MONUMENTAL CHANGE
BY BILL KESHLEAR
After Obama, after Trump, the Biden chapter of the Bears Ears saga begins.
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2 |SEPTEMBER1,2022 |WEEKLYCITY| |||MUSIC|CINEMA|DINING|A&E|SNEW|CITYWEEKLY.NET CHANGEMONUMENTAL After Obama, after Trump, the Biden chapter of the Bears Ears saga begins. Analysis by Bill Keshlear Cover photograph by U.S. Bureau of Land Management18 COVER STORY CONTENTS6 PRIVATE EYE 11 A&E 25 DINE 29 CINEMA 30 MUSIC 36 SALT BAKED 37 COMMUNITY ADDITIONAL ONLINE CONTENT Check out online-only columns Smart Bomb and Taking a Gander at facebook.com/slcweeklycityweekly.netTwitter: @cityweekly • Deals at cityweeklystore.com CITYWEEKLY.NET DINE Go to cityweekly.net for local restaurants serving you. Salt Lake City Weekly is published every Thursday by Copperfield Publishing Inc. We are an independent publication dedicated to alternative news and news sources, that also serves as a comprehensive entertainment guide. 15,000 copies of Salt Lake City Weekly are available free of charge at more than 1,800 locations along the Wasatch Front. Limit one copy per reader. Additional copies of the paper can be purchased for $1 (Best of Utah and other special issues, $5) payable to Salt Lake City Weekly in advance. No person, without expressed permission of Copperfield Publishing Inc., may take more than one copy of any Salt Lake City Weekly issue. No portion of this publication may be repro duced in whole or part by any means, including electronic retrieval systems, without the written permission of the publisher. Third-class postage paid at Midvale, UT. Delivery might take up to one full week. All rights reserved. Phone 801-716-1777 | Email comments@cityweekly.net 175 W. 200 South, Ste. 100,Salt Lake City, UT 84101 PRINTED PAPERRECYCLEDON STAFF All Contents © 2022 City Weekly is Registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Copperfield Publishing Inc. | John Saltas, City Weekly founder Publisher PETE SALTAS News Editor BENJAMIN WOOD Arts & Entertainment Editor SCOTT RENSHAW Contributing Editor JERRE WROBLE Music Editor EMILEE ATKINSON Listings Desk KARA RHODES Executive Editor and Founder JOHN SALTAS Editorial Contributors KATHARINE BIELE ROB BREZSNY BILL ALEXMIKEERINKESHLEARMOORERIEDELSPRINGER Art Director DEREK CARLISLE Graphic Artists SOFIA CIFUENTES, CHELSEA NEIDER Circulation Manager ERIC GRANATO Associate Business Manager: PAULA SALTAS Technical Director BRYAN MANNOS Developer BRYAN BALE Senior Account Executive: DOUG KRUITHOF Account Executives: KELLY BOYCE, KAYLA DREHER Display Advertising 801-716-1777 National Advertising VMG Advertising | 888-278-9866 SLC FORECAST Thursday 1 0%Precipitation:Sunny99°/67° Friday 0%Precipitation:Sunny97°/67°2 Saturday 3 0%Precipitation:Sunny99°/69° Sunday 0%Precipitation:Sunny99°/69°4 Monday 0%Precipitation:Sunny99°/69°5 Tuesday 0%Precipitation:Sunny98°/68°6 Wednesday 7 2%Precipitation:Sunny98°/68° Source: weather.com
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Scott Renshaw For many years, the family went camping on that weekend. Then the kids got older, and so did I, and I realized I never wanted to sleep in a sleeping bag ever again. So, the new tradition is *not* camping, which honestly is awesome.
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Benjamin Wood Labor Day weekend doubles as my anni versary! We try to take an end-of-summer camping trip or quick overnighter.
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Katharine Biele My greatest desire is to remember when the hell it is. I know this sounds bad, but I always get it mixed up with Memorial Day.
Sofia Cifuentes My tradition is not to do anything at all.
As a weekend golfer myself, golf courses are a whole separate animal with regard to water use. Today, we have the technology to easily reduce water use at every golf course. Again, it’s a matter of priority and knowledge byGolfleadership.feesare cheap in Utah, so bud gets are thin with most of our municipal courses in pretty rough shape––and not very water efficient. Monies are spent, but not always in the right areas. Utah will, over time become a “target” de sign market, where the golfer shoots from green spot to green spot. Turf vari eties will change and less irrigation will be needed. No more wall-to-wall grass. Water quality is also a driving fac tor around water use in Utah. Although well known—but not often discussed by the ones in the (should) know—wa ter quality of wells, secondary and cu linary lines can have a negative impact on Utah soils. This negative impact is a root cause of runoff, and causes much of our of overwatering of Utah green spaces. Moving forward, water conservation will need to come from addressing our water quality and soil health issues.
With regard to the over-irrigation we all see daily, along with the seem ingly never-repaired breaks and leaks of sprinkler systems––I propose an easy solution. Have the contracted bodies over the sites pay for the water used; not the owner, necessarily, but the par ties responsible for turning the knobs and controls. I guarantee that water use would be greatly reduced if the mainte nance contractors were responsible for the water bill.
Jerre Wroble I’d like to burn all the branches that have dropped in my backyard. Do a little dance and celebrate my own personal Burning Man.
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Water Wise As a person connected to water, water use and water product development for the past 40 years, I know that knowl edge, technology and funding is avail able for Utah to better manage its wa ter—especially in green spaces such as schools, parks and golf courses. It’s a multi-pronged issue with the typical (mostly lazy) hurdles, such as budgets, knowledge, leadership and, oddly, priorities. Saving water in Utah just isn’t a big enough problem yet––we’re not truly feeling the pain here. In the valley, our water is right up the mountain, not pumped for miles. We also suffer from a basic lack of steward ship at many levels among the ones who should be leading––many who instead are waiting and expecting the 20-year megadrought to just go away.
“Ticket to Ride,” Aug. 25 Cover Story
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My son knows this because some dear friends of ours have a connection to the UTA shop, which granted a special tour in 2018. My son posed for a photo next to a damaged car No. 1146 before its restoration.Iwastold Siemens would only certify it for travel under 30 miles per hour, which is why it now runs on the slower-moving S-Line.
Carolyn Campbell I always hope to enjoy a pumpkin-spice flavored treat during Labor Day weekend.
My 11-year-old son, a proud TRAX rider, noticed the cover photo shows car No. 1146. He remem bered that it got in a wreck in about 2018, then was restored, painted and now is now an S-Line street car. Tell your editor to get more updated pics!
Bryan Bale I have a long-standing tradition of absti nence from partaking in Labor Day sales.
Eric Granato Sitting in my air conditioned home eating snacks, drinking beer. Summer is long and hard, so I’m over it by Labor Day.
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Until the end of June or so, I was like the rest of those aching body home-workers. Every so often, I’d switch out of a word document or a spreadsheet—my “work”—and duck into a session on Twitter or other social media. I’d faked myself out into believing that being up to the nano second informed about all matters worldly would make me a better-informed citizen. Nope, it made me dumber. Like nearly everyone else—on Twitter especially—I lost track of my original intent of discovering things to laugh and ponder about, and instead found myself endlessly looping into our society’s dark holes, tracking the words and messages of our country’s most malcontent citizens.
Hidden in his regular screeds against Democrats, Lee irately posted on Aug. 11 about how unfair the FBI search at Mar-A-Lago was (he called it a “raid”) and that he had seven questions for U.S. Attorney General Merrick Gar land, stating that Americans deserve answers. But since that tweet, Lee has said nothing about the sensitive documents allegedly found at MAL or the threat ening nature of missives from the former president. Nor has Lee given any indication he actually was going to ask the six remaining questions of Garland than we all de serve answers to.
It’s just there to rile people up and to keep us off point. And to give them sore necks. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net.
All I was doing was playing in my own echo chamber— the only plus side of which being that I did indeed meet some fantastic people and made a considerable number of new friends. However, I used to find that with a ciga rette and an Andrew Jackson, I’d meet someone, share a smoke, buy a drink and make a friend. The upside being that I knew who my friends were, what they looked like. Can’t do that on Twitter. I used my real name on Twitter, but not my face. Why make babies cry, I say. Popular Twitter folks who are al ready recognizable—like the handsome Pat Bagley, for instance—don’t hide their faces. Unfortunately, neither doAndpoliticians.oneday, I looked at a photo of the smug Mike Lee and thought, “This guy pisses me off every goddamned day. Why do I let him into my world like this?” It was one of the straws that broke my Twitter back. In my disconnect from Twitter, I somehow set up a new account. I cautiously went to it today and, like a Capist rano swallow, returned to the Sen. Mike Lee Twitter feed.
ost folks these days look to the upsides of working from home, but not me. I’m a Negative Nelly when it comes to that. I’m not so fond of the idea that the modern workplace has evolved into a better and more efficient model for white-collar office workers. Plus, as an egalitarian, I’m conflicted, since I think outdoor, all-weather, blue-collar workers should be offered the same considerations as their fellows wearing bow ties and sporting carpal tun nel scars.
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I thus await the day that truck drivers can guide their rigs through Wyoming with nothing but a home laptop, via a mouse or stylus. They deserve to suffer through soap operas and Food Channel cooking shows no less than the rest of us. The downside I speak of is a common malady of remote working: A stiff neck. I’ve not studied it, but it is a ten dency among people who no longer commute to the office to complain about their sore necks. And, truth be told, other sore body parts and physical maladies like sore hip joints, aching backs, blurry vision and constant napping also result from remote working—no lurking boss to keep your head swiveling around, thus ever less mobility of that crucial body part.
Nothing about Trump, though. You’d think he’d be more loyal to the guy who gave him neck rubs. But no, not Mike Lee. And that’s it for Twitter. Nothing happens there except in the moment.
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Instead, he’s been busy tweeting notions that every thing remains worse in America and that he’s somehow helping all Utahns by tweeting about inflation (which is dropping, Mike. Gonna tweet that?), taking photo ops with anyone wearing the blue jeans he never doffs, or crapping on college graduates who might apply for just one-tenth of the loan forgiveness he got for free when he dumped his Alpine home not long after first taking office.
I believe the reason is that a home worker actually spends more time in front of their computer screen than they formerly did at the office. Not that they accomplish any more work or are more efficient, but it’s fairly rou tine to hear that a home worker first looks at a computer screen within minutes of waking, visits it constantly during the day—and checks messages via phone even when away from a workspace—then scorches one more dose of blue light into their eyeballs just before knocking off for the night some sixteen hours after their first morning yawn.Inthe old office day job, employees would work five hours and get paid for eight, after factoring in all the cof fee breaks, long lunches and smoke or vape breaks. Now they are “working” for 18 hours and being paid for eight, their work never leaving their sides. They even work while on the golf course at noon, thanks to their phones, which they could never do from the downtown office. Such is progress. The result of which—not having a cushy office chair or desk, poor posture due to kitchen tables not being adjustable for height and the nutty ten dency to lie back while “working” from a phone or to dip the head forward unnaturally while at said golf course— all tend to result in a craned neck. It’s the modern-day equivalent of black lung. It just comes with the job.
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We just passed Aug. 26 on the calen dar. Did you even notice? Affectionately called Women’s Equality Day, the date commemorates the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. That was 102 years ago, when things were looking rosy. The League of Women Voters now calls the date “Women’s In-equality Day,” be cause Congress let the Voting Rights Act lapse, it has yet to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and, oh yes, the Supreme Court took away women’s re productive rights. Meanwhile in Utah, some 300,000 women are still not reg istered to vote and women here no lon ger claim the highest voting turnout in the nation. That was 1992 when 76% of Utah women voted. In 2020, the turn out fell to 66.6%. Utah likes to say we had the first women to vote in the na tion and that Utah risked statehood to support women voting. And now, according to the Deseret News, we are ranked last in the nation for women’s equality. That’s five years in a row as the worst.
Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive, Park City, Thursday, Sept. 8, 6 p.m. Free/register at https://bit.ly/3Ko5alp Fight the Gravel Pits The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining has approved the Jesse Lassley/Granite Con struction application for a 20-acre limestone quarry in Parleys Canyon, just as Geneva is trying to expand its gravel pit at Point of the Mountain. “The future of the Salt Lake Valley and Utah’s capital city should not be clouded (literally) by continuous dust from gravel pits in the heart of where 2 million people live and work,” writes the Utah Phy sicians for a Healthy Environment . Make your voice heard by contacting the division, writing to newspapers and signing a peti tion.
No one knows how the Supreme Court is go ing to address voting rights, but if our recent past is any indication, it won’t be good. Join the National Voter Corps in a Call for Ac tion! Our Democracy is at Stake! by call ing U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney and writing let ters to the editor. Romney voted against the Freedom to Vote Act, although it’s unclear why. Republicans generally dislike a provi sion to reveal donors’ names because, as the high court said in its Citizens United ruling, money is “free speech.” If you believe that all citizens should be able to vote without undue barriers, then get active. Election in tegrity is being stifled and voters are being removed from the rolls without due process.
HITS&MISSES BY KATHARINE@kathybieleBIELE CITIZEN IN A WEEK, YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD Prisoners of Their Environment
The Sunday edition of The Salt Lake Tribune ran an existentially important package of stories on the “Death of Lake Powell.” Forty years ago, when ev eryone thought natural resources were meant to be exploited and would last forever, the idea of Lake Powell popped into the heads of politicians. It is a res ervoir, complicated in its relation to Glen Canyon Dam and, of course, the worsening water crisis on the Colo rado River. “Lake Powell could fall so low in the next two years that hydro power generation would stop,” the Trib wrote. There are a couple of potential fixes, including the one that politicians love—fill it again (you know, with what water and from where?). The others come from environmentalists, who’d like to see us let the lake go and let the Colorado River flow freely through Glen Canyon like it used to. There would be immediate pain to recreationists, but nature is a better guide than man kind. Still, water is needed for all living things, humans need to address con servation for the future.
Finding Hope in Hardship: Experiences of an African Refugee will familiarize you with the African Girls Hope Foundation, which provides girls in Sub-Saharan Africa with a quality, formal education. “By em powering them through education, these girls will gain the knowledge and confidence to grow into women who will positively con tribute to their communities, nations and the world.”
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Dr. Grace Faraja Nkundabantu, CEO of the foundation, will speak of oppor tunities and challenges. U of U Hinckley In stitute of Politics, 60 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 2018/virtual, Wednesday, Sept. 7, noon, free. https://bit.ly/3wAnrpJ
Democracy at Stake
Voting is a right that, if left up to individu al states, will be available only to the few.
An African Girl’s Story While women face hardship and discrimina tion worldwide, there may be hope for some.
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MISS: Monument Men Dear Gov. Spencer Cox, why can’t we just leave the national monuments alone? “For its 116-year existence, near ly every U.S. President has used the Antiquities Act to protect some of our nation’s most treasured and important landscapes and waters,” said Theresa Pierno, president and CEO for National Parks Conservation Association. But Cox and his cadre of right-wing poli ticians and, of course, Attorney Gen eralissimo Sean Reyes think Bears Ears and Escalante are just “too big to man age.” In other words, what about oil and gas? It all sounded good with Cox say ing they would collaborate with tribal nations, local governments, the Legis lature and more. Conservation groups call it political theater and an attack on all national monuments.
The state is moving its prisoners to an in dustrial and mosquito-infested area in Salt Lake City, and it’s time to pay attention to the connection between incarceration and en vironment. Take a short trek at Prison Ecol ogy and New World Coming with ecologist Dr. Nalini Nadkarni and University of Utah Prison Education Program organizer Uyen Hoang, as they discuss their work “on prison ecology involving the intersections between mass incarceration and environmental deg radation.” Across the country, prisoners are being trapped in toxic conditions like contaminated drinking water or, in the Salt Lake Valley, polluted air. This experience is part of Humanities in the Wild, “an ex ploratory outdoor experience that empow ers participants to step into the landscapes that inspired some of the American West’s greatest literature.”
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The Wasatch Mountains aren’t exactly the Alps, but the vibe is right at a certain time of year. The giant snow-covered peaks and ample winter recreation make this little corner of the world feel like a little corner of that legendary range. That’s not the specific reason that Midway has become home to the annual Swiss Days festivities, but as summer days begin to dwindle and we look towards winter again, it’s a per fect time to get a little taste of Switzerland in our back yard. Dating back to the “Harvest Days” festival in Midway more than 70 years ago, Midway Swiss Days attracts folks from all over the state. It has become so popular that the organizers were concerned a few years ago that it was get ting too popular, with the executive committee chairman noting to Heber Valley Life, “We decided that we want to avoid making any changes that will make it grow. It’s about as big as it can get and we just want to keep it the same.” You’re still welcome to come and check out the craft fair of local and national vendors, plus plenty of authentic food and live entertainment. On Saturday morning, things kick off with the 10K race at 7 a.m.; at 10 a.m., downtown Midway hosts the annual parade, traditionally featuring more than 80Mostentries.Swiss Days events take place at Midway Town Square (75 N. 100 West, Midway), on Sept. 2 – 3, approxi mately 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. daily. Events are mostly free and open to the public; visit midwayswissdays.org for addi tional information. (SR)
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And while Decaf chose a contemporary setting of prepandemic 2019 for their show, that doesn’t mean they’re emphasizing the political division of 21st-century America.
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The dog days of August may be coming to a close with Labor Day weekend, but in the mountains of Utah at this time of year, “dog days” has a much more entertaining connotation. Once again this year, Midway’s Soldier Hollow (2002 Soldier Hollow Lane, Midway) hosts the Soldier Hollow Classic, a four-day festival celebrating the unique skills of sheepdogs and their human handlers.
“The conversation of broaching those topics absolutely came up,” Shirzad says. “We wanted to stay away from the political divide, because you do see a lot of that lately with color-coded Montagues and Capulets. We wanted to leave it moreDecafopen.”Acting Company’s Romeo & Juliet runs through Sept. 4 at Lightree Studios (740 W. 1700 South, Suite 6), with parking available in the west lot. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday – Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, and tickets are $15 via Maskseventbrite.com/e/romeo-juliet-tickets-392916482777.arerequiredwhileindoors;visitfacebook.com/decafactingcoforadditionaleventinformation.(SR)
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Decaf Company:Acting Romeo & Juliet Decaf Acting Company was just getting started when the pan demic shut down most performances in 2020. For their return to live production, they’re turning to one of the most familiar plays in the English language, while putting their own unique twist on it. Romeo & Juliet is known for its tragic romance, but accord ing to Elle as(pictured)—whoShirzadservescostumedesignerfor Decaf, as well as playing the part of Romeo—their goal was to draw attention to “the brutality that a feud like that can create. … Obviously, Romeo & Juliet is one of the world’s most famous stories; you study it in junior high and high school, and everyone is familiar with at least the gist of it. We really wanted to focus on the human tragedy of the story less than the romance.”
The centerpiece event is the Sheepdog Championship, with more than 60 participants—including returning 2021 cham pion Joe Haynes (pictured), with two dogs, Davey and Jim and Soot—vying for the gold medal. The competition puts the human/canine pairs to the test, as dogs working up to 400 yards from their handlers round up wild-range Okelbeberry Rambouillet yearling ewes that have never previously worked with dogs, bringing them down a pre-set course through a vari ety of gates. At the bottom of the hill, in front of the specta tors, the dog needs to separate certain sheep from others and get them into a small holding pen—all in 13 minutes or less. Beyond the engaging spectacle of the dogs at work, the Soldier Hollow Classic offers a full-fledged festival with food, craft vendors and entertainment, including the Earthwings Bird Show, dog agility demonstrations, the Salt Lake Scots pipe band and, new for 2022, duck herding. The event runs Sept. 2-5, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily, with single-day tickets running $8 - $20 and family passes (2 adults and up to 5 youth) for $50 - $55, parking included. Visit soldierhollowclassic.com for tickets and additional event information. (Scott Renshaw)
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While he became a brand name with The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin has clearly always been fascinated by courtroom drama, from his breakthrough play A Few Good Men to his Oscarnominated screenplay for The Trial of the Chicago 7 So it was no huge surprise when Sorkin turned his attention to a new adapta tion of one of the classic courtroom dramas of all time. So in 2018, Sorkin’s version of To Kill a Mockingbird came to Broadway, introducing a new generation to Harper Lee’s timeless story and becoming the most successful nonmusical in Broadway history. The familiar tale casts Emmy Awardwinning actor Richard Thomas as Atticus Finch, the local attorney in Depression-era Alabama who chooses to defend Tom Robinson, a Black man accused of raping a white woman. The story is told from the point of view of Finch’s two children, Scout and Jem, and digs into the way Finch both tries to teach his children tolerance, and at times is too forgiving of his neighbors’ racism.
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Of Thomas’ lead performance, Washington, D.C.’s Metro Weekly wrote, “Enshrined in the American imagination as an honest and decent country boy, Thomas injects just enough selfdoubt and self-awareness into his portrayal to complicate the character’s heroic standing without diminishing him as a model of integ rity.”
To Kill a Mockingbird plays at the Eccles Theater (131 S. Main St.) Sept. 6 – 11, with performance times varying by date. Tickets are $45 - $199; visit arttix.org for tickets and addi tional event information, including up-to-theminute health and safety protocols. (SR)
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The choice of Terrell “Carnage the Execu tioner” Woods as the 2022 music headliner is allowing for a focus on his area of exper tise in beatboxing. “Hopefully, we’re edu cating people and letting them have a bet ter understanding of this particular subset of the art form,” Dyer says Poking around in those less-explored corners, and expanding the definition of “art,” has become a big part of what the Urban Arts Festival is about. That doesn’t mean, however, that Dyer emphasizes only bringing in ideas or artists that have a cer tain “exclusivity.”
“Sponsors and donors have shifted their funding [over the past two years] to health care or human-services giving. I always hear from people that it’s their favorite event, and it could be much bigger, but we continue to have to navigate the pros and cons of having it remain free, an event of this size.”
Even the location of the event has been a challenge of late, as the Urban Arts Fes tival moved to The Gateway last year from its long-time home at the Gallivan Center.
Even when it comes to the music com ponent—with its focus on hip-hop—Dyer believes that the Urban Arts Festival finds its mission in exploring creators or compo nents that may not get as much attention.
And in tumultuous times, there’s still a goal of highlighting creative communities that may not be as familiar to a lot of Utahns, in a way that is celebratory, even as those com munities face their own unique challenges.
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“Just given the demographic of the artists, a lot of them come from diverse communities,” Dyer says. “They have experienced a lot of the injustices and issues that have been ampli fied over the last couple years. … True hiphop is really rooted in activism and speak ing truth to power, and that’s kind of where we’re coming from. We’re trying to change the world for the better, but I think you can do that in a joyful way.”
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gets a showcase at the Urban Arts Festival HALEISAAC A&E
More than a decade into the history of the Urban Arts Festival, Utah Arts Alliance director Derek Dyer has gotten used to the festival being some thing that’s constantly requiring thinking about what form it will take next. In fact, that on-the-fly approach has been built in since the very first year. That’s because the first Urban Arts Festi val in 2011 was launched as something that wasn’t even really planned as a festival. “The first year,” Dyer says, it was just sup posed to be a skate deck art show that kind of got out of control. We started to think, ‘maybe we can have a couple of vendors outside, maybe build a little halfpipe for the skaters, maybe have some bands play.’ And suddenly that turned into, ‘let’s have an urban arts festival.’” Over the subsequent 10 years, the Urban Arts Festival has continued to grow and evolve, always with the idea of carving out a unique place for the event in the land scape of other Utah arts and cultural festi vals. It’s not just any festival, for example, that would choose to add basketball to the lineup, or introduce lowrider car culture to a wider audience. “We keep our ear to the ground,” Dyer says. “We’re part of our community, and we want to be aware of these different cul tural communities that are maybe under represented. … For instance, we think of street ball as an urban art form; there’s an art to basketball, we believe. Then we de cided to focus on the lowrider car commu nity, which has a rich, storied history going back to L.A. and New Mexico. Sometimes [a car] will be passed down through a fam ily; sometimes multiple artists will work on a car. So we bring it downtown, put it on a pedestal and put a spotlight on this culture, even though it’s not what people would typically think of as an ‘art work.’”
“I don’t necessarily say, for example, ‘I don’t think Utah Arts Festival would book this person,’ he says. “What I kind of said is, ‘This is the Urban Arts Festival. We love street-style art, we love pop culture, things that are addressing social justice or change, experimental works. We love emerging art ists. We love being maybe the first festival you’ll see their art at.’ If you want to get the first peek at who you’re going to see all over in a couple of years, come here.”
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That’s not always easy, particularly at a time when the sources of revenue that have typi cally helped support the festival are a bit harder to come by. “It’s always challeng ing figuring out how to pay for it,” he says.
Just as important to Dyer as carving out this distinct identity, however, is remain ing an event that’s accessible to everyone— which means remaining free to the public.
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The Urban Arts Festival continues expanding its definition of “art.”
“We haven’t really found a perfect venue,” Dyer says. “The Gateway is awesome, but as it fills up, we’re losing some of the indoor spaces we like to use. Finding the perfect home would be one of our big goals.”
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The story is expressed in many ways across Indian Country, perhaps most beautifully told through the tra ditional art of Navajo weavers. Many pieces—including some that are now priceless, museum-caliber heirlooms—depict locomotives chugging across the sage landscape, benignly interspersed among ancient symbols and motifs. The strands of wool are dyed from extracts of native plants and then threaded through a loom one at a time by an elder preserving a uniquely American art form.
In the other, they suggest an in vasive species with the power to de stroy an ancient way of life and the ecosystem it depends on. They’re coming to drill for fossil fuel, dig for
After Obama, after Trump, the Biden chapter of the Bears Ears saga begins.
treasure, cut down trees and tromp around on life-sustaining plants and soil for their recreation, unwittingly destroying the remaining habitat that sustains some of America’s most magnificent creatures. And they’ll call it Over“progress.”thepastyear or so, the Biden administration has trumpeted its commitment to re-framing policy initiatives surrounding the govern ment’s fraught relationship with Na tive Americans, including manage ment of the president’s new version of the Bears Ears National Monu ment. In 2021, President Joe Biden jettisoned the monument’s scaleddown version approved by his prede cessor, Donald Trump. In addition, Biden restored—even expanded upon—President Obama’s original 1.3 million-acre preserve.
And on June 18, officials with Biden’s Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service, together with the leaders of tribes with ancestral ties to Bears Ears—the Hopi Tribe, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uin tah and Ouray Reservation and the Pueblo of Zuni—ceremonially adopted an intergovernmental cooperative agreement, suggesting that monu ment lands would be jointly managed by U.S. and tribal governments. It was called “unprecedented,” a publicly prominent next step—after Biden’s restoration—to solicit and
Utah’s litigation alleges that the Biden administration violated the Antiquities Act in expanding Bears Ears, as the act stipulates that protected areas be as small as pos sible, “compatible with proper care and management.”
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They continued: “Rather than guarding those resources, Presi dent Biden’s unlawful designations place them all at greater risk. The vast size of the expanded Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante na tional monuments draws unman ageable visitation levels to these lands without providing any of the tools necessary to adequately con serve and protect these resources.”
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However, given pressures exerted at the 30,000-foot level by partisan politics and seemingly unresolvable cultural conflicts—among them RV ers at the ground level who just want a flat space in a mountain meadow to escape for a week—it’s an open question whether the federal landsmanagement bureaucracy has the capability to effectively take action on non-tribal, publicly held land in southeast Utah. Or anywhere else. And adding fuel to the fire is the state of Utah. Republican leadership here has long chafed at the scale of federal land ownership within the Beehive State, and, in August, Utah filed suit against President Biden and top-level land managers in an effort to scuttle the president’s ex pansion of the monument’s boundaries—a long-predicted tit-for-tat following lawsuits in 2017 that chal lenged Trump’s ability to shrink Obama’s original designation.
“These public lands and sacred sites are a stewardship that none of us take lightly,” Utah’s governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, legislative leaders, congressional delegation and U.S. senators—all Republicans—said in a joint state ment announcing the state’s law suit. “The archeological, paleontological, religious, recreational and geologic values need to be harmo nized and protected.”
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary, said at the time, with tribes “sharing in the decisions and management plan with federal investments to supple ment efforts. This is one step in how we honor our nation-to-nation rela tionships with tribes.”
And Haaland and Tom Vilsack, Agriculture secretary, formalized the concept with a directive from on high called the “Joint Secretarial Or der on Fulfilling the Trust Responsi bility to Indian Tribes in the Stew ardship of Federal Lands and Water.”
The agreement came several months after what was billed as the “White House Tribal Nations Sum mit.” Biden—known affectionately as “Uncle Joe” to many Navajos—an nounced that the departments of In terior and Agriculture had created the “Tribal Homelands Initiative.”
A private law firm from Virginia, Consovoy Mc Carthy, has been hired to represent the state alongside government at torneys. Other clients of the firm in clude Donald Trump.
On May 10, 1869, crews working for the Central Pacific and Union Pa cific railroads completed the nation’s first transcontinental rail line at Promontory Summit in northern Utah—a historic achievement in the timeline of the United States’ development and one that is indelibly etched into the psyche of the West’s Indigenous peoples.
A darker interpretation involves the dreams of spiritual leaders— of trains rumbling unstoppable through wildlands, destroying ev erything and everyone in its path.
“They tell a compelling story of adaptation, survival and change by the Navajo people,” said Kim Ivey, a senior curator at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, quoted by the Virginia-Pilot in a story about an ex hibit there on Navajo weavings. “The trains arrived in the 1880s, and it changed the Navajos’ lives forever.”
Both perspectives portend cultural displacement, even genocide. In one, trains and their passengers are newcomers, arriving or passing through from distant areas unknown.
incorporate tribal points of view into federal management plans. The agreement represents “what true tribal co-management should look like,”
Operative phrases buried in Bears Ears proclamations, the monument’s interim management plan and the cooperative agreement include things like needing “to obtain input” from tribes; “guidance and recommendations” from tribes; and to “rely upon [tribes] for recommendations.”
There are currently only four units in the national park system that have fullblown, fully legal, co-management arrangements with tribes. They are Canyon de Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is the first Native American to hold a cabinet-level position in the U.S. government.
At a hearing in March before the House Committee on Natural Resources, Charles F. Sams III, director of the National Park Service and a Cayuse and Walla Wal la tribal member, outlined what the National Park Service (NPS) and its massive mothership, the Department of Interior, were doing to comply with the secretar ies’ directive to rethink their approaches and recognize that federal lands were previously owned and managed by Indian tribes.
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“Some of the areas are becoming decimated, and people are going farther and farther in.”
Protection of public lands using the authority of the Antiquities Act requires only a presidential signature.
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The advisory panel did not recommend wholesale closure of the monument to so-called “dispersed” camping, which taps the appeal of sleeping outside of a formal, designated campground and finding a bit of solitude and wild beauty without the need for a reservation.
A regime to protect tens of thousands of archeological artifacts, sacred to many Native Americans, and unique geological features located in southeast Utah is be ing tested. But given the ping-pong politics surrounding management of public lands in southeast Utah through the past three presidential administrations—and San Juan County Commission elections—can anything truly protect Bears Ears?
Anyone who has made the random discovery of 1,000-year-old pottery in the cranny of a red-rock cliff, or trekked up the sandstone bluffs inside or adjacent to Canyonlands National Park at sunset, or spent a deathly silent, crystalline night staring at the unobstructed canopy of creation knows the stakes.
But Christopher Ketcham, writing in This Land: How Cowboys, Capitalism and Corruption Are Ruining the American West, also points to numerous, recent instanc es in which the BLM backed down when faced with flagrant violations of envi ronmental law by militant, anti-government extremists. Irreplaceable flora and fauna—supposedly protected by statute—have been destroyed.
But here’s the catch: Management of each national park or monument (a “unit” in bureaucratese) is restricted by its enabling legislation.
BLM staffers and a citizen advisory panel, formally named the Bears Ears Monu ment Advisory Committee, met four times between June 2019 and June 2021 to discuss issues related to management of the monument. Virtually every exchange focused on damage to cultural artifacts, vegetation and geological formations and mitigation of that damage, caused mainly by campers.
The language makes clear that tribes play advisory roles, not governing ones. The federal government can (and does) heed or ignore tribal advice based on myriad factors, including politically and ideologically driven priorities, scientific findings with varying degrees of validity, byzantine administrative rules and bureaucratic interpretations of those rules, unfathomably baroque environmental regulations, special-interest lobbying and litigation risk.
Bears Ears National Monument, for example, was created using the authority of the Antiquities Act, a process that’s become increasingly controversial because it dodges legislative scrutiny and buy-in. No public hearings are required; no con gressional votes tallied; and no favor of local elected officials or residents to curry.
But less-formal, cooperative management arrangements with tribal govern ments are voluntary and relatively common within the NPS, with about 80 cur rently in place, according to Sams. And many tribes choose not to participate.
However, use of the 116-year-old act limits the scope of possible tribal involve ment in monument management and erects obstacles to building trust among tribes and other stakeholders. Former President Bill Clinton’s unilateral decision in 1996 to create the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument remains politically toxic in Utah decades later.
NPS and other land-management agencies under the Interior umbrella are “re viewing” the “full-range” of land management options, according to Sams, in cluding the kind of formal co-management agreements that already exist between the BLM and the Forest Service in running Bears Ears and other federally pro tected spaces. Tribes have been pushing for that same level of shared oversight for a long time, without success.
That is likely why rhetoric from tribal activists and even Interior Secretary Haaland tend to conflate “cooperative management” with “co-management.” According to Sams, the majority of NPS working relationships with tribal nations are collaborative or cooperative rather than being co-managed, which requires authorization through official, formal and legal agreements.
—Gail Johnson, MAC member
“It is open country up there, and we are seeing 4-wheelers, ATVs and people driving crosscountry right out of their campsite and not sticking to designated roads.”
These quotes, from the October 2020 meeting of the MAC, are representative:
Historically, the BLM and Forest Service have been unable to contain the collat eral damage that tourism and outdoor recreation has inflicted on nearby, oncepristine public land across the West.
“The secretary’s order also directs agencies to increase opportunities for tribes to participate in their traditional stewardship of present-day federal lands and waters,” Sams said in his testimony.
These out-of-the-way spots in Bears Ears—and other public lands—don’t come with the amenities of a developed campground, like water, toilets, picnic tables, bear boxes or garbage removal. Therein lies the rub.
A proposal approved by Congress—on the other hand—and signed into law by the president would be buffered from political turnover and would only be subject to constitutional review by appellate courts. And such an act of Congress could, in theory, grant a larger, formal role to tribal co-management (like, say, decisionmaking authority equal to that of the Forest Service or BLM).
—Brian Murdock, Forest Service recreation planner
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A prominent example is Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s armed standoff in 2014 with BLM over his refusal to pay grazing fees. It ended only when law enforcers withdrew. A bloodbath was averted, but Bundy continues to break the law with im punity. And at this point, nothing much has changed within the BLM under Biden’s administration to stop the looting, grave robbing and vandalism of Bears Ears—a primary motivating force behind the monument’s creation.
(Editor’s note: Multiple attempts to interview or receive comment from Tracy StoneManning, director of the BLM; Greg Sheehan, director of Utah BLM; Gary Torres, for mer BLM Canyon Country District director; and Nicollee Gaddis-Wyatt, now-Canyon Country District director, were not successful.)
Time Immemorial As mentioned above, Biden’s proclamation in October resurrected and even ex panded on Obama’s original Bears Ears National Monument. A temporary man agement plan was put into place two months later. The interim plan guides policy decisions until a formal plan is adopted—probably two years out, according to BLM’sBiden’stimeline.monument, according to BLM and Forest Service staff in Utah, mirrors Obama’s in most ways and even Trump’s to a certain extent—at least in the ar eas that remained protected by monument status after he shrank its footprint by roughly 85%. And all three iterations of Bears Ears National Monument granted the five tribes a chance to offer policy guidance through creation of an entity called the Bears EarsBiden,Commission.however, went a step further than his predecessors by granting tribes status a notch higher than myriad other stakeholders. It was demonstrated in an up-close-and-personal way at the formal ceremony in June, between high-level federal land managers and members of the tribal commission, to sign the coopera tive management agreement.
Less significant perhaps—but nevertheless important as a possible new regula tory day dawning in Biden’s Utah BLM and Forest Service—an employee of the Bears Ears Commission will work out of BLM’s Monticello office, according to a BLM staffer. The embedded tribal representative would be in a position to commu nicate first-hand information on the inner workings of the bureaucracy. No other interest group has been granted similar “fly-on-the-wall” status. Many journalists would make a pact with the devil for access to that kind of sanctum sanctorum within an opaque federal bureaucracy. CW Keshlear is an editor and reporter who has worked at The Salt Lake Tribune , the Ga zette-Journal in Nevada and the Missoulian in Montana. He has closely followed the creation of Bears Ears National Monument and is developing a book proposal exploring the political, environmental and cultural shifts amid this iconic American landscape.
According to Biden’s proclamation, the BLM and Forest Service will prioritize protection of “objects” within the monument and “values” associated with the monument. That could affect outdoor recreation, and especially dispersed camp ing, which—according to staff comments to MAC members—has damaged vegeta tion and archaeological sites.
Other activities have exacerbated the problem, like popular ATV and off-road driving and climbing, whose practitioners often attempt to park as close as pos sible to favorite routes, regardless of possible damage to cultural sites. And the growing popularity of electricity-assisted mountain biking—particularly the fattired, high-torque variety—and gravel biking, currently legal on mostly forgotten mining roads, has opened up more remote parts of the backcountry to exploration, including areas of archaeological significance that have yet to be professionally surveyed.Theagencies are in the process of identifying those “objects” requiring en hanced preservation. Kamran Zafar, an attorney with the nonprofit Grand Canyon Trust—which has contributed substantial financial and technical assistance to the creation of Bears Ears over the past few years—offered a comment in Octo ber 2020 to federal land managers that seemed to summarize Biden’s current approach: “Cultural resources really need to be thought of, and any damaging activ ity should take a back seat.”
Chelly National Monument, located within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation in Arizona; Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Southeast Alaska; Grand Portage National Monument, within the boundaries of the Grand Portage Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota; and Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. Canyon de Chelly National Monument’s unique enabling legislation preserves some land and mineral rights for the Navajo Nation. An agreement for cooperative management of Canyon de Chelly was negotiated and signed by the Navajo Nation president, NPS park superintendent and Bureau of Indian Affairs regional area director (BIA is an agency within Interior).
Attending in the flesh were Tracy Stone-Manning, director of BLM, and Homer L. Wilkes, under-secretary for Natural Resources and Environment within the Ag riculture department (Forest Service).
—BLM’s standard “multiple use”—tourism and recreation— obligations are scrapped, at least until a formal Bears Ears management plan is adopted: “Multiple uses are allowed only to the extent they are consistent with the protection of the objects and values within the monument.”
“This is an important step as we move forward together to ensure that tribal expertise and traditional perspectives remain at the forefront of our joint deci sion-making for the Bears Ears National Monument,” said Stone-Manning at the ceremony held just outside the monument in the White Mesa community of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. No other stakeholder group has been granted similar status, a politically charged acknowledgment rooted in the fact that the five tribes consider the pre serve sacred. Artifacts of their ancient ancestors—tens of thousands of items—re main scattered across the landscape, some remarkably intact and mostly unprotected despite being located within monument boundaries.
—And finally, there’s this directive to the cash-strapped BLM: “The agency should also ensure that any activity or use that it approves includes adequate monitoring to ensure protec tion of monument objects and values.”
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The tribes’ de facto claims of ownership stretch across “time immemorial,” us ing Haaland’s phrase.
Deep within Biden’s monument-founding documents lies verbiage that Gary Torres, former BLM Canyon Country District manager, referred to as “nuanced” changes in how Bears Ears would be managed during a briefing to members of the Monument Advisory Committee, or MAC.
—The kicker: “BLM-UT should consider taking appropriate action with regard to any such activities and uses that it has determined to be incompatible with the protection of objects and values for which the monument has been designated, …”
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—According to Biden’s interim management plan: “The State and Field Office staff will ensure that management of the monument conserves, protects and restores the objects and values of historic and scientific interest …”
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The process involved extensive and on-going tribal consultation and commu nity involvement, according to Sams. It’s far from over.
—The interim plan defines the entire Bears Ears landscape as an “object” deserving of monument protection: “… while the monument area is replete with diverse opportunities for recreation, … those activities are not themselves objects of historic and scientific interest designated for protection.”
Federal land managers warn that the popularity of “dispersed” RV camping and electric-assisted bicycles is opening up larger areas of public backcountry to exploration and damage.
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After my daughter and I dropped my wife off for her first class of the semester, we de cided on some comfort food while we were downtown, and opted for the Sugar House area. I had been wanting to check out Ra men Legend (2118 S. Highland Drive, Ste. 10, 801-758-8950, ramenlegendut.com) for some time, so the kiddo and I decided to pop in for an early dinner during the daily hustle that will be my life for the next nine months.
After a few bites, that initial enjoyment evolved into a budding respect for this par ticular pork bun. Yes, the thick slice of char siu pork was perfectly tender and flavor ful, but this one has a few dollops of the horseradish-y green wasabi paste that is often found in American sushi joints mixed into the sauce. I am here to tell you that this small-but-inspired decision takes this appe tizer to new heights—it’s savory and a little sweet from the pork, has a nice crunch from the cool cucumber, and then that horserad ish tang hits you right between the eyes. We were already off to a good start with that appetizer, so when I saw my giant bowl of black garlic ramen hit the table, I had chopsticks at the ready. All of their ramen bowls are huge, and they come emblazoned with the Ramen Legend name and logos, which is a nice complement to the ramen bar’s aesthetic. I usually go with something on the spicy spectrum, but I was curious about how they would incorporate those dark cloves of aged garlic into the mix. It starts with their signature pork broth which gets combined with a liberal dose of black garlic oil. After that, it gets all the fixings you’d expect—crunchy bean sprouts, boiled egg, bamboo shoots, shredded mushrooms and a whole heap of ramen noodles. For those who seek out ramen for its depth of rich umami flavor, this is a musttry. You’ve got that meaty pork flavor from the signature broth, but that black garlic oil adds almost a brown butter flavor and texture to the whole mix that is fantastic. Black garlic is quickly becoming a main stay in restaurants all over the place, and if it makes food taste this good, I can totally seeThewhy.noodles at Ramen Legend are on the skinny side of the spectrum, which means more of them can fit in your bowl—noth ing wrong with that. They’re also exactly what you’d hope for in a ramen dish. Soft, slightly chewy and packing enough of their own subtle flavors to complement the rich ness of the broth they’re swimming around in. Ramen Legend’s overall menu has more than enough options for the most discern ing of ramen fans, and I am looking for ward to my next visit so I can get a bit more familiar with the gang. There are plenty of places to eat in the shopping center of Sugar House, but I’d recommend Ramen Legend for those days when you’re after comfort food that still has a few surprises left to spring on you once your order arrives. I knew that I was going to enjoy myself here because I love ramen and char siu buns, but both dishes had just enough extra to make my experi ence here memorable.
Truth be told, it’s been a bit of a week in the Springer household. My kiddo started kindergarten, pigtails and polo dress a-blazing, and my wife started teaching classes for fall semester at the University of Utah. I myself used to be a high-school English teacher, and this time of year always fills me with a bundle of ner vous excitement that was even more pro nounced with all the back-to-school mile stones going on at my house.
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My daughter and I are no strangers to the healing power of broth and ramen noodles, so Ramen Legend spoke to both of us in the moment. Inside, it’s exactly what you’d hope for in a hip ramen joint nestled within the bustle of Sugar House’s shopping dis trict. The sushi bar is decked out with the traditional pescatarian jewel tones of the sushi trade, the seating is ample but not too dispersed, and I’m a sucker for a gigantic mural—theirs depicts a grand melee be tween an oni and a folkloric hero, which is a bonus for my dorky ass. We grabbed a spot beneath the mural and perused the menu. I went with the char siu pork bun ($4.49) to start, followed by a bowl of their black garlic ramen ($12.99).
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The kiddo likes her ramen simple, but the kids’ ramen ($7.99) with chicken broth and noodles was perfect. A few weeks ago, I extolled the virtues of meat-stuffed bread, and the char siu pork bun has always spoken that love language to me. I’ve never met one of these that I didn’t like on some level—that pillowy steamed dough, the tender pork, the sweet and savory sauces are absolutely delightful. Based on my existing love for this traditional snack, I was expecting to enjoy the experience.
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Red Rock Kimball Junction On1640Redrockbrewing.comRedstoneCenterTap:LittleShakyMango
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2 Row Brewing 6856 S. 300 West, Midvale 2RowBrewing.com
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- Rice Lager Red Rock Brewing 254 So. 200 OnRedRockBrewing.comWestTap:RoggenRockRye
IPA RoHa Brewing Project 30 Kensington Ave, SLC
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tasm adds some vine sweetness that keeps the whole package from becoming a onedimensional terpene bomb. Crisp, light carbonation plays on the tongue, mediumbodied with a certain dryness. The aftertaste coats the mouth with a finish that is still quite long and dry. Verdict : I appreciate the innovative style and exploratory brewing, but I think this brew lacks the drinkability that I’m look ing for in the genre. It’s an excellent beer, but this 6.5 percent IPA is a mental and physical workout. It has an okay drinkabil ity, which is a plus, yet I think if they could capture more of the phantasm essence that was presented towards the end, and infuse it into the taste profile more, it would be much more interesting.
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Templin Family - 210 IPA : At first glance, this may look like a can of TF’s pop ular Ferda Double IPA. The labels are quite similar, so look ’em over carefully before purchasing. The 210 is a West Coast-style IPA, named for the state road that runs up (and down) Little Cottonwood Canyon. It’s made with large doses of Idaho 7, Citra and Strata hops. It has a non-filtered bright orange hue when back-lighted, and shows a heavy dose of carbonation activity. Sweet nectarines and grapefruit juice first appears on the nose, followed by tropical notes of sweet pineapple mixed with a bit of lemon. Tan gerines, freshly sliced, come on the finish as with the start, along with a soft pine hop ping. Overall, generally good strength and delivery, with lasting appeal.
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pic/Melvin - Cross Country Chemists: Melvin Brewing out of Alpine, Wyo. and our own Epic Brewing have teamed up to release the stickiest and icki est of beers, Cross Country Chemists IPA. Cross Country Chemists was brewed us ing experimental techniques to evoke unique flavors from its specialty hops. On top of that, it crossed with a vigorous dose of Myrcene terpenes, which are found in hops, bay leaves and lemongrass, and it can add a range of flavors from fruity to peppery. On top of the terpenes, a bit of phantasm powder—a concentrated form of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc grape must, which we talked about last month (Aug. 4 issue)—is used.
A moderate pour yields a honey-like hue that’s not hazed but not clear either, lead ing me to believe this is not filtered. Carbonation is appropriate, while the pungent nose is somewhat dry and resinous, heavy on terpene and herbal notes. In addition, there’s subtle citrus, floral aromas, a bit of cannabis and light touches of a simple sugar sweetness. There’s also the presence of an iced tea fragrance. The dominating el ements of the nose vanish shortly after the initial pour, however.
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Once in the mouth, you can immediately tell it’s hop-forward, but without the pi quant zest found in your traditional APA/ IPA offerings. Mellow touches of dry wood, earth light coriander and lemony elements fade in and out about the middle mouth. The anonymous malt backbone is bready, although without much to balance; finish is dry, and shy of refreshing. The phan
Hoppy citrus and tart oranges start the flavor, filled with some semi-dry citrus hops. Toasted grains and some bittering citrus move in with a medium intensity; warming toasty citrus peel and alcohol, with a lingering sour lemon hopping, finish things out. You definitely get a good tingle of carbonation and creamy malt base. Verdict : Outstanding flavor as always; you always know what you are getting from TF, a very refined and balanced 6.2 percent IPA that has seamless transition and is ef fortless to drink. They always offer high drinkability factor, softly rounded with beautiful hopping—a must-try. I love seeing IPAs that fall into this six percent range; I find them much more en joyable than their boozier siblings. Both are available in 16-oz. cans at their respec tive shops. As always, cheers! CW
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With a nice, long Labor Day weekend ahead of us, I’m sure there will be plenty of hiking, fishing, mountain biking and whatever else you people who like being outside are into, but what about Labor Day itself? It’s always kind of a downer since you can’t really push things to the limit knowing the ol’ timecard is wait ing for you to show up on the day after. So why not grab some brunch? We’ve got plenty of pubs prepping Labor Day brunch specials to ease you back into that work week.
Green Pig Pub (31 E. 400 South, 801-532-7441, thegreen pigpub.com): Located in Downtown Salt Lake, the Green Pig Pub is also planning a lovely Labor Day brunch from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Expect to see this popular porcine pub hopping as their $3 mimosa and bloody Mary specials bring in the crowds. Plus, you can take advantage of their great rooftop patio while you get your brunch on. Quote of the Week: “Work is the curse of the drinking classes.” –Oscar 5370 UT 801.266.4182
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Labor Day Brunches
Eat Drink SLC After taking a pandemic-related hiatus, Eat Drink SLC (eatdrinkslc.com) is back for its signature mixture of excellent local food, a curated list of wine vendors and a whole lot of exotic birds. As per tradition, Eat Drink SLC will be taking place at Tracy Aviary (589 E. 1300 South), where attendees can get the most of a truly gorgeous event space. At the moment, the vendor list includes Pretty Bird, Carson Kitchen, Yoko Ramen, SLC Eatery, Table X and Bartolo’s, just to name a few. Attendees can also expect to see a bevy of excellent wines selected by the event partners at Vine Lore (vinelore.com). If you like eat ing, drinking and SLC, you won’t want to miss this event.
Piper Down Pub (1492 S. State Street, 801-468-1492, piperdownpub.com): This old-world Irish pub will have its brunch menu firing on all cylinders on Labor Day from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Expect to see bangers of all variety, along with all the brunch classics that Piper Down has become known for. For best results, attend with a group that doesn’t get weird when you want to sing Irish folk songs together.
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HandleBar SLC (751 N. 300 West, 801-953-0588, handlebarslc.com): Perfect for those after something boozy and tasty, the team at HandleBar will be preparing their signature brunch menu from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. In addition to a brunch menu with a bit of Handlebar’s traditional flair, they’ll be offering a few brunch cocktails in addition to their fully stacked selection of cocktails, beer and other alcoholic delights.
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Two satirical comedies explore manipulations and self-delusions by those with power.
Ebo introduces a faux documentary structure, as Lee-Curtis bring in a film maker for a self-aggrandizing attempt to chronicle his own second coming. It’s a solid idea, but Ebo doesn’t stick with the conceit, at times presenting scenes that are clearly part of the documentary foot age and at other times peeking in on scenes that clearly couldn’t have been captured by the film crew.
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ower tends to corrupt,” begins the old saw by Lord Acton, and living a life of any length in this world should be enough to convince you that he’s right. The way narratives tend to approach such people, however, is to make them clearly the villains. And the tricky part is that nearly all of the world’s villains tend to see themselves as heroes.
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The decision proves frustrating, both be cause the documentary scenes are generally so much stronger, and because that fluctua tion has a negative effect on the character ization of Trinitie, who emerges as Honk for Jesus’s de facto protagonist. Hall’s perfor mance is at its best when Trinitie is clearly trying to put on the brave face of a devoted wife for public consumption, despite the hu miliations of Lee-Curtis’ downfall; allowing a peek behind the scenes undercuts the mo ment when that mask finally falls in front of the documentary cameras. And as much as Ebo wants to sympathize with the women told by Christian churches to stick with men who wrong them, she fails to explore how much Lee-Curtis actually believes his own denials of wrongdoing—and stacks the deck with an anti-gay sermon that clearly exists only to underline his hypocrisy.
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. and The Good Boss both take a satirical approach to characters who manipulate power struc tures—in one case religion, in the other case capitalism—in order to get what they want. The extent to which they respectively succeed has a lot to do with their effective ness at conveying characters who remain convinced that their harmful actions are justified by how much their power might allow them to do good for others.
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Writer/director Adamma Ebo, expand ing on her 2019 short film, begins in the aftermath of a scandal that has rocked an Atlanta-area Baptist megachurch. Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown) was accused of sexual improprieties, but he and his wife Trinitie (Regina Hall) hope to re build their ministry as the cases get settled, aiming to re-open their church on Easter Sunday, while a rival church builds its own membership nearby.
There’s a slyer, slicker vibe on display in Fernando León de Aranoa’s The Good Boss, set at a Spanish business that makes scales. Second-generation owner Julio Blanco (Ja vier Bardem) has his eye on a prize from the regional government, but the timing of judging that prize coincides with plenty of upheaval: a long-time employee (Manolo Solo) making crucial mistakes while his marriage crumbles; a laid-off employee (Óscar de la Fuente) making a public pro test outside the factory gates; and the con sequences of Blanco’s propensity for fool ing around with young female interns. The script by de Aranoa gets a lot of great mileage out of the mounting threats to Blan co’s carefully-constructed world, and intro duces some hilarious concepts; it’s a brilliant touch that the front-gate guard constantly staring at the protesting ex-employees’ signs starts to critique them for their lack of catchy rhymes. Even as the situations threaten to tip over into outright farce—particularly as Blanco’s most recent affair goes particularly awry—The Good Boss sticks to the notion of Blanco as someone who genuinely believes that he doesn’t deserve all of this, despite making all his decisions based on filling one spot on his already-filled trophy wall. Bardem’s performance truly nails this dynamic, capturing one of those wealthy dudes who spouts platitudes about his business being a “family” when it’s conve nient, and feeds himself pulled-up-by-myown-bootstraps narratives despite having inherited his company. There’s a nifty level on which de Aranoa makes his third act a winking homage to the “settling scores” montages of The Godfather films, draw ing attention both to Blanco’s relative in eptitude at revenge and to The Godfather ’s thematic connection to win-at-all-costs capitalism. Sure, it’s a touch heavy-handed when Blanco uses a literal bullet to balance a broken scale outside the factory gates. But The Good Boss ultimately recognizes that people with power always know how to tip things in their own favor, even while con vincing themselves—and the world—that they’re not playing with a stacked deck. CW
I’m currently having flashbacks to all levels of school, when teachers would make each of us stand and introduce ourselves to the rest of the class. Even in college, we had to say our name, something about ourselves, an interest or hobby, per haps—an absolute nightmare for intro verts like myself. Instead of calculating how long I have until my turn based on the order of students ahead of me, I’m now cal culating what I’ll say to you lovely readers about becoming the new music editor for City Weekly. Let’s get started. I consider myself a “dabbler” when it comes to hobbies. I like to dip my toes in and try things out, but never end up be coming entirely proficient in any one thing. Music is an exception to that. That’s not to say I’m any type of expert when it comes to music, but it’s always been a constant in my life. I grew up with parents who didn’t limit the music I listened to, which I’m eternally thankful for. They’d share everything with me, and hungry for more, I’d end up online poring over bands I’d hear and searching for groups with similar sounds. I spent countless hours downloading songs and infecting our computer with viruses via Limewire, and burning different CD mixes. I cherish the stories my parents would tell me about their favorite albums when they were my age and what they meant to them, and that helped me form special connec tions with a lot of the music I grew up lis teningWhento.I was young, I found a stash of vi nyl records in my dad’s basement contain ing dozens of albums that were his and my mom’s when they were young. Inside I found amazing albums like a copy of Metal lica’s Master of Puppets that is so worn from use, the title track hardly plays. Or a copy of Shout At the Devil by Mötley Crüe where the corners of the sleeve are ripped off of because my mom had it pinned up on her wall, much to my grandma’s discontent. These connections with loved ones and music have made my passion for it grow stronger, and made me want to write about all music-related things. Now that I have this position as music editor, I’m excited to get out and make meaningful connections with the talented musicians of Utah, as well as those who come through to visit. I was born and raised mostly in the Og den area, and love it; I’m still kicking it in Ogden. I didn’t have a specific idea of what I wanted to do as I was growing up, but even tually, the thought occurred to me that I could combine writing and music. Fresh out of high school I made my way to Weber State University and joined the studentrun newspaper, The Signpost. I didn’t have the best sense of direction when I signed up for college, but luckily The Signpost was there to provide that for me. It gave me so many opportunities to grow and learn, while making great connections and life long friends. I started to find my niche writing music reviews for WSU’s radio station, KWCR, which opened up a whole new world for me. I was introduced to new genres of music, as well as music from local bands I probably wouldn’t have heard otherwise. This in troduction to local music sparked my pas sion for writing music reviews, and made me want to be involved with bands around town.Ilearned the basics while in school, and I’m still honing my skills at music-related journalism every day. I spent some time writing for SLUG Magazine as well, getting to dip my toes into the local music scene in Salt Lake. I got to write full features on bands for the first time while at SLUG, and it was very fulfilling, especially because I was doing it during the pandemic. It of fered a way for me to utilize my skill and passion, while getting to highlight local bands who were still creating and playing their music, despite the state of the world. I look forward to having more in-depth conversations with bands, without quite as much doom and gloom hanging over the world.Admittedly, I haven’t spent as much time in Salt Lake City as I’d like to. It’s been es pecially difficult over the past few years because of the pandemic. In the past, the only thing that got me out of Ogden to SLC was concerts. I’d head down a few times a year with my sister to see a show, which were some of the best times of my life. I’m eager to get out and explore the beautiful city, and to connect with all of the talented musicians who are out here working hard to share their passions. My goal as music editor is to continue to interact with local bands and give them a voice on this platform. I’m going to be heading out to as many shows as possible to catch up on what I’ve been missing out on around town. If you have any cool events coming up or new music to share, send it my way at eatkinson@cityweekly.net
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New Kid in Town Welcoming aboard a new City Weekly Music Editor with a lifetime of music love. BY EMILEE eatkinson@cityweekly.netATKINSON
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Formed in the mid-’90s and finding their fame quickly as the decade went on, The Get Up Kids were not only foundational to a genre that would come to include names like Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, The Wonder Years and Saves the Day, but part of that last generation of all-Ameri can bands to find fame in all the pre-Internet ways. Their story sounds right out of a teen coming-ofage film: They played their first show on the night of their high school prom, left their hometown of Kansas, Mo., to record their debut album Four Minute Mile over a weekend in Chicago after drummer Ryan Pope got out class, and set out to tour on its songs the day after Pope graduated high school. It was on that tour that their fame exploded from the underground Midwestern emo music scene they’d been playing in to the bur geoning emo scene nationwide, and they’d secure what today would be a nearly million-dollar deal with Vagrant Records (another part of the music industry gone extinct for new bands). They’d find even more success with follow-up albums like Something to Write About in 1999, but also the kinds of growing pains that come for all bands at some point—dabbling in pop to poor reception, breaking up, trying another album, breaking up again, then releasing their best-received album of the 21st century, 2019’s return-to-form Problems Through all those ups and downs, it’s been 25 years since the release of that first career-making album, and they’re celebrating Four Minute Mile with a tour. They stop in SLC on Saturday, Sept. 3 at The Urban Lounge. Tickets to the 21+ show are $25 presale; $30 day-of-show; and $150 for a booth at theurbanloungeslc.com. (Erin
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The Kid Laroi has had a different kind of life than other new, young nepotism babies dominating the charts right now have, ris ing meteorically in the last few years from a background of childhood poverty and instability in his native Sydney, Australia. Throughout his teen years, he spent time on scholarship at a performing arts school, uploading music to SoundCloud and end lessly hustling in his local scene while also chasing connections with his idols abroad— working with producers like Khaled Rohaim from the age of 12, signing to Sony Music Australia at 14, then to Lil Bibby’s Grade A Productions at 16. There he met the late American rapper Juice Wrld, who would bring the teen Laroi back to Los Angeles with him to live and be mentored in the ways of Juice Wrld’s own emo rap inclinations. Despite his young age, Australia’s Triple J explains, “a big part of [his] appeal is how he expresses teenage angst with an emotional maturity beyond his years. He may not be able to legally vote or go to a bar, but he can convince you with his howls and tremors that the hurt and confusion he’s feeling is genuine.” His endless trajectory has only continued with his 2020 debut album F*ck Love, which saw two extended releases and was followed by American hits like the Justin Bieber collab “Stay.” See him perform with ericdoa at The Complex on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. Remaining tickets to the show at press time are $450 VIP tickets, and can be found at thecomplexslc.com. (EM)
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Holy Wave C-Kan singing in Spanish. So at 17, while making a living alone on the streets of Guadalajara, he started rapping, and quickly went viral online with 2012’s demo album Voy Por El Sueño De Muchos. While his early music focused on the violent themes of life on the streets, he’d later move on to soundtrack work—for 2016’s Mexican-American comedy Compadres. In an interview about that soundtrack work, he also told Billboard that after becoming a father he realized, “I can’t be singing about women, drugs or money anymore. And if I want to rap about a social or political issue that is going on in my country, I have to get educated.” It seems that with such issues on his mind, C-Kan also decided that fateful year that he wouldn’t be touring to the U.S. if Donald Trump was elected on his antiimmigrant platform. But with Trump out of office and two new albums under his belt since 2020, C-Kan is here to play, alongside fellow Spanish-language rappers MC Davo and old-school rapper Dharius—hear all three artists on their 2020 collab single, “Préndete Un Blunt.” See them on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. at The Depot. Tickets to the all-ages show are $30 at thedepotslc.com. (EM)
FITZPATRICKROB vibe, Umbels will bring their psych-infused folk meanderings, which comes closest in com parison to the delicate pluckings of artists like Devendra Banhart. Find all these local bands all day, plus food, local art and an afterparty at The Commonwealth Room on Saturday, Sept. 3. Tickets to this 21+ event are $15 at thestate roompresents.com. (EM) Holy Wave @ The DLC Nobody does dreamy psych rock like Texans, and Holy Wave are great representatives of that notion. Flush with the musings of spare, punctuative basslines, guitar with tones like ringing crystal bells and the favored electric keys of the genre, Holy Wave are masters of keeping things chill and breezy, whether on their breakout works from the early 2010s (2012’s Evil Hits and 2013’s aptly titled Relax) or on the work they’ve put out over the last 10 years. After riding the, ahem, wave of twee-ish ’60s surf, psych and dream pop revival when they first started out—earning themselves hits like the vibey and gently driving “Do You Feel It”—Holy Wave have stuck to their guns more or less, branching out into some more clearly guitar-driven territory on 2016’s Freaks of Nurture, where the songwriting feels bolder, moodier and more inventive. They turned a whole new leaf on 2018’s Adult Fear, an album that while still rooted in mandala-like psych movements features synths and muffled pro duction that gives it the foggy cast of an ’80s goth-pop album. It makes their latest effort, 2020’s Interloper something of a return to form, but one with high production value and some extra psych-y moments like on “No Love”s undulating outro. On it, they show that despite having a song called “I’m Not Living in the Past Anymore,” they—like many bands who came up in the ’60s rock-indebted indie pop moment—are still referencing their past, but with some mature and energetic updates. Check them out at The DLC on Monday, Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. Tickets to the 21+ show are $13 at quartersslc.com. (EM) C-Kan, MC Davo and Dharius @ The Depot Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, C-Kan grew up listening to the rap of Eminem and Cypress Hill, but didn’t realize he could rap himself until he heard rappers Vico-C and Big Boy’s “Sin Tu Amor,” where they were
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MUSIC PICKS
By Erin Moore
Honey Days @ The Commonwealth Room Head over to Honey Days for a mini festival stacked with some of SLC’s finest, rock ing with vintage style as diverse as a thrift store rack. Headliner Fonteyn just released her debut album this year, and it delivers on all the promises of her prior singles. Trip the Light Fantastic is a deep dive into the ’70s funk and soul revival that is popping off lately (think Sam Evian, Cut Worms, and recent Angel Olsen). But romantic pop wasn’t the only soundtrack of the ’70s, and local band Lee Rafugee knows that. Lee Rafugee is a new band on the scene, but it’s got some familiar names in it, like Sarah DeGraw. She’s doing her funky soul rock thing with a new act, and they go heavy with rhythm and blues as much as they do wailing psychedelic guitars ripped right from the Hendrix era. Still in the vein of old school sounds, The Mellons will bring their updated, modern take on ’60s vibrations— with tons of funky, unexpected moments among the pop rock like on their 2022 single “What A Time To Be Alive.” To round things out with a modern but still warm and upbeat
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Author Zadie Smith praised Sagittarian writer Joan Didion. She says, “I remain grateful for the day I picked up Joan Didion’s Slouching Towards Bethlehem and realized that a woman could speak without hedging her bets, without hemming and hawing, without making nice, without sounding pleasant or sweet, without deference and even without doubt.” I encourage Sagittarians of every gender to be inspired by Didion in the coming weeks. It’s a favorable time to claim more of the author ity you have earned. Speak your kaleidoscopic wisdom without apology or dilution. More fiercely than ever before, embody your ideals and show how well they work in the rhythms of daily life.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) In her book Tales From Earthsea, Libra-born Ursula K. Le Guin wrote, “What goes too long unchanged destroys itself. The for est is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.” I trust you’re embodying those truths right now. You’re in a phase of your cycle when you can’t afford to remain unchanged. You need to purposefully engage in dissolutions that will prepare the way for your rebirth in the weeks after your birthday. The process might sometimes feel strenuous, but it should ultimately be great fun.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) In his poem “Auguries of Innocence,” William Blake (1757–1827) championed the ability “to see a World in a Grain of Sand. And a Heaven in a Wild Flower. Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Taurus, you are primed to do just that in the coming days. You have the power to discern the sacred in the midst of mundane events. The magic and mystery of life will shine from every little thing you encounter. So I will love it if you deliver the following message to a person you care for: “Now I see that the beauty I had not been able to find in the world is in you.”
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Blogger Scott Williams writes, “There are two kinds of magic. One comes from the heroic leap, the upward surge of energy, the explosive arc that burns bright across the sky. The other kind is the slow accretion of effort: the water-on-stone method, the soft root of the plant that splits the sidewalk, the constant wind that scours the mountain clean.” Can you guess which type of magic will be your specialty in the coming weeks, Leo? It will be the laborious, slow accretion of effort. And that is precisely what will work best for the tasks that are most important for you to accomplish.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
In his poem “Autobiographia Literaria,” Aries-born Frank O’Hara wrote, “When I was a child, I played in a corner of the schoolyard all alone. If anyone was looking for me, I hid behind a tree and cried out, ‘I am an orphan.’” Over the years, though, O’Hara underwent a marvelous transformation. This is how his poem ends: “And here I am, the center of all beauty! Writing these poems! Imagine!” In the coming months, Aries, I suspect that you, too, will have the potency to outgrow and transcend a sadness or awkwardness from your own past. The shadow of an old source of suffering may not disappear completely, but I bet it will lose much of its power to diminish you.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) To be the best Aquarius you can be in the coming weeks, I sug gest the following: 1. Zig when others zag. Zag when others zig. 2. Play with the fantasy that you’re an extraterrestrial engaged in an experiment on planet Earth. 3. Be a hopeful cynic and a cheerful skeptic. 4. Do things that inspire people to tell you, “Just when I thought I had you figured out, you do something unexpected to confound me.” 5. Just for fun, walk backward every now and then. 6. Fall in love with everything and every one—a D-List celebrity, an oak tree, a neon sign, a feral cat.
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“My own curiosity and interest are insatiable,” wrote Cancerian author Emma Lazarus (1849–1887). Inspired by the wealth of influences she absorbed, she created an array of poetry, plays, novels, essays and translations—including the famous poem that graces the pedestal of America’s Statue of Liberty. I recommend her as a role model for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. I think you’re ripe for an expansion and deepening of your curiosity. You will benefit from cultivating an enthusiastic quest for new information and fresh influences. Here’s a mantra for you: “I am wildly innocent as I vivify my soul’s education.”
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Capricorn novelist Marcia Douglas writes about the history of her people in Jamaica. In one passage, she writes, “My grand mother used to tell stories about women that change into birds and lizards. One day, a church-going man dared to laugh at her; he said it was too much for him to swallow. My grandmother looked at him and said, ‘I bet you believe Jesus turned water into wine.’” My purpose in telling you this, Capricorn, is to encour age you to nurture your own fantastic tales. Life isn’t all about reasonableness and pragmatism. You need myth and magic to thrive. You require the gifts of imagination and lyrical flights of fancy. This is especially true now. To paraphrase David Byrne, now is a perfect time to refrain from making too much sense.
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time,” said philoso pher Bertrand Russell. I will add that the time you enjoy wasting is often essential to your well-being. For the sake of your sanity and health, you periodically need to temporarily shed your ambi tions and avoid as many of your responsibilities as you safely can. During these interludes of refreshing emptiness, you recharge your precious life energy. You become like a fallow field allowing fertile nutrients to regenerate. In my astrological opinion, now is one of these revitalizing phases for you.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) A blogger who calls herself HellFresh writes, “Open and raw communication with your partners and allies may be uncom fortable and feel awkward and vulnerable, but it solves so many problems that can’t be solved any other way.” Having spent years studying the demanding arts of intimate relationships, I agree with her. She adds, “The idea that was sold to us is ‘love is effortless and you should communicate telepathically with your partner.’ That’s false.” I propose, Pisces, that you fortify yourself with these truths as you enter the Reinvent Your Relationships Phase of your astrological cycle.
“Now that I’m free to be myself, who am I?” Virgo-born Mary Oliver asks that question to start one of her poems. She spends the rest of the poem speculating on possible answers. At the end, she concludes she mostly longs to be an “empty, wait ing, pure, speechless receptacle.” Such a state of being might work well for a poet with lots of time on her hands, but I don’t recommend it for you in the coming weeks. Instead, I hope you’ll be profuse, active, busy, experimental and expressive. That’s the best way to celebrate the fact that you are now freer to be yourself than you have been in a while.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) As a Scorpio, novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky was rarely guilty of oversimplification. He could hold contradictory ideas in his mind without feeling compelled to seek more superficial truths. He wrote, “The causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.” I hope you will draw inspiration from his example in the coming weeks, dear Scorpio. I trust you will resist the tempta tion to reduce colorful mysteries to straightforward explana tions. There will always be at least three sides to every story. I invite you to relish glorious paradoxes and fertile enigmas.
The value is calculated by a computer, and there’s a form attached to your tax notice that you can easily fill out to notify the coun ty’s Board of Equalization if you disagree with the Providevalue.sales data or an appraisal and send it in with your protest and wait to hear if the local assessor agrees or disagrees with you. Also, you can go in person and meet them eye-to-eye to explain why your prop erty is not worth what’s appearing on your tax notice. If they don’t see your logic, you can protest this all the way to the state level.
t’s everyone’s favorite time of the year— Property tax time. Not! Even though most of us dread pay ing taxes, if you own property in Utah, you should have received your property tax no tice by now. It may surprise you to learn that Utahns generally pay below the national average in taxes. According to smartasset.com, the aver age property tax rate in the U.S. for a $500,000 home is 1.11% of the assessed home value, or $5,500. In Utah, it’s 0.6% of the assessed value, or $3,000 on the same value home. Utah’s original Constitution in 1896 pro vided the authority for the state to tax all tangible property under certain categories and provisions. However, it took until 1931 for the Utah State Tax Commission to be cre ated. And in the decades since then, legisla tors have been tweaking the rules for taxing the assets of Utah citizens. Each county assessor establishes tax able values for real and personal properties within their borders via established ap praisal practices. Those studying to become a licensed real estate agent learn there are three ways to figure property value: income, cost or comparable sales. Assessors and ap praisers use these to figure value based upon age, condition, economic obsolescence, in come (if a rental) and recent sales data. If you own a farm, your property is ap praised on its capacity to grow plants and/or animals. And every year, the state tax com mission recommends valuation guidelines to county assessors. Many believe that the property value cal culated by the tax assessor is the true value of your home, land, condo, investment prop erty or commercial building. It’s not.
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Sadly, too many people in Detroit lost their homes because they failed to understand the system, were afraid to fight the system or didn’t know they had options at all. If you want to challenge the proposed property tax you just received, you have un til Sept. 15 to fill out the form and challenge the assessor’s proposed value—mailing it in by that date. You can also just walk into the assessor’s office in your county if you need help filling out the required information. Next week, Part 2 on what happens if you lose your appeal and what your tax money pays for! n
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n A 911 operator in San Luis Obispo, California, received a call on Aug. 12 from the Zoo to You facility in Paso Robles, but when the dispatchers tried to call back, there was no answer, ABC7-TV reported. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the zoo, but no one there would take credit for the call—except one 10-month-old Capuchin monkey named Route. The deputies determined that the monkey had gotten his hands on a cellphone left in a golf cart and made the call. “We’re told Capuchin monkeys are very inquisitive and will grab anything and everything,” the sheriff’s office remarked.
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Florida James Hunt, 41, and his girlfriend got into it at a Clearwater, Florida, Burger King on Aug. 13, because “the victim was not eating her food,” The Smoking Gun reported. When the 53-year-old woman left the restaurant, Hunt followed her and launched his cheeseburger at the back of her head, allegedly causing her to fall over a curb onto the ground and hit her chin and lip. How did cops know? There was blood on her shirt and shorts and cheese in her hair. Hunt admitted hitting her with the cheeseburger but didn’t think it caused her to fall down. Nonetheless, he was charged with felony domestic battery and held on $15,000 bond.
A 31-year-old man in Seoul, South Korea, has been ordered to pay his ex-girlfriend $1,150 after an argument ended with him urinating into her Louis Vuitton handbag, Oddity Central reported. The incident took place in October as the couple argued about her spending habits; the spiteful boyfriend retrieved the bag, unbuttoned his pants and let loose into the bag as the woman looked on. He later tried to cover up the evidence by pouring liquid deodorant into the bag, but DNA tests confirmed the presence of urine and tied it to him, and he confessed. Send your weird news items to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.
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Residents of South Auckland, New Zealand, were the lucky—or not-so-lucky—recipients of the contents of an abandoned stor age container, Stuff reported. But when they got the loot home, they discovered a surprise among the items: human remains.
The new owners called police on Aug. 11, whose first priority was to identify the remains, detective inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaeula said. A neighbor who previously worked at a nearby crematorium noted “a wicked smell” coming from the home: “I knew straight away, and I thought, ‘Where’s that coming from?’” he said. His mother reported that detectives and foren sic teams had been seen recoiling in shock from the scene. The investigation is ongoing. Unclear on the Concept Keisha Bazley, a mother of nine children in Houston, turned to Child Protective Services for help with her 14-year-old daughter, who had been running away and getting into trouble at school. Instead, according to Fox26 Houston, her daughter told her that a CPS worker “had been telling her she should (become a prosti tute),” so the girl videotaped the CPS support staff member. “If me, the parent, was to do something like this to my child,” Bazley said, “I would be called a horrible parent. I would lose my kids.” She filed an official complaint, and the commissioner of CPS in Texas, Jamie Masters, came to Houston to personally apologize to Bazley and her daughter. The worker was dismissed from her position on Aug. 10. Precocious n Aug. 12 started as a pretty typical day for 1 1/2-year-old toddler Ethan and his mom, Brittany Moore, of Senoia, Georgia. They were playing with bubbles in the backyard of their home when Ethan chased one to the fence and noticed something in the woods beyond, ABC4 News reported. When his mom asked him what he saw, he said, “Feet.” Ethan had discovered 82-year-old Nina Lipscomb, who had been missing for four days. Lipscomb was alive but disoriented; her daughter said she had wandered away from a nearby home where she was visiting family. “Her sister lived here in this house, but she passed away in March,”
Just Keep Digging Stephen McCarthy, 31, a physician’s assistant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has been under suspicion of trafficking steroids and stimulants, LehighValleyLive reported. Federal agents were on the case, but no charges had been filed. That is, until McCarthy got in touch with one of the DEA agents, threatening to disfigure and rape him, on July 8. “I hope you get into a car accident and die,” McCarthy added for good measure. His attorney, John Waldron, said his client was frustrated with the ongoing investigation and “couldn’t deal with it anymore.” McCarthy was indicted on Aug. 4 and released on $100,000 bond on Aug. 9. Sweet Revenge
They Buried the Lead Skydiver Gary Connery, 53, was sentenced in Oxford Crown Court in England on Aug. 16, the BBC reported, for grievous bodily harm after he threw his girlfriend, Tanya Brass, down a staircase. The assault, which shattered Brass’ shoulder, took place in October 2020. The now-infamous abuser previously achieved his 15 minutes of fame when he served as Queen Elizabeth II’s stunt double in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games, when he and “James Bond” (another stunt double) leapt out of a helicopter and parachuted into the Olympic stadium. After the stunt, Connery told the BBC it had been “an amazing experience.” Perhaps he can relive it during his 18 months in prison.
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