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This letter is in response to John Saltas’ Private Eye column from last fall titled “Joe Redburn Days.” Although I am not a member of the LBGTQ+ community, I have been in full support of it since 1967, ever since a young German man whose baptismal service I conducted as an LDS missionary in Berlin subsequently confessed to me that he was gay and asked for my forgiveness. I never knew that Joe Redburn was gay, despite his personae being so prominent during my high school and college years. But I was saddened to learn that this good man passed away alone in a local shelter. He was a true community treasure. I remember him fondly as a voice for all and can only imagine the contempt and ill will directed at him over his many years by those who claim the entitlement to

judge others. That he not only persevered through it all but triumphed in many ways is a real testament to his character. Unlike Saltas, I can only imagine what it would have been like to raise a shot of bourbon to salute him in person. Reading the article also rekindled old memories of how taken aback I was when Henry asked for my forgiveness—as if 1. He were guilty of some major transgression and 2. That it was something that I could absolve him of! Fortunately, when he came out back in those days, the Berliners in Neukölln were already more advanced than most of us here in Utah. They embraced him unreservedly, and he became a core member of their community as I learned when, 10 years later, I returned and attended the Sunday meetings during my time with him. Even now, more than 50 years later, he is still loved and cherished. Unlike Joe,

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PRIVATE EY Ask Burgess I

t’s such a broken record on my part to default this space to being critical of my two congressmen. But, I shall do so until I don’t. Rep. Chris Stewart, who—between his former career in the U.S. Air Force and now as a U.S. congressman—has a near lifetime of working for you and me (in theory), represents me via our downtown office located in the marginalized Democratic slice of his district. No one I know has ever seen him in downtown, and yet, he’s my rep. He will be on the government dole long after he denies Utahns the similar privilege of having any social dividends provided by Dyadya Sem, I mean, Uncle Sam. If you speak Russian better than I do, I apologize if I have that wrong. My other congressman, Burgess Owens, is a treat, too. I live in Murray, which sits within the marginalized Democratic slice of his district. I’ve never known or heard of Owens visiting anywhere north of Utah County—let alone Murray, so I don’t soon expect to bump into him at the Ice Haus or Mariscos Ensenadas 2. As near as I can tell, Owens’ earnings as a U.S congressman are the first dollars he’s gathered directly from our government, so he’s not so used to never having to worry about a paycheck as Stewart is. I don’t pity him, though. It was our governmental systems of courts and laws that allowed this wayward Floridian via Ohio to dismiss most of his $1.7 million in debts via bankruptcy claims. That’s all well and good, and legal, too, but hardly becoming of a man who constantly cites “meritocracy” as the true path to achieving the American Dream. Uh, Burgess, why do you merit the good will of the government and of the people,

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but you cannot live by God’s grace and share it? A regular NIMBY this guy, as he wiggles his way in, then shuts the door behind him. I have a couple of doozies representing me. I use that term loosely since neither actually does represent me. It wouldn’t be half so bad, but neither Owens nor Stewart has ever spoken as to what they can do for the people of Utah; rather, each speaks broadly of the evils of persons who are not members of the under-siege GOP. For all the bitching they do about Nancy Pelosi, each should say a private prayer of thanks to her, for without using her, neither would have anything to say, and each would be selling MLMs. Last week, I was watching Family Feud or America Says or something equally enthralling when my phone buzzed. I peeked and was numbed to discover that Burgess Owens himself was ringing me up. I usually don’t answer calls that aren’t in my contacts, nor those in all caps, but when REP OWENS called, I couldn’t resist. I was asked my name and where I lived, then told that if I was willing to stay on the line, I could participate in a telephone town hall with Burgess and that if I wanted, I could ask him a question. Well, he’s never coming to A Bar Named Sue on south State, so I stayed on and submitted a question. It was near the top of the hour and the one-hour meeting was just starting. Owens was soon playing nice with the callers while tempering those niceties with appeals to watch out for socialists and liberals, and hearkening to his days of being a child of “racism who grew up in the Jim Crow South.” Owens always refers to the Jim Crow South. He was in the Jim Crow South, but not so much of the Jim Crow South. His good fortune (he calls it “meritocracy”) made him the son of a prominent black businessman, who did not grow up feeling the poverty or the pain of many of his citizen

neighbors, and who, by virtue of being considerably more athletic and better educated than most of his fellow Floridians, received a scholarship to the University of Miami that yielded him degrees in biology and chemistry, plus an NFL career. How does that background lend authority to today’s hot topic of Critical Racial Theory or CRT? Here’s what he has to say about CRT: “It is evil.” Yeah, that’s it. No critical thinking applied, no description of what it is or is not (I’ll give anyone who can accurately describe CRT to me in more than three words via email a $10 gift certificate). If you’re good at math, then you know Burgess Owens just earned $58,000 per word for each word used to describe CRT. If he keeps talking, he may earn enough to get himself out of the financial holes he found himself in. Or he could just shut up since, just calling it “evil” is hardly enlightening, but is what we’ve come to expect from our downgraded elected politicians these days. To no one’s surprise, he wasn’t asked my question but simply fed him questions that stoked his talking points. My question distilled to, “Divisiveness is a critical problem, yet all of your tweets and messages decry and put down people like me. I don’t hate God as you claim. I don’t hate family as you claim. I’m a Democrat, not a demon. How can you claim to want bipartisanship when you are the definition of division?” So, here’s another deal. Each week, we will publish a question for Burgess Owens. Right here. Send your questions to me at john@cityweekly.net. The author of every question published will get a $25 gift certificate from the City Weekly Store. Every submission becomes eligible for a weekly drawing. Just one request: Don’t ask him his favorite color. He’s already been asked that one. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net.

HITS&MISSES BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

HIT: Dems Walk Out

MISS: Still a Thirsty Desert

MISS: People—or Things—First?

With all the talk about cancel culture and “All Lives Matter,” it may be time to look back on the history of Black slavery. It didn’t start in the United States, but it certainly grew here. Slavery was not just a convenient way to get help—it was a money-making proposition. “In 1834, when the British abolished slavery in the Caribbean, the government paid 20 million pounds in compensation to the owners of the enslaved Africans. Many people have wondered who exactly got that money and what they did with it.” The Legacies of British Slave-ownership database uncovers the stories at British Slave Owners, Tracking the Money and the Stories of the Enslaved. This Zoom presentation will explain why Black slavery was both lucrative and sustainable. Virtual, Saturday, May 29, 11:30 a.m. Free/ register at https://bit.ly/3on0UY9

Defund the Police Rally

The shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. was just one of a long and tragic series of police shootings of Black people. After the city proposed a 5 percent increase in the police budget, Decarcerate Utah announced a Rally to Defund the Police! seeking a diversion of resources in Salt Lake City to community services that could make a difference to lives and safety. “We are demanding the city council and mayor to cut the department’s budget in half and cut the personnel in half, and to use the savings diverted from the police department’s budget to invest in under-resourced services that the Salt Lake community needs, like housing and mentalhealth resources.” Salt Lake City County Building, 450 S. State, Saturday, May 29, 2 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/2RoUR9F

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Celebrate Pride Through Stories

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COVID-19 has changed everything, and the Pride Festival and Pride Parade is no exception. With restrictions in place, the Pride Festival is offering a week in the Pride Story Garden. Pride Week 2021 starts with a Pride Interfaith Service on June 2, the day before the Story Garden opens, and a Rainbow March and Rally on June 6 (read more in this week’s cover story). Washington Square, 451 S. State, Thursday, June 3, 8 a.m. Tickets: https://bit.ly/3ypJ1Na

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It’s been a year since the murder of George Floyd when change seemed inevitable. But was it? A Reckoning on Race With Doug Baldwin and Shaun Scott will examine what happened. Activists came out in droves and saw corporations, media companies and sports leagues make statements in support of social justice issues. “A year later, we look back with one of our region’s most famously frank athletes, and one of its most compelling young organizers, to ask the question: How much has actually changed in America?” Virtual, Thursday, May 27, 4 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3wfeNKK

Everybody knows affordable housing is a crisis. But do they? Robert Vernon, executive director of the Provo City Housing Authority, is worried at legislators’ push for just $70 million for housing and homelessness, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Housing activists want an investment of $320 million in federal COVID funds to stave off the crisis. But legislators don’t want to act too quickly. After all, they have the ideological issues of race theory and gun rights to deal with immediately. Instead, they’ll just wait to look at which “fun” housing projects to fund and where. “We’re spending a billion on infrastructure … not all of it is urgently needed,” Vernon said. “It depends on if you want to put people first or you want to put things first. I think housing is more important than roads and bridges and broadband.” Legislators may have other ideas.

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Sure, it just rained. But that doesn’t mean that Utah isn’t in a severe drought. Maybe you were confused after the Trump “it’s just weather” era. But Utah is a thirsty desert state as the drive for the Lake Powell Pipeline attests. The governor now has the thankless task of convincing people to conserve water in a state that loves its green lawns and thinks that draining rivers and aquifers, maybe even stealing water from surrounding states, is the answer. “It’s really bad,” he told The Salt Lake Tribune. That means low fuel moisture, low soil saturation and high fire danger, according to the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. The question is whether people will willingly conserve—just like they “willingly” masked up during COVID.

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As the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approached, Democratic legislators in Utah stood fast against racism and the curious attempts to beat down any mention of it in U.S. history. They walked out as their GOP colleagues attempted to justify banning something they didn’t understand. State Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, told KUER 90.1 FM that the Democrats were failing to represent their constituents. In fact, they were representing the constituents who had been systematically disenfranchised through gerrymandering. If it weren’t for labels, Republicans would have nothing to complain about. U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart thinks people who call out racism are being too “woke.” And the 1619 Project? One wonders if he even read any of it. You know, it’s hard to read history when it’s not whitewashed. “The evil twin of the ‘1619 Project’ is critical race theory,” he wrote in a Deseret News op-ed. And while Gov. Spencer Cox continued his exiguous attempts at centrism, he did say this: “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and we need to make sure that our school kids, that they learn the ugly parts of our history as well.”

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The Utah State Library sponsors a virtual author event with Childs on Thursday, May 27 from 7 – 8 p.m. Interested participants can register at thrive125.utah.gov/one-bookone-utah/ to receive a link to the event, and don’t feel shy about coming along even if you haven’t read the book. If you’d like to get a head start on the next One Read, One Utah selection, pick up a copy of Utah author Ally Condie’s 2016 coming-of-age novel Summerlost. (Scott Renshaw)

It can often seem that creative art and the hard sciences exist in separate, parallel worlds. Yet it can be particularly fascinating when those worlds to intersect, whether through employing technology as a creative tool, or using artistic methods to investigate realms of scientific inquiry. This summer, Granary Arts (86 N. Main St., Ephraim, granaryarts.org) presents Evaporated: Explorations in Art Science and Salt, a unique exhibition marking a collaboration between artist Wendy Wischer and geologist Brenda Bowen. Their subject is the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah’s distinctive landmark that has sparked the imagination with its desolate, alien-seeming topography, and become famous worldwide as a site for land speed records. Dr. Bowen, an associate professor at the University of Utah, has spent nearly a decade studying the salt flats and their unique ecosystem, her research helping to inform land-use decision-making. Wischer, also a Salt Lake City resident, began participating in field visits in 2018, and her work (“To Breathe” is pictured) explores our relationship with this place in an installation the juxtaposes

the Move 48-hour filmmaking challenge, with artists creating original films from scratch— including surprise elements announced at the start of the time period—over the weekend of May 14-16. Networking opportunities, workshops and a live/online awards showcase fill out the schedule. The Utah Dance Film Festival will be held May 28-29 at the SCERA Center for the Arts (745 S. State, Orem), with multiple individual programs throughout the two-day event. Visit utahdancefilmfest.com for full schedule, tickets and additional details. (SR)

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art works with excerpts from Dr. Bowen’s research. Evaporated runs now through Sept. 17 at Granary Arts’ Main Gallery. Running concurrently with Evaporated, you can also experience Work in Progress, spearheaded by the mother/ daughter team of Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake. This ongoing collaborative mural celebrates pioneering women throughout history, employing unique materials to represent (at press time) more than 300 portraits created by more than 250 participating artists. The work has been designed specifically so that it can be added to constantly, and transported to different sites. (SR)

And while you’re in Ephraim for the Granary Arts exhibits, a classic annual Utah event returns. While the pandemic put the kibosh on most of our traditional ethnic and cultural heritage festivals over the past year-plus, those who are vaccinated and/ or comfortable returning to group activities can now look forward to getting back to those events. You don’t have to have lived in Utah for very long—with its population chock full of Jensens and Hansens and Christiansens and so forth—to realize that Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian blood runs through the veins of many of our friends and neighbors. The 2021 Scandinavian Heritage Festival takes place May 28-29 and May 31 at locations throughout Ephraim, featuring a wide range of activities. Food and craft booths are located on the primary festival grounds intersection of 100 North and Main St., open from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday. Plenty of game opportunities fill the

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Over the past year, many dance organizations—forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to rethink their performance paradigms—moved to remote presentations that embraced recorded productions. But there was nothing radically new about the concept of “dance for the camera.” Indeed, the form has been a vital one for many years, both as a way to preserve the legacy of live performances and a stand-alone cinematic genre celebrating movement. Our own Utah Dance Film Festival, now in its eighth year, provides a showcase for a wide range of filmed expressions of dance. Several individual programs are made up of short pieces by choreographers and dancers from around the country and around the world including Alice Pennefather’s In Her Hands (pictured), inspired by the relationship between sculptors Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin, and a creation by the University of Utah’s own Tanner Dance. Also on the docket is a free screening of a long-form interpretation of Anne of Green Gables by Toronto-based Ballet Jörgen. Saturday also includes the premiere screening of pieces created as part of

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During a time of distance, the Utah State Library developed a notion designed to bring us a little closer together: What if there was a statewide book club that could allow us all to share an artistic experience, and come together virtually to reflect on it? That was the genesis of One Read, One Utah—and this week marks the culmination of the first selection in that program. Author Craig Childs has long had a fascination with the American Southwest, which he has explored in books like Atlas of a Lost World, in which he followed the footsteps of the first Ice Age humans to inhabit North America. His latest collection of essays, Virga and Bone: Essays from Dry Places, finds Childs continuing the tradition of writers like Edward Abbey in celebrating the haunting beauty and stark realities of the Four Corners desert region. The unique features of this landscape are brought to life in pieces exploring places like a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, seashells from ancient waters in the desert sand, or the precariously-balanced boulders in Arizona.

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weekend, including pickleball and cornhole tournaments, plus the traditional Finnish throwing game mölkky. The Main Street parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, with other events including a quilting exhibition and historical tours, plus live music from performers including Peter Breinholt and a Memorial Day morning half-marathon. And there really is nothing quite like a good beard contest (Saturday at 2 p.m.). Visit scandinavianfestival.org for the full schedule of events, and maps to venue locations. Don’t miss this chance to get a flavor of Utah’s distinctive cultural history, and feel like the world is a bit more normal again. (SR)

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s the fifth book in a mystery series that has been running for several years, Mette Ivie Harrison’s The Prodigal Daughter has a foundation that was put in place long ago. But more recent events led to a book that was more relevant and timely to the culture in general, and to the author in particular. A Salt Lake City resident and veteran of young adult fantasy novels, Harrison created Linda Wallheim—the Mormon housewife/amateur mystery-solver protagonist of the new The Prodigal Daughter and its predecessors, beginning with The Bishop’s Wife—at a time when she was struggling to get her work published in the wake of the 2008 recession. “I bumped up against a wall,” Harrison recalls. “I gave my agent a list of ideas, and [The Bishop’s Wife] was at the bottom. He said, ‘Whatever you do, don’t write that one. No one cares about Mormonism.’” “In a weird way, that gave me permission,” she adds; “the idea that ‘no one would read it’ meant I could write it just for me.” Harrison describes Linda Wallheim as “like [Agatha Christie’s] Jane Marple, just a nosy lady who pokes around and asks questions; she has no authority.” Yet what complicates Wallheim as a character is the recent empty-nester struggling with her role as a woman within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and various church policies including its attitudes towards LGBTQ members (one of Linda’s sons is a gay missionary). That conflict includes a growing rift between her and her husband, the bishop in their LDS ward. “It made sense in terms of a mystery series,” Harrison says of Linda’s arc. “The detective, amateur or professional, is often on a downward spiral. I’d read many series that had a male character in that downward spiral, drinking or having a marriage destroyed. And I wanted to plot that for my female character.” Though Harrison said she didn’t realize it consciously at the time she was planning a series of Linda Wallheim

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Life’s a Mystery

books, her own journey began to mirror that of her protagonist. Harrison began questioning her own role as a member of the Mormon church, and separating from it. At the end of 2020, she also separated from her husband of more than 25 years. “I had questions and I had problems, but by the time [The Bishop’s Wife] came out in 2014, I’d already charted out seven other books in the series,” she says. “And I knew Linda was going to leave [the LDS church]. … I planned that arc for Linda because I thought it was the most interesting arc. I still don’t really think that I am Linda; in the beginning, I thought of her as this idealized Mormon woman who was capable of keeping her mouth shut when she needed to, and going with the group when necessary. Have I used some of my experiences of leaving? Yes, but I didn’t mean this to be a memoir.” In The Prodigal Daughter, Linda Wallheim’s crisis of faith

collides with the case of a missing 15-year-old girl, the babysitter for her adult son and daughter-in-law. The narrative explores issues of sexual violence, the accompanying shame inspired by LDS church teachings on purity, and rape culture within a patriarchal religion. Those elements were not initially part of the story Harrison had planned to focus on teen homelessness and the various factors that can lead a young person to leave the pressures of a religious home. (Harrison dedicated the book in part to the youth homelessness non-profit Ogden Youth Futures and its director, Kristen Mitchell.) As such, The Prodigal Daughter skirts around the edges of what would typically be considered a “mystery” novel, focusing less on the whodunnit aspect than on the culture in which the crime takes place. And Harrison says she’s always preferred to push at genre expectations. “If you look at my fantasies,” she says, “I got the same kind of comments: ‘How can you have magic work that way?’ … In The Bishop’s Wife, I played with, how late can I have the dead body show up before mystery readers wonder what’s going on. I’m absolutely playing with mystery conventions, but am I playing with it so far that it might not be considered a mystery? … Each of the books in the series is kind of a formal challenge in my head. This one is ‘no dead body, no resolution.’ Can I sell that as a mystery book? I wasn’t sure if my editor was going to expect me get away with that.” Whether or not The Prodigal Daughter is technically a “mystery novel,” it continues a series that has connected with readers by not being the kind of book that would show up in an “official” Mormon bookstore as it deals honestly with the church in all its complexity. “When Mormons write, there’s often this acknowledged or unacknowledged attempt to make Mormons look good,” Harrison says. “And I have zero interest in that. I only wanted Mormons who look human.” CW

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o matter where you get your Pride on, the sight of seeing so many effervescent souls converging in varying stages of dress and undress is indescribably powerful. That ribald “rainbow spirit” is outrageous, playful and proud. But it’s also sobering to think that much of the #lovewins talk of Pride is borne out of the collective wounds and painful memories that a good many LGBTQ have had to carry with them. Before there were rainbows, there were riots, protests and discrimination to overcome. The Pride festival marks another year of survival and strength. A conservative hub like Salt Lake can so often make those outside the mainstream feel “othered” and excluded, and the act of being visible and seen for who you is incredibly healing. That’s why, as cases of the pandemic appear to be slowing, it’s vital that the Utah Pride Festival bring us all together again. This year’s COVIDsafe gathering will be greatly scaled back compared to past years’: no parade, live entertainment or vendors. If that sounds a little bit underwhelming, read on. Utah Pride Center CEO Rob Moolman will provide a multitude of reasons of why you should adorn yourself in your technicolor finest and come downtown to reconnect with your rainbow-loving besties. In this issue, we’re excited to announce the possibility of a new queer bookstore as well as the bottling of a fresh batch of Ogden’s Own Five Husbands vodka. The locally distilled spirit spotlights five Utahns—are they brother-husbands?—some of whom you know. For those of the LGBTQ persuasion who are grappling with coming out even if it means exiting the LDS church, Carolyn Campbell has provided a directory of organizations that can offer support and guidance. And finally, Babs De Lay, who writes City Weekly’s Urban Living column about local happenings and real estate trends, has scribed a piece about the golden era of women’s music as well as a touching tribute to a local icon, dear departed Charles Lynn Frost. De Lay, in her Urban Living column, also reflects on the early years of celebrating Salt Lake Pride. And it’s good timing to announce that starting next fall, Weber State University in Ogden will be Utah’s first institution to offer a queer studies minor. The coursework will help graduates understand the unique challenges of those who identify with being LGBTQ and will equip students to create more inclusive workplace environments. —Jerre Wroble PS: For enquiring minds who’ve asked: The Miss City Weekly pageant is on COVID-hold again year. So, until the runway beckons again (hopefully in 2022), keep your drag alive!

Utah Pride Center’s Rob Moolman talks about an a-maze-ing (and COVID-safe) Pride Week. BY JERRE WROBLE

ob Moolman has led the Utah Pride Center since February of 2018. After more than three years as CEO of the center, and two years before that on the UPC’s board, Moolman recently announced he will be leaving the nonprofit. His tenure has been challenging but through it all, he brought his “engaging and calm demeanor,” as UPC board president Chris Jensen describes it, to the helm, helping guide UPC through recent well-publicized staff layoffs and criticisms. Moolman not only dealt with the impacts of staff reductions but also led the nonprofit “amid new community expectations, a new building, new program demands, the changing sociopolitical imperatives of 2020, as well as a financial crisis resulting from the pandemic,” Jensen says in a press release announcing the nonprofit’s search for a new CEO. City Weekly caught up with Moolman in the countdown to the 2021 Pride festivities, which promises to be unlike any other the UPC has hosted. City Weekly: After the year of COVID we’ve just been through, what’s the general state of Pride—in SLC and beyond? Rob Moolman, Ph.D.: Pride is not something that goes away. While it might have been a little more difficult to see over the last few months, it has always been with us—think about all those rainbow flags you saw waving in communities and of the online celebrations we hosted through 2020. We are happy to say that the celebrations are returning. They’re an important part of the fabric of the queer communities across the country and the world. We are making sure that the Pride events are safe for our communities which were disproportionately affected by COVID. Salt Lake’s traditional Pride Festival and Parade are not happening this year due to COVID. Even still, UPC has created a unique celebration this year. How did the vision for it come about? The 2021 Pride Celebration is unique, and we are so proud to be hosting it and to have a wonderful team of planners and volunteers putting together something that has never been done before. We pulled it off in 2020, when we were one of the only Pride Centers across the U.S. to host our Pride Road Rally—a large scale, successful, community-focused event—where we invited the communities to come out on National Coming Out Day to “drag Main.” Our 2021 Pride Garden is going to be something quite special. This incredible event will probably never happen again—in this form and on this scale. It’s going to be fun, educational and offer an opportunity to come out of our houses, to be together again and to do so safely. This original, one-time Pride Story Garden is an inter-

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active outdoor exhibit curated with national and local partners. A limited number of guests will be allowed access to roam and find their way through this “a-mazeing” exhibit that will tell “Our History, Our Stories, Our Communities.” Twenty unique gardens will be available for guests to enjoy, each with their own theme that will include educational, artistic, informational and interactive elements with limited physical contact. Guests will have the option to purchase a Garden Games Gift Bag that includes toys and tools to enhance your garden experience as you partake in all interactive elements. What can be done at this Pride celebration to raise awareness about important issues that impact the local LGBTQ community? First: Come and find out about our history and our stories and the work of the LGBTQ+ communities in our story garden. As the expression goes—we are doomed to repeat history if we don’t remember it. Second: Bring yourself and your voice to the Pride March and Rally (Utah Capitol, Sunday, June 6, 10 a.m.). In the past, the UPC has proudly hosted and organized the Dyke March, Trans March and the Pride March and Rally, which have all provided a space and opportunity to celebrate, recognize and give voice to our Lesbian, Dyke, Trans, Bi, Pansexual, Queer BIPOC and Non-Binary communities. This year, we are asking people to join us for the Rainbow March and Rally, which will be one of the focal points of our week. We will “raise our voices” in sup-

port of all of these communities again as Utah’s LGBTQ+ community comes together to support each other, and to celebrate our roots and history.

What are small ways that people can make Pride Week more inclusive and diverse? They can fly flags (Support Project Rainbow) or get yard signs from the UPC (pictured below) in order to show their visible support for their communities. I would also urge them to support local queer-owned and BIPOCowned and -operated businesses and restaurants. Yard Signs Available for Purchase:

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CW: In addition to putting on the biggest party of the year, how does the Utah Pride Center serve the community? Rob Moolman: Our mental health programs are open to everyone and payment is on a sliding scale. The Utah Pride Center’s Community Counseling practices an affirmative approach to psychotherapy, working with our young and older folks to uncover their interpersonal concerns within the context of their gender identity or sexual orientation. Many of the issues addressed in the one-on-one meetings or the support groups cover all the identities listed above. Our programs and events are vast and varied. We have some programs that focus on the very particular identities: Gay Mens support group, People of Color Program or TransAction. And then we have other programs and events that strive to be an inclusive space for everyone. We also have celebrations and recognition of particular identities: Intersex Awareness Day, Trans Day of Visibility, etc. Our education and training department provides cultural competency training: annual conferences, GSA/QSA work, school collaborations and Community Education Learning Series. We have also just started Rainbow Wellness—which is like an adult-learning program that connects LGBTQIA+ community members and allies by providing wellness opportunities that nurture health and authenticity in mind, body and soul. It allows all of us to learn, grow and have fun together. How is the Pride Center different from Equality Utah? Our amazing friends at Equality Utah are the advocates for our communities through the legislative period, and in many of the legal and political issues that crop up in our community. They advocate fiercely and fabulously for our communities. The Utah Pride Center is the community-resource hub that offers programs and services for our community. For almost 30 years, we have provided the support for our communities when they needed it and provided ways to celebrate our fabulous identities. The result of the work of Equality Utah is felt and seen at the UPC. It is an important relationship, and one we are proud to be connected with. What’s the best way for newcomers to connect with the local LGBTQ community? Get onto a newsletter and mailing list. Follow the wonderful different organizations on Facebook or social media. Volunteer for the events. Come to the programs. Rob, you will soon be leaving the helm of Utah Pride. Will you remain in Utah? I am remaining in Utah and remain dedicated to the people and work that needs to be done in our community. What have you loved about the job? The opportunity to serve our communities. To work with an incredible team of dedicated professionals. The joy of learning more. The importance of being involved in the important conversations that need to be held. Seeing the center grow and improve and survive through good times and tough times. What’s been the most challenging part of your job? 2020!—Is that enough of an answer? I also want to see the growth in outreach to more communities in need— particularly our Latinx and BIPOC queer communities. We have not done well in that work, and we recognize that. We need to do better and have been working very hard to improve those relationships. What do you hope your legacy at Utah Pride will be? Programs at the Utah Pride Center now include SAGE, the Utah Queer History Society, TransAction, an Education and Training Department, our People of Color program, our Latinx task forces, and our GSA Conference—these have emerged and grown in just three short years. I think/hope my legacy will be: • Increased the visibility of the UPC in the community • Increased UPC’s community connection and focus on community voices • Brought suicide prevention resources • Improved UPC’s processes, structures and fundraising. CW

Utah Pride Week 2021 | June 1-7 This will be a unique celebration that replaces the annual Pride Festival and Pride Parade we’ve come to know and love. This may be the first and possibly the only time an event like this will take place, so be sure and catch the historic celebration. To ensure the safety of attendees, the Utah Pride Center has planned events with COVID-19 restrictions in place. As such, the traditional parade and festival are not in the cards in 2021. In addition, there will not be the traditional food and beverage vendors, stages or live entertainment this year. That means no food or alcohol will be available at this year’s events but there

will be water stations and hand-sanitizing stations. And UPC will follow the current government guidelines on masking, whatever they happen to be the first week of June (it’s always a good idea to pack a mask to be safe). It is best to purchase your tickets in advance but there will be a limited number of tickets for purchase at the door. To manage the social-distancing effort, ticket holders may only enter the Story Garden at designated times. And yes, Virginia, there will be selfie stations. Lots and lots of selfie stations throughout the gardens. CW

2021 Pride Week Celebration Schedule of Events June 1: Pride Month Proclamations and Flag Raisings The Utah Pride Center raises the Pride Flag at the Utah Pride Center (1380 S. Main, SLC), 9 a.m. Flag Raising Ceremony with Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Council members at Salt Lake City & County Building (451 S. State, SLC), 1:30 p.m. June 2: Pride Interfaith Service Virtual event where many faiths and traditions come together to celebrate and unite for a service of song, prayer and inspiration. Virtual/Streaming/Zoom—Register for link at utahpridecenter.org/pride-interfaithservice, 7 a.m. June 3-7: Pride Story Garden “Our History, Our Stories, Our Communities” Washington Square, Salt Lake City & County Building This is a maze-like interactive outdoor exhibit featuring 20 unique gardens with educational, artistic, informational and interactive elements. Garden themes include: Utah Queer History Salt Lake is Burning Award Winners Arts & Entertainment (North) Community Stakeholders Remembering Stonewall Drag Queendom/Kingdom Center Zone North LGBTQ+ Around the World Transcending Gender Civil Rights Timeline Sanctuary Secret Garden Center Zone South Studio 54 Dance Party Retro Pop Community Partners Arts & Entertainment (North) Tributes & Memorials Flying Our Flags PRIDE Garden

Hours: Thursday, June 3: 12 noon-10 p.m. Friday, June 4, through Monday, June 7: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets: $10-$25 per person, $10 for Garden Games Gift Bag (while supplies last). See ticket info below. June 6: Rainbow March & Rally “Raise Our Voices” Utah Capitol, 350 N. State, SLC The rally starts at 10 a.m. A march will begin after the rally. A 200-foot rainbow flag will be carried down State Street through rainbow-colored balloon arches that will join together to create a massive balloon arch consisting of a thousand balloons. The march turn east on 900 South and terminates at Liberty Park. Tickets: showclix.com/tickets/pridestorygarden Discount tickets are also available during weekdays. Pride packages: Friends and families of four, or groups of 20, can come together and save with Pride Packages. Unicorn donations: When buying your own ticket, consider being a unicorn donor by donating extra funds to help low-income members of our community. If you are in need of a “scholarship” ticket, complete an online application at utahpridecenter. org/pride-story-garden-scholarship-ticketapplication. All funds raised make the Pride Week Celebration possible and support the yearround UPC programs and services. For more information, please contact prideinfo@utahpridecenter.org.

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A New Literary Umbrella Kaitlyn Mahoney looks for a gathering spot for her crowd-funded queer bookstore. BY RIVER COELLO AND SAM STECKLOW

ust in time for Pride month, a fundraising campaign to open a “queer little bookstore” in Salt Lake City has reached its $50,000 goal—and continues to grow. In the past year, LGBTQ rights—particularly trans rights—have come under attack, and racial justice efforts have been at the forefront nationwide and in Utah. The events of the past year made it clear to Under the Umbrella founder Kaitlyn Mahoney that a queer-led, gender-affirming, racially inclusive, all-ages, fully accessible multipurpose space is something desperately needed in Utah. Mahoney—who uses both she and they pronouns—is a Provo native who has worked with words as a copy editor for her entire career and has long aspired to open a bookshop. About a year and a half ago, they created an Instagram account to share queer books they were reading. The success of the account showed “such a need for people who are looking for diverse stories,” Mahoney told City Weekly in an interview. Given the campaign’s success in the few short months since it launched in February, she was clearly right. With nearly 500 backers on Indiegogo, Mahoney is well on her way to bringing Under the Umbrella into fruition as a community-oriented space—“by queers for queers,” as she put it. This is may be best illustrated by the $2,500 donation that put the campaign over the top. When Mahoney reached out to the donor, Alex Allan, to thank him, they learned that it was actually made on behalf

of about 40 people in memory of Allan’s book-loving late husband, Brian Short. Short had worked to foster a similarly inclusive literary space through a book club he ran at The King’s English in Salt Lake City, so when Allan learned of Under the Umbrella, he thought a donation to fund a shelf bearing Short’s name would be a perfect way to pay homage. “If I have a way to honor him that is everlasting and meaningful, I’m easily convinced,” he said. Mahoney’s vision for their shop as a community space extends beyond the funding of the campaign. They are considering different types of leadership structures for the shop, including co-op frameworks used by other queer and feminist independent bookstores, like the Bluestockings Cooperative in New York City. This is particularly important to them when they consider the canon they hope to stock in the store, and the voices they intend to highlight. “I think we just need to be aware of how other identities are marginalized within our already marginalized community,” she said. When asked about racial diversity specifically, she said that as a white person, she “should be listening and using my voice to amplify other people’s voices”—not only with their purchasing power, but also in the resources and programming the store will feature. Mahoney will have a rich history of local queer literature to line the shelves of Under the Umbrella. A spotlight on the state’s LGBTQ authors created last year by the Mapping Literary Utah project, which is

run by Utah poet laureate Paisley Rekdal, showcases a range of writers over the years—from Mormon suffragette Kate Thomas, to Harlem Renaissance novelist Wallace Thurman, to modern poets such as Willy Paloma and Natasha Sajé. It is also important that the store be fully accessible, gender-affirming, sober and open to all ages to better support the more marginalized members of the queer community. A number of queer spaces—many of which are gay bars—have long been unwelcoming to these communities, are inaccessible to those under 21 and can be downright dangerous for those who struggle with addiction and substance abuse issues. Finding a space that is both accessible to patrons with mobility disabilities and one that can accommodate gender-neutral bathrooms is one of Mahoney’s challenges. However, they are not deterred. Their goal is to open by the end of the summer, while having a presence at smaller events like Westminster College’s Pride Festival until then. Beyond donating to the campaign, queer Utahns and their allies can support Mahoney’s vision in other ways. Book donations toward the shop’s stock and book suggestions and recommendations will go a long way in helping facilitate the store’s opening. She is also seeking an indigenous artist from Utah for a paid commission for a land acknowledgement that will be present in the store, as it will stand on occupied Eastern Shoshone, Goshute, Paiute and Ute land. To learn more, visit undertheumbrellabookstore.com. CW

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Groups like Affirmation provide “a landing place,” a place to heal and connect with others, so that those identifying as LGBTQ can get their feet on the ground.

Support for Latter-day Saints who come out as LGBTQ “… God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.” —The Family: A Proclamation to the World, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Verses such as this make it hard to figure out where one fits in if one doesn’t “fit in.” In Utah, especially, the LDS Church’s policy can be a bitter pill to swallow. It goes on to stress that “those who experience same-sex attraction or identify as gay can fully participate in the church, as long as they “live the law of chastity.” They may receive church callings, hold temple recommends, receive temple ordinances, and males may even be called to the priesthood. LGBTQ folks who remain active in the LDS Church aren’t supposed to have “the blessings of eternal marriage and parenthood in this life.” They have to just wait for their eternal reward. Is it any wonder that there can be an extreme disconnect between those who grow up as faithful LDS members and then realize they are LGBTQ? “Just as most of us, when we are at odds with our family, don’t usually abandon our membership in the family,” says Mormon Matters podcaster Dan Wotherspoon, “many LDS Church members care enough about their fellow community members, their ‘people,’ to stick around and be voices that call for more compassion and more thinking.” As such, there are a growing number of organizations that provide support to Latter-day Saints who identify as LGBTQ. Want to know more about who they are and what they do? Here’s a sampling for those struggling to make peace with their Mormon affiliation. Affirmation President Nathan Kitchen once described Affirmation as a place to land. A Brazilian then commented that the word for “land” has a deeper meaning in Brazil. “It’s where you come home to rest.” That definition, says Kitchen, describes Affirmation’s role in the lives of queer and transgender people who are currently or formerly affiliated with the LDS Church. “We understand that as you come out or transition, you need very affirming support. There will be rejecting behavior and speech from those in your circle of orbit.” Affirmation provides a landing place, so people don’t feel isolated; it’s also a place to rest and heal, Kitchen adds. “Often, we get caught up in our personal situations. One way to emerge from that is to realize that you have a community to give back to and be affirmed as your authentic self with no judgment.” Even after people find their footing “in this life of being queer, Affirmation offers a complete network where all generations can help and mentor one another. If someone needs something specific, we have someone who has traveled that road and is willing to make it easier for the traveler.” Affirmation originated in 1977 when a small group of BYU students experiencing same-sex attraction met together “to try to figure out what was happening to them.” Today,

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thousands of people in Affirmation chapters worldwide attend events, watch videos online and form friendships. At Affirmation conferences, strangers become instant friends, “Because we have that common heritage that informs who we are.” After coming out himself, Kitchen followed the steps of Affirmation’s vision—land, rest, share and be authentic. “It really sets your feet on the ground.” Affirmation.org Latter Gay Stories Podcast and Resource Center Kyle Ashworth served an LDS mission, married and had children—all to make his homosexuality go away. “What do you do when it doesn’t go away?” he asks, “That’s why we have Latter Gay Stories.” This podcast’s goal is to help people know that “they are not alone, are not broken, and their best days are ahead,” says Ashworth. To achieve this purpose, “visibility is our No. 1 goal; to help normalize this topic and show the general community that LGBTQ families function the same as any other family. When people understand the LGBTQ community better, this topic becomes [as comfortable as] your neighbor next door. It’s no longer abnormal or nuanced.” The podcasts differ from discussions around an LDS bishop’s desk or ward council and are more like informal conversations at home around the kitchen table. Still, Ashworth hopes that those usually attending a bishop’s meeting will visit his Latter Gay Stories kitchen table. “I have a seat for them,” he says. Now in its ninth season, Latter Gay Stories releases an interview episode every 7 to 10 days and a “coming out” story on Sundays. On Tuesdays, “In My Own Words” is a written feature, often submitted by listeners, that begins with ‘the “normal’ parts of a person’s experience—such as ‘I am a Baker.’ “It’s a play off of the old ‘I’m a Mormon’ campaign,” Ashworth says. lattergaystories.org I’ll Walk With You A gay psychologist who experienced conflict when coming out to his parents founded I’ll Walk With you, a Facebook group that offers monthly virtual support groups for LDS parents to connect with others. “He felt that they needed a safe space to process and learn more about their children as LGBTQ,”’ says Karen Penman, a group administrator. Today, 2,500 people worldwide are site members. “We have parents who are brand new in finding out about their kids, people of all levels of faith—there is room for everyone,” says Penman, herself the mother of a transgender child. She says, “I had immense growth as a person as I became acquainted with other parents. I listened more to my child’s story, not just to solve but, rather, to be there and celebrate his life with him. Our son now has accomplished many things—

graduating from high school and college and getting married. I am so grateful we were there at his side, rather than cutting ties because of religious beliefs.” I’ll Walk With You facebook.com/groups/WalkWithYouLDSParentsOfLGBTQ Peculiar After George Deussen and his wife, Alyson, lost their gay son, Stockton, to suicide five years ago, they felt compelled to help other families. They created Peculiar, a nonprofit outreach and ally educational program whose primary mission is to inspire and empower parents to love their LGBTQ children unconditionally. “When Stockton came out as gay at age 13, in all honesty, Alyson and I struggled at first,” says Deussen. “It took us six months to a year to become more educated through our own research and connecting with people already on the path. Then we saw it from another perspective, and Stockton became our No. 1 priority as we tried to support his spiritual health and well-being.” Today, through their Peculiar Places safe havens, Allies and Appetizers educational program, and working with Brigham and Women’s Hospital to develop an educational platform to improve engagement and support for LGBT youth, the Deussens continue to offer community outreach. “It’s all about returning to love,” he says. thepeculiar.org Encircle The atmosphere inside an Encircle house is warm, inviting and comfortable, echoing how founder and CEO Stephenie Larsen hopes all who enter will feel. Five years ago, Larsen took action after learning of the high youth suicide rate in her native Provo. Driving downtown, she found a house with two rainbow-colored stained-glass windows and knew she had the right place. “I knew it shouldn’t be in a strip mall, but in a home, so that kids who didn’t feel at home anywhere else could come here and feel safe just as they are.” Today, on weekdays after school, kids come to one of three Encircle houses to do homework, eat snacks, paint, play the piano and enjoy the safe space. Encircle offers subsidized therapy, paying $100 per session while families pay $25. “We take data on every therapy session and program to be sure that they are helping children develop less suicidality,” says Larsen. When a child comes out, some parents struggle more than the youth. “We want to shorten the time when parents aren’t affirming or don’t understand,” Larsen says. “Therapy helps parents, but the way that parents move most quickly is by watching other parents who model affirming behavior.” 98% of parents who come to Encircle are of the LDS faith. “They ask, ‘how can I love my child and my religion?’” says Larsen. “From the beginning, we try to help them solve that conflict and work through it.” CW encircletogether.or

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nother Pride celebration, another opportunity to purchase a bottle of Odgen’s Own vodka—but the one with the unique name of “Five Husbands.” Ogden’s Own has been branding the vodka with a Pride moniker such for three Pride festivals. This year is noteworthy in that the bottles will feature the visages of real Utahns—namely Utah Pride Center’s Rob Moolman, Equality Utah’s Troy Williams, model and leasing agent C.J. Hamblen, DJ/music producer Georgios Spiliopoulos and entrepreneur Johnny Hebda.

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he man behind the brand and the photography for Five Husbands is none other than Steve Conlin, Ogden’s Own CEO. Prior to heading up a craft distillery, Conlin worked for the IRS, followed by stints as a photojournalist and forays into the real estate industry. Tell us a little bit about Ogden’s Own Distillery We started in Utah in 2009 making Underground Herbal Spirit as the brainchild of Tim Smith. We now make Five Wives Vodka, Madam Pattirini Gin, Porter’s Whiskies including our rye and huckleberry, peach, peanut butter, apple and cinnamon (fire) flavors. We just built a new 34,000 square-foot facility in Ogden with an outdoor music venue and a bar that will both be operational very soon. And what’s the story behind this special edition of vodka? This will be the third rendition of the Five Husbands Vodka label. Originally, we put members of our own staff on the product to show how much as a company we stand with the LGBTQ+ community. In 2020, we’d hoped to incorporate members of the community on the label but with COVID-19 stopping all of

the events, we decided to hold off on that until now. We just put rainbow masks on the husbands in 2020. This year, we are lucky enough to have some of our favorite people in the Utah LGBTQ community take our spot on the label. How has the reception been for Five Husbands? The community has been so supportive of the product that the DABC is now stocking it year-round! So, we will make as much as the consumer demand is throughout the year. How did you select the Five Husbands this year? These guys all show support and commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. Through events, we’ve met some of amazingThe people doing great things in the communiRainbow ty. It’s been an honor just to get know this year’s husbands. They truly embrace everything they do with passion and commitment and have welcomed Ogden’s Own as allies. Throughout the years, we’ve had the opportunity to support many events in Utah including Pride, Equality Utah galas, dance events, etc. We’ve always thought the bottle would be a great way to celebrate members of the community and are thrilled we get to do that this year. We hope that each year,

we will change the label to highlight people who are making a difference. COVID-19 created a unique set of challenges getting the label done this year, but hopefully the next few years will be easier! What’s your Pride cocktail? If you’re feeling fancy: The Rainbow 2 ounces Five Husbands Vodka 1 ounce peach schnapps 1 ounce Blue Curaçao ½ ounce grenadine 1 ounce pineapple juice Pour slowly in a glass over ice. Using a spoon, guide the next layer on top and repeat. Is there a charitable aspect to this clever marketing idea? We do not donate a specific amount with each purchase, but we do use the money generated from the sales of Five Husbands to support LGBTQ+ events throughout the year including: Equality Utah Utah Pride Center Numerous Skyfall events

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Know Your Husbands They’re all Utah locals passionate about spreading the message of inclusiveness. My name: Rob Moolman, Ph.D. My gig: Executive director/CEO of the Utah Pride Center Favorite vodka cocktail: Martini, Up, 3 olives What Pride means to me: It is a public, and visible, moment where our community can be seen, celebrated and connected! Favorite Pride anthem: “Raise your Glass”—Pink! What I’ll be toasting to at Utah Pride 2021: The work, services, resources and amazing team of people serving our community at the Utah Pride Center!

My name: Troy Williams My gig: Executive director of Equality Utah Favorite vodka cocktail: a dirty filthy martini What Pride means to me: Pride is the freedom to love and liberate the world. Favorite Pride anthem: “Don’t Leave Me This Way” cover by the Communards. It was the first CD I ever bought as a kid. That should have told me everything. What I’ll be toasting to at Utah Pride 2021? To Utah banning conversion therapy, and protecting transgender kids from proposed laws at the Legislature. Oh, and to surviving a pandemic. It’s time to reconnect, recharge and come back together.

My name: C.J. Hamblen My gig: Leasing consultant for AMC, freelance modeling Favorite vodka cocktail: Moscow Mule What Pride means to me: Pride to me means being your truest self and not being afraid to express it! You’ve gotta own it! Favorite Pride anthem: The one song that keeps me going and gets me through it all is definitely “Midnight Sky” by Miley Cyrus. What I’ll be toasting to at Utah Pride 2021: Cheers to us all continuing to make serious moves!

My name: Georgios Spiliopoulos My gig: DJ/music producer/ owner of Queen House Music & QSQUARED/event producer/ promoter Favorite vodka cocktail: Moscow Mule What Pride means to me: Pride is the biggest celebration of the LGBTQIA community. It means being your authentic self and being accepted even if you don’t feel it. Pride is about standing together and lifting each other up. Celebration of our community/chosen family that accepts us no matter what. Favorite Pride anthem: “Born This Way” by Lady Gaga What I’ll be toasting to at Utah Pride 2021: I will be toasting to equality and acceptance and to celebrate pride all year round!

My name: Johnny Hebda My gig: Entrepreneur by day/ Life of the Party by night Favorite vodka cocktail: Five Husbands Vodka with soda and a rainbow straw, please What Pride means to me: A chance to celebrate my sexuality, freedom, diversity and be visible (and non-stop partying all weekend/ pools and vodka) Favorite Pride anthem: I’m pretty partial to Todrick Hall’s “Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels” (and hint, hint, Five Husbands is sponsoring a live performance of said anthem on June 4 right here in Salt Lake City) What I’ll be toasting to at Utah Pride 2021: I mean only toasting once? My first toast will be at the end of the Pride Spectacular to an amazing event! My last toast will be at the end of the weekend, for having survived 10 or more parties and events (and thanking Five Husbands Vodka for the liquid fuel that got me through!) CW

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Women: The Third Decade Those bygone years when women made beautiful music about women, for women. BY BABS DE LAY

The Olivia Records collective in 1973, with cofounderJudy Dlugacz, far right. JEB

or 28 years, I produced Women: The Third Decade, the longest-running women in music program on public radio in the U.S. And it was broadcast here in Utah on KRCL 90.9 FM. I have hundreds and hundreds of LPs and CDs by women that I shared with my audience. It was one of the top shows for fundraising during membership drives, but new management felt the station needed to be more commercial and let the all-volunteer morning DJs go and hired replacements for the volunteers. We all lost our continued and consistent “herstory” of women in music and their accomplishments that allowed for the success of women artists today. I first went on the radio in the 1980s a decade after the term “women’s music” was becoming a thing around the world. I was specifically recruited to replace a woman who had a program about women in music, mostly women vocalists from the 1960s such as Patti Page and Leslie Gore. Meg Christian and Cris Williamson—two lesbian vocalists/songwriters—formed the record label Olivia Records. Poll any old Dyke and you can bet they have a copy of Williamson’s The Changer and the Changed album—one of the all-time bestselling albums on any independent label and the first LP known to be entirely produced by women. I introduced listeners to these early pioneers with gusto and tried to keep up with the quickly growing genre with feminist additions like Margie Adam, Ani DiFranco, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Teresa Trull and Barbara Higbie. These were women singing about women, loving women, who were being produced and backed up by women. I began bringing these women to Utah concert-goers while traveling myself to out-of-state events and volunteering at the Michigan Women’s Music Festival. I never made a profit, but I had a hell of a good time and made many friends in the women’s music industry. Back then, we were a loud group of women becoming more and more empowered by the feminist movement, and some became radicalized as separatist feminists trying to succeed without the help of men. I remember visiting an all-woman-owned piece of land in the Pacific Northwest where they tried to live with as little interface with men as possible—they built all their living structures and bartered with other women for food and supplies.

The experiment didn’t last long but some great poetry and music came out of the experience as well as films by the late Barbara Hammer. Locally, the most successful all-women’s band of the era was My Sister Jane, whose last release was in 1994. It featured Julie Lueders (deceased), Sally Shaum, Trace Wiren, Martha Bourne and Shelly White. As women’s music labels grew more, non-LGBTQ+ people experienced the songs, but sadly, the mainstream music industry didn’t see this potential added audience and didn’t invest or promote the women. A few did break through, like Fanny—the first all-women’s rock group that opened for Joe Cocker, Slade, Jethro Tull and Humble Pie tours. Olivia Records morphed from releasing albums into offering alllesbian cruises to gay resorts on sold-out gay voyages. Most women’s labels fell by the wayside by the end of the 1990s. The women performing, engineering, writing and producing today in the mainstream music industry stand on the backs of the early women’s music giants, whether they are gay or not. Queen Latifa, Sinead O’Connor, Tegan and Sara, Tracy Chapman, Melissa Etheridge, Janelle Monae and so many more successful performers hold back nothing of their LGBTQ+ roots with PRIDE. CW

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harles Lynn Frost passed away in his sleep on May 19, 2021. He will be remembered by many who were under his tutelage as a drama teacher at high schools in Utah County, an employee and promoter of Franklin Covey systems, and later, a life coach. Most of all, locals might remember him for his outstanding portrayal of a Mormon woman/widow named Sister Dottie S. Dixon that he developed originally on KRCL 90.9 FM radio and then took the character to the stage in the play The Passion of Sister Dottie S. Dixon that sold out every show. Based in part on his own strong mother who was a terrific cook, Sister made gentle fun of living in Utah as a member of the church with a fictional gay son (Donnie) and their day-to-day escapades: Her marching with the PFLAG group in the PRIDE parade; Donnie’s boyfriends, visiting teachers, Jell-O recipes, etc. Some believed he was a drag queen, but no, Charles was an actor who transformed into a very funny lady for plays and public events. He hated getting dolled up in a wig, nylons and corset underthings to play the part of Dottie. Charles was a member of AEA/SAG and City Weekly award him Best Actor for his role in the Laramie Project. He won Best Original Play and Best Production for The Passion of Sister Dottie S. Dixon, Second Helpings. He performed off-Broadway and in San Francisco for Facing East and was a frequent award winner from Q Salt Lake readers. KXRK 96.3 FM Radio From Hell listeners got a positive dose of Dottie each week for years and laughed along with her at Dottie’s take on local politics. He and Pat Bagley published The Mormon Kama Sutra, a handbook of sorts of her “favert positions” with cartoons by Bagley. I knew him for decades as we ran in similar circles at times and supported charities such as the Utah AIDS Foundation. We loved dishing the T to each other, and I loved seeing that impish look in his eyes when he smelled BS in a room. Charles was not a fan of posers. Sadly, he did not pay attention to selfcare and didn’t go for a colonoscopy for 10 years. When he finally did, he found out he had Stage 4 colon cancer and given a grim prognosis. We had him over to dinner virtually every Sunday during his battle with cancer, and he was a brave gentle soul through it all. He died while taking nap. The world has lost a brilliant talent and a passionate, silly man whom we will miss forever. He leaves four children and many sad grandkids. CW

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A Quiet Place Part II, Cruella and the compulsion to fill in every blank. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

hen did it become so impossible for movies to leave some things unsaid? We humans are always on a quest for answers, but sometimes the best storytelling path is to leave some mystery. Maybe it’s not necessarily crucial to know what’s in that suitcase in Pulp Fiction, only that it’s really important to Marcellus Wallace. And maybe we don’t have to know what turned someone into the crazed Joker, only that his sociopathic anarchism is a threat to normalcy. There are times when the answer in your head provides more emotional kick than a superfluous origin story. This week’s two big releases both fall victim to this compulsion to fill in blanks

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that were best left blank. A Quiet Place Part II—director John Krasinski’s follow-up to the hit 2018 alien-invasion thriller—opens with a 10-minute prologue taking us back to “Day 1” of the arrival of the blind, soundsensitive extraterrestrial predators. It’s a back-story that the original felt no need to supply, as it plunged us directly into the plight of the Abbott family—father Lee (Krasinski), mother Evelyn (Emily Blunt), daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and son Marcus (Noah Jupe)—and the advantage in their ability to communicate through ASL because of Regan’s deafness. The flashback here feels like filler, serving mostly to introduce family friend Emmett (Cillian Murphy), whom the Abbotts will later encounter, and to provide Krasinski a cameo since Lee sacrificed himself in the first film, and would otherwise have no opportunity in this movie to place his finger to his lips with grim intensity. Things get back on track once the primary plot kicks in, picking up more or less immediately after the events of the original, with Evelyn’s newborn baby added to the family. Searching for other survivors, the Abbotts connect with Emmett, but Regan soon sets out on her own, convinced that the weapon she discovered by amplifying her cochlear implant’s frequency could save others. Simmonds’ performance provides a welcome intensity, and dividing the family is a solid dramatic choice. There’s just a weird pac-

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Emma Stone in Cruella ing problem with Part II, as long stretches of nothing happening are abruptly juxtaposed with moments when EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, LOUDLY AND DANGEROUSLY. But at least this is a film that ultimately is more concerned with what happens next than with what happened before. That isn’t remotely the case with Cruella, following the lead of tales like Maleficent and Joker that are convinced iconic villains need a complex history. Here, we learn that a young girl named Estella was orphaned, and fell in with street criminals Jasper and Horace. As a young woman, Estella (Emma Stone) attempts to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer, serving as an apprentice to the icy Baroness (Emma Thompson) before ultimately letting loose her dark side Cruella alter-ego as a rival to the Baroness. What follows begins to feel like a frantic riff on The Devil Wears Prada, albeit one where every 20 minutes or so there’s an attempted heist by Jasper (Joel Fry) and Horace (Paul Walter Hauser). Of course, we also get enough 101 Dalmatians references shoehorned in to become irritating every time they arrive, from the pointed inclusion of characters named Roger and Anita, to a scene where—I wish I were making this up—Estella develops a certain loathing because dalmatians killed her mother. The real irony, though, is how quickly it

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epending on the kind of day that is ahead of you, your breakfast consumption is either your best friend or your worst enemy. The days when you need to be quick on your toes should start with something that doesn’t weigh you down, and the days when you just need to debauch your senses should start with something luxurious and drenched in whipped cream. However, when you want to simply boss up and seize the shit out of the day, you best have a truly great breakfast sandwich in your corner. Luckily, the heart of Downtown SLC has the niche grill on wheels known as Beehive Breakfast (166 E. 200 South, 978-778-4386, beehivebreakfast. com) to keep its go-getters go-getting. Owned and operated by John Ivester, Beehive Breakfast is a quaint little food cart that usually sets up shop in front of the gun store on the corner of 200 East and 200 South, just off of Regent Street. When you visit, it’ll be Ivester himself running the grill, and he is a true believer when it comes to the gospel of breakfast sandwiches. “I felt like it was my duty to provide this to the people of Salt Lake,” he says during a post-breakfast rush interview. Ivester is a transplant from Massachu-

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foundational ingredients to create your own sandwich masterpiece. The English muffin is my vehicle of choice, but you can also get your sammy served on a croissant or a tasty asiago cheese roll depending on how you like your carbs. Speaking of which, I highly recommend adding Beehive Breakfast’s hash brown patty for a buck more—nothing quite brings the breakfast experience together like crispy fried taters. Not only has Beehive Breakfast endeared itself to breakfast fans in the downtown SLC area, but I’m hoping its existence will be one more step in getting more food carts in the area. We have some great taco carts and a few outliers running the food-by-cart game, but I’d love to see every street corner of Salt Lake complete with its own little cart whipping up something special. For Ivester and Beehive Breakfast, slinging top-notch bacon and egg sandwiches is a small part of a bigger commitment to supporting local businesses. “I think the support for local business in Utah is great, and it’s a place that I really enjoy calling home,” Ivester says. With Beehive Breakfast’s morning operating hours and its central location, it’s an ideal place to fuel up for those mornings when you need an extra hand tackling your to-do list, but it’s also perfect for a midmorning pick-me-up. “A goal eventually is to have a few places around town,” Ivester says. “I’d like to see more vendors doing lunch or anything, really. Honoring small businesses is a great way to keep money in the local economy.” If you’re craving a hearty breakfast on the go, rethink your options and check out Beehive Breakfast for some locally sourced goodness. CW

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setts, where he first developed a fondness for restaurant work during a high school job at The Beachcomber in Cape Cod. “They all convinced me not to do restaurant work and go to college, but I always loved working in kitchens.” Ivester says. He ended up taking their advice and graduating from the University of Rhode Island, followed by a series of office jobs that eventually led him to a gig working at Alta Ski Resort in Utah, where he hoped to balance work and skiing. “I was working in kitchens again, and I really enjoyed it, but I wanted to open up my own thing.” Ivester says. The breakfast sandwich concept was inspired by simple supply and demand. “Salt Lake has great burger places and cheesesteak places, but one of the things it doesn’t have is a great breakfast sandwich.” Ivester says. Thus, Beehive Breakfast was born, and its mission was clear: Bring a truly great breakfast sandwich to Salt Lake City. Based on my inaugural visit, I’d say mission accomplished. I’m a perennial sucker for small menus, and Beehive Breakfast lovingly sticks to its sparse menu of breakfast sandwich classics. You can go with one of the signature sandwiches like the sausage and pepper jack Construction Bee ($6), the thick peppered-bacon Worker Bee ($6) or the sausage and maple syrup Vermonty Bee ($6). All of these are home runs in and of themselves, so no shade if one or more of them trick your trigger. The bacon prep at Beehive Breakfast is particularly awesome—none of that wispy stuff that disintegrates into ribbons after your first bite. Here, you get bacon that retains its toothsome texture and stacks its flavors up nicely against the fried egg and cheese. Also, if you dig kicking off your morning with a bit of sweet along with your savory, the Vermonty Bee’s combo of maple syrup and grilled sausage is dynamite. If you’re feeling more creative, I’d suggest using some of Beehive Breakfast’s

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Desert Edge Brewery 273 Trolley Square, SLC DesertEdgeBrewery.com On Tap: Fresh Brewed UPA

Proper Brewing 857 S. Main, SLC ProperBrewingCo.com On Tap: Lemon Shandy

Epic Brewing Co. 825 S. State, SLC EpicBrewing.com On Tap: IPA in the Coconut

Red Rock Brewing Multiple Locations RedRockBrewing.com On Tap: Baked Pastry Stout

Fisher Brewing Co. 320 W. 800 South, SLC FisherBeer.com On Tap: Red Ale

RoHa Brewing Project 30 Kensington Ave, SLC RoHaBrewing.com On Tap: Fuzzy Pucker Peach Sour

Grid City Beer Works 333 W. 2100 South, SLC GridCityBeerWorks.com On Tap: Extra Pale Ale Hopkins Brewing Co. 1048 E. 2100 South, SLC HopkinsBrewingCompany.com On Tap: Strawberry Sorghum Hoppers Grill and Brewing 890 E. Fort Union Blvd, Midvale HoppersBrewPub.com

Roosters Brewing Multiple Locations RoostersBrewingCo.com On Tap: Cosmic Autumn Rebellion SaltFire Brewing 2199 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake SaltFireBrewing.com On Tap: 10 Ton Truck West Coast IPA

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Salt Flats Brewing 2020 Industrial Circle, SLC SaltFlatsBeer.com On Tap: Bombshell Cherry Belgian Ale

Level Crossing Brewing Co. 2496 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake LevelCrossingBrewing.com On Tap: You-tah Coffee Uncommon Ale

Shades Brewing 154 W. Utopia Ave, South Salt Lake ShadesBrewing.beer On Tap: Blue Berry Blast Beer Slushie

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altfire - Anthropophagy: If there’s one local brewery that exudes counter-culture rock and roll, it’s Saltfire. With beers that claim names like Punk as Fuck and Frankly Mr. Shankly, you get a clear vibe that this brewhouse is fond of its music. Building on their ever-evolving rock themes, Saltfire has teamed up with the Utah-based prog rock band Aura Surreal to promote their new album Anthropophagy. This Baltic porter was served in Saltfire’s house glassware, pouring a nice cola black. Carbonation is good and bubbly, with an aggressive pour. Medium-sized bubbles develop a loose, frothy caramelcolored head, with a relatively moderate to low retention and moderate dissipation which settles into a thin ring of lace and faint surface carbonation. The nose is full of dark fruits—dates and plums, with hints of sweet nuts like almond and cashew. There’s even a touch of vanilla, plus caramelized brown sugar and mellow roasted coffee. The flavor starts very fruity and sweet, then mellows into molasses and dark cacao flavor, with those dark fruits staying present. A nice coffee bitterness follows that doesn’t come near espresso strength, and plenty of nicely-roasted malts finishing in an almost sweetened bitter anise/fennel/ licorice. Bitter but not earthy, and moderate- to heavy-bodied, the settled-out carbonation lets it swirl smoothly across the palate with a creamy and light coffee texture. You get just a pang of 9.6 percent alcohol vapor at the very end, and it finishes off pretty cleanly, with memories of the coffee floating away.

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While scrolling through my Instagram feed, I happened upon a giveaway from the local Korean food legends at CupBop (cupbop.com) that involved Korean fried chicken sandwiches. According to the post, CupBop whipped up a slew of chicken sandwiches at their Orem location as a way to pilot the idea to its audience. Obviously, this sounds like something that we’d all love to see on their regular menu, so I’m hoping the post and the pilot launch got the traffic they needed to persuade CupBop to make this happen. I’ll be monitoring the CupBop fried chicken sandwich situation with great interest, and be sure to keep you updated, dear readers.

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Featuring dining destinations from buffets and rooms with a view to mom-and-pop joints, chic cuisine and some of our dining critic’s faves. The Copper Onion

The concept here is all about fresh, regional, casual cuisine. Former NYC chef Ryan Lowder has impressive credentials as chef de partie at Jean-Georges in NYC, a line cook at Casa Mono and Mario Batali’s Manhattan Spanish tapas lounge. At the sexy Mercat he was executive chef, and turned out Catalan-inspired tapas on Bond Street. Specialties include a small plate of sautéed chanterelles topped with crisp shoestring potatoes and a farm-fresh lightly fried egg—yolk properly quivering and ready to coat the savory flavors underneath. Other highlights are a perfectly balanced arugula salad with sherry vinegar, olives and Parmesan. The sautéed cod with a pale (but intensely flavored) lemon jam on kale and a side of sautéed pea shoots with golden raisins and pine nuts hits all the right notes—balance, texture and color. 111 E. 300 South, 801-355-3282, thecopperonion.com

Pig & a Jelly Jar

A hearty breakfast is key to this eclectic restaurant’s menu, and if you love chicken and waffles, this is the place to be. A double-battered fried chicken breast rests upon a golden Belgian waffle and is adorned with a cage-free egg. Add optional bacon or sausage and don’t forget the hot sauce. For a smaller fried chicken dish, try the chicken biscuits, which come with whole-grain mustard sauce and the Pig’s housemade chow-chow. Venture into lunch with the signature Pig Burger or the pork belly “BLT” with housemade pimento cheese and a tomato creole sauce for dipping. Multiple locations, pigandajellyjar.com

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Riverhorse on Main is a pioneering eatery of sorts: Established in 1987, it was one of the first fine-dining restaurants to enter the now-competitive Park City market. The craftily prepared meals look almost like artwork, and the ultra-slick and modern interior is equally impressive. As far as the fare goes, there’s something special about the grilled local rack of lamb, served with cumin-scented couscous, honey, cucumber-mint relish and cauliflower. 540 Main, Park City, 435-6493536, riverhorseparkcity.com

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osing the touchstones of physically gathering last year was hard. Holidays were different, and the summer season especially. One big lack last summer was the absence of Pride. But here in 2021, from large mainstream events like the Utah Pride Center’s festivities to the constellation of independent events around it, Pride is coming back. City Weekly caught up with two of the main players in one upcoming pride event, the Genderfuq 2021 showcase. Featuring a robust lineup of music and drag performance, this is one Pride kick-off event that’s leaning on the socially-distanced outdoor model that’s been perfected over some months at The Urban Lounge, where they’ll be staged on Thursday June 3. Sofia Scott, of Shecock & The Rock Princess, is organizing it, and playing in it, though on guitar in a different band called Vengeance Tampon. “It’s an exciting time right now because things kind of are coming back into form, so it’ll be a good return to form especially with Pride,” she says. “I think Pride is probably going to wake people up a little bit because there’ve been a lot of people who’ve been scared to even leave their houses, or go to a bar or restaurant, so it’ll be really nice to really ease up those people’s tensions and worries.” Genderfuq will still have a mask mandate, of course, and since it’s outside, Scott thinks it will make people who are still nervous feel a little safer about being there at the show. The show will also differ from past events, following a more revue-style schedule which will exclude breaks between the sets of the bands and performances from the host, Mona Diet, who will also do quick introductions for each performer. The headlining musical act will also perform alongside a drag artist, a novel feature Scott says she’s wanted to see happen for a long time, since her early Shecock & The Rock Princess days. When asked what the magical host Mona Diet is most excited about, they respond that besides hosting, they just can’t wait to see friends and sing along to favorite Stop Karen songs. Stop Karen, a “long-standing Genderfuq alum” group, are well-known members of the queer music community thanks to their catchy pop punk style. Diet still marks their concern, though, with returning to Pride after such a strange year: “I am overwhelmed thinking about how many events are happening. This one event is as much as I can wrap my brain around.” And indeed, there are many events coming back, including of course Utah Pride Center’s programming, which won’t include a parade or festival this year, but rather more creative, COVIDsafe, week-long programming. There are also others—Xinanx Creative’s Burning Sissy Valley event further out in July, Princess Kennedey’s Rooftop Pride Resurrection at Green Pig—always on the periphery of the official Pride business. “They’re good to have around obviously,” Scott says in reference to official centers like

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Jill Whit Releases Time Is Being

At the beginning of her new album, time is being (releasing Friday, May 28), local Jill Whit sings, “I vow, six feet away / and forget the sense of touch.” From there, Whit’s world is one of pandemic-inspired introspection, delivered in spurts of unself-conscious spoken-word poetry and in dream-like songwriting and spidery composition. The early track “Maybe Means No,” sounds like guided meditation: “The easiest and hardest time to stay sober / To let loose / To tidy up / To take the day off / To build a routine / To create / To reflect / To connect / Transformation is intimate / Transformation is personal.” She speaks to an intense selfawareness, stemmed from being disconnected from both people and life’s routines. This speaking-aloud lasts for the first quarter of the song, before a modestly punching drum and wispy, glinting guitar come in. Whit then shifts to singing, turning her gaze to another facet of aloneness with the gut-tugging lines, “And I won’t cry forever / Just in the morning before I leave / Purple light in the darkness / When I roll over and there’s no one next to me.” The whole album sways gently between deep, inward looking and a fading view of someone who’s already far away. On the following track, Whit asks a lover—or, perhaps more likely, an ex-lover— to prove that they’re really gone. Her plain, honest tone recalls somewhat the emotional manner in which Patsy Cline addressed her own lost loves: “Hold her cheeks / Between your palms. / Pull her in close / Till your lips almost touch / Tell me you don’t love me / And make it seem true / So maybe then,

I’ll stop loving you.” While that could be a heartbreak, on time is being Whit instead takes a deep breath and keeps stepping forward, as we all must do. You can listen on jillwhit.bandcamp.com.

Upcoming Slap Lake City Showcase

A tradition that had just kicked off in early 2020 before the pandemic, Slap Lake City is the effort of local favorite DJ Juggy to give space and stage to local rappers and other artists on the hip hop fringes. With a home base of Soundwell—and Soundwell’s COVIDconscious show protocols, long in place at this point—Slap Lake City continued throughout the pandemic, even bouncing onto its second Ladies of the Lake showcase on April 29. Slap Lake City has quickly become a home for many of Salt Lake’s mainstays in the rap and R&B scenes, and this Thursday, May 27, is no different. With doors at 9 p.m. and the show at 9:30 p.m., the 21+ event will feature a slew of local talents, including DJ Brisk, Frank Tha Third, Chef L.A.W (of STL’s Wing Challenge), Gloco, Heeva, henrythedrip, Icky Rogers, JB Roy, J-Savage, Jedi Steve, Jupiter, Kire, Mousley, Ricky50, Rufio and Shaadie & The Collective. Phew! That’s a lot. The event will also be rounded out by a Pop-Up Boutique by JRC & The Even Out, so you can get some goodies too, whenever you get up from your reserved table—which are mandatory for all groups at the show. Find more info on the show’s requirements, including COVID protocols, at soundwellslc. com, and keep up with the frequent Slap Lake City Showcase lineups by following DJ Juggy on Instagram at @djjuggy.

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At the end of the summer or early this fall, SLC will see a new take on the country club model that aims to give Gen Z and millennial working professionals avenues for working, playing, working out, drinking, eating, partying and of course enjoying music all in one place. In addition to dining options, three bars (one of them by a rooftop pool), billiards, a lounge, a ballroom and a movie room, Edison House will feature a piano room set up for jazz, and a venue space for more music. In a Building Salt Lake article from last year, the founders (who grew up in SLC) state that their aim is to provide a new way to socialize for young professionals in the city, because especially for newcomers, Salt Lakers can come off as an exclusive bunch. While the club aims for inclusivity and new opportunities for socializing in our growing city, I don’t think it’s uncouth to note that its fees ($150 a month with a $500 onboarding fee; $125 and $250 if you’re under 27) are exclusive in their own way. While it’s exciting that Edison House will likely provide new venues for local musicians to get gigs, I think it’s also fair to worry that Silicon Valleyish cocoons of work-life-play like Edison House might stand less to integrate new-comers into our city than they do to insulate members from it. We’ll see how it works out later this year.

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While many local venues opened with caution over the pandemic, The State Room was one local favorite that stayed closed. They did fundraisers—which City Weekly wrote about in the early days of the pandemic—and some live-streamed shows, too. But finally, The State Room is announcing IRL shows once more. They’re still proceeding with caution, but they return with confidence this fall. It’s quite a relief. It was one sad thing to see some venues forced to put on brave, happy faces about their socially distanced shows, masks and such, but quite another, sadder thing to see venues like The State Room stay shuttered, their marquee board with its always-pushed-back message of hope—”Stay safe, see you in April, May, June” as one 2020 message read. None of us knew, back then, or could even fathom that it would be well over a year later that shows would come back to The State Room. But back they are, hooray!—and that hooray also goes for their smaller sister venue, The Commonwealth Room. First dates go as such: Monophics with Con Brio on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at The State Room; Durand Jones & The Indications at The Commonwealth Room on Friday, Sept. 17; Madison Cunningham and S.G. Goodman at The State Room on Wednesday, Sept. 29; Shovels & Rope on Thursday, Oct 7; Charlie Parr at The State Room on Friday, Oct. 8; and Cory Wong and the Wongnotes at The Commonwealth Room on Saturday, Nov. 6. There’s more, too, but too much to fit here, which rules. Visit thestateroompresents.com for all dates, tickets and info.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Libran author Antonio Tabucchi described the frame of mind I recommend for you in the coming days. I hope you’ll be eager to embrace his far-reaching empathy. Like him, I trust you will expand your capacity to regard the whole world as your home. Here’s Tabucchi’s declaration: “Like a blazing comet, I’ve traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear. I’ve been a man, a woman, an old perTAURUS (April 20-May 20) Here’s the definition of an emotional support animal: “a com- son, a little girl, I’ve been the crowds on the grand boulevards of panion animal that provides therapeutic benefit to a person with the capital cities of the West, I’ve been the serene Buddha of the a mental or psychiatric disability.” I don’t mean to be flippant, East. I’ve been the sun and the moon.” but I think every one of us has at least one mental or psychiatric disability that would benefit from the company of an emotional SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) support animal. If you were ever going to acquire such an ally, the Author James Frey writes, “I used to think I was tough, but coming weeks would be prime time to do so. I encourage you to then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile, and I wore thick armor. also seek out other kinds of help and guidance and stimulation And I hurt people, so they couldn’t hurt me. And I thought that that you’d benefit from having. It’s the resource-gathering was what being tough was, but it isn’t.” I agree with Frey. The phase of your cycle. (PS: Cesar Chavez said: “You are never behavior he describes has nothing to do with being tough. So, what does? That’s important for you to think about, because strong enough that you don’t need help.”) the coming weeks will be an excellent time to be tough in the best senses of the word. Here are my definitions: Being tough means GEMINI (May 21-June 20) A blogger named Valentine Cassius reports, “A tiny old woman never letting people disrespect you or abuse you, even as you came into the deli where I work and ordered a ‘wonderful turkey cultivate empathy for how wounded everyone is. Being tough sandwich.’ When asked what she wanted on the sandwich other means loving yourself with such unconditional grace that you than turkey, she said ‘all of your most wonderful toppings.’” never act unkind out of a neurotic need to over-defend yourself. Here’s my response to that: The tiny old woman’s approach usually Being tough means being a compassionate truth-teller. isn’t very effective. It’s almost always preferable to be very specific in knowing what you want and asking for it. But given the current SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) astrological omens, I’ll make an exception for you in the next three Fragile intensity or intense fragility? Ferocious gentleness or gentle weeks.Be like the tiny old woman: Ask life, fate, people, spirits and ferocity? Vulnerable strength or strong vulnerability? I suspect these will be some of the paradoxical themes with which you’ll be delicately gods to bring you all of their most wonderful toppings. wrestling in the coming days. Other possibilities: sensitive audacity or audacious sensitivity; fluidic fire or fiery fluidity; crazy wisdom or CANCER (June 21-July 22) “I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held,” wise craziness; penetrating softness or soft penetration; shaky poise testifies Cancerian novelist Erin Morgenstern. “Tired of trying to or poised shakiness. My advice is to regard rich complexities like control what cannot be controlled.” Here’s good news for her and these as blessings, not confusions or inconveniences. all Cancerians. You have cosmic permission to surrender—to no longer try to hold things together that can’t be held or try to control CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) what can’t be controlled. Maybe in a few weeks you will have gained Birds that live in cities have come up with an ingenious adaptaso much relaxed new wisdom that you’ll be inspired to make fresh tion. They use humans’ abandoned cigarette butts to build their attempts at holding together and controlling. But that’s not for you nests. Somehow they discovered that nicotine is an insecticide to worry and wonder about right now. Your assignment is to nurture that dispels pests like fleas, lice and mites. Given your current astrological aspects, I’m guessing you could make metaphoriyour psychological and spiritual health by letting go. cally comparable adjustments in your own life. Are there ways you could use scraps and discards to your benefit? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Philosopher Georges Bataille wrote, “The lesson of Wuthering Heights, of Greek tragedy and, ultimately, of all religions, is AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) that there is an instinctive tendency towards divine intoxica- A blogger named Raven testifies, “My heart is a toddler throwtion which the rational world of calculation cannot bear. This ing a tantrum in a store, and my brain is the parent who contintendency is the opposite of Good. Good is based on common ues to shop.” I’m pleased to inform you, Aquarius, that your interest, which entails consideration of the future.” I’m going to heart will not act like that toddler in the coming weeks. In fact, I dissent from Bataille’s view. I agree that we all have an instinc- believe your heart will be like a sage elder with growing wisdom tive longing for divine intoxication, but I believe that the ratio- in the arts of intimacy and tenderness. In my vision of your life, nal world needs us to periodically fulfill our longing for divine your heart will guide you better than maybe it ever has. Now intoxication. In fact, the rational world grows stale and begins here’s a message to your brain: Listen to your heart! to decay without these interludes. So, the truth is that divine intoxication is crucial for the common good. I’m telling you this, PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Leo, because I think the coming weeks will be a favorable time The Voyager 1 space probe, launched by NASA in 1977, is now more than 14 billion miles from Earth. In contrast, the for you to claim a healthy dose of divine intoxication. farthest humans have ever penetrated into the ground is 7.62 miles. It’s the Kola Superdeep Borehole in northwest Russia. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Virgo actor Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982) won the most pres- Metaphorically speaking, these facts provide an evocative mettigious awards possible for her work in films, TV and theater: aphor for the following truth: Most humans feel more confident Oscars, Emmys and a Tony. She was intelligent, talented and and expansive about exploring the outer world than their inner beautiful. Life was a challenge when she was growing up, though. realms. But I hope that, in the coming weeks, you will buck that She testified, “I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a trend, as you break all previous records for curious and luxurious lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up.” If you have a sleeping lion exploration into your deepest psychic depths.

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Family Values You let your grown son, his girlfriend and their child move into your house, and what thanks do you get in return? For a 43-yearold Lone Rock, Wisconsin, woman, “Happy Mother’s Day” was expressed with a shock to the neck from a Taser wielded by her 22-yearold son, Andrew Peterson. According to The Smoking Gun, Peterson became upset on May 9 because he couldn’t find his phone, so he stunned his mother, then left her home with 20-yearold Colleen Parker and their child. Peterson was arrested for the shocking assault; Parker also was arrested for allegedly punching Peterson’s mom in the face earlier in the week. Awesome! Four-year-old Noah of Brooklyn, New York, knows nautical nonsense when he sees it, so he went all-in on SpongeBob SquarePants Popsicles, ordering 918 of them from Amazon in April without his mom knowing. When 51 cases arrived at his aunt’s home, his mom panicked: Jennifer Bryant is a social work grad student at NYU and has two other boys, The Washington Post reported. She couldn’t pay the $2,618.85 bill, and Amazon wouldn’t take the frozen confections back. A family friend set up a GoFundMe page, raising more than $11,000, which Noah’s mom said will go toward his education. Noah is on the autism spectrum, and his mom hopes to send him to a special school. Amazon is working with the family to donate to a private charity of their choice, and as for the treats? They’ve mostly melted. Government in Action Since 1989, Mauro Morandi, now 81, has been the caretaker of Budelli, an otherwise uninhabited island in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia. He stumbled into the job when his catamaran broke down near the island, and he learned that its caretaker was getting ready to retire, The Guardian reported. Now known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, Morandi lives in a former WWII shelter and keeps things tidy on the island, clearing paths and keeping beaches clean for day-trippers who visit. But ownership of the island has passed to La Maddalena national park authorities, who are evicting Morandi and turning the isle into an environmental education destination. “I have given up the fight,” Morandi said. “I’ll be living in the outskirts of the main town (on neighboring island La Maddalena), so will just go there for shopping and the rest of the time, keep myself to myself. ... I’ll still see the sea.” Weird Science Angie Yen, 27, of Brisbane, Australia, had her tonsils removed on April 19, a simple surgery that went smoothly, News.com reported. But on April 28, as she got ready for work, she started singing in the shower and noticed something unusual about her voice. “I was singing in a different sound and also talking words in a funny accent,” Yen said. She called a friend, who agreed that her accent suddenly sounded Irish and told her about FAS, foreign accent syndrome. Yen went to the hospital, but doctors told her to go home and see if the new accent would disappear in a few days. Nearly two weeks later, the brogue remains, and Yen is scheduled for an MRI and a visit with a neurologist. “I’m very lucky to have very supportive friends and family,” she said. “If they find something hopefully there is a cure or treatment for it.” Lost and Found Parker Hanson, a pitcher at Augustana College in Illinois, was born without a left hand, but he adapted over the years so that he could still play his favorite game. On May 3, Hanson realized that the backpack he had left in his car, which contained his prosthetic arm and some of its attachments, had been stolen. Hanson told the Argus Leader that he had lost hope of finding the expensive prosthetic and had started to focus on fundraising for a new one when he received a text on May 11. Nate Riddle and Tim Kachel, who work at Millennium Recycling Inc. in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, found the arm as they sorted recycling materials. “I recognized it instantly,” said Kachel, who had heard about the theft on the news. “I was jumping up and down screaming ‘Stop!’” While Hanson is happy to have it back, he said the arm is “pretty banged up” and unusable. Shriners Children’s Twin Cities has stepped up to provide Hanson with a new arm free of charge, and

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