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SLOW AND STEADY Flush with cash amid global turmoil, cooler heads (mostly) prevailed at the Utah Legislature. By Benjamin Wood

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Crossroads Urban Center needs sleeping bags to distribute to our homeless friends. Mummy bags are lighter and warmer, but if you have others, that will be OK. Prices for new bags begin at about $30. Pick up of the donated bags can be arranged. DIANA LEE HIRSCHI

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Editor’s note: We asked readers to share their highlights (yea or nay) from the recently completed 2022 Utah legislative session on Twitter. Here’s what we heard. Not a specific moment, but a theme: The intentional erosion of municipal and county legislative/executive authority and the growth of state-legislative authority, which has pushed or was passed with the petty intent of harming the economy

@SLCWEEKLY of progressive-aligned localities and hindering progressive policy reform. ALEX CRAGUN

@alexcragun Stopping HB127 [which would have prohibited physicians from performing transgender procedures on minors] from getting a committee hearing was a big win! Even having the debate publicly about banning trans kids from genderaffirming care is harmful, and I am so glad we stopped that one in its tracks—at least for this year. STACY STANFORD

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The “Animal Enterprise” pre-emption bill HB476 is one of the most impactful bills that no one is talking about. It would have banned city/county governments from regulating “animal enterprises.” It was opposed by numerous animal rights groups. JEREMY BECKHAM

@jeremybeckham The grocery tax is gross, like the property tax for seniors. Death to the death penalty and let former felons mail in their ballots with the rest of us. School curriculum and choice should not be micromanaged by the Legislature. Rock the gig economy. KNUT LINDSLEY

@knutacious The continued consolidation of power and expanded disregard for the will of the voters is a definite “nay.” SAWYER PANGBORN

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If you could live in a movie, which one would it be? Benjamin Wood

Star Trek, but one of the movies that focuses on scientific exploration and discovery and less about being assimilated by killer robots and such.

Eric Granato

Breakfast at Tiffany’s or the original Mad Max.

Larry Carter

Grown Ups 1 & 2.

Carolyn Campbell

Because I’m a total foodie, I would love to live inside Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Scott Renshaw

I think it’s enough already that I sometimes feel like I live inside of movie theaters, I’ll pass on living in a movie.

Chelsea Neider

Trolls (the cartoon one).

Katharine Biele

Oh, I’d so much rather just live in real life now—but without the drama and war.

Tom Metos

Animal House. “Toga, toga, toga!” (Ah, college days ... )

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’ve never really enjoyed Utah’s summers or winters. Spring and fall, however? Well, that’s what living in Utah is all about. Most years. I love the spring when I see flowers rising, trees becoming sprays of green and fruit blossoms bursting into their Skittles rainbow colors. I equally love the fall harvests and thus thinking ahead on how to arrange this years’ vegetable garden. I want lively colors and lots of tomatoes. I like the welcoming fresh aromas of spring and equally favor the rich aromas of an autumn garden stew. Thinking of such gives me calm. However, it seems that our seasons overlap more than when I was a kid, when the changing seasons were in harmony with the changing sports seasons. People are quick to blame global warming and climate change for the disrespect that Mother Nature has for us these days, what with snow in late spring, December golf outings, trout streams that barely trickle and ski resorts making fake snow. Sure, gas guzzling on fossil fuels plays a role, but dear Mother Nature pulls the strings. Am I the first person to notice that our severe weather patterns create a perfect Venn diagram with the introduction of indoor baseball stadiums? Add domed football stadiums, and you’d have a Mickey Mouse Venn diagram trifecta, except that Mickey wouldn’t have ears. Once it became OK to manipulate a curve ball or punt, Mother Nature reacted with a curve ball of her own. She sent ever more thunder, lightning and floods, but we didn’t pay attention. We kept building domed arenas in such places as Phoenix (so that baseball can be played comfortably in 110-degree summer weather) and in Minneapolis (so that football can be played comfortably in sub-zero winter weather).

The result? The Minnesota Vikings football team is a nothingburger these days. And outside of one anomalous World Series title—thanks to the New York Yankees running out of gas in the bottom of the ninth inning in the seventh game of the 2001 World Series—the Arizona Diamondbacks are, too. In 2001, our American stage was grieving the 9/11 terrorist attack on New York City’s World Trade Center. In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7, a weak Luis Gonzales blooper—hit off of future Yankee Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera—scored Jay Bell from third base. The Diamondbacks had their title. The Yankees returned home having delivered comfort and healing to our nation. Mother Nature did that. In her wisdom, and despite her better instincts, she believed it more comforting to our souls to let Arizona have that win. We all needed a win. Had she favored the Yankees—as thanks for not putting an all-season dome over the new Yankee Stadium—Americans would have regarded another Yankee title as overkill, thus robbing us of feeling universal unity with that great liberal city. For the next couple of years—until we attacked Iraq for a tragedy wrought upon us by Osama bin Laden, an Afghanistan cave dweller who was funded primarily by Saudi Arabian money—Americans were as united as they had ever been since the end of World War II. We were hit, and we wanted to hit back. We were scared, and we wanted to be free of fear. We were suspicious of anything and everything that was remotely connected to a part of the world we knew little about. And, we felt this way because so many Americans got their social and geopolitical news solely from comic books, TV and movies at the time. Americans simply weren’t exposed through any media channels back then to anything favorable to the goat-eating, camel-riding men with swarthy beards. It was just 100 years prior, when southern Europeans who also ate goats and wore swarthy beards were also coming to the United States. The

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only thing my grandparents lacked was the camel, but Americans distrusted them all the same. By the early 2000s, you’d think we would know better. We didn’t, so we lumped the whole of the Middle East into one big oil barrel and began shooting—except at the primary target, that is. Today, it’s the same. Many Americans get their social and geopolitical news from the comical memes on social media. As such, we blame everyone and everything in matters we don’t even try to fully understand, because basically, we don’t read or study any longer. We are just as easily angered and aggrieved, and we just as easily take aim at our friends, not our enemies. We all know people who were experts on race issues during the Obama administration, who morphed into immunologists during Trump’s presidency and who now are experts in macro- and microeconomics squawking about gas prices. Scroll through your social media and you’re bound to have at least one friend or follower who posts, “Thanks for the high price of gas, Brandon!” We all know that person. We all want to strike back. We are all afraid. But, the fear is misplaced. Talk to your neighbors—even the ones flying the “Let’s Go, Brandon” and “Uzi Freedom” flags. That’s the only way it can end well. Change. The spring awakening to Easter is here, a time of renewal and of promise. You don’t have to be religious to understand the symbolism of springtime. Grow a garden. Smell a rose. Start over. Take your anger out on the manipulative and deceptive politicians, not on your neighbors. If our elections were held during tax season—as Mother Nature intended— and not during domed football season—as team-owning billionaires intend—we’d vote the whole lot of them out. Meanwhile, create hope, and await the best blooms of spring, the eternal harbinger of Easter itself, the purple lilac—the blend of red and blue. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net.

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HITS&MISSES BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

MISS: Watching Big Brother

There is legalese, and then there is the Legislature creatively using the English language to make them sound smarter than the average bear. And of course, almost all of their legislation this session sent the message that, yes, they are smarter than you, they know better than you and you’d better just suck it up. Let’s first talk about how something might “implicate the principles of federalism or state sovereignty,” which The Salt Lake Tribune thankfully put in quotes. In the real world, implicate means to show that something or someone is involved in a criminal pursuit. Are the principles of federalism and state sovereignty doing something criminal? That’s not what Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, meant with his bill, HB209, which intends to monitor the federal government. And they’re going to get a third party to do this “monitoring” and decide what exactly those federalism principles are— if not someone’s debatable interpretation of the Constitution.

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We’re back talking about gun laws and the multitude of ways “the militia” has come to mean anyone, any time, with any gun doing anything with it. What happened was 58-year-old Michael Clara shot at a truck that fled after hitting his 4Runner, KSL reported. Clara, an outspoken and bombastic political activist, claimed he was defending himself, sure that his life was in danger. Yeah, his bullets totally missed the escaping truck but almost killed a young girl in the back seat of another vehicle. “As much as it troubles me to hear a story about a young child who was almost killed in the back seat of their car as they’re traveling down the street, my hands are tied by the requirements that the Legislature imposed in the new statute,” a judge said. That’s because Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, literally cutand-pasted the self-defense law from Florida, where “stand-your-ground” has come to mean “get ready to die.”

HIT: Calling Spades

While the Republican Party devolves into anarchical fascism, Utah’s Sen. Mitt Romney stands firm with the old guard—you know, the ones who had morals. “I have to think anybody that would sit down with white nationalists and speak at their conference was certainly missing a few IQ points,” Romney told CNN. This after he called Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, and Paul Gosar, R-Arizona, “morons” because they attended the wingnut America First Political Action Conference amidst frenzied cheers of “Putin! Putin!” Romney also famously voted twice to impeach the former U.S. president and faced backlash from Utah’s conservative right. But he can take it—for now. He doesn’t run again until 2024, so he has a little time to curry favor with Utah’s right-wingers and make sure he doesn’t fall to the hands of the GOP fringe.

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What Did They Do Us?

The Legislature has thankfully adjourned after 45 days of rushing to make laws, some of which stomp on freedoms and punish the innocent. Of course, there are others that might have some worth. The state’s water issues got some attention, although air quality lost out. At Bills on Capitol Hill: Winners and Losers of the 2022 Session, the Hinckley Institute of Politics has invited lawmakers to “reflect upon the policy highlights and challenges from the session including infrastructure, education, environmental initiatives and economic growth.” If you weren’t paying attention during the session, now is the time. The governor has until March 24 to sign or veto the bills, and he’s already hard at it, signing dozens. Virtual or at Hinckley Institute of Politics, 260 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 2018, SLC, Tuesday, March 15, noon, free. https://bit.ly/35zUIqG

From the Cheap Seats

Maybe you want to hear about the Legislature from a less biased audience—perhaps the nonpartisan League of Women Voters? Nonprofits around the state are offering their perspectives on this first-out-of-COVID session, and you can find legislative report cards and bill trackers on many websites, including those of the Sierra Club, the Wasatch Front Regional Council, the Alliance for a Better Utah and more. At Legislative Wrap-Up, the League’s legislative action directors will lead a panel discussion with their volunteers, focusing on voting rights, climate and education. Virtual, Wednesday, March 16, 7 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3IO8O6j

The Perfect Body

Utah has witnessed two child suicides in recent months, prompting shifts on bullying, racism and finding paths forward. Maybe it starts with you and the way you perceive your own body. Reframing the Conversation: Thriving in Your Own Body suggests that “body positivity should be radical acceptance and inclusion—loving the skin you are in regardless of its size, shape, color, age or ability.” A panel of experts will discuss how to broaden the definition of beauty and health. “We will discuss how diverse representation in media, government and our everyday lives expands and shifts our understanding of beauty.” Just look at the women portrayed on TV, and you’ll see the problem. Virtual or in-person, Hinckley Institute of Politics, 260 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 2018, SLC, Wednesday, March 16, noon, free. https://bit.ly/35lUvrj

Inland Port Keeps Going

Now that the Legislature has ended, Salt Lake City has been pushed even farther into the background as its representatives have been eliminated from the Inland Port Authority board. Still, the fight goes on among activists determined to do what they can to prevent further air pollution and congestion in Utah. Every week, the Stop the Polluting Port Coalition meets to hash out the latest encroachment to the fragile wetlands. Join the weekly call. Virtual, Thursdays, 6 p.m., free. http://bit.ly/30dAyL4

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sues the political dissident Angelotti, a friend of Cavaradossi who hopes to flee the city in disguise. With beloved arias like Tosca’s “Vissi d’arte,” Tosca returns to the stage by Utah Opera for the first time since 2015. Utah Opera’s production of Tosca runs March 12 – 20 for five performances at the Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre (50 W. 200 South), with tickets $15 - $110. Utah Opera currently requires face coverings and proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test for all audience members over the age of 5. Visit utahopera.org for tickets and additional information. (Scott Renshaw)

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Annual traditions: The notion has become a lot more significant over the past two years, with so many of them taking a pandemic hiatus. Yet there is a tradition that we’ve missed even longer than a couple of years: Salt Lake City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade making its way through the streets of The Gateway. It’s been five years since The Gateway hosted the Hibernian Society of Utah’s March celebration, and while the event certainly predates The Gateway, and has used other routes in other years, this particular pairing just seems to work. “It is the best place in Utah to have a parade,” Hibernian Society president Sean Clark said in a statement. “The ability to have spectators on both the upper and lower levels lends

a high-energy, stadium feel.” This year’s event brings both the parade and accompanying siamsa (Gaelic for “festivity”) to The Gateway, for a full day of fun and entertainment. Live performances on two stages include music by Pladdohg, Murphy and the Giant, Shanahy and An Rogaire Dubh, plus dance presentations by Scariff, Harp Irish Dance, Smith Irish Dance and Rinceoiri Don Spraoi. In addition, Gateway merchants like HallPass, Flanker Kitchen & Sporting Club, Mystery Escape Room will be offering special deals on food, drink and activities. The parade and siamsa begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 12 at The Gateway (400 W. 200 South), with all events free to the public; food and other vendor items are available for purchase. Visit atthegateway.com or irishinutah.com/parade for additional information. (SR)

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The history of opera and musical theater is filled with unique, possibly unexpected choices for libretti to be transformed into music-driven stories. That description might be applied to Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s interest in Victorien Sardou’s 1887 French-language play La Tosca, which Puccini first encountered during a tour of Italy in 1889. He obtained the rights to turn it into an opera in 1995, but it took more than four years for Puccini and his collaborators to figure out how to adapt the verbally-dense text of Sardou’s play. The 1900 Rome debut of Puccini’s Tosca was an immediate popular hit, however. The premise involves political turmoil, jealousy, mistaken identity and—not surprisingly for a classic opera—tragedy, set during the Napoleonic assault on Rome in 1800. Much of the action surrounds the singer Floria Tosca, the lover of the painter Cavaradossi; Tosca is manipulated by the police chief who desires her, while he also pur-

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to a remote desert town. There the musicians find themselves stranded for a day, which is enough time for the band members and the residents, respectively, to face some of the tragedies of their past. The Broadway touring production of The Band’s Visit stops in at the Eccles Theater (131 S. Main) for eight performances, March 15 – 20, with tickets $49 - $119. At press time, face coverings are recommended but not required by the presenter. Visit broadway-at-the-eccles. com for up-to-date health & safety protocols, and to purchase tickets. (SR)

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The Band’s Visit @ Eccles Theater Over the past 25 years, it’s become much more common for movies to be adapted into stage musicals than vice-versa—and not all of those adaptations have been obvious ones. Sure, it’s understandable when a crowd-pleasing comedy like Legally Blonde, The Producers or Hairspray gets the Broadway treatment, offering fodder for lively production numbers. But it takes a different kind of vision to look at a non-Englishlanguage drama and see the potential for a musical—which is what writer Itamar Moses and composer David Yazbek did by adapting the 2007 Israeli film The Band’s Visit into 2017 stage production, which joined classics like South Pacific and Sweeney Todd among the only musicals ever to sweep the “Big Six” at the Tony Awards. The premise does offer the possibility of some intriguing culture clashing, as it begins with an Egyptian police orchestra visiting Israel to perform at the opening of an Arab cultural center. When language signals get crossed however, the band winds up on a bus not to their intended destination, but

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There’s just no telling when or how fame can strike in the social-media age, but when it does, a performer’s life can be changed forever in a matter of days. That’s what happened in 2015 to Australian comedian Jim Jefferies, when a segment from his 2014 Netflix special Bare went viral, in which Jefferies went to town on the idea that Americans’ obsession with guns is about anything other than the fact that “I like guns.” For a big chunk of Americans, that made him an immediate liberal enemy; for another big chunk, he was immediately the voice of reason. It would have been one thing if Jefferies had been a one-trick pony, ready to fade into the background as a pop-culture footnote after his five minutes of fame. Fortunately for him—and for us—he’s had a lot more fuel to burn in his terrific comedy career. He landed the 2017 Comedy Central series The Jim Jefferies Show for three seasons in the wake of newfound name recognition. And his targets haven’t always been American culture and its foibles. Some of his best material in post-Bare Netflix specials including Freedumb, This Is Me Now and

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Tablado Dance Company moves beyond its 20th anniversary of bringing flamenco to Utah. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

ast year marked the 20th anniversary of flamenco dance company Tablado Dance, a noteworthy milestone for any arts organization. But as Tablado co-founder Solange Gomes talks about it, 2021 just wasn’t the right time for a big birthday bash. “With the pandemic, everything was a little weird,” Gomes says. “There was no space for celebration.” There is plenty to celebrate in what Gomes and her company—launched in 2001 with Jim Moreno—have been able to accomplish in those two decades. Just last year, Gomes received a Performing Arts Fellowship from the Utah Department of Arts & Museums, in recognition of those accomplishments. “That was the cherry on the sundae,” she says with a laugh. “It was really nice to get that recognition. People in Utah had never heard about flamenco; now they come to shows, and to the classes.” She recalls that out the outset, “I started with a tiny company. We changed a bunch, because people moved. Then I started doing some live music, which at the beginning was difficult—to find musicians who play flamenco is difficult, especially in Utah. … We were always improving, getting better,

and the group started growing.” Of course, the past two years of that time has been a particular challenge. There was a lot of frustration involved in a planned performance for the Pilar Pobil Foundation being postponed three times—March 2020, November 2020 and April 2021—before it finally took place in November of last year. Gomes, however, was able to continue preparing with Tablado dancers and musicians in her home studio, as well as conducting some of her flamenco classes virtually. And she came to the realization that online classes were not a way she wanted to teach flamenco if she had any choice. “If you are my student, and you are doing footwork, I need to see that,” Gomes says. “I pay attention to all of my students, and I need to hear what they are doing. With virtual, there is delay [in the sound]. That didn’t work for me. I could send some steps, so I’d videotape myself and send for them to practice. … It was okay, but it’s not my thing. I need the reaction.” Teaching is a huge part of Gomes’ life, from the mere existence of Tablado as a way to introduce audiences to an art form they might otherwise not be familiar with, to the classes she teaches for Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT). It makes Gomes and Tablado a perfect fit for RDT’s Ring Around the Rose series, with kid-friendly matinee performances that offer education along with the entertainment. While the March 12 Ring Around the Rose performance by Tablado will still not be able to incorporate as many interactive components, due to ongoing adjustments for COVID safety, Gomes still believes it’s a wonderful unique opportunity to get kids involved in the world of flamenco. “I love that performance; it’s something that I’m always waiting for Stephanie [Shiozaki of RDT] to call me to do,” Gomes says. “Outreach in schools is different; it’s super nice to have them on the stage with lights and stage music. This time, we’re still not able to bring the on stage, but

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Solange Gomes (front right) and Tablado Dance perform in November 2021 we’re planning to bring them into it in their seats: teach palmas [hand-claps], maybe some very basic steps, the hand work with flamenco. I hope next year, we can go back to the traditional way.” Gomes’ way of teaching draws greatly from her additional training as a musician, which she says feeds into the inherent musicality of flamenco, in which the dancers are practically instruments themselves, in communication with the live musicians on stage. “Everything in flamenco is rhythm, it’s music,” Gomes says. “When I teach students who have a music background, the learning curve is faster. I teach music while I’m teaching dance.” Looking forward, Gomes hopes that Tablado might be able to return to traveling throughout the state, bringing flamenco to smaller communities where it might otherwise never be seen and heard.

She also has a program of new choreography planned, with a tentative performance date in September. Yet despite the sense of accomplishment that comes from passing that 20-year anniversary, Gomes takes a more pragmatic approach to the company’s next steps rather than having it turn her attention to grand long-range plans. “It’s so funny, I don’t have this vision, ‘oh, in the future…,’” she says. “I have ideas, and I just put them to work.” CW

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Speaker Brad Wilson, RKaysville, remarked on how attention had shifted between mid-January and early-March, both inside and outside the state Capitol. “It’s really amazing to me how 45 days can change what’s going on and what we’re talking about,” he said. Perhaps the majority’s appetite for all-out war was satiated by its early shows of force—not just the pandemic micro-man-

more on the hoped-for potential to go bigger in a year with roughly $2 billion to spend, a figure goosed by federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. “Broadly speaking, it was marginal improvement, it was steps in the direction that people want to go,” said Libertas Institute spokeswoman Jen Maffessanti. “Change is hard and uncomfortable. And easing toward the final end goal is always going to be easier to accomplish than taking huge leaps toward it.”

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More than anything, 2022 was the year Utah lawmakers got serious—or at least talked serious—about water. A bill requiring conservation at state-owned facilities and offering incentives for drought-resistant landscaping passed both chambers, as did marquee legislation requiring that secondary water systems be metered by 2030. Proponents argued that the act of metering alone—absent any changes to the price or allocation of water—has been shown to cut usage by one-fourth or more. Extend those water savings statewide, said Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, and the combined effect of secondary metering could mean the equivalent of an extra Jordanelle or Deer Creek Reservoir.

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“We’ve had a less contentious session,” said House Minority Leader Brian King, DSalt Lake City. “The experience of coming out of COVID had something to do with our feelings about one another. We’re grateful to be back together. We have a better sense of our common humanity as legislators this year than we’ve had at times in the past.” Speaking to reporters on the session’s final day, House

agement but also a problematic redistricting process that concluded in November. Or perhaps the specter of an actual war in Europe—launched by Russia just as the session would typically kick into high gear— narrowed lawmakers’ focus and put their typical partisan squabbles into perspective. For Salt Lake City, the 2022 session saw a concerted effort to prioritize the Great Salt Lake, with $40 million and a new state program launched to rehabilitate the lake and its upstream habitats. And negotiations between state and city leaders resulted in what could be a breakthrough for the political quagmire that is the inland port, with a bill that aims to clear the way to activate the nascent shipping and manufacturing hub while pouring millions of dollars into west-side neighborhoods. “I give credit to the legislators who have been willing to work with us and listen,” Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall said. “I’m very frank. I’m honest, and I know my city.” Through interviews with lawmakers, government officials, advocates and the occasional Capitol Hill gadfly, a recurring theme of restraint was expressed in describing the overall 2022 session. And when frustrations were raised, they tended to focus less on what was done—with a few glaring exceptions—and

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he 2022 Utah legislative session opened and closed with a bang. On their first day together, Republican lawmakers tossed regular procedure aside in a rush to overturn COVID rules, just as they did on their last day together voting to ban transgender children from school sports. They reminded citizens—as if we could ever forget—where the real power of government lies. But between those bookends, Capitol Hill was subdued. There were moments of high tension—particularly in committee hearings—but the juiciest cuts of red and blue meat tended to fall flat or fizzle out in the face of broadly popular initiatives like water conservation and in-the-weeds finessing of existing statute.

Flush with cash amid global turmoil, cooler heads (mostly) prevailed at the Utah Legislature.

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Salt Lake City is poised to lose its voting seat on the Utah Inland Port Authority board, as are West Valley City, Magna and Salt Lake County. Salt Lake City’s mayor and City Council participated in extensive negotiations on that bill, HB443, which increases the share of port tax revenue that will be controlled by the city government and establishes a long-term, contractual relationship with the port authority, directing spending on environmental mitigation and community enhancement. “They worked me over pretty good,” Rep. Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, said of the mayor and council. “It’s literally hundreds and hundreds—I want to say $300-to-$500 million—that comes back to Salt Lake City over a 25-year period. And then the large portion of that gets reinvested into the west side.” Schultz, who became the second-ranking House Republican this year, said he was tired of the protracted fighting over the inland port. He could have simply removed the cities’ board seats and “jammed it down their throats and walked out” like previous sponsors, he said, but that approach has failed to be productive. “There’s a lot of frustration all the way around,” Schultz said. “Everybody is pointing the finger at Salt Lake City holding things up or at the inland port holding things up. Let’s be honest, any time everybody is in a fistfight, things are going to get slowed up.” The bill’s concessions were enough to win the support of several House and Senate Democrats who represent Salt Lake City, including the west side’s Sen. Luz Escamilla and Reps. Angela Romero and Sandra Hollins. “I think people recognize that it’s happening, one way or the other,” Schultz said. “And with or without the port, it’s happening. There’s going to continue to be development out there.”

“Housing and water are going to be the issues of the decade.” — Rep. Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, Speaker of the Utah House

Mendenhall described the port bill as “transformational.” And with the stability of a 25-year contract, she said the city will be better positioned to leverage matching funds and public pressure to shape the trajectory of the port project. “Now, we have guaranteed that they’re going to be investing in the environmentally green infrastructure that will set the course for the way the port develops,” Mendenhall said. “We get to build from the beginning with these commitments.” But Deeda Seed, with the advocacy group Stop the Polluting Port, remains skeptical. She said the state’s talk of building the world’s greenest port ring hollow and that the dedication of funds for environmental mitigation show that the environment will likely be damaged. “The whole thing has just been catastrophically bad public policy making,” Seed said. “We will be looking for any opportunity that arises and if we see something that shouldn’t be happening that is illegal, we will sue.” Schultz said the bill represents the state putting its money where its mouth is on a sustainable port. Beyond HB443, Schultz inserted language on purchasing lowemission commuter trains into a major piece of transit legislation and negotiated with Union Pacific to update its aging switcher engines with less-polluting models. “I get a little frustrated with [port opponents] because if they can’t get on board with this, then it just shows they’re obstructionist—period. It doesn’t matter—because this is a big deal,” Schultz said. “We’re growing. We don’t have time to sit on our thumbs and continue to fight.” One fight that certainly continues for the city is homelessness, despite a bill—HB440—that was similarly pitched as the start of a new era on the issue. In his budget, Gov. Spencer Cox called for more than $200 million for homeless services and affordable housing, but the final amount appropriated by lawmakers was roughly $55 million. “We are always grateful for affordable-housing dollars from the state,” Mendenhall said. “But this year is not go-

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“Knowledge is power,” McKell said. The metering bill, HB242, generated hand-wringing from rural lawmakers, whose constituent water districts face steep costs in applying meters to existing systems. But costs will also be offset by some $250 million in ARPA funding, which supporters pointed to as a unique—and fleeting—opportunity to fund critical water upgrades. “We’re not trying to do anything with the price [of water], all we’re saying is you can’t conserve what you can’t measure,” said Sen. Scott Sandall, R-Tremonton. Wilson, the House speaker, personally sponsored the $40 million Great Salt Lake bill and was consistent in flagging the declining lake as a priority for the session. Lawmakers rode helicopters over the exposed lakebed, and the potential for bills to impact the Great Salt Lake was frequently raised in floor and committee arguments. “You’ll see close to half-a-billion dollars in investment and some major policy shifts around water conservation, water protection and water quality,” Wilson said of the Legislature’s work. But Utah Lake was also the source of considerable debate on the Hill this year. A Utah Lake Authority was created to oversee rehabilitation and, potentially, development around that body of water. But it arrived against the backdrop of a controversial proposal to construct artificial islands for the purpose of luxury real estate. “At least they’re putting money toward preserving and working on Utah Lake’s issues,” said Chase Thomas, executive director of the Alliance for a Better Utah (ABU). “It’s great that they’re doing something and sending a lot of much-needed money toward our natural resources.” King, the House minority leader, was effusive in his praise for Wilson’s leadership on the Great Salt Lake. But he added that the broader conversation around Utah’s demand for water is ongoing, and it calls into question proposals like a new dam on the Bear River and the Lake Powell Pipeline. “The idea of building a pipeline to Washington County clearly becomes not only an expensive boondoggle, but an environmentally unfeasible boondoggle,” King said.

ing to stand out the way that we hoped it would.” The city—and much of the state—is experiencing a housing shortage at all income levels. But Mendenhall said the need for deeply affordable housing is particularly acute. By failing to invest in its most vulnerable residents, Mendenhall said, the state leaves itself exposed to higher costs around health care, education, public safety and criminal justice. “When we don’t have that housing, the expenses on almost every other category of the budget they’re considering go up,” Mendenhall said. She also expressed mixed feelings about HB440, which makes it more likely the city will receive state support for its homeless resource centers, but which could force higher capacity “flexes” during winter months if Salt Lake County fails to designate an emergency shelter site. “Everyone agrees we need more beds,” Mendenhall said. “This is about support for those service providers and support for the communities, and there’s a dramatic inequity there.” Housing advocates called on the Legislature to increase its investments. But Senate leaders were critical of previous attempts to “throw money at the problem,” with budget chairman Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, pointing to ongoing issues around Pioneer Park after the state-led Operation Rio Grande effort. “You show me what we accomplished,” Stevenson said. “We spread the problem around.” Speaker Wilson argued that because there’s a lag between when the budget is passed and when funding reaches its destination, there are still housing and homeless services dollars from the 2021 session being put to use. And he said the Legislature is likely only getting started on homelessness and other challenging topics. “Housing and water are going to be the issues of the decade,” Wilson said. Mendenhall said the city will continue its own efforts and investments in addition to those from the state. “I think we’re leaving the session relatively intact,”

“When we don’t have [affordable] housing, the expenses on almost every other category of the budget they’re considering go up.”

Mayor Mendenhall and Salt Lake City Council members negotiated with lawmakers on new inland port legislation.

“It’s hard for me to understand how we are complaining or concerned about structural budget issues in the same year that we’re passing a couple hundred million dollars in income tax reduction,” King said.

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For the second year, lawmakers addressed the inflationary costs of public education at the start of the legislative session, a change in procedure that was made to appease educators after the passage of Amendment G in 2020. That amendment broadened the permissible uses of income tax revenue beyond education to include services for children and the disabled (more on this later). Educators and lawmakers credit the change with easing tensions around the budgetary process. And lawmakers have, so far, followed up the inflationary bumps with robust increases to per-student spending—in this year’s case, a 6% hike. “That has really put public education funding on a glide path to record-breaking [funding] increases,” said Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan. But a top priority of the Utah Board of Education—universal full-day kindergarten—was only partially funded, while an elementary literacy initiative was scaled back. State Superintendent Sydnee Dickson said both the kindergarten and reading efforts will be able to move forward under the bills that passed. And she described the increase in per-student spending as “healthy” and credited lawmakers with being collaborative. “It’s been a very interesting session, a bit of a crazy session,” Dickson said. “But education was cared for and wellthought-of. And, at the end of the day, we can move forward on priorities for kids.” The first half of the session was peppered with restrictive curriculum transparency bills that were opposed by the education community. Heidi Matthews, president of

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the Utah Education Association, said the resounding defeat of a private school voucher proposal helped to soothe the tension that teachers felt, but not entirely. “The closure on the voucher bill, at least for this session, was cause for celebration,” Matthews said. “But there are residual impacts even though these [transparency] bills didn’t really move forward.” Matthews praised lawmakers for their funding of public education this year. While the 6% increase in per-student spending was less than the 7.5% bump requested by the UEA, lawmakers went above the union’s request in paying for teachers to have flexible, paid work hours. “Our original ask was for $57 million for the equivalent of about 40 hours for educators to just try and catch up on the overwhelming workload that we have seen,” Matthews said. “It was prioritized for a while at $30 [million dollars] and now it’s at $64 million. When have you ever seen that?” Toward the end of the legislative session, House leadership briefly considered amending the Utah Constitution again to fully remove the state’s earmark on income tax spending. Senate leadership put the brakes on it this year—Sen. Ann Millner, R-Ogden, said it needs to be “done right”—but the House doubled-down, all but decreeing that the education earmark is the price of ending the state’s sales tax on groceries. King said the minority caucus was frustrated to see food tax repeal blocked on the Hill, and that pursuing the income tax amendment would have dampened the session’s broadly convivial spirit. “That would have contributed to a last 10 days of the session that would have been more rancorous,” King said. “We did not do that, so that makes it easier to avoid negative feelings.” King said he doesn’t buy the argument for ending the education earmark, especially after Amendment G. Many areas of state spending could be described as supporting children or individuals with disabilities, he said, and despite the claims of revenue pressures, his Republican counterparts had no trouble passing a tax cut.

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Mendenhall said. “There’s a lot more work for us to do in the interim coming up, and we’re not going to stop bringing compassion and creativity to the statewide issues that end up being shouldered by a single city.”

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Beyond-capacity crowds filled hallways and overflow rooms during hearings on banning vaccine passports at private businesses, prohibiting the teaching of “divisive concepts” in public schools and reversing the state’s pivot to universal mail-in voting. In all three cases, public comment was rife with falsehoods, from the Big Lie about widespread voting irregularities in 2020, to claims of tyranny against the unvaccinated, to the mischaracterization of Critical Race Theory and classroom planning. But those proposals were ultimately unsuccessful, as were most of the stringent bills promoted by far-right groups that mobilized on Capitol Hill. “It seemed like a lot of their priorities were brought up in bills, but it’s sort of a mixed bag when it comes to lawmakers appeasing these groups,” Thomas, with Alliance for a Better Utah, said. “It’s been interesting to see the moderate wing of our majority party pushing back against that and actually doing a lot for diversity and ethnic inclusion.” Asked generally about this year’s controversial proposals, Speaker Wilson noted that there are 104 individual lawmakers with unique constituencies. And while many of the buzziest bills failed to advance, Wilson said, they generated interesting and worthwhile conversations. “Some of those have been elevated during the session, most of those have not made it to the finish line,” Wilson said. “Sometimes the best way to solve a problem isn’t always passing a bill.” Lawmakers also showed increasing comfort with the decriminalization of drugs for medical uses. A bill bolstering employment protections for medical cannabis patients sailed through the Legislature, as did a bill creating a task force to explore the use of psychoactive drugs—i.e., magic mushrooms—for the treatment of mental health. “From an extremely high-level perspective, there’s no compelling reason for these substances to be criminalized, especially to the extent that they are,” Maffessanti, of Libertas, said. “We’re in the process of digging out of that hole, and it is a process, but it is very encouraging for us.” Maffessanti also credited the Legislature with passing legislation on business innovation, criminal justice and occupational licensing, including a bill that will trigger recurring reviews of the state’s myriad professional rules. “Once a regulation gets put in place, it tends to have magnificent staying power,” Maffessanti said. “It’s very hard to get laws and regulations repealed just because of the overwhelming legislative inertia that they have.” But one particularly inflamatory proposal did manage to sqeak through the Legislature before time ran out. Last year, a bill seeking to ban transgender students from participating in school sports failed to advance, prompting the sponsor—Morgan Republican Rep. Kera Birkeland—to spend months working with conservatives and LGBTQ advocates on potential compromise legislation. Legislative leaders and Gov. Spencer Cox lauded the effort, teeing it up as an example of the apocryphal “Utah Way.” But in the waning hours of the session, Republican lawmakers jettisoned the compromise language in favor of a suprise substitute reverting back to an outright ban. Cox promised a veto before it had even cleared the chambers. Thomas, of Alliance for a Better Utah, said it was initially encouraging to see lawmakers meeting in the middle on the polarizing issue (a bill banning transgender health care never had a hearing). But even before lawmakers approved the sports ban, Thomas said the entire conversation was unnecessary and damaging to transgender youth. “These are kids. It’s hard for them to follow these really in-depth compromises and all these negotiations,” Thomas said. “They’re just trying to get through the school day and through trying to figure out this identity.” 

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pring, with all its fledgling greenery, budding flowers and willowy saplings, always makes me think of breakfast. Here we are, one more night of winter behind us, the dawn of spring is at our doorstep, so the breakfasts we eat now will set the stage for the year to come—it’s science. As the past few years have been all about taking whatever little piece of convenience I can get my hands on, the breakfast sandwich has earned a special place in my heart. It’s portable enough to take with you should you need to pack it along with you, but it’s also a full-scale meal that keeps you going for most of the day. I’ve had a slew of them from all over town recently, and here are a few of my favorites. Central 9th Market (161 W. 900 South, 385-332-3240, central9th.com): I’ve been a fan of this little market ever since it opened, but I recently found myself in Central Ninth on an empty stomach. I’ve been a fan of their lunchtime sandwiches in the past, but on a whim, I ordered their breakfast sandwich with ham ($10). As I watched the proprietors pull a gigantic slab of focaccia bread, my mouth started watering; on

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location as well—you can typically find this place set up in front of Gallenson’s Guns and Ammo right next to Edison Street. It’s a great place to snag a quick bite to eat and watch the city wake up around you, or just enjoy a friendly breakfast time chat with the other diners around you. Donut Star (213 E. 12300 South, 801790-2615, donutstarcafe.com): I’m never one to overlook the impact of having a few doughnuts for breakfast—they’ll do the trick just fine if you’re in a pinch. But what if one were to combine the sugary sweetness of a glazed doughnut with the savory all-stars typically found on a breakfast sandwich? Yes, while the team at Donut Star will whip you up a traditional breakfast sandwich ($5.90) with all the trimmings, it’s a moral imperative to get one smushed between two glazed doughnuts. If you’re a fan of maple syrup with your savory bits, then you will love the sugar rush of all that sweet melty glaze. It can be quite a bit to throw at your senses first thing in the morning, but if you’re the type of person who needs a jumpstart in the morning, this will be your best friend. The Original Pancake House (Multiple locations, ophutah.com): It may be the old-timer on this list, the one that I’ve indulged in the most often, but damn do they make a good breakfast sandwich ($8.99) at The Original Pancake House. On paper, this traditional English muffin preparation sounds fairly unremarkable— and maybe it is. But every time I snag one of these at my local OPH, it brightens the morning and psychologically prepares me for whatever might come my way. Despite my nostalgia for this particular sandwich, it’s made with the same attention to quality breakfast that everything on the OPH menu shares. Whether you’re eating it in the restaurant or packing it to go, this one is always a winner. CW

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some primal level I needed that in my life at this moment. I made a mental note to come back for a slice, as I was in a bit of a hurry, but when I cracked open my sandwich, I was pleasantly surprised to see it came on a generous slice of that focaccia that I saw coming out of the oven. In between that soft, slightly salty bread was the fried egg, ham and cheese that I was expecting, but it also had a swatch of spicy mayo that livened the whole thing up. There’s nothing quite like having a quick bite turn into an unexpected brush with greatness, but anyone after the same should check this place out for breakfast. Sweet Lake Biscuits and Limeade (Multiple locations, sweetlakefresh. com): Okay, remember that thing I said about breakfast sandwiches being portable? Forget that for a second while I talk about The Hoss ($14) from Sweet Lake. With its monolithic homemade biscuits barely containing a buttermilk-fried chicken breast, fried egg, bacon and then doused in sausage gravy, you’re looking at a definite knife-and-fork kind of job. All things considered, The Hoss is less of a breakfast sandwich and more of a breakfast experience—don’t try to tackle this one if you have plans for the rest of the day. Beehive Breakfast (166 E. 200 South, 978-778-4386, beehivebreakfast.com): Yes, spring gets me thinking about breakfast—but maybe it’s the fact that spring heralds the annual return of our resident breakfast sandwich maestro at Beehive Breakfast? Sporting everything from English muffins to bagels as the canvas for the breakfast sandwich of your dreams, Beehive Breakfast never disappoints. For my money, I like the Vermonty Bee ($6), with its sausage patty and maple syrup on an English muffin. Oh, and you have to spend the extra buck to get a hashbrown on top for the full experience. I’m a fan of its mobile

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could have quite a few of these, no prob. Squatters - Grandma’s Cookies: There are plenty of gimmicky beers out there that mimic every manner of treat and confection. This is no different, but what I did like about it was its simplicity. It’s shooting for oatmeal cookies, and delivers without being overly crazy. This beer poured a dark reddish-brown with some burgundy highlights at the bottom—and it honestly smells like an oatmeal raisin cookie. No joke! Maybe not a freshlybaked cookie, but more like a 12-hour-old cookie aroma. Up front you get the strong scent of vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon; behind the spices come the oats and raisins. This one has a very spicy aroma. If you close your eyes, you might think it’s a cookie in a glass. Did it taste like an oatmeal raisin cookie? Yes! A pretty spicy one, perhaps, but it actually tasted a little like an oatmeal raisin cookie. Like the aroma, it tasted more like a store bought cookie than a fresh-out-ofthe-oven version. Also like the aroma, it was the spices that kicked it off. It started off with the taste of vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Directly behind that was a drop of molasses, plus oats and sweet raisins—a great, sweet-tasting beer. It’s light-to-medium-bodied, with a solid level of carbonation and a vanilla cookie aftertaste. The vanilla, cinnamon and sweet raisins will linger, and nothing else. Overall: It sounds like a novelty beer— and it very well may be—but it doesn’t taste like one. It smells like an oatmeal raisin cookie, tastes like an oatmeal raisin cookie, but it’s not an oatmeal raisin cookie. It’s hard to put down, and very easy to buy another nitro-conditioned pint. ABV-wise, these beers are quite opposite. Timpanator dials in at 8.4 percent, while Grandma’s Cookies comes in at 5.0 percent. Be sure to check out the nitro taps at Squatters downtown and at the West Side Tavern for Grandma’s Cookies. Timpanator is in its prime drinking season in 16-ounce cans at Level Crossing. As always, cheers! CW

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bout a year ago at this time, Michael Gross—aka Whisperhawk—was in the early stages of a process leading to a full album of material, eventually completed and called Cold Bones. As luck and pluck would have it, he began to write some new songs, which begat more new songs, and then a few more. Within a relatively short period of time, the eight songs that would become Music Album 2000 were blossoming. In tandem, the two works will be released on Friday, March 11 as two, stand-alone, eight-song digital albums, or as a double-disc CD. The fast rush of songs isn’t completely unexpected by the songwriter. “Some people might think that I write too many songs,” Gross jokes. “I just always have. Over the last few years, I started getting into recording and producing myself, learning the insand-outs of all that. I guess a lot of us have had more time than usual at home, or more time to ourselves over the last couple of years. I just kinda dove into recording. And when I write something, I don’t like to let it sit there for a later date. I get impatient in that way. I work quickly. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing; maybe a little bit of both. But that’s always how I’ve worked: I write a song and want to record it as quickly as I can. It keeps me motivated and engaged. “These two releases are the next in line of a bunch of music I’ve written and recorded over the last few years,” he adds. “I wrote the songs of Cold Bones first, and recorded it in the spring of 2021. I mixed it into the summer, and planned on releasing it in the fall. But then, as I often do, I sat down and had a song idea. And then another idea, and then another. I ended up writing and recording eight more songs that were unplanned last fall. I took a little bit of time, and then decided on what I ultimately wanted to do with these things. I had the thought that there’s no rule here, especially as an independent artist. I thought it’d be cool to put them out at the same time, rather than pumping out two separate releases

Whisperhawk around the same time.” The songwriter suggests on his bio that “both (are) melodic indie rock records with just enough keyboard and guitar solos to make Elvis Costello and Neil Young smile.” And pretty much anything on a Whisperhawk album these days is performed by the artist, himself. “Guitars, bass, keys, vocals,” he starts. “Pretty much all of it. I programmed a lot of the drums, though I’m not a drummer, myself.” His notion is to accomplish as much as he can from his home studio in Davis County, right down to taking some photos or consulting with graphic designing friends who can help on that end of a project. As someone who mentions being an independent artist more than a few times in conversation, his goal is to capture as much of the creative control over a project as he can. From there, he hopes that the release finds an organic listenership, while also at least hoping that some one of these impressively-catchy tunes find a home in other media. “It’s always exciting to put your work into the world,” he says. “I think it’s harder to get attention now, because everybody can produce music themselves. There’s a lot coming out all the time. It’s easy to get lost or to not stand out. I have a group of fans, people who follow what I do. Ultimately, it’s for them. I know that it’s not going to be widely heard, most likely, but you never know. That’s part of the fun, too, that there’s always a chance people can hear it on a larger scale.” In the past, Gross’ music, which he calls indie rock in “high-desert folk/rock spirit,” has been featured in some film and TV work, with credits on ABC, NBC, CBS, MTV, FOX and the FX networks. He works with a licensing agency in Los Angeles, typically offering songs that are already in his catalog, not written on spec. “Fortunately,” he says, “every placement I’ve ever had was something I’d already written. I think that’s the ideal way to go about it.” A member of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, Gross sometimes crafts lyrics that touch on Native American themes, though “I tend to write about things on my mind at the time, whether they’re world events or personal things.” Whisperhawk will appear at The DLC @ Quarters (5 E 400 S) on Sunday, March 27 at 8 pm with Blunt Bangs and The Fever Drift. Tickets for the $10 show are available at quartersslc.com. CW

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Seeking in Tongues

Nahum Reyes—aka Ages the Poet—goes DIY and bilingual for his new EP. BY THOMAS CRONE tcrone@cityweekly.net

hile he’s also a member of the band Lord Vox, Nahum Reyes says that his new six-song EP, Seeker, was a highly-personal album, and his release strategy was geared to simply sending the half-dozen songs into the world. And so it was born, at 2:22 pm on Feb. 22, 2022. Under his recording moniker of Ages the Poet, Reyes says that “I opted for the lessformal route of releasing this. I debated this, and was thinking of building up anticipation, releasing it one single here, one single there. Although this is exciting work to me, I didn’t want to deal with any of that. It gives me anxiety to build up hype about something, so I opted for the less-traditional route. I released it out of nowhere; my friends didn’t even know, it just dropped. It was kind of relieving to do that. I’ve done the promotional work [in the past], and it can take out the magic.” What Reyes has served up as Ages the Poet is an impressive batch of six songs, sung in both English and Spanish; a native of Mexico City, the Salt Lake City resident moved to the U.S. at age 15. They’re built up from scrips and scraps of cuts that have been hiding out in various forms on computers and recording gear, some dating back a dozen years. Saying that “some were more developed than others,” Reyes began to get serious about the project at the same time that he was learning personal audio-

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recording tools. “I would say the most-comfortable parts were recording the melodies, the key and the harmony voices,” he says. “It’s kind of easy for me to come up with melodies. The challenging part for me is the mixing, the production, the technical side of things. I am by no means an engineer or producer, but after a while I found that this level (of production) works. I was just learning and experimenting, really. I did it all in Garageband. With my other group, I’ve gone into really good studios, done the traditional approach to a musical project. I threw all that out the window. This is very DIY.” For Seeker, Reyes not only scratched an itch, releasing tracks that were hanging around his to-do list, he also created a really unique package of tracks. Some of it is dancey and electronic, some of it is melancholic. The mixing of English and Spanish lyrics adds a unique component. While it’s got a mix of styles, it’s not suffering from some major lack of cohesion, either. It’s just a cool blend of ideas, put together in a sequence that’s “a very personal journey. “I included both English and Spanish songs with a really deep meaning, to me,” Reyes says. “What’s been interesting is that everyone I’ve spoken to has pointed out a different song that’s their favorite. I thought ‘Dreams’ would be a bit more popular, being in a post-punk kind of vein. But to be honest, the feedback has been all over the place.” As for an ideal outcome, Reyes says it “would be to be heard in faraway places. I want my audience to be on the internet, not just in real life. The connectivity of the internet and social media allows that. Obviously, I’ll be a name to represent Salt Lake City. The local music scene is starting to open up for diversity and minority acts and I want to fly that flag, wave that flag for the local scene. I have so many friends here, and my heart’s with them.” Seeker is available for both purchase and streaming at Bandcamp via Ages the Poet. CW

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A quick personal aside: When I first saw the band Swans in a live concert setting, I was prepared for the fact that the group was playing a six-song, two-hour set, and that the veteran band had a well-earned reputation for being amongst the loudest in the world. None of that prepared me for the actual event, which found me crying against a back wall before a single track’s conclusion, completely losing-and-then-finding every emotion possible when faced with their pure storm of volume. Sumac’s got a reputation for bringing the noise, as well. And as evidenced from even some casual streaming and video deep-diving, the band’s got that ability to do the loud-quiet-loud thing to perfection. One can imagine being at a Sumac gig, finding yourself lost in an extended slow jam only to have your rafters blown apart when things really kick back in. The band’s on a belated tour in support of 2020 May You Be Held. Of the group, Spin says that “Sumac takes doom metal to its outer limits of space and structure. If any band could be considered ‘free metal,’ it would be them.” If you’re hip to the type of music that description suggests, then this Monday gig’s for you, and it might just be the kind of weekstarting concert that’ll have you humming—and your ears buzzing—for the rest of the work week. And if you happen be shedding a tear, or two, while the band shreds a riff, or 10, you might not be alone; save a li’l space on the back wall for the weepers. Sumac, along with Blood Spore and Patrick Shiroishi, will play The DLC @ Quarters Arcade Bar (5 E. 400 South) on Monday, March 14. Doors will open at 8 p.m. for a 9 p.m. showtime. Tickets are 21-up only and are $18 (plus service charges) at 18tix.com.

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Taking a few live cuts from stage and adding a few more from appearances at the linchpin radio station KRCW, New Waves (Live Recordings ’19-’21) is a six-song EP of, yes, live cuts by rising Canadian singer-songwrier Leif Vollebekk. The EP serves as a bridge between his critically-acclaimed hit album New Ways and whatever may come next. And judging by the sheer number of streams and the odd award nomination, one would assume another work coming at some point, though his touring schedule has him on the road in the US, Canada and Europe through mid-summer, already. On live cuts captured online, especially those recorded for radio stations and other specialty podcasts,

Vollebekk shows himself to be an amiable interview subject as well as a sharp bandleader, smart lyricist and accomplished musician, able to bounce between guitar and piano, at times on the same song. Pitchfork in 2021 said of genreskipping style that “Vollebekk laces his capacious, meandering music with a ’60s folk-jazz sensibility.” Meanwhile, the Village Voice in 2017 noted that: “His lyrics undoubtedly form a key component, but thanks to uncomplicated melodies and sparse instrumentation—piano, drums, bass and the occasional sax, organ and strings—nothing feels overly cluttered.” Leif Vollebekk appears at Urban Lounge (241 S. 500 East) with Covenhoven on Thursday, March 10. Tickets are $18 and available via a visit on theurbanloungeslc.com.

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You’ve no doubt heard the news: Bands have been on hold. One year, two years. The story’s a bit the same and a bit different, of course, with groups seemingly now on a full-scale stampede back onto the highway and byways of the United States. Pixie and the Partygrass Boys are no exception, and in press notes, they’re suggesting that 2022 will be a banner year for roadwork. The band’s mandolin man, Ben Weiss, writes that “With every show and festival that got canceled, we certainly stored up a lot of energy, and I think the listeners did, too. The few live shows we’ve been fortunate enough to play have been absolutely bonkers. The energy we’ve been feeling as a band and from the crowds is unreal. There’s so much gratitude. We’re all really grateful for the opportunity to slow down a little bit and get in touch with a quieter side of our artistic process, but we can’t wait to get out on the road and burn down some proverbial barns.” A band seemingly built for this moment in youthful bluegrass tastes, Pixie and the Partygrass Boys are set to perform at a series of festivals this year, including Subaru Winterfest, Palisade Bluegrass Bash, RiverWonderGrass, Peach Festival and the Northwest String Summit. Though halted on the touring front, the band did produce some recorded work in 2021, Snake Creek, which highlights 14 songs over an hour-and-change. The SLC band play The Commonwealth Room (195 W. 2100 S.) on Friday, March 11 alongside Head for the Hills. Doors are at 8 pm; check thestateroompresents.com for both ticket availability and venue COVID protocols. A heady local following suggests that tickets to this show, priced $32-53, will be high demand. CW

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries author Isak Dinesen defined “true piety” as “loving one’s destiny unconditionally.” That’s a worthy goal for you to aspire to in the coming weeks. I hope you will summon your deepest reserves of ingenuity and imagination as you cultivate a state of mind in which you adore your life just as it is. You won’t compare it negatively to anyone else’s fate, and you won’t wish it were different from what it actually is. Instead, you will be pleased and at peace with the truth of exactly who you are right now.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) A blogger named MysteryOfWhat expressed appreciation for her errors and wrong turns. “I love all my mistakes!” she exclaimed. “I had fun!” She has a theory that she would not have been able to completely fulfill her interesting destiny without her blunders and her brilliant adjustments to those blunders. I won’t encourage you to be quite so boisterously unconditional in celebrating your fumbles and miscues, Libra. My inclination TAURUS (April 20-May 20) As author Mary Ruefle points out, “In the beginning, William is to urge you to honor them and feel grateful for them, but I’m Shakespeare was a baby, and knew absolutely nothing. He not sure I should advise you to shout out, “I love all my mistakes! couldn’t even speak.” And yet eventually, he became a literary I had fun!” But what do you think? superstar—among history’s greatest authors. What happened in between? I’m not exaggerating when I attribute part of the SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) transformation to magic. Vast amounts of hard work and help Scorpio poet Norman MacCaig wrote, “Ask me, go on, ask and luck were involved, too. But to change from a wordless, me to do something impossible, something freakishly useless, uncoordinated sprout to a potent, influential maestro, Taurus- something unimaginable and inimitable like making a finger born Shakespeare had to be the beneficiary of mysterious pow- break into blossom or walking for half an hour in 20 minutes ers. I bring this up, Taurus, because I think you will have access to or remembering tomorrow.” I hope people say things like that to you soon, Scorpio. I hope allies playfully nudge you to stretch comparable mojo during the next four weeks. your limits, expand your consciousness and experiment on the frontier. To encourage such a development, you could do the GEMINI (May 21-June 20) As talented and financially successful as Kanye West is, the same for your beloved allies: nudge them to stretch their limits, Gemini singer-songwriter experiences a lot of emotional suf- expand their consciousness and experiment on the frontier. fering. But no one lives an ideal life, right? And we can learn from everyone. In any case, I’ve chosen quotes by Kanye that are SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) in rapt alignment with your astrological omens. Here they are: “Look at your body not as a source of physical attraction but as 1. “I’m in pursuit of awesomeness; excellence is the bare mini- a shrine,” wrote Sobonfu Somé. Personally, I have no problem mum.” 2. “You’re not perfect, but you’re not your mistakes.” 3. if you regard your body as a source of physical attraction—as “I’m not comfortable with comfort. I’m only comfortable when a gorgeous, radiant expression of your life energy, worthy of I’m in a place where I’m constantly learning and growing.” 4. inspiring the appreciation of others. But I agree that you should also treat your body as a sacred sanctuary deserving of your rev“Everything I’m not makes me everything I am.” erence—especially now. Boost your intention to provide your beloved organism with all the tender care it needs and warrants. CANCER (June 21-July 22) “Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction,” wrote philosopher Saint Teresa of Avila, who was renowned for CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) her euphoric spiritual experiences. So is there any such thing as “It’s surprising how much memory is built around things unno“fake ecstasy,” as she implies? Maybe fake ecstasy would be ticed at the time,” writes author Barbara Kingsolver. I agree. perverse bliss at the misfortune of an enemy, or the trivial joy And by providing you with this heads-up from her, I’m hoping that comes from realizing your house keys aren’t missing. Real that the subtly potent events unfolding for you in the coming ecstasy, on the other hand, might arise from a visceral sense of weeks will not go unnoticed. I’m hoping you will be alert for the presence of God, or the rapture that emerges as you make seemingly small but in fact crucial developments—and thereby love with a person you care for, or the elation you feel when you give them all the focus and intelligence they deserve. Later, commune with your favorite animal. Anyway, Cancerian, I pre- you’ll remember this delicately pivotal time with gratitude. dict that in the coming days, you will have an extra rich potential AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) for the real kinds of rhapsodic delight and enchantment. What’s more important: to learn or to unlearn? The answer, of course, is they are equally important. But sometimes, the LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Leo actor Jennifer Lawrence portrayed a fierce, resourceful most crucial preparation for a new learning phase is to initiate champion in The Hunger Games films. In real life, however, she a surge of unlearning. That’s what I’m recommending for you has few resemblances to that stalwart hero. “I have the street right now. I foresee you embarking on a series of extravagant smarts and survival skills of a poodle,” she has confessed. But educational experiences in a couple of weeks. And the best way I’ve got potentially good news for her and all the rest of you to ensure you take maximum advantage of the available lessons Leos. The coming months will be a favorable time for you to is by dumping useless knowledge and irrelevant information and cultivate the qualities of a rugged, fierce, resourceful champion. numbing habits. And right now would be an excellent time to launch your efforts. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Singer-songwriter Jill Scott has earned one platinum and two VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Each of us periodically has to deal with conflict. There come gold records. She approaches her craft with diligence and intentimes when we must face the fact that a specific situation in sity. On one occasion, she was frying a burger at her boyfriend’s our lives isn’t working well and needs to be adjusted, fixed or house when she sensed a new song forming in her imagination. transformed. We might prefer to pretend the problem doesn’t Abandoning the stove, she ran into the next room to grab pen exist. We may be inclined to endure the stressful discomfort and paper. Soon she had transcribed the beginning of a melody rather than engage with its causes. But such an approach won’t and lyrics. In the meantime, though, the kitchen caught on fire. be right for you in the coming days, dear Virgo. For the sake Luckily, she doused it. Later Jill testified, “His cabinets were of your mental and spiritual health, you have a sacred duty to charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.” I bravely risk a struggle to improve things. I’ll provide you with don’t think you’ll have to make as big a sacrifice as hers in the advice from novelist John Fowles. He said, “I must fight with my coming days, Pisces. But you should respond robustly whenever weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and inspiration arrives.

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ecades ago, in New York City, there was a forgotten 10 acres of public space called Bryant Park at 1071 Avenue of the Americas between West 40th and West 41st streets. By the 1980s, it had become a version of what our Pioneer Park recently became—a campground for the unsheltered and a place to buy and use drugs. Even though Bryant Park held some rich history, locals avoided it, despite the fact it was in a great location in Manhattan. It had been a site for military drills during the American Revolution and later, in the early 1800s, became a public cemetery for the unknown or indigent people. Even though it was designated a public park in 1871, it became neglected and, according to the book The Power Broker, “a haven for drunks and idlers.” Out West, Pioneer Park in downtown Salt Lake City was originally Pioneer Fort, and as the Daughters of Utah Pioneers noted, “What Plymouth is to New England, the Old Fort is to the Great West.” It was the landing place of Mormons who arrived in 1847 and within a week, they began building a fort with log cabins and adobe walls. After 1890, it was used as a playground, and in 1898 it was dedicated as Pioneer Park. Ever since then, locals have struggled as to how the land should be used. In the 1940s, some wanted to turn it into a larger area for a golf course. Then, in the 1950s, plans were made to re-create the first school house and original cabins there. In the 1990s, the Deseret News reported that Pioneer Park’s location near the bus station, Rescue Mission, Salvation Army and shelters made the place a natural congregation for transients. Since the main downtown shelter has been bulldozed, fewer transients are seen at the park. They have been “pushed” to other places in the city by police and the health department. Having lived for 20 years a block away from the park, I sat on many committees discussing what to do with the green space to make it more inviting. The city is once again accepting ideas as to what would make Pioneer Park more like the Bryant Park of today—a fabulous mid-town gathering place for concerts and a sponsored winter market that runs from October through March each year with almost 200 vendors. Salt Lake City staff and a group called Design Workshop have requested $20 million to add pickleball courts, a café, a water misting feature, bus stops, a basketball court, an all-age playground and fitness circuit and an enhanced dog park. New York’s Bryant Park gathered massive financial support from the businesses surrounding it, whereas Salt Lake’s Pioneer Park has support but, to date, not even onetenth of the funds come from businesses. Instead, they are relying on the city to fund the changes. Everyone wants a better park if the city has the money, but let’s not forget there are several other green spaces that need attention in this town. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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Bright Idea Questionable Judgments Robin Folsom, 43, the former director of external affairs for n Welcome to Texas, where Sarah Stogner, 37, is running for the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, was indicted on railroad commissioner against Wayne Christian. Christian has Feb. 10 for faking multiple pregnancies in order to get paid amassed a war chest of $766,000, and Stogner is apparently leave from her position, The Washington Post reported. Folsom willing to bare all to win the contest, Canoe reported on Feb. reported her latest pregnancy to human resources in October 23: “I have other assets,” she said. To prove it, Stogner posted 2020 and allegedly gave birth in May 2021. The “father” of a 5-second TikTok video of herself wearing only cowboy boots the newborn, Bran Otmembebwe, emailed her bosses and said and a hat and straddling an oil pumping jack as “Apache” by the Folsom’s doctor had called for seven weeks of leave following Sugarhill Gang played. Unfortunately for Stogner, the stunt may the birth, which she ordinarily would not have received. But not have worked: She lost the endorsement of the San Antonio pictures that Folsom shared with coworkers were found to be Express-News and rankled some of her religious, conservative “inconsistent and depicted children with varying skin tones,” the supporters. “I knew it would be controversial,” Stogner said. “I inspector general’s report said. Co-workers also noticed that her didn’t realize it would incite the rage and anger that it did from baby bump seemed to be detached from her body. In addition, the press.” “a review of medical and insurance records found no indication that Folsom had ever delivered a child.” Folsom resigned after n An unnamed 22-year-old student at Brigham Young an October 2021 interview with investigators and is due back in University in Utah was busily trying to make five pounds of rocket court in April. fuel on Feb. 20 in his dorm’s kitchen when the mixture exploded, People reported. Flames “engulfed the walls and ceiling around Going to Extremes the stove, and the intense heat tripped the fire sprinkler sysIt was sooooo cold in Beijing during the men’s 50km cross- tem,” BYU police said in a statement. Although no one was country skiing event. How cold was it, you ask? It was so cold injured, 22 students were relocated while cleanup and repairs (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit) that Finland’s Remi Lindholm, who were undertaken at the dorm. Lt. Jeff Long said the student was spent an hour and 16 minutes covering the course, suffered trying to re-create something he saw online. “He didn’t think some painful frostbite to an unspeakably delicate body part this through,” Long said. Which is basically a subhead for every that was not insulated enough by his thin suit and underlayer, article about a college student. The Guardian reported. Yes, that delicate body part. Lindholm endured a similar setback in Ruka, Finland, last year. He said News That Sounds Like a Joke he used a heat pack to thaw out the “appendage” after the Feb. What you’ve been waiting for: cologne for your dog. Yes indeed, 19 race but “the pain was unbearable. ... It was one of the worst none other than the queen of England has released Happy Hounds Dog Cologne, a unisex scent for pups that smells of competitions I’ve been in.” “coastal walks” and features a “rich, musky scent with citrus notes of bergamot,” Canoe reported. Dog owners can purchase Police Report Former Chadbourn (North Carolina) Police Chief Anthony the pooch perfume at Sandringham House, the monarch’s estate Spivey, 36, was taken into custody in Conway, South Carolina, in Norfolk, England, for 9.99 English pounds. Queen Elizabeth on Feb. 24, ending nearly a year of magnificent flouting of the II, 95, is a big fan of corgis and has had pet dogs since she was law, WECT-TV reported. It all started in April 2021, when 18 years old. Spivey was charged with more than 70 offenses, mostly related to repeatedly raiding the department’s evidence room and steal- News You Can Use ing narcotics, cash and firearms. In June, he allegedly embezzled Toddler Locklan Samples of Roswell, Georgia, looks “like a little $8,000 meant for a family whose son was battling leukemia. rock star” with his nearly white hair that stands straight out from North Carolina Wildlife officers contacted the Columbus County his head, People reported on Feb. 23. But it was only by chance Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 21 about a boat and truck that belonged that his mom, Katelyn, discovered what causes Lock’s unusual to Spivey that were found along the Lumber River. Family mem- locks: uncombable hair syndrome. After hearing about the synbers told officers the scene might indicate a suicide, and investi- drome, the Samples visited a specialist at Emory Hospital, who gators searched the waters and wooded areas nearby for three said she’s only seen one case in 19 years. But after tests, they days. But as the investigation continued, “it became even more confirmed that Lock had the condition, which causes hair to grow apparent that the scene on the river was staged,” they said. with a soft and very breakable texture. Katelyn said she rarely He was finally located at his aunt’s apartment in Loris, South has to wash his hair, because it doesn’t get greasy, and she hardly brushes it because it’s so fragile. “I just try ... not to mess with Carolina. His total bond is set at $1 million. it unless I have to. It brings a smile to people’s faces,” she said. It’s Nice to Have a Hobby People have discovered all sorts of pastimes during COVID-19 Credit Where Credit’s Due lockdowns, and Tom Quirk, 36, is no exception, as Metro News The Henry County (Virginia) Sheriff’s Office has offered kudos reported on Feb. 23. Quirk, of the Forest of Dean in the United to a local resident who helped track down a person they were Kingdom, treated himself to a new Shark vacuum a couple of chasing on Feb. 13, the Martinsville Bulletin reported on Feb. years ago and quickly realized that he could make great art with 21. Capt. Scott Barker explained that Deputy David Parnell was it. For example, Quirk made a stunningly realistic portrait of trying to arrest a suspect for domestic assault when the suspect Donald Trump in his living room rug, a frightening likeness of fled on foot, and Parnell gave chase. “A goat from the property Jack Nicholson from “The Shining” (“Here’s Johnny!”) and a joined Deputy Parnell,” Barker said, and chased the man into the pretty good image of Slash. “You have to hoover the rug all over woods. Another deputy on the other side of the woods and the in just one direction first so it gives you an all over light image,” goat then flushed the suspect out of the woods, and Parnell took Quirk said. “Then I remove the hose and add the thin attachment him into custody. Barker could not say if any official commendato the end and drag the long fibers the opposite direction to get tion would be offered to the goat. the shadows of faces. It normally takes about 15 to 20 minutes, which isn’t bad considering it took Leonardo da Vinci four years Send your weird news items to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com. to do the ‘Mona Lisa.’”

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