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So Your Brain Wants You Dead ‌

A mentally ill reporter’s battle with his job and himself.

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Letters Off Track

I was really enjoying MaryAnn Johanson’s review of Railway Man [“Derailed,” April 24, City Weekly] until the end when she said, “They totes became best friends.”

What the heck? Is MaryAnn 13 years old? No one should ever use “totes” instead of “totally,” especially an adult, which I assume she is. It’s bad enough to say “they totally became best friends” since mostly teenagers talk that way, but “totes” is just wrong in any writing.

For me it ruined the whole review.

Susan B. Goodrich Salt Lake City

Choices Do Matter

As a promoter of native plants for low-water landscaping, my experiences at the local farmers markets of late indicate that water conservation is not on most people’s minds these days.

The recent water issue [Green Guide, April 17, City Weekly] is a timely reminder that water use has consequences beyond the individual. But it is distressing that planners predict the end of agricultural water use in Salt Lake Valley in a few generations as inevitable. Does this mean that the Buy Local movement promoting local food sovereignty is just an empty feelgood slogan rather than something real and substantial?

Rather than accept the end of local food production as inevitable, take a pointer from America’s perennial whipping boys, the late Hugo Chavez and the still very much

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We reserve the right to edit for length and clarity. Preference will be given to letters that are 300 words or less and sent uniquely to City Weekly. Full name, address and phone number must be included, even on e-mailed submissions, for verification purposes. alive Fidel Castro. Chavez authorized the local people— many of them poor—to take over the Caracas landscaping beds and plant food for themselves. Castro promoted local food production in vacant city lots and rooftops after the demise of the USSR, Cuba’s major source of imported food.

Both actions resulted in better health and access to nutritional foods, at little cost to the state.

Why can’t cities along the Wasatch front adopt these ideas for their benefit as well? All it would take is a simple rewriting of extremely stupid landscaping restrictions and some creative architectural approaches for rooftop and vertical gardening, and every city could be a center for food production rather than a dead zone requiring constant importing of basic food needs.

As always, astute water conservation will be a big part of such a shift in landscaping. Another big piece of this would be a radical change in our relationship with the biosphere. In a nutshell, our ideology of continual growth needs replacing with new traditions that nurture and sustain the system that gives us life. This little ball of water, air and rock—a mere 7,926 miles wide, not even a speck in the infinity of the universe—can only hold so much, and by all indications, it is now reaching its limit. Do we continue with mindless growth for the sake of mindless growth until we poison it all, or do we stop and reinvent a different reality? Do we even have a choice?

Clee P. Ames Eureka

Comments From the Web

“Paving a New Path,” April 30

Stuart Cox: RockStarr Ministries is a much-needed lifeline for many who are caught in this life. Miss Crosson’s actions alone should make people look at this way of life a bit closer, and decide what they can do to help change things. Well done to all at Rockstarr Ministries, you can make the change.

“Under Control,” April 30

Joe Andrade: A sensitive and perceptive analysis of the conspiracy-paranoia syndromes that abound. Thanks.

Charles Madden: The conspiracy theories abound because we can’t believe a word the government says. That engineer that proved that the Twin Towers were imploded was right. Kennedy’s head exploded to the back, so he was shot from in front. As for other conspiracies, I can’t vouch, but we’d better not believe what they say about the NSA’s snooping; that’s too sinister for my taste. George Orwell may turn out to have been prophetic.

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OPINION

You’re Right, I’m Wrong

When teaching, I love class discussions.

Conversations make it easy to see which students are engaged and learning, while being one of the most practical aspects of the English curriculum. No matter what they do as they grow up, all of my students will need to conduct successful conversations with other people. It isn’t surprising that the state curriculum considers “speaking and listening” a vital learning skill.

I’ve been thinking about conversations lately, both with friends and family, as well as conversations online with strangers reacting to something I’ve written. With friends and family, it is easy to speak and listen, even when we disagree.

Talking helps me consider perspectives I wasn’t aware of, and sometimes I realize I’m wrong. This is hard for me. I relate very much to a quote by Hillary Clinton: “Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.” I’m proud of being passionate, and I’m proud of standing up for my beliefs, but I’m not proud of the times I allow my passion to justify unkindness, even when the unkindness is unintentional.

For instance, when I organized Wear Pants to Church Day in 2012, some people reacted negatively, and often unkindly, and it was hard for me to see their unkindness as anything less than simple bigotry.

I didn’t understand why people told me I needed to leave the church for being different, or why they were threatened by something that wasn’t against the rules. Now, in reading comments from people against the Ordain Women movement, I don’t understand why they feel so angry at the organizers. I understand why they may disagree with them doctrinally, but the level of anger and hatred confuses me.

Recently, I read a blogpost by JoAnna Neeley, a Mormon who changed her mind

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do, and trying to understand instead of feeling personally attacked. In my reading, I keep remembering a favorite line by Zora Neale Hurston: “Gods always behave like the people who make them.” My God (and my conscience) tells me to advocate and write about feminism and Mormonism and LGBT issues because those are things I care about. But I know there are other Gods, created by people who are different than I am, who feel hurt and attacked and angry because our Gods keep telling us contradicting things. In the eyes of your God, you are right, and it doesn’t matter that I may hear an alternate message.

I want to say sorry to the people I’ve hurt in acting in the name of my God. Apologizing isn’t a concession to your rightness, or an admission of malice, but I can recognize why people feel hurt or betrayed when those they feel they should trust (fellow Mormons, fellow women, neighbors, family members) don’t hear the same voice of God, and I apologize for unintentionally being part of that hurt.

I won’t stop fighting for what I think is right, and I know this will hurt and anger people. When the Gods we create tell us to take away rights and mistreat people based on their gender, sexual identity or race, I will continue to listen to the voice that tells me we should do better for our brothers and sisters. But I am learning that I can stand up for my beliefs and remain kind, and I promise to do better.

And maybe I’ll start by identifying with a different Clinton quote: “I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.”

Like my students, like Clinton, like Neeley, I am learning to speak and to listen. CW

Have you ever been in an argument that brought out the worst in you?

about Mormon feminism after initially reacting with anger. Regarding Pants Day, she states, “I felt attacked at my very core, my very being, for my most sacred and precious beliefs about who I was … I couldn’t believe people would make such a demonstration at church. I couldn’t believe they would tell me I was wrong, that my leaders were wrong, that my church was wrong, especially since they were supposed to be part of it!”

While reading her post, I better understood how my actions and writing may have hurt people. Like Neeley, I’ve felt attacked at my very core for things I believe are sacred and precious: equality and advocacy. When I’ve felt that way, it’s been very difficult to remain kind. Many times I’ve failed. Even though I don’t agree with the people who write comments condemning me as a Mormon feminist, or claiming I have no “authority” to comment on Mormonism, I understand their anger. I can respect the desire to protect the parts of us that feel sacred. Maybe we are all a bit like Clinton: We feel very passionate about what we think is right, and sometimes it brings out our worst qualities.

Neeley changed her mind about Mormon feminists after discovering her sister was one of “them.” She also spent a lot of time reading. “I read about their tears. I read about their hurt. I read about their sincere soul searching and aching hearts and spirits. … And I realized, suddenly, why I was so angry and defensive when I first heard these ideas. I felt they were a personal attack on me because I didn’t take the time to understand what was really being said.”

I’ve spent some time reading, too: reading the comments, even the angry ones, left on my various blogposts and articles.

I’m reading articles and blogs by people who genuinely believe differently than I

I want to say sorry to the people I’ve hurt in acting in the name of my god.

Stephanie Lauritzen blogs MormonChildBride.blogspot.com.

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Jeff Chipian: In high school, I got in a huge fight with my friend while playing dunk ball. Fists were thrown, names were called and I drove off like a Formula One racer. Fifteen minutes later, he called me to apologize and I came back with Slurpees. I hate buying other people Slurpees. So difficult.

Ylish Merkley: I wouldn’t say it brought out the worst, just my best at being mean. I think my true worst hasn’t been exposed fully ... yet.

Scott Renshaw: Constantly. The only thing worse than trying to reason with someone who doesn’t seem interested in being reasonable, is the person you turn into when you realize your definition of “reasonable” is usually pretty selfserving.

Colin Wolf: All the time—and on a related note, I really miss the days when people could get in good old-fashioned argument and not settle it right away with a smartphone. I once got kicked out of a bar for arguing with my friend about that super annoying song from The Last of the Mohicans—the song with the repeating violins. Anyway, he said the song was also in Braveheart, which is false. So naturally, things were said, beer was poured on faces, and I won $100. Those precious moments just aren’t possible anymore with stupid smartphones.

Michele Barton: Sometimes my greatest accomplishment is just keeping my mouth shut. Because, yes, I’ve been known to let the bitch out on occasion.

Kolbie Stonehocker: Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter are two of my favorite book series, which makes them touchy subjects for me in debate. Engage me in an argument about either of them, and you’ll get an earful.

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Love Thy Neighbor It’s nice to say that you want to stop bullying, but how to do it is the question. Of course, it takes money, and that’s what Hailee Smith, founder of Protecting Our Peers, is looking for. The Daily Herald recently highlighted Smith’s efforts while she ran a fundraiser at Santaquin’s Hot Rod Diner, which she owns with her husband. About 1.6 million kids grades 6 through 10 are bullied at least once a week, according to the Human Rights Education Center of Utah. And 15 percent don’t go to school out of fear. A study in the American Journal of Psychiatry notes that bullied kids often suffer depression and anxiety into adulthood. Then there’s the troubling report from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention that bullying victims are likely to bring weapons to school. Someone needs to teach kids kindness.

Law of the Land United States Rep. Chris Stewart—named a “top conservative” by the American Conservative Union—validates his conservatism almost daily. Now, he’s supporting two bills to “restore the proper balance of power and protect our constitutional system.” First, there’s the Enforce the Law Act, which “puts a procedure in place to permit the House or the Senate to authorize a lawsuit against the Executive Branch for failure to faithfully execute the laws.” Then there’s the Faithful Execution of the Law Act, which “requires all federal officials who establish or implement a policy that refrains from enforcing a federal law to report to Congress as to why they did not enforce the law.” Meanwhile, Stewart doesn’t want the Bureau of Land Management to interfere in the Cliven Bundy case, instead leaving it up to local law enforcement. So Steward says, in effect, execute the law, unless he says otherwise.

Overblown Journalists have long had to deal with the ethical dilemma of when to report what news. It may seem simple: Report the truth, always. And of course, media outlets champ at the bit to be first with anything, whether the public cares or not. So it was with some curiosity that the public watched KSL report live on a bomb threat at Salt Lake City’s East High School.

Scott Pierce, of The Salt Lake Tribune, took them to task for sensationalizing what was nothing more than a prank.

He was right. Most bomb threats are not reported lest they encourage copycats.

That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t watch closely and report outcomes, but let’s lose the yellow journalism.

Norman Stiles first used a metal detector in 1955 at age 18 and found his first treasure in 1960. He’s been hunting ever since, and this month’s treasure hunt in Ogden is the 14th he’s sponsored. He’ll be burying $3,000 worth of rare coins, as well tokens tradable for new metal detectors, on the grounds of the Assembly of God church in Ogden (1390 Canyon Road). There’s a $395 entry fee for the treasure hunt, which goes from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 31; e-mail indystiles@yahoo. com before May 14 to sign up. Stiles also plans to run for president in 2016 and visited City Weekly to talk about treasure-hunting and his political platform.

How did you get into treasure-hunting?

I was in Indianapolis in 1960, and a man named Ken Gregory was going to start a club. I didn’t even own a metal detector. He said, “Take my tracer, anything you find is yours.”

Well, the first signal I got, right off the steps, I got a man’s gold ring. That’s what got me hooked. I’ve found thousands of other things since.

What kinds of things have you found?

In 1964, I found a diamond ring that paid off my house mortgage. I go to the beaches a lot—California, Florida. I’ve found thousands of earring backs. I find between $250 and $1,500 every month. To me, it’s fun. I tell people, “My M.D. pays me—my metal detector.”

Everyone else my age goes and pays their M.D. I just go out and hunt 15 minutes to six hours every day.

What are your secrets?

Of the 12,000 metal detectors I’ve sold, 11,750 are probably not used. People think they’re going to find the El Dorado treasure. There’s enough treasure just hunting yards. I go to beaches. That’s where people lose stuff. I went to Panama City after spring break last year and found a quarter every minute. And there’s 39 miles of beach there. I hunt in front yards, and the average yard has about $7.20 in change. But then you find rings and toy trucks and cars.

Do people find things that aren’t part of the official hunt?

Last year, someone found a belt buckle worth a couple hundred.

What are your presidential plans?

My cabinet is going to be all eighth graders. I’m going to rent out the White House— $3,000 for weddings or birthdays or bar mitzvahs. It’s our White House, let’s use it. The problem with politicians is 80 or 90 percent of them have law degrees. But they’re such bad lawyers that they can’t make a living in their profession, so they become lifetime politicians.

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STRAIGHT DOPE Sick Bay Just read of yet another cruise liner affected by norovirus. I served in the U.S. Navy for four years, crammed cheek to jowl with 3,000 other sailors, and we never once had any such problems. I never heard of any other naval vessels so afflicted either. What’s the straight dope, Cecil? Does the Navy add some secret antiviral element to their coffee, or are those seagoing civilians just a bunch of pantywaists? Is there any record of any naval vessel being afflicted by norovirus?

—A Cheshire County Shellback Any naval vessel? That gives us a lot of leeway, Shelly. Assuming you’ll also permit a little latitude in terms of gastrointestinal diagnosis, I give you the troop transport Argentina, which sailed from New York to Glasgow in the summer of 1943. Doctors never determined exactly what got into the men who embarked on that unfortunate voyage, but whatever it was, it lost no time getting out. Of more than 6,100 sailors and soldiers aboard, 3,000 reported sick with the trots (i.e., dysentery), and one died.

Despite the lack of a definite ID, the conditions that enabled the bug to flourish were obvious. The ship was severely overcrowded and lacked adequate toilets, showers and bunk space—the men had to sleep in shifts.

The galleys and mess areas were in constant use and didn’t have adequate equipment for washing and sterilizing dishes.

Four days out, a dysentery epidemic began, and the Argentina descended into chaos. The port physician who inspected the vessel on its arrival in Glasgow described a hellish scene. Stoves, tables and nominally clean utensils were covered with rotting crud. Garbage was strewn everywhere and piled two or three inches deep around the filthy, overflowing trash cans. Troop quarters stank of vomit and diarrhea. “The latrines themselves were beyond description,” the doctor wrote. “I can truly say I have never seen a United States transport in such deplorable sanitary condition.”

OK, exceptional case, thank God. Only a handful of other major dysentery outbreaks aboard U.S. naval vessels were reported during World War II. In fact, despite the scale and duration of the conflict, the overall incidence of disease in the U.S. military during the war was remarkably low.

Low compared to what? Why, all previous U.S. wars. World War II was the first armed conflict in U.S. history where deaths of military personnel in combat exceeded deaths due to disease. I make a point of this, Shelly, because you seem to think the Navy kept you and your fellow sailors out of sick bay with pixie dust. Not so—or, anyway, not entirely.

Sure, antibiotics and vaccination helped enormously. But an equally important factor was the brass finally getting it through their heads to embrace basic principles of public health: Avoid contaminated food. Dispose of garbage. Keep the toilets clean.

Some statistics, drawn from Two Faces of Death: Fatalities from Disease and Combat in America’s Principal Wars, 1775 to Present, a 2008 paper by Vincent Cirillo:

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n Revolutionary War. Disease deaths: 18,500. Combat deaths: 7,200. Ratio of disease to combat deaths: 2.6:1. Germs arguably were a factor in changing the course of U.S. history—the American invasion of Canada in 1775 was foiled by a smallpox outbreak. n War of 1812. Disease deaths: 17,000.

Combat deaths: 2,300. Ratio: 7.5:1, the worst ever for the U.S. n Civil War. Disease deaths: 225,000.

Combat deaths: 110,000. Ratio: 2:1. The ratio was low for the era—not because sanitation measures were particularly good but because battlefield slaughter was particularly bad. n World War I. Disease deaths: 57,000.

Combat deaths: 50,000. Ratio: 1.1:1. n World War II. Disease deaths: 15,000.

Combat deaths: 230,000. Ratio: 0.06:1. The tide turns.

Indeed, since then, U.S. military disease deaths in wartime have been minimal.

That’s not to say there’s been no disease.

Malaria was a major problem in Vietnam that was brought under control only after rigorous efforts to protect the troops from mosquitoes.

Which brings us back to the present, the U.S. Nav y, and norovirus. Possibly up to this point you’ve been thinking: Nevermind the ancient history—today the Navy is the picture of healthy living.

I call your attention to a medical journal article titled “Epidemic Infectious Gastrointestinal Illness Aboard U.S. Navy Ships Deployed to the Middle East During Peacetime Operations—2000-2001.” From this we learn as follows: n During the two-year survey period, researchers identified 11 outbreaks of infectious gastrointestinal disease (IGI) on 10 U.S. Nav y vessels. “Our analyses indicate that IGI outbreaks are common occurrences aboard U.S. Navy ships in [the Persian Gulf],” they write. The most frequently encountered IGI: norovirus. n The overall incidence of IGI on the naval vessels studied was 33 outbreaks per 1,000 ship-weeks. n During roughly the same era, IGI incidence on the cruise ships you speak of so disparagingly was about four outbreaks per 1,000 ship-weeks. In other words, Mr. NotNo-Norovirus-in-My-Navy, outbreaks of this icky condition on U.S. naval vessels (and having suffered through a bout of norovirus myself, I can testify that IGIs don’t get much ickier) were about seven times worse.

Send questions to Cecil via StraightDope. com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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Angilau was “still someone’s son, brother, nephew ...” —Charlene Lui,

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Armed and Dangerous

In the aftermath of the courtroom shooting of Siale Angilau, a community searches for answers.

By Eric S. Peterson epeterson@cityweekly.net @ericspeterson The life of Mo’ana Uluave, an East High School graduate now studying at Harvard, took a very different trajectory from that of her former classmate Siale Angilau, the gang member shot and mortally wounded in federal court on April 21 for threatening a witness with a pen or pencil. In a recent online video titled an “Open Letter to Siale,” Uluave laments the loss of Angilau’s life.

“You weren’t even supposed to be there. Your guilty plea had already been heard at the state level, but the federal courts wanted you too, wanted you and the whole Tongan Crips Gang so they used as a witness, a brother, turned foe and riled you up and took you down.” Uluave ends her open letter by observing that a truth was revealed by the death of the 25-year-old gangster that the subsequent media furor over the shooting failed to mention.

“There is no one more dangerous than a brown man with a pen,” Uluave says.

In the aftermath of Angilau’s death, many in the Salt Lake Valley Pacific Islander community question the use of force. Not only the deadly force that some reports say involved as many as eight shots fired at Angilau for threatening a witness, but also the force of applying the hefty racketeering standard on the gang.

Salt Lake City School Board member Michael Clara represents the Glendale neighborhood. He had already organized a meeting with the Latino community and the United States Department of Justice about the inequities of the school district when he became alarmed by the fallout from the Angilau shooting and helped schedule an extra meeting so the DOJ could hear concerns from the Pacific Islander community on May 1.

It was an emotional meeting with members of Angilau’s family telling the DOJ that Angilau had to move around a table and run 15 to 20 feet before he could have reached the witness and that there were multiple bailiffs who could have physically intervened.

Clara says the meeting also brought to a boil rumors that the marshal who

Siale Angilau was mortally wounded by a federal marshal when the gang member charged a witness with a writing implement on April 21. killed him didn’t verbally warn him before firing, and acted with malice since one of Angilau’s charges stemmed from being in the same car as another TCG member who had fired on U.S. marshals in 2007.

“These are all allegations and we don’t know if they’re true. But the community is accepting them as true because nobody is saying otherwise,” Clara says. As of press time, comment had not been returned by the FBI’s Salt Lake City office tasked with investigating the shooting.

Fahina Pasi, the Executive Director of the Salt Lake City-based National Tongan American Society, says the community has been incensed over the shooting. She acknowledges that the courtroom had to be controlled, and there was no justification for Angilau lunging at a witness, but says, for her, it’s another example of law enforcement’s quick recourse to violence against Pacific Islanders.

Her organization is also a member of the Utah Pacific Islanders Justice Coalition, which since the beginning of 2013 has tried to interface with law enforcement by offering cultural sensitivity trainings to the police about the use of force and her community. She’s noticed a problem with law enforcement Tasering Pacific Islanders, citing one instance where police used a Taser to resolve a simple noise complaint involving Pacific Islanders.

She expresses greater concern, however, over local law enforcement working with federal prosecutors to press

racketeering charges against the TCG. “If there are people in our community that deserve to be thrown in jail, everyone will understand that,” Pasi says. “A crime is a crime no matter the color, and if you do the crime then you do the time—but you don’t do less and you don’t do more than anybody else.”

Angilau’s attorney Michael Langford points out that his client pleaded guilty to state charges in 2009 after U.S. marshals recommended that no federal charges be filed. In 2010, however, Salt Lake District Attorney Lohra Miller joined the FBI in announcing that new racketeering indictments against Angilau and 16 other TCG members had effectively “cut the head off the snake.”

Langford says for prosecutors to prove racketeering they need to show that crimes benefited a criminal enterprise. He doesn’t deny TCG is a gang that’s committed serious crimes, but he wouldn’t go so far as to call it organized crime, which the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 was designed to target.

Langford says, historically, mafia crime families or other organizations have been hit with racketeering charges in situations where if a soldier in the organization profits by a crime, they then kick some of those profits to the bosses of the family. Even though the leaders had no role in the individual crime—be it robbery, gambling or prostitution—as executives of the criminal enterprise they get a piece of the action.

For being a criminal enterprise, the

government’s own 2010 indictment acknowledges that within the TCG “there is no formal structure or hierarchy” with the only requirement for being a leader or a “shot caller” is to have enough “street cred.”

Langford describes Angilau’s crimes as “beer runs,” pointing out that his first two robberies in the racketeering charges were when he was 14 years old and stole a bag of potato chips from a 7-Eleven and then returned the next day to steal cigarettes.

“The government is saying this was done in furtherance of the enterprise,” Langford says. “Are the potato chips divided among other TCG members?

Are they sold for profit to enhance the gang’s status?”

Nevertheless, the indictment does present a timeline of serial robberies that often happened in a terrifying succession. In 2003 for example, the TCG robbed three 7-Elevens in the space of five days. Several members had been charged with assault including Angilau, who was present at a 2007 robbery where a gas-station clerk was shot.

In an e-mailed statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the office would not comment on the Angilau case but defended the use of racketeering charges, pointing out that five of the TCG defendants unsuccessfully appealed their convictions to the 10th Circuit Court.

The office points to the hefty sentences involving racketeering, which include 57 years for one defendant as demonstrating the severity of the crimes. “The significant sentences in this case reflect the serious, escalating nature of the conduct,” the statement says.

While the racketeering cases against the TCG have now concluded with Angilau’s death, his community has only just begun to press for answers about the use of racketeering and the shots fired in the courtroom.

The impromptu meeting with the DOJ was productive for Charlene Lui, a member of the Utah Pacific Islanders Justice Coalition. She says the community needed to know who to talk to about their concerns and now are scheduling a meeting with the Utah Attorney General. She also says it offered community members a reminder of the need to be vigilant in keeping their children from sliding into criminal behavior.

Like Clara, she agrees that right now the community—and especially the Angilau family—need answers about the shooting itself.

“For the family it would bring a lot of healing at least,” Lui says. “Regardless of whether Siale was a member of a gang, he’s still someone’s son, brother, nephew, grandson—he’s a human being. We all deserve some dignity and respect.” CW

NEWS Soil & Strife

environment

Conflict and water woes mark an urban garden’s demise.

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Rebecca Wallace shovels up the remains of her garden plot at the Lettuce Bee Community Garden on May 2.

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the city, and likely contributed to the garden’s early demise.

In prior years, the city allowed gardeners to tap into a nearby irrigation ditch. But when residents with water rights downstream complained they weren’t receiving their water, it became clear changes needed to be made.

The solution, says Ashley Patterson, executive director of Wasatch Community Gardens, was to plumb into the city’s culinary water supply. As these efforts were afoot, however, Patterson says gardeners continued taking water from the irrigation ditch.

And unbeknownst to Patterson, a contractor hired to connect the garden to the city’s water system commenced work before obtaining the proper permits.

The water system was eventually completed, but it was never turned on.

Given the conf licts, Patterson says Wasatch—with the city’s blessing—made the decision to cut support for the garden and focus on its permanent gardens.

“It was requiring more management without receiving any kind of resolution,” she says.

Controversy or not, Spence says that the garden was never supposed to be permanent and she’s relieved that many of the small plots found new permanent homes.

On May 2, Rebecca Wallace was busy packing up the last of her plot. She plans to continue her garden at home.

Wallace says the reasons for the hasty move are “due to squabbles and bickers,” but she was looking at things on the bright side.

“It’s a change of plans,” she says, noting that Wasatch refunded her $45 plot fee. “We knew that this was the last year for the garden. I’m glad that at least before the start of the warm season we got the word out.” CW

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In early April, Cayman Thomas planted 200 pea plants in a pair of 12-foot-by-4foot raised garden beds at the dilapidated tennis courts at Fairmont Park in Sugar House.

He eagerly watched as the plants grew, hopeful that a bountiful harvest was around the corner.

But as quickly as this life took root, it died. In the waning days of April, Thomas uprooted every single pea plant. “It brought tears to my eyes,” he says.

This growing season was to be the last at the garden, located at 2225 S. 900 East, which started in 2011 as a pilot project between Salt Lake City and the Sugar House Community Garden. Nearby residents speculate that the tennis courts, which abut the Utah Transit Authority’s streetcar line, will soon sprout condominiums.

But through a combination of infighting and botched attempts this year to obtain a more secure supply of water, the 2014 growing season ended before it could truly begin.

Bridget Stuchly, the city’s sustainability program manager, says the idea for the garden sprung to life just as she was attempting to formulate ways to promote community gardens in the city.

Stuchly says the city tried to cement clear parameters for how the garden needed to be managed.

“Unfortunately, we started to have issues pretty quickly after the garden was established,” Stuchly says.

Rules were continuously broken, she says, but declined to say which rules or by whom, citing potential litigation between gardeners.

Rather than allowing Sugar House Community Garden and its founder, Heidi Spence, to continue managing the garden, Stuchly says Wasatch Community Gardens—which has a contract with the city to manage other gardens on municipal property—was brought in to oversee the space for this final year.

With 25 years of experience, Wasatch Community Gardens has a successful model that involves democratic decisionmaking and rules set by the gardeners.

Resistance by some of the gardeners to this model, though, was immediate. It even reared its head in the renaming of the garden to Lettuce Bee Urban Garden, translated to “let us be.” Thomas says contention from Spence’s tenure overseeing the garden through its first three growing seasons spilled into 2014.

Spence acknowledges that controversy surrounding irrigation issues irked some at

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This weekend, stretch your calves and fly down the track for a 5k fun run to benefit the Ogden Nature Center. Later on in the week, West Valley City residents will not want to miss a public hearing on police conduct in the city. West Jordan residents will want to attend a hearing on the city’s proposed uses for federal grants for such worthwhile causes as the Road Home homeless shelter and the South Valley Sanctuary for victims of domestic violence.

Fly With the Flock Saturday, May 10

The Ogden Nature Center is a 152-acre nature preserve for all manners of flying and scurrying critters. This weekend, it will be invaded by fun runners looking to support the preserve by taking part in a 5k run and pancake breakfast. The 5k makes two laps through the scenic preserve and a 2.5k and a 100yard dash competition are available for children. The staff will have some awesome birds of prey to show off as well.

Ogden Nature Center, 966 W. 12th St., 801-621-7595, May 10, same-day registration 6:30 a.m., race begins 8 a.m., OgdenNatureCenter.org

West Valley City Police Professional Standards Review Board Wednesday, May 14

The West Valley City Police Department is still dealing with the aftermath of scandals erupting from the city’s now disbanded narcotics unit, including the questionable police shooting of 21-year-old Danielle Willard who was unarmed at the time she was killed.

This hearing is an opportunity for the public to comment on police efforts and the progress of cleaning up the department.

West Valley City Hall, 3600 S. Constitution Blvd., 801-966-3600, May 14, 10 a.m., WVC-Ut.gov

Curses, Foiled Again

NEWS

Startling Move

Authorities in Orange County, Calif., identified Franc Cano, 27, and Steven Dean Gordon, 45, as suspected serial killers because the two paroled sex offenders were wearing GPS trackers that placed them at the scene of four murders. “That was one of the investigative tools we used to put the case together,” Anaheim Police Chief Raul Quezada said. (Associated Press)

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced plans to deploy “acoustical weapons” to slow down speeders. The agency said that “directed-sound communication devices,” used in Afghanistan and against Occupy Wall Street protestors, will be set up near road-construction sites and blast sound of up to 153 decibels directly at vehicles exceeding the posted speed limit. (The St. Louis American)

n Michael Briggs, 38, was convicted of murdering an 82-yearold retired nun in Albany, N.Y., based on fingerprints found at the scene after police Sgt. Darryl Mallard noticed the toilet seat had been left up in the bathroom. Since the victim lived alone, Mallard guessed the killer was a man who had used the toilet.

Fingerprints from the toilet’s handle matched those of Briggs, who was on parole for robbery. (Albany’s Times Union)

Police reported that a man tried to rob a convenience store in Providence, R.I., by pretending a potato was a gun. After the manager chased him off with a baseball bat, police received a call from a coin-operated laundry where a man fitting the description entered carrying a potato and yelled, “I need the money.” A worker gave the man $20 from a decoy cash register, and he left.

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A sewage treatment plant in Washington state is offering its facilities for weddings, touting its full catering kitchen, audiovisual equipment, dance floor and ample parking. The cost is $2,000 for eight hours. Susan Tallarico, director of King County’s Brightwater Wastewater Treatment Center, explained that receptions would take place next to where raw sewage is processed but insisted there’s no odor because the process is contained. (Seattle Times)

Police accused Donald Adams of theft after he took several items from a Home Depot store in Lancaster, Pa., to the customer service desk, and claimed he had purchased them and needed to return them without a receipt. Investigators believe Adams pulled the same scam at Home Depot stores in four states.

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Open-Door Policy Officials in Vancouver, British Columbia, changed its building code to ban doorknobs on all new buildings. Instead, doors are required to have handles, making them more accessible to the elderly and disabled. Critics of the new rule note that handles also make doors easier for bears to open. In fact, knob advocates note that Pitkin County, Colo., has banned door levers on buildings specifically to prevent bears from entering buildings. Meanwhile, officials in Halifax and Pickering, east of Toronto, are asking their provincial governments to follow Vancouver’s example. (The Economist)

Slightest Provocation A woman celebrating her 30th birthday at a bar in Madison, Wis., attacked a disc jockey and broke his computer, headphones and microphone because she disliked his choice of songs. “Partygoers were able to pull her away from the DJ’s table after the equipment was damaged, but she broke free and rushed the DJ, punching and scratching him on the face,” police official Joel DeSpain said, adding that the woman fled with her uncut birthday cake before police arrived. (United Press International) n Police arrested Charmelle Henry, 45, for threatening two workers at a store in Midland, Texas, after she paid 75 cents for a corn dog but objected because it had been microwaved.

She flashed a knife and demanded a second corn dog uncooked.

(Associated Press)

Fore, Fire

Titanium-coated golf clubs used to hit balls out of the rough caused at least two fires in Southern California, including one that burned 25 acres, according to scientists at the University of California Irvine. Hoping to confirm the suspicions of fire investigators, the researchers re-created course conditions on the days of the fires. They found that clubs containing titanium can, if they strike a rock, produce sparks of up to 3,000 degrees that will burn for more than a second — “plenty of time” to ignite nearby dry vegetation, according to researcher James Earthman.

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi advised golfers using titanium clubs who hit into rocks and dry vegetation to “improve their lie,” even if it means taking a penalty stroke.

(Associated Press)

School Daze

Ray Moore, a candidate for lieutenant governor in South Carolina, said he favors replacing public schools with churchrun schools because “we don’t see anything in the Bible about state education.” Moore said that if enough Christian families withdrew their children from public schools, which he calls “the Pharaoh’s schools,” and educate them at home or enroll them in religious schools, states would be compelled to hand over control of education to churches, families and private associations— “the way it was,” Moore declared, “for the first 200 years of American history.” (The Raw Story) Compiled from the press reports by Roland Sweet. Authentication on demand.

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West Jordan City Council Wednesday, May 14

The council needs your help deciding how much in federal grant money should be distributed among a variety of social-service champions in the community. The hearing will discuss funding proposed to be distributed among organizations like the Road Home homeless shelter, the South Valley Sanctuary domestic-violence services providers, the Boys & Girls Club, Y WCA and others.

West Jordan City Hall, 8000 S. Redwood Road, 801-569-5117, May 14, 6-9 p.m., Ci.West-Jordan.Ut.Us

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Eight red-flag phrases in local Craigslist job listings:

8.

“Must provide own windowless van.”

7.

“Base pay $300/week (in Burger King Crown Cards).”

6. “Comcast is hiring!”

5. “Must be motivated to stop, drop, shut ’em down and open up shop.”

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“Are you blood type AB positive? Recruiters would love to talk to you!”

3. “Blog for Utah’s No. 1 faith

and family-oriented news site. No pay; major Celestial points.”

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“Lead ukulele player wanted.”

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So Your Brain Wants You Dead …

A mentally ill reporter’s battle with his job and himself.

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t starts by feeling like you’ve just done something horrible, something unthinkably awful—like you’ve just told your mother you hope she dies, and then she does.

Professionals have trained me to assess this feeling with an objective evaluation, as if I’m an outside observer of my own brain. I’m supposed to ask myself, “What is the source of this feeling? Does it have a source? Is that source (or non-source) justified in provoking this feeling? Do I truly want to die, or is that just a primeval, fight-or-flight demon screaming between my eyes and vomiting fire into my chest?”

Sometimes this approach is effective. Sometimes it fails. And when it fails, I hide. I hide in the bathroom of my office. I hide under the covers of my bed at home.

I hide wherever witnesses are absent and my brain is omnipresent. I want someone to be there, but frankly, I don’t trust many people to absorb that level of vulnerability gracefully.

It’s a lonely feeling.

That’s when it’s internal.

Then there’s the external.

From a clinical perspective, you could call it “social.”

It usually happens when I’m around a girl I like, or when I’m around, say, Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser. In particular, this happens when I’m sitting a few feet from him as a reporter representing Salt Lake City radio station KCPW, and I’m mentally preparing myself to ask a contentious question—a question about, oh, same-sex marriage or Medicaid expansion.

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I start to shake. Physically, visibly shake. I’m holding a shotgun microphone, and it becomes increasingly difficult to hold it still enough that I’m not recording the vibrations of my trembling hand. As Utah Senate President Niederhauser responds to my question about LGBT non-discrimination bills, I can’t move my face. If I try to smile or open my mouth, my lips start to quaver and my jaw shivers, as if I’m sitting naked in a meat locker.

Sitting in the presence of Utah Senate President Niederhauser, I am a sudden, loud noise away from shitting my pants and fainting.

And after each such encounter, as I sit in the legislative cafeteria attempting to insert a grilled cheese sandwich into my numb mouth with wobbly hands attached to rubber arms, I can’t help but ask myself: Is being a publicradio reporter really the most suitable career for someone with crippling social anxiety and bipolar disorder?

So You Want to Be a Reporter ...

When I first started as a public-radio reporter at Utah Public Radio in Logan, I overwhelmed my (very first) girlfriend at the time with all of the insecurities that plagued me at my new job. She was supportive, but after hearing me express dread about nearly every aspect of radio reporting, she wavered.

“I think you have to ask yourself,” she said, “is this the right job for you?”

That’s a fair question.

That will always be a fair question, because it’s a very, very tough job for me sometimes.

Sometimes, being a radio reporter with my level of social anxiety is a bit like wearing a wool sweater when you’re allergic to wool. But, even when my mental illness is at its worst, I always want to feel useful. So much of the pain of mental illness derives from that feeling that you have nothing to offer anyone—that with your illness, you’re a burden to everyone around you.

So, what is bipolar disorder?

Here’s the gist of it: Sometimes

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Whether posing with an owl or interviewing the governor, reporter Ryan Cunningham battled his mental-health issues while pursuing news stories during the 2014 legislative session.

What I failed to remember was that anxiety just kind of does whatever the hell it wants whenever it wants, and there’s no prevention mechanism for that. It’s as if my brain is a murderous psychopath hiding behind any corner, ready to jump out and swing a knife at me.

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When I first went to college, I suffered the worst depression of my life up to that point. I was constantly without energy, and everything I did seemed purposeless.

Some might chalk that up to the freshman blues, but the feeling persisted for months—and even into the summer.

I went to my family doctor, who prescribed me Lexapro, a fairly common antidepressant. After about a month, I went back for a checkup.

“How do you feel?” he asked.

“About the same,” I answered.

A lot has happened to me since I came back from Amsterdam. There’s been a lot of pain—some mental and emotional, some self-inflicted with knives and flames.

I tried to kill myself once. I’ve been hospitalized a few times, and I’ve been treated with electroconvulsive therapy, Kitty Dukakis-style. My editors would love for me to recount some of the more outrageous, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest-esque details formative to me as a patient of mental illness. I’d love to talk about it, too. I wish I could wear every horrific incident as a merit badge on a Boy Scout’s uniform. But I didn’t write this particular piece to win you over with the shock-and-awe of my cranial diseases. If you knew and understood absolutely everything I’ve been through since Amsterdam—since college, since high school, since I was a toddler—there wouldn’t be much

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I was a stubborn, moody little shit when I was a kid.

As a toddler, I was prone to bouts of extreme irritability. To vent my frustrations, I would often kick my mom in the shins, hard. She bore the bruises of my brutality on her legs for much of my early childhood. There was no reason for it, if you’re wondering. My mom is and always has been a sweet woman who’s protective of each of her five children. I kicked her in the shins with all my might because I didn’t have the capacity to stop myself.

My aggressive behavior didn’t stop with my mom.

My brother Chris, who’s a year younger than I, was the reluctant recipient of repeated blows to the wiener. I also remember beating him up in the back of my grandpa’s pickup truck and feeling really, really good about it.

I’ve never admitted this to anyone before: In first grade, there was a new kid in our class. He was kind of slow. His misbehavior frustrated the teacher, so I felt fully justified in pushing him around when we were out on the

So You Hate Everyone as Much as You Hate Yourself …

So You’ve Always Been Like This …

“OK.” So he doubled my dose.

That worked for about a year and a half. I still had my bouts of loneliness and despair, but they were muted. I thought persistent sadness was pretty normal.

I felt the most pain in those times after elation. When you get up high, you have to come back down, and I hated coming back down. So my solution was to stop getting up high.

Most people in the self-discovery stages of bipolar disorder would probably try to stay high by engaging in increasingly risky behavior. Call it self-control, call it martyrdom, call it spending my college years in Logan; my journey to bipolar diagnosis is mostly landscaped with staying at home and avoiding the unpredictability of humans.

But then I made the life-changing decision to study abroad in the Netherlands for my junior year of college, and I had a pretty damned good time. And that was the problem: Every high in my life has been followed closely by a debilitating crash. This was no different.

After a couple of dark weeks, I found myself standing by a ledge seven stories above the ground.

It wasn’t that I didn’t want to live anymore—I just didn’t think I could tolerate the pain I felt without being so profoundly damaged by it. Imagine falling into the bubbling, lava-filled caldera of a volcano and feeling your body melt into the molten rock around you. Do you want to die, or do you want your body to stop melting?

Some good friends watched over me until I was sent back home for hospitalization, diagnosis and treatment.

I didn’t finish the semester. Not even three years into college, I was finding out that my journey to adulthood would be saddled with unique challenges.

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playground for recess. I would shove him and say things like, “What’s wrong with you? Why are you so stupid?” He looked confused and hurt.

Within a week, he was sent down a grade level, and I never saw him again.

By the time I was a teenager, a dark storm cloud had settled over my head. Most of the time, it was the usual angst you’d expect from a young smart-ass. Other times, it was deeper than that. Quietly, I questioned the point of living. I saw no meaning in my day-to-day life, and it didn’t seem like it was going to get better when I got older.

As morbid as that sounds, most people probably would’ve witnessed a well-adjusted, socially adept young man. I was an active participant in drama club, playing Puck, the lead role in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, when I was a high school junior. I was elected Class Clown by my 475 graduating peers—still one of my proudest distinctions. I was also selected (by peer vote) to be my class’s male salutatorian at graduation, and I gave probably the best speech of my life in front of several thousand people packed into the high school gymnasium.

But here’s what’s also true: I never had a girlfriend, and my first kiss (outside of one game of Truth or Dare when I was 16) wouldn’t come until age 25.

I never had more than a couple of close friends at a time, and most of my friendships were lucky to last longer than a year. My four younger siblings feared me and my irrational mood swings. For every great height, there was a great crash. Nothing was constant. I started making a habit of mitigating my pain or bottling it up—after all, I couldn’t kick my mother’s shins anymore.

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you’re too high, sometimes you’re too low—and in either case, you could end up hurt or dead. But by even attempting to define bipolar disorder, I risk doing a disservice to anyone living with the disease. It is a very personal disease, and those diagnosed (about 3 percent of all people) have widely varying experiences. Bipolar disorder is not diagnosed lightly, and many of those diagnosed have suffered more than they could ever articulate. If you meet someone who’s been touched by bipolar disorder or any mental illness, just remember this: You’re lucky they’re still there to meet you.

I was diagnosed with social-anxiety disorder at the same time I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Think of bipolar as the main course and the social anxiety as the Sriracha hot sauce distributed liberally throughout. Sometimes, all I can taste is the Sriracha.

Thing is, this stuff doesn’t go away.

There’s no cure. I can’t pick myself up by the bootstraps. There will be days when I’m simply not the person I want to be.

While I don’t want to make excuses for that, perhaps it would be fair to my coworkers if I at least gave them an explanation. On bad days, I could go home and bitterly stew over being misunderstood— or I could at least have the assurance that I’ve allowed my co-workers (and really, all the people in my life) some chance to understand.

Most people want to understand this stuff, anyway. So let me explain.

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HOW TO WIN OVER

NERVOUSNESS

Some Facts You Should Know About

anxiety

to explain. Everyone wants to be understood. Realizing no one would ever fully understand what I had been through was one of the hardest—and most important—realizations I ever made.

I made that realization at a desperate moment in life, at the tail-end of my most recent shock-and-awe era. I was living in my friends’ attic, unemployed, unmotivated and pissed off at humanity for not having a whole lot of sympathy for my invisible problems. After pushing my way through every episode of Battlestar Galactica, I had come to recognize that bitterness had gotten me no closer to a new life.

After a series of odd jobs (some of them pretty goddamned shitty) I re-enrolled at Utah State University in summer 2012. In fall 2012, I got a full-time news internship with Utah Public Radio for the semester.

I had always liked radio as a medium for storytelling, à la This American Life, Radiolab and The Moth, and it was at UPR that I learned how to put together a news story for the radio. And not only did I learn that I loved it, but I also learned that I could get pretty good at it if I practiced enough.

By December 2012, I was finally a college graduate. Two months later, I had a job as a technical writer for American Express—just two years after holing up in my friends’ attic, watching hours of Battlestar Galactica.

So You Think Reading the News is Easy ….

If you need further proof that defeating bitterness is the righteous path, six months after starting at Amex, Salt Lake City public-radio station KCPW hired me to do what I love: the news.

Oh, and by the way, KCPW does news. When I tell people around here which radio station I work for, occasionally there’s that glazed-over look that tells me they’re probably sorting out in their heads what the difference between AM and FM is. We’re not the one that plays music, and we’re not the one that’s papally blessed by NPR. We’re KCPW, and you’ve listened to us, even if you can’t remember.

With me included, about eight people work at KCPW. The expression we use is that we

all wear multiple hats. I work as the socialmedia manager, fill-in on-air host and reporter, which is my primary role.

At heart, I want to be every part of a radio reporter. And I can do all of it really well when I need to. But when one aspect of the job is a little beyond my reach on some days, I can do another—the part when the humans are no longer required—really well. I love sound. I love collecting sound.

Some of my favorite moments of being a radio reporter have been walking through a crowd of people with a live microphone, no one knowing or caring that I was there recording their every giggle and footstep.

And after that, I love throwing on headphones and putting all the sound together on my computer.

I’m the only reporter at the station that contributes on a daily, full-time basis, so I cover just about everything: education, politics, health care, environment, culture, etc. A curious thing about my reports: If you listen to them closely enough (I guarantee no one except myself does), you can hear very subtle variations in my delivery. Sometimes I sound very suave and newsy. Other times I sound meek and tired. There’s a lot to which I could attribute those slight variations, but it’s possible I’m sharing the state of my mental health with the Salt Lake City radio market in a very intimate way.

Few people at the station know about my mental illness. No one knows the extent to which I’m affected on a day-today basis. Of all the things I do, reading live on-air is the hardest, especially in terms of anxiet y-inducing tasks. The first time I did it, I had the simple task of reading some Associated Press stories during our pledge drive. It was supposed to take about three minutes, but for some reason I only brought about 15 seconds of oxygen with me. Put more bluntly, I couldn’t breathe. I had a panic attack live on the radio during a peak hour with perhaps thousands of people listening, and there was nothing I could do. Seeing as I had both been on the radio before and read aloud before, I thought it would be a cakewalk. What I failed to remember was that anxiety just kind of does whatever the hell it wants whenever it wants, and there’s no prevention mechanism for that. It’s as if my brain is a murderous psychopath hiding behind any corner, ready to jump out and swing a knife at me.

After I was done “reading” the news, I stepped outside of the studio and was silently met by all the pledge-drive volunteers. Attempting to lighten the mood (because I was accustomed to this kind of brutal humiliation as someone with both anxiety and an acute tendency to fail), I quoted Gladiator, the Russell Crowe classic: “Are you not entertained?!” I exclaimed. No one responded. They were not entertained. Sometimes grace is only warmly received when it’s not directly preceded by embarrassment.

So You Kind of Hate Doing The News …

Bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder bring separate challenges to my job, but neither seems advantageous.

Being bipolar, the biggest obstacle is perhaps more for my co-workers, who don’t know which distinct variety of Ryan Cunningham they may be getting on any given day—or hour. At one point during the day, I could be incredibly cheerful and energetic, and I’ll hold conversations until no one is talking back. But maybe a few hours later, I may be quick to snap at everyone or paranoid about the intentions of my colleagues. Sometimes I become completely sapped of energy, and I conserve to the point of simply performing the minimal requirements of my job.

While bipolar disorder feels like something that would affect the people around me more, anxiety disorder seems more like an internal nuisance. When I’m at the office, it can creep up into my limbs and try to trap my heart, and I have to get up and pace around to shake it off.

The hardest part of my job, though, is also the most important part: human interaction. A reporter has to talk to a lot of humans. And there are times when those people are reluctant to talk, and they don’t care how hard it was for me to work up the courage to call them.

The legislative session is a different beast of a journalistic beat, especially for someone who mentally and physically falls apart outside of his own comfort zone. Over the course of the 2014 session, I had a pretty bad cold. I slept like an elderly man, and I ate so many grilled-cheese sandwiches that I started to turn into one.

One day, feeling particularly low, irritable and just flat-out exhausted, I snapped.

I came into the KCPW studio to pick up some equipment before heading to the Capitol, and the first person I saw was our station’s CEO. He complimented my appearance, as I was wearing a suit and tie.

It was a nice thing to do. But my response was, “OK! I have to dress nice for the Capitol! Are we over it?!”

I apologized almost immediately, and our news director came over to me to ask if anything was wrong. I knew what was wrong. I was feeling terrible all over. I was falling into a depressive state, and my nerves were too weak to deal with just about anything outside of my job.

Instead, with tears welling in my eyes, I told my news director I was going through something “personal,” and he just needed to be patient with me. He obliged.

The last day of the legislative session was capped off by an interview with Gov. Gary Herbert.

I couldn’t do that interview. It would’ve been physically impossible for me to sit across from Gov. Herbert, ask him the

questions he deserves to be asked, and appear to be a stable human being. All I could think about was projectilevomiting grilled-cheese sandwiches all over the governor of Utah for 12 uninterrupted minutes.

But against all odds, I did the interview.

In an attempt to move things along, the interviews were conducted by pairs of reporters. I was paired up with Michelle Price of the Associated Press. While awaiting our golden moment with Utah’s main man, Michelle admitted that she was also nervous, and that when she had to do this same interview in 2013, she had a bad case of dry mouth.

Just that simple admission put me at a sub-nauseous level of ease.

The other thing that saved me: Klonopin. That’s right.

I interviewed the governor under the influence of a tranquilizer.

I used to take Klonopin with regularity, but three years ago, I began abusing it with alcohol. Needless to say, the drug lost its potency, and I lost the confidence in myself to use it responsibly. I went cold turkey, and I never used it again.

Never, that is, until about 45 minutes before my chat with Gov. Herbert. And, thank goodness, it worked like a charm. With Klonopin, all physical signs of my anxiety— the trembling, the twitching, the shaky voice, the shortness of breath—went away. I was still anxious, but the anxiety didn’t take control of my body.

might be trying to decide whether to answer all of his e-mails or go cry in the bathroom.

Your own brother or sister or mother or father could have self-inflicted scars that they’re hiding, even from the people that would love them no matter what. Anyone you bump into on the street could have just conducted a failed suicide attempt—an attempt they’ll never tell anyone about.

And a public-radio reporter, interviewing you for one of his mundane daily reports, could have been very close to taking his own life a few years ago.

My name’s Ryan. It’s nice to meet you. CW

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Since I started working on this piece, a lot of people have lauded me for having the courage to tell my story. I’m never good with compliments, but I’m always appreciative regardless. Still, I have to admit that I don’t feel courageous. I’m rather audaciously presuming that my life story will be interesting to everyone, and that somehow what I do on a daily basis warrants front-page attention on a major local newspaper. That doesn’t sound like courage to me.

But how about this for courage: How many people do you know for a fact fight mental illness at your workplace?

If you’re struggling to think of anyone, then you’re either self-employed, or you live in a culture that still isn’t totally comfortable with acknowledging one of the most debilitat-

ing sets of ailments imaginable. Because here’s the simple truth: There’s next to no chance that you won’t interact with someone touched by mental illness today.

Think about that the next time you leave your house. Think about that when you go to the grocery store and someone gives you a dirty look in the cereal aisle. Think about all the times when you interact with another human being, and you’re perplexed by someone’s rudeness or despondence or uncomfortable elation.

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The other thing that saved me: Klonopin.

That’s right.

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It’s not easy for a play to balance profane dark humor, serious meditations on the limits of forgiveness and a little potential blasphemy. But Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot manages to pull it off.

Set in a Purgatory appeals court, it finds attorney Fabiana Cunningham (Ana Lemke) taking up the challenge of defending Judas Iscariot (Nick Dias, pictured left), the apostle who betrayed Jesus (Brandon Pearson). And with a parade of high-profile witnesses taking the stand—from Sigmund Freud to Pontius Pilate—the audience becomes a de facto jury invited to contemplate what, exactly, Judas is guilty of.

As directed by Lucas Bybee, Wasatch Theatre Company’s production scores plenty of pure entertainment points from terrific performances, including Paris Hawkins as Saint Monica (pictured right), Chris Harvey as a gangster-esque Pilate and William Cooper Howell as Satan. It’s a sprawling work, and while Guirgis’ text leaves some of his many ideas only half-developed, the production effectively negotiates the tricky path between scriptural background and unorthodox speculation.

But Judas is most compelling in the way it complicates and humanizes its titular subject, and indeed the entire subject of the Passion. This is less an attempt at rehabilitating the image of the reviled traitor than an exploration of guilt, responsibility and the way we justify to ourselves decisions that seem obviously horrible to others.

It’s a brilliant, fairly literal manifestation of the old saying, “There but for the grace of God go I.” (Scott Renshaw) Wasatch Theatre Company: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, through May 17, Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., 2 p.m. matinees May 10 & May 17, $15. ArtTix.org

It may not be the only measure of a production’s success, but when it became apparent during the final moments of Pygmalion Theatre Company’s production of Motherhood Out Loud that fully half the female audience members in the room were in tears, it’s fair to say that it was probably doing something right.

Composed of 21 short vignettes and monologues by 14 writers, Motherhood covers the breadth of the maternal experience, in more or less chronological order. A brand-new mother laments sleep deprivation; moms talk about dealing with rites of passage like a daughter’s first period or The Talk; and less traditional perspectives—like a gay couple using a surrogate, or a white woman who has adopted a Chinese girl—also get a moment to share.

The segments come and go in a matter of just a few minutes, and if there’s any problem with Motherhood, it’s that a few of the concepts would have benefited from more time to flesh out the relationships. And as is the case in any omnibus collection, there are a couple of less-effective stories.

But given those limitations, Motherhood delivers an impressive number of big laughs and genuinely heartbreaking performances by the five-actor ensemble, with Elizabeth Golden (pictured center) hitting some of the most powerful notes. From the pain of watching an autistic son alienate his first date, to the joyous sorrows of first days of school and empty nests, the production provides a beautifully expansive perspective on what it means to be a mom. Bring tissues.

(Scott Renshaw) Pygmalion Theatre Company: Motherhood Out Loud @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, through May 17, Thursdays 7:30 p.m., Fridays 8 p.m., Saturdays 2 & 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m., $20.

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Dancing on film has saved many things—love interests, careers and even small towns from their self-righteous morality. Now, you can witness how dancing saves lives in real life at the upcoming Dancing With the Salt Lake Stars charity gala. Inspired by the Dancing With the Stars TV show, what started three years ago as an all-volunteer grass-roots initiative between the American Cancer Society and DF Dance Studio to benefit Relay for Life has grown in both size and ambition.

The evening will include a fancy threecourse meal, during which DF’s professional instructors will pair with local news anchors and reporters to perform choreography they’ve painstakingly rehearsed for several months.

People will vote with their wallets both before and during the event for their favorite couple; the pair that raises the most money wins. The three “judges” of the performances are little girls currently battling cancer.

Kim Johnson, a former ABC 4 weekend anchor who participated in 2013’s event, calls it “inspirational,” adding, “Everybody knows someone affected by cancer. My mother is a survivor. There is no scarier feeling than watching someone you love live with the awful disease. Anything I can do—whether it’s reporting on efforts to find a cure, or putting on a beaded costume and shakin’ it to raise money for ACS—I am thrilled to do my part.”

KUTV 2 news anchor Mary Nickles, herself a cancer survivor, will be this year’s emcee.

(Kecianne Shick) Dancing With the Salt Lake Stars @ Hilton Salt Lake City Center, 255 S. West Temple, 801-328-2000, May 9, 7 p.m., $50 for individuals, $90 per couple.

Many laypeople tend to associate opera with tragedy. Even the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart felt that most composers were on creative cruise control when it came to comic operas, often saving their best work for tales of epic sorrow. So he set out to write an opera that was as brilliant in its execution as it was light in its subject and happy in its finale: The Abduction From the Seraglio.

According to one anecdote made famous in the film Amadeus, Emperor Joseph II—who commissioned the opera—remarked that Abduction From the Seraglio contained “too many notes,” especially for such a simple story.

The damsel Konstanze; her servant Blonde; and her servant’s fiance, Pedrillo, are kidnapped by pirates, and our noble hero Belmonte must rescue his beloved Konstanze. She in turn is sold to a Turkish Pasha, who falls madly in love with her, and Belmonte must figure out a way to bring her home. Set in grand palaces and gardens of the exotic Ottoman Empire, the songspiel was written in German as a calculated move by the emperor to challenge opera’s dominant language, Italian.

But the fact that Abduction From the Seraglio has a rather enlightened, happy ending shouldn’t betray its complicated musicality—including several challenging arias, one of which includes the lowest note ever written into an opera. Sure, the story line doesn’t culminate in death, and the Pasha wields his mighty power to do right with kindness, but many still consider it to be some of Mozart’s finest work. (Jacob Stringer) Utah Opera: The Abduction From the Seraglio @ Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, 801-355-2787, May 10, 12, 14 & 16, 7:30 p.m.; May 18, 2 p.m., $18-$95.

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Wasatch Theatre Company: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Pygmalion Theatre Company: Motherhood Out Loud

Dancing With the Salt Lake Stars

Utah Opera: The Abduction From the Seraglio

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Take Me Out Hit all the West Coast’s major-league ballparks on one grand tour.

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or a sports fan searching for the authentic summer experience of food, beer and cheering on a team under the sun, baseball has to be the name of the game. Visit a Major League Baseball stadium on the West Coast for as little as $5 admission, and you’ll have the chance to rub elbows with the local fans, eat what they eat and watch their home team play. Throw in a road trip that will take you to all five of California’s major-league teams, and you’ve got a baseball odyssey that will satiate the appetite of the most diehard fan.

The Trek: San Diego to Anaheim (94 miles)

The Trek: San Francisco to Oakland (22 miles)

Memorial Memories: South to north, five games in five days n Saturday, May 24: Cubs at Padres, 7:10 p.m. n Sunday, May 25: Royals at Angels, 12:35 p.m. n Monday, May 26: Reds at Dodgers, 5:10 p.m. [Memorial Day] n Tuesday, May 27: Tigers at A’s, 7:05 p.m. n Wednesday, May 28: Cubs at Giants, 12:45 p.m.

Pioneer Journey: North to south, five games in seven days n Thursday, July 24: Astros at A’s, 12:35 p.m. n Friday, July 25: Dodgers at Giants, 7:15 p.m. n Sunday, July 27: Tigers at Angels, TBD n Monday, July 28: Disneyland, beach, Getty Museum, etc. n Tuesday, July 29: Braves at Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. n Wednesday, July 30: Cardinals at Padres, 7:10 p.m.

Now go out and enjoy a classic American summer with the national pastime. CW Kathleen Curry and Geoff Griffin host the Travel Brigade Radio Show podcast.

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The Park: O.co Coliseum (Oakland A’s), 7000 Coliseum Way, 510-569-2121, Oakland.

Athletics.MLB.com The Vibe: Let’s focus on the positives.

O.co Coliseum holds 63,000 people but generally has crowds of just more than 20,000. There’s plenty of room, and low prices. Otherwise, it has bad plumbing and is the only MLB park that doubles as an NFL stadium.

Here are two holiday trips you can try that will take you to all five parks in under a week.

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The Park: AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants), 24 Willie Mays Plaza, 415-9722000, SanFrancisco.Giants.MLB.com The Vibe: It’s hard to think of a more picturesque setting for a ballpark, with a bay on one side and a beautiful city on the other.

Tickets: Great seats start at $97.50. Get in the park for $8.

Make Sure to Try: Gilroy Garlic Fries loaded with parsley and minced garlic.

Baseball Reason to Go: The Giants won the World Series in 2010 and 2012.

We’re now in the next even-numbered year of this decade.

Road Trips

The Park: Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Los Angeles Angels), 2000 E. Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, 714-940-2000, LosAngeles.

Angels.MLB.com The Vibe: Angel Stadium sits just three miles from Disneyland, and the spirit of the Magic Kingdom can be found in the stadium’s clean, family atmosphere. A popular activity is to go out to the portals to watch the Disney fireworks that go off every night.

Tickets: Great seats start at $81.50. Get in the park for $5.

Make Sure to Try: The carb-fest of the potato taco—a deep-fried corn tortilla filled with mashed potatoes and cheese— at Chronic Tacos.

Baseball Reason to Go: The roster has several players formerly of the Angels’ A A A affiliate The Salt Lake Bees.

The Trek: Los Angeles to San Francisco (378 miles)

Tickets: Great seats start at $52. Get in the park for $6.

Make Sure to Try: Ribs & Things.

Order a slab and add sweet-potato pie for dessert.

Baseball Reason to Go: This is the Moneyball franchise that revolutionized the game and continues to win with a small payroll. It’s the baseball equivalent of seeing your favorite indie band at a dive bar. It proves you’re a true fan of the game.

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The Park: Petco Park (San Diego Padres), 100 Park Blvd., 619-795-5000, SanDiego.

Padres.MLB.com The Vibe: Completely laid-back. Who cares about winning or losing when you’re basking in America’s best weather?

Tickets: Great seats (field level between first and third base) start at $86.50. Get in the park for $12.50.

Make Sure to Try: Hodad’s is a beloved San Diego burger joint that’s been serving up burgers several inches tall since 1969, and boasts a locale in Petco Park.

Baseball Reason to Go: The Friars haven’t had a winning season since 2010.

Did we mention the beautiful weather?

The Park: Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers), 1000 Elysian Park Ave., 323-2241507, LosAngeles.Dodgers.MLB.com The Vibe: Stereotypes are sometimes true: Dodger fans show up late and leave early, and you would too if you had to battle traffic and get to work the next morning.

Since you’re on vacation, you can hit all nine innings while enjoying the iconic view of palm trees and mountains beyond the outfield.

Tickets: Great seats start at $160. Get in the park for $10.

Make Sure to Try: Dodger Dogs.

More then 1.5 million of ’em are sold every year.

Baseball Reason to Go: Yasiel Puig is the most exciting—and most unpredictable—player in baseball.

O say can you see the nation’s pastime at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

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The Trek: Anaheim to Los Angeles (30 miles)

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Salt & Stone Reflecting on a journey to the Spiral Jetty.

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ach time I’ve contemplated trips to the Spiral Jetty—far out on the north end of the Great Salt Lake—the remoteness of the site deterred me. It’s such a commitment, I would tell myself. It’s such a drive, and the roads … aren’t the roads terrible? But when Westminster College invited the public on a caravan trip out to the jetty on April 12, I knew that I had run out of excuses.

The trip was the culminating event in an art project sponsored by Westminster’s Great Salt Lake Institute. The month before, visiting Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto had drawn in salt across the floor of the college’s Meldrum Science Center, leaving a temporary web of white lines that looked embryonic, labyrinthian and mystical. In accordance with the artist’s wishes, the group of mostly students and professors had gathered the morning of the trip in the science lobby to sweep up the art and return it ceremoniously to the sea—in this case, the Great Salt Lake.

Having arrived with no more than a sandwich, a water bottle and a hat, I was able to finagle a seat in a college van steered by Great Salt Lake Institute coordinator Jaimi Butler. We loaded up, and I settled in for the ride.

By the time we hit dirt about two hours later, I was starting to realize my good fortune. Butler, who has worked around and on the Great Salt Lake for more than a decade, was proving to be an unparalleled guide. Running a nonstop and fascinating commentary, she pointed to moving flecks that no one else would have noticed, naming them all. The little black dots in the sky turned out to be white-faced ibis. “You can tell,” she informed us, “by their V-formation flight pattern.” The equally small dots in the ephemeral ponds on the side of the road, just beginning to fill as the water table rose with spring runoff, were American avocets.

“The Great Salt Lake is home to one of the largest breeding populations in the West,” Butler said.

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She pointed out turkey vultures wavering in circles overhead, pelicans flying purposefully across the sky and loggerhead shrikes flitting off through the sage.

And finally, after 10 miles bouncing down a dirt road past cattle and their newborn calves, she pointed to the Spiral Jetty.

The world-famous earthwork sculpture was created near Rozel Point in April 1970

by American sculptor Robert Smithson. He took his materials from the same natural environment in which he set his unique amalgam of landscape and art: black basalt rock, white salt, gray mud, pink water. He chose the lake over other potential sites around the world because of the otherworldly effect of the landscape: the brown desert peaks thrusting up from the glassy lake surface, the pink hue of the water.

Were it uncoiled, the jetty would stretch 1,500 feet long. At its widest, the coil measures 15 feet across.

“I come out here all the time, but it’s never the same. Any little change in weather or time of year makes it look completely different,” Butler said as we climbed out from the protection of the van and into a sharp breeze. To the west, puffball cumulus clouds danced across the blue sky. To the east, a sheet of gray approached with veils of rain and virga descending over snow-capped mountains. The lake looked choppy and gray with a touch of lavender.

Smithson, Butler had told us, had designed the Spiral Jetty while contemplating the lake from a dizzying perch behind Rozel Point.

Eager to get the artist’s perspective, I set off along a worn trail up the face of the hill.

From up high, an immense geographical circle became apparent. To the west stood the Hogup Mountains and Gunnison Island rising shallowly from the water. Then, to the south, the Stansbury and Oquirrh Mountains took their place. Sweeping up to the east I saw Antelope Island and the peaks of the Wasatch, which pulled my gaze finally to Promontory Point, jutting its bony finger out into the lake.

I looked down once more on the Spiral Jetty, seemingly ancient and as mystical as Yamamoto’s saltwork. My eyes swept once more over the path of the circle following the jetty’s black arms, and the spiral suddenly made eerie, beautiful sense. CW

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The title of Don Athay’s “Desert Ramblings” (pictured) feels like a humble understatement when it comes to his ability to capture his natural subjects.

Athay’s works are an exploration of color that excites the senses with vibrant, illuminated fields and stimulating hues that amplify the sky and intensify the earth below.

But this glorious color is far from “rambling.” How many times has one driven through a canyon and seen the sun illuminate the earth with every color of the rainbow, or climbed a hill in the rain to see the other side, with clouds parted and resplendent color magnifying everything you see?

Athay’s use of color is a wondrous vision of the extent to which color may be found in fields, a storm or a vast array of flowers with no limit as to what may be yielded in terms of natural hues.

Color is the essence of Athay’s work, and license to go the distance is his vehicle. (Ehren Clark) Don Athay @ Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, 801-364-8284, through May 9, free.

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The Broadway musical is an institution—and like any institution, sometimes it tones things down a bit for a broader audience. When playwright Neil Simon, lyricist Dorothy Fields and composer Cy Coleman looked to adapt Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria for the stage, it seemed like it might be a good idea to take Fellini’s optimistic protagonist—a prostitute—and make her a Times Square taxi dancer instead.

Sweet Charity follows the adventures of that gung-ho girl—Charity Hope Valentine—as the luckless dancer is ditched by her boyfriend, only to end up running into a celebrated film star and getting trapped in an elevator with a timid accountant. Is there a chance for the girl with a heart tattooed literally on her sleeve to find love?

Find out to the accompaniment of classic showstoppers like “If My Friends Could See Me Now” and “Big Spender.” (Scott Renshaw) Pioneer Theatre Company: Sweet Charity @ Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, 801-581-6961, May 9-24, Mondays-Thursdays 7:30 p.m., Fridays 8 p.m., Saturdays 2 & 8 p.m., $59.

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Lions, tigers and bears—oh my! The new Body Worlds exhibit at The Leonardo, Animal Inside Out, reveals animals in ways most of us have never seen them before. Preserved through a process of Plastination developed by Dr. Gunther von Hagens, visitors can explore the hidden layers of bodies, from insects to full-grown mammals.

Explore skeletal foundations, tendons and ligaments. Compare muscles in a reindeer’s leg to those in a bull’s heart. Follow the nervous system from the brain through the spinal cord and out to the body’s extremities.

The exhibit is designed to teach an appreciation for the diversity of wildlife, and allow a space in which to wonder at both the striking differences and equally remarkable similarities between humans and animals. After all, when you learn that a giant squid can snatch prey from 33 feet away with sharp-toothed suckers, and that a reindeer’s hollow hair follicles insulate it from the cold, how could you not advocate for the conservation of these wonderful creatures? (Katherine Pioli) Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out @ The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, 801-531-9800, May 10-fall, $15-$19. TheLeonardo.org

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Broken Lizard’s Kevin Heffernan & Steve Lemme Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme—founding members of the well-known comedy group Broken Lizard—are making their way to Salt Lake City as part of their Comedy Central stand-up tour, Broken Lizard Stands Up. This comedic duo has been together since the good ol’ college days at Colgate University, where they would perform sketch comedy around town. Upon graduation, the five-member group went on to perform in clubs in New York City, and eventually went on to star in cult films, like Super Troopers, Beerfest and Club Dread.

The talented group took another leap in 2005 when they directed, co-wrote and acted in the feature film version of the 1970’s TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. Their comic shtick includes insightful information about dying in a vat of beer, and what a drag it is for a fat man to hang around with a “little bitty fella.” (Aimee Cook O’Brien) Broken Lizard’s Kevin Heffernan & Steve Lemme @ Wiseguys West Valley, 2194 W. 3500 South, May 9 & 10, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20. WiseguysComedy.com

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Spring Art Adoption Time flies, and darn if it isn’t spring already, when it seems like we were just breaking in another calendar in January. Not only that, but the annual Spring Art Adoption—in which works by local artists find a loving home— celebrates its fifth anniversary. This one takes place at Publik. Coffee Roasters as the Spring Art Adoption prepares to jump into a new location in the Granary District, set to become the new hip hangout in town.

More than 30 artists will be displaying their work, with almost every imaginable technique, genre and style represented. And the event will take place in a space that’s not just a gathering place for a cup of joe and conversation, but also a venue with capacity for 3,000 people. So it should provide the artworks—like a good cup of coffee—room to breathe. (Brian Staker) Spring Art Adoption @ Publik. Coffee Roasters, 975 S. West Temple, 801-3553161, May 10, 7 p.m., free. PublikCoffee.com

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Can’t-miss Mother’s Day meals, from fancy to frugal.

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This year, give her the luxurious Amedei Chocolate Collection.

Widely accepted as the best chocolate in the world by connoisseurs and experts alike.

Includes Amedei’s single origin Monocru bars and Toscano Blend bars, packaged in a Caputo’s gift crate.

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t’s that time of year again: Time to show your appreciation to your mom and beg forgiveness for being such a nimrod all those years, while she—against all odds— tried to turn you into a functioning human being. With that in mind, you should probably be buying her a car or a trip to Europe for Mother’s Day. But since moms always expect so little, I’m sure a tasty Mother’s Day meal at one of Salt Lake City’s best restaurants would make your mother quite happy as she savors a little culinary love from her nearest and dearest on her special day. Here’s a roundup of places to pamper your beloved mom from the restaurants that sent me Mother’s Day event info.

At Bambara (202 S. Main, 801-363-5454, Bambara-SLC.com), Executive Chef Nathan Powers and his talented crew are offering Mom an elaborate Mother’s Day brunch, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’s a huge range of tempting foods including baked goods, eggs made to order, lamb hash, grilled king salmon, custom omelets, brioche French toast, roasted spring asparagus, antipasti, truffled macaroni & cheese, mustardglazed ham, organic turkey with caramelized gravy, a dessert station and much more. The Mother’s Day brunch is $42 for adults, $22 for kids ages 6 to 12, and $36 for senior citizens 65 and over. Reservations are strongly encouraged.

Co-owner and Executive Chef Ethan Lappé of Caffè Niche (779 E. 300 South, 801-433-3380, CaffeNiche.com) is featuring an all-new buffet brunch for Mother’s Day, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast items such as huevos rancheros and jalapeño-cheddar biscuits with sausage gravy will be available, along with smoked organic salmon, bread-pudding French toast with wildberry sauces, pasta salad, organic green salad, antipasti, scrambled local eggs from free-range chickens and, of course, funeral potatoes. There will also be a sweet lineup of pastries and desserts. The price for the Mother’s Day brunch buffet is $30 for adults, $15 for children under 12, and free for tots 3 or younger.

Maybe you’d like to enjoy Mother’s Day at home while ensuring that your mom gets to indulge in wide-ranging fare. Cuisine Unlimited (4641 S. Cherry St., 801-2682332, CuisineUnlimited.com) has the solution: a full-on brunch buffet for pick-up or home delivery. “A Mother’s Day brunch offers the opportunity to honor mothers,

grandmothers and the amazing women who shape our lives. And there are all kinds of reasons to love a brunch,” says Maxine Turner, president of Cuisine Unlimited. “It is the one meal that most easily mingles family and friends.” The brunch menu is $38 per person, and highlights include banana pecan-stuffed brioche, asparagus bundles, fresh-baked breads, individual egg soufflé muffins, cauliflower & ham cups, jumbo chocolate confetti strawberries and a lot more. Orders must be placed

by May 9 and can be picked up or delivered on Saturday or Sunday.

Chef de Cuisine Joe Kemp will feature a Mother’s Day brunch buffet at Faustina (454 E. 300 South, 801-746-4441, FaustinaSLC.com) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with hot and cold entrees, salads, pastries, desserts and a special $3 mimosa bar with a choice of juices, including peach, pear, pomegranate, blood orange, pineapple and others. Buffet highlights include herbcrusted salmon with honey buerre blanc, a Prime rib carving station, omelets to order, chicken Marsala, Caprese salad, hummus, pesto and olive tapenade, shrimp cocktail, strawberry white-chocolate cheesecake and fresh fruit and cheese platters. The cost for Faustina’s brunch is $30 for adults and $15 for kids under 12.

For Mother’s Day at Franck’s (6363 S. Holladay Blvd., 801-274-6264, FrancksFood.com), a special four-course menu will be offered and includes eggs Benedict with a sous vide egg, honeysmoked pork cheek, pate à choux and Meyer lemon-bacon Hollandaise; Wagyu short ribs with braised fennel and fingerling potatoes; and banana mousse with pistachio brittle for dessert. Franck’s Mother’s Day menu is available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is $55 for adults and $25 for kids 12 and younger.

Executive Chef Dave Jones will feature a unique multicourse meal for Mother’s Day at

Log Haven (6451 E. Millcreek Canyon Road, 801-272-8255, Log-Haven.com), from noon to 5 p.m., with courses including an Oregon shrimp cocktail amuse bouche, a choice of soup, and entrees such as cider-glazed pork chops, grilled Pacific Northwest king salmon, lemon-basil pressed organic chicken breast, New York steak au poivre, and orecchiette with pesto. For dessert, there’s Slide Ridge honey-citrus creme brulee, flourless chocolate cake or vanillabean cheesecake. The price is $43.95 for adults and $23.95 for kids 12 and under.

Treating Mom to the brunch buffet in the beautiful courtyard patio at Oasis Cafe (151 S. 500 East, 801-322-0404, OasisCafeSLC.com) would be a slam-dunk, especially with tasty temptations like maple & mustardglazed salmon, cheese blintzes with blueberry sauce, shrimp enchiladas, Prime rib, Mediterranean pasta salad, a chocolate fountain and many more buffet items to choose from. The Oasis Cafe Mother’s Day buffet runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is $32 for adults, $18 for kids 12 and under, and free for children 3 or younger.

Tuscany (2832 E. 6200 South, 801-2779919, TuscanySLC.com) gives Mom two dining options for Mother’s Day: brunch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or Mother’s Day Grand Dinner at 6:30 p.m. The brunch buffet at Tuscany will include Prime rib, roasted ham and lamb, an omelet station, eggs Benedict, waffles, seafood, salads, fresh fruit and dessert pastries and is priced at $45 for adults and $19 for children 12 and under. The Grand Dinner is $40 per person for a four-course menu including items like Tuscan pear salad; seared halibut with spring vegetable salad and Meyer lemon olive oil; slow-roasted prime rib with horseradish whipped potatoes; fourcheese ravioli with house pomodoro, and a Tuscany dessert platter.

Happy Mother’s Day to all you wonderful mothers! CW

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As some of you know, one of my favorite new restaurants to open in the past year or so is From Scratch (62 E. Gallivan Ave., FromScratchSLC.com; “Scratch Fever,” Feb. 27, City Weekly).

Well, on May 12 from 7 to 9 p.m., From Scratch will join with Epic Brewing to kick off American Craft Beer Week (May 12-18) with a beer-pairing dinner.

Food and Epic Brewery pairings will include Pfeifferhorn Lager with charcuterie, Wit Beer and honey-apple salad, Hop Syndrome with a Scratch Burger, Smoked Porter and Whiteout Pizza, plus a dessert of 825 State Stout-infused chocolate mousse with Imperial Stout.

The cost is $25 for dinner and $20 for the optional beer pairings. For reservations, call From Scratch at 801-538-5090.

To help make Mother’s Day special, Boulevard Bistro (1414 S. Foothill Drive, 801-953-1270, BoulevardBistroFoothill. com) is offering a free regular gelato for Mom when you celebrate Mother’s Day at the bistro. Treat your sweet mom with a sweet treat.

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Solitude Resort (12000 Big Cottonwood Canyon, 801-534-1400, SkiSolitude.com) is a terrific quick escape from the city in spring and summer, and the spring/ summer dining schedule has recently been announced. Honeycomb Grill will open for the warm-weather season on May 23 and will remain open Wednesdays through Saturdays for lunch and dinner, and will also serve brunch on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stone Haus Pizzeria & Creamery will also open May 23 and will operate Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during the summer from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. You might also want to pencil in July 11 on your social schedule. That’s when David Adelsheim and Bill Blanchard of Adelsheim Vineyards, plus representatives of Elk Cove Winery in Willamette Valley, will be visiting Solitude for a Pigs n’ Pinot dinner as part of the Wasatch Mountain Table dinner series. According to Solitude Village food & beverage director Greg Neville, “We have a big smoker and pig roaster and can do six courses of local organic pig and Oregon Pinot Noir.”

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The new location of Sage’s Cafe and the Jade Room offers just such pleasures. The modern, bright interior and comfortable, spacious seating is the ideal backdrop for weekend brunch. The move also inspired some great new dishes, breathing life into the brunch menu.

A stand-out dish is the breakfast crepe: a delicate crepe filled with housemade pesto, tofu scramble and hash browns with steamed veggies. Choose from the housemade “sausage,” the sweet and smoky tempeh bacon or sauteed mushrooms to round out your meal.

Another can’t-miss item is the decadent Italian breakfast: squares of baked polenta and potatoes are served alongside tofu scramble and seasonal veggies, topped with a heavenly Alfredo-style sauce with capers and truffle oil.

Of course Sage’s kept the original items from their iconic brunch menu. There would be riots in the street if they took away the melt-in-your-mouth pancakes.

Order a smoothie or fresh-squeezed juice to go with your meal, or opt for a traditional (and delightful) mimosa.

Ultimately, Sage’s brunch provides the opportunity to explore a world of scrumptious new tastes. The welltrained staff is very friendly, and can help the unfamiliar navigate the ins and outs of vegan fare, so don’t hesitate to ask questions.

Spare the chickens from laying eggs and the pigs becoming bacon, and give vegan brunch a go; it’s every bit as delicious and satisfying. CW

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Join us in the garden atrium at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in downtown Salt Lake City.

Surround Mom with the sights of our indoor greenery, the sounds of our waterfall and the tastes of excellent food from our special Mother’s Day brunch prepared by our Executive Chef, John Watkins. Enjoy favorites, like omelets made to order, delicious crepes, or a savory slice of prime rib from our carving station. Choose from mouth watering entrees like Chicken Fricasse, Atlantic Salmon Supreme, or Grilled pork chops with chipotle apricot glaze.

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well-structured—a perfect example of how excellent the 2012 Sonoma wines are, thanks to near-perfect weather that year. I loved 2009 Archimedes ($60), a Bordeaux-style Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc blend. And, Coppola honors his wife, Eleanor, on their 50th year of marriage, with 2010 Eleanor ($50), a complex and robust blend of Rutherford and Dry Creek Valley Syrah and Zinfandel, along with a smidgeon of Alexander Valley Cabernet. It’s a marriage made in heaven. CW

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Tuesday, however, is the best night to dine at Rustic.

Tuesday evenings feature a tavola, which means “to the table”—family-style dining where, rather than ordering from a menu, servers donned in rustic Italian garb bring an endless array of delicious Italian dishes to your table.

Diners just choose whatever they like. It’s a delicious, festive, family-friendly, all-youcan-eat dinner and a bargain, priced at a mere $35 for adults and $15 for kids. And, to their credit, Rustic has an excellent wine list that ranges far beyond just Coppola wines.

Well, what about those wines? Coppola Winery is anything but a boutique winery. It’s a largescale operation producing huge quantities of wine, most of which is made for immediate consumption. For the most part, this isn’t wine to cellar.

That said, there were some nice surprises. At the lower end of the price range are Coppola Bianco and Rosso ($9.99), which are the house wines at Rustic and perfectly good everyday wines for sipping without a lot of fuss. 2012 Director’s Cut Cabernet Sauvignon ($25.99) is rich and

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uring a recent trip to Sonoma, I made time for a thoroughly enjoyable visit to Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Geyserville. The Coppola Winery isn’t quite like any other; it’s got more in common with Disneyland than with the typical California winemaking operation.

That probably shouldn’t come as a surprise, being the brainchild of film director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Cotton Club, Tucker) and his wife, Eleanor.

Strolling through the massive gates and into the reception area of the winery, which is open to the public, it’s hard not to notice a large teepee, bocce courts and, of course, the ginormous swimming pool that would be the envy of many a Las Vegas

resort hotel. It’s equipped with poolside cabines where guests can shower, towel off, change clothes or whatever other private activity might be warranted. A cabine rental, towels, four lounge chairs and four pool passes, plus a wine tasting for four adults and poolside cafe service, costs $135 per day. That rivals the price of admission to Disneyland, and the folks at Coppola Winery say that they built the teepee, the pool and so on with kids and families in mind. Children are notoriously bored at wine tastings and tours, so Coppola decided to give them a place to play. The Coppola Winery is a great spot, with many amenities for the whole family.

One of those amenities is the Movie Gallery, where visitors can get an up-close gander at a huge collection of movie memorabilia, including the original Tucker automobile, a collection of Coppola’s Academy Awards, and even the Champagne glass Nastassja Kinski danced in for One From the Heart, which just happens to be one of my favorite films.

There’s also a terrific restaurant at the Coppola Winery called Rustic. It boasts an authentic Argentine parrilla (grill), and the menu is filled with some of Coppola’s favorite dishes, such as Moroccan bastilla, Florentine steak, Mrs. Scorsese’s lemon chicken, Armenian-style rack of lamb and braciole with meat ragù.

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Tarahumara

Named for the native Tarahumara people of Chihuahua, Mexico, this terrific Midway eatery dishes up some of the best Mexican fare you’ll find in the state. There’s a salsa bar with more than 20 different housemade salsas to complement dishes such as pollo asado, barbacoa-braised lamb, mole poblano and seared scallops in passion-fruit and tomatillo sauce.

But the real bell-ringer is the slow-braised pork chile verde—so tender you can eat it with a spoon. Bursting with the flavor of Anaheim chilies, this is truly a championship dish. There’s also a small bakery in the front where you can purchase Mexican baked goods and pastries, like flan and tres leches cake. 380 E. Main, Midway, 435-654-3465, Tarahumara.biz

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One of the oldest restaurants in Utah, Ruth’s opened at its current location in 1949 in a Salt Lake City trolley car that Ruth had moved up Emigration Canyon.

Though Ruth is gone, her legacy lives on in the comfort-food menu. You’ll also find contemporary dishes like raspberry chicken alongside classics such as Ruth’s meatloaf or tender braised pot roast. And breakfast is served into the late afternoon, so you can order the famous mile-high biscuits & country gravy for lunch. In warm weather, the sprawling patio is the place to be, and Ruth’s also features live music from local artists. 4160 Emigration Canyon Road, Salt Lake City, 801-582-5807, RuthsDiner.com

Lazy Day Café

There’s nothing like a lazy day full of relaxation and comfort food. Lazy Day Cafe offers a calm, homey atmosphere—and they do all the cooking. Stopping here is just like visiting a friend’s house. This retro cafe/diner offers both table and counter service, and is open for breakfast and lunch, with a separate brunch menu served from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Try the steamy biscuits & gravy, or a fresh veggie omelet with an endless cup of coffee. The Lazy Day garlic burger—a garlic burger complete with blue cheese—is a favorite among locals, along with the pulled-pork sandwich.

Who can say no to comfort food? 2020 E. 3300 South, Suite 24, Salt Lake City, 801-953-0311, LazyDayCafe.net

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The quality of Dolcetti’s frozen concoctions is obvious upon your first bite, as Italian gelato artisans inspired the recipes. Check out the rotating exquisite flavors, such as pistachio, pomegranate, chocolate mole and crocantino al rum, to name just a few. Also, stop in for other offerings such as colorful French macarons and loose-leaf tea. Dolcetti’s gelato and sorbetto is made by hand, using fresh, locally grown fruits and berries when in season and rGBH-free milk. Go ahead, take a lick—the gelato is heavycream free. 902 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, 801-485-3254, DolcettiGelato.com

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According to the folks at Joy Luck Restaurant, “the ultimate goal is to make you and your stomach tickling, dancing and delighted with joy.” To that end, Joy Luck offers contemporary Chinese cuisine in a relaxing environment. Select from traditional favorites such as sweet & sour dishes, snow peas in a white garlic sauce and kung pao dishes, or more contemporary offerings like pon pon shrimp served in a sweet and spicy Sichuan sauce. The Cantonese flat noodles with beef is an especially tasty dish. There’s also an appealing wine list, along with imported and domestic beers.

566 W. 1350 South, Woods Cross, 801-2980388; 10745 S. State, Sandy, 801-501-0388, JoyLuckFoods.com

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The concept at this popular neighborhood eatery (with its unique spelling) is good food, friendly service and low prices—simple as that. It’s a nice touch that almost everything on the menu comes in either “hearty” or “petite” portions. The wood-fired-oven pizzas are very tasty, as are the sandwiches—the ham & havarti with cranberry aioli is especially delicious. The fusilli pasta with tomato-vodka sauce is a winner. Like the food menu, the wine list is customer-friendly—everything comes as a choice of either a “taste,” a glass or a full bottle. And here’s something a little different for breakfast: How about a breakfast-meat pizza? The Citris slogan is “your neighborhood squeeze,” and it really is. 2991 E. 3300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-466-1202, CitrisGrill.com

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Chabaar is a welcoming mom & pop eatery that specializes in Thai and American cuisine made with fresh ingredients. Start off your meal with the crispynoodle wrap (a customer favorite), chicken satay, curry puffs or crispy fried tofu with sweet dipping sauce.

Entree selections include various curries, stir-fried dishes and many other traditional Thai dishes, such as pad see-ew with beef and delicious drunken noodles.

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GOODEATS Complete listings at cityweekly.net You can specify your spice level when you order, but keep in mind that the cooks at Chabaar don’t mess around when it comes to heat—even spice vets may need some Thai iced tea to cool off. For dessert, you won’t be able to pass up vegan ice cream, in unique, exotic flavors. Chabaar also serves breakfast daily.

Try a breakfast of Thai fried eggs, complete with fried veggies and served over a bed of rice. 87 W. 7200 South, Midvale, 801-566-5100, Chabaar.com

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Pie Hole

If you’re downtown in the late hours of the night and craving pizza, Pie Hole is open until 2 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and until 3 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, meaning that there is a hot slice of tasty pizza waiting for folks closing the downtown bars. It’s also a great lunch spot for downtown worker bees, and Pie Hole delivers to nearby neighborhoods as well.

Delving into a Pie Hole pie is well worth it—besides traditional toppings, you can try specialty ones that will expand your pizza palate, like mangos, Thai peanut sauce, brown-sugar-roasted jalapeños and chorizo. Cheap beer, salads, Buffalo wings and breadsticks round out the menu. 344 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-359-4653, PieHoleUtah.com

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Bella’s is a family-run Mexican restaurant specializing in steak, ribs and seafood. They have just about everything you could hope to find in Mexican cuisine and more, like ceviche, specialty burgers and babyback ribs. It’s traditional Mexican fare amped up with meatier options. But it’s not just for carnivores; vegetarians, vegans and gluten-free goers will feel right at home with all the options available on the special menus created just for them. A variety of traditional Mexican soups, breakfast items and desserts completes the impressive menu. If choosing is difficult with so many enticing options, the Mama’s chicken enchiladas with white-cheese sauce drizzled on top— the restaurant’s most popular dish—is a safe bet. A nice patio provides a great dining spot in fair weather.

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Moab Brewery

Moab Brewery is an oasis in the desert. Their most popular brew, Dead Horse Ale, takes its name from a scenic overlook near Canyonlands National Park and is a favorite among both locals and visitors. After a day of cycling, river-running or hiking, guests at the Moab Brewery can look forward to enjoying awardwinning beer and fantastic grub at what has become one of most popular restaurants in Moab, serving lunch and dinner year round. The broad menu runs the gamut from hot wings and hummus to burgers and sandwiches to Texas barbecue and slow-roasted Prime rib—with several vegetarian-friendly options to boot. 686 S. Main, Moab, 435-259-6333, TheMoabBrewery.com

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Himalayan Kitchen

The main draw at Himalayan Kitchen is the momos— yummy Nepali dumplings—but be sure to sample all of the Indian/Chinese/Nepali/Persian flavors available.

Bhindi masala is a spicy okra dish that will appeal to vegetarians, while meat lovers will enjoy the tandoori lamb kebabs. Indian-food fans might opt for chicken korma or lamb vindaloo. And the housemade flatbreads are always a great accompaniment to any meal.

To try a range of Himalayan Kitchen dishes at one sitting, drop in for the lunchtime all-you can-eat buffet.

360 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-328-2077, HimalayanKitchen.com

Porcupine Pub & Grille

Located at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, Porcupine Pub & Grille is a great place to go for lunch, dinner and even weekend brunch, and a no-brainer for après ski gatherings. This modern pub has everything from housemade soups to pizzas, salads, pastas and salmon.

The wahoo fish tacos are a perennial favorite. Come in on Saturday or Sunday for huevos rancheros or eggs Benedict. Wash it all down with a beer from one of the local breweries here in Utah. 3698 Fort Union Blvd., Salt Lake City, 801-942-5555, PorcupinePub.com

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Beto’s Mexican Food

If you’re about authentic Mexican food, late nights and cheap prices, Beto’s could be the place for you. The diverse menu spans across all of the Mexican food groups—the burrito, the tostada, the taquito, the quesadilla and much more. Plus, this joint is open all hours of the day and night, making it great for those late-night cravings. The carne asada burrito and the California burrito are patron favorites, with good reason, as they are filled with classic Mexican flavor and are the size of small infants, so no one will leave without a full belly.

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Neighbors gets too easily distracted from its ideas about growing up gracefully.

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’m going to make a bold statement: Elise & Zoey Vargas may be the most adorable human children ever captured on film.

Jointly playing baby Stella Radner—the progeny of first-time parents Mac (Seth Rogen) and Kelly (Rose Byrne)—in the new comedy Neighbors, the Vargas twins become generators of involuntary “awwwwww’s” every time they break out a four-toothed grin or a squeal of delight. Nobody was immune at the preview screening I attended: not critics, not hulking frat guys there for the gross-out comedy, nobody.

So what conclusions should one draw from the fact that the single most memorable thing in an ostensibly raucous escalating battle of pranks is a cute baby?

That is, perhaps, unfairly dismissive of the generally funny Neighbors, directed by Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) from a script by firsttime feature writers Andrew J. Cohen and Brendan O’Brien. It casts Rogen in a comfortable role as a genial pot-smoker, and a wonderfully wild Byrne in a comfortable role where she’s allowed to speak with her own Australian accent, as Mac and Kelly are forced to contend with the Delta Psi fraternity buying the suburban house next door to theirs. And though they initially try to play nice with the party-hearty crew led by chapter president Teddy (Zac Efron), the escalating noise levels disturbing their sleep lead them to start a conflict from which no one might escape without some sort of humiliating incident.

Neighbors actually latches on to a solid notion underlying all the mayhem: the Radners’ ambivalent transition into responsible married-with-kid adulthood. Their interactions with their lessencumbered friends (Carla Gallo and Ike Barinholtz) has them thinking they can

still manage to be hip even with a mortgage and precious smile machine Stella; there’s a great early scene in which their spontaneous plan to go to a rave with Stella in tow, requiring the gathering of mountains of baby gear, ends with them asleep in their own entry way before they ever leave the house. The couple’s initial efforts to play the cool pals to Teddy and company represent a desperate hope that they actually belong hanging out with college kids; their refusal to buckle when the war begins provides a similar charge of edgy risk in otherwise predictable days.

And it’s perfect that they’re matched against Teddy, a senior whose quest to be worthy of the fraternity’s Wall of Honor by way of throwing a legendary party is built on his fear that nothing worthwhile awaits him after graduation. Neighbors rests on the classical foundation that the antagonists are actually more alike than they realize—in this case, people clinging to their familiar sense of what makes a happy existence, digging in their heels against the perspective adjustments required by the next transitional life moment.

If that sounds a little heady for a movie in which the fraternity ultimately holds a fundraiser in which they sell casts of their penises as dildos, or where Mac has to manually express Kelly’s milk-engorged breasts after her pump breaks—well, yeah.

Like many of the movie comedies by Judd Apatow and his disciples—Stoller was a writer for Apatow’s short-lived TV series

Zac Efron, Seth Rogen, Dave Franco and Christopher Mintz-Plasse in Neighbors Undeclared—Neighbors is much more concerned with jokes than structure. That allows plenty of room for rambling riffs, as when Teddy and his frat brother (Dave Franco) reconcile a previous dispute with various analogs for the classic “bros before hos” sentiment, and plenty of them are good for laughs. But it becomes hard to circle back around to anything resembling a thematic idea in the middle of a fusillade of punch lines and pratfalls.

And so we find ourselves with Neighbors settling for a collection of decent gags and set pieces, rather than something that coheres around the idea of growing up with a little bit of grace. Notwithstanding an exchange between Mac and Kelly at the end that sounds like an attempt at convincing us they’ve learned from this experience, the movie is far less a product of mature contemplation than it is a case of easily distracted joke-telling. You laugh, and then your attention wanders, and you laugh a little more, and then OH MY GOD ISN’T THAT THE CUTEST BABY YOU’VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE? CW

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TRY THESE Undeclared (2001) Jay Baruchel Carla Gallo Not Rated

Knocked Up (2007) Seth Rogen Katherine Heigl Rated R

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Jason Segel Kristen Bell Rated R

Get Him to the Greek (2010) Russell Brand Jonah Hill Rated R

don’t have heroes,” insists Adam (Tom Hiddleston), a centuriesold vampire, to his equally eternal lover, Eve (Tilda Swinton). As Jim Jarmusch’s wonderfully sublime Only Lovers Left Alive plays out, however, it becomes clear that he’s not being entirely honest. Because once we see Adam’s photo wall adorned with legendary musicians, writers and actors, we know that there’s one thing that gives his drawn-out existence any jolt of life.

It seems like even that may not be enough as the narrative opens, with Adam living alone in Detroit and Eve similarly so in Tangier. Adam seems at last to be on the verge of existential despair—he even bought a custom-made wooden bullet for his revolver—so when Eve comes to Detroit to be with him, she has some reenergizing to do. And there are even more complications when Eve’s impetuous sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska) also arrives.

Jarmusch injects plenty of sly humor into his study of how vampires might exist in the modern world, including seeking out sources for quality blood that don’t involve gambling on a human victim who might be “unclean.” We get a sense for the way they fill their endless nights when they rattle off the accumulated trivia of dozens of lifetimes, like the Latin name of every living thing they encounter. And the possibility of falling into repetitive cycles is conveyed by introducing Adam and Eve through slow, lingering, revolving overhead shots.

But at its best, Lovers is a lovely, funny meditation on art and immortality—including making Eve’s bloodbank hookup in Tangier the 16th-century author Christopher Marlowe (John Hurt).

Adam’s passion for music—hearing a beautiful new singing voice or a rare instrument are among the few things that can shake his melancholy—becomes part of a suggestion that it’s possible to keep finding beauty in new creations that give meaning to being alive. Or, you know, at least not dead. CW

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

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CINEMA CLIPS NEW THIS WEEK Information is correct at press time. Film release schedules are subject to change.

13 Sins HH.5 There’s a psychologically compelling way to tell this story, and then there’s the way Daniel Stamm tells it, which leans on moderately effective visceral thrills. The concept—remaking a 2009 Thai film—finds deeply-in-debt, ever-put-upon Elliot (Mark Webber) receiving a strange phone call offering him increasing cash prizes for performing 13 tasks. The only problem: Those tasks escalate from eating a fly and making a child cry to truly disturbing stuff. Webber does a decent enough job as a wimpy guy who begins to enjoy the feeling of taking on the risky challenges, and there’s a promising subplot as a cop (Ron Perlman) investigating Elliot’s activities finds a conspiracy theorist (Pruitt Taylor Vince) exploring previous consequences of the same “game.” But unlike something like Compliance that offered unsettling insight into incremental monstrosity, 13 Sins is mostly about its suspense and shock moments—some of them kind of clumsily executed— and several not-particularly-potent plot twists. There’s some shuddery stuff in watching the “what” of Elliot’s grisly game; a bolder film might have spent more time on the “why.” Opens May 9 at Tower Theatre. (R)—Scott Renshaw

Neighbors HH.5 See review p. 38. Opens May 9 at theaters valleywide. (R) On My Way HHH Ah, Catherine Deneuve. Gorgeous and vital at 70-odd, she remains a goddess, even as—nay because—she here portrays a down-to-earth woman whose life is a mess. Bettie (Deneuve) runs a financially strapped restaurant in a small French village; her lover has just left her for a much younger woman. Fed up with it all, she gets in her car one afternoon and drives off. Her spur-of-the-moment road trip ends up more extended than she anticipated when her estranged daughter calls with emergency babysitting needs. So now Bettie is on a road trip with her 11-ish grandson (Nemo Schiffman). Writer/director Emmanuelle Bercot crafts a beautifully observant meander through the difficulties and discoveries of an age closer to the end of life than to the beginning of it, full of variously hilarious, touching and terrifying encounters with younger people so sure of themselves, and older people whose clinging to the pleasures and pains of life hint at even more troubled times to come. Love, sex, cigarettes, wine and dining outdoors: We should all live as happily, even when we’re unhappy, as the French do. Opens May 9 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (NR)—MaryAnn Johanson

Only Lovers Left Alive HHHH See review p. 38. Opens May 9 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (R)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Finding Vivian Maier At Park City Film Series, May 9-10 @ 8 p.m. & May 11 @ 8 p.m.

(PG-13) Gravity At Main Library, May 13, 7 p.m. (PG-13) A History of Violence At Brewvies, May 12, 10 p.m. (R)

CURRENT RELEASES The Amazing Spider-man 2 HH.5 Marc Webb returns with another adventure for the web-slinger (Andrew Garfield) that’s just as over-plotted—featuring villains Electro (Jamie Foxx) and Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan)—and often frustrating at the first. But this one at least gets a few more things right after the ridiculous rebooting of the origin story, including more focus on the relationship between Peter and Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). Theirs isn’t an easy arc, but Stone’s appealing presence makes it easier to overlook the herky-jerk rhythms of their romance. And yes, Webb isn’t a complete lost cause when it comes to putting together action sequences, with the best moments coming during the big final showdown. It’s just too bad that there’s so much straining-for-epic, franchise-building busy-ness, aiming desperately to draw attention from Disney’s Marvel Studios films. Insecurity isn’t exactly a crime; it’s just a damned shame. (PG-13)—SR Heaven is For Real HH Following a near-death experience, a 4-year-old boy finds himself with an eerily specific view of the afterlife, to the initial consternation of his pastor father (Greg Kinnear). Faith-based films have often favored message over medium, but this adaptation of the 2010 best-seller feels like an actual movie for much of the time, thanks to an ace supporting cast and a nicely lived-in approach to the small-town setting. As the narrative progresses, however, the tone become less surefooted, with the more unusual elements sometimes seeming like they’d be better suited painted on the side of a van, rather than depicted in a film with a limited effects budget.

Give credit to the casting director for finding an actor who looks exactly like a young kid’s conception of Jesus, but some things work better when told, rather than shown. (PG)—Andrew Wright

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Fading Gigolo HH I generally avoid seeking out filmmaker explanations of their own films, but I’d love to know what John Turturro thought he was doing with this baffling patchwork quilt of tones, themes and plot elements. He wrote, directed and stars as Fioravante, a New York part-time florist/generally under-employed guy who’s recruited by old friend Murray (Woody Allen) to become a paid “companion” to lonely women. But that high-concept premise is almost a red herring; with the exception of a lonely married woman (Sharon Stone) who wants a three-way with her lady friend (Sofia Vergara), Fioravante’s clients play little role in the proceedings. Instead, we get plenty of time for Woody to riff enjoyably as his standard character, plus the emotional struggles of Orthodox Jewish widow Avigal (Vanessa Paradis), who considers Firavante’s services, plus a jealous would-be suitor to Avigal (Liev Schreiber), who kidnaps Murray for some kind of rabbinical kangaroo court. And in the middle of all this, Fioravante himself is a gaping hole as a character—a kindly guy with no discernible internal life. Why does he do what he does? If you’re sharing, Mr. Turturro, I’m genuinely curious. Opens May 9 at Tower Theatre. (R)—SR

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return H The best way to understand what’s wrong with this dreary adaptation of a book by L. Frank Baum’s grandson—which finds Dorothy (Lea Michele) returning to Oz to help thwart the evil plans of a guy called The Jester (Martin Short)—is through this actual “joke.” We get a visual of a long, winding wall-like structure made up of china teacups. “That’s a great wall,” says Scarecrow (Dan Aykroyd). “It’s made of china teacups,” replies Dorothy. “A Great Wall of China!” says Scarecrow. It’s kind of startling that nobody then follows up with, “Huh? ‘Great Wall!’ Get it? Huh?” It’s a lazy, pointless exercise without an ounce of inspiration, computer animated at a level that might have been acceptable in 1995 but now wouldn’t pass muster on Disney Channel morning programming. And with everything surrounding the original songs coming off so tedious, it’s hard to register whether they’re actually any good or not. There’s nothing here—not even flying monkeys with dyed Mohawks—that warrants throwing this thing into theaters rather than some knock-off DVD bin where it belongs. Opens May 9 at theaters valleywide. (PG)—SR

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Dancing in Jaffa HH Okay, fine, I’ll be the jerk: As earnest, sincere and well-intentioned as Pierre Dulaine may be, his idea for bringing Jewish and Palestinian children together in his birthplace of Jaffa, Israel, is really stupid. That idea involves Dulaine’s own field of ballroom dancing—he was an award-winning professional for 30 years— and an attempt not just to teach local children in the strife-ridden place to dance, but to have Palestinian boys ultimately partnered with Jewish girls, and vice-versa. Of course it’s nice that we see at least one girl whose self-esteem is boosted by the experience, and one Jewish girl interacting socially with her Palestinian partner.

Yet Dulaine slams himself against not just the basic reluctance of 10- and 11-year-olds to dance boy/girl, but against cultural opposition to opposite-sex touching. And it does feel arbitrarily cruel to start this difficult process, then exclude from the final competition anyone who wants to participate. Director Hilla Medalia basically gives Dulaine a pass on pushing forward with a plan that’s altruistic and daring in its unifying vision, but doesn’t seem particularly well thought-out. Opens May 9 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (PG)—SR

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The Other Woman .5H Life is so awesome for Carly (Cameron Diaz), Kate (Leslie Mann) and Amber (Kate Upton)! Sure, they didn’t know till just now that they’re all sleeping with the same lying, cheating louse—Kate’s husband, Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). But now, they’re all BFFs and have fab getaways to the Hamptons and the Bahamas to spy on him in order to plot revenge. Ugh. This is so desperately terrible an excuse for a comedy that I felt sorry for the louse, even though he deserves comeuppance ... and then he doesn’t get enough. So I ended up angry at the unconscionable skimping on the revenge in favor of phony female bonding masquerading as, unforgivably, Girl Power. This was, by the way, written by a woman. We need an “Uncle Tom” term for a woman who participates in Hollywood’s systematic hatred of women. (R)—MAJ

Under the Skin HHHH Co-writer/director Jonathan Glazer takes Michael Faber’s source-material novel and crafts a mind-blowing journey about what it’s like to be experiencing the world through eyes and ears that have never seen or heard it before. Scarlett Johansson’s never-named main character is not of this world—a hunter, prowling the streets of Glasgow and surrounding Scottish towns, luring men intoxicated with the promise of sex to their doom.

Glazer refuses to spell out most of the details of this particular close encounter, demanding viewers’ full attention. Then again, it’s hard to imagine why anyone’s attention might wane from Glazer’s startling images and the unsettling music and sound design. There’s a hint of Kubrick here, it’s true, but Glazer’s distinctive combination of precision planning and the hiddencamera unpredictability of real people provides a perfect mix: the alien, and the unexpectedly human. (R)—SR

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The Railway Man HH It starts out like a sweet little romance, when Eric Lomax (Colin Firth) meets Patti (Nicole Kidman) on a train near Edinburgh in 1980, and soon they’re married. But it’s actually about PTSD— based on Lomax’s memoir—and the problem with the movie is that it almost entirely ignores what makes the story worth telling. It flips back and forth between 1980 and younger Eric (Jeremy Irvine) in 1942 Singapore where, as a British POW of the Japanese, he’s tortured—and those flashback sequences pull no punches. If the movie had ended on the notion that for battered, almost-broken Eric, the war never ended, that would’ve been tragic, yet fitting.

But a postscript caption informs us that Lomax eventually forgave his torturer, and they became friends. The relief it implies Lomax found never makes its way to us. (R)—MAJ

Transcendence HH Like so much modern technology, it starts out full of promise before proving to be just another expensive gadget of dubious usefulness. Cinematographer Wally Pfister’s directing debut stars Johnny Depp as Will, a dying scientist who uploads his consciousness into the artificial intelligence device he’s been developing with his wife, Evelyn (Rebecca Hall), and their consciencestricken colleague (Paul Bettany). Now a super-intelligent living computer with access to all knowledge, Will develops nanotechnology that can heal injuries and cure disease—but at what cost? Despite the alluring premise of omniscient A.I., the film gets bogged down by elements it doesn’t have time to explore.

Moreover, it lacks a strong lead; Depp’s digital entity is devoid of personality, while Hall is inconsistent and purely functional. The screenplay barely scratches the surface of the fascinating moral and scientific questions it hints at. (PG-13)—Eric D. Snider

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Eastbound & Down: Season 4 Retired pitcher Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) breaks into the world of sportstalk TV, becomes a superstar asshole all over again and makes a new enemy (Ken Marino). Is it too late for the world to finally recognize the genius of KFP? Yes. (HBO)

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Maron returns, Rosemary’s Baby shouldn’t have, and Penny Dreadful opens the Victorian X-Files.

Goodbye World A cyber-attack takes down the global power grid and brings a group of whiney college friends (including Adrian Grenier, Gaby Hoffmann, Ben McKenzie and Caroline Dhavernas) together. It’s just like This Is the End, but terrible. (Phase 4)

Maron Thursday, May 8 (IFC)

Miniseries Debut: What’s a movie star like Zoe Saldana doing here? Acting what little ass she has off trying to save a needless remake of Roman Polanski’s 1968 quasiclassic film about The Lil’ Antichrist. Reset from New York to Paris—because, free vacation?—this version finds young couple Rosemary (Saldana) and Guy (Patrick J. Adams, Suits) moving into a swank but “haunted” apartment and promptly getting pregnant—but did Guy make a pact with “devilish” neighbor Roman (Jason Isaacs, various Harry Potters) to trade his unborn baby for a writing career? And

why a writer? Why not “Google CEO” or “Clippers owner”? Saldana’s impressive array of bad wigs, shape-shifting preggo-bellies and off-putting cryfaces aside, Rosemary’s Baby is a hysterical mess. So why isn’t it on Lifetime? [Concludes Monday, May 12]

Penny Dreadful Sunday, May 11 (Showtime) Series Debut: The Only TV Column That Matters™ doesn’t believe that premiumcable levels of language, violence and nudity helps every series … but they sure don’t hurt. Nor does star power: Penny Dreadful leads Eva Green (as medium Vanessa Ives), Josh Hartnett (American adventurer Ethan Chandler), Timothy Dalton (the mysterious Dr. Malcolm), Billie Piper (the mysterious-er Brona Croft), Reeve Carney (Dorian Gray) and Harry Treadaway (Dr. Victor Frankenstein) form an instantly engaging cast in this Victorian London horror series that strings together classic literary monster tales into a slick, steampunk (and, as per Showtime, adult) X-Files.

If Penny Dreadful can maintain the quality and dark intensity of the pilot episode, this should be an American Horror Story-size hit; if not, it’ll end up like NBC’s alreadyforgotten Dracula.

Penny Dreadful (Showtime) 24: Live Another Day Mondays (Fox) New Season: Other than trimming the length from two dozen episodes to 12 (it’s not a season, it’s an Event!) and setting aside any pretense of being a serious drama (this has won Emmys—Emmys!), 24: Live Another Day is yell-y, explode-y business as usual for Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland, holding up better than expected) and keyboardclacking sidekick Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub in Girl With the Dragon Tattoo drag). The “plot” this time around: Jack re-emerges to save the president (William Devane) from terrorists in London. Why can’t the CIA handle it? There’s no time to explain! Send the coordinates! With this new shorter, faster and, foremost, cheaper, format, expect Fox to bring back 24 every year until Kiefer looks like dad Donald in a flak jacket.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tuesday, May 13 (ABC) Season Finale: See? It only took 20 or so episodes to start getting good—even though it’s become pretty obvious that a Bill Paxton-led Marvel’s Agents of Hydra would be a much more fun series. Anyway, here’s to a smoother Season 2 this fall … right, ABC? CW

A lonely guy (Joaquin Phoenix) falls in love with “Samantha” (Scarlett Johansson), an intuitive computer operating system. If you thought iTunes’ terms and conditions were complicated, wait till you see Her pre-nup.

Ba-dum-bump! (Warner Bros.)

Orange Is the New Black: Season 1 From Weeds creator Jenji Kohan: An engaged New Yorker (Taylor Schilling) turns herself in for a past crime and ends up in a women’s prison—and then all of a sudden it’s not just about some blond white girl anymore. Very sneaky, Jenji. (Lionsgate)

That Awkward Moment Zac Efron, Miles Teller and other pretty 20-somethings star in Dating Is So Hard for Pretty 20-Somethings Movie No. 584—except this time, it’s from the guys’ point of view, so it’s more dick jokes than shopping montages. Yay? (Focus)

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Despite outside appearances, Maron isn’t exactly Louie, just as Louie isn’t Curb Your Enthusiasm; the fictionalized “Marc Maron” rings truer—and often funnier— than “Louis C.K.” or “Larry David.” In the Season 2 premiere, Marc has an uncomfortable time on Talking Dead with geek-media “enemies” Chris Hardwick and Michael Ian Black. Making the world of Twitter, podcasts and nerd-analysis shows play like high drama—that’s comedy.

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Country-singing duo The Secret Sisters are getting “gutsy.”

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aura and Lydia Rogers’ band name, The Secret Sisters, isn’t just alliteration or a random trio of words—the two singers are actually real-life siblings. They seem to be made from such a familial mold that their voices are almost indistinguishable from each other over the phone, a fact I quickly discover once this interview begins. But apparently it must be common for them to be asked to identify themselves before they speak during phone interviews, because they only laugh before one of them replies, “We can totally do that, we’re used to doing it.”

They even fight like sisters. The night before this interview, The Secret Sisters began their current tour, and got in an argument “over a bag of M&M’s,” Laura says. “I’m not joking.”

But for the music’s sake, they always make up in the end. “We fight like crazy,” Lydia says. “At the end of the day, we know we can’t get rid of each other, so we just have to grin and bear it.”

The Secret Sisters were born in Muscle Shoals, Ala., as part of what Laura calls “a traditional Southern family”—hearing her and Lydia pronounce “I like crocodiles” could make you swoon. With a grandfather who was a banjo/mandolin player and also performed in a gospel quartet, as well as a father who is a bluegrass musician and “would always play George Jones and Tammy Wynette on Sunday mornings before we went to church,” Laura says, the Rogers sisters weren’t just surrounded by music while they were growing up; it was in their blood. “We weren’t really into sports or any other kind of hobbies,” she says. “We were just a musical family.”

Laura and Lydia’s exposure to so many American musical styles—as well as being natives of a town that’s the location of one of the most legendary recording studios in music history—influenced the neo-traditional country sound they took on when they eventually came together as a band. But what is perhaps the most definitive element of their music, angelic vocal harmonies, was perfected in church. “We were raised in a church where there was a big emphasis on a cappella singing, and so we really attribute a lot of the way that we sound to growing up just learning how to sing church songs,” Laura says.

In 2010, The Secret Sisters released their self-titled debut album, a collection of mostly covers of classic ’50s and ’60s songs such as “Why Baby Why” by George Jones, and “House of Gold” and “Why Don’t You Love Me” by Hank Williams.

Laura describes their first record as a “really gentle, kind of lullaby-esque record that is very just sweet.” But most of their sophomore album, Put Your Needle Down—released in April, and produced by T. Bone Burnett—is made up of original material, and displays a new side to The Secret Sisters.

“With this new one, we wanted to show a little more edge … we wanted to be a little more gutsy about it,” Laura says.

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Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!, was a youthful record that was equal parts sugary naiveté and acerbic awkwardness. Since then, the SoCal power-pop group’s founder and vocalist, Forrest Kline, has done some growing up. For Kline, that process started as he began recording Hellogoodbye’s follow-up to their debut, Would It Kill You? “Looking back now, Would it Kill You? seems as course-changing, or more so, than Zombies.” Kline says via e-mail. “I think it set me in another heading, or allowed a variety of headings to be possible. … I threw out everything I ‘learned’ and started over.”

In fall 2013, Kline—along with a new lineup— released the band’s third record, Everything Is Debatable. The album still delivers plenty of the group’s reliable pop sweetness, but also benefits from a songwriter who has earned some confidence in his search for meaning.

“It was more of a refining process,” Kline says.

Life is “rarely easy, rarely too hard. Debatable goes into the weirdness of living a bit.”

Love is still a big theme in Kline’s songwriting, but he no longer gushes about blossoming romance as he did in “Here (In Your Arms),” a single from Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! and the group’s biggest hit. Instead, Everything Is Debatable ruminates more on endings. In “The Magic Hour is Now,” Kline sings, “I just want to remain in love, like everybody does.”

Kline’s strengths as a producer and crafter of pop hooks are still evident in Everything Is Debatable, but there’s a world-weary strain beneath those hooks.

But Hellogoodbye isn’t the only thing that’s changed in eight years. Kline’s group began its career in the recording industry at the same time people began drastically changing how they listen to and discover music. Kline says he’s learned to change along with his fans.

“In the last five years, I’ve discovered more music than I should have thanks to those new platforms,” he says. “I’d like to think of it as a musical appreciation education, and I hope it makes music better in general.”

Plus, when it’s easier for bands to get their music heard, that can mean a new kind of freedom for artists, too. “There are a lot more people making music, so it’s more important than ever to follow your heart and do something you think is important,” Kline says. “Or you could add to the incredibly big pile of stuff we’ll forget about next week.” CW

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While some of the songs on Put Your Needle Down explore “moments of vulnerability,” Laura says, other songs “have a real attitude of defiance and, ‘You’re not going to pull this over on me, I’m gonna stand up to you, and I’m gonna tell you what it’s all about.’ ” That grit is especially apparent on the haunting murder ballad “Iuka,” which tells the story of the real-life town in Mississippi, where “there was a justice of the peace … who would marry you without your parents’ consent if you were underage,” Laura says. “So many couples that we know who are now celebrating their 50th anniversary were married that way in Iuka”—including The Secret Sisters’ own grandparents. “We loved that story, and so we wanted to talk about that in a song, and then go darker and kill some of the characters,” she says.

In addition to “Iuka,” the fierce independence of the jazzy “Dirty Lie”—co-written with none other than Bob Dylan—and the many other strong tunes on the album, show that while they’re still acknowledging their influences, The Secret Sisters are now blazing their own path.

Put Your Needle Down is “more an accurate depiction of who we are, and all of the musical influences we have,” Laura says. “Even though we were very proud of [our debut], it wasn’t a record of our songs. … This one just feels so good because it’s songs that we wrote and we wanted so much to tell our own stories, and luckily we were able to do that with this record. It really feels like a progressive movement; it feels like we’ve moved forward.” CW

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“I’d gotten caught up in doing this as a job in the previous year or two, and I was pretty disgusted with that experience,” the Illinois-based musician says. “I felt like I wasn’t able to concentrate on what I was supposed to do, which was to observe, feel and communicate as clearly and beautifully as possible.”

The feeling that something was not quite right built up over a period of time surrounding the release of his previous record, 2011’s Gold In the Shadow. His music was being featured on a number of TV shows, and various media outlets were praising his work, so there was pressure to try and make music that was more palatable for the masses. But then Fitzsimmons had an “aha” moment where he realized enough was enough.

“I was recording and was getting feedback from various entities about getting to the chorus faster or cutting out a verse to make it a more appropriate radio length,” Fitzsimmons says. “To me, that’s borderline laughable for this kind of music. It didn’t make sense. It felt disrespectful to the people I knew who were connecting with my music. They didn’t care about those things. What they wanted was something honest.”

So Fitzsimmons started writing simply for the sake of writing. He turned his filter off, ignored any notion about whether a song might be marketable, and just started creating in a way that felt true to him. And that led to a breakthrough that’s readily apparent on Lions. A deeply personal work, the album is largely an exploration of the relationship between Fitzsimmons’ oldest daughter and

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her birth mother, with Fitzsimmons acting as a background character. For Fitzsimmons, not being the focus of the content was a welcome challenge for him.

Approaching his songwriting from a new angle proved to be refreshing for Fitzsimmons because it allowed him to explore the interpersonal dynamics of people who play a significant role in his life. The album is proof of the personal and professional growth that Fitzsimmons has undergone over the past few years.

Lions, he says, is a “conversation between the two [people] that hasn’t happened yet, and may not happen,” he says. “I’d never really done it that way before, but honestly, I was so sick of being so introspective and selfish with my music that I needed something a little different.”

Acoustic opener “Well Enough” finds the mother pondering whether she did enough to leave a positive mark on her daughter’s life before she left her, and “Speak”—the ambient piano ballad that closes the album—gives a profound take on the mother’s sense of loss and whether she should bother to pretend that she is truly her daughter’s mother, absentee or otherwise. Found between these bookends are songs that deal with a mother’s dimming hope that she is still in her daughter’s heart (the Americana number “From You”) and painfully exquisite memories of bringing a life into this world on the folk-pop track “Took,” with lines like, “But you took your breath from me.”

In contrast to some of his previous work, Fitzsimmons’ new songs are “more authentic because they’re ambivalent,” he says.

“Just about every song on every other record I’ve done is very monotonal. They certainly embrace honesty and sadness, but there’s not too much else going on. I think it took me up to this point to realize you can have conflicting thoughts, opinions, emotions and beliefs at the same time in a song.” CW

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There’s been no new material since 2009’s World Painted Blood (Slayer’s final release for American Recordings; a new album on veteran metal indie Nuclear Blast is due out next year), but the song and the tinnitus remain the same. Slayer aren’t making it easy on themselves, choosing to follow still-thrashin’ openers Exodus (the underrated Bay Area band that bred Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, as well as Hanneman’s replacement in Slayer, Gary Holt) and Suicidal Tendencies (who still haven’t gotten that Pepsi). (Bill Frost) The Great Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna, 7 p.m., $27.50 in advance, $33 day of show, TheSaltair.com The Cave Singers With its rolling guitar lines and restless but hopeful energy, the music made by this Seattle foursome would make it the perfect soundtrack for a road trip. But you shouldn’t just listen to The Cave Singers while leaning your head against a car window. The band puts on a fantastic live show, with plenty of between-song banter with the audience and solid musicianship—the addition of flutes, unique percussion and other unconventional instruments elevate their sound beyond just jangly, guitar-strummy

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Free jazz is a type of music that emerged in the 1950s as a rebellion againstjazzconventions.Itsmeterisfluidanditsharmoniesunfamiliar, sometimes atonal. Song structures may be experimental and unpredictable. A key element in free jazz is collective improvisation— riffing done not just by a featured soloist, but by the entire group of musicians playing together. To prepare for your adventures in the coming days, Taurus—which I suspect will have resemblances to free jazz—you might want to listen to music by its pioneers, like Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, and Sun Ra. Whatever you do, don’t fall prey to scapabobididdilywiddilydoobapaphobia, which is the fear of freestyle jazz.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) In your imagination, take a trip many years into the future. See yourself as you are now, sitting next to the wise elder you will be then. The two of you are lounging on a beach and gazing at a lake. It’s twilight. A warm breeze feels good. You turn to your older self and say, “Do you have any regrets? Is there anything you wish you had done but did not do?” Your older self tells you what that thing is. (Hear it now.) And you reply, “Tomorrow I will begin working to change all that.”

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I think you will challenge this theory in the coming weeks, CANCER (June 21-July 22) Capricorn. Your passions will definitely not be weak. They may “You can’t have your cake and eat it, too” is an English-language even verge on being volcanic. And yet I bet you will manage them proverb. It means that you will no longer have your cake if you eat it fairy well. By that I mean you will express them with grace and all up. The Albanian version of the adage is “You can’t go for a swim power rather than allowing them to overwhelm you and cause without getting wet. “ Hungarians say, “It’s impossible to ride two a messy ruckus. You won’t need to tamp them down and bottle horses with one butt.” According to my analysis, Cancerian, you will them up because you will find a way to be both uninhibited and soon disprove this folk wisdom. You will, in effect, be able to eat you disciplined as you give them their chance to play. cake and still have it. You will somehow stay dry as you take a dip.

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LincoLn ELEmEntary community SchooL Lincoln Loot Store Contact: Craig Foster, 801.554.2005 Date/Time: April 22, 23 & 24, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

4 adult volunteers are needed to help staff and run the Lincoln Loot Store. Volunteers are responsible for helping students select items to buy and help them pay with their Lincoln Loot bucks that they earn for being well behaved or improving academically. rooSEvELt ELEmEntary community SchooL Tie-Dye Reward Activity Contact: Craig Foster, 801.554.2005 Date/Time: April 23, 2014, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

5 volunteers are needed to help students who reached proficiency or achieved significant growth on their 3rd quarter Acuity Math Assessment tie dye a shirt. Volunteers will help student’s rubberband shirts, man dye buckets and assist students through the entire process. 2-3 hours shifts are available.

GranGEr ELEmEntary community SchooL Field Trip Chaperones Contact: Amy Worthington, 801.746.2566 Date/Time: May 2, 2014, 1:45-4:45 p.m.

4 volunteers are needed to help chaperone a field trip to the Natural History Museum. Volunteers must be 18-years-old.

Entrance fee is free to the museum is free for volunteers.

KEarnS Junior hiGh community SchooL Cow Eyeball Dissection Contact: Kyle Price, 801.808.6795 Date/Time: May 5 12-2:30 p.m. & May 6 8-9:30 a.m.

6 adult volunteers are needed to help assist and oversee the dissection of cow eyeballs for Kearns Junior High’s CTE Intro Class.

LincoLn ELEmEntary community SchooL Field Trip Chaperones Contact: Craig Foster, 801.554.2005 Date/Time: May 23, 2014, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

8 adult volunteers are needed to help chaperone a walking field trip for Lincoln Elementary Students. Students will be attending the Dreamathon Event at the old Granite High School. Volunteers will meet at Lincoln, walk students to the event and then accompany them back to Lincoln once the event is over. thE chriStmaS Box intErnationaL BBQ at the Box Contact: Keeley Bierwolf, 801.747.2201 Date/Time: April 29 & 30, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Join The Christmas Box International in observance of prevent child abuse month. There will be good food, prizes, tours and more. Interested parties can obtain more information about the event by calling the listed contact.

Burrito ProJEct – SaLt LaKE city Burrito Delivery Contact: Rachel Potts, Rachel.e.potts@gmail.com Date/Time: Monday, Wednesday & Thursday, 5-7 p.m.

6-8 volunteers are needed on a regular basis to help roll approximately 300 burritos that are delivered to the homeless in the Salt Lake area. 6-8 volunteers are also needed to ride bikes around Salt Lake and deliver burritos. All supplies are provided including burritos, delivery bags, bicycles and helmets. thE road homE Playroom Volunteers Contact: Kelli McFall, 801.819.7293 Date/Time: Tues. or Thurs. 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Volunteers are needed to play games, coordinate learning activities, facilitate arts and crafts and mentor children who live in the Road Home shelter. Children are between ages of 4 and 12.

Volunteers must complete an orientation and background check prior to volunteering. Must be 16-years-old to volunteer.

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reating a garden area is one of the easiest ways to add value and gain equity for your home. The challenge is figuring out what to plant. Each state in the USA is in a different zonal gardening region, and once you look this up on the Internet, you’ll see what vegetables, herbs, flowers, shrubs and trees do best in Utah.

The zonal gardening system explains why you don’t see palm trees growing outside in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Moab has a different climate than Logan just as Delta’s is different from Salt Lake City.

When it comes to fruit and vegetable farmers, we’ve got major state pride. Green River, Utah, is where some of the best melons in the world are grown. The desert climate of hot days and cool nights helps the watermelons and cantaloupes store sugar and make them sweet as candy. If you’re from north of the capitol then you know we’ve got terrific giant black sweet cherries and soft ball-sized peaches.

Whether it’s the mindset of a new generation or a reaction to the crash of 2008, more and more people are getting their fingers dirty and growing things. My wife and I live in a condo and we plant in about 30 pots. We’ve experimented with our unique deck “zone” and have been able to get a head start and trick Mother Nature to get fresh tomatoes by Memorial Day. I think many folks love the fact that it’s easy to grow tomatoes, peppers, cilantro and zucchini in the backyard or in pots, while not needing a tractor and irrigation system. There are a multitude of community gardens where folks without dirt can come and plant in their neighborhood.

Wasatchgardens.org exists to build community by providing the space to garden and the expertise if you don’t know how to do it. And slco.org/urbanfarming/communitygardens/garden map will show you where there are gardens in the county.

The Winter Market of the Downtown Alliance is now closed, but the Summer Market begins on June 14th. The “People’s Market,” now called the “9th West Farmers Market,” opens on Mother’s Day at Jordan Park on 1000 South and 900 West. Statewide, there are more and more markets popping up, which are listed at utahsown.utah.gov/farmersmarkets. You can also check out garden.org for zoning information, or always ask your local shop experts. n

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