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My child also has autism. It would be a miracle if he could learn to tie his shoes or read a book above a first grade level. You have a special needs kid, OK, but your child is smart enough to live on his [own] and was accepted to the college of his choice! I hear you and I understand what you are talking about—the frustration and the long suffering that only a few understand. But also understand this: When you complain that your college-admitted child didn’t get the full package, some of us want to shake you because our child probably has a 0% chance of going to college. Your situation could have been much worse. Can you imagine caring for a dependent child for life? Can you really? My advice to you is simple: Be extremely grateful. HELEN LAI Via cityweekly.net

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We’re gonna party like it’s 1899. IGNATIO MOON Via cityweekly.net One day Utah politicians will treat its adult citizens like adults. SCOTT FRANDSEN Via Facebook Why do people from Utah always comment on alco-

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Ahhh some good memories! ARGE FEOTIS Via Facebook Good times at Burt’s Tiki Lounge! AMBER MADSEN SEVY Via Facebook Had no idea Burt’s closed. When I was 20, granddaddy played at The Zephyr. Apparently, it was an incredible show. I was very disappointed I couldn’t go. Shortly thereafter they

closed down. SAM SCHOLES Via Facebook RIP Burt’s. AARON ORLOVITZ Via Facebook Evan Dando and Slugfest at Zephyr, Jim Rose Circus at DV8. So, so many nights at Burt’s. Turned 21 at Sanctuary ... all dead. GRADY PLAYER Via Facebook Anyone remember the Terrace Ballroom? Saw Frank Zappa there in the early ’80s. ROBERT L. TAYLOR Via cityweekly.net One of the best shows I’ve ever seen was Flogging Molly at DV8 in probably 2002, maybe 2003. The atmosphere was just electric. I also saw quite a few Honest Engine shows there in ’95-’96. Their guitar player was my guitar teacher, so I’d go out and see them whenever they played an all-ages show. CLIFF N. JOHNSON Via cityweekly.net 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.

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Who Says God Doesn’t Answer Prayers?

Maybe God really does work in mysterious ways—just like the Bible says. After 85 years of suffering through the high calorie and low alcohol content of grocery store brews, Utah has joined the ranks of America’s more reasonable folks by allowing beer that’s 5% alcohol by volume (4% alcohol by weight) to be sold in grocery stores and convenience marts. The change, which became official on Nov. 1, is not just about beer; its significance is, in fact, the passage of a new milestone in healthy tolerance. It’s also a very visible sign The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints and the Legislature finally took that giant leap, sacking the highly cautious laws that had filled the void left by the repeal of Prohibition. The nationally imposed Prohibition law endured from 1920 to 1933, but not everyone was happy about the passage of the liberating 21st Amendment that repealed the failed social experiment. (Consider the real cause of the Great Depression. Thinking for a moment outside the box, it might not have been the financial crash, but, actually, the absence of easily acquired legal alcohol.) For most of the nation, Prohibition had been an unhappy time, though we can never assume that Utahns actually went without. Hundreds of illegal stills were found and destroyed by state law enforcement, much to the disappointment of the imbibing population, and a horde of local

BY BY MICHAEL S. ROBINSON SR. bootleggers were prosecuted, fined and imprisoned. Disappointed and determined Utahns, have, more than once, tried to bring Prohibition back, drafting state-wide temperance laws that would have made the state forever dry. Even today, unincorporated parts of Utah County do a sort-of Prohibition commemoration/celebration each week, making it illegal for the “unwashed” to buy beer there on “the Lord’s day.” It is entirely possible that one, single reason kept Utah’s post-Prohibition, dry-state initiatives from enactment: Arguably, it was the concern of legislators that such a move would alienate non-Mormons and intensify the already-tenuous rift between the “gentiles” and the faithful, wherein a majority had historically dictated the personal practices of the minority. While the local LDS population is probably cringing at the latest relaxation of Utah’s liquor laws, thousands of its residents are rejoicing. The beer drinkers (who definitely qualify as a legally-designated minority group) can now cheer up and give each other high-fives. Miracles, they’re assured, really do happen. Even Brigham Young, though reportedly “never given to the consumption of liquor,” was a faithful beer connoisseur, considering it a “mild” drink, and exempting it from the Doctrine and Covenants injunction against “strong” beverages. He too must be elated—as he peers from under his First Avenue tombstone—to see such progress as part of his extended legacy. Sadly, the news is not all good. While God has shown a bounteous generosity to Utah beer drinkers, he wasn’t nearly as accommodating to the Minnesotans, who, at least for now, are stuck with the 3.2-dinosaur-poop-laws they’ve lived with since Prohibition’s last days. People there are crying out, “Why, Lord, Why?” lamenting that they are forgotten by their Maker, and taking great pains to examine their lives, hoping to discover what they did to offend him.

Some suspect their condemnation is due to the incessant lies about the size of their mosquitoes, or the silly claim that the state’s 90,000 miles of shoreline exceed that of California, Hawaii and Florida together! (Oh, dear, Wikipedia just called; that claim wasn’t a lie after all. I stand corrected.) Other Minnesotans have silently asked themselves if the heavenly disfavor is related to long, boring winters and excessive self-abuse. Anyway, Minnesotans can’t figure out why they have slipped so far from grace, marginalized by an apparently prejudiced deity who simply likes Utahns better. (If you’re from there, please accept my apology.) Obviously, God was smiling on Utah when he allowed the latest change in its liquor laws, though his reasons are a tightly-held secret. Petitioned for an answer, even by the faithful, he has refused to disclose his reasons, presumably in order to maintain an enduring cloak of mystery. I can only suspect that his beneficence can be attributed to at least a few Utahns being named to his board of directors. (Of course, those who hold shares in the “company” can easily look up that information in the annual report, so, if you’re really that curious, find someone with the telltale “garment lines,” and just ask.) I suppose, considering that an irritated God might decide to rescind this blessing, it’s probably best to just maintain a prudent silence, simply leaving well enough alone. One thing is certain: Christmas will be a bit merrier this year for Utahns, while Minnesotans will be crying in their watereddown beer. Remember, when the sugar-plum fairies are adrift on the cold night air, to enjoy your new 5% beer. And make sure you set out a cold one for Santa, too. CW

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Kids will be kids. And racism begets racism. It was stunning that a child at Kaysville’s Creekside Elementary School came dressed as Hitler, apparently taunting other kids, especially minorities, with a Nazi salute. The incident did not make front-page news, though Fox 13 did a segment, and the dailies gave it an inside spot. No, it was not just a “silly” Halloween stunt. “The Nazi persecution of the Jews began with hateful words, escalated to discrimination and dehumanization and culminated in genocide,” the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum writes. The incident, while just another day in Utah, made national and international news because some people are horrified by a growing trend of antiSemitism. Let’s not forget the recent attacks and massacres. Now, the Creekside school principal and administrator are back on the job—and all will be forgotten.

Sore Losers

No matter how close the vote, any strike against gerrymandering is a win for the democratic process. San Juan County voters narrowly defeated a deceptive referendum to change the form of government. The courts previously upheld new voting districts in a case that gave Navajos seats on the former all-white county commission. But that didn’t settle anything as the whiney losers tried another tack—a referendum to increase the size of the commission because, you know, Blanding got carved up and boo-hoo, it disenfranchised its voters, according to the Navajo Times. Now, maybe Blanding can feel the pain of Salt Lake City in the carved-up, disenfranchising world of political redistricting. It’s no small task to carve up districts in a fair, unbiased manner, but the Navajos have long been left out. Now they have a seat at the table.

Self-Inflicted Liberty

As if we don’t get enough of Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, here he comes again—this time with a complaint against the Bureau of Land Management, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Lyman, now a state representative and former county commissioner, is perhaps the ultimate libertarian. We know he thinks anyone should be able to ride an ATV through anywhere. He and his cousin, the Blanding mayor, more recently pushed a failed referendum that could restore a white majority to the San Juan County Commission. And now, he’s bitching about the BLM, its role in the canyon incident and an eye-popping assertion that officials colluded with news organizations and conservation groups to attack his reputation. We are confident in saying there is no collusion, and Lyman is doing a great job of smearing his own reputation all by himself.

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You have the chance to spend the whole day delving into police standards and accountability. You also might never have been to a State Records Committee hearing. At Denied Evidence, you can see how the public can protest decisions on public records and their release. The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office has refused a Government Records and Management Act request for video and medical records involving an injury following an arrest and booking. Later, you can drop in for the second in the series The History of Policing in the U.S. It’s a great way to be informed about how we got here and what the limits of police power are. We’re not Russia— yet. Records: 346 S. Rio Grande St., Thursday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m.-noon, free, bit.ly/2rm7cxH. History: Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Conference Room E, Thursday, Nov. 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m., free, bit.ly/2pI3HBv

CLIMATE CHANGE REDUX

Sorry, but climate change and the debate over its existence just won’t go away. It’s a now-or-never thing from public health to economics. Hear this Climate Change Panel with Westminster Professors from a variety of fields discuss climate change from their area of expertise. They’ll talk about the Young People’s Movement, the effect on our watershed, our health, the future good and bad, and, of course, what can be done. Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business Auditorium, Thursday, Nov. 14, 7-9 p.m., free, bit.ly/2Q1moL0

SAY NO TO FOOD TAX

Yes, the Legislature has come up with another “great” plan that should boost revenues and leave the tax base neutral. Of course, it’s at the expense of the poor. It might sound good when you hear, wow, a tax cut’s in the offing. But look at the whole deal. As is, the plan sends some 40% of the tax cut to people who need it least, and ignores how tax cuts might benefit the poor. They won’t. People in poverty live paycheck to paycheck and are unlikely to hold off buying food until tax time. Join Speak Out Against the Sales Tax on Food! with advocates who believe the state sales tax on food should not be on the table—food should be. State Capitol, 350 N. State, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 11-11:30 a.m., free, bit.ly/2Nwx0jr

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Homeless advocates and activists call for The Road Home to stay open through the winter months. BY PETER HOLSLIN pholslin@cityweekly.net @peterholslin

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he late-afternoon chill descended as men bundled up in coats perused the donations on display on a brick traffic island near the imposing Rio Grande Depot. Coats, blankets and boots were laid in rows and piles, ready for anyone to pick up and try on. Protesters from half a dozen community groups served hot chocolate and homemade snacks. A young activist in a long coat got on the mic to rail against what many see as another act of injustice against Salt Lake’s homeless—the imminent closure of The Road Home’s downtown shelter, located just up the street. “People over profit!” the activist screamed, leading the crowd in a chant. The 1,100-bed shelter, run by The Road Home, is set to close in a matter of weeks. Men currently staying there are being relocated to a recently opened service center in South Salt Lake—a transition that’s part of a new countywide model, in which beds and resources will be focused around three centers dispersed across Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake, providing resources to (ideally) get people off the streets and into affordable housing. In total, the new service centers only have 700 beds, some 400 fewer than The Road Home, and many worry that shutting it down now will lead to homeless people being stranded amid sub-zero temperatures and thick snow. As government officials scramble to fill the void, some question the wisdom of closing down the state’s largest-capacity shelter in the lead-up to winter. “It’s hard to see how moving 100 more people into housing in one month is going to reduce the demand the next month,” Bill Tibbitts, associate director of the Crossroads Urban Center, a local advocacy group and food pantry, says of Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox’s recent “call to action” to get landlords to offer up housing for homeless persons. “It’s a temporary blip. It’s not a structural change. It’s not a permanent change,” Tibbitts contends. It goes without saying that winter is a dangerous time for people without

Acitivsts handed out winter clothes near The Road Home shelter last week while calling on officials to keep the shelter open until March. a warm bed. Laurel Ingham, development director for Fourth Street Clinic—a downtown community facility that serves the homeless—says folks with diabetes can lose circulation in their feet if they’re not kept warm and dry. Someone dealing with drug abuse could pass out and end up freezing to death. The wetness of the snow and below-freezing temperatures have lead to hypothermia and frostbite. “We’ve had patients in the past who have lost fingers and toes,” Ingham says. It’s for this reason that homeless advocates are calling for The Road Home to stay open until March. “I think it’s a big mistake,” Maria Humphrey, 51, the program director of Understanding Us—a local nonprofit that organizes tai chi sessions for the homeless at Pioneer Park and the downtown library—tells City Weekly. Humphrey was once homeless herself, and she worries what will happen to women now spending nights in an overflow area at the St. Vincent De Paul dining hall, sleeping on mats because there’s not enough space in the new women’s resource center. “With so many women that are in the overflow,” Humphrey says, “what are they going to do with them when the first snowfall comes?” City and state officials say they’re working hard to make sure nobody gets left out in the cold. The state recently pledged up to $1 million toward a housing push, and as of last Friday, about 20 landlords had offered up a total of 77 units for people currently living in shelters, according to David Litvack, deputy chief of staff for Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski. Litvack says the city is aiming to provide apartment units for 67 people as part of the housing push. Nearly half

of the individuals selected already have housing assistance vouchers and case managers to help them transition into a home. Another 20 individuals have been identified as needing some emergency housing assistance—for example, they might be behind on rent or can’t afford utility bills. The last 20 are chronically homeless individuals who have stayed 365 days or more in shelters cumulatively over the past several years. By moving them into housing, the hope is to make space in the resource centers for those who seek out shelter on a temporary basis. “Our goal is to really meet the need long-term, and to bring in new landlords and new units and create the process that becomes the way we operate on a regular basis,” Litvack says. Part of the new model aims to have people staying in the resource centers for less time than they would in a shelter, according to Nate McDonald, spokesman for the Utah Department of Workforce Services. The new centers include case management and other services that, officials and nonprofit service providers hope, will get people into housing quicker. A 100-unit housing development for the chronically homeless, dubbed Pamela’s Place after celebrated homeless advocate Pamela Atkinson, is set to open next year, along with other affordable housing units. But as efforts to open all of the new service centers have dragged toward the winter months, officials are now faced with a shortage of available beds and housing options. McDonald says the record-low nighttime temperatures in October brought about a sudden rise in demand for shelter space. The state also is seeing a shortage in available subsidized housing—officials originally projected 634 units in the system, but currently there are only 457.

Rather than keep The Road Home open, officials are aiming to address the shortages in other ways. Nearly a dozen persons have been given vouchers to spend nights in hotels. There’s also been discussion about turning the Weigand Center—a community space run by nonprofit Catholic Community Services— into a “warming station,” extending the operating hours through the night for homeless folks seeking refuge from the cold and in need of a warm bed. “We’ve had a very good response in one week,” McDonald says. Long-term, advocates wonder if the “housing first” approach—first adopted by the state in 2005—will continue to be sustainable amid a growing homeless population. Frustration and distrust remains from Operation Rio Grande, the police crackdown on the Rio Grande neighborhood launched in August 2017. Salt Lake Valley is also in the middle of a housing crisis, with rising rents and limited options for low-income tenants. As the protest outside the depot wound down last week, a 47-year-old formerly homeless man who went by the name Africa strolled by. Bundled up in a coat and hat, he snacked on a plastic tray of tiny cupcakes as rapper Master P bumped out of speakers installed in his backpack. Up until two months ago, Africa spent nearly a year living at The Road Home. He’s fine with the 31-year-old facility closing down now. “It’s been here too long. It’s done its purpose,” he said. “Some people say they should leave it open—I don’t see any use for it now.” Still, he wonders if the new approach might be serving other purposes. “I don’t think this whole thing is solving the homeless problem,” he said. “I think they’re just scattering [the homeless] around town. They don’t want them in one congregation.” CW

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Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) originated in San Francisco in December 2015. Since then, it has grown into a global movement that’s taken over libraries and bookstores, and has birthed official chapters everywhere from Atlanta to Tokyo, along with informal pop-ups like the one in SLC.

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According to its official website, DQSH “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real.” Any good story needs a dose of conflict, and such utopian ideals have been met with villainesque opposition. Earlier this year in Ottawa, one man crashed an event and started spewing mangled Bible verses. During his speech’s crescendo, the man let attendees know they would be “cast into a lake of fire.” In Houston, the local story hour chapter disintegrated this spring after a wave of Texas-sized outrage that included death threats, protesters attending readings with concealed weapons and news of a former drag reader being a convicted sex offender. The isolated incident was enough to ignite generalized ire from the Mississippi-based American Family Association, which in a news release warned against the “agenda-driven”

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rots are green, goldfish are red and elephants are grey but the chameleon has no set color. Longing to fit in, the chameleon nestles itself on top of the brightest leaf he can find and turns vibrant green. Later, when autumn rolls around, he turns yellow and red. Sadly, the slate gets wiped clean come dreary winter. Extending the cliffhanger-like suspense, Steele asks the kids what would be their personal all-over color of choice. Blue, purple and pink get called out. All the good options claimed, one little redhead shouts “Wainbow!” and the crowd goes wild. Eventually, our literary hero meets another chameleon, and learns that companionship is more important than owning a particular shade. Together, they travel and turn every shade in the palette, down to red with white polka dots—and, you guessed it, live happily ever after.

Decked in a 1950s hausfrau-inspired getup, complete with a floralpattern dress, cat-eye glasses, an immaculate pearl necklace and fourinch stilettos “just for kicks,” Steele is greeted by a choir of oohs and ahhs. Propping up a copy of Leo Lionni’s A Color of His Own, Steele asks the group of kids if they can

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t’s a Saturday morning, and the children’s section at The King’s English Bookshop is packed to the gills with eager young readers, hungry for a story or two. Sporting a white suit and a shiny gold crown, Rob Eckman, the bookstore’s marketing manager, offers an introductory greeting and waxes poetic on the power of make believe. By Eckman’s own projection, the day’s particular storytime is “strange and unusual.” The reason? Its host. “Magnolia Steele is what we call a drag queen,” he tells the pint-sized guests. “And a drag queen just means that Magnolia Steele is really a man who is dressed up in girl’s clothes—just for fun. Just like I am dressed up today as a king.”

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nature of drag storybook hours. In a blog post on AFA’s site, the organization’s message was clear: “Homosexuality is unhealthy, immoral and sinful … This is what books should be saying to kids: If you have such attractions/confusion, you were not born this way and you can change.” A continent away and on a completely different page, this month, the Swedish government pledged the equivalent of $175,000 to fund drag queen story hour shows for children and those with disabilities. In response to stateside pushback, the American Library Association released a collection of resources, recognizing the events’ alignment with their mission of “creating a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive society. This includes a commitment to combating marginalization and underrepresentation within the communities served by libraries through increased understanding of the effects of historical exclusion.” Keeping with that spirit, King’s English manager Anne Holman was excited to host the shop’s first-ever Drag Queen Storytime. “Bookstores all over the country are doing it; we’re actually a little bit late to the game,” Holman told City Weekly after the reading. “Rob goes to church with Magnolia, and he approached me and said, ‘Hey, I think we have a drag queen who would like to do this,’ and we said, ‘It’s about time.’”

T he Moral of the Story

Along with sincere reactions from the kids (“I love you and I love princesses,” one attendee told hostess Steele), Holman was impressed by the crowd’s overall makeup. “This is fantastic, because we have a lot of regulars—we have people who come every Saturday, we’ve watched their kids grow up in the bookstore—so there are for sure some of those people here, and tons of new faces,” she beamed. Megan McKinnon brought her two nieces along, ages “almost 3 and almost 5.” McKinnon said she and her sister, Ryane, are fans of drag shows across town. “We just thought it’d be a really cool experience to introduce the kids in our lives early to stuff that would help them see everybody as equal,” she said. “So that if they are around it later or they have a friend [who] comes out or whatever, it’s not going to be a weird thing. It’s going to be completely normal, and they’re going to be accepting and loving.” Following the reading, Eckman praised the crowd. “It was really sweet to see the reaction of the kids,” he said. “We have literary costume characters, like the Very Hungry Caterpillar or Otis the Tractor or the Wild Things come through, and the kids were terrified of those costumes. We have a drag queen in here, and you saw the kids lining up to hug her.” Holman hopes to turn Storytime into a regular monthly event.

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The day’s reading wasn’t the first time a drag queen-led story hour happened in Salt Lake City. Earlier in the summer, the Sugar House Barnes & Noble quietly hosted a children’s event to coincide with Pride month. Local entertainer London Skies was one of the readers. “Kids only learn what you teach them,” Skies says of the experience. “I just think that all the adults project their fears about the LGBTQIA+ community to the kids, and that’s really what creates all the hate. But kids don’t care; they loved it.” As with Steele, the 20 or so tykes at that event marveled at the makeup and finery, and treated Skies and her co-host Eva Chanel Stephens like storybook royalty. “It was a lot of fun. The kids really liked it, and then we all got to color together after,” Skies says. Echoing cool aunt McKinnon, Skies says the biggest takeaway from Drag Queen Story Hour, and initiatives like it, is instilling tolerance at a young age. “Them being exposed to [story hours] creates less of a fear, because they know about it,” she says.

Woman of Steele

Done with reading and still engaging with her newly acquired fans, Magnolia Steele (real name Topher Steele), recalls the moment she came to Eckman with the idea of staging Drag Queen Storytime at King’s English. “We both cried. Because it was exactly what he wanted, it was exactly what I wanted,” she says. “It was so amazing,” the Cupertino, Calif., native continues, sitting on one of the bookstore’s kiddie chairs. “To see the kids’ eyes, I get emotional, because they’re learning. They’re actually seeing things,” she says, still in her fairytale princess register. Defining it as a “big moment,” Steele, who grew up Mormon, gets emotional recounting how kids came up to her asking for hugs. “It was amazing to feel the love from each one as they came up and hugged me,” the performer says, her mascara starting to falter. While she notes that coming of age LDS in the Bay Area had some not-so-stringent perks versus what she’s seen since moving to Utah, Steele can’t help but wonder how her own experience could’ve been different if storytimes like this existed back in the day. “Night and day. It would have really opened up the possibilities of having a different world,” she muses. “It doesn’t matter what color or nationality you are, we’re all just one family—and we need to take care of each other.” CW

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The act of creating something new and original artistically often feels like playing with fire—and in the case of Samba Fogo, sometimes that means literally playing with fire. For their new creation Xiré, the creative team uses music and dance to suggest the unique fusion of African and European cultures that occurred in Portuguese-occupied colonial Brazil. Artistic director and choreographer Lorin Hansen and composer George Edgar Brown collaborated on a project exploring the tradition expressed in the Yòrúba word xiré, which translates roughly as “dance” or “dance circle.” The West African slaves transported to Brazil brought with them their animist tradition of songs and dances dedicated to specific nature spirits, or orixá. In order to preserve those traditions in a Catholic country, the enslaved Africans often linked those nature spirts to Catholic saints. To suggest this synthesis, Brown composed a score that combines the cantomblé rhythms of Afro-Brazilian music with a more typical European use of string quintet and vocal quartet. The 16 individual pieces that make up the Xiré program convey the unique characteristics and rhythms attributed to each orixá through that music, original choreography and elaborate costumes representing the orixá. It’s a fascinating mix of sound and movement celebrating a folklore tradition that might easily have been lost. To learn even more about the cultural background for the production and the creative process, join Hansen and Brown before each performance at 6:15 p.m. for a “Talk Forward” conversation. (Scott Renshaw) Samba Fogo: Xiré @ Regent Street Black Box, 131 S. Main, 801-355-2787, Nov. 15-16, 7 p.m., $18-$20; 6:15 pre-show “talk forward” session, artsaltlake.org

Since Yvie Oddly was named one of the top 100 Most Powerful RuPaul Drag Race queens by New York magazine, it’s considered a coup to snag a prized date from the performer’s busy tour. “I’m elated to have the current reigning queen from Season 11,” promoter Jordan Clements says. “It is nice to finally see someone on the show from so close to home, who’s also a great representation of alternative misfit drag and has a fabulous sense of humor.” Fusing conceptual artistry with drag and serving a “commodity of drag oddity,” the 26-yearold né Jovan Bridges hails from Denver. Despite an underdog status on the Emmy-winning show, she went on to win the crown in May with a captivating performance to Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory,” with four faces and killer lip-synching. She entered the hallowed Werk Room and issued the warning, “Move over, ladies—this race just took an odd turn,” making it clear that Yvie Oddly was a force to be reckoned with. With a penchant for taking the “scrappiest, dirtiest, most back road option and making it work,” Oddly pushes the boundaries of drag with unconventional looks and a signature cackle, seemingly fearless in giving the audience something they haven’t seen before. Hosted by local drag superstar Gia Bianca Stephens, the show also features other area queens, like Terra Flesh, Aphrodeity, Kay Bye and more. (Colette A. Finney) Yvie Oddly @ Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 385-528-0952, Nov. 15, 9 p.m., $20+, 21+, metromusichall.com

Many of us aspire to the title of ultimate “party person.” Yet only comedian, actor and author Bert Kreischer can claim that official designation. In 1997, he was attending Florida State University, ranked by such sources as Rolling Stone and The Princeton Review as the Top Party School in the United States. That’s when Rolling Stone singled him out. With an entire student body competing for the “party person” title, Kreischer stood out. It’s amazing what excessive drinking and a fondness for public nudity can earn you. Kreischer’s fame soon spread. The film National Lampoon’s Van Wilder was reportedly based on his outrageous antics, though Kreischer denies any involvement. Nevertheless, he did make the most of his rowdy reputation by turning to stand-up comedy while often performing shirtless. That led to Showtime and Comedy Central comedy specials, a podcast, various television series (on FX and the Travel Channel, no less), a YouTube program, appearances on the late night TV circuit and even a book, aptly titled Life of the Party: Stories of a Perpetual Man-Child. Pollstar recently cited his current Body Shots World Tour as one of today’s top-grossing tours, prompting the organization to tap Kreischer as host of their annual Pollstar Awards. Even Forbes magazine gave him kudos for proving “there’s a way to take his [party-boy] antics into middle-age.” Wow, way to go, dude. Party on! Immaturity can matter. Hopefully his parents realize their investment in his college education was well worth it. It’s good to know that sometimes, partying can pull in a profit. (Lee Zimmerman) Bert Kresicher @ Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, 801-355-2787, Nov. 17, 7 p.m., $39.75-$59.75, arttix.org

The names of thousands are inscribed in black, on highly-polished walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The wall cuts into the earth like a scar, representing the pain of loved ones lost in war, and the potential for healing from such suffering. It’s iconic ... a monument as familiar to most Americans as the Lincoln Memorial. And it almost didn’t happen. While today the memorial annually draws 3 million visitors and tremendous praise for its design, veterans’ groups, politicians and others initally balked at its unconventional color and design, and bemoaned the lack of ornamentation. Additionally, people were astounded that Maya Lin, a then-21-year-old female Asian-American undergraduate student, was entrusted with its design. On Wednesday, Lin recounts designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Civil Rights Memorial and others at the prestigious Tanner Lecture in Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus. She will focus on how her work combines the natural world with politics, history and culture. If you miss the chance to see her at Kingsbury, you’re in luck. Maya Lin will be at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dumke Auditorium (410 S. Campus Drive) on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 9 a.m. Along with professors from the U’s Department of English and College of Architecture and Planning, Lin analyzes the role of memory in monument creation. Seating is free and available to the first 256 people on a first-come, firstserved basis. (Kylee Ehmann) Maya Lin @ Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, 801-581-7100, Nov. 20, 7 p.m., free, tickets.utah.edu

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n a way, nothing seems simpler: Strap some boards to your feet, find snow at the top of a hill, and let gravity do the rest. While much of the joy of skiing and snowboarding comes from their universal simplicity, the business of catering to those skiers and boarders gets ever-morecomplex, and is constantly changing from microchip technology to brand new lifts. The people luring you to Utah’s mountain resorts are always pushing the envelope. The 15 resorts that call Utah home—including the brand new Woodard Park City and Black Rock Mountain Resort—have all sorts of new attractions for the 2019-20 season. And many resorts are scheduled to open before Thanksgiving. Here are some of the highlights. Scan-and-Go: Deer Valley Resort (deervalley.com) spent $7.6 million on capital improvements to get ready for the upcoming season. Visitors will experience a new ticketing system with built-in chip technology that allows direct-to-lift access, but can also be scanned in throughout the resort. There will also be new digital signs that will have real-time information

for guests about ticket availability, pricing and mountain conditions. What’s Old is New: The oldest building at Alta Ski Area (alta.com), the Snowpine Lodge, is looking new after a two-year rebuild. It opened mid-season last year, so this will be its first full season in the snow. The luxury lodge features a spa complete with a grotto, as well as Swen’s Restaurant and The Gulch, a full-service bar. Getting to Alta will be a little bit easier this year, as they’ve set aside 25% of the Wildcat parking lot for carpools packing three or more skiers, and they are also joining the Ride app. Over and Out: Park City Mountain (parkcitymountain.com) has installed a new fixed-grip quad chairlift named “Over and Out,” that will take people from a location at the bottom of the Tombstone Express Lift up near the top of the Sunrise Lift on the front side of the mountain. This new route will give skiers and riders a more direct shot to Canyons Village from the center of the resort. Whatever lift you take, find a way to get to Tombstone BBQ to experience a new version of a Park City Mountain classic. The area that once had a food truck and BBQ shed for this traditional food favorite has been transformed into a permanent building with heated indoor seating for 50 as well as outdoor picnic tables. Walk-up Waffles: What’s better than piping hot waffles after a cold day on the slopes? How about Liege-style waffles served with a variety of toppings? You can find them at Little Dollie Waffles at Solitude Mountain Resort (solitudemountain.com) in the Moonbeam Center, the mountain’s main day lodge. More Than a Resort: Woodward Park City (campwoodward.com) is not only the newest of Utah’s 15 ski resorts, it also

claims to be America’s first “all-in-one action sports and ski resort.” Plans for the Woodard “campus” include indoor and outdoor venues, with the facilities scheduled to be open 365 days per year for 10 different sports and activities. Woodward will also offer monthly memberships for access to all the facilities. Ice and Snow: Another new addition is Black Rock Mountain Resort (blackrockmountainresort.com), located adjacent to Jordanelle Reservoir, about 10 minutes from Deer Valley and 15 minutes from Main Street in Park City. Black Rock will have 250 condo-style rooms to go along with a total of three ice rinks—two indoor and one outdoor. Passed Out: Check out Ski Utah (skiutah.com) for passes ranging from the lavish to the affordable. The Ski Utah Gold Pass ($5,300) gives skiers and riders unlimited days at all 15 of Utah’s resorts. It can also be used to ride the lifts during the summer. There are limited numbers available. The Ski Utah Yeti Pass ($649) gives you one lift ticket at every Utah resort. Families might want to consider pairing the Yeti with the Ski Utah Passport ($45), which gives Utah fifth-graders three days of free skiing and sixth-graders one day of skiing at every Utah resort. Passes also range from local to worldwide. The Ski City Super Pass (starting at $300) gets you unrestricted access to Alta, Snowbird, Brighton or Solitude for anywhere from three to 10 days, depending on how many days you want to purchase. The Epic Pass (starting at $109) gets you into any of the Vail Resorts around the globe, be it Park City Mountain or Courchevel in the French Alps. The Ikon Pass ($749) is good for 41 world-wide resorts, some of which happen to be Deer Valley, Solitude, Brighton, Alta and Snowbird. CW

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Utah Division of Arts & Museums’ Alice Gallery (617 E. South Temple, 801-236-7555, artsandmuseums.utah.gov) presents a showcase of some of Utah’s finest indigenous artists in honor of Native American Heritage Month (Rena Tahy Juan’s “Carved Man and Woman With Sunglasses” is pictured) in A Living Legacy, through Jan. 10.

PERFORMANCE THEATER

Ah, Wilderness! Westminster College Courage Theater, 1840 S. 1300 East, Nov. 14-16 & Nov. 21-23, 7:30 p.m., westminstercollege.edu/tickets The Adams Family Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Nov. 16, showtimes vary, hct.org Blu Good Company Theatre, 2404 Wall Ave., Ogden, through Nov. 17, dates and times vary, goodcotheatre.com Doubt: A Parable An Other Theater Co., 1200 Town Centre Blvd., Provo, through Nov. 23, dates and times vary, anothertheatercompany.com Form of a Girl Unknown Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Nov. 17, dates and times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org The Girl Who Drank the Moon Noorda Center, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, through Nov. 16, dates and times vary, uvu.universitytickets.com The Lifespan of a Fact Pioneer Theatre Co., 300 S. 1400 East, through Nov. 16, dates and times vary, pioneertheatre.org The Odyssey Babcock Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, through Nov. 17, dates and times vary, tickets.utah.edu Plan-B Theatre Co.: Oda Might Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, through Nov. 17, dates and times vary, artsaltlake.org Pygmalion Theatre Co.: Two Headed Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, through Nov. 23, dates and times vary, artsaltlake.org Thoroughly Modern Millie Hale Center Theatre Orem, 225 W. 400 North, through Nov. 23, haletheater.org

DANCE

Ballet Showcase Co. BYU Dance Studio Theatre, 169 Stephen L. Richards Building, Provo, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 16, 2 & 7:30 p.m., arts.byu.edu Samba Fogo: Xiré Regent Street Black Box, 131 S. Main, Nov. 15-16, 7 p.m., artsaltlake.org (see p. 16) Thank You Theobromine The Chocolate Conspiracy, 774 S. 300 West, Nov. 15-Jan. 5, thankyoutheo.com

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Salty Cricket: Melange 11.0 Urban Arts Gallery, 116 S. Rio Grande St., Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m., saltycricket.org Utah Symphony: America’s Wonders in 3D Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Nov. 19, 8 p.m., utahsymphony.org Utah Symphony: Rhapsody in Blue Harris Fine Arts Center, 1 University Hill, Provo, Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m.; Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m., utahsymphony.org Utah Symphony: Unwound Series: Rhapsody in Blue Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., utahsymphony.org

COMEDY & IMPROV

Adam Cozens Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Nov. 15-16, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Bert Kreischer Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, Nov. 17, 7 p.m., liveattheeccles.com (see p. 16) Matteo Lane Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Nov. 15-16, 7 & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Nick Colletti Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Nov. 17, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com

Open Mic Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Pump and Dump Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, West Jordan, Nov. 15-16, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Random Tangent Improv Comedy Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Saturdays, 10 p.m., randomtangentimprov.org

SPECIAL EVENTS FARMERS MARKETS

Winter Farmers Market Rio Grande Depot, 270 S. Rio Grande St., Saturdays through April 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., slcfarmersmarket.org

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Jewish Arts Festival Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Drive, Nov. 16, dates and times vary, slcjcc.org Salt Lake City Pet Expo Legacy Events Center, 151 S. 1100 West, Farmington, Nov. 16, 10 a.m.6 p.m., saltlakecitypetexpo.com

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Forum: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Emmy Award-winning Filmmaker and Historian Marriott Center, 1497 N. 450 East, Provo, Nov. 17, 11 a.m., byu.edu Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium 2019 Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, Nov. 20, 4:30 p.m., slco.org SMA Unframed: Ars Moriendi Springville Museum of Art, 126 E. 400 South, Springville, Nov. 20, 6 p.m., smofa.org Tanner Lecture on Human Values: Maya Lin Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Nov. 20, 7 p.m., tickets.utah.edu (see p. 16) UVU Female Faculty Forum-Research Discussion Group, UVU Sorensen Student Center, 800 W. University Parkway., Orem, Nov. 14, 3 p.m., uvu.edu

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Annette Haws: Maggie’s Place The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Ayja Bounous: Shaped By Snow: Defending the Future of Winter The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 16, 2 p.m., kingsenglish.com H. W. Brands: Dreams of El Dorado The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Lisa Van Orman Hadley: Irreversible Things The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 16, 4 p.m., kingsenglish.com Patricia Schultz: 1,000 Places to See Before

You Die The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 19, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Quinn Grover: Wilderness of Hope: Fly Fishing and Public Lands The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 20, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Stacy Bernal: The Things We Don’t Talk About Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Nov. 16, 2 p.m., wellerbookworks.com

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Anchor & Earth: A Salt Lake Soiree Missio Dei Community, 510 W. 200 North, Nov. 16, 5 p.m., anchorandearth.com Abstraction Is Just a Word, But I Use It UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Jan. 4, utahmoca.org Ancient Mesoamerica Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Anne Fudyma: Process/Proceed Marmalade Library, 280 W. 500 North, through Dec. 8, slcpl.org Annual Glass Show and Market Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, through Dec. 17, glassartguild.org Arcadian Dreamscapes 116 S. Rio Grande St., through Dec. 1, urbanartsgallery.org A Living Legacy: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, through Jan. 10, artsandmuseums.utah.gov (see p. 20) Downtown Artist Collective Holiday Market Downtown Artist Collective, 258 E. 100 South, Nov. 15-Dec. 22, downtownartistcollective.org

Greater Merit: The Temple and Image in South Asia Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Katie Willes: Reflections on the Inner Child Local Colors of Utah Gallery, 1054 E. 2100 South, through Dec. 17, localcolorsart.com Megan Arné & Clara Koons: In Here Out There Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Nov. 15, saltlakearts.org Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Jan. 13, utahmoca.org Power Couples Utah Museum of Fine Art, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Dec. 8, umfa.utah.edu Statewide Annual ’19: Mixed Media & Works on Paper Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio Grande St., Nov. 15-Jan. 10, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Susan Makov: Landwork Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, Nov. 15, saltlakearts.org Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, through Nov. 28, umfa.utah.edu Steve Case & Christina Stanley: Being Interpreted Day-Riverside Library, 1575 W. 1000 North, through Nov. 27, slcpl.org Steve Smock Pioneer Memorial Theatre Loge Gallery, 300 S. 1400 East, through Nov. 16, dates and times vary, pioneertheatre.org Toni Doilney: A Sense of Place “A” Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East, Nov. 15, agalleryonline.com Traveling While Black Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300 South, through Dec. 31, saltlakefilmsociety.org Ummah Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Dec. 15, umma.utah.edu

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tah’s Sunday tone is largely governed by the church and football crowd—those who spend the day trying to combine Sabbath reflection and screaming at a TV referee. This cultural norm charges movie theaters, grocery stores, restaurants and bars with a mild controversy on Sundays that isn’t present during the rest of the week. It’s like this socially-constructed powder keg that makes select renegades feel dangerous and prompts religious devotees to glance over their shoulder when they make a Target run just in case their bishop drives by. I see it, you see it and the drag starlets behind Quorum of the Queens sure as hell see it, because they’ve just detonated that fucker in an explosion of glitter, false eyelashes and bloody marys.

and accommodate an audience big enough to fill the venue. Plus, it’s hard to complain about the wait, when an interactive drag revue is in full swing around your table. Now that The Tavernacle team has opening day under their belts, I’m sure service will smooth itself out for future events. I left Drag Brunch with a newfound appreciation for performers— and, who am I kidding, the attendees as well—who can muster up that much energy on a Sunday morning. The drinks were flowing, the food was delicious and the entertainment was downright queenly. Those interested in getting tickets for the next event will want to snag them in advance via Eventbrite. Go forth and be dazzled. CW

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Utah culture right along with the Quorum’s floor show. For example, the Hashie Bowl ($12) is a breakfast adaptation of funeral potatoes, one of the state’s most legendary side dishes. The dish adds shredded pork, scrambled eggs and salsa roja to this local favorite, making for a hearty meal with which to soak up all those mimosas. For those after a brunch item that is essentially lunch, the Baptism by Fire Burger ($10, pictured) is made with pepper jack cheese and jalapeños for a hit of smoky heat that can just about compete with Kay Bye’s Nicki Minajinspired number. From a food and drink standpoint, the Drag Brunch can definitely stand on its own, but it’s the sheer spectacle that makes this event pop. Where else can you enjoy French toast ($8), golden brown and bedazzled with cinnamon, while fellow attendees fan dollar bills at five of Utah’s most bodacious queens performing their hearts out? Although this spectacle alone is worth the price of admission, it did take a fair amount of time for the food to arrive once Gia Bianca got things revved up. I can totally chalk this up to debut jitters—it’s always tough for a kitchen to anticipate

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The queens in question are among Utah’s finest. A lineup that includes Eva Chanel Stephens, London Skies, Kay Bye, David Lorence and is emceed by none other than Gia Bianca Stephens promises a wellrounded show—and I’m not talking about all that foam rubber T and A. I had the pleasure of attending this event with some off-duty Viva La Diva queens, and observing the light shade between them and the Quorum shed some light on what it means to be a queen in Utah—keep your friends close and your rivals so close that you can criticize their lip liner if need be. If you’re planning on checking out the Quorum’s sophomore show this Sunday, there are a few things to keep in mind. First and foremost, don’t come without a wad of singles—the queens don’t shake their asses for pleasant manners after all. It’s also a good idea to come prepared to get a bit sloshed, since the brunch’s cocktail menu features a build-your-own mimosa and bloody mary bar for 5 bucks a pop. Of course, given brunch occupies a pivotal role in the whole affair, make sure to come hungry. The Tavernacle’s kitchen cranks out a fantastic menu that lampoons

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November is a great month for learning new recipes, especially if your Thanksgiving experience is of the pot luck variety. The Sandy location of Ocean Mart (115 W. 9000 South, 801-255-1118, oceanmart.net) is among the Wasatch Front’s finest places to rejuvenate your culinary repertoire, and this week, they host a class focused on okonomiyaki, a dish that is often compared to pizza for its adaptability and comfort food vibes. Essentially, it’s a savory pancake topped with ground beef or pork and slathered with toppings like dried seaweed and bonito flakes—a welcome addition to any holiday meal, if you ask me. The class takes place on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and tickets can be purchased via Eventbrite.

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For those more interested in consuming Japanese food than cooking it, Mint Tapas and Sushi (8391 S. 700 East, Sandy, 385-434-8022, mintsushiutah.com) is hosting a 10-course tasting menu on Monday, Nov. 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. It’s a fixed price shindig that comes with two drink pairings, and it’s most definitely not limited to sushi. You’re looking at a menu that includes seared Wagyu, foie gras and shrimp massaman in addition to Chef Soy’s take on octopus ceviche, salmon belly and Chilean sea bass. If you’re after some small bites of high class, this event will be right up your alley. Tickets can be purchased via Mint’s website.

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A friend of mine recently let me know that It’s Tofu (6949 S. 1300 East, Midvale) had actually, for reals and no shit, closed. Although this happened a little while ago, I wanted to take a moment and pay my respects. It’s Tofu introduced me to Korean food, with its sizzling stone pots, boiling hot tofu soups and arrangement of tiny condiment cups known as banchan. Not only was the food comforting and unapologetically spicy when you asked for it, but they managed to capture and communicate a tactile connection with the food at your table that I have since come to appreciate about Korean food in general. This place will be missed.

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glass. At first, you’ll get sweet and somewhat spicy notes of pine, spruce tips and juniper on the nose. It’s quite aromatic, and requires little effort to get all of those Christmas tree scents, which emerge even more as the beer warms. I should point out that there is nothing artificial about the aroma; for such a “light” beer, there’s an enjoyable amount of complexity to this ale. The flavor starts off with a subtle juniper berry tartness and a slight hop earthiness, followed quickly by a big, smooth pine flavor—not so much bitter as resinous. Sage begins to emerge at this point, providing a spicy quality toward the end. There’s a lingering spruce flavor in the finish, with dry toasted barley and Postum-esque crackery malts.

Overall: This really is well done. It sounds gimmicky but the flavors work and that means it’s well-executed. The base style is there, and then you get that extra pine sweetness. Nothing is overpowering; it’s complex for a 5% beer, and it’s certainly not your typical amber ale. Wild Path is available in 12 ounce cans with a 360-degree pop top lid. It’s available on draft in Kiitos’ tavern, beer shop and select locations around the Wasatch Front, and 10% of proceeds go to Weber Pathways. Hazy Nosh is in wide distribution, and can be found in grocery and convenience stores throughout the state. Of course, the best option is always at the source. As always, cheers! CW

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beer allows most of the aromas to shine, and keeps the beer fairly aromatic. Floral grapefruit hops have a decent citrus zing and lemonade-style quenching ability, with some tart and orange like tropical flavors. Toasty grains bring a soft dryness, followed by a nice malt awareness with subtle lemons on the finish. You might also find some wet and juicy hops with complementary tropical notes. Compared to some of Uinta’s 4% versions of this style, this 5% hazy provides a slippery texture with a good malt base with a solid amount of carbonation. Overall: A nice show of hops for a sessionstyle label. Toasted grain depth and fresh, wet citrusy hops linger long after the swig, showing little wear and tear on the palate with a good drink-ability rate. Juicy flavors and that hint of lemonade tartness are sure to quench that thirst for hops year-round. Refreshing, with an excellent repeat factor. Kiitos Brewing Wild Path: This special beer is a collaboration with REI and Weber Pathways, to celebrate the grand opening of REI Farmington on Friday, Nov. 15. Weber Pathways is a nonprofit that plans, promotes, constructs and protects a network of public pathways, trails and related open spaces for non-motorized users throughout the greater Weber County area. The beer pours a clear burnt amber color, with a loose bone-white head consisting of many tiny bubbles. Some streams of carbonation are visible along the side of the

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manager, as well as collaborating with Wachtor. “You have the known format, the global brand and reputation, and with that the backing and support of a global brand. So you know you’re going to get a fun show, with great artists, an enjoyable venue and it’s going to be consistent with other experiences in other cities,” Guisbond says of SoFar’s global glam appeal. Guisbond envisions SoFar’s presence as a natural next step on SLC’s path to being a destination city like those on the coasts, the Pacific Northwest or even Denver, moving in lockstep with the local “tech cluster, the investment dollars” to get there. But, she marks SLC as filled with a potential that bigger cities she’s lived in didn’t have. “Boston and San Diego, my former homes, are highly established, highly saturated places where something like SoFar might get lost in the bigger context, whereas here, it has a chance to be a part of the movement toward SLC becoming a major city and a music hub,” she says. SoFar, like other companies bringing in cash to build new businesses, can certainly fund an attempt to make SLC into the kind of music hub that Guisbond envisions. Although the shows co-opt the intimate setting and sense of secrecy that’s surrounded the genre for as long as they’ve been a thing (forever), the advent of a $15–$20 charge in recent years, in lieu of the formerly free model, has added to money already flowing in from investors. Bands and artists make $100 each off a SoFar evening, which, though it surely thins out between band members, is in line with the rather low compensation that local bands are already being paid (or not paid) at many other venues. A true house show will usually be donationbased (SoFar used to be), with all or most proceeds going to the band—though it’s a struggle to name even five houses or shops that regularly host house-style shows. Guismond embraces the notion that SLC is ripe for more. The reception by concert goers and bands—in an interview last month with Krooked Kings, they expressed that they’d love to get on the bill for a SoFar show—points in the direction of open arms and good reception. Though there is no shortage of shows in SLC (just scan the lists in City Weekly and SLUG Magazine), there’s no doubt that a fresh new way to enjoy shows is also overdue. SoFar might expose new folks to the model of the house show, or the value of supporting local talent. If SoFar becomes part of the “fabric of SLC,” like Guisbond theorizes it could, then here’s to hoping it gets people out not just in the name of SoFar, but in the name of experiencing and supporting the music scene altogether. CW

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othing is immune to app adaptation these days. Enter: SoFar Sounds—an app where you enter a lottery for randomlyselected tickets to a secret show, with a secret venue, and the info is only revealed about two days in advance. Founded in London in 2009 and bolstered by YouTube videos of their performances (sometimes featuring the likes of Bastille or Mumford & Sons in bigger cities), the company seeks to establish a respectful, intimate setting akin to a house show, but with the guarantee of no logistical hiccups along the way. Salt Lake City local Lily Wachtor fell in love with SoFar during time she spent in Washington, D.C., for an internship, having first heard about it while studying abroad. Upon coming home, however, she found that SLC had no SoFar presence. So, she took it into her own hands, volunteering to serve as a show organizer. She’s already on her third show, which features up-and-comers Moodlite, Krooked Kings and Southern Utah-based Kaitlin Sevy on Friday, Nov. 22—a spoiler only available because it’s already sold out. “There’s obviously a need for SoFar here because I’ve done, like, zero promotion and all of the shows have sold out,” Wachtor says about her first two shows—both pop-ups at random local spots like Black Feather Whiskey’s speakeasy. “It’s the name, for sure. I think people heard of SoFar Sounds, like I had.” Wachtor says audiences are supportive and engaged, some offering to film the shows. Wachtor herself has been learning about setting up sound, with PA equipment she rents with her cut from SoFar making it seem all very DIY. In a 2017 piece at Northern California public radio station KQED, the former SoFar San Francisco City Director Dean Davis described SoFar as achieving all the intimacy and community of a true DIY show, “with more organization.” Wachtor is joined in her enthusiasm in SoFar’s ability to invigorate the SLC music scene by Amanda Guisbond. A recent Boston transplant, Guisbond’s marketing background and enthusiasm for figuring out the SLC music scene resulted in her becoming Moodlite’s

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Some call Tom Brosseau a high plains troubadour, a thoughtful folk singer birthed from the frozen farmlands of Grand Forks, N.D., or a golden-voiced tenor capable of breathing tender life into ruminations on domestic life. But a single word that’s universally applicable to the 43-year-old North Dakota native and current Salt Lake City denizen is “reverent.” On his latest album, In the Shadow of the Hill: Songs from the Carter Family Catalogue Vol. 1, Brosseau mines the lesser-known depths of the Carter Family’s overflowing countryfolk canon, selecting nine gems plaintively plucked and gently sung by Brosseau and his longtime collaborator, Sean Watkins. Love, in all its lost, found and desperately-desired forms, dominates on songs like “Jealous Hearted Me” and “Give Me Your Love and I’ll Give You Mine,” but it’s the more melancholy corners of human emotion that feel fresh on gems like “Chewing Gum” and “Where the Silver Colorado Wends Its Way.” On the latter song, Brosseau invigorates the repeated line “O the flowers creep no more/ ’Round my cheerless cabin door,” positioning our man’s reedy pipes as the perfect vehicle for historical interpretation. “It’s a healthy thing to go back, because you’re paying attention to history,” Brosseau told City Weekly in December 2018. “There’s a lot you can learn from that … But music is such a small part of it. Really, I love people so much. What compels me to keep going is the place I’ve never been or the people I don’t know.” (Nick McGregor) Rye Diner & Drinks, 239 S. 500 East, 7 p.m., all ages, free, ryeslc.com

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bound to come up at some point. The former first won over fans and critics with their 2003 sophomore release The Silent Circus, fusing the sweeping, technically-demanding melodicism of Dream Theater with the unpredictable ferocity of Converge and the Dillinger Escape Plan, and continued to wow the metal world throughout the next 16 years with ambitious projects like 2007’s Colors and the recently-released two-part album Automata. The latter started building buzz in the early days of the modern “bedroom metal” community alongside acts like Cloudkicker and Scale the Summit, releasing a demo in 2008 when all four band members were still in their early teens, and continuing from there to hone and develop their sound into a playful, breezy take on instrumental prog that borrows liberally from math-rock and even jazz fusion. Today, both bands seem as creatively fertile and energetic as ever, bringing their live show to SLC for a night of guitar-shredding, proggy goodness. Canadian djent outfit Intervals opens. (Nic Renshaw) The Depot, 13 N. 400 West, 6:30 p.m. $27.50, all ages, depotslc.com

two EPs and guest credits including Mavis Staples, RJD2 and his Philly neighbors The Roots, Son Little has created an emotionally and musically complex style that reflects the revivalist acoustic soul of Michael Kiwanuka, the high-drama-low-clutter arrangements of Grizzly Bear and the swaggerful jazz rap of Flying Lotus. His newest EP, invisible, features his most minimalistic and modern work yet, showing a real aptitude for intentional, meaningful art. Whether Son Little will create anything as singular as his inspirations have is yet to be seen, but it’s clear that his music exists in discourse with his inspirations rather than as pale impression. Opening the show is an artist operating at the intersection of soul and folk. Ashevillebased singer-songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling has developed, after a few years of non-stop touring, a clever fingerpicking style and charged-up vocal delivery that, at its best, fights for—and wins—unaffected intimacy with its listeners. (Alex Murphy) The State Room, 638 S. State, 9 p.m., $20, 21+, thestateroompresents.com

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There is a junior-varsity crew of soul revival acts bubbling up that produce picture-perfect copies of the greats, but with none of the originals’ sense for sex or tragedy. These types of perfectly inoffensive artists are sometimes used as musical wallpaper at Starbucks, but maybe little else. Thankfully, there is also a vanguard of modern, souladjacent artists who have transcended that type of musical fetishism, chasing the spirit of great soul music rather than its form. One such artist is Son Little, who—to his credit—is the real-life son of a preacher man. Over the course of three studio albums,

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Los Angeles rock duo Kolars—made up of Rob Kolar on guitar and vocals and Lauren Brown on percussion—tend to turn heads with their unusual onstage setup. In addition to more traditional drumming techniques, Brown provides the band’s rhythmic backbone by tap dancing on an overturned bass drum in a manner that recalls somebody playing Dance Dance Revolution in an arcade. Kolar, the band’s flashy frontman, is all about sparkly guitars and jackets, pompadours and oldschool showmanship. Together, they make for a visually striking live act. Kolar and Brown joined forces after playing together in the nowdefunct folk group He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, finding common ground as theatrical performers. The husband-and-wife duo is not strictly about the drumshtick, however. They make compelling enough “glam-a-billy” music to have recorded single “Turn It Up” with Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, and have a couple notable bangers to their name (see: “One More Thrill” and “Dizzy”). But they are best consumed live. The first half of their set is raw and stripped down—just Brown and Kolar banging (and jumping) on their instruments. About midway through, additional production elements creep into the mix—bass accompaniment, subtle piano parts or reverb-soaked background vocals—that Kolar pre-records.

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SUNDAY 11/17 J.P. Harris

With his folky, grass-roots approach, J.P. Harris brings listeners to the fringe of country music, reintroducing soundscapes reminiscent of those in the ’60s and ’70s, especially on his EP, Why Don’t We Duet in The Road. It comes out sounding like a new take on what Porter Wagner and Dolly Parton had perfected back in their heyday, with the featured talents of multiple women: Malin Peterson, Erin Rae, Miss Tess and Elizabeth Cook. With his most recent release, Sometimes Dogs Bark at Nothing, and his first album, I’ll Keep Calling, there’s a rustic, honky-tonk charm laced within every track. His songbook is full of tender, sincere songs that transport the listener to a different time— offering lighthearted, feel-good tracks and the heavy-hearted hitters that country music is known for. Identifying less as a musician and more as a “carpenter that writes music,” he skips the glitz and glamour that usually comes with the gig in exchange for bringing the most authentic version of himself to his audience. Honky-tonk doesn’t have to be perfect, and Harris’ ethos behind writing and performing permeates into his craft, exposing the passion that drives it. His persona, songbook and stage presence are unique, making him a perfect fit for Dirtyratmotocyco, a mysterious and enticing motorcycle shop and venue popping up here in Salt Lake City. Frankly, it sounds like the best way to spend a November evening. (Zaina Abujebarah) Dirtyratmotocyco, 1515 S. Major Street, 7 p.m., $10, all ages, ilovehonkytonk.com

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Atreyu + Whitechapel + He Is Legend + Tempting Fate + Santa Cruz (The Complex) Brooke Mackintosh, Alicia Stockman, Mel Soul, Shannon Runyon (O.P. Rockwell) Bruce Cockburn (The State Room) The Get Up Kids + Kevin Devine + The Whiffs (Urban Lounge) Goose + 9th East + Hobosapien + Scrub Oaks (Velour) Havana Nights (Alleged) Jerry Joseph (The Yes Hell) Morgan Snow (Hog Wallow Pub) Sara Evans (DeJoria Center) Say Hey + Lord Vox + Mortigi Tempo (Kilby Court) Sydnie Keddington + Joshy Soul & the Cool (Lake Effect) The Hardy Brothers (Gracie’s) Tom Brosseau (Rye) see p. 28 Tropicana Thursdays feat. Rumba Libre (Liquid Joe’s)

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A.M. Bump (The Bayou) Briston Maroney + Covey + The Moss (Kilby Court) Brother Chunky (Harp and Hound) Channel Z (Club 90) Chon + Between The Buried And Me + Intervals (The Depot) see p. 28 Farmboy (The Westerner) Fat Candice (Ice Haüs) Fit For An Autopsy + Lorna Shore + The Last Ten Seconds of Life + Dyscarnate + Amorous (Loading Dock) Jerry Joseph (Garage on Beck) Live Local Music (A Bar Named Sue) Los Hellcaminos (The Spur) Our Last Night + I See Stars + The Word Alive + Ashland (The Complex) Penny & Sparrow + Lily & Madeleine (The State Room) SEGO + Grizzly Goat + Day Sounds + Kasadoom (Velour) Spot & Waldo (Outlaw Saloon) Starship feat. Mickey Thomas (DeJoria Center) see above Sunset Strip + Seasoned Amnesia (The Royal) Superbubble (Hog Wallow Pub) Swantourage (Lake Effect) Vetiver + Matt Dorrien (Urban Lounge)

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Some of the best bands in the rock world have been known to court controversy. The Rolling Stones, of course, were famous for it. Even the Beatles aroused ire when they first released their Yesterday and Today album with a cover that depicted them in butcher smocks surrounded by dismembered babies. But it’s doubtful that Starship was out to arouse any ire when they appropriated the name of their parent group, the Jefferson Starship (who in turn, evolved out of the Jefferson Airplane), and struck out on their own, taking the earlier band’s catalog with them. In truth, the transition came about naturally when original passengers on the mother ship left one by one, and singer Mickey Thomas—whose tenure with the group has now lasted 40 years—became the only stalwart in the current incarnation. Thomas’ group still boasts plenty of hits in their catalog—“We Built This City,” “Jane,” “Sara,” “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” some inherited Airplane chestnuts (“Somebody To Love,” et. al.) and the big hit Thomas recorded early on with Elvin Bishop, “Fooled Around and Fell In Love.” When Thomas revived the band in 1992, it became formally known as Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas, in hopes of distinguishing themselves from the still-touring Jefferson Starship. Confused? Don’t be: Fans are fine with both bands. The two Starships still soar, keeping the spirit of the ’60s alive all these years later. (Lee Zimmerman) DeJoria Center, 970 N. State Road 32, Kamas, 8 p.m., $49–$100, dejoriacenter.com

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“Look—skateboard doorhandle,” is what my friend Skyler says to me as we walk into Jackalope Lounge one night, after a particularly harrowing experience at an all-ages show we’d just escaped, at a venue neither of us had been to in many, many years. I pause, and look back. Sure enough, Skyler is gripping a set of trucks, wheels turning lazily with the motion of the door. Sitting down at the bar, I notice that the walls are lined with skateboards and snowboards; their Halloween cobwebs are still up. Turn-of-the-millennium era skatepunk serenades us as we order drinks, a $4 pint (a good tap selection, by the way) for Skyler and the $5 Miller and Jim Beam for me. Despite not liking Jim Beam, I down it anyways, washing it down with the champagne of beers. We take it all in, as Skyler observes my legendary BarFly writing process in action. On the TV, a grainy game of hockey glows blue. There’s a mini rack of sunglasses “for sale” behind the bar, too, though I get the sneaking suspicion that it’s just a rack of left-behind sunglasses and that this is a joke. I do not understand Jackalope, and it feels like I’m in a skate kid’s version of Twin Peaks. Noticing the pool table at the back on our way out, I think that, perhaps I could be persuaded to come back, become converted to Jim Beam shots and enjoy this truly niche bar in all its odd glory. (Erin Moore) Jackalope Lounge, 372 S. State, 801-359-8054

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Christian Bale and Matt Damon in Ford v Ferrari virility, of whose engine has the most thrust. Director James Mangold does a perfectly satisfactory job of keeping those elements in the picture, but he’s also out to deliver something that’s got a lot of showy kineticism. The racing scenes are gripping, which is pretty crucial considering how much of the climax is devoted to this one epic race, as the editing slides the perspective from street-level speed to the tactical decisions behind how far to push the car’s capabilities, and when. It’s also a movie that presents a very basic “big finish” structure, one where—at a point where Miles is more than a lap behind the Le Mans leader—we get not one but two instances of a character saying out loud, to remind the audience, that Miles has to pass the lead car twice. There’s nothing wrong with such a concern about keeping the audience on-board and engaged; it’s also stuff that succeeds at least as much on a level of visceral energy as thoughtful storytelling. This is, after all, a narrative that celebrates a massive American conglomerate flexing its muscle to get a win. As entertaining as it is, maybe it’s worth considering that it’s showing us the pleasures of a well-fried piece of chicken. CW

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tion. Four years later, Shelby is a successful car designer when he’s approached by Ford executive Lee Iacocca (Jon Bernthal) with a proposition: In an attempt to jazz up the car company’s image, Ford wants to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, challenging the successful Ferrari team. And for Shelby, that means bringing on board his volatile frequent collaborator, British expat driver/ designer Ken Miles (Christian Bale). The relationship between Shelby and Miles is the heart of the story, albeit one like Shelby’s heart that doesn’t work exactly the way it should. Bale’s performance is the richer of the two, largely because Miles gets more character layers, particularly in his interactions with his wife (Caitriona Balfe) and son (A Quiet Place’s Noah Jupe). Damon, meanwhile, gets some individually fun scenes to play, but Ford v Ferrari generally doesn’t contend with the circumstances that forced him from behind the wheel to the behind the scenes, which feels like a lapse when the film’s bigger thematic concerns unfold. And as those ideas unfold, it becomes clear that Ford v Ferrari is primarily about the notion of masculinity in its era. The story addresses Miles’ financial problems that result in the IRS seizing his assets, leaving him feeling like a poor provider for his family; the primary inciting incident for Ford’s competition with Ferrari involves Henry Ford II (Tracy Letts) feeling personally insulted by Enzo Ferrari (Remo Girone) and responding by opening up his checkbook. The macho world of auto racing is an ideal setting for a tale built on a lot of dick-swinging and jockeying for the upper hand, whether on the track or off it. Competition becomes a test of

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Robert Bly tells us that the door to the soul is unlocked. You don’t have to struggle through any special machinations to open it or go through it. Furthermore, the realm of the soul is always ready for you. Always! It harbors the precise treasure you need in order to be replenished and empowered. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I think that during the next two weeks, you should abide as much as possible in the soul’s realm—the cornucopia of holy truths and ever-fresh riches. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In my estimation, what you’ve experienced lately has been akin to a fermentation process. It’s as if you’re undergoing a transformation with resemblances to the way that grapes turn into wine or milk becomes yogurt or dough rises before being baked into bread. You might have had to endure some discomfort, which is the case for anything in the midst of substantial change. But I think you’ll ultimately be quite pleased with the results, which I expect will be ready no later than 10 days after your birthday—and quite possibly sooner. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Many books have been written about Joan of Arc, a 15thcentury teenage peasant girl whose improbable ascent to military leadership, under the guidance of her divine visions, was crucial in France’s victory over the English. Among the many miraculous elements of her story was the fact that less than a year before she led troops into battle on horseback, she didn’t know how to ride a horse. She learned by riding around her father’s farm astride his cows. I foresee an equivalent marvel in your future, Capricorn. By this time next year, you will have developed an aptitude that might seem unimaginable now. (P.S. There’s evidence Joan was a Capricorn.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Divine Comedy is one of history’s greatest literary works. Its author, Dante Alighieri, was 43 when he began writing the Inferno, the first part of his three-part masterpiece. Up until that time, he had published just one book and a few poems, and had also abandoned work on two unfinished books. Early on in the Inferno, the not-yet-renowned author presents a fictional scene in which he meets with the spirits of antiquity’s most famous authors: Virgil, Homer, Horace, Ovid and Lucan. Those illustrious five tell Dante he is such an important writer that he ranks sixth, after them, in his excellence. I’m going to encourage you to dare indulging in behavior like Dante’s: to visualize and extol—and yes, even brag about—the virtues and skills that will ultimately be your signature contribution to this world.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Dog lovers are a breed unto themselves. for UNCENCENSORED fun! “Many people will not be honest because they fear loss of intiThere’s my friend Leslye who’s had a few macy and togetherness,” writes self-help author Henry Cloud. Browse and Reply for FREE dozen Chihuahuas and Yorkies over the But the truth, he adds, is that “honesty brings people closer past 20 years and has every one of their together,” because it “strengthens their identities.” Therein 801-512-2061 ashes in lovely little boxes and urns about lies the tender paradox: “The more you realize your separate her home. Kara and Liz have a small postwww.megamates.com 18+ identities, the closer you can become.” Living according to this war cottage south of Sugar House where principle might not be as easy or convenient as being deceptive they’ve had a one-legged duck, a pot belly and covert, but it’s ultimately more gratifying. Henry Cloud pig and numerous dogs. The pig and duck concludes, “Telling loved ones what is really on your mind and MediaBids_190103_24.indd 1 12/28/2018 5:15:20 PM lived long lives but have since died, and telling others what you really think is the foundation of love.” CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization,” said poet Kenneth Rexroth. That’s the opposite of the conventional wisdom. For many people, the process of growing up and becoming a seasoned adult means trying to fit in, to find one’s category, to be serious and steady and stable. Rexroth, on the other hand, suggested that when you fully ripen into your potentials, you transcend standard definitions; you don’t adhere to others’ expectations; you are uniquely yourself, outside and beyond all pigeonholes and classifications. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to practice and cultivate this sacred art. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is there an event from your past that would be empowering for you to remember in detail? Is there a neglected but still viable dream you could resurrect, thereby energizing your enthusiasm for the future? Are there old allies you’ve lost touch with but who, if you called on them, could provide you with just the boost you need? Is there a familiar pleasure you’ve grown numb to but could reinvigorate by visualizing the original reasons you loved it? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to meditate on these questions. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Catholic saint St. Francis (1181–1226) loved animals and the natural world. According to one folkloric tale, he was once traveling on foot with several companions when they came upon a place where the trees were filled with birds. Francis said, “Wait for me while I go preach to my sisters the birds.” He proceeded to do just that. The birds were an attentive audience for the duration of his sermon, apparently captivated by his tender tones. Seven centuries later, author Rebecca West offered a critique of the bird-whisperer. “Did St. Francis preach to the birds?” she asked. “Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.” In the coming weeks, Virgo, I encourage you to do the metaphorical equivalent of preaching to both the birds and the cats.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Latin word for sea is mare. Flustra is the calm sea. Undisonus means “resounding with waves.” Caeruleus is the sea’s deep shade of blue, aestus is the tide and aequoreus means “connected with the sea.” My hope is that as you meditate on these lyrical terms, you’ll be moved to remember the first lakes, rivers and oceans you ever swam in. You’ll recall your time floating in your mother’s womb and your most joyous immersions in warm baths and hotsprings. Why? It’s a favorable time to seek the healing and rejuvenating powers of primal waters—both LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): metaphorically and literally. Every now and then I authorize you Libras to shed your polite, tactful personas and express the angst you sometimes feel but ARIES (March 21-April 19): If there are any potential Aries heroes or leaders or saviors out usually hide. That’s now! To egg you on, read this mischievous there, the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to fully rant by Libran blogger Clary Gay (claryfightwood.tumblr.com): bloom and assert your practical magnificence. The lessons you “We Libras are constantly thinking about how to make everyhave learned while improvising workable solutions for yourself one else comfortable and happy. There’s not a minute going are ripe to be applied to the riddles that are puzzling your tribe or by when we’re not worrying about radiating a soothing and group or gang. I want to let you know, however, that to achieve comforting aura so everyone can have a good time. If a Libra is maximum effectiveness, you should be willing to do good deeds cranky, it’s because they snapped! Because of some non-Libra who doesn’t appreciate them! If a Libra is mean to people, it’s for people who might not be able to pay you back. their own damn fault!”

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now, Kara brought home a rescue puppy the size of a pony—one of the largest Great Danes the vet has ever seen. Years ago, my next door neighbor had a mastiff and I remember the neighbor buying 50 pounds of dog food each week, and later picking it up in a different form in their yard. Dogs are social creatures and dog parks have become an important amenity when deciding on where you and your fourlegged friend might want to call home. Currently, Salt Lake County boasts 15 off-leash dog parks, plus you can take dogs off leash in Millcreek Canyon on odd-numbered days. Salt Lake County is planning on three new parks in Bluffdale, Kearns and Magna. They want public input as to what amenities people want for their furry friend(s). Initial plans call for wash stations and drinking fountains for all sized creatures. But what other conveniences can make the experience enjoyable for everyone? You can provide your input at slco.org. The Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation website is great to peruse when you’re looking for green space. You can search the site by amenity, such as amphitheater, baseball diamond, basketball court, BMX track, bocce ball court, cricket field, disc golf, dog park, fishpond, horseshoe pit, pavilion, pickleball, playground or tennis court. Another great site through the county is slco.org/animal-services where you can find out about how many pets you can have and learn animal control laws, low-cost spay and neuter options, microchipping, getting rid of raccoons (the county can’t help) and if it’s legal to have a dog ride in your truck bed (depends on where you live). You can also look up rules on beekeeping, dog breeding, keeping livestock and poultry, and even feral cats in the county’s metro townships, as well as Bluffdale, Salt Lake City, Holladay, Midvale and Millcreek. If you have a question you can call animal services at 385-468-7387 or in an animal emergency, call dispatch at 801-743-7000. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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Inexplicable Mothers Lounge, a company catering to new mothers, has conceived some awkward conversations for women on the receiving end of a recent marketing campaign. The company sent out maternity congratulations cards signed by “Jenny B” that included gift cards and coupons for products attractive to pregnant women. The problem is, as the BBC reported, many of the recipients aren’t pregnant. A woman in Memphis, Tenn., tweeted: “Who the hell is Jenny B and why did she send me $245 in gift cards to my childhood home congratulating me on my pregnancy?! This is literally how my mother thought she was finding out that I was pregnant. I’m calling the FBI.” Another woman’s mother was “immediately so excited and freaked out ... I had to quickly tell her I am not in fact pregnant.” Mothers Lounge spokesman Scott Anderson explained that a third-party marketing company provided the mailing list. Sounds like a falsepositive to us.

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Unconventional Sports Housekeepers from The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas took first place in the Las Vegas Housekeeping Olympics on Oct. 23, beating out second- and third-place teams from The Mirage and Circus Circus, United Press International reported. The competition, which took place at the Mandalay Bay resort, included bed-making contests, vacuum races and a toilet paper toss. Mandalay Bay President Chuck Bowling said the Olympics are a way of celebrating overlooked workers in the hospitality industry. People With Issues Residents of the Oakland neighborhood in Topeka, Kan., called police just after midnight on Oct. 27 to report that someone was driving construction equipment around the area. The Topeka Capital Journal reported that when officers arrived, they found 46-year-old Shane Dee Funk behind the wheel of a loader, a piece of heavy equipment, driving it through yards and streets and damaging property. Police Capt. Colleen Stuart said Funk refused to stop for officers, and “numerous residences in the loader’s path were evacuated for safety purposes.” When Funk turned the loader toward police, they fired nonlethal bean bag pellets at him to disable him. Funk was treated at a hospital, then booked into the Shawnee County Jail on charges of felony theft, criminal damage to property, aggravated assault to a law enforcement officer and fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement. Compelling Explanation An unnamed resident of the Wilson Lane apartments in Elkins, W.V., told police she left her home for a few minutes on Oct. 18, returning a short time later to find a neighbor, Ronald L. Thorne Jr., 52, “standing in her apartment eating her lasagna from the refrigerator.” He went on to tell her he “just wanted to talk and maybe more,” and then he returned to his own apartment, carrying the lasagna and one of her forks, according to the police report. The Inter-Mountain reports the woman also told Randolph County Sheriff’s officers that her home had been ransacked and $20 was missing from her purse. When officers confronted Thorne, he told them he “had been sleepwalking and had woke up standing in his neighbor’s apartment,” the complaint stated. The officers also noticed a pan of lasagna on his table, and Thorne told them “she could have it back.” Thorne was arrested and charged with burglary; as he was being processed, a $20 bill was found in his wallet. Smooth Reaction In Shelbyville, Ky., on Oct. 28, a female customer picking up her food at a KFC drive-thru became angry when she realized she didn’t have a fork and a napkin, witnesses told WLKY, so she pulled out a gun and shot out the drive-thru window. KFC released a statement expressing gratitude that no one was shot, and Charlene Witt, the manager of the Subway restaurant across the street, is using the incident as a teaching moment in her own store: “If someone comes in irate, just give them what they want. ... Send tips to weirdnewstips@amuniversal.com

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Least Competent Criminal Miguel Angel Reyes-Avila, 23, of Half Moon Bay, Calif., waited patiently until his neighbors took their dog for a walk on Oct. 6, then pounced, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The San Jose Mercury News reports Reyes-Avila then allegedly entered their home through an open window and lifted about $4,000 worth of jewelry, plus the keys to their 2009 Mitsubishi. When the neighbors returned home and found their car gone, they called police, who asked neighborhood folks to share their security footage. Most helpful was the video from Reyes-Avila’s own home, provided by another resident who was happy to help law enforcement. The camera caught a suspect driving away in the car, and sheriff’s office spokesperson Rosemerry Blankswade said officers recognized Reyes-Avila from earlier incidents and arrested him on Oct. 10 on charges of felony burglary and grand theft auto.

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It’s Hard to Find Good Help After six years of litigation, six men were found guilty of attempted murder in late October in Guangxi, China, for participating in a chain of subcontracted murder-for-hire plots that never resulted in a death. Businessman Tan Youhui started the chain by hiring a hit man to “take out” a rival identified only as Mr. Wei, reported the BBC. That hit man then subcontracted a second hit man to do the dirty deed. Hit man No. 2 subcontracted with hit man No. 3, who then reached out to hit man No. 4. After getting the nod from No. 4, hit man No. 5, Ling Xiansi, decided on a different scheme: He contacted the target, Mr. Wei, and proposed they fake the murder and take the cash, which by this point amounted to 100,000 yen. Wei agreed, then reported the case to the police. Tan and the five hitmen will serve sentences ranging from 31 months to five years.

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Putting Off the Inevitable Convicted bank robber and career criminal Michael Jauernik, 71, received a sentence of more than 12 years in prison in Germany on Oct. 7, but managed to stall his incarceration by delivering a five-day-long closing statement that included anecdotes about his career in crime and details about his fitness routine. Twenty hours into the soliloquy, the judge finally cut him off, saying she wished she had done so earlier in light of his “excessive digressions,” The Guardian reported. Jauernik, who wore sunglasses throughout his trial, told the court, “I am more intelligent and clever than any employee of the criminal police agency, that much is sure.”

Melbourne, Australia, with his human, Dee Borkowski, is in the doghouse after a fiery event on Oct. 16. As Borkowski watched Archie via her home security camera, he contentedly lounged on the couch, chewing on a cigarette lighter. Suddenly, United Press International reported, the lighter ignited, and her couch burst into flames. Borkowski called the fire department, and the 10-month-old puppy escaped unhurt, although her apartment suffered thousands of dollars of damage. Borkowski has changed Archie’s Instagram handle to “Archie the Arsonist.”

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