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Letters Myths From the Inside

At age 42, for the first time in my life, I am in prison, and I’ve discovered 10 common prison myths: Myth 1: Everyone in prison claims they’re innocent. I’ve met almost no one in prison who claims they’re innocent.

Myth 2: Rapes, theft, and violence are a way of life in prison. Prison rapes, theft, and violence are fairly rare. All three are greatly exaggerated stereotypes. Bar none, some of the finest people I have ever met are in prison.

Myth 3: The more serious the crime, the more dangerous the person. Often, that’s not true. Many people (even with serious crimes) have turned themselves around. Strangely, people convicted of more serious crimes actually recidivate less (perhaps because they’ve already hit rock bottom): For example, sex offenders and homicide offenders recidivate 38 to 40 percent less than the average.

Myth 4: The United States incarcerates fewer people than other countries, but at a higher rate than any other country in the world; the United States has 5 percent of the world’s population but 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated.

Myth 5: Utah has increased its higher education, rehabilitation, and treatment programs. In Utah, the opposite is happening. Consider education. For every $1 spent on prison education, between $6 and $13 is saved. This is because educated convicts recidivate less: non highschool graduates recidivate at over 70 percent, high school graduates at 24 percent, associate’s degree graduates at 10 percent, bachelor’s degree graduates at 5.6 percent, and

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Myth 6: County jails are better able to rehabilitate prisoners. County jails offer limited (if any) rehabilitation programs. Time spent in county jails is largely unproductive.

Myth 7: Prisoners can earn “good time” to reduce their sentences. Even attorneys and judges are misinformed on this one. There is no such thing as “good time” in Utah prisons.

Myth 8: Prisoners know how much time they will serve. Utah is one of the last states in the union to have what is called “indeterminate sentencing.” Indeterminate sentencing means that when a person is sentenced, they have no idea how long they will serve. Utah has sentencing guidelines for each crime, but the guidelines have become ambiguous and meaningless.

Myth 9: Prisoners show little rehabilitative initiative.

Gunnison prison has a prison-housing unit called STRIVE (Success Through Responsibility, Integrity, Values and Effort), which inmates and staff co-created. STRIVE inmates maintain 40-plus-hour productive weeks, and teach classes to one another on topics such as fatherhood, relapse prevention, emotional control, etc.). STRIVE, a voluntary program, is one of the cheapest, and most successful programs in the prison, with recidivism rates below 10 percent, yet STRIVE is not recognized by the board.

Myth 10: Being incarcerated affects only the individual incarcerated. Studies estimate that the real cost of incarceration per inmate (when you include the costs of building new prisons, unpaid taxes, etc.) is $168,000 per year. With 7,200 Utah inmates, that’s more than $1.2 billion a year. Families and children of inmates also suffer.

Some argue that prisons aren’t perfect, but that they’re the best we’ve got. Other countries are, however, trying punishments that mitigate the unintended consequences of prisons. In the Netherlands, for example, 19 prisons have been closed as the country focuses more on treatment and rehabilitation.

Anonymous Utah Inmate Via the Internet Correction: The Oct. 16 story “Sun Block” contained incorrect information about the frequency of Rocky Mountain Power’s billed charges. RMP charges both administrative and customer charges by month, per meter.

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Teach Me Liberty

In 2012, the College Board announced a redesigned curriculum and exam for Advanced Placement U.S. History.

According to the board, the redesigned curriculum reflected educator concerns regarding the original curriculum framework, described by some as a “grabbag of historical trivia” in which students memorized a series of historical facts and regurgitated them on the final test.

Educators worried that the curriculum sent students to college lacking the criticalthinking and writing skills that are vital to academic success.

The new curriculum entered classrooms this year, resulting in a media firestorm when conservatives interpreted the redesign as a “liberal conspiracy.”

Glenn Beck claimed the new framework “eliminates mention of the founding fathers,” and the Republican National Committee announced a resolution attempting to delay the new curriculum, as it “reflects a radically revisionist view of American history that emphasizes negative aspects of our nation’s history while omitting or minimizing positive aspects.” Hundreds of Colorado students walked out of class in protest when their school board announced a decision to possibly alter the new AP curriculum in order to promote “respect for authority” and discourage “civil disorder.”

I teach AP U.S. History, and in the weeks before school, I received e-mails from selfidentified “concerned citizens” ordering me to abandon liberal revisionism and teach “American exceptionalism.” Some seemed to be heeding the instructions from conservative special-interest groups such as the Eagle Forum, which encouraged members to contact teachers in voicing their disapproval of the new curriculum.

The author of one message claimed that

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“if students do not come away from their history class with a greater love of their country and an appreciation for its amazing history, then the class has failed.”

I’m not yet an expert in teaching the new curriculum, but I can say the new design helps solve the issue of Jeopardystyle learning by emphasizing primarysource analysis and thinking skills such as causation, argumentation, interpretation and use of relevant evidence. Exam questions require students to analyze documents and write arguments, and allow me to focus on teaching critical thinking instead of worrying about what minutia may end up on the multiple-choice test.

The new curriculum isn’t perfect.

Trevor Packer, senior v ice president of the College Board, recently recognized the challenges in maintaining objectivity when it comes to giving liberal and conservative presidents equal “air time” in the curriculum, and argued that the redesign attempted to solve these problems by introducing more “balanced and robust” material to the curriculum, in the hopes that by working with a wide variety of ideas, students will be able to develop their own academic arguments.

It’s these “balanced and robust” materials that seem to bother the critics, who claim that anything recognizing the United States as less than perfect is “liberal,” “revisionist” and “anti-American.” The Heartland Institute, a Republican think tank—asking, “Is this really what we want our nation’s top students to know about American history?”—identified 29 biased statements in the redesign, including: n Many Europeans developed a belief in white superiority to justify their subjugation of Africans and American Indians, using several different rationales. n The United States sought to “contain” Soviet-dominated communism through a variety of measures, including military engagements in Korea and Vietnam.

n Activists began to question society’s assumptions about gender and to call for social and economic equality for women and for gays and lesbians.

This is absolutely what I want every student to know when they leave my classroom. I want students to know that racism has justified horrible acts, from colonial slaver y to Japanese internment.

Students should be able to think critically about war, and question a cause that merits a horrific loss of life. In 2014, LGBT teen suicide rose and feminist Anita Sarkeesian received yet another death threat for speaking publicly—so yes, I desperately want students to know that the founding fathers aren’t the only people capable of changing the world.

I’m not anti-A merican or revisionist, and my status as a card-carr y ing Democrat doesn’t inf luence how I teach. I teach about ever y subject on Heartland’s list because it is the truth, and truth is important even when it isn’t “exceptional.”

I intend to teach the more “traditional” aspects of A merican history as well.

My students know George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. They’ll know of our victories as well as our failures.

But it isn’t my job to coerce students into “loving America.” My job is to teach students how to think, to expose them to American heroes not on our currency, denied the chance to sign the Declaration of Independence because of their gender or their race. In preparing my students for the AP test, I hope I prepare them to study history as it is: a complex, evolving subject that cannot be reduced to a multiple-choice question. I hope to maintain high academic standards, but if my students leave my classroom fearing the truth and unable to explain why?

Then I’ll know my class has failed. CW

truth is important even when it isn’t “exceptional.”

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What do you remember from American history classes?

Scott Renshaw: I remember my Georgianative eighth-grade history teacher who refused to teach the Civil War because “we lost.” Beyond that, I probably learned more that stuck with me from Schoolhouse Rock.

John Saltas: That General Custer was the last to die at the last stand, that Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone were the last to die at the Alamo, and that the Mountain Meadows Massacre didn’t happen, and if it did, the Indians did it.

Rachel Piper: In AP American History, we spent weeks making posters about the founding fathers, then tried to memorize various tariffs. In spring semester, our teacher realized we still had more than a century to go, and got us through World War II with the aid of movies. I chose not to take the AP test, and anything after 1945 is still a mystery.

Derek Carlisle: That supposedly the South lost the war.

Kolbie Stonehocker: My

AP American History teacher couldn’t have cared less. He gave us the answers to the test questions, so no brainwork there.

Nathan Turner: Every history teacher I had in high school was a football or basketball coach. They would put a documentary on, then leave for 90 minutes.

Eric S. Peterson: One of the weirdest memories I have from junior high was my Utah history class talking about the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

The discussion was so sanitized that I didn’t even realize that it was actually a massacre. All I remember is that it was a topic the teacher felt really uncomfortable talking about.

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It’s Not Us, It’s UTA Dear Esteemed Utah Transit Authority board members and BFFs: You know we in the Legislature love you, and we promise that, no matter what, we will still play golf with you, go to Jazz games and take international trips together.

But here’s the deal. Some riders think they need better service, like at night, on weekends and on holidays. And you think that the only way to get that is to raise the sales tax for transit by 45 percent. Well, you have to realize that we are mostly a conservative Republican group, and raising taxes is not good for our platform. We have thought long and hard about this, and have come to the painful conclusion that UTA must come into the fold and become a government agency. We understand that your bonuses will suffer, and it’s possible you will lose some friends in development.

Unfortunately, our venture into the public-private domain is a failure.

Please understand, and visit our website to contribute to our campaigns. Yours forever, the Utah Legislature.

Take Our Guns Just as the nation is moving toward a kind of civic education that might make students more docile, students and faculty at Utah State University were making noise. They were protesting the cancellation of blogger Anita Sarkeesian’s speech because the college refused to pat down the audience for weapons. You’ve got to love Rep. Curt Oda, who says Sarkeesian was overreacting to a vicious death threat and that people should be able to open carry on campuses. Never mind the constitutional tension between the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness and the Second Amendment. This is Utah, where guns trump life. And it’s the only state to block campuses from restricting guns.

Like It or Not Leave it to Realtor czar and former Senate President Al Mansell to light a fire under the prison relocation folks. Saratoga Springs just gave an enthusiastic thumbs down to a prison in its city, but Mansell, in a Deseret News piece, says he thinks the state needs to push harder. Developers like Mansell are salivating at the thought of building on the Draper prison site, and want to get the prison gone. Tooele County, in fact, was split on locating a prison there. But where will it go? The relocation commission has a list of 27 locations, but it’s not telling what they are. Obviously, transparency would result in controversy, given that the thinking’s already been done on this issue.

October is busy at Ogden’s historic Ben Lomond Hotel, where the curious come for a frightful night’s sleep (or wakefulness). Built in 1927 on 25th Street, the hotel (2510 Washington Blvd., 801-627-1900, BenLomondSuites.com) is known for being haunted, and also boasts a roster of VIP guests who stayed within its original artdeco ceilings and walls, including John Wayne, Louis Armstrong and Al Capone.

Michael Fenton, sales director of the hotel (pictured), is now working to restore Ben Lomond to its previous grandeur, and is an expert on all the tales of other long-deceased guests who seem to have never left the building—and keep the hotel buzzing between summer festivals and ski season.

Is the ninth floor of the Ben Lomond Hotel really haunted?

There’s a floor that’s not used, but it’s not because of ghosts. The previous owners were converting rooms into condos and went bankrupt on the ninth floor. It has since been gutted back to nothingness, so you can’t use it, and it’s been blocked off.

People can really freak themselves out. One guest was chased away because everything was haunted for her. The elevator opens by itself. All the elevators are from the 1960s and have a mind of their own. It’s not so much that there’s a ghost riding an elevator as much as it is the quirkiness of an old elevator that needs to be replaced.

Do ghost sightings happen all year?

Yes, but in October we have more strange things that happen. Something on a table will end up on top of the bed. A bed will be made, and when someone goes to get in it, the sheets will be all weird. People come out of the woodwork to stay here in October.

Sometimes people get so curious they’ll get into storage and equipment space, and break padlocks to get in and try to see something.

Who is Mrs. Eccles?

Mrs. Eccles stayed here while her husband Marriner Eccles, owner of the hotel, did a lot of traveling. She stayed until her death, even after the hotel was sold, living bedridden upstairs on the 11th floor for 10 years. Nobody ever saw her, but they knew she was in the building. People claim to see her ghost all over, but the 11th floor is notorious for it.

Do you believe in the hotel ghosts?

They’re fun. That’s about it. I worked at the Egyptian Theater where Allison the ghost is, who everyone knows. Over here it’s Mrs. Eccles. There are still people who talk about smelling lavender on the elevator, which is suppose to be Mrs. Eccles’s perfume. I personally don’t believe the ghost stories, but I’ve started to wonder in recent years. Every time we try to sell the hotel, the elevator goes down. There’s not a way for an elevator to just go down, there’s safety procedures. Legend is, Mr. Bigelow [owner of the hotel before Marriner Eccles] moved to San Francisco and died a pauper, but my feeling is he never left the hotel.

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Why are girls and women not given the title “Junior,” “II,” etc., when named after their mothers, as boys are when named after their fathers? I’ve never come across a woman with this sort of suffix on her name.

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And no, the practice common in Spanishspeaking countries where a child receives family names from the father’s and mother’s sides—e.g., Gabriel García Márquez, son of Gabriel Eligio García and Luisa Santiaga Márquez Iguarán—doesn’t really count as an exception: what’s combined there are, effectively, the family names of the kid’s father and maternal grandfather.

Clearer exceptions do exist: in Greek literature the hero Achilles is sometimes identified as “Achilles, son of Thetis,” a sea goddess. But there you go: Achilles’s father was a mere mortal king, Peleus. Once the old man hooked up with Thetis, he was outranked.

You see my point. In a male-dominated world, a son named after his father is commonplace. A daughter named after her mother is fairly unusual, and a daughter whose naming is proclaimed with the title “Junior” or “II” betokens a woman— perhaps two women—of unusual stature.

Consider a few modern examples: n Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Jr. was the firstborn child and only daughter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. In New York Supreme Court documents, not only was the younger Anna Eleanor referred to as “2nd,” her mother was referred to as “Sr.” n Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr. was a child prodigy given a classical education as a toddler by her like-named mother. She reputedly spoke six languages, was typing at age 6, and had translated Mother Goose into Esperanto by age 8. A prolific versifier, she’s best remembered for the couplet “In fourteen hundred ninety-two/ Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” n Broadcast journalist Dorothy Fuldheim applied the “Jr.” suffix to her similarly named daughter, who grew up to be a professor at Case Western Reserve University. n Carolina Herrera Jr. designs fragrances for her mother, the fashion designer. n Nancy Sinatra, daughter of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Barbato Sinatra, is sometimes referred to as Nancy Sinatra Jr. The senior Nancy is chiefly known for having been the wife of one entertainer and the mother of another. However, on the evidence of other women who named their daughters after themselves, I’ll guess she’s not someone I’d care to cross.

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Baloney. I’ll grant the two of you may not be chummy, but surely you’ve heard of that well-known Englishwoman Elizabeth II. You may think monarchical naming practices have nothing to do with your question. But they do. They illustrate what’s going on here: the progeny who need to be conspicuously numbered (or anyway ordered chronologically) are the ones who rule—and generally, though not always, they’ve been male.

I don’t mean to overemphasize the fell hand of the patriarchy. Naming a child is above all a practical matter. The first order of business is to identify what family or tribe you belong to—in ancient times, and to a considerable extent now, these were the people who’d have your back.

That done, you needed a name to distinguish you from your relatives. In principle, nothing prevents parents from inventing names for this purpose; in practice, the number of widely used given names in most societies is relatively small. To avoid duplication, a common practice has been to pile on additional names or suffixes.

Some of these were less imaginative than others. When the early Romans needed to keep their kids straight, they evidently numbered them. The Roman emperor we know as Augustus was in his youth called Octavian, from the Latin for eighth. That’s not because Augustus himself was the eighth-born child; by the emperor’s day, Octavian was a family name and had lost any strictly numerical significance. But perhaps one of his ancestors had been.

For girls in classical Rome, though, sequential naming remained literally descriptive, since all girls in a family bore the same name, the feminine form of the family name, often without any distinguishing given names. Thus, sequential names: the daughters of the general Scipio Africanus, whose family name was Cornelius, were known as Cornelia Africana Major and Cornelia Africana Minor—Big Cornelia and Little Cornelia.

But these were birth-order names.

Matters get more interesting when we turn to generational names—naming a kid after a parent or other ancestor.

Giving children patronymics—names derived from those of their fathers—is standard practice in some cultures. Vladimir Putin’s middle name is Vladimirovich, son of Vladimir, because (duh) that was his dad’s name too. Russian women have patronymics as well: e.g., Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, named after her father, Joseph Stalin.

Use of matronymics, on the other hand, is rare. In the 1800s it was sometimes taken as the mark of a bastard, whose father either wasn’t known or had disowned the child.

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Doug Owens looks to follow in his father’s footsteps as a moderate Democrat in Congress.

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When Doug Owens, currently challenging Republican Mia Love for the 4th Congressional District, is asked when the political bug first bit, he doesn’t hesitate.

“I was 9 years old,” Owens says without blinking.

The year was 1972, and on weekends, he would join his father as he walked the congressional district that he would win in his first race. For Wayne Owens, it was a journey of 711 miles, knocking on doors and meeting constituents; for Doug, it was a chance to see his father proselytize for the democratic process and to explain that the “government can be used to help people.”

Wayne Owens served in Congress from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1987 to 1993 as a proud Blue Dog “Utah Democrat.” Now, with Rep. Jim Matheson having decided not to run again, Doug Owens hopes to represent Utahns in D.C., as a moderate Democrat.

“There’s a real big difference in me and my opponent on this,” Owens says of Love, who has raised the lion’s share of her campaign funds from out-of-state donors and, Owens says, has “made tens of thousands of dollars in speaking fees out of state, and is going to be pursuing a national partisan ideology.

I’m going to be putting Utah voters first.”

Love politely declined to be interviewed.

Owens’ Blue Dog credentials extend beyond Democrat Doug Owens during the Oct. 14 debate with Republican opponent Mia Love. working on his father’s campaigns—he’s also moderate Owens, hoping to represent the state in Utah’s 4th Congressional District, argues when it comes to issues like energy and corporate that his political positions are more in line with mainstream Utah values. taxes, and worked as an attorney who frequently represents companies against legal complaints from “I’d be in favor of more research and development for environmentalist groups. renewables,” Owens says. “But for the time being, we’re not where There’s definitely a very liberal slice of the 4th District that they can solve all of our needs.” might not find comfort in Owens’ legal experience, but for Owens, While Owens can agree with his conservative opponent on some it goes to show exactly how he can bridge the divide and resolve points, their biggest difference, he believes, is in how they would solve complicated issues. One of Owens’ major victories was beating problems—with Owens hoping to act as bridge-builder versus a bridge back a citizen suit led by advocacy groups such as the Sierra Club burner. He points to Love’s drastic measures, such as calling for the against the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility that said the elimination of the Department of Education in her first campaign, and contractor was being unsafe with chemicals and sought to revoke her desire that the government stop subsidizing student loans, even its permit. though she used assistance to pay for her education.

“We showed that it was being safely operated,” Owens Owens says he wants to reform but protect the student-loan says, pointing out that the facility helped destroy roughly half system, which more than 80 percent of Utahns take advantage of the nation’s stockpile of chemical weapons before it was of, and also supports early-education efforts like HeadStart and decommissioned in 2012. His legal experience, he says, has taught all-day kindergarten. He sees education as a major issue that him to balance the needs of the environment against jobs. will have tremendous effects on the economy by providing an “Utahns love the environment, we love where we live and want educated workforce. to take care of it, but we also need good-paying jobs for people so “Education is items 1, 2 and 3 for me in terms of importance,” they can take care of their families,” Owens says. “So you need Owens says. someone who has good sense and can see both sides.”

While Owens is trailing in the polls and being outspent by Love Owens’ positions are centrist on other points as well. He by a factor of almost 10 to 1, he believes that when voters recognize believes the country’s corporate tax rate should be reduced by at that, like his father, his focus is on Utahns and not on partisan least a third—with unfair loopholes also closed. He also supports politics, they will look past the stigma of the D next to his name. an all-of-the-above approach to energy development that includes “The party label can be something of an obstacle to a Democrat,” oil, gas and nuclear.

Owens says “But it’s not the end of the discussion.” CW

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Zumba for a Cause

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Nothing burns calories and builds your karma like dancing for a cause.

This weekend, you can learn to Zumba and help prevent child abuse and neglect. Afterward, take a long view on state-sponsored violence at a free pizza & politics forum connecting the atrocities of the Holocaust to police violence in Ferguson, Mo. Salt Lake County residents will want to weigh in on a hearing over a bond that could be as much as $30 million to cover the building of several county government buildings.

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Children’s Service Society Zumba Fundraiser Saturday, Oct. 25

The Children’s Service Societ y is looking for folks willing to shake their bootys for a good cause—funding to help the organization fulfill its mission of preventing child abuse and neglect.

All of the registration costs ($20 in advance, $25 day-of) will go toward that mission.

Infinity Event Center, 26 E. 600 South, 801-355-7444, Oct. 27, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., CSSUtah.org

Eight lowest-rated local haunted houses and Halloween attractions on Yelp:

8. Kirk Cameron’s House of

For Us All: The Holocaust to Ferguson, Missouri

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A panel of professors, as well as Dieter Kuntz, historian of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, will explore the disturbing connections bet ween race and state-ordered violence in the Jewish people’s struggles during the Holocaust and the heav y-handed police presence in the heavily black populations of Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere.

Universit y of Utah, Orson Spencer Hall, 260 Central Campus Drive, 801-581-8501, Oct. 27, 12-1 p.m., Hinckley.Utah.Edu

Salt Lake County Bond Hearing Tuesday, Oct. 28

The Salt Lake Count y Council is looking for county residents to weigh in on a bond proposal not to exceed $30 million to help pay for the construction and/or development of new buildings, including new offices for the district attorney, a new health building, a new senior-citizen center in Midvale, and other projects. It’s your money as a taxpayer, so show up and speak up.

Salt Lake County Government Center, 2001 S. State, 801-468-2930, Oct. 28, 4 p.m., SLCO.Org/Council

Curses, Foiled Again

NEWS

After police released surveillance videos of a carjacking in New Haven, Conn., three probation officers identified the suspect as Gary Harding, 26. To avoid arousing suspicion, they asked Harding to attend a routine probation meeting. He obliged by showing up in the stolen vehicle and was arrested. (Hartford’s WFSB-TV)

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and herders and knocking 2 to 3 million people into extreme poverty, turning many “climate refugees” into terrorists. “Environmental stressors and political violence are connected in surprising ways,” the authors said, asking, “If more Americans knew how glacial melt contributes to catastrophic weather … would we drive more hybrids and use millions fewer plastic bags? (The Huffington Post)

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n Police chasing a vehicle that fled a traffic stop lost sight of it but then spotted it parked in Lebanon, Ore. Authorities searching for the driver in the dark noticed a strong scent of cologne that led them to Charles V. Agosto, 35, crouched in some shrubbery, “only about 10 or 20 feet away from his car,” Police Chief Frank Stevenson said. (Albany Democrat-Herald)

An Inconvenient Truth Climate change and overpopulation helped create the terrorist group ISIS, according to researchers at New York’s John Jay College Center on Terrorism. Charles Strozier and Kelly Berkell blame catastrophic weather for ruining 800,000 Syrian farmers

What, Too Soon?

The National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars apologized after team mascot Jaxson de Ville mocked the Pittsburgh Steelers during their game by holding a Steelers signature yellow “Terrible Towels” next to a sign that read “TOWELS CARRY EBOLA.” Team president Mark Lamping said Curtis Dvorak, who has played the mascot since 1996, “made an extremely poor decision” and apologized “to anyone who was offended.” (Associated Press) n Ebola protective clothing will be popular this Halloween, according to social media, where users are posting costumes based on Ebola emergency responders wearing goggles, rubber gloves and full-body suits. New York Costumes manager Tony

Bianchi said Ebola costumes would be homemade because no manufacturer has produced any. “There are certain things, you just don’t go there,” he explained. (Reuters)

Not Soon Enough

A robot that hospitals use to disinfect and destroy bacteria and viruses may become a key weapon in the fight against the Ebola virus. The device, developed by Xenex and used in 250 U.S. hospitals, relies on a xenon bulb to emit powerful ultraviolet light, which fuses the DNA of a virus and kills it.

Xenex’s Mark Stibich added that the germ-zapping robot, dubbed “Little Moe,” could rid a hospital room of germs in five minutes and destroy Ebola on any surface in two minutes. (San Antonio’s KENS-TV)

Second-Amendment Follies A 21-year-old man who’d just bought a handgun was openly carrying it on a street in Gresham, Ore., when a stranger approached and asked for a cigarette. As the men talked about the new gun, police said the stranger pulled his own gun from his waistband and announced, “I like your gun. Give it to me.”

The victim handed over his gun, and the robber ran away.

(Portland’s KPTV-TV)

Buzz Kills

Three state pot shops in Washington stopped selling a marijuana-fortified drink after bottles exploded on the shelves.

“It sounded like a shotgun going off,” Zach Henfin, manager of Top Shelf Cannabis in Bellingham, said. He removed remaining bottles to a steel box the size of a small dumpster outside the store, where they continued to explode randomly for the next 10 days. Manufacturer Mirth Provisions blamed the explosions on a batch of sparkling pomegranate soda with “a higher yeast concentration” and promised the stores refunds. “Sometimes when you’re creating new products in a new marketplace,” Mirth founder Adam Stites said, “there’s a little bit of a learning curve.” (United Press International) n The Pacific fisher is increasingly falling victim to rat poison used by illegal marijuana growers in the Pacific Northwest, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

As a result, the agency wants the cat-sized mammal related to the weasel officially declared an endangered species. (The Washington Times)

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Death Becomes Her

Controversial saint La Santisima Muerte embraces Utah’s outsiders.

By Stephen Dark & Kolbie Stonehocker comments@cityweekly.net

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ate one mid-September Sunday afternoon, in a store at 900 South and 300 East in Salt Lake City, a group of women is gathered in prayer. Their devotion is focused on a large altar draped with fabric and garlands, where three skeletal statues stand surrounded by flowers, gently flickering vigil candles and offerings of food. Working their rosary beads between their fingers, the women, wearing dresses embroidered with colorful Aztec-style designs, chant Hail Marys and Our Fathers.

The store is a botanica, a spiritual supply store that sells candles, herbs, amulets and statues. But this evening, Botanica San Antonio is home to a “spiritual mass,” an event held monthly for the past seven years, says owner Alvina Tavera in Spanish, translated by her daughter Rakna. The women are praying rosaries for the Mexican folk saint Santa Muerte—aka La Huesuda (The Bony Lady), La Flaca (The Skinny Lady) and La Santisima Muerte (Most Holy Death).

A grinning skeleton in a nun’s robe, Santa Muerte is depicted with a variety of objects: a globe (symbolizing her universal presence), an hourglass (a reminder of life’s inevitable end), an owl (representing that she sees and hears all), and a set of scales for justice. And she’s almost never seen without a tall scythe that she clutches in one bony hand. She brings her scythe with her, Tavera says, “for everybody who seeks to betray others.”

Seen as vengeful by some, a kindly grandmother by others, Santa Muerte has many faces even among her believers: a saint for the end of days, a New Age deity, or a spiritual guardian for those who can find no place in mainstream Utah culture.

But all of Santa Muerte’s faces reflect the power of death. Her favors do not come without a price: You make a contract with her, and if you do not fulfill that contract, then, sometimes, she will seek recompense.

In the past decade, botanica owners say, Santa Muerte has gained a considerable presence in Utah among Latinos and Anglos, and statues and candles bearing her likeness now dominate most botanica shelves.

And in contrast to the peaceful, spiritual ambiance in Botanica San Antonio, Santa Muerte is most typically known as a bloodstained symbol of death and power, a “narco saint” that drug dealers and the Mexican underworld use for justification for their activities and to intimidate their rivals. Law enforcement and critics in the Roman Catholic Church say that Santa Muerte’s recent popularity has its roots in Mexican drug cartels’ grip on the distribution of heroin in Salt Lake City.

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scent of camphor—a cube of resin sits on the table in a bowl of water—and fresh herbs.

Behind Tavera stand three Santa Muerte statues. She speaks in Spanish—with Stephen and Rakna both translating—in melodic tones that are soothing yet firm.

Tavera tells of how she grew up with her grandmother, a bruja (witch) who’s now 105 years old. The Tavera family has prayed to Santa Muerte over many generations, and Tavera’s grandmother conducts healing ceremonies with herbs in a northern Mexican town with 13 other women. Every seven years, the women in her grandmother’s group donate braids to a resin statue of La Santisima. Hair, Tavera says, “is the connection with Mother Earth.”

do everything right, if you are — Alvina Tavera, owner of Botanica San Antonio, whose altar in honor of Santa Muerte is pictured

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hide his or her license plate from law enforcement. “They don’t want a ticket because they don’t have insurance, and because of their faith,” she says, they don’t get one.

Rakna mentions that Santa Muerte communicates through dreams. That’s how Kolbie was approached: in three dreams several years after that first tattoo-shop encounter.

In the first dream, Kolbie visited a botanica and found that every object had Santa Muerte’s image on it. In the second, Santa Muerte appeared as herself, wearing a long purple robe, clouds swirling behind her. In the third, Kolbie awoke while invoking Santa Muerte’s name in a prayer.

Tavera doesn’t li ke answering questions, she says, believing that “the more secrets there are, the better.”

But, she says, she let us in because she saw that Kolbie is “an honest believer.”

Stephen asks Tavera how she knew that Kolbie is a believer. “It’s in her eyes and what she carries on her back, a very beautiful protection,” she replies.

A Los A ngeles-based santero—an initiated priest in the Lukumí, or Santeria, religion—who went by Dr. E did a tarot-card reading for Kolbie over the phone and told her that Santa Muerte wanted to develop a relationship with her, and that Santa Muerte

Santa Muerte is “muy

Tavera has worked with herbs and done spiritual cleansings since she was 9. After she was married, she immigrated to Texas, and then, in 1999, to Utah, she says, where she opened Botanica San Antonio.

She describes herself as a spiritualist who communicates with both the spirit world and Santa Muerte.

La Santisima, she says repeatedly while motioning with her hands, is “a very powerful señora. Everything you ask, she does, and you are never afraid.” Santa Muerte takes those struggling with drugs or alcohol and puts them on healthier paths of life. And as the dispenser of death, she can also choose the moment to take a life.

Santa Muerte, Tavera explains, is about fairness and justice, not about protecting drug dealers. She protects women against abusive husbands, and commands with her scythe errant partners to return to their spouses, and to give his or her partner the money the family needs. “Bring your money home,” Tavera says Santa Muerte tells a selfish husband. “Here, it’s needed.”

The store sells Santa Muer te candles labeled “Contra la ley,” or “Against the law.” Such candles, Tavera says, are for someone who is driving without insurance, is struggling to pay their rent, and prays to Santa Muerte to

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La Santisima Muerte and the practices surrounding her are “not something you can just talk about,” Tavera’s daughter Rakna tells us, as Tavera disappears into a back room to pray before the interview she’s agreed to. While we wait, Rakna explains that it’s a common misconception of Santa Muerte that if “you work with her, she’ll take away one of your loved ones.” But she says that if a devotee doesn’t keep his or her promise to Santa Muerte, then everything that she’s done for that person will unravel. “I’ve seen it happen a lot,” Rakna says.

Ten minutes later, we’re ushered into a small room with a black marblelike table in the center, behind which Tavera sits, her hands clasped in front of her, her eyes cast down. The light in the room is tinted violet by a colored tube in one of the fluorescent lights. It shines coolly upon several elaborate, immaculately maintained altars devoted to innumerable Catholic saints and various deities, their statues surrounded with glowing candles and generous offerings of food, tobacco and liquor. The air is heavy with the

Andres Aquino, owner of Botanica Santa Barbara Bendita, doesn’t venerate Santa Muerte, but he respects her, he says. He views her explosion in popularity as having grown on the back of the drug trade in Salt Lake City. “If you want to sell dope, you have to have good protection.” And for those who believe, “There’s none better than La Santisima.”

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But many Latinos and Anglos on the margins of Utah society argue that what draws so many to Santa Muerte is that the deity welcomes all with open arms.

The embrace of Most Holy Death, Tavera says, knows no prejudice. All are welcome to the blessings, protection and good fortune she can provide with the keen edge of her scythe and her scales of ultimate justice.

All that matters, Tavera says, is that those who petition Santa Muerte do so with sincerity. “She likes that when you are devoted, you give your heart to her with faith.”

City Weekly Music Editor Kolbie Stonehocker first encountered La Santisima Muerte while getting inked at a Salt Lake City tattoo shop. The tall statue repeatedly drew her gaze with its quiet power. Kolbie asked the tattoo artist who the statue was, and he told her it was La Santisima Muerte, the female patron saint of drug dealers, criminals, tattoo artists—outsiders.

His statement struck a chord with Kolbie. If there were patron saints for astronomers, firefighters, seamstresses and even cat lovers, why couldn’t there be a saint who accepted all people, no matter their occupation, background or lifestyle?

After the tattoo session, Kolbie wanted to show Santa Muerte a gesture of respect. Seeing coins placed at the statue’s base, she dug into her purse to find a suitable offering. After stacking three coins by Santa Muerte’s feet, Kolbie looked into her eyes and felt her staring back.

Seven years later, Kolbie—now a devotee of Santa Muerte—and City Weekly News Editor Stephen Dark set out to explore Santa Muerte’s presence in Salt Lake City, talking to believers, botanica owners, cops who encounter her on altars in drug “stash houses” and in the tattoos of drug dealers they arrest, and Catholic priests who are concerned about parishioners petitioning her for help.

But even though she’s not a saint in the Catholic definition of the word— someone who had an earthly existence and led an exemplary Christian life—her followers believe that she possesses a power that places her second only to God. Santa Muerte is “muy cabrona, muy macha,” Tavera says. “If you do everything right, if you are a believer, she’ll protect you.”

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Father Eleazar Silva routinely finds Santa Muerte statues left on the steps of his church by people for whom “something went wrong” with their devotion to her and who want him to destroy them. would become a powerful ally and guardian for her. She would be a spirit that Kolbie would cut deals with to bring about desired change, he said. But if she didn’t keep her end of the bargain, Santa Muerte would take payment as she saw fit.

It was the first time that Kolbie had felt a spirit make contact with her, and she felt obligated to answer the call.

After the interview, Tavera brings forth a bottle of tequila and pours a little into our outstretched palms, telling us to moisten our brows and the back of our necks with it, so that we will not be accompanied by

negative energy or spirits when we leave the botanica.

CASTING OUT SATAN

While devotees say that Santa Muerte’s focus on justice means that those who are loyal have nothing to fear, her associations with death and drug-related violence make her a controversial figure among law enforcement and within the Catholic Church.

A rmando Solorzano, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Utah, worries that with the veneration of Santa Muerte focusing on death as an end in itself, the very meaning

of religion—as defining a way of living one’s life—is lost to more concrete and pragmatic lists of needs.

A nthropologists, Solorzano notes, call Santa Muerte “a cult of crisis.” He traces her presence in the United States back to the 1960s in innercit y barrios where high unemployment, police brutality against young Chicanos, and the inability of the AngloAmerican Catholic Church to understand Mexican Catholics “brought the idea of death but without redemption, exemplified in Santa Muerte, as an end of everything.”

Solorzano sees Santa Muerte as a popular religion, where the symbols of an existing religion have been appropriated and given new meaning. “These people feel marginal to the Catholic Church, that the church is not responding to their needs, so they redefine the symbols,” he says. “It’s now a religion controlled by the people.”

In his office in a small, attractive house at the back of the Sacred Heart church at 900 South and 200 East—just a block from Botanica San Antonio—Father Eleazar Silva traces the history of Santa Muerte to when Pope John Paul II excommunicated kidnappers and drug dealers in the 1970s. Such criminals, he says, “began to create a Catholic religion outside the Catholic Church. The name Santisima mirrors that of the Blessed Virgin, but in reality, it is the personification of Satan.”

Having a relationship with God requires a change of mind and heart, Silva says, citing Mary Magdalene leaving a life of prostitution to follow Jesus Christ. The danger of Santa Muerte, he says, is that she offers “a way of getting divine favors without having to make a change.

You’re trying to get something from God.” A woman in a small Southern Utah town where Silva was the local priest prayed to Santa Muerte that she be able to date a man 40 years her junior, Silva recalls. She got what she sought, but then began to dramatically sicken, Silva says, although doctors could not identify any particular malady. Finally, a doctor called Silva and told him, “She’s not sick, she’s not ill at all, but she’s in the process of dying.”

Silva visited with her and “every night after I left, Santa Muerte came for her payment.”

Silva performed a simple exorcism, he says, and the woman recovered.

Such stories, he continues, are surprisingly common. He routinely finds Santa Muerte statues left on the steps of his church by people for whom “something went wrong” with their devotion to her and who want him to destroy them.

“I fight my war [against Santa Muerte] undercover,” he says. “I do it case by case.”

The church isn’t the only place that former devotees of Santa Muerte brings their statutes when something goes amiss with their relationship with her. Andres Aquino owns Botanica Santa Barbara Bendita on 900 South, directly opposite Silva’s church. A wall in his sanctuary at the back of the store is filled with shelves of saint statues, except for a portion concealed by a heavy red-velvet curtain. Behind the curtain are statues of Santa Muerte that devotees have asked him to keep. One statue belonged to a woman, he recalls, who was inexplicably losing weight and plagued by nerves and anxiety. Then she discovered that her husband had hung his statue of Santa Muerte upside down in a bucket of water as a punishment for the saint not delivering her part of a deal.

Aquino is a psychic who grew up in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He offers spiritual cleansings and guidance to those who seek it. He’s critical of people who use their limited knowledge of Santa Muerte to exploit the vulnerable with promises of hope and protection in exchange for thousands of dollars. Some self-described spiritualists, he says, charge $5,000 to $7,000 for a blood ritual to ask the saint to deliver the love he or she seeks, or a big win in Wendover.

While he doesn’t venerate Santa Muerte, Aquino respects her, he says. He views her explosion in popularity as having grown on the back of the drug trade in Salt Lake City. “If you want to sell dope, you have to have good protection,” he says. And for those who believe, he adds, “there’s none better than La Santisima.”

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There have been only three homicides on U.S. soil linked to drugcartel violence that also involved veneration of Santa Muerte, according to an FBI law-enforcement bulletin dated February 2013. But in Mexico, the folk saint’s name is linked to a litany of violent and cruel deaths.

That’s because, Robert J. Bunker says in the FBI bulletin, success in cartel life means riches, beautiful women, power and brutal death.

“With the stakes so high, the sacrifices and offerings to Santa Muerte have become primeval and barbaric,” he writes. “Rather than plates of food, beer and tobacco, in some instances, the heads of victims (and presumably their souls) have served as offerings to invoke powerful petitions for divine intervention.” Bunker lists a mind-numbing catalog of torture, dismemberment, murder and sacrifice to Santa Muerte, often at makeshift altars.

Stephen requested interviews with numerous municipal, state and federal law-enforcement agencies to talk about Santa Muerte’s popularity with drug dealers and narco gangs, but all declined to comment. Several law-enforcement sources did agree to talk on the condition of anonymity because they did not have permission from their supervisors to speak to media.

One 20-year veteran officer draws a distinction between Santa Muerte and Jesús Malverde, another folk saint who’s often linked to Most Holy Death and, in the case of Botanica San Antonio, can be found occupying an altar next to hers. You can’t talk of one without mentioning the other, says the officer, who’s seen Santa Muerte often in the past 10 years, on altars in drug “stash houses” he’s raided or hanging from rearview mirrors in the cars at the scene of drug murders.

Jesús Malverde, he says, is a Robin Hood figure in recent Mexican history who stole from the rich to give to the poor, but who has been appropriated by the drug trade. He describes Malverde as “a peasant farmer dude—he’s like Cesar Chavez, but for drug dealers.”

The officer first started seeing “Jesús Malverde in little cards [drug] mules had,” he says. “They usually walk across the border with a backpack, a couple of kilos of coke, a $2 bill, a wad of tissue paper for wiping their ass and a Jesús Malverde card. Carry that card, and your rivals won’t get you, the cops won’t get you.” He pauses and grins.

“Obviously, it doesn’t work.”

But the senior cartel players he’s arrested, he says, have not been devotees of Malverde or Santa Muerte. He believes that cartel bosses introduce Malverde or Santa Muerte to their workers “because it gives them a religious foundation” for legitimizing drug dealing to the Catholic poor. “It’s not Our Blessed Mother anymore; it’s Santa Muerte,”

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T he outdoor public shrine at T he New Orleans Chapel of the Santisima Muerte he says. “It provides them a justification for doing something that deep down they know is bad. Which is why you can’t get anyone in law enforcement to talk to you—they don’t want to give it any credence.”

Father Silva also identifies connections between the Mexican drug trade in Salt Lake City and Santa Muerte. You pray to Santa Muerte, he says, for “the destruction of your enemies, to make drugs more addictive so your business flourishes.” While devotees might get what they want through their prayers to her, he says, “you’re asking a real person, Satan, he exists, and there is a price for it. And that price could be difficult.”

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Though Tavera and Silva disagree on the impact Santa Muerte has, they both see a deep, distinct vein of racism within Utah’s culture and society. “We’re not welcome here,” Silva says. Utah society doesn’t accept Latinos, he says, which leaves them struggling on the edges of the mainstream culture.

In such a society, perhaps it’s not surprising that a grandmother-like spirit— who, Tavera says, comes to people while they’re praying in the wee hours of the night and comforts them, holding them and stroking their hair—is such an attractive force for people who live in the shadows of a culture dominated by a conservative faith.

Santa Muerte loves gay and straight people equally because she is fair, Tavera says, explaining that while society may not accept gay marriage, Santa Muerte asks who has the right to make such judgments.

But such modern attitudes don’t mean Santa Muerte is “trying to be convenient so people will believe,” Tavera adds. Rather, she’s just, and sees “the purity and the sincerity of the heart.”

Tavera and her botanica throw an annual party for Santa Muerte during Fourth of July weekend because “we like to light fireworks for her,” Rakna says. They estimate that around 100 devotees attended the party this past July in celebration of Santa Muerte. And on Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead—typically celebrated Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, coinciding with the Catholic holidays All Hallow’s Eve, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day—Tavera leads a praying of the rosary for Santa Muerte and followers troop into her store throughout the day to bring their offerings.

But the biggest party, Tavera says, will be the day that members of the United States Congress sign a decree heralding immigration reform. Tavera smiles brightly as she talks of how faith among Santa Muerte’s followers is about asking the saint, on behalf of their families, to bring about an amnesty for undocumented residents.

“La Santa Muerte is going to move the hands of those who don’t want to sign,” Tavera predicts. She describes Santa Muerte standing over those senators opposed to immigration reform and, with her scythe, getting them to do the right thing.

When reform is achieved, Tavera says, Salt Lake City will “see what a party with faith for her is like.” Her words conjure an image of women dancing in their Aztec dresses on 900 South, the spectacle bringing traffic to a halt.

Amnesty will come, Tavera says, her hands clasped, her eyes flashing. “It’s the faith we have in her.” CW

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But while cops may dismiss Santa Muerte and priests may see her as another face of Satan, for many people, a relationship with her brings spiritual depth and enriches their lives.

Steven Bragg is a spiritual worker initiated in the religions of Haitian Vodou, Palo Mayombe and Lukumí who runs a chapel and outdoor shrine dedicated to Santa Muerte in Louisiana called The New Orleans Chapel of the Santisima Muerte.

A childhood and youth plagued with a seemingly constant series of deaths of loved ones left Bragg “dealing with the reality of death,” he says, and Santa Muerte showed him that she was always present with him during these difficult times. “I now feel her and can almost see her holding me, getting me through the grieving process,” he says.

“She let me know that any time I have to deal with death, she supports me, she will be there for me.”

Bragg’s system of veneration, which he learned from another Santa Muerte devotee, revolves around honoring three colors of statues, which represent the saint’s three main aspects, or personalities: white (La Blanca), red (La Roja) and black (La Negra).

As La Blanca, he explains, she employs the spirits of doctors, nurses and curanderos, those who help bring harmony and peace and undo spells cast against you. As La Roja, she is more aggressive; she works in the worldly realm helping people attain love, sex, justice and employment, for which she uses the spirits of lawyers, businessmen and prostitutes for her work. As La Negra, she descends into hell and brings “those who died violent deaths, criminals, those who were bad people in life,” to perform tasks requested by followers that involve protection from sorcery and “dark spirits.”

When Kolbie began praying to Santa Muerte, her altar was as simple as a framed picture of the saint placed next to a candle and a glass of water. Now, with a statue in a place of honor in her home, she feels Santa Muerte’s presence strongly. Out of the other saints she venerates, none has remained as close a friend and guardian as Santa Muerte.

For Tavera’s daughter Rakna, Santa Muerte protects the preciousness of life, despite her being the personification of death. She describes La Santisima’s presence as making her feel dizzy and her ears ring as the saint’s energy rises around her. That feeling came when she was in the intensive-care unit, praying for her prematurely born son. Rakna was released, but the hospital was keeping her baby because he had water in his lungs.

She asked La Santisima to help her son, and the day after she went home, the hospital released him. “To me, it’s a huge miracle,” she says, “that I asked God and I asked her. She does great things.”

That’s something a mother who attended the rosary praying at the Taveras’ store agrees with.

Aracely, 52, came to Santa Muerte four years ago in dire need. Her family, she says in Spanish, had lost their home and their cars, and she could not find help. Then a friend at a restaurant she worked at brought her to Botanica San Antonio.

She started to pray to Santa Muerte, and things began to improve. “Now we have an apartment, a car, we are living better,” she says. “Now we have work that we didn’t before. Thanks to God and her, we have all we have.”

The of ficer believes that cartel bosses introduce Malverde or Santa Muerte to their workers “because it gives them a religious foundation” for legitimizing drug dealing to the Catholic poor. “It’s not Our Blessed Mother anymore; it’s Santa Muerte.”

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Differences—A Dialogue Vive la difference! Our differences are what make humans so fascinating, part of what makes getting to know each other so rich and rewarding.

But differences can also create distance, keep us separate—and, for some, can be disempowering.

The Differences group exhibit at Art Access examines differences, identity, perspective and power through the works of 20 local artists with a wide variety of experiences and aesthetics.

Show curator Marcee Blackerby creates mixedmedia assemblages such as art boxes that use found objects as source material (an untitled piece is pictured). She is also an author and storyteller, and has selected an array of artists for the show who tell their own powerful stories, including Grant Fuhst, Logan Madsen, Frank McEntire, Cat Palmer, Bonnie Sucec, Stephanie Swift and Travis Tanner. The methods through which an artist like McEntire encounters the spiritual and the way Sucec uses the mythological in her work should provide illuminating insights about differences that can be obstacles, and will also help create a more diverse community.

Art Access’ Disability & Literature Book Group will conduct several discussions about works of historical fiction that deal with ways communities respond to difference, in conjunction with the Utah Humanities Book Festival. As with all Art Access programs, the exhibit is intended to promote dialogue and discussion about the subject.

Showing concurrently in the Art Access II space is a juried exhibition of veterans’ art. (Brian Staker) Differences—A Dialogue @ Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West No. 125, 801-3280703, through Nov. 14, free. AccessArt.org

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show pretty much invented the way we think about cult movies, and after years of midnight showings, has become the longest-running film in history.

With screenings involving costumes, props and scripted lines for the audience, the film has made the leap from a simple movie viewing to a participatory experience.

What sets Rocky Horror—and Richard O’Brien’s original stage musical, from which the movie is drawn—apart is that it’s campy on purpose and is such a good-natured celebration of the kinky and bizarre. It’s no accident that Rocky Horror, in both film and stage incarnations, occupies a central place in queer teen culture, as it’s material that welcomes rather than drives away audiences with notentirely-vanilla predilections.

Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show carries with it the always-encouraging “warning” that it “contains strong themes, sexual content and language” (though one audience member’s warning is another’s enticement). Attendees are encouraged to dress up, and are trusted to be familiar enough with the material to know what that entails. Also, “audience participation kits” with show-appropriate materials will be available for purchase for $5, and this humorous list of prohibitions: “Please no water, no rice, no open flames, and no real sausages (except Frank).” (Danny Bowes) The Rocky Horror Show: Concert Version @ Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, Oct. 24, 8 p.m. & Oct. 25, 5 p.m. & 10 p.m., $20–$40. PioneerTheatre.org

Stephen Brown, founder and artistic director of SB Dance, seems to be drawn to the musicality of a production. In years past, he has produced programs such as Yoga the Musical and Revenge of Yoga the Musical. Last year at this time, he went full rock opera with Of Meat & Marrow, an evening-length work with shredding guitars and piercing vocals by local rock outfit Totem & Taboo. However, his new creation, Cannibal: A Love Story, is far from a rock opera. Instead, it plays like an Off-Broadway, jazz-based musical full of pretty songs that flirt with the flayed underbelly of life.

Set in a new a trendy pop-up eating establishment founded by restaurateur Gen (Genevieve Christianson), the story follows a restaurant critic named Dan (Dan Larrinaga) who has come to check out the six-month experiment.

Both main characters are seeking something greater, and that energy ultimately propels the title-spoiling narrative. With a score by Jeffrey Price, a cast filled with SB Dance regulars and Brown’s natural ability to create something surprising each time he sets out to stage a new production, this is unlike any of his past musical outings. As he himself puts it, Cannibal is “jazz noir circus opera.”

There is a little of all that in there. Take Brown’s love of the prop: In Cannibal, there are a few familiar items, like black umbrellas, but dancers also wield huge butcher knives while maneuvering through intimate and intricate movement. And that literal knife-edge balance is what provides the perfect tension in such a darkly appetizing production. (Jacob Stringer) SB Dance: Cannibal: A Love Story @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-3552787, Oct. 24-25, 8 p.m., $22.50. SBDance. com, ArtTix.org

Did we mention that this NBA rebuilding thing usually takes more than a year to complete?

The Utah Jazz, under new head coach Quin Snyder, enter the season with at least eight players on the roster who were born in the 1990s—and not just “barely after the Berlin Wall came down/Desert Storm/sort of early 1990s.”

We’re talking guys with birth dates that can technically be called the mid-’90s.

No surprise, then, that most prognosticators have the Jazz pegged as being the worst team west of Milwaukee. Vegas odds-makers have placed their over/under for wins at 24.5— right about where they finished last season at 25-57.

All of that means that the coming winter of 2014-15 might not be all that much fun, but if you’re a Jazz fan, you can’t look at it that way. You need to take the approach of possible presidential candidates, and look at this thing with an eye to where you will be in November 2016—or, better yet, January 2017. If the Jazz—and their fans—can slog through the tough campaign trail of the next two seasons while developing young talent such as Rodney Hood and Dante Exum (pictured), they may be rewarded in 2016-17.

The Jazz open the season at home with the Houston Rockets. Other highlights of the home schedule for the next month include LeBron James and Cleveland on Nov. 5, OKC on Nov. 18, Chicago on Nov. 24 and the L.A. Clippers on Nov. 29. (Geoff Griffin) Utah Jazz vs. Houston Rockets @ EnergySolutions Arena, 301 W. South Temple, 801-325-7328, Oct. 29, 7 p.m., $16-$210. UtahJazz.com

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Reader Roundup Local authors, local interest and local readings are among new book options. @scottrenshaw

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erhaps it’s unfair and oversimplified, yet here it is: The satire in Chuck Palahniuk’s work doesn’t seem all that edgy once you’ve grown up a little.

The Fight Club author has made his bones on transgressive premises and boundary-pushing details, yet there’s often prett y rudimentary material stashed beneath all the sex and violence.

In Beautiful You, he launches right in with what appears to be a public rape before telling the story of Penny Harrigan, a plain young woman who comes under the sway of billionaire tycoon Linus Maxwell, used as a guinea pig for his planned line of sex toys for women. And as the “Beautiful You” products become an overnight sensation, Penny begins to realize that Maxwell may have darker intentions than cornering the masturbation market.

There’s a certain perverse fascination to gender-flipping the idea of a nation of onanistic sex zombies, and exploring what might happen to a society in which women are just as easily manipulated by pleasure as men. But Palahniuk never seems genuinely interested in digging into the allegorical ramifications of his concept, spending infinitely more time on the details of various anatomical manipulations than on the world spawned by them. That might make Beautiful You enjoyable, but in a fairly shallow, guilty way—and that’s more sad than it is ironic.

Author reading at University of Utah Union, 200 S. Central Campus Drive, Oct. 29, 8 p.m., $30 includes admission and signed book

lenty of things have been said about The Book of Mormon over the past 180 years, but “it’s a good read” generally hasn’t been among them; sentiments along the lines of Mark Twain’s infamous “chloroform in print” dismissal have been more common.

And that’s part of what makes Avi Steinberg’s exploration of the text so compelling: He’s fascinated with it as a work of literature.

The bulk of The Lost Book of Mormon follows Steinberg on physical journeys to key sites in the Book of Mormon story: a solo trek to Jerusalem, on a Mormon-led tour to presumed sites in Mesoamerica, to Hill Cumorah in New York for the annual pageant. Yet it’s also about one writer trying to understand as an actual book a text that’s treated as holy scripture—a lover of literature reveling in the power of stories to take over the lives of their creators, as well as those who embrace those stories.

It’s a lively enough read simply in its anecdotal tales of Steinberg’s travels, from his interactions with the boisterous pilgrims on his visit to Guatemala, to observing the dedicated performers turning The Book of Mormon into a theatrical production. Yet it’s also a wonderfully thoughtful exploration of how The Book of Mormon itself is obsessed with the idea of stories being preserved to be passed on, and what that might tell us about Joseph Smith not just as a prophet, but as a writer. There something almost holy about the way Steinberg celebrates the humanity revealed by this book.

Beautiful You

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ot many writers explode onto the scene the way Utah’s Ally Condie did with her Matched trilogy, and you learn a lot about a writer by how she follows up a phenomenon.

There’s a quiet confidence to Atlantia that initially makes it a bit hard to embrace, as Condie challenges readers to stick with its slow build. The post-apocalyptic premise finds a colony of humans surviving in an underwater facility, dependent for their survival Below on those who volunteer to raise food and provide supplies from the pollution-ravaged world Above. Rio Conwy, who believes that her destiny lies Above, instead finds her twin sister volunteering for that duty, sending Rio on a journey into the mysterious history of her own family, and the Divide that created Atlantia.

Once again, Condie brings tremendous depth to her world-building, finding terrific details in a culture created both to help people survive, and to perhaps keep them under control. Some of the elements may feel familiar—the archetypal hero quest, the tentative teen romance—yet Condie never feels the need to inflate the narrative with artificial action, allowing Rio’s explorations to drive the story. The result may not be a propulsive page-turner, but it’s something perhaps rarer in the world of young-adult fiction: a genre work that feels more like a contemporary character study, following a young woman navigating the tricky business of finding her own voice.

Author reading/signing at King’s English, 1511. S. 1500 East, Oct. 28, 7 p.m., free

The Lost Book of Mormon: A Journey Through the Mythic Lands of Nephi, Zarahemla, & Kansas City, Missouri

By Avi Steinberg Doubleday, $26.95

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Brooks Wheelan The roster of comedians whose tenure on Saturday Night Live was brief and inauspicious—Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Damon Wayans—should ease the blow for Brooks Wheelan of getting dropped from SNL’s featuredplayer roster after just one season. Indeed, he already seems to be finding humor in it, joking with the Fusion’s No You Shut Up at the Montreal Comedy Festival that he preferred stand-up to sketch comedy because “I haven’t been fired from that one, so I choose that.”

And he’s got plenty of reason to expect that he can do just fine with this stand-up thing, building his routines at times around his Iowa upbringing, like the traumatic impact of watching his father kill a possum with a sledgehammer.

At other times, he turns to the topic of his current, more urban surroundings, like having “meth neighbors”: “They’re loving meth … And I’m jealous, because meth neighbors shouldn’t be having a better life than me. But they are.” (Scott Renshaw) Brooks Wheelan @ Wiseguys West Valley, 2194 W. 3500 South, 801-463-2909, Oct. 24-25, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $15. WiseguysComedy.com

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FRIDAY 10.24

PERFORMING ARTS

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Egyptian Theatre 328 Main, Park City, 435-649-9371 Odyssey Dance: Thriller, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 Utah Philharmonia Halloween Concert, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 The Rocky Horror Show: The Live Stage Musical!, Midvale Main Street Theatre, 7711 S. Main, Midvale, 801-566-0596 Kit Kat Cabaret, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787 Rapture, Blister, Burn, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City, 801-363-7522

Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787 The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Egyptian Theatre, Park City Odyssey Dance: Thriller, Kingsbury Hall The Rocky Horror Show: The Live Stage Musical!, Midvale Main Street Theatre The Rocky Horror Show Concert Version, Pioneer Theatre Company, 300 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, 801-581-6961 SB Dance: Cannibal: A Love Story, Rose Wagner Center Rapture, Blister, Burn, Salt Lake Acting Company I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, Salt Lake Acting Company The Owl Girl, Studio 115, 240 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 Keith Stubbs, Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Ogden, 801-622-5588

LITERATURE Julie Otsuka: When the Emperor Was Divine, Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City, 801-524-8200

moreESSENTIALS Brooks Wheelan, Wiseguys West Valley, 2194 W. 3500 South, West Valley City, 801463-2909

LITERATURE Mira Bartok, Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-596-5000 Nikki Finney: Head Off & Split, The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801-484-9100

SATURDAY 10.25 PERFORMING ARTS

Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Abravanel Hall Dracula: Obsessed and Hating It, Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Draper, 801-572-4144 The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Egyptian Theatre, Park City Odyssey Dance: Thriller, Kingsbury Hall

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The Rocky Horror Show Concert Version, Pioneer Theatre Company SB Dance: Cannibal: A Love Story, Rose Wagner Center I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, Salt Lake Acting Company Rapture, Blister, Burn, Salt Lake Acting Company The Owl Girl, Studio 115 Keith Stubbs, Wiseguys Ogden Brooks Wheelan, Wiseguys West Valley Shrek the Musical, Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 855-944-2787

LITERATURE Jacqueline West: Still Life, Barnes & Noble, 330 E. 1300 South, Orem, 801-229-1611 Amanda Solorzano: We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe, Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Salt Lake City, 801-328-2586

Doctors at the University of Utah are investigating the effects of interventions, such as lifestyle changes and medication that promote weight loss, on blood clotting cells called platelets. Platelets can cause blood clots and other health problems. Qualified participants should be over 18 years old, healthy, and not taking diabetes medication. The study is IRB approved and participants will be compensated for their time.

More information can also be found online at: www.u2m2.utah.edu/research/research.htm

Sunday, November 2, 2014

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Join us for an evening of dance, creativity, and awareness for Clean Air in Utah.

Teaming up with the non-profit organization Western Resource Advocates and working directly with their clean air efforts, we present an evening of celebration with passionate individuals dedicated to and working towards clean air. For one night only, over 50 of the state’s most talented dancers will share the stage, dancing 18 routines – from breakdancing to classical ballet – to address the critical issue of air quality in Utah. Combined with live musical entertainment and involvement of local salons to produce a visually captivating aesthetic, this evening is sure to leave the audience in awe and inspired.

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The Rocky Horror Show: The Live Stage Musical!, Midvale Main Street Theatre Kit Kat Cabaret, Rose Wagner Center I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, Salt Lake Acting Company Rapture, Blister, Burn, Salt Lake Acting Company The Owl Girl, Studio 115

Odyssey Dance: Thriller, Kingsbury Hall Piano Concerto Competition Winners, Libby Gardner Concert Hall

MONDAY 10.27 PERFORMING ARTS Dracula: Obsessed and Hating It, Draper Historic Theatre The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Egyptian Theatre, Park City Odyssey Dance: Thriller, Kingsbury Hall The Rocky Horror Show: The Live Stage Musical!, Midvale Main Street Theatre Shrek the Musical, Ziegfeld Theater, Ogden

LITERATURE Eve Rickert and Franklin Veaux: More Than Two, Sprague Library, 2131 S. 1100 East, Salt Lake City, 801-594-8640

LITERATURE Tyler Whitesides: Janitors No. 4: Strike of the Sweepers, Barnes & Noble, Orem Ally Condie: Atlantia, The King’s English Bookshop

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WEDNESDAY 10.29 PERFORMING ARTS Nick Swardson, The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-355-5522 Odyssey Dance: Thriller, Kingsbury Hall

LITERATURE Shannon & Dean Hale: The Princess in Black, The King’s English Bookshop Chuck Palahniuk: Beautiful You, University of Utah Union, 200 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-484-9100

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FRIDAY 10.24 Art Night for Ukraine, Arts Hub, 633 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-232-9845 New Narratives: Recent Work by U of U Art Faculty, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Tuesdays-Sundays through Jan. 11 MONDAY 10.27 Day of the Dead, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, 801-965-5100, Mondays-Thursdays through Nov. 6

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Between Worlds, Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-2367555, Mondays-Fridays through Nov. 14 Altared Books: Offerings in Con(text), Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-596-5000, Mondays-Fridays through Nov. 21 Brandon Cook Landscapes, Finch Lane Gallery, Mondays-Fridays through Nov. 21 Catherine Yass: Wall, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-328-4201, TuesdaysSaturdays through Nov. 29

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ere in the United States, our fascination with ghouls, zombies and the dead and/or near-dead peaks at Halloween. In Mexico, departed souls are remembered and celebrated during the Day of the Dead: Día de los Muertos. Although the singular word día (“day”) is used, Día de los Muertos is actually a multi-day celebration that begins on All Hallow’s Eve and continues through All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2. It’s a time to remember and honor family members and friends who have died.

Mexican Día de los Muertos celebrations have been traced to that country’s preColumbian past—as far back as 2,500 to 3,000 years—when the skulls of families and friends who’d passed on were kept and displayed during rituals symbolizing death and rebirth. Today in Mexico, the first full day of the dead—Nov. 1—serves to honor the souls of deceased infants and children, whereas Nov. 2 is devoted mainly to adults who have passed. Those days are commonly referred to, respectively, as Día de los Inocentes (“Day of the Innocents”) or Día de los Angelitos (“Day of the Little Angels”) and Día de los Muertos or Día de los Difuntos (“Day of the Dead”).

Common to most Día de los Muertos celebrations are altars. They can be simple or quite elaborate, but many Mexican households, businesses and even public schools and government offices display altars that are used to receive offerings (ofrendas) such as pan de muerto (“bread of the dead,” a sweet egg-based loaf), candied pumpkin with piloncillo glaze, skulls and coffins made of sugar or chocolate—sometimes with the name of the dead inscribed on the foreheads of the skulls— and beverages such as bottles of tequila, pulque, mezcal and atole, a hot masa gruel used to warm and nourish the sprits as they return to or leave the earth. These items are ultimately consumed, of course, by the celebrants.

Día de los Muertos is largely a DIY affair, but many Mexican eateries offer special dishes, drinks and such during Día de los Muertos. If you’d like to get into the spirit (so to speak), here

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are a couple of local restaurants that are throwing particularly festive Día de los Muertos celebrations with special menus, décor, music and more.

Alamexo Mexican Kitchen (268 S. State, Salt Lake City 801779-4747, A lamexo.com) will kick off its Día de los Muertos festivities Oct. 30 with a Viva la Vida Tequila dinner, starting at 6:30 p.m. Vida Tequila owner Lisa Barlow will team up with A lamexo Executive Chef Matthew Lake to present a family-style dinner featuring premium Vida Tequila and tequila cocktails paired with traditional Oaxacan cuisine.

Included in the dinner will be menu items such as guacamole verde con pomeg ra nate (Mexican avocados mashed with salsa verde, chepiche and green apple, topped with fresh pomegranate seeds), ceviche dorado (line-caught mahi-mahi marinated in fresh citrus, dressed with roasted tomato and habanero, topped Offerings of food such as pan de muerto, a sweet with cucumber, shaved radish egg-based bread, are part of Día de los Muertos and jicama), tamales de pañuelo (traditional handkerchief tamales steamed in banana leaf, served with In keeping with the season and the Día pickled vegetables and salsa molcajete), de los Muertos celebration, Frida Bistro mole chatino con mariscos (traditional (545 W. 700 South, Salt Lake City, 801-983mole chatino served with diver scallops, 6692, FridaBistro.com) will offer special shrimp, and crab meatballs), mole negro dishes Oct. 31 & Nov. 1, including items con Puerco (traditional dark mole served such as a chile negro-roasted leg of lamb with pork carnitas and warm tortillas) quesadilla with creamy cabbage slaw and and bistek con recado de semillas (sliced guajillo sauce; winter squash soup with Niman ranch hanger steak, seasoned with habanero cream and roasted pumpkin toasted chili seeds and spices). For seeds; pork belly with mole negro, mashed dessert there will be tres leches sweet potato and a black bean mini-tacon rompope (three-milk male; roasted leg of goat with three-chile cake f lavored with Mexican marinade; consommé with garbanzos and egg nog , topped w ith roasted winter vegetables; plus desserts poached pears and candied such as pumpkin cheesecake, guava sorpumpkin seeds), along with beto and candied pecans. Frida Bistro will Alamexo’s irresistible warm also feature an altar, sugar-skull decorachurros. The cost for the Viva tions and live music. la Vida Tequila dinner is Frida Bistro’s annual Día de los Muertos a mere $50 per person for benefit event for the Utah Food Bank will dinner and drinks—quite a be held Nov. 1, featuring live music, a bargain.

Mexican art market, food, games and From Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, more. The entry cost is 15 cans of food or Alamexo will offer a vari- $15 for adults and 10 cans or $10 for kids, ety of special Día de los though if you eat at Frida Bistro before Muertos dishes honoring heading to the celebration, the entry fee the traditional cuisine of will be waived. various culinary regions The Utah Cultural Celebration Center in Mexico. And Nov. 1 (1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, 801at 11 a.m., Chef Lake 965-5100, CulturalCelebration.org) will will teach the first in present its 11th-annual Día de los Muertos a series of quarterly community gathering Nov. 1 from 6 to 9 Alamexo cooking class- p.m. Admission is free, and the celebration es, this one an intro- will feature educational, hands-on actividuction to the cooking ties for the whole family, along with a folktechniques of Mexico. The art exhibit recognizing this significant class will include a three- Mexican cultural holiday. The center will course lunch and costs also host a Día de los Muertos altar exhibit $50 per person. from Oct. 27 to Nov. 6. CW

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Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar (20 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801355-3704, FlemingsSteakhouse.com) has launched its new late-night happy hour: 8 for $9 till 10 p.m. From 8-10 p.m. nightly in Fleming’s lounge, customers can choose from a selection of à la carte bar menu items for $8 each. Options include housemade burrata with toasted garlic crostini; lobster lettuce wraps with tarragon dressing; filet mignon flatbread with blue and Monterey jack cheeses and red onion confit; ahi tuna tacos; short rib empanadas with fire-roasted poblano sauce; the awesome Prime burger with fries; warm cinnamon-dusted donuts; or a “deconstructed” Balvenie s’more: molten Callebaut chocolate laced with Balvenie Doublewood Scotch Whisky, artisanal marshmallows and housemade graham crackers.

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Heber’s Spin Cafe (220 N. Main, 435654-0251, SpinCafe.net) is celebrating pumpkin season and Oktoberfest all month long. Through the end of October, the folks at Spin Cafe are serving up grilled bratwurst with sauerkraut, braised red cabbage and German potato salad. You can wash it all down with a Sam Adams or Ayinger Oktoberfest beer, hot chocolate or Spin’s delicious pumpkin spice Hottie drink. For dessert, there’s even pumpkin gelato.

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Gross Toasts These icky-looking but delicious drinks will spook up your Halloween.

By Ted Scheffler comments@cityweekly.net @critic1

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Brain Hemorrhage: Cloudy and murk y, looking like someone’s brain that’s leaking precious fluids, this drink is best served in a clear shot glass. Pour 1 ounce peach schnapps into the glass.

Then, sloooooooowly add 1 teaspoon of Baileys Irish Cream, topped with 2 drops grenadine. The concoction should wind up looking like spilled brains seeping toward the bottom of the glass.

Swamp Punch: If you do this right, your punch bowl should appear to hold bacterialaden swamp water—a gross-looking mess that tastes light and lemony. If you want to make it for minors, just leave out the rum. In a large punch bowl, stir together two 12-ounce cans partially thawed frozen lemonade concentrate and two 12-ounce cans partially thawed frozen limeade concentrate, then add two 2-liter bottles lemon-lime soda. For the adult version, stir in a 750ml bottle of light rum. Float scoops of lime or rainbow sherbet on top, which will give the punch a dirty, swampy look.

Ghost in the Graveyard: Ghouls with a sweet tooth will especially enjoy this darkly decadent concoction. In a mixing glass, pour 2 ounces black vodka and 2 ounces crème de cacao or coffeeflavored liqueur and set aside. Next, place a scoop of vanilla ice cream in a highball glass and slowly pour the vodka-liqueur mixture over the ice cream. Garnish with grated nutmeg.

Bleeding Heart Martini: I never expected to come across a gross-looking cocktail like this one in Martha Stewart Living, but I did. The perfect Halloween cocktail for hipster mixologists, pickled beets “bleed” into the glass like a wounded heart speared by a sword (cocktail spear).

For four cocktails, chill four martini glasses in the freezer until frosty. To each glass,

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and scatter gummy bugs to float on top. For the 21-and-over version, add a 750ml bottle of vodka or light rum.

Nuclear Waste: This phosphorescent libation looks like nuclear waste, but tastes a whole lot better, presumably. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add 1/2 ounce each of Blue Curacao, Midori, Bacardi 151 Rum, Amaretto liqueur and Southern Comfort, plus 1/2 cup of orange juice.

Shake well and pour into a pint glass.

Sewer Water: The name says it all. This cocktail looks like sewage sludge, but actually tastes sweet and fizzy. You could make it for kids, leaving out the vodka. Fill a rocks glass with ice, then pour in 2 ounces vodka, 5 ounces orange juice and 4 ounces Dr Pepper, in that order. Drop in a lemon or lime wedge. CW

add 1/2 ounce dry vermouth, swirl to coat, then pour out and discard the vermouth. In a cocktail shaker, add 8 ounces premium gin and shake well with ice.

Strain and divide the gin among the four chilled martini glasses, place a skewered pickled baby beet into each glass, and serve.

Buggy Slime Punch: Here is a sugary, sick-looking drink that the kids will love, but it can also be adapted for adults. In a large punch bowl, stir together three packages of lemon-lime KoolAid, three 20-ounce ca ns cr ushed pi neapple, 6 cups Green Berry Hawaiian Punch, 3 cups sugar, three 2-liter bottles lemon-lime soda,

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Mano, named for a mythical Thai princess, does all it can to immerse patrons in the Thai culinary experience. The menu is impressively robust, featuring all sorts of Thai specialties, as well as a large slate of vegetarian (with vegan and glutenfree options) dishes. What Mano is most proud of is who is in the kitchen: Give Mano points for an all-native Thai cooking staff—lending the food a little extra cultural gravitas. But don’t think they’ve ignored Western sensibilities altogether: You can pick up your food from your car in the handy drive-thru. 41 W. 3300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-485-1209, ManoThai.com

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The Olive Bistro specializes in panini sandwiches and offers a dozen different varieties, from the salmon, basil and provolone and the Black Forest ham & Swiss to an avocado & sharp cheddar panini.

Not hungry for a sandwich? Try a fresh salad, such as the Tuscan or Mediterranean, or snack on antipasti and tapas options such as bruschetta, crostinis, and cheese and olives. The cool music mix at The Olive Bistro is terrific, as is the art that decorates the roomy eatery. There’s imported beer and wine available, too, along with tea, cappucinos, sodas, San Pellegrino and more. 57 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 801-3641401, TheOliveBistro.vpweb.com

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Located at Park City’s Kimball Junction, Molly Blooms features Irish and English fare such as fish & chips and bangers & mac (a twist on bangers & mash). Molly Blooms also has a vast array of American chow. The burgers are especially popular, and the Reuben sandwich is excellent.

Those with larger appetites should try the grilled rib-eye with roasted garlic-shallot butter; the Idaho ruby-red trout with rice and portobello cream sauce; or the French onion soup with a tuna melt. Of course, you can wash it all down with a locally brewed beer or a fresh Guinness stout.

1680 Ute Blvd., Park City, 435-645-0844, MollyBloomsGastropub.com

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Since its opening on New Year’s Eve in 1987, Riverhorse has been one of the most highly regarded restaurants in Park City. For an appetizer, begin with the famous Asian potstickers or the ahi sashimi. Entrees include the very popular signature macadamia nut-crusted Alaskan halibut, pan-roasted Chilean sea bass, Utah red trout with pistachio crust, rack of Rocky Mountain lamb, and the trio of wild game: buffalo, elk and venison.

540 Main, Park City, 435-649-3536, RiverhorseParkCity.com

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The name says it all. At Ali Baba Kabab & Curry, you’ll find a range of yummy Pakistani and Indian dishes, all served up fast and friendly in a cafeteriastyle setting. Tempting selections include the curry, kebab and veggie combos, along with chicken biryani, samosas, pakoras and chicken tikka masla.

All food served at Ali Baba is halal. 2646 S. 700 East, Salt Lake City, 801-466-3197

Ogden Pizzeria

Ogden Pizzeria has been family-owned and operated for 35 years. Pizza specialties include classics like chicken Alfredo, Hawaiian and meat lover. Or, customize your own from a variety of toppings. Additional menu choices include salads, breads and pasta dishes. You can also get pizzas to take and bake at home. 936 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-393-3191, OgdenPizzeria.com

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Rodizio (“circle” in Portuguese) is exactly that: Servers armed with beef, pork, chicken, sausage and pineapple-bearing skewers circle the restaurant’s tables delivering grilled grub until you’re ready to say “Uncle!” This is an all-you-can-eat haven for carnivores, but there’s also a huge salad bar and buffet loaded with everything from rice & beans (feijao) to Brazilian pastels, quail eggs and pastas. For groups and events, Rodizio Grill provides private club room, where you can get a real caipirinha and samba all night.

600 S. 700 East, Trolley Square, Salt Lake City, 801-220-0500, RodizioGrill.com

Pepper’s Pita

Pepper’s serves pita sandwiches and salads using only the freshest ingredients. All sauces and dressings are made in-house from scratch, incorporating fresh garden spices and herbs. Sandwich options from the extensive menu include a tuna melt, chicken caesar, oven-baked meatball, Italian, tomato pesto mozzarella, Tuscan chicken, Hawaiian chicken and turkey club. Salad choices range from Oriental chicken to a Greek salad and the Tiger Woody. 14 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-220-0516, PeppersPita.com

The Greenery Restaurant

The Greenery Restaurant is famous for its Mormon Muffin, made with bran and walnuts. Signature dishes include chicken fettuccine Alfredo, a turkey enchilada, and broccoli-stuffed spud. The garden-like ambiance is sunny and soothing, overlooking the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. And although this eatery has a large Mormon clientele, you can still enjoy wine or beer with your meal. 1875 Valley Drive, Ogden, 801-392-1777, RainbowGardens.com

Mustang

Bold flavors meet with an equally bold décor at Mustang, a mix of modern art, interesting architecture and eclectic cuisine. The pasilla chile relleno, filled with duck and Jack cheese, is an absolute must for a starter.

On the entree side of the menu, it’s hard to argue with grilled Honduran lobster topped with Texas ruby-red grapefruit salsa, though the Utah red trout in lemonbutter sauce is mighty appealing, too. When it comes time for dessert, throw in the towel and order the Double Black Diamond flourless chocolate cake with chocolate Häagen-Dazs, Godiva chocolate sauce and chocolate espresso beans. 890 Main, Park City, 435-658-3975, MustangParkCity.com

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This brewery’s suds are getting beer lovers to sit up and pay attention. And aside from award-winning brews, Bonneville’s menu also offers a variety of allAmerican favorites like chicken-fried steak, smoked wings, deep-fried macaroni & cheese balls and rib-eye steak with housemade mashed potatoes. It’s also a great place for brunch, with menu items such as rich eggs Benedict with polenta and chorizo. Sit on the upstairs patio, order a craft beer, take in the mountain views and relax. Children are welcome, but the upstairs is 21 and over. 1641 N. Main, Tooele, 435-248-0646, BonnevilleBrewery.com

Not to be confused with IHOP, The Original Pancake House’s menu includes signature items such as the awesome apple pancake: a huge single pancake smothered with sauteed apples and cinnamon sugar, then baked to a glossy perfection. The result is a pancake encased in a rich, silky cinnamon glaze that’s great to eat or just to spread all over your body. The omelets are also quite good, and the gourmet crêpes excellent as well. Try the cherry kijafa crêpe, a blend of tart cherries and sweet Danish cherry wine. Now that’s what we call breakfast—but you can order it at lunchtime, too. 790 E. 2100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-484-7200, OriginalPancakeHouse.com

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REVIEW BITES

A sampler of Ted Scheffler’s reviews

Sole Mio Ristorante

197 North Main St • Layton • 801-544-4344 As seen on “ Diners, Drive-ins AnD Dives”

Serving American Comfort Food Since 1930 • Creekside Patios • Best Breakfast 2008 & 2010 • 84 Years and GoinG stronG • deliCious MiMosas & BloodY MarY’s “In a perfect world, every town would have a diner just like Ruth’s” -CityWeekly

“Like having dinner at Mom’s in the mountains” -Cincinnati Enquirer

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From Scratch

For the best wood-oven Naples-style pizza in town, I take a seat at From Scratch. The Margherita is particularly good: It’s nothing more than crust made with flour milled in-house, housemade mozzarella, Bianco de Napoli tomatoes and fresh basil, and is a glorious example of the “less is more” principle. For a more complicated pie, try the Salumi, made with speck, tomato sauce, mozzarella and Creminelli salumi.

Reviewed Oct. 9. 62 E. Gallivan Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-961-9000, FromScratchSLC.com

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If you’re in the mood for hearty Sicilian fare, in a place where Grandma is in the kitchen and the grandkids are waiting on tables, Sole Mio is for you. You won’t go home hungry or ruin your budget here; the most expensive menu item tops out at $17.95—and that’s for bistecca alla campagnola, a grilled New York steak on an arugula bed, topped with shaved Parmesan and balsamic vinegar, with veggies on the side. The pastas are so generously portioned that I recommend sharing them. We especially enjoyed the ravioli spinaci: a plate of 10 or so large housemade ravioli stuffed with a puree of ricotta, spinach and Parmesan, served in a silky, rich tomato-cream sauce. I could barely put a dent in my piled-high plate of spaghetti alla carbonara, made with pancetta, eggs, Parmesan and cream. But when your server asks if you’ve saved room for dessert, answer with a resounding “Yes!” and order the incomparable housemade tiramisu. You’re welcome. Reviewed Oct. 16.

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Thick, deep-dish pies were made famous at Chicago’s Pizzeria Uno, The Original Gino’s Pizza, Connie’s, Giordano’s and others. However, equally in demand in the Windy City—maybe even more so—is Chicagostyle thin-crust pizza of the type you’ll find at Sweet Home Chicago Pizzeria, also called a “flat” pizza in the Windy City. The former owner of a successful pizzeria in Chicago’s ‘burbs called Pepe’s, Jim Pecora relocated to the Salt Lake Valley with the intent of bringing “real” Chicago pizza to Utah. Mission accomplished. Reviewed Oct. 9. 1442 E. Draper Parkway, Draper, 801545-0455, SHCPizza.com

Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery

Of all the pizzas in Utah, my very favorite is probably one of the hardest to categorize. It’s at Maxwell’s, home of the Fat Kid pizza, which you can get by the slice, or as a 20-inch pie. The best of the bunch is the one topped with meatball slices. This pizza is the type you find in southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia area: hearty thin-crust pies with high-quality cheese and a light touch of sauce. Steven Maxwell, owner of Maxwell’s, is of Italian descent and hails originally from New Jersey.

Somewhere between Penns Grove, N.J., and South Philly, he learned how to make a bodacious pizza pie, and it’s one that I depend on until my next visit to South Jersey. Reviewed Oct. 9. 357 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-328-0304; 1456 Newpark Blvd., Park City, 435-647-0304, MaxwellsECE.com

The Pie Pizzeria

For über cheesy, chewy, American classic pizza of the type most of us either grew up on or learned to love in college, Utahns tend to turn to The Pie. Since 1980, university students, families and anyone else with a hankering for a large, overloaded pizza pie have been going to The Pie—a perennial City Weekly Best of Utah winner in the pizza category—for their pizza fixes. You can’t argue with The Pie’s recipe for success, and for their rib-sticking pizza.

Reviewed Oct. 9. Multiple locations, ThePie.com

Este Pizzeria

When most of us think of NYC-style pizza, we’re thinking of the by-the-slice plain cheese pizza served on paper plates and often eaten on the run. For that, I turn to Este. The crust is just right: not too thick and not too thin, and the folks at Este never overdo the cheese-tosauce ratio. Reviewed Oct. 9. 2148 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City, 801-485-3699; 156 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 801-363-2366, EstePizzaCo.com

Handle

Chef/owner Briar Handly, who most recently served as executive chef at the award-winning Talisker on Main in Park City, has taken a space in Park City’s Gateway office complex and transformed it into a warm, inviting restaurant serving comforting cuisine that’s upscale but not precious. Handly has mad chef skills, so even a simple appetizer of Hawaiian albacore crudo is more than just the standard raw fish: his is presented cubed, along with cubes and slices of ruby-red grapefruit, fresh greens with a grapefruit vinaigrette and—here’s the kicker—finely grated fresh horseradish on top. Even bread service is uncommon. A bowl of fresh-baked bread comes with a trio of condiments: top-quality California olive oil, salted butter and seasonal mustard or marmalade.

And the staff is so accommodating and friendly that they’d have no problem with someone coming in and just ordering the bread, or perhaps a meat & cheese plate, while enjoying one of the craft cocktails, a cold beer or a glass of wine from Handle’s brief but well-conceived wine list. Reviewed Oct. 2. 136 Heber Ave., Park City, 435-602-1155, HandleParkCity.com

Tres Hombres Mexican Grill & Cantina

There’s a distinct familial vibe at Tres Hombres, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in September, that’s difficult to fake. Equipped with a brand-new upstairs patio that seats a couple dozen, the restaurant has a tropical, beachside feel and look. It’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, here, 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 it’s not hard to imagine Tres Hombres thriving for another 30 years. Reviewed Sept.

18. 3298 S. Highland Drive, 801-466-0054, TresHombresUtah.com

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Bill Murray does his best with the showy antihero of St. Vincent.

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Bill Murray and Jaeden Lieberher in St. Vincent adolescent geekiness, and McCarthy nicely underplays the role of a struggling mom trying to figure out her new identity. When those three are playing off one another— the less said about Watts’ thankless role, the better, really—St. Vincent hits more than a few funny, satisfying moments.

But there’s a degree of calculation at the heart of this movie that makes it impossible to become immersed in it, no matter how sloppily appealing Murray may be in individual scenes. The whole thing is built to reach its crescendo during Oliver’s school assembly presenting his report on “saints among us,” where our emotionally wounded antihero will realize that somebody gets him, having found his humanity in scenes that might as well come with a sign reading “LOOK FOR HUMANITY HERE.” Where actors get a chance to disappear into Characters, St. Vincent shows us what’s expected to happen when actors get Parts: They stand at center stage, receiving an award, waiting for everyone to applaud. CW

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HH.5 Bill Murray Jaeden Lieberher Melissa McCarthy Rated PG-13

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drives most of St. Vincent, providing awkward moments such as Vincent taking Oliver with him to the track or his local bar, and the gradual softening of the misanthropic caretaker that is fundamental to stories of this kind.

When bullied Oliver needs somebody to show him how to stand up for himself, a disgusted Vincent steps in to teach Oliver a few tricks; it’s like Bad Santa, if what Bad Santa really wanted for Christmas was to be The Karate Kid. But the problem with St. Vincent isn’t merely that it’s schematic; it’s that it’s so schematic. It doesn’t take much time before we see Vincent visiting a patient in an Alzheimer’s care facility, whose relationship to him is fairly clear from the outset.

He looks out for the health-care needs of the pregnant Russian prostitute (Naomi Watts, accent-acting her ass off) he frequents. And we see Oliver’s religious-studies teacher (Chris O’Dowd) assign the students the task of creating a biography of someone they consider a real-life modern-day saint, and it’s a complete mystery who Oliver might consider as his subject if you forget the name of the movie you’re watching.

The unfortunate part is that the performances really are strong enough to carry St. Vincent through most of its clunky manipulations. Murray aims for something more than “get off my lawn” curmudgeonliness, finding sparks of funky energy that give Vincent vitality beyond his asshole-inneed-of-redemption roots. Young Lieberher is also pretty solid in a convincing take on

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here are times when it feels like filmmakers are writing Characters, and there are times when it feels like they’re writing Parts. And while this may seem like merely a semantic distinction, St. Vincent is a perfect example to the contrary.

Because while a Character is created as something out of which a story emerges, a Part is created to appeal to an actor. A Part has “moments”—catchy lines of dialogue, big speeches, emotional breakdowns.

Both can be executed on the page well or badly, and both can be performed well or badly, but they’re still fundamentally aiming for a very different audience response.

Characters may be great pieces of writing, but Parts? Well, Parts get noticed when people talk about awards.

Writer/director Theodore Melfi has given Bill Murray a classic Part in St. Vincent. He plays Vincent MacKenna, a Brooklyn native who’s introduced to us as the kind of guy Charles Bukowski would think was living a bit too hard—an alcoholic in dangerous debt from gambling on horse races, living in a disastrously messy, underwater-mortgaged house, with only his cat as company. But he’s still got enough life in him that he can throw down a funky solo dance to Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love.” Vincent’s got your attention. Parts have a way of doing that.

The plot thickens when new neighbors move in next door: newly singlemom Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) and her 12-year-old son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher).

Maggie’s new job as a CAT-scan tech at a local hospital has her working late hours, so she needs someone to keep an eye on Oliver when he comes home from school; Vincent needs cash. And so Vincent comes to take Oliver under his dissolute wing.

The surrogate-father relationship

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23 Blast HH There’s something particularly cynical-feeling about the spate of “faith-based” movies that use a couple of randomly placed scripture verses as Pavlovian bells for a target market. There’s a perfectly solid inspirational sports-movie hook at the center of this one—the fact-based story of Travis Freeman (Mark Hapka), a talented Kentucky high-school football prospect who loses his sight to meningitis, then gets a shot at rejoining his team during his senior year. The first-time direction by actor Dylan Baker (who also plays Travis’ father) hits all the necessary beats—from Travis’s despair-to-rejuvenation arc, to the various plot-advancing montages—and finds a few solid performance moments amid the melodrama and the Villainous Administrator and Jerky Sports Dad types. But there’s a sad lack of energy to anything here, as though it were presumed to be enough to meander along pleasantly through the fields of uplift like an old-school made-for-TV movie, and make the role of faith pretty much an afterthought, aside from the cameo appearance by the real Freeman as a preacher. Go all in on your zeal, or get thee from my sight. Opens Oct. 24 at theaters valleywide. (PG)—Scott Renshaw The Blue Room HHH Few filmmakers even try to capture the vibe of a contemporary Hitchcockian thriller, let alone come so close to succeeding. Real-life partners Mathieu Amalric and Stéphanie Cléau adapt the Georges Simenon novel and star as Julien and Esther, who are engaged in an extramarital affair that has—as the film opens—clearly resulted in some kind of tragic consequences. Amalric (who also directed) keeps

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the exact nature of those consequences close to the vest, weaving the narrative back and forth between Julien being interviewed by police, and the events that brought him to that point. The guessing game alone proves tremendously compelling, as the build-up to the story’s various revelations juxtaposes Amalric’s often-abstracted imagery with the operatic sweep of Grégoire Hetzel’s score. The only thing missing is a bit more commitment to diving into the psychology of his characters, so that the obsessive relationship between Julien and Esther feels like a more integral part of their fate. But there are enough unsettling moments—including a playful moment at a beach that abruptly turns terrifying—that the “what happens next” carries the movie, even when it’s less concerned with “why.” Opens Oct. 24 at Tower Theatre. (NR)—SR Dear White People HHH College is when everyone’s trying to figure out who they are, so it’s a perfect setting for a movie that’s been promoted as a social satire, but is really more of a character study. Set at fictional upper-crust Winchester University, it focuses on four black students—firebrand radio host Sam (Tessa Thompson), gay aspiring journalist Lionel (Tyler James Williams), high achiever Troy (Brandon P. Bell) and image-conscious Coco (Teyonah Paris)—as racial tensions simmer and eventually boil when one dorm hosts a “hip-hop” themed party. Simien drops in some funny, pointed barbs at targets from reality TV to Tyler Perry, which helps distract from some clumsy editing choices and drawing many of his supporting characters in broad campuscomedy strokes. But he smartly explores the struggles of black youth in what they’re all told is a “post-racial” world, trying to reconcile the way they see themselves with the way they know others see them. It’s not so much funny or angry as it is deeply frustrated, staring at a society that gives them few choices about

who they can be, then finds a reason to attack any of those choices. Opens Oct. 24 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (R)—SR John Wick HHH.5 There’s a brilliant moment in John Wick when Russian mob kingpin Viggo (Michael Nyqvist) ominously asks his chop-shop boss Aurelio (John Leguizamo) why he punched Viggo’s cocky son, Iosef (Alfie Allen). When Aurelio responds that Iosef made the huge mistake of picking the titular Mr. Wick (Keanu Reeves)—a retired legendary killing machine grieving the recent death of his wife—as his target for a car-stealing and puppy-killing, Viggo simply responds, with a sigh of resignation, “Oh.” That kind of wonderfully efficient storytelling fills Derek Kolstad’s script, which builds a rich underworld of gold-coin exchanges, fellow hit men (including Willem Dafoe as one of Wick’s associates), businesslike post-homicide cleaners and hotels where it’s understood you just don’t “do business.” And while there’s plenty of brutal one-man-taking-on-dozens action—tightly directed by veteran stunt guys David Leitch and Chad Stahelski—making effective use of Reeves’ taciturn screen presence, it’s actually more interesting when it’s not pure action spectacle. This is a revenge tale dense with the world in which it takes place, where Wick wreaking mayhem is even better because everyone watching—onscreen and in the audience—knows exactly what’s coming. Opens Oct. 24 at theaters valleywide. (R)—SR Ouija [not yet reviewed] Young people get stupid with the supernatural board game; terror ensues. Opens Oct. 24 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13) St. Vincent HH.5 See review p. 37. Opens Oct. 24 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS Le Cousin Jules At Main Library, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. (NR) Drag Me to Hell At Brewvies, Oct. 27, 10 p.m. (R) Magic in the Moonlight At Park City Film Series, Oct. 24-25 @ 8 p.m. & Oct. 26 @ 6 p.m. (PG-13) The Phantom of the Opera At Edison Street Events, Oct. 23-24, 7:30 p.m. (NR) Tim’s Vermeer At Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Oct. 29, 7 p.m. (PG-13)

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The Best of Me HH There’s no man like a Nicholas Sparks man, who can work on an oil rig while pleasure-reading Stephen Hawking. The latest Sparks adaptation casts James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan as Dawson and Amanda, 39-year-old once-lovers reunited by the death of a mutual friend 21 years after their romance as teenagers (Luke Bracey and Liana Liberato) clearly came to an unfortunate end.

There’s certainly a primal effectiveness to Sparks’ formula, and director Michael Hoffman finds some solid intimate moments to make the most of his cast. But eventually we’re going to hit Sparks’ trademark melodramatic third-act plot points, involving stuff that just leaves one’s mouth agape that he’s not playing it for laughs.

Perhaps it’s foolish to expect anything remotely real from this guy, as his Emotionally Wounded Beefcake Dream Boys feed his audience a romantic life they’ll never actually find. (PG-13)—SR

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The Book of Life HHH.5 Director/co-writer Jorge Gutierrez (who also co-wrote) seems intent on making the definitive movie—delightful visually and aurally—that will be on TV every year come Day of the Dead. And while it’s impossible to say what the future of TV programming will bring, the movie itself is good enough—and good-natured enough—to be so immortalized. The storytelling is elegantly simple and easy to follow even, though some of the jokes are a little off-color for really young ones. For the grownups, there’s the wildly elaborate animation and inspired choice of songs, both covers and originals, and the sublime sincerity and engagement of the voice acting (including Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana and the endlessly surprising Channing Tatum). Even with the bounty of excellent animated films in recent years, this one ranks among the elite, a sparkling bit of entertainment. (PG)—Danny Bowes

Dracula Untold HHH This solid action fantasy finds new angles on the oft-told tale of the Transylvanian bloodsucker, both in the character himself and in the way that vampire mythology plays out. It’s more Game of Thrones than Nosferatu, more tragedy than horror. When Prince Vlad the Retired Impaler (Luke Evans) must protect Transylvania from the conquest-bent Turk sultan (Dominic

Cooper), he enters into a pact with an ancient vampire (Charles Dance) that grants him supernatural powers. This is smarter and more stylish than it could have been, and more elemental and visceral than I expected, thanks to Evans’ potent presence.

His Vlad is more in the new vein of re-imagined comic book heroes than he is like any Dracula we’ve seen before: flawed and complicated, and at least as vulnerable, physically and emotionally, as he is powerful. (PG-13)—MaryAnn Johanson Fury HH.5 At the outset, it feels like a pretty bold approach to a brothersin-arms soldier story, introducing an American tank crew in 1945 Germany—led by Sgt. “Wardaddy” Collier (Brad Pitt)— that seems barely able to stand one another. But eventually, it becomes very recognizably a David Ayer movie, despite not being in the same genre as Ayer’s previous, modern-day-set cop stories. Ayer focuses on men who—sometimes reluctantly— have to trust one another with their lives, and while he can create viscerally intense moments, he too rarely finds reality in his characters. The two hours of high-tension, high-violence wartime action will feel plenty potent to many viewers, as Ayer goes about the business of reminding us that war is hell. If you’re familiar with his work, though, you’ll know that the point he keeps making is that everything is hell. (R)—SR

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Gone Girl HHH.5 Right from the opening credits, director David Fincher turns his adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling novel into the cinematic equivalent of a compulsive page-turner. Ben Affleck stars as Nick Dunne, who returns home from work to find his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), missing, with evidence of a struggle in the house. But is Nick a worried husband, or a calculating murderer? The pirouettes and reversals in Flynn’s narrative keep our sense of these characters unsteady, while Fincher and company nail the media and public insta-reactions that boil around a high-profile true-crime case. Gone Girl may cast an even more cynical eye on the disintegration of a marriage, and it’s somewhat less effective on that topic.

Yet Fincher ultimately has a way of making dark material irresistible. Once you start flipping through these pages, it’s awfully hard to stop. (R)—SR The Judge HH.5 In many ways, it’s a steaming, overstuffed mess—and then there’s that thing where watching two great actors wrestle with a complex relationship makes parts of it hard to resist.

Hot-shot Chicago defense attorney Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) returns to his Indiana hometown for his mother’s funeral, only to find that his estranged father, Joseph (Robert Duvall), a respected local judge, is facing a murder charge.

The fact that it works at all is almost entirely thanks to Downey and Duvall, who are terrific when they get a chance to work their surprisingly edgy dynamic. But the story wanders through too many subplots over nearly two and a half hours, and builds to a predictably overwrought courtroom finale. In your brain, you know how ridiculous it is. And in your gut, it might still work a little bit anyway. (R)—SR Men, Women & Children H.5 As explorer probe Voyager passes into interstellar space, Adam Sandler masturbates to Internet porn. There’s a point to this juxtaposition, but only director Jason Reitman knows what it is. Reitman is way too young to have produced a work of such fuddy-duddy handwringing over These Kids (And Adults) Today and our e-toys. The wonderful ensemble cast—Jennifer Garner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Judy Greer, J.K. Simmons—struggles to bring genuine human emotion to overwrought scenarios exploring banal realities that aren’t

actually new to the era of texting and videogames (parents have trouble letting kids grow up; sometimes it’s easier to talk to strangers than friends) while ignoring the good that the Internet has brought. Not one character here has an ultimately positive experience online or with a screen, which is a dismally unfair representation of our newly-interconnected culture. (R)—MAJ

Pride HHHH This little-known, feel-good true story follows a small London gay and lesbian organization that raised money to help one tiny Welsh town that was suffering during the 1984-85 U.K. coal miners’ strike. As activist Mark (Ben Schnetzer) and his buddies bravely descend on a conservative place and find a surprising mix of everything from acceptance to wariness to hostility, this culture-clash comedy treats bigotry as the risible position that it is, and explores the odd misconceptions that some people still hold about what it means to be gay.

The fantastic cast—Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, Paddy Considine—leads us through all sorts of happy-tears emotion about solidarity among groups of people with seemingly little in common, and the joy of finding new friends in unexpected places. This is one of those rare movies that gets absolutely everything right. (R)—MAJ

Tracks HHH Few movies really know how to capture solitude, but this one both respects and captures its subject’s decision to get swallowed up by her stunning surroundings. Based on Robyn Davidson’s autobiography, the film tells the story of a woman (the terrific Mia Wasikowska) who decides to trek nearly 2,000 miles from Northern Australia to the Indian Ocean.

Director John Curran lets the landscapes dictate the pace here, gradually allowing the audience to discover the facets and motivations of his slow-burning central character. There are occasional distractions along the way, including a subplot involving a National Geographic photographer (a less-goonythan-usual Adam Driver), and perhaps a bit more voice-over narration than is necessary. Once the movie finds its groove, however, and everything else fades away into the distance, Wasikowska, her dog and some camels achieve a fascinating sustained state of Zen. (PG-13)—Andrew Wright

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A songwriter (Keira Knightly) splits from her douche-y boyfriend (douche-y Adam Levine) after he lands a record deal, but soon catches the ear of a music exec (Mark Ruffalo) in this romantic period flick about the dead recording industry. (TWC)

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Grimm is back in the case, Constantine debuts, and Mike Tyson Mysteries is for real.

Behaving Badly A high-schooler (Nat Wolff) takes a bet that he can sleep with the Popular Girl (Selena Gomez) by … Arbor Day? Also starring, inexplicably, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Warburton, Heather Graham, Gary Busey and (!) Justin Bieber. (Vertical)

Grimm Friday, Oct. 24 (NBC)

Constantine Friday, Oct. 24 (NBC)

Alpha House Friday, Oct. 24 (Amazon Prime) Season Premiere: “We spend 90 percent of our lives begging for money and whoring for votes, in order to hold on to jobs that are 90 percent begging for money and whoring for votes.” So observes Sen. Gil John Biggs (John Goodman) in the second season of Alpha House, Amazon Prime’s Veep-lite political comedy about four Republican senators rooming together in Washington, D.C. Alpha House’s second term looks to have more bite than Season 1, which, while funny, came off like a restrained take on creator Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury.

Bonus: Amazon Prime is dropping all 10 episodes at once, Netflix-style, instead of one per week. The people have (up)voted!

The Good Witch’s Wonder Saturday, Oct. 25 (Hallmark) Movie: Look, I’m as happy as anyone that ex-JAG/Army Wives star Catherine Bell finally has a steady gig outside of the military (this is her seventh Good Witch movie; a weekly series premieres in 2015), but this lightweight, small-town-witch franchise is cheese squared. TV could use a good witch-centric series, but nothing’s yet

Grimm (NBC) filled the Charmed void. American Horror Story: Coven? Over. Witches of East End? Ha! The Secret Circle? It ran for 22 weeks on The CW, and this is the first you’re hearing of it.

Salem? Crazy-scary-cool, but it’s on WGN America, whatever that is. Back on point: Please introduce a Bad Witch evil twin in the series next year, Catherine.

A kidnapped wife held for ransom (Jennifer Aniston) learns that her wealthy husband (Tim Robbins) already has a young mistress (Isla Fisher) to replace her. Based on an Elmore Leonard novel and plain ol’ common sense. (Roadside Attractions)

Outlaw Prophet Fundamentalist Mormon prophet Warren Jeffs (Tony Goldwyn) marries all of his dead father’s wives and takes control of his polygamist following. Based on a true story a certain church’s PR branch would just like you to forget about already. (Sony)

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Mike Tyson Mysteries Monday, Oct. 27 (Adult Swim) Series Debut: Mike Tyson (voiced by Tyson) solves mysteries with the help of his sidekicks Pigeon (Norm Macdonald), the Marquess of Queensbury’s ghost (Jim Rash) and adopted Korean daughter Yung Hee (Rachel Ramras). That ’70s-Saturdaymorning throwback trailer you saw on the Internet was no joke (and neither was the action figure Adult Swim sent me in the mail): Mike Tyson Mysteries is for real.

Why? Because, according to action-figure Mike, “Now, instead of destroying people, I help them. I used to use my fists. Now I use my heart.” No, that’s not a tear … I have something in my eye! Shut up! CW

A failed actor (Zach Braff) winds up homeschooling his kids and, through the miracle of the twee indie-rock soundtrack, learns even more about himself. It’s like Garden State a decade later—no, literally, it’s Garden State a decade later. (Focus)

More New DVD/VOD Releases (Oct. 28) Beneath, Child of God, Deliver Us From Evil, Free Fall, Good People, Grace: The Possession, Jamie Marks is Dead, The Last Showing, The Middle: Season 5, Plastic, The Prince, Raw Cut, The Reckoning, Running From Crazy, Soulmate, WKRP in Cincinnati: The Complete Series Listen to Bill on Mondays at 8 a.m. on X96 Radio From Hell; weekly on the TV Tan podcast via iTunes and Stitcher.

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Series Debut: Most of the advance gripes about Hellblazer (it’s another DC Comics thing) adaptation Constantine were right: Maybe this show can’t be done on network TV, but what NBC has here isn’t a total loss. Matt Ryan is markedly better than Keanu Reeves was in the 2005 Constantine movie, injecting the right amount of seething swagger into the titular demon hunter—he’s Gordon Ramsay, literally in Hell’s kitchen. And ... that’s about it. The occasionally impressive F/X don’t mask the fact that excellent support players like Lucy Griffiths (who’s outta here after the first episode, any way) and Harold Perrineau (mercifully freed up from Z Nation) have nothing to do, and there’s So. Much. Exposition. But hey, what else is on Friday nights at 9?

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pen those pillowcases wide, readers. Here’s a full-size candyba—ahem. The City Weekly powers-that-be interrupt this Halloween-playlist preface to say that no full-size treats will be placed in your linens. Fret not, however, as you won’t be getting something stupid like a toothbrush or an apple. Instead, we give you the gift of music. Sweet music. Music everywhere. And since it’s intangible, you’ll still have room for those giant boxes of movie candy you can get at creepy old Frost Mansion.

North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative, “Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en?”

Islands guitarist Nick Diamonds and then-Vice magazine editor Adam Gollner, inspired by Band Aid’s 1984 charity track “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” wrote this tune to benefit UNICEF in 2005. As with Band Aid, the pair formed a supergroup (Beck, Devendra Banhart, Karen O, Peaches, David Cross, Jenny Lewis, Arcade Fire, Buck 65, Elvira and more) to perform the song. “Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en?” lacks the emotional impact of Geldof and Ure’s Xmas tune and doesn’t quite nail the goofy fun of its other inspiration, “The Monster Mash,” but it’s a fun revival of the supergroups-for-charity concept during a holiday where charity isn’t really a concern. In fact, if you take a UNICEF box instead of a trick-or-treat bag, you’re seen as kind of a chump. That’s where the NAHPI wins: They get us to start changing our minds about that.

Broadcast, Berberian Sound Studio OST Dropping a full album into a playlist is a little weird, but when you hear it, you’ll understand. I haven’t even seen the film, which is said to be a tribute to and a new spin on Italian giallo films, which are a blend of psychological horror, gore films and murder mysteries.

Those, I’ve seen. They can be disturbing in the very best way. Broadcast’s ethereal, queasy score, with its nods to Spaghetti-splatter soundtracks by Goblin and Fabio Frizzi, makes Berberian Sound Studio one of the freakiest movies I’ve never seen. Having said that, I’m hitting Amazon and buying the DVD.

Tim Curry, “Anything Can Happen on Halloween” Taken from the 1986 HBO adaptation of Jill Murphy’s 1974 children’s novel, this song is cheese to the nth degree. Tim Curry, so terrifying as Pennywise the Clown in Stephen King’s IT and campy as Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, sings in character as the unfortunately named Grand Wizard. Looking more like a drag-queen vampire than a wizard, Curry is cursed with lines like “Something spooky’s going down-down,” “[Halloween] is better than a video” and “Has anybody seen my tambourine?” Juxtaposed with awful greenscreen effects, Curry’s flaming, ultra-rouged performance is cringe-inducing and unintentionally hilarious.

Morrissey, “Jack the Ripper” Leave it to Morrissey to make Jack the Ripper into a melodramatic homoerotic romance straight out of a True Blood subplot. This is the B-side to his 1992 single “Certain People I Know” from Your Arsenal, and it drips with characteristic Moz-drama. But the lyrics are also typically ambiguous. They could just as well be a fairly straightforward—and threatening—account of the infamous English serial killer. But it’s fun and certainly interesting to re-contextualize songs. Especially in the live video, when Morrissey introduces the track by saying, “There’s something about Whitechapel. Not much. But something.”

Type O Negative, “Halloween in Heaven”

In this driving, punk-ish fist-pumper from 2007’s Dead Again, Type O Negative frontguy Peter Steele sings of departed rockers and how their loss results in “Halloween in heaven” but it’s “Christmas in hell!” Here’s a verse: “Bonham on drums/ Entwistle on bass as guest morticians/ Bon Scott on vox/ Rhoads just for kicks/ on guitar Hendrix/ Lennon sits in with his friend George but where is Morrison?” Wanna know somethin’ creepy? One month after this album came out, Steele—known for being somewhat of a Jim Morrison sound-alike—died in his sleep.

Here Come the Mummies, “Creepin’”

Women who’ve braved the general-admission crowds at concerts, raise your hands if you’ve encountered The Creeper. Cowardly and opportunistic, he worms his way through the crowd just helpin’ himself. He knows that in such cramped conditions, he can probably cop a feel under the aegis of plausible deniability. He’s the antihero of this song by Here Come the Mummies, a brittle group of Charmin-wrapped musicians that rose from their tomb in 2000 and discovered Prince and Cameo. Find this on Carnal Carnival.

The Upsetters, “The Vampire”

Produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry, this is a happy little instrumental with a highly quotable 18-second B-movie lead-in. “Yoooou’re the witch doctor,” growls an Upsetter, “but I am the vampire!” Repeating that alone is fun, but there’s more. “I say,” answers the deeper-voiced, possibly more stoned Upsetter. “My patient needs another injection.” To which a sleepy female voice responds: “And that shall be successful.” The rest of the track is just bouncy, organ-rooted reggae. Pleasant, but not nearly as fun as lip-synching to the first part.

Skeletonwitch, “Unending, Everliving”

These dudes from Ohio were “deemed unfit to associate with Disney” and therefore banned from opening for Amon Amarth and Enslaved at the House of Blues in Orlando (located at Downtown Disney). Since Enslaved are a black-metal band, Skeletonwitch must be extrasuper-ultra-scary. This song is all about an eternity of torture in hell, so maybe that’s what made Disney wet the bed. OK, maybe it has something to do with the video for this song, in which a dude is crucified by a priest on an upside-down cross. Nobody really knows. Either way, Disney sucks.

Electric Wizard, “Destroy Those Who Love God” Hey, Disney. If you think Skeletonwitch is scary, try these U.K. stoner rockers on for size. This song says what you’d probably call “some seriously f’ed up poop!” And they don’t even try to hide it. But when you play something evil backward, it might say something good. So maybe you should go the extra mile and play it double-backward! Nevermind.

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Skalloween: 2 1/2 White guys, Show Me Island, The Anchorage, The Sinisters This ska-flavored Halloween party is a long-standing tradition, where guys and ghouls dress in their monster-mash finest and skank the night away. This year’s Skalloween features a lineup of local ska/rocksteady acts Two & a Half White Guys, Show Me Island, The Anchorage and The Sinisters, as well as Los Angeles band Sammy Kay & the Fast Four. The Shred Shed, 60 Exchange Place (360 South), Oct. 29, 8 p.m., $8 in advance, $10 day of show ($8 with a costume), ShredShedSLC.com

Rockaween: My Fair Fiend, Cobet, Eyes Open Muse Music Cafe is celebrating Halloween with a concert featuring dark-minded alt-rock band My Fair Fiend, rock/soul outfit Eyes Open and progressive alt-rock band Cobet. All attendees who wear costumes can have their hands stamped at the register for a free bottle of water. Muse Music Cafe, 151 N. University Ave., Provo, Oct. 30, 8:30 p.m., $5, MuseMusicCafe.com

Luna Lune, Static Waves, Barsie Costumes are required at Velour’s Halloween show, so pull out all the stops and go show off your best Walter White, Hodor or Log Lady and dance to local indie-rock acts Luna Lune, Static Waves and Barsie.

Velour, 135 N. University Ave., Provo, Oct. 31, 8:30 p.m., cover TBA, VelourLive.com

Max Pain & the Groovies, Dark Seas, Breakers If you’re in the mood for some heavy reverb, serious head-banging and enough loud guitar solos to wake the dead, this lineup of psych-rock/ surf bands Dark Seas, Breakers and Max Pain & the Groovies is just the ticket. Max Pain & the Groovies will have hand-numbered cassette copies of their Halloween-themed album, Live From Hell, available at the show. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, Oct. 31, 9 p.m., $5, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com

Pat Maine, DJ Electronic Battleship It was a busy summer for Salt Lake City-based emcee Pat Maine, who did 42 tour dates with the Vans Warped Tour in support of his 2012 album, Doomsday Charades. He’ll be supported at this show—his first in Park City since his return—by Ogden’s DJ Electronic Battleship. Cisero’s, 306 Main, Park City, Oct. 31, 10 p.m., $5, Bar.Ciseros.com

Marinade Halloween Bash Funk band Marinade can be counted on to throw a rowdy Halloween party that gets more popular every year—get your tickets early, as 2013’s show sold out. Marinade will be joined by hip-hop group Grits Green and rock foursome Merchant Royal. The State Room, 638 S. State, Oct. 31, 9 p.m., $10, TheStateRoom.com

Magda-Vega, Salt Lake Spitfires, Big Face, scumdogs Halloween isn’t Halloween without some liver damage and hearing loss, which you’ll most likely get at this show featuring rawk/surf band Magda-Vega, punk-rock outfit Salt Lake Spitfires, post-punk band Big Face and Gwar tribute band (seriously) Scumdogs. Bar Deluxe, 666 S. State, Oct. 31, 9 p.m., $6.66, BarDeluxeSLC.com

Lorin Walker Madsen, Riva Rebels Anyone who’s said country music and Halloween don’t go together hasn’t heard Lorin Walker Madsen sing; his voice has some spooky grit to it. Madsen and his backing band, The Hustlers, will be joined by punk-rock outfit Riva Rebels at this show. ABG’s, 190 W. Center St., Provo, Oct. 31, 9 p.m., cover TBA, ABGsBar.com

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Be Here Now Afghan Whigs frontman inspired by living fast but mindfully.

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n Do to the Beast (Sub Pop), The Afghan Whigs’ seventh album, main Whig Greg Dulli is in typical form, candidly and vividly brooding and purging through 10 guitar-driven, soul-infused tracks. As with classics like 1992’s Congregation and 1993’s Gentlemen (which Rhino will re-release with bonus content as Gentlemen at 21 on Oct. 27), Dulli takes you on a tense, cathartic ride. It took a while for him to pick us up—Beast is the first new music from the Cincinnati alt-rock band in 16 years—but it’s worth the wait.

The album title comes from something Dulli said and his friend misheard as, “Do to the beast what you do to the bush.” Via phone, Dulli says, “I really loved the sound of that. I’m a big phonetics fan. And it was enigmatic enough to hold my interest.”

Enigmatic—that’s Dulli. In January 2008, I was in New Orleans to interview him about The Gutter Twins, his project with Mark Lanegan. I’d be in town for only 36 hours, but Dulli called and postponed a few times. Finally, around 6 p.m., he swooped up curbside.

Dulli drove to the R Bar, a neighborhood joint he owned on the edge of the French Quarter. As we climbed the back stairs, dodging ladders and power tools, Dulli explained he was converting the R into a hotel. Only one room—“the penthouse”—was finished. It was mine for the night, Dulli said. Then he excused himself again.

Even when absent, Dulli filled the room. His cigarette smoke lingered behind him. He’d switched on the big-screen TV, tuned it to a black & white movie, and left it muted. Also, it’s his place. He’d chosen the darkly stained hardwood floors, leather couches, red lamps, fireplace. Occasionally, he stayed here. And the red & black bar downstairs is where The Afghan Whigs hung out while recording 1965 (Columbia, 1998).

It was getting dark. The TV screen reflected in the windowpanes. An actor with a pencil-thin mustache laid a dramatic, tight-lipped kiss on an actress. I wondered how many of the film-noir scenes from

Greg Dulli likes to be surrounded by red and black even in press photos.

Dulli’s songs played out on that street corner? In the bar below? In this room? I decided I didn’t want to know. It was better to imagine.

It was nearly 10 p.m. (my flight departed at 6 a.m.) when Dulli reappeared with drinks from downstairs. We started the interview, but he wanted to keep moving. This time I got to ride along.

Dulli steered his SUV through the French Quarter’s dark streets. He spoke of Hurricane Katrina, pointed out famous graveyards. “This is Front Street,” he said, and told the story of the Gutter Twins song it inspired.

In the present, I tell him that he seemed comfortable in that context. “Driving at night is relaxing to me,” he says. “I drive through Los Angeles at night all the time. It’s therapeutic.”

We wound up at a bar where Dulli was to meet friends. I think, while ordering drinks, Dulli said he’d dated the bartender and she might be mad at him. I can’t be sure; it was loud in there. Dulli’s friends greeted him warmly. Everyone chatted for a bit, and then it was time again to go.

Driving again, Dulli shared some personal stories and listened to a couple of mine. We meandered around town and wound up in the back office of the R Bar, where we sat down at a tiny table surrounded by huge tin cans and cases of booze. We interviewed some more, and he scribbled something on a Garbage Pail Kid sticker for me before walking me back upstairs.

Dulli stayed for a minute, then split. A butt smoldered in the ashtray. It was after 12:30 a.m., but it felt like 4 a.m. Dulli moved fast, and it wore me out. I realized, then, that these songs he writes, so emotionally fraught and intense, are coming from a life lived fast but mindfully. I picked up the Garbage Pail Kid sticker and read his succinct message: Be happy. CW

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Check out album highlights “The Open Sea” and the energetic “The Man Who Sleeps.”

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South Paw, Tell Me Which Way to Run HHH.5 With its abundant pedal steel and mournful lyrics about loneliness and wandering, the first half of South Paw’s debut sounds like a night spent staring into a beer in a smoky honky-tonk bar. Introductory track “Sip” has all the elements of a satisfyingly sad country song: strings that tremble against warm pedal steel, just the right amount of grit and twang in frontman/songwriter Paul Clonts’ voice, and the tootrue line “In this place of love, I manage to feel alone.”

That country feel continues on “Slow Traveler,” which makes excellent use of harmonica, and the acoustic-guitar-rich “Old Wind,” detailing the feeling of meeting one’s true love for the first time. But on the fourth track, “Dentuso,” the country bent takes a backseat to atmospheric, chilly indie-rock through heavier strings and a change in Clonts’ voice from mellow to emotion-filled belting.

There’s even some psych-tinged stuff on “Sahar,” which features epic electric guitar. Haunting final track “Darkened Son” completes the album’s surprising journey, showing that while South Paw might have a country exterior, they have plenty of other tricks up their sleeve. Self-released, Aug. 30, SouthPaw5.bandcamp.com

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On their debut album, The Wolves Must Run Free, Provo art-rock seven-piece Wild Apples daringly toy with unconventional combinations of musical genres and have a blast while doing it. However, that exuberance gets Wild Apples only so far, despite the band’s respectable ambition. It was a lofty goal to wrestle the styles of jazz, indie-rock, punk, baroque pop and folk into a cohesive product, but the end result sounds all over the place. For example, the delicate indie-pop vocal harmonies and strings in the first portion of “Mother’s Words” are soon unfortunately buried in horns and tacked-on punk-style growls. It’s the more focused songs that work better, such as folk-rock track “Pieces of the Sky,” which is full of bouncy energy, as well as mandolin that complements the bright vocals. But even though the music’s individual elements—such as the discrete instrument parts and melodies—aren’t allowed to shine on their own, they’re done well, suggesting that Wild Apples have a lot of skills that just need direction. Self-released, Aug. 7, WildApples.bandcamp.com

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Most people are probably familiar with New Zealand songstress Kimbra through her guest appearance on Gotye’s earworm “Somebody That I Used to Know.” But as evidenced by uniquely poppy but soulful singles like “Settle Down” and her debut album, 2011’s Vows, Kimbra is in no danger of being relegated to backup singer. She has a soulful, jazzy powerhouse of a voice—which she inventively loops and adds keyboards and live instruments to—as well as an eye-catching visual style that she showcases in stylish, fun music videos. Her sophomore album, The Golden Echo, released in August, takes the subtle pop beats from the first album and amplifies them, as heard on disco-party pop number “Miracle.” Empress Of is also on the bill.

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A fter testing small batches out via her circle of friends, she was urged to open her own business— and Mamachari Kombucha was born in January 2013.

“The idea behind the brand came from wanting to tie what I was making here in Utah back to my roots in Japan,” says Jensen.

“Mamachari” means “Mom’s Bike” in Japanese, which refers to the bike that everyone uses for commuting in Japan. Jensen had a similar goal in mind for her business module: to create Kombucha that was appealing to everyone, just as the bikes were—and so far, everyone has enjoyed her unique flavors.

Aside from being Utah’s only local Kombucha brewer, Mamachari is crafted using specialty teas. “We use tea that is good for our SCOBY and produces a vibrant flavor at the end of the fermentation period—like Jasmine Rose or our Blue Queen,” she

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Additionally, the brand sells the fizzy goodness in growlers, which can be refilled around the city at one of their four current fill stations. From recycling waste to using the spent tea leaves in her own garden as compost, Jensen is “huge into sustainability” and getting as close to zero waste as possible.

Current bottled flavors include Lemon Ginger, Concord Grape, Lavender Honey, Jasmine Rose and Herbal Rooibos, which are also available on tap, along with several draftonly flavors. Throughout fall, Mamachari will also be rotating Apple Cider, Blue Queen (made with Queens’ Tea’s Blue Tea), Winter Chai and Citrus Sunshine, a collaboration with Vive Juicery, at the Winter Farmers Market and growler fill stations.

In addition to sourcing local ingredients whenever possible, Mamachari also gives back to the local community by supporting fundraisers and community events. “We support the cycling community and Salt Lake’s efforts to make Salt Lake a more rideable city,” stated Jensen.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) The driest place on the planet is the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. It gets about a half-inch of rain per year. And yet in 2011, archaeologists discovered that it’s also home to a site containing the fossilized skeletons of numerous whales and other ancient sea creatures. I’m detecting a metaphorically comparable anomaly in your vicinity, Aries. A seemingly arid, empty part of your life harbors buried secrets that are available for you to explore. If you follow the clues, you may discover rich pickings that will inspire you to revise your history.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Businessman Warren Buffet is worth $65.5 billion, but regularly gives away 27 percent of his fortune to charity.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates owns $78 billion, and donates 36 percent. Then there are the members of the Walton family, owners of Walmart, where 100 million Americans shop weekly.

The Waltons have $136 billion, of which they contribute .04 percent to good causes. You are not wealthy in the same way these people are, Taurus. Your riches consist of resources like your skills, relationships, emotional intelligence, creative power and capacity for love. My invitation to you is to be extra generous with those assets—not as lavish as Buffet or Gates, perhaps, but much more than the Waltons. You are in a phase when giving your gifts is one of the best things you can do to bolster your own health, wealth and well-being.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The average serving of pasta on a typical American’s plate is almost 480 percent bigger than what’s recommended as a healthy portion. So says a research paper titled “The Contribution of Expanding Portion Sizes to the U.S. Obesity Epidemic” by Lisa R. Young and Marion Nestle. Muffins are 333 percent larger than they need to be, the authors say, and steaks are 224 percent excessive. Don’t get caught up in this trend, Libra. Get what you need, but not way, way more than what you need. For that matter, be judicious in your approach to all of life’s necessities. The coming phase is a time when you will thrive by applying the Goldilocks principle: neither too much nor too little, but just right.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “Children are the most desirable opponents at Scrabble,” declares Scorpio author Fran Lebowitz, “as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.” I don’t wholeheartedly endorse that advice for you in the coming days, Scorpio. But would you consider a milder version of it? Let’s propose, instead, that you simply seek easy victories to boost your confidence and hone your skills. By this time next week, if all goes well, you will be ready to take on more ambitious challenges.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You are entering a phase when you will have more luck than usual as you try to banish parasitic influences, unworthy burdens and lost causes. Here are some projects you might want to work GEMINI (May 21-June 20) on: 1. Bid farewell to anyone who brings out the worst in you. 2.

You have two options. You can be in denial about your real Heal the twisted effect an adversary has had on you. 3. Get rid of feelings and ignore what needs to be fixed and wait for trouble any object that symbolizes failure or pathology. 4. Declare your to come find you. Or else you can vow to be resilient and summon independence from a situation that wastes your time or drains your feistiest curiosity and go out searching for trouble. The your resources. 5. Shed any guilt you feel for taking good care of difference between these two approaches is dramatic. If you yourself. 6. Stop a bad habit cold turkey. mope and sigh and hide, the messy trouble that arrives will be indigestible. But if you are brave and proactive, the interesting CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) trouble you get will ultimately evolve into a blessing.

Are you ready to be as affable as a Sagittarius, as charismatic as a Leo, as empathetic as a Cancerian, and as vigorous an instigator CANCER (June 21-July 22) as an Aries? No? You’re not? You’re afraid that would require Astronauts on the International Space Station never wash their you to push yourself too far outside your comfort zone? OK, underwear. They don’t have enough water at their disposal to then. Are you willing to be half as affable as a Sagittarius, half waste on a luxury like that. Instead, they fling the dirty laundry as charismatic as a Leo, half as empathetic as a Cancerian, and out into space. As it falls to Earth, it burns up in the atmosphere. half as inspiring an instigator as an Aries? Or even a quarter as I wish you had an amenity like that right now. In fact, I wish you much? I hope you will at least stretch yourself in these directions, had a host of amenities like that. If there was ever a time when Capricorn, because doing so would allow you to take maximum you should be liberated from having to wash your underwear, advantage of the spectacular social opportunities that will be make your bed, sweep the floor, and do the dishes, it would be available for you in the next four weeks. now. Why? Because there are much better ways to spend your time. You’ve got sacred quests to embark on, heroic adventures AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) to accomplish, historical turning points to initiate.

In the coming weeks I hope you will find practical ways to express your newfound freedom. All the explorations and experiments LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) you have enjoyed recently were fun and provocative, but now it’s What are those new whisperings in your head? Are they time to use the insights they sparked to upgrade your life back in messages from your inner teacher? Beacons beamed back the daily grind. Please don’t misunderstand what I’m saying. I love through time from the Future You? Clues from the wise parts of it when you are dreamy and excitable and farseeing, and would your unconscious mind? Whatever they are, Leo, pay attention. never ask you to tone down those attractive qualities. But I am These signals from the Great Beyond may not be clear yet, but also rooting for you to bring the high-flying parts of you down to if you are sufficiently patient, they will eventually tell you how earth so that you can reap the full benefits of the bounty they have to take advantage of a big plot twist. But here’s a caveat: Don’t stirred up. If you work to become more well-grounded, I predict automatically believe every single thing the whisperings tell that you will be situated in a new power spot by December 1. you. Their counsel may not be 100 percent accurate. Be both receptive and discerning toward them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The heavy metal band known as Hatebeak broadened the VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) definition of what constitutes music. Its lead singer was Waldo, In the English-speaking world, a sundae is a luxurious dessert an African grey parrot. A review by Aquarius Records called that features ice cream topped with sweet treats like syrup, Waldo’s squawks “completely and stupidly brilliant.” For sprinkles and fruits. In Korea, a sundae is something very Hatebeak’s second album, they collaborated with animal rights’ different. It consists of a cow’s or pig’s intestines crammed activists in the band Caninus, whose lead vocalists were two with noodles, barley and pig’s blood. I expect that in the coming pitbull terriers, Basil and Budgie. In the coming weeks, Pisces, week you will be faced with a decision that has metaphorical I’d love to see you get inspired by these experiments. I think you similarities to the choice between a sundae and a sundae. Make will generate interesting results as you explore expansive, even sure you are quite clear about the true nature of each option. unprecedented approaches in your own chosen field.

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You can check with the city and see if they have a record of any major work done on your sewer lines (as in when and if they were replaced from clay to cast iron). If you are about to purchase a home, especially an older home, it’s wise to have the sewer line scoped by a licensed plumber. The pipe specialist will send down a video camera to look at the goop, poop and cracks and advise you about the health of your sewer line.

The SLC Water Deptartment knows the mechanical infrastructure here is aging, as do other utilities in the city. There’s a major gas line being replaced downtown that is 100 years old right now (which explains the traffic detours). Although we don’t see manhole covers flying into the air, we all know there are loose lids and smaller ones are often missing.

For sewer line upgrades, there is hope for local homeowners because after many discussions and meetings, our city managers have become partners with an insurance company for property owners in case of sewer or water line failure. For $10-15 a month, a homeowner can get their poop chutes covered by this insurance with a handy 24/7 emergency response team.

Folks have bitched that SLC Corp. shouldn’t be in bed with a private insurance carrier, but it’s cheap and you can always call your own insurance company and have them add this coverage onto your policy.

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