-future/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
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