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Everyone please remember the long lines for Bernie here in Utah in 2016. If all those people come out, the Democrat could win governor and get our state back on track! @KRISTINMC6 via Instagram

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Spencer Cox is a complete joke. @TAWNYANDMERCER Via Instagram Is Cox basically owning that he ignored Salt Lake? Or is that him campaigning to Utah County on the COVID-19 response? @FITMINDTRAINING via Instagram

Cox has something to hide behind those dead eyes. @OLDGOURD via Instagram Cox is a spineless worm. I’m so glad I’ll be moving from Utah. It just gets worse and more asinine every year. @ART_ET_METIERS_ BOUTIQUE via Instagram

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September is Suicide Prevention Month, and it’s important that we are there for each other and take steps to prevent suicide. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s theme for the month is to #KeepGoing, by taking simple actions to safeguard our mental health and save lives. From learning the warning signs for suicide and what to do if you are worried someone is struggling, to bringing education programs to your community, we can all learn new ways to help each other save lives. One action I’m taking is to urge my public officials to prioritize suicide prevention and mental health. When someone is

in acute crisis, it’s hard for them to think clearly, and even reaching out for help can be a struggle. For this reason, it is vital that Congress pass the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act (H.R.4194/S.2661) to make a three-digit number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline a reality. This legislation will provide the funding and resources needed by crisis centers across the country that support those struggling with their mental health and thoughts of suicide. In this time of uncertainty, we all need to find new ways to connect and support each other. Together, we #KeepGoing. JESSICA FOARD Draper

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What’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever eaten? Mikey Saltas Lamb brain takes the cake for me. Sofia Cifuentes Ants, crickets and armadillo Eric Granato Every unusual thing I have eaten is normal to everyone else. I guess it would have to be the cheap calamari in 8th grade science class. Pretty sure it was just battered rubber bands. Eleni Saltas Horse meat unknowingly what I was eating in Italy. Christie Zervos Frog legs Kelly Boyce I’ve eaten most bugs and other weird creatures, but I think mayo is absolutely disgusting—can’t believe anyone likes it. #VoteNoOnMayo Paula Metos Peeps. Those have to be the worst candy around.

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week came the news that 59 liquor-license holders had but hours to renew their licenses or lose them. I’ve not seen a report yet as to which operations will yield their liquor operations, but one that is very dear to us came too close for comfort. Businesses had until 5 p.m. on Aug. 31 to submit their liquor license and payment to renew their liquor licenses. The State Room, Salt Lake’s primo small-concert venue, got to the DABC office after the deadline and all seemed lost. However, an employee working after hours accepted the paperwork allowing the State Room to sell liquor once again. But, there’s a catch. The State Room and all other similar venues haven’t even held a concert since early March. There are a couple clubs where one might see live bands— places that have gone above and beyond when it comes to social distancing—but there has not been a concert per se in Salt Lake in months. Doesn’t it seem odd that a venue that cannot even be open must pay for a liquor license it can’t benefit from? It does to me. All the state had to do was quit bragging for 15 minutes about the record liquor-sales year it is having, have a short powwow and grant a hall pass to operations like the State Room so that they need not reapply at this time. The government basically shut them down, and the government basically has done little to help them since. Payouts would be nice, but so would rent relief, license and fee relief, or a simple “We’ve got your back” relief. Something! C’mon, Gov. Herbert. Cut these guys some slack. Give them an abeyance of some type. Stop treating this industry like it is your ugly relative. Let them sell drinks to-go—not in open containers, but pre-mixed to take to their homes so they have a fighting chance to stay alive during this pandemic. At McDonald’s, one can get a Coke to go with the

burger. Why not the specialty cocktail fixings from a club or restaurant? I understand why Herbert doesn’t care. He never paid a moment’s heed to hospitality. But, that Cox fellow, the guy considered to be a shoo-in to become our next governor—we never hear from him, either—not a peep about the singular industry that notably changed Utah for the better. The Cox platform is to be likeable. Trouble is, Cox is revealing himself to be one and the same with the folks who made a mess of the hospitality industry from the start. Even his Twitter entourage is starting to see through his “nice guy” veneer. They say he’s been a bird of a feather since the start. San Francisco just announced that 100 restaurants are now permanently closed in that city. Many more have not reopened—same as here. Estimates are that 30 percent of San Francisco restaurants will close due to COVID-19, meaning another1,200 will close if true. Can Utah withstand that kind of industry loss? We may never know because so far, Spencer Cox is busy taking Twitter pictures of cows down in his bailiwick of Central Utah. Great. You’d think a guy from there would understand the concept of farm to table falls apart if there are no tables to serve the farm food from. Cox has no COVID-19 or mask plan, and he’s silent on finding ways to help important cultural venues like the State Room—or cafes like the closed Canella’s or clubs like the closed Murphy’s. That’s why I’m voting for the Democrat Chris Peterson. He’s not going to turn a blind eye to hospitality and tourism. COVID-19 will end. When it does, we need our lives back, and we need our favorite places to go back to. We don’t need Twitter pictures of cows. We need someone who will fight for the hospitality industry. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net

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ne of the favorite games to play on social media these days is to ask the question: “Have you been to a restaurant for a sit-down meal since COVID-19?” The overwhelming answer is “Nope.” Nada. Zip. Zilch. That’s quite a reversal since the early days of the coronavirus when people from here to Clive, Utah, proclaimed their deep love for local restaurants and swore to Crom that they would never forsake them. To show their love and support, those persons took to ordering takeout from their favorite eateries. Then they stopped. Love only goes so far if it involves spilt gravy into the cup holders of the car console. It didn’t take long for folks to pine a little less for driving their favorite osso buco home in a paper sack and trading that experience for their favorite backyard burger. For them, going out to eat is just not as important to those folks as it once was. I’m not one of those. I’ve found a good number of places I’m quite comfortable entering for a meal or a cocktail. They’re all places that have sanitizer at the ready, and the staff is all masked up as are the customers, barring when they are sliding a piece of bacon into their mouths. Many places have outdoor patios and that makes my comfort level increase. I figure if I’m going to catch the virus, I might as well catch it behind a cold beer or neat whiskey. I avoid grocery stores, however, as well as house parties, mouthbreather rallies and church. I’ve been to at least 20 places in answer to the query whether I’ve been out at all since COVID-19. But one person is not enough, and 20 places are not enough. This past

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There is a major disconnect between development and quality of life in Utah, and development is winning the fight. Despite surveys and polls that place climate change and air quality high among residents’ concerns, developers seem to win the day. As the population increases, development is a critical piece of the puzzle. But the question is what kind of development? Everyone knows the story of the Inland Port landing in the wetlands northwest of Salt Lake and threatening local air and traffic. Now we see a development plan for the upper Avenues, which, according to The Salt Lake Tribune, calls for 25 single-family homes, some with mother-in-law apartments attached. Five of those homes will sell for upward of $2 million, supposedly lowering the cost of smaller homes. But if this is affordable living, ask someone who might have to spend $1,500 a month for housing. And there’s no easy access, but lots of potential for traffic and pollution. What does Clark Ivory say? “Infill is smart and good for the neighborhoods.” Like castor oil and the Inland Port.

Protect the Past

No, that doesn’t mean preserving confederate monuments. “If you love archaeology, getting outside and giving back to this place that has given us so much then you won’t want to miss this!” organizers of Protect the Past! With the Utah Cultural Site Stewardship Program say. Public archaeologist Elizabeth Hora will introduce the Utah Cultural Site Stewardship Program in an effort to bring archaeologists, public officials and the public together to protect Utah’s diverse history. Virtual, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3jnnGeH

What Is Gender?

Even if you think you know what the word “gender” means, you might want to hear what other people—especially those making public policy—think. “We go over the basis of what gender is, how that differs from sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation and gender identity. We will dive into how socialization affects behavior, emotions, connection with others and barriers to service,” organizers of Gender Socialization say. Andi Tremonte of the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition will speak. With a background in psychology and women and gender studies, she has been a transgender support group facilitator and Safe Zone trainer for OUTreach Resource Centers in Northern Utah. Virtual, Thursday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m. Free/register: https://bit.ly/3gwBaDe

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The homeless population has been increasingly displaced by the closure of the Road Home and the COVID-19 pandemic. Community Relief Outreach is a chance to help the un-homed with basic necessities. “We will be providing free onsite Hep-C testing, wound care, haircuts, food, clothing, hygiene kits, needle exchange, music, resources and much more,” organizers say. “Marvin, from Justice for Cody, will be BBQ-ing hamburgers and hot dogs, and we will also have a street team delivering sack lunches and water to individuals who are unable to attend.” Sun Trapp parking lot, 102 S. 600 West, Friday, Sept. 4, 12-4 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3b5xSWh

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U.S. Rep. John Curtis is carefully peeking from behind the MAGA hats of the GOP and calling for détente on climate change. Like Sen. Mitt Romney, Curtis risks being labeled a socialist or worse—a Democrat in disguise. Curtis spoke on a webcast from the Sutherland Institute where he called on “both sides” to “see the Earth better than you found it,” The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Simple, huh? The congressman also launched a new Twitter series called #CurtisClimateChat, according to E&E News. But his wife warned him that talking about climate makes it sound like he’s “in league with AOC,” meaning Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She’s the Green New Deal Democrat whom Republicans curiously think is running the party. Still, good for Curtis as he tests the waters of rationality.

Oh, great. Just when parents are trying to figure out how to send their kids back to school safely, the Legislature wants to talk money. Well, actually you are being asked to talk money. We all know that education isn’t well funded and despite promises and public pressure, nothing has really changed. The Legislature passed a bill in the last session to fund for inflation and student growth, expand use of revenue raised through capital levies and add rainy day funds for education. But wait. That won’t happen unless citizens approve SJR9, a constitutional amendment to expand the use of the income tax. At Informed Decisions 2020: Funding Public Education in Utah, you will hear opinions and facts on this amendment. Virtual, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 12-1 p.m. Free/register: https://bit.ly/31DAyrb

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The headline “Growing Pains at the Moab Museum” didn’t begin to represent the depth and significance of the moment. Two board members resigned amid discussions about racism and how to take a stand in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. The Moab Sun News took a decidedly cautious approach, saying “Evolution and growth can be messy and painful.” Recommendations from a 2017 assessment included: “21st-century museums are not just ‘about’ something; they strive to be ‘for’ something.” The time has come, and board members Michele Johnson and Deb Slechta wanted the museum to acknowledge the historic significance. It didn’t happen, aside from a Facebook post, and the board president seemed to think it was all about making a statement, for which he had to go through a bureaucratic process. Johnson and Slechta, however, knew that “being for something” takes an immediate commitment and plan.

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Every challenge is also on opportunity. In an ordinary year, The Urban Arts Festival would attract huge crowds to a weekend of in-person events and activities. But when circumstances made such a festival unsafe and impractical, the choice was made to make the 10th annual festival not smaller, but actually larger—a monthlong celebration of a wide range of art forms, rebranded as Urban Arts Fest Elements. “We have pivoted the event to be able to safely connect artists to the community,” says festival founder and Utah Arts Alliance executive director Derek Dyer. “Instead of the large two-day festival that draws tens of thousands of people, we are splitting up the signature elements of the Urban Arts Festival over the month of September. We invite the community to safely enjoy and celebrate these free and accessible elements of communitydriven expression.” In-person events begin Sept. 5, with a live painting exhibition and art & craft market on Rio Grande St. at The Gateway, with artists and artisans selling their work in an openair setting. Opening weekend activities

In her online biography, artist Jena Schmidt—a Salt Lake City native and MFA graduate of Brigham Young University— recalls a transformative experience after the death of her grandfather. Her family had inherited a lot of his old camping gear, and included among the items was a brass compass. Inside the lid, Schmidt’s grandfather had etched the words “Black North.” “When I saw this, my mind lit up imagining this was a clue to an undiscovered place,” Schmidt recalls, “one only my grandfather knew about. I later found out the words were just a reminder that the arrow for North on the compass was black, yet I still found Black North pulling at me towards its wild and mysterious landscape.” Schmidt’s vision of wild and mysterious landscapes is on display in her latest solo show at “A” Gallery (1321 S. 2100 East, agalleryonline.com), running Sept. 3 – Oct. 3. In her new series of oil on canvas paintings (“Mons Luma (daytime)” is pictured), Schmidt continues using abstracted landscapes to explore, as the gallery

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also feature exhibitions from Hard-N-Paint basketball league and the Lowrider Custom Car Culture exhibit. Later in September, the “Night Market” allows more chance for buying arts & crafts work on Sept. 18, 5-10 p.m., while Gateway storefronts exhibit artworks from throughout the 10-year history of the Urban Arts Festival all month long, plus voting for the annual Skate Deck Challenge of original art created on the canvas of a blank skate deck. Visit utaharts.org/urban-arts-fest for a full schedule of events, and make your plans for supporting local creators. (Scott Renshaw)

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describes it, “expressive blueprints of physical structures she finds in nature.” The gallery exhibition is free and open to the public during regular business, with COVID-19 procedures in place, but the entire exhibition is also viewable online. “For me, painting is about a search, though I don’t always know what I am searching for,” Schmidt adds. “But as I allow my eyes to be open to possibility, my perspectives are changed both in life and in art and a new piece to the story is uncovered.” (SR)

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award winning youth dancers Jade and Lia, before the main attraction: a screening of Disney’s Academy Award-winning 2016 animated musical Moana, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online for $25 adult general admission, $20 children, at thanksgivingpoint.org/events/labor-day/luau, or onsite (if available) for $30 and $25; purchase tickets in advance to guarantee admission. The amphitheater will be divided into sections to allow for great viewing from either low-back chairs, high-back chairs or blanket seating, so bring your favorite way to relax outdoors and let the whole family enjoy an evening of food and fun in a lovely setting. (SR)

It’s not uncommon for a Labor Day weekend to pass without giving much thought to the actual movement that inspired it. Initiated on the state level in the 1880s before the first federal Labor Day recognition in 1894, it recognizes the hard work of the trade union and labor movements of the 19th century in a time of massive wealth consolidation—and among the artists who dedicated themselves to chronicling that movement, and living its principles, was Salt Lake City’s own U. Utah Phillips. Tales of the Long Memory—a new documentary directed by Charlie Hall, and associate produced by Phillips’ son, Duncan Phillips— tells the story of the folk singer and dedicated rail-rider from his early years in Cleveland, Ohio, through his family’s relocation to Salt Lake City, his service in the Korean War and his subsequent decision to begin tramping around the American West. While he

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As one of the first Utah public venues to reopen after the March pandemic shutdown, Thanksgiving Point (3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, thanksgivingpoint.org) has had a lot of time to get their procedures just right. Like most events that would have typically taken place this summer, their annual Labor Day Luau on Friday, Sept. 4 has had to undergo a few tweaks, but it’s still taking place as a way to give visitors a chance for an end-of-summer party in a safe, outdoors way. Thanksgiving Point’s beautiful Waterfall Amphitheater will be the setting for the festivities, which begin with a served buffet dinner when doors open at 6:30 p.m. Offerings include kalua pork, teriyaki chicken, macaroni salad, green salad, rice, rolls, fresh fruit and pineapple/coconut cupcakes. All food will be served by trained catering staff, and masks will be required of all guests as they go through the food line. Entertainment begins with Polynesian dance by

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ran independent campaigns for Utah Senator and for President, Phillips is best known for his music about the traveling life and for his organizing work for the International Workers of the World (Wobblies). Phillips also became a philanthropist, opening a homeless shelter in his late-life home of Nevada City, California, where director Charlie Hall first met him. Narrated by Phillips himself from words recorded before his death in 2008, Tales of the Long Memory presents “stories of the America you didn’t learn in school,” as well as stories of those inspired by his memory. Join the virtual premiere at ForAiFilm.com beginning Friday, Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. MT, through Labor Day, and learn the story of a true original. (SR)

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CW: What have you observed so far in Zoomer’s life that most falls in line with what you sort of expected, and what has most surprised you? KM: Zoomer understands sex and gender in more nuanced ways than most kids (and many adults), and they don’t say binary gendered things as much as their peers. That said, parenting this way takes consistent commitment, because I am frequently having to counter stereotypical messaging that is in the media and Zoomer’s school and extracurricular activities. Like I expected, Zoomer started identifying with a gender and using some gendered pronouns around their fourth birthday (so they aren’t confused about their gender, like some people assumed they would be). What pleasantly surprises me is how Zoomer uses inclusive language and doesn’t perpetuate gender stereotypes for themself or others. It goes to show that young children are completely capable of learning to be anti-sexist and more inclusive and equitable.

Raising Them chronicles an experience in “gender creative parenting.” BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

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CW: Did you always know that when you had a child, you wanted to document the experience and provide support for others who might want to make a similar decision? KM: I felt a sense of responsibility to be a public advocate for gender creative parenting because I myself had so few resources. I figured if I was wishing there were more resources and community, others were probably searching too. I taught Gender and Sexuality at the University of Utah for years, and knew I could provide information about gender creative parenting in an accessible way.

CW: When you told family members how you were planning to raise Zoomer, how did you respond to their concerns, and what advice do you have for other parents for having those difficult conversations? KM: I had been talking about feminism, and the gender spectrum, and anti-sexism for a long time before I became pregnant, so when I told my family that I planned to do gender creative parenting, the response was generally, “We’re not surprised.” Even though it wasn’t a huge shock, my family had logistical questions, like “What is a gender-neutral term for niece/nephew?” It’s nibling. And they had concerns about us being treated poorly by people who didn’t agree with our parenting. Which is fair, but we felt like the reward would be worth the risk. I have an incredibly supportive family, which certainly makes parenting this way easier. The early conversations were a little nerve-wracking, but they were necessary to get our family on board before Zoomer was born. … I took an approach of being proactive and gentle and kind, and I think that really helped.

CW: Have you already had conversations to prepare Zoomer for the realization that other people might think their gender presentation is unusual—kids asking “are you a boy or a girl,” for example—and what are some positive ways for parents to deal with those interactions? KM: I am aware of several times that Zoomer was asked “Are you a boy or a girl?” at preschool. Zoomer would typically respond by saying “I’m Zoomer,” or “I’m a person!” and kids were typically content with that answer. … Zoomer is very well-liked at school, and we’re lucky to be in Salt Lake City, where so many parents are committed to accepting their kids for who they are, and teaching their children to be kind and inclusive of people who might be different from them. I think it’s most important to validate your kid, however conforming or non-conforming their gender identity and expression is. I advocate on behalf of Zoomer and all kids who play with gender in ways that aren’t as typical to the norm. I compliment boys who wear skirts. I tell girls I love their short hair. All we can do is lead by example and be proactive protectors of all kids. CW

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City Weekly: Given your field of study, was gender creative parenting an easy decision, or did you still wrestle with whether it was the right choice? Kyl Myers: I knew that I wanted to do gender creative parenting years before I got pregnant. My partner and I felt like it was the right decision for our family. That said, I did struggle with not having any role models for parenting this way. Gender creative parents these days have more resources than I did, which can help ease anxieties about what this parenting path is like. (Spoiler: This parenting path is much easier than people assume and incredibly enjoyable and rewarding!)

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s a sociologist and faculty member at the University of Utah, Dr. Kyl Myers has spent years studying the social constructs of sex and gender. But there’s a next-level quality of practicing what you preach when you decide to apply the notion of “gender creative parenting” to your own child. Born in 2016, Dr. Myers’ child Zoomer has been raised without having a gender defined for others—using “they/ them/z” pronouns, and allowing them to explore gender expression without limits. The experience is chronicled in Raising Them, a combination of personal memoir and resource for other parents considering parenting outside of gender binaries. Dr. Myers responded to questions ahead of a virtual author event for the book.

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very semester, but especially in the summer, City Weekly eagerly awaits the arrival of fresh-faced college students who have agreed to serve as our newsroom minions, er, interns. What these talented scholars may lack in their command of AP style, they make up for in creativity, enthusiasm, passion and even trepidation, shyness and seething sarcasm. Several of our interns have become longtime staffers, including Eric S. Peterson, who now leads the Utah Investigative Journalism Project, and former music editor—now local photographer—Austen Diamond. Others have branched out into the community and across the country, some working for other publications and in diverse fields. In this issue, we touch base with just a few of our old crew, recording their views on the pandemic, protests and what’s happening in their corner of the universe. What can we say? We’re proud of each one of them. P.S. If you’re a former intern who’d like to be included in Part II—or if reading these interviews inspires you apply as an intern—contact editor@cityweekly.net. —Jerre Wroble

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It was the summer of 2005. I loved reporting on national issues like immigration and abortion through a local lens. City Weekly was one of my first opportunities to experiment with longform narrative writing. Working alongside former editor Jamie Gadette was a lot of fun; she introduced me to the Salt Lake City music scene.

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In 2006, I graduated from Colorado College, where I majored in political science and minored in journalism. In 2011, I graduated from the Columbia University School of Journalism with an M.A. in political journalism.

I was based in Israel and the Palestinian Territories for six years. For the first three, I was the Middle East correspondent at The Forward, a Jew-

In spite of the fact that so many journalists are working remotely, New York City still feels like the center of the U.S. media world. Once a week, I grab a copy of New York Magazine from the local bodega and sigh with pleasure over the sheer beauty of the sentences. In terms of local media, I feel like I’m in capable hands in this uncertain moment. I do have one bone to pick, though. There’s an issue roiling the city right now; the mayor moved thousands of home-

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ish news organization. After that, I freelanced for outlets such as NPR, PRI’s The World, The Atlantic, The National, Foreign Policy and others. Where do you work now now? As the new features editor at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York City. Believe it or not, 2020 is the year I made a major international move for a new job. After living in Israel and the Palestinian Territories since 2014, in June, I donned plastic gloves, a KN95 mask, a face shield and goggles, and boarded a plane from Tel Aviv to Newark Liberty International Airport. I am now living in Flatbush, Brooklyn. How have you been affected by the pandemic? I have, very thankfully, remained healthy. The one, and comparatively small, impact on my life is that I haven’t been able to visit my family in Utah. I am eager to see them but quarantine regulations across the

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those documentation efforts, keeping tabs on the way law enforcement was responding to protests across the country. The protests quieted down before I arrived in New York, but I see BLM signs everywhere, especially in the windows and the fences of the city’s grand churches.

When were you a City Weekly intern? Where did you go to college?

U.S. have complicated my ability to travel out west. How has your work been affected? I started my new job remotely, so that has entailed getting to know my new colleagues over email and video calls. It’s not quite what I pictured when I envisioned moving back to the U.S., but I feel grateful for the opportunity. The Committee to Protect Journalists has a global focus, and I love being able to keep my finger on the pulse of international news from my living room in south Brooklyn.

turned upside down. Many wealthy New Yorkers fled, and the city’s most expensive neighborhoods are full of shuttered storefronts and empty apartment buildings and offices. In places where people couldn’t afford to leave, it feels more lively, but many are worried about making rent. And as the city mourns COVID deaths, a spate of recent shootings has claimed even more lives. But there are glimpses of beauty—like a cello and violin duo I saw play in the garden outside the shuttered American Museum of Natural History.

What’s going on where you live?

Have you been involved covering Black Lives Matter?

Compared to the severe health crisis in the spring, New York City is doing very well, with a positivity rate below 1 percent for many days in a row now. Parks are crowded, the subway is running with limited hours and people are dining at outdoor restaurants. Still, the city feels like it has been

The Committee to Protect Journalists is a founding member of the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, which is in the process of verifying and documenting hundreds of reported attacks on the U.S. press during the Black Lives Matter protests. At the beginning of the protests, when I was still in Israel, I was helping with

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less people into hotels, some in very expensive areas, to stop the spread of COVID-19 in shelters. Several local papers have run stories on panicked neighbors who want the homeless out without interviewing any of the homeless people. It’s a blind spot that needs to be corrected. What’s your outlook for the future? I have never lived in the U.S. under the Trump administration; after six years overseas, I feel I have a lot to catch up on. I hesitate to predict what the future holds; in this totally anomalous time one thing that keeps me sane is reading historical nonfiction. Right now, I’m reading The Island at the Center of the World, about the 17th-century Dutch settlement in Manhattan, back when the city was mostly rivers and forests and farmland. Imagining the past helps me have some perspective— to see this moment on the human continuum.

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My social circle has never been focused around festivals and concerts. The thing we’ve had to change is our weekly movie nights. Fortunately, Netflix Party and Zoom movie nights have been able to fill the void. We’re all excited for the day we can watch terrible fantasy movies in the comfort of each other’s living rooms again, though.

What are you doing now? I work at the Natural History Museum of Utah as a part of the school programs department. Before COVID, I was working with field trips— helping around 500 kids every day have a fun visit. Now that field trips are a thing of the “Before Times,” I’m working on developing curriculum for online resources for teachers.

Her involvement with Black Lives Matter I have been watching the Black Lives Matter protests from afar. Since Ogden hasn’t had the sustained, ongoing protests that Salt Lake City has had, I’ve been primarily supporting the protests monetarily and by pushing those in my family to vote in upcoming elections and calling elected officials. It’s probably best

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Kylee Ehmann Ogden It’s been nice to be able to write more and put my English and journalism degrees to work, but I miss teaching and being around kids. It’s been hard to realize that there probably won’t be field trips at all this year, even if I completely agree with not having kids visit the museum this year. With my certificate in public history, I hope to work full-time as a general educator in the museum field, either in Salt Lake or Ogden. Museums are such a vital part of the community. We need to make sure that educational opportunities provided by museums are accessible to all. The need to live at home right now I’m living at my dad’s house in North Ogden. I lived with my parents to save money while I went to graduate school and planned to move out afterward. But with all the hiring freezes and freelance jobs on hiatus, I’ve decided to stay put. We all

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When were you a City Weekly intern, and where did you go for your college degree? I was a City Weekly intern during the fall of 2015. I went to the University of Utah for my Bachelor of Arts in English and communication as well as a Master’s of Education in the Education, Culture and Society program.

get along, and there’s nowhere to go anyways. On earning a master’s degree during a pandemic I consider myself fortunate in regard to the pandemic. I’m still employed, no one in my family—immediate or extended—has gotten sick, and there’s a good walking trail in my neighborhood that’s never crowded for when I get hit by cabin fever. The biggest upset from the pandemic was shifting to finishing my graduate degree online with no warning and no real clear path to the finish line. I’d been working on a case study as my capstone project, and all of that work had to be modified as I lost access to my interviewees. Fortunately, I had an incredibly understanding adviser who helped me finish. I was more disappointed than I thought I’d be to realize I wouldn’t be walking across the

stage at graduation. It was hard not to celebrate finishing with my friends—it felt super anticlimactic. Another challenge has been not being able to visit my grandpa. Due to health problems, he moved to a care facility before the pandemic. And I haven’t hugged him since February. We can go see him and talk to him from 6 feet away on the patio of the care home and through the screen of his room, but it’s been incredibly frustrating not to be able to get any closer. Has city life been disrupted for you? North Ogden is relatively residential, so there hasn’t been that drastic of a change—outside of seeing the few diners and restaurants going to curbside pick-up. I have seen more people out on walks. In fact, I haven’t seen so many people outside in the neighborhood since that summer Pokémon Go came out.

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for me not to go to another city to protest in these COVID times. How do you rate the local news coverage of all that is going on? I’ve been impressed with City Weekly’s and The Salt Lake Tribune’s coverage, while I think most of the TV news stations have done a middling-to-poor job. When it comes to the virus, most of the news stations do well at emphasizing wearing masks but their coverage of the protests has been mostly to look at property damage and ignore the reasons why people are protesting. What’s your outlook? I’m optimistic about the future. There are just too many people working hard to change things for the better to not be a little hopeful for where we’re going. I hope this has been the darkest night before the dawn and that the future from here on out will be better and more just for all.

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How have you experienced the Black Lives Matter protests? New Orleans is a predominantly Black city, so the protests here have been very powerful. Aside from one ugly incident on an overpass where a group of protesters were teargassed, New Orleans has remained peaceful. I do my best to listen and allow Black people to take the lead on issues of race, since they’re the ones struggling with injustice daily. I have learned a great deal about racial dynamics since moving to New Orleans. No matter how enlightened you think you are on this topic, you can always expand your knowledge a bit more and strive to be better to your fellow humans.

On her relocation to the Big Easy I left Utah for New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2010, and have lived here ever since. I moved here out of love for the city. My mom is originally from Alabama, and when we would visit in the summer, I’d beg my Southern family to take me to New Orleans. I loved the beautiful flowers and greenery growing everywhere, the gorgeous old buildings and the very unique outspoken residents. New Orleans has always captured my imagination. It is like no other

Has the media got it right where you live? I have a lot of issues with the local news in New Orleans. I feel they run way too many sports stories, and

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Jenny Poplar New Orleans place. I love this city more than I can say. I live on Frenchmen Street, of the jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton’s childhood. Every so often I catch a music buff photographing my house. There’s a picture of Jelly Roll in the downstairs window. Her work since college I worked with disabled kids in Salt Lake City until 2008. In 2010, I took a summer teaching job in New Orleans but was laid off shortly after my arrival due to low enrollment because of the BP oil spill. I ended up working on a Jonathan Demme documentary about Hurricane Katrina called I’m Carolyn Parker. It wasn’t the glamorous experience one would think it would be. It soured me on journalism for a long time and made me realize that I had a lot to learn about New Orleans. I worked as a cocktail server at a karaoke bar on Bourbon Street until 2013 and then as a server at a

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When she served her internship In 2005, roughly one year after I graduated with English and economics degrees from Westminster College. My first City Weekly article was about a man named David Miller who had lived with HIV for 20 years. I was very moved by his story. I learned so much working on that piece.

fine dining restaurant in the French Quarter until March of 2020. My final shift was on Friday the 13th, when the restaurant closed due to the pandemic. I’ve since been experimenting with ways to work remotely. I should be able to patch together some sort of lean existence. Writing is a primary goal Living here gives me ample time to read and write—which was always my primary goal. I write virtually every single day—and have since I was 13. In 2019, I completed a book called Incantations that I hope to release this fall. It’s a collection of supernatural short stories that take place in Utah. The pandemic placed my book in copyediting limbo, but I know it will find its way when the time is right. I’m also the queen of salty social-media posts. I should probably scale my commentary a little. But there is so much to cri-

tique in this busted world we’re currently living in. How she’s gotten through the pandemic New Orleans has been devastated by the pandemic since Day 1. It is estimated that 50% of restaurants may close in the coming months. It breaks my heart to see such a vibrant social city so sedate. New Orleans always finds a way, but 2020 is a very rough time in this city’s storied history. Lots of people are hurting financially since so many depend on the service sector to make a living. I was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2015, so I have been on a strict lockdown since March. My doctor told me not to take any chances. Please wear masks, practice social distancing and wash your hands so that I can leave the house again someday!

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ignore really important happenings such as the recent sanitation strike where striking workers were replaced with prison laborers. I guess their primary goal is to keep the suburban subscribers in adjacent Metairie happy. More hard-hitting news would serve the community much better. What’s your outlook? Unfortunately, I think the United States is headed for some very hard times. I don’t see the pandemic letting up anytime soon. I know that I will be OK, because my costs are low, and I have the skills to patch together a remote living, but sadly there are millions of people who will suffer tremendously. My heart aches for them. Please be kind and watch out for your friends and neighbors. There are so many people who need a little extra support. Strive to help them without judgment. CW

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Chubby’s is an old-school burger joint packaged in new-school digs. Its Southern inspiration adds some layers of nuance to the restaurant’s menu, which successfully sets it apart from other local burger slingers. In addition to a wide range of burgers, diners can get fresh,

nyone taking serious stock of Utah County’s food scene will eventually arrive at Chubby’s (multiple locations, chubbyscafeut.com). It’s a just-slower-than-fast food burger joint that has been slowly taking Utah’s smaller cities by storm; Chubby’s currently operates locations in Pleasant Grove, Saratoga Springs, Vineyard and Tooele, with another location set to open in Payson sometime this year. With its “allAmerican food” vibe and homage to classic burger joints of a bygone age, its presence in more rural areas of Utah makes perfect sense. When your only competition is the same fast food burgers available anywhere in the state, all you have to do is make better food, and you’ve got it made.

Like most burger joints worth their grease, Chubby’s is also home to a wide range of frozen desserts that pair particularly well with one of their signature burgers or sandwiches. Their premium shakes ($3.99) come in flavors like peach cobbler, banana cream and coconut cream pie, which diffuse classic Southern desserts into thick milkshakes—again, I believe, qualifying them for international accolades. Plus, they offer Oreo and banana puddings ($3.29) in parfait cups layered with pudding, whipped cream and crumbly cookies. While I’d be glad to have a Chubby’s a bit closer than Saratoga Springs, the fact that it sticks to the fringes of Utah’s metropolitan areas adds to its appeal. It’s entrenched in the nostalgia of carhop burger joints braided into the foundation of American food culture, which draws its power from small-town charm. If you happen to be in Utah County or Tooele, and find yourself craving a plethora of finely-tuned burgers, track down a Chubby’s and dig right in. CW

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le burger craving strikes. For something a little less subtle with its flavors, the pastrami burger ($6.99) is the way to go. It’s true enough to the pastrami burger formula that has made it a Utah favorite, but Chubby’s adds some small flourishes that make their version unique. In addition to thick, blackpepper-coated pastrami, they add a tasty pile of grilled onions, Swiss cheese and pickles to the mix. These unconventional party crashers successfully bridge the gap between a hamburger and a Reuben, which may qualify them for the Nobel Prize—I’ll have to double check, though. While burgers are the stars at Chubby’s, they still treat their chicken sandwiches with a lot of love. The grilled chicken mushroom bacon swiss ($6.99) combines a stellar list of grill-friendly ingredients that can’t really go wrong. Chubby’s takes the time to make sure their grilled chicken doesn’t dry out, and it’s well-seasoned before it hits the bun. The Southern crispy chicken ($6.79)—with its gooey pepper jack, smoky barbecue sauce, tangy coleslaw and crunchy pickles—is another bold entry in the menu’s chicken section. I’ll also always be a sucker for a Malibu chicken sandwich ($6.79); Swiss, ham and honey mustard atop a tasty piece of chicken is one of my love languages.

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as tasty as this one is. Again, the berry and stone fruit are there to accent this beer, not turn it into fruit juice, so definitely try this one out. Fisher Rotating IPA (Idaho 7, Simcoe and Sabro): This pours a yellowish golden-orange color. The beer itself is mostly clear, with a very slight haze from the intense amount of dry-hopping. The retention on the heady foam here is very solid. The nose is certainly sticky and dank, with grassy, herbal notes and a bit of ruby red grapefruit. There’s also a strange tannic/ester quality, with an undercurrent of earthy mint—definitely weird, but also kind of great due to how out-of-left-field it comes off. This is a hop blend you are not likely to see come up very often. Once in the mouth, it’s oily and sticky with a lot of dank/ catty flavors and some raw resinous pine notes. Here and there, I can get some of the red grapefruit and orange peel, but this just drowns the palate in oil, when all’s said and done. I’m still getting a bit of the earthy note from the nose, but it takes a backseat to the dank and green element of these hops—pungent and bitter with some subversive qualities that I appreciate, and that could potentially inspire brewers to think outside of the box with regards to hop utilization (which is a great thing, in my opinion). Overall: This 6.1 percent beer has a solid flow on the tongue. I really enjoy getting reacquainted with bitter and hoppy IPAs. There’s just something about that lingering resinous bitterness that lights up every sensory cord in my mouth. If you want some of that early 2000s zap in your IPA, give this shot. The Fisher Brewing guys hand-package every one of these big 750 milliliter cans, and you won’t find them anywhere but their brewery. Red Rock’s restaurant network should have Black Is Beautiful at all of its locations, including Park City. As always, cheers! CW

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nother storied venue in SLC has bitten the developmental dust: The Greek Station, a.k.a In The Venue, a.k.a Club Sound, a.k.a Bricks, has closed down, apparently to make way for luxury condominiums or something else built for people who don’t even live here yet. In the days since the news started spreading, the venue’s history has already inspired reminiscence and mourning online by people who grew up going attending shows and events over the past 20+ years at the corner of 200 South and 600 West. The venue’s appeal was always strong, even though one local, Caitlin Dunn of Centerville, remembers there was a 50/50 chance of leaving any given show with something stolen. Bricks featured split rooms—later known as In The Venue and Club Sound, respectively—that hosted many historic shows, and was all-ages friendly despite selling alcohol for those 21 and up. The slightly larger In The Venue was home to the first concert yours truly ever attended, in 2009, where at 14 I watched a band called The Academy Is… among other hot, sweaty teenagers, under orange, sweat-steamed windows. Later, I went with my childhood best friend for her first show there, to see The Kooks. For both of our rural Utah-raised teen selves, they were eye-

opening nights far from home that opened up a newer, wider world to be explored. Much before my time, Trevor Hale, of the local band Milk Money, lived with all his musical friends in the Artspace apartments circa 2003-ish, and haunted Coffee Under the Bridge—which was owned by a member of The Used, who kindly got them into shows. He recalls the great, albeit cramped set-up: “There were so many times that I walked up only to say out loud, ‘Holy shit, they’re putting this show in the small room? That’s a terrible idea, but it’s going to be so much fun!’” As recently as 2015, Hale played a similarly chaotic set there, featuring three back-to-back appearances with three of his old bands (Cherem, Tamerlane and City to City) for a benefit show. He recalls the setup on stage being perfect for sneaky stage dives. Now, he says, “I think about how I’ll never get to stand on that stage again.” As The Depot began taking all the “classy” shows and The Complex gave promoters more venue options, Bricks stopped making sense. Remodel after remodel made the space awkward, and the parking situation was bad. “The big side couldn’t hold as many people as The Complex, and the little side was too big for bands looking for an upgrade from Urban Lounge. I figured it wasn’t long for this world, but a huge part of me kept holding out hope that someone could make it work,” Hale says. Local jack-of-all-trades Tristan “Spazz” Southwick came up in the show production world after spending years at Bricks starting in his late teens. An industry man who’s spent time bartending and DJing, Southwick recently landed a coveted permanent position with the show production company Upstage after years of freelancing with large-scale production companies like Showgear, which shares an owner with Bricks. That owner, Tom Taylor has been using the venue for the past year or so to

The Used at In The Venue in 2017 house Showgear’s equipment, before recently enlisting Southwick to help move it all into storage. With the show production industry as stalled as shows themselves, it seems that Taylor made the difficult decision to cede the space to developers, probably to save his other business in Showgear. Southwick was glad to get the tip about Bricks’ closing, both for the now-rare occurrence of a gig but also for the memories. “I’ve known the owner for a number of years,” he says, “since I was a young kid, so it’s kind of an interesting honor, I guess you could say—since I’ve been going there for so long—being able to be part of its final operations.” When disassembling the place, Southwick found a memento in some stagehand literature left up in the rafters, a fitting parting gift from Bricks to a stagecraft aficionado. Now, he’s in talks with the owner and fellow Bricks lovers about getting some bricks from Bricks to be signed by locals in the EDM scenes—and perhaps band scenes from the venue’s past—to auction off for a TBD good cause (one hopefully benefitting out-of-work industry folk like himself). And though it may seem sad, Southwick thinks the change is due to the area, which he notes suffered after Project Rio Grande. “Even though it’s part of history, things need to change and grow,” he says. For his part, Trevor Hale is still worried that small bands like his will never be able to play on a stage like Bricks’ again if venues keep shutting down. “Maybe in 2022 we’ll be back to coffee shops and trying to trick warehouse owners into letting us rent something for a ‘small gathering of friends,’” he quips. Whether that’s our reality in two years or not, one thing’s for sure—new venues and the industries around them will rise back up, brick by uncertain brick. CW

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Surely many hoped that by September, we’d have kicked this old virus, but that’s not the case. And while we may have had one expectation dashed, other things have come out of the woodwork that no one could have predicted—mainlyA by way of the innovative solutions to finding new normals. Utah County’s Fork Fest has come up with one of these new and heartening inventions with their COVID Conscious Music & Arts Festival. Along with the support of local and state health officials, the organizers of the fest have decided to go on with a physical and virtual version of the fest on Saturday, Sept. 5. In-person attendance will be limited so that they can practice safety precautions like social distancing during the live concerts, which will take place at Art Dye Park Disc Golf Course (try saying that five times fast), hosted by the Harrington Center for the Arts and Velour Music Gallery. Despite changes to make it safer, though, it’s still very much a big affair, with 27 featured bands, three stages and a variety of vendors, food trucks, games and activities for kids. Local acts like The National Parks (who just released a new album in the spring), The Backseat Lovers, Ryan Innes, Brother. and Bri Ray are among well-known acts that will perform. The festival is free for children ages two and under, and otherwise costs $25 for general admission, $45 for VIP tickets and $10 for older children. For those who want to watch from home, the professionally-streamed event will cost a much lower cost of $12, including access to the Fork Fest Songwriting Panel on Sept. 3. Head to forkfest.org for more information on safety protocols and for ticket info.

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It’s pretty weird that, as the summer closes out and fall approaches, we’ve finally started to see more consistent instances of outdoor shows, bar patios re-opened and people donning masks as they head out into late summer evenings for just a taste of a normal summer, even as COVID cases have been rising. It’s been a weary, dull summer for many, though, and with no specific changes in sight, it’s understandable that shows like the new-ish backyard nights hosted behind the Urban Lounge have gained some popularity. Outdoors, after all, is the safest place to be near people. So, if you want one last shot at a summer eve of revelry, catch this gig before September yields to fall. Longtime local five-piece Scenic Byway will grace the back lot behind Urban on Sept. 4 with their atmospheric, jazz- and jungle-infused rap rock, alongside fellow locals The Fervors and Dangus Kong. The Fervors have already graced an Urban backyard set in August, alongside fellow psych rockers foursome Lord Vox, and Dangus Kong just wrapped recent shows at Ice Haus and Westminster College. The latter will be the balance between Scenic Byway and The Fervors, with their distinctive style of funk-infused jam rock. Make your Friday a fun one and visit theurbanloungeslc.com for tickets and more info; remember to bring a few friends to be seated with.

A few weeks back, we mentioned KRCL’s upcoming Annual Record and CD sale, a fundraising event throughout September that helps sustain the community radio we all love and listen to, and which has been a reliable tether to reality and a source of understanding our city’s unique struggles during the pandemic. Naturally, this time around is going to be a little different due to the virus, but KRCL is taking many precautions to keep the event safe, including making it mandatory to reserve a spot at the outdoor event, which will take place outside the KRCL office every Saturday of September. Hand sanitizer will be widely available, masks are mandatory and the record racks will be appropriately distanced, making for safer digging than maybe any local store. However, if you still want to stay extra safe, or just want a shot at the good stuff without all the effort, you can tune into their presale event on Facebook Live on Sept. 3, where KRCL’s John Florence will present some of the finest donated vinyl they’ve received for bidding. If that’s still not enough though, make plans to reserve a spot on one of the Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. KRCL supporters can also continue donating their own personal records to the sale throughout the month—an easy alternative way to support for those who can’t buy any new records right now. Visit KRCL.org for more info on reserving a spot and dropping off donations and visit facebook.com/KRCLradio for the Facebook Live presale event.

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While farmers markets up and down the Wasatch Front have started back up, not everything is quite as it was. You may have noticed while wending your masked way through the booths at the markets, there’s something missing—and it’s not the copious amount of cute dogs or vibrant summer squash at every turn. Markets are also typically home to humble tunes from local bands and soloists, but that just isn’t the case this year, sadly. Single stage events in small park areas present just too much risk of congregation, especially considering that markets are already bustling with people. Though there are many new outdoor shows popping up at venues and bars all over the valley, farmers markets have been playing it safe. But Ogden’s own market has found a workaround for those who miss easygoing tunes at summer markets. Thanks to a collaboration between Ogden Downtown Alliance and the Farmers Market Ogden, there’s a way to enjoy the missing music—and one that’s been paying artists, too. Every Friday night at 6 p.m. this summer, Facebook has been home to a concert series made up of bands and buskers who are absent from the market this year. If you haven’t tuned in, make sure to catch one of the last few dates of the summer by heading to facebook.com/ogdendowntown where the event is listed, and where it will be streamed. Maybe make a stellar dinner with your market veggies while you’re at it, and it might just feel like you aren’t missing out on anything after all.

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echnically speaking, I’m Thinking of Ending Things isn’t the first time Charlie Kaufman has taken someone else’s source material and turned it into a movie. Then again, it seems impossible for Kaufman not to make anything he writes completely and distinctly his own. For Adaptation., screenwriter Kaufman’s 2002 follow-up collaboration with Being John Malkovich director Spike Jonze, Kaufman was tasked with adapting Susan Orlean’s non-fiction best-seller The Orchid Thief—and instead ended up crafting a singularly self-aware narrative about what people demand from a movie in order to consider it conventionally satisfying. Since Kaufman seems constitutionally incapable of making that kind of movie, Iain Reid’s twisty psychological thriller I’m Thinking of Ending Things would seem like an ideal tale for him to tell. Yet even when starting with something that’s already more than a little prone to mind-fuckery, Kaufman has to take it somewhere that winds through his particular thematic interests, and leaves you to put plenty of pieces together. The set-up feels simple enough initially: An unnamed young woman (Jessie Buckley) is taking a car trip with her boyfriend, Jake (Jesse Plemons), to meet his parents on their remote farm, even as she’s realizing “I’m thinking of ending things.” They wind through a variety of subjects before arriving at their destination, and sure, maybe Mom (Toni Collette) and Dad (David Thewlis) are a little … off. And maybe it’s

kind of impossible to nail down whether our heroine is an artist or a student—and if she a student, what exactly she’s studying. And maybe people seem to be getting older or younger over a matter of minutes in a rather extreme manner. Anyone familiar with Charlie Kaufman’s oeuvre is going to recognize some of his favorite thematic playgrounds. The nature of identity feels slippery, in much the same way that it was in Being John Malkovich. An unreliable sense of the passage of time pervades the narrative, as it did in Synecdoche, New York. And there’s a mournful recognition of people mired in unhappiness created by their inability to deal with the reality of other people, which elevated both Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Anomalisa. Yet I’m Thinking of Ending Things also takes his common subject matter of obsessive artistic creation into different territory by playing around with how the way we consume art shapes our view of the world. There’s an odd little interlude—albeit only one of many odd interludes—in which we

see a school janitor (Guy Boyd) watching a film-within-our-film, a fluffy romantic comedy credited to Robert Zemeckis which somehow filters into the story of how Jake and Buckley’s character met. In the middle of one of Jake and our heroine’s many car conversations, she begins stridently opining about Gena Rowlands’ performance in John Cassavetes’ A Woman Under the Influence—only she’s simply reciting Pauline Kael’s review of the film from memory. Even a variation on that now-ubiquitous winter tradition—an argument about the “rapeyness” of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”—gets a peculiarly Kaufman-esque treatment. It all builds to a finale set in Jake’s old high school, as the couple makes an unscheduled stop on their way home that gets progressively weirder. In Reid’s book, the sequence is played for mounting tension, as the narrator wonders if she’s being stalked by someone. But while Kaufman’s version of I’m Thinking of Ending Things does have its creepy moments, that’s not really the register in which he prefers to operate. Absurdist comedy and the surprising late arrival of

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heartbreak are his weapons of choice, as well as a risky willingness not to make it clear exactly what is going on in the reality outside his characters’ heads. While the literary source material was considerably clearer about exactly what phenomenon explains the strange shifts in character and time, Kaufman wants to dig more deeply into the feelings behind that reality. Maybe the heightened performances we see at the end of I’m Thinking of Ending Things tell the story of what really happened to Jake and his girlfriend. Or maybe Kaufman, through the way he’s interpreting this narrative, is telling us that the way each of us interprets art is the only thing that matters. CW

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) “A new idea is rarely born like Venus attended by graces. More commonly, it’s modeled of baling wire and acne. More commonly, it wheezes and tips over.” Those words were written by Aries author Marge Piercy, who has been a fount of good new ideas in the course of her career. I regard her as an expert in generating wheezy, fragile breakthroughs and ultimately turning them into shiny, solid beacons of revelation. Your assignment in the coming weeks, Aries, is to do as Piercy has done so well. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “Every day I discover even more beautiful things,” said painter Claude Monet. “It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all. My head is bursting.” That might seem like an extreme state to many of us. But Monet was a specialist in the art of seeing. He trained himself to be alert for exquisite sights. So, his receptivity to the constant flow of loveliness came naturally to him. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I think that in the coming weeks, you could rise closer to a Monet-like level of sensitivity to beauty. Would that be interesting to you? If so, unleash yourself! Make it a priority to look for charm, elegance, grace, delight and dazzlement.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Each of us has a “soul’s code”: a metaphorical blueprint of the beautiful person we could become by fulfilling our destiny. If our soul’s code remains largely dormant, it will agitate and disorient us. If, on the other hand, we perfectly actualize our soul’s code, we will feel at home in the world; all our experiences will feel meaningful. The practical fact is that most of us have made some progress in manifesting our soul’s code, but still have a way to go before we fully actualize it. Here’s the good news: You Scorpios are in a phase of your cycle when you could make dramatic advances in this glorious work. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules,” observes Sagittarian author Ashleigh Brilliant. According to my research, you have made excellent progress in this quest during the last few weeks—and will continue your good work in the next six weeks. Give yourself an award! Buy yourself a trophy! You have discovered at least two rules that were previously unknown to you, and you have also ripened your understanding of another rule that had previously been barely comprehensible. Be alert for more breakthroughs.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) “I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak,” proclaimed Cancerian author Lillian Hellman. I feel the same way. So often people have nothing interesting or important to say but say it anyway. I’ve done that myself! The uninteresting and unimportant words I have uttered are too numerous to count. The good news for me and all of my fellow Cancerians is that in the coming weeks we are far more likely than usual to not speak until we are ready to speak. According to my analysis of AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) the astrological potentials, we are poised to express ourselves “Dreams really tell you about yourself more than anything else in this world could ever tell you,” said psychic Sylvia Browne. She with clarity, authenticity and maximum impact. was referring to the mysterious stories that unfold in our minds as we sleep. I agree with her assessment of dreams’ power to show us LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Of all the mournful impacts the pandemic has had, one of the most who we really are all the way down to the core of our souls. What devastating is that it has diminished our opportunities to touch Browne didn’t mention, however, is that it takes knowledge and and be touched by other humans. Many of us are starved of the training to become proficient in deciphering dreams’ revelations. routine, regular contact we had previously taken for granted. I Their mode of communication is unique—and unlike every other look forward to the time when we can again feel uninhibited about source of teaching. I bring this up, Aquarius, because the coming shaking hands, hugging and patting friends on the arm or shoul- months will be a favorable time for you to become more skilled in der. In the meantime, how can you cope? This issue is extra crucial understanding your dreams. for you Leos to meditate on right now. Can you massage yourself? Seek extra tactile contact with animals? Hug trees? Figure out PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) how to physically connect with people while wearing hazmat suits, In June 1876, warriors from three Indian tribes defeated U.S. troops led by General George Custer at the Battle of Little Big gloves, masks and face shields? What else? Horn in Montana. It was an iconic victory in what was ultimately a losing battle to prevent conquest by the ever-expanding VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly American empire. One of the tribes that fought that day was impossible,” says singer-songwriter Holly Near. “It requires the Northern Cheyenne. Out of fear of punishment by the U.S. training as well as magic.” How are you doing on that score, Virgo? government, its leaders waited 130 years to tell its side of the Now is a favorable time to intensify your long-term art project of story about what happened. New evidence emerged then, such creating the healthiest, smartest version of yourself. I think it will as the fact that the only woman warrior in the fight, Buffalo feel quite natural and not-at-all impossible. In the coming weeks, Calf Road Woman, killed Custer himself. I offer this tale as an you’ll have a finely tuned intuitive sense of how to proceed with inspiration for you Pisceans to tell your story about events that you’ve kept silent about for too long. flair. Start by imagining the Most Beautiful You.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Author Renata Adler describes a time in her life when she began to notice blue triangles on her feet. She was wracked with fear that they were a symptom of leukemia. But after a period of intense anxiety, she realized one fine day that they had a different cause. She writes: “Whenever I, walking barefoot, put out the garbage on the landing, I held the apartment door open, bending over from the rear. The door would cross a bit over the tops of my feet”—leaving triangular bruises. Upon realizing this very good news, she says, “I took a celebrational nap.” From what I can tell, Gemini, you’re due for a series of celebrational naps—both because of worries that turn out to be unfounded and because you need a concentrated period of recharging your energy reserves.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) I propose we resurrect the old English word “museful.” First used in the 17th century but then forgotten, it meant “deeply thoughtful; pensive.” In our newly coined use, it refers to a condition wherein a person is abundantly inspired by the presence of the muse. I further suggest that we invoke this term to apply to you Libras in the coming weeks. You potentially have a high likelihood of intense communion with your muses. There’s also a good chance you’ll engage with a new muse or two. What will you do with all of this illumination and stimulation?

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During my first two years of high school in Arizona, I took a yellow bus from Sedona to Jerome and back again—that is, unless I had band practice (yup, band geek) or a game. We stopped at every ranch road between the two towns, and it took a mighty long time to get up that mountain where the old mine, ghost town and high school were located. It was a drive full of “opportunity curves” on the s-turns—you know, when you sat next to someone you had a crush on, and when the bus turned and tilted, you would slide in that person’s direction, so you were really, really physically close for a minute. It worked for one young boy who had a crush on me; he stole some Prince Matchabelli cologne and gave it to me in exchange for a kiss. Those sliding bus moments are completely different than “opportunity zones” that are now in the spotlight in national politics. One side claims they invented them, while the other side is taking credit. What is the truth? O zones were created in a bipartisan effort by Congress in 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. It moves money into areas in the country designated by census tracts where poverty rates are at least 20% and the median family income of the area is no greater than 80% of the area median. That money is supposed to help small businesses and fund real estate developments for affordable housing. If fully funded, more than $6 trillion dollars could trickle down to communities across the country. There are 46 zones designated in Utah, with seven in the Salt Lake area: Magna, Glendale, Fairpark, Poplar Grove, Granary/ downtown and Depot/downtown. Business incentives for the zones include RDA loans for building renovations, new construction and low-interest economic development loans to businesses. Salt Lake City is the only city in Utah with a Foreign Trade Zone where the proposed Inland Port is to be located to eliminate custom duties (taxes) on products stored there and a Green Recycle Market Development Zone to encourage recycling businesses to locate in the capital city. Through the Industrial Assistance Fund, there’s funding to create jobs that pay higher than the median county wages, for employees retention, to bring film production to the state and to give tax exemption for manufacturing start-ups. Basically, lots of money is available if you know how to find it. The feds, state and cities are all on the bus, ready to lean your way if you reach for the opportunity curve that may help your business succeed. There are approximately 8,700 O zones across the country, and critics call it “welfare for the wealthy,” because only the wealthy can afford to build housing, create manufacturing or need tax breaks. You’ll be hearing more about it during this campaign season. Read more about it here: slc.gov/ed/ businessresources/financing n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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Happy Ending Residents of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have been cheered recently by the unexpected presence of a corn stalk growing up through a crack in the pavement at a busy intersection. Dubbed the 57th Street Corn, the stalk had its own Twitter account and was hailed as a symbol of resiliency and hope in hard times; Mayor Paul TenHaken called it “amaizing.” But on Aug. 19, the Argus Leader reported, neighbors found the plant had been ripped from the ground overnight, prompting sorrow on social media and a flower memorial. “I didn’t want to see her story end like that,” said resident Chad Theisen. Together with his children, Theisen rescued the corn stalk, renamed it Cornelia and is nursing it back to health in a 5-gallon bucket. He hopes to find a permanent home for Cornelia, now a local celebrity, with the city’s help. Joyride Sheriff’s deputies in La Push, Washington, said they received a report of a suspicious person trying to rent an airplane without a pilot’s license or insurance at the Jefferson County International Airport on Aug. 18. The man, later identified as Richard Jordal, 59, then tried his luck at Tailspin Tommy’s, another plane rental business at the airport, KIRO reported, and was again refused, but surveillance video showed Jordal returning later to steal the keys to a Cessna airplane, which he fueled up before taking off and flying erratically, according to authorities. Business owner Nataliya Yeshyrina and her husband watched the plane on radar: “Altitude would change dramatically from 5,000 feet to 2,000. Up and down and then doing loops and doing twirls.” Authorities said a possible plane crash was reported around 10:30 p.m., but no wreckage could be found in the heavily forested area that evening. A U.S. Navy helicopter crew returned the next morning and found the plane, with Jordal unconscious inside. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The Entrepreneurial Spirit n The Associated Press reports that a company in Tokyo called Kowagarasetai (which roughly translates to Scare Squad) has launched a drive-thru haunted house that allows patrons to socially distance from its “zombies” while getting a good fright. With customers safely sealed inside their cars, the zombies do their best to scare the occupants, draping themselves over the cars and smearing them with fake blood. “The distance (between customers and cast) has actually gotten shorter since there is only a window between them,” said Daichi Ono, a cast member. The zombies then helpfully clean the cars when the 13-minute show is over. n The Krone Circus in Munich, Germany, has come up with a stinky idea for making extra money during COVID-19 restrictions: selling jars of excrement from its 26 lions and tigers (price: $6 each). While some buyers opt in to support the circus or to offer the jars as a prank, Reuters reported, others are using them to repel pests: “I am told it keeps cats away from the garden, and ... it keeps the animals away from the car, where they eat all the electric cables,” lion tamer Martin Lacey said. Some of the funds go to a charity that improves living conditions for captive animals. Bright Idea Renowned architect Shigeru Ban is attracting attention with new public toilets he designed in two parks in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. The toilets are surrounded by transparent colored glass that turns opaque when the door is locked on the inside, Sky News reported. “At night, the facility lights up the park like a beautiful lantern,” said Ban. The technology allows users to see whether the toilet is clean and empty before entering. But users say while inside, they can’t tell that the glass has turned opaque, leaving them with an unsettled feeling. Send your weird news items to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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The Continuing Crisis Government restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 have had no effect on a growing trend on the island of Okinawa, Japan, called “rojo-ne” (literally, sleeping on the road), which local authorities blame on the island’s balmy weather and people’s habit of overindulging in “awamori,” a traditional rice-based liquor. Okinawa police have fielded more than 2,700 reports of rojo-ne in just the first six months of 2020, The Guardian reported, putting the island on pace to match last year’s 7,000 reported incidents, which resulted in 16 accidents and three deaths. Tadataka Miyazawa, the police chief, said he “didn’t even know the term ‘rojo-ne’ before coming to Okinawa.” Putting on the Brakes Organizers of Philadelphia’s 12th annual Naked Bike Ride have canceled the event, scheduled for Aug. 29, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Associated Press reported. Ride organizer Maria Serrahima said she hopes people will be able to return next year and that riders are “taking advantage of the emptier streets and riding—masks up.” The Philly Naked Bike Ride attracts thousands of riders and covers a 10-mile course taking in the city’s landmarks such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. Awesome! n People living around Olten, Switzerland, got a surprise on Aug. 14 when it began snowing cocoa powder. Strong winds that morning distributed the cocoa dust from a malfunctioning ventilation system at the Lindt & Spruengli chocolate factory nearby, delivering enough to cover at least one car, the Associated Press reported. The company offered cleaning services, but no one took them up on the offer. The ventilation system has been repaired. n The very last Blockbuster store, in Bend, Oregon, is offering Deschutes County residents three one-night sleepovers through Airbnb on Sept. 18, 19 and 20 for $4—about the cost of a video rental, Oddee reported. Lucky movie lovers will have a pull-out couch, bean bags and pillows for their viewing comfort, plus 2-liter bottles of Pepsi and snacks to enjoy during a marathon of “new releases” from the ‘90s. “Nothing can replace going to the store with loved ones to browse the shelves and find a movie that suits whatever mood you’re in,” said Sandi Harding, the store manager. Irony A mystery unfolded in the Mystery section of the Walla Walla (Washington) Public Library in late July when workers performing renovations during the COVID-19 shutdown demolished a section of shelves and discovered a disintegrated paper bag with five full cans of Hamm’s beer and an opened bag of Godzilla Heads gum. Library staff determined the hidden snacks dated back to the 1980s, CNN reported. Library director Erin Wells posited that “somebody had stashed it there and maybe thought they could get it later ... but there was no way to get it out.” Fine Points of the Law Utica (New York) City Court Judge Ralph Eannace was outraged, but did not set bail for defendant Anthony Walker on Aug. 13, which surprised even Walker, who had been arrested for the second time in two days for leading police on a high-speed chase. “Because, I guess, of the new bail-reform law,” Walker said, Judge Eannace said he had no choice but to let Walker go. On Aug. 9, Walker had hit another car while driving a Maserati that had been reported stolen. “I plan to do the right thing this time, man. I’m tired of this,” he told WKTV, apologizing if anyone was hurt. Utica police noted that Walker made the same pledge after his first arrest. “Yeah,” said Walker, “I did take them on a highspeed chase ... nobody’s perfect.”

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