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I would not be so sure about Salt Lake City as a sure-bet future Winter Olympics site. It appeared to be, at least on the surface, a more benign place back in the day. Apart from having to wipe out any memories of the corruption that involved Salt Lake City and the International Olympic Committee’s site selection, Utah has to deal with its current opposition to any global warming initiatives (and the effect on its own winter climate) and to Native American land preservation. Add to that the state’s efforts to limit women’s rights, its anti-immigration stance, and finally its potential for violence (not to mention disease promotion) being an incubator of outrageous conspiracy theories and advocating for the uncontrolled proliferation of all sorts of weapons outside the realm

of sport and self defense. Then of course, as far as Salt Lake City itself is concerned, we have seen over the past few administrations a basic inability to enforce many of its quality of life statutes as well as an appalling lack of routine crime prevention. As a pedestrian, I really wonder about Salt Lake City when I have to step over a dead rat on Fourth South, avoid some scooter careening at 10 mph on the sidewalk, or wend my way through garbage left on the sidewalk from an unfenced fire site in Sugar House or for that matter just the general garbage on State Street. Does Utah really think the IOC is unaware of the current state of Utah and Salt Lake City as far as suitable Winter Olympics sites go? STEVE IFSHIN

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@SLCWEEKLY What a distraction. The city doesn’t need the corruption that comes along with the Olympics on top of how poorly we’re handling our growth spurt. Let’s focus on issues like humanely working with the homeless population, not building 20-plus skyscrapers downtown, and improving public transportation. MISSJAX_IF_YOU_RUN_NASTY

Via Instagram Better hurry up. Our winters are disappearing. Maybe we can host Summer Games instead? JENNIFER KILLPACK

Via Instagram Translation: if we had another tourist trap festival, we could have another justification to bulldoze innocent homeless camps. TRICKYMCGEE

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THIS WEEK'S WINNER Do you actually believe the stupid shit you say? Or are your statements just new “shiny objects” to distract people from realizing you’re a moron who deserves to be recalled while continuing to suck $200,000 a year from the American taxpayer so you don’t need to unethically suck money from a charity for children to make a living since you have no discernible skills? JERRY SCHMIDT Salt Lake City

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ack in high school, we had a teacher named Mr. Cox. I don’t remember what classes he taught—all I recall is that he was mercilessly mocked behind his back due to his last name. You know how mean and seemingly clever teenagers can be. I was a gentle sort back in those days, so I didn’t mock the guy; I simply and painfully laughed along whenever someone called him Wally. At the time, a fellow named Wally Cox was a perfectly nerdy actor and famous Hollywood Squares guest known to nearly everyone. Hollywood’s Wally Cox was a walking caricature with lots of conflicted personas. When our teacher, Mr. Cox, was called Wally, all the kids thought they understood the joke. For some, it was funny because the actor Wally Cox was clever, and clever people could relate to the same joke the dimmer among us fully resented. He was smallish, so little guys could relate at the same time bullies got their jollies off. He was a nerd. Nerds had few friends. I don’t remember how the nerdish ones took it. But he was also suspected of being gay, and you

know how that would play out in any era. However, he had been married multiple times, so it’s suspect if he were actually gay or not. Added to that rumor was the fact that he and the macho-est of macho men, Marlon Brando, were best buddies—Brando was wildly all over the map sexually. Speaking of sexuality, boys will be stupid, and presumably girls will be, also. So, with a name like Cox, you can well imagine the rest of the nicknames and jokes that befell Mr. Cox. I’d repeat some of them here, but due to our longstanding appreciation for the slightly prudish in our community, I won’t sully this family newspaper with such improper names and innuendo. I’ll leave that to our natives themselves who this past week were quick to weigh in with their own Cox jokes after our own Gov. Spencer Cox revealed a constituent message to him demanding he change his name to something less sexual and damaging to the soft ears of Utah youth. The letter writer demanded that Cox change his “foul, dirty and obscene surname” while also stating that “the honorable Republican Party will not stand for it.” It’s unclear, specifically, what the Republican Party will not stand for. Presumably, it’s an invocation to the local, sexually repressed Republican base that is the target market for those never-ending erectile dysfunction commercials that currently

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own Utah’s television broadcasts of late. They also stand for nothing, so to speak. The letter writer was either one of my old classmates keeping alive a 50-year running gag or a budding smartass who knew the joke would flourish on the internet. If the former, I apologize for Bingham High School alums everywhere. If the latter, I say, “Hat’s off!” Our universe could use some levity. I’m especially pleased that Spencer himself let the world in on the matter—he is, after all, more normal than most Utah Republicans. But there’s a clue, too. There are only two persons in all of Utah who use the word “honorable” when referencing the Republican Party—the diminutive Rep. Chris Stewart and the diminutive, smarmy and pudgy Sen. Mike Lee. Neither of them are prone to behave honorably, neither can let a fake crisis of their own creation go unattended and neither has a discernable sense of humor. It would be right up their alleys to mess with the governor because messing up things is what they do. No matter the origin, I fully doubt it’s the first time the governor was on the opposite end of a “Cox” joke so maybe it’s his way of putting it in the can. I understand and support him if so, because when you have a last name like my own, well, let’s just say there’s not an ass joke I haven’t heard. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net.

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HIT: Adults in the Room

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We know it’s hard to believe that Utah could get kudos for its handling of racism. And yet, in this era of denialism, the Utah State Board of Education cinched up its big-kid pants and said, “No.” Just, no. School board member and wannabeautocrat Natalie Cline was told to take her list of banned words and stuff it. At least for the time being, teachers may continue to utter things like “equity,” “anti-racism,” “empathy,” “racial justice,” “racial prejudice,” “white fragility,” “conscious and unconscious bias” and even “cultural awareness” without being sent to some McCarthyist tribunal. “You did it!” blared Darlene McDonald, Utah’s national committeewoman for the Democratic National Committee. McDonald, in her ongoing fight against racism, called on her community of activists to stop this attempt to muzzle teachers. Earlier, she posted a video from her car after attending a program in Provo on the “truth” about Critical Race Theory. It featured former Utah Sen. Al Jackson, a Black man who now lives in D.C. While crying, McDonald said that Jackson “demonized Black people so white people could feel better about their racism.” McDonald fights on, even as Lex Scott, former head of Black Lives Matter Utah, leaves the state in fear after death threats against her family.

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Is everybody working yet? Hey, we took away your unemployment benefits— wasn’t that enough to force you into servitude? Apparently, it didn’t exactly work so well. Gov. Spencer Cox called the enhanced benefits a disincentive to find employment. But Utah, with one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation, wasn’t even having that much trouble. When the “trickle-down theory” doesn’t work, the GOP Legislature likes to trickle even lower. Now, a Deseret News op-ed—from Utah higher education and the Salt Lake Chamber leaders—says there are other ways to boost the workforce, like expunging criminal records and investing in labor. And Forbes went this far: “The primary belief (at least publicly) is that reducing unemployment benefits will make unemployed individuals more willing to go back to work. … Perhaps the answer to this question is less about worker pay and more about worker rights.”

MISS (OR HIT?): What’s in a Name?

Well, Utah made the New York Post, continuing a coveted tradition as a laughingstock of humanity. “… when people say your surname, it sounds like the word cock. It’s obscene! Us decent people here in Utah will not stand for it,” read a letter to the governor from “a very concerned citizen” that sparked media attention after being shared from the governor’s Twitter account. OK, this is really funny in a world with Cox Communications and 122.39 people named Cox out of every 100,000 Americans, according to MyNameStats. Everyone, including the governor, got a big laugh, but the joke might have been on them. Think about it. A very concerned citizen? Or a prankster?

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School’s Back And Bad

You know how the Legislature is—they don’t really like to lead. So, as kids are getting ready for school, how are parents dealing with the risk of sickness and death from COVID-19? “If this is a personal choice, what about our kids who don’t have a choice? How can we keep them safe?” Those are questions that beg an answer at School Is Back and So Is the Virus—the topic of the Women’s Democratic Club of Utah’s Virtual Luncheon. Children under the age of 12 still aren’t eligible for the vaccine. And with a surge in cases, it’s incumbent on parents to insist that their kids mask up. Virtual, Saturday, Aug. 14, 11:30 a.m., free/donation. https://bit.ly/37pJAtL

The Meteors Are Coming

With increased urbanization, there aren’t many dark sky areas near the Wasatch Front from which to fully view the galaxy’s stars. But one nearby qualifier is Jordanelle Park, which was designated in January along with Rockport State Park and Kodachrome Basin as an international dark sky park. Now, you can join stargazers for the Dark Sky & Perseid Meteor Shower Event and view galaxies, planets, nebulae and the Moon through high-powered telescopes provided by park staff and volunteers. Utah State Parks recommends masks, and attendees should practice social distancing with those not in your household group. Bring a comfortable chair or a blanket to enjoy the show. And don’t forget the bug spray. Rock Cliff Area Boat Ramp, Jordanelle State Park, Google/Apple maps: SR 319, No. 515 Box 4 Heber City, Thursday, Aug. 12, 9 p.m., $10/vehicle. https://bit.ly/2VwTHdB

Rescue a Tree

Who knows how long our forests will last? Join Tree Utah’s Ian Piesner for a guided tour of Brighton’s forests during the Hike With an Arborist & Clean-Up, which begins at the Brighton Lodge. You’ll learn about the various species of trees within the forests and the history (manmade and natural) that contributed to and shaped this beloved ecosystem. Some of the time will be spent picking up trash deposited by the snowmelt. The tour requires moderate hiking skill and will cover roughly one mile with some elevation gain and rocky terrain. Brighton Resort, Silver Lake Cottonwood Canyon, 8073 Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, Brighton, Saturday, Aug. 14 (repeating on Sept. 4), 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., free, registration/liability required. https://bit.ly/37rncjG

Unequal And CRT

This will probably upset a certain cabal of history deniers, but No Study Without Struggle: Confronting Settler Colonialism in Higher Education will also open many eyes. Leigh Patel, a community-based researcher, eldercare provider, educator, writer and cultural worker, “reveals how blurring the histories of slavery and Indigenous removal only traps us in history and perpetuates race, class and gender inequalities.” Her work is based in the knowledge that as long as oppression has existed, so has freedom struggled. Virtual, Thursday, Aug. 12, 5:30 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3fBk5KR

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ENTERTAINMENT PICKS, AUGUST 12-18, 2021

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The summer of 2021 has been dominated locally not just by the ongoing pandemic, but by the impacts of climate change. Severe drought has parched the landscape; wildfires have clouded the skies; temperatures have soared to record highs. Elsewhere in the world, fires and floods have destroyed lands and lives. And in the face of a world that seems to be on the verge of collapse, artists do what they have always done in times of crisis: try to make sense of it all. In the group show Our Global Climate Emergency at Phillips Gallery (444 E. 200 South), 29 artists explore their feelings and observations on how the world is changing, and what can be done. Rebecca Klundt’s wood and acrylic piece “Reform” features the words of its title not just as a call to make change, but as an example of using reclaimed materials to “re-form” things that might otherwise become part of a landfill. Other works examine the landscape, whether it’s in the form of objects that might vanish forever, like “Marjerie Glacier, Alaska” in John Taye’s oil on canvas (pictured), or ominous images of a desolate place

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Our Global Climate Emergency @ Phillips Gallery

teeming with volcanoes like Maureen O’Hara Ure’s “Smoke.” From surrealism to abstraction, the participating artists—also including Wendy Van de Kamp, Gini Pringle, Joseph Ostraff, Trent Alvey and Carolyn Coalson—offer vivid perspectives on climate upheaval. Friday, Aug. 13 marks the closing of this exhibition, but you can continue to support artists represented by the gallery throughout the year. Masks are currently required for visitors. Visit phillips-gallery.com for gallery hours, appointments and other information. (Scott Renshaw)

Craft Lake City DIY Festival Just like the act of creating, Craft Lake City is a year-round endeavor, offering programs and workshops dedicated to helping would-be creators help themselves. But it’s the annual DIY Festival, this year sponsored by Harmons, that serves as the organization’s most public face, providing an annual showcase of a wide range of makers and ways to turn yourself into a maker. Over the course of the three-day event, you can browse through the booths representing a wide range of artisans creating art, food, clothing, games, personal care product and more; there’s even a special “Kid Row” representing the work of creators under the age of 14. Workshops give guests a chance to explore topics like home-brewing, making your own “bath bombs,” fashioning hand-bound leather journals and more. Among the new offerings for 2021 is the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary “Save Them All” Dog Park, which offers a hydration and relief station for well-behaved animal

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companions if visitors choose to bring them, along with a special “take-and-make” station for creating a DIY dog toy. For entertainment, there’s a Friday night concert with headliner Ritt Momney, a project of Salt Lake City’s own Jack Rutter. Craft Lake City takes up residence at its new home, the Utah State Fairpark (155 N. 1000 West), Aug. 13 (5 p.m. – 10 p.m.), Aug. 14 (10 a.m. – 8 p.m.) and Aug. 15 (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.). Tickets range from $7 - $15 for individual day tickets, with VIP options available. Visit craftlakecity.com for ticketing, accessibility details and additional information. (SR)

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The COVID-19 pandemic is teaching us many things, including the precarious financial ground of many Americans on a day-to-day basis. The threat of lost wages—whether from sickness or to care for children—forces many into decisions they would never make otherwise, and homelessness lurks at far too many doors. In her 2019 best-seller Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive, author Stephanie Land crafts a memoir that explores the realities of existence for the working poor, shattering myths and describing a government support system that leaves far too many gaps. Maid’s primary narrative begins with Land experiencing an unplanned pregnancy at the age of 28, eventually forced into an unstable housing situation as a result of fears of her baby’s father. Living in a shelter and then in subsidized housing, Land began cleaning houses for $9 an hour, barely able to keep up with transportation, housing and other expenses as a single mother. “My job offered no sick pay, no vacation days, no foreseeable increase in wage, yet through it all, still I begged to work more,” Land writes. “Wages lost from missed work hours could rarely be made up, and if I missed too many I

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risked being fired.” Land visits Park City’s Eccles Center (1750 Kearns Blvd.) as part of the Park City Institute Equity Initiative to speak about Maid and her experiences on Saturday, Aug. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available for $39 per person; visit parkcityinstitute.org to purchase tickets or for additional event information, including up-tothe-moment health and safety protocols. (SR)

Afro Utah Festival According to Gloria Mensah—executive director of GK Folks Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to promoting educational, entrepreneurial and mental health resources to African immigrants—a unique dynamic emerged out of the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. “African immigrants do not necessarily consider themselves African-American,” Mensah says. “But they realized that when people see you, they don’t see that you’re African; they see that you’re Black first. We felt there was a need not just for people to understand Blacks, but for Blacks themselves to understand that they are all one.” To that end, the first-of-its-kind Afro Utah Festival represents a unique opportunity to celebrate the presence in Utah of Black Americans whose families have been here for generations, recent arrivals from Africa, as well as those with African heritage in South America, the Caribbean, Europe and elsewhere around the world. The event showcases a wide range of performers representing Afro-descent peoples in music (reggae, soul, rap, Caribbean dance music), dance and drumming, including dance lessons in addition to the performances. Food vendors offer selections from American soul food, Senegal, Jamaica and more, while onsite presentations including the Black History Museum bus offer lessons in the history of Afro-descent peoples. The festival is

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also scheduled to feature an awards ceremony to recognize the contributions of Afro-descent Utahns, and the Miss Africa Utah pageant. The Afro Utah Festival takes place Saturday, Aug. 14 at the Gallivan Center (239 S. Main St.), from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., and with tickets $11.71 for visitors over 18, free 17 and under. Visit afroutah.org for tickets and additional event information. (SR)

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Utah Museum of Contemporary Arts celebrates a milestone anniversary with a uniquely focused exhibition.b) tk BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

magine trying to distill the 90-year history of an arts organization into an exhibition. Now imagine that you have to fit that exhibition into one room. That’s the unique set of challenges that faced Utah Museum of Contemporary Art curator of exhibitions Jared Steffenson and guest curator Frank McEntire as they collaborated on UMOCA: Contemporary Since 1931. Now on display at UMOCA, it’s a chronicle of the organization’s role in the local arts community from its inception as the Art Barn in 1931, through the new home and re-naming as Salt Lake Art Center, and its most recent re-creation in 2012. With so much ground to cover, Steffenson looked to bring in someone who could fill in the gaps in his own historical knowledge. “Early on in the conversations, what we wanted to do, as with any retrospective, was look back at the history of the institution,” Steffenson says. “I could probably tell you about 2012-2021, but before that [my knowledge] was lacking. As we talked about it, the name that kept coming up was Frank: He was an artist, and he has been a big part of the community [in earlier years], so he might know the exhibitions or the artists of that time.”

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For McEntire’s part, he recognized that it wouldn’t be easy taking all of that institutional knowledge and finding a way to narrow down the focus. “One of the challenges,” he says, “was that UMOCA and its previous incarnations have shown thousands of artists. The biggest challenge was representing artists who perhaps haven’t received notoriety, in addition to those who had. You could probably name 100 artists, and they would all be ‘favorites,’ so to get rid of that prejudice was a challenge so we could have work representative of that time, and have it work in the exhibit.” “We could do an entire show of just work from the ’30s, or work from the ‘40s,” Steffenson adds, “so there were a lot of tough choices we had to make. … Ninety years is clearly a long time, and I think what’s interesting about this show is, instead of doing a show about 1930s or 1940s artists, is it allows the viewer to see the different styles and influences throughout that 90 years. You can see how art changed, not just nationally and internationally, but here in town.” Making the choices even tougher was the reality of the space available for the exhibition. While a 75th anniversary exhibition in 2006 was able to use the entire gallery, UMOCA: Contemporary Since 1931 would need to share the building with five other exhibits all opening on the same day. As a result, that 90 years would need to be represented by just 30 pieces. Steffenson says that finding a focus for the selection process began with organizing the exhibition around three periods in the institution’s history: the Art Barn era (1931-1957), the Salt Lake Art Center era (1958-2011) and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art era (2012-present). Steffenson and McEntire worked together with UMOCA executive director Laura Hurtado in what Steffenson describes as having “a core vision, then a May Pole around that

with the three of us weaving a story about the history of the institution.” And that story, according to McEntire, has to do with the core mission of supporting local contemporary art, and the participation of artists in work beyond the walls of any specific building that housed it. “You can look at almost any of these artists, and they have a relationship with what’s happening beyond the gallery itself,” McEntire says. “Lenka Konopasek, for example, has been involved in arts education. As an institution, the outreach is enormous. There’s arts education out in the community. In terms of, ‘what is the core vision for 90 years,’ it really does come back to community.” “Something that underpins what we do, there’s a quote by Alta Rollins Jensen, one of the founders,” Steffenson adds. “The quote was for a specific exhibition, but I think it applies generally: ‘We will never develop any art that is real or great in Utah until art is anything that it wants to be.’ That speaks to how the museum has been able to reinvent itself based on what is around it. We believe in the power of the art of our time, and we believe previous in-

Photos from the Art Barn cornerstone-laying ceremony in 1931

carnations felt the same way.” McEntire emphasizes that the community support has been evident going back to the construction of the initial Art Barn facility during the height of the Great Depression. “There were enough supporters in the community during that stressful time to create an institution like this,” he says. “Part of the bulletin that went out said, ‘This art center belongs to you,’ and that’s still true.” “Our hope is that even though there are specific artists that have been chosen,” Steffenson adds, “the show is about the institution, and the institution supporting the community, and the community supporting the institution.” CW

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our arts editor, has the 411 on the festival itself, with information on how to purchase passports, hitch an intoxicationfriendly ride to the event, and navigate the sampling system. And Aimee L. Cook and Michael Saltas check in with some of the participating brewers to see how they made it through quarantine. So, readers, brewers, countrymen: Come one and come all to the Utah Beer Festival. It’s been a long time, but it’s also been no time at all, because we’ve been here for years, and we’re still here. Cheers!

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has a new home at The Gateway and all of—if not more of—the things we love: dozens of brewers, hundreds of beers and ciders, live music and good vibes, all free from the judgmental, puritanical eyes of our anti-imbibing statesmen. And don’t worry, we know it’s been a while since anyone’s done … well, much of anything. Inside these pages you’ll find all the information you need to shake the dust off and enjoy some great beer. Mike Riedel, Utah’s preeminent beer expert/advocate and City Weekly’s resident cicerone (confession: I had to look that word up), will help you get into the right mindset to enjoy your weekend, with tips and insights into the local and national brewing scene. Scott Renshaw,

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Raise a glass, friends, for the Utah Beer Festival has returned! The coronavirus injected a dark irony into many beloved traditions—and here’s one more example. In 2019, the Utah Beer Festival celebrated its triumphant 10-year anniversary as The Beehive State’s best and booziest party. To think such a milestone would be followed-up in 2020 with a forced hiatus, but such is life in the time of COVID-19. But 2020 is gone, and we who remain are thirsting. Our neighbor brewers have rallied to keep the lights on and the taps flowing, we’ve all learned a little about contagion etiquette, and the time has come to gather once again for the 11th annual Utah Beer Festival. This year’s two-day event (Aug. 21-22)

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ew people are as fascinated gazing upon the head of foam rising from a freshly poured glass of beer as Mike Riedel, the scribe behind the much beloved Utah Beer Blog (utahbeer.blogspot.com) and author of City Weekly’s Beer Nerd column. Riedel is also a regular fixture at the Utah Beer Festival, and as such, we asked him about what attendees might expect at this year’s event.

Why he’s jazzed about the Utah Beer Festival

Mike Riedel: Not only is the Utah Beer Festival the perfect one-stop shop for getting acquainted with the best Utah has to offer in regards to adult beverages, it’s a showcase for new brands arriving in our market along with what’s hot and trending in alcoholic beverages.

COVID’s impact on the festival

The Utah Beer Festival will be the first beer event that many of us have attended since 2019—party mode will be in full effect. However, this doesn’t mean that those who respect COVID health guidelines won’t have access to PPE or other social distancing tools. Plan on the same great party, with a greater awareness of individuals’ well-being.

How Utah’s craft brewing scene compares with other markets our size

The beer lovers of Utah are lucky to have a strong beer scene that far exceeds our state’s teetotaler reputation. Our market is absolutely comparable in quantity and quality to others of our size, with 37 entities operating breweries in the state—not to mention that no brewery in Utah ceased operations due to the COVID shutdown.

Brewing trends to look for

One of the more popular trends is the “impersonation brew.” These are beers that mimic other foods, dishes, desserts or confections with the addition of creative adjuncts and ingredients. Pastry stouts, milkshake IPAs and pie-flavored beers will definitely be showcased, along with sour ales and wine/cider/beer hybrids. Hard seltzers, hard kombucha and canned cocktails are also popular beer alternatives.

What’s a good plan of attack when attending a big beer festival?

A good plan is key to a successful beer festival outing. Be efficient, but don’t go all Vulcan—you’re at a beer fest, for Thor’s

sake! Pre-gaming is very important, and food is a solid part of that. Eat before you hit the road; beer makes you hungry, and there will be a wide array of food options to keep you level-headed while at the festival. If there’s a beer or beers that you really want to try, check out the UBF 2021 Pocket Guide, and it’ll get you where you need to be. From experience: A designated driver or a reliable ride home is your best post-fest strategy. With Trax and Frontrunner so close to The Gateway, there’s no excuse to drive home. And don’t forget the fundamentals: scoping out which vendors are located where before tastings; choosing which beers you must try, which ones you’d like to try if the line isn’t too long, which beers are new to market, etc.

What to pay attention to when tasting beer

If you just want to get drunk, you can stay home and do that. The Utah Beer Festival offers attendees the opportunity to get familiar with the flavors that make beer the most popular fermented beverage in the world. Hops tend to be the most popular ingredient in beer. They often have flavors similar to citrus, pine, berries and grass—identifying those flavors with different malt combinations can create a fruit basket of flavors. Yeast can also add flavors ranging from banana, to clove, to berries—even cheese. Ask your brewery representative for their beer’s flavor profiles if you’re not sure.

Is there a preferred order in tasting beer—light to dark, for example?

Generally, starting with lighter-flavored beers is the best way to keep your taste buds from getting overwhelmed. But I’ve found that IPAs and pilsners are easily interchangeable, and often bring out the best in each other when alternating between styles. A bottle of water is also helpful to reset your tongue, not to mention that it will help with hydration. Also, avoid fruit beers after drinking soured beers—all that lactic acid can dull the sweetness of many fruits on the palate.

Best beer/food pairings?

Food pairings are a great way to bring out the best flavors in food and beer, but they’re not necessary for the enjoyment of either. Look for complementary qualities, like a sour raspberry beer with a chocolate cupcake or a dry lager with sushi or barbecue. Flavors that are too similar can cancel each other out. Remember, if it works for you, then you win.

How to keep track of the beers you like

When you’re surrounded by so many great beer options, an enthused beer drinker can easily lose track of who made those special suds and what they were called. You can utilize the handy UBF 2021 Pocket Guide to help keep track of the beers and breweries that you don’t want to forget. Your smartphone’s camera is also an invaluable tool along with beer tracking apps like Untappd (my personal favorite).

Exciting beers that local brewers are up to

Old-school beer drinkers like me only had classic American lagers as our gateways into beer. We quickly threw those aside when ale-making breweries like Wasatch, Squatters and Uinta hit the scene. It’s been fun getting reacquainted with Old World lagers again and becoming familiar with why they became the most popular beers in the world. That’s why I’m really loving the beers from the Templin Family (T.F.) Brewery right now. The attention to tradition, ingredients and technique are practically a history lesson in a glass. Shades Brewing is at the cutting edge of what is possible to add to beer. Their award-winning sours and their flavor bending confection beers keep you wondering, “How’d they make it taste like that?”

Your thoughts on hard ciders?

There are a lot of great ciders in our market that are made here and from other parts of North America. Ciders are a great complement to beer and can be enjoyed side by side, as long as you avoid overly sweet beers with tart ciders— then you just end up with a mouth full of tannic bitterness. Try a beer made with apples and see if you can identify what sets it apart from actual hard cider.

Hard ciders that are “must trys”

If craft beer has taught us anything, it’s that there are no limits in what is possible, flavorwise. The same goes with hard cider. I’m sure you’ve had an apple-flavored beer, but what about a beer-flavored cider? Mountain West Hard Cider’s Cottonwood is a cider that features Northwest, citrusforward hops. Angry Orchard’s Rosé cider takes you in a different direction, skewing towards the wine part of the spectrum with tannins and berries that mimic the classic summer wine. CW

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he 2021 Utah Beer Festival returns Aug. 21-22, 2-8 p.m., at a new venue (The Gateway) and with new logistics. Here are tips for getting the most out of your experience.

How and where should I purchase Utah Beer Festival passports?

Visit utahbeerfestival.com to check out ticket options for single-day ($30), full-festival ($40) and VIP ($75, Sunday only available at press time) . You can also buy tickets in person at the City Weekly offices (175 W. 200 South, Ste. 100, Salt Lake City) and skip the online service fee, or you can buy passports at the gate. However, online purchases ahead of the event are discounted (day-of tickets are $35), so make your plans early.

What’s the best way to get there or park?

For those who choose to drink at the event—and there’s plenty of food and entertainment for those who don’t—you have multiple public transportation options. Your advance-purchase passport doubles as proof of payment for UTA buses, Trax and FrontRunner, and there’s a convenient Trax station right at The Gateway and a FrontRunner station within walking distance. Green Bike is another great choice in the downtown area—with multiple docking stations near the event—or you can bring your own bike for free valet parking. If you do choose to drive, The Gateway offers covered garage parking.

Where should I enter the festival area?

There will be several entrances around The Gateway, including a main entrance at 100 South and Rio Grande Street.

What is included in my general admission price?

Each general admission “passport” begins with a value of 20 punches, and each sample you try will have a value between 2 and 6 punches, based on the specific beer you’re trying. If you need additional punches, they are available for purchase with credit cards or cash at booths inside the festival area.

What determines the “cost” of the 5-ounce or 12-ounce pour?

That’s a function of how much the individual vendors are charging, and based on factors like high-point brews or size of the batch.

How many beers and hard ciders will be available for sampling?

At current count, there are more than 200 different offerings. But please be conscientious and avoid sampling them all in too short a time frame.

Do you have to be 21 or older to attend?

Because The Gateway is an open-air venue, proof of legal drinking age will be required only to obtain alcohol at the event, but not to enter. You’re welcome to attend for the food and entertainment if you’re under 21, or to bring your kids, younger siblings or friends as nondrinking attendees.

What can I bring with me?

Low lawn chairs and/or blankets are welcome for those who want to make a comfortable viewing spot for the live music. No personal coolers or large bags will be permitted. Pets are allowed in the public areas, but be considerate of both your pet and fellow festival-goers by taking into account whether that pet is well-behaved and can handle large crowds. CW

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Li V e long and prosper COVID threw a wrench into the local brewing businesses, but brewers are making it work. BREWER PROFILES BY AIMEE L. COOK comments@cityweekly.net

o one can plan for a global pandemic. When COVID-19 shut down the hospitality industry, the outlook for craft brewers was grim, with some predicting as many as half of U.S. breweries would close in 2020. But thankfully, Utah’s brewers held fast and kept brewing. And you can congratulate them in person at the upcoming Utah Beer Festival on Aug. 21-22. While there’s no denying that craftbrewing took a major hit from COVID, local brewers managed to do what comes naturally to them, which is to innovate. Their on-premise draft beer business may have been down, but the saving grace for many was packaging their products and selling it to those who were imbibing at home. That solution, however, was complicated by an aluminum can shortage, which remains ongoing. So, what’s on tap for local breweries? The trends in places before 2020 froze or fizzled during COVID. Meanwhile, the stay-at-home lifestyle has shifted the habits of craft-beer patrons. Going forward, it is likely to be a mixed bag of opportunities, but you can count on brewers to adapt, innovate and be resilient. In the pages that follow, Devour Utah writer Aimee L. Cook and City Weekly’s Michael Saltas touched base with local brewers to get a sense of how they dealt with the challenges of the past 18 months and what they’re looking forward to. —Jerre Wroble

Kevin Templin of T.F. Brewing is big on their Hazy Series, barrel-aged beers (coming soon) and sour beers

A Passion for Lager In the early 1990s, Kevin Templin followed his brother, Chris, to Alta to ski. Once here, he met and married Britt Porter and became an early brewmaster in Utah’s craft beer scene. After working as head brewer at Red Rock Brewing Co. for 18 years making many award-winning beers, in 2019, Kevin and wife, Britt, took the leap and started their own family brewery, T.F. Brewing. Britt Templin is interviewed for this feature.

City Weekly: How’s business?

Britt Templin: Everything is great. We are busier than ever. We have been really lucky—our business never really slowed down.

realized pretty quickly this wasn’t going to work. We had to purchase a new POS system, making it so we could have table service and train everyone on how to do this. We are lucky we have such a large outdoor space. This has really saved us.

How did you and your operation fare during COVID? Did any of the government pandemic programs provide a financial lifeline? It was scary at first. We were so worried about our employees and making sure everyone was safe and taken care of. Thankfully, we were able to sell beer out of our beer store. We made a shift as a group and focused on production and being creative with new beers while the taproom was closed. The community rallied around us and supported us. We didn’t lay anyone off; we constantly checked in on each other.

Did you have to contend with shortages, such as labor and ingredient shortages?

No shortages with labor. As mentioned before, nobody was laid off. We offered to have people clean or work in the brewery. We were also part of the All Together collaboration with The Other Half—all of the proceeds went to our staff. We were very lucky. Everyone pulled together and helped one another out. No ingredient shortages. There was a can shortage and, luckily, this did not affect us.

What changes did you make to improve COVID safety for workers and customers?

We had to completely change our way of doing things. In the past, people would just line up at the bar to order a beer. We

Yes, we did receive some PPP money. We are grateful for that.

Which beers are you most excited about?

Kevin’s passion is lager beers. He likes to make sure we always have a good selection, which is tough because they take a bit longer. I also love that we can change things up from the traditional beers and have some fun: Hazy Series, barrelaged beers (coming soon) and our very popular sour beers.

Anything else you want readers to know?

Stay tuned for some fun beers coming out including barrelaged beers that have been aging for two years. Thank you for all the support!

T.F. Brewing 936 S. 300 West, SLC 385-270-5972 tfbrewing.com

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Uinta Brewing: Check out our new imperial IPA, Caravan

The Trend Is Upheaval Uinta has grown from a 15-barrel brewhouse born in founder Will Hamill’s garage in 1993 into a Brewers Association Top 100 craft brewer. Uinta is known for making a variety of brews, with Cutthroat Pale Ale—named after the Utah state fish—being one of its bestselling beers. Uinta produces more than 40,000 barrels annually. Jeremy Ragonese, Uinta Brewing president, was interviewed for this article.

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City Weekly: How is business going?

Jeremy Ragonese: It’s actually going quite well at the moment. We obviously had a significant struggle as everyone in the industry did last year. We had to adjust our packaging of beer. Consumers did flock to the stores for pantry loading, and we were able to fill that demand. We had some new launches, like our hard seltzer, that have really helped us.

Did you have to contend with shortages?

Yes. The one that really caught us was the shortages of cans. The supply did not meet with the huge increase in demand. We were able to utilize some obsolete inventory of packaging, and we have tried some vendors to try and overcome the uncertainty. We were able to weather that last year. And yes, recruiting [employees] has been more difficult in this environment. We try and stay as competitive as possible.

What changes did you make to improve COVID safety for workers and customers?

We continue to follow the CDC guidelines and ask that our employees voluntarily provide documentation for their vaccinations. It has been tricky with not getting much guidance from the state. We cautiously are continuing practices we learned from the beginning. We have only lifted the mask mandate.

Which beers are you most excited about?

I am very excited about Caravan, an imperial IPA that we released earlier this year and is only now making its way into the DABC stores. Primarily, it fits a profile of more of modern double IPA that has a little West Coast influence and tropical aromas.

What’s changing in the industry?

The industry has gone through such an upheaval over what is happening. More familiar styles are continuing to drive sales and hard seltzers are continuing to grow—we are seeing an explosion of these.

What about waste reduction and recycling?

We continue to strive for the best practices in all aspects of our sustainability. Uinta participates in a waste-to-energy partnership with Wasatch Resource Recovery. According to our marketing department, wort (unfermented beer), food waste and expired beer are transported to a local digester and converted to natural biogas. Every three months, Uinta’s waste now produces approximately 1,046,000 ft 3 of biogas/natural gas—enough to supply 70 homes for three months, along with providing nutrient-rich fertilizer to local farmers.

Uinta Brewing 1722 S. Fremont Drive, SLC 801-467-0909 uintabrewing.com

Salt Flats Brewing Co. is housed in a former professional race car facility, lending unique homage in branding to the ownership’s racing roots. After starting in the Garage Grill (in Draper), the brand has expanded beyond beer into spirits and canned cocktails. JC Straub, manager, was interviewed for this article.

City Weekly: Is business picking up?

JC Straub: Yes, absolutely. Business has been great—we’ve seen our on-premise sales skyrocket as well as us expanding into Nevada, Idaho and the entire state of Utah. We are growing fast.

How did you and your operation fare during COVID?

We faired OK. After everything closed last year, our offsite sales increased. Sales through the DABC increased, sales at grocery stores and convenience stores picked up enough to keep us maintaining and moving forward. The other side of our business is a distillery, so we converted to making sanitizer which also helped keep us afloat for several months.

Did you have to contend with shortages?

Absolutely. I just got a can order that I had placed last September! We have seen shortages mainly from the aluminum industry, the packaging side of things. Costs are going up in every direction: can, label, shipping—all going up. Right now, we are maintaining our current price points; we have not passed along any of those increases to our consumers.

What changes did you make to improve COVID safety for workers and customers?

We thinned out our taproom; we only have a crew of four to five people each day. We also have a fully vaccinated staff, which is nice.

Did any of the government pandemic programs provide a financial lifeline?

We tried but with us being able to remain open, we weren’t really eligible for much. We didn’t want to draw on any of those if we didn’t really need it.

We are always proud of our biggest seller, Slipstream. It’s a double IPA, it’s our flagship, we love that beer. It’s a lot cheaper than every other double IPA in the liquor store, so you are getting a great product at a great value. We’re also working on a new line of small batch that we’ve been barrel aging.

What trends are you noticing?

We are losing tons of the market to seltzers. Seltzers are dominating; they are cutting down craft coolers and adding seltzers [in the grocery stores]. It’s tough and it’s competitive—especially with all the new breweries in Salt Lake, which is wonderful. We are watching things change and grow—competition brings out the best in everyone.

What else would you like your customers to know?

Just that Salt Flats is still here; we are coming out with new stuff all the time. We have fun, ready-to-drink cocktails in a can, we have spirits and our beer lineup. We go in a lot of directions, and it’s a lot of fun. And can you buy from our distillery on Sundays!

Salt Flats Brewing Co. 2020 Industrial Circle, SLC 801-828-3469 saltflatsbeer.com

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Fisher Brewing Co. hopes to pour you a pint of its unique White Star Pale Ale.

Curbside Brews Fisher Beer was one the first breweries in Utah, originally founded in 1884. After it closed during Prohibition, it opened again in 1934 and eventually ended its run in the mid-1960s. The brewery was reborn in 2017 as “an employee-owned, community-focused craft brewery,” per their website. Serving pale ales and lagers on draft in their taproom, they change up brews often, using impressive flavor profiles. Tim Dwyer, co-owner, was interviewed for this article.

City Weekly: How’s business?

Tim Dwyer: Things are certainly starting to get back to normal. Business is picking back up, people are starting to visit the bar with more regularity. We are starting to see a promising return of normal customers.

Were you able to keep brewing during COVID?

Yeah, we were able to adapt. Our brewery was not very prepared to package beer, but we packaged beer manually using our crowler machine into a 25-ounce can and sold it outside on the sidewalk.

Did you have to contend with shortages?

There have been some hiccups for ingredients and delays with shipping. We changed suppliers where possible and had to delay some of the beers due to those shortages. Merchandise has seen the largest impact. We have hired back our core staff and some additional staff.

Which beers are you most excited about?

Our White Star Pale Ale is a unique beer—it’s a really nice pale ale. Our Lemonade Stand Sour Beer is also a crowd favorite that we brought back this summer—named after selling our beer outside at the curb much like an adult lemonade stand.

What changes are you seeing in the industry?

I am seeing people diversifying into packaging, finding more outlets and different ways to sell beer. The pandemic really gave us a reality about only have one outlet. We are certainly grateful that we were able to find a way to pivot and move forward.

What about waste reduction and recycling?

We, by design, are a very low-waste brewery. Again, we focus on just serving people pints at the bar and limit our packaging to what is absolutely necessary. CW

A. Fisher Brewing Co. 320 W. 800 South, SLC 801-487-2337 fisherbeer.com

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Bewilder Brewing Co.

About: Bewilder Brewing opened in December of 2019 and specializes in traditional beer styles and features a kitchen churning out house made sausages, pastrami, and bacon. With ample parking and a spacious taproom, Bewilder is quickly becoming a go to stop in downtown SLC. Brewer: Head brewer Cody McKendrick got his start in the brewing industry by manning the grain scoop at Salt City Brew Supply. His passion for beer has taken him across the nation and into Europe to track down and experience the great beers of the world and learn from the people that make them. Beers to look for at the Utah Beer Festival: Deseret IPA, Ale brewed with Honey, 7% ABV; Bewilder Kolsch, Ale, 5% ABV; Blueberry Pomegranate Sour, Ale, 5% ABV

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About: Level Crossing Brewing Co. opened its doors in April 2019 by founder, Mark Medura. Level Crossing offers both draft and canned beer ranging from hoppy IPAs to delicious malty lagers. Their South Salt Lake location offers live music, wood-fired pizzas with over 15 delicious brews to complement. Brewer Spotlight: Chris Detrick, brewmaster at Level Crossing Brewing Co., began his passion for brewing in college. As his brewing ability grew, so did Detrick’s yearning to learn more. Many years passed as Chris perfected his craft, winning many national homebrew competitions along the way. When Mark Medura met Detrick to discuss the possibility of brewing together, upon tasting the beer, it was love at first sip. Beers to look for at the Utah Beer Festival: Soul Rex DIPA 8.4% ABV; Suss It Out Rye IPA 6.9% ABV; Sinday Pale Ale 5.0% ABV; Dallas Alice Belgian Blonde Ale 6.2% ABV

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About: Red Rock Brewery opened its doors on March 14, 1994. Locally owned and operated, the original brewpub has become a staple of Salt Lake City’s downtown dining scene. Red Rock also opened restaurants at Fashion Place Mall and Kimball Junction. All locations offer to-go food for takeout and delivery. Red Rock produces more than 30 core, seasonal and special release beers that can be purchased directly from the Red Rock Beer Store and their downtown “Back Door” Beer Store. Brewer Spotlight: Kevin Davis joined Red Rock Brewery as head brewer in 2018. Davis looks at the creation of new Red Rock beers as a group effort. “As far as innovation goes, I’m really pushing to innovate as a team and not just be the head brewer that makes all the recipes,” he says. Davis acquired a 5-gallon system to use for test batches and has encouraged the other brewers to share ideas and help create recipes. Beers to look for at the Utah Beer Festival: Elephino Double IPA 8.0% ABV; Marvella Belgian Triple 11% ABV; Le Quatre Saison 6.2% ABV; White Rainbow White IPA 6.2% ABV; Grand Barvaria 5% ABV; Zwickle 5% ABV, Juicy Pale 5% ABV

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About: Mountain West Cider (MTN WST) is the first dedicated cidery in Utah, responsibly producing awardwinning hard apple cider in the Mountain West region. Using only the finest ingredients, MTN WST strives to craft the highest quality ciders, while maintaining the highest standards of production practices. Cider Maker Spotlight: Joel Goodwillie came to Mountain West with literal decades of experience under his belt and more importantly a talent for the science that is required to balance flavor and texture. Joel hasn’t met a fruit that he can’t ferment, his wealth of knowledge and skill are to credit for the creation of our principal lines of cider and all of the special editions that we release. Ciders to look for at the Utah Beer Festival: Ruby Hard Cider 6.8% ABV; Cottonwood Hard Cider, 6.9% ABV; 7-Mile Session Hard Cider, 5% ABV. CW

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ness for two people to share. The prime rib dip elevates everything I love about French dips, as prime rib and creamy horseradish sauce combine with a soft baguette and a dark, rich au jus. I recommend these items as shareables, but I could also see a hungrier version of myself shotgunning a pizza or a prime rib dip on my own. As far as liquid refreshment goes, Strap Tank has something for everyone. They serve up $3 pints every Tuesday, which is a good time to check out what they have on tap—though you can also get a good deal on tasters and beer flights every day. Strap Tank also serves house-made sodas by the bottle, which are ideal for visits that include youngsters or others after some nonalcoholic refreshment. I happened to swing by for the Tuesday night special, and can heartily recommend the Sporster IPA as a complement to the nachos and enchiladas—the citrus notes work nicely with the cilantro, guac and jalapeño flavors of these Tex-Mex classics. I think my go-to brew for any subsequent Strap Tank visits will be the Flathead American Lager, though. This one was smooth, crisp and tasty with whatever eats happen to grace your table. Strap Tank Brewery brings the whole package to your dining experience—its eclectic design, accessible but delicious gastropub menu and its array of craft brews turns the place into a Utah County destination. Since I’m someone who isn’t the biggest fan of shopping, a trip to the Traverse Mountain Outlets is a bit sweeter when I know I can just zip down the hill and get some gastropub comfort. CW

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stations in a warm embrace without the tackiness one would expect from such unorthodox design choices. Both locations offer multi-storied buildings which work in tandem with the bonkers Americana aesthetic to help visitors lose themselves in the experience. The Lehi location’s proximity to the Traverse Mountain Outlet Mall keeps the place plenty busy during lunch and dinner hours; it’s not uncommon to find a half-our wait time if you arrive during peak hours. If your party is small enough, the open seating at the bar tends to be the best bet (as long as you’re cool with getting to know your neighbors). Once you find your way to your seat, the menu offers a solid array of pub classics. Breweries that are also restaurants often fail to prioritize their menu, but that’s not the case at Strap Tank. For example, the grilled pork chops ($16) are lovingly prepped with a light batter before hitting the grill and getting topped with an apple-and-beer chutney. These chops were tender, flavorful and a precise example of how good pork chops should be prepared. Bonus points go to the chutney, which complemented the savory protein with a crisp stroke of sweetness. If Tex-Mex is your pub-food love language, you can’t go wrong with the sour cream chicken enchiladas ($14) or the nachos ($9). The enchiladas are stuffed with shredded machaca chicken and topped with a jalapeño crème sauce and sour cream, all of which parties together for an herbaceous and spicy mix of flavors. The basic order comes topped with black beans, pickled jalapeños, pico de gallo, guacamole and queso sauce. It’s a satisfying combo as is, but diners in need of some extra protein can add steak or chicken for $4 more. For something shareable, the supreme pizza ($15) and the prime rib dip ($13) make for an ideal pub food combo. Pizza at Strap Tank leans on the thin-crust side of the spectrum, and offers plenty of cheesy good-

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onTAP 2 Row Brewing 6856 S. 300 West, Midvale 2RowBrewing.com On Tap: F eelin’ Hazy

Moab Brewing 686 S. Main, Moab TheMoabBrewery.com On Tap: Bougie Johnny’ s - Rose Ale

Bewilder Brewing 445 S. 400 West, SLC BewilderBrewing.com On Tap: Blueberry Pomegranate Sour

Mountain West Cider 425 N. 400 West, SLC MountainWestCider.com On Tap: Ruby’ s Gay Hard Cider

Bohemian Brewery 94 E. F ort U nion Blvd, Midvale BohemianBrewery.com

Ogden River Brewing 358 Park Blvd, Ogden OgdenRiverBrewing.com On Tap: I nj ector Hazy I PA

Bonneville Brewery 1641 N. Main, Tooele BonnevilleBrewery.com On Tap: Peaches and Cream Ale

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Desert Edge Brewery 273 Trolley Sq uare, SLC DesertEdgeBrewery.com On Tap: F resh Brewed U PA

P roper Brewing 857 S. Main, SLC ProperBrewingCo.com On Tap: Lemon Shandy

Epic Brewing Co. 825 S. State, SLC EpicBrewing.com On Tap: I PA in the Coconut

Red Rock Brewing Multiple Locations RedRockBrewing.com On Tap: Baked Pastry Stout

F isher Brewing Co. 320 W. 800 South, SLC F isherBeer.com On Tap: Red Ale

RoHa Brewing P roj ect 30 K ensington Ave, SLC RoHaBrewing.com On Tap: F uzzy Pucker Peach Sour

G rid City Beer Works 333 W. 2100 South, SLC GridCityBeerWorks.com On Tap: Ext ra Pale Ale Hopkins Brewing Co. 1048 E. 2100 South, SLC HopkinsBrewingCompany.com On Tap: Strawberry Sorghum Hoppers G rill and Brewing 890 E. F ort U nion Blvd, Midvale HoppersBrewPub.com

Roosters Brewing Multiple Locations RoostersBrewingCo.com On Tap: Cosmic Autumn Rebellion SaltF ire Brewing 2199 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake SaltF ireBrewing.com On Tap: 10 Ton Truck West Coast I PA

K iitos Brewing 608 W. 700 South, SLC K iitosBrewing.com

Salt F lats Brewing 2020 I ndustrial Circle, SLC SaltF latsBeer.com On Tap: Bombshell Cherry Belgian Ale

L evel Crossing Brewing Co. 2496 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake LevelCrossingBrewing.com On Tap: Y ou-tah Cof f ee U ncommon Ale

Shades Brewing 154 W. U topia Ave, South Salt Lake ShadesBrewing.beer On Tap: Blue Berry Blast Beer Slushie

A list of what local craft breweries and cider houses have on tap this week Silver Reef 4391 S. Enterprise Drive, St. George StGeorgeBev.com Sq uatters 147 W. Broadway, SLC Sq uatters.com Strap Tank Brewery Multiple Locations StrapTankBrewery.com Springville On Tap: PB Rider, Peanut Butter Stout Lehi On Tap: 2-Stroke, Vanilla Mocha Porter TF Brewing 936 S. 300 West, SLC TF Brewing.com On Tap: Northern Lights Terpene I PA Talisman Brewing Co. 1258 Gibson Ave, Ogden TalismanBrewingCo.com On Tap: Berry Salty: Raspberry Gose Toasted Barrel Brewery 412 W. 600 North, SLC ToastedBarrelBrewery.com U inta Brewing 1722 S. F remont Drive, SLC U intaBrewing.com On Tap: Was Angeles Craf t Beer U TOG 2331 Grant Ave, Ogden U TOGBrewing.com On Tap: OG Juice Vernal Brewing 55 S. 500 East, Vernal VernalBrewing.com Wasatch 2110 S. Highland Drive, SLC WasatchBeers.com Z ion Brewery 95 Z ion Park Blvd, Springdale Z ionBrewery.com Z olupez 205 W. 29th Street #2, Ogden Z olupez. com

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evel Crossing - VII X XV XVII Wheatwine Ale: Wheat wine ales are not derived from grapes, as its name might suggest. They’re made with at least 50 percent wheat malt, and feature bready and candy-like flavors, with a great deal of malt sweetness. This is an unfiltered apple cider-looking beer, the color of dark apricot with a very strong orange glow to the tint. The day was humid, and attractive sweat beaded on the glass as a half-finger of white head formed on top. Some fairly thick sheets are left on the glass as it drinks down. A perfumy aroma with subtle spices and wheat malt emerges, as well as an apparent bubblegum sweetness; alcohol is also prevalent in the nose. The strong yeast presence imparts fruity esters suggesting apple and pear, as well as peach or nectarine. Additionally, a waft of sugary sweetness develops, plus a hint of citrus hops. Its firm wheat flavors mingle with barley malt for a bready-sweet taste that saturates the palate like dense pound cake. The hoppy tastes of pineapple, grapefruit, key lime, tangerine, apricot, papaya and honeydew entice the palate with a lush exotic fruit medley, and then trails with the bitterness of dried citrus peel, fresh grass clippings and muddled botanicals. The finish is balanced, but certainly not hop-forward. Its piquant bitterness is redolent with fresh pine shavings, hints of cannabis and a long aftertaste of citrus pith and rind. Overall: In this day and age, a wheat

wine is a rare treat. This is exotic indeed, and a sipper, for sure, but is not cloying, much to my surprise and pleasure. I love wheat beers, and this is no exception: big and burly, albeit decadent and complex. Bewilder - Nouveaux Houblons: The name translates to “new hops,” which this beer is full of. This Belgian-style IPA features Barbe Rouge, Mistral and Triskel hops, all derivatives of a French varietal that haven’t been used much in the states. This pours with about two fingers of cream-colored foam capping a rich, ambercolored body with deep orange highlights. The head doesn’t stick around all that long, but retains a nice collar on the surface throughout. As it dies off, it leaves just small amounts of very thin splotches here and there. A moderate amount of nice hop aroma is clear right out of the gate, with some piney and citrusy sweet orange scents. Malt and yeast esters meld nicely, blending nutty, toasted bread with a little toffee, herbal spice, and mellow stone fruits. A bit more grandiose than the nose, the flavor is immediately dominated by tangy berries, followed by herbal spice and grassy bitterness. Underneath all of this, there’s warm spice, biscuits and rustic multi-grain bread, straw, starchy plantains, apples and small amounts of clove, pepper and coriander. Some slightly medicinal phenols and herbaceousness blend to characterize the finish, which offers a lasting bitterness shifting from grapefruit zest to grassy hops. No booze present, as the boundary between the yeast character and the malt and hops (in turn, not in tandem) is seamless. Overall: This is more like an amber-ish Belgian pale ale with hops that mimic a mix of American and classic noble hops. That’s how it comes off to me, anyway. It’s solid in almost every way for its style, definitely worth trying if you’re into the “Belgian IPA” thing. Breweries tend to bring out a select sampling of their heavy hitters for the Utah Beer Festival. If you find these floating around, I highly recommend that you punch your passport at their respective booths, and try the 10.5 percent wheat wine or the 7.3 percent Belgo-IPA. As always, cheers! CW

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A Moveable Feast by Slow Food Utah

Slow Food Utah’s (slowfoodutah.org) Feast of Five Senses is just around the corner, but things are shaping up to be slightly different this year. This year’s fundraiser to benefit Slow Food Utah’s agricultural microgrants is taking a nod from Hemingway with their “Moveable Feast.” This year, attendees will pre-purchase a meal curated by local chefs that will be available for pickup on Aug. 28. From there, participants can recreate their own event within the comfort of their own home. Everything from plating instructions to instructional videos will be provided by local chefs from neighborhood favorites like Nohm, Pago, La Caille and Blended Table. More information is available via Slow Food Utah’s website.

Utah Excels at Cheap Pizza

According to Expensivity’s (expensivity.com) 2021 U.S. Pizza Index, Utah is the cheapest place for pepperoni pizza in the country. The Beehive State’s average price for a pepperoni pizza rings in at $6.49, which is quite nice compared to Oklahoma, where pies are most expensive at $15.56. Pepperoni pizza fans in Utah are getting a sweet deal as far as price goes—but what about quality? Based on my own research, I think a lot of this data comes from the $5 pizza trend started by Little Caesar’s. It wasn’t long before our edgier local joints started to offer a similar deal. Either way, it’s always fun to crunch the numbers to find out why Utah’s food scene ticks the way it does.

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uled,” says Weiss, a fact made all the more significant because all of the band members (including guitarist Andrew Nelson) have had their experiences with tour burnout, and therefore are wary of over-committing to big trips. So upon listening back to the ripping album during the pandemic, Weiss remembers thinking, “Who the hell are these people?” And Grapes mused, “Why do they play so fast?” Out of that roaring bunch, one pandemic-era song did get tacked on, though—“Be Kind” is an earnest plea for compassion to thy neighbor. They also stopped playing live indoors. “We put the brakes on the band performing because our whole ethos is whisky, chickens and fun, gathering huge groups of people in small spaces, getting all sweaty and having a shit-kicking good time,” explains Weiss. But they found a new, “chill” home at outdoor shows that they almost now prefer at places like The Urban Lounge. “S&S, those dudes really went the extra mile during the pandemic to make shit happen, to adapt to this new environment,” Weiss says. “A lot of venues were just like, ‘just come play at our bar’ and we were like, ‘no, we’re not going to do that.’” “It’s funny how here we are, a year later and everybody’s—I say everybody because everybody I know is vaccinated—kind of resuming activities like concerts, and now there’s a lot of super high, fiery energy. During the pandemic I was like ‘is [Snake Creek] gonna fall flat?’” Weiss says. “But now we’re back around to the summer and … it’s perfect.” They’ve got some trips planned, like out to Colorado, their home away from home. There they’ll be playing one show where vaccines or negative PCR tests will be required, a trend that seems to be settling in for shows around the country because of the Delta variant. Closer to home, they’re headlining at the Utah Arts Festival, opening for Lake Street Dive at the Twilight Concert Series and debuting Snake Creek this Saturday, Aug. 14 at their backyard Urban Lounge release show. Visit theurbanloungeslc.com for tickets and info, and keep up with Pixie and the Partygrass Boys on Instagram at @partygrassmusic. CW

ne of the singles off of Pixie and the Partygrass Boys’ new album commands only that you dance. With a backdrop of strings that rush by like a wild mountain stream, Katia “Pixie” Racine sings with her spirited, slightly raspy but unmistakable voice, asking that we all “howl into the moon,” “stand on a mountaintop” and, of course, “dance, dance, darling, just be free!” The message is one of simple joy, exploded into the world like a wildflower meadow erupting in spring blooms. While the record it’s on, Snake Creek, was recorded before the pandemic, it and all the other songs on the album speak to a certain kind of bright hope and excitement that we definitely need in this continually-shifting world. Pixie and the Partygrass Boys are undoubtedly one of the most popular bands in Salt Lake City: They sell out shows consistently, and people can’t seem to get enough. This despite the fact that on paper, they only have a few releases, by way of a bunch of singles, their 2018 EP Utah Made and their gentle album for the Municipal Ballet Co., The River Speaks Plainly. But on Aug. 13, with their new album Snake Creek, they show just how much all that practice pays off. The album is classic Pixie et al, bursting with vim, vigor and deftly plucked strings. “I think they’re all just face-melters,” says fiddler Amanda Grapes. Mandolinist and co-singer Ben Weiss adds, “We definitely recorded everything on this album, like, way too fucking fast. Everything is just so high energy, so fast. And the subject matter of [these] songs is all over the place; there’s some love songs, there’s some shit-kicking songs, one of them is about Zach’s dog.” Examples are the “fuck you” break-up song “California,” the romantic and warm-hearted “Paint You a Face,” and of course, “Ballad Of A Thin Dog,” where Racine sings playfully, “This song’s about my dog, I wrote it so you’d ask me to see his pictures on my phone” and declares definitively “dogs number one / cats zero fun.” Bassist (and dog owner) Zach Downes points out that they feel more like themselves than ever on this album. “I think with this new album we really managed to capture our sound a lot better,” he says. “We recorded most of the rhythm stuff live.” At 14 tracks, it’s the rare long album that doesn’t drag on, because Pixie and the Partygrass Boys effortlessly and distinctively combine traditional folk stylings with contemporary themes and humor—doubtless a big part of their appeal. With songs like the murder-ballad-ish “Bear Shark,” where someone dies by beast because they skipped brunch, this is the charismatic kind of group anyone would want to have a drink or two with. Despite this, though, they were not immune to the trials of the pandemic. Snake Creek was near completion in February 2020, so the year that followed obviously disrupted the subsequent rollout. “It was this really fiery, chomping-at-the-bit, about-to-go-ontour [work.] ’Cause we had our biggest tour of our career sched-

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The Fireplace Sessions at Velour

It’s not a wild notion that this pandemic has given us all a greater appetite for intimacy. Songwriters Round-type events really do seem to be abounding lately, and this latest at Velour is definitely related to that conversational tradition. Coming up on Monday, Aug. 16, Velour will host The Fireplace Sessions, featuring Provo indie artists Brandon Robbins of The Moth & The Flame, Scott Shepard of Book on Tape Worm and Spencer Peterson of Sego. Inspired by a night the three artists spent in a mountain cabin playing each other new material, discussing artistic approaches and giving one another advice, The Fireplace Sessions at Velour will channel that same energy, and the three will play new and old songs while sharing stories around their making. This is a great chance for fans of the local bands to get a closer look at how their music comes to be, and how everyone’s creative process can be just as similar as it is distinct, compared to that of others. This all-ages event features exclusive, limited seating, and tickets are $12 at 24tix.com/venues/velour-live-music-gallery. This special storytelling event starts at 8 p.m.

Weekend at Garage on Beck

Head to the Garage on Beck this weekend for some old-fashioned bar party fun, where there’s something for any kind of rocker. First on Friday, Aug. 13 is a touring act in Lucid Lynx, who specialize in psychedelic rock and will be far, far from home.

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The Boston-based act will be touring with their new album Mantaro, released July 30, and will play at 8 p.m. for $10. They’ll be followed by a performance on Saturday, Aug. 14 by local J-Rad Cooley, a master of hot Americana rock ‘n roll. Cooley will also be playing at 8 p.m. for $10, making for double nights of affordable shows. Sunday will round out the weekend of shows with Austin, Texas-based folk superstar-in-themaking Jordan Mathew Young, who will be performing at 6 p.m. for $15. With all these options for a stomping good time at the best bar to stomp at, you’ve got no reason to stay in this weekend. Visit garageonbeck. com for more info on these shows and other upcoming events, and get yourself down to Beck Street.

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One of country music’s contemporary darlings is hitting the road at the end of this summer, and Salt Lake City is lucky enough to be his jumping off point. Dierks Bentley will come to USANA Amphitheater to kick off his Beers On Me Tour, which— while free beers probably aren’t part of the deal—will include the talents of fellow country boys Parker McCollum and Riley Green. While Bentley is setting out on a tour with his wide discography and fame in tow, McCollum and Green both have new albums up for hearing on the tour. McCollum will be presenting his July 30-released album Gold Chain Cowboy, which is also his first album released with label MCA Nashville. For Green’s part, he’s got a 2021 album, too in the July 2-released Behind the Bar. The tour kicks off on Friday, Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. The all-ages show has tickets available for $41 - $95, and more info can be found at dierks.com.

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While Craft Lake City DIY Festival is now an established local nonprofit and festival that centers all things DIY, artisanally-made and innovatively unique, the other elements of the fest make it well worth visiting—we’re talking bevs, eats and, of course, music. The SLUG Magazine affiliate obviously has no trouble tracking down talent to fill the air of the festival from the Gallivan Center stage while people browse the vendor tables, but this year the musical talent is so stacked it feels like its own mini music festival. The diverse list of locals includes the music of India by way of A&A Bollypop, Bollywood Dance Company and Desibels, folk music from the Puerto Rican Bomba Marile and the Mexican Grupo Folklorico Tollan and diversions like the Busking Bus Theatre Company. Local hip hop will find representatives in Icky Rogers, Free Mind Movement and The Pho3nix Child, and pop, R&B and soul will be expressed by artists like Marqueza, Nicole McMahan, Sonialoxo, Angie Petty, Bri Ray, Cherry Thomas and Courtney Lane. As for bands, indie rockers Salduro, Savage Daughters, Nicole Canaan, First Daze, Backhand and Guava Tree will all be there, too. And these are just about half the full lineup. So go, browse the artisanal offerings, but no one will blame you if you get sidetracked by the stage for a few hours. Craft Lake City runs through Friday, Aug. 13 - Sunday, Aug. 15, and the full list of performers can be found at craftlakecity.com/diy-festival/participants.

Are Vaccine Requirements for Shows Coming?

For a while there, it felt like the pandemic was on its way out. It seemed over-ish. Well, thanks to folks who didn’t get vaccinated and continued to spread it around, we have a new, more contagious variant friend called Delta, and the CDC is once again saying it’s “masks up”—at least at public indoor events. With little to no guidance, safety protocols or indeed mask mandates being issued by state governments, and with states like Utah actually creating barriers for reinstating anything like that, now more than ever it seems that our safety is in our own hands, and up to our own ingenuity. Enter Japanese Breakfast, the wildly popular indie pop artist who, ahead of the tour for her recently released album Jubilee, just announced on Aug. 2 that her entire tour will be “masked and require either proof of vaccination or negative PCR within 48 hours preceding the show.” It’s a bold move, when the band is surely among the many artists who lost income in 2020 and could use as much makeup revenue as possible. But it’s also a power move, one that forces the hand of venues that are also in deep need of income to capitulate to these safety-minded demands. But most importantly, it’s a compassionate move. In a world where our local and national government officials have all but told Americans to get fucked in the face of COVID’s past and current waves, it feels nice to see artists stepping up to leverage their power for good. Will this set a precedent for shows going forward in our ongoing pandemic? Time will tell, but in the meantime, as Japanese Breakfast also said, “Please get vaccinated!”

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f you’re already interested in seeing Free Guy, it’s likely because you have a general sense of the premise: a non-player character named Guy (Ryan Reynolds) inside an open-world online video game called Free City who achieves self-awareness, and a desire for a life beyond his routine programming. But nested within that high concept is another narrative, about a programmer named Millie (Jodie Comer) in the real world trying to find proof that the wildly-popular Free City was based on her underlying concepts. It’s a story, at least in part, about the importance of acknowledging when a creative work is dependent on someone else’s previous creative work. And it’s here where Free Guy becomes one of the most weirdly ironic movies of recent years. Because let’s be blunt: The basic architecture of Free Guy makes it The Matrix refashioned as a comedy. It never really hides the nature of Guy’s world from the audience, and initially gets a lot of mileage out of the digital characters matter-of-factly accepting that explosions, car chases and other forms of violence are endemic to that world. Bank teller Guy and his best friend/ co-worker, security guard Buddy (Lil Rel Howrey), are so accustomed to the daily parade of bank robberies that are part of game-play, that they drop to the ground and engage in idle banter while the crime is in progress. In much the same way that The Matrix spun philosophy around the notion

that you rarely question whether the reality you’re in could be different, Free Guy plays around with how that idea can lead people to feel that they don’t have the power to change anything. But it’s not just The Matrix to which the screenplay—by Matt Lieberman and comicbook-movie veteran Zak Penn—is indebted. As Guy becomes famous throughout the Free City universe as the mysterious “Blue Shirt Guy” who keeps gaining experience points through acts of decency rather than the game’s typical sociopathic violence, there’s a heavy dose of The Truman Show, with real-world spectators getting caught up in the notion of someone challenging the status quo. There’s even a heaping serving of Elf in Guy’s perpetually sunny disposition and smiling fascination with every new experience. The latter makes for different kind of Ryan Reynolds protagonist than we’re used to seeing in stuff like Deadpool and The Hitman’s Bodyguard, where his tart dialogue serves a fundamental cynicism. Here he provides entertainment with innocence, extracting maximum laughs out of an ob-

servation that the taste of his favorite ice cream is “like my tongue had a baby with a sunrise.” As long as Guy is the center of attention—or Reynolds in general, taking into account other ways that his presence plays a role in the story—there’s a bouncy sense of fun to the proceedings. There is, however, the matter of that other plot-thread, involving Millie’s pursuit of proof that her code was hijacked. That quest becomes part of a real-world tension between Millie and her former business partner, Keys (Joe Keery), who now works for Free City’s cutthroat creator, Antwan (Taika Waititi, finding the sweet spot between entrepreneurial arrogance and buffoonery). Free Guy ends up spending a surprising amount of time focusing on their possible romance, as well as on Antwan’s efforts to thwart Millie. And not surprising for a fantastical concept like this, it’s not nearly as interesting when it’s hanging out in the real world as it is within the game. The problem is that, in the same way that Free Guy samples from too many influences to build its universe, it samples from too many thematic ideas in a premise that

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Consecrate” isn’t a word you often encounter in intellectual circles. In my home country of America, many otherwise smart people spurn the possibility that we might want to make things sacred. And a lot of art aspires to do the opposite of consecration: strip the world of holiness and mock the urge to commune with sanctified experiences. But filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975) expressed a contradictory view. He wrote, “I am not interested in deconsecrating: That’s a fashion I hate. I want to reconsecrate things as much as possible, I want to remythicize them.” In accordance with astrological omens, Aries, I invite you to look for opportunities to do the same. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Anais Nin wrote, “I don’t want worship. I want understanding.” George Orwell said, “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” Poet Marina Tsvetaeva declared, “For as long as I can remember, I thought I wanted to be loved. Now I know: I don’t need love, I need understanding.” Here’s what I’ll add, Taurus: If you ask for understanding and seek it out, a wealth of it will be available to you in the coming weeks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Ancient Greek philosopher Plato mistrusted laughter, poetry, bright colors and artists who used bright colors. All those soulful activities influenced people to be emotional, Plato thought, and therefore represented a threat to rational, orderly society. Wow! I’m glad I don’t live in a culture descended from Plato! Oh, wait, I do. His writing is foundational to Western thought. One modern philosopher declared, “The European philosophical tradition consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.” Anyway, I’m counseling you to rebel against Plato in the coming weeks. You especially need experiences that awaken and please and highlight your feelings. Contrary to Plato’s fears, doing this will boost your intelligence and enhance your decision-making powers.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) In August 1922, author Nikos Kazantzakis wrote this triumphant declaration: “All day today, I’ve had the most gentle, quivering joy, because I’m beginning to heal. Consciously, happily, I feel that I am being born anew, that I am beginning once again to take possession of the light.” On behalf of the cosmic powers-that-be, I authorize you to use these words as your own in the coming weeks. They capture transformations that are in the works for you. By speaking Kazantzakis’s declarations aloud several times every day, you will ensure that his experience will be yours, too.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly wrote a poem I want you to know about. She described how, when she was a child, she stayed up all night picking peaches from her father’s orchard by starlight. For hours, she climbed up and down the ladder. Her hands “twisted fruit” as if she “were entering a thousand doors.” When the stars faded and morning arrived, her insides felt like “the stillness a bell possesses just after it has been rung.” That’s the kind of experience I wish for you in the coming days, Virgo. I know it can’t be exactly the same. Can you imagine what the nearest equivalent might be? Make it happen!

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Los Angeles has built apartments for homeless people out of shipping crates. The Hilda L. Solis Care First Village is located close to downtown LA on 4.2 acres. You might recognize the name if you’ve lived in California, as Solis chairs the LA County Board of Supervisors. This amazing project offers 232 housing units along with a common building that holds a commercial kitchen, dining area, laundry facilities and administrative offices. There’s also a dog park, parking and waterwise landscaping. The simplicity of this project is beautiful. The steel shipping crates were stacked atop each other up to three stories. They are stacked and fixed into place, with stairs and ramps leading up and down. Each container is able to offer two apartments—about 135 square feet apiece—and each is equipped with a private bathroom (shower, toilet, sink), a twin bed, microwave (not stove), small refrigerator, its own heat/AC unit and a flat-screen TV attached to the wall. It opened this spring and was fully occupied within 30 days. It cost $57 million to build, but $51 million of the total cost came from monies generated by the CARES Act during COVID and the rest paid for by Los Angeles County. Why do we care about what LA is doing? Well, Salt Lake City is all abuzz over a new planned development of mini-homes being created through a partnership between Salt Lake City government and a nonprofit, The Other Side Academy, in a west-side industrial area on about 1800 West and 800 South (Indiana). Currently, the 45 acres there has one home and a huge auto junkyard as neighbors, and so, to actually build a mini-home subdivision, a major zoning change is needed. Although Salt Lake’s plan does not call for the use of shipping containers, the development could make an impact on the lack of housing options for the unsheltered … about 400 of them if this plan succeeds. I have seen the proposed renderings of the subdivision, and it looks pretty cool on paper, with plenty of green space around the homes, a mix of retail and office space as well as room for community gardens and common areas. The goal would be to have nonprofit service providers on site to counsel inhabitants to improve mental health (if needed), assist in job searches and a space for medical services. This project was inspired by a truly successful program in Austin, Texas, called Community First! Village, which was built by a Texas nonprofit (Mobile Loaves & Fishes) in 2004. It has transformed the lives of hundreds of chronically homeless people. The nonprofit was able to get their masterplanned community of men and women past the “NIMBYs” who feared such a group coming to live in their city. Funny, but those people were already living in their city! Let’s cross our fingers that maybe Joseph Grenny and his Utah-centric Other Side Academy can do the same for our unsheltered friends here that Texas was able to do for theirs. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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Least Empathetic Criminals Two girls, 16 and 17 years old, were walking to a gas station in Medina Valley, Texas, on July 26 when they noticed something in a drainage ditch. It turned out to be a dead man, whom investigators believe hanged himself from a railing using “what appeared to be a shirt,” Fox News reported. When the girls came upon the body, they called a friend, who called 911. But before officers arrived on the scene, the girls allegedly helped themselves to the dead man’s gold necklace, documenting the theft on Snapchat. The video was anonymously sent to the Bexar County Sheriff’s office, and deputies charged both with theft from a human corpse—a felony. A friend of the 17-year-old told officers she stole it because it “matched her fashion style.”

Bad Behavior Amanda Lee, 50, of Crewe, Cheshire, England, has been thumbing her nose at convention since the 1990s, urinating and defecating anywhere she chooses in the town’s open spaces, CheshireLive reported. Finally, the Crewe Magistrate’s Court issued a CBO (criminal behavior order) against her on July 12, which prohibits her from having alcohol in an open container; using abusive language or threatening behavior in public; contacting police without a genuine emergency; relieving herself in public; and entering one specific street, Preece Court. Police constable Alex Barker said Lee “has persistently shown no consideration at all for the actions her offending has had on others. There comes a point where you have to say enough is enough.” The criminal penalty for breaching the CBO is a five-year prison sentence.

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