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Richard Kletting’s buildings define Salt Lake City. They’re also vanishing. By Wes Long

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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK Richard Kletting’s buildings define Salt Lake City. They’re also vanishing. By Wes Long

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SOAP BOX Labor Shoe is on the Other Foot

“I’m a small business owner,” someone identified as “Andy” writes to syndicated advice columnists J.T. and Dale, “and I can’t believe how many people just don’t want to work anymore. ... my business is suffering, because I can’t get employees.” My social media feeds are full of photographs—who knows if they’re real or not? I haven’t seen any in my town, but friends say they’ve seen them elsewhere—of signs at businesses apologizing for being “short-staffed,” with “people just don’t want to work” complaints appended. The country seems adrift in a sea of whiny employers. What’s really going on here? The standard explanation for a little while was that “enhanced” unemployment benefits that continued even after pandemic-related (but politically

created) economic shutdowns ended made it more lucrative to sit at home and play video games than, say, f lip burgers. And who could be blamed for taking that deal? That explanation’s not making much sense anymore as extra unemployment benefits, “stimulus” checks and eviction moratoria fade into memory. U.S. unemployment is low ( 5.2% in August; economists consider 5% or lower to effectively constitute “full employment”). Those who “want to work” are working. Why do so many seemingly not “want” to? Put simply, they’re not being offered as much for their time and effort as they consider it to be worth. The pandemic shutdowns and benefits affected that in two big ways. First, some people who were able to retire decided to do so, when otherwise they

@SLCWEEKLY might have stuck out a few more years in the workforce. The available supply of labor was thus reduced. Second, some people learned to be thriftier and make do on less over the last 18 months. You’ll bust your hump, whatever it takes, to keep a roof overhead and ramen in the pantry. Once that’s covered, though, you’re in a position to ask yourself how many hours a week you’re willing to trade for Netflix, craft beer and expensive sneakers. The answer, right now, would appear to be “fewer.” Labor is a commodity. It’s something the worker sells for money. And as with any other commodity, supply versus demand tells the story. When there’s plenty of supply versus demand—that is, high unemployment—employers can drive a hard bargain. “Don’t want to clean toilets for

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$7.50 an hour? No problem. There are 10 other people who will.” But when demand exceeds supply, as now, the shoe is suddenly on the other foot. “Don’t want to pay $20 an hour to get your toilets cleaned? No problem. There are 10 other employers who will.” Yes, workers and employers complain whenever they find themselves on the less profitable side of that equation. But in the end, money talks and complaints walk. THOMAS L. KNAPP Director, the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism Care to sound off on a feature in our pages or about a local concern? Write to comments@cityweekly.net or post your thoughts on our social media. We want to hear from you!

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What‘s the sweetest thing a pet has done for you? Carolyn Campbell

When my daughter was a little girl, she was afraid of the dark, like I used to be. Every night, our little teacup poodle would lie next to her on the bed and lick her hand until she fell asleep. Eventually, she discovered that going to sleep alone in her own bed was a safe thing to do.

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My introverted dog, Ghost, always knows when my wife is getting sick and becomes abnormally affectionate the day before she’s knocked down with symptoms.

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My cat always knows when I’m not feeling well or sad. He comes and lies down on me.

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My pets do nothing and yet everything for me all the time!

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Squid Stewart I

f you’re watching Squid Game on Netflix—and who isn’t?— then you know that titular game is organized and played by people who are blatantly more sinister than others. Squid Game reveals that some people are deceptively sinister, while others are merely cautiously sinister. Other characters are fearfully good people but who still resort to being less than their better selves if the situation merits so. In such situations, those persons resort to cheating, avarice, betrayal, lying, stealing, bullying, kowtowing, harming, killing and cowardice. Only a handful of Squid Game characters embrace virtuous human traits. Fewer still evoke warmth or sympathy. Most characters in Squid Game quite fairly summarize nearly all of the bad traits of the human race. That doesn’t even count the despicable sadists who manage and supervise the squid game itself via complicity, greed or overgrown ego. Eventually those evil clusters are eliminated from the game until only the luckiest, most crooked, least liked and most ambitious of the original 456 participants remain. There could only be one character who was the worst of the worst, the lowest of the low, the most conniving of connivers, the most brazen of the craven. I’m not normally one to spoil the ending of a good movie or drama, so suffice it to say that when Squid Game is reduced to defining the most sinister of all its characters, it is not an easy choice given all the options. However, the award for the worst Squid Game persona, bar none, is the most foul of all: Rep. Chris Stewart. Yeah, that Chris. The guy who reps my gerrymandered Salt Lake City district in the U.S. House of Representatives. The former Air Force brat. That’s the extent of his resume, by the way. He’s the squid gamer who has been on the public dole his

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entire adult life, taking full advantage of every social benefit our government offers, but who wants to keep socialism all to his greedy little self. He’s also the fellow who shamelessly takes positions on nearly nothing that matters but who follows along with the obedience of a border collie. He’s known to flip-flop on all matters, and he’s equally known to talk tough but never to back it up. He’s the fellow who “inadvertently” let slip—through a side door—disruptive members of his party into the first round of Donald Trump’s impeachment hearings. I’m pretty sure Stewart wouldn’t last to the end in a real squid game—he’d be eaten alive by Cho Sang-Woo or Jang Deo-Su. However, in real life, he’s just like them. Note his most recent act of spineless deception last week, when he announced on Facebook—so Chris of him—that he was boycotting the Utah Jazz because of a policy that only persons willing to prove vaccination against COVID-19 would be allowed to watch games in Vivint Arena. There’s been plenty written and said about Stewart this past week that I needn’t pile on, but it is a tad weary for a fellow who has never worked for or managed a private company in his life to stand so tall against one. The Utah Jazz have every right to set rules of behavior in their arena, same as how the church that Stewart attends sets rules for entry into its temples. Given the vitriol that flew his way after his announcement, you’d think Stewart might have gotten the message, but that’s not the game. Squid Game is the game. Stewart knows that he wasn’t speaking to the saner faction of the Utah health community, nor to most Utah Jazz fans—he was pandering to his base. I’m just a gerrymandered fraction of his district. He will not suffer many lost votes by ripping the Utah Jazz, which play non-Squid games in his district. Real downtowners support downtown. Pretty simple. It makes you wonder, then,

what exactly does matter to Chris Stewart, per the COVID pandemic, and does he care about anyone in his district at all? Sure, sure, he’s been vaccinated and, equally, he claims to encourage persons to “get jabbed” as they say down in Sevier County. He encourages mildly, though, and certainly not in such a deliberate way that it has any effect. You know that’s true because while Stewart is boldly standing for his personal freedoms at that gray mass at 301 S. West Temple, the “anti jabbers” down in Sevier County comprise the second-worst county in Utah for COVID deaths per 100,000, at 116 (according to the most recent update from The New York Times coronavirus tracker). The fully vaccinated rate in Sevier County is 34%. Looks like those Fish Lake lunkers down in Sevier are safe for another year—I’m boycotting! As COVID knows no boundaries, and as COVID now flourishes in rural America, it’s hardly a surprise that other counties in Stewart’s district dominate the Top 10 of cases per 100,000, hospitalizations per 100,000 and the category of least vaccinated counties, with eight of Stewart’s constituent counties among the lowest 10 vaccinated in Utah. Juab County is but 29% vaccinated (Utah’s statewide average is 52%). Softly Facebooking support of vaccinations while also popping off loudly about meaningless boycotts is a Squid Game ruse. He doesn’t care who dies so long as it isn’t him. And yes, they’re dying. Utah has four congressional districts with somewhat equal populations within each. But Stewart’s district (allocating one third of Salt Lake County to him and one half of Juab County) accounts for about 37% of Utah’s COVID deaths, nowhere near the cynical betting line of 25%. Maybe he can Facebook a sympathy note to the five reported COVID deaths in his district today (Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021). Stewart is killing it. He’d be a master at Squid Game. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net.

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MISS: Playing Favorites

Bryan Schott is not happy. The Salt Lake Tribune “correspondent” wanted access to emails sent between Gov. Spencer Cox and Utah legislators regarding mask mandates and the governor’s obvious, growing frustration. As a good soldier, Schott made an open records request through the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA), the hard-negotiated law that gives the public prescribed access to documents. In practice, many entities don’t understand or abide by the law, and others simply delay release or charge exorbitant expenses to discourage requests. Schott wanted to understand the interplay between the governor—who was warm to mandates—and the Legislature, which has signaled that it would override anything the governor did. The day after Cox’s office told Schott his request would be delayed, the emails turned up in a Deseret News story. This prompted an unprecedented letter from the editor, Lauren Gustus, calling the process disappointing. In fact, it was pretty petty politics.

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Speaking of mandates, let’s talk about vaccines. The Legislature doesn’t like requiring those, either, especially under federal rules that come from a Democratic president. So, they’ve been twisting in the wind trying to figure out how to sabotage an anticipated executive order. The latest strategy is a scheme by which they’d conscript the Utah Occupational Safety and Health program to refuse to implement what they think are unconstitutional mandates. They call it federal overreach because, often overreaching themselves, they understand the concept. The governor, according to the Deseret News, doesn’t want to mess with private businesses, but legislators and congressmen are firmly in the mybody-my-choice mode for vaccines. If they really want to try something innovative, maybe they should look at allowing citizen vigilantes to sue if they know a business is mandating vaccines. Hey, it worked in Texas.

HIT: Good Riddance

Remember when Rep. Chris Stewart came out to a town hall at West High School a few years ago? He greeted the crowd by saying that he knew no one there had voted for him. But of course, with partisan gerrymandering, it doesn’t matter that Salt Lake City doesn’t vote for him. Utah Policy’s LaVarr Webb thinks this is “righteous anti-gerrymandering rhetoric” and, despite a public initiative to make redistricting independent, “It’s nearly impossible to take politics out of the redistricting process.” The redistricting process has a ways to go yet, and Salt Lake may end up saddled with Stewart, who won’t represent them, again. But there is a silver lining. Stewart railed against Vivint Arena’s vaccine-ortesting requirement and says he won’t attend any more Utah Jazz games. For Jazz fans, this couldn’t be better news.

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Barely Breathing

We keep getting told that it’s too late or it’s almost too late, that climate change is changing in the worst way possible. It’s not just that we’re witnessing unrelenting droughts or unstoppable fires. It’s that our very breath is being taken away, and politicians prefer to equivocate rather than act. “What should be our top priorities for reducing pollutants? What concrete steps can we take today that will bring a real return in better air quality? What are the obstacles?” Those are the questions that may be answered at A New Administration, a New Air Quality Strategy? The Utah Foundation will hit up Department of Environmental Quality executive director Kim Shelley about what the state is doing. Panelists also include Kim Frost, executive director of the Utah Clean Air Partnership, and David Garbett, executive director of O2 Utah. The inversion is coming, so is the inland port. Get the answers you need now. Virtual, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 9 a.m., free/ register. https://bit.ly/3EXgOQV

Black History Celebration

OK, this is not Critical Race Theory, unless you want to deny our American heritage—both the vibrant diversity and horrific struggle of this nation. Tell the Story: 2021 Day of Remembrance Celebration & History Conference is a two-day event in which you’ll hear presentations from the Buffalo Soldier Working Group and Black Women Working Group. Did you know that Utah is one of the few states where the Black population celebrated Emancipation Day all the way back in the 1800s? The Soldiers at Fort Duchesne bring to light a graphic novel project for telling family stories by creating comics. You’ll hear about the first African American to graduate from West Point, and who served at Fort Douglas. Hybrid/ University of Utah Black Cultural Center, 95 Fort Douglas Blvd., Friday, Oct. 8, 5 p.m.-Saturday, Oct. 9, 6 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3D5fKso

Check Your Gerrymandering

Time is running out before the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission gives its final district maps to the Legislature. Yes, we know the Legislature and its me-first philosophy. But you can make a difference, first by telling the UIRC what you want and expect, and then by holding your legislators accountable. There are a few UIRC Public Hearings this week for you to attend and comment on. Tell them no gerrymandering! Hybrid/multiple locations: Provo Recreation Center, 320 W. 500 North, Provo, Friday, Oct. 8, 6 p.m.; Eagle Mountain City Hall, 1650 Stagecoach Run, Eagle Mountain, Saturday, Oct. 9, 12 p.m.; Tooele City Hall, 90 N. Main Street, Tooele, 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 9, free. https://uirc.utah.gov/events

Midvale Candidates Night

If you live in Midvale, you’ll want to attend this Meet the Candidate Night because you’ll need to choose from the gaggle of candidates. The mayor’s race has three contenders, and Districts 4 and 5 are offering three more. Voting is your right, and Utah makes elections easy. The work of learning about the candidate field, though, is up to you. Hybrid/Midvale City Hall, 7505 S. Holden St., Midvale, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3uukSU3

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Doug and Kayleen meet for the first time in the nurse’s office of their elementary school—Kayleen with a stomach ache, Doug feeling the effects of jumping off the school’s roof. But that’s just the beginning of the unique relationship chronicled in Gruesome Playground Injuries, as the play jumps achronologically through time—sometimes forward 15 years, sometimes back another decade— to track how Doug and Kayleen’s paths tend to cross during times of physical (and emotional) pain. The result is an unconventional love story between two maybe-soulmates as they figure out how the potential for intimacy is connected to letting your wounds show. Playwright Rajiv Joseph described to Broadway.com how the story was inspired by a conversation with a friend. “He was just telling me about all these crazy injuries he had endured over the course of his life— so many, in fact, that they seemed to mark the time,” Joseph says. “And when I started thinking about that, I wondered if a story about a relationship could be measured in the same way. That led me into thinking about

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Doug and Kayleen as characters, and the different sorts of injuries they might go through, and how that might connect them, or might push them away from each other.” Local playwright Morag Shepherd co-directs Wasatch Theatre Co.’s production of Gruesome Playground Injuries, with in-person performances at the Box at the Gateway (124 S. 400 West), Oct. 7-8 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20, available at wasatchtheatre.org (Scott Renshaw)

Utah Opera: The Barber of Seville Among the many artistic casualties at the outset of the COVID19 pandemic in March 2020 was Utah Opera’s scheduled production of Rossini’s classic The Barber of Seville. Eighteen months later, the creative team has returned to at last offer to local audiences their inventive, more contemporary take on the tale of Figaro, the barber who becomes a would-be matchmaker when a wealthy count asks for his assistance in winning the heart of the lovely Rosina. As originally scheduled director Jimmy Marcheso told City Weekly via email ahead of the planned 2020 production, this version reimagines the story with the twist of setting it in 1980s Spain. “It’s Rossini as if it were a Pedro Almodóvar movie,” Marcheso said. “It’s a great jumping-off point for the irreverence of the piece ... We play the music of Rossini the way Almodóvar is able to play with time, melodrama, romance, camp and surrealism.” That doesn’t mean you still won’t get all of the glorious music that you know and love, including the Bugs Bunnyimmortalized “Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!”

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aria as performed by baritone Michael Adams. Incorporating the bold costume and production design from the 2014 production by Opera Philadelphia (pictured), The Barber of Seville promises a delightful evening. Performances run Oct. 9-17 at the Capitol Theatre (50 W. 200 South), with specific dates, times and ticketing information available at utahopera.org. Proof of vaccination or negative test taken within 72 hours of entry will be required for all patrons; masks will be required for all unvaccinated patrons, and encouraged for all patrons. (SR)

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By and large, being a snarky smart-ass doesn’t lend itself to creating enduring popularity, much less stardom or success. Nevertheless, David Spade’s decidedly impish approach has made him a bankable star on screens big and a small. An Emmy and two-time Golden Globe nominee and recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, he created an indelible impression early on as a cast member on Saturday Night Live portraying obnoxious characters like the sarcastic flight attendant who whisks passengers off the plane with a dismissive “buh-bye,” to the receptionist at Dick Clark Productions who curtly asks aspiring applicants, “And you are …?” After leaving SNL in 1996, Spade’s career continued to flourish, courtesy of the hit buddy movies Tommy Boy and Black Sheep with his pal, the late Chris Farley, and solo vehicles as Joe Dirt, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. He returned to television courtesy of two hit sitcoms, 8 Simple Rules and Just Shoot Me, voice-overs for Bevis and Butthead,

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and an abbreviated stint with his own latenight show, Lights Out With David Spade. Offscreen, he has an admirable track record as well, given his relationships with several celebrities and starlets. It’s earned him an enviable reputation, with at least one entertainment outlet referring to him as the George Clooney of the comedy world. Clearly, cynicism can be seductive. Spade performs Oct. 8-9 at 7:30 p.m. at Wiseguys Gateway (194 S. 400 West). Performances are indicated as sold out as of press time, but check wiseguyscomedy. com for updates, and for health and safety protocols. (Lee Zimmerman)

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William Shakespeare’s plays have lent themselves to many spinoff interpretations, including taking supporting characters and giving them the spotlight. This might seem particularly necessary for Shakespeare’s female characters, who rarely took center stage. Playwright Alexandra Petri saw some of that potential and turned it into Tragedy Averted, which gathers women from several of Shakespeare’s most celebrated tragedies into a comedy that serves as the in-person season opener for Pygmalion Theatre Co. “Shakespeare’s ladies are fascinating, and perhaps not as well defined as some of the male characters,” says Teresa Sanderson, who directs Pygmalion’s production. “It leaves a lot of possibilities of where you can take them.” In this instance, Petri takes them to a summer camp, where King Lear’s Cordelia, Othello’s Desdemona, Romeo & Juliet’s Juliet and Hamlet’s Ophelia—under the supervision of camp mistress Lady M—share thoughts about often being defined by the men in their lives. Combining familiar quotations with contemporary language, it’s a clever mash-up that answers the question, “What if all these Shakespeare women stayed up late playing ‘Never Have I Ever?’” According to Sanderson, getting back into the live theater space with a lighthearted show feels like the right choice for

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what has been a serious time: “Thank God for laughter. We can laugh long and hard in those masks, and we have. It is nice to start back up with a comedy.” Tragedy Averted runs Oct. 8-23 at the Rose Wagner Center (138 W. 300 South), with proof of vaccination/negative test and masking required. Visit saltlakearts.com for tickets, dates and additional info. (SR)

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n case you couldn’t tell by the fact that grocery stores start rolling out the decorations sometime in mid-August, Utah loves Halloween. It is no surprise, therefore, that Utah also loves its haunted houses, from the “home haunts” crafted by enthusiastic amateurs to the full-fledged professional operations. The times we’re in are plenty scary on their own, and some folks understandably aren’t ready yet to visit indoor facilities while COVID still rages. For those who are, or who saw these places operating with enhanced safety measures last season, here’s a roundup of some of the higher-profile haunts and what to expect for 2021. Visit each location’s website for operating dates and hours, which vary from weekdays to weekends, as well as for post-Halloween operating dates. Asylum 49 Haunted Hospital (140 E. 200 South, Tooele, asylum49.com): The haunted hospital theme provides the foundation for a spot considered not for the faint of heart, as people can and often will be separated from their groups for (safely) nightmarish experiences. No COVID restrictions are currently in place, and both no-touch and full-contact ticket options are currently available. Castle of Chaos (7980 S. State, Midvale, castleofchaos.com): For two decades spanning multiple locations, Castle

of Chaos has been an award-winning favorite, and now serves as the state’s only underground haunted attraction. Guests can select from one of five intensity levels (from “keep your distance, monsters” to “yeah, you’re definitely going to get grabbed and taken somewhere”) for their scare experience. Vaccinations and masks are encouraged, but not required, for guests, and reservation ticketing is spaced out to allow for social distancing. Dead City Haunted House (5425 S. Vine St., Murray, deadcityhauntedhouse.com): One of the newer additions to the local screamscape—conveniently located next to the Murray Cemetery—expands to include three new areas this year in its 30,000 square foot space. Experience “Season of the Witch,” “Temple of Doom” and “Army of Darkness,” all with customdesigned special effects created by the founder, Timothy Riggs, an electrical engineer who is also a veteran of haunts like Castle of Chaos and Rocky Point. Masking is not required but encouraged for guests who feel concerned; ticketing is not timed, but the outside waiting area allows for socially distanced spacing between guests. Fear Factory (666 W. 800 South, SLC, fearfactoryslc.com): An honoree from Buzzfeed as the No. 3 haunted attraction in the entire country, Fear Factory celebrates its 10th anniversary operating in six buildings with two underground passages, and more than 100 actors nightly serving up the scares. Those in the downtown area can avoid parking hassles by taking advantage of the Zombie Bus, departing from the south end of The Gateway (Rio Grande St.) every 30 minutes to bring guests to the building. Capacity limitations and timed-reservation ticketing are in place, and all guests are required to wear masks. Anyone exhibiting symptoms can reschedule their visit for free for another date; a signed waiver is required of all guests, available at the website. Lagoon “Frightmares” (375 N. Lagoon Dr., Farmington, lagoonpark.com): As the stalwart local amusement park’s season

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winds down, the evenings traditionally shift to this spooky-themed collection of activities. Admission includes access to a range of haunted happenings, from kidfriendly to truly scary, though anyone is able to purchase a “no-scare” glow-stick to ensure a less stressful experience if that’s your preference. Weather can affect availability of some events, so schedules are subject to change on short notice. All of the COVID-19 policies and procedures from standard park operations are in effect; visit lagoonpark.com/guest-policies/ for complete details. Nightmare on 13th (388 W. 1300 South, SLC, nightmareon13th.com): The distinctive, grim-looking castle structure near the Ballpark Trax station brings a 30year history of chills to its latest season. The main attraction features 13 themes areas, including brand-new-for-2021 Deep Freeze, Nightmare Alley, Dark Ride of Terror, I Scream and the Louisiana bayouthemed Dark Water. VIP customers also get access to a separate experience, X-Scream, which is still a “no-touch” attraction just like the main attraction. Online advance ticketing is available for a reduced price, but tickets are also available at the door. Timed ticketing is in place to allow for spacing of guest groups; all unvaccinated cast members will be masked, and masks are recommended (but not required) of all unvaccinated guests. Visit nightmareon13th.com/covid-19-page/ for full list of health and sanitation protocols. Strangling Brothers Haunted Circus (632 E. 1500 South, American Fork, stranglingbros.com): A creepy back-story about a traveling circus and disappearing children anchors this popular haunt complete with a mix of live actors and animatronic scares, lighting and sound effects and plenty of unsettling characters. And let’s face it: We all know that there are few things creepier than clowns. CW

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If These Walls Could Talk Richard Kletting’s buildings define Salt Lake City. They’re also vanishing. By Wes Long

ake the effort to stop by 411 E. 100 South and you will notice a striking, Late Victorian mansion of brick, sandstone and tin. The paint on the delicately carved porch pillars is peeling and some of the brick has weathered, but beauty still whispers through the muted wear of time on these old walls. Tiffany windows reflect an artistry of color and care that is rarely seen in our buildings today. The hardwood parquet floors inside are scuffed and tired, but they remain solid and cry out for revitalized use. This house, known as the Dinwoodey Mansion, has been in our city since 1890. But it now faces an uncertain future. Talk of demolition and drawn-out preservation fights hover, but at the core of the struggle is whether we will allow the work of a unique and influential artist to survive in this dislocated and historically amnesiac present, or allow one more piece of his storied portfolio to vanish. The artist, for those unfamiliar, was Richard K. A. Kletting, a man once described by The Salt Lake Tribune as the “Dean of Utah Architects.” You may not recognize the name, but you have likely seen many of his buildings, including his most beloved creation—the Utah State Capitol. Who was this man and why are his buildings still important to this city? Is there anything we can do to preserve them? Let’s listen to what these old buildings have to tell us. You might be surprised by what you learn.

Creating an Artist

Richard Karl August Kletting was born on July 1, 1858, to Joseph and Wilhelmina Kletting in southwestern Germany. Joseph’s work in railroad design obliged the Klettings to relocate often, keeping the family near construction camps and the engineers who populated them. Richard later credited that environment—coupled with the knowledge obtained from a voracious appetite for reading—as a defining influence in his early passion for building design. “From the time I was five years old,” he wrote, “I had mostly mechanic’s tools and drafting instruments for my

playthings and as soon as I was able to read, I could not leave books alone. In many of the books were fine prints and illustrations of buildings, bridges, etc., which trained my eye for form and outline.” Kletting was 16 and still in school when he worked as a junior draftsman for government railroads in the mid1870s. By 1878, he was working in the city engineer’s office at Freudenstadt and then with a large contracting firm in Paris the following year. While he became familiar with the works of antiquity and medieval Europe, Kletting was not content with simply replicating the visual splendors of the Old World, as historian John S. McCormick expounds in The Historic Buildings of Downtown Salt Lake City: “Trained as a Classicist in the Beaux-Arts fashion, Kletting was nevertheless quick to assimilate … various design movements as they developed. He capably mastered and helped to advance Richardsonian Romanesque, Beaux-Arts Classicism, the Second Renaissance Revival, the Commercial style, and Sullivanesque architecture.” Having assisted in the construction of the Crédit Lyonnais bank building, the Sacré-Cœur Basilica, and the Bon Marché department store—and following a year’s stint in the German Army—Kletting boarded a ship with two of his brothers in the spring of 1883 and headed for the shores of the United States. While one brother stayed behind in Ohio and another went on to California, Richard settled in Salt Lake City. Within a day of his arrival, he became the assistant of local architect John H. Burton, lending his drafting skills to the plans for the old University of Deseret campus (a precursor to the University of Utah). Located on the current site of West High School, the building was a solid beginning for Kletting’s Utah career. There are many buildings to admire from Kletting’s impressive output. And since there were so many kinds of projects with which he was involved, we can only touch upon a small sampling here.

Local Treasures

Go to 236 S. Main Street and you will see a narrow façade of stone, brick and iron. Small vestibules on cantilevered porches punctuate the center of each level. As the painted detailing and the stone cartouches at the top suggest, this is the Karrick Building. Completed in 1887 for a local businessman in the Commerical style, it is one of the earliest Kletting works still standing. Over the years, it was the site of a chemist shop, a jewelry store, a gambling hall, doctors’ offices and even some rooms of prostitution. Today, it houses a brokerage firm and several modern apartments. The commercial real estate agency Hamilton Partners acquired the Karrick—and the next-door Lollin Building, also a Kletting structure—when they bought the property at 222 S. Main. Brian Horrocks, an asset manager at Hamilton Partners, oversees a large portfolio of properties that includes the Karrick and Lollin Buildings as well as other historical structures of note like the Boston and Newhouse Buildings farther down Main Street. His proximity to architecture from this earlier era has deepened his admiration for their craftsmanship. “There’s so much intricate detail that you can’t see from the street,” he said. Horrocks noted the basement brickwork in the Karrick and pointed out that as well preserved as the 134-year-old building may be, there could still be varied supports established to mitigate structural damage and leakages. He said he supports federal tax credits for preservation and believes that such programs should be established where they do not currently exist. Other historic property owners utilize the protection strategies that organizations like Preservation Utah have put into place for lasting maintenance. Joyce and Leslie Kelen live in a Kletting-designed residence on M Street, in The Avenues, and they work in partnership with Preservation Utah to keep their home in good condition. Their property is under a preservation easement—a le-

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The Gibbs-Thomas-Hansen House on West Temple was built in 1895 for Gideon Gibbs.

The Karrick, at 236 S. Main, is one of Kletting’s oldest buildings still standing

The Felt Building on Main displays elaborate detail in its monochrome facade.

gal agreement that runs through the land and is in force in perpetuity through subsequent ownership. Preservation Utah administers periodic inspections that the Kelens can utilize to prevent and mitigate issues like water damage and paint failure. Such an arrangement can be expensive at times, but Preservation Utah also provides low-interest loans to help with restoration, rehabilitation and repair. It’s a worthwhile effort, Joyce Kelen said, with the upkeep to their home over the last 38 years helping to maintain a charm that is “at times magical.” Other Kletting residences—such as the William F. Beer House (1898-99) at 181 B Street and the Gideon Gibbs Home (1895) at 137 N. West Temple—enjoy designations on the National Register of Historic Places. Such designations provide a state tax credit incentive for rehabilitation efforts, but they do not offer a complete safeguard against future demolition or insensitive remodeling. Some of the Kletting homes that have received these designations have been well cared for, while others are in need of loving attention. In the case of the Albert Fisher Mansion (1893) at 1206 W. 200 South, damage from the March 2020 earthquake has closed the building off to the public for now. The mansion is owned by Salt Lake City and is included in various development plans related to the adjacent Jordan River Parkway—its carriage house is slated to be converted into a nature center and recreation hub—but restoring its structural integrity would require significant funding and architectural sensitivity to accomplish.

Ghosts of Buildings Past

Not every Kletting building has had the fortune to survive. Among the most beautiful of his designs in Utah were two buildings erected for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints that no longer stand—a chapel in Riverton and tabernacle in Lehi. While Kletting claimed no formal religious affiliation himself, he created magnificent works of art for Latter-day Saint worshipers that still linger in the

imagination generations after they were demolished. His domed, 1899 chapel in Riverton was once a cultural touchstone for the community throughout its short existence. Its organ and stained-glass windows can still be admired at the Old Dome Meeting Hall Museum. The Lehi Tabernacle served first as a place of worship before being utilized as a school, then a National Guard armory and then once again as a religious center. It was under construction from 1900 to 1910 at great expense and featured an enormous nine-ton organ from which airy tunes could be heard through its thousand pipes. The tabernacle’s main tower was over 112 feet high and could once have been seen from most points in the northern Utah Valley. The beauty of this white-pressed brick sanctuary was threatened when church leaders announced in 1961 that it would be razed for a new stake center. There was much opposition from local citizens, but the work of destruction nevertheless commenced that fall. “The grand old building didn’t go down without a valiant stand,” wrote Lehi local Gordon Bennett in 1981. “Much to the surprise of those who declared her ‘unsafe,’ the wrecking crew had considerable difficulty penetrating that once-sacred shell.” Other Kletting structures have met similarly tragic ends, particularly among those made for recreation. The original Salt Palace (1899) once stood on 900 South between State and Main Streets and served as an exhibition hall, a dance floor, a bicycle saucer track and a theater. From within, its dome was a representation of the night’s sky, and from without, it shone with the artificial splendor of 900 electric bulbs. Its wooden structure glittered with the encrusted Salina salt crystals that gave the resort its name. A fire destroyed the building in 1910, and while concessions and amusements continued in that location for some time as Majestic Park, today the site is now occupied by the asphalt of car dealerships. One of Kletting’s earliest forays into recreational fa-

cilities was with the Lake Park Bathing Resort in the mid-1880s. Standing on the shores of the Great Salt Lake in western Farmington, Lake Park featured restaurants and a bar, bowling alleys, grounds for cricket and baseball, boats for hire and a grand dancing pavilion. The pavilion was a stellar example of Kletting’s ornate blending of Second Empire and Victorian Gothic touches in a tall, latticed structure. Unfortunately, it wasn’t too long before the lake receded and the resort was abandoned. Simon Bamberger, an entrepreneur and future governor, relocated many of the structures from Lake Park—including Kletting’s dancing pavilion—to a location further inland for a new amusement park named Lagoon. Kletting’s Lake Park pavilion remained in use at Lagoon for years until it was torn down to make way for an inverted coaster ride called the Bat. Today, visitors to the amusement park can still see the uppermost portion of the pavilion as a shelter for picnicking tables under the name of Rose Terrace. As beautiful as the Salt Palace and Lake Park were, Kletting’s most renowned resort was the original Saltair (1893). A majestic pleasure palace with a Moorish flavor, the Saltair stood atop 2,500 pilings driven deep into the bottom of the Great Salt Lake. Its crescent wings extended wide on either side of the pavilion, making the entire complex more than 1,100 feet in length. Onion domes and trellises surrounded the mammoth dome at the Saltair’s center, and a magnificent archway welcomed incoming visitors from the railway line that ran directly from Salt Lake City. There were restaurants and picnic areas, clubrooms and promenades, midway concessions and a saloon, vibrant colors and rich ornamentation throughout. Best of all was the gargantuan dance hall, perhaps the largest in the world at the time. Like the Salt Palace, Saltair fell victim to a fire. And while it was rebuilt in subsequent years, it was the Kletting original that undergirded the essence of the “enchanted playground” that novelist and historian Wallace Stegner

The original Saltair was lost to a fire.

The Henry Dinwoodey House is facing demolition after standing for 130 years.

Elements of the Riverton Ward building are preserved through a museum.

Wes Long is a graduate of history from the University of Utah. He currently serves the poverty reduction nonprofit Circles Salt Lake through the AmeriCorps program. Special thanks to Larry Foote, J. Cory Jensen, Nancy and John McCormick, Stephanie Overfelt, Richard S. Van Wagoner, Gregory Walz and Allen D. Roberts. Archive photos used by permission of the Utah State Historical Society.

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Utah Commercial and Savings Bank (1889), 20 E. 100 South J.R. Allen Home (1899), 1047 E. 13200 South George Dern House (1902), 36 H St. Federation of Labor Hall (1903), 400 South and State Enos Wall Mansion/Thomas S. Monson Center (1909-14), 411 E. South Temple New York Hotel (1906), 42 W. Market St. Felt Building (1909), 335-339 S. Main McIntyre Building (1908-09), 68 S. Main

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Although he was involved with several projects following his work on the Utah State Capitol (1912-16), Kletting went into partial retirement upon completion of the marble masterpiece that overlooks Salt Lake City. An exacting perfectionist—but not a humorless one—Kletting was never fully satisfied with his creations and had plenty of ideas that were never realized, such as a gorgeous public park in Logan and a bridge at Parleys Canyon. “There were few professional architects of Kletting’s day who had as much involvement in the total scope of architecture, as we define it today, as Kletting,” wrote Craig Lewis Bybee in an unpublished thesis. “Extremely well rounded in every phase of the profession, even by today’s standards, he was, in addition to being an architect, an engineer, an artist, an environmentalist, a public servant and a planner on both local and regional levels.” The beauty of his designs once bespangled the Salt Lake and Utah valleys, and through his commissions for the

and styles of such an architect as Richard Kletting need not be lost to us but rather rejuvenated. “The greatest glory of a building is in its age,” wrote John Ruskin. We feel its voice in “walls that have long been washed by the passing waves of humanity” and it connects us to ages past and ages to come. “It is in that golden stain of time,” Ruskin wrote, “that we are to look for the real light, and color, and preciousness of architecture.” Architecture obtains true language and life only when it has been hallowed by deeds, when it has sheltered suffering and has been touched by death. In this context, then, Richard Kletting and his contemporaries still speak and live with us today. It would be glorious if we listened. CW

Built Environments

Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co., Kletting structures could even be found in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. When he was killed by a careless driver in 1943 during one of his customary neighborhood walks, the world lost a great artist. What are we doing to treasure the works of such artists? What about Frederick A. Hale, who created the Alta Club and the Keith–O’Brien Building (City Weekly’s former home), or Joseph Don Carlos Young, whose portfolio includes the LDS Church Administration Building? The story of Utah’s built environment is rapidly being forgotten by us today. The buildings that meant so much to so many are being replaced with indistinguishable structures that are forgotten the moment they are replaced with some other bit of planned obsolescence. Our neglect, apathy and retreat to a world conducted over the screen have left these works of art at the mercy of developers and left our communities without meaningful places to gather. “People take historical buildings for granted,” says Preservation Utah executive director David Amott, “They become part of the wallpaper.” It is often only after they are threatened or demolished that people come to value the historical buildings in their communities. Amott described the loss of Utah’s historic structures as “a tragedy.” “Good preservation starts at the political level,” Amott said. “We should demand that this becomes an issue. There currently isn’t that level of support in the state of Utah and some of our leaders have gone out of their way to dismantle historic protections.” We would do well to reorient our educational focus as well. In a desire to be competitive globally, the University of Utah shifted away from the teaching of architectural history and preservation with any sort of emphasis on local Utah vernaculars. Such a move may make the institution more palatable to some, but it deprives our community of the academic appreciation for what we have had around us—and have been steadily losing—for years. The methods

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recalled with such fondness years later: “I remember it like lost Eden,” he said. Kletting’s school buildings left a different kind of impact for the countless students who spent their formative years within their walls. He designed at least ten schools for the Salt Lake Board of Education in addition to his work on the Lehi Central School (1891), the West Building of Brigham Young College in Logan (1898) and an early forerunner to Westminster College at 200 East and 200 South in Salt Lake City called the Collegiate Institute (1889). His schools were eclectic in style but tended to feature 10 to 15 classrooms around large central hallways with ample airflow and natural light. Perhaps the only schools designed by Kletting that still survive today are the 10th District School (1887) at 400 South and 800 East, the Oquirrh School (1894) at 350 S. 400 East, and the Emery, Cowles, and Widtsoe Buildings (all 1901) on the University of Utah’s Presidential Circle (that Kletting also helped landscape).

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ast week, I talked about Oktoberfest beers. And this week, I’m also talking about Oktoberfest beers. The difference is the style. While many fall beercentric celebrations utilize a wide array of pale lagers for merriment, the Märzen is the undisputed traditional lager. Once upon a time, Märzens would be made in late March and would undergo a summerlong fermentation for their debuts in the autumn. Nowadays, these can be lagered in as little as five weeks. Märzens are rich, malty lagers full of caramel and vanilla flavors with complementary hop bitterness. Desert Edge Oktoberfest: This is the first time that Desert Edge has made a “to-style” Märzen, and head brewer Chad Krussel hit this one out of the park. It has a gorgeous copper body and full head. The smell is sweet and malty, with honey and caramel dominating, plus cracker malt and hints of floral hops and spice. The taste is more of that caramel, and wonderful sweet honey; nice floral hops pop up in there, too, as well as a bit of spice. It all adds up to one of my new favorite Oktoberfest beers. A variety of malt profiles are balanced by the hops on the finish, plus a nice 6% alcohol warmth, too. TF Oktoberfest Märzen: In SLC, the Templin Family Brewery has become the central city’s favorite place for craft lagers. I guess it’s because patrons understand that owner/head brewer Kevin Templin is a complete nerd for lagers. TF’s pours a deep copper color with a small white head. It smells faintly of caramel malts and slight undertones of molasses, while the taste emphasizes golden-brown biscuits,

caramel and molasses, complemented by slightly floral hops with a nice balancing bitterness. This beer goes down incredibly smoothly, as the carbonation consists of small bubbles that pleasantly coat your mouth and tongue. I could drink this pretty much all day because it’s one of the easiestdrinking beers I’ve ever had. Bohemian Oktoberfest: This is one of the oldest Märzens made in our market from Utah’s original craft lager haus. This widely available beer pours a clear amber, with two fingers of off-white head and lots of visible carbonation. The nose is balanced between light toffee, slightly sweet malts and earthy, spicy hops. Light sweetness appears on the palate, with toasted malts and brown bread plus mild earthy bitterness from hops; overall, a bit more delicate in terms of flavor than other Märzens. The mouthfeel is a bit crisper as well, with some sharp carbonation. Less robust, but more quenching than others. Talisman Oktoberfest: This is Talisman’s first attempt at a Märzen, and they nailed it. The beer pours a dark amber, with a finger of white head which falls slowly. Malt predominates the aroma, with rich notes of raisin bread and toast—a nice, clean fermentation character with no additional esters or aromatics. Hops are not detectable. Initial malt sweetness on the tongue sets the stage with bready goodness, but the finish is dry. Very low hop bitterness detected, balancing the sweet malt. Other than the bitterness, there’s really not any hop character, except for slight, pleasant floral notes. Aftertaste has rich, malt characteristics which follow throughout the dry finish. Epic Munich Mathem: At a time when hazy IPAs rule supreme, Epic reminds its customers that this is also a place for lagers. As one of the first Märzens I’ve been able to swig this season—and as the epitome of a smooth, clear festbier—it’s the antithesis of our increasingly cloudy IPAs. It maintains a small lacy head in your glass for five minutes and tastes of caramel and brown sugar. The mouthfeel is like spring water, and the finish is the clean taste of freshly baked brown bread. In its genre, this one is a winner. Remember: Not all “Oktoberfest” beers are Märzens, but all Märzens are Oktoberfest beers. As always, prost! CW

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The South Salt Lake Arts Council (sslarts.org) will be honoring the city’s local art, food and craft spirits communities with Craftober Fest on Oct. 9. This neighborhood festival has all the makings of a great day out—live music, local art presentations, food trucks and some fine craft brews made right in South Salt Lake. Collectors of unconventional art will also dig bidding on some artistically reimagined barrels and kegs at the Craftober Fest art auction. It’s always been a great place to connect with the South Salt Lake creative scene. The event takes place in the Creative Industries Zone at 2250 S. West Temple from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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he drag community knows that the time is always right for a campy, funny and even raunchy drag show, but I’m sure the community would also agree there’s no better season for it than Halloween. It’s even more reason for local drag queens to get dressed in the most fabulous (and maybe scary!) costumes they can think of. Now that October is officially here, it’s time to consider all the opportunities to enjoy all our drag scene has to offer, and to tip our hats to these artists who keep the fun spirit of dress-up tribute alive year-round. Here are a few of the places and events to look forward to visiting during this spookiest time of year. The Boulet Brothers Bring the BOO! to SLC. Drag enthusiasts and Halloween freaks alike should know The Boulet Brothers. The pair of drag queens have made a name for themselves to rival that of RuPaul’s Drag Race with their show The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, a horrorthemed reality TV competition that caters to those who take their camp with an emphasis on leather and monstrous glam. Before Dragula was in italics as a television show, though, it was a party—because before fame, The Boulet Brothers built a name for themselves as Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, party host extraordinaires, famous for events like The Los Angeles Halloween Ball and Queen Kong and Dragula. They’ve also dabbled in books, film, podcasts and comics. When not hosting their hit show—which launched in 2016 and has seen three seasons—they spend their time visiting other stages at horror conventions, nightclubs and live events. It’s the latter that we’ll get to be treated to here in SLC when they come by for a frightful night of drag and fear. Several of our city’s own finest drag queens will be making appearances, including Ursula Major, who appeared on Season 1 of Dragula. Joining her with their own spine-tingling performances will be Tony Berrow, Agony Ray, Ellissdee, Gia Bianca Stephens, Kay Bye, Lisa Dank, Mona Diet, Sequoia, Sally-Cone Slopes, Justice Legacy, Krystal Kut and Lady Facade. And while the performers onstage will most definitely be serving spooky looks, that’s no reason for patrons not to go all-out, too! Friday, Oct. 15, The Complex, 18+, tickets $25, at thecomplexslc.com. Nights on Nights of DIVAS. Fans of the Jason Cozmo-hosted and themed Viva La DIVA Show nights will be delighted with local performances by the lovely DIVAS, masters of their caricature craft. While, throughout the year, the show focuses on a variety of themes, Halloween is certainly one of the more exciting times to see them live because performances include everything from tributes to classic Halloween films to pop-culture favorites performed on stage. Examples of the drag fodder for the season include the wicked witch sisters from the classic 1993 Disney Halloween feature Hocus Pocus; Beetlejuice and company; Rocky Horror magnificence; and

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The Front Bottoms at The Union

Classic rock for a certain type of alt-minded millennial, The Front Bottoms have earned an enduring popularity for themselves since their days of early successes in the late aughts. With the tongue-in-cheek breathlessness of folk-punk popular at the time, plus the angst of Midwest emo, The Front Bottoms carved out a niche that’s so influential you can still hear it in DIY bands today—spare guitar + wild drums + lyrics that can be sardonic as often as they can be emotionally raw = a straightforward equation to relate to, to rock out to and to interpret for one’s own music. Though things have changed a lot since their first, more spare releases (the guitars have long been fleshed out and more capital-R Rock

‘n’ Roll), they’re still busy as ever, having just released In Sickness & In Flames in 2020. They’ll be stopping into The Union Event Center on Sunday, Oct. 10 alongside the contemporary indie emo sensations Oso Oso, as well as Sydney Sprague, who just released her pop-hued debut album maybe i will see you at the end of the world this year. The show is all-ages, doors are at 6 p.m. and tickets are $26.50. Visit theunioneventcenter.com for tickets and more info.

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It’s hard to figure out what to get most excited about with this fundraiser event for the Utah Pride Center. On Saturday, Oct. 9, Soundwell will play host to a who’s-who of Utah’s finest drag queens, LGBTQ+ dancers and artists, speaker Matty Easton (the BYU valedictorian who “lives rent free in Jeffrey R. Holland’s head” for being openly gay) and to top it all off, Motown legend Thelma Houston! Her classic tunes (like the iconic disco hit “Don’t Leave Me This Way”) will help set the scene for Soundwell’s transformation into a Studio 54-themed party, complete with a Pose-informed runway featuring walks from SLC’s ballroom houses Vom Blush, Stephens and Devonce. It will be hosted by Gia Bianca Stephens—Southern States National Showgirl 2021, member and producer of Quorum of the Queens show and former Miss Gay Utah. Meanwhile, Jason CoZmo will be rollicking around as Disco Dolly alongside dancers from his Viva La DIVA show, and Marrlo Suzzanne will also make an appearance with her Galaxy Band performing covers of ’70s and ’80s hits. More music will come from Andrew Christian and Lyle Anthony, with go-go boys in the back, of course. One thing is for sure with this event—there’s more than enough to keep entertained! The show is 21+, starts at 8 p.m. and tickets range from $40 to $120. Visit soundwellslc.com for tickets and more info, and follow @queenhousemusic on Instagram for more details on performers.

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801 Sessions Presents at Kilby Court

The Spy Hop youth-run music production group 801 Sessions has long been fertile ground for some of Utah’s best young talent, and the same is true today. 801 Sessions allows local youth to learn to run a music production company by taking over the program, which is offered three times a year, in an apprenticeship style that has the benefit of Spy Hop funding—so the kids get paid to learn valuable skills. Recently, 801 Sessions affiliates include OK Vision, Gavin Palmer, Marcus Koncar, Obabo, English Budgies, Sunfish and Madi’s Tattoo, all of whom showed up on their late 2020 801 Sessions Compilations Vol. 1 album. In addition to help from Spy Hop, 801 Sessions finds a partner in Kilby Court, which provides testing ground for those learning the ropes of putting on a show. And on Monday, Oct. 11, they’ll do just that, when folks like the aforementioned solo artist Obabo will perform at an 801 Sessions-centric showcase there, alongside the somewhat chaotic DIYstyle band Mildred Mildew & The Leftovers, and indie crooners Who Killed Candace. The show is all-ages, as always, doors are at 6 p.m. and tickets are $8 at kilbycourt.com. Kilby Court requires proof of vaccination or a negative test, plus masks, at all shows.

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or the past couple of features in the now-five-film Daniel Craig tenure as James Bond, the franchise has been overtly concerned with justifying its own existence. Both Skyfall and Spectre explicitly dug into the question of whether the “shoot first/have sex next/ask questions if there’s time after the shooting and the sex” ethos that has defined 007 for most of the past 60 years remained relevant. Yet it was also an ongoing fair question to ask whether the Bond series had outlived its usefulness as the quintessential source of cinematic spectacle. It’s onceunchallenged supremacy for over-the-top action was slowly overtaken by fantasy franchises, and eventually even the Fast & Furious series; espionage rivals like Bourne and Mission: Impossible delivered their own ass-kicking heroes. Maybe slam-bang escapism had evolved too many other practitioners for Bond still to feel … essential. So, rather than face the competitors on its own previously safe home turf, the Bond films with Craig zagged in a different direction. With Craig in the role, the films became immersed not in crazy escapism, but in a sense of consequence. They built on and informed one another, taking off from the traumatizing death of Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale and moving through Blofeld as an overarching villain in Spectre. No Time to Die doubles down on that approach, to the extent that it feels like its purpose, more than mere brand exten-

sion, is giving Craig’s Bond a full arc. The carryover from Spectre here includes Bond’s relationship with Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), which seems on the verge of becoming The Real Thing before an ambush forces Bond to question whether he can trust Madeleine. Five years later, he’s living alone and retired from MI6 when he’s contacted by old friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) and pulled into mission to recover a deadly bio-weapon that can target individuals based on their genetic code. The apocalyptic scenario feels like familiar series material, and indeed there’s some of the vintage Bond genetic code on display here, like the massive secret lair on a remote island occupied by our megalomaniac du jour, Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek), and a cadre of anonymous, disposable henchmen led by one more distinctive, somewhat more resilient henchman. As an action film, however, it can tend to feel a little bit thin. Not much in the oeuvre of director Cary Joji Fukunaga indicates a facility with big set pieces, and aside from the pre-credits car-chase through the winding streets of Matera, Italy, most of the punch here is left with fistfights and shootouts—sturdy

enough stuff, but not exactly packed with a “wow” factor. That’s because the lion’s share of No Time to Die’s 163 minutes is devoted to unpacking James Bond’s various relationships as they have led us to this moment: with Madeleine, with Felix, with M (Ralph Fiennes), with Blofeld (Christoph Waltz, getting just enough screen time to make Malek’s purring villainy feel pallid by comparison). Craig is more than up to the task, finding great performance moments in a man of action who still can’t quite figure out when and how to care about anyone. His Bond is a work in progress, confident enough in who he is that he can handle the fact that his “007” designation has been handed off to somebody else since his retirement—and a woman (Lashana Lynch) to boot. The question is: Will audiences primed for a new James Bond adventure, after six long years and multiple release-date delays for this film, accept this change of direction? We don’t get a new “Bond girl” for our hero to fall indiscriminately into bed with, though Craig’s Knives Out co-star Ana de Armas does make an impression as a fellow agent wreaking havoc while sporting a

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries poet Anna Kamieńska said her soul didn’t emanate light. It was filled with “bright darkness.” I suspect that description may apply to you in the coming weeks. Bright darkness will be one of your primary qualities. And that’s a good thing! You may not be a beacon of shiny cheer, but you will illuminate the shadows and secrets. You will bring deeper awareness to hidden agendas and sins of omission. You will see, and help others to see, what has been missing in situations that lack transparency. Congratulations in advance!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) “Some people are crazy drunk on rotgut sobriety,” wrote aphorist Daniel Liebert. I trust you’re not one of them. But if you are, I beg you to change your habits during the next three weeks. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have a heavenly mandate to seek more than the usual amounts of whimsical ebullience, sweet diversions, uplifting obsessions and holy amusements. Your health and success in the coming months require you to enjoy a period of concentrated joy and fun now. Be imaginative and innovative in your quest for zest.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “There is something truly restorative, finally comforting, in coming to the end of an illusion—a false hope.” So declared author Sue Miller, and now I’m sharing it with you, Taurus— just in time for the end of at least one of your illusions (could be two, even three). I hope your misconceptions or misaligned fantasies will serve you well as they decay and dissolve. I trust they will be excellent fertilizer, helping you grow inspired visions that guide your future success. My prediction: You will soon know more about what isn’t real, which will boost your ability to evaluate what is real.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Scottish Poet Laureate Jackie Kay, born under the sign of Scorpio, writes, “It used to be that privacy came naturally to everybody and that we understood implicitly what kind of things a person might like to keep private. Now somebody has torn up the rule book on privacy, and there’s a kind of free fall and free-for-all, and few people naturally know how to guard this precious thing, privacy.” The coming weeks will be a good time for you to investigate this subject, Scorpio—to take it more seriously than you have before. I hope you will identify what’s truly important for you to keep confidential and protected, and then initiate the necessary adjustments. (P.S.—Please feel no guilt or embarrassment about your desire to have secrets!)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini writes, “People mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really what guides them is what they’re afraid of— what they don’t want.” Is that true for you, Gemini? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to meditate on that question. And if you find you’re motivated to live your life more out of fear than out of love, I urge you to take strenuous action to change that situation! Make sure love is at least 51% and fear no more than 49%. I believe you can do much better than that, though. Aim for 75% love!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “Few persons enjoy real liberty,” wrote poet Alfred de Musset. “We are all slaves to ideas or habits.” That’s the bad news. The good news is that October is Supercharge Your Freedom Month for you Aquarians. I invite you to use all your ingenuity to deepen, augment and refine your drive for liberation. What could you do to escape the numbness of the routine? How might you diminish the hold of limiting beliefs and inhibiting patterns? What shrunken expectations are impinging on your motivational verve? Life is blessing you with the opportunity to celebrate and cultivate what novelist Tim Tharp calls “the spectacular now.” Be a cheerful, magnanimous freedom fighter. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The brilliant Piscean composer Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) wrote, “I wish I could throw off the thoughts that poison my happiness, but I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.” What? That’s crazy! If he had been brave enough and willful enough to stop taking pleasure in indulging his toxic thoughts, they might have lost their power to demoralize him. I’m asking you to investigate whether you, like Chopin, ever get secret excitement from undermining your own joy and success. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to dissolve that bad habit.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “To be truly visionary, we have to root our imagination in our concrete reality while simultaneously imagining possibilities beyond that reality.” This shrewd advice comes from author bell hooks (who doesn’t capitalize her name). I think it should be at the heart of your process in the coming days. Why? Because you now have an extraordinary potential to dream up creative innovations that acknowledge your limitations but also transcend those limitations. You have extra power available to harness your fantasies and instigate practical changes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) “If you don’t ask, the answer is always no,” declares author Nora Roberts. In that spirit and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to be bold and lucid about asking for what you want in the coming weeks. In addition, I encourage you to ask many probing questions so as to ferret out the best ways to get what you want. If you are skilled in carrying out this strategy, you will be a winsome blend of receptivity and aggressiveness, innocent humility and understated confidence. And that will be crucial in your campaign to get exactly what you want.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “Don’t hope more than you’re willing to work,” advises author Rita Mae Brown. So let me ask you, Leo: How hard are you willing to work to make your dreams come true, create your ideal life and become the person you’d love to be? When you answer that question honestly, you’ll know exactly how much hope you have earned the right to foster. I’m pleased to inform you that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to upgrade your commitment to the work and therefore deepen your right to hope.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) “Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.” Oglala Lakota medicine man Black Elk said that, and now I’m passing it on to you. It’s not always the case that dreams are wiser than waking, of course, but I suspect they will be for you in the coming weeks. The adventures you experience while you’re sleeping could provide crucial clues to inform your waking-life decisions. They should help you tune into resources and influences that will guide you during the coming months. And now I will make a bold prediction—that your dreams will change your brain chemistry in ways that enable you to see truths that until now have been invisible or unavailable. (P.S.—I encourage you to also be alert for intriguing insights and fantasies that well up when you’re tired or lounging around.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “All our Western thought is founded on this repulsive pretense that pain is the proper price of any good thing,” wrote feisty author Rebecca West (1892–1983). I am very happy to report that your current torrent of good things will not require you to pay the price of pain. On the contrary, I expect that your phase of grace and luck will teach you how to cultivate even more grace and luck; it will inspire you to be generous in ways that bring generosity coming back your way. As articulated by ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, here’s the operative principle: “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”

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5. “Trap Queen” rapper 6. Some “Downton Abbey” characters 7. R&B’s ____ Hill 8. Mel with 511 home runs 9. “Go team!” 10. They may be special or secret 11. Woodard of “12 Years a Slave” 12. Hotel costs per night 13. “Fresh Air” network 14. Ref. work that added “livestream” in 2021 19. Danglers in a deli 20. “Ruh-____!” (Scooby-Doo gulp) 25. Like some mashed potatoes 26. “You’re oversharing!” 27. Fled 28. Org. whose academy’s motto in English is “The sea yields to knowledge” 29. ____ voce 33. Winery container 34. Jokes 35. Cockamamie, slangily 36. Spider webs, e.g. 38. Did a Photoshop task 39. Ninja Turtles’ ally April ____ 41. Morales of “Ozark” 43. “Oklahoma!” girl “who cain’t say no” 46. Indivisible

47. Ab’s neighbor 50. Exhibit bad posture 53. Subsidiary of CVS Health 54. Trio in elem. school 55. Intoxicating 56. ____ Brothers (“It’s Your Thing” group) 57. River nymph 61. Stinky Le Pew 62. NFL scores 63. Court 64. Oft-stubbed digit 65. Mao’s successor 66. 35mm camera inits. 67. “That hits the spot!”

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This past August, Utah reported that sales at its state-run and state-owned liquor stores brought in more than $517 million during fiscal year 2020-21. That was a 3.4% increase over the previous year, which included the initial, pre-vaccine era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Higher alcohol-by-volume (ABV) beer, wine and liquor are available at Utah’s 41 state liquor stores, which are generally open Monday through Saturday, from 11 a.m. to anywhere between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m., depending on location. All stores are closed on Sundays. Most of the profits, after expenses, go into the state’s general fund (a portion of liquor earnings is earmarked for programs like public school lunches and underage drinking prevention). Drag star Bianca Del Rio recently bemoaned on stage during her standup comedy show at the Capitol Theatre that “There’s no liquor in Utah on Sundays!” My wife and I knew better and brought her a bottle of Five Husbands vodka as a pre-show gift to prove that we aren’t all Lame-anites in this town. You can get a cocktail on Sundays here, you just can’t go to a liquor store to buy the booze for your drink. Del Rio should know to avoid touring in Kansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, as they are all dry states by default—counties must specifically authorize the sale of alcohol in order for it to be legal and subject to their own state’s liquor laws. There are seven states who own the liquor stores and the exclusive right to sell liquor: Alabama, Idaho, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah and Virginia. We aren’t a dry state at all. A dry state is one where the manufacturing, distribution, importation and sale of alcohol is illegal or extremely restricted. While no U.S. state is completely dry today, dry counties within the states still exist. If you travel abroad, there are 14 countries where drinking alcohol is illegal, most of which are under Islamic law. If you get caught drinking, you could go to jail and/or be deported immediately! Yes, it can be a pain in the ass to get a drink in Utah when and where you want it. With the addition this summer of state-run liquor stores in Herriman, Saratoga Springs, Farmington and Taylorsville, more Utahns have better access to their booze. The state also listened to Utah’s Jewish community this year, which requested year-round access to kosher wines and liquors in Salt Lake and Park City stores—with better signage to point out what’s actually been labeled kosher—rather than just a few choices around the High Holidays. Our new airport managed to convince the Utah Legislature last year that it needed 13 licenses for lounges, and that liquor could be sold on any day from 8 a.m. until midnight. Alcohol licenses in the state are granted per population of a specific area, whereas the airport’s licenses are related to the number of passengers passing through each year. So as your Thanksgiving and Christmas travel plans are getting made, know that whether your destination is wet or dry, you can survive Salt Lake’s new airport hell with a pre-board “bloody”! n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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News That Sounds Like a Joke Remember Bernie Sanders’ look at the 2021 inauguration? Cozy parka, heavy knitted gloves? You, too, can pull off the Bernie look for Halloween, The Boston Globe reported. For just $85, partygoers can don the “Once Again Asking Costume Set” from Dolls Kill. It includes the coat, mittens and surgical mask. Sen. Sanders’ office even commented: “If fans of Sen. Sanders’ mittens are looking for a real scare this Halloween, they should see how hard the wealthy and world’s biggest corporations are fighting to stop Congress from finally addressing the long-neglected needs of the working class,” said spokesperson Mike Casca.

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n Some students at Piedmont High School in Union County, North Carolina, were upset after a sign reading “WHITE” was placed on a drinking fountain at the school, The Charlotte Observer reported on Sept. 23. A Snapchat video of the sign circulated on social media, and parents became upset, prompting a response from Principal Dylan Stamey, who said he had investigated and the placement of the sign “was not intentional.” “During practice, a cheer sign was left just outside the gym on the floor, and it was picked up and placed on a water fountain. We apologize if anyone was offended,” he said.

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Bright Idea File this one under Marketing Ideas Gone Wrong: Speech Academy Asia in Singapore planted clowns outside multiple primary schools in early September in an effort to persuade students to enroll in public-speaking courses, The Straits Times reported. In response, principals and parents urged students to stay away from strangers, including the clowns. Kelvin Tan, the director of the academy, apologized for alarming people. He explained that “road show” employees were told to put on “cute mascot” costumes, but he wasn’t aware they’d be wearing clown getups. “Maybe the clowns were too scary. It’s wrong and we won’t do it again,” he said.

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Inexplicable On Sept. 17, at a penguin colony near Simonstown, South Africa, 63 endangered African penguins were killed by a swarm of bees, CNN reported. South African National Parks issued a statement saying that the “deaths occurred suddenly sometime between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.” Examinations revealed that “all the penguins had multiple bee stings,” many of which were around the birds’ eyes, which one expert called a “fluke.” Least Competent Criminal Timothy Wolfe of Lake City, Florida, arrived at the Lake City Chrysler Dodge Jeep dealership on Sept. 20 to buy a new car, WTLV-TV reported. And, bonus, he had a trade-in. But when employees checked the VIN of the trade, they found it was a car that had been stolen from that dealership just a few days earlier. Police were called, and Wolfe admitted to the theft, which had been captured on a surveillance camera. He was charged with grand theft and dealing in stolen property, among other crimes. Too Good To Be True? Two men in Byram, Mississippi, couldn’t believe their luck on Sept. 19 when they came across an Acura with keys in the ignition and a “free car” sign, People.com reported. They drove the car to a family member’s home and started to check it out, and that’s when they found a surprise in the trunk: the body of 34-year-old Anthony McCrillis. The body had been there at least 24 hours, noted Copiah County Coroner Ellis Stuart. The men called 911 and waited for authorities; the car was registered to McCrillis, and his death is a mystery: He had “no visible signs of trauma,” Stuart said. An autopsy is underway.

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Compelling Explanation n An elderly woman in Okemos, Michigan, moved to a nursing home, and an auction company was hired to clear out her home, MLive.com reported on Sept. 22. One of the items found by Epic Auctions and Estate Sales’ Brad Stoecker was a 5-foot-tall granite headstone with the name Peter J. Weller on the front. Apparently, the woman’s family didn’t know the origin of the stone, saying they used the reverse side of it to make fudge. Stoecker donated the stone to the Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries, but a genealogist was unable to find any surviving family members of Weller, who died in 1849. However, they did track down his grave, which had been moved in 1875. That’s probably when the gravestone was lost, experts believe. Cemetery preservationists restored the stone to Weller’s current resting place and repaired and cleaned those of his family members nearby.

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New World Order The divorce of Valeria Udalova and Danila Medvedev, former co-owners of cryonics company KrioRus in Moscow, Russia, has turned ugly as they battle over 81 bodies of KrioRus clients, Slate reported. On Sept. 7, Udalova reportedly broke into a cryostorage facility that is under Medvedev’s control and loaded containers with dead bodies onto a truck, causing damage and spilling liquid nitrogen in the process. Both parties now own separate cryonics businesses, but police continue to investigate who controls the 81 bodies, which in the meantime rest at Medvedev’s facility.

Family Values As a 48-year-old man pumped gas in St. Louis on the morning of Sept. 21, a woman approached and said she and her son needed a ride to her mother’s house. He agreed, KSDK-TV reported, but when they arrived at the home, the woman reportedly grabbed the keys from the ignition, and her 11-year-old started pistolwhipping him in the head. The woman then dragged the victim out of his car and sped away with her son. Police are still looking for the carjacker.

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