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Letters Booze Trains Are Better Than Booze Cars

I read a City Weekly letter titled “Booze Train” [Aug. 28] that both angered and saddened me. The letter was written by a Mr. Douglas Cotant who was so offended by the “loud talking” of some mildly inebriated passengers that he threatened to write a letter to the governor asking that “UTA be shut down for allowing patrons who use alcoholic beverages to ride the trains.” Would you rather these intoxicated passengers have gotten behind the wheel of a car instead of making the responsible choice to take public transit, even at the risk of offending the delicate sensibilities of other passengers? Mr. Cotant’s attitude of ignorant intolerance permeates our local culture and is a constant, chafing source of irritation to those who choose to follow an individual moral code rather than the locally prescribed system of belief.

Anna Asay Tooele

Get Outta My Train and Into Your Car

In the letter “Booze Train” [Aug. 28, City Weekly], Douglas Cotant of Salt Lake City complains that while riding a Utah Transit Authority train, some of his fellow passengers were loud and smelled of alcohol. He

WRITE US: Salt Lake City Weekly, 248 S. Main, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. E-mail: comments@cityweekly.net. Fax: 801-575-6106. 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. demands UTA either stop serving intoxicated passengers or be shut down. I agree with Mr. Cotant. It is absolutely unacceptable that UTA allows people who have been drinking to ride public transit. Drunk people belong behind the wheels of cars, where they can fulfill their natural role of helping keep the population in check by running down children and the elderly. This helps our schools keep class sizes manageable. Drunk drivers also provide business for the mechanics who repair their vehicles. Won’t somebody other than Mr. Cotant think of the children, and how to reduce their numbers?

J’myle Koretz Salt Lake City

Get Down

Excessive force by the police is not just an African American problem. It is an American problem that can affect anyone anywhere in the United States. Thinking “It cannot happen here, it cannot happen to me or to my kids because we live in Utah and I am white” is seriously flawed. As the news was focused on the killing of an unarmed teen in Missouri, another unarmed young man was shot dead by police on Monday, Aug. 11, in Salt Lake City, in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven for the crime of attempting to pull up his pants.

I never thought I would need to have the talk with my children about, “When you go out, this is how you act in front of the police.” Young men and women, regardless of race: Comply with the police. It is better to get on the ground and live to see another day than to die at the hands of a trigger-happy cop. All of us need to be outraged at the brutal tactics of our police force, and use that outrage for positive change.

Lee Thatcher West Jordan

Correction: The piece on Monophonics in Sept. 4’s Music Live section misstated how many people are in the band and also incorrectly noted that their sound contains bongos. Monophonics has six members, none of whom plays a bongo. Sept. 4’s article “Kindly Light” should have noted that Emily Golightly contributed backing vocals to Caverns’ “Cabin in the Woods.”

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OPINION

Difference of Opinion

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’ ” —Isaac Asimov Look at me: I’m writing an opinion column! That means I can say any old thing I want, and nobody can touch me. Ain’t this the life? I’d wager there are plenty of folks out there who genuinely believe the above paragraph to be true. Given the common understanding of “opinion” in contemporary American society, that shouldn’t be surprising. As a film and theater critic, I’ve churned out opinion-based writing for the better part of the past 20 years. Consequently, I’ve often encountered the phrase “That’s just your opinion,” which I interpret as the way that polite people tell me to go and commit an ergonomically impossible act with myself. It is also, however, a way of suggesting that all opinion is inherently equal—that the complainant’s perspective must be given equal weight by virtue of its being thought, or uttered, or scrawled on a napkin. And, this, dear friends, is utter bollocks. For many years, I’ve had people tell me that it must be wonderful “getting paid to watch movies.” I respond that this is not the case, any more than it’s the case that a carpenter gets paid to buy lumber; it is a necessary step on the way to producing the thing of value, but it is not the thing of value.

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By the same token, it’s also true that I don’t get paid to have an opinion. I get paid to support an opinion—to bring my years of analyzing art to bear on the work at hand, to present a thesis, and to provide my evidence in support of that thesis. “I liked it” is an opinion, but it’s functionally worthless. It’s hard for people to understand, though, that I am making a true statement when I say that their opinion is not necessarily as valid as mine when it comes to analyzing a film or a play. That’s not the same as saying their idiosyncratic aesthetic tastes are “wrong.” It’s just a way of saying that someone who has studied film and theater extensively for decades brings more information to the conversation. My interpretation of whether a given piece works artistically should be given more weight, just as I would hope someone would consider my views on how to handle the threat of ISIS far less seriously than those who have devoted their careers to studying fundamentalist extremism. Unfortunately, as a society, we have generally abandoned our willingness to consider the evidence and expertise supporting a particular opinion. We’re a nation that buys our opinions in bulk, Costco-style, from whatever institution or philosophy provides the foundation for our identity. We turn to our churches or political parties to decide for us what we think about any given matter of controversy or contention. It was clear we were seeing this phenomenon during the ongoing unrest in Ferguson, Mo., as we quickly built narratives for what was happening based on the way we already saw the world. Any piece of information undermining that preexisting perspective was brushed aside; any piece of information that bolstered it became another reason to lean back and think, “A-ha, I knew it!”

A generous, humanist response to this phenomenon is sympathy. We all feel overwhelmed by information, and so we narrow down the sources to which we turn based on how reliable we consider them. Of course, “reliable” often means “reinforcing my existing worldview,” just as it becomes easy to dismiss any information that comes from other sources as somehow slanted or biased, whereas our own opinions are always completely rational and never influenced by whether it came from “the liberal media” or “the corporate media” or whatever label allows us to feel smug in our bubble of perfect wisdom. The Isaac Asimov quotation at the beginning of this piece has long been one of my favorites, a call to arms against the absurd notion that all opinions are created equal. But it also misses a far trickier part of the equation: the fact that, in general, people don’t think they’re ignorant, even when they are. They often believe that their views on climate change, same-sex marriage or immigration are completely informed, because of that one website or talk-show host or religious principle that has never steered them wrong before. They lack the crucial skepticism behind a scientificmethod approach to finding truth of any kind—a willingness to assume, if only for a moment, that the opposite is true, just to see what the result would look like. It’s a hard thing to begin the formation of any opinion at the zero point on a scale, allowing for the possibility that truth could lie with equal possibility in either direction. But it’s essential to introduce doubt if we want to get anywhere close to the ideal suggested by John Milton when he wrote in Areopagitica that “opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.” But hey, what do I know? That’s just my opinion. CW

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When has someone else’s argument changed your opinion—or when has yours changed someone else’s? Paula Saltas: When John tells me he is always right and I’m always wrong.

Jeff Chipian: I have to argue with my aunt and uncle about eating more whenever I go to their house for dinner. Even though I’m full to the brim, somehow they always change my mind. It’s perfectly normal to have four servings of dinner, right?

Rachel Piper: I like to think that I present fairly convincing arguments during office disputes, but it’s possible that my co-workers’ acquiescence to my opinions has more to do with fear that I’ll make them eat soap if they displease me.

Jeremiah Smith: I have changed many people’s opinion with my superconvincing argument that Conan the Barbarian is the best movie of all time.

Pete Saltas: Maybe I just argue wrong, but I typically end up with a different opinion of the other person, for better or worse. Colin Wolf: I’ve never lost an argument because you’ll never lose if you repeat yourself over and over again, while getting slightly louder every time.

Sarah Arnoff: I’m not so concerned with convincing people one way or the other, as long as we are listening to each other’s arguments. If I’m arguing with a person who is pushing an opinion just to hear the sound of their own voice, I’m more likely to push back. Kolbie Stonehocker: I’ve never been swayed by someone’s puny opinion. I am an unshakeable boulder of knowledge.

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Unresponsive In a state where Republicans have a virtual stranglehold on public office, you’d expect that the GOP would be arrogant and dismissive of the voting public. Like, what other choice do you have? But this year’s Voters Guide, processed by the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Utah, shows that this condescending attitude knows no political bounds. The league contacted all 209 candidates for state and federal offices. Not one of the federal incumbents saw fit to respond, although both Mia Love and Doug Owens did. Nothing from Sean Reyes, either. Democrats shunned the League, too. All told, only 81 candidates—38.8 percent—responded to their potential constituents. And there were only three questions. “In an election year in which government transparency continues to be in the news, we think Utah voters deserve better,” League Co-President Jenn Gonnelly said.

Vote for School Board Everyone but the governor and the legislature felt that the process for selecting state school board members was weird—a committee referred at least three candidates to the governor, who then chose the two finalists— and wrong. Now a federal judge has made that perfectly clear. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups ruled that the convoluted process violates the Constitution’s free-speech guarantees. Waddoups still has to come up with a remedy, given that elections are in November, but the ruling heartens many—even incumbents. You should be able to choose a school board member all by yourself, and the political filtering of candidates eliminated that choice—that right—for voters.

Cops & Soldiers Utah’s no Missouri, but apparently the state would welcome Ferguson’s armed police. A poll conducted for UtahPolicy. com by Dan Jones & Associates showed that 56 percent of respondents supported police departments using military-style equipment. This is a bit of a disconnect in a conservative state where fear of an armed government takeover is part of the Second Amendment rant. At least Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank sees an important distinction: the military is supposed to defend, while the police are to protect. That was not the case in Alabama in the ’60s when armed police went after civil-rights demonstrators. Police need to be part of the community—working within it, not against it.

Jokingly referred to as “a drinking club with a running problem,” the worldwide Hash House Harriers is a mysterious group with myriad traditions—including beer, nudity and Hash names, which began in order to eliminate issues of military rank and, locally, now involves being asked embarrassing questions while sitting pantsless on a block of ice. Nurse Amy Caywood (Hash name Smells Like Kermit’s Finger), who started running in 2007 with the Boise, Idaho, Hash House Harriers and has since hashed all over Utah, California, Phoenix and Alaska, met with City Weekly to explain the group and another tradition—the annual charity event called the Red Dress Run. Utah’s Red Dress Run, hosted by the three local Hash House Harrier groups, is happening Sept. 27. That event is $20, with proceeds going to the YWCA, but regular runs are free for first-timers, and $5 afterward to cover beer and supplies. Visit MeetUp.com/Hash-House-Harriers-in-SLUT to get involved.

What’s the history of the Hash House Harriers?

The Hash is a worldwide club, started in 1938 in Malaysia. It kind of died out during World War II and then started up again. The Hash has been here in Utah since 1991. There are three different groups, but it’s all very incestuous—I’m in the leadership of all three groups. We get along, there’s no animosity. It started as a very small group of 10 or 15 people, and now there’s between 30 and 40 who come to a trail.

Is the Hash House Harriers for hard-core runners only?

Some clubs, like Boise’s, are definitely more focused on the running. Here, we have a lot of walkers—all different skill levels of runners and walkers. There are people who’d never exercise except at Hash, and then there are people who run marathons and Spartan races. And there are people in the back who make sure everyone gets in safely. But every group is different in every part of the world.

How much of a Hash is drinking and how much is running?

There’ll be a Hare, and they’re the trail-layer for the day. They’ll pick a spot to meet—we’ve hashed as far north as Logan and as far south as Provo. Everyone will meet, maybe we’ll have a beer, and then we go through what’s called Chalk Talk, where there’s marks on the ground, and that basically tells you where the trail’s going to go. Then the Hares are off. The Pack waits 15 minutes, and their goal is to catch the Hares—it rarely happens, because the Hares are trying to be tricky. There are two or three beer checks, where everybody will stop and have a beer. The trail is usually between three and six miles long. You meet at the end and call out accusations—like if you use a Hasher’s real name instead of their Hash name, if you miss the last trail, if you didn’t bring a whistle—just funny, silly stuff. And then we’ll have some drinks at the end, and sometimes we’ll go someplace after. We always are very earth-conscious and only use chalk and flour to mark. We always recycle. We never trespass, there’s nobody under 21, if anybody asks us to leave, we go.

What happens at a Red Dress Run?

There was a woman known as the Lady in Red who went on the trail in this red dress and heels and didn’t realize the trail was like 18 miles. There are a few versions of the story, but they came up with this idea to do a Red Dress Run where everyone wears a red dress and all the money goes to charity. Each group picks their charity. This year, we’re doing the Y WCA. You just come in a red dress—everybody, especially the guys—and here in Utah, we start uptown and then go through the U tailgating. It’s a huge party.

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STRAIGHT DOPE Winged War

BY CECIL ADAMS

Are scarecrows effective? They’ve been around for a long time, but has anyone ever done a study to see if they work? —Claude Paquin You’ve framed your query too narrowly. What you really want to know about is progress in bird-scaring technology. This is a more interesting subject than one might suppose. As evidence, I submit some headings from an avian-control monograph dug up by my assistant Una: “Shotguns and Rif les with Live Ammunition”; “Pyrotechnics”; “Rockets and Mortars”; “Lasers.” There’s also a section titled “Scarecrows,” which speaks disparagingly of traditional devices but more warmly of “a human-like scarecrow that popped up from a double propane cannon [which] was very successful in keeping blackbirds from feeding over 4-6 acres of sunflowers.” And here we slicks thought farming was dull. Who knew? The facts: n There have been several studies of scarecrows, more commonly termed “mannequins” or “effigies” in the technical literature, presumably because it sounds more scientific. As one might deduce given the scarcity of actual working scarecrows, as opposed to the showbiz variety (seriously, have you ever seen one?), the old-fashioned stuffed dummy doesn’t accomplish much. One series of tests with mannequins protecting a simulated soybean field from doves found each scarecrow could protect between 0.03 to 0.06 acres. You’d need at least 16 scarecrows per acre, or more than 10,000 per square mile, and even then they’d lose effectiveness once the birds got used to them. n Some claim you can improve your scarecrows’ effectiveness by tarting them up with reflective streamers or pinwheels, though little payoff has been documented for this. Getting more ambitious, you can rig them to move, make noise, or both. Lest you think the propane-powered version referred to above solves your bird issues once and for all, be aware that some species, blackbirds in particular, may display a maddening tenacity. In one set of tests artillery-backed scarecrows reduced bird damage 84 percent, but in another it was just 8 percent. Population size may be a factor: one flock of blackbirds was estimated to number 46,000, which may not recall the glory days of the passenger pigeon but is still a lot of birds. n As you may deduce from the tenor of the discussion up to this point, in birdshooing, the smart money’s on shock and awe, although selective slaughter also has its advocates. For example, in the discussion of live ammunition referred to above, we learn that shooting at and thus killing unwanted birds is a common control strategy but “is done mainly to reinforce the effectiveness of non-lethal bird scaring devices that are also in use.” In other words: bird terrorism. The experts, you’ll (I hope) be pleased to note, don’t think much of this

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plan’s deterrent value, in part because with live ammo the noise is loudest at the gun. In contrast, pyrotechnics, the preferred technology, delivers the noise to the birds. n Other bird-scaring options include aircraft-engine noise, horns and air-raid sirens, electronic noisemakers of various kinds, broadcast predator calls, hawk kites and balloons, stuffed predators, real predators (falcons), radio-controlled model aircraft, dyes, smoke, chemical repellents, magnets, water spray, microwaves, and— remember this one—tall grass.  The question of importance, of course, is: what works? A study conducted for the Aerodrome Safety Branch of Transport Canada (Harris and Davis, 1998) says the following techniques are highly recommended: n Habitat modification. An example described at length is the above-mentioned tall grass, which many (though not all) bird species avoid because it hides both food (worms and such) and predators. One concedes that in suburbia tall grass around the homestead isn’t going to endear you to the neighbors. n Physical barriers. The following method has a certain grim interest: an overhead grid of monofilament line spaced at intervals of anywhere from 1.5 to 12 meters. Although the gaps are wide enough for birds to pass through, the grid’s “deterrent effect ... is quite pronounced,” we read. What’s more, it stays pronounced— that is, the birds don’t become blasé about the grid—for a reason that a moment’s thought will make obvious: “The unexpected encounter of a bird with a thin, difficult-to-see line has a startling effect.” Too cruel? Another recommendation from Harris and Davis is bird balls, which isn’t the schoolyard insult juvenile minds may imagine but rather is the practice of concealing bodies of water with a surface layer of fourinch plastic spheres, which, aesthetics-wise, does a real number on the koi pond. n Good old shock and awe, including pyrotechnics and shooting. Falcons and broadcast distress calls also get high marks but—you’ll notice a theme here—tend to freak out the homeowners’ association. Thus the dilemma evident to strategists since Machiavelli’s day: politically acceptable but ineffective vs. drastic but does the job. Send questions to Cecil via StraightDope. com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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Campground timeshare tries to halt financial collapse. By Eric S. Peterson epeterson@cityweekly.net @ericspeterson For decades, Camperworld offered members exclusive access to a handful of picturesque private parks across Utah. As long as the annual dues were paid, members could pack their campers to capacity with kids and grandkids and camp next to relaxing hot springs in Plymouth or world-class fishing near the Flaming Gorge Dam, with no reservation necessary. But in 2007, allegations surfaced of serious mismanagement of funds that could jeopardize summer vacations to come. Since then, multiple lawsuits and angry missives from warring trustees of the company have cast a shadow over the company’s future, and campers have found themselves in the middle. In an effort to keep the program afloat, Camperworld asked some members to pay more money than asked in their original membership terms, and, as of Sept. 1, the company was unable to make payments on outstanding loans, which may result in foreclosures on four of the company’s eight parks. Layne Read, an engineer in his 50s who jokes that he is “mentally retired,” has been a member of Camperworld for the past five years and says it’s not just about the thousands of dollars of membership dues that are at stake, Read says—it’s also about trying to preserve “the nostalgia of that family unity that many people have when they go camping.” Camperworld was founded in 1977 by Glendon Hatch, Des Townsend and Bob Blackley and operated drama-free for many years. In 2003, the company began buying and developing three new parks. By 2004, Blackley and Townsend had passed away, and their board positions were filled by Townsend’s son Randy and Hatch’s son Michael. In 2006, Glen Hatch stepped down as president of Camperworld to serve a mission for his church. In 2007, acting president Randy Townsend sent out an “urgent message” to members stating that he had discovered that since 2003, Camperworld had incurred $3 million in debt. During the same period, it had sold $8 million in memberships and given $5.2 million to Camelot Marketing—a company then owned solely by Hatch that he had originally founded with his Camperworld partners to market and

After years of finger-pointing and lawsuits, the Camperworld timeshare is selling off a few Utah parks in hopes of surviving. sell Camperworld memberships. In 2007, Camelot was taking 62 percent of the profits of membership sales, with 38 percent going to Camperworld for operational expenses and park upkeep. Hatch, responding to City Weekly through his attorney Jon Harper, said that the large commission was competitive with similar companies and accounted for all marketing costs, including mailers, advertisements, buying leads and renting meeting locations. Hatch rebuked Townsend in an October 2007 letter for plotting “a dark underground conspiracy for personal gain and power.” The conflict escalated into a lawsuit between Camperworld and Townsend that was settled in early 2008. Part of the truce involved increasing the board from three to five members and implementing a nepotism rule that required Michael Hatch to step down from the board. Whilethewarwasover—temporarily— the trust was again in dire straits with the onslaught of the recession. In 2009, Glendon Hatch issued a business plan meant to keep the company afloat that would give members the option of paying the lump sum of $2,200 to cover their dues for eight years (as opposed to the usual $500 annual dues, totaling $4,000 in eight years) plus a $600 assessment. Or, members could just pay the $600 assessment and continue paying their $500 annual dues. Critics saw this as further evidence of the company’s focus on finding short-term solutions to the long-term problem of insufficient dues. At the end of 2012, the Camperworld board not only ousted Hatch as president but also severed ties with Camelot, seeking a new sales approach. But the board still had to address

promises made to members who had previously bought special memberships through Camelot. Leverne Borton signed up with Camperworld in 2010 while on a trip from Canada to Los Angeles. She and a friend signed up for a package that included access to numerous RV parks across the country that required only $150 in annual dues for life. She, like others, was shocked when the board announced in March 2014 that it would have to collect an $880 assessment from members to keep the company afloat despite whatever offers or exemptions had been previously offered. “The results of these programs has brought Camperworld to its financial knees,” the Camperworld board explained in a March 2014 letter. This surprise assessment outraged Borton, who canceled her membership. “I feel the whole thing was a scam,” Borton wrote in a complaint to the Better Business Bureau of Utah. “We are two senior citizens on fixed income, and I doubt if we will ever return to Utah.” Since then, sides have squared off, some faulting the new board for not picking up the slack left by the absence of Camelot Marketing, and others saying Camelot’s sales were to blame for jeopardizing the company’s long-term sustainability. This year, members sued the board, led by Don Hackett, for issuing the assessment without amending the company trust. Hatch also sued Camperworld in 2014 for failure to pay him residual Camelot commissions from 2013 and earlier. In a counterclaim suit, Camperworld repeated allegations of mismanagement. Hatch says that it was the new board that mismanaged funds by increasing their indebtedness through more loans

after terminating him in 2012. Hackett could not be reached for comment. “Camperworld survived successfully for more than 35 years by making new sales to replace inevitable attrition—as a result of death, divorce, job loss, illness, relocation out of the region, age, sale of an RV, etc.—until the board terminated Camelot,” Hatch says. After Hatch was terminated from Camperworld in late 2012, the new board hired the firm of Wisan, Smith, Racker and Prescott to do an independent audit of the company books for the first three quarters of 2012. The audit found a lack of policies and procedures for dealing with fraud allegations. “Camperworld has a significant amount of exposure to fraud risks,” the audit states. Hatch says that no fraud was found and that Camperworld’s financials were regularly reviewed by an independent CPA. A judge recently made an order that the commissions owed Hatch be paid to him. In spring 2014, the company gained new board leadership including new president Diane Williams, who says Camperworld plans to sell three parks—including two that were encumbered by loans—and refinance with the bank. She also says the company is currently recruiting a new sales team for memberships. Read says that while he sees some fault in greasing so many past membership sales with exempted dues and other perks, finger-pointing is a lost cause at this point. “If they’re not done now, it’s only because they’re hanging on for dear life.” Read says. CW

NEWS Campaign for Climate Congressional candidate Bill Barron is running on behalf of the Earth.

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tions on air pollution and oil drillers, and “undertaking thinly veiled attacks on the safety of hydraulic fracturing or pursuing job-killing climate regulations that will have no impact on the climate.” Barron became entrenched in the climate movement in 2010, when he discovered the group Citizens Climate Lobby, which maintains that the climate debacle—and the skyrocketing carbon emissions causing it—can be reined in by taxing fuels based on the volume of carbon dioxide they emit. The proceeds from this tax, which would start out at $10 per ton of CO2 emitted, would be distributed equally to every living human. Barron cites studies that show that the tax, rather than stifling job growth, would create millions of jobs and cause CO2 levels to drop to the levels they must in order to save the planet. “We’re running out of time to be effective,” Barron says. “I believe that people need to speak up. We need to make change. We need to create it because, clearly, government’s not going to do it for us.” Aside from running in 2012 against longtime Republican U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, Barron has no political experience and isn’t affiliated with a political party (State Sen. Luz Robles, D-Salt Lake City, is also in the race for the 2nd District seat). During his Senate run, Barron undertook a similar effort to familiarize himself with his constituency and spread the word

about climate change by biking across the state. He garnered 7,172 votes, less than 1 percent of the total. For Barron and his supporters, though, winning is not the point. Simply having a prospective politician speaking out about preserving the environment and urging others to be good stewards of the earth is a success. “It’s tough to get people to talk about [climate Bill Barron (center) and supporters recently embarked on a change],” says John Lair, president and CEO of 600-mile bike ride to raise awareness for climate change and Momentum Recycling, his congressional campaign. which has endorsed On Sept. 5, Barron and his supporters Barron’s campaign. “For us, it’s pretty cut gathered at Tracy Aviary in Liberty Park and dry. The better we take care of the to begin the bike ride, which will take planet, the better life will be for us, our the aspiring politician through the west children and life on Earth.” deserts of Utah, through Milford, down Lair says Barron’s lack of political expetoward St. George, Kanab, over Boulder rience doesn’t bother him at all. Mountain and finish in Torrey. “He is forcing this topic to become part During a brief speech prior to embarkof the conversation when a lot of people ing on his ride, Barron told the crowd that would prefer it not be,” Lair says, noting that addressing climate change is the “moral Barron’s effort is “pretty courageous.” responsibility” of his generation. When Barron, a single father, isn’t on “The more votes I gather, the stronger his bike or ski patrolling, he’s hanging statement we can send to Washington that out with his daughter and working as a citizens in the state of Utah are concerned carpenter. He says the contractor he works about climate change and they want sigfor is nice enough to let him have time off nificant and bold action on it.” CW to campaign.

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This week, you can meet Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker over a cup of joe and talk city issues at a special event at the 9th & 9th Coffee Garden. Later this week, take part in the International Rescue Committee’s Warm Welcome Winter Clothing Drive to help refugees in the valley prepare for winter. Later on, it’s Interim day at the Legislature, and you won’t want to miss a committee discussing police militarization in Utah.

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Coffee With the Mayor Saturday, Sept. 13

This weekend, you can down some caffeinated liquid courage and approach Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker to talk about city issues that might be bugging you, whether it’s bike lanes or streetcars. Or, you can just toast a cappuccino to the mayor and learn more about his future plans for the capital city. Coffee Garden, 878 E. 900 South, 801-547-2659, Sept. 13, 3-4 p.m., Mayor.SLCGov.com

Warm Welcome Winter Clothing Drive Sept. 15-Oct. 15

Salt Lake County is home to thousands of refugees from all corners of the globe, and some locales from which refugees hail never experience the cold winters we have here in Utah. That’s why the International Rescue Committee is looking for you to donate new and gently used winter clothes to help newly settled refugees. The IRC is looking for coats, gloves, mittens and other winter gear to be dropped off at its Salt Lake City headquarters, where you can also learn about other volunteer opportunities. International Rescue Committee, 221 S. 400 West, 801-328-1091, Sept. 15-Oct. 15, Rescue.org/US-Program/ US-Salt-Lake-City-UT

Legislative Interim Day Wednesday, Sept. 17

The Hill will be busy today with the Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Committee hearing from the ACLU of Utah about police militarization, while a Natural Resources, Environment & Agriculture Committee will talk extensively about the impact of federal-land ownership in the Beehive State. There will also be plenty of other committees to check out for a preview of the sausage-grinding to come in the 2015 session. Utah Capitol, 350 N. State, 801538-1029, Sept. 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Le.Utah.gov

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Police charged Arthur Avery, 30, with setting fire to an apartment building in South Daytona, Fla., after they located the arson suspect at a hospital where he was being treated for burns. Witnesses said the suspect became angry when he couldn’t locate a resident and began pouring gasoline onto a discarded mattress in a stairwell. When he knelt down to light the fire, he also ignited himself. While he rolled around on the ground to snuff his burning clothing, a set of keys and his wallet fell out before he fled. (Orlando’s News 13) n A tornado that damaged buildings in Kingsport, Tenn., dumped the contents of Jerrod Christian’s home on his yard. When neighbors emerged to check on the destruction and spotted the items, one of them noticed that several had been stolen from him. Police charged Christian, 20, with burglary and theft. (ABC News)

Tax Dollars at Work U.S. taxpayers have spent $2.87 million so researchers can determine why “nearly three-quarters of adult lesbians [are] overweight or obese.” Led by S. Bryn Austin, an associate epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the National Institutes of Health study, now in its fourth year, so far has concluded that lesbians may become obese because of lower “athletic self-esteem.” (Washington Free Beacon)

Pants on Fire White bus driver Rickey Wagoner, 49, reported that three black men attacked and shot him in Dayton, Ohio, but he was miraculously spared when an inch-thick book of Bible verses in his pocket deflected the bullets. He said he grabbed the gun and fired at the fleeing men, one of whom had announced he needed to “shoot a polar bear,” which is a term for a white person. Police investigated the incident as a hate crime but quickly dismissed it, according to Police Chief Richard Biehl, who said the evidence and testing didn’t support Wagoner’s version but wouldn’t state whether Wagoner shot himself. (Associated Press)

Mistakes Were Made Adam Kwasman, an Arizona state representative who favors stronger border control, joined a group of people protesting the arrival of undocumented immigrant children. When a

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yellow school bus approached, Kwasman tweeted, “Bus coming in. This is not compassion. This is the abrogation of the rule of law.” He also claimed to see fear on children’s faces. Informed that the children on the bus were actually YMCA campers, Kwasman deleted his tweet and apologized. (Reuters)

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Police conducting a reverse prostitution sting in Daytona Beach, Fla., reported that Alonzo Liverman, 29, told the undercover police officer posing as a prostitute that he didn’t have any money but offered a salad as payment for sex instead. (The Daytona Beach News-Journal)

Social Media Follies

More than 80 percent of U.S. divorce attorneys surveyed indicated that social networking in divorce proceedings is on the rise, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. And social media clauses are popping up in prenuptial agreements. “This is something new,” New York attorney Ann-Margaret Carrozza said, adding about a third of her clients have expressed interest in adding social media clauses to pre-nups since she started offering them in April. A typical clause forbids couples from posting nude photos of each other or photos or posts that might harm each other’s professional reputation. Even though the damage is embarrassing, the penalty is monetary, Carrozza said, amounting to “$50,000 per episode.” (ABC News)

n More American teens are texting while driving, according to the government’s latest study of worrisome behavior. Of teens surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 41 percent said they had texted or e-mailed while behind the wheel in the previous month. The figures range from 32 percent in Massachusetts to 61 percent in South Dakota. (Associated Press)

Ironies of the Week While award-winning filmmaker Kristian Hill was shooting a documentary in Detroit intending to promote a positive image of his hometown, thieves broke into his car and stole all of his camera and audio equipment. “I’m trying to keep a happy face on,” Hill said, insisting he still loves Detroit, although he admitted the incident is “just going to make things a bit more difficult for this project.” (Detroit Free Press) Compiled from mainstream news sources by Roland Sweet. Authentication on demand.

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There’s a joke—most popularly told in Watchmen, but old even then—that’s true of nearly all comedians to a certain extent, but particularly of Margaret Cho. In it, one man speaks of apparently incurable sadness to a doctor, who advises him to see the great clown Pagliacci; that that will cheer him up. The man replies, “But Doctor, I am Pagliacci.” Some comedians prefer to keep things light in order to keep that pain at bay, but Cho has always—quite boldly—mined the most painful parts of her own life for extraordinary, exhilarating comedy. Her stand-up films—notably Notorious C.H.O., Assassin and I’m The One That I Want—are among the better examples of the genre, balancing stark, painful confessional with the political activism that has always been less parallel to and more intertwined with her comedy career, into all of which is woven a welcome strain of good old-fashioned silliness. That last, of course, should not be taken to mean “less important” than the other elements, or contradictory to the more serious elements. The whole point of comedy is to make people laugh. Cho’s latest show, Mother, is her critically acclaimed look at motherhood within queer culture, that she personally describes as “probably my edgiest show to date.” That’s saying something, given the standard she’s set. (Danny Bowes) Margaret Cho @ Wiseguys West Valley, 2194 W. 3500 South, West Valley City, 801463-2909, Sept. 11-13, Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday & Saturday 7:30 & 10:00 p.m., $25. WiseguysComedy.com

“Where do you start? Who are you? What color are your eyes? Are you a woman? Do people treat you like a woman? Why are you here?” These simple questions, asked by painter Ali Mitchell, are some of the myriad questions and responses, painted in small script, on a large wall inside Mestizo Insitute of Culture & Arts. The exhibition SELF_Created: Identity Today is the successful effort of curator Renato OlmedoGonzález, uniting four nationally recognized artists, each contributing to the investigation of dynamics of the image and of the self re-creating the self. Olmedo-González hopes to engage a dialogue on the relevancy and reality of identity in our culture today. Each artist speaks provocatively on the subject of authenticity vs. identity. The pieces on display invite a conversation about the oftenchallenging process of self-actualization faced by all generations. Mitchell’s self-portraits are candid, honest views of the inner persona manifested through the external—scars and all—with honesty and universality. Willard Cron is a San Francisco-based performance artist, whose photographic selfportraits raise questions on gender identity. Alex Moya offers a body of work that’s essentially a critique on the conflict between genuine persona and external influences. Mari Hernández, based in San Antonio, Texas, deals with norms of beauty for Hispanic women, deconstructing stereotypes with bold photographic plays on the body and the ugly, showing the viewer she is not afraid to be her “real self”—essentially, the thematic focus of this entire show. (Ehren Clark) SELF_Created: Identity Today @ Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts, 631 W. North Temple, Suite 700, through Oct. 17, free. MestizoArts.server295.com

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How many chances do you get to record with professional musicians? When the Utah Symphony opens its 2014-15 season this week, the concerts will be recorded live—the symphony’s first live recordings since 2006, and first under conductor Thierry Fischer. The recordings are scheduled to be released in 2015 to celebrate the symphony’s 75th season, and the audience applause—maybe even cheering—at the end of these performances will be included. This is your moment! This weekend marks the first concert in a two-season cycle of all of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies, with Symphony No. 1 (“The Titan”) as the featured piece. The Mahler cycle is a tribute to former Utah Symphony conductor Maurice Abravanel, who recorded Mahler’s complete symphonies, and made the first-ever recordings of symphonies Nos. 7 and 8. The Mahler symphonies will be presented in four of the 18 Masterworks Series concerts scheduled for this season, with Fischer leading the orchestra in 11 of those performances. Other highlights of the series will include the U.S. debut of conductor Kazuki Yamada, pianist Yefim Bronfman and a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with soprano Celena Shafer and the Utah Symphony Chorus. This season, the symphony will also present an Entertainment Series, featuring Doc Severinsen, the Streisand Songbook, and a Christmas concert by Pink Martini; and a Family Series with programs for children. As for this weekend, start practicing your clapping, and be ready to record. (Geoff Griffin) Utah Symphony: Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (“The Titan”) @ Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, 801-355-2787, Sept. 12-13, 8 p.m., $18-$69. UtahSymphony.org

In the 14 years since Lindsay Frei completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting/drawing at the University of Utah, she has established herself as one of the most assertive, confident wielders of the brush, becoming a regular at prestigious galleries like Salt Lake City’s 15th Street and Coda Gallery in Park City, and also being featured in magazines like Southwest Art. Now, she is set to add another accomplishment as she presents her MFA thesis exhibition. She has been a graduate teaching assistant at the U, and it’s apparent from her works that she has a wide range of talents and ideas to impart. There is an influence from fashion photography in the way her portraits are posed (“Surveyed” is pictured), including the way she uses clothing as a statement of identity. All of her subjects are rendered exquisitely, with a mastery of composition and technique. Her works are rendered in somewhat stark relief, against minimal, high-contrast backgrounds, almost as though they aspired to be photographs. But they also strongly assert themselves as paintings, with dynamic strokes. The “edge” she is painting could refer to the sharply defined contours of the objects she depicts, but also the space they inhabit, the boundaries of the art of painting itself, and the edge we approach as observers in a visual world. (Brian Staker) Lindsay Frei: The Painted Edge @ Alvin Gittins Gallery, Department of Art & Art History, University of Utah, 375 S. 1530 East, 801-581-8677, through Sept. 19, artist’s reception Friday, Sept. 12, 6-9 p.m., free. Art.Utah.edu

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Doctor Who Experience (Cardiff, Wales)

Star Wars Identities (Paris) Are you willing to go over to the Dark Side? The tour features a variety of interactive displays that ask you questions, and as you answer, your character—and perhaps your destiny—is gradually formed. At the end, you are assigned a character. Which side will you end up on? The popular Identities exhibition runs in the City of Light through Oct. 5, before moving on to an as-yet-unnamed location. StarWarsIdentities.com

Rancho Obi-Wan (Petaluma, Calif.)

Drive north on Interstate 15, and after about 12 hours, you’ll cross the Canadian border and arrive in the town of Vulcan, which also sits in Vulcan County, just about an hour south of Calgary. This town of 2,000 hosts the annual Spock Days celebration in June, as well as a sci-fi convention in July. Whenever you visit, you can always tour the Trek Station—designed to look like a landed space station—which has a green screen where you can put on costumes, grab a couple of life-size cutouts, and film yourself on the bridge of the USS Enterprise. VulcanTourism.com

Hobbiton (Matamata, New Zealand) Vacation in Middle Earth as these take you from the Shire’s West through a series of sets used in Jackson’s movies, including Hobbit and the Green Dragon Inn. HobbitonTours.com

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This Warner Brothers Studios tour just outside London visits where the entire Harry Potter series was filmed over 10 years. Since 2012, visitors have been able to see original sets and sound stages, as well as animatronic creatures, all while enjoying deliciously addictive butterbeer. WBStudioTour.co.uk

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This spot in rural Sonoma County hosts the world’s largest private Star Wars collection, and private tours—make sure to book one in advance—are given by owner Steve Sansweet, former director of specialty marketing for Lucasfilm. Bryan Young of BigShinyRobot.com, City Weekly’s own expert in all things geek, has gone ranching twice and says, “Rancho ObiWan is mecca for anyone interested in the history of merchandising and pop culture, and, of course, Star Wars.” He also points out that tours “are each unique and full of Steve’s irrepressible personality. It’s a must.” RanchoObiWan.org

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Ultra-geek Kerry Jackson of X96 and The Geek Show podcast recommends this section of Universal’s Islands of Adventure as a place to enjoy cartoon heroes, thrilling rides and some adult beverages. “It’s the one place where not only can you get your picture taken with Captain America, you can also drink any where in the park.” Jackson says. “You can go on the SpiderMan 3-D ride and then go get one of those giant frozen drinks.” Jackson warns that you should “go on the Incredible Hulk roller coaster before you start drinking,” however. UniversalOrlando.com

Head east on Interstate 80 out of Salt Lake City toward Rock Springs, and in less than nine hours, you can be at the natural wonder featured in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Once you get there, the only types of festivals involve chili and cowboy poetry. There’s plenty of rock-climbing, but no spaceships left over from the filming. All there is to do is enjoy the beautiful outdoor setting. It wouldn’t kill you to get out and enjoy nature this one time. NPS.gov/deto

Answer, you will: The interactive displays at Star Wars Identities in Paris

Marvel Super Hero Island (Orlando, Fla.)

Devil’s Tower National Monument (Wyoming)

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Celebrate the regeneration of the 12th Doctor and the new eighth series of the 50-plus-year-old BBC series (which premiered in late August) by jumping out of the traditional space-time continuum and into the Tardis. This interactive tour lets you go inside the mysterious police box and on an adventure where you’ll encounter Daleks and other characters. Afterward, you can wander through a museum filled with props and costumes from the show. Trust us: The weeping angels are much scarier up close than on the screen. The Doctor Who Experience is located right next to the BBC studios where the show is filmed. Many locations around the city of Cardiff are used in Doctor Who and the related show Torchwood, and tours are available to visit buildings and places you’ll recognize from the show. DoctorW ho.t v/events/doctor-whoexperience

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ow that Salt Lake Comic Con has come and gone, it feels like the day after Christmas for the cosplay set. The cape and spandex go back into the closet, and there’s a long wait until the next time a superhero or time-traveler is needed on the scene. Nevertheless, you don’t have to wait for the next Salt Lake Comic Con to get your geek on. Put these geek getaways on your travel bucket list.

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A&E Rebels With a Cause The new Star Wars animated series delivers the best of both trilogies. By Bryan Young comments@cityweekly.net @swankmotron

fter the cancellation of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the stream of new stories in the Star Wars universe slowed significantly. For those of us who live and breathe Star Wars, it was a difficult proposition to deal with, but with the end of one Star Wars show on television, we were promised a new one, and boy is it a doozy. Star Wars: Rebels debuts on the Disney Channel next month, and while it doesn’t promise to tie up any loose ends from the untimely end of The Clone Wars, it is exactly the right Star Wars show to launch us forward into a whole new era of a galaxy far, far away. Rebels sets its sights on the Dark Times, just prior to A New Hope—an era practically untouched by any other iteration of expanded Star Wars storytelling. It tells the tightly focused story of a group of rebels who travel the galaxy aboard their ship, the Ghost, and do their best to spark an organized rebellion so they can one day free the galaxy. Having seen the premiere at a special advanced screening at San Diego ComicCon, I can attest to the fact that the show is fantastic. It drops you in the middle of the action and doesn’t let up. It looks and feels like the Star Wars envisioned by concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, mainly because they’ve reused many of his designs, color palates and brush patterns. The voice acting is also top notch, adding a depth to the characters that seems deeper and darker than the story so far implies. But the thing I find most brilliant about this crack at the Star Wars universe is that they’re stitching together the best of both trilogies—playing to the interests of every Star Wars fan—as opposed to pandering to one set or the other. Freddie Prinze Jr. voices Kanan Jarrus, who leads the team we follow. He was a padawan at the time of Order 66, as documented in Revenge of the Sith. He turned his back on being a Jedi and became the sort of rogue who would make Han Solo proud. Through the course of the

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Wasatch Theatre Company: The Color Purple Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was first adapted into a film, which was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, and then became a Broadway sensation, earning 11 Tony Award nominations in 2006. Clearly the power of The Color Purple hasn’t been lost in translation. Wasatch Theatre Company kicks off its 2014-15 season by bringing it to the Rose Wagner Center. The story spans four decades, telling the life of Celie, a poor, uneducated black girl living in rural Georgia. Her journey takes the audience through domestic violence and racial oppression to deliverance when Celie finally discovers her strengths and her voice. The choreography and the music from the show inspire feelings of hope, survival and love through jazz, ragtime and gospel, written by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray. (Aimee Cook O’Brien) Wasatch Theatre Company: The Color Purple @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, Sept. 11-28, 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. Saturday matinee, $15. ArtTix.org

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Pioneer Theatre Company: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee As Pioneer Theatre Company launches its new season with the winner of two 2005 Tony Awards, it’s wise for potential attendees to know a couple of things going in. For one, the musical comedy was developed in two versions—a raunchy R-rated tale, and a tamer, more PG-13friendly variant—and PTC will be putting on both versions at different performances, so buyer beware. For two, tradition has it that audience members may be invited to participate in the onstage spelling bee. But as hilarious as it may be watching an average theater-goer try to spell the arcane words on a middle-school spelling bee list, it’s

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Children’s Expressions Through Painting The Children’s Gallery at the Salt Lake City Main Library allows kids to enjoy fully curated exhibitions, often of works by adult artists that can be appreciated by people of all ages. This show has a unique theme: the works are kid-created depicting inventive and colorful animals. Besides many cats and dogs, there is a rabbit, a squirrel, a fierce tiger, a canary in a cage, a whimsical Cat in the Hat, several pandas, a vibrant toucan, a pink flamingo and a striped butterfly. Curator Fahimeh Amiri has taught more than 500 students in the past 10 years of her advanced art program for ages 6 to 14 for. The most most rewarding aspect of teaching, Amiri says, “is when I see in the eyes of my students that they are so happy with themselves and so pleased with their accomplishment. That is all the reward I need.” (Ehren Clark) Children’s Expressions Through Painting @ Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, through Oct. 3, free. SLCPL.org likely to be even funnier enjoying the scripted material and songs. Led by moderator and former spelling bee champ Rona Lisa Peretti, the anxious adolescents share the respective roads that brought them to the Putnam County Spelling Bee stage. (Scott Renshaw) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee @ Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, 801-581-6961, Sept. 12-27, Monday-Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 2 & 8 p.m., $38-$54. PioneerTheatre.org

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Dog people love their dogs. And those who love their own dogs often love dogs in general, and are eager to do whatever they can to support the work of organizations that try to find homes for rescued dogs, or provide services to try to save homeless animals. The national Best Friends Animal Society sponsors events all over the country, including Salt Lake City’s own Strut Your Mutt, to raise funds and awareness for homeless animals. Register online or the day of the event for either

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Rosemary Wells: Max & Ruby at the Warthogs’ Wedding The beloved tales of bunny siblings Max and Ruby are brought to life by illustrator and New York Times bestselling author Rosemary Wells. Over the years, these somewhat mischievous young critters have taken children on many adventures, from opening Pandora’s Box to making new friends. Now the duo has a new adventure to explore in Wells’ latest book, Max & Ruby at the Warthogs’ Wedding. In this story, Ruby has the honor of being a flower girl in her friend’s wedding, and Max is the ever-important ring bearer. But when Max loses the ring, the siblings are on the hunt to find it using the map in Grandma’s Bunnyphone—yes, even small bunnies have learned how to navigate GPS. The search for the ring takes the siblings from one end of the grand hotel to the other, and the book employs lift-the-flap construction to allow readers to track the journey through Grandma’s iBunny. (Aimee Cook O’Brien) Rosemary Wells: Max & Ruby at the Warthogs’ Wedding @ The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Sept. 12, 6-8 p.m., book signing free with purchase of book. KingsEnglish.com the three-mile “fun run,” three-mile walk or 1.5mile walk with your pet at 10 a.m., then spend the rest of your morning and early afternoon visiting vendors offering pet treats and specialty gear. Make pawprint keepsakes of your pet, check in with a pet psychic or watch trick performances

by Dazzle Dogz. Or, if you’re particularly proud of your pooch, enter him or her in the costume contest or other fun competitions. (Scott Renshaw) Strut Your Mutt @ Liberty Park, 700 E. 900 South, Sept. 13, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., $10$30. StrutYourMutt.org

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are the chicken claws. Despite a six-hour preparation—which, as explained to me by a friendly Dim Sum House manager, begins with clipping the nails off the foot and continuing with repeated rounds of boiling and frying—chicken claws are very much an acquired taste. They’re delicious, but the chew y texture can be pretty offputting to some. And, I also eschewed the shark-fin soup, not wanting to contribute to the demise of the worldwide shark population. Although dim-sum dishes are offered all day and night at Dim Sum House, I recommend saving your dim sum orgy for the weekends, when there are many more options to try. However, on weeknights and for lunch, Dim Sum House offers a huge menu ranging from classics like kung pao chicken and beef with broccoli to Peking duck and whole fish, lobsters, prawns and such. The seafood selection, in particular, is excellent, and there are freshwater tanks in the rear of the restaurants that contain live eels, lobsters, turbot and more. Seafood is market priced ranging from $15 domestic lobsters to $42 per pound for ginormous, spik y European lobsters. You may want to BYOB, but there is also wine and beer available. CW

Sunday with just my wife and me, we were stuffed to the gills and brought home leftovers. The bill totaled $20.93, including sodas. Dim sum choices at Dim Sum House are pretty standard: an array of steamed or fried dumplings, pork buns (fried or steamed), a porridge-like soup called congee, steamed and barbecued spareribs, egg custard buns, rice-flour rolls and a couple of dessert dishes. Highlights include har gow (a delicate, see-through rice-flour dumpling stuffed with shrimp) and siu mai (cylindrical dumplings filled with minced pork). Another favorite at our table was delicious minced shrimp rolled and coated with pearl rice. The rice flour rolls—thin sheets of rice-flour stuffed with various ingredients and rolled up like Italian cannolini—are equally tempting. Some are pan-fried and some are steamed with fillings like dried shrimp, prawns, beef and cilantro, barbecued pork and corn kernels. The yummiest, according to me? Rice-flour rolls in a hot pot with tender beef brisket and daikon. Many dim sum dishes have both sweet and savory appeal. For example, steamed egg-custard buns are a sort of Chinese flan with a crisp pastry crust. Ditto the completely addictive pork buns (char siu) that are barbecued pork morsels encased in a golden, flaky baked pastry crust (sou). Classic pork buns (baozi) are terrific, too: sticky, spongy, fluffy wheat flour buns stuffed with pork, mashed taro, eggplant, shrimp paste and other wholesome things. Another can’t-miss dim sum dish is the pan-fried scallion pancake; I could eat three or four of them, and did. Less appealing to the Western palate, probably,

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t’s fortunate that Salt Lake City’s Dim Sum House has a sizeable parking lot, with additional spots on the residential streets adjacent to it. That’s because, on weekends in particular, the place gets mobbed and stays that way. Throngs gather during the weekend brunch hours (10 a.m. until mid-afternoon) to indulge in dim sum—Chinese small plates or tapas, if you will—and even in the sprawling Dim Sum House, you can find yourself waiting to be seated. My advice: Come early. My introduction to dim sum was an inauspicious one. I was in graduate school, and had been invited to Los Angeles to deliver a paper I’d written for the American Anthropological Association’s annual conference. The title (this was back when I still had a few operative brain cells) was “The Ideology of Binary Opposition: Subject/Object Duality and Anthropology.” Whew! Any way, some colleagues and I embarked one day for lunch at a Chinese restaurant. As soon as we were seated, pots of tea arrived, along with a parade of rolling carts with small metal steam pots filled with bite-size foods. My friends would point to this dish or that, and the metal containers kept piling up on our table. Meanwhile, I abstained; as a monetarily challenged graduate student, I didn’t want to spend money on appetizers, and wondered when we’d get around to actually ordering our meal. I was unaware, until the third or fourth food cart rolled by, that this was our meal. That was my first encounter with dim sum, a Cantonese style of dining where small portions and plates of food rotate throughout restaurants on food carts. At Dim Sum House, servers lift the lids on metal steamers to show customers what treasures are hidden inside. You won’t necessarily recognize everything, but servers can translate most dishes for you. And there’s also a very friendly and energetic manager who was a huge help to us Anglos during our visits. So far, during our trips to Dim Sum House, we’ve been the only non-Chinese patrons in the place. The cost is almost embarrassingly cheap, with small, medium, large and “special” dim-sum options running $2.80, $3.20, $3.80 and $5.95, respectively. Most dim sum dishes contain three or four portions: three or four pork buns, three or four steamed dumplings, etc. It’s food designed for sharing, and the more folks you bring with you to dim sum, the more fun you’ll have. During a recent dim sum

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During the University of Utah college football season, Rodizio Grill (600 S. 700 East, 801-220-0500, RodizioGrill. com/Salt-Lake-City) is inviting Ute fans (or those who root against them) to take in both home and away games on Rodizio Grill’s giant flat-screen TV. For a mere $15 per person, football fans can enjoy a Brazilian spin on tailgating with unlimited Gaucho wings, Brazilian sausage, salads and more. Beverage specials will also be available.

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Dim Sum Drinks When it comes to deciding what to sip with Chinese cuisine, think pink. By Ted Scheffler comments@cityweekly.net @critic1

or folks who want to drink alcoholic beverages at Chinese restaurant such as Dim Sum House (see p. 25), the choices can be tricky. Most Chinese eateries—Mandarin in Bountiful being one distinct exception—don’t offer much in the way of cocktails, beer or wine. Dim Sum House actually does have a small wine list with brands like Kendall Jackson, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Kenwood, Fetzer and Bella Sera. And there are the usual beer suspects typically found in Asian eateries: Sapporo, Singha, Tsingtao, Heineken and such. Still, my advice generally would be to BYOB, as a Chinese family did during one of our Dim Sum House visits when we noticed a case of

Bud Light lurking under their table. Beer is commonly touted as the drink of choice to pair with Chinese food. And there’s certainly nothing wrong with sipping a Chinese Tsingtao or a well-made American or European lager—something like Lev from the Czech Republic or locally brewed St. Provo Girl, for example. The low alcohol in most beer tends to work well with spicy foods, so a cold lager would be an especially good match for searing Sichuan dishes. The same characteristics that make lagers a great choice for Mexican and Indian foods make it an equally smart choice for Chinese cuisine. But wine-lovers needn’t necessarily eschew wine when eating Chinese food, as long as they remember a couple of basic wine pairing principles. Since spicy food tends to exaggerate tannins and the natural bitterness in wine, tannic red wines will usually be a poor choice for even mildly spicy foods. Red wines will also tend to mask the subtle flavors of many Chinese dishes. In addition, when combined with hot and spicy food, the relatively high alcohol of red wine creates an inferno on the palate. So, with the exception of certain meat and duck dishes, I’d tend to steer away from typical reds in favor of lighter Rosés or even white Zinfandel. When it comes to Chinese food, generally speaking, I think pink, not red.

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I’d be tempted to begin dinner at a Chinese restaurant with a bowl of hot & sour or egg drop soup and a glass of sherry. For the main courses, I’d lean primarily toward Alsatian and German or Austrian white wines. Wines like Gewürztraminer, Riesling, and Grüner Veltliner are sensible choices with Chinese food for good reason. The intense, perfume-like aromas of Gewürztraminer, for example, and its clove, rose-peta l and lychee f lavors wonderfully complement a wide range of fragrant Chinese dishes. The sweetness of California Gewürztraminer, in particular, serves to counterbalance the heat of red chiles and Sichuan peppercorns. In cont rast to Sichuan fare, Cantonese dishes like those at Dim Sum House are more subtly spiced and flavored.

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begins, quite simply, with nothing: It is the writer’s blank sheet of paper or computer screen, the painter’s canvas, the filmmaker’s empty camera hard drive, the choreographer’s stillness contemplating an initial act of motion. Every new act of artistic creation begins with time—to some, it must feel like an eternity—when there is no idea whatsoever what will happen next. But then something does happen. Whether it’s a muse or God, genius or dumb luck, the artist finds the moment when the path becomes clear. Or, at least, clearer. Art is an act of bravery. And not just in the sense of putting often-soul-baring work out there to be judged— and sometimes rejected—by the world, but in the sense of being willing to face the blankness before creation, the wondering if the perfect creation might happen this time, even as it so rarely lives up to the vision in the artist’s head. It’s a leap off the edge of the world when you really don’t know what will be at the bottom. City Weekly’s Artys Awards may only recognize a finite number of artists in any given year, but we see this as a way to celebrate creation wherever it’s found in this state. We congratulate those honored by our readers and our contributing writers, but we also congratulate everyone who takes that leap. And we keep asking our readers to join them on those journeys.

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readers’ CHOICE PERFORMING ARTS BEST TOURING PRODUCTION Wicked

You’d think from the crowds swarming to the Capitol Theatre that this was a first-time engagement, rather than a third. But Utah audiences still can’t get enough of the award-winning musical about two witches in the land of Oz who form a friendship that isn’t spoken of in L. Frank Baum’s familiar stories. A wonderful touring cast—including Emma Hunton as a powerhouse Elphaba—gave those audiences another spectacular show that scores both when it’s showing off grand set pieces and when it’s all about the intimate, musical moments. BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com

Best Opera Production Turandot

Utah Opera’s staging of Turandot in March was a risky venture, but it paid off, with sold-out shows during the short run. The show itself focuses on Princess Turandot and the Peking ruler who lays out a challenge to all suitors: Answer three riddles and you shall have her hand in marriage; fail and you shall die. Prince Calàf rises to the challenge, answering all the riddles and forcing Turandot into answering a riddle of his own to be allowed to deny the proposal. It was a masterpiece for those seeking a remarkable love story. UtahOpera.org

BEST COMMUNITY THEATER GROUP

Grassroots Shakespeare This summer, Grassroots Shakespeare Company toured parks across the state, performing back-to-back productions of As You Like It and Henry V for crowds of all ages. They delighted audiences by building on Shakespeare’s inherent wit with fast-paced staging, audience interaction and anachronistic quips. The company keeps its productions fresh by mimicking the conditions faced by actors in Shakespeare’s day: working directorfree, with minimal rehearsal time and makeshift costumes and props, on a bare outdoor stage. Add a few guitars, an accordion and the occasional slide whistle, and each play feels like a fast-pasted medieval romp you’ll want to rewind and watch all over again. GrassrootsShakespeare.com

BEST THEATER PERFORMANCE/BEST THEATER PRODUCTION

Mark Fossen, Clearing Bombs (Plan-B Theatre Company) Eric Samuelsen took one of theater’s more popular tricks— speculating on an encounter between two celebrated real-life figures—and turned it into a tremendously entertaining primer on macroeconomic theory. Set in summer 1942, it posits an evening in which economists John Maynard Keynes (Mark Fossen, above center) and Friedrich Hayek (Jay Perry) served duty on the roof of King’s College, watching for German incendiary bombs. Samuelsen’s direction provided a burst of energy to a concept that easily could have become a dry lecture, while Fossen delivered a terrific interpretation of a celebrated scholar whose certainty creates more friction in the conversation, helping give debates over policy a surprisingly human face. PlanBTheatre.org

BEST MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE

The Pushers (SB Dance) SB Dance’s artistic director, Stephen Brown, has always used his company to expand the understanding of what dance is, staging evening-length musicals, theater, film projections and even a rock opera of sorts. The Pushers explored a time personal to Brown: the era of “The Gay Cancer” in New York City, when Brown was coming into his own as an artist. Far from being a somber dirge, the piece was designed as a party, even turning the Rose Wagner Center into a bar. SBDance.com

BEST ORIGINAL PLAY

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Plan-B Theatre Company’s Season of Eric showed off the broad spectrum of Eric Samuelsen’s talents (see also Clearing Bombs in this section), but came to a magnificent conclusion with this triptych of short plays about the struggles of Mormon women to project an image of placid perfection. Where it would have been easy to play some of their more uptight or apparently hypocritical actions for cheap punch lines, Samuelsen instead showed tremendous compassion for women facing the seemingly impossible-to-attain expectations of their culture. PlanBTheatre.org

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Charlotte Boye-Christensen, Feast (Now-ID)

Great Saltair for a thematically diverse, one-night-only dance/theater event about appetites, tastes and desires that explored the act of consumption and how it affects the physical dimensions of the human body. Boye-Christensen’s willingness to push her own movement vocabulary into new spaces and complex energies is what ultimately set the table for such a unique Feast. Now-ID.com

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In one of the most unusual sculpture/ mixed-media exhibits the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art has ever produced, Christopher Kelly’s God Complex turned the lens of science fiction inward on the human psyche. Using images, symbols and tropes from pop-culture icons like 2001: A Space Odyssey, he created an artistic persona employing the unlikely vehicle of a space suit. What happened in the video performances ranged from ironically playing with the mundane nature of life in “inner space” to the fullest manifestations of an existential dilemma. UtahMOCA.org

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Tara Roszeen McArthur has stood out on the Utah stage ever since she joined the illustrious ranks of RirieWoodbury Dance Company full time in 2010. With her unparalleled and energetic form, McArthur became an audience favorite during her time with the company. But, unfortunately for Utahns, she decided to leave RWDC after the past season. She’s leaving on a high note, though, and also has plans to stick around Salt Lake City for a short time to pursue some of her own choreographic projects as well as various freelance ventures. RirieWoodbury.com

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BEST DANCE PRODUCTION

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Innovations (Ballet West) Adam Sklute, Ballet West’s artistic director, notes that he created Innovations, the company’s annual spring show, specifically to push the artistic boundaries of the company while also helping to propel the art form itself into new territories. For the final show of the world-class company’s 50th season, Ballet West included three works by current company members (soloist Christopher Anderson, artist Tyler Gum and soloist Emily Adams) alongside a world premiere by Philadelphiabased choreographer Matthew Neenan. But the jewel in the Innovation crown was Great Souls, a brand-new commissioned work by principal artist Christopher Ruud. BalletWest.org

VISUAL ARTS BEST PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

Creation and Erasure: Art of Bingham Canyon Mine (UMFA) Curated by Donna Poulton, this exhibit broke new ground for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Since 2012 and the announcement of the co-stewardship of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, the museum has focused on exhibits related to land art, including Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels. The subject of Creation and Erasure—a historical overview of photographic images from Utah’s Bingham Canyon Mine—was unprecedented and monumental. Photographers included William Rittase, Andreas Feininger, Arthur Rothstein, Edward Burtynsky, David Maisel and Michael Light, who documented the history as well as the humanity of this immense and important Utah landmark. UMFA.Utah.edu

BEST IMPROV TROUPE

Best Illustration Exhibition

Pat Bagley (The Leonardo) Pat Bagley is one of the highlights of The Salt Lake Tribune—and the newspaper industry as a whole— continuing to push buttons and bring smiles to readers’ faces with his editorial cartoons. In May, the staff of The Leonardo decided that such thought-provoking work deserved a larger spotlight, and gave Bagley his own exhibition in the Lab @ Leo area on the ground floor. The show brought in thousands of fans over the course of a month to enjoy Bagely’s giant mural of Utah luminaries, plus select

Laughing Stock editorial cartoons, and also gave people a chance to learn how to draw in Bagley’s style. TheLeonardo.org

BEST GRAFFITI ART/PUBLIC ART SRIL Art

A humble giant in the Utah graffiti scene, SRIL (pronounced “surreal”) has been a common fixture in and around Salt Lake City since 1996. His name is a nod to the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali, which is appropriate considering that SRIL’s art masterfully

Laughing Stock has reached the milestone of celebrating two decades of hilarity this season. The Off-Broadway Theatre stalwarts have run through more shows than most theater companies, always working off a format that’s entirely based on audience suggestion, and the troupe’s lineup has evolved and grown to 19 performers. While some may mock improv shows, this group just keeps the laughs coming. LaughingStock.us

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BEST NON-FICTION

Eileen Hallet Stone, Hidden History of Utah Utah’s history is made up of more than just handcart pioneers with plural wives and prominent neckbeards, as author Eileen Hallet Stone shows in this eye-opening read adapted from columns Stone wrote for The Salt Lake Tribune. The characters in her book didn’t quite fit the Utah mold—hardnosed, mine-owning, pistol-packing “Volga Vixen” Anna Rich Marks, for example, or 1880s inventor/hypnotist Dr. Sumner Gleason, who bred the wildly popular Elberta Peach. The book also takes a hard look at the inequities that religious and racial minorities faced in Utah’s early history, from black miners forced to live in chicken coops to marginalized Chinese immigrants. A reader could open up to any chapter for a concise portrait of some of the strangest, bravest, most diverse lives and Utah stories they never learned about in history class. HistoryPress.net

blurs the lines between graffiti burners and something oddly reminiscent of “Persistence of Memory.” Besides his many murals, you can find his art on his latest run of T-shirts, like the BrBa tee, which features a blown-out version of SRIL’s Breaking Bad mural, and portrays the show’s main character, Walter White. SRILArt.com

BEST JEWELRY DESIGN Peach Treats

The great thing about gauged ears is you can stuff all kinds of crazy knick-knacks in there. But Tif Blue’s handcrafted earrings aren’t just for art lovers with holes in their ears so big they stretch down to their waists like a pair of ear suspenders. No, whether your ears are gauged to the extreme or not, Peach Treats’ unique designs allow even the puniest of ear holes to express themselves with beautiful, original, locally made artwork. Whether it’s

tapers, fakers, weights, plugs, hoops, spikes, spirals or dangles, Peach Treats more than likely has it, or can custommake it just for you and your lobe. Etsy.com/shop/PeachTreats

BEST PAINTING EXHIBITION

BEST TATTOO ARTIST

Jimmi Toro, Faces (Urban Arts Gallery)

Gailon Justus (King of Swords Tattoo) Gailon Justus is an artist waiting to inflict some beautiful old-school-style art on the canvas of your flesh. It’s no surprise Salt Lakers have fallen love with Justus’ sweet needle, given the artistry he displays in tats that emphasize bold black outlines and designs that say a lot without overdoing it. This is the ink-stabber to seek if you’re looking for a design reminiscent of something adorning the biceps of a turn-of-the-century sailor or the chest of a ’50s biker. King of Swords Tattoo, 248 W. 900 South, Salt Lake City, 801-906-0192, Facebook.com/KingOfSwordsTattoo

BEST STAND-UP COMEDIAN Jay Whittaker

He’s been doing stand-up onstage for only three years, but California transplant Jay Whittaker has made his mark on the Salt Lake City comedy scene quickly. An imposing figure who more resembles an action-flick hero than your usual comedian, Whittaker’s warmth and charm dispel any preconceptions instantly; his riffs on race, culture and nerdism (yes, his connection to the popular Geek Show podcast has definitely helped raise his profile) can turn from scathing to sentimental on a dime, and he wields the mic like a confident pro with years more stage experience. And, of course, dem jokes doe. JayWhittakerComedy.com

BEST FASHION DESIGN Sorry Clementine

After relocating her byappointment shop to the Sugar House area, Suzanne Clements has continued pushing her line of badass mashup fashion to the public. Recently, her tastes have gone more into the geeky side, and she’s started creating new pieces out of retro T-shirts and giving them new life. Facebook.com/ SorryClementine

In terms of sheer technical ability in addition to mastery of the expressive powers of paint, not much can touch the work of Jimmi Toro. For his solo show Faces at Urban Arts Gallery in spring 2014, he set himself a challenge of working with six local photographers to create interpretations of their work on the canvas, using the paintbrush like a sketch artist’s pen. A video presentation, sketches and artistic experiments that provided insights into his methods and inspirations made this a mustsee show of the gallery-stroll season. JimmiToro.com

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BEST COMIC BOOK

Salt City Strangers Would you believe … the intercontinental railroad was part of a demonic plan to engulf the planet in evil once the final Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point? Fortunately, a group of heroes called the Salt City Strangers foiled the plot and have fought to keep Utah safe ever since. Chris Hoffman’s sharply detailed comic is steeped in local LDS culture (Deputy Deseret slings Porter Rockwell’s guns; Son of Bigfoot was discovered in Provo Canyon and raised Mormon; and then there’s the Gull), but Salt City Strangers—now two issues in—is ultimately a classic story of Good vs. Evil. If there’s anything Utahns love, it’s a tall tale about the righteous taking on the wrong-teous. SaltCityStrangers.com

LITERARY ARTS BEST FICTION BOOK

Shannon Hale, Dangerous Rousing adventures are rare enough, yet it’s even more exciting to find such an adventure built around the kind of protagonist you’ve literally never seen before. Sixteen-year-old Maisie Brown—the heroine of Shannon Hale’s energetic science-fiction/action/ superhero spectacle—is a nerdy, homeschooled girl, but she’s also half-Latina. And she happens to have a disability— missing one arm since birth. While Maisie’s unique qualities play a role

BEST TOURING EXHIBITION

Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times (The Leonardo) The Dead Sea Scrolls have taught us much about the beliefs of the people in Israel before the time of Christ, and about their history as well. The traveling exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls at The Leonardo gave locals the chance to experience a text that most were only casually familiar with. More than 600 artifacts and a section of the Wailing Wall accompanied the scrolls and, along with lectures, gave viewers a picture of the life and the people of that pivotal historical period. TheLeonardo.org

in her efforts to save the earth from an extraterrestrial threat, this isn’t a book about those qualities. It’s simply a story making the unusual observation that people besides fully-abled white men can be heroes. Squeetus.com

BEST SHORT FILM

BEST POETRY COLLECTION JulieAnn Carter-Winward, No Apologies

For the past six years, JulieAnn CarterWinward has been roping in readers with Utah-centric erotica prose that keeps eyes trained on the page. Her poetry collection no

apologies is no different; the poems are deeply personal, swerving between the heart-wrenching stuff of growing up and agitating against parents and Mormonism, and the titillating details of getting “slammed into” by a bouncer outside a club. In “if I could talk to my parents again,” CarterWinward riffs on the biting reality that there are some wrongs committed that can never be taken back: “I’d say I’m so, so sorry/ for ages 1230./ I’d tell them/ that talking to them/ was the most comforting/ thing in the world./ I’d say thank you/ for loving me when I was/ unloveable. JACarterWinward.com

Torben Bernhard, Transmormon (KUER) Eri Hayward’s parents loved her and supported her enough to want to see her happy. That may not sound like a remarkable story—except when you consider that Eri was born Eddie Hayward, and that her parents are Mormons living in Orem. Torben Bernhard’s wrenchingly emotional film— produced by KUER’s RadioWest— addresses Eri’s struggles, but it’s most powerful when it gives her father a chance to speak, exploring how a faithful man tries to reconcile the reality of his child’s identity with the teachings of his church. Stories of unconditional parental love don’t get much better than this. VideoWest.KUER.org/ TransMormon

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BEST ARTISTIC INTROSPECTION

Dance Theatre Coalition: Fieldwork Dance Theatre Coalition regularly stages shows and performances in Salt Lake City that challenge artistic sensibilities and engage audiences. In many ways, it’s that same drive to push into the artistic unknown that also drives the company’s Fieldwork series. Designed as a workshop for artists by artists, the multi-week structure allows for development and growth through constructive criticism. One important aspect of the Fieldwork process is interdisciplinary interaction between the artists, an element seen as critical to artistic growth as it helps curb that sense of working in isolation. DanceTheatreCoalition.org

BEST GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company is one of Utah’s cultural mainstays, and the fact that it’s reached the age of 50 puts it among the longest-lived performing arts organizations in the state. To properly mark that milestone, RWDC designed its anniversary season to be a series of programs that not only took a look back at the company’s long and celebrated legacy, but also suggested the potential for another promising five decades. The brilliance of the season was the company’s ability to beautifully juxtapose classic work by their celebrated founders with contemporary work by the likes of their new artistic director, Daniel Charon. RirieWoodbury.com

BEST Cutlery Creations Nektia Originals

Until the day when humans pop a magical nutrient pill each morning instead of sitting down to solid foods, spoon rings will never go out of style. Nektia Originals has expanded the concept beyond its rings—made from vintage forks as well as spoons—to charming necklaces crafted from forks. Twisted tines and cleverly punched holes turn a plain fork into an “elephork” or “fork-topus.” The utensil’s shape, the set of the eyes and the wiggliness of the trunk or tentacles imbue a unique personality into each fork necklace, available at shops like Unhinged in Salt Lake City and Provo. NektiaOriginals.com

BEST TAP AMBASSADOR Debby Robertson

Debby Robertson has taken it upon herself to wrestle tap back from the fringes and put all of its power slides and rhythm turns right onto the main stage where it belongs. Through her group SLC Tap, Robertson is dedicated to changing the perception of tap from the common association with little girls at recitals to the hip-thundering rhythmic ballet that a true tap artist

can create. And Robertson now has a permanent home in the new westside Sugar Space location to spread her passion for dance with regular classes, workshops and engaging, energetic performances. SLCTap.com

BEST OPERATIC KIDNAPPING The Abduction from the Seraglio (Utah Opera)

By staging the opera that helped put Mozart on the musical map, Utah Opera closed out its 2013-14 season in May on a lighter note than what laypeople might expect from opera—but with the intrigue taking place in the Turkish harem, not everything is as it appears. The production touched on all sides of musical emotion, including elements of tragedy, so it had something to please everyone and also managed to abscond with the audience’s sympathy. UtahOpera.org

BEST BON MOTS

Morgan Lund, Grant & Twain (Salt Lake Acting Company) Elizabeth Diggs’ play—about the friendship between the two celebrated 19th-century figures and Mark

Twain’s role in encouraging the publication of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs— perhaps focused more on the beaten-down, introspective Grant. But, in Salt Lake Acting Company’s production, it was Morgan Lund’s boisterous performance as Twain that made the show engaging. Whether the words were Twain’s own documented writing or speculative moments between the two main characters created by the playwright, Lund served them up with killer comedic timing that made the bigger-than-life man somehow seem even bigger. SaltLakeActingCompany.com

BEST BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL

Squatters Anniversary Mural

In July, the Utah Museum Of Contemporary Art teamed up with Squatters Brewing to organize a mural competition to mark the brewery’s 25th anniversary. Trent Call, Mackenzie

BEST ATTEMPT TO TAKE ART BACK Museum of Nobody

Ever since art could be debated, it has been, with questions such as, “What constitutes a piece of art?” and “Who gets to make art?” “Who gets to define it?” The point of the Museum of Nobody, a pop-up gallery created by an anonymous group referred to as the Bureau of Nobody, was to engage those questions by challenging the very foundation upon which the art world is built. For two nights, this temporary museum displayed heretofore unseen works under the guiding manifesto that, regardless of its providence, good art is good art, end of story. MuseumOfNobody.com

BEST TWIST ON SUPERNATURAL ROMANCE Bree Despain, The Shadow Prince

Young-adult fiction is full of love stories complicated by the fact that one of the lovers is a ghost, or a vampire, or a fairy—or something. There’s nothing inherently wrong with such a setup— provided it’s built with the kind of complexity Despain invests in this series-opener, built on the Orpheus and Persephone myth. Her “Underrealm” gets a rich, intriguing history, and the characters— protagonists Haden and Daphne, as well as their supporting cast—are wonderfully three-dimensional creations. It’s going to be a pleasure following where Despain takes this story next. BreeDespain.com

Donovan, Richard Landvatter and Mike Murdock painted designs on the side of Squatters’ downtown brewpub. On Aug. 4, Richard Landvatter was named the winner. His mural portrays a rainbow-hued man—a cross between Brigham Young and a bearded hipster, with facial hair resembling hops— clutching a pint of beer. The image will be featured on anniversary beer labels and T-shirts, and Landvatter’s and the other artists’ images add a hoppy splash of color to downtown. 147 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, Squatters.com

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BEST ON-THE-RISE ABSTRACTIONIST

Alexander Hraefn Morris

BEST NSFW COMEDY TWITTER FEED Jacob Leigh

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Local comedian Jacob Leigh brings more than a little bit of an edge to his performances—and you can get a taste of that sensibility in his singularly demented Twitter contributions. No subject is particularly sacred, from bodily functions to … well, other bodily functions. And there’s even something that occasionally isn’t gloriously gross, like his note on drowsy driving: “Driving and I closed my eyes for a few minutes, then woke up pulled over with a blanket on me, cops can be sweet.” Twitter.com/JakobLeigh

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM SERIES

Free Form Film Festival In 2003, film professor and filmmaker Tyrone Davies started the Free Form Film Festival with several friends in San Francisco. Ten years later, in October 2013, Central Utah Arts Center celebrated the traveling festival’s anniversary with a threeday extravaganza that included three programs of shorts and two nights of longer works. The weekend wrapped up with a documentary showcase by OHO Media and a 16mm presentation of James Benning’s Deseret, an eccentric telling of the story of Utah. FFFF has been a sporadic but wonderful series over the years because it keeps “experimental” challenging yet fun—as Davies calls parts of it, “a media-history lesson hidden inside a deceptively humorous freak show.” FreeFormFilm.org

It’s always thrilling to meet a talented new artist, and Alexander Hraefn Morris’ master’s thesis work, shown at the Alvin Gittens Gallery this year, was truly exceptional. The abstract artist was clearly in tune with his process and the evolution of his art, which conveys a personal artistic language through bold lines and color fields. The show was a huge success, and Alderwood Fine Art now represents Morris, who has a show at Gallery at Library Square beginning Sept. 20. Oh, the places you’ll go! AlexanderHraefnMorris.com

BEST REGENCY SISTERS Sense & Sensibility (Utah Shakespeare Festival)

Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s tale of two sisters and their markedly different journeys in search of love is a remarkably simple yet affecting rendition of a much-beloved text. While Eva Balestrieri’s performance as Marianne Dashwood is a warm, flesh & blood portrait of a young woman blinded by her own passion, it’s Cassandra Bissell’s austere, precise sketching of Elinor that stays with you. Such is her restraint with the character that, by the time the play reaches its conclusion, the eruption of emotion she gives way to lingers in the mind as the perfect summation of the Austen heroine. Bard.org

BEST Timeless Design Katie Waltman Jewelry

Waltman has been hand-making jewelry in Salt Lake City for more than a decade, with her products featured in national magazines, but it wasn’t until she opened her 9th & 9th boutique

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STAFF CHOICE just a year ago that locals got a chance to ooh and ahh in person over her gorgeous framed-quartz pendants, glistening gold bracelets and delicate earrings. Affordable but high-quality, her pieces possess a timeless, eyecatching beauty. Long after trendy baubles—remember chokers, bubble necklaces and feather earrings?—make their way to kids’ dress-up boxes, Katie Waltman creations will have permanent homes on wrists and in jewelry boxes. 962 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, 385-227-8977, KatieWaltman.com

BEST RETROSPECTIVE FOR AN ODDBALL ARTISTIC HERO

Trent Harris, Echo Cave The past year was a big one for local indie filmmaker Trent Harris. His 1996 book, Mondo Utah, inspired the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art’s first Utah Biennial exhibition of Utah artists and those who’ve had an impact on the state (including a visit from Andy Warhol imitator Allen Midgette, who fooled a University of Utah audience in 1967). In January, UMOCA unveiled Echo Cave, a retrospective of Harris’ work, including paintings, drawings, film stills and artifacts never seen before, including correspondence between him and avant-garde filmmaker Bruce Conner. The high point was a premier of his latest film, Luna Mesa, one of his most imaginative and poetic yet. UtahMOCA.org

BEST PROVOCATIVE THEME Heroes, Gods & Monsters (Studio Elevn)

BEST DOOMED ROMANCE

Emilie Eileen Starr & JayC Stoddard, Grace (Utah Repertory Theatre) Real love isn’t an easy sell for actors; it’s even harder when you’re trying to convey that love as something akin to a religious experience. In Utah Repertory Theatre’s production of Craig Wright’s Grace, Emilie Eileen Starr plays a married Christian woman who drifts

away from her unstable husband and falls for her physically and emotionally wounded neighbor (JayC Stoddard). The scene in which their connection becomes evident was an electrifying theatrical moment, the emotions so raw it was almost uncomfortable peering in on something that’s so pure—yet, as we know from the play’s outset, can never have a happy ending. UtahRep.org

BEST TOUR OF SPACE & TIME

The Pavilion (Silver Summit Theatre Company) Craig Wright’s script starts in the moments just preceding the Big Bang. The stage is dark as narrators Brian Pilling and Julie Mylan Simonich guide the audience from the beginning of

Anne Cummings, former coowner of Aperture Gallery, was thinking outside the box when she organized one of the largest group exhibits of the year at alternative art space Studio Elevn. Rather than overtly deal with themes of “social justice, critical thinking, activism and advocacy,” she says, she sought works that use characters and subjects that’ve made epic impacts. In the end, the exhibition contained overwhelmingly powerful works, like Phillip Lambert’s depiction of A-bomb creator J. Robert Oppenheimer, the frame tinged with blood-like tints, and Zeke Higham’s oil painting “Saint Michael Slaying a Riot Cop.” Benefiting Equality Utah, the show reminded us that some of the real local heroes are artists themselves. StudioElevn.com

BEST WILD WEST HISTORY

Val Holley, 25th Street Confidential The mythology of the Wild West may look like Utah’s Monument Valley in classic Hollywood movies, but it may have been even wilder in one of Utah’s cities. Weber County native Val Holley traced the fascinating history of Ogden from its days as a stopover on the transcontinental railroad through a boom period that gave the city a distinctive touch of decadence in 19th-century Mormon-settled Utah. It’s a fascinating collection of anecdotes about clashes over permitting vicebased businesses, and one town’s evolution into a microcosm of battles between religious and secular sensibilities.

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STAFF CHOICE what’s innovative about Melissa Leilani Larson’s script is that she uses the stage to make Jane Austen’s masterpiece feel fresh without resorting to gimmickry. BYU’s spring production opened on the Bennets posing as if for a family portrait and closed with Elizabeth and Darcy posing for a similar one. In between, Larson’s script employed several theatrical devices to develop relationships, pulled the cleverest bits out of the text, and followed each of the Bennet sisters’ journeys without stretching the play to the length of a miniseries. MelissaLeilaniLarson.com

BEST IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS OF SALT LAKE CITY

Karen Horne, Night & Day Artistic heritage runs in her family, but Karen Horne (greatgranddaughter of Alice Merrill Horne) is a seasoned artist in her own right. Her art gallery, Horne Fine Art, features not only her own work, but also showcases innumerable community artists. With Night & Day, a blockbuster art event of the summer, Horne occupied the entire Gallery at Library Square with impressionist images of Salt Lake City events and landmarks. Horne’s signature style of color and movement translated familiar city settings into uncanny scenes, frozen in atmospheric and spirited depictions of the present. HorneFineArt.com time through the formation of stars, galaxies and planets, past primordial sludge and the dawn of civilization, before coming to a screeching halt at a 20-year high school reunion. As trite as midlife crises at a high school reunion might sound, Silver Summit Theatre Company’s production pulled the mundane into the grandeur of the universe, showing how one evening

BEST WILD FINERY Staghead Designs

Utahns are fortunate to live surrounded by an exceptionally beautiful landscape, and thanks to Brad Eaves of Staghead Designs, we can carry a bit of that beauty around with us. Based in Marriott-Slaterville, Eaves creates wedding and engagement rings for men and women, usually made with a combination of copper, naturally shed deer antler, turquoise or wood—either recycled local wood or ethically collected exotic hardwood— and durable titanium. With their harmonious bands of varying natural hues, polished to a glowing finish, the rings are stunningly beautiful in their simplicity. If you want to step even further off the beaten path of run-of-the-mill wedding rings, Eaves accepts custom orders for both rings and engravings, and all rings come in a clever box made from a chunk of a log. StagheadDesigns.com

BEST COMEDIC ENSEMBLE SLC Comedy Carnivale may be more monumental to a man’s life than all the combined time and space beyond his reach. SilverSummitTheatre.org

BEST “INSPIRED” PERFORMANCE

Ashley Horrocks, Agnes of God Based on a true story, John Pielmeier’s Agnes of God deals with the weighty subject matter of a novice nun who— having hidden her pregnancy—faces trial for asphyxiating her newborn child. In scenes depicting the character undergoing pre-trial psychological evaluation, Ashley Horrocks played Sister Agnes with an air of vulnerable naïveté that contrasted starkly with the allegations she faced. That, paired with the sweet cadence of her singing voice, meant that audiences didn’t have to work to understand how Mother Superior might believe the girl to have been touched by God—and somehow, miraculously, innocent. WestminsterCollege.edu/Theatre

BEST modern JANE

Melissa Leilani Larson, Pride & Prejudice Even if you haven’t read Pride & Prejudice, you’ve probably been exposed to one of the BBC/YouTube/ Mormon/Bollywood adaptations. But

Several attempts have been made to launch a proper comedy festival in Salt Lake City, with mixed themes and mixed results. The Comedy Carnivale became a success by focusing on a single area: stand-up comedy. Christopher Stephenson curated a blend of local favorites and national acts—a combined 40 standup performances across three days. With a second festival on the way this September, it looks like a solid Salt Lake comedy fest is finally here to stay. SLCComedyCarnivale.Wordpress.com

BEST Onstage Heartbreak

The Last Five Years (Salt Lake Shakespeare)

The plot sounds simple: Aspiring actress Cathy and wunderkind writer Jamie alternate songs, giving their separate perspectives of their

BEST EXISTENTIAL HOUSES Justin Wheatley

It was a year of hard work and rapid development for popular painter Justin Wheatley. His houses got bigger and more solid; his scenes of the city got larger, grander, starker and bleak. His canvases gave a sense of barrenness, with tiny houses or hills under massive skies. And Wheatley’s subjects took off in rapid, exciting new directions, questioning reality with an existentialism that comes in as many shapes and sizes as his painted structures. JustinWheatley.com

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STAFF CHOICE tumultuous five-year relationship. But the musical’s unusual structure—Cathy starts at the end of the relationship and Jamie begins at the end of their first date—gives it complexity and pathos. With only two roles in the production, the success rests on the leads, and Salt Lake Shakespeare’s pair nail it. Alternating nights, twins Austin John Smith and Taylor Smith gave Jamie the necessary humor and cockiness, while Sara Kae Childs and Tia Galanis shone as the wry, wounded Cathy. In just 80 minutes and 14 songs—some humorous, some heartbreaking—the intimate performance in the Babcock Theatre let audience members feel as though they’d been there for every minute of a very real couple’s beautiful, painful relationship. Theatre.utah.edu/productions/saltlake-shakespeare/

BEST GAME DESIGN

Tripleslash, Magnetic by Nature Formed in 2012 by a collective of University of Utah students—artists, animators, musicians, writers and programmers—looking to turn their passions into their careers, SLC gaming company Tripleslash received national exposure when its first game, Magnetic by Nature, caught the eye of fellow independent companies at E3 and became one of the first games funded completely by crowdsourcing to hit the convention floor. Now, with the game set for release this fall and the company already working on its next title, Tripleslash is helping prove that Utah is a vibrant place for independent game companies. TeamTripleslash.com

BEST UTAH COUNTY CRAFT SHOWCASE Bijou Market

Bijou Market has had a major influence on the craft scene in Utah County, hosting biannual markets in downtown Provo for artists to share their work and encouraging people to purchase locally made goods. Each event showcases 60 carefully chosen artists, who often sell out their stock over the two days of the market. It’s only a matter of time before Bijou Market grows into its own annual festival. BijouMarket.com with their best new work, crunched down into 720 seconds. Think of it as performance art for people with short attention spans. SLCPL.org

BEST RESPONSE TO AN OUTRAGED PATRON

Chris Lino (Pioneer Theatre Company) In Utah, perhaps it shouldn’t be shocking when a theater patron writes an angry letter because a play includes gay subject matter. But when one such audience member complained that Pioneer Theatre Company did not warn in advance that there was a gay kiss in Ira Levin’s Deathtrap— thereby subjecting her teenage son to the spectacle—managing director Chris Lino responded publicly and gracefully on Facebook. While noting that such a revelation might have been considered a spoiler in the murder mystery, he also asked the aggrieved viewer, “You object to the kissing, but not to the fact that [the characters are] murderers?” It’s good to have one’s moral priorities straight. PioneerTheatre.org

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Once a month, the Salt Lake City Library opens up its auditorium to an array of musicians, dancers, actors, poets, filmmakers and others for a free public performance. Borrowing from a successful series in Portland, Ore., 12 Minutes Max gives performers an opportunity to reach an audience

Poor Yorick Studios, a massive facility managed by artist Brad Slaugh, is a haven for independent artists of

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various disciplines and genres, where they can to create works in private studios throughout the year. But the real highlight of Poor Yorick is its biannual Open Studio event in March and September, a night that gives patrons a chance to engage with art and local creators, enjoy live music and entertainment, and take home a one-of-a-kind creation from a local artist. It’s an artistic tour you need to take at least once. PoorYorickStudios.com

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BEST INDIE DANCE LAUNCHING PAD Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company

A Utah County stalwart for the past four years, Wasatch Contemporary Dance Company strives to give college grads a chance to perform in an independent dance environment. The performances are scheduled sporadically, but the company gives dancers a chance to see how an organization is run—from concept and planning all the way to final production. When these performers head off for bigger stages and brighter lights, they have a unique perspective on the business of creating art. WasatchContemporary.com

BEST SHAKESPEARE VILLAIN David Pichette, Twelfth Night (Utah Shakespeare Festival)

Many elements of David Iver’s production of Twelfth Night at this year’s Shakespeare festival stood out, like the three-piece band that beautifully executed pieces for Aaron Galligan-Stierle to sing with his soulful, moving tenor as the Clown; and Melinda Pfundstein’s passionate, lustful Olivia. But it was David Pichette’s grasping, lecherous Malvolio who stole the show. Pichette brought both acid and preening wit to his portrayal of the sorely abused admirer of his mistress, Olivia. Yet he found sufficient humanity in Malvolio’s overweening ambition that by the end of his comeuppance, it’s hard not to feel a twinge of sympathy for the character’s plight. Bard.org

BEST VENUE ARTIST

Daniel Overstreet

When you walk into the makeshift concert hall that is The Shred Shed, your eyes are immediately drawn to the woman in red on the east wall, flanked by the phrase “The Real Revolution Starts Within.” The design is the work of Daniel Overstreet, whose colorful murals—found in alleys, venues and businesses—have become a vital part of Salt Lake City’s downtown landscape. Twitter.com/DaOverstreet

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BEST NEW GALLERY

Mod a-go-go

Every month, Mod a-go-go owners Marcus Gibby and Eric Morley work with dozens of creative minds to create new exhibitions for the walls of their retro boutique/gallery, which sells furniture from the ’50s and ’60s. Mod a-go-go also hosts massive group exhibitions during Gallery Stroll, giving art lovers a sleek, stylish place to casually chill and get to know their local creators. 242 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-355-3334, ModAGoGo.com

BEST COPPER COMMUNICATIONS Elevate Jewelry

When you wear a handmade piece from Elevate Jewelry, you’re not only making a bold fashion statement—you’re also “tapping into the universe’s mainframe system,” according to creator Prescott McCarthy, thanks to the energy-conducting properties of copper, his favorite material. Whether a simple bracelet or a necklace featuring a pendant cut into the shape of a chevron, triangle, feather or state outline, these geometric pieces are plain but striking. The process by which McCarthy heats, cuts and cools the copper brings out the metal’s subtle patina, and letters punched into the copper spell out mind-expanding entreaties such as “rise above” and “elevate,” or self-descriptors like “warrior” or “dreamer”—or even your own custom-ordered message. Elevate-Jewelry.com

BEST PROFILE OF A UTAH SPORTS LEGEND YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF

Billy McGill & Eric Brach, Billy “The Hill” & the Jump Hook

When Billy “The Hill” McGill was a senior at the University of Utah in 1962, he led the Utes to the Final Four while averaging an unbelievable 38.8 points per game, using an unblockable shot he invented called the “jump hook.” McGill’s autobiography describes both the adulation and discrimination he

faced upon arriving in Salt Lake City in 1959 as the first African American player in U history. The story gets even more intriguing after he was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1962 NBA draft but never found his place in the pros and wound up homeless at 30. His story of battling back from that low point makes for an engaging read. NebraskaPress.unl.edu

BEST COMEDIC PODCAST Consider Our Knowledge

Even the most dedicated NPR listeners need a little relief from serious news from time to time. Thank goodness, then, for Consider Our Knowledge, a

BEST ANIMATION STUDIO Too Many Legs

The Aquabats Super Show, a cartoon series starring the popular ska group, has been in production since 2012. And the company behind the show is none other that the independent Salt Lake City studio Too Many Legs. Founded in 2010, Too Many Legs produces affordable animated shorts and commercials and brings awesome cartoons and sketches to the masses. TMLAnimation.com

weekly satirical podcast written and produced by local actors and writers with a passion for public radio. The show pokes fond fun at every aspect of NPR news reports, down to the sponsorships and reporter names. We can’t wait to hear the new spin-off podcast: Political Yelling With Christian Goodchurch. ConsiderOurKnowledge.com

BEST NEW FILM FESTIVAL FilmQuest

One of the highlights of the recent inaugural FantasyCon event in July was the addition of the FilmQuest Film Festival, which kicked off three days before the convention and showcased smaller independent films—many by local filmmakers—revolving around scifi and fantasy. The films were shown at the Megaplex Gateway throughout the convention, and drew packed crowds. Though local movie buffs might be used to the vibe of the Sundance Film Festival, it doesn’t have to be 20 degrees to hold a successful film festival in Utah. FilmQuestFestival.com

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BEST JAZZY JAMS SLC Jazz Festival

Jazz music fans are a passionate tribe, and they know how to support the opportunities for them to gather and celebrate that passion. The SLC Jazz Festival continues to provide a showcase not just for local artists like the Salt Lake City Jazz Orchestra and Wasatch Jazz Project, but national headliners like Sheila E and Ellis Hall. While the umbrella term for jazz can mean everything from Latin funk to big-band standards, the Jazz Festival gives audiences a way to sample a little bit of everything. SLCJazzFestival.org

BEST “WEIRD” PORTRAITURE Jeffrey Hale

His spring show at Finch Lane was a watershed moment for portrait artist Jeffrey Hale. He filled the gallery space with new paintings, then cut half of them. The atmosphere in Hale’s side of Finch Lane was part frenzied and part subdued. People entered with curiosity and exited, asking, “Which is your favorite?” With this show, Hale proved his stamina and, above all, that he’s a wellspring of creative, artistic genius. JeffreyHale.com

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With a gluten-free menu, vegetarian options and even a liquor menu, Asian Star offers a taste of the Orient for every dietary preference. The ornate exterior may seem intimidating, but the dining area is casual. From Mongolian beef to a simple spicy tuna roll, the food is moderately priced, and an Americanized kids menu is available for the family’s picky eaters. Sushi lovers will approve of the full sushi bar and the half-price rolls available during happy hour. 7588 S. Union Park Ave., Midvale, 801-566-8838, AsianStarRestaurant.com

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Sunset Grill

True to its name, Sunset Grill is set on a cliff, giving patrons truly magnificent views. And the restaurant provides more than just a show—upscale dishes make for a night of luxury and relaxation. Meals are classic and elegant, often topped with interesting spices and sauces, like the popular raspberry sauce. Even the dessert and children’s menus are gourmet. 900 N. Main, Moab, 435-259-7146, SunsetGrillMoab.com

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Woody’s Bar-B-Q keeps its service simple and fast. The warm and friendly environment and familiar food is reminiscent of family barbecues, and the service never disappoints. Kids under 10 get access to an exclusive kids club, with offers a free meal Mondays

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This laid-back restaurant serves breakfast all day, plus lunch and dinner, all with a Brazilian flair. A full bar is available offering local beer, wine and liquor, plus exotic virgin beverages like imported Guarana Antarctica, a spicy soda with a berry taste. If the weather cooperates, take your taste of Brazil outside to the deck, which overlooks Main Street. 825 Main, Suite 201, Park City, 435-6585451, TheBridgeCafeAndGrill.com

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Handle

This new restaurant, headed up by award-winning Chef Briar Handly, organizes its menu by the headings Cold, Hot, Hearty and Sweet, and uses fresh, local ingredients. That dependence on seasonal foods means that the menu often changes, but with options ranging from shishito peppers to a classic chocolate-fudge sundae, you’re sure to find a winning option, no matter the time of year. 136 Heber Ave., Park City, 435-602-1155, HandleParkCity.com

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The Coffee Club is a cozy, friendly place that is somewhat reminiscent of your grandma’s house, featuring an onpremise roaster and ultra-fresh brewed coffees. The free Wi-Fi and roomy tables make the Coffee Club a good place to study or network. The kitchen features delicious quiche and gooey sticky buns, which you can nibble on while you work on your chess game. For a cooling treat, give the cappuccino smoothie a try. 4879 S. Redwood Road, Taylorsville, 801-263-2225

Drafts Bar & Grill

There are no gusts of cold air in this gastropub, but there are more than 50 beers from around the world available on draft. The atmosphere and quality food make Drafts a rare paradox: a classy sports bar. The menu of gourmet pub fare—think stone-hearth pizzas and handcrafted burgers—bridges the gap between high-class and backyard barbecue. If you need something to appease your sweet tooth, fried cheesecake, Oreos and spongecake will end the meal right. 3000 Canyons Resort Drive, Park City, 435-6552270, DraftsParkCity.com

Susie’s Branding Iron

Western-style American cuisine is the specialty at Susie’s Branding Iron, known for its hearty food and family-friendly atmosphere. The décor creates a fun Western vibe, with memorabilia and knick-knacks dedicated to icons like John Wayne. The most popular menu items at Susie’s are deep-fried, barbecued or glazed in-house, and those who’ve got an extrabig appetite can order something off the Cowboy Dinner menu. 2971 S. Highway 191, Moab, 435259-6275, SusiesBrandingIron.com

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An Ogden favorite for 30 years, Piccolo Brother’s Pizza & Pasta is the perfect place for you and your family if you want high-quality Italian food in a casual setting. The warm atmosphere, featuring brick walls and ovens, welcomes diners who are hungry for hand-tossed pizza in traditional or New York style. Piccolo’s is also known for its sandwiches and hearty, authentic Italian dinners. 1303 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-399-0618, PiccoloBrothersPizza.com

Full House Asian Bistro

Full House Asian Bistro is a hybrid of Chinese and Japanese traditional dishes, so you can enjoy orange chicken and Sunomono salad on the same table. The bistro’s affordable prices and simple setup is perfect for the whole family, and the menu of American and Asian liquors makes it a great date-night option. 6300 N. Sagewood Drive, Studio A, Park City, 435-6157686, FullHouseAsianBistro.com

Mandarin Szechuan Restaurant

Craving Chinese food while in Southern Utah? Mandarin Szechauan is the place to go. The lunch buffet is a great way to recharge after a long hike in Arches National Park, and you can also enjoy a simple, spicy dinner. No matter what else you choose, don’t miss the hot & sour soup. 125 S. Main, Moab, 435-259-8984

Zao Asian Café

This quick-serve Asian eatery uses the Café Rio model of building your meal in front of you to your specifications. Choose from Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches, Korean tacos or an Asian-inspired salad, topped with your choice of meat (or tofu) and your desired combo of veggies— carrot daikon, ginger scallion, cilantro, green beans, onions and more. Rice (brown, white or rice noodles) bowls are also available, filled with the aforementioned accoutrements plus Zao’s housemade green curry, chili lemongrass sauce or sweet soy sauce. The meals are easily portable, or can be enjoyed in the restaurant’s modern dining room. 639 E. 400 South, Suite B, Salt Lake City, 801-595-1234, ZaoAsianCafe.com

Grub Steak Restaurant

With a classy, rustic feel, Grub Steak Restaurant fits right into its prime Park City location. The food is upscale, with the prices to match, but it’s hard to beat the restaurant’s tasteful Western décor and spacious banquet areas. The menu is expansive as well—there’s Prime rib, plus breakfast, Mexican and Italian buffets, and housemade desserts. Friday and Saturday nights feature live country music. 2093 Sidewinder Drive, Park City, 435649-8060, GrubSteakRestaurant.com

River Grill

Part of the Sorrel River Ranch Resort & Spa, the River Grill is a gourmet dining experience in Moab. River Grill uses seasonal ingredients harvested from its own farm, as well as organic items whenever possible. The menu features eclectic meats like elk and buffalo, and accompaniments like salad dressing are unique and top-quality like Grade A Vermont maple syrup and rosemary aioli. Mile 17 Highway 128, Moab, 435-259-4642, SorrelRiver.com

501 on Main

The 501 menu combines elegance with accommodation, featuring dishes specially crafted to be vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free. Options are healthy yet satisfying, and special menus are available for private parties and events. Located on upper Main Street, the restaurant allows diners a great view of the liveliness of Park City. 501 Main, Park City, 435-645-0700, 501OnMain.com

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A sampler of Ted Scheffler’s reviews

Sushi Groove

If you sometimes think, like me, that sushi is just food—like any other food, and what’s the big fuss—then you’re really going to love Sushi Groove. Eating here isn’t likely to be a holy or transcendent, life-altering dining experience. But it sure is fun. The food is top-notch, the service is terrific and the ambiance is, well ... groovy, with graffiti-style wall murals and live DJs. Sake lovers will rejoice at Sushi Groove’s sake situation, and kids who might eschew sushi will like the rice bowls. But the biggest draw is the Groovy rolls, which tend toward ginormous portions and are built with sharing in mind. My favorite is a riceless roll aptly named the Lip Smacker. It’s a bursting-with-flavor roll made with tuna, crab, avocado and strawberry, all wrapped in luscious blue marlin slices and drizzled with eel sauce and tobiko—a party on the palate. Reviewed Sept. 4. 2910 Highland Drive, 801-467-7420, SushiGroove.us

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At Deer Valley Resort’s Brass Tag restaurant, virtually everything—including the perfect 16-ounce Niman Ranch roasted beef rib-eye steak—is cooked in the restaurant’s big brick oven, at temperatures averaging between 500 and 650 degrees Fahrenheit. But The Brass Tag is not just another in a long line of the wood-fired or brick-oven pizza trend—there’s not even pizza on the menu. Service is exceptionally friendly and professional, to match the top-quality oven-cooked

Curry in a Hurry is smaller than some restaurant pantries or walk-in freezers, but don’t let the size fool you. This diminutive eatery packs a wallop in the flavor department. My favorite combo meal is a plate of the chicken curry: tender, boneless morsels of chicken breast, bathed in a just-spicy-enough bright-orange coconut curry and served with basmati rice, warm flatbread and a choice of a veggie side dish—I usually opt for chickpeas with fragrant hints of clove, cinnamon and other spices. The Nisar family—including matriarch Mona—opened Curry in a Hurry in 1998. It was, and still is, a family affair. Mona’s usually in the tiny kitchen, while one of her sons dishes up delicious plates of curry. Eating here makes you feel like you’ve been invited to a family dinner, albeit one served on Styrofoam. It’s part of the reason Curry in a Hurry has developed such a loyal local following over the years. Reviewed Aug. 14. 2020 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-467-4137, ILoveCurryInAHurry.com

Curry Fried Chicken

Though not exactly traditional, curry-fried chicken is brilliant. It’s exactly what it sounds like: chicken pieces seasoned with curry spices and coated in a curryinfused batter, deep-fried to a golden brown. The flavor is sensational—imagine a spicy, curried version of Popeyes chicken, and you’re pretty close. Curry Fried Chicken also offers shawarma and doner wraps with a choice of boneless tandoori chicken, curried fish kebabs, keema kebab (ground chicken) or vegetable curry. And don’t overlook the sides: hummus with warm pita bread, popadoms, samosas and the french fries spiked with Indian chili powder are all terrific. The restaurant is the brainchild of Mona Nisar’s son Sunny Nisar, and, thanks to the Nisar family, the state of curry is alive and well on State Street. Reviewed Aug. 14. 660 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-924-9188, Facebook.com/ CurryFriedChicken

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I spend as little time in chain restaurants as possible, but I do make an exception for Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, which serves excellent food and offers an outstanding wine list. Customers eating in the lounge area can dine at an upscale steakhouse without paying steakhouse prices, thanks to a special menu with a choice of five bar bites each priced at $6 until 7 p.m. These amazing bar “bites”—like the sweet-chili calamari and the fist-size mini-round of baked Brie wrapped in puff pastry—are closer to entreesize portions. And the à la carte Fleming’s Prime burger ($6 till 7 p.m.) has to be the best burger deal in town: a half-pound burger made with top-quality ground Prime beef, topped with peppered bacon and choice of cheese on a fluffy, glistening challah bun. And that, my friends, is why I’m something of a Fleming’s fanatic. Reviewed Aug. 28. 20 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801-355-3704, FlemingsSteakhouse.com

comfort food. As befits the casual vibe, you could pop in for nothing more than an appetizer or small plate and a brew, or you could go big with a multi-course dinner, cocktails and maybe a bottle of wine. Score another success for Deer Valley Resort. Reviewed Aug. 21. 2900 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City, 435-615-2410, DeerValley.com

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The Trip to Italy soars on the comedic interplay between its stars. By Danny Bowes comments@cityweekly.net @bybowes

arly in The Trip To Italy, stars Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan discuss sequels. “It feels odd doing something for a second time,” Coogan says, in the selfreflexive mode he, Brydon and director Michael Winterbottom worked with in the first Trip movie (the first was edited down from Series 1 of the BBC program The Trip; the sequel is from Series 2) and originally in the underseen Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story. So, in a sense, it’s the third time—but it doesn’t feel odd to watch in any way, unless oddly delightful counts. It’s tempting to speculate how much of the improvised banter between Brydon and Coogan as fictionalized versions of themselves reflects reality, although doing so is a distraction from the appreciation of how sublime that banter is. The rhythms of it are like music, with meandering free association leading into explosive dueling impersonations, all of which capture one of the truest (fiction or no) depictions of the lives of actors in cinema: Any friendship between two actors, no matter how genuinely loving and eternal, is fraught— or always in danger of being so—with insecurity and competition. Actors are rarely at peace, even more so when not working. Without making it the primary focus— merely a part of the environment as much as the bucolic landscapes Winterbottom intercuts, or the mouth-watering food preparation and dining sequences—the Trip movies are quietly among the best, and not-so-quietly among the most entertaining, movies about the lives of actors ever made. The Trip to Italy is a step darker than the first, as a natural progression of the stars being that slight bit older and closer to mortality. The sense—already present in the first movie—of them not being as

young as they once were progresses to the creeping fear that, suddenly, they’re old. This leads one of our stars, much to his angst, to a somewhat desperate act, but one that he quickly suppresses beneath a protective layer of performance, as actors will do. The film’s narrative moves on, as Winterbottom’s camera observes here rather than judges. Winterbottom’s career, stylistically, has yielded a diverse body of work, with few tangible through-lines connecting one film to another. That has made it difficult to pin down his unique signature as an auteur— outside, of course, of that stylistic diversity itself. Interestingly, the most purely entertaining mode he’s discovered is the one he employs in the Trip movies: a seemingly almost purely functional style highlighting the interplay and inner lives of Brydon and Coogan. A closer look, though, reveals the camera invariably in the most interesting position, a pace relaxed enough to absorb atmosphere and tone without becoming a slog, and an eye for evocative detail. This is how “a movie about two guys riffing at each other for almost the entire running time” is elevated from a misfire crippled by a limited premise to a truly wonderful movie, wherein two guys riff at each other for almost the entire running time. Make no mistake: Winterbottom or no Winterbottom, The Trip to Italy, like its predecessor, relies on the irreproducible chemistry between longtime friends and

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frequent collaborators Brydon and Coogan. With two other actors, no matter how good, these movies are non-starters, but this becomes irrelevant when considering that these movies only exist because of Brydon and Coogan. For American audiences, at least, they’re the best showcase Brydon has had to display his talents—which are those, with no hyperbole whatsoever, of a genius. His ability to shift gears between absolute silliness and genuinely affecting fear of mortality—a running preoccupation in The Trip to Italy—is peerless. Coogan, the more familiar of the two on both sides of the Atlantic, is equally good but less of a revelation, and because his “Steve Coogan” is the moody one and “Rob Brydon” is the cute, cuddly one, he naturally spends more of his time sulking, and only laughing under extreme duress. But it is their combined forces that make The Trip to Italy every bit the delight its predecessor was. You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off, and you did it just as well the second time. CW

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108 Stitches H.5 There’s exactly one amusing in-joke movie reference in this painfully sluggish attempt at mixing rag-tag sports comedy with slobsvs.-institution campus comedy: Kate Vernon, daughter of John “Dean Wormer” Vernon, playing the antagonistic president of fictional Orem A&M University, who’s trying to shut down the once proud but now pathetic baseball program. But the smiles end right about there, as director/co-writer David Rountree sends smirking, wasting-his-talent catcher Frank Bender (Ryan Carlberg) and his fellow misfits—including a pitcher with cerebral palsy (Josh Blue)—against the Powers That Be in a movie that can’t even work up the energy to be raunchy. Instead, it’s just a parade of touchstones from other movies and TV shows—e.g. Larry “Soup Nazi” Thomas as an assistant coach, inspiring a “no soup for you” punch line—that somehow thinks it’s still a good idea to accompany the hijinks surrounding a Vietnamese recruit (Dat Phan) with the sound of a gong. Carlberg’s frat-boy insouciance offers some minor charms, but for a movie trying so hard to mate Animal House with Major League, it’s not fit to carry either of those movies’ jock strap. Opens Sept. 12 at theaters valleywide. (R)—Scott Renshaw

Believe [not yet reviewed] A legendary English soccer coach (Brian Cox) comes out of retirement to help a young boy and his team. Opens Sept. 12 at theaters valleywide. (PG)

No Good Deed [not yet reviewed] A woman (Taraji P. Henson) is terrorized when the man she allows to use her phone (Idris Elba) turns out to be an escaped criminal. Opens Sept. 12 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13) Dolphin Tale 2 HHH The surprisingly gentle and charming 2011 original—based on the true story of a dolphin named Winter whose injuries required the creation of a prosthetic tail—yields a surprisingly gentle and charming sequel. This time around, Winter’s dolphin companion passes away, resulting in the possibility that Winter may have to be moved to a new facility—away from his now-teenage human best friends Sawyer (Nathan Gamble) and Hazel (Cozi Zuehlsdorff)—if another companion can’t be found. While the fate of Winter anchors the narrative, returning director Charles Martin Smith also effectively addresses the passage of time since the first movie, as Sawyer and Hazel both wrestle with their newfound young adulthood, including an obvious but unspoken crush between them. There’s nothing earth-shaking to any part of this, and it doesn’t have quite the same focused boy-&-his-dog quality as the original. But this is the kind of thing we should be talking about when we talk about satisfying family entertainment: Amusing, understated in its simple wisdom, and radical in the notion that loud, crude and stupid isn’t the only way to hook young viewers. Opens Sept. 12 at theaters valleywide. (PG)—SR The Trip to Italy HHH.5 See review p. 56. Opens Sept. 12 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (NR)

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Cantinflas HH Gonna have to call “false advertising” on that title. Sure, for around 60 percent of the time it’s a biography of beloved Mexican comedian Mario “Cantinflas” Moreno (Óscar Jaenada), following him from the creation of his trademark character in tent variety shows in the 1930s to eventual international movie-star celebrity; the rest is spent on producer Michael Todd’s (Michael Imperioli) efforts in 1955 to land big stars—including Cantinflas—for his planned film version of Around the World in Eighty Days. Jaenada’s loose-limbed energy carries much of the film through a predictable story arc, including tension in his marriage. The 1955-set material, however, just feels like ridiculous padding so characters like Elizabeth Taylor and Charlie Chaplin can make cameo appearances. There must be more to the career of a cinematic legend than suggesting he peaked with winning a Golden Globe. (PG)—SR The Giver HH.5 Lois Lowry’s novel isn’t dystopian young-adult fiction in the sense we’ve come to know it popularly, and director Phillip Noyce’s adaptation loses much of the story’s insinuating power by courting familiarity. Brenton Thwaites plays Jonas, the boy in a futuristic, rigidly organized society trained by his predecessor (Jeff Bridges) to become “Receiver of Knowledge”—where he learns that the world of the past was a very different place. Making Jonas an older teenager certainly changes things, but it’s more frustrating watching the bursts of manufactured drama like chase scenes and speeches that make sure we’re not missing The Point. The narrative still connects in its suggestion that we’d pay a price for societal homeostasis, as well as through Noyce’s smart visual choices. It’s just a shame that making it easier to market has made it harder to love. (PG-13)—SR

Guardians of the Galaxy HHH.5 Where other comic-book fare has felt like action blockbusters with sprinkles of comic relief, James Gunn has been allowed to make a comedy that happens to feature comic-book characters. He relates the origin of the titular quintet—including thief Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana), felon Drax (Dave Bautista) and bounty hunters Rocket and Groot—in which they mostly seem interested in killing one another in various permutations, but the dysfunctional family dynamic disguises how desperate they are all for connection. Mostly, though, Gunn cuts loose with his B-movie sense of what-the-hell abandon, even as he’s cranking out energetic set pieces. Guardians is so wonderfully idiosyncratic for so long that it’s kind of a bummer to watch it wrap up with an obligatory-feeling world-in-peril finale. It’s most delightful exactly when it’s its own goofy, punky self. (PG-13)—SR The Identical H.5 What if Elvis Presley’s stillborn twin brother actually lived— raised by an adoptive family, unaware of his identity, yet became famous as an uncanny Elvis impersonator? Terrific concept for a movie—but director Jerry Marcellino has little interest in making it. Veteran Elvis impersonator Blake Rayne stars as both the adopted Ryan and thinly fictionalized Elvis doppelganger Drexel Hemsley, in a narrative that focuses on Ryan trying to shake the expectations of his minister adopted father (Ray Liotta) while emphasizing doing what God has planned for us. But the rote family melodrama allows too little time to focus on the wild notion of a guy mimicking a twin he doesn’t know he has, which is played almost completely straight-faced. Some solid faux-Elvis original songs only emphasize a missed opportunity that aims for “inspired,” but in all the wrong ways. (PG)—SR

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devoted to a very particular moral code, including rescuing a wounded dog. While the ending seems to flinch from giving Bob the fate he most deserves, and doesn’t quite know what to do with the police detective investigating the bar robbery, Hardy stands out with the kind of crackling intensity where every move he makes feels dangerous. Opens Sept. 12 at Broadway Centre Cinemas and Megaplex Jordan Commons. (R)—SR

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If I Stay HHH In one sense, director R.J. Cutler’s adaptation is scrupulously faithful to Gayle Forman’s novel, following 18-year-old Mia (Chloë Grace Moretz) on an out-of-body experience after a car accident leaves her fighting for her life. Like Forman’s novel, Shauna Cross’ screenplay weaves between flashbacks and events at the hospital, tracing the arc of Mia’s romance with on-the-rise rock star Adam (Jamie Blackley) and her relationship with her parents, often providing truly lovely, effectively tear-jerking character moments. Yet the movie can’t re-create the book’s elegiac stillness; when Moretz’s Mia learns a horrifying truth, she crumples to her knees, sobbing while dramatic music plays. Those occasions, blessedly, are few, yet they also show why a “faithful” adaptation isn’t just about telling the same story—because it actually isn’t the same story, as soon as you tell it in a different way. (PG-13)—SR

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles H.5 I’ve somehow occupied a 30-year pop-culture bubble wherein I’ve never seen any previous incarnation of these characters, so: Aren’t these guys supposed to be fun? Director Jonathan Liebesman cranks up a version in which they’re somehow connected to a bad guy’s plan for world domination, and intrepid young journalist April O’Neil (Megan Fox) is on the case. What follows adopts the 21st-century “gritty reboot” template of psychological trauma and apocalypse-scale stakes, but aside from one goofy set piece involving trucks and turtles sliding down the only alpine ski venue within 20 minutes of Manhattan, there’s virtually no attempt to make this light-hearted enough to be appealing to kids, while it remains too stupid for adults. And if you can’t figure out how to make silly entertainment out of sewer-dwelling, pizza-eating, katana-wielding, etc., reptiles, maybe you shouldn’t be making movies. (PG-13)—SR

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Innocence H.5 Sophie Curtis may resemble a sadder-eyed Clueless-era Alicia Silverstone, but there’s a stillness to her acting that briefly makes this supernatural thriller seem like something besides utter nonsense. She plays Beckett, a 16-year-old who moves to Manhattan with her recently widowed father (Linus Roache) and discovers that her all-girls prep school may harbor horrible secrets. Hilary Brougher’s adaptation of Jane Mendelsohn’s novel includes plenty of eye-rolling stuff in the jump scares and Sophie’s “visions” that conveniently lead to crucial plot points. But it’s even more frustrating that a female filmmaker can’t figure out how to take the subtext here—about creepy societal expectations of female youth and purity—and do anything remotely interesting with it. There’s something beneath the surface of Curtis’ performance as a confused, emotionally wounded girl; beneath the lurid surface of this movie, not so much. (PG-13)—SR

The One I Love HHH Did I blink at just the wrong moment? In this fantastical romantic comedy, unhappily married Ethan (Mark Duplass) and Sophie (Elisabeth Moss) take the advice of their therapist to get away together to an isolated retreat house. But the guest house on the property has a … unique quality. It’s no small praise to say that for a while it evoked thoughts of Groundhog Day, while poking smartly at the idea of how committed people really are to accepting their significant others warts and all. Then there’s a shift—and without spoilers, the character motivations become genuinely hard to follow. That confusion affects the kicker of an ambiguous final shot, which feels like a tonal miscalculation given the bouncy dynamic of so much that precedes it. Is it edgy? A disappointing homestretch for an otherwise winning film? Or an ill-timed blink? (R)—SR

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Burning Love: Seasons 2 & 3 In Season 2, hot mess Julie (June Diane Raphael) must choose between 12 dumb hunks (dunks?); in Season 3, previous contestants compete for cash instead of love. The only Bachelor/Bachelorette parody you’ll ever need. (Paramount)

Z Nation Friday, Sept. 12 (Syfy)

New Series: It’s a reality show with no prize, a “social experiment” … ugh … wherein a disparate group of people are dropped in the middle of nowhere for a year(!) and forced to create their own society and infrastructure. This “daring” “new” reality-show concept (swiped from a Dutch series, of course) at least sounds like a departure from the norm, but Utopia is really just another exploitative freak showcase, like Big Brother without a

Two teens (Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort … are these real names?) meet and fall in love in a cancer-support group in the tear-jerking film that sounds nothing at all like the new Fox TV series Red Band Society. Nope, not at all. (Fox) hot tub, or Survivor with no potential survivors. But at least Fox isn’t overdoing it: The Dutch version of Utopia airs five nights a week; we’re only subjected to two.

New Girl, The Mindy Project Tuesday, Sept. 16 (Fox) Season Premieres: Unfortunately, one of those nights is Tuesday, so Utopia will be providing a weak (going by the show’s ratings thus far) lead-in for New Girl this season, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine has been relocated to Sundays with cartoons and the comedic black hole that is the new Mulaney. Zooey Deschanel and the gang will absorb the hit, but The Mindy Project can’t afford to lose any more viewers—especially not with the potentially show-killing Season 3 storyline of coupling Mindy (Mindy Kaling) with Danny (Chris Messina). Better idea: Send Mindy to Utopia; they’ll need an OB/ GYN eventually.

Red Band Society Wednesday, Sept. 17 (Fox) Series Debut: A dramedy with the snarky teen attitude of Glee and none of the musical numbers, Red Band Society (a title that beat

Z Nation (Syfy) out Sadder Children’s Hospital and Kancer Kidz!) is the only real chance Fox is taking this season besides Gotham. Like early Glee, the young cancer-ward residents are all fresh-faced newbies spouting rapid-fire pop-cultural zingers, leavened with gallows humor and grounded by older actors of note (Octavia Spencer and Dave Annable as hospital staff). And the show’s narrator is a child in a coma, so “deal with it” (even Coma Kid has ’tude). Hopefully, RBS can avoid the Glee death spiral (yes, I’m aware of the phrasing).

The Mysteries of Laura Wednesday, Sept. 17 (NBC) Series Debut: There are two shows here: One’s a cop show where a surprisingly effective Debra Messing plays a wisecracking, been-there-done-that NYPD detective who wouldn’t be out of place on Brooklyn Nine-Nine or even Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the other is where she’s a harried single-ish mom to awful, awful twins. Call me when they dump the brats. CW

From Dusk Till Dawn: Season 1 Robert Rodriguez’s 10-episode remake of his movie, starring D.J. Cotrona and Zane Holtz as the Gecko Bros, as well as Eiza Gonzalez as hot-as-hell Santanico and Wilmer Valderrama as evil-as-hell Carlos. It aired on El Rey, so you missed it. (EOne)

Godzilla The re-re-re-reboot of Godzilla, in which the big (really big this time) lizard-thing and a pair of MUTOs (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms, duh) are converging upon the Pacific Rim, er, San Francisco. (Warner Bros.)

More New DVD/VOD Releases (Sept. 16) About a Boy: Season 1, Arrow: Season 2, Awkward: Season 3, The Big Bang Theory: Season 7, Bones: Season 9, Castle: Season 6, Grimm: Season 3, Hannibal: Season 2, Jesus People, Petals on the Wind, Sleepy Hollow: Season 1, South Park: Season 17, Spartacus: The Complete Series Listen to Bill on Mondays at 8 a.m. on X96 Radio From Hell; weekly on the TV Tan podcast via iTunes and Stitcher.

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olden-voiced Salt Lake City songstresses Marie Bradshaw, Kiki Sieger and Corinne Gentry have been involved in so many music projects with ties to Utah that it wouldn’t hurt to have a Venn diagram handy to keep them all straight. They started out as The Folka Dots; all three recently contributed backup vocals to top-shelf albums by influential singer-songwriters Jay William Henderson and Ryan Tanner; sisters Bradshaw and Sieger front electric Americana/country quartet The Hollering Pines; and the trio are also the three-part voice of Americana/country outfit The Souvenirs. It’s an impressive résumé for three musicians who started playing together around 2009 without any plans of being part of an actual band. Back then, they chose a breezy name, The Folka Dots, to reflect the fact that the project wasn’t much more than a group of longtime friends getting together to play music for the fun of it. But to their surprise, The Folka Dots—a mostly acoustic five-piece that drew from folk, blues and Americana influences—started to get a following. However, it wasn’t long before the band’s progression reached a plateau, hindered by the apparent lack of gravity inherent in the sugar-sweet Folka Dots name. “We named our band before we really ever thought that it would be anything more than friends getting together to play cover tunes,” Bradshaw says. “We kind of got to the point where we outgrew our name, and we heard from a lot of people that they had overlooked us because of our name. It just didn’t sound serious, and people who hadn’t heard us didn’t take us seriously or give our music a listen because of it.” After amicably parting ways with the other two members of The Folka Dots about a year ago, Bradshaw, Sieger and Gentry found themselves with the opportunity to put the focus of their music back on “the basics of the three-part harmonies,” Gentry says, as well as reinvent their image. “We felt that if we wanted to be taken seriously and take the band to the next level, we needed a more professionalsounding name,” Bradshaw says. So became The Souvenirs, named for the John Prine song “Souvenirs.” And the new band was different than The Folka Dots in more ways than the name alone. They’d matured as musicians, and employed a more methodical approach than they had as The Folka Dots. “With The Folka Dots, we were young musicians,” Gentry says. “We were so excited that anyone would want to hear anything we were doing, and so we were just taking every single show and loving it.” But as The Souvenirs, she says, “We’ve had some experience, we’ve done a lot of networking; we’re kind of in a different place now.” They also patiently waited for the stars to align before heading into the studio to record their debut album, I Ain’t Happy Yet, released Aug. 30. “We wanted to record for a long

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The Souvenirs: Corinne Gentry, Marie Bradshaw, Kiki Sieger time, and we never got around to it because we just wanted to find the right place to record and make sure that everything was perfect,” Bradshaw says. The ideal situation finally presented itself when Tanner invited The Souvenirs to Nashville, Tenn., to record at the legendary Sound Emporium Studios, the birthplace of records by icons including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and Gillian Welch. The Souvenirs were joined in the studio by a troupe of stellar musicians that included current bandmates and past collaborators: Dylan Schorer (guitar, pedal steel, lap steel, banjo), Dan Buehner (guitar), Brian Thurber (drums, percussion), Mark Smith (mandolin, guitar), Tyler Lambourne (upright bass) and Ryan Shupe (fiddle), as well as Tanner (piano, accordion, banjo, percussion), who produced I Ain’t Happy Yet along with Henderson. The chemistry among the group made for six effortless days spent in the studio, where The Souvenirs recorded I Ain’t Happy Yet and also contributed to Tanner’s Together Is Where We Belong. “We just didn’t want to, like, overthink it too much,” Bradshaw says. “We wanted to just trust everybody that was involved. They were invited because they were going to bring something special to the recording process. … It was really, ‘Let’s get all the right people, and then the right album will just happen. And let’s just get in the room together, and let’s get in a circle and record this thing live and just trust each other.’ ” Country/gospel album I Ain’t Happy Yet is a mix of new tunes (“Paper Bag”) and old Folka Dots songs (“Black Crow”), as well as a few classic covers (“Ring of Fire”). While “our songs have grown with us,” Bradshaw says, the trio’s songwriting is still as heart-pricking as ever, with an unflinchingly honest view of love, faith, family and— especially on the new album—life’s many disappointments, bad luck, hard times and seasons of discontentment. And The Souvenirs now have a moniker that more accurately represents their music and its often-weighty subject matter, as well as their aesthetic. It also helped bring about the rich, full sound of the album itself. “The other people involved with making this record, from the producer to the players, had a huge role in the way that [I Ain’t Happy Yet] turned out,” Bradshaw says. “It’s probably safe to say we would have never gotten to the point where all these amazing musicians would have been able to step in and help us as The Folka Dots.” CW

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Most anyone who’s caught a show at The Urban Lounge lately knows that the new restaurant next door, Rye Diner & Drinks (239 S. 500 East, 801-364-4655, RyeSLC.com)—opened by Urban Lounge owners Lance Saunders, Will Sartain and Chris Wright—is a great place to catch some pre-music munchies, post-concert drinks and even brunch on a lazy weekend. But on Tuesdays, it’s also your key to free tickets to shows at The Urban Lounge. With the purchase of any brunch, lunch or dinner entree—such as shoyu fried chicken, hanger steak, brioche French toast and more—Rye offers diners a free ticket to an upcoming show. Tickets are limited and not available for all shows, but there is usually a wide selection to choose from. Follow Rye on Twitter (@ryeslc) or at Facebook.com/RyeSLC for more information.

West Jordan Graywhale Closing After the lease expires for the West Jordan location of independent record store Graywhale (1670 W. 9000 South, 801-676-6010, Fatfin.com) on Sept. 30, the store will be closing. But there’s a silver lining in the form of a huge sale, where you can stock up on your favorite entertainment without busting your wallet. All CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, games, game accessories, game systems, vinyl and box sets are 30 percent off, and all headphones, turntables, vinyl accessories, books, toys, snacks and drinks are 50 percent off. Numerous CDs are also priced at only $1. If there is a special music lover or geek in your life, now might be a good time to get some early holiday shopping in the bag—or just finally treat yo’self to the entire series of Breaking Bad on Blu-ray. New items are being added to the sale daily.

City Weekly Needs Music Writers If you’re an experienced writer who’s covered local or national music before, or if you’re just a writer who’s looking to try writing about something new, City Weekly is on the hunt for savvy freelance music writers. Ideal candidates would have strong writing skills, the ability to meet deadlines, solid communication skills, the desire to improve their writing game and a passion for music. It’s a bonus if you’ve worked in a newspaper setting before, but not required. Once chosen, writers decide how often to write for City Weekly and which musicians they’ll cover, and will be paid for any work that appears in print. To apply, please send a résumé, cover letter and at least three writing samples—music-related samples are preferred but not required—to kstone@cityweekly.net.

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Red Butte Concert Series: Conor Oberst As a singer-songwriter who’s been involved with multiple projects—political punk band Desaparecidos, indie-rock darlings Bright Eyes and more—Conor Oberst is skilled at taking on various guises to fit with the diverse musical landscapes of those bands. Maybe that’s why his latest solo album, the folk/roots-rock Upside Down Mountain—released in May— is so refreshing: because it’s a glimpse of the true Conor, who’s hearkening back to his musical roots. “This is a return to an earlier way I wrote,” Oberst says in his online bio. “It’s more intimate or personal, if you will.” Full of poignant personal musings and observations—like “Pleasure’s not the same as happiness” from “Kick”—as well as distinctive Oberst weirdness (“Talked to a girl with Klonopin eyes,” from “Governor’s Ball”), Upside Down Mountain is a revealing look at a compelling musician. Red Butte Amphitheatre, 300 Wakara Way, 7 p.m., $35 garden members, $40 general public, RedButteGarden.org

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The latest album and swan song from Cub Country, Repeat Until Death, brings the Americana/alt-country band’s journey to a satisfying and somewhat wistful close. A side project of former Jets to Brazil bassist Jeremy Chatelain, Cub Country is skilled at exploring every corner of the country “box” and testing those boundaries, and that’s also true on this album, which is filled with twangy guitar work and mournful lap steel. The upbeat, rootsy rock of “You Want It All” cozies up with slower, slightly melancholy songs like “You’re Never Lonely When You Have a Plan,” which pairs well with the waltzing balladry of “A Bird at Sea.” Chatelain has some impressive songwriting skill at work here, especially the piercing lyrics of “Best Friend,” about the ending of a longtime romance: “But that best friend finds another/ Someone who has all the answers/ A special one who loves them just a little more.” What’s probably the only weak spot is “Mute,” with a not-so-great vocal melody. Here’s hoping that even though Cub Country might be done, Chatelain isn’t. Self-released, Aug. 18, CubCountry.bandcamp.com

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With its way of swinging from talk-singing to hoarsethroated, Gordon Gano-esque yelps that seem to be colored with barely restrained madness, Andrew Maguire’s voice is the sarcastic, sardonic heart of Artsy as Fuk, the darkly humorous debut album from Andrew Maguire’s Art Project. And the album’s diverse musical styles—which range from psychtinged Western rock to insistent punk—are fitting backdrops for that versatile voice, with instrumentation that’s solidly executed but also unpretentiously ragged. The first topic to be skewered by Maguire is mindless social media on opening track “Selfie,” which features Spaghetti Western-style guitar chords that crash grandly against a lurking bass line as Maguire sings about attempting to live up to social expectations. Album highlight “I Know Everything About You” is largely unadorned—just rubber-band-tight percussion and simple guitar—to let Maguire’s wordy, biting tirade against self-involved teenagers take center stage. The forced-fun feel of “Depression” is a perfect match for the subject matter—like the “happy mask” people often wear when things are shitty. If only Artsy as Fuk were longer. Self-released, June 11, Soundcloud.com/AndrewMaguire-3

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Citizen Today, when music venues are inundated with indie-folk and blues-rock, Midwest-based band Citizen aims to break the mold with familiar punk and rock sounds. The term “emo” may seem outdated, but it’s relevant to Citizen’s newest album, Youth, with its melodic guitar riffs, rhythmic drumming and emotion-laced lyrics, sung by lead vocalist Mat Kerekes at the top of his lungs. Songs like “The Night I Drove Alone” and “The Summer” take you back to a time when feelings and rock music went hand in hand. Also on the bill are You Blew It, Hostage Calm, Praise and True Love. (Rebecca Frost) Tuesday, Sept. 16 @ The Shred Shed, 60 E. Exchange Place (360 South), 7 p.m., $12,

Thursday 9.11 Salt Lake City DJ Infinite Horizon (5 Monkeys) Ezra Bell, Hectic Hobo (Bar Deluxe) Karaoke with DJ Jason (Bourbon House) The Fever (Burt’s Tiki Lounge) Chevelle, Kyng, Dayshell (The Great Saltair) Karaoke (Habits) Gemini Mind (The Hog Wallow Pub) DJ Erockalypze (Inferno Cantina) She Keeps Bees, Shilpa Ray (Kilby Court) Sounds Like Teen Spirit (Liquid Joe’s) I Declare War, Amorous, False Witness, Cries of the Captive, Of Ivy & Ashes (The Loading Dock) Open Mic (Pat’s Barbecue) Red Butte Concert Series: Ben Harper (Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre) R5 (Sandy Amphitheater) Cedar Speaks (The Shred Shed) Shannon Runyon (The Spur Bar & Grill) Tobacco, The Stargazer Lilies, Oscillator Bug (The Urban Lounge) Drake, Lil Wayne (Usana Amphitheatre) Karaoke (Willie’s Lounge) Reggae Thursday: Slow Ride, Rocksteadys (The Woodshed)

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The garlic burger—celebrated throughout the Salt Lake Valley in song and story—is this beer bar’s claim to fame. The Cotton Bottom is also where active folks gather to wind down after a day of skiing, hiking or any other adventure enhanced by Utah’s great outdoors. But the inactive are allowed in for a pitcher and game of pool, too. Nothing says comfort like a frosty mug of beer paired with Cotton Bottom’s legendary garlic burger. Take it out on the patio for maximum pleasure. The intimate pub is nestled in a scenic canyon that makes every visit feel like a grand getaway. 2820 E. 6200 South, Salt Lake City, 801-273-9830, CottonBottomInn.com The Leprechaun Inn

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Tycho In an age where dubstep’s hard-hitting bass notes dominate the electronic-music scene, Bay Area musician and producer Scott Hansen uses unique, eccentric melodies and subtle percussion to create techno that stands out from the crowd. As heard on Tycho’s 2014 album, Awake—the first release since Tycho morphed from Hansen’s solo project into a three-piece band—Hansen’s subtle instrumental music, made up of mellow guitar and soothing, ambient tones, is easy to get lost in and zone out to, especially tracks “Montana,” “Spectre” and “See.” Don’t expect any mosh pits or headbanging at this show; just prepare to bliss out. Joining Tycho will be fellow San Francisco musician Christopher Willits, with whom Hansen collaborated on Awake. (Nathan Turner) Wednesday, Sept. 17 @ The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, 8 p.m., $21 in advance, $23 day of show, DepotSLC.com Lounge) The Fanatics Tour: Phase V, Kyle Khou, Lovey James, Tyler Layne (The Complex) Ugly Valley Boys (The Garage) DJ Flash & Flare (Gracie’s) Stonefed (The Hog Wallow Pub) Zammuto, Artistic Violence (Kilby Court) Living Loud 2014: Toy Called God, Riksha, Element A440, A Balance of Power (Lo-Fi Cafe) DJ E-Flexx, Karaoke (Sandy Station) The Dig, Giraffula, Koala Temple (The Shred Shed) Mason Jennings, Lucette (The State Room) Mury, Joel Pack & the Pops, Mason Jones & the Get Togethers, Porch to Porch (The Urban Lounge) Alabama (Usana Amphitheatre)

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53. Bit the dust 54. "LOL!" 55. Actress Lena 56. Actor B.D. of "Law & Order: SVU" 57. Kindergarten basics 59. "____ delighted!" 60. ____ rage (problem for some athletes) 61. Concludes 64. Bearded antelope 65. Fence (in)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) In the 2000 film Cast Away, Tom Hanks plays an American FedEx executive who is stranded alone on a remote Pacific island after he survives a plane crash. A few items from the plane wash up on shore, including a volleyball. He draws a face on it and names it Wilson, creating a companion who becomes his confidant for the next four years. I’d love to see you enlist an ally like Wilson in the coming week, Aries. There are some deep, messy, beautiful mysteries you need to talk about. At least for now, the only listener capable of drawing them out of you in the proper spirit might be a compassionate inanimate object that won’t judge you or interrupt you.

considered relatively easy for anyone who’s reasonably prepared. In a typical year, 20,000 people make it to the summit. Why am I bringing this to your attention? Because I suspect that you are beginning to master a skill that will initially require you to be like Balmat and Paccard, but will eventually be almost routine.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Those who invoke the old metaphor about the caterpillar that transforms into the butterfly often omit an important detail: The graceful winged creature is helpless and weak when it first wriggles free of its chrysalis. For a while it’s not ready to take up its full destiny. As you get ready for your own metamorphosis, Libra, keep that in mind. Have plans to lay low and be selfTAURUS (April 20-May 20) protective in the days following your emergence into your new As far as I know, there has been only one battleship in history form. Don’t try to do loop-the-loops right away. that was named after a poet. A hundred years ago, the Italian navy manufactured a dreadnought with triple-gun turrets and SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) called it Dante Alighieri, after the medieval genius who wrote According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Scorpios the Divine Comedy. Other than that, most warships have been are currently the sign of the zodiac that is least likely to be clumsy, more likely to receive names like Invincible, Vengeance, Hercules vulgar, awkward or prone to dumb mistakes. On the other hand, or Colossus. But it would be fine if you drew some inspiration you are the most likely to derisively accuse others of being clumsy, from the battleship Dante Alighieri in the coming weeks. I think vulgar, awkward or prone to dumb mistakes. I recommend that you will benefit from bringing a lyrical spirit and soulful passion you resist that temptation, however. In the coming week, it is to your expression of the warrior archetype. in your selfish interests to be especially tactful and diplomatic. Forgive and quietly adjust for everyone’s mistakes. Don’t call GEMINI (May 21-June 20) undue attention to them or make them worse. Continue to build If you go to a 7-Eleven convenience store and order a Double Big your likeability and fine-tune your support system. Gulp drink, you must be prepared to absorb 40 teaspoons of sugar. But what will be an even greater challenge to your body SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) is the sheer amount of fluid you will have to digest: 50 ounces. You have cosmic permission to be bigger than life and wilder than The fact is, your stomach can’t easily accommodate more than sin. You have a poetic license to be more wise than clever. And you 32 ounces at a time. It’s true that if you sip the Double Big Gulp should feel free to laugh longer than might seem polite and make very slowly—like for a period of three and a half hours—the no apologies as you spill drinks while telling your brash stories. strain on your system will be less. But after the first half hour, as This phase of your astrological cycle does not require you to rein the beverage warms up, its taste will decline steeply. Everything yourself in or tone yourself down or be a well-behaved model I’ve just said should serve as a useful metaphor for you in the citizen. In fact, I think it will be best for everyone concerned if you coming week. Even if you are very sure that the stuff you want experiment with benevolent mischief and unpredictable healing to introduce into your life is healthier for you than a Double Big and ingenious gambles. Gulp, don’t get more of it than you can comfortably hold. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) CANCER (June 21-July 22) For more than 2,000 years, Chinese astronomers have If you surrender to the passive part of your personality, you will understood the science of eclipses. And yet as late as the 1800s, be whipped around by mood swings in the coming days. You will sailors in the Chinese navy shot cannonballs in the direction of hem and haw, snivel and procrastinate, communicate ineptly, lunar eclipses, hoping to chase away the dragons they imagined and be confused about what you really feel. If, on the other hand, were devouring the moon. I have a theory that there’s a similar you animate the proactive side of your personality, you are likely discrepancy in your psyche, Capricorn. A fearful part of you has to correct sloppy arrangements that have kept you off-balance. an irrational fantasy that a wiser part of you knows is a delusion. You will heal rifts and come up with bright ideas about how to So how can we arrange for the wiser part to gain ascendancy? get the help you need. It’s also quite possible you will strike a There’s an urgent need for you to stop wasting time and energy blow for justice and equality, and finally get the fair share you by indulging in that mistaken perspective. were cheated out of in the past. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Squirrels don’t have a perfect memory of where they bury In his 1982 martial arts film Dragon Lord, Jackie Chan their nuts. They mean to go back and dig them all up later, but experimented with more complex stunts than he had tried in his they lose track of many. Sometimes trees sprout from those previous films. The choreography was elaborate and intricate. forgotten nuts. It’s conceivable that, on occasion, a squirrel In one famous scene, he had to do 2,900 takes of a single fight may climb a tree it planted years earlier. I see this as a useful sequence to get the footage he wanted. That’s the kind of metaphor for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. You are focused attention and commitment to detail I recommend to on the verge of encountering grown-up versions of seeds you you in the coming weeks, Leo—especially if you are learning sowed once upon a time and then forgot about. new tricks and attempting novel approaches. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) On a German TV show, martial artist Jackie Chan performed a In 1786, Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard were the first tough trick. While holding a raw egg in his right hand, he used explorers to reach the top of 15,781-foot Mont Blanc on the that hand to smash through three separate sets of four concrete French-Italian border. They were hailed as heroes. One observer blocks. When he was finished, the egg was still intact. I see your wrote that the ascent was “an astounding achievement of next task as having some resemblances to that feat, Pisces. You courage and determination, one of the greatest in the annals of must remain relaxed, protective, and even tender as you destroy mountaineering. It was accomplished by men who were not only an obstruction that has been holding you back. Can you maintain on unexplored ground but on a route that all the guides believed this dual perspective long enough to complete the job? I think impossible.” And yet today, 228 years later, the climb is you can.

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