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Cover story, p. 13 From the wild American West to the Salish Sea to Thailand, to twice sailing the Pacific Ocean, Cirino tells important stories of nature from local untold angles. When not traveling, she’s writing from her apartment in New York City, where she also rehabilitates injured wild creatures.

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PRIVATE EY Started Over

When thinking about a reference point to wrap this column around—I’ve been asked to write about “new beginnings”—places I’ve been, people I’ve met, projects I’ve started all came to mind to theme today’s muse. But in my reverie is a particular song, John Lennon’s “(Just Like) Starting Over.” It was released in the United States on Oct. 27, 1980, and according to songfacts.com, it’s release coincided with the date Mark David Chapman purchased the gun that he would use to kill Lennon less than two months later. Life is such symmetry. That’s not what I have in mind for 2018, not to mention that the song, while full of generic New Year’s themes like renewal and forward-thinking, is basically a paean to Yoko Ono. I like the song—but truth is, I was never a fan of Ono, neither her art or her music. I never really understood what Lennon saw in her, but it wasn’t for me to question. They were in love. Besides, “(Just Like) Starting Over” was simply a self-doubting, symmetrical Lennon extension of his 1964 song “If I Fell.” That was a great song. But, songs won’t cut it on this day, either. Fact is, I’ve never been very good at new beginnings of anything, let alone writing about them. It’s an easier path to just keep morphing and moving forward than to start all over— same with any relationship. Lord knows I have a long, deep relationship with City Weekly, founding it over 30 years ago. It’s morphed a dozen times, plus the people working and toiling here have come and gone, each leaving an indelible stamp on who and what we are. Each person shapes or corrects the next in good ways and bad. For those past decades we’ve held in our minds—and hoped the larger expanse of readers and supporters felt

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similarly—that we are vitally important to this community. Yet, as nearly everyone knows, the fortunes of the print business have changed tremendously. We fairly escaped the turmoil that hit most newspapers a decade ago, but during the past three years, the turmoil hit us, too. A good number of our peers didn’t survive and others might not—us included. Some papers have gone to online only, some to pay walls, some to just selling their assets and leaving their towns lurching. These have been a rough, ass-kicking, debt-driven, three years—employees and friends coming and going, nervous nights, high-blood-pressure days—but through it emerged a new kind of positive energy in our building. In some cases, it’s due to having new faces join us. In others, it’s watching young people grow into their roles as the next line of dedicated visionaries. It’s been more fun to watch that process than to be a part of it, though. Angels willing, we’ll do more morphing. We are now Copperfield Media. That name reflects the many facets that now comprise our company—newspapers, magazines, events (Utah Beer Fest, Ms. City Weekly) digital (Copperfield Digital Services, CDS), eCommerce (deals and tickets) and acquisitions (Planet Jackson Hole). For decades, all of our revenue came from City Weekly only. Soon, City Weekly will account for less than 50 percent of our revenue, and in a couple years more, less than 30. The adage that man cannot live on bread alone is an apt metaphor for the newspaper industry of 2018. As luck would have it, we made those changes organically and intuitively with no path or guidance. As it turns out, media mavens are currently advocating that, to survive, papers need to adopt a strategy around local communities in the exact manner we have been doing on a gut call for three years. But newspaper revenues alone will not suffice. Our first move came by accident nearly exactly three years ago. I was in St. Louis and picked up the alternative

newspaper there, Riverfront Times, which scared me to death as it was razor thin, not the fat chunk that I’d known for years. In racks next to it was a magazine dedicated only to dining, called Feast, full of ads that once called the weekly home. That looked like the future, so a few months after coming home, our first issue of Devour Utah hit the shelves. Since then, it’s grown from a quarterly to the state’s finest and most attractive food magazine. After that came Vamoose Utah (recreation) and Winners Utah (local sports). Both of those magazines will become bi-monthly in 2018. Thank you for your brilliant design eye Derek Carlisle, and thanks to Josh Schuerman and Vaughn Robison who take point on those publications’ design. All three magazines fall under the expert supervision of the ever-positive Magazines Editor Jerre Wroble who is as dear a friend and City Weekly advocate as has ever been. We will introduce new magazine titles in 2018, starting soon with a new, glossy Best of Utah edition dedicated to the health and wellness industries. As for City Weekly, Editor Enrique Limón (formerly with alternative newspapers in San Diego, Calif., and Santa Fe, N.M.) leads a consolidated staff of highly intelligent and dedicated new faces. His task, like that of newspaper editors everywhere, is to make more of everything with fewer resources. If anyone is up for it, the bold, energetic and creative, Enrique is. His only edit holdover from three years ago is the ever-able Scott Renshaw. Lots of changes here. In 2018, we will continue to do what we’ve always done— poke holes, reveal truths, tell stories others haven’t told, remove rascals and sully for those who cannot. It’s really all we know how to do. We just keep changing and we’re not starting over in 2018. CW Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net

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BY KATHARINE BIELE

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Land-User Error

Brighton residents just feel disrespected. They remember a time when they felt like a city—when they had a bowling alley and an ice skating rink. You know, that’s city life. But now, according to The Salt Lake Tribune, they feel like the poor stepchild of Salt Lake City and County. It seems that the ski resorts have more input into decisionmaking than the hapless residents. When the county formed the Mountainous Planning District a few years ago, it was to solve some of those land-use problems, though cities couldn’t belong. But it hasn’t worked out to the satisfaction of residents, who, among other things, have been crying about the lack of toilets and what that means. All this and a lack of influence means they have nowhere to go. Literally.

IN A WEEK, YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

Had a bad year, have you? Or was it exceptionally good? KRCL’s RadioActive is opening its Creative Lab so you can take the mic and tell them your plans, fears and hopes for 2018. What did you learn from 2017? That’s a loaded question, but one that needs airing on Give KRCL’s RadioActive a Piece of Your Mind. Do you agree or disagree with the affirmation, “The U.S.A. is the world champion of extreme inequality?” Check out bit.ly/2Cgro4i to read the full statement on extreme poverty and human rights from United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston. This is your chance to vent. Don’t miss it. Salt Lake City Library main floor, 210 E. 400 South, Saturday, Jan. 6, 10 a.m.-2 pm., free and open to public, bit.ly/2zMz7FF.

LEGISLATIVE PREVIEWS

Hold Your Horses

Rep. Chris Stewart grew up on an Idaho farm. So, of course, he knows about wild horses and what should be done to save them. On Christmas Day, The New York Times ran his op-ed advocating slaughter. Humanely, of course, but killing healthy animals, nonetheless. We get that the wild horse problem is not an easy one to solve. They are having way too much unprotected sex and producing too many foals, and sadly, many of them are starving to death. That, however, is partly a range management problem, according to a National Geographic article, which calls the BLM out for its dysfunctionality. The problem also is due to a lack of predators and the federal government’s emphasis on livestock. Birth control helps keep the wild horse population down, but that effort is anemic. Well, the whole thing’s complicated, and Stewart would be wise to recognize that it could take a multi-pronged approach—and money. And compassion.

CITIZEN REV LT GIVE ’EM HELL

If you haven’t heard it enough, here’s the monotonous excuse again: According to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, industry contributes to only 11 percent of our pollution. So, hands off. It makes you wonder if the people who own these refineries actually breathe. In the case of Andeavor (formerly Tesoro), it looks like they do. You might remember one of @realdonaldtrump’s photo ops at Andeavor’s North Dakota refinery where he bravely said he was ready to snuff out environmental protections, you know, for jobs, jobs, jobs. “Andeavor says they’re still committed to their efforts to reduce pollution and protect wildlife,” a story in West Dakota Fox News said. Now, from Breathe Utah, we find that Andeavor installed a wet-gas scrubber, resulting in a 94 percent reduction in its emissions—because jobs are no good if you don’t have healthy workers.

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Spencer Wright aka “DJ Coma” has shared the stage with underground legends such as Tech N9ne and Kottonmouth Kings. In his own words, he gets “paid to party,” and last year, was nothing short of that. But Wright is not your average DJ: He’s a self-taught musician who craves to learn any new instrument. From the sax to the ax, this multi-instrumentalist uses music as an outlet from his painful past.

Where did the moniker “DJ Coma” come from?

I had a traumatic brain injury. I fell a few stories and hit my head, and I was in a coma for some time. When I came out, I couldn’t walk or talk, I lost my friends, but I still had music. Music was my way to get away from the world and express myself.

Did music play a role in your rehabilitation?

Absolutely. When I damaged my head, I didn’t damage as much of the musical side of the brain. I couldn’t read or talk, but I still knew how to play my saxophone, and I could read music notes.

What was the moment as a musician where DJing caught your attention?

I’ve always been connected to music. I saw videos of DJs partying and what not. So one Christmas, I asked for some turntables and I got them. I thought it would be cool to learn how to mix songs together, so I taught myself how. I just taught myself to work with that, and I showed someone the mix and he was really impressed ... so he hooked me up with the bigger tables.

Your mixes are insane. How did your style of DJing come about?

I don’t just want to do like a mix, like something that you have heard a million times. I like to do it in a way that when you hear it, you know it but it’s so different. I want to give people a new perspective on how music is played. I made a mashup of [Marilyn] Manson, kind of to an electronic beat, so it’s more danceable because that’s what people want for the clubs, is something to move, too.

What are your aspirations for the New Year?

I don’t know. But I want bigger venues, more people. I want to speak to the world, not just the bar. I was very successful this year [and] the year before. I only see bigger things coming this year.

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Steel yourselves. The Utah Legislature is just around the corner and that means a host of curious bills are coming your way. However, there are ways to prepare. Some might be interested in learning about the legislative process at the Me4U (Multicultural Engagement 4 Utah) Legislative Summit, where you can brainstorm ideas for the session. With a few tricks of the trade, it might be easier than you think to advance policy agendas. Alternatively, you might want to join the Annual Legislative Forum of the Salt Lake chapters of the American Association of University Women and League of Women Voters featuring four state lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. Me4U—County Council Chambers, 2001 S. State, Room N1100, 206-356-6836, Saturday, Jan. 6, 10 a.m.-noon, free, bit.ly/2EbcPkb. Forum, Girl Scouts of Utah, 445 E. 4500 South, 801-272-8683, Saturday, Jan. 6, 9:30-11:30 a.m., free, bit.ly/2CjPlc6.

CYBER-LOBBYING

The Utah Legislature has updated its massive website just in time for the 2018 session. Get comfortable with it so you too can lobby from home. “You will learn how to read the many helpful calendars (weekly and monthly) on the website, where to find live streaming audio of committee hearings (if you can’t get away from work!), how to contact your representatives (or even find out WHO represents you), how to translate the ‘reading calendars’ for the House and Senate (and watch live video of the proceedings!), and much more,” event organizers for CyberLobbying 101 Workshop: Learning to Use le.Utah.gov say. Reserve your space ahead of time and bring a laptop. ACLU of Utah, 355 N. 300 West, 801-521-9862, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 6-8 p.m., free, bit.ly/2DtAJGq.

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I cast some doubt on the notion that yawning increases oxygen levels in the brain, and I’m pleased to say the science here has solidified—that idea’s bunk.) Our biggest clue is that pandiculation seemingly occurs when vertebrates are in transitional states—between sleep and waking, or switching between discrete activities. Beyond that, we’re still formulating hypotheses. A couple of the more interesting guesses: Pandiculation enhances alertness. Yawning might serve to heighten our vigilance when we need it most, or at least when our ancestors did: upon waking, around mealtimes, and in threatening situations. This would explain why, as neurobiologist Robert Provine notes, army recruits about to jump out of an airplane for the first time have been observed yawning more as the big moment approaches, or why Olympic athletes might yawn as they settle into the starting blocks. Under this theory, yawning when you’re bored might not mean you’ve spaced out; it could be your brain stem trying to get you back in the game. It regulates temperature. In a 2007 study, researchers asked subjects to hold hot or cold packs to their foreheads and then recorded their yawning. They found that the cold-pack group yawned significantly less, suggesting that yawning might be a way we keep the temperature down in our brains, where thermal management is a real issue—they use a whopping 20-plus percent of our metabolic energy. It keeps muscles shipshape. A 2011 paper wondered whether involuntary stretching and yawning might not have something to do with the maintenance of the myofascial system. That is, pandiculation gives us a regular chance to snap our muscles and connective tissue back to a kind of equilibrium, ensuring their ongoing functioning. I’ll add one last note on the related phenomenon of contagious yawning, the tendency to empathetically “catch” yawns from others. Animals that do this form a far more exclusive group, apparently all but restricted to humans and our closest relatives and friends: great apes and dogs, mainly. Recent work has found that dogs are more likely to yawn contagiously when the originating yawn comes from their owner rather than from a stranger, and that contagious yawning in humans may reflect in-group/out-group prejudices— that even this empathetic behavior, in other words, could indicate things like unconscious racial bias. Yawning: another perfectly good animal behavior that humans have somehow managed to muck up. n

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The other day I woke up, stretched, yawned, and wondered: Do all beasts, large and small, stretch and yawn? What about rhinos, hippos, ants, or even the wee little microscopic things? —Mr. Eddie All beasts? Sorry, Eddie, no, and as it happens the very largest of earth’s creatures aren’t known to yawn. But that still leaves a lot of yawning animals out there, some of them so small they haven’t been born yet: Thanks to a 1989 paper out of Newfoundland, we can confirm the occurrence of fetal pandiculation in sheep. Pandiculation will turn out to be a very useful word here; as defined by the OED, it’s “an instinctive movement, consisting in the extension of the legs, the raising and stretching of the arms and the throwing back of the head and trunk, accompanied by yawning.” The ovine womb’s not a huge place, but apparently it’ll accommodate a decent stretch. Prenatal yawning and stretching isn’t limited to sheep, either: Pandiculation can be seen in fetal humans, as early as 12 weeks after conception. In fact, in the animal kingdom, pandiculation falls along clean lines: with a few notable exceptions—whales and giraffes seem to have evolved differently—it’s nearuniversal among vertebrates, both coldand warm-blooded. This includes your rhinos and hippos, then, Eddie, but not ants. (Lacking lungs, ants are pretty much categorically excluded from yawning.) The widespread nature of this behavior is its greatest mystery: What’s the point of pandiculation? You figure there must be one. As a contemporary scholar of yawning, the French physician Olivier Walusinski, has put it, “Its survival without any notable evolutionary variations is an indication of its functional importance.” Not just evolutionarily favored, pandiculation is in fact hard-wired into our nervous systems. How hard-wired? Famously, medical patients paralyzed on one side of the body have been observed, when yawning, to involuntarily raise the arm that’s otherwise immobile—“with the muscles of the paralyzed limb activated nearly as much as those of a normal limb would be in a voluntary movement,” one paper reports, going on to mention that yawning can be seen, too, in animals whose brain stems have been severed from the cortex. These “decorticated animals,” the paper continues, are also able to “feed themselves, express rage and fight, and have sexual intercourse”—i.e., to engage in the behaviors most associated with the basic drive for self-preservation. That pandiculation originates somewhere in the brain stem or the hypothalamus—the parts responsible for involuntary movement, mood, metabolic upkeep, etc., as opposed to higher-order thinking—lends further credence to the idea of its performing some vital function. But what, exactly? I first addressed this about 30 years ago, and report back today with an update: the jury’s still out. (Back then

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My First Year as an American

Not quite a dream, one woman’s first year as a U.S. citizen has been flecked by challenges and personal struggle. BY DYLAN WOOLF HARRIS dwharris@cityweekly.net @dylantheharris

ess than three days before 2017 rolls into 2018, Elvia Perez Arizmendi sits solemnly in the living room of her tidy Sandy trailer home. It’s her morning off and the Mexican-American woman reflects on the past year as her 5-year-old daughter lies in her pajamas close by, gently pushing her feet into her mother’s side as she plays a game on a smartphone. Pinching a gold fidget spinner she picked up off the carpet, Arizmendi recounts her past. About 13 months ago, she accomplished a years-long goal. At a ceremony Nov. 30, 2016, in the Utah Capitol, Arizmendi raised her arm and swore allegiance to a new nation. She was with about 120 other immigrants from more than 40 countries who became new U.S. citizens. Every year, countless new citizens are naturalized. In Utah alone, that number registers in the thousands, according to data provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Fiscal year 2015, for example, saw a total of 4,876 Utah residents sworn in (the fiscal calendar ends in September). That number dipped to 3,691 the next year, and in 2017, there were 3,180—one of whom was Arizmendi. Arizmendi lives with her husband, a commercial painter who she says intends to earn his citizenship soon, and her three youngest children, ages 19, 17 and 5, all of whom were born in the U.S. Rounding out the household is their family dog, Sadie, who joys at yapping at strangers. City Weekly met Arizmendi at her naturalization ceremony and, two months later, watched President Donald Trump’s inauguration with her in her home. As the year began to close, we circled back to hear how she fared in her first year as an American.

I M M I G R AT I O N After becoming a citizen, she expected 2017 to be a year of triumph, or at least a progressive step toward the proverbial American Dream. Arizmendi works as an assistant manager at a restaurant and an assisted living cook, but she had hoped to find a new job, perhaps. Instead, 2017 was spoiled by a singular, dark cloud: On Christmas Eve 2016, her son, now 24, was called into an immigration court in West Valley City and told he would likely be deported. For several years, he was caught up in legal trouble, she says. The prospect of her son being kicked out of the country she swore to defend consumed her thoughts. Stoically, Arizmendi recounts the year, and when it seems like she might break down, she reigns in her feelings and steadies her voice. Even still, the emotion is palatable. “I feel like I lost all this year because I was sad, and I didn’t do anything else,” she says. Through the spring months, Arizmendi talked with attorneys about her son’s status with the understanding that he might not have any options. “All these months up to July, I wasn’t feeling good,” she says. That month he was deported. “I went when he was deported in July. I was waiting for him in Mexico City, and I spent two weeks there,” she says. She didn’t elaborate on the extent of her son’s legal trouble, other than that he’s been busted for multiple DUIs, and he started getting into mischief at a young age. Arizmendi recognizes the privileges of citizenship. She doesn’t have to worry, for instance, if she goes back to Mexico to help her son, whether she can return to the U.S. “That helped me because a lot of people, when the family is going to be deported, you feel worse because you know that maybe you’ll never get to see your family,” she says. “If I need to go, I can go and come back.” She says her son moved from Mexico City to a village in an adjacent state. He’s miserable, she reports, and was hospitalized after an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Arizmendi considered moving back to Mexico for a few months, but she decided it was untenable to leave work for that long and be away from her younger children. Asked if Christmas provided respite from her grief, Arizmendi says no. “Because I missed my son,” she explains.

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Elvia Perez Arizmendi holds up her Certificate of Citizenship inside her Sandy home. the entire U.S.—Mexico border and has promised stronger enforcement to deport immigrants. Specifically, he says he’ll target those who have committed crimes, such as Arizmendi’s oldest son. On the morning of Jan. 20, 2017, Arizmendi sat at the edge of her couch watching the new president on television. Trump was about to swear his own oath and assume the presidency. She watched quietly, content. An apolitical observer, Arizmendi says afterward—as the pundits’ dissection begins for the next 24-hour news cycle—she hoped that Trump, and by extension, the country, has a successful term. Nearly a year later, Arizmendi’s outlook is unchanged. Even in her son’s case, she doesn’t dispute the ethics of his deportation—a stance that competes with her maternal need to be near her child, to care for and love him. As for immigration policy, she agrees that some people should be deported. “He’s doing his job if he’s taking away people who don’t deserve to stay here,” she says. She carves out an exception, however, for children who at a young age unwittingly immigrated to the U.S. illegally with a parent—the so-called DREAMers. Many politicians agree that

DREAMers should be offered protection from deportation to a land which they no longer have ties. “Now in this point, when everyone is going to get deported, for me it’s kind of peace to have the papers,” she says. “Now, I hear a lot of people are going to be deported. Even they are good people, the DREAMers. They are good people, and they don’t deserve to be deported because they are studying and working and they are good people. I feel like they need a chance to stay here with family. I don’t think it’s fair.” In 2012, former President Barack Obama enacted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, arguing at the time that if Congress couldn’t pass legislation, he would via executive order. Trump, however, in his quest to undo many of the landmarks in Obama’s presidency, tweeted in September his intention to undo the executive order, and asked Congress to pass a bill that would provide a solution for DACA recipients. Last week, at a naturalization ceremony for 10 children whose parents had recently earned citizenship, Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, briefly spoke to the media about immigration policy in Washington. Billing herself as one to “stand up for people who want to become U.S. citizens,” Love, herself

the daughter of Haitian immigrants, said assisting immigrants through the legal system is key, and it’s why she supports the Recognizing America’s Children Act. “I think that getting back and revoking DACA so that we can have a fix in the House is incredibly important because then we give people something that a president can’t take away,” she says. She authored a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan, she said, asking him to prioritize DACA-type legislation and get it passed before the end of the year. That didn’t happen, but she’s optimistic Congress will pass a bill in early 2018. “We have to have a fix. I’m determined to have a fix, and I’m determined to help people who want to be here legally to be able to stay here legally,” she says.

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Arizmendi’s tortuous path to citizenship is an example of the blurry line between legal and illegal immigration. At the age of 22, she moved to the U.S. with her first husband and their young child. All three were undocumented. She had experience working as a secretary. In Utah, she landed a job as a housemaid at La Quinta Inn. Arizmendi says she understood a little bit of English but struggled to speak it. Later, her husband helped her get a job at his work at the Salt Lake City International Airport. She found pleasure in selling snacks and ice cream at a concession counter with a gaggle of Bosnian coworkers. Arizmendi annoyed her husband when she returned home having picked up Bosnian vocabulary. “He said, ‘Why are you learning their language? You’re supposed to learn English,’” she says. After 9/11, airport security was beefed up. “They started checking papers,” she says. “Then we had to go.” Around this time, her marriage started to fall apart. Arizmendi says her first husband was abusive and controlling. One day, during a fight, her eldest son’s friend was spooked and called the

police. Already on probation for a previous domestic violence case, her partner decided to leave the family and move back to Mexico. For a time, she was lost. In 2003, her son’s hand was nicked with a pencil and developed a minor infection. She told her troubles to a restaurant coworker who asked whether Arizmendi had health insurance. No, Arizmendi replied. The coworker asked whether Arizmendi had documentation. No, Arizmendi replied again. “I was very blind in this country,” she says. The friend recommended Arizmendi seek out Holy Cross Ministries, who helped align Arizmendi with legal assistance. Because she was the victim of domestic violence, Arizmendi and her son were given U-visas. “They help a lot of people,” she says of Holy Cross. Arizmendi moved to a new neighborhood, she says, hoping that a change of scenery would distance her younger children from some of the riff-raff that surrounded her older son. She remarried and had another child. As a visa-holder, she was assigned a Social Security number. In 2011, Arizmendi was approved for residency and told that after five years she could apply for citizenship if she wished. Half a decade later, she decided to apply to take the citizenship test. Arizmendi remembers studying American history and civics for a highstakes, five-question exam. Adding to the stress, she didn’t know which questions would be asked. “I was very nervous when I was there. Even they asked me, ‘What kind of car do you have?’ and I didn’t know. ‘What color is your car?’ and I forgot the color of my car because I was so nervous.” Regardless, Arizmendi passed—clearing the last significant hurdle to citizenship. Looking forward, Arizmendi hopes 2018 will deliver happiness where 2017 failed. “All the year, I spent with a lawyer. Everything I was expecting was kind of …” she trails off. CW

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ment that wolves should be managed according to science is playing out against livestock-owner and huntingindustry desires to use lethal measures to stop the animals from preying on stock and game. It’s a testy struggle— and one that has its origins in Europe itself.

in as many decades. Contesting Fish and Wildlife Service’s credibility, all Four Corners governors—including Gary Herbert—sent the agency a letter saying they were “seriously troubled” by FWS’ assemblage of “non-neutral” scientists who were adamant on expanding the lobo’s range past its historic confines. Most notably, it spilling into Interstate 40, the highway that criss-crosses through Arizona and New Mexico. On and off, the conversation has continued. This past August, some 60 business leaders asked the federal government to release endangered Mexican gray wolves into the Grand Canyon area in northern Arizona and Eastern Utah.

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Almost 5,000 miles away, across the continental United States and Atlantic, a similar situation is playing out in Denmark. There, wolves have established a population for the first time in more than 200 years, thanks to reproductive success in nearby Germany. As in the western United States, the argu-

“Wolves and other predator animals have been persecuted in Europe for hundreds of years by ranchers who want to protect their animals from attacks,” says Hans Peter Hansen, a social scientist studying wolf policy at Aarhus University in Denmark. “Because today there are more people and more livestock, there is less room for wolves. And this has made it necessary for governments to ‘manage’ wolves, or ranchers might just wipe them all out.” Stateside, the contentious conversation is not a new one. In 2015, federal wildlife officials drafted a recovery plan calling for the reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf after failed attempts

ast summer, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife killed its first wolf from the Smackout pack after deciding that the animals were preying on too many cows in the state’s Colville National Forest. The state’s action came after its “Wolf Advisory Group“ concluded that “lethal action” was the best way to manage the pack’s population following a string of attacks on livestock on grazing allotments in the forest, despite the fact that numerous scientific studies have proven that livestock predation actually increases when wolves and other large predator animals are killed.

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The species’ presence in the New World is as old as time. When settlers arrived in North America, they brought their livestock with them. This new presence of Europeans and their livestock led to the widespread and systematic persecution of predators in North America. By the early 16th century, chicken, cattle, horses, goats, sheep and pigs began populating farms in the American West, and colonists protected their livestock with guns. This, combined with hunters’ thirst for wolf pelts, led to a massive decline in wolf populations. In some areas, wolves were completely wiped off the map. Today, ranchers in Europe and the United States are still dealing with wolves and other predators in much the same way as they did in the 16th century: They shoot them—or lobby government wildlife managers to shoot them—when the packs prey on livestock. While killing wolves might give ranchers shortterm peace of mind, it’s more likely to plague them with long-term aggravation, according to the latest science. Researchers have found that killing wolves upsets pack dynamics—especially when young wolves are involved, like those in the Smackout pack—which leads ultimately to yet more livestock deaths. In one study, scientists found that for each additional wolf killed, the expected average number of preyed-on livestock increased by 5 to 6 percent per herd for cattle and 4 percent for sheep. Fewer wolves also mean an increase in the number of prey they used to hunt, which can create a whole new set of problems. In particular, hooved wildlife such as elk and deer can overpopulate in a given environment. When there are too many of these hooved animals, plant life becomes overgrazed and entire ecosystems begin to fray. Unsurprisingly, livestock also contribute to overgrazing. Further compounding wolf-management quandaries are European and U.S. policies that allow for livestock grazing, with permits, on public lands—the same public lands where wolves live. Wildlife managers encourage ranchers not to kill wolves indis-

criminately, but instead try using livestock guardian dogs, fences and alarms, lights and nonlethal ammunition. The key to effective nonlethal predator control involves a variety of tactics to keep wolves on their toes; it also requires “thinking like a wolf,” according to a recent Defenders of Wildlife report on the subject. While nonlethal forms of predator control can help keep wolves at bay, in many cases—including the Smackout Pack study—that isn’t enough to stop livestock predation, according to Brenda Peterson, author of the new book Wolf Nation: The Life, Death and Return of Wild American Wolves. “Despite whatever nonlethal measures may have been being employed to prevent conflicts between the wolves and livestock, it’s clear that with a sustained proximity like this, the cattle should be moved elsewhere,” Peterson says. “The land where the cattle are being grazed is public lands, and the livestock owner has a permit to graze there—it is a permit, not an absolute right. From the facts we know at this point, it appears that alternative grazing locations should have been identified and the cattle relocated.” Instead of forcing grazing allotment moves, the Wolf Advisory Group has agreed to kill off some of the Smackout pack wolves, a situation similar to that which played out last year in Colville National Forest when Washington’s Department of Fish and Wildlife killed off seven of 11 of the wolves in the Profanity Peak pack, which had also been preying on livestock. Peterson says the park has lots of downed trees, allowing the cows to spread out and make them vulnerable to predation. Denmark’s wildlife managers face a similar situation: Ranchers are complaining that nonlethal measures to keep wolves from the country’s new pack—of six wolves—away from livestock aren’t working. So they’re considering the same type of management that’s being used in the United States, with one significant difference: It will be based on science, Hansen says. “We would make biologists’ voices prominent during meetings,” he adds. “Such experts can

“We live in this world of Trumpism— that all too often ignores the facts.” —Hans Peter Hansen

provide rural communities that might be afraid of wolves with facts that can help people understand why it’s important to have wolves.” In the American West, some wolf advocates criticize the Wolf Advisory Group, accusing it of ignoring the best science when it decided twice in the past year to slaughter wolves. One of these advocates is Amaroq Weiss, West Coast wolf advocate with the Center of Biological Diversity. Weiss is a biologist and former lawyer who assesses conservation-agency actions and policies to ensure they fall in line with state and federal laws and follow the best available science. “Wolf advisory groups that are established by state agencies do not have as a goal enforcing the law or following the best available science,” Weiss says. “Their goal is to reach social compromise.” I witnessed this conflict first hand last summer when I backpacked for a few days across Gila National Forest to look for Mexican gray wolves, which have a controversial history in the West. After long-term, cooperative efforts to bring these wolves back from the brink of extinction, federal wildlife officials are tasked with releasing captive-born wolves into states that don’t want them, namely Arizona and New Mexico. While entering and exiting Silver City, which leads to the forest, I encountered large billboards and road signs opposing wolves’ very existence. “No, no, no wolves,” one proclaimed. I found plenty of deer, elk and cattle in the forest, but no wolves. Maybe that’s not surprising: Only 113 wolves currently live in the Arizona and New Mexico wilderness. In recent years western state agencies updated a draft recovery plan for the wolves that conservation groups criticize as insufficient because it defines “recovery” as establishing “adequate gene diversity” among the population—once 22 captive-bred wolves are released and reach breeding age in a given geographic area. But it doesn’t measure whether or not a wolf breeds once it reaches reproductive age, according to conservationists.

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THE LATEST In early December, the wildlife agency finalized a $178 million recovery plan designed to increase wolf numbers to about 320 in Arizona and New Mexico, plus 200 in northern Mexico, improving genetic diversity so wolves can be delisted. Environmental groups, arguing that the states’ demands are trumping sound science, support the 2012 goal of 750 in the U.S. Biologist David Parsons, the first recovery coordinator, told the Arizona Daily Star that the new plan “is more likely to cause the second extinction of Mexican gray wolves in the wild than to secure their recovery.” —Jodi Peterson, High Country News

and Wyoming. In 2014, there were multiple sightings of the animals in fall 2014, according to a Salt Lake Tribune article. And in 2016, DNA tests confirmed an animal that was killed in a trap near Randolph, Utah, was a gray wolf. The type of wolf that inhabited Utah before the 1930s likely is now extinct. Whether it was a subspecies or relative of the Mexican gray wolf also is up for debate. The fact wolves, Mexican gray or not, were living in Utah at some point, though, means there is some scientific justification for allowing them back in the Southern Utah area, says Michael Robinson, an advocate with the New Mexico-based Center for Biological Diversity. The environment, he says, could support a wolf population. Robinson says he hopes conservationists and wildlife officials who want the Mexican gray wolf to thrive don’t just look at where it used to live, but determine what it’s going to take for it to survive. “There can be a wrong answer with, ‘How do we save this animal from going extinct?’” Robinson says. “But the right answer almost certainly does involve recovery of Mexican wolves in Southern Utah. “That’s a no brainer they could survive there.” The Grand Canyon ecosystem, which includes parts of southern parts of Utah, he says, would be beneficial—a natural domain, even—to the wolves but the current plan limits that recovery. Wildlife agencies also have to worry about other animal populations. Any introduction of another predator, such as the Mexican gray wolf, would complicate things. “The state game and fish agencies have a tremendous concern over being able to manage their elk and deer population,” Humphrey says. “That’s the bread and butter for state agencies.” The current recovery plan will take decades to determine its effectiveness and the current boundary likely won’t change before then. For those who want the wolf to grow in numbers, such as Robinson, they hope eventually that geographic area will grow as well. “I believe that people in Utah are ready to open their hearts—obviously there are some that aren’t —for a gravely imperiled animal,” Robinson said. “It’s a beautiful, intelligent social animal and it deserves a place in the Southwest including where it can survive in Southern Utah.” CW

A version of this article was originally published in The Revelator.

he endangered Mexican gray wolf isn’t welcome in Utah. State officials made that clear in 2015. Locally, the Mexican Gray Wolf’s history—if it even had one—is a bit of, you guessed it, a gray area. In late November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its updated recovery plan for the wolf. The plan set the northern boundary for the animal’s recovery along Interstate 40 in Arizona and New Mexico, effectively keeping the wolf from reaching any part of Southern Utah. If the wolf strays from that line, plans are in place for the wolf to be relocated. Jeff Humphrey, spokesperson for the FWS Southwest Region that covers Arizona and New Mexico (Utah is in the Mountain-Prarie region), says determining that boundary came down to one question. “Historically, where did the Mexican gray wolf occur?” Humphrey asks. “We’ve determined a pretty conservative estimate is [south of] Interstate 40.” The agency used input from scientists, genetic models, state fish and wildlife bureaus as well as specialists in Mexico to help determine that line, Humphrey says. The finalized recovery area includes Mexico, as well as the southern sections of Arizona and New Mexico. The boundary, though, had its critics. And many, including those in Utah, questioned the FWS process as far back as 2011. Then came the 2015 letter from Gov. Gary Herbert and the other Four Corners governors expressing their concern of the wolf’s population zone. The states, according to the letter, claimed, “Available science does not suggest that areas north of I-40 were historically occupied by Mexican wolves.” Some genetic modeling, Humphrey says, indicates at some point, however, the wolf could have reached as far north as Nebraska. That wasn’t going to fly with the new recovery plan. As of the last count conducted in January 2017, 130 Mexican Gray Wolves live in Arizona and New Mexico while 30 to 35 live in Mexico. The next count will be conducted later this month. Wolves have lived in Utah. However, most of the continental United States’ wolf population was decimated by federal hunters in the 1930s, and as a result, wolves were no longer a factor in the state. Occasionally, wolves are sighted in Utah near Idaho

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And, as illustrated by the situation in Denmark where all the new wolves are migrants or descendants of migrants, these canines can easily cross geographic lines. So limiting Mexican gray wolves— or any other wolf populations—to a specific area is virtually impossible. This complicates the politics of wolf management, which in the United States is largely delineated from the Fish and Wildlife Service to states and community advisory groups. That legal structure pits the people who want to get rid of wolves against the people who want to save them, and sometimes ignores the best available science that should be used to guide wolf management. Perhaps the West should look at Hansen’s goals for inspiration. “We live in this world of Trumpism—that all too often ignores the facts,” he says. “For past 15 years I have worked to create spaces to give all people a say on an equal level to deliberate with each other with all the facts on the table. And strange things happen. People who can be the most destructive voices in the public debate, who exercise distorted communication change and become responsible, grow with the task. It’s encouraging, something we need to explore much more.”

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“Minimalism” has become something of a contemporary culture buzzword, perhaps evoking the image of lifestyle changes that are more trendy than profound. But for Utah’s own Courtney Carver, a 2006 multiple sclerosis diagnosis led to a realization that her life full of stress and debt had to change if she was going to maintain her health. That experience led to the creation of the website bemorewithless.com in 2010, part of a journey that has included changes in spending both time and money, and unique concepts like Project 333 (focused on reducing wardrobe to 33 items used over the space of three months). Now, Carver has gathered personal stories and guidelines for helping others in the book Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More. “I wrote this book,” Carver writes, “for anyone who wants their life back.” Soulful Simplicity includes many of Carver’s new mottos for living, with possibly counterintuitive notions such as “Do things you don’t want to do, so you can do the things you want to do.” Without resorting to platitudes, Carver offers a pathway through the physical and emotional clutter that keeps people from giving attention to what—and who—matters most, and how to get out from under the burdens of financial insecurity that might be self-imposed. Join the author this week for a ticketed event that includes a signed copy of Soulful Simplicity, and begin your own journey toward finding a simpler but happier life. (Scott Renshaw) Courtney Carver: Soulful Simplicity @ Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, 801-328-2588, Jan. 4, 6:30 p.m., $20, wellerbookworks.com

Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach is one of the most recognizable faces of YouTube gaming and entertainment, building a brand based on his engagingly foul-mouthed Let’s Play videos. Over the course of six years, he has created a community of more than 19 million subscribers that stretches across the globe, and this week he visits Utah as part of his You’re Welcome tour. Along with many of his friends—including Wade Barnes (LordMinion777), Bob Muyskens (Muyskerm), Tyler Scheid (Apocalypto12) and Ethan Nestor-Darling (CrankGameplays)—the star takes to the stage for a choose-yourown-adventure type of act that showcases his recent shift in focus to sketch comedy, in which the audience plays the most vital role. “Even if you [aren’t] a fan of my channel, or any of my videos, you can enjoy the video objectively,” Markiplier says in a video about the tour. “With improv and the choices that you guys make during the show, it can go a long way.” In the same video, he mentions wanting to do something special for those who want a VIP experience. So Markiplier will perform an acoustic music set before each show for those who opt for VIP tickets, which include early access to merchandise and an autographed VIP laminate. The You’re Welcome tour is guaranteed to be an excellent opportunity for the Markiplier community to interact for a rare real-world meetup in a comfortable, fun environment. (Andrea Wall) Markiplier’s You’re Welcome tour @ Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, 801-355-2787, Jan. 6, 8 p.m., $40-$125, artsaltlake.org

Think The Producers with nary a Nazi mentioned, or the episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm that find Larry David launching a musical about a fatwa issued by Iran’s Ayatollah. Musicals based on would-be musicals offer entertaining possibilities, a fact borne out by the recent success of Something Rotten! A period piece with Elizabethan inspiration, it tells the tale of two 16th-century brothers, Nick and Nigel Bottom, who decide they can do megastar William Shakespeare one better by staging the world’s first musical. Willie, they figure, has monopolized local stage success for far too long, so when the neighborhood soothsayer suggests that singing and dancing are the way of the future, they reckon that’s the key to besting the Bard. Conceived by brothers Karey Kirpatrick (whose film credits included animated features like Over the Hedge) and Wayne Kirkpatrick (a veteran composer of hits including Eric Clapton’s “Change the World”), and co-written by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’ Farrell, Something Rotten! made its Broadway bow on March 23, 2015, foregoing the customary out-of-town tryouts. It garnered praise from the local press as well as nine Tony Award nominations, including one for Best Musical. After 742 performances on Broadway, the production took to the road, accumulating additional kudos along the way. OK, Shakespeare it’s not, but then that’s the whole point. Still, it could put the ham in Hamlet and make Macbeth: The Musical a genuine possibility. (Lee Zimmerman) Something Rotten! @ Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, Jan. 9-14, times vary, $35-$110, artsaltlake.org

Join author James Ure for a tale of murder, back-room deals and cryptic warning notes delivered in shabby anonymous scrawl. While the plot’s drama might suggest the makings of the next Sherlock Holmes, Stop the Press is a nonfiction examination of the great non-divide of church and state in Utah, viewed through the lens of a continuing feud between news publications. “An estimated 88 percent of Utah Legislature is Mormon,” cites and expands Ure, “… Church and state are melded in Utah as in no other place in America.” This even-handed, well-researched compilation pieces the story together from a variety of viewpoints. Although many Deseret News representatives refused to comment during the book’s research, Stop the Press still strikes a sweet balance between sympathizing with the LDS church during moments of genuine persecution, and shedding uncomfortable light on the truest representation of events available from reliable sources. Ure is a refreshing voice of transparency in a reporting era blurred by the smog of alternative facts and dollar-signdriven agendas. As an author, Mormon and ex-Tribune journalist himself, Ure serves as the perfect mouthpiece for an insider’s view of (as the book is subtitled) How the Mormon Church Tried to Silence the Salt Lake Tribune. Ure still considers Mormonism to be his “tribe” and finds friendship among members despite his harsh reporter’s gaze. “I love the Mormon people,” Ure writes in his author’s note. “Many of my devout relatives express their love for me regardless of my criticisms. They epitomize the basic goodness of Mormon members.” (Samantha Herzog) James Ure: Stop the Press @ Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, 801-484-9100, Jan. 10, 5 p.m., kingsenglish.com

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uccess, for most dancers, is achieved by joining a full-time professional company. Having the chance to simultaneously choreograph one’s own work (and have it performed) is a rare opportunity at best, but for the nine talented members of Utah’s Repertory Dance Theatre, that dream is not only a reality; it is built into the very core of their company’s mission. RDT Executive and Artistic Director Linda C. Smith is perhaps the best person to explain this unusual opportunity. One of the original eight members hand-picked to start the company in 1966, Smith was able to help establish the unique environment that continues to encourage creative expression from within the company’s core. “Our mission was to preserve and perform modern dance treasures without being beholden to a single choreographer and to nurture the art of choreography,” Smith told City Weekly in a 2015 interview for the company’s 50th anniversary season. Today, that mission is revisited annually with Emerge, an evening devoted entirely to works created by the RDT’s current dancers. This season’s production includes duets, solos and group works by Efren Corado Garcia (Collateral Beauty), Justin Bass (Doors), Lauren Curley (The Sum of None), Dan Higgins (Denizen), Lacie Scott and Jaclyn Brown (untitled) and Tyler Orcutt (Blue Sun). During most of the season, these performers are rehearsing with world-renowned choreographers (Zvi Gotheiner, Shapiro & Smith). For

performers who are also being trained to think as choreographers, these sessions are not only lessons in how to perform steps, but also in how to create a performance. “We get to learn how they conduct studio rehearsal,” RDT company member Dan Higgins explains. “We are always talking with them about what is driving their piece. We get to investigate the background of each dance.” And often, the final works incorporate the dancers’ own interpretations and movements. Higgins joined RDT in 2014 after receiving a BFA in dance performance from the University of Wyoming in Laramie. In the three years between graduating and becoming a professional dancer, he has been establishing himself as a choreographer with pieces showcased at the Salt Lake Fringe Festival and venues throughout Utah, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. For this year’s Emerge, Higgins has created a duet called Denizen. “It’s an adaptation of a section from an hour-long work that I will be premiering at my own independent show in February,” he says. “[For Emerge], I kind of stripped [the piece] down. We’ve been trying a lot together and seeing what we like. Duet work can be challenging, because I can’t be two people at once and I need a partner I trust, someone who will make good decisions.”

On the other hand, Higgins says, the nice thing about doing it as a duet “is it can be more suggestive. The dancers move as one, with the same mind and perhaps the same body.” The versatile experiences dancers like Higgins gain during their time with RDT—as teachers, performers and choreographers—have launched successful creative careers that continue long after the dancer moves on from the company, forming a richly talented pool of alumni, many of whom return to pass on their own choreography to later generations. Recent returning alumni who have contributed work include Lynne Wimmer (professor at the University of Southern Florida), Bill Evans (founder of Bill Evans Dance Co.), Francisco Gella (an independent choreographer in Los Angeles) and Angela Banchero-Kelleher (an associate professor at UVU). And while not every RDT dancer or alumnus is equally drawn to choreographic pursuits, for the time being Higgins’ appetite for that part of the creative process is strong. In addition to his contribution in Emerge and other small local and regional invitations, he is currently applying to choreographic festivals in Bulgaria, Scotland and around the United States. He was also recently approached by a new dance company in

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Cheyenne, and invited to create a work this summer for their second season. Work keeps popping up and, he says, it all goes back to his connection with RDT. Despite his success, Higgins admits that it’s challenging becoming a choreographer. “The craft takes time and energy— you are constantly thinking a lot about the process. You have a plan of action but, like anything else, you also kind of have to figure things out as you go.” Sometimes, the best things in the arts happen by chance. The continued success of Emerge, however, is no accident. Nurtured by the RDT legacy, these young dancers are more than ready to take the stage as choreographers in their own right. CW

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moreESSENTIALS PERFORMANCE THEATER Aida Hale Center Theater, 3333 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, through Jan. 20, times vary, hit.org Dear Ruth Hale Center Theater, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, through Feb. 3, haletheater.org Charlie & The Chocolate Factory Utah Children’s Theatre, 3605 S. State, through Jan. 6, uctheatre.org Something Rotten! Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, Jan. 9-14, times vary, artsaltlake.org (see p. 17) To Kill a Mockingbird CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville, Jan. 5-Feb. 3, centerpointtheatre.org

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RDT: Emerge Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Jan. 5-6, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday matinee 2 p.m., rdtutah.org (see p. 18)

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Utah Symphony: Dvorak’s Violin Concerto (Hilary Hahn) Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, 385-468-1010, Jan. 5-6, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org Gary Gulman Wiseguys SLC 194 S. 400 West, Jan. 5-6, 7 & 9:30 p.m., 21+, wiseguyscomedy.com John Saponaro Wiseguys SLC 194 S. 400 West, Jan. 4., 7 p.m., 21+, wiseguyscomedy.com

Markiplier’s You’re Welcome Eccles Theater, 131 Main, Jan. 6., 8 p.m., artsaltlake.org (see p. 17) Spence Roper Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Jan. 5-6, 8 p.m., 21+, wiseguyscomedy.com Taylor Tomlinson Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, Jan. 5-6, 7 & 9:30 p.m., 21+, wiseguyscomedy.com

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Courtney Carver: Soulful Simplicity Weller Bookworks, 607 Trolley Square, Jan. 4, 6:308:30 p.m. wellerbookworks.com (see p. 17) Local Author Showcase The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-484-9100, Jan. 9, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Jim Ure: Stop the Press Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, Jan. 10, 5:30 p.m., kingsenglish.com (see p. 17) Stephen Carter: Moth & Rust The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-4849100, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com

SPECIAL EVENTS FARMERS MARKETS

Rio Grande Winter Market Rio Grande Depot, 300 S. Rio Grande St., through April 21, Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., slcfarmersmarket.org

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Christmas in the Wizarding World The Shops at South Town, 10450 S. State, Sandy, through Jan. 31, shopsatsouthtown.com Ice Rink Station Park 140 N. Union Ave., Farmington, 801-923-9111, through Feb. 25, shopstationpark.com

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio Grande St., through Jan. 12, heritage.utah.gov Andrew Alba: Spring and All Chapman Library, 577 S. 900 West, 801-594-8623, through Feb. 28, slcpl.org Artist/Dad Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, through Jan. 12, heritage.utah.gov Bob Hope: An American Treasure Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, through April 28, culturalcelebration.org

Graphic artist and Utah Valley University graduate Lawrence Magana presents vividly colorful images of Native American subjects in Our Native Color at Day-Riverside Library (1575 W. 1000 North, 801-594-8632, slcpl.org), Jan. 8-Feb. 17.

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Carol Sogard: Artifacts for the 23rd Century UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through Jan. 13, utahmoca.org Chauncey Secrist: Icons: Assemblages Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, Jan. 9-March 6, slcpl.org Cities of Conviction UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Jan. 6, utahmoca.org David N. LeCheminant: Morning Walk Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through Jan. 5, slcpl.org Drew Grella: I Would Rather Wear a Cape Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through Jan. 5, slcpl.org Gary Komarin: Swimming Pink Julie Nester Gallery, 1755B Bonanza Drive, Park City, through Jan. 16, julienestergallery.com Go West! Art of the American Frontier from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, through March 11, umfa.utah.edu Joseph Paul Vorst: A Retrospective LDS Church History Museum, 45 N. West Temple, through April 15, history.lds.org Katie Paterson: salt 13 Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, 801-581-7332, through May 20, umfa.utah.edu Kristina Lenzi: Alien Matters Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through Jan. 5., slcpl.org Las Hermanas Iglesias: Here, Here Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, 801-581-7332, through Jan. 28, umfa.utah.edu

Lawrence Magana: Our Native Color DayRiverside Library, 1575 W. 1000 North, 801-5948632, Jan. 8-Feb. 17, slcpl.org (see p. 19) Leslie Randolph: Fire Paintings and MacroGalleries Marmalade Library, 280 W. 500 North, 801-594-8680, through Feb. 16, slcpl.org Lizzie M채채t채l채 and Jared Steffensen: Woula Coulda Shoulda Nox Contemporary Gallery, 440 S. 400 West, Ste. H, through Feb. 9, facebook.com/nox-contemporary Lucy Peterson Watkins: Fiber Art Exhibit Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, 801-585-0556, Jan. 5-Feb. 25, redbuttegarden.org Miroslava K. Vomela: Vivid Image-ination Corinne and Jack Sweet Library, 455 F St., 801594-8651, Jan. 8-Feb. 24, slcpl.org Rebecca Kinkead: Winter Gallery MAR, 436 Main, Park City, 435-649-3002, through Jan. 16, gallerymar.com Sarah Malakoff: Second Nature Granary Art Center, 86 N. Main, Ephraim, through Jan. 26, granaryartcenter.org The Video Game Show Urban Arts Gallery, 137 S. Rio Grande St., through Feb. 4, urbanartsgallery.org Virginia Johnson: Meditations on Ennui Anderson Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 East, 801-594-8611, through Jan. 11, slcpl.org Warm Up With Cool Art Show Local Colors of Utah, 1054 E. 2100 South, 801-363-3922, through Jan. 16, localcolorsart.com Winter Group Show Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, through Jan. 12, phillips-gallery.com

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uttermilk biscuits are not unlike a local band that opens for a touring headliner at Kilby Court. They show up all fluffy and bright to get you warmed up, but typically end up getting scarfed down without a second thought. Perhaps this is why Sweet Lake Biscuits & Limeade (54 W. 1700 South, 801-953-1978, sweetlakeslc.com) is so endearing. The team led by Hasen Cone and Teri Rosquist has placed their housemade biscuits front and center, showcasing several ways that a side dish can be worthy of the spotlight.

throwing their signature biscuits into the mix. Sticking with the restaurant’s axiom that more is more, desserts don’t skimp on portion size. The monolithic bread pudding comes served with a liberal dousing of caramel syrup, which makes for a comforting and decadent way to end a meal, and the fresh cream and strawberries layered within the tall cake definitely stack up to its title. Maybe the establishment’s origin story as a mere supporting act at the farmers market imbues the restaurant with the plucky, DIY spirit that makes it such an enjoyable place to eat. Or, perhaps, it’s the fact that they like to see just how much breakfast food they can stuff into one biscuit. Either way, Sweet Lake is ready for its close-up. CW

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and the honeydew cucumber ($5) limeades myself. The first packs a tart and zippy one-two punch, where the honeydew cucumber is calm and refreshing. Sweet Lake is at its best when catering to the breakfast crowd, but there are a few respectable lunchcentric menu items. I’m on a mission to track down every Cubano I can, and Sweet Lake’s iteration of the classic Floridian sandwich might have broken into my Top Three. It’s a $12 moshpit of pulled pork, sliced ham and YeeHaw spicy pickles served on some thick, toasted sourdough from Harmons bakery. Sweet Lake cranks the traditional recipe up to 11 by adding some habanero-marinated chuck, making this a lunchtime sandwich that will fuel you through dinner. This diversified sandwich game hasn’t taken the focus away from Sweet Lake’s—ahem—bread and butter, which is exemplified by its dessert menu. The biscuit bread pudding ($5) and the strawberry tall cake ($5) riff on classic dessert recipes by

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As biscuits lend themselves nicely to sandwiches, that’s the bulk of Sweet Lake’s down-home repertoire. Leave your McMuffin expectations at the door. From imposing food piles such as the portobello-and-asparagus-topped T-Rose ($10) to the gravyladen, fried chicken delivery system known as Hoss ($11), Sweet Lake’s biscuits are the darling of each dish. The recipe is a closely guarded secret, but it suffices to say that they are one of a kind. The crisp outer layer of each golden biscuit is strong enough to act as the bedrock for some seriously massive sandwiches, and the buttery inner fluff offers a delightful texture contrast to proteins like fried chicken or pulled pork. Every dish on the menu benefits from a bit of liquid refreshment, which is where Sweet Lake’s trademark limeades come in. They offer a few staples like mint ($4) and raspberry ($5) , but while you’re here you should live a little and check out their more creative versions. I’m a bit torn between the habanero ($4)

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As we ring in the new year adorned with our shiny new resolutions to change our terrible eating habits, Vegan Bowl (8672 S. Redwood Road, West Jordan, facebook.com/vietnameseveganbowl) is here to help. According to the restaurant’s Facebook page, Vegan Bowl is a familyowned, vegan-friendly Vietnamese restaurant, which means that pho, banh mi and boba tea will be making an appearance. If that’s not enough to jump-start your resolution engines, Vegan Bowl is offering a 10 percent discount for the entire month of January. There’s no better time to get properly pho’cked up.

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ark City has always been known as the birthplace of Utah’s craft-beer movement. That’s where it all began, with the creation of Wasatch Brewing in 1986. A few breweries have come and gone over the past three decades, including Park City Brewery, which has stuck around with its 4 percent ABV Session Series and high-point Peak Series. This week, I dive into a few of their offerings. If they’re not on your radar, you’re missing out. Hooker Blonde Ale: This pours a pale straw color that has a bit of chill haze. The aroma is faint, but you get notes of baked bread, vague flowers and citrus. Upon first sip, there’s some nice biscuit-like flavor that plays off a lemony hint of citrus peel.

More of the floral notes begin to emerge mid-palate, giving some balance to the sweet caramel malted grains that make up the base of the beer. The hops seem bit muted, though. As we get into the finish, this beer leaves you with a subtle amount of sweetness that lingers on the tongue. Overall: This blonde’s body is on the light side, which is appropriate for her 4 percent ABV. No promises are made that this beer doesn’t deliver on. The sweetness, though common, is welcome in our current climate of bitter ales, which helps it go down quite smooth. All puns were absolutely intended. Last Pitch IPA: This brew pours a moderately hazy amber hue with a finger and a half of white sudsy head that slowly falls to a sturdy cap. There’s not a big aromatic nose present as I get my sniffer on top of the foam, but immediately pine and grapefruit round out the aroma. It does suggest that this brew might not be as sweet as a many session IPAs can be. The taste follows suit: lots of floral aspects with a touch of pine and an appropriate amount of malt for balance. There’s no trendy, fruit-salad thing happening here, which is fine by me. This takes me back a few years, when session IPAs were only a Utah thing. Overall: If you like cascade and mosaic hops, then you’ll like this. Considering the 4 percent ABV, and the fact this is a session

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peppery alcohol. Mid-palate, I get sweet dough, corn flakes and apple. The hops provide some additional woody tannic bitterness and pine in the finish. The bottom line: At 7.7 percent ABV, this is a big lager, but not huge by ale standards. Its assertive malt and hop punch can inflict sensory overload if you’re thinking this is just another Pilsner. Think of this more as an après-ski or lunch beer, and less a quencher, and you’ll get along just fine. All of these beers are widely available around Utah in grocery and DABC stores. However, the best place is always at the source in Park City. As always, cheers! CW

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There’s a sameness among many local Indian eateries, but Saffron Valley sets itself apart by serving a thali lunch, when customers are treated to traditional multi-dish platters of roti (leavened flat bread), papadum, basmati rice, dal (simmered lentils), dessert, chutney and various daily curry and veggie choices—all priced at a reasonable $10.99. During dinner service, guests are given a bowl of papadum chips with mint and tamarind chutneys alongside to nibble while perusing the menu. The chicken tikka dosa ($9) appetizer is savory rice and lentil crêpes stuffed with spicy chicken tikka morsels, with a fiery masala curry for dipping. Shrimp Karaikudi ($14.95) is plump, tender shrimp in a thin-ish (compared to standard curry) but delicious sauce made with roasted fennel, dried red chile peppers, cumin and curry spices. This dish isn’t one you’ll find on standard Indian restaurant menus, nor is laal maas ($14.95), a hot-and-spicy lamb curry where the lamb—and there’s lots of it—is oh-so tender, braised with Kashmiri chilies, ginger, garlic, bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, star anise, onions and tomatoes. Saffron Valley is as atypical as it is superb. Reviewed Oct. 26. 479 E. 2100 South, 801-203-3754, saffronvalley.com

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his is the story of I, Tonya, not I, Eric, but let me begin with a relevant personal detail. When the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan brouhaha was dominating news coverage in early 1994, I was an LDS missionary, quarantined from current events. I eventually pieced the story together—primarily through David Letterman reruns—but I had so little personal connection to the people involved that I couldn’t keep them straight. Was it Harding who kneecapped Kerrigan, or vice versa? Going in with few preconceived feelings about Tonya Harding, my mind wasn’t blown when, in the end, I felt nothing but sympathy for her. This cheeky, hilarious biopic—written by Steven Rogers (Hope Floats) and directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl)—seeks to redeem an unfairly maligned woman, an almost superhuman athlete whose low-class status kept her from being embraced by the figure-skating community, and who showed strength despite being abused by her mother and husband. Viewers who have long seen her as a trashy villain will probably have a harder time accepting

this perspective than I did, but that’s their problem, not mine. Gillespie begins many years after the fact, with Tonya (Margot Robbie), her mother LaVona (Allison Janney), her ex-husband Jeff (Sebastian Stan) and a Hard Copy producer (Bobby Cannavale) giving to-the-camera interviews about the infamous Incident. We return frequently to these interviews for perspective and commentary, often with LaVona or Jeff disputing the veracity of the scene we just watched and insisting they were never as cruel as Tonya portrays them. Other times, it’s the Hard Copy guy laughing about what a crazy time this was, how it was “a story populated solely by boobs.” That’s an understatement. Onscreen titles assure us that the story comes from real interviews these people gave back in the ’90s, clips of which are seen over the closing credits to prove that, yep, they were as nutty as Gillespie and Rogers make them seem. LaVona—an oft-divorced chain-smoker who shows no outward signs of loving her daughter (or anyone)—sees Tonya’s potential at a young age and forces her to become a fierce competitor. By their own admission, the Hardings are poor rednecks with unrefined tastes, so Tonya is an awkward fit in the prim world of figure skating. Gillespie revels in her big ’80s hair, homemade costumes, profanity-heavy language and hardrock skating soundtrack without exactly making fun of her, though he doesn’t exactly not make fun of her, either. That delicate balance is maintained for most of the movie. As a teenager, Tonya meets Jeff Gillooly, a whiny, mustached dope who’s sweet at first but soon starts hitting her. Jeff’s tubby, boastful friend, Shawn Eckardt (Paul Walter Hauser), the sort of doofus who claims to have special-ops training, leads Jeff into his dumb plan to take out Tonya’s chief ri-

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val, initially simply through psychological warfare until things turn more bluntly violent. Unless you, like me, were in a news coma circa 1994, you know the rest. What’s new is Robbie’s career-best, warts-and-all performance, convincingly playing Tonya at ages ranging from 15 to 40 and earning our compassion without pleading for it. Robbie can be scathing one minute, then insufferable—Tonya’s a real pill—then heartbreaking, but she’s never inauthentic. Janney is masterful as LaVona, who’s trickier to play because she seemingly has no positive qualities, yet comes across as genuinely human, if monstrous. And while I’d never noticed Hauser in anything before, his scene-stealing work as Shawn Eckardt suggests a deep reservoir of comic talent. Gillespie does his due diligence with respect to the skating scenes, using CGI and other magic to put us on the ice with Tonya, sharing the thrill of victory and the agony of broken laces. Though it’s irresistibly funny and filled with insane (but true) details, this is ultimately a sad story about a woman who was mistreated from day one, overcame obstacles to achieve brief glory and then lost the one thing that brought her happiness. Those who have hated her for almost 24 years might have to reexamine their feelings, but at least the guilt trip is an entertaining one. CW

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THE GREATEST SHOWMAN BBB Simply by virtue of knowing a basic summary—it’s a movie musical about P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman), with songs by the La La Land lyricists—you’ve almost certainly already decided whether or not you want to see it. It embraces cheesy crowdpleasing theatricality down to its core, relating the hustling impressario’s story from an impoverished childhood through his marriage to his childhood sweetheart (Michelle Williams) and his controversial business efforts showcasing human oddities. Jackman plays this fictionalized, romanticized version of Barnum with a boyish enthusiasm, embodying a story that’s fundamentally about outsiders wanting to be accepted, just like an animated Disney musical. Director Michael Gracey keeps the focus on the energetic musical interludes, delivering the radio-ready tunes for an audience that’s likely to play the soundtrack on repeat for the next month. You know who you are. (PG-13)—SR

MOLLY’S GAME BBB Aaron Sorkin makes his directorial debut with this true story that is every inch An Aaron Sorkin Film, adapting the 2014 memoir by Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a former Olympic skiing hopeful who ran high-stakes underground poker games that got her in trouble with the FBI. The poker scenes, though exciting, are not the focus; Molly’s quick ascent to power and her efforts to remain there are what interest us, and Chastain’s all-business, pill-popping performance is typically strong. It’s hokey yet effective when Molly’s demanding father (Kevin Costner) shows up at the end to explain what’s wrong with her, and I wish Sorkin had explored more deeply the gender dynamics of a woman controlling the fate of powerful men. But he delivers a solid starring vehicle for Chastain that feels breezier than its 140-minute runtime. (R)—Eric D. Snider PITCH PERFECT 3 B.5 Who doesn’t want their perky comedies about acapella singers with a kidnapping plot and big ’splosions? This third installment goes off the rails almost immediately, flashing back from pyrotechnics-charged felony to the post-collegiate malaise of graduated Bellas—Beca (Anna Kendrick), Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson), et al.—reuniting for a European USO tour. For a while, it almost feels like a self-parody, winking at the conventions of the previous two movies but still trotting them all out even when they make no sense. Everyone gets thrown some kind of subplot bone, packing a lot of story into a 100-minute movie that also has to find time for all the musical numbers which are only serviceable. It’s just kind of sad, even amidst celebration of mutually supportive female friendship, to watch something so desperately try to justify its own existence. (PG-13)—SR

DARKEST HOUR BB The Oscars love performances involving impressive imitations of historical figures in earnest, blandly serviceable dramas—so I guess it’s Gary Oldman’s turn. He plays Winston Churchill in a story that begins in May 1940, with the ouster of Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister and Churchill’s ascendance as the imperfect alternative tolerable to both parties. Director Joe Wright allows

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scared nerd Spencer; a mincing Black is actually pretty, popular Bethany. Along with the gender stereotypes and boner jokes come low really stakes: Not only does everyone have three lives to play with, we never learn what would happen if they game-overed; they might just go back to the real world, for all we (and they) know. It would’ve made for a shorter movie, at least. (PG-13)—MaryAnn Johanson

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cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel to go nuts with lighting almost as unsubtle as the obligatory scenes of MPs waving papers and yelling in Parliament. The supporting performances try to offer something off of which Oldman can play, but the movie is built around Churchill as muttering, stubbornly confident leader, with showy moments like his interaction with Ordinary Folks on the Underground that feel designed for awards-show clips. And in the year of Dunkirk, it’s considerably less interesting watching everyone talk about Dunkirk. (PG-13)—SR

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ou wouldn’t know from just talking to him. In fact, I’ve had several conversations with Maclain Drake over the past few years and I’m just learning, five minutes into this interview, that the 24-yearold EDM artist and event promoter has 50-70 percent hearing loss. It’s how he found himself creating music for deaf people—or rather, making music accessible to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Drake says doctors told him it’s hard to know, exactly, if his condition is congenital or not, but he’s been wearing hearing aids since he was 2 years old. They enabled him to hear well enough that his parents felt it wasn’t necessary for him to learn American Sign Language (ASL) or be involved in the deaf community. He could even attend concerts, so long as he removed his hearing aids to avoid further damage. He nonetheless empathized with deaf people—who can enjoy music only through vibrations, if at all—and HoH people like him who can participate only by sacrificing the benefits of their hearing aids. One day, while Drake was acting in a film project at downtown Salt Lake City club Sky, his friend and then-Sky manager Andrew Scott was talking up the club’s EDM and live music events. Drake told him, “Yeah, they’re really cool. But they’re not the best shows.” He explained that it was difficult for deaf and HoH people to reconcile the visuals with what was happening onstage, which made it difficult for them to access the communal concert vibe like hearing people do. Scott suggested Drake do something about that. Drake assumed it was such a good idea that someone else must have already had it—“We live in the nation where we have all these accessibilities,” he says—but he decided to give it a shot. He pitched an idea to make EDM events accessible to deaf and HoH people by emphasizing and augmenting vibrations. Sky went for it, giving Drake free use of the venue and carte blanche to design the event. “Vibe: An EDM Concert for the Deaf and Hearing” debuted a year ago this month. It featured enhanced low frequencies in the music along with vibrating chair pads to facilitate more physical sensations and enhanced visuals like sound-responsive LED strips and water speakers. It went over big. “After that first show, I had several deaf people say I should continue to do it,” Drake says. He and engineer David Giardinelli set to work in the latter’s Salt Lake City warehouse designing light-up vibrating platforms for Vibe 2.0 and 3.0, which happened at Sky in May and September 2017, respectively. Attendance has increased with each new event, and Vibe has become known as “Disneyland for deaf people.” The response has been so strong that the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind invited Drake to bring Vibe technology and platforms to their prom. He was also able to try it out at the Louis the Child concert at The Complex in November. Drake says that hearing people are just as enthusiastic about Vibe. He encourages me to step onto a platform and feel for myself. Although the music is at a low volume, the sensation is stronger

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Maclain Drake and David Giardinelli aboard Vibe’s platforms. than I’ve felt at most arena concerts, even when standing next to the P.A. system. The difference is that Vibe enables you to feel the music in detail. Whereas one might feel only a general buzz and thump at a show, the platforms give you a physical representation of the music’s full dynamic range: the tickle of the highs, the massage of the mids and the deep-tissue bass. I call out a request. Drake obliges, pulling up “Tommy the Cat” by Primus. Les Claypool’s percolating pop-and-choke bass guitar feels like it could carbonate your blood. Drake, unfamiliar with the band, hops onto the platform. Giardinelli joins us and we all marvel at the sensation as I make more requests—AC/DC’s “Back in Black,” George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic’s “Flash Light,” Level 42’s “Something About You.” Soon we’re all smiling. Vibe doesn’t just make live music accessible to deaf and HoH community. It expands the general audience and deepens the connection we feel at these events. Because of this, Drake’s decided to change the event name to Glow. Walking away from the warehouse, I feel lighter in spite of the cold weather and murky sky. It occurs to me that he couldn’t have picked a better word to represent that communal, inclusive feeling. CW

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English singer/songwriter Richard Thompson has had a five-decade career, beginning in the classic folk group Fairport Convention, but he’s never quite garnered much adulation Stateside. That said, there isn’t even a real American equivalent of the Order of the British Empire, with its connotations of royalty that Thompson shares with a few other august musical members, like Sir Paul McCartney. Just the same, Thompson has been an ambassador for the Fender Stratocaster, as well as folk music (with its ups and downs in popularity), and he’s known for his singular thumb- and finger-style guitar technique and erudite, heart-rending songs. If you need an intro to the man’s work, Acoustic Classics (Beeswing)—the second volume of which was issued in 2017—distills essential songs from his oeuvre in the solo acoustic setting in which he’s performing on tour. But his 2015 release Still (Fantasy) is also a good starting point with the song “Guitar Heroes,” which breathlessly blends minihomages to Django Reinhardt, Chuck Berry, Dale Hawkins’ classic song “Susie Q” (made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival), The Shadows’ “F.B.I.” and even a song that doesn’t feature guitar: Duke Ellington’s “Caravan.” It goes to show that Thompson is a scholar of a variety of musical idioms, which has served to make his own work all the richer. (Brian Staker) The Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main, Park City, 8 p.m., $39-$75, all ages, egyptiantheatrecompany.org

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It’s easy for bands to rattle off a list of influences in place of a bio that says anything specifically about them. Not that Ogden’s Jail City Rockers do that—there’s a 123-word bio on jailcityrockers.com that says just enough to interest you. But the site doesn’t come up on a Google search and isn’t even mentioned on their Facebook page. So the first thing you read on their “about” page is a salad of references: “The Clash, Desmond Dekker, Eddie Cochran, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, The Jam, The Blue Hearts, The Upsetters, The Specials, Slim Smith, Jim Jarmusch and many, many others.” Loosely translated, these ref-checks say the JCRs are into punk, ska, rocksteady, reggae, twotone, rockabilly, blues, pub rock, mod power-

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Cuban-American trumpeter/pianist/ composer Arturo Sandoval was born in 1949, right after the first wave of bebop, and his style has been influenced by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and other giants of the frenetic jazz subgenre. Sandoval looked to Gillespie as a mentor, and began working with the Diz in the late ’70s, before defecting to the U.S. in 1990. Just as Gillespie did much to popularize bebop by adding elements of Latin music, Sandoval has made inroads to getting people hip to the hotter Afro-Cuban style of jazz originating from his native country. He combined the harmonic complexities of bop with the sophisticated orchestrations and dance rhythms of Cuban jazz, adding his own nuances, and a precision owed to his classical training. Arturo’s artistry has earned him four Grammy Awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Obama in 2013. You could do a lot worse than start off the musical year by seeing one of the giants of jazz. (BS) Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, 7:30 p.m., $32.50, all ages, artssaltlake.org

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in so many films (X-Men: First Class, The Sandlot) and TV shows (this year’s Twin Peaks revival, The Sopranos). It starts with Jones’ cool, casual Hammond B-3, underscored by subtle taps (like fingersnaps) on Al Jackson’s snare drum. Soon guitarist Steve Cropper adds sick stabs of dirty twang, bassist Lewie Steinberg throws in confident muscle and the song is ripe for whatever you’re doing at the time. Whether you’re headed to a rumble or sitting in the drive-thru, “Green Onions” makes anything cool—even writing about “Green Onions,” even though that verges on a meta overdose. But “An Evening with” shows are reserved for artists who can fill at least two hours without relying on an opening act, so you’re gonna hear a whole lot more than Jones’ signature instrumental—and his other spotlight piece, the happier “Time Is Tight,” once covered by the muthahumpin’ Clash. Jones, with and without the MG’s, has 56 years of music including albums with the Drive-By Truckers (2009’s Potato Hole) and The Roots (2011’s The Road from Memphis, also featuring Lou Reed, Sharon Jones, Yim Yames and more). His most recent album is Sound the Alarm (Stax, 2013), with guests like Gary Clark Jr., Mayer Hawthorne, Sheila E. and Vintage Trouble. Like everything else he’s done, it’s slippery with critical drool—much like the State Room floor will be. (RH) The State Room, 638 S. State, 8 p.m., $42-$100, 21+, thestateroomslc.com

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Cowboy Karaoke (The Cabin) Karaoke with DJ Benji (A Bar Named Sue) Karaoke (Funk ’n’ Dive) Karaoke (Willie’s Lounge) Karaoke (Prohibition) Live Band Karaoke (Club 90)

LIVE MUSIC

American Culture + Plague Survivor + Nasty Nasty + 20xx (Diabolical) American Hitmen + Ginger & The Gents (The Ice Haüs) Blue Divide (The Spur) Ché Zuro (Deer Valley Resort) Echo Muse + Delphic Quorum + Freedom Before Dying + Adamantium (The Loading Dock) Eric Anthony + Bonanza Town (Lake Effect) Folk Hogan (Piper Down Pub) Freida & The Feel Goods (Prohibition) Hearts Of Steele (Outlaw Saloon) Jail City Rockers + Jeff Dillon & The Revival + The Four07’s + Travis LaBrel (Kilby Court) see p. 34 Michelle Moonshine (Funk ’n’ Dive) Nate Robinson (Park City Mountain)

Pixie & The Partygrass Boys (The Acoustic Space) Rail Town (The Westerner) Richard Thompson (Egyptian Theatre) see p. 34 Rick Gerber & The Nightcaps (Brewskis) SuperBubble (O.P. Rockwell) Syn.Aesthetic + Pure + Adequate D (Urban Lounge) Whiskey Fish + The Family Gallows + Kid Brother (The Royal) Will Baxter Band (Garage on Beck) Wisebird (Hog Wallow Pub)

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All-Request Gothic + Industrial + EBM + and Dark Wave w/ DJ Courtney (Area 51) All Request Top 40 w/ DJ Wees (Area 51) Après Ski (The Cabin) Chaseone2 (Twist)

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DJ Juggy (Bourbon House) Dueling Pianos (Deer Valley Resort) Dueling Pianos (The Spur) Dueling Pianos (Keys on Main) Dueling Pianos (Tavernacle) Gothic + Darkwave w/ DJ Nina (Area 51) Jazz Jam Session (Sugar House Coffee) Jazz Joint Thursday w/ Joe McQueen Quartet (Garage on Beck) The New Wave ’80s Night w/ DJ Radar (Area 51)

Several years ago, I interviewed Black Veil Brides singer Andy Biersack. At the time, the band was transitioning from emo to a more hard rock sound, shedding their wuss skin for the tougher, more leathery image of sleazy bands like Mötley Crüe. Sometimes you see what you wanna see. At the time, I wanted to see the odious, simpering emo-scene bands my kid listened to cut the shit—like labeling themselves outcasts, shriek-whining about haters and doing their level best to drain the power out of flashing middle fingers and saying “fuck.” I drank the Kool-Aid and believed Biersack was the real thing. Then he cut his hair and, as Andy Black, dropped a mega-turd of a solo album that sounded like Nickelback dance pop, thereby draining his credibility in a vortex of feces and Charmin. BVB remained a viable fallback, but at some cost. Around the same time, co-headliners Asking Alexandria—another detestable Hot Topic band—smelling irrelevance, attempted to rebrand by ripping off ’80s rockers Skid Row with note-for-note versions of “Youth Gone Wild” and “18 and Life,” along with “Youth Gone Wild” t-shirts. An EP of Def Leppard, Journey, Whitesnake and other hard rock covers followed, but they kept squeezing out more screamo crapola that tried to be simultaneously badass and sensitive. Now their fifth album is self-titled to give the appearance of renewal, and they’re saying it’s like starting the band over again. Guess how it sounds? Yup. They’re pulling an Andy Black. Facepalm. (Randy Harward) The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, 5:30 p.m. (doors), $33, all ages, thecomplexslc.com

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American Hitmen (Funk ’n’ Dive) Arturo Sandoval Sextet (Jazz SLC) see p. 36 Billy Don Burns + Highball Train (Piper Down Pub) Booker T. Jones (The State Room) see p. 36

Bruce Music (Park City Mountain) Callie & Zac (Deer Valley Resort) Clark Kent Supermayne + Shado & VO + Sensei (The Loading Dock) Hearts Of Steele (Outlaw Saloon) Live Trio (The Red Door) Los Hellcaminos (The Spur) Major Tom & The Pirates + Will Sartain + The Boys Ranch + Beachmen (Urban Lounge) Marmalade Chill (Lake Effect) The Mystic + Say Hey + Valentine & The Regard (Kilby Court) Pat & Roy (Feldman’s Deli) The Pour (Hog Wallow Pub) Rail Town (The Westerner) Railroad Earth (Park City Live) Richard Thompson (Egyptian Theatre) see p. 34 The River Arkansas (Garage on Beck) Snyderville Electric Band (Canyons Village)

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Some of us don’t leave the house at all on Christmas. But what about those less fortunate, who have to work that day—like the poor ol’ dude who’s behind the bar when I call The Jackalope on Christmas evening? Except he doesn’t sound bummed at all. “I’m fan-fucking-tastic!,” he says. What’s this fella’s name? “I only have one name, man. My bar name is Porno.” The ’Lope is “more than mildly busy,” he says. “There are no holidays when you work at a bar.” I quickly learn that my pity is misplaced and superfluous—and that Porno might be having a better time than Ma in her kerchief and I in my Pac-Man pajama pants. While we’re warm and cozy at home, fixing to watch a holiday horror film, Porno’s “bein’ fuckin’ awesome.” He estimates he’s worked seven Christmases, and it’s not so bad. “You get to make people happy that aren’t very happy,” he says between greeting new arrivals. “And hang out with your friends. We have fun, man! There’s no reason to be all down ’n’ shit!” What would he be doing if he didn’t have to work? “You want me to be honest?” he says. “I’d be at the Bongo.” He picked up the Christmas shift because—the volume drops as he ostensibly gestures with the phone—“These are my homies.” I know we’re all pretty happy with Santa Claus, but if he ever retires, Porno makes one jolly old elf. (Randy Harward) The Jackalope, 372 S. State, 801-359-8054, 21+, facebook.com/jackalopelounge

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Amanda Johnson (The Spur) Troubadour 77 (Peery’s Egyptian Theatre) Victor Ruggiero + Show Me Island + The Gringos (Urban Lounge)

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LUMPY’S ON HIGHLAND 3000 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-484-5597 THE MADISON 295 W. Center St., Provo, 801-375-9000, live music & DJs MAXWELL’S EAST COAST EATERY 357 Main, SLC, 801-328-0304, poker Tuesday; DJs Friday & Saturday METRO MUSIC HALL 615 W. 100 South, SLC, 801-520-6067, DJs THE MOOSE LOUNGE 180 W. 400 South, SLC, 801-900-7499, DJs NO NAME SALOON 447 Main, Park City, 435-649-6667 O.P. ROCKWELL 268 Main, Park City, 435-615-7000, live music PARK CITY LIVE 427 Main, Park City, 435-649-9123, live music PAT’S BBQ 155 W. Commonwealth Ave., SLC, 801-484-5963, live music ThursdaySaturday, all ages PIPER DOWN 1492 S. State, SLC, 801-468-1492, poker Monday, acoustic Tuesday, trivia Wednesday, bingo Thursday POPLAR STREET PUB 242 S. 200 West, SLC, 801-532-2715, live music Thursday-Saturday THE RED DOOR 57 W. 200 South, SLC, 801-363-6030, DJs Friday, live jazz Saturday THE ROYAL 4760 S. 900 East, SLC, 801-590-9940, live music SCALLYWAGS 3040 S. State, SLC, 801-604-0869 SKY 149 W. Pierpont Ave., SLC, 801-883-8714, live music THE SPUR BAR & GRILL 352 Main, Park City, 435-615-1618, live music THE STATE ROOM 638 S. State, SLC, 800-501-2885, live music THE STEREO ROOM 521 N. 1200 West, Orem, 714-345-8163, live music, All ages SUGAR HOUSE PUB 1992 S. 1100 East, SLC, 801-413-2857 THE SUN TRAPP 102 S. 600 West, SLC, 385-235-6786 TAVERNACLE 201 E. 300 South, SLC, 801-519-8900, dueling pianos WednesdaySaturday; karaoke Sunday-Tuesday TIN ANGEL CAFÉ 365 W. 400 South, SLC, 801-328-4155, live music URBAN LOUNGE 241 S. 500 East, SLC, 801-746-0557, live music TWIST 32 Exchange Place, SLC, 801-322-3200, live music VELOUR 135 N. University Ave., Provo, 801-818-2263, live music, all ages WASTED SPACE 342 S. State, SLC, 801-531-2107, DJs Thursday-Saturday THE WESTERNER 3360 S. Redwood Road, West Valley City, 801-972-5447, live music WILLIE’S LOUNGE 1716 S. Main, SLC, 760-828-7351, trivia Wednesday; karaoke Friday-Sunday; live music ZEST KITCHEN & BAR 275 S. 200 West, SLC, 801-433-0589, DJs

THE FILLING STATION 8987 W. 2810 South, Magna, 801-981-8937, karaoke Thursday FLANAGAN’S ON MAIN 438 Main, Park City, 435-649-8600, trivia Tuesday; live music Friday & Saturday FOX HOLE PUB & GRILL 7078 S. Redwood Road, West Jordan, 801-566-4653, karaoke & live music FUNK ’N’ DIVE BAR 2550 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-621-3483, live music & karaoke THE GARAGE 1199 Beck St., SLC, 801-521-3904, live music GRACIE’S 326 S. West Temple, SLC, 801-819-7565, live music & DJs THE GREAT SALTAIR 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna, 801-250-6205, live music THE GREEN PIG PUB 31 E. 400 South, SLC, 801-532-7441, live music ThursdaySaturday HABITS 832 E. 3900 South, SLC, 801-268-2228, poker Monday; ladies night Tuesday; ’80s night Wednesday; karaoke Thursday; DJs Friday & Saturday THE HIDEOUT 3424 S. State, SLC, 801-466-2683, karaoke Thursday; DJs & live music Friday & Saturday HIGHLANDER 6194 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-277-8251, karaoke HOG WALLOW PUB 3200 E. Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, SLC, 801-733-5567, live music THE HOTEL/CLUB ELEVATE 149 W. 200 South, SLC, 801-478-4310, DJs HUKA BAR & GRILL 151 E. 6100 South, Murray, 801-281-4852, reggae Tuesday, DJs Friday & Saturday ICE HAÜS 7 E. 4800 South, Murray, 801-266-2127 IN THE VENUE/CLUB SOUND 219 S. 600 West, SLC, 801-359-3219, live music & DJs JACKALOPE LOUNGE 372 S. State, SLC, 801-359-8054, DJs JAM 751 N. Panther Way, SLC, 801-3828567, karaoke Tuesday, Wednesday & Sunday; DJs Thursday-Saturday JOHNNY’S ON SECOND 165 E. 200 South, SLC, 801-746-3334, DJs Tuesday & Friday; karaoke Wednesday; live music Saturday KARAMBA 1051 E. 2100 South, SLC, 801-696-0639, DJs KEYS ON MAIN 242 S. Main, SLC, 801-363-3638, karaoke Tuesday & Wednesday; dueling pianos Thursday-Saturday KILBY COURT 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), SLC, 801-364-3538, live music, all ages THE LEPRECHAUN INN 4700 S. 900 East, Murray, 801-268-3294 LIQUID JOE’S 1249 E. 3300 South, SLC, 801-467-5637, live music Tuesday-Saturday THE LOADING DOCK 445 S. 400 West, SLC, 385-229-4493, live music, all ages LUCKY 13 135 W. 1300 South, SLC, 801-487-4418, trivia Wednesday LUMPY’S DOWNTOWN 145 Pierpont Ave., SLC, 801-883-8714

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A BAR NAMED SUE 3928 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-274-5578, trivia Tuesday, DJ Wednesday, karaoke Thursday A BAR NAMED SUE ON STATE 8136 S. State, SLC, 801-566-3222, karaoke Tuesday ABG’S LIBATION EMPORIUM 190 W. Center St., Provo, 801-373-1200, live music ALLEGED 205 25th St., Ogden, 801-990-0692 AREA 51 451 S. 400 West, SLC, 801-534-0819, karaoke Wednesday, ‘80s Thursday, DJs Friday & Saturday BAR-X 155 E. 200 South, SLC, 801-355-2287 BARBARY COAST 4242 S. State, Murray, 801-265-9889 BIG WILLIE’S 1717 S. Main, SLC, 801-463-4996, karaoke Tuesday, live music Saturday THE BAYOU 645 S. State, SLC, 801-961-8400, live music Friday & Saturday BOURBON HOUSE 19 E. 200 South, SLC, 801-746-1005, local jazz jam Tuesday, karaoke Thursday, live music Saturday, funk & soul night Sunday BREWSKIS 244 25th St., Ogden, 801-394-1713, live music CHEERS TO YOU 315 S. Main, SLC, 801-575-6400, karaoke Friday-Sunday CHEERS TO YOU MIDVALE 7642 S. State, 801-566-0871, karaoke Saturday CHUCKLE’S LOUNGE 221 W. 900 South, SLC, 801-532-1721 CIRCLE LOUNGE 328 S. State, SLC, 801-531-5400, DJs CISERO’S 306 Main, Park City, 435-6496800, live music & DJs; karaoke Thursday CLUB 48 16 E. 4800 South, Murray, 801-262-7555 CLUB 90 9065 S. Monroe St., Sandy, 801-566-3254, trivia Monday, poker Thursday, live music Friday-Sunday CLUB TRY-ANGLES 251 W. Harvey Milk Blvd., SLC, 801-364-3203, karaoke Thursday; DJs Friday & Saturday CLUB X 445 S. 400 West, SLC, 801-935-4267, live music & DJs THE COMPLEX 536 W. 100 South, SLC, 801-528-9197, live music CRUZRS SALOON 3943 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-272-1903, free pool Wednesday & Thursday; karaoke Friday & Saturday DAWG POUND 3350 S. State, SLC, 801-261-2337, live music THE DEPOT 400 W. South Temple, SLC, 801-355-5522, live music DONKEY TAILS CANTINA 136 E. 12300 South, Draper, 801-571-8134, karaoke Wednesday; live music Tuesday, Thursday & Friday; DJ Saturday DOWNSTAIRS 625 Main, Park City, 435-615-7200, live music & DJs ELIXIR LOUNGE 6405 S. 3000 East, Holladay, 801-943-1696 THE FALLOUT 625 S. 600 West, SLC, 801-953-6374, live music

INDIRA

BY DAVID LEVINSON WILK

ACROSS

1. Cardinal for 22 years 2. “Uh, no idea” 3. Celeb chef Ramsay 4. “Bird on ____” (1990 film) 5. Performer inclined to throw tantrums 6. “I hate to be ____ ...” 7. Epitome of slowness

wonderful” 46. It wasn’t mapped until 2003 47. Pippi Longstocking creator Lindgren 49. Typewriter sound 50. “____ of God” (1985 film) 52. Tribe that gave its name to a state 53. Protestant denom. 54. Splinter group 56. Sculptor/collagist Jean

Last week’s answers

No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

DOWN

8. Author Dostoyevsky 9. Café lightener 10. Morales of “Criminal Minds” 11. Years and years 12. Sanitation worker 13. In a tight row 14. Fit behind the wheel? 19. Person ahead of her time 22. Div. that manager Bobby Cox won every year from 1995 to 2005 26. Places to pick vegetables 28. Many August births 29. “Just ____ suspected ...” 30. Year Attila invaded Gaul 32. Emails discreetly 33. Group investigated in “Mississippi Burning” 34. Bloomed 35. Make fun of 36. One way to serve duck 37. Like some devils? 38. Guatemala gold 42. Pilot, slangily 43. Batteries for remotes, perhaps 45. “Your work is

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

1. “Top Gun” target 4. Actor Driver of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” 8. More swift 15. Japanese vegetable 16. Lush 17. “What’s it gonna be?” 18. Kind of instinct 20. It’s heard at some baseball games 21. She was prime minister of her circled letters from 1966 to 1984 23. Norm: Abbr. 24. Win by ____ 25. Popular gin flavoring 26. Old Manhattan restaurateur Toots 27. Anderson of “WKRP in Cincinnati” 28. ____ beam 30. “Along ____ spider ...” 31. Way overweight 33. 1992 Grammy winner for “Constant Craving” 34. He was president of his circled letters from 2012 to 2017 39. Purple flowers 40. “This is ____!” (police cry) 41. Some gases lack them 42. Swing and miss, as a baseball pitch 44. Nickname for Angel Stadium, with “the” 48. Lean and sinewy 49. Dressed 50. Willie of “Eight Is Enough” 51. Portuguese writer José Maria de ____ de Queirós 52. He was president of his circled letters from 1869 to 1877 55. Owe at the bar 57. Precedes at a concert 58. “The Disrobing of Christ” painter, 1579 59. Squeakers 60. “____ seeing things?” 61. Outside the solar system 62. Repair shop figs. 63. Homer’s next-door neighbor on “The Simpsons”

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Just because you have become accustomed to a certain trouble AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): doesn’t mean you should stop searching for relief from that “Let your freak flag fly” was an expression that arose from the trouble. Just because a certain pain no longer knocks you into a hippie culture of the 1960s and 1970s. It was a colorful way to demoralized daze for days at a time doesn’t mean it’s good for you. say, “Be your most unique and eccentric self; show off your idio- Now here’s the good news: In 2018, you can finally track down the syncrasies with uninhibited pride.” I propose that we revive it for practical magic necessary to accomplish a thorough healing of that your use in 2018. I suspect the coming months will be a favor- trouble and pain. Make this the year you find a more ultimate cure. able time for you to cultivate your quirks and trust your unusual impulses. You should give yourself maximum freedom to explore VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): pioneering ideas and maverick inclinations. Paradoxically, doing Have you ever nursed a yearning to speak Swahili or Chinese or so will lead to stabilizing and enduring improvements in your life. Russian? The coming months will be an excellent time to get that project underway. Do you fantasize about trying exotic cuisines PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): and finding new favorite foods? I invite you to act on that fantasy In accordance with the astrological omens, I suggest you start in 2018. Is there a form of manual labor that would be tonic for compiling a list entitled, “People, Places, Ideas, and Things I your mental and physical health? Life is giving you a go-ahead Didn’t Realize Until Now That I Could Fall in Love With.” And to do more of it. Is there a handicraft or ball game you’d like to then keep adding more and more items to this tally during the become more skilled at? Get started. Is there a new trick you’d next 10 months. To get the project underway in the proper like to learn to do with your mouth or hands? Now’s the time. spirit, you should wander freely and explore jauntily, giving yourself permission to instigate interesting mischief and brush LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): up against deluxe temptations. For best results, open your heart Before the 15th century, European nations confined their sailing and your eyes as wide as you can. One further clue: Act on the to the Mediterranean Sea. The ocean was too rough for their assumption that in 2018 you will be receptive to inspirational fragile, unadaptable ships. But around 1450, the Portuguese influences and life-transforming teachings that you have never developed a new kind of vessel, the caravel. It employed a tribefore been aware of. angular sail that enabled it to travel against the wind. Soon, exploratory missions ventured into the open sea and down ARIES (March 21-April 19): along the coast of West Africa. Eventually, this new technolIn 2018, your past will undergo transformation. Your memo- ogy enabled long westward trips across the Atlantic. I prories will revise and rearrange themselves. Bygone events pose that we make the caravel your symbol of power for 2018, that seemed complete and definitive will shimmy and shift, Libra. According to my reading of the astrological omens, requiring new interpretations. The stories you have always you will find or create a resource that enables you to do the told about how you became who you are will have to be edited, metaphorical equivalent of effectively sailing into the wind. perhaps even rewritten. While these overhauls might sometimes be disconcerting, they will ultimately be liberating. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Aztecs were originally wanderers. They kept moving TAURUS (April 20-May 20): from place to place, settling temporarily in areas throughIn 2018, people will be drawn to you even more than usual. Some out the land we now call Mexico. An old prophecy told them will want you to be their rock—their steady, stable source of that they would eventually find a permanent home at a site practical truth. Some will ask you to be their tonic—their regular, where they saw an eagle roosting on a cactus as it clutched restorative dose of no-nonsense. And others will find in you a a snake in its talons. There came a day in the 14th century creative catalyst that helps them get out of their ruts and into when members of the tribe spied this very scene on an island their grooves. And what will you receive in return for providing in the middle of a lake. That’s where they began to build the such a stellar service? First, there’ll be many opportunities to city that in time was the center of their empire. I bring this deepen and refine your integrity. To wield that much influence to your attention, Scorpio, so it can serve as a metaphor to means you’ll have to consistently act with high-minded guide you in 2018. I suspect that you, too, will discover your motivations. And secondly, Taurus, you’ll get a steady supply future power spot—the heart of your domain for years to come. of appreciation that will prove to be useful as well as gratifying. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Not every minute of every day, but when you have had the time, Influences that oppose you will fade as 2018 unfolds. People you’ve been searching for a certain treasure. With patience who have been resistant and uncooperative will at least and persistence, you have narrowed down its whereabouts by partially disengage. To expedite the diminishing effects of collecting clues and following your intuition. Now, at last, you these influences and people, avoid struggling with them. know its exact location. As you arrive, ready to claim it, you Loosen the grip they have on your imagination. Any time tremble with anticipation. But when you peel away the secrets in they leak into your field of awareness, turn your atten- which it has been wrapped, you see that it’s not exactly what you tion instead to an influence or person that helps and sup- expected. Your first response is disappointment. Nevertheless, ports you. Here’s another idea about how to collaborate you decide to abide in the presence of the confusing blessing and with the cosmic rhythms to reduce the conflict in your life: see what happens. Slowly, incrementally, you become aware of Eliminate any unconscious need you might have for the a new possibility: that you’re not quite ready to understand and perversely invigorating energy provided by adversaries and use the treasure; that you’ll have to grow new capacities before bugaboos. Find positive new ways to motivate yourself. you’ll be ready for it in its fullness.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 179914104, JUDGE JAMES BLANCH. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. BENITA PERALTA, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO BENITA PERALTA: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84111, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $8,423.08. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE FARMINGTON DEPT. OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, DAVIS COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 179705647, JUDGE THOMAS L KAY. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. BERNARDO VALENCIA-RAMIREZ, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO BERNARDO VALENCIARAMIREZ: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 800 W State St., Farmington, UT 84025, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $5,427.95. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 179914105, JUDGE ROYAL I HANSEN. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. ZACHARY HILL, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO ZACHARY HILL: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84111, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff ’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $4,115.72. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 179915020, JUDGE RICHARD MCKELVIE. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. CHANNEL BUTLER, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO CHANNEL BUTLER: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84111, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff ’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $5,449.57. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE CITY DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 179914987, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. CASCADE COLLECTIONS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. LETICIA JAVIER AND MICHAEL QUINTANA, DEFENDANTS. THE STATE OF UTAH TO LETICIA JAVIER: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S State St., Salt Lake City, UT 84111, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff ’s attorney Chad C. Rasmussen at 2230 N University Pkwy., Ste. 7E, Provo, UT 84604. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $15,308.35. /s/ Chad C. Rasmussen

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All-American Weirdos Two American tourists, Joseph Dasilva, 38, and Travis Dasilva, 36, of San Diego, Calif., were arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, on Nov. 28 and detained in an immigration detention center after they posted a “butt-selfie” on Instagram, taken in front of the Buddhist temple Wat Arun, or Temple of the Dawn. The pair’s Instagram account, @traveling_butts, showcased their hindquarters at tourist sites around the world, but it was deleted shortly after the arrests. District police chief Jaruphat Thongkomol told Reuters that the two would also be fined for a similar photo at a different temple.

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But Why? In Birmingham, England, renowned 53-year-old surgeon Simon Bramhall pleaded guilty on Dec. 13 to branding his initials onto human livers using an argon beam during transplant surgeries. A colleague first noticed the initials “S.B.” in 2013 on an organ during a follow-up surgery, which sparked an investigation, The Guardian reported. Bramhall resigned in 2014 and acknowledged that marking his patients’ livers had been a mistake. But former patient Tracy Scriven of Dyrham, Wiltshire, told the Birmingham Mail that he should be reinstated. “Is it really that bad? I wouldn’t have cared if he did it to me. The man saved my life.” Inept Santa Moves Jesse Berube, 32, of Rocklin, Calif., tried using a favorite trick of Old St. Nick—but he got stuck in the chimney of a Citrus Heights business he was trying to rob on Dec. 13 and had to call police for help. ABC News reported that Sacramento firefighters responded and used special equipment to free Berube, who now faces one count of burglary. Citrus Heights police said Berube “does not have the same skills as the real deal.”

Special Delivery! An employee at a TCBY yogurt shop in Matthews, N.C., got a surprise while opening three packages delivered to the store—filled with $220,000 worth of marijuana. Upon further investigation, the store told WSOC-TV, the packages had been delivered mistakenly and were meant for a P.O. box at the postal store next door. While the origin of the packages is still unknown, the drugs and the recipient’s information have been turned over to police, who report that no arrests have been made.

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Channeling Mike Tyson British model Chloe Hammond, 27, also known as Chloe Rebelle, succumbed to a fit of road rage on March 19 when Julie Holloway, 56, tapped on her car window to ask her to stop using her phone while driving in traffic in London. Metro News reports that Hammond responded by parking her Audi TT and then “came out of nowhere” toward Holloway, kicking her in the stomach,

Inexplicable Don’t you ever just want to get away? An unnamed man in Catherine Way, Batheaston, England, started digging a “very deep” hole in his yard weeks ago, but caused a neighborhood disruption when he climbed into the hole on Dec. 12 and refused to come out. Neighbor Dominic Denny told the Bath Chronicle that “it started at about 4 a.m. ... when there was a lot of shouting and screaming coming from the house opposite me. The young man’s family was outside trying to get him back in the house.” Emergency responders from a variety of services converged on the scene, even bringing a crane to lower into the hole to retrieve the man. A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police later reported that the incident was resolved and “the man got out of the hole of his own accord.”

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grabbing Holloway’s hair and biting off a piece of her ear. Holloway, bloodied and disturbed, didn’t realize part of her ear was missing until someone “picked it up off the floor.” In October, Hammond was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent in Southwark Crown Court, and on Dec. 18, a judge sentenced her to five years in jail.

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