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SOAP BOX Spine-Chilling Hearings

The fifth Congressional hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection taught us a lot. The good news: There are still good guys in high places in government. The bad news: Bad guys willing to believe anything and do anything for riches and power can be found most anywhere and any time, both in Congress and the executive branch. The horrible news: The sacred political party of Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan has become, in just a few years’ time, as ignorant, corrupt and out of control as the party of any medieval Asian despot or bad-seed European king and his courtiers ever were. The even more horrible news: A large portion of the American electorate—supposedly knowledgeable about history and

government because they attended school for 12 years—are happy to sell their cankered souls to a sociopathic liar today and likely to whatever populist tyrant jumps out of the woodwork tomorrow. KIMBALL SHINKOSKEY

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“Julian Assange,” June 22 Taking a Gander

Thank you for publishing Michael Robinson’s op-ed regarding the persecution of Julian Assange and what it says about our failing democracy. We are all losing an important right while we sit by and watch Assange get tortured to death so that other journalists will not dare to publish embarrassing facts about our leaders. Robinson’s piece was well-written and well-reasoned. I wish more people would get to know the facts of this Kafkaesque

@SLCWEEKLY case. I wish more people would see how crucial it is that we do not let this case become a legal precedent! Assange, via Wikileaks, gave us all some uncomfortable facts about our leaders and our country’s behavior, especially during wartime. We should have the honesty to fix our errors instead of cruelly punishing the people who call them to our attention. People of all political persuasions can see for themselves that Assange is being unjustly persecuted. Our feckless “representatives” want to remain blind and deaf to the situation. As our democracy continues to decay, we will not forget the names of those people in power who failed to do what they could to end this abomination. We will remember how they stupidly, callously or cowardly assisted what is happening, or failed to oppose it.

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Editor’s note: City Weekly picked up seven local reporting awards for its 2021 coverage at the annual banquet of the Utah Headliners chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on June 16. Those awards included firstplace honors for Katharine Biele and Carolyn Campbell, and second-place certificates for Jim Catano, Christopher Smart and Benjamin Wood. Visit cityweekly.net for more information on the award-winning slate.

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What did you learn too late? Katharine Biele

That democracy was this fragile!

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People in power are not inherently good, smart or talented. They’re just people who have power.

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That I’m surrounded by people just looking for any opportunity to become fascists.

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I was handed a copy of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations about three or four years ago. Wish that book had found me 23 or 24 years ago. So, we’ll invoke the ol’ standby: “better late than never.”

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That it doesn’t matter what others think; everyone isn’t watching me.

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t’s always struck me as weirdly cosmic how quickly something that seems benignly innocent can beget a trail of events. About a week ago, I was sitting at the kitchen table (my new office since I can still barely walk after knee-replacement surgery), looking at the birds that visit the numerous feeders hanging from decks and trees outside. The many feathered friends that stop by have been a grand relief to me during hundreds of miserable COVIDlonely days with over a dozen bird species plus a squirrel feasting daily. Hummingbirds, chickadees, quail, ducks, woodpeckers, finches, jays and doves all consider my backyard their casa. I was soon startled when a sparrow went full splat against a kitchen window. Before you start sending emails about how I can prevent such matters, please know that I attempt best bird-safety practices, but birds still fly into our windows and have for 25 years. I walk into glass windows myself. That, plus eating, are all I have in common with birds. The sparrow fell directly to the ground. As I was feeling sorry for the little guy and preparing to tend to him, my occasional-resident Cooper’s hawk swooped in and flew off with him. That explained why the sparrow smacked the window. He wasn’t the first backyard meal taken by Mr. Cooper. I’ve also seen him snag doves and robins and just as often have found piles of feathers in the yard. I’ve also watched Mr. Magpie venture into bird nests and snag baby chicks or bust the eggs of sparrows and finches. What began as a happy distraction during COVID—becoming a backyard bird watcher—was becoming less happy. Before my eyes,

my back yard was turning into Jurassic Park. So, I went to all the feeders and took them all down. That was that, I thought. No more food for the little birds meant no more food for the bigger birds that ate them. That gave me a clean conscience that I wasn’t contributing to the death of those little birds, conveniently ignoring that the same hawk would find and eat the same birds somewhere else. I didn’t have to see it; therefore, it didn’t happen. I was clean, so to speak. As long as those dang birds didn’t eat each other in my presence, it didn’t happen. After a few days, I caved. Some of the birds that found pattern in their eating habits kept coming by and giving me the stink eye, like, “Hey, Fatso—how about thinking about us? What kind of featherless provider are you, anyway?” The mourning doves were particularly effective at making me feel guilt—they are so helpless as it is, and they have those mourning eyes. The finches kept perching in the branches near the spot where their black sunflower-seed feeder used to hang. The sparrows, not the most sympathetic of birds, just flew in and flew out, never conceding that their easy food supply had disappeared. But it was the sparrows that set me right. Above my porch is a forest of wisteria that houses any number of sparrow nests. In recent weeks, I’d watched Mr. Magpie raid those nests, spilling broken eggs onto the porch and poking little chicks to death. I thought they were all goners. But a few days ago, at a point exactly above the back-porch door, I heard the chirping of baby chicks. And I thought, yeah, what’s wrong with me? Like it or not, they depended on me. I could either pretend that by not feeding them, they’d not die somewhere else, or I could put the feeders back up and do at least a smattering of good. Plus, I like birds—as mean, messy and carnivorous as they can be. My not feeding birds was not saving birds.

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In the middle of my personal avian drama, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the fulcrum point of nearly every divisive political discussion since it was first ruled on Jan. 22, 1973, when a Texas abortion ban was deemed unconstitutional. It’s also been the laser point of what must be billions of dollars raised by both major political parties as each bore their arms either for or against Roe. For years, I’ve believed that Roe v. Wade would never be overturned because it’s been such a cash cow for American politicians. That’s how stupid I am. The brilliant cynical case made now is that the abortion fights will raise more political dollars than ever with all 50 states engaging in the debate annually (has anyone considered what happens to Utah when it goes blue?), replete with all the hand wringing, teary testimonials and wads of cash tossed to mealy politicians who can’t even patch a highway. Judging by all the erectile dysfunction commercials on TV, the self-righteous conveniently ignore that such ads promote that it’s OK for a man to get a boner and get his jollies off, but to then selectively shirk all responsibility of fatherhood should a pregnancy occur. If there were a similar ad for women, she would be slut-shamed. This abortion ruling occurs at a time when our society is moving backward to the binary of men vs. women Dark Ages. Abortions will not end. Only legal abortions. It’s again Jan. 21, 1973. And I’m back to where I was before I took the feeders down. The birds went off to die somewhere else. I should not feel good about that. Nor should any pro-lifer feel good today—they save no lives by merely shutting their eyes. I will help the birds that I can and help the women that I can. My feeders—and support of women’s causes—remain up. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net

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HITS&MISSES BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

HIT: Here Come the Lawsuits

Despite the tone-deaf response to the comically inept Supreme Court decision, there’s good news on the abortion front. There’s more of us than them, we can vote even in gerrymandered districts, lawsuits abound and the Utah Constitution may hold the key. First the tone-deaf response: Sen. Mike Lee called the ruling “an end to the national nightmare.” Of course, it is the beginning, but let’s not gnash teeth. Then, there was the Deseret News’ editorial: “We hope it will ultimately do what Roe v. Wade never did: calm the debate over one of America’s most divisive issues.” The debate has been calm for nearly 50 years during which time women did indeed fend for themselves. Oh, and abortion rates have been going down. So no, Deseret News, this wasn’t the right decision legally or morally. Not if you care about women or the children they bear. The hope now rests with Planned Parenthood and the ACLU, both suing the Legislature, citing, according to The New York Times, “the right to determine family composition and the right to equality between the sexes.”

MISS: Notorious Water Use

As if living in Utah weren’t embarrassing enough, John Oliver got on the bandwagon this week. And he enlisted “God” to emphasize the point. “Utah’s residents use the most water of any Western state and nowhere is it more true than St. George,” with per-person water consumption among the highest. Of course, it’s because of lawns and golf courses, and well, development. Fox13 News tried to help us understand part of the problem with a BYU study that showed we’re watering lawns too much. Of course, the best Utah will do is “encourage” people to do better. Meanwhile, NPR pointed to groups applying for water rights underground, which will sadly deplete the resource. Turnout water has an equity problem, too. Salt Lake’s attempt to plant 1,000 trees on the neglected west side of the city is proving less than successful, partly because of water. But as “God” said to Gov. Spencer Cox, “No, I will not be answering your prayer for rain.”

MISS: Regrettable Analogy

Speaking of our esteemed and naïve governor, let’s talk about the demise of the State Office Building. Bryan Schott of The Salt Lake Tribune tweeted about Cox’s comment on the architecture, which Axios reported this way: “The building served the public well, but over the years, the building’s effectiveness declined, and eventually we no longer provided state agencies what they needed to serve the public effectively,” said Gov. Spencer Cox, likening the current building to “something out of” North Korea. Well, oops. If anything, it was something out of an Ogden native’s immensely creative mind, one whose ancestry was Chinese—not North Korean. William Wing Louie, who died at 98 last year, designed many famous structures in Utah including St. Ann’s Catholic Church and the State Office Building. “Will’s commitment to service and leadership included the architectural, Catholic and underrepresented communities,” his obituary says. But Cox is just happy to tear him down with his building.

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How Did We Do, Gerry?

No doubt about it, Utah has a gerrymandering problem. But we’re not alone. The main problem, of course, was the impotence of the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission. No teeth means just that, and the Utah Legislature swooped in with its own version of district lines. “When the commission is not fully independent and not fully made up of just citizens, then it’s less likely to function properly,” said Mark Gaber, the senior redistricting director for the Campaign Legal Center. You can find out more about ours and others’ attempt to create fair maps at Redistricting Progress Report: Grading America’s Voting Maps with PlanScore. A panel will review national trends in the redistricting process and discuss ways advocates can stay engaged. You’ll also find out what to expect now that the maps have been approved. Virtual, Thursday, June 30, 12 noon. Free/register at https://bit.ly/3HR3C20

Prisons and Profits

How do we punish people for crimes, and do we try to rehabilitate them? The answers are “prison” and “no.” In the nation, some attorneys general are in the crosshairs for attempting to reform the prison pipeline. The United States has the highest per-capita incarceration rate, which has led to the largest prison population in the world. Despite attempts to rein in the system, officials have deep financial stakes in extending the reach of the criminal justice system.” At Revenue Over Public Safety— How Perverse Financial Incentives Warp the Criminal Justice System, panelists will discuss a new Brennan Center report about the comprehensive steps that need to be taken to unravel financial incentives at the root of the problem. Virtual, Wednesday, July 6, 11 a.m. Free/register at https://bit.ly/3y4siRd

Trans Need Community

The transgender community is diverse, yet it is dealing with similar issues across the board. Health and economic outcomes are often far worse for trans people than others. While only 1.6% of U.S. adults identify as trans or nonbinary, they experience disproporitionate vulnerabilities that others do not. Trans Community Nights! are meant to bring together “trans, non-binary, and gender expansive folks age 18+ to find community, make connection and have fun!” Because the issue is far from resolved, these events occur bi-weekly on the first and third Fridays of each month. Virtual, Friday, July 1, 4 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3tMLGQa

Juneteenth Vigil

Our politicians think it’s hurtful to talk about America’s troubling racial past, but we can’t escape the truth. As the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S., Juneteenth is now a national holiday. In 1865, Galveston, Texas, celebrated the first commemoration of the date of African American Emancipation Day. Join the community on this final day of celebration at the Juneteenth Beloved Community Vigil. International Peace Gardens, 1160 S. Dalton Ave., Thursday, June 30, 6 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3bq8hvB

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I’d had this opportunity before all that happened,” he says. “When we did this, we were at the fore of the technologies we were using. At the time it felt like a really big leap.” Traverse premieres Friday, July 1 at 7 p.m. at the Rose Wagner Center (138 W. 300 South), accompanied by a live performance of new choreography by Blaylock that he describes as “an ode to the magic of the [Traverse] trip. Tickets are $10; visit arttix.org for more information. (Scott Renshaw)

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The pandemic impacted the timing for a lot of creative projects, and that’s certainly true for TWIG Media Lab’s dance-for-the-camera documentary/art film Traverse. Originally planned for an April 2020 premiere, the project is only just now getting its first public showing—six years after the project was initiated. Traverse marks a collaboration between TWIG’s Chris and Alex Lee and choreographer Nick Blaylock, who was a graduate student in dance at the University of Utah in 2016. The Lee brothers both grew up as dancers themselves, and according to Chris, who directed Traverse, the goal was to “capture that harmony between what the dancers and choreographer can do, and what you as a filmmaker can do.” The resulting film captures Blaylock’s site-specific work with several dancers at locations in Southern Utah, as well as behind-thescenes footage of the work’s development. Blaylock, now a faculty member at Southern Utah University, believes that the COVID-era increase in recording live performance has changed the perception of “dance for the camera” somewhat since Traverse was shot in 2016. “I was kind of grateful

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Mendez will also be presenting an art installation, adding yet another layer to the “interdisciplinary” part of the company’s name. Interdisciplinary Arts Collective’s performance of Satie’s Vexations takes place at the Sugar Space Arts Warehouse (132 S. 800 West), starting at 8 a.m. on July 1. Admission is on a pay-what-you-can basis, with cash or Venmo accepted at the door. Attendees are invited to join the experience for as long as they wish. Be part of a unique experiment in long, deep listening. (SR)

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For 70 years, nobody really took seriously the suggestion by composer Erik Satie that his short keyboard composition Vexations should be played “840 times in succession.” John Cage, however, was always willing to push the boundaries of art, and in 1963 created a performance of Vexations that lasted more than 18 hours. He even offered an incentive to the audience for sticking with the unique experiment, charging $5 admission and refunding a nickel for each 20 minutes that a guest remained with the performance. Then, in 2021, Utah’s own Interdisciplinary Arts Collective pushed even further, staging Vexations with dancer accompaniment for 36 consecutive hours—the longest recorded version of the work—with pianist Aaron D. Smith. And they’re prepared in 2022 to take the next step. Beginning the morning of July 1 and running through 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, the company presents Vexations with one pianist (Smith, yet again), eight dancers and an epic 38 hours of continuous performance. This time around, visual artist Dani

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Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre In the summer, it’s not just the southern part of the state that hosts amazing summer theatrical festivals. While the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City has earned its plaudits, Logan-based Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre also offers a great excuse for a weekend getaway to experience some of the greatest works ever created for the stage. The 2022 season features a repertory slate of works representing both classical opera and the American musical theater tradition. The season kicks off July 6 with Mozart’s The Magic Flute, followed by Utah favorite Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on July 7. July 8 marks opening night for Bizet’s Carmen, the tale of a soldier seduced by a gypsy woman. July 9 brings She Loves Me, the musical adaptation of the same source material that inspired The Shop Around the Corner and You’ve Got Mail, from the composer team behind Fiddler on the Roof, followed by the rousing adventure of The Man of La Mancha. In addition to the main season, there are several one-night-only events, including a celebration of Frank Sinatra and the Michael Ballam Vocal Competition, honoring the festival’s founder (pictured, playing Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha). The Utah Festival Opera & Musical

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If you’re launching a career as a writer, it certainly helps to be coming from a unique point of view. For Morgan Talty, that point of view is his membership in the Penobscot Nation of Maine and Eastern Canada—a culture that isn’t even particularly well-represented in other Native American literature. So that might make it even more significant that for Talty’s first book, he isn’t telling just one story from that cultural tradition, but several. Night of the Rez collects a dozen short stories set in and around the Penobscot Nation, capturing tales of people wrestling both with their identity in the 21st century, and the legacy of the preceding colonialized centuries on that identity. In one story, an aging woman with dementia begins re-experiencing moments of the past by projecting them onto her grandson; another finds two friends looking to exploit the American fascination with antiques by raiding the tribal museum for something they can sell. Across the collection, the echoes of the past intrude into the present as characters try to carve out a place for themselves in a world where they’re not sure they belong. Morgan Talty appears at this virtual booklaunch event for Night of the Living Rez via The King’s English Bookshop (1511 S.

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Where to celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, parades and more. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

he nice thing about having July 4 fall not on a Sunday, is that you don’t have to worry about Independence Day celebrations falling on literally any day but Independence Day. For 2022, events span the month’s opening four days. If you’re looking to find a place near you to honor the occasion, and maybe ooh and aah over bombs bursting in air, here’s a roundup of some of the bigger statewide festivities, so you can leave the explosions to the professionals during a drought-ful year. Additional information is available at cityweekly.net. Park City July 3rd Weekend Celebration: If you’re looking to kick off your festivities early, you can enjoy it in the cool of the mountains at Canyons Village (4000 Canyons Resort Dr., Park City). For three days, July 1 – 3, get started in the afternoons for live music, kids’ activities, live art experiences and first-ever-in-Summit-County professional drone lights shows. Wrap up your weekend with a grand fireworks celebration on Sunday, July 3. Events are free to the public. cvma.com North Salt Lake Liberty Fest: More

early events launch in North Salt Lake on July 1-2. The first day showcases the Car Show at Eaglewood Golf Course (1110 E. Eaglewood Dr.); Saturday, July 2 features the Fun Fair at Legacy Park (1140 W. 1100 North), with three different race courses for runners, grass volleyball tournament, vendors, food, bounce houses and live music, concluding with fireworks at 10 p.m. nslcity.org Stadium of Fire/America’s Freedom Festival: Utah’s most extravagant Independence Day event has long been held in Provo at Lavell Edwards Stadium (1700 N. Canyon Rd., Provo), part of the city’s even more bigger Freedom Festival. This year’s headliner event on Saturday, July 2 features musical performances by Tim McGraw and Marie Osmond, military tributes, F-35 flyover and what is advertised as “the biggest stadium fireworks show in the U.S.A.” Showtime is 8 p.m. on Monday, July 4; tickets are $35-$250. The Grand Parade takes place Monday, July 4 beginning at 8 a.m., with a course including University Ave. and Center St. in Provo. freedomfestival.org The Gateway 4th of July Celebration: Downtown SLC’s own showcase event at The Gateway (200 S. 400 West) is free and open to the public, and features live music performances on the Plaza Stage at the north end of the lower level, plus yard games, face painting and photo ops from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. on Monday, July 4. Fireworks show begins at dusk. atthegateway.com Thanksgiving Point Independence Day Celebration: The lovely Electric Park at Thanksgiving Point (2650 N. Ashton Blvd., Lehi) hosts an evening of outdoor entertainment, vendors and concessions. The event is free to the public; gates open at 4 p.m., with fireworks at 10 p.m. thanksgivingpoint.org Layton Liberty Days Celebration: It’s a full day of fun at Ed Kenley Amphitheater (403 N. Wasatch Dr.) and Layton Com-

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mons Park (437 N. Wasatch Dr.), beginning at 6:30 a.m. with a Liberty Days breakfast, and featuring a fun run, all-star softball game, parade at 10:30 a.m. and plenty of family activities beginning at noon. Live entertainment performances also run throughout the afternoon at the park, leading up to the evening headliner concert at the amphitheater beginning at 8 p.m. and fireworks at 10 p.m. All events are free. laytoncity.org Murray Fun Days Parade & Activities: Kick of your Independence Day early with a 7 a.m. sunrise service at Murray Park Amphitheater (296 E. Murray Park Ave., Murray), followed by a community breakfast. The Murray parade begins at 8:30 a.m., running from Fashion Place Mall to Murray Park, where daytime entertainment including games and food trucks runs from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Return to the amphitheater for an evening concert featuring Metro Music Club at 8:30 p.m., followed by 10 p.m. fireworks. All events are free. murray.utah.gov Sandy July 4th Freedom Day: Gather at the Sandy City Hall Promenade (10000 Centennial Parkway, Sandy) beginning at 8 a.m. with the traditional 5K run. From 10

Drone lights come to Park City’s Canyons Resort a.m. – 10 p.m., enjoy a full day of inflatables, games, vendor booths, food and several live bands, including evening headliners The Salamanders. The parade begins at 6 p.m., with fireworks “sky concert” at 10 p.m., followed by even more music. Admission is free, individual activities have ticketed prices. sandy.utah.gov South Salt Lake July 4th Parade & Activities: South Salt Lake’s Independence Day parade kicks off at 10 a.m., running a course from 2250 S. 300 East to 3050 S. 500 East. The day’s celebration events take place in Fitts Park (3050 S. 500 East) from 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., with vendors, food and family-friendly activities. sslc.gov And that’s just the start, with plenty of events from Southern Utah—including St. George (sgcity.org) and Cedar City (visitcedarcity.com)—north to Logan (loganutah.org), with several other municipalities holding their own fireworks or festival events. Visit your city’s website to find out more, be safe out there, and let freedom ring. CW

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he long-planned Millcreek Common is now open, giving the historic eastside community a central gathering space and offering something fun for everyone this summer season. Open daily, the Common (located off 3300 South between 1300 East and Highland Drive at 1354 E. Chambers Ave.) features a roller skating loop—which will become an ice-skating loop in cooler months—and will host the recurring Food Truck Thursday events, which are an ideal spot for a casual night out. On Saturdays, the space hosts a live DJ to get everyone up and dancing, or skating, if you are so inclined. Skates are available for rent, and other free activities for the kiddos are hosted at the Adventure Hub. Incorporated as a city in 2016, Millcreek’s city government has been hard at work creating a general plan. The idea for

outdoor recreation grant and plans to put an outdoor climbing wall on the building that will be the largest in the state. Parts of Phase II are underway and will include a mixed-used development with green space along the Wasatch fault line, an outdoor amphitheater, housing, office space and retail. The second phase is scheduled for completion in August 2023 and will be connected by bike paths and walkable infrastructure. Once completed, the city center project will cover a roughly 4-acre area in the heart of the Millcreek community. “This area is going to transform into a much denser area,” said Silvestrini. “There will be a lot more housing, offices, restaurants and retail space. We hope that people will come enjoy the space from other parts of the valley.” CW

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goal was for “the ‘common’ people to come together with a ‘common interest,’” says Holly “Sparkles” Jensen, Millcreek’s Adventure Hub Sports development manager. “We want the area to be used all day, every day, by everyone. We want them to experience all the things on the loop.” In addition to creating the social and entertainment space of the Common, Millcreek City government has been on the move—so to speak—since its incorporation and will soon be moving into new and permanent digs currently under development. As the city is currently leasing its space, Silvestrini stressed the need for new city offices. “Our landlord told us they wanted to be part of the redevelopment of this area. We are building a new city hall, and we are incorporating the police department into it as well.” Much like the desire for a downtown area, Silvestrini said residents were vocal about establishing a permanent home for the city council and administrative offices. “People felt the city should own its city hall and not rent it,” he said. “They also wanted to see things that the public could utilize as well. We want to engage our entire community and celebrate our diversity.” The new city hall is slated to have a ground-floor public market, an incubator space for new restaurants and open event space for booth setups and to accommodate arts and crafts shows and other functions. Additional event space on the building’s sixth floor can accommodate up to 180 people. The city has also obtained an

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Food trucks, shaded seating and entertainment make for an easy date.

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Millcreek leans into summer with its new city-center plaza.

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Millcreek Common came from a series of feedback opportunities given to residents as part of the planning process. Through surveys and conversations with residents, Millcreek Mayor Jeff Silvestrini said that a frequent request of the nascent city government was to establish areas for people to come together, see their neighbors and have fun. “One of the things that we heard from our residents over and over was, ‘Where is Millcreek’s downtown?’” Silvestrini said. After the general plan’s approval, the Millcreek City Council went to work on a master plan for its city center, which was adopted in June 2019. A $20 million bond was issued, and the city then broke ground on what would become Millcreek Common in March 2021. The construction finished up just in time for the 2022 summer season. Bonding debt for the project is expected to be repaid through property tax from new developments in the area, without the need for an additional burden on Millcreek taxpayers. Today, Phase I of the Millcreek Common project—which includes the buildout of the plaza, the skating loop and some retail space on the ground level—is almost complete, covering roughly 2 acres. A splash pad for kids is slated to open in July with plenty of benches for seating and umbrellas for shade. When daytime temperatures drop below 50, the loop will be prepared for ice skating, with fire pits to provide warmth. In naming the plaza the “Common,” the

Millcreek envisions the Common as a new “downtown” for the eastside city.

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Getting to know Gabe Henderson, spouse of Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson. BY BENJAMIN WOOD bwood@cityweekly.net

n 1975, Utah created the office of lieutenant governor, replacing the secretary of state as first in the line of gubernatorial succession. And in 1993, the late Olene Walker became Utah’s first female lieutenant governor, ahead of eventually becoming the state’s first—and so far, only—female governor between 2003 and 2005. Walker’s career was one of many firsts for the state, including her significant role in establishing Utah’s Rainy Day funds, which set budget reserves aside in good economic times for use during bad ones. And in the grand tradition of political marriages, the Walker administration is also notable for giving Utah its first second gentleman and first first gentleman, in the form of businessman Myron Walker, who passed away in 2018 and who is said to have preferred “First Lad” to the stuffier, polysyllabic “gentleman” title. It took 15 years after the Walkers left the Governor’s Mansion for Utah to get its second second gentleman. The 2020 election saw the victory of Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and his lieutenant governor, Deidre Henderson, who had previously served two terms in the state Senate. Henderson’s husband, Gabe, a Utah transplant, is now the proud bearer of the dormant, only-used-once title “second gentleman.” City Weekly caught up with Gabe Henderson to chat about his background and interests, his experience meeting and marrying the highest-ranking woman in state government (who recently completed her bachelor’s degree on top of her official duties) and his status as the relatively undefined second gentleman of Utah. Responses were received via email and edited for length and clarity.

City Weekly: Where are you from and what brought you to Utah?

Gabe Henderson: Hailing from Wilmington, North Carolina, I am a third-generation member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young University, where I met Deidre. Later, we moved to North Carolina so that I could attend physical therapy school.

A native of Wilmington, North Carolina, Utah’s ‘second gentleman,’ Gabe Henderson, moved to Utah to study at Brigham Young University, where he met his wife, Deidre, who would become Utah’s lieutenant governor.

CW: What’s your profession? And how do you view your public role?

GH: I am a physical therapist by trade. We own a company called Mobile Outpatient Physical Therapy, which contracts with home health agencies and provides outpatient house calls for seniors. I would say my profession has shaped my public role as second gentleman, not the inverse. My primary responsibilities are to provide for my family and create a space for Deidre to excel. I participate in state events as often as possible, but I hope Utahns understand that sometimes I can’t.

CW: Tell us about meeting your wife and realizing she could be ‘the one.’

GH: We met in French class at Brigham Young University. On the second day of class, I sat down behind Deidre and she turned around and introduced herself. “Hi, I’m Deidre,” she said. “What’s your name?” I told her my name, and she said she had a cousin named Gabe. I didn’t quite know how to reply, so I just said, “Cool,” and she turned back around. Later, the teacher tasked us with finding a partner. We were told to speak French with them outside of class. Not knowing anyone, I quickly asked Deidre, and she said, “Sure.” When we met at the library, Deidre was dressed in sweatpants, a sweatshirt, no makeup, glasses and a ponytail. Immediately, I thought that she was so funny. I didn’t know she was an actress, but she kept doing a French accent. I was so charmed. After about 30 or 40 minutes, we went our separate ways, and I walked over to the Wilkinson Center. I set my stuff down at an empty table, left for food and when I came back Deidre was sitting across from me. I was convinced she followed me. She will argue that her stuff was there first. In French class, we were also told to see a French film. I asked her to see a film with me. I then asked her if she would get food with me first, and she paused, putting her finger on her chin to think. She asked to go home and change, and when I went to pick her up, I hardly recognized her. I remember thinking to myself, “I just hit the jackpot!” I was a latchkey kid growing up, and my etiquette … was not great. Later at dinner, I remember a look she gave me. I must have been chewing with my mouth open, I thought. And I was. I immediately apologized and bought myself a second chance.

CW: How have you as a couple changed over time?

GH: When I first met Deidre, she was very straight-laced. At the same time, she had a beautiful wholesomeness to her, which, when combined with her clever sense of humor, made her totally captivating. While Deidre’s basics haven’t changed in the years since, she has become very self-aware and mindful about the world around us. When you combine her experience as a mom, state senator, nontraditional col-

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lege student and lieutenant governor, you get someone who really has a sense for how things work. At the same time, I’ve changed because of her experiences. My eyes have been opened to the obstacles that women in leadership encounter on a regular basis— too often, men don’t see these obstacles.

CW: Where do you like to dine and search for things to do in Salt Lake?

GH: If you take price out of the equation, a couple of my favorite restaurants in Salt Lake City are Valter’s Osteria on Broadway and Current Fish & Oyster. I’m also a big fan of The Pie Pizzeria. For entertainment, my family loves musical theater. The Eccles Theater brings incredible shows to Utah that otherwise we would have missed. Of course, I really enjoy visiting Utah’s national parks. For years, we traveled outside of Utah to see the sites. But now we’ve decided that Utah staycations deliver some of the most breathtaking views anywhere in the world. I’m also a huge fan of Real Salt Lake.

CW: Are there any public figures whom you draw inspiration from?

GH: I mean this when I say that I draw my inspiration from Deidre. I have always admired the way she navigates sensitive issues and brings all the stakeholders to the table. She assembles every point of view and finds workable solutions.

I used to tell people that if you ever disagree with something she supports or does, just ask her why. She will explain her position in a way that will help you fully understand her perspective. By the end, even if you still disagree with her, you will value her perspective.

CW: When was a moment that you were particularly proud of your spouse?

GH: I am proud of Deidre every day. Forced to choose, I was immensely proud of her on the day she gave her inaugural speech at the Tuacahn Center for the Arts in Ivins. I was so proud that—when I held the Bible during her oath of office—my hands were shaking.

CW: What’s it like being the second gentleman? Does being a man ever come up against the ‘normal’ way of doing things?

GH: It is a privilege to be the second gentleman. My role hasn’t surprised me nearly as much as Deidre has impressed me. She works so hard and really gets things done for Utah. I am grateful that Gov. Spencer Cox sees her value. As for my title, I think the moment we box in this position is the moment we lose progress for women. CW

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hinese food was one of the major takeout pillars that my family drew upon when nobody felt like cooking. Chow mein—although it was something that we should have been calling lo mein— ham fried rice, sweet and sour chicken and egg rolls with hot mustard were all gleefully consumed by my family on a fairly regular basis. It wasn’t until I was much older that I understood the chasm between the Chinese food of my youth and the traditional Chinese cuisine that inspired it, and now I’m once again expanding my perspective on these versatile dishes. This culinary paradigm shift happened during a visit to Chang’s Food (3576 S. Redwood Road, 801-883-9468), a West Valley restaurant that serves up Chinese cuisine with a Venezuelan flair. Just like American food culture caused the cuisine of Chinese immigrants to become the fusion of cultures we enjoy today, Chinese restaurant owners in Venezuela were heavily influenced by the local flavor. This nuanced fusion of two flavorforward cuisines has resulted in something familiar yet different for those of us who grew up eating Chinese food in America. It’s something that owners Johnson and Jimmy Chang have aimed to replicate with Chang’s

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to dealing with leftovers, this is the dish that feels a bit more aligned with the stir fry that I was used to—which is not a bad thing. The addition of grilled green and red bell peppers infuses this dish with some Latin perspective, once again taking your mouth on a trip between worlds. The bittersweet chicken was perhaps the most surprising variation on traditional Chinese takeout. The sweet-and-sour sauce is infused directly into the batter itself, which gives it that cinnamon-bear crimson color when it arrives, but the sweet-and-sour flavor is much more evenly distributed. Those whose nostalgia for Chinese takeout is predicated on that bright red condiment will be pleased to know that each table at Chang’s comes equipped with a pancake syrup pitcher full of the stuff. There’s no shame in pouring a liberal helping all over your food once it arrives. For those who want their Chinese-Venezuelan meal punctuated by a bit of dessert, Chang’s serves blocks of tres leches cake ($3.99) that will happily knock that sweet tooth right out for you. Chasing a meal of Chinese takeout with tres leches cake is something I would never have considered on my own, but it works. The soft, spongy cake is a great way to wrap up a meal at Chang’s. Like the restaurant itself, Chang’s food represents a harmony between two cuisines, and it’s fun to have our perspective of food culture altered for the better. Chang’s is also a testament to the power of fusion cuisine itself—eating at Chang’s represents decades of cultural and culinary history that has taken place in Venezuela. As we all know, those are my favorite types of history lessons. CW

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Food—their menu is packed with the Chinese favorites they grew up with in Venezuela. Upon entering Chang’s Food, you quickly realize it has that metaphysical quality that takes you from the strip mall into a rich, vibrant space. The deep red walls with gold accents evoke the traditional ChineseAmerican restaurants that made us fall in love with sweet-and-sour sauce as kids, and the salsa music that plays from one of Chang’s flatscreens merges the experience with Venezuelan vibes. The Chinese/Venezuelan combo that diners can observe from their tables is the best way to describe the bounteous plate of food that arrived at my table. The food at Chang’s is traditionally served family style, but solo diners should inquire about any combination plates ($15.99) that are available; it prevented me from getting three gigantic entrees for myself. I felt that a combination of fried rice with ham ($8.99), the chopsuey with chicken ($8.99) and the bittersweet chicken ($11.99) would be the best way to triangulate the full Chang’s experience. Like the restaurant in which I was dining, the dishes looked very familiar—golden fried rice tossed with cubes of grilled ham and sliced scallions, a pile of chopped cabbage and chicken slathered in a thick, gravy-like sauce and generous chunks of lightly fried chicken coated with a bright red sweet and sour sauce. Based on the appearance of the food in front of me, I was expecting to be taken right back to all those Chinese takeout meals I had previously enjoyed. That’s when the Venezuelan salsa music starts to kick in. You can’t have rice in a Venezuelan restaurant and not notice some subtle differences, and it’s those differences that make their fried rice stand out. Again, the basic rhythm of this dish is something familiar and comforting, but there are these unexpected spikes of peppery flavor that happily burst with each bite. Since chopsuey was initially conceived as an everything-but-the-sink approach

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f you spend any time bumping around the craft beer world, you’re bound to run into barrel-aged beers. Oftentimes the beers you’ll encounter come from either whiskey or wine barrels, because frankly, their flavors just work well with various beers. Occasionally we will see some other less-typical barrel treatments, and that is what we have this week: interesting beers aged in uncommon barrels. Templin Family - Großes Rauchbier: Pronounced [gro-sess rowk-beer], this lager is quite unique. This “smoke beer” has been aged in barrels that previously housed High West Distillery’s Old Fashioned Barrel Finished cocktails. Body color is a dark ruby, transparent and non-filtered. Lovely vanilla and herbal notes emerge first, with some oak. There are also bright fruity notes—orange peel, herbs and, of course peat. Definite whisky notes make themselves known as well, including maple and wood (but not oak), some cane sugar and amber malts. The barrel notes seem to clash a bit with the base beer, but there’s some interesting stuff here. I just hope the flavor profile isn’t as strong and assertive. And it turns out to be less smokey than I was anticipating; the barrel has mellowed the smokiness a bit. The peat flavors are subtle, with some light vanilla and maple more towards the climax than up front. It’s actually fairly light on the whiskey. You wouldn’t confuse the whisky character with bourbon; it comes off more like Scotch whiskey. All malty flavors are paired with orange peel and herbal cocktail bitters. Overall: The 7.7 percent base beer is nev-

er overwhelmed by the barrel; they barrelaged this one only long enough to impart the flavors of the bitters into the beer, and it’s clearly more interesting in that it emulates Scotch or peated whiskey than it is in adding nuance to beer. There’s definitely some interesting barrel character here; the smokiness and peat in particular are really enjoyable, and I enjoy that aspect. Bewilder - Gin Barrel-Aged Desert: For this beer, the brewers opted to go with various local barrels that have previously contained gin of various botanical profiles. The result is soft but distinctive, bold yet elegant. The brewers reach deep into the barrel for challenging and intriguing new flavors to liven up the Utah beer scene with gin, juniper and hops. Unfiltered amber turbulence seems Belgian-esque upon the pour, and as the nose is greeted with the spicy floral fragrance of juniper and sage, those barrel notions really begin to take hold. But as the sprucy tang of juniper and gin float just above a fluffy white cap, what waits patiently below is the malty-sweet taste of pilsner malt, laced with honeysuckle, light bread and soft powdered sugar. As the sweetness dissolves effortlessly on the tongue, an herbal and tea-like presence takes hold of the middle palate, teasing with prickling peppery goodness of gin and the tangy berry-like tartness from juniper. Sprucy, sappy and minty, the beer rounds into a lightly bitter botanical and hoppy finish. Overall: The barrel medium provides all the comforting flavors that you’d expect from gin. The various distilleries don’t add much focus to the barrel flavors, which are diced with everything from ginger to sage to wood tannins. That being said, these flavors are well suited for an 8.5 percent beer, and they may prove way too character-ful for a lighter IPA. Still, this double IPA finishes with nice spruce as its aftertaste is spicy and floral. Beers like these don’t have the same wide audience as a bourbon barrel stout or a wine-forward saisons, but these are excellent opportunities to expand your cerevisiae repertoire. These are, of course, only at their respective breweries. As always, cheers! CW

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With all the development happening in the Central Ninth and Granary neighborhoods, we are starting to see some exciting restaurants open their doors thereabouts. The newest entry in the area is a nightspot called The Pearl (917 S. 200 West), which has been turning all the heads since it opened. In addition to being a cool place to hang out and grab a cocktail, The Pearl features food from Chef Tommy Nguyen, whose work we have enjoyed at some of Salt Lake’s most venerably cool spots such as Post Office Place and Rye. Currently, the menu features tasty bites like Vietnamese sausage, banh mi and the decadent caramel pork belly with egg.

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successful movie star Félix Rivero (Antonio Banderas). The bulk of the narrative involves the tension between Iván and Félix, which is fitting given the double-meaning of the title as referring both to the actors and to the desired slot at a major film festival. Martínez and Banderas easily could have gone over the top with their characters’ respective sensibilities—Iván the serious Method actor, Banderas the celebrity who blithely believes in simply reading the words—but both opt for a little more restraint. Writer/ directors Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat give them both great moments that play with all of the ways these two men are like oil and water, like their respective feeling about awards shows, or how they handle a love scene. That component of Official Competition generally works; it’s nearly everything else that feels only halfway thought out. Suárez, for example, could have been an interesting character trying to make sure this movie fits his conception of a great work of art, but he disappears for nearly the entire movie, reappearing only briefly to suggest that his daughter Diana (Irene Escolar)

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he Music Department at Salt Lake City Weekly had been operating under the assumption that the announcement of new and notable summer music series, festivals and specialty shows had slowed. Whoops! Nope! We’ll go ahead and course-correct today, noting a host of interesting, recently-announced options for your music-loving ears and eyes. The Grid City Music Fest is Slated: Taking place at The Commonwealth Room (195 W. 2100 South) and featuring the branding of the nearest-by brewery, the Grid City Music Fest’s been announced for three weekends in July and August. It’s described thusly (via gridcitymusicfest.com): “Last August, South Salt Lake received a new identity, The Creative Industries Zone. The Zone is home to many thriving creative industries while maintaining its original rugged character. Composed of a small group of entrepreneurs and craftsmen, The Zone is the place where arts meet crafts. This summer, Grid City Beer Works, in collaboration with The State Room Presents, brings you Grid City Music Fest (GCMF). GCMF encompasses everything The Zone stands for—blending arts with craft. That is why we are working with (and bringing you) local businesses from The Zone. Each weekend will feature different businesses, breweries and distilleries in the community.”

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The music lineup includes the following acts, with some slots unfilled at press time: July 16, TBA; July 17, Mapache and The Bones of J.R. Jones; Aug. 5, Kaleta & Super Yamba and Moodlite; Aug. 20, Lost Dog Street Band; and Aug. 21, Shamarr Allen and TBA. Information on tickets for individual shows (and for the whole series), as well as participating vendors, can be found at the aforementioned gridcitymusicfest. com. Shows, we should note, will be taking place on The Commonwealth’s stage, while the additional vending takes place on the venue’s ample patio. The Wasatch Mountain Music Festival is Coming in July: Daytrippers and fans of bluegrass should take note of this event, scheduled for July 8-10 (and mapped at 00-0010-2991, Wallsburg). On the festival’s Frequently Asked Questions page (wasatchmountainmusic.com), a description reads thusly: “The festival offers a mix of contemporary and traditional roots based music... bringing together the best of Bluegrass, Celtic, Folk, SingerSongwriter, and Roots Rock music. There will be jamming, food vendors, camping and amazing musical artists featured on our festival main stage. There will also be an instrument competition, a singer-

songwriter competition and a workshop stage.” Perhaps as intriguing as the music: “Additionally there will be tours available for the Richard W. Erickson Antique Power Museum on Saturday.” Nine performing acts are slated for Friday, July 8 ($30), with another dozen-plus on deck on Saturday, July 9 ($45). Festival campers will enjoy a Sunday morning pancake brunch, along with a gospel jam session, on July 10. The venue’s remote location earns a line on the FAQ that warns drivers of elk and deer sharing the roadways with cars on the drive in. Ticket options include a $65 day pass, plus a $20 camping fee per person for the weekend. And One More Daytrip… To Pocatello We Go: Last week we noted that the SLC band Buried Giant was heading to Pocatello for the Shady Grove Music Camp (FMC Park, Pocatello, Idaho), and they’re among more than two-dozen bands spanning multiple genres from northern Utah and southeastern Idaho taking part. Three stages will be in play, along with food vendors, crafts/makers tables and the usual fest amenities. Info about the event, taking place on Friday and Satuday, July 15-16 with $25-40 tix, can be found at shadygrovemusiccamp.com.

An Additional Rio Tinto Show Announced: Later this summer, La Invasion De La Banda Tour is coming to the University of Utah Health Plaza at Rio Tinto Stadium (Saturday, Sept. 3, 2 p.m.) Appearing on the day-long fest’s lineup of Banda, Norteño and Mariachi acts will be headliners Banda El Recodo and Gerardo Ortiz, along with Los Recoditos, Los Sebastianes, La Fantastica, Julio Preciado and Jary Franco. Ticket information can be found at riotintostadium.com. Pysch Lake City Lineup Set (and It’s Loaded): The Urban Lounge (240 S. 500 East) is continuing to bring some of the best entertainment in town to life and the lineup for Saturday, July 9’s Pysch Lake City dayfest is top-notch. Here’s a quick description of things via nowplayingutah. com: “Psych Lake City features 10 local artists performing alternating sets on Urban Lounge’s indoor + outdoor stages, 5 p.m. – 1 a.m. Food truck, patio bar, art installations, and more! This year’s line-up includes Lord Vox, The Plastic Cherries, Mortigi Tempo, Hi Again, Casio Ghost, Daytime Lover, Harpers, Martian Cult, Roy and the Robbers, Von Masse.” In addition to that lineup, DJ Buckyhold is slated to perform a set next door to the venue at Blue Gene’s (239 S. 500 East). CW

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riends since they were teenagers, guitarist Alan Orellana and drummer Delfor Delgado have been playing music together since 2016, when the name Musor came into being. For a time, the two played as a duo, and their Bandcamp discography shows one song (the sevenminute psych jammer, “Dejame”) with the band in that slimmer form. In time, the Peruvian-born pair were joined-and-perfected by a Guatemalan bassist, Javier Catalan. As a trio, the band worked to continue streamlining their psychedelic rock sound, eventually deciding to go into the recording studios of Sunspell Records. There, the band entered with six possible songs and exited with a four-song EP, which’ll officially released with a multi-band show at The Urban Lounge (241 S. 500 East) on Friday, July 1. The EP’s “Ya no volvio” has been on streaming services as a teaser single for the past few weeks. To date, the band’s played regularly around town and have gigged in Ogden, but they’ve got hopes that the new music will open some doors, allow for some much-longer drives. “We would love to go on tour,” Orellana says, “and play and meet new people. We would love to grow.” Also on the plan: “Record more music. Make some merchandise. And get some vinyl.” In addition to the recording work they’ve been involved with, the group enjoyed an interesting experience recently, when they were able to watch themselves on the big screen at Brewvies. The three Musor mem-

bers were all in attendance for the initial showing of The Field, the SLC-centric, concert-plus film produced by music videographer/editor Alexander Blocher, who operates under the name Only Loud. For the film’s segment on Musor, the trio played soccer for their supplemental video scenes. “We work a lot of hours,” Orellana says of the band’s day jobs. “We basically work and in our free time, we do music. We practice, we hang out. But soccer is our escape from work. Music is wonderful, but soccer is challenging. We love to play, we love to watch games. So we had the idea to go to the park and play a little bit.” For the release show, which’ll feature a couple of new tracks as well as the four-songs of the EP, the band will be joined onstage by keyboardist Joe Petersen, saxophonist David Payne and Pearl Laterza on synths. In addition to Musor, this Urban Lounge show will feature SELFMYTH and Hobosapien. Tickets are $10 and doors open at 8 pm. If feeling ambitious that evening, read on … A Second Stacked Lineup at Urban Lounge on July 1: When it comes to concerts, are you an indoor cat or an outdoor cat? Promoters around town are giving folks the option of being both, especially as the touring season segues into what’s commonly known to be a real downtime in July and early August. As such, some interesting local bills are being created or are reappearing after pandemic-era moves to recreate outdoor spaces as concert homes. On Friday, July 1, Urban Lounge will feature two shows, each priced at $10, with local talent on display on both stages. With the above Musor-lead lineup holding down the inside stage, The Gontiks are headlining an outdoor show at the fine patio venue out back. We’ve profiled the group recently, after the release of their third EP; this’ll be their second local show in support of that work, after a release show at the International Artist Lounge. Also appearing on the July-is-upon-us gig are The Mercy Seat and Sarah, Sarah. Doors will open for this one on the early side, at 6 p.m. Added info on both of these shows is found at theurbanloungeslc.com. CW

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During every Tuesday in July, jazz will be featured at the Memorial House in Memory Grove Park. The 7-10 p.m. showtime will follow a couple of additional hours of open doors, with a food and drink available. Tom Young Quartet kicks the series off with a July 5 show; that’ll be followed by the David Halliday Quarter on July 12; the Corey Christiansen Trio on July 19; and Chase Baird Quartet on the 26th. Thought the shows are free, the event benefits Preservation Utah with options of donating a door cover of $20 to Preservation Utah, or purchasing a VIP table for $250, which brings food and drink to the ticket price. You can find additional info at preservationutah.org/ experience.

Ty Segall & The Freedom Band @ Metro Music Hall

With a summer album called Hello, Hi on the immediate horizon, Ty Segall arrives in Salt Lake just prior to its release; that said, the man’s released around a halfdozen albums since 2019, alone, so there’s no lack of new material to blend into current setlists. Alternative Press says of the single, also titled “Hello, Hi” that “Segall predominantly self-recorded the album at his home in California. ‘Hello, Hi’ is quintessential Segall: fuzzed-out psych-rock.” Tickets for this show, $22, can be secured through metromusichall.com. The Tuesday, July 5 show, sponsored by 90.9 KRCL, also features Wiliam Tyler. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Regina Spektor @ Sandy Amphitheatre

Regina Spektor arrives in town to support the week-old album Home, before and after, which was preceded by the sparkling single “Up the Mountain,” of which veteran New York Times music writer Jon Pareles says: “Regina Spektor traces an ecological treasure hunt—ocean to mountain to forest to garden to flower to nectar—in “Up the Mountain,” seeking an answer in the taste of that nectar. It’s mystical and earthy, moving from tolling piano to implacable beat, with strings and horns ganging up behind her; whether or not she finds her answer, she’s thrown everything into the search.” Regina Spektor plays the Sandy Amphitheatre (1245 E. 9400 South, Sandy) across two nights Tuesday, July 5 and Wednesday, July 6. Tickets range from $35-79.50, with full info at sandyamp.com.

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Michelle Moonshine’s latest single, “Wait a Minute,” will have dropped between press time and this issue hitting the stands; it’s the lead track of the album Sad Spaghetti Westerns, and follows a run of June dates through Utah and Idaho. The artist’s “honkytonk & Americana mountain music” is a favorite at lower-key music clubs throughout town, with a date at the Twilite Music Series (alongside Shakey Graves) coming this fall. Michelle Moonshine and band play at Canyons Village at Park City (4000 Canyons Resort Drive, Park City). A noon start is when this Sunday, July 3 show begins, with full info at mountaintownmusic.org.

Big Gigantic @ The Complex

No secret to Utah audience, Boulder’s Big Gigantic make an impression whenever they play. And play they have, at a huge number of electronic and alternative music festivals, as well as partaking in regular club work. The band’s currently out in support of a new record (Brighter Future 2) and single (“Free”). EDM. com says of the album/track, “The bulk of the record spotlights pop-leaning electronica. ‘Free’ (with Elohim) is akin to summertime bliss, capturing the feeling in its breezy music video with a montage of sunsets on the beach, fireworks at festivals, lovebirds running through fields and other moments depicting freedom.” Combining pre-recorded tracks along with live drums, sax and other instrumentation, Big Gigantic is a perfect crossover band, making true EDM fans happy, while also able to wow folks that wouldn’t necessarily lean in their direction, with a live show that’ll have the whole room moving. This Wednesday, July 6 show takes place at Rockwell @ The Complex (536 W. 100 South), with a $25 ticket. With several other acts on the bill (Goldfish, Party Pupils and Covex), this one’s got an early, 6:30 p.m. door and 7:30 p.m. showtime. CW

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There is only a constant struggle.” I bring this to your attention, Libra, because I suspect the coming weeks will require your strenuous TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “Imagine a world 300 years from now,” writes Japanese novel- efforts to remain true to your own high standards and unique ist Minae Mizumura, “a world in which not only the best-edu- vision of reality. cated people but also the brightest minds and the deepest souls express themselves only in English. Imagine the world subjected SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) to the tyranny of a singular ‘Logos.’ What a narrow, pitiful, You now have the power to make yourself even more beautiful and horrid world that would be!” I agree with her. I don’t want than you already are. You are extraordinarily open to beautifya world purged of diversity or a monolithic culture. Don’t want ing influences, and there will be an abundance of beautifying everyone to think and speak the same. I hope you share my pas- influences coming your way. I trust you understand I’m not sion for multiplicity, Taurus. In my astrological opinion, you’ll referring to the kinds of beauty that are worshiped by conventhrive if you immerse yourself in a celebratory riot of variety. I tional wisdom. Rather, I mean the elegance, allure, charm and hope you will seek out influences you’re not usually exposed to. grace that you behold in old trees and gorgeous architecture and enchanting music and people with soulful idiosyncrasies. PS: The coming weeks will also be a favorable time to redefine the GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Imagine you’re not a person, but a medley of four magical ingre- meaning of beauty for yourself. dients. What would they be? A Gemini baker named Jasmine says, “ripe persimmons, green hills after a rain, a sparkling SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) new Viking Black Glass Oven and a prize-winning show horse.” It’s the Season for Expressing Your Love—and for expanding A Gemini social worker named Amarantha says she would be and deepening the ways you express your love. I invite you to made of “Florence and the Machine’s song ‘Sky Full of Song,’ speak the following quotes to the right person: 1. “Your head is a grove of birch trees, a blue cashmere knee-length sweater and a living forest full of songbirds.”—E. E. Cummings. 2. “Lovers three black cats sleeping in the sun.” A Gemini delivery driver continuously reach each other’s boundaries.”—Rainer Maria named Altoona says, “freshly harvested cannabis buds, a bird- Rilke. 3. “You’re my favorite unfolding story.”—Ann Patchett. loving wetlands at twilight, Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the 4. “My lifetime listens to yours.”—Muriel Rukeyser. Darkness, and the Haleakalā shield volcano in Maui.” And now, Gemini, what about you? Identify your medley of four magical CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) In the coming weeks, make sure you do not fit this description ingredients. The time is right to re-imagine the poetry of you. articulated by Capricorn novelist Haruki Murakami: “You’re seeking something, but at the same time, you are running away CANCER (June 21-July 22) Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard believes there’s only one way to for all you’re worth.” If there is any goal about which you feel find a sense of meaning, and that is to fill your life to the bursting conflicted like that, dear Capricorn, now is a good time to clear point; to be in love with your experience; to celebrate the flow of away your confusion. If you are in some sense undercutting events wherever it takes you. When you do that, Godard says, yourself, perhaps unconsciously, now is the time to expose your you have no need or urge to ask questions like “Why am I here?” inner saboteur and seek the necessary healing. July will be Selfor “What is my purpose?” The richness of your story is the ulti- Unification Month. mate response to every enigma. As I contemplate these ideas, I say: wow! That’s an intensely vibrant way to live. Personally, I’m AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) not able to sustain it all the time. But I think most of us would A Tweeter named Luxuryblkwomen articulates one of her benefit from such an approach for brief periods now and then. ongoing goals: “bridging the gap between me and my ideal self, one day at a time.” I’d love it if you would adopt a similar And I believe you have just entered one of those phases. aspiration in the coming months. You’re going to be exceptionally skilled at all types of bridge-building, including the kind that LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) I asked readers to provide insight on “How to Be a Leo.” Here connects you to the hero you’ll be in the future. I mean, you are are some that line up with your astrological omens. 1. “People already a hero in my eyes, but I know you will ultimately become should try to understand you’re only bossing them around for an even more fulfilled and refined version of your best self. Now their benefit.”—Harlow Hunt. 2. “Be alert for the intense is a favorable time to do the holy work of forging stronger links shadows you may cast with your intense brightness. Consider to that star-to-be. the possibility that even if they seem iffy or dicey, they have value and even blessings to offer.”—Cannarius Kansen. 3. “Never PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) break your own heart. Never apologize for showering yourself A blogger named Lissar suggests that the cherry blossom is an with kindness and adoration.”—Amy Clear. 4. “At the moment apt symbol for you Pisceans. She describes you as “transient, lissome, blooming, lovely, fragile yet memorable and recurring, of orgasm, scream out your own name.”—Bethany Grace in tune with nature.” Lissar says you “mystify yet charm,” and that your “presence is a balm, yet awe-inspiring and moving.” VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) It’s your birthright as a Virgo to be a master of capitalizing on Of course, like all of us, you also have your share of less graceful difficulties. You have great potential to detect opportunities in qualities. And that’s not a bad thing! We’re all here to learn the the midst of trouble. You can develop a knack for spotting the art of growing into our ripe selves. It’s part of the fun of being order hiding in the chaos. Now is a time when you should wield alive. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will be an extra these skills with artistry, my dear—both for your own benefit close match for Lissar’s description. You are at the peak of your power to delight and beguile us. and for the betterment of everyone whose lives you touch. ARIES (March 21-April 19) In her poem “Two Skins,” Bahamanian writer Lynn Sweeting writes, “There is a moment in every snake’s life when she wears two skins: one you can see, about to be shed, one you cannot see, the skin under the skin, waiting.” I suspect you have metaphorical resemblances to a snake on the verge of molting, Aries. Congratulations on your imminent rebirth! Here’s a tip: The snake’s skin doesn’t always just fall away; she may need to take aggressive action to tear it open and strip it off, like by rubbing her head against a rock. Be ready to perform a comparable task.

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here’s good news for affordable housing coming to Salt Lake City! First, if you haven’t been on Foothill Drive across from Research Park and Sunnyside Avenue (800 South), you won’t have seen all the construction underway on the west side of the road. It’s easy to miss, since the valley is lately filled with cranes, bulldozers or holes in the ground being developed. This site is where a private entity (the Clark and Christine Ivory Trust), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the state/ University of Utah are combining resources to construct four buildings with more than 500 apartments. It was formerly the location of “married student housing” for the school. The church is offering a ground lease for 99 years at the location for the two entities to develop and manage housing there. Second, the university and “Ivory University House” are in the process of adding roughly 1,700 housing units for students—430 rooms at Kahlert Village, 775 beds in the Impact and Prosperity Epicenter and 504 units in the University West Village. All of the construction should be completed by 2024. Third, and highly controversial, is Salt Lake City’s proposals for affordable-housing incentives. The city’s planning division has done an extreme deep dive into researching housing issues facing the capital city and has put forth zoning amendments to encourage the construction of additional affordable housing by incentivizing developers that include affordable homes in their projects. This wouldn’t be a requirement, but if the developer did include affordable housing, they might be able to get waivers on parking, height, setback and process waivers, depending on the designs. What’s controversial about affordable housing? The city is proposing to allow for multi-family units in nearly all single-family neighborhoods. Picture the Harvard/Yale area around 1000 South and 1500 East, an area of precious, mostly brick homes with historic architecture and landscape. Then imagine one of those homes being torn down and replaced with a four-plex that may have one or two units that could be rented to low income folks—people who earn less than $74,000 for a family of four. NIMBYs (“Not in My Backyard”) hate this idea of rental housing and have been testifying in hearings and writing emails like crazy, trying to stop more generous zoning. They don’t want to see greater height, multi-family buildings or a reduction in side yards that might help squeeze in bigger structures. You’ll hear more about this during the summer, as public input is a necessary step in the process of approval. (The city does want you to speak up.) Also, the city is still trying to create opportunities for more ADUs (think mini-homes). Our laws are outdated here for this trend in affordable housing and, again, NIMBY’s oppose greater density in their neighborhoods. Ivory Homes has been battling Avenues residents for years to build homes at a project they call Capitol Park Cottages at 675 N. F St. The planning and zoning commission approved a rezone for them last week to build 19 single-family homes, with 14 of them having built-in ADUs. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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One Person’s Trash The ‘80s ruled in a batch of auctions that may send folks into their attics for forgotten treasure. The Houston Chronicle reported that a shrink-wrapped, near-mint condition 1986 Back to the Future VHS tape sold for an astounding $75,000 in a Heritage Auction on June 9, the highest price ever fetched at auction for a sealed and graded VHS cassette. It didn’t hurt that the item came from the personal collection of actor Tom Wilson, who portrayed Biff Tannen in the movie trilogy, and that Wilson added a handwritten note and offered to sign the container. Wilson also sold sealed and graded VHS copies of Back to the Future II ($16,250), Back to the Future III ($13,750) and a ‘90s-era Back to the Future Trilogy boxed set ($10,000). Other highlights of the ‘80s-era VHS auctions included copies of blockbusters Goonies ($50,000), Jaws ($32,500), Ghostbusters ($23,750) and Top Gun ($17,500). Say It, Don’t Spray It There’s a big difference between paying one’s respects and spraying one’s disrespect, and Laurie Lynn Hinds, 51, of Quitman, Texas, knows better than anyone. KLTV-7 reports that Hinds was arrested on June 5 and charged with state-jail abuse of corpse for a November 2021 incident in which Hinds walked into a Tyler, Texas, funeral home, made her way directly to an open casket and spit on the corpse inside. A witness to the incident said Hinds was angry with the family of the deceased. Abuse of a corpse is a state-jail felony in Texas, punishable by six months to two years in a state jail and up to $10,000 in fines.

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More Gas Prices on the Rise New Zealand’s Ministry for Environment recently proposed a plan to help curb the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, Reuters reported on June 8. The gist: charging farmers for cow burps. The country is home to 5 million people, but twice that many cattle—and 26 million sheep, to boot—and almost half of its greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Even so, agricultural gases have so far been exempted from the country’s emissions trading program. Well, your free ride could soon be over, Bessie: Starting in 2025, farmers would have to pay for their livestock’s emissions by volume. The proposal includes incentives for farmers to reduce gases through feed additives, and to use on-farm forestry to offset emissions.

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Better Late Than Never It’s not unheard of for a library to receive a late book return in the mail, but the package the Tooting Library in London received from Canada recently won’t be forgotten anytime soon. CBC News reported that the package contained a copy of the book A Confederate General From Big Sur by Richard Brautigan, a book that had last been checked out in 1974—making it approximately 48 years and 107 days overdue. Efforts to track down and thank the borrower were successful, and Tony Spence, 72, a retired judge living in British Columbia, will be spared the late fees—not only the $7,618.10 that would be charged if the fines weren’t capped, but also the $10.50 maximum fine. “We’re pleased to have the book back in a condition good enough to return to the shelves, if we wanted, and under the circumstances we’re waiving the fines,” a statement from the library said. Let Me Off Here A bus driver from Boston learned the hard way that in areas where cannabis is legal, it pays to read every label. As AP News reported, on March 13, police found Jinhuan Chen, a 10-year veteran driver for Go Go Sun Tour with an exemplary record, unconscious at the wheel of a bus pulled over on the side of Interstate 95 in Stratford, Connecticut. Chen, who, according to his manager, “doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, but he has

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What a Catch? When Richard Kaser of Shelbyville, Indiana, took his friend Jon Hoop out fishing in the Ohio River on June 5, the hope was that Hoop would catch his first blue catfish, Fox 59 News reported. And Hoop succeeded with the first fish he hauled in, though the fish’s stomach seemed unusually lumpy. Expecting to discover upon cutting it open that the catfish had swallowed another fish or perhaps a turtle, Kaser instead found a foam ball, part of a fish and ... a rather large sex toy. “When it came out, Jon, my wife and I started laughing,” Kaser recalled in a Facebook post. “My wife immediately covered my daughter’s eyes and turned her away from it.” No word on when Hoop’s next fishing outing will be, but it will be hard to top his first. Lost and Found Daniel Hughes was kayaking recently in the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky, when a bright yellow object tangled in debris on the riverbank caught his eye, KDKA-TV reported. Upon closer inspection, Hughes discovered that the object was a helmet—specifically a firefighter helmet with markings identifying it as property of the Franklin Park Fire Department in Pennsylvania, some 422 miles away. The helmet had an ID card still attached, and when Hughes shared photos to the Franklin Park FD Facebook page, Chief Bill Chicots got in touch and shared the whole story. “The helmet belonged to Dave Vodarick, he’s been a member of our fire department since 1974; he lost the helmet during a water rescue in October 2019,” Chicots said. The rushing water failed to sweep Vodarick away three years ago, but succeeded in ripping off his helmet, and efforts to find it had come up empty. The helmet is set to return to Franklin Park, where it will be displayed in the fire department’s trophy case.

Public Notice When you gotta go, you gotta go, and apparently people gotta go quite often in Boston elevators. So much so, in fact, that AP News reports that the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority is incorporating new technology in four downtown elevators to help solve the problem of public urination. The new sensors, which use a fan to draw in odors and detect if urine is present, will alert transit ambassadors, who will send cleaning crews to deal with the situation.

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