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CWCONTENTS COVER STORY NAKED AND UNAFRAID

For one group of LDS faithful, social nudism is sanctioned by scripture. Cover illustration by Derek Carlisle

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Cover story Hartman has worked as a digital content producer for Fox 13 and done a variety of freelance work for The Spectrum, Catalyst, SLUG Magazine and others. He enjoys (clothed) biking and camping throughout Utah, and avoiding mosquito bites while staring at world-class stars.

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Opinion, Nov. 28, “Taking Offense at Karen Pence”

More “tolerance” from the open-minded tolerant left. FRED ALLDREDGE Via CW comments

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I object to something Michael S. Robinson Sr. wrote: “The Pences exude a constant flow of unhealthy pus.” Rather than exude, I believe Mr. Robinson should have said “ooze.” Other than that, I thought his comments were spot on. STEVE WARREN, West Valley City

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Get woke, go broke. DAVE CALDWELL Via Facebook

I got yelled at and about by many of these unhappy people because I said it was too bad that this couldn’t be resolved in an adult manner and that now everyone was a victim of the situation. This person told me that actors had to work there because there aren’t a lot of acting jobs in Utah. Well, now there will be less. I don’t know what the situation was there. I just know for sure that nearly all involved will be victims of this closure. DAVID JAY CRISPIN Via Facebook Ryon [Sharette, production member at Repertory Theater Co.] is no saint— he readily admits that. But the reading audience should be aware that on the “Utah Rep Boycott Reasons” Facebook page, this is the only major set of negative statements about Ryon I saw, amid hundreds of statements naming serious, dangerous, abusive and illegal activities ini-

tiated or caused by Utah Rep’s Johnny Hebda, JC Carter, their cruel choreographer, and others in positions of leadership who saw what was happening and did nothing. What made me shudder was reading the simple words of one actress, a wonderful experienced actress who has, over the last decade, played some of the best roles in theater magnificently. She spoke of a Utah Rep show that she was in—which I’d seen multiple times because of the great cast (with an obvious exception)—saying it had been “a nightmare” for her. That is not what theater is ever supposed to be! The second biggest problem (after the dangerous, soul-wrenching abuse) is that age-old saying: “Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet them on your way down.” Most people would assume that refers to life in general. But no. The statement came from Wilson Mizner (whose occupation in Wikipedia is listed as “writer, entrepreneur, con man”), and it specifically applies to people in theater and film. And this concept has always gotten in the way of speaking up. I suggest readers look for the fuller story coming out. BARBARA BELLOWSTERRANOVA Via cityweekly.net Sounds like some creepers there. CHARLES PROWS Via Facebook

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Cover story, Nov. 21, “The Kids Are Not Alright”

Nice, well-balanced article. One important point that stems from the anecdote about the daughter’s school. In a well-functioning society, one wouldn’t need to take their kids to a school that’s 18 miles away from their home. But is it necessary to travel that far in SLC? I don’t know about the particularities of charter schools, but since the author lives in the Avenues, there are plenty of great schools in the area within walking or biking distance. Thus, our individual choices impact how much we pollute. We can all do better through our daily choices. ALESSANDRO RIGOLON Via Facebook Here we go again ... the kids are fine. Just another BS hit piece. Go to Mexico City, China or India and you’ll see what bad air really looks like. This inversion is nothing. We are just a bunch of spoiled cry babies. DAVE FORSBERG Via Facebook

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POTUS: Hater-inChief

The president’s parents might have named him Donald John Trump, but his real middle name is “Hate.” And who does he hate? Certainly he’s a perfect example of toxicnarcissistic self-loathing—and, down-deep, he very much hates himself. That said, he presents the diagnostic marker of an incessant need—the need to find an adoring supply of deaf, dumb and blind admirers to tell him he’s OK. Utah has the dubious distinction of being among the 37% of Americans who still claim that Trump is a stable genius and a wonderful president. Such delusions certainly reek of bad scientific method and an intentional disregard for evidence, but, after all, that’s the benefit of living in a vacuum. In the absence of essential information, you won’t be troubled with nagging anxiety over what the monster will do next. Unfortunately, those who fully understand the biblical passage about how, “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses ...” face each new day with the horror of our present news cycle. Consistent with his narcissistic personality disorder, Trump has a pseudo-affection for people he views as powerful—at least the ones who haven’t expressed their disgust for him. Chances are, if a man (yes, it must be only a “man”) is denounced by the world community as the worst of human-rights abusers, the president holds that person in high esteem. On his “most-admired list” are Putin, Erdoğan—whose name Trump can’t even pronounce— and Netanyahu. These are all men who should be facing prosecution at The Hague, but Trump views them as hero-

BY MICHAEL S. ROBINSON SR. buddies. Everyone else is someone to hate, which includes most ethnic Americans, Kurds, Muslims, virtually every “loser” in Mexico and Central America who wants to escape poverty and oppression, and decorated war heroes who failed to evade capture and apparently didn’t have the smarts to feign bone spurs. To that list we can add women. His lifetime behavior toward women says it all. Despite his mostly charmed, born-to-wealth existence, hate seems to be the very essence of the toddler-man, who predictably lashes out at everyone who recognizes his true character. He seems unable to understand that it’s not others who are out to get him—the “witch hunt” he loves to bash—but that his present predicament is the natural consequence of his own deplorable behavior. All his life he’s enjoyed continuous free passes, but those will likely end. His thuggish criminalization of the White House is coming back to haunt him, and, even though it’s possible that impeachment efforts could somehow fail, if the feds don’t get him, New York’s prosecutors will. The writing is on the wall. He might be the de facto leader of the Christian Right, but he has not yet experienced his real come-to-Jesus moment. “Damn it!” Trump constantly laments, peering into what should be the tranquil surface of the water. “Who is causing the waves on my pond? Stop it. I can’t even see the beauty of my own face.” Even his prominent comb-over is lost in the aqueous disturbance, and his pleasing delusions are becoming more elusive by the day. A normal man would not be at all surprised by the scenario, the frightening narcissistic nightmare of his de-pixelating appearance. The reality of the situation is that he’s never once failed to make his own waves. Somehow that concept has totally missed his brain. (Obviously, there’s no marksman good enough; it’s a pretty small target to hit.) In a world wherein Trump has almost always muscled his grandiose way into perverse delusions of success, he

now faces a specter of growing voter distrust. Actually, that’s not accurate; the distrust was always there. By Election Day 2016, everyone had been exposed to just what kind of man he was—but now Americans are having it rubbed in their faces, and there are few people who like their faces smeared with crap. When Trump looks into the ripples, he’s horrified to see 340 million other faces looking back at him, and they aren’t the smiling, mindless yellow emojis that get tacked onto the tail of each tweet. Even worse for Trump, his few tenacious, mindless minions seem to share his own definition of “loyalty,” which is absolutely zero. It would be almost impossible to believe that, at least at some level of cognition, he doesn’t know the truth—that when his peanut gallery of amused yes-men are finally shaken by his felonious and treasonous acts, they, too, will bail. That’s simply the way politics works. It’s not about love and loyalty; it’s only about the vote. When his bought-and-paid-for “friends” are faced with their own, tenuous political futures, Trump won’t have anyone to call an ally—just a lot more people to hate. And, though she likely shares much of Trump’s vacuous values, my guess is that Melania will take her highly-chiseled face and silicone curves and make her escape. After all, it was the illusion of success that drew her to Trump, but I suspect she’ll be able to fully grasp the reality: It’s no fun to be married to a loser, and her divorce settlement will certainly tide her over until another rich scumbag comes along. Let’s face it, impeachment is not a happy word, but Americans need to look at the congressional hearings as a new hope for salvation. When Hate no longer sits in the Oval Office, our country can recover its soul of law, order and humanity. CW

The author is a former Vietnam-era Army assistant public information officer. He resides in Riverton with his wife, Carol, and one mongrel dog. Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net

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These two are not the same. That is the Deseret News and The Salt Lake Tribune. It was a joyous day last week for U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart as he rolled out his Fairness for All Act, which he curiously believes will bring “both sides” together on LGBTQ rights. Stewart was the lead story in the D-News with a huge photo op outside the Capitol. Even the Seventh Day Adventists endorsed the act—I mean, “principled piece of legislation.” This comes six months after the Equality Act, which the D-News reports shores up LGBTQ rights but reduces legal remedies available to religious objectors. Now for the Trib: Also on the front page, but below the fold. The subhead reads “The president of an LGBTQ group says [Stewart’s] measure would ‘erode’ civil rights while ‘sanctioning’ discrimination.” What a difference a newspaper makes.

It’s bad enough that the air is toxic. The diving temperatures and lack of support systems make it all the more difficult for low-income and homeless people who struggle, especially in the cold weather. Crossroads Urban Center is asking for the public’s help at its 2019 EBC Winter Food and Clothing Drive. They will accept frozen turkeys, hams and other food or clothing items to help Utah families in need during the holiday season. “Simply drive up to our tent in the parking lot, and Eccles Broadcast Center employees will unload your items,” the event’s Facebook page says. Tax-deductible monetary donations to Crossroads are also welcome. Eccles Broadcast Center, 101 Wasatch Drive, Friday, Dec. 13, 7:30 a.m-6 p.m., free, bit.ly/34Y VPdY

Are you feeling powerless or just frustrated by everything? Carve out your afternoon for the 2020 Vision: Focus on Social Justice event, which offers not only political pointers but also film screenings, a facilitated Q&A and more. Billy Palmer of KRCL 90.9 FM will rev you up with a call to action, “The Power of Getting Your Voice Heard.” In Utah, individual voices are often drowned out by the supermajority, not to mention our culture of appeasement. Workshops include how to write an op-ed, how to write your legislator, the facts about the Census, and how young people can “Rock the Vote.” There will also be a community art activity. Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, Saturday, Dec. 14, 1:15-4:30 p.m., free, lwvutah.org

Maybe we need to call hate crimes something else. The word hate is used too much and in too many instances to have any real meaning. You can almost hear a teenager screaming at his parents, “I hate you!” Even the U.S. Department of Justice says the term can be misleading. And after New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd opined that it’s an emotional word often meant to demean women, well, she got more than 1,400 responses. So why do we insist on calling out “hate crimes?” When the Trib valiantly looked into the story behind hate crime numbers in the state, the paper got answers that were more about culture than fact. Some police officers didn’t recognize crimes as “hate,” and a university researcher called out implicit bias in the way these crimes are reported. So let’s call these crimes something else. Intimidation, perhaps?

HOMELESS VIGIL

You might not know that the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether homeless people have a constitutional right to sleep on the sidewalk. That doesn’t sound like much of a right, but it’s a necessity for many people who might suffer from mental illness, might be fearful of crime in shelters, or might not find space available. “More than 75 people experiencing homelessness died in Salt Lake City in 2019, many of whom without a proper memorial to call their own,” say organizers from the Fourth Street Clinic. They’re sponsoring a Homeless Persons Candlelight Vigil in an effort to bring people together through advocacy, education and other initiatives to battle homelessness. Pioneer Park, 375 S. 400 West, Thursday, Dec. 19, 5:30- 6:30 p.m., free, bit.ly/38dHBYK

Civic Duty Fiction

If you believe that children are the future, then there’s good and bad news. The Census Bureau shows a 16 percentage point jump to 36% in the 18-to-29 year-old voting demographic in the 2018 midterms. In Utah, turnout rates between the 2014 and 2018 midterm elections more than doubled, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. So, they’re taking their civic duty seriously. Or are they? The Daily Utah Chronicle quoted one young voter as saying they don’t think their vote makes a difference. And worse yet, they might be in the dark. A Stanford study showed that students were unable to tell fact from fiction, NPR reported. What does that mean in the era of fake news? “If the children are the future, the future might be very ill-informed,” NPR wrote, while researchers described the results as “dismaying,” “bleak” and a “threat to democracy.”

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A Facebook group draws a bullseye on the DABC while calling for alcohol reforms. BY PETER HOLSLIN comments@cityweekly.net @peterholslin

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nder the sobering lights of a State Office Building auditorium at the Utah Capitol in October, Rep. Timothy Hawkes, R-Centreville, likened the state’s alcohol policy to a game of Jenga. “When you just look at it from an economic standpoint and you look at things in isolation, it’s very easy to say, ‘Well, this piece just doesn’t matter,’” he told an audience of state lawmakers and legislative staffers at the end of a day-long summit on alcohol policy. “People come to me and say, ‘This is a stupid regulation. Why don’t we just get rid of it?’ But as we pull those pieces out of the Jenga stack, there’s a risk that we destabilize a system that’s working very, very well.” But the state would be better off knocking it all down, contends Dan Barker. Barker is the founder of Utahns Against the DABC, a fast-growing Facebook group lobbying against the labyrinthine rules and state-monopolized liquor sales overseen by the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Raised in Davis County and now working at an electronic manufacturing firm in Ogden, the 31-year-old Utah native has grown sick and tired of lawmakers’ schoolmarmish approach to brewskis and booze. He hopes his group will lay the groundwork for a grassroots campaign to create more sensible drinking laws. “We need to have somewhere where people can be in one place and show their voice,” he says. The casual drinker might believe Utah’s alcohol rules are more lax than they’ve ever been, at least since the DABC was authorized by the state Legislature in 1935. Two years ago, the state passed a law allowing the “Zion curtains”—partitions designed to “protect” children from viewing bartenders mixing cocktails—to come down at many restaurants. High-point beer with 5% ABV alcohol content is now allowed in supermarkets and on tap at local watering holes.

Dan Barker started Utahns Against the DABC with hopes of creating a grassroots campaign to promote more sensible drinking laws. Still, those seem like small concessions considering the Goliath-like powers that DABC commissioners wield over the alcohol biz. An estimated 90% of lawmakers are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which eschews liquor, but the state makes big bucks from selling the devil’s drink. The DABC made $480 million in alcohol sales during fiscal year 2019; more than 40% went into the general fund and various other municipal and state bodies—including $49 million to the state’s school lunch program and $2.5 million to Utah’s underage drinking prevention program, according to the department’s latest annual report. Business owners who run afoul of the agency can lose their liquor license—a potentially devastating consequence for restaurants, bars and other ventures that depend on alcohol sales to remain afloat. There are plenty of other issues that spark Facebook discussions, too—anything from the fact that you can’t use a Smith’s gift card to buy beer to the recent suspension of West High School principal Ford White, after driving home two students who’d been caught drinking on campus. “It’s all about personal freedoms and liberation to me, and letting people be adults. The DABC doesn’t allow us to be adults,” Nate Kizerian, a member of the group who’s also a prominent medical cannabis advocate, tells City Weekly. According to a recent study by online insurance brand QuoteWizard, Utah ranks as the second-lowest state in America when it comes to alcohol consumption. Surprisingly, it also has the 22nd-highest rate of DUIs. But Barker stresses that he didn’t start Utahns Against the DABC to promote excessive drinking. He was raised in Kaysville, a city

that didn’t have a single bar when he was growing up. Almost all restaurants didn’t serve beer either. Although he was never a heavy drinker, he appreciates the growing number of breweries opening across the state, and loves attending convivial events like City Weekly’s annual Beer Fest. “I just really like the craft of it, the way it brings people together,” he says. He started the group after reading about the struggles of a social axethrowing venue to get a recreational beer license. The Salt Lake City space was at first denied licensing on the grounds that throwing axes didn’t meet the state’s legal definition of a recreational activity. DABC commissioners later reversed their decision when the venue added pool tables, the Associated Press reported. “When I saw this company lose their license over this, I thought, ‘Man, for them to say bowling is OK, and this isn’t? Or darts is OK, but this isn’t? This is really silly,’” Barker recalls. When he launched Utahns Against the DABC in May, he didn’t expect it would get much of a response—but Kizerian soon joined and gave the group a plug on his popular memes page Utah Satire, which boasts 127,000 members. In a matter of days, the number of Utahns Against the DABC’s followers skyrocketed; as of early December, the group had amassed more than 4,700 members. Kizerian played a key part in pushing the Proposition 2 ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis, and he joined with hopes of building links between different grassroots efforts across the state and put pressure on lawmakers to make progressive reforms. (His friend Christine Stenquist, another leading medical cannabis advocate, joined Utahns Against the DABC as well.)

“I just got to the point where I’m, like, ‘These representatives are no longer serving the people.’ They’re serving the church and they’re serving their financial contributors and they’re serving the pharmaceutical industry,” Kizerian says of Utah’s Republican lawmakers. “If there’s anything I can do to change the system, I’m going to help.” Barker and others stress that Utahns Against the DABC is meant to build dialogue, not spread anger. As the group has grown, a team of moderators has been working to filter out off-topic content and mute members who get too aggro. Austin Coleman, a moderator and a friend of Barker’s, says even lawmakers and representatives from the DABC itself are welcome to drop in and check out the discussions. “We put it open and share a lot of stuff,” he says. “We want you in here. It’s not a closed group or anything.” Contacted by City Weekly, DABC spokesperson Terry Wood said over voicemail that he hadn’t heard of the group; Wood didn’t return calls seeking further comment. But at the Capitol’s alcohol policy summit in October, state Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, seemed to acknowledge the differing opinions about drinking laws in this mostly conservative state. Building on Rep. Hawkes’ Jenga analogy, Stevenson compared drafting alcohol legislation to a game of whack-a-mole. “We think we’ve got it about right, and then something else pops up or something changes,” he told the audience. “I’m sure that there will be alcohol legislation in this state. I’m sure there will be marijuana legislation for the next 50 years. And it will come back on a continuous basis, because there will always be a few things that we need to fix.” CW

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In the summer of 1999, a site called LDSSDC (LDS Skinny Dippers Connection) appeared on the web. In it, a devout church-going couple who called themselves Alan and Kathy, mused on their experiences with nudism in Utah, and “the value that chaste naturism could offer their children,” according to the site description. What’s more, Alan wrote there was scriptural backing for nudism. Although the LDS church had strict rules and definitions of modesty, he contended, there was some wiggle room for being nude in social situations with like-minded individuals. Alan wrote: “In the 13th Article of Faith we are told, ‘If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.’ I feel I have found something truly ‘praiseworthy’ and ‘of good report’ and now wish to share it with you. Hopefully, somewhere in the collected writings on the site you will find something that you can relate to on some level, and perhaps it will create enough curiosity for you to look into social nudity for yourself.” And thus, with a simple webpage and a new “interpretation” of church doctrine, the movement of LDS skinny dippers began. Fast forward to today, and there’s a robust community of nudists who also happen to be church members. LDSSDC shuttered in 2016, but the LDS Skinny Dippers’ Forum quickly emerged to fill the old site’s shoes. The forum gets 3,500 visitors per month, according to admin and moderator LazerusLong. There’s also a dedicated Reddit page, r/ldsnaturists, affiliated with the forum, where community members and those curious flock to talk about faith, nudism and everything in between. LazerusLong, who requested to go by “Don” for this article, says he’s found freedom and a loving community through the LDS Skinny Dipper’s Forum. At first, he hesitated to speak on the record about the forum, but my tales of achieving the perfect nude warrior pose changed his mind. Since joining the forum in 2014, he and his family became nudists, and attend clothing-optional events whenever they can. So when the forum was in danger of closing due to inactive administrators in February of 2016, Don stepped in. “I offered to take it over. The forum is important for LDS people who are interested in naturism to begin to learn, ‘You know what? It’s not against the gospel,’” Don says. “It’s against culture, but it’s not against the gospel.” Don says challenging the idea that the church is against nudism is the site’s main purpose. With topics like “Can Mormons be Nudists?” “What Does Being a Mormon Nudist Mean to You?” and “Mormon Cultural Issues and Nudity,” the issue is obviously on many members’ minds. Forum users often cite scripture and official writing from the church to support social nudity, like this excerpt about “shame” from page 37 of A Parent’s Guide: “Shame about the human body, its parts and purposes, is justified only when a person uses it for carnal purposes. Teach your children that they will find joy in their bodies when they use them virtuously after the manner taught by Christ.”

t’s a Sunday night at a Millcreek yoga studio. In the parking lot, participants curtly nod at one another as they hurry inside to the invitation-only class. Some stare straight ahead—or look at the ground, avoiding eye contact. Once inside the classroom, however, the secretive mood changes as they remove their clothes—all of their clothes. And among the shirts, skirts, trousers and Jockey shorts are snowy white sets of garments—the sacred underwear worn by devout members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That’s right: A good portion of this allnude yoga class is temple-recommend-carrying Mormons—and, what’s more, they claim scripture endorses the practice. Before the session begins, many stand up and begin milling around the studio, baring their bodies—some large and saggy, some tight and fit—without shame. The 20 or so people in attendance are split between female and male, ranging from older, single men to young attractive couples. I’d heard about the class on a Facebook group called Wasatch Naturists, which a friend told me about during a conversation on skinny dipping. I contacted the class leader and told him the idea of communal, non-sexual nudity fascinated me and that I wanted to write a story on it. After a few messages, he agreed to allow me into their inner sanctum with one caveat: I’d have to be nude as well. In truth, I was apprehensive. I didn’t like the idea of standing naked in a roomful of strangers. When I told my girlfriend, she was shocked and humored. She laughed at the idea of doing yoga poses naked for all to see, but also said the freeing nature of social nudity was somewhat appealing. After some convincing, she agreed to tag along. After we arrived at the studio, our IDs and backgrounds were checked. The latter consisted of a basic Google search and a more prying sex offender registry search. Once cleared, it was time for the moment of truth. I was anxious and could hear my heart beating. The idea of a roomful of strangers focusing on my nether regions during full downward-facing “dog” pose seemed daunting. Still, there was no turning back. We set up our mats. I looked at my girlfriend, smiled awkwardly and disrobed. A friendly older couple approached us and asked if this was our “first time.” I couldn’t help but stare at the two—grey-haired and exposed, wrinkled skin folding on top of itself flecked with small liver spots. We said yes, and they immediately smiled reassuringly. The man patted me on the back, shared words of welcome and struck up small talk, asking me about my life, how I heard about the group, where I was from and other pleasantries. Soon, a bell chimed and the yoga instructor—a young, red-headed girl in her late 20s who was also naked—smiled and began the class. It was a bit cold, but I started to warm up as we went along, awkwardly noticing my exposed body during poses. I sneaked a glance to see if people were staring. They weren’t. Everyone seemed to be in their own world, concentrating on their own bodies and yoga poses. Eventually, I got into the groove, and by the end of the hour-long class, felt much more comfortable and free. Being naked with a couple of dozen strangers felt oddly good. Before leaving, we said goodbye to the older couple and accepted an invite to a swim happening later in the month. As we dressed, so did the garment-wearers. These active Mormons often come from conservative families, have been taught that modesty is paramount, and have rarely, if ever, been naked in a social setting. They’re intensely private and secretive out of fear of being shunned by their religion, but many believe that God has permitted them to be nudists, and are passionate about sharing their stories.

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Despite supportive texts, I found in talking to multiple members of the forum that there’s a culture of extreme discretion among Mormon nudists. Understandably, very few, if any, of the forum’s members use their real names or disclose personal information. For this article, not a single person wanted their name to be used, citing worries that they would lose their temple recommend or be shamed by members of their ward. “The fear of how [church] leadership will react is why people aren’t open about it,” Don says. “People worry that they’ll lose their community if they’re ‘outed’ so they choose to remain discreet.” Asked for comment on nudism by City Weekly, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints referred to church writings on modesty, and included the following quote from Corinthians: “Modesty is an attitude of humility and decency in dress, grooming, language, and behavior. If you are modest, you do not draw undue attention to yourself. Instead, you seek to ‘glorify God in your body, and your spirit.’” Patrick Mason, the Leonard J. Arrington Chair of Mormon History and Culture at Utah State University, says that while the church doesn’t explicitly ban nudism, the practice isn’t in line with the religion’s culture. “There is nothing in LDS scripture that explicitly comments either for or against nudism per se,” Mason says. “As always, scripture is a matter of interpretation.” Asked to point to specific biblical and LDS scripture that could make the case for or against nudism, Mason mentions the Garden of Eden, and that Adam and Eve were originally created naked, but became clothed after they succumbed to temptation. “Nudists would say that nudity is our natural state, and that if we avoid any improper sexual thoughts or contact, then it represents a return to our idyllic state before the

devil introduced temptation into the world,” Mason muses. “The church would no doubt see that notion as naïve and suspect, saying that precisely because of temptation and the fall of Adam and Eve, God gave them clothing to cover their nakedness.” Mason says church members are expected to dress in a conservative fashion, specifically being instructed to keep their sacred garments on almost all the time—a practice that makes the LDS church different from other Christian religions. But you can’t follow this admonition, Mason says, if you’re a nudist. “Adult Latter-day Saints who have been through the temple are expected to wear their garments day and night,” Mason explains. “Nudism, it seems to me, would be a direct challenge to this explicit teaching and practice of the church, especially for adult members who have been ‘endowed’ in the temple.”

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A forum member, who asked to go by Paul Dorien, is 27, a returned missionary and was raised by devout members of the LDS church. He was taught that being naked was only acceptable when showering, at the doctor’s office or changing in and out of clothing. As he grew older, Dorien began to explore nudity in a more casual way. He says he was fascinated by the human body during sex-ed classes and experimented with small acts of nudity in private, which his parents quickly tried to stop. “There would be times that I would kick off my underwear when I was going to bed and stuff like that,” he says. “My parents would find out what I was doing, and talk to me about the sacredness of the body, and the fact that it shouldn’t happen.” As time went on and he got older, Dorien says he con-

tinued to experiment, but was beginning to feel guilty for behaving counter to his religious beliefs. “Sometimes, I would wake up and I would realize that I wasn’t wearing any pants or underwear at all. That’s when I felt the worst. I felt that I was doing something wrong,” he says. “I started feeling ashamed of that kind of thing, because I was doing stuff that I’d been told constantly over the years that it was bad.” Still, his interest in nudity persisted. When he returned from his mission, he would often lock himself in his room for hours, spending time naked while gaming or watching TV. During this time, Dorien started browsing the web, seeking information about nudism. Around that time, he came across LDSSDC, and immediately found solace in the fact that there were others like him. He says seeing them celebrating nudity diminished the feeling that something was wrong with him. For Dorien, being naked is fun, relaxing and healthy. Nakedness, he adds, has allowed him to feel more at home in his own body and relax in ways he normally wouldn’t while clothed. “It feels good to be naked,” he says, matter-of-factly. “I love the feeling of freedom that comes without having any clothes. As my weight fluctuates, tight or loose clothing can make me uncomfortable, so when I’m naked I feel much more free. It’s also helped me improve my body image, because I don’t hide from myself anymore. The body I have is the body I have and that’s OK.” Years went by, and Dorien says he continued to enjoy his private love of nudity, while still actively attending church. Eventually, he met the love of his life, also a church member, and got married. Fearing it could be a deal breaker, he remained moot about his sans clothes double life. That is, until his wife became pregnant. Another kind of worry then took hold—one resulting from

the fact that he’d be effectively depriving his family of the joys of nudism. So, he prayed. He recounts one day, while driving to work, he was singing hymns and listening to LDS scripture on tape, when he experienced a “revelation,” and an answer from God about his nudism. “I prayed, as I was on the way to work about it,” Dorien recalls. “I wanted to be sure that [nudism] was the right thing for me. And when I prayed, I felt a good spirit. I felt what I believe to be a confirmation of the spirit to my heart that it was right for me.” Dorian shared the experience with his wife, who eventually warmed up to the idea. Shortly after, their son was born. Although he and his family have not yet attended a nudist event together, he remains an active member of the LDS Skinny Dipper’s Forum and continues to believe that God has guided him to that life, and that it is not against church teachings. “The spirit won’t lie, essentially,” Dorien says. “As we seek revelation from the Spirit and whatnot, the church says it is able to tell us what we can do.”

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According to web administrator Don, the modesty ideas that the LDS church instills leads to a culture of body-shaming. This can cause people to have poor self esteem—unfairly comparing themselves to their peers. “There’s a general fear in society of not being good enough” Don says. “We don’t like our bodies, or we see a different standard of beauty out there, and that can be harmful to us, especially when we’re young.” Don says the naked body is too often sexualized as well. In LDS culture, where sex is often a taboo subject, social nudity can help realign those beliefs. He says many LDS faithful are drawn to nudism in hopes it’ll remedy their obsession with pornography and sexualization of the naked body. “With those modesty ideas comes body shaming. When you open yourself up, you are able to shift the way you think about the naked body so the naked body doesn’t automatically think sex,” he says, “it helps you deal with your own body better, and it helps you deal with sexuality better, too.” Nudism and nudity in general seem to be a long way off from being embraced by the LDS faith, Linda points out. Despite the culture of openness and body positivity, nudism at its core carries with it a slew of negative connotations she feels the LDS church seems unwilling to examine. “I think it would take a big shift for something like nudism to be completely accepted by the church,” she says. “There’s just too much stigma right now. People are too afraid to be who they truly want to be” But churchgoing members who are also members of the LDS Skinny Dipper’s Forum, say their life has new meaning, now that they’ve been reassured that nudity aligns with their faith. Linda feels she can sit naked at a pool and enjoy her body no matter what. Dorien says he finally found a shame-free way to enjoy nudity in private and with his family. Don says that for many others, the forum has helped open their eyes to a new path. He says he hopes his community will continue to change people’s lives, one church member at a time. “Even if we only get one new person visiting the forum a month, that’s enough for me,” he says. “To see people’s eyes light up, and to watch them bring these ideas to their families is what this is all about.” CW

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One night a month in a private indoor pool in Davis County, members of the forum and the Wasatch Naturists gather for an au naturel pool party. The event is a potluck, and for November’s swim, the group was collecting canned goods and groceries for a holiday charity drive. Chili simmered in a crockpot, cookies were laid out on a tray and 80s rock music blared from a speaker, as attendees arrived, placing snacks on a table and disrobing, greeting each other with smiles and bare butts, hugs and handshakes. “Linda,” a 30-ish active member of the LDS Skinny Dipper’s Forum, sits naked by the pool, casually chatting with a girl in her early 20s with bright pink hair. Linda, a social worker by day, is full figured and tall, and estimates her weight at around 400 pounds. She says she’s grown much more comfortable with her body since coming across the group’s get-togethers. “I feel like myself when I’m at these events,” she says. “I don’t get self-conscious or weirded out because of my weight. I feel like we’re all on the same playing field here. We’re all here, all naked. It’s better to just accept and love ourselves the way we are.” Linda, who is single, went to her first nude swim on her own. She admits she was nervous at first, but after de-robing and socializing with others, she immediately felt at ease. “I honestly feel more connected in a roomful of naturists … then I do in society,” she says. “You’d think that we’re supposed to hide our bodies or show how perfect our bodies are, but really, by showing the imperfections has really shown me how to connect with different people.” The swim goes on, with around 35 people; all naked, all chatting and laughing together. A group of younger nudists in their 20s gathers by the edge of the pool, reflecting on how this month’s swim has many more people around their age. “Mark,” an active member of the LDS church and

current BYU student, smiles as he looks around, unbashful of his nakedness, even while sitting next to an attractive, brighteyed recent BYU grad, who is also nude and unafraid. “It’s just nice seeing younger people get into this,” Mark says. “People think nudists are just old men, but young people like this, too. There’s something freeing about being naked.” When asked why nudist members of the LDS church are so secretive, Mark shrugs. “It’s just a culture thing,” he says. “People want to be seen a certain way by their church community. It sucks, but nudism doesn’t match the church’s culture, so people don’t want to mention it.”

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Pioneer Theatre Co.: The Play That Goes Wrong We all know that in life, things often don’t go as planned. The 19th century poet Robert Burns put it best: “The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.” Of course, it’s often fun to witness the follies of others. Which is one reason that the fanciful Broadway farce The Play That Goes Wrong provides such an appealing narrative. Combining the sheer silliness of Monty Python, the eternal insanity of the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges, and the whodunit intrigue of Sherlock Holmes, it follows the mayhem that ensues on opening night of a fictitious play titled The Murder at Haversham Manor. What the audience is really watching, however, is a production gone awry—thanks to a bumbling leading lady, a corpse that won’t play dead and a cast that fumbles their lines (and everything else). It’s proverbial mayhem at every turn. “I survey our audience members every season asking what plays they want to see,” artistic director Karen Azenberg says in a news release. “Last year, over 90% of our responders requested this hilarious, fast-paced comedy. That is unheard of! We are fortunate to be one of the only theatres in the country granted the first rights to produce this piece.” While it’s generally inappropriate to laugh at other people’s expense, this play within a play offers guiltless indulgence. Happily, the joke’s on someone else. (Lee Zimmerman) The Play That Goes Wrong @ Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, 80-581-6961, through Dec. 21, Monday– Thursday, 7 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2 & 7:30 p.m., $31-$47, pioneertheatre.org

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The inaugural Salt Lake Unity Fest provides a space for people to beat back the winter doldrums with four days of casual sports competition, dance parties and game nights. Proceeds will go to four local LGBTQ organizations with different communal focuses: Utah Pride Center, Encircle, Queer Spectra Arts Festival and Stonewall Sports Salt Lake City. Kyle Manwaring, marketing director, says that while the event will specifically benefit LGTBQ organizations, it’s geared toward a broader audience. “You don’t necessarily have to be a member of the LGBT community or have close connections,” he says. “It really just is open to everyone—anyone and everyone can come and we want people to feel welcome.” Team registration for basketball, bowling, dodgeball and trivia is $100; pickleball is $50; and roller derby is $200. If you aren’t feeling up to competing, Manwaring says anyone can come support a team for free. If sports aren’t your thing, Unity Fest is also hosting a kickoff party and concert, a “Beer Bus” night with drinks from four local bars, a dance party and a free family game night. “It’s not just supposed to be a sports festival for the LGBT community,” Manwaring says. “We want it to be for the whole community to come together and support each other.” (Kylee Ehmann) Salt Lake Unity Fest @ Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S. West Temple, 801-534-4900, Dec. 12-15, times vary, free-$10, saltlakeunityfest.com

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Without community support, dance is just a bunch of people wandering around. Or perhaps only a choreographer envisioning a piece. As part of its mission, Repertory Dance Theatre provides independent choreographers infrastructure and advisory support in producing and marketing their shows, while retaining artistic autonomy and control. Salt Lake City-based choreographer Dan Higgins is behind Speak, a 70-minute performance that marks his third full evening as a director and producer. Higgins says the main idea is the interaction between movement and voice. “The body has its mannerisms when people talk about or show something they truly believe or love. There’s always interplay between the two,” he says. What connects Higgins’ past work and Speak, he notes, is that “it heavily plays off of my current state of mind and how I utilize my thoughts, everything around me, how I’m interacting with people and how life is going. Not that it dictates the work, but it definitely influences it heavily, so that’s an interesting thing to be aware of.” In Speak, the theme is tied to past explorations. “I’m very curious in my own studies about how the voice threads through the theatrical environment stemming from movement,” Higgins says. Earlier this month, RDT hosted “WOFA Wontanara: Let the Rhythm Move You” from WOFA Dance Co. Allowing different artists to take the floor is a way to better democratize the space. (Casey Koldewyn) Repertory Dance Theatre Link Series: Speak @ Leona Wagner Black Box, 801-534-1000, 138 W. 300 South, Dec. 12-13, 7:30 p.m., $18, rdtutah.org

For nearly 40 years, Jan Brett has been creating delightful picture books, folding charming animal characters into stories from legend and folklore like The Mitten, Trouble With Trolls and Hedgie’s Surprise. Her latest offering, The Tale of the Tiger Slippers, finds her in familiar territory of tales as engaging to look at as they are to read. Based on the Indian folk tale “Abu Kassem’s Slippers,” The Tale of the Tiger Slippers focuses on a hard-working tiger cub living among the roots of a banyan tree, who receives the gift from his mother of a pair of slippers that allow him to labor on rocky, thorny surfaces. His industriousness eventually leads the tiger to great wealth, but also means that the slippers that allowed him to achieve so much have grown worn. When someone wonders why the successful, prominent tiger wears such shabby slippers, the tiger becomes ashamed, and repeatedly attempts to discard them—only to find them returning to him in interesting ways. Brett captures this story of taking pride in one’s humble origins with her usual lush illustrations, full of flourishes and marginalia. As part of her national tour, Brett brings her bus to Herriman’s Providence High School for an appearance that will share not just the inspirations for the new book, but a live drawing demonstration. The author will make every attempt to sign all books, limited by crowd size, with signed bookplates available to those who might be unable to receive a personalized autograph. (Scott Renshaw) Jan Brett: The Tale of the Tiger Slippers @ Providence High School Auditorium, 4557 W. Patriot Ridge Drive, Herriman, Dec. 13, 5 p.m., free, kingsenglish.com

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ith her latest collection, Erosion: Essays of Undoing, Southern Utah writer and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams picks up a theme she pursued in 2009’s Finding Beauty in a Broken World: the fragmentation of our times, a process she explores through collage. “When everything feels like it is coming apart,” she states, “the art of assemblage feels like a worthy pastime.” This is as much method as it is manifesto. In her typical mixing of genres—which here spans poetry, letters, word definitions, journal entries, a conversation with climate activist Tim DeChristopher and a list of things she longs for when absent from her beloved canyon country—Williams seeks to counter the current undermining of public lands and democracy and to discover a shape in the strange juxtapositions rampant throughout today’s American West. Jarring contrasts manifest right at her threshold in Castle Valley, near Moab. One day, she enjoys complete stillness, only to recoil on another at the “war games” of helicopters with cameramen filming a super-athlete traversing a record-length slack line strung between red rock formations. Williams’ concerns lie with “the peace and restlessness of these desert lands,” with competing actions and dreams, with “the arc between protecting lands and exploiting them ... between engaging politics and bypassing them,” between “succumbing to fear and choosing courage.” Erosion, employed as a metaphor, can be tricky. It speaks to the unraveling and creation processes and is the force that formed the badlands and buttes we consider sublime. It provides a visual scale, negative space against which we measure the passing of eons and our relative standing. And it represents the bit-by-bit loss of our coasts, wilderness areas and civil liberties. In its geological sense, this gradual wear is a key component in the seemingly endless cycle of earth building and deconstructing. To Williams’ relief, Utah’s scoured scrublands— with their bleached bones, dust devils and rapids roiling with sediment—sandblast all notions of self-importance, a constant

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Tom Shankweiler, artist and co-owner of Pixels ’n’ Paint Gallery, showcases his work in bold colors and hard-edged geometric shapes (“Color Frenzy” is pictured) in Color My World at Marmalade Library (280 W. 500 North, slcpl.org), through Jan. 24.

PERFORMANCE THEATER

Bank Holiday The Hive Collaborative, 591 S. 300 West, Provo, through Dec. 23, dates and times vary, thehivecollaborative.com A Christmas Carol Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, through Dec. 23, dates and times vary, haletheater.org Elf The Musical Scera, 745 S. State, Orem, through Dec. 14, dates and times vary, scera.org It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play Covey Center for the Arts, 425 W. Center St., Provo, through Dec. 21, dates and times vary, provo.org The Lord of Misrule Wasatch Theatre Co., 124 S. 400 West, through Dec. 14, 7 p.m., wasatchtheatre.org The Play That Goes Wrong Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, through Dec. 21, dates and times vary, pioneertheatre.org (see p. 16) Pete the Cat Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Dec. 30, dates and times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org Seussical Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Jan. 18, dates and times vary, hct.org

DANCE

Ballet West: The Nutcracker Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, through Dec. 23, dates and times vary, artsaltlake.org Imagine Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker Ballet Peery’s Egyptian Theatre, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden, Dec. 13-28, dates and times vary, smithtix.com Odyssey Dance Theatre: Redux NutCracker Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Dec. 17-23, dates and times vary, tickets.utah.edu RDT Link Series: Speak Rose Wagner Center Black Box, 138 W. 300 South, Dec. 12-13, 7:30 p.m., rdtutah.org (see p. 16) Thank You Theobromine The Chocolate Conspiracy, 774 S. 300 West, through Jan. 5, 6-11 p.m., thankyoutheo.com

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Utah Symphony: Here Comes Santa Claus! Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Dec. 23, 7 p.m., utahsymphony.org

COMEDY & IMPROV

Comedy Cares Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Dec. 15, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Francisco Ramos Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, West Jordan, Dec. 13-14, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Matthew Broussard Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Dec. 12, 7 p.m.; Dec. 13-14, 7 & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Open Mic Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Paul Sheffield Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Dec. 13-14, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Random Tangent Improv Comedy Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Saturdays, 10 p.m., randomtangentimprov.org Yalda (Winter Solstice) with K-von (the HalfPersian comedian!) Hillside Middle School, 1825 S. Nevada St., Dec. 14, 7 p.m., iasou.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

FESTIVALS & FAIRS

Made In Utah Winter Fest The Gateway, 90 S. 400 West, through Dec. 21, Saturday-Sunday, 1-9 p.m., shopthegateway.com Salt Lake Unity Fest Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S. West Temple, Dec. 12-15, times vary, saltlakeunityfest.com (see p. 16)

LGBTQ

1 to 5 Club: Radical Radical Reading Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, third Mondays, 7:30-9 p.m., utahpridecenter.org Beyond a Night of Music Encircle Salt Lake, 331 S. 600 East, Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m., encircletogether.org Men’s Sack Lunch Group Utah Pride Center,

1380 S. Main, Wednesdays, noon-1:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org TransAction Weekly Meeting Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Sundays, 2-3:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org Utah LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, third Thursdays, 7:30-9 a.m., utahgaychamber.com

TALKS & LECTURES

The Bee SLC: Holidaze Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, Dec. 12, 7 p.m., thebeeslc.org

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Christine Davison Page: Naughty Noel Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Dec. 14, 7 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Erin Stewart: Scars Like Wings Barnes & Noble University Crossings Plaza, 330 E. 1300 South, Orem, Dec. 14, 2 p.m., barnesandnoble.com Jan Brett Fall 2019 Tour Providence Hall High School, 4558 W Patriot Ridge Drive, Herriman, Dec. 13, 5 p.m., kingsenglish.com (see p. 16) Jordan Byrd: No Longer a Label Barnes &

Noble University Crossings Plaza, 330 E. 1300 South, Orem, Dec. 13, 6 p.m., barnesandnoble.com Pat Bagley: 40 Years with Bagley Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Dec. 13, 7 p.m., wellerbookworks.com

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

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 Annual Glass Show and Market Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, through Dec. 17, glassartguild.org A Living Legacy: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, through Jan. 10, artsandmuseums.utah.gov De | Marcation Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Jan. 12,

umfa.utah.edu Downtown Artist Collective Holiday Market Downtown Artist Collective, 258 E. 100 South, through Dec. 22, downtownartistcollective.org Ellen McAllister: Inkroots Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 East, through Jan. 2, slcpl.org Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture of the Interior Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, through Jan. 6, culturalcelebration.orfg Found and Small Works Art at the Main, 210 E. 400 South, through Jan. 11, artatthemain.com Greater Merit: The Temple and Image in South Asia Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Jim Frazer: Earth Maps Main Library Lower Urban Room, 210 E. 400 South, through Dec. 27, slcpl.org Katie Willes: Reflections on the Inner Child Local Colors of Utah Gallery, 1054 E. 2100 South, through Dec. 17, localcolorsart.com Lou Ann Reineke: Viewfinder Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through Jan. 10, slcpl.org

Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Jan. 13, utahmoca.org Pompeii: The Exhibition The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, through May 3, dates and times vary, theleonardo.org Small Treasures Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, through Dec. 13, accessart.org Statewide Annual â&#x20AC;&#x2122;19: Mixed Media & Works on Paper Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio Grande St., through Jan. 10, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Stephanie Saint-Thomas: Lost in the Woods Pioneer Memorial Theatre Loge Gallery, 300 S. 1400 East, through Dec. 21, pioneertheatre.org Traveling While Black Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300 South, through Dec. 31, saltlakefilmsociety.org Tom Shankweiler: Color My World Marmalade Library, 280 W. 500 North, through Jan. 24, slcpl.org (see p. 20) Ummah Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Dec. 15, umma.utah.edu

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Steyking a Claim

The Tavernacle flexes its gastropub muscles with The Steyk Center. BY ALEX SPRINGER comments@cityweekly.net @captainspringer

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hey began with two grand pianos. Now, the team behind The Tavernacle has taken their play-on-words one step further by launching The Steyk Center (207 E. 300 South, 801-519-8900, steykcenter.com) Owners Troy Baldwin and Scott Alexander opened the gastropub satellite last summer and it’s shaping up to be the ideal complement to Tavernacle’s good vibes and dancing ebonies and ivories. My first experience with the kitchen at The Steyk Center was during the Quorum of the Queens inaugural Drag Brunch, an event that seemed to herald a new era for the Tavernacle team. In addition to some primo performances from a bevy of local drag queens, the kitchen was up and running with burgers, funeral potato scrambles and French toast. The food made enough of an impression that I wanted to check it out during regular business hours. As fans of The Tavernacle developed their relationship with the piano bar for its more nocturnal aspects—slightly buzzed patrons yelling out requests for their favorite pop song while two frenetic pianists attempt to outdo one another—visiting the adjoining space in the light of day is obviously a different experience. It’s not a bad one by any stretch. In fact, a daytime visit makes you appreciate the work that has gone into building the place over the years. Those who prefer to visit on weekends or evenings, however, now can order a plate of onion rings, fries or even funeral potatoes

along with some late-night entertainment. The menu consists of basic pub food— burgers, tacos and some well-curated starters—but there is a lot of love in these dishes. I’ve seen other nightspots ignite their grills only to serve up blackened, loveless imitations of pub food in an attempt to get more money out of their patrons. The Steyk Center serves up food that has as much pulse and attitude as its roster of pianists. The Ike and Tina ($10, pictured), for example, is a stacked variation of a bleu bacon burger. Any burger aficionado worth their ground chuck has had this recipe before, and balance isn’t typically a word you use when discussing the use of bleu cheese. More often than not, the bleu bacon burger is overpoweringly bleu, which is a shame. The Ike and Tina gets the pungent cheese distribution just right—creamy, slightly funky and just enough to complement the stack of bacon, fried onions and teriyaki drizzle that share the same brioche roof. And such a brioche! As of late, I’ve been paying more attention to the role a burger’s bun plays in the whole affair. It’s symptom-

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plete without a few skewered Steyk Sticks ($3). Not only are they named after the place, but there’s nothing on the menu that can’t be brightened up by a few skewers of marinated steak. They come on a lush bed of arugula and are served with a bit of chimichurri sauce. If you’re after some snackable pub grub that’ll stick to your bones, look no further. Despite the fact that this expansion hasn’t been an easy one for Baldwin and Alexander, they’ve got a good thing going with The Steyk Center. Adding some bodacious pub food to their established dueling piano bar in tandem with a hugely popular drag brunch is a sign of progress. Tasty, tasty progress. CW

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Santa’s Lil Helpers

Two beers to help guide you through the holiday madness. BY MIKE RIEDEL comments@cityweekly.net @utahbeer

found myself in the midst of holiday shopping hell last week. As soon as I realized that I was getting my ass handed to me by real world stores and their online counterparts, I knew that I needed some help. Thankfully, a couple of pints saved my sanity, and gave me the will to carry on. These two beers saved the holidays at my casa—so I thought they might help you out as well. Salt Flats Brewing Co. Barrel Aged Kilted Harley: Pours a nearly opaque dark brown. It’s not murky or muddled at all, just features a lot of dark hues to keep the light from punching through. The aroma is sweet with toasty malt and sweet bourbon, plus lots of vanilla and gooey caramel.

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Gold Blood Collective hosts a unique way for visual artists to benefit from live music. BY PARKER S. MORTENSEN comments@cityweekly.net @_coldbloom

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hen The Cold Year, Telesomniac and The California Queens come together for an upcoming show at Gold Blood Collective, it will be a little different than a normal performance. With a love for the local visual arts scene, The Cold Year’s vocalist and guitarist Matt Skaggs is bringing visual art into the fold, as he did at the release party for their most recent album, Prey For Me, in October. The goal? Breaking down the barriers between music shows and art shows. “It was a gallery-esque show,” Skaggs says of the album release event. “Five artists had booths along the room in The Beehive, so between the bands’ tear-down and put-up, people were looking around and talking about art and buying art.” The pitch to share space is simple, but it turns up some nagging assumptions about concert venues and their capacity to serve as art spaces. Show energy typically ebbs and flows around the main event, and there are things you expect and things you don’t. The bands will play in a certain order, their merch will be available at the back, and the reason you’re there is music—to enjoy music, socialize around music and pay money for hearing that music. Shows like the release party, and the upcoming Saturday, Dec. 14, event, raise the question, “What kind of art belongs where?” The release show was a success partly because of the arrangements The Cold Year made with the visual artists. “If you bought a piece of art, you got a copy of the album for free,” Skaggs says. “So no matter what you bought, whether it was merch from us or a $2 card or a $20 painting, you got a copy of the album. It’s synergy. It’s us saying, ‘I love your art, and I want you to have this opportunity for people who might not go to a gallery walk to come and see it.’” It’ll be the same deal at their upcoming show. Exposure doesn’t pay the bills, and there’s a reason people see a lot of artists running any sale of their art through low-overhead methods like Instagram, or even Twitter. “Without a valid platform and constant flow of eyes, customers, you don’t tend to make that much money, or not enough to justify the costs,” says Sean Clifford (@shaun.sketches on Instagram), one of the three artists Skaggs has brought on for the show. Currently, none of the three sell their art online, though Lou Wehlage (@daydreambelievercoffeegriever) offers commissions and Reina Meza (@reinamariemeza) is working to make her work available to purchase.

The Cold Year’s Josh Cannon, Matt Skaggs and Mitch Shepherd as reimagined by SLC artist Donnie Bonelli. “There’s a ton of artists in the world, and plenty of copycats who are completely willing to sell your ideas for a third of the price,” Clifford says. “The only sure-fire way to combat this symptom of the modern world is to make your brand mean something special to your buyers.” Much in the same way that coming in time to a show for an opener can introduce you to a band you’ve never heard of, a face-to-face interaction with an artist turns a “random internet drone” into “my artist friend,” as Sean puts it. It’s collaboration, not just exposure, that can meaningfully move the needle. “Making friends in the art community is how you get good exposure, people you can trust,” Wehlage says. Supporting artists means supporting them materially, and though that often takes the form of purchasing albums or artwork, as fellow artists, it can also mean sharing opportunity. Skaggs realized this after working with artists like Emma Hilton (@thespookshack) on the album art for Prey For Me, and Donnie Bonelli (@thephotoshopgawd) for the group’s band photo, which is done in a style reminiscent of byzantine iconography. “Donnie disappeared for two days and came back with that work—it was amazing,” Skaggs says of the saintly portrait. “And so because of my pure, positive experiences with visual artists, I will never not look toward an artist to provide a way to convey our music.” In some ways, sharing space reinforces the relationship between visual art and music that has existed for decades. “When I was a child, I was drawn to vinyl and records because of their art,” Meza says. “I think music and art have gone together for a while now, just in different forms. For example, an artist will create merch for a band, and then that band will offer it at their show.” Mixed-media spaces and collectives have long existed in Salt Lake City—Vague Space, Existimos and the work of organizers like Stef Leaks all come to mind—but simple as it is, the show at Gold Blood Collective feels novel in its focused inclusion of visual art, a practice more venues can strive to adopt. As we become more imaginative about what kind of art can belong where, we find more direct, material means of supporting art itself—means for it to live and grow in unexpected ways, in unexpected places. CW

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Angel Olsen, Vagabon

Asheville, N.C.-based singer-songwriter Angel Olsen’s earliest recordings seemed to be an exercise in extracting as much nighttime as possible from a reverb-drenched microphone. On the 2012 track “Acrobat,” she waltzed over sparse acoustic plucking and gentle waves of organ with a prayer: “I want to be made out of love/ I want to be made into life.” It’s a dramatic lyric that many singers might fumble, but out of Olsen’s mouth, it landed with the weight of a suckerpunch. Since then, Olsen has made the transition from dusky, lo-fi noir to a sound that includes full-bore indie rock and all the space between. To some fans, these new records lack the late-night devastation that defined her early work. But what is it that compels these fans to recognize only the most high-contrast, darkest themes as serious and important? Is it a failure to engage the art beyond its immediate aesthetic, or plain-old sadism? Whatever the case, it’s a short-sighted dismissal of the huge scope uncovered in Olsen’s new work. The 2019 album All Mirrors still plays with the nihilistic and contemplative moods Olsen is known for, but injects them with destabilizing moments of hope, whipping up feelings that are richer and more social. The old-Hollywood string arrangements paired with confident bass and vacuum-like drones still conjure black-andwhite noir, but vivid reds and purples seep through. Opening for Angel Olsen is AmericanCameroonian artist Vagabon, whose indie-pop bounces comfortably between introspective synth-pop, switchblades-out post-punk and

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The local band named It foot, it ears—aka guitarist Jason Rabb and drummer Nick Foster—is the definition of experimental music. Their latest release, Teeter, in 2017, and though it clocks in at only around 15 minutes, the album is the equivalent of taking a wrong turn into an unfamiliar neighborhood and walking into an art gallery full of work that seems completely alien. The second track on Teeter, “Jump Rope,” is mildly unsettling in this “stranger in a strange land” sort of way, while a song like “It Rag” is more aggressive in its rise and fall. Shake the Baby Til the Love Comes Out hails from New York, and brings a similarly unnerving twopiece sound as Fiona Gurney and Niko Wood play guitar and drums respectively. Their newest album, Growth and Healing Through Bringing Others Down, just dropped Nov. 29, and the track the band released earlier, “For All the Days That I am Happy,” is straightforward compared to the tenor of their previous album. I’d describe their discography as a vacillation between odd, punctuating riffs and thrumming, constant forwardmomentum. Finally, Picnics at Soap Rock is the brainchild of local Chazz Pitts, spun out of Pitts’ desire to move away from a prior project that was more focused on an acoustic indie sound; the new sound is, by contrast, more ambient, angsty and unspooled. (Parker S. Mortensen) The Loading Dock,

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For most of the past 15-odd years, Provo has indisputably been at the forefront of Utah’s independent music scene, to the point where many in-the-know locals will instantly recognize the “Provo sound” of eclectic, hook-driven indie rock. However, Salt Lake City recently has been giving its southern neighbor a run for its money, with artists like Ritt Momney and The Backseat Lovers spearheading a new crop of ambitious young bands, each one peddling their own colorful brand of indie songcraft. The Backseat Lovers have arguably been the most successful of the bunch, drawing large crowds and building a devoted local following over the past 18 months. Their success isn’t unmerited, either—frontman Josh Harmon has found a comfortable niche of angsty, nostalgic lyricism and down-to-earth vocals, and the band as a whole displays a natural gift for upbeat, easygoing tunes. Their recent debut LP, When We Were Friends, highlights the band’s more sensitive and folkier side, but make no mistake: These guys still know how to absolutely bring the house down, especially at their live shows. The Backseat Lovers perform at The Greek Station (formerly In The Venue), joined by fellow locals Dad Bod and Blue Rain Boots. (Nic Renshaw) The Greek Station, 577 W. 200 South, 6 p.m., $12, all ages, sartainandsaunders.com

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The Drive By Truckers are a terrific band, but they’ve also provided a springboard for other artists who have ventured out on their own. Consider Jason Isbell, one of the band’s cofounders who left to subsequently become one of Americana’s leading lights. Patterson Hood hasn’t made that move—at least not yet—but he has forged a successful solo career even while maintaining his commitment to his day job for better than 20 years. Granted, he’s only managed to release three albums on his own so far, but considering the dozen studio efforts he’s made with the Truckers—their latest, The Unraveling, will be released in January—nobody could accuse him of being a slacker. In fact, he’s something of an activist. He took to the trenches to protest the building of a new Walmart in his hometown of Athens, Ga., and voiced his opinion in a New York Times editorial that explored his experiences growing up in the South as someone who loves it, but who also understands the awful parts of its past and present. He also keeps his cultural connection intact by making music that’s gritty, defiant and full of devotion to the very core of Southern musical spirit. Those who want to know more are well advised to read the memoir he wrote on the road, Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance, an unfettered glimpse at a particularly difficult time in his life. Or simply catch him in concert, and share in the celebration he finds in his art and avocation. (Lee Zimmerman) The State Room, 638 S. State, 8 p.m., $30– $45, 21+, thestateroompresents.com

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Want a midweek pick me up of smooth jams? Park City Live has got you covered with a special evening made up of just that on Tuesday, when notorious electronic duo Thievery Corporation brings their wide catalogue of low-key but experimental acid-jazz to the stage. Made up Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, the two have been crafting their sound since the mid-90s, moving from experimental, abstract instrumental music and acidjazz obscurity to a quickly growing fame throughout the late ’90s with the addition of vocals from featured artists, and from their dabbling in genres like reggae, Middle Eastern music, hip-hop and a lot of bossa nova. They quickly found fame when, in 2000, their song “Lebanese Blonde,” featuring tripping beats and a groovy Indian sitar was featured in the film Garden State (for which they won a Grammy), and lending even more to their distinctly early-millenium lounge sound. As new influences made their mark on each of their new efforts throughout the millenium, they still maintained a very cinematic but chill vibe throughout all their music—sexy but distant at once. The label that they grew their sound on, their own Eighteenth Street Label, is now home to other artists, including their opener for the evening, Buenos Aires-born Natalia Clavier, whose love of jazz led her to Barcelona and then New York to develop what is now a stark and seductive sound rooted in minimalist hip-hop beats more than anything. Fans of any of the genres mentioned above would do well to see these artists that make it all melt together. (Erin Moore) Park City Live, 427 Main, 7:30 p.m., $49.50–$100, 21+, parkcitylive.net

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Colt.46 (Outlaw Saloon) The Elders (Johnny’s on Second) Entwood (Hog Wallow Pub) It Foot, It Ears + Shake the Baby Til the Love Comes Out + Picnics at Soap Rock (The Loading Dock) see p. 28 Jenny Oaks Baker & Family Four (Viridan Event Center) Joy Spring Band (Sugar House Coffee) LGBTQ+ Youth Benefit feat. Rebel Rebel + Baby Pink + Pk.opal (Kilby Court) Live Local Music (A Bar Named Sue) Live Trio (The Red Door) Matt Calder + Joshy Soul & the Cool (Lake Effect) Mythic Valley (Harp and Hound) Natural Roots and Daverse (Garage on Beck) Nightcaps (The Spur) Spazmatics (Liquid Joe’s) Telesomniac + The Cold Year + California Queens (Gold Blood Collective) see p. 26

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n a world increasingly defined by binary thinking, there is a phrase I have grown fond of using: Two things can both be true. This notion applies to Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell—an account of the events surrounding the 1996 terrorist bombing at the Centennial Park of the Atlanta Olympic Games, and the subsequent suspicions cast on security guard Richard Jewell—because Eastwood clearly wants you to believe one thing: that Jewell’s life was torn apart by the irresponsible behavior of FBI investigators and the American media. And you can believe that thesis, while still believing that Eastwood himself is being pretty irresponsible. The set up established by Eastwood and screenwriter Billy Ray is tremendously effective, introducing Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser) in a way that makes it clear why he “fit the profile.” A prologue set in 1986—with Jewell working at the Small Business Administration in Atlanta as a supply clerk, where he befriends co-worker/attorney Watson Bryant (Sam Rockwell)—establishes both Jewell’s deep belief in authority and his desire to get into law enforcement. We also see him throwing his own authority around when he’s employed as a campus security officer at a small college, part of a history of over-zealous policing. So it’s at least somewhat understandable that FBI lead investigator Tom Shaw (Jon Hamm) hones in on Jewell as a suspect: a single guy, living with his mother (Kathy Bates), who might have planted the bomb himself in an attempt to turn himself into a hero by finding it. Of course, Richard Jewell isn’t ultimately about Jewell becoming a suspect, which would be understandable, but about how they attempted to railroad him. Eastwood and Ray focus on infuriating moments, like Shaw bringing in Jewell under the pretext of filming a how-to video for dealing with a terrorist scenario, and trying to get him to sign a waiver of his Miranda rights. Hamm plays Shaw not just as a Fed trying to catch his bad guy, even if he has to bend a few rules, but as an agent under pressure for being on the crime scene and not having any other suspect as the whole world watches. And, not to put too fine a point on it, but also as kind of a dick.

That’s nothing, however, compared to the portrayal of Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs (Olivia Wilde), who ends up breaking the story of Jewell being a “person of interest” by getting Shaw to give her the info. How does she go about doing that? Why, by running her hand up and down Shaw’s thigh, and none-too-subtly indicating that she is willing to have sex with him if he helps her get a story. It’s only part of an overall portrait of Scruggs—who died in 2001, and therefore can’t really challenge the allegations—as not only aggressive and maybe even flirtatious in pursuit of a story, but ethically over the line. Richard Jewell attempts to walk back its characterization a bit by having Scruggs shed a tear when Jewell’s mother holds a news conference about how much they’ve been harmed by the allegations, but there’s not much subtlety in the film’s assessment that the press was actively malicious. The shame of it is that the film’s approach distracts from Hauser’s terrific performance as Jewell. He perfectly captures a man whose own personality makes it harder for him to get a fair shake, even as the narrative makes it clear that being a “type” doesn’t make you a criminal. Hauser’s scenes with Rockwell, especially after Bryant becomes Jewell’s attorney, are full of great character moments for both actors, finding dark comedy in Jewell’s fundamental inability to keep his mouth shut.

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The question here isn’t whether Jewell was caught up in a hurricane of people desperately wanting to resolve a terrifying attack; it’s the distinction between portraying the lawenforcement and journalists involved as careless, and portraying them as mustache-twirling villains, equally culpable as the actual bomber, Eric Rudolph. There’s enough drama in how easy it is for someone to become demonized, even if everyone involved believes they’re doing the right thing. Like the law enforcement agents this movie portrays, Richard Jewell needs to find someone to blame for what happened— and if it needs to cut a few corners to get there, hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. CW

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): How did humans figure out that a luxurious fabric could be made from the cocoons of insect larvae? Ancient Chinese sage Confucius told the following story. One day in 2460 B.C., 14-year-old Chinese princess Xi Ling Shi was sitting under a mulberry tree sipping tea. A silk worm’s cocoon fell off a branch and landed in her drink. She was curious, not bothered. She unrolled the delicate structure and got the idea of using the threads to weave a fabric. The rest is history. I foresee a silk-worm’s-cocoon-falling-in-your-cup-of-tea type of event in your future, Sagittarius. Be alert for it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It is the soul’s duty to be loyal to its own desires,” wrote Capricorn author Rebecca West. “It must abandon itself to its master passion.” That’s a high standard to live up to! But then you Capricorns have substantial potential to do just that: become the champions of devoting practical commitment to righteous causes. With that in mind, I’ll ask you: How are you doing in your work to embody the ideal that Rebecca West articulated? Is your soul loyal to its deepest desires? Has it abandoned itself to its master passion? Take inventory—and make any corrections, if necessary.

witty by being cynical—as if by exuding sardonic irony and sneering pessimism they could prove their mettle as brilliant observers of modern culture. An example is this lame wisecrack from humorist David Sedaris: “If you’re looking for sympathy you’ll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.” I bring this to your attention in the hope of coaxing you to avoid indulging in gratuitous pessimism during the coming weeks. For the sake of your good health, it’s important for you to be as open-minded and generous-spirited as possible. And besides that, pessimism will be unwarranted.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “You can shop online and find whatever you’re looking for,” writes pundit Paul Krugman, “but bookstores are where you find what you weren’t looking for.” That’s a good principle to apply in every area of your life. It’s always smart to know exactly what you need and want, but sometimes—like now—it’s important that you put yourself in position to encounter what you need and want but don’t realize that you need and want.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Bachianas Brasileiras is a nine-part piece of music that blends Brazilian folk music with the compositional style of Johann Sebastian Bach. The poet Anne Sexton relied on it, letting it AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I would never try to talk you into downplaying or denying your re-play ceaselessly during her long writing sessions. My painter suffering. I would never try to convince you that the pain you have friend Robin sometimes follows a similar method with Leonard experienced is mild or tolerable or eminently manageable. Who Cohen’s album Ten New Songs, allowing it to cycle for hours as among us has the wisdom to judge the severity or intractability she works on her latest masterpiece. In accordance with astroof anyone else’s afflictions? Not I. But in the coming months, I will logical omens, I invite you to select a new theme song or collecask you to consider the possibility that you have the power—per- tion of theme songs to inspire your intense efforts in behalf of haps more than you realize—to diminish your primal aches and your labors of love in the coming weeks. It’s a favorable time to angst. I will encourage you to dream of healing yourself in ways explore the generative power of joyous, lyrical obsession. that you have previously imagined to be impossible. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I’ve spent my life butting my head against other people’s lack PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “You owe it to us all to get on with what you’re good at,” wrote of imagination,” mourned Virgo musician Nick Cave, who’s Piscean poet W. H. Auden. In other words, you have a responsi- renowned for his original approach to his craft. I’m bringing this bility to develop your potential and figure out how to offer your to your attention because I suspect you will be endowed with an best gifts. It’s not just a selfish act for you to fulfill your promise; extra fertile imagination in the coming weeks. And I would hate it’s a generous act of service to your fellow humans. So how are for you to waste time and energy trying to make full use of it in you doing with that assignment, Pisces? According to my analy- the presence of influences that would resist and discourage you. sis, you should be right in the middle of raising your efforts to a Therefore, I’ll cheer you on as you seek out people and situations higher octave; you should be discovering the key to activating that enhance your freedom to express your imagination in its the next phase of your success—which also happens to be the expansive glory. next phase of your ability to bestow blessings on others. 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He had one close friendship shape. Start with small, modest risks, and gradually work your with a Swiss mathematician, though he broke it off abruptly after way up to bigger and braver ones. And what should you do if your four years. And his biographers agree that he never had sex with risk muscle is already well-toned? Dream and scheme about another person. What I find most curious, however, is the fact that embarking on a major, long-term venture that is the robust he refused to even meet the brilliant French philosopher Voltaire, who reached out to him and asked to get together. I trust you won’t embodiment of a smart gamble. do anything like that in the coming weeks, Scorpio. In fact, I urge you to be extra receptive to making new acquaintances, accepting GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many people engage in laughably feeble attempts to appear invitations and expanding your circle of influence.

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