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Cover story, p. 13 Think of Doyle’s love affair with booze as a lifelong one. She remembers her Grandma Audra Belle offering her a swig of Miller Light at age 15, and the rest is history. “I finished it, even though I thought it was kind of meh,” she recalls. “I liked it much more a few years later when she introduced me to gin and tonics.” Cheers to that.

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#MeToo CONVERSATION

We hear a lot about Hollywood and we see actors and producers cast down from their positions of authority. But what about our community? At MeToo: a Townhall Conversation, you can bring your stories of survival from either sexual harassment or sexual assault, talk about the implications and look at what the #MeToo movement means as we go forward. “It’s time for Utahns to come together to discuss the future of our community,” say the organizers—the Rape Recovery Center and Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Glendale Branch, 1375 S. Concord St., 801-746-0404, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 6-8 p.m., free, bit.ly/2DrIpxm.

WHATEVER PROTEST

The Wake Up Utah! March and Rally could be just about anything, but it’s mostly about urging the Legislature to do the right thing. The plan is to gather at City Creek Park and march to the Federal Building, where there will be speakers on a number of urgent issues. Organizers don’t want to focus on impeachment or specifically the Women’s March, but they do encourage signs like “Grab ’em by the Midterms.” There are plenty of reasons to rally and chant. Whatever your cause, this march is for you. City Creek Park, 110 N. State, Saturday, Jan. 27, noon-2 p.m., free, bit.ly/2mQRqoW.

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In case you didn’t notice, the Legislature is in session and this means you need to get your head out of the sand and pay attention. The ACLU Utah, EU and PPAU Community Lobby Training will get you ready to meet head-on potential upcoming legislation related to civil liberties, reproductive freedom and equality. Presenters will share tips on how to get involved in the legislative process and how to make your voice heard amid the din of lobbyists. This is how to become a community advocate and make a difference for the causes you believe in. Salt Lake Public Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-521-9862, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 6-9 p.m., free, bit.ly/2ERreBG.

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And don’t forget Action Utah’s Weekly Lobby Day at the State Capitol. You can get updated every week during the legislative session and continue to learn how to advocate for the policies you care about. Utah State Capitol, 350 N. State, Seagull Room, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 12:30-2 p.m., free, bit.ly/2DgR69E.

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Opinion, Jan. 11, “Plane Dogs”

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I had a few comments regarding John Rasmuson’s opinion piece. I’m a 20 year flight attendant for a major airline. When I started in 1997, the only animals we ever dealt with were either Seeing Eye dogs or those in carriers under the seat. If you worked the lower galley on the DC-10, you would occasionally hear dogs barking because the heated cargo hold was on the other side of the wall. Flash forward to today, when on any given flight there will be at least one emotional support dog. I have personally witnessed small pigs, ferrets, large rats, dogs bigger than me, and a monkey who smeared shit on the window. The planes have become flying zoos. I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen these animals pee or shit on the floor of the plane or in the terminal. And then I would like a dollar for every time the owner just kept on walking without cleaning it up. Today’s flights are full. More people travel than ever before. And now we spend a ridiculous amount of time reseating passengers who can’t or won’t sit by Coco, the shitting monkey. You get the point. I’m grateful that Rasmuson took the time to call out these idiots who refuse to pay a fee to travel with their pets. I also know doctors who have a thriving side business writing letters to register these damn ESAs. Unfortunately, this phenomenon is spreading. I had dinner this past weekend in a very nice restaurant here in SLC with an ESA under the table next to us. Its emotionally fragile owner put half of her salmon on a saucer and put it on the floor for the dog. I was mortified. I’m not sure what the answer is. But if you can’t go about your daily life without having your pet in your lap then there is a therapist who would be happy to see you. Thanks for letting me vent!

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Dining review, Jan. 11, Café Machu Picchu

Don’t let [critic Alex Springer] fool you. He used to eat that stuff all the time when we were growing up. When he was in 8th grade, he even wrote letters to a popular fast food chain asking for them to make a McTripe burger.

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Blog post, Jan. 11, “‘I Didn’t Expect to Be as Involved in This as I Am’: Hughes Shares Plan to Combat Homelessness”

What he really was trying to say was that he didn’t expect to find a money-making angle in the homeless situation that he could turn to his advantage.

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Blog post, Jan. 16, “LDS Church Names New President, Prophet”

Surely this 90-year-old man has progressive ideas on race, homosexuality, women’s rights, and the rights of the non-religious in Utah.

PETER MUSCARELLO Via Facebook

He’s 93 years old! What can the people of Utah possibly gain from a man this age? I’m so sick of seeing very old men in positions such as his. Our entire nation is plagued by geriatric leadership and geriatric world views. Isn’t it time for young and vibrant minds to lead our nation? Aren’t we long overdue for this? So sad.

JOE SNOW

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Oh, I thought they were gonna choose a Latina woman.

RYAN NORTHROP Via Facebook

beliefs passed as church doctrine. But as long as we got clean air in the Valley everything will be OK. Oh, shit …

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Headline should read: “And the new oppressor of Utah is …”

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It only matters if the person committing suicide isn’t gay or colored. Right, Herbert?

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Blog post, Jan. 17, “Governor Announces Creation of Task Force Aimed at Preventing Teen Suicide”

Too bad the task force won’t do much of anything especially since most are beholden to their prophets personal

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CLINTON HARTLEY Via Facebook I’m already calling him Senator Romney. Let’s be real here.

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How You See What You See

“There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.” —Richard Avedon I got to know Doug Jones at the University of Wisconsin in 1976. He taught journalism, but his class often wandered off in unlikely directions, most often to the rolling hills of southern Montana and the Little Bighorn River. He had just sold the television rights to The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer, a novel years in gestation, and there weren’t many details of the historic fight between the 7th Cavalry and the Lakota Sioux in 1876 he didn’t know. Or so he said. Like Robert Fulghum and Garrison Keillor, Jones was a natural storyteller who employed the same Arkansas red-dirt patter that served Bill Clinton so well. One of his stories sticks in my mind: He recounted a visit to an art exhibit devoted to the iconic Battle of the Little Bighorn. He told the class how he had strolled from painting to painting until he was brought up short by one of them. He studied it. What made it singular? Why was it so arresting? In due course, he realized that the artist had taken Custer’s point of view while all the other paintings portrayed battle scenes as Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull would have seen them. I don’t remember Jones’ point in telling the anecdote, but I took away a lesson in perspective, namely, that what you see may be a function of how you see it. Comedian Dave Chappelle and singer-songwriter John Mayer imposed restrictions on how their performances were seen last year. They banned cell phones from each

BY JOHN RASMUSON of their “Controlled Danger” shows. Ticket holders had to put their phones in locked Yondr bags for the duration of the performance: No photos. No videos. No texts. On Facebook they wrote: “We appreciate your cooperation in creating a phone-free viewing experience.” Chappelle and Mayer explained their reasons in a CNN interview. Mayer said he wanted to be able to perform “with an honest heart without being worried about how it would be read” pinballing around social media. Chappelle said the presence of phones in an audience created a “weird combination in which people were engaged but wildly disengaged.” An explanation of that disengagement comes from Linda Henkel, a professor at Fairfield University. She calls it the “photo-taking impairment effect.” When you take a photo, “you’re counting on the camera to remember for you,” writes Henkel. “You don’t engage in any of the elaborative or emotional kinds of processing that really would help you remember those experiences because you’ve outsourced it to your camera.” In other words, a performance mediated by a hand-held gizmo lacks the immediacy of one in which the senses are fully engaged. I learned about Henkel’s work from Bored and Brilliant, a 2017 book by Manoush Zomorodi. By the time I finished reading it, I was thinking about my own history with cameras. As a 12-year-old, I photographed every dog and cat in my neighborhood within days of receiving a Kodak Brownie as a Christmas present. Decades later, my last camera, a point-and-shoot Canon, succumbed to a hard landing on Moab red-rock. In between Canon and Kodak, I owned a Polaroid, a couple of single-lens-reflex Minoltas, and an early Sony digital that relied on floppy disks. Collectively, the cameras tell a story, as a fossil bed does, but not the whole story. The complete version has to include intent. What was the reason I bought all those cameras and took all those pictures? My answer is that I was freezeframing my life experience as “Kodak moments” in order to

remember them. Henkel avers that I would have been better off skipping the photos. “Human memory is much more dynamic than photographs are capable of,” she writes. My wife came to the same conclusion on her own 25 years ago and retired her 35mm camera. When she felt our travels needed to be documented, she bought a postcard and wrote notes on the back. In the how-you-see, what-you-see equation, it will come as no surprise that cellphones have pretty much displaced cameras for picture taking. What is interesting, however, is the fact that today’s young people use photography differently than I did at their age. According to Zomorodi, they use photos not as a memory aid but as a means to communicate, much like a naval signalman uses flags. Teens give life to the adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words” (or, nowadays, a string of emojis). That there is no cost for film, processing and printing is a significant benefit of digital photography and the cornerstone of the Snapchat business plan. With its fade-to-black photos, Snapchatter generates upload traffic at the breath-taking rate of 9,000 photos per second. I’m guessing a significant percentage is selfies. Now a much-denigrated cliché, the selfie makes photo-taking impairment even worse. “If you’re in the photo, you become more removed from the original moment,” Henkel writes, “as if you are an observer watching yourself do something outside yourself.” Henkel’s concept is as offbeat as ceiling mirrors but consistent with the how-you-see moment Jones experienced at the “Custer’s Last Stand” art exhibit. The photographic record of my life is sealed in boxes in the basement. I rely on memories willy-nilly. Unmapped by my memory, the photos and slides are merely curiosities. My heirs will discard them. How much better it would have been to have engaged each moment with a thousand words instead of a picture. CW Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net

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Someone missed the memo. You know, the one about when you accept a cabinet position, you’re expected to go to meetings. That’s not happening with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. You remember Zinke, the guy who rode on horseback around the areas he intends to open to development or something. Nine of the 12 members of the National Park System Advisory Board quit in frustration because the department “showed no interest in learning about or continuing to use the forward-thinking agenda of science, the effect of climate change, protections of the ecosystems [and] education,” according to Alaska Public Radio. The petulant nine had terms that were expiring, but they nonetheless felt a statement was necessary. The terrifying aspect of all this is the possibility that Zinke wanted them out in favor of people not so stuck on science.

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We know what you’re going to say: “What the…?” Amazon didn’t choose Utah as a finalist for its second headquarters, and there are no doubt a lot of sad faces as the dollar signs fade. But what did you expect? The Wasatch Front is getting close to edging out Beijing for air pollution, climate change is shortening the ski season, mass transit is a twinkle in the eye, liquor—well, liquor—and then there’s the whole public lands thing. That was what convinced the Outdoor Retailers convention to move to Colorado, and guess what? Denver happens to be on Amazon’s list of 20 possible headquarter locations. The Seattle Times reported that it obtained documents showing Utah pitched its soon-to-be-vacant prison site. Not sure that was as big a deal as the cacuts sent from a Tucson economic development group to CEO Jeff Bezos.

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Maybe there’s hope for mankind in Utah, even if we can’t get CHIP funding or Medicaid expansion. The state is about to see a competitive effort to bring down the cost of drugs, or at least some drugs, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. It’s called Project Rx, the brainchild of former legislator Dan Liljenquist. Liljenquist, architect of the state’s 2011 Medicaid reform, has joined four U.S. hospital groups and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to start a company to offer economical generic drugs. The idea is to shake up the market—you know, that market that has in the past raised prices by 1,000 percent. Drug prices are high partly because of the government. Medicare, for instance, can’t negotiate prices, and if you can’t get those economies of scale, then you may as well hope a private consortium like this can.

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Scientifically speaking, is music universal? If some advanced extraterrestrial came to Earth, would he recognize our music? —Jim B., via the Straight Dope Message Board

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Is music universal? Well, that’s a bet being made by the group Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Not content to simply scan the skies for signs of life, the METI folks want to go ahead and say howdy, which they’re attempting to do via a transmission station in Norway, beaming a binary-coded message at one potentially life-friendly exoplanet 12 light-years away. The content of their message? Melodies, created in collaboration with an artsy Barcelona music festival—lest you thought we’d subject our pen pals to, say, “Escape (The Piña Colada Song).” For the moment, let’s put the more, uh, universal sense of “universal” on hold and start a little closer to home. Leaving aside all the pop-sci baloney about music being a “universal language”—a phrase specially calibrated to drive both musicologists and linguists nuts—we can say nonetheless that music is universal here on Earth: virtually all cultures produce it in some form. We’ve been at it a long time, creating tunes for at least 50,000 years—possibly as long as 250,000, if you count our a cappella period. This long-term commitment has led some scientists to suggest that the tendency to make music must have had some role to play natural-selection-wise. But what? The list of theories is longer than Wagner’s Ring Cycle: music could have been a “proto-language,” a mode of human communication before formal languages developed; music might facilitate social cohesion, like grooming does for other primates; music might soothe cognitive dissonance in our brains and help us perform complex tasks; and so on. Not exactly settled science, but let’s accept for the sake of discussion that our taste for music is an evolutionary adaptation. Is there any reason to think our friends from the exoplanet GJ 273b—the target audience for the METI transmission—would’ve evolved similarly? I’ll point you toward an intriguing recent paper in the International Journal of Astrobiology, where a few scientists argue that if advanced extraterrestrials have also undergone a process of natural selection (and there’s no reason to think otherwise), they might resemble us in some fundamental biological ways, and to a degree that might surprise us. But can they boogie? I regret to inform you this paper didn’t go so far as to venture a guess, Jim. It’s not too hard, though, to make the case it shouldn’t matter either way. Besides the musical passages, the METI message contains a primer on Earth math and physics—from basic arithmetic and geometry up through trig, which gets you to the sine function and ultimately to the

wave forms that convey audible sound, as well as a clock function meant to get across the idea of measuring time in seconds. The plan is to provide a conceptual toolkit for budding music lovers on other planets: everything they’d need, ideally, to look at the other data and have a shot at figuring out it’s supposed to represent notes at various pitches over varying lengths of time. Even if the aliens can’t hear the music in the sense that we understand hearing, they’ll be able to perceive the patterns formed by its constituent data, and, with any luck, grok it anyway. The mathematical orderliness of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, you’d think, might have a beauty that transcends mere audibility. And who knows? Maybe the receiving civilization will have some souped-up hi-fi equipment that transposes our sound waves into a spectrum more locally popular—light, say. Just the same, they may not see what the big deal is. In a 2001 paper, the musicologist David Huron asks us, in the service of explaining various evolutionary theories of music, to engage in a little thought experiment. Imagine you’re an alien scientist visiting Earth, Huron writes. A lot of what you see makes sense to you on a behavioral level: eating, sleeping, etc. But you’d also see us creating music, listening to it, incorporating it into our religious ceremonies and mating rituals—and all this you might find yourself baffled by. “Even if Martian anthropologists had ears, I suspect they would be stumped by music,” Huron concludes. His point is that music as we understand it may be a uniquely human behavior—graspable by extraterrestrial listeners, sure, but they might find our devotion curious. To be fair, this wouldn’t put them too far behind Earth anthropologists; as discussed earlier, we’re still puzzling it out ourselves. From METI’s perspective, this isn’t a bug but a feature: any alien civilization we contact, the thinking goes, is likely to be much more advanced than we are, so bragging about our scientific achievements is probably pointless—they’re there already, whereas music and other earthly arts might be sui generis enough to pique their interest. To me, though, this argues for sending the very best stuff we’ve got. No offense to the composers in Barcelona, but if we’re trying to turn extraterrestrial heads here, why screw around? Play ’em some Stevie Wonder already. n

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200 clients who are clients of the resource center.’” Unlike other communities, the Central City Neighborhood Council didn’t oppose the construction of a resource center moving in, but members wanted to ensure the new facility would fit into the existing neighborhood, and the biggest concern centered on camping. Cowan believes that enforcing a hard cap on amenities offered at the shelter will prevent folks from camping on the street nearby and using the shelter as a spot to dine and receive services. Founder and principal of AJC Architects Jill Jones confirms her office has attended several community open houses and forums to take input from the communities. They’ve also chatted with homeless folks who weighed in on what might make the shelters successful, which include kennels and other provisions for service animals. “We’ve had great input on what to do in the courtyard. We’ve had great input on bicycles,” she says. “For an example, bike racks. They said the pieces and parts get stolen by the hour.” To counter the problem, the shelter will include indoor bike storage. Salt Lake City Police Sgt. Sam Wolf says detectives have been assisting planners to ensure the area is safe. The police have suggested plants that don’t obscure officers’ vision, and they think the enclosed shelters will help keep drug lords from infiltrating the new areas like they have at the Rio Grande shelter. “Theoretically, yes, we are trying to mitigate potential problems at these resource centers so we don’t duplicate what’s happened at the [downtown] shelter,” Wolf says. “We all want that— cops, citizens, business owners, we all want that.” CW

downtown shelter will close. But in the meantime, Litvack says, after a recent round of low-income tax credits, the city is looking at an additional 200 permanent supportive housing units in the next year or two, on top of other affordable-housing projects that were already in the pipeline. “Addressing the capacity is addressing affordable housing, which is where we want the focus to be,” he says. “All of us system-wide want it to be on the housing.” Shelter the Homeless Executive Director Preston Cochrane acknowledges the capacity concerns are valid, but he’s optimistic that an influx of affordable housing will alleviate the need for more shelter beds. “It’s definitely an issue. It’s something that the Shelter the Homeless board is looking at,” he says. “We’re looking at our partners. We’re looking at other ways that we can make sure there’s deeply affordable housing so that we can have people that are utilizing the services ... get in and get out as quickly as possible so they’re in more permanent supportive housing or a better circumstance.” Many in the neighborhood, such as Theodore Cowan, however, are asking the city to adhere to a strict cap. Cowan is vice-chair for the Central City Neighborhood Council, a community body that’s been nudging the city to include additional cap provisions in its conditionaluse documents. “We want language that says this homeless resource center can serve its 200 clients but cannot serve more,” he said. “There’s a bed limit of 200 people. That’s already in the language of the conditional use. We want additional language in the conditional use, like, ‘You cannot create a public dining place. You can’t serve people food in excess of those

The third in South Salt Lake will max out at 300 beds. “We’re going to be 400 or 500 beds short,” Bailey laments. The idea that access to services will dramatically reduce the homeless population is promising, but wildly optimistic, he continues. Considering the hurdles local governments need to clear before they open a shelter, Bailey argues it would be a waste to nix a spot in the city that is already permitted and zoned as a homeless resource center. He hopes that the downtown shelter remains open, if repurposed, to ensure that no one is left out in the frigid cold or scorching heat. If not, he anticipates a “train wreck coming.” Ryan J. Parker, 28, is a homeless advocate, a musical artist and Road Home shelter employee, who is also making a run for the state senate seat that encompasses the Rio Grande area. He agrees that capacity is a pressing issue and it has remained unaddressed to his satisfaction. “It all falls on its face when it comes to capacity,” he says. “These shelters should be an aid to The Road Home; another option.” As Parker sees it, the community needs more service options so folks find the right environment that can help them get on their feet. Closing the downtown shelter feels like it’s cutting against that idea. David Litvack, deputy chief of staff for Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, is confident that as long as the city continues to move forward with an affordable housing plan, no one who wants shelter will be left to spend nights on the street. The timeline will remain the same, he says: Construction will start this year and the resource centers are expected to be online by June 2019. At that time, the

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ust off State Street, a shuttered thrift store on 700 South is nearly hidden from street view behind a graffitied screen that’s fastened to a chain-link fence. Peek over the barrier or through a gap, and you can see the parking lot. Along its western edge, a row of makeshift tents have cropped up. Another tent consisting of blue blankets and tarps hangs tenuously from a metal gate on the opposite side. As the sun set on a recent Wednesday evening, a colony of rats skitters in and out of another vacant building adjacent to the lot. The sidewalk is painted with pigeon droppings. It’s a bleak scene, but in the coming months, the old Deseret Industries outpost will be demolished and construction will start on a new facility. The new structure will change the face of the neighborhood—but homeless people will remain. This is the site for one of three new shelters to be up and running by the summer of 2019. Stakeholders held an open house on Jan. 17 a block north, allowing the public to view the plans and weigh in on the conditional-use application that has yet to be finalized. The tumultuous reaction that occurred when four new homeless shelters were announced in December 2016 has by and large subsided. Partly because the most contested site—one on Simpson Avenue in Sugar House—was pulled. As the plan progresses, though, some remain worried the new shelters—part of a model that mandates the closure of the downtown nerve center—will be forced to turn away homeless folks because of their capacity limits. Glenn Bailey, executive director of Urban Crossroads Center, anticipates real problems if the plan continues to impose a hard cap at three shelters. While the city and county continue to mull the minutia of design, he says, an essential conversation about the risk of leaving people out in the cold has been muted. Currently, The Road Home provides shelter for an estimated 1,100 people on a busy night, but two of the new facilities will reach capacity at 200.

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t’s 11 a.m. on a sunny Thursday morning, hours before Under Current a ‘Last Word’ for-fucking-ever,” she warns. “If it’s short from lack of dilution [the Bar usually opens to customers. Beyoncé’s “Run The World (Girls)” is judges] can add up to 20 seconds” to the final scored time. pumping through the speakers, providing a thumping backdrop to the During Speed Rack competitions, some of the top experts of cocktail world samclink of ice sliding into glasses and the spit-fire swoosh-clack swoosh- ple each (actual, made with liquor) drink to check for correct ingredients, flavor clack of metal cocktail shakers. Behind the bar, local booze-slingers balance and volume. Participants are expected to know more than 80 cocktail clasArianna Hone (Tinwell) and Joslyn Pust (Zest) are dancing and singing along sics, and be ready to create on-the-fly original cocktails in a roulette style based on to Queen Bey while they each assemble four different cocktails simultaneously, a the judge’s specifications. stopwatch tracking every split second. It takes lightning-fast reflexes and serious What started out as a New York-based fundraising event in 2011 by ambidextrous skills working a shaker in one hand while stirring and pouring founders Ivy Mix and Lynette Marrero has now expanded drinks with the other. into a competition bringing together women Standing in as practice “judges,” fellow bartenders Kacie in the bar industry from all over the Wilks (Bambara) and Anna Thorn (free agent) are globe. The apocryphal story goes somecheering them on. Acting as timekeeper, Under t h i n g like this: Bartenders Mix and Current bartender Jessica Sandberg Marrero were watching the shouts out, “One minute down!” Super Bowl and about gave Hone tosses ice out of two coupe themselves eyeroll-induced conglasses chilling on the bar, slaps cussions watching commercials metal strainers over two shakers, featuring bikini-clad women pours her drinks and throws her shaking up drinks. They decided hands in the air with a shout of, to highlight women’s skills as “Done!” Everyone shouts enrespected professionals in the couragement to Pust as she industry, reclaiming the doufinishes her drinks only a ble-entendre of every bar’s few seconds later. “speed rack” by embracPust and Hone doubleing female identity and Utah’s high-five and hug. We all pride in the workplace, badass cheer. It’s a Valkyrie girlwhile also raising money women power moment, for sure. to fight breast cancer. In bartenders Kacie Wilks shuffles the first year, the organithrow down. through a tall stack of zation raised $69,000 for flashcards with clasbreast cancer research, sic cocktails written on prevention and educaeach—like Sidecar, Mantion. “They raise a shit-ton hattan, Old Fashioned, of money for breast cancer Paloma, Ramos Fizz, Last programs,” Sandberg says, Word, Hemingway Daiquinoting the events now avri—and pulls out four new erage $100,000 raised andrink names as Sandberg nually. Industry sponsors and Thorn take their places like Jameson Irish whiskey, behind the bar for a turn. Altos tequila and Four Roses “This is way earlier than most bourbon cover overhead and of us are usually up, but it’s the only contribute funds for travel costs time we can coordinate crazy bartender as competitors advance through By Darby Doyle schedules to get together,” Sandberg tells national and international comments@cityweekly.net me as she takes a generous sip of coffee competition. @abourbongal from her mug, leaving behind a bright pink lip-print Ten of Utah’s growing cadre on the white rim. “It’s like herding cats.” of kickass female bartenders are hoping to compete and/ And if you’re thinking I’m the lucky duck who gets to sample or cheer on their sassy sisterhood at the Speed Rack southwest reeight cocktails at a time for quality control, you’d be wrong: the practice bottles all gional competition on Feb. 18 in Phoenix, smack dab in the middle of breast cancontain water (cue sad trombone), totally free and a more easily cleaned-up liquid cer awareness month and Arizona Cocktail Week. The event selection committee than booze. Going on her third year of competing in Speed Rack—an international chooses only 22 women out of all applicants from the massive and talented Southcompetition founded, led and supported by female bartenders raising funds to west region: Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, fight breast cancer—Sandberg is the veteran and mentor for the crew gathered to and part of Texas. In addition to Sandberg, bartenders Carly Bringhurst (White practice today. She shares some competition tips on how to more efficiently set Horse) and Shantelle Ellsworth (Area 51) went to regionals last year. “It would be up their behind-bar station—the ubiquitous stainless steel “speed rack” housing amazing if we had a bunch of Utah bartenders there again,” Sandberg says. She bea bar’s most commonly-used ingredients—to adapt to their next cocktail flight. lieves SLC bartenders in general have finally been getting much-deserved national During competition they’ll have just three minutes to set up spirits bottles, mixers, attention for their skills. “We want to make sure everyone is as prepared as possible glassware and equipment after learning what four drinks they’ll be making. if they get called up to compete,” she says. Through round-robin elimination, two women at a time vie for fastest time until Of the hundreds of people who attend the regional competition, she anticipates eight finalists are chosen to move on to the main stage. Sandberg points out to the the usual eyebrows-up incredulous response: “They’re like, ‘What the fuck is going crew instances where judges might penalize a bartender’s cocktail for a short pour, on with all these badasses from Salt Lake City?’” ingredient error, or not enough time spent shaking or stirring. “You have to shake Badasses like ...

Hone is one of those women hoping to get the nod to compete at Speed Rack regionals for the first time. She started working at Tinwell last year, and, as she says, “studied my booty off,” to move up from bar back to bartender in a matter of months. Hone credits mentorship at Tinwell from Katy Willis and boss Tristan Loughlin, and their strong advocacy for women in the bar industry for getting her up to speed. Hone’s favorite part about bartending, besides proving to skeptical customers that this young woman knows her shit behind the bar, is learning about cocktail and spirits history. “Booze has been a part of the human experience for what seems like forever. It’s exciting to learn where things originate from and how spirits and cocktails have evolved throughout time.” A self-described fiercely competitive human, Hone would love to battle at Speed Rack just for the hell of it. However, she says, the opportunity to connect with other women in a male-dominated industry is a huge motivator. “I am so grateful for Jessica Sandberg and that she has taken time out of her impossibly busy schedule to run these practices. It is so nice to grow alongside the women in my community and to create friendships while becoming a speedy fast bartender,” Hone says. When she’s not shaking and stirring at Tinwell, you can find her around town sampling her fave cocktail: the Paloma. Her recommendation? The one at Chile-Tepin. “I could live off Palomas for the rest of my life,” she says. Same.

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Eldredge, Under Current Bar’s managing partner, has judged similar competitions and applied to compete at Speed Rack for the first time this year. She points out the framework used at speed cocktail events focuses on quickness and precision and has a practical grounding in a bartender’s tool box. It’s something she learned early on in her career from her mentor, the late Sasha Petraske of New York’s Milk & Honey. “His philosophy is the same model I use to train my bartenders,” she says. “They need to be fast and consistent. If a table orders four different cocktails, each of those drinks need to be made at the same time so they all arrive to the customers as fresh and as quickly as possible.” According to Sandberg, it’s a preparation method that relies upon bartenders’ keen memory and organizational skills. “If you’re making four cocktails and three of them call for lime juice, you should only pick up lime juice once during the set, she says. “Not three different times.” And, if a drink sits too long on the counter while other drinks are being made it “dies,” meaning it can go flat, warm or become over-diluted quickly. “It’s all about exceptional quality and customer service,” Eldredge says. Known nationally as a doyenne of drinks, Eldredge revels in the fun-natured spirit of it all. “Watching all these girls practice together every week has been really inspiring. I love their camaraderie,” Eldredge concludes.

During Speed Rack season six last year, Sandberg garnered huge support from Utahns (and more than a few compatriots from neighboring states), to win enough social media votes to grab a wildcard spot and advance to the national competition in New York. She joined 15 other female bartenders who qualified out of hundreds of competitors in the U.S. As part of the competition tour, Sandberg traveled gratis with other finalists to Guadalajara, Mexico, and Dublin, Ireland, courtesy of event sponsors. But more than the world travel and thrill of competition, Sandberg credits the experience with giving her more confidence in her work overall. “The biggest misconception that people have about women bartenders is that we’re just doing this to get to somewhere else” or fund college. “This is my career, I love it,” she says. “That’s not to say that Sandberg’s not still intimidated by the level of skill brought to Speed Rack each season. “My first year, I was disappointed in my performance; I wasn’t quite sure what to expect,” she says. “Last year went much better—that’s why I’m working with girls who might go as first-timers this season.” It’s a mentorship she hopes will give them more confidence when it’s their turn to go head-to-head. As for Sandberg? If practice rounds are any indication, she’s in top fighting form. During one round, I saw her make a complex four-cocktail set in 56 seconds flat. BOOM.

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“There’s a huge stigma with women behind the bar, still,” Ellsworth says of the ever-present hyper-sexualization of and condescension toward female bartenders. “This is my craft, my profession. I’m not here just to shake my boobs and make money.” Adding to the challenge of how women are seen in the industry, Ellsworth notes that she was two months pregnant during last year’s Speed Rack regional competition, which didn’t slow her down in the slightest, nor does having a family conflict with bartending. “I have a ‘real’ job that can take me around the world,” she muses. “I want to be able to go anywhere; bartending allows me to do that.” Ellsworth (known to her customers as “Shanthrax”) credits working in the compact and super high-speed bar environment at Area 51 as great preparation for Speed Rack regionals last year. Working fast and efficiently has served her well in the nine years she’s been part of Area 51’s bar program. She’s hoping to put this strategy to work again this year: “There are some incredibly strong women who compete at Speed Rack. I really enjoyed the female solidarity, with everyone cheering each other on,” she says. “There are some seriously badass women bartenders coming from Utah. People think of difficult liquor laws and Mormons coming from here; before, we weren’t seen as a serious threat. That’s changing.”

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Thorn started her bartending career three years ago under the tutelage of Frankie Mealy at Whiskey Street, and that whiskey-forward focus has been seriously imprinted on her own cocktail preferences. “I love nerding out about spirits, and playing around with what flavors complement one another,” she says. “I also very honestly love working with customers to help create, and cultivate, a wonderful experience.” The downside? “The biggest pain in the ass can be shitty customers who don’t recognize that it may take a second to make a very nice, quality cocktail.” Thorn has been especially loving the jaw-cracking early training sessions with the other ladies of SLC liquor-land in prep for Speed Rack, and reminisced with me a little about the first time she and Sandberg met up IRL: “She and I met at a Utah Bartenders’ Guild event two years ago, and drunkenly confessed our love for each other and for having lady bartender crushes on one another … It was love at first sight.” Through the weeks of training, Thorn notes that most of the crew’s bartenders have earned consistent personal bests with times under 90 seconds. “We have a bomb lady crew training for Speed Rack this year,” Thorn says, “and Jess Sandberg certainly deserves a shout-out for organizing and recruiting such a strong group of contenders.” Thorn told me her personal beverage of choice is a shot of really great whiskey. But, she equivocates saying, “Since I began my career as a bartender at a whiskey bar, I veer toward really strong whiskey cocktails.” Her favorite is the classic Manhattan. One she’s been drinking pretty frequently at home? Pikesville rye, Cocchi di Tornio and Workhorse Rye aromatic coffee bitters. Hell yes.

“My favorite thing about making cocktails is that it’s something that people unite over,” says Pust, who started bartending a couple of years ago and was mentored by colleagues Matt Pfohl and Johnny Williams. “Johnny taught me that if someone sits at your bar, you already have something in common,” she continues. “It’s a humbling and compassionate thought.” At Zest, Pust has become known as the fastest bartender of their crew, and has been pushing herself to get even quicker in preparation for Speed Rack by practicing weekly with Sandberg and posse at Under Current. For about an hour a night on her own, she studies the classics. She’s planning to go to the event in Phoenix even if she’s not tapped to compete. “I want to meet other badass ladies, learn what I can, and support the girls I love.” She’s grateful to Casey Staker, Tristan Loughlin and the whole Zest team for supporting her intense training. Pust particularly enjoys the food science aspect of bartending, especially with the creative environment at Zest, where she’s been experimenting with aquafaba—a chickpea derivative often used as a vegan substitute for eggs. As for her personal favorite drink? “I’m a sucker for anything that’s spirit, lime and simple syrup. I always go to gimlets or Wray-daiqs,”—that wouldd be a classic daiquiri made with Wray & Nephew overproof rum. Yes, please. Make that two.

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“Improv is a big part of bartending,” Bliss says as she describes the flexibility and ingenuity necessary to be a good bartender. Bliss started bartending when she was 23, and especially loves the portability of her job, as she’s now worked in several states. “I’m naturally creative, and a hard worker. So it’s fun to be in an environment where you can create, but create quickly.” She’d never heard of Speed Rack until she met Sandberg, who after watching her at work, encouraged her to apply for the competition. Her personal choice of beverage is one many other bartenders bemoan making due to all of the lime squeezing and muddling involved. For Bliss, it’s worth the effort: “My favorite cocktail to make is probably a mojito. They look and taste refreshing. And reminds me of being at the beach with my husband and dogs.”

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Bringhurst knows how to pull through. “Last year [before regionals], I didn’t get into Denver until after midnight, and, um, stayed up quite a bit later,” she says. “[But] I was totally: Game On” when it came time to compete. Although Bringhurst was taken out in the first round, she told me that the actual few minutes spent competing was a small part of the whole raucous Speed Rack experience, especially being there with good friends and with event sponsors handing out free shots to competitors after every round (making it doubtful that SLC will ever host a Speed Rack regionals). “There are some incredibly talented people that go on that stage. It’s a really supportive environment, everyone’s cheering you on.” When her good friend Sandberg won fourth place, Bringhurst says she had tears running down her face. “I was so proud of her! Later, when she got knocked out by the eventual winner, I was totally outraged on behalf of Jess.” Bringhurst believes that training for Speed Rack last year made her a better bartender because she really got back to basics practicing the classics repertoire. While she’s the epitome of calm, cool and collected behind the bar, Bringhurst is also an accomplished musician, playing guitar and accordion along with her distinctively growlytwangy killer vocals.

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Although Wilks started bartending in North Carolina four years ago, she credits SLC as the place where she’s dialed in her craft. She was especially eager to work with Eldredge, “As soon as I found out her background, I basically begged her to teach me. I hope to be as badass as she is someday.” Like many people, Wilks came to Salt Lake thinking she’d only be here for a year. “Then,” she told me, “I got involved in the food and beverage industry downtown and fell in love and just signed on for my fourth year. Grateful to be a part of it.” She’s been training with the Speed Rack crew, however, she won’t be able to compete this year because the national event schedule conflicts with her other passion: working with Opposition Gallery Series. Wilks describes herself as “super competitive,” but believes that she’s more effective as a teacher and likes to stay out of the spotlight. After learning so much from other female bartenders, she’s glad to pass on her knowledge, and encourage people to be the best they can be. Few things get her more excited than Japanese whiskey, supporting SLC’s tight bartending community and especially helping her besties prep for Speed Rack. Even with such a strong cadre of women in SLC’s bar scene, Wilks still gets sideswiped with frustration, saying that the “Biggest pain is the sexism and condescending talk that happens on the regular. Some of the most amazing bartenders in the world are women. Get over it dudes, the future is female.” Cheers to that, Kacie!

“I’ve been attending Speed Rack events for years, and I’m super excited to go again this year,” Daniels, who was waitlisted for Speed Rack regionals last year, says. A native of Utah County, Daniels spent her formative bartending years in Seattle. She moved back to SLC three years ago and was immediately blown away by the leaps and bounds the local bar scene has grown. “I got a job right away at Under Current, and Amy Eldredge, having such a rad bar program, really inspired me,” she says. “She pushed me to be a better bartender.” Daniels also credits Utah’s chapter of the U.S. Bartenders’ Guild for promoting serious spirits education programming and for supporting bartender travel to up individuals’ skills game, with recent trips to Mexico and Kentucky’s bourbon country. Daniels loves bartending not just for the flexible schedule and ability to travel at the drop of a hat, but also for the social aspect of the profession. “I’m actually an introvert, but as a bartender there’s an expected level of communication that I’m comfortable with,” she says. “It helps me get out of my shell a little more than I probably would otherwise.” Traveling all over the world for cocktail events, Daniels often hears, “What’s up, uh…Utah?” To which she says she always replies, “Yeah, Utah is awesome!” CW

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Editor’s note: Going to press, the Speed Rack selection committee tapped Eldredge, Sandberg, Thorn, Hone and Daniels to compete in Phoenix next month, making this Utah’s strongest and largest showing to date. Pust, Ellsworth, Bringhurst and Bliss were also selected for the competition wait list. The winner of the regional competition bracket plus a wildcard finalist determined by social media votes will go on to U.S. national finals in Chicago this May. Watch live footage of the regional competition on Feb. 18 streaming at facebook.com/speedrackinfo.

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While his name might not seem readily familiar to some, Michael Ian Black’s frequent television appearances have made him a somewhat indelible presence, dating back to his work on the 1990s sketch comedy series The State and the comedy troupe Stella. A regular on the popular TV Land series The Jim Gaffigan Show and Comedy Central’s Another Period, his dry observational humor has also resulted in three stand-up specials on Epix, several films (among them Wedding Daze, which he wrote and produced, and Run, Fatboy, Run, a comedy he cowrote that was directed by David Schwimmer), three popular podcasts—“Mike and Tom Eat Snacks,” “How To Be Amazing” and “Topics”— as well as several books, the majority of which are, strangely enough, aimed at children. We might note at this juncture that we’re especially intrigued by the title of one book in particular: A Child’s First Book of Trump. Let’s just hope there are no references to “shitholes,” though Black’s Twitter account has been a hilarious, not-always-suitable-for-work source of POTUS takedowns. Likewise, his collaboration with Meghan McCain—America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom—also finds us fascinated. Speaking of which, Black isn’t reluctant to toot his own horn. Consequently, he dubbed his aforementioned comedy specials Very Famous, I Am a Wonderful Man and Noted Expert. Those latter two titles are especially fitting. If measured by his ability to share social commentary and subsequently encourage audiences to laugh along, we would certainly find them accurate. (Lee Zimmerman) Michael Ian Black @ Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, 801-532-5233, Jan. 26-27, 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20, wiseguyscomedy.com

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“My job is to make you feel better than you did when you got there,” Bill Engvall said in a 2015 interview with Maine radio station Q106.5 FM. And the multi-Grammy-nominated comedian and actor has always managed to deliver that better feeling for his audiences. America first became hooked to Engvall’s family/workingman style of comedy in 1996 with his platinum album Here’s Your Sign. The hilarious Texan later starred on the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show, featuring a young Jennifer Lawrence. Hollywood would realize that Engvall was a farcical force to be reckoned with after he played a rustic murderer in the horror/thriller The Neighbor. The comedian’s wide-ranging career has included creating voices and producing the animated show Bounty Hunters, and collaborating with Jeff Foxworthy for Blue Collar TV. Engvall is probably still best known, however, as part of the Blue Collar Comedy team with Larry the Cable Guy, Ron White and Foxworthy. Despite the foursome ultimately going their separate ways, Engvall has kept his career hustling with his podcast My Two Cents and his latest comedy special, Just Sell Him For Parts. In his 35-plus years of comedy, Engvall has always stayed true to his style of stand-up. “People want to hear stuff that they can relate to; we all do the exact same stuff, it’s just with different accents,” Engvall continued in that radio interview. Salt Lake City might not have good clean air, but a night with Engvall is good clean fun. If you want to laugh, here’s your chance. (Rachelle Fernandez) Bill Engvall @ Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, 801-355-2787, Jan. 26, 8 p.m., $45, artsaltlake.org

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The 12-mile stretch of two-lane Sanpete County road known as Utah Route 117 might not seem like a particularly exciting setting for, well, anything. But the often-deserted backroads of this state have a particular fascination for native Pacific Northwest author James Anderson, who turned an isolated setting into the backdrop for his 2015 debut novel, The Never-Open Desert Diner, which revolved around a lonely trucker named Ben Jones and a long-ago murder. For his follow-up novel, Lullaby Road, Anderson continues the story of Ben Jones, who’s still dealing psychologically with the events of Never-Open Desert Diner and still driving his truck on sparsely populated routes. Yet once again, trouble finds Ben in a place where few other people generally congregate—in this case, at a truck stop, where he finds a young girl and a dog abandoned with a note asking someone to care for them. But his attempt at doing a good deed soon turns into danger during a rural winter storm, as he nearly finds himself run off the highway, and tied up in more eccentric lives in a place where it’s easy to get lost. Anderson’s combination of rich characterbuilding and an affection for Ben’s world—the author himself worked a short stint as a truck driver—once again finds the perfect home in Utah places far off the beaten path, with the edge of a pulp crime thriller. Join the author this week as he visits a considerably more populated corner of Utah to share another story of the state outside our valley. (Scott Renshaw) James Anderson: Lullaby Road @ The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-484-9100, Jan. 25, 7 p.m., free, kingsenglish.com

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For all its beauty and grace, ballet has an image problem. It can be seen as elitist, boring and inaccessible—especially for people who aren’t white. Collage Dance Collective is working to change this perception. With classically trained ballet dancers from around the world, the company strikes an impressive presence on stage for its technical skill and for the monumental fact that none of the performers are white. Serving as a platform for professional dancers of color, it has programs introducing kids from diverse backgrounds to ballet, with the goal of systematically diversifying the art form. Kevin Thomas, Collage Dance’s artistic director, says every aspect of these performances works to engage people, particularly those of color, to explore arts they’ve traditionally been excluded from. “What’s unique is that not only is the company made up of predominately people of color, and [who] are classically trained, but that the programs are very dynamic, emotional and relevant,” he muses. “It’s ballet and dance that’s really made to reach people.” The artists work to create programs that resonate with those who know nothing about ballet, while still being sophisticated to fulfill the needs of more seasoned audiences. Executive director Marcellus Harper says connecting in a way that’s bigger than ballet is at the root of their shows. “Movement is one of the most universal languages that we have. It’s the first thing we know how to do, even before we know how to talk ...” Harper notes. “It’s a very unifying art form.” (Kylee Ehmann) Collage Dance Collective @ Val A. Browning Center, 3951 W. Campus Drive, Ogden, 801-399-9214, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m., $5-$25, collagedance.org

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Justin Watson’s PERMADEATH tasks artists with creating new worlds. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

he world of a visual artist can be a solitary one—just you in a studio, bringing life to the ideas in your head. It was that reality, in part, that inspired artist Justin Watson to consider a variety of ways to get artists to think about being part of a larger society. “Artists are looking for avenues of expression, and to connect with people,” Watson says. “We’re looking for opportunities to engage. I’m a computer artist using software, which is a completely isolated experience.” Watson—a Utah native, University of Utah graduate and current adjunct professor at the U. teaching video and sound—offered more than 30 artists what might seem superficially to be a very simple prompt: “Invent your own society.” As part of that project, the artists would create some kind of physical artifact to represent that society, and those artifacts will be on display when the exhibition PERMADEATH opens Jan. 26 at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. “Even though it’s a vague, seemingly juvenile question,” Watson says, “it actually yields pretty interesting responses.” Indeed, those responses cover a broad spectrum of interpretations, inviting visitors into these newly-created societies. For one piece, an artist projected data streams onto silk, which will be hanging at the entrance of the exhibition—which means that those who enter will be entering that data stream. Chris Kelly, a professional set designer, has constructed an on-site set that’s fully automated, mirroring his own everyday experience of creating worlds. Another participant had an ideal world she had drawn on paper when she was 5, and held on to, making a diorama of that world for this exhibition. There’s even a world inspired by one artist’s young son, who imagined “a world made out of foxes and raccoons.” While the opportunity to create an entire society might seem likely to generate political statements—whether idealized or dystopian worlds commenting on our own—Watson notes that the timeline for the creation of PERMADEATH dates back to late 2015, before, in Watson’s words, “a lot of this nonsense that’s going on now happened.” “There are these clusters of connected pieces … some really obvious running themes,” Watson says. “But a lot of it is not actually cynical. It was kind of nice, actually.” Watson’s own role in the exhibition is unique, in that he doesn’t consider

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himself exactly a “curator.” In fact, he says he made it a requirement for himself that “if anyone asked to be in, I put it in.” He adds with a laugh, however, “I know some of them are only doing it because they’re getting a museum exhibit.” The concept of PERMADEATH is intended to continue past the dates of the UMOCA exhibition, though. The opening also marks the launch of what Watson hopes will be an online community in which artists can interact and connect, in a way that they haven’t typically been able to do. “With this, it’s actually an insular structure; you don’t have to be bombarded by everything else that’s going on constantly, everybody always updating their feed about politics,” Watson says. “I wanted to make a sort of platform that artists can communicate with each other, talk about art, and keep it centralized around that topic.” While in some ways this creation is a response to—and against—more conventional social media platforms, Watson realizes that imagining his own version of an ideal virtual society for artists is bound to evolve in ways he hasn’t foreseen, in the same way bots became a problem for Facebook and Twitter. “I have to own that. I understand that can happen,” he says. “Honestly, I’m not looking to take over anything. It’s a way to come together with like-minded people that would want to work a certain way, a micro-community making this little niche thing.” While Watson is establishing the initial architecture for this community, his vision is that the concept will be carried on by some-

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one else, turning PERMADEATH into a kind of ongoing game where the role of the facilitator rotates to other participants. “The ideal scenario is, the next person comes up with a different set of rules,” he says. “And I would like to participate, too. But you have to have someone directing the ship. You have to have someone stick their neck out and say, ‘I’m collating it in this kind of way.’” As with the democratized approach to gathering artists for the UMOCA exhibition, there’s a sense with PERMADEATH of addressing the changing notion of how artists not only interact with each other, but present their work to the world. Physical artifacts might occupy the gallery space, but many of these works will continue to exist in a virtual way, along with the online artist community itself. “It’s really about platforms,” Watson says. “A space, an institution, a site: what is the significance of those structures any more? As hyper-networks develop, I don’t know what the significance of those physical structures will be. I really wonder.” CW

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James Anderson: Lullaby Road The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-4849100, Jan. 25, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com (see p. 17) Kristin L. Matthews: Reading America Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Jan. 25, 6:30 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Paisley Rekdal and Natalie Taylor Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Jan. 25, 7 p.m., saltlakearts.org Dr. Wayne Jonas: How Healing Works The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801484-9100, Jan. 9, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Stephen Tatum: Morta Las Vegas: CSI and the Problem of the West The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Jan. 31, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com

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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

Works by members of the faculty at Southern Utah University’s art and design department (Eric Brown’s “Melissa,” pictured above), representing ceramics, painting, sculpture and more, are featured in the Annual Faculty Show at the Southern Utah Museum of Art (13 S. 300 West, Cedar City, suu.edu/pva), Tuesdays-Saturdays through Feb. 24.

PERFORMANCE THEATER Bright Star Pioneer Theater Co., 300 S. 1400 East, through Jan. 27, times vary, pioneertheatre.org Busytown the Musical Utah Children’s Theatre, 3605 S. State., 801-532-6000, through Feb. 17, times and dates vary, uctheatre.org Cash on Delivery Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through March 17, dates and times vary, hct.org Dear Ruth Hale Center Theater, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, through Feb. 3, haletheater.org Don’t Drink The Water CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville, through Feb. 3, centerpointtheatre.org Moby-Dick Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, 801-355-2787, through Jan. 28, times vary, artsaltlake.org Stag’s Leap Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Jan. 29, times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org To Kill a Mockingbird CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville, through Feb. 3, centerpointtheatre.org You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Empress Theatre, 9104 W. 2700 South, Magna, through Feb. 3, 2 & 7:30 p.m., empresstheatre.com

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Winners of SummerArts with Salt Lake Symphony Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., tickets.utah.edu

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VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Al Ahad: The Hijab Project UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through Jan. 27, utahmoca.org All Those Who Wander: Exploring the World by Lens Bountiful Davis Art Center, 90 N. Main, Bountiful, through Feb. 28, bdac.org Andrew Alba: Spring and All Chapman Library, 577 S. 900 West, 801-594-8623, through Feb. 28, slcpl.org Annual Faculty Show Southern Utah Museum of Art, 13 S. 300 West, Cedar City, through Feb. 24, suu.edu/pva (see above left) Bob Hope: An American Treasure Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, through April 28, culturalcelebration.org Chauncey Secrist: Icons: Assemblages Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through March 6, slcpl.org Christine Kende Art at the Main, 210 E. 400 South, through Feb. 10, slcpl.org Desire Lines UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801328-4201, Jan. 26-May 26, utahmoca.org Earl Gravy: Home Bodies, Away Teams UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, Jan. 26-May 13, utahmoca.org Eric Overton: Monument UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, Jan. 27-March 17, utahmoca.org George Beard: Mormon Pioneer Artist With a Camera Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple,

through March 2, visualarts.utah.gov Heydar Rasoulpour Art Access Gallery II, 230 S. 500 West, No. 125, through Feb. 9, accessart.org 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 Jenny Floor Photography: Animal Love Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through March 2, slcpl.org Joseph Paul Vorst: A Retrospective LDS Church History Museum, 45 N. West Temple, through April 15, history.lds.org Justin Watson: Permadeath UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, Jan. 26-March 3, utahmoca.org (see p. 18) Katie Paterson: salt 13 Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, 801-581-7332, through May 20, umfa.utah.edu 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, through Feb. 17, slcpl.org Leslie Randolph: Fire Paintings and MacroGalleries Marmalade Library, 280 W. 500 North, 801-594-8680, through Feb. 16, slcpl.org Lizzie Määtälä 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, through Feb. 25, redbuttegarden.org Merritt Johnson: Exorcising America UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, Jan. 26May 12, utahmoca.org Miroslava K. Vomela: Vivid Image-ination Corinne and Jack Sweet Library, 455 F St., 801594-8651, through Feb. 24, slcpl.org Nathan Florence: Toward Home Modern West Fine Art, 177 W. 200 South, through March 10, modernwestfineart.com Paul Crow: On Thin Ice Weber County Building, 2380 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-810-2898, through Feb. 23, ogdenfirst.org Rebecca Pyle: Paintings, Other Artwork Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through Feb. 24, slcpl.org Sarah Malakoff: Second Nature Granary Art Center, 86 N. Main, Ephraim, through Jan. 26, granaryartcenter.org Simon Blundell: Fragmentation and Language Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801524-8200, through Feb. 23, slcpl.org Lane Bennion and Justin Wheatley: Something About Place Pioneer Memorial Theatre Loge Gallery, 300 S. 1400 East, through Jan. 27, pioneertheatre.org Square One: Helper Artists of Utah Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, through Feb. 23, saltlakearts.org Tim Peterson: A Risk Taker Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through Feb. 18, slcpl.org Truth and Consequences Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, No. 125, through Feb. 9, accessart.org The Video Game Show Urban Arts Gallery, 137 S. Rio Grande St., through Feb. 4, urbanartsgallery.org World of the Wild Art Show Hogle Zoo, 2600 Sunnyside Ave., 801-584-1700, Jan. 26-March 3, hoglezoo.org

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The restaurant officially opened in 1979, but it was a hotshot young cook by the name of Jeff Wilhelmsen who made it shine. After purchasing the restaurant in 1980, he re-branded it as The Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn. Since then, Wilhelmsen and his team have managed to

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It’s a market that Denny’s and IHOP have all but cornered, but we’ll always be grateful for local spitfires like The Belgian Waffle & Omelet Inn (7331 S. 900 East, Midvale, 801-566-5731) that maintain the local color that made these all-hour greasy spoons popular in the first place.

breakfast into an unapologetically gleeful mess. The extra $1.50 for two eggs over easy is more than worth it—nothing brings the whole thing together quite like some golden yolks. While you’re testing the limits of just how much food can fit in your mouth at once and turning your napkin inside out for the third time, take a moment to sop up the full experience—service with a smile at the hands of a server who refers to you as “sugar” or “hun,” a cup of coffee that never runs empty and the worn Naugahyde-upholstered booths that call the place home—all of which hearken back to a simpler time. You’ll quickly realize, whether you’re a longtime fan or you’re just looking for a place to get reasonably-priced diner food in the middle of the night, that it’s the lack of pretension and warm service that’s made TBW an institution. Here’s to the next 40 rib-sticking years. CW

espite popular belief, personal experience shows breakfast food is best consumed between the hours of 2-6 a.m. Golden waffles slathered with whipped butter and syrup, omelets that blur the boundaries between where eggs end and melted cheddar cheese begins and paying respects to the porcine triumvirate of ham, sausage and bacon are pleasures best enjoyed nocturnally.

tomize the restaurant’s eponymous waffle with a wide range of toppings, including ice cream and chocolate syrup. I tend to waffle—yuk, yuk, yuk—between the fresh strawberries and whipped cream versus the ice cream and chocolate. The Belgian Brunch ($7.79) is ideal for those who like a bit of savory with their sweet—it comes with a choice of bacon, ham, sausage or fried chicken. While the waffles are the place’s trademark, its secret weapon is something known only as Garbage Hash ($7.49 or $8.99 with eggs). Legend claims that this monolithic heap originated as a dish that Wilhelm would cook for the staff on special occasions. Once customers got wind of the physics-defying engineering skills that combined a metric ton of hash browns, ham, bacon, onions, green peppers and mushrooms with the melty embrace of jack and cheddar cheese, they had to have it. The first time I ordered this monster was on a dare. It can easily feed two people, but on a day when I’m particularly peckish, I can still summit this mountain. Its sheer size and scope combines everything that is good about savory

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To commemorate its 20th year as one of downtown Salt Lake’s finest mahoganyand-merlot steakhouses, Spencer’s (255 S. West Temple, 801-238-4748) is taking a trip down memory lane with Executive Chef Sebastian Lowery putting a modern spin on a few of the dishes that made Spencer’s stand out when it opened back in 1998. For the next six months, Lowery’s interpretations of oysters Rockefeller, burgundy mushrooms and Spencer’s famous 14-ounce ribeye will be back on the menu. In addition to the dinner menu, Spencer’s cocktail list will also get a shot of nostalgia thanks to the Perfect Rob Roy—complete with a vintage Glenlivet held over from ’98. Happy birthday, Spencer’s!

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its founding that four men—one of whom, Tom Riemondy, is a descendant of Albert Fisher—resurrected Utah’s most historically successful brewery. Co-owners Riemondy, Steven Brown, Colby Frazier and Tim Dwyer have created a phenomenon in Utah’s craft beer scene, concentrating on small batches of draft beer with constantly rotating beer styles. Stop No. 3’s must try beers include the Fisher Classic Lager and the Fisher Mild Ale. Kiitos Brewing Co. (608 W. 700 South): Kiitos—pronounced “kee-tose,” which is Finnish for “thank you”—proclaims themselves as Utah’s most earth-friendly brewery. They’ve only been in existence for three short months, but in that limited

time, they’ve been taking SLC’s old Granary District by storm. The green brewery was created by owner Andrew Dasenbrock to produce all manner of beers, ranging from double IPAs to dark and creamy coconut stouts. You’ll never see the phrase “session IPA” here, but you’ll get a rotating array of single-hop pale ales that definitely taste like them. On the final stop on the SLC Beer Mile, the rotating pale ales and the coffee cream ale are definitely worth a swig. Most of these breweries specialize in seasonal and alternating offerings, so your beer mile experience will change over time. I guess that means you’ll have to make the trek multiple times, just to be sure. As always, cheers! CW

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ast summer, I scoped out what I dubbed the Midvale Brewery Mile— three breweries that stretch down 7200 South in Midvale. Now, Salt Lake City’s exploding beer scene has its own beer mile running from State Street to 600 West. You should take a stroll through this gauntlet as well—hell, it’s only a mile. Epic Brewing Co. (825 S. State): Stop No. 1 begins at the headquarters of Utah’s largest locally owned brewery. The Epic beer machine currently operates four breweries in three states; the main brewery on State Street in Salt Lake City, the brewpub at Dolce Sicilia in Sugar House, The Epic Brewery in Denver, Colo. and the newly acquired Telegraph Brewing Co. in Santa Barbara, Calif. As you begin the SLC Beer Mile, you’ll be met

with one of the largest selections of highpoint beer from any brewery in the state. Epic’s Tapless Tap Room might be small (only six seats total), but you can get any beer that Epic brews by the glass or bottle. I recommend checking out their oak and orchard barrel-aged sour beers along with their Citralush Northeast style IPA. Proper Brewing Co. (857 S. Main): The brainchild of the Connolly brothers (Liam and Rio) is part of the Salt Lake City-based Proper empire. It includes the group’s first brewpub, Avenues Proper Restaurant and Publick House; Proper Brewing Co., the main production brewery and taproom; and Proper Burger, a gourmet burger joint located across the parking lot from the brewery. Just like Epic, you don’t have to buy a full bottle of high-point beer (though you can if you want) to hang at the brewery’s pub. You also have the advantage of a dozen drafts to choose from. On the second stop of the SLC Beer Mile, I recommend the Leisurebrau India Pale Lager and the Foreign Gentleman Coffee Stout. A. Fisher Brewing Co. (320 W. 800 South): Originally started back in 1884 by German immigrant Albert Fisher, the Fisher Brewing Co. quickly became one of the the largest breweries of its time, even surviving the dark days of Prohibition. Sadly, the Salt Lake City brewery closed its doors in the mid 1960s and was thought to be lost to history. It was 133 years after

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Among Utah’s current wave of plant-based cuisine, Seasons Bistro has found itself on the cutting edge. My server was happy to answer many different questions about how they work vegan-friendly magic on dishes like bacon carbonara ($14) and the pictured braised short rib polenta ($16). The beautifully curated crudité board ($8) is piled high with house-pickled veggies like asparagus, carrots and artichoke hearts, served with crostini and homemade “butter” (a mixture of emulsified coconut and sunflower oils). While gnocchi’s origin as a potato-based dumpling makes it an obvious choice for a plant-centric menu, preparing a rich, hearty sauce with no cream or butter is trickier; the gnocchi ($15) stood up well to flavors of garlic and shiitake mushrooms that permeated the velvety gravy, but they were a bit too soft for my taste. On the sweeter side, the berry cheesecake ($6) uses a base of chilled cashew butter, a worthy substitute for cream cheese. Texture-wise, it was spot on, and the cashews imparted a nuttiness that was an excellent complement to the berry drizzle. The thoughtful, lovingly prepared food here is something that everyone should be able to enjoy, regardless of their diet. Reviewed Dec. 28. 1370 S. State, 385-267-1922, seasonsslc.com

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nd here are the all-male nominees,” Natalie Portman said at the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 7, while co-presenting the best director award. With one wellplaced phrase, she let everyone know what she thought of the category’s gender disparity. The observation was especially potent right after Oprah Winfrey knocked everyone on their asses with her “their time is up” speech, and before director Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird won best picture for a musical or comedy, without Gerwig herself being nominated for directing it. To be fair, there are more best picture nominees every year than there are best director nominees. But is Martin McDonagh’s direction of Three Billboards better than Gerwig’s? Is winner Guillermo del Toro more deserving because The Shape of Water has a bunch of visual effects? Maybe Lady Bird’s Saoirse Ronan—winner of best actress in a musical or comedy—directed herself. Thankfully, the Oscars corrected the indignity by nominating Gerwig. In recognition, here are six good-togreat movies directed by women in 2017 that deserve the same recognition as those by their male colleagues. The Beguiled (Sofia Coppola): Wounded Union soldier John McBurney (Colin Farrell) is taken in at a girls’ school in 1864 Virginia. McBurney, a cad, instantly preys on three women—headmistress Miss Farnsworth (Nicole Kidman), second-in-

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command Edwina (Kirsten Dunst) and student Alicia (Elle Fanning). If this story sounds familiar, it’s because raging testosterone vessels Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood made this movie in 1971, right before they made Dirty Harry. In their version, the women are harpies driven virtually to insanity with lust for Eastwood’s McBurney. Coppola is subtler, using Farrell’s natural sliminess to make him the true villain, even if it’s a 51/49 split. She also makes clear the women are in a position to be vulnerable; the war has cost them nearly everything, and the future is a mystery (and not a good one). Bonus: This eerie fairytale looks as if it’s filmed through a haze that makes everything feel more ominous as the stakes are raised. First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie): This is the harrowing true story of Loung Ung (Sareum Srey Moch) and her survival, beginning at age 5, during the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia from 1975-79. Filmed with Cambodian actors and non-actors speaking Khmer, and with a screenplay co-written by Loung, FTKMF feels authentic and terrifying as we watch Loung, her large family and thousands of Cambodians forced from their homes, resettled in camps, starved, worked to the bone or killed. One of the movie’s most gutwrenching scenes shows Loung trying to navigate a minefield she helped lay while evading a Vietnamese attack. There was a lot of hype when the film premiered on Netflix, but it seems to have been lost in the awards shuffle thus far. Mudbound (Dee Rees): Another Netflix flick that disappeared, it’s the story of an unlikely friendship between World War II veterans Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell), who’s black, and Jamie McAllan (Garrett Hedlund), who’s white. Making matters more complicated is the uneasy relationship their families have working the Mississippi farm the McAllans own. Jamie’s brother Henry (Jason Clarke) is an entitled dunderhead, but their father Pappy (Jonathan Banks) is the kind of overt racist that makes your skin crawl. It’s deeply unsettling to hear the vile words that Banks’ character spews at his black neighbors throughout the film, but when the

Novitiate (Maggie Betts)

president of the United States calls largely non-white countries “shitholes,” it’s clear we’re not far removed from Mudbound. Carey Mulligan and Mary J. Blige are excellent as matriarchs at the ends of their wits; Rachel Morrison’s cinematography is beautiful. Novitiate (Maggie Betts): Catherine (Margaret Qualley), a teenage girl, falls in love, but this is no ordinary crush. She’s enamored with God. Although raised by an atheist mother (Julianne Nicholson), Catherine attends parochial school and learns the Catholic faith is based on sacrifice and love. When she becomes a novice, she finds her faith tested by her fellow sisters, and a terrifying Mother Superior (a dynamite Melissa Leo) who takes out her frustration with Vatican II on the novices. Betts is a first-time feature director, and Novitiate succeeds at every level. Their Finest (Lone Scherfig): In 1940, Catrin Cole (a wonderful Gemma Arterton) is a Welsh writer recruited by the British Ministry of Information to write optimistic war films for the public. She lands on a Dunkirk-themed story, but meets resistance from her male superiors at nearly every turn. (One of her female co-workers has a great line after Catrin argues with a male co-worker: “A lot of men are scared we won’t go back into our boxes when this is all over. It makes them belligerent.”) Scherfig, with a big assist from Gaby Chiappe’s screenplay, makes World War II seem terrifying and magical the way John Boorman did with Hope and Glory. That takes talent. (Note: This is the first film in what could be an unofficial 2017 Dunkirk-themed trilogy, including Dunkirk and Darkest Hour.) Honorable Mention: Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins): A. Jenkins actually made a good DC Comics movie. B. There’s a notable lack of sexism or ogling Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot). C. The third act kinda stinks, but it’s a vast improvement over previous DC Comics movies. D. Box office. E. Jenkins is a proven commodity; she directed Charlize Theron to a best actress Oscar for Monster. CW

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NEW THIS WEEK Information is correct at press time. Film release schedules are subject to change. THE MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE BB We pick up six months after The Scorch Trials ends, with hero Thomas (Dylan O’Brien, meh) and rando Vince (Barry Pepper, slumming it) breaking into a train to rescue Minho (Ki Hong Lee), who was captured as The Scorch Trials ended. Brenda (Rosa Salazar) and Jorge (Giancarlo Espositio, slumming it) and the rest of the surviving gang cause a distraction, and bang, crash—no Minho. That sets up the rest of the story, which is to get Minho out of whatever prison he’s in, resolve Teresa (Kaya Scodelario) and Thomas’ limp will-they-won’t-they storyline, find a cure for the zombie virus and bloodlessly kill WICKED head doctor Ava Paige (Patricia Clarkson, slumming it). The breadth of adult acting talent is impressive, but easy coincidences and contrivances undermine the drama at every turn; how many times can Thomas be saved from near-death because Jorge just happened to be tailing him? It won’t make a lick of sense to anyone who hasn’t seen the other movies, and the 142-minute movie has nearly as many endings as The Return of the King. Young adults deserve better than this, don’t they? Opens Jan. 26 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)—David Riedel

SPECIAL SCREENINGS I AM ANOTHER YOU At Main Library, Jan. 30, 7 p.m. (NR) THE LAST LAUGH At Edison Street Events, Jan. 25-26, 7:30 p.m. (NR) SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL At various venues in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance Resort, through Jan. 28. (NR) SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL At Treasure Mountain Inn, Park City, through Jan. 26. (NR)

CURRENT RELEASES 12 STRONG BBB Here’s a pretty unabashed tale of military hero-worship, pulled about as effectively as one could hope for: the fact-based story

of Task Force Dagger, an Army Special Ops team led by fictionalized Capt. Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth), assigned to help anti-Taliban Afghan militia take down Al Qaeda in the weeks after 9/11. The script introduces several bits of character drama, and finds a reasonably solid anchor in the uneasy relationship between Nelson and an Afghan warlord (Navid Negahban). But it’s really all about the battlefield material, captured by first-time feature director Nicolai Fuglsig with crisp efficiency, even when trying to maintain the geography of multiple venues during the same battle. The soldiers mostly remain anonymous grunts— even Michael Peña is woefully underutilized—yet there’s still something undeniably stirring about watching outmanned Americans charge against missile fire while they’re on horseback. (R)—Scott Renshaw

HOSTILES B.5 It feels doomed by its bluntly ironic title—because who are the real hostiles, after all? In 1892 New Mexico, U.S. Cavalry Capt. Joe Blocker (Christian Bale) escorts terminally ill Cheyenne chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) and his family to ancestral land in Montana as a P.R. stunt, even though Blocker has a dark history with Yellow Hawk. The traveling party eventually picks up a homesteader (Rosamund Pike) whose family was slaughtered by Comanche, plus a convicted murderer (Ben Foster), so the narrative is pretty busy with hairtrigger antagonisms. Director Scott Cooper provides some effective kinetic urgency, but every Very Important Lesson and eventual rapprochement is telegraphed from the outset, and not helped by Bale doing most of his acting with his mustache. Revisionist Westerns are fine, but this one needed a hell of a lot more revision. (R)—SR

DEN OF THIEVES BB A boozy, boorish L.A. cop-who-gets-results (Gerald Butler) sets his sights on a methodical, heavily-armed crew planning a heist and … look, you remember Heat? This is basically that. Firsttime director Christian Gudegast clearly has ambition to burn, and demonstrates a bruisingly kinetic touch during the film’s many scenes of driving fast and/or firing automatic weapons. Unfortunately, his script isn’t nearly as taut, revealing a shaky grasp on the nuts and bolts of police procedurals. And for a movie that runs 140 minutes, a lot of seemingly important plot details are sure left dangling. Still, your mileage will ultimately depend on your tolerance for Butler, who’s increasingly in touch with his inner hambone, and here delivers a hilariously excessive rendition of a terminally Alpha Male. Whenever he’s on screen, he manages to find a new way to scuzz things up. (R)—Andrew Wright

PHANTOM THREAD BBBB News of Daniel Day-Lewis’ retirement dominated pre-release conversation about writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s film, which appears at the outset to be another movie in which Day-Lewis plays a powerful man who manipulates everyone around him to get what he wants. His Reynolds Woodcock—a successful 1950s London fashion designer—isn’t just a Portrait of the Artist as a Complete Asshole, however, as the narrative focuses on Reynolds’ relationship with Alma (Vicky Krieps), his latest muse. Krieps’ terrific performance proves crucial as the nature of that relationship unfolds into a story of power—people not necessarily battling for the upper hand, but coming to understand when they might not want the upper hand. Anderson hasn’t constructed a mere monument to the greatest actor of his generation; a truly great performance can also be about surrender. (R)—SR

FOREVER MY GIRL BB It’s too innocuous to be “bad,” but certainly belongs to the category of mediocre, wholesome, vaguely Christian movies with country soundtracks that they’re hoping people will watch because they like those things. Adapted from Heidi McLaughlin’s novel, it’s about young country superstar Liam Page (Alex Roe), who returns to his Louisiana hometown eight years after leaving his high school sweetheart Josie (Jessica Rothe) at the altar, and finds he has a precocious daughter he never knew about. With no one else vying for Josie’s affection, there’s little conflict beyond Liam’s internal “What if I’m a bad person who doesn’t deserve forgiveness?” struggle, so we spend most of the movie just waiting for him and Josie to patch things up, and for him to give a satisfying explanation for why he left in the first place (which he never does). (PG)—Eric D. Snider

PADDINGTON 2 BBBB There’s such kindness and humanity here, though that seems too small a word for the small, furry ursine who has such a positive effect on everyone merely by expecting the best from them. Returning writerdirector Paul King achieves this stunning sweetness while again avoiding the syrupy sanctimony that drags down so many kid-friendly movies. This time, the young bear (Ben Whishaw) is framed for a theft, and his adopted human mother (Sally Hawkins) leads the investigation to clear his name; washed-up actor Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant) is a prime suspect. Meanwhile, Paddington spreads marmalade-fueled exuberance behind bars, though grumpy prison chef Knuckles McGinty (Brendan Gleeson) proves challenging. Adventure! Daring escapes! Rescues! A treasure hunt! A train chase! Afternoon tea! Not a moment here isn’t an enrapturing bear hug of snuggly, heartwarming delight. (PG)—MaryAnn Johanson

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Being No One, Going Nowhere, which might end up being released as a solo project. “It has an R&B vibe, and at one point I was like, ‘This isn’t right for Strfkr,’” he says. “Keil is an amazing drummer, but his style isn’t very swingy, so I used a different drummer to record the songs, and now I’ve got, like, two albums’ worth of sloppy, white-boy R&B.” Look for that project under a different name sometime this year, and also a revamped light show at Strfkr’s live gigs. Hodges recruited some friends to design and construct a light wall— basically, programmable LED lights strung through transparent plastic material typically used to build greenhouses. “The panels can be moved around so you can set up different stage designs, and you can put GIFs on there and use it as a really, really lowresolution screen,” he says. “It’s so fun, but it’s also kind of junky because we do it all ourselves.” The band has big plans for touring this year, as well. But Hodges seems to be warming up to the idea of revisiting his past work. He recently broke his own rule and listened to Strfkr’s self-titled 2008 debut album. You might already intuit the reason, and it’s an exciting one. The band is preparing to play it on tour, from start to finish, to celebrate a milestone: their 10-year anniversary. “It’s been enough time that I feel like I was a different person then,” Hodges says, “so I was able to listen without feeling so much ownership of it.” CW

osh Hodges, frontman for the indierock band Strfkr, doesn’t like listening to his own music. When he hears one of his band’s popular songs—such as “Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second”—playing in a bar or department store, he cringes. It’s not that he thinks they’re bad songs; he’s just finished with them. “The enjoyment is in creating the thing,” he says. “It’s fun to make the song, but I’ll never listen to it again unless I’m relearning a part to play it live.” In other words, Hodges makes music for the sake of the process. As the band’s primary creator, he’s responsible for the rich, intricate and densely layered arrangements that characterize the trio’s sound, as well as their dark lyrical themes of death and mortality. The total package is generally poppy and danceable (see “While I’m Alive” off their last album, 2013’s Miracle Mile). Strfkr is a live-oriented band known for its energetic stage shows and elaborate homemade set designs and light displays. As such, Hodges wrote Strfkr’s last full-length album—2016’s Being No One, Going Nowhere—with live performances in mind, and believes he pulled it off OK. “I focused on the dance-y stuff, and I think it was successful; the beats were driving,” he says. “Now we can have a longer dance block during our sets, because that’s become what people expect when they come to our shows. And I also just love having a fun, reactive audience, you know?” Even so, Hodges isn’t entirely satisfied with how the record turned out: “There are definitely things I would change about the album, but I’m just like, ‘I’ll do something better on the next one.’” Despite being so self-critical, Hodges has been digging into the archives and releasing a bunch of unfinished songs. Vault Vol. 3 (Polyvinyl) is the final volume of the Vault series, which debuted last February and collects rare and previously unreleased recordings. The tracks are mostly fragments of ideas, some of which were later fleshed out with the help of bassist Shawn Glassford and drummer Keil Corcoran. Hodges explains that he stumbled on about 80 demos stored on a wheezing, 15-year-old computer, and thought it would be a shame not to salvage the material. “It’s fun to start a song, but it’s difficult to finish it,” he says. “I was never going to finish those songs, and the computer was going to die, so I figured I might as well put them out.” The collection offers an illuminating glimpse into the creative process of a prolific and eccentric songwriter. For Hodges, each song in the Vault series serves as a milepost, a reminder of his life circumstances at the time of the recording, and he considers releasing the collection kind of embarrassing. It’s like putting his diary on an audiobook for everyone to hear. “But, you know, at this point, even if a just few people appreciate these songs, then it’s worth whatever embarrassment I have over releasing unfinished shit,” he says. “I just thought it would be interesting for fans because it shows my writing process or whatever, and I think some people like the raw, unfinished vibe.” As for future plans, Hodges is already writing the follow-up to

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It seems ironic that Pete Sands grew up on a Navajo reservation and wound up inspired by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn and Frank Sinatra. Maybe it’s paradoxical that he latched on to the white man’s music, but it’s also poetic and just, considering we stole Native Americans’ land. It’s also incredibly cool, since Sands comes by his influences through his grandmother’s record collection, and his songs are so damned good. They dwell in the dark side of country on The Fire Sessions, Vol. I (blackkissdrifters.com), the first of a planned double-disc project being released Friday, Jan. 26—and have a dust, grain, lyrical darkness and mystery that conjure a vibe similar to that of Jim Jarmusch’s black-and-white postmodern western Dead Man. This is complemented by a sensitivity essential to any singersongwriter, regardless of genre, that makes Sands’ songs compelling listens—and have earned him opening slots with acts like The White Buffalo and Whitey Morgan & the 78s, as well as invites from Yelawolf to perform at the yee-haw rapper’s Slumfest. Joining Sands are Los Angeles blues-rap duo Wild the Coyote & Badd Wolf, and Las Vegas singer-songwriter The Sober Junkie. The State Room, 638 S. State, 9 p.m., $10, 21+, thestateroomslc.com

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Blackkiss ends Jurassic 5—“crushed it like a bag of free chips,” I continued, with rhymes about freedom, revolution and graffiti, a J5 classic (“Quality Control”) and a smokin’ version of the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” with keyboardist Anthony Brewster on vocals. It was a testament to 2na’s—and HoV’s— talent that their set (mostly) covered the conceptual deuce Doritos dropped in the middle of the festival. Six years later, when trap passes for rap, 2na’s still serving up nourishing Omega-3s for the mind and soul. The Cabin, 825 Main, Park City, 10 p.m., $20, 21+, thecabinparkcity.com

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A rock show should be about the music. But theatrics—provided the songwriting and musicianship are solid—elevate concerts to pure, unforgettable spectacles. Swedish quintet Avatar have refined their sound and show over the past 16 years, starting at melodic death metal and ending with what they call avant-garde metal, adding live eye candy (makeup, costumes) as needed until they arrived in what they call, on their seventh album, Avatar Country (eOne). The music isn’t so much avant-garde as it is a potpourri of metallic genres—extreme, death, Viking/symphonic, classic ’80s— where, as they point out in their sublimely hyperbolic bio, the guitar is king (and every song has “king” in the title). As opposed to the band’s earlier screechier work, it’s a more accessible sound, where the songs are catchier, the lyrics are easier to discern and the guitars get to do more than chug, growl and squeal. It recalls fellow Swedes Ghost,

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Avatar + The Brains + Hellzapoppin’ Circus Sideshow (The Complex) see p. 34 Caleb Gray (The Spur) The Dream Tapes + I Like My Trike + Tanner Benson (Kilby Court) Fruition (The State Room) Mark Dee (Piper Down Pub) Scott Foster (Lake Effect) STS9 + Modern Measure (The Complex) Tony Holiday & The Velvetones (Prohibition) The Turnpike Troubadours (Metro Music Hall) Uncle Reno + Static Replica + Panthermilk (Urban Lounge) Vessels + Modern Color + Set Sights + False Witness + Elysium + Kusama (The Loading Dock) ZZ Ward (The Depot) see p. 38

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1. OMG, like, the greatest pal 2. A to Z 3. Actress Arthur of “Maude” 4. Ninny 5. Admonition in a movie theater 6. Craze 7. Spider’s legs, e.g. 8. “Yes ... ri-i-i-ight there!” 9. Hillary Clinton ____ Rodham 10. Deadly snakes

50. Poorly lit 52. Perform very well 53. Mutes, with “down” 55. ____ shark 58. Stat for A-Rod or Hammerin’ Hank 59. Word after waste or want 60. Hype (up) 61. Cone producer 62. Mai ____ (cocktail) 63. Ambulance letters 64. Volcano feature

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11. “Despacito” singer Luis 12. Hazel eyes or curly hair 13. Women, in pulp fiction 18. Clinton adviser Harold 19. “____ Wiedersehen!” 22. Ones helping a public prosecutor, for short 23. “Pagliacci” clown 24. Caddie, basically 25. Feeling of anxiety 26. Tyson of “Sounder” 27. “Hair” do 28. Prefix with day or night 32. Gadget for Parmesan 34. ____ Pérignon (brand of bubbly) 35. Where to learn anglais 36. “Get ____ of yourself!” 37. Underground molten rock 39. Artist who said “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs” 41. Swarm (with) 43. Mooch, as a cigarette 44. “Pete’s a Pizza” children’s author William 47. Oldman or Newman, e.g. 48. Where “they tried to make me go,” in an Amy Winehouse hit 49. They put the frosting on the cake

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

1. Rum-soaked cakes 6. 2016 Disney film set in Polynesia 11. 1-800-FLOWERS alternative 14. Blood’s partner 15. Pains’ partner 16. “... ____ lack thereof” 17. Expose oneself to passengers aboard a former international airline? 20. “Zero Dark Thirty” org. 21. “Calvin and Hobbes” girl 22. Say, for example, “You ate the apple?!? What were you thinking?!?!” 29. Starts’ partner 30. TV’s “____ Howser, M.D.” 31. Pudding fruit 33. Tomfoolery 34. Sigmund Freud’s nickname? 38. Number of days in una semana 39. Scooby-____ 40. Have ____ with (speak to) 42. Emeril Lagasse delivery when he opens his mouth? 44. Any of a comedic trio 45. Brynner of “The Magnificent Seven” 46. “Spill it!” 47. Lacking rainfall 51. What you might call a guy whose claim to fame is making Dutch cheese? 54. Filmmaker ____ B. DeMille 56. ____ polloi 57. When a hangover usually hits you ... or this puzzle’s theme 65. Boating aid 66. Have ____ to pick 67. Little Havana locale 68. Barry Sanders and Walter Payton, e.g.: Abbr. 69. Casual evenings? 70. Cover image on Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon”

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The pawpaw is a tasty fruit that blends the flavors of mango, banana, and melon. But you rarely find it in grocery stores. One reason is that the fruit ripens very fast after being picked. Another is that the pollination process is complicated. In response to these issues, a plant scientist named Neal Peterson has been trying to breed the pawpaw to be more commercially viable. Because of his work, cultivated crops have finally begun showing up at some farmers’ markets. I’d like to see you undertake metaphorically similar labors in 2018, Aquarius. I think you’ll have good luck at developing rough potentials into more mature forms of expression. You’ll have skill at turning unruly raw materials into more useful resources. Now is a great time to begin. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): An iceberg is a huge chunk of ice that has cracked away from a glacier and drifted off into the open sea. Only 9 percent of it is visible above the waterline. The underwater part, which is most of the iceberg, is basically invisible. You can’t know much about it just by looking at the top. This is an apt metaphor for life itself. Most everyone and everything we encounter is 91 percent mysterious or hidden or inaccessible to our conscious understanding. That’s the weird news, Pisces. The good news is that during the next three weeks you will have an unprecedented ability to get better acquainted with the other 91 percent of anything or anyone you choose to explore.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In my ideal world, dancing and singing wouldn’t be luxuries practiced primarily by professionals. They would be regular occurrences in our daily routines. We’d dance and sing whenever we needed a break from the numbing trance. We’d whirl and hum to pass the time. We would greet each other with an interpretative movement and a little tune. In schools, dance and song would be a standard part of the curriculum—as important as math and history. That’s my utopian dream, Gemini. What’s yours? In accordance with the astrological omens, I urge you to identify the soul medicine you’d love to incorporate into your everyday regimen. Then go ahead and incorporate it! It’s time for you to get more aggressive about creating the world you want to live in.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the late 1980s, Budweiser used a Bull Terrier to promote its Bud Light beer in commercials. The dog, who became megafamous, was presented as a rich macho party animal named Spuds MacKenzie. The ad campaign was successful, boosting sales 20 percent. But the truth was that the actor playing Spuds was a female dog whose owners called her Evie. To earn money, the poor creature, who was born under the sign of Libra, was forced to assume a false identity. To honor Evie’s memory, and in alignment with current astrological omens, I urge you human Libras to strip away any layers of false identity you’ve been pressured to acquire. Be your Real Self—to the max. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The giant panda is a bear native to China. In the wild, its diet is 99 percent bamboo. But bamboo is not an energy-rich food, which means the creature has to compensate by consuming 20 to 30 pounds of the stuff every day. Because it’s so busy gathering its sustenance, the panda doesn’t have time to do much socializing. I mention this, Scorpio, because I want to offer up the panda as your anti-power animal for the coming weeks. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you should have a diversified approach to getting your needs met—not just in regards to food, but in every other way as well. Variety is not just the spice of life; it’s the essence. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re the star of the “movie” that endlessly unfolds in your imagination. There may be a number of other lead actors and actresses, but few if any have your luster and stature. You also have a supporting cast, as well as a full complement of extras. To generate all the adventure you need, your story needs a lot of dramatis personae. In the coming weeks, I suggest that you be alert for certain minor characters who are primed to start playing a bigger role in your narrative. Consider the possibility of inviting them to say and do more to advance the plot. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Thirty-five miles per hour is typically the highest speed attained by the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. That’s not very fast. On the other hand, each ship’s engine generates 190 megawatts, enough to provide the energy needs of 140,000 houses, and can go more than 20 years without refueling. If you don’t mind, I’m going to compare you to one of those aircraft carriers during the next four weeks. You may not be moving fast, but you will have maximum stamina and power.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Psychology pioneer Carl Jung believed that most of our big problems can never be fully solved. And that’s actually a good thing. Working on them keeps us lively, in a state of constant transformation. It ensures we don’t stagnate. I generally agree with Jung’s high opinion of our problems. We should indeed be grateful for the way they impel us to grow. However, I think that’s irrelevant for you right now. Why? Because you have an unprecedented opportunity to solve and graduate from a major

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In December, mass protests broke out in Mashhad, Iran’s secondlargest city. Why? The economy had been gradually worsening. Inflation was slowly but surely exacting a toll. Unemployment was increasing. But one of the immediate triggers for the uprising was a 40-percent hike in the price of eggs. It focused the Iranian people’s collective angst and galvanized a dramatic response. I’m predicting a comparable sequence in your personal future, Virgo. A specific irritant will emerge, motivating you to stop putting up with trends that have been subtly bothering you.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 1899, Sobhuza II became King of Swaziland even though he was less than five months old. He kept his job for the next 82 years, and along the way managed to play an important role when his nation gained independence from the colonial rule of the United Kingdom. These days you may feel a bit like Sobhuza did when he was still in diapers, Taurus: not sufficiently prepared or mature for the greater responsibilities that are coming your way. But just as he received competent help in his early years from his uncle and grandmother, I suspect you’ll receive the support you’ll need to ripen.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Between now and March 21, you will be invited, encouraged, and pushed to deepen your understanding of intimate relationships. You will have the chance to learn much, much more about how to create the kind of togetherness that both comforts and inspires you. Will you take advantage of this eight-week opportunity? I hope so. You may imagine that you have more pressing matters to attend to. But the fact is that cultivating your relationship skills would transform you in ways that would best serve those other pressing matters.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Anders Haugen competed for the U.S. as a ski jumper in the 1924 Winter Olympics. Although he was an accomplished athlete who had previously set a world record for distance, he won no medals at the games. But wait! Fifty years later, a sports historian discovered that there had a been a scoring mistake back in 1924. In fact, Haugen had done well enough to win the bronze medal. The mistake was rectified, and he finally got his long-postponed award. I foresee a comparable development happening in your life, Aries. Recognition or appreciation you deserved to have received some time ago will finally come your way.

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Lately, I’ve written a lot about air pollution. Our crappy air is getting worse because of our lack of aggressive actions to stop it. Utah State University marketing professor Edwin Stafford recently sent me a copy of a case study that he’s co-leading with professor Roslynn Brain centering on the annual “Utah High School Clean Air Poster Contest.” The young contestants’ attitudes, the researchers say, can help reverse adult’s apathy about air pollution. USU sits at the bottom of a topographical cereal bowl just like Salt Lake City. Provo had the worst air quality in the nation last Feb. 1, according to AirNow. Brigham City and Ogden were added to the top of the list two days later. Those of us in big cities are familiar with the Utah winter cough and hack, as are our kids. Stafford wrote that, “Social influence is often instrumental for encouraging pro-social behavioral change in others. Who else are the most influential but children, with whom we want to maintain mutual love and respect?” The study explains the “Inconvenient Youth Effect,” where teens become natural evangelists. In this case, pestering their parents, family and friends about air pollution arising from the teens’ participation in the poster contest: “Approximately two-thirds of the surveyed teen contestants reported encouraging others to carpool, trip-chain, refrain from car idling, walk/bike and/ or take the bus during Utah’s polluted winter-inversion season, even though they were not instructed to do so.” But, “only 43 percent believed, however, that they actually changed others’ behaviors for good.” I gleaned from the full study that kids who nag, teach others, sweet talk or even pout had some effect on others. But how much annoying pressure do adults need? Shouldn’t adults be teaching kids to ride public transit and reduce pollution? UTA’s Free Fare Friday event on Dec. 22 garnered 23,000 extra passengers by the end of service that day, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. UTA spokesperson Carl Arky notes that normally, the last workday before Christmas sees a 5 percent drop in ridership. Yet FrontRunner passengers for the day were up 66 percent and Trax up 32 percent. People did not take buses, though, as ridership increased by just 278 boardings. Keep up what you’re doing kids—pester and cajole away! We’ll never reduce toxic air in our valleys without your help. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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In Lawrence County, Tenn., law enforcement officials are confronting the fallout from a new drug known as “Wasp” (crystallized wasp repellant mixed with methamphetamine). To wit: On Dec. 18, as the Johnson family baked Christmas cookies in their Lawrenceburg kitchen, Danny Hollis, 35, walked into their home and asked for help. NewsChannel 5 in Nashville reported Hollis poured himself a glass of water from the sink before grabbing a knife and cutting across his throat. Teenage son Canaan Johnson said Hollis then ran up to the second floor, heaved an oak dresser down the stairs, and jumped out a window onto a gazebo below, seriously injuring his neck. The Johnsons, meanwhile, had retreated to their car, where they called 911. Hollis chased the car down the street, but got hung up on a barbed wire fence, then stripped naked to free himself and climbed a nearby tree, where officers found him, according to police reports. Hollis fought them off by allegedly throwing his own feces at them, as they tased him out of the tree. Hollis was booked into the county jail on numerous charges.

into account that shopping carts don’t have snow tires. The Grand Forks Herald reported that over a seven-hour period on Jan. 3, Johnson filled a cart then fled the store— where the cart became stuck in snow in the parking lot and flipped over. Johnson fell down, then got up to run, leaving behind his wallet with photo ID matching the shoplifter’s description. Minot police caught up with Johnson at his home.

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Khaled A. Shabani, 46, a hairstylist in Madison, Wis., was arrested on a tentative charge of mayhem and disorderly conduct while armed after an altercation with a customer on Dec. 22. Shabani scolded the 22-year-old customer for fidgeting, then taught him a lesson by using the “shortest possible attachment” to “run down the middle of the customer’s head,” reported the Wisconsin State Journal, and “leaving him looking a bit like Larry from ‘The Three Stooges,’” police spokesman Joel DeSpain said. Shabani also clipped the customer’s ear with scissors. “While it is not a crime to give someone a bad haircut,” DeSpain noted, “you will get arrested for intentionally snipping their ear with a scissors.” Shabani said the snip was an accident, and his charge was later reduced to a ticket for disorderly conduct.

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It may be cold where you are, but it’s hot in Broadford, a small town about an hour from Melbourne, Australia, where on Jan. 5, the highway began melting. Temperatures of 100 degrees Fahrenheit and higher reactivated an ingredient in the road surface, turning it into a sticky mess on the Hume Freeway, 9News reported. Motorists were warned by Victoria police to avoid the right lane and expect delays over a 10km stretch. Officials also put in place a fire ban and urged people to stay indoors until the heat abated. Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em

Christians in a Portuguese village carry on a curious tradition during Epiphany: They encourage their young children to smoke cigarettes. Vale de Salgueiro locals told Fox News that nobody is sure what the smoking symbolizes, but the centuries-old tradition persists. And Portuguese authorities don’t intervene, despite the fact that the legal age to purchase tobacco in Portugal is 18. Writer Jose Ribeirinha researched the tradition and said that since Roman times, villagers in the region have done things that were out of the norm during winter solstice celebrations. The Litigious Society

Siera Strumlauf and Benjamin Robles of California, and Brittany Crittenden of New York, saw their complaints go up in steam on Jan. 5 when U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers dismissed their lawsuit against Starbucks for underfilling its lattes and mochas. According to Reuters, the judge cited lack of evidence brought by the plaintiffs, who accused the coffee chain of fraud by making its cups too small and instructing baristas to skimp on ingredients and adhere to low “fill-to” lines on milk pitchers. The suit also claimed milk foam should not be counted toward advertised volumes, an opinion Rogers said reasonable customers do not hold. Starbucks and the plaintiffs had no comment. Weird Science

Researchers have discovered that 99 percent of green sea turtles born in the northern parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are now female. Sea turtles’ gender is determined by the temperature at which the eggs are incubated, and warmer temperatures reduce the number of male hatchlings. The author of a new study, marine biologist Michael Jensen, told The News York Times the shift in gender suggests climate change is having a more dramatic effect on sea turtle populations than scientists realized. “We’re all trying to wrap our heads around how these populations are going to respond to those changes,” he said. Researchers warn that continued global warming will threaten the persistence of these populations. Animals Gone Wild

Postal workers in the Rocky River suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, were unable to deliver mail to about two dozen homes for three weeks in December and January after being attacked by aggressive wild turkeys. Local ordinances prevented the city from eliminating the birds, so residents were asked to pick up their mail at the post office. Rocky River Mayor Pam Bobst encouraged residents to stop putting out bird food, hoping that would discourage the turkeys from hanging around. “There’s a lot of bird feeders over there, so there’s a food source in that area,” she told cleveland.com. The USPS said several carriers were pecked, but no serious injuries had been reported. Send tips to weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

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