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Letters Popular Thinking

I am a longtime philosophy teacher and am constantly encountering problems with my students when it comes to the relationship between opinion, evidence and expertise. As illustrated in the Asimov quote at the start of Scott Renshaw’s opinion piece [“Difference of Opinion,” Sept. 11, City Weekly], this has been a problem for a long time. Philosophers in ancient Greece debated Protagoras, who thought that “man is the measure of all things.” But based on my last 12 years of teaching, I fear the problem is peaking right now. What are the causes? I think it has some connection to fashionable academic ideas that have unfortunately filtered down to popular culture. Have you heard of the Sokal Hoax? Google it. In any case, it is very important that there are people willing to oppose this trend in thinking, and it’s for this that I thank you.

Jason Goltz Salt Lake City

We Need to Fight

The “Circular Debate” political cartoon [This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow, Aug. 7, City Weekly] gives the false impression that there is such a thing as a “horrifically disproportionate” response against terrorists who are lobbing thousands of rockets into your communities to fulfill their written charter to kill any and all who are not them.

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. When American schools are attacked by armed thugs or armed students, we demand that police spare no effort and expense to respond with all deliberate force to end the attacks. When state-sponsored armies, or non-state terrorist militias, attack civilians with intent to kill, U.S. Military training is to respond with overwhelming force to stop the threat. There are two errors by omission in the cartoon. First, this war is because Hamas has diverted money away from aid for its people to amass attack tunnels and 10,000 rockets that it will continue to lob against civilians with unrestrained impunity until the rockets are expended, or until those firing them are eliminated. Second, Hamas has the unilateral power to instantly end all fighting and killing, to grow its economy as fellow Palestinians are doing in the West Bank, by removing its egregious charter requirement to kill all Jews and, instead, start building social infrastructure with the funds it now uses to build tunnels and rockets. We ended World War II by what Tom Tomorrow would call horrifically disproportionate response in Germany and Japan. It worked. We neutralized the Axis fighting machine, we won, and now we are all friends and allies. Fighting Hamas, ISIS, Boko Haram, al-Qaida and other terrorist thugs demands an all-in response.

Stan Rosenzweig Cottonwood Heights

Dangerous Lane

Motorists parking parallel are used to pulling up to the curb, not to a white line that marks a bike lane [“Lane Change,” Sept. 4, City Weekly]. Once parked, passenger doors face the bike lane. Drivers may be used to checking for traffic before opening their doors, but passengers aren’t. Finally, when that passenger door swings into the bike lane in front of a cyclist, the latter’s trapped between a curb and a wall of cars. If that cyclist is you, take the crash into the cars, not the curb, where you’ll flip over the handlebars on your way down. It doesn’t matter that signs are there. Drivers do so much by reflex and will make mistakes on this one. And cyclists won’t go slow.

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Correction: Pinback’s album Summer of Abaddon was released in 2004. Sept. 18’s Music Live feature listed an incorrect year.

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OPINION

Mind the Gap

As the gap between the richest Americans and everybody else continues to expand at an alarming rate, it’s curious how a state like Utah, with a minority of the super wealthy, continues to overwhelmingly vote Republican, though the evidence leaves little doubt that Republicans, especially on the national level, favor maintaining and even inflating the spread at the expense of those of lesser means. In August, Standard & Poor’s reported that the wealth gap is slowing U.S. economic growth. The report noted that income for top earners has far outpaced earnings of everybody else. That disparity translates into less spending for the lower economic classes, while the rich save more of their wealth. S&P estimates that the result will be an economy that grows 2.5 percent annually over the next 10 years, compared with the 2.8 percent forecast just five years ago. In the March/April 2011 edition of Mother Jones, Dave Gilson and Carolyn Perot published an article titled “It’s the Inequality, Stupid” that included a series of charts disclosing just how wide the gap is becoming. Between 1979 and 2005, the wealthiest Americans—the top 5 percent—gained $632,048 per household in annual income, while the next 95 percent lost $36,636. Productivity in America has surged since 1979, but average overall wages for 99 percent of us have increased by only 80 percent, while the top 1 percent has realized a gain of more than 340 percent. You get the point. The rich are getting richer, and the rest of us are pretty much treading water. America appears to be heading in the direction of a plutocracy, where the super rich call the shots. Examples of how that scenario plays out can be found in numerous countries around the world where a small percentage of the population hold all the cards and the vast majority of the rest end

up living in abject poverty. I can understand why the wealthy in Utah would vote Republican. That makes perfect sense. But what about everybody else whose comparative incomes are losing ground every year? Why would intelligent Utah voters of moderate means continue to support a party that favors the rich at their expense? Republicans work diligently to protect their wealthy benefactors over their less-aff luent constituents. What specifically have they accomplished to improve your financial wellbeing? The Democrats have proposed increasing the minimum wage and creating meaningful jobs for the middle class by funding desperately needed infrastructure projects like highways, bridges and watertreatment plants. This funding could be offset by eliminating bogus tax loopholes for those who don’t need them but got them anyway because they can essentially bribe their Republican representatives with tempting campaign contributions. The crazy thing is that both the rich and the rest of us benefit from more and better-paying jobs for middle-class A mericans. That would also increase the demand for goods and services, which means more profit for the rich, who would realize increased sales. All economic groups would end up paying more taxes to help reduce the federal deficit. Federal aid to the needy would decrease. It’s a win-win situation. What do Republicans have to offer in comparison? Very little. Their primary economic goal is to protect their rich donors. Increase taxes on the rich? You’ve got to be kidding! Don’t you know that the top earners are the job creators, and their wealth trickles down to benefit those of lesser means? Surely you can’t deny the fact that the less fortunate are lazy

B Y R AY H U LT and incompetent takers who deserve their lower station in life. The trickle-down theory is a farce. The excessive earnings of the rich aren’t about to result in hiring more employees or expanding their business interests. Instead, after they’ve purchased about all they can stand, they put the rest in savings in overseas banks, and nobody else benefits from that extra wealth. Ask yourself which party it was that provided affordable health care for the masses. Who was it that saved moderateincome families from going bankrupt because of health concerns? Then ask which party has fought Obamacare tooth and nail. There’s a lot more, but it all points in the same direction. For whatever reason, Republicans have decided to back the excessively well-to-do at the expense of those lower down the economic ladder. The Democrats, on the other hand, appear more amenable to watching out for the welfare of those who are rapidly losing their fair share of the American pie. Unless you’re one of the really rich ones, why would you continue to choose Republica ns to represent you in Washington? The next big choice we have is this November, when we vote on candidates to represent us in the U.S. Congress. We can choose Democratic for all four districts. Think hard on whether it’s really in your best interest to keep voting Republican when that party’s primary goal is to favor the demands of billionaires. CW

Why would intelligent Utah voters of moderate means continue to support a party that favors the rich?

Ray Hult is a committed progressive Democrat and the author of several books on the topic of agnosticism. He worked for the FBI for 27 years as a special agent stationed in California, Texas and Utah. Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net.

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What are you looking forward to about Halloween? Scott Renshaw: The instantaneous transition at midnight Nov. 1 from Halloween decorations to Christmas decorations. Jeff Chipian: I may not go door-to-door anymore. But when I pass out candy at the house, I hand it out in costume. It always builds my self esteem when a trick-or-treater screams to their parents that Superman gave them candy. John Saltas: The day after Halloween. Kolbie Stonehocker: Curling up on the couch with a glass of wine and watching scary movies—and eating all the candy I bought for the trick-or-treaters. Rachel Piper: My mom often sends me a costumed Snoopy stuffed animal packaged with a small box of Whitman’s chocolates. I hope I’ve been good enough this year. Paula Saltas: Wearing my Avengers sweatpants “costume” in public with no judgement. Colin Wolf: I love playing the “Is this dude dressed up as Mumford & Sons or are those his actual clothes?” game.

Christopher Westergard: I am looking forward to it being over.

Jeremiah Smith: Honestly, peace and quiet, and no costume parties

Bryan Bale: I usually play some fun October gigs with Juana Ghani. It looks like we’ll be playing at Fats Grill on Oct. 31. Jackie Briggs: Murder mysteries.

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Since its 2011 debut, the Moab Pride Festival has nearly doubled its attendance numbers, and is expecting at least 1,000 people will join this year’s celebration (Sept. 26-27, MoabPride.org), which includes a Visibility March, live music and a beer garden, with entertainment by L.A. comedian Jennie McNulty. Leading into Moab Pride is Gay Adventure Week, a one-of-a-kind fundraising event that aims to attract tourists and encourage everyone to get together and feel accepted. And Sallie Hodges (pictured right), the executive director of the festival, wants to keep the love growing.

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It’s a rural festival. It’s a festival that’s very, very inclusive of everybody. It’s full of friends, allies and families. It’s also a festival that has been described as if Utah Pride Festival and Burning Man had a baby.

We’ll be expecting 1,000 to 1,500. We don’t really have a parade—we have a Visibility March. We encourage anybody to join us starting at Swanny Park and marching through the streets of Moab. It’s a demonstration that we are united, everybody loves each other and we embrace diversity and it includes everyone.

What is Gay Adventure Week?

I think that was inspired really by Gay Ski Week. We just thought that it would be a great idea to do something like that here and turn it into an adventure week, because Moab is sort of the adventure capital of the world. It’s very unique. There’s no other gay adventure week that leads into a pride festival anywhere in the U.S. It’s pretty much just a get-together. We try to include everyone to come. I think in the past, a lot of ski weeks are predominantly men (I don’t know why); we’re trying to encourage more people to come. We just want people to come and hang out. It’s an official fundraiser for Moab Pride. If they do make any money, it goes to Moab Pride.

What do you hope to accomplish with this Moab Pride?

Oh, crikey. I just want people to come and enjoy Moab! I think Moab has a big core, and I think it’s lovely for people to come down and realize how supportive the city is. We want it to grow. We want people to love and accept each other. A lot of people have said it’s their favorite festival. Something I’d like to work on in the future is making Moab Pride a “destination pride.”

Are you doing any activism for same-sex marriage in Utah? We have a lot of organizations that come to our festival. Our local hospital has a new doctor that’s just joined them and he has done a lot of work with the trans community—they’ll have a booth for the first time to let people know that service is there for them. We just partnered with the multicultural center down here so they have a space for us to have a drop-in once a week. What we’re working on, to be honest with you, is working on legitimizing Moab Pride as an organization that will be here year-round. That’s pretty much what our festival is for.

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STRAIGHT DOPE On Target

BY CECIL ADAMS

I keep seeing a stat saying Americans are eight times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist. How does this data break down into black, white, Hispanic, and Asian-American? —Eric Ward To hear some in the media talk, the racial breakdown for Americans killed by cops is a deep mystery. While the FBI publishes annual statistics for “justifiable homicides” by law enforcement, the race of the victims isn’t publicly available. In the wake of the Ferguson killing, nobody seemed to know how you could find out. Vox.com, showing more enterprise than most, learned the FBI compiled “Supplementary Homicide Reports” providing additional unpublished info, including race, about slain “felons”—the FBI’s grotesque term for all justifiable-homicide victims, suggesting anyone killed by a cop is automatically guilty. Vox obtained the report for one year, 2012. “The FBI’s data shows that 32 percent of the felons killed by officers in 2012 were black,” Vox wrote, while pointing out that black Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population. What’s more, black people accounted for 42 percent of those “not attacking when killed; not killed with rifle or shotgun.” In other words, police used handguns to kill non-threatening blacks far out of proportion to other races. Vox noted that people interacting with the U.S. criminal justice system were disproportionately black, which surely is key to understanding what’s going on here. However, when readers clicked on a link presumably expanding on this notion, they arrived at a Vox video titled “The Racism of the U.S. Criminal Justice System in 10 Charts.” Let’s stop right there. To start with the basics: n While the FBI doesn’t publicize the racial breakdown of people killed by cops, the information is obtainable if you know where to look. It’s kept in the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, a public website maintained through the University of Michigan. The FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHRs) are available from 1976 to date. n As Vox rightly notes, the SHRs aren’t entirely trustworthy. SHRs are voluntarily submitted to the FBI by local jurisdictions, and the completeness of the data has evolved. So comparisons over time must be viewed cautiously. n One thing jumps out when you start browsing: The number of justifiable homicides by law enforcement officers (hereinafter JHBLEOs) has been surprisingly steady over the years, fluctuating between 300 and 462. There were spikes around 1980 and again in the early 1990s, possibly reflecting jumps in violent crime in those years. Then again, we seem to be in a minispike now (there were 426 JHBLEOs in 2012), even though violent crime has dropped.

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n Another striking phenomenon is the massive drop in the percentage of black people among those killed by cops. From 1976 to 1980, exactly half of JHBLEO victims (967 of 1,934) were black. The trend since then has been down. For the most recent five years available, 2008-2012, it’s about 30 percent. n Since you asked, the number of Asians and Native Americans killed is low, usually in the single digits per year. Hispanic JHBLEOs show up in the SHRs only from 2003 on, and fluctuate in the range of 15 to 19 percent. The Hispanic fraction of the U.S. population is 17 percent. What do we conclude from all this? Black people inarguably are killed by cops in disproportionate numbers, and are more likely to get caught up in the criminal justice system. Is that direct evidence of racism? Not necessarily. It may simply mean there’s more violent crime in black communities. Black people account for a disproportionate share of arrests for violent crime—in 2012, 49 percent of murder arrests, 55 percent of robberies, 34 percent of aggravated assaults, and so on. Does that reflect unfair targeting by police? Not likely. According to a Justice Department study, 47 percent of murder victims between 1980 and 2008 were black, and 93 percent of black victims were killed by other blacks. Nobody can seriously claim those numbers were cooked. Conclusion: There’s a lot of violent crime in black communities, and thus presumably a lot of police activity. It stands to reason that the more times people with guns are sent into a community looking for other people with guns, the more violence will result. It’s not necessary to impute this to racism. Look again at the trend. In 1976, black people accounted for 52 percent of murder arrests, 47 percent of murder victims, and 52 percent of JHBLEOs. In 2012, black people accounted for 49 percent of murder arrests, 49 percent of murder victims, but just 30 percent of those killed by cops. Are those horrifyingly large numbers? You bet. Is all this violence unrelated to historical discrimination? Hardly. Are some cops racist? That’s certainly one explanation for Vox’s revelation that 42 percent of non-attacking people killed by police handgun fire are black. Is the fact that, overall, 30 percent of people killed by police are black in itself evidence of racist cops? I’m not saying such evidence can’t be found. But this isn’t it. Send questions to Cecil via StraightDope. com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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NEWS Corporation Courtship

Utah’s Office of Economic Development is in the business of luring big business to Utah. By Colby Frazier cfrazier@cityweekly.net @colbyfrazierlp From Utah’s growing technology sector in Utah County to banking behemoths setting up shop on Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah is luring big business to the state. Government officials cite myriad reasons for the influx, like the state’s rapidly growing population and workforce, its low unemployment rate, relaxed regulatory environment and stable corporate tax rate. But one arm of state government can directly trace its influence in luring new businesses, and the jobs and taxes they bring, to Zion: the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), which at its Sept. 11 meeting issued more than $1.5 million in corporate tax incentives to two corporations looking to set up shop in Utah. In 2013, the GOED board, made up of lobbyists, attorneys and assorted titans of business, offered $171 million in corporate tax breaks to lure big businesses to Utah. During the September meeting, the board offered a $1.4 million tax incentive to Viracon, a glass-window manufacturer, and $113,447 to Oemeta, a German chemical company. Monte Mitchell, senior v ice president of administration for Viracon, said his company had received incentive offers from Georgia and from Minnesota, where the company is headquartered. But Utah’s offer was too good to pass up. “It was the deciding factor,” Mitchell says, noting that the company intends to reopen the St. George factory it shuttered during the recession instead of opening new plants in other states. “The incentive tipped the scale toward choosing Utah.” The type of incentives offered by GOED, says board member Jerry Oldroyd, are corporate tax rebates that a company receives only after it has paid its bushels of taxes to the state. GOED typically issues rebates that stretch for 10-year terms and account for around 20 percent of the estimated new tax revenue the state would receive if the company comes to Utah.

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“It’s critcal that we continue to grow new state revenue, and that’s measured by jobs. It’s revenue-generating incentive.”

Sometimes, though, the incentives are for a higher percentage. In 2009, investment bank Goldman Sachs received a $47.3 million tax incentive, which represents an estimated 30 percent of the taxes it would pay to the state over 20 years. In the case of Viracon, the company pledged to bring 300 new jobs to Washington County while paying just over $7 million in corporate income taxes over 10 years. As this revenue materializes and taxes begin flowing to the state, the company will be able to apply for rebates over the course of its deal with GOED that would give it back up to $1.4 million. “The whole pur pose of this was to stimulate the economy,” Oldroyd says of GOED’s mission. “It’s critical that we continue to grow new state revenue, a nd that’s measured by jobs. It’s a revenue-generating incentive.” Because t he i nc ent i ves are tied to the jobs they create and tax revenues that might not otherwise f low to the state, Michael Su l liva n, GOED’s communication director, says the bait offered to companies shouldn’t be considered “corporate welfare.” And Sullivan, an impassioned champion of GOED’s process, says he’s confident that tech companies like Adobe, which received $40.2 million in tax incentives, and BioFire would not be in Utah if it weren’t for the corporate tax breaks they received. “That building at the point of the mountain literally wouldn’t be here if not for the people in this office,” Sullivan says. The $171 million in incentives given to businesses in 2013, according to GOED’s figures, are a drop in the bucket compared to the overall economic impacts of having these companies put down roots in Utah. Sullivan says an estimated 9,289 jobs will be created by the businesses that received incentives in 2013, while $6.4 billion will be paid out in new wages and $830 million in new taxes will flow to the state.

—Jerry Oldroyd, GOED board member

The incentives are also given to Utah companies. Sullivan says 40 percent of the companies receiving tax incentives are existing businesses looking to grow their operations here. One key factor that plays into whether GOED offers incentives to a company, though, is whether there is competition from other states. This competitive component can preclude smaller Utah businesses. As the economy rebounded in recent years, the competitive dynamic of the incentives has grown.

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Oldroyd says some states offer to build new buildings for the companies in addition to offering tax incentives. Some states lure businesses through cash payments, or through means that could put taxpayers at risk. One recent example of this is a deal hammered out bet ween automaker Tesla and the state of Nevada. In addition to more than $1 billion in tax incentives, Nevada will give the company discounted electricit y, which will be subsidized by Nevada ratepayers. “It’s a very, very competitive process,” Oldroyd says. “States all over the country are providing incentives to lure business. It’s really unfortunate, but it’s become a very competitive business.” Occasionally, though, GOED does offer some cash. In March, GOED gave Houweling Nurseries Oxnard Inc.,

which was looking to settle in Juab County, a $500,000 grant to offset water line and well infrastructure costs and another $300,000 for training its employees. This was in addition to a $4.6 million tax incentive. A lthough many of the large incentives GOED of fers impact companies looking to locate along the Wasatch Front, it has ventured into rural Utah, as well. A recent example occurred in June 2013, when the GOED board voted unanimously to give $12.7 million in tax incentives to Emery Refining LLC, which hopes to open an oil refinery a few miles away from the Green River. The scale of the operation and its possible tax revenues, as estimated by GOED, are large. Over the course of 12 years, GOED says, the refinery, near the city of Green River, could create $63.6 million in new revenue to the state and provide 125 jobs. Emery Ref ining, ow ned by a London financial firm and a Houston investment bank, has sought airqualit y permits from the state. The GOED incentive for Emery, Sullivan explains, is predicated on the refinery receiving all of the required permits and commencing construction. He said the purpose of approving the incentive in 2013 was to endorse the company, with hopes that the federal government would see that Utah was in favor of the project. A nne Mariah Tapp, staff attorney for the Grand Canyon Trust, says incentivizing this type of industry on the bank of the Green River, within shouting distance of the Colorado River and Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, could have impacts on southeastern Utah’s booming tourism and recreational economies, which are not finite like the Uintah Basin tar sands that the refinery will process. “My hope is that the state understands and prioritizes its environmental resources, which are also financial resources for the state, that could be permanent rather than looking to subsidize industries that threaten both the region’s and the United States’ treasures,” she says. Since its founding in 2006, GOED hasn’t been looked over by state auditors. However, the state auditor is expected to release an audit on GOED in October. Neither Sullivan, nor a spokesman with the auditor, would comment on the audit. “We’re under injunction not to speak,” Sullivan says. “We’d love to, but we can’t.” CW

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For the Kids How should one illustrate the suffering of children who live w ith samesex parents? Maybe not by using photos of them with their dads or moms and looking perfectly content. The exploitation of innocents at an anti gay-marriage rally raised the hackles of Marina Gomberg, interim executive director of Equality Utah. “It is a disgrace to use our families for a misguided and debunked view of what is best for children,” she said. The Deseret News took the story down, tweeting to Eric Ethington, formerly of Utah Political Capitol, that they wanted to get comment from the samesex parents. When the story went back online, there were no such comments, although there was a comment from organizer Mary Summerhays, who said that the families’ privacy had already been lost because the photos had been used in newspapers, and concerns should be addressed to the papers that had featured their stories “without my knowledge,” whatever that means.

Delayed Response Not exactly reason to rejoice, but at least the San Juan County road runners got a slap on the wrist for “conspiracy to operate off-road vehicles on public lands closed to off-road vehicles.” San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman and four others had misdemeanor charges placed against them, not without some equivocation from the U.S. Attorney’s office, which went to great lengths to say they respect differing opinions. Even Stephen Colbert noted that “great respect” when he compared how the government responded to Cliven Bundy and then to the Ferguson protesters. But Utahns are used to small victories. Gov. Gary Herbert now says he has promises that there won’t be a new national monument if work on a public lands initiative continues. Is compromise possible? We’ll see.

Tear It Down So, how about a Zion Curtain around the Legislature? Or at least around retiring Sen. John Valentine’s mouth? Valentine, the idea man behind the goofy curtain, now laments that he didn’t make it mandatory for all restaurants in Utah. That’s because everyone knows if you see someone mixing a drink, you’ll want to jump up and grab it, or you’ll see what fun it is to mix drinks and want to do it at home. Or something. No one has really figured out why the Zion Curtain is good or what it prevents, besides seeing whether the bartender is using the brand of gin you ordered.

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Bombs Away The United States has decided to renew its investment in nuclear weapons, which is why peace activists want you to come learn how to beat the bomb for a nuke-free world. This weekend, you can also celebrate the sun at Solar Day Salt Lake—a 100 percent solar-powered event featuring solar vendors and speakers talking about the renewable energy’s potential here in Utah. Later on in the week, don’t miss a Salt Lake City Council meeting going over issues like a proposed change in fees for newspaper racks, and transit options between Davis County and Salt Lake City.

Beat the Bomb: Total Elimination of All Nuclear Weapons Friday, Sept. 26

This weekend, you can bring out the family to hear the drums of peace and learn about how to rally against a nuclear future at this event, put on by the Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the Gandhi Alliance for Peace, and the United Nations Association of Utah. Participants are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and blanket and enjoy music from Congolese drummers, Japanese Taiko drummers and more. Sugar House Park, Fabian Pavillion, 1400 E. 2100 South, 801-364-2971, Sept. 26, 6 p.m., UtahCan.org

Solar Day Salt Lake 2014 Saturday, Sept. 27

Come soak up the sun while it’s still out at one of the largest gathering of solarpanel vendors in the state. There will be a solar-panel auction and speakers, like 30-year solar-industry veteran Ken Gardner, who will talk about taking advantage of Utah’s solar potential. Wheeler Farm, 6351 S. 900 East, 801-833-4865, Sept. 27, 1-5 p.m., http://citywk.ly/1uE0w4d

Salt Lake City Council Tuesday, Sept. 30

The Salt Lake City Council is looking for your feedback on a variety of proposals. The council will consider a proposal to modify procedures for the Planning & Historic Landmarks Commission, as well as an increased fee for newsracks requested by the mayor. There will also be discussion about extending transit options between Salt Lake City and Davis County, including the possible development of a rapid-transit bus line along 400 West. Salt Lake City & County Building, 451 S. State, 801-535-7600, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Council.SLCGov.com

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Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Fall Season After celebrating its 50th anniversary this past season, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company could simply rest on the laurels of that history and repertory to build its upcoming season. But instead, the first performance of RWDC’s 51st season, Fall Season, features one brand-new commission, another commission that first premiered in 2013 and a work by its own artistic director, Daniel Charon, making its Salt Lake City premiere. Charon says his piece Storm is a kinetic work that explores the fast pace of modern-day society. “It is inspired by the individual energy inherent in each of us that, when put together, make a community’s life force so unique,” he says. It should pair nicely with the company’s revival of Johannes Wieland’s One Hundred Thousand, a tour de force that explores the contemporary cult of celebrity worship. It’s a high-energy, physical romp, and includes multiple stage props, lip-synching, a bit of spoken word and some downright insanity as the performers work to the point of exhaustion. The commission making its world premiere is the unique multimedia piece Fragments by choreographer Jonah Bokaer. Since he started choreographing in 2002, Bokaer has created a new language of dance through the use of visual arts and design. Fragments will have two distinct installation elements: a set of hanging, mirrored panels, and fluorescent lights patterning the floor. “The idea is to highlight the dancers, and the space, with fragmentary reflections & refractions of light, and space,” Bokaer says. (Jacob Stringer) Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Fall Season @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-297-4241, Sept. 25-27, 7:30 p.m., $35. Ririe-Woodbury.com

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salt 10: Conrad Bakker The latest iteration of the salt series at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts explores something very personal to the late Robert Smithson: his own library. The wooden books created by Illinois artist Conrad Bakker cannot be opened but nevertheless have much to say about the man who collected them. A personal collection of books, “even without being read, says something about their owners,” says UMFA curator Whitney Tassie. Bakker replicated a selection of Smithson’s library through incredibly deft, detailed woodcarving and painting. The volumes provide a candid glimpse of Smithson, who plays a significant part in Utah’s art world, yet who sometimes seems abstracted. Here, we can catch hold of who he was—his personal motivations, his goals, the ideas he wished to pursue and what he looked at to provide source material for his art. The exhibit is also a chance to get to know the art of Bakker, who’s exhibited work internationally and has replicated photographs, chairs and even motorcycles out of wood. (Ehren Clark) salt 10: Conrad Bakker @ Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, University of Utah, 801581-7332, through Feb. 8, $7-$9, UMFA members free. UMFA.Utah.edu

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CUAC’s director and curator, Adam Bateman, has been experimenting with different uses of the gallery space in recent exhibits, and the progressive local gallery has become prime territory for probing the nature of conceptual art. The two artists currently featured in the space look at different ways nature and the manufactured world intersect. The sculptures in Jason Manley’s Paved Forest are formulated from linguistic phrases, and their materials relate both to complex fabrication processes and natural materials. A phrase like “Out of sight, out of mind” has multiple meanings when it’s turned into an imposing sculptural form (pictured), suggestive of skyscrapers or the High Sierras. The assertive presence of these objectsc also invokes their negative; in a strange way, they are the artistic descendents of Magritte’s “This Is Not a Pipe” painting. Tyler Beard’s Amid Sand & Sun presents photographs mounted on metal sculptures, with shapes evoking those in nature as well as in architecture, like shaped aluminum steps. His works seem to suggest that natural forms aspire to the geometrical precision of the manufactured. Manley holds an MFA from the University of Arizona, has exhibited widely, and is on the faculty at Weber State University. Beard, a Fulbright finalist, completed an MFA at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Both artists demonstrate that the most challenging current conceptual art takes as its subject matter the nature of the physical world. (Brian Staker) Jason Manley: Paved Forest/Tyler Beard: Amid Sand and Sun @ CUAC, 175 E. 200 South, 385-214-6768, through Oct. 10, free. CUArtCenter.org

As true as it is that theater is a playwright’s medium, it is also the case that much can be done with a merely ordinary script to make good theater out of it. Peter Shaffer’s The Private Ear is not only rather slight as a text, it’s also incomplete; in its initial run, and nearly every one since, it’s been paired with the (generally more lauded) companion piece The Public Eye—but not in The Sting & Honey Company’s production, which lets The Private Ear stand on its own. The premise is thin and predictable: An awkward music lover has a date with a woman who reminds him of Botticelli’s Venus, and asks a more assured friend to coach him through the date, with inevitable disaster looming. But the actors are excellent—their imperfect English accents, product of the early-’60s England setting, are only a minor problem—and the visuals that director Javen Tanner and lighting designer Jaron Hermansen create are exquisite, coloring in what are mere outlines in the script. This production of The Private Ear, opening at a period in time where there are so many public scandals centering around men dehumanizing and objectifying women cuts deep. Its two male characters see its one woman as, respectively, a goddess and a potential one-night stand, neither sees her as a human being. That such an ordinary play can resonate so strongly is a testament to the deeper truth about theater: It may need playwrights to write plays, but it is a collaborative enterprise that is so much more than words on paper. (Danny Bowes) The Sting & Honey Company: The Private Ear @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, through Oct. 4, Thursday-Saturday 7:30 p.m., 2 p.m. Saturday matinees, $20. ArtTix.org

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Wasatch Theatre Company: The Color Purple

asatch Theatre Company’s production of The Color Purple makes excellent use of its space, the Studio Theatre at the Rose Wagner Center. It takes a while for some of the staging choices to make sense—after the opening church number, a lot of the first half seems a bit cramped—but by the end of the show, the intimacy of the small space and thrust stage lend a power to the material that the initial adaptation from novel to feature film lost. The Broadway musical has advantages over the film version, such as restoring the queerness, which the movie buried as deep subtext. And Wasatch Theatre’s production renders that material vividly, with electric chemistry between Latoya Rhodes’ Celie and Melinda Money’s Shug. The performances all around are raw, intense and deeply felt, particularly Rhodes’ and Erika Richardson’s work as Sophia. Its biggest strength, though, is realizing the importance of a bravura finale; the final number got a standing ovation from the audience, and deservedly so. This production’s second half is considerably stronger than the first—which is partly the material, and partly a greater focus in the staging, with far less business requiring the entire cast to share the small stage at any given moment. In any case, it’s a nice bit of coincidental symmetry that, as things get better for Celie, so do things get better for the show as a whole.

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Salt Lake Acting Company: I’ll Eat You Last

alt Lake Acting Company’s production of I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers feels less like a one-woman play—which it is— than it does Camille Van Wagoner’s Mengers holding court for a random group of strangers in her living room. The staging and Van Wagoner’s performance lend a remarkable air of intimacy, as does the device of the star selecting an audience member to do favors for her. The text is less remarkable, but still solid. John Logan—better known as the screenwriter of Skyfall, Hugo, The Aviator and more— lays out a portrait of a Hollywood lost to history through the perspective of Hollywood’s first woman “super agent”; Mengers represented Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway and, most notably and inextricably, Barbra Streisand. Compounding that sense of nostalgia in 2014 is that the “good old days” Mengers pines for in I’ll Eat You Last have been eclipsed by the 1980s, source of so much of today’s pop-cultural nostalgia. Since the text is pitched at an audience whose narrator assumes a certain degree of insider knowledge, a lot of references come flying, but Van Wagoner does an excellent job of ensuring those references are never empty text. That care is but one part in a terrific bit of stage acting, all the more impressive for being compelling physically while Van Wagoner sits or lounges almost the whole show. I’ll Eat You Last is a diverting, brisk 90 minutes, especially recommended to movie fans. CW

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Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 400 S. 1300 East, 801-581-6961 Through Sept. 27 $29.50-$64 PioneerTheatre.org

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he enormous commercial success of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has always been a bit odd, as the concept and core structure of the show feel very sui generis mid-’00s downtown NYC theater. That was a time and place where audience-participation shows were very much in vogue, as were Putnam County’s kind of gentle heartland satire and non sequitur humor. Seeing the show in a theater in Utah that seats almost a thousand feels a bit like it’s being beamed in from another planet—but only a bit. The success and longstanding reputation of the show’s Broadway incarnation help bridge the interplanetary gap, and Pioneer Theatre Company’s production is top-notch, particularly with regard to design. The show is still hamstrung a bit visually by the spelling-bee setting and premise; no matter how creative a director gets with the blocking, it’s still a show that consists extensively of actors standing up to spell a word and then sitting back down. As Achilles’ heels go, though, that’s a mild one, and one wellcompensated for by the cute, clever songs and—in this particular case—Karen Azenberg’s direction and the cast’s energy and skill. The resultant buoyancy and near-complete absence of meanness serve as a reminder that, however one wishes to romanticize the hip, edgy world of independent, low-budget art, some material is better served by sunnier, more inclusive commercial treatments—which is why this particular Putnam County is its ideal incarnation.

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GET OUT Ski Prep With a nip of fall in the air, get fully ready to enjoy the snow season. By Katherine Pioli comments@cityweekly.net

here’s no denying that we have rounded a corner in the seasons. I noticed it weeks ago when I walked out my front door, felt my skin prick against the cool damp air and smelled an earthy blend of wet leaves and wood smoke. Fall means many things, but for a lot of us in Utah, it means we’re one step closer to ski season. It doesn’t take much to get ready for winter sports, but if you want to be well prepared, now is the time to start. Here’s a short guide to pre-season essentials.

A&E n Black Diamond Swap: Oct. 18 at Black Diamond store, 2092 E. 3900 South, Salt Lake City, 801-278-0233. n 42nd Annual Park City Ski & Snowboard Swap, Nov. 7-9 at Basin Recreation Field House in Kimball Junction, 1388 New Main St., Park City. ParkCitySkiSwap.com

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Learn about avalanche characteristics, snowpack, terrain assessment, safe travel techniques and rescue techniques before you head out to the backcountry. Classes can be pricey, but are worth it. Ut a h Av a l a nche Center has a number of classes, including Backcountry 101 for Snowshoers (Dec. 4 and 6 with an in-class day at REI and

Pre-Season Pass Sales As prices for gear and lift tickets rise, skiing often feels like a sport for the rich. Responding to this, most resorts try to keep in touch with their local audience—and more moderate-income riders—by offering pre-season pass deals. If you intend to use resorts, buying now can save you hundreds of dollars and slash the price of a day ticket in half. But deals don’t last forever; deals for Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, Canyons, Park City Mountain Resort and Beaver Mountain have already concluded. n Powder Mountain Resort: pre-season adult passes are $665, available until Oct. 1. n Snowbasin Resort: pre-season adult passes are $799, available until Oct. 5. n Deer Valley Resort: pre-season adult passes are $1,985, available until Oct. 31. n Sundance Mountain Resort: pre-season adult passes are $499, available until Oct. 31. n Solitude Mountain Resort: pre-season adult passes are $799, available until Nov. 3.

Gear Swaps A little bit like a flea market or a community yard sale for powder hounds, pre-season gear swaps let people buy and sell old gear. There’s nothing new here, but you can find some great deals. Some swaps benefit schools or foundations. Swaps are all run a little differently; check websites for details on hours, admission fees, what equipment is accepted, and drop-off and pick-up times for gear. n Snowbird Sports Education Foundation Ski & Snowboard Swap: Sept. 26-28 at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort, 801-9332222. Snowbird.com n 2nd Tracks Ski Swap: Oct. 3-5 at Millcreek location, 2927 E. 3300 South, 801-466-9880; Oct. 24-26 at Ogden location, 1273 Canyon Road, 801-621-2003. 2ndTracks.com

a field day at Brighton Fire Station) and Women’s Free Beacon Clinic (Dec. 8 at Alta Ski Resort’s Albion Grill). For hours, prices and a full list of classes, go to Utah AvalancheCenter.org American Avalanche Institute conducts numerous classroom and fieldbased avalanche courses in Salt Lake City and Park City. The earliest classes are Dec. 4-7 and Dec. 11-14; classes are available through February. For hours, prices and a full list of classes, go to AmericanAvalancheInstitute.com

Winter Conditioning and Fitness

It’s been five months since you did your last tele lunge, and to avoid straining a muscle, your legs are gonna need a little help getting back into shape. Don’t worry—help is on the way. The University of Utah Orthopaedic Center is hosting its 16th-annual Ski Conditioning Class this fall with regular classes as well as low-impact classes for people 55 and older. Each 90-minute class meets twice a week for two months. The next sessions will be held October to November and December to February and cost $150. Register in person at the Orthopaedic Center 590 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 801-587-7109. The BurnSLC gym specializes in pilates, TRX and circuit classes. Come fall, they combine all of these into a total-body workout designed with help from some top ski athletes and tailored to improve skier/ boarder fitness. For full schedules and pricing, visit BurnSLC.com. CW

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Join us for a family friendly weekend stuffed full of food, activities, and entertainment! Complete with a Beer Garden featuring seasonal food and drink, an Oktoberfest-Dressed Contest, the Punkin Chuckin’ Event, Duck Race Raffle, Costumed 5k & 10k Fun Run/Walk/Bike, Crazy Hamster Race, Live Music, Bingo and more! *Get the latest (and additional) Lava Hot Springs Oktoberfest information at: oktoberfest.lavahostprings.org

The great works of Russian artist Nikolai Borisovich Terpsikhorov are monumental in size, proportion and subject—and so is their place in history. Thus it’s kind of amazing that we can see these 20th-century Soviet masterworks at Evolutionary Healthcare—no need to travel to a European museum. According to the works’ original curators at the Springville Museum of Art, Terpsikhorov is a master of a fundamental element of landscape painting: mood. And he’s also a master of the emotion found in portraiture. “Woman With A Towel” (pictured) represents socialist idealism through a woman of the people. She wears the costume of her country; she works and does her part. Her eyes are the eyes of any woman, bearing no personal ambition or identity, simply resolute in serving Mother Russia. This is history revealed through painting. (Ehren Clark) Nikolai Borisovich Terpsikhorov @ Evolutionary Healthcare, 461 E. 200 South, 801-519-2461, through Oct. 13, free. EvolutionaryHealthcare.com

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SLC Comedy Carnivale The first year of any event is always a bit of an experiment to see what will work. The second year, though, gives you a shot to become a tradition. And thus the SLC Comedy Carnivale is ready to make its mark as an annual celebration of comedy. One thing it did well right out of the gate and is returning to again this year is using multiple venues—12 total this year—including many not even comedy oriented, like 5 Monkeys in Murray, the Sugar Space Studio for the Arts in both Sugar House and on 800 West, and even the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. This year, the event has expanded to 18 shows over four days, featuring more than 70 comedians from all over the country, without a single clown in sight. And it’s not limited to stand-up; there’s improv/ sketch comedy, a celebration of the best of the fest

at Keys on Main titled It’s Always Funny In Salt Lake City, the Weird & Awesome show with Emmett Montgomery, and a sketch screening at Brewvies. (Jacob Stringer) SLC Comedy Carnivale @ various downtown Salt Lake City locations, Sept. 25-28, prices and times vary, $7-$25. Visit SLCComedyCarnivale.com for the full schedule

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Moab Pride Festival The Moab Pride Festival is what would happen “if Burning Man and Utah Pride Festival had a baby,” says the event’s executive director, Sallie Hodges (see Five Spot, p. 8). The high-desert festival is a roaring celebration of love, honoring the unique authenticity of all individuals no matter how outsidethe-box they are; it’s a party for all shades of gay. Friday’s festival kick-off Orange Party might be the most anticipated thing about Moab Pride,

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Hear ye, hear ye: Your chance to live like a king is upon you. Thanksgiving Point is hosting the Utah Renaissance Faire for all to enjoy. Medieval times were days of feasting, jousting and archery. In keeping with those times, there will be a royal five-course meal for $35 per person, complete with authentic live music. After your belly is full, stroll down the medieval village marketplace where you will find authentic period clothes and handicrafts like handmade pottery, gypsy skirts and pirate hats. No Renaissance faire would be complete without bringing the entertainment of the times to life. Patrons can enjoy watching the traditional jousting, along with shield and sword combat. Medieval dances will be performed throughout the day, as well as plays by the Grassroots Shakespeare Company, and even puppet shows for the little ones. (Aimee Cook O’Brien) Utah Renaissance Faire @ Thanksgiving Point, 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, 801-768-2300, Sept. 26-27, $4-$12. UtahRenaissanceFaire.com

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because, Hodges says, “Orange is the new black.” But it’s also quite an experience to walk—or ride whatever wheels suit your fancy—through the town as part of the Saturday-morning Visibility March along with the Fiery Furnace Marching Band and a liberated artsy bunch of locals. The post-parade festivities have moved this year from the outskirts of town to Swanny City Park in the heart of Moab, with a beer garden, live music (featuring Salt Lake City’s Talia Keys) and vendors. (Deann Armes) Moab Pride Festival @ various Moab locations, Sept. 25-27, free. MoabPride.org

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The 17th annual Utah Humanities Book Arts Festival—running through the end of October—hosts free literary events statewide, including keynote day at the Salt Lake City Main Library, with authors, book signings, panels, an art exhibit and a poetry slam. Benjamin Alire Saenz (pictured) is one of this year’s featured authors, and will discuss his latest books, notably Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe—a 2013 Printz honor book. The novel is a wonderful addition to the growing genre of “comingout” literature, following two isolated boys whose chance meeting sparks a unique friendship-turnedromance that helps them discover their authentic selves. The acclaimed work explores LGBT themes and issues faced by young adults, but appeals to all ages and sexual orientations and seems destined to become a coming-of-age classic. (Deann Armes) Benjamin Alire Saenz: Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe @ Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-359-9670, Sept. 27, 3 p.m., free. UtahHumanities.org/BookFestival.htm

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Every year, local arts organizations look to feed Utah audiences’ ever-growing appetite for Halloween-themed entertainment. Here’s a look at some of the theater, dance and other arts offerings with a spooky twist coming to a venue near you. Odyssey Dance: Thriller

Pioneer Theatre Company: The Rocky Horror Show

While many other organizations try to play catch-up in providing Halloween-season fare, Odyssey Dance has been serving up its annual Thriller production for 18 years. Familiar pieces like the “River of Blood Dance,” the Friday the 13th-inspired “Jason Jam” and, of course, the titular nod to Michael Jackson’s iconic song will share the bill with new offerings, as multiple companies work to bring the show to eight venues in Utah and Idaho. Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah, Oct. 10-Nov. 1, Monday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; 2 p.m. Saturday matinees, $25-$50. Full calendar of all cities at OdysseyDance.com/ shows/thriller

The story of the innocent young couple who encounter a “sweet transvestite” of a mad scientist—best known from the cult-classic movie—goes back to its theatrical roots in the company’s special weekend presentation, complete with orchestral accompaniment. Come in costume as the spirit moves you; prop kits will be available for purchase at the show. Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, 801-5816961, Oct. 24, 8 p.m.; Oct. 25, 5 & 10 p.m., $20-$40. PioneerTheatre.org/2014-2015-season/ rocky-horror-show/

Utah Symphony “Halloween Hijinks” Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic leads the symphony in a program of music with a creepy flair, including the overture from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, John Williams’ scores from The Witches of Eastwick and Harry Potter, Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” and Mussgorsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain.” Patrons are also invited to dress up for the 24th-annual costume contest, with a chance to win prizes. Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, 801-3552787, Oct. 28, 7 p.m., $6-$18. UtahSymphony.org

First performed in 2010, this original production of through-sung, operatic theater by Ryan Hayes & Garrett Sherwood tells the story of a widow whose husband tries to maintain their connection from beyond the grave. American Idol alum Jon Peter Lewis leads the cast in this year’s one-night-only Salt Lake City performance. Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, Oct. 17, 8 p.m., $15. DeepLoveOpera.com, ArtTix.org

SB Dance: Cannibal: A Love Story Choreographer Stephen Brown has presented wonderfully demented dance theater for grown-ups before, but this brand-new production finds a restaurant critic learning the hard way that there’s a wide edible world out there. Actor Dan Larrinaga joins the music (an original score by Jeffrey Price) and movement in an evening of mature, munchy, gruesome fun. Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, Oct. 24-25, 8 p.m., $17.50. SBDance.com/shows/halloween.php

An October Evening Plan-B Theatre Company Radio Hour 9: Grimm The company’s annual season kick-off of producing a vintage radio show finds playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett adapting three classic Grimm fairy tales: Little Snow-White, Rapunzel and The Juniper Tree. Join the studio audience, or listen in during the KUER 90.1 FM simulcast. Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, Oct. 15, 7 p.m., $20. PlanBTheatre.org/Grimm.htm

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Few Halloween events promise the broad range of artistic talents on display at the ninth-annual gathering of local independent artists. Stephen Simmons again plays de facto ringmaster for a night of music, film, dance, fashion, theater and pretty much anything else that can be touched by the spirit of the macabre. Masonic Temple, 650 E. South Temple, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., $10. Facebook.com/AnOctoberEvening

Tower Theatre’s Tower of Terror Series For those who want to get their scares from their favorite horror films, the Tower Theatre fills October weekends with special screenings of scream-worthy classics. This year’s lineup features the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Night of the Living Dead, Fright Night and, of course, the traditional Halloween week screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tower Theatre, 876 E. 900 South, 801-321-0310, Oct. 3-31, Fridays & Saturdays, 11 p.m.; Sundays, noon; Rocky Horror, 8 p.m. & midnight, $5-$10. SaltLakeFilmSociety.org

Edison Street Events: Phantom of the Opera Experience the original, silent movie version of the classic story starring Lon Chaney, accompanied by the venue’s wonderful live musical accompaniment on the mighty Wurlitzer organ. Edison Street Events, 3331 S. Edison St., 801-4859265, Oct. 22-24, 7:30 p.m., $6. EdisonStreetEvents. com/silent-movies/

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e o r No Mr s e a F Utah abounds with safe spooks and friendly fall activities for the whole family. By Deann Armes comments@cityweekly.net There’s no shortage of non-scary Halloween fun for families along the Wasatch Front. This handpicked list of Utah’s favorite kid-friendly hotspots will help you plan a season of family activities to enjoy before cold weather hits.

Pumpkin Patch Hayrides and Hot Apple Cider Donuts

Rowley’s Red Barn at South Ridge Farms October is the only time you can get your hands on these scrumptious apple-cider donuts. After you’ve indulged in one (or more) of these seasonal treats, take a laidback hayride through the fall fruit trees to the pumpkin patch. Kids will love mucking around the acres of vines hunting for the perfect pumpkin, while moms and dads can capture timeless photos at the many ideal picture spots on this beautiful farm in Santaquin. 901 S. 300 West, Santaquin, 801-754-5511, Sept. 26-Oct. 30, Monday-Saturday, hours vary, $4-$5, kids under 2 free. SouthRidgeFarms.com

Harvest Hayride and Corn Mazes

Black Island Farms There is something for all harvest hunters, young and old, at this gigantic vegetable farm in Davis County. The Courtyard is full of fall fun—a corn box, bounce house, Animal Alley, bonfires, straw mountain, cow train and much more—to keep the whole family engaged. Older kids can venture to Nightmare Acres, and nobody will be bored with the farm’s multitude of corn mazes. 3178 S. 3000 West, Syracuse, 801-774-6293, through Nov. 1, seven days a week, hours vary by attraction, $9-$20. BlackIslandFarms.com

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Ogden Nature Center Who says Halloween has to be all about sugar and make-believe? Sneak in some educational, slightly creepy fun for your little ones at this large nature preserve in Ogden. The center’s handson Wednesday nature lessons for kids take on a seasonal theme throughout October, featuring sessions on owls, spiders, snakes and bats. The special event Creatures of the Night (Oct. 24 & 25, 5-8 p.m., $5-6, kids 3 and under free) is a chance for the little ones to don costumes, meet local spiders, visit the Hilarious House of Hoots, navigate a web crawl and play carnival games. 966 W. 12th St., Ogden, 801621-7595, times and prices vary. OgdenNatureCenter.org

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Memory Grove Park and Provo Canyon Active families can get some extra mileage out of their costumes for these races through Salt Lake City’s Memory Grove Park (Oct. 18) and Provo Canyon (Oct. 25). Adults can run in the half marathon or 5K, while even reluctant young runners might find that they have the candyfueled energy needed to run the half-mile kids race. And the whole family will enjoy costume contests, entertainment and, of course, more candy. Info on pricing, race locations and registration at TheHauntedHalf.com

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The Gallivan Center Yes, you can find traditional fall fun in the middle of the city. This free event in downtown Salt Lake City has something for partygoers of all ages: arts and crafts, live performances, trick-or-treating booths, a costume contest and more. 239 S. Main, Salt Lake City, Oct. 25, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free. TheGallivanCenter.com

Garden After Dark

Red Butte Garden Little goblins and ghouls can wander through Red Butte Garden’s endless flowers and plants searching for hidden fairy-tale villains. Festive light displays, crafts and other activities provide enchanting merriment for the whole family. 300 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, 801-585-0556, Oct. 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 6-9 p.m., $6-$12. RedButteGarden.org

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Sixth-Annual Giant Pumpkin Drop

Hee Haw Farms This event is exactly what it sounds like: giant pumpkins being dropped from giant heights into pools of water and onto cars, dummies and other pumpkins. The pumpkin drop doesn’t begin till Oct. 26 at noon, but Hee Haw has plenty to offer families in the meantime, including trick-or-treat hayrides and haunted hayrides, a pumpkin patch, farmyard paintball, pig chases, an animal train and a corn cannon. 150 N. 2000 West, Pleasant Grove, 801-368-0255, Sept. 26 through October, times vary, $6 and up. HeeHawFarms.com

Witchfest

Gardner Village A scavenger hunt sends wee folks running through this “village” of relocated historic Salt Lake City homes in search of funny, crazy witches. The Wee Witches Playground, new this year, includes a giant pillow jump, spider-web climb, witches disco and even a candy-corn pool. Other seasonal Gardner Village activities—Wee Witches Weekend, Flight of the Witches Ride, Breakfast With a Witch, and more—will ensure your family will have something to do during all of the witching hours. 1100 W. 7800 South, West Jordan, 801-566-8903, through Oct. 31, Monday-Saturday, specific dates, times and prices vary. GardnerVillage.com

Little Haunts

This Is the Place Heritage Park Looking for low-key fall fun? This is the place for Halloween crafts, pony rides, trick-or-treating and train rides. And parents and kids can rest their weary bones during a visit with the friendly Story Witch. 2601 Sunnyside Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-582-1847, Oct. 16, 17, 18, 25, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $8-$11, free for kids 2 and under. ThisIsThePlace.org

Pumpkin Festival Family Train Experience

Heber Valley Railroad Utah’s famous train has Halloween fun for all. Climb aboard this 40-minute train ride to be entertained by costumed folks and given a delicious pumpkin cookie. And, if you dare, you can also take a trip through the haunted car at the depot. 450 S. 600 West, Heber City, 435-654-5601, dates and times vary, $3-$15. HeberValleyRR.org

Halloween Central: Nod to Oz

Thanksgiving Point A Laughin’ Pass to the popular Cornbelly’s Cornmaze includes all non-haunted activities, like the Jumper Air Pillow, cow train, chicken show, pumpkin princess playground, animal band and more. Don’t miss the adorable Emerald City at Farm Country during the entire month of October—but watch out for the Wicked Witch of the West. 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, 801-794-3276, Oct. 3-Nov. 1, Monday-Saturday, hours vary, $7 and up. Cornbellys.com

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Utah’s haunted-house architects up the ante on ghosts & goblins. By Trevor Hale comments@cityweekly.net

There’s no better way to get in the spirit of Halloween than wandering through hordes of zombies, deranged clowns and lunatics with power tools while trying to pretend you’re not terrified. Haunted house season is upon us, and Utah has its fair share of some of the best in the country. Nightmare on 13th

Nightmare on 13th is one of the oldest haunts in town and still one of the absolute best. Each year, the inside of the building is completely rebuilt from the ground up, never repeating itself and always offering the most frightening experience possible. This year, the haunt is divided into three levels—Swamp Blood, Haunted Hollywood and Delirium— with each section taking on a clear aesthetic design. Each set is jarringly different, making it hard to get accustomed to the surroundings before you abruptly switch to something else entirely. Whether it’s the deranged, riddleinspired assault on the senses of Delirium, or the quietly creepy and unsettling feeling of wandering through a haunted New Orleans bayou in Swamp Blood, Nightmare on 13th never allows you to let your guard down. Highs: The attention to the little details throughout is incredible. The craftsmanship that goes into creating some of the set pieces and the makeup on the cast makes you feel like you’re actually part of something horrifying and allows you to forget that you’re just walking through a building. Lows: Being the most well-known also means Nightmare on 13th is the most crowded. You’re bound to run into the group ahead of you much sooner than you’d like, which causes you to miss out on a few of the bigger scares. 1300 S. 300 West, Salt Lake City, dates and operating hours vary through September and October, $22-$37, free VIP upgrade when purchased online. NightmareOn13th.com

Fear Factory

Fear Factory doesn’t just want you for a little bit; it wants you for the entire night. Located in the old Portland Cement Works building on 800 South, Fear Factory has made quite a name for itself in just a few years. By using its massive amount of space, Fear Factory is able to offer a lot of things that other haunts around town can’t. The structure of the building itself—from the cave-like basement to the painted tower visible from Interstate 15—is a natural kind of creepy that’s amplified when it’s brought to life with wandering costumed actors. Nearly half the haunt takes place outside, and the brisk night air builds a great B-movie atmosphere that starts the second you walk through the main gate. With a zombie bus that transports visitors from The Gateway, a couple of “extreme attractions” (a bungee jump “Fear Fall” from one of the towers and a zip line) and live entertainment while you wait, Fear Factory makes sure that you fill every last bit of your time before, during and after you’ve walked through. Highs: The sheer size of the place is what’s most impressive. The logistics that go into planning a public haunt that takes up nearly an entire city block is something to be marveled at, and they put all the available space to great use. Lows: The size is sometimes a burden as well. Some sections feel a bit underpopulated by cast members, which leaves a lot of time to admire the intricate set designs, but also leaves a lot of time for the teenagers behind you to catch up.

Castle of Chaos

While it’s still getting comfortable in its new Taylorsville home (the old building on 3300 South was purchased and torn down), Castle of Chaos proves it didn’t lose any of its bite during the switch. The atmosphere upon arrival isn’t as creepy as some of the other haunts, but it’s hard to immediately establish an aesthetic in a well-populated shopping area called the Family Center, with a brightly lit Starbucks next door. Don’t let that deter you, though, because once you’re inside the double doors, it’s dark, ominous and creepy for the rest of the way. Castle of Chaos is packed with movie and pop-culture references, and you’re met by a dead ringer for Daryl Dixon before heading into a scene that looks like it was plucked directly from the set of The Walking Dead. Highs: The Hands-on Horror experience (which costs extra) allows the cast and crew to have physical contact with you as you walk through. Most other places stop short of touching you, but here, you can sign a waiver and open yourself up to a new level of terror. Just don’t be surprised if you find yourself physically separated from your group and forced to go it alone the rest of the way. Lows: The set designers make mostly great use of the space, including the loading dock, but occasionally, you’ll spot the exposed white rafters above and remember you’re inside an old grocery store. 5600 S. Redwood Road, Taylorsville; 1100 W. Riverdale Road, Ogden, dates and operating hours vary between locations, $25-$40. CastleOfChaos.com

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Strangling Brothers Haunted Circus

There’s something about clowns that’s already inherently creepy and unsettling, but Strangling Brothers Haunted Circus in Draper, inspired by a traveling carnival, takes it to a whole new level. No time is wasted here: Once you’re through the front doors and inside the big top, the show starts. The cast staggers groups by nearly 10 minutes each, so it’s very rare that you’ll catch up to the group in front of you, and this leaves more room for the well-trained cast to get a great scare out of you. There’s a nice inside/ outside atmosphere as you walk through a maze of more than 20 converted semi-truck trailers and outdoor sets that are some of the best-designed in the state. The cool night air is a welcome feeling, too, since some of those trailers get a little claustrophobic. Highs: There’s lots of different entertainment—prerecorded videos, DJs, dancers, magicians, etc.—while you wait, and it’s nice to not have the bigger set pieces spoiled by being only a few steps behind the group in front of you. Lows: The wait time can get a little out of control on busy nights, and there’s only so many times one can watch Rob Zombie music videos before going crazy—though that might be the point. 98 E. 13800 South, Draper, dates and operating hours vary through September and October $23-$35, free VIP upgrade when you purchase online. StranglingBros.com

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Frightmares at Lagoon rolls out its version of a haunted amusement park and offers both kid-friendly versions as well as attractions that are “absolutely too scary for kids.” Enter at your own risk. 375 N. Lagoon Drive, Farmington, prices and hours of operation vary by date. LagoonPark.com

Insanity Point at Cornbelly’s offers several different attractions, all at varying levels of terror according to the “scream scale.” Hayloft Horror, Cabin Fever and Cornophobia are just a few of the obstacles you’ll try to make it through alive. Thanksgiving Point, 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, prices and operating hours vary by date. InsanityPoint.com Haunted Hollow leads you down outdoor trails that wind through thick trees, mineshafts and swamps, and takes nearly two hours from start to finish. It’s all outdoors, so make sure you dress appropriately. Each ticket also includes the Zombie Paintball Safari, which allows you to shoot paintballs at wandering undead corpses. 1550 S. 1900 West, Ogden, dates and operating hours vary through September and October. HauntedUtah.com Haunted Forest leads you through a variety of outdoor attractions similar to the Haunted Hollow, and also offers a separate attraction called Zombie War Z, which puts you right in the middle of a zombie apocalypse—armed for safety, of course. Dress appropriately for both. 6400 N. 6000 West, American Fork, dates and operating hours vary through October, $20-$25 depending on desired attractions. HauntedUtah.com

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Pib’s Exchange (1147 E. Ashton Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-484-7996, PibsExchangeOnline.com) is a great place to find all of the parts to create a one-of-a-kind costume. Pib’s also sells vintage and current clothing styles, so you can mix & match to create an eccentric masterpiece.

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Spoox Boutique (3453 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-867-2777, Facebook.com/ SpooxBoutique) is less about costumes and more about celebrating all things creepy, no matter the time of year. Hosting a monster ball will seem like a snap when you gaze upon their impressive selection of themed décor.

Farina’s Costumes (25 Kensington Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-466-3006, FarinasCostumes. vpweb.com) is another year-round costume shop that also has costume rentals and full costume kits available. Farina’s has everything from superheroes to Disney Princesses, and if you can’t find what you’re after, the friendly staff will help you create it.

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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve referenced this book in the past, but one of the most practical books a meat-lover can have in the kitchen is Great Meat , by Dave Kelly of Ruby & White, one of Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading butcher shops. The bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lengthy subtitle pretty much sums up what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find between the covers:Â Classic Techniques and Award-Winning Recipes for Selecting, Cutting and Cooking Beef, Lamb, Pork, Poultry and Game. This is a nose-to-tail affair, with recipes and techniques running the gamut from everyday dishes like honey-mustard pork spareribs and roasted rosemary chicken to more exotic fare like braised beef cheeks and warm pigeon salad. Along the way, we learn valuable insights into how to select, cut and cook meats that run-of-the-mill cookbooks donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t offer. While weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the subject of meat, The New Charcuterie Cookbook by Jamie Bissonnette can help turn your kitchen, cellar or basement into a neighborhood charcuterie. Chef and owner of Toro in New York City and Boston, as well as NYCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coppa restaurant, Bissonnette has forgotten more about meat and how to prepare it than most butchers will ever know. In this book, subtitled Exceptional Cured Meats to Make and Serve at Home, the James Beard Award-winning author teaches readers how to make cooked charcuterie such as Lebanese lamb sausages, goat merguez, country pĂ˘tĂŠ and the like before moving on to offal-based charcuterie such as liverwurst, easy chicken liver mousse, smoked beef tongue andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;my favoriteâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;boudin noir. Uncooked cured charcuterie such as salami, duck prosciutto, coppa, saucisson sec, lardo and such are actually trickier by far than cooked charcuterie. However, with Jamie Bissonnette leading you by the snout, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a charcuterie king before you can say â&#x20AC;&#x153;bologna.â&#x20AC;? Since heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a native Utahan cookbook author, I have to include Chef Tom Woodbury, whose TV teachings have helped thousands to improve their kitchen skills and knowledge. In his new book Eat Fresh: Quick and Easy Meals , Woodbury demonstrates his unique skills in teaching how to make rudimentary, but essential, foods and ingredients such as garam masala, a blend of spices that is critical to almost every Indian dish. Or how to make rosemary-&-garlic-infused olive oil, which can in turn be used for dozens of different applications. You can even get the kids involved in making Woodburyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lime-chili popcorn, or his pecan-crusted chicken fingers. And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pizza. There is always pizza. Two particularly timely books dedicated to pizza-making recently arrived while I was trying to perfect my own at-home pizzas. The first is Patio Pizzeria by Karen Adler and Judith Fertig. This pizza cookbook moves the pizza-making locale from the kitchen to the outdoors, with instruction and recipes for making artisan pizzas and flatbreads on the grill. Just as useful for pizza lovers is Ruth Gresserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kitchen Workshop Pizza, in which she offers up hands-on lessons for making excellent pizza at home. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re pining to learn to make authentic Italian-style Margherita pizza from scratch or a classic pepperoni for the kids, these two prize-worthy pizza publications will get you there. CW

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I normally eschew Grappa, which tends to set my tongue and tonsils afire with its high-alcohol intensity. However, Ransom Grappa ($19.97) is a different beast entirely. It’s produced using lightly pressed Gew ürztraminer pomace, which lends it fruity and floral qualities. I’ve never tasted Grappa as smooth or as pleasant as Ransom’s. As for the wines, they also are unique: true expressions of their terroir and varietals. The Organic Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Gris ($15.29) actually tastes like Pinot Gris grapes and not like an inf lated, overly oaked Chardonnay substitute. Ditto the Ransom Brooks Vineyard Riesling ($14.29) I tasted. Don’t get the idea that these excellent wines and spirits, made with historical accuracy in mind, are simply intellectual exercises. To the contrary, they are made and priced to be enjoyed—and I’m pretty certain you will. CW

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start the business,” according to Seestedt. Ransom began producing small-batch Grappa, Eau de Vie and brandy in 1997 before adding small amounts of boutique wines in 1999, then crafting grain-based spirits like gin, vodka and whiskey. Most recently, Ransom has added dry vermouth to its roster. So, this wasn’t any ordinary wine dinner. Food and drink pairings ran the gamut from an opening cocktail made with Ransom Old Tom Gin and Ransom Dry Vermouth with compressed melon, cucumber, verbena curd, smoked honey, almonds and espelette, to Gardner’s delicious amberjack crudo paired with Ransom 2012 Riesling. We ping-ponged throughout the evening from wines to spirits and beyond. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to sample a range of Ransom products, including an amazing Gewürztraminer Grappa and an equally incredible Ransom Sweet Vermouth. What makes Ransom spirits so unique is, for lack of a better word, their historicity. Technology has changed the way wines and spirits are made in the 21st century, but Seestedt consults with historians and makes his spirits the way they would have been produced in the past: distilled in a handhammered, direct-fired alembic pot still from France, for example. The idea is to produce gin, whiskey and such that looks

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You can try to fight it, but there’s no denying how hungry you are after a day hitting the slopes at Park City Mountain Resort. Legends, located on the ground floor of Legacy Lodge in the resort base area, is the smart place to fill your belly at lunchtime or at the end of the day. Hearty burgers are a go-to, but lighter options like the ahi tuna salad are also popular. Relax on the outside sitting area, or head inside, kick off your ski boots and warm yourself up with the various appetizers and beverages. 1345 Lowell Ave., Park City, 435649-8111, ParkCityMountain.com

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If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for comfort food and a homey environment, Bistro on Main is the place to try. Located in a historic building, the restaurant feels like a home, thanks to features like the central staircase and a fireplace. Breakfast plates, served all day, include classics such as banana-topped French toast and eggs Benedict. The lunch and dinner menus offer a variety of pasta and meat dishes, plus chicken and pulled-pork sandwiches, served with your choice of waffle or sweet-potato fries. When the weatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice, bring your pet and enjoy a meal together on Bistro on Mainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outdoor patio. 305 N. Main, Bountiful, 801-294-3327

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At Settebello, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find only the real thing: Neapolitan-style pizza, certified as such by the president of Vera Pizza Napoletana. Start out with a fresh Caprese or arugula salad; both are terrific. Then get down to business and order a pizza. The best is also the simplest: a Margherita pizza made with nothing more or less than crushed San Marzano tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, Parmigiano-Reggiano and extra-virgin olive oil on a crispy thin crust. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cooked up in a matter of seconds in a thousand-degree-or-so imported pizza oven and delivered steaming hot. 260 S. 200 West, Salt Lake City, 801-322-3556; 895 W. East Promontory, Farmington, 801-4519100, Settebello.net

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The soups, salads and sandwiches at Stella are very reminiscent of the fare at Red Butte and Desert Edge Brewery, owned by the same restaurant group that opened Stella Grill. The French onion soupâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;dripping with melted Gruyereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is top-notch, and both the grilled Reuben and the Italian dip, a variation on the French-dip sandwich but with grilled peppers and onion, mozzarella, spicy balsamic and roasted pepper au jus, are dependable choices during lunchtime or for a light dinner. There is much to like about Stella Grill: friendly, efficient service, a pleasant atmosphere and some excellent dishes at very fair prices. 4291 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City, 801-288-0051, StellaGrill.com

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Spectacular views of Temple Square and the Salt Lake Valley accompany dinner when you dine at The Roof Restaurant, located atop the historic Joseph Smith Memorial Building. This is buffet-style dining, but it ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t your typical Chuck-A-Rama. The gourmet dinner buffet features selections like tossed baby field greens, cold poached salmon, chilled jumbo shrimp, imported and domestic cheeses, baked ham, Prime rib, a rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dessert bar and nightly specials. Reservations are strongly recommended. 15 E. South Temple, 10th Floor, Salt Lake City, 801539-1911, DiningAtTempleSquare.com

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Tres Hombres Mexican Grill & Cantina

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a distinct familial vibe at Tres Hombres, celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, that is difficult to fake. Equipped with a brand-new upstairs patio that seats a couple dozen customers, the restaurant has a tropical, beachside feel and look. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a no-brainer to begin a meal with coctel de camarones: 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. Every meal at Tres Hombres begins with gratis chips & salsa and, unlike many places, refills are free. The tequila selection at Tres Hombres is one of the most extensive in Utah, and barman Martin Ruiz has had 27 years behind the Tres Hombres bar to perfect his tequila cocktails, which range from a classic margarita to his Tijuana Ice Tea. Service at Tres Hombres is friendly and professional, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not hard to imagine Tres Hombres thriving for another 30 years. Reviewed Sept. 18. 3298 S. Highland Drive, 801-4660054, TresHombresUtah.com

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Dim sum is a Cantonese style of dining where small plates of food rotate through the restaurant 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, and most dim-sum dishes contain three or four portionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s food designed for sharing. Highlights include har gow (a delicate, seethrough 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 rollsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; thin sheets of rice-flour stuffed with various ingredients and rolled up like Italian cannoliniâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are equally tempting. Reviewed Sept. 11. 1158 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801359-3838, DimSumHouseSLC.com

Sushi Groove

Eating here isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely to be a holy or transcendent, lifealtering 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 Grooveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 tobikoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a party on the palate. Reviewed Sept. 4. 2910 Highland Drive, 801467-7420, SushiGroove.us

Flemingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Prime Steakhouse

I spend as little time in chain restaurants as possible, but I make an exception for Flemingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;bitesâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;like the sweetchili calamari and the fist-size mini-round of baked Brie wrapped in puff pastryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are closer to entree-size portions. And the Ă la carte Flemingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. Reviewed Aug. 28. 20 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801355-3704, FlemingsSteakhouse.com

The Brass Tag

At Deer Valley Resortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brass Tag restaurant, virtually everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including the perfect 16-ounce Niman Ranch roasted beef rib-eye steakâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is cooked in the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 trendâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 multi-course dinner, cocktails and maybe a bottle of wine. Score another success for Deer Valley Resort. Reviewed Aug. 21. 2900 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City, 435-615-2410, DeerValley.com

The boxtrolls

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The tactile world of The Boxtrolls explodes with imagination. By Scott Renshaw scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

Many-Splendored Thing By Scott Renshaw scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

I Eggs and Fish share a moment in The Boxtrolls their characters around those sets with a precision that indicates the value of every micro-millimeter motion. Filmmakers choreographing live-action set pieces would do well to take a few lessons from The Boxtrolls on how to take advantage of the space in which action is occurring, and the value of knowing the arc of a sequence before you start trying to find it in the editing room. There’s a demented side to The Boxtrolls that’s bound to be a little off-putting for some viewers, whether it’s the Boxtrolls’ gleeful eating of bugs or the unfortunate fate of some of the characters. At times, it feels like an Edward Gorey version of one of those vintage Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas specials, with a few wickedly witty verbal asides like the incongruous chant of one of Snatcher’s henchmen when a mob gets worked up. But there’s just so much imagination in every frame that it’s hard not to feel the joy of its creation. Maybe something special happens to a movie’s world when someone has held it in the palm of his hand. CW

THE BOXTROLLS

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) George Clooney Meryl Streep Rated PG

Coraline (2009) Dakota Fanning Teri Hatcher Rated PG

ParaNorman (2012) Kodi Smit-McPhee Anna Kendrick Rated PG

LOVE IS STRANGE

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by Lord Portley-Rind (Jared Harris), whose neglected daughter Winnie (Elle Fanning) winds up befriending Eggs—provides the perfect launching pad for Snatcher’s disgruntled sense of entitlement. While The Boxtrolls never pushes the point very hard, there’s an effective undercurrent of the scapegoating that emerges in a culture where there seems to be no way to move up, leaving the inevitability of crap rolling down a very tall hill. Yet the greatest pleasures in The Boxtrolls come in the way this world is realized physically. The characters are remarkable creations: the whimsically grotesque Boxtrolls themselves in their nameidentifying package clothing, including Eggs’ surrogate father, Fish; the snaggletoothed, pot-bellied Dickensian villainy of Snatcher; the trio of henchmen who assist Snatcher, occasionally questioning whether they’re the good guys. The animators imbue these weird little creatures with genuine performances and personality, more than ably assisted by great vocal work—particularly from Kingsley, who prowls deliciously around every one of Snatcher’s elongated utterances. It’s even more remarkable absorbing the detail in the sets, from the aboveground world of Cheesebridge to the cavern where the Boxtrolls light the “sky” with purloined bulbs, and craft massive machines with rescued gears, springs and scrap metal. Directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi move

t helps one’s critical discernment to grow when you acknowledge that the first time you watched a movie, you not only missed the boat; you missed the dock, and maybe the whole damn ocean. And when I saw Love Is Strange at the Sundance Film Festival in January, I somehow ended up reacting to the story I was expecting it to be, rather than the story it is. At the center is a beautifully nuanced relationship between Ben and George (John Lithgow and Alfred Molina), partners of 39 years who finally get a chance to marry legally just as financial troubles strain their ability to be together. George, a music teacher at a Catholic school, loses his job, and as a result, they’re forced to move out of their apartment and live separately—George with much younger neighbors, and Ben with his nephew (Darren Burrows) and his wife (Marisa Tomei) and son (Charlie Tahan). There are some nicely observed moments in both of those scenarios— George resignedly dealing with being an older man out of place among party people, and Ben finding himself always underfoot as family tensions emerge. Yet there’s an initial frustration that we’re not seeing enough of George and Ben together, even as we watch the institutional realities that conspire to keep them apart. It took that second look to realize that director/co-writer Ira Sachs hasn’t simply made Love Is Strange about the obstacles facing a loving gay couple trying to be together. It’s about the strangeness of love in all its forms, with Sachs’ quiet, observational style capturing tensions on a small scale between the ideal we hope for in our interactions—with friends, with family, with lovers—and reality as it unfolds in front of us. If anything, Love Is Strange needs more than 94 minutes to explore more deeply the many different ways people who love one another can be pulled apart, or pulled together. CW

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he town of Cheesebridge—the setting for The Boxtrolls—rises from the water’s edge like a traffic cone dotted with teetering Victorian buildings. It’s a mad, dizzying construction of spiraling streets and a complete absence of right angles, one that—in theory—could have been created on a computer for any animated feature film. But it wasn’t. It exists in three dimensions in the real world. And don’t think for a moment that isn’t part of what makes The Boxtrolls so thoroughly delightful. “Animated film” in the 21st century has come to be so specifically defined as one thing—CGI animation—that it’s sometimes hard to remember that there are many other ways to create fantastical worlds on screen. LAIKA’s stop-motion universes in previous releases like Coraline and ParaNorman were engaging in their uniquely tactile quality, but there’s been a next-level leap to the work on display in The Boxtrolls. This is world-building in the most literal sense of the term. This is not to slight the narrative in any way. Loosely adapted from Alan Snow’s 2005 book Here Be Monsters, it tells the tale of the titular creatures, reclusive scavengers who live beneath the surface world in the heart of Cheesebridge’s pointy mountain. Yet they’re believed to steal babies and eat humans—a story given some credence by the disappearance of one infant 10 years earlier. The “Boxtroll exterminator” Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) is trying to maximize that fear in order to move up the Cheesebridge hierarchy into the world of the “white hats,” even as the now 10-yearold Boxtroll-raised human boy, called Eggs (Isaac Hempstead Wright), begins to wonder if he may belong to a different world. The screenplay adaptation by Irena Brignull and Adam Pava does a fine job of establishing the stratified society literally represented by Cheesebridge’s conical structure. The town’s self-absorbed, cheesenibbling, white-hat-wearing oligarchy—led

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CINEMA CLIPS NEW THIS WEEK Information is correct at press time. Film release schedules are subject to change. The Boxtrolls HHHH See review p. 39. Opens Sept. 26 at theaters valleywide. (PG) The Equalizer HHH Few actors can be as compelling when they’re completely still as Denzel Washington can, and director Antoine Fuqua—who got an entirely different, janglier side out of Washington in his Oscar-winning Training Day performance—makes terrific use of that stillness is this film’s first hour. Only nominally connected to the late-’80s TV series, this film version casts Washington as Robert McCall, a widower living a simple life when his need to protect a young Russian prostitute (Chloë Grace Moretz) leads him to consider using skills that belonged to another life. Marton Csokas gets a great villain part as the Russian mob “fixer” trying to find the man who has disrupted their operations, but it’s hard to imagine this tale working at all without Washington. He plays down character tics like McCall’s obsessive-compulsive disorder, honing in on a man who’s all about efficiency of word and action. The brutal violence of the second hour starts to feel wearying and redundant, so it’s a good thing that Washington is around to find the soul in a role that could’ve been a standard-issue reluctant badass. Opens Sept. 26 at theaters valleywide. (R)—Scott Renshaw Love is Strange HHH.5 See review p.39. Opens Sept. 26 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (R)

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Pump HHH There are better and worse ways to put together an issueoriented documentary with an agenda; Joshua Tickell, following up his similarly themed 2008 documentary Fuel, shows one of the better ways. His topic once again is America’s dangerous dependence on fossil fuels, with an emphasis on how easy it might actually be to convert the entire U.S. fleet of vehicles to ethanolor methanol-based fuels. In the process of showing how many issues are linked to oil dependence, Tickell creates something that does at times feel like a patchwork quilt of issue docs from the past decade, covering everything from the 2008 financial collapse to the plight of Detroit to Who Killed the Electric Car? But while it’s unfortunate when he steers away from a fascinating segment on the growth of the Chinese automobile market—I’d happily watch a full-length doc just about that topic—in favor of a lot of talking heads, Tickell maintains a clear line to his surprisingly optimistic thesis. Unlike so many documentaries that wait until the last 10 minutes to offer any glimmer of hope, this one stays on-message and upbeat. Opens Sept. 26 at Megaplex Jordan Commons. (PG)—SR The Skeleton Twins HHH It’s the kind of quirky character comedy-drama that was destined simultaneously to be over-praised at Sundance and over-bashed afterward. Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig play Milo & Maggie Dean, 10-years-estranged siblings reunited after Milo attempts suicide, and Maggie offers care for him back in their upstate New York hometown, where she’s now married (to Luke Wilson). They’re both messed up by their family history, in ways that certainly feel familiar, and the general arc of the narrative—from tentative re-connection to gleeful recapturing of old times to betrayal—could be plotted

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by anyone who reads the logline. But both of the leads are surprisingly strong: Hader toning down the Stefon-isms to play a depressive gay man, and Wiig finding Maggieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core of non-existent self-esteem. And no, their SNL chemistry doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re delivering the standard-issue but nonetheless infectious oldies karaoke duet (here, Starshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gonna Stop Us Nowâ&#x20AC;?). Everything revolves around the dynamic of people trying to understand that their best shot at surviving is figuring out how to forgive one another, and love one another. Even when the other stuff is formulaic, that connection keeps The Skeleton TwinsÂ strong. Opens Sept. 26 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (R)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;SR

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

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Ida At Park City Film Series, Sept. 26-27 @ 8 p.m. & Sept. 28 @ 6 p.m. (NR)

Patch Adams At Brewvies, Sept. 29, 10 p.m. (PG-13)

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My Old Lady HH.5 An awkward tension develops when a movie tries to give an audience what it thinks that audience wants, even if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not really what the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about. Israel Horovitz adapts his own play about Matthias (Kevin Kline), who inherits a Paris apartment from his late estranged father, only to find that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still occupied by previous owner Mathilde (Maggie Smith) and her daughter (Kristin Scott-Thomas), who still have some rights to the property under French law. The story digs into thorny material about damage done to children by parents â&#x20AC;&#x153;following their hearts,â&#x20AC;? and Smith has some terrific moments. But Kline aims for ingratiatingly hammy in a role that needs someone willing to make Matthias angrier and harder to like. The overall tone keeps suggesting that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of a light-hearted odd-couple tale than a wrenching drama about haunted souls. (PG-13)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;SR

father. Adapting his own novel, Jonathan Tropper packs a soapopera seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of sub-plots into this grieving gathering, plus several attempts at big comedic set pieces that strain harder for wackiness every time the volume gets raised. Yet somehow, the talented actors still sometimes find honest moments in complex family relationships. And Driver takes something as simple as answering the phone with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heeeeyyyyyâ&#x20AC;? and turns it into a complete story about his character. He provides a much-needed focus to the seriocomic chaos: Whateverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening at any given moment, Driver might be just around the corner. (R)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;SR A Walk Among the Tombstones HHH.5 Screenwriter/director Scott Frank turns the pulp detective fiction of Lawrence Block into something so hard-boiled you

can practically taste the grey yolk. Liam Neeson plays Matt Scudder, a recovering alcoholic ex-cop-turned-unlicensed private detective, searching for the men who kidnapped and murdered the wife of a drug trafficker. Frank pushes perhaps a bit too hard at a redemption angle for Scudder, including his mentorship of a homeless teen (Brian â&#x20AC;&#x153;Astroâ&#x20AC;? Bradley), and mistakenly textualizes a subtext of anxious pre-Y2K New York. But he captures the chilly sadism of the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad guys with a menace that never turns into exploitation, and crafts a visually stunning opening credits sequence. Best of all, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got Neeson lending his grim determination to something that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just feel like paycheck work. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing superhuman about Scudder; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a hard, screwed-up guy trying to make the world a little less like him. (R)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;SR

This Is Where I Leave You HH.5 Adam Driver should read all the lines, in all the movies. He steals his every scene in this ensemble dramedy about four siblings (Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Corey Stoll and Driver) gathering with their mother (Jane Fonda) to mourn the death of their

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The Maze Runner HHH James Dashnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest gift as a writer is creating propulsive, page-turning stories, and director Wes Ball gets that in his adaptation of Dashnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel. A teen named Thomas (Dylan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien) emerges one day with no memories into a

glade populated only by other teen boys, and surrounded by a massive, seemingly unsolvable maze. A solid cast of young actors keeps things moving along even when the youths arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t facing life-threatening challenges, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly better when they are facing those challenges, including running for their lives from bionic mutant scorpion-things. Things get more muddled the closer the narrative gets to explaining why the characters are where they areâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and setting up the second book in the trilogyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but this is genre fare thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smart enough to avoid the pitfalls of predictable romantic subplots to focus on a straightforward survival adventure. (PG-13)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;SR

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Sociable Media Parenthood begins the end, Family Guy and The Simpsons crossover, and Selfie debuts. Parenthood Thursday, Sept. 25 (NBC) Season Premiere: As in, final season, Parentheads—you have 13 episodes to make peace with the impending departure of the Braverman family. To make matters worse, the show’s producers have hinted that one of the characters won’t live to see the tearful series finale that will undoubtedly be set to classic soft-rock hits, and the candidates are obvious: Kristina (cancer—in remission, but still, cancer) or Zeek (old; spent last season mad bucket-listing; longs to be reunited with his ponytail in heaven). The Only TV Column That Matters™ is holding out hope that it’ll be Max (annoying; one-note character) or Hank (annoying; is Ray Romano), however.

How to Get Away With Murder Thursday, Sept. 25 (ABC) Series Debut: With Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and now this, the Shonda Rhimes takeover of Thursday nights is complete, leaving How to Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis (playing a morally ambiguous, fartoo-well-dressed college professor who becomes embroiled in a murder mystery with her law students) to chew scenery with impunity. Also, there’s a character named Bonnie Winterbottom. No more witnesses!

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24: Live Another Day Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) grimaces back into action to save the U.S. president (William Devane) from assassination in London—fortunately, Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub) and her new hair just happen to be in the area. Also, not 24 hours long. (Fox)

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Family Guy Sunday, Sept. 28 (Fox)

One-Hour Season Premiere: Brian: “Guess we’re in a town called Springfield.” Stewie: “Springfield, eh? What state?” Brian: “I can’t imagine we’re allowed to say.” Thus begins a full crossover hour of inside jokes about Family Guy being a rip-off of The Simpsons, Peter’s nonsequitur habit, Springfield’s “hepatitis”-skinned citizens, the inevitable extended fight sequence, and even a nod to Bob’s Burgers and the late Cleveland Show as ’toon hangers-on. If you’re not convinced Family Guy can still bring the funny 13 seasons in, just wait until Mulaney shows up next Sunday.

Selfie Tuesday, Sept. 30 (ABC) Series Debut: Ex-Doctor Who companion Karen Gillan is a little too good as a socialmedia-obsessed airhead who suddenly realizes that her thousands of “friends” aren’t real friends; viewers will probably be tuning out after five minutes of her overly affected hashtag-speak. Too bad, because this roundabout My Fair Lady/Pygmalion riff turns sweet, funny and—sorry—educational once co-star John Cho begins schooling her Eliza Doolie (yes, really) on how to interact with Real People in Real Life. Selfie may be a more obvious movie than a series, but Gillan and Cho have the chemistry to give it legs … if only it could be under a different title.

Manhattan Love Story Tuesday, Sept. 30 (ABC) Series Debut: Speaking of names, Manhattan Love Story could be the worst title of the year—and this is a season that also includes Black-ish and Jane the Virgin. All you

Are You Here A TV weatherman (Owen Wilson) helps his shlubby bud (Zach Galifianakis, of course) protect a fat inheritance from his crazy sister (Amy Poehler) and his late father’s young widow (Laura Ramsey). Prepare to feel all the indie feels. (Millennium)

The Pretty One When an awkward loser girl’s confident, sexy twin sister (both Zoe Kazan) is killed in a car accident on their birthday, she assumes her identity and starts a relationship with a beardy L.A. hipster (Jake Johnson). Prepare to feel more indie feels. (Sony)

Space Station 76 Selfie (ABC) need to know about MLS: Analeigh Tipton is a-dor-a-ble; the she-thought/he-thought dating conceit works to far better comedic effect than you’d think; did I mention that Analeigh Tipton is adorable? Give this one a chance and, not to plan your Tuesdays, romantics, but Selfie and Manhattan Love Story into Fox’s New Girl and The Mindy Project would make for a solid evening on the couch.

Stalker Wednesday, Oct. 1 (ABC) Series Debut: It’s difficult to say who’s working harder on Stalker: Dylan McDermott, acting his ass off to prove that he’s a brilliant Noo Yawk detective, or the special-effects crew toiling to give co-star Maggie Q cleavage. Both fall ... flat. As the title suggests, this series is about a threat-assessment unit of the LAPD that works stalker cases, but it’s just another under-lit clone from the CBS Cop Show Replicator 3000®. Maggie Q deserves better; McDermott, not so much. CW

Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer and Jerry O’Connell star in a … parody? tribute? … to ’70s sci-fi movies replete with big hair, bellbottom jumpsuits and pretty much zero plot—but at least it looks cool. Wiki Space: 1999, kids. (Sony)

Transformers: Age of Extinction “Inventor” Mark Wahlberg and the “Twansfomahs” are gonna save the world, you guys! Clang! Crunch! Clang! Crunch! Clang! Crunch! Clang! Crunch! Clang! Crunch! Clang! Crunch! Clang! Crunch! And we’re done. (Paramount)

More New DVD/VOD Releases (Sept. 30) Chef, Cold In July, Decoding Annie Parker, Delivery: The Beast Within, Hellion, Lucky Them, The Mentalist: Season 6, Mike & Molly: Season 4, My Little Pony: The Compete Series, NYPD Blue: Season 7, Team Hot Wheels: The Origin of Awesome, Third Person, Wolf Listen to Bill on Mondays at 8 a.m. on X96 Radio From Hell; weekly on the TV Tan podcast via iTunes and Stitcher.

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f there were a brief synopsis to accompany WE-E.T.’s Vol. II, the new concept rap album by rapper Harrison Montgomery (aka Erasole James) and producer Andrew Auman (aka Piccolo), it would probably go something like this: With their home planet, Namek, destroyed, blown to pieces by a supernova via the evil villain Frieza, the interstellar rap duo WE must venture to Earth to find refuge and bring balance to the universe through rap music, acid tabs and tightly rolled blunts. If you’re a Dragon Ball Z fan, this should sound somewhat familiar, and if you’re not, it doesn’t matter. Like Outkast’s ATLiens or Del’s Deltron 3030—or pretty much any concept album based on the marriage of hiphop and a rapper’s favorite movie, cartoon or television show—the overall theme is not so much a narrative gimmick as it is a vehicle for whatever tangents the artists choose to explore. Known primarily through their work with Dine Krew (a Salt Lake City-based hip-hop collective that also includes Shatter Dome, Frank y Numbs and Silent K), WE is a side project that enables Aumen and Montgomery to untether themselves from anything vaguely resembling their past collaborations. “Me and Piccolo are always experimenting with different things, and with WE, it’s just fun,” Montgomery says. “It allows us to do and try different things.” Though plenty of anime references can be found throughout the album, WE-E.T.’s Vol. II, is a diverse collection of anecdotes. The album’s story arc picks up where its predecessor (2012’s WE-E.T.’s Vol. I) left off, with WE’s home planet in ruins. In WE-E.T.’s Vol. II, we find Montgomery and Aumen on their way to Earth, hoping to hang out with rappers, experiment with drugs and muse about whatever they see fit. The approach works overall, but it’s on the songs that have the least to do with Dragon Ball Z that we see some of WE’s best arrangements. On the track “Snakes,” a tiptoeing bass line skips along while a meandering trumpet howls in the distance. The sound evokes dark shapes and shadows, the things that lurk in the night. Montgomery compliments Piccolo’s production while reflecting on the time a thief broke into his car, “It’s unusual to diss him/ He’s so brutally descriptive/ In the school full of the missing/ If you build it up angels will rise.” Montgomery is a sharp observer, a baritone-voiced poet with a percussive effect to his alliteration. He packs every bar with as many syllables as possible and suggests to the listener that not only can he carry an abstract thought, but that he’s also a necessary counterpart to Aumen’s beats. Aumen’s production on WE-E.T.’s Vol. II is accessible and masterful. His beats provide a way for emcees to easily submerge into wild streams of consciousness, and he

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has a prodigious ability to unearth obscure movie quotes, mellow backing vocals and gritty drum patterns. Montgomery claims that Aumen purposefully keeps his methods secret. “I tried to make a song with Pic once, and he actually kicked me out of his house,” Montgomery says. “I would be like, ‘Where did you get this loop from?’ But he’ll never say anything. He’s the only one who knows.” The easiest way to get a handle on Aumen’s mind is on the album’s 12th track, “Refuel.” It’s an instrumental break that serves as a theme to the duo’s approach to Earth. A dreamy f lute glides over a rattling drum kit, while a faint harp emerges in the background. The sound is full and colorful and crackles like an old 45. As the beat reaches its climax, it’s hard not to imagine a lone ship drifting in space, like a still from 2001: A Space Odyssey or, I suppose, Dragon Ball Z. WE-E.T.’s Vol. II features an impressive roster of local talent (Atheist, Morris Bars, Dusk Raps and Cannibal J all make nice cameos). And while it’s commonplace for rap groups to load up tracklists with guest appearances, the album doesn’t use this tactic as a crutch. Its brightest moments are when Montgomery and Aumen work in tandem. At times, you can almost sense that this project was made for WE’s own personal enjoyment. There’s no pop-heav y radio hit or pandering to any particular sound or even audience. Really, WE-E.T.’s Vol. II is just two kids sitting around getting blazed and, of course, reminiscing about their favorite cartoons. CW

fter two years of touring behind their 2012 release, Kids Raising Kids, Nashville-based indie-rock darlings Kopecky Family Band are ready to move on—hence their aptly titled tour Putting the Kids to Bed. But this is more than just a clever play on words; it signals that something new is on the horizon for fans of the band. And singer Kelsey Kopecky, for one, is stoked. “We just spent the entire month of August in the studio recording our next record, so we’re excited,” she says. “It’ll be out next spring.” Kopecky Family Band has had a penchant for writing and recording on the road in the past, and their albums have tended to be strung together by a narrative thread that is not so much characterized by a specific subject as it is a series of things that happened on the road. Simply being in one place long enough to make an album proved miraculous for them; not having to work everything out on tour, doing here-and-there recording sessions or praying for the best, did wonders for the band creatively. “I think, musically, we were coming to rehearsals in a different state of mind, sleeping in our own beds,” Kopecky says. “There was a freshness in the room when we all got together. There was something magical about that, and I’m really excited to hear what someone from the outside has to say about that, or if that is apparent to other people.” “Fresh” and “magical” are words that aptly describe both the band’s sound and the way they perform. When Kopecky channels a bit of Stevie Nicks on groovy rockers like “Are You Listening?” it’s enough to make your head explode. Their live shows are notorious for being high-energy fun, and if you have seen the funny video they released for “Heartbeat”—think a ’70s-era rock video by way of a tennis instructional video gone wrong—you know they play their parts with considerable exuberance. And that sort of verve and excitement has served Kopecky Family Band well as they have begun playing some of the new songs on this tour. “I’d be lying if I said we weren’t smiling the whole time when we’re playing a new song, because it’s just so fresh,” Kopecky says with a laugh. “It’s like trying a new food. You love the old food, but you’re also like, ‘Oh my gosh! What is this new thing? It’s so exciting!’ So there’s this genuine excitement coming from everyone about it.” CW

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’ve never seen Pink Floyd live. And although October will bring the legendary British band’s 15th album, The Endless River, they might not tour. The perennial visit from The Australian Pink Floyd Show—a tribute band—may be as close as I’ll come. I’m OK with that. Being a music journalist is all-you-can-eat perks: free CDs, DVDs, rare promotional goodies, tickets, artist access—those last two are the best. You get to witness great performances and interview fascinating people. Still, there are drawbacks to all of these perks—again, the last two in particular. With interviews, you might discover that someone you’ve held in high esteem isn’t very nice. That can affect your enjoyment of their work. That didn’t happen when I interviewed Pink Floyd singer/guitarist David Gilmour in 2006. He was engaging and enthusiastic. Me: Those bends you hit in your solos— they’re sublime. It’s like you’re bending my spine. Do you experience them the same way? Gilmour (audibly smiling): “Oh, yeah— you know when you’ve got off a good one.” The fact that Gilmour derives such genuine joy from the music, after playing it for 40 years? It lets you know your fandom is well-founded. It reinforces your experiences of the music, and makes you protective of them. “We’ve had similar first experiences with this music,” says bassist/vocalist Colin Wilson of The Australian Pink Floyd Show. For him, it was hearing The Dark Side of the Moon “in a pitch-black room with a couple of my mates from school,” he says. “Nobody said a single word for the entirety of the album!” For me, it was many midnight showings of Laser Floyd at the Hansen/Clark Planetarium—all those Dark Side of the Rainbow sessions. A lonely desert drive with

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Dark Side and Wish You Were Here played back to back. But it was a canyon drive where I first really listened to Pink Floyd because my stoner buddy said, “Floyd good.” The emotion in his emphasis made “good” mean incredible, transcendent. Epic and awesome—before we beat the meaning out of those words. That’s what Pink Floyd means to the fans, whether it’s all the young noobs with their Walmart-bought prism T-shirts, the hoary originals or the converts in between. The music flows in and out of reality and ethereality. It’s a drug-less head trip that pulses with substance. Floyd good. It would be amazing to see Pink Floyd live. But the pre-recorded music is tethered to great moments in my life. I wonder if the live spectacle would cheapen those. Certainly, it would dwarf them. Instead, there’s The Australian Pink Floyd Show. Heresy? Maybe. What proper Floyd fan would settle for Faux-loyd? “The early years for the band were hard,” Wilson says. “It was very difficult to convince the Pink Floyd audience, who are extremely passionate and loyal, to give us a go. People didn’t want to believe that anybody else could ever get close to sounding like them.” But the resemblance is striking. So much so, that after 25 years, TAPFS is more popular than ever. They tour more than the original band. They boast one-time Pink Floyd backing vocalist Lorelei McBroom as a member. Colin Norfield, sound engineer for the original Pink Floyd and Gilmour’s solo tours, is working with TAPFS on this tour. Gilmour himself had the band play his 50th birthday party. And if he’s OK with TAPFS, that’s saying something. “What people tell us now,” Wilson says, “is that being able to experience the music performed in an arena by a live band who are devoted to faithfully and accurately re-creating Pink Floyd gives another element to the music—another experience that doesn’t take anything away, but adds a new dimension.” CW

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La Luz politician, as made apparent in Perry’s 2012 autobiographical documentary, Part of Me, which followed her rise from gospel music to eyebrow-raising sex-positive pop. Interspersed with high-octane concert footage and meet & greets with tearful fans were glimpses into the life and mindset of a superstar who still struggles with the disapproval of her Pentecostal pastor parents, and who militantly maintains her image as an always-confident bubbly pop star—except in a piercing moment late in the film when she’s huddled in a chair, weeping quietly, to the consternation and confusion of her team (it’s revealed later that her

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Interpol After taking a hiatus to pursue separate projects, Interpol—formed in 1997 in New York City—has regrouped with their fifth album, El Pintor, released earlier this month. With echoing guitar riffs and symphonic harmonies, the album ventures into a hypnotic, melodic territory that’s quite different from the band’s previous post-punk style. Tracks like “All the Rage Back Home” and “Anywhere” highlight the band’s newer sound, while “Everything is Wrong” brings you back to Interpol’s original formula of simple guitar chords, an easy bass track and uncomplicated drumming. Rey Pila is also on the bill. (Rebecca Frost) Friday, Sept. 26 @ The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, 8:30 p.m., $28.50 in advance, $30 day of show, DepotSLC.com

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Little People, RoboClip, SynAesthetic (Lo-Fi Cafe) Redlands, When the Fight Started, Betty Hates Everything, My Private Island, Berlin Breaks (Metro Bar) WE Album Release, Dine Krew, DJ SamEyeAm, Malev Da Shinobi, FukWitMeCommittee, Gloomwalkers (The Shred Shed, see p. 43) Friday Night Live: The Heartstrings (Trolley Square) Perfume Genius, Big Wild Wings (The Urban Lounge) Blake Shelton (Usana Amphitheatre) Black Anvil (The Woodshed) Grits Green (Brewskis) Sir Mix-a-Lot (The Century Club) Colt 46 (The Outlaw Saloon)

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hopping local is one of the best ways to give back to the community, but can often be t i me - c on s u m i n g. Luckily for Utahns, husband-wife duo Ken and Kylie Kullack have made it easy with their shop, A Local Table. Shortly after moving to Park City, the two East Coast transplants noticed that there wasn’t much of a gourmet food scene in the vicinity. “However, over time, we also noticed that there was a burgeoning food scene in Park City, Salt Lake City and Utah in general. We basically decided to combine both ideas and feature the best local food producers in the area,” says Ken Kullack. “Our or ig inal idea was to open a shop on Main Street, but after much thinking and investigation, we decided to start off just as a website, build our brand and learn the market better before we make a major investment,” says Ken Kullack. Despite the fact that there’s no physical store, they’ve added in a delivery perk to Park City locals: a nyone w ithin zip codes 84060, 84068 or 84098 that orders $25 or more will qualify for free delivery. “We figured it gives people easy access in a market that is very active and busy,” he says. The Kullacks also spend ample time hand-selecting and tasting every single item that is sold within the shop. “It’s important to note that just

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because something is local, doesn’t mean it’s good,” relays Ken Kullack. “Quality is very important to us.” Their curated assortment of goods entails items that are locally grown or made, as well as all-natural foods made by hand—“which to us, means nothing artificial added, “ he adds. For fall, people tend to gravitate towards richer, heavier foods and snacks, making firmer cheeses such as the Gold Creek Farms A ged W h ite Cheddar and Smoked Cheddar top sellers. “We will continue to offer a Fondue Assortment this year, which brings together some local cheeses that will help make a tasty fondue— it’s especially great for Après Ski,” says Ken Kullack. In October, A Local Table will team up with a produce farmer and a baker to create a seasonal food item to sell at Harvest Fest, which will take place at High Star Ranch in Kamas. They also plan to set up a booth at Park Silly’s Holiday Bazaar in December. For more information on A Local Table’s upcoming events and seasonal offerings, visit www. alocaltable. com and w w w. f ac eb o ok .c om / ALocalTable. n

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) It’s no secret. The wealthy one percent of the population has been getting progressively wealthier. Meanwhile, the poor are becoming steadily poorer. I’m worried there is a metaphorically similar trend in your life. Am I right? If so, please do all you can to reverse it. Borrow energy from the rich and abundant parts of your life so as to lift up the neglected and under-endowed parts. Here’s one example of how you could proceed: For a while, be less concerned with people who think you’re a star, and give more attention to those who accept and love your shadow side. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “I choose a lazy person to do a hard job,” says Bill Gates, the world’s second-richest man, “because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.” That’s good counsel for you right now, Taurus. You’d be wise to get in touch with your inner lazy bum. Let the slacker within you uncover the least stressful way to accomplish your difficult task. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, there is no need for you to suffer and strain as you deal with your dilemma. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) If you don’t identify and express your conscious desires, your unconscious desires will dominate your life. I will say that again in different language, because it’s crucial you understand the principle. You’ve got to be very clear about what you really want, and install a shining vision of what you really want at the core of your everyday life. If you don’t do that, you will end up being controlled by your habits and old programming. So be imperious, Gemini. Define your dearest, strongest longing, and be ruthlessly devoted to it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Congratulations, Capricorn. Your current dilemmas are more useful and interesting than any that you have had for a long time. If you can even partially solve them, the changes you set in motion will improve your entire life, not just the circumstances they immediately affect. Of the several dividends you may reap, one of my favorites is this: You could liberate yourself from a messed-up kind of beauty and become available for a more soothing and delightful kind. Here’s another potential benefit: You may transform yourself in ways that will help you attract more useful and interesting dilemmas in the future. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Alan Moore is the British author who wrote the graphic novels Watchmen and V for Vendetta. He is now nearing completion of Jerusalem, a novel he has been working on for six years. It will be more than a million words long, almost double the size of Tolstoy’s War & Peace, and 200,000 words bigger than the Bible. “Any editor worth their salt would tell me to cut two-thirds of this book,” Moore told the New Statesman, “but that’s not going to happen.” Referring to the author of Moby Dick, Moore adds, “I doubt that Herman Melville had an editor. If he had, that editor would have told him to get rid of all that boring stuff about whaling: ‘Cut to the chase, Herman.’” Let’s make Moore and Melville your role models in the coming week, Aquarius. You have permission to sprawl, ramble and expand. Do not cut to the chase.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) For a long time, an Illinois writer named ArLynn Leiber Presser didn’t go out much. She had 325 friends on Facebook and was content to get her social needs met in the virtual realm. But then she embarked on a year-long project in which she sought face-to-face meetings with all of her online buddies. The experiment yielded sometimes complicated but mostly interesting results. It took her to 51 cities around the world. I suggest we make her your inspirational role model for the coming weeks, Pisces. In at least one way, it’s time for you to move out of your imagination and into the real world. You’re primed to turn fantasies into actions, dreams into practical pursuits.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) As the makeup artist for the film Dallas Buyers Club, Robin Mathews had a daunting task. During the 23 days of shooting, she had to constantly transform lead actors Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto so that they appeared either deathly ill or relatively healthy. Sometimes she had to switch them back and forth five times a day. She was so skillful in accomplishing this feat that she won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Her budget? A meager $250. The film was a shoestring indie production. I’m naming her your inspirational role model for the next few weeks, Virgo. I believe that you, too, can create magic without a wealth of resources.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “You can exert no influence if you are not susceptible to influence,” said psychologist Carl Jung. Extrapolating from that idea, we can hypothesize that the more willing and able you are to be influenced, the greater your influence might be. Let’s make this your key theme in the coming weeks. It will be an excellent time to increase your clout, wield more authority, and claim more of a say in the creation of your shared environments. For best results, you should open your mind, be very receptive, and listen well.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) With expert execution, musician Ben Lee can play 15 notes per second on his violin. Superstar eater Pete Czerwinski needs just 34 seconds to devour a 12-inch pizza. When Jerry Miculek is holding his rifle, he can get off eight crack shots at four targets in a little more than one second. While upside-down, Aichi Ono is capable of doing 135 perfect head spins in a minute. I don’t expect you to be quite so lightning fast and utterly flawless as these people in the coming weeks, Leo, but I do think you will be unusually quick and skillful. For the foreseeable future, speed and efficiency are your specialties.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) The English verb “cicurate” is defined as “to tame or domesticate” or “to make mild or innocuous.” But it once had an additional sense: “to reclaim from wildness.” It was derived from the Latin word cicurare, which meant “to bring back from madness, to draw out of the wilderness.” For your purposes, Scorpio, we will make cicurate your theme, but concentrate on these definitions: “to reclaim from wildness, to bring back from madness, to draw out of the wilderness.” In the coming weeks, you will be exploring rough, luxuriant areas of unknown territory. You will be wrangling with primitive, sometimes turbulent energy. I urge you to extract the raw vitality you find there, and harness it to serve your daily rhythm and your long-term goals.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was an influential French photographer, a pioneer of photojournalism who helped transform photography into an art form. In 1986 he was invited to Palermo, Sicily to accept a prize for his work. The hotel he stayed in seemed oddly familiar to him, although he didn’t understand why. It was only later he discovered that the hotel had been the place at which his mother and father stayed on their honeymoon. It was where he was conceived. I foresee a comparable development on the horizon for you, Cancerian: a return to origins, perhaps inadvertent; an evocative encounter with your roots; a reunification with an influence that helped make you who you are today.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) “I am a seed about to break,” wrote Sylvia Plath in her poem “Three Women.” That’s how I see you right now, Libra. You are teeming with the buoyant energy that throbs when a seed is ready to sprout. You have been biding your time, gathering the nourishment you need, waiting for the right circumstances to burst open with your new flavor. And now that nervous, hopeful, ecstatic moment is about to arrive. Be brave!

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