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Cover, Oct. 13, “Spooked”

In watching the third presidential debate, I believed that Trump has been telling the truth and that the lawyer, Clinton, has been doing the same thing that I have experienced in my court experience. She is very clever and evil about spreading false information. All of my life I have been more Democrat than Republican. Mostly because the Democrats are for the poor little guy. I do not see that anymore.

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Cover Story, Oct. 13 “Graveyard Smash”

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You forgot “Dead Man’s Party” by Oingo Boingo and Type O Negative’s “Black No. 1.”

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Opinion, Oct. 13 “Trick-or-Treat Election”

Hello. Please. If you are a Clinton supporter in Utah, take into consideration voting for Jill Stein. Not only could you help swing Utah to a third party and deliver electoral votes to someone other than Trump or Clinton, you are also helping the Green Party reach its goal of 5 percent nationwide. If it makes that number, it will be eligible for more funding to grow. This is healthy for the country. Please be generous with your vote and not only be selfless by helping the Green party, but helping to win Utah for McMullin. Any help for Stein is appreciated. The way polling is right now, McMullin may not have enough room to win. Thank you.

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Democrats are not for the little guy

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I have recently been in court to enforce my father’s wishes about his estate. I have witnessed firsthand how lawyers get hand-picked people to lie under oath. I have witnessed close relatives lie under oath to affect the outcome. This seems to be the status quo regarding the majority of the lawyers I have dealt with.

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Truth claims are made by all doctrines

“Yikes!” is all I can say to the claims made by LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson this past Oct. 2 in his sermon/speech to that church’s members during their 186th semi-annual General Conference. Mr. Monson was quoted as saying his church is “blessed to have the truth” and “We have a mandate to share the truth.” I say “yikes” because there are adherents to hundreds of religious, political, economic and social movements and ideologies around the world who say the same thing. Now, if they’re all correct about having the truth even though their truths differ, does this mean there are many truths which remain so although they may contradict one another? Or, is there really only one truth that they all have? Or, does my own dogma state the truth while all the others are untrue, maybe even lies. Or, since they all can’t be true simultaneously, are there any ultimate truths? And what about that mandate to spread their views that those who think they have the truth believe they must carry forward? Should their truth be spread to others by force if necessary? After all, everyone deserves to have the truth and only fools would reject it. Mr. Monson’s statements raise so many unanswered questions. Perhaps a better way to frame truth claims is to say, “We think we’re on the path to truth and are coming closer to it as time passes. We might even actually find having the truth

is less important than the fact that we constantly seek it. We can improve our ideas through rational inquiry aimed at discovering the truth while considering others’ views in the process.” Oops, wait a minute, didn’t the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates say that already, around 2,400 years ago? Hmmmm. Does this mean there might be at least one “truth” in the world of human affairs, namely that “there’s nothing new under the sun”?

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Soap Box, Oct. 13

I just signed up with City Weekly. Yesterday I was banned from the discussions on The Salt Lake Tribune. I wasn’t given any reason but I’ve been critical of the Tribune’s political endorsements and of a certain editor. I had about a dozen comments removed all at once and then was banned! The Tribune needs to be reminded that freedom of speech is still a right in Utah.

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Bob Dylan for President!

Just kidding. He wouldn’t accept. But he just might write a song about it. In fact, he did. It’s called “Jokerman.” It’s a sixminute ballad and the lead song on Dylan’s 1984 album, Infidels. To me, “Jokerman” is exactly about the 2016 presidential election. It’s about awards and those who would seek them, and be awarded them; those who covet them. It’s about leaders and would-be leaders. It’s about what is, and the conflict within and without. It’s about hope, fools, oppression and dangerous men. And women. I know a little about Bob Dylan and “Jokerman” as I was a broadcast producer on the song’s video. During the ’80s, I worked for the famous advertising man, art director, iconic mass media communicator and author, George Lois. I was at the right place at the right time and lucky enough to be involved in this adventure. Dylan and Lois were longtime friends when CBS Records was encouraging Dylan to make more music videos for the newly created MTV. Lois’ ad agency had the MTV account (“I Want My MTV!”), and Dylan went to Lois to make the video. He knew Lois had an ad agency and that he made television commercials. He knew Lois could produce music videos, as well. The pair first met back in 1975 at a benefit concert at Madison Square Garden to protest and to call for the release of professional boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter who was falsely imprisoned following the murder of a white man in 1966. Carter’s incarceration was cited as being based on “racism, not reason.” Lois was on his defense committee and served as an organizer for the benefit concert. In 1985, Carter was released on a petition of habeas corpus, but not before spending nearly 20 years in prison. Dylan wrote his famous song “Hurricane” in direct response to this American episode of justice and injustice, and racial prejudice and vindication.

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Whether Dylan comes out of the woods to acknowledge his much-discussed Nobel Prize in Literature, or even accepts it, is of no consequence. The Nobel Committee, bless them, is about 30 years too late—but thank you very much. We all already know the genius of this prolific American musician and poet. Last week as we all watched the final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The experience of this election process for the past six months is ringing in our ears and pressing heavy on our national conscience. Sheer entertainment value aside—which is really more like watching a trainwreck—I can’t help from aligning all this, and the whole global situation and deplorable state of world affairs, with the “Jokerman” lyrics. At one of the first meetings at Lois’ ad agency, we asked Dylan what the song meant, to get a better perspective on what creative approach to take with the music video. I can’t remember his exact words, but he either indicated he didn’t know, or he wouldn’t say. Of course we all had our own ideas. I wanted to paste the famous demonic Joker smile on various photos of Dylan—a really dumb idea. One art director wanted to use a deck of cards motif with the Joker featured. Nah. Another producer wanted to film the video out at Coney Island and use the famous Steeplechase Park Joker face as background. Not bad, but no. Lois, of course, had the best idea and this is what you see in the video. Works of art through the ages: paintings, sculptures, statues, vintage and contemporary iconic photographs, video clips and animated graphics all edited to the tempo of the music with the lyrics superimposed over the visuals. For the chorus part, we filmed Dylan live and very close-up, lip-syncing the words. The video aired on MTV to rave reviews. It was the cover story in Rolling Stone. VHS copies were sent to high school art and music de-

partments around the country with a list of the artwork included. It turns out “Jokerman” wasn’t your standard purple smoke-and-mirrors music video. It was actually educational. Just listen to the lyrics and watch the video, and you can see what I mean by applying this to our timeless and continually severe world situation; our current election and state of the country, the individuals who would be king. How the past is repeated as if we never learned from our mistakes; the issues we and our leaders will be facing more now than ever before: nuclear war, global warming, race, oppression, injustice. It’s all kind of raw and depressing but very much true, in a very entertaining and reasonable way. You won’t be able to get the music out of your head. It’s wonderful. Memorable. Mnemonic. You can make your own specific interpretations, but I’m sure you will agree the piece is relative to everything you know and feel in our contemporary world. It even relates metaphorically to the concept and reality of the Nobel Prize if you listen closely. However, knowing what little I do know about Dylan, I know he will acknowledge, accept and show some form of respect—even if in protest for whatever reason—because I have observed him to be a gentleman; one that’s polite, well-mannered and courteous. So, with honor and distinction, the Nobel Prize in literature goes to Mr. Robert Allen Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan. Good for him. Oh, and no doubt, we’ll get our “Jokerman” for president. It will be either one or the other, female candidate notwithstanding. I hope Dylan writes specifically about this election and America. If not, this classic Dylan song still manages to tell the story. CW

NO DOUBT, WE’LL GET OUR “JOKERMAN” FOR PRESIDENT. IT WILL BE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER.

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If you were writing a song about the current presidential election, what would you title it? Tyeson Rogers: “Dance With the Devil” or “Tiny Hands for Tiny Fans.” Nicole Enright: “Welcome to the Shit Show.”

Nick Sasich: “Send Help!” Scott Renshaw: It really demands a big, operatic, Jim Steinmanesque title. Something like “I Would Elect Anyone as President (But I Won’t Elect Him).”

Lisa Dorelli: “Trouble Without a Cause,” a spin-off of Public Enemy’s “Rebel Without a Pause.”

Sierra Sessions: Probably “Runnin’ With the Devil.” That’s already a song, but it’s applicable. Randy Harward: Choices include “America the Bae”; “Bend Over, I’ll Drive (No, I’ll Drive)”; “Puppets of Masters”; “Love Me Like a Reptilian (With a Combover); “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Think I Just Threw Up in My Mouth)” and “Fight for Your Right to Divisive Two-Party Politics.”

Andrea Harvey: Mine would be called “99 Problems (But a Decent Presidential Candidate Ain’t One).” A ballad guest starring Barack Obama.

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HITS&MISSES Positive Sex Ed

Maybe we should start with the Legislature and its prurient interest in sex. Despite two-thirds of Utahns really, really wanting comprehensive sex education in the schools, the Legislature just won’t go there. Abstinence-only is the creed. And teaching human sexuality is frankly fraught with problems, if fear. So it’s not surprising and perhaps expected that Equality Utah filed a first-in-the-nation lawsuit to push sexuality into the curriculum. Specifically, it announced at its annual fundraiser that it’s suing the state education office to get rid of the “no promo homo” law prohibiting positive discussion of homosexuality and contributing to an atmosphere of fear, bullying, confusion and many cases of suicide. The National Center for Lesbian Rights calls it a First Amendment issue. It’s also an issue of sexual denial, and educators should hope for a successful outcome.

Federal Lands & Lawsuits

Speaking of lawsuits, congressional candidate Doug Owens is getting the what-for over the long-settled Legacy Parkway dispute. Owens was the attorney, joined by then-Mayor Rocky Anderson, the Sierra Club and Utahns for Better Transportation in advocating for a safer distance from the Great Salt Lake and its wildlife habitat. You can probably thank Owens and Co. for FrontRunner, too. But the state Republican Party in a fundraising letter emphasizes that Owens cost taxpayers $250 million. One letter said $3,000 per family; The Salt Lake Tribune quoted a letter saying $500 per family. Whatever, it’s kind of silly when you consider how much the GOP is costing Utahns by pursuing a dubious lawsuit to take over federal lands from the federal government—at a likely cost of $14 million to start. And then you’ve got to manage the lands. What’s missing in all of this is that it’s not Utah v. the feds, or Owens v. taxpayers. It’s about the environment and the lands we’ve come to cherish.

The Utah Vote

Oh, James Evans, what have you wrought? There he was, alongside Democratic Chair Peter Corroon, talking to CNN’s Carol Costello when he just couldn’t help himself. Asked about why Utah voters are gravitating to candidates other than Republicans, well, GOP Chair Evans sat stone-faced while thinking up ways to defend Donald Trump. Yes, he said, there was some “interplay” between Trump and Romney supporters, but then he said, “I’m looking forward to the interview you’re going to have with Bill Clinton’s illegitimate son.” Costello called that “rubbish,” which it is—according to DNA tests, and shut down the interview. Blame social media and the fact that people—and Evans—don’t check their sources before claiming the truth.

Divorce is rough. Between the legal and monetary aspects, family issues, that mile-long todo list and the emotional stress of it all, those going through it often find themselves blindsided by problems that could have been avoided had they been more prepared. That’s what Elif Ekin hopes to provide with Divorcée Café—a hub of support from specialists offering a wide range of free services, including a divorce lawyer, family therapy, financial consulting, health coaching, massage therapy, energy healing and more, on the first Wednesday of each month. Check out Facebook.com/DivorceeCafe for more details.

Describe your personal experience with divorce.

I was alone, leaving a 10-year marriage with a 4-year-old. I had no family around and had been a stay-at-home mom, so no work outlet or support. I was overwhelmed with everything that came with divorce. I had just a few things I was focusing on and the rest I said I would deal with later. However, when later came, I realized that I should have paid more attention and now it was too late. ... It’s a horribly emotional time and I don’t want people to have to struggle as much if I can help it.

What made you want to start up Divorcée Café?

While I was going through my divorce, I was fortunate to have fantastic mentor coach to kick me in the butt and get my act together. I benefited so much from having a coach that I became one myself. However, it’s a hard demographic to tap. During a conversation with a friend, I made an offhand comment: ‘Well, there is no Divorcée Café where everyone goes to get help, you know?’ To which he replied, ‘Why don’t you create one?’

What is your goal with it?

My goal is to offer a safe place for people to land and get the support they need and not feel so alone as they go through the various levels of divorce, and create a healthy life after. I also want to create awareness that healing from divorce comes from a various directions. Divorce is not just about signing a decree and it’s over. You need to heal yourself in order to create a healthy new normal.

How do first-time attendees react?

Their first reaction is disbelief that it’s free and they can stay as long as they want. Once people come, stay and experience it for themselves, they leave feeling loved, supported and a lot lighter. Their load has been lifted a bit and their step is a bit happier. They leave knowing that they are not alone, not crazy and there is support out there for them regardless if they can afford it or not.

What has been the best part of this whole experience?

Divorce is hard enough as it is. If we can make the process just a little bit easier for someone else because of our own experiences, then our struggles and lessons will not have been in vain. Most of the people who come and [offer their services] have gone through divorce and know what it’s like. No one should have to struggle any more than necessary. People have begun to come back month after month to rest, relax, get some hugs, a cup of tea and engage in self-care. It is so rewarding to see people stand a little straighter and look forward to their future, not brace against the unknown.

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Any guidance for those who fear a fascist takeover of the United States and think they may need to get out in a hurry? What countries will accept political refugees from the U.S. on short notice? What’s the easiest way to get your money out of the country in advance? Are there people who will arrange to ship one’s art collection overseas, no questions asked? —Albert Ettinger I’m happy to note, Al, that the odds of a fascist takeover look somewhat slimmer than they did when your question arrived a few weeks back. Even so, one has to deal with the tension somehow as this debilitating campaign enters its final stretch: For some, that might mean constantly refreshing poll-tracking sites; for others, evidently, it means packing the bags and setting ’em by the door. The bad news for blue-state types ready to scram on Nov. 9 is that things will have to get really scary before any old American citizen can pass as a political refugee. The good news? That leaves more time to plan your exciting new life abroad and find a safe harbor for you and your money. Well, most of your money. A refugee, you see, has to persuade some kindly foreign government that she has, per UN convention, a “well-founded fear” of persecution because of “race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.” The election of an unqualified bully as chief exec won’t in itself do the trick, and even if President Trump concluded his inaugural address with a declaration of martial law, you’d still have to demonstrate you’re a likely target of government oppression. Finding yourself on a national database of Muslim Americans might not even be enough until federal goons actually start rounding up the registrants. Where to flee to? If you’re concerned about Trump, I can’t imagine you’re a big Putin fan, so following Edward Snowden to Russia is probably a no-go. Closer to home, Canada’s liberal refugee policy doesn’t mean they’ve been overly sympathetic to putatively oppressed Americans. A black American, Kyle Canty, who’d argued he was endangered by racially motivated police violence in the U.S. lost his Canadian asylum bid in January. But you never know. In 2014, Canadian immigration officials ruled that a Florida court’s 30-year prison sentence for having sex with a 16-year-old boy was excessive and let U.S. citizen Denise Harvey stay up north. Assuming a long, slow slide into totalitarian hell for the U.S. rather than a sudden putsch, consider less urgent forms of emigration. Line up employment in Canada beforehand, for instance—they’re much more welcoming to foreigners seeking a work visa than we are, and if you’ve got the right skills (plus enough cash savings to ensure that you won’t beeline onto the dole) they

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might open their doors even before you score a job offer. Then again, if you’ve really got some extra bucks in the bank, invest in a business overseas—most countries just love deep-pocketed foreign entrepreneurs. Staying in your new nation is potentially trickier than getting in—one pink slip and it could be back to the U.S. with you, freeloader. If you plan on marrying into citizenship, choose your destination wisely: Wedding your Saskatchewanian sweetie, for instance, doesn’t put you on the fast track to becoming a naturalized Canadian. Most European nations are more accommodating to foreign-born spouses, though, and if you tie the knot with an obliging Brazilian, full citizenship can be yours within a year. Some countries might grant you citizenship based on descent: The Law of Return permits Jews to relocate in Israel, and if one of your grandparents was born in Ireland there’s a process for repatriation to the auld sod. With enough assets at your disposal, even if you’re on the lam, you don’t have to live like a refugee. But you might find foreign banks increasingly more reluctant to take your cash—following the passage of a 2010 U.S. law demanding stricter reporting on the financial doings of Americans living abroad, many overseas institutions have decided we aren’t worth the effort. If you’re the particularly suspicious sort, you could get more creative—buy a foreign gold certificate, or dive into the murky world of Bitcoin. As for your art collection—for a displaced person, Al, you certainly are a high rollersome governments will indeed demand a sizable chunk of its value. Sweden might otherwise be a dream relocation site, but you’d have to cough up a 25 percent value-added tax. Certainly there are shady professionals who can assist, but immigration officials prefer their admittees with clean hands, and a smuggling racket is a good way to make a bad (read: extraditable) first impression. Though we hear the same talk about moving to Canada or Europe every four years, evidence suggests few Americans actually skedaddle after the wrong candidate gets elected. This year the big difference is that the people most likely endangered by a Trump victory are the ones who really want to stick around. It’d be cruelly ironic if the subjects of mass deportation were to find a mess of American expats waiting for them in Mexico. n Send questions to Cecil via StraightDope.com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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Activists, relatives of shooting victims and the SLCPD seek a blueprint for law enforcement reform. BY STEPHEN DARK sdark@cityweekly.net @stephenpdark

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n the glass and steel fortress that is Salt Lake City’s downtown Public Safety Building, an experiment in interaction between two typically opposing forces is unfolding. Two Wednesdays a month, police officers and community activists deeply concerned by police violence meet to listen to each other’s concerns. On the law enforcement front, it can range from Chief Mike Brown, who first suggested sit-downs after the shooting of a 17-year-old outside the Rio Grande shelter in late February 2016, to rank and file officers. Each meeting, a different part of the department educates people from groups such as Black Lives Matter, Copwatch and Utah Against Police Brutality, about what they do and answers questions. SLCPD spokesman Detective Greg Wilking says Community Activist Group (CAG) meetings have broken down numerous barriers. “You generally think of activists as sitting on the outside, on the fringe,” he says. “We’re inviting them to have a place at the table and be heard.” Along with city officials and community leaders, on the activist front it’s a mix of people critical of the police’s use of force—and policing in general—and the relatives of those shot by cops. On the table are numerous contentious issues underpinning use of force and modern policing. Lex Scott is a vocal leader of Black Lives Matter in Utah and the founder of civil-rights group United Front. What she and other activists are doing through CAG, she says, “is groundbreaking.” Scott, American Civil Liberties Union of Utah’s strategic communications manager Anna Brower and former city councilwoman Deeda Seed are among those who have hosted CAG meetings. Scott praises Brown. “It’s hard to be one of the leaders of Black Lives Matter and say, ‘I like the police chief,’ but then it’s rare to see the police chief come out and actually try to reform the department. He risks so much doing this and he doesn’t have to.” In other parts of the country, she says, people argue over if

Activist Lex Scott sits inside the Public Safety Building briefing room for a Community Activist Group meeting on Thursday, Oct. 20. there even is a police brutality problem. “We’re beyond that. We’re just going to solve the problem,” she says. Jacob Jensen, however, isn’t as convinced about what CAG can deliver. He’s part of Utah Against Police Brutality and has attended three CAG meetings. “It seems like the activation or use of this is completely up to Chief Brown,” he says. “He could dissolve it at any point.” Jensen doesn’t see CAG leading to the empowerment of the community to hold the police accountable. “It’s just him politely listening,” he says. Among the reforms CAG seeks, according to Scott, is body-camera footage released within 24 hours of a shooting. “We want officers punished if they don’t turn [their camera] on and we want more de-escalation training,” she says. “They only get a few hours in a 30-year period of time.” The group also wants to see more diversity training and recruitment, and a community-controlled civilian review board with the power to bring charges against police officers, as opposed to the current Salt Lake City Police Civilian Review Board, which, according to the city’s website, “has no independent disciplinary power.” Jensen and Scott point to several U.S. cities that have set up communitycontrolled review boards with significant oversight. In May 2015, Newark, N.J., Mayor Ras J. Baraka signed off on a board that could pursue independent investigations and have the power to summon officers to formal hearings and seek punishment by Newark’s police director. Wilking doubts whether such a transfer of power could happen. “How realistic that is remains to be seen,” he says. Salt Lake City Community Relations

director Jennifer Seelig describes the city’s current civilian review board as “an interesting animal.” She says that Utah state code relating to the role and responsibility of the police chief, civilian commissions and the rights of public employees means that “trying to navigate the matrix of state law doesn’t allow us a lot of breadth.” While there are also barriers relating to city policy as well, Seelig doesn’t completely rule out change. “You never know,” she says. During a mid-October CAG meeting it’s clear there are both remarkably candid conversations going on between activists and the police, and also tensions and frustrations bubbling on both sides. For that meeting, Chief Brown’s promised presence does not materialize, and plans to discuss concerns about minors being arrested at high schools are postponed. Instead the activists view a revamped SLCPD website, which is to include a button for complaints about officers. Close to half of those attending have lost loved ones in police shootings. “What we’d like to do is change the law and the description of what is excessive force because it’s so vague,” says Jana Tucker, whose son Joey was shot dead in 2009. “Right now, the way it’s written, all an officer has to say is, ‘I feel threatened,’ for his or somebody else’s safety,” she says, for the shooting to be ruled justified by the District Attorney. One issue attendees brought up, including Scott, was racial profiling during traffic stops. “What we’re trying to look at, and see, is, are black people pulled over at five times the rate of white people? And if there are certain officers doing that,” Scott asked. Sgt. Brandon Shear at the meeting

said that he would “get with” their records department to see “how easy it is to extrapolate that information.” Gina Thayne, aunt of 7-Eleven shooting victim Dillon Taylor, said at the meeting she’d like to see more resources for people affected by a shooting. “When a family is hit with a traumatic issue, they don’t know where to go.” “Would it be helpful to have resources on the website?” Shear asked. Tucker said the last thing she would have thought of was to go there. “I was worried about when I would get the body back, where I would get a burial plot,” she said. After the meeting, Wilking says collecting and publishing data on law enforcement websites is a White House initiative, but Jensen questions whether SLCPD will grant CAG access to all the data it seeks. Jensen thinks there are “small things to be won by CAG. I think Brown for all his efforts, even though he’s not giving us exactly what we want at CAG, I think he’s trying. He’s just not going to give the reins over to the community as to who gets to be called a murderer and who gets fired.” Both Wilking and Scott, however, see the CAG meetings as offering a direction for community interaction with law enforcement that other states could benefit from. Scott says she’s been contacted by NYPD seeking information. She just hopes word spreads and more people attend. Much like the other regular attendees at CAG, “I’m just trying to change the world over here,” she says. CW

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ast year’s campus crime log suggests students at Utah’s flagship university have a 1-1,000 chance of being raped, groped or sexually assaulted in some other way. A new, different set of school data released this week drives the odds right up near the national average—higher than one in 10—and almost double when only women are considered. This means the 18 rapes and 12 other sex offenses recorded at the University of Utah last year are a small piece of overall sexual violence at the Salt Lake City campus of 31,000 students. But there’s no evidence that administrators have been hiding or destroying reports. In many cases, they simply have not received them. “We certainly have heard that this is underreported,” Dean of Students Lori McDonald says. Now the extent of that underreporting is becoming clearer. As the U has gone beyond its own existing data sets to poll students, its analysis has captured assaults that did not appear in previous tallies because they happened off campus or were unreported to administrators. Of students who told someone they were sexually assaulted, less than 5 percent relayed the incident to a school employee who had the authority to take down a formal report, according to results released Monday. The findings come from an optional, anonymous, 20-minute survey taken by about 4,000—or roughly 14 percent of—U students in January. The study confirms what top administrators suspected: that even though the issue of campus sexual assault has drawn public scrutiny in recent years, the ins and outs of informing the school and getting help largely are a mystery to U students. “That’s what came across loud and clear. We have to do a better job of letting them know where to go to report,” McDonald says. “I think even most important is where to find support resources” that don’t require giving details to an administrator or police, she adds. Outside of Utah, federal officials also are keeping an eye on how the U approaches

sexual assault cases. Like Westminster College and Brigham Young University, the U is under federal investigation after a student filed a civil-rights complaint that her case was mishandled. The survey found that half of participants didn’t know where to go to make an official complaint (answer: You can start by going to a resident advisor or McDonald’s office, university police or the school’s office of equal opportunity) or where to get help on campus (answer: the Center for Student Wellness for confidential counseling, or the Dean of Students’ office for help arranging extensions on assignments and reworking class schedules). Three in five students said they were uncertain what happens once a report is made. To their credit, a certain degree of confusion is understandable. There are several options. For example, a student can go to counseling and academic help, or pursue an investigation, in which an administrator interviews the accused person and any witnesses to determine whether school policy was violated. The U’s victim advocates also offer to help students report to police. Despite students’ confusion, they have faith in their university. About 90 percent agreed the school would handle reports fairly. The numbers also highlight one way for the school to better inform students of these resources. Students might skip out on forums and toss brochures if they’re told to pay attention for their own good, says report co-author Elizabeth Duszak. But they’ll listen up if they believe a classmate will need the advice at some point. According to the survey, two in three sexual assault victims confided in someone, most likely a close friend, and usually within 24 hours. “We have an in,” Duszak says, “in that we can say you hopefully will never need this, but you may have a friend who needs this.” In line with the nationwide trend, most U students who reported being assaulted in the survey said the perpetrator was someone they knew, and 73 percent of the time, it happened when they were drinking alcohol—though the survey reassured them that drinking did not put them at fault. Utah Code, the U notes, defines sex with an unconscious person as rape. “If you’re incapacitated, you can’t give consent,” McDonald says. Her office isn’t alone in compiling this type of data. Logan’s Utah State University and other colleges nationwide also are crafting a “campus climate survey” to send to students. The studies are recommended by federal education officials, but not required. The U is planning to do the study every 2-3 years to measure its progress. It has begun to tweak its programs and materials based on the findings. CW

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ADVICE FOR THE PRESIDENT

Eight ways to rig the 2016 election:

8. Distract the poll workers

with photos of children, cats or Andy Griffith.

7. Dump your beer onto the voting machine.

Dump your domestic beer onto the voting machine (because, ‘Merica).

5. Tell your exit pollster,

“I stand with President Kiefer Sutherland!”

Gather all the vote-by-mail ballots in your district; box, and ship them C.O.D. to InfoWars.

3. Use The Interwebs to hack The Cyber. You know, like that Mark Zuckerbugger and the Ruskies.

Write in, “I hereby refute the Manchurian Cheeto, the Pantsuit Executioner and Lex Luthor … I mean, Evan McMullin.”

1. Ask your local representative about “gerrymandering.”

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Former Gov. Mike Leavitt has something to say to the next president of the United States, and some prospective presidents need to hear it more than others. Still, Leavitt, a cabinet member in the George W. Bush administration, will speak to you first about High Octane Diplomacy: Foreign Policy Advice for the Next President. If you’re wondering what the “high octane” part is all about, you’ll just have to drop by and listen. Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, 801-484-7651, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 7 p.m., free, Bit.ly/2eBDoTt

RAPE CULTURE DISCUSSION

No, this is not about Donald Trump— not exactly. Sexual assault has been highlighted in the news through football, college campuses and yes, campaign buses. Jessica W. Luther—author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape and panelists discuss the cultures and attitudes that foster sexual assault, and insight on what Utahns can do to help change the conversation in Confronting Rape Culture: A Conversation About Consent. Can you recognize a sexual assault, and what would you do if you could? There will be a photo exhibit and visual displays before the panel at 7. S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Moot Courtroom, Level 6, 383 S. University St., 801-581-6833, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m., free, Bit.ly/2ePfcRp

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Can’t get tickets to the Eccles Art Center? Why not take a leap of faith and check out four new films just released by Utah teens from Spy Hop? Ten young filmmakers have been working for the past year writing, shooting and editing documentaries and narrative fiction films as part of Spy Hop’s Pitchnic film program. Two of the films this year explore the curative powers of art, while the others look at Utah’s air quality and a young woman’s identity quest. The films will be followed with a Q&A session with the filmmakers. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7:30-9:30 p.m., $10, ArtTix.org, SpyHop.org

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Pot for Pets As nine states next month ask voters to approve some form of legalization of marijuana, a “new customer base” for the product—pets—was highlighted in an October New York Times report. Dogs and cats are struck with maladies similar to those that humans report in cannabis success stories: seizures, inflammation, anxiety, arthritis and other pain and subsequent social withdrawals. The “high”-producing THC element cannot be used because it is notoriously toxic to dogs, but other elements in the drug seem to work well not only for dogs and cats but, by anecdotal evidence, pigs, horses and domesticated wild animals.

Compelling Explanations In September, Charles Lawrence III, 60, was sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted sexual assault despite his claim that it was just bad eyesight that caused the problem. He had arrived at a house in Fairfield, Conn., to have sex with a male he had met online, but the event turned out to be a To Catch a Predator sting. Lawrence, an accountant, claimed that, in text messages with the “boy,” he had seen “18” as his age, when, according to police evidence, the text read “13.” (Bonus: Lawrence knew Predator newsman Chris Hansen socially and commuted daily on the train with him, according to Lawrence’s lawyer.) n A 23-year-old woman on a bus in Istanbul, Turkey, was attacked by Abdullah Cakiroglu, 35, in September because, as he told police, he had become “aroused” by her wearing shorts. Initially, he was not arrested, but after a protest on social media, police came to get him—though for “inciting,” not assault. He told police, “I lost myself” because the woman had “disregarded the values of our country,” and “my spiritual side took over, and I kicked her in the face.”

Government in Action Kevin and Tammy Jones opened their guns-and-coffee store in an old bank building in Hamilton, Va., in August, but despite the controversies about the ease of gun acquisition in America, their Bullets and Beans shop has had a harder time pleasing government regulators over the coffee than over the firearms. Kevin told Washingtonian magazine that there were no problems in getting gun-shop and firearms-instruction permits from state and federal agencies, but several local-government roadblocks delayed the coffee-sales permit: the property being zoned for “retail” but not food or drinks, permission to open certain businesses near residences and a coffee shop’s need to have “parking.” Latest Religious Messages Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin declared Oct. 13 Oilfield Prayer Day to cap a statewide initiative of mass wishing for improved performance of the state’s energy industry, which has been in the doldrums recently with the worldwide drop in oil prices. Though the initiative’s founders, and the associated Oil Patch Chaplains, were largely Baptist church leaders, the governor emphasized that all religions should be praying for a more prosperous industry. Cultural Diversity In September, a court in Paris upheld France’s government ban on people smiling for their passport and identity photos. One official had challenged the required straightforward pose (“neutral,” “mouth closed”), lamenting that the French should be encouraged to smile to overcome the perpetual “national depression” that supposedly permeates the country’s psyche. n The baseball-like “pesapallo” might be Finland’s national game, reported The New York Times in September, despite its differences from the American pastime. The ball is pitched to the batter—but vertically, by a pitcher standing next to the batter—and the batter runs the bases after hitting it, though not counterclockwise but zigzag style, to a base on the left, then one on the right, then back to the left. The game was

invented in Finland in 1920 and has achieved minor notoriety, with teams from Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia vying for a “world cup” that so far none has been able to wrest from Finland. (Reassuringly, however, “three strikes” is an out in Finland, too.) New World Order In an October profile of tech developer and startup savant Sam Altman, The New Yorker disclosed that “many people in Silicon Valley have become obsessed with the simulation hypothesis”— that “what we experience as reality” is just some dark force’s computer simulation (as in the movie The Matrix). “Two tech billionaires,” the magazine reported, are “secretly engag(ing) scientists” to break us out of this alternative universe we might be trapped in. One prominent member of the tech elite remarked at a Vox Media conference in June on how the “simulation hypothesis” seems to dominate all conversation whenever the elites gather. n Scientists from England’s Bath University, publishing in a September issue of Nature Communications, report success in creating enduring live mice without use of a fertilized egg. The researchers showed it possible that a sperm cell can “trick” an egg into becoming a full-featured embryo without a “fertilization” process (in which distinct genomes from sperm and egg were thought to be required, at least in mammals). The scientists were thus able to “challenge nearly two centuries of conventional wisdom.”

The War on Drugs In September, police in Thurmont, Md., announced the culmination of a two-month-long undercover drug operation at the Burger King with two arrests and a total seizure of 5 grams of marijuana and two morphine pills. n On Sept. 21, as part of a six-target raid using “military-type” helicopters by the Massachusetts State Police and the National Guard, drug warriors halted the criminal enterprise of Margaret Holcomb, 81, of Amherst, seizing the one and only marijuana plant in her yard that she had planned to harvest soon for relief of her arthritis and glaucoma.

Couldn’t Stop Myself Joshua Hunt, 31, was arrested in October inside St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., where he had gone to check on his 9-month-old son, who was being treated for an injury. Police said that while in the ward, he snatched another visitor’s purse and took a cellphone and credit cards. n Brittany Carulli, 25, was arrested in Harrison Township, N.J., in October, charged with stealing a medic’s wallet from inside an ambulance. The medic had allowed Carulli in the ambulance to grieve over her boyfriend’s body after he was struck and killed by a car.

The Passing Parade Jeffrey Osella, 50, was arrested in August in Westerly, R.I., after allegedly firing corncobs at his neighbor’s house, using a PVC “potato gun,” as part of their long-running feud. When Osella answered the door, officers said he was shirtless, with corn kernels stuck to his chest. n On Oct. 1, Michael Daum, 55, began his year in residence as the town hermit of Solothurn, Switzerland, having been chosen from among 22 self-entertaining applicants. The hermit will be required to maintain the town’s isolated hermitage, but also, paradoxically, be called on at times to engage with arriving tourists.

Thanks this week to Larry Neer, Michael Brozyna, Jack Colldeweih and the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

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bout a week after splayed jack-o’-lantern debris has been cleaned from the curbside, and sweat-stained Halloween costumes have been tossed to the wayside, things will finally start to get spooky. In case you’ve just emerged from a dank cave: Some time after dusk settles on Nov. 8, America might very well ring in the news of a new presidentelect by freaking out. Short a Floridian hanging-chad debacle, the marathon slugfest that is the presidential race will be called that evening. We’ll know which man or woman will take up residence in the White House for at least the next four years. Not to be buried in the bedlam, hundreds more political races will be won. Each helps mold our nation and state. In Utah, voters have a spate of choices comprising congressional leaders, statewide offices, legislators and council seats, depending on the district. Further down the ballot, voters will be asked whether they wish numerous judges remain on the bench or get booted off. Many candidates and their campaign staff have worked tirelessly to court voters or add their voices to the political conversations. City Weekly chatted with a glut of local candidates, watched hours of debate and inspected carefully curated press releases for this election guide. We sought to understand why so many incumbents breeze into office (p. 16), and examined the floundering Utah campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (p. 17). Finally, while we don’t have the pages or resources to elucidate all the races, we profiled a few noteworthy ones (p. 18). Remember, there’s still time to let your voice be heard. Residents can register online or in person until Nov. 1. Statewide, early voting began Oct. 25 and will continue through Nov. 4. And Cache, Davis, Kane, Millard, San Juan, Sanpete, Weber and Salt Lake counties are participating in a same-day-registration pilot program. Or don’t vote ... it’s your nightmare.

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yle Hillyard, Utah’s senior-most state senator from Cache County, probably wasn’t sweating too much when he won his seat back in 1984 with 62 percent of the vote over Democrat Omar Bunnell. Seven elections and 32 years later, Hillyard still doesn’t have much to fret about. His run for the state’s 25th Senate District in 2012 went uncontested, as are his efforts this year. In 2008, he won with 73 percent of the vote; in 2004, 77 percent, etc., etc. When voters go to the polls on Nov. 8, Hillyard certainly won’t be the only legislative candidate who failed to garner an opponent: 27 other legislators are going unchallenged—a full quarter of the state’s most highprofile lawmaking body. The frictionless path that many Utah lawmakers travel on their way to public office can be traced, in part, to the state’s polarized voting base, which nearly everywhere except in Salt Lake City, is awash with Republican voters. Another element is Utah’s convention system, by which Republican and Democratic candidates alike are picked to appear on general election ballots by delegates, rather than by voters in an open primary. These uncontested races, of course, do not take into account the many lawmakers who will most likely win their seats in a landslide, as Hillyard does whenever anyone dares to take him on. This lack of contention, says Mark Thomas, the state’s director of elections, has a tendency to stifle voter turnout and, potentially, fuel voter apathy. “I think generally, it is an interesting dynamic that Utah faces with a high number of uncontested races that we have,” Thomas says. “That has an effect on the way voters look at elections. I think that that draws into the voter apathy that we hear oftentimes from voters, and from candidates as well.”

LYLE HILLYARD

In an effort to spur more political competition and encourage voter participation, the Count My Vote initiative from 2014 aimed to torpedo the state’s convention system and create the sort of open primaries favored by most states. Fearful that voters would indeed turn out to end the convention system if the initiative made it onto the ballot, lawmakers struck a compromise with Count My Vote organizers. The convention system would be preserved, but candidates wishing to circumvent appealing to party delegates could instead gather signatures and force a primary election. Taylor Morgan, executive director of Count My Vote, says that the creation of a signature-gathering path to the ballot was an important step in making elections more vital and competitive in Utah. But with the convention system intact, he says most voters remain frozen out of the process that often ends up being the most important: picking a candidate to appear on the ballot. By avoiding direct primaries and appealing to a relatively small number of delegates, a candidate like Hillyard, who did not draw a competitor during the Republican Party’s convention, and also failed to provoke a Democrat to run against him, was effectively elected by the delegates in April. His name, and the names of several of his colleagues who slid through the process in similar fashion, will appear on the general election ballot only as a formality. The outcome has already been decided, and whether one person or 10,000 people cast ballots for Hillyard, he will receive 100 percent of the votes. “A lot of times in Utah, the most pivotal decisions are made in the party nomination process,” Morgan says. “Just a very tiny number of party delegates in both parties are making that decision on behalf of hundreds of thousands of voters.” While this system has been lampooned by votingrights activists and Count My Vote organizers, it has been staunchly defended by the Utah Republican Party, which has sued, but seen its legal endeavors wither, in an attempt to undo the compromise that allowed signature-gathering. Phill Wright, co-chairman of the Utah GOP, says that the convention system is the single best way to vet candidates before they traipse out before the public. He says it’s important for the party to maintain this level of control in order to ensure that candidates claiming to represent Republicans truly do have Republican values. And far from stifling participation, Wright believes that the convention system allows more Utahns to become involved with the political process by participating in neighborhood caucuses and helping to select the party’s delegates. When it comes to Utah’s lowly voter-turnout rates,

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which are perennially among the lowest in the country, Wright says he believes this speaks more to the fact that the state’s politicians are doing a fine job than it does to voter apathy. “I think what leads to low voter turnout in any state, or any city for that matter, is when residents feel like things are OK,” Wright says. “If people feel like things are functioning properly, they don’t get involved.” Morgan of Count My Vote says that when he cast his first ballot as a voter in Utah County, the fact that almost all of the seats up for grabs had only a single name running did not make him feel as though everything was great, just that voting was pointless. But the convention system isn’t entirely to blame, Morgan says. The simple fact that Utah boasts 713,248 registered Republicans to 172,542 registered Democrats, means that challenges from minority party candidates in many pockets of the state are frivolous endeavors. And if politics is little more than a big game of numbers, it seems unlikely that competitive races could unfold in many counties, including in Cache County, where the majority of Hillyard’s voting base lives. In this county, there are 4,225 Democrats, or roughly 7.7 percent, compared to 34,270 Republicans, which makes up 55.8 percent of the voting base. The numbers are similar in Utah County, where 15,500 registered Democrats reside, compared to 159,897 Republicans. “If I were professionally advising a candidate there, I would say, ‘You don’t have a path to win this election because elections come down to numbers,’” Morgan says. “The unfortunate reality is that right now we have a two-party system. The math simply doesn’t add up to provide a pathway to win the election.” Another hurdle exists for candidates hoping to take on perennial favorites like Hillyard: straight-ticket voting. No matter how enticing a candidate might be with a “D” next to his or her name, the simple fact that it’s not an “R” is a massive hurdle. During the 2014 general election, 193,828 Utah voters simply checked the single-party voting option on the top of their ballots. The vast majority of these, 122,298, were cast by Republicans. This number accounted for a full 63.1 percent of all Republican ballots cast in the state. While Wright says the Republican Party will continue to defend its right to vet candidates and fight efforts to circumvent the convention process, he says that Utah’s system of close vetting before the public gets its say could have been useful during this year’s presidential race, which saw the businessman Donald Trump crowned the party’s nominee. By letting people choose, rather than passionate Republican delegates, Wright says, “That’s why we have someone like Donald Trump as our nominee.” CW

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persecuted LDS faith, Lee alluded that such a requisite would be hypocritical. Plenty of Republicans have openly supported Trump. A sizable number, though, have been unsure about the choice of their party, while others have occupied a nebulous space between a hearty endorsement and begrudgingly giving him their votes. Before the release of a now-infamous video that captured Trump lecherously gloating about his unsolicited sexual advances, Gov. Gary Herbert was among the GOP that reservedly admitted he’d be voting for Trump. At an October town hall forum, days before the video leaked, the incumbent governor waxed on about his disapproval of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton when asked about the presidential race. Absent from Herbert’s entire two-minute explanation was the name topping the Republican ticket. At that time, he still committed to voting for Trump. “My loyalty really goes to policy and principle, and see what will help us turn Washington, D.C., around,” he said. “The process is what the process is. My concern is that really practically speaking, it’s a binary choice, and I cannot see myself supporting Hillary Clinton.” But Herbert changed his tune quickly once the tape caught in the news cycle, and he pulled his endorsement. At the second presidential debate, Trump apologized for the 11-year-old remarks, rationalizing his behavior as “locker room talk.” By that time, a wave of Republicans had already bailed. The Utah Republican party is resolute, however. While admonishing Trump’s misgivings, the party is holding him up as a serviceable alternative to Clinton, who it characterizes as a shill for the establishment. Her presidency, a release states, would

change the makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court, damage the domestic economy and leave the country vulnerable to attack. Trump opponents find his apology disingenuous, particularly in light of numerous women who came forward and described Trump’s predatory advances. Democrats used his most outlandish messages—at times racist, misogynistic or Islamophobic—as campaign fodder. Pro-Mike Weinholtz attack ads linked Herbert and Trump. Peter Corroon, chairman of the Utah Democratic Party, says that although Clinton is not a perfect candidate, her values are more closely aligned with Utahns’ than Trump’s are. These include Clinton’s longtime advocacy for expanding health-care coverage to children and families. “In the big picture, Hillary Clinton more represents the issues that are important to Utahns,” Corroon says. He and Burbank believe Clinton is in play because two outsider candidates, Gary Johnson and Evan McMullin, are expected to siphon away Republican votes. The Utah Democratic Party is primarily focused on local races, however. Many who have repudiated Trump are quick to correct those who might muddle their words as support for Clinton. A widely shared Deseret News op-ed that panned Trump and called for his resignation also quibbled with Clinton’s positions. Burbank says she also lacks a ringing endorsement in the state. At the recent debate between Mia Love and Doug Owens, moderator KUED-TV’s Ken Verdoia exclaimed disbelief at both congressional candidates’ glaring refusal to publicly endorse their party’s nominee. “Apparently, I missed the distribution of 10-foot-poles,” he joked. CW

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tumping in Florida last August, Donald Trump curiously inquired whether any Utahns were in the crowd, perhaps to ask for tips to win over a state he had moments before deemed a “tremendous problem.” These are strange times. Crimson-red Utah has been casting its electoral votes for Republicans every general election since 1968, and only opted for the Democrat choice once in more than half a century—Lyndon B. Johnson in a 1964 landslide victory over Barry Goldwater. No modern presidential nominee has tested that streak to the degree that Trump has. Campaigns have set up shop here and dumped ad money across the airwaves. Pundits are pegging Utah as a toss-up. Matthew Burbank, a political science professor at the University of Utah, says the amount of presidential attention this state is receiving is unusual. Trump bills himself as an unconventional candidate. He seems to put little preparation in his public remarks, his social-media exchanges are routinely criticized as inflammatory and he has no experience in the political arena. For people dissatisfied with Washington, the idea of sending an unfiltered tough-talker to shake up the system is appealing. But fewer Utah voters seem won over by the bravado. “Contrast that with [2012 presidential runner-up] Mitt Romney, who was very smooth, very polished,” Burbank says. “Even when he’s attacking, it’s not bold or brash or outspoken.” Not only do those Utah Republicans consider Trump’s bombastic persona off-putting, Burbank explains, but they also find it difficult to stomach the substance of his positions. He’s proposed draconian immigration laws, suggesting a ban on Muslims from entering the country. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, condemned the proposed religious entrance exam. As a member of the once-

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Times were bleaker in 2009 when Gov. Gary Herbert was handed the keys to Utah’s top executive office. Toward the end of the Great Recession, amid stagnant economic growth and shrunk budgets, then-Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. headed off to Beijing to serve as the American ambassador. Herbert stepped in to fill his shoes while Utah, like most of the country, was still reeling. Weakened but not broken, the economy slowly rebounded. All was well. But in the eyes of some, Utah’s downtrodden are being whitewashed by the prosperous sheen. The gubernatorial candidates paint two competing pictures of the state. Voters will decide at the ballot box whether they agree more with Herbert’s sunny vision or Democratic challenger Mike Weinholtz’ darker one. Governors can play highly influential roles in state policy, both as leaders but also as the ones wielding the pen that signs into law or vetoes any measure passed by the Legislature. The winner of this election can push vastly different agendas. The state’s prosperity is a sign, Herbert argues, that his strategies work. These days, Herbert holds up Utah’s businessfriendly environment as a coveted gem that has lured companies to open shop in the Beehive State. And while the governor acknowledges room for improvement, he emphasizes that an imperfect state shouldn’t be confused with one that isn’t progressing. “We ought to be humbled, and we ought to be grateful for the great successes we are having,” he told a debate audience recently at Utah State University. “The data doesn’t lie,” Herbert continued, insisting that fostering a pro-business atmosphere has expanded the tax base and allowed the state to invest $1 billion into education. Weinholtz, however, argues that Herbert’s rosy outlook is a stunning example of how out-of-touch the governor is with everyday Utahns. Weinholtz lists his opponent’s failings: toxic air, crammed classrooms and hundreds of thousands left uninsured. These unresolved problems, he says, indicate the governor is ignoring an enormous chunk of the populus.

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“What I’m hearing over and over again is that people feel they don’t have a voice. If you’re not a big corporation that can write a big campaign check or afford an expensive lobbyist, that your voice is not heard on Capitol Hill,” Weinholtz tells City Weekly. “I’m running to give all those people who don’t have a lobbyist a voice.” Herbert says education is his No. 1 priority. Weinholtz calls that claim lip service: The state, he reasons, isn’t funding education at pre-recession levels, and Utah remains dead last in the nation in per-pupil spending. Herbert asked voters to evaluate Utah’s education system by its results, pointing to climbing graduation rates and test scores. Eighth-graders, for example, ranked 16 in average math scores and 10 in reading, according to a National Center for Educational Statistics 2015 report. “The outcomes we’re getting in our state are actually very good; our teachers are doing great things, our principals, our local school boards members, our superintendents,” he said. “All those stakeholders go to getting a good education.” Weinholtz hammered the state for declining federal dollars for Medicaid expansion, calling it morally bankrupt and fiscally irresponsible. Herbert says his proposed alternative, Healthy Utah, would have closed the coverage gap, but that measure didn’t make it through the Legislature. Both candidates support a federal reclassification of marijuana, currently a Schedule 1 drug lumped with other narcotics deemed to have no medical use, such as heroin. Their stances on medical marijuana differ, however. Weinholtz, whose wife was under investigation for using marijuana to alleviate arthritis pain, says lawmakers should have passed a medical cannabis bill last session. Herbert is more tepid: He says the medicinal properties need to be studied further to test whether research confirms anecdotal evidence. Weinholtz agrees that recreational pot is “a step too far for Utah.” Herbert supports transferring federal land to the state in order to facilitate more grazing and energy extraction. Weinholtz claims the state would sell parcels of the land, thereby cutting off access to those who enjoy those spaces. What’s Weinholtz’ biggest fear? “Right now, what frightens me the most is a possible Donald Trump presidency. I think that Donald Trump would be the most dangerous president that we’ve ever had. He has no knowledge of the issues, he’s divisive and he’s made racist and bigoted statements—statements about women that are deplorable, statements about minorities that are deplorable. The prospect of him being the leader of the free world is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen.”

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Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes appeared poised, ready for an exchange of ideas at a debate podium last September. But the podium opposite him was empty. Democratic challenger Jon Harper withdrew from the race less than 24 hours prior to the debate, so Reyes spent the remaining 55 minutes fielding questions by himself. Reyes did not rule out the possibility of filing lawsuits to block a potential Bears Ears national monument designation from President Barack Obama. Harper tells City Weekly that he suspended his campaign on advice from his doctor after he suffered a “neurological episode,” but he deliberately remained on the ballot to give voters another choice. Libertarian candidate Andrew McCullough and American Independent Party candidate Michael IsBell are also running. Harper says he is now doing well. Reyes did not respond to interview requests. Harper’s biggest fear? “Donald Trump.”

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With drawn-out election cycles, the respite between winning a race and gearing up for the next campaign can be fleeting. This is most pronounced in the U.S. House, where terms last a brief two years, opening up seats every midterm and general election. Utah’s four representative offices are held by Republicans—Mia Love, Jason Chaffetz, Chris Stewart and Rob Bishop, all of whom are seeking re-election. Each faces a Democratic opponent with third-party candidates also vying for votes in all races except in House District 3, currently held by Chaffetz. Of the congressional races, District 4 is expected to be the most competitive, a rematch of the 2014 midterm between Love and Democratic candidate Doug Owens. That year, Love topped Owens, garnering about 51 percent of the vote to about 46 percent received by Owens. Early poll numbers for this election indicated an upset by the Democratic challenger. More recent polling, however, predicts a Love victory. In the almost hour-long exchange this month, the two were asked to address terrorism, poverty, tuition costs, climate change, gender pay-gap, the economy, mass shootings and a distrust of the federal government. Although the debate seemed, at times, to be an exercise in regurgitating platitudes and talking points, and although it devolved into a back-and-forth tiff over mailed fliers (Owens says Love sent out taxpayer-funded, self-promotional waste; Love says she, like many in Congress, dispatch informational material to keep

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Ben McAdams, Salt Lake County Mayor, thinks of himself as a “consensus builder,” and lists among his accomplishments the unification of 911, his participation with The Mountain Accord agreement, cracking down on crime while offering services to the homeless and expanding early education opportunities for children in low-income families. “I work across party lines and across divides to find solutions,” he says. “In the state Senate, I was one of the first sponsors of LGBT nondiscrimination legislation.” Before being elected county mayor, McAdams worked for former SLC Mayor Ralph Becker and then served in the state Senate. As for his greatest fear, he says, “A shortage of bacon.” Challenger Dave Robinson, a homebuilder focused on sustainability, says, if elected, he would shrink the county budget. In addition to his fiscal approach, Robinson says his experience in conservation and water quality would be an asset to the county. He’s been involved in conservation efforts for Big and Little Cottonwood canyons. “I also understand land use and zoning and economic development,” he says. “I also have worked closely with large conventions in the downtown Salt Lake City area.” Raised in a ranching family, Robinson believes his background with horses could be of use when making decisions for local equestrian facilities, such as the county fairgrounds. What’s his greatest fear? “I don’t think I have any fears.” CW

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Overseeing money coming into the state coffers and allocating dollars to the appropriate avenues, the Utah State Treasurer serves as a chief financial officer. The treasurer invests for the state and sits on various state committees, as well. Sitting State Treasurer David Damschen says the office requires an extensive knowledge of bank regulations, the financial operations of the state, investments and financial markets— knowledge he has in spades. Damschen worked in banking for nearly 20 years, and a large chunk of that time was devoted to institutional investments and treasury technology. Work, he argues, that largely overlaps with the duties required at the Utah State Treasurer’s Office. In his banking days, one of Damschen’s clients was the Treasurer’s Office, which asked him to implement electronic payables and check-imaging technology. “You deal with policy issues, but it’s a very technical and professional office and function,” he says. “And that’s really where I’ve spent my entire career.” After forging a relationship with former treasurer Richard Ellis, Damschen was hired as a deputy seven years ago. He was appointed to fill Ellis’ role last year. Damschen says the office is run exceptionally well, evidenced by the state’s AAA bond rating. Damschen’s biggest fear? “My biggest fear is that we continue to see inaction at the federal level in terms of curtailing the federal government’s use of debt. We have about $20 trillion in debt at the federal level. I’m very concerned about the ongoing stability of our economy, given the federal debt. Frankly, it doesn’t matter who’s elected president. We’ve seen both parties contributing to a run-up of the debt—so my greatest fear is that that trend continues, and we don’t get federal spending under control.” Reared in Ogden and schooled in its classrooms, Neil Hansen seems to have the town’s blood pumping through his veins. He’s enrolled in courses at Weber State College, worked with Ogden City Water for 22 years and served in the Legislature from 19992011. Now he’s ready to expand into a statewide role, running as

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a Democrat in the treasurer’s race. Hansen says the treasurer’s office, which has been in Republican control for more than 40 years, could benefit from a fresh perspective. He also takes umbrage with the state spending more on the Legacy Highway and I-15 corridor reconstruction projects than were originally bid. He argues this oversight falls on the treasurer’s shoulders and is the result of blind obedience within the party. “Because the whole state is run by one party, it becomes a party of loyalty. And when you have a party of loyalty, integrity is lost,” he says. “Because they can’t stand out by themselves and do what’s right. They’re expected to stand together whether it’s right or wrong, and that’s what happens.” Hansen’s biggest fear? “My biggest fear is if Donald Trump wins the presidency, and we’ve got a person that has no knowledge of how government works or runs because he hasn’t been in Congress. How’s he going to work with Congress when he doesn’t even understand the process. Also, I feel Donald Trump is going to make the U.S. military his own separate military. That if he sees something going on in the world, he’s just going to send the military in and start bombing people. I think he’s that reckless, and that’s what really scares me, should he win.”

FiveThirtyEight, an analytics site run by stats-guru Nate Silver, recently calculated that Democratic Senate challenger Misty Snow posed a dismal 0.2 percent chance to wrest the seat from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Nevertheless, the race has received broader national attention despite the incumbent’s near-certain victory. Snow is one of two transgender women running for Congress. Along with Colorado House candidate Misty Plowright, Snow’s rise to compete for a national office as an open transgender woman is unprecedented. But rather than bask in history, Snow centered her campaign against income inequality. Politicians should no longer be afforded the luxury of overlooking Utah’s working class and millennial voters, she believes, and as a 31-year-old grocery store clerk, she is an apt representative. Lee, a staunch Conservative who in 2010 ran right of Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, says he will continue to fight against “Washington’s status quo.” He believes he’s kept his promise to oppose bad ideas and offer better ones. Skeptical of federal regulations, Lee believes action to curb the heating planet—a phenomenon he admits is happening— brings economic damage that vastly outweighs any benefits. He

adds the caveat that climates are cyclical. Lee argues regulations such as cap-and-trade result in energy price spikes that disproportionately harm poorer families. Snow says a real shift to cleaner energy sources, such as solar and wind, would not only slow the effects of climate change but also clear up Utah’s polluted air. A minimal gasoline tax, she says, could help fund alternative-energy investments. Considered by some a partisan, Lee cites his partnership with Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., in a fight against the NSA’s secret phonerecord surveillance as an example of his willingness to work across the aisle.

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constituents in the know), the candidates were able to share their stances. Love opposes raising the federal minimum wage, which has remained at $7.25 an hour since 2009. She expects the backlash would result in a big hit on local economies because companies could no longer afford their lowest-earning employees. “Often, people get fired,” she said. “Often, people lose their jobs.” The nation has seen movements recently to more than double that amount to $15 an hour, and several cities, including Washington, D.C., have enacted their own minimum-wage increases. Invoking former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Owens said he backs a minimum-wage increase, just as Romney did. He did not say where the floor should be. The two candidates offer differing solutions to rising tuition costs and the staggering debt many graduates carry with them into the job market. Owens argued that the government should offer student loans without interest. He also encourages a crackdown on predatory private colleges. Love says she would change the government’s student loan “monopoly.” She also argued that if families retain more of their tax dollars, they will be better set to pay for college. Tackling climate change will come from technology and education, Love said, but it shouldn’t come at the cost of the coal industry. “This is a false choice when you say you have to have one or the other,” she said. In Owens’ estimation, America should bank on renewable energy to cut its carbon output and to bolster the economy.

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Salt Lake Acting Co.: Winter Most people don’t like to talk about death, even if it’s something that everyone experiences. In Salt Lake Acting Co.’s National New Play Network premiere of Winter, written by Julie Jensen and directed by Tracy Callahan, however, death is viewed with a touch of humor, despite the loved ones who might be left behind. In the play’s opening scene, Annis (played by the fantastically mesmerizing Anne Cullimore Decker) discusses a recurring dream with her husband Robeck (Bob Nelson). The conversation eventually reaches their now-deceased daughter, Leah. “How long does it take to get over such things?” Annis asks. It’s a poignant question, considering Annis is contemplating her own death. Her brilliant mind is now failing, as dementia creeps in. While Robeck and her younger son, Evan (Justin Bruse), support her decision in choosing when to die, their older son, Roddy (S.A. Rogers), believes Annis belongs in a facility where she can be looked after. Leah’s daughter (Andrea Peterson), however, has a special bond with her grandmother, and will do anything Annis asks of her—including assisting in her death. Jensen’s text is humorous at times, yet sadness lingers over the characters. Anyone with a loved one who’s experienced memory loss—or death—will identify. Winter flows with an uneasy sense of demise and, because of the play’s short running time with no intermission, allows the audience to become submerged into the idea of taking one’s life into their own hands. (Missy Bird) Salt Lake Acting Co.: Winter @ 168 W. 500 North, through Nov. 13, WednesdaySaturday, 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 1 p.m. & 6 p.m., $26-$40. SaltLakeActingCompany.org

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Jonathan Lethem has spent much of his career creating thoroughly distinctive protagonists, from Tourette’s syndrome-afflicted detective Lionel Essrog in Motherless Brooklyn to the two young friends Dylan and Mingus in The Fortress of Solitude. But it’s still a leap to find a story like A Gambler’s Anatomy focused around an international backgammon hustler with a massive facial tumor and a latent ability to read minds. Meet Bruno Alexander, who’s forced to take a break from his work fleecing marks at backgammon to deal with the tumor that is slowly blinding him. An experimental surgery might be the only thing that can save him, but there are a couple of catches. One, it would require him to return to his childhood stomping grounds in Northern California, which doesn’t exactly bring back fond memories. And the surgery itself might end up changing his handsome face forever, leading to shift in Bruno’s sense of his own identity. The author’s gift for weaving popular culture into his narratives—The Big Lebowski plays an unexpectedly significant role here—gives a welcome zing to what the author himself has described in interviews as basically a horror novel. If so, it’s horror with a flavor that’s all Lethem’s own, mixing in other genres and bouncy prose. Join him for a ticketed signing event, including a conversation about this new work and his career with Radio West’s Doug Fabrizio. (Scott Renshaw) Jonathan Lethem: A Gambler’s Anatomy @ Salt Lake Masonic Temple, 650 E. South Temple, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., $7 or free (plus priority seating) with purchase of book from Weller Book Works. WellerBookWorks.com

Although Salt Lake City has gone con-crazy in the last few years, the inaugural Fear Con is the closest we’ve had to a proper horror convention. Sure, Salt Lake Comic Con and Fan X offer some horror-themed content—but it’s scant, compared to the superhero, sci-fi and fantasy fare. Around 15 years ago, we had SLC Fan Fest, where Gunnar Hansen (Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Don Shanks (Michael Myers in Halloween 5: The Curse of Michael Myers) and Richard Brooker and Ted White (Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part III and Part IV: The Final Chapter, respectively) signed pricey autographs alongside Star Trek’s George Takei and Diff’rent Strokes’ Todd Bridges. And we’ve twice hosted the literaryfocused World Horror Conventions (2008 and 2012). We just haven’t had a local, serious, blood-and-guts horror convention. Until now. At least initially, Fear Con doesn’t offer celebrity appearances, but it has everything else: three super-freaky haunted escape rooms; a zombie survival course; a freak show; virtual reality; cosplay and Miss Fear Con competitions; a haunted carnival; exhibitors; magicians; creepy creature encounters; and performances by Zombie DJ Hoops and some guy called Grinder (verified: not Rob Lowe). There’s even a side attraction, Spooky Con, with age-appropriate activities for kids, like games, face-painting, Ghostbuster training and vendor trick-or-treating. Don’t worry, parents: There’s a separate entrance so the little buggers don’t see anything nightmareinducing, thereby keeping you away from the free (with wristband) Fear Con afterparty at SKY on Saturday night. (Randy Harward) Fear Con @ Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S. West Temple, 385-468-2222, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29, noon-10 p.m., $25. FearConUtah.com

After an amazing successful run in New York City, the rock opera Deep Love makes a onenight return to Salt Lake City. The show, which features Jon Peter Lewis and Ryan Hayes (of Midas Whale), tells the story of a struggling young widow haunted by the ghost of her first love. It offers a mix of haunting folk and Americana numbers, as well as a live on-stage orchestra adding the feel of a massive operatic production. “After New York, we wanted our next step to be big and adventurous,” co-writer Garrett Sherwood says. “However, we learned that setting up anything big and adventurous in the theater industry takes at least 18 months. So while we are currently setting up big things for 2017, we wanted to take time to play a couple shows for our fans here at home.” He continues, “Plus, we’ve made some significant revisions to the show since NYC that we think fans here are going to love.” The show also features Amy Whitcomb, who has been in the production since 2013. As part of the setup, audiences members are asked to come dressed in funeral attire—an interactive component that’s been a tradition since 2010. “We thought it would just be a fun way to make it more of an ‘event’ than just a concert,” Sherwood says. “It’s become a tradition now, with many of our diehard fans not just dressing in funeral attire, but fully dead-ifying themselves with skeleton makeup and whatnot,” he points out. “It’s become quite the event.” (Gavin Sheehan) Deep Love @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-3552787, Oct. 29, 8 p.m., sold out at press time. DeepLoveOpera.com

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that always remains is a common respect for one another, and a love for what we do and a love for everyone that’s there.” Chelsea Neider, who performs as Chelsea Siren, says it’s this underlying community support that drew her into performing three years ago. Since then, she says she’s grown more confident in her body and self, and wants to impart that to those who see her numbers. “We live in a really religious state, and sometimes a lot of people don’t have a safe place to go to and be able to express themselves,” Neider says. “I think that people who aren’t in the queer community that it’s good for them to have that exposure and that open mindedness that they wouldn’t always get.” Their shows have a distinct handcrafted feel, shying away from a sleek and stylized presentation and favoring one that helps channel the raw and intimate shows. The costumes and sets are made out-of-pocket by the performers and each piece is also choreographed and created by them. These efforts can take anywhere from a week to a month to prepare for, all fitting around the members’ outside lives. “I feel like I go to work and then I come home and do Bad Kids,” Nieder says. “We make no money. We just do this because we want to.” Higley says this completely DIY approach gives the group’s members a platform to discuss issues close to their own

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lives, politics and anything else they find relevant to themselves and their community. His own pieces, which tend to focus on dancing, weave his life experiences—past and present—with the general theme of the show. “I feel I actually have a platform to say something, and that’s kind of way more important and way more rare than people give it credit for,” he says. “You don’t have to say anything that’s important or personal or political … but you have that platform.” As the collective is ever-evolving, with members leaving and joining annually, the group is always looking for more additions. Neider says the easiest way to become involved is to attend one of their shows and talk to the performers. “We’ve seen the generations as they go on, they kind of grow and progress. The Bad Kids isn’t always necessary, but it’s really cool to see new generations come in,” she says. “Right now, the goal is to just set it up so we can just continuously have new generations of Bad Kids.” CW

The next Bad Kids Collective show is Friday, Oct. 28, at Club Jam. For more information on performances and the group, visit Facebook.com/BadKidsSLC or check them out on Twitter @badkidsslc.

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Bellwether Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City, 801-484-7651, Oct. 28-29, 7:30 p.m; Oct. 27, 8:30 p.m., WestminsterCollege.edu/Theatre Carrie: The Musical Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main, Park City, 435-649-9371, Oct. 27-29, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 29, 2 p.m.; EgyptianTheatreCompany.org Catch Me If You Can Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, 801-226-8600, through Nov. 19, HaleTheater.org Deep Love Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787, Oct. 29, 8-10 p.m., DeepLoveOpera.com (see p. 20) Drack-Man vs. Superiorman Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-355-4628, through Oct. 29, Friday, Saturday & Monday, 7:30 p.m., TheOBT.org Ghostblasters Desert Star Theatre, 4681 S. State, Murray, 801-266-2600, through Nov. 5, varying days and times, DesertStar.biz The Glass Menagerie Pioneer Theatre Co., 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, 801-581-6961, through Nov. 5, Monday-Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee, 2 p.m., PioneerTheatre.org Into the Woods Draper Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Draper, through Oct. 29, Friday-Saturday & Monday, 7 p.m., DraperTheatre.org Jekyll & Hyde The Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-975-3322, through Oct. 29, varying times, GrandTheatreCompany.com Little Shop of Horrors The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 855-944-2787, through Nov. 5, Friday & Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee, 2 p.m., TheZiegfeldTheater.com/Little-Shop Mary & Myra Pygmalion Theatre Co., Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787, Oct. 28-Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 30, Nov. 6 & 12, 2 p.m., PygmalionProductions.org Self Defense, or death of some salesmen Performing Arts Building, 240 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, Oct. 27-30, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 29-30, 2 p.m., Theatre.Utah.edu Winter Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, 801-363-7522, through Nov. 13, WednesdaySaturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. & 6 p.m., SaltLakeActingCompany.org (see p. 20)

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CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Trio Solisti Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City, Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, 801-581-7100, Nov. 1, CMSOfSLC.org Superheroes! Utah Symphony, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-533-5626, Oct. 28-29, 7:30 p.m., UtahSymphony.org

COMEDY & IMPROV

Felipe Esparza Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, 801-532-5233, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 28-29, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., WiseguysComedy.com Improv Comedy Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 435-327-8273, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m., OgdenComedyLoft.com

Western landscape-themed works by Denver-based artists Sushe and Tracy Felix (Tracy’s “Mouth of the Canyon” is pictured) are on display at Modern West Fine Art (177 E. 200 South, 801-355-3383, ModernWestFineArt.com) through Nov. 12. Keith Stubbs Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Ogden, 801-463-2909, Oct. 28-29, 8 p.m., WiseguysComedy.com Laughing Stock Improv The Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-355-4628, Fridays & Saturdays, 10 p.m., LaughingStock.us Off the Wall Comedy Improv Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Draper, 801-572-4144, Saturdays, 10:30 p.m., DraperTheatre.org

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Aprilynne Pike: Glitter Provo Library, 550 N. University Ave., Provo, 801-852-6650, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., KingsEnglish.com Jonathan Lethem: A Gambler’s Anatomy Masonic Temple, 650 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-328-2586, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., WellerBookWorks.com (see p. 20) Jory John: Penguin Problems The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801-484-9100, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., KingsEnglish.com Karen Brennan: Monsters The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801484-9100, Oct. 28, 7-9 p.m., KingsEnglish.com Cluess, Dayton, White, Kaufman & Kristoff The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801-484-9100, Oct. 29, 7 p.m., KingsEnglish.com

SPECIAL EVENTS FARMERS MARKETS 9th West Farmers Market International Peace Gardens, 1000 S. 900 West, Sundays, 10 a.m.2 p.m., through Oct. 31, 9thWestFarmersMarket.org

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Confronting Rape Culture: A Conversation About Consent S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Moot Courtroom, Level 6, 383 S. University St., 801-581-6833, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Bit.ly/2ePfcRp (see p. 14) Donna Brazile Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, 1840 S. 1300 East, 801-832-2753, Oct. 27, 7 p.m., WestminsterCollege.edu Ron Dittemore Smith Lecture Hall, Wattis Business Building, Weber State University, 3848 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, 801-626-7307, Oct. 27, noon, Weber.edu/Goddard Tom Brokaw: In Praise of Independent Journalism Rowland Hall, 720 S. Guardsman Way, 801-328-8899, Oct. 29, 7 p.m., RowlandHall.org/McCartheyLectureSeries Mike Leavitt Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City, 801-484-7651, Nov. 1, 7 p.m., WestminsterCollege.edu

HALLOWEEN

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-689-8700, Oct. 28-29, 8 p.m., EgyptianTheaterOgden.com The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, 801321-0310, Oct. 28, 29 & 31, 7:30 p.m. & 11:30 p.m., SaltLakeFilmSociety.org Strangling Brothers Haunted Circus 632 E. 1500 South, American Fork, 801-850-8060, Monday-Saturday, through Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m., StranglingBrothers.com Tower of Terror: Arsenic & Old Lace Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, 801-321-0310, Oct. 29 & 30, noon, SaltLakeFilmSociety.org Tower of Terror: Frankenstein by National Theatre Live Broadway Centre Theatre, 111 E. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-321-0310, Oct. 29, noon, SaltLakeFilmSociety.org

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Alyce Carrier: Old Work Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-3284201, through Jan. 14, UtahMOCA.org Benny van der Wal: Desert Trashscapes Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, 801-530-0547, through Nov. 18, SaltLakeArts.org Berna Reale: Singing in the Rain Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through Nov. 5, UtahMOCA.org Gini Pringle: Reflections: Neon and photography reflected on metal Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, 801-364-8284, through Nov. 11, Phillips-Gallery.com The DREAMers Project Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, 801-328-0703, through Nov. 11, AccessArt.org Drew Conrad: The Desert Is A Good Place To Die CUAC, 175 E. 200 South, 385-215-6768, through Jan. 13, CUArtCenter.org Heads in the Sand! Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City, 801-363-4088, through Nov. 12, 6-9 p.m., ArtAtTheMain.com Lexi Rae Johnson: Wait Here Please Art Barn/ Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, through Nov. 18, SaltLakeArts.org Maureen O’Hara Ure: Love & Work Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, 801-364-8284, through Nov. 11, Phillips-Gallery.com Mike Lee: Digital Mirror: Selfie Consciousness Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-328-4201, through Dec. 17, UtahMOCA.org Object[ed]: Shaping Sculpture in Contemporary Art Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through Dec. 17, UtahMOCA.org Peter Everett: Transmutation CUAC, 175 E. 200 South, 385-215-6768, through Jan. 13, CUArtCenter.org Recovering the Classics Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through Nov. 2, SLCPL.org Stephanie Leitch: Interstices Granary Art Center, 86 N. Main, Ephraim, 435-283-3456, through Jan. 27, GranaryArtCenter.org Sue Martin and Nancy Vorm: Iterations Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, through Nov. 11, Monday-Friday, VisualArts.Utah.gov Terence K. Stephens: Greater Salt Lake SLC Sprague Library, 2131 S. 1100 East, 801-5948640, through Nov. 5, SLCPL.org

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Asylum 49 140 E. 200 South, Tooele, 435-2246283, Tuesday-Thursday, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.; FridaySaturday, 7 p.m.-midnight, Asylum49.com Beauties on Broadway Brunch: Halloween Debut Extravaganza Club at 50 West, 50 West Broadway, Salt Lake City, 801-961-1033, Oct. 30, Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $7-$15, 50WestSLC.com BOOtober! Discovery Gateway, 444 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City, 385-355-0503, Oct. 27, 10 a.m.noon; Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., DiscoveryGateway.org Castle of Chaos 7980 S. State, Midvale, 385216-8915, Monday-Sunday, see website for schedule, CastleOfChaos.com Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-965-5100, Oct. 29, Saturday, noon-6 p.m., $5, WVC-UT.gov Fear Con Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 385-468-2222, Oct. 28-29, Friday-Saturday, noon-10 p.m., FearConUtah.com (see p. 20) Fear Factory 666 W. 800 South, Salt Lake City, 801-692-3327, Monday-Thursday, 7 p.m.10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m.-midnight, FearFactorySLC.com Haunted Forest 100 W. 6400 North, American Fork, 801-903-3039, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 7:30 p.m.midnight, HauntedUtah.com Haunted Hollow 1550 S. 1900 West, Ogden, 801-603-2231, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m.10 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 7:30 p.m.-midnight, HauntedUtah.com Halloween Epicness: Deadman’s Ball Infinity Event Center, 26 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City, 385-242-7488, Oct. 28, Friday, 7 p.m., $10, SmithsTix.com Hallows Eve Costume Party Gracie’s, 326 S. West Temple, 801-819-7565, Oct. 30 Sunday, 6 p.m.-1 a.m., GraciesSLC.com/Events Monster Block Party Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-535-5110, Saturday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., TheGallivanCenter.com Paranormal Encounters Mystery Escape Room, 130 S. Rio Grande St., 385-322-2583, through Oct. 28, Friday-Saturday, 8:30 p.m., MysteryEscapeRoom.com Pumpkinpalooza 2016 Viridian Event Center, 8030 S. 1825 West, West Jordan, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m.; Oct. 29, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., ViridianCenter.org

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ountiful—located in southern Davis County and just around a 15-minute drive from Salt Lake City—isn’t recognized as one of the nation’s culinary capitals. However, if you make the effort to scour beneath the franchise-filled surface, you’ll find some excellent eats. Bodacious Bountiful highlights include, in this correspondent’s opinion, both Utah’s best pizza and best cheesesteak. Curious? If there is a better Indian restaurant here than Royal India, I’ve yet to find it. Many readers are likely familiar with the original location in Sandy (10263 S. 1300 East, 801-572-6123). But fewer might know of the Shanthakumar family’s second Royal India in Bountiful (55 N. Main, 801-2921835, RoyalIndiaUtah.com). With a menu that spans the culinary spectrum from northern India to the south, diversity is the keyword here. “From scratch” is a term thrown around in many establishments, but this restaurant has been doing it since opening. Curries and even items like cheeses and yogurts are made freshly each day. Tandoor-baked breads such as onion kulcha and peshwari naan are perfect for soaking up sensational sauces and curries like vindaloo, saag and kurma. As an added bonus, there’s free parking out front. If you’re a Philly cheesesteak fanatic, head over to Vito’s (100 S. Main, 801-9538486), where I dare say you’ll find Utah’s best. Vito Leone accepts personal checks and cash only, so come prepared, or make use of the in-house ATM. The restaurant’s only open from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday, and sometimes runs out of sandwiches by 1, so try to come early. Vito serves up 10 different types of Philly-style sandwiches. For me, the classic cheesesteak with tender, perfectly seasoned, thin-sliced grilled beef with green peppers, onions and provolone ($8.50 for a seven-inch, $13.50 for a 14-inch) is as good as it gets. I’ve eaten in all the high-profile Philadelphia cheesesteak emporiums like Pat’s, Geno’s, Jim’s, Tony Luke’s, etc., and I can honestly say that this one ranks up there with any of them. Bountiful Greek Café (353 S. Main, 801683-8942, BountifulGreekCafe.com) isn’t breaking any culinary boundaries, but if you’re in the mood for Greek mainstays at fair prices in Davis County, this is the place. The thick, juicy Greek burger (a mix of beef and lamb) is excellent at $8.79, and I really

like the chunkier-than-normal texture of their crispy lamb gyro meat. Rice and spuds come lightly seasoned with lemon, and french fries are made from scratch. Chicken and lamb kabobs ($5.89 each) are lovingly marinated before hitting the grill; keftedes—a minty mélange of braised lamb-and-beef meatballs—are bathed in a tangy tomato-garlic sauce. Be sure to save room for the toothtingling sweet baklava ($1.75). City Weekly and Devour Utah contributor Amanda Rock turned me on to Boba World (512 W. 750 South, 801-298-3626, BobaWorld.Blogspot.com), and the first thing I’ll say about it is that it’s about lots more than just boba. Technically, it’s just across the Bountiful border, in Woods Cross, but let’s not nitpick with food and drink this great. Boba World specializes in what they call “chewing drinks”—chunky, refreshing, smoothie-style beverages with fruitforward flavors like mango, peach, passion fruit, taro, coconut, almond, honeydew and red bean ($3.50-$4.50). But the biggest surprise is the array of Chinese foods on the menu, and especially the top-notch Shanghai-style stir-fried “fat” noodle dishes. I’ve saved the best of Bountiful for last. Those who know me know that I am nothing if not fanatical about pizza. And, I like pizza in a range of styles: Chicago, California, New York, New Haven, etc. But when push comes to shove, my very favorite, deserted-island pizza style would be Neapolitan. This is the Italian type of pizza that you find at places like Settebello, From Scratch, Flatbread, Pizzeria 712, Jack’s and a handful of others. They are simple pizzas that require top-notch ingredients and

Ti Amo’s Neapolitan-style pizza technique, since you can’t hide inferiority under gobs of cheese and sauce: thin crust pizzas, with slightly charred and bubbled dough. In its truest form, the Neapolitan pizza is nothing more than sauce, cheese, crust and fresh basil leaves: the classic Margherita. The pizzas are always cooked in wood-fired ovens. The best Neapolitan-style pizza I’ve tasted in Utah is at Bountiful’s Ti Amo (515 W. 2600 South, 801-294-5180, TiAmoPizza.co). In Italy, uttering ti amo to someone means you are deeply in love with them. Just ask the establishment owners. Long before Mauro and Gloria Bonfanti moved here—in Marina di Pisa on the Mediterranean west coast—Mauro shouted at his would-be wife, “Ti amo, Gloria!” They would eventually marry, have three children (their two sons work in the restaurant) and bring fresh, Italian pizza flavors to Utah. Mauro cooks his pizzas at around 600650 degrees Fahrenheit in a wood-fired brick oven imported from Italy. He is a master pizzaiolo, and rarely takes his eyes off of the pizzas baking in his small oven, occasionally rotating them to cook evenly. The dough is made with local wheat flour, water, salt, yeast and extra virgin olive oil, yet it simply tastes better than most; it has flavor as well as perfect texture. The sauce is made from San Marzano tomatoes, of course, giving it sweetness to balance the tomato tang. And fresh, whole-milk mozzarella imparts a creamy, rich flavor and texture. All I can say is, ti amo, Ti Amo. CW

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so somehow I settled on this. Plenty of ice. Lovely.” Richards’ cocktail would make for an ideal Halloween adult beverage. Just call it “Spooky Juice” on that day. To make it, simply mix two parts Salt City Vodka with one part orange soda over plenty of ice in a large glass. Enjoy it to the sound of “I Put a Spell on You.” Although zombies get most of the media coverage these days, vampires are still iconic come Halloween. To make “Bloody Vampire Punch,” combine 4 cups of Dented Brick Distillery Antelope Island Rum with 4 cups of orange juice, 6 cups pomegranate juice and a half a cup of fresh-squeezed lime juice in a big punch bowl or hollowed-out pumpkin. Refrigerate until serving time. When you’re ready to serve the punch, add 1 liter of chilled seltzer water, preferably pomegranate flavored. For added creep-out factor, toss some plastic vampire fangs, gummy spiders, worms or eyeballs into the punch. Boo! CW

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any decent villain who didn’t actually want to get caught would have just pushed the big red button without sending out press releases in advance. On the other hand, while fans of the book will likely be disappointed to learn that the ending here is significantly different from that of the novel, the sense of “none of this needed to happen” that the book exudes remains intact. So there’s that. The first Robert Langdon flick, The Da Vinci Code, was dull; the second, Angels & Demons, was a grand intellectual adventure. Inferno exists in a muffled middle between them: completely absurd, ultimately pointless, but just about gloriously goofy enough to be momentarily diverting. It’s a Nancy Drew mystery with Scooby-Doo overtones and a thin veneer of bookishness. Langdon himself is the puzzle this time, as he tries to regain his memory, figure out why he’s being chased and by whom, and if he himself could be a carrier for that deadly virus (what is that suspicious rash?). There are, of course, clues to be found— in paintings and fountains in the magnificent museums and stately churches of Florence, Venice and Istanbul. There are anagrams to be solved, and secret organizations to be uncovered. Museums will exhibit not only art and artifacts, but a convenient and shocking lack of adequate security as required by the plot. There will be much running, through secret passages

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under medieval buildings and across wide cobblestoned plazas (scattering pigeons). It’s a more exciting Continental vacation than anyone who isn’t “the world’s most powerful mind” (as the trailer describes Langdon) ever gets to have. And if it actually gets some people interested in Dante’s death mask and the Hagia Sophia, eh, there are worse fads a movie could produce. The absolute best thing about Inferno, however—and this is simultaneously hilarious and also a supercool fantasy that we need to make happen—is that the World Health Organization’s Mobile Response Unit, as depicted here, is like something outta the CIA or MI6, with all sleek black sedans and badass agents and soldiers. As if. Maybe some of what are sure to be the enormous profits from the movie could go to fund WHO to this level. Tough and intimidating kickers-of-disease-in-the-butt would be an amazing thing for such a silly movie to inspire. CW

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CURRENT RELEASES THE ACCOUNTANT BBB Having already played Batman, Ben Affleck sets his sights on another vigilante superhero: The Accountant! In this tantalizing, mildly ludicrous action drama from director Gavin O’Connor (Warrior) and screenwriter Bill Dubuque (The Judge), Affleck plays Christian Wolff, a high-functioning autistic C.P.A. hired by a tech company to balance its books after a low-level analyst (Anna Kendrick) notices discrepancies. Meanwhile, the Department of the Treasury (repped by J.K. Simmons) puts a new agent (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) on the trail of an underworld figure known only as The Accountant, who cooks books for criminal enterprises but also, uh, kills criminals. Could The Accountant be our accountant? Flashbacks to Christian’s early life with a strict military father and a silent brother shed light, while other cryptic details (like a British woman’s voice giving Christian instructions over the phone) pique our interest. Affleck’s portrayal of autism is a surface-level impersonation, but the character and his quirks make for compelling entertainment—especially in the film’s second half, when numbers, bullets and fists fly furiously.—Eric D. Snider

I’M NOT ASHAMED B.5 Something clearly intended as a memorial to its subject—Rachel Joy Scott (Masey McLain), the first victim of 1999 Columbine High School shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold—instead turns icky and exploitative. In a story focused on the final year of her life, she struggles with integrating her renewed Christian faith into typical teen challenges, and McLain brings a bouncy AnnaKendrick-understudy appeal to the role, even as much of the rest of the production feels like outtakes from a Freeform TV series. But Rachel’s emotional ricochets—including contemplating suicide— make it feel that the film somehow suggests mental illness can be beaten simply by believing in God harder. And as the screenplay repeatedly drops in foreshadowing and glimpses of Harris and Klebold planning their attack, the impending doom overwhelms a message about being a light unto the world. (PG-13)—SR IN A VALLEY OF VIOLENCE BBB Ti West appears to have no higher goal in mind than cranking out a B-picture Western revenge yarn—and it’s hard to argue that he doesn’t succeed. Ethan Hawke plays Paul, a taciturn gunman who makes the mistake of riding through a crumbling mining

TRAIN TO BUSAN BBB.5 Horror movies can serve many metaphorical purposes, but it’s still kind of startling to watch Yeon Sang-ho’s zombie tale become a potent exploration for what it actually means to preserve one’s humanity. There’s nothing particularly promising in the set-up, which finds fund manager Seuh Seok-woo (Gong Yoo)—yes, he’s a workaholic dad who needs to learn What Really Matters—escorting his young daughter (Kim Su-an) back to his ex-wife’s house via train, just as a chemical accident is turning South Korea into a zombie apocalypse. Yeon underline’s Seok-woo’s dickishness a bit too bluntly early on, but the complaints start to dissolve once the story turns into a contained-space thriller that builds some terrific set pieces around characters trying to make it through pockets of undead to the “safe” cars. But it’s even better to watch as fear turns the survivors into a different kind of animal, suspicious of any new arrival among them. Along with its ample genre satisfactions, it asks alarmingly timely questions about what we’re teaching our children about abandoning compassion for a fleeting sense of security. Opens Oct. 28 at Tower Theatre. (NR)—SR

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DENIAL BB.5 There’s a cinematic challenge facing this fact-based legal drama based on a case where the entire strategy is not to provide big emotional catharsis. That’s the story of Deborah Lipstadt (Rachel Weisz), a historian who is sued in British court by Holocaust denier/ self-styled historian David Irving (Timothy Spall) for libel for attacking his “scholarship.” The bulk of the story involves Lipstadt’s legal team (led by Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott) trying to convince her to keep both herself and any Holocaust survivors off the stand, resulting in intriguing tension between “proving there was a Holocaust” and “proving Irving a liar,” and the performances are strong. There’s simply not much that makes for compelling movie viewing, notwithstanding an eerie visit to the mist-shrouded rubble of Auschwitz. David Hare’s screenplay feels like a potentially fascinating stage play that missed its proper medium. (PG-13)—SR

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OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL BBB A shady psychic and her two adorable daughters discover that a presence from the other side strenuously objects to her business practices. Those viewers with an interest in the fair-tomiddling original Ouija should find their lingering questions answered by this 1960s-set installment; sticking through the credits is advised. Everyone else, meanwhile, can just sit back and luxuriate in the infernal energy that director/co-writer Mike Flanagan brings on board, using the franchise to concoct a deliriously inventive possession movie that leavens out the terrifically staged Pavlovian scares with healthy gobs of deadpan wit. (Dig the decade-appropriate camerawork and cigarette burns in the corner of the screen!) It’s been a great year for well-constructed horror, but there’s some real playful master craftsmanship on display here, of the sort that jangles the viewer without leaving them feeling ill-used. (PG-13)—Andrew Wright

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Series Debut: Well, this is uncomfortably familiar: Outdooradventure magazine editor Jack (Joel McHale) returns from—what else?—an adventure, only to find that the print arm of his company has been put out of its dwindling misery, and he’s now in charge of cranking out “web content” with the “digital daycare division.” Everybody knows that print is dead [pause for audible sigh from this tabloid’s publisher … and … moving on]; The Great Indoors is just an excuse for hack Gen-X sitcom writers to lazily mock Millennials, and a waste of McHale as a snarky shadow of his former Community self. Besides, we Gen-Xers need to just lay off Millennials and concentrate on making fun the real enemy: Baby Boomers.

Tracey Ullman’s Show Friday, Oct. 28 (HBO)

Series Debut: British comic actress Tracey Ullman headlined the then-brand-new Fox network’s second series in 1985 after Married ... with Children, and birthed The Simpsons (not literally; short features from The Tracey Ullman Show were eventually spun-off into the animated series). More than 30 years and dozens of TV projects later (including the

The Fall Saturday, Oct. 29 (Netflix)

Season Premiere: U.K. crime drama The Fall has smoldered, twisted and teased for two brief seasons, with Detective Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) tracking down serial killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) in Belfast, Ireland. Though Spector was—spoiler!—gunned down upon capture at the end of last season, it’s a no-brainer that the literal lady-killer (women looove him; Dornan’s carving out quite the career as Mr. Deadly Dreamboat) is back for Season 3, with a possible exoneration looming as The Fall heads to the courtroom. Tensesexy (tensexy?) parries between cop and killer are standard psychological-thriller fare, but Anderson and Dornan sell Allan Cubitt’s tight, if occasionally slow, scripting brilliantly. In typical Brit fashion, The Fall’s six-episode third season might well be its last. You know what to do: Catch up, etc.

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Series Debut: Comparisons to Starz’ bloody-fantastic Ash vs. Evil Dead (currently slaying in Season 2) are inevitable, but Stan Against Evil is a different middle-aged-dudebattling-hell animal. First of all, it’s less gory, because 1. IFC is basic-ish cable, and 2. Ash vs. Evil Dead has severely depleted the nation’s fake blood supplies. Also, Stan (John C. McGinley) is far less gonzo than Ash; he’s just the retired sheriff of a small New England town (which happens to be built on the site of a 17th century witch burning, of course) reluctantly dragged back into action to help fight a demon uprising alongside his replacement (Janet Varney). McGinley’s over-it delivery is deadpan perfect, putting Stan Against Evil more in line with Shaun of the Dead than Evil Dead. Happy Halloween! (Regular timeslot: Wednesdays, beginning Nov. 2.)

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should’ve-been-bigger 2008-2010 Showtime series Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union; the piss-take ’Merica could really use right now), Ullman is still as unstoppable a comedic force as ever. Tracey Ullman’s Show is a BBC series that’s being rebroadcast by HBO, featuring a somewhat more serialized storyline than her previous strictly sketch shows, and a Euro-famous Angela Merkel impersonation that might be lost on us Yanks.

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ax Pain and the Groovies is one of the hardest-working and most highly regarded rock bands in Salt Lake City. But at the heart of it, they’re just a bunch of friends who enjoy playing music together. Naturally, they have a lot of friends among their local fan base, so the decision to relocate to New York City to further their musical careers has been bittersweet. City Weekly convened with them in the basement of Poplar Street Pub to quiz them on their style of maximum rock ’n’ roll. Band members—singer/keyboardist David Johnson, guitarists Shane Preece and Dallin Smith, Kallan Campbell on bass and drummer Troy “Tcoy” Coughlin—are 20-somethings with a history. Coughlin, Preece and Smith started jamming together in basements when they were barely in junior high. Johnson and Campbell joined later, and as they got older, music seemed a natural accompaniment to skateboarding and partying. Skateboarding isn’t usually associated with the kind of psychedelic-tinged rock ’n’ roll they play, but it fits their spontaneous mode of creation. “We’ll get together and jam, and somebody will make up a part, and we’ll just go with that,” Preece says. “We never sit down with a plan,” Johnson adds. “It just kind of comes out, then we shape it after that.” Another person who’s had a big hand in shaping their sound is local producer Mike Sasich, who twisted the knobs behind their recordings, from their 2013 self-released EP to their first full-length, Electro Cosmic (2015), and their latest, Ancient Grease—the band’s first album since signing with Los Angeles garage-rock label Lolipop Records. Cassette tapes are the new vinyl; the new hip medium. The Groovies’ self-titled EP was released on vinyl by Lolipop, while they self-released the cassette; Electro Cosmic was on their own Psych Lake City label, while European label Eager Waves put out the CD version. Lolipop—which Coughlin connected with when he sat in on drums for San Francisco band The Spyrals—will release Ancient Grease on all three formats. “We sell more cassettes than anything, next to T-shirts,” Johnson says. The affordability of cassettes is a nice counterpart to the pricier, collectible aura of vinyl. The Groovies have made a huge impact on the local music community through their Psych Lake City label, releasing local psychedelic-oriented music and promoting shows. “It all goes back to Spell Talk days,” Johnson recalls, saying that PLC’s core bands—the Groovies, Spell Talk and Dark Seas—“teamed up to have shows and collectively engage our friends, and we all emerged as one great group of friends.” That was two years ago. Since then, Spell Talk broke up, and Dark Seas dissolved as members moved away. But the collective has helped reinforce a sense of local community in garage/psych fans, and Dark Seas will reunite to play Max Pain’s album release/farewell show Oct. 28. Like most bands, Max Pain and the Groovies started out playing for small groups of friends, then built up a fanbase over a few years. But they’ve achieved more success than your average band: They’ve toured all over the country, have played South by

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Left to right: Shane Preece, Kallan Campbell, David Johnson, Dallin Smith and Troy Coughlin of Max Pain and the Groovies. Southwest four times and were voted Band of the Year in the 2012 City Weekly Music Awards (now called Best of Utah Music). “We have met a lot of bands along the way, and Psych Lake City has been a good way to help them get shows,” Johnson says. “It’s been a good thing for Salt Lake for other touring bands coming through that we want to help, who in turn help us when we’re on the road.” Ancient Grease shows them progressing as musicians: more confident, willing to experiment, while letting the music flow easily. There are inside jokes that you can enjoy even if you don’t get them: the jaunty opener “Don’t Shake My Busch” could be about a jostled beer can, or their nickname for their tour bus, or a real story about Johnson almost getting into a fight with a homeless person after an altercation with a topiary. The album also has darker tracks; the subject of “He’s Come (The Stranger)” comes around and “makes you do things you regret,” while “Evil Mountain Desert People” is a tongue-in-cheek, mock-sinister jab at the local scene. As groovy as the local scene has been for them and others in Psych Lake City, touring outside the state seemed to open up their eyes to new possibilities. Repeat visits to the same cities helped them build up a wider fan base, and they found their circle of friends expanding. In New York, they plan to crash at a friend’s until embarking on their first European tour early next year. Still, they’ll miss SLC—where, Johnson says, “You can go anywhere and some of your friends will be there. It’s gonna be weird not having them right by our side.” CW

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antastic Negrito is the musical persona of Xavier Dphrepaulezz. Raised in a strict Muslim family, he ran away from home at age 12 and never returned. He would fend for himself for the many years that followed, eventually discovering music and learning to play any instrument within arm’s reach. In 1995, he scored a deal with Interscope Records and, billed simply as “Xavier,” released The X Factor—a funk record in the Prince mold. In spite of good reviews and tours with the Fugees and De La Soul, the record sank without a trace in the pop marketplace. That part of Dphrepaulezz’ backstory makes his current success unlikely— and what happened a few years later all but guaranteed he’d never make another record. Earlier this month, I saw him perform at the Asheville Music Hall in Asheville, N.C. Onstage, Dphrepaulezz smiled broadly and told the audience, “Tonight is not a concert; this is group therapy.” He went on to share the story of his life’s most transformative event: In 1999, the car he was driving was struck by another motorist, and he lay in a coma for weeks. When he awoke, a doctor asked him what he did for a living. “Concerts,” he told the physician. “I’m a musician.” The doctor told him he would have to find a new career; among many other

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releases of long-established, highprofile artists. Printed lyrics were so important to Dphrepaulezz that he went out-of-pocket to ensure The Last Days of Oakland included them. “You’re conveying the message and you’re communicating,” he says. “What better way to do it than to have the words right in front of the people that you wish to make the connection with?” Juxtaposed with his music, Dphrepaulezz’ words, informed by his struggle, make that connection. “At the risk of overusing the word, I feel our purpose here is to contribute to the human family. I know it’s a little corny-sounding,

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injuries, his hands were shattered. Dphrepaulezz’ live show is even more dynamic and engaging than his studio recordings would suggest. Bum hands be damned, he’s an intense guitarist and a commanding presence, a spectacle of nonstop movement and passion, sharing his story. The years following his accident saw him bounce from project to project, including bands (Blood Sugar X, Chocolate Butterfly) and film/television soundtrack contributions (Burn Notice, Blue Mountain State). Eventually, his priorities shifted; he quit music and focused on his family. Years later, at the urging of Empire writer/producer Malcolm Spellman, he re-emerged as a musician, with a renewed sense of purpose. He produced a homemade video that beat more than 7,000 entries to win a spot on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts. Billing himself as Fantastic Negrito, he premiered new music that went much deeper—both musically and lyrically— than his pre-accident work. While nominally blues or black “roots music,” the richly textured songs on The Last Days of Oakland rarely conform to what most people think of as blues. “I was very influenced by all the Delta musicians when I embarked on the idea of Fantastic Negrito,” he tells City Weekly in a phone interview. “I love the sense of immediacy, and the urgency.” Reviewers draw comparisons to Sly Stone, and Dphrepaulezz name-checks country/ roots singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson, jazz legend Miles Davis and Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell as favorites, too. Dphrepaulezz’ songs are more than lyrics set to a beat and melody; evocative tracks like “Working Poor” are a movie for the mind. Moving well beyond themes of love and romance, the songs on the album express and explore Fantastic Negrito’s larger concerns. “I wanted [the album] to be meaningful because it is something that is serious,” he says. “My intention was to captivate and provoke.” In the 1970s, albums routinely included posters, stickers and the like; lavish packages were common. In today’s more cost-conscious music business, most of those things are considered luxuries, and are found primarily in the

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Nobunny performed at The Urban Lounge a little over a year ago; a reprise so soon is a treat for Salt Lakers with an affinity for goofy garage-rockers in bunny masks. What’s that, you say? Another genre hair-split because every band has to be a special snowflake? Nah. It’s more like San Francisco-by-way-of-Tucson headcase Justin Champlin is just doin’ his thing, kneeling at the altar of the Ramones, Bon Scott-era AC/DC, The Cramps and Hasil Adkins on his most recent album, Secret Songs (Goner, 2013). Not that music that unites three-chord punk, bluesy cock rock, psychobilly, outsider twang and hyper-reproductive lagomorphic fuzz-balls can’t be its own genre. But if it is, let’s call it Eggcore. Or Paas-step (paws-step?). (Randy Harward) Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 8 p.m., $12 in advance, $14 day of, 21+, Facebook.com/MetroMusicHall

MONDAY 10.31 Elytra, DJ/DC, Gonzo

Elytra—a band founded by local music mainstay Lindsay Heath—bends genres and genders in their live show, but that’s secondary to their songs, which identify as neutral and universal. The five tracks on their debut EP, Embers and Stardust (Elytra.Bandcamp.com), have something for everybody. Put simply, it’s pop music in the mold of Neon Trees if, say, Rufus Wainwright joined the band— pop through a singer-songwriter’s lens. The songs strike a deft balance between lowest-common-denominator appeal and

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an artsy edge that’ll please hipster music snobs. And if you dig deep, you can find some LGBTQ significance in Scotty Ray’s lyrics, but they’re ambiguous enough to apply to anybody. Not bad for a band that’s “ostensibly 6 months old,” guitarist Secily Saunders says. If this is what they’re putting out now, wow. Imagine what’s to come. (RH) Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 8 p.m., free, 21+, Facebook.com/MetroMusicHall

Big Sam’s Funky Nation

Here’s another one from the Self-Applied Genre Label files: Noladelic power funk. It’s a good one, huh? The portmanteau of the abbreviation for New Orleans, La., and “psychedelic” tells us to expect jubilant jazz and plenty of horns—but the band’s particular audio gumbo is gonna induce hallucinations. “Power” lets us know they’re coming on strong and are perhaps influenced by esteemed Bay Area brass juggernauts,

Big Sam Tower of Power. And “funk” means groovy and stanky. The seemingly bad connotation of the last adjective ain’t so bad, actually, if it means that Big Sam and the other four members of the Funky Nation put a little more stank on their stuff—which they do. “We play music for everybody,” Sam says in the Nation’s official propaganda. “It’s not just funk; that’s the foundation, but the music goes from funk to rock to wild jazz. It’s music about love and partying. Everyone can get down with that.” True dat! When Sam pumps up the crowd with chants of, “Gimme dat funky horn, y’all!” he’s like a tent preacher inciting his congregation to quake their booties for the Lawd. So expect The State Room’s pews to seem well placed tonight. (RH) The State Room, 638 S. State, 8 p.m., $20, 21+, TheStateRoomSLC.com

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Who doesn’t love an extended drum solo? Well, Osaka-born experimental solo percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani is more Danny Frankel, John Zorn and Philip Glass than, say, John Bonham or Tommy Lee or Mike Mangini. He has an epic kit—including many gongs, but it’s not a percussive edifice on a roller coaster. No, he lets the music be his special effects, using bows to coax moans, drones and wails from those XXL cymbals, and a pile of mallets, brushes and bowls to beat, scratch and rub tones, knocks and taps from the skins, rims and bolts of his sparse configuration of drums. And if that’s not crazy enough, wait’ll he goes cymbal-on-membrane—or even more insane, gives his drum heads head! (That’s not gross. But it would’ve been if I’d said he gave ‘em the ol’ Bill Cosby zerbert. Sigh.) Anyway, this is gonna be a zerbert for your mind. (RH) Diabolical Records, 238 S. Edison St., 8 p.m., $5 (suggested donation), Facebook.com /DiabolicalRecords

free-jazz influence in the band, performing wind instruments (flute, sax) and vocals in the band’s far-out prog-psych jams while swathed in Ancient Egypt-inspired garb. As you might surmise from the nominal distinction in Turner’s iteration of the band, it’s not actually Hawkwind. Founder/ nucleus Dave Brock still leads the official version, which we’ll probably never get to see here in SLC. But it’s just as exciting to get a chance to witness Turner perform Hawkwind’s epic, towering music on Urban’s stage. (RH) The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 6 p.m., $15, 21+, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com

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This Friday brings us a show not for the faint of heart. The Faint was one of the original post-punk emo-disco bands, emerging from Omaha, Neb., slightly more than 20 years ago. Doom Abuse (SQE, 2014) is their most recent release, but of greater note this Halloween season is their classic 2001 release Danse Macabre (Saddle Creek), re-released in 2012. Of more historical interest is seminal, highly influential British post-punk-funk unit Gang of Four, who date back to the late ’70s, and are still keeping up the pace with their 2015 release What Happens Next (Metropolis). Their politically charged dance music is as biting and bracing as ever. Travis Egedy, aka Pictureplane, was joking when he coined the term “witch house” to describe spooky electronic music, but a slew of artists, including Crystal Castles and Purity Ring, picked it up and ran with it. (Brian Staker) In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, 6 p.m., $29.50 in advance, $32.50 day of, InTheVenueSLC.com

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Belle Jewell + Laken + Mason Murphy + Kira Stone (Velour Live Music Gallery) Born to Wander (Why Sound) Face Your Maker + Blackened Blood + Tomb of Belial + False Witness (The Loading Dock) Moise Bently (The Hika Bar) Nobunny (Metro Music Hall) see p. 40 Poor Man’s Whiskey (The State Room) Proper Way (Hog Wallow) Suicideboys (The Complex)

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American Hitmen + October Rage + Ginger & The Gent + Outside of Society + This Awkward Moment (The Royal) Bloodshot Bill + The Breakers + King Strang + Dj Eric Jenson (Funk ‘n’ Dive Bar) Carrie Underwood (The Maverik Center) Celtica (Piper Down Pub) The Faint + Gang of Four + Pictureplane (In The Venue) see p. 45 Fantastic Negrito + Night Marcher (The State Room) see p. 38 Get Freaky feat. Zed’s Dead + Flux Pavilion + Choice + Brisk + more (The Great Saltair) see p. 47 Leggy + Psychic Heat (Diabolical Records) Life (SKY) Max Pain and the Groovies + Dark Seas + Hot Vodka (The Urban Lounge) see p. 36 Please Be Human’s Hogwalloween (Hog Wallow) Shine Bright + Asylum + Allies Always Lie + Wareye + Elysium (The Loading Dock) Travis Howe (Downstairs) We the Equinox + Storm Tide Horizon + Charlatan + Bhujang (Muse Music Cafe) Whistling Rufus (Sugar House Coffee) Yellowcard + Like Torches + Dryjacket (The Complex)

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Asking Alexandria + Born of Osiris + I See Stars + After The Burial + Upon A Burning Body (The Complex) A Balance of Power + Walking Corpse Syndrome + Truce In Blood + Penalty of Treason (The Royal)

Casey Donahew (O. P. Rockwell) Get Freaky feat. Zed’s Dead + Flux Pavilion + Choice + Brisk + more (The Great Saltair) see p. 47 Good Charlotte (In The Venue) Hooga + Late Night Savior + I’m Alive (Club X) Made Monster (SKY) Magda-Vega + The Menin Black (Big Willie’s) The Monster Mash Bash: Mad Max & The WIld Ones + Kitty & The Cruisers + King Strand & The Stranglers + Dj Nix Beat + Dj Eric Jenson (Garage On Beck) The Moth & The Flame + Young Rising Sons + 888 (Velour Live Music Gallery) Nelly + Kyle Bent (Infinity Event Center) Royal Bliss (Kamikaze’s) SuperBubble (Hog Wallow) Talia Keys + Grits Green (The State Room) Thomas Jack (Park City Live)

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) It’s the prosperity-building phase of your cycle. Let’s celebrate! Let’s brainstorm! Are there rituals you can create to stimulate the financial lobes of your imagination, thereby expediting your cash flow? Here are a few ideas: 1. Glue a photo of yourself on a $20 bill. 2. Make a wealth shrine in your home. Stock it with symbols of specific thrills you can buy for yourself when you have more money. 3. Halloween costume suggestions: a giant bar of gold, a banker carrying a briefcase full of big bills, Tony Stark, Lady Mary Crawley, Jay Gatsby, Lara Croft, the Yoruban wealth goddess Ajé.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) At any one time, more than 2 million frozen human embryos are stored in tissue banks throughout Europe and North America. When the time is right, they’re retrieved and brought to term. That’s the first scenario I invite you to use as a metaphor for your life in the coming weeks. Here’s a second scenario: Scotch whisky is a potent mind-altering substance. Any particular batch must mature for at least three years, and might be distilled numerous times. There are currently 20 million barrels of it mellowing in Scottish warehouses. What do these two scenarios have to do with you? It’s time to tap SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) I won’t offer you the cliché “When life gives you lemons, make into resources that you’ve been saving, that haven’t been ripe or lemonade.” Instead, I’ll provide alternatives. How about this, ready until now. Halloween costume suggestions: a nine-monthfrom the video game Portal: “When life gives you lemons, don’t pregnant woman; a blooming rose or sunflower; ripe fruit. make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! Say, ‘I don’t want your damn lemons!’” Or you could try this version, GEMINI (May 21-June 20) from my friend Barney: “When life gives you lemons, draw faces To create a bottle of cabernet sauvignon, a winemaker needs about on them like Tom Hanks did on his volleyball in the movie Cast 700 grapes. Compare this process with rain-making. When water Away, and engage them in sexy philosophical conversation.” Or vapor that’s high in the sky becomes dense enough, it condenses consider this Brazilian proverb: “When life gives you lemons, into tiny pearls of liquid called cloud droplets. If the humidity rises make caipirinhas.” (The caipirinha is Brazil’s national cocktail.) even further, a million of these babies might band together to form Suggestion: Play around with these themes to create your a single raindrop that falls to Earth. And what does this have to do with your life? I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will have Halloween costume. both an affinity and a skill for processes resembling wine- and rainmaking. You’ll need a lot of raw material and energetic effort to CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) All of us are creators and destroyers. It’s fun and healthy to produce a relatively small marvel—but that’s exactly as it should be. add fresh elements to our lives, but it’s also crucial to dispose Halloween costume suggestion: a raindrop or bottle of wine. of things that hurt and distort us. Even your body is a hotbed of both activities, constantly killing off old cells and generating CANCER (June 21-July 22) new ones. But in my understanding, you are now in a phase when Some Brazilians eat the heads of piranhas in the belief they’re aphthere’s far more creation than destruction. Enjoy the exalted rodisiacs. In Zimbabwe, women might make strategic use of baboon buzz! Halloween costume suggestions: a creator god or goddess urine to enhance their allure. The scientific name for Columbia’s leaf(like the Greeks’ Gaia or Prometheus), Rainbow-Snake from cutter ant is hormiga culona, translated as “fat-assed ant.” Ingesting the Australian Aborigines, Unkulunkulu from the Zulus, or the roasted bodies of these critters is thought to boost sexual desire. Coyote, Raven or Spider Grandmother from indigenous North Since you’re in a phase when tapping in to your deepest erotic longings will be healthy and educational, you might want to adopt elements of American tribes. the aforementioned love drugs to create your Halloween costume. Here are other exotic aphrodisiacs from around the world that you AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) In 1938, a chef named Ruth Wakefield dreamed up a brilliant might be inspired by: asparagus, green M&Ms, raw oysters, wild invention: chocolate chip cookies. She sold her recipe to the orchids, horny goat weed. Nestlé company in return for $1 and a lifetime supply of chocolate. Maybe she was happy with that arrangement, but I think LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) she cheated herself. And so I offer her action as an example of Do you know how to repair a broken zipper or patch a hole in your what you should not do. During the next 10 months, I expect bicycle tire? Are you familiar with the art of caulking a bathtub or you will come up with many useful innovations and intrigu- creating a successful budget? 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In fact, he earned $30,000 for every word free to fantasize twice as hard and wild as you normally do. Avoid he uttered. I’m hoping your speech will pack a comparable punch literalists and realists who think you should be more like them. in the coming days. My reading of the astrological omens suggests This is not a time to fuss over exacting details, but rather to soar that your persuasiveness should be peaking. You’ll have an excepabove the sober nonsense and see as far as you can. You have tional ability to say what you mean and mean what you say. Use this permission to exult in the joys of wise innocence. Halloween superpower with flair and precision! Halloween costume suggestion: costume suggestions: bohemian poet, mad scientist, carefree ancient Greek orator Demosthenes; Martin Luther King Jr.; Virginia Woolf; Sojourner Truth; rapper MC Lyte, Winston Churchill. genius, brazen explorer. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) During this Halloween season, you have cosmic permission to be a bigger, bolder and extra beguiling version of yourself. I trust you will express your deep beauty with precise brilliance and imagine your future with superb panache and wander wherever the hell you feel like wandering. It’s time to be stronger than your fears and wilder than your trivial sins. Halloween costume suggestion: the superhero version of yourself.

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Number ten is here again, falling free-dead and dying leaves. Remember when you were ten, and Halloween was more magical that Christmas? October-fest, where beer is best; neighbors are not strangers now. Freaky-fest, do bring a guest; wear your best and wear it loud! In October, I told her, I loved her more than the tricks and treats that we see in the store; but she wanted more than love from me, she tricked and treated herself to Steve! Two thousand sixteen, what does it mean? So fast, so far, it looks beautiful to me.

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