City Weekly October 14, 2021 by Copperfield Publishing

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OFF TO THE RACES Meet the 19 Salt Lakers hoping to represent you on the City Council. Compiled by Benjamin Wood

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SOAP BOX “Labor Shoe …” Oct. 7 Soap Box

First and foremost, the closure of businesses was not politically motivated. Health care is not a political subject, nor should it ever be. Thomas Knapp thinks of people as cogs in his capitalist machine, cogs for him to exploit for his selfish business needs. Maybe people refuse to work because employers don’t respect them. Maybe people are sick of being treated as though employers own their labor. And maybe people are fed up working 40 hours a week and are still only able to “keep a roof overhead and Raman in their pantries” as Knapp so pathetically puts it. Just because employers can milk labor from people for slave wages doesn’t mean it’s morally warranted. JACOB M. STOUT

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I can’t wait to dig into this article. I’ve been interested in [architect Richard] Kletting for about a decade and hoping to do a series of posts about him soon as one of the Avenues’ influential residents. AVENUESSLC

via Instagram I believe the original owner of my 1891 house rented out rooms in the Klettingmade Karrick Building at 236 S. Main. I’m pretty sure she ran brothels and was a madam in SLC and Eureka. I found an old article from the early 1900s that she was suing the landlord with this Karrick building address because he wouldn’t let her advertise her rooms. I really need to get my hands on this latest issue. Kletting is one of my favorite architects here. Shame we’re losing so many

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of our old historical buildings for box and glass apartments. Ridiculous. DUENDE_LOUNGE

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So, I can only live free if I do as you say? At what point do I start wearing the Star of David arm band so you can identify me easier? JERRY JENSEN

via Facebook It’s incredibly telling that every single anti-vaxxer seems to think literal genocide of millions of people was simply a public health campaign. You can goose step your way out now. MIKE ZAUNER

via Facebook I’m Jewish, and it’d be a drastically different version of history if a mandatory star was

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meant to preserve life instead of deny it. I’m a father of three—I can spot a tantrum from across town. I think (people) need a responsible adult to remind them that if you eat junk food all day, you’re going to get sick. The junk food is bad information; the sickness is the way you think. ANDY FIGORSKI

via Facebook Feel free to shove your humble opinion on vaccination up your ass. Yes, the new airport sucks, but that’s what you get when the government tries to streamline things that are already operating proficiently. PATRICK KOMAR

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If you were invisible for one day, what would you do? Benjamin Wood

I’m a professional eavesdropper. Invisibility would be ... useful.

Larry Carter

If I were invisible for a day, I’d spend it being a fly on the wall, listening in on government secrets.

Bryan Bale

If I were invisible for a day, I’d want that day to be October 31, so I could go trickor-treating as a ghost.

Kara Rhodes

I’d likely go steal everything I’ve ever wanted. A really nice car, clothes, jewelry, shoes, some fun electronic gadgets, etc. Then I’d go “meet” a bunch of celebrities and see how they actually live.

Eric Granato

Probably snoop around the Alta Club and the SLC temple.

Sofia Cifuentes

Walk alone at night or actually anytime to any where

Scott Renshaw

It seems to me that some valuable evidence-gathering could take place if one could just slip unnoticed into RNC headquarters.

Carolyn Campbell

If I were invisible, I would try to sneak around and scare the burglars and peeping toms before they had a chance to commit their crimes.

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BY KEITH BURNS

Lost Lambs

LDS leader Dallin H. Oaks marginalizes those he seeks to reach.

uring the recent Saturday afternoon session of the general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, First Presidency member Dallin H. Oaks took on a controversial subject especially pertinent to millennials and Gen Zers. The church leader addressed “non-church goers”—both those who have stopped attending the LDS church, as well as those who have dropped out of other religious organizations. Citing large-scale societal trends that show significantly reduced participation in organized religion, Oaks argued that actively participating in a church helps us “rise above the individualism of our age” and “overcome the personal selfishness that can retard spiritual growth.” While pointing out that all religious organizations can provide numerous individual and societal benefits, Oaks stressed that the LDS Church contains the most optimal blessings, due to its unique ability to provide divinely authorized ordinances that lead to salvation. In addition, Oaks showcased the church’s many humanitarian endeavors, arguing that its ability to pool and distribute resources and organize collective efforts is matched by no other. Oaks didn’t just speak about the blessings of membership in the church. He also described reasons for why he believes some no longer attend in an insensitive and tone-deaf way, oversimplifying what is typically a complex experience. “Some say that attending church meetings is not helping them,” he said. “Some say ‘I didn’t learn anything today,’ or ‘No one was friendly to me,’ or ‘I was offended.’ Personal disappointments should never keep us from the doctrine of Christ, who taught us to serve, not to be served.” In pointing out what he felt caused members to leave, he never once acknowledged why members may be feeling un-

welcome, lonely or hurt at church in the first place. Does it occur to him that many who distance themselves are doing so—at least in part—because of the pain, frustration and marginalization they feel while attending? Just imagine how LGBTQ+ members feel who continue to hear teachings that classify their identities and relationships as inherently inferior to cisgender heterosexuality. How about a female member who continually feels undervalued, all the while receiving incessant praise about her angelic qualities? And what about a non-white member of a ward that is 90% or more white? Or someone who feels that their unorthodox perspectives are not welcomed or safe to express? The list goes on. Instead of reducing people’s genuine concerns with phrases like “personal disappointments” and “being offended,” Oaks could have compassionately acknowledged personal reasons for why people decide to leave in the first place. Also disturbing were Oaks’ descriptions of what he feels non-church goers lack. He argued that “individual spirituality can seldom provide the motivation and structure for unselfish service provided by the restored church.” While it is true that the church provides many wonderful service opportunities, to imply that non-church goers find less motivation and structure for unselfish service is presumptuous and condescending, plus it leads many attending members to elevate themselves and their religious beliefs above others. Oaks also used strong language to portray the host of blessings he feels non-attending members miss out on. “Members who forgo church attendance and rely only on individual spirituality separate themselves from these Gospel essentials,” he said, “the power and blessings of the priesthood, the fullness of restored doctrine and the motivations and opportunities to apply that doctrine. They forfeit their opportunity to qualify to perpetuate their family for eternity.” To declare that non-attending church members essentially forfeit the opportunity to be with their family for eternity is an authoritative fear tactic to scare people back into church. Again, many who have left the church do not feel any more loved or welcomed by this kind of rhetoric.

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One woman who recently decided to take a step back from church attendance told me that Oaks’ talk put salt on wounds that had been accumulating for quite some time, making her less likely to return anytime soon. Sadly, I’m sure she’s not alone. Instead of expressing compassion and understanding for the many reasons people feel unwanted, unwelcomed or unsafe at church, Oaks quoted a statement from Spencer W. Kimball that eerily resembles what many call victim blaming: “We do not go to Sabbath meetings to be entertained, or even simply to be instructed. We go to worship the Lord. It is an individual responsibility. If the service is a failure to you, you have failed.” The idea that people who’ve have negative experiences at church are the ones who failed removes all accountability from church leaders and mainstream members, instead pointing the finger at those who so often feel ostracized and unaccepted. Rather than describing these individuals as “failing,” church leaders and members should turn inward and ask what they might be doing or saying that leads others to have less than desirable experiences at church. This aligns more fully with the merciful and compassionate spirit of Christianity that the church so often espouses. As Oaks continues to tackle controversial and sensitive subjects from the pulpit, his messages would have been better received if he replaced this harsh and condemning style with a more compassionate and understanding tone. Then, he would more effectively “leave the ninety and nine … and go after that which is lost.” (Luke 15:4). In the meantime, I express sympathy and love to those who continue to fall victim to his words, especially LGBTQ+ members, who often feel marginalized and attacked as a result of many of his conference addresses. Regardless of Oaks’ intentions, the sting of his words can often have counterproductive effects, driving away the very people he attempts to reach. CW

Private Eye is off this week. Keith Burns is a graduate student at Sarah Lawrence College who specializes in Mormonism & Sexuality. Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net.

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HITS&MISSES BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

HIT: Thanks, Bianca

We know the oil-and-gas-manic Legislature is yearning to “take back” the federal lands it never owned, but that will have to wait until another day. For now, Utahns can smile with pride at the weight of a little girl’s activism and President Biden’s restoration of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. In 2019, Bianca Noyes met the president at a Park City event, where she presented him with postcards from 100 fourth graders seeking to protect Bears Ears. Hey, Biden didn’t even know what Bears Ears was then, but at a recent celebration with Utah’s tribal leaders in San Juan County, Biden spoke of the promise he made to Bianca, KSL News reported. Bianca’s dad was there, but she declined to participate because of “too much homework.” If only our legislators would do theirs.

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Evan McMullin knows where the votes are in Utah—and it’s not with the Democratic Party. It’s probably not with the GOP for him, either, because of the farright base that tends to come out to conventions. Of course, if he ran as a Republican, he’d be competing with the other conservative hopefuls looking to topple an incumbent—Sen. Mike Lee. Best to go it alone and shine the light on just you, spoiler or not. McMullin’s notoriety comes from his surprising, if quixotic, run for president in 2020. No, he didn’t make a dent on many ballots except in Utah, where the GOP’s hold-your-nose disdain for Donald Trump won McMullin 21.5% of the vote, just behind Hillary Clinton. He must know that he’d never make it as a Dem, but going Indie is a good bet, according to The Washington Post, which pretty much laid out how other independents have won in other states. It’s probably up to Utah Democrats what kind of chance McMullin has, but he at least makes an otherwise pre-determined race potentially competitive.

MISS: Deafening Roars

We could go on about conspiracy theories and simple-yet-intentional mischaracterizations. But what would be the point? Utah has already bought into many of them because they work. Let’s talk about the vaccine, masking and how our Republican leaders are responding to the noise. Sen. Mike Lee is demanding that the Justice Department “leave parents alone” after Attorney General Merrick Garland directed the FBI to address what he called a “disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence” against educators and school boards, the Deseret News reports. Apparently harassment, intimidation and violence are OK in Utah—against teachers, no less. Meanwhile, a GOP legislator hosted a “highly credentialed internist, cardiologist and epidemiologist” who has studied the coronavirus and “injuries developing after the COVID-19 vaccine,” The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Never mind all the many thousands of highly credentialed and highly respected scientists and doctors advocating for vaccinations, masks and social distancing.

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The Great Remapping

What do you know about redistricting—other than that catchy phrase “gerrymandering?” How do we do it in Utah and how is it that we always come out red and rural when our state is becoming less of both? “What historical issues will drive the debate over new political lines? And what will become of Utah’s 4th Congressional District?” Those are the questions that a panel of experts, including legislators who make the final determination, will be answering at Remapping Utah Politics: Redistricting 2021. You don’t think it matters, do you? But just look at Utah’s 4th District and formerly the 2nd District to see the back-and-forth play out between the two major political parties. Legislators will be joined by the chair of the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission and a University of Utah professor. Virtual, Monday, Oct. 18, noon, free. https://bit.ly/3FmPJXF

You Want to Rank What?

Yes, it’s election season, and this time 23 Utah municipalities will be experimenting with something called Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). No, you don’t have to learn a whole new system of voting. You’ll still receive your mailed ballot, but, this time, it’s likely to ask you to rank several candidates for the same office. The idea is that if you don’t get your first choice, you might get your second. But there are pros and cons to this innovative election system. It’s been used in Maine and New York recently with some success. Find out more at this Ranked Choice Voting Panel that includes the Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen, who will be charged with making it all work. Virtual, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3mtm6v7

Help the Unsheltered

A little rain never hurt anyone, but cold temperatures and snow in the forecast could. Join the Sunday Sort and Salt Lake City Outreach With Unsheltered Utah to pack up essentials like food, water, clothing, shoes, blankets, sleeping bags and hygiene kits and get them to the people who live on the streets. “As we enter the fall season, we will gather warm clothes, boots, jackets and winter clothing again. As temperatures decrease the need for propane, firewood and funds for heating options will grow.” Face masks are required and organizers ask that you wear closed-toed shoes. 46 N. Orange St., Sunday, Oct. 17, 3 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3Dilyil

Redistricting Final Sprint

There are still a few Public Hearings for the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission. Your voice is important. Layton City Hall, 437 N. Wasatch Dr., Layton, Friday, Oct. 15, 6 p.m.; Utah State University – Taggart Student Center, 650 N. 800 East, Logan, Saturday, Oct. 16, 11 a.m.; Herriman City Hall, 5355 W. Main St., Herriman, Thursday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m.—all free. https://uirc.utah.gov/events/

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We’ve long since passed the time when motherhood is romanticized as blissful and without profound challenges; it’s a more open world about acknowledging how hard it can be physically and emotionally. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot to learn—and a lot of wry humor to be found—in one very personal story about approaching the precipice of motherhood, and dealing with all the accompanying struggles. In her new memoir My Body is a Big Fat Temple, novelist Alena Dillon (Mercy House) deals with many different stops on her personal journey towards motherhood, from questioning whether she wants to be a parent at all, through the pain of miscarriages, the many physical changes accompanying pregnancy itself and the tangle of responses involved in being a first-time mom. Dillon touches on the very particular complication of parenting through the COVID pandemic, while wrestling with the more familiar notions of how you’re supposed to feel towards your baby, and the things you’re supposed to do. It’s a cleareyed but engaging perspective on how

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to deal with all the changes in your own body, even as you’re expected to change in the way you interact with the new body that you’re creating. Join Dillon via a virtual author event sponsored by Weller Book Works (607 Trolley Square) taking place Thursday, Sept. 14 at 6 p.m. The livestream is free to the public, and will be available through Weller’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/channel/UCcQqlhbPwo_ YfzIBsh9lleA). Purchase My Body is a Big Fat Temple in person at Weller Book Works, or online at wellerbookworks.com (Scott Renshaw)

Tom Segura Lots of comedians find humor in their relationships, and you might wonder if their partners find it funny. In Tom Segura’s case, however, there’s not really much doubt that his wife, Christina Pazsitsky, is on board with the jokes—she’s a comedian, too, they co-host the Your Mom’s House comedy podcast together, and she can give as good as she gets. And considering the level of outrageous buttonpushing and borderline offensiveness (okay, over-the-borderline) that Segura finds in his stand-up, you’d have to have a thick skin to live in the same house. Just take, for example, the jokes about the state of Louisiana that briefly made Segura a viral news story. In his subsequent Netflix special, 2020’s Ball Hog, he talks about the more than 200,000 messages he received from those who were offended by his Louisiana-bashing jokes: “If you ever offend a large group of people—like, let’s say, an entire state—you end up learning a lot about them. You don’t want to. But they insist. … Now I’m like an unofficial historian for the place I least want to go to.” Tom Segura visits Salt Lake City on

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The year 2020 was already destined to be one of change and upheaval for the Off Broadway Theatre, as the veteran location of comedic entertainment faced a relocation after 25 years in its home on Main St. The pandemic altered all plans for producing live shows, of course, and scrambled the company’s timeline for settling into a new home. But now, they’ve set up shop a bit farther south—at Draper’s Historic Playhouse—and continue their tradition of lively genre parodies, often with a timely seasonal twist. The Halloween season, for example, brings the mash-up of Dracula vs. Henry Botter. Originally created by local improv actor Logan Rogan, and updated for 2021 by Eric R. Jensen, it places the students at a certain wizarding school in the classroom of a new teacher, Drake Yula (also played by Jensen), who may not have their best intentions

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in mind. In the long tradition of OBT shows, it honors the source material with fun references to these familiar stories, while still creating something distinctly fresh. Dracula vs. Henry Botter runs through Oct. 30 at the Draper Historic Playhouse (12366 S. 900 East), with performances Mondays, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., plus 2 p.m. Saturday matinees. Tickets run $12 - $16. For those with a taste for improvisational comedy, the OBT also presents the long-running antics of Laughing Stock every Saturday night at 10 p.m. Visit theobt.org for ticket reservations, current health and safety protocols and additional show information for the rest of the 2021 season. (SR)

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After a particularly scary year, Utopia Early Music at last returns to live performance in time for a season that seems particularly suited to the sounds of music from the baroque period. From the tinkling sounds of the harpsichord to the ominous tones of the cello, compositions from the 1600s and early 1700s can evoke spooky notions—and the subject matter of some of these works seems to fit just fine, as well. Utopia Early Music’s October performance What Frightn’ing Noise Is This? A Baroque Halloween offers a delightfully appropriate program of works for the quartet of Alex Woods (violin), Aubrey Woods (violin), Loren Carle (harpsichord) and Eleanor Christman Cox (Baroque cello) representing England, France and Italy. The centerpiece composer for this program is Englishman Henry Purcell, whose works on fanciful subjects including King Arthur and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream suggest his interest in more magical realms. Other scheduled pieces include Jean-Phillipe Rameau’s “Trio of the Fates” from his opera Hyppolite et Aricie, and a composition by Marin Marais which is intended

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Utopia Early Music: What Fright’ning Noise Is This? A Baroque Halloween

as a musical interpretation of a gall bladder surgery. A Baroque Halloween runs for two performances—Saturday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 17 at 5 p.m.—at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark’s (231 E. 100 South). Admission is pay what you are able, with a recommended donation of $15 per person general admission, $12 senior, $10 student. Face coverings will be required of all attendees throughout the duration of the performance. Visit utopiaearlymusic.org for additional information. (SR)

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A roundup of current exhibitions from around the state BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

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A: Vida, Muerte, Justicia | Life, B: In Flux: Art on the Human C: Over Look / Under Foot and The D: Patrick Dean Hubbell: Death, Justice: Latin-American Experience New Beehive From the Earth to the Sky @ Granary Arts (86 N. Main St., Ephraim) @ Modern West Fine Art and Latinx Art for the 21st Century @ Finch Lane Gallery Ogden Contemporary Arts, 455 25th St., Ogden

Perspectives on the contemporary Latin American and Latinx experience from local, national and international perspectives make up this exhibition curated locally by Jorge Rojas and María del Mar González-González. The works represent a wide range of media—painting, sculpture, photography, installation and more—touching on subjects including immigration, racial justice and violence against women. Nationally-exhibited artists including Harry Gamboa Jr. (“Decoy Gang War Victim” is pictured), Guillermo Galindo and Tania Candiani join Utah-based Andrew Alba, Nancy Rivera and Roots Art Kollective. The exhibition runs through Nov. 27. ogdencontemporaryarts.org

(54 Finch Lane, SLC)

Finch Lane Gallery launches two new exhibitions with a contemplative bent. The film installation On the Margins of Metaxy (pictured), by Spanish-born sisters Sonia and Miriam AlbertSorbino (who work under the name the Also Sisters) presents scenes projected, reflected and distorted on multiple screens, featuring images like blinking eyes and slow walks. The solo exhibition Mixed, by Aïsha Lehmann, offers large-scale portraits informed by interviews with people of mixed-race backgrounds. Both exhibitions run through Nov. 19, with a Gallery Stroll artist reception Oct. 15, 6-9 p.m. saltlakearts.org

Two new exhibitions join a lineup of particularly Utah-centric work that already includes Our Valley Speaks and Bird’s Eye Chisel. In the group exhibition The New Beehive, 30 Utah-based artists were brought together for a wide range of interpretations of the state symbol, the beehive; the exhibition was inspired by and follows from an original 1980 exhibition titled The Grand Beehive that explored a similar theme. In Over Look / Under Foot, Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn chronicle their visit to all of Utah’s national parks in 2020, exploring how the sites now mediate our experience with them through infrastructure like roads, restrooms and parking lots (“Arches (Devil’s Garden)” is pictured). Both exhibitions run through Jan. 21, 2022. granaryarts.org

(412 S. 700 West, SLC)

Modern West Fine Art presents new work by represented artist Patrick Dean Hubbell in a solo exhibition. Born and raised in the Navajo Nation, Hubbell creates work that in part explores Indigeneity through traditional Navajo art forms and symbols (“Early Dawn Star Wave 2021” is pictured). Hubbell also employs hand-gathered and ground natural earth pigments from Navajo lands in his work, combined with traditional acrylic and oil paints. The exhibition runs through Nov. 19, with a Gallery Stroll artist reception Oct. 15, 6-9 p.m. modernwestfineart. com CW

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The Last Duel captures social structures built on power rather than facts. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

n Eric Jager’s fascinating 2004 book The Last Duel, the truth of the real-life case he focused on was, for the most part, irrelevant. That might seem counter-intuitive where a work of non-fiction is concerned, but Jager was not approaching the 14th-century case of Lady Marguerite de Carrouges—who accused squire Jacques Le Gris of rape, leading her husband, Sir Jean de Carrouges, to challenge the alleged assailant to trial by combat—as a forensic historian attempting to “solve” the crime. Rather, his work was a procedural exploring the workings of a medieval justice system premised on a) powerful men would make decisions based on preserving and reasserting that power, and b) God intervening on the side of the righteous. A movie adaptation of such a story, however, doesn’t have the luxury of being so [shrug emoji] as to what actually happened in a case of alleged sexual assault. We’re going to see things played out in front of our faces, with all the inevitable emotional impact that entails. So for director Ridley Scott’s adaptation of The Last Duel, the screenplay by Nicole Holofcener, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck takes what initially appears to be a Rashomon-like approach to the events leading up to Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris facing off in Paris on Dec. 29, 1386—until it’s ultimately clear that’s not actually what’s going on here at all. The post-prologue narrative is broken

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into chapters, one each from the point of view of our three principal characters. Jean de Carrouges (Damon) shows us the life of a widowed veteran of war struggling to pay his debts to his lord, Count Pierre d’Alençon (Affleck); outraged when his one-time comrade-in-arms, Le Gris (Adam Driver), becomes d’Alençon’s favorite; and eventually remarried to Marguerite (Jodie Comer). Le Gris’ perspective shows us his libertine ways and his fascination with Marguerite, leading up to his attack. And Marguerite’s story emphasizes the role of a woman in this era, as transferred property first of her father, and then of her husband, expected to do nothing but produce an heir. Seeing the rape occur in both Le Gris’ and Marguerite’s accounts leaves little question that is happened; Le Gris simply believes that she wanted it, then lies about it when things get dicey. The emphasis then, as it is in Jager’s book, is on the process, with a clear sense for how little things have changed in 650 years. Marguerite’s story is questioned because she admitted once to finding Le Gris attractive; a confrontation between Marguerite and her motherin-law (Harriet Walter) emphasizes that women are expected to keep their mouth

shut and endure rather than bring shame on themselves and their men. The Last Duel is frequently none-too-subtle in its metaphors—like when de Carrouges grows furious that an interloping stallion might have impregnated one of his prize mares— conveying how any notion of “justice” is stacked against Marguerite as a woman. Yet The Last Duel might actually be more bitterly effective at capturing this era’s particularly manifestations of toxic masculinity in the wielding of power. Damon and Driver are both perfectly solid at capturing two different kinds of men—de Carrouges the man of action unable to handle being denied what he believes he’s entitled to; Le Gris the more subtly calculating manipulator—but the real kick comes from two supporting performances. Affleck is a delight as d’Alencon, a petty and self-absorbednobleman who seems to delight in wielding his ability to knock de Carrouges down a peg. And Alex Lawther turns the young King Charles VI of France into a schoolboy who practically shakes with delight that he can pit two men against one another, to the death, for his amusement. It’s not just a man’s world; it’s a world for men who have the ability to fuck, or fuck with, whomever

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Off to the Races Meet the 19 Salt Lakers hoping to represent you on the City Council COMPILED BY BENJAMIN WOOD

District 1

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Richard D. M. Barnes

As the former chairman of the Rose Park Community Council, I have a track record of delivering results that have helped to improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods. And as a former transportation planner for Salt Lake City, I know why a keen eye on our budget matters. Salt Lake City must invest to quickly implement the frequent transit network and provide an alternative to personal vehicles. Having an attractive, convenient transit system will help SLC residents reduce their automobile use. Also, incentivizing homeowners to make their homes more energy efficient will reduce emissions. All of our neighborhoods are growing and evolving. I believe that through thoughtful zoning policies, we can strike a balance between providing more housing—particularly affordable housing—and preserving neighborhood environments. We can implement more inclusionary and form-based zoning in our neighborhoods that supports missing middle-income housing.

I have lived here since 2013, running a music-based nonprofit that gives kids a safe place to be after school. As our district’s Historic Landmarks representative since 2017, I effectively use my master’s degree in political science and refined experience advocating for the people and neighborhood I love. A comprehensive assessment of the police force needs, followed by a comprehensive action plan, is a first step to address crime rates. A police force that is well-trained and accountable is central to crime reduction. A post-COVID reenergizing around things like community watches and resident-led initiatives with public education also will help. Preserving character is important to me— as is wisely planning for densification. Small area plans can help with strategic growth. We should deepen relationships with local developers who prioritize city goals so that as we grow, we do so in a way that respects our history and protects our future.

I was born in LDS Hospital, with pioneer ancestors in the state since 1853. I have a bachelor’s degree in geology from the U. I’m a Rose Park homeowner, an Eagle Scout, a long time conservative Libertarian and a Utah GOP district chairman. I married my wife, Brenda, in the Salt Lake temple in 1998, and I’m a conservationist who backs the blue. Voters should elect me so I can listen to and represent them effectively. Our often-forgotten district includes Fairpark, the airport, a National Guard base, a sewage plant, the new state prison and the inland port. Salt Lake City must back the blue. Long before riots and de-funding the police decimated our Police Department, many non-violent calls in District 1 went unanswered and criminals were quickly released from jail to make room for more. We all need to help with crime prevention.

Neighborhood: Jordan Meadows Favorite Restaurant: Sabor Latino Campaign website: VoteVictoriaSLC.com

Neighborhood: Rose Park Favorite Restaurant: Chubby’s Campaign website: No Response

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Victoria Petro-Eschler

Neighborhood: Rose Park Favorite Restaurant: All Chay Campaign website: voteblakeperez.com

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Blake Perez

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ovember’s municipal election in Salt Lake City is, objectively, big. In addition to five of the City Council’s seven seats being up for grabs, residents will for the first time select their local representation through ranked-choice voting, an intuitive—albeit complicated— process in which votes for a losing candidate are redistributed based on ballot preference until a majority winner is secured. This changes things in interesting ways. Voters can feel assured that their ballot is not “wasted,” as their second-, third- or even fourth-favorite candidate could be helped across the line by their support. And whoever emerges victorious is mathematically guaranteed to be the person with the highest support among the largest number of constituents. But it also means one big, honkin’ ballot and an expectation that voters educate themselves beyond the typical A vs. B dichotomy of American politics. To aid in that homework, City Weekly asked each council candidate to explain why voters should rank them No. 1, and to respond to their pick of five questions on the environment, crime, quality of life, housing and data-driven government. The following responses—arranged in the order they will appear on ballots—were received via email and edited for length and clarity.

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Nigel Swaby

The west side has been forgotten for too long—our city should have a west-side focus. I will be a strong voice to advocate for those in my neighborhood who feel our city doesn’t care for them. I am running because we need things to happen—not promises or excuses. Living near the inland port, I know it is our city’s duty to make a strong effort to protect kids and families of the growing west side. Our city also needs to incentivize green, efficient and net-zero-emission development in all corners of SLC and be smart about walkable communities. Salt Lake City must stop excusing itself for the lack of resources that always disproportionately affect the west side. We need a city that shakes the trees to make things happen. Our city has forgotten somewhat that it is the closest level of government to a working-class, mostly minority district that feels neglected.

As a lifelong Westsider, my history is rooted in our community. For more than 25 years, I’ve worked to empower people and to produce results for our neighborhoods. I’ve also made a career of lifting others and amplifying west-side voices. Experience and community relationships position me to best represent our neighborhoods. Conflicts between evidence and constituent interests involve a lack of communication, outreach and engagement with the community. My approach will always be to ensure the city hears our voices and concerns while pressing the city to conduct better outreach and engagement on the west side. Our city’s values should guide our development decisions. Inclusionary housing will allow us to offer greater options for people and families at all income levels. Equity also means we cannot pack all the city’s high-density, lowincome housing projects on the west side. Every neighborhood must share in the solution.

I have experience. I grew up here, attended school here and understand people who live here. I’ve spent time in council sessions learning how members think, and I’ve been a tireless advocate for west-side issues as a community council member and chairman of a business chamber. Salt Lake City must rebuild its police force through compensation and support, by expanding the ambassador program in number and location to get more uniforms on the street, hiring private security to protect public assets and waging a public information campaign to tell criminals and residents the city is no longer a safe place for crime. We have to get people to accept incremental density. Whether that’s an accessory dwelling unit in a single family home or upzoning to have live/work units is up to residents. We can employ design overlays to make the aesthetic of the new construction resemble the existing.

Neighborhood: Glendale Favorite Restaurant: Red Iguana Campaign website: billypalmerSLC.com

Neighborhood: Fairpark Favorite Restaurant: Takashi Campaign website: nigelforsaltlake.com

Dennis Faris (Incumbent)

Daniel Tuutau

I possess a breadth and depth of experience on a large range of issues that sets me apart as a member of the City Council. I have been working for the last 18 years on critical issues like homelessness and affordable housing, public greenspace, and public safety. As a newly appointed member of the Utah Inland Port Authority Board, I will fight for Salt Lake City to continue with its efforts to ensure an environmentally sustainable port, while also advocating for improved east/west connectivity through changes in our existing rail corridors. After being appointed to the City Council in May, I immediately worked to successfully raise the wages of our emergency first responders, including police officers, firefighters and 911 dispatch. I also advocated strongly to quickly develop an alternate response model team that can reduce response times in SLC.

I’m not a career politician—I’m not even really a politician. I’m your neighbor, a citizen who wants to improve my community. When you live somewhere, make it the best it can be. I believe Salt Lake is a great place to live, but together we can make it better. I think the city needs to find a balance between incentivizing and regulating in dealing with our air-quality issues. Don’t create regulations unless we can actually enforce them. I think the city needs to consider more incentives for cleaner practices in order to create more community buy-in. Supporting our police force, including increasing the number of competent officers, is a necessary step to address our city’s crime. But it’s also important to fund other resources to deal with issues that do not require a police force. There isn’t a single answer to fix this problem.

Neighborhood: Poplar Grove Favorite Restaurant: Chunga’s Campaign website: VoteDennisSLC.com

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Billy Palmer

Neighborhood: Fairpark Favorite Restaurant: Sabor Latino Campaign website: alejandropuy.com

Neighborhood: Poplar Grove Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden Campaign website: tuutau.com

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District 3 Chris Wharton (Incumbent)

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I’ve helped make unprecedented investments in affordable housing, fought for air quality and green infrastructure, supported arts and parks and championed equity and police-reform initiatives. I want to continue to advocate for these critical issues for another four years. Salt Lake City leads the state in affordable housing because we value economic diversity. At the same time, I’ve crafted policies that preserve the historic character of our oldest neighborhoods through careful planning and resident input. Finding that balance takes collaboration and a love for what makes our city unique. I want to make public transit and active transportation easier, reach the City’s Climate Positive 2040 goals ahead of schedule, invest more in renewable energy sources with our public utility providers and support businesses that share Salt Lake City’s sustainability efforts and best practices.

Neighborhood: Sugar House Favorite Restaurant: Stratford Proper Campaign website: VoteRaskin.com

David Berg

Neighborhood: Sugar House Favorite Restaurant: Trolley Wing Co. Campaign website: electamyfowler.com

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I represent the much-needed change that residents are demanding. I stand for “People and Community First,” and will work to remove money and its influence from politics. I have a record of fighting for our community and will bring my passion and determination to the Salt Lake City Council. Stopping the polluting port is critical. As are building a plan to move the refineries out of our airshed, promoting and expanding cycling and pedestrian transit, getting rid of our prohibitive mass transit fare and making it free to ride—as it is in Logan and Park City—and promoting renewable energy. We must make the historic Utah Pantages Theater a SLC landmark to protect it and put it on the path to full restoration and reopening. Doing so would create an international theater district. It would invest in our arts and artists, fulfill a promise and rebuild our greatest community space for decades ahead.

Casey O’Brien McDonough

Neighborhood: Highland Park Favorite Restaurant: No response Campaign website: votehuck.net

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I am passionate about our city and advocate for it. Over the past four years, I have fought for our public safety, better roads and the preservation of open space. I believe that as the city continues to grow, we must protect the values of our communities while embracing growth. With our population expected to double in the next 30 years, the city must prioritize making public transit more accessible and easier to use. There are also building standards I’ve advocated for that will help reduce greenhouse emissions during construction and over the lifetime of the structures. Salt Lake must require certain design standards for new developments that complement the city’s neighborhoods and create policies that preserve the current housing stock. As a current councilmember, I have advocated for both of these policies and will continue to do so.

Rainer Huck

Neighborhood: The Avenues Favorite Restaurant: No response Campaign website: caseyforslc.com

People must always come first, not money or special interests. My campaign is the result of thousands of conversations I’ve had with residents in front of the Utah Pantages Theater downtown. When I talk with people about the theater, the conversations always expand beyond the theater and to our problematic Redevelopment Agency (RDA). Salt Lake City faces issues like homelessness, truly affordable housing, public safety, historic preservation, unrestrained development, campaign finance and more. All the conversations have one thing in common—the mayor and City Council aren’t listening to the people. They are great at talking about what they think they are doing right, but that is, at best, a half-truth. Voters tell me they see far too much going wrong, far too many things getting worse and that the city isn’t listening. If you agree and want someone who will listen, vote Casey for City Council District 3.

I want to serve as a responsive, engaged leader. We need to focus on improving and expanding our Police Department, reducing the number of un-housed residents in the city, fighting to protect and preserve our open spaces, streamlining business licensing to support local entrepreneurs and expanding community events throughout the district. Salt Lake doesn’t have enough police officers to effectively patrol our community. I’ll increase the number of uniformed officers, triple the number of social workers, and increase foot and bike patrols. We need to recruit and retain talented veteran officers and modernize technology for quicker response time and better outcomes. We need to accelerate the inventory of affordable housing. We’re not building enough units, and prices are skyrocketing due to demand. I support rezoning for higher density units, accelerated building license reviews and lower impact fees. People make neighborhoods—folks should be able to live and recreate where they work.

Amy Fowler (Incumbent)

Neighborhood: The Avenues Favorite Restaurant: Mark of the Bistro/ Mi Ranchito Grill Campaign website: DavidForSLC.com

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Ben Raskin

Neighborhood: Marmalade Favorite Restaurant: Avenues Proper Campaign website: votechriswharton.com

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District 7

The City Council lacks diversity of thought and, thus, it does not represent the interests of many constituents. Mayor Mendenhall and the Council declared “racism” a “public health crisis.” It’s become fashionable to blame everything on racism, but for a government to make such a declaration indicates they might have a tenuous connection with reality. When I ran for mayor in 2019, I had the solution for the homeless—a campus where all the needs of these unfortunate people could be met. The tiny home plan under consideration will be a failure, as have been the current shelters. Further investments in mass transit would be a waste of money. We are no more than five years away from a majority of commuter traffic being autonomous, electric cars. They won’t need any parking as they will be immediately off to find a new rider. This will also solve our air-pollution problem.

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Neighborhood: East Liberty Park Favorite Restaurant: Kentucky Fried Chicken Campaign website: georgechapman.net

Neighborhood: Ballpark Favorite Restaurant: Pizza Nono Campaign website: darinmano.com

I’m running to be an advocate for our community. As your advocate, I will prioritize listening, responding, communicating and engaging. With an engaged community, we can plan for growth with purpose, tackle complex issues and find creative solutions—together. I’m running to truly represent you. I would push for 100% clean electricity by 2030. We are in a climate crisis. Research shows moving to renewable energy isn’t only possible, it is economically feasible. We must also change the way we build. Greener, sustainable buildings and a clean electric grid are essential to addressing air quality. We are facing a housing shortage, but we must plan with purpose. We need to be cognizant of how new developments will impact neighborhoods and property owners. We should focus on incentive-based zoning, where developers are asked to support the neighborhood in which they build to preserve these environments.

I want to focus on basic services: full police funding; fighting drugs; full road maintenance; providing a safe camping and parking area; opening up to housing the 80% of SLC that doesn’t allow it; and stopping road changes that increase pollution and increase speeding on adjacent streets. All road changes should ensure that pollution isn’t increased, and UTA should be forced to implement $1 bus fares and stop spending money on projects. Protect single-family areas to stop families from driving to the suburbs. Don’t insult the poor by offering just a bathroom or a kitchen. Stop defunding the police, which resulted recently in 50 calls on hold and 97 positions not available for patrol. Focus on fighting drugs, which are abused and sold in shelters, parks and near schools. There are 10,000 callers to 911 each month who want a police response and the city should provide that.

As an architect, educator, small-business owner and minority, I have a diverse set of skills and perspectives that help me serve District 5. I focus on solutions rather than problems. I understand the importance of urban planning, economic development, building relationships and meaningful engagement with my constituents. To improve air quality, I will fund projects in our 2015 Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan; amend zoning to encourage mixed-use neighborhoods; require city-funded buildings to be emission-free and energy efficient; support the Community Renewable Energy Program; protect and expand our city parks, green spaces, natural lands and urban forest; and expand high-frequency public transit. Adding housing compatible in scale with historic neighborhoods includes allowing ADUs, townhomes, sideways row houses, cottages and small apartments. Urban infill and alley-facing developments take advantage of disused land within neighborhoods. Historic preservation incentives and requirements help maintain the character and charm we love about our communities.

Darin Mano (Incumbent)

Amy J. Hawkins

Vance Hansen

I have a proven record of strong public service: securing $500,000 from the city budget for safer street crossings and sidewalks in our district; fighting drug addiction through obtaining $150,000 of state funding for opioid education; and leading the Ballpark Community Council for three years during a spike in violent crime. The city should work with the county to immediately provide for a mental health receiving center like what has been piloted and successful in Davis County. The center would function as a mental health emergency room and an alternative to incarceration with behavioral health and addiction treatment services. We must rebuild our Police Department. The city should have hired an outside entity to conduct exit interviews examining why more than 100 officers left the department. It wasn’t strictly a matter of salaries—our police officers haven’t felt supported, and our city must take steps to repair these relationships.

I do not just say I will do something to gain favor, popularity or some other benefit. I mean what I say, even if I have difficulty or give the wrong impression. The city could improve the lives of residents by trying to keep its word to the very best of its ability even if it means losing an election. People have got to realize that evidence and data can be interpreted and or manipulated in different ways to meet an individual’s, religion’s, business’ or government’s purposes and/or goals. All parties involved have got to be willing to give and take. In short, a computer is only as good as its programmer. City Weekly, thank you for the opportunity and for the education that printing the newspaper has provided. Also, my sincere thanks to the public in spite of whatever shortcomings I might have. CW

Neighborhood: Ballpark Favorite Restaurant: HSL Campaign website: amyjhawkins.com

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Neighborhood: Ballpark Favorite Restaurant: Gaetano’s Sub Shop/Veggie House Campaign website: votereale.com

Neighborhood: Liberty Wells Favorite Restaurant: Chuck-A-Rama Campaign website: No response

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like eating no matter what time of year it is, but there is something about fall menus that always gets me excited about visiting local restaurants. Sure, the mix of fall flavors like allspice, clove, cinnamon, root veggies are always going to be winners, but fall is when food can have a restorative effect; nothing quite replenishes one’s autumnal vigor like a hot bowl of chili or a fresh-from-the-fryer doughnut on a blustery October evening. We have plenty of local eateries that whip up a mean fall menu, but here are a few places I like to haunt during this time of year Whiskey Street (323 S. Main Street, 801-433-1371, whiskeystreet.com): Though recommending chili is a lot like recommending a favorite band or beloved film, I’ve never had someone second-guess the Bourbon Black Bean Buffalo Chili at Whiskey Street. Not only is its alliterative game on point, but the flavors here are out of sight. Rich and layered with different notes of caramelized smoky heartiness, it’s exactly what I’m looking for in a bowl of chili. It gets a nice zing from the fontina cheese crumbled on top, and pairs very well with the restaurant’s pork belly corn dogs if you’re famished. It’s a good option yearround, but when there’s a slight autumn

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Street, 801-467-8322): Doughnuts of any variety are a welcome sight during the autumn months; something about a dense cake doughnut or a maple bar just lands differently this time of year. My fall doughnut of choice has always been the apple fritter, as it combines the classic flavor of apples and cinnamon with a crispy, crenulated pastry. I used to think that all fritters were created equal, but that was before I paid a visit to Fresh Donuts & Deli. The first thing you notice is the size—these fritters are enormous—but once you take your first bite and get instantly transported to a world where the best French toast you ever had collides with the best doughnut you’ve ever had, you realize that some kind of pastry witchery is afoot. Fritter fans need this golden monster in their lives right now. Normal Ice Cream (Multiple locations, normal.club): Just because the weather is getting a bit cooler doesn’t mean that ice cream is off the table. I love visiting Normal during this time of year because it seems to be when the masterminds behind some of Utah’s most delicious soft serve really let their creativity rip. This year, we’ve got Friggin Bats, a black sesame and salted vanilla bean twist with yuzu jam and bat sprinkles, and the Web of Lies, which is ube soft serve topped with coconut cake, pandan mallow fluff and a cotton candy web complete with a spider ring. If you’re in need of something hot, the Count Chocula Ah Ah might be more your speed—it’s a chocolate milk latte with cacao bitters and Count Chocula cereal. If spooky, imaginative eats are your thing, Normal Ice Cream always delivers. Whatever keeps your engine running this fall, there are plenty of great autumn eats to choose from. Here’s hoping this list gives you a few other options to choose from. CW

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nip in the downtown SLC air, this chili with a beer is hard to beat. Log Haven (6451 Mill Creek Canyon Road, 801-272-8255, log-haven.com): There are some fall evenings that simply require a meal that lands on the tongue like a mixtape from your high-school crush. When an urge like this takes you, take a trip to Log Haven. Not only is the food here top notch, but there are few local eateries that immerse you in the colorful panoply of nature’s autumnal glory in the same way that Log Haven does. This is the kind of place that lets you experience fall with all of your senses before giving you the chance to exercise your most important one. During the autumn months, I always opt for the grilled bone-in Duroc pork chop. It’s served with sweet and sour brussels sprouts, a bit of smoked bacon, brandied raisins, pecans, and a side of smashed potatoes. Everything on the plate sings its own special song about fall, and the ambiance is the perfect complement. Fav Bistro (1984 E. Murray Holladay Road, 801-676-9300, bestthaifoodinutah. com): Fall mornings can get a bit brisk when the frost starts to coalesce on the treetops, which means fall breakfasts need to pack an extra punch. I like to kick off such mornings with a trip to Fav Bistro for a bowl of their Thai chicken rice soup. It’s got the kind of vibrant flavors that are primed to wake you up in the morning along with the powerhouse combo of chicken, egg and rice to keep you fueled throughout the day. Breakfast soups aren’t as commonplace in the states as they are elsewhere in the world, but anyone who has yet to try this on for the first meal of the day will have a tough time going back to oatmeal and black coffee. Fresh Donuts & Deli (2699 S. State

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Bewilder Brewing 445 S. 400 West, SLC BewilderBrewing.com On Tap: Rocket Surgeon Golden Ale

Mountain West Cider 425 N. 400 West, SLC MountainWestCider.com On Tap: Elliott Gold

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

Ogden River Brewing 358 Park Blvd, Ogden OgdenRiverBrewing.com On Tap: Injector Hazy IPA Policy Kings Brewery 223 N. 100 West, Cedar City PolicyKingsBrewery.com

Desert Edge Brewery 273 Trolley Square, SLC DesertEdgeBrewery.com On Tap: Fresh Brewed UPA

Proper Brewing 857 S. Main, SLC ProperBrewingCo.com On Tap: Whispers of the Primordial Seai

Epic Brewing Co. 825 S. State, SLC EpicBrewing.com On Tap: Naked Baptist

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Fisher Brewing Co. 320 W. 800 South, SLC FisherBeer.com On Tap: Red Ale

RoHa Brewing Project 30 Kensington Ave, SLC RoHaBrewing.com On Tap: Bumpy Pucker Raspberry Sour

Grid City Beer Works 333 W. 2100 South, SLC GridCityBeerWorks.com On Tap: Extra Pale Ale Hopkins Brewing Co. 1048 E. 2100 South, SLC HopkinsBrewingCompany.com On Tap: NAIPA (Not-An-IPA (Session IPA)) Hoppers Grill and Brewing 890 E. Fort Union Blvd, Midvale HoppersBrewPub.com Kiitos Brewing 608 W. 700 South, SLC KiitosBrewing.com Level Crossing Brewing Co. 2496 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake LevelCrossingBrewing.com On Tap: Märzen Ocktoberfest

Roosters Brewing Multiple Locations RoostersBrewingCo.com On Tap: Cosmic Autumn Rebellion SaltFire Brewing 2199 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake SaltFireBrewing.com On Tap: Heavy Metal Parking Lot Salt Flats Brewing 2020 Industrial Circle, SLC SaltFlatsBeer.com On Tap: Pumpkin Spice Latte Ale Shades Brewing 154 W. Utopia Ave, South Salt Lake ShadesBrewing.beer On Tap: Grapefuit Seltzer

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 TFBrewing.com On Tap: Edel Pils Talisman Brewing Co. 1258 Gibson Ave, Ogden TalismanBrewingCo.com On Tap: Oktoberfest and Fest Bier Toasted Barrel Brewery 412 W. 600 North, SLC ToastedBarrelBrewery.com Uinta Brewing 1722 S. Fremont Drive, SLC UintaBrewing.com On Tap: Was Angeles Craft Beer UTOG 2331 Grant Ave, Ogden UTOGBrewing.com On Tap: BEER! American Ale Vernal Brewing 55 S. 500 East, Vernal VernalBrewing.com Wasatch 2110 S. Highland Drive, SLC WasatchBeers.com Zion Brewery 95 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale ZionBrewery.com Zolupez 205 W. 29th Street #2, Ogden Zolupez.com

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ou can count on Americans to be as divisive with their beer preferences as they are with everything else in life. In the IPA world, your passions will skew you towards the hazy and fruity camp, or the unclouded and bitter scene. Every now and then, you’ll find something that plays to both sides. And these are such reaching-across-the-aisle brews. 2 Row - Happy Day IPA: It’s not hazy, but not filtered either—just a naturallooking beer. The orange/goldenrod color comes with a thin, retentive head of bonewhite foam that lasts and lasts. Good legs and nice structure overall; the lace is a bit drippy instead of being super consistent or overtly amazing, but it’ll do. The nose is a nice, big, juicy hit of citrusy and tropical hops, as expected, right off the bat—very saturated and pronounced, with strong overtones of orange, pineapple and tangerine, plus light backing notes of mango and ripe guava. The Citra seems very pronounced here, with a little bit of the odd berry-like note of Mosaic helping out. I don’t think it congeals as well together as some other people do, but it’s mighty fine in any case, and certainly does a good job with the hops in question. The flavor profile is a little better, mostly due to its heft and the way it carries itself. Happy Day IPA has a nice aroma, but the flavor is a different beast, a bit maltier and more balanced, with a deftly creamy and, well, juicy feel, bringing with it lots of or-

ange, pineapple, tangerine, and orchard fruit flavors. A touch of pine and bitter resin in the finish round it all out. On the tongue is where the beer really shines. Overall: Since the taste of a beer itself is the most important part of judging it, this definitely makes the cut, and it’s a sublime citrus-hopped ale. Squatters - Hop Rising Hazy: The nice thing about beers like these is that you can control the amount of clarity. Rouse the can, and you’ll get it murky; an easy pour, and it will just look unfiltered. I went with the easy pour, and got an orange body with some golden highlights. The aroma is full of fruit juice, citrus, orange peel and tropical fruit—very fresh, hoppy and enticing, with an appealing hop flavor, at least judging by the aroma. The taste starts out pulpy, fruity and citrusy, with lots of Sunny Delight-ish muddled fruit juice and muted citrus (i.e. there’s no fresh orange peel or luscious mandarin or anything crazy-acidic). The result is balanced, smooth, pulpy, medium-bodied, wet, well-carbonated, refreshing despite its approachable 9.0 percent ABV. It’s also more textured and thicker than many large production IPAs, which elevates its fruit juice flavors nicely at the expense of drinking clean and easy—though its 9 percent ABV is shockingly well-disguised, to be fair. Overall: The back end of this beer reminds me a little of some Citra-hopped beers of old. Less juice, yes, and actually a little blah for the first half. The back end really brings citrus rind, orange and grapefruit, with a little more zest of the smaller fruit and pith of the larger. At 7.4 percent Happy Day IPA is easily approachable, and the 12-ounce bottle easily helps to manage your consumption. You can find it at the brewery and better beer pubs around the city. This is a smaller than normal batch, so move on this one pronto. Hop Rising Hazy is a much larger batch, and these 12-ounce cans will also be showing up in DABC very soon, so keep an eye out if you’re not near a Squatters/Wasatch outlet. As always, cheers. CW

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When you’re younger, you dream of going to events like the Sugar High Festival (sugarhighevents.com) all the time. So the best thing you can do as an adult is to fulfill those childhood dreams and binge some sweets from a group of Utah’s finest purveyors of sugary treats. The Sugar High Festival promises attendees all the doughnuts, candy, cookies and pastries they can handle, all provided by vendors like Les Madeleines, Bohemian Baklava, Doki Doki and Crumbl Cookies. The event will be held at the Mountain America Expo Center (9575 S. State Street, Sandy) on Oct. 16 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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Across the street from the Maynard Dixon Museum, just outside the sleepy burg of Orderville, is the most eclectic coffee house down south. The nearly 50-year-old Rock Stop is actually built in the shape of a rock out of chicken wire, paper, plaster and fiberglass. It’s owned and run by Mickey and Don Davis, who will happily regale you with their tale of leaving corporate life in Las Vegas for the delights of a quieter existence in Southern Utah. While it’s main business is selling a vast array of jewelry and local stones—some refined, others just chunks—it’s the coffee and location that calls patrons back. Purchase a latte inside or their specialty, an espresso sundae, and sit in its small, gazebo-like patio, you can take in the marvels of green, rolling hills, red rock and huge skies that inspired Dixon to paint his great works. What more could you ask? 385 W. State, Orderville, 435648-2747, therockstoputah.com

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Named after its owner, Sawadee specializes in wholesome, family-style Thai cuisine served in an über-friendly atmosphere. Standards include pad thai and spring rolls, but something more exotic, try honey-ginger duck or a Thai curry puff. Spicy dishes include the curries, which can be made to your specification. Tofu can be substituted in any meat dish, and an extensive vegetarian selection will thrill non-carnivores. There’s a great wine list, too. 754 E. South Temple, 801-3288424, sawadee1.com

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Located in the historic Rio Grande Train Depot, this downtown mainstay has served up Mexican comfort food and tasty margaritas since 1981. It’s located in a café that was once known as an “air-conditioned coffee shop”—a welcome respite for railroad travelers in the 1900s. Now, it’s home to favorites such as chile rellenos, enchiladas, chimichangas and tacos. If you’re stopping in for lunch, check out their daily lunch specials that include chicken mole enchiladas and the taco loco—a double wrapped taco smothered with chile verde, cheese and sour cream. Just don’t get too full on the chips and salsa before the main course arrives. 270 S. Rio Grande St., 801-364-3302, riograndecafeslc.com

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There are myriad reasons to visit either of Tulie Bakery’s locations. From their effortlessly hip interior design to their locally sourced ingredients, it’s one of Salt Lake’s coolest bakeries. Owner/self-taught pastry czar Leslie Seggar knows exactly what’s she’s doing on every level—from croissants to hot-pressed sandwiches. Seggar’s gourmet pastries feature only the finest ingredients, and the treats are enhanced by the store’s layout, right down to communal tables that create a warm and contemporary environment. The sticky buns are out of this world. 863 E. 700 South, 801-883-9741; 1510 S. 1500 East, 801-4104217, tuliebakery.com

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hen searching for “brother” on Spotify, there’s a lot that comes up. But Utah’s own Brother. stands out with punctuation—in their name, but also in their style. While their name is punctuated with a firm period, their approach to making music has always been more of a comma situation—they practice the “yes, and” way of doing things. Never ones to stop at any one style of music, any one idea or direction, Brother. has spent recent years building and hopping from thing to thing, a practice that’s ultra-present on their groovy new album Vol. III, scheduled for release Friday, Oct. 15. The album opens with “Oxidate,” a sensual, groove-infused track where frontman Chuck Emery’s vocals are buttery and high, riding a wave of sweeping guitars and glimmering synths. It’s a smart choice for an opening track, locking in listeners and prepping them for all the other distinctively catchy tracks that follow. There are moments of pure rock ‘n’ roll bliss, and doses of traditional indie charisma, and all could be marked as some of Brother.’s best work yet. The five-piece—made up of Emery, Elias Pratt, Scott Knutson, Erika Goodwin and Nathan Standage—label their releases as volumes (like 2016’s Volume 1 and 2018’s EP Volume II) for a reason: They’re not interested in cohesion as much as they are simply gathering a bunch of songs with a few things in common together in a collection. That’s because they’re always trying new things. Since 2016, they’ve evolved far past their soft, folk-hued indie sound that could be a little melancholy at times, a quality which Emery attributes to “lack of knowledge.” “I didn’t spend a lot of time around electric guitars and synths and whatnot, but we’ve learned a lot more about sounds, recording and mixing, and how to make our live shows better,” he says of recent years. “Listening to different types of music, you want to incorporate the different things that you’ve learned. We didn’t really use synths back in the day; back in 2016, if we had a synthy type of sound, it was one of our voices that we put a bunch of effects on. I’ve spent a lot of money over the last year just on random gear that I see on Facebook Marketplace, and I feel like I’m just constantly buying stuff because I just need new sounds and need new things to get inspired.” He adds that, at least for him, the way sound shows up on stage also plays a role in his drive to innovate. “At least for me, it wasn’t just music I was listening to,” he says; “it was music that I was watching. I’m a huge fan of watching live sessions and live videos, bands that I like in concert.” Seeing what instruments and tools others are using piques Emery’s curiosity, and he’ll often research, buy and eventually learn to play whatever he sees that inspires him. Vol. III is certainly ripe with rich and surprising sounds and effects, which really help

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keep the album feeling fresh through its 11 tracks. “The weirdest part about it is that it’s been so long,” Emery remarks about the time since they began work on what would become Vol. III. “We had our original songs, which were ‘Don’t Worry,’ which was out, and ‘Honey’ was another one that was finished, and ‘Oxidate.’ That was the backbone of the album, we modeled everything else after that after those songs.” But with the pandemic coming along to slow them down, there also came a positive development that pushed things back, too: They signed to a label, Handwritten Records. The label requested a few more songs to add to Vol. III, but otherwise stepped back and let the band get to writing them, also giving them the clearance to mix everything themselves, a feat achieved mostly by Emery, Pratt and Standage at Standage’s studio space. Outside of piecing the songs together in the studio, Brother. has been busy playing the songs live, just finishing a fall West Coast tour which included stops at Treefort Music Festival and an appearance at the first annual Superbloom Music Festival in Springdale. “I feel like we do it backwards,” says Emery about their frequent live appearances. “Eli talks about this all the time, ‘We should really spend more time with a song live before we start recording it,’ and then we start playing it live and we make it better. I’m cool with it, and I think the songs still sound good, but the live show has picked up more, and there’s a lot more energy.” Pratt concurs, “The songs on the album sound great, but it is fun that as we play them live, they continue to evolve and change in some ways. It might be pretty subtle to the audience, but at least for me, I get excited about the little nuanced things that come out as we perform them.” A chance to catch those nuances, and all the energy Brother. always has anyway, comes by way of their album listening party at Velour in Provo on Thursday, Oct. 14. Visit velourlive.com for tickets and more info, and follow @brother.official on Instagram to find links to presave and stream Vol. III. CW

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A more outrageous act than Thumpasaurus may not roll through The State Room this year. They’re not just one of a kind, but perhaps a superlative when it comes to funk, dance and innovation. Thumpasaurus is clearly one of those bands made up of musical geniuses, the serious type who probably know, like, a lot of music theory—they all came together at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, after all—and use it to blow up any preconceived notions of musical standards. Their extremely modern, often racing brand of funk-pop convulses with different influences, from house to rock opera to psychedelia and to a helluva lot of electronic dance music. In 2016, Thumpasaurus member Lucas Tamaren told Live For Live Music, “When I wrote ‘I’m Too Funky,’ I was thinking about how funk and groove is a vehicle that allows me to live presently, out of time, out of my head.” And when listening to the Thump—whether it’s their self-mythologizing 2018 album The Book of Thump or their 2021 release Thumpaverse—there’s no way not to be swept away into the funk, to suddenly feel your own body’s need to be present, by way of foot-tapping, hip shaking or shouldershimmying. The band’s new album somehow feels like a level up on the powerhouse scale, and is full of wild, groovy tracks like “Struttin’” that just can’t be missed live. See them at The State Room on Thursday, Oct. 14. The show is 21+, doors are at 7 p.m. and tickets are $17 at thestateroompresents.com.

Hot Club of San Francisco at The Monarch

Many wonderful cities boast their own lovely hot club jazz bands—the Hot Clubs of Many Cities abound. And while Utah has a “hot house” band, hot club is different, and we’ll get a taste of just how so when Hot Club of San Francisco comes out to Ogden to play at The Monarch, presented by Onstage Ogden. Hot Club of San Francisco—like all other hot club bands—celebrates the distinctive sound of the jazz artist Django Reinhardt, who applied his expert guitar playing to the jazz genre to unique success, finding fame in the 1930s and ’40s jazz scene in France. Reinhardt pioneered his acoustic jazz style with the jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli, in the Quintette du Hot Club de France—the band that is the basis for the kind of music Hot Club of San Francisco plays and helps keep alive. Playing as Le Jazz Hot around the Bay Area, the band employs all the acoustically upbeat trappings of the Reinhardt jazz style, adding their California flare to the distinctly Parisian mood. They’ve been releasing albums of music since their 1997 debut, Swing This, following it with the delightfully gentle and sweet Claire De Lune in 2000 and several more in the years since. Don’t miss them when they stop in at The Monarch on Friday, Oct. 15. The show starts at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children or students. Visit onstageogden.org for tickets and more info.

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Hyper-pop is the sound of the inside of the brain of any young person who is “terminally online,” ranging from the clubbishness of Charli XCX to the harsh precision of SOPHIE’s electronics, and in its outermost levels, to the style of folks like 100 Gecs. They broke the internet a bit in 2019 when they released their self-titled album, where hits like “stupid horse” and “ringtone” live. Lo-fi is not the word for the amount of fuzz, static and industrial crunching that dominates the album, qualities that persist even on cutesy songs like “ringtone,” where Dylan Brady and Laura Les (the gecs) deliver an autotune-slicked crush confessional. Les and Brady are just two of the most

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famous musicians in a movement of musicians obsessed with deconstructing genres and pulling them from their contexts. The revival of—and consequential screwing-upof—ska, mid-aughts emo, honky tonk and more is the thing du jour for DIY producers these days, and together Les and Brady have brought it mainstream, somehow. But then, with the ludicrous catchiness of the ska-oncrack “stupid horse,” and the frenzy of millennial anxiety featuring twanging guitar that is “money machine,” it’s not surprising that people relate to the wild mess. See the pair perform all the hits live—if you dare—when they stop at The Depot on Friday, Oct. 15 with opener Aaron Cartier. The show is all-ages, starts at 7 p.m. and is $22 at depotslc.com.

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Three locals take over the Metro Music Hall stage on Friday, Oct. 15, and it will be a night of both brutality and studies in softness. The instrumental post-math rock group Blackshape will bring most of the former, with their atmospheric aura the perfect battleground for their mess of music, which can go from silvery delicacy to soaring, thundering drum-and guitar-moments in an instant. Those who’ve gotten a listen to their self-titled album released earlier this year will undoubtedly appreciate enjoying the heavy album performed live. They’ll be joined by another local post-rock band in I Hear Sirens, who keep things pretty soft most of the time, especially on singles like 2020’s “Sleepwalk Mosaic” and much of their 2020 album Stella Mori, their first full-length release since 2009’s Beyond the Sea, Beneath the Sky. When their instrumentals do begin to grow heavier and more complex on that new album, though, they’re always still enmeshed in a gauzy, transcendent light. The two will be joined by the spare, spoken-word act Portal to the God Damn Blood Dimension, who explore the horror of the mundane in poetry that’s accompanied by dread-inducing instrumentals, drawn out sometimes for up to 20-minute spans—cinematic stuff. Doors are at 7 p.m., the show is 21+ and tickets are $5 at metromusichall.com.

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Funky specs shop by day, pop-up venue and gallery space by night, Vis. is home to the new arts spot 801 Salon. The space launched in late September with a showing of the paintings of local artist Andrew Alba, and now they’re opening up to music, as well. On Saturday, Oct. 16, locals Angel Magic and Bobo will take over the space, transforming it from humble glasses store to an intimate gathering of the coolest of cool arts. Angel Magic have been around for years, unspooling their ethereal synth pop out into the world with albums like 2015’s Fall Through and 2012-2015. On these, one half of Angel Magic, Lauren Smith, lends soft and smooth vocals that act as a soothing balm, contrasted but also perfectly matched to the background of undulating synths that twinkle like pixelated stars on a video game screen. The other half of the duo is Andrew Aguilera, and together the two have a distinct style that sets them apart from other local acts, if not other synth pop acts in general. Another local synth lover of the dance-ier variety and fellow Hel Audio affiliate, Bobo, will join them at this special 801 Salon set. The show is free, starts at 8 p.m., and features shrub drinks by local vinegar artisans Drupe Fruit. Follow on Instagram at @801.salon for details and updates on this cool new spot.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) According to my understanding of the upcoming weeks, life will present you with unusual opportunities. I suspect you will find it reasonable and righteous to shed, dismantle and rebel against the past. Redefining your history will be a fun and worthy project. Here are other related activities I recommend for you: 1. Forget and renounce a long-running fear that has never come true. 2. Throw away a reminder of an old experience that makes you feel bad. 3. Freshen your mood and attitude by moving around the furniture and decor in your home. 4. Write a note of atonement to a person you hurt once upon a time. 5. Give yourself a new nickname that inspires you to emancipate yourself from a pattern or habit you want to leave behind. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Taurus poet Donte Collins’ preferred pronouns are “they” and “them.” They describe themself as Black, queer and adopted. “A lover doesn’t discourage your growth,” they write. “A lover says, ‘I see who you are today, and I cannot wait to see who you become tomorrow.’” I hope you have people like that in your life, Taurus—lovers, friends, allies and relatives. If there is a scarcity of such beloved companions in your life, the next eight weeks will be an excellent time to round up new ones. And if you are connected with people who delight in your progress and evolution, deepen your connection with them. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Gemini author Lisa Cron advises her fellow writers, “Avoid exclamation points! Really!! Because they’re distracting!! Almost as much as CAPITALIZING THINGS!!!” I’ll expand her counsel to apply not just to writers, but to all of you Geminis. In my astrological opinion, you’re likely to find success in the coming weeks if you’re understated, modest and unmelodramatic. Make it your goal to create smooth, suave, savvy solutions. Be cagey and cool and crafty. CANCER (June 21-July 22) Ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu told us that water is in one sense soft and passive but is in another sense superb at eroding jams and obstacles that are hard and firm. There’s a magic in the way its apparent weakness overcomes what seems strong and unassailable. You are one of the zodiac’s top wielders of water’s superpower, Cancerian. And in the coming weeks, it will work for you with even more amazing grace than usual. Take full advantage of your sensitivity, your emotional intelligence and your empathy. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Leo author James Baldwin told us, “You read something which you thought only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to [Russian novelist] Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This is a great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone.” In that spirit, Leo, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to track down people who have had pivotal experiences similar to yours, either in the distant or recent past. These days, you need the consoling companionship they can provide. Their influence could be key to liberating you from at least some of your pain.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) “We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond,” declared novelist Marcel Proust. I wouldn’t normally offer that counsel to you Libras. One of your strengths is your skill at maintaining healthy boundaries. You know how to set dynamic limits that are just right: neither too extreme nor too timid. But according to my analysis of the astrological potentials, the coming weeks will be one of those rare times when you’ll be wise to consider an alternative approach: that the most vigorous truths and liveliest energies may lie beyond where you usually go. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Author William S. Burroughs claimed his greatest strength was a “capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant.” But he added a caveat to his brag: Although he recognized his mistakes, he rarely made any corrections. Yikes! Dear Scorpio, I invite you to do what Burroughs couldn’t. Question yourself about how you might have gone off course, but then actually make adjustments and atonements. As you do, keep in mind these principles: 1. An apparent mistake could lead you to a key insight or revelation. 2. An obstruction to the flow may prod you to open your mind and heart to a liberating possibility. 3. A snafu might motivate you to get back to where you belong. 4. A mess could show you something important you’ve been missing. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) In her novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Sagittarian author Shirley Jackson wrote, “Today my winged horse is coming, and I am carrying you off to the moon, and on the moon, we will eat rose petals.” I wonder what you would do if you received a message like that—an invitation to wander out on fanciful or mysterious adventures. I hope you’d be receptive and wouldn’t say, “There are no such things as flying horses. It’s impossible to fly to the moon and eat rose petals.” Even if you don’t typically entertain such notions, the time is favorable to do so now. You will be pleased with the unexpected grace they bring your way. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Capricorn author Susan Sontag wrote about people who weren’t receptive to her intensity and intelligence. She said she always had “a feeling of being ‘too much’ for them—a creature from another planet—and I would try to scale myself down to size, so I could be apprehendable and lovable by them.” I understand the inclination to engage in such self-diminishment. We all want to be appreciated and understood. But I urge you to refrain from taming and toning yourself down too much in the coming weeks. Don’t do what Sontag did. It’s time for you to be an extra vivid version of yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “I am diagnosed with not having enough insanely addictive drugs coursing through my body,” joked comedian Sarah Silverman. Judging from current cosmic rhythms, I’m inclined to draw a similar conclusion about you. It may be wise for you to dose yourself with intoxicants. Just kidding! I lied. Here’s the truth: I’d love for you to experience extra rapture, mystic illumination, transcendent sex, and yes, even intoxication in the coming weeks. These delights are more desirable than usual. However, the best way to arouse them is by communing with your favorite non-drug and non-alcohol inebriants. The benVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Poet Octavio Paz described two kinds of distraction. One is efits will last longer and incur no psychological cost. “the distraction of the person who is always outside himself, lost in the trivial, senseless turmoil of everyday life.” The PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) other is “the distraction of the person who withdraws from “The truth is,” writes cartoonist Bill Watterson, “most of us the world in order to shut himself up in the secret and ever- discover where we are headed when we arrive.” I sense this will changing land of his fantasy.” In my astrological opinion, you describe your life during the next six weeks. Your long, strange Virgos should specialize in the latter during the coming weeks. journey won’t come to an end, of course. But a key chapter in that It’s time to reinvigorate your relationship with your deep inner journey will climax. You will be mostly finished with lessons you sources. Go in search of the reverent joy that comes from com- have been studying for many moons. The winding road you’ve muning with your tantalizing mysteries. Explore the riddles at been following will end up someplace in particular. And soon, I suspect you’ll spy a foreshadowing flash of this denouement. the core of your destiny.

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Such mixed news in the past few weeks about real estate! The National Association of Realtors concurred with other market watchers that the number of pending home sales nationwide had again increased last month, leading with a 10.4% high in the Midwest. Robert Shiller of The New York Times reported that home prices across the nation rose 17.7%—after correcting for inflation—in the year ending in July. The chief economist of the NAR, Lawrence Yun, said, “Home prices are roughly three times wage growth.” He predicted home price increases by August of 2022 will remain high: Salt Lake City up 15.7%; Provo 17.9%; Ogden 16.5%. Given that, the real estate bubble won’t be bursting in this state anytime soon. At the end of summer, Fortune magazine reported that Ogden, Provo and Salt Lake City were three of the 10 most overpriced real estate markets in the country, along with Boise, Idaho; Austin, Texas; Spokane, Washington; Stockton, California; Detroit; Phoenix; and Las Vegas. And yet, people are still moving to Utah in droves, and the fact is we do not have enough housing inventory to accommodate all the people who want to buy or rent. Google just announced they would be putting in a data center in Utah County across the street from Facebook’s data center and down the way from the National Security Administration. Methinks all of them have come here to suck up our water for their massive computer servers, because Utah has the cheapest water in the country despite our statewide drought. And now that we’re known as the Silicon Slopes, recruiters are wooing employees to our big tech companies: Adobe, Ancestry, BambooHR, Div v y, Entrata, Grow, HireVue, Jane.com, Jive Communications, Lucid Software, Net Documents, Overstock.com, Pluralsight, Podium, Simplus, SirsiDynix, Solutionresearch, Veracity Networks, Vivant Solar, Weave, Workfront and 1-800-contacts. If you thought Salt Lake was hurting for affordable homes to buy or rent, Utah County is headed for housing hell! It’s just not logical that all these big tech companies bringing in folks to work here will be able to offer hope of affordable housing for their lower-paid employees. Actually, even midlevel and high-end workers will find housing hard to get given the trends. There is one bizarre economic concern that many are watching right now: the Chinese version of the Lehman Brothers collapse of 2008. Evergrande is one of the world’s largest and most powerful real estate holders and developers, as well as the one with the most real estate debt. China has the highest homeownership rate in the world—almost 90%—and Evergrande has had a huge piece of this residential pie. They defaulted on a $260 million note last week, which was the group’s first full-blown default ever. It caused the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to suspend trading of some of their highly leveraged shares. Basically, this company is overleveraged and if they sink, there will be what is known as an “economic virus” that may ripple to financial markets around the globe, creating financial havoc in money markets that affect real estate markets. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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What a Character! Red Crocs weren’t enough to protect an 11-year-old boy at the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Fairgrounds on Sept. 18 when a haunted house actor took his role a little too far. According to The Washington Post, the boy, his sister and some friends were headed to the 7 Floors of Hell haunted house when Christopher Pogozelski, 22, approached them, trying to scare them. The boy told Pogozelski he wasn’t afraid, that the ghoul’s knife was “fake.” “Oh, it’s real. Trust me, it’s real,” Pogozelski replied, then began poking the boy’s feet with the weapon until he drew blood. Reportedly, the actor was using his own Bowie knife rather than a rubber one, believing it wasn’t sharp enough to hurt anyone. Still, he lost his job over the incident. After getting bandaged up, the boy returned to be spooked again.

Bright Idea On Sept. 27 at the Imphal Airport in India, Mohammad Sharif, of Kerala, was arrested for trying to smuggle nearly a kilogram of gold to New Delhi. The Central Industrial Security Force told IndiaTimes.com that Sharif attracted their attention because of the way he was walking. When he

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Wait, What? Beyhan Mutlu, 50, who lives in the Bursa province of Turkey, was reported missing on Sept. 28 after he wandered away from friends while they were drinking. Later, a search party was convened to look for Mutlu, and he joined the group as a volunteer, not realizing they were looking for him. When volunteers began shouting his name, the lightbulb went on. “I am here,” Mutlu told them, according to Fox News. Police gave him a ride home. Least Competent Criminal James Kertz, 38, placed an ad on social media on Sept. 28, hoping to sell a catalytic converter (new in the box!), KTLATV reported. But the Branson, Missouri-area man didn’t realize that his photo of the car part also included a bag of methamphetamine and a syringe. On Sept. 29, the Stone County Sheriff’s Office sent detectives to Kertz’s home with a search warrant. “You can imagine his surprise!” said Sheriff Doug Rader. “He still had 48 grams of meth and a pistol that he is forbidden to own! We now have provided him with a new place to stay.” Can’t Possibly Be True Cooler weather is on the way, and Arby’s has an extraspecial way for fans to warm up. The sandwich chain will begin selling “premium” sweatshirts, sweatpants and other items that have been smoked to smell like a smokehouse, MLive reported. Arby’s collaborated with a Texas smokehouse to create the clothing, which will go on sale on Oct. 4. (Or you could just huddle around the barbecue grill in your old sweats for free.) Dubious Talent Brit Paul Oldfield, aka Mr. Methane, enjoys the unusual ability to pass gas on command, Oddity Central reported on Oct. 1. He discovered his talent while doing yoga with his sister as a teenager. And in the entrepreneurial spirit, he’s found a way to make money with his gift. Oldfield travels around the world “entertaining” audiences with parodies of songs (he manipulates his buttocks to change the tone and pitch of his farts) and doing rapid-fire releases. Send your weird news items to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.

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News You Can Use n If leaf-peeping is in your plans, you may want to take extra precautions against a fearsome intruder: the spotted lanternfly. According to WLNY-TV, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is warning autumn leaf tourists to beware of the beautiful but highly invasive species from Asia. “They can hitch rides in vehicles or on outdoor items such as clothing and easily be transported into and throughout New York,” said NYSDAM Director of Plant Industry Chris Logue. Officials direct people who find one to kill it immediately, then send a photo of it to New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation along with your location.

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Awesome! Jacob Hansen and his wife, Quinn Kelsey, went looking for a casserole dish at a Goodwill store near their home in Denver, but they discovered a sentimental treasure instead, KUSA-TV reported on Sept. 28. As they browsed, Hansen looked up at a painting displayed in the store and realized he was the artist: He had created the piece 21 years ago as a high school freshman. His teacher entered the piece in a Jefferson County art show, and it sold at the time for $150, Hansen said. “I saw my signature on the bottom and then it was, ‘Wow, this is unbelievable.’ And I immediately FaceTimed my mom.” The couple bought the painting for $20 and plan to sell it online, with proceeds going to breast cancer research.

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Sign of the Apocalypse In the village of Ust-Tarka in southwestern Siberia, people are wondering what caused several hundred ravens to fall dead out of the sky on Sept. 22, the Mirror reported. Sergei Kuzlyakin, a veterinarian, said the birds are being tested to see if they were poisoned, but called himself “shocked.” “I have been working as a doctor since 1975 and this is the first time I’ve seen this,” he said. A local ornithologist thought the birds might have ingested pesticides, but the mass death event has “caused anxiety among residents,” local officials noted.

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