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“Stencil Me In” Oct. 29 Cover Story

They outrage more about the tiniest thing rather than actually just doing their jobs. Such snowflakes. I like how they are too humble to ask for inclusion but more than happy to complain about it. @WOUNDEDBEAR via Twitter Great piece and great mural. @BABERAINBOW1 via Twitter

“Ballots Gone Postal,” Oct. 29 News Feature

I got my ballot the day after they started mailing them. I spent more time this year than ever looking at all the judges, etc.

Also made sure that I filled out the correct boxes on the really important ones.

Dropped it off in the mail-

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Checked three days later, and it had already been processed.

MICHAEL ADAMS via Facebook So, if there is a signature issue, is there any remedy? Wouldn’t it make sense to scan the ballots in advance and contact the voter to have a chance to fix and prove the signature prior to counting the ballot? Why do they ask for our phone numbers and emails if they aren’t going to use them?

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Can’t wait for [Ogden Restaurant Week]. I live right near and always eat on 25th Street. @MIZARPHOTOGRAPHY via Instagram

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‘Necessary’ Use of Force?

I wanted to suggest that Christopher Smart follow up on his excellent “Under the Gun,” Oct. 22, cover story by exploring the relationship of training to standards. Police training does not exist in a vacuum; it is an extension of the guidelines and standards of the agency. It is worth noting that Salt Lake City Police Department senior officers did not write their policy manual; they contracted with a private company to do it. The company, Lexipol, markets its services by emphasizing that their products make it less likely that officers or cities will be sued for their use of force or other actions. Critics say Lexipol accomplishes this by basing their guidance on the bare legal minimum rather than consensus best practices.

They intentionally incorporate language that will allow improper or questionable behavior to go unpunished.

Lexipol is the subject of “Meet the Company That Writes the Policies That Protect Cops” in the October issue of Mother Jones, which is where I learned about them.

The MJ article specifically discusses how Lexipol reacted to a use-of-force reform effort in California that was remarkably similar to the changes being implemented here (specifically regarding the transition from a “reasonable” to a “necessary” standard) by simply vaguing up the definition of “necessary.” Utahns will have to be vigilant to ensure that reform here is not watered down in the same way.

KEITH ALLEMAN via the Internet

THE BOX

What phone app do you use most?

Scott Renshaw Definitely Twitter, to an extent that’s probably not completely healthy.

Mikey Saltas I genuinely read every single Trump Tweet to see what sort of dumb shit he’s spewing off about that day. Second most is my Messaging app to text my mama!

Kristen Dorsey Instagram to look at all the places I can’t visit due to COVID. Kelly Boyce Messages. I respond back right away, too.

Sofia Cifuentes YouTube. I love blogs about people living in countries that are not their native country and their culture shock. I also go there to learn about survival skills, camping trucks, plants, farmers, stories about special people and assorted mysteries.

Doug Kruithof Spotify—it’s currently the only way to play Life or Death Music Matters’ Positive Protest Playlist Puzzle Poem edition Chelsea Neider Hand and Foot Canasta. It’s my favorite card game that I’m kinda obsessed with right now.

Bryan Bale Probably Signal, which I use instead of my phone’s default messaging app. End-to-end encryption FTW. Eric Granato Facebook, and I hate myself for it.

Paula Saltas I like to look at the weather app every morning to decide which pair of sweats to wear to work—the cooler or hotter ones depending on the outlook of the day.

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suffer from, drinking to excess, Utah’s dumb liquor laws, Utah County’s dumb residents, the Jordan River, Chicago blues and any number of seemingly mundane topics. Nothing is mundane in the mind of a writer, though. If it were, then what would be the point?

Today, however, for the first time in these eight months, I feel like being perfectly mundane. I’ve been asked plenty of times where topics come from to write about—what is the inspiration? I always stop folks right there because if there’s a single English language word that doesn’t apply to me, it’s the word “inspiration.” I just sit down behind a keyboard and start pecking. It’s the rarest of days when I actually know what I’ll write about at 1:59 p.m. Today is no exception, but it does bear a new wrinkle.

I’ve started writing at noon today. Instead of having CNN or FOX both driving me crazy with updates on Trump farts and Biden burps, I’m instead tuned into KBYU-FM 89.1, listening to Eric Glissmeyer send up classical music.

Even I didn’t see that one coming. After eight months of fully loaded frustrations, eight months of not knowing if our friends in the hospitality industry would survive, eight months of not knowing if City Weekly would survive, eight months of morbidity and rising cases of COVID-19, of protests of all stripes, of wondering what would become of isolated and disenfranchised communities, if our country would survive, of endless doubting that we would ever really become a nation that treats all citizens equally and respectfully, I just threw a pillow at the wall intercom and KBYU came on. For the record, I’ve never tuned into anything BYU. I took that as a sign.

It didn’t take long to actually start paying attention. I don’t know why I was struck by it, but soon some familiar sounds came through the radio. I hit Google and found that what I was listening to was Marche du Couronnement, a symphony

composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, written in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Another sign. We will soon either coronate Donald Trump as our Godly King, or we will have defied the dregs of history and voted him out of our people’s house, America’s White House.

Currently playing is Bach’s Orchestral Suite in E minor. A Bingham High School education is nearly useless, but it did teach me to never trust a damned thing, so I also just learned via Glissmeyer that this symphony is actually a work of Johann Bernhard Bach, not Johann Sebastian Bach. The two were relatives, however. I imagine they were related in the same way I think of the knuckles of Tommy Pazell and the whacking stick of Ms. Verne Baer as being related. They were two of the strictest teachers ever to use violence to guide Bingham High School students to a better path.

For me, that path led me to KBYU today, a place I’d never been. To be sure, it’s quite relaxing, and true to form, I never believe anything is mere coincidence. Now playing is Symphony No. 3 by Jean Sibelius. My second Google of this writing session teaches me that Symphony No. 3 “… has only has three movements. It is not out of the question, although by no means proven, that the movements spiritually correspond to the birth, funeral and resurrection of Christ.” So, there you have it. Today, America is reborn. I like that thought. Go, Joe. I’ve not thought of COVID, not thought of Trump, not had a single depressing negative thought in an hour and 44 minutes now. I’ll take it. Today, we voted. By the time you read this, you will know. We have hope or we do not. But we remain of the mind to throw pillows at our radios. We will and we should. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net.

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very Tuesday, I wake up and start looking at the clock. Every Tuesday at 2 p.m., I start to write. By 4 p.m. I finish this column and send it to our ace editor, Jerre Wroble. Jerre brushes up the copy, then sends it to “Utah’s Best Designer,” art director Derek Carlisle, who lays out the copy in InDesign. He then sends it back to me for a thumbs up to send to the printer. It’s an easy process and an easy job. Even I can do it.

I’ve written in long spurts for City Weekly since the 1980s, but no similar period of word purging was so nearly completely comprised of just two major issues as have these last eight months. Since March 4, 2020, 11 days before COVID-19 officially hit Utah with the Salt Lake County edict to shut down the hospitality industry on St. Patrick’s Eve, I’ve focused on just a minority of topics. Primarily of course, were the many tomes about COVID-19 and the effects of it on the hospitality industry (aided and abetted by the indecisive action of our lackadaisical state government). I’ve also been smitten to immortalize into print nearly every foreboding gag reflex initiated by the mere thought of a second Donald Trump presidency.

It was only the rare column—such as a tribute to an old friend (Joe Redburn, who died a few months ago) or pieces about this changing newspaper industry—that didn’t have a COVID-19 or Trump theme. Over a similar stretch of that time in years’ past, I would have written about growing up in Bingham Canyon, growing up Greek, fishing in the Uinta Mountains in the 1960s, baseball no matter the era or team but mostly the Yankees or Cubs, my fake NyQuil addiction, Carlos Arroyo blunders, the male pattern baldness I don’t

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HIT: Nuke Reactor Opt-Out

Taxpayer money is often no object if you’re considering business, growth and jobs. It now seems that the burden outweighs the enormous risk of creating the diminutive nuclear reactor proposed for Idaho Falls. Because the modular reactor would provide electricity to Utah cities, the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) managed to entice a few eager cities to commit to help paying for the then-$3.1 billion (now $6.1 billion) project. Even as the cities began to abandon the ship, the Department of Energy approved a $1.35 billion cost-share award, like that will help. Now six smart cities have opted out of the bleed. UAMPS still hopes nuclear still sounds like a good thing. “Those reactors have generated 80,000 tons of waste that will be disposed of at—oh, right, we don’t have a repository or a dump for spent nuclear fuel, despite 70 years of trying to site one,” writes Ralph Hutchinson of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance.

MISS: Feeble Mask Efforts

The Deseret News is trying really, really hard to persuade readers to mask up. Sunday’s paper included a frontpage spread of a newspaper from October 1918. “Doomed to repeat—October marked 102nd anniversary of first Utah shutdown, mask orders.” And that was about the flu! The governor, meanwhile, has held press conference after press conference, even meeting with federal health officials, in a feeble effort to stave off the COVID wave here. “It is no longer just a pleasant request ... it is now a public health order,” he told the D-News.

And yet, no one really knows what that means, and there is no statewide mask mandate. When anti-maskers gathered outside the state epidemiologist’s home, he said, “This isn’t activism. Harassing epidemiologist Angela Dunn is unacceptable.” The D-News ran a secondary editorial on the incident: “Utahns are better than this.” Well, no, they’re not.

MISS: Flag Upsmanship

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Salt Lake Indivisible’s goal was to take back the American flag for everyone, using it as their logo and in all communications. But unless they start using big trucks with billowing flags, that’s not happening anytime soon. The so-called Trump Trains have gathered the funloving right wingers to participate in a grand show of citizen intimidation. It works as a not-so-subtle reminder of the lynchings of yesteryear. Guns and vests complete the outfit. Just ask Kyle Rittenhouse how that worked for him. A Deseret News article quotes a Trumper saying it’s a way to exercise First Amendment rights. Those “rights” include giving the middle finger to all who disagree with you, because the First Amendment isn’t for anyone else.

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How to Help the Homeless

The weather’s changing and Utah’s homeless population will soon be left out in the cold. The Road Home has closed and satellite operations have not all had the desired effect. The Utah Foundation plans to address these questions at Homeless in Salt Lake: The COVID-19 Response and People on Streets: How have Utah’s homeless service providers dealt with the pandemic?

Where are the efforts to address service gaps going? How should we approach those who remain on the streets from a policy standpoint? A panel of experts including Rep. Eric Hutchings will present. Virtual/ RSVP, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 9-10 a.m., free. https://bit.ly/35QAbKz

Equality March

Before we make America great again, we need to first make it great. “Racial and gender discrimination occur on a daily basis, hindering progress for millions of people around the world,” say organizers of the March for Racial and Gender Equality. This is a way to demonstrate the importance of equality and the long road ahead. “As a community, we need to commit ourselves to standing against any form of hatred, facing your own bias and denouncing any behavior that perpetuates hatred.” Pioneer Park, 300 W. 300 South, Saturday, Nov. 7, 3 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/31SEQdZ

Bernardo’s March

The group Justice for Bernardo, providing mutual aid to marginalized people, will lead A March in Bernardo’s footsteps, in memory of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, or Loske, as friends and family knew him.

Marchers will take a familiar route in the Rose Park neighborhood. “In addition to remembering Bernardo, we are protesting a pattern of police brutality that is disproportionately impacting the westside of Salt Lake City, primarily Glendale, Rose Park and West Valley,” organizers say. Because of the cooling temperatures, they are asking participants to bring nonperishable food, shoes, warm clothing, coats, baby/children items and other items to the protest. WestPointe Park, 1920 Colonel Road, Saturday, Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/2HGnQk3

Fake News or Journalism?

What does freedom of the press mean in this era of heightened tensions and partisan tropes? The McCarthey Family Foundation Lecture Series: In Praise of Independent Journalism will highlight winners of the National Student Essay Competition and the Utah Essay Competition and focus on the recent presidential election. Jane Mayer, investigative journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker, will be the guest lecturer and participate in a Q&A after her remarks. Virtual, Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/2HGo8r9

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nating visual environment for the choreography.

The Dance department has collaborated with WSU’s communication department and in-house video production team for film production. In a cross-disciplinary approach, students studying television and digital media production will handle many of the filming aspects. Each evening will be a unique presentation, with the work of different students showcased each night. The program streams live to the public on Nov. 7, 14 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the virtual performances are free, available via weber. edu/artscalendar. Explore another new stream of artistic creation from the safety of home. (Scott Renshaw)

journey. Audience members also become part of the story, including wearing special masks and costuming elements.

The shifting nature of the pandemic has required productions to adapt on the fly to allow for the safest experience. “I think there’s a potential [for artists] feeling like, ‘I give up …

I’m just going to go get a normal job, Brown says. “But it’s like weeds busting through cracks in pavement, living at all costs. Keeping that in mind is what helps me go, ‘This is important.’” (Scott Renshaw)

storytelling approach to choreography. Finally, the evening concludes with Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs, a glamorous presentation of ballroom dance styles like tango, swing and cha-cha-cha, set to the inimitable crooning of Frank Sinatra tunes like “Strangers in the Night,” “Somethin’ Stupid,” “That’s Life” and “My Way.” Performances run Nov. 6-14, with tickets beginning at $26. Capitol Theatre capacity is limited to 20 percent of total seats, allowing for plenty of distance between masked audience parties, so ticket availability is limited.

Visit balletwest.org or call 801-869-6900 for ticket purchases or for information about COVID safety protocols. (SR)

To the rest of the country, Salt Lake City doesn’t necessarily leap out as a location associated with the kind of wealth, glamour and luxury showcased in Bravo’s long-running Real Housewives franchise. But according so Sheonna Mix, Vice President for Current Production at Bravo, that counterintuitive quality is part of what made it an appealing choice. “When it comes to choosing a new Housewives series, we don’t necessarily go to a city searching for a cast,” Mix says. “Sometimes a cast comes to you. We just went, ‘Oh my gosh, these are Housewives.

In Salt Lake City! How intriguing is that?”

That’s how locals Lisa Barlow, Mary Cosby, Heather Gay, Meredith Marks, Whitney Rose and Jen Shah became the focus of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, offering the kind of chemistry that the series looks for when considering what will appeal to audiences. “The goal,” Mix says, “is to have

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Ballet West: Nine Sinatra Songs Like most local arts organizations, Ballet West has spent most of 2020 figuring out how to engage with its audience in alternative, mostly online ways—and has done so with great success, including a collaboration with Utah Symphony and a “virtual library” of snippets from recorded performances. Now, the company returns live and in-person to the Capitol Theatre stage (50 W. 200 South)—in a performersafe way, with close physical partnering only involving household couples— with a diverse program running the gamut from new works to Ol’ Blue Eyes.

On the premiere side, choreographer Jennifer Archibald—an Ailey School graduate, familiar to Ballet West audiences from her work Myoho as part of the 2018 Choreographic Festival—presents Tides, which combines classical ballet with modern dance and hip hop for a dynamic, athletic experience. Ballet West resident choreographer Nicolo Fonte also offers a world premiere in Faraway Close, which comments directly on our current world circumstances in a way characteristic of Fonte’s emotional

SONDERimmersive’s take on interactive theater has been hard to replicate during the pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped the creative team from trying. After their drive-in take on Romeo & Juliet produced in a parking garage, the company planned to The Carousel at the Dreamscapes gallery (110 S. Rio Grande St. in The Gateway) back in July.

Ultimately, that production was re-scheduled to take place at the same location Nov 9-24. Tickets are $25-$35 per person in time slots from 5:35 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. on select nights, available at sonderimmersive.com.

According to SONDERimmersive’s artistic director Graham Brown, the show was inspired in part by the 10 rooms in the Dreamscapes space, which gave rise to a story idea involving 10 characters with highly symbolic names like The Dragon, The Jester and Your Mother. Audience members—no more than four in a group, socially distanced from performers—accompany one of the characters on a room-by-room tour of the gallery; initial plans to have more crossover and interaction between the groups were changed to allow for a safer, sequential

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In this brave new (and hopefully not permanent) performing arts world, many organizations are dipping their toes into the world of online presentation.

Weber State University’s Dance Department joins them with three live-streamed evenings representing both original student works and creations by the department’s Moving Company outreach program.

Dancing in the Stream’s student works offer a range of themes, from a solo based drawing on childhood memories, to a trio using unusual rolling objects to suggest cooperation despite separation. Moving Company’s Sojourners, meanwhile, features six dancers—five current WSU dance students, and one guest graduate of the program—in a piece exploring the topic of sustainability. Company director Erik Stern says in a press release, ““Sustainability is a curious word. What is important to sustain? What types of sustainability catches people’s attention, and why?” Sojourners (pictured), as part of its stage design, incorporates large wood-based sculptures by WSU emeritus visual arts professor Jim Jacobs, creating a uniquely fasci-

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the identifiable characteristics of any friend group: the one that always puts her foot in her mouth, maybe the person who’s more compassionate, or one who has a quick temper. We want people who represent what other people have in their lives. You also want some big personalities, so you are intrigued to watch them.”

Leading up to the show’s TV premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 11, Bravo is presenting a drive-in event at Vivint SmartHome Arena (301 W. South Temple) on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available for $1 per car at rhoslc.eventbrite.com, and include Housewives trivia, complimentary snacks and more special extras. (SR)

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That leaves Sewell and Dunsmore able to focus on the transition, which their obvious mutual respect and 11 years of working together suggests should be smooth. Sewell praises Dunsmore’s leadership skills, as well as her ability to communicate with the wide range of personalities that are part of the festival community. “This is a unique beast, this festival,” Sewell says; “you have to have a personality that can work with people from all walks of life, and I think she has the ability to take this on.”

Dunsmore, meanwhile, adds of what she’s learned from Sewell, “Lisa has built a family, really. We say that a lot, but it’s so true. I hope that’s something I can carry on. Her passion for not just the arts, but for all the people we work with, is inspiring.”

For the next year, Sewell will work with Dunsmore in a kind of emeritus capacity, available for support and to answer questions. “It’s great to be able to have this kind of transition,” Sewell says, “rather than, ‘Here’s the keys, and good luck.’” CW

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Sewell adds that while the hope and expectation for 2021 and beyond is to return to a full in-person festival, the virtual offerings for 2020 were only the starting point for what’s possible going forward, including a new platform for the Artist Marketplace that allows for one-stop shopping for interested patrons. “In the intervening months, the technology has really exploded,” she says. “This didn’t exist in March … If we have to tighten back up [in 2021], we’ve got this new platform, and we’ve been developing this and have content built-in.”

Regardless of what 2021 brings, Sewell and Dunsmore observe that the Utah Arts Festival is on firm financial footing. While sponsorships were lost from the festival’s cancellation, that decision was made prior to signing many vendor contracts. Additionally, they have been able to pursue many grant opportunities, made conservative programming and spending decisions, and have the advantage of an endowment

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For Dunsmore’s part, it could be seen as a challenging time to take over an arts organization, but when asked what kind of crazy person steps into a leadership role at a time like this, she says, “It was a discussion. We had some private conversations while Lisa was making her decision. It’s the board’s decision ultimately, I need to know that they’re behind it. I guess I am the crazy person. But it’s an organization I’ve been with for 11 years, so it’s easier than stepping into something totally new.”

Sewell’s departure means that she won’t have one final in-person festival as her farewell, but she doesn’t put a lot of emphasis on what wasn’t possible in this particular year.

“I did think about that, but really, it’s not about me,” she says. “I’m just the steward of this organization, and when I look back at all the festivals, 2019 was one of my favorite festivals. The staff worked really well together, we played together on site.

The kind of festival that was possible in 2020, as already noted, did provide the push to develop opportunities for virtual remote participation that had been under consideration for several years. “We knew we couldn’t replicate the festival online,” Dunsmore says. “We learned really how to

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s was true for so many arts organizations, 2020 for the Utah Arts Festival became a year of adapting to a new world. Now, that new world will also include a transition from the director who has guided the festival for 15 years.

On Oct. 26, the Utah Arts Festival announced that festival director Lisa Sewell would be leaving her position effective Oct. 30, and passing the baton to assistant director Aimée Dunsmore, who has also served as UAF’s development director for 11 years. While it’s tempting to think of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on arts organizations as a factor in someone deciding to depart, Sewell notes that while that’s sort of true, it’s not true in the most obvious sense. Instead, it was the festival’s ability to pivot towards online content when the 2020 festival’s in-person event was cancelled that, for her, pointed towards the organization’s next phase “With COVID and everything that happened this year, we navigated that really well, I think,” Sewell says. “In eight weeks, to get something else up and running? That’s really on Aimée, coming up with Festival Fridays [the weekly online component of the 2020 Utah Arts Festival].

She really ran the 2020 Utah Arts Festival, for all practical purposes. … We’ve got an opportunity to expand and develop that whole network of [online] resources, and that’s all more in the wheelhouse of Aimée’s talents than mine. We’re on the cusp of all these changes, so why not let this person take over and imprint their leadership style?”

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Their local “Tip Your Server” campaign raised more than $650,000 to help displaced service-industry workers.

Slowly but surely, over the summer, a number of restaurant jobs returned.

However, with the requirement for limited indoor seating, most places could only accommodate about half the clientele they used to cater to. As such, the business model had to evolve. Serving jobs

ing, the industry needs not just band-aids but ongoing survival strategies, including financial assistance (such as Paycheck Protection Program dollars and state and local grants) as well help with regulations (i.e., greenlighting cocktails to go and other pivotal approaches to survival).

For our readers, if there are dining establishments you would miss if they went away, at least order from their takeout menu. Keep them alive if your means allows you to.

Meanwhile, Rebecca Ory Hernandez and Megan Wagstaff have scribed articles about the serving life for Devour Utah (our sister publication that’s currently on hiatus, so we’re publishing them here). Plus, we’re including an update on the former Avenues Bistro on Third, now Wildwood. It’s our way of saying: Hang in there! —Jerre Wroble

It goes without saying that all sectors of the economy were hit by COVID-19; few, however, received the wallop of the hospitality industry. Initially, after restaurants and bars were forced to close in the spring of 2020, thousands of servers were left high and dry in terms of income. Coming to their aid was the Downtown Alliance, Salt Lake City Corp. and Modern Family actor/ local bar owner Ty Burrell.

involve a lot more boxing and bagging of to-go orders than ever before.

This past fall, downtown restaurants, bars and shops got permission to close Main Street to vehicle traffic so patrons could sit outside and enjoy a semblance of nightlife.

But those measures were temporary, and winter is coming.

As diners move inside, there is another troubling concern facing the industry: Unmasking. While other businesses can require mask-wearing by customers and staff, food and bar businesses have to allow guests to remove their masks in order to consume their food and beverages, leading to a higher risk of exposing fellow diners and staff to the airborne virus.

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s Jack Frost paints the Salt Lake Valley in hues of gold and red, it’s usually a cheerful time for bars and eateries. They stack and store the patio furniture and start focusing on holiday menus and party planning. It was that very patio dining (and the extra floor space it provided for social distancing) that enabled many restaurateurs and bar owners to survive in times of COVID-19. There’s no denying the past six months have been brutal for the hospitality industry, especially eateries without a drive-thru, but with winter’s approach, things could get more dicey.

Michael Grundy, front-ofhouse manager at Stanza Italian Bistro & Wine Bar, offers some spirited advice.

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Rebecca Ory Hernandez: What’s your background, Mike?

Mike Grundy: Born in the small mining town of Helper, I grew up in Salt Lake City.

My first job in the food and beverage industry was while in high school. I worked at Peter Piper Pizza (which is no longer around).

There, I learned how to make pizzas and helped customers. Then, I did stints as a busboy followed by my first serving job at an Italian restaurant where I quickly moved up as daytime sous chef, prepping all sauces and dishes for the day while also preparing food for the lunch crowd.

I moved to California for a year and worked in catering and waited tables at an Italian restaurant. Upon moving back to Salt Lake, I was a server for Applebee’s as well as a bartender and manager. I also

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did the training for the serving staff at new stores opening up in the valley. From there, I was a server and daytime sous chef at a Mexican restaurant called the Toucan Cantina and then went on to work at the Porcupine as a server and manager.

Wanting to try something new, I got a job at a little dive bar called Todd’s Bar and Grill, where I was a cocktail server, bar back and eventually was one of the top bartenders. I then went to work at Hotel Monaco and Bambara in room service; I eventually became restaurant supervisor. When the hotel changed management, I went back to bartending at The Sun Trapp before coming to where I am at now: Stanza Italian Bistro and Wine Bar as the FOH manager. I’ve just always worked in the food industry.

Food and beverage was not my first choice as a career—it just fell into place. I love food—eating it, cooking it and learning more about it. Possibilities are endless when it comes to food. I love interacting with the guests, learning about where they are from and talking with them just about anything.

When you work in a restaurant, the staff becomes more than just co-workers and employees; they become your friends and family (sometimes, dysfunctional family). I really like where I am at right now.

What does a typical day look like?

A typical day is sometimes easy and other days can be very stressful. I handle the daily operations: FOH scheduling, hiring and training. I’m constantly researching. When I am on the floor, I assist FOH staff serving and bar staff with anything they need and ensure guests are have a nice dining experience.

I like the fine at tent ion-todetail aspect of the dining experience. And there is the not-

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come that washes away whatever you were doing before arriving. Think of Grundy as the, “I’m here to make sure your experience is a positive one.” His sunny, welcoming and professional demeanor (along with a Hollywood smile) speaks volumes without saying a word.

“He’s the person who knows what’s going to make you happy,” says a staff member “… and he’s not afraid to make you feel like the most important person in the restaurant”—because you are. He has been known to remember clients’ birthdays as well as their children’s, their anniversaries and other important milestones. That kind of added touch goes a long way in the service industry, aided by software or not.

Having met Grundy over a decade ago,I was delightful to catch up with him after his return from bartending across town. We chatted about what’s been happening lately in his world.

so-fun stuff that is necessary: paperwork, crunching numbers, the end of day reconciliation and monthly inventory.

What’s a favorite Stanza meal?

The duck breast with a grilled corn and ricotta ravioli, wine-soaked blackberries and arugula. The flavors on this dish from top to bottom are exquisite!

And your favorite cocktail?

For a delightful ending to a fabulously curated meal, I recommend the smoked Negroni.

The drink is made from the smoky Laphroaig Scotch (10 year), Averna and sweet vermouth. Averna is a traditional Italian amaro with an earthy caramel flavor and the aroma is similar to what you might find in an old library ... it is delicious.

Nowadays, we have these wonderful new bars with craft cocktails that feature infused syrups and liquors. Drinks are made with fresh ingredients that take time and skill to prepare. They’ve become an art.

Any fun stories in your long career?

I was working at Bambara, and this lady came in and asked for a table. I was certain that I knew her and was racking my brain.

Finally, I asked her if we went to high school together, and she replied “No.” I was like, “Are you sure? I swear we know each other.”

She laughed and said, “You will figure it out soon.” So, I left and sat down. It was driving me crazy, and finally I said something to a server about how I knew this woman but couldn’t figure out who it was. He started laughing and said, “Michael, that is Pink!”

I was so embarrassed and looked over, and she pointed at me and laughed. It was great!

Who inspires you to keep upping your game in this competitive business?

The person I admire has nothing to do with food—it is my mother. She was a single mom

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ichael Grundy knows a thing or two about the fine details of starts and finishes. He’s one of the wonderful service people whose impact is felt immediately upon your entrance into the dining room at Stanza Italian Bistro & Wine Bar. We have lauded the marvelous food that talented chef, Jonathan LeBlanc, has graced us with over the years. What many people may not realize is that their dining experience all starts with the “front of the house” or FOH. FOH includes the things customers see: the manager, wait staff, host/hostess, bartenders, ambience, the service flow and the way the service people work with one another outside of the kitchen.

One walks into Stanza and is greeted like family. Serious attention to detail is needed to make patrons feel comfortable and well taken care of. Grundy cheerfully and dutifully snaps to attention the second a guest enters the restaurant door—a wel-

Grundy recommends every bartender know how to make these popular beverages:

raising three boys, sometimes working three jobs, and she always had food on the table for us. Everything I know is because of her. She is amazing! * * * * You can find Grundy at Stanza most evenings, and he can help you beyond breakfast, lunch and dinner with chef-led experiences, wine tastings, private dining and other special catered events and offers. Just look for the impeccably groomed guy with the friendly smile. He will make sure you feel right at home.

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Stanza’s COVID Update by Mike Grundy

Stanza has distanced its restaurant tables by 6 feet and limited groups to 10 people. Groups over 10 are seated at two separate tables. Enviromaster comes in and sanitizes the restaurant once a week and keeps the hand-sanitizing stations stocked. Signs are posted at the entrance about social distancing and mask wearing.

The staff has been really good at cleaning, washing hands and wearing their masks. We also clean and sanitize the tables and common areas prior to opening and in between lunch and dinner.

The reviews we have received about how safe people feel when they come to Stanza make me feel proud of my team. We have really only had a couple of instances where people refused to wear masks. It has been OK so far, and we hope to keep our patio open as long as we can.

Grundy is also happy to announce the return of the Stanza wine dinners, with the next one on Nov. 11 at 6:30 p.m. featuring Alaina Rahimzadegan with Vine Lore Imports. Chef Jonathan LeBlanc and pastry chef Amber Billingsley will prepare an autumn harvest feast including a roasted pear and chevre mousse amuse bouche; chai-spice pumpkin velouté, pecan-smoked quail, juniper-crusted elk medallions, brown-butterglazed pumpkin cake—each course with wine pairings and topped off with a Stanza Winter Old Fashion. The price of $75 per person includes the wine. Seating is limited, so reserve your space now.

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Call of the Wild Avenues Bistro on Third is now Wildwood.

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f you’re fortunate enough to live in the Avenues, you’re likely familiar with Avenues Bistro on Third, which has recently rebranded as Wildwood, the perfect neighborhood spot for a “cautiously cozy” dinner with your quaran-team or a damned fine takeout on a chilly fall night.

Chef/owner Michael Richey has a passion for food that dates back decades; he spent years cooking in San Francisco before moving to Utah and opening up Pago with Scott Evans in 2009. That was followed by tenure at St. Bernard’s, The Yurt at Solitude Village, and Zagat-reviewed but now closed Fireside on Regent. Since his arrival at Wildwood, locals feel as though they’ve whisked him away to a tiny nook of the Avenues where they can keep his talent all to themselves.

The intimate dining room, featuring hand-built zinc tabletops, wallpaper from France and solid walnut banquets, lends itself to a true bistro vibe, as does Wildwood’s

open-kitchen layout, which puts Richey’s culinary prowess on full display (although he jokes he’s growing shy of the spotlight).

He and chef de cuisine Kurtis Krausse worked together to whip up Wildwood’s current menu, which includes seasonal favorites like the Desert Mountain burger with melted Beehive Cheddar, Mary’s organic buttermilk fried chicken and rabbit pot pie with puff pastry and fall root vegetable veloute. Mike is a stickler for impressively fresh fish, so dishes like langoustine and fresh pasta, the soft-shell crab sandwich with chipotle slaw and the classically French mussels and frites are not to be overlooked.

Oh, and in case you were trying to save up calories for Thanksgiving pie, don’t. The Nutter Butter cheesecake with cajeta caramel and cream begs to be eaten now. Like, right now. Pair it with a Ginger Heat cocktail, made with bourbon, ginger-chili simple and angostura bitters, then make a reservation to come back and dine again ASAP. Wildwood is here; let’s help make sure it’s here to stay.

lmost anyone who has waited tables or slung drinks will agree that it’s an experience everyone should try at least once. Often this sentiment is expressed in relation to customer service; patience is taken to another level when serving a hungover crowd on the Sunday brunch shift or dealing with a party of 20 teenagers and split checks on prom night.

There’s the business dinner—where everyone orders wagyu and expensive cabernet— but the host tips as though they ordered side salads and soda water. Then, there’s the young parents who encourage their toddler to order for himself as he shyly hides behind his mom’s shoulder and I’m standing with a full 40-pound tray in one hand, wishing I wasn’t a part of this “teaching moment.”

My 16 years in the food and beverage industry have taught me a multitude of lessons—some food-related (like the right way to cut an onion and cook a pork chop), some not. Serving and bartending offers an intimate look into other people’s lives: a first date, an awkward breakup, birthday and graduation celebrations, even an engagement or two.

In fact, I met my husband when we were both working together at Porcupine Pub & Grille over a decade ago. Restaurant rela-

tionships, whether romantic or platonic, are inevitable. It’s where I’ve formed some of my strongest (and most unlikely) friendships and the thing I miss most about the server/ bartender lifestyle.

It’s also where I found my love of food.

Working in restaurants exposed my palate to flavors far beyond Utah Sunday dinners of funeral potatoes, meatloaf and Rhodes rolls; how about osso buco with risotto alla Milanese, watermelon with goat cheese and saba, togarashi fried chicken, whole grain mustard glazed coho, and ingredients like enoki mushrooms, chicories, gochujang chili and European butter (who knew what a difference the right butter makes!).

Salt Lake’s food and beverage scene was growing up at the same time I was and being in restaurant kitchens provided a front-row seat to the city’s culinary coming-of-age. I can credit the bulk of my wine knowledge to The Wine Academy of Utah’s Jimmy Santangelo, whom I was lucky enough to work with when he was sommelier at Cafe Trio back in the early aughts (chef Logen Crew, now of SLC Eatery, also worked there at the time).

I watched from behind the bar as IPAs took over keg taps, pomegranate martinis made way for Old Fashioneds with oversize ice cubes, rosés went from trashy to très chic.

Although writing articles about food is now the current extent of my restaurant and bar work, my food-and-drink obsession lives on. Sometimes, I even fantasize about going back to restaurant life. It’s true—it really is an experience everyone should try at least once. CW

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s we cautiously enter November in this election year, I can’t help but think of election night four years ago. After coming to grips with the reality that a bloviating, ochre-hued gameshow host was going to be in charge of our country for four years and waking up the next morning, my wife and I went out for pancakes at Blue Plate Diner. While it didn’t solve the problem itself—as good as their pancakes are, they can’t grant wishes—it did provide a much-needed balm to my troubled soul.

It was also a reminder about how comfort food got its name; 2020 has been a year where all of us have needed comfort in some form or another. A lot of my recent restaurant picks have been attempts to soothe the hydra-like depression that has been flaring up over the past few weeks.

Hopefully this list can provide a bit of comfort for all of you as we prepare to bid this year a not-so-fond farewell.

Blue Plate Diner (2041 S. 2100 East, 801463-1151, facebook.com/blueplatediner): When my wife and I sat down to our postelection pancakes at Blue Plate last year, I remember spilling syrup on my Presidents of the United States placemat. Sure, staring at presidents who were known for giving a shit about the American people stung a little, but the sticky dribbles of pancake syrup reminded me that sweetness often shows up by mistake and where you least expect it. Silly as it sounds, this breakfast meditation put things into perspective for me. Eating pancakes in this retro diner setting was the first step in my mental reset, and I’ve been back several times since. If you see me order a chile verde breakfast burrito along with a stack of pancakes, you’ll know I’m

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The smoked meatloaf at Pat’s BBQ trying to get out of a really dark place.

Oh Mai (multiple locations, ohmaisandwich.com): Usually, a heaping bowl of Oh Mai’s beef meatball pho does wonders for a troubled mind. That steaming hot beef broth simmered with a zillion secret spices, and filled with slippery rice noodles and flavorful meatballs, is textbook comfort food. On those days when the seasonal depression brought on by Utah’s high elevation, inversion-choked air and chilly temperatures melds with my garden-variety existential dread, I opt for the sunny side up egg banh mi with a small cup of pho broth. Once the sweetness of the caramelized onions combines with that savory broth and meets the satisfying flavor of fried eggs in the middle, my mental cobwebs vanish in a hurry.

Throwing a bit of sriracha into the mix is perfect for those days when I need an extra blast of spicy pain to reboot my internal CPU. Pat’s BBQ (multiple locations, patsbbq. com): I try to be as meatless as possible when cooking at home, but I can’t deny that a plate piled high with smoked ribs, brisket, turkey and sausage brings me a lot of joy.

I’ve been going to Pat’s for the usual fare— their smoked sausage is excellent, and that smoked meatloaf is an underappreciated gem in the barbecue world. Lately, however, I’ve started to take a shine to their smoked Philly sandwiches. They come in smoked brisket, pulled pork and smoked chicken varieties, providing an opportunity to really dig in and explore the smoked flavor that Pat’s puts into their menu. The melted provolone cheese on top provides some creaminess to cut through all that smoked meat goodness, and I’ve found that one of these sandwiches at the right moment can

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really get me back to a positive mindset.

Leatherby’s (multiple locations, leatherbys.com): Ice cream has been a universal remedy to the blues since it was invented, and Leatherby’s concocts some of Utah’s most gravity-defying creations. Honestly, a scoop of peanut butter cookie dough ice cream is a safe bet here, but when you really need to drown out the screaming in your head, it’s time for one of their signature sundaes. The Daddy Doug’s Banana Split is ideal for an ice cream experience that can be shared—or consumed in its entirety, depending on your serotonin levels. I tend to favor the Traci’s Peanut Butter Cup, a tall hot fudge sundae topped with a velvety peanut butter sauce. Mixing up the ice cream varieties in this sundae is a matter of personal preference; I stick with vanilla. The real kicker comes from scooping out the hot fudge, peanut butter and melted ice cream mixture that has congregated at the bottom of the dish.

Ruth’s Diner (4160 Emigration Canyon Rd., 801-582-5807, ruthsdiner.com): It’s not the first time I’ve mentioned my affection for the chocolate malt pudding at Ruth’s Diner, and it certainly won’t be the last, but there are few psychological maladies it can’t keep at bay. This one pulls at my nostalgia heartstrings for a time when chocolate Jell-O Pudding was a dessert staple. My first bite of Ruth’s pudding, with its luscious texture, deep chocolate flavor and malt finish, made me truly appreciate having taste buds. The local sweet scene is filled with flashier desserts, but this simple dish manages to encapsulate a texture, flavor and overall experience for me that helps keep me grounded. CW

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Red Rock Brewing Multiple Locations RedRockBrewing.com On Tap: Franconian German Rauchbier RoHa Brewing Project 30 Kensington Ave, SLC RoHaBrewing.com On Tap: Pumpkin Black Roosters Brewing Multiple Locations RoostersBrewingCo.com On Tap: Cosmic Autumn Rebellion SaltFire Brewing 2199 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake SaltFireBrewing.com On Tap: Dirty Chai Stout Salt Flats Brewing 2020 Industrial Circle, SLC SaltFlatsBeer.com On Tap: Barrel-aged Lowrider - Bourbon Barrel Chocolate Milk Stout Shades Brewing 154 W. Utopia Ave, South Salt Lake ShadesBrewing.beer On Tap: Peach Cobbler

Strap Tank Brewery Multiple Locations StrapTankBrewery.com TF Brewing 936 S. 300 West, SLC TFBrewing.com On Tap: Straight STRATA Pale Ale Talisman Brewing Co. 1258 Gibson Ave, Ogden TalismanBrewingCo.com On Tap: Spindrift Hazy IPA Toasted Barrel Brewery 412 W. 600 North, SLC ToastedBarrelBrewery.com Uinta Brewing 1722 S. Fremont Drive, SLC UintaBrewing.com On Tap: Cutthroat Pale Ale UTOG 2331 Grant Ave, Ogden UTOGBrewing.com On Tap: Synergy Coffee Lager Vernal Brewing 55 S. 500 East, Vernal VernalBrewing.com Wasatch 2110 S. Highland Drive, SLC WasatchBeers.com Zion Brewery 95 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale ZionBrewery.com Zolupez 205 W. 29th Street #2, Ogden Zolupez.com

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t’s been an adventurous few years for Pat Winslow, an Ogden guy and craft beer lover who spent the majority of his adult life working for the railroad in Weber County. After earning his retirement, Winslow decided to channel his home brewing energies into a public space where craft beer lovers from all over the state could come and share some unique suds in the town he loves so much.

Unfortunately, as often happens, a man and his vision don’t always jive with local planning commissions. After the acquisition of the building and a successful crowdfunding push, Ogden City informed Winslow that a massive amount of capital was going to be needed to make Ogden River Brewing Company’s new address work.

“It was the perfect spot,” Winslow says.

“That property was once occupied by Becker (Brewing and Malting Co.), a hundred years ago. I was really looking forward to carrying on the beer-making tradition at that spot.”

Forced to regroup and search for a backup location, Winslow was introduced to a group of developers who had learned of Winslow’s woes, and upon meeting, soon realized their craft beer goals were one and the same. “It was apparent after my first meeting with Bryan (Wrigley) and others at the Lotus Company that Ogden River Brewing may still happen,” Winslow says.

You see, Lotus Company is a Wasatch Front-focused development organization that looks for underappreciated or forgotten properties, and tries to revitalize them into premium spaces. Lotus just happened to

own many lots on and adjacent to the Ogden River. “I couldn’t believe it,” Winslow says, “and I couldn’t have been more thrilled”.

Now, the Ogden River brewpub is built, and Head Brewer Winslow is working on getting new beers out to the public. But he’s not alone: The Lotus Company’s enthusiasm for local craft beer has taken on new dimensions.

Determined to create more community based brewpubs, Lotus established a Director of Brewing position that is helmed by Patrick Borque. Borque is well known in Utah’s beer circles, having worked at breweries like Epic, Saltfire and Uinta. “My knowledge in starting up a brewery is basically why I’m here,” Borque says. “I’m here to help get things up and running and translate their recipes into brewing processes and techniques that’ll make Ogden River successful.”

Winslow adds, “My assistant brewer Landon (Jeffrey) and I have been working on recipes for the last year or so, Patrick’s (Borque) insight has really helped move us to the professional level.” The “profession level” Winslow speaks of also includes a secondary building adjacent to the brewpub that is already under construction.

“I’ll be here for the next six months as we work on the new building,” Borque says.

“We’ll have storage space and our eventual canning line in there, hoping to have that online by the end of spring 2021. From ther,e I’ll leave Pat and Landon to do their thing as I move on to Lotus’ next project, Fife Brewing in Salt Lake City”.

Once Ogden River is fully up and running, you’ll see about 10 beer handles filled with a wide array of ales and lagers. I got a sneak peak of the first three beers that Ogden River has produced. Aviator American Wheat is a hybrid ale with notes of orange peel and coriander backing a more assertive toasty wheat base. Hop Train Pale Ale delivers a classic American pale full of light caramel with citrus and pine bitters, slightly overbalanced on the hop side of the spectrum. And finally, Union Station Amber presents a very traditional malt bill full of caramel malts, with a slightly more aggressive than normal hop bitterness.

Ogden River Brewing is the fifth brewery operating in Ogden, joining Talisman, Utah Ogden (UTOG) and two Roosters locations in the city. You can find Ogden River Brewing right on the Ogden River at 358 Park Blvd, ogdenriverbrewing.com. As always,

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Northern Utah is proving to be a hotspot when it comes to new and experimental takes on pizza. One Dude’s Pizza (21 Main Street, 801-544-5469, ondedudespizzaco.com), a joint that serves its pies on a waffle crust, recently opened its doors in Layton. It’s tough to tell whether this is a gimmick or not. Honestly, I can see the value of serving up pizza on a waffle— those little golden brown squares are designed for holding sauce, and landing the right texture could very much enhance the pizza eating experience.

Either way, I love that any road trip that takes me north of Salt Lake can include a stop to pick up some creative pizza. We’ll be seeing you soon, One Dude.

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his week, City Weekly starts a brief investigation of the small world of college radio stations—and more specifically, their pandemic survival strategies. We kick off this week with a conversation between CW and Luke Davies, the Local Music Director at K-UTE, about how he and his fellow student-radio aficionados are working to keep college radio—and their own goals— thriving through the pandemic.

Davies talks fast, but maybe only because the voice practiced on his new K-UTE podcast Loco4Local is one that tends to be quite measured. Though quick on his feet, he still speaks in the clipped, enunciated way that radio people usually do as he begins to explain the complicated situation that is being a student and a radio director during a pandemic that just won’t quit.

One of those students floating in the double-major limbo with graduation somewhere indistinct on the horizon, Davies has been with K-UTE since last year, though this is his first semester as a director. A lifelong music lover and player, his background in the business program prompts him to ask not just “how are we creating this?” about music programming, but “how are we financially managing things like this?”

It feels like talking with an experienced peer as he outlines not just the problems K-UTE faces from the pandemic, but those faced by the music and journalism industries at large. He accurately points out that the industry’s already a tough one, overrun with never-ending content that’s all-too-often expected to be gotten for free. It’s surely a stressful view to take in from a position as a novice yet still-invested media worker and student. But after all, college campuses are a kind of microcosm of the larger world: Students at big universities like the U often live, work and go to class on campus, absorbing the culture offered by student organizations like K-UTE. Beyond the usual uncertainty around career paths, though, this year is notably a tougher one for the K-UTE staff and students. “It’s been really difficult because I think everyone on our team is trying to stay dedicated and stay focused,” Davies says of the year so far, which also finds some of its staff moved home to study remotely. “There’s been a pretty significant loss of passion across all human beings I feel—over the past couple of months, and weeks especially.”

Like the campus’s own shift away from the “normal college experience,” K-UTE has changed, too. “With a lot of people being in school, doing stuff online, there’s a lot of people who are really just bummed out, because you’re not really meeting a lot of people, the content doesn’t feel as engaging,” he says of student and staff morale.

But Davies notes that his colleagues at K-UTE strive to stay positive, balancing work meetings with diffusing activities like playing video games together on a discord server. “I’m very lucky be-

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cause I’m focused on the local stream, which is very engaging,” Davies says. “I get to meet new people all the time through that.

We’re very passionate about local music, music in general.”

That appreciation for local music has resulted in new podcasts, like the one Davies hosts, Loco4Local, where he recently interviewed Will Sartain, owner of Kilby Court, and also local TikTok star cmten. There’s also the new local-leaning hip hop ’cast hosted

by Jameson Williams called Dripcast, which recently featured the Los Angeles-based Utah native Phobia the Greatest. More written content for the site is also on the station to-do list.

Although Davies admits that K-UTE’s budget hasn’t been as “luxurious” as semesters past for obvious reasons, they’ve still been able to invest in software to make things like podcast production easier to do remotely. This was a necessary move after their studio was shut down over the summer, only to re-open with a capacity limit of two people at a time in-studio—a stark shift from their usual easygoing setup. But the loss of the studio has come with helpful additions like remote-friendly software Radiojar, which helps them monitor analytics on who’s listening to their online radiocast (which is their only cast, since K-UTE isn’t on traditional airwaves), and they can interact with the stream live while they’re on, which makes transitional moments like talking about music between tracks easier, too.

“We’ve been able to retain a pretty decent following since this all happened,” Davies notes, which may be due in part to these adaptations. “We’ve been trying to figure out how to maintain ourselves as a significant cultural aspect of the University of Utah and Salt Lake City in general.”

That approach has included advertising their new podcasts on their social media, reaching out to local artists to be on them and putting their casts up on media streamers like Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Yet they’ve gone back to analog in a way, too, Davies notes: “The goal is that we can engage with our audience by word of mouth; that’s our biggest goal right now.”

And though lately word-of-mouth passes over Zoom conferences and FaceTime calls, or at a distance in the park, it’s safe to say the word du jour is “connection”—something that K-UTE is working on keeping strong for the U and Salt Lakers alike. Tune in to their radio streams or listen to their inspired podcasts at kuteradio.org. CW

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There’s no doubt that love is one of the single most inspiring emotions that musicians dwell on, and the same is true for local artist Matt Starling, who digs into the thrilling sensation of new love on his upcoming release Songs for Nina. Starling is no stranger to meditation, as an experimental, minimal and impressionist electronic musician whose interpretations of music by Philip Glass and Terry Riley led him to found Salt Lake Electric Ensemble. Songs for Nina is quite the unique recording, though, forged through a romance-hued night in which Starling’s beloved challenged him to create music that sounded like what they were experiencing just then—the intimacy of deeply listening to music together. Despite her falling asleep, Starling stayed up all night recording the music, working with loops inspired by the techniques of Riley and Brian Eno. He finally landed on a generative system of song creation based on assigning his computer system to pick up at the end of each loop, and either repeat it or play a different one already in the system. “It was through the composition of the individual loops and the overall sound design that I was able to get where I needed to go,” Starling says. “Life and love play out in uncontrolled and unpredictable ways. I’m not sure if randomization is a perfect metaphor, but it’s awfully close...

Close enough for me anyway.” The looped tracks are minimal, sometimes ringing with crystal clear notes or brief, amber bursts of fuzzier synths like dying fireworks, always sounding like they’re ending, but never ending. The songs’ self-generating potential is best listened to long, and will be released in randomly differing versions via a six-minute “Radio Edit,” a 55-minute “Meditation” and an eight hour “Sleep” version of each track on Nov. 20. These tracks all offer up peacefulness, both in their soothing form but also in their content. Songs for Nina relays the warmth, magic and comfort of new love, but also its potential—to endure in some ways and change in others, always referencing an initial foundation, like a special night spent listening to music together.

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Back in August, Swedish billionaire and Spotify owner Daniel Ek directed some incredibly offensive bullshit at the music industry—an industry which his company has pretty much single-handedly devalued.

Music listening has in recent years become synonymous with “streaming,” which mostly happens on his platform, or others like Tidal and Apple Music. And it makes artists pretty much no money, unless they’re already famous and successful, and can craft deals with streaming platforms through their labels. Ek’s response to those irked by the way his platform profits off of smaller artists, while those artists make literal cents off their hundreds or thousands of streams?

Musicians can’t “record music once every three to four years and think that’s going to be enough.” Likely, though, that would be enough if Spotify had better payment terms, and didn’t privilege labels and management companies who literally pay for streams (that’s a bad practice called payola).

However, since that infuriating statement, and after months of struggling under an untouchable pandemic, it seems artists have had enough. The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers published last week a list of demands to the company, which asks not just for basic and easy changes like giving artists a cent per stream over their current pro-rata model—which finds successful artists keeping most of the stream money earned while those at the bottoms keep getting crumbs—but also the airing of closed-door contracts, and changes to the platform formatting to create transparency around all writers, engineers, producers, etc. who worked on a piece of music. As of this writing, more than 10,000 artists have signed on to the petition, from the new and indie to older, more established artists like Zola Jesus and Thurston Moore. There are rumored plans the Union has for if their demands go ignored, but in the meantime, artists and allies, visit unionofmusicians.org and sign that petition!

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Greatest Hits of the American Taliban is one hell of a shocking name for an album, but My Friend Zero’s actually pretty approachable. The local band describes themselves as “piss yellowing the kiddie pool of Utah’s local music scene,” but on this album (released Oct. 27), they actually reference a lovably familiar sound that feels very warm in this troubling political moment. Following what seems to be a guiding hand from the heavens, My Friend Zero lives in the world of earlyand mid-aughts indie, the likes of which are being referenced by more and more contemporary artists at the moment.

Maybe it’s nostalgia for the less glaringly awful Bush years (which were still glaringly awful), or a simple nostalgia for the sound of alternative indie music past, but My Friend Zero’s take on the timeworn sound actually works for them. Vocalist Ian Sherer sounds like a version of the oh-so aughts Harvey Danger vocalist Sean Nelson, bratty delivery and all, though without as much of the pop lean, and at other times—like in the song “Western Man”—there’s a tinge of old R.E.M. The album’s single “Center of the World” is a pithy song which seemingly condemns egoism but is otherwise obscure in its complicated and tongue-in-cheek lyricism. However the sonically bygone, familiar qualities are touched on once more, with bouncing rhythms that sound right out of a ’90s single that’s been living in the back of your mind since birth. Come to think of it, they just might be pissy, but in a way that’s almost a standard of a past time, and a past pissiness—lyrics describing Ralph Nader hopping in a pink corvette convey as much, anyway. These flavors of the past aren’t a knock against them, because altogether this album is a solid rock album worth a listen—which can be done on Spotify, or on myfriendzero.bandcamp.com

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As the autumn season has come on, so have higher COVID case rates, so some of you may be reevaluating comfort levels around shows that you developed over the summer. But have no fear, virtual shows are here (again). Leading the pack in the transition from in-person to online shows are the Jazz Jags, members of whom over the summer played in bands like The 8eat1ful5 on a residential rooftop to sparse crowds for free. During non-COVID times, the Jazz Jags occupied the back corner of the Twilite Lounge every Wednesday night, and now they’re moving the same set online Wednesdays and Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. via Twitch. They just kicked off their first one in late October, with an upload that’s now up on the Rest 30 Records YouTube page. The hour-long video starts off with performances by the Jazz Jags as is customary, albeit with a green screen behind them this time, before shifting to a guest appearance from Timechimp, a local who is something of a performance artist, but also a musician-slash-exhibitionist, complete with an ape mask and a bath bomb obsession to round out his zany art. Timechimp’s strange music videos—which pull from the aesthetics of many things, notably infomercials—are later followed by a set of his electronic music to close out the video and the night. While the coziness of the bar beckons for many as a swift Utah winter closes in, don’t think it’s the only way you can enjoy the great tunes and varied talents of our locals. Visit twitch.com/rest30records to watch the stream this week.

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The drive-in format sees yet another kind of unique new film screening, this time in the form of a cinema-tized dance performance called PAIRS by contemporary dance artist and choreographer Roxanne Gray. Though based out of Oakland, Calif., her Utah roots extend to the Covey Center for the Arts and The Underground Social Hall, but also to a notable member of the Utah music community who helped score her dance piece PAIR two years ago. Back then, the performance was destined for the Wasatch Contemporary Dance stage, but COVID-19 forced a pivot to film, in the form of a one-hour long experience featuring five different dance performances. Gray reached out to local artist and public library busy bee Ben Swisher about scoring it, and he notes that it felt like a “big league thing,” though I’m sure he couldn’t have imagined then that the performance would also then become a movie. Starting out with an unfinished song that was filled out well enough by pitched banjo and layered strings, Swisher would later make the decision to combine his distinct and rich style with the work of Provoite Alyssa Pyper and former local Luke Williams, to both create more music for the expanding work and to honor PAIR’s theme of finding a mate in the animal kingdom. “I thought I could do it myself,” says Swisher. “But that seemed less fun.

Also, maybe counter to the idea of mating to work alone.” Their collaboration was a free one, but also often virtual as they passed voice memos and folders back and forth, with Gray crafting choreography based on what they gave her, which is the reverse of how scores are usually written for dance. The musical and visual melee is finally seeing its fruition at the Water Gardens Cinema in Pleasant Grove on Nov. 5, with screenings at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Tickets are $37 per car, which can hold “as many people inside the car as there are seat belts.” Visit wasatch-contemporary-danceco.square.site to snag tickets.

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t’s kind of embarrassing the extent to which we have allowed scary movies to become a bastard genre. Sure, there’s plenty of bad horror; the fact that it’s so often cheap to produce makes it easy for a lot of crap to ooze into the marketplace.

But there’s also plenty of bad comedy, bad drama, bad historical romance, etc., and horror too rarely gets credit for the way it allows us to process the world’s most potent anxieties. Technology, the natural world, surviving abuse, the death of someone close to us—anything frightening can be (and has been) turned into potent metaphorical material in storytelling.

Co-writer/director Joe Marcantonio’s debut feature Kindred takes on a subject tailor-made for such an approach: the many terrors of incipient parenthood. At the outset, Charlotte (Tamara Lawrence) and her boyfriend Ben (Edward Holcroft) are preparing to move from England to Australia—a decision that appears unacceptable to Ben’s wealthy mother, Margaret (Fiona Shaw). It grows even more unacceptable when Charlotte discovers that she’s pregnant, and that this development isn’t going to change their plans.

What does change those plans rather dramatically is veterinarian Ben’s death when he’s kicked by a horse. And while Charlotte is left unsure what she should do next—including whether she should keep the baby at all—Margaret and her stepson from her second marriage, Thomas (Jack

Lowden), seem quite certain that what is best for Charlotte and the baby is keeping her at their estate house, whether she likes it or not.

What follows is a very slow build in tension, as it becomes increasingly clear that Margaret and Thomas don’t necessarily have Charlotte’s best interests at heart.

Marcantonio does a solid job of directing with an emphasis on disorientation and unease rather than jump scares, including a shot of Charlotte lying on a floor that turns her over to make it look like she’s on the ceiling, and a moment of betrayal that plays out entirely without audible dialogue even as we share Charlotte’s sinking realization of what is happening.

But Kindred ultimately proves most effective at building multiple layers of meaning into Charlotte’s sense that the circumstances of her pregnancy are beyond her control. Marcantonio and co-screenwriter Jason McColgan hint at mental health issues that plagued Charlotte’s own mother, which left Charlotte with the feeling that she has no role model for how to be a mother. Questions of capable parenting permeate the narrative, including monologues by

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Perhaps the most unsettling notion in Kindred, however, is the reality that Charlotte’s agency in her reproductive decision is being taken away from her because of other people who think they know what’s best—and specifically, as they usually phrase it, what’s best “for the baby,” as though she exists as nothing but a gestational vessel. There’s a jagged sense here of the passage of time, as though the grieving Charlotte, despite her voiced reservations about having the baby, is kept passive and docile until it’s too late to make any other choice. Like other horror tales built around motherhood—Rosemary’s Baby comes most immediately to mind—the idea that a pregnant woman’s thoughts can be dismissed as irrational weaves its way into a story that literalizes a pregnant woman being denied the opportunity to make her own choices.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries poet Charles Baudelaire championed the privilege and luxury of changing one’s mind. He thought it was natural and healthy to always keep evolving beyond one’s previous beliefs and attitudes, even if that meant one might seem inconsistent or irrational. “It is lamentable,” he once proclaimed, “that, among the Rights of Human Beings, the right to contradict oneself has been disregarded.” I bring these thoughts to your attention, dear Aries, so that you will feel at peace with the prospect of outgrowing rules, strategies and approaches that have worked well for you up until now—but that have outlived their usefulness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The horoscopes I write are my love letters to you. As I compose them, my goal is to celebrate your beauty and strength even as I discern what’s lacking in your life and what confusions might be undermining you. In my philosophy of life, that’s how love works at its best: remaining keenly aware of the good qualities in the beloved while helping them deal with their problems and heal their wounds. I suggest that in the coming weeks, you adopt my approach for use with your own close relationships. Your allies are in special need of both your praise and your rectifications.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Actor Gary Busey is quirky and kooky, but his peculiar rants sometimes make good sense. Here’s one that I suspect might be useful for you to consider during the next two weeks: “It’s good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So, in actuality, enemies are friends in reverse.” I don’t mean to imply that your adversaries and nemeses are totally accurate in their critiques of you. But there may be a thing or two you can learn from them right now that would truly improve your life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Musician John Coltrane described one of his life goals as follows: “There are forces out here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world,” he said. “But I want to be the opposite force. I want to be the force which is truly for good.” Even if that’s not an intention at the core of your long-term plans, Capricorn, I recommend you consider adopting it during the next few weeks. Being a vigorous and rigorous force for good will be especially needed by the people with whom you associate—and will also result in you attracting interesting benefits.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Known as “the bad boy of bridge,” Aquarian-born Geir Helgemo is a champion in the card game of bridge. At times, he has been the top-rated player among Open World Grand Masters. But in 2019, he was suspended from the World Bridge Federation for a year because he tested positive for taking testosterone supplements that are banned. Why did he do it? He hasn’t said. There is some scientific research suggesting that testosterone may boost cognitive function, but other evidence says it doesn’t. I’d like to use Helgemo’s foolishness as a teaching story for your use, Aquarius. According to my astrological analysis, you’re approaching the peak of your competence and confidence. There’s no need for you to cheat or sneak or misbehave in a misplaced effort to seek an even greater advantage. In fact, righteous integrity will enhance your intelligence.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) According to the film Amadeus, composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) and Antonio Salieri (1750–1825) were adversaries who disliked and undermined each other. But there’s evidence that this was not entirely true. In fact, they collaborated on creating a cantata that was performed by Nancy Storace, a famous singer they both admired. It’s unlikely they would have cooperated in such a way unless they had a working relationship. I suspect that a comparable correction is due in your world, Leo. It’s time to dissolve a misunderstanding or restore a lost truth or fix an old story that got some of the PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) facts wrong.

“I might really have gone round the bend,” confessed Botswana author Bessie Head. “I mean people who get visions and see a VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to ask for help gigantic light descend on them from the sky can’t be all there, and seek support. I urge you to be forthright in doing so! Resources but if so, I feel mighty happy. If one is happy and cracked, it’s that have been inaccessible before may be more available now. I much better than being unhappy and sane.” Although I don’t suspect you will be able to capitalize on the luck and skill of allies expect your state of mind in the coming weeks will be as extreme who have benefited from your favors in the past. Their successes as Bessie Head’s, Pisces, I do suspect it will have resemblances could bring you blessings and their breakthroughs should inspire to her dreamy cheerfulness. If I had to give a title to this upcomyou to instigate breakthroughs in your own life. Be straightfor- ing phase, it might be “Wise Folly.” And yes, I do think your “craziness” will generate useful insights and fertile revelations. ward: Ask them to lend their influence in your behalf.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) In 1903, archaeologists digging in a cave in Cheddar Gorge, England, found the fossilized remains of “Cheddar Man,” a person who had lived there 9,000 years earlier. In 1997, DNA tests revealed that a teacher named Adrian Targett, who was living a half-mile from the cave, was a direct descendant of Cheddar Man. I propose that we invoke this scenario to serve as a metaphor for you in the coming months. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your ancestors are likely to play a bigger role in your life than usual. Connections between you and them will be more vivid and influential and worthy of your meditations.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “At every crossroad, be prepared to bump into wonder,” wrote Scorpio poet James Broughton. I believe that’s stirring advice for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks. Broughton’s words inspired me to come up with a corollary for you to heed, as well: “At every turning point, be ready to stumble into an opportunity disguised as a problem.” I’ve got one more clue for you. Last night in my dream, my Scorpio poetry teacher offered a thought that’s well-suited for you right now: “Whenever you want to take a magic twisty leap into the big fresh future, be willing to engage in one last wrestling match with the past.”

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) When Charles de Gaulle was 15 years old, he wrote “General de Gaulle,” a short story in which he envisioned himself, many years in the future, as a general in the French army. Thirty-five years later, his imaginary tale came true, as he became a general of the free French army fighting against Germany in World War II. In the spirit of de Gaulle’s prophecy, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I encourage you to compose a comparable tale about your own destiny. Have fun as you visualize in great detail a successful role you will play months or even years from now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) In the 1970s, an Englishman named Stephen Pile founded the Not Terribly Good Club. It was designed to be a gathering place for mediocre people whose lives were marked by inadequacy and incompetence. To organize his thoughts about the club’s themes, Pile eventually published a book entitled The Book of Heroic Failures. Unfortunately, it sold so many copies that he got expelled from his own club. He had become too successful! I suspect that in the coming months, you may have an experience akin to his. The odds are good that you’ll find interesting success in an area of your life where you have previously been just average.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

he Wasatch Front Regional Multiple Listing Service has released its thirdquarter real estate stats, and no surprise, sales prices are up—sellers are dancing in the streets (hopefully with masks) and buyers are in tears. The Salt Lake market median sales price has jumped about $20,000 from the first quarter—and the median home price now is up to $384,000. This is, in my opinion, due to the very few homes and properties available for sale. Another trend we’re seeing is that younger buyers and seniors still want condos downtown within walking distance to bars, restaurants and social activities.

With the COVID-19 virus, offices and businesses have closed, and employees have been sent home to work. With nothing to do outside of work, many employees have been able to save for a down payment to buy a home. Plus, Utah’s conservative state budget is attractive to out-of-state businesses considering locating here, and the tech industry is recruiting talent faster than the speed of light. It all means that home buyers are flocking to Utah in droves.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2018, Utah’s population grew three times faster than the national average, and last year, one of every six Utahns moved. About 400,000 of us changed homes within the state boundaries, another 100,000 emigrated from other states and about 22,000 came from abroad (including Latter-day Saints returning missionaries).

And folks aren’t just moving to Salt Lake City but also south to St. George, one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the nation. Want to retire and build your love shack down in southern Utah? Plan on at least 10 months from signing your contract to getting the keys. Labor is scarce, building costs are rising fast due to lumber shortages and demand is insanely high.

Thousands of apartments are being built along the Wasatch Front, and yet there still is a huge imbalance of available affordable housing for those working to construct all of this new growth. COVID-19 is forcing some people out of their rentals and onto the streets. Even the quiet burgs are starting to see the unsheltered begging at major intersections. The Salt Lake Chamber CEO recently referred to the influx of homeless camps on our streets as “bedlam.”

Where does housing go from here? Nationally, cities are looking at throwing out zoning that allows only for single-family homes in neighborhoods to open up those same areas to permit multi-family housing such as duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and ADUs (accessory dwelling units). Locally, Ivory Homes is attempting to erect 45 homes in the high Avenues, with each home allowed to have a rental unit on the same plot of land.

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Over the Top n Superfan Luis Nostromo, 43, of Barcelona, Spain, has spent the past three years turning his apartment there into a stunning replica of the set of Alien, the 1979 Ridley Scott film starring Sigourney Weaver. His locations include the laboratory where the face-hugging monster attached to actor John Hurt was first examined; the spaceship’s corridors; and the pod that Weaver escapes in. Oddity Central reported that Nostromo hopes to finish his Alien Museum project by the end of the year and is already accepting visits from other fans. n In July, Taco Bell announced various changes to its menu, provoking uproar among some of its fans, Riverfront Times reported.

But Bryant Hoban of O’Fallon, Missouri, saw an opportunity.

When Hoban heard that the Potato Soft Taco was being sliced from the menu, he jumped in the car and headed to his nearest outlet, where he bought several of the items, then put them in his freezer. Then he listed three of them on Facebook Marketplace for $200. “These babies are rare!” he gushed. “Never been eaten!” It’s all part of Hoban’s scheme to start an “investment sandwich” business, he said. “You know, like the McRib— McDonald’s only offers it once a year, but the demand doesn’t go away.” Hoban has sold two of the tacos for $70 each: “I recouped my investment.”

Inexplicable A 17-year-old was taken into custody, and to the hospital, after he caused a disturbance at a Petro Deli north of Topeka, Kansas, on Oct. 17. The teen, who was naked except for the ranch dressing smeared all over his body, damaged merchandise in the store, then ran out and jumped in a running car, which he crashed into a pillar, WIBW-TV reported. Investigators said he was “under the influence of a substance.” He was released to the custody of his parents.

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Lawrence Crook, 37, of Jersey City, New Jersey, managed to live up to his name not once, but twice in one day on Oct. 8. In the first incident, Crook was seen loading “several blue and white striped bags” into a black SUV, according to Oddee.com. Lt. Antonio Granata said the witness confronted Crook, after which he fled on foot. The SUV had been reported stolen, and police found Crook in possession of methamphetamine along with drug paraphernalia. He was arrested and released on bond. But that was just the first part of his day. Later, a lieutenant with the Fairfield Fire Department saw Crook walking around in a fire station and rummaging through firefighters’ property. He was arrested again and now has two bonds, each set at $25,000.

Halloweird As Halloween approaches, residents in and around Concord, Massachusetts, are being treated to a spooky sight: A headless horseman, er, bikeman, is riding around on a blacked-out bike, strumming his guitar and waving to motorists and passersby.

The Boston Globe reported on Oct. 20 that the ghoul is really Matthew Dunkle, 38, who has been known as the “bike-riding guy” in the area since 2015, when he went through a divorce and lost a grandparent. “I needed something special in my life,” Dunkle said. “I had a few smiles and people waved and people laughed and stuff. So that was kind of the beginning of it.” He actually donned the headless horseman costume in April, as the pandemic got going. “It just feels like we are kind of in the dark right now,” he said. “We are all just running around with our heads cut off.”

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The Weirdo-American Community An unnamed 28-year-old man in search of a voluntary castration found himself drawn to a website offering such services, which led him to travel from Virginia to a cabin in the woods of Poteau, Oklahoma. There, on Oct. 12, Bob Lee Allen, 53, and Thomas Evans Gates, 42, allegedly relieved the victim of his testicles during a two-hour surgery, The Oklahoman reported.

Allen told the victim that he has “a freezer of body parts” and that “he was going to consume the parts and laughed and said that he was a cannibal,” an affidavit said. The day following the operation, Allen took the victim to the hospital because he was bleeding badly, but cautioned him to say “he done it to himself.”

The hospital contacted police, and investigators searched the property, finding suspected body parts in a deep freeze. Allen and Gates were charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors, including conspiracy to commit unlicensed surgery and failure to bury the body parts.

Questionable Judgment Tynette Housley, 73, of Black Forest, Colorado, was cited

by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials after her “pet” deer attacked and gored a neighbor who was out walking her dog on Oct. 16. The buck, now sporting two-pronged antlers, was taken in by Housley when it was just a few days old and raised as a pet.

The victim tried to run first to another neighbor’s home, then to her own, but the buck repeatedly knocked her down and gored her. A CPW officer euthanized the deer and took it for testing for rabies and other diseases. “We can’t say it enough: Wild animals are not pets,” said Frank McGee, CPW’s area wildlife manager. Housley was charged with illegal possession and illegal feeding of wildlife.

Man’s Best Friend n Veterinary researchers at the University of Helsinki have been testing whether dogs can sniff out COVID-19, and Anna HielmBjorkman has the good news: They can. With almost 100% accuracy. “A dog could easily save so, so, so many lives,” she told DW. A pilot program at the Helsinki Airport is having travelers wipe their wrists or neck with a cloth, which the trained dogs then sniff. They can identify the virus up to five days before any symptoms appear. People who test positive at the voluntary canine site are directed to the airport’s medical unit for confirmation.

Hielm-Bjorkman said travelers have been eager to participate, waiting up to an hour in line. n On the Italian island of Sardinia, farmer Cristian Mallocci welcomed a litter of five dogs on Oct. 9, Fox News reported. Among them was a special pup n one with green fur, which Mallocci immediately named Pistachio. The other four dogs had white fur, like their mom. Green puppies are rare, but not unheard-of; scientists think it happens when the puppy makes contact with a green pigment in the womb. Pistachio’s color has faded since his birth, but he’ll keep his name, and Mallocci will keep him to help look after sheep on the farm.

Family Values Twifi, a startup internet provider in Switzerland, posted a Facebook ad with a compelling offer to parents-to-be: Name your child Twifus (for a boy) or Twifia (for a girl) in exchange for 18 years of free internet service. And sure enough, KidSpot.com reported, one young couple bit, giving their daughter the rewarding middle name. “The more I thought about it, the more unique the name became to me, and that’s when the thing acquired its charm,” the baby’s dad, 35, said. Mom went even deeper: “For me, the name Twifia also stands for connection in this context. The more often we say ‘Twifia,’ the heartier the name sounds!”

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