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Ogden’s Peery Egyptian Theater was built in 1923 on the site of the Arlington Hotel, which had recently burned down.  The intent of the developers was to build a grand establishment on par with other Egyptian Theaters, including  Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The theater began as a venue for movies, and played its first feature film Zane Grey’s Wanderer of the Wasteland, in 1924. The theater went through a variety of owners and remodeling over the years, and at one point was even abandoned and under threat of demolition. But ultimately the theater was rescued by the Weber County Heritage Foundation, and handed over to another foundation setup to manage the future of the establishment. The theater was also completely restored to it original state, including the addition of a Wurlitzer pipe organ. Today the theater hosts musical performances, plays and documentary films. Ogden is located an hour north of Salt Lake City, Utah.

This painted horse, called “Sequoia”,  and painted by students at Redwood Cooperative School, was part of Lexington, Kentucky’s 2022 Horsemania, a public art project that saw the creation of more than 160 painted horses by professional artists, and children from middle and elementary schools. Lexington in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region bills itself as the Horse Capital of the World, and is world famous for its horse farms, and is the center of thoroughbred horse racing in the United States. Kentucky is also known for the Kentucky Derby, one of three horse races that make up the Triple Crown of Horse Racing.  Horse Mania began in June 2022, and concluded after the Breeder’s Cup held in early November at Keeneland, in Lexington.