Sean P. Means

Arts and Culture Reporter - Breaking News Reporter - Assistant Editor

Sean P. Means joined The Tribune in 1991, and in 1993 became movie critic — reviewing movies, tracking the Utah film industry and, most importantly, covering the Sundance Film Festival.

(Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune file photo) Violinist Lindsey Stirling — photographed at Red Butte Garden in 2015 — is scheduled to perform at at Usana Amphitheatre on July 10.

Utah’s large music venues are reopening gradually. Here’s who’s scheduled to perform so far.

By Sean P. Means | May 7, 2021, 3:36 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) A vial of saline and the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine at the Woods Cross High School pop-up clinic by Nomi Health, April 27, 2021.

Who’s less likely to get vaccinated? Survey breaks down Utah’s rural and urban hesitancy

By Sean P. Means | May 7, 2021, 2:55 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Governor Spencer J. Cox sports an "I love Dr. Dunn" t-shirt during a press conference Thursday to provide updates on the ongoing pandemic during the weekly briefing on COVID-19 at the Capitol, May 6, 2021. State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn is leaving her statewide post to instead lead Salt Lake County's Health Department.

Gov. Spencer Cox says Utah’s COVID-19 response is now ‘really about personal responsibility’

By Sean P. Means | May 6, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

(Paighten Harkins | The Salt Lake Tribune) Angie Rice speaks at a press conference May 6, 2021, after the Utah Supreme Court ruled in her favor that allowed her and another transgender Utahn to list the sex to which they identify on their driver’s licenses and other state records.

Transgender Utahns can list their gender identity on state records, ruling affirms

By Sean P. Means | Paighten Harkins | May 6, 2021, 7:45 p.m.

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune Muralist Matt Monsoon paints on the wall of the Commonwealth Room during the 2nd annual Mural Fest sponsored by South Salt Lake Arts Council and Utah Arts Alliance. Ten murals were created in South Salt LakeÕs community between 2100 and 2400 South off of West Temple, May 11, 2019.

Utah’s ‘largest collection of street art’ will gain 10 new murals in May

By Sean P. Means | May 6, 2021, 12:20 a.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Empty vials of the Pfizer COVID19 vaccine at the Woods Cross High School pop-up clinic by Nomi Health, April 27, 2021. County and regional health districts are setting up vaccination clinics in high schools, to get the COVID-19 vaccine to 16- and 17-year-olds.

After 3 days in the 200s, the number of new COVID-19 cases jumps to almost 500

By Scott D. Pierce | Sean P. Means | May 5, 2021, 10:35 p.m.

(Sheila McCann | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign outside a Fresh Market store at 1638 S. 900 East in Salt Lake City advises shoppers that under HB294, masks were still required under certain conditions, on April 22, 2021. The Utah Department of Health announced Tuesday that benchmarks set in the law had been met, which lifted public health orders and such restrictions on businesses and residents.

Utah no longer has any COVID-19 restrictions on businesses or residents, except for schools

By Sean P. Means | May 5, 2021, 1:29 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cosplay fans Bradi Webb, Travis Hysell, Coincidence Cosplay, Marial Clark and Eric Allan Hall, from left, pose for photographs following announcements by FanX of its plans for the September 2021 comic convention as they join the fun at Valley Fair Mall on Tuesday — International Star Wars Day ("May the Fourth Be With You"), 2021. The convention will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Sept. 16-18, 2021.

FanX announces plans for its return to the Salt Palace, after taking 2020 off due to COVID-19

By Sean P. Means | May 4, 2021, 8:20 p.m.

(Chris Detrick | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) Alabama Shakes performs during the Red Butte Garden Outdoor Concert Series in 2015. Red Butte officials announced Tuesday, May 4, 2021, that the concert series will return in August and September of 2021, after taking 2020 off because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Red Butte’s summer concert series will return — though who’s playing remains a mystery

By Sean P. Means | May 4, 2021, 5:43 p.m.

More than 2,200 Utahns have died of COVID-19

By Scott D. Pierce | Sean P. Means | May 1, 2021, 2:15 a.m.