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Face Within a Rose by Linda Dalton Walker I decided that if I could paint that flower on a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

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il painter Linda Dalton Walker attended the University of Utah and gained artistic knowledge in abstract art and an understanding of color from artists such as Nel Ivancich and John Erickson. She continued her artistic training under Kamille Corry, who studied at the Florence Academy in Italy.

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“Recently, while taking in the beauty and aroma of the rose garden at Santa Barbara’s Mission, I leaned in to smell one of the roses and was struck by an inner beauty I had been overlooking. Painting roses had never entered my mind, but at that moment I saw them in a

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP Man on the Moon.

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completely different light and knew they would soon be on my easel. Pulling out my iPad I began snapping shots from different angles. Once back in my SLC studio, I examined these photos even closer by zooming in to the core of the rose. Abstract shapes and vibrant colors soon filled the canvases in my studio. I began exploring local rose gardens and produced more paintable images. I believe it is the artist’s role to enhance the world the viewer sees by providing a different perspective. It is our charge, as artists, to help the viewer observe the natural world around them and take notice of what they would normally overlook. Presented with these ideals in mind, art can help them ponder, wonder, and come away with a different point of view.” ◆ Linda Dalton Walker’s roses have been seen at BDAC in Bountiful and Red Butte Garden in SLC. She has an upcoming show at the Cottonwood Country Club in July and August. WWW.DALTONWALKERART.COM; LINDADALTONWALKER77@GMAIL.COM

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TOWN HALLS: COMMUNITY FORUM OR CURATED PEP RALLIES? ELISABETH LUNTZ How town halls are conducted determines whether or not our voices are heard.

THE EDUCATION OF FARMER PETE GRETA DEJONG A visit with Sandhill Farms’ Pete Rasmussen.

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YOGA: GROWING ROOTS CHARLOTTE BELL Practicing balance poses helps you develop the skill of balancing.

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COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY A network of businesses, organizations and individuals making a positive difference in our community.

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A WOMAN WITH SPIRIT ADELE FLAIL Jung Society of Utah hosts Lisa Williams, medium.

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DANCE KATHERINE PIOLI U of U alumna Ann Carlson makes a name for herself in the modern dance world.

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Man on the moon

BY DENNIS HINKAMP

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t’s a well-worn cliché that “if we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we [fill in the blank]?”

It’s been more than 40 years since we put a man on the moon so then, maybe, if we could put a man on the moon we could come up with a new cliché. And, I might add, we put multiple men on the moon with the equivalent of stone knives and abacuses compared to the computing power everyone now has in their dumb smart phone.

My nomination for the new cliché for $1 million…If we can invent a computer that can win at Jeopardy, why can’t we...: Put something besides $20 bills in ATM machines? The self-checkouts at the grocery store do this.

Coke and Pepsi vending machines do this; why not the places where we entrust our money?

Make front-loading washing machines that don’t stink unless you buy extra stink-proofing chemicals to put in them? This is where our technology has stalled.

We now have the choice between saving water and having a laundry room that that smells like the socks before we washed them.

Make cars that find you? It is so embarrassing trying to find your Prius among all the other Priuses at the Public Radio fund raiser or the parking lot of Whole Foods. Why can’t you just whistle for it to come to you? Thousands of identically dressed penguins in an Antarctic rookery can find each other based solely on sound; why can’t we invent hybrid cars that can find us?

Bonus round: Why don’t we have “follow me” shopping carts? Who needs a drone to follow your every move? I want a self-aware shopping cart that avoids collisions and follows me like a dog that thinks I have bacon in my pocket.

Make SmartWool socks that are really smart? Seriously, the only things I know about them are that they are comfy and expensive. If they were really smart, they could find each other in the laundry basket rather than spreading themselves randomly around the house.

Invent self-closing toothpaste dispensers? This could save lives and relationships.

Develop algorithms that warn you not to buy certain products based on reviews and your current credit balance? I have come to accept that products pop up when I browse the Internet. Generally they are based on my web searches and Facebook posts. This is sort of good, but I would like to insert some filters based on my budget and tolerance for risk.

Make selfie-improvement sticks?

Selfie sticks just play to our vanity.

We need a stick that raps you on the head and says, “no, no, no, you are wasting your life.”

Make robots that do something useful? You know if I have a spill on the floor I can take care of that in three minutes with a mop or our dog; what I really want is a robot to shovel snow at 6 am in 10-degree weather. I also want a dishwasher that will load and unload itself. ◆ Dennis Hinkamp is proud of himself for writing 522 politics-free words.

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Utah Legislature Environmental update

BY AMY BRUNVAND The 2017 General Session of the Utah Legislature ended on March 9, 2017 with new laws that affect Utah’s environment. Some high and low lights:

urging Governor Herbert to veto HB6 which allows unlimited wood burning for food preparation. As Heal Utah says, “you could build a bonfire in your backyard on the winter’s worst smog day as long as you have a marshmallow handy!”

Energy Utah Clean Energy, a nonprofit public interest group, reported some good progress from the legislature on incentives for a transition to clean energy sources, but also a few setbacks, in particular failure to renew tax credits for electric cars.

Wildlife Water Alarmed by last summer’s toxic algae blooms, legislators passed HCR26 which supports restoration of Utah Lake. That’s good. It will include fixing the agricultural runoff problem that caused the bloom, too, right? Yes, please.

Air quality As far as air quality, the legislative session “fell short of grand accomplishments but also included a slew of positive measures,” according to Heal Utah. On the plus side were appropriations for updated air quality monitoring equipment, HB104 which allows a portion of vehicle registration fees to go towards emission reduction, and SB197 which offers a $1.8 million tax break for Utah refineries to produce low-sulfur “Tier 3” fuels.

The effect of Tier 3 could be significant. A Utah Clean Air white paper says switching to Tier 3 is equivalent to taking four of every five cars off the road.

However, HEAL Utah believes the refineries would have produced Tier 3 gas anyway and calls the bill “a mix of good public policy and corporate giveaway.”

As of this writing, air quality advocates were

The Utah Legislature allocated another $2 million to the political group Big Game Forever (BGF) to lobby Congress for “predator control,” despite a 2014 Legislative Audit that found BGF could not account for how they spent previous allocations.

Since 2011, the Utah Legislature has given millions of dollars to BGF which has become a powerful behind-the-scenes influence on Utah wildlife management.

Connecting the dots, a 2014 report from the Center for American Progress, an independent nonpartisan policy institute, says that since 2008, the oil and gas industry has been increasing contributions to the National Rifle Association and groups like BGF that pretend to support hunters while actively working against policies like habitat protection, science-based wildlife management and public land access for hunters and anglers.

Transfer of public lands This is a biggie, but a bit complicated because of the way it intersects with federal legislation.

Privatization of federal public lands is currently part of the official Republican Party Platform and on their first day, the

Republican-controlled U.S. Congress created a legal fiction that public lands have no monetary value in order to make it easier to sell them or transfer them to state control.

In the Utah Legislature two bills, HB63 and HB95, seek to transfer federal lands to state control by creating new state parks at Hole in the Rock and Little Sahara sand dunes. This might be good, but at the same time the Utah Legislature is seeking to undo Utah national monuments. Two joint resolutions (message bills without the force of law) advocate rescinding the Bears Ears National Monument (HCR11) and reducing the size of Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument (HCR12).

The state can’t actually do these things without cooperation from the U.S. Congress, but apparently Utah legislators believe the Trump administration would consider a land swap.

A related bill, HB407 sponsored by Mike Noel (R-Kanab) and Margaret Dayton (R-Orem), describes how transferred lands would be managed. It’s not encouraging. The Utah plan emphasizes “multiple uses” though in a misguided interpretation that means all uses all at once rather than in the normal sense of different management priorities in different places.

Despite misleading claims by Governor Herbert and others that the State of Utah would be more responsive to local input, HB407 includes no transparent public process for land use planning. HB407 assigns law enforcement on transferred lands to county sheriffs, and meanwhile in the U.S. Congress, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT-3] has sponsored a bill to “terminate the law enforcement, functions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.” What could possibly go wrong?

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Utah Rivers Council exposes secret water data The Utah Rivers Council (URC) won a major victory, forcing the Utah Division of Water Resources to explain why the agency has been keeping data about Utah water use a secret.

A 2015 legislative audit found that the Division didn’t know how much water Utah uses, and yet the Division has convinced lawmakers that Utah’s cities are running out of water and must finance two hugely exensive, environmentally catastrophic water projects—the Lake Powell Pipeline and Bear River Project.

URC suspects that the Division has been manipulating water use data to convince decision makers that costly water projects need funding. URC Executive Director Zach Frankel commented, “Either the Division knows there’s no justification for wasting $40 million a year on their pet projects or they are cooking the books again.” Let the fact-checking begin!

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Herbert loses outdoor retailer show It was the last straw for Outdoor Retailers when Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed HCR11 asking the Trump administration to

rescind Bears Ears National Monument. The OR organization has pulled its annual summer and winter trade shows from Salt Lake City to look for a new venue. At

issue were Utah’s public lands policies that undermine the interests and values of the outdoor recreation industry.

As former Black Diamond CEO Peter Metcalf wrote in an editorial, “Together, Utah’s political leadership has birthed an anti-public lands political agenda that is the driving force of an existential threat to the vibrancy of Utah and America’s outdoor industry.”

Outdoor gear companies led by Patagonia threatened to boycott the OR show unless Utah ceased opposition to Bears Ears National Monument.

While outdoor tourism is not environmentally benign, it offers a source of jobs in rural areas, and the outdoor recreation industry depends on protected natural areas. Many environmentalists worry that Utah has lost a powerful voice of environmental advocacy along with the OR trade show.

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U.S. Congress repeals BLM Planning 2.0 Apparently, giving power to the people is not what Republicans mean by “local control.”

Since the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages about 42% of Utah, it’s important for citizens to have a voice in public lands management. In order to address complaints about lack of transparency, the Obama Administration sought to improve the public lands planning process with BLM Planning 2.0, new rules that let the public in on early planning meetings and implemented landscape level planning.

In March, Utah’s entire U.S. Congressional delegation voted to reverse the new 2.0 rules, resetting to the very same rules that they used to complain constituted “government overreach.”

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ments on a proposal for oil and gas leasing on BLM land adjacent to Zion National Park. Zion is one of the most heavily visited national parks in the country with a record 4.3 million visitors in 2016.

It seems all those people are opposed to drilling near a place they love.

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Toxic lead bullets are back On his first day on the job, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke caved to pressure from the National Rifle

California condors hatched a chick in Zion National Park, but the chick died after one of its parents was killed by lead poisoning.

Mr. Zinke, did you know that the California condor has a 60year lifespan if protected from poachers and lead bullets? It is one of the rarest birds on earth.

With a wingspan of almost 10 feet, it is North America’s largest land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987; the 27 remaining birds were bred in captivity and offspring reintroduced in Zion and the Grand Canyon in 1991.

Opposition strong to drilling near Zion National Park By the March 9 deadline, BLM had received nearly 40,000 comAssociation (NRA) and overturned an Obama Administration policy banning lead ammunition.

Lead is a neurotoxin that is a particular problem for vultures and other scavengers which are poisoned when they eat carcasses of animals that have been shot with lead bullets. In 2016, a pair of

Most people think Bonanza Flats, the alpine area at the top of Guardsman Pass in the Wasatch Mountains, is part of the National Forest, but it’s actually an old mining claim—and it’s for sale. In November negotiations lapsed between owner Wells

Fargo and a developer, setting off a race by surrounding local governments and conservation groups to raise the $38 million required to preserve the 1,350 acres as open space. The area is home to

abundant wildlife and is an important water resource.

The deadline has been extended to June 15. As of this writing, Park City has committed $25 million ; Summit County $5.75 million; Salt Lake City $1.5 million; Midway (pop. 4,261) $10,000; and another $2 million-plus has been raised from nonprofits and individual donors.

Salt Lake County could have put the effort over the top, but in March the Salt Lake County Council refused (5 to 4) to approve a request for $3 million on the grounds that the property is located in Wasatch County (it’s on the boundary of Wasatch, Summit and Salt Lake Counties). This reason for refusal seems particularly ill-considered since the whole point of the recent Mountain Accord agreement was to move toward landscapel e v e l m a n a g e ment of t h e Wasatch Mountains despite political boundaries.

Those of us living in Salt Lake County should urge the County Council to re-consider. In the meantime, a nonprofit coalition led by Utah Open Lands is scrambling to find another source of funds.

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

Transformative change Reimaginating the systems we can control

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iven enough time, Earth will be fine.

Our ultimate environmental concern is about saving the people—who, after all, require a healthy planet in order to carry on. That’s one of my take-aways from last month’s Intermountain Sustainability Summit at Weber State University.

We have 20 years to do that, said Utah State University physicist Rob Davies. Twenty years to “decarbonize.” Fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil) are the greatest source of carbon dioxide in the environment. Carbon dioxide out of balance causes climate disruption.

On the day before Davies’ talk, U.S. Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney had said, “As for climate change, we’re not spending your money on that any more.” Who advises this guy? He’s speaking for us?

Davies pointed out that while the scale and pace of required change needs the feds, however on this level of change, the government has never led. Now is a time for direct action—action that causes friction in the system, he said. Numbers count. Show up.

Ask questions. When our leaders

make false statements, call them out. “You can’t discuss risk management if you can’t acknowledge basic reality.”

Director of Sustainability for SLC Vicki Bennett also spoke, pointing out that progressive change begins at the city level.

She urged us to reimagine the systems we can control. For instance, the U.S. government rejected the Kyoto Protocol. SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson, along with other progressive mayors throughout the country, said our city would meet the protocols on our own. It was easily accomplished, said Bennett.

On to transformative change: Last July our City Council voted 60 to adopt one of the most aggressive carbon reduction plans in the country: 100% renewable electric energy for all of SLC by 2032.

Hear Dr. Davies and Vicki Bennett along with other insightful presenters at Salt Lake County’s Third Annual Climate and Health Symposium, April 5-6 at Conservation Garden Park in West Jordan. We’ll be there, covering the conversations and tell you more next month. ◆ Greta Belanger deJong is the editor and publisher of CATALYST.

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BY JOHN R. DEJONG

When President Obama declared the Bears Ears National Monumant he hewed closely to the original intention of the Antiquities Act, passed 111 years ago, which was to protect preistoric Native American ruins and artifacts.

In particular to prohibit excavation or destruction of these antiquities.

The American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, DC-based conservative think tank, just came out with a study claiming that the president of the United States has the power to rescind previous executive orders. Particularly if they are “in contravention of the [Antiquities] act’s mandate that designations be reasonable in size.” Which sounds wise, but begs the question: What is the reasonable size for the newly designated Bears Ears National Monument?

One purpose of the designation was the protection of the literally tens of thousands of sacred Native American sites in southeastern Utah. We’re not talking temples or cathedrals, rather graves and kivas. But they are just as sacred as a grave in the Avenues cemetery. To leave some of the vast range unprotected by antiquities designation would leave the unprotected antiquities open to the same depredations that made the designation our moral obligation in the first place. It would be like

protecting the Mormon or Catholic graves in our city cemetary but allowing vandals to pillage the Jewish and Japanese graves.

But antiquities include more than sacred sites. If buildings a mere 100 years old deserve historic protection, as they often do in our cities, so do villages 1,000 years old. In a state that places such high value on heritage and geneology, this would seem obvious.

The Utah delegation argues that Obama's designation ignored what they characterize as a grassroots effort to find a common ground solution, but their Potemkin town hall meeting process (a process built on deception) ignored input from the most important players, Native Americans.

University of California-Berkeley law professor John Yoo is the primary author of the report. This is the same John Yoo who justified the George W. Bush administration’s use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” (aka torture).

An interesting premise of the study is the idea that something protected by an Antiquities designation by one president can be “unprotected’ by a subsequent president.

It looks like we'll see Donald in court about this, also.

John deJong is CATALYST’s associate publisher.

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suppose I ought to come clean.

Although I didn’t wiretap Donald Trump’s phones (I thought about it, but....), I did (and it wasn’t easy; I have to thank my lifelong fascination with Harry Houdini) infiltrate his town house in Trump Tower and hide out there for three days—mostly in Melania’s yuge— I’m sorry: huge— walk in closet, a closet that seemed, almost, to be the size of Rhode Island.

It smelled very... what’s-the-word...

Coty or Dior. The way a new car smells. Or the smell when you pick up your dry-cleaning. It was easy, relatively easy, to hide out.

The closet stretches a full city block and is about 10 feet deep.

I tried things on—jackets, sweaters, lingerie.

Nothing, of course, fit, but it made me think that I understood the marriage.

The unnatural heat.

The connection. The colors were interesting. Avocado. Tangerine.

Peach.

Somewhere I heard that Donald Trump likes to eat fruit. It’s, apparently, the juice. Donald’s a big advocate of juice.

“Juice,” he’s said, “is what makes deals. Feel the juice."

When it seemed no one was home, I let myself out. Into....? Again: it’s yuge! A kind of combination of Cappellini Furniture and Kennedy Galleries. In the three days of my infiltration, any number of thoughts came to me. I thought of removing the three blades from the various garbage disposals. Let the garbage—which I knew there must be plenty of—pile up! But I hadn’t the skills. Then I

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I checked out the various fridges. A lot of Stauffer meals. Lean Cuisine.

And bones. I didn’t know they had a dog. A mastiff. Maybe a pit bull. Or... it’s possible that the Master of the House liked to gnaw on a bone every

BY DAVID KRANES once in a while. Then there were all the half-filled take-out cartons from Joe’s Shanghai.

The medicine cabinets were interesting. I have never seen so much lithium in my life.

Lithium and Levitra and Viagra. A man needs to be a man, I guess.

And lastly: I have to say the book shelves were curious. Perhaps revealing.

Actually, book shelf.

Mostly it served as a display case for a collection of lead soldiers, all attending to various artillery mechanisms.

But there were a few books. There were several bound volumes of DC Comics’ original Batman. Perhaps it was the Gotham connection. Or the DC, where he got the idea of taking the place over in the future.

And there was a firstedition signed copy of Mein Kampf.

Three days! Three days I was there. Hiding in the closets. Exploring when no one was around. Three days— which proved to be ANNA ZUMWALT more than enough. The whole thing, I have to thought I might use the magic markers I’d confess, made me tired. I empathized with asbrought to deface his Thomas Kinkade art col- tronomers trying to find life in the universe. lection. But that seemed too easy, a cheap So—having had my fill....of emptiness—I left. But i t ’ s best, I think, shot. And I considered tipping over his bronze that I confess. I did it. I broke in. I was there. ◆ Stalin statue. Still, I did flip the Fidel Castro David Kranes is a playwright, fiction-writer and mentor photograph so that it faced the wall. And I did with a secret sinister streak the same with an “I Am The Greatest” photo of Cassius Clay onto which Donald had pasted the cut-out image of his own face.

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I have to say the book shelves were curious. Perhaps revealing. Actually, book shelf.

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Pilar Pobil: Artist, immigrant, stroke victom, surviving Trump

You Can’t Kill Light

T

he week after the presidential election, my mother went to the hospital with a terrible headache. She had a hemorrhage on the left side of her brain. As they were checking her in, she said that if she died it was because of Trump and she wanted it noted in her medical record.

BY MONICA PASQUAL The days after the election were the worst she remembers experiencing since she was a child during the Spanish Civil War — a horrible war that ended with the installment of an authoritarian dictatorship under Franco. Her father, an admiral in the Spanish Navy who had not yet declared a side in the first weeks of war,

was assassinated by an angry mob early on, along with many others. She was seven years old. Days later she, her mother and sisters escaped the island of Menorca in the middle of the night, witnessing murders as they fled.

For the rest of her life in Spain before coming to the U.S. and 20 years after, Franco ruled the country. He effectively suppressed all cultural, language and political diversity, dismantled the separation of Church and State, “professed a strong devotion to militarism, hyper-masculinity and the traditional role of women in society” (Wikipedia) and kept Spain from experiencing most of the social and financial progress that post-WWII Europe experienced. He punished and murdered countless dissidents and their

What she went through that week was not simply an exaggerated response to Trump but an actual reliving of her childhood traumas. families along the way, utilizing “the Law of Social Responsibility.”

It is clear to me that what my mother went through that week was not simply an exaggerated response to Trump, but an actual reliving of her childhood and girlhood traumas.

This is time for us to be very, very thoughtful, very canny, determined and relentless, but to keep in mind that we do not want chaos, we

do not want to destroy each other to achieve our ends.

The battle in which we are currently engaged in this country is, at least partially, a psychological one —a battle that is about two very different ways of reacting to stress, fear and disagreement.

By employing thoughtfulness, truth, compassion, steadfastness and vigilance, we move closer to those very ideals. It is the long game. It will require patience and stamina and it may feel frustrating, endless and impossible at times. But it's better than taking up guns, stones or words of hatred. It's better than revolution and civil war.

Let’s use all of our thinking, rational, future-minded minds to keep that from happening.

Mom’s stroke was a big one and we were all scared, though she started to recover quickly. She's 90 years old but the neurologists said she has the brain of a 60 year old. Still, she lost peripheral vision and some kind of perception on her left side— as if the left side

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However, for some weeks after her return home, she did not feel like painting. I had never seen her not want to paint.

Then she began. It was very hard for her. It took her two days to do what would have taken her two hours before, but she persisted.

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Phase out fossil fuels now The Utah-based Association for the Tree of Life has a plan

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s a progressive person living in This, Our Year of Regressive Politics, I’ve felt increasingly that I’m standing in the middle of a vast plain as fires spring up around me (DAPL! Planned Parenthood defunding! EPA gutted! Travel ban!).

Armed only with one relatively small and rather leaky bucket of time, attention and money, it can feel overwhelmingly foolish at times to think that my actions can do anything to dampen the heat from this multiplicity of problems... and with the conflagration of global warming burning ever closer, it sometimes seems things can only get worse.

This language might seem overwrought to those used to the short shrift given to global warming issues in national media and by the current administration, but as organizations like the Association for the Tree of Life (ATL) are trying to make clear, we are in a state of emergency. According to ATL Director of Development Jean Arnold and Strategist Michael Mielke, nothing less than the full-on siren of a speeding firetruck is an appropriate response. And it is up to people at the grassroots level to provide both warning and rescue response team. They say we must phase out fossil fuels now or we are looking at the end of both civilization and humanity.

The Association for the Tree of Life was founded in the 1980s by Lance Christie (now deceased) who served in various appointed and elected local government positions in Southeast-

BY ADELE FLAIL ern Utah. Both Arnold and Mielke are well-versed on environmental issues: Arnold is a well-known visual artist who has tackled land use and climate issues in her work, in addition to founding the Post Carbon Salt Lake group. Mielke worked on the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration act, successful passed by Congress in 1990 to counter wetland destruction along the Gulf Coast.

Arnold is clear on the crisis status of the global warming threat: “Over all other issues we face, the health and stability of our climate will determine the future of

they support lobbying efforts for their current thrust, the Climate Mobilization Campaign. The Campaign is already gathering national support from those who embrace the notion of a radical emergency response.

But while the problem is complex, the plan is refreshingly simple. An easy-to-remember, easyto-commit-to number comes up amid the detailed reports you can find on the ATL’s website: the number “two.”

The Climate Mobilization Campaign is built to respond to the idea that if radical change isn’t enacted in the next few years, it will be impossible

For Tree of Life organizers Jean Arnold and Michael Mielke, nothing less than the full-on siren of a speeding firetruck is an appropriate response. life on Earth, and the continuation of civilization,” she says. “We want to inform people that climate is the overarching issue. The majority of Americans know climate change is real, but think it is this distant, off-in-the-future thing. We need to get the word out that it is barreling at us full speed right now.”

And the Association for the Tree of Life really does mean now. According to Mielke, real action has to come with analysis and discussion. From their Salt Lake City headquarters, ATL is sponsoring the Climate Emergency Coalition (CEC), a national program with hubs around the country, including an office in Washington, D.C., where

to stop the average global temperature from rising 2°C above pre-industrial levels (widely thought by the scientific community to be the point at which the worrying effects of climate change shade into the catastrophic).

Therefore, the ATL and CEC are looking at a two-year timeframe for the Climate Mobilization Campaign. The strategy guiding this radical action is focused on creating a “fee- and-dividend” structure to incentivize a rapid departure from fossil fuels.

The mechanics of such a program involve placing the “fee” on fossil fuels at the point of entrance into the U.S. economy, whether extracted locally or imported from abroad. Costs are passed down the supply chain, eventually reaching end-line consumers. These increased costs would make renewable energy sources more competitively priced in relation, and the “dividend” portion of the plan would then come into play as a pay-out to individual U.S. citizens to help meet these increased costs, even providing a net benefit to those who use fewer resources (i.e. the working and middle class). It is the ATL team’s hope that this market-based approach will appeal to both left- and right-leaning individuals.

The Campaign attempts to preach beyond the choir, but there is still some very good news for making this plan a reality even if the choir is all you get. That’s where another small and easy-to-

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digest number comes in: 3.5%.

The Association for the Tree of Life relies on data produced by political scientist Erica Chenoweth, which suggests that sustained nonviolent engagement from only 3.5% of the population is enough to create very literal revolutions, let alone tackle big issues with political ramifications.

This suggests that a movement of only 103,000 or so of Utah’s 2.9 million citizens, dedicated to changing the energy landscape at a local level may have a very good shot: “It can be difficult to jump in, because you think you’re overwhelmed by the majority... and it’s just not true,” says Mielke.

If organizing that number of individuals still seems overwhelming, consider that (according to data tracked at ELECTIONS.UTAH.GOV/P ARTY-AND-STATUS) nearly 158,000 Utahns are registered and active Democrats in this overwhelmingly red state.

But ATL isn’t ready to give up on those across the political aisle (and voters outside the two-party sys-

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As part of the “Climate Change and Sustainability: Effective Responses in the Trump Era” program launching in May, the ATL team plans to provide all participants with a copy of Climageddon: The Global Warming Emergency and How to Survive It by Lawrence Wollersheim. Coming out early this month as both an ebook and print copy from Job One for Humanity, Climageddon lays out the details of a comprehensive action plan, developed hand-in-hand with the Association for the Tree of Life, that will give participants in the ATL’s programming the know-how to inspire others and take meaningful action in a decisive way. ◆ We welcome the return of Adele Flail, former CATALYST staffer, as a contributing writer and artist.

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Town halls: Community forum or curated pep rallies?

How town halls are conducted determines whether or not voices are heard

BY ELISABETH LUNTZ

J

ason Chaffetz’s rude awakening at his February town hall was an indication of the political climate in Utah and across the United States. Various organizations and individual people are pushing back against political communication methods that marginalize diverse and opposing voices and constrain the public dialogue. Some view town hall substitutes as controlled media environments that intend to manufacture public consent rather than reflect it.

After Chaffetz’s public rebuke, Utah Republican Party Chairman James Evans immediately took to various media forums, including a press conference, to admonish the people who attended Chaffetz’s public meeting. He made false accusations of violence and arrests and

Chaffetz comes home – photo courtesy ABC news

maligned those in attendance as “thuggish,” instructing the State’s Congressional delegation to delay or avoid town hall meetings due to “intimidation and violence.” He labeled the "thugs” as “left-wing groups,” specifically calling out Utah Indivisible and the Utah Democratic Party, among others.

While the over 2,000 in attendance were at times frustrated, impolite and even rude, Cottonwood Heights Police Department reported the crowd to be “lawful.” Footage from the event showed a sincere effort by people to ask questions, many of which went unanswered, regarding public lands, climate science, education, immigration, investigations against the Trump administration, cabinet appointees and the future of health care.

Strong public dissent should come as no surprise. While opinion polls reflect historically low approval ratings for President Trump, the Utah delegation— Hatch, Lee, Love, Stewart, Bishop and Chaffetz—has voted with him 100% of the time, according to analytics from the website FiveThirtyEight. These public town halls are capturing natural reactions.

The power of the forum The town hall forum predates the formation of our country. The first such recorded meeting occurred in the Puritan town of Dorcester, Massachusetts in 1633 and it established a model for future town hall meetings that would pervade colonial American politics.

While the practice of public meetings may seem quaint or antiquated, there are many benefits to public communication as opposed to some of our more modern and socially removed digital communications. Part of it amounts to the power of directly being spoken to and speaking with someone. One might think that email has opened access to our representatives but, in reality, there’s no guarantee your representative even reads it.

Even more important, your fellow constituents never read it. The communication is isolated. This allows for diverse opinions to die in anonymity. Likewise, public opinion polls often frame and limit the possible positions on issues.

In the town hall forum, a wide and unlimited range of constituent concerns are publicly acknowledged, the questions are unpredictable and people have a chance to react when their representative dodges the question. There’s a fundamental aspect of communication that requires this live interaction. There is empowerment that comes from knowing others share or witness your concerns.

Utah reps and their town hall reputations ORRIN HATCH has managed to avoid public town halls, instead holding meetings without public disclosure at a private nursing home and at the private research software firm, Qualtrics, based in Provo. Hatch posted on his Facebook account, after the Qualtrics meeting, “Really enjoyed my second town hall meeting of the recess today with about 700 Utahns to cap off a great visit to Qualtrics in Provo. The topics we discussed included immigration, education, tech issues, working with the Trump administration, and how we can come together with those who share different viewpoints, among other things.” There was no accompanying public record of the meeting.

MIKE LEE called almost 100,000 Utahns for

his tele-town hall and reached over 700,000 people on Facebook according to his spokesman, Conn Carroll.

ROB BISHOP has not had a public town hall since August.

MIA LOVE states she has not ruled out town halls in the future but her current public presence is limited. She will meet only with small groups of five people or fewer, no recordings and no “media.” This minimizes her exposure and chance of being accountable for her views and effectively guarantees that the discussions in the meetings won’t have a wide audience.

Another forum employed by Mia Love is the call-in town hall. In this process, participants must call in and register for the meeting. They are then called back at the beginning of the meeting and asked to disclose questions to the phone handlers. This process allows for pre-screening of questions.

During one such call-in meeting, ultra-conservative Rep. John Ratcliffe (Texas) participated on the calls, effectively denying constituents the opportunity to directly address Rep. Love.

During this call-in meeting, which Love acknowledged would focus on healthcare, Ratcliffe suggested people should be more concerned with the national debt. Mia Love insisted several times during the meeting that 87% of Americans were happy with their healthcare before the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”), although a source confirming that could not be found.

When one senior caller said that Love’s repeated characterization of the ACA being in a “death spiral” and “unsustainable” was fear mongering, instead of addressing the caller’s concerns Ratcliffe retorted, “Sounds like he’s not a persuadable kind of person” and that his opinions were “in the minority.”

While the over 2,000 in attendance were at times frustrated, impolite and even rude, Cottonwood Heights Police Department reported the crowd to be ’lawful.”

Footage from the event showed a sincere effort by people to ask questions, many of which went unanswered, regarding public lands, climate science, education, immigration, investigations against the Trump administration, cabinet appointees and the future of health care.

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their issue of choice. The majority of the evening was spent listening DONALD AGUIRRE is a foundto the voices of the constituents ing member of Utah Indivisible, and hearing from over 25 of the an organization of over 7,000 onevent’s sponsors (organizations line “constituent activists” conconcerned with civil rights, imminected to a national Indivisible gration, LGBTQ rights, third parmovement that seeks to educate, ties, term limits, healthcare, organize and mobilize members environment, redistricting, Native to have informed interactions sovereignty and public lands). with their representatives. For Senator Weiler said he atgroups like these, live town halls tended the public Town Hall For are an essential and unique part All because he values citizen of the communication process as input. “I believe that elected offithey are the most transparent. cials need to be accountable,” said Aguirre says of ConWeiler. “Town halls gresswoman Love’s continue to be highly tele-town hall, “Let’s relevant and I plan to be clear, tele-town continue to hold sevhall is a fancy way of eral each year.” saying controlled Patrice Arent agreed, conference call. adding, “The format Callers were cut off of the Town Hall for mid-question, she All was particularly had Representative helpful because we John Ratcliffe of received input from Texas take questions so many community for her, using him as a organizations as opcrutch as she limped posed to more tradialong for the hour. The Madalena Mcneil, founder tional town halls where of Utahns Speak Out banter between Love legislators spend most and Ratcliffe wasted of the time providing an overview time...it was all fluff. She took only of legislation. We also had a lot of eight questions, primarily contime before and after the formal cerned with losing some aspect of presentations to have personal health care and access to birth conversations with the attendees. control. [Love] has at least four I always look for opportunities to opportunities a month to hold a interact with my constituents. town hall, as she admits to comThese range from formal town ing home every weekend, but she hall and council meetings to gathchooses not to.” erings at local bagel shops, comJust two weeks after Jason munity events and knocking on Chaffetz’s nationally covered doors. I always learn something town hall meeting, MADALENA new.”

McNEIL, founder of Utahns Speak For Senator Weiler there was Out, began organizing a public also one last important take away town inviting all of the Utah Confrom the Town Hall for All. "There gressional delegation to attend. are a lot of people frustrated and When not one accepted the invihurting right now,” he said. If tation, McNeil reached out to other elected officials took the state legislators and eight actime to listen they might hear this, cepted: Senators Brian Shiozawa too, and hopefully react by redi(R) and Todd Weiler (R), and Reprecting their work to address the resentatives Angela Romero (D), needs and frustrations of their Rebecca Edwards (R), Steve Eliaconstituents. ◆ son (R), Brian King (D), Patrice Elisabeth Luntz studied social ecology and Arent (D) and Timothy Hawkes (R). cognitive science at the University of CaliThey were given two minutes to fornia. Her profile on Adrian Dybwad apspeak to the crowd of approxipeared in last month’s CATALYST. mately 1,200 people, addressing

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The education of Farmer Pete A visit with Sandhill Farms’ Pete Rasmussen

BY GRETA BELANGER DEJONG Photos by Kati Greaney

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andhill Farms is well-known among Salt Lake-area food lovers and growers. It is the source of over 30 varieties of hardy heirloom culinary and seed garlic. The farm lies 50 miles north of Salt Lake City, north of the Pineview Reservoir, nestled against the Wasatch Mountains in Eden, Utah (population 600) between the North and Middle Forks of the Ogden River.

In 2005 Peter Rasmussen began working the land at this site—a two-acre parcel in his parents’ back yard. Situated in an alluvial flood plain, where alfalfa and Timothy grass had been growing, the plot offered up soil any

farmer would envy. At age 22, Rasmussen acquired a new moniker: Farmer Pete.

Baby with a wheelbarrow Born in Salt Lake City, Rasmussen had grown up on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state where his mom grew snap peas and sweet peas, cosmos, carrots, spinach, onions and more. “And I got my hands dirty, watched insects crawl and fly and ate from the vine,” he recalls. According to family legend, one day the preschooler harvested his mother’s crops and pushed a small wheelbarrow of produce to the

neighbors—“my first farm-direct sales attempt.

I’m pretty sure I sold out,” he says.

One year in high school, he worked on a small-scale organic farm in his hometown.

“Working outside in the spring sunshine felt pretty damn good. Using my muscles to shovel compost into the fields, watching other workers dash throughout the farm from one task to the next, it all fascinated me. I’ll never forget that feeling, of belonging to a team that was creating something abundant and beautiful with the earth, and that I had a responsibility to honor those relations. That was an important experience for me as a high school student.”

Those memories settled deep into Rasmussen’s psyche. (In fact he says he thinks he may have been a farmer in a past life,” but that’s another story.”) College took him to the University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz, where he discovered the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) research farm.

“Whether I was learning about bio-intensive, hand-cultivation market gardening, or in the fields watching a flail mower and spader transform a green-manure field, my time at CASFS has hugely influenced the way I aspire to farm,” he says.

In those years he encountered hardneck garlic (allium sativum ophioscorodon). “I stumbled upon a plant that would become my obsession. Garlic was definitely love at first sight,” Rasmussen says.

Hence, his new little farm became known for producing garlic.

Full-fledged farmer Now, he grows a full catalog of vegetables and more. “We love baby salad greens like arugula, spicy mesclun, spring mix, head lettuce and spinach. Kale, collards and chard love the mountain climate and tender root vegetables such as radish, sweet salad turnips, rainbow carrots and kaleidoscope beets thrive in our mineral-rich soils. Quick-growing summer crops like cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, melons and zucchini offer us abundant yields. We love annual herbs like field-cut basil, cilantro and fennel bulb. Winter squash are also favorites. We grow perennial herbs, strawberries, sunchokes, rhubarb and raspberries.”

He’s experimenting with brassicas—cabbage, romanesco, broccoli and kohlrabi—and growing more flowers.

Rasmussen and his wife Kati Greaney manage the farm and develop goals together. The Santa Cruz farming program’s focus on young farmer education and applied research in organic farming management systems is an influential model for them as they envision the future growth of their Eden farm.

As a professional photographer, Kati documents the farm through video and photography. Toddler son Jorro is learning the ropes of tractor driving and garlic harvesting, according to his father. “Family is involved in every aspect of the farm,” Rasmussen says. He credits his parents, Mark and Marsha, with keeping the farm vision alive. His sister Elle is in on the action, too, along with employees Nora Sacks and Grace Rosenthal, and “many more extended farm family mem-

bers and influencers.” Volunteers from Slow Food Utah, Wasatch Community Gardens and Real Food Rising show up a few times a year for “amazingly fun and productive” farm mobs, he says.

In addition to the original two acres, they now also lease 10 acres of new farmland at an historic dairy farm across the street from the Eden Park. Rasmussen and his crew raise vegetables, herbs and flowers without chemicals or any synthetic substances. “We use only

non-GMO and organic seeds as much as we are able. We use certified organic amendments and compost, incorporate cover crops and green manures many times in a season, and rotate our crops annually. We are currently in the process to become USDA certified organic.”

A vocation (aka obsession) Asked what he does when he’s not farming, Rasmussen says he dreams about farming. “Just kid-

Support local agriculture (and eat your vegetables) Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a way for citizens to directly support farming and farmers in their communities.

Members purchase a share of a farm’s produce for the growing season. These shareholders pay their money upfront and in return typically receive a weekly delivery of what is in season at their local farm. The benefits of reduced transportation costs, having a varied local diet, and a direct positive impact on communities are some of the benefits of participating in this process.

—CSA Utah (CSAUTAH.ORG) —Visit this website to learn about a variety of CSA programs throughout the area.

Learning to farm is about being a systems observer, always experimenting, analyzing, re-thinking, improving, adapting and, hopefully innovating.”

ding. But it’s true that quite often, when I’m not physically farming, I’m still mentally farming. A unique characteristic to farming and gardening in northern Utah, or any similar cold weather winter climate, is that operations usually slow down a bit in the winter, and this allows for planning, business development strategizing, accounting, budgeting, crop yield calculations and planting calendars.

Rasmussen waxes poetic about his likeness to the sandhill cranes that come and go: “They arrive in the spring as the snow melts and garlic grows—grounded for a summer season—fall harvests and garlic planting... and by the first big snow fall, they migrate south or west.” During the past decade of winter off-seasons, Rasmussen worked as a garden and nutrition teacher at an elementary school in Oakland, California for several years. He worked for the non-profit food justice and farmworker advocacy organization, Community Agroecology Network, where he coordinated student fieldcourses in rural farming communities in Latin America. He and Greaney spent several months in Cuba learning about and documenting Cuban farmers and their stories as innovators in sustainable agriculture. They produced the documentary Guajiros, about agriculture education in Cuba.

“Each winter season is different, and how much we travel will continue to evolve as our family expands and opportunities for growing the farm continue to take shape.”

Farmer-to-farmer, around the world Farming is very humbling—“I’m not that good, and I have so much to learn,” says Rasmussen. “I’ve learned what I know and implement now through observation of other farms, and trial and error. And I definitely have farmer role models. “ Travel played an important role in Rasmussen’s education as a beginning farmer, as he visited rural agricultural communities in Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba and Costa Rica. “I saw systems of agro-ecosystem production that are rooted deeply in the local community and economy, that use innovative methods for improving soil ecology and boosting yields and that produce high-quality produce on small parcels of land,” he says. He learned about innovative farmers who creatively produced alternative farm revenues through agri-tourism, on-farm food and freshjuice side- businesses and value-added product lines to sell at local markets or for distribution.

“Traveling to other countries and learning about new foods and different farming practices always reminds me of the importance of farmer-to-farmer communication and education,” he says. “So much can be learned by walking through a friend’s garden, taking a tour of agri-tourism farm, or volunteering on harvest day at a commercial market vegetable farm.

Learning to farm is about being a systems observer, always experimenting, analyzing, rethinking, improving, adapting and, hopefully innovating.”

He continues to learn through the connections to other farmers via social media —Instagram, FARMHACK.ORG and other online resources.

“The community of farm-based learning and open-source information sharing is impressive, and needed, to counter the pressures imposed from the system of industrial ag,” he says.

Appropriate technology, often seen in lesser “developed” countries, is an important part of smallscale farming. Tools for growing a diverse array of produce are markedly different from those used in agribusiness to grow monocrops of corn, soybeans and wheat. Last year Sandhill Farms received a Slow Food micro-grant to purchase a Quick-Cut greens harvester, a hand-held, power drill-driven salad greens harvest tool. After one season of use, Ras-

mussen is sold. “It is this kind of scaleappropriate technology that will improve farm efficiency and overall viability.”

Whether he’s in his fields, on the computer or visiting a foreign farm, Rasmussen seems to be always learning. His ideas and practices continue to change through the years— ”sometimes multiple times a day,” he says .

As the number of American farmers decreases and their average age rises (now at around 58 years old), Rasmussen is an anomoly in many ways.

But his natural flair for farming, cultivated through years of formal training and life experience, is a shining example for future young people who think they, too, might like to make a living off the land. ◆ Greta deJong is editor and publisher of CATALYST.

Resources Website: WWW.SANDHILLFARMS.ORG Instagram: @SANDHILLFARMSUTAH CASFS: HTTP://CASFS.UCSC.EDU/ Gaujiros documentary: VIMEO.COM/66297092 You can find Sandhill Farms at the Downtown Saturday market beginning in June and at the Sunday Park Silly Market in Park City. They also sell produce to local catering and event companies, to Liberty Heights Fresh in Salt Lake City and some farmto-table restaurants. The heirloom culinary and seed garlic are available online, at farmer’s markets or directly from the farm, by appointment.

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KATI GREANEY Jorro gets a lesson from Pops, Sandhill Farms’ Farmer Pete, on growing great veggies (see story, this issue).

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his planting guide reflects some of the changes occurring in the modern garden. With the rise of raised beds, intensive planting, vertical gardening and no-till methods, planting charts of yesteryear are less useful. In this chart you’ll find these improvements:

• Planting dates are geared toward the Salt Lake Valley, not all of Utah (see “Salt Lake City area—first and last frost dates” for even more useful detail).

• Fewer seeds to plant per foot (resulting in less thinning).

• More plants remaining after thinning (more intensive planting, possibly to accommodate vertical strategies).

• The space between rows is less (less unnecessary space to weed, more space for gardening).

References and influences:

• Based on the assumption that the gardener is using raised beds.

Mel Bartholomew, Square Foot Gardening (Rodale)

• Offers interplanting suggestions.

Fred Montague says interplanting makes fuller use of garden resources (e.g. shallow-rooted plants with deep; short shade-loving plants with tall sunloving ones). It also offers some protection and encourages plant yield.

Fred Montague, Gardening: An Ecological Approach (Mountain Bear Ink)

Toby Hemenway, Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Homescale Permaculture (Chelsea Green) Louise Riotte, Carrots Love Tomatoes (Storey) CATALYST thanks Millcreek Gardens for underwriting the 2017 Garden Guide.

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2017 Utah Planting Guide Vegetable

Planting date

# of seeds/plants for 1 ft. of row

Planting depth (")

Between rows

Thin to # of plants/ft.

Days to harvest

Compatible plants

Beans (bush)

May 5 - July 1

3-4 seeds

1-1.5

2-3 ft.

3-4

70 - 80

Beans (pole)

May 5 - July

2-3 seeds

1-1.5

2-3 ft.

3-4

60 - 65

Beets Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage

March 25 - July 15 July 15 - Aug 25 March 15 - April 15 Feb 15 - April 1

5-10 seeds 1 plant 2 - 4 seeds or 1 plant 1 plant

.75 - 1 3-4 .75 - 1 3-4

15-18 in.

18-24 in.

12 in.

1-2 ft.

3-6 1 1 1

50 - 60 60 - 70 see cabbage 60 - 70

Carrot

March 25 - June 15

15-20 seeds

.5 - .75

2-3 in.

4-6

60 - 70

Cauliflower Chard Corn Cucumber Eggplant Endive Ground cherries Kale Kohlrabi Lettuce (head) Lettuce (leaf ) Melon Okra Pea

July 15 - Aug 25 March 25 - July 15 May 5 - July 1 May 5 - June 20 May 20 - June 1 March 25 - June 15 May 1 Mar-May, Jy - Ag15 March 15 - Aug. 1 March 25 - May 15 March 25 - May 15 May 15 - June 1 May 25 - June July 25 - Aug 25

1 plant 5-10 seeds 3 - 4 seeds in a hill 2-3 seeds 1 plant 1 - 2 seeds 1 plant 2 - 4 seeds 10 - 15 seeds 1 plant 20-25 seeds 3 seeds in a hill 4 - 6 seeds 6-12 seeds

3-4 .75 - 1 1 - 1.5 1 - 1.5 3-4 3 - 4.5 all but 3 sets of leaves .5 .5 - 1 2 - 2.5 .25 - .5 1-2 1 - 1.5 1.5 - 2

2 ft.

1 ft.

2 ft.

1 ft.

18 in.

18 in.

1 per 3 ft.

18 in.

1 ft.

1 4 in.

4 ft.

3 ft.

12-18 in.

1 1-2 1-2 2-3 1 1 70 1 2-3 1 4 4 ft. (1 hill) .5-1 6-12

50 - 60 40 - 50 66 - 90 50 - 60 70 - 60 70

potato, corn, cucumber, strawberry, celery, summer savory, petunia corn, summer savory broccoli, cabbage onion, kohlrabi, broccoli, cabbage see cabbage see cabbage potato, celery, dill, thyme, mint, tomatoes, sage, rosemary, beet, onion, nicotiana peas, leaf lettuce, chives, onion, leek, dill, rosemary, sage, tomato, radish see cabbage

70 50 - 50 60 - 70 40 - 50 110 - 120 90 60 - 70

Pepper Potato

May 20 - June 1 March 25 - May 15

1 plant 1 piece

3-4 3-4

2-3 ft.

2-3 ft.

1 1

60 - 70 60 - 100

Pumpkin Radish Rutabaga Spinach Squash (summer) Squash (winter) Tomato

May 1 - June 1 March 15 - Sept. 1 June 15 - July 1 Aug 10 - Sep 25 May 5 - July 1 May 20 - June 1 May 1 - June 1

2 - 4 seeds in a hill 10-12 seeds 10-15 10-15 seeds 2 - 4 seeds in a hill 2 - 4 seeds in a hill 1 plant

1 - 1.5 .5 - .75 .75 - 1 .5 - .75 1 - 1.5 1 - 1.25 3-4

4 ft.

15-18 in.

2 ft.

15-18 in.

3-5 ft.

4-7 ft.

1-3 ft.

n/a 12 2 6-12 n/a n/a n/a

90 - 110 .25 - 30 .105 40 - 50 50 90 - 120 60 - 70

Turnip

Sep 10- Oct 10

20 - 30 seeds

.5 - .75

1-2 ft.

2-3

60 - 70

Salt Lake City area first & last frost dates Area

Early

Avg

Late

Early

Avg

Late

SLC

19-Mar

12-Apr

30-Apr

11-Oct

31-Oct

21-Nov

SLC/City Creek WTP*

30-Apr

22-May

14-Jun

18-Sep

30-Sep

12-Oct

SLC/east bench

31-Mar

26-Apr

13-May

18-Sep

19-Oct

3-Nov

SLC/Intl. Airport

11-Mar

26-Apr

28-May

17-Sep

18-Oct

14-Nov

SLC/SUB SEW

20-Apr

5-May

18-May

15-Sep

3-Oct

25-Oct

SLC/Triad Center

16-Feb

7-Apr

1-May

26-Oct

4-Nov

15-Nov

SLC/U of U

03-Apr

01-May

06-Jun

18-Sep

21-Oct

16-Nov

Sandy

27-Apr

13-May

20-Jun

03-Sep

24-Sep

14-Oct

Bountiful/Val Verda

11-Mar

17-Apr

09-May

08-Oct

24-Oct

14-Nov

Draper

14-May

03-Jun

30-Jun

13-Sep

21-Sep

04-Oct

Ogden

18-Apr

13-May

16-Jun

10-Sep

07-Oct

26-Oct

Park City

20-May

09-Jun

21-Jun

09-Aug

09-Sep

03-Oct

Park City/Meadows

07-Jul

07-Jul

07-Jul

05-Sep

05-Sep

05-Sep

Provo/Airport * water treatment plant

04-Apr

21-May

03-Jul

31-Aug

25-Sep

23-Oct

View a more complete chart of frost dates across Utah at: CLIMATE.USURF.USU.EDU/REPORTS/FREEZEDATES.PHP

beans beans, corn, radish, sunflower, nasturtiums beans, catnip

see cabbage see cabbage carrot, radish, strawberry, cucumber carrot, radish, strawberry, cucumber

carrot, turnip, radish, cucumber, corn, spinach, bean, lettuce, Chinese cabbage basil, okra bean, corn, cabbage, horseradish, marigold, eggplant corn, beans, peas, borage, radish peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumber, carrot strawberry nasturtium, corn, bean, peas, radish, borage see summer squash onion, parsley, asparagus, marigold, nasturtium, carrot peas

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Why grow fava beans?

BY JIM FRENCH

W

hen one considers what type of beans to grow, the versatile fava bean (also known as vicia fava, or broad bean) may not

be near the top of the list, but it should be.

The fava leaves and flowers can be added to green salads and the beans are delicious raw when young and cooked as they get bigger.

When harvesting leaves and flowers to eat raw, snip a few inches off the top of the plant. This will encourage the plant to bush out and will strengthen the main stalk. Let some of the pods on a few plants develop and dry on the vine. Then you will have a seed crop for the next season.

Many people plant favas in the fall as a cover crop that fixes nitrogen and thus helps improve soil. For a good explanation of nitrogen fixing, check out HTTP://BIT.LY/2OMGFPB/ Direct sow the large seeds 1 inch deep and 4 inches apart in a mostly sunny spot. I like to put them around fruit trees and in beds where I will be planting heavy-feeding annuals the following year. The key is to chop and drop, or maybe eat the plant just as the flowers are forming. Leave the roots in the ground. They have the nitrogen nodules attached to them. That nitrogen will be released into the soil after the plant is cut.

In much of Utah, fava beans can be direct sown into the ground in the fall, winter or early spring.

Just plant and forget about them.

T h e beans w i l l k n o w when it’s time to appear and be enjoyed!.

Jim French is a member of Transition Salt Lake’s steering commitee.

CATALYST thanks Millcreek Gardens for underwriting the 2017 Garden Guide.

Seed life expectancy Store in a cool, dark, dry place.

Plant more densely than you would new seed.

(University of Colorado) Expectancy notated in years.

Bean 3 Beet 4 Broccoli 3 Brussels sprouts 4 Cabbage 4 Carrot 3 Cauliflower 4 Chinese cabbage 3 Collard 5 Corn 2 Corn salad 5 Cucumber 5 Eggplant 4 Endive 5 Kale 4 Kohlrabi 3 Leek 2 Lettuce 6 Muskmelon 5 Mustard 4 Okra 2 Onion 1 Parsnip 1 Pea 3 Pepper 2 Pumpkin 4 Radish 5 Rutabaga 4 Salsify 1 Spinach 3 Squash 4 Swiss chard 4 Tomato 4 Turnip 4 Watermelon 4

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Creating beneficial insect habitat Lacewings, lady bugs and mantis, oh my!

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ow, this is not another article about bees, or any other pollinators for that matter. Bees get entirely too much press when it comes to insects in the garden. Bless their little honeycrusted hearts, but there’s a whole other cast of characters that deserve a little time in the limelight. This is an article about a voracious crew of blood-thirsty assassins, hellbent on keeping pest populations to a minimum: predatory insects.

I’m fond of repeating the mantra, “There are no pest problems, only a lack of predators.” In a balanced ecosystem, predators and their prey tend to reach an equilibrium in their respective populations.

When we achieve this balance in the garden, the result is that we see very little sustained damage from pests. The occasional infestation may pop up, but before you have time to worry, they’re gone, a feast for our good guy insect allies. Unfortunately, most gardens are severely lacking in beneficial insects, and this is generally caused by one of two things; the use of broad spectrum insecticides in the garden, or a lack of the habitat needed to sustain a healthy beneficial insect population.

I’d like to point out that the slaughter of beneficial insects often occurs even in “organic” gardens and farms. In USDA Organic agriculture, it is prohibited for the grower to spray broad spectrum insecticides made from petrochemicals, yet it is entirely acceptable to use insecticides made from flowers. (Pyrethrins, which can be made from the chrysanthemum flower, fit this description). While slightly less toxic to people and planet, these broad-spectrum organic

insecticides still kill indiscriminantly, and even the occasional use of these products will disrupt the balance we are seeking with our insect populations. It’s nearly impossible to wipe out an entire pest population, and they tend to repopulate rapidly. Conversely, our beneficial insect population tends to breed much slower than the pests, so by using insecticides we end up favoring pest insects in our garden.

By avoiding wholesale slaughter of insect populations, we allow the numbers of our beneficial insects to build up to control levels. Once a healthy balance is achieved, pest populations can be constantly suppressed. Rock the boat with pesticides, and it’s back to square one. This is a longterm solution, and it will take time for balance to be achieved.

Be patient,

quick fixes are almost always temporary. Every time you reach for an insecticide, organic or conventional, you are actually making the problem worse, and increasing your dependency on the product. Furthermore, these products are harmful to the microbes on the plants and in the soil as well, which further weaken the resiliency of our garden ecosystem. I’m not saying you’re an a**hole for using insecticides; wait, yes I am. That’s exactly what I’m saying. Stop using them.

Once we’ve committed to not killing our beneficial insects, we can focus on attracting and sustaining their presence in our gardens. A simple equation to accomplish this is Food + Water + Shelter = Sexy Time. Provide

Edible perennials Make room for permanent plantings of perennial fruits & vegetables in your garden: • berries (strawberries; cane types such as raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, currants; elderberries) • rhubarb • grapes • fruit trees/shrubs • asparagus • sunroot/sunchoke (Helianthus tuberosus; formerly called Jerusalem artichoke)

BY JAMES LOOMIS the first three and your beneficial insects will stick around and breed, and you’ll have a self-sustained population of beneficial insects.

Reminder: When in doubt, don’t kill a bug!

A general rule of thumb is that most pests occur in clusters, and most beneficials are somewhat more solitary. Learning to identify and spotting beneficial insects can add another layer of enjoyment and action in your garden.

Now get outside and grow! ◆ JAMES LOOMIS IS THE GREEN TEAM FARM MANAGER FOR WASATCH COMMUNITY GARDENS.

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YOGA

Vrksasana: Growing Roots

T

rees are our partners in keeping this living, breathing planet alive. We inhale the oxygen that trees exhale, and they inhale the carbon dioxide we exhale. We are inextricably tied together.

Trees can also teach us about the importance of cultivating roots.

While only the trunk, branches and leaves are usually visible to us, the roots of most trees are just as massive as what’s above ground. Knowing that this complex invisible root system is what keeps a tree upright can teach us about grounding our own bodies.

Vrksasana (Tree Pose) emulates the steady, rooted stance of a tree.

When you practice, visualize your standing foot as the roots, your legs and torso as the trunk, your arms and upper leg as branches and your head and hands as the leaves.

When you fully plant y o u r standing foot, energy rebounds up your trunk, nourishing your branches and leaves.

Grounding is most effective when you employ “active yield.” I first learned about active yield from Donna Farhi. It is applicable to literally everything we do.

Relating to gravity: Try this experiment • Collapsing: Stand on a nonskid mat in Mountain Pose aka Tadasana (a neutral standing position) with your feet hips-width apart. Now slump your shoulders and make your body very heavy,

foot into either the right inner thigh or the right calf. Avoid pressing your left heel into your right knee.

• Place your hands in Anjali Mudra (Prayer Position).

BY CHARLOTTE BELL

• Continue to root your right foot as you breathe and relax.

collapsing your weight into your feet. Note how you’re breathing.

Return to Mountain Pose.

• If your balance feels steady, ground your right foot as you raise your arms up toward the sky.

• Propping: From Mountain Pose, now pull your muscles into your bones and try to push the floor away with your feet. Lift up through your upper body. Pull in your rear and suck in your gut.

Now try to breathe. Return to Mountain Pose.

• If your balance feels shaky, place your right heel into your left ankle with a few toes touching the floor. Remember that practicing balancing poses helps you develop the skill of balancing. If practicing with a couple toes on the floor challenges your balance, but allows you to feel the steadiness of rooting, the pose is helping you develop the skill.

Remember that practicing balance poses helps you develop the skill of balancing.

• Active Yield: From Mountain Pose, now bend your knees a bit and yield your weight to the ground. Now press your feet into the floor, as if you’re sending roots down into the ground. It’s the same movement you make when you’re preparing to jump— pushing into the floor to lift the body up off the floor. Try it, only don’t let your body leave the ground. Do you feel an upward rebound through the rest of the body? This is active yield.

Now let’s try it in Vrksasana.

• Stand in Mountain Pose on a nonskid mat. Close your eyes and feel how your feet are contacting the floor. Yield your weight into your feet and then root them into the floor.

• Shift your weight fully onto your right foot.

• Root your right foot as you bend your left knee and place your left

• Stay here, breathing deeply and planting your feet, for five to 10 breaths.

• Return to Mountain Pose. Take a few deep breaths, feeling your legs.

• Repeat on your other side.

In general, balancing poses not only teach our bodies how to maintain balance, but they also cultivate concentration. Balancing poses, such as Vrksasana, are a great way to center yourself at the start of your practice. You can also use them to collect yourself when you notice that your mind is scattered.

The more you practice balancing, the more you will notice how your body’s ability to balance changes from day to day. As you practice, make adjustments, standing close to a wall if need be, so that you work with your body instead of trying to force it to practice some idealized version of the pose.

Vrksasana can help you start your morning with a collected mind, or calm you at the end of a stressful day. Practice with your roots firmly planted so that your trunk, branches and leaves can bloom. ◆ Charlotte Bell has been practicing yoga since 1982. She is the author of several yoga-related books and founder of Mindful Yoga Collective in Salt Lake City.

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801.831.6967. Teri Underwood, RD, MS, CD, IFMCP, Park City. Integrative and Functional Medicine Nutritionist.

After a functional nutrition assessment, Teri recommends a food-based individualized treatment approach that includes: a diet plan, functional foods, nutrition improvement, supplements and testing if needed, and lifestyle changes. She specializes in behavior change and guides/coaches you through making the lifestyle/ habit changes needed to lose weight, change diet, reach optimal health.

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Planned Parenthood of Utah 5/16

1.800.230.PLAN, 801.532.1586.

Planned Parenthood provides affordable and confidential healthcare for men, women and teens. Services include birth control, emergency contraception (EC/PlanB/ morning after pill), testing and treatment for STIs including HIV, vaccines including the HPV vaccine, pregnancy testing and referrals, condoms, education programs and more. WWW.PPAU.ORG

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Deva Healing Center A Sanctuary for Women11/17

928.899.9939, 2605 E. 3000 South, 2nd Floor. Relieve and heal stress, anxiety, depression and chronic pain. We offer Therapeutic Thai Bodywork, Yoga Therapy and Yoga Therapy for Couples. Sliding scale starts at $45.

Same day appointments available.

Book online today! DEVAHEALINGCENTER.ORG.

MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES Center for Awakening 10/17

801.500.1856, 191 E. Greenwood

Ave., Midvale. Center for Awakening is a 501C3 volunteer run organization offering community fundraising events for global causes. Be a part of the peaceful human rEvolution.

Monthly meditations, 1st Sunday of each month. WWW.C ENTER F OR AWAKEN ING . COM

ENTERTAINMENT The State Room DA 1/18

801.878.0530, 638 S. State Street, SLC. A 21 and over, 300 capacity live music venue, presenting nationally acclaimed musicians and the finest local acts. WWW.T HE S TATE R OOM . COM

Utah Film Center/Salt Lake Film Center

801.746.7000, 122 Main Street, SLC. A non-profit continually striving to bring community together through film. UFC curates and organizes three film festivals a year: Tumbleweeds for children & youth, the only festival of its kind in the Intermountain West; Damn These Heels, a forum exploring LGBT issues, ideas, hopes, dreams and art; and TiltShift, organized by and for teens just beginning to discover their artistic potential.

WWW.UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG DA11/17

LEGAL ASSISTANCE Schumann Law, Penniann J. Schumann, J.D., LL.M 3/18 801.631.7811. Whether you are planning for your own future protection and management, or you are planning for your family, friends, or charitable causes, Penniann Schumann can assist you with creating and implementating a plan to meet those goals.

WWW.ESTATEPLANNINGFORUTAH.COM

MEDIA CATALYST Magazine 801.363.1505, 140 S. McClelland St., SLC. Catalyst: Someone or something that causes an important event to happen.

WE ARE CATALYST. JOIN US. C ATALYST MAGAZINE . NET FACEBOOK . COM / CATALYSTMAGAZINE I NSTAGRAM . COM / CATALYST _ MAGAZINE T WITTER . COM / CATALYSTMAG

KRCL 90.9FM DA 801.363.1818, 1971 N. Temple, SLC.

Northern Utah’s only non-profit, member-supported public radio station dedicated to broadcasting a well-curated contemporary eclectic mix of music and community information 24 hours a day. WWW.KRCL.ORG

NON-PROFIT Local First 12/16 801.456.1456. We are a not-for-profit

organization that seeks to strengthen communities and local economies by promoting, preserving and protect-

ing local, independently owned businesses throughout Utah. Organized in 2005 by volunteer business owners and community-minded residents, Local First Utah has over 2,700 locally owned and independent business partners. WWW.LOCALFIRST.ORG

investing & life insurance. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. ROBERT.HARRINGTON@LPL.COM, WWW.H AR RINGTON W EALTH S ERVICES . COM

MOVEMENT & MEDITATION,

Red Butte Garden

801.585.0556, 300 Wakara Way, SLC. Red Butte Botanical Garden, located on the University of Utah, is the largest botanical garden in the Intermountain West, renowned for plant collections, display gardens, 450,000 springtime blooming bulbs, a worldclass outdoor summer concert series, and award-winning horticulturebased educational programs.

WWW.R ED B UTTE G ARDEN . ORG

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Healing Mountain Massage School

SLC campus: 801.355.6300, 363 S. 500 E., Ste. 210, SLC. Cedar City campus: 435.586.8222, 297 N. Cove Dr., Cedar City. Morning & evening programs.

Four start dates per year, 8-14 students to a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice with licensed therapists in a live day spa setting. Graduate in as little as 8 months. ABHES accredited. Financial aid available for those who qualify.

WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.EDU DA 11/17

SPACE FOR RENT Studio space available to share at Baile Dance Fitness Studio 5/17

801.718.9620, 2030 S. 900 E. Opportunity to share a beautiful studio in a desirable Sugarhouse location. Perfect for Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, dance classes, meet ups or pop-ups. 1300 sq. ft, with mirrored wall. Availability varies but can be flexible with a committed arrangement. Contact Joni. WWW.BAILESTUDIO.COM BAILESTUDIO.JONI@GMAIL.COM

Space available at Center for Transpersonal Therapy 3/18

801.596.0147 x41, 5801 S. Fashion Blvd., Ste. 250, Murray. Two large plush spaces available for rent by the hour, day or for weekend use. Pillows, yoga chairs, regular chairs and kichenette area included. Size: 395 sq. ft./530 sq. ft. WWW.CTTSLC.COM, THECENTER@CTTSLC.COM

TRAVEL Machu Picchu, Peru 6/17

801.721.2779. Group or individual spiritual journeys or tours with Shaman KUCHO. Accomodations available. Contact: Nick Stark, NICHOLASSTARK@COMCAST.NET, WWW.MACHUPICCHUTRAVELCENTER.COM

WEALTH MANAGEMENT Harrington Wealth Services DA 2/18

801.871.0840 (O), 801.673.1294, 8899 S. 700 E., Ste. 225, Sandy, UT 84070.

Robert Harrington, Wealth Advisor.

Client-centered retirement planning, wealth management, IRA rollovers, ROTH IRA’s, 401(k) plans,

DANCE RDT Dance Center Community School

801.534.1000, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway, SLC. RDT’s Dance Center on Broadway offers a wide range of classes for adults (ages 16+) on evenings and weekends. Classes are “drop-in,” so no long-term commitment is required. Hip Hop, Modern, Ballet & Prime Movement (specifically designed for ages 40+).

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MARTIAL ARTS Aikitaiji 8/17

Instruction offered in Aikitaiji, a twopoint perspective on soft martial art.

Since 1980 Jack Livingston has taught Tai Chi Push-hands, enhanced with Aikido techniques, the classic forms and functional applications (following biomechanical principles) and ki triggers to cue the flow state on demand..

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Red Lotus School of Movement 12/17

801.355.6375, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner.

Traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and Qigong exercises). Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple.

WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC.NET

MEDITATION PRACTICES Meditation SLC 10/17

801.913.0880. 2240 E. 3300 S. Apt. 10.

We offer meditation classes and gatherings in an environment that is fun, relaxing, and comfortable. Learn an enjoyable yet potent meditation practice you can add to your everyday life, and explore the ever-relevant teachings of the yoga system. Always free! WWW.MEDITATIONSLC.COM

Rumi Teachings FOG

Good poetry enriches our culture and nourishes our soul. Rumi Poetry Club (founded in 2007) celebrates spiritual poetry of Rumi and other masters as a form of meditation. Free meetings first Tuesday (7p) of month at Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 E., SLC. WWW.RUMIPOETRYCLUB.COM

YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 1/18

801.355.2617. E-RYT-500 & Iyengar certified. Cultivate strength, vitality,

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A woman with spirit Jung Society of Utah plays host to Lisa Williams, medium

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any young children talk to imaginary friends—but as a child, English-born medium Lisa Williams didn’t realize other children’s noncorporeal friends seldom talked back: “I assumed everyone saw dead people,” Williams says of her early experi-

BY ADELE FLAIL ences conversing with departed loved ones.

While this might seem like the hair-raising opening of a horror movie to some, these interactions were enjoyable to the child: “It was something I just did and didn’t think anything of,” Williams said in a recent phone conversation with CATALYST.

a difficult time and providing insight into ongoing problems, she began to share the otherworldly sources she had always believed provided these insights.

Impressed with Williams’ perception, that friend set up a reading with Williams for another troubled individual. Williams remembers thinking, “this is weird” on her way to that first “official” reading, but began getting further requests through word-ofmouth.

While she describes her early time as a medium as “stumbling in the dark,” she connected with the idea of helping the bereaved find healing through messages from the departed. She has since found her footing over the past 20 years,

Her mother was supportive, her father was skeptical; but they were nevertheless united in encouraging Williams to keep quiet, worried that others would doubt her sanity.

As she grew, however, and began to articulate that more than simple childhood fancy was at work, her family’s response to the information was mixed: Her mother was supportive, her father was skeptical; but they were nevertheless united in encouraging Williams to keep quiet about her experiences, worried that others would doubt her sanity.

Williams understood her parents’ motives and concerns, and was happy to keep her thoughts on such matters to hers e l f .

However, as an adult supporting a friend through

and has even been featured through two series on Lifetime Television, “Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead” and “Lisa Williams: Voices From the Other Side.”

But Williams is perhaps most interested in making her experiences accessible and helping others develop the skills she says are inborn, authoring books like I Speak to Dead People: Can You? and founding the Lisa Williams International School of Spiritual Development, which offers in-person and online classes on spiritual mediumship. “Everyone can connect with their own spirits,” Williams asserts, “it’s about developing your own intuition, your own awareness, and creating a spiritual practice.”

For those intrigued by the subject, but still qualmish about actually having a potentially terrifying encounter, Williams wants to assure you that the spirits are more interested in healing than horrifying the living, which is why, she

believes, they tend to send oblique messages through dreams or physical signs: “Developing psychic awareness is necessary so that you can tell if you are receiving an actual message or just something you want to see.”

Interested readers will have a chance to explore these ideas later this month when Williams flies in to Salt Lake from her home in Lily Dale, New York—originally incorporated in the late 1800s as a Spiritualist meeting place, and which boasts a large contingent of mediums to this day. Presented by the Jung Society of Utah, Williams will be offering a gallery reading Friday, April 21, followed by an all-day workshop Saturday, April 22. Williams expects a handful of more advanced students at her workshop, but welcomes both beginners and the bereaved, if they are willing to engage in her hands-on exploratory process—a process that she hopes will ultimately bring messages of comfort.

In her work as a medium, she finds that guilt is a frequent visitor to discussions of death, as the surviving family members recall arguments that became the last words exchanged with the deceased, or regret that they were not able to make it to their loved one’s side in time to say goodbye.

Williams notes that the messages revealed through her spiritual practice are often brief, but she passionately believes in their power, and wants to share that power with those who need to hear such messages: “Words can truly heal someone.” ◆ “A Night With Spirit” gallery reading — Friday, April 21, 7:309pm at Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah Presidents Circle.

“Strengthening Your Connection With Spirit” workshop — Saturday, April 22, 9am-4pm at the Wasatch Retreat Center, 75 South 200 East.

Tickets for both the event and workshop: NIGHTWITHSPIRIT.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM

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serenity, wisdom and grace. Combining clear, well-informed instruction with ample quiet time, these classes encourage students to discover their own yoga. Classes include meditation, pranayama (breath awareness) and yoga nidra (yogic sleep) as well as physical practice of asana. Public & private classes, workshops in a supportive, non-competitive environment since 1986.

WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM

YOGA STUDIOS Centered City Yoga 12/18

801.521.9642, 926 S. 900 E., SLC. Yoga for Every Body, we offer 75 classes a week as relaxing as meditation and yoga nidra, to yin yoga and restorative, along with plenty of classes to challenge you, such as anusara and power classes. InBody Academy 1,000-hour teacher trainings also offered. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM

Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/18

801.501.YOGA [9642], 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. Offering a variety of Hot and Not hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 13 years. The Mountain Yoga System is comprised of 5 Elemental Classes EARTH-FIREWIND-FLOW-WATER varying in heat, duration, intensity and sequence.

The 5 classes work together and offer you a balanced and sustainable yoga practice. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere in-between, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you.

WWW.MOUNTAINYOGASANDY.COM

Mudita—Be Joy Yoga 3/18

801.699.3627, 1550 E. 3300 S., SLC. Our studio is warm and spacious – a

place for you to come home and experience yourself! Varied classes will have you move and sweat, open and lengthen, or chill and relax. Come just as you are, ease into your body and reconnect to your true essence.

WWW.BEJOYYOGA.COM

PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES ASTROLOGY Transformational Astrology FOG

212.222.3232. Ralfee Finn. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 20 years! Visit her website, WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM, RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM

Christopher Renstrom 11/17

Astrology Lovers: Looking for a class?

Christopher Renstrom, professional astrologer, teaches class three times a month. Perfect for beginners or advanced students. $30 each or 8 classes for $200 prepaid. Come to an Astrology Slam and get a mini-reading, $15. Details: RULINGPLANETS1@GMAIL.COM, WWW.RULINGPLANETS.COM/PRIMETIME-ASTROLOGY

PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Carrie Held, Intuitive Empath 9/17

435.841.4022. A session with Carrie provides deep understanding, guidance, healing and direction. I connect with your Angels, Guides, and Ancestors to help you move into your highest potential. In person or long distance session by appointment only. www.MyAscensionCoaching.com CARRIEHELD@YAHOO.COM

Crone’s Hollow 11/17

801.906.0470, 3834 S. Main Street, SLC. Crone's Hollow offers intuitive/psychic consultations for questions on love, money, health & more. Our talented House Readers use Tarot, Pendulum, Palmistry, Stones, Pet Psychics, Crystal Ball and other oracles. $25 for 20 minutes. Afternoon and evening appointments available -Walk-ins welcome!

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/THECRONESHOLLOW WWW.C RONES H OLLOW. COM

Nick Stark 6/17

801.721.2779. Ogden Canyon.

Shamanic energy healings/ clearings/ readings/offerings/transformative work. Over 20 years experience.

NICHOLASSTARK@COMCAST.NET

Suzanne Wagner DA 1/18

707.354.1019. In a world of paradox and possibility, an intelligent psychic with a sense of humor might as well be listed with the family dentist in one's day planner. Suzanne's readings are sensitive, compassionate, humorous and insightful. An inspirational speaker and healer she also teaches Numerology, Palmistry, Tarot and Channeling. WWW.SUZWAGNER.COM

PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH HYPNOSIS Holly Stokes, The Brain Trainer 6/17

801.810.9406, 1111 E. Brickyard Rd., Ste.

29 109, SLC. Do you struggle with mental blocks, weight, cravings, fears, lack of motivation, unhappiness or self sabotage? Find your motivation, confidence and focus for living with purpose and passion. First time clients $45. Call now. Get Instant Motivation Free when you sign up at: WWW.THEBRAINTRAINERLLC.COM, HOLLY@THEBRAINTRAINERLLC.COM

Hypnosis for Performance, Anna Zumwalt, CHT6/17

801.647.8311. Hypnotherapy gets your subconscious & conscious minds on the same page, talking together, focused, on track with your goals. So, how will YOUR life be better without the thoughts holding you back? Contact Anna and find out. A new life can start today. CONTACT@HYPNOSISFORPERFORMANCE.COM

THERAPY/COUNSELING Ascent Integrative Therapy, Heather Judd, LCMHC 10/17

801.440.9833. 684 E. Vine St, #4A, Murray. Holistic/transpersonal psychotherapy, combining traditional and alternative modalities to integrate body mind, and spirit. Trauma/ abuse, depression, anxiety, relationships, spirituality, sexuality, loss, lifetransitions, past lives. Offering EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Lifespan Integration, Rapid Eye Therapy, mindfulness, shamanic practices, light-body healing, TFT/EFT. WWW.ASCENTINTEGRATIVE THERAPY.COM

Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 10/17 801.231.5916. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 15, SLC. Feeling out of sorts? Tell your

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story in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Eighteen years specializing in depression, anxiety, life-transitions, anger management, relationships and "middle-aged crazy." Most insurances, sliding scale and medication management referrals. If you've been waiting to talk to someone, wait no more.

Healing Pathways Therapy Center 11/17

435.248.2089. Clinical Director: Kristan Warnick, CMHC. 1174 E. Graystone Way (2760 S.), Ste. 8, Sugarhouse. Integrated counseling and medical services for anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship, life adjustment issues.

Focusing on clients’ innate capacity to heal and resolve past and current obstacles, rather than just cope. Modalities include EMDR, EFT, mindfulness, feminist/multicultural. Individuals, couples, families. WWW.HEALINGPATHWAYSTHERAPY.COM

Holly Lineback, CMHC11/17

801-259-7311. 1104 E. Ashton Ave, #103, SLC. Counseling and psychotherapy for stress, worry, anxiety, depression, relationships and other life problems causing emotional distress.

See website for further information.

WWW.HOLLYLINEBACK.COM

Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/18

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April, 2017

801.582.2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness. Individuals, cou-

ples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision.

Marianne Felt, CMHC, MT-BC 12/17

801.524.0560, ext. 2, 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C, SLC. Certified Mental Health Counselor, Board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Mountain Lotus Counseling.

Transpersonal psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind and spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts and relationships that challenge & inspire our lives. WWW.M OUNTAIN LOTUS COUNSELING . COM

Mountain Lotus Counseling 4/17 DA

801.524.0560. Theresa Holleran, LCSW, Marianne Felt, CMHC, & Sean Patrick McPeak, CSW. Learn yourself. Transform.

Depth psychotherapy and transformational services for individuals, relationships, groups and communities.

WWW.MOUNTAINLOTUSCOUNSELING.COM

Natalie Herndon, PhD, CMHC 7/17

801.657.3330. 1151 E. 3900 S, Suite B175, SLC. 15+ years experience specializing in Jungian, Analytical, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Are you seeking to more deeply understand yourself, your relationships, and why you struggle with certain thoughts and feelings? Call today for an appointment and let's begin.

NatalieHerndon@HopeCanHelp.net WWW.HOPECANHELP.NET

Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 10/17

801.631.8426. Sanctuary for Healing

Mindful Yoga Collective at Great Basin Chiropractic

and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302, SLC. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy and meditation with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in treatimg identity crises, LGBTQ issues and bipolar disorders.

SPROSKAUER@COMCAST.NET 10/16

Sunny Strasburg, LMFT3/18

1399 S. 700 E., SLC. Sunny is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in Jungian Psychology, Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy and EMDR. Sunny meets clients in person at her office in Salt Lake City. For questions, or to schedule an appointment, please email Sunny at: SUNNYS@JPS.NET.

SHAMANIC PRACTICE Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW 3/18

801.531.8051. ssifers514@aol.com.

Shamanic Counseling. Shamanic Healing, Minister of the Circle of the Sacred Earth. Mentoring for people called to the Shaman’s Path. Explore health or mental health issues using the ways of the shaman. Sarah’s extensive training includes shamanic extraction healing, soul retrieval healing, psychopomp work for death and dying, shamanic counseling and shamanic divination. Sarah has studied with Celtic, Brazilian, Tuvan, Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali Shamans.

Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW FOG 801.209.1095, 508 E. So. Temple, #102, SLC. Psychotherapy and

Shamanic practice. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing and balance or “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature. Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition.

NAOMI @ EARTHLINK . NET

RETAIL line goes here APPAREL, GIFTS & TREASURES Blue Boutique 10/17 DA

801.487.1807, 1383 S. 2100 E., SLC. Shopping Made Sexy. Since 1987, Blue Boutique has expanded to four locations, offering the finest in a variety of sexy lingerie, sexy shoes and sexy adult merchandise to discriminating shoppers. We’ve created comfortable, inviting environments with salespeople ready to offer friendly and creative advice.

WWW.B LUE B OUTIQUE . COM

Dancing Cranes Imports DA8/17

801.486.1129, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. Jewelry, clothing, incense, ethnic art, pottery, candles, chimes and much more! Visit Café Solstice for lunch, too. WWW.DANCING C RANES I M PORTS . COM

Golden Braid Books DA 11/17

801.322.1162, 151 S. 500 E., SLC. A true sanctuary for conscious living in the city. Offerings include gifts and books to feed mind, body, spirit, soul and heart; luscious health care products to refresh and revive; and a Lifestyles department to lift the

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9:15-10:45am: All Levels Hatha - Dana 5:30-7pm: Mindful Hatha - Charlotte

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Sunday

4/9, 4/23: 10-11:30am - Sunday Series - Brandi 4/2: 7-8:30pm - First Sunday Mindfulness Group - Charlotte

HEALTH & WELLNESS Dave’s Health & Nutrition 7/17

spirit. www.G OLDEN B RAID B OOKS . COM

Lotus DA 11/17

801.333.3777. 12896 Pony Express

Rd., #200, Draper. For rocks and crystals. Everything from Angels to Zen. WWW.ILOVELOTUS.COM

Healing Mountain Crystals DA

801.808.6442, 363 S. 500 E., #210 (east entrance), SLC. A welcoming crystal shop located one block from the “Trolley” Trax station. Offering: crystals, jewelry, essential oils, $2 sage, 50 cent tumbled stones, Tibetan singing bowls, spa products, books, chakra healing supplies, gifts and more. We are known for our low prices. WWW.H EALING M OUNTAIN C RYS TALS . COM

iconoCLAD—We Sell Your Previously Rocked Stuff & You Keep 50% 2/18

801.833.2272. 414 E. 300 S., SLC. New and previously rocked (aka, consigned) men’s and women’s fashion, summer festival gear and locally made jewelry, clothing, crafts and decor. M-Sat 11a-9p, Sun 1p-6p. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @iconoCLAD to see new inventory before someone beats you to it! WWW. ICONO CLAD. COM

Turiya’s Gifts8/17 DA

SLC: 801.268.3000, 880 E. 3900 S. and W. Jordan: 801.446.0499, 1817 W. 9000 S. We focus on health & holistic living through education, empowerment and high-quality products. With supplements, homeopathics, herbs, stones, books and beauty care products, we provide you with the options you need to reach your optimum health. Certified professionals also offer private consultations. WWW.DAVESHEALTH .COM

SPIRITUAL PRACTICE line goes here ORGANIZATIONS Inner Light Center Spiritual Community

801.919.4742, 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community.

Events & classes. Sunday Celebration: 10a; WWW.T HE I NNER L IGHTC ENTER . ORG

The Church of the Sacred Circle 11/17

801.531.7823, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. M-F 11a-7p, Sat 11a-6p, Sun 12-5p.

Turiya’s is a metaphysical gift and crystal store. We have an exquisite array of crystals and minerals, jewelry, drums, sage and sweet grass, angels, fairies, greeting cards and meditation tools. Come in and let us help you create your sanctuary.

WWW.T URIYAS . COM

801.330.6666, 3464 W. 3800 S., WVC. We are a local independent church of non-denominational earth based spirituality. We welcome all those who follow Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft, Asatru, Druid, Shamanic, Eclectic and other traditions. We hold public full moon and new moon circles, monthly events, psychic faires and are family friendly. www.S A CRED C IRCLE C HURCH . COM , INFO @ SA -

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Wills • Trusts Conservatorships Guardianships and Probate Penniann J. Schumann, JD, LL.M

www.estateplanningforutah.com penni.schumann@comcast.net Tel: 801-631-7811 2150 S. 1300 E., Ste 500, Salt Lake City, Ut 84106

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Unity Spiritual Community 8/17

801.281.2400. Garden Center in Sugar House Park, 1602 E. 2100 S., SLC. Unity principles celebrate the Universal Christ Consciousness by practicing the teachings of Jesus.

We honor the many paths to God knowing that all people are created with sacred worth. Unity offers love, encouragement and acceptance to support you in discovering and living your spiritual purpose. WWW.U NI TYOF S ALT L AKE . ORG , CONTACT @U NITYO F S ALT L AKE.ORG

Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple

801.328.4629, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings. The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses.

WWW.U RGYEN S AMTEN L ING . ORG 12/17

Utah Eckankar 12/17

801.542.8070, 8105 S. 700 E., Sandy.

Eckankar teaches you to be more aware of your own natural relationship with Divine Spirit. Many have had spiritual experiences and want to learn more about them. You will meet people with similar experiences who also wish to share how these improve our daily lives.

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INSTRUCTION The Diamond Approach 8/17

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BY THE SEASON

The yin and yang of Spring Feng shui for your body, house and mind

BY VALERIE LITCHFIELD

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n Traditional Chinese Medicine, health and well-being are rooted in seasonal changes.

Early Taoism observed that yin and yang met at axis point in the center of a circle— symbolized by the merging of black (yin) and white (yang)—and subtly transformed each other. In Taoist philosophy, the always changing universe and its movement caused cycles and patterns such as the four seasons. These changes could be mapped out in the movement of the sun and seen in the seasons of life: birth, growth, maturation, decline and death.

The five distinct transformations of yin and yang form the Five Elements Theory, a simple and elegant system for understanding the basic phases underlying the energy of life, health and good fortune.

Water, wood, fire, earth and metal symbolize more than just the physical substance—each is associated with a season, a color, bodily organs, a direction and many other things.

In spring, associated with wood, come out from the cold and hardened surface of winter and take action on a new life plan that reflects your inner desires.

The spring wind is nature’s broom. Windy days clear the air and urge us to let go of what isn’t working. Spring cleaning, wood elementstyle, begins by identifying old patterns and then releasing (or transforming) the items tied to them. The wood element is active, vigorous and green. It is the symbol of rebirth, optimism and upward movement.

A time for cleansing and balancing The organs governed by wood are the liver and gallbladder. Because of its size, the liver is considered to be the general in Chinese Medicine, in charge of defending the body and regulating energy flow and blood to all the other parts. Cracking, discoloration or vertical lines in the nails (especially the toenails) indicate a liver imbalance. The eyes also indicate liver health,

with clear tissue and color being optimal and showing the smooth functioning of the liver.

Dullness, tearing problems or a need for corrective lenses relates to the lack of energy flow from the liver.

The liver is considered to be the dwelling place of the soul. It controls the mind’s instincts and responds to life, knowing when to advance and when to retreat.

A well-choreographed life comes from a balanced liver.

Liver health means that intellect is tempered with kindness, cool heads prevail and a willingness to work creatively with others is the norm. An unbalanced liver, however, can drive one to anger and violence, opportunism, stubborness or even obsession. Feelings of guilt, ambivalence, boredom or depression also signal liver issues that need to be brought to balance.

In Chinese Medicine the gallbladder— a pear-shaped organ near the liver that secretes bile and aids in digestion—is related to decision-making and the daily “to do” list. Having too many things to do and too many big decisions could, over time, add stress to the gallbladder. A poorly functioning gallbladder can cause headaches, sluggishness and indecision, a signal that you many need to simplify life and cleanse your body.

Spring is the optimal season to begin a cleanse. Cleansing can be as simple as adding lemons to your water and increasing the greens in your diet. I personally like the Master Cleanser or lemonade diet, a simple and effective spring cleanse that can be performed as a fast for three to 10 days. The lemons and the

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cayenne pepper assist the body in removing toxins and mucus while the maple syrup is a source of energy. (Before starting any cleanse or big shift in your diet, consult your healthcare practitioner.)

Stanley Burroughs’ Master Cleanser 2 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon or lime juice.

1-2 tablespoons 100% maple syrup 1/10 teaspoon cayenne pepper 8 ounces of spring water Drink liberally—6-12 glasses a day.

Two cleansing plants that grow prolifically in the spring and are easy to harvest are dandelion and peppermint. Dandelions are high in vitamin A and are great in salads or steeped and consumed as a tea. They are particularly good for cleansing the blood and as a liver tonic.

Peppermint can be used as a tea to freshen the body from the inside out or aromatically in a diffuser to increase vitality.

East, the direction of the sunrise and the birth place of each new day, is governed by the wood element. If you find yourself to be a morning person, one who easily gets out of bed, then you have a healthy balance of wood. If the opposite is true, then your wood element needs a tuneup.

Stagnation in the form of clutter or unused items may well be the cause of oversleeping and could also be holding up future plans.

Ancestors The family is also associated with the forceful and determined energy of wood. All of us have a place on the family tree and so it is wise to acknowledge our heritage and to display it in our homes. The east section of the house or a room is the ideal place to display family photos and treasured family mementoes. Visual reminders of where we came from can create a solid foundation on which to build our future. Healthy family relationships can act as a springboard for growth and opportunities in our lives. Further enhance the east section of your home with healthy plants and art that depicts flowers, gardens and green landscapes.

In Chinese Medicine the human desire associated with wood is purpose, and the path is action. Spring is the time to take inventory. Notice the people and events that make you smile and the activities and projects that you naturally do well. Creating a space in our homes where we can explore, develop and work with things that inspire us is a constructive use of our time. Surrounding ourselves with items that support and symbolize our purp o s e w i l l keep us excited a n d c o n nected to what it is that we want to achieve. ◆ Valerie Litchfield is a longtime feng shui practitioner with LifeAlign Classical Compass Feng Shui. She lives in Salt Lake City.

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Apr. 6: Utah Whitewater Club Annual Film Festival @ Brewvies Cinema Pub. 79p. 21+. Fundraiser for "Utah Stream Access Coalition." $15. 677 S. 200 W. Apr. 6: RDT Presents “Dabke” @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. 7:308:30p. An evening-length work by Zvi Gotheiner. Blending Middle Eastern folk dance, Arab pop music and contemporary dance. $15-35. 138 Broadway.

Apr. 6: Con Brio @ The State Room. 8p.12a. 21+. A living, evolving testament to the power of soul. $18. 638 S. State.

Apr. 7-8: Metatransit: A Night with Municipal Ballet Co. & Conquer Monster @ Urban Lounge. 6-8:30p. 21+. A futuristic ballet, inspired by Conquer Monster's album "Metatransit," and their comic book "Purge Worlds." $10. 241 S. 500 E. Apr. 7: Glow Yoga to The Beatles @ 21st Yoga. 8:30-10:30p. w/ James Hardy. $25/20 adv. 2065 E. 2100 S. Apr. 7: Dubwise w/ Blind Prophet, illoom, Quintana @ Urban Lounge. 9p-12a. 21+. $10/5 before 10:30p. 41 S. 500 E. Apr. 8, 22: Winter Market @ Rio Grande.

10a-2p. Farm fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat. specialty foods & fresh-baked foods. Food trucks. 300 S. Rio Grande St. Apr. 8: Grid Zine Fest @ Salt Lake Arts Academy. 11a-5p. A gathering for makers of small-run, independently published, noncommercial books to come together. Free. 844 S. 200 E. Apr. 8, 15, 22, 29: Napowrimo: Celebrating National Poetry Month @ SLCC Community Writing Center. 1-3p. 4-part workshop series. Explore various genres of poetry, learn to compose poems and practice writing, revising and sharing work. $40. 210 E. 400 S.

Apr. 7: CATALYST Magazine presents Tinariwen @ The State Room. 8p-12a. 21+. w/ Dengue Fever. Desert blues rock, Taureg refugees from Mali. $30. 638 S. State.

Apr. 1&2: Orchid Show @ Red Butte Garden. Sa: 9a-7:30p Su: 9a-4:30p.

Utah Orchid Society’s largest Orchid Show display in Utah. $7-12.

Free for U of U students and garden members.

300 Wakara Way. Apr. 2: Ecstatic Dance w/ Naughty Princess from Los Angeles @ Krishna Temple SLC. 10a-2p. $15 Suggested Donation. 965 E. 3370 S. Apr. 3: SoulCollage® Circle w/ Lucia Gardner @ Milagro Art Studio. 5:308:30p. Create a few or a whole deck of collaged cards that speak to your soul. $25. 923 Lake St. Apr. 3: Imani Winds in Salt Lake City @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall. 7:30-9:30p. $22/5 Student. 1375 Presidents Cir. Apr. 4: "The Watery Part of the World”: The Humanities, the Ocean and the Anthropocene" @ U of U, Aline W. Skaggs Biology Bldg. 4-5p. w/ Jeffrey McCarthy. Painting and writing about the human place in a marine environment, climate change, our social contract. Free. 257 1400 E. Apr. 4: Rumi Poetry Club @ Anderson Foothill Library. 7-8:30p. A celebration of spiritual poetry for our life and community. Free. 1135 S. 2100 E. Apr. 4: Marco Benevento w/ Jackie Greene @ The State Room. 8-11p. 21+.

Rock. $20. 638 S. State.

Apr. 4: 1984 screening @ Jim Santy Auditorium. 9-11p. Directed by Michael Radford | Rated R | 113 min. Based on the book by George Orwell. Free. 1255 Park Ave, Park City.

Apr. 5: Climate and Health Symposium @ Conservation Garden Park.

8:30a-12p.

Held by SLCo. Health Dept. The public health issues climate change presents, and discussion on how to build a healthier, more resilient community. Free. 8215 S. 1300 W., West Jordan.

Apr. 6-9: Blind Boys of Alabama @ Egyptian Theatre. 8-11p.. $39-70. 328 Main St, PC. Apr. 7-9: Merveilles Utah African Dance & Drum Conference @ U of U Marriott Center for Dance. 8a-5p. All-star faculty from Guinea, Zimbabwe, the Congo and Haiti. $25-240. 330 S. 1500 E. Apr. 7: International Gleaners Symposium @ The City Library. 8:30a-4:15p.

Hosted by Green Urban Lunchbox. Presenters from around the country will share how to organize and improve fruit tree gleaning programs. $50-150.

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Apr. 8: Soil Biology w/James Loomis @ Turn Community Services. 2-4p. Come dive into the wonderful world of microbes, the fundamental pioneers of life on this planet, and learn about the living web of microscopic organisms in the soil.

Must pre-register: http://bit.ly/2nMiBmL. $10. 423 W. 800 S., Ste A200.

Apr. 8: Casino Night at Club Marmalade Speakeasy @ Salt Lake Acting Company.

7:30-10:30p. 1920's attire. Drinks, food, casino games and live entertainment.

SLAC fundraiser, 10% of all tickets sales donated to ACLU of Utah. Drag Queen Bingo w/the Matrons of Mayhem. $100.

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Apr 5-8: Friends of The City Library Spring Used Book Sale @ The City Library.

We: 3–9p members only sale .Th: 9a–9p public sale. Fr: 9a–6p public half-price day.

Sa: 9a–6p public $5 bag day. 210 E. 400 S. Apr. 5: Sandy Solar Workshop @ Sandy Library. 6-7:30p. w/HEAL Utah, UCARE, and The Sierra Club. Find out the benefits of rooftop solar, the complexities of solar rate-making, the future of solar and how you can participate in securing solar power as an affordable alternative energy. Free. 10100 S Petunia Way, Sandy.

Apr. 5: KRCL presents Foxygen @ The State Room. 8-11p. 21+. $24. 638 S. State.

Apr. 6: Kearns Solar Workshop @ Kearns Library. 6-7:30p. See Sandy Solar Workshop on Apr. 5 for more details. Free.

5350 S. 4220 W., Kearns.

Apr. 4: Utah Film Center presents A Plastic Ocean @ The City Library. 7-9p. Off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, where civil war has kept the oceans and beaches pristine, a global expedition is searching for one of the world’s most elusive animals.

Free. 210 E. 400 S.

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Apr. 8: National Theater Live presents Hedda Gabler @ Broadway Center Cinemas.

12-3p. Hedda and Tesman have just returned from their honeymoon and the relationship is already in trouble. Trapped but determined, Hedda tries to control those around her, only to see her own world unravel. $15-$20. 111 Broadway.

Apr. 8: Organic Vegetable Gardening Class @ Conservation Garden Park. 910:30a. w/ Katie Wagner, USU Extension. $5. 8275 S. 1300 W., West Jordan.

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Apr. 11: Facts, Fake News, and a PostTruth America @ Marmalade Library. 79p. Panel discussion moderated by KRCL’s Lara Jones w/ local experts. Free. 280 W. 500 N. Apr. 11: Anders Osborne @ The State Room. 8-11p. 21+. $32. 638 S. State.

Apr. 12: Calligraphy workshop @ The Stockist. 6:30-8p. Presented by Craft Lake City. Preregister online. $30. 875 S. 900 E.

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Apr. 8-9: Chocolate & Cheese Festival @ NHMU. 10a-5p. $10-15/free U of U students & faculty w/ID. 301 Wakara Way. Apr. 10: Park City Solar Workshop @ Kimball Junction Library. 6-7:30p. See Sandy Solar Workshop Apr. 5 for details. 1885 W Ute Blvd, Park City.

Apr. 10: Community Passover Seder @ The JCC. 6-9p. Rabbi Ilana Schwartzman will lead us in the story of the Exodus from Egypt. A kosher meal will be served. $50/25 adults/children. 2 N. Medical Dr. Apr. 11: Hive-Side Chat: Package installation and hive inspections @ The City Library. 6-8p. Learn about the life of bees and the process of urban beekeeping through a monthly conversation with SLC Beekeeper Frank Whitby. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Apr. 11: Andrew Zimmern: A Global Perspective on the State of Our Food Life @ Kingsbury Hall. 7-9p. NHMU lecture series. $12/6 w U of U ID. 1395 Presidents Circle.

Apr. 12-May 14: Salt Lake Acting Company presents “Hand to God” @ Salt Lake Acting Company. 7:30-9p. Faith, morality and human nature – with the help of a bawdy hand puppet named Tyrone. 168 W. 500 N. Apr. 12: The History of Broadcast News in Utah.| Friends of the Library Spring Banquet @ Marriott Library. 6-8p. Historic review of Utah radio, with anecdotes and insights along with historic photos, sound clips. $50. 295 S 1500 E. Apr. 13-15: Ririe Woodbury’s “Spring Season” @ Leona Wagner Black Box Theater. 2-4:30p. The world premiere of Elizabeth, the dance conceived and

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CALENDAR Apr. 19: Psychic Fair @ Golden Braid Books.

7-9p. 20 minutes for $25. 151 S. 500 E. Apr. 19: Book Signing: “Jake's Nature Guide: Rocky Mountains” @ King's English Bookshop. 7-8p. Author Mark Danenhauer. Parents, children, and nature enthusiasts alike will find Jake’s Nature Guide an easy-to-read, informative, and accessible guidebook.. 1511 S. 1500 E. Apr. 20: Antimonuments: A Draft of Shadows @ UMFA. 7-9p. Mexican-Canadian media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s interactive installations at the intersection of architecture and performance art. Free. 410 Campus Center Dr. Apr. 20: Spring Fest: An Earth Day Celebration @ Fairbourne Station Promenade. 5-8p. Booths, family activities, food trucks. Free. 2810 W. 3590 S., West Valley.

Apr. 18: Utah Film Center presents Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman @ The City Library.

7-9p. Selection from the Sundance Film Festival 2017. Free. 210 E. 400 S. choreographed by visionary multi-disciplinary artist Ann Carlson. The work traces personal and public histories through the lens of embodiment, desire, and delight. $15-40. 138 E. Broadway.

(See interview, this issue.)

Apr. 13: Author event with Carol Wilson @ Golden Braid Books. 6-9p. The release

Apr. 15: Wylder Presents: No Man's Land Film Festival & Activism Panel @ Publik.

Coffee Roasters. 5:30-10p. 21+. No Man's Land is an all-female adventure film festival whose goal is to connect likeminded individuals who love adventure. $20. 975 S. West Temple.

Apr. 15: Phutureprimitive, Syn.Aesthetic, HANDZ @ Urban Lounge. 8-12a.

21+. $13/15 adv. 241 S. 500 E. Apr. 15: Utah Trump Tax March @ Gallivan Center. 122p. Activists across the country will be rallying on Tax Day, calling on Donald Trump to act transparently and release his tax returns. Free. 239 S. Main St.

of 'Stillness on S h a k i n g Ground.’ Determined to hang prayer flags at Mt. Everest Base Camp, Olivia trekked through Tibet while under the scrutiny of Communist China.

Free. 151 S. 500 E. Apr. 14: Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company @ Kingsbury Hall. 7:30-9p.

Founded by Amy Poehler, Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company performs a night of provocative sketch comedy and absurd improv. $25. 1395 Presidents Circle.

Apr. 14-18: City Nature Challenge 2017 | The Wasatch Front @ NHMU. 11a-12a.

Citizen science quest to showcase our rich biodiversity. Compete to document urban nature by posting photos on iNaturalist app. Museum staff and volunteers will be on hand Fr. til 3p to help get you started. Free. 301 Wakara Way.

Apr. 15: Cold Hard Cash Show @ The State Room. 9p-12a. 21+. Tribute to the music of Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Three. $15. 638 State.

Apr. 15: Musicians’ Health Clinic| @ Flow Acupuncture. 11a-4p. Free. 349 E. 900 S. Apr. 15: SLC Mini Maker Faire @ Utah State Fair Park. 12-6p. Community-organized, family-friendly celebration featuring local do-it-yourself science, art, rockets, robots, crafts, technology, music, workshops, hands-on-activities. $5-$15.

155 1000 W. Apr. 16: Jesse Walker presents the 7th Annual Bunny Hop @ The Garage On Beck. 11a-6p. 21+. Theme: 7 Deadly Sins.

DJ Mauricio Aviles (San Francisco), Major Tom (solo) and an appearance by the real Easter Bunny. Prizes, gift baskets. $8.

1199 Beck Street.

Apr. 18: Tour of the Utah State Capitol with The Young Democrats of SLC @ Utah State Capitol. 6:30-10:30p. Free. 350 N. State St.

Apr. 20: Utah Film Center presents Strike A Pose @ The City Library. 7-9p. In 1991, Madonna launched the now legendary “Blonde Ambition” tour and solidified her LGBT influence in the pop cultural zeitgeistt. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Apr. 21: Gallery Stroll @ downtown galleries.. 6-9p. At Urban Arts Gallery, local artists exhibit work made with repurposed/recycled materials, or reimagined approaches and techniques.. 241 500 E. Apr. 21: Organic Living Expo @ South Towne Expo Center. 12-6p. Free. 9575 S. State St., Sandy.

Apr. 21: Folklore in Honor of Water @ The City Library. 6-8p. Presented by PANDOS. Dance, music, & storytelling highlighting the reverence of water in traditional cultures. Bolivian, Indian, Afro Brazilian, Native American, Haitian, Pacific Islanders, Ukrainian, African and more. $10-20. 210 E. 400 S. Apr. 21: The Spy Who Loved Me @ Abravanel Hall. 7:30-9:30p. Broadway star Rachel York and the Utah Symphony.

Children must be 8+. $21-82. 123 S. West Temple.

Apr. 22: Recycling Roundup @ Harmons Grocery Store. 10a-12p. Presented by RCU / Harmon's 2017. Recycle all of those hard to recycle items such as: electronics, mattresses, car seats and more. Free.

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Apr. 22-23: Utah Fire Tribe performance Fundraiser @ Area 51. Sa. 9p-Su. 1p. 18+.

100% going to Fire Tribe. $15. 451 S. 400 W. Apr. 22: New Consciousness Expo @ South Towne Expo Center. 10a-6p. Consciousness raising products and services.

Free. 9575 S. State, Sandy.

Apr. 22: March for Science @ City Creek Park. 3-6p. Satellite march to the March of Science held in Washington D.C. Free.

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Apr. 22: GAIA Rising: An Evening of Poetry and Dance @ Eccles Community Art Center. 7-8:30p. Celebrate Earth Day and the arrival of Spring and renewal with Ogden poets and dance. $12.50-15. 2580 Jefferson Ave, Ogden.

Apr. 22: 3rd Annual Utah Light As Air 2017 @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. 6-10p. Education, dance, and community to raise awareness for clean air in Utah. Proceeds go to Western Resource Advocates. $25. 138 W. 300 S. Apr. 23: 12 Minutes Max @ The City Library. 2-3p. One Sunday a month, three new pieces in a varied mix, chosen from music, dance, film, writing, theater, performance art, etc—each 12 minutes or less. Free. 210 E 400 S. Apr. 25: SLC Solar Workshop @ Glendale Library. 6-7:30p. See Sandy Solar Workshop Apr. 5 for details. Free. 1375 S. Concord.

Apr. 25: An Evening w/Sandra Cisneros @ Rose Wagner. 7:30-9:30p. Cisneros will discuss the Chicana literary movement, her writing and the influence of her her-

Apr. 21: Jung Society presents Lisa Williams: A Night With Spirit @ Libby Gardner Concert Hall. 7:30-9p. Williams will deliver messages from loved ones to some audience members and share what the dead have to say about transitioning to the other side. $25-100. 1375 Presidents Circle. (See story, this issue.)

Apr. 8, 22: Winter Market @ Rio Grande.

10a-2p. Farm fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat. specialty foods & fresh-baked foods. Food trucks. 300 S. Rio Grande St. Apr. 22: Real Women Run Spring Training @ Thomas S. Monson Center U of U. 8:30a-2:30p. Tools and tips to get a campaign off the ground. Real Women Run is a collaborative nonpartisan initiative to empower women to participate fully in public life and civic leadership through elected political office at all levels. $15.

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itage on her work. Hosted by KUER’s Doug Fabrizio. Free. 138 Broadway.

Apr. 25-26: Two-Day Grant Writing Workshop @ The City Library. 9a-4p. Free w/ registration. 210 E. 400 S. Apr. 26: Equality Utah's QTalks @ The City Library. 7-8p. Learn the latest on trans activism, legislative updates, queer theory and reproductive justice. Free w/ registration. 210 E. 400 S.

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SPRING SEASON Elizabeth, the dance

by Ann Carlson April 13 - 15, 2017 Leona Wagner Black Box Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 801-355-ARTS www.ririewoodbury.com Apr. 27: California Guitar Trio @ The State Room. 8-11p. 21+. Rock, jazz, classical & world music. $23. 638 State.

Apr. 27: Think Tank - Alternative Fuels & Clean Strategies @ Little America Hotel.

1-4:30p. Utah Clean Cities Coalition (UCCC). Free. 500 S Main. St. Apr. 27: Plarn Social @ The City Library. 67:30p. Learn about the environmental benefits of crafting with plarn—yarn made out of plastic bags—and start your own knit or crochet project. Supplies provided. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Apr. 27: Samba Fogo Spring Concert: CHAMA (flame) @ Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. 7:30-9:30p. Traditional and contemporary dance forms, fire spinning and sundry live music. $25/20 student. 138 W. 300 S. Apr. 27: 3rd Annual Foodtrepreneur Festival @ The Falls Event Center. 5:30-8p. Top local food entrepreneurs share how they achieved their dreams. Live music, cash bar, tasting showcase of 30 local companies. $1015. 580 S. 600 E.Apr. 28: Arbor Day Celebration @ Red Butte Garden. 9a3p. Free trees to take home while supplies last. Deciduous trees & conifer discussions.

Free garden admission all day.

300 Wakara Way. Apr. 28: March on the Utah Capitol for Medical Cannabis @ Memory Grove Park. 4-7p. Free. 300 N. Canyon Rd. Apr. 28: NKUT Super Adoption @ Legacy Events Center. 12-6p. 800 adoptable cats and dogs. 151 S. 1100 W., Farmington.

Apr. 29: Families and Gender Variance Workshop @ YMCA. 9a-3p. $45 for 1, $75 for 2, $100 for 3 family group members.

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Apr. 29: KRCL presents Talia Keys & The Love @ The State Room. 9p-12a. 21+. w/

Pixie and the Party Grass Boys. Soul, funk & rock. $15. 638 State.

Apr. 29: Fairpark Community's Festival of Spring and Plant Sale @ Northwest Community Center. 10a-2p. Workshops and activities for all. Free. 1255 Clark Ave. Apr. 29: Utah People's Climate March @ The City Library. 1-3p. March for climate, justice, and clean energy jobs. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Apr. 29: Sacred Cycle Circle @ Vitalize Community & Healing Arts Studio. 1-4p.

Understand the emotional, physical & spiritual changes that take place during your monthly cycle.Teens welcome. $20-35. 3474 S. 2300 E. #12.

Apr. 29: Nuclear Impact Utah: Poets on the Nuclear West @ Ken Sanders Rare Books. 7-9p. A showcase of poets featured in the newly released book, Nuclear Impact-—Broken Atoms in Our Hands. Free. 268 S. 200 E. Apr. 29: National Theater Live presents Twelfth Night @ Broadway Center Cinemas.

12-3p. Tamsin Greig is Malvolia in a new twist on Shakespeare’s classic comedy of mistaken identity. $15-$20. 111 Broadway.

Apr. 30: March for Solidarity @ Salt Lake City County Building. 11a-12:30p. March in solidarity with our immigrant community to show their support and willingness to stand up for their rights. 451 S. State St. May 1: SOULCOLLAGE CIRCLE w/ Lucia Gardner @ Milagro Art Studio. 5:30-8:30p.

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Sounds of Mali in Utah Tinariwen and Vieux Farka Touré

BY SOPHIE SILVERSTONE

Tinariwen’s music and lyrics are personal stories of political oppression, injustice and refugee life.

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wo of Mali’s great musical forces are headed to Utah this spring: Grammy-awardwinning Tuareg refugee rock and desert blues band Tinariwen and rock-reggae musician Vieux Farka Touré (son of legendary Malian blues musician, Ali Farka Touré). Mali has received much attention for its impact on the World music genre, largely thanks to Tinariwen and Vieux Farka Touré’s styles of mixing ancient instruments with modern electric guitars. In 2012, Tinariwen’s fifth album, Tassili, won the group a Grammy for Best World Music Album. And both groups were invited to play in the 2010

FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremonies in South Africa. Now CATALYST magazine and the State Room bring Tinariwen, with special guest Dengue Fever, to Salt Lake on April 7, touring their new album, Elwan. On May 9, Vieux Farka Touré presents his new album, Samba, also at the State Room.

Long before these musicians were playing, it was Vieux’s father, Ali Farka Touré, who first put Mali on the map. Ali Farka Touré (19392006), known as the “African John Lee Hooker” for his blues-y mastery of the guitar, won two Grammys and earned a place on Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Gui-

tarists of all Time. Ali was raised in a small town on the Niger River called Niafunké, in central Mali (in 2004 he became mayor of his hometown). His musical success began in 1976 with the release of his self titled first album.

Throughout his life Ali Farka Touré channeled most of his success into humanitarian work back home. Some of Ali’s final recordings are as a guest on his son Vieux’s first album which came out in 2006, the year Ali succumbed to bone cancer. Incidentally, it was Ali Farka Touré’s music that influenced members of Tinariwen (who themselves later influenced the music of Vieux Farka Touré).

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Mali, the homeland of Tinariwen and the Farka Toure family, is a diverse country with 12 national languages, the official language being French, a result of colonial rule the lasted through the 19th century ending in 1960. Tinariwen and the Farka Touré clan hail from two of the many different Malian minority ethnic groups. Vieux Farka Touré comes from the Sonrai people who speak Songhay. Tinariwen are of the Tuareg people, a semi-nomadic group of the Sahara whose language is called Tamasheq.

Tuaregs have long been a politically underrepresented group in Mali. In 1963, Tuareg rebels led an uprising, which was quickly

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His father wanted him to be a soldier, to save him from the stress of the music profession. Vieux had other plans. He attended music school where he studied percussion and secretly learned the guitar. crushed by the Malian government. After the uprising, many Tauregs living in Mali took refuge in Algeria and Libya. Bandleader Ibrahim Ag Alhabi (lead guitar, vocals, and dance) was just a young boy when his family fled to Algeria after witnessing the execution of his father, a Taureg rebel sympathizer.

Though considered a Malian band because of its sound, Tinariwen was formed in Tamanrasset, Algeria. The band’s name is the plural form of Tenere, meaning “Desert” in Tamasheq.

Tinariwen’s music and lyrics are personal stories of political oppression, injustice and refugee life. The band grew through the 1980s as the Tuareg musicians met in military training camps, some under command of Libyan ruler Muammar al-Gadaffi and later camps led by a Taureg rebel group in Algeria. Their early music was produced in a makeshift recording studio and distributed through the training camps via cassette tape. Soon Tinariwen became the voice of the Tuareg people. In 1990, another Taureg rebel uprising occurred in Mali, in which some of the band members participated, earning their title from NPR as “music’s true rebels.” ”I grew up listening to Tinariwen, so I consider them as important elders to me,” Vieux told me in an email interview. “Of course they are very important to the people of Mali, especially the Tuareg people in the North. They are like the godparents of Tuareg music today just like Ali, my father, was the godfather of Sonrai music today.”

Tinariwen’s newest album, Elwan, means elephant. “It is a metaphor which symbolizes the big corporations, administration, radical businessmen who have responsibility in our political problem in the Sahara,” writes Tinariwen member Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni. “Our land resembles the aftermath of Elephants crossing our gardens!”

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Vieux (left) is known as “The Hendrix of the Sahara.”

alized in their animated music video of the album’s single, “Ténéré Tàqqàl,” (What Has Become of the Tenere) directed by Axel Digiox. (See online version to view). The video is a vibrant, mishmashed desert hallucination of a jeep and a camel slowly wandering through the desert with guitars, amps and old tea sets beset by a black dust storm.

This album, unlike their previous work, features some English vocals in the song “Nànnuflày,” the lyrics saying No more sleep walking.

Keep me with you, God. It’s alright.

It’s alright. Elwan also features appearances by Kurt Vile, Mark Lanegan (of Screaming Trees), Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age), and guitarist Matt Sweeney.

“About the artistic aspects (of Elwan), we are really happy with all the experience thus far, as well as the results of some collaborations, very spontaneous and very welcome!” writes Ag Alhousseyni.

Even without lyrical translation, Tinariwen’s genuine message to persevere against oppression transmutes the language barrier in a mysterious, almost primal way.

The percussive and intricate guitar riffs often leave one in a trance.

This upcoming show will be their fourth time in Utah.

This will also be a return visit to

Utah for Vieux Farka Touré . “Utah is not a place that I get to very often when I tour in the US, but it is one of my favorite places to visit,” he says. “It is a beautiful place in terms of the nature and the landscape, but more importantly the people are wonderful. I have very fond memories of Utah and the warm welcome I received there. I am very happy to return and have the opportunity to make more memories there.”

Vieux is known as “The Hendrix of the Sahara.” Distinct from his father’s blues-oriented style Vieux’s’new album, Samba, kicks of with a killer reggae-rock guitar riff in the song “Homafu Wawa.”

Produced by Woodstock Sessions, Samba was recorded in front of a live audience. “There was a feeling of magic in the air when we recorded. The influences of this album, much like all that I do in music, are my family and my country. These are the things that inspire me to write songs,” writes Vieux.

The most meaningful song for Vieux is “Samba Si Kairi” meaning “second born son” in Sonrai. “This song talks about my childhood, my parents,” Vieux writes, “My grandfather would sing 'Samba Si Kairi' to me as a child and I would dance. Samba who never breaks,

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who never runs from threats, who is not afraid. This song is an homage to my grandparents who gave me a nice childhood.”

Vieux was born in 1981, in Niafunké. His father wanted him to be a soldier, to save him from the stress of the music profession.

Vieux had other plans. He attended music school in the capital city of Bamako where he studied percussion and secretly learned the guitar.

Vieux finally earned his father’s blessing for a music career right before his father’s passing. With this new album, Vieux celebrates his father’s legacy. “I want to not just honor him but to continue his work in music and in humanitarian projects at home. He was a man who was larger than life so this is a very serious challenge for me, but it keeps me motivated every day to do the best that I can for him.”

Vieux’s humanitarian nonprofit, Amahrec Sahel, provides aid to the entire region of the Sahel (the stretch of land across the widest part of the African continent), not just in Mali. The organization supports services and development in rural areas focusing on education, agriculture, livestock, cultural exchanges and orphanages.

When Vieux first played in Utah

at the 2009 Utah Arts Fest, he made a connection with the local nonprofit, Oulessabougou Alliance Utah. A 31-year-old organization, OAU, was started by a group of Utahns who adopted Oulessabougou, a southern region of Mali, as a sister community. They currently have education, water infrastructure and health projects in 24 villages in the region. (See details in the box below).

To have two bands from Mali in such close succession is certainly a treat for Utahns. “It is great to see how the Malian scene could always travel around the world as it is a country with a lot of different cultures, so rich, each one!” writes Tinariwen lead guitarist, Touhami Ag Alhassane. Vieux is also pleased to know that his Malian brothers will be playing in Salt Lake just ahead of his arrival. “This makes me happy,” he says, “because Mali is a very small country, very very far from Utah. But still, you will have two Malian artists perform in a short amount of time. This is a testament to the strength of Mali’s music and culture.” ◆ Sophie Silverstone is CATALYST’s community outreach director and our music writer.

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tah’s Oulessebougou Alliance provides opportunities for Utahns to learn about Malian culture and history in the global community and organizes projects in education and health that are helping over 25,000 villagers in Mali’s Oulessebougou region.

The Oulessebougou Alliance annual gala fundraiser is April 8 at the Little America Hotel. Dinner, a silent and a live auction will take place.

Auction items include a large selection of art and vacation packages to destinations such as Hawaii, Moab, St. Augustine, and a 7-day cruise on the Holland-America cruise line. Tickets: $125 per person.

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ad things happen in life to show us where we are stronger and more resilient than we suspected. Bracing for such moments, in a detached, honest and objective way, is what I attempt to do in my writing. Unfortunately, that often means that I have to say things that some do not want to hear. That’s the crux of the evolving pattern of astrology and cards this month.

There are moments in life when recurring patterns take on a life of their own. We are presently facing a series of choices and situations that seem beyond our control. Perhaps that is part of the lesson….for us to see that something bigger than our small attachments, ego and desires is at work in this world. That, in of itself, should give us all hope.

First off, we are in a Venus Retrograde until mid-April. We are in an interesting pattern of attempting to create and build and at the same time not feeling as if things are moving along at an expected pace. We are being transformed, even though we seem to keep getting struck by some emotional/metaphorical/spiritual lightning again and again.

Surges of energy are prepping you for the energy acceleration that is already happening on the planet. Energy shifts of this level are not comfortable. And yet it is only through being forced energetically to step beyond the known that we can see our own shallow perceptions that we have placed on others and this world. You are being freed from a cage that has kept you safe but has also drastically limited your potential.

A fight is happening between your human self and your soul essence. The ego inside your mind wants to fight to maintain its control over your reality. But it is failing. Its iron-clad grip is slipping. What you have been hanging onto, whether it’s a belief, a perception, a piece of metaphysical truth or an element of safety, is falling away.

Only in the greatest personal deaths do we discover our true nature. Only by recognizing that the life you have lived is complete and knowing that now you must shift to this new life, can you find the peace and hope that you seek.

And yes, there is grief in that letting-go process. It is okay to express your disappointment and loss of faith in yourself, others and this world. But don’t hang onto that grief. Let the tears of loss bring you back to your vulnerable self. Only by coming back to openness and innocence can you receive the new in-

You cannot directly combat certain energies but you can take energy away from them so they become no longer effective. sights and find that place of self-acceptance you are seeking. Hurt heals if you allow it time to mend. But you must not habitually scratch at those wounds or they bleed again and again and take much longer to heal.

The choices of people with a high degree of influence seem out of touch with the reality right now. Money and power isolate them from the “real” world and does not allow them the perspective that you might have hoped.

Expect aggressive and high-spirited public expression that is pioneering in its approach to break the leaded crystal ceiling of those with influence and status. Egos and those in power will attempt to drive their plans forward without the concern of consciousness or the softening of compassion. The lack of subtlety on the finer points might astound you but once again shows all of us how out of touch with the majority of humanity those in power actually are.

This can lead to feelings of impatience. Remembering to breathe first will help control the darker emotions.

Remember that intense dissatisfaction leads to better times eventually. Just don’t expect miracles quickly. Listen to your heart, not your mind. Listen to the subtle messages coming to you from nature. Reach out in a compassionate way to other people, animals and organizations that attempt to support all of life.

It is often the small things that change the obviously dysfunctional patterns. You cannot directly combat certain energies but you can take energy away from them so they become no longer effective. ◆ Suzanne Wagner is the author of books and CDs on the tarot and creator of the Wild Women app. She lives in California, but visits Utah frequently. SUZWAGNER.COM

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et’s consider, for a moment, Ann Carlson—dancer, choreographer, performance artist—through her choice of costuming. She has performed totally naked, walking on all fours like a gorilla while carrying a live kitten in her mouth (Animals, 1988). She has gestured and bowed alongside a Jersey cow while also naked except for the covering of a sheer raincoat stuffed in the waist and hood with dollar bills (Madame 710, 2008). And she has changed on stage into a grass suit, pants and jacket, made of Astroturf (Grass/Bird/Rodeo, 1998) while explaining to her audience that the suit was something she had longed, even yearned, for “both as a thing to wear and as a visual idea.”

Since the 1980s Ann Carlson has been entertaining New York City black box theater audiences (though she recently relocated to L.A.) with these hilarious, touching, cerebral antics.

Through costuming or props or simply through the use of human bodies (see her work The Symphonic Body, 2013), Carlson creates visual

The world premiere of Elizabeth, the dance would undoubtedly be welcome in a city like Los Angeles or New York. But by Carlson’s estimation Utah is just the right place.

events. They may shock or confuse or bring one to laughter but always are sustained by a deeper purpose. Animals touches on the human/animal connection, Madame 710 on the consumer’s relationship with industrial animals and agriculture, Grass/Bird/Rodeo reflects on humans’ place in landscape. It’s the kind of work that earns the label avant-garde.

This month Carlson brings her unique brand of intellectual (but not snobbish) performance to Salt Lake City with the world premiere of Elizabeth, the dance, her latest full evening-length work, performed by Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company.

The Elizabeth project isn’t Carlson’s first foray into the Utah dance scene. As an undergraduate student in modern dance at the University of Utah in the mid-1970s, Carlson studied under Joan Woodbury and Shirley Ririe, the founders of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company (1964). The connection between Carlson and her professors continued as Carlson became an established choreographer, contributing along with other smaller pieces a larger work called 50 Years, in celebration of Utah’s statehood centennial. Carlson’s return with Elizabeth, the dance, was in no small part influenced by these connections.

“I had this idea and I called the company to ask if they would be interested. That’s a very unusual thing to do,” says Carlson, “but I thought it was good fit. They have such a deep history with the form of modern dance. It’s a very

young form, barely 100 years old, and I knew that this company is deeply rooted in it. It’s in these dancers’ bodies.”

Elizabeth, the dance is Carlson’s homage to modern dance. “I’m standing on shoulders of people who came before me,” she explains, dancers and visual artists like Meredith Monk, Trisha Brown and Deborah Hay, members of the famed Judson Dance Theater who expanded the definition of dance, recognizing that all conscious movement can be dance movement. And for Carlson, no company other that Ririe-Woodbury would be able to fully realize this homage.

During a brief glimpse into the rehearsal process last February, Carlson and the RirieWoodbury dancers seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the process of developing and refining the work. When I arrived, mini-fridge-sized white foam blocks lay scattered across the floor. At a cue from Carlson the dancers stacked the blocks into an eight-foot-high wall and prepared to topple it. As the dance progressed the blocks continually changed the space and the energy of the room: stacked, they became perches, the dancers moving and resting like birds; leveled and pushed into a platform, they became a mattress on which the dancers reclined and played hand games.

“I knew that [the wall] was the visual I wanted to use,” says Carlson who began working with a designer over a year ago to bring her vision to life. “With Elizabeth I’m playing with desire and eager, open, charged moments and experiences. The wall [brings to the piece] an ancient quality. It’s precarious and little scary and real. It shifts and moves.”

Over the decades, Ann Carlson has worked with trained dancers like those in the RirieWoodbury company, she’s given choreography to nuns and lawyers and the Stanford men’s volleyball team and moved on stage alongside goldfish and goats. Her work carries forward the contemporary philosophy that everything has a way of moving and influencing movement, all as valid as the next. In some ways, says Carlson, she even thinks of her white wall as a dancer.

The world premiere of Elizabeth, the dance would undoubtedly be welcome in a city like Los Angeles or New York. But by Carlson’s estimation Utah is just the right place. “It’s import for me to honor the company for taking this up,” says Carlson. “Running with it and with me.

A whole evening of new work is daring and we are committed to making something that has a long life.” ◆

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Dr. Scott Graziosa has always had a love for the mountains, which led him to Salt Lake City after high school. He held his professional electrician license in the state of Utah before finding his true passion for chiropractic work.

He chose to change careers, from electrician to a doctor, after witnessing many testimonials of patients whose lives were changed for the better from a chiropractic “specific” adjustment. Dr. Scott Graziosa, originally from New York, received his Bachelors in Biology and Doctorate of Chiropractic from Life University in Marietta, Georgia. He recently moved back to Salt Lake where he hopes to educate his clients about the importance of living a balanced life, eating healthy and maintaining a low stress mindset. He hopes to educate and empower people to express their full potential through an optimally working nervous system.

Third Sun, a SLC-based branding and web design company, is offering a qualified nonprofit a pro-bono sponsorship for services valued up to $10,000 through their new Design for Good Community Grant Program. Applications are being accepted March 15-April 30.

KCPW easier to locate KCPW has finished a nearly two-year project that strengthens its signal and increases its broadcast range at a consolidated frequency. This means more geographic coverage and a wider audience, at one spot on the radio dial: 88.3 FM. The site is located in the Oquirrh Mountains.

From this improved geographic location, and thanks to new equipment, the newly strengthened signal alone now reaches all of the communities the combined main signal and translator used to reach – and then some!

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(in)Divisible Our country feels more divided than ever before. People increasingly feel their voices are being ignored.

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come together to script a non-partisan evening of new work drawn from real-life stories – equal parts liberal and conservative – some you’ll agree with, some you won’t, all from people just like us.

Contributors working on their scripts now are Austin Archer, Matthew Ivan Bennett, Carleton Bluford, Rachel Bublitz, Elaine Jarvik, Julie Jensen, Jennifer A. Kokai, Melissa Leilani Larson, Jenifer Nii, Eric Samuelsen, Morag Shepherd and Debora Threedy.

Cast includes Lily Hye Soo Dixon, Bijan Hosseini, Tito Livas, Jayne Luke, Matthew Sincell, Darryl Stamp, Aaron Swenson, Jason Tatom (others TBA). Directed by Jerry Rapier.

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Merry-go-round Last September, Lindsey Garden's playground, in the historic Avenues, lost the city's last merry-go-round, a piece of beloved equipment that had been in use in the park for over 50 years. Partially out of a sense of nostalgia, partially out of a frustration with our overly safety conscious society (the city claims the merry-go-round was too dangerous), encouraged by her own daughter’s disbelief that her favorite piece of the local playground had been removed, Avenues resident Phoenix Ostermann started a petition to get the play piece back.

Initially, local media picked up on the story and supporters generously donated to a fund to bring the merry-go-round back (the city said that it needed to have a costly retrofit to make the equipment more child-safe) but the project slowly lost momentum. Now Ostermann is hoping that the grand opening of the new Lindsey Garden’s playground, planned for this month, will give her cause some new life.

“We are going to participate in the grand reopening and do a booth or a lemonade stand and take advantage of the crowd,” says Ostermann. “That’s when I hope we can pick the campaign back up.”

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Plein air artists unite to save a state treasure At the southern edge of Zion National Park, a picturesque metal bridge in Rockville, Utah spans the Virgin River. Some have called her “Utah’s Iron Maiden” or “The Virgin’s Bow.” Others remember her as “The Green Bridge.” Most know her as the Historic Rockville Bridge and after 90 years of service, this iconic structure is overdue for restoration.

Sixteen plein air artists are joining forces with the Town of Rockville to raise funds for the bridge.

Such notable names include Doug Braithwaite, Eileen Guernsey Brown, Royden Card, Bruce Gomez, Ken Harris, Brad Holt, Lisa Huber, Mary Jabens, Rick Kinateder, Roland Lee, Nancy Lewis, Bonnie McGee, Valerie Orlemann, Rachel Pettit,

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The French preschool is already full for the 2017-18 school year, and the French kindergarten is expected to be full very soon.

All interested families should arrange a school visit. Registration for the Fall 2017 school year goes to the end of this month.

To schedule a visit contact the program director: INFO@LAMAISONDESENFANTSSLC.COM. The preschool is located on the campus of The University of Utah at the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts & Education Complex, 1721 Campus Center Dr. http://bit.ly/2iGgI9N

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Hey millennials Stephen Stauffer, and Gregory Stocks.

From April 27 to 29 these accomplished artists will take out pencils and paints to capture Rockville’s beautiful red rocks and grassy green meadows and the historic bridge. The public is encouraged to observe, learn from these artists, and even dabble with their own creations during this three-day event.

On April 28, the Historic Rockville Church will host an art history discussion by Susan Bingham, founder of the Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts in Mount Carmel, created to preserve Maynard Dixon’s legacy. But the most important culminating event of this three-day extravaganza comes on Saturday, April 29, 7:00 p.m. the Rockville Community Center, with the unveiling and sale of the Rockville-inspired art.

“Even if your walls are full, you’ll want to make room for a piece of history,” says fundraiser Jodi McGregor. “This may be your last opportunity to obtain a rendering of the bridge before restoration. Plus, you’re helping preserve an architectural wonder and historic treasure.”

A portion of all sales will benefit the Bridge Fund. There will be a $20 entry fee to the event.

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Garden boss in Antigua Catalyst communist and WCG Green Team Farm Director James Loomis will be traveling to the Caribbean this month as part of a US State Department funded farmer exchange program. Last fall, James hosted in Salt Lake Winston LaVille, an onion farmer from the Caribbean island of Antigua. As part of the Young Leaders of the America's Initiative, LaVille spent a month farming with WCG and networking, gaining insight to help grow his business back home. Things went so well that two other fellows, an organic farmer from Guyana, and a quinoa broker from Bolivia,

spent some of their extra time at the Green Team farm as well. James took them on a road trip to visit some farmers in southern Idaho, giving LaVille a particularly valuable opportunity to network with large-scale onion growers in our region.

LaVille and James submitted a grant proposal in January to continue working together and their proposal was one of 29 out of 250 to be selected! On April 14th, James will fly to Antigua to teach advanced composting techniques, soil organism microscopy, and the art and science of biological tea brewing. The project includes building an aerobic tea brewer and incorporating it into the farms existing system. The overarching goal being to decrease farm dependency on imported products, reduce or eliminate the usage of herbicides, and increase the ability to regenerate fertility on site.

French immersion preschool & kindergarten Looking for a unique experience for your preschool- or kindergarten-aged child? Check out La Maison des Enfants--a French immersion program offered by the The University of Utah at the Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts & Education Complex. Monika Jalil, the program director, says the inspiration behind this program was her own young son. Scientists tell us that learning a second language changes the brain structure and improves future performance and Jalil wanted her child to spend time immersed in the French language before entering elementary school.

“The gift of language is one of the greatest we give to our children,” Jalil says. In the immersion program young students learn through a variety of activities including stories, songs, writing, math, art, dance, and exercise with occasional special musical performances.

It is year 2017, and an orange-skinned, reality television star has risen as ruler of the United States. The new Commander in Chief has all kinds of billionaire friends joining him in the White House. We’ve got Rex Tillerson (former dude running Exxon Mobile, i.e oil spill and covering up scientific proof of global warming) as Secretary of State and Rick Perry, a climate denier, as Energy Secretary. My personal favorite, climate denier Scott Pruitt, driven to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency, is now the agency’s head administrator!

No, this is not a new dystopic Orwellian novel. This is legit. Real. You’re probably sick of reading about it and talking about it. It’s messed up. So what are you going to do about it?

Today more than ever, millennials like ourselves are forging momentous paths into the green economy. We know it’s the future. Our valley is full of fresh career/educational opportunities. There are so many ways to put environmental skills to work and today it is more significant than ever to move into a truly green, sustainable economy.

CATALYST staff recently attended the Intermountain Sustainability Summit at Weber State University. Keynote speaker and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson reminded us to not let the feds get us down. She wanted us to understand how much power we have on the state and city level and how local initiatives are already showing success. Our home could become a mecca for clean energy and a place free from fossil fuels. It’s the future.

I’m working on a story about green careers, and interested in hearing about the educational paths to those careers. If this applies to you, I would like to hear from you. Tell me about how you are forging an ecologically aware career path that will positively impact our planet and help future generations to come. Send me an e-mail, let’s chat.

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