City Weekly August 30, 2018 by Copperfield Publishing

BUY/SELL YOUR CAR TODAY

C I T Y W E E K LYA U T O S . C O M

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

2 | AUGUST 30, 2018

CWCONTENTS COVER STORY SCOOT LAKE CITY

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, electric scooters are here—and they’re shaking up the urban landscape. Cover by Enrique Limón and Derek Carlisle

CONTRIBUTOR

4 LETTERS 6 OPINION 11 NEWS 22 A&E 27 DINE 34 CINEMA 37 MUSIC 50 COMMUNITY

BABS DE LAY

Urban Living, p. 54 Babs is their name, helping clients secure forever homes is their game. Distinguished as a member of the Top 10 percent sales agents in the Salt Lake Board of Realtors for the past 15-plus years, the history buff built a strong work ethic while working as the mascot for the now-defunct Westminster College Parsons. Go team!

.NET

CITYWEEKLY

NEWS

MUSIC

Everybody say Love! facebook.com/slcweekly

Your online guide to more than 2,000 bars and restaurants • Up-to-the-minute articles and blogs at cityweekly.net

The Aces score a royal flush. Twitter: @cityweekly • Deals at cityweeklystore.com

ENTER TO WIN Check out our current giveaways at cityweekly.net/freestuff

SAVE SAVE $50 $50

SAVE $240 READY

REAR CAMERA INPUT STEERING WHEEL CONTROL READY

$19999

Reg SW Price: $25000

$22999

6" AV RECEIVER W/ BLUETOOTH SAVE $80

10” POWER SUB SYSTEM

List Price: $47000

M.E.S.A. MONEY GET THE SOUND YOU DREAM OF CREDIT CARD PROGRESSIVE

$19999

List Price: $27999

LEASE / PURCHASE 70% APPROVAL RATE

DAY PAYMENT

OPTION

12” POWER SUB SYSTEM BUILT-IN AMPLIFIER & SUBWOOFER

$21999

CREDIT NEEDED

List Price: $29999

SHALE • PEWTER • BLACK W/ BUILT-IN DVD

$14999

List Price: $35000

THESE UNITS HAVE BUILT IN HDMI/MHL PORT (HEADPHONES SOLD SEPARATELY)

MTG 10”

AUDIO / VIDEO OUTPUT / USB DUAL AUDIO / VIDEO INPUTS SD CARD SLOT/ HDML-MHL DUAL CHANNEL IR / TRANSMITTER

MTG 13”

$32999 $42999

W W W. S OU N D WA R E H OUS E .C O M

| CITY WEEKLY |

MOBILE DROP DOWN SCREEN

List Price: $50000

BLACK •GRAY • TAN

$24999 SAVE $80

ROOF MOUNT DROP DOWN MONITORS ALL HAVE INTERCHANGEABLE TRIM RINGS AND COVERS THAT MATCH YOUR INTERIORS COLOR!

DVD PLAYER HDMI INPUT USB INPUT AUDIO VIDEO INPUTS/OUTPUTS

CLOSE OUT

6.2" MULTI-MEDIA RECEIVER

soundwarehouse.com/financing List Price: 79.99

SAVE $200

• • • •

SAVE $250

BUILT-IN AMPLIFIER & SUBWOOFER

AR 2 YE ANTY R WAR DEALER W/ ALLATION INST

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

6" AV RECEIVER W/ BLUETOOTH

READY

HOURS

SLC 2763 S. STATE: 485-0070

FREE LAYAWAY

CREDIT NEEDED

Se Habla Español

• OGDEN 2822 WALL AVE: 621-0086

Se Habla Español

90 OPTION DAY PAYMENT

• OREM 1680 N. STATE: 226-6090

Se Habla Español

MODEL CLOSE-OUTS, DISCONTINUED ITEMS AND SOME SPECIALS ARE LIMITED TO STOCK ON HAND AND MAY INCLUDE DEMOS. PRICES GUARANTEED THRU 9/5/18

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 3

10AM TO 7PM MONDAY– SATURDAY CLOSED SUNDAY

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

4 | AUGUST 30, 2018

PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED

SOAP BOX

COMMENTS@CITYWEEKLY.NET @SLCWEEKLY @CITYWEEKLY

PHOTO

OF THE WEEK

WEEKLY & SHARE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CITY ING ISSUE GET A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED IN AN UPCOM

TAG YOUR PHOTOS

#CWCOMMUNITY

@SLCWEEKLY

Cover story, Aug. 16, “Less Hurt”

It’s encouraging to see so many young Utah advocates who are energized and working to find common ground to help pass good public policies to end gun violence.

@UTAHHOUSEDEMS

ARE YOU

AT RISK

FOR ANAL HPV? Risk factors include: • • • • • •

Multiple sexual partners Anal sex recipient History of STD Prior HPV infection Immunocompromised Male to male sex

Via Twitter

My favorite breakfast place for sure!

While this was interesting reading, and some good points, where is the indignation that should be displayed for social bullying and stigmatizing of innocent young people that so frequently is the germinated seed of school shootings?

Can’t we destroy our own land? If I were Canada, I would want to develop somewhere else also.

DAVE CALDWELL Via Facebook

APRN, DNP-C

Associates in Colon and Rectal Surgery

1250 E 3900 S Ste 320, SLC

801-263-1621

utahcolonandrectal.com

There is nothing that the 1 percent doesn’t own of the Republican Party.

Via Facebook

JOE SCHMIDT

News, Aug. 16, “Stair Masters”

Nurse Practitioner

Via Facebook

CHRISTOPHER LANE

Via Facebook

Aimee Steinly

BERNADETTE LEROY

I can’t even imagine the life of a high school student today, having spent their whole life in active shooter drills practicing hiding so they might survive the coming massacre. I remember fellow students getting freaked out when we did tornado drills many years ago and all we had to do was sit in the hallway and hope the roof didn’t fall in on us.

C.J. SOUTHWORTH

AVOID ANAL CANCER Get screened today!

Actually, it’s a really close race. There is a good chance if enough dems and independents in her district show up to vote that she will be replaced.

I hope they push back really hard.

ZELDA BATMO LEHMANN Via Facebook

Opinion, Aug. 16, “Where Is the Love?

The sheep of Utah will, no doubt, re-elect her. All you need is an (R), after your name to get a free pass here. It’s pathetic, really.

CLINTON REID Via Facebook

Via Facebook Can we get a Republican troll to run on a bunch of BS, then when elected vote for helpful things?

PETER MUSCARELLO Via Facebook

Restaurant review, Aug. 16, The Other Place LORI BAILEY Via Instagram

Online news post, Aug. 22, Governor, alongside students and administrators, talks about school safety and mental health

Great feel-good story! You forgot to mention how late Herbert was, and how the kids all wanted to go to recess.

@NALUKEA26 Via Twitter

Online news story, Aug. 25, Romney and a slew of elected officials rally in support of Mia Love

Mia knows that she and her Republican allies can no longer use the worn-out, tired excuse of Hillary Clinton’s emails. She now needs to find someone else like Nancy Pelosi to deflect attention from the despicable antics of the Tangerine Tyrant. She needs to go.

KAREN TUCKER STEELE Via Facebook

Pelosi is being used as a deflection away from what crap Trump has done since he has been in office and the little that Mia has done. How about keeping focused on what the real problem is? Elected officials like you who do nothing about Trump. Americans are tired of these kind-of so-called leaders.

DEBRA VASQUEZ

The three things you can’t talk about around the dinner table are politics, religion and music. Music doesn’t divide us; religion divides us as does politics. I’m not a liberal, I’m not a Democrat, I’m not a conservative, I’m not a Republican, I’m not an independent. I am veteran and an American.

CHRISTOPHER LANE Via Facebook

Via Facebook Why do people believe Republicans?

BRADY VENABLE Via Facebook

If anyone in that crowd is dumb enough to vote for Mia, I want to stop paying to educate their offspring. It is futile.

@FREDASCHMAUCH Via Twitter

Damn good question.

JOHNNY DAVIS III Via Facebook

Yawn. Same old tired Republican talking points. Someone has got to step up and decide: Do we work for the good of the country, or do we continue to be divisive? What say you, Rep. Mia Love?

@CRITER_DEE

We had eight years of Obama. Millions of additional jobs and millions more with health insurance. Yes, I want to go back to that.

@SWAMPSTEVE Via Twitter

Bye, Mia. I hear Costco is hiring!

RON HOLT

Via Twitter

Via Facebook

Politics divide us, it is in its nature to do that. Going blue or going red just means you’re going to have somebody else to argue with in the future about your decision and your opinion.

We encourage you to join the conversation. Sound off across our social media channels as well as on cityweekly.net for a chance to be featured in this section.

STAFF Publisher JOHN SALTAS

Circulation Circulation Manager ERIC GRANATO Business/Office Associate Business Manager PAULA SALTAS

Display Advertising 801-413-0936 National Advertising VMG Advertising 888-278-9866

Office Administrators DAVID ADAMSON, ANNA KASER

Phone 801-575-7003 E-mail comments@cityweekly.net City Weekly is Registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 248 S. Main, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Copperfield Publishing Inc. JOHN SALTAS City Weekly founder

PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 5

Salt Lake City Weekly is published every Thursday by Copperfield Publishing Inc. The Salt Lake City Weekly is an independent publication dedicated to alternative news and news sources, and serves as a comprehensive entertainment guide. 50,000 copies of the Salt Lake City Weekly are free of charge at more than 1,800 locations along the Wasatch Front, limit one copy per reader. Additional copies of the paper may be purchased for $1 (Best of Utah and other special issues, $5) payable to the Salt Lake City Weekly in advance. No person, without expressed permission of Copperfield Publishing Inc., may take more than one copy of any Salt Lake City Weekly issue. No portion of the Salt Lake City Weekly may be reproduced in whole or part by any means, including electronic retrieval systems, without the written permission of the Publisher. Third-Class postage paid at Midvale, UT. Delivery may take one week. All Rights Reserved.

| CITY WEEKLY |

Technical Director BRYAN MANNOS Developer BRYAN BALE

Digital Operations Manager ANNA PAPADAKIS Digital Sales MIKEY SALTAS

Production Art Director DEREK CARLISLE Assistant Production Manager BRIAN PLUMMER Graphic Artists SOFIA CIFUENTES, SEAN HAIR, CHELSEA NEIDER

Sales Director of Advertising,Magazine Division JENNIFER VAN GREVENHOF Director of Advertising, Newsprint Division PETE SALTAS Senior Account Executives DOUG KRUITHOF, KATHY MUELLER Retail Account Executives ANNE BAILEY, ERIC BROCK, ALEX MARKHAM, MIEKA SAWATZKI, JEREMIAH SMITH

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

Editorial Editor ENRIQUE LIMÓN Arts &Entertainment Editor SCOTT RENSHAW Staff Writer KELAN LYONS Music Editor NICK McGREGOR Editorial Assistant RAY HOWZE Proofreaders SARAH ARNOFF, LANCE GUDMUNDSEN Contributors KATHARINE BIELE, ROB BREZSNY, BABS DE LAY, RACHELLE FERNANDEZ, GEOFF GRIFFIN, HOWARD HARDEE, MARYANN JOHANSON, THOMAS L. KNAPP, CASEY KOLDEWYN, MIKE RIEDEL, ERIC D. SNIDER, ALEX SPRINGER, LEE ZIMMERMAN

Marketing Marketing & Events Director SAMANTHA SMITH Street Team ANNA KASER, SAMANTHA HERZOG, BEN BALDRIDGE, MARY ANNE ROJAS, ELLIOT FREI, TRACY FRANTZ, TERESA BAGDASAROVA, SYDNEY PHILLIPS, JAZMIN GALLEGOS, AARON ERSHLER, AMELIA PAHL

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

6 | AUGUST 30, 2018

GUEST

OPINION

Superdelegates Unite!

“[A] political party which wishes to lead,” reads the preamble to the Democratic Party’s charter, “must listen to those it would lead, a party which asks for the people’s trust must prove that it trusts the people …” On Aug. 25, the Democratic National Committee took that passage to heart by limiting the power of “superdelegates” in choosing the party’s presidential nominee. Good move, and long overdue. Proximate inspiration: The disastrous 2016 presidential cycle, in which superdelegates played a key role in assuring the nomination of Hillary Clinton (and the election of Donald Trump) by giving Clinton a seemingly insurmountable early advantage over insurgent Bernie Sanders. Alleged backroom work by the DNC itself to engineer that outcome—exposed in a WikiLeaks email dump, according to reports from CNN—made cries for reform inevitable. In fact, the superdelegate system worked precisely as intended in 2016, and it has belied the Democratic Party’s claim to represent “the people” since its adoption in 1984. In 1981, the Hunt Commission met to develop a party response to two major defeats: George McGovern’s 49-state loss in 1972, and Jimmy Carter’s 1980 failure of re-election. As Branko Marcetic explains in a cover story for In

BY THOMAS L. KNAPP

These Times titled “The Secret History of Superdelegates” published in May 2016, the party had previously reformed its process after 1968, moving its center of nomination power out of smoke-filled rooms and into the hands of primary voters. As a result, McGovern and Carter won their nominations by going around the party establishment and directly to “the people.” The Commission’s solution to restore balance was a special class of delegate, the superdelegate, of perceived superior political judgment. Superdelegates make up nearly one-sixth of national convention delegates, and they are by definition party insiders: DNC members, governors, members of Congress, former presidents, vice-presidents, congressional leaders and DNC chairs. Unlike regular delegates, who are bound by primary and caucus results, superdelegates theoretically answer to no one. They’re free to support any candidates they like, for whatever reasons they think important. But that freedom from constraint, in addition to alloying the party’s supposed internal democracy with an elite semi-veto, is illusory. Superdelegates—officeholders hoping to be re-elected or up-and-comers planning future campaigns—rely on the DNC itself for support. Superdelegates have every incentive to vote for whomever

the DNC favors, so that the DNC will favor them. One could argue that during Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign then-DNC-chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz weaponized the superdelegate system to make Clinton seem “inevitable” even where the popular vote said otherwise. When Sanders whipped Clinton by more than 22 points in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, the two came out of the state with the same number of delegates in hand due to superdelegate pledges of fealty to Clinton. When Clinton lost, she tied. When she tied, she won. Inevitable! And that depressed turnout for Sanders in later states. The takeaway? In 2020, superdelegates won’t be allowed to vote on the first presidential nomination ballot unless that vote is purely ceremonial because there’s an obvious winner from the popular voting. The superdelegates only vote effectually if “the people” can’t decide the first time around. A little more democratic that way, don’t you agree? n

“SUPERDELEGATES HAVE EVERY INCENTIVE TO VOTE FOR WHOMEVER THE DNC FAVORS, SO THAT THE DNC WILL FAVOR THEM.”

Thomas L. Knapp is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism. Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 7

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

8 | AUGUST 30, 2018

CITIZEN REV LT IN ONE WEEK, YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

DARK SKIES—GOING, GOING, GONE

Did you try to see the latest meteor shower? It probably didn’t end well because of the city’s pervasive light pollution. Is it inevitable? Attend Birds and Brews—Lights Out Launch Party to hear from Tracy Aviary conservation scientists, University of Utah astronomers and other local experts. Jessica Dwyer, with the Salt Lake Chapter of the International Dark Sky Association, will explain the importance of dark skies and why addressing light pollution is a win for public health, urban ecology, public safety and energy efficiency. Tracy Aviary will open its doors for an evening to explore the night sky and help save the lives of migrating birds. Tracy Aviary, 589 E. 1300 South, 801-5968500, Friday, Aug. 31, 7-10 p.m., $15, bit.ly/2Lp0bk6.

BICYCLES NOT TAR SANDS

Here’s a ride that will change your perspective and appreciation of Utah’s extraordinary landscapes. Over two days, you’ll be bicycling in the Book Cliffs for 40 miles along Seep Ridge Road, a “nearly empty highway through highly scenic nature and desert beauty threatened by strip mining.” Bicycles Not Tar Sands goes along the Tavaputs Plateau within the Ute nation’s Uncompahgre reservation boundaries and will start at the “Horn” overlooking the U.S. Oil Sands bankrupt tar-sands operation. You’ll pass the site of Red Leaf Resources failed oil shale project and camp out nearby. This is two days of exploring what is and what might not be. Horn on Seep Ridge Road overlooking U.S. Oil Sands mine. Saturday-Monday, Sept. 1-3, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, free, bit.ly/2BLAWck.

HOT NIGHT ABOUT URANIUM

Not too long ago, Utah’s congressional delegation was worried about the state becoming a dumping ground for nuclear waste. But that was in 2009, and times have changed. Now, it’s big business—up to $12 billion over five years—as commercial nuclear reactors are decommissioned, and there’s nowhere for the depleted uranium to go—unless it’s Utah or maybe Texas. Join HEAL Utah at Radioactive Utah: Depleted Uranium Community Night to learn about a new threat from this waste and the science behind it. You will hear what it’s going to take to stop it and how you can help. Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-355-5055, Thursday, Sept. 6, 6:30-8 p.m., free, bit.ly/2NeZNXc.

—KATHARINE BIELE Send tips to revolt@cityweekly.net

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 9

HITS&MISSES BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

Forfeiture’s Demise

Fix your roof today! Call Lifetime Roofing today at (801) 928-8881

Reyes’ Reasons

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

10 | AUGUST 30, 2018

If asset forfeiture seems awfully wrong to you, it kind of is. The practice has long been a tool of law enforcement to get the bad guys before they can take off with the money. Congress was responding to that troublesome War on Drugs with the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. The idea is to catch the bad guys and take all their money, homes, cars— everything—before they’re charged or convicted. Problems arise, however, when you catch an innocent person. In Utah, the Supreme Court has sided with a man who lost $500,000 for being accused of following another car too closely, the Deseret News reported. And many other states are jumping on the bandwagon. This might be the beginning of the end. The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing its first case on asset forfeiture in 20 years, according to Forbes magazine.

Did you know... • Ketamine is safe • Ketamine will immediately reverse thoughts of suicide • Ketamine treats depression • Many need (and deserve) Ketamine, but the cost deprives them • We offer the most afforable Ketamine therapy around Ketamine for Depression Salt Lake City 4885 S. 900 East #102 801 556-4694

Attorney General Sean Reyes is quite the cutup. As he joins 14 other attorneys general to limit job protections for LGBTQ folks, he has his reasons. Really, he does. The case, he said in a Salt Lake Tribune article, “was not about ‘whether prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity is good or bad policy.’” Nope. It was about Congress, not the federal courts, making those decisions. Of course, this is just a technical problem, though we’re not sure what the federal courts are good for, if not to decide cases. Utah Republicans have never liked the idea of “protected classes of people,” as Eagle Forum maven Gayle Ruzicka says. LDS teachings, she says, encourage people to act according to their own conscience. Of course, that requires a conscience.

Not Me Too

Perhaps the most troubling revelation about sexism in Utah is that women themselves are the problem. Economists ranked Utah No. 2 in sexism, according to a Washington Post story, and “women’s own ‘internalized’ sexist attitudes,” made the difference. Utah Valley University professor Susan Madsen explained that it’s because of their social and cultural upbringing—that Mormon thing that espouses staying at home and baking more bread. The news comes amid another report from WalletHub that called Utah the worst state for women’s equality. And The Salt Lake Tribune reported another study showing women’s wages declining over the past few years. Women here had the fourth-highest suicide rate of any state. How about education? According to the Trib, UVU researchers found “Utah was ranked 51 (among all states and Washington, D.C.) for the share of scienceand-technology jobs held by women.” All this speaks to a #NotMetoo movement in Utah because that’s what women want.

• DAYCARE • OVERNIGHT

• WASHES • DOG HIKING

NEW CLIENTS

RECEIVE

2626 SOUTH 300 WEST, SLC 801.618.2414 I FETCHUTAH.COM

1 FREE DAY OF DAYCARE

GET YOUR KITTY FIX!

BUY 1 GET 1 50% OFF THURSDAY’S ONLY

1 HOUR ENTRY TO CAT LOUNGE 302 E. 900 S. I EXPIRES 9-14-18

NEWS

C O N S E R VA N C Y

On the Prowl Despite concerns from wildlife groups, cougar hunting in Utah isn’t likely to slow down. BY RAY HOWZE rhowze@cityweekly.net @rayhowze1

Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources could allocate as many as 72 additional cougar-hunting permits this season.

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 11

is “the most difficult decision we make every year.” While he doesn’t agree with hunting cougars for sport, Robinson doesn’t plan to give up the fight anytime soon. “There is no argument of any kind ... that we’re justified in killing cougars in the first place,” Robinson contends. “That’s what has me most concerned— the idea that it’s just OK to do it for sport and trophy. … I think that’s morally repugnant and downright abhorrent.” No more than 40 percent of the hunted cougars can be females, according to the management plan, and at least 15 percent of all the cougars must be at least 5 years old. Unlike other game that might have horns to pinpoint gender from afar, cougar hunters must look for other characteristics. If it’s a male, a black spot can be found below its tail and behind the hind legs. Males also tend to have larger heads. DeBloois’ research from last season found that only 456 cougars were killed despite the DWR plan allowing for 581. That number might be higher come next year, but that doesn’t change the goal of the management plan. “The objective of the plan is to maintain a healthy population,” DeBloois says. “It’s not to get rid of lions in Utah but we do need to respond to things like public safety concerns and [the concerns of] people that are producers— people trying to raise livestock.” CW

in permits. Cougars have been known to attack sheep, she contends, damaging ranchers’ pocketbooks. “As the urban sprawl gets larger, it cuts down on their hunting ranges,” Nelson says, eyeing farm stock. “It’s really important to figure out how to make this work for wildlife [and] for the domestic feed that have a good impact on our economy.” Last year, wildlife officials were alerted to a number of cougar sightings in urban areas. In Salt Lake City last August, for example, one cougar was shot by police after it strayed downtown. Earlier this month, a bow hunter outside of Kamas was attacked by a cougar on a trail. He survived and suffered only minor injuries. As the cougar population increases and more deer are preyed on, Nelson says, “they have to find food sources, so pretty soon, it’s going to be Fluffy on your front porch.” While cougars like food sources such as mule deer, sheep aren’t its main source of food. So when a cougar starts killing sheep or other livestock, wildlife officials try to locate and euthanize it. Organizations such as the national Humane Society, the organization’s Utah office and the Wild Utah Project have long condoned cougar hunting. Karl Hirst, a member on the Utah Wildlife Board, told The Salt Lake Tribune last year that the cougar-permit policy

Western Wildlife Conservancy, says he wouldn’t like to see any animals killed and views the hunt as disrupting to the cougars’ social and age structure. “There is no need for a cougar hunt in the first place,” he says. “From my point of view, there is no scientific justification and no ethical justification for hunting cougars.” Robinson adds that predation—cougars killing livestock or sheep—represents only a small percentage of why those animals might die. More common reasons include disease, respiratory problems, eating poisonous plants— and even lightning. Robinson has lived in Utah since the 1980s and kept up with the cougars’ developments for nearly the past 30 years. It first was listed as a protected species in the late 1960s when officials realized too many were being killed. In the ensuing decades, the cougar has had a resurgence. But for people like Robinson, that still doesn’t justify the hunt. “Cougar hunting really only has one purpose: that is for sport and trophy,” Robinson says. “The sport part of it is the chase—finding and chasing—the trophy part of it is typically a skin and stories to tell your friends.” There are also groups that want to see the hunts continue and even more permits issued. Utah Wool Growers Association Executive Director Sierra Nelson says she wouldn’t mind an uptick

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

TXZEISS VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

unters in Utah might soon have the option to catch more cougars. On Thursday, the Utah Wildlife Board will decide whether to authorize an additional 72 cougar-hunting permits for the upcoming season which begins in the fall. Last year, the board raised the number from 531 to 581. The move was welcomed by ranchers and hunters, but wildlife advocates assailed the increase. In the West, the cougar-hunting debate has gone on for decades. Some wildlife groups prefer that no cougars be killed. Ranchers, on the other hand, want mountain lions controlled—or hunted—while hunters usually do it for sport. Stuck in the middle: the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources and its Wildlife Board that makes the decisions. Darren DeBloois, DWR’s mammals program coordinator, says he recognizes the concerns of multiple parties about cougar hunting. Over the last five years, the state has seen a growing cougar population. While it’s hard to get an accurate estimate, he says it’s likely in the 2,000 range. “People are passionate about mountain lions on all sides of the issue,” DeBloois says during a phone interview. “What we did with the [management] plan is invite stakeholders from all those various viewpoints to weigh in on the final product.” To determine the number of permits, the board follows a management plan that takes into account data such as mule deer population—more deer means more food for the cougars— the number of female cougars and the animals’ ages. “In order to maintain or grow a population, you need to have enough breeding females,” DeBloois says. “We don’t want to impact the female population too much … the other aspect is trying to maintain older age classes of animals—they tend to have more stable territories.” But for some, whether DWR policy results in a stable or growing population doesn’t justify hunting cougars in the first place. Kirk Robinson, executive director of the Salt Lake City-based

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

12 | AUGUST 30, 2018

Feeling tired? Worn out? Hung over? We can help! 435-659-4914 | www.thevitaminbariv.com 6440 S. Wasatch BLVD. Holladay, UT Suite 320 Located inside utah Body and Soul

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 13

ENRIQUE LIMÓN

15, max—he jets backs home and juices them back to full power. Around 4 a.m., he wakes up, drives back to the city, gingerly drops them off in their “nests” and heads back home. His efforts are enjoyed by downtown denizens like Angela Fina, a traveler making her way through Utah who rode her first scooter in Salt Lake City. “It’s a fun way to see everything,” the 24-year old says from atop a

off the market—effectively eliminating it from competing hunters’ radars. Lieber ends up collecting a dozen scooters that night before calling it quits. With the malfunctioning Bird still chirping in the back of his car, he heads out of the city to catch some shuteye. On the ride back home, Lieber is already strategizing where he’ll drop off his flock. “I try to mentally plan out my route to get the most nests in the quickest amount of time, so I can go home and sleep. I like sleep,” he says wistfully as he drives down State, a pile of scooters behind him, nearly blocking the view from his rearview mirror. “I’ll sometimes hear Birds going off when they’re not around,” he says of the persistent chirps that haunt his thoughts. “I’ll be at work making, like, a pizza, and be, like, ‘Where is it?’”

| CITY WEEKLY |

“They’re more rare than not, but they’re out there,” Lieber says of the higher-yielding scooters, sounding like a modern-day Captain Ahab on the hunt for ever-elusive prey. Lieber works at a Murray hospital as a cook, usually from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., a favorable schedule for a charger. Most days, he leaves his job and rests for about an hour, then heads to Salt Lake City on a collecting mission. After filling his vehicle—he can fit

Bird on a recent weeknight. “It’s the lazypeople biking,” she says before whizzing north on a Main Street sidewalk, relishing the last few hours of sunlight before the chargers come out to collect. To satiate Fina and thousands of others who’ve jumped on the craze, Lieber one night spends 90 minutes on the prowl, and picks up orphaned Birds in Liberty Park, outside Proper Brewing Co. and behind a U-Haul on State Street. At one point, he pulls into the parking lot of a dive bar and tries to find a scooter that the app’s map is telling him is nearby. “I’ve got a flashlight that I’ll use when I have to,” Lieber says, peering through the darkness as he searches for the black Bird. He doesn’t need it. After a few seconds, he spots his bounty and walks over, taking out his phone to scan a QR code on the scooter’s handlebars, rendering it

t’s 9 p.m., and Caleb Lieber is on the hunt for Birds—not of the beaked variety, but steel scooters that have been carrying Salt Lakers around the city since midsummer. Driving through the Westminster College campus on a recent August night, he finds one and puts it in the trunk of his Ford Fusion. This particular Bird chirps every minute—a relentless series of 10 beeps that serves as the soundtrack to Lieber’s driving for the remainder of his trek. “It’s a new Bird. They’re sometimes pretty glitchy,” the 18-year-old explains. Lieber is a “charger”—a member of the gig economy’s latest fancy. He earns $5 for every scooter he charges in his home and up to $20 for “higher-bounty Birds” that have been marked as missing or haven’t been ridden in a while.

@kelan_lyons

By Kelan Lyons | klyons@cityweekly.net |

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

Electric scooters have descended on our sleepy metropolis—and not everyone is happy.

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

14 | AUGUST 30, 2018

ENRIQUE LIMÓN

KELAN LYONS

Caleb Lieber

Flipping the Bird

“

Angela Fina dockless cars,” he said in a scene that seemed reminiscent of HBO’s Silicon Valley. A month earlier, VanderZanden emphasized Birds’ environmental benefits. “Today, 40 percent of car trips are less than two miles long,” the 39-year-old told The Washington Post. “Our goal is to replace as many of those trips as possible so we can get cars off the road and curb traffic and greenhouse gas emissions.” On the practical side, they’re also convenient and cheap to ride. Armed with a smartphone, users can unlock them for $1 and pay 15 cents for every minute they ride. Once your destination is reached, you virtually “lock” the scooter, thus freeing it for the next person and park it in locations that meet certain requirements. Depending on your perspective, it’s either a convenient manner to go about your day or an annoying way to clutter city sidewalks.

The most recent development in ride-sharing technology scooted its way to Salt Lake City at the end of June. Currently operating in 19 and 22 states, respectively, titans Bird and Lime have swept the country and quickly become as ubiquitous as they are controversial. Since their arrival, motorized scooters have polarized city leaders and residents. To list a few public spats, both companies deactivated their scooters in protest in Santa Monica, Calif., Bird’s homebase, after a disagreement with local officials. Earlier this month, Bird temporarily removed scooters from the streets in Milwaukee, Wis., as the city grappled with their legality. Back in the Golden State, a Los Angeles councilman at one point sought their temporary ban. At times, the scooters have provoked urban dwellers’ ire. An Instagram account called Bird Graveyard asks people to send pictures of damaged scooters so they “can honor [their] death. RIP.” As evidenced by graveyard’s feed, it’s not unScooters on Every common to see scooters set on fire, thrown into bodies of —SLCPD Detective Greg Wilking Corner water and even defecated on. Following a “better to ask forgiveness than permission” That level of destruction hasn’t peaked so far in Utah, but pattern, Bird unleashed their first fleet of SLC scooters, Lieber says he’s found scooters in trees and dumpsters. “I’ve seemingly overnight, without too much warning to city seen a few smashed Birds,” he says. “It is funny, but it’s very wrong officials. Almost immediately, however, Bird yanked their at the same time. It’s not your property.” On the opposite end of the spectrum, Baltimore ended its bike-share program and flock as they ironed out an agreement with local leaders. Guidelines were in place by the entered into a pilot program with Bird and Lime for dockless scooters and bikes to be end of July, and Birds and Limes were freed—giving the city time to work on an ordinance that’ll solidify rules surrounding the zippy new forms of transit. placed across the city. Jon Larsen, Salt Lake City transportation director, says it was important that the yearBoth Lime and Bird are lucrative. In June, Bloomberg valued Lime at $1 billion. Concurrently, Business Insider reported that Bird secured $400 million in funding, long operating agreement ensured equitable scooter distribution. “A lot of times the bumping its valuation to a cool $2 billion—transforming itself into the fastest-growing west side kind of gets overlooked,” he says. The pact stipulates that dockless companies can place 200 scooters around the downtown area. If they allot 100 more west of I-15, startup in history Both companies’ corporate brass didn’t respond to interview requests from City they can then place another 200 downtown. In the meantime, the city is urging residents to take a survey that asks a slew of openWeekly. This spring, however, Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden, an Uber and Lyft alum, seemed to be on a media blitz. “When you ride a Bird, it reminds you of being free,” he ended and multiple-choice questions about how far users traveled, whether they considtold The New York Times in April. “It gives you freedom. Like you have wings.” During ered other forms of private and public transportation before scooting and where they’d the same conversation, he compared the initial outcry to what the first motorized cars like to see more dockless transit. “People actually think we should have more of these,” Larsen says of the initial represented in the horse-and-buggy days. “They had to figure out where to park all the

To have these things dumped like this; it’s making our heads spin.

ENRIQUE LIMÓN

Do be mindful of traffic signals and those around you. Don’t go all freestyle. Rush hour on State Street is not the best time or place to live out your X Games dreams.

Don’t be the first to be cited for tipsy scooter-riding. You’ll forever be a meme. Do have fun—and as evidenced by this cover story’s author— avoid curbs at all costs.

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 15

Do protect your melon by wearing a helmet whenever possible.

| CITY WEEKLY |

Don’t drive on sidewalks or alongside TRAX like some sort of animal.

Ben Bolte, GREENbike founder and director, says it’s important to distinguish between private and nonprofit transportation services. “Our goal is not to make money, and as a result we’re providing a cheaper service that’s more reliable,” Bolte says of his bike-sharing model that’s poised to almost double in size over the next year. Bolte says the $35 to $75 it costs to ride one of the bikes on his fleet for a year is cheaper than riding scooters for short stints—a nominal fee that can add up over time. Between June and August, GREENbike spoke with community councils across the city, the Downtown Merchants Association and the city’s Business Advisory Board. Bolte says only 10 percent of those surveyed said they’d prefer GREENbike go dock-free as it expands, though he acknowledges this sample size is likely more conservative than active users, who are most likely to park their bike on the sidewalk instead of having to look for a dock. Forty percent of those surveyed said they did not want to see electric scooters available for rent. “I’m not opposed to dockless inherently as a medium or mode,” Bolte clarifies. “It all just has to do with how it’s implemented.” Across national test markets, haphazard dockless bicycle initiatives have proven to be far from worry-free. Last week, hundreds of bright-yellow-hued

s O & D DONT's

Dock Off

Ofo bikes met their maker at a San Diego scrapyard. On the local front, Bolte brings up San Franciscobased competitor Spin, which ended its dockless bike-share program at Utah State University. The move came hot on the heels of USU’s Risk Management Office, in coordination with the college’s police department, banning the company’s motorized scooters on campus.”These aren’t bad people or bad companies, they’re just for-profit tech companies,” Bolte says. “They see themselves as apps, not necessarily transportation.” Bolte is also skeptical of scooters’ inherent go-green mentality, since chargers have to crisscross the city to round up the scooters, then head back the following morning so they can drop them off. “That’s a lot of extra driving,” he says. “It’s fascinating and it’s exciting that all this new stuff is happening, but I think it’s important we don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater,” he adds, asserting that ride-sharing is not public transportation’s harbinger of doom. “OK, let’s all just take a breath,” he cautions. Although murders of Birds and bushels of Limes are starting to appear next to TRAX and bus stops, Keith Bartholomew, associate dean of academic affairs at the University of Utah’s College of Architecture and Planning, thinks of scooters not as competitors, but as complements to public transport—specifically when it comes to the latter’s so-called first-mile/last-mile problem. Essentially, how riders get from their home or workplace to public transportation and vice versa. “Whether it’s a fad or whether it sticks around for along time, I think it’s an inventive solution to fill a known gap in our transportation networks,” he says. “This is not a competitor for UTA’s business. If anything, it makes it easier for people to use UTA.” Colleague Reid Ewing says ride-sharing companies can help or hurt public transportation. “Everything in transportation depends on travel time,” the professor at the U’s Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, says. Because the scooters aren’t turbocharged, Ewing suspects riders won’t use them as total substitutes to public transportation. “No one would take a scooter out to the airport from the Avenues,” he says.

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

response to the questionnaire, noting at the time of the interview that only around 100 people had responded. He says the public is split about whether downtown needs a stronger presence, but are clamoring for more scooters in surrounding neighborhoods. Along with the tips, Larsen says he’s also gotten some strong-worded feedback. “There’s really no middle ground,” he says. Highest on the list of concerns is sidewalk-riding. “It’s dangerous and unnerving,” he says. “There’s definitely some education that needs to happen.” Considering the maximum scooter speed is 15 miles per hour, even a minor collision could result in serious injury or damage. Bird offers to outfit riders with free helmets (barring a $1.99 shipping fee) and Lime’s website says the company ships free custom-designed helmets “whenever possible” in an effort to further “educate” riders. Helmet use is not mentioned in the city’s operating agreement, but Larsen assures he’ll “put that on the list of ‘items to be discussed,’” and that both Bird and Lime are required to have liability insurance. Underscoring the environmental shift scooters represent, both companies paint a utopian picture. “Salt Lake City and Bird have a shared vision of a community with fewer cars, less traffic and reduced carbon emissions,” a Bird spokesperson wrote in an email. “In our time here, we have been inspired by how willing the community is to trade short car trips for Bird rides.” In addition, Bird and Lime both have expressed interest in donating money to local nonprofits and to the city, to expand bike routes. Bird describes a revenue-sharing program on its website, offering cities $1 per scooter per day “so they can use this money to build more bike lanes, promote safe riding and maintain our shared infrastructure.” Lime also has a “Lime Hero” program that allows riders to donate an additional percentage of their trip’s cost to local organizations. Larsen says city and scooter company officials are discussing possible donations to bicycle nonprofits. The bigger picture, he says, is getting more people to properly use bike lanes to make the city safer for all. “If more and more people are using that bike infrastructure, and asking for [more,] it streamlines the process to get stuff built,” Larsen says. “There’s already a lot of political willpower. We have some fantastic momentum—and this is just adding to it.” As of press time, only Lime and Bird are operating in Salt Lake City, but Larsen tells City Weekly OGs Razor recently acquired a business license, making Salt Lake City one of the first locations to offer their Razor Share program. In total, Larsen says six similar companies have at one point or another expressed interest in establishing a local presence.

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

ENRIQUE LIMÓN

NUMBERS 7 a.m. Time when Birds and Limes are available for riding.

Approximate number of hours it takes to charge them.

mph

16 | AUGUST 30, 2018

By the

Maximum speed scooters can travel.

Minimum age to ride one.

1,000

Maximum number of Birds and Limes allowed in city limits.

$1.00

Cost to unlock a Bird or Lime.

24 hours

Maximum rental period.

Number of U.S. cities currently equipped with scooters:

Bird: 40 Lime: 20

Estimated company value:

Bird: $2 billion Lime: $1 billion Maximum amount chargers can make from a single scooter:

Bird: $20 Lime: $12

Approximate distance each scooter can travel on a single charge:

Bird: 15 miles Lime: 20+ miles

Time scooters are taken off the street:

Bird: 9 p.m. Lime: 11 p.m. Amount company could charge if they think you stole a scooter (not including court fees):

Bird: $500 Lime: $1,500

Sources: Bird and Lime websites, spokespeople and user agreements; articles in The Indianapolis Star, Bloomberg and Business Insider.

Brave New World

Greg Wilking, detective with the Salt Lake City Police Department, is bracing himself for the influx of challenges scooters could usher in. “Chiefs of police get together and they talk. I guess it was a topic of conversation at one of their recent meetings,” he says. “One of the police chiefs said, ‘If you can at all, avoid it. Because there’s so many issues that come with it,’” Wilking says before breaking down “issue after issue after issue” related to Bird and Lime. Like Larsen, Wilking says scooters are to be ridden in bike lanes and on roads—not on sidewalks. Considering the ones he’s seen weaving around pedestrians since their arrival, Wilking issues this dire prediction: “You’re going to have scooters colliding with people.” Part of the issue, he says, is most cyclists know to ride bikes in designated lanes on the right side of the road. Newbie scooter riders? Not so much. Although he has yet to experience the rush of zig-zagging across the highly trafficked streets near his downtown office on a scooter, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill has noticed what he calls “techno trash” strewn about city sidewalks. Gill says he foresees more misdemeanor fines stemming from scooter use, rather than felony charges. “But, heck, I could pick up a motor scooter and hit you on the side of the head—that’s a felony,” he jokes. “That’s an assault with a deadly weapon at that point.” Gill stresses that the cases that make it through his office depend on the variables of each individual situation. “It’s all going to come down to how law enforcement does the field work,” he says. Still, Gill doesn’t expect many accidents to escalate to chargeable offense levels. “The only time I would look at it, I should say, is if you’re standing there and I go, ‘Dude, I’m going to run into you,’ and then I do it,” he says. “That’s an assault.” Another unforseen concern for law enforcement is impaired scooter riding. “I think people are going to think about this as a way to get around from bar-hopping in the downtown area,” Wilking says. “I believe we’ll end up issuing DUIs to people on these scooters.”

The detective remembers a 2011 incident near a 9th and 9th convenience store involving a man on a motorized scooter who accidentally damaged a car. Police arrived on the scene and thought the scooter rider reeked of alcohol. Someone on the scene suggested processing him for a DUI. “‘But I’m not driving! I’ve had seven DUIs, so I’m not driving,’” Wilking recalls the man saying. “So he knows he can’t drive, but he’s operating a motorized scooter.” The errant scooter operator was cited. Noting that local law enforcement “saw the writing on the wall years ago,” Wilking says it might be hard for police departments, already overwhelmed with a constant onslaught of cases, to track down someone operating a scooter under the influence. “It would have to be something very egregious that is taking place, and it’s kind of hard to pick up on a driving pattern of somebody that is maybe on the sidewalk,” he says. “We’d have to be called out to an incident.” Birds power down at 9 p.m. and their green cousins at 11 p.m. Even so, with scooters becoming a fixture at impromptu pub-crawls, Wilking smells boozy complications on the horizon. “The question is, ‘When?’ And is it going to be because we did targeted enforcement and stopped people, or is it going to be because somebody gets hurt?” Despite his fears, he says there have yet to be any scooterrelated calamities reported in the city. But his mind is reeling. “To have these things dumped like this; it’s making our heads spin.” Ultimately, Gill and Wilking view the scooters as newfangled personal transportation options—a growing sector they don’t expect to go away any time soon. “It’s just a brave new world in technology, and we’re just going to have to deal with it as we go through it,” Gill says.

Horton Hears a Trend

Fourteen miles from Bird’s downtown nesting hub, the Sandy Skatepark is filled with teens and kids riding classic, foot-powered scooters used to perform tricks, not to get around. It’s a far cry from the city’s e-forms of transit. Here,

A Lasting Legacy?

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 17

One month into the operating agreement the city inked with the dueling electric scooter behemoths, it’s difficult to project what lasting impact Bird, Lime and future dockless competitors will have on the city. Math teacher by day/scooter charger by night, Jeff Zivkovic, recently posted on the Bird Chargers SLC Facebook group asking for permission to use other hunters’ names in exercises he’s formulating for his students at Bryant Middle School. “There’s a lot of potential math problems there, with the prices of different Birds, the distances and locations, the arrangements of how you can fit them into your vehicle,” he tells City Weekly. Zivkovic is fervent on his newfound role’s contribution to a greater purpose. “I believe it’s good for the city and will help clean our air,” he says. Appealing to his philanthropic side and informing his classroom, Zivkovic believes scooters have evolved from gimmicky ways to get from Point A to B to welcome cityscape fixtures. “I think they’ve already become a sort of character in our community,” the educator says. True to his transportation-director self, Larsen isn’t so sure. “It feels like this has been going on forever,” he says of scooters’ urban landscape shakeup. “Who knows? Maybe it’s just a flash in the pan. Something that five years from now, we’ll say, ‘That was so 2018.’” CW

“The only really good place to ride street with a lot of different street-riding spots is downtown,” Horton says of the ledges, stairs and handrails that make for good trick opportunities. “Pretty much everywhere downtown, if you ride somewhere you’ll get kicked out almost immediately, and so we don’t have a lot of freedom down there.” He understands why downtown business owners don’t want scooter riders grinding on their stairs or scuffing up their buildings. “But if they could make different skate parks downtown meant for street riding that kind of just fit in with the scenery, that would be pretty cool,” Horton says. “It would give us a lot more freedom with riding.”

hese scooters are faster than you’d think. On a recent Saturday, the wind blew through my hair as the first few minutes of darkness settled into the cool evening air. I should have felt euphoric as I rode that Lime scooter south down State Street, but mostly I was worried about being hit by a car and cracking my helmet-less head on the asphalt. Scared of trafficking in the busy road, I alternated between riding in the street and on the pedestrian-free sidewalk, my mood shifting every few seconds from freeing euphoria to neurotic terror. A regular cyclist, I’d like to think I posses an intuitive sense of where I should and shouldn’t ride my bike. I strive to be mindful of situations that could put me at risk of injury, a knowledge developed through daily rides from my Sugar House apartment to City Weekly’s downtown hive. In retrospect, scooting down State wasn’t my wisest choice, nor was it legal, since SLCPD Detective Greg Wilking told me you can’t ride them on roads with speed limits greater than 25 mph or wider than four lanes. But there were beers to be had, and this just looked so much more fun than taking TRAX or springing for a Lyft. Approaching a curb around Cleveland Avenue, I thought I’d be able to ride the scooter over the slightly elevated portion of the ramp that connects concrete to pavement. I thought wrong—and fell face first. By the grace of the scooter gods, I was able to soften my landing and come away relatively unscathed, sustaining just a few cuts and minor bruises, but no missing teeth or broken bones. I assessed my injuries, somewhat incredulous I wasn’t more seriously hurt. Catching my breath, I picked myself—and the scooter—off the ground. I replayed in my head the proverbial “You’ll shoot your eye out” conversations I’d had with Wilking and Jon Larsen, the city’s transportation director: How the seemingly non-threatening devices could pose a threat to the non-scooting public; how the biggest complaint residents have voiced so far is the hazards posed by scoot-hogs riding on the sidewalk. I thought about ending my ride and how I should take a Lyft the rest of the way. Instead, still fueled by the thrill of the ride, I got back on the scooter and rode a few more blocks to the bar, only holding the throttle button about halfway down as I cut through the darkness. I rode in the street the rest of the way. —Kelan Lyons

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

scooterers get airborne and perform “tailwhips”—where riders spin the base of their scooters in mid-air before landing in a regular position on the ground—and grind on rails. Benjamin Horton, a 16-year old Taylorsville resident, has been scootering for a little more than a year. “They’ve been around for a while,” he says of motorized scooters’ lo-fi counterparts. “They’re only getting bigger right now, too.” Taking a respite from grinding on the park’s rails, Horton waxes poetic on his extreme hobby’s bright future. “Skateboarding and BMXing have been around forever, and scootering is just one of those things that’s also going to be around forever,” he says. From the sidelines, he’s witnessed motorized scooters encroach on his sport of choice’s terrain and become more mainstream. “You see a lot more adults riding bikes and stuff,” he says of grown-ups’ trendy means of getting around. “It’s like that in-between thing, where I guess adults could be goofy and ride a scooter.” Although decidedly more DIY, tricking-out Horton’s oldschool ride didn’t come cheap. The Olympus High student estimates he’s spent $700 on specialized performance decks, wheels and bars. And while not electric, he points out he can reach up to 15 miles per hour—just like those fashionable downtown scooter riders. Horton anticipates motorized scooters will be popular for Utahns seeking a greener way to get around, but thinks the environmentally conscious aren’t the only ones who’ll enjoy them. “Scooter-riders who ride at the skate park, they’re probably gonna go have some fun on those electric scooters,” he says. “On people’s Instagrams, I have seen people use them to ride street and, like, do grinds with them.” While physical similarities abound, there’s a crucial distinction between electric scooters and foot-powered ones. Chief among them, the scrutiny that motorless riders face from local authorities. Although Wilking says the electricpowered scooters can only be ridden on certain roads, users generally experience more free reign over where they can ride versus their analog equivalents.

Scoot Lake City

ENRIQUE LIMÓN

KELAN LYONS

Benjamin Horton

18 | AUGUST 30, 2018

Utah’s First

MEDICAL CANNABIS CONFERENCE

Featured Speakers

Coming this October

Stormy Simon

Fmr. President Overstock.com, Cannakids Advisory Board, Board High Times, and MTrac Strategic Officer.

Martin A. Lee

Best Selling Author of Smoke Signals. Co-founder & Director of Project CBD. Co-founder FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)

Nancy Whiteman

Entrepreneur & Industry Leader. Founder & CEO of Wana Brands. Recipient NCIA Excellence in Innovation Award.

Steve Ottersberg

Member American Chemical Society. Advocate for de-stigmatizing cannabis industry.

*Watch for additional speakers*

A Learning Experience For All Utahns About The Positive Health & Society Benefits of Medical Cannabis Oct 19 - 20 Mountain America Expo Center

Exhibition Hall • Lecture Hall • Family Night Friday Night • Utah All-Star Political Panel • Utah All-Star Medical Panel •

High Level Breakout Sessions on specific Cannabis issues Medical • Policy • Zoning • Legal • Investor Opportunities •

UTAH CANN

Presented by Go to utahcann.com for more info & Early Bird Ticket Prices

UTAHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BEST BURGER 20 0 9

20 1 0

20 1 1

20 1 3

20 1 4

20 1 5

20 1 6

20 1 7

135 W. 1300 S. | 801.487.4418

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 19

LUCKY13SLC.COM

20 1 2

20 | AUGUST 30, 2018

2018

Best music festival ————————— Best piece of public art ————————— Best record shop ————————— Best theater company ————————————— 2018

readers choice MEDIA & POLITICS Best elected official ————————————— Best local podcast ————————————— Best nonprofit organization ————————————— Best political scandal ————————————— Best radio show ————————————— Best radio station ————————————— Best social cause ————————————— Best sports reporter ————————————— Best TV anchor ————————————— Best TV news reporter ————————————— Best TV news station ————————————— Best Utahn ————————————— Best weathercaster ————————————— Worst Utahn ————————————— ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Best all-ages venue ————————————— Best concert of the year ————————————— Best dance company ————————————— Best DJ ————————————— Best drag entertainer ————————————— Best friend of the arts ————————————— Best gallery ————————————— Best Instagram feed ————————————— Best live music venue ————————————— Best local band/group ————————————— Best museum —————————————

Best visual artist ————————————— GOODS AND SERVICES Best barber shop ————————————— Best bookstore ————————————— Best boutique ————————————— Best comic-book store ————————————— Best garden supply ————————————— Best pet supply store ————————————— Best piercer ————————————— Best piercing studio ————————————— Best salon ————————————— Best smoke/vape shop ————————————— Best tattoo artist ————————————— Best tattoo shop ————————————— Best thrift/consignment store ————————————— OUTDOOR AND RECREATION Best bike path ————————————— Best bike shop ————————————— Best bowling alley ————————————— Best hiking trail ————————————— Best local gear brand ————————————— Best public golf course ————————————— Best recreational sports store ————————————— Best reservoir ————————————— Best running event —————————————

Vote Now!

VOTING DEADLINE: TUESDAY, SEPT. 4 AT NOON MDT

(POSTMARKED OR DROPPED OFF IN PERSON)

Best skate park ————————————— Best skate shop ————————————— Best ski resort ————————————— Best snowboarding ————————————— Best State park —————————————

Best Salt Lake Valley restaurant ————————————— Best Thai restaurant ————————————— Best Utah County restauraunt ————————————— Best vegetarian restaurant ————————————— Best Vietnamese restaurant —————————————

Best seafood ————————————— Best soups ————————————— Best sushi ————————————— Best tacos ————————————— Best vegan —————————————

Best water skiing —————————————

Best wine list —————————————

Best wings —————————————

RESTAURANTS Best atmosphere ————————————— Best bakery ————————————— Best breakfast ————————————— Best brunch ————————————— Best Chinese restaurant ————————————— Best coffee shop ————————————— Best desserts ————————————— Best downtown SLC resaurant ————————————— Best French restaurant ————————————— Best gluten-free ————————————— Best Greek restaurant ————————————— Best Indian restaurant ————————————— Best innovative menu ————————————— Best Italian restaurant ————————————— Best Japanese restaurant ————————————— Best Korean restaurant ————————————— Best Mexican restaurant ————————————— Best Middle-Eastern restaurant ————————————— Best new restaurant ————————————— Best Ogden restaurant ————————————— Best Park City restaurant ————————————— Best Restaurant Patio —————————————

FOOD AND DRINK Best appetizers ————————————— Best bacon ————————————— Best BBQ ————————————— Best brew pub ————————————— Best brewery ————————————— Best burgers ————————————— Best burrito ————————————— Best cookies ————————————— Best dairy-free item ————————————— Best distillery ————————————— Best donuts ————————————— Best ethnic/specialty market ————————————— Best food truck ————————————— Best french fries ————————————— Best gyros ————————————— Best hard cider ————————————— Best kombucha ————————————— Best local beer ————————————— Best local spirit ————————————— Best pizza ————————————— Best salads ————————————— Best sandwiches —————————————

BARS AND NIGHTLIFE Best bar/club menu ————————————— Best bar/club patio ————————————— Best beer selection ————————————— Best craft cocktails ————————————— Best dance club ————————————— Best dive bar ————————————— Best gentleman’s club ————————————— Best karaoke ————————————— Best late night grub ————————————— Best LGBTQ bar/club ————————————— Best liquor selection ————————————— Best live music bar/club ————————————— Best neighborhood bar/club ————————————— Best new bar/club ————————————— Best non-downtown bar/club ————————————— Best Ogden bar/club ————————————— Best Park City bar/club ————————————— Best Salt Lake City bar/club ————————————— Best sports bar ————————————— Best trivia night —————————————

WRITE-IN Best thing we forgot and where to find it:

29th annual best of utah #bestofutah

Name:____________________________________

THE FINE PRINT:

Phone:____________________________________

1) Keep it local. Yes, we’re aware Taco Bell chalupas are awesome. 2) Ballots can be filled online at cityweekly.net/bestofutah, mailed or handdelivered by to 248 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 84101 by Tuesday, Sept. 4. 3) Only one ballot per person; don’t be sneaky. 4) You must vote in at least ten categories for your ballot to be counted. 5) You too can be a winner! Name, phone number and email address must be included in your ballot for validation.

Email:___________________________________ You will automatically be added to City Weekly’s email newsletter list, but can opt out at any time.

Send to: City Weekly Best of Utah 2018 248 S. Main | Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Vote online at: cityweekly.net/bestofutah

LUCKY13SLC.COM

UTAH’S

vote blue iguana best mexican!

BEST BURGER

165 S. West Temple • SLC

255 Main St • Park City

801-533-8900

435-649-3097

VOTE

BEST VAPE SHOP

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK: 10AM - 9PM 2530 WEST 4700 SOUTH, UNIT B6 PEAKVAPOR.COM I (385) 259-3543

VOTE

VOTE BEST PET STORE

BURLY BURGER FOR BEST BURGER FREE SHAKE UPGRADE WITH A COMBO FOR BEST OF UTAH VOTERS

624 S 300 W in SLC · 801.531.4200

pawpawsdogwash.com

VOTE FOR US FOR BEST KOMBUCHA!

vote

T R! S A B E D B OO RH

12234 DRAPER GATE DR. DRAPER, UTAH 801-523-2053

HIGHLAND

VOTE FOR US!

BEST SPORTS BAR

VOTE FOR US! BEST NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 21

HBO G I E N

VALID THROUGH 2018 VOTING PERIOD

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

22 | AUGUST 30, 2018

ESSENTIALS

FRIDAY 8/31

When settlers from Switzerland started arriving in the Heber Valley in the 1860s, legend has it that they chose to stay because the surrounding mountains made them feel like they were back home amid the Swiss Alps. The town of Midway developed such a strong Swiss presence that religious services were held in both English and German in the town’s early days. Jumping from the 19th century to the 21st, the traditions of Switzerland still hold sway in this mountain town, as more than 70,000 visitors are expected at the annual Midway Swiss Days during Labor Day weekend. Midway Town Square will be filled with nearly 200 vendors from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on both days, but people can also enjoy the live entertainment—including Stomp It Out Cloggers, Swiss handbell ringers, a performance of the story of William Tell and choral singing—a 10K and kids’ race on Saturday morning, a chuck wagon breakfast and a parade at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Food options will, of course, include grilled sandwiches featuring, you guessed it, Swiss cheese, and an “only in America” offering of Swiss tacos, which brings together Swiss, Mexican and Navajo cultures in one delicious dish. Homemade Swiss delicacies such as bratzlies—a wafer-like cookie cooked on a waffle iron—are also available. If your tastes run to the more traditional, get fired up for the barbecue dinner on Saturday. The event closes on Saturday night with a headlining performance by country-folk singer Robin Harper. (Geoff Griffin) Midway Swiss Days @ Midway Town Square, 100 W. Main, Midway, Aug. 31Sept. 1, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., free, midwayswissdays.com

Think you’ve seen it all? How about a magician in a dragon costume who tours with a small white Chihuahua called Mr. Piffles, who is subjected to all kinds of tricks—from levitation and escaping a straitjacket to getting shot out of a cannon. Fortunately, Piffles doesn’t appear to mind. Touted as a mind-reading canine on Piff’s current “The Dog Who Knows All 2018 Tour,” he’s getting full star treatment. We’re more concerned about the owner. Dressing like a dragon seems kinda ... weird. Still, it’s serving him well. Piff’s appeared on America’s Got Talent, toured worldwide, landed a Las Vegas residency, filmed his own comedy special and hosted a personal podcast. His videos have garnered more than 100 million views, and he’s been lauded by both The New York Times and, umm, Howard Stern. Explaining the origin of his costume and curmudgeonly stage persona via email, Piff says, “It’s quite difficult, when you’re doing magic at weddings or corporate parties, to be grumpy and stay employed. One day, I was going to a costume party, and I didn’t have a costume. My sister had a dragon costume under her bed, so I borrowed it. When I got to the party, nobody was in costume. Just me. So I was very grumpy, drinking red wine in the corner. Someone said, ‘You should incorporate this into your act.’ I tried it and it was a big hit. It was a way for me to make my natural grumpiness socially acceptable.” If only grumpiness worked that well professionally for us all. (Lee Zimmerman) Piff the Magic Dragon @ Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 7 & 9:30 p.m., $30, wiseguyscomedy.com

Piff the Magic Dragon

RYAN JAMES

LISA HALL HAGEN

MAX PIXEL

FRIDAY 8/31

Midway Swiss Days

Complete listings online at cityweekly.net

CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS

the

ENTERTAINMENT PICKS, AUG. 30-SEPT. 5, 2018

SATURDAY 9/1

TUESDAY 9/4

The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival is a great place to experiment with theatrical ideas—and sometimes those experiments prove so successful that the creators are keen to try them out elsewhere. Sackerson’s production of Morag Shepherd’s Do You Want to See Me Naked? debuted at the 2017 Fringe Festival, and has already traveled to the Tucson Fringe. Now, the show returns locally as a fundraiser to finance an appearance at the New York United Solo Festival in November. According to Shepherd, the one-woman show began as a master’s thesis by its star, Elizabeth Golden, about how to portray a sexy overweight woman. The two then collaborated on the script, with Shepherd extensively reworking Golden’s original concept to include some context specific to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints history. The result is a fascinating, funny and unsettling journey into the world of body image, one that incorporates audience participation in creative ways. “I liked the idea of making the audience feel safe, then unsafe; then making them laugh, then making them feel bad about laughing,” Shepherd says. This weekend run also offers a chance for ongoing tweaks to the script, even as Shepherd and Golden are aware that it might be necessary to change even more for audiences in another state. “It continues to evolve as we go with the audience. We just kind of wing it. I trust Liz; she’s going to get up there and do what needs to be done with the audience.” (Scott Renshaw) Sackerson Theatre Co.: Do You Want to See Me Naked @ Wasatch Theatre Co., 124 S. 400 West, Sept. 1-3, 8 p.m., pay what you may, reserve tickets at sackerson.org

Skateboarders at skate parks execute awesome tricks on surfaces it would hurt to trip over, let alone crash into. Skilled skateboarding is impressive to watch, both for the tricks themselves as well as something a little less obvious: No matter how busy a park might be, skaters aren’t constantly crashing into one another. Neftalie Williams studies this and other elements of skateboard culture that, he believes, create a sort of “skateboard diplomacy.” A professor, researcher and skateboard diplomat, Williams discusses this phenomenon as a guest speaker in the World Affairs Lecture Series for nonpartisan, nonprofit Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy. Williams’ own path to skateboarding entailed makeshift boards put together at home, because it was the best option available. Today, Williams channels his love and passion for skateboarding toward sharing the community he found in the sport to a global level. Felecia Maxfield Barrett, executive director of UCCD, says, “Diplomacy has no boundaries. This lecture reaffirms our guiding principal of citizen diplomacy, that everyone has the right and responsibility to help shape foreign policy ‘one handshake at a time’—or, for this lecture, one flip-trick at a time.” Come at 6 p.m. for a small pre-lecture meetand-greet reception, or show up at 7 p.m. to discuss politics with a fun twist. (Casey Koldewyn) Neftalie Williams: Skateboard Diplomacy @ Jewett Center for the Performing Arts, Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Sept. 4, 7 p.m., 12+, free, utahdiplomacy.org

Sackerson Theatre Co.: Do You Want to See Me Naked?

Neftalie Williams: Skateboard Diplomacy

By Jim Burton - Rocky Mountain Raceways

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

Super Stock champion Tim Fahrner drives a green car, which is considered bad luck. That green car also bears the number 13, which is again considered bad luck. Tim isn’t scared. He likes proving the naysayers wrong. “ We take great pleasure in it,” he said following his July 28 victory in the Super Stocks. Tim has quite a streak going. He has won four consecutive Super Stock championships on the America First Credit Super Oval. So far in the 2018 season there have been four Super Stock races. Fahrner has two wins (June 30, July 28), a second place (May 19) and a sixth place showing (June 2). When asked for the secret of his success, Fahrner rattled off several reasons.“Good setup, hard work, dedication, good driver, good chassis guy, good motor guy, a little bit of everything” he said, smiling a bit when he made that “good driver” comment.The truth is, Tim is a good driver. After all, you don’t accidentally win four straight championships. He definitely has some swagger going, but again, it ain’t bragging if you back it up. It’s no fluke that his Camero runs as fast as it does. It has been taken down, built back up and honed in with precision. It helps that Tim, his brother, father and the rest of his team have fabricated most of the car themselves.“This car, we tore it down the base chassis, cut the front end off, cut the back end off and re-did everything,” Fahrner said. Like so many other racers, Tim said he is saddened when he thinks about 2018 being RMR’s final season. And like so many others, he grew up out here.His father was a crew chief for one of his friends, so Tim and his brother received a sort of racecar education.“I was just a wee guy,” Tim said with a chuckle. “That got me hooked. When I was old enough I got my first Super Stock. The Super Stocks will race tonight on the America First Credit Union, so keep an eye out. He’s the one in the green car, No. 13.

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 23

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

24 | AUGUST 30, 2018

A&E

VICKIE CLOSE

FESTIVAL

Seen and Herd

The Soldier Hollow Classic showcases the beauty of a practical skill. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

or generations, herding sheep has been a practical matter for ranchers around the world—keeping the animals on which your livelihood depends from scattering into the landscape. Events like the Soldier Hollow Classic showcase the overlap between that real-world need and people who simply recognize the beauty in the intricate relationship between a sheepdog and its handler. Mark Petersen, who founded the Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship in 2003, grew up on Salt Lake City’s east bench, in a suburban setting far removed from the world of professional ranchers. But on a trip to the U.K. in the 1990s, he attended a major sheepdog championship, and became fascinated with the event and its immense popularity there. “I came back from that trip with a puppy that was wellbred, and a dream of putting on a championship in Utah,” Petersen recalls. “I couldn’t do it right away, because I didn’t have a place to do it.” That place made itself known in the wake of the 2002 Olympic Games, when Petersen saw the possibilities of Soldier Hollow. At the time, he was marketing director for Dan’s Foods and felt he had the ability to stage an event that would appeal to locals. “There’s always been in me, from the time I was young, a little bit of the ‘let’s put on a show, sell some tickets and make money,’” Petersen says.

“Then, all of a sudden, I had something I believed in, and a vision.” The first event drew 10,000 spectators, according to Petersen, but has continued to evolve. What began simply as a sheepdog competition with food for guests has subsequently come to include splash and agility dog competitions. “I wanted this to be a family event,” Petersen says, “and some of the people in the herding community said, ‘It’ll never be that; kids’ attention spans will never hold out.’ Now it’s all things canine.” The focus remains on the sheepdog competition, however, which draws invited handlers and their dogs from North America, the U.K. and even South Africa and Switzerland. It’s a high-caliber event that draws the best of the best, which Petersen is quick to say does not include himself. “Out my front door, I have 30 sheep that I take care of, and three dogs,” he says. “People ask, ‘Are they in the competition?’ They’re pretty good dogs, but this is the NBA of the sheepdog world. You and I might be able to shoot a basketball and put it in, but that doesn’t mean we belong on the court with the best.” Those “best” include Amanda Milliken, a Kingston, Ontario-based handler who has won the Soldier Hollow Classic’s gold medal twice—most recently in 2016—and has been competing for 35 years. Unlike Petersen, Milliken began as someone who kept sheep, and learned about sheepdog handling for practical purposes. “I saw a clinic at a sheep expo in Ontario,” Milliken says, “and I went so I could learn how to train these dogs. There’s always one star pupil the trainers point out, and my dog was it. I went home for a year, did exactly what [the instructor] said, then I came back to learn the next steps. I entered my first trial, and won it. And there’s nothing that keeps you interested like winning.” Over the years, Milliken has trained many border collies, all descended from the first one she acquired in the 1980s. That process of working with multiple dogs has brought

2016 Soldier Hollow Classic

into focus how these competitions are not just about the dog, or just about the handler, but about the complex relationship between them. “People think you can go out and buy a dog [with a winning pedigree] and be an instant winner,” Milliken says. “It’s way more complicated. When you develop the elaborate relationship that winning dogs and handlers have, that’s when you go out and start winning all the time.” “If you ask any good handler,” Petersen adds, “they watch these dogs responding from 400 yards away. They’ll say, ‘I expect the dog to disobey me if I’m wrong.’ That’s a true competition of trust, when you want the dog to override you to do the right thing.” For people like Petersen and the thousands of spectators who come to Soldier Hollow annually, seeing the way that trust plays out on the Heber Valley hillsides becomes something like watching a unique kind of ballet. “Once you understand the refinements, it becomes increasingly compelling,” Milliken says. “A step to the left, a step to the right. It’s an elaborate taming of instincts to work for you. You live vicariously on the wild side, but it becomes an increasing thing of beauty.” CW

SOLDIER HOLLOW CLASSIC SHEEPDOG CHAMPIONSHIP

Soldier Hollow 2002 Soldier Hollow Lane, Midway Aug. 31-Sept. 3 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. $6-$17 daily; $45-$50 passes soldierhollowclassic.com

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 25

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

26 | AUGUST 30, 2018

moreESSENTIALS COMPLETE LISTINGS ONLINE AT CITYWEEKLY.NET

Six Utah artists—Sarah Milne, Emily Larsen, Kandace Steadman, Rebecca Pletsch, Kathy Simpson and Liza Julien—showcase their work in paper collage at Rocking Paper & Scissors at Fringe Gallery (345 W. Pierpont Ave., 385-202-7511, thefringegallery.com), through Sept. 12.

PERFORMANCE THEATER

Daddy Long Legs Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, through Sept. 22, dates and times vary, haletheater.org Disney’s Newsies Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Sept. 1, dates and times vary, hct.org Do You Want to See Me Naked? Wasatch Theatre Co., 124 W. 400 South, Sept. 1-3, 8 p.m., sackerson.org (see p. 22) Henry VI Part I Engelstad Shakespeare Theater, 200 W. College Ave., Cedar City, through Sept. 6, dates and times vary, bard.org An Iliad Randall L. Jones Theater, 300 W. Center St., Cedar City, through Oct. 9, dates and times vary, bard.org The Marvelous Wonderettes Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State, through Sept. 8, dates and times vary, grandtheatrecompany.com The Merry Wives of Windsor Engelstad Shakespeare Theatre, through Sept. 8, dates and times vary, bard.org Mopey Wrecks Ember SLC, 623 S. State, through Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m., riotacttheatre.org My Son Pinocchio Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Sept. 8, dates and times vary, hct.org Oliver! Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 S. Washington Blvd., Ogden, through Sept. 1, dates and times vary, zigarts.com Othello Anes Studio Theatre, 195 W. Center St., Cedar City, through Oct. 13, dates and times vary, bard.org The Prince of Egypt Tuacahn Amphitheater, 1100 Tuacahn Drive, Ivins, through Oct. 20, dates vary, 8:45 p.m., tuacahn.org Saturday’s Voyeur 2018 Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Sept. 2, dates and times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org Wait Until Dark CenterPoint Legacy Theatre, 525 N. 400 West, Centerville, through Sept. 1, dates and times vary, centerpointtheatre.org

DANCE

No Expectations: Interactive Contact Improv Dance Performance Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Sept. 5, 1:30-2:30 p.m., umfa.utah.edu

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Bonneville Chamber Music Festival Browning Center, 1901 University Circle, Ogden, Sept. 5, 7:30 p.m., weber.edu Paradigm Trio Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Sept. 4-5, 7:30 p.m., tickets.utah.edu

COMEDY & IMPROV

Andrew Rivers Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, West Jordan, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Dolph Ziggler Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, Sept. 5, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Marcus and Guy Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Ogden, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Piff the Magic Dragon Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 7& 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com (see p. 22)

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Ellen Hopkins: People Kill People Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Sept. 5, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Julia Corbett: Out of the Woods: Seeing Nature in the Everyday The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Sept. 5, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.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 Big Cottonwood Canyon Market Brighton Resort, through Sept. 2, Sundays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., bccflea.com Cache Valley Gardeners’ Market Historic Cache County Courthouse, 199 N. Main, Logan, 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 the whole month of September, 5-8 p.m., sugarhousefarmersmarket.org

Tuesday Harvest Market Pioneer Park, 350 W. 300 South, Tuesdays through September, 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

Celebration of Cultural Diversity Pioneer Park, 350 S. 300 West, Sept. 1, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., saltlakeamerican.org Gypsy Wisdom Psychic Fair Crone’s Hollow, 3834 S. Main, Sept. 1, noon-6 p.m., croneshollow.com Junior Peach Queen Pageant Box Elder Middle School, 18 S. 500 East, Brigham City, Sept. 5, 6:30 p.m., boxelderchamber.com Midway Swiss Days Town Square, Main Street, Midway, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m., midwayswissdays.com (see p. 22) Oktoberfest Snowbird Resort, Highway 210 Little Cottonwood Canyon, Snowbird, through Oct. 21, Saturdays & Sundays, noon-6:30 p.m., snowbird.com Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship Soldier Hollow, 2002 Olympic Drive, Midway, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., soldierhollowclassic.com (see p. 24) Wasatch Mountain Film Festival Rewind Brewvies Cinema Pub, 677 S. 200 West, Aug. 30, 7 p.m., wasatchfilmfestival.com

TALKS & LECTURES

Neftalie Williams: Skateboard Diplomacy Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Sept. 4, 7 p.m., westminstercollege.edu (see p. 22)

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Buster Graybill: Informalism UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Sept. 8, utahmoca.org Cara Jean Means: Grip: Conversational Portraits on Mental Health Salt Lake Community College Eccles Gallery, 1575 S. State, through Sept. 21, slcc.edu Chiura Obata: An American Modern Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Sept. 2, umfa.utah.edu Cindy McConkie: Run Happy Day-Riverside Library, 1575 W. 1000 North, through Sept. 12, slcpl.org Deborah Durban: Bits and Pieces Art Access Gallery II, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, through Sept. 14, accessart.org Erin Westenskow Berrett: Reclaimed Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd., Park City, through Sept. 2, kimballartcenter.com

Habermeyer Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through Sept. 3, slcpl.org Justin Chouinard: Appendages of Sense Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, through Sept. 21, saltlakearts.org Lego City Blocks The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, through Aug. 31, theleonardo.org Marisa Morán Jahn: Mirror / Mask Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Dec. 9, umfa.utah.edu Mary Pusey and Shayne Shaw: World Expressions Local Colors of Utah Gallery, 1054 E. 2100 South, through Sept. 17, localcolorsart.com Matthew Linwood Hill: Shapes in Space Chapman Library, 577 S. 900 West, through Aug. 30, slcpl.org Miguel Galaz: Roots, Culture Education Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts, Sugar Space Arts Warehouse, 132 S. 800 West, through Oct. 5, facebook.com/sugarspaceslc Nancy Rivera: Impossible Bouquets UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Sept. 1, utahmoca.org Postmodernposh Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio Grande St., through Aug. 31, heritage.utah.gov Recent Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, through Sept. 7, heritage.utah.gov Rocking Paper & Scissors Fringe Gallery, 345 W. Pierpont Ave., through Sept. 12, thefringegallery.com (see above) Ryan Ruehlen: Georhythmic Drift Music UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Nov. 3, utahmoca.org The Science of Lost Futures: Prints by Andrew Rice in Response to the Words of Ryan Habermeyer Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through Sept. 3, slcpl.org Sculpture: New Works Group Exhibition A Gallery / Allen + Alan Fine Art, 1321 S. 2100 East, Aug. 31-Sept. 29, agalleryonline.com Sel Heidel 777: China Minoyki Art Chapman Library, 577 S. 900 West, through Aug. 30, slcpl.org Summer Group Show Phllips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, through Sept. 14, phillips-gallery.com Trent Alvey: I’m Floating in a Most Peculiar Way Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, through Sept. 21, saltlakearts.org West: The Effect of Land and Space Modern West Fine Art, 177 E. 200 South, through Aug. 31, modernwestfineart.com Working Hard to Be Useless UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Dec. 29, utahmoca.org

DEREK CARLISLE

BY ALEX SPRINGER comments@cityweekly.net @captainspringer

AT A GLANCE

Open: Monday-Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-midnight Best bet: The tried-and-true Big H Can’t miss: Those golden, crispy onion rings

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 27

porates fry sauce, the region’s condiment of choice, makes Hire’s a Utah food-scene pillar. Although I’ve visited Hire’s many times, it seems like ages since I last dropped in. In the interim, I’ve consumed many burgers from many places, and I was curious to see how present-day Alex would respond to a place where I’d eaten religiously since before I could tie my own shoes. Admittedly, I was a little worried it wouldn’t stack up—I mean, I loved

| CITY WEEKLY |

The deliberate attention to crafting burgers in their own particular way—a quarter pound of ground chuck, veggies, fry sauce and a housemade bun to boot—is undoubtedly the secret to the Big H’s longevity. It’s been around since 1959, so its golden-age carhop vibe isn’t just a gimmick. In those nearly 60 years, Hire’s has opened locations in Midvale and West Valley, in addition to its Salt Lake digs. The nostalgia factor combined with a burger that liberally incor-

here’s a pretty good chance that one of the first burgers I ever tried—not made by my mom, that is—came from Hire’s Big H (425 S. 700 East, 801-364-4582 hiresbigh.com). Along with a few other downtown eateries that don’t exist anymore, Hire’s was one of my parents’ go-to stops whenever we visited the big city from our suburban West Jordan refuge. It’s been a place I’ve revisited at different phases in my life, and even after my most recent excursion, the quality and charm of this steadfast eatery has remained pleasantly unchanged.

during my most recent visit, and thanks to a factoid about how Hale’s favorite meal included a pineapple malt ($5.05), that’s what I went for. I can safely say I’ve never had a pineapple malt before, and I found it’s just right for a balmy summer evening—cool, creamy and with just enough tropical flavor to keep your tastebuds on their toes. The bottom line? Any restaurant that can flourish for nearly a lifetime is worth checking out. Sure, a fair share of similar joints abound, but Hire’s is more than just another place to order a burger. It’s part of a handful of restaurants that gritted its teeth and held on while a goon squad of national chains tried to force them out of their neighborhoods. Rather than buckle under the pressure of billions and billions served, Hire’s kept making things its way and managed to become a legendary chapter in Utah’s culinary history. Come for the burgers; stay to give the finger to the swollen franchises that tried—and failed— to beat Hire’s at its own game. CW

Hire’s Big H remains Utah burger royalty.

fixture in Utah’s fast-food scene. You are welcome to create your own piece of burger history with a list of garnishes that includes everything from jalapeños and fresh avocado to grilled mushrooms and—the most contested of all toppings—pineapple. Go wild. The haunt’s side game is also strong, as its fries are good enough to hold their own against the menu’s bolder flavors. But its onion rings win the Oscar for best supporting actor. They don’t skimp on thickness and are topped with a delightfully crunchy, panko-like coating. Sure, they’re fantastic on their own, but any of Hire’s signature dipping sauces can do wonders for these rings of fried, greasy gold. As with any burger joint worth its salt, Hire’s also offers a selection of tasty shakes and other desserts. If you’re looking for a true Hire’s experience, I suggest opting for a root beer float ($4.55). Hire’s takes its name from the brand of root beer that founder Don Hale started selling in the restaurant’s infancy, and they still craft their own stuff today. The Hire’s root beer loses something in a takeout cup full of ice, but if you order that sucker loaded with vanilla ice cream served in a frosty mug, you’re in for a turbo-charged dose of nostalgia. I was in the mood for a milkshake

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

H Marks the Spot

The Last Starfighter as a kid, but I sure as hell don’t like it as an adult. After a few bites into the namesake Big H ($5.55), it became clear Hire’s still knows what it’s doing. It’s hard to pin down just what makes the Big H a Zagat-recognized, nationally ranked burger. The beef and fresh veggies are crucial—they pack the right balance of salty juiciness and complementary crispness—but I think it’s the flourtopped bun and healthy dollop of fry sauce that push it toward mythical ethos. The restaurant bakes its own buns in-house, which enhances the fresh-forward flavor, and the tangy fry sauce is a perfect condiment for just about any burger. Here, they brew their sauce a bit more ketchup-heavy than other places, which makes for a sweeter contrast to the menu’s more savory elements. Once you’ve enjoyed the Big H firsthand, it only makes sense to dabble in some of the restaurant’s more tricked-out versions. The menu’s Specialty H section is where Hire’s serves up some signature classics with a unique spin. For example, the Roquefort bacon H ($6.55) adds blue cheese dressing, bacon and pickles to the foundational Big H for a steakhouse riff on the classic, and the pastrami H ($6.55) is a worthy interpretation of the pastrami burger that’s become a

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

BY ALEX SPRINGER

28 | AUGUST 30, 2018

A LA MAISON

@captainspringer

Buy one entree

get one

free! monday - friday only

equal or lesser value w/ this ad expires 09.28.18

AS SEEN ON “ DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES”

Serving American Comfort Food Since 1930 -CREEKSIDE PATIO-87 YEARS AND GOING STRONG-BREAKFAST SERVED DAILY UNTIL 4PM-DELICIOUS MIMOSAS & BLOODY MARY’S-LIVE MUSIC ON THE PATIO-SCHEDULE AT RUTHSDINER.COM“In a perfect world, every town would have a diner just like Ruth’s” -CityWeekly

“Like having dinner at Mom’s in the mountains” -Cincinnati Enquirer

4160 EMIGRATION CANYON ROAD | 801 582-5807 | WWW.RUTHSDINER.COM

Prost!

SADE THORTON

54 w. 1700 s. M-F 7:30am-3pm Sat/Sun 7:30am-4pm

| CITY WEEKLY |

FOOD MATTERS

Utahns Against Hunger Fundraiser

Interested in a restaurant crawl for a good cause? Visit select downtown restaurants this week to raise money for Utahns Against Hunger, a local nonprofit dedicated to getting food to those in need. Several of Salt Lake’s finest restaurants will feature specialty dishes or cocktails, with proceeds going to UAH. Copper Onion, Bourbon House, Caffé Molise and BTG Wine Bar are only a few of the participating restaurants. You can also donate directly to UAH at gofundme.com/utahnsagainst-hunger. The restaurant crawl ends Saturday, Sept. 1, but keep checking uah.org for more events and ways to help.

The unique & authentic french experience has arrived 1617 S 900 E | 801-259-5843

The biggest hidden secret in the valley

Thirst Drinks Opens on U Campus

Starting a business while taking a full load of classes isn’t the sort of thing every University of Utah student can pull off—let alone become successful in the process. That’s not the case with Ethan Cisneros and Thirst Drinks (thirstdrinks.com), which recently opened its third location in the Peterson Heritage Center (151 S. Connor St.) on the University of Utah campus. Thirst offers a wide variety of mixed sodas, along with sweet treats like cookies and scotcharoos. Not only is Thirst providing university students with enough fizzy drinks and sugary snacks to get them through their higher education, but its presence has encouraged the U to promote student entrepreneurship.

CALL FOR RESERVATION

801.582.1400 or FIVEALLS.COM 1458 South Foothill Drive

Utah Valley Food Fest

Our neighbors to the south are celebrating Utah County’s burgeoning restaurant culture with the Utah Valley Food Fest on Saturday, Sept. 1. The lineup includes food trucks, restaurants and caterers, and promises to be a tasty crash course in what Happy Valley has to offer. The event is scheduled to take place from 1 to 9 p.m. at the UCCU Center (800 W. University Parkway, Orem), on the Utah Valley University campus. Tickets are $15 at the door, but can be purchased for $10 in advance via SmithsTix.

Award Winning Donuts

Quote of the Week: “In this country that grows more food than any other nation on this Earth, it is unthinkable that any child should go hungry.” —Sela Ward

20 W. 200 S. SLC (801) 355-3891

Food Matters tips: comments@cityweekly.net

705 S. 700 E. | (801) 537-1433

chinese • sushi bar • beer • sake • wine

lunch • dinner • take-out • catering

FREE PARKING

6300 N Sagewood Dr. Park City 435-615-7686

fullhouseasianbistro.com

2018

VOTED BEST 2014-2018

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

329 S. State St. Salt Lake City 801-363-1977

18 MARKET STREET • 801.519.9595

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 29

L U N C H • D I N N E R • C O C K TA I L S

| CITY WEEKLY |

Contemporary Japanese Dining

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

30 | AUGUST 30, 2018

Until We Meet Again

Strike while the iron is hot when it comes to these seasonal beers. BY MIKE RIEDEL comments@cityweekly.net @utahbeer

ne of the things I love about seasonal beers is that they only come around once, maybe twice, a year. The downside to those same seasonal beers is that they only come around once, maybe twice, a year. Sometime when you find yourself in a great beer groove, you want that magic all year-round. These are some personal favorites I’m glad are back in my life; unfortunately, they won’t be around long. Hoppers Summerset Saison: Pouring a translucent golden-yellow hue, it produces three fingers of fluffy, white foam. Head retention is quite good; the head sticks around for quite some time, dissipating slowly. There’s a whiff of doughy malt

sweetness that’s noticeable from an arm’s length. Grassy hay and various hints of fruit—including apple, pear and some vinous white grape—mingle with malt as the aroma wraps up with spicy coriander and clove. At first sip, you’re met with orchard fruits—lots of apple and pear with lesser hints of grape, lemon and stone fruit. Mild hop bitterness begins to emerge where the malt fruitiness leaves off. There’s plenty of grass and citrus peel coming in next, which is a nice way to transition you into the smack of spicy, phenolic Belgian yeast that eventually rounds out the palate. The finish is semi-dry, partly from the yeast and hops, but also from the aggressive carbonation that rigorously agitates the palate. Overall: Summerset Saison isn’t a new offering from Hoppers, but it has been on a sabbatical for quite a few years. It’s one of a handful of high-point beers engineered by Hoppers’ long-time brewmaster, Donovan Steele. This exceedingly drinkable saison is very true to its Belgian roots, and has a drinkability that rivals any saison in any market. It goes down almost as effortlessly as your run-of-the-mill pale lager would, despite the sturdy 7.4 percent ABV. You’ll definitely be rewarded for making the special trip to Midvale for this one. RoHa’s Grapefruit Pale Ale: The orange-amber color immediately catches your eye as this ale shoots from the stainless nozzle in RoHa’s taproom. The clarity is

MIKE RIEDEL

BEER NERD

moderate, as CO2 bubbles swirl around the wide brim of the shaker-style glass. On top is a dirty white, but densely creamy, head that has the size and stamina of an over-the-counter performance-enhancing supplement. All this foam provides the perfect platform for the aroma. Floral orange and grapefruit are first up—soft and perfumey, backed by a smack of malt sweetness. Accents of fresh lime add a little citrus kick to the aroma, creating a welcome lasting impression. Upon first swig, tropical fruit, spicy pineapple and light tangerine tang overwhelm the palate. Round pale malts with hints of melon and lime follow. These flavors are all wrapped up with a powerful dose of bitter grapefruit and pulp, finishing with some chewy pith.

Overall: This 4 percent pale ale is more than adequately hopped. The semi-dry tropical notes bring a refreshingly crisp feel without being overly drying and obnoxious. The grapefruit peel addition adds a nice freshness that’s very clean and sharp. Fruit additions can sometimes scare me—you never know if you’re getting a sweet or dry interpretation. This seasonal delivers what the name promises, and is unapologetic. Hoppers’ Summerset Saison is offered in a handsome 750 milliliter Euro-style bottle for a very limited release. RoHa’s Grapefruit beast is exclusive to their taproom, and is in limited supply. Don’t hesitate, because next time is never soon enough. As always, cheers! CW

O Y U L C AN E L A A OVER 2 T 00 ITEMS KING BUFFET CHINESE SEAFOOD | SUSHI | MONGOLIAN

L U N C H B U F F E T • D I N N E R B U F F E T • S U N D AY A L L D AY B U F F E T TEL: 801.960.9669 123 S. STATE OREM, UT

TEL: 801.969.6666 5668 S REDWOOD RD TAYLORSVILLE, UT

GOODEATS Complete listings at cityweekly.net Featuring dining destinations from buffets and rooms with a view to mom-and-pop joints, chic cuisine and some of our dining critic’s faves.

100% gluten-free

Over the Top Cookies

The mad scientists here mix popular candy bars in their dough instead of chocolate chips—though you can also place a solid bet on the house Naked Chocolate Chips. You can buy all of their cookie varieties in smaller versions, making it easy to try a whole bunch of ’em without getting completely sugared out. Go head-to-head with the LemonLicious, a sugar cookie that’s been doused in lemon icing and baked with bits of Lemonheads candy in the dough, providing a winning mix of tart and sweet. Its supercharged lemon flavor is perfect for hot summer nights—just add milk. 1665 Towne Center Drive, South Jordan, 801-495-5920, overthetopcookies.com

paws on the patio approved! bring your doggies & have a fresh juice cocktail fri 11am-11pm, sat 10am-11pm, sun 10am-9pm | 275 S. 200 W. Salt Lake City | zestslc.com

Ice Haüs A

U TA H

ORIGINAL

SINCE

1968

M O N -T H U 1 1 a -1 1p F R I -SAT 1 1 a-1 2 a SUN 3p-10p

make someone ’ s day

Hector’s Mexican Food

Hector’s serves up some of the tastiest south-ofthe-border fare in all of Salt Lake Valley. Popular combo plates include carne asada, machaca, chorizo, chimichangas and chile relleno plates. The fresh guacamole and housemade picante sauce are stars here. You also can’t go wrong with one of the Mexican sandwiches called tortas—especially the delicious carnitas one. 2901 E. 3300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-487-3850

Hell’s Backbone Grill

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 31

Nestled just off of Utah’s famed Highway 12 in Boulder, this farm-to-table eatery is open seasonally providing not-so-typical road trip fare. Acclaimed chefs and owners Jen Castle and Blake Spalding are committed to sustainable farming and dining practices, which show in every one of their delectable dishes. The ever-popular spicy Breakfast Jenchilada is a plate of smothered toasted corn tortillas, sage-potato pancakes and rice and beans. There’s plenty to tuck into at lunch, too, like the Boulter Patty Melt and the award-winning Backbone House Salad. Next time you’re down south admiring Utah’s red-rock wilderness, stop off and admire Hell’s Backbone, as well. No. 20 North Highway 12, Boulder, 435-335-7464, hellsbackbonegrill.com

DRAPER 1194 East Draper Parkway 801-572-5279

| CITY WEEKLY |

801-363-0565 580 E 300 S SLC theartfloral.com

BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER Local products • Local flavor

Art l a r o Fl

The

NOW SERVING SCONES!

Funerals weddings Birthdays

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

i tal i anv illage s lc .c om 5370 S. 900 E. 80 1.26 6.41 8 2

This Murray bar serves up more than just drinks and pub fare; it also has an impressive vegetarian/vegan menu. Unhinge your jaw and sink your teeth into the Kein Fleisch Burger. This cow-less burger (kein fleisch is German for “no meat”) is a vegan masterpiece that comes with fries. It’s topped with the finest dairy-free vegan cheese (it actually melts!), caramelized onions, sauteed mushrooms, a healthy dollop of sauerkraut, lettuce, tomato, vegan mayo and German mustard. Here’s the kicker: There’s a second layer of meaty goodness with the addition of a sliced vegan brat. 7 E. 4800 South, Murray, 801-266-2127, icehausbar.com

Delivering Attitude for 40 years!

NIKI CHAN

East Liberty Tap House

Given the fact that 9th & 9th is one of Salt Lake’s trendiest neighborhoods, it’s surprising that a place like East Liberty Tap House didn’t open decades ago. The space is yet another testament to owner Scott Evans’ unique conceptual eye, combining elegance with accessibility. The small-plates section of the menu has dispensed with popular items like popcorn and chicken wings, making room for more complex bites like shrimp ceviche ($12) and crispy pork lettuce wraps ($11). The chorizo burger ($15) arrived on a small cookie sheet, three quarters of which was piled high with hand-cut fries and two dipping options—ketchup and a tasty peppercorn aioli. The burger itself was a bit of a mixed bag, with a spongy texture, and heat that arrived independent of the flavor. Try the chicken tacos ($11): two flour tortillas stuffed with gobs of delectable marinated chicken that pack a sidearm of spice, plus a housemade pico of cubed jícama and watermelon radish. For dessert, the delicious lime parfait ($5) is topped with plump macerated strawberries and an almond brown-butter crumble, cruelly packaged in the tiniest mason jar I’ve ever seen. Reviewed Aug. 9. 850 E. 900 South, 801-441-2845, eastlibertytaphouse.com

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

A sample of our critic’s reviews

150 South 400 East, SLC | 801-322-3733 www.freewheelerpizza.com

BREAKFAST and LUNCH

MARGARIT AS!

served

 Established 2004 

ALL DAY!

TACO

YS! TUESDntAow n

$ *Only at dow - close 3pm location |

123 E 200 S 801-355-0343 Salt Lake City

1891 Fort Union Blvd 885 E 3900 S 801-942-1333 801-269-1177 Cottonwood Heights Murray

Mon-Thurs 11am-9pm & Fri-Sat 11am-10pm | www.MyCancunCafe.com

serving breakfast, lunch and dinner

| CITY WEEKLY |

32 | AUGUST 30, 2018

REVIEW BITES

Doug Wintch AUG and the 31ST Wandering stars

694 East Union Square, SANDY

801-572-5148 | 7 Days a Week | 7am - 3pm

brittonsrestaurant.com

2005 E. 2700 SOUTH, SLC FELDMANSDELI.COM FELDMANSDELI OPEN TUES - SAT TO GO ORDERS: (801) 906-0369

SEPT 1ST

better off with the blues

First

Craft your own pizza G IN BRIN OR A F D A THIS DRINK E E F R id thru Val 8 12 / 1w it h a n y li d r n o t vath e r o ff e o

In Utah!

Organic & home made ingredients prepared fresh daily Vegan & gluten free options and classic pizzas available Order online W currypizzautah.com O N !

PEN WEST VALLEY O 2927 SOUTH 5600 WEST (801) 890-0415

SOUTHERN UTAH 125 NORTH STATE RD. 24 BICKNELL, UT 84715

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

STORE ★★★★★

| CITY WEEKLY |

SAKURAHIBACHISLC.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 33

GIFT CERTIFICATES TO UTAH’S FINEST DEVOURUTAHSTORE.COM

Mon - Thur: 11:00am - 9:30pm Fri - Sat: 11:00am - 10:30pm Sun: 12:00 Noon - 9:00pm 3370 State Street #8, South Salt Lake, UT 801-466-8888 | Full liquor license

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

34 | AUGUST 30, 2018

FILM REVIEW

CINEMA

Easy Reader

Convincing bibliophilia makes up for a lack of conflict in The Bookshop. BY MARYANN JOHANSON comments@cityweekly.net @maryannjohanson

GREENWICH FILMS

ookishness is not a quality that translates well to the screen: the quiet comfort of solitude, the strength introverts gain from being alone, The joy of curling up with a good book and getting lost in another world. The elusiveness, the peculiarly internal stillness and withdrawal from the world—and from oneself—that delving into another human being’s thoughts and psyche brings. Is there anything less cinematic? And yet Spanish writer-director Isabel Coixet (My Life Without Me) manages to capture a hint of that with The Bookshop, in how she eschews the easy comfort we might expect from a story that is, on its surface, pure twee historical-costume-drama escapism. In the 1950s, war widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) relocates from London to a conservative seaside English town with plans to open a small bookshop. She faces opposition from local queen bee Violet Gamart (Patricia Clarkson), who cannot abide competition for the title of Most Cultured; she is welcomed by bookloving recluse Edmund Brundish (Bill Nighy), who becomes her first customer; she finds an ally in pragmatic youngster Christine (Honor Kneafsey), whose job as shop assistant might be expanding her heretofore limited horizons, etc. There’s not much unexpected to be found in a bare description of the plot. But the treasure who is Mortimer strides through the unspooling of that plot with the sort of grace that comes from selfpossession—Florence is a determined woman, and has no time for petty nonsense that wants to thwart her—and yet also with the sort of awkwardness that comes from being someone who prefers the company of books over that of people. (Disclaimer: Not all readers are like this! Even Florence isn’t all the time. But, book-lovers, you will feel seen by

this movie.) The scene in which Florence first encounters Violet, at a soirée at the wealthy woman’s home, is beautifully shot by Coixet. Cinematographer JeanClaude Larrieu uses handheld cameras to create a slightly jarring ambiance to highlight Florence’s discomfort in this posh and suave crowd, and in her own self-conscious dressing-up to fit in. The embarrassment with which she had previously declared her new party dress to be “too red,” too likely to draw attention to herself, comes flooding back here, too. Of course, there are moments of coziness. This is a movie about the love of books to the exclusion of almost all else, and Coixet lingers with nerdy delight on piles of books and shelves of books and books beautifully arrayed in the shop window. Florence’s establishment is very much a place that one would happily wander for hours browsing. But the off-kilter way in which Coixet depicts Florence’s interactions with other people—with lots of long uncomfortable pauses—brands her as an outsider not just physically, but in spirit. It’s oddly appealing, perhaps in the same way that book lovers cherish their eccentricity. The love of books here is not a universal one, but a secret shared among the chosen few, which seems like hardly the best foundation for a business venture, but that’s a mystery of book culture, too. The Bookshop—based on the novel by Penelope Fitzgerald (which I have not

Emily Mortimer in The Bookshop

read)—isn’t entirely successful as a story. There’s a surprising lack of conflict, which is a terrible problem. Violet’s battle against the bookshop doesn’t really ramp up until the final third of the film, though Clarkson brings her usual delicious bite, and the enigma of Mr. Brundish rather fizzles. Nighy, more restrained than he typically is, has a gentle charm. The film is weighed down by unnecessary narration delivered by someone who isn’t identified at all until the very end of the story. The bewildering mystery of those of small minds who can’t handle the likes of Vladimir Nobokov and Ray Bradbury— with whose works Florence scandalizes the town—could use more pointed exploration, particularly when small-mindedness is a disease that continues to inflict our culture today. But as mood piece and a character study of an on-screen rarity—an earnestly cerebral woman—there are pleasures aplenty here. CW

THE BOOKSHOP BB.5

Emily Mortimer Patricia Clarkson Bill Nighy PG

TRY THESE Funny Face (1957) Audrey Hepburn Fred Astaire NR

Lovely and Amazing (2001) Catherine Keener Emily Mortimer R

My Life Without Me (2003) Sarah Polley Scott Speedman R

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Jared Gilman Kara Hayward PG-13

CINEMA CLIPS

MOVIE TIMES AND LOCATIONS AT CITYWEEKLY.NET

NEW THIS WEEK Film release schedules are subject to change. Reviews online at cityweekly.net THE BOOKSHOP BB.5 See review on p. 34. Opens Aug. 31 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (PG)

THE LITTLE STRANGER [not yet reviewed] A doctor (Domhnall Gleeson) makes a house call to a run-down, haunted country manor. Opens Aug. 31 valleywide. (PG-13) OPERATION FINALE [not yet reviewed] Fact-based story of a Mossad agent (Oscar Isaac) hunting down Nazi mastermind Adolph Eichmann (Ben Kingsley). Opens Aug. 29 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13) SEARCHING BB.5 Co-writer/director Aneesh Chaganty sustains his gimmick for 100 minutes—only for his plot to sabotage the finale. That gimmick involves a story told entirely through computer screens, videos, text messages and social media accounts, as widowed dad David Kim (John Cho) faces the horror of having his 16-year-old daughter Margot (Michelle La) go missing. The narrative device allows for an intriguing exploration of contemporary parent/child dynamics, as David only begins to understand who his daughter is through her electronic footprint. There’s also great, darkly funny material about performative grief, and off-hand reminders to

“never read the comments” as strangers begin to assume that David must be the perpetrator himself. Then the story turns into a conventional thriller—with police detective Debra Messing leading the investigation—and while it’s initially fascinating watching the tools at any savvy person’s disposal to find a missing person, the resolution becomes a disappointing exposition dump. This is a whodunnit where whodunnit doesn’t really matter, as much as exploring the scary reality of how much of our lives is now lived virtually. Opens Aug. 31 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)—SR

wants to be one of the guys, one of the girls or just herself. Opens Aug. 31 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (R)—SR

SKATE KITCHEN BBB For around the first 20 minutes, this debut fiction feature from Crystal Moselle (The Wolfpack) flirts with greatness, before an unfortunate narrative detour leaves it in the enviable position of being merely really good. Camille (Rachelle Vinberg) is an 18-year-old living with her single mother in Long Island, spending summer days skateboarding alone—until she finds a posse of other girl skaters via social media, and ventures into the city to connect with her tribe. Moselle brilliantly constructs the male-dominated skate world, and Vinberg’s performance is rich with the giddiness of discovering true friendship, as the director complements the character work with a dizzyingly fluid way of capturing these women in exhilarating perpetual motion. It’s disappointing then, that the story detours to focus on Camille’s crush on her co-worker (Jaden Smith), generating an internal countdown clock to when the inevitable “chicks before dicks” drama will commence. Still, there’s a wealth of visual imagination on display, and a strong exploration of someone deciding if she

CURRENT RELEASES

SPECIAL SCREENINGS GENERATION WEALTH At Main Library, Sept. 4, 7 p.m. (NR) LORDS OF DOGTOWN At Tower Theatre, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 11 p.m. & Sept. 2, noon. (R)

A-X-L BB.5 This wholesome boy-and-his-dog adventure is patterned after The Iron Giant, E.T. and the like—good role models for any movie to emulate, though hard ones to measure up to. It’s the story of underdog teenage motocrosser Miles (Alex Neustaedter), who finds robotic war-dog A.X.L. escaped from the military contractors who built it. A.X.L. imprints on Miles and his quasigirlfriend, protecting them from Miles’ rich rival, while back at HQ its creator argues with an underling (Lou Taylor Pucci) about whether to retrieve it, or wait and see how it does in its first interactions with humans (there’s a chance it will just kill them). Rookie writer-director Oliver Daly, expanding on his 2015 short, keeps things simple, targeting young viewers (and, to a lesser extent, dog lovers) who want a low-impact fantasy—and it meets all basic requirements. (PG)—Eric D. Snider

more than just movies at brewvies FILM • FOOD • NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

SHOWING: AUGUST 24TH - AUGUST 30TH

BLACK KLANSMAN

BLUES BROTHERS (1980)

HAPPY TIME MURDERS

CRAZY RICH ASIANS

2293 GRANT AVE. OGDEN • BREWVIES.COM 21+ • SHOWTIMES 801.392.9115

SALT LAKE CITY CRAZY RICH ASIANS

THE CONJURING 2

HORRIBLE BOSSES

677 S. 200 W. SLC • BREWVIES.COM • 21+ CALL FOR SCOTTY’S SHOWTIMES & SPIEL @ 355.5500

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 35

HAPPYTIME MURDERS

AY ND H SU UNC M BR :00A G 11 WIN O SH

MO 9/3 NDA FRE Y E

| CITY WEEKLY |

SHOWING: AUGUST 24TH - AUGUST 30TH

W NE PP ND ES A IT A BR WVI AD O E BR WNL AY! DO TOD

MO 9/3 NDA FRE Y E

OGDEN

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

JULIET, NAKED BB.5 This latest film version of a Nick Hornby novel hits one of his favorite themes—namely, men’s relationships with their obsessions that interfere with their relationships with other people. In a seaside British town, the 15-year-relationship between Annie (Rose Byrne) and Duncan (Chris O’Dowd) begins to unravel, just as Annie strikes up an email correspondence with Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke), the obscure, long-retired singer-songwriter Duncan reveres. Byrne makes the most of a too-rare comedic lead role—she manages to turn a faint hand wave into an entire story about how the kid leaning on her shoulder on a train isn’t actually hers—while Hawke cruises a bit on his physical embodiment of a guy who is all unfulfilled potential. Director Jesse Peretz might never mine the deepest veins of material about looking with regret on taking the easy route, so Juliet often feels fairly disposable. But O’Dowd gets a great defense of caring more passionately for Tucker’s work than Tucker himself does; don’t be surprised if it ultimately becomes a kind of fanboy statement of purpose. Opens Aug. 31 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (R)—Scott Renshaw

KIN [not yet reviewed] A recently released ex-con and his brother discover a mysterious weapon of alien origin. Opens Aug. 31 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

36 | AUGUST 30, 2018

THEATER DIRECTORY SALT LAKE CITY Brewvies Cinema Pub 677 S. 200 West 801-355-5500 brewvies.com

SOUTH VALLEY Century 16 Union Heights 7670 S. Union Park Ave., Sandy 801-568-3699 cinemark.com

Broadway Centre Cinemas 111 E. 300 South 801-321-0310 saltlakefilmsociety.org

Cinemark Draper 12129 S. State, Draper 801-619-6494 cinemark.com

Century 16 South Salt Lake 125 E. 3300 South 801-486-9652 cinemark.com

Cinemark Sandy 9 9539 S. 700 East, Sandy 801-571-0968 cinemark.com

Cinemark Sugar House 2227 S. Highland Drive 801-466-3699 cinemark.com

Megaplex 20 at The District 3761 W. Parkway Plaza Drive, South Jordan 801-304-4019 megaplextheatres.com

Megaplex 12 Gateway 165 S. Rio Grande St. 801-325-7500 megaplextheatres.com Redwood Drive-In 3688 S. Redwood Road 801-973-7088 redwooddrivein.com Tower Theatre 836 E. 900 South 801-321-0310 saltlakefilmsociety.org WEST VALLEY AMC 12 1600 W. Fox Park Drive, West Jordan 801-568-0855 cinemark.com Cinemark 24 Jordan Landing 7301 S. Bangerter Highway 801-282-8847 cinemark.com Cinemark Valley Fair Mall 3601 S. 2700 West, West Valley City 801-969-6711 cinemark.com

Megaplex Jordan Commons 9335 S. State, Sandy 801-304-4577 megaplextheatres.com Megaplex Cottonwood 1945 E. Murray-Holladay Road 801-432-6605 megaplextheatres.com PARK CITY Metropolitan Holiday Village 4 1776 Park Ave. 435-940-0347 metrotheatres.com

Cinemark Bountiful 8 206 S. 625 West, Bountiful 801-298-0326 cinemark.com Megaplex Legacy Crossing 1075 W. Legacy Crossing Blvd., Centerville 801-397-5100 megaplextheatres.com WEBER COUNTY Cinemark Tinseltown 14 3651 Wall Ave., Ogden 801-334-8655 cinemark.com Megaplex 13 at The Junction 2351 Kiesel Ave., Ogden 801-528-5800 megaplextheatres.com UTAH COUNTY Carmike Wynnsong 4925 N. Edgewood Drive, Provo 801-764-9345 carmike.com Cinemark American Fork 715 W. Main, American Fork 801-756-7897 cinemark.com Cinemark Provo Movies 8 2424 N. University Parkway, Orem 801-375-0127 cinemark.com

Redstone 8 Cinemas 6030 N. Market St. 435-575-0221 metrotheatres.com

Cinemark Provo Town Center 1200 Town Center Blvd., Provo 801-852-8526 cinemark.com

DAVIS COUNTY AMC Loews Layton Hills 9 728 W. 1425 North, Layton 801-774-8222 amctheatres.com

Cinemark University Mall 1010 S. 800 East, Orem 800-246-3627 cinemark.com

Cinemark Station Park 900 W. Clark Lane, Farmington 801-447-8561 cinemark.com Cinemark Tinseltown USA 720 W. 1500 North, Layton 801-546-4764 cinemark.com

Megaplex Thanksgiving Point 2935 N. Thanksgiving Way 801-768-2700 megaplextheatres.com Water Gardens Cinema 6 912 W. Garden Drive Pleasant Grove 801-785-3700 watergardenstheatres.com

CINEMA CLIPS MOVIE TIMES AND LOCATIONS AT CITYWEEKLY.NET

CRAZY RICH ASIANS BBB Should audiences expect a conventional genre entertainment that happens to be about Asians, or a culturally distinctive story where Asian-ness is intrinsic to its appeal? Director Jon M. Chu and company balance those demands in the story of Rachel (Constance Wu), a New Yorker who discovers that her boyfriend Nick (Henry Golding) comes from a wealthy family in Singapore when she travels to meet his family there. Plenty of familiar genre components come together in this narrative, but Asians mostly sticks the landing on its familiar set-ups. There’s also a unique flavor that captures how this particular culture influences dynamics that might be familiar from a hundred romantic comedies. Satisfying wish-fulfillment stories are part of why we go to the movies, and this one delivers—even fulfilling the wish for a story that’s as singularly Asian as it is recognizably rom-com. (PG-13)—SR THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS B.5 If you’d never seen Meet the Feebles or Avenue Q or Team America: World Police, there might appear to be something creatively transgressive about puppets doing and saying disgusting things. But this limp comedy—about a world where puppets live sideby-side with humans, and ex-cop/puppet P.I. Phil Philips (Bill Barretta) teams up with his human former partner (Melissa McCarthy) to solve a series of puppet murders—behaves as though it invented the idea. Director Brian Henson and screenwriter Todd Berger lean into the film noir set-up—including a femme felt-ale setting Philips on the case—but every joke is underlined with a “check out how naughty we’re being” elbow nudge, while the plot does insultingly little with puppets as a discriminated-against minority. When you’re the fourth to get to that idea, maybe try to work at it a little harder. (R)—SR PAPILLON BB.5 Director Michael Noer takes a much more conventional approach to the real-life story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière than Franklin J. Schaffner did in the magnificent 1973 adaptation. In 1931 Paris, safecracker Papillon (Charlie Hunnam) is framed for murder and sent to the penal colony in French Guiana, where he befriends—and protects—mild-mannered counterfeiter Louie Dega (Rami Malek). Noer and screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski keep the focus on the relationship between Papillon and Dega, condensing huge chunks of the third act to avoid separating them. While the performances by Hunnam and Malek are solid, the tone of this version feels pitched much more for action beats instead of a story of resilience and survival. The prologue and epilogue frame the narrative as one about two guys, rather than as a stark chronicle of a horrifying place and time. (R)—SR PUZZLE BBB Kelly Macdonald plays Agnes, a Connecticut housewife who discovers a talent for completing jigsaw puzzles, and begins working with a partner (Irrfan Khan) for a national competition. Agnes’ character arc is hardly groundbreaking, but her journey is made more fascinating by the way Macdonald plays it, both in the contentment of her early scenes and subsequent awkwardness. Her relationship with Khan’s eccentric engineer gets added spark from his richly detailed performance, from a small twist of the mouth or a bewildered exhalation. Puzzle never treats the competition as the centerpiece for some kind of underdog sports movie, nor is it simply a paint-by-numbers stroll through a repressed woman’s awakening—which is what can happen when two actors understand that the way you bring a character alive can be as simple as when, and how, you smile. (R)—SR

CONCERT PREVIEW

Moderating Influence

MUSIC 4760 S 900 E, SLC 801-590-9940 | facebook.com/theroyalslc

www.theroyalslc.com

Why we need artists like Jason Isbell more than ever.

 Bar | Nightclub | Music | Sports 

CHECK OUT OUR GREAT menu

KARAOKE & pick-a-prize bingo

wednesday 8/29

BY NICK McGREGOR music@cityweekly.net @mcgregornick

karaoke @ 9:00 i bingo @ 9:30, 10:30, 11:30

Thursday 8/30

Reggae

at the Royal

jungle man sam

amfs & long islands 1/2 off nachos & Free pool

ERIKA GOLDRING

friDAY 8/31

saturday 9/1

mythic valley, dealin in dirt marny proudfit jeffrey steck Tuesday 9/4 open mic night YOU Never KNow WHO WILL SHOW UP TO PERFORM

pacific dub

w/guests the ries brothers

 Bar | Nightclub | Music | Sports  ALL SHOW TICKETS AVAILABLE AT SMITHSTIX OR AT THE ROYAL

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 37

9/9

riding gravity | lhaw colonel lingus

| CITY WEEKLY |

9/7

coming soon

JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT

w/ Aimee Mann Delta Performance Hall at Eccles Theater 131 S. Main Tuesday, Sept. 4 8 p.m. $39.50-$49.50 live-at-the-eccles.com

Live Music

berlin breaks Rougarou 1-2 many

Jason Isbell Isbell continues to move up in the performing world, graduating from bars and clubs to theaters and arenas. Two nights before performing at the Nashville rally for candidate Bredesen, he appeared on the field with The 400 Unit at SunTrust Field in Atlanta, quite a high honor for a diehard Braves fan. And when you take the line that so angered Republicans—“God is gone from those people,” Isbell said of Trump voters in a 2017 Rolling Stone interview—and hold it up to the light, it certainly doesn’t look quite so unhinged. Consider the way Isbell finished his set at the Bredesen rally, reaching the explosive crescendo of “White Man’s World” before coming down in a pique of reflection: “There’s no such thing as someone else’s war Your creature comforts aren’t the only things worth fighting for You’re still breathing, it’s not too late We’re all carrying one big burden, sharing one fate I’m a white man living in a white man’s nation I think the man upstairs must have took a vacation I still have faith, but I don’t know why Maybe it’s the fire in my little girl’s eyes.” If that honest, Southern voice framed by mainstream Christianity and family values is the soundtrack of today’s left, the times should certainly be a-changing come November. CW

Live Music

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

ashville singer-songwriter Jason Isbell couldn’t make time for an interview with us last week, and that’s OK: On Aug. 20, he headlined a rally for Phil Bredesen, former Tennessee governor and current Democratic candidate for Senate. In the days leading up to and following that performance, Isbell had to deal with the fallout of being labeled part of the “unhinged left” by the National Republican Senatorial Committee—a strange claim for a man who grew up in rural Alabama and leads a very public life as a humble recovering alcoholic. “I was thinking today about how it feels to be an unhinged leftist,” Isbell joked from the stage, where he performed after pianopounding symphonic rocker Ben Folds. “For the first time in my life, I’m hinged. I quit drinking years ago, I got a 3-year-old daughter … This is as hinged as I get. I’m hinged as hell!” Isbell is just the kind of outspoken artist-activist a moderate candidate like Bredesen needs on his side. Across six albums— released either solo or with his backing band, The 400 Unit—Isbell has sung with incisive care and astute anger about his blue-collar roots. He mixes songs about domestic bliss—he and his fiddleplaying wife, Amanda Shires, who’s built her own acclaimed career, have that aforementioned 3-year-old daughter, Mercy Rose—with searing indictments of a “White Man’s World.” He writes lovingly from the perspective of characters who work in mines, get pulled over in speed-trap towns and get blind drunk in the bleachers of high school football games. On 2015’s “If It Takes a Lifetime,” he begins each verse with the torrid line “I got too far from my raising/ I forgot where I come from.” On “Something More than Free,” he sings, “And I don’t think on why I’m here where it hurts/ But I thank God for the work.” On “Outfit,” one of the first songs Isbell wrote in 2003 as a part of Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers, he repeated the advice his father, a house painter, gave him as a teenager: “Don’t try to change who you are boy/ And don’t try to be who you ain’t/ And don’t let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy man’s paint.” We could go on and on, but the point is this: Isbell is precisely the kind of songwriter the U.S. needs right now. Yes, he’s an active Twitter user whose politics lean in a decidedly progressive direction. But because of his upbringing, his humility and his success, he’s the rare artist who can bridge the country’s yawning socioeconomic and political divides. He digs into the morals of his stories through character-driven narratives that unfold like the peels of sweet Vidalia onions, not heavy-handed leftist screeds. In 2015, he told Grantland, “Politics are a very personal thing, and those stories are reflective of a bigger truth. I try to make statements that aren’t broad because that doesn’t make for good writing … I have to be small, I have to make the stories a bit personal.” Pointing out an obvious fact, he added, “The middle class is disappearing—it’s all but gone at this point, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better.”

Street-smart New York hip-hop is alive and well—even if Benny the Butcher and his hard-hitting crew hail from Buffalo, a cool seven hours northwest of the Five Boroughs. Classic acts like Mobb Deep and Raekwon once held a monopoly on Mafioso-influenced East Coast creativity, but Benny the Butcher goes straight to the contemporary source, mining references from The Sopranos, A Bronx Tale and Donnie Brasco on his latest album, A Friend of Ours. Released under Eminem’s Shady Records umbrella, this is hardcore gangsta rap at its finest: “Mob Ties,” “The Hunter 2” and “Jackpot” all sound like they were tracked live on the mean streets, while the samples on “India” and “’03 Draft” rattle and boom with gritty low-end energy. After dominating his 2017 self-titled debut, Benny the Butcher features far more guest MCs on A Friend of Ours, but he still outshines each of them with an elastic flow and electric delivery. It’s hard to believe Benny didn’t catch the world’s attention until last year, when his sinister presence blew the doors open on Buffalo’s burgeoning scene. Don’t miss the chance to see him on his first U.S. tour with veteran Big Apple MC Sean Strange in tow—local firespitters Cig Burna and Calhoon Popadoplis, along with SLC’s mixtape king DJ Juggy, get the party started. (Nick McGregor) The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 8 p.m., $18 presale; $23 day of show, 21+, theurbanloungeslc.com

Gov’t Mule, The Magpie Salute

Thanks to a loose jam-band aesthetic, ongoing associations with acts like The Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead, and its members’ ability to drift in and out with ease, Gov’t Mule has maintained a 25-year-plus career. The Magpie Salute, on the other hand, has a more pervasive legacy to live up to. The Black Crowes’ Rich and Chris Robinson now fly separate ways: Rich with The Magpie Salute and Chris with his

Magpie Salute

BY RACHELLE FERNANDEZ, NICK McGREGOR & LEE ZIMMERMAN

GRISELDA

Benny the Butcher, Sean Strange, Cig Burna, Calhoon Popadoplis, DJ Juggy

LIVE

Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Consequently, don’t expect a reunion any time soon—both siblings deny the possibility—but for Rich at least, one might read something into the fact that a magpie is considered cousin to the crow. Indeed, given the vintage trappings of The Magpie Salute’s recently released debut effort, High Water I, the band’s fondness for rock’s rootsier vibe firmly recalls the Crowes’ more eclectic aspirations. While Rich has distanced himself from his former band (“The Crowes were pretty toxic and not that cool to be around sometimes,” he recently remarked in an interview for Goldmine), former Crowes guitarist Marc Ford and bassist Sven Pipien play prime roles in the current ensemble. Consequently, consider this double bill an ideal expression of a journeyman aesthetic, both honed in the past but still venturing forward with different designs. (Lee Zimmerman) Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater at Deer Valley, 2250 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City, 5:30 p.m., $38-$70, all ages, deervalley.com

SATURDAY 9/1

Slow Code, Pick Pocket, Kapix, Sulane

Has punk rock deteriorated? Possibly. A younger me believed that a song could change the world (if people would just listen), or that the Weathermen could really stop the Vietnam War. Maybe a song still can pack that much power. Whatever the case, Seattle’s Slow Code believes punk rock has failed. But not

Benny the Butcher forever. “We definitely think of punk as a failed political project that has a lot of territory that needs to be reclaimed,” Slow Code guitarist Charlie Wagner says. “The failure of subcultures to reflect any sort of material reality to their participants, or to imagine larger and better worlds free of so many burdens, is something that needs to be worked on.” Slow Code’s 2018 album, Wastelayer, acts as one such channel. On the one hand, the record represents a “grieving process” over the death of British writer and theorist Mark Fisher, who was critical of neoliberalism. On the other hand, Wastelayer encapsulates the frightening reality of modern technology gone rogue. “We’re not necessarily anti-tech,” Wagner explains. “But we talk internally a lot about the idea of complicity in collapse, and we see technology’s obvious role in all of us feeling more separated from each other.” Going to a punk rock show might be a last saving grace in this world of smartphones and selfies, and Slow Code turns their live show into a tension release from our pocket-sized black mirrors. So come out and fight modern industrialism and misogyny with a night of punk opened up by Salt Lake’s own rockers Pick Pocket, Kapix and Sulane. (Rachelle Fernandez) Gold Blood Collective, 1526 S. State, 6:30 p.m., $8, all ages, goldbloodcollective.com

Slow Code

ANDREW GOMEZ IV

FRIDAY 8/31

COMPLETE LISTINGS ONLINE AT CITYWEEKLY.NET

SHERVIN LAINEZ

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

38 | AUGUST 30, 2018

THIS WEEK’S MUSIC PICKS

PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED

PHOTO

OF THE WEEK

WEEKLY & SHARE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CITY ING ISSUE GET A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED IN AN UPCOM

TAG YOUR PHOTOS

#CWCOMMUNITY

—LOCATIONS— 677 S. 200th W. Salt Lake City 801-746-1417

6885 State St. Midvale 801-561-5390

5654 S. 1900 W. Roy 801-773-2953

ALL NFL E & COLLEGLL FOOTBA GAMES

dj bad hair day

SamEyeAm

Summer of ‘89 an 80’s dance experience

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

Los Hellcaminos

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 39

JOHNNYSONSECOND.COM

HOME OF THE $ shot & A beer

WARWICK BAKER

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

MONDAY 9/3

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Jo Passed

SILVER TONGUED DEVILS 9PM - NO COVER

SUNDAYS & THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS

WASATCH POKER TOUR @ 8PM BONUS: SAT @ 2PM MONDAYS

STARTS @ 9PM

FREE TO PLAY ENTER TO WIN CASH & PRIZES

$1,200 CASH! TUESDAYS

How do all these Aussies do it? One Down Under band after another storms America’s shores with effortlessly irreverent indie rock. Courtney Barnett does it with gently sloughed-off social analyses. Alex Cameron does it with icy sensuality. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard does it with kaleidoscopic psychedelia. But something about Melbourne quintet Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever feels urgently different. On their debut full-length, Hope Downs, the guitar lines and vocal melodies of Tom Russo, Fran Keaney and Joe White weave together into a cohesive tapestry of harmonics. Songs like “Mainland” and “An Air Conditioned Man” feel possessed, hurtling from low simmer to explosive boil—all with lyrics that alternate from snarky takedowns of hipster culture to simmering sociopolitical quandaries. Categorizing themselves as everything from guitar pop to punk to country, RBCF have perfected their own brand of propulsion, gaining acclaim for EPs Talk Tight and The French Press EP before releasing Hope Downs on legendary label Sub Pop earlier this summer. All of those records have been tracked outside of traditional studios, reflecting RBCF’s love of the road—and the unpredictability that comes with it. Perhaps that’s because all five band members work various day jobs back home: lawyer, barista, landscaper, researcher, marketing manager. But already on their second North American tour of 2018, things are looking up—and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever are rolling with it. “This is more of an opportunity to do some special things,” Tom Russo told Uproxx in June. “Like, we otherwise would have never had the opportunity to drive around the U.S., coast to coast.” Don’t miss openers Jo Passed, RBCF’s Sub Pop label mates and one of the few young bands that can match their frenetic energy. (NM) Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court, 7 p.m., $12 presale; $14 day of show, all ages, kilbycourt.com

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

TUESDAY 9/4

Smashing Pumpkins, Metric

So is Smashing Pumpkins back for good? The answer might be yes. But given the Billy Corgan-led band’s tumultuous history with break-ups and reunions, one can never know for sure. Still, the fact that these alt-rock heroes have dubbed this current go-round the “Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour” suggests that they’re putting on a brave face and offering the impression that things are completely reconnected. Well, almost. Guitarist James Iha might have instigated the idea when he showed up onstage unannounced at a March 2016 gig featuring Corgan, the band’s mercurial mastermind, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Iha then performed with Corgan two more times shortly thereafter. Despite his proficient solo career, Corgan soon began hinting that he aimed to reconvene the original outfit—and make some new music, as well. Then, earlier this year, when the band announced its 30th anniversary tour, controversy ensued when bassist D’arcy Wretzky said she had been invited to return before Corgan rescinded the invitation. Corgan fired back, insisting the offer was made but that Wretzky had declined, opening the door for former touring bassist Jack Bates to take her place. Nevertheless, considering Smashing Pumpkins’ freewheeling finesse, any reunion of the band’s prime players is an event in itself that honors its legacy and those distinctive Pumpkins precepts. (LZ) Vivint Smart Home Arena, 301 W. South Temple, 7 p.m., $26-$122, vivintarena.com

Smashing Pumpkins

WEDNESDAYS

KARAOKE AT 8PM FUNKIN’ FRIDAY

DJ RUDE BOY BAD BOY BRIAN

165 E 200 S SLC 801.746.3334

OLIVIA BEE

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

40 | AUGUST 30, 2018

LIVE

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 41

SATURDAY 9/1

CONCERTS & CLUBS

Around the time that two-stepping and windmills first hit the underground metalcore scene in the early 2000s, that classic emo swoop-to-the-side haircut blew up all over MySpace. Although today’s generation will never understand the struggle of taking a selfie with a digital camera, Aussie band Parkway Drive provides a link to that era. These metalcore titans are partially responsible for propelling the genre into the mainstream, alongside Atreyu and Asking Alexandria. However, Parkway Drive has remained most honest, their sound and musicianship progressing markedly from 2004 EP Don’t Close Your Eyes right up to their most recent LP, 2018’s Reverence. Don’t get me wrong—I still cling to old-school metal’s purism, and growing up I despised metalcore. Maybe it’s because I was an “emotional teen,” as my counselor put it, but Parkway Drive appealed to young me in a particular way, especially after hearing “Smoke ’Em If Ya Got ’Em.” Winston McCall’s deathly growls over the technical chops of guitarists Jeff Ling and Luke “Pig” Kilpatrick prove that Parkway Drive deserves the respect of the metal community. The band even piqued the interest of metalcore pioneers Killswitch Engage, whose lead guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz produced and mixed Parkway Drive’s 2005 debut LP Killing With a Smile. Appearing with Parkway Drive on this tour are fellow metalcore veterans August Burns Red and The Devil Wears Prada, along with fast-rising Australian newcomers Polaris. (Rachelle Fernandez) The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, 7 p.m., $28.50, all ages, thecomplexslc.com

THURSDAY 8/30 LIVE MUSIC

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

NOW HIRING SALES REPS

| CITY WEEKLY |

42 | AUGUST 30, 2018

LUCAS ENGLUND

Parkway Drive, August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Polaris

Big Blue Ox (Canyons Village at Park City Mountain) Big Business + Baby Gurl + Together Forever (Urban Lounge) Blackalicious (O.P. Rockwell) Breakfast in Silence + The Co-Founder + Emma Park + Fountain View (The Underground) Chicago Mike (Hog Wallow) Gyyps + Peter $un + Twuan & Roc Worthy + Rahz + BC.Einstein (Kilby Court) March Fourth! (The State Room) Matt Calder (Lake Effect) Mighty Texas All-Stars (Garage on Beck) Moon Taxi (Gallivan Center) Morgan Thomas (Day-Riverside Library) Orange Whip (Metro Music Hall) Timmy the Teeth + Tylor & the Train Robbers + M. Horton Smith (Velour)

DJ, OPEN MIC, SESSION, PIANO LOUNGE

Salt Lake’s 18 and over

Caviar Club Presents Dusty Grooves (Twist) DJ Chaseone2 (Lake Effect) DJ Handsome Hands (Bourbon House) Dueling Pianos (The Spur) Dueling Pianos: Troy & Drew (Tavernacle) Hot Noise (The Red Door) Robot Dream Twilight After Party (Gracie’s) Synthpop + Darkwave + Industrial + Goth w/ DJ Camille (Area 51) Therapy Thursdays feat. Laidback Luke (Sky)

KARAOKE

801.467.0700

2630 S. 300 W. SLC

Areaoke w/ DJ Kevin (Area 51) Burly-Oke (Prohibition) Cowboy Karaoke (The Cabin) Karaoke w/ DJ Benji (A Bar Named Sue) Karaoke (Willie’s Lounge)

Live Band Karaoke (Club 90) Thursday Night Karaoke w/ Johnny Irish (The Union Tavern)

FRIDAY 8/31 LIVE MUSIC

Bad Bunny (Maverik Center) Benny the Butcher + Sean Strange + Cig Burna + Calhoon Popadoplis + DJ Juggy (Urban Lounge) see p. 38 Blue Divide (The Spur) City to City + Cherem + PXR + Mandalore (The Beehive) Cyanotic + Kanga + Amelia Arsenic + For All the Emptiness + Mantis Jackson + DJ Reverend 23 (Metro Music Hall) Default Minds + Will Cassity + Guilty Scapegoat + Mel Soul (Kilby Court) Emby Alexander + The Cold Year + Carlos Vii (The Ice Haüs) Folk Hogan (ABG’s) Gov’t Mule + The Magpie Salute (Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater) see p. 38 Icons and Anthems (Barbary Coast) Jack Johnson + Bahamas (Usana Amphitheatre) Kevyn Dern (Snowbird Resort) Lantern by the Sea + The Backseat Lovers + Ruble (Velour) Mark Owens (The Westerner) Matthew and the Hope (Garage on Beck) Natural Causes (Club 90) Paddy Teglia (Harp and Hound) Peter Yarrow (Egyptian Theatre) The Pranksters (The Cabin) Scott Foster + Marmalade Chill (Lake Effect) SuperBubble (Funk ’n’ Dive) Tony Holiday Farewell Bash (Hog Wallow) Vocal Reasoning (Brewskis) Whistling Rufus (Sugar House Coffee) Will Baxter Band (Twist)

SATURDAY & SUNDAY BRUNCH, MIMOSA, AND MARY AMAZING $8 LUNCH EVERY WEEKDAY! NEW MENU ADDITIONS! THURSDAY: TWIST JAZZ & Blues JAM on the patio @ 7:30

NO COVER!

$1.O5D0 Y

BLO S& MARY AS S MIMO

followed by Dusty Grooves all vinyl

FRIDAY:

DJ Sneaky Long @ 9:00 pm. Will Baxter Band on the Patio @ 6:30

SATURDAY:

DJ Sneaky Long @ 9:00 pm.

SUNDAY:

Sleep in! Brunch served ALL DAY!! Breaking Bingo @ 9:00 Pot $2,950

MONDAY:

Micro Brew Pint Special Geeks Who Drink Trivia @ 7:00!

TUESDAY:

Karaoke That Doesn’t Suck! @ 9:00

WEDNESDAY:

BRODY BUSTER’S ONE MAN BAND SAT, SEPT 1ST

VJ Birdman @ 10:00 on the Big Screen

32 EXCHANGE PLACE • 801-322-3200

WWW.TWISTSLC.COM • 11:00AM - 1:00AM

saturday, sept 8

1492 S STATE ST, SALT LAKE CITY 801.468.1492

Friday, August 31ST

Saturday, September 1ST

EMBY ALEXANDER

COSPLAY KARAOKE

UFC WOODLEY VS. TILL @8PM

ALL

nfl GAMES

3000 S Highland Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 801.484.5597 | Lumpysbar.com

W/THE COLD YEAR

kitchen open until midnight 7 EAST 4800 S. (1 BLOCK WEST OF STATE ST.) MURRAY 801-266-2127 • OPEN 11AM WEEKDAYS - 10 AM WEEKENDS

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 43

Next Home Game SEP 15 Utah VS Washington

| CITY WEEKLY |

LUMPY’S BUS! ALL UTAH HOME GAMES

HIGHLAND

PIPERDOWNPUB.COM

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

AS ALWAYS, NO COVER!

LABOR DAY RECOVERY BRUNCH MON, SEPT 3RD

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

44 | AUGUST 30, 2018

GRAB A BITE

TONIGHT

DINNER AND A SHOW. ONLY AT GRACIE’S! EVERY TUESDAY BLUEGRASS JAM WITH HOSTS PIXIE AND THE PARTYGRASS BOYS 7PM-10PM

AUGUST 29

TERENCE HANSEN TRIO ON THE PATIO 7PM

AUGUST 30

ROBOT DREAM PLAYING THE TWILIGHT AFTER PARTY 10PM-1AM

AUGUST 31

MICHELLE MOONSHINE 6PM DJ GODINA 10PM

SEPTEMBER 1 CHASEONE2 10PM

SUNDAY BRUNCH 10AM-3PM

CONCERTS & CLUBS COMPLETE LISTINGS ONLINE AT CITYWEEKLY.NET DJ, OPEN MIC, SESSION, PIANO LOUNGE

All-Request Gothic + Industrial + EBM + and Dark Wave w/ DJ Vision (Area 51) American Idol: Live! 2018 (DeJoria Center) DJ Chaseone2 (Lake Effect) DJ Dance Party (Club 90) DJ Juggy + DJ Brisk (Bourbon House) DJ Request (Outlaw Saloon) DJ Sneeky Long (Twist) Dueling Pianos feat. Troy & Mike (Tavernacle) Funkin’ Friday w/ DJ Rude Boy & Bad Boy Brian (Johnny’s on Second) Hot Noise (The Red Door) Lavelle Dupree (Downstairs) New Wave 80s w/ DJ Courtney (Area 51) Top 40 All-Request w/ DJ Wees (Area 51)

KARAOKE

Areaoke w/ DJ Kevin (Area 51) Karaoke (Cheers to You SLC) Karaoke (Willie’s Lounge) Powerball Karaoke w/ Krazy Karaoke (The Union Tavern)

SEPTEMBER 2

SUNDAY NIGHT BLUES JAM WITH NICK GRECO AND BLUES ON FIRST 7PM-10PM

SEPTEMBER 3

MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ SESSION WITH DAVID HALLIDAY AND THE JVQ 7PM

SEPTEMBER 4

TUESDAY NIGHT BLUEGRASS JAM WITH PIXIE AND THE PARTYGRASS BOYS 7PM-10PM

SATURDAY BRUNCH 10AM-3PM

$3 Miller Lite Imperial Pints Sunday and Monday

SATURDAY 9/1 LIVE MUSIC

Bill n’ Diane (Harp and Hound) Bonanza Town (The Spur) Don Gallardo + Michelle Moonshine (The Yes Hell) Emby Alexaner + Panthermilk (Funk ’n’ Dive) Marc Broussard (Canyons Village at Park City Mountain) Mark Owens (The Westerner) Murphy & the Giant (Hog Wallow) Nate Robinson (Snowbird Resort) Natural Causes (Club 90) Parkway Drive + August Burns Red + Devil Wears Prada + Polaris (The Complex) see p. 42 Peter Yarrow (Egyptian Theatre) The Rappers Under the Stairs

(The Loading Dock) Scott Foster + Whiskey Rebelíon (Lake Effect) Sego + Pinguin Mofex + Kasadoom (Velour) Slow Code + Pick Pocket + Sulane + Kapix (Gold Blood Collective) see p. 38 The Sweet Sorrows (Pat’s BBQ) The Velvet Underground & Lou Reed Tribute Night feat. Cale Chips + 90s Television + The Poppees + Static Replica (Urban Lounge)

DJ, OPEN MIC, SESSION, PIANO LOUNGE Burlesque and the Beats (Prohibition) Dueling Pianos feat. Troy & Drew (Tavernacle) DJ Brisk (Bourbon House) DJ Dance Party (Club 90) DJ Mister Ramirez (Lake Effect) DJ Request (Outlaw Saloon) DJ Spider (Downstairs) DJ Latu (The Green Pig) DJ Soul Pause (Twist) Gothic + Industrial + Dark 80s w/ DJ Courtney (Area 51) Sky Saturdays w/ Bangarang (Sky) Top 40+ EDM + Alternative w/ DJ Twitch (Area 51)

KARAOKE

Areaoke DJ Kevin (Area 51) Karaoke (Willie’s Lounge) Karaoke w/ B-RAD (Club 90)

SUNDAY 9/2 LIVE MUSIC

BroBand + Scott Klismith + Patwa Reggae Band (Park Silly Sunday Market) The Butchers (Solitude Village) Don Gallardo (Garage on Beck) Leftover Salmon + Amy Helm + Dead Winter Carpenters + Michelle Moonshine (Snowbasin) Live Bluegrass (Club 90) Nashville Café: Sam Palladio + Chris

Enjoy APPY HOUR 1/2 off appetizers every day 4pm-6pm & 10pm-midnight.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31ST

*Dine-In Only

ICONS & ANTHEMS

Play Geeks Who Drink Trivia every Wednesday at 6:30 Play Breaking Bingo every Wednesday at 9:00

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST

THE WAYNE HOSKINS BAND WE CARRY THE MLB PACKAGE

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BAR

Open from 10am -2am 9:00PM | 21+ | $5 COVER

326 S. West Temple • Open 11-2am, M-F 10-2am Sat & Sun • graciesslc.com • 801-819-7565

4 24 2 S o u th S t a te S t re e t S LC , U T 8 4107

Record your music, commercial audio, podcasts, and more! Contact Eric at 801-205-8080 or eric@esoaudioarts.com

ESOAUDIOARTS.COM

We sell tickets!

check us first! low or no fees

upcoming shows diplo

Enjoy Fall on the Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Patio!

thur, 8/16 | gallivan

bad bad hats

8.29 GEORGE NELSON

8.30 CHICAGO MIKE

8.31 TONY HOLIDAY HOG WALLOW FAREWELL BASH

9.1 MURPHY & THE GIANT

9.3 OPEN BLUES & MORE JAM

10 Thur, 8/23 | kilby court

marbin

12 wed, 9/5 | urban lounge

FOR MORE SHOWS & EVENTS GO TO

CITYWEEKLYTIX.COM

3200 E BIG COTTONWOOD ROAD 801.733.5567 | THEHOGWALLOW.COM

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 45

sat, 9/15 | the commonwealth

| CITY WEEKLY |

hand mouth

8.28 JELLY BREAD

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

S P IR ITS . FO OD . LOCAL B EER

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

46 | AUGUST 30, 2018

A. Fisher Brewing Co.

NICK MCGREGOR

BAR FLY

PINKY’S CABARET

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

GOOD FOOD GOOD FUN 4141 So. State Street 801.261.3463

Carmack + Chip Esten (City Park) Patrick Ryan (The Spur) Peter Yarrow (Egyptian Theatre) Shannon Runyon (Legends at Park City Mountain) Swingin’ Utters + Lost in Society + Racist Kramer + HiFi Murder (Urban Lounge) Unwed Sailor + Early Day Miners + Eyes on Kites (Kilby Court)

DJ, OPEN MIC, SESSION, PIANO LOUNGE DJ Juggy (Bourbon House) Sunday Night Blues Jam (Gracie’s)

KARAOKE

Affirmative Action Karaoke (Piper Down Pub) Karaoke (Tavernacle) Karaoke w/ DJ Benji (A Bar Named Sue) Kick Ass Karaoke (The Ice Haüs) Powerball Karaoke w/ Krazy Karaoke (The Union Tavern)

I’ve only been to A. Fisher Brewing Co. twice—both times during random summer rainstorms. Although the patio roof might leak, the brewery’s big windows and bay doors are perfect for observing the steady traffic flowing through 800 South and 300 West. The crowd-watching is fun, too, with a diverse blend of drinkers typing, reading, scrolling and debating the finer points of the Utah Jazz’ recently released schedule. The unpolished cement floors and whitewashed concrete block interior are juxtaposed by the colorful beer board, which featured 15 drafts on my latest visit. Even better, Fisher hosts rotating food trucks right out front—you can’t go wrong with a Peruvian Lomo Saltado from The Llama Truck. Although Fisher boasts a rich history—the brewery was originally founded in 1884 and closed in the 1960s before being revived by the great-great-grandson of founder Albert Fisher in 2017—the focus remains on their easy-drinking, low-priced beers ($1 for a sample, $3 for a 12-ounce glass, $5 for an imperial pint, $6 for a crowler and $8 for a growler). On my visit, I enjoyed a rich Piney Brown Ale, a bright Galaxy Kölsch and a crisp Bright Lights Pale Ale, leaving with a miniscule $11 charge on my credit card. Thanks to an intriguing wall of mid-century bottles and advertisements, an open floor plan that draws your attention to the brewing tanks and a steady stream of happy hour imbibers, Fisher feels like the most enjoyable and affordable post-work buzz available in Salt Lake City. As Lance, who sidled up to me at the bar just as I finished my last beer, said, “I’m glad Fisher is growing—I just don’t want it to become too popular.” (Nick McGregor) A. Fisher Brewing Co., 320 W. 800 South, 801-487-2337, fisherbeer.com

MONDAY 9/3 LIVE MUSIC

Amanda Johnson (The Spur) Classic Steve Schuffert (Legends at Park City Mountain) Don Gallardo (Snowbasin) Grand Oktoberfest (Snowbird Resort) Jason Mraz (Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater) Lionheart + First Blood + Left Behind + Easy Money + American Standards + Glitterbomb (The Underground) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever + Jo Passed (Kilby Court) see p. 40 Rumba Libre (City Park) Sorxe + 2-Headed Whale + The Wake of an Arsonist + Yeti Warlord (The Loading Dock)

DJ, OPEN MIC, SESSION, PIANO LOUNGE Monday Night Open Jazz Session w/

David Halliday & the JVQ (Gracie’s) Open Blues Jam (The Green Pig) Open Blues Jam hosted by Robby’s Blues Explosion (Hog Wallow Pub)

KARAOKE

Karaoke (Poplar Street Pub) Karaoke Bingo (Tavernacle) Karaoke w/ DJ Benji (A Bar Named Sue) Karaoke (Cheers To You)

TUESDAY 9/4 LIVE MUSIC

Abandoned by Bears + Light Up the Sky + Boys of Fall (Kilby Court) Gary Clark Jr. (Red Butte Garden) Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit + Aimee Man (Eccles Theater) see p. 37 Jon Stickley Trio + Pixie & the Partygrass Boys (Urban Lounge) Night Star Jazz Orchestra (Gallivan Center)

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 47

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

| CITY WEEKLY |

48 | AUGUST 30, 2018

CONCERTS & CLUBS COMPLETE LISTINGS ONLINE AT CITYWEEKLY.NET Smashing Pumpkins + Metric (Vivint Smart Home Arena) see p. 40 Sydnie Keddington (The Spur)

DJ, OPEN MIC, SESSION, PIANO LOUNGE

Groove Tuesdays (Johnny’s on Second) Locals Lounge (The Cabin) Open Jazz Jam (Bourbon House) Open Mic (The Royal) Tuesday Night Bluegrass Jam (Gracie’s)

KARAOKE

Karaoke (Tavernacle) Karaoke w/ DJ Thom (A Bar Named Sue) Karaoke That Doesn’t Suck (Twist) Karaoke w/ Zim Zam Ent. (Club 90) Powerball Karaoke w/ Krazy Karaoke (The Union Tavern)

WEDNESDAY 9/5 LIVE MUSIC

Boz Scaggs (Kenley Amphitheater) Brooke Mackintosh (The Union Tavern) Corey Christiansen (Gallivan Center) Dylan Reese + Abstract + Ryan Oakes + Notion (Kilby Court)

Elliott & Gabriel (The Spur) Kevyn Dern (Hog Wallow) Marbin + Your Meteor + Uvluv (Urban Lounge) Midge Ure + Paul Young (The Commonwealth Room) Mike Rogers (Park City Library) Runaway Kids + The Four07’s + A Lost Asylum (The Loading Dock)

DJ, OPEN MIC, SESSION, PIANO LOUNGE Dark NRG w/ DJ Nyx (Area 51) Dueling Pianos (Tavernacle) Energi Wednesdays: Spock (Sky) Open Mic (Velour) Top 40 All-Request w/ DJ Wees (Area 51)

KARAOKE Affirmative Action Karaoke (Piper Down Pub) Areaoke w/ DJ Casper (Area 51) Karaoke w/ B-RAD (Club 90) Karaoke w/ Spotlight Entertainment (Johnny’s on Second)

DAILY ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, AUGUST 31

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

GREAT FOOD

WEEKNIGHTS

DJ JARVICIOUS

$5.99 LUNCH SPECIAL

DJ LATU

MONDAY

MONDAY - FRIDAY

OUR FAMOUS OPEN BLUES JAM WITH WEST TEMPLE TAILDRAGGERS

$12 SUNDAY FUNDAY BRUNCH

THURSDAY

$3 BLOODY MARYS & $3 MIMOSAS FROM 10AM-2PM

$5 STEAK NIGHT @ 5PM KARAOKE W/ DJ BEKSTER 9PM

EVERY SUNDAY

ADULT TRIVIA 7PM

31 east 400 SOuth • SLC

801-532-7441 • HOURS: 11AM - 2AM

THEGREENPIGPUB.COM

RANDY'S RECORD SHOP VINYL RECORDS NEW & USED CD’s, 45’s, Cassettes, Turntables & Speakers

Cash Paid for Resellable Vinyl, CD’s & Stereo Equipment “UTAH’S LONGEST RUNNING INDIE RECORD STORE” SINCE 1978

TUE – FRI 11AM TO 7PM • SAT 10AM TO 6PM • CLOSED SUN & MON LIKE US ON OR VISIT WWW.RANDYSRECORDS.COM • 801.532.4413

ting star at

NEW HIMALAYAN PUB FUSION SMALL PLATES MENU

259

Double Din Touch Screen Entertainment System WITH THESE RECEIVERS YOU CAN ENJOY APPLE CARPLAY™ IN A VEHICLE YOU ALREADY OWN AND GET THE LATEST IPHONE® TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUR CAR.

KARAOKE THAT DOESN’T SUCK EVERY THURSDAY W/ MIKEY DANGER

DANCE MUSIC ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY

MONDAYS 7:30PM TRIVIA WITH THE TRIVIA FACTORY

$4 JAME $5 SHOT & SON BE DAIL ER Y

COME IN TO YOUR NEAREST SOUND WAREHOUSE LOCATION TO SEE ONE OF OUR KENWOOD, JENSEN OR PIONEER MODELS HOURS

10AM TO 7PM

W W W. S O U N D WA R E H O U S E .C O M SLC 2763 S. STATE: 485-0070

Se Habla Español

• OGDEN 2822 WALL AVE: 621-0086

Se Habla Español

MONDAY– SATURDAY CLOSED SUNDAY

• OREM 1680 N. STATE: 226-6090

Se Habla Español

MODEL CLOSE-OUTS, DISCONTINUED ITEMS AND SOME SPECIALS ARE LIMITED TO STOCK ON HAND AND MAY INCLUDE DEMOS. PRICES GUARANTEED THRU 9/5/18

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

CHAKRALOUNGE.NET OPEN NIGHTLY 364 S STATE ST. SALT LAKE CITY 5 PM - 1 AM

TUESDAYS 9PM BREAKING BINGO

SO WHAT IS CARPLAY? IT IS THE SMARTER, SAFER AND MORE FUN WAY TO USE YOUR IPHONE IN THE CAR.

| CITY WEEKLY |

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 49

CHECK OUT ALL OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS AT CITYWEEKLY.NET/EVENTS

50 |AUGUST 30, 2018

| CITY WEEKLY |

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

18.18-19.18 @ THE UTAH BEER FESTIVAL

UPCOMING EVENTS SLC TWILIGHT CONCERT: MOON TAXI

AUGUST 30, 2018

GALLIVAN CENTER

SLC TWILIGHT

CONCERT: SNOOPADELIC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

GALLIVAN CENTER

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ALL CAPS

BY DAVID LEVINSON WILK

ACROSS

• FREE TO POST • EASY TO USE • FAST TO SEARCH

Last week’s answers

CITYWEEKLYAUTOS.COM

| CITY WEEKLY |

$100 MAVERIK GAS CARD

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 51

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

UDOKU

1. School email suffix 2. Upholstery problem 3. Fist bump 4. Tip jar bill 5. Steve of "the office" 6. Spins 7. Kafka hero gregor 8. Folk singer difranco 9. Not working anymore: abbr. 10. California's ____ verdes peninsula 11. Indy 500 gear

52. "____ The season ..." 53. Miner's haul 54. Signature obama legislation, for short 55. Daft 56. X-ray alternative 57. Opposite of 'neath

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

DOWN

12. Inhale 13. Workout attire 18. "Lethal weapon" force, briefly 21. Alder and elder 22. Ice cream gobbler's woe 23. Where to find some drones 24. Hawaii's mauna ____ 25. Neighborhood org. Since 1844 26. Wyatt of the old west 27. Public relations people 31. Window fixtures, for short 34. Do penance 35. Flip (through) 36. Actor jared 40. Miracle-____ 43. Congressional black caucus founding member charles ____ 44. Rebuke to a traitor 45. "Don't stay out here" 47. Flirtatious gestures 48. Palace dweller

SELL YOUR CAR TODAY!

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

1. Triage md 6. Old russian ruler 10. Cuts for agts. 14. Prince harry's mum 15. Ebb 16. Got ____ deal 17. See 34-across 19. Superior body? 20. Good listeners 21. Where sailors go 22. See 34-across 27. Palmer and schwarzenegger 28. West in old movies 29. Plunked batter's stat 30. Facts and figures 31. Unit for surveyors 32. Obama ____ 33. Singer damone 34. Like each of the answers for 17-, 22-, 46- and 52-across ... Or every clue in this puzzle 37. Spy novelist deighton 38. "I'll take that as ____" 39. Purchases at a golf pro shop 40. Coll. Senior's exam 41. Org. For cardinals and ravens 42. Granola morsel 43. "Sorry, i can't come" 46. See 34-across 49. Choice word? 50. Not bamboozled by 51. Lo ____ 52. See 34-across 58. Book before daniel: abbr. 59. "Dies ____" (latin hymn) 60. Words of support 61. Loch ____ monster 62. Vend 63. Very bottom

LEGAL NOTICES

| COMMUNITY | | CITYWEEKLY.NET |

52 | AUGUST 30, 2018

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189910644, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. MATHEW CASTRO, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO MATHEW CASTRO: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $7,101.64.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189908238, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. BRITTNIE K COLEMAN, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO BRITTNIE K COLEMAN: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $9,500.00.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189912048, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. CASEY RON CHRISTENSEN, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO CASEY RON CHRISTENSEN: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $8,268.32.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189911028, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. AMBER MARIE JORGENSEN and JON JORGENSEN, DEFENDANTS. THE STATE OF UTAH TO AMBER MARIE JORGENSEN and JON JORGENSEN: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $9,500.00.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189908228, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. GREGORY S LARSEN, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO GREGORY S LARSEN: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114,and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $9,500.00.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189908217, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. TROY MCTEER, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO TROY MCTEER: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $3,485.64.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189904743, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. JOSH MILLER, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO JOSH MILLER: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $3,184.57.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189909035, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. WYATT NICHOLS CHRISTENSEN, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO WYATT NICHOLS CHRISTENSEN: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $9,500.00.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189910912, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. JENNIFER WEBB, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO JENNIFER WEBB: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $2,761.32.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189911153, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. ERIN ROWLEY TURNER, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO ERIN ROWLEY TURNER: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $7,583.90.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189911152, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. FREDRICK MCWILLIAMS, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO FREDRICK MCWILLIAMS: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $8,562.49.

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION IN THE SALT LAKE DEPT. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH. CASE NO. 189908903, JUDGE ROBERT FAUST. TITANIUM FUNDS LLC, PLAINTIFF V. IVONNE WORKMAN, DEFENDANT. THE STATE OF UTAH TO IVONNE WORKMAN: You are summoned and required to answer the complaint that is on file with the court. Within 21 days after the last date of publication of this summons, you must file your written answer with the clerk of the court at the following address: 450 S STATE ST., SALT LAKE, UT 84114, and you must mail or deliver a copy to plaintiff’s attorney J. Benson Miller at 3081 South State Street – 2nd Floor, Salt Lake City, UT 84115. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. This lawsuit is an attempt to collect a debt of $9,679.66.

DRIVER WANTED

City Weekly is looking for a Driver for the SALT LAKE CITY DOWNTOWN Drivers must use their own vehicle, be available Wed. & Thur.

Those interested please contact

ERIC GRANATO: 801-413-0953

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY B Y R O B

B R E Z S N Y

Go to realastrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes. Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran loved the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. “Without Bach, God would be a complete second-rate figure,” he testified, adding, “Bach’s music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded as a complete failure.” I invite you to emulate Cioran’s passionate clarity, Virgo. From an astrological perspective, now is an excellent time to identify people and things that consistently invigorate your excitement about your destiny. Maybe you have just one shining exemplar, like Cioran, or maybe you have more. Home in on the phenomena that in your mind embody the glory of creation. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I foresee the withering of a hope or the disappearance of a prop or the loss of leverage. This ending might initially make you feel melancholy, but I bet it will ultimately prove beneficent—and maybe lead you to resources that were previously unavailable. Here are rituals you could perform that might help you catalyze the specific kind of relief and release you need: 1. Wander around a graveyard and sing songs you love. 2. Tie one end of a string around your ankle and the other end around an object that symbolizes an influence you want to banish from your life. Then cut the string and bury the object. 3. Say this 10 times: “The end makes the beginning possible.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Russian playwright Anton Chekhov articulated a principle he felt was essential to telling a good story: If you say early in your tale that there’s a rifle hanging on the wall, that rifle must eventually be used. “If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there,” declared Chekhov. We might wish that real life unfolded with such clear dramatic purpose. To have our future so well-foreshadowed would make it easier to plan our actions. But that’s not often the case. Many elements pop up in our personal stories that ultimately serve no purpose. Except now, that is, for you Capricorns. I suspect that in the next six weeks, plot twists will be telegraphed in advance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the big stories of 2018 concerns your effort to escape from a star-crossed trick of fate—to fix a long-running tweak that has subtly undermined your lust for life. How successful will you be in this heroic quest? That will hinge in part on your faith in the new power you’ve been developing. Another factor that will determine the outcome is your ability to identify and gain access to a resource that is virtually magical even though it appears nondescript. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that a key plot twist in this story will soon unfold. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Potential new allies are seeking entrance to your domain. Existing allies aspire to be closer to you. I’m worried you might be a bit overwhelmed; that you might not exercise sufficient discrimination. I therefore urge you to ask yourself these questions about each candidate. 1. Does this person understand what it means to respect your boundaries? 2. What are his or her motivations for wanting contact with you? 3. Do you truly value and need the gifts each person has to give you? 4. Everyone in the world has a dark side. Can you intuit the nature of each person’s dark side? Is it tolerable? Is it interesting? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): While a young man, the future Roman leader Julius Caesar was kidnapped by Sicilian pirates. They proposed a ransom of 620 kilograms of silver. Caesar was incensed at the small size of the ransom—he believed he was worth more—and demanded that his captors raise the sum to 1,550 kilograms. I’d love to see you unleash that kind of bravado in the coming weeks, Leo— preferably without getting yourself kidnapped. In my opinion, it’s crucial that you know how valuable you are, and make sure everyone else knows, as well.

801-577-4944 3149 S State st.

lmt# 5832053-4701

Principal Industrial Designer (South Jordan, UT): Participate in industrial design of Cricut products. Develop ideas to design the form of manufactured products, establish design concepts, evaluate design ideas. Model and manage external surfaces of product design utilizing 3D CAD models, and Creo or Solidworks parametric software. Collaborate with mechanical engineers and manufacturing partners. Resume to Provo Craft & Novelty, Inc. dba Cricut, Provo Craft, 10855 South River Front Parkway, Suite 400, South Jordan, UT 84095.

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 53

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Would it be fun to roast marshmallows on long sticks over scorching volcanic vents? I suppose. Would it be safe? No! Aside from the possibility that you could get burned, the sulfuric acid in the vapors would make the cooked marshmallows taste terrible, and might cause them to explode. So I advise you to refrain from adventures like that. On the other hand, I will love it if you cultivate a playful spirit as you contemplate serious decisions. I’m in favor of you keeping a blithe attitude as you navigate your way through tricky maneuvers. I hope you’ll be jaunty in the midst of rumbling commotions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Juan Villarino has hitchhiked over 2,350 times in 90 countries. His free rides have carried him over 100,000 miles. He has kept detailed records, so he’s able to say with confidence that Iraq is the best place to catch a lift. Average wait time there is seven minutes. Jordan and Romania are good, too, with 9- and 12-minute waits, respectively. In telling you about his success, I don’t mean to suggest that now is a favorable time to hitchhike. But I do want you to know that the coming weeks will be prime time to solicit favors, garner gifts and make yourself available for metaphorical equivalents of free rides. You’re extra magnetic and attractive. How could anyone resist providing you with the blessings you need and deserve?

Hands down & Feel Great. Come & rejuvenate witH asian/ameriCan, Female massaGe tHerapists.

| COMMUNITY |

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “My tastes are simple,” testified Sagittarian politician Winston Churchill. “I am easily satisfied with the best.” I propose that we make that your motto for now. While it might not be a sound idea to demand only the finest of everything all the time, I think it will be wise for you to do so during the next three weeks. You will have a mandate to resist trifles and insist on excellence. Luckily, this should motivate you to raise your own standards and expect the very best from yourself.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, our heroine encounters a talking caterpillar as he smokes a hookah on top of a tall mushroom. “Who are you?” he asks her. Alice is honest: “I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.” She says this with uneasiness. In the last few hours, she has twice been shrunken down to a tiny size and twice grown as big as a giant. All these transformations have unnerved her. In contrast to Alice, I’m hoping you’ll have a positive attitude about your upcoming shifts and mutations, Aries. From what I can tell, your journey through the Season of Metamorphosis should be mostly fun and educational.

Logistics Manager (Provo, UT) Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems/ processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping. Create policies/procedures for logistics activities. Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports/ exports, or customer issues. 40hrs/wk, Master’s degree in Business Administration or related required. Resume to Elite Manufacturing & Packaging LLC, Attn. Yong Min Kim, 380 N 880 W, Lindon, UT 84042

FANTASTIC MASSAGE

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “If a man treats a life artistically, his brain is his heart,” wrote Oscar Wilde. I’ll translate that into a more complete version: “If a person of any gender treats life artistically, their brain is their heart.” This truth will be especially applicable for you in the coming weeks. You’ll be wise to treat your life artistically. You’ll thrive by using your heart as your brain. So I advise you to wield your intelligence with love. Understand that your most incisive insights will come when you’re feeling empathy and seeking intimacy. As you crystallize clear visions about the future, make sure they are generously suffused with ideas about how you and your people can enhance your joie de vivre.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): People will be thinking about you more than usual, and with greater intensity. Allies and acquaintances will be revising their opinions and understandings about you, mostly in favorable ways, though not always. Loved ones and not-so-loved ones will also be reworking their images of you, coming to altered conclusions about what you mean to them and what your purpose is. Given these developments, I suggest that you be proactive about expressing your best intentions and displaying your finest attributes.

Quality Engineer II sought by Workfront, Inc. in Lehi, UT. Follow detailed processes for bestpractice script dvlpmnt & maintenance. Apply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com (ref # 64642)

| COMMUNITY | | CITYWEEKLY.NET |

54 | AUGUST 30, 2018

EE FR ARE C L Y ! DA O AL NTS T LIE C W NE

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO

THE BEST CRIMINAL DEFENSE Trial Litigation Criminal Defense Advocacy Government Relations

LUXURY PET LODGING, DAY CARE, GROOMING, & PET SUPPLIES 80 Pacific Ave, North Salt Lake | (801) 294-2499 coddled-critters.com

WE ARE HIRING

HIRING KITCHEN HELPER, (hourly & salaried), LINE COOK, DISH WASHER $10-$15 PER HOUR; SERVERS $3-$5 PER HOUR PLUS TIPS. FULL AND PART TIME AVAILABLE!

NOW OPEN IN SUGARHOUSE

CALL FOR A FREE CONSULTATION 801.440.7476 gregory@ferbrachelaw.com ferbrachelaw.com

URBAN L I V I N

WITH BABS DELAY Broker, Urban Utah Homes & Estates, urbanutah.com Trustee, Utah Transit Authority

Work It

I heard the oddest thing on the radio the other day, a report on the death of a local firefighter: “Millennials don’t want to fight fires; they don’t want our kind of jobs.” The speaker didn’t seem to have a gripe against the age group so much, but was venting about his own job. His point— which he could have made a little better without picking on an age group—was that the average annual wage for a firefighter in Utah is about $44,000. Sure, they also get great benefits packages, but wages are low—especially since the job entails risking your life. I chatted with a Millenial while waiting in line at the store recently. I asked him about his job as a sales rep and if that profession was his passion. He laughed: “No, I’d rather be a car mechanic. I love cars and I love to race them!” I asked him if he had tried getting work at some of the car dealerships around the valley and he laughed again. “They have really low wages and I’m making $24 an hour here.” I told him to stick with his passion and maybe flip cars after he worked on them. That’s his life plan for now. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its report on job growth from July 2017 to July 2018. And guess what? Utah was número uno in job growth during that period, adding just more than 51,000 jobs. That’s terrific news for local and state government officials who want to see steady growth here. More jobs mean businesses are hiring. And yet anyone I know who owns a business is having one helluva a time hiring employees. My friend owns a landscaping business. He’s lost 60 percent of his crew due to beefed-up immigration enforcement, and his seasonal workers are afraid to come back to the U.S. on work visas. His business is growing, but he can’t keep up with his current customers’ demands—let alone make new customers happy. Not many people want to dig dirt, cut trees and move gravel in 100-degree heat. And if he does get a good worker, he often loses them to a competitor who will pay $1 more per hour. Statewide, the biggest job growth here has been in the trades. The demand for construction workers, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, crane operators and HVAC techs is insane (and, hey, no college degree/loans needed for those jobs.) According to trade-schools.net the average hourly pay for any of those jobs is hovering around $30 an hour nationally. Look around at all the buildings going up across the state. We’re having a building boom and are in desperate need of skilled workers to keep up the pace. Statistics don’t lie—we have huge job growth and we can’t fill the jobs needed to grow more. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

I Get by With A Little Help From My Friends at Partlow

THIS WEEK’S FEATURED PARTLOW RENTALS:

SOUTH SALT LAKE

LAYTON

Brick Bungalow 3 bdrm. 2 bath Built to warm your heart! Freaking amazing suite w/ deck access, detached garage, finished basement. $1595

Lovely 2 bdrm. 1.5 bath town home built Air Force strong! Hook-ups, swamp cooler, extra storage, dishwasher, pet friendly! $895

LIBERTY PARK

SALT LAKE

Perfectly Preserved 60’s stylized 1 bdrm. Retro-tile detail work, built in dresser, sky-light, hookups, covered parking! $795

Charming 1 bdrm. in quiet study ready six plex! Walk to SLCC (South City Campus), hook-ups, semiformal dining, cat friendly! $765

VIEW OUR RENTALS ONLINE AT PARTLOWRENTS.COM VISIT OUR OFFICE LOCATION AT 440 S. 700 E. STE 203 801-484-4446

S NEofW the

Awesome! Retirees Marli and Paulo Ciquinel of Meleiro in southern Brazil discovered a fetishist’s dream in the vegetable garden behind their home: a 17 ½-pound potato that has grown into the shape of a huge human foot (with six toes). The “toes” descend in size, much as human toes do, and the largest has roots that look like hair. The “foot” portion of the tuber reaches up almost to knee-height. Marli told the Mirror, “We have never seen anything like it.” Paulo said he was “a little bit scared when we harvested that potato.” The couple don’t plan to eat it.

BY T HE EDITO R S AT A ND RE WS M cMEEL

parrots, Amazon parrots and other species. “It’s pretty overwhelming to step into the house,” Finney said. Removal took all day, and Columbus Humane was undertaking the task of examining each bird from beak to tail. Finney said the agency would decide which birds might be adoptable after assessments are complete. As for the owner, she said, “We’re confident we’ll have charges; it’s just a matter of which charges and how many.”

WEIRD

Irony Tania Singer, 48, a renowned neuroscientist who is one of the world’s top researchers on human empathy, has been accused by co-workers of being ... a bully. “Whenever anyone had a meeting with her, there was at least an even chance they would come out in tears,” one colleague told Science magazine. Others said the daily working environment included threats and emotional abuse, The Washington Post reported on Aug. 12. For her part, Singer denied the most serious charges and said her “workload and pressure increasingly led to stress and strain that in turn sometimes caused inadequate communication with my staff in problem situations.” The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, where Singer has her lab, granted Singer a sabbatical in 2017 and said in a statement that when she returns, “it is envisioned that Prof. Singer will head, at her own request, a considerably smaller working group for social neuroscience.”

Oops! Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colo., is footing the bill for a possible $46,000 reprint job after a recent graduate found a typo on his diploma. Alec Williams, former editor of the school’s newspaper, was examining his sheepskin when he found a line reading “Coard of Trustees,” instead of “Board of Trustees” under one of the signatures. “There was this moment of laughing at it ... and the more I thought about it, the more frustrated I got, because I’m sitting on $30,000 worth of debt and they can’t take the time to use spellcheck,” he said. CMU President Tim Foster told The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel that the school will send out corrected diplomas to 2018 grads—but the typo goes back to 2012 diplomas. Those graduates can request a new diploma if they want to. “This mistake is all ours,” he said.

Broker/Owner 801-201-8824 babs@urbanutah.com www.urbanutah.com

Selling homes for 34 years in the Land of Zion

Julie “Bella” De Lay Realtor 801-784-8618 bella@urbanutah.com

Selling homes for 5 years

SEE VIRTUAL TOURS AT URBANUTAH.COM

Obsession Chen San-yuan, 69, of New Taipei City, Taiwan, has taken his gaming obsession to another level. “Uncle Pokemon,” as the Feng Shui master is known around town, has mounted 11 smartphones on the handlebars of his bicycle so that he can better play Pokemon Go. United Press International reported that Chen sometimes stays out until 4 a.m. playing the virtual game. His habit costs him $1,300 per month, but he’s not daunted: He hopes to expand his phone lineup to 15. Animal Antics German police took a baby squirrel into custody on Aug. 9 following an incident in which it chased a grown man down the street. The Guardian reported that an unnamed man summoned Karlsruhe police when he could not shake the tiny squirrel. But when officers arrived, the squirrel suddenly lay down and went to sleep. Officers felt sorry for the exhausted little rodent, who apparently had been separated from its mom and was looking for a replacement in the terrified man. Police named their new mascot Karl-Friedrich, then took him to an animal rescue center, where he was doing very well. (UPDATE: Workers at the rescue center later determined the squirrel was a girl and renamed her Pippilotta. They expect to return her to the wild in September.) • At the Puy de Fou historical theme park in Vendee, France, cleaning up litter is always a problem. But less so now that six “particularly intelligent” crows are being trained to pick up litter, according to Sky News. Nicolas de Villiers, president of the park, said that each time a crow drops a cigarette butt or piece of trash into a bin, it will be rewarded with a small nugget of food. The birds began their duties on Aug. 17. Extreme Measures Your city might not have the dubious pleasure of pay-per-minute electric scooters yet, but in some places, the handy people transports have overstayed their welcome. The Los Angeles Times reported on Aug. 10 that angry residents are throwing Bird scooters off balconies, heaving them into the ocean, stuffing them in trashcans and setting them afire. Robert Johnson Bey, a Venice Beach maintenance worker, said: “Sunday, I was finding kickstands everywhere. Looked like they were snapped off.” What’s worse, the perpetrators are documenting their destruction on social media; Instagram has a Bird Graveyard account devoted to chronicles of scooter desecration. Culver City resident Hassan Galedary, 32, has a visceral reaction to the scooters: “I hate Birds more than anyone,” he said. “They suck. People who ride them suck.” However, he has stopped defacing them: “I can’t put bad energy into the world. I don’t even kick them over anymore.” Send tips to weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com.

MLS #1549243

HOME LOANS MADE BRIZZÉE Julie Bri-ZAY, makes home buying ea-ZAY NMLS#243253 Loan officer

Julie Brizzee Citywide Home Loans NMLS#67180 9785 S. Monroe St. #200 Sandy, UT 84070

801-747-1206

Providing All Mortgage Loan Services

AUGUST 30, 2018 | 55

Step Aside, Cat Ladies Agents of Columbus (Ohio) Humane executed a warrant on a home in the Clintonville neighborhood on Aug. 14 in response to complaints about birds inhabiting the home. Columbus Humane CEO Rachel Finney told The Columbus Dispatch that concerns about the birds’ well-being were warranted: Officials found more than 600 birds inside, including macaws, African gray

Babs De Lay

| COMMUNITY |

Solving the Wrong Problem? In Paris, the designer of a recently installed “urinoir,” a sidewalk urinal, on the Ile Saint-Louis, says the new device offers “an eco solution to public peeing.” But Reuters reports that nearby residents and business owners are unhappy about the urinals, saying they are “immodest and ugly” and will “incite exhibitionism.” The “Uritrottoir,” a mashup of the French words for urinal and sidewalk, looks much like a plastic trash receptacle, and local mayor Ariel Weil says they’re necessary: “If we don’t do anything, then men are just going to pee in the streets.”

BUT NEVER DUB STEPPERS!

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

Bold In Columbus, Ohio, workers repairing a street on Aug. 8 hit an unmarked water main, causing homes along the road to lose water. One man couldn’t be deterred from finishing his shower, though: WCMH TV reported that after screaming from his porch, “I was in the fucking shower!” the unidentified resident finished his morning toilette on the street, in the geyser from the pipe. Facebook user Cody Vickers took a picture of two astonished crewmembers as Mr. Clean rinsed off nearby.

Ewwww! Dr. Jay Curt Stager and his colleagues, researchers at Paul Smith’s College, have released results from a study showing that Walden Pond, made famous by naturalist Henry David Thoreau in the mid-1800s, is an ecological disaster, thanks to human urine. The pond was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and the site in Concord, Mass., draws hordes of tourists each year. But NBC News reports that swimmers urinating in the water for generations is the most likely cause of high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in the pond that cause algae to spread and block the sun’s rays, devastating the fish population. The study authors suggest building a swimming pool nearby to take pressure off the pond. Here’s an idea: More restrooms?

We sell homes to all saints, sinners, sisterwives &

B U Y/S E L L YO U R C A R T O DAY C I T Y W E E K LYA U T O S . C O M

LOW CREDIT SCORE? NO PROBLEM, WE’LL HELP!

AS AS LOW N W O $99/D

GET APPROVED FROM HOME

GOJDB.COM

SALT LAKE • 3638 S. STATE ST. 801-486-4653

OREM • 1000 N. STATE ST. 385-625-2600

56 | AUGUST 30, 2018

| CITY WEEKLY • BACKSTOP |

| CITYWEEKLY.NET |

Sell Your Car Today With One PhOne Call

• We Make “House Calls” • Simple and Hassle Free • Paid For or Not • Quickly Sell Your Car, Truck or Van • Have a Check About 15 Minutes After We Arrive Home cleaning Vacation rentals Post construction Office cleaning and more!

NOW HIRIN G

We don’t cut corners, “It’s Worth Your Time To Call” We clean ‘em! Call or Text 24/6

15%OFF for new recurring clients

801-808-9951

CapitalCleaning-slc.com Call now for a free estimate

801-560-9933 WWW.CARSOLDFORCASH.COM

CASH FOR JUNK CARS! • NO TITLE NEEDED!

SLC 652 S. REdwood 801-886-2345

WE PAY CASH

WE’LL EVEN PICK IT UP TEARAPART.COM

OGDEN 763 W. 12th St 801-564-6960

NEED A GARAGE, SHOP, STORAGE, OR RV BUILDING? FROM BASIC, TO CUSTOM SIZES & STYLE

WE TEAR-OUT & REPLACE OLD BUILDINGS & DRIVEWAYS

WE DO:Demolition, Tree Removal, New Driveways, Entrys & Decorative Patios, Foundations, Monolithic Floors, Attached Or Detached From Your Home

WE DO PLANS & GET PERMITS FOR YOU NO “PRE-FAB”...”BUILT FROM SCRATCH...ON-SITE FREE ESTIMATES 801-842-3300 www.bonfirebuildingcorp.com