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Cover package, p. 22 After his first visit, Criado, whose byline has appeared in Phoenix New Times and Denver’s Westword, confesses his initial impression on SLC was “full of falsehoods.”

After experiencing the local music scene, and yes, nightlife, he says “the charm of SLC may not stay secret for much longer.” Agreed.

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News, May 11, “Hidden Menace”

Your very informative article called it “spice” or “bath salts” like it is all the same stuff.

Grass clippings sprayed with oven cleaner and ant spray? That doesn’t sound like spice; it sounds like grass grass clippings sprayed with oven cleaner and ant spray! Hey, at least you won’t have to worry about crabs and your teeth will be white and bright at your viewing.

I used to smoke a lot of pot back in the day (I quit 30 years ago) and we’d giggle a lot and say, “Oh, wow, far out,” eat a bunch of nacho Doritos and boink our brains out.

I met this pretty lady a couple of months ago and she offered me some spice. I was curious, and took two tokes and didn’t feel a thing. Three hours later, I wanted to rip someone’s liver out and eat it with fava beans and a nice chianti.

Spice? No, thank you. I’ll stick to huffing hairspray and sucking car exhaust.

ALAN E. WRIGHT, Salt Lake City

Opinion, May 11, “Mall Writer” Can I bring booze and drugs?

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Still a schmuck!

They do not treat Park City the same as the rest of the state. [It’s] nearly impossible to get a liquor license in the rural areas. When they had the membership rules in the past, the state set up stings and monitored it heavily yet you could go to Park City and not be bothered with membership or being sponsored.

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Blog, May 18, “Chaffetz out in July”

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Unfortunately, the price for Sugar House’s popularity leading to its current affluence is that it will destroy all the qualities that made it popular in the first place.

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Drink, May 11, “Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”

They have [a similar self-service bar] in Park City at High West.

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restive wanderers searching for vicarious diversions in travel and adventure.

Distractions like these foster the browser rather than the reader who wishes to linger with the wildly patient voices in books to be embraced by the senses. The time for the sanctuaries offered by small bookstores is dwindling but not yet over. Their presence in the city should be cherished.

Just do it.

Just drink it directly from the box, like a civilized human being.

CAROL HANSEN

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Call Hatch’s office, 801-625-5672.

Encourage him to follow.

MICHAEL O’HAIR

Blog, May 16, “Clearing the Air: Guv hosts final ceremonial bill signing of the year”

Wow. Lip service much? Anyone with half a brain that isn’t up their own ass knows he doesn’t give two shits about pollution.

Those buses will go on being stinky and polluting somewhere in Central America where most people can’t afford to fuck up the air with their own private vehicle.

SEAN PECKHAM Via Facebook

Give me a break! Herbert politicking again instead of doing something meaningful for Utah’s pollution problem. Happy photo-op, Gary!

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I thought porn was a bigger health issue than air quality?

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Hits & Misses, May 11, “Development debacle, conflicts of interest and fixing the system”

Can we replace him with a more efficient model?

Good riddance.

I’m ready to move.

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STEPHEN CLARK, Murray

Reading is what? Fundamental

I’ve only lived here since last September, having spent the last 27 years teaching Latin, ancient Greek and French in Louisiana, and I just discovered a small bookstore, The King’s English. From the wicker chair in an alcove, I perused two shelves labeled mythology—a mix of Homer, Beowulf and some ancient histories. I might have dwelled less on the historians, but the epic poets, their shelf neighbors, made me think of narrative curiosities writers like Herodotus pursued. Nearby were three shelves of philosophy and six of poetry.

These warm and unrushed spaces create an intimacy with printed texts, a quality lost in the presentations of online booksellers.

In the venal enlargements we find on street corners, the pleasure of touching collections of books with their varied colors and dimensions is estranged by aisles structured to catch the cursory eye and hasten purchase, floors connected by escalators and speciously marketed accoutrements: bags, journals, magazine racks, beguiling strollers, seekers of banausic counsel and

Hatch watch

Is it just me, or does Orrin Hatch ever respond substantively to emails? While every other government official I write to responds at least with a message that addresses the issue, this is all I ever get from Hatch: Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding your views. Being informed of your opinions helps me to better represent you as I debate critical policy issues with my colleagues in the United States Senate.

As you might expect, I receive a large volume of correspondence each day, and, if appropriate, I will respond to your specific concerns as quickly as possible. ... Thank you, again, for taking the time to share your views with me.

Sincerely, Orrin G. Hatch United States Senator.

Is he dead, in a coma, or simply bored with his constituents? Time to step aside, Senator.

GENE AMMARELL, Salt Lake City Salt Lake City

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OPINION Summertime Doesn’t Mean We’re Easy As we enter the summer season and update our wardrobes with the hopes of staying cool in a valley that can feel like walking on the sun come July, many women are subject to ridicule for their summer style. Despite significant data suggesting a woman’s choice in attire has nothing to do with being targeted by a predator, this debate seems to continue as though it has merit.

Just last month, Suzanne Venker—The Federalist contributor and traitor to all womankind, who authored a handful of books containing theories more reminiscent of the Edwardian era than the 21st century—wrote a delightful piece called “How Women Can Prevent Sexual Harassment At Work.” In the article, she compassionately points out how “strong” women avoid unwanted advances from the opposite sex.

As one might expect, Venker’s ideal working girl has three qualities: She is dressed appropriately, never flirts and is able to nip unwanted advances “in the bud”—sage wisdom that conveniently leaves out how easy this is for women who receive threats against their livelihoods or their careers.

Venker is the perfect example of an individual who—gosh-darn it—feels it appro-

priate to throw women under the bus for the misconduct of individuals I identified in a previous opinion piece as “shadow men.” She furthers a theory so dated it could be found during an archeological dig: that, when it comes to unwanted sexual advances, women have all the power.

It is not just Venker who feels this way; junior-high and high-school girls in Utah are held to dress codes to help boys focus on their schoolwork. I’m sure you think you’re reading an article from The Onion at this point, and all I can say is, I wish you were (and not just because I would love to write that level of satire). Unfortunately, this is legit.

Although I’m not opposed to dress codes—in fact, I think hats and gloves are long overdue to make a comeback—it just seems that they should be based on principles of etiquette instead of gender bias, which creates a disservice to everyone involved.

Making young women feel as though they are to blame for the behavior of another is misguided, and misses an opportunity to teach respectful behavior to young men, regardless of his female classmate’s tank top strap and its measurements.

Luckily, not all opinions are quite as archaic. In July of 2016, Jessica Wolfendale, an associate philosophy professor at West Virginia University, published an article for dangerouswomenproject.org that argued a “provocatively dressed woman” is dangerous not because of the mystical power society seems to have given them— in statements suggesting short skirts can make a man do anything—but because of the societal narrative that “reinforces and reflect attitudes” assigning men’s misbehavior as the responsibility of women.

I can wholeheartedly get on board with a

BY ASPEN PERRY

well-informed argument seeking to break the societal pattern of condemning the individual not responsible of misbehavior.

But I struggled with some of Wolfendale’s reasoning—mostly her argument that suggests women are damned, no matter what.

For example, if a women wants to dress sexy for a man she is interested in, she then risks attracting unwanted attention from a man she is not.

Granted, this argument has some merit; hence why it has been discussed ad nauseam as a daytime TV hot-topic. However, there’s one major factor that no one seems to be discussing: What if said woman is not thinking about men at all? Has no one ever considered the plausibility of a woman deciding on an outfit to please no one other than herself?

In my experience, the time of year I dress more for myself than any other, is indeed summer. Sure during those glorious 93 days the “livin’ is easy,” but finding an ensemble that can both decrease and hide sweat of epic proportions is not.

As temperatures rise to the low 100s, clothing begins to fall in the category of less-is-more. Men stay cool in light cotton blends with Gold Bond powder close by to avoid chaffing, while women seek breezy outfits capable of arriving at their destination without a wading pool in their bra.

The scene is less femme fatale attempting to trap as many suitors as possible, and more a game to beat the elements in this desert we call home.

During this time, no one will tell a man how their summer attire is going to lure in unwanted advances and despite what some smart-ass guy might claim, this is not because there is no such thing as an unwanted advance for a man. Yet, countless women leaving the house in a strappy

sundress or tank top with shorts will be asked, “Should you really go out in that?” or “What are you trying to say by wearing that?”

Questions that not only further perpetuate blame on women—instead of the shadow men actually at fault—but are also completely unfounded based on statistical data.

According to Utah Department of Health, one in three women in the state will experience some form of sexual assault—a rate that has remained significantly higher than the rest of the United States since 2000. Additionally, Utah Department of Health’s rape and sexual assault statistics state, “Sexual assaults are rarely committed by strangers.” Only 13.3 percent, to be exact.

From a statistical standpoint, sexual assault crimes are more frequently committed by a family member (30.9 percent), an intimate partner (20.8 percent) or a neighbor (14.3 percent).

Which begs the question: If sexual assault is more likely to occur by those who see their victim covered from head to toe in winter (as well as, less so in the summer), is clothing really the issue? The obvious answer is, no.

This summer, as we all try desperately to stay cool while it’s 96-degrees in the shade, I propose we stop assigning blame to women wishing to be left alone in their comfy sundresses and start calling out the behavior of the shadow men for what it is— despicable at any temperature. CW

Aspen Perry is a Salt Lake City-based aspiring author and self-proclaimed “philosophical genius.” Send feedback to: comments@cityweekly.net

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Chaffetz

Little Jason Chaffetz has set off a firestorm of reaction to his resignation, and it says a lot about Utah politics. Chaffetz’ selfimmolation aside, the rush to fill his seat is nothing less than stunning. Without Chaffetz to denounce, the Democratic candidate has been all but lost in the madding crowd. But of more interest is immediate the fight to take over the fight.

Gov. Gary Herbert—and maybe the electorate—won, a Deseret News report says.

But legislators were not happy, because of course, they like the power that our “representative” government gives them.

You know, they’re smarter than everyone else. So they’re hinting at suing Herbert (maybe not now) and continuing to whine that they can’t be in charge. Yes, the timeline is tight, certainly if you’re a Republican who needs to gather signatures to get on the ballot. But a general election ASAP will at least give citizens a voice. A little voice—but a voice nonetheless.

The Dems

It’s lonely being a Democrat in Utah. Ask Michelle Weeks, the sole Dem on the Draper City Council. Now the rest of her colleagues want to hire outside counsel to see if she’s violated any ethics rules or laws by using a city employee to proofread emails unrelated to her official duties, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Hey, couldn’t they just ask her? But then Democrats and emails have sparked a lot of issues in the past year. Weeks is just a little fish on this one, but, oh, the emails! Weeks ran unsuccessfully against Sen. Howard Stephenson in 2014 and took on the nonpartisan election that she won, despite a lot of backbiting. She’s since hired Mark Shurtleff for her defense. Jason Chaffetz will soon be free. Maybe the council should hire him to review those emails.

Science

Yea, science! You know, we’re talking about that discipline the Trump administration thinks is unnecessary and obstructionist. But first, the news: University of Utah scientists have developed a biodegradable hygiene product, also called a sanitary pad. In case you’re a man and perhaps a legislator who doesn’t like to think of these things, that is something to keep women from bleeding all over the place.

And it’s a boon to women in developing countries like Guatemala where there’s no public sanitation system, the Deseret News reports. A 2016 Harvard Business School report says that about 20 billion sanitary pads, tampons and applicators are dumped into North American landfills every year, and it takes centuries for them to biodegrade inside plastic bags.

Good for the U, and here’s hope for the future of research.

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adult) born in Rochester, N.Y.—which has the highest per-capita deaf population in the country—D. Michael Drees has interpreted for the deaf for most of his life. He became a professional interpreter at 18, working with the YMCA, the Rochester Institute of Technology and the University of Rochester. In February 2016, Drees landed an job in Salt Lake City as the assistant director of interpreting at Sorensen Communications, a company that translates calls for the deaf via video-relay service.

You were born into the deaf community, so you learned ASL the same way a hearing child picks up a spoken language—by full immersion.

Yeah, I have a deaf mother and a hearing father. I’ve got two deaf uncles and three deaf aunts.

American Sign Language (ASL) was my first language. My first signs came at seven months of age. My first sign was ‘milk.’ My second sign was ‘cookie.’

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Were you born to do this work?

I was the oldest child out of all my cousins, so I was always asked to interpret all sorts of things for my whole family. My mother was pretty involved with the deaf community, so we would always be at the deaf center. I was always involved.

How do you become an ASL interpreter?

Utah, specifically, has a certification and there’s also a national certification. Utah honors the national certification, as well. There are 130 interpreting programs and colleges across the country. You can earn interpreting degrees from associate’s to bachelor’s, but there’s more education for the language itself. You can get a master’s or Ph.D.

Is your work similar to being a therapist, where you have to maintain confidentiality and also take on some of the clients’ emotions? How does that affect you?

Yeah, we have a code of professional conduct and confidentiality is No. 1. And we also never know what’s coming next. You experience [the clients’] joys and sorrows. There is such a thing as vicarious trauma that nurses and therapists do experience. We’re interpreting for the person, so we are showing and feeling their emotions. So it does have an impact. At the end of the day, I’m just happy that I can provide this service for the deaf community.

What experiences have you had through your work that you otherwise wouldn’t have had?

You can go anywhere and interpret anything, like business meetings in places you never thought you’d be, or hospitals—or work with people in politics or entertainment that you never thought you’d meet. Recently, I was asked to interpret a meeting for the Deaf National Disc Golf Championships and actually took on the role of co-Tournament Director.

This year marks the 17th annual DNC, and it’s the first appearance in Salt Lake City, which is a big deal. We’ll have the top, approximately 100, deaf competitors from all over the nation coming to compete. It happens June 28 through July 1.

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Where did the modern depiction of Jesus come from, and when?

—Ryan Copper

You could be a little more specific, Ryan.

Maybe the depiction you’re thinking of is a version of what’s called the Divine Mercy image, showing a very white Jesus with puppy-dog eyes, that originated in the 1930s. Or maybe it’s the somewhat more rugged fellow seen in Head of Christ, from 1940. But yes, either way what you’re talking about is a clearly European-looking Jesus—fair-skinned, light-haired, blueeyed, his softly handsome demeanor suggesting a teen idol, if a serious-minded one.

You’d figure a guy like that would have been a real sore thumb in first-century Judea. So where’d we get the idea that that’s Jesus?

Well, it sure wasn’t from the Bible. You can read the Holy Writ cover to cover, Old Testament and New, and you’re not going to find any usable info about what Jesus looked like. In Revelation, the triumphant Christ is described as being white in color, true, but he’s also said to have white hair, fiery eyes, and feet of burnished bronze.

Prophets who describe the coming messiah also mention whiteness, but similarly this seems to be an indication of his purity rather than his complexion.

We don’t have any historical documentation of Jesus’ appearance either—at least none that’s authentic. There’s a letter, widely reprinted in Renaissance Europe, attributed to one Publius Lentulus, purportedly a Roman governor of Judea who lived in Jesus’ day, describing him to the Roman Senate as radiantly handsome, with wavy red-brown hair, rosy cheeks, and bright gray eyes. But the letter’s a fake, dating back no further than the 1400s. (This is around the same period when the Shroud of Turin first surfaced to provide alleged evidence of Jesus’ facial features.)

Nor did the earliest Christians leave behind any useful renderings of Jesus. Read broadly, the Second Commandment forbade “graven images,” and anyway scurrying through catacombs to avoid persecution was hardly conducive to the production of fine art—Jesus was represented, if at all, in scrawled symbols of Xes and fishes. And when his followers debated about his physical appearance, they didn’t necessarily consider him to have been a looker. Early Christians may have understood Jesus as a shape-shifter: in the Apocryphal text Acts of John, he simultaneously appears to one apostle as a bald guy with a thick beard but to another as a scraggly bearded kid. The early theologian Tertullian, quoting Isaiah (“He had no form nor comeliness”), presents Jesus as unimpressivelooking at best, perhaps even disfigured. In a second-century work, the scholar Origen seems to imply that pagan critics had razzed Christians for their funny-looking god.

Over the ensuing years, though, theological arguments began to surface insisting that Jesus must be beautiful, as a proper physical representation of the divine.

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Images of Jesus began drawing on classical models of beauty and grace. Pre-Renaissance artistic renderings already show him as unmistakably European: a fresco by Pietro Lorenzetti from around 1320 has a light-haired, light-bearded Jesus being taken down from the cross. Which—in addition to the little fact that’s there’s no support for it—is why we can dismiss the story you’ll see tossed around in which the emergence of Euro-Jesus can be traced to 1490, when Pope Alexander I supposedly ordered a purge of all depictions of Jesus as Semitic-looking and commissioned a number of influential replacement paintings using his son, Cardinal Cesare Borgia, as the model. In reality, a white Jesus had established his foothold well before.

It’s hardly shocking, then, that when a 20th-century mystic, the Polish nun and future saint Faustina Kowalska, reported in 1931 that Jesus had revealed himself to her in a vision, the figure she saw matched the longstanding consensus view of his appearance. Under Sister Faustina’s direction, a painter named Eugene Kazimirowski produced a likeness of a light-skinned, lightbrown-haired Jesus with right hand raised in benediction, his left drawing aside the robe over his heart, from which emanate beams of red and white light. Hung in a chapel in Vilnius and known as the Divine Mercy or the Merciful Jesus, it went over big enough to inspire adaptations by subsequent artists who widened the eyes to more doelike proportions. Eventually, reproductions of the various Faustina images became notably popular in Latin America, meaning they’re often encountered in the U.S. too.

Meanwhile Head of Christ, by Chicago illustrator Warner Sallman, entered public awareness at right around the same time.

With his imposing brow, this Jesus has a little more of a red-blooded look, and it apparently struck a chord in W WII-era America; the Salvation Army and the YMCA handed out wallet-sized cards to countless soldiers, and within four years of taking on the job Sallman’s publishers had printed 14 million copies. All told, maybe half a billion Head of Christs have rolled off the presses to date.

None of this, of course, addresses the question of how accurate these images likely are, or how non-European the historical Jesus’ features might have been. We won’t sort it out now, but it’s safe to say that sticking to a stricter reading of the Second Commandment’s no-graven-images policy would have avoided a lot of disputation down the road. n

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Eight signs that it’s summer in Utah:

stretch of spring has come and gone.

7. Bros have switched out their winter cargo shorts for their summer cargo shorts. summer flip-flops.

5. Women are wearing short-

shorts that cause missionaries to question their faith, sexuality and location assignment.

4. Around 36 local hikers have already been reported lost in the mountains.

2. You’ve posted your first

swimsuit pic of the season on Instagram … and the reviews are not good. fire in sunlight are cranking out “Summer Fun!” articles under duress.

Feel intimidated by those self-important congressional and state representatives of yours? You might be even less inclined to speak up if you were raised in a Mormon, trusting and non-threatening environment. LDS Dems is sponsoring two Lift Up Your Voice: Reaching Your Representatives events with Emily Ellsworth (@editoremilye) to discuss how to be more effective and creative in contacting your representatives, getting your voice heard and igniting change.

Former U.S. Rep. Karen Shepherd will be there, too. Seats are limited, and are first come, first served. Salt Lake City Public Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-6520737, Thursday, May 25, 7-9 p.m.; Provo City Library, 2nd floor events room, 550 N. University Ave., Provo, Tuesday, May 30, 7-9 p.m., bit.ly/2qBnpwK

POLYGAMY AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Polygamy—it’s not just the Duggars.

There are ways to talk about it and ways to recognize its pervasive abuse. The Utah Coalition Against Sexual Violence is offering the certificate course Polygamy, Plural Marriage, and Sexual Violence to shed light on the unique cultural aspects of plural marriage.

There’s an overview of the issues, terminology and facts surrounding polygamy and plural marriage in Utah. This is no joke. A former child bride of Warren Jeffs is seeking millions from the polygamist leader. Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 284 W. 400 North, Ste. 103, 801-764-0404, Tuesday, May 30, 6:30-9:30 p.m., free, ucasa.org

ACTIVISM WITHIN

Maybe you’ve been avoiding the news, you know, because it makes you batshit crazy. If you’re fearful for the future; frustrated about protecting public lands, air and water; angry at political polarization, and just want to hide, there might be some relief. You can join Beyond Against: Activism from the Eye of the Storm for a weekend of exploring the soul of activism. It’s a workshop retreat for seasoned and blossoming activists from many areas and perspectives. It promises new connections—to self, to community and to the power and wisdom found in the natural world. This is a way to empower your work and build bridges.

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Battle lines deepen in Moab over controversial police officer’s return to duty.

BY STEPHEN DARK sdark@cityweekly.net @stephenpdark

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n mid-May, Officer Steven Risenhoover returned to patrolling the streets of southern Utah tourist mecca, Moab, after a year on administrative leave.

Of the four Moab officers whom Grand County prosecutor Andrew Fitzgerald complained to the city about last fall, Risenhoover is the only one still on the force. Former officers Joshua Althoff and Justin Olsen both resigned last summer.

Althoff since has been hit with multiple charges, including domestic violence and obstruction of justice. Veteran narcotics officer Shaun Hansen, the fourth officer in Fitzgerald’s crosshairs, retired from the force with benefits, Moab City Manager David Everitt says.

The Feb. 2 City Weekly cover story “Mayhem in Moab” looked at multiple investigations into Moab PD at the county, state and federal levels. Interviews with residents and members of the local legal community revealed a department in a state of crisis, beset by a culture that is poorly supervised at best, and where some officers felt they could act outside the law. Everitt says that’s all in the past.

But now, in its place, a confrontation has emerged between Fitzgerald and the city over Risenhoover—and neither party is backing down.

The controversy stems from Moab’s request to Vernal Police Department for an internal-affairs investigation into five allegations made by Fitzgerald against Risenhoover in September 2016. Those assertions claim that Risenhoover, before he was a cop, did not pay taxes totaling over $4 million during 11 years because he viewed taxation as unconstitutional, and that he threatened to send defense attorney Happy Morgan and her paralegal, Crystal Alvarez, to prison. In response to a call and text seeking comment, Risenhoover referred all inquiries to his attorney.

Everitt says the Vernal investigators found all the allegations “unfounded.”

From the city’s perspective, he says, “there’s no reason or evidence to withhold him from being a fully active police officer.”

Vernal’s Detective Sgt. Shawn Lewis says he and a second officer substantiated an allegation relating to a May 2016 state investigation into the tax is-

L AW E N F O R C E M E N T sues only because Risenhoover already admitted it. When it came to their own investigation, “we closed it out,” Lewis says. “There was nothing for us to investigate.” That was the same with the allegation that he threatened Morgan. Since it had already been investigated by a sergeant at Moab PD, Lewis says there was essentially nothing for them to do. Overall, Lewis says Moab PD’s policies were out of date and his job simply was to investigate if Risenhoover’s actions had violated those policies. Among the remaining allegations, they found no policy violations.

In a five-page letter dated May 8, 2017, to interim Moab PD Chief Steve Ross, Fitzgerald took issue with the city’s decision to put Risenhoover back out on the street: “This proposed action is not only problematic, but it puts the public and the Moab Police Department in jeopardy,” the prosecutor wrote. He also labeled the Vernal IA probe as “incomplete” and complained that the investigators had failed to interview six key witnesses. “The lack of interviews of critical witnesses is quite simply poor investigatory work.” He told the city he would dismiss any case investigated

by Risenhoover. In his letter, he noted that it “is absolutely unacceptable” that a crime victim could not get justice because Risenhoover’s “tax evasion history” opened the door to him being viewed as a “non-credible witness” by jurors.

Risenhoover’s attorney Bret Rawson says he and his client “agree with the city of Moab. He isn’t impaired to do his job and we take great issue with the arbitrary decision Mr. Fitzgerald made to suggest he wouldn’t accept Officer Risenhoover’s cases. I would add that it’s ridiculous a tax issue—especially one that’s being dealt with appropriately by the IRS— would lead anyone to conclude a police officer would not be able to do his job.”

If Fitzgerald wanted to blame his department, Lewis says “that’s fine. We can only do so much and work with what we have.” His department did a “fine investigation,” he says. “I’m sorry Mr. Fitzgerald doesn’t like the results.”

On May 9, 2017, Risenhoover filed a notice of a potential lawsuit against both Fitzgerald and Grand County Sheriff Steve White over claims they sought, along with defense attorney Happy Morgan, to stop him from working as a cop. Rawson wouldn’t comment on the pending litigation.

Salt Lake City civil attorney Heather White is representing Grand County. In a statement, White wrote, “Office Risenhoover’s allegation that Mr. Fitzgerald violated his constitutional rights by fulfilling Mr. Fitzgerald’s Brady/Giglio obligations shows his failure to understand the nature of that duty.” Brady/ Giglio refers to federal laws that require a prosecutor to disclose evidence

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Moab City shrugs off criticism by the county prosecutor that an internal affairs investigation was inadequate. that “tends to negate the guilt of the accused or mitigates the offense, which includes evidence related to an officer’s truth and veracity.”

Everitt says Fitzgerald’s intention to dismiss any class A misdemeanor or felony cases that Risenhoover might file puts them in “a very difficult place.

We have an obligation to return Officer Risenhoover to work. We are working to figure out the best way to deploy him as a fully vested officer to minimize that chance.” The city’s justice court prosecutor, Chad Woolley, doesn’t share Fitzgerald’s concern, Everitt notes.

Woolley says, “I’m not prepared to say that Risenhoover’s actions have caused me to believe that he is a witness that can’t be trusted.” That said, he does think information might have to be disclosed to the defense, but only on a case-by-case basis.

If Fitzgerald and Vernal PD vehemently disagree on the quality and depth of the investigation, Vernal’s Lewis agrees with Fitzgerald that “there is a Brady issue there,” regarding Risenhoover’s unpaidtaxes history. But, he says, “that’s a battle for” the city and the prosecutor to fight.

Indeed, in the IA, the officers wrote, “This is clearly an ethics and an integrity issue that must be addressed by the department and the prosecuting attorney.”

While the problems surrounding Risenhoover’s reinstatement for both the city and the county attorney seem intractable, a surprise twist in the quest to find a replacement for former Moab PD Chief Mike Navarre might push the back-and-forth into the shadows.

Several sources confirmed that Salt

Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder was a late-entry candidate for the position of chief, which until then had come down to a shortlist of two serving chiefs—one from Parowan, Utah, and the other New Mexico. That shortlist had been reached after vetting by what Fitzgerald calls “a large committee.” Winder did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

“Neither candidate was an overwhelming pick,” Everitt says, but declined to comment on whether Winder also was in the running.

“I thought both of them would have set the bar so much higher,” Fitzgerald says.

He adds he’s “a little nervous” that, without the committee’s involvement, an unidentified new candidate has emerged.

Fitzgerald is pleased that three of the officers he had issues with are gone, but he views Risenhoover’s reinstatement as the city “taking a step back.”

He says he invested a year into trying to address issues relating to the trustworthiness of some officers. “It just seems like the city is still rather resistant to fix the problem. They owe it to the community to ensure the highest level of law enforcement and integrity, and ignoring their county attorney is, I think, absolutely ridiculous.”

Everitt finds it odd that, he says, Fitzgerald “does not respect that process” the city and Vernal undertook to address his allegations. “I feel it’s insulting to people who have been working so hard—police officers and Chief Ross, in particular. I think he does a disservice to Moab PD with what’s starting to feel like a witch hunt.” CW

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Monroe Martin has made comedy out of his challenging childhood—including living in 15 different foster homes—but that doesn’t mean he turned to being funny at an early age as a coping mechanism. In fact, he says by phone from his home in New York that, “I didn’t necessarily want to be a comic or an entertainer when I was younger. …

[Then] one of my friends had me watch stand-up with him, and I found myself memorizing funny stuff and telling jokes as though I’d made them up on the spot.”

His early attempts at stand-up didn’t automatically point to future success, either. “When I first did comedy,” he says, “I didn’t know what the hell to do. I just started saying stuff—and it wasn’t funny at all. I got banned from a club for two months because I would go up and start saying the most random nonsense. Then I started hanging out around other comics, and they kind of taught me, ‘Bro, you write your ideas down and you present them to the audience.’”

Martin certainly has worked through those early growing pains, appearing on Last Comic Standing and The Artie Lange Show and finetuning a style that finds hilarious twists on familiar topics like bad dates and pregnancy scares. This weekend’s visit marks his first-ever Salt Lake City gig, and Martin hopes to introduce himself casually. “If you meet a stranger, we’re always put off by the guy who opens up way too quick,” he says. “Before you even shake their hand, it’s, ‘I’m going through a divorce.’ If you come in and you’re cool, then you can ease them into more real stuff.” (Scott Renshaw) Monroe Martin @ Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, 801-532-5233, May 25, 7:30 p.m.; May 26-27, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $15, 21+, wiseguyscomedy.com

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While a majority of contemporary popular music seems designed to elicit a visceral response, it’s really nothing new. Some of the great symphonic compositions of the past century were conceived as spectacles basen on sumptuous aural imagery.

One such composition, Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, was so strikingly revolutionary that it legendarily caused a near riot when it made its Paris debut in 1913. Originally conceived as orchestration to accompany ballet choreographed

by Vaslav Nijinsky—which was daring for its time—it later achieved greater distinction as a stand-alone masterpiece that’s still considered an avant-garde original, no less striking or sensual more than a century later.

Consequently, the final presentation of the Utah Symphony’s 2016-17 season ups the ante by combining The Rite of Spring with Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir d’un Lieu Cher. The orchestra’s principal librarian, Clovis Lark, describes the program as “a unique chance to encounter two great works exploring primitivism in Central Asia and the Americas.”

Conducted by Musical Director Thierry Fischer and featuring acclaimed young violinist Simone Porter (pictured), The Rite of Spring deserves its star billing, both for its masterful blend of tone and texture and the sensuous theme that extols liberation and reawakening. The pagan precepts still resonate, creating a visceral effect that even today’s edgiest auteurs—Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire and Madonna among them—might find cause to admire for both boldness and bravado.

(Lee Zimmerman) Utah Symphony: The Rite of Spring @ Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, 801355-3787, May 26-27, 7:30 p.m., $21-$82, artsaltlake.org

While many media organizations seem most interested in shouting at and over each other, the nonprofit storytelling group The Moth wants to listen.

For two decades, it’s provided a platform for people to stand alone and tell their stories.

Millions of listeners have enjoyed their Peabody Award-winning radio show, The Moth Radio Hour, their eponymous podcast and their live shows.

Presented by KUER, The Moth is bringing their dedication to storytelling and listening to Utah with their show Between Worlds.

Jenifer Hixon, senior producer for The Moth and director of the Salt Lake City show, says the “between worlds” theme was chosen because it’s a broad enough topic to encompass everything from becoming a mother to a smaller, less monumental events.

“I want the stories to all be really different,” she says. “I think it’s a better show if you have a rainbow of stories. If the stories are all about the same thing, they end up competing instead of complementing each other.”

Each story, presented without notes, centers around people right on the cusp of a turning point in their lives. The storytellers include people from Salt Lake City, other U.S. cities and Israel.

Some of their tales will feel familiar to the audience, Hixon says, while others will take listeners to places they’ve never imagined.

“It’s lively because there’s a tightrope feeling to it,” she says. “The person’s up there alone without a net, sharing a part of themselves.”

(Kylee Ehmann) The Moth Live: Between Worlds @ Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Circle, 801-581-7100, May 30, 7 p.m., $17-$43, tickets.utah.edu

If your familiarity with the story of Cinderella is limited to the Disney film, Cinderella cast member Joanna Johnson (pictured, center) feels it’s only fair that audiences should be prepared: “There are no talking animals,” she says.

That’s far from the only difference in this touring production of the 2012 Broadway version, which adapts the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical created for television in 1957. Johnson—a Grantsville native—plays Charlotte, a character that most people would refer to as one of the “wicked stepsisters.” That’s not the way this version unfolds, however, according to Johnson.

“My character is kind of not bright enough to notice that others around her are not being treated well,” Johnson says. “When I first booked the job, I thought, ‘Oh, I get to be nasty.’ Then I read the script, and she does not do one malicious thing.”

She’ll be showing off that unique version of a Cinderella stepsister to an audience that she knows will include friends and family members, as she returns to Utah in her first touring production role. While that dynamic presents a few distinct challenges—”I don’t want to be thinking, ‘My first grade teacher is here; don’t disappoint her,’” Johnson says—she’s also excited to bring this family-friendly, visually dazzling production with Tony Award-winning costumes to her hometown, and keep in mind this is just one stop.

“There is this moment when you get on stage, and then it’s like, ‘Oh, it’s home,’” Johnson says.

“The show becomes your rock.” (Scott Renshaw) Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella @ Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, 801-355-2787, May 30-June 1, 7:30 p.m.; June 2, 8 p.m.; June 3, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; June 4, 1 p.m. & 6:30 p.m., $30-$105, artsaltlake.org

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Birds of a Feather

Sylvia Torti brings humanities and science together for the psychological character study of Cages.

BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

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Friday June 23, 8pm

hen you see a novel titled Cages, and realize that it’s about emotionally wounded scientists engaged in research on songbirds, it’s easy to fear the worst about a clunky, extended literary metaphor. Author Sylvia Torti lays it right on the table, having one of the characters expressly say, “To some extent, aren’t we all in a cage?” and having another respond, “I’m not talking metaphorically.”

“I didn’t want it ever to be a simple metaphor,” Torti, the dean of humanities at the University of Utah, says in a phone interview. “I think that’s why I put it in, just to get it out there.”

Her story winds up far more complex and fascinating than something that can be reduced to a single pithy sentence. Set in a research lab at a university in an unnamed but undeniably Salt Lake City-like location, it focuses on three members of a scientific team studying songbirds. David is a psychologist trying to understand human language through the similar processes by which birds learn their songs. Anton is a post-doc from the Italian region of Südtirol attempting to identify where memory is created. Rebecca is a gifted photographer who turns to working as a lab assistant after the traumatic end of a romantic relationship.

The novel is a story 10 years in the making, sparked by Torti’s own work in a University of Utah bird research lab with Franz Goller after earning a Ph.D. in ecology. “I realized this [lab] was an amazing space to think about humans, how birds can be used to understand the development of language,” she says. “Like us, they have to hear during a critical period when they’re babies, then learn to babble.

Then we had these scientists in the lab, all learning about communication, and the running joke was that we study it because we’re no good at it.”

Cages began as a short story with a female protagonist who was a precursor to Rebecca, but a friend who was also a writer encouraged her to develop it into a novel. The research laboratory setting made it natural to expand the narrative to include the three primary protagonists.

“Science labs are interesting spaces,” Torti says, “because they often have a

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real mix of people. There are often people from another country, or specialists in other areas. Those clashes of discipline, or gender, are interesting.”

That doesn’t mean it was easy to turn that initial short story into what became Cages. Torti notes, perhaps surprisingly, that Rebecca was the hardest character for her to develop. “I don’t exactly know why, but it’s easier for me to write male characters than female characters,” she says.

“Perhaps I try so hard not to over-identify with a character.

Even more difficult for her, however, was creating a narrative that had some forward plot momentum. “I was interested in character, and the process of science, and finding the right language to describe a place I find intriguing. But in earlier versions, there wasn’t a lot of plot. My first novel [2005’s The Scorpion’s Tail] took place during a civil war; plot was easy. In a lab, the same things happen day after day.”

That setting, however, becomes a compelling milieu for exploring the conflicts between the way researchers attempt to understand the world scientifically, and the way they don’t always understand their own minds and the emotional scars that affect them. She complicates this idea through detailed descriptions of the passage of time through the cycle of the seasons, while the characters themselves remain mostly isolated from the outside world.

“The characters do go outside,” Torti says, “but they are really living much of their lives in this laboratory—a fictitious, sterile space. You’ve got a bird in a cage, and you think you’re recording its song.

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than out of cages. Humans weren’t meant to live in cages, but we stick ourselves in these enclosed environments, when the world is out there.”

OK, so maybe Torti does delve into that metaphorical area of personal cages. The novel Cages, however, finds a nuanced way of examining those self-imposed restrictions, in a way that finds specific resonance in the world in which she sets her story.

That’s where she explores the unique overlap between her experiences working in a lab and working in the humanities, and the respective comfort level of people in those worlds with talking about their inner lives.

“I don’t want to stereotype,” Torti says, “but scientists are smart, yet not really comfortable ... talking about the stuff of humanity. I was interested in exploring this idea of people who spend their days together, but are dealing in their minds with people who are not on stage.

“So much of what we’re doing in the moment is us trying to come to terms with what happened in our past. And nobody says that.” CW

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Tyler Bloomquist explores the volatile subject of police-involved violence in a series of 14 mixed-media portraits—seven of civilians slain by police, and seven of police slain by civilians—in the exhibition Confusion at FICE Gallery (160 E. 200 South, 801-3644722, ficegallery.com) through June 15.

Annie Get Your Gun Brigham’s Playhouse, 25 N. 300 West, Washington, 435-251-8000, through May 27, times vary, brighamsplayhouse.com Betty Blue Eyes Hale Center Theatre, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, 801-226-8600, through May 27, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., haletheater.org Brigadoon the Musical Opera House, 212 N. Main, St. George, 866-967-8167, ThursdaySaturday, 7:30 p.m., sgmusicaltheater.com Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Egyptian Theatre Company, 328 Main, Park City, 435-6499371, through June 4, Thursday-Saturday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 6 p.m., egyptiantheatrecompany.org Captain AmericanFORK Desert Star Theatre, 4861 S. State, Murray, 801-266-2600, through June 3, times vary, desertstar.biz Hairspray The Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State, 801-957-3300, through June 3, ThursdaySaturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee 2 p.m., grandtheatrecompany.com The Moth Live on Stage Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, 801-581-7100, May 30, 7 p.m., tickets.utah.edu (see p. 14) Pirates of The Carabeener Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, 801-355-4628, through June 10, 7:30 p.m., theobt.org Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, 801-355-2787, May 30-June 4, times vary, artsaltlake.org (see p. 14)

Shrek the Musical Tuacahn Amphitheatre, 1100 Tuacahn, Ivins, May 26-Oct. 20, 435-652-3300, dates and times vary, tuacahn.org

Gustave Baumann: Artist and Artisan Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, 801-581-7332, May 25, 7 p.m., umfa.utah.edu

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Ballet West: National Choreographic Festival Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, through May 27, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 2 & 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org SALT II in Concert Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, May 26-27, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Gifted Music School Spring Gala Benefit Concert Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, May 25, 7 p.m.

Utah Symphony: The Rite of Spring Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple. 801-355-2787, May 26-27, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org (see p. 14)

COMEDY & IMPROV

ImprovBroadway ImprovBroadway, 496 N. 900 East, Provo, 909-260-2509, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m., improvbroadway.com Monroe Martin Wiseguys, 194 S 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801-532-5233, May 25-27, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 7 & 9 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com (see p. 14) Open-Mic Night Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801-532-5233, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Julian Mihdi: Chimera Golden Braid Books, 151 S. 500 East, 801-322-1162, goldenbraidbooks.com Sylvia Torti: Cages Tracy Aviary, 589 E. 1300 South, 801-484-9100, May 25, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com (see p. 16) Sara B. Larson: Dark Breaks the Dawn The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801484-9100, May 30, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com

SPECIAL EVENTS FESTIVALS & FAIRS

Scandinavian Heritage Festival Ephraim, May 26-27, scandinavianheritagefestival.org Festival of Colors West Stadium Park, 1650 S. Jefferson St., Ogden, May 27, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., festivalofcolorsusa.com

TALKS & LECTURES

Books and Bridges: Jacob Baker on Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, 801-328-2586, May 25, 7 p.m., wellerbookworks.com

GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Am I Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts 631 W. North Temple, Ste. 700, through July 7, facebook.com/mestizoarts All of Us Beasts Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, through July 7.

Art at the Main Spring Show 210 E. 400 South, 801-363-4088, through June 10, artatthemain.com Barbara Ellard Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, 801-596-5000, through June 9, saltlakearts.org Bill Lee Gallery at Library Square, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through June 9, slcpl.org Gemma Joon Bae: When I Called You by Name You Came to Me and Became a Flower Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 East, 801594-8611, through May 25, slcpl.orgI Jeff Juhlin: Shifting Ground A Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East, 801-583-4800, through June 3, agallery.com Kelly O’Neill: rend/er Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801328-4201, April 28-June 3, Tuesday-Saturday, utahmoca.org Joseph Cipro: Cosmic Musings Gallery 814, 814 E. 100 South, 801-533-0204, through July 31 Kelly O’Neill: rend/er UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through June 3, utahmoca.org Laura Hope Mason: Abstract Landscapes Art Barn/Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, 801-596-5000, through June 9, saltlakearts.org Mapping & Unpacking: Mixed Media and Sculpture by Bret Hanson Gallery at Library Square, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through June 9, slcpl.org May the Fourth: Heroes and Villains Urban Arts Gallery, 137 S. Rio Grande St., 801-2300820, through June 4, urbanartsgallery.org Michael Ryan Handley: Sublimation UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through Sept.

9, utahmoca.org Petecia Le Fawnhawk: Desert Elements Modern West Fine Art, 177 E. 200 South, 801-355338, through June 10, modernwestfineart.com Rona Pondick & Robert Feintuch: Heads, Hands, Feet; Sleeping, Holding, Dreaming, Dying UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-3284201, through July 15, utahmoca.org Stephanie Espinoza and Alexis Hansen: Unnatural Landscapes Downtown Artist Collective, 258 E. 100 South, through May 31, downtownartistcollective.org

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The secondi piatti portion of the menu is what we typically think of as entrées. Classic Italian fare such as chicken saltimbocca ($28), chicken Marsala ($24) and veal scallopine with lemon and white wine sauce ($32) are offered, along with various pork, duck, fish and beef selections. For something light and lovely, I recommend the vitello Albese ($36), which is tender, thin-sliced veal medallions with oyster mushrooms and white truffle fondue. At the other end of the light-to-heavy scale is ossobuco di bue alla Piemontese ($36). It’s an interesting deviation from classic ossobuco, which usually involves lamb or veal shanks.

Here, a braised Piedmontese beef short rib is the main attraction. It’s cooked until (yes, it’s a cliché) nearly falling off the bone. The beef is oh-so tender and tasty, bathed in a natural au jus with chunks of carrots and celery. I’d have preferred more delicate minced vegetables, but that’s a minor issue.

Our server was kind enough to include a portion of spaghetti with the ossobuco at no extra charge.

Where in the past I often found servers to be jittery and sometimes discombobulated, recent experience was quite the opposite: confident, friendly and professional, with excellent timing. Water and wine glasses never went unattended and servers were very much in command of the extensive menu and wine list. I’d say Cucina Toscana is here to stay. CW

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gula topped with shaved fennel and Parmigiano-Reggiano. It’s a pretty straightforward dish, where the crab and lobster do the talking—no fancy foams, reductions or sauces to muck up the works. Would I eat it again? Yes. Would I order it again? Not at that price. A better bang-for-the-buck, I think, is carpaccio di bue ($20), which is thin-sliced Piedmontese beef carpaccio simply dressed with arugula, olive oil, lemon juice and Parmigiano-Reggiano. For a warm antipasto dish, there is capesante ($29), which features sautéed shrimp, calamari and scallops with spinach in a shrimp reduction.

For many customers, the pasta selection is the reason for returning. I’ve loved their housemade gnocchi for as long as I can remember, whether it’s the no-nonsense pomodoro preparation ($22) or the spicier arrabbiata ($22). The spaghetti alla carbonara ($20) is solid, as are the Bolognesestyle lasagna and the housemade ravioli dishes. For seafood lovers looking to go big, it’s hard to beat the spaghetti all’ubriaco ($38). This “drunken” spaghetti dish features Chianti-infused shrimp reduction and a seafood assortment of clams, lobster, shrimp, calamari and scallops.

A great way to sample some of the excellent pastas without committing to an entire plate of one item is with the pasta primi piatti selection. These are mix-andmatch pasta dishes such as potato gnocchi with spicy tomato sauce, together with spinach and ricotta ravioli in butter-sage tomato sauce. With the primi piatti, you get to taste two or three different smallportioned pastas on one plate. I thoroughly enjoyed the Pasta Duo ($15), which was housemade potato gnocchi in spicy tomato sauce on one side of the plate, paired with spinach and ricotta ravioli topped with a rich, decadent, Fontina, Parmesan,

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he last time I visited and wrote about Cucina Toscana—one of Salt Lake City’s most steadfast restaurants— impresario Valter Nassi was still holding court as “master of ceremonies,” host and all around gadfly. That was many years ago, and some Nassi lovers followed him when he left Toscana and opened his namesake Valter’s Osteria. The atmosphere at Cucina Toscana these days is a bit more subdued than during the Nassi years; if you know him, you know what I’m talking about. There is less of a show in the dining room, and the focus is more on the food than the entertainment.

I do miss Nassi, but I think the cuisine has become more serious than in the past.

Then again, not that much has changed.

The kitchen staff has remained largely intact in recent years; there’s a consistency that plenty of restauranteurs would envy.

The décor hasn’t undergone any major overhauls since Nassi’s departure, either: black-and-white color scheme, crisp white tablecloths and napkins and tables set with quality stemware. It’s a classy place to dine, although that doesn’t stop some from coming in flip-flops, cutoffs and baseball caps.

On a recent visit, the host who seated us might have been draped in Prada or Armani—I’m not sure of my designers—and I was impressed, since I was wearing a suit myself, when asked if I’d prefer a black or white napkin. My wife had to explain to me that white napkins tend to leave white lint on dark suits, and so the black one was the way to go. I’ve never even been given the napkin choice in European 3-Star Michelin restaurants, so score one for SLC. Once seated, a server brought us gratis bruschetta with diced tomato and fresh basil, perhaps to prepare us for what was to come. Upon initially perusing the menu, sticker shock might occur. Risotto of the day is $34. A simple antipasto of burrata, roasted tomatoes and saba is priced at $18.

The charcuterie and cheese selection is $19, and the fresh fish dish of the day runs $44, so bring your platinum card.

I held my breath and ordered a $29 dish from the antipasti selection: aragosta e granchio in carpaccio. It’s a lovely looking dish, served on a rectangular white plate.

In each of the four corners is a tomato slice topped with chunks of lobster and crab, upon which, in turn, lies a single shrimp.

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On June 8-9 from 5-10 p.m., Salt Lake magazine presents the seventh annual Tastemakers culinary event, a two-day progressive food and wine tasting. Attendees have the opportunity to sample dishes from dozens of Utah’s top restaurants and food purveyors at the Pavilion, located at The Gateway mall. New for 2017 is a Tasting Tour with open-air bus transport every 10-15 minutes to stops near seven participating establishments, including Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Finca, Squatters and Market Street Grill. General passes are $30, and VIP passes are available for $85. For tickets and information, visit tastemakersutah.com.

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Park City’s Waldorf Astoria (2100 Frostwood Drive, 801-647-5500, waldorfastoriaparkcity.com) has paired with Park City Brewery to launch a poolside Beer Garden for the season.

Previously open only to hotel guests and spa members, the Waldorf pool will now be open to the public at 5 p.m. on Saturday evenings starting May 27 and continuing throughout the summer.

Five Park City Brewery beers are on tap—including Waldorf Pow Day Beer— plus non-alcoholic root beer. Poolside snacks are also available to order.

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Congrats to Oasis Café (151 S. 500 East, 801-322-0404, oasiscafeslc.com), which was honored as Utah’s sole winner of the just-released OpenTable 100 Best Brunch Restaurants in America for 2017. According to the reservation site, the awards reflect the opinions of more than 10 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified diners for more than 24,000 restaurants in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Many reviewers commented on Oasis’ appealing courtyard patio, as well as the brunch menu, which features items like the frittata of the day, German buttermilk pancakes, eggs Benedict Florentine, huevos rancheros and lunch sandwiches, salads, soups, wraps and burgers.

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Quote of the week: “One of the very best things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.”

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our bellies with some delectable (and cheap) cuisine (p. 36), get buzzed with a list of our favorite sunny cocktails (p. 55) and get really buzzed as we delve into the world of beekeeping (p. 35).

And what’s summer without some rolled paper tubes filled with black powder going boom in the sky? Inversion be damned! We won’t see you for another five months or so, anyway. We jest, of course. Before getting your firework fix (p. 66), clear your lungs at some of the region’s best hikes (p. 33), and when you’re done, rinse off at any of our fine watering holes (p. 32).

So bust out the Coppertone and get ready for one sizzling ride. Here, turn around, you missed a spot.

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Summertime in SLC is glorious—a time when heavy parkas get traded in for tank tops, snow boots for hiking ones and red, frostbitten faces are replaced by red, sunburned, blistered ones. In this guide we celebrate all these 93 days, 15 hours and 38 minutes have to offer—from the best music festivals (p. 57) and outdoor arts bashes (p. 25) to roller coasters (p. 42), and duh, beer (p. 49). All the while, we take detours to check in with our rowdiest of home teams (p. 30), throw all #SummerBod expectations out the window and fill

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A NEWBIE VISITOR’S TAKE ON SLC.

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alt Lake City is Utah’s capital and most populated city; this much I knew before my initial visit.

From the Wasatch Mountains behind the city’s skyline to Temple Square downtown, SLC is a mixed bag to most outsiders like myself. The first thought that crossed my mind before heading into town was “Mormons. Mormons everywhere.”

But coming from Pittsburgh, an old-school Catholic town, what was the Mormon faith all about? Paint me ignorant, but I didn’t expect too much as I rolled through to watch some live music. Here’s what I found during my weekend trip.

Expectation: Salt Lake City isn’t a sports town. I know, I know, they have pro sports teams, but I can’t imagine SLC being on the same level as, say, Pittsburgh or Chicago.

Reality: While SLC might not be a blue-blood sports town like Philadelphia or Boston, the Beehive State features a rabid fan base, especially when it comes to the Utah Jazz of the NBA. After moving from New Orleans in 1979, the Jazz’ golden years were the 1990s when Hall of Famers Karl Malone and John Stockton

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Expectation: Everyone in SLC will be super nice. I don’t have much experience with the Mormon faith, but I assumed they were friendly people, and while not all SLC peeps are Mormon (around half are, while the state average is 62 percent), good vibes are often contagious.

Reality: When my AirBNB host, David, sent me a list of recommendations in the downtown neighborhood I was staying in, I knew SLC folk were going to be OK in my book. The West, in general, is more considerate and open with strangers than their Eastern counterparts. There isn’t any pre-

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I learned that at the Coheed and Cambrian concert and at The Rest afterward. Everyone I chatted with was quick to give a local recommendation.

Expectation: There will be more churches than bars in SLC. With plans to lower the legal blood alcohol limit to .05 (the lowest in the nation), Utah doesn’t seem like a place where parties are prevalent.

Reality: So there actually might be more churches than bars (unofficial numbers were not immediately available), but if you want to indulge in some suds, SLC hosts several microbreweries, including Red Rock Brewing Co. and Uinta Brewing Co. (more info on those and more on p. 49). For the selfloathing and generally awkward bar flies (like me), there are always dives like Cheers To You and the Twilite Lounge. If you want to hang out with a little green fairy while staring at animals well preserved in their state of death, The Rest serves absinthe.

Hallucinations vary.

Expectation: Following up on that last note, if the state is hell-bent on cutting into consumption and the church

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Reality: Well, not exactly. There are areas where you can walk into a crowded bar and not feel guilty for being the only person there, like downtown or Capitol Hill. The only bummer is that bars, and seemingly the entire state, close up by 1 a.m. Walking back to my spot, I felt like the only living soul in a deserted city.

Expectation: Everyone’s old. Unlike Charlotte or Nashville where young professionals go to start a life, Salt Lake is more retirement territory like Phoenix or South Florida.

Reality: Obviously not everyone is old, but silly me for not putting the collegetown aspect into perspective. With Utah and BYU in the immediate and nearby vicinity, you’re bound to find undergrads hopping around town on any given weekend.

There’s a scene for everyone, but you might have to look a little harder than Nashville’s Honky Tonk Highway.

Expectation: I was in town for A Coheed and Cambria concert, but I didn’t think SLC would have a healthy rock/metal scene. There are always the die-

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Wasatch Mountains provide an alluring backdrop to the SLC skyline. Oh, yeah— there’s also a big lake (the Great Salt Lake) there, which has some views.

Expectation: Is SLC a foodie city akin to Asheville or Minneapolis? No way.

Reality: Wrong. SLC was named one of the Top 5 Best New Food Cities in 2014 by Wine Enthusiast. With places like Feldman’s Deli, Hires Big H and Spitz, there’s something for everyone’s palate. For a real SLC food experience, the Red Iguana is the place.

Expectation: SLC doesn’t leave a lasting impression on visitors. There are some cities that are more popular than others for travelers and leave you itching to return after your visit. For me, those places are Portland, Seattle and Indy.

Reality: Doesn’t every place you visit leave some sort of impression, whether it be good or bad? OK, let’s not get too philosophical with it: SLC, like the rest of Utah, is a place worth visiting over and over again. It’s the right mixture of urbanization and natural, outdoor appeal. If you want to hang out with the cool kids downtown or go for hike by yourself, SLC has you covered. CW

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hards, but I couldn’t imagine a huge contingent of metalheads and punks like you’d see in Denver or Philly.

Reality: OK, so SLC isn’t NYC, but it is a typical Western tour stop, along with Denver and Albuquerque. SLC metal has some impressive players, too, like Chelsea Grin, Cult Leader and Gaza. As I like to say, there’s always an underground; sometimes you just have to search a little deeper. The Coheed show was packed (I don’t think it was a sellout, but damn near). The crowd was active, too, singing along with every ballad and banger. I’d honestly say it was the best concert I’ve been to (act and all) since I saw Slayer live and in the flesh for the first time in 2012.

Expectation: Natural beauty wasn’t on the top of my list when I thought about the city. I tend to focus more on Moab or Zion or the other popular national parks if I’m looking for outdoorsy activities in Utah.

I was curious to see what SLC had to offer.

Reality: Pardon my stupidity, but everywhere (it seems) out here in the Western part of the nation is naturally beautiful.

It’s like an alien planet with all the red rock pushed up against clear, blue skies. The

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ETHNIC, HISTORICAL & CULTURAL FESTIVALS

June 2-4, Utah Pride Festival: Party with the state’s LGBTQ community over several days of events, from a Youth Pride Dance and interfaith service through festivalgrounds happenings including movies, vendors and music headliners, plus the grand parade on Sunday morning. utahpridecenter.org/festival June 10, Utah Asian Festival: For the 40th annual event, cultures from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and many more locales gather at Sandy’s South Towne Expo Center for a huge showcase of art, crafts, food and fun. Come ready for the Asian Pop Dance and cosplay parade. utahasianfestival.com July 22-24, Pioneer Days: My, how 170 years can fly by.

Utahns of Mormon ancestry—and even those who aren’t— enjoy the Days of ’47 with rodeos, a family festival, a Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert and the big annual parade from South Temple and State Street to Liberty Park. daysof47.com July 24, Native American Celebration in the Park Powwow & Festival: As an alternative to the Days of ’47, Utah’s Native American community celebrates those who were here first with arts-and-crafts booths, children’s activities, tribal dances and fireworks. nacippowwow.wixsite.com July 29, Pacific Islander Heritage Month Kick-Off: Utah’s thriving Samoan, Tongan, Fijian and Native Hawai’ian communities begin a month-long celebration of their cultures

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with an event that traditionally includes food vendors, live entertainment and a youth rugby clinic at Sorensen Unity Center. facebook.com/utphim Sept. 8-10, Salt Lake Greek Festival: It’s all Greek to us at the popular downtown roundup of delectable food offerings, traditional dancing and fun for the whole family. saltlakegreekfestival.com More festivals: June 17, Juneteenth; June 22-24, Taylorsville Dayzz; July 28-29, Peruvian Festival; Aug. 12, Pagan Pride Festival; Sept. 1-2, Midway Swiss Days; Sept. 16-17, Festa Italiana

PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVALS June 23-Aug. 9, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theater: Epic operas and favorites of the Broadway stage are once again on tap on Logan’s picturesque Main Street. The season kicks off with Seussical, and also features The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Madama Butterfly, The Music Man, The Pirates of Penzance and Rex. utahfestival.org June 30-Oct. 21, Utah Shakespeare Festival: The awardwinning theater showcase in Southern Utah presents its 56th season of stage classics from the 1500s to the present. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It share the spotlight with Guys & Dolls, Treasure Island, William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) and a stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film Shakespeare in Love. bard.org

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May 25-27, Moab Arts Fest: Start the summer off right with a trek to southern Utah on Memorial Day weekend, and a free-admission jubilee of pottery, glass, jewelry, fine art and more, with plenty of activities for kids and adult refreshments for the grown-ups. moabartsfestival.org June 22-25, Utah Arts Festival: For four days, downtown Salt Lake City turns into a multi-venue theme park of visual arts booths, music headliners, dance performances, short films, food and general amazement at the range of the state’s artists and artisans. uaf.org Aug. 4-6, Park City Kimball Arts Festival: Head to the quaint charms of Park City’s Main Street for a mountaintop celebration of more than 220 artists, local musicians and delicious eats. kimballartcenter.org Also on tap: June 10-11, Ogden Arts Festival; June 16-17, Chalk Art Festival; July 8, Millcreek Arts Festival; Aug. 1113, Craft Lake City; Sept. 16-17, Urban Arts Festival

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nce Utah finally shakes off its snowy winter blanket, locals realize the pleasures of warm weather are all-too-fleeting. So when you’re seeking entertainment, it only makes sense to look for it in concentrated doses at our summer festivals. Here’s a look at a full-to-bursting calendar of events for a wide range of interests—from artsy gatherings and cultural-heritage celebrations to showcases for lovers of performing arts and food.

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PRIDE Parade July 28-Aug. 6, Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival: The third annual showcase of experimental theater, dance, music and art gives local residents a chance to see work with an edge that might not be expected on Utah stages. greatsaltlakefringe.org

POP CULTURE CONVENTIONS July 7-8, Salt Lake Gaming Con: Whether your preferred jam is video games, roleplaying or tabletop games, you’ll find panels and tournaments to keep you entertained and vendors to introduce you to the next big thing. saltlakegamingcon.com June 29-July 1, Nerdtacular The intimate Snowbird setting makes this event—celebrating its 10th anniversary a bit under-theradar, but it’s a great chance to enjoy nerdy movies and other geek-out fun with several hundred of your closest soon-to-be-friends. nerdtacular.com Aug. 4-5, ToshoCON: The Salt Lake County Library’s annual teen anime convention includes teen-led panels, vendor marketplace, viewing room, cosplay contests and more. viridiancenter.org

Sept. 21-23, Salt Lake Comic Con: It’s another weekend of costumes, celebrities, vendors and fascinating pop-culture conversations at one of downtown’s biggest annual events. Val Kilmer and Guardians of the Galaxy co-star Michael Rooker are among the headliners already announced, with many more to come. slcomiccon.com

FOOD & DRINK FESTIVALS

Aug. 12-Oct. 15, Snowbird Oktoberfest: snowbird.com/events/oktoberfest Aug. 19, City Weekly’s Utah Beer Festival: We’re happy once again to invite everyone to the Utah State Fairpark for a jubilee of sampling the best that the state’s talented brewers have to offer. Listen to some music and discover ways to combine grain, hops and water for flavors you never imagined were possible. facebook.com/utahbeerfestival Sept. 6-9, Brigham City Peach Days: The fruits of summer inspire this peachy-keen, four-day gathering with a carnival, parade, live entertainment and, of course, plenty of delicious food. peachdays.org CW

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AND THE LIVIN IS NOT-SO-EASY Local leaders, — including a busboy-turned-billionaire, — reflect on their first summer jobs.

BY LANCE GUDMUNDSEN ike their first kiss or first car, people remember their first summer job. It’s a rite of passage into responsibility—and the dawn of eventual adulthood.

Nearly seven decades have passed, but Utah philanthropist Jon M. Huntsman Sr. vividly recalls being on the pushing end of a lawnmower on the grounds of Whittier Elementary School in Pocatello.

He was just out of sixth grade. “My brother and I both were janitors at the school. We worked six days a week and each got $25 a month—which seemed a great deal of money back then,” recalls the billionaire businessman.

“It took two of us to push the lawnmower,” he says, smiling. The school grounds were “a whole city block, with a lot of grass.”

While in junior high in California, young Huntsman worked after school in a seafood restaurant as a dishwasher and busboy. After his shift, he’d report to a meat market where he mopped floors and cleaned out meat stands until 9 p.m., when he’d tackle a pile of homework.

In ninth grade, he landed a job at J.C. Penney in Palo Alto, eventually rising from shipping clerk to manager of the shoe department at $1.50 an hour. He was 17. “Mr. [James Cash] Penney, himself, came through the store and said I’d have a ‘great career’ with the company,” Huntsman recalls.

The Huntsman family was constantly struggling, he says, “and I took care of all our medical and automobile costs.”

While in college, the man who went on to build massive chemical plants worldwide apprenticed as a plumber each summer.

During the school year, “I waited tables, delivered flowers or did whatever I could.”

Looking back on his busboy-to-billionaire odyssey, Huntsman believes that “without working hard and long, you can never get ahead in life. I never again wanted to live under the conditions my family lived under … I wanted to make something of myself so my children and grandchildren wouldn’t have to work the long hours I did.”

His boyhood jobs also taught him “ethics and honesty.”

One afternoon, he watched a fellow J.C. Penney employee “take some clothing out the back door to his car.” Huntsman told the store manager. “They fired the guy, and gave me his job,” he says, “and that’s how I went from the boys’ to the men’s sections.”

Here are the summer-job experiences of other Utah movers and shakers:

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First Jobs: Picking raspberries in the family garden and selling them, collecting pop bottles for spending money and delivering The Salt Lake Tribune.

Lessons: “The thrift I learned as a boy instilled within me the fiscal conservative values I still hold— and the need we have,

as elected officials, to spend taxpayer funds wisely.”

SL County Mayor Ben McAdams First Job: Weeding pumpkin patches in the summer at Pack Farms in Davis County, then helping harvest them in the fall. He was in junior high.

Lessons: “The importance of hard work and the value of money.”

SLC Mayor Jackie Biskupski Job: As a 12-year-old, she “de-tasseled” corn (pulled the tassel from the husks) on a farm in Hastings, Minn. Pay was $2.50 an hour.

Lesson: “To go to work for my dad at the first possible moment.”

He ran a small business cleaning up structures which had been damaged by fire.

State Sen. Jim Dabakis Job: “Picking blueberries at my LDS bishop’s farm, working alongside him and his 12 kids. I was an inner-city boy and the farm was about 25 miles from home. I was 12 or 13. It was the first time I’d been away from home and I was terribly homesick. I made $1.60 an hour—with a bonus for picking extra blueberries.

I never made the bonus—but came home every night with blue teeth. They’d send us out in a big truck every morning at 4. Long days.”

Lesson: “I learned how cool it would have been to have a huge family … and how unfit I was for real work.”

City Weekly publisher John Saltas, Job: Building giant chicken coops—home to about 100,000 chickens— in Riverton, Utah. He was 17. Pay was “a couple of bucks an hour.”

Lessons: “We worked really hard. Everything was hand-built from floor to rooftop, basically using a hammer for eight hours a day. The guys who owned it—the Olson Brothers from Preston, Idaho—worked just as hard as anyone. And that rubbed off, because you didn’t want to be outdone by ‘old’ guys. In the end, I learned that chickens can lay enormous eggs … same as people.” CW

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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME

After several disappointing seasons , now might just be the moment to discover Real Salt Lake.

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t the final whistle on May 18, in the heart of downtown Sandy, the relief was palpable, if tinged with caution.

Utah’s 11-year-old Major League Soccer team, Real Salt Lake ended a four-game losing streak under new coach Mike Petke with a 2-1 win over the New York City FC. For the Real enthusiast, there’s irony to be found in Petke’s team defeating the club that fired Jason Kreis. Kreis, after all, was the Real coach who built a culture and vision that the team itself is the star—not individual players. Kreis took them to win their only MLS cup in 2009.

Petke, who replaced Jeff Cassar after Real’s poor start to 2017, is cut from similar cloth as Kreis. They both wear their hearts upon their sleeves, they both say what they mean, and they’re both snappy dressers (although Petke’s passion for sweaters and cardigans might take some getting used to).

Real is a team in transition. Whether the NYC FC win is but a blip in a struggle to find form or an early sign that Petke has some ideas on where to drive the Claret-and-Cobalt, it’s too early to say. But with some of Real’s more fairweather season ticket holders having leftover frustration with Cassar’s coaching, now is the time for you soccer novices to venture out to Sandy and sing the lyrics of “Believe.”

To get you started on that journey to the RioT, here are a few answers to questions a soccer novice might have.

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Wasn’t this a Dave Checketts’ cast-off?

While the one-time general manager of the Jazz did, indeed, start Real—back in those days, the games were at Rice Eccles stadium—his vision for a home base (let’s not get into the weeds on that fight) and a team Utah could be proud of saw his star-player-turned-coaching-prodigy Kreis build a team in his own image: hard-fighting, dedicated scrappers.

Most of what was called “the core” are still around—the dreadlocked midfielder Kyle Beckerman, whose peace-and-

granola appearance belies his unflinching tough-man heart, and the gravity-defying goalkeeper Nick Rimando, to name but two.

How do you pronounce the name?

Re-ál. Checkett borrowed the Spanish word for royal, as in Real Madrid. That took awhile for fans to get used to. That said, this is one sport where you’re just as likely to hear Spanish accents from all over South America in the surrounding seats as you are white bread American-English.

Are tailgaters welcome?

On a southside lot off 9000 South, hardcore fans—such as LaBarra (the folks with the big drums and fake smoke) and Salt City United— grill, kick balls around and suck on suds. There are plenty of kids and there’s always a welcoming, friendly atmosphere. Other clubs you’re likely to run into include the Rogue Cavaliers Brigade, Section 26 and the Loyalists.

I’ve seen folks standing at U.K. Games. Are you on your feet for 90 minutes?

RSL has a strong Mormon fan base made up of young men and women who got hooked on the sport when they were proselytising abroad for the LDS Church.

Only Section 35 permits standing, although that can create a headache for nearby stands. Around the rest of the stadium, you can sit with beer purchased inside the RioT, or Diet Coke, and chomp on a burrito from the chile verde stand on the north side of the stadium, or the crazy-popular churros.

Why is the stadium called the RioT?

What shouldn’t I bring?

Isn’t there a missionary connection somewhere?

It’s a fan invention. The stadium is called the Rio Tinto stadium, but who wants to use a corporate sponsor’s title? So it’s Rio + T from Tinto.

I heard parking is a challenge.

When you drop a soccer stadium in the middle of downtown Sandy, you’re going to have some congestion. Trax is one good bet—there are three Trax stops within a 15-minute walk of the stadium, and UTA keeps you up to date on Twitter. My favorite place to park is Crown Burger on State Street, half a block down from the 9400 South intersection.

Buy one of their excellent burgers and put your receipt in the windshield, and you’re good to go. Otherwise it’s a case of searching the multiple $10 lot offerings or getting there early for the free spaces at the bottom of 9400 South. For you Salt Lakers who want to drink on the way to the game and back, several bars downtown run shuttles—a damn good idea.

Real has a clear bag policy, meaning you can bring only plastic or PVC bags that the folks manning the stadium entrances can see through. Don’t bring horns, vuvuzelas (look ’em up), umbrellas, firearms or camera lenses longer than 2 inches.

What’s it mean to be a RSL fan?

Check out the lyrics of the song “Believe,” and you’re halfway there to understanding. Rancid drummer and Orem resident Branden Steineckert penned “the battle hymn,” and for the losing-weary fan to hear the lyrics belted out by a sold-out home stadium is all but guaranteed to leave you misty-eyed. RSL’s marketing director Trey Fitzgerald recalls the 2013 championship final against homeside Kansas City in painfully icy conditions. The game ended in a penalty shootout, and though Real lost, what always comes back to Fitzgerald is “the sliver of fans singing ‘Believe’ during the shootout,” he says. “It still sends shivers down my spine.”

Amen, brother. CW

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LET S GET SOAKING

Cool your jets at these watering holes.

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Pineview Reservoir s summer arrives and the heat becomes more unbearable, Utah residents suit up and take to the pools in search of relief. But they’re crowded, chlorinated and often too artificial for the tastes of some Utahns. More natural settings can be found at reservoirs, rivers and hot springs. Here are a few of my favorite summer swimming spots near Salt Lake City.

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Burraston Pond Home of the popular rope swings, Burraston Pond is a 40-minute drive south of Provo on I-15 near Mona in Juab County. While the pond is mostly used for fishing, it’s also a local favorite for swimming. Several rope swings attached to the trees lining the pond make it a popular destination for younger crowds. And local teenagers can often be seen performing aerial maneuvers into the water. The pond is accessible to the public year-round, 24 hours a day.

Pineview Reservoir Looking for sandy beaches and bright blue water? You don’t need to look as far as you might think. A half-hour east of Ogden, Pineview offers beautiful views from its beach-lined waters. The sapphire reservoir makes for a fun day in the sun for the whole family and is popular for swimming and watersports. Anderson Cove Campground, on the reservoir’s southern shore, provides the most extensive beach and boat ramp. If you’re looking for a quieter day on the water, head north to Middle Inlet to avoid the boats at Anderson Cove.

The water temperature ranges from 50 to 70 degrees. While the Marinas are open to the public all day, camping at the reservoir is restricted to Anderson Cove, which closes its gates at 10 p.m.

Causey Reservoir Forty minutes east of Ogden, Causey Reservoir is a true gem of a swimming hole. Mostly used by fishermen, Causey does not allow motor craft, so a quiet nature outing is guaranteed. But quiet does not mean boring. Cliff diving is popular at Skull Crack Canyon on the reservoir’s south end.

With deep water and steep cliffs, it’s considered a relatively safe spot, but cliff diving is never risk-free, and it’s always best to practice caution. The cliffs are accessible from Skull Crack Trailhead, and are open to the public at all times.

Provo River Starting below the Deer Creek Reservoir Dam and ending at Vivian Park, this stretch of the Provo River is a popular tubing destination. The put-in is roughly 4 miles up Provo Canyon and is only a 20-minute drive from Provo. The water temperature hovers around 50 degrees, so tubing is usually limited to the warmest summer months. Tube rentals are available, but if you plan to bring your own, don’t forget a life jacket; Utah law requires personal flotation devices. This is a heavily enforced rule with a hefty fine. While the river might look calm, the stretch is recommended for strong swimmers only.

Fifth Water Hot Springs While most of us are roasting in the valley, those Utahns who venture into the mountains might have already found respite in a cool Alpine breeze. In fact, some might even feel the need to warm up—not cool off. Near Spanish Fork, Fifth Water is not the most easily accessible location on this list, but what it lacks in accessibility is compensated by its beauty. The trailhead is located in Diamond Fork Canyon, about half an hour

from Spanish Fork. At about 5 miles long, the trail sees heavyto-moderate traffic, so you probably won’t have the place to yourself. The multiple pools of varying temperature can accommodate a fairly large number of people.

Cataract Gorge

Located in the Heart of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, this section of Little Deer Creek is remote. The Gorge can be accessed from Emerald Lake Highway by turning onto Murdock Basin Road and following it to the road to Cataract Gorge (Forest Service Road 027). Once there, follow the creek up the canyon. With a lake, a stream and waterfalls, the hike alone is worth the trip. But what makes Cataract Gorge truly amazing is one of the best swimming holes in the state. The water is brisk, but not cold, and can be easily enjoyed on a hot day. There is also climbing in the canyon, so don’t forget your gear.

Saratoga Hot Springs

Located on the western shore of Utah Lake, these are some of the best hot springs in Utah. Evenly heated year-round and lacking the strong sulphuric smell found at many other hot springs, this gem is located less than a quartermile from the main road. This proximity threatened the springs at one time, but since the land was turned over to Utah County, its condition has been improving. While trash is still an issue, local volunteers generally have cleaned up the springs. When I was last there in late March, it was the cleanest I’ve ever seen it. The springs are open to the public all year, but the parking-lot gate is closed and locked at night. Anyone still parked there will be ticketed. CW

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Blood’s Lake Trail While you can’t go into either of the Cottonwoods with your furry companion, you sure can get close. Blood’s Lake is located on the East side of Guardsman Pass, a stone’s throw from the end of Big Cottonwood. At just over a mile long, this is a perfect trail for a quick outing. The lake at the end of the trail makes for quite the view, and your dog will enjoy the cold water on a hot summer’s day.

At 9,000 feet, Mount Olympus’ prominent north face can be clearly seen from all of Salt Lake Valley. The sharp ridge that extends to the base has a trail that runs all the way to the summit. Gaining more than 4,000 feet in less than 5 miles, it’s no breeze. But if you and your pup can brave the terrain, you’ll be rewarded by some jaw-dropping views.

Session Canyon Trail

Located in Alpine, this trail offers some spectacular views, as well as an incredible waterfall. At 10.5 miles long, it’s a bit of a trek, but Horsetail Falls, along with many picturesque viewpoints, make it worth the effort. The trail is rocky, but stable, and rises at a gradual pace. The falls cascade down a sheer cliff and are some of the most magnificent in the area.

Desolation Canyon Trail One of the more popular trails on this list, Desolation Canyon is a favorite among dog owners. The 4-mile out-and-back trail climbs to an overlook of Salt Lake Valley.

With plenty of shade and amazing views, it’s easy to see why it’s a local favorite. The overlook is one of the best in the Wasatch, and on a clear day, you can see all the way to the Great Salt Lake.

Neffs Canyon Trail Just South of Millcreek Canyon, Neffs is smaller and less trafficked. Practically in Salt Lake City, the canyon is about as accessible as they come. A great shady trail, with a gradual elevation gain, Neffs can be as easy or as hard as you make it. Take it small—or go big and hike the 6 miles to the top of the trail where you will find a beautiful Alpine meadow with a great view of surrounding peaks. CW

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Mueller Park offers a wide variety of trails, almost all of which are canine-friendly.

Session Canyon is a lesser-known (and therefore less trafficked) trail in the park.

Following a small creek, the trail is almost entirely shaded, and the dense trees and

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bubbling creek make for a cool and peaceful hike. The trail is a little over 5 miles and has some areas with poor footing, so make sure you’re fully equipped with proper footwear and anything you or your dog might need on a longer outing.

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alt Lake City is blessed with the Wasatch Front. The beauty of Big and Little Cottonwood canyons is equal to that found anywhere in the country. The canyons’ proximity is truly unique for a metropolitan area. They are also watersheds—so dogs are strictly prohibited. But fear not!

There are still plenty of pooch-friendly trails around Salt Lake City. Here are some of the most scenic and accessible.

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BEEHIVE STATE OF MIND Looking for a new hobby? Beekeeping is all the buzz.

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help pollinate plants as they skip from flower to flower.

But there’s a chance a resident could get uneasy. Hunsaker recommends beekeeping etiquette by taking a contact card “and possibly some honey” to your neighbors and let them know bees will be buzzing around pollinating their plants and asking that they don’t try to kill them. They can call the beekeeper if bees start to swarm.

The “newbee” looking to cultivate a hive should first consider planting wildflowers in the yard, which will offer bees a close source of nectar. Research what plants bees prefer.

Then, you’ll want to set up a hive box. But don’t expect a “skep hive”—the upturned woven baskets that also happen to be the state’s ubiquitous logo. Those, as well as any other hive that doesn’t allow for the frames to be inspected, aren’t legal. Several stores in the valley sell hive boxes.

Next, you’ll need bees, and vitally, a queen bee. Stephenson says there are various places to buy bees to start your hive—a seller in St. George and another in Richfield, for example. IFA Country Stores keep some in stock, he says. Or you can order them directly from queen breeders.

If that sounds daunting, your best bet might be to join a group like the Utah Beekeepers Association, which has all the answers and suggestions.

Hunsaker showed City Weekly her backyard apiary consisting of five box hives with metal roofs held down with a heavy rock. She estimates the largest hive to house about 70,000 bees. The hives sit on raised platforms with ventilation on the bottoms. A jar of sugar water mixed with a nutritional supplement is near the front landing ways, a sliver opening where the bees fly in and out. When the roof and inner cover is removed, the hive is revealed. It’s divided into slots of vertical frames. After prying apart the frames— stuck together with a sappy substance called propolis— each can be removed to reveal the honeycombs.

Suiting up in a protective jacket with a round mesh veil, Hunsaker pointed out the honeycombs as bees flurried about. Her jeans, on this day, were unmistakably blue. CW

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The benefit of licensing with the state is that keepers can request free inspections for parasites such as the dreaded varroa mites, which can decimate a colony. The small scarlet arachnid latches itself onto a bee’s back and sucks its blood through festering sores that leave it vulnerable to disease and infection.

Fortunately for beekeepers, hives can be treated if the mites are detected early enough.

“We’re here to promote the idea of honeybee health and give information on mitigation for disease outbreaks and provide notifications,” Watson says.

The department also will trap fierce Africanized honey bees. “We don’t allow for aggressive stock,” Watson says. If someone’s hive is brimming with vicious bees, it can be “requeened” and salvaged.

Large bee operations often rent out insects to California almond farmers. They ship out their hives on flatbed trucks.

Once the crops are pollinated, boxes of bees return—sometimes more than the number that was shipped out, says Roger Stephenson, secretary of the Utah Beekeepers Association.

The association is the state’s largest beekeeping group, comprised of large operations, mid-sized “sideliners” and small hobbyists.

Beekeepers who tend to smaller hives usually don’t do it for any compensation. There’s no money in having bees in the backyard, Hunsaker says, though the honey they produce makes for a good gift.

In its lifetime, a bee produces one-twelfth of a teaspoon of honey, and its flavor and texture varies with the seasons, depending on what food is available. “Spring is a really light, syrupy honey. Summer is the golden color, a little bit thicker. Fall is very dark, very rich, almost molasses-like,” Hunsaker says.

Stephenson says hobbyists should remember to leave enough honey during the late fall and winter months so the bees can make it through the season when they don’t forage.

They can be fed syrup, too.

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enise Hunsaker harbors no grudge against the 12 irritated bees that attacked her legs several weeks ago. The hive was getting crowded, after all—a condition that agitates the best of us. And she was wearing black pants, which she suspects triggered the bees’ instincts that a predator was near.

A slew of stings later, she was inside looking out the window to determine if things had calmed enough to go back outside.

“That was a really unusual situation,” she says. “I’ve never had 12 bee stings in the eight years I’ve been doing this. I just pissed them off.”

That experience didn’t change her opinion about keeping bees, her favorite pastime. What started years ago as a quest for some homebrewed mead, morphed into a hobby that’s perfect to pick up when the weather turns warm, and the hives produce fresh honey.

“It’s fascinating, it’s addictive, it’s fun,” says Hunsaker, who fills in as the Wasatch Beekeepers Association publicrelations officer. Backyard beekeeping is an activity for most anyone, she adds.

But don’t delay. By mid-June, it’s nearly too late for a hive to grow and flourish.

Beekeeping gives hobbyists a front-row view of nature’s systematic honey machines, where each moving part is an animal that faithfully performs its small duty for the benefit of the whole. Each bee has an instinctive role. Drones, for example, mate with the queen. The queen’s job is to lay a minimum of 1,000 eggs per day.

About 1,800 people registered their hives with the state in 2016. Utah law mandates that beekeepers do so. But, as Utah Department of Agriculture Insect Program Manager Chris Watson puts it, “We’re not the bee police.”

It costs $10 to license 20 or fewer hives, $25 for up to 100 hives and, for commercial bee operations with more than 100 hives, licensing runs $50.

One of the biggest responsibilities for a beekeeper is protecting the hive from pests and disease.

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SUMMER FOODIE

STAYCATION Take a trip around the world with these 8 plates.

BY ALEX SPRINGER PHOTOS BY JOHN TAYLOR isitors often come to the state with negative stereotypes about our culinary scene— an unintended byproduct of our archaic liquor laws, no doubt. What many people don’t get about Utah is that we have a vibrant, multicultural refugee and immigrant community that fuels a lively and varied food scene. Here are a few choice places to start your world tour.

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The Empanada Meal at Empanada Express

A couple of years into its run, Midvale’s Empanada Express is helping this underrated food make a name for itself. The humble empanada is celebrated here, with a menu that features recipes from all over Central and South America. Place your bets on the empanada meal, which lets you pick two—the Argentine Beef and the Venezuelan are my favorites—served alongside some traditional Latin American sides like plantains and cucumber-tomato salad. 7178 Union Park Ave., Midvale, 801-569-2331, empanadaexpress.com

Yedoro Tibs at Blue Nile

One of the most fun things about Blue Nile is that you’re encouraged to eat with your fingers. Given it’s an authentic Ethiopian eatery, entrées here come in an envelope of injera, a slightly spongy sourdough bread that serves as a food-delivery system. Yedoro tibs is a great dish to start with—it’s a savory mixture of chicken, peppers and cabbage that melds well with the injera’s slightly sour flavor. 755 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-364-4042, bluenileslc.com

Navajo Tacos at Black Sheep Café

While Navajo tacos have been inextricably linked to the deep-fried debauchery that you might find at the state fair, Black Sheep Café has elevated the simple dish to its rightful place in the culinary kingdom. It all starts with Black Sheep’s housemade fry bread—a recipe that has been in the owner’s family for generations. The tacos come in two variations—green chile pork and red chile beef—both of which are packed with smoky, spicy Southwestern flavor. Multiple locations, blacksheepcafe.com

Ceviche Fusión at Del Mar al Lago

Good ceviche depends on how long ago its contents were still swimming, so I was a bit skeptical that a Peruvian cebichería could make it work in a landlocked state like Utah. After diving into the refreshingly flavorful ceviche fusión at Del Mar al Lago, I soon realized that I was experiencing something special. All of the seafood on the menu is top-notch fresh, and the fusión brings three different cultural perspectives—Latin American, Indian and Chinese—to their briskly prepared ceviche. It’s a world tour within a world tour.

310 Bugatti Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-467-2890, facebook.com/delmar.al.lago

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Borscht and Vareniki at The Galley Grill

It takes a special kind of food to sustain a population that experiences some of the most unforgiving winters in the world. Eastern European food might not be the most glamorous cuisine, but it has the uncommon ability to help you weather all storms—be they literal or figurative. While the reasons behind The Galley Grill’s nautical theme remain elusive, it’s whipping up some of the most authentic vareniki—small, potato-filled dumplings—and borscht this side of St. Petersburg. 1295 E. Miller Ave., Holladay, 801-466-9224, facebook.com/russiangalleyslc

Mole at Red Iguana

Choosing a favorite mole at Red Iguana is an exercise in futility. Each one is a master class in traditional Mexican cooking, and picking among them is the kind of thing that can cause friendships to fracture and marriages to dissolve. My suggestion is to avoid the risk of finding the mole that defines you as a person—just point at the menu and order. No matter what you get (negro, amarillo, poblano, coloradito), your life will be better for it. Multiple locations, rediguana.com

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If getting messy during dinner isn’t your thing, you’ll want to avoid West Valley City’s famous Bucket O’ Crawfish. At some point in our lives, we all need to stare dumbfounded as a literal bucket of crawfish, shrimp and crab legs makes its way to our table. Bucket O’ Crawfish doesn’t skimp on the flavor, either. They’ve perfected several spice blends that land somewhere between the Deep South and the Far East. Room for dessert? We suggest you strongly consider the Happy Ending (the house chocolate and white chocolate cake, $4.50). 1980 W. 3500 South, West Valley City, bucketocrawfish.com

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Liège Waffles at Bruges Waffles and Frites

When you try the golden brown slabs of pure joy at Bruges Waffles and Frites, you’ll be quick to scoff whenever you see the words “Belgian waffle” on a menu anywhere else—outside of Belgium, that is. Bruges specializes in Liège waffles, in which the dough is prepared with pearl sugar and vanilla before being pressed in a waffle iron. The smell of this cooking process alone is worth the price of one of these sweet, buttery gems. Want to go out? The Pig on a Cloud—replete with bacon, crème fraîche and a caramel drizzle—is sure to do the trick.

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Since just about birth, I was possessed of an overdeveloped fear that pretty much everything that I didn’t understand was designed to kill me. I like to tell myself that it was biological—humans are hard-wired to fear the unknown for their own safety, right?—but as I watched many of my childhood friends jump off of homemade bike ramps and sneak into horror movies, I realized that I was scared of anything that didn’t exist within the boundaries of my neighborhood.

Roller coasters were one of the worst offenders.

More than one Disneyland trip found me freaking out in the middle of the line for Space Mountain because I couldn’t handle the fact that I was about to trust my life to an unfeeling machine governed by a pattern that I didn’t understand. I was totally fine with avoiding roller coasters for the rest of my life, when something unexpected happened during that fateful spring in the late ’90s.

I was in ninth grade, and our particular school held a Lagoon Day to celebrate the end of junior high. I had spent that particular year successfully socializing with the opposite sex, and the only thing that I really understood about teenage girls was that it was of utmost importance to look cool in front of them. It wasn’t until the bus ride to the Farmington theme park when I realized how uncool wimping out on a roller coaster would be at this particular moment in my life. So, I swallowed my panic and quickly learned to enjoy the ride. Conquering my fear of roller coasters butressed every interaction I’ve had with a woman since then— and I’m almost positive I’ve managed to look cool.

As I’m sure that teenagers the world over have had a similar, socially defining moment with a roller coaster, it seems appropriate to acknowledge the work of S&S Worldwide, a Logan-based company that builds these complex machines for theme parks all over the world.

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According to Executive Director of Sales Gerald Ryan, building roller coasters is a challenging—but entertaining—line of work. “We are in a very small industry, and competition is very intense,” Ryan says in our chat via email. “It requires that we stay ahead of our competition with the next great thing.”

When S&S acquired Arrow Dynamics in 2002, they solidified their status in the industry—Arrow Dynamics just so happened to pioneer the design of tubular steel coasters that led them to design and construct a little ride called The Matterhorn in a little park called Disneyland. In addition to working with the almighty Disney, S&S has coasters at Universal Studios, Six Flags and even Dollywood. “We currently have 27 major projects on the books through 2019,” Ryan says, “and we have rides go into Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Central America, Europe and the Middle East.”

As roller coasters move into the future, S&S designers and engineers are on the lookout for new ways to freak people out. “Virtual reality and ride interactivity are popular right now,” Ryan says.

Roller coasters such as Six Flags’ Galactic Attack, which was unveiled earlier this year, use a Samsung Gear VR visor to project images of an interplanetary dogfight while the roller coaster zips riders along its twists and turns.

While the modern gadgetry available to today’s roller coaster designers provides more entertainment options, people will always be attracted to them on a more primal level. “It’s about the thrill, the screaming, the speed, the barrel rolls and the unknown,” Ryan says.

Though I didn’t realize it at the time of my first foray into actually riding them—I was too busy trying to look cool, if you remember—roller coasters satisfy a very visceral need for us humans. We’ve succeeded at developing a society that is generally safe and devoid of the unknown. But every so often, we need to throw ourselves into that abyss—and roller coasters help us get there.

It’s very liberating to trust the engineers with our safety. We know that it’s going to take us on a wild ride, but we also know that it will keep us safe—which is precisely why they embody the spirit of summer.CW

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Pride in Solidarity March and Rally Friday June 2, 5:00pm – 8:00pm 5:00pm – People begin to gather at Harvey Milk Blvd/900 E 6:00pm – Rally begins 6:45pm – March Steps Off 7:30pm – First Marchers arrive at Festival entrance (300 East & 500 South)

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SUMMER TV 2017 Everything you need to see in June, July and August.

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GLOW (Netflix) Clone Club in the final run of Orphan Black (Season 5 premiere, Saturday, June 10, BBC America), and even nearer for frenemies Billie and Gene in the two-weekend burn-off of Idiotsitter (Season 2 premiere, Saturday, June 10, Comedy Central).

An all-star cast chews scenery and buffs cuticles in new Florida nail-salon dramedy Claws (series debut, Sunday, June 11, TNT), and primetime goes grindhouse with Blood Drive (series debut, Wednesday, June 14, Syfy), about a cross-country death race where the cars run on—what else?—blood. The Mist (series debut, Thursday, June 22, Spike) rolls out more subtle Stephen King-y scares, and the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling finally get their ’80s-spandexed due in the Alison Brie-led docu-comedy GLOW (series debut, Friday, June 23, Netflix).

Fiddy Cent’s nightclubs ’n’ drugs drama Power (Season 4 premiere, Sunday, June 25, Starz) finds kingpin Ghost (Omari Hardwick) caught in the middle of a, yep, power struggle, while Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy finally hit the road looking for God in Preacher (Season 2 premiere, Sunday, June 25, AMC). Liza (Sutton Foster) deals with the fallout of her bestie Kelsey (Hilary Duff) learning her dark, old secret in Younger (Season 4 premiere, Wednesday, June 28, TV Land), and everybody’s favorite ragtag trio of ridiculously good-looking interplanetary bounty hunters gear up to fight the good-ish fight in Killjoys (Season 3 premiere, Friday, June 30, Syfy).

John Singleton’s Snowfall (series debut, Wednesday, July 5, FX) dramatizes the crack-cocaine epidemic of ’80s Los Angeles, while modernized period piece Will (series debut, Monday, July 10, TNT) juices the legend of a young William

Shakespeare as he arrives in the, wait for it, “punk-rock theatre scene of 16th century London.”

Game of Thrones … Yeah, nothing more needs to be said here (Season 7 premiere, Sunday, July 16, HBO). In the final stretch of The Strain (Season 4 premiere, Sunday, July 16, FX), nuclear winter is in full effect, the Strigoli vampires have seized the planet, and our heroes are down for the count—but are they, really? Meanwhile, Ballers (Season 3 premiere, Sunday, July 23, HBO) and Insecure (Season 2 premiere, Sunday, July 23, HBO) are paired-up for the most incongruent HBO hour ever, and Midnight, Texas (series debut, Monday, July 24, NBC) takes Charlaine Harris’ supernatural novels for a TV spin.

Would you believe … Sharknado 5 (movie premiere, Sunday, Aug. 6, Syfy)? Marvel’s The Defenders (series debut, Friday, Aug. 18, Netflix) finally brings together Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist for a dysfunctional superhero team-up, while the 21st go-round of South Park (Season 21 premiere, Wednesday, Aug. 23, Comedy Central) attempts to find the funny in Trump’s America—if he’s still in office at this point. Fortunately, Abbi and Illana drop the long-long-long-awaited comeback of Broad City (Season 4 premiere, Wednesday, Aug. 23, Comedy Central), and the new take on The Tick (series debut, Friday, Aug. 25, Amazon Prime) might reunify the country, after all. Spoon! CW Listen to Frost Mondays at 8 a.m. on X96 Radio From Hell, and on the TV Tan podcast via Stitcher, iTunes, Google Play and billfrost.tv.

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fter a fall-winter-spring blur of Too Many Shows, you’re thinking to yourself, “Summer is finally here—I can take a break from TV. Praise the Lord!” Sorry, your god has abandoned you: Here are 30 new and returning series you’re going to have to watch this summer, because Peak TV knows no season.

In the unexpected return of Flaked (Season 2 premiere; Friday, June 2, Netflix), Chip (Will Arnett) heads back to Venice to rehab his ruined Local Hero status, if not his booze problem. Matters are even more dire for the gang on Fear the Walking Dead (Season 3 premiere, Sunday, June 4, AMC), as vigilante Build the Zombie Wall border patrollers won’t allow them to cross back over from Mexico. It could be worse; they could be struggling comedians in 1970s Hollywood— which is the setting for I’m Dying Up Here (series debut, Sunday, June 4, Showtime).

Tim Heidecker re-ups for more ultra-violent spy action in Decker: Unclassified (Season 2 premiere, Sunday, June 4, Adult Swim), while Latina heroine(?) Teresa (Alice Braga) continues her quest to rule the drug trade in Queen of the South (Season 2 premiere, Thursday, June 8, USA), and the ladies of Litchfield are still doing time in Orange is the New Black (Season 5 premiere, Friday, June 9, Netflix), hackers be damned.

The ragtag crew of ridiculously good-looking intergalactic criminals remain lost in space in Dark Matter (Season 3 premiere, Friday, June 9, Syfy), and TV’s coolest demon hunter is back and gunning for souls in Wynonna Earp (Season 2 premiere, Friday, June 9, Syfy). Meanwhile, the end is near for the

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Bonneville Brewery

Though a 30-minute drive from downtown, the trip to Bonneville Brewery at 1641 N. Main in Tooele is still worth the effort. Each brew has a distinct citrus taste, whether it’s a

Desert Edge is located at the eastern side of Trolley Square (602 S. 700 East). Make sure to try out the Happy Valley hefeweizen, the Pub Pils, the Utah Pale Ale and the Latter Day nitro stout.

Epic Brewing Co.

At 825 S. State, Epic crafts beers for a more adventurous palate, experimenting with various flavor combinations. Your samples should include the Classic Series’ Spiral Jetty IPA, the Elevated Series’ 825 State Stout and finally the Sour Apple Saison and Blue Law Porter from the Exponential Series.

Moab Brewery

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You can wine and dine at 254 S. 200 West in Salt Lake City, or at 1640 Redstone Center Drive at Park City’s Kimball Junction. Classic American food stocks the menu, while a perfect blend of on-tap or premium bottled brews fill the drink list to the brim. Their most reputable Eliphino (wait, how do you pronounce that? Pff, hell if I know …)

Double IPA earns a spot on our flight, while the Oatmeal Stout, Honey Wheat and Session uphold their honorable positions.

Roosters Brewing Co.

This Ogden brewery at 253 25th St. features a handful of classic brews. Roosters honey wheat ale, Junction City chocolate stout, O-Town nut brown ale and Irreverent pale ale should stock your two-at-a-time flight.

Often found on tap in bars throughout the valley or at your local liquor store, this desert-based brewery is located at 686 S. Main in Moab—home to the dry, hop-infused beers that have come to be a favorite of many Red Rock residents. If the opportunity presents itself, be sure to try the Porcupine Pilsner (one of my all-time favorites), the Dead Horse Amber Ale, the Derailleur Ale or the Moab Especial.

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Proper Brewing Co.

Uinta Brewing Co.

Located at 857 S. Main, Proper Brewery will open a bottle of high-point beer for you to sample for an extra 50 cents or $1 more than their draft beers. For your flight, make sure to check out the Hopspital IPA, the English Proper golden ale, the partially unfiltered Strawberry Saison and the Lake Effect gose, which wholeheartedly lives up to its name.

Along with Wasatch, Squatters (147 W. 300 South) is a member of the Utah Brewers Cooperative. After ordering any of their classic American dishes, make sure to sample their most popular Hop Rising Double IPA, then their Full Suspension Pale Ale, Outer Darkness Russian Imperial Stout and the Red Nitro Ale. A key ingredient in Utah’s brewery mix, Uinta Brewery can be found at 1722 Fremont St. in West Valley. Uinta’s motto is “Earth, Wind and Beer.” The 801 Pilsner, Cutthroat Pale Ale, Baba Black Lager and Piggyback Session Peach IPA will fill our flight of samples.

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Just like its name, this brewery at 94 Fort Union Blvd., Midvale, is full of European lagers that satisfy the worldly travelers’ thirst. Salads, calamari and sandwiches serve as the staple between you and your true quest: the delectable Viennese Amber, Czech Pilsener, Cherny Bock Schwarzbier and Bavarian Weissbier.

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subtle or dominate flavor. Your samples should include the Pilot Peak pilsner, the Free Roller IPA, the stout and the sweet Peaches and Cream.

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tah has some interesting alcohol laws. No need to be coy; we all know it. The truth is, most of these peculiar statutes hardly keep the nightly patrons from finding a refill. True, it takes a few extra refills to feel the same effect as out-of-state beers—but refills, nonetheless.

The gist: Utah law prohibits any restaurant, club or lounge from having more than two alcoholic products in front of a customer at one time, no matter the size. So a beer and a shot is within the legal realm as two 24-ounce steins, but four 3-ounce samples are out of the question. (What’s that you say? This doesn’t make sense? Welcome to Utah.)

But let’s pretend for just a minute that these laws were non-existent and you could take a classic hop-on-the-wagon tour of breweries in the Beehive State: Where would it go?

What would be served on your four-beer sample tray?

After trying many different brews in various locations as well as in the comfort of my own living room, I’d be happy to let you jump in my figurative van fueled by words and provide the information you’ll need to venture on your own.

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Near the Colorado River, Vernal Brewing Co. (55 S. 500 East) is home to an isolated pocket for local consumer-saurus to enjoy. If a full flight were allowed, then the Allosaurus Amber Ale, Little Hole Lager, Directional Smoked Porter and She’s a Peach Wheat Ale would be on it.

Wasatch Brewery

When Greg Schirf relocated to Utah from Milwaukee (the beer capital of the U.S.) in the 1980s, he was quick to notice the lack of breweries. Thanks to his efforts, brewpubs have since been allowed in our lawful land. Located at 250 Main in Park City, and with a brewpub in Salt Lake City at 2110 S. Highland Drive, Wasatch Brewery is home to some of Utah’s most popular brews, like Polygamy Porter and Devastator Double Bock Lager. Our flight would contain samples from Ghostrider White IPA, Polygamy Nitro Porter, Last One In Lager and (one of my personal favorites) the Apricot Hefeweizen.

Zion Canyon Brewing Co.

If you’re traveling down to southern Utah, check out not only the beauty of Zion National Park, but also its brewery at 2400 Zion-Mount Carmel Highway in Springdale. Sample the Burnt Mountain Brown, the Red Alter Irish red ale, the Ascender Hefeweizen and the Paradox Session IPA.

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breeding, these hops continued to evolve until strains with uncanny citrus-peel-like bitterness emerged.

The beer world would never be the same.

In the early 2000s, southern California breweries could see the writing on the wall; they knew these new hops would be the future of their industry and began making aggressively hopped IPAs unlike anything the world had ever tasted. Nicknamed the West Coast IPA, it was a game-changer for modern brewing. Our own Uinta Brewing Co. has made a few beers, such as Hop Nosh, that drew inspiration from these beers. But last week, Uinta released an IPA that pays homage to that special style. It’s simply called West Coast-Style IPA. Poured from a 12-ounce can, the slightly hazy beer is colored light amber with a gold tinge. On top rests a fairly dense and fluffy two fingers of white head—though it shrinks to a small cap. The aroma is big with tangerine zest, grapefruit, peach, passion fruit, papaya, melon and lemon. Notes of sweet toasted cereal lie beneath. The taste begins with tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple and mango. Light-toasted bread comes next. The sweetness from the malt creates ghostly melon and berry notes, that

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ack in the late 18th century, British beer makers faced the difficult task of creating sturdy ales that could survive the long journeys throughout the British Empire. To do this, breweries jacked up the alcohol content and increased the amount of hops. These two things acted as preservatives, adding months to the life of the beer, which became widely known as India pale ale.

Fast forward 200 years: A man by the name of Fritz Maytag invested in a failing San Francisco brewery called Anchor and began making “Old World” beers instead of the all-too-common German lagers. One of the beers he brought to the market was an aggressively hopped pale ale he called Liberty Ale. It featured new varieties of American-grown hops. And though it didn’t bear the name India pale ale, it was as close as anyone in North America had seen of this style in decades. What made these hops desirable and different was their bitterness profile. Most hops from Europe and the U.K. were floral, herbal and grassy tasting. This new American varietal was more on the piney side of bitterness, which gave the ales a unique flavor. Through decades of cross-

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transition into white pepper and pine. Toward the end an herbal and grassy earthiness rounds out the flavors, leaving a dry and slightly puckering finish.

There’s a complex balance of citrus/ fruity/tropical hops and moderate pale malt flavors, with ample malt/bitterness for balance. The alcohol is well hidden—which could be trouble if you’re not paying attention. Carbonation is moderate and creates a light-medium body, with a very smooth but crisp resinous snap on the tongue. Overall, this is an awesome representation of a West

Coast Style IPA. It’s refreshing to get a new IPA from a local brewery that’s not trying to be trendy. Instead, it’s actually going backward to make a technically sound beer that reminds us why we fell in love with this style in the first place. These IPAs are designed to be consumed at their freshest, so don’t waste any time on seeking this one out. It’s currently available ice-cold at Uinta’s bottle shop and it is currently popping up at the better beer bars around the Wasatch Front and Wasatch Back.

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TOP 5 SIPS FOR SUMMA-TIME REFRESHMENT Step away from the Lime-A-Rita.

BY DARBY DOYLE

hether day-drinking, porch-sippin’ at twilight or lazing around camp after a long hike, the key to summertime refreshments is to keep it simple. Here are easy-peasy spins on classic cocktails—you know, for that time when all you’ve got on hand is a half-full bottle of gin (or vodka, or bourbon …). Bartender Daniel Flavin at Lake Effect recently reminded me that the simpler the cocktail, the more the ingredients will shine through. “My biggest tip for home bartenders,” he says, “is to use fresh ice and fresh-squeezed juice.”

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Named after the French WWI artillery gun of the same moniker the French 75 packs a wallop.

Usually served in a tall Champagne glass, this cocktail is equally satisfying poured over cracked ice in a tall Collins glass—bendy straw optional.

What you’ll need: 1 ½ ounces Beehive Gin ¾ ounce lemon juice ½ ounce simple syrup 2-3 ounces dry Champagne Shake gin, lemon juice and simple syrup with ice, strain into a Champagne flute or ice-filled Collins glass. Top almost to the rim with Champagne. Garnish with a fancy-schmancy long lemon twist.

IF TEQUILA IS YOUR JAM IF YOU LOVE BOURBON Try the Kentucky classic Brown Derby. In this case, shaken and strained into a coupe, but equally delicious poured over crushed ice for long-haul sipping, julep style.

What you’ll need: 2 ounces tequila blanco (either Vida or New World Distillery Agave Spirit rock) ¾ ounce Cointreau 1 ounce lime juice ¼ ounce agave nectar Rim half of a double rocks glass or margarita coupe with lime juice and kosher salt. Shake all ingredients with ice, then strain over fresh ice into the rimmed glass. Garnish with a generous lime quarter wedge and get ready to party.

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What you’ll need: 2 ounces Sugar House Distillery Bourbon 1 ounce grapefruit juice 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon honey dissolved into 1 teaspoon warm water Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a coupe. Garnish with a grapefruit twist and dust off the searsucker.

Right now: Throw out that nasty bottle of premade high-fructose corn syrup Margarita mixer that’s been shoved to the back of the cupboard.

Trust me, you’ll never buy that shit again once you’ve made this cocktail using fresh lime juice and agave syrup, as the deity of your choice no doubt intended.

Your decision to salt or not to salt.

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What you’ll need: 2 ounces Distillery 36 Brigham Rum 1 ounce fresh lime juice ½ ounce simple syrup (or a few drops agave syrup) Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a coupe. Garnish with a lime wedge and let the world spin away.

What you’ll need: 2 ounces vodka ½ ounce lime juice, plus the lime half shell 2-3 ounces Garwood’s Ginger Beer Short shake the vodka, lime shell and lime juice with a few ice cubes to combine.

Strain into a highball glass filled with cracked ice or that copper mule mug you got for Christmas.

Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wedge and a sprig of mint. Serve with a straw, kick your feet up and pat yourself in the back—you’re a grown-up now. CW

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Moscow Mules are everywhere for a reason. They’re crisp, refreshing, sweet and go down oooooh-so-easy.

Keep it local using any one of several Utah vodkas: Beehive Organic, Five Wives, Sugar House Distillery, Salt City Vodka, Kid Curry Vodka or for a big-ass splurge, High West 7000.

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LISTICLE Your annual manual for hot shows this season.

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Run the Jewels at The Complex

June 8: Milky Chance June 8: Chon, Tera Melos, Covet, Little Tybee June 10: Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Withered, Revocation June 10: Trapfest: Bro Safari, 4B, Bonnie x Clyde June 12: Tigers Jaw, Saint Seneca, Smidley June 16: XXXTentacion, Ski Mask the Slump God, Craig Xen June 21: The Good Vibes Summer Tour 2017: Rebelution, Nahko and Medicine for the People, Collie Buddz, Hirie, DJ Mackle June 22: H2O, Fail to Follow June 23: Coin, Arizona June 30: Grimboyz: Swiss & Drobie, N.O.S.R.A.C. and The Don Smoke, Aquacodeine & Ovadose, more July 7: Phora July 8: Tiger Army, The Delta Bombers, The Limit Club July 12: DJ Shadow July 13: All Time Low, SWMRS, Waterparks, The Wrecks July 21: Descendents, The Bronx July 22: UB40, Matisyahu, Raging Fyah July 25 :Glass Animals Aug. 7: Taking Back Sunday, Every Time I Die, All Get Out Aug. 11: Blackberry Smoke, The Cadillac Three Aug. 18: Lamb of God, Behemoth Aug. 26: MNE—mystery show Aug. 26: Blaze, The ROC, AMB Aug. 30: Decapitated, Thy Art Is Murder, Fallujah, Ghost Bath Sep. 2: Lil Yachty Sep. 8: X—40th Anniversary Tour

July 1: Patriotic Celebration with Lisa Vroman July 7: Ella at 100: Patti Austin sings Ella Fitzgerald with the Utah Symphony July 8: The Beach Boys with the Utah Symphony July 15: Leslie Odom, Jr. with the Utah Symphony July 20: The Music of Prince with the Utah Symphony feat. Marshall Charloff July 21: Diana Krall July 29: Ben Folds with the Utah Symphony Aug. 5: Classical Mystery Tour with the Utah Symphony—A Tribute to the Beatles

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The Depot

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June 21: Poptone: Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins, Diva—playing the music of Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets July 22: Social Distortion, Jade Jackson Aug. 12: Sylvan Esso Sep. 6: Spoon, White Reaper

Eccles Theatre 131 S. Main live-at-the-eccles.com June 18: Ryan Adams

Egyptian Theater

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June 8-10: Kingston Trio June 22-24: Marc Cohn July 27-29: Mary Wilson of the Supremes Aug. 9-12: John Mayall Aug. 24-26: Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan Sep. 1-3: The Grass Roots

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In the Venue

Kingsbury Hall

June 7: Miss May I, Upon A Burning Body, Kublai Khan, Currents June 8: Lewis Del Mar, Blaenavon June 10: AJR June 17: Street Motivation Magazine Tour: Birdy, Reime Schemes, Lo’Key Tha Yg, On the Rise Radio with Leland Shogun White June 28: Jelly Roll & Doobie, K.A.O.T.I.C., Nevaeh, more TBA June 30: Da$h & Croosh, Matt Burton, MindBody&Beats July 22: BOOM TOWN: The Return of BL3ND July 29: Gypps, guests TBA Aug. 19: The Rocket Summer

June 13: Alice Cooper June 19: Nick Cave

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June 12: The Songs & Stories of Neil Diamond, Starring Jack Wright June 17: David Archuleta June 22: Peter Cetera June 26: Ann Wilson of Heart July 8: Ambrosia July 11: Kathy Mattea July 25: Chris Isaak July 29: Nathan Pacheco Aug. 5: Stephen Bishop Aug. 12: The Stray Cat: Lee Rocker Aug. 19: Idina Menzel Aug. 26: The Drifters Aug. 28: Steep Canyon Rangers Sep. 2: Yes, featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman Sep. 4: Toto, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo

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Maverik Center 3200 S. Decker Lake Drive maverikcenter.com

June 9: New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul July 6: Brit Floyd—Immersion World Tour Aug. 11: Banda MS

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June 8: OK Go, Dan Deacon, Mojave Nomads June 15: Louis the Child, Troyboi, DJ Jpan June 22: The Shins, Pure Bathing Culture, Local Spotlight TBA June 29: Miike Snow, Klangstof, New Shack

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June 18: Dispatch, Guster, Jake Shimabukuro June 20: Jason Mraz & His Superband June 28: Santana July 6: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band July 13: Amos Lee July 14: North Mississippi Allstars & Anders Osborne Present: N.M.O./Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real July 20: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sarah Jarosz July 21: Lyle Lovett & His Large Band

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Aug. 16: The Chick Corea Elektric Band, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones Aug. 17: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, St. Paul & the Broken Bones Aug. 20: Herbie Hancock Aug. 21: Lake Street Drive Aug. 31: ZZ Top Sep. 6: John Butler Trio, Nattali Rize Sep. 8: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls Sep. 12: Haim Sep. 13: Sheryl Crow Sep. 14: Gov’t Mule

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June 3: Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband June 10: Brian Setzer June 12: Collective Soul June 15: Michael Martin Murphey June 16: Little River Band June 27: Ann Wilson of Heart July 1: Air Supply July 7: Arrival, The Music of ABBA July 8: Jason Lyle Black, The Backwards Piano Man July 11-12: Donny & Marie July 18: Dashboard Confessional, The AllAmerican Rejects July 21: The Band Perry Aug. 15: Purple Reign Aug. 16: High Valley Aug. 18: The Rock Pack—The Music of Journey (Steve Augeri), Foreigner (Lou Gramm) & Asia (John Payne) Aug. 25: The Drifters

Snowbasin Blues, Brews & BBQ

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June 11: Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Satsang, The Sextones June 18: The Fleshtones, Penrose, The Weekenders June 25: TBA, Dirty Revival, Pinetop Inferno July 2: Jelly Bread, Too Slim, Folk Hogan July 9: Driftwood, Useful Jenkins, The Johnny Utahs July 16: Main Squeeze, King Cardinal, Gleewood July 23: Andy Frasco, Kris Lager Band, Groovement, Tony Holiday, Folk Hogan July 30: The Motet, Dead Winter Carpenters, Pixie and the Partygrass Boys, Jamie McClean Band Aug. 6: Old 97’s, Jeff Crosby and the Refugees, Slings and Arrows Aug. 13: Turnpike Troubadours, Dirty River Boys, The Battlefield Aug. 20: Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Troubadour 77, KLB, Old Shoe Aug. 27: Larry and His Flask, Me Like Bees, Canyon Kids Sep. 3: Los Lobos/ TBA, The Whiskey Gentry, Troubadour 77, Michelle Moonshine Trio, Tom Bennett Sep. 10: Johnny Utahs, Jordan Mathew Young Sep. 17: The Weekenders, Penrose Sep. 24: Tony Holiday and the Velvetones, Underground Cash

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June 7: Dead and Company June 16: Korn, Stone Sour, Yelawolf, Islander June 19: Def Leppard, Poison, Tesla June 27: REO Speedwagon, Styx, Don Felder June 30: I Love the ’90s: The Party Continues Tour—Naughty By Nature, Blackstreet, Mark McGrath, All-4-One, Coolio, Color Me Badd, SNAP! July 1: Rise Against, Deftones, Thrice, Frank Iero and the Patience July 6: Train, O.A.R., Natasha Bedingfield July 7: Iron Maiden, Ghost Aug. 2: Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton Aug. 7: Green Day, Catfish and the Bottlemen Aug. 9: Incubus, Jimmy Eat World, Judah and the Lion Aug. 11: Avenged Sevenfold, A Day to Remember, Special Guests TBD Aug. 12: 311, Blue October, New Politics, more TBA Aug. 13: Willie Nelson & Family, Kacey Musgraves Aug. 23: Depeche Mode, Warpaint Aug. 26: Foreigner, Cheap Trick, Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience Aug. 30: Lady Antebellum, Kelsea Ballerini, Brett Young Sep. 1: The Australian Pink Floyd Show: The Best Side of the Moon Sep. 6: One Republic, Fitz and the Tantrums, James Arthur

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FESTIVALS Snowbird ’s Ninth Annual Brewfest snowbird.com

June 10: The Nate Robinson Trio, The Fabulous Flynstones, Joshy Soul June 11: The Weekenders, Sin City Soul, Hectic Hobo,

Utah Blues Festival (Gallivan Center) utahbluesfest.org

June 17 Kenny Neal, Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, Samantha Fish, Harry Lee & the Back Alley Blues Band, Annika Chambers, Better Off with the Blues

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June 22-25 Shooter Jennings & Waymore’s Outlaws, Dexter Allen, RJD2, Insatiable, more

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June 24 Valient Thorr, Hawthorne Heights, Municipal Waste, The Adolescents, The Dickies, CKY, Alestorm, GWAR, Memphis May Fire

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June 23-25 Nick Murphy (Chet Faker), The Moth & the Flame, Ms. Lauryn Hill, NAS, The Airborne Toxic Event, Odesza, Method Man & Redman

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BABY, YOU ΄RE A FIREWORK Here ’s where to spend your July Fourth holiday.

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n the one hand, it would be easy to grumble that the Fourth of July falls on a Tuesday this year, making it more inconvenient to turn it into part of a long weekend. On the other hand, it means a nice patriotic break in the middle of your week—because there’s a place to have fun and celebrate no matter where you are along the Wasatch Front. Here are just some of the most popular official Independence Day festivities (though some information was incomplete at press time): America’s Freedom Festival: The state’s largest Fourth of July festivities kick off with the four-day Freedom Days festival on Provo’s Center Street June 30-July 4. The centerpiece Stadium of Fire show finds country stars Little Big Town and comedian Brian Regan headlining LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday, July 1, at 8 p.m. before the fireworks display. On Independence Day proper, the Grand Parade rolls down University Avenue beginning at 9 a.m. (freedomfestival.org) Sandy City Fourth of July: The South Towne Promenade (10000 S. Centennial Parkway) again hosts its annual community fair, afternoon parade, main-stage musical entertainment and 10 p.m. Sky Concert. Free admission. (sandy.utah.gov)

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Salt Lake City Independence Day Celebration: SLC’s west side again hosts the city’s official bash, with a 10 p.m. fireworks display near the north end of Jordan Park (1060 S. 900 West). (slcgov.com) Magna Small Town Big Fourth: If you’re way out west, enjoy a full day of activities on Magna’s Main Street, from the early morning 5K fun run through the noon parade and into afternoon activities at Copper Park, including games, inflatables, entertainment and a 10 p.m. fireworks show. (magnautah.org) Park City: If a sizzling day faces you, consider a mountain getaway for your patriotic fun. The annual parade begins at the top of Main Street at 11 a.m., and festivities continue at City Park from noon-4 p.m. Then head to Park City Mountain Resort for a free concert at 7 p.m., followed by fireworks at dusk. (visitparkcity.com) Riverton City Town Days: If you feel like getting your paradewatching early, head to Redwood Road in Riverton for the July 3 parade, beginning 6:30 p.m. from 13400 South to 12800 South and ending at Riverton City Park for a free evening movie. On July Fourth, return to the park for a chuck wagon breakfast, games, entertainment and 10 p.m. (fireworks. rivertoncity.com)

Sugar House Park: Salt Lake City’s most popular annual fireworks show takes over the lovely venue (1300 E. 2100 South) for community fair and music in the afternoon and fireworks at dusk. (sugarhousepark.org) Smith’s Ballpark: The Salt Lake Bees get the celebration started a bit early, with post-game fireworks after they play the Las Vegas ’51s on July 3 (6:35 p.m.; $11-$27), before they head out on a road trip. (slbees.com) Thanksgiving Point: Lehi gets lively at the Electric Park, with gates opening at 4 p.m. for concessions, games and vendors. Live music kicks off at 7 p.m., with the fireworks display scheduled for 10 p.m. (thanksgivingpoint.com) West Jordan Stampede: The annual PRCA rodeo comes to the West Jordan Arena (8035 S. 2200 West) July 1, 3 and 4 as appetizer for Independence Day activities.

At Veterans Memorial Park next door on the Fourth, enjoy a carnival, 10:30 a.m. parade, band concert, free movie in the park (Sing) and 10 p.m. fireworks finale. (westernstampede.com) And there you have it. Here's to a memorable, wet, dusty, sparkly and booze-filled summer! CW

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iven that this week’s dining column highlights Cucina Toscana restaurant, I thought it would be a good time to get familiar with the wines of Tuscany. It is, after all, Italy’s quintessential wine region and the source of that country’s most important red wines: Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino.

It’s been said there are no straight lines in Tuscany. Two-thirds of the region consists of undulating hills and rural roads that wind up and down, back and forth. Flat land is scarce, so vineyards are frequently planted on slopes of varying steepness. From the air, the middle of the Tuscany region where the wine zones are concentrated looks like

a crazy quilt—a patchwork of vineyards and micro-climates that seem random and without logic. Napa it isn’t.

Although there are serviceable white wines from the region, it’s really known for its famous aforementioned reds, all of which are made from the sangiovese grape.

One reason that wines made with this grape can taste so different is that there are numerous clones scattered throughout central Italy. But let’s not get bogged down in clone minutiae.

Chianti: If you’re old enough, you might associate Chianti with red-and-white checkered tablecloths and the wicker basket-wrapped bottles that some of it used to come in (and still does); the bottles often had a second life as candle holders. It has come a long way since then. Today’s Chianti is made with food in mind. It’s an often elegant, light-bodied red wine with soft tannins and a fair amount of acidity, which is why it’s such a natural partner for pizza, pasta with red sauce, barbecued and grilled meats, cheeses and such. Most Chianti is affordable (less than $20 per bottle). Respectable producers include Coltibuono, DaVinci, Ruffino, Selvapiana, Straccali, Ricasoli, Querceto, Frescobaldi and Antinori.

Brunello di Montalcino: This is the most sought-after wine from Italy. It’s also the most expensive. Brunello (meaning “the nice dark one”) only accounts for

DRINK around 3,000 acres of Tuscany’s vineyards, as opposed to Chianti with closer to 41,000. It’s a lavish, complex wine that typically is loaded with black fruit flavors, along with chocolate and leathery notes. It’s required to be aged at least four years before release, and can continue to mature decades after that. I’ve never had the luxury of tasting it, but it’s said that Biondi-Santi Brunello di Montalcino can be remarkable after 100 years of aging. This is the definitive prestigious wine from Italy, and priced accordingly.

Producers to look for include Altesino, Argiano, Casanova dei Neri, Il Poggione, Poggio Antico and La Poderina.

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano: Finding good Vino Nobile can be a challenge, since so many are unbalanced.

You want to look for ones with good acidity and spicy concentration. There’s a lot of inferior Vino Nobile to be had out there, and you’re usually in good hands purchasing riservas, which must be aged a minimum of three years. Among my favorite producers are Avignonesi, Poderi Boscarelli, Poliziano, DEI, Salcheto and Gracciano della Seta.

You can find Tuscan wines in your favorite wine store, of course. Or you could visit some of our local restaurants that shine a light on the wines of Tuscany. A few that come to mind are (naturally) Tuscany and Cucina Toscana, plus Stanza, Caffe Molise, Grappa, Valter’s Osteria, Brio Tuscan Grille, Sea Salt, Veneto and Stoneground. BTG also serves an impressive range of Tuscan—and Italian wines in general—by the sip, splash or glass. So go out and grab yourself a taste of Tuscan sunshine. CW

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There’s a nod to France on the restaurant’s menu with three-cheese fondue, as well as New World specialties such as organic Southern-fried chicken, pan-seared sea bass and smoked duck breast and confit leg. Franck’s version of meatloaf is slowly braised pulled pork, veal and chicken in a blueberry-lavender sauce. Don’t miss out on their not-so-traditional take on steak: wagyu sirloin steak served with porcini purée, crimini mushrooms and blackberries. 6263 S. Holladay Blvd., Holladay, 801-274-6264, francksfood.com

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REVIEW BITES A sampler of Ted Scheffler’s reviews

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With a selection of more than 20 sandwiches, The Robin’s Nest, named for owner Robin Paluso, is heaven for sandwich lovers. The Heritage—Paluso’s tribute to her Italian father—is an excellent Italian hoagie-style sandwich. But the one I keep returning to is the Egg-Straordinaire. A good egg-salad sandwich is getting harder and harder to find these days.

Thankfully, this one fits the bill with housemade egg salad, red onion, green peppers, lettuce and melted cheese on wheat bread (add bacon for a meaty kick). Reviewed April 20. 311 S. Main, 801-466-6378, robinsnestslc.com

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Zac Efron, Jon Bass and Dwayne Johnson in Baywatch. the Baywatch crew’s most unlikely recruit, doughy Ronnie (Jon Bass, generally a scenestealer), gets his genitalia caught in something, requiring an embarrassingly public rescue operation. It’s not a good look when attempts at subversiveness come off as desperate.

Meanwhile, there’s an actual sort-of plot going on, involving a drug-smuggling real-estate magnate (Priyanka Chopra), and a few actual rescues-at-sea for the lifeguards, much of which is played surprisingly straight. There’s even an odd moment in which Matt reveals his troubled past, as though his needs-to-betamed hotshot character required motivation.

Whenever Baywatch drifts into the realm of action-comedy that actually expects the action to matter, it loses much of the good will it has built up by emphasizing its ridiculousness. There’s a place for goofy adaptations, and a place for straightforward adaptations, and a place for over-the-top adaptations. Ideally, those places should be in at least three different movies. CW

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So with the arrival of Baywatch, the natural question is: Which one of these formulas does it embrace? The answer is: Yes. All of the above.

If you’re an observer of the development process for franchise movies, that probably doesn’t come as a shock. These things are often Frankensteined into existence out of sheer determination to get that brand name up on the screen, no matter how many writers the studio has to throw at it. In this case, between story credits and screenplay credits, they threw at least three teams of writers at this one. So if you wondered what would happen if you combined the styles of writers whose credits include Reno 911!, The Smurfs and Freddy vs. Jason, it looks a lot like this.

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entertaining, in large part due to sheer force of the personalities involved. Dwayne Johnson plays Mitch Buchannon, the alpha-male leader of the lifeguard squad at the beach community of Emerald Bay. He takes his job deadly seriously, and in turn he’s revered by the grateful locals who build sand sculptures in honor of his exploits. It’s a satisfying conceit turning Mitch into a de facto superhero, and it’s only thanks to Johnson’s own self-effacing charm that it comes off as amusing rather than obvious to take that approach to a guy who’s actually built like a superhero.

Director Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) takes a similar winking approach to the rest of Mitch’s crew, in a way that probably makes it feel a bit more like 21 Jump Street in its selfparody. Hotshot newcomer Matt Brody (Zac Efron, again, as in Neighbors, endearing as an oblivious himbo) is a disgraced former Olympic swimming gold medalist doing his community service; he’s treated by Mitch as a pretty boy deserving a litany of dismissive insults, including at least one with a particular Efron connection. The trio of women—veterans CJ (Kelly Rohrbach) and Stephanie (Ilfenesh Hadera), and new recruit Summer (Alexandra Daddario)—race across the beach in their cleavage-baring swimsuits in a way that makes people wonder out loud if they’re moving in slow motion. By the time Matt suggests that the criminal activity Mitch suspects is taking place sounds like “a really entertaining but far-fetched TV show”—plus the expected cameos by original cast members—the gag doesn’t need that much underlining. We get it: Baywatch was silly, and everyone involved in making this movie knows it.

They also want to make it a broad raunchy comedy, and in that sense it’s far less successful than Jump Street at creating a winking version of the source material for big kids. Gaypanic humor feels sadly obligatory, and the non-stop parade of f-bombs serves no purpose other than to announce “guess what we can say now.” The weirdest bit involves a straight-up theft from There’s Something About Mary where

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sequel, covering a lot of the same ground but in more detail—not much of which is as interesting as just listening to them play.

Eventually Walker focuses briefly on vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer, and a fascinating subplot about him enjoying improbable post-Social Club fame after a lifetime as a backup singer. Then she shifts again, to look into other members who have passed on as well as a 2015-16 tour of surviving members. Sometimes you need to know when to say “adiós” to your initial plan and let a great story take you where it will. Opens May 26 at Broadway Centre Cinemas.

(PG)—Scott Renshaw THE LOVERS BBB Don’t let the comparison oversell it, but The Lovers is like a Shakespearean comedy soaked in mid-career Woody Allen: urbane, well-acted and slightly problematic. Mary (Debra Winger) and Michael (Tracy Letts) are an unhappy couple, both having affairs and each secretly planning to leave the other after their son returns to college. But while they’re waiting—wouldn’t you know it?—they start re-falling in love. Writer-director Azazel Jacobs’ astute screenplay trips merrily through the lies and alibis that accompany adultery, but more crucial are the performances.

Winger and Letts (a powerhouse stage actor/playwright who merits big-screen stardom) play their characters’ mixed emotions with impeccable finesse, establishing a relationship that feels well-worn and lived-in. Sometimes Jacobs leaves things unsaid and lets us watch as Michael and Mary reflect, realize and decide—their thought processes as vivid as if they’d verbalized them. Other times, he gives them coy, playful dialogue that lets them talk circles around each other. The story’s resolution, though unexpected, suits the characters as we’ve come to understand them. All’s well that ends well. Opens May 26 at theaters valleywide. (R)—Eric D. Snider MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA BB.5 “Titanic meets The Breakfast Club” sounds like an irresistible pitch, and indeed you proably haven’t seen anything quite like writer/director Dash Shaw’s funky animated tale. A geeky, unpopular high-school sophomore also named Dash (Jason Schwartzman) finds himself among friends (Reggie Watts and Maya Rudolph), a popular student council member (Lena Dunham) and a nigh-superhuman lunch lady (Susan Sarandon) trying to survive when their seaside high school collapses into the ocean after an earthquake. Shaw peppers his hand-drawn style with flashes of psychedelia and odd angles to make it feel like a zine come to life, and there’s a perverse appeal to the dark, droll humor; a pile of dead bodies inspires the observation “They’re not gonna graduate.” Yet it’s also a paper-thin narrative populated with single-attribute-if-they’re-lucky characters, which makes it jarring when John Cameron Mitchell makes a too-brief appearance voicing a BMOC-turned-demigod who actually has a personality. If live-action disaster movies are dinged for being all about the visuals, it seems only fair to hold this to a similar standard. Opens May 26 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (PG-13)—SR

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES B This ride has gone on long enough. With its uncalled-for fifth installment, Pirates of the Caribbean has officially outstayed its welcome. It’s a cacophony of CGI spectacle that assails the senses, but forgets to give us a reason to care about the people caught in the middle of it. It’s pandemonium—and incredibly boring. It’s full of the supernatural, but it has no magic. Abuse passes for wit; coincidence for fate. Action sequences are kinetic and crashy, but lack pizzazz. Jack Sparrow’s new Bones and Spock—played

by Brenton Thwaites and Kaya Scodelario—share nothing but cringeworthy banter, a painful lack of chemistry and one of the least convincing onscreen romances ever. Johnny Depp’s Sparrow is newly cruel to his friends, stupid rather than cunning, and lacking in all the crafty charm he once had. The confusing, convoluted plot—involving a search for the mythic Trident of Poseidon, said to break all curses of the sea, and Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) out for revenge against Sparrow for turning him into a zombiesailor—had me rooting for Salazar all the way. Opens May 26 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)—MaryAnn Johanson

SPECIAL SCREENINGS CRIES FROM SYRIA At Main Library, May 31, 7 p.m. (NR) LONG STRANGE TRIP At Tower Theatre, May 25, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. (R) THEIR FINEST At Park City Film Series, May 26-27, 8 p.m. & May 28, 6 p.m.

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ALIEN: COVENANT BB.5 Director Ridley Scott returns to the Big Ideas swirling around in Prometheus, but maybe they shouldn’t be packaged in this particular cinematic world. Ten years after the events of Prometheus, a colonizing spacecraft discovers a distress signal, leading them to a planet where it’s not long before things are bursting out of people. The relationship between creator and created continues to be a central theme, thoughtfully explored, but of all the post1979 Alien installments, this one feels most determined to mimic the formula of the original. As creatively grotesque as it is, it feels almost like a trick—an attempt to reflect on mortality and hubris, but sneak it past an audience by wrapping it in a familiar franchise name. Like the monster at its center, this franchise keeps changing shape, but that doesn’t mean every mutation is an improvement. (R)—SR

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t South by Southwest in 2012, virtuoso guitarist Gary Lucas performed a new, original score to Coffin Joe’s 1967 psychedelic horror film, This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse at Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse theater. Either one of these attractions alone would have been something special. In addition to working with Captain Beefheart, Nick Cave, Lou Reed and John Cale, Lucas co-wrote and played on two tracks (“Grace” and “Mojo Pin”) from Jeff Buckley’s masterpiece, Grace, plus his solo albums are out of this world. Coffin Joe flicks are supremely creepy, sensual, psychedelic and flat-out weird—chances to see them on the big screen are rare. Watching Lucas play along to the film while silhouetted against the lower left-hand corner of the screen, which he does only occasionally, was all but a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Musicians have written new scores for public-domain silent films for decades. Giorgio Moroder famously tackled Fritz Lang’s 1927 scifi film Metropolis in 1984. F.W. Murnau’s 1922 German expressionist vampire flick Nosferatu is one of the most popular cases; Christian Death’s Rozz Williams gave it the goth-industrial treatment in 2001, and it was released on DVD by Cleopatra Records. Lucas still performs his version, and there are several by other composers or acts on YouTube—including snippets of one by The Invincible Czars.

From Austin, the quartet started in the late ’90s as a rock band, playing geek-themed original music—inspired by everything from Tchaikovsky to Van Halen—in clubs. They’d also begun to gain notoriety for performing their own adaptation of The Nutcracker during the holidays. In 1998, guitarist and founder Josh Robins realized some of the music he’d been writing sounded like film scores.

Having noticed scene peers, like Golden Arm Trio and Brown Whornet, composing alternate scores for films and playing them as live accompaniment at Alamo screenings, the Czars wanted in.

The theater gave them a shot at Yakov Protazanov’s psychotropic 1924 sci-fi joint Aelita: Queen of Mars.

Robins says The Nutcracker shows were an accident, a joke that became an annual gig. The scoring wasn’t just a whim, but it got The Invincible Czars noticed. “The silent films have kind of surpassed

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that as the more popular thing that we do,” Robins says. Nearly 20 years later, they’ve scored seven films, including Nosferatu.

Last March, they performed Nosferatu at the Tower Theatre in Salt Lake City—where Robins was born. “I’m prime Mormon stock,” he jokes. Although the band has been doing this for a while, it was the first time they’d performed here. Even so, it was their biggest show yet, by nearly triple. “We beat our previous attendance record by 185 [people],” Robins says.

Down on the Tower’s floor, the band—dressed in suits, capes and top hats, except for Leila Henley, who wore a dress—took their seats facing the screen. In the flickering lights, they played their score, a blend of Romanian classical and folk music with nods to Danny Elfman, Ween and Ennio Morricone. Throughout the film, the main-floor all-ages crowd and the over-21 VIP balcony above them reacted audibly to the music, which—as scores did in the silent era—provided emotional cues as well as sound effects. Many of us had seen the film before, and already knew the original as a truly frightening interpretation of Bram Stoker’s classic tale, Dracula. With this new music, Nosferatu was resurrected with renewed impact: more and better creeps, and even laughter. Many new fans stayed around to congratulate the band afterward and buy T-shirts, posters and CDs—even the rock stuff.

Since that Salt Lake City show, Robins says The Invincible Czars’ film-score shows continue to attract larger crowds. “The next one in Seattle sold out,” he says, still astonished. The band is back on tour, performing Nosferatu and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—sometimes both in one night. On Tuesday, they return to the Tower to play Jekyll. He’s not sure why it’s happening now, but the film performances are definitely catching on. Perhaps we just crave something new; a fresh spin on the concert and film experience; a media mashup resulting in a new appreciation of an extant work.

But Robins isn’t trying to analyze it. Creatives already have a hard time making a living and, if something works, it works. He does think, however, that after seven horror/sci-fi scores, it’s probably time for a change of pace. What might that entail? “We need to do more comedy,” he says. CW

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fter more than two decades—and an album to show for almost every one of those years—The Sadies certainly have proven their mettle. Still, the fact that they reside north of the border has tempered their progress. Like other Canadian combos—Blue Rodeo, The Tragically Hip, Skydiggers, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Spirit of the West—they champion a sound they’ve dubbed “Canadiana,” one that’s as roots-relevant as any of their American cousins. Their 2010 album, Darker Circles was shortlisted for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Music Prize, and later garnered a Juno Award for best video. Sadly though, due to setting or circumstance, The Sadies’ work has but been all ignored on the lower side of that northern divide.

Singer/guitarist Dallas Good says it’s always harder for Canadian artists to get recognition in the United States—at least compared to the relative ease that American acts have on the flipside of similar situations. For one thing, visas are expensive and difficult to get, making a tour of the U.S. a logistical nightmare for many non-native bands. Good appears to keep it in perspective. “I don’t see it affecting Drake or the Biebs of course, but whatever,” he says. “I certainly don’t blame the public for never having heard of me.”

It’s not as though The Sadies aren’t successful in the States. They’re just—as with their aforementioned musical countrymen—relegated to a sort of cult status on this side of the border. That’s not such a ter-

MUSIC rible thing; cult bands are rich in respect, both from critics and their fellow artists, and The Sadies have a seemingly never-ending parade of similar artists to collaborate with, including fellow Canadians Neko Case and Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, as well as non-Canucks Jon Langford (The Mekons, The Waco Brothers), John Doe of X and soul man Andre Williams. They might not be famous, but Good and his colleagues (brother, vocalist and guitarist Travis Good; bassist Sean Dean and drummer Mike Belitsky) seem to have it pretty good.

Currently, the band—pricey visas in hand—is in the midst of a six-week American tour with Justin Townes Earle. Good says it’s going well: “We still haven’t killed each other or even attempted to do so.” They’re promoting their 19th album, Northern Passages, released earlier this year on Yep Roc. Their most definitive effort yet, it’s a combination of harmonious ballads and frisky rockers that reflect The Sadies’ cornucopia of influences, which spans the late ’50s through late ’60s, and encompasses country Western, bluegrass, R&B, folk, instrumental rock and psychedelia.

That blend has served The Sadies well over their lengthy career. The variety means the band can explore new territory without straying too far from their creative home and alienating fans. “I don’t think I’m very concerned about repeating myself,” Good

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There’s also something to be said for knowing oneself as an artist and, in spite of any logistical obstacles, staying steady as she goes, eyes focused on the horizon.

That’s how bands thrive and continue to make records, even if they’re not breaking any. “We may be a one-trick pony,” Good says, “but the trick is getting really good.”

He hopes that audiences—at home, Stateside or otherwise—will concur. He describes a Sadies concert as a great show that boasts a fair share of surprises. “We provide an environment that’s conducive to having a lot of fun,” he says. “It’s scientifically enhanced. Factory adjusted. Like a Petri dish full of good times.” CW

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Utah winters are known for their annoying tendency to overstay their welcome, but I think it’s safe to say that we’re in the clear—that icy jerk seems to have picked someone else to bother. That means summer is on its way, and we’re in need of some live tunes to properly usher in beach season. To this end, Marylandbased reggae-punk rockers Ballyhoo! are coming to town to help shake the dust off of our cargo shorts and halter tops. Born from the shared genetic code that brought 311 and Sublime into existence, Ballyhoo! has been a genre mainstay since the mid’90s, before Rebelution, Passafire and The Expendables became the ostensible heirs to the college-boy reggae-rock roost.

Rounding out this sun-drenched roster is The Holdup and Darenots—two bands that are equally summer-friendly. Nothing manages to chase the winter blues away like a few Coronas and some live music— particularly when it’s irie, upbeat reggae riddims. (Alex Springer) Club Elevate, 155 W. 200 South, 7 p.m. (doors), $13-$16, 21+, facebook.com/thehotelelevate

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If you’ve enjoyed brunch at the Grand America Hotel, you’ve likely partaken in the sounds of jazz bassist Dave Bowen and his quartet—the perfect accompaniment to omelettes and prime rib, it turns out. He also performs with Tad Calcara and combo The Red Rock Hot Club and, as with the most skilled jazz musicians, Bowen is conversant in various jazz styles—more of a swing sound with Calcara and old-school French Gypsy jazz with RRHC. With his quartet, Bowen explores the intricacies

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of the four-musician format, with subtle interplay and depth of repertoire. In a venue where you might pay a little more attention to the music than when it’s the tasteful background to dining conversation, the DBQ has the capacity to dazzle with their dynamics and virtuoso musicianship. This latest great show is a reminder that you can’t beat Excellence in the Community’s free weekly concert series as a way to enjoy quality jazz locally, especially in an all-ages setting where you can even bring the kids. (Brian Staker) Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main, 7:30 p.m., free, all ages, excellenceconcerts.org

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San Francisco’s Cool Ghouls comes clean with the refreshing admission that rock ’n’ roll is an art form they haven’t mastered, according to a recent press release. What’s to master? Rock is about raw ecstasy

Ballyhoo! and fervor, not hitting every note exactly right. But they’re are ever mindful of rock history, and their sound pays homage to greats from that city—Flamin’ Groovies, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and many others. Being the work-in-progress that they are, this quad proves that psych/ garage-rock counterculture is alive and well in the Bay Area, gentrified or not.

After three full-length releases, this show is a chance to nab their self-released, touronly cassette Gord’s Horse—an eight-song journey that’ll take your Walkman to farout places it hasn’t been in decades. Local kraut-rock/post-punk Soft Limbs opens, replacing previous support act Season of the Witch. (BS) Vague Space, 819 E. 2100 South, 8:30 p.m., $5, all ages, facebook.com/vaguespace

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While Delta Spirit is alive and well, there’s something ominous about frontman Matthew Logan Vasquez’ decision to call his new solo album Does What He Wants (Dine Alone). According to an interview with online music publication Consequence of Sound, this album was intended to be a new Delta Spirit album, but Vasquez eventually pursued a different creative direction. Fans of Vasquez’ beloved band will recognize their characteristically rustic alt-pop in the chords of Vasquez’ lonesome guitar, and can look forward to some introspective new material if Does What He Wants is any indication of his current creative headspace. (AS) Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 8 p.m., $15, 21+, theurbanloungeslc.com

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So they earn the comparisons the label tosses out in the band bio and onesheet: Hüsker Dü, the Wipers, Warsawera Joy Division. Those are all bands that boasted great songs and attractive badassery; Crooked Bangs—if they keep this up—might one day be mentioned in the same breath as their forebears.

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Similar to Jeff Crosby, another artist with local connex, singer-songwriter Michael Dallin has a wanderlust that has him spending time—and even living—in exotic locales other than Salt Lake City. As the frontdude in the local band Bad Apples (not the solo act from the late ’90s and early aughts, Bad Apple) from 2008-2012, Dallin played his folk-rock/soul tunes across Asia. This led to him making a second home in Beijing, China, where he formed the rock band Vital Time and played soul in the Michael Dallin Project and continued to tour to places like Cape Town, South Africa. But he never forgets SLC, and frequently turns up for gigs (and regional U.S. tours) alone and with his other band, Coolabibus, which features Inner Mongolian Chinese guitarist Jonny Barah. His looks might cause you to expect the 11 cuts on the dreadlocked wanderer’s Reverbnation page (reverbnation.com/michaeldallinmusic) to be barefoot jam-band fare—they’re not. At least, not entirely. Dallin’s sound has some passport stamps, but he doesn’t try to use his experiences to create a multiculti-humblebrag gumbo. He sticks to familiar turf: straightforward, honest songs delivered without too much flash—and those work with any crowd, anywhere. (Randy Harward) The Hog Wallow, 3200 E. Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, 9 p.m., $4, 21+, thehogwallow.com

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51. Hester Prynne’s “A,” e.g.

52. Tourney round 53. Acquired relative 54. Film vamp linked to Valentino 55. Pull out all the stops 56. Screwball 57. Word repeated in a French Hamlet’s soliloquy 61. Overnight, maybe 62. Dying words, in Shakespeare 63. Spanish 101 verb 65. Dump 67. Mischievous kid

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“mountain” 4. “Tristram Shandy” novelist 5. Some MIT grads 6. Mosey along 7. Strict 8. “To your health!”

9. Lucy of “Elementary” 10. Cracking up 11. Cannes site 12. “What ____!”

14. Like ____ of bricks 18. Island in the Thames 22. ____ vivant 25. AOL and Verizon, for two 26. Took gold 27. God with a day of the week named after him 28. Unavailable, as a book 29. Clean slate 33. Tampa Bay player, for short 34. Kind of dye 35. Sue Grafton’s “____ for Noose” 36. Police dept. rank 37. John Adams : ____ :: George H.W. Bush : GWB 39. What many rulers hold 42. Use a coffeemaker 45. Farmer’s ____ 49. Result of a Pacquiao punch, perhaps

Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9.

1. Like someone who scores 30.0 or above on the body mass index 6. Nincompoop 9. ‘80s rocker Ford 13. Flu sufferer’s soother 15. Overseer of NYC’s subway system 16. How many TV shows are now shown 17. Biblical character who cannot tell a lie?

19. ____ fee 20. Letter-shaped construction beam 21. Masseuse’s offering 23. ____-la-la 24. “Hey, SNL cast member from 2005-12, want to play Super Mario Bros.?”?

27. Lugs 30. “Your watching privileges are revoked because you didn’t finish your homework!”

31. Mao’s successor 32. Sandwich packed with a juice box, perhaps 38. Most-watched TV series of 2012-13 40. Bookie’s venue, briefly 41. Creedence Clearwater Revival hit about an NFL VIP? 43. Chop 44. Lopsided win 46. One sharing the marquee 47. Word that appeared as an answer more times (36) than any other in New York Times crosswords in 2015 48. ____ fee 50. George Orwell’s “Such, Such Were the Joys,” e.g.

52. Applying corporal punishment to a former Speaker of the House?

58. Make a mistake 59. Result after the leadoff batter whiffs 60. “Gotcha!”

64. Farrow and Hamm 66. Modern political cause ... or an an apt description of what’s been applied to 17-, 24-, 41- and 52-Across 68. Sch. or hosp.

69. Bush spokesman Fleischer 70. NFL career rushing leader Smith 71. Court postponement 72. Removable locks?

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Generation Kill is an HBO miniseries based on the experiences of a reporter embedded with American Marines fighting in Iraq. Early on, before the troops have been exposed to any serious combat, they’re overflowing with trash talk. A commanding officer scolds them: “Gentlemen, from now on we’re going to have to earn our stories.” Although you are in a much less volatile situation right now, Gemini, my advice to you is the same: In the coming weeks, you’ll have to earn your stories. You can’t afford to talk big unless you’re geared up to act big, too. You shouldn’t make promises and entertain dares and issue challenges unless you’re fully prepared to be a hero. Now here’s my prophecy: I think you will be a hero.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) In your mind’s eye, drift back in time to a turning point in your past that didn’t go the way you’d hoped. But don’t dwell on the disappointment. Instead, change the memory. Visualize yourself then and there, but imagine you’re in possession of all the wisdom you have gathered since then. Next, picture an alternative ending to the old story—a finale in which you manage to pull off a much better result. Bask in this transformed state of mind for five minutes. Repeat the whole exercise at least once a day for the next two weeks. It will generate good medicine that will produce a creative breakthrough no later than mid-June.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “There are no green thumbs or black thumbs,” wrote horticulturalist Henry Mitchell in a message you were destined to hear at this exact moment. “There are only gardeners and non-gardeners. Gardeners are the ones who get on with the high defiance of nature herself, creating, in the very face of her chaos and tornado, the bower of roses and the pride of irises. It sounds very well to garden a ‘natural way.’ You might see the natural way in any desert, any swamp, any leech-filled laurel hell.

Defiance, on the other hand, is what makes gardeners.” Happy Defiance Time to you, Aquarius! In the coming weeks, I hope you will express the most determined and disciplined fertility ever!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) I believe it might be the right time to tinker with or repair a foundation; to dig down to the bottom of an old resource and consider transforming it at its roots. Why? After all this time, that foundation or resource needs your fresh attention. It could be lacking a nutrient that has gradually disappeared. Maybe it would flourish better if it got the benefit of the wisdom you have gained since it first became useful for you. Only you have the power to discern the real reasons, Pisces—and they might not be immediately apparent. Be tender and patient and candid as you explore.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Sin” is a puerile concept in my eyes, so I don’t normally use it to discuss grown-up concerns. But if you give me permission to LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) As long as you keep Syria, South Sudan and North Korea off invoke it in a jokey, ironic way, I’ll recommend that you cultivate your itinerary, traveling would be food for your soul during the more surprising, interesting and original sins. In other words, next 28 days. It would also be balm for your primal worries Aries, it’s high time to get bored with your predictable ways of and medicine for your outworn dogmas and an antidote for stirring up a ruckus. Ask God or Life to bring you some really your comfortable illusions. Do you have the time and money evocative mischief that will show you what you’ve been missing necessary to make a pilgrimage to a place you regard as holy? and lead you to your next robust learning experience.

How about a jaunt to a rousing sanctuary? Or an excursion to an exotic refuge that will shock you in friendly, healing ways? I hope TAURUS (April 20-May 20) that you will at least read a book about the territory that you Attention, smart shoppers! Here’s a special spring fling offer!

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “Dear Dream Doctor: I dreamed that a crowd of people had decided to break through a locked door using a long, thick wooden plank as a battering ram. The only problem was, I was lying on top of the plank, half-asleep. By the time I realized what was up, the agitated crowd was already at work smashing at the door. Luckily for me, it went well. The door got bashed in and I wasn’t hurt. What does my dream mean?—Nervous Virgo.”

Dear Virgo: Here’s my interpretation: It’s time to knock down a barrier, but you’re not convinced you’re ready or can do it all by yourself. Luckily, there are forces in your life that are conspiring to help make sure you do it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) “In youth we feel richer for every new illusion,” wrote author Anne Sophie Swetchine. “In maturer years, for every one we lose.” While that might be generally true, I think that even 20-something Capricorns are likely to fall into the latter category in the coming weeks. Whatever your age, I foresee you shouting something akin to “Hallelujah!” or “Thank God!” or “Boomshakalaka flashbang!” as you purge disempowering fantasies that have kept you in bondage and naive beliefs that have led you astray.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’re being invited to boost your commitment to life and become a more vivid version of yourself. If you refuse the invitation, it will later return as a challenge. If you avoid that challenge, it will eventually circle back around to you as a demand. So I encourage you to respond now, while it’s still an invitation. To gather the information you’ll need, ask yourself these questions: What types of self-development are you “saving for later”? Are you harboring any mediocre goals or desires that dampen your lust for life? Do you tone down or hold back your ambitions for fear they would hurt or offend people you care about?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Life is inviting you to decode riddles about togetherness that could boost your emotional intelligence and earn you the right to enjoy lyrical new expressions of intimacy. Will you accept the invitation? Are you willing to transcend your habitual responses for the sake of your growth-inducing relationships? Are you interested in developing a greater capacity for collaboration and synergy? Would you be open to making a vulnerable fool of yourself if it helped your important alliances to fulfill their dormant potential? Be brave and empathetic, Sagittarius. Be creative and humble and affectionate.

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State Street through Salt Lake County isn’t a showcase that provokes tourists to “ooh” and “ahh” at the pretty streetscape. A recent study by city’s Transportation Division says State sees about 26,000 cars per day (Foothill gets 39,500, Redwood, 22,000 and 1300 East, 24,000). The street is 132 feetwide, sidewalk curb cuts are unfriendly to wheelchairs and there are few trees.

“In the past six years, there have been 1,251 injuries on State, 14 fatalities—six of which were pedestrians trying to cross the road,” Salt Lake City planner Molly Robinson said during a recent Downtown Alliance meeting.

Now there’s a new study afoot to give the capital city’s main drag a newer, fresher, friendlier look. You can give your two cents at lifeonstate.com. Here’s a great example of why change is needed: Rusted Sun Pizzeria, just north of 2100 South, had parking spaces out front when it opened years ago. UDOT (because State Street is a state highway) came in recently and lengthened the turn lane at the 2100 South intersection and wiped out street parking. If a new business were to take over the location, it wouldn’t be able to get a license because there’s no parking.

We need to work together to make State better for everyone, like by utilizing sidewalks for outside dining and parklets, and for better, safer foot and bike travel. Robinson noted there are two elementary schools on each side of State and that “we tend to put in crosswalks only after a kid is killed.” The study area covers 5 miles of State between South Temple and 3300 South. The area past city hall is pretty ugly, from the windowless Sears store on 800 South to numerous pawn shops and car dealerships, dive bars with minimum signage and, again, no windows, and restaurants who couldn’t give a crap about using weed-eaters.

Much of this study is economy/moneydriven. Look at the giant apartment complex going in at 600 S. State as a prime example of change. We’re low on housing and more is going to pop up all along our main roadway in the coming years. Zoning laws are changing to allow for more folks to live among commercial properties. Apartment developers want to promote amenities to their projects as walkable and hip neighborhoods. The old Ritz-Classic bowling alley at 2265 S. State is now a new apartment project, and the developer worked with locals to preserve the giant bowling pin sign out front. That adds to the prettification of State and our city overall. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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Pedestrian Calming Officials in charge of a Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal heritage site recently installed “speed bumps,” similar to those familiar to Americans driving residential streets—but on a pedestrian walkway, with row upon row of risers to resemble a washboard. A Western travel writer, along with editors of People’s Daily China, suggested that officials were irked that “disorderly” tourists had been walking past the ancient grounds too rapidly to appreciate its beauty or context.

The Job of the Researcher Marine mammologist Dara Orbach’s specialty is figuring out how bottlenose dolphins fit their sex organs together to copulate.

When dolphins die of natural causes, Orbach, a post-doctoral fellow at Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University, is sent their genitals (and also those of whales, porpoises and sea lions) and fills each one with silicone to work from molds in understanding the sex act’s mechanics. Dolphins’ vaginas are “surprising” in their “complexity,” she told Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in April, for example, with the ability to twist inner folds to divert the progress of any sperm deposited by undesirable mates.

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Bright Ideas Compared to busy coastal metropolises, Indiana might evoke repose, and entrepreneur Tom Battista is suggesting the state’s largest city capitalize on the sentiment by reserving a destination site on a low-lying hill overlooking the chaotic merge lanes of two interstate highways—affording visitors leisurely moments watching the frantic motorists scrambling below. He plans three rows of seats and a sunshade for the relaxed gawkers to take in the “ocean”-like roar and imagine overwrought drivers’ rising blood pressure (while their own remains soothingly calm). n Several treatments are available to combat the heart arrhythmia atrial fibrillation, but all require medical supervision, which John Griffin, 69, said he tried to acquire at the emergency room at New Zealand’s Waikato Hospital in April, only to be met with delay and frustration. Griffin went home that day, took notice of his neighbor’s 8,000-volt electric security fence and, with boots off, in a fit of doit-yourself desperation, nudged it with his arm. He got quite a jolt, he said, but he walked away, and his heart returned to natural rhythm.

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