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Letters Drink & Ride

Had to laugh when I read the “Booze Train” letter [Aug. 28, City Weekly], as I was probably one of those riders. Mr. Cotant must have boarded just after the close of the fifth-annual Utah Beer Festival, when hundreds of other responsible drinkers like me chose to ride public transportation rather than drink and drive. I was a volunteer at the festival and I appreciate City Weekly’s sponsorship of this amazingly successful event for the Utah Humane Society.

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The idea of allowing more space for people to ride their bicycles in a city in which bike riding is next to impossible for at least three months a year certainly seems ill-advised [“Lane Change” Sept. 4, City Weekly]. While the setup is safer for cyclists, it ought to be followed by a plan to sweep the bike lanes clean following any significant snowfall. Last winter, it was difficult to park on 300 South between 200 and 300 West because there was never a time when the curbs were emptied for the sweepers to clear away. Some cars didn’t move all winter, as the accumulated snow would attest. The other problem I have observed is that SLC drivers cannot parallel park, thereby eliminating several more

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. parking spaces. All in all, the situation ain’t a pretty one. As a native New Yorker (and a former denizen of Chicago, Las Vegas and Sacramento), I understand that the obvious solution would be a massive campaign to get visitors to the downtown area to take public transportation. That plan requires more transportation units running longer hours. A family of five getting out of the [insert event here] 10 minutes after the last train has pulled away or the last bus has departed is either going to drive next time or stay home and watch the event on television. I live a block from Smith’s Ballpark and, being basically a not-nice person, I revel in watching people scramble for parking. The obvious solution, to me, would be to use the lengthy offseason to erect a parking structure at West Temple and 1300 South. Yes, it would mean uprooting a few trees, but the parking fees would more than offset the cost by the end of the first season— some of these people happily fork over $5 to $10 for a parking spot, which I suppose is cheaper than taking the train if you have a large family. In the spirit of not pointing out a problem without offering a solution, I suggest a season travel package for bus and light rail.

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I’d just like the author and editor of “Mayor Velodrome” [Private Eye, Sept. 4, City Weekly] to know that I didn’t enjoy reading it, simply put. It seemed like something I could write, and that’s saying something. So much criticism and zero suggestions or ways to make it better—nothing. By the end, I was extremely confused, as it felt like I was reading a personal complaint blog rather than a news article. Now, I understand that the author is extremely old and hates all new things, even if they are liked and used by most other large cities, but come on. Try to be open. I’ve never once rode my bicycle on 300 South, let alone noticed any of the shops on the street. Now I’m more than likely to shop there because of the bike lanes.

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Good Reads

If you’re not midway through your sophomore year of high school, stop reading now. Microsoft Word says the reading level of this column is grade 10.4, and what a person should read depends solely on the difficulty of the material. At least, that’s the assumption made by a school district that decreed that a series of books by Utah author Shannon Hale should not be in the libraries in any of its nearly 50 elementary schools. The Goose Girl and its sequels are recommended for grades six through eight, so younger kids, apparently, shouldn’t be allowed to read them. Stretching that logic, I shouldn’t read Hale’s books, either, or even my own column, as I’m too old for both (editing this might prove difficult). Being an adult means spending my down time with volumes of tort law because they’re at the level of my reading comprehension. Bull. What people read is their own business. There aren’t enough years in my life to read even a small percentage of the world’s infinite words, but dammit, I’m going to try. So, I read nonfiction, high fantasy, literary fiction, vintage mysteries, young-adult literature, “the classics,” and even the fine print on the toothpaste tube if the situation is desperate. I read because I enjoy it, not because I’m qualified to do it. But for some people, an appropriate level of difficulty is all that a book boils down to—and that mindset often starts in schools. There’s probably no more effective way to cultivate a hatred of books than trying to slog through The Death of Ivan Ilych at age 11, but that’s the kind of reading experiences that happened at my junior high, which used a point system to ensure we were reading enough. A book’s difficulty determined its points—so, naturally, kids chose to read short-but-tough books to get the most points for their time. For that school, hard = good. The school district in Hale’s situation—the location of which she did not reveal when she posted

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about the situation on her blog—takes the opposite view: hard = bad. If you’ve decided to start banning books, I guess doing so based on reading level seems, on the surface, to have more logic—a nice objective number!—than most other justifications for removing books from libraries or schools. While we’re at it, The Secret Garden should be off-limits, too, given that it’s rated at a higher reading level than The Goose Girl, at least according to current metrics. The first time I read The Secret Garden— probably in the second grade, hunkered in the dim reading cave I’d made under the pool table in my family’s basement—I was enraptured by Mary’s journey from India and the secrets she found in her new home. I decided it was my favorite book. But when I tried re-reading it in seventh grade, I found myself unable to stomach the cheesy final third, when everyone’s scampering around in the garden rhapsodizing about plants. The moral of The Secret Garden is that nothing, not even modern medicine, can match the power of positive thinking and fresh air to cure sullenness and spinal defects. Ugh, how lame. But the book hadn’t changed—I had. Other books have changed for me over the years, too. Sometimes it’s subtle—a particularly apt line or description that I’d swear wasn’t there the first time, or maybe an off-screen sex scene that Little Rachel didn’t pick up on. Other changes are more dramatic: Recently, I realized that the climax of the long-out-of-print The Mystery House, another book I loved as a kid, hinges not on the secret rooms of its title house but on the heroine’s working mother (who wears slacks) coming to her senses, quitting her job and changing back into a dress, which persuades the estranged family patriarch to reunite with his wife and daughter and heal their broken home. Re-reads of The Goose Girl present no such horrors. I’ve read it more times than

I can count in the 11 years since I picked it up on a whim from the library based on its beautiful cover, and ended up staying up all night to finish Hale’s story. She fleshed out the Grimm brothers’ fairy-tale plot of betrayal and retribution with beautiful fantasy world-building and a wholly unique heroine who becomes embroiled in complex family dynamics, political machinations and a gentle romance. If I’d stumbled upon The Goose Girl in elementary school instead of junior high, I’m sure I would have loved it as much—just differently. The Goose Girl is both a cozy comfort read and a humbling lesson in language, storytelling and structure, and I’ve never felt too old to read it. The social politics of reading “teen books” is a topic for another column, but I’m not the only one who does so. Ha le’s youngadult adventure novel Dangerous recently won the readers’ vote in City Weekly’s Artys awards for Best Fiction Book. As adults become more comfortable reading what they want, I hope we can recognize the benefit of extending the same freedom to other readers, regardless of age. Missing the morals of The Secret Garden on my first few reads doesn’t mean that I wasn’t old enough to be reading it. I got what I wanted from it at the time. Reading is a process of give and take, with each reader bringing something different to his or her interpretation of the words on a page, changing the story in ways big and small. And, remarkably, when we don’t like a story for whatever reason—subject matter, language, too many descriptions of plants and flowers—we have the choice, at any age, to stop reading. There’s an endless supply of words and stories in the world, and each of us has the ability to find the ones that come alive for us—unless you’re limited to the books and the words that someone else thinks you deserve. CW Send feedback to rpiper@cityweekly.net.

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What’s a book you read when you were a kid that might have been too “advanced” for your age? Christopher Westergard: I was obsessed with Stephen King’s The Body. As a kid, I liked the adventure/mystery aspects of the plot. When I re-read it as an adult, I realized how much deeper the book goes into love, relationships and the journey into becoming an adult. Rebecca Frost: I read both Timeline and Jurassic Park when I was in sixth grade. The only thing I picked up was that 10-year-olds can’t really pronounce “Crichton.” Scott Renshaw: It’s been long enough now that I lose sense of how old I was when I read certain things. But I’m pretty sure that even at 13-14, I was a bit young for the Stephen King binge I went on. Not because it was too advanced, but because I was a scaredy little chicken boy. John Saltas: Rush to Judgement by Mark Lane challenged the Warren Commission report on the JFK assassination. I was only 12 or 13 and I didn’t get the minutiae of it all, but I clearly understood what Lane was saying (while busting my naiveté virginity): You can’t believe in everything the government says, and not all people who govern are heroes. Eric Peterson: I read James Clavell’s King Rat at a far too impressionable age. That being said, the story about World War II POWs in a Japanese prison camp breeding rats and selling them as “deer” meat to other inmates taught me an important lesson about how vermin-like humanit y can be sometimes. A delightful read that I’d recommend it to anyone at any age.

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This is, of course, the time for The Salt Lake Tribune to be self-serving. It’s time to tell readers just what they are getting from tenacious reporters who write important stories about people who abuse the public trust. So it made sense for editor Terry Orme to write about the awards they’ve received for reporting on the Shurtleff-Swallow scandal. Awards are about the only kudos newspapers get anymore, and they are almost invisible to the public. But then comes an insightful and topical Tribune town hall meeting “Anatomy of a Scandal”— in the spirit of transparency, they said. Reporters have long fought for the right to maintain the trust of their sources and protect their processes, but transparency comes in the written word—not in a town hall meeting before the subjects have gone to court.

Healthy Herbert Now it’s just wait and see for the thousands of Utahns who fall through the healthcare cracks and who’ve been labeled lazy, or worse: criminal. UtahPolicy.com and Dan Jones conducted a survey of Republican voters, asking them if they liked the latest Healthy Utah plan for Medicaid. Jones did have to explain the plan, but an incredible 79 percent of respondents said they approve. The plan, with federal approval, now contains a “work effort” clause, encouraging recipients to find work and get trained. This is much better than a work requirement, as many of the unemployed simply cannot work. But now it’s all about convincing legislators to accept a plan they see as an evil federal plot sponsored by a Kenyan president.

Leaky Pipes Salt Lake City is offering its citizens a really cool opportunity. Buy HomeServe USA insurance, and your sewer or water line will be protected. The thing is, the pitch came on Salt Lake City letterhead, and apparently was the brainchild of former Councilwoman Jill Remington Love. HomeServe won a $70,000 bid for the exclusive right to sell its product to unsuspecting consumers. Doesn’t anyone look into these companies? Matt Gephardt did, and it wasn’t pretty. WFPL News in Louisville, Ky., did, too, finding that it “has run afoul of several state attorneys general, including Kentucky, in recent years over allegations of unfair and deceptive advertising.” Salt Lake actuary Joan Ogden crunched the numbers. “Statistically, you would pay premiums totalling $9,363 before the statistical likelihood would say you might have a break.”

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After living around the world, Liz Galloway now has a hyper-local focus. Since early this year, Galloway has been the director of marketing for Merco Local, founded in 2013 by Don Hamp to support local businesses—which are close to Galloway’s heart, as she was born and raised in downtown Salt Lake City. Merco’s local-first focus is embodied in several ways, including it being frowned upon for employees to bring any non-local goods to the office, but it’s made the most waves with the Merco Box, a monthly subscription box that contains samples and gift certificates from local businesses and restaurants. Merco is celebrating its anniversary and the opening of its new storefront in Holladay (4659 S. 2300 East, No. 203) with a Sept. 20 event at the store from 6 to 9:30 p.m., featuring pop-up art, live local music, food, drinks, raffles and more. Visit MercoBox.com for more information.

Do consumers miss out on anything by shopping at, say, Target?

You go into a local store, and you talk to the shop owner—they’re usually there, all the time—and then you have a new friend. And then you go back and become a loyal personal. Partnerships build that way, inspirations are formed. Another thing is the uniqueness of it. You’re not going to find a really cool piece of jewelry that’s unique to you at Target. You’re just going to look like everybody else. I think you just lose out on something that’s very experiential that can’t be replaced by big-box stores.

Is Utah’s local-business culture different from other places?

I think it’s a unique market because it’s very supportive of other businesses. There’s a lot of alternative art and things growing here, so people are really supportive and excited to help each other.

What was the founding principle of Merco Local?

A one-stop platform for local businesses to get their information out there. The CEO, Don, is really passionate about what he’s doing; he’s putting everything on the line to do a startup supporting local businesses. We are a local business, we are a small business, so we understand that whole mentality. [Local businesses] have an online profile that they create, with an accessible background where they can put coupons, they have a blog that they can control, direct-e-mail campaigns, SMS messaging. They also have our support—if they don’t have time to manage the back end, we’ll do it for them. We also try to source and find things that are unique and different.

Why’d you start a subscription box?

It’s another venue for the merchants that we support to get out to people in the market. Subscription boxes are pretty popular right now. It goes right to their doors—it’s one thing to get a gift card or see something online, but to have it actually delivered to your door ... And this is your local—every time you purchase this, you have something that’s going back into the local community. We also have subscribers from out of state, who’ve moved away but want a little something from their community.

What’s in a Merco Box? It varies every month what’s in there—it’s kind of like a surprise. If you don’t have all the time to find out everything that’s going on, we’re your source for that—we let you know the people who are out there with cool stuff. We find new businesses every single month, so it’s a constant “Who’s out there, who’s doing what?” Some people we’ll find working in their homes and selling on Etsy, and we highlight them in the box. We work with a lot of restaurants that are locally owned and operated that do gift cards. And we’re going to have a retail space where people can actually walk in and see and touch the boxes, and do some build-a-box options.

What’s your favorite local store? The one off the top of my head is Q Clothing. Everyone loves them. She has really cool stuff in there. Zest—food, music, DJs. It changes a lot, when I find out about new stuff.

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The CEO of Levi Strauss recently suggested jeans shouldn’t be laundered, but left in the freezer overnight to kill bacteria and remove odors. Supposedly this preserves the fit and saves water. Previously, a student at the University of Alberta studied the growth of bacteria on his jeans after wearing them for months at a time, and concluded that the bacterial count eventually flatlines. He also put his jeans in the freezer to remove offensive smells. Will freezing my jeans get rid of their odor? —Joe F., Berkeley

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High time we got this sorted out. At the Brainstorm Green sustainability conference in May that set the online world a-twittering about denim-washing best practices, Levi Strauss CEO Chip Bergh didn’t in fact suggest putting your jeans in the freezer. (At least he didn’t do so on camera.) What he said was you didn’t need to launder jeans, and claimed the year-old pair he was wearing had never seen a washing machine. Bergh’s previous employer was soapmaker Procter & Gamble. One suspects there was bad blood. Any way, his green brainstorm: Lifecycle water consumption for a pair of jeans is more than 900 gallons. Much of this goes into pre-washing the denim at the factory, and half is used by the customer washing the jeans at home. To save water, therefore, one might buy the new Levi’s line of factory-unwashed jeans and/or stop washing your jeans, other than spot-cleaning with a sponge or toothbrush and some detergent. Freezing your jeans is another story. The idea has been floating around the Internet for a while, and evidently, Levi’s spokespeople have blithely passed it along. The Canadian undergrad you refer to, Josh Le, wore a pair of jeans for a year-plus without washing them, and claimed to have controlled their odor via freezing. But his project wasn’t conducted rigorously enough to support any claims about bacteria. So let’s break down your question: Q: Should you freeze jeans to kill bacteria and remove odors? A: This advice is without scientific basis. Q: Do you need to wash jeans? A: I won’t say never. But you can probably wash them less often than most people do. Personal testimony: Years ago, before the dawn of pre-washed denim, I maintained that one might go a long spell between jeans washings, not so much to conserve water as to preserve jeans that had attained the optimal broken-in state between new-bought stiffness and eventual disintegration. My jeans-care method was as follows: 1. Buy jeans. In the frontier days of my youth, you did see some variety in jeans styles, but for fabric, you had one choice: new denim, which was a uniform blue and had the suppleness of plywood. You wanted to hustle through this phase as quickly as possible. 2. Wear jeans every day and wash them every night. I wasn’t one of those feckless

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adolescents who washed their jeans five times in a row or wore them wet to improve the fit. But it was obvious that machinewashing accelerated the aging process, so I figured I might as well scoot things along. 3. The desired degree of fade and give having been achieved, sharply reduce the washing schedule, thereby postponing the day when the jeans get so threadbare you have to patch them, or (later) make cutoffs, or (finally) toss them and start over. I didn’t go a year between washings, and I’d never heard of the freezer treatment. However, assuming I didn’t spill 30-weight or something on my pants, I might go weeks or months between washings. Then I met the future Mrs. Adams. She believed frequent if not daily washing of jeans (and everything else) was not merely a moral imperative but a practical necessity, because dirt itself, not agitation in the washing machine, was what accelerated fabric deterioration. I had a choice: empirical observation or domestic harmony. I caved. The facts remain: n Nobody claims you shouldn’t wash jeans if they become grimy or smelly. We assume, however, that the modern jeanswearer leads a life of dirt-free, climatecontrolled comfort. n Freezing jeans does nothing. It doesn’t kill bacteria, it just temporarily slows their growth. Heating jeans would do the trick, but is at odds with the goal of conserving resources. n As we’ve established here recently, the average person sheds a liter or more of insensible sweat per day. Much of this no doubt migrates through one’s clothes. However, the sweat emanating from most of the body’s surface is produced by eccrine glands, contains no oil, and doesn’t become smelly. The apocrine glands, which produce oily and potentially fragrant sweat, are concentrated in a few regions of the body, the relevant one for present purposes being the groin. Assumption No. 2: the modern jeans-wearer also wears underwear and changes it daily. n Washing jeans from the standpoint of odor suppression, therefore, isn’t urgent— and, to be blunt, blue hides the dirt. No sense being an extremist, of course. My advice: Wash those jeans annually, whether they need it or not. Send questions to Cecil via StraightDope. com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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Michael Lee vs. Fred Cox is the legislative race to watch. By Eric S. Peterson epeterson@cityweekly.net @ericspeterson The jagged puzzle piece known as House District 30 is the site of what might be 2014’s most competitive legislative race, as former Republican lawmaker Fred Cox seeks to reclaim the seat he lost to Democrat Janice Fisher in 2012 by fewer than 400 votes. A near majority of the voters in that section of West Valley City—between 3740 West and approximately 7100 West, running from 3500 South to 4700 South— don’t affiliate with either party. Fisher decided not to run again, and now Cox is squaring off against Democrat Michael Lee, a local union leader and deputy sheriff of the Unified Police Department—and no, he’s not that Mike Lee.

Fred “Blueprints” Cox FredCox4Utah.com The owner of a small architecture business, Cox has long been involved in the legislature, advocating on behalf of his profession. He also got involved in other political campaigns, including that of former Rep. Ron Bigelow, R-West Valley City, who stepped down from the legislature in 2011 to join the governor’s cabinet, and whose spot in the House Cox was appointed to fill. Cox hit the ground running—he was appointed on Jan. 10, 2011, and his first legislative committee was Jan. 11. While some labeled Cox as a Tea Party “ally,” he says he’s proud of his willingness to listen to all parties and to straddle the political spectrum. After the 2012 session ended, The Salt Lake Tribune published a “red/blue” ranking of lawmakers that placed Cox smack-dab in the political middle of the House. He was more conservative than 37 colleagues, including moderate Republicans and Democrats, but less conservative than 37 Republicans. Cox says he believes in the free market and a smaller government, but doesn’t see his conservative beliefs as conflicting with progressive issues like cleaner air.

House District 30 Republican candidate Fred Cox (left) and Democratic candidate Michael Lee (right) will debate Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. at the West Valley City Library (2880 W. 3650 South). “As you start to drive into downtown, into the inversion, it’s like dropping into soup,” Cox says of his district’s geography. Though a bill Cox sponsored to make buildings more energy efficient failed on the Hill, it did cause Solar Day Salt Lake to name him 2012’s “Greenest Republican in the State.” When it comes to federal land, Cox agrees that Utah should control the majority of the land within its borders, but that didn’t stop him from fighting Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, for months on Ivory’s bill to take back federal lands, because the bill originally didn’t specify what could happen to the land if Utah reclaimed it. “We have Constitutional claims and the ability for us to get the land exists,” Cox says. “[But] I’m not sure I want the decision of what to do with the land made by a committee of Realtors, so I do believe we need some additional protections.” At the heart of Cox’s campaign is his belief in advocating for constituents’ rights, even if it puts him up against his party. That belief led him to fight a 2011 proposal by then Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to allow police to arrest citizens for class B and C misdemeanors without a warrant, and oppose a 2013 bill to restrict smoking in cars with passengers—even though he’s not a smoker. “If we don’t have someone standing up for those rights we’ll continue to see the government take away those rights a piece at a time,” Cox says.

Michael “not that Mike” Lee MichaelDLee.net Michael Lee is new to politics, but he knows what it means to dedicate one’s life to public service. After 13 years in law enforcement, one of Lee’s scariest days was one of his earliest as a patrol officer responding to a fire in Magna, only to discover that the man who had started the fire had also barricaded himself in the building’s basement and was firing a weapon. Lee had to approach the basement of the burning building and was greeted by the sound of gunshots. In the confusion, Lee never knew if the shots were aimed at him, but by the end of the day, Lee had gained a new appreciation for the hazards of his work. If elected, Lee says, he’ll advocate for public safety and can draw on his career experience for addressing public policy. The greatest lessons he’s learned from his work, he says, came from community policing—an assignment that gave him experience running low-level narcotics and vice operations and also allowed him to interface with community councils in his neighborhood and do anti-gang outreach at local schools. He helped bring the evidence-based Gang Resistance Education & Training program to the Sheriff’s Office, which has police meet with at-risk kids in middle and junior high before they go to high school, when they’re more likely to succumb to criminal activity. He wants to advocate for a smart relocation of the Utah State Prison that’s

not too far from hospitals, courts and the homes of corrections officers who currently work there and live in the county. He also wants to make sure a new prison invests in programming to keep inmates from re-offending once they get out. “The state owes it to society to try and rehabilitate those offenders,” Lee says. Lee’s campaign is less about big ideas, he says, and more about being an advocate. He’s represented his community not only through his professional career but also as a union organizer; he’s currently the vice president of the Utah AFL-CIO. But he would like to fight for campaign contribution limits, since Utah is one of only four states that place no limits on campaign donations. “You can essentially buy a politician in Utah,” Lee says. He also supports ideas like the unsuccessful 2014 bill sponsored by Sen. Pat Jones, D-Holladay, to limit family income-tax exemptions to two per child and force larger families to pay more into education funding. Ten years ago, Lee says, he never would have guessed he’d be running for office. Now, he reflects on an uncle who represented southern Illinois in the state’s assembly and fought hard to help his community, even when it meant going up against the powerful cabal of Chicago legislators. “I want to be the guy that can bring things to the west side,” Lee says. “I want to be guy that’s up there advocating for these folks that work as hard as anybody else in the state.” CW

RETRACTION In the story “Smash Brothers,” published Aug. 20, City Weekly inaccurately identified Cameron Montgomery as being involved in an alleged violent incident that’s part of a federal indictment against his brother, Robert Montgomery. Though the two men are brothers, Cameron Montgomery was not involved in the incident; his name was incorrectly printed instead of his brother Chase. We apologize for the error.

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Saturday, Sept. 20

Eight probable reasons Gov. Gary Herbert is vying for more airtime on Fox News:

He thinks it’ll lead to more serious roles on other Fox properties, like The Simpsons.

7. To promote Utah as a

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6. To brag about Utah’s near-

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5. Free haircuts. 4. He’s sure if he spends

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3. To up his 2016 re-election odds from 99 percent to 99.5 percent.

To pitch his own talk show: “Herbert—it’s like Huckabee, but with puppets and spelling.”

It’s the only place with even less Democratic presence than Utah.

The Clean Air Fair will have not only live local music, family activities and keynote speakers addressing Utah’s depressing and harmful air quality, but also 20 idea booths with folks offering solutions to our red-air blues. Attendees can also learn how to make solar ovens and seed bombs, and get helpful gardening tips. Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Sept. 20, noon-5 p.m., http://citywk.ly/1scb6wN

People’s Listening Project Sept. 20-21

The People’s Listening Project is here to listen, no matter what’s bothering you. Be it Medicaid expansion, air quality or bad tippers, these activists want to hear about it. You can come talk, enjoy tea and share your concerns, and the project will then work on developing grassroots campaigns to address them. Poplar Grove Park, 800 S. Emery St., Sept. 20, 2-5 p.m.; The People’s Market, 1000 S. 900 West, Sept. 21, 3-5 p.m.

Wine & Cheese Benefit for Crossroads Urban Center Sunday, Sept. 21

This weekend, you can take part in a fancy and guilt-free wine & cheese soiree supporting the work of the Crossroads Urban Center, local champions of the have-nots. The organization helps lowincome Utahns with resources and an emergency food pantry. The benefit will feature a silent auction, artisan victuals courtesy of Caputo’s Market & Deli, and live music. Admission is $45 in advance or $50 the day of the event. The Bayou, 645 S. State, 801961-8400, Sept. 21, 1-4 p.m., CrossroadsUrbanCenter.org

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Shantoria Valentine, 23, robbed a bank in Omaha, Neb., but while fleeing, she collapsed after only a few blocks, according to police. One witness noticed the suspect would “shuffle a little bit, run a little bit, walk a little bit, shuffle a little bit.” After she ran up a hill, “she was pretty well winded then,” another witness said. “She just laid down and put her hands out.” (Omaha’s WOWT-TV)

QUIRKS

n Police charged Diondre Jones, 26, with Medicaid fraud after she identified herself as her dead sister when checking into a hospital in Slidell, La., while wearing a T-shirt that featured a memorial to her sister. (New Orleans’s WWL-TV)

Unclear on the Concept After Kelly John Lange, 34, was convicted of assault in Sioux Falls, S.D., a judge ordered him to attend anger-management classes. He didn’t complete the course and was ordered to appear in court to explain why. While in a conference room with his public defender, Lange became angry and attacked her, causing minor injuries. He was arrested for assault. (The Smoking Gun)

Bottom Line

Family Values Fifty-four percent of Christian men and 15 percent of Christian women admitted to viewing pornography at least once a month,

It Ain’t Rocket Surgery

Thirteen people were injured during a demonstration of the science of tornadoes at the Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum in Reno, Nev. A mixture of methyl alcohol and boric acid is used to create a whirling tornado effect for the daily exhibition, but this time there was a chemical flash, “similar to if someone threw gasoline on a fire,” city official Matthew Brown said. Amateur video shows flames falling off an experiment table onto the floor near a group of children watching the demonstration. (Associated Press) n Human-caused earthquakes, a side effect of high-tech energy drilling, cause less shaking than natural ones and feel about 16 times weaker, according to a study by U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Susan Hough. “It’s not that there’s no hazard,” Hough said of the artificial quakes induced by injections of wastewater deep underground during hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, “it’s just that it’s a little better than you might think.” Hough theorized that the artificial quakes have less energy because the injected wastewater lubricates the fault. (Associated Press) n Federal wildlife investigators are urging California officials to halt an application to build a state-of-the-art solar plant after concluding that a similar but smaller existing plant in the Mojave Desert is causing birds to ignite in mid-air at the rate of one every two minutes. The smaller plant, operated by Oakland-based BrightSource Energy, uses 300,000 mirrors, each the size of a garage door, to reflect solar rays onto three, 40-story boiler towers, whose heated water produces steam to turn turbines to generate enough electricity for 140,000 homes. BrightSource has applied to build its new mirror field and a 75-story power tower near the California-Arizona border and, according to senior vice president Joseph Desmond, is investigating ways to scare birds away to curb the incinerations. (Associated Press)

Second-Amendment Follies A 13-year-old boy who told police in Muskegon, Mich., that he was shot in the foot as a “random act of violence” later admitted he shot himself while checking to see whether the weapon was loaded. (The Muskegon Chronicle) Compiled from mainstream news sources by Roland Sweet. Authentication on demand.

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according to a Barna Group survey. The definition of pornography was left up to the respondents. (The Washington Times)

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Japan kicked off Disaster Prevention Day by urging people to stockpile toilet paper. The promotion by the trade ministry and the Japan Household Paper Industry Association is part of the ministry’s “toilet paper supply continuity plan,” which was devised after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, but it’s also aimed at boosting toilet paper sales, which have flattened since shoppers hoarded consumer goods ahead of this year’s nationwide consumption tax increase. About 40 percent of the country’s toilet paper comes from earthquake-prone Shizuoka Prefecture, according to ministry officials, who urged households to have at least a month’s reserve supply. (Bloomberg News)

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Almost anyone can hire a local police officer for private use—gun, uniform, squad car and all. By Colby Frazier

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hat Salt Lake City cop standing in front of the whiskey at the Utah State Liquor Store—gun on one hip, Taser on the other, a badge pinned to his breast pocket—isn’t exactly at work. Technically, it’s his day off, and he’s busy working his $25-an-hour part-time job.

Same goes for the police officer who guards the office tower at 222 S. Main, which houses the Salt Lake City branch of Goldman Sachs. There is no way to get into this building to whatever floor the police officer guards, but a patrol car—sometimes marked, sometimes not—is nearly always parked outside. Off-duty Salt Lake City police officers also work part-time jobs at the Sapp Bros. truck stop on California Avenue, the O.C. Tanner retail store and even at University of Utah fraternity parties. In all, the city’s police force contracts with 41 private businesses and public entities to provide security. Often, the officers who show up for duty arrive in their taxpayer-bought uniforms and patrol cars. The scope of this work is difficult to pin down. The officers are paid directly by their employers, so the police department doesn’t track how much money is changing hands. But the work is lucrative. Salt Lake City’s preferred rate for leasing out its officers is $30 an hour. This type of moonlighting is beloved by the law-enforcement community. According to arguments in its favor from law-enforcement associations and members of the state legislature, the work benefits taxpayers by putting cops on the street who aren’t, at that moment, on the public’s payroll—but still look the part. But critics—primarily private security companies—say they’re forced to compete with municipal police forces for business, and that the practice raises questions about whether taxpayer dollars should be used to aid an officer in procuring a lucrative part-time job. Liability issues also abound, and grow sticky when attempting to tease out exactly for whom an officer is working when he or she carries out a police action—like an arrest or use of deadly force— while being paid by a private business. Critics of this work also worry that the authority inherent in an officer’s state-issued uniform and badge is, at the very least, confusing to citizens, and could also discourage them from engaging in activities that, while perfectly legal, might be frowned upon by the private business employing the officer. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank says that if one of his officers is sued while working a parttime job during which they were acting as a police officer, he would back them up just as though they were on duty. “You’re never essentially off duty,” Burbank says, adding that if an officer were forced to take police action on his day off at a part-time job, “I would dare say that’s my responsibility now, whether it’s injuries to themselves or others.” Though lawsuits in this arena are rare in Salt Lake City, a federal suit was filed in September that names, among others, the city, Mayor Ralph Becker, a police officer and Burbank as defendants. The suit, filed by Jesse Fruhwirth—an activist, independent journalist and former City Weekly reporter— says that an off-duty police officer violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights when he was

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Though no concrete efforts have been undertaken by the state legislature to rein in the work of off-duty cops, one person, Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, has put the practice in her crosshairs. Over the past four years, Dayton has introduced several bills that indirectly call out this sort of part-time work by police officers. Dayton says that though she doesn’t want to put a vise on the ability of officers to win part-time work, the prevailing model nevertheless raises red flags about misuse of taxpayer dollars. Many police agencies work to ensure that the part-time work officers do is above-board, Dayton says. But “on the opposite end of the spectrum in our state, there are some police agencies who are very involved in recruiting private security contracts for which they use their cars and uniforms,” she says. “They run a business. I know of two that even run a business out of their police department.” Dayton, saying she doesn’t want to “incriminate”

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any departments, declined to identify these police agencies. In 2012, Dayton’s Senate Bill 120, which required law-enforcement agencies to publish their part-time employment policies on their websites, passed. In 2013, she introduced a bill that aimed to add an additional person to the Security Services Licensing Board. Passage of this bill, which added another member from the public, brought the number of people on the board to seven. John Tinsley, president and CEO of Centurion Security & Investigations Inc., says he’s worked with Dayton on her legislation. Tinsley, who is currently chairman of the Security Services Licensing Board, says the board has long been dominated by members of law enforcement. Dayton’s 2013 bill, he says, was initially penned to give an additional spot on the board to a representative of the privatesecurity industry. Law-enforcement groups “fought us on it,” Tinsley says. He says a compromise was brokered that added an additional member from the public, which, at times, has been a full-time police officer. “A reasonable person must ask themselves why? Why do they care?” The answer, Tinsley says, is that “millions and millions” of dollars is flowing into the pockets of off-duty cops from these part-time jobs. Though police departments don’t track how much their employees are making on these part-time gigs, SLCPD does charge a $6 fee for gas and equipment

PRIVATE BUSINESS

Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, has introduced several bills aimed at bringing transparency to the part-time work done by off-duty police officers.

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Burbank says efforts are made to reduce problems with off-duty employment, and says that the type of jobs his officers work are more in the realm of policing, not security. Security officers are capable of a multitude of tasks that officers aren’t. For instance, a security guard can search bags and check IDs. A police officer cannot arbitrarily perform these invasive functions, due to constitutional protections restricting warrantless search and seizures. On the other hand, police officers also have a unique skill set: Mainly, they can make an arrest, and as lawyers and politicians say, cops can act “under the color of law.” “The difference is, you hire a security guard, they can do nothing more than call the police,” Burbank says. “What you get by hiring an officer is you get a police officer that can take action in the event a criminal act occurs.” But the line between thwarting criminal acts and enforcing your part-time employer’s company policy can get blurry. Fruhwirth, who was detained in December 2013 near the Tesoro oil refinery, says that when he aimed his video camera at a large flame shooting from a pipe and illuminating the night sky, he was doing so in an effort to document a massive Salt Lake Valley polluter doing its dirty work during an inversion, when the air across the Wasatch Front was toxic. Shortly after he began filming, officer Yvette Zayas pulled up, lights flashing, in her squad car. Fruhwirth filmed the interaction, during which Zayas tells him he’s not breaking the law, but that he was stopped for filming “critical infrastructure.” Zayas takes Fruhwirth’s ID and calls dispatch to check his information. Fruhwirth wasn’t cited for filming, and he was eventually allowed to leave. His suit says that by detaining him, Zayas violated his Fourth Amendment rights prohibiting warrantless search and seizures. And by halting the filming, the suit says, the officer violated Fruhwirth’s First Amendment rights to free speech, expression and freedom of the press. Fruhwirth’s attorney, Stewart Gollan, says that when a police officer, regardless of whom they’re working for, asks someone to stop taking pictures of something when they’re on public property, it has a chilling effect. “If you think every time you take a picture of something, the cops are going to arrest you,” Gollan says, “things don’t get reported and that documentation doesn’t get disseminated.” Gollan says that though Zayas was not technically working for the Salt Lake City Police Department, she was using her squad car, uniform, dispatch equipment and firearm as though she was. “This is somebody who is not just employed by Tesoro, but is engaging in activity that is made possible by her status as a Salt Lake City Police Officer,” Gollan says. “She has substantial authority by her position as a Salt Lake City Police officer.” A spokesman for Salt Lake City declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Lara Jones, a spokeswoman for the police department, said in a written statement that “we look forward to responding at the appropriate time, in the appropriate venue.” A month before the lawsuit was filed, Burbank told City Weekly that, in the event one of his officers is sued for police actions while working offduty part-time jobs, he believes he would pick up the tab. “When my officers have to take police enforcement action, whether they’re off duty, on duty or part time, that becomes my responsibility,” he says. An off-duty Unified Police Department officer working a part-time job guarding the Deseret Industries building at 131 E. 700 South had a close call in 2012 when he accidentally discharged his firearm during an altercation with a suspected thief. Police reports from the incident say that while confronting the suspect, Officer Brandon Stock removed his gun from his holster. The suspect resisted, and during the struggle, the firearm was discharged as he tried to put the weapon away. No one was hurt, and the suspect was captured shortly afterward. Salt Lake City detectives handled the investigation, and no wrongdoing on the officer’s part was found. Fruhwirth says that in his case, he’d like to see the city simply admit wrongdoing, rather than spend taxpayer money defending an officer who was working not at the behest of the public, but for Tesoro. “Corporations entice our institutions to engage in very questionable behavior, and then they use our collective community resources like taxpayer money to defend the very incursions that they’re making,” he says. “That’s demonstrative of just how captured our governments are.”

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detained while filming the Tesoro oil refinery. If the lawsuit sees a jury trial and rattles through the appeals process, the officer’s part-time job with Tesoro could end up costing Salt Lake City taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars—and in the case of attorney’s fees and a potential settlement, millions.

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taxpayer’s gas, and you know the taxes are being taken out,” Tinsley says of officers who once worked for private businesses. “Right now, no one can prove legitimacy.” Tinsley says that when he airs concerns about not being able to bid for jobs and mourns the business that has dried up as off-duty cops have crowded his market, he’s accused by members of the law-enforcement community of only wanting to make money. To that accusation, Tinsley says that he’s a small business owner, and as such, he certainly does want to make money. But since when, he wonders, is it the role of government to compete against small businesses? “The private sector never even sees, never even has the opportunity to make a bid on these jobs,” Tinsley says. “Why? Because our government is taking the calls, and they’re filling the orders with government personnel and assets and subsidizing their own personal incomes.”

GOOD WORK

John Tinsley, president and CEO of Centurion Security, has spoken out at the legislature about his concerns about work done by off-duty officers. per shift. In 2013, Salt Lake City collected $75,300 through this fee. According to SLCPD policy, the shifts are required to be at least four hours in length, and the stipulated hourly rate is $30. Based on these numbers— which are conservative, considering many of the shifts are likely longer than four hours—officers worked 50,200 hours in 2013, covering a total of 12,550 four-hour shifts. The total amount of money changing hands was $1.5 million. When the average shift time is stretched to six hours, the amount of money earned is $2.3 million. A decade ago, Tinsley says, his business was comprised almost entirely of off-duty police officers. He says the pay is no worse working for him. And when an officer does take up part-time work with a private security company, he says, at least the public knows that the work is being done legitimately. “You know they’re in the right uniform, you know they’re burning the right gas and not the

At the Salt Lake City Police Department, a fulltime civilian employee processes requests for offduty officer security guards. Over the years, management of these positions has morphed. At one time, Burbank says, there was no oversight. For a time, an officer managed it, and now a civilian employee does. “We monitor it, and that’s why we have a person in the position to manage it and everything else,” says Burbank, who became chief of police in 2006. “Over any other agency, we do it very well and we’ve done it for a long time, and it’s gone through a whole bunch of different iterations in my career alone.” In the SLCPD, several part-time jobs—including working for a bar, a sex-oriented business or as a bail bondsman—are prohibited. Some of the work officers do is for large special events, like traffic control for a concert or a Utah Jazz basketball game. Burbank says the benefits of having officers on the street who aren’t being paid by the taxpayers are “significant.” Like other advocates of these jobs, Burbank says officers simply aren’t paid enough by the cities they work for. The part-time jobs, he says, help make up for flimsy city pay. A first-year Salt Lake City police officer is paid an annual salary of $36,712. This salary rises sharply each year, climbing to $64,084 by year eight, according to the police department’s website. Through part-time work, regular police salaries can grow substantially. Because most of the entities employing off-duty officers are private businesses, salary figures weren’t provided. Among the larger public part-time jobs for Salt Lake City police officers is guarding the Utah Department of Alcoholic

Beverage Control’s liquor stores. In 2013, the state liquor agency, which pays off-duty officers $25 an hour, paid 68 cops $434,543, which averages out to $6,390 per officer. “There’s a possibility to make quite a bit of money if you’re working these things,” Burbank says, noting that if officer are relying too heavily on part-time work to pay the bills, they should probably get their priorities straight. At the Unified Police Department, which includes several of the Salt Lake Valley’s police agencies as well as the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Department, part-time work comes a little bit easier. Lt. Justin Hoyal, a sheriff’s department spokesman, says queries for part-time work are either handled through a software program within the department, or through direct-contact officers. As Hoyal explains it, a direct-contact officer is contacted by a business that needs security work. This officer must still let the department know that he’s working security, but it is up to the officer to staff the part-time work. One such officer is UPD Sgt. Jason Ashment, who says he fell into his role as a direct-contact officer about eight years ago, when he filled in for an officer who couldn’t cover his part-time shift. Ashment, citing security concerns, says he isn’t permitted to disclose the entity he works for. Hoyal and the UPD denied a public-record request seeking the names of companies that hire UPD officers and sheriff’s deputies. Hoyal did provide f igures for three nonconsecutive months from the last f iscal year, showing that UPD officers worked 176 jobs for 79 employers each month. This does not include direct-contact jobs. Ashment says it’s his responsibility to make sure all of the shifts sought by his part-time employer are covered. He’s enlisted nine of his fellow officers to partake in the work, he says, and is essentially the liaison between his fellow officers and the company they work for. “We’re all kind of a big family thing,” he says. “We’ve all been doing it for so long. [The company] can call me at home and I can call them at home.” Burbank says Salt Lake City has a similar program. For example, he says, an SLCPD officer acts as the supervisor for events at EnergySolutions Arena and also works part-time there. When an officer doesn’t show up, or is late, officials at the arena call the supervising officer, not the civilian employee who manages the department’s part-time work program. At UPD, Hoyal says, any part-time work must be noted on an officer’s time card. This allows supervisors to loosely monitor the hours employees are working when they’re off-duty. If an officer is dragging, or can’t

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sufficiently perform his or her job, Hoyal says, the time cards are scrutinized. Hoyal says the UPD rate for parttime gigs is $30 per hour, but in the case of direct-contact officers, it is negotiable. Ashment says he doesn’t always drive his patrol car to his part-time job, but many of the officers do. It is common, though, for officers to wear their police uniforms. Ashment declined to disclose the hourly rate, but says his job is one of the lowest paying part-time gigs in the office, though he says it’s worth his while. “It’s not as much as I make being a police sergeant,” Ashment says. “But it’s a little bit extra each month.” Hoyal says problems with officers abusing their part-time gigs are rare. However, one recent incident involved Stephen F. Hall, a 20-year veteran officer with UPD. In April, Hall pleaded guilty to three thirddegree felonies of theft by deception and a misdemeanor charge of falsifying a government record. Investigators discovered that from 2010 to 2013, Hall was paid roughly $14,100 in illicit money by working grant-funded DUI shifts for the department at the same time he was working part-time shifts at a State Liquor Store. On Hall, who no longer works for the department, Hoyal says, “It is important to note that members of the UPD found the discrepancy, we investigated it, and we took it to the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office for charges.”

Tinsley says that there are times, in cases of traffic control and other large events, when officers should be available for hire. “We’re not saying they shouldn’t be in security,” Tinsley says. “We’re just saying that there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it and we believe that right now it’s not being done appropriately.” Gollan, Fruhwirth’s attorney, says he believes police officers should try to avoid conflicts of interest, similar to the precautions judges must take to polish the appearance of objectivity. Outside of the suit he’s filed, Gollan says, he has no evidence that the cozy relationship officers have with their part-time employers is tainting impartiality, but he says there certainly is the “perception of unfairness.” “A close financial relationship between police officers and large private companies could certainly give people the perception that rather than equal concern for all, there’s going to be particular concern about the interests of certain groups that provide outside employment and substantial financial benefit to officers,” he says. Burbank says that when he hears these complaints, he counters them by pointing out the benefits that come from having more—or at least the appearance of more—police officers on the streets. And he believes that in his department, proper safeguards are in place to instruct officers how to behave while they’re working part-time jobs. No matter what, though, pretty much anyone can hit up the police department and ask to hire an off-duty cop. And, if the old saying that one gets what one pays for holds true, then in this case, unless you’re peddling booze or flesh, you, too, can have your own cop. “The color of law is now up for sale for whoever wants it,” Tinsley says. CW

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A theme, a sense of nostalgia, a story, a feeling of adventure: These are the kinds of experiences that artist Dave Newman likes to create for his viewers. For the multimedia artist—who creates canvases from objects he might find on the sides of a road, be they old license plates, photos, packs of Chesterfields, or old postcards—relics of the past are an inspiration. “Matchbook Chief Series” (detail pictured) finds a bold red frame enclosing an iconic Native American chief in profile, with shards of weathered license plates layered like colorful feathers. This multimedia, multi-dimensional piece creates its own history and tradition from the very fragments and traces of the landscape Newman discovered and re-created. Some of the pieces might be read as political (like “Blood Is On Your Hand”) while others have a lighter side (such as “At the Rancho”). One noteworthy piece is “Six Gun,” with a rifle and a decorated holster placed centrally on a large canvas, surrounded by stars evocative of legendary Old West sheriffs; on the periphery of the abstracted color is a border of copper rivets. Yet, in this vast range of Southwestern Americana, Newman transcends kitsch value, nostalgia or a sense of iconic adventure to convey the spirit of the real world that was at its core. (Ehren Clark) Dave Newman @ Modern West Fine Art, 177 E. 200 South, 801-355-3383, Sept. 19-Oct. 13, free. ModernWestFineArt.com

The setting for modern dance company Two Boots’ new work, Dylan Dances, is literally in an alley between an eight-story parking structure and an old single-story brick building. As the sounds of the city filter into the soundtrack of classic Bob Dylan tunes, you can hear the crunch of the gravel on the street under the weight of the dancer’s spins and turns. For founders Samantha Matsukawa and Katherine Adler, the artistic freedom of being a relatively new company is a stepping-off point for both choreography and production—in this case, a perfect juxtaposition of Americana and whimsy. The 40-minute work is designed to be more of an open party-like environment, with local musicians busking in the vicinity with their own take on Dylan’s classic tunes. And the dance performance itself will take place outside in an informal setting where random passersby can experience something they might not otherwise seek out. Then, of course, there’s plenty of fodder to play with when it comes to an iconic figure like Bob Dylan. “By working through the lens of nostalgic elements, we are taking things that have already been done and said time and time again, but rearranging them in ways that shift meanings and distort what you may have understood,” Matsukawa says. “It’s taking shared experiences … of Dylan’s canon and presenting our version of those words.” Adler adds, “Playing with these structures lets us have the freedom to express our own interpretations of either fact or fiction. It’s the mystery of the music that reveals our truths.” (Jacob Stringer) Two Boots: Dylan Dances @ 252 Edison St., 801-355-2787, Sept. 19-20, 9 p.m., suggested donation $5-$15. TwoBoots. Squarespace.com

Brazilian culture returns to the stage this week as Samba Fogo presents Axé, a sampling of traditional movement, original music, storytelling and dance inspired by the diverse and colorful communities and traditions found across the country. Fogo’s dancers will perform a frevo-style (from the Portuguese word for “fever” or “to boil”) dance from northern Brazil. This showy, fast-moving piece will be paired with a traditional musical complement of trumpet and trombone in a song written by musical director Mason Aeschbacher. Young up-and-coming dancers will also get a moment to shine, as participants from Fogo’s summer kids camp make a guest appearance during the Ciranda circle dance. Much of the evening’s music will feature original compositions by Brazilian-born, locally based musician George Brown, whose scores cover distinct regional styles including jongo, capoeira, samba reggae and maculelê. Also a form of movement, Brown’s maculelê number is accompanied by dancers performing the traditional maculelê stick-fighting game, a rhythmic, semiimprovised movement form developed in Brazil’s sugar plantations. Samba Fogo’s performers talk a lot about axé (ah-shay), a concept taken from a Yoruba religious greeting meaning “soul” or “good vibration”—the life force inside all of us, our inner potential and our personal power. By naming the fall production Axé, executive and artisitic director Lorin Hansen hopes to encourage Samba Fogo’s audience to clap, shout and contribute to the performance’s good vibrations. (Katherine Pioli) Samba Fogo: Axé @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, Sept. 19-20, 7 p.m., $12 student, $20 general. ArtTix.org

Westminster College’s Classical Greek Theater Festival production of Euripides’ Hecuba manages to be both a satisfying piece of theater and an informative presentation on the conventions of Greek dramatic literature. The tale of a queen sold into slavery who watches her children die before swearing bloody revenge, Hecuba may be the bleakest of all Greek tragedies, which is quite an achievement. Each performance is preceded by a half hour of remarks by dramaturg James Svendsen, informing the audience how the text highlights the perspectives from which it was written and received in its time. The text—in a new translation by Marianne McDonald—for the most part remains as it was first written in 424 B.C., complete with verbalized interior monologues, specific gestures and other elements that many adaptations avoid in favor of later dramatic traditions that are more familiar to modern audiences. The result is theater more interesting and edifying than it is entertaining, which is not to say that it isn’t entertaining; Barbara Smith’s direction keeps the energy high throughout, and never steers matters away from the text. But, ultimately, this Hecuba is more in the category of an elaborate and diverting lecture on Classical dramatic tradition in the context of Greek history than it is a production with the sole purpose of entertainment. That it entertains while educating is impressive, and each aspect strengthens the other half. (Danny Bowes) Classical Greek Theatre Festival: Hecuba @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre, 300 Wakara Way, 801-585-0556, Sept. 20-21 & 27-28, 9 a.m., $7-$15. WestminsterCollege.edu/ greek_theatre

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You have reached your destination: Journey Stories tells the experiences of immigrants traveling across America.

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Valley has the most diverse population in the state of Utah,” he says. “Though it brings challenges, this diversity is one of the greatest assets of our community. The Utah Cultural Celebration Center team embraced the opportunity to host the Journey Stories exhibit as a way to engage the communit y in conversation and experience surrounding heritage. Our purpose is to strengthen a sense of unity and community among residents.” CW

Utahns’ experience and history. That part of the exhibit, he says, “recognizes not only a significant part of Utah’s history, but also presents it at a national level.” And the railroad portion has a Utah angle as well, looking at Promontory Point and the meeting of the east-west railroads. These journeys have been through time as well as space, and the exhibit demonstrates the ways our modes of transportation have transformed us. We are different people from when we began our journeys, and though we have come across vast distances from a variety of different origins, we’ve arrived at a common destination. A number of events will be presented in association with the exhibit. The Sept. 15 opening featured a performance called Journeys by Repertory Dance Theatre. On Sept. 29, the panel discussion Journeys Toward Leadership will include Maori, Mexican and Vietnamese immigrants discussing their success stories. Local artist Namon Bills has also curated the Nation of Immigrants exhibit at the center, presenting immigrant stories in a variety of artistic media. Staff from the Utah Museum of Fine Arts will help children understand the exhibition’s themes of exploration and discovery, and then guide them through creating “beautiful journals of their own,” Christensen says, at an event for families Oct. 4 and one for student groups Oct. 13 and 14. Registration is required. Christensen says the exhibit will resonate with the local community. “West

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early all Americans are travelers in some sense. Many of our ancestors were immigrants, and due to the size of the country alone—in addition to the pioneering bent of the country’s settlers—movement across large distances helped make us who we are. Journey Stories—a traveling exhibition presented by the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street program— examines immigration and travel as central to the story of who we are as Americans; our roots are seemingly always somewhere else, or we are aspiring to go somewhere else. This look back may be able to remind us of how far we’ve come, and how, in a way, we are still in the same place. The exhibition arrived at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City on Sept. 15 for a six-week run, and it’s an ideal site. At the center of the Salt Lake Valley, it marks a crossroads between a number of ethnic groups in the area, and architecturally, the center is well-suited to display an exhibit of this magnitude. This fascinating collection is made up of informational displays and artifacts. Large panels including cutouts, largescale images and maps are featured, as well as cases displaying items illustrative of various journeys: boots, a hurricane lantern, coffee pots, children’s toys, driving goggles and roadmaps. Interactive panels and audio recordings also help tell these stories, reaching from the country’s beginnings to Ellis Island immigrants to trade routes and slave travel, from the Civil War and Westward expansion to the development of motorways. The exhibition is divided into six themes: One Way Trip, Pushing the Boundaries, Across the “Great Desert” to the West, Railroads Span the Nation, Accelerated Mobility and Our Expanded World. These Journey Stories themselves made a trek to arrive here. Since 2009, the exhibit has been hosted by 100 communities in 18 states. It has already seen Moab and Vernal, and after West Valley City, it will move on to Ephraim and Brigham City. Part of the ingenuity of the exhibit is its ability to fit into many different communities; it “travels well.” Michael Christensen—folklorist and cultural specialist at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center—believes Across the “Great Desert” will speak most directly to

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As the days get shorter and the nights get colder, the Utah Shakespeare Festival moves indoors for its fall season. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is a holdover from the summer, and features a plot where a woman dressed as a man who is in love with a man attempts to woo a woman who doesn’t know that another man desires her. Spoiler alert: Everybody finds love in the end. Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti is a comedy about an American living in Paris who is juggling romances with three different flight attendants of three different nationalities. Spoiler alert: Flight schedules bring all three of them to his place on the same day. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (pictured) features the world’s greatest detective and his sidekick Watson. Spoiler alert: Holmes gathers lots of seemingly obscure clues while Watson asks him about them. (Geoff Griffin) Utah Shakespeare Festival @ Randall L. Jones Theatre, 351 W. Center St., Cedar City, 800-752-9849, Tuesdays-Saturdays 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., through Oct. 18, $32-$73. Bard.org

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David & Nancy Starks: On the Light Side Artistic duo David and Nancy Starks take a two-pronged approach to their ingenuous sculptural lighting projects. David is the sculptural side of the team, building heavy-duty structures, while Nancy concentrates on glasswork. No everyday lamps, these works are more akin to illuminated fine art. Though the sculptures do function as lighting, each has a unique aesthetic potential and power. But, Nancy says, “There is nothing serious about them. They are meant to be whimsical and a bit off-center.” “Felix” and “Balance of Power” could not be more different. “Felix” is a restored clown with an illuminated body crafted by Nancy, driving a car constructed by David. Juxtaposed with “Balance of Power”—the structured body created by David balancing Nancy’s Tiffany-style illuminated orb—

one finds the magic is in the differences between Nancy and David’s styles. (Ehren Clark) David and Nancy Starks: On the Light Side @ Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, 801-596-5000, through Sept. 26, free. SLCGov.com/Arts

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Imagine Ballet Theatre: Urashima Taro Imagine Ballet Theatre has enlisted the Ogden Buddhist Taiko Drummers to help with the company’s newest work, Urashima Taro, a ballet based on an old Japanese folk tale. Like many good tales, this story involves talking turtles, the great depths of the sea and a box forbidden to be opened. The narrative begins with Taro saving a young turtle—who happens to be the daughter of the emperor of the sea—from being tortured; in turn,

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Broadway Across America: Nice Work If You Can Get It Flapper girls, comedy and great music: Who could ask for anything more from a classic Broadway musical? Nice Work If You Can Get It will be arriving in Salt Lake City as part of a national tour, ready to entertain audiences for eight great shows. The story line of this beloved, Tony Award-winning musical takes place during the Roaring 20s in New York City, and is centered around music created by George and Ira Gershwin and choreography by Kathleen Marshall. Audiences will recognize favorite songs like “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.” When the soon-to-be-married wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter meets the fun and charming bootlegger Billie Bendix, the cast of characters are off on a high-speed chase of romance, laughter and fancy footwork. (Aimee Cook O’Brien) Nice Work If You Can Get It @ Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, 801-355-2787, Sept. 23-28, Tuesday-Thursday 7:30 p.m., Friday 8 p.m., Saturday 2 & 8 p.m., Sunday 1 & 6:30 p.m., $30-$55. ArtTix.org

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As long as it’s still technically summer, it’s still the season of outdoor fairs and festivals. And while air quality has become a subject of increasing concern for local residents, the second year of the Utah Clean Air Fair is also an occasion to have some fun. The festival originated in an “idea silo” public brainstorming session conducted by the nonprofit community-building organization Revolution United; the project was voted as the most likely to have a positive effect on Utah air quality. The fair includes live music, artist displays and booths, speakers, alternative energy solutions, a parade for children, workshops, family games

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he is given the gift of visiting the underwater kingdom, where he officially meets the beautiful princess. After a short visit, Taro wishes to return to land and receives a gift of the aforementioned magical, forbidden-to-open box. After hopping a ride on another turtle, he returns to his home to find time has passed him by, with disastrous consequences. The driving beat provided by the Taiko drums helps to both propel the tale and ground the work with a cultural foundation, while simultaneously providing a unique thumping rhythm for the choreography. (Jacob Stringer) Imagine Ballet Theatre: Urashima Taro @ Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah, 801-581-7100, Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., $15-$25. KingTix.com

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f you were alive and kicking in September 1984, you might recall some of these milestones: The first MTV Video Music Awards were held, with Madonna creating controversy with risqué onstage cavorting during “Like a Virgin.” Prince’s Purple Rain was dominating the radio airwaves and music charts, and Dynasty was the most popular show on TV. Ronald Reagan was president. Pete Rose made history by becoming the first baseball player to ever get 100 hits for a record-breaking 22 consecutive seasons. Splash, Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom and This Is Spinal Tap were in theaters, and the first Apple Macintosh computer went on sale. Oh, and Tres Hombres Mexican Grill & Cantina opened its doors on Highland Drive. Inspired by the ZZ Top record Tres Hombres, the original Tres Hombres Mexican eatery opened in the spot that was originally CarpeTowne, which included the iconic CarpeTowne sign featuring the three owners of that business. Ultimately, the signage was updated to depict the Tres Hombres owners in sombreros, and today it’s a local landmark, although now there are just dos hombres: Mike Gibson, who runs the kitchen, and partner Don Bostrom, who says he just “tries to stay out of the way.” It’s a family business, too. Chatting with Don, he mentioned that both his and Mike’s kids have worked at the restaurant. There’s a distinct familial vibe at Tres Hombres, celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, that is difficult to fake. City Weekly contributor and blogger Amanda Rock wrote that the “Top Shelf Margarita menu is worth the trip [to Tres Hombres] alone.” I don’t disagree. Barman Martin Ruiz has had 27 years behind the Tres Hombres bar to perfect his tequila cocktails, which range from a classic margarita ($6) to his Tijuana Ice Tea ($9). I like the simplicity of the El Jefe, a pairing of Patrón Añejo tequila with Patrón Citrónge Orange Liqueur ($12). The Rose Angel is also dee-lish: Gran Centenario hibiscus-infused Reposado tequila and Cointreau orange liqueur. Or, opt for something more straightforward like a snifter of Don Bostrom’s favorite: Corzo Añejo tequila ($10), which he special-orders exclusively for the restaurant. Indeed, the tequila selection at Tres Hombres is one of the most extensive in Utah.

Equipped with a brand-new upstairs patio that seats a couple dozen customers, Tres Hombres has a tropical, beachside feel and look. So, it’s a no-brainer to begin a meal with coctel de camarones ($9.99): plump, tender shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico tossed in a cocktail glass with minced cucumber, red onion, cilantro, tomato, avocado and spicy housemade cocktail sauce. I also really like the flautas as an appetizer. These are flour tortillas stuffed with shredded beef or chicken and rolled into a flute shape ( flauta means “flute” in Spanish), deep-fried and served with a spicy avocado puree and pico de gallo ($8.99 for four). Of course, every meal at Tres Hombres begins with gratis chips & salsa and, unlike many places, refills are free. Is the Mexican food at Tres Hombres the most “authentic” in town? Of course not. For that, you’d need to brush up on your Spanish and go to a place like Julia’s, pay cash and forego the margaritas. Still, the Cal-Mex style food here is much better and of higher quality than, frankly, I’d expected. Chef Mike Gibson doesn’t use lard, for instance, and yet the refried beans that come with most dishes (refried beans are always a baseline indicator for me) are really flavorful, with hints of cumin and a robust texture. Portion sizes for most dishes run from massive to gargantuan. “People expect big portions here, and no one walks away hungry,” Bostrom says. True. Even as delicious as it was, I could only get about halfway through my El Puerco burrito ($13.99), which is an oversize flour tortilla stuffed with slow-roasted carnitas-style boneless pork, topped with chile verde and served with Mexican rice, refried beans and pico de gallo. When I saw the huge plate coming, I knew what I’d be having for lunch the following day: leftovers. One of Tres Hombres’ most popular menu items is the Zacatecas enchiladas

Thirty years of delicioso : Tres Hombres’ coctel de camarones and Zacatecas enchiladas ($12.50/lunch; $17.99 dinner). Gibson says he has customers who come from Idaho and places like Lehi and Layton solely for this dish. And, I can see why: It’s very tasty. A flour tortilla (one at lunch; two at dinner) is filled with tender shrimp, crab meat, green chiles and queso fresco, then topped with a deep red “Spanish sauce” that beats typical red enchilada sauce all to hell. My wife ordered the Zacatecas enchilada for lunch and was impressed by the large “side salad” that came with it: a big bowl of greens and tomatoes topped with generous slices of fresh avocado, with a zippy greenchile dressing on the side. There are Utah restaurants that are better known for their mole. However, I’ve gotta hand it to Mike Gibson and his crew: the mole at Tres Hombres is top-notch. Gibson spent time in Oaxaca learning to make the dark, complex mole that elevates his enchiladas de mole: two blue corn tortillas stuffed with spiced chicken and baked with that luscious mole sauce and jack cheese. Speaking of cheese, although I’ve really enjoyed everything I’ve eaten at Tres Hombres, I do think the melted cheese on top of most dishes is a bit heav y-handed. But, people do seem to love their cheese, and the cooks will happily 86 it, if requested. Service at Tres Hombres is friendly and professional and—when combined with rib-sticking Cal-Mex fare, an appealing atmosphere and excellent beverages—it’s not hard to imagine Tres Hombres thriving for another 30 years. CW

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Taco Taco Time

If you’ve enjoyed a tasty meal at Cannella’s Italian Restaurant in recent years, chances are it was cooked and created by Chef Alberto Higuera. Well, Cannella’s and Higuera recently officially opened Taco Taco (801-355-8518), located adjacent to Cannella’s at 208 E. 500 South (formerly Amore Pizza & Gelato). The eatery features Mexican street-style tacos, as well as breakfast burritos, chile verde, south-of-the-border salads, a killer salsa bar, imported Mexican sodas, cervezas and more.

Not-so Hard to Handle

As Park City heads into another ski season, the restaurant creating a big buzz is the recently opened Handle, (136 Heber Ave., 435-602-1155, HandleParkCity.com). At Handle, executive chef and owner Briar Handly—formerly of Talisker on Main—is “driven by the seasons,” and strives to source “local and regional ingredients at the height of freshness.” The menu features deceptively simple American cuisine such as a cheeseburger made with American cheese and accompanied by Utah fry sauce. There’s also fried chicken with sweet corn and potato salad; grilled yellowtail with quinoa; New England-style cod chowder with charred broccoli; and, of course, the staples of every “New American” eatery these days: shishito peppers, roasted pork belly and craft cocktails.

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On Friday, Sept. 19, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar (20 S. 400 West, FlemingsSteakhouse.com) will host a five-course wine-pairing dinner featuring wines selected from California’s Duckhorn Vineyards. The menu and pairings—curated by chefpartner Jerome A ragon—includes spiced shrimp arancini with Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc; crispy pork belly and Migration Russian River Valley Pinot Noir; beef short rib paired with Duckhorn Napa Valley Merlot; herb-roasted Prime New York strip steak with mushroom ragout and Duckhorn Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon; plus housemade cinnamon-dusted doughnuts. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m., and the cost is $85 per person, excluding tax and tip. Phone 801-355-3704 for reservations.

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One of the great things about having Bavarian-style beer festivals in Utah is the authentic beauty that our majestic alpine venues provide. On Oct. 4, Snowbasin Resort (3925 E. Snowbasin Road, Huntsville) will host its secondannual Beer Fest, featuring breweries including Uinta, Wasatch, Squatters, Roosters, Epic, Deschutes, New Belgium, Moab Brewery, Bohemian, Blue Moon, Redds and 10 Barrel Brewing. Besides great craft beer, there will be Bavarianinspired cuisine like bratwurst, schnitzel and knackwurst. For more info, call 801620-1000 or check out Blog.Snowbasin. com/tag/beer-fest/

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A merica, and—in the view of many wine experts—the only “true” sommeliers. There are a couple other organizations that teach sommelier courses and do certifications in the United States, but they don’t have the prestige or respect among wine enthusiasts and restaurateurs that the Court of Master Sommeliers does. Becoming a master sommelier at the Court of Master Sommeliers is a four-step process. First, there’s a two-day introductory class that almost anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of wine could pass. Indeed, 95 percent of all applicants do pass it. Unfortunately, some unscrupulous people in the restaurant industry take this simple test, pass it and proclaim themselves sommeliers. Well, not so fast. The second tier at the Court of Master Sommeliers is the Certified

Sommelier Exam, which involves a blind tasting of two wines along with wine theory and service exams. That tier is followed by the advanced course and exam. You need score only 60 percent to pass this level, but it involves a blind tasting test of six wines in which the student must identify the wine varietal, country, region, appellation and vintage. How many make it through the fourth level and earn the right to call themselves master sommeliers? Well, as of today, only 219 people worldwide have done that; 140 work in North America. Of those, only a fraction work as sommeliers in restaurants. The rest are consultants for wineries, hotels, wine distributors and so on. And none of those 140, that I know of, is working in Utah. So, the chances of encountering a honest-to-goodness master sommelier at your local restaurant is rare indeed. Don’t be fooled by imposters! CW

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f you dine in the world’s most expensive restaurants, you’ll probably come across a sommelier (aka “somm”). The stereotypic image of a sommelier is that of a somber, sober, middle-age-or-older gentleman in a crisp tux with a shallow silver bowl called a tastevin hanging from a chain around his neck. The sommelier patrols his elegant restaurant with the intention of assisting customers in the selection of mind-blowing rare and expensive wines to drink with their dinners. He’s also presumed to be a judgmental and intimidating snob. Then again, you may encounter someone called a “sommelier” in even the most mundane of restaurants. He or she might be wearing Armani, but may just as likely

be clothed in blue jeans or khakis, and might have either an encyclopedic knowledge of wine or merely a rudimentary one. That’s because there is a sommelier secret that few restaurateurs would want you to know: Anyone can bestow the title of “sommelier” on himself or herself. Just as anyone working behind a stove can be called a chef, there are no mandatory courses of training or certification to distinguish a so-called sommelier from any other citizen with an interest in wine. Here’s what a true sommelier’s job description typically entails: A sommelier is involved in the creation, pricing, upkeep and inventory monitoring of a restaurant’s wine list. Through ongoing in-house training, the sommelier also educates a restaurant’s service staff about wine, wine & food pairings and wine service. The sommelier usually works in tandem with the chef to devise menus and dishes that complement the restaurant’s wine selection. And, of course, the sommelier is available to assist customers in making decisions about which wine(s) to drink with dinner. As I said, any restaurant that wants to call its wine specialist a sommelier can do so. However, there are a mere smattering of sommeliers in the country who have earned the title of master sommelier from the Court of Master Sommeliers. These are the most respected sommeliers working in

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Café Madrid’s exterior immediately communicates classic Mediterranean in its architecture and landscaping, and that authenticity carries over into the restaurant’s menu, which features both hot and cold tapas as well as full entrees. If you are unsure of what to order, don’t be surprised if the owner’s brother or one of the excellent servers comes by to advise you. And, of course, make sure to order a Spanish wine to pair with your meal. 5244 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-273-0837, CafeMadrid.net

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Serving both Japanese and Chinese cuisine, Jasmine China Bistro & Sushi Bar offers entrees as well as a selection of sushi rolls. Noodle dishes are popular, or you can enjoy curry chicken or vegetable lo mein. If you have an appetite for sushi, focus on the Japanese menu and its wide selection of rolls, including many vegetarian options. 4810 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-2786688, JasmineChinaBistro-SLC.com

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Valter’s Osteria

Valter’s offers elegance and high class across the board, from the ambience, tableside service and, of course, the quality of the food. Owner Valter Nassi is almost always milling about, greeting each party and elevating the life and enthusiasm of the restaurant. Though the menu frequently changes based on the season, you can’t lose if you start with the bruschetta, and there’s always a diversity of pasta dishes and sauces. End the night with a simple but sensational dessert of hot chocolate and biscotti. 173 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-5214563, ValtersOsteria.com

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Located in Salt Lake City’s Chinatown, Ho Mei BBQ offers an assortment of Chinese and Asian cuisine. The emphasis on barbecue is evident the moment you step into the restaurant and see a display case filled with a variety of prepared barbecue meats, including duck, chicken and pork. If barbecue isn’t for you, Ho Mei offers many soups, noodle and rice dishes. These and the barbecue can be served family style, giving larger groups more dishes to sample. 3370 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-486-8800, HoMeiBBQSaltLakeCity.com

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Dim Sum House

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Dim sum is a Cantonese style of dining where small portions and plates of food rotate throughout restaurants on food carts. Dim-sum dishes are offered all day and night at Dim Sum House, but I recommend saving your dim-sum orgy for the weekends, when there are many more options to try. 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—it’s food designed for sharing. 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. Reviewed Sept. 11. 1158 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-359-3838, DimSumHouseSLC.com

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 sweetchili calamari and the fist-size mini-round of baked Brie wrapped in puff pastry—are closer to entree-size 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

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If you, like me, sometimes think 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 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 multicourse 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, 435615-2410, DeerValley.com

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Yet somehow—if only by sheer will power of the talented actors—This Is Where I Leave You still sometimes finds honest moments in complex family relationships. Bateman and Fey share lovely scenes that capture the closer connection between them than the other Altman kids, while Paul’s frus-

City Weekly: How involved were you in the development of the script and the production? James Dashner: I’m a movie fan before anything else. I’m a strong believer that you don’t want to try to directly translate a book to a film. … [The studio was] really open about what changes they felt were necessary, but asked “how much is this gonna tick off the readers?” CW: What did you most want to see remain unchanged? JD: My biggest fear was that they were going to turn this into a big romance, because every YA [movie] that has come out has this romance plot line. There’s not even a kiss [in the movie]. CW: How invested have you gotten in the idea of whether or not the movie is a financial success? JD: I think about it every hour of every day. I’m a huge film buff and a box-office junkie. … So it’s in my head, big-time. The thing we have going for us is we had such a low budget, I think that it would have to astronomically bomb for it not to be considered a success. CW: Do you think you’ll react to reviews of the movie differently than you react to reviews of your books? JD: It’s been years since I let a book review hurt me. They don’t faze me any more … [But] with the movie, I feel like I’m its dad or something. And I’m rooting for [the filmmakers], so I think I will take it very personally when I’m reading reviews. CW: What was your reaction the first time you saw the completed film? JD: It’s kind of embarrassing: I was overcome with emotion. I was bawling, I was laughing. It was so surreal, and it all hit me in one moment. I had high expectations, and [the filmmakers] exceeded them.

will make farcical sense later. Phillip Tina Fey, Corey Stoll, Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman springs it on the family that he’s and Adam Driver in This Is Where I Leave You engaged to the older woman (Connie Britton) who used to be his therapist. trations with the much younger Phillip And then there’s all of Judd’s drama with his estranged wife (Abigail Spencer) capture a dynamic between them that’s and the hometown girl (Rose Byrne) who more paternal than fraternal. Whenever the movie takes a second to stop its frantic still seems to carry a torch for him. That’s an awful lot of character baggage attempts at hilarity or moving someone’s for one movie to try to carry, usually allow- story along, it can be pretty charming. And then there’s Driver—best known ing approximately three scenes for any given arc to be introduced, complicated from HBO’s Girls, or the “Uh-oh!” backand resolved. And in case that doesn’t up singer from Inside Llewyn Davis—who’s make it hard enough to find resonant turning into one of the most oddly magnetic material, Tropper and director Shawn Levy screen presences in years. His gangly phys(Night at the Museum) have to squeeze in icality is unique enough, but it’s hard to several attempts at big comedic set pieces imagine someone who can take something that strain harder for wackiness every time as simple as answering the phone with a the volume gets raised. Were you not laugh- “Heeeeyyyyy” and turn it into a complete ing hard enough when the toddler hurls his story about his character, or inspire crazy poop-filled potty around the room? Just bursts of laughter with a line like “Touché, wait until the baby monitor catches Paul pussycat.” It’s a completely distinctive spin and Alice in an upstairs bedroom trying to on the familiar character of the blackconceive, or various Altman siblings start sheep son, and provides a much-needed wrestling one another in a living room or focus to the seriocomic chaos of This Is front yard. August: Osage County starts Where I Leave You: Whatever’s happening to feel like a quiet, restrained portrait of at any given moment, Driver might be just around the corner. CW familial dysfunction by comparison.

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modest proposal, before diving into the rest of the muddled, sporadically appealing This Is Where I Leave You: Adam Driver should read all the lines, in all the movies. Just all of them. There are many ways to know when you’re in the presence of a true scenestealing wizard. Usually it happens when a minor character appears in a story, and you can’t help but wish that you were watching a movie just about that character instead. This Is Where I Leave You is structured mostly as an ensemble piece, with approximately a dozen characters getting significant story points, yet there was scarcely a moment during its 103 minutes when I wasn’t hoping it would turn to Driver, just to see what kind of crazy-ass spin he would put on every possible snippet of dialogue. Unfortunately, it’s focused mostly on Judd Altman (Jason Bateman), a simple guy whose marriage is falling apart just as he receives the call that his father has passed away. So off he heads to the family home in upstate New York for the funeral, and to learn from his mother, Hillary (Jane Fonda), that dad had one last request: the entire family should sit shiva for the full traditional seven days. That means an often-contentious week for Judd stuck in the same house with Mom, his older brother Paul (Corey Stoll), his sister Wendy (Tina Fey) and perpetual screw-up youngest brother Phillip (Driver). Adapting his own novel, screenwriter Jonathan Tropper packs an entire soapopera season’s worth of sub-plots into this grieving gathering. Wendy has two kids with a workaholic jerk—we know he’s a workaholic jerk because he’s always on his cell phone and yelling at his kids and whatnot—while still pining for her college sweetheart (Timothy Olyphant). Paul and his wife, Alice (Kathryn Hahn), are unsuccessfully trying to get pregnant—and Alice is Judd’s ex-girlfriend, for reasons that

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by a massive maze. Opens Sept. 19 at theaters valleywide; Q&A with author James Dashner on p. 31. (PG-13) My Old Lady HH.5 An awkward tension develops when it feels like a movie is trying to give an audience what it thinks that audience wants, even if that’s not really what the movie’s about. Israel Horovitz directs and adapts his own stage play about Matthias Gold (Kevin Kline), who arrives in Paris from New York to sell the apartment bequeathed to him by his late estranged father, only to find that it’s still occupied by Mathilde (Maggie Smith) and her daughter, Chloë (Kristin Scott-Thomas), who still have some rights to the property under a unique French law. The story ultimately digs into thorny material about the damage done to children by parents “following their hearts,” and Smith has some terrific moments as a character rather different from her usual imperious dames. But Kline, for all his talents, aims for ingratiatingly hammy in a role that really needs someone willing to make Matthias angrier and harder to like. And the overall tone—in everything from the music to the scenes of people strolling along the Seine—keeps suggesting that it’s more of a light-hearted odd couple tale than a wrenching drama about haunted souls. Opens Sept. 19 at Tower Theatre. (PG-13)—Scott Renshaw

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A Walk Among the Tombstones [not yet reviewed] A private investigator (Liam Neeson) is hired to find the person responsible for killing a drug lord’s wife. Opens Sept. 19 at theaters valleywide. (R)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS American Meat At Main Library, Sept. 23, 7 p.m. (NR) Black Cyclone At Edison Street Events, Sept. 18-19, 7:30 p.m. (NR) The Grand Seduction At Park City Film Series, Sept. 19-20 @ 8 p.m. & Sept. 21 @ 6 p.m. (R) Jumanji At Brewvies, Sept. 22, 10 p.m. (PG) Lilting At Brewvies, Sept. 18, 7 p.m. (NR) Watermark At Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Sept. 24, 7 p.m. (NR)

This Is Where I Leave You HH.5 See review p. 31. Opens Sept. 19 at theaters valleywide. (R)

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particular way. Once again turning over the entire cast and creative team, it picks up with Dagny Taggart (Laura Regan) rescued from her plane crash in the utopian community of “striking” job creators built by John Galt (Kristoffer Polaha), while bleeding-heart, red-tape-filled America descends into anarchy. Director James Manera tries to pump up the sinister conspiracy with stilted voiceover and occasional moody lighting, while still allowing plenty of time for Galt and his like-minded colleagues to spout philosophy. But it’s most hilarious when trying to crank up the romance between Taggart and Galt— including a wind-blown sex scene—and subjecting Galt to a cutting-edge torture device that … electrocutes you? I swear by my life, I’m so relieved this thing is over. (PG-13)—SR Believe HH.5 It’s tempting to blast Believe, considering that cinematically it’s barely a thing and dramatically it’s embarrassingly paintby-sports-movie-cliché. But before yielding to that (very) tempting impulse, it’s important to remember 1. this movie is for kids, and 2. it’s about a genuinely good, inspiring person. Sir Matt Busby (Brian Cox) was famous for assembling a talented 1950s Manchester United soccer team; in 1958, the team’s plane crashed, killing eight players and three team officials. Busby barely survived, overcoming the trauma to

reconstitute Manchester United into the gold standard of English football. Less celebrated—but equally important to Busby personally—was his work with kids, in and out of sport, as Believe portrays him randomly deciding to coach a youth team in a tournament. Cox, as always, does well by the character, overcoming the movie’s clumsiness. As an introduction to its subject, it does its job. (PG)—DB Dolphin Tale 2 HHH The surprisingly gentle and charming 2011 original yields a surprisingly gentle and charming sequel. The companion of prosthetic tail-wearing dolphin Winter passes away, resulting in the possibility that Winter may have to be moved to a new facility—away from his now-teenaged human friends Sawyer (Nathan Gamble) and Hazel (Cozi Zuehlsdorff)—if another companion can’t be found. While the fate of Winter anchors the narrative, it also effectively addresses the passage of time since the first movie, as Sawyer and Hazel both wrestle with young adulthood. There’s nothing earth-shaking here, and it doesn’t have quite the same focused boy-&-his-dog quality as the original. But this is the kind of satisfying family entertainment we should encourage: 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. (PG)—SR

The Drop HHH.5 We’re not talking enough about how Tom Hardy should be on the short list of the best actors in the world. In this adaptation of a Dennis Lehane short story, Hardy plays Bob, a Brooklyn bartender working with his cousin (James Gandolfini, in his last film performance) and owned by Chechen mobsters who occasionally used the bar as a money drop. When two masked me hold up the bar one night, Bob gets pulled into a dangerous—but perhaps all-too-familiar—situation. Like Lehane’s best works, The Drop provides a rich sense of the kind of tight-knit neighborhoods where tribal allegiances are declared in sentences like “That’s my fuckin’ bar.” But the centerpiece is Hardy’s terrific performance as a quiet, socially awkward man devoted to a very particular moral code, including rescuing a wounded dog. While the ending seems to flinch in giving Bob the ending 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. (R)—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 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

No Good Deed HH.5 A violent narcissist (Idris Elba) charms his way into the house of a frustrated mother (Taraji P. Henson) on a dark and stormy night; the “twist” is that the movie mostly works. Director Sam Miller, who previously put Elba through the enjoyably grim-dark paces on Luther, handles the hide & seek bits with minimal flair, seemingly trusting his performers to sell the drama. That instinct proves correct, with both leads—especially the terrific Henson— repeatedly finding new facets in initially stock characterizations. Unfortunately, their efforts are hampered somewhat by a number of set pieces that seem much more unpleasant than they really need to be, particularly during an early violent sequence that makes its point and then just keeps hammering it home. The lead performances ultimately win out over the rampant ick factor, but it’s a close thing. (PG-13)—Andrew Wright

The Trip to Italy HHH.5 This second tour with thinly fictionalized versions of actors Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan—again visiting restaurants and exchanging dueling impressions—is a step darker than the first, as a natural progression of the stars being that much closer to mortality. Make no mistake: Like its predecessor, it relies on the irreproducible chemistry between longtime friends and collaborators Brydon and Coogan. For American audiences, they’re the best showcase Brydon has had to display his talents—which are those, with no hyperbole whatsoever, of a genius. Coogan, more familiar on both sides of the Atlantic, is equally good though less of a revelation, but their combined forces 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. (NR)—DB

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D.C. vs. DC

To the Batscreen! To the BatDVR! To the Batdumpster!

Madam Secretary gets political; Mr. Pickles gets evil; Gotham forgets Batman.

A mysterious VHS tape that’s been for sale in a comic book shop for 25 years is suddenly snatched up by a geek girl, prompting two geek guys to try to seduce her for the tape. Not really a “war,” but it’s a better title than Nerd Seduction. (MVD)

Scorpion Monday, Sept. 22 (CBS) Series Debut: Seems late for a Nerds Assist the Feds procedural, but here’s Scorpion, wherein three good-looking “outcasts” clack

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keyboards, drop sci-fi references and run wires to fight The Terrorists. Working for squinty fed Robert Patrick, the Scorpion— or, if you won’t, </scorpion>—team are “brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age.” </lame>

Forever Monday, Sept. 22 (ABC) Series Debut: Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four) plays a New York City medical examiner who knows everything—literally, because he’s secretly been alive for 200 years. When he teams up with NYPD detective Jo Martinez (Alana de la Garza), there’s no crime they can’t solve ... if Castle or Elementary haven’t already closed it. Matters not: Forever is too optimistic a title for an ABC series whose regular timeslot will be Tuesdays at 9.

Gotham Monday, Sept. 22 (Fox) Series Debut: The Batman-free Gotham may be just a highly stylized cop show with glimpses of future DC Comics supervillains, but a highly stylized cop show is better than a no-style cop show. Gotham, centered around detectives James Gordon

Gotham (Fox) (Ben McKenzie) and Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue) sports this season’s priciest-looking pilot: The police station looks like the ’40s, the cars look like the ’70s, you never see a cell phone or computer, but there are satellite dishes on the rooftops; Gotham occupies no time period. And of all the excellent performances, the most surprising of all is Jada Pinkett Smith as Gotham crime boss Fish Mooney—any show that can make her likable is onto something.

Black-ish Wednesday, Sept. 23 (ABC) Series Debut: Anthony Anderson stars as a family man with a corporate PR job and a sweet suburban spread, but he’s becoming more aware (via narration, this season’s hot trend, along with the Chubby Bearded Bud) of his clan’s disassociation with black culture, and the casual disapproval of his live-in dad Pops (Laurence Fishburne) only exacerbates his anxiety. For a seemingly one-note premise, Black-ish delivers as many laughs in its debut episode as its more-established sitcom neighbors—this is either what The Boondocks railed against or really wanted all along. CW

The final season with Barney, Robin, Ted, Lily, Marshall and what’s-her-name, purportedly with a bonus alternate ending that fans won’t hate with the intensity of a thousand intense things. It’s going to be legen— wait for it … keep waiting … (Fox)

Neighbors A young couple (Seth Rogan and Rose Byrne—so, young-ish) and their baby are tormented by a frat house, led by a beautiful, shirtless bastard (beautiful, shirtless Zac Efron). Mayhem and The Breastfeeding Incident of 2014 ensue. (Universal)

Wer A defense attorney (Criminal Minds’ A.J. Cook) takes the case of Talan (Brian Scott O’Connor), a man accused of brutally murdering a family. As if his name weren’t a giveaway, he turns out to be a werewolf. Sure, blame it on the dog. (Universal)

More New DVD/VOD Releases (Sept. 23) The 100: Season 1, After, The Calling, Defiance: Season 2, Hell & Mr. Fudge, Key & Peele: Season 3, Modern Family: Season 5, Mom: Season 1, Nashville: Season 2, Necessary Roughness: Season 3, Reign: Season 1, The Rover, Royal Pains: Season 5, Scandal: Season 3, We Are the Best! Listen to Bill on Mondays at 8 a.m. on X96 Radio From Hell; weekly on the TV Tan podcast via iTunes and Stitcher.

Series Debut: Finally! A new animated series from Adult Swim! The live-action shows are cool (most of them, any way— we’ll see how Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories goes), but the late-night stoner toons have been missed. In quaint Old Town, young boy Tommy thinks his dog Mr. Pickles is just a carefree scamp—but he’s really a Satanic entity that will screw, maim or kill (in no particular order) any human or animal that crosses his path, and then make it look like he saved the day, à la Lassie. Only Grandpa has witnessed the evil of Mr. Pickles, but no one believes him because, well, he’s old. Sick, twisted and wrong—just the way I like my cartoons. Thanks, Adult Swim.

Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Chelsea Peretti and Terry Crews star in the best cop comedy since, oh, Barney Miller (or at least Baywatch Nights). Don’t let the fact that it won two Golden Globes deter you—B99 is still funny as hell. (Universal)

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Madam Secretary Sunday, Sept. 21 (CBS)

Series Debut: When the Secretary of State is killed in a plane crash, Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni), who quit the CIA years ago over “ethical issues,” is yanked out of her collegeprofessor gig to replace him … sure. Once past the iffy setup, Madam Secretary kicks into West Wing mode, establishing McCord’s zerotolerance policy for bureaucratic bullshit and useless protocol. Madam Secretary is as solid a political drama as network TV has seen in years and, handled right, could be Leoni’s The Good Wife moment—work it, CBS.

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Sunday, Sept. 28

A rundown of the season’s must-see shows. By Kolbie Stonehocker kstonehocker@cityweekly.net @vonstonehocker

ith the arrival of fall comes crisp weather that makes it possible to leave the house and attend a concert without packing gallons of water and sunscreen. Here’s a handy guide to some of the essential local and touring acts that are taking to Salt Lake City’s stages this September, October and November; for complete concert listings, visit CityWeekly.net.

Friday, Sept. 19

Desert Noises, The North Valley, Coyote Vision Group

Genre: ROCK Why You Should Go: What’s better than seeing one electrifying local rock band live? Seeing two equally electrifying local rock bands live, and with both Desert Noises and The North Valley on the bill, this show is sure to be a rollicking, hard-hitting, guitar-solo-filled jolt to the senses—zero wuss-rock here. Also performing will be Coyote Vision Group, another local act, whose experimental mashup of psychedelia, electronic music and folk will throw some weird into the mix. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 9 p.m., $6 in advance, $8 day of show, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com

Saturday, Sept. 27

MUSIC Saturday, Oct. 18

Justin Townes Earle

Saintseneca

Friday, Oct. 3

Tuesday, Oct. 28

Rooftop Concert Series: Fictionist, The Blue Aces

The Afghan Whigs

Genre: Americana Why You Should Go: You ain’t seen entertaining onstage musician/audience interaction until you’ve seen Justin Townes Earle stop mid-song to call some obnoxiously loud drunks “assholes.” But takeno-shit attitude aside, the Nashville, Tenn., troubadour—with his mad blues-style guitar-picking skills, gravelly voice and excellent storytelling—is riveting to watch. His new album, Single Mothers, is inf luenced by his newly sober and married life, and echoes the inf luence of several American music heroes, including Earle’s middle-name namesake, Townes Van Zandt. American Aquarium will open. The State Room, 638 S. State, 8 p.m., $40, TheStateRoom.com

Genre: Rock/Pop-rock Why You Should Go: It’s no surprise that this year is the fifth anniversary of the wildly popular Rooftop Concert Series, an opportunity to see some of the highest-caliber local acts around for free—on the rooftop of a parking garage with spectacular views of the mountains, no less. In celebration of the series’ longevity, rock five-piece Fictionist and pop-rock quartet The Blue Aces will perform tonight. Both bands’ lead singers—Stuart Maxfield and Cristal Ramirez, respectively—are seasoned fixtures on the rooftop stage. It’s also your chance to catch Fictionist before they head out on tour with Neon Trees, in support of their new self-titled album, which comes out Oct. 7. Provo Town Square Parking Terrace, 100 North & 100 West, 7:30 p.m., free, RooftopConcertSeries.com

Genre: Garage-rock/glam-rock Why You Should Go: Watching Bay Area-based garage-rocker Ty Segall perform live is seeing a musician plugging directly into the universe’s mainframe and going nuts. Whaling away on his guitar with lightning-fast fingers and singing with his strange falsetto—which is often more of a yelp or a howl—Segall is a force of nature onstage, silver-lipped and full of energy. He’s on tour in support of his spacey, fuzzed-out new album, Manipulator. La Luz and Max Pain & the Groovies are also on the bill. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 9 p.m., $13 in advance, $15 day of show, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com; limited no-fee tickets available at CityWeeklyStore.com

Desert Noises

Genre: Booty-shakin’ bounce Why You Should Go: If you’re always that person at shows who’s wondering why ever yone’s standing so stiff ly, stoically bobbing their heads to the music, you’ll find your people at this performance by New Orleans “Queen of Bounce” Big Freedia and her troupe of dancers called The Divas. Now on tour in support of her brassy, infectiously catchy debut full-length, Just Be Free—released in June— Big Freedia is a certified expect at getting ever y ass in the house twerking, shaking and wiggling. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 10 p.m., $12 in advance, $14 day of show, TheUrbanLoungeSLC. com; limited no-fee tickets available at CityWeeklyStore.com

Ty Segall

Genre: Alt-rock Why You Should Go: After Cincinnati, Ohio, altrock band The Afghan Whigs reunited in 2012, it wasn’t clear if the few shows they did would turn into anything substantial. But they did, and not only is the Greg Dulli-fronted band now celebrating the 21st anniversary of their successful 1993 album, Gentlemen, by reissuing it Oct. 28, they’re also on tour in support of their first release in 16 years, Do to the Beast, which dropped in April. Attendees of the show will likely be treated to the blistering, serpentine, guitar-driven songs found on both albums. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 9 p.m., $25, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com; limited no-fee tickets available at CityWeeklyStore.com

Monday, Nov. 10

Genre: Old-school rockabilly/R&B Why You Should Go: The debut album by Oklahoma belter J.D. McPherson, 2011’s Signs & Signifiers, is a sumptuous revival of ’50s and ’60s rock & roll and R&B, drawing influence from American pioneers including Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly. But if you want to get a sneak peek of McPherson’s new album, coming out in 2015, you’ll have to catch him live. And that’s not the only reason you should get yourself to this show; the band’s irresistible, energetic sound—featuring horns, stand-up bass, hoppin’ piano and McPherson’s powerhouse of a voice—will have you tapping your toes and doing the twist in no time. The Cactus Blossoms are also on the bill. The State Room, 638 S. State, 8 p.m., $20, TheStateRoom.com; limited no-fee tickets available at CityWeeklyStore.com

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Ty Segall

Genre: Folk-rock Why You Should Go: Something about Saintseneca’s beautiful but desolate Americana-influenced sound pairs perfectly with fall’s austerity, and that’s especially true on the Columbus, Ohio, quartet’s new album, Dark Arc. Centered around the tremulous voice of frontman Zac Little, Saintseneca’s music is harmonious and wistful, but with foot-stomping rhythm. And seeing the band live, especially at a venue as intimate as Kilby Court, will give concertgoers an up-close look at the unique instruments— including baglama, balalaika and more—that help make Saintseneca stand out from similar acts. Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), 7:30 p.m., $7 in advance, $10 day of show, KilbyCourt.com

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Wednesday, Oct. 15

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brush with death is often a time when people rediscover God, but for Drew Grow, it had the opposite effect—at least musically. After the Portland, Ore., singer-songwriter/multiinstrumentalist was hospitalized as a result of a serious car accident in 2011, he trimmed his band Drew Grow & the Pastors’ Wives down to three people and ditched the folksy group’s neo-gospel style. Revamped as Modern Kin, the trio— previous Pastors’ Wives members Kris Doty (bass) and Jeremiah Hayden (drums) complete the lineup—realigned themselves with their musical goals. Since taking on the new band name in 2012, they’ve been “putting down some roots and getting our bearings,” Grow says. “Individually, we each came to a fresh decision that music is necessary for us, and that without it, our lives are missing something massively essential. That kind of decision is purifying, and I find the band now has ... muscle, clarity and musical unity.” As a result, Modern Kin have been able to throw themselves into their music with a vengeance, smashing the stylistic rules they’d been restricted by in the prior project. “The old band was folkier and looser— sometimes risky-sounding on the outside but more conservative on the inside,” Grow says. “Modern Kin is less encumbered with tradition and mess—sleeker and more efficient-sounding on the outside, but much riskier on the inside.” Modern Kin debuted their genredefying sound on a self-titled full-length released in fall 2013. Jumping effortlessly bet ween moments of scorch ing dissonance, assuasive dreaminess and soulful swagger, Modern Kin shows the band reconciling their eclectic inf luences, including Tom Waits and Nick Cave, as well as the styles of post punk and art rock. “We have some American roots

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CrucialFest Benefit Show If your summer isn’t complete without a heavy dose of “all things loud” supplied by local multi-day rock festival CrucialFest, give back by buying a ticket to this show. Proceeds will benefit CrucialFest and its continued dedication to showcasing local rock and metal as well as bringing high-caliber touring acts to Salt Lake City; this year’s fest, held in June, saw names as big as Red Fang from Portland, Ore.; Big Business from Los Angeles; and Kowloon Walled City from San Francisco. The eardrum-rupturing lineup at the benefit show will be made up of local acts post-hardcore/post-punk band Worst Friends—which features CrucialFest founder and Exigent Records owner Jarom Bischoff— metal/hardcore band Die Off and longtime rock outfit Red Bennies. Bar Deluxe, 666 S. State, 9 p.m., $5, BarDeluxeSLC.com

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The Orwells The latest album from young rockers The Orwells, Disgraceland, released in June, is all late nights, cigarette smoke, leather jackets and backseat makeout sessions—a messy, sexy, dirty encapsulation of being a bored teenager in a Chicago suburb. Full of squalling guitar, driving percussion and plenty of high energy, the album is a hell of a lot of fun to listen to. But to get a taste of the primal chaos that accompanies the fivepiece, check out the footage of their January performance on the Late Show With David Letterman. When he wasn’t singing, frontman Mario Cuomo rolled around on the floor and even unceremoniously took a seat on the couch usually reserved for guests. Attendees of this show can expect at least a fraction of that weirdness. Skaters will

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Rose’s Pawn Shop When Rose, the ex-girlfriend and former bandmate of Rose’s Pawn Shop frontman Paul Givant, took all of the band’s equipment and sold it to a pawn shop, they could’ve taken it as a sign to call it quits. Instead, the Los Angeles five-piece took on a band name in honor of the strange tale (and bought all their stuff back). Since then, they’ve perfected a cozy, homey, harmony-filled blend of alt-country, folk, Americana and bluegrass that’s easy to sing along to and even easier to dance to. They’re currently on tour in support of their latest effort, Gravity Well—released earlier this month—a tale of heartbreak, drinking one’s pain away and other satisfyingly gloomy subjects. Cory

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The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band With their minimal setup of guitar, washboard and drums—which they strum, scrape and pound with electric fervor—The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is a rustic and rowdy slice of Americana. The trio’s most recent album, 2012’s Between the Ditches, is full of plenty of lyrics that reflect their rural home of Bean Blossom, Ind., especially on songs such as the lightning-fast hoedown of “Shut the Screen” and the bluesy

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INSIDE / feature drinks where a portion will be donated to a local charity.” Past charities have included cancer research, the Utah Arts Festival, and the Girl Scouts of Utah. In August, Campfire Lounge donated 10 percent of all sales from their “round the campfire” features menu to CAWS Strut Your Mutt and raised over $600. They are looking for a new charity in September. “Our favorite groups are those that help homeless pets,” LaTorre says. Campfire Lounge has been in business since February 2013 and is open Monday through Thursday from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. and Friday through Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. For more information about Campfire Lounge, find them on the web at w w w.campfirelounge.com or on Facebook. n

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) These horoscopes I write for you aren’t primarily meant to predict the future. They are more about uncovering hidden potentials and desirable possibilities that are stirring below the surface right now. When I’m doing my job well, I help you identify those seeds so you can cultivate them proactively. Bearing that in mind, I’ll pose three pertinent questions. 1. What experiments might stir up more intimacy in the relationships you want to deepen? 2. What could you change about yourself to attract more of the love and care you want? 3. Is there anything you can do to diminish the sting of bad memories about past romantic encounters, thereby freeing you to love with more abandon? TAURUS (April 20-May 20) The old Latin motto Gradu diverso, via una can be translated as either “Continuing on the same road, but with a different stride” or “Going the same way, but changing your pace.” I think this is excellent advice for you, Taurus. By my reckoning, you are on the correct path. You are headed in the right direction. But you need to shift your approach a bit—not a lot, just a little. You’ve got to make some minor adjustments in the way you flow. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) For years, Donna and George Lewis used a 33-pound, ovalshaped rock as a doorstop in their Tennessee home. Later they moved it to their garden. Then one day George analyzed it with his metal detector and realized it had unusual properties. He took it to scientists who informed him it was a rare and valuable fourand-a-half-billion-year-old meteorite. With this as our subtext, Gemini, I’m asking you if there might be some aspect of your life that is more precious than you imagine. Now is a favorable time to find out, and make appropriate adjustments in your behavior.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) This might be controversial, but I suspect that, for now, your emphasis shouldn’t be on sex, drugs and rock & roll. Instead, your specialties should be hard-earned intimacy, altered states that are solely the result of deep introspection, and music that arouses reverence and other sacred emotions. You are entering a phase when crafty power is less important than vigorous receptivity; when success is not nearly as interesting as meaningfulness; when what you already understand is less valuable than what you can imagine and create. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You are entering a phase when you will reap rich rewards by nurturing the health of your favorite posse, ensemble or organization. How is the group’s collective mental health? Are there any festering rifts? Any apathetic attitudes or weakening resolves? I choose you to be the leader who builds solidarity and cultivates consensus. I ask you to think creatively about how to make sure everyone’s individual goals synergize with the greater good. Are you familiar with the Arabic word taarradhin? It means a compromise that allows everyone to win—a reconciliation in which no one loses face.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The good news is that America has more trees than it did a hundred years ago. Aggressive efforts to replace the decimated old-growth forests have paid off. The bad news is that the new forests have a far less diverse selection of tree species than the originals. The fresh batches are often crowded into smaller spaces, so wildfires are more massive and devastating. And because so many of the forests are young, they host a reduced diversity of plant and animal life. All in all, the increased quantity LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) is wonderful; the lower quality not so wonderful. Is there a The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study lesson here for you? I think so. In your upcoming decisions, favor with a conclusion we might expect to see in a tabloid newspaper or established quality over novel quantity. satirical website. It reported that there is a correlation between chocolate consumption and Nobel Prizes. Those countries whose AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) citizens eat more chocolate have also produced an inordinate If Pope Francis isn’t traveling, he comes out to meet the public number of Nobel laureates. So does this mean that chocolate in St. Peter’s Square every Wednesday. During one such event, makes you smarter, as some other studies have also suggested? he took a few moments to bestow tender attention on a talking Maybe, the report concluded. Since it is especially important for parrot that belonged to a male stripper. I foresee a comparable you to be at the height of your mental powers in the coming weeks, anomaly happening for you in the coming days. A part of you Leo, why not experiment with this possibility? that is wild or outré will be blessed by contact with what’s holy or sublime. Or maybe a beastly aspect of your nature that doesn’t VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) normally get much respect will receive a divine favor. I rarely waste my time trying to convert the “skeptics” who attack astrology with a hostile zeal that belies their supposed scientific PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) objectivity. They’re often as dogmatic and closed-minded as “My definition of a devil is a god who has not been recognized,” any fundamentalist religious nut. When I’m in a tricky mood, said mythologist Joseph Campbell. “It is a power in you to which though, I might tell them about the “Crawford Perspectives,” you have not given expression, and you push it back. And then, a highly rated Wall Street investment publication that relies like all repressed energy, it builds up and becomes dangerous extensively on astrological analysis. Or I might quote the to the position you’re trying to hold.” Do you agree, Pisces? wealthy financier J. P. Morgan, who testified that “Millionaires I hope so, because you will soon be entering the Get Better don’t use astrology; billionaires do.” That brings us to my main Acquainted with Your Devil Phase of your astrological cycle, to point, Virgo: The astrological omens suggest that the coming be immediately followed by the Transform Your Devil into a God weeks will be a favorable time for you to put in motion plans to Phase. To get the party started, ask yourself this question: What get richer quicker. Take advantage! is the power in you to which you have not given expression?

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) When Libra-born Mohandas Gandhi was 19, he moved to London from his native India to study law. Soon, he got caught up in the effort to become an English gentleman. He took elocution lessons and learned to dance. He bought fine clothes and a gold watch-chain. Each morning, he stood before a giant mirror and fussed with his hair and necktie until they were perfect. In retrospect, this phase of his life seems irrelevant. Years later he was a barefoot rebel leader using nonviolent civil disobedience to help end the British rule of India, often wearing a loincloth and shawl made of fabric he wove himself. With this as your inspiration, Libra, identify aspects of your current life that contribute little to the soul you must eventually become.

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