Robert Redford and his daughter, Amy, talk about how 'Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid' got made and what happened after

This fall marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most enduring Western movies, “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.”

It’s historic for several reasons, not the least of which is it made Robert Redford a Hollywood star — and allowed him to have the sort of career where he could set time and money aside to create the Sundance ski resort, Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival and everything else with the Sundance name.

I interviewed Redford, now 83, about the making of that movie in his adopted home state of Utah, and I talked to his daughter, Amy — who was born after its release — about how the movie changed everything. Read it here on sltrib.com.

Salt Lake City's 106-year-old Capitol Theatre reopens after a six-month, $11 million renovation project

The Capitol Theatre is one of Salt Lake City’s gems: A 106-year-old former vaudeville and movie house that now serves as home base for Ballet West and Utah Opera.

The theater reopened last weekend, with the premiere of Utah Opera’s production of “La Traviata,” after a six-month renovation effort that upgraded the audio system, added a center aisle running parallel to the stage, improved ADA accessibility, refurbished the basement dressing rooms, and added a freight elevator.

Take a look at the renovation work, and take a step back into the Capitol’s long history, with this story on sltrib.com.

'Traveling While Black' VR installation arrives in Utah, giving viewers a prime seat to talk about racism in America.

In examining the history of African Americans traveling in the 1950s and later, documentarian Roger Ross Williams took a different approach to draw viewers in: Virtual reality.

The result is “Traveling While Black,” a 20-minute VR installation that puts viewers at a diner table, listening to people talk about racist encounters then and now. The installation is now in the lobby of the Broadway Centre Cinemas in downtown Salt Lake City.

Read my interview with Williams about the topic and the technology, here at sltrib.com.

A gallery prepares to leave Salt Lake City's Main Street after 44 years, leaving Native American artists with one less place to sell their goods

David Dunn has operated TP Gallery out of a tiny storefront on Salt Lake City’s Main Street for 44 years, becoming a fixture downtown and a friend to regulars and to the Native American artists whose works he displays.

Now, Dunn is closing the store, after the landlords told him they have plans to renovate the block. I interviewed Dunn about the closure of this long-standing business, and talked to Native American artists about the difficulty of finding places to sell their work. Read the story here on sltrib.com.

Neon Trees drummer Elaine Bradley reunites with old friends, stretches her musical self and considers her Latter-day Saint faith with her other band, Noble Bodies

Noble Bodies is what the music industry calls a “side project.” It’s a band co-founded by Elaine Bradley, apart from her day job as drummer for the mega-selling pop-rock band Neon Trees.

She started it with Bryce Taylor and Chris Bennett, with whom she made music in their old band, Another Statistic, which played on the Provo club scene before Bradley joined Neon Trees more than a decade ago. Bradley called Taylor up a couple years ago, to help her rehearse when she was asked to lead the house band on “Late Night With Seth Meyers.”

The music their new band, Noble Bodies, makes allows Bradley and Taylor, who teaches religion at Brigham Young University, to explore questions about their faith. (All three musicians are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.) In this interview on sltrib.com, they talk about melding music with the big questions.

Can 'Joker' open up a conversation about mental illness? A Utah expert hopes so.

As the DC Comics title “Joker” hits theaters this weekend, talk will turn to the violence in the film, and whether fans will emulate that violence in the real world.

But there are deeper issues within director Todd Phillips film, about the roots of mental illness and the damage done when it’s untreated. Jenn Oxborrow, executive director of the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition and a licensed clinical social worker, saw the movie with me this week, and gave her opinions about what the movie could do to foster conversation about mental health. Here’s the story, from sltrib.com.

A performance artist will sweep a rug in a high-traffic area: Salt Lake City's Temple Square during LDS General Conference

Michelle Standley wants people to think about the labor they do every day — in particular, the unpaid labor women do for their households, like laundry and child care and grocery shopping.

To that end, Standley, a performance artist and academic based in Berlin and New York, has created a performance piece, “4.5 Hours.” In it, she sweeps up a small rug, then dumps the dirt back on the rug, and repeats the process for four-and-a-half hours — the average time women worldwide perform domestic labor every day.

Standley has done this performance twice in Berlin, and will present it in the United States for the first time on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The venue is an interesting choice: The south edge of Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City, during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ semi-annual General Conference.

Read my interview with Standley, in which she talks about the work and her choice of location, on sltrib.com.

Musical 'Cagney' is preparing for Broadway, and Utah's Pioneer Theatre is a major stop on the journey

For more than a decade, Robert Creighton has been working on “Cagney,” a musical biography of the movie tough guy and hoofer James Cagney. First it had a cast of four, then six — and now, in a production being mounted at Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Theatre Company from Sept. 20 to Oct. 5, 12 performers, with Creighton in the lead.

I interviewed Creighton and the musical’s director, Bill Castellino, about getting “Cagney” ready for a possible Broadway run. Read the story on sltrib.com, and enjoy the great photography of the Tribune’s Francisco Kjolseth (which, truth be told, is far better than Pioneer’s official photos).

How Meg & Dia, the pop-rock sister duo from Utah, returned to making music together after eight years apart

Meeting Meg and Dia Frampton was a delight. We met at a downtown Salt Lake City coffee shop a couple Sundays ago, to talk about their reunion as a music group, Meg & Dia, (Their new album, “happysad,” was released as a surprise in July, and they start an eight-city tour on Saturday at their old stomping ground, Salt Lake City’s Kilby Court.)

The duo had a fast-rising career in the mid-aughts, with a record deal, multiple Warped Tour appearances, and tours across America and once in Europe. Then, around 2011 or 2012, the two split. Dia went on “The Voice” (getting runner-up in the first season) and recorded solo. Meg came back home to Salt Lake City, explored spirituality and opened a coffee shop with her then-boyfriend.

In this interview, they talk about the years apart, getting back together, and how this time will be different than their first go-round. Please enjoy.

FanX fall 2019: Mario's voice, the bionic duo, and Tom Holland

Another FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention has come and gone, and here are the highlights of my coverage:

• I hit the red carpet on opening day, where I met Charles Martinet (the voice of Nintendo’s Mario), Pearl Mackie (“Doctor Who”), and other stars.

• On Friday, I heard from Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner, stars of “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman,” about their memories of the franchise.

• And on Saturday, I heard Tom Holland, our current (and maybe future?) Spider-Man, talk about wearing the suit — and not talk about the current Disney-Sony dispute over the character.