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Benjamin Wood I play ukulele covers of pop songs, oc casionally on the side of the street.
Some studies suggest that mandatory reporting laws may not increase reporting rates by clergy and may be stressful for survivors, who in some cases would prefer having control over whether any reporting to police is Moreover,done.honest confessions can be therapeutic for the truly penitent.
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The faith’s “white and delightsome” ideal was, of course, eventually removed from official LDS scriptures, but not ap parently removed from the minds of all Latter-day Saints. And LDS attorneys and church public relations officials are now working over time at Temple Square, trying to keep a lid on all the members’ and former mem bers’ sexual abuse lawsuits being filed all across the country.
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But what about the many who are not truly penitent and are just looking for a temporary penance fix? Favoring the private approach to dealing with sexual abuse amounts to favoring the moral and legal superiority of the church over the secularEssentially,government.theargument is that the church cares more about perpetrators and victims than the government does, and better knows how to rehabilitate them. This is exactly the approach the Catho lic Church took during the Middle Ages, until it became widely apparent that the church had lost its spiritual, moral and legal moorings and that fresh alternatives were needed in societal affairs. Most particularly, what was needed was less hierarchy/autocracy in both church and government affairs. Churches and governments were pro tecting power, not people. Democracy in both church and government administra tion restored trust and effectiveness.
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Anyone who thinks that BYU officials at the recent Duke vs BYU women’s volley ball match were slow to react to racist taunts from the crowd likely knows little of the LDS church’s racist history, which goes back long before 1978 (when the of ficial policy barring Black members from priesthood and temple rites was repealed).
Katharine Biele In my mind, I am a brilliant designer, while, in reality, I’m a cut-and-paste genius.
My ability to get my friends to smile/ giggle for pictures and managing to capture as many of those moments as possible!
What ‘s your artsiest talent?
Everything—artsy all around and al ways creative.
Tad Walch, who reports on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the Deseret News, recently posted an informa tive article on Christian views on sexual abuse reporting. The article indicated that churches largely consider priest/penitent confes sions to be confidential and even sacred but can still facilitate voluntary law-en forcement reporting.
Bryan Bale My “artsiest” hobbies involve writing and music. These two endeavors occa sionally merge, catalyzed by inspira tion from “Weird Al” Yankovic, result ing in the most hilarious and brilliant parodies you’ve never seen.
Walch presented one Catholic priest’s view that mandatory reporting turns priests into police informants. It traps penitents in a relaxed and lov ing private religious setting, only to en snare them and ship them off to the devil’s own realm of public sentencing. But is the system of public judgment of criminal behavior so inept that it cannot be trusted to treat fairly both perpetrators and victims? Is not a judge a confessor as well?
I used to like making little figurines with clay, but then the kids moved out of the house and one of the things they don’t tell you about being an empty nester is that there is a lot less clay around, just on a regular basis.
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Is there a single Utah politician who spells out why pay ing taxes—by everyone and every entity, fairly—dates all the way back to ancient times to prevent a state from fall ing into disrepair?
Utah should strive to be a better state with better things.
When our group goes to Greece for these weeks in Sep tember, we will all be reminded of the glory of Ancient Greece—the impacts that Greece had on medicine, poli tics, poetry, theater, ethics, democracy and, yes, food. Few however will look under the stones to discover why that allSimplyended.put, there was disease—a pestilence of corrupt and selfish politicians, national arrogance, a shirking of civic duty, too many wars to count, public divisiveness and yes, lack of rain.
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Is there a hay farmer or alpaca rancher in Utah who does not milk the system for thousands upon thousands of an nual tax reduction benefits? Tell me, is there a link between those who benefit from the government in such a way and their obtuse pronouncements that if a kid gets a one-time tax break on college tuition, that said student is a waste of blood and guts and the government is dangling by its last socialist
What’sthread?withthe pitiful, grievance-based attacks on peo ple who were granted minimal student loan forgiveness?
BY JOHN SALTAS@johnsaltasEY Sou, Utah his coming Sunday, Sept. 11, I’m heading to Greece. Our sixth annual City Weekly trip to Greece starts on Sept. 16 in Athens, and I’m going early to make sure that all the streets are as dangerous as ever; that the graffiti is untainted; that the vegetables are fresh; and that there remains plenty of ouzo for our group. This year, City Weekly is hosting two groups that will take two different tours but meet collectively in Athens. We will have 65 people in all traveling with us this year. That there are so many—we had 36 last year in but one tour—is indicative of many things. One, Greece is a vacation mecca—an idyllic, dreamy mix of classic world history, enviable culture, fabulous beach es, incredible food, irreplaceable art and stray dogs. Two, with the U.S. dollar finally punching down on the euro, plus considering that nearly everything in Greece costs less than here (except gas—thanks, Biden!) Greece is more affordable than Branson. Three, we 65 are but a pittance of the numbers of Ameri cans who are fed up and want to flee the dual viruses of COVID-19 and nasty, semi-literate politicians. Four, it’s Greece, silly. Why not? This summer has been a record breaker for Greece tour ism. The millions of visitors this year include names like Magic Johnson, Robert DeNiro, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Elon Musk, Beyonce, Michael Jordan, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Eva Mendes, Ryan Gosling, James Franco, Roger Federer, Demi Moore, Bill Rekouniotis and Roxanne Cooper.Idon’t mean to shamelessly drop names or anything, but I did stand next to Barbra Streisand in the Athens air port a few years ago, and she actually is not as tall as she appears on TV. In all, Greece will receive 33 million visitors this year— three times the population of the entire country. Mean while, in numbers that are equally impressive, Utah boasts some pretty nice tourism statistics as well. We all know that. Indeed, thanks to tourism, Utah households benefit by about $1,300 each in annual tax re lief. That’s a lot of rodeo tickets. Utah is visited, in good years (everyone in tourism is still trying to unsort the effects of COVID), by millions of people coming mostly to visit our national parks, to ski or to si phon off what remains of the water in the former Great Salt Lake for apparently nostalgic reasons. Our national parks should traffic through more than 11 million visitations this year, while skier numbers should be around 5 million. Tourism numbers don’t break out how many of the same people visited Bryce Canyon Na tional Park and Zion National Park on the same day or skied both Alta and Snowbird. Neither do the numbers distinguish whether a visitor is a Utah birdwatcher or a skier from Maine. But even without being exact, it’s obvious that Greece and Utah are handmaidens to the tourism trade. Without tourism, Greece (where tourism is the No. 1 economic sec tor) and Utah (where tourism ranks an important seventh) would both be looking for financial handouts, or at least more handouts than they receive already—Utah is pro vided tons of federal relief for all sorts of manifestos that enhance our economic-growth profile. Utah’s wilderness deniers basically ignore that rosy economic nuance, though. They want it all for themselves. They want the federal government to give them land, then charge you to use it. Utah and Greece are sisters of different mothers—each can learn from the other. Each should. In Greece, a great reason why the country found itself in an economic mess was due to massive and obvious corruption at the govern ment level while cheating, big-business sectors caused the guy selling gyros to play the same game and stuff unre ported income into his own pocket. Tax collections fell to perilous lows right when Greece’s debts became due. Utah is no different. We just do it “legally.”
Geez, Sen. Mike Lee could have paid for 40 such loans when his bank let him off the hook on a defaulted home payment.
Utah’s red-hat-wearing GOP politicians may hate hear ing it, but the Beehive State has more in common with Cal ifornia than it does Wyoming, or even Idaho.
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I can’t wait to see it all again—and wonder: What will Utah leave to the centuries? CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net
Utah should align with states that provide similar assets, not become the state that slowly trudges backward in a losing race to become the next Alabama.
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We know K-12 teachers are being muzzled by the MAGA moms, but the issue is coming to higher education. It may have been there already, because many public institutions depend on political good will to keep them funded. “In general, academic freedom is the right of faculty in the discharge of their duties to express their ideas and challenge the ideas of others without fear of retribu tion,” the University of Maryland’s Office of Faculty Affairs writes. The University of Utah notes that “across the country, people have contrasting views on how individuals can express themselves in public based on the rules of free expression.” The Hinckley Institute of Politics is offering Practicing Academic Freedom & Free Speech , a fo rum where you can hear what students and professors think is happening and how they are addressing challenges. U of U Hinckley Institute of Politics, 260 S. Central Cam pus Drive, Room 2018, Wednesday, Sept. 14, noon, free. https://bit.ly/3ABbTnh
If you haven’t heard about the gondola, you’re either not paying attention or just don’t care what happens to the Cottonwood canyons. UDOT has just released its prefer ence for a corporate welfare ride up to two private ski resorts—on taxpayer money, of course (half a billion dollars and count ing). All is not lost yet. You have a chance to comment, but the just-say-no comments will likely be discarded. There may be hope yet. If not the business-friendly Legislature that needs to fund it, then perhaps some of the short-term solutions will gain traction. There’s enhanced bus service, shuttles and traffic mitigation. You have 45 days to com ment on the Little Cottonwood Canyon Environmental Impact Statement . May be you have a great idea or maybe you just want to vent because you’re a hiker, rock climber or mountain biker, and the gondola will do nothing for you. Tell UDOT you care about saving the canyons—for everyone. Online, free, through Monday, Oct. 17.
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MISS: Old Lies Die Hard
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MISS: Conduct Unbecoming BYU and your daily newspapers are making out the latest incident of sports fans using racial slurs was a one-off. Someone in the stands at BYU yelled a racial epithet at a Duke volleyball play er, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. And as with past incidents, including with the Utah Jazz, fans were banned. That is not solving the problem. Politicians are now blaming the straw man of criti cal race theory as a reason not to teach about diversity, equity and inclusion or worse yet, America’s racist past. “This incident enhances the perception that Utah is not a welcome state to people of color, especially Black people, regard less of how true or false that perception is,” the Boston Globe wrote. The percep tion is not false, and the incident is not a one-off.
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Check out the Free Film Screening: Push housing documentary, “a gripping new film about how global finance is fueling the housing crisis and making cities unafford able to live in.” You may not believe it, but Salt Lake City does have a housing plan of sorts, and they invite you to read through it and go to the screening with questions. This is a chance to make your voices heard and ask the hard questions of the city about what they consider “affordable” and wheth er development means high-rise living only. Where are the walkable neighborhoods and how is the parking problem being re solved? What does urban living mean today? Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, SLC, Thursday, Sept. 8, 6:30 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3R4rTp6
It was 1990 when Utah’s cultural judg mentalism met head-on with the hu manity of its people. And Utahns may soon find out how much has changed since Bill Orton unexpectedly won a seat in Congress despite a not-sostealth campaign to label him as gay. A free newspaper ran a large ad paid by the Republican Party with side-byside images of “families.” Karl Snow was shown with his family while Orton, who was then single, was shown alone. “Some candidates want you to believe that their personal values don’t matter. ... Families do matter! Vote Republican,” an op-ed in The Salt Lake Tribune re called. Orton won. Today, the jury’s still out about the fate of independent Evan McMullin in his race against incum bent GOP Sen. Mike Lee, but McMullin has long been dogged by at least one Trump/Lee supporter who called him a “closet homosexual.” McMullin was single during his presidential run, but is now married and even rated a feature story about his newly formed family in the Deseret News. Marital status may not be a real issue in a campaign, but it per sists among the cultural judges.
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HIT: Bar License Lottery GastronomicSLC.com isn’t mincing words, mainly because the foodie news website is frustrated with the nonsensi cal morality that underwrites Utah’s li quor laws. A recent article focused on a meeting of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services (DABS) at which 14 Utah bars were vying for three liquor licenses. Population increases might throw three more into the mix, but a lot of bar owners are going away with noth ing. “In recent months, commission ers have increasingly asked applicants about the scale of their operations, the number of seats they hope to fill and— ultimately—the tax dollars they might funnel into state coffers,” Gastronomic founder Stuart Melling wrote. Mel ling valiantly attends most of the DABS meetings to bring some perspective. Yes, money is a big deal and often tips the scales. But what he’s really mad at is the so-called business-friendly Legisla ture that now brings back mini bottles but shuns entrepreneurs.
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Under Artistic Director Moses Pendleton, the company’s performances have appeared on stage, screen and television, the latter of which include PBS’s Dance in America series, national network appearances in Italy and France and repertory work broadcast to 55 nations world wide. Their credits also include an International Emmy for Best Performing Arts Special, and the honor of being chosen to represent the U.S. at the European Cultural Center at Delphi as part of the Homage to Picasso in Paris. If any further proof is needed that culture and commerce are compatible, consider the fact that the company did commercials for Hanes underwear and ads for Target that premiered during the Golden Globe Awards, and was commissioned by Fiat and Mercedes Benz for special performances celebrat ing those companies’ success. Then again, after astonishing audiences on five continents for more than 40 years, the company’s ingenu ity comes MOMIXnaturally.performs Thursday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the NC 644 Smith Proscenium Theater (800 W. University Parkway, Orem). General admission tickets are $35 - $49, $17 - $39 for students, $28 - $39 for seniors and military, $15 - $39 for youth ages 6 - 17. Visit uvunoorda.universitytickets.com for tickets and additional information (Lee Zimmerman)
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UVU’s Noorda Series is widely recognized for sharing imaginative, intriguing works that define art in strikingly daring and different ways. That’s especially true of the upcoming presentation by MOMIX, a dance company that integrates the grace and skill of their per formers with the intrigue of illusion, defying preconceived notions of traditional choreogra phy through both magic and movement.
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According to the historical information provid ed by the Salt Lake City Greek Festival’s web site, the 1900 census included exactly three Greeks in the entire state of Utah. But within a decade, hundreds of Greek immigrants began arriving for work in places like the Bingham copper mine and on the railroads, and turning several blocks of what is now downtown Salt Lake City into an area called “Greek Town.” That rich history is part of the annual cel ebration of the Salt Lake City Greek Festival, now in its 46th year. Understandably, much of the appeal comes from the wonderful food that’s always available from local vendors, fill ing visitors’ bellies with gyros, dolmades and baklava. But it’s also a chance to enjoy perfor mances by several Greek dance groups, includ ing Dionysios Dancers, Parthenon Dancers and Minotavros Dancers. Guests can experience guided tours of the Holy Trinity Cathedral, hear a performance by the church choir at 4 p.m. daily, or check out the Hellenic Cultural Museum. The weekend also includes a presentation on classical Greek architecture on Friday at 6 p.m., offered in conjunction with the Utah Valley University Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, kicking off a lecture series that continues through November. The 2022 Salt Lake Greek Festival takes place at Holy Trinity Cathedral (279 S. 300 West) on Sept. 9-11, with operating hours 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and noon –8 p.m. Sunday. Admission is just $3, with children under 5 able to attend free. Visit saltlakegreekfestival.com for additional event information. (Scott Renshaw)
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For more than 20 years, Craig Nybo and the weird folks at Gangrene Productions have brought an anarchic spirit to pre senting comedy with a variety of strange, enticing themes. In 2017, for example, the group celebrated the goofy low-renttalent-show spirit of the 1970s classic The Gong Show; 2019 brought an hom age to old-school entertainer Lawrence Welk. From a band dressed in Bigfoot attire to a little-person KISS cover band, Gangrene has guaranteed that audiences will never know quite what to expect— and that’s just the live performance part of the show. In 2022, the 21st Gangrene Comedy Festival focuses its attention on the legacy of the genre that turned Clint Eastwood into a movie star more than 50 years ago: the “spaghetti Western.” This will come most specifically in the form of the 20-piece Rust Monster Spaghetti Western Orchestra, playing classics of the form like Ennio Morricone’s iconic theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. QuickWits improv will present a set thematically connected to vintage Westerns, and you’ll get slam poetry that might be somewhat different—and more hilarious—than that term usually suggests. The evening also features the tradi tional film festival of comedic shorts, offering plenty of laugh-out-loud surprises. The Gangrene Comedy Festival drops in at Layton’s Ed Kenley Amphitheater (403 N. Wasatch Dr.) for one night only, Friday, Sept. 9, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 - $15 for the family-friendly event, with kids 3 and under free. Visit gangrenefilmfestival. com to buy tickets and for additional event information. (SR)
Hari Kondabolu Hari Kondabolu is more than simply a stand-up type of guy. He’s a comedian and commentator whose expressive, incisive monologues in a variety of media shine the spotlight on the dispari ties of race, inequality and immigration. An Indian-American, he speaks to those themes from a personal perspective, unafraid to tackle stereotypes, even if stirring up certain sentiments in the process. Indeed, it takes a fair amount of chutzpah to read from the U.S. citizenship application as part of a per formance.Nevertheless, his strategy seems to have worked; aside from his frequent appearances on late night television, he’s managed to make his name in other ways as well. Much of his work— comedy albums Waiting for 2042 and Mainstream American Comic; the 2018 Netflix special Warn Your Relatives; his work as a writer and correspondent for the Chris Rock-produced FX show Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell; a truTV documen tary, The Problem with Apu (inspired by an underrepresented minority character on The Simpsons); and his trademark topical pod casts—has received a fair share of critical acclaim. He’s been hailed as one to watch by such stellar publications as Time, Cosmopolitan, “E! Online and Variety, and described as “one of the most exciting political comics in stand-up today” by none other than The New York Times. That’s no laughing mat ter. Indeed, Hari is a hero for our times. Hari Kondabolu performs at Wiseguys Gateway location (194 South 400 West) on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. General admission tickets cost $20. Go to wiseguyscomedy.com for tickets and additional event information. (LZ)
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What’s your origin story? I grew up close to the land and have always appreciated it deeply in some capacity. As I took interest in photography, my connection to the place I call home became a central theme. Eventually, my practice morphed into making sculptures to be photographed in the sites they take influence from, a conversation between ob ject and place. More recently, my practice has become deeply informed by place-based youth education, ecological science and land-use research.
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Kelyn Ikegami—filmmaker, The Plains What’s your origin story? Mr. Madis’ 10th grade world his tory class—he screened Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal to cover the bubonic plague. I don’t know how many people were paying attention, but I was captivated. For the first time, I un derstood cinema can be an art form concerned with the com plex and contradictory nature of the human experience. … It validated my emotions and experiences through its im agery. It was a way for me to experience what I otherwise would never experience. And if film could offer that, I want ed to try and make it.
n sports, the difference between a successful run of a few years and a truly dominating franchise is that the departure of a few great players can change everything, if there’s no new talent coming up all the time. It’s similar in the arts. For a community to create a truly vital local arts scene, it needs to be a place where not just established creators can keep finding audiences, but where emerging artists are nurtured and showcased as well.This year, City Weekly’s annual Arts Issue would like to introduce you to some great talent to watch for in our “20(-ish) Under 30(-ish)” profiles. We chose that designation because we had no interest in checking IDs; being a younger, on-the-rise creator was enough to warrant inclusion. And when you cast a wide net—asking leaders of the local arts community in a wide range of creative disciplines for their nominations—you’re never sure how many can didates will emerge, so we didn’t want to artificially limit the number. This list is by no means comprehensive—it wouldn’t be possible to include every worthy candidate. Those featured in these pages have provided details about their artistic origins, their goals and being an artist in Utah. We hope by getting to know them, you’ll discover more about the many talented creators in our backyard—and how bright Utah’s artistic future remains.
What’s next in your creative pipeline? A documentary about the 1987 Salt Lake Trappers, who hold the longest win ning streak in professional baseball. [It] follows the historymaking players and where their lives have taken them since that fateful season. It’s a homegrown story but also spans across the country and even the world.
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Do you have a big goal as a creator? Every creator out there knows that you can’t create something without inspi ration. And because inspiration is, by its very nature, bor rowed, there is a part of you as a creator that wants to give back—to create something that allows someone else to have the same transformative experience you did when you were inspired by art for the first time.
Douglas Tolman—visual artist
What’s next in your creative pipeline? I recently bought a guitar and have been trying my hand at writing songs, so maybe the next project will be to record some of them. Aside from that, all of my upcoming performances are symphonyrelated. I am especially excited this season to play Mahler’s Third Symphony with members of the world-famous Taber nacle Choir, and Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy with Utah Sym phony’s concertmaster, Madeline Adkins.
Do you have a big goal as a creator? I hope that my practice can move my community toward a more reciprocal relationship with the land we live on. To do this, I try to cen ter my practice around questions, rather than answers, that prompt viewers and participants to evaluate their relation ships with land, climate and community.
What’s your artistic origin story? I started play ing violin with my big sister when she was 7 and I was 5. My mom had read a book about how all children can and should learn the violin and a foreign language (ours was German) following an aural, “mother tongue” approach. … It wasn’t until high school that I fell in love with orches tral music and performance. I loved being on stage with my friends, united in the common goal of making music, telling a story. We could compete backstage, trying to one-up each other’s Paganini, but as soon as we were sitting together, it was all about synthesis and connection.
What’s unique about your field in Utah? From my ex perience, the challenge is that it’s still not quite on par with some other places around the country in terms of resources [for filmmakers]. That being said, I think that has made the community even hungrier to produce great work, and we’re seeing that in the types of productions that are coming to Utah. We’re not there yet, but we’re up-and-coming—and that’s an exciting place to be.
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W hat’s next in your creative pipeline? I am formulat ing a new body of work around the relationships between flood and fire as they relate to land management and climate change. This will take form in a series of sculptures and a video installation in mid-2023. Additionally, I’ll continue to facilitate a community countermapping project called, “Where Are You”—a nomadic trailhead kiosk that visits sites of socio-ecological signifi cance prompting participants to draw their own maps of the places it visits.
Do you have a big goal as a creator? I used to listen to recordings of myself playing and think, “If I’m ever happy with how I sound, then I can die peacefully.” It sounds a bit dramatic, but it’s how I avoided external goals over which I had little control. As King Bumi says in Avatar: The Last A irbender, “I knew I’d know it when I knew it!” Now, I have a few more specific goals—playing violin on an album with my favorite band, The Shins, and performing chamber music with some of my most influential teachers. But I still hold onto that goal of making myself proud with every performance I give, striving to improve every day, and never losing my love of music.
W hat’s unique about your field in Utah? I am a white male, descended from the pioneers who colonized this land. I find a sincere challenge in trying to reckon with the vio lent past I benefit from without alienating my family or my cultural heritage, and without perpetuating that colonial legacy through my practice.
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Erin David—Utah Symphony violinist
Place-based youth education has become an avenue to promote a reciprocal relationship with the land, one that provides an important parallel to my art practice.
What’s unique about your field in Utah? The classical music world is relatively small and fragmented, and its mu sicians far-flung. … Because Utah is fairly remote, it can feel lonely some times. There are also few rungs of the proverbial ladder to climb here in Utah, meaning if I ever did want to audition for a principal position—for instance—I would most likely have to relocate to another state or even country. So it’s a bit scary to put down roots, though at present I am very happy with my job. One of the advantages of Utah’s size and my being one of the fairly few professional violinists in the state is that I get first dibs on a lot of projects. Not only do I get to play with the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera, but since I’ve moved here, I’ve gotten to play on albums and film scores that have been recorded locally.
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Between my interests for dance and theater (and all other art forms), Utah has everything I feel like I need for the kind of work I want to do. It’s a mecca for modern dance, has a large quantity of strong, local, independent theater companies and has a large community of peo ple who support both mediums as artists and audiences. …
What’s your origin story? I was extremely lucky to have gone to a performing arts high school with incredibly wise/knowledgeable, loving, creative and artistic teachers. My experience in high school gave me purpose; I developed a strong love for all art forms and wanted to participate in all of them.
What’s your origin story? I was very much the kid with their head in the clouds, whose favorite game was make-believe. It was always the thing I first went to when bored or upset, because it was accessible to me, unlike so many other things. … I learned how to communicate and be a friend through media, I learned what queerness was through YouTube, and I even recently realized I was neurodivergent because of watching shows with autistic characters. I create because art taught me how to be me, and I want to return the favor to any young people out there who need some inspiration. What’s unique about your field in Utah? We are so lucky to have some really cool organi zations here. The League of Utah Writers … has helped me so much in my journey to publishing. … Then there’s Under the Umbrella, which pro vides so many opportunities for the community and local artists. Utah is, sadly, not one of the most queer-friendly states, so it’s a bummer when I have to work with people who don’t know much about it. But I do think that’s a challenge in many places. What’s next in your creative pipeline? Cur rently, I’m working on three different manu scripts—which I hope to start querying next year—and starting the process of shooting one of my short film scripts, submitting a million dif ferent short stories (the actual goal is 80 in 2022), [working on] a series of self-portraits exploring transitioning called “Growth,” being a multime dia intern for DIVA [a local nonprofit], and writing more short stories.
I’m also always taking on new freelance proj ects for my graphic design work and falling in love with new forms of art. Do you have a big goal as a creator? Honestly, just to create and discuss art with other people. Art has meant so much to me, and there’s nothing like hearing about another person’s experience and opinions. I’m also very lucky in the fact that I have a lot of different forms of privilege, and I’m really excited for the day where I take a step back and am instead supporting other artists, espe cially marginalized artists. Art created by queer people for queer people changed my life, and I hope to make sure other communities have that opportunity.
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It changed who I was and was going to be.
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What’s your origin story? There’s no one moment in my life that started me down the creative path, but from a young age, I became concerned about the environment and climate change. I felt that creative endeavors like dance can start new conver sations and motivate people to consider new perspectives on this important issue in a more tangible way than traditional methods of advocacy. What’s unique about your field in Utah? One challenge is reaching audiences not normally interested in dance. I keep this in mind when creating work and try to design ways of making the show more understandable and acces sible to those who may be new to the experience. What’s next in your creative pipeline? I’m currently working on a project for the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival in 2023 that will likely focus on Salt Lake City’s re lationship to water. In the mean time, I’m helping with commu nity outreach at Repertory Dance Theatre and performing in work directed by Myriad Dance Co. and the Interdisciplinary Arts Collec tive.I’m also teaching at South Val ley Creative Dance and Simple Yoga Fitness. Do you have a big goal as a creator? I would love to build a dance company that focuses on our relationship to the environ ment and connects science, advo cacy, ethics and movement. I think science and dance can support each other to provide transforma tive experiences for our relation ship to the environment.
Kaela Rivera—writer, Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls What’s your origin story? I wasn’t actually very good at writing or r eading as a kid. I didn’t like to sit still or finish things, so the quiet, con templative action of writing was incredibly frus trating. But my mom taught me that words could capture my big thoughts and feelings, that I had things worth saying and that they could empow er me if I learned to use them. She taught me to finish things, not to underestimate myself and that it’s OK to struggle with something before you get better at it. … Once I grew in the skill, it became my dream to share with others what I finished, what I learned—and take them on some exciting, wild adventures with me. What’s unique about your field in Utah? Utah as a whole has such a respect for cultural activities … and that creates a vibrant backdrop as an author. Where I grew up, you couldn’t find a bookstore without driving about an hour in any direction. Here, I can drive an hour and pass powerful indie bookstores and numerous chain stores all stuffed to the brim with exciting events and beautiful and diverse books, to say nothing of the wonderful writing conferences, dedicated librarians and other authors filling the state. Living in Utah has empowered my author journey, and I’m so grateful for the supportive book community I’ve met by being here. What’s next in your creative pipeline? I’ve been buried in Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls and its sequel, Cece Rios and the King of Fears, for the last while. But now, I’m working on revisions for the last book of the trilogy, coming out in fall 2023. After that, I’ve got a spooky mid dle grade book duology planned, and I’m excited for where it could go. Do you have a big goal as a creator? I have many goals … but the big one [is] to take peo ple on adventures that help heal the wounds in their hearts, and bring hope to difficulties they endure.Iwant to encourage and to empower, and I want to show that by exploring our differences and difficulties—everything from cultural dif ferences to mental health issues—we can come closer and become a more united, understand ing and loving people.
As a performer, I’ll be dancing with Lyrical Opera Theater of Utah in Tosca , but I’ll take whatever comes my way! Do you have a big goal as a creator? I think my big goals are in my company and the work that I want to do during its lifetime … to leave a lasting impact artistically on the surrounding community and culture, as well the culture and history of society at large. My dream is one day the company I created will be thought of as a machine and epicenter for unique and artistic new works that inspire generations of artists.
As an artist who creates works over a long period of time, it’s hard for me to say e xact ly what I’m doing next. I’d like to continue devising theater and create another dance production within the next year, to keep my momentum. …
The biggest disadvantage … would be the amount of people I reach, and building a foun dation of interest for the work I do. Devised theater is not often done around Utah, and when it is, it’s usually a single project here and there. I feel like it’s taking a long time for audiences to understand what devised theater (and the specific kind of theater I create) is/ can be.
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T.J. Taylor—comedian
Do you have a big goal as a creator? I think my ultimate goal is to be a hub for selfexpression. No matter the genre of art, at the end of the day, I want to build a platform for the future generations of artists. For comedy, I want to build a comedy club with prestige and grace like Keith Stubbs has done with Wiseguys. He has cultivated an environment of supportive comics who uplift each other and work hard to get bet ter at their craft. Even with producing shows and hiring my own comedians to perform, it feels incredible to display other people’s tal ents and hard work on platforms that I build.
Olivia Gusti—dancer, Ballet West demi-soloist
Something that would be challenging be ing a dancer here in Salt Lake might be the difficulty reaching a wider range of genera tionalOveraudiences.time,Ihope to see younger individu als appreciate the traditional aspects of our art form, especially since so much goes into keeping it relevant.
What’s unique about your field in Utah? Being a comic in Utah is actually very fulfilling. There are some really good audi ences who like being a part of a fun show. I was afraid that it would be very uptight, but there are some fun people in Utah.
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I hope to be the strongest version of me I can be while I have the gift to work in this profession.
Sept. 10 I have a show at the Ice Haus in Murray at 7 p.m. Follow me on Instagram @tjisfunny for updates on my upcoming shows, and listen to my podcast “The Down stairs” on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
What’s your origin story? I was inspired, like a lot of people, by the ones who came be fore me: the comics I used to watch on TV, the funny people and situations in my life and the idea of being remembered for some thing. Comedy is one of the artforms where the thing that is to be remembered is your thoughts and feelings about the world. I ap preciated the perspective of comics and the original ideas that they come up with.
I also find that my experience resonates with people more than I thought it ever would. The comedy scene is growing, and there are tons of funny people here who know how to connect with people, and I get to work with them and learn from them.
What’s your origin story? I’ve been danc ing since I was 4. My father put me in dance because he thought “every little girl wants to be a ballerina.” Turns out I was one of them. When I started my teen years, I was hooked and knew I wanted to do this as a career. What’s unique about your field in Utah? Here in Utah, the arts are very appreciated. Art is everywhere, like music, art galleries and dance. The culture of the arts is quite vast, and that serves us as a company.
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What’s next in your creative pipeline? I have shows all the time, and I am always working on developing my craft and going to open mics. I teach a continuing education class at the U of U about performing comedy and preparing yourself for life as a comedian with promotion, joke-writing and overcom ing nerves while building your stage pres ence and persona.
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I have discovered some great opportunities in terms of other local artists reaching out to me to be part of different artist markets around Salt Lake City. I really love connecting with other artists in that way. It’s great to not only see what kind of work other local artists are making, but to also receive such amazing support from the artistic community. One challenge for me personally is that I am still figuring out the best way to ship my pieces. I am originally from Buffalo, New York, so if anyone from home wants to order a piece from me, it is always a challenge to figure out how to get it to them safely from 2,000 miles away. What’s next in your creative pipeline? I am currently working on ceramic projects both functionally and sculpturally. With functional work, I like to keep it on the fun side, so I am in the process of creating a spooky fall collection that will include coffin and pumpkin-shaped mugs and bowls with bats, ghosts and spiderwebs on them! In terms of my sculptural work, I am working towards expanding my most recent body of work that discusses my experiences with mental illness through the subversion of kitsch imagery. I am looking to take the character I created, “Little Miss Moody,” and bring her into three-dimensional com ic-book panels (think diorama-style) that portray the realities of inner vs. outer expe riences of living with mental illness. Do you have a big goal as a creator? Be cause my experiences as a human and as an artist are so entrenched with my reality in dealing with mental illness, it has always been a goal for me to utilize my artwork to make difficult topics such as anxiety and depression easier to talk about through raw truth-telling and humor. I find that it makes it easier for me to deal with and address the issues I am grappling with when I can break the ice by making a joke.
Christina Riccio—visual artist/ceramicist What’s your origin story? As a kid I was al ways messing around with art supplies, and as an undergraduate, I was really interested in art but never had any formal training or even thought that being an artist was a pos sibility for me. I took a drawing class in my sophomore year and was not very good but loved it so much that I continued to pursue art into my next semester. During that final semester of my sopho more year, my professor asked me if I “need ed any of my work for a portfolio to apply for the art program,” and that just blew my mind. I went for it, got in and found my way to ceramics by the end of the program. I con tinued pursuing ceramics … and found that it gave me the self-expression and the outlet I needed to manage living with severe gen eralized anxiety disorder and depression. I still use my art that way. What’s unique about your field in Utah?
What’s your origin story? I started ballet classes when I was 3 years old, and that was probably my first introduction to perform ing. Even when dance was the focal point of my ambitions, I was still more focused on storytelling.Thecomplex characters and detailed plot points within the plays I read helped facili tate genuine human connection. It took me a while to figure out my place as a performer, but musical theater has called to me in a spe cial way. What’s unique about your field in Utah? There are not as many professional performance opportunities in Utah as there might be in a larger market. But in trade, you receive a wonderful, close knit, theater community.
What’s next in your creative pipeline? As of right now, I’m in the throes of my first season after being promoted to demi-soloist in the company. It’s given me a good motiva tion to go for more day-to-day and see where I can push forward in different ways than I have in the past. Do you have a big goal as a creator? My main goal for my career is to do the best job I can no matter what—to dance my career for me and appreciate the little moments that are so easily forgotten. Like moments back stage with my friends, laughing at the times we mess up, and living in the joy, regardless of what’s going on outside the studio.
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What’s next in your creative pipeline? I recently started work on my first play. I have wanted to write for a long time and have done arrangement or workshops for others, but this will be my first venture as a solo playwright! Do you have a big goal as a creator? Honestly, my goal is to create a sustainable career doing what I love, surrounded by a great community of artists.
Micki Martinez—theater artist
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What’s your origin story? I started play ing trumpet in fifth grade, just like all of the other band students in my area. I picked the trumpet because my band director demonstrated “Reveille,” and I thought I could be obnoxious to my family in the morning that way. Eventually, I played in an orchestra for the first time in high school and fell in love with music when I played Holst’s “Jupiter.” What’s unique about your field in Utah? I think one of the challenges of being an artist in Utah is the lack of central loca tion. We’re not particularly close to other cities, making it tougher to connect with otherHowever,artists.one of the advantages is the amount of support that symphonic music receives here. For such a small state (popu lation-wise), Utah is able to support a larger full-time orchestra.
It’s a job that largely goes unnoticed by the audience but gives me the same rush of adrenaline that performing did. Similar to being on stage, calling a show requires you to be completely in the moment for a few hours and allows the noise of the rest of the world to disappear. … I found facilitating other artists’ visions and helping an idea come to life to be incred ibly inspiring.
W hat’s next in your creative pipeline? I am really excited for our fall season opener at Ballet West, John Cranko’s Onegin . The production staff and I have all been working hard to get this production here, practically since my first day at Ballet West. … This fall, I am joining Complexions Con temporary Ballet for a short tour to Chap man University in Orange, California, and I will be revisiting Ben Stevenson’s Dracula at Nevada Ballet Theatre. Do you have a big goal as a creator?
I’ve changed a lot as time passes, and with me, my art. What is unique about your field in Utah? I think that establishing yourself as an artist and being able to keep doing your artwork is challenging.
Do you have a big goal as a creator? I hope to continue to do theater, in some ca pacity, for the rest of my life!
Utah is growing, and I hope that as time passes, we can provide more art spaces (stu dios, galleries, museums, fairs, residences, etc.) and career opportunities for women artists, queer artists, trans artists, Indig enous artists, Latinx artists, artists from the global south, artists that are immigrating and artists that need visibility.
Angelina Pellini—Ballet West stage manager
I get comments all the time of, “I’ve never seen a drag king before.” Although that is a challenge, it can also be an advantage— hopefully they enjoy it and want to see more. What’s next in your creative pipeline?
One of the advantages to living in Salt Lake City is the nature that so closely sur rounds it. … Being able to take a hike in the Rocky Mountains before a two-show-day is a great way to stay recharged and keep from burning out.
Ideally, I’d love to work in children’s/edu cational theater while also acting in/pro ducing projects that excite me and make me h appy.It’sbeen working for me so far, so I’m just going to keep doing what I am doing!
Currently, I’m working as the tour manager for Plan-B Theatre Co.’s Free Educational School Tour, doing a show called Ballet For Aliens. … It combines my love of theater with children’s education, and the work is very rewarding.
I’m lucky enough to stay pretty busy as a drag king. I just finished emceeing for CrucialFest at the Metro Music Hall, and I have several shows lined up at local LGBTQIA+ clubs in the area over the next couple months. Do you have a big goal as a creator? My big goal for the future is to continue on this path. Overall, I want to expose my drag king style to everyone I can.
At Kennesaw State University [in Geor gia], I had the chance to explore many dif ferent avenues of dance; however, the one thing that stuck was dance production, a ca reer that I had never even considered until I stumbled into it. …
What’s your origin story? My relationship with dance started … with ballet lessons at 2 years old. By the time I was graduating from high school, I knew I wanted to pursue a career in dance, but I was not exactly sure what I wanted that to look like.
I had an existential crisis then. I was in terested in sociology, too, and I thought— and still think—that art could allow me to integrate my interests (art, architecture, design and sociology).
At the same time, I’m exploring perfor mance and identity through video. In late April 2023, I will present a solo show at Finch Lane Gallery.
To continue to see as much dance, work for as many different companies and travel as much as possible. Every show that I call makes me appreciate dance in a new way and informs my process as stage manager. Part of what I love about this job is that ev ery company is different, every show is dif ferent, and there is always more to learn.
I want to be able to express myself, raise my voice, collaborate to create safe spaces for expression and support the artists and people who need visibility to raise their voices, too.
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What’s unique about your field in Utah? Being a drag king is always challeng ing—it’s not as mainstream as drag queens.
What’s your origin story? I fell in love with performing on stage when I was 17 years old and in my high-school production of Arsenic and Old Lace. I continued in theater acting after that but always had the desire to play male roles. In 2020, I was let go from my job. For the first time, I painted my face in a masculine style and fell in love. … I was lucky enough to get in contact with another drag king in the area and got the training I needed. Since October (my first show), I have been in several productions, sharing the stage with amazing drag artists.
I don’t have any large personal projects up next in the pipeline, but the start of the Utah Symphony season has a lot of exciting music for me to play. Do you have a big goal as a creator? I think my goal for the remainder of my artis tic life would be to continue to make incre mental improvements whenever possible, whether it be in my technique or under standing of the music. I’d also like to contin ue to sit next to people in the orchestra that I consider my friends. That makes the job all the more enjoyable!
I am excited to have my first solo exhibi tion in Utah—I invite everyone to visit it!
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Kallie Filanda—theater artist What’s your origin story? For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to be an actor! When I was a kid, I would write short plays and make my little sister act them out with me. I took theater classes throughout junior high and high school, and also studied it in college. It’s just always something I have loved and wanted to do. Since graduating from college, I have branched out and also discovered passions in other parts of the theater world—mainly producing plays and teaching children’s theater. What is unique about your field in Utah? There is a thriving theater scene in Salt Lake, resulting in a lot of really cool projects happening all the time. I feel like I’ve met so many inspiring, cre ative people through my involvement in the local theater community, which has been very rewarding. I also think that, especially in recent years, there have been a lot of people work ing hard to create a more inclusive, diverse and safe theater scene in Salt Lake. But there’s always work to be done and progress to be made on that front, and it’s important to do the work to ensure that is happening.
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Do you have a big goal as a creator? I want to keep being critical.
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Sara Serratos—visual artist
What’s your origin story? While studying architecture in Mexico, I noticed my favorite part was designing and graphic expression. Still, I was not sure what I wanted “to be.”
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I think telling personal narratives help to talk about situations that are hard to discuss as a society.
What is unique about your field in Utah? I was afraid that living in Utah would feel isolating, but I have still found plenty of ways to stay connected to peers all across the country. I was also pleasantly surprised by just how much dance is in Utah itself, and how connected the arts scene feels here.
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What’s next in your creative pipeline? Currently, I’m working on sculptures made from everyday objects related to migration and homesickness, while opening space for discussion about gender roles.
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Rachel Chidester: I found a voice in poetry as a high school student who was navigating [domes tic violence] and [sexual assault] while attempt ing to keep up appearances in a devoted religious community. Teachers and leaders helped connect me to poetry and writing resources that gave me the confidence and skill set to express myself freely and explore the power of written word.
Monica Lisette: My goal with my poetry is to make people feel less alone. It’s also how I com municate best. I find that some of my emotions are hard for even me to understand, but writing makes it easier. Going up and performing a piece that was emo tionally difficult to write can be hard, but when someone comes up after and tells you how much they relate, it makes it feel worth it.
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What’s next in your creative pipeline? I’ll be in Puffs with Voodoo Theatre Co., performing Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 14-15. I also am a new producer at ABC4 News, and every day that I put together a show for broadcast television is a treat.
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Rachel Chidester (team captain), Chelsea Guevara, Monica Lisette, Sammi Walker and Dorothy McGinnis—Salt City Slam poetry team
Chelsea Guevara: My artist origin story comes from just realizing the need to process my own identity and why—and recognizing that poetry was a way to do that in a way that was vulnerable, not because we are word magicians who hide our selves behind metaphors. However, it still puts the thoughts, feelings, struggles out there for people to see you and see themselves in. What’s unique about your field in Utah?
As soon as I got cut from the team when they fired Jim Boylen, I was back at Wiseguys doing standup again every week. What’s unique about your field in Utah? Obviously, a large portion of Utahns prefer clean comedy. When I first started out, I was writing blue because I thought I had to. It seemed everyone who was successful at open mic had sex jokes. They say, “Write what you know,” so here I was writing sex jokes as a virgin. Great idea, teenage Seth! Eventually, I started writing clean because it was a challenge, and it has a wider audience. … Starting out in Utah has been a great way to grow my skill as a clean comedian. Having great crowds who won’t put up with a cheap curse word as a punchline helps you stretch your vocabulary. W hat’s next in your creative pipeline? I’m filming my second Dry Bar Comedy special on Nov. 12 in Provo, and headlining Wiseguys Jordan Landing Oct. 28-29. Also, like every comedian, I’m starting a podcast. Do you have a big goal as a creator? I mean, I’m kind of already living it: I get to make lots of people laugh! If I had a big goal, it’d be to make more people laugh harder—maybe get famous enough to sell out Abravanel Hall in my wonder ful home state of Utah. Maybe someday, I can meet Jim Gaffigan and tell him what a big influ ence he was on me!
Wendy Dang—theater artist What’s your origin story? Watching Emma Thompson in the film Much Ado About Nothing while I was home sick from elementary school. I didn’t understand a word she said but thought she looked like an ethereal fairy. Imagine the shock I felt when I learned about the character (Beatrice) over the years, and she wasn’t a dain ty, pretty little thing but one of the best female characters ever written, and certainly one of the best Shakespeare has written. W hat’s unique about your field in Utah? I struggled with the pressure of having to be the best at acting and auditioning. I felt I couldn’t be mediocre, because others would overlook me based on how I looked. There aren’t many promi nent Asian actors in the Shakespeare world—or any field, really—so I felt I had to excel to even have a chance. Lucky for me, plenty of people in casting gave me the opportunity to be included, and I’m very grateful to the commercials, films and theater shows I’ve been able to work as an ac tor as well as a director.
Dorothy McGinnis: The institution of slam po etry has had a rough break. The National Poetry Slam was essentially canceled indefinitely in 2018, the same year Salt Lake’s team took 4th overall. In addition to that, the scene has had its interpersonal ups and downs. The community survives if people care, and burnout is inevitable. I took a step back after our success in 2018, and I’m re-entering a postpandemic community. This is the time where we build back up. Do you have a big goal as a creator?
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What’s your origin story? Growing up, I wanted to make comedy movies. I didn’t know standup was still a thing! I had a friend call me wanting to do a double-date last minute. I ended up thirdwheeling, and we watched Jim Gaffigan’s King Baby special. I was mesmerized and ended up buy ing tickets right then to see him at Kingsbury Hall. The next month, I did my first open mic at 16 years old. I kept at it until I was banned from comedy by my basketball coaches at the U of U.
Sammi Walker: Some of the unique advantag es about being a writer in Utah is the scenery, I think. I am a very visual poet, so having so many things to look at with so many different colors and seasons really helps with the visual aspects of my poetry because they are already so bold and vivid.
Do you have a big goal as a creator? To see people who look like me fall in love, whether on screen or on stage—the hopeless romantic in me can never let this go. If I have to write the scripts myself, then so be it.
What’s your origin story?
Seth Tippetts—comedian
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Ballet West (balletwest.org) Oct. 21-29: Onegin Nov. 4 -12: Rodeo Dec. 2 -24: The Nutcracker Feb. 10-18: The Sleeping Beauty April 7- 8: Snow White April 14-22: The Wedding Broadway at the Eccles Salt Lake (saltlakecity.broadway.com)City Sept. 29-Oct. 23: Disney’s The Lion King Nov. 30-Dec. 11: Moulin Rouge! The Musical Jan. 10-15: Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations Feb. 28-March 5: Dear Evan Hansen April 11-16: Hairspray May 30-June 4: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical June 20-July 2: Les Misérables Eccles Center Theater Park City Main Stage (parkcity.institute) Oct. 8: National Geographic Live! Invisible Wonders Nov. 22: Nobuntu Dec. 3: Repertory Dance Theatre Dec. 9: National Geographic Live! Life on the Vertical Dec. 21: Tape Face Jan. 13: The Second City Swipes Right Good Company (goodcotheatre.com)Theatre Sept. 15-Oct. 2: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Nov. 3-20: To Saints and Stars Jan. 12-29: At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen Feb. 23-March 12: it’s not a trip, it’s a journey Hale Centre Theatre (hct.org) Sep. 8-Oct. 22: The Unsinkable Molly Brown Sep. 12-Nov. 19: Lucky Stiff Nov. 9-Jan. 28: The Little Mermaid Nov. 30- Dec. 27: A Christmas Carol Dr. Alessandra Young, D.Ac., DAEAM | RETREATMENTWELLNESS.COM 385-276-4537 | Millcreek, UT | retreatmentwellness
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Pygmalion Theatre (pygmalionproductions.org)Co. Nov. 4-19: Mother, Mother Feb. 16-March 4: Hard Truths April 28-May 13: Near Mint Repertory Dance Theatre (rdtutah.org) Sept. 29-Oct. 1: Quadruple Bill Nov. 17-19: Sojourn Jan. 6-7: Emerge Feb. 4: Regalia April 20-22: Flight Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co. (ririewoodbury.com) Sept. 22-24: Precipice Jan. 12-14: Here Today April 13-15: To See Beyond Our Time Salt Lake Acting (saltlakeactingcompany.org)Co. Sept. 21-Oct. 16: Sleeping Giant Dec. 2-18: A Year With Frog and Toad Feb. 8-March 5: Hairy & Sherri April 12-May 7: Yoga Play Utah Opera (utahopera.org) Oct. 8-16: The Flying Dutchman Jan. 14-22: The Daughter of the Regiment March 11-19: Rigoletto May 6-14: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs The Lion King
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Information current as of press time; event schedules are subject to change. Kingsbury (kingsburyhall.org)Hall Sept. 16: Versa-Style Oct. 1: Sugar Skull! Oct. 10: Odyssey Dance’s Thriller Nov. 4: Prince Hamlet Nov. 9: Heidi Schreck Nov. 17: Cirque Kalabante Nov. 18: Trevor Wallace Nov. 19: Mike Birbiglia Live! Live at the Eccles Salt Lake City (live-at-the-eccles.com) Sept. 16: Champions of Magic Oct. 28: Leanne Morgan Nov. 2: The Price Is Right Live Nov. 5: David Spade Nov. 11-13: Jo Koy Nov. 16: Blue’s Clues & You Nov. 18: Nigella Lawson Nov. 20: Daniel Howell Maverik (maverikcenter.com)Center Dec. 9: Bill Burr New World (newworldshakespeare.com)Shakespeare Nov. 10-20: Measure for Measure Feb. 9-19: Macbeth April 20-30: A Winter’s Tale Plan-B Theatre (planbtheatre.org)Co. Nov. 3-13: My Brother Was a Vampire Feb. 23-March 5: Go Home Come Back April 13-23: Fire! Pioneer Theatre (pioneertheatre.org)Co. Sept. 16-Oct. 1: Scapin Oct. 28-Nov. 12: Shucked Dec. 9-24: A Christmas Story: The Musical Jan. 27-Feb. 11: A Distinct Society March 3-18: Putting It Together April 7-22: What the Constitution Means to Me May 12-27: The Prom
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Utah Symphony (utahsymphony.org) Sept. 8: A Toast to Thierry Sept. 9-10: Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 3 Sept. 15-17: Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto Sept. 20: Celebración Sinfónica: Latin Fire Sept. 22-24: The Goonies in Concert Oct. 20-22: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 Oct. 27-29: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 in Concert Nov. 3-5: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 Nov. 10-12: Stephen Hough Performs Rachmaninoff Nov. 18-19: Bernadette Peters Nov. 23: Salute to Youth Nov. 26-27: Messiah Sing-In Dec. 2-3: Beethoven’s Fifth Dec. 6: Celtic Woman: A Christmas Symphony Dec. 9-10: Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Dec. 12, 17: Here Comes Santa Claus Dec. 15-17: A Soulful Holiday with the Utah Symphony Dec. 21-23: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert Jan. 6-7: Elgar’s Enigma Variations Jan. 26-28: Carmina Burana UVU Noorda Center (uvu.edu/thenoorda/) Sept. 8: MOMIX Nov. 7: So Percussion Nov. 10: Postmodern Jukebox Dec. 3: Eileen Ivers Dec. 8: Mariachi Los Campero s Jan. 25: Jessica Vosk Feb. 1: Peking Acrobats Feb. 3: Patti LuPone Feb. 6: Ailey II March 14: Changyong Shin March 24: The Doo Wop Project May 17: Cirque Kalabanté Wasatch Theatre (wasatchtheatre.org)Co. Sept. 18: Everybody Has a Story Oct. 21-29: Tent Girl Nov. 4-12: Strength Dec. 8-18: Dreamers Jan. 6-21: Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde Feb. 3-18: Melancholy Play March 24-April 8: The Final Act April 14-30: Take Me Out May 19-22: Page-to-Stage Festival
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Avatar: The Way of Water
FILM REVIEW STUDIOSCENTURY20TH
Comedies: The success of 2019’s Knives Out seems to have kicked off a revival of murder-mystery comedies. In See How They Run (Sept. 16), Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan team up to investigate the murder of Adrien Brody in 1950s London. David O. Russell’s Amsterdam (Oct. 7) gives us Margot Robbie, Christian Bale and John David Washington as friends racing to solve a murder they’ve been wrongly ac cused of. Finally, there’s Glass Onion (the aters Nov. TBA; Netflix Dec. 23), another star-studded case from the files of Daniel Craig’s Knives Out hero Benoit Blanc. Exotic travel goes darkly funny in The Menu (Nov. 18), a black-comedy horror about a couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) who sign up for a destination culinary experience dished up by an enig matic chef (Ralph Fiennes). The funny is more of the anti-rom-com type in Ticket to Paradise (Oct. 21), with George Clooney and Julia Roberts as bickering exes out to sabotage their daughter’s wedding. Cult comedy gets its due this autumn. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Roku Nov. 7) sends up biopics, with Daniel Radcliffe in the semi-fictionalized life story of the pol ka-playing pop parodist. And holiday pe rennial A Christmas Story gets a 1970s-set sequel in A Christmas Story Christmas (HBO Max Nov. 17); Peter Billingsley returns as an adult Ralphie giving his own kids a special Christmas.
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BY MARYANN comments@cityweekly.netJOHANSON@flickfilosopher
A preview of the cinema offerings coming to big and small screens before yearend.
Fall Features
It’s beginning to feel a lot like the Before Times. Cinema this autumn is chock full of popcorn entertainment, Oscar hope fuls (with some overlap between the two) and fun flicks for the whole family to enjoy over the holidays. (Release dates are for theaters unless otherwise noted.) Awards Bait: Expect plenty of awardsseason love for Cate Blanchett in writerdirector Todd Field’s TÁR (Oct. 7), about a world-renowned classical conductor/ composer. Lydia Tár is fictional, but Oscar loves a true story. Till (Oct. 14) is the story of Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwy ler) as she seeks justice for the lynching of her son, Emmett. She Said (Nov. 18) stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as the New York Times journalists who exposed Harvey Weinstein as a sexual predator. Films spun from reality also include The Fabelmans (Nov. 23)—Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age d ra ma, starring Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as “his” parents—and Blonde (the aters Sept. 16; Netflix Sept. 28), with Ana de Armas as a fictionalized Marilyn Monroe, from Joyce Carol Oates’s novel. Oscar loves movies about movies, too. Empire of Light (Dec. 9), written and di rected by Sam Mendes, is a romantic dra ma set in an old cinema in 1980s England, starring Olivia Colman and Colin Firth. La La Land ’s Damien Chazelle returns to Tin seltown with Babylon (Dec. 25), a drama set during Hollywood’s transition to “talk ies;” Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Tobey Maguire star.
Action: James Cameron returns to Pan dora in the long-awaited Avatar: The Way of Water (Dec. 16), but mostly, Black power rules fall action. Gina Prince-Bythewood directs Viola Davis as The Woman King (Sept. 16), a historical epic set around the all-female warriors defending a 19th-cen tury African kingdom. Dwayne Johnson is DC Comics’ Black Adam (Oct. 21), who got his powers from Egyptian gods in ancient times. And in Black Panther: Wakanda For ever (Nov. 11), the leaders of the fictional Af rican nation face the aftermath of the death of their king, T’Challa. Spooky Stuff: Psychological suspense drips from Don’t Worry Darling (Sept. 23), in which Florence Pugh’s sojourn with hus band Harry Styles in a 1950s experimental utopian community comes with sinister undertones. Halloween Ends (theaters/Pea cock Oct. 14), the 13th installment of the long-running slasher franchise, pits Jamie Lee Curtis against hockey-fan Michael My ers again. In Hocus Pocus 2 (Disney+ Sept. 30), Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are up to no good again as the witchy Sanderson sisters. Family Fare: Disney’s offerings include Strange World (Nov. 23), an animated sci-fi adventure about a family of human explor ers on an alien planet, and Pinocchio (Dis ney+ Sep 8), starring Tom Hanks as Gep petto in the latest live-action reboot of an animated classic. Guillermo del Toro’s Pin occhio (theaters Nov. TBA; Netflix Dec. 9) is definitely not a Disney film; the stop-mo tion-animated reimagining is set in 1930s Fascist Italy, for a “darker” take on the t ra ditional tale. More kiddie tales retold: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical (theaters Dec. 9; Netf lix Dec. 25) stars Emma Thompson as Miss Trunchbull. And in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Dec. 21), Antonio Banderas returns of the voice of the swashbuckling cat—who i s now down to his ninth life. CW
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Snowmobile Pizza is a new venture in the Central Ninth neighborhood that only recently started to spread its wings as it came out of soft-opening mode. The eat ery is owned and operated by Nice Hospi tality and Chef Marc Marrone—you might know them from HallPass food hall at The Gateway—who specialize in creating im mersive dining experiences. With their savvy meme-ification of everything from John Hughes’ angsty teen dramas like The Breakfast Club to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (natch), it’s clear where the immer sion is trying to take us, and it works. The space is crisscrossed with a vibrant purple and green combo that matches the Huffy Dirt Dog I used to ride to 7-11, and has mul tiple projection screens that play a mix of Cyndi Lauper music videos and classic films in the background. So how is the food? It’s no secret that I am a fan of pizza in all its iterations, but I can tell the difference between good good pizza and bad good pizza. Snowmobile’s menu touts a foundational 72-hour fermented dough for their pies, which seems like a good place to start.
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In addition to traditional round, thincrust pies, Snowmobile offers an item called the Grandma Pie ($29) that can be made with your choice of toppings. It’s very similar to the Detroit-style deep dish that has become quite popular among piz za joints at the moment, so it’s perfect for those after a chonky boi to sink their teeth into.There’s nothing wrong with building your own pie at Snowmobile, but they’ve got some specialty pies that are worth checking out. The Sweet Pig ($29) is the current fan favorite with its mix of pro sciutto, honey and arugula. It also has some of Snowmobile’s homemade whipped ricotta cheese in the mix, and this stuff is killer. It adds a fresh flavor and creamy tex ture to anything that it happens to love up on. Currently all the pies at Snowmobile are eighteen inches, which makes that $30 price point make a bit more sense. They’re good-sized pies that can easily feed five-ish people.Forthose who like to go to a pizza place and get something other than pizza— you’re out there somewhere, you weir dos—there are plenty of great options on the menu. Snowmobile Pizza is one of the only pizza joints that I know of where you can get arancini ($11), classic Italian snacks of crispy fried risotto mixed with melty cheese. Theirs have peas and cherry pep pers added to the mix, and it works everso-nicely.Ifyou’re craving something that is tai lor-made to make you take a long nap after consumption, look no further than their “I Need a Hero” menu that includes two subs, the Chicken Parm ($16) and the Meatball Hero ($16). Each sandwich can easily feed two people due to the massive amounts of protein, red sauce and cheese that comes on each. Did I mention that they come with crispy crinkle-cut fries? I think the Meat ball Hero edges the Chicken Parm out by a narrow margin. Their homemade meat balls are delightful, and getting a bite with all that red sauce and layers of whipped ricotta just lands you smack dab in the middle of Italian comfort-food heaven. I can respect a place that blends style and substance to the degree that is hap pening at Snowmobile Pizza. I didn’t really have a neighborhood pizza joint that dou bled as a hangout spot growing up, but this place showed up just in time for the “recap turing my youth” phase of my midlife cri sis—which is perfect timing. CW Wed.-Sun., 11:11 a.m.-11:11 p.m.
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Mystic Pizza Rekindle your love of the ’80s—and crispy peppero ni—at Snowmobile Pizza.
For years, I had been inwardly fum ing at the commodification of 1980s nostalgia by contemporary pop cul ture, but I think I was just getting mad at the evergreen appeal of a period piece. It’s all part of my less-than-graceful transition into fogeydom, but I am coming to grips with the simple fact that I am old enough to have artists seek to recapture the glory days that were the backdrop of my child hood and adolescence.
You know what makes an existential bombshell like that easier to process? Piz za. Luckily, my small crisis about my place in the world happened to take place during a visit to Snowmobile Pizza (877 S. 200 West, Ste. C-103, 801-317-8877, snowmobi lepizza.com), where pizza is plentiful.
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Crust-wise, Snowmo bile leans toward the New York-style thin ness, making for a crispy yet foldable slice. They offer cheese ($5) and pepperoni ($6) pizza by the slice, which is not a bad way to get a sense of what they’re whipping up here. I’ve always been a pepperoni fan, and the variation at Snowmobile does the trick nicely; the pepperonis bend into little meat cups during the heating process for that ever-so-slight bit of char that I love to see on my ‘ronis. The sauce is legit too—very tomato-forward instead of masking all that natural flavor with sweetness of unknown origin. The cheese blend is excellent as well, so as far as single slices of pizza go, it’s hard to get a better slice for the price.
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A list of what local craft breweries and cider houses have on tap this week
Porter Fisher Brewing Co. 320 W. 800 South, SLC OnFisherBeer.comTap:FisherBeer
Grid City Beer Works 333 W. 2100 South, OnGridCityBeerWorks.comSLCTap:ExtraPaleAle
Hopkins Brewing Co. 1048 E. 2100 South, OnHopkinsBrewingCompany.comSLCTap:PatchworkPaleAle Kiitos Brewing 608 W. 700 South, SLC KiitosBrewing.com
1722 S. Fremont Drive, SLC OnUintaBrewing.comTap:WasAngeles Craft Beer UTOG 2331 Grant Ave, (proceedsOnUTOGBrewing.comOgdenTap:LovePunchHefetoProjectRainbow) Vernal Brewing 55 S. 500 East, VernalBrewing.comVernal Wasatch 2110 S. Highland Drive, SLC WasatchBeers.com Zion Brewery 95 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale ZionBrewery.com Zolupez 205 W. 29th Street #2, Ogden Zolupez.com 1048 East 2100 South | (385) 528-3275 |HopkinsBrewingCompany.comTUESDAY TRIVIA! 7-9 PM LIVE ThursdaysJAZZ8-11 PMONOUTDOORSEATINGTHEPATIO Ogen’s Family-Friendly Brewery with the Largest Dog-Friendly Patio! 2331 Grant Ave, OgdenUTOGBrewing.com@UTOGBrewingCoCheerontheRaptorsintheplayoffsfromourpatio!Restaurant and Beer Store Now Open 7 Days a Week!
SaltFire Brewing 2199 S. West Temple, South Salt OnSaltFireBrewing.comLakeTap:SingularityIPA with Mosaic Salt Flats Brewing 2020 Industrial Circle, SLC OnSaltFlatsBeer.comTap:Oktoberfest Vienna Lager Scion Cider Bar 916 Jefferson St W, SLC OnScionciderbar.comTap:Highpoint Alpenglow (Raspberry, Mint & Lime) 6% ABV Shades Brewing 154 W. Utopia Ave, South Salt OnShadesBrewing.beerLakeTap:TripleFruited Sour Slushies Silver Reef 4391 S. Enterprise Drive, St. StGeorgeBev.comGeorge Squatters 147 W. Broadway, SLC Squatters.com Strap Tank Brewery Multiple MochaLehiPeanutSpringvilleStrapTankBrewery.comLocationsOnTap:PBRider,ButterStoutOnTap:2-Stroke,VanillaPorter
2 Row Brewing 6856 S. 300 West, Midvale 2RowBrewing.com Avenues Proper 376 8th Ave, Onavenuesproper.comSLCTap:Less-West Coast IPA Bewilder Brewing 445 S. 400 West, OnBewilderBrewing.comSLCTap:GlutenReduced
Moab Brewing 686 S. Main, OnTheMoabBrewery.comMoabTap:SqueakyBikeNut
Red Rock Kimball Junction On1640Redrockbrewing.comRedstoneCenterTap:LittleShakyMango IPA RoHa Brewing Project 30 Kensington Ave, SLC OnRoHaBrewing.comTap:EXTREME MORMON Extra Pale Ale Roosters Brewing Multiple OnRoostersBrewingCo.comLocationsTap:CosmicAutumnRebellion
Level Crossing Brewing Co. 2496 S. West Temple, South Salt WednesdaysTriviaMangoOnLevelCrossingBrewing.comLakeTap:PhillyFruitBatw/&PeachonMondays.Bingoon
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Stratford Proper 1588 Stratford Ave., SLC Onstratfordproper.comTap:LakeEffectGose TF Brewing 936 S. 300 West, SLC OnTFBrewing.comTap:EdelPils Brewing Co. 1258 Gibson Ave, LavenderOnTalismanBrewingCo.comOgdenTap:HotGirlSummer-HoneyWheat Uinta Brewing
Red Rock Fashion Place 6227 So. OnRedrockbrewing.comStateTap:GingerGose
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Ogden River Brewing 358 Park Blvd, OnOgdenRiverBrewing.comOgdenTap:InjectorHazyIPA Policy Kings Brewery 223 N. 100 West, Cedar City PolicyKingsBrewery.com Proper Brewing 857 S. Main, OnProperBrewingCo.comSLCTap:EastSideParadise - Rice Lager Red Rock Brewing 254 So. 200 OnRedRockBrewing.comWestTap:RoggenRockRye Ale
Ale Craft by Proper 1053 E. 2100 So., SLC Oncraftbyproper.comTap:DoLess-West Coast IPA Desert Edge Brewery 273 Trolley Square, OrangeOnDesertEdgeBrewery.comSLCTap:OrangeSiennaBloodSour Epic Brewing Co. 825 S. State, OnEpicBrewing.comSLCTap:ImperialPumpkin
Vengeance is exclusive to Beer Zombies (located at The Gateway in Salt Lake City), and is a seasonal offering in 16-ounce cans. Imperial Baba is release number 5 of 6 in Uinta’s Pro Line of beers. It’s limited as well and is also in 16-ounce cans. As always, cheers!
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The first sip comes out soft, sweet and rich. It lightly coats the tongue from the tip to the back end of the palate with malt whiskey coconut and muted raisin notes. Chocolate pops up from the base beer; it should be more roasty, but the sweetness from the whiskey makes it seem choco latey. There’s a lightly bitter aftertaste (not quite bittersweet) and more sweetness here on the finish. Mouthfeel is incredibly soft, silky-smooth. The character of this one is warming and then some—deceptively-drinkable, given the alcohol content, so enjoy with some caution.
BY MIKE comments@cityweekly.netRIEDEL@utahbeer
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Verdict : It’s got some of the malt char acter and depth of a doppelbock, with ad equate roastiness. This should not be con fused with an Imperial stout, though. Any criticisms that it’s thin should be taken as a compliment to the brewers who manage to maintain this beer’s stylistic character, even though it’s amped-up recipe and bar rel treatment.
Roastiness or tropical fruit, this week’s offerings span a wide range.
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Uinta - Imperial Baba : Uinta’s Baba is a schwartzbier, or black lager. Unlike porters, stouts and other dark beers, they are not overly bitter, lacking the burnt and heavily roasted malt characteristics that these styles tend to depend on. Instead, hops are used to achieve a good portion of the bitterness. This Imperial version of this beer takes it into the 8 percent alcohol range, and malt whiskey barrels catapults it up to its eventual 10 percent ABV. It pours a deep, dark cola-brown color, topped with a dense, dark tan head. The nose is rich, sweet and malty, with some boozy vanilla notes and a good dose of whiskey from the barrel.
Beer Zombies/Axe Brews - Ven geance: Beer Zombies and Axe Brews out of Las Vegas combine for this take on yet another New England-style IPA. The can art features the iconic “Here’s Johnny” scene from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, except this depiction has Shelley Duvall as a zom bie.It pours an opaque, dark lemon-gold body capped with two fingers of rocky, soapy, white foam; solid head retention ac cents a thin veil of splotchy caps, a slight, frothing collar and a limited smattering of spotty lacing spread thinly around the glass.Aroma shows raw, prickly hop resin bursting forth into a flowing array of moss and grass to a comprehensively quaffable tropical zest profile. Dank eucalyptus ushers in waves of tangerine, peach and pureéd mango, with red berry and musty gooseberry accents. The taste opens with zesty peach, miner al-rich dirt, mango, apricot pith and papa ya rinds for a fast-paced, dominant, earthytropical interplay. Hints of pineapple fade over the mid-palate as light garlic and rye bread contribute to an earthiness lingering with accents of resin and mossy tones to close. Mouthfeel brings a bright, medium body and a prickly, moderate carbonation. A gentle hop acidity balances the mid-pal ate as a slightly juicy texture evolves in the backdrop, while a more rounded resinous note prevails on the back end and through the finish, with a bitter bite meeting a suc cinct hoppy smack on the swallow.
Verdict : An undoubtedly complex layout of hops, digging deeply into the raw and earthy as much as the lush and fruity, re sulting in an incredibly layered presenta tion of detail, at once stifling and embracing the palate. In the end, it’s a remarkably approachable 8.0 percent NEIPA peaking at the upper tiers of the style.
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I recently got word that Fenice Mediterranean Bistro (126 S. Regent Street) had to close its doors due to staffing issues. Based on their communication, it sounds like the team will continue to operate the Silver Star Café (1825 Three Kings Drive, 435-655-3456, thesilverstarcafe.com) in Park City, and the possibil ity of reopening Fenice may still be on the table. This Regent Street location has been a tough spot for local restaurants—it was previously occupied by the Fireside on Regent, which also had to close its doors back in 2019. Like I do with most of my complaints about the local food scene, I blame the Cheesecake Factory. Quote of the Week: “Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.” –Auguste Escoffier
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One of the largest and most anticipated cultural events in Downtown SLC is ushering in its 46th year running this weekend. Longtime fans know it’s one of the best times to dig deep into traditional Greek cuisine like gyros, dolmades, spanakopita and baklava while enjoy ing some live music, dancing and a whole wealth of homemade arts and crafts. The festival spans from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sept. 9 and 10, and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 11. The event will be held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral (279 S. 300 West) and admission is $3. You can get more info by visiting saltlakegreekfestival.com. SLC VegFest 2022 Yet another highly anticipated foodie event, the SLC VegFest will descend upon Library Square (210 E. 400 South) on Sept. 10 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Hosted by the Utah Animal Rights Coalition, this celebration of all things plant-based is all about enjoying good vegan food while helping the community get involved. Plenty of local food vendors will be on hand to deliver their tasty plant-based goods, and VegFest will include a beer garden and a spot for kiddos to party as well. On top of that, the UARC will have plenty of information about how locals can help protect animal rights in the community and how to volunteer for upcoming events.
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Fortunately, the world is slowly mov ing on from that chaos and uncertainty, meaning NSFJ has finally been able to hit the road for live performances. Flicker was released in July of 2020, but they weren’t able to play their first live show until May 2021. Since then, performing live has been something the group has come to love. “It’s a challenge, and there’s an adrenaline rush that comes with a challenge,” says Dallin, adding that they work hard each day of the week to ensure they’re sounding as good as they can while at a show.
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A lot of factors go into playing a good show, but the group gives it their all each time they play. “We practice individu ally, we practice as a group and I think our sound has gotten a lot bigger,” said Jamison. “There’s definitely been a lot of growth.” NSFJ put a lot of work into their live performances, and it shows with ex cellent on-stage chemistry and a top-notch sound.Being able to play live shows also means being able to earn some money. With those funds, No Shooting Friends, Joseph re cently put out a new EP, The Anchor. They decided to release their next wave of music as two EPs; the second one will be in the works this fall as the group plans to head back into the studio.
BY EMILEE eatkinson@cityweekly.netATKINSON The events of the past couple years have forced us to look at the world differently. We had to take stock of what was most important, and figure out what to do with our time. For local band No Shooting Friends, Joesph, that time was spent creatively, putting together a new album—and creating a new family in the process.NSFJmade their debut in 2020 with their album Flicker, written and produced at home while in quarantine. The band began with the husband-and-wife team of Dallin Cerva (guitar/vocals) and Jacquelyn Cerva (bass/vocals). They were joined by Dal lin’s cousin Jamison Cerva (guitar/vocals), and later the three recruited Liz Aponte (drums) to round out the talented group. Forming a band and putting out an al bum helped the group navigate the unsure and tumultuous times of 2020. Dallin notes that quarantine was a time for people to reflect on how they wanted to spend their time. The group agreed that NSFJ was a safe haven for them during this period. “This is my first time being in a band,’’ said Jacqelyn. “Jumping into the deep end is how it felt, not really knowing how to swim, but it definitely also saved me,” she said. “It was a creative outlet, I challenged myself in ways, and succeeded in ways that I hadn’t felt that kind of pressure in a long time. It gave me confidence and helped me through something that could have been pretty dark. And then having this community that we committed to meeting together every single week was something to look forward to, and we became a family really quickly.”
This process marks a change from their first album, which was created almost entirely at home. Recording in the stu dio makes the experience feel more pro fessional, according to the group, but it also brings some added pressures. While working on Flicker, the group could spend months deciding when to tweak something on a song, but it’s different in the studio.
“It was more coming prepared, because you didn’t want to be the one taking more time on your recording section,” Jacque lyn said. “It was good pressure though, it wasn’t a negative thing.”
No Shooting Friends, Joseph hits their stride as a group now that the world has opened back up.
The Anchor consists of five tracks perfect for anyone who is currently, or ever has been, in an emo phase. It has a lot of alter native and punk influences similar to that of groups of the ’90s and early ’00s. There’s an otherworldly, sci-fi feel to it, which Dal lin said makes it more of a concept album with a narative. “It tells a story set in a sci-fi world,” he said. “It was an idea I had in my head around the time I was writing Flicker, so this was an old idea I wanted to get out.” These songs take listeners on a journey as the music swells with exciting and harddriving riffs along with screaming vocals from Jamison, but then lulls you as Jacque lyn’s soft vocals come in as a contrast. NSFJ had an amazing time putting it together, and it’s evident while listen ing through. Jamison said they love it as a group because it feels like them. “It’s something that gets to sound like No Shooting Friends, Joseph with all of our inputs in it. It’s really fun to play those songs, it was fun to record those songs and it’s fun to hear it as us, that family group of people,” he said. “There’s Liz’s killer drums all over it, Dal lin is pushing his voice, Jacquelyn’s bass sounds huge and I’m playing weird, slip pery guitar riffs that are a blast to play. And I get to Whilescream.”theirfirst work, Flicker was an excellent introduction to the local music scene, The Anchor is allowing the group to come together and make something they’ve always wanted. “We hope everyone listens to it, it’s a really fun piece of art,” saidNSFJJacquelyn.postson their socials regularly, so give them a follow to see where they’re playing next (@noshootingfriendsjoseph on Instagram); their show schedule is post ed on their website, nsfj.band.
Aponte echoes a similar sentiment: “For me, to be able to meet new people, espe cially like-minded people musically that already had something going was so re freshing for me at a time where you’re in lockdown,” she said.
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Hayley Kiyoko, Lauv @ Ogden Amphitheater Hayley Kiyoko is stopping in Ogden while touring for her latest release Panorama. Wellknown for her movie and TV show appear ances, Kiyoko has an extensive musical cata log, but her latest work is one of her most emotional yet, as she worked on the album while dealing with a lot of health issues. “I was in a rabbit hole of not figuring out what was wrong with me and had all of these emotions covering up what the root of the issue was, but it’s really hard when people have health issues because the health system is really challeng ing,” she told SPIN in August. She went on to say that Panorma presents a more refined version of herself. One of the stand-out tracks on her latest album is “found my friends,” where listeners are greeted with punchy synth beats before Kiyoko comes in with her radiant vocals. Listening to the lyrics reveals a tinge of sadness, especially when Kiyoko says, “I keep on running beside myself / I keep on running, I don’t think I’m well / I can’t be alone, beside myself / I can’t be alone, I need some help.” Many can relate to the idea of being alone, so this track hits hard. Kiyoko wrote this at a time when she was feeling vulnerable during her aforementioned health issues. “Friends can’t fix your problems,” she told SPIN, “You have to fix your problems yourself.” Kiyoko is performing with Lauv for the Ogden Twilight concert series on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 5 p.m. Tickets for the all-ages show are $25 and can be found at 24tix.com. (Emilee Atkinson)
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Triggers and Slips, Elle & the Echo @ The State Room Blending a variety of genres, Triggers and Slips have been putting out music in Utah for about a decade. This week, they’ll be reveal ing their latest work, What Do You Feed Your Darkness? at an album release show. It’s hard to put this group into one category genre-wise, since they infuse elements of country, rock and folk, to name a few. What really ties their sound together are the intense and emotional vocals from singer Morgan Snow. Country songs often touch on subjects like heartbreak and sadness, but with Snow you can really feel those emotions coming through. The emotion al weight of the album comes through before hearing it; the title alone hits you and leaves you reeling, making you ponder your own dark ness. The origins of the title come from Snow’s experiences in life: battling demons, going through a divorce and experiences as a social worker in the mental health field. “I’ve done my best to dance around it in my music,” he said in a recent press release. “But I think I’m at that point where it’s so much a part of my story and it comes through in my songwriting, it’s hard to avoid. It’s that moment of ‘something’s speak ing to you in this realm; you should follow it,’” he said. Supporting Triggers and Slips is Elle & the Echo, another local country act who is out promoting their EP The Unknown. This will be a fun show for country fans at The State Room on Friday, Sept. 9. Tickets for this 21+ show are $25 and can be found at thestateroompre sents.com. Doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 9 p.m. (EA) Hayley Kiyoko
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Local alternative pop-rock band Cinders is no stranger to the local music scene, and while they aren’t touring on brand-new music, they have plenty of amazing tunes to catch while they’re out playing. In August 2021, Cinders released No One’s Home, a high-energy album that’s easy to dance and sing along with. Like many other musicians, Cinders had time to create during the pandemic. “Sometimes it feels like everything hits at once,” guitarist/vocalist Montana Smith told The Utah Daily Chronicle “Around the beginning of 2020 it was one of those times.” This feeling comes through on their track “Rock Bottom,” an emo tional and relatable song that conveys the feeling of being stuck very well. The background vocals chant, “How far down is this rock bottom?” and will have you singing along with it. Cinders is joined by Suit Up, Soldiers, another Utah native group, whose debut album Curse the Day I Act My Age dropped in 2021 and has garnered a large following since, with their track “Tongue Tied Twisted” amassing 1.9 million streams on Spotify. Lonely Heights are also Utah natives, rounding out what promises to be a great show. Lonely Heights has two new singles this year to jam to, including “I’ll Sleep Better When I’m Dead,” a heavy and fast track that’s full of angst and emotion to head bang to. This all-ages show at Kilby Court is on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 and can be found at kilbycourt.com. (EA)
Catch Wet Leg at The Depot on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Tickets for the all-ages show are $55 and can be purchased at livenation.com, and the doors open at 7 p.m. (EA)
While releasing their fun and quirky music, they caught the attention of Harry Styles, who covered “Wet Dream” in a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session back in May of this year. Later it was announced that the duo would be joining Styles on tour in summer 2023. In the meantime, seeing Wet Leg is sure to be a treat, the duo oozes charisma and quirky energy. They’re also not afraid to say what’s on their mind, as is evident on songs like “Piece of Shit” and “Ur Mom.” The tracks are very pointed and don’t hold back; they fill their songs with a lot of attitude and sly humor.
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Flogging Molly, The Interrupters, Tiger Army, The Skints @ The Complex
This show is a huge one for punk fans: genre veterans Flogging Molly, are touring this fall, as they release their first album in five years. A general description of their style is Celtic punk, but their music has been more complex and varied than that in their 25 years of playing together. Their latest album, Anthem, will drop fully on Sept. 9, but they have three singles available from the album avail able right now. “These Times Have Got Me Drinking/Tripping Up the Stairs,” is one of the singles available, and it’s a raucous good time. It sounds like a classic drinking song that will have listeners swaying along with it, intentional or not, and offering cheers to their friends.
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The Interrupters are joining in with their subgenre of punk. Leaning more into ska, they also have a new album out, entitled In The Wild.
Wet Leg @ The Depot British rock-duo Wet Leg visit Salt Lake City as part of a world tour while promoting their debut self-titled album. Wet Leg, consisting of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, have quickly skyrocketed in popularity since their first single, “Chaise Lounge,” released in June 2021, followed by “Wet Dream” in September the same year. “Wet Dream” is a breakup song according to Teasdale. “It came about when one of my exes went through a stage of texting me after we’d broken up, telling me that ‘he had a dream about me’,” she told Variety in September 2021.
Ska-punk has been increasing in popularity over the years, and credit can be given to The Interrupters for helping the genre along. Their new album is loud, punchy and just plain fun to jam to; “Raised by the Wolves” is a standout track on the album for these reasons.
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Tiger Army is on the lineup, and while they aren’t punk, their American psychobilly sound is high energy and give perfect vibes for a desert town. British act The Skints will round out the lineup with their reggae punk sound. This punk-tastic show is an outdoor allages event at The Complex on Sunday, Sept. 11. Tickets range from $49.50-$179 and can be found at thecomplexslc.com. (EA) CW
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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Author Jean Frémon says Cancerian naturalist Henry David Thoreau “always had two notebooks—one for facts, and the other for poetry. But Thoreau had a hard time keeping them apart, as he often found facts more poetic than his poems.” Judging from your current astrological omens, Cancerian, I suspect you are entering a time when facts will be even more poetic than usual. If you open yourself to the magic of reality, the mundane details of everyday life will delight you and appeal to your sense of wonder. Routine events will veer toward the marvelous. Can you bear to experience so much lyrical grace? I think so.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) When you Geminis are at your best, you don’t merely toler ate dualities. You enjoy and embrace them. You work with them eagerly. While many non-Geminis regard oppositions and paradoxes as at best inconvenient and at worst obstructive, you often find how the apparent polarities are woven together and complementary. That’s why so many of you are connoisseurs of love that’s both tough and tender. You can be effective in seemingly contradictory situations that confuse and immobilize others. All these skills of yours should come in handy during the coming weeks. Use them to the hilt.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “What good is it if you read Plato but never clean your toilet?” writes author Alice Munro. To which I add, “What good is it if you have brilliant breakthroughs and intriguing insights but never translate them into practical changes in your daily rhythm?” I’m not saying you are guilty of these sins, Leo. But I want to ensure that you won’t be guilty of these sins in the com ing weeks. It’s crucial to your long-term future that you devote quality time to being earthy and grounded and pragmatic. Be as effective as you are smart.
I have always felt you Capricorns are wise to commune with rocks, dirt, mud, sand and clay. I think you should regularly touch the actual earth with your hands and bare feet. If I’m out hiking with a Capricorn friend, I might urge them to sniff blooming mushrooms and lean down to kiss the exposed roots of trees. Direct encounters with natural wonders are like magic potions and miracle medicine for you. Moreover, you flourish when you nurture close personal relationships with anything that might be described as foundational. This is always true, but will be extra true for you in the coming weeks. Your words of power are kernel, core, gist, marrow and keystone.
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“To love oneself is hard work,” declares Virgo author Hanif Abdurraqib. He adds, “But I think it becomes harder when you realize that you’re actually required to love multiple versions of yourself that show up without warning throughout a day, throughout a week, throughout a month, throughout a life.” Let’s make that your inspirational strategy, Virgo. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to refine, deepen and invigorate your love for all your selves. It may be hard work, but I bet it will also be fun and exhilarating.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries-born Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was one of the greatest bas ketball players ever. He excelled at most aspects of the game. Some experts say his rebounding was only average for a player his size—7 feet 2 inches. But he is still the third-best rebounder in National Basketball Association history. And he played for 20 years, until age 40. What tips might Abdul-Jabbar have for you now? Here’s a suggestion from him that aligns with your current astrological omens: “Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.” The implication is that you have a lot of strengths, and now it’s time to raise up the rest of your skill set.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) There are blessings in every abyss. You, of all the signs, have the greatest capacity to find those blessings and make them yours. Likewise, there is an abyss in each blessing. You also have the most power to make sure your experiences in the abyss don’t detract from but enhance the blessing. In the coming weeks, dear Scorpio, take maximum advantage of these superpowers of yours. Be a master of zeroing in on the opportunities seeded in the dilemmas. Show everyone how to home in on and enjoy the delights in the darkness. Be an inspirational role model as you extract redemption from the messes.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) How to be the best Libra you can be in the coming weeks: 1. Make sure your cool attention to detail never gets chilly. Warm it up now and then. Invite your heart to add its counsel to your head’s observations. Tenderize your objectivity; 2. Always be willing to be puzzled. Always be entertained and educated by your puzzle ment. Proceed on the theory that nothing ever changes unless somebody is puzzled; 3. Practice, practice, practice the art of moderation. Do so with the intention of using it as a flexible skill rather than an unthinking habit; 4. Applying the Goldilocks principle will be essential. Everything must be just right: neither too much nor too little; neither overly grand nor overly modest.
The coming weeks will be a favorable time to dream up creative solutions to problems that haven’t fully materialized yet. Then you can apply your discoveries as you address problems that already exist. In other words, dear Aquarius, I’m telling you that your uncanny facility for glimpsing the future can be useful in enhancing your life in the present. Your almost psychic capac ity to foretell the coming trends will be instrumental as you fix glitches in the here and now.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) As a Taurus, you are always wise to be reverent toward your five senses. They are your glorious treasures, your marvelous superpowers, your sublime assets. In the coming weeks, they will serve you even better than usual. As you deploy them with all your amazement and appreciation unfurled, they will boost your intelligence. They will heighten your intuition in ways that guide you to good decisions. You will tune into interesting truths that had previously been hidden from you. I suspect your sensory apparatus will be so sharp and clear that it will work almost as extrasensory powers.
One of my favorite Sagittarians is Caroline Myss, who was born with sun and Mercury and ascendant in Sagittarius. In accordance with current astrological omens, I’ve gathered six of her quotes to serve your current needs: 1. There isn’t anything in your life that cannot be changed; 2. When you do not seek or need approval, you are at your most powerful; 3. Healing comes from gathering wisdom from past actions and letting go of the pain that the education cost you; 4. The soul always knows what to do to heal itself; 5. What serves your spirit enhances your body. What diminishes your spirit diminishes your body; 6. What is in you is stronger than what is out there to defeat you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) In the coming weeks, logic may be of only partial use to you. Information acquired through your senses might prove less than fully adequate, as well. On the other hand, your talents for feeling deeply and tapping into your intuition can provide you with highly accurate intelligence. Here’s a further tip to help you maximize your ability to understand reality: Visit a river or creek or lake. Converse with the fish and frogs and turtles and beavers. Study the ways of the crabs and crayfish and eels. Sing songs to the dragonflies and whirligig beetles and lacewings. ROB BREZSNY Gotorealastrology.comforRobBrezsny’sexpandedweeklyaudiohoroscopesanddailytext-messagehoroscopes.Audiohoroscopesalsoavailablebyphoneat877-873-4888or900-950-7700.
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Folks are calling me asking for compa rable sales data from January of last year to show the assessor how little their property is worth in order to stave off paying a major bump in property taxes. Anyone can protest their property taxes, but do they have a chance battling the big bad gubmint? Actually, yes. I called a friend who used to work for the assessor. They shared that you might be able to shave a bit off the proposed tax valuation, but you must complete an appli cation before Sept. 15 and include a current appraisal or comparable sales data. You can simply mail it in—there’s a form/ envelope included with the notice—or you can go in person to plead your case. If you lose your protest, you can appeal to the Utah State Tax Commission for a hearing, or argue your way all the way to the Utah Supreme Court. Many people can’t pay their property taxes in one lump sum. You can talk to the assessor’s office in your county to find out options for payments. They can’t take away your property until you have been delinquent for four years. At that point, the county can sell your property through a public auction to pay off your tax bill. And, at auction, the win ning bid must equal at least the amount of the overdue taxes, penalties, interests and administrative costs. If the county accepts the sale terms, the winning bidder gets a tax deed as long as they pay the terms of the winning bid with in a few Propertydays.owners can then file a claim to receive any surplus amount paid to the county in excess of the property taxes plus interest.Where do most of the taxes go, once paid? Public schools and city services take up the bulk of your property tax money. If you are having trouble paying your taxes, there are several programs that can help if you are 65 or older, are receiv ing disability benefits, have income/assets less than $35,807, are blind or the unmar ried spouse or minor of a deceased blind person, a veteran with a service-connected disability or on active duty outside of Utah. For more information, go to slco.org/ treasurer/tax-relief. n
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Wrong Place, All the Time Ray Minter of East San Jose, California, has lived in his home since 1960, he told KTVU-TV. But since 1972, Minter’s house has been hit 23 times by cars as they exit the 680 South freeway. Despite steel poles, installed by his insurance company, and a chain-link fence out front, cars still slam into his home. “I’ve had four of the cars come through my house completely,” Minter said. “All the other ones have torn up my fence, and I’ve lost three cars in the yard.” Amazingly, none of his family have suffered serious injuries, although his niece had an arm broken and spent time in the hospital after one incident. Of the drivers, Minter said, “Most of them have been drunk. Like the guy in 2016. He hit (Minter’s car) at 105 mph.” The City of San Jose says it has no authority over the off-ramp but encourages drivers to slow down and obey traffic laws.
When Jenn Ross returned home from the gym about 7 a.m. on Aug. 17, she found an unexpected guest in her Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, home: a young fur seal. Ross’ husband, Phil, is a marine biol ogist, but unfortunately wasn’t home to meet the interloper, the Guardian reported. “I really missed my time to shine,” he said. He believes the seal came in through the cat door and spent some time in the guest room and on the couch, but thankfully didn’t relieve itself inside. “I think that would have been pretty terminal for the furniture,” he said. It’s not uncommon for the young seals to range far and wide at this time of year, Ross explained. “I guess, like all teenagers, they don’t necessarily make sensible decisions,” he said.
Cultural Diversity When traveling to Yokohama, Japan, make sure you have Unco Shop on your must-visit list. “Unco” in Japanese means ... poop. And yes, there’s a whole shop devoted to products featuring coiled-up human waste—from clothing items to home acces sories, Oddity Central reported. The shop is the brainchild of Akihiko Nobata, aka “President Poop,” who trademarked a logo and gave up his job selling high-end men’s clothing to start his online business in 2014. Last year, he dropped a brick-and-mor tar retail destination, complete with a guestbook where visitors draw poops “and giggle while drawing them,” Nobata said. “It transcends language and culture and creates universal laughter.”
Wait, What? Cleveland, Georgia, is home to Babyland General Hospital, the Mirror reported, but don’t go there with a broken finger or to deliver a human infant. The faux hospital is actually a toy store where fans of Cabbage Patch dolls can witness a “birth” as a nurse calls out “dilation” updates: “five leaves apart, seven leaves apart, nine leaves apart”—even announcing the necessity for a “leaves-iotomy” (like an episiotomy). “Finally,” according to a Twitter post from Sarah Baird, a recent visitor, “the cabbage patch doll is born.” Shoppers/visitors who want to adopt a new doll have to sign adoption papers, but the store’s guarantee is comprehensive: If your doll becomes damaged, you can send it back, and if it can’t be repaired, they’ll send you a coffin and death certificate so you can lay it to rest. One Twitter user who visited as a child replied, “I am so glad to know it is just as odd and terrifying as I remember.”
Work Ethic Thieves broke into a Brink’s security tractor-trailer in July and made off with millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry—all while one of the drivers was asleep in the truck’s bunk and another was inside a truck stop getting food, according to a lawsuit filed by Brink’s against the jewelers who owned the baubles. The goods were on their way from San Mateo, California, to Los Angeles for the International Gem and Jewelry Show, the Los Angeles Times reported. The drivers had stopped at a Flying J truck stop along I-5, and the thieves made quick work of cutting the lock and removing 22 large bags of gems, gold and other valuables. The Brink’s lawsuit is in response to an earlier suit filed by 13 jewel ers, alleging that their merchandise was worth $100 million and that the drivers were “grossly negligent.” Brink’s argues that the value was $8.7 million, as declared on manifests signed by its customers. No word on the fate of the drivers.
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It’s a Mystery A hot spring in Yellowstone National Park is the site of an ongo ing investigation after a park employee discovered a human foot, inside a shoe, floating on the surface of Abyss Pool on Aug. 16, Denver 7 TV reported. Officials believe the foot may belong to a person who died on July 31 at the same hot spring. “Currently, the park believes there was no foul play,” a statement read. Law enforcement officers are still looking into the July death. The Abyss Pool is one of the deepest in Yellowstone, and its temperature can reach 140 degrees. Although park regulations and signage discourage visitors from getting too close to the pools, since 1890, at least 22 people have died from hot-springs related injuries. Spooky The owner of a “cursed fridge” in England has been posting fliers around London, offering the haunted appliance “free to collect” to anyone who can live with the “soul within,” the New York Post reported. “My stepmother had a heart attack on our kitchen floor in the middle of an electrical storm,” the poster explained, “and her soul was transferred into the computer unit of our smart fridge.” The owner claims the fridge is judging them on “how many slices of cheese I’ve eaten or whether I’ve properly put the lid back on something. She has to go.” In an even odder twist, however, the attached phone number rings not to an individual but to a kitchen showroom. Hmmm ...
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Anthony Petty, 62, of Seminole, Florida, told Pinellas County cops on Aug. 18 that he was “just trying to celebrate his birth day” when he arranged to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex at a St. Petersburg apartment. The Smoking Gun reported that Petty had been communicating with the “girl”—really an undercover police officer—on a chat app, sending her explicit messages and a video of him being his own BFF. Petty is being held in lieu of $12,000 bond.
Suspicions Confirmed Adrianna Belin, 23, and Montinique Zeigler, 20, were arrested on Aug. 24 in North Carolina for making multiple bomb threats against the Campbell Soup Co.’s facility in Maxton, WRAL-TV reported. It wasn’t the lack of lobster in the lobster bisque, though, that motivated them. Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said Zeigler previously worked at the factory but was terminated—and was sending the threats while she was still an employee. Both women were charged with felony conspiracy and making a false report concerning a destructive device; they were each held under a $200,000 bond at the Robeson County Detention Center.
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Police Report Oh, that mischievous imp, Dennis the Menace. A 3½-foot-tall bronze statue pays tribute to the cartoon strip character at Dennis the Menace Playground in Monterey, California—except for when it’s on the run. The statue, which was installed in 1988, was stolen—again— on Aug. 21, Monterey police told KSBW-TV. Thieves used a grinder to cut Dennis’ foot and remove the 200-pound artwork, called “a symbol of the goodness and happiness of the city” by City Manager Hans Uslar. The statue was first stolen in 2006; a replacement statue was placed in the park a year later. In 2015, a Dennis the Menace statue was found at a scrap yard in Orlando, Florida, but it was determined to be a different piece than the Monterey Dennis. The kid gets around.
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