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I’m so pleased to read that solitary confinement as punishment will not be used in Utah. Persons who have been subjected to it should be helped to recover.

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Alcohol kills people.

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Mormon propaganda aimed at controlling non-members and members alike. Welcome to Utah, where the separation of church and state is as non-existent as a dodo bird.

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I think John Rasmuson is charmingly erudite. He’s also funny as hell. My favorite word is “Ohbabybaby yeah!” That’s one word, incidentally. It beats awe-some, which is really two words with a … hyphen in between. My least favorite word is incentivize. Sounds like the Marine motto. I couldn’t find it in the big, fat Webster’s down at the library. I guess Gov. Gary invented it, kinda like deseret and lamanite (Warren Jeffs’ nephew). … I coined a new word, “redunkulous” (redundant and ridiculous or incredulous). Kinda rolls off the tongue like “nickel-plated dildo.” It describes Capitol Hill succinctly. P.S. Two obscenities not mentioned: dickhead and Dick Cheney. They are interchangeable. Put ’em where the sun don’t shine. Send ’em to Oregon!

ALAN WRIGHT, Salt Lake City

I think it was a waste of energy and will have negative unintended consequences in areas like tourism. If the goal is to decrease drinking and driving, a better focus would be providing better public transit. More east-west lines on the train would work wonders for the area, while simultaneously helping to solve many other problems, such as our poor air quality.

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I voted for Donald Trump because I believe in his vision of reviving the economy and restoring hope for American working families. The Border Adjustment Tax (BAT) is not a path to that vision. The BAT will become a sales tax on consumers that won’t be limited to luxury goods. It will hit every consumer’s wallet by increasing the cost of our daily necessities, including groceries, fuel and clothing. Utah is full of innovative entrepreneurs building businesses that are creating jobs and becoming a strength of our economy. BAT will affect retailers including Utah’s local businesses that rely on the global marketplace to keep their doors open and hire employees. America First isn’t about picking winners and losers in the marketplace or burdening consumers with higher prices. I urge Senator Hatch to make the right decision to protect jobs and the middle-class and oppose the Border Adjustment Tax.

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The Kids Are Alt-Right

It’s a shitty time to have any kind of identification with the prefix “alt.” Richard Spencer and other Nazi-types started using “alt-right” in 2010 to refer to their racist, misogynist bullshit. And instead of ignoring their hate, it became apotheosized in the election of Donald Trump, and we were subjected to endless features about Spencer and the alt-right. Now there’s been a spate of stories talking about the “alt-left” and even the “altcenter.” Though some right-wing trolls have been trying to use “alt-left” as an online insult for a while now, James Wolcott’s Vanity Fair story “Why the Alt-Left is a Problem, Too” made the term stick. Wolcott’s piece lumped a wide variety of Twitter-types as “alt-left” in a way that felt somewhat refreshing. (Who hasn’t been super annoyed by Michael Tracy and recent Glenn Greenwald being hyper skeptical about Russia but almost nothing else?) But it was also annoying. My writing regularly runs in a number of papers that have been called “alt-weeklies” or the “alternative press” for decades. I was the arts editor and then managing editor (and now editor at large) at Baltimore City Paper, an alt that was founded in 1977. Wolcott knows all of this. A great writer, he got his start when he left Baltimore in 1972—the year I was born—to try to turn a letter from Norman Mailer into a job. When the Village Voice finally hired Wolcott—he just hung around the office for a long time— he did a lot to invent the kind of cultural criticism that would come to define alts. So I was interested if he thought about that history as he wrote this piece for the far-slicker pages of VF. I wrote him on Twitter and then sent him a couple emails. Eventually, he responded to my questions.

“‘Alt’ is shorthand for alternative, and has become a euphemistic prefix—‘altright’ sounds a lot more innocuous than a white supremacist, misogynist dudebro movement, and takes up way less space and breath,” Wolcott said. “The ‘alt-left’ is more of a hodge-podge of die-hard socialists, embittered Berniebros, Occupy nostalgists and grad-school Guevaras. What links them is a loathing of liberals in general, Hillary in particular and a mystic dread of the Deep State.” There is a lot to unpack in that and I’ll come back to it in a minute. But I was curious if he saw any connection between what he and Mailer did at the Voice with his use of “alt” in this piece. Like, one of the reasons people started papers like that was a sort of hatred of the liberal establishment. “Mailer was keeping his hand in and blowing off steam in his White Negro phase and I was writing about pop culture, which I had grown up and Mailer hadn’t,” Wolcott responded. OK, so I wasn’t gonna get anywhere with that. I should say I also tried to contact Richard Spencer numerous times. I told him I did not subscribe to the view of journalism that required me to hide my feelings and I would be honest and tell him I despise everything he stands for and he will despise me. But I also had to admit he had taken this prefix that I’d had some attachment to and hijacked, if not destroyed, it. But he didn’t respond. Still, in what I got from Wolcott, there is something that illuminates the alt-right as well. When he defines the alt-left through an aversion to the establishment liberals and the “Deep State,” he hits on the thing that defines “alt” at the moment. And it fits in with the thinking of Aleksandr Dugin, the

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arch-nationalist, ultra-right philosopher sometimes called “Putin’s Rasputin”— think Bannon with a beard, if Bannon actually wrote books. In the Fourth Political Theory, Dugin argues that liberalism is the first political theory of modernism. Communism was the second and fascism the third. But once fascism and communism fell, liberalism changed, becoming not only one ideology but the only ideology, the “end of history” as Francis Fukuyama put it, postliberalism as Dugin has it, and neoliberalism to the rest of us. “It is impossible to determine where the Right and the Left are located in relation to postliberalism,” he writes. “There are only two positions: compliance (the centre) and dissent (the periphery).” Dude is scary as fuck, but that does offer a pretty good explanation of what is meant right now by “alt” whether on the right or the left (as well as the crossover between Bernie Bros and Trump Trolls). And there, in this idea of dissent, we also have the “alt” of the alt-weeklies. “Since our origin as the underground press, alt-weeklies have been just that— the dissidents that would feel right at home in the Island of Misfit Toys; the truth seekers that never treat a press release as gospel; and the story tellers that perpetually go against the grain and are never afraid to pull back the curtain and hold those pulling the strings accountable,” City Weekly Editor Enrique Limón says. But the fact that neither Wolcott nor Spencer or any of the other people talking about alts of any sort don’t acknowledge the existence of the alternative press is part of the problem—they are all still simply striving to be at the center, away from the periphery, as Wolcott did when he

moved from Baltimore to New York. After the election, pundits lamented the fact that reporters for the mainstream media are located in three or four cities and missed everything happening in what they allegedly term “flyover country.” Like these pundits, I too lament the death of the small daily. But I also acknowledge that those papers, like the mainstream media in general, have a lot of problems. We have always been an alternative to what is now dubbed the MSM (mainstream media). I decided to write to some of my colleagues in the alternative press and see how they defined alt. For Matthew Steele, of Iowa City’s Little Village, it is a willingness to take a stand— and be transparent about it, that defines alt-media, which, he says, is “not just recording what’s happening in our community, but actively working to change it— to move the moral center forward in accordance with the values we transparently espouse and advocate for.” That transparency is important. Writers at alt-weeklies often reject the “view from nowhere,” instead choosing to connect with their cities. When Baltimore City Paper was bought by the daily a couple years ago, I noted: “An alt-weekly has a staff of paid reporters and editors whose jobs are not only to know the city, but to love it, to hate it and to be an integral part of it, cajoling, ridiculing, praising and skewering city officials, artists and entrepreneurs alike.” For responses from the dogged brass at the Chicago Reader, Dig Boston, New Orleans’ Gambit, Indiana’s Nuvo and more, check out the online version of this column at cityweekly.net. Perhaps we need to take the formula of these papers—there are more than 100 in the Association of Alternative Newsmedia—and apply it not just to the city, but to the country. If we’re really looking for an alternative to the mainstream media, we’d do a hell of a lot better if we listened more to alt-weekly reporters and less to people like Richard Spencer and even James Wolcott. CW Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net

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When it comes to sheltering the homeless, there’s no simple solution. It’s not like moving a bunch of hardened prisoners— or is it? Jay Evensen, Deseret News editorial columnist whose profile touts him as a writer on government, politics and human virtues, has bought into the lock’em-up theory. The Legislature previously heard, and discarded, the central campus idea from Robert Marbut, a controversial consultant who, according to nextcity.org, would like to hide the homeless from public view. The push for smaller, spread-out resource centers stems from numerous studies estimating that there are 13,114 temporary homeless statewide. But Evensen likes the campus model where people are “strictly separated but with movable barriers to accommodate demand, and with services on hand to help with substance abuse and mental health treatment.” Well, we already have a campus (for now) with The Road Home, and the barriers are beginning to be built. Just try to cross the street to The Gateway.

What’s the Plan?

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski must be sighing in relief after her bumpy ride trying to relocate the homeless. The city is down to two homeless centers and now it’s the county’s turn. But both entities have curiously embraced a process that’s less than transparent. Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams takes the criticism stoically and says there’s still time. If development is keeping the process under wraps, then someone needs to rethink the problem. Placing single moms and their kids in a separate facility is brilliant, but you can’t plop them in an unsuspecting community without everyone going ballistic. Portland has a different plan. A pilot project is putting tiny living pods in people’s backyards, according to The Columbian. And guess what? They asked people to sign up and got 200 takers. Ask first. That’s success.

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Hooray for Holly Richardson, the blogger mom who now contributes to The Salt Lake Tribune. Richardson might still be a legislator had she not quit to run the failed U.S. Senate campaign of conservative Dan Liljenquist. When she tried to return to the Legislature, she lost in the GOP convention. Not conservative enough—which might speak to her latest editorial. She took on Don Peay, a Mormon from Provo who told the Utah County Republican women to repent and forgive Donald Trump. Richardson says no. She quotes LDS apostles, Mormon doctrine and the Bible on how to treat “the least among us.” The Trib offers moderate Republicans a chance to speak out. But are there any moderate Republicans to listen?

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David Kliger retired from professional dentistry and moved to the Salt Lake City area with his wife, a retired family physician. On his radar was a leisurely life of long, hard bike rides, arduous winter back-country skiing and donating his time and medical talent to help the area’s less fortunate. Here’s how that’s working out for him.

Were you always into competitive sports?

When we lived in Yonkers, New York, I did biathlons for 30 years. At age 45, I got involved with the Century Road Club in Central Park, New York City. A friend and I would get up at 4:30 a.m. and ride 16 miles from Yonkers to Central Park, would race, and then would ride home again. We raced almost every weekend and went on group training rides every evening in White Plains or in Connecticut. I raced all over New England for years.

How did you get into dentistry?

Back in the ’60s I was a pre-med student, but got caught up in the whole hippie, rejection movement, so I transferred from medicine and graduated with a psychology degree. But then I couldn’t get a job, so I went back to school and became a dentist. I started out at my father’s practice in the South Bronx in the ’70s before starting my own. The South Bronx was notorious to the outside world for poverty and drugs, but I loved the diversity of the neighborhood. Our patients were black, Latino and Eastern European—many of whom were refugees.

What got you to move to Salt Lake?

I retired in 2007 and my wife and I would come to Utah eight to nine weeks each winter to ski. The Utah biking community isn’t as big as back East, but we moved here because I really fell in love with back-country skiing. Also, I practice dentistry part-time as a volunteer at a nonprofit called Donated Dental on 9oo West and 13oo South, part of the Sorenson Unity Center. We serve low-income patients. I specialize in dentures and partial dentures for this community. I am very comfortable with this very diverse clientele, because they remind me of my patients back East.

Is it hard practicing after retirement?

I have two wonderful dental assistants. One is Mexican-American and a retired Navy veteran, and the other is Puerto Rican from Brooklyn who shares my East Coast culture. They help me do this.

Why do you volunteer?

I really am about people. I believe strongly in social justice. These are important values to me, especially now, accentuated by the current political climate. My father really loved his patients and I get a lot of this from him. I love talking with patients, learning their stories from Iraq, the Pacific Islands, Hispanic regions, everywhere.

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People cringe at talk of the Holocaust or the Kitty Genovese murder and the idea that maybe one person standing up to evil could have changed the outcome. Find out more about this phenomenon at The Bystander Dilemma: The Holocaust, War Crimes and Sexual Assaults, a panel discussion inspired by University of Utah College of Law Professor Amos Guiora’s forthcoming book, The Crime of Complicity: The Bystander in the Holocaust. Two panels examine the Bystander Effect in the context of modern-day war crimes and sexual assaults. S.J. Quinney College of Law Moot Courtroom (Level 6), 383 University St., 801-585-3479, Friday, March 31, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., free/RSVP, bit.ly/2mATJu3

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Will he listen? Will he even be there? We think he will, although there hasn’t been much publicity about Rep. Chris Stewart’s Town Hall. With all the recent uproar over the presidential Twitter decisions, there’s plenty to talk about. For a time, Republican representatives were hiding behind video screens instead of meeting their constituents in person. Nonetheless, Reps. Jason Chaffetz and Mia Love pressed on, despite the rowdy crowds. Got health care? Need to breathe? Worried about the water? Care about Big Bird? West High School, 241 N. 300 West, 801-364-5550, Friday, March 24, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.), free, stewart.house.gov

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Given the stakes involved—which are higher than those associated with, say, nasal decongestants—you’d certainly hope there’s plenty of published research to confirm that birth control really does what it’s supposed to. And sure enough, there is. Though gauging contraceptives’ effectiveness isn’t quite the grueling sexual slog you apparently imagine, you’re right to guess that logistical and ethical concerns make this task somewhat trickier than figuring out how many noses got unstuffed. Typically, researchers test a birth control method about the same way they’d test any drug or medical device—via randomized controlled trials. Participants are assigned randomly to one of several groups: Some use the contraceptive that’s under scrutiny; others use some previously tested treatment to establish a baseline—that’s the control group. So when pharmaceutical docs tested a transdermal contraceptive patch in 2001, the control group got the pill; in a 1999 trial of polyurethane condoms, the controls used the latex kind. What you won’t see in these studies, for obvious reasons, is a placebo control group: Assuming your volunteers genuinely don’t want to get pregnant, you can’t just give some of them a sugar pill and tell them it’s the pill. Similarly, there usually isn’t a “nomethod” group to compare to; if researchers want a baseline conception rate for young women regularly having sex without contraception, they might use an estimate based on external data. (Something like 85 percent within a year is a decent guess.) And despite your concern, Christine, there’s no need for any one subject to shoulder the sample-size burden herself; the subjects enrolled in these studies regularly number in the thousands. FDA guidelines for condom-effectiveness studies, for instance, recommend at least 400 subject couples over a minimum of six menstrual cycles; testing may be conducted “outside of clinical care settings.” (Presumably, most participants prefer it that way.) But with the real action taking place offsite, test results depend at least in part on subjects’ self-reporting: In that 1999 condom study, participants kept “coital diaries” to record frequency of use, breakage and slippage events, etc. To compare various contraceptives across multiple studies, you need a single applesto-apples measurement of effectiveness. The most common is something called the Pearl Index, which professes to quantify how often a birth control method will fail per 100 woman-years of use: The lower the number, the more likely the method is to keep you fetus-free. Devised back in 1933, the Pearl Index enjoys the advantage of being simple

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to calculate: You just divide the number of pregnancies during a contraceptive study by the number of participants using the method and how many months the study went on, then multiply by 1,200. That’s it. Spermicide used alone might score as high as 20; the pill is somewhere between .1 and 3. Simple—or too simple? A big problem with the Pearl Index is that it assumes the results of a study are consistent from month to month, and that just ain’t so. The longer a contraceptive trial continues, the rarer pregnancies become. Why? The most fertile women conceive early and drop out of the study; the women who remain might be less pregnancy-prone, or they might have grown increasingly adept at using the birth control method. Long trials, then, tend to produce lower Pearl numbers, and thus can’t be compared fairly to shorter ones. For this reason, many researchers prefer a stat format called life tables (or decrement tables), which shows results broken out by month instead. But much of what we know about relative contraceptive effectiveness isn’t based on clinical trials at all. For decades now, Princeton population researcher James Trussell has been compiling and reviewing current data on birth control use for a series of reports called “Contraceptive Failure in the United States.” In setting out his 2011 charts of unintended pregnancy rates, Trussell leans less on test results than on women’s responses (adjusted appropriately) from the long-running National Survey of Family Growth, run by the Centers for Disease Control. Now, it’s the CDC, so the survey is conducted with the utmost rigor. But trying to correct for known distortions in the data, Trussell suggests, is complicated to say the least: Study participants regularly underreport abortions, for instance, meaning a number of unintended pregnancies don’t get counted; but if you adjust for this by surveying women seeking abortions in clinics, they tend to overreport that they really were using contraception, meaning you count too many failures. If we’re always having to take the subjects’ word for it, you might wonder, how do we reliably distinguish between contraception failure—called “perfect-use failure” in the literature—and user error? This issue isn’t lost on Trussell: “Additional empirically based estimates of pregnancy rates during perfect use are needed,” he concludes. The march of science is being held back, it seems, because there aren’t enough folks who can roll a condom on correctly every time. n Send questions via straightdope.com or write c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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While a repackaged hatecrimes bill stalled in the 2017 legislative session, a Blue Lives Matter bill sailed through. BY STEPHEN DARK sdark@cityweekly.net @stephenpdark

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the Legislature, “pleading for a workable tool. We need to have a community response for a community message crime.” He’s talked to members of the Sikh, Muslim and Jewish community in Utah who have all noted the rise of hate crimes nationwide. That includes LDS church ward houses also being targeted. “It crosses all aspects of it.” The police are indeed a worthy group to protect, NA ACP President Jeanetta Williams says. “We want them to look and say ours is a worthy cause as well.” While Ray highlights shootings—such as in Dallas, when a lone veteran gunman killed five officers and injured nine at a Black Lives Matter protest in July 2016—she points to not only the killings of African-American men by law enforcement across the country, but also to officer-involved shootings in Utah that have raised significant questions about accountability and transparency. Thatcher says that supporters of his legislation should not lose hope. His bill garnered wider support than Rep. Steve Urquhart’s 2016 hate-crimes bill,

because “we got them to look at it as a criminal justice issue, not a social justice issue,” Thatcher says. “Had it gotten to the floor, it would have passed.” Thomas says that activists feel Ray’s bill is counter-productive. “It seeks to protect police officers from what is not proven to be an actual threat in Utah.” It comes at a time when numerous police chiefs, such as Salt Lake City Police Department’s Mike Brown, are working to improve relationships with activist-critics by regularly meeting with them. Such bills, she says, “can be really divisive when conflicts between community members and law enforcement agencies are heightened.” While Thomas says she spoke to some law enforcement leaders who saw HB433 as unnecessary and “potentially inflammatory,” Ray says many police chiefs have welcomed it. Salt Lake City Police Department spokesman Detective Greg Wilking says he liked the intent of the bill to punish those who scheme to hurt or kill officers. “It sends a message to the people that are thinking about plotting against us.” Utah Against Police Brutality’s Jacob Jensen believes that Ray’s bill “has the purpose of dampening or chilling free speech,” but will not succeed. “If people right now are willing to stand in front of riot shields, I don’t think this will stop it.” He argues that the way the bill holds the police above the rest of the community confirms the prejudices activists have against law enforcement—namely that they are unaccountable. “Everybody’s life seems not to matter except for police lives.” That said, Jensen says that Chief Brown “is way more amenable to transparency than apparently the Legislature is.” Wilking says there’s no intent on his department to “set ourselves apart from anyone.” Equally, he says, HB433 will not be used to pursue police critics, with whom Wilking and other officers meet every two weeks. While he acknowledges that there is some concern among activists that the bill means they will be labeled as terrorists, SLCPD does not see the bill in that way. “I don’t think it, in any way, goes after or involves their groups.” Ray says activists should reread his bill. “There’s nothing about social protest. It specifically deals with targeting police officers. Nobody, absolutely nobody has the right to target police officers. They deserve the stiffest penalty.” Thomas’ biggest concern about Ray’s bill is that a prosecutor might misapply it if “something ever occurred between a protester and the police. I hate to see this used against somebody for political speech or ideology rather than actual action.” CW

says he saw how traffic stops had become increasingly “high tension issues,” for local officers impacted by out-of-state incidents. Sen. Curtis S. Bramble, R-Provo, who worked with Thatcher on SB72, was also the floor sponsor for Ray’s initiative. Thatcher’s bill didn’t have the support it needed to push forward, Bramble says. HB433 “is about law enforcement doing their job and giving them some statutory protection for carrying out the duties that we expect them to perform.” The bill enhances criminal penalties for targeting a police officer, which it defines as “any offense involving the unlawful use of force and violence against a law enforcement officer, causing serious bodily injury or death in furtherance of political or social objectives in order to intimidate or coerce a civilian population.” In this tale of the fate of two bills, the perennial struggle of advocates to steer legislation indelibly tied negatively in some politicians’ minds to LGBTQ rights, seems all the more doomed against the silkysmooth passage of a bill seeking to protect a community revered by many Republican legislators. Equality Utah’s Troy Williams says HB433’s passage “is a strong indicator that Utah lawmakers understand the need for hatecrimes legislation. No one should be targeted just because of who they are. If cops are protected, then so too must people who are targeted because of their faith, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity.” UCLR’s President Richard Jaramillo says the resistance to the victim selection bill seems “philosophically antithetical” to the passage of Ray’s bill. “It appears to be a oneway street. They see the need to protect the community of police officers. They should be able to see the need to protect other communities.” he says. “It definitely shows they can see the concern when it comes to the boys in blue, but not to anyone of another hue.” While Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, a longtime advocate for hate-crime legislation, also sees parallels between SB72 and HB433, Ray rejects such notions. HB433, Ray says, is utterly distinct from anything to do with hate crimes. Rather, it focuses on what he terms “an act of terrorism,” namely an individual seeking to specifically harm an officer in the performance of his or her duties. Gill stresses that law enforcement deserves protection, but he expresses frustration at the fate of Thatcher’s bill. For the past 15 years, he says, he and other prosecutors have gone up to

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fter years of failing to get Republican support for hate-crime legislation that would put some teeth into the law, advocates were optimistic that the 2017 session might finally bring victory. Senate Bill 72—sponsored by Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley, and titled “Victim selection penalty enhancements”—marked a new approach to the controversial topic. It jettisoned social justice packaging in favor of focusing more on holding perpetrators of violence accountable. SB72 would have allowed prosecutors to increase a criminal charge by one degree if an assailant attacked someone based on their “perception of the individual’s ancestry, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion or sexual orientation.” It had the support of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Utah Coalition of La Raza (UCLR) and the NA ACP. ACLU spokesperson Anna Thomas says that her agency is typically “reluctant to endorse criminal penalty enhancements,” but in the case of SB72, “we understand there is a lot at stake for regularly victimized, marginalized groups.” But the bill went nowhere. “It never even had a committee hearing,” Thomas says. “It stayed in the rules committee and never got out.” Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, says hate-crime legislation will inevitably struggle to gain traction with both the Republican-dominated Legislature and the general public. “The hard part is singling out classes of people and giving them more rights and protections over other people.” But not when it comes to law enforcement. Ray’s House Bill 433, which passed with little fanfare or debate at the end of the 2017 session, is in essence a Blue Lives Matter bill. He says its roots lie in his ride-alongs with law enforcement, fire and EMS crews, at a time when officers were targeted and killed in Dallas, New York and Ohio. He

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NEWS Utah and Booze: A complicated relationship.

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y the time Mormon settlers peered down into what would become known as the Salt Lake Valley and spotted a large lake too salty to bathe in, they probably longed for a stiff drink. Lucky for them, the section of LDS scripture that addresses dietary rules, commonly called the Word of Wisdom, was more a suggested guideline at the time, rather than the unbending commandment it is now. (Interestingly enough, despite express approval in the Word of Wisdom for a “mild drink” made of barley, beer is forbidden for Mormons.) In the decades that followed, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints calcified its abstemious stance on alcohol. The marriage between the state’s predominant religion and its alcohol laws cannot be overlooked. With the LDS church weighing in on alcohol regulation, lawmakers are left to try to strike a balance between free enterprise, public safety, the desires of their constituents and, in some cases, their next bishop interview. Here is a look at just a few of the notable alcohol moments in Utah’s past.

1850: Beer territory

Before Utah was granted statehood in 1896, breweries in the territory were churning out beer. As highlighted in a beer timeline City Weekly published in 2011, two establishments—Beach & Blair and City Brewing—opened shop in 1850. That same decade, a segment of Salt Lake City’s Main Street, due to bountiful libations, was nicknamed Whiskey Street, according to a post on High West Distillery’s website.

1920: Spirits be gone

The whole world was watching in 2002 as the finest winter-game athletes converged on Salt Lake City for the Winter Olympics. When visitors learned of Utah’s peculiar laws and realized the party might be dry, they complained. Not to worry, officials helped visitors skirt their own private club laws, then boasted that Salt Lake had plenty of spots to grab a drink, as then-Gov. Mike Levitt did to Time magazine.

1933: Psych! You can drink again

The country repealed the 1920 constitutional amendment thereby ending 13 years of Prohibition. Though not Utahspecific, this historical do-over serves as a useful reminder that appeasing teetotalers by passing restrictive liquor laws today might look regressive and illadvised tomorrow.

1935: In the booze business

first sign of Spring

For decades, in order to enter a bar, patrons were required to be a private club member. And in order to be a member, they needed to purchase a two-week or annual membership card. Lawmakers made changes to the provision—customers who didn’t want to apply for membership could find a friend to “sponsor” them, for example—but it wasn’t until 2009 when the law was entirely scrapped. (By the way, private club laws also restricted certain types of advertising, giving rise in May 1984 to the Private Eye newsletter, which went on to become City Weekly.)

2002: No, guys, we’re normal. We promise!

Around the time Utah voted (1919) to ratify the 19th Amendment ushering in Prohibition, the LDS churchowned Deseret News opined it would be the “greatest blessing we have known since Christ,” noted estimable historian Allan Kent Powell. As was the case in all corners of the country, bootlegging and a robust black market emerged in the Beehive State.

Soon after America decided alcohol was copacetic again, Utah established the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the body that continues to oversee alcohol in the state to this day. On the DABC website, it notes that the Legislature “mandated that the department be operated as a public business using sound management principles and practices.” While an argument could be made that it doesn’t make a lot of business sense to force closure on Sundays, liquor stores recorded more than $405 million in sales in 2016, so they must be doing something right.

1969: Join the club

2009: Curtain call

The line of thinking went like this: When minors see bartenders prepare cocktails, so enticed they’ll be, that they’ll try to order a drink for themselves or something. Guided by that logic, the stage was set for the LDS-supported Zion Curtain law. New restaurants, which were forced to erect a barrier obscuring customers from the bars, sought change in the years after its passage, but it remained in place for the next eight years. Its proposed replacement—an option for a Zion Moat or mini-wall—is not seen by most restaurants as a total fix but instead an improvement.

Right Now: Testing the limit

Gov. Gary Herbert has a few weeks to decide whether he will sign a bill to lower the DUI limit to .05. Assuming he does, Utah will be the first state in the nation to set the blood-alcohol bar below a now-countrywide standard of .08. Lawmakers who support the measure, however, believe the rest of the nation will follow and Utah will be viewed as a pioneer, not an outlier. On the other hand, opponents say it won’t affect intoxicated driving, but will harm tourism and become the quagmire—à la Zion Curtain—future lawmakers are tasked with repealing. Cheers? CW

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Debbie Booth, a consumer-protection agent with the Division of Aging and the Elderly, is familiar with the plague of scammers who target elderly people. This demographic, she says, is generally more trusting and therefore vulnerable to dishonest actors. But she also runs across cases where companies conduct business as usual, with no intent to rip anyone off but nevertheless do. In such cases, the customer falls victim to his or her own failing mental faculties and doesn’t understand the ramifications. “Businesses aren’t aware of the [mental] capacity issue to a great degree, nor is that a concern of theirs,” Booth says.

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was to be paid $75 per truck load. One provision of the contract specified that the lessor, Dansie, was responsible for obtaining the required permits. He was obliged, it stated, to operate within the parameters of the law. He had allowed companies to dump “clean fill” on that property years prior, but Janzen says this time, the contract deviated significantly from his standard forms. For one, at least one contract from her father’s past explicitly stated that concrete and pavement—construction waste that would require a permit—were not allowed. With regard to the March 2016 contract, she believes her father was deceived. “My dad would never sign something like that with all his faculties,” Janzen says. And now the real estate on 2100 South serves as an example of the impossible knot that can ensnare a man who signs a legal document that unwittingly leaves him holding the bag. It’s no surprise that Dansie was at a loss finding avenues to rectify his situation; he never fully understood it, his daughter argues. Janzen is convinced that the man who presented the contract to her father, did so with the intention of making a quick buck and then shielded himself behind the legalese.

nowing her father as nothing if not a law-abiding, careful man, Tiffany Janzen was nonplussed to learn last May that investigators were snooping on family property. That month, the West Jordan resident phoned a Salt Lake County District Attorney agent, Lt. Alex Huggard, who had been tipped off to an illegal operation on a 24-acre parcel of land along 2100 South. The property is owned by Janzen’s father, J. Rodney Dansie. A man in his mid-70s, Dansie has suffered a succession of maladies, is subject to fits of memory loss and has grown frail—making it all the more shocking that he was a subject of an investigation. No criminal charges had been filed, however. Janzen asked for specifics, and says she received an answer just as confounding: “He said, ‘It’s about dumping concrete slurry,’” she recalls. What she didn’t know then, and knows all too well now, is that concrete slurry is waste, often a sludge or water solution that contains bits of concrete particle—a crummy by-product of road construction. What she also knows is that you can’t just empty the industrial swill onto the ground, whether it is public land or your own, without a permit. And she knows too that if you do allow a slurry pour on your property, you could be fined nearly $40,000, be on the hook for cleaning it up, or face possible criminal charges. “It’s such a weird nightmare,” she says. Like a venturer who’s stumbled into a pit of quicksand, Dansie was suddenly engulfed in a mess, trying to get his bearings, as his daughter anxiously assessed the situation, uncertain if the next move would help free him from the muck or sink him further. Janzen couldn’t see how anyone would consider her father, recently diagnosed with dementia, a mastermind behind the alleged conduct. The trouble, it seemed, stemmed from a business deal hatched last year. In March 2016, Dansie agreed to allow 3.2 million gallons of concrete slurry to seep into the dirt on his property. He

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“It was a state contractor who dumped it,” Tiffany Janzen says, “and they dumped it taking advantage of my dad.” The kicker? “He hasn’t even been paid.” Her office received a call from a woman, for example, whose father went out and purchased several cars from multiple lots. “They didn’t have the means to buy the cars,” she says. “That wasn’t something that the family needed, etc.” Janzen believes her father was picked as easy prey, however. Booth couldn’t speak to this situation specifically but acknowledges the prevalence of fraud committed against the elderly. “By and large, in terms of exploitation, it’s a huge issue,” she says. “With all the scams out there, we see tons and tons and tons of people taken advantage of. It’s really sad.”

A ‘CLEAN’ DEAL

West of Salt Lake City, the Dansie property is an undeveloped plot facing a frontage road that is lined with industrial businesses like a concrete crusher and an auto wrecking yard. This is an area where West Valley City firefighters set salvaged cars ablaze, releasing plumes of sooty smoke into the air, to practice dousing the flames. The rectangle parcel is fenced and posted with signs prohibiting illegal dumping. The ground is bleak. On one end nearest the road, bits of debris have blown through the metal posts. Dry weeds jut up around tufts of grass. Piles of “clean fill”—which resemble small mounds of soil—dot the landscape. Sporadic rocksized chunks of pavement lie in the sediment, but the ground is primarily dirt. To the layman, there is no sign of what one imagines slurry to look like. No pit. No water. The liquid either evaporated or filtered into the ground. The back fourth of the property dips into a small, dry basin until it reaches the northern property line delineated with another wire fence. Adjacent to the north, on neighboring property, waterfowl swim leisurely in a pond. The shore is blighted with heaps of trash, though, including two abandoned jon boats. Along one edge, jettisoned tires rise flat on the surface like dirty, deformed lily pads. Janzen’s husband, Paul, cites the surrounding property and contrasts it with the land owned by his father-in-law, which looks clean by comparison. The Janzens accuse the county of ignoring glaring waste problems less than 100 yards away. “They’re not doing anything about it. They’re not touching it,” Paul Janzen says. “They’re spending their resources going after us.” The county health department was unable to comment on the case because it is ongoing. Dansie purchased the nearly 25-acre lot in 1964, an investment he thought could one day be sold to put his children through college. When Janzen reminisces fondly about her father, a diligent, conservative man subsumed by work and family life, she doesn’t recall a moment of idleness. He spent his days as an engineer and his

evenings farming hay in Herriman. Eschewing debt, Dansie instilled in his children a hard-work ethic that resulted in them getting jobs to help pay for schooling, and selling the land wasn’t necessary. The uneven field continued to be utilized as a horse pasture and a staging yard. Dansie had allowed companies to bring “clean fill” to his plot, as well. Lessees were required to submit photographs and keep a log tallying the number of loads, Janzen says. She understood the material to be dirt, for the most part, that was hauled onto the property and leveled off. Assuming the material poured on his land last spring was classified as “clean fill,” Dansie allowed it, Janzen suspects. The construction industry should have explained to him what permits were needed to ensure all operations were above board, she argues. “It was a state contractor who dumped it,” Janzen says, “and they dumped it taking advantage of my dad.” The kicker, she adds: “He hasn’t even been paid.”

IN IT FOR THE SHORT HAUL

The slurry came from a Utah Department of Transportation project completed last year. Ogden’s Multiple Concrete Enterprises was contracted by the state to complete the road work. The $2.4-million job required Multiple Concrete Enterprises to resurface and smooth a section of Interstate 80 from Redwood Road to about 6000 West. After grinding, vacuum trucks sucked up water used to cool diamond blades, and pieces of gravel and sand were gathered up with the liquid, creating slurry. At one time, companies could wash slurry along the shoulder of the highway. Neither a chemical nor hazardous waste, slurry is not toxic, but usually contains high hydrogen ion levels. UDOT stopped allowing contractors to place slurry on the shoulders in urban areas because of high pH levels. It now must be taken to areas permitted for wastewater. On this project, Multiple Concrete Enterprises looked at a couple of options, including the field on 2100 South. Because of its proximity to the project site, it opted for Dansie’s sprawling property. Knowing now that Dansie didn’t have permits allowing slurry on his property, Var Stephens, president of Multiple Concrete Enterprises, says he would have gone elsewhere. “I wish we’d never got involved,” he says. “This was just a shorter haul for us. We’re just not a company that blatantly breaks the law.” In a pre-construction meeting with UDOT, Multiple Concrete Enterprises had to identify where it would be hauling the material. Stephens says a clause in the contract requires the contractor to state where the slurry will end up.

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Specialties’ letterhead. The person who orchestrated the deal is Brent Orton, a former employee of Greene’s Inc., a construction company that was allowed to pour fill on Dansie’s property around 2013 and was a subcontractor on the I-80 project. Orton, who is DeWolfe’s brother-inlaw, was also unable to be reached for comment by phone and email. A month after contracts were signed, Salt Lake County was alerted by Salt Lake City Storm Water that trucks were spraying a gray liquid on the property. The health department sent an employee who scoped out the scene and interviewed workers. The health department wrote up the findings in a notice violation obtained by City Weekly. Kevin Okleberry, then an employee at the county health department, visited Dansie’s property with permission on April 23, 2016. He chatted with a few construction employees, and noted that two trucks bearing the Multiple Concrete Enterprises logo were discharging slurry. One of the men Okleberry met on the property was Orton. According to a notice document, Orton said the property owner allowed waste on his property and that the area had been a repository for about four years. The plan was to cover the slurry when it dried with dirt fill. Eventually, the entire parcel was to be filled in. Okleberry estimated slurry was poured on about three acres of land. When told that he needed a permit to continue, Orton replied that he would stop immediately. In a rudimentary test, Okleberry determined the slurry’s pH was about 12. Three days later, when the ground wasn’t as muddy, he returned, collected four samples and sent them off to a laboratory. The results ranged from 11.2 to 11.5 on the pH scale. The county also obtained copies of the contracts and reached out to the parties involved. One day when Paul Janzen was visiting his father-in-law, an investigator called. Paul Janzen says he realized Dansie was confused by the conversation and asked if he could speak to the person on the other end. Up until that point, neither he nor his wife knew of the slurry troubles. Earlier in the year at her father’s request, Janzen had called West Valley City to ask whether “clean fill” requires a permit. She now realizes this was likely because her father had been asked about permitting. Less than a month after Okleberry inspected the site, Dansie received a compliance order requiring him to stop accepting construction waste on his property. When the Janzens realized something was amiss, they padlocked the property. Orton via text message accused Janzen of holding equipment hostage, though she says that was never her intention. On two occasions last summer, someone removed fencing on Dansie’s land to retrieve property. Janzen filed police reports for each instance.

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UDOT confirmed that approval of a contract agreement would include a plan addressing waste. In a state audit conducted last year, auditors revealed that “contract oversight needs to be strengthened to better ensure contract compliance with quality and safety,” a summary of the report states. As alleged by Janzen, Stephens emphasizes that Multiple Concrete Enterprises didn’t swindle Dansie: “My opinion is we’re a victim here,” he counters. By the time the county caught wind of slurry on 2100 South, about a third of the project was complete, according to Multiple Concrete Enterprises. When it heard that Dansie wasn’t permitted to take slurry, the company ceased its activities, but by then they’d paid in full. Multiple Concrete Enterprises’ contract was not with Dansie directly, however. Instead, the concrete company contracted with National Construction Specialties, which is owned by a man named George Kim DeWolfe. In March of last year, National Construction Specialties, acting as a go-between, signed separate deals with Dansie and Multiple Concrete Enterprises. National Construction Specialties agreed to pay Dansie $75 for every load dumped on his property. But National Construction Specialties wasn’t a party in the construction job and didn’t have any waste to dump. Multiple Concrete Enterprises did, though, and entered a legal contract to use National Construction Specialties’ lease on the property and pay $120 per load deposited on the Dansie field. Per those two agreements, DeWolfe’s company was set to make $45 for every truckload of slurry. The completion of the job would have net Dansie an estimated $40,000. Multiple Concrete Enterprises paid National Construction Specialties, but Dansie says he never received his cut. In the aftermath, DeWolfe has remained an elusive figure. “What’s strange is we don’t know who George DeWolfe is,” Janzen says. “I’ve never heard from him.” Calls to a number Janzen had for DeWolfe went unanswered. National Construction Specialties seems to have disappeared as well. Their listed number is no longer in service. For several years, it had operated under a business license filed with the City of Midvale, but when renewal fees weren’t paid, the license was terminated in March 2015. For each day a business operates without a license, it could be charged with a Class B misdemeanor. Midvale officials, however, typically attempt to help businesses with expired licenses become compliant rather than punish them, says Dustin Eberspacher, a business license administrator with the city. National Construction Specialties was registered with the State Division of Corporate and Commercial Code, and DeWolfe was named as the “registered agent,” but it had also expired before Dansie signed the contract on National Construction

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In a quiet room on a crisply warm Saturday, Dansie reclines in a bed made up with flannel sheets. The 78-year-old property owner is staying at a pleasant Alzheimer care center in South Jordan.

Between May 2016 and February 2017, there was no update on the status of the investigation until Dansie received the notice of violation dated Feb. 6, 2017. The Salt Lake County Health Department listed eight violations, including creating a public nuisance, creating an open dump and operating a solid waste facility without a permit. Dansie was ordered to cease waste storage, pay $36,063 in penalties, dispose all waste on his property at a permitted facility and obtain authorization from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before any excavation.

SLIPPERY HEALTH SLOPE

Beyond a hefty fine, the Dansie family retained a pricey environmental lawyer and has ongoing medical bills. Her father’s health has declined precipitously the past five years, Janzen says. After a surgery on his neck, two on his back and one for a brain aneurysm, he was treated with morphine and codeine to ease lingering chronic pain. Then he was diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia and underwent chemotherapy. The family chalked up memory loss to his treatments, but in August—mere months after he signed the slurry contract—he was diagnosed with late-stage dementia, which had apparently gone undetected for years. One month last year, Dansie tried to pay his mortgage three times. The Janzens forbade Dansie from getting behind the wheel after he got lost on his way to West Jordan and got lost again headed to Draper. A year ago in January, Dansie granted his daughter power of attorney.

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In a quiet room on a crisply warm Saturday, Dansie reclines in a bed made up with flannel sheets. The 78-year-old property owner is staying at a pleasant Alzheimer care center in South Jordan, where a keypad locked door keeps clients from wandering out beyond the antique-furnished foyer. The private room where Dansie rests is small but comfortable; pictures of his family are propped up on a shelf. On this day, Dansie’s face is discerning. Dementia has brought on bouts of paranoia, the kind of distrust that makes him ask for a photograph of a visiting reporter and photographer to keep in his files. He insists the picture be taken. Unsure about the purpose or use in talking about his property with a stranger, he soon comes around to mentioning a deal involving UDOT and contractors. “Did they ever pay me any money?” he asks in a soft, wispy voice. Loose skin that hangs down from his arms is evidence of the full biceps he once had. Dansie is worked up about the property but lacks the understanding or at least

the words necessary to explain the complexity of the situation that started on I-80 and ended up on his field. Dansie remembers Orton and asks if he is alive. That no one has recently spoken to him, Dansie reasons, hints he might not be. When asked about a contract he signed last year, Dansie says he has no recollection of the year 2016. This responsibility has fallen on Janzen’s shoulders. Dansie and his wife divorced around 1990 after 18 years of marriage, and pressing obligations have limited the amount his son can do. Janzen’s pleas to regulators to consider the possibility that her father was not in a position to understand his situation hasn’t lifted the burden. As a last-ditch attempt to clean the mess and clear her father’s name, Janzen says she will sell her house to pay for the accrued attorneys fees and save a lump sum for a potential lawsuit. She claims Orton agreed to pay her father for the slurry loads, on the condition he sign a liability waiver. To Janzen and Dansie, the offer was unacceptable. “You don’t sign a release of liability if you’ve got a contract. You just pay the contract amount,” Dansie says. Over the summer, the family will determine the next course of action. They’ve been told they must test the soil, and if it registers a high pH level, they will need to scoop it up and haul it to a recycling facility. The Janzens will also dig deep into the ground to prove that it isn’t covering solid construction waste. “We’re going to come out with a backhoe, somewhere in this area we’re going to dig a straight trench and see what’s down there,” Paul Janzen says. “They’re really looking for bigger chunks of concrete and construction material, which we’re pretty sure is not there.” Multiple Concrete Enterprises would also like to find a resolution that doesn’t put an unfair burden on the company. “If the board of health is asking that we remove the loads we placed, where do we draw a line to determine our material from others who have used this property for years before?” Stephens asks. The county reached out to Janzen to schedule a meeting with all the stakeholders, but she has little faith that it will resolve the issue. In the meantime, Dansie’s fine is on hold until the summer when they figure out what needs to be cleaned. Janzen’s eyes well up when she talks about her father. With his ailing health, he might not be alive in six months, she says, adding that the unfair accusations against him are only exacerbating his poor condition. She doesn’t want to go to court, she doesn’t want to wrestle money from the construction industry and she doesn’t want to fight with the health department. She wants the ordeal to end. “I’m not in this situation to make money,” she says. “I’m in this situation to make my dad whole and move on.” CW

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Today’s pop music just isn’t as danceable as it used to be. At least, that seems to be the concept behind this year’s Shut Up & Dance performance series by the Odyssey Dance Theatre. The show’s 12-night repertory run rotates between three pieces, focusing on the music of The Beatles in Let it Be, Michael Jackson in MJ and Prince in Purple Rain. The first two shows are revivals of past performances that Darryl Yeager—founder of Odyssey Dance and artistic director for the show—says were brought back by popular demand. The Michael Jackson tribute has been expanded from its original half-show to an evening-length performance. The new Purple Rain comes in two acts. The first consists of three new pieces, but it’s the show’s second act that’s sure to draw the most attention. Going through the late artist’s music catalogue, the company pairs its choreography with some of his greatest hits like “Raspberry Beret,” “Let’s Go Crazy” and, obviously, “Purple Rain.” Yeager says the eclectic style in each show’s performance, coupled with music by classic artists the audience likely already knows, keeps showgoers coming back for more each year. “You’re not going to see the same thing done over and over again,” he says. “In today’s technological and Facebook world, people’s attention spans are a little on the short side, and so doing the shorter pieces all connected by one particular artist just makes a lot of sense.” (Kylee Ehmann) Odyssey Dance: Shut Up & Dance @ Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Circle, 801-581-7100, March 29-April 8, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinees 2 p.m., $20-$40, odysseydance.com

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If you find that it’s not easy to define the kind of story that Nemesis is, you’re in good company with its author, Brendan Reichs. “I got this crazy idea that spiraled into other crazier ideas, and then they all kind of mashed together,” Reichs writes in an email. “It’s hard to say what the core inspiration for Nemesis is, other than perhaps, well, everything.” It certainly opens with a bizarre, provocative concept: On her 16th birthday, a girl named Min is murdered, but wakes up in the woods near her small, isolated Idaho town—an event that has occurred on every even-numbered birthday since she was 8. As terrifying as the regular event is, that whiff of immortality might come in handy as people prepare for a meteor that could end life on Earth. Meanwhile, Min and her classmate Noah uncover what might be a massive conspiracy. What follows is a fascinating mashup of science fiction, a post-apocalyptic thriller and young-adult romance, barreling from one strange revelation to another with dizzying skill toward a cliffhanger sequel setup. Along the way, it also touches on timely ideas that the author might not have been able to anticipate when writing. “I do feel that many themes in Nemesis have a resonance in today’s unstable political and media landscape, not the least being the atmosphere of paranoia and distrust,” Reichs says. “Min and Noah fighting a faceless, nameless, uncaring enemy with far more power than they themselves possess, but they never give up the fight. I think we can all draw inspiration from that.” (Scott Renshaw) Brendan Reichs: Nemesis with James Dashner @ Provo Library, 550 N. University Ave., Provo, 801-484-9100, March 25, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com

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Odyssey Dance: Shut Up & Dance

Ah, spring. The time when a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of chucking multicolored cornstarch into the face of his intended. At least that’s the mythological narrative that originally spawned the Holi Festival of Colors. According to Hindu legend, the god Krishna became enamored of the goddess Radha, only to be embarrassed by his unsightly blue skin. Instead of moping around his room and listening to The Smiths, Krishna took a page from Adam Ant and decided to paint Radha’s face blue as a symbol of overcoming their differences. This celebration of de-emphasizing outward beauty while re-emphasizing inward beauty has come to represent one of springtime’s most popular social events. And, yes, coloring each other’s faces still remains a very large part of the festival. Attendees can pick up bags of polychromatic cornstarch at the festival, and are encouraged to throw it at others every hour or so. In between these sessions of vibrant chaos, attendees can enjoy a wide range of live music and yoga instruction. Any Holi veteran will tell you to relax your personal boundaries a bit and have a good time. They’ll also tell you to think of an effective post-festival cleaning method, because that stuff gets everywhere. This modern celebration honors love in all of its forms and provides a welcome reminder that, despite our differences, we are human and we need to be loved. (Alex Springer) Holi Festival of Colors @ Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, 311 W. 8500 South, Spanish Fork, March 25-26, Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., $5.25, festivalofcolorsusa.com

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“If you go any slower, you’ll turn into a stupid green tortoise,” Aidan says at the outset of Not One Drop. Rowe quickly responds, “Why stupid?” Plan-B Theatre Co.’s new production is certainly unique—fitting for a company with a mission to develop and produce one-of-a-kind, socially conscious theater. The show consists of only two actors, which is part of its distinctive exploration of identity. “It is unlike anything we have ever done at Plan-B [and] the first absurdist play we’ve done in quite a while,” says Jerry Rapier, Plan-B’s artistic director, as well as the director for this show. This absurdism is unusual for local productions, he adds. “One of the hallmarks of an absurdist piece is it doesn’t have a standard structure. Most plays are building toward some sort of significant moment, and then the action falls from there,” Rapier says. “In absurdism, there’s no traditional structure at all. [It’s] more the experience of encountering the play than the method of the play.” Playwright Morag Shepherd has had a few of her shows produced already, including at SLC’s Sackerson, where she is the resident playwright. The play evokes the feminist politics of Caryl Churchill and the confrontational style of Sarah Kane. According to Plan-B’s website, “If Churchill and Kane were to have a literary baby, this play would be that baby ... a weird, wacky baby.” Not One Drop was developed as part of Plan-B’s three-year partnership with The David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists. (Casey Koldewyn) Not One Drop @ Plan-B Theatre Co., 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, March 23-April 2, times vary, $10-$20, planbtheatre.org

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Relieve your post-FanX doldrums with pop-culture takes on fandom. BY BRYAN YOUNG comments@cityweekly.net @swankmotron

henever convention season in Salt Lake City rolls around, I think a lot about the idea of fan celebrations. They’re big and loud and fun and bring a lot of people together. But after these fan gatherings, there can be what I call “post-con depression.” Though it’s going to be a long six months until Salt Lake Comic Con comes back to town, there are plenty of pop-culture creations to help you cope during the wait. Or, if you’re not the sort who usually goes to conventions, these books and films can emulate the experience, and maybe even convince you to participate in the next one. The movie that comes most immediately to mind is Galaxy Quest . David Mamet, the American playwright and screenwriter behind Glengarry Glen Ross, has publicly hailed it as one of the best films ever made. It takes a look at fan culture and fan conventions through the lens of a fake Star Trektype show, and I think it’s one of the few that gets it right and doesn’t make fun of the nerd lifestyle. The geeks in Galaxy Quest who go to conventions are an actual community, where most depictions of attendees at similar events paint them as loners and losers— like Melllvar, the 34-year-old Star Trek fan and gaseous cloud who lives with his mother and abducts the crew of the Enterprise on one of the best Futurama episodes, “Where No Fan Has Gone Before.” Another fun depiction of fan conventions is the appearance of San Diego Comic-Con International in the 2011 film Paul . It stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as a pair of nerdy best friends who encounter a real alien.

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in Paul

Since the actors themselves—who also wrote the script—have been to more cons than you could shake a fist at, they were careful to replicate the experience faithfully. They weren’t the only filmmakers to shoot at a real convention, either. Sharknado 4 featured our very own Salt Lake Comic Con, and Mark Hamill’s 2004 Comic Book: The Movie was also shot at San Diego ComicCon. That film is a mockumentary set at a convention where Hamill (playing the film’s director, Donald Swan) undertakes a quest to stop a film studio from making a movie out of his favorite comic book character, Commander Courage. It’s a lighthearted look at convention culture and the cast comprised of a dozen top voice actors in live-action roles, including Billy West, Jess Harnell, Jim Cummings, Tara Strong and Tom Kenny. My favorite of all might be Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy. It’s a heartfelt film whose backdrop is the comic industry—and environment that Smith knew well (and would get to know even better in subsequent years). It tells the complicated love story of a trio of comic book artists and writers. As their lives intertwine in and out of comic book conventions and deadlines, their desire for romance comes to a head. It’s a wonderful film, and it might be Smith’s best. I, myself, dabbled in the world of con culture at one point as well. My first novel, Lost at the Con, was set at a fictional version of Dragon Con, which is the major convention held every year in Atlanta, Ga. What would happen if a Hunter S. Thompson-esque journalist took a look at convention culture? That question was my starting point, and I had a lot of fun with it. Whatever story you turn to—whether it’s to beat that downer feeling of the convention’s end, or to learn more about what all those geeks downtown are doing—any one of these would be a great choice. Isn’t a better understanding of our fellow humans exactly what stories are for? CW

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Mary Poppins CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville, 801-298-1302, through March 25, centerpointtheatre.org Not One Drop Plan-B Theatre Co., Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, through April 2, planbtheatre.org (see p. 17) Peter and the Starcatchers Hale Center Theater, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, 801-226-8600, through April 8, times vary, haletheater.org Save Your Own Skin The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, 801-531-9800, through April 1, FridaySaturday, 7:30 p.m., theleonardo.org SONDER Eagles Hall, 404 S. West Temple, 801-613-0582, through March 27, 8 & 10 p.m., sonderslc.com Staged Reading: Morag Shepherd’s Already Dead Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, 801328-2586, March 27, 8 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Steel Magnolias Heritage Theatre, 2505 S. Highway 89, Perry, 435-723-8392, through March 25, 7:30 p.m., heritagetheatreutah.com

DANCE Eight local female artists are showcased in Women in Art (“Cottonmouth” by Tonia Klein is pictured) at Urban Arts Gallery (137 S. Rio Grande St., 801-230-0820, utaharts.org) through April 2.

THEATER

American West Symphony: Pictures at an Exhibition Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, 801-523-7084, March 25, 7:30 p.m., americanwestsymphony.com Bach and the Romantic Revival Bountiful Davis Art Center, 745 S. Main, Bountiful, March 24, 7:30 p.m., bdac.org Quattro Amici in Bohemia and Germany Vieve Gore Concert Hall, 1250 E. 1700 South, 801-4847651, March 27, 7:30 p.m., westminstercollege.edu Tien Hsieh All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 S. Foothill Drive, March 24, 7:30 p.m., mundiproject.org

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1 Million Cups Impact Hub, 150 S. State, Ste. 1, 385-202-6008, Wednesdays through June 14, 9 a.m., hubsaltlake.com Utah Opera Cultural Festival: The Long Walk Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 Presidents Circle, 801-5816762, March 28, 10:45 a.m.-noon, usuo.org

FARMERS MARKETS

Winter Market Rio Grande Depot, 300 S. Rio Grande St., through April 22, Saturdays, 10 a.m.2 p.m., slcfarmersmarket.org

FESTIVALS & FAIRS

Holi Festival of Colors Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple, 311 W. 8500 South, Spanish Fork, March 25, 10 a.m.; March 26, 11 a.m., festivalofcolorsusa.com (see p. 17) Utah Brazilian Carnaval Eventos Reception Center, 3845 S. Main, March 25, 8 p.m.

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Adrian Bangerter: Reflections Art at the Main, 210 E. 400 South, 801-363-4088, through April 14, artatthemain.com At the Heart of Who We Are UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, March 24, 7-9 p.m., utahmoca.org

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Devery Anderson and Les Kelen Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, 801-328-2586, March 23, 6:30 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Ana Maria Spagna: The Luckiest Scar on Earth The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-484-9100, March 24, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Bim Oliver: South Temple Street Landmarks Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, 801-3282586, March 24, 7 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Brendan Reichs and James Dashner The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-484-9100, March 25, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com (see p. 17) Jennifer Adams: A Little Princess The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-4849100, March 23, 11 a.m., kingsenglish.com Jill Bowers: Immortal Writers Barnes & Noble, 7157 Plaza Center Drive, West Jordan, 801-2821324, March 25, 4 p.m., barnesandnoble.com Dr. Karin Baumgartner: Historic Fairy Tales and Their Impact on Modern Times Taylorsville Library, 4870 S. 2700 West, Taylorsville, 801943-4636, March 29, 7 p.m., slcolibrary.org Liz Wright Draper Library, 1136 E. Pioneer Road, Draper, 801-943-4636, March 29, 7 p.m., slcolibrary.org

Cash Levy Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Ogden, 801-622-5588, March 24-25, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com ImprovBroadway 496 N. 900 East, Provo, 909260-2509, Saturdays, 8 p.m., improvbroadway.com Jo Koy Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, 801-532-5233, March 24-25, 7 & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Jordan Makin Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, 801-532-5233, March 23, 7:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Laughing Stock Improv The Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, 801-355-4628, Fridays & Saturdays, 10 p.m., laughingstock.us Off the Wall Comedy Improv Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Draper, 801-5724144, Saturdays, 10:30 p.m., drapertheatre.org Quick Wits Comedy 695 W. Center St., Midvale, 801-824-0523, Saturdays, 10 p.m., qwcomedy.com

AUTHOR APPEARANCES

A Streetcar Named Desire Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State, 801-957-3322, through April 1, grandtheatrecompany.com Annie Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main, Park City, 435649-9371, through April 2, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 6 p.m., egyptiantheatrecompany.org Captain AmericanFORK Desert Star Theatre, 4861 S. State, Murray, 801-266-2600, through June 3, 11:30 a.m., 2, 6, 7:30 & 8:30 p.m., desertstar.biz Cutie and The Beast Off Broadway Theatre, 272 Main, 801-355-4628, through April 22, 7:30 p.m., theobt.org How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Empress Theatre, 9104 S. 2700 West, Magna, 801-347-7373, through March 25, FridaySaturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinees, 2 p.m., empresstheatre.com King Charles III Pioneer Theatre Co., 300 S. 1400 East, 801-581-6961, March 24-April 8, FridaySaturday 7:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday 7 p.m., Saturday matinee 2 p.m., pioneertheatre.org The Lion King Eccles Theater, 131 South Main, 801-355-2787, through April 16, artsaltlake.org Live Museum Theater Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, 801-581-6927, 11 a.m.4 p.m., through April 15, nhmu.utah.edu

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

LITERATURE

Brent Godfrey: Observation A Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East, 801-583-4800, through April 22, 10 a.m., agalleryonline.com Ed Napia, Rad Cuch & Wahid Migoli Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, 801328-0703, through April 14, accessart.org Focus: Photography by Jessica Hernandez Sprague Library, 280 W. 500 North, 801-5948680, through April 14, slcpl.org From the Heart: Expressions in Fiber Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, 801-965-5100, through April 26, culturalcelebration.org The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through May 13, free, utahmoca.org Groundbreaking: Innovations in Clay Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd., Park City, 435649-8882, through April 16, kimballartcenter.org Imagining Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through April 15, utahmoca.org Isaac Hastings: Inevitably Inert God Hates Robots, 314 W. 300 South, through April 7, godhatesrobots.com Justin Chouinard: These Ribbons Are Substratum UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801328-4201, through April 22, 10 a.m., utahmoca.org Liberty Blake: Paper Collage Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, 801-364-8284, through April 14, phillips-gallery.com Michael Workman: Helper Paintings David Ericson Fine Art, 418 S. 200 West, 801-5338245, through April 14, davidericson-fineart.com Off the Map Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, 801-328-0703, through April 14, accessart.org Rebecca Campbell Modern West Fine Art, 177 E. 200 South, 801-355-3383, through April 15, modernwestfineart.com Rod Heiss: Let Paint Be Paint Salt Lake City Chapman Library, 577 S. 900 West, 801-5948623, through April 27, slcpl.org Rona Pondick & Robert Feintuch: Heads, hands, feet; sleeping, holding, dreaming, dying Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through July 15, utahmoca.org Sleeping Giants + Untold Tales: Paintings by Matt Monsoon Gallery at Library Square, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through April 14, slcpl.org SOS Save Our Seas: Mixed Media Artwork by Lori A. McPherson SLC Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through April 14, slcpl.org Kendra Hitchcock: Ubiquitous Sprague Library, 2131 S. 1100 East, 801-594-8640, through May 6, slcpl.org Utah At War Salt Lake City Public Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through April 22, 9 a.m-6 p.m., slcpl.org Women in Art Urban Arts Gallery, 137 S. Rio Grande St., 801-230-0820, through April 2, urbanartsgallery.org (see above left)

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Oddyssey Dance Theatre: Shut Up & Dance Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. President Circle, 801-5817100, March 29-April 7, tickets.utah.edu (see p. 17)

Sasquatch Cowboy The Comedy Loft, 3934 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 435-327-8273, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m., ogdencomedyloft.com

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EATS Park City

Many of us don’t think twice about adding fresh fruit to a lunchbox. But for thousands of school children everyday access to healthy, nutritious foods isn’t automatic. EATS’ mission ( Eat Awesome Things at School ) is to ensure every student has access to fresh, nutritious, appealing food & opportunities to develop lifelong positive, healthy food habits. Through school cooking classes, taste tests introducing new entrees, & school gardens that children plant & tend, students become aware of their choices & food’s impact on health & our environment. EATS also educates families by providing healthy recipes. Your support helps EATS nourish a generation of informed, healthy eaters.

PO Box 682896, Park City, UT 84068, 763-442-3955, eatsparkcity.org

Envision Utah

Utah is that fastest growing state in the nation, and in the next 35 years our population is expected to nearly double. That means over three million new residents! How do we handle this growth? How do we make sure that as we grow, Utah remains an amazing place to live? That’s where Envision Utah comes in. We work with residents, stakeholders, and policy makers to understand what Utahns want for the future. Then we find collaborative ways to make that vision a reality. We rely on your support to move forward. Help us make your vision a reality by donating!

254 S. 600 East #201, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, 801-3031450, envisionutah.org

We are hoping to raise enough funds to purchase a food truck. Running this food truck would teach the student employees that attend our after school program job skills. At Horizonte Instruction and Training Center we have a closed campus policy, which means students aren’t allowed to leave for lunch. Though many do leave, they risk getting citations. Having this food truck on campus would help deter students from leaving campus at lunch as well as give them healthier options to choose from.

1234 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT, 84101, 801-7921057, ffcutah.org

Fourth Street Clinic

Fourth Street Clinic helps homeless Utahns improve their health and quality of life by providing high quality health care and support services. For many homeless Utahns, Fourth Street Clinic is their first and only chance at a diagnosis and on-going treatment. By increasing access to health care, Fourth Street Clinic is a major partner in ending homelessness, promoting community health, and achieving across-the-board health care savings. Nearly 5,000 men, women and children experiencing homelessness in Utah have access to primary, dental and specialty health care each year. Fourth Street Clinic makes breaking free from homelessness finally possible.

409 West 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, 801.364.0058, fourthstreetclinic.org

FutureINDesign

FutureINDesign breaks the cycle of poverty by bridging the digital divide preparing underserved & minority teens to be the design & tech talent for Utah’s Economy. Utah’s most vulnerable young adults are being left behind in technology training and employment in the tech industry. Eighty-four percent of Utah’s low-income families do not own a home computer, yet 90% of careers emerging nationally require tech proficiency. As this gap widens, it will directly impact young adults already facing intergenerational poverty. The nation’s tech (STEM) professions are comprised of less than 3 % ethnic minorities, and only 25 % women. Tech companies are experiencing a talent shortage, unaware a capable workforce exists within reach. 385-202-5994, futureindesign.org

Girls on the Run Utah

We can’t run without you! This spring we will deliver our program to 120 teams and 1,800 girls across 7 counties in Utah. Over 900 of our participants either fall below the poverty line or qualify for scholarship funding. We do not turn a girl away for inability to pay. We need community support! Girls on the Run is a non-profit after school character development program that inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident through a fun, experience based curriculum, which creatively integrates running. We are working to change the world one girl at a time. P.O. Box 58337, Salt Lake City, UT 84158, 913-4614525, www.girlsontherunutah.org

Give to Alta

Love Alta? Give to Alta! Support the arts, environment and history of Alta, with contributions split evenly between Friends of Alta, Alta Community Enrichment (ACE) and the Alta Historical Society. Friends of Alta is dedicated to protecting Alta’s natural resources today to ensure a legacy of outdoor recreation and clean water that your family and future generations can continue to enjoy tomorrow. ACE creates opportunities in the community for individual and group participation in arts, cultural events and education. The Alta Historical Society collects and preserves valuable historical photographs, films, documents, and artifacts which are tied to Alta’s past.

Grassroots Shakespeare Company

Grassroots brings lively theatre performance for free to public parks from Moab to Ogden and everywhere in between. Your support helps us to bring a performance closer to you!

707-722-7529, grassrootsshakespeare.com

Habitat for Humanity of Weber and Davis Counties

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Habitat for Humanity of Weber and Davis Counties is a nonprofit organization devoted to building and repairing simple and affordable housing for local lowincome families. Habitat for Humanity brings the community together for home building and home repair efforts in Weber and Davis Counties. We strive to “create a world where everyone has a decent place to live”. We are building 3 homes and repairing 40 more this year and could use your help by donating, volunteering or providing materials to build and repair these homes.

Habitat for Humanity of Weber and Davis Counties 2955 Harrison Blvd. Suite 202, Ogden, UT 84403, 801-475-9821, info@habitatwd.org Habitat for Humanity of Weber and Davis Counties ReStore 3111 Wall Avenue, Ogden, UT 84401,801-393-3287, restoremanager@habitatwd.org

PO Box 8126, Alta, UT 84092, 801-742-9719, friendsofalta.org, altaarts.org, altahistory.org

GOAL Foundation

The GOAL Foundation is an organization who’s mission is to “inspire the Greater Ogden community and it’s visitors to “GET OUT AND LIVE!”™ by participating, volunteering and spectating at recreational events, programs and activities. Funds raised through programs and donations directly impact the success of Youth Initiatives providing elementary aged kids the opportunity to learn about the benefits of an active and healthy lifestyle. In 2017 GOAL hopes to expand youth outreach efforts. Here are our 2016 results: 738 students enrolled, 161 pair of shoes given to kids in need and 130 Summer Camp Participants learned outdoor recreation skills.

HawkWatch International

Raptors (hawks, eagles, owls and other birds of prey) have been revered for millennia as symbols of strength and freedom. Feeding atop the food chain, they also serve as good indicators to ecosystem health. HawkWatch International works to protect raptors and our shared environments through scientific research and public education. We reach more than 40,000 individuals and students each year through live raptor programs and citizen science volunteer projects to teach lessons about conservation and build passion for wildlife and the natural world. To attend a raptor program, become a volunteer, or learn more about our efforts, visit www.hawkwatch.org.

In 2016, 465 nonprofit organizations participated in Love UT Give UT

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2440 Washington Blvd., Ogden, UT 84401, 801399-1773, getoutandlive.org

2240 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84106, 801484-6808, hawkwatch.org

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Heart & Soul

Music is love you can hear, and Heart & Soul spreads its healing power by producing over 1,000 live shows a year for people living in isolation. Individuals in convalescent homes, senior centers, hospitals, prisons, and children’s centers are the recipients, and Heart & Soul strives to make the world less lonely through musical performances that enrich the soul. Our mission is vital, and a gift of any size brings live music and joy to our neighbors, as well as engaging hundreds of artists in community service. Support local musicians, secluded friends, and Heart & Soul with your donation today!

PO BOX 526142, Salt Lake City, UT 84152, 801-467-5499, heartsoul.org

Holladay City Arts Council

The Holladay Arts Council’s mission is to provide activities and programs that will enrich the community through promotion of the arts. Free summer concert series, highlights the talents of Utah musicians while bringing the community together. Annual Blue Moon Arts Festival features a wide range of local Utah Artists, food vendors, music and FUN for the whole family. Holladay Artist of the month program is accepting nominations enter your favorite artist today. Other programs we feature, Fine Art Show, Plein Air, Refugee “Healing through Art”.

4580 S. 2300 East, Holladay, UT 84117, 801-272-9450, holladayarts.org

Humane Society of Utah

The Humane Society of Utah is dedicated t o the elimination of pain, fear and suffering in all animals. Since 1960, the HSU has been sheltering homeless animals, fighting cruelty and neglect, and creating an environment of respect, responsibility, and compassion for all animals across the state of Utah. HSU is the largest open-admissions shelter in the state and welcomes any companion animal that can legally be admitted. As a member of the No-Kill Utah (NKUT) Coalition, we work hard to ensure that every healthy and treatable pet that enters the facility will find a loving home. We receive no state tax dollars or government funding. HSU is funded by the contributions of individuals, businesses and foundations.

Junior Achievement of Utah

The mission of Junior Achievement it to inspire and prepare young people for success. Through an innovative partnership between the business community, educators and volunteers, JA of Utah helps young people understand the connection between what they’re learning in school and how it applies to their lives in the real world. Our volunteers serve as mentors enabling our students to become successful adults and preparing them for the realities and opportunities of work. JA programs increase knowledge and influence attitudes in a way that results in students’ increased self-confidence, higher graduation rates and higher math test scores. 515 S. 700 East, Suite 1F, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, 801-355-5252, ja-utah.org

Kostopulos Dream Foundation

Camp K is dedicated to empowering and improving the lives of people of all abilities through education, recreation, and growth opportunities. Our year-round programs teach practical life skills, problem-solving skills, and other skills for independence, including selfconfidence, self-control, persistence, flexibility, adaptability, curiosity, communication, and collaboration. Our philosophy is that “Everyone Can”. Our programs promote diversity and inclusion, and inspire our students to achieve goals that they never before believed possible. Through our programs, they learn new skills, build new relationships, and experience triumph of success. Ultimately, these successful experiences have a positive impact on our entire community.

4180 E. Emigration Canyon Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, 801-582-0700, campk.org

Our mission is to provide custom trained service dogs for military veterans with PTSD, MST, and physical limitations. Our goal is to empower our veterans and their families to find a “new normal” and to assist our veterans with their transition into civilian life. By doing so we will build stronger families and better communities. All of this is accomplished with a 100% volunteer staff and is provided at no cost to the veteran or their family.

The $1.23 million raised in 2016 was from 22,221 online donations

4242 S. 300 West, PO Box 573659, Murray, UT 84157, 801-261-2919, utahhumane.org

Labs for Liberty

2125 S. Hwy 66, Morgan, UT 84050, 315-766-0720, labsforliberty.org

Little Lambs Foundation for Kids

Little Lambs Foundation for Kids provides comfort kits to children who are transitioning into foster care, emergency shelter and other traumatic situations. When a child is removed from their home because of abuse or neglect often times they are not able to take anything with them.. If they do they carry their precious belongings in a black trash bag. Little Lambs is currently serving children in 9 counties in Central and Northern UT. We are working diligently to expand our reach to help and comfort more children in UT. and change the way children travel through the foster care system. 1125 W. 400 North, Suite 200, Logan, UT 84321, 435764-4439, littlelambsofutah.org

Moab Music Festival

Every September, the awardwinning Moab Music Festival brings world-class musicians to stunning red rock venues around Moab, Utah for a feast of chamber music, jazz, and traditional music concerts. We call it “music in concert with the landscape™,” celebrating old and new chamber music, jazz with a Latin flavor, and traditional music from around the globe. For 25 years, the Festival has remained dedicated to its mission to enrich the Grand County community through Education and Community Outreach opportunities for all ages. 58 E. 300 South, Moab, UT, 84532, 435-259-7003, moabmusicfest.org

Needs Beyond Medicine

Needs Beyond Medicine, launched in 2006 and later established as a 501c3 organization in 2009, is dedicated to helping cancer patients pay for non-medical expenses while undergoing medical treatment. Some of these expenses include transportation, rent and essential living costs. The Relief Program continues to be an invaluable service that Needs Beyond Medicine offers to patients battling all types of cancer. NBM also offers educational seminars to raise awareness throughout the state of Utah. These seminars present helpful information on the signs and symptoms of many forms of cancer, as well as promote public wellness, cancer prevention and early screening.

P.O. Box 521618, Salt Lake City, UT 84152, 385-645-4626, needsbeyondmedicine.org

Neighborhood House

Neighborhood House has been quietly working to help lowincome families, children and adults succeed for over 120 years. Our Children’s Programs, Adult Day Services, and supportive services for families are available at an affordable rate that helps working parents & caregivers gain or maintain employment. Preschool, afterschool, and summer programs help give low-income children the opportunities they need to achieve throughout life. Supervised care and enriching activities help fill a critical gap in the continuum of care for older and disabled adults, helping them maintain independence and age-in-place. Your gift during Love Utah Give Utah will continue a rich legacy at Neighborhood House of helping the families who need us most. 1050 W. 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104, 801-3634589, nhutah.org

NeighborWorks Salt Lake

NeighborWorks Salt Lake celebrates 40 years this year! Since 1977, NWSL has been building on the strength of Salt Lake City neighborhoods by creating opportunities through housing, resident engagement and youth development. Our Love Utah Give Utah campaign benefits NWSL’s YouthWorks Salt Lake - a pre-employment program for underserved students, ages 14-18, in Salt Lake County. Students work as “community builders” in construction and learn life and civic engagement skills. They renovate buildings, volunteer, and go on educational activities and excursions. Your appreciated donation is an investment in our youth - our future. 622 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City UT 84116, 801-5391590, nwsaltlake.org

New Horizons Crisis Center

New Horizons Crisis Center provides outreach, crisis intervention, referrals, shelter services and safety to victims and their children who have experienced domestic violence, rape, or sexual assault. These same services are provided to homeless individuals and their children. In addition to providing shelter and outreach services to individuals and families, New Horizons Crisis Center also provides parenting and life skills classes, as well as support groups. These classes and groups help to educate victims on the dynamics and effects of abuse; and teach them the necessary life skills to become successful and self-sufficient. The geographical area served by New Horizons Crisis Center is the five counties of Sevier, Sanpete, Millard, Wayne and Piute. These counties cover an area of 13,581 square miles in south central Utah. 145 E. 100 North, Richfield, UT 84701, 435-893-9294,centralutahcrisisintervention.org

Noble Horse Sanctuary provides a lifelong home and adoption for horses in need. Our horses at Noble have had hard lives before they find us, many have suffered years severe neglect, abandonment, mental and physical abuse. Noble has a big soft spot for senior equines and we provide a loving home for them in their golden years. Noble is a safe, caring home. A place of peace for our four legged friends.

385-215-4173, noblehorsesanctuary.org

Nuzzles & Co. Pet Rescue and Adoption

Nuzzles & Co. is a no-kill animal rescue organization. We rescue homeless, abandoned and injured cats and dogs from all over Utah, including the Navajo and Ute Reservations. We bring the animals back to our Rescue Ranch, which is located just outside Park City. There we have a stateof-the-art medical clinic, veterinarian team, committed trainers and a loving and caring staff. We provide the animals with the medical care, training and love they need and when they’re ready, we take them to our Adoption Center in Tanger Outlets in Park City where we find them loving, forever homes.

6466 North Highview Road, Peoa, UT 84061, 801-455-0223,nuzzlesandco.org

Odyssey House of Utah

Odyssey House of Utah empowers people to heal and build better lives by providing effective substance abuse treatment, prevention, and mental health services. Your donation during Love Utah Give Utah can help save the life of a teen, a struggling adult, or a parent with young children. We offer affordable residential treatment, outpatient and sober living services, and healthcare via our Martindale Integrated Medical Clinic. WE ARE RECOVERY!

344 E. 100 South, Ste. 301, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, 801-428-3403, odysseyhouse.org

Ogden Symphony Ballet Association

“Where Action Meets Compassion”. Being homeless & injured doesn’t sound ideal…because it’s not. But if you’re an animal in UT needing a loving home or medical care, being saved by PFLU is where you want be. Founded in 2012, their volunteer network has swelled to over 200 foster families who are available to assist rescue, rehabilitate, & rehome those pets (both large & small) lucky enough to find their way to Paws for Life Utah. Initially working only with Heber Valley Animal Services (whom they helped achieve “no kill“ status in 2013), PFLU expanded to rescue pets throughout UT. PO Box 70, Heber City, UT 84032, 435-640-4752, www.pflu.org

Plan-B Theatre Company

Our Free Elementary School Tour premieres a new work annually, reaching 15,000 K-6 students at 40 elementary schools in 7 counties. These free, professional, in-school performances expose elementary students to live theatre and encourage discussion of complex issues. Title I schools receive booking priority. Students at each school, each year, thank us for giving them their first experience with live theatre. We are matching a $5,000 gift toward the creation of a halftime Education Coordinator position to administer the program and help us look to the future in a bolder way regarding diversity and gender parity. 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, 801-2974200, planbtheatre.org

Planned Parenthood Association of Utah

Planned Parenthood Association of Utah serves nearly 55,000 Utahns with life saving cancer screenings, contraception on a sliding fee scale based on income, STD testing and treatment and responsible, medically accurate, ageappropriate sex education programs through community organizations, schools, and at all of our nine health centers and 11 rural contract providers. Your donation stays right here in Utah and helps your neighbors who would otherwise not be able to access these important services. With your help, we are able to help make Utah a safe, healthy and great place to live!

In 2016, there were 7,885 nonprofit organizations operating in Utah

654 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, 801-532-5748, ppau.org

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OSBA brings the arts to Weber County. Next season, OSBA will present twenty world-class performances, including the Utah Symphony, six-time Tony-award-winner Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, internationally-renowned Parsons Dance (from New York City), BODYTRAFFIC (from Los Angeles) and Ballet West’s Nutcracker. OSBA also provides masterclasses, after-school programs, and other outreach efforts to promote classical music and dance in our community. For example, on March 22, OSBA will present its first Youth Benefit Concert, featuring Russian concert pianist Gleb Ivanov and eleven talented young musicians from our community. All proceeds will help fund need-based music education scholarships for local children. 638 26th Street, Ogden, UT 84401, 801399-9214, symphonyballet.org

Paws For Life Utah

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Noble Horse Sanctuary

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Project Read

An estimated 28,698 adults in Utah County, or 8% of the population, are functionally illiterate. Imagine not being able to fill out a job application, help your child with homework, or understand the instructions on a prescription label. With your support, Project Read can continue to change lives through literacy by providing one-on-one tutoring services for functionally illiterate adults. Our aim is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and build community.

550 N. University Avenue #215, Provo, UT, 84601, 801-4487323, projectreadutah.org

Project Reality

Have you heard about the opioid epidemic? Project Reality has been fighting this battle and saving lives since 1970. We are a non-profit opioid addiction treatment program whose philosophy has been one of self-reliance, and in the 46 years of providing services to Utah we have been making due with less. At this point in time, we are in dire need of a new facility and are finally reaching out for help from the community. If you know someone who’s been affected by an opioid problem, please consider donating and joining us in our mission!

150 E. 700 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, 801-364-8080, projectreality.net

Raising Education through Arts Characters and Heroes

Raising Education through Arts, Characters and Heroes (REACH) brings to life teaching through costume characters and hands on experiences. Students are able to use their imaginations and discover their own knowledge in the subject being presented! We offer lessons in History, Literacy, Arts and Anti-Bullying. All programs are taught at no expense to the schools and we bring all the supplies for each program. We are hoping to raise enough money with Love UT this year to upgrade our programs, teaching tools and costumes.

301 Regatta Lane, Stansbury Park, UT 84074, 435-224-2985, reachutah.org

Salt Lake Arts Academy

Save Our Canyons

Save Our Canyons is “Dedicated to Protecting the Beauty and Wildness of the Wasatch Canyons, Mountains, and Foothills.” Since our foundation in 1972, Save Our Canyons has played a crucial role in enactment of the existing Lone Peak, Twin Peaks and Mount Olympus Wilderness Areas. We continue to activate our communities, public officials and user groups towards furthering the protective status of these amazing mountain landscapes that provide escape, recreation, rejuvenation, and economic prosperity, all of which increase our quality of life. 824 S. 400 West, Suite B115, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, 801-363-7283, saveourcanyons.org

ScenicView Academy

ScenicView Academy is a Nonprofit School for young adults with Autism. We empower students with the skills needed to: Obtain and maintain gainful employment, live independently, engage in meaningful social relationships, progress in their educational abilities, understand and engage in productive leisure time. Autism has the highest unemployment rate of any disability category, with an estimated 85% of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in unemployment or underemployment. At ScenicView, we know these individuals are capable of meaningful employment. Our employment programs help students overcome their barriers to employment, teach principal work skills, and connect them to employment opportunities in the community. 5455 N. River Run Drive, Provo, UT 84604, 801226-2550, www.svacademy.org

The Senior Charity Care Foundation mission is to improve the quality of life for our elders in need. We provide financial assistance to vulnerable low-income seniors 55+, residing in care facilities and senior apartments in Davis, Salt Lake, Utah and Weber Counties, who need help in obtaining basic health care such as eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care. Our newest program – Project Thrive – brings dental care to the seniors, solving the problems of affordability and accessibility. We charge senior copays by the hour rather than the procedure, on a sliding fee scale at 30% of the hourly costs or less. PO Box 744, Kaysvillle, UT 84037, 801-468-6806, seniorcharitycarefoundation.org

Seven Canyons Trust

The Seven Canyons Trust works to daylight and rehabilitate the seven canyon creeks of Utah’s Wasatch Range, restoring beauty and health to the hydrology of the Salt Lake valley. Daylighting is a term to describe the uncovering of buried urban waters, bringing them up to the surface and restoring their stream channels. According to research by the Trust, over 21 miles of Salt Lake County’s seven main tributaries to the Jordan River are buried in underground culverts. By engaging locals to amplify their voices, the Trust promotes community stewardship that leads to action and attachment toward their hydrologic systems. info@sevencanyonstrust.org, 585-703-8582, sevencanyonstrust.org

Second Chance for Homeless Pets

Second Chance for Homeless Pets is a non-profit, no kill pet adoption center located in Salt Lake City. We have many animals available for adoption. Our low-cost vaccinations and education for the public assist pet owners in providing the care necessary to keep their pets healthy. Many animals who come through our program need and receive extensive medical care and/or surgery due to neglect, illness or injury while they were homeless. Your donation to Second Chance for Homeless Pets helps provide the extra time and resources needed in re-homing animals, therefore reducing the need for shelter euthanasia across our state.

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A tuition-free public charter school, Salt Lake Arts Academy builds creative minds, in the rich environment of downtown Salt Lake City. Each of our students receives at least one hour of arts education, every day of the school year. Integrating the arts across the academic Core Curriculum leads to joyous learning and deep student achievement. Your support during Love UT, Give UT provides our diverse group of students with the kind of arts experiences usually found in a private school, in a free public school setting. Visit our Love UT, Give UT page and the spread the LOVE!

844 S. 200 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, 801-531-1173, slarts.org

Senior Charity Care Foundation

200 Gordon Lane, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, 801-590-8999, utahpetadoptions.org

South Valley Services

South Valley Services is the second largest domestic violence shelter and support services in Utah and the only shelter in Utah that can house men. Our mission is to eradicate domestic violence by providing shelter, case management, counselling, prevention education and advocacy to women, men and children. We provide services free of charge, to anyone experiencing domestic violence. We believe outreach and education is the primary advocacy tool of eliminating domestic violence from our communities. We offer outreach services at our two community resource centers in West Jordan and Riverton and at the Columbus, Kearns, Magna, and West Valley Libraries. PO Box 1028, West Jordan, UT 84084, 801-255-1095, svsutah.org

Susan G. Komen Utah’s Bold Goal is to reduce the current number of breast cancer deaths by 50% in the U.S. by 2026. We will reach this goal by supporting community breast health programs to Utah’s medically underserved, advocating for equitable access to quality health care, and investing in ground breaking breast cancer research. Help us reach this goal. Be more than Pink! 4900 S. Highland Drive, Suite B. Salt Lake City, UT 84117, 1-877 GO KOMEN, komen.org

The Malinois Foundation

Here at the Malinois Foundation we believe that Service Dogs save lives. It is our mission to make these lifesaving companions available to our Veterans and Americans in need of canine assistance. Whether it be for PTSD, Mobility Support, or Special Needs, we work to heal and empower these individuals with a specialized service animal, a partner in life, and a new best friend.

2971 W. 560 South, Lehi, UT 84043, 801-898-3023, themalinoisfoundation.org

TURN Community Services

Join TURN Community Services’ Family during #LoveUTGiveUT! Help your sisters and brothers with intellectual disabilities live, work, learn and play in their communities! It takes a village to provide critical and innovative services for people with intellectual disabilities, serve some of the most socially and economically vulnerable people in Utah’s population, help people with disabilities live as independently and engaged as they can in their communities of choice, a human right everyone deserves, provide a wide variety of quality services to fit the individual needs of each person. Help realize our mission to “TURN Dreams into Reality”!

Utah Foster Care

Every child in Utah needs a meaningful connection to caring adults who are a stable, lasting presence in their lives. Utah Foster Care (UFC) trains and supports a great pool of foster families who offer their hearts and homes, providing children with a safe place to land. UFC also helps meet the financial demands of caring for additional children, to ensure those in foster care have the same growth and development opportunities as their peers. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but everyone can make a difference. Your donation today makes a difference to Utah’s children today!

Debbie.hofhines@utahfostercare.org, 801-994-5205, utahfostercare.org

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) has been a cornerstone for contemporary culture in Utah since it was founded in 1931. Through our award-winning exhibitions and community and individual education programs, the Museum serves as a conduit for artistic experimentation and community enrichment that generates dialogue around the issues of our time. UMOCA invites visitors to explore the social commentaries reflected in the artworks, with the hope of developing a better understanding of and appreciation for the value contemporary artistic expression has on individuals and our community. 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, 801-3284201, www.utahmoca.org

423 W. 800 South Suite A200, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, 801-359-8876, www.turndreams.org

Utah FACES

Utah FACES sole purpose is to assist Salt Lake County Animal Services in its mission to better serve, protect, and reduce the number of animals that come into its facility and remain a no-kill shelter. We are an all volunteer run nonprofit organization. FACES provides much needed funding for the care and support of the thousands of animals that come to the Salt Lake County Animal Services shelter each year. Money raised by FACES goes directly back to the shelter to support spay and neuter programs, microchips, funding for injured animals, and shelter enrichment.

You already know Utah Open Lands: from our recent Save Bonanza Flats campaign, to our famed accomplishments such as Castletown Tower and Hi Ute Ranch, we have saved 60,000 acres statewide for local Utahns to love. You know the protected landscapes we saved from development and continue to steward today, serve to rejuvenate and inspire. We educate our population about the dangers that face our unique landscapes, wildlife habitat, scenic beauty and recreational meccas. In preserving these areas, we protect the heritage and experience of land, both for today’s communities and tomorrow’s generations. Simply, we protect the lands you love.

The Utah Recycling Alliance wants to make zero-waste living a reality! Last year we launched Pop Up! CHaRMs - collection of hardto-recycle materials - that are unique to the Wasatch Front. By bringing together vendors in one location, we have created a unique opportunity for residents to repurpose/recycle 30+ different types of materials that can’t typically be recycled curbside. With three events in 2016 we diverted 6.9 TONS OF MATERIAL from the landfill, items like scrap metal, car-seats, bras, mattresses and pharmaceuticals. There’s so much more we can do with your help! Thank you for supporting us! P.O. Box 927, Salt Lake City, UT 84110, 435-6591117, www.utahrecyclingalliance.org

Utahns Against Hunger

Utahns Against Hunger works to increase access to food through advocacy, outreach and education. Founded in 1979, UAH is Utah’s only state-wide anti-hunger organization working on public policy and advocacy around federal nutrition programs. We are not an emergency food provider, which make up only about 15% of all food assistance in our state. Rather, we work hard everyday to shape public policy by educating and collaborating with the community and local policymakers, and to strengthen federal nutrition programs and expand their rto the estimated 1 in 8 households in Utah that struggle to afford enough food. 764 S. 200 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, 801328-2561, uah.org

For the curious who want to experience artistic creativity pushed beyond the stage, UtahPresents brings diverse artistic and cultural experiences to campus and the region, exploring and enriching the human experience through the lens of creativity: dance, film, music, theatre and performance arts. A multi-disciplinary presenter housed at the iconic Kingsbury Hall, UtahPresents provides a valuable gathering space for community events and campus partners. In addition to an eclectic season of public performances, UtahPresents provides deeper engagement with artists through workshops, school matinees, and master classes for K-12 and university students as well as the community at large.

Mark Miller Subaru is the Presenting Sponsor for Love UT Give UT

1488 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, UT, 84115, 801-463-6156, utahopenlands.org

UtahPresents

1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, 801-581-7100, utahpresents.org

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511 W. 3900 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84123, 801-558-1447, utahfaces.org

Utah Open Lands

Utah Recycling Alliance

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Voices for Utah Children

At Voices for Utah Children, we strive to make Utah a place where every child has the opportunity to thrive. We start with a basic question: Is it good for kids? We work toward access to health care, a safe environment, and a quality education for every Utah child. Policies affect children—but children don’t vote. We raise our voices on behalf of children, informing policymakers that government can and should act to keep kids safe and help them succeed. 747 E. South Temple, Suite 100, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, 801-364-1182, utahchildren.org

Wasatch Community Gardens

The mission of Wasatch Community Gardens (WCG) is to empower people of all ages and incomes to grow and eat healthy, organic, local food. Since 1989, WCG has served Salt Lake County residents with a vision of an inclusive, robust, and vibrant community that is nourished by healthy and affordable food. We offer garden space, educational programs, and community events to empower people to grow, harvest, preserve, and prepare fresh, healthy food. Our main programs are Community Garden, Community Education, School Garden, Youth Garden, and our new GREEN TEAM Farm Project that provides job training to women facing homelessness. 824 South 400 West, Suite B127, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, 801-359-2658, wasatchgardens.org

Willy The Plumber Scholarship

This Scholarship is to help Utah children of inmates go to college. ‘The forgotten victims of crime’ – basically the Victims of their parents bad choices. These kids haven’t done anything wrong and want to do better than their parents. Started by an ex-inmate himself; Karl “Willy” Winsness, having two school-age daughters, saw the need for this when he was out there. People like, Danielle who’s first cheeseburger came out of a prison vending machine, not off her dad’s grill. Maycie had to balance the thrill of a Toys R Us shopping spree with the knowing it was funded with stolen money. Mariah, at 13, crying; watching her mother taken to jail for another cluster of drug and identity-theft charges. Other kids dealing with the stigma and trauma of a parents’ drug abuse, a sex-offence conviction or general crimes of theft or violence… These good, smart, kids haven’t done anything wrong. So far we have given out over $10,000 in scholarships and better than $5,000 in gift certificates/swag and other financial help.

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t’s a great time to be a restaurant critic in Utah. It seems almost like ancient history now, but around the time of the 2002 Winter Olympics, there was a spike in new and notable restaurants—many of which were opened to take advantage of the influx of tourists, as well as the publicity and marketing that swirled around hosting the Olympic games. However, many of those restaurants were short-lived. More recently, there’s been a renaissance of interesting, independent eateries opening in Salt Lake City. It’s a sort of golden age for local food writers, and sometimes I have to pinch myself to remember that I’m not living in Portland or Berkeley. For example, just look at the culinary corridor that is Harvey Milk Boulevard (aka 900 South). On that single street, diners can enjoy restaurants and bars such as Water Witch, Laziz Kitchen, Veneto, Pig & a Jelly Jar, Manolis, Pago, Publik Kitchen, Trio, Pizza Nono, Mazza, East Liberty Tap House, Chanon Thai Café, recently relocated Meditrina and more. Not all these businesses are new, but many have opened in the past year or so. The next up-and-coming hot spot for local foodies seems to be Regent Street—a project of the Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency and surrounding property owners that is parallel to Main Street downtown, directly behind the new Eccles Theater. If you’re looking for a place to enjoy a meal before or after an Eccles show, it’s quite convenient. I’ve heard that Blaze Pizzeria and some other retail and chain outfits will be moving in, but I’m especially looking forward to the new independent eateries, such as Viet Pham’s soon-to-open Pretty Bird, where fried chicken will be the calling card. Prior to a recent Experience Hendrix show at the Eccles, I made my first visit to Fireside on Regent—and was bowled over. The restaurant specializes in wood-fired pizzas, housemade pastas and an eclectic array of “Urban Picnic” sharable plates, plus salads and desserts. A great place to begin a meal is with a quartet of caviar pillows ($14). The first time I tasted chef/ owner Michael Richey’s airy but crisp, taro and potato puffs was when he was cooking at Pago, then later during his stint at Solitude’s St. Bernard, where he also cooked for the Wasatch Mountain Dinner Series. The appetizer is topped with American sturgeon caviar, crème fraiche and minced

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chives. One of the best picnic plates is one that winemaker Will Bucklin—at a recent wine tasting luncheon—described as “amazing.” He was talking about the house-pulled mozzarella dish ($10) and was spot-on. It’s a glorious taste of springtime: silky, soft, housemade mozzarella atop thin-sliced zucchini rounds, bathed in a purée (almost a soup, really) of basil, zucchini and parsley, sprinkled with minced chives and crunchy olive tapenade. It’s the epitome of fresh. Gorgeous chunks of deep red sashimigrade tuna make up the tuna crudo ($15), where Richey doesn’t overdo the accoutrements, allowing the flavorful fish to grab the spotlight. It’s dressed simply with pieces of avocado and grapefruit segments, plus microgreens and more snipped chives. The pasta dishes I enjoyed were nothing short of phenomenal. The kitchen is equipped with an imported Italian pasta extruder, which produces fresh noodles with tremendous taste and texture. Of course, the pasta must be cooked perfectly, too, which it is. During the Wasatch Mountain series, I got my first taste of Richey’s bucatini with rabbit, and I’m glad he’s brought that recipe with him. Shredded, tender pieces of braised rabbit are tossed in a sparse, light sage and garlic cream sauce—just enough to flavor the thick bucatini pasta without burying its flavor. The mélange also includes hefty chunks of pancetta, halved hothouse cherry tomatoes and minced chives. Guests have the option of sitting at tables lining one side of the rectangular restaurant, or grabbing seats at the counter, which provides an up-close-and-personal view of

Braised rabbit bucatini at Fireside on Regent the kitchen. Visually, the centerpiece of this bright and airy eatery is the tiled, woodfired pizza oven, and I love the minimalist décor—white walls, counters and tables with dark flooring and chairs—plus a few well-placed pieces of art. But the food takes center-stage here. The menu typically lists five pizza choices; this is not a “create your own” pizza joint. The dough, made with 85 percent doppio zero flour and 15 percent local whole wheat flour from Lehi Roller Mills, is extraordinary. It bubbles and chars beautifully, and has perfect consistency throughout every bite. To get the best sense of that amazing crust, order the “Milk Run” ($19). It’s essentially a Margherita pizza, with nothing more than homemade tomato sauce, house-pulled mozzarella and basil. The first time I tried it, I found the cheese to be overly salty, but on a second visit, it seemed spot-on. For something less typical, but equally delicious, order the Tuscarora ($14)—topped with crisp sunchoke pieces, fingerling potato, pancetta and housemade ricotta and mozzarella. Superb service and a well-thought-out beverage list adds to the appeal of this new but already magnificent addition to the downtown dining scene. CW

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Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 6, from noon-4 p.m. That’s when Salt Lake County, Taste Utah and the Utah Restaurant Association—with help from Sysco and Fox13—host Taste 4 Space at The Shops at South Town (10450 S. State, Sandy, shopsatsouthtown.com). The event is a culinary competition for local chefs, food trucks and restaurateurs to win Dining Terrace space at The Shops at South Town. The prize is substantial: a fully equipped quick-service eatery space, a $50,000 investment prize and six months of free rent. It could be the opportunity of a lifetime for a Utah entrepreneur. Competitors can register till March 30 online, and the event itself is open to the public. Attendees can taste their way through the competition and vote via text message for their favorite dishes. For free food, cooking, entertainment and fun, plan to attend and help launch Utah’s newest restaurant.

New Brew

Self-described “proper soccer fans,” Proper Brewing Co. (857 S. Main, properbrewingco.com), in collaboration with Real Salt Lake captain and holding midfielder Kyle Beckerman, the new beer Beckerman’s Brew. The American craft lager was released March 16 at the brewery, which hosted a live broadcast of ESPN 700 with Bill Reilly of Beers with Bill. Now available for $5 a pint at all Proper locations, Beckerman’s Brew is made with Idaho two row malt, German lager yeast, Mt. Hood hops and German Carafoam malt. The bottle label is ultracool, featuring a two-headed image of a lion and the dreadlocked Beckerman himself. Quote of the week: “If women are breadwinners and men bring home the bacon, why do people complain about having no dough? I’m confused. Also hungry.” —Stephen Colbert

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Will Bucklin makes gnarly wines from ancient vines. BY TED SCHEFFLER tscheffler@cityweekly.net @critic1

music he listens to while on his tractor in the vineyards. We found common terroir in the Allman Brothers Band and Frank Zappa. Although he has a lot of beliefs and principles concerning winemaking, Bucklin ultimately believes in nature. Hundreds of approved wine additives are common in the craft, but there are only three things he will add to his wines, and only if necessary—the goal being to add nothing. Those three things are water (in cases of dehydration due to a hot harvest), tartaric acid (which is already naturally found in grapes) for stabilization if required, and minimal sulfites. The yeast in his wine is natural; yeast culture builds up in the vineyard and the winery, and these are native yeasts. “If we can deliver perfect grapes to the winery, they are all prepped to become wine and all the winemaker has to do is punch down [the wine cap], press and bottle,” Bucklin says. He is also an adherent of dry farming. With hearty, gnarly wines—established in 1885 and thought to be Sonoma’s oldest vineyard—the Bucklin vineyards aren’t irrigated. Bucklin believes that watering vines dilutes their fruit intensity. Happily, his Old Hill Ranch vines were planted on St. George root stock, with deep roots that utilize and mine water efficiently. At the winery, farming techniques are

DRINK probably similar to those used in the 1800s: No herbicides, pesticides or chemical fertilizers are used, and even pest maintenance is natural. “We don’t scare away or kill animals,” Bucklin says. “We try to redirect them,” with the use of fencing and other techniques to manage gophers, bobcats, deer and such. Although I tend to think of him as Mr. Natural—given his naturalistic, organic winemaking ways— he’s also a science advocate. He doesn’t believe in biodynamics, and is not averse to busting out a microscope. Having said that, his wines aren’t “laboratory” wines. He would be the first to tell you that great wine is made in the vineyard. And, I think it would be accurate to

say that Bucklin thinks of himself as merely a custodian of the Old Hill Ranch vineyard. It was there long before he and his family came along to care for it, and will hopefully be there long after they’re gone. In the interim, his job. Bucklin wines are field blends. The 24acre Old Hill vineyard is about three-quarters zinfandel, the rest being grenache, Alicante Bouschet and a dozen or so other varieties. I’ve written previously about Bucklin wines such as his rosé, Ancient Field Blend Zinfandel, Bambino Zinfandel, cabernet sauvignon and others. They are all spectacular, affordable and as natural as wine comes. Go get some, put some Zappa on the stereo and enjoy the taste of ancient vines. CW

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’m pretty sure winemaker Will Bucklin would shudder at being called a hippie. I could be wrong, but I’m of the opinion that the proprietor of Sonoma’s Old Hill Ranch winery (founded with siblings Arden, Kate and Ted) is probably uncomfortable with any label, except perhaps winemaker and/or farmer. He’s a down-toEarth (literally) guy who spends most of his time tending to soil and vineyards. I’ve known him for quite a few years, and recently got reacquainted during his visit to SLC and a lunch at Fireside on Regent (see p. 30). Bucklin is one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever met—someone with a great sense of humor (which can’t be said of everyone in the wine biz) who is fascinating to engage with on topics far beyond wine, including 1970s music. He tends to call me the “Zappa guy,” since one of our earliest conversations revolved around the

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Featuring dining destinations from buffets and rooms with a view to mom-and-pop joints, chic cuisine and some of our dining critic’s faves.

Proper Burger Co.

At this Avenues Proper spin-off, burgers and brews are in abundance. The basic “Plain Jane”—the starting point of most burgers here—has perfect flavor and texture, with brisket incorporated into the quarter-pound beef patty blend. Variations are plentiful, including the Rising Sun (with kimchi, miso aioli, cilantro, fried egg, sriracha and pickled cucumber) and the “Hipster” (featuring kale pesto, red onion jam, fresh herb cheese spread, garlic aioli and spinach). 865 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-906-8604, properburgerslc.com

New Golden Dragon

Owned and operated by the renowned chef Xiao, New Golden Dragon—specializing in dim sum and Asian cuisine—has raised the bar for Chinese food in Utah. The kung pao shrimp is some of the best around, and the black

Shawarma King

Owner Ehsan Suhail makes his shawarma—often a combination of beef and lamb, cooked on a rotating vertical spit—from scratch, and the chicken shawarma in particular is tender, rich and juicy, served with housemade garlic-lemon sauce, tomato, lettuce and pickle slices. A favorite is the lamb koozi, a house specialty with chunks of lamb braised until almost falling off the bone, and served on basmati rice seasoned with raisins, toasted almonds and onions. 725 E. 3300 South, Salt Lake City, 801803-9434; 2223 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 385-415-2100, slcshawarmaking.com

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Terrence Malick again explores souls seemingly without bodies in Song to Song. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

week or so before I finally sat down for Terrence Malick’s Song to Song, I shared this Twitter musing: “Like bebop, I see Terrence Malick’s oeuvre as a singular, perhaps sublime art form for which I am simply temperamentally unsuited.” Misplaced modifier notwithstanding, that fairly neatly sums up the trepidation with which I’ve come to approach a new Malick feature, and which I explored after watching last year’s Knight of Cups. While I’ve had the occasional connection with something like The Tree of Life, there was this creeping sensation that my reaction to Malick was a “me” problem. Sometimes, a little humility in the face of art serves a writer best. Song to Song is, on a fundamental level, simply a continuation of the path down which Malick has been strolling—through tall grass and/or wheat—for the past six years or so. It’s the story of someone—in this case, a woman named Faye (Rooney Mara)— in the midst of an existential crisis, which spills over into her romantic and familial relationships. From her dalliance with wealthy music-industry executive Cook (Michael Fassbender), she moves on to a more sensitive relationship with a musician named BV (Ryan Gosling), and eventually to an affair with a French woman (Bérénice Marlohe). Meanwhile, Cook begins another relationship with an ex-teacher-turned-waitress (Natalie Portman), BV begins a relationship with another woman (Cate Blanchett), and, look, I’ll be honest, I never would have known any of these people even had names if not for the Internet Movie Database. That’s part of what makes Malick so maddening for those who aren’t on his wavelength: His characters barely seem to occupy the physical world in which people have things like names and jobs, and spend time doing anything besides frolicking with

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their significant others. Song to Song is ostensibly set in the Austin music scene, in the same way that Knight of Cups was ostensibly set in Hollywood, and Malick does take the opportunity of filming during South by Southwest to get cameos by a few big-name artists, including Iggy Pop and Patti Smith (the latter of whom gets to drop some wisdom on Faye). But the milieu plays a virtually non-existent role in how these people’s lives unfold within the narrative—to the extent that, when Cook asks Faye at one point whether she wants a recording contract, I was hard-pressed to recall any prior evidence that this was her career goal. It’s even harder to connect with these people emotionally when Malick’s preferred narrative methodology—non-diegetic narration playing over whatever action is appearing on-screen—blunts the opportunity to connect with their stories. His restless camera—again in the hands of cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki—produces lyrical imagery, from swooping birds to twilit fields, but the scenes of his characters together in difficult moments keep darting away from honest revelations at crucial moments. During a scene in which Faye is opening her heart to her father about how much she feels she’s disappointed him, the dialogue is abruptly lost as Malick turns up her interior monologue. It seems improbable that one of the most genuinely affecting scenes involves a prostitute—whose role lasts a grand total of perhaps four minutes—

Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender and Ryan Gosling in Song to Song

discussing the personal loss that led her to this life, until you realize it’s one of the few times when Malick allows anyone to speak for more than 30 seconds without interrupting them. All this is true, yet there’s still a unique potency to Malick’s work, in part because he’s one of the few filmmakers who is interested in people wrestling with their souls (when they’re not, as Fassbender does here, wrestling with members of Red Hot Chili Peppers). Even the few minutes devoted to the backstory of Portman’s character makes her relationship with Cook feel particularly tragic, while Mara brings greater range to someone who is utterly adrift. Song to Song moves to Malick’s own instinctive, improvisational rhythm, and while that can make it hard to get a sense that his ethereal heroes and heroines are ever earthbound, he’s prowling around in corners that aren’t often explored. It’s possible to see the value of that kind of art, even if I’ll mostly ever appreciate it intellectually, rather than feel it in my bones. CW

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Knight of Cups (2015) Christian Bale Cate Blanchett Rated R

Voyage of Time (2016) Documentary Rated PG-13

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POWER RANGERS [not yet reviewed] Teens discover a power source that turns them into superheroes: nostalgia. Opens March 24 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13) RAW BBB.5 Just because a metaphor is fairly obvious, that doesn’t mean it can’t be potent. Writer/director Julia Ducournau opens with young Justine (Garance Marillier) getting dropped off for her first year of veterinary school, joining her older sister Alex (Ella Rumpf). But through the hazing of first-year students, Justine

WILSON BB.5 It’s shocking to realize in the closing credits that Daniel Clowes adapted the screenplay for his own graphic novel, since the sensibility that ends up on the screen here is almost unrecognizable as his. The story of Wilson (Woody Harrelson)—a long-divorced, filterless misanthrope—was, in Clowes’ book, the almost heartbreakingly sad tale of a lonely man grasping for any kind of connection to give his life meaning. Here, his misadventures— including tracking down his ex-wife (Laura Dern) and finding the now-teenage daughter she gave up for adoption—become merely the stuff of quirky indie dysfunctional-family dramedy. Harrelson gives Wilson a kick of humor in his self-thwarting ways, yet by sanding down the rough edges of Wilson’s misery and isolation, the movie turns him into sort of an eccentric uncle, stripping the episodic story of any chance at resonance. As for the ending: It’s hard to imagine how the source material’s conclusion could have worked in a way that wasn’t profoundly depressing, but the resolution that ends up on screen makes it hard to believe Clowes had any part in it, at least without a gun to his head. (R)—SR

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BB Somewhere along the line, Disney had a choice: Take a chance on doing something new with this material, or cling to nostalgia for the beloved 1991 classic they couldn’t possibly improve upon. Instead, they failed at both. There’s no radical shift to the plot, as bookish Belle (Emma Watson) becomes a prisoner of the cursed prince (Dan Stevens), accompanied by familiar songs (and a few new ones). Director Bill Condon and his screenwriters attempt a more melancholy sensibility emphasizing the protagonists’ sad backstory, which could have been risky and interesting. But then we have the ballroom sequence—virtually a copycat of the original—and the pretense that this is anything but a cash-in on nostalgia falls apart. It’s a movie that wants to be taken seriously, while abandoning almost all of the joy that made the original kid-friendly. (PG)—SR THE BELKO EXPERIMENT B.5 There’s a lot of gore but not much in the way of the satire promised by the Saw-meets-Office Space premise: 80 employees are locked in an office skyscraper one morning, and informed via intercom that they must start killing one another. And that’s pretty much it—a one-note scenario that never ups the ante or uses its extreme situation to send up office politics or corporate policies. We never know what any of these workers are to one another, beyond the putative hero (John Gallagher Jr.), or get any sense of office hierarchy prior to the moment when COO Barry (Tony Goldwyn) decides it’s up to him who lives or dies. Written by Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn and directed by Greg McLean (Wolf Creek), this is as empty an exercise as any workplace team-building nonsense. (R) —MaryAnn Johanson

MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI BBBB With sallow faces and shadowed eyes on oversized heads, tragedy and pain made manifest on clay bodies: This Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee is not an easy film, but it is instantly captivating. After the death of his mother, 9-year-old Zucchini goes to live in an orphanage full of children weighed down by grief, which has turned them to be bullied, neurotic, withdrawn or just plain sad. Still, Zucchini is building a new life for himself, making new friends and finding a mentor in a kindly police officer. The haunting animation tells a tale of unexpected life turns and the deeper understanding of fellow humans that misfortune can grant us. The tragic premise might have little ones upset, and the plot confronts harsh realities, but nothing graphic is depicted, and it all occurs on a level that grade-schoolers should appreciate. (PG-13)—MAJ THE SENSE OF AN ENDING BB.5 It’s nice to see Jim Broadbent in a starring role, but our favorite befuddled British dad deserves a meatier character than Tony Webster—a retired Londoner whose comfortable life is mildly disrupted when the mother of Veronica, an ex-girlfriend from his university days, bequeaths to him a diary that Veronica (Charlotte Rampling) refuses to hand over. There follows much introspection and flashing-back to when young Tony, Veronica and his best mate palled around. Directed by Ritesh Batra and faithfully adapted from Julian Barnes’ novel, the film is too staid for anything like shocking revelations, but Tony does come to realize a few things he didn’t know before, and Broadbent’s performance is endearing as always. However, Tony is too thinly drawn: Whatever he needs to learn, he seems to learn it. So, good for him, I suppose. (PG-13)—Eric D. Snider

LIFE [not yet reviewed] A space exploration crew discovers an alien life form that’s not entirely friendly. Opens March 24 at theaters valleywide. (R)

SONG TO SONG BB.5 See review on p. 36. Opens March 24 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (PG-13)

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discovers that she might not be quite as committed a vegetarian as her parents—and that she might have a taste for meat beyond that of animals. The more extreme gory elements have been the focus of media attention, and Ducournau certainly isn’t timid about leaning into her provocative premise. But along the way, she taps into a genuinely intriguing exploration of a girl raised in an environment of militant abstinence who, once on her own, finds herself ill-equipped to control her appetites; Marillier proves wonderfully adept at both wide-eyed innocence and girl-gone-wild sensuality. Raw might not quite stick the landing of other horror films with a message, ending with a moment that’s not the suckerpunch Ducournau seems to think it is. It’s satisfying enough that she finds a darkly effective way to put the carne in carnal desire. Opens March 24 at Tower Theatre. (R)—Scott Renshaw

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Season Premiere: For Season 9, RuPaul’s Drag Race moves from niche network Logo to the slightly more mainstream VH1. What does this mean? That drag queens are now ready for ’Merican primetime? That our divided country needs fabulousness now more than ever? That VH1 could use some new programming unrelated to basketball, hiphop and potluck dinners? Yes. Like a flashier, bitchier Project Runway, or a taller America’s Next Top Model, RuPaul’s Drag Race brings the D-R-A-M-A like nothing else on television, and deserves to be exposed—phrasing—to a wider audience (and if a few unsuspecting motorsports fans accidentally tune in, even better). On the educational side, I also now understand the phrases “Read to filth” and “She done already done had herses,” and hope to use them in a Ph.D. dissertation soon.

Bones Tuesday, March 28 (Fox)

Series Finale: By the time it premiered in 2005, Bones had an interesting twist on the forensic procedural already beaten to death (ha!) by CSI: Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) was an atheist anthropologist who lived by science, and her FBI partner Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) was a sturdy block of all-American wood who liked Jeebus and hockey. Together, along with some slick computer graphics, they solved murders. Then Fox went on to make 246 damned episodes so TNT could play incessant weekday reruns alongside Castle (fun sick-day game: “Is This Castle or Bones?”). Now, after 12 seasons, it’s finally canceled … or was that Castle?

Harlots Wednesday, March 29 (Hulu)

Series Debut: The producers of Harlots, a drama about 18thcentury London prostitutes, promise that the series will deliver just as much male nudity as female nudity, so … progress? Said producers are also all women, so, yes. Re-

cent sex-worker shows, like the cheeky Secret Diary of a Call Girl and the chilly The Girlfriend Experience, were told from a female perspective, but Harlots introduces several (from Samantha Morton, Lesley Manville, Eloise Smyth and Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay), while also throwing in familial strife, professional rivalry and the everyday/night danger of 1700s England (not to mention impossibly elaborate wigs and corsets). The best whore-TV show since Sean Hannity.

Imaginary Mary Wednesday, March 29 (ABC)

Series Debut: Since Dharma & Greg ended in 2002, Jenna Elfman hasn’t been able to catch a break: She’s headlined four failed network sitcoms since then, but has also guested on several high-quality dramas and comedies (and Two & a Half Men). The obvious answer is to give Elfman a supporting role in a cool cable series—she would kill it in something like Better Call Saul or Fargo, literally—but no, here she is in another throwaway midseason crapcom. In Imaginary Mary, she’s a career woman in PR (because that’s the only job for the ladies on TV) who’s love life is mess (of course), and she has an imaginary, animated friend (voiced by Rachel Dratch). Time for a Dharma & Greg reboot, Netflix.

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March Madness: I filled out my brackets—when do I collect my sportsball winnings? After years of ignoring the inevitable office-wide emails about “March Madness!” I picked teams based upon color theme (UNC Wilmington has a particularly pleasing palette) and wacky-name factor (Villanova is close enough to “villain” + “nova,” while Golden Gophers and Gonzaga are self-explanatory). When someone reminded me that this is college sportsball, I then factored in each school’s academic rankings and … j/k! This ain’t about grades—it’s about getting paid. Speaking of which, when again do I cash in? These columns barely cover beer runs.

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classics like Meat Puppets II and Up on the Sun. Due to their new major label-dom, they were doing weird things like appearing as the hired entertainment at a rich-kid rager in the 1990 Beverly Hills 90210 pilot. A couple years later, during the taping of their 1993 MTV Unplugged special, Nirvana famously invited the Kirkwood brothers on stage to perform three Meat Puppets tunes: “Plateau,” “Oh Me” and “Lake of Fire.” The next year, the Meat Puppets had their only radio and MTV hit with “Backwater” (Too High to Die, 1994). Success nearly killed the band. If they’d been any more popular, they would have been the subject of a great Behind the Music episode. In the mid-’90s, Cris Kirkwood fell into serious drug addiction, was shot by a security guard in a post office scuffle and wound up in an Arizona prison. Original drummer Derrick Bostrom left the music biz. Curt Kirkwood spent several years doing solo projects and putting together new bands like Eyes Adrift with Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh, and a version of the Meat Puppets that didn’t stick (save for drummer Shandon Sahm, who’s played with the brothers for 11 years now). A funny thing happened on the way to obsolescence, though. The Meat Puppets found new life when Cris rejoined the band a decade ago. They signed with Megaforce label, releasing a surprisingly strong series of albums like Sewn Together (2009), Lollipop (2011) and Rat Farm (2013) that easily hold their own against the band’s SST output. Their instrumental prowess has only broadened with age, along with the brothers’ formerly wiry physiques and their touring lineup: Curt’s son Elmo has played guitar with the band since 2011. And new life in the band meant new life for my fandom, too. No shots or bongs required. CW

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aptain’s Log, Stardate 94800.49. I bricked my phone today. Probably because of too many tabs open in Firefox. The T-Mobile dude said it’ll take two orbits before I get a new one. Now, hurtling through the Snickers galaxy en route to the Burrito Nebula, I’m forced to hail the Mothership via email, the lowest form of communication. The purpose: a response to their latest transmission, a 34-minute missive titled High Strangeness (Ripple Music). Calling Mothership: This is the Earthbound alternative newspaper City Weekly. Come in, Mothership. “Greetings, brother Randy,” singer-bass player Kyle Juett types back. “We read you loud and clear somewhere above Sacramento, Calif. We’ve just reached somewhere around 11,000 feet plotting a course now for Bend, Ore.” Juett, his brother Kelley (guitar, vocals) and Judge Smith (drums) are traveling in a vessel meant to blend in among our terrestrial vehicles; “Humans call it a Ford; we call it Badass.” In order to remain as lowkey as possible, Juett says they’ve cloaked the vessel in a standard work-van wrap. Rolling on four wheels puzzles Juett. “Why not just fly? Tunes are up, thrusters are hot and the warp speed is on point.” In their bid to blend in, Mothership claims to hail from Dallas, Texas. It’s “where the portal opened,” Juett explains. “Our people tend not to stray too far from the point of cosmic entry, so we call that our Earthen home base.” Mothership’s people, it turns out, are sent on reconnaissance missions in much the same way that Mormons receive their marching orders: You indicate a preferred destination and hope for the best. “Texas was what we had always wished for.” As an invocation of sorts, High Strangeness opens with a meditative, mid-tempo, instrumental phase-fest propelled by wah-guitar— also titled, incidentally, “High Strangeness.” Excepting another instrumental, the gorgeous, melancholic “Eternal Trip,” the rest of the message consists of far-out, monolithic riff-rock songs. It feels like a possible re-

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sponse to the Voyager Golden Record, a platter sent into space by the people of Earth in 1977 on Voyager 1, which is now somewhere in the Kuiper Belt—where there’s a lotta rock but no turntables. In the space between the grooves and the label is a message: “To the makers of music—all worlds, all times.” A recording by former United States President Jimmy Carter says, “This is a present from a small, distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours.” Somehow, the Juett brothers and Smith heard Carter’s words. I ask if the song “Wise Man,” immediately following “Eternal Trip,” is a direct reply to Carter. He says it is. “Nobody speaks to the wise man/ They all see the truth/ Many are blinded/ Nobody thinks like a wise man/ You’re convinced that you know/ But you’ll never be home till you find it/ I know you can help me light the way/ Sick and tired of all their lowdown, crooked ways.” Transmissions from space can take some time to reach their destination, yet the lyrics imply that Mothership knows that President Carter is retired and Donald J. Trump is in charge. I inquire if Juett knows this. His reply is a rhetorical riddle: “Were you aware that Lemmy is God?” Mothership shares more common ground with the Ancient Kolob-ian LDS race. Juett says their mission is to “bring forth the cosmic gospel.” In literature accompanying High Strangeness, the band says they want to unite “true believers.” How, then, were we Earthlings chosen for unification? How long did Mothership study us from the heavens? What did they learn about us? What makes us worthy of their culture’s riffs and wisdom? “The people on this great planet created rock ’n’ roll and were here to keep the sacred flame burning bright,” Juett says. In return for their guidance, Mothership asks two things: that we help spread their message and that we Salt Lakers continue to look to the sky and, upon Mothership’s landing, “bring some Apollo Burger.” CW

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Founded in Charlottesville, Va., in 2006, the Infamous Stringdusters navigate the path between traditional bluegrass and a modern jam-band aesthetic. The quintet builds its music on a foundation of old-time folk and bluegrass, and its arrangements allow for plenty of jamming in a live setting. The Stringdusters’ seventh and most recent studio album, Laws of Gravity, released in January, it debuted on the Bluegrass Albums charts at No. 26, and quickly shot to the very top. But while many artists view live performance as an extension of studio work, the Stringdusters focus on their shows. Beginning in 2010, the group hosted The Festy Experience, an annual three-day concert festival in Virginia that casts a wide musical net, featuring acts from within and without the bluegrass idiom. Neo-folk act Ghost of Paul Revere opens. (Bill Kopp) Park City Live, 427 Main, Park City, 8 p.m., $20-40, parkcitylive.net

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Originally from St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, reggae artist Mighty Mystic (born Kevin Holness) has spent most of his life in Boston. But his connection to his homeland runs deep; his older brother Andrew is the current prime minister of the Caribbean island. Mighty Mystic calls his style of music “hard roots,” a blend of reggae, rock and roots. His arrangements do sometimes venture outside the relatively strict confines of traditional reggae, but not so far as to alienate purists. He has released three albums; his second, Concrete

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Eric Church calls his music country—but it sounds more like pre-fab pop built on focusgrouped talking points. Can you think of any other style of music that works so hard to market a particular lifestyle and ideology? True, music is entertainment, and it’s not just country that’s fake and greedy. But this is exponentially truer in pop music, and today’s most successful country acts are pop artists purporting to be simple-living, hardworking men and women in order to appeal to the same, and lull them all into

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The Infamous Stringdusters working hard and asking no questions. That handbook, then, becomes scripture, and the music is essentially organized religion—an opiate for the masses served in a red Solo cup. Why that’s a problem: It exploits the good intentions of good people, reinforces fallacious logic, slaughters free thought and robs country music of its original authenticity. And then there’s the fact that, on Church’s Holdin’ My Own Tour (a reference to this being a Church-only show), a portion of the proceeds of only the premium “Chief Cares Platinum Tickets” benefit his Chief Cares charity. Sigh. (Randy Harward) Vivint Smart Home Arena, 301 W. South Temple, 8 p.m., $20-$86, vivintarena.com

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Our mothers would strongly object to this, but choosing our own meals is one of the perks of adulthood. Plus, beer and waffles just sounds great. Even better is when they’re free. The waffles, anyway. You’ll have to pay for the beer, but that’s money well spent when you’re at a craft brewery (and how we spend our money is another of our prerogatives, Mom). How is this a nightlife thing, you and my editor ask? Well, Shades of Pale’s waffle offering goes from noon until 9 p.m. on Sundays, which means you can sleep in as late as you want (again, we’re adults, dammit!) and not miss out. And if you’re hungover and seeking some nice, mellow fun, SoP has stacks of board games to play at their high tables or low couches. Just, for the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, don’t get any fruit, powdered sugar or syrup on the game pieces. That’s known, in gaming, as a dick move—which means you go back to start and lose a turn, savages. Hey, SoP: You should book Simply B for a mellow set or screen some B-flicks just to keep the B-theme going. And while I’m tellin’ you what to do: How’s about bringin’ back the disc golf putting night? Pretty please—with sugar on top? (RH) Shades of Pale Brewery, 154 W. Temple, Salt Lake City, shadesofpale.com

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) When I was 24, I lived in rural North Carolina and had a job washing dishes in a city 4 miles away. I was too poor to own a bicycle, let alone a car. To get to work I had to trudge down backroads where hostile dogs and drunk men in pick-up trucks roamed freely. Luckily, I discovered the art of psychic protection. At first I simply envisioned a golden force field surrounding me. Later I added visualizations of guardian animals to accompany me: two friendly lions and two sheltering wolves. Maybe it was just the placebo effect, but the experiment worked. My allies made me brave and kept me safe. You’re welcome to borrow them, Scorpio, or conjure up your own version of spirit protectors. You’re not in physical danger, but I suspect you need an extra layer of protection against other people’s bad moods, manipulative ploys and unconscious agendas. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) I’m not suggesting you should listen to your heart with rapt attention every waking minute for the next four weeks. I don’t expect you to neglect the insights your mind has to offer. But I would love to see you boost your attunement to the intelligent organ at the center of your chest. You’re going to need its specific type of guidance more than ever in the coming months. And at this particular moment, it is beginning to overflow with wisdom that’s so rich and raw that it could unleash a series of spiritual orgasms.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The empty space at the end of this sentence has intentionally been left blank. The serene hiatus you just glided through comes to you courtesy of Healing Silence, an ancient form of do-it-yourself therapy. Healing Silence is based on the underappreciated truth that now and then it’s restorative to just shut up and abstain from activity for a while. (As you know, the world is crammed with so much noise and frenzy that it can be hard to hear yourself think—or even feel.) With Healing Silence, you LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Leo journal entry, Thursday: Am too settled and stale and bask in a sanctuary of sweet nothingness for as long as you need entrenched. Feeling urges to get cheeky and tousled. Friday: to. Please try it sometime soon. Wrap yourself in the luxurious So what if I slept in and arrived late? Who cares if the dishes are void of Healing Silence. piling up in the sink? I hereby refuse law and order. Saturday: I’m fantasizing about doing dirty deeds. I’m thinking about AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) breaking the taboos. Sunday: Found the strangest freshness in I hope you won’t feel the need to say any of these things: 1. a place I didn’t expect to. Sometimes chaos is kind of cute and “I’m sorry I gave you everything I had without making sure you friendly. Monday: The nagging voice of the taskmaster in my wanted it.” 2. “Will you please just stop asking me to be so real.” 3. “I long for the part of you that you’ll never give me.” head is gone. Let freedom ring! Now here are things I hope you will say sometime soon: 1. “I thrived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) William Boyd writes novels that require him to do copious around me.” (This declaration is lifted from novelist Joshua research about the real-world milieus he wants his fictional char- Graham.) 2. “I’m having fun, even though it’s not the same kind acters to inhabit. For example, to ensure the authenticity of his of fun everyone else is having.” (Borrowed from author C.S. book Waiting for Sunrise, he found out what it was like to live in Lewis.) 3. “I’m not searching for who I am. I’m searching for Vienna in 1913. He compares his process of searching for juicy facts the person I aspire to be.” (Stolen from author Robert Brault.) to the feeding habits of a blue whale: engorging huge amounts of seawater to strain out the plankton that are good to eat. Ninety PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) percent of the information he wades through is irrelevant, but Are you fantasizing more about what you don’t have and can’t the rest is tasty and nourishing. I suspect you’ll thrive on a similar do than what you do have and can do? If so, please raise the “do approach in the coming weeks, Virgo. Be patient as you search for have” and “can do” up to at least 51 percent (80 percent would be better). Have you been harshly critiquing yourself more than what’s useful. you have been gently taking care of yourself? If so, get your selfcare level up to at least 51 percent (85 percent is better). Are you LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Here’s a new word for you: enantiodromia. It’s what happens flirting with a backward type of courage that makes you nervous when something turns into its opposite. It’s nature’s attempt about what everyone thinks of you and expects from you? If so, to create equilibrium where there has been imbalance. Too I invite you to cultivate a different kind of courage at least 51 much “no” becomes “yes,” for example. A superabundance of percent of the time: courage to do what’s right for you no matter yin mutates into yang, or an overemphasis on control generates what anyone thinks or expects (90 percent is better).

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) You are on the verge of achieving a sly victory over the part of you that is unduly meek and passive. I believe that in the coming weeks you will rise up like a resourceful hero and at least halfconquer a chronic fear. A rumbling streak of warrior luck will flow through you, enabling you to kill off any temptation you might have to take the easy way out. Congratulations in advance, my fellow Cancerian! I have rarely seen our tribe have so much power to triumph over our unconscious attraction to the victim role.

chaos. Flip-flops like these tend to be messy if we resist them, but interesting if we cooperate. I figure that’s your choice right now. Which will it be? The latter, I hope. P.S.: The reversals that you consciously co-create might not be perfect. But even if they are baffling, I bet they will also be amusing and magnificent.

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Can’t Possibly Be True The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in January granted IBM’s 2010 application for a patent on “out-of-office” email message software—even though such messages have, of course, been ubiquitous for two decades—after the company finally convinced examiners that its patent had enough software tweaks on it to qualify. Critics, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, laughed at the uselessness of the tweaks. n Also in January, the office granted Daniel Dopps a patent for “adhesive vaginal lipstick,” which his Mensez Technologies claims can cause the labia minora to tighten so strongly as to retain menstrual fluid until the woman can deal with buildup in privacy. News of the Pretentious Why live with a cat if one cannot take it out for some wine together? The Apollo Peak in Denver and the Pet Winery in Fort Myers, Fla., serve a variety of the real grape to humans and nonalcoholic proprietary drinks for the kitties to enjoy tableside (or underneath). “Pinot Meow” ($12) in Denver and “Meow and Chandon” ($15) in Fort Myers, are specialties—basically watered catnip, according to a February New York Times report (so the felines can also get buzzed). The wine outing is the human’s preference, of course, with a loftier cachet than the “happy hour” most cats might prefer (say, a “sardine bar”).

Bright Ideas A councilman in Overtornea, Sweden, introduced a motion that workers be given paid “sex breaks” during the business day in order to improve well-being and, thus, job performance. The primary beneficiaries would be married, fertile couples, but all workers would receive the benefit. And employers, said Councillor Per-Erik Muskos, would have to “trust” their employees because some surely would “cheat” (by not having sex!). Not Clever Enough Daniel Crowninshield, 54, pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento in 2016 to illegally manufacturing assault weapons that had no serial numbers—despite efforts to circumvent the law by claiming that his customers actually “made” their own weapons using his equipment. Crowninshield (known as “Dr-Death” online), an expert machinist, would take a “blank” metal casting and, using special equipment and computer programs, create the firing mechanism for a numberless AR-15— provided the customer presses a button to start the process. “Pressing the button,” Crowninshield figured, made the customer the creator, not a buyer or transferee of the gun, and thus exempt from federal law. In February, Judge Troy Nunley, unimpressed, sentenced Crowninshield to three years and five months in prison. (Department of Justice press release, Feb. 16, 2017)

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Government in Action A $130 billion unfunded pension crisis, 19 months without a budget, the lowest credit rating and highest property taxes in the country, and the murder rate in Chicago. However, at least the state house of representatives is not standing by idly. In February, it moved to designate October 2017 as Zombie Preparedness Month (basically, adding “zombie invasion” to the list of mobilizations for any natural disaster and urging residents to stockpile food and supplies for up to 72 hours).

A News of the Weird Classic (June 2013) Chengdu, China, barber Liu Deyuan, 53, still provides traditional “eye-shaving,” in which he holds the lid open and runs a razor across its inner surface. Then, using a thin metal rod with a round tip, he gently massages the inside of each lid. Liu told Chengdu Business Daily in April (2013) that he had never had an accident (though the reporter balked at volunteering for him), and a highly satisfied customer reported afterward that his eyes felt “moist” (surely the easiest part of the story to accept) and his vision “clearer.” Thanks this week to Jim Weber, Elaine Weiss, Bob Stewart, Neb Rodgers, Robin Daley, Mark Hazelrigg, Gerald Thomason, Paul Kaplan, Alex Boese, Chuck Hamilton and the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors.

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n Despite an exaggerated, widely read headline in London’s Daily Mail, the recent death of a 50-year-old man in Japan was indeed pornography-related. The man was a hoarder of porn magazines, living alone with an unimaginably large collection, and when he suffered a fatal heart attack sometime early this year, he collapsed atop the piles, where his body was found in February. The Daily Mail headline had him “crushed” to death under a six-ton stack, but the Mail conceded below the headline that he might have just fallen.

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Readers’ Choice Miami defense lawyer Stephen Gutierrez caused quite a spectacle on March 8 when, representing a man accused of arson, he rose to address jurors, and his pants appeared to catch fire. He insisted afterward that a malfunctioning e-cigarette caused smoke to billow from his pocket, but observers had a field day with metaphors and “stunt” theories.

Wait, What? Anglers fighting to preserve choice spots on the fishing pier on Sebastian Inlet, north of Vero Beach, Fla., have taken to tossing lead weights and other items at “competitors,” especially those who approach the pier to fish directly from their boats. Such territory marking by the “piersters” includes, according to a February report in Florida Today, perhaps a version of classic mammal behavior, like strategic urination and hurling their feces at the waterborne invaders.

n Lawyers for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. have convinced federal officials that his bipolar disorder was “caused” by the stress of being a congressman and thus that he is entitled to “total disability” worker compensation for an “on-the-job” injury—and thus to about $100,000 a year, tax-free, according

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