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Via CW comments The traitor-in-chief needs to be abolished from the United States. It is beyond me that a person of no integrity, morals or values of any kind to write home about, got to be in the highest office in America. Where has people’s common sense gone? Of course, as someone wrote, “Common Sense is not a flower that grows in everyone’s garden.” Are we surprised when he opens his mouth and a lie spews out? Not. I think of all the men and women that have died in the wars and I feel they died in vain. They died to protect our freedom and in a blink of an eye the traitor-in-chief has sold us down the Moskva River.

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Trump’s tax cuts didn’t have the effect that you think they did. A recession will hit regardless, though—it didn’t matter who won the presidency. Corporations are over-burdening themselves with debt. They largely used the tax cuts to buy their own stock. The Fed will bump interest rates. Zombie corporations won’t be able to service their debt. And there are a growing number of zombie corporations (i.e. dead). Profits will decline. Layoffs will inevitably happen. New recession. If you like numbers (GDP), then you should consider some other interesting stats. You know what the The Bank of England economists are looking at? Metal prices. There’s an interesting correlation between metal prices and the health of economies. Metals index fell sharply during the Great Recession and predicted the subsequent recovery exactly in mid 2009. It predicted the recovery from the relative slump in 2015, too. Actual real GDP figures for most countries don’t become available until up to two quarters later (or even later). So the metals price index is a “high frequency” indicator for growth and so it suggests that the peak in the current acceleration of global (and US) growth ended in June 2018. Ended! And the direction is now downwards in the next quarter which began in July. So don’t get too excited for the Q2 2018 figures.

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Discriminate This

In his piece, “On Religious Discrimination” [Opinion, June 14], author Michael S. Robinson Sr. makes too many dogmatic assertions to treat in one sitting but we can tackle a few. Let’s start with this one: “Why is our government in the liquor business, when that is something legitimately left to private enterprise?” Obviously, Robinson takes for granted that Prohibition was an illegitimate endeavor, but the fact is, not all drinkers can drink responsibly. It seems Prohibition

caused more problems than it solved and Utah’s approach offered a compromise: state controlled sales of strong liquor. But analogous to Robinson’s decree, we might say Idaho has no business running a state lottery; leave gambling to private enterprise as in Nevada. But the fact remains, not all can gamble responsibly. Some would even say a lottery is a tax on statistical incompetence. So halfway between outlawed gambling and legal casinos Idaho has a lottery. How is that different from Utah’s state liquor stores? Would it constitute a mingling of (an anti-gambling) church and state if Utah were to follow Idaho’s example? Robinson combines the problem of separation of church and state in Utah with the liquor profits of the state monopoly to assert that with the “sin tax” non-Mormons are unfairly subsidizing the Mormon lifestyle— especially unfairly since nonMormons suffer the additional burden of paying for the education of large LDS families. Where to begin? 1) One might ask if Prohibition constituted a federal collusion of church and state. 2) One might wish to distinguish between direct ecclesiastical interference (e.g., where a church official hypothetically threatened an LDS legislator with excommunication), and democratic expression of religious sentiment at the voting booth. 3) One might compare the $100 million figure (which Robinson pulls out of the air) with the cost of police protection dedicated to enforcing DUI laws as well as court and jail expenses diverted to keep the roads safe

from drunk drivers. (Not to mention hospital costs of those injured in DUI accidents—who is subsidizing who?) The argument that even gentile teetotalers subsidize the schooling of large LDS families is an old one, and of course peculiar to Utah, but it has its problems as well: 1) The LDS birth rate is steadily declining, while out of state migration is increasing. 2) Non-LDS citizens constitute a growing fraction of the population. Some segments of this immigrant population have birth rates comparable to the LDS rate. 3) The complaint ignores the philosophy that in reality, each citizen pays for his own education after one becomes a contributing tax payer. It supposes that old bachelors should never have to pay into the fund since they have no children to burden the state—his parents are to blame for his schooling expenses. 4) Robinson’s penultimate conclusion: “It’s time to go back to the basics: 1) End the DABC’s abuse of private enterprise and allow competition. 2) Allow Utah’s non-Mormons to get what they want at non-discriminatory prices. 3) End the practice of forcing non-Mormons’ to pick up the tab for the state religion.” The “war on drugs” is certainly an attack on capitalism, but it hardly constitutes federal collusion of church and state.

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PRIVATE EY Hurts So Good

OK, mom. You can stop reading now. If you wondered who I was before, depending on how deep dive I go, you might not think so highly of your favorite son. But, to be sure, it was the other kids who were worse, so be thankful you are not their mom. I was just a traveler on spaceship Earth, doing dumb stuff along the way and taking mental notes of just about everything. So it was in 1970 that I caught my first glimpse of marijuana. I didn’t smoke on that day, just watched as a good buddy awkwardly rolled a really crappy joint, then sputtered and choked his way through it. To be sure, I was caught on one of those teen year fulcrums— Do I or don’t I make a move? Take a drink? Take a puff? I didn’t. Instead, I left kind of shaken, knowing that even all the way up in Bingham Canyon, the Oz where I grew up, marijuana had come to roost. I’d watched Reefer Madness—mandatory viewing in health class—and watched San Francisco hippies go all zippy-dippy. I’d heard the sermons, the teachers’ warnings and the mantra that weed is the devil’s daughter. I’d also heard the songs. I loved the songs of the ’60s. Thus, it wasn’t long before I wanted to be all zippy-dippy, too. I wanted the coolness that oozed off of musicians like Booker T. I wanted to wear shades. I wanted to know why all those guys coming back from Vietnam were smoking pot. What did everyone seem to know that I didn’t? I knew Reefer Madness was full on bullshit, so that was no scary barrier. I also knew a growing number of my friends were starting to smoke and I learned that some of our teachers secretly inhaled. So, I thought, what the hell, went to my buddy’s

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house, put Disraeli Gears on the record player and took a puff. Then another. I remember my buddy needling over to the song “Strange Brew.” OK, cool, but nothing new. Then there was a song about trees outside the window or something, and I thought, “Man, who would ever write that?” Pretty soon “Tales of Brave Ulysses” played and I started to, uhh, drift. About then, my friend switched to a different Cream album and lo, Jesus! “Sunshine of Your Love” hit me like a ton of electric guitars. I’ve been shaking my head ever since, wondering if there could possibly be a better trio anywhere ever better than Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce. I was hooked (on Cream, that is). As they say, nothing happened, it didn’t do a thing for me. Fast forward to that summer. I was in Lava Hot Springs for the Fourth of July and I saw my first cowboy smoking pot. Hmmm. And I remembered the Nam guys. Hum, hum. Something wasn’t ringing true. It wasn’t peer pressure. Pot was just suddenly everywhere. By my senior year of high school, damn near everyone I knew had smoked pot, even the good boys and girls. Nobody was going crazy and eating trees. Over time most of us just up and quit. Some just because; some because they’d gotten busted; some because of marriage; some because of church missions. The last time I smoked a joint was 294 dog years ago. Me and Mary Jane had an amicable divorce. Then, a few years ago, someone mistakenly gave me an edible marijuana gum drop before a group dinner. It was innocent. But a few hours later I’m thinking, “Wow, what’s in this ceviche?” It wasn’t until a year later that I learned the gum drop guy was taking them for pain and had mistakenly given me one. That’s the first I discovered medical cannabis being used for pain relief. I dug a bit deeper—where had I been

all these years?—and learned of the myriad uses of medical cannabis. For cancer patients, sufferers of epilepsy, autistic children, depression, anxiety and for men and women back from war and suffering from PTSD—aha! Those friends of mine coming back from Vietnam with pockets full of Thai stick weren’t degenerate dopers; they were self medicating. Our society labeled them wrongly. All of them. Say you’re sorry, society! Our leaders lied, but why? It’s too long a tale for the space remaining here, but you’re all smart readers. You know it’s about the money. Politicians profit when drug companies profit. With all the drugs that have been dispensed over 50 years, no American should even sniffle. But, sniffle they do, and OD they do, as well. Our leaders even cooked up a War on Drugs, in part to keep plenty of extra jobs alive in the industries of law enforcement and incarceration and the voting support that came with said jobs. It’s been a good 50 year run for those folks. But times are changing. We’re not dopes. Thirty states have laws allowing for some level of legal cannabis use. We want Utah to become state number 31. As expressed in last week’s issue, there is a ballot initiative coming in November where you can do your part to legalize medical cannabis in Utah. YOU MUST VOTE! Leading up to the vote, in October City Weekly will host the state’s first ever medical cannabis convention, Utahcann (utahcann. com). Please come. It’s time to educate Utahns about the truth behind medical cannabis and its viability over opioids. It’s time for all of us to put down the marijuana stigma, face our mothers and children and say, “I love you. If you are hurting, I will help you. If that help comes from a marijuana plant, I will give it to you and please give it to me if I hurt, too.” We’ve all hurt for way too long. CW Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net

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HITS&MISSES BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

Taken Hostage

Stockholm syndrome: A condition that causes hostages to develop a psychological alliance with their captors as a survival strategy during captivity. Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, might be sorry he ever mentioned it. While defending President Trump’s unpopular tariffs, McCay likened tariff opponents to weary and frightened captives. You know, Canada, Brazil, Mexico—they’ve all been holding us hostage and we’ve come to like it. At least, that was his take as he sat in his right-wing silo on KCPW 88.3 FM’s “Both Sides of the Aisle.” But as he thinks Trump is riding to our rescue, just about every other media outlet thinks the president himself has fueled Stockholm syndrome in the nation. The Washington Post says House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell just sit and take the verbal abuse. And then look at Trump’s aides whom he “virtually tortures.” Even Vanity Fair asks if an entire country can resist its captor. Good question.

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If you live in Utah, you know we’re all about appropriateness. Utah, the get-along state. So the shock and awe wasn’t all that surprising when South Salt Lake Councilwoman Sharla Bynum asked an appalling question about the possibility of systemic sexism. Oh, my God, no! came the answer from male councilmembers. It’s inappropriate and offensive to call us fine, upstanding citizens bigots. Well, Bynum didn’t call them bigots. She asked—rhetorically—is Mayor Cherie Wood being denied raises because she’s a woman? It’s not a bad question at all. Instead of righteous indignation, the councilmembers should have ticked off their ill-thought reasoning, and dug deep down to ask themselves if the same would be true had Wood been a man. It’s a simple question, guys!

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Well, yeah! Rep. Rob Bishop. You want to fix up those crumbling national parks, the ones whose infrastructure has long been neglected. Bishop and a Democratic colleague have introduced a $5.2-billion bill to fix roads, trails and other things in the parks, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Of course, there’s a $12-billion backlog, but it’s a start, right? The bill would divert unallocated federal energy development revenue to the cause, though it’s a good question what other projects that revenue might have been used for. But as the Trib noted, Trump’s budget called for the privatization of these national treasures because, well, our taxes should go to a wall, or something. But thanks to Bishop, anyway, for trying to clean things up before the fire sales—and before we turn the parks into national gated communities.

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You live in Utah where funding for education is abysmal. Here’s a chance to help students get ready for the year ahead. United Way is holding a Stuff the Bus event to assemble school supplies into backpacks for 12,000 children in 30 schools that need help. Organizers expect 500 volunteers, but there are only 30 or so spots left for the general public. Adults should register at the website listed below. You also can donate a backpack or host a school supplies drive. The event includes a free breakfast and a chance to win prizes. Rio Tinto Stadium, 9256 S. State, 801-736-7706, Saturday, Aug. 4, 9:30 a.m.-noon, free, bit.ly/2LvHVur.

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It’s discouraging to think about the nation’s monuments and parks being imperiled by energy development. Still, the more you know, the more likely you are to make a difference in the ongoing battle to save our national treasures. Here’s a chance to learn about the largest riparian restoration program in BLM history, and the status of litigation seeking to overturn President Donald Trump’s proclamation gutting Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Grand Staircase Escalante Partners is leading the charge to “Save Grand Staircase” and will host Saving Grand Staircase: Paleontology, Restoration and the Legal Landscape to discuss the unique dinosaurs being unearthed in the wild and the threatened Kaiparowits Plateau. Dr. Joe Sertich, curator of dinosaurs at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is guest speaker. Salt Lake Public Library, 210 E. 400 South, Thursday, Aug. 9, 7-8:30 p.m., free, bit.ly/2NMCiEU.

POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS

If you’re finding the present political environment just too confusing or overwhelming, you might want to join a small group in Living Room Conversations, a safe place to vent and learn what’s really going on in your community and the nation. Action Utah holds casual conversations in homes and backyards across the state for groups of 15 or more to demystify our political system, give you community advocacy tools, and discuss specific issues that matter to you. Wondering if you’d fit in? “We meet with neighborhood groups, book clubs, action groups, Bible studies, senior groups, community groups and groups of friends and family,” the group’s website says. Your home or a community venue, ongoing, free, bit.ly/2mQtNNj.

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nerable about our past—the good, the bad, the ugly. We want to be really transparent and open and real,” Morrison says. Glaittli came out to his family when he was 19 instead of going on a mission. “I know I came out super lucky,” he says, because his parents took the news relatively well—he’s acquainted with a lot of queer-identifying Mormons who were shamed by the church or kicked out of their families after coming out. He hopes that listeners who are struggling with telling their families they’re gay or who were traumatized by the church understand that “being gay doesn’t have to be this huge, insane burden or secret.” Glaittli and Morrison aren’t the only voices on the show—Masc4Masc has also featured interviews with a handful of guests who have helped facilitate the hosts’ goal of creating relationships through vulnerability and honesty. “The most important thing that we, as queer folks and other marginalized people can do to bring about some authentic, radical transformation in our society is to share our stories,” Connell O’Donovan, a recent Masc4Masc guest and organizer of Salt Lake City’s first Gay and Lesbian Pride march in 1990, says. “When you are doing that with people who have opposed you, people who have disenfranchised you and marginalized you, if they can hear you and hear your story, that changes them. They cannot go to sleep that night and say, ‘I’ve never met an openly gay person.’” CW

You Shouldn’t Ask LGTBQ+ Folks” and “How to be an Ally.” Morrison says future installments are being planned on sensitive topics like how to talk to a child who recently came out of the closet. “You could either make your child’s experience really open if they come out, or you can really affect them long term,” Glaittli says, adding the show has brought him closer to his own family—his sisters have learned more about him through listening. Both Glaittli and Morrison grew up in Mormon families, a personal history Morrison brings up when talking about his home life in Salem, Ore. “It provided a lot of trauma for me, and it provided a lot of shame,” Morrison says of his time in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “and so, through the podcast and other resources like therapy and friends and a lot of support systems, I’ve been able to control that narrative a little bit more.” The LDS church has been slowly modernizing its stance toward members of the LGBTQ community in recent years, but historically it has stood against gay rights, as when leaders supported a same-sex marriage ban in California in 2008 or made apostates of married same-sex couples and barred their children from some religious privileges as a result of its so-called “November Policy” in 2015. Currently, the church teaches that identifying as LGBTQ is not a sin, but acting on those sexual impulses “get[s] in the way of our eternal progress.” “For me, it’s really important to be candid and open and honest, and vul-

daddies and zaddies. But it’s not all fun and “gaymes,” to borrow a word used frequently in their episode descriptions—conversations often veer toward heavier topics, like Morrison navigating a toxic relationship while still in the closet and Glaittli speaking out on social media about the intersectionality of being a gay, black, feminist man. “Our focal point has always been to eliminate the stereotype and talk about things a little more openly when it comes to being a gay man in Utah,” Glaittli says. “It’s helping people get a real sense of, ‘A day in the life.’” Each of the 17 episodes (as of press time) typically follow the same format—with Morrison and Glaittli breaking down common misconceptions of LGBTQ people while also talking about things they love and hate. Through their infectious, large personalities, Morrison and Glaittli’s playful-yet-serious talks underscore the strong friendship they’ve had since college and fulfill an important role for heteronormative Utahns. “In Utah, and maybe the nation and the world, I think there is a bit of a disconnect when it comes to people who don’t really know how to ask the right questions or have a conversation with people of the LGBTQ+ community,” Glaittli says. “People want to ask questions … We’re doing the conversation before they can ask, so that it sparks that conversation for everyone else. That’s the hope anyway, that it does ignite allyship.” Alongside titles like “Dating & Dealbreakers” and “Dick Pics & Politics” are episodes called “10+ Questions

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earching for a way to feed their creative sides, Trent Morrison and Chris Glaittli decided in late 2017 they were going to launch a podcast. All they had to do was figure out its focus. “Well, we’re gay, we know a lot about gay shit,” Morrison says, recalling the days before they launched Masc4Masc, a queer-themed show that, according to its website (m4mpodcast.com), provides “an additional, and much needed, queer voice in conservative Utah.” The name comes from a commonly used term in the gay community about masculine people seeking masculine partners, which, the podcast’s webpage says, “plays into a larger conversation about gay toxic masculinity and what it means to be a queer, gay, femme, etc. man.” Every Sunday night, the pair—“cohoests,” as they describe themselves— meet in Morrison’s bedroom in their shared apartment in the 9th & 9th neighborhood, where they record and edit their conversations. They release each iteration the following Thursday and share it on social media. They don’t make any money from the five or so hours a week each episode demands, but Morrison says as many as 4,000 people have downloaded Masc4Masc in a single month. Most of those listeners are in Salt Lake City, he adds, but they also have pockets of fans in the United Kingdom, Australia and Des Moines, Iowa. “There’s such a lack of queer voices in the podcasting world, and comedy, so many areas,” Morrison says. “I do want to be examples and I want to show people how easy and casual a podcast can be. And, just taking up space is so important.” Masc4Masc dropped its first installment at the end of January. Since then, Morrison and Glaittli have finished their first season and are more than halfway through season 2, regaling listeners with the history of drag queens, the duo’s thoughts on LGBTQ superheroes and the difference between

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again proposes cutting the parks’ budgets. In 2017, the National Park Service completed more than $519 million in maintenance and repair work. However, high visitation, aging infrastructure and budget constraints have kept the price for repairs high, according to the Department of the Interior. Ironically, the very popularity of national parks is driving the unmet budget need. “The increase in visitation just makes the problem worse,” Garder says.

The Park Service’s budget was $3.4 billion in 2017, $2.9 billion of which was a congressional appropriation. An additional $594 million came from other sources, including $282 million generated by user fees. The data provided by the National Parks Conservation Association show that while discretionary funding for the Park Service has grown since fiscal year 2009, it has still not been enough to keep up with all maintenance and repairs amid increased visitation. Discretionary funding includes all programs for which money is annually appropriated by Congress.

Only 117 out of 417 sites in the national park system collect fees. At the fee-collecting parks, 80 percent of the funds generated remain in the parks where they were collected, while 20 percent go into a funding pool for other parks. In recent years, the budget appropriation process has become even more constrained, leaving the Park Service in a bind. Garder says the Trump administration provided a “very damaging” budget blueprint for fiscal year 2018, asking Congress for cuts to the Park Service. Congress rejected the administration’s proposed budget, which would have eliminated thousands of jobs, and instead provided

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John Garder, senior director of budget and appropriations at the nonprofit National Parks Conservation Association, says the majority of national parks have been short on cash for years. “As a general rule, parks are underfunded,” Garder says in a telephone interview. “The two main issues are understaffing and the deferred maintenance backlog”—estimated at $11.6 billion as of fiscal year 2018. Lawmakers and experts are huddling over the problem even as the president

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rowded visitor centers, crumbling roads and aging buildings—those are the sights at many of America’s national parks, caused by years of chronic underfunding. Will the situation soon get even worse? The Trump administration has proposed stripping national parks’ funding even further, despite the fact that people are visiting our public lands more and more.

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it with more money than was originally proposed. But Trump’s $2.7 billion 2019 budget, unveiled earlier this year, calls for a 7 percent cut to the Park Service. This would result in a loss of nearly 2,000 ranger jobs. The proposal also includes specific cuts to cultural programs, land acquisition and the Centennial Challenge, a program that manages philanthropic donations, according to the National Parks Conservation Association. “National parks are a victim of what has become a broken appropriations system, and they are not receiving the support they should and not being prioritized,” Garder says.

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One site typifies the budget constraints felt across the country: Zion National Park in southwestern Utah. This year more than 30,000 visitors flooded the park the Sunday before Memorial Day. Zion is the only national park where management is considering a reservation system, as its visitation has been growing at a fast clip. Just under 150,000 acres, Zion has only one main road that stretches for six miles. In 2017, the park had approximately 4.5 million visitors, making it the third mostvisited national park in the country. That is up almost 2 million visitors from the 2.7 million that came in 2007. The park’s Twitter account has warned visitors often in recent weeks about parking restrictions. A tweet on June 15 read: “Parking is full at the Zion Visitor Center and the lot has been closed. Visitors should not to go to the visitor center to park. Park in Springdale.” Utah’s four other National Parks also are seeing similar increases that strain the parks’ infrastructure. In south central Utah at Capitol Reef National Park, numbers have nearly doubled in the past 10 years from 555,000 visitors to 1.2 million in 2017. The park, however, has the lowest amount of deferred maintenance costs of the state’s five national parks at $8.4 million as of last year. Zion led the way with $65.3 million in deferred maintenance followed by Canyonlands National Park at $40.7 million, Bryce Canyon National Park at $27.1 million and Arches National Park at $25.6 million. Sue Fritzke, superintendent at Capitol Reef, tells City Weekly that these days, overflow parking and increased trail use are among major issues. There’s one main road that goes through the park—Highway 24—and when parking lots are full, people end up parking on the sides of the road. That causes hazards not only for visitors, but also degrades the roadside areas. Like officials at Zion, Fritzke and staff are encouraging visitors to alter their routines and try to either visit earlier in the morning or later in the day.

−Andy Fisher, chief of interpretation for Arches and Canyonlands national parks

“ We have trails in the park that are designed for a certain use-level and with the doubling amount of visitation, the shorter trails are getting double the use they used to get,” she says. “Do we now make those trails bigger to accommodate more visitation or look at some other option?” When there are so many people on the trails, Fritzke says, hikers can end up trying to pass each other off the designated paths, damaging vegetation. “ We’re encouraging people to get there as early as 7 in the morning,” she says. “It is really an amazing time because you have these long shadows and great colors— that way, we don’t have to worry about actual changes in the infrastructure.” To the east at Arches and Canyonlands, the parks have also seen rising visitation numbers, though nowhere near the level at Zion. According to Park Service data, 1.5 million people visited Arches in 2017, up from 860,000 in 2007. At Canyonlands, 742,000 people visited, up from 418,000 10 years ago. Most recently, crews at Arches completed a paving project that improved roads and increased the amount of parking. Andy Fisher, chief of interpretation for Arches and Canyonlands, says that while the park has been able to address some of its deferred-maintenance projects, “the rate our visitation is increasing is outpacing what we can possibly do with our paving project.” As of July 1, park entrance fees have increased by $5-$10 to help address budget concerns. Of the 80 percent that stays at the park, 55 percent is earmarked for deferred-maintenance projects. Fisher, though, says it might not be a cure-all for increases in tourism. “I can’t say that the increased visitation is really backing the deferred maintenance numbers as much as the increased visitation is really starting to impact the visitor experience at Arches,” Fisher says. “No one comes to Arches National Park to wait in line at the entrance station or to circle the Devil’s Garden parking lot to find a parking spot to go hike.” While Fisher says there is less infrastructure to maintain within Canyonlands, much of the work is spent on trail upkeep. They also get help from volunteers. Officials at Zion or Bryce Canyon parks didn’t respond to requests for comment by press time. Similar situations are occurring around the country. Last year, 331 million people visited the 417 National Park Service sites across the country, according to the Department of the Interior. Grand Canyon and Great Smoky Mountains national parks were the second and first most-visited, respectively. Dana Soehn, spokesperson for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, says visitation has increased by 25 percent over the past decade, while staffing has decreased by 23 percent. To counteract the impact of the increased visitation, Soehn says, park officials, like in Utah, started to remind visitors to travel to the park during less-busy times

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Park visitation numbers for 2017 Zion National Park: 4,504,812 Canyonlands National Park: 742,271 Bryce Canyon National Park: 2,571,684 Arches National Park: 1,539,028 Capitol Reef National Park: 1,150,165

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“ Visitation has increased by 37 percent over the last five years,” he says. “This increase creates challenges for park staff, facilities, visitors and the resources people come here to enjoy. Right now, we’re collecting data on visitor expectations and how they move through the park.”

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Several bills aimed at reducing maintenance backlog at the National Park Service currently are making their way through Congress. The National Park Service Legacy Act, introduced by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner, D -Va., and Rob Portman, R- Ohio, would allocate $500 million annually from revenues that the government receives from oil and natural gas royalties into a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund until 2047. Rachel Cohen, communications director for Sen. Warner, says his office is discussing the measure with the Senate Committee on Energy and National Resources. Another piece of legislation geared toward the Park Service’s financial woes is the National Park Restoration Act, introduced by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Rep. Michael Simpson, R-Idaho, on March 7. Under the bill, half of the excess revenue from controversial offshore and onshore drilling would be funneled to the Park Service. The bill would create a fund for projects at national parks. Ashton Davies, communications director for Sen. Alexander, says that there have been no hearings on the bill, but it has already received support from some Democrats. The legislation also would need to go through the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. On the House side, Utah’s Rep. Rob Bishop, along with Rep. Raul Grijalva, D -Ariz., introduced legislation just last week that would earmark about $5.2 billion to fix roads, trails and other aging infrastructure at the country’s parks. Money for the improvements would come from royalties on oil and gas extraction on public lands. Last year, a proposed fee increase at the nation’s 17 most-popular national parks caused a public outcry, as it would have nearly tripled vehicle entrance fees during peak seasons. Following the uproar, the Trump administration scaled back its plans and implemented the recent $5-$10 fee hikes. Garder argues that increasing fees alone can’t solve the issue. He says any further increases on top of those that have already gone into effect could drive away visitors. “ While fees play an important role in supplementing federal funds, they are no substitute, and they have to remain at a reasonable rate so as not to discourage visitation,” he says. “These are lands Americans own, and they have a right to visit them affordably. What’s most needed is a more robust federal investment.” CW

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like early mornings and mid-week, and have worked to make some of its most-used facilities more sustainable, including the park’s most popular trails. Meanwhile, the total deferred maintenance for Great Smokies is more than $215 million. While deferred maintenance is spread across thousands of physical assets, more than 75 percent of the repair needs, or $167 million, is associated with the park’s road system, Soehn says. “This is not surprising when you consider the millions who choose to experience the Smokies from behind the driver seat every year,” she says. Aging buildings are another primary concern in the Smokies, accounting for 8 percent of repair needs, or $16 million. The current deferred maintenance backlog for the trails system exceeds $16 million, which accounts for 7 percent of the park’s total deferred maintenance needs. In 2018 and 2019, Soehn says, the park is embarking on a $2.5-million public-private partnership opportunity to fund deferred maintenance needs for the infrastructure of nine radio repeater sites, which help ensure the safety of visitors and field employees. Grand Canyon National Park, which saw more than 6.2 million visitors in 2017, has more than $329 million in deferred maintenance. That figure includes the TransCanyon Pipeline, which carries water to the South Rim and its visitor centers and hotels. The pipe’s condition continues to deteriorate as it leaks and breaks. The deferred maintenance backlog at Yosemite National Park in California currently stands at more than $582 million. Scott Gediman, spokesperson for Yosemite, says the park’s critical needs include three wastewater-treatment plants. Similarly to Great Smokies, which receives outside help, Yosemite gets assistance from Yosemite Conservancy, a nonprofit organization which provides grants and supports the park’s 750 miles of trails. Most recently, Gediman says, the conservancy donated $20 million toward the renovation of Mariposa Grove, a stand of sequoias that reopened in mid-June. Asked if the park has enough staff to manage all visitors, Gediman says they are able to operate with its current 700-800 employees. “ We could always use more people, but we have a very talented and dedicated staff and we feel that we are able to protect the park.” Yellowstone National Park, meanwhile, needs more than $800 million to address its maintenance backlog. The most pressing issues revolve around visitors services, says park spokesperson Neal Herbert. “Those include constant repair and upkeep to roads, historic structures, water, wastewater, trails and boardwalks,” Herbert says. “For example, thermal basins change constantly and boardwalks need to be moved.” This year’s Memorial Day contributed to May 2018 being the busiest May ever recorded in the park.

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Heber Valley Railroad Wizard’s Train What Harry Potter fan hasn’t dreamed of receiving an owl-delivered letter telling them they are a witch or wizard, and then getting to take a ride on the Hogwarts Express? The Heber Valley Historic Railroad offers a way to make this dream a reality—albeit one that isn’t officially licensed with the Harry Potter brand. Departing from the Heber Depot and traveling along a scenic route through the valley, the Wizard’s Train is a family-friendly magical adventure. The journey includes mingling with costumed staff dressed as versions of popular characters like Professor Dumbledore, Luna Lovegood and Bellatrix Lestrange. Visitors can also visit the Sorting Hat in order to be sorted into one of the four wizarding houses. As the train gets rolling, guests can explore the train and visit the concession car to receive magical snacks like chocolate frogs and (non-alcoholic) butterbeer, and check out magical items such as wands available for purchase. Ava Magalei, a staff member on the train, says that while they work really hard to bring these themed train rides to life, it’s the guests who make them truly memorable. “I love that they’re so excited about the stories that we’re trying to tell, and that they’re just as caught up in the magic as we are,” Magalei says. While car seats and strollers are not allowed on the train, young children are welcome. Kids 2 and under do not require a ticket to board. The total train ride lasts approximately two hours. (Kylee Ehmann) Wizard’s Train @ Heber Valley Railroad, 450 S. 600 West, Heber City, 435-6545601, Aug. 2-3; Oct. 12, 19, 22, 26 & 29, 7 p.m., $25, hebervalleyrr.org

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The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival might only be celebrating its fourth year, but it hasn’t taken long for the event to carve out a unique space in the local arts community. For playwright Morag Shepherd—who has worked on a piece for the festival in every one of those four years, including this year’s Hindsight (pictured)—it’s the place where she knows she can take any idea that challenges an audience. “The thing that I love about the Fringe is, it’s a place where you can really go big or go home,” Shepherd says. “People expect something a little bit different, so you can take a chance.” For 2018, the Fringe Festival—which showcases 30 theater, dance and performance pieces over two weeks—takes up residence in a new venue, making use of several former storefronts in The Gateway. For festival director Shianne Gray, moving to downtown brings these works closer to the heart of the local arts community. “We’re really excited that we’ll get to reach a whole new audience,” Gray says. “With everything that’s going on with the cultural core, we can kind of jump on that train.” Those who have never attended a Fringe Festival before can expect shorter (usually under 60 minutes) pieces that represent the kind of inspiration Shepherd had after she read an absurdist Russian theater piece. “It was really weird, really abstract,” Shepherd says, “so I kind of let loose on the absurdity of it. The whole process was like, ‘This is going to be for Fringe.’” (Scott Renshaw) Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival @ The Gateway, 110 S. Rio Grande, Aug. 2-12, dates and times vary, $10 per show; $24 3-pack; $70 10-pack, greatsaltlakefringe.org

Marc Maron is not your typical stand-up guy. For one thing, he looks like the college professor who continually challenges whatever conclusions you reach in his class. For another, he’s extremely self-analytical, using his selfeffacing comedy to articulate his insecurities, past failures and struggles with addiction. He once told Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon that his range of emotions was limited to “aggravated, sad and thoughtful ... on occasion.” That’s evidenced through the various mediums in which Maron operates, from his stand-up specials on HBO, Comedy Central and Netflix to his frequent appearances on the late night talk-show circuit, his four critically acclaimed comedy albums, two best-selling books, his stints on radio and television (Maron on IFC, the Netflix series Glow, and recurring roles on the series Girls and Louie) and his fleeting role in the film Almost Famous in which he played an angry agent. Then there’s his popular podcast WTF, which finds him hosting celebrities of the highest order—Barack Obama, Robin Williams and Keith Richards among many—for casual conversations broadcast from his garage. WTF garnered 250 million downloads during its first six years, and continues to rack up six million downloads per month. For all those successes, Maron admits he’s had shortfalls as well. He says he failed his Saturday Night Live audition because he was high while talking with Lorne Michaels. His matter-of-fact delivery doesn’t spare anyone, himself included. “My entire existence is ironic,” he once noted. Like everything he rails about, that’s an understatement as well. (Lee Zimmerman) Marc Maron @ Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Aug. 3-4, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $30, wiseguyscomedy.com

The eight-legged residents of Antelope Island seem to overrun the state park each year. But far from making it a site of terror, this annual event is marked and celebrated by the staff at Antelope Island with a day-long SpiderFest celebration. The day is filled with a variety of spider and spider-related educational talks, walks, facepainting and other activities. Additionally, this is also the first year SpiderFest is open to art vendors, with local artisans displaying a variety of woodwork, watercolor, wax and other crafts related to spiders and their ecosystems. Wendy Wilson, naturalist and assistant manager at the visitor center, says they understand not everyone is going to like spiders even after the festival, but they hope the event can still dispel myths and get people to appreciate spiders’ role in Utah’s environment. “The event is just to help people understand the value of spiders. Love them or hate them, they have an important place in our ecosystem,” Wilson says. Most of the arachnids visitors see are among the many subspecies of orb weaving spiders, which is what Charlotte from Charlotte’s Web was. But there are plenty of other spiders, such as jumping spiders, tunnel weavers and the black widows, the only spider of medical concern in Utah. Parking at the visitor center is limited, but organizers provide a shuttle system for visitor overflow. The event itself is free, but park entrance fees still apply. (KE) Antelope Island SpiderFest @ Antelope Island Visitor Center, 4528 W. 1700 South, Syracuse, 801-773-2941, Aug. 4, 10 a.m.4 p.m., $3-$10, stateparks.utah.gov

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What’s on tap for Utah’s county fair season. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

t can be easy to forget sometimes if you live along the Wasatch Front, but Utah is a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. Whether you’re a dyed-in-thewool city-dweller or someone who actually dyes wool, you can find a lot of fun and fascination at the state’s many county fairs. As some of them kick off this week, here’s a sampling of where to go and what to do: Davis County Fair (Aug. 15-18): An event with a history that goes back to the 1920s continues with classic fairground attractions like carnival games, a Ferris wheel and pony rides. Other highlights include an opening-night performance by BYU’s a cappella group Vocal Point and The Voice finalist Madilyn Paige, a daily educational/performance experience with live sea lions, hands-on “bug-ology” exhibit, RMPRA rodeo and BMX racing. Legacy Events Center, 151 S. 1100 West, Farmington, daviscountyutah.gov/fair Emery County Fair (Aug. 1-4): Country artist Ned LeDoux is the Saturday night headliner, wrapping up a weekend of entertainment that includes a cornhole tournament (online registration required), teen sand volleyball and three-on-three basketball tournaments, comedian/mentalist Shaun Bott and violinist Jenny Oaks Baker. Kids can enjoy inflatables and a “splash zone” Friday and Saturday. Emery County Recreation Center, 75 S. 400 East, Castle Dale, emerycountyfair.com Juab County Fair (Aug. 6-11): Veteran country band Restless Heart provides the marquee name for a Thursday, Aug. 9, concert, but that’s only part of a full week of activities. Watch ranch rodeo competitions, the Miss Juab County Scholarship Pageant, dog show, “diaper derby” race and a wide range of livestock judging, or you can even sign up for County Fair Idol. All ages are welcome aboard the free train rides Friday and Saturday. Juab County Fairgrounds, 350 W. Center St., Nephi, juabcountyfair.com Salt Lake County Fair (Aug. 9-11): City folk can still put on a country show. Daily activities for kids include wagon and pony rides, inflatables, petting zoo and bunny holding, plus a wide range of field games. Those looking for entertainment will find it in the form of the Great Salt Lake Dog Training Club Dog Show (Friday), a moviein-the-park screening of Charlotte’s Web (Friday) and junior rodeo events like mutton bustin’ for 5- and 6-year-olds (Saturday). Salt Lake County Equestrian Park and Fairgrounds, 2100 W. 11400 South, South Jordan, saltlakecountyfair.com

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Summit County Fair (Aug. 4-11): Visitors are invited to sign up for a nearby campsite, whether to participate in events or as a charming, inexpensive way to hang out through several days of activities. Kidfriendly activities include the daily carnival, petting zoo and pony carousel, while grown-ups can relax in the beer, wine and spirts garden. Competitions include youth and adult archery, livestock judging and PRCA rodeo. Entertainment offerings are scheduled to feature Excite Dance Co., country band Deep Red Dirt and hypnotist Kerry Sharp. Wrap up the week with a Saturday fireworks show. Summit County Fairgrounds, 202 E. Park Road, Coalville, summitcountyfair.org Tooele County Fair (Aug. 2-4): The City of Fun Carnival provides the centerpiece with rides and midway games, while animal judging, home arts and a baked goods competition earn accolades from judges and visitors. Scheduled musical entertainment includes a free performance by country artist Charley Jenkins and a headliner concert by Craig Morgan, which is separately ticketed ($10), as is the demolition derby ($5-$15). Deseret Peak Complex, 2930 W. Highway 112, Tooele, tooelefair.com Utah County Fair (Aug. 15-18): Bullfighting? In Utah? Well, if it belongs anywhere, Spanish Fork might be appropriate. The Utah County Fair includes the American rodeo-style variation, along with the Scales & Tales large reptile show, shark encounter, Macey’s hot-dog-eating contest and evening music headliners, along with plenty of craft, 4-H and animal

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exhibits. Spanish Fork Fairgrounds, 475 S. Main, Spanish Fork, utahcountyfair.org Washington County Fair (Aug. 8-11): It’s “Pirates of the Fair-ibbean” in Washington County, as Cap’n Arrr entertains families with cannonball juggling and other special pirate skills, young ones get a chance at a “pieces of eight” treasure hunt, while a free pirate ship playground provides a centerpiece attraction. Visitors can also experience a live shark encounter and tropical bird show, plus live music acts including The Joe Sherman Band, Bellview and Wooden Tantrum. Home arts, 4-H and canned food judging take place throughout the event. Washington County Regional Park, 5500 W. 700 South, Hurricane, washcofair.net Weber County Fair (Aug. 8-11): You might have seen a traditional rodeo, but have you ever seen a backhoe rodeo? The Weber County Fair features both—the latter a unique skills competition with heavy machinery—along with a wide range of vendors and livestock competitions. William Michael Morgan performs a freewith-admission concert on Friday evening, while special ticketed events include MMA fighting at the Golden Spike Arena (Friday) and Western Grand Nationals Demolition Derby (Saturday). Weber County Fairgrounds, 1000 N. 1200 West, Ogden, webercountyfair.org CW

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Long before the advent of cellphone cameras, selfies and social media, there was Mo Hernandez, racetrack photographer extraordinaire. Dating all the way back to the 1950s, Mo has been taking pictures at Utah racetracks, including Bonneville Raceways and of course, Rocky Mountain Raceways. Over the years Mo has taken millions of photos of racecars, racers and race fans. Some have turned out well, others have been spectacular and others have never seen the light of day.

Of course Mo has also photographed some incredible, exhilarating moments on the Young Kia Drag Strip as well as the America First Credit Union Super Oval. Mo told the story of the time, way back, when he got an idea to snap some shots near the top end of drag strip. “I used to go down at the other end and take pictures, and it used to get so hot down there,” he explained, “so I dug a hole right next to the track, and I had this little piece of plywood I’d put over it (when it wasn’t in use), and I’d sit there and I’d look and I could see them coming because I was eye level with the ground.”

That certainly had to be a surreal moment for the racers who looked over and saw what looked to be a disembodied head lying there. Mo said he loves the moment when someone will look at one of his old pictures and see a parent or a grandparent in a car, racing. Often he sees tears streaking down the person’s face. “That’s my pay,” he said. Considering all the photos he has taken at RMR, he certainly has received some great payouts.

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Artist Vincent Mattina explores his experience with sleep apnea through dream imagery and found object assemblages—including CPAP machines—in Sleepless at Bountiful Davis Art Center (90 N. Main, Bountiful, 801-295-3618, bdac.org), Aug. 3-Sept. 14.

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Annie Hale Center Theater, 225 W. 400 North, through Aug. 11, dates and times vary, hct.org Big: The Musical Cottonwood Heights Theatre, 7530 S. 2700 East, Cottonwood Heights, through Aug. 6, dates vary, 7:30 p.m., cottonwoodheights.utah.gov Disney’s Newsies Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Sept. 1, dates and times vary, hct.org The Drag An Other Theater Co., Provo Towne Centre, second floor, 1200 Towne Centre Blvd., Provo, through Aug. 18, dates and times vary, anothertheatercompany.com Fighter Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Aug. 2, 7 p.m.; Aug. 3-4, 3:30 & 7 p.m., artsaltlake.org Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival The Gateway, 400 W. 100 South, Aug. 2-12, dates and times vary, greatsaltlakefringe.org (see p. 16) Matilda: The Musical Tuacahn Amphitheater, 1100 Tuacahn Drive, Ivins, through Oct. 18, dates and times vary, tuacahn.org My Boy Pinocchio Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Sept. 8, dates and times vary, hct.org Peter Pan Silverlake Amphitheater, 7920 N. Silverlake Parkway, Eagle Mountain, Aug. 2-4 & 6, 8 p.m., westsidetheatreco.org The Pirates of Penzance CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville, Aug. 3-Sept. 1, times and dates vary, centerpointtheatre.org Saturday’s Voyeur 2018 Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Sept. 2, dates and times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org The Secret Garden Ellen Eccles Theatre, 43 S. Main, Logan, through Aug. 4, dates and times vary, artsaltlake.org

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Lucia Micarelli and Joshua Roman Quinn’s Junction Sports Complex, 600 Gillmor Way, Park City, Aug. 5, 6 p.m., stregisdeervalley.com

COMEDY & IMPROV

Jacob Leigh Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Aug. 3-4, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Jann Karam & James P. Connolly Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main, Park City, Aug. 3-4, 8 p.m., parkcityshows.com Marc Maron Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Aug. 3-4, 7 & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com (see p. 16) Preacher Lawson Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, West Jordan, Aug. 3-4, 7 & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Charles Randall Paul: Religious Diplomacy and Dialogue in Our Modern Age Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Aug. 7, 6:30 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Devri Walls: Venators: Magic Unleashed Barnes & Noble Gateway Crossing, 340 S. 500 West, Bountiful, Aug. 3, 4 p.m.; Aug. 4, noon, barnesandnoble.com Jessica Pack: As Wide as the Sky The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Aug. 7, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Kristen Rogers-Iversen: Interwoven: Junipers and the Web of Being The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Aug. 2, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Linda Whalen: Little Red Rolls Away The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Aug. 4, 11 a.m., kingsenglish.com Michael Norman: Slow Burn Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Aug. 3, 7 p.m., wellerbookworks.com

SPECIAL EVENTS FARMERS MARKETS

9th West Farmers Market International Peace Gardens, 1060 S. 900 West, Saturdays and Sundays through mid-October, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 9thwestfarmersmarket.org Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market Historic Cache County Courthouse, 199 N. Main, Logan,

moreESSENTIALS Saturdays through Oct. 20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., gardenersmarket.org Downtown Farmers Market Pioneer Park, 350 W. 300 South, Saturdays through Oct. 20, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., slcfarmersmarket.org New Roots of Utah Neighborhood Farm Stand Valley Regional Park, 4013 S. 700 West, Saturdays through mid-October, 1-3 p.m., slco.org Park City Farmers Market Silver King Resort, 1845 Empire Ave., Park City, Wednesdays through Oct. 25, parkcityfarmersmarket.com Park Silly Sunday Market Main Street, Park City, Sundays through Sept. 23, parksillysundaymarket.com Sugar House Farmers Market Fairmont Park, 1040 E. Sugarmont Drive, Wednesdays through September, 5-8 p.m., sugarhousefarmersmarket.org Tuesday Farmers Market Pioneer Park, 350 W. 300 South, Tuesdays through Oct. 17, 4 p.m.dusk, slcfarmersmarket.org Wheeler Sunday Market Wheeler Farm, 6351 S. 900 East, Murray, Sundays through Oct. 28, slco.org/wheeler-farm.

FESTIVALS & FAIRS

Utah Ukulele Festival Willow Park, 450 W. 700 South, Logan, Aug. 4, 10 a.m.-8 p.m., utahukefest.com Washington County Fair Washington County Regional Park, 5500 W. 700 South, Hurricane, Aug. 8-11, washcofair.net (see p. 18) Weber County Fair Weber County Fairgrounds, 1000 N. 1200 West, Ogden, Aug. 8-11, webercountyfair.org (see p. 18)

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

The Draper City Amphitheater Presents:

Anne Gregerson & Elizabeth Crowe: The Nature of Clay Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, through Aug. 10, accessart.org Building Blocks: Arts & Letters Draw Inc. Gallery, 752 Sixth Ave., through Aug. 10, drawinc.org Buster Graybill: Informalism UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Sept. 8, utahmoca.org Chase Westfall: Control UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Aug. 9, utahmoca.org Chiura Obata: An American Modern Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Sept. 2, umfa.utah.edu Concentrated Curated Mess: A Visual Study of the Accumulation, Arranging, and Layering of Seemingly Random Things Downtown Artist Collective, 258 E. 100 South, through Aug. 12, downtownartistcollective.org Denise Duong J GO Gallery, 408 Main, Park City, through Aug. 27, jgogallery.com Erin Westenskow Berrett: Reclaimed Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd., Park City, through Sept. 2, kimballartcenter.com Etsuko Kato: I am ... Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, through Aug. 10, accessart.org Face of Utah Sculpture XIV Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, through Aug. 29, culturalcelebration.org Hot! Hot! Hot! Summer Group Show Art at the Main, 210 E. 400 South, through Aug. 10, artatthemain.com Jim McGee: Crossing Paths Holladay City Hall, 4580 S. 2300 East, through Aug. 6, holladayarts.org Jim Woodward: A Celebration of Light and Color Local Colors of Utah Gallery, 1054 E. 2100 South, through Aug. 13, localcolorsart.com Lauren K. Woodward: Movement, Balance and Refracted Light Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through Aug. 18, slcpl.org Lego City Blocks The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, through Aug. 31, theleonardo.org

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prepared to order its namesake dish—the Pho 33 ($8.50). While awaiting this rich and fragrant noodle soup that’s become a trendy comfort food, I started to think about the oxtail, tripe and beef tendons simmering in the kitchens of Pho 33. While it’s hard to swallow for most westerners, the offal we

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Despite the fact that authentic pho is served with thinly sliced ribbons of tripe, I’ve always avoided that option because tripe freaked me out. Now that I’ve chased the intestinal dragon and discovered it’s really not all that bad aside from a few textural hang-ups, I entered this casual Vietnamese restaurant fully

ver since I tried the Peruvian, tripe-centric soup called patasca for one of my first food articles, I had a feeling that the rubbery stomach lining might pop up on my radar a few more times. It’s appropriate that it did at Midvale’s Pho 33 (7640 S. State, 801-889-4090, pho33utah.com), because I’ve been a bit of a pho-natic ever since I first encountered the tasty Vietnamese noodle soup.

pan-fried noodles add some nice texture, but the soy sauce-based gravy offers the same flavor that you could get at any take-out restaurant. As I’ve also got a pot-sticker addiction, I can’t resist ordering them as an appetizer if they’re on the menu. The pot stickers ($4.95) at Pho 33 are more on the deep-fried end of the dumpling spectrum, and the outer shell was a bit overdone for my taste. The filling, however, was juicy and flavorful, once again proving that Pho 33 knows its beef. For a place that takes its name from its signature dish, it’s wise to stick to the pho section of the menu at Pho 33. The variety is hard to beat, and it’s a great place to revisit the historical roots of an item that has become a lunchtime staple of the urban diner. CW

Pho 33 serves exactly what it says—and that’s a good thing.

indistinguishable from the noodles, and it provides just enough textural contrast to make me glad it’s there. In addition to the more naughty bits, the Pho 33 comes with sliced brisket and meatballs, making this one of the more beef-centric meals you can get your hands on here. There are multiple layers of umami, though the presence of that oxtail bone had me expecting just a bit more depth. The pho still manages to be the warm, comforting bit of cultural history I love. Those who aren’t interested in offal can get pho with Kobe beef ($12.50) or filet mignon ($8.50). Venturing away from its wide variety of noodle soups is a little hit-and-miss. A dish called ap chao is on their list of house specials, so I decided to give the combination ($9.95) a go. The foundation of this dish is a bed of flat noodles that have been cooked and then pan-fried into crispy, cake-like patties. The combo comes with slices of beef and chicken, shrimp and veggies like carrots and bok choy. There’s nothing particularly wrong with this dish, and the crispy edges of the

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usually throw away is popular in the foundations of many international food cultures. Pho, like patasca, was developed hundreds of years ago by working-class people who had to get creative because their food options were limited. Tripe, tendons and bones made their way into traditional Vietnamese soup because they were—and still are— cheap ways to impart more flavor into what otherwise would be a one-note dish. Diving into a bowl of Pho 33 showcases the roots of all the different iterations of this soup we’ve come to know and love. I don’t have long to ruminate on my pho’s origin story before it comes to my table, steaming with the aroma of anise and cinnamon—the service here is prompt and friendly. Its broth is characteristically deep russet in color with flecks of finely chopped green onions and cilantro happily floating on the surface. The only marked difference between this bowl of pho and those I have procured elsewhere is the fistsized chunk of oxtail that sits like an uncharted island within a sea of heady broth. The tripe is sliced so thinly that it becomes virtually

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t’s been a great couple of weeks in the beer-nerd world. There’s so much beer diversity happening in our little Utahshaped corner of that world, it’s providing fertile ground for more creativity and innovation. This week’s selections are very different from each other, and will appeal to the bitter and fruity sides of every personality. Enjoy! Proper Puddleduck: This New Englandstyle pale ale is a collaboration brew made with our friends from Sawtooth Brewery in Ketchum, Idaho. Since this is in the New England style, it has that turbid honeyorange appearance that’s typical for this variety of pale ale. The head is sturdy with an initial finger of white foam that settles

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to a partial film on top of the beer. Small streaks of lace drape down the side of the glass as it’s sipped. The smell is of citrus zest, grapefruit juice and pine, with a sharp weedy aroma. The taste is much the same with the exception of an unusual black-tea flavor followed by a small dose of lightly sweet malt and crackers. Citrus zest, floral and herbal hop flavors carry on from there, providing that typical IPA bitter finale. The finish is dry and herbal, and there’s a medium amount of hop bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium-bodied mouth feel. Overall: This 4 percent pale ale is a pretty good beer with lots of different hop qualities coming from an unusual choice of new and experimental hops. As far as its New England qualities are concerned: It lacks the big tropical fruitiness of the style, but excels as a West Coast style in both smell and taste. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this one. Shades of Pale Kveik No. 3: A few weeks ago, I profiled the first of three Kveik beers from Shades of Pale Brewing. As you might recall, the Kveik—pronounced “kawike”—is unique Norwegian yeast strain that imparts a citrusy/herbal character into beer, very similar to the lactobacillus flavors you’ll find in some Berliner Weisse beers. As promised, I’m offering my impressions of the second Kveik, which is the Kveik No. 3. Confused? Don’t be: Kveik No.

2 wasn’t quite finished. Kveik No. 3 pours a very nice cloudy pale yellow color, with light carbonation that provides a creamy texture but does little to help the head retention. There’s not much in the way of lacing or foam, either. The nose is tart with tropical fruits and berries; some lemon and herbal hops creep in at the very end of the whiff. The taste is nice, starting out with a mild tartness that soon reveals pineapple, mango and some more berry-like sweetness. A good dose of lactic sugar comes in next, adding some creamy vanilla to the tart fruits. The result is a very satisfying

sherbet or sorbet quality that takes you into the milkshake realm. The end is a complex citrus salad of lemon, tangerine and orange. With a medium body, it hides its 6.3 percent ABV very well. Overall: If you’re a fan of tart ice cream and shakes, you’ll find your happy place here. This is one of the more unique beers on the market, and is definitely worth your time. Both of these beers are limited and won’t be around forever. You can find them both at their respective breweries. As always, cheers! CW

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Another venture from Ryan Lowder (owner/chef of downtown’s Copper Onion and Copper Common) is in the Holladay Village Plaza alongside new iterations of other locally owned restaurants and retail shops. Copper Kitchen has a boisterous brasserie feel to it—a big, bustling eatery featuring the type of cuisine that has garnered so many fans of Lowder’s other restaurants: steak frites, braised lamb shank, duck confit croquettes, beef bourguignon and noodles and lots more. 4640 S. 2300 East, 385-237-3159, copperkitchenslc.com

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Co-owners Joachim Guanzon, Colman Aliaga and Chris Bambrough have created West Valley’s first and only fully customizable Taiwanese shaved ice experience. Imagine ribbons of shaved iced cream delicately flaked into generously portioned bowls, with flavors ranging from matcha to honey dew melon to chocolate, and specially curated monthly flavors like watermelon, horchata and peach crumble, along with a hoard of toppings. 2843 S. 5600 West, Ste. 120, West Valley City, 801-251-0134, shirokumaslc.com

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Offering authentic Italian cuisine in a modern, downtown atmosphere, this restaurant offer pies and pastas which are made—you guessed it—from scratch. Start your meal off with the braised short rib, which comes with horseradish and a honey au jus. As for pizza, try the fennel sausage, with green and red onions, or go with the Whiteout, which has three types of cheese and roasted garlic. If you’re not in the mood for pizza, the tasty signature burger is topped with shoestring onions and melted smoked cheddar cheese. You can wash it all down with an Italian soda. 62 E. Gallivan Ave., 801-961-9000, fromscratchslc.com

Not only is this small, hip coffee shop located in Provo, it’s also open on Sundays—a rarity in Utah County. Relax among its reclaimed-wood setting with a fresh cup of coffee, tea or local kombucha, or take your refreshment to the outside counter and survey Provo’s up-and-coming industrial district. The train yard nearby might be booming away, but the atmosphere at Rugged Grounds is quiet and comfortable. You might even catch some live music in the afternoons. If you feel a bit peckish, you can tuck into some avocado toast or, true to this college town’s nature, a bowl of cereal or instant noodles. 156 W. 500 South, Provo, 385-309-3003, ruggedgrounds.com

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Tessa Thompson, Annihilation: Alex Garland’s thinky sci-fi thriller vanished quickly at the box office, but made an impression with its all-female principal cast as a research team investigating a mysterious phenomenon taking over parts of the East Coast. The most resonant work came from Thompson as astrophysicist Josie, whose reserved personality eventually reveals deeper layers of pain. Her final scenes, as she becomes part of the shifting world around her, evoke the complex relationship between a mentally ill person and the wounds that can begin to define them.

Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here: Joe—the emotionally tortured veteran-turned-private investigator at the center of Lynne Ramsay’s dark drama— doesn’t say much as he carries out his assignments tracking down missing or exploited children. But Joaquin Phoenix brings a unique body language to the role of someone barely sure if he wants to be alive, and avoids the clichés of a guy who is completely convincing as a violent, dangerous man who still believes in saving an innocent life.

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he year has only just passed the halfway mark, and come Labor Day, cinephile discussions will turn to fall film festivals and all the “awards bait” movies on the horizon. It’s as predictable as it is discouraging: If you do great work in a movie released before September, don’t expect anyone to have a long memory. Now, it’s not impossible for acting nods to come from early-in-the-year releases; Daniel Kaluuya scored a Best Actor Oscar nomination last year for February’s Get Out. But staying in the conversation for several months means people need to keep talking about good work so it’s not overwhelmed by whatever showy performance opens a week before voters mark their ballots. Here are some of the great performances from the first half of 2018 that I hope we’re still talking about come 2019:

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2018 release. At the heart of this adventure was the righteous anger of Jordan’s Killmonger, the expatriate Wakandan with a different vision for a powerful African nation’s responsibility to downtrodden black people around the world. The best villains always believe they’re actually the hero, and Jordan brought that sense of staking out the moral high ground, unsettling as that ground might appear.

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Brady Jandreau, The Rider: The real-life experience of rodeo cowboy Jandreau inspired Chloë Zhao’s film, but the rookie actor offers a performance that’s much more than just “playing yourself.” The narrative revolves around a traumatic brain injury that removes cowboy Brady Blackburn from the only life he knows, leaving him questioning where he fits in the world anymore. Whether

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Toni Collette, Hereditary : If any kind of performance gets less respect than a comedy performance, it’s a horror performance. Collette serves as the centerpiece for this chilling tale of a tormented family, capturing both the crippling nature of grief and a parent’s guilt that she might pass along mental illness to her children. There’s a special gift to being able to capture the frustrated rage in a line like “How dare you look at me with that fucking face on your face.” CW

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Philip Ettinger, First Reformed: Among the few early-2018 performances that seem to have a shot at awards-season recognition is Ethan Hawke’s work as a tormented minister in writer/director Paul Schrader’s First Reformed. But I’d love to see some attention for Ettinger as Michael, the expectant father whose existential terror over a collapsing world sends Hawke’s Rev. Toller on his journey. The role really centers on one scene between the two men, but the way Ettinger conveys Michael’s haunted conviction sets the tone for everything the movie wants to say about despair and faith.

Millicent Simmonds, A Quiet Place: The Bountiful, Utah, native who made her debut in last year’s Wonderstruck brought authenticity to the role of Regan, the deaf daughter in a family trying to survive in a world overrun with predatory aliens who hunt through sound. The deaf actress brings a distinctive intensity to the part, capturing frustration, fear and devotion to her family while never once coming off as a victim.

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CINEMA CLIPS MOVIE TIMES AND LOCATIONS AT CITYWEEKLY.NET NEW THIS WEEK Film release schedules are subject to change. Reviews online at cityweekly.net CHRISTOPHER ROBIN [not yet reviewed] Pooh, Tigger and other stuffed animal pals visit their nowgrown-up childhood friend (Ewan McGregor). Opens Aug. 3 at theaters valleywide. (PG) THE DARKEST MINDS [not yet reviewed] Teenagers form a resistance in a world where they have developed mutant powers, and been deemed a threat by adults. Opens Aug. 3 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13) DEATH OF A NATION [not reviewed] Dinesh D’Souza trots out his latest crock of horseshit. Opens Aug. 3 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13) THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME BB.5 The two main characters are ordinary women who get caught up in international espionage and turn out to be—what are the odds?—pretty good at it. They shoot villains with relative ease and accuracy, instinctively hide flash drives in their privates and so forth. This type of disposable formula action comedy usually has men in the leading roles, but TSWDM (directed by Susanna Fogel, written by Fogel and David Iserson) proves that mediocrity is not bound by gender. Mila Kunis’ ex-boyfriend Justin Theroux reveals he’s a CIA agent and gives her a package to deliver, which she and her kooky-with-a-capital-K best friend

Kate McKinnon undertake to accomplish while potentially untrustworthy but dashing CIA spies pursue them. The action scenes are surprisingly good—and surprisingly violent—and the comedy has its moments. But the film leans too heavily on McKinnon to provide levity without always giving her much to work with, and the screenplay uses profanity like a kid who just learned how. If only there were another spy movie out in theaters to watch instead ... Opens Aug. 3 at theaters valleywide. (R)—Eric D. Snider

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moving company, while Collin tries to make it through the last few days of a post-incarceration probation. Diggs and Casal also co-wrote the screenplay, which explores growing up in a tough town in a way that feels authentic and organic, while including hilarious material about invading hipsters. There’s also a lot of plot going on, with the incendiary starting point of Collin witnessing a white cop killing a fleeing black man, and winding through too many showy moments of characters explaining the themes (and even the movie’s title). Diggs’ performance as a man trying to stay alive and free while staying true to his roots provides an anchor, even as the narrative keeps trying to spin off in a hundred different directions. (R)—Scott Renshaw EIGHTH GRADE BBB.5 Comedian Bo Burnham’s feature filmmaking debut stars Elsie Fisher as Kayla, trying to change her identity as a nearly invisible, deeply insecure girl during her final week of middle school. While there might be nothing earth-shaking about suggesting that middle school is a psychological hellscape, Burnham’s direction captures the unique challenges of a generation immersed in social media, where popularity is instantly quantifiable. Mostly, though, he commits fully to Kayla as a character, allowing Fisher’s natural charms to permeate a young woman who covers her bathroom mirror in affirmations, yet finds her days filled with reminders that she’s never as funny, desirable or cool as she wants to be. It’s a lovely piece of acting, in which Kayla’s attempt at being friendly with the popular girls fails miserably, but her “nailed it” smile makes you cheer for her anyway. (R)—SR

DARK CITY At Tower Theatre, Aug. 3-4, 11 p.m. & Aug. 5, noon. (R) THE DONUT DOLLIES At Main Library, Aug. 7, 7 p.m. (NR) SPACE JAM At Ed Kenley Amphitheater, Layton, Aug. 3, 9 p.m. (PG) TOMB RAIDER At Main Library, Aug. 8, 2 p.m. (PG-13)

CURRENT RELEASES BLINDSPOTTING BB.5 In Oakland, Calif., best-friends-since-childhood Collin (Daveed Diggs) and Miles (Rafael Casal) work together by day for a

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT BBB.5 Over the course of 20 years, M:I has become the most reli-

ably thrilling popcorn-movie franchise going. Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie returns for a more-or-less direct sequel to 2015’s Rogue Nation, as Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise), Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) and the IMF team take on followers of Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), who want to disrupt the world with nuclear terrorist attacks. The mostly enigmatic Hunt is given a few more shades to play, but the series remains generally an excuse for great action set in exotic international locations. And between a single-take freefall through stormy skies, Cruise dashing across the rooftops of London and a helicopter dogfight that winds up on a mountain precipice, McQuarrie delivers the goods in giddy-making fashion. It’s the kind of spectacle that somehow manages to make 2-1/2 hours zip by like a breeze. (PG-13)—SR

TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES BBB This adaptation of the Cartoon Network animated series manages to get in some decent shots at Hollywood’s comic-book franchise obsession in a tale that finds Teen Titans team leader Robin (Scott Menville) super-bummed because he’s one of the last super-heroes left who hasn’t gotten his own big-screen movie. The basic setup allows for light-hearted, kid-friendly action shenanigans, where a battle is less likely to end with an explosion than with a fart. But the real entertainment comes from the digs not just at more-box-office-successful rival Marvel, but at DC’s own movie franchises, from in-joke cameos to post-credits sequences. The filmmakers sometimes resort to easy “I understood that reference” jokes, but they make up for it by with comprehensive skewering of the genre, and having Michael Bolton sing an upbeat, inspirational song about life titled “Upbeat Inspirational Song About Life.” (PG)—SR

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proud to push that bi-cultural image.” That open-minded nature has earned The Chamanas plenty of new adherents, expanding their fan base from its Latino core. “We’re playing a variety of new cities on this tour,” Calderón says, “including Salt Lake City, Corpus Christi and Boston. We have our Latino fans, but we’re starting to see other people from other cultures as well. By mixing our Mexican roots with English lyrics, we’re hoping to achieve a little crossover. We’re from the border, so we have to speak in Spanish and English every day. We just didn’t expect it to sound so good when we starting singing that way, too.” Shining a realistic light on border life is critical to The Chamanas—especially in this environment of polarized, pugilistic attitudes about the dividing line (or lack thereof) between the United States and Mexico. “El Paso is one of the safest cities in the U.S.,” Calderón says. “It’s a clean, beautiful town with a beautiful park. I walk downtown with my girlfriend and my dog every Sunday. Things are way chiller in Juárez now than they were several years ago, too. There are restaurants, bars, theaters and music festivals there. People go back and forth across the border every day, and both cities work together to place an emphasis on business, art, music and other happenings. Anything that can add to that shared culture between El Paso and Juárez is what The Chamanas are trying to promote.” CW

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ife along the United States’ southern border is all about dualities. While many Americans look at the area as a lawless region populated solely by desperate migrants and stern ICE agents, those with roots in and feet planted on both sides of the border know the narrative is far more complex. Such is day-to-day life for self-described “fronterizo indie-pop fusion band” The Chamanas, who call the geographically intertwined metropolitan area of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, home. Since forming five years ago, Manuel Calderón, Héctor Carreón, Alejandro Bustillos and Paulina Reza have paired mainstream pop accolades (a Best New Artist nomination at the 2016 Latin Grammys) with a strong allegiance to the boleros and rancheras traditions of their homeland, blending everything from icy synthesizers to soaring ’70s pop to rustic huapangos into an infectious, distinctive sound. “When The Chamanas started, we wanted it to have a romantic vibe,” says bassist Calderón. “We’re influenced by pop singers like Jeanette and old Latino rock bands like Los Ángeles Negros. But nowadays, it’s hard not to be political.” That’s reflected in bilingual April single “If You Build It, We Will Break It Down,” a collaboration with Jim Ward of post-hardcore icons At the Drive-In and acclaimed accordionist Kiko Rodríguez that takes direct aim at President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall. Hailing its mixture of American rock, Colombian cumbia and Spanish pop as an ideal mash-up, Calderón—who co-produced the single and engineers all of The Chamanas’ recordings—said it’s the perfect example of “positive, productive” activism. “Even though we sing about breaking down any wall that might get built, we do it through the collaboration of cultures in El Paso,” he says. “It’s a nice, synergistic area that serves as this hub for people from all different dimensions. Everyone tolerates and respects other peoples’ beliefs while believing in what they want, too.” As the band’s profile has grown, they’ve expanded their horizons. The Chamanas’ current tour is presented by popular Mexican beverage company Jarritos, and their recently released deluxe edition of 2017 album NEA (billed as NEA II) features the first material the band has written in English. “La Verdad” is a smoky, sultry song with a hook so catchy that, if the playlist algorithm gods do exist, should be an instant summertime hit. “We’ve always tried writing in English,” Calderón says, “but it just didn’t feel right until now. We wanted to establish our Spanishinfluenced sound, which has more of a romantic essence to it, and we wanted to give our singer Paulina time to pick up English. She’s come a long way—there’s still a bit of an accent on some of the pronunciations, but we like that. We want to push Latinos to not feel self-conscious about speaking English with an accent. You can be proud of your roots while also embracing new beginnings. We’re

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The Decemberists’ sound has always been based in the past. Since forming in 2000, the Portland, Ore., indie-rock group has mined the annals of pop music, from 1980s college rock to traditional folk—and sometimes even Black Sabbath. Indeed, guitarist Chris Funk, lead vocalist/guitarist Colin Meloy, keyboardist Jenny Conlee, bassist Nate Query and drummer John Moen describe themselves as a record-collector’s band—a group of musical scholars who don’t shy away from referencing what came before them. On their new album, I’ll Be Your Girl, the band embraces a retro, 1980s aesthetic, thick with dynamic guitar and synthesizer textures. The new approach is especially apparent on singles “Once in My Life” and “Severed,” the latter of

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which begins with a krautrock-style mix of arpeggiating keys and heavy guitar riffs. It’s a strikingly different subject than anything The Decemberists have touched on before, especially notable for a group with a longstanding affinity for multi-part folk epics. The indie-rock mainstays are joined in Park City by Whitney, a fast-rising band from Chicago known for delicate melodies and earnestly straightforward lyrics, before both acts head north to Missoula, Mont., for The Decemberists’ second annual Travelers’ Rest Festival. Whitney frontman/drummer Julien Ehrlich’s vocals are genuinely moving on such hits as “No Matter Where We Go” and “No Woman,” both of which are recognizable thanks to heavy rotation on indie rock playlists in coffee shops everywhere. Turns out that’s perfect for Whitney’s signature sweetness. (Howard Hardee) Deer Valley Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater, 2250 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City, 6:30 p.m., $49-$77, deervalley.com

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Darkness—at the least the sonic kind— descends on Diabolical Records when Catalonian punks Mourn join disaffected Canadian rockers Chastity for an intense show of catharsis and absolution. Both bands have new records out—Mourn’s third album, Sopresa Familia, documents the abuse and turmoil they endured at the hands of their former record label, while Chastity’s debut LP, Death Lust, is a cry for help from Whitby in the far eastern suburbs of Toronto, which frontman Brandon Williams proudly, if painfully, calls home. While Mourn’s four members are barely in their 20s, new songs like “Doing It Right” and “Candle Man” exhibit a world of wised-up maturity, juxtaposing the intertwined vocal and guitar harmonies of Carla Pérez Vas and Jazz Rodriguez Bueno with the powerful percussion of drummer Antonio Postius. Meanwhile, the world of Whitby emerges fully formed from Chastity songs like “Heaven Hell Anywhere Else,” which contemplates suicide, and “Scary,” which mashes up Smashing Pumpkins’ symphonic rock with Hum’s epic walls of sound. Both bands drag us through the depths but emerge on the other side offering hope for the future—Mourn as a band free from past restraints, and Chastity as a collectiveoriented beacon of light in the otherwise isolated town of Whitby. Perhaps the youth of today really are all right. (Nick McGregor) Diabolical Records, 238 S. Edison St., 7 p.m., $10 presale; $12 day of show, 21+, diabolicalrecords.com

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The festival experience is like no other. An idyllic day in scenic surroundings watching wonderful musicians in the company of a few thousand fellow enthusiasts makes for a joyous retreat from a world that often demands respite. Consequently, credit award-winning singer/songwriters Anna Wilson and Monty Powell—founders of the TrouBeliever Fest—for offering an exceptional array of artists, workshops, competitions and late-night jams in a setting that makes songs the stars. Wilson calls it “an extremely unique style of music festival that highlights artists who write their own songs and tell the stories behind them,” adding that the experience serves as a “deconstruction of the big concert event, with troubadours center stage revealing a behind-the-curtain lens into their creative process. No one else has a festival quite like this one, and we are proud to be doing it right here in Utah first.” That claim is underscored by the headliners performing over two days at the picturesque Snowbasin Resort: Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell and Emmylou Harris and a classic rock supergroup featuring Jim Peterik (.38 Special, Survivor), John Elefante (Kansas), Richard Page (Mr. Mister, Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band) and David Pack (Ambrosia). Consider it a mini Woodstock—without the rain, the crowds or the brown acid. (Lee Zimmerman) Snowbasin Resort, 3925 Snow Basin Road, Huntsville, Friday, 3 p.m.-midnight; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.10:30 p.m., $50-$199, smithstix.com

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Finally, a black metal band that doesn’t wear corpse paint and make necklaces out of their best friends’ skulls (cough, Mayhem, cough). And they’re straight out of Salt Lake City— who knew? “Expect it to be loud, really loud,” says Dreu Hudson, guitarist for thrash/ hardcore/punk/everything angry band Exes. “Over the top loud, and also fast—very fast.” Hudson says the band and its fans are all about that “headbang life,” adding, “If you come to [our] show and don’t wake up with a bangover to complement your hangover, you didn’t do it right.” At least Hudson is honest about Exes’ sheer deafening sound. Formed in 2014 by vocalist Phil White, Exes

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shatters any stereotype about Utah metal. Just a week after dropping their 2017 EP Fire and Fury, the band started catching the attention of the metal masses thanks to the video for “Nothing But the Knife.” It’s not for the faint of heart, literally—your heart might explode from the suspect white powder that Phil White snorts from a WWII Ka-Bar knife. It might’ve been baby laxative, or it might’ve been something heavier; we’ll never know. But we can be sure to expect a powerful show from Exes, along with more music later this fall that will be the perfect complement to day-drinking when the band plays September’s Crucial Brunch, kicking off Crucial Fest 8. (Rachelle Fernandez) Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 8 p.m., free, 21+, metromusichall.com

Mary Gauthier, Jaimee Harris

Mary Gauthier sings from the soul. Abandoned as a newborn, she ran away from home at age 15, shuttling in her youth between drug rehab, halfway houses and the jail cell she landed in on her 18th birthday. Those experiences inevitably informed her music, and after nearly a dozen albums, Emerging Artist of the Year honors from the Americana Music Association and kudos from countless mainstream publications, Gauthier emerged as one of America’s most essential singer/songwriters. Her latest release, Rifles & Rosary Beads, affirms that assessment. Co-written with military veterans and their spouses, it allowed her to share their stories. “Five years ago, I was invited by Darden Smith to participate in a SongwritingWith:Soldiers retreat,” Gauthier says. “I accepted the invitation because my friend Darrell Scott

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called me and told me I should do it. Within a few hours, I’d co-written my first soldiers’ song.” Obviously overjoyed, she adds, “I fell in love with the process, I fell in love with the veterans and I fell in love with SongwritingWith:Soldiers. Since then, I have co-written over 40 songs with members of the service, and I’m amazed by the process. Co-writing with those who have served is one of the best things I get to do. I learn from them, every single time.” Happily, Gauthier’s listeners learn as well. (LZ) The State Room, 638 S. State, 9 p.m. $24-$38, 21+, thestateroom.com

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This might be the most underrated bill of the summer, falling as it does on a busy Thursday with shows a-plenty around Salt Lake Valley. But Arizona’s AJJ (formerly known as Andrew Jackson Jihad) is one of the most beloved bands in the folk-punk universe; the first time I saw them, when the first note of the first song sounded, a crowd of 500 rabid fans collectively surged forward in a way I have never felt before or since. Such exuberance is balanced by frontman Sean Bonnette’s poignant streak; AJJ’s 2016 album, Bible 2, comes inscribed with the words “No more shame, no more fear, no more dread,” which Bonnette used for years as a form of self-soothing while wrestling with the impact his band and his music could have on the world. Although AJJ’s Phoenix hometown is different in every way from the New York City streets Kimya Dawson came up in, this pairing actually makes perfect sense: Dawson co-fronted quirky antifolk heroes The Moldy Peaches, which capped off a 10-year run of raw, self-recorded/ self-released material and raucous DIY shows with a post-breakup surge in popularity thanks to the song “Anyone Else But You” being heavily featured in award-winning 2007 indie flick Juno. Since then, Dawson has released a hilarious solo record, Thunder Thighs, and children’s album Alphabutt, while maintaining her reputation as a guileless acoustic punk truth-teller. Expect an explosion of emotion—tears, smiles, bodies hurled gloriously into one another and voices raised as one—at this sold-out show. (Nick McGregor) Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court, 7 p.m., sold out at press time, all ages, kilbycourt.com

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If I could identify one small bone to pick with Salt Lake City’s drinking scene, it would be this: There aren’t many places I can enjoy a good beer with my son. Now, I’m not talking about taking him to a dive bar or a rowdy club. Instead, I’m talking about that hallmark of modern hipster culture: the cool brewery with rotating taps, outdoor space for the kids and tasty, creative food. Avenues Proper Restaurant & Publick House does have a dimly lit 21+ area, but it also hits those family-friendly marks. Taking advantage of having Pioneer Day off, my son and I set out on a long walk ending in things we would both enjoy. His greatest hits were the Prop-Corn with duck fat and dusted fennel pollen plus the butter pasta. Mine were the spicy chicken sandwich and the three drinks I lazily imbibed on our holiday afternoon: the Guest Tap (Red Rock’s West Coast Pale Ale), a deliciously salty BrezelnBrau toasted lager inspired by German pretzels and the Proper Patio Paloma (made with Espolón reposado, lime and grapefruit juice, jalapeño simple syrup, cucumber and club soda). After lunch, my son and I ordered a brownie with peanut butter mousse, vanilla wafer crumble and pomegranate molasses. It took a while to arrive, but that gave me time to dream of an adults-only return visit (first order when I do: the in-house Belgian Dubbel Gruit and Mountain West’s dry-hopped Cottonwood cider). The quiet of an Avenues holiday afternoon provided the perfect antidote to Liberty Park’s Pioneer Day insanity, and the other patio diners chatted us up freely, thumbs-upping my son’s Boston Red Sox hat while explaining the true meaning of “Pie ’n’ Beer Day.” As we strolled home, it hit me: Adults, kids and alcohol actually can get along in Utah. (Nick McGregor) Avenues Proper Restaurant & Publick House, 376 Eighth Ave., 385-227-8628, avenuesproper.com

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