12 Minutes Max

12 Minutes Max returns to the Salt Lake City Public Library Main Branch on Sunday, November 15. It's a curated monthly performance series presented by the library, held on the third Sunday of each month, so if you miss this one, there's usually another just a few weeks later.

The format is pretty straightforward: local artists perform short, experimental works across a variety of media—music, dance, film, and spoken word—and each piece is followed by a brief conversation with the artist. The title gives it away: the pieces are kept short, and the Q&A lets you ask about the work right after you've seen it. Because it pulls from different disciplines, you might see a dancer, a filmmaker, and a musician all on the same bill.

The series is dedicated to the memory of Paul Reynolds, described as an artist, librarian, and patron of the arts. It's a fitting home for it, too—the Salt Lake City Public Library system has been around for over a century, with the Free Public Library of Salt Lake City first opening on February 14, 1898. Today it comprises the Main Library and five branches, directed by a library board and circulating more than three million items each year. Over the last decade, every location has been remodeled, expanded, or rebuilt to meet the city's growing needs.

This edition runs from 2 PM to 3 PM at the Main Branch, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.