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Letters Do You Know Your History?

Mr. Rasmuson, I enjoyed your column “Walk the Walk” [Dec. 18, City Weekly]. I found it very interesting. I noticed you mentioned you have pioneer ancestors. Have you read their stories? I am a volunteer at the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum, west of the State Capitol. We have over 46,000 pioneer histories available for people to read. Have you seen yours? The collection is a national treasure and not many people know the histories exist. I see handwritten letters 150 years old! There are artifacts older than that! I invite you to see them. We are nearly all volunteers at the museum. The museum is now closed until Jan. 5, but please come sometime. Please continue your craft of writing because I enjoy reading your articles.

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Dangerous Alliance

Relatively minor mob boss Tommy Monson of the filthyrich, Nazi, pseudo-Christian, organized-criminal syndicate Mormon church just sent an envoy to Godfather Francis, of the biggest, oldest, and original—yet competing—filthy-rich, Nazi, pseudo-Christian, organizedcriminal syndicate Catholic Church.

WRITE US: Salt Lake City Weekly, 248 S. Main, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. E-mail: comments@cityweekly.net. Fax: 801-575-6106. We reserve the right to edit for length and clarity. Preference will be given to letters that are 300 words or less and sent uniquely to City Weekly. Full name, address and phone number must be included, even on e-mailed submissions, for verification purposes. That envoy publicly advocated for an alliance with the Catholic Church for a massive jointventure to rub out all those who oppose their shared goal of total control over individuals through total control of their biological families—on behalf of the ever-greedier thieving, amoral, filthy-rich, of course. In short, the Mormon church’s top controlling leaders want the Catholic Church’s top controlling leaders to join with them and others in stopping and destroying everyone who advocates for the fundamental and equal rights of non-whites, women and LGBTs.

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“Walk the Walk,” Dec. 18

Thomas Wynne: Having walked the Camino ourselves this past summer, my wife and I were amazed our lack of knowledge about this very special journey. We also were influenced by the movie The Way, but since returning home, have found the documentary Walking the Camino: Six Ways to Santiago has meant so much more to us. It’s a wonderful film that follows real pilgrims across Spain, and that continues to tug at our hearts for a return trip next year. I would suggest anyone wanting to know more about the Camino or considering walking the adventure themselves check out CaminoDocumentary.org.

“Motherhood Is Not a Career,” Dec. 11

Anna Jensen: I agree with the need for maternity/paternity leave, the need for extended access to affordable child care, etc. That is all so important! But I don’t like the title of this piece—the difference between mother/parenthood and something like wife or sisterhood is that rearing children takes actual work. They need care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If I’m not caring for my kids, someone else is, and I have to pay them for it (unlike with husbands and brothers). So why is it work when they do it, but not when I do?

“SLC’s Bike Master Plan Proposes 220 More Miles of Bike Lanes,” Dec. 11

300 South: You have to love a master plan that comes out after the lanes and streets get screwed up.

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It appears that a deal is being cooked up to move the Utah State Prison from Draper (where it was relocated to in 1951) to somewhere else—perhaps even closer to me. I call NIMBY. The Draper prison is just fine where it is. Sure, the politicians and developers will tell you that it’s no longer modern or safe, or that it’s overcrowded, because why move an otherwise sound operation if that weren’t the case? They can’t tell you the real reason for the move—money, and lots of it—because that would require telling the truth. I live in Murray and seldom drive south of there. Therefore, I only see the prison if my travel passport is in order and I have business in Utah County. It looks just as it always has—cold and menacing—just what prisons are meant to look like. I’ve only been inside once, on a highschool field trip. That a prisoner slid a license plate up my buddy Jeff Tibolla’s shirt to move it past a security guard seemed exotic, not dangerous. Yeah, Jeff got caught. I’ve had old friends call the prison home, and I’ve made friends of others who once resided there. I hope they were treated well while incarcerated, because we are a caring and forgiving society, right? But, heck, none of them I knew or know ever said that the Utah Pen was San Quentin reincarnate. Or Alcatraz. Or Rikers Island. It seems to be about right, I guess. Bad, but not horrible. Good, but not great. Just a place to kill time until one is released or paroled. A place to look out the windows or yards, and torture oneself by thinking, “Geez, wouldn’t this be a heckuva a place for a waterpark, some condos and a business center?” That’s what some folks are thinking. They want to tear the current prison down and move it downstream, where the water is already dirty, yet far enough away that no one will do anything about it for another 50 or 60 years—same as occurred in Draper. Draper and nearby Bluffdale were as remote as one could get and still be in the Salt Lake Valley back in 1951. These

days, the valley—Salt Lake County—is all but filled in. Yet among the final destinations for a new prison are locations in Salt Lake Valley that are barely less remote than where the prison sits now. In other words, they want to move it, make lots of money, then die rich and leave whatever problems arise for the next generation. The Draper prison moved south when the Sugar House prison was closed. This proposed move ostensibly hinges on the Draper prison sitting on valuable property that is ripe for developing, this being a great time for inexpensive construction and—oh yeah—it’s old. Sugar House is booming now—but so is everywhere else in the valley. Moving it within Salt Lake County makes no sense at all and only postpones the inevitable—having to move it again sooner than later. That leaves only two choices—leave it right where it is, or move it to outside of Salt Lake County. Like those in Salt Lake County, the residents near proposed locations in other counties like their backyards just fine and dandy the way they are. Not to mention the families of the incarcerated don’t like the inconvenience—or inhumanity—of traveling great distances to see loved ones. Really, the moving-the-prison idea just stinks. If construction costs are low, then modification costs at the current location would also be low. Just fix the damned thing. And while the prison may never win an architectural-design contest, no one can argue it hasn’t been effective on at least two fronts: Can you name the last time anyone escaped from there? And, it marks the perfect merger between Utah’s two greatest crime centers—the big, bad, city dwellers of Salt Lake County and points north, and the holier-than-thou white-collar criminals who ply their trade in Utah County. Both counties get a toss-up

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point for methamphetamine production and heroin use. Prisons aren’t supposed to be hidden. They are supposed to remind us that if you mess up, you may end up with barbed wire for curtains. Moving the prison is a money play, nothing more. A better benefit to all of us would be to take the prison redevlopment money and give a piece of it to each of the proposed sites and develop six places for the price of one. However, I’d bet the prison does move in another year or two or three, since money seldom loses when it comes to Utah politics. I just hope that if the prison moves, that Utah does the right thing and requires the developer to name the new parks and structures for the folks who once lived there—the Gary Gilmore firing range, the Ted Bundy psychiatric center, the Mark Hofmann school of fine arts, the Warren Jeffs bungalows, and the Frances Berenice Schreuder assisted-living facility. The politicians whose pockets will be criminally lined with the filthy lucre of passing the buck(s) onto our children’s children should also be recognized. That’s the way they did it in ancient Greece, you know. The statues marking the entrance to the original Olympic Stadium were not of that era’s equivalent of Derek Jeter—they were statues of the men and women who were caught cheating. A-Rod, then. The permanently scorned. If we hurry, a new youth soccer field (all greedy development projects include a decent soccer field to soften the blow) could be named for either Mark Shurtleff or John Swallow. So, who are the current politicians who are backing this idea? Let’s worship them properly with a monument. Let them live on in our memory forever—right there with Mark and John and Gary and Ted and ... CW Send feedback to john@cityweekly.net.

they want to move it, make lots of money, then die rich and leave whatever problems arise for the next generation.

Should we move the Utah State Prison? Where should it go? BJ Viehl: Instead of building more prisons to lock up almost 3 million people, we should close most of them, de-privatize them and keep prisons for the legitimate dangers to society. Drug treatment costs less then what taxpayers spend to house these inmates. It’s an industry, though. How else are Republican supposed to make money? Derek Carlisle: I don’t think it is necessary but if we do, then why not out west of Dugway? I know the only argument at that point is visitation, so just exploit that need and watch Dugway blossom as a destination spot. Rachel Piper: Seems like it would be cheaper and more effective to put the effort into rehabbing the people the prison contains. That being said, I’d like to be able to afford to buy a house, so go ahead and move it downtown so that the property values fall within my budget. Colby Frazier:

If sustaining rabid economic growth is the most important part of any equation for Utah’s future, it’s hard to imagine that any remaining piece of dirt along the Wasatch Front won’t one day spark the same lusty looks from developers and politicians as the current prison site does.

Paula Saltas: Leave it. Otherwise all that will be there are cookie-cutter suburban homes. Which one is worse?

Kolbie Stonehocker: How about we just get a wizard to turn in the Utah State Prison into a floating island? That way no city has to deal with the big, scary prison for very long, and the prisoners can have different scenery to look at every day. Sarah Arnoff: Move it next to the NSA facility. They’ll keep an eye on it.

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Road to Poverty Who are we trying to kill? “If these legislators get their way, the only hope that working single moms have is to develop a heroin addiction,” notes a missive from Voices of Utah Children. The Salt Lake Tribune editorialized against the heartless dismissal of Gov. Gary Herbert’s Healthy Utah plan, too, calling the legislative task force “the Scrooge who hoped that poor people who are in danger of dying would just do so, ‘and decrease the surplus population.’ ” But apparently no amount of denigration will sway those selfrighteous lawmakers who think it’s OK to take a $750,000 federal highway grant for safety signs, but not OK to take money for health care. To listen to Rep. James Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville, it’s all about the feds “foisting … this mess” on Utah. Indeed, human beings are messier than highways, and they do break down differently.

Mean What You Say Well, oops. The LDS Church, which has one of the slickest public relations divisions, misspoke just ever-so-slightly enough to create momentar y joy at Christmastime for the LGBT communit y, followed quick ly by the c y nicism that accompanies disappointment. On the website MormonsAndGays.org, a simple statement spoke to “sincere outreach by the church within the gay community, including support in Utah for nondiscrimination protections of employment and housing.” No, they didn’t mean Utah, just Salt Lake City and their support of a nondiscrimination ordinance from 2009.

Red on Red Speaking of anticipation, the website Politico posits that Sen. Mike Lee might have some serious competition from establishment Republicans like Jon Huntsman Sr., who apparently has joined other influential business types who find Lee “an embarrassment” to Utah. Huntsman was unhappy when Lee joyfully helped shut down the government at the cost of millions of dollars to the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The center right should not rejoice too early. Lee has significant support among conservatives, and as his campaign chair says, “If you believe the country is headed in the right direction, you probably are never going to be an enthusiastic supporter of Sen. Lee.” That, in essence, is why Lee won in the first place. It doesn’t seem to matter that most Utahns want Congress to build consensus.

For too many in Salt Lake City, the holidays can be a time of struggle to stay warm and fed. Wanting to make a difference, Ransom Wydner, frontman for local bands Zodiac Empire and King Niko, has collaborated in recent years with other local musicians to bring about Operation Voltron, a collection of Christmas covers and originals. All proceeds from the album benefit The Road Home shelter. Operation Voltron can be purchased at VoltronXmas. bandcamp.com; CDs are also available in exchange for a donation at The Road Home (210 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, 801-3594142, TheRoadHome.org).

What motivated you to start Operation Voltron? I don’t really like Christmas. It’s stressful and I’m always broke afterward. I realized that the two things I do like about Christmas are singing and the overall spirit of giving that’s around. Putting together a compilation CD for charity seemed like a cool way to get local musicians together and have fun for a good cause.

What’s your favorite part of the project?

My favorite part is volunteering at The Road Home. That’s sort of a tradition. On one day during the radiothon, some of the musicians will go and play some songs and a few of us will volunteer in different things like directing traffic for donation drop-offs or sorting donations. The year before last, I got to challenge Kurt Bestor to a sing-off on KSL, so that’s probably my most favorite.

Where did the name Voltron come from?

Voltron was a cartoon in the ’80s. He was a huge robot made up of other robots. The idea of Voltron Christmas isn’t just that the compilation is an amalgamation of bands, but even the bands themselves are “Voltroned” together. A lot of the bands on the first compilation had someone in the group who was out of town for the holidays, etc., so on the day that we got together to track, there was some “Hey, who plays drums here?” action going on. It’s by far one of the most fun aspects of the projects—collaborating with other bands and helping everyone make the songs they want to.

What impact have you seen Operation Voltron make? We’ve been able to raise a few thousand dollars over the past years, and this year looks to be our best yet. In addition to money, Voltron Christmas has helped to raise awareness about the cause and the great work that The Road Home does for our community. It’s more than a shelter—it helps people get back on their feet. There’s also an impact on the artists who contribute. We all come together as a team for a few weeks with a common goal. It’s so impressive to see how many people will donate their time and talent to something like this. Not just the musicians, either. You’ve got One Stop Music Shop who printed the CDs, Music Garage where we tracked some of the songs, Kitefishing who did the mastering—everyone chipping in to do something for someone else.

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Would life have evolved differently on Earth if we’d never had a moon? Would dark nights have resulted in our ancestors getting pwned in their caves, or would they have evolved X-ray vision? —Naman Dixit First of all, get your superpowers straight: while X-ray vision is undoubtedly a useful feature, it wouldn’t do much to prevent midnight toe-stubbings amongst the Cro-Magnons. Infrared vision, sure— but if you’re hung up on how we could have evolved into some cooler, laser-eyed superspecies without that crappy moon holding us back, you’re not counting your evolutionary blessings. By most accounts we wouldn’t even have developed vertebrae without the moon, let alone eyeballs. Dark nights would be the least of our problems. Cosmologically speaking, Earth has been extremely lucky. Our sun’s energy output has remained relatively stable throughout much of the evolution of life. Our orbit is safely in what’s called the habitable zone, where a planet’s surface can support liquid water. We’ve avoided being smashed to smithereens by comets, sucked into black holes, or irradiated by supernovae. With all the hazards of the universe in the way, the chances of life developing on any planet are pretty small. It’s fairly well established that the life-sustaining conditions found on Earth have been enhanced to some degree by its lunar companion; the only debate is about how much. Some of the more commonly proposed benefits of moon-having: It got rid of primordial pollution. The moon most likely formed when some smaller planet struck earth about 4.5 billion years ago, ejecting chunks of debris that eventually coalesced in orbit. Crucially, this collision may also have stripped away a thick proto-atmosphere that was trapping the heat of Earth’s molten surface. Without this rather violent development, we might have ended up like Venus, where life is only imaginable by Ray Bradbury. It keeps us toasty. This impact also contributed to the heating of the Earth’s iron core, which provides us with our relatively strong magnetic field. This in turn protects us from radiation (at least somewhat) and solar winds. And the pull of the moon’s gravity acts on every molecule on Earth, powering the tides (see below) and creating additional heat, which helps keep the core from cooling too quickly. It’s insurance against getting chucked into interstellar space. In the young and restless early years of a solar system, the gravitational force of the larger planets (read: Jupiter and Saturn) may interfere with the orbits of the smaller ones, sometimes flinging them out of the system altogether. Computer simulations suggest that even if this had happened to Earth, the warming properties of the moon’s gravitation described above might well have kept temps high enough for water to remain liquid and for life to evolve anyway.

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(Incidentally, other simulations have demonstrated that the presence of the Earth-moon team is the only thing keeping Mercury where it belongs: without us, its gravitational interaction with Jupiter would drag it into a high-stakes run-in with Venus, which would likely result in Mercury’s getting ejected from orbit and bonking into who knows what along the way. It’s too bad we couldn’t save Pluto, too, but of course that was just politics.) It creates tides. The moon’s orbit used to be a lot closer to the Earth, thus generating much stronger, higher tides. These waves left extensive tidal pools, where the ocean’s primordial soup of amino acids and other organic compounds could be concentrated via repeated evaporation. Synchronization between tidal flow and exposure to solar UV radiation may have resulted in the petri dish necessary for life to evolve. Tides were likely helpful too in the transition of life onto land, depositing small organisms and biomass into semiaquatic marshlike environments. Evidence for all this is found in 3.5 billion-year-old stromatolites— stratified rock formed by ancient bacterial action—whose layers show the moon’s influence on the Earth’s spin rate and tides throughout the early development of life. It’s a steadying inf luence. In order for life to develop on Earth, we needed stable temperatures and a regular climate. Variations of even one degree in Earth’s axial tilt relative to orbit may have led to ice ages in the past. The moon, with its large mass, acts as a major stabilizing force on our axis (as well as helping keep us within the habitable zone). Without it, we could have ended up like Mars, whose moons are much smaller and whose tilt may vary over a span of 60 degrees. In the search for extraterrestrial life scientists regularly prioritize planets with similar-sized moons attached. With no moon, of course, our fates would be drastically different because of the misalignment of our astrological signs, but on the plus side we wouldn’t hear any more about that lunar-cycle/menstruation myth. Would mooning still be popular? Would Pink Floyd still exist? These are questions that have not been subjected to the hard discipline of the sciences, leaving us to only imagine the potential horrors in store. Missed opportunities for night vision notwithstanding, let’s be grateful for what we have. Send questions to Cecil via StraightDope. com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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Growing Trend

The old-timey trade of barbering is booming in Utah—but some say catering to style makes for risky business. By Colby Frazier cfrazier@cityweekly.net @colbyfrazierlp First came The Beatles, then the hippies. Both helped usher in an era of longer, shaggier hair—a one-two punch that was especially jarring to Utah’s barbers, who in the late 1960s looked on helplessly as a change in styles left their scissors on the shelf and their barber chairs collecting dust. What life barbering had left fizzled out to near extinction when, in 1979, the Utah State Legislature fused barbering to cosmetology. For nearly three decades, anyone who wanted to become a barber also had to learn how to do nails and give perms—a reality that pushed many away from becoming barbers. “From that point on, barbering went downhill,” says Milton Larsen, master barber instructor at The Barber School in Midvale. Without new barbers to take their places, aging barbers, often unable to sell their shops, took their skills and knowledge with them to retirement or the grave. “Many barbers just boarded up their shops and just closed them down,” Larsen says. “And that persisted for 25 years or more.” Classical barbering in Utah might well have died altogether, Larsen says, if not for a reprieve from the legislature in 2007 that restored barbering to its roots, severing it from cosmetology— an act that resuscitated barbering and that, at least in part, has led to a resurgence in classical barber shops. The number of barbers licensed per year in Utah has shot up from seven in 2007—the first year licenses were available without cosmetology training—to 66 in 2014. There are currently 275 people in Utah working as licensed barbers. Barbering is intricately tied to whims of fashion and the economy, and so it is difficult to know for certain the cause of Utah’s rise in barber shops. Larsen says the school’s graduates have opened at least 30 new classical barber shops in the past year. The spike could

BUSINESS be the product of a proliferation of wellcoiffed bearded and/or mustached men who prefer others to shave them, the shedding of cosmetology arts, or the existence of The Barber School. One thing is certain: barber poles are being mounted to storefronts all across the Wasatch Front, and men, in ever-growing numbers, are willingly paying as much as $40 for a shave. Barbering, Larsen says, is “coming back big time.” “They’re making the kind of money an MBA’s making with a six-month education in barbering,” Larsen says of his students. “And that’s because there’s a demand.” The most popular product of the moment, Larsen says, is the tapered haircut performed by a barber who “freestyles,” meaning no guards are used on clippers. This type of barbering, generally referred to as classical, is what Larsen and his boss, Tim Hite, are known for preaching and teaching. Hite opened The Barber School shortly after the legislature made barbering its own license. The school, Larsen says, is the only of its kind in Utah. Since opening, it has had a full slate of students, with many coming from all over the world to learn classical barbering techniques. Larsen, who recently turned 69, went to barbering school when he was a senior in high school. He trained under Hite, who is now 87, and says he was one of the few classically trained barbers remaining to help Hite resurrect The Barber School. “My commitment was that I wanted to see to it that we got enough barbers going that it would not go away,” he says. “My personal feelings were had Mr. Hite not started a school—had it gone 10 years longer—that barbering as we knew it in the past would be extinct.” One of Larsen’s graduates is Stefahn Looney, a barber at Garrett Michael Barber Shop on 300 South, which is owned by Daniela Marroquin, another Barber School graduate. Looney says he was looking for a trade—something he could carve into a career—when he dropped out of college and contemplated entering barber school. And Looney graduated just as barbering was coming out of its long slumber. Short of a couple of classical barbershops that had hung on over the years, Looney says it was a trade that was “dead.” Shops like Garrett Michael, which offers only men’s haircuts (the shop’s barbers don’t cut women’s hair), beard trims and shaves, and the one inside Zuriik, a boutique shop in the 9th & 9th neighborhood that sells $65 knit beanies and $400 leather boots, are decidedly hip.

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Milton Larsen, master barber instructor at The Barber School, demonstrates a straight-razor shave There is little doubt that shops like these, catering to a well-heeled hipster set, are garnering popularity in part because of their premium services, like pamper-heavy shaves, and because they reproduce a product from a bygone era that resonates with those seeking refuge in nostalgia. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this, says Jed Beal, owner of Jed’s Barber Shop. But Beal, whose shop opened three years ago on 700 East and 200 South, fears that once styles shift, as they inevitably will, shops built purely on nostalgia could fail. “I love ’em,” Beal says of the city’s newer shops. “I just don’t know if they’ll be around in five, 10 years.” In order to buffer himself from a shift in fashions, Beal says he created Jed’s as a hybrid between the chain cutting shops that have dominated the market for decades, and a beauty salon. The former provides a fast-food-like experience, while the latter provides a fine-dining experience. Jed’s, Beal says, is a lot like Chipotle. “It meets the customers in between,” he says. Beal, who received his barbering and cosmetology license years before the state separated the two, was working for Aveda, traveling around the country helping the hair- and skin-care company set up barber shops, when he began eyeing opening a shop of his own.

In the mid-2000s, he says, it became clear that a resurgence in barbering was taking place in cities like Seattle and Los Angeles. “I always had an interest in being a barber, but it wasn’t until about 2006 that I saw barber shops popping up everywhere and putting their own spin on it,” he says. Beal has a specific goal in mind. He hopes to mimic the success of chain barber shops that have thrived in places like Austin, Texas. He’ll soon be opening up a shop in Sugar House, and wants three more, for a total of five. His current shop, he says, is now open seven days a week with eight barbers on hand all the time, giving 2,000 haircuts a month, a number he says is a “massive quantity.” Jed’s, Beal says, offers a wider variety of cuts than some of his newer counterparts, but also offers an elaborate $40 straight razor shave. And he feels strongly that women, both barbers and customers alike, should be welcome in barbershops. “I intentionally opened up a place that could cater to more people and not get stuck in a little trend of oldfashioned barbering, which is popular right now, but I think will kind of go out of style just like the mustache will,” he says. “The [shops] that are surviving are the ones that have something everyone can relate to.” CW

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Papers & Protests For lawmakers and politicians of all stripes, the holidays are a time to disappear from the public eye. During this lull, one thing you can do is better prepare for a new and fruitful year by becoming more aware and engaged in your community. A great, albeit obvious, way to accomplish this is to subscribe to a newspaper. If local news is your jam, give one of the local dailies a try. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for national news, The New York Times prints its paper right here in Salt Lake City and offers home delivery. Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sufficiently informed, head on down to The Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coffee shop to protest police brutality, and ring in the new year with a big protest.

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community, she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to feel like we are welcome here,â&#x20AC;? Mendoza says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to be able to talk about my queerness and speak in my own language. I want to talk about my queerness and not encounter machismo; I want to talk about my queerness and feel like I belong.â&#x20AC;? Mendoza and Echeveste have taken advantage of President Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, which allows children brought into the country to live under the color of the law and be able to work legally. With that status, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re publicly reaching out to other undocumented Latinos who are gay or transgender to let them know they have a community that will understand what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going through. The group formed after attending a Familia encuentroâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in New Mexico. The national group will host another such conference in the northeast sometime in 2015, and hopes by 2016 to have chapters spread all across the country. Eventually, Echeveste says, the Utah group will begin fundraising and helping to shed light on critical issues like the dangers faced by transgender Latinos who end up in immigration detention facilities. He points out that an immigrant transitioning from a male to female gender identity will still be detained with men, even if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t identify as male. â&#x20AC;&#x153; T hat mea n s more rape is going to happen, more judgment, more verbal and physical abuseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; it happens, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still happening,â&#x20AC;? Echeveste says. But he also wants the group to help out all of the undocumentedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estimated there are 100,000 undocumented immigrants in Utah. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want this organization to be not only just for Latino undocumented queers, but for everyone,â&#x20AC;? Echeveste says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want it to be a safe place.â&#x20AC;? Building a safe place means a lot of work, and it also means redefining what â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? is, Mendoza says. No longer should â&#x20AC;&#x153;normalâ&#x20AC;? mean discrimination and violence against the marginalized, she says. And that will also mean bringing this population out from the margins. Mendoza is untroubled by the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s humble start. She recalls that once, no one showed up to a workshop she held for undocumented Latinos. But she listed her phone number with the event and was soon flooded with calls from undocumented immigrants who wanted to attend but were afraid to. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are afraid to come out of the shadows,â&#x20AC;? Mendoza says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not there.â&#x20AC;? CW

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In California, the Familia Trans Queer Liberation Movement has held marches and protests, thrown fundraisers and even had activists shut down roadways in calling for greater recognition of undocumented LGBT Latinos. In Salt Lake City, the Utah chapter hosted its first meeting in December with a handful of members filling a pair of tables with coffee cups and laptops at Mestizo Coffee House at 641 W. North Temple. Despite the small turnout, attendees were buoyed by a sense of purpose and a fitting coffeehouse soundtrack that shifted from civil-rights-era classics like Sam Cookeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Change Is Gonna Comeâ&#x20AC;? to the Bill Withers tune â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lean on Me.â&#x20AC;? T he g roup knows that growing something from the gritty grassroots can be a slow process, especia l l y w hen reaching out to the doubly marginalized popu lat ion of undocumented Latinos who are also striving for acceptance of their sexual identity and orientation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is very much an invisible problem,â&#x20AC;? says Ella Mendoza, a 24-yearold undocumented immigrant who has been in Utah since she was 12 and has been out as gay since she was 15. LGBT Latinos, she says, have to contend not only with racial stigma but also the conservative Latino cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all wrapped up in Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overarching conservative LDS culture. Familia co-organizer Eusebio Echeveste was in high school when word of his first boyfriend got out and reached his parents. The reaction was typical: His mother cried and cried and his father refused to accept itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or him. The two still do not communicate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ever since then, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been ... isolation, keeping myself away from everybody because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want that trouble,â&#x20AC;? says Echeveste, now 19. Mendoza came out as a teenager, and while the reaction wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hostile, she says she still feels like sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continually coming out to friends and family struggling to understand her â&#x20AC;&#x153;queerness.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea that not every little girl wants a QuinceaĂąera is just insaneâ&#x20AC;? in the Latino

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“Mediocre Soaker Below the Oquirrhs”

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Police investigating a theft at a coin laundry in Great Falls, Mont., captured suspect Curtis Dear, 28, after following his footprints in the snow to a nearby residence. They found Dear with a backpack containing hundreds of quarters and shoes that matched the prints. (Associated Press)

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n Police who found Jailin Turner, 19, yelling and banging on an apartment window in Iowa City, Iowa, said the woman told them she’d locked herself out. After firefighters broke down the door so she could regain entry, officers found pot plants and drug paraphernalia inside. They charged Turner with possession. (Iowa City Press-Citizen)

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Name Games

North Korea ordered people with the same name as leader Kim Jong Un to change their names and banned its use for newborns. There were similar name bans on Kim’s father, Kim Jong Il, and his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, as part of propaganda attempts to build cults of personality around them. (Reuters)

n Narcissistic parents are putting pressure on their children by giving them unusual names, according to Dutch researchers. The team from Amsterdam University found a clear link between parents’ own sense of superiority and the extent to which they “overvalue” their children. One of the most obvious ways to make children “stand out from the crowd,” the researchers reported, was by giving them a “unique, uncommon first name.” (Britain’s The Express)

Everyone’s a Critic Police arrested Lachon Welcher, 28, on drug charges in Dubuque, Iowa, after a witness called to report the woman was hitting a television with a can of beans. (Dubuque Telegraph Herald)

Shiftless Generation Two boys, 15 and 17, tried to steal a car at gunpoint but failed, according to Houston authorities, because they “had issues operating the vehicle.” It had a manual transmission. The suspects demanded that the driver tell them how to operate the vehicle, but after he provided a few instructions, they ordered him to get out and tried but failed to make their getaway. (Associated Press)

Too Hot to Handle The U.S. Air Force is repainting dark-green fuel trucks servicing its problem-plagued F-35 aircraft because they absorb too much heat. The Joint Strike Fighter can’t fly on warm fuel, officials acknowledged. Painting the trucks white, at a cost of $3,900 per truck, makes them reflect more heat. As a result, however, when the aircraft are deployed to forward positions, the white tankers full of highly flammable fuel that accompany them could make easy targets. “The long-term fix,” Chief Master Sgt. Ralph Resch said, “is to have parking shades for the refuelers.” (Washington’s The Daily Caller)

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n Fathers-to-be have the opportunity to experience the pain of childbirth at Aima maternity hospital in China’s Shandong province. After several new moms complained that they got little sympathy from their partners, the hospital began offering free sessions where participants have pads attached above the abdomens that give pain-inducing electric shocks for up to five minutes as a nurse gradually raises the intensity from 1 to 10, causing the men to writhe in agony. “It felt like my heart and lungs were being ripped apart,” said Song Siling, who lasted only until level 7. Insisting that the simulations could never match the torment of actual childbirth, nurse Lou Dezhu did note, “If men can experience this pain, then they’ll be more loving and caring to their wives.” About 100 men volunteered

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Law school students at Harvard, Columbia and Georgetown universities demanded that their schools postpone final exams because they were traumatized by grand jury decisions in Ferguson, Mo., and New York not to indict white police officers who killed black men. Students said the decisions and subsequent outrage kept them awake, distracted them and made them question the integrity of the legal system they are preparing to enter. What’s more, taking part in local protests limited their study time. All three schools announced that students who felt that recent events would impair their exam performance could petition to have their exams rescheduled. Reacting to the schools’ responses, George Mason University School of Law professor David Bernstein said that Columbia had “chosen to infantilize” the students, and Harvard Law School graduate Elie Mystal blogged that “a lawyer has to be able to function in the face of injustice.” (Bloomberg Businessweek)

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CATMAS Contrary to what obnoxious commercials tell you, the 12 Days of Christmas are not the days leading up to Dec. 25 when you can find deals, deals, DEALS! on coffee makers and video games. No, the 12 Days of Christmas start on Christmas Day and continue to the earlyJanuary holiday Epiphany ... all of which is to say that, yes, it does make sense that this issue is celebrating what we’re calling the 12 Days of Catmas. For this new holiday, we’re putting the spotlight on six local cats currently living at Best Friends and the Humane Society who’d love to go home with someone for the holidays—and forever. Animal-rescue organizations are making great strides through adoption programs, spay/neuter clinics and no-kill initiatives to reduce the number of homeless pets in our state, but Utah’s many shelters are still full of felines who want nothing more than kibble and a lap in return for a lifetime of love and lint-rolling. If you can’t find the cat that calls to you in these pages, know that there are plenty of felines ready to enrich the lives of everyone from playful kids to grumpy old cat men. Want proof? We’ve profiled a handful of our own beloved cat companions, all rescued from BEST FRIENDS PET local shelters or the mean streets, who put smiles on the ADOPTION CENTER faces of even the most cynical journalists. 2005 S. 1100 East, Merry Catmas, Salt Lake City, 801City Weekly 574-2454, Utah. BestFriends.org All cats $25 through December

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SIGN: Virgo BIRTHPLACE: Murray WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2014 FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Traveling and exploring, dancing (even though I am terrible), Netflix FAVORITE BOOKS: 1984, The Hunger Games BEST CONCERT: Green Day FAVORITE SONG TO SING: “King of New York” FAVORITE HANGOUT: Junior’s Tavern HOW I MET MY CAT: I met Shoes at the Best Friends Super Pet Adoption last year. I had no intention of having any pets, ever, but my friend was working there, and I went to visit him. When I first spotted Shoes, she was climbing up her cage like SpiderCat. I just couldn’t forget her; it was love at first sight. My husband, Matt, and I went back the next day to see her. She was still there, climbing up that cage, going wild. So we adopted her. One day we went to buy Shoes some things at Petsmart. CAWS was there doing adoptions. I turned around, and Matt was holding this tiny ragamuffin kitten: fur sticking every which way, the biggest nose I had ever seen on a cat. His mouth didn’t quite close because he has a huge overbite. I knew we were taking him home. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY: Drinking, napping, chillin’ with my cats FAVORITE PLACE TO GO ON VACATION: San Francisco

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SIGN: Taurus BIRTHPLACE: Texas WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2000 FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: River rafting, skiing, camping, hiking FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, Game of Thrones FOODS I CRAVE: Sandwiches, sushi at Takashi, pad gra prow, pizza, broccoli FAVORITE SONG TO SING: “Let It Go” from Frozen with my daughter JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Hostess at a brewpub, sales at a natural-foods company FAVORITE HANGOUT: Playing dress-up with my daughter in her bedroom FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY: Camping FAVORITE PLACE TO GO ON VACATION: The beach

AGE: 7 GENDER: Male. CURRENT RESIDENCE: Humane Society of Utah TURN-ONS: Beatnik poetry, fine cheese, string toys, Miles Davis TURN-OFFS: Loud noises, people unexpectedly coming around corners FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Hanging out with other cats and even occasionally some dogs PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Anyone who brushes me JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Political activist GUILTY PLEASURES: Dancing to “Cat Scratch Fever” AMBITIONS: To be adopted by someone who will pet me all the time SIGNALS I GIVE A HUMAN WHEN I WANT HIM/HER TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE: Play hard to get IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: Into my forever home, and straight onto a lap, forever

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AGE: 4 GENDER: Female CURRENT RESIDENCE: Humane Society of Utah TURN-ONS: Air toys, visitors TURN-OFFS: Matted fur, moisture FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Being affectionate SECRET DREAM: Being able to open doors FOODS I CRAVE: Various minced meats PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Socks Clinton JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Smallgame hunter, physicist FAVORITE HANGOUT: Any type of windowed area GUILTY PLEASURES: Catnip, rubber bands AMBITIONS: Find a position where I can be a full-time couch potato SIGNALS I GIVE A HUMAN WHEN I WANT HIM/HER TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE: Sitting precisely 2 inches out of reach FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: If I had humans, I’d tell you IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: Home

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AGE: 2 GENDER: Female CURRENT RESIDENCE: Best Friends Pet Adoption Center TURN-ONS: String with bells FOOD I CRAVE: The wet kind JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Always been a model, obviously FAVORITE THING TO SPEND A SUNDAY: Ideally? A morning couchclaw session followed by swatting the dog until I fall asleep IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: The backyard tree—all the way to the top this time

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SIGN: Libra BIRTHPLACE: San Jose, Calif. WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2005 TURN-ONS: Haterz TURN-OFFS: Tans FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Reading (other people’s journals) FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Every single show FAVORITE SONG TO SING: “Highway to the Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Anyone who does what they want GUILTY PLEASURES: Fire Cheetos, Doritos, burritos—all “os”-ending foods SECRET DREAM: Becoming Gordon Ramsay’s best friend FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY: Brunching and napping

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SIGN: Aquarius BIRTHPLACE: Layton WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2010 TURN-ONS: Sunny days; fresh air; bookstores; clean, spacious rooms that I didn’t have to clean TURN-OFFS: The sound of metal scraping metal, people who tunelessly mumble-sing to themselves, canned green beans FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Reading, knitting, cuddling with Sophie (best cat in the world), running, sleeping, eating sunflower seeds. FAVORITE BOOKS: East of Eden, most everything by Agatha Christie. FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Downton Abbey. SPORTS PLAYED: Tennis JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Coming up with stories that result in me modeling. SECRET DREAM: To collaborate with 2 Chainz FAVORITE PLACE TO GO ON VACATION: Anyplace with a beach and free-flowing margaritas

AGE: 4 GENDER: Female CURRENT RESIDENCE: Humane Society of Utah TURN-ONS: Having my chin and ears scratched TURN-OFFS: Dogs and small, sticky humans FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Chatting with humans—I’m very talkative and have a lot of opinions to share HIDDEN TALENT: Cozying up to people in white sweaters without shedding all over them JOBS BEFORE MODELING: I was born a model—you maybe remember me from my television appearances with the Humane Society of Utah, where I’ve modeled many cat-sized fashions. FAVORITE HANGOUT: Anyplace higher than the tallest human in the room AMBITIONS: To spend my days discussing philosophy and world events with mature humans—no other cats. They just don’t have interesting things to say. FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: I don’t have any permanent humans right now. I spend my day playing with my own scratching post, and watching Cat TV (my favorites are the bird episodes). IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: Into a home and straight onto a lap

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AGE: A true lady never tells her age GENDER: Female TURN-ONS: A nail driven three-fourths of the way into the wall just out of reach of my highest jump TURN-OFFS: The fat pug that guards downstairs and makes annoying sounds all day FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Power-napping while dreaming of ways to end said pug’s life FOODS I CRAVE: Fancy Feast liver & crab. Gawd, it smells like heaven. PEOPLE I ADMIRE: My dad JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Diva FAVORITE SONG TO SING: The theme song to Meow Mix GUILTY PLEASURES: Rubbing anything that has a corner with my mouth and biting into it if it allows

AMBITIONS: I’d like to be able to spell more letters than just my typical I, i, j, l and L with hairball material. BEST CONCERT: It’s gotta be the cover band that lives with me—they book gigs in the living room, and their playlist includes alt-J and White Buffalo. FAVORITE BOOK: East of Eden—that CAThy Ames is kind of a role model FAVORITE TV SHOW: I don’t own a TV—yeah, I’m that kinda intellect. SEXIEST CITY IN THE WORLD: Kuwait—are you kidding me, anything around the Purrsian Gulf WORST PICK-UP LINE I’VE EVER HEARD: Not really a line, but I hate it when people try to pick me up by the back of my neck and treat me like I’m their baby. BEST PICK-UP LINE I’VE EVER HEARD: Well, the craziest was this Scottish Fold that wanted me to throw litter all over him and treat him like a toilet—strange li’l big-eyed freak. I did it, but charged accordingly. SIGNALS I GIVE A HUMAN WHEN I WANT HIM/HER TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE: I usually stare at a corner toward the ceiling until they get so freaked out they hold me for comfort.

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SIGN: Virgo BIRTHPLACE: Georgia WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2007 TURN-OFFS: People who don’t agree with me AMBITIONS: Learn how to still a good shine and make homemade wine FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Workin’ on the house, painting and getting up in the mountains FAVORITE BOOKS: Vonnegut and Palahniuk JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Serving, lumberjacking, painting mysterious women SEXIEST CITY IN THE WORLD: Hot-LANTA, Ga. HOW I MET MY CAT: It was a gloomy Saturday morning, and as the taste of whiskey slowly lifted itself from my tongue, a thought limped into my mind: Maybe a cat could make these unbearable mornings a bit easier. I’d have something to hold while I pleaded with the good Lord to ease my pain, and someone to provide the sweet smell of chalky litter breath while licking the skin off the tip of my nose. Where could I get such an amazing critter with which to share my domicile? The Humane Society of Utah is where I ended up. There were

sleepers, whiners, scratchers & fighters, but just one li’l meow who could give a rat’s ass whether I gave her attention or not. The name plate was labeled “Skitz,” but she clearly was my Goat. She no longer can be called li’l, nor is she that distant cat who caught my eye, but I haven’t had an unbearable morning since.

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Susan Kruithof

SIGN: Taurus BIRTHPLACE: Bloomington, Ind. WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2000 TURN-ONS: Midwestern boys TURN-OFFS: Know-it-alls FAVORITE MOVIES: The Last Picture Show, Dead Man Walking, Brazil FAVORITE BOOKS: Middlesex, East of Eden, Gone Girl FOODS I CRAVE: Saag aloo, salmon gukan maki, split-pea soup JOBS BEFORE MODELING: I was a saute cook for about a year in Bloomington, Ind., as a part-time job. My full-time gig then was selling advertising, not designing it as I do now. FAVORITE HANGOUT: Brewvies. Love the vibe; they have amazing employees. It’s just like being Norm from Cheers. Everyone knows my name, and I know theirs. I seldom watch a movie, but love to hang on the patio.

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AGE: 3 Gender: 100 percent male TURN-ONS: Wrapping myself around my human’s neck, killing critters in the backyard TURN-OFFS: Catnip. I’m just naturally high. FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Brawling with neighborhood cats, peeing where I’m not supposed to SECRET DREAM: Hanging with Bill and Ted and having a most excellent adventure FOODS I CRAVE: Chicken: roasted, baked, salad, stir-fried ... PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Rocky Balboa and Michael Corleone JOBS BEFORE MODELING: I use to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Cat Ring in Murray, but it was messing up my face too much. A couple of scars is ruggedly handsome, but a missing eye would put me out of the modeling business. FAVORITE HANGOUT: Top of the living-room couch GUILTY PLEASURES: I really love eating Wheaties. I know, I know—no meat, but damn, those Wheaties are delicious. AMBITIONS: I’d like to be a stunt cat in movies. FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Pee in the stove well

Wicket

AGE: 6 Gender: Female. TURN-ONS: Having my fur detangled with the yellow wire brush of love TURN-OFFS: Stinky teenage boys FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Primping SECRET DREAM: Run away to go live with a super-rich owner where I get to eat gourmet cat food and get brushed by my own personal groomer FOODS I CRAVE: A nice spiral ham PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Princess Diana, Nicki Minaj, Sleeping Beauty FAVORITE HANGOUT: In front of the kitchen heater vent GUILTY PLEASURES: Rattling the cat food bag, whether or not there is food in my bowl AMBITIONS: I’d like to go live in Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Scooch my food bowl into the middle of the kitchen floor, then dump out crumbs from said food bowl

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SIGN: Leo BIRTHPLACE: Salt Lake City WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2007-2014 (pursuing a full-time modeling gig in 2015) TURN-ONS: Back rubs—any day, any time TURN-OFFS: Dirty feet. Keep your shoes on, and frequently change your socks! FAVORITE MOVIES: I hate horror movies. Will watch just about any good comedy. This Is the End is the funniest movie I’ve seen since Wedding Crashers. FAVORITE TV SHOWS: I’ll turn the TV on next year when Game of Thrones starts up again. Spoiler alert: I’ve read the books and will look down upon you if you ask me a Game of Thrones question and have not read A Song of Ice & Fire. BEST CONCERT: Too many good concerts to name just one. Top two would have to be Paul McCartney in San Diego with my mama and Santana at Red Butte with my brother—both this year. FAVORITE SONG TO SING: Anything from Les Miserables. (Btw, people, give Russell Crowe a break!) PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Not a finite list, but my parents and siblings top my list of admirable people.

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AGE: 2 or 3 (age is just a number anyway!) GENDER: Female CURRENT RESIDENCE: Best Friends Pet Adoption Center TURN-ONS: My people friends! (except Pete Saltas) TURN-OFFS: Pete Saltas FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Kicking around a ball of yarn with the other cool cats at Best Friends PEOPLE I ADMIRE: The cats in the “Hang in There” photos JOBS BEFORE MODELING: I was the stunt double in Mouse Hunt; worked a weekend for Jimmy John’s bike delivery downtown; this summer I was on the cleanup crew for the Twilight Concert Series AMBITIONS: To have a human friend take me home! WORST PICK-UP LINE I’VE EVER HEARD: “What makes you purr?” —Pete Saltas BEST PICK-UP LINE I’VE EVER HEARD: “What makes you purr?” —Channing Tatum (Tate-YUM!) SIGNALS I GIVE A HUMAN WHEN I WANT HIM/HER TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE: I call it the Puss in Boots move ... eyes wide open while clutching my hat! Gets ‘em every time! IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: To Jon Arbuckle’s house to eat lasagna with Garfield!

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SIGN: Aries BIRTHPLACE: Muskegon, Mich. WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2011 TURN-ONS: Internet arguments, “boobs” spelled out on a calculator TURN-OFFS: The war on Christmas, or people who sniff wine and say “oakey” AMBITIONS: Invent a stupid word like “bae” and then retire as a lazy playboy FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Saying “sorry” and never meaning it FAVORITE MOVIES: Pacific Rim FAVORITE BOOKS: No, just movies ... specifically Pacific Rim FAVORITE FOODS: Ordering a fresh pizza from the Dominos app BEST CONCERT: Chief Keef FAVORITE SONG TO SING: “Power of Love” by Huey Lewis & the News JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Online poker player SECRET DREAM: To someday meet a pretty lady and share a Facebook account SEXIEST CITY IN THE WORLD: Probably a toss up between Key Largo, Contigo and Kokomo ... that’s where I want to go FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY: Poppin’ wheelies into your heart

Ben

AGE: 4 GENDER: Male CURRENT RESIDENCE: Best Friends Pet Adoption Center TURN-ONS: Meaty snacks, licking my butt TURN-OFFS: People who judge my lazy lifestyle FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Naps SECRET DREAM: I once dreamt of the perfect sausage only to find out at the end of the dream that the perfect sausage was ... me. FAVORITE FOODS: An above-ground pool filled with Fancy Feast PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Guy Fieri WORST PICK-UP LINE I’VE EVER HEARD: Let me get a sitter for my litter. BEST PICK-UP LINE I’VE EVER HEARD: I’m spayed. FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Lie in the sun and pretend I’m a sausage with arms IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: To Applebee’s ... with anybody, really

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AGE: About 4 Gender: Female. TURN-ONS: Sniffing car tires, getting brushed, hearing my humans pull the milk out of the fridge TURN-OFFS: Human singing FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Playing in paper bags and tissue paper, clawing my scratching post, staring out the window, sniffing stuff outside, napping on the couch, climbing into boxes in the closet SECRET DREAM: Being able to communicate to humans about ghosts in apartment, killing the string once and for all FAVORITE FOODS: Toast with jam, waffles, cheese crackers, chicken, tuna fish, yogurt, ice cream, treats PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Conservationist John James Audubon, for his prolific bird slaughtering. JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Couch scratcher, bug hunter FAVORITE HANGOUT: The top of the cat tree, couch, end of humans’ bed, the shower after the humans use it GUILTY PLEASURES: Shredding paper, clawing the couch, drinking water out of human glasses, getting in the garbage AMBITIONS: Sniff all the things, kill that goddamn string FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Walk around on the kitchen counters IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: Outside

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SIGN: Taurus BIRTHPLACE: Spokane, Wash. WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2011 Turn-ons: Small, warm spaces; when plans get canceled and I get to stay home; soft, fuzzy things Turn-offs: Sticky hands, hardboiled eggs, dishes clanging together FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Netflix, biking, playing video games, thriftstore shopping FAVORITE MOVIES: My Neighbor Totoro, Napoleon Dynamite, Fantasia, Edward Scissorhands FAVORITE BOOKS: The Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings series FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Parks & Recreation, The Office, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Supernatural FAVORITE FOODS: Grilled-cheese sandwich & tomato soup, Pie Hole pizza, hash browns, sushi JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Receptionist, pizza-delivery person, City Weekly copy editor FAVORITE HANGOUT: Couch SECRET DREAM: To be a librarian, have a sanctuary for stray cats, and spend a day at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter when it’s closed to everyone except me HOW I MET MY CAT: One night, a couple of my brothers told me there was a kitten hiding under my car. She looked like she’d been abandoned: leaves and twigs were stuck in her matted fur, and she was meowing piteously. I lured her out from under the car with some tuna fish, petted her, and gave her some food and water. The next morning, she was waiting at the back door for me, and we’ve been best friends ever since. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY: Getting day drunk, napping on the couch and playing World of Warcraft

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Colby Frazier

SIGN: Aries BIRTHPLACE: Spanish Fork WORKED AT CW SINCE: 2013 FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Being around my family, bullshitting loudly, floating down a river FAVORITE TV SHOWS: The Wire BEST CONCERT: Every time, no exceptions, Built to Spill SPORTS PLAYED: I run. PEOPLE I ADMIRE: The happy and the rough JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Brewer, newspaperman, pizza-delivery boy FAVORITE HANGOUT: My shredded chair HOW I MET MY CAT: I met her at my house, a little while after my wife, Sarah, and daughter, June, brought her home from the shelter. FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY: Reading The New York Times—the version that leaves ink all over my fingers FAVORITE PLACE TO GO ON VACATION: I don’t like leaving Utah. June, Colby & Spark

Spark

AGE: 1 GENDER: All woman TURN-ONS: Belly rubs TURN-OFFS: Standard cat food FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Sleeping, scratching, eating food off the kitchen table SECRET DREAM: To be a human chef FAVORITE FOODS: Cold cereal, expensive cheese and meat—all sorts of meat PEOPLE I ADMIRE: June and Sarah JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Was on my way to becoming one helluva alley cat FAVORITE HANGOUT: Top of the stereo GUILTY PLEASURES: Scratching the hell out of the furniture—not that cool scratching-post tower that was built for me AMBITIONS: To eat everything in the house, and then destroy all of the chairs SIGNALS I GIVE A HUMAN WHEN I WANT HIM/HER TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE: As a human strides across the living room, I collapse onto my back right in front of them FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Sit in the window and fantasize about killing all the world’s birds IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: Into a gallon of milk

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Salt Lake City has had some version of a citywide New Year’s Eve celebration for quite some time now. In the beginning, it was a simpler event—just one night of fun with some fireworks to cap the revelry. Then, in 2009, came EVE, turning the New Year’s Eve into a three-day celebration of art, culture and entertainment. And though there aren’t any literal fireworks this year (those have been replaced with the gigantic MirrorBall), EVE Winter Fest will certainly light up downtown winter nights. This year’s EVE celebration, like those before it, is fashioned after the annual Carnival de Québec, designed to bring local artists and performing arts groups together with various downtown entertainment venues like Broadway Centre Cinemas, The Leonardo, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Temple Square, Clark Planetarium, the Salt Palace and The Gallivan Center. The point is that EVE has made quite an effort to include a little something for everyone—from DJs, live music and fine art to basketball, films, a giant room filled with inflatable balls (pictured) and an impressive collection of more than 20 bouncy houses. Even though the multi-day event welcomes all types and ages, providing partiers a broad taste of what the downtown cultural environment has to offer, there is also a 21-plus VIP event held at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art the night of New Year’s Eve proper—think plenty of booze, Champagne toasts, a “marriage” and “annulment” station (so you can temporarily go legit) and live DJ sets by Jesse Walker and Sneeky Long. (Jacob Stringer) EVE Winter Fest @ various downtown Salt Lake City locations, December 29-31, $20 for a 3-day pass at EVESLC.com or $14 at CityWeeklyStore.com

Transcendence makes the experience of art a reality beyond something physical. Artist Isra Pache’s work and philosophy explores this phenomenon, making a distinction between the physical, concrete world of forms and the more intangible reality of truths, ideas, emotion, spirituality, creativity and imagination. “The concept of an abstract landscape has given me a way to explore experience beyond the tricks of the concrete visual world,” writes Pache of Hidden Realities, showing at The Gallery at Library Square. “I experiment with memory and its infinitely productive themes, and memory entwined with imagination, as the reflection of a non-reality, or a state of understanding that we do not yet know how to delineate in any other medium.” A universal transcendent state is certainly found in world religions and spiritualities experienced at a certain level by many, in all parts of the world, but Pache’s art explores that experience in a less otherworldly way. Pache’s state of non-reality and understanding is conceptualized in her personally expressive abstract painting “Winter” (pictured). A dynamic forcefulness of pure color in many nuanced hues and tonalities creates an internal energy that is in a state of flux, with an unsettling melodrama of sky blue, violet and sea foam green. Looking more like clay than impasto, it is densely layered, intensely felt and sublimely considered. While the work’s title may only be suggested in the cool colors used, for viewers, there’s also the possibility of those transcendent experiences beyond the concrete experience of a season. (Ehren Clark) Isra Pache: Hidden Realities @ The Gallery at Library Square, 210 E. 400 South, 801524-8200, through Jan. 23, free. SLCPL.org

Comedian and actress Jane Lynch has deftly found the balance between doing serious, intellectually rigorous work and being entertaining and funny. Her initial mainstream fame came for her parts in Christopher Guest’s ensembles in his acclaimed layered comedies. Other memorable turns in films came with The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Role Models, and her Emmy-winning role as the villainous gym teacher Sue Sylvester on Glee launched her to the household name she is today. Through it all, Lynch presented characters who were multiple things at once, all while being so funny many in the audience didn’t even notice. In her one-woman show An Evening With Jane Lynch, coming to the Eccles Center in Park City this New Year’s Eve, Lynch takes her talents to the cabaret. But, being who she is, it isn’t a straight cabaret show—rather, it’s a deconstruction thereof that pokes fun at the form, displaying a love for classic American standards and show tunes in spite and because of their ridiculousness. On the other hand, being who she is, it should be a wildly entertaining, tuneful and funny cabaret show. There’s no reason whatsoever not to have it both ways—and indeed, if one remembers the show and Bob Fosse’s film of the same title, the cabaret is where wanting it all comes with the territory. One can be sure that Lynch, an alumna of Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf theater company, is well aware of this tradition, and one need only look at her body of work to know she’s well capable of embodying it. (Danny Bowes) An Evening With Jane Lynch @ Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City, 435-655-3114, Dec. 31, 8 p.m., $40-165. EcclesCenter.org

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Salt Lake City artist Trent Call has experimented with a variety of media and subjects throughout his career. He’s accomplished in manipulating a bewildering array of artistic styles, and his works are like no one else’s—especially in the way he addresses his subjects with a sense of humor. Processed, Call’s take on fast-food culture—and “culture” is the word for it—is currently being shown at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art’s Projects Gallery, a space for more experimental media. When hamburger clowns are pop-culture icons, who better than a local master practicioner of pop art to poke some fun but also cast a seriously inquisitive eye? In addition to paintings and collages that use the symbols, language and visual iconography of the fast-food industry, Processed includes digital works, another medium Call has been exploring in recent years. And UMOCA, which always has its finger on recent technologies, includes some of his .gifs in their “.gif shop.” Processed is a perfect title for the show, since it describes not only the subject matter but also the artist’s works, as even his paintings of late have taken on effects resembling the digital scan lines of video art, and the collage process is one of secondary manipulation. But as much as he has digested and subverted the subjects here, as fast as his thoughts flow, his artistic process and vision are never diluted. (Brian Staker) Trent Call: Processed @ Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through Jan. 17, free. UtahMOCA.org

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hroughout the history of art, there has always existed a tension between the work of art as object, and the artwork as a vehicle for communication. One of the ways this tension has played out is in artworks incorporating text within the work itself— not just the artist’s signature, or the title of the work on a plaque, but “the painted word,” as novelist Tom Wolfe put it. The Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah examines the uses of language in art throughout the centuries in its [con]text, an exhibit more than a year in the making, says Whitney Tassie, UMFA’s curator of modern and contemporary art. The exhibit is divided into five thematic sections that look closely at how artists use text in art to communicate, to relate, to entice, to advocate and to illuminate—uses that have changed dramatically over time, Tassie says. “While the intricate embellishments of medieval illuminated manuscripts made biblical text more accessible, more contemporary artists have paired powerful images with text to reclaim racial slurs,” she says. To find pieces for [con]text, Tassie and the other curatorial staff pored through the museum’s diverse collection—stone to ceramic, wood to papyrus, photographic paper to canvas to book art. Mounting an exhibit that pulls from such a broad crosssection of UMFA’s collection presented challenges—and opportunities. “About half of our collection is works on paper, which are sensitive to light [and] have extremely limited allotments of exhibition time,” Tassie says. “This exhibition has given us a chance to mine the collection.” Many of the objects have never been on view before. The oldest piece is an Egyptian Wall Relief from 2494–2345 B.C.; the newest is a photograph by Shannon Ebner from 2004. “The exhibition showcases the breadth of our collection—in terms of time period, culture and media,” Tassie says. “It also shows the strength of our works on paper collection.” Given its sheer range, the show is full of surprises. “Most exhibitions about language and text tend to focus on modern and later work, or even just especially on conceptual

See the writing on the wall: [con]text at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts explores words and language used in artworks through the centuries

art,” Tassie says. “This deep look at how artists and cultures incorporate language and text into their art is rare. The exhibition provides entry points for every viewer and creates wonderful comparisons, which we hope will inspire new understandings of how we experience the image/text relationship.” In addition to bringing some lesserseen works into the light of day, [con]text provides a magnificent opportunity to see the works of renowned artists like Robert Smithson, Robert Rauschenberg, Toulouse-Lautrec, Bruce Nauman, Robert Motherwell, Salvador Dali, Edward Ruscha, local painter Anna Campbell Bliss and a soup can painting by Andy Warhol. A work by John Cage—“Not Wanting to Say Anything about Marcel” (1969)—even uses language to say something about silence. “Cage builds a complex system of chance to break down language’s primary purpose of communicating meaning,” Tassie says. “His deconstruction of text calls our attention to the power of symbols, a concept text is based upon. In trying to avoid meaning, he highlights the often unseen, and perhaps nonsensical, structure of text.”

The use of text in art evolved in tandem with the evolution of language itself, as [con]text shows. “Since the advent of writing, artists have perceived and exploited the power of the written word,” Tassie says. “Pairing text with images was a natural evolution. Some writing systems, such as Chinese, began as images themselves and evolved over the centuries into the abstract characters seen today. One of the longest-lived writing systems, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, changed very little over 3,000 years.” Language continued to modernize through the Middle Ages with the invention of the printing press, which brought “text and image from the few to the many,” Tassie says. “Artists discovered new freedoms and opportunities to experiment with the written word.” This UMFA exhibition is a brilliant curatorial conception. It places such a wide array of art about language in the context of a historical overview, but also in the context of UMFA’s astounding collection, and leads viewers to a greater appreciation of both. “There actually isn’t another [exhibit] like it—with deep holdings covering 5,000 years of human creative history all over the globe—for hundreds of miles,” Tassie says. “The collection allows us to draw really rich connections between the local and the global as well as the past, present and future.” CW

[con]text Utah Museum of Fine Arts 410 Campus Center Drive, University of Utah 801-581-7332 $7-$9 Through July 26 UMFA.Utah.edu

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Kurt Bestor’s Christmas Spectacular, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main, Park City, 435-649-9371

FRIDAY 12.26 PERFORMING ARTS

The Nutcracker, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787 Laughing Stock Improv Comedy, Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-355-4628 X-Mas Men, Off Broadway Theatre A Year With Frog & Toad, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City, 801363-7522 Dwayne Perkins, Wiseguys Downtown, 50 W. 300 South, Suite 100, Salt Lake City, 801-532-5233 Todd Johnson, Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Ogden, 801-622-5588 Bengt Washburn, Wiseguys West Valley, 2194 West 3500 South, Salt Lake City, 801-463-2909 Off the Wall Improv, The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 855-944-2787

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X-Mas Men, Off Broadway Theatre The Improvables, Playbills Theater, 455 West 1700 South, Clearfield Pupcracker, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787 A Year With Frog & Toad, Salt Lake Acting Company Dwayne Perkins, Wiseguys Downtown Todd Johnson, Wiseguys Ogden Bengt Washburn, Wiseguys West Valley

SUNDAY 12.28 PERFORMING ARTS

The Nutcracker, Capitol Theatre Pupcracker, Rose Wagner Center The Winterland Aerial Showcase, Rose Wagner Center

MONDAY 12.29 PERFORMING ARTS

The Nutcracker, Capitol Theatre

LITERARY ARTS

Salt City Slam, Weller Book Works, 665 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City, 801-328-2586

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The Nutcracker, Capitol Theatre Cirque Mechanics Pedal Punk, Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd, Park City, 435-655-3114 Chris Franjola, Wiseguys Downtown

Dwayne Perkins/Bengt Washburn The week between Christmas and New Year’s often feels like a big dead zone; the buzz of giftopening has worn off, and it’s like you’re just killing time until the ball drops and the Champagne corks pop. Thank goodness, then, that Wiseguys comedy clubs are giving you a reason to get enthusiastic about getting out of the house before the end of 2014. At the new downtown location, Wiseguys presents Dwayne Perkins (pictured right), whose hilarious observations include knocking down American’s unreasonable expectations for World Cup success in soccer, a sport that ranks in popularity “just below WWE, and just above hide & seek.” And Wiseguys West Valley hosts Bengt Washburn (left), who applies his affably dorky persona to commentary on topics including relationships and his own Mormon upbringing: “One person doing something weird, that’s a nut; a whole bunch of people doing something weird, that’s a church.” (Scott Renshaw) Dwayne Perkins @ Wiseguys Downtown, 50 W. 300 South, 801-532-5233, Dec. 26-27, 7 & 9:30 p.m., $15; Bengt Washburn @ Wiseguys West Valley, 2194 W. 3500 South, 801463-2909, Dec. 26-27, 7 & 9:30 p.m., $12. WiseguysComedy.com

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moreESSENTIALS WEDNESDAY 12.31 PERFORMING ARTS The Nutcracker, Capitol Theatre An Evening with Jane Lynch, Eccles Center for the Performing Arts Chris Franjola, Wiseguys Downtown

VISUAL ART CONTINUING 12.18-12.24

Laleh Ghotbi: Painting What I Love, Salt Lake City Library Corinne & Jack Sweet branch, 455 F St., Salt Lake City, 801-594-8651, MondaysSaturdays though Dec. 27

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Dia de los Muertos, Salt Lake City Library Chapman branch, 577 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, 801-594-8623, Mondays-Saturdays though Dec. 30 Keith Carlsen, The Dahlia Room, 247 E. 300 South, 801-953-0088, Tuesdays-Saturdays through Dec. 31 Enrique Vera: Landscapes of Northern Mexico, Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts, 631 W. North Temple Suite 700, Salt Lake City, 801-596-0500, through Jan. 2 The Horse, Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Through Jan. 4 Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Tom Golden Collection, Kimball Art Center, 638 Park Ave., Park City, 435-649-8882, through Jan. 4 Escape from Reality, Slusser Gallery, 447 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City, Mondays-Fridays through Jan. 9 Feminine Archetypes Around the World and Through the Ages, Salt Lake City Library Sprague branch, 2131 S. 100 East, Salt Lake City, 801-594-8640, Mondays-Sundays though Jan. 9 Statewide Annual â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;14: Painting & Sculpture, Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, 801.245.7272, Mondays-Fridays through Jan. 9 William Lamson: Hydrologies, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake

City, 801-328-4201, Tuesdays-Saturdays through Jan. 10 Benjamin Cottam: Canyon Drawings, CUAC, 175 E. 200 South, 385-215-6768, WednesdaysSaturdays through Jan. 10 Jenny Morgan: Full Circle, CUAC, WednesdaysSaturdays through Jan. 10 New Narratives: Recent Work by U of U Art Faculty, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7332, Tuesdays-Sundays through Jan. 11 Stanley Natchez, Modern West Fine Art, 177 E. 200 South, 801-355-3383, Tuesdays-Saturdays through Jan. 12 Kent Budge: Natural Order, Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-245-7272, Mondays-Fridays through Jan. 16 Trent Call: Processed, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-328-4201, Tuesdays-Saturdays through Jan. 17 Frank A. Langheinrich: Confluence of East & West, Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City, 801-524-8200, through Jan. 22 Isra Pache: Hidden Realities, Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City, 801-524-8200, through Jan. 23

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away the offending calamari and Fishing for compliments: The steelhead trout at the said they’d give it a second try. newly revamped Annex in Sugar House is just one Unfortunately, the second effort example of the restaurant’s change for the better. at “f lash-fried” calamari was identical to the first—chewy and soggy. It was clear that the oil hadn’t been could suffice as small entrees, like the hot enough to fry the breaded squid. Our housemade tagliatelle pasta with beefserver removed the dish a second time and cheek ragu and the generously portioned took it off our bill. housemade ricotta. The pasta was some “Is medium-rare OK?” our server asked of the best I’ve ever eaten, and perfectly me about how I’d like my buffalo burger cooked al dente. (it’s bison, actually) cooked. “Perfect!” I Exceptional entrees of steelhead trout replied, not suspecting it would actually with Beluga lentils ($23) and herb-fried arrive medium- to well-done, crisp and chicken with fried green tomatoes and overcooked on the edges. The burger ($15) heavenly buttermilk risotto ($24) firmed came with a ginormous pile of flavorless up my notion that The Annex is one of the tater tots, which the kitchen did manage best dining options in Sugar House. to get crispy. With longtime joints Este and Salt But my wife’s braised chicken thighs Lake Pizza & Pasta in the mix, as well as ($19) were an unappealing brown mess the newer Flatbread Neopolitan Pizzeria, of dry chicken, bacon lardons, button you might not think Sugar House needs mushrooms and wild rice, topped with another pizza place. But, apparently wilted, soggy onion rings. the folks at the Atlanta-based Mellow No, I did not love the food at Wasatch’s Mushroom (1080 E. 2100 South, 801-844Sugar House location. But, I heard that 1444, MellowMushroom.com) do. it has recently lost its chef, so perhaps Perhaps the largely contrived hippy positive change is afoot. vibe at Mellow Mushroom explains why By stark contrast, a meal at The Annex a pizza would take 25 minutes to make. I by Epic Brewing (1048 E. 2100 South, would have expected more rapid service, 801-742-5490, TheAnnexbyEpicBrewing. but I must say that I really do like Mellow com) knocked my socks off. A recently Mushroom pizza. acquired club license allows patrons to The red sauce tastes of bright, ripe drink alcohol without ordering food. And tomatoes—not the bitter tomato paste that a new chef, Craig Gerome, is firing on all mars so many commercial pizzas. And the cylinders in the kitchen. toppings are plentiful and of good quality. I don’t recall ever seeing beef tartare The crust is of medium thickness, slightly ($11) on a Utah restaurant menu, so I had crisp on the bottom with a nice crunchy to order it. It was a handball-size mound of and lightly blistered outer crust. minced raw Niman Ranch beef with crispy And, there’s wine, cocktails and a housemade lavash and a raw egg yolk on formidable beer selection, to boot, with top, and it was divine. two-dozen local craft beers on tap and Another killer appetizer was a half- more than 70 bottled brews, including dozen Bouchot mussels ($9) steamed in ones from Deschutes, Big Sky, Rogue and Berliner Weiss beer with garlic confit and others. They’ll help you remain mellow crisp, crunchy shoestring potatoes. Some while awaiting your pie. CW of the starters—the pasta, for example—

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he past couple of years—and especially the past few months— have seen an explosion of new dining destinations in Sugar House. They range from medium-priced spots like Habit Burger, Pho Thin, Yellowfin and Flatbread Pizzeria to higher-end newcomers like Kimi’s Chop & Oyster House, which I wrote about in the Dec. 11 City Weekly. In this week’s portion of the Sugar House restaurant roundup, we’ll take a look at newcomers Mellow Mushroom and Wasatch Brew Pub, as well as at the recent Annex reboot. When I moved to Utah a couple of decades ago, I practically lived in the upstairs sports bar at Park City’s Wasatch Brew Pub. I was on a first-name basis with beer-slingers Gordy, Mark, Darkside Dave, Jeff and others. I loved the beer, I loved the food, and I loved that the Wasatch Brewpub was the first microbrewery and pub to open in Utah, founded by Greg Schirf (another fellow I like a lot). I even love the Wasatch motto: “Continuing to misbehave since 1986.” So, why don’t I have such warm feelings for the new Wasatch Brew Pub in Sugar House (2110 S. Highland Drive, 801-7831127, WasatchBeers.com)? It’s not because of the ambiance, which is perfectly fine: a large, loud, urban-industrial sort of space with high ceilings and a boisterous vibe. And, there’s certainly nothing wrong with the beer selection, which features some of my Wasatch Brewery favorites like Jalapeño Cream Ale and the Lupulin Drift Session IPA, with its restrained hops and lower alcohol level. With Wasatch’s great beer in mind, the brew pub’s hefeweizen f lash-fried calamari ($13) sounded like a good place to start. We also decided to drink wine with our dinner during that visit—a decision that revealed some service misfires. The calamari arrived before the wine. We were told there was only one corkscrew at the pub and it took a while to locate. Granted, wine isn’t Wasatch Brew Pub’s specialty, but one corkscrew? Once the wine was uncorked, we mentioned that the calamari was chewy, lukewarm and not in away way crisp. I also couldn’t quite figure out why it was accompanied by pickled radishes, but that’s another story. Our server took

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City Weekly’s New Year’s Eve Guide, published Dec. 18, listed quite a few dining and drink options for the night, and a couple more trickled in past our deadline. So, if you’re still looking for a nifty spot to celebrate New Year’s Eve, you might consider The Paris (1500 S. 1500 East, 801-486-5585, TheParis.net). Owner Eric DeBonis and his team will offer a special five-course Parisian menu ($79.99, plus tax and gratuity), which includes items like buckwheat blinis with baked oysters and caviar; celery root and chestnut soup; ricotta ravioli with Burgundy black truffles; pan-seared gnocchi with salsify and black trumpet mushrooms; pan-roasted Chilean sea bass and Santa Barbara spiny lobster Romanesco risotto with lobster nage; and Angus Prime rib roast. Ogden’s Hearth on 25th (195 25th St., 801-399-0088, Hearth25.com) invites you to welcome the new year with a seven-course feast ($57 per person, $25 for suggested wine pairings) that will include menu options such as seared scallop with curried spaghetti squash; a sushi-style hand-roll salad; heirloom onion soup; salmon Wellington; beef Oscar rib-eye; Cornish hen and truffled dumplings; Colorado yak rib-eye; and a dessert trio.

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On Christmas Day, Stein Eriksen Lodge Executive Chef Zane Holmquist will make his fourth appearance on NBC’s Today. He’s doing a cooking segment for the show’s annual Christmas Day special, presenting candy-cane kettle corn and honey-smoked almonds, along with peanut butter & jelly hot chocolate and two cocktails: the Utah Stonewall and Utah Pumpkin Pie Whiskey Milkshake, both utilizing Park Cit y’s High West Distillery High West Double Rye. In addition to collecting a closetful of cooking awards and honors, Holmquist is involved in helping to organize charity events such as Taste of the Wasatch, and is a partner with Chef’s Garden in its Veggie U program, an organization “committed to fostering a synergy between educational, nutritional and agricultural goals to combat the rising epidemic of childhood obesity.” Quote of the week: The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to. —P.J. O’Rourke Food Matters 411: teds@xmission.com

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Sleek, sophisticated, graceful and elegant—those are a few of the words that come to mind in describing the 2006 G r a nd V intage Brut from Moët & Chandon ($59.99). The 2006 growing year was an excellent one for Champagne grapes, as evidenced by this beautiful blend of

42 percent Chardonnay, 39 percent Pinot Noir and 19 percent Pinot Meunier (the classic grapes used to make French Champagne). With the 2006 Grand Vintage, Moët & Chandon winemaker Benoît Gouez has created a gorgeous wine that combines longstanding winemaking tradition with New Millennium modernism, particularly in his choice of assemblage—the relative proportions of the three grape varietals, which Gouez chose based on the fruits’ particular qualities, as opposed to once-accepted conventions regarding proper assemblage quantities. The result is exceptional. The Grand Vintage bead (the bubbles) is fine and jewel-like; the hue of the wine is light yellow. On the nose, there are abundant fruit aromas: mango, banana, white peach and hints of lemon. Meanwhile on the palate, the Champagne is lively, crisp and bright, with spice and marzipan f lavors mixed with nectarine and currants, plus a creamy richness. Runner-up: Schramsberg Blanc de Blancs ($35.99).

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esides noisemakers, party hats, and the big ball that drops at midnight, I can’t think of anything more iconic on New Year’s Eve than glasses and bottles of bubbles. I couldn’t even begin to imagine the billions—no, more likely trillions—of bubbles that will appear in glasses here in Utah. After all, the California Wine Institute estimates that there are approximately 44 million bubbles in a bottle of sparkling wine or Champagne. That’s a lot of bubbles. Here are a trio of my favorite Champagne picks to put in your glass to welcome 2015— something for every budget.

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A New York-style deli, Pop on Over features a menu full of East Coast specialties, namely the light, hollow pastries known as popovers, baked fresh daily. For breakfast, enjoy a popover stuffed with fixings such as bacon, eggs and sausage or, for lunch, tuck into a “pop-wich” filled with tasty house-baked deli meats and veggies. Other delicious options include pizza, mac & cheese, lasagna, clams casino, calzones and salads. For a true taste of New York City, try a 100 percent Kobe beef hot dog direct from Brooklyn, topped with sauerkraut, onions and pickles. 1098 W. South Jordan Parkway, South Jordan, 801-253-0272, PopOnOverCafe.com

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For years, El Chubasco has been treating locals and Park City visitors alike to authentic, inexpensive Mexican fare. You can find everything from streetstyle tacos and tostadas to big bowls of menudo, pozole, birria and albondigas soup. The fish and carnitas tacos are not to be missed, and you can customize your meal from the plentiful salsa bar, with an array of different salsas and toppings from fiery to mild. Grab a cold soda or cerveza to round out your meal in this friendly, vibrant eatery. 1890 Bonanza Drive, Suite 115, Park City, 435-645-9114, ElChubascoMexicanGrill.com

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The newest venture from Ryan Lowder (owner-chef of downtown’s Copper Onion and Copper Common) is located in the shiny new Holladay Village Plaza alongside new iterations of other locally owned restaurants and retail shops. Copper Kitchen has a boisterous brasserie feel to it—a big, bustling eatery featuring the type of food that has made so many so fond of Lowder’s other restaurants: steak frites, braised lamb shank, duck confit croquettes, beef bourguignon and noodles and lots more. 4640 S. 2300 East, Salt Lake City, 385-237-3159, CopperKitchenSLC.com

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Located on Level B of Snowbird’s Cliff Lodge, The Atrium offers gourmet coffee, pastries, breakfast and lunch every day, year-round. Patio dining in a spectacular mountain setting is the perfect way to spend an afternoon during warm weather. The Atrium menu consists of a variety of salads, soups, specialty platters and hot entrees, as well as a delectable assortment of desserts handmade in the Snowbird bakery. 9600 E. Little Cottonwood Canyon Road, Snowbird, 801-933- 2140, Snowbird.com

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Avenues Bistro focuses on organic, free-range, locally sourced ingredients and products whenever possible. Local purveyors of fine foods are represented on the menu, which focuses on new and traditional American cuisine as well as tapas. In the morning, fresh coffee, pastries and other breakfast foods are available for a quick pick-me-up or a leisurely meal. Menu items are selected according to what meats, vegetables, fruits and herbs are freshest and in season. 564 E. Third Ave., Salt Lake City, 801-831-5409, Facebook.com/ AvenuesBistroOnThird

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Atlantic Café & Market

Atlantic Cafe & Market has so much to offer that it’s hard to know where to begin. For breakfast, omelets are always a great choice, and at lunch, the sandwiches and pizzas are the way to go. Especially

tasty is the terrific Mediterranean pizza and the vegetarian lasagna. And there are also luscious chicken kebabs, Balkan sausages called cevapi and much, much more, including wine and beer, and sidewalk seating in warm weather. It’s a true downtown gem. 325 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-524-9900

El Sonsonateco

This little Rose Park eatery serves fresh, tasty food in an upbeat, friendly atmosphere. If you’ve never tried the appealing cuisine of El Salvador, especially pupusas (stuffed masa flatbreads), this is the place to give it a go. 1264 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City, 801-359-4438

Butcher’s Chop House & Bar

Located in Park City’s Marriott Plaza just steps from the Old Town ski lift, Butcher’s features great steaks and chops, an expansive wine list, and a great atmosphere to enjoy it all in. From the filet mignon and slow-roasted rib-eye to baseballcut sirloin and a 24-ounce porterhouse, this is a meat lover’s dream restaurant. Not up for steak? There’s also a wide selection of soups, salads and seafood dishes, including the heavenly seared ahi tuna. Stop by the bar downstairs for a classic martini. 751 Main, Park City, 435-647-0040, ButchersChopHouse.com

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The Bruges Sugar House location is a couple of years old and features its biggest menu and selection. You’ll find well-known items like Belgian-style fries with a multitude of saucing options, heavenly Liège waffles and the popular Machine Gun sandwich, as featured on the Travel Channel’s Man V. Food. But there is so much more, like waffle sandwiches made with toasted waffles where you’d normally expect to find bread. Even more interesting, in my opinion, are the unique omelets. The Averell omelet, for instance, is eggs with Brie, ham, roasted bell peppers, caramelized onions, portobellos and a choice of either one “freakandel” or two merquez sausages. The “freakandel” is a play on frikandel, a Belgian and Dutch deep-fried, skinless, chicken-pork-beef sausage. My ultimate wish is that someday owner Pierre Vandamme will open a fullblown Belgian restaurant serving dishes like waterzooi, tarte au riz, filet Américain, lapin á la gueuze and moulesfrites. But for now, Bruges Waffles & Frites serves my Belgian cravings admirably. Reviewed Dec. 11. 2314 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-486-9999, BrugesWaffles.com

Kimi’s Chop & Oyster House

“Tosh” is chef/owner Toshio Sekikawa, whose name you know if you’re a fan of Asian cuisine in Utah. Tosh is a wonderfully outgoing and generous guy, and Tosh’s Ramen suits his personality. It’s a simple ramen shop— minimalist in décor and accoutrements—because the laser-like focus here is on one thing and one thing only: ramen. Like pho, ramen is really all about the broth. And, of course, Tosh makes his from scratch, simmering bones overnight. There are five types of ramen to choose from at Tosh’s, and my favorite is the one that best showcases that glistening, delicious broth: tonkotsu ramen. The broth is nearly clear, served in a huge ramen bowl with a generous helping of excellent wheat & egg noodles from Los Angeles’ Sun Noodle company. The ramen is adorned with crunchy bean sprouts, thin-sliced pork belly, half a hard-cooked egg, and minced scallions.

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Karen Olson, formerly of The Metropolitan (one of my favorite restaurants of recent years), has always been keen on making her community better, and with her latest restaurant venture, Even Stevens Sandwiches, she’s helping to feed those in need. For every sandwich sold at Even Stevens, another is donated to local

At Harbor, every effort is made to use local, in-season ingredients, and to fly in the freshest seafood. So, at a recent dinner, we started the evening with stuffed, battered and fried squash blossoms that came from the restaurant’s garden. An equally outstanding appetizer—although the portion size might cause you to think it’s an entree—is tuna carpaccio, which featured a big slab of sushi-grade tuna, sliced to about 1/8-inch thickness so that it covered the entire dinner plate it was served upon. It’s drizzled with a light citrus vinaigrette, and topped with an edible garnish of avocado, citrus salad and candied wasabi. The service at Harbor is also excellent. It wasn’t until we’d gotten through part of our meal that we discovered our server was none other than co-owner Taylor Jacobsen. Both owners pitch in and work the floor, and in doing so, he can afford to pay the others servers better. That’s just another reason to dock yourself at Harbor. Reviewed Nov. 13. 2302 Parley’s Way, Salt Lake City, 801-466-9527, HarborSLC.com

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Kimi’s is certainly a fine-dining restaurant, one with warm hospitality and friendly charm. It’s also a feast for the eyes, featuring a modern bar with an LED “fireplace” that pulls the eye to the center of the restaurant. The bar would be a terrific place to enjoy a signature cocktail and nosh on fresh oysters on the half-shell, baked mussels with herb butter, or a plate of toast smogen, a Swedish crostini-type affair with shrimp, crab, dill, horseradish crème, fresh lemon and caviar. The cashew-crusted sea bass is a delicious dish, and the sliced bavette steak, served with a rich port reduction, asparagus, roasted garlic and (by request) pommes frites was tender and tasty, if predictable. Not so predictable were the frites, which were big, thick wedges of the sort I normally loathe. However, Chef Matt Anderson cooked these spud slices to perfection, somehow managing to make them crisp on the outside, but not mealy or undercooked inside. It’s the first wedge fry I’ve ever loved. Reviewed Dec. 11. 2155 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-946-2079, KimisHouse.com

nonprofits helping to end hunger. The Sloppy Tina is a spot-on vegetarian version of a sloppy Joe, made with mushroom and chickpeas in a zippy tomato-based sauce. There is also a meat lover’s sloppy Joe, a slowsimmered combo of beef and chorizo topped with pickled red onions and served on a Kaiser roll. The holidays are an especially fitting time to call attention to the work that Even Stevens is doing, as it’s a time when many of us gorge ourselves on holiday fare, while others can’t be sure where their next meal will come from. Maybe it will come from Even Stevens. Reviewed Nov. 27. 414 E. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 385-355-9105, EvenStevens.com

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Tosh’s is usually filled with people who aren’t ramen rookies, and you’ll want to take their lead and get your face down into that big bowl: Slurping is considered de rigueur. Reviewed Nov. 6. 1465 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-466-7000, ToshsRamen.com

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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. Reviewed Oct. 16. 8657 S. Highland Drive, Sandy, 801-942-2623

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

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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

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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 of ten 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-to-sauce 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

Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery

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

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

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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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life story generally doesn’t fit a neat dramatic arc; this much is a given. When you’re telling the cinematic tale of a real-life person—as Unbroken does with the tale of Louis Zamperini—you’re going to be deciding what part of a cradleto-grave timeline is part of your narrative, and what part isn’t. This is artistic license, and if you have a problem with it, then maybe you have a problem with art. But everyone’s also going to have a different threshold for what part of that life story is crucial—what makes it a story, rather than just a series of things that happened to a particular person. And this is where Angelina Jolie’s adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand’s book feels incredibly illconceived. As full of thrilling, harrowing, unbelievable actual events as it may be, it’s based on a choice that just doesn’t make dramatic sense. The film opens with Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) serving as a bombardier during World War II, on a mission that costs some of the members of his plane’s crew their lives. From there it flashes back to the life Zamperini left for war—he’s the son of Italian immigrants in California with a pugnacious, trouble-making streak that got him in trouble but also served him well in his determined drive toward excellence as a long-distance runner and eventual medal-winner at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. And ultimately the story takes us to the hardships Zamperini endures during the war: stranded for more than a month on a raft at sea after his plane goes down, then faced with 2 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Japanese camps. Everything about the pre-war segments feels purely functional, but Jolie finds her footing in the wartime sequences. There’s a crisp, unfussy physicality to the dogfight scenes in which Zamperini’s plane is peppered with Japanese gunfire; it’s easy to feel that the craft is practically

F disintegrating around the crew members as they try to make it to land. And there’s a similar intensity to the scenes of Zamperini and his two fellow crewmen, Russell Phillips (Domhnall Gleeson) and Francis McNamara (Finn Wittrock), attempting to survive at sea, fending off both physical threats and their own despair. Then Zamperini is found by the Japanese, and it becomes a far more conventional POW drama. Some of its attempts at emotionally wrenching moments—like Zamperini naked and facing what he believes is imminent death—feel cribbed from movies like Schindler’s List, and there’s little attempt to get inside Zamperini’s head as he faces an escalating series of physical torments, and the possibility of avoiding those torments if he’s willing to become a propaganda tool. The most compelling relationship is the one that evolves between Zamperini and the sociopathic camp commander Musushiro “The Bird” Watanabe, with Miyavi Ishihara turning in a chilling portrait of unrestrained power madness. But that relationship—like all of Unbroken—virtually demands some kind of resolution, and it’s here that the film loses its bearings. Once Zamperini returns home at the end of the war (spoiler alert: Unbroken is about a survivor) the film simply cuts to title cards explaining that Zamperini suffered from years of post-traumatic stress before attempting to find peace by meeting

Jack O’Connell in Unbroken and forgiving those who had wronged him during the war. And that’s a crucial element of Zamperini’s story: His ultimate victory wasn’t just about getting back to the good old U. S. of A. in one piece, but learning what it took to come out psychologically whole as well. Jolie and her screenwriting team—talented folks like the Coen brothers, William Nicholson and Richard LaGravanese—are clearly uninterested in that part of the story. As far as they’re concerned, Fat Man and Little Boy send Louis Zamperini off to his happily ever after. Maybe it’s enough for some viewers that Unbroken works well on a purely visceral level, chronicling one determined American soldier’s refusal to curl up and die. It’s just hard not to find it frustrating when a movie that positions itself as a “triumph of the human spirit” story isn’t actually about the triumph of the human spirit. For Jolie and company, the part of Zamperini’s story that’s about the triumph of his human body appears to be sufficient. CW

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or large chunks of Into the Woods, it seems as though Rob Marshall is determined to do what we’re all told never works: turning a stage musical into a movie while resolutely retaining its “stageiness.” And that’s also when Into the Woods is at its most delightful. The Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical retains the basic structure that intertwines multiple fairy tales into one complex plot. While Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) tries to find her way to the ball, Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford) heads to grandmother’s house. And while Jack (Daniel Huttlestone) heads to town to sell his cow, The Baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) try to find the objects that will appease a witch (Meryl Streep) who has cursed them with childlessness. There’s not a lot of meat on the bones of the narrative, which touches on the moralizing, instructive nature of fairy tales while mostly providing a framework for Sondheim’s tunes. And while the composer is known for more complex melodies than the hummable show-stoppers favored in most musical theater, Into the Woods still offers an opportunity to hear great versions of “Agony,” It Takes Two,” “On the Steps of the Palace” and other terrific songs. But it’s perhaps most satisfying when Marshall opts for staging that emphasizes a theatrical brand of artifice, like the spray of “moonlight” with which he illuminates the Wolf (Johnny Depp), or the set piece involving Red Riding Hood’s rescue. Those elements make for an awkward mix with the Witch disappearing in a CGI cloud of smoke, or the Giant’s wife literally towering above the treetops. There’s a unique vision that almost gets a thorough exploration, until Marshall gets perhaps too timid about showing movie audiences the different kind of magic that gave life to this material in the first place. CW

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CINEMA CLIPS NEW THIS WEEK Information is correct at press time. Film release schedules are subject to change. Big Eyes HH It may be the least stereotypically Tim Burton-esque movie Tim Burton has made in years, so it’s a shame he doesn’t seem to know how to do it. He has a potentially fascinating real-life story to work with—the tale of how Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) became one of the most popular, successful artists in the world in the 1960s with iconic paintings of big-eyed waifs, despite the fact the actual painting was being done secretly by Walter’s wife, Margaret (Amy Adams). Working with his Ed Wood screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Burton teases with ideas about the period’s gender roles, as Margaret’s marriage to Walter and agreeing to deny her authorship are both driven by sexism. But it eventually becomes entirely about the abusive relationship between Margaret and Walter, bypassing the most complex emotions of Margaret’s plight while allowing Waltz to chew all available scenery on the way to a goofy tone shift of a courtroom finale. Burton can’t find a style that makes the story more than a flat, uninvolving chronology, and Big Eyes loses any possible bigger ideas in a big mess. Opens Dec. 25 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)—Scott Renshaw The Gambler HH.5 There are the things about a movie that drive you nuts, and the things that might make all that nuts-making worthwhile—and it’s not always easy to determine how those things measure out. Mark Wahlberg plays Jim Bennett: moderately well-regarded novelist, university lecturer and the titular addict to games of chance. He’s built up one big debt to some pretty bad guys, and he’s got seven days before those bad guys collect either his money or his life. On the minus side, there’s Wahlberg, who’s never convincing as a thrillseeking child of privilege, and a bland romance with a student played by Brie Larson, who deserves so much better. But on the plus side, there’s John Goodman’s terrific work as a perpetually sauna-ing underworld figure who gets an instantly quotable paean to the power of “F—k you” from William Monahan’s script. Indeed, The Gambler really only sings when the villains are center stage; it’s perfunctory enough the rest of the time that it starts to feel more like a half-hearted attempt at a comic-book movie, rather than the character study it seems designed to be. Opens Dec. 25 at theaters valleywide. (R)—SR The Imitation Game HH.5 If Oscar-courting biopics about British geniuses were Highlander (and isn’t that a lovely idea) then The Imitation Game would easily triumph over its irritating counterpart The Theory of Everything, which longs for prestige without putting in the necessary artistic work. The Imitation

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Game, on the other hand, is a cleverly wrought work with a stunning array of U.K. actors, all firing on all cylinders, led by the inimitable Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, who broke Nazi Germany’s “unbreakable” Enigma code in WWII—and, in so doing, essentially invented the computer—only to be accused of espionage and later prosecuted for homosexuality and driven to suicide by the British government. This story is told effectively in Graham Moore’s ingenious script, one of the hottest in Hollywood for some time before actually being produced. The production it receives here is standard-issue prestige drama stuff; the shot selection and cutting are rather dull, but its production design is handsome and precise, and it’s a fine actors’ showcase, though the supporting cast is so good as to almost overwhelm Cumberbatch (playing, for better and/or worse, a variation on his Sherlock Holmes) at times. Opens Dec. 25 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)—Danny Bowes Into the Woods HHH See review p. 40. Opens Dec. 25 at theaters valleywide. (PG) The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness HHH It could’ve just been a really solid DVD special feature, but Mami Sunada’s documentary goes behind the scenes at Japan’s legendary Studio Ghibli animation studio to get great material about the possible end of an era. The focus is on the creation of Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises, with frequent references to the possibility that this may be the great director’s final film. And Miyazaki makes for an intriguing character: seemingly fatalistic about the fate of the world in general and the art form in which he works, yet energized at times by a project that clearly has a personal resonance. Sunada teases with the possibility that her film might be just as much about the challenging business side of Studio Ghibli, as producer Toshio Suzuki wrestles with frequent delays in another project, Isao Takahata’s The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. But while there’s a missed opportunity to deal with the hard realities that forced Ghibli’s recent announcement that they will not be making any more features, there’s still a compelling portrait of one true genius still wrestling with how to do great work. Opens Dec. 26 at Tower Theatre. (NR)—SR Unbroken HH.5 See review p. 40. Opens Dec. 25 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)

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Annie HHH.5 It took about 30 seconds for Will Gluck to have me in the palm of his hand with his new version of the musical about the plucky orphan. Partly it’s the great casting: Quvenzhané Wallis delivering an irresistible Annie; Jamie Foxx appealingly vulnerable as the tycoon who becomes Annie’s guardian as a ploy to boost his mayoral campaign; Cameron Diaz as a bitter yet redeemable Mrs. Hannigan. But mostly it’s watching a creative team update a text without ruining it, from the percussive arrangements of familiar songs to creating a seamless transition of the plot to the 21st century. The new songs may fall flat, and the editing may not be ideal for a musical, but it’s hard to resist a family-friendly film this confident, energetic and genuinely funny without ever pandering. I think I’m gonna like it here, indeed. (PG)—SR

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies HH Jokes about the length (and number) of Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth films indicate a frustration at how he seems to have lost sight of the line between epic and “enough already.” Here he leaps in where The Desolation of Smaug ended, ultimately focusing on a grand battle for control of the Lonely Mountain. Cast-of-digitalthousands warfare ensues, and Jackson clearly excels at this scale of action filmmaking. But his insistence upon going big with this story means too many loose ends to tie up. And while Five Armies is the shortest of the Middle Earth films, there’s still a redundancy to virtually everything the movie counts on to connect with an audience. The final shot of old Bilbo being visited by Gandalf feels less like a linking piece than a threat: My God, this truly will never end. (PG-13)—SR

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“brave,” “experimental” and “mostly free of black T-shirts.” Maron (IFC) Marc Maron didn’t stray too far from the formula of his debut season in his second go-round: How difficult it is to be Marc Maron specifically, and a middle-aged white dude with a podcast in general. Still brilliant. Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) Season 2 leaned more dramatic than comedic, and pulled killer performances from everyone in (and out) of Litchfield Penitentiary. Creator Jenji Kohan is well on her way to achieving the heretoforethought impossible: Topping her previous series, Weeds. The Leftovers (HBO) Life sucks when you’re not Raptured, and The Leftovers was the ultimate summer-bummer wallow, not to mention the vehicle that finally made Justin Theroux matter. Rectify (Sundance) And while we’re on the topic of dramas filmed in Depress-oVision … damn. Longmire (A&E) In its third season, Longmire fully broke away from its Justified Out West trappings and became a gripping, dusty crime drama in its own right. A&E rewarded this creative triumph—and high ratings—with a cancellation notice in order to make way for more Duck Dynasty. Fortunately, Netflix came to the rescue and Season 4 will be streaming by late 2015. I’m beginning to understand you cable-cutters … CW Coming next week: Part 2—even more shows!

Orphan Black (BBC America) See Game of Thrones previously. Last Week With John Oliver (HBO) Sure, it’s a Daily Show knockoff with F-bombs—but those rants! Corporations, media, condiments—suck it! Everything the overblown Newsroom attempted over three seasons, Oliver nailed in 30 minutes. Legit (FXX) Poor Jim Jefferies. His Louie-like Legit finally got good by the end of its first season, then FX exiled it to the untested FXX for Season 2: No promotion, no viewers, just yelling into a vast, empty room. See what you missed on Netflix (along with Jefferies’ stand-up specials). Playing House (USA) Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham as almostuncomfortably close BFFs failed on network TV, but found a niche on cable with Playing House, which could be the first series ever to make pregnancy play funny and inclusive. Parks & Recreation (NBC) While excellent as ever, Season 6 probably should have been the last (maybe even halfway through), but at least we’ll get a proper sendoff for NBC’s last great Must-See comedy in 2015. Rick & Morty (Adult Swim) Few “get” Community, but Dan Harmon’s other TV project, the animated, simultaneously brainy and crude Rick & Morty—imagine Back to the Future with more universes, booze and malicious aliens—clicked immediately on Adult Swim. Louie (FX) Louis C.K. made us wait two years for a new season, then delivered 14 arty-if-not-always-funny installments of Louie, which were rightfully hailed as

with this dark, funny adaptation that faltered even fewer times than True Detective. Oh, you bet’cha. From Dusk Till Dawn (El Rey) Another film-to-TV transition that defied the haters, From Dusk Till Dawn expanded the 1996 cult classic into an even crazier, racier 10-episode ride where the definition of “the good guys” is subjective. Game of Thrones (HBO) Like anyone’s going to make a list without Game of Thrones. Get real. Silicon Valley (HBO) Mike Judge finally, if not intentionally, created the sequel to his Office Space with Silicon Valley, a hysterically profane (and tech-jargoned, at least at first) saga about programmers in waaay over their heads. If only Halt & Catch Fire had been half this much fun. Veep (HBO) Speaking of profane: VP Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her team continued to fail upward in Season 3, from WTF? to the brink of POTUS. Pray for your country. Bates Motel (A&E) Murder, drugs, love triangles, commercial zoning disputes— Bates Motel has it all! Norman (Freddie Highmore) became as intriguing as mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) in Season 2, no small feat, as did some of the supporting players. Why wait for Showtime’s Twin Peaks revival? It’s already here. Mad Men (AMC) Splitting the final season in half was a lousy idea (the Mad Men buzz is pretty much nil at this point), but those first seven episodes provided a course-correcting jolt that should make for a hell of a 2015 finale, whenever that happens (hopefully, not in the ’70s).

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True Detective (HBO) Creator/writer Nic Pizzolatto probably screwed himself by launching this mesmerizing crime anthology with stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson at the top of their respective games. Good luck following up these eight near-perfect episodes. Banshee (Cinemax) This left-field, visceral mashup of Justified, Twin Peaks and Fight Club went pulp-gonzo harder in Season 2, expanding the world of Banshee, Penn., just enough to introduce even more Amish mobster/Ukrainian thug mayhem. It’s that weird, and that cool. Shameless (Showtime) Things somehow got worse as they got better for the Gallagher clan in Season 4, with William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum delivering alternately heartbreaking and hilarious performances. This is America’s family. Justified (FX) Star Timothy Olyphant put his boot down and rescued Justified from becoming entirely Boyd’s (Walton Goggins) show in its fifth and penultimate season, and brought some new colorful characters along for the ride. Broad City (Comedy Central) Few comedies arrive as fully realized as Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer’s Broad City (though it did have a head start as a web series); their broke Brooklynites are the female flipside of Workaholics, only smarter, funnier and occasionally grosser. Helix (Syf y) Ronald D. Moore’s (Battlestar Galactica) arctic Andromeda Strain/Walking Dead hybrid crept up with no big splash, but it did earn a second season for 2015—catch up on Netflix now. The Americans (FX) Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys continued to out-spy Homeland while still stuck in Cold War 1981, facing down more danger (and wigs) than Carrie and Brody could ever imagine. Archer (FX) Meanwhile, Archer (codenamed Archer Vice) blew up its spy premise and dove face-first into cocaine and country music. Literally. House of Cards (Netflix) Vice president Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) delivered a shocking twist in the first episode of Season 2, and the train didn’t stop a-rollin’ from there. As with actual D.C. politics, it’s best not to think too hard about the machinations en route to the presidency. Fargo (FX) Lorne (Billy Bob Thornton), Lester (Martin Freeman) and Deputy Molly (Allison Tolman) shut down the “You can’t touch that movie” doubters from frame one

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The Stereo Room Opens in Orem If you’ve driven along Interstate 15 in Orem recently, you’ve probably already gotten a glimpse of The Stereo Room (521 N. 1200 West, 714-345-8163), located just off the east side of the freeway between 800 North and Center Street. Opened in November, The Stereo Room is a new all-ages venue and event center that showcases intimate performances by local and touring bands, in a city that usually gets overshadowed musically by its southern neighbor, Provo. The next show happening at The Stereo Room will be a New Year’s Eve bash featuring R&B/pop musician Mimi Knowles, John Allred and more on Wednesday, Dec. 31. To buy tickets in advance and find more information, visit TheStereoRoom.com.

Max Pain & the Groovies’ first full-length mines five years of raucous history. By Kolbie Stonehocker kstonehocker@cityweekly.net @vonstonehocker

f you could jump in a time machine and travel back through the mists to any date in Salt Lake City music-scene history, New Year’s Eve 2009 should be your first stop. That night, Max Pain & the Groovies put on their first-ever show—at their house, along with Spell Talk—and it set the mood for virtually every Groovies show to follow, with all the crucial elements in place: fire hazards, potential property damage and loud psych-rock havoc. “Tcoy’s [Troy Coughlin’s] drums caught on fire, Sammy Harper of Spell Talk pulled down a chandelier, and it was all in this house that we rented out with like six other dudes—just the craziest thing ever,” says guitarist Shane Preece. “I didn’t even have lyrics for that show,” adds lead vocalist and keyboardist David Johnson. “I just kind of karaoked it.” Almost exactly five years later, Max Pain & the Groovies have enough experience under their collective belt to school their past selves on what they definitely shouldn’t do and what they definitely should do when trying to make a band work. But it’s been a long, often frustrating journey to get to that point. “I think it takes a long time to actually learn what it takes to be a successful band and to get out on the road and to record properly—like you don’t just get handed that information when you first start, so it’s a lot of trial & error,” Johnson says. “And I think out of the five years, we’ve definitely finally gotten the right path to keep the band going.” One significant marker on that path is Max Pain & the Groovies’ new album, Electro Cosmic, their debut full-length and first release on vinyl, set to come out five years to the day since the band played that raucous house show. As a collection of songs ancient, old and relatively new, Electro Cosmic is an effective summary of the wild Max Pain & the Groovies tale thus far, an intoxicating head trip that encompasses the band’s early days as a purely instrumental project as well as their present creative firepower. The fact that it took Max Pain & the Groovies five years to release a full-length album isn’t for lack of trying. For what would’ve been their debut, “we had a lot of songs that we had tried recording previously a bunch of times with other people, and it just wasn’t working,” Coughlin says, thanks to getting matched up with producers whose styles were incompatible with the band’s vision. But even though that early album was scrapped, “We were like, ‘We need to release something because we’ve already grown so much as a band,’ ” Preece says. Determined to get a quality recording out to listeners, Max Pain & the Groovies decided to put their plans for a full-length on hold and instead focus on making an EP, teaming up this time with Mike Sasich of Man Vs. Music. Released in 2013, Max Pain & the Groovies is the result of the effortless connection between the band and Sasich. Loud, urgent, immediate and full of maniacal energy, the EP captures everything that makes Max Pain & the Groovies such an electrifying live act. Unsurprisingly, the band turned to Sasich again when it came time to record Electro Cosmic, and the experience was similarly productive. “It’s way stressful that even if you like track everything right, the person you’re gonna record with is going to make it sound all

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Max Pain & the Groovies (with honorary dog band member) have kept the party going for five years. not what you want,” Coughlin says. But with Sasich, the band was able to just “tell him exactly how we feel, and he makes it translate to the end product.” Electro Cosmic includes songs from a variety of Max Pain & the Groovies’ songwriting eras. It gets its name from the spacey but rockin’ track “Electro Cosmic Chronic Jam,” which, although it’s the final song on the album, is “literally one of the first jams” the band wrote, Coughlin says. The rest of the album is made up of older previously unreleased tracks such as “Charlie B” and “Spawn,” a couple of songs from the EP (“Spank Bank” and “Swlrvin’ ”) and new-new material, including “What You Wanna Hear,” spooky blood-boiler “Drip,” “Murder” and more. The tracklist’s variety shows that, in addition to ever-tightening and ever-sharpening their music, Max Pain & the Groovies have reached a never-before high level of creative chemistry. When writing music, the members of the current band lineup— completed by guitarist Dallin Smith and new bassist Kallan Campbell, who joined the band in 2013—have reached a point where each have the ability to bring his own style to the table, while keeping the sound cohesive. “Watching a song develop has been so crazy,” Preece says. “It’s weird because it’ll start with just one riff or one beat or one bass riff, and everyone will start adding stuff, and then we’ll come into this crazy sound where it’s just like, ‘Oh dude, this sounds right, it sounds like something that’s already been made up.’ And then you just fine-tune it.” Embedded in Electro Cosmic is a taste of the power that Max Pain & the Groovies brought to that house show so long ago. But its clear musical progression hints that the band is closing a chapter and moving forward. Electro Cosmic is “the next step we need to take,” Johnson says. “And just with like touring and playing a bunch of shows, we really [hadn’t] sat down and put the time aside to do it. But it’s a big relief I’d say to finally get it out there so we can now take the next step.” CW

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Muse Music Cafe Relocating Muse Music Cafe, long a fixture of University Avenue in Provo, is closing its doors at the end of this month. But owners Debby Phillips and Darcie Roy are determined to keep Muse closed only temporarily while they search for a new location that will better suit their vision for the venue. Until then, all of Muse’s 2015 shows have been canceled until further notice. Phillips and Roy plan to keep the future incarnation of Muse in Provo, and one notable difference will be that the cafe aspect will be gone for good—no more grilled-cheese sandwiches. But there is a lot of reason to look forward to a new & improved Muse. “We recognize that Muse Music is an integral part of the Provo and Utah music communities, and we promise Muse Music will be back and better than ever as soon as possible,” Roy states in a press release. For updates regarding future shows and the new location, visit Facebook. com/MuseMusicCafe.

City Weekly Music Awards are Now Best of Utah Music In February, City Weekly will again host its annual local-music showcases, where attendees and judges decide who will be named as the 2015 band, rapper/rap group and DJ of the year in March. One notable difference this year, though, is that what were once called the City Weekly Music Awards (CWMAs) have been renamed as Best of Utah Music. However, the competition is still designed to support local musicians and get their music in front of a wider audience. Stay tuned to CityWeekly. net/BestOfUtahMusic for more details, as well as January’s online poll, which will decide which 10 bands, rappers and DJs will perform at the showcases.

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Dark Seas, The Season of the Witch, Breakers, Red Telephone Psych Lake City has been putting on some killer local psychedelia showcases lately, and here’s yet another one to cleanse your brain of all that cheesy holiday music you’ve been hearing in every store since November, featuring Dark Seas, The Season of the Witch, Breakers and Red Telephone. Dark Seas’

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Elephant Revival Elephant Revival, Taarka  Elephant Revival’s two-night stint at The State Room last New Year’s Eve was such a success that the Colorado folk band is back again this year for another two evenings of music. Elephant Revival is still touring in support of its 2013 album, These Changing Skies—an ethereal but toe-tapping mix of traditional Americana acoustic goodness and ear-catching experimentation—but the band’s five members are in the process of writing new songs and will be playing some of them tonight. Also on the bill is Colorado acoustic band Taarka, who play an eclectic, fiddle-driven blend of Celtic folk, bluegrass and gypsy jazz, as heard on their latest album, 2013’s Adventures in Vagabondia. The State Room, 638 S. State, Dec. 30, 8 p.m., $30; also Dec. 31, 9 p.m., $50, VIP packages available, TheStateRoom. com; limited no-fee tickets available at CityWeeklyStore.com

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EVE Winter Fest: Westward the Tide, Fictionist, J Godina  There’s still plenty of classical and traditional music happening at Temple Square at 2014’s EVE Winter Fest, but compared to years past, this year’s downtown multi-venue party features more local artists to check out as well. Most of the performances will happen at EVE’s “headquarters” at The Salt Palace, notably indoors, so you can dance and watch comfortably, minus the chattering teeth and bulky layers. Local DJs will be spinning tunes the first two days of the

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Legends 2014: Feed Me, The Crystal Method, Overwerk  If you feel up to braving the drive, The Great Saltair is ringing in the new year with a massive dance party. At this year’s annual Legends party, a variety of national and international electro, dubstep and house artists will bring their brain-melting bass to the stage and get hundreds of partiers moving. The lineup includes British producers/DJs Feed Me and Overwerk, Los Angeles-based electronic duo The Crystal Method, Los Angeles bass/trap/ house producer Jackal, Salt Lake City electro duo Rokcity and the Midwest’s DJ Motto. The Great Saltair, 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna, 8 p.m., general admission $25, VIP $60, TheSaltair.com

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festival, but the music will ramp up leading to the big moment on New Year’s Eve. J Godina will perform at 6 p.m., DJ Matty Mo will do a set at 6:15 p.m., City Weekly’s 2014 Band of the Year Westward the Tide will bring their dynamic folk rock to the stage at 9 p.m., DJ Jarvicious will take to the decks at 9:30 p.m., and Provo alt-rock/pop band Fictionist will perform at 10:30 p.m. View the complete music schedule at EVESLC.com. The Salt Palace, 100 S. West Temple, times vary, $5-$20; limited no-fee tickets available at CityWeeklyStore.com

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Cheers takes enormous and well-deserved pride in its solidified status as a neighborhood bar. Across the sizable counter, bartenders and patrons hold conversations that occasionally drown out the plentiful TVs and jukebox jams. Outsiders can walk into the pub and easily find themselves pulled into the camaraderie. Rely on Cheers for free pool on Thursdays, acclaimed karaoke on Fridays and an always inviting, unpretentious air. 315 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-575-6400, CheersToYouSLC.com Canyon Inn

Canyon Inn’s location at the foot of Big Cottonwood Canyon makes it a favorite of skiers, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening during the warmer months— just that the crowd’s a bit more heavy on the locals. Throughout the year, Canyon Inn has events to keep you entertained, from the Outdoor Sunset Sessions concerts benefiting the Utah Food Bank in the summer, Tuesday’s Nights to Remember—featuring DJ Jpan and DJ Bentley—in the winter, and live music almost every weekend. Plus, the legendary Chicago-style pizza will keep your hunger at bay. Pool tables are free on weekdays. 3700 E. Fort Union Blvd., Salt Lake City, 801-943-6969, CanyonInnBar.com

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Swedish-born electronic artist Martin Stääf, known by his stage name Liquid Stranger, has made a name for himself in a competitive musical environment with his overt use of ambient themes and extremely heavy bass. Throughout his career, Liquid Stranger’s creations have been strongly influenced by videogame and movie soundtracks. This influence is noticeable on his latest project, The Renegade Crusade EP—released in April—which easily could have been the background music on a space-based sciencefiction video game like Mass Effect. Fellow electronic artists Life+ and Deejay Julliette are also on the bill. (Nathan Turner) Friday, Dec. 26 @ Area 51, 451 S. 400 West, 9 p.m., $13, Area51SLC.com

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Park City Stereo Sparks (Cisero’s) Who’s Bad? The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute (Egyptian Theatre) Zeds Dead (Park City Live) Bonanza Town (The Spur Bar & Grill)

Utah County DJ Jarvicious (The Madison) Bombshell Academy, Newborn Slaves (ABG’s)

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5 MONKEYS 7 E. 4800 South, Murray, 801266-1885, Karaoke, Free pool, Live music A BAR NAMED SUE 3928 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-274-5578, Trivia Tues., DJ Wed., Karaoke Thurs. A BAR NAMED SUE ON STATE 8136 S. State, SLC, 801-566-3222, Karaoke Tues. ABG’S LIBATION EMPORIUM 190 W. Center St., Provo, 801-373-1200, Live music ALLEGED 205 25th St., Ogden, 801-990-0692 AREA 51 451 S. 400 West, SLC, 801-534-0819, Karaoke Wed., ‘80s Thur., DJs Fri. & Sat. BAR DELUXE 666 S. State, SLC, 801-5322914, Live music & DJs THE BAR IN SUGARHOUSE 2168 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-485-1232 BAR-X 155 E. 200 South, SLC, 801-355-2287 BARBARY COAST 4242 S. State, Murray, 801-265-9889 BATTERS UP 1717 S. Main, SLC, 801-4634996, Karaoke Tues., Live music Sat. THE BAYOU 645 S. State, SLC, 801-9618400, Live music Fri. & Sat. BOURBON HOUSE 19 E. 200 South, SLC, 801746-1005, Local jazz jam Tues., Karaoke Thur., Live music Sat., Funk & soul night Sun. BREWSKIS 244 25th St., Ogden, 801-3941713, Live music BURT’S TIKI LOUNGE 726 S. State, SLC, 801-521-0572, Live music CANYON INN 3700 E. Fort Union, SLC, 801943-6969, DJs CAROL’S COVE II 3424 S. State, SLC, 801466-2683, Karaoke Thur., DJs & Live music Fri. & Sat. The Century CLUB 315 24th St., Ogden, 801-781-5005, DJs CHEERS TO YOU 315 S. Main, SLC, 801575-6400 CHEERS TO YOU Midvale 7642 S. State, 801-566-0871 CHUCKLE’S LOUNGE 221 W. 900 South, SLC, 801-532-1721 CIRCLE LOUNGE 328 S. State, SLC, 801-5315400, DJs CISERO’S 306 Main, Park City, 435-649-5044, Karaoke Thur., Live music & DJs CLUB 48 16 E. 4800 South, Murray, 801262-7555 CLUB 90 9065 S. 150 West, Sandy, 801-5663254, Trivia Mon., Poker Thur., Live music Fri. & Sat., Live bluegrass Sun. CLUB DJ’S 3849 W. 5400 South, Murray, 801964-8575, Karaoke Tues., Thur. & Sun., Free pool Wed. & Sun., DJ Fri. & Sat. CLUB TRY-ANGLES 251 W. 900 South, SLC, 801-364-3203, Mid-week movie Wed., Karaoke Thur., DJs Fri. & Sat. club x 445 S. 400 West, SLC, 801-9354267, DJs, Live music THE COMPLEX 536 W. 100 South, SLC, 801528-9197, Live music CRUZRS SALOON 3943 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-272-1903, Free pool Wed. & Thurs., Karaoke Fri. & Sat. DAWG POUND 3350 S. State, SLC, 801-2612337, Live music THE DEERHUNTER PUB 2000 N. 300 West, Spanish Fork, 801-798-8582, Live music Fri. & Sat. THE DEPOT 400 W. South Temple, SLC, 801355-5522, Live music

DEVIL’S DAUGHTER 533 S. 500 West, SLC, 801-532-1610, Karaoke Wed., Live music Fri. & Sat. DONKEY TAILS CANTINA 136 E. 12300 South, Draper, 801-571-8134. Karaoke Wed.; Live music Tues., Thurs. & Fri. Live DJ Sat. DOWNSTAIRS 625 Main, Park City, 435226-5340, Live music & DJs ELIXIR LOUNGE 6405 S. 3000 East, Holladay, 801-943-1696 The Fallout 625 S. 600 West, SLC, 801953-6374, Live Music FAT’S GRILL 2182 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-484-9467, Live music THE FILLING STATION 8987 W. 2700 South, Magna, 801-250-1970, Karaoke Thur. FLANAGAN’S ON MAIN 438 Main, Park City, 435-649-8600, Trivia Tues., Live music Fri. & Sat. FOX HOLE PUB & GRILL 7078 S. Redwood Road, West Jordan, 801-566-4653, Karaoke & Live music FUNK ’N DIVE BAR 2550 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-621-3483, Live music THE GARAGE 1199 Beck St., SLC, 801-5213904, Live music GINO’S 3556 S. State, SLC, 801-268-1811, Live music GRACIE’S 326 S. West Temple, SLC, 801-8197565, Live music, DJs THE GREAT SALTAIR 12408 W. Saltair Drive, Magna, 801-250-6205, Live music THE GREEN PIG PUB 31 E. 400 South, SLC, 801-532-7441, Live music Thur.-Sat. HABITS 832 E. 3900 South, SLC, 801-2682228, Poker Mon., Ladies night Tues., ’80s night Wed., Karaoke Thur., DJs Fri. & Sat. HIGHLANDER 6194 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-277-8251, Karaoke 7 nights a week THE HOG WALLOW PUB 3200 E. Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, SLC, 801-733-5567, Live music The HOTEL/Club ELEVATE 155 W. 200 South, SLC, 801-478-4310, DJs HUKA BAR & GRILL 151 E. 6100 South, Murray, 801-281-9665, Reggae Tues., DJs Fri. & Sat. IN THE VENUE/CLUB SOUND 219 S. 600 West, SLC, 801-359-3219, Live music & DJs INFERNO CANTINA 122 W. Pierpont Ave., SLC, 801-883-8838, DJs Tues.-Sat. JACKALOPE LOUNGE 372 S. State, SLC, 801-359-8054, DJs JAM 751 N. 300 West, SLC, 801-891-1162, Karaoke Tues., Wed. & Sun., DJs Thur.-Sat. JOHNNY’S ON SECOND 165 E. 200 South, SLC, 801-746-3334, DJs Tues. & Fri., Karaoke Weds., Live music Sat. KARAMBA 1051 E. 2100 South, SLC, 801696-0639, DJs KEYS ON MAIN 242 S. Main, SLC, 801-3633638, Karaoke Tues. & Wed., Dueling pianos Thur.-Sat. KILBY COURT 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), SLC, 801-364-3538, Live music, all ages KRISTAUF’S 16 W. Market St., SLC, 801-9431696, DJ Fri. & Sat. THE LEPRECHAUN INN 4700 S. 900 East, Murray, 801-268-3294 LIQUID JOE’S 1249 E. 3300 South, SLC, 801467-5637, Live music Tues.-Sat. The Loading Dock 445 S. 400 West, SLC, 385-229-4493, Live music, all ages

LUCKY 13 135 W. 1300 South, SLC, 801-4874418, Trivia Wed. LUMPY’S DOWNTOWN 145 Pierpont Ave., SLC, 801-938-3070 LUMPY’S HIGHLAND 3000 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-484-5597 THE MADISON/THE COWBOY 295 W. Center St., Provo, 801-375-9000, Live music, DJs MAXWELL’S EAST COAST EATERY 9 Exchange Place, SLC, 801-328-0304, Poker Tues., DJ Fri. & Sat. METRO BAR 615 W. 100 South, SLC, 801652-6543, DJs THE MOOSE LOUNGE 180 W. 400 South, SLC, 801-900-7499, DJs MUSE MUSIC CAFÉ 151 N. University Ave., Provo, Open mic, live music, all ages NO NAME SALOON 447 Main, Park City, 435-649-6667 PARK CITY LIVE 427 Main, Park City, 435649-9123, Live music PAT’S BBQ 155 W. Commonwealth Ave., SLC, 801-484-5963, Live music Thurs.-Sat., All ages The penalty box 3 W. 4800 South, Murray, 801-590-9316, Karaoke Tues., Live Music, DJs PIPER DOWN 1492 S. State, SLC, 801-4681492, Poker Mon., Acoustic Tues., Trivia Wed., Bingo Thurs. POPLAR STREET PUB 242 S. 200 West, SLC, 801-532-2715, Live music Thur.-Sat. THE RED DOOR 57 W. 200 South, SLC, 801363-6030, DJ Fri., Live jazz Sat. THE ROYAL 4760 S. 900 East, SLC, 801590-9940, Live music SANDY STATION 8925 Harrison St., Sandy, 801-255-2078 SCALLYWAGS 3040 S. State, SLC, 801604-0869 THE SPUR BAR & GRILL 352 Main, Park City, 435-615-1618, Live music THE STATE ROOM 638 S. State, SLC, 800501-2885, Live music SUGARHOUSE PUB 1992 S. 1100 East, SLC, 801-413-2857 THE TAVERNACLE 201 E. 300 South, SLC, 801-519-8900, Dueling pianos Wed.-Sat., Karaoke Sun.-Tues. TIN ANGEL CAFE 365 W. 400 South, SLC, 801-328-4155, Live music THE URBAN LOUNGE 241 S. 500 East, SLC, 801-746-0557, Live music VELOUR 135 N. University Ave., Provo, 801818-2263, Live music, All ages WASTED SPACE 342 S. State, SLC, 801-5312107, DJs Thur.-Sat. THE WESTERNER 3360 S. Redwood Road, West Valley City, 801-972-5447, Live music WILLIE’S LOUNGE 1716 S. Main, SLC, 760-828-7351, Trivia Wed., Karaoke Fri.-Sun., Live music THE WOODSHED 60 E. 800 South, SLC, 801-364-0805, Karaoke Sun. & Tues., Open jam Wed., Reggae Thur., Live music Fri. & Sat. ZEST KITCHEN & BAR 275 S. 200 West, SLC, 801-433-0589, DJs

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Hell is the suffering of being unable to love,” wrote novelist J.D. Salinger. Using that definition, I’m happy to announce that you have a good chance of avoiding hell altogether in 2015. If there has been any deficiency in your power to express and bestow love, I think you will correct it. If you have been so intent on getting love that you have been neglectful in giving love, you will switch your focus. I invite you to keep a copy of this horoscope in your wallet for the next 12 months. Regard it as your “Get Out of Hell Free” card. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Beetles are abundant and ubiquitous. Scientists have identified more than 350,000 species, and they are always discovering new ones. In 2011, for example, they conferred official recognition on 3,485 additional types of beetles. I’m seeing a parallel development in your life, Taurus. A common phenomenon that you take for granted harbors mysteries that are worth exploring. Something you regard as quite familiar actually contains interesting features you don’t know about. In 2015, I hope you will open your mind to the novelties and exotica that are hidden in plain sight. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) was an influential French chef who defined and standardized the five “mother sauces.” But he wasn’t content to be a star in his own country. At the age of 44, he began his “conquest of London,” bringing his spectacular dining experience to British restaurants. He thought it might be hard to sell his new clientele on frog legs, a traditional French dish, so he resorted to trickery. On the menu, he listed it as “Nymphs of the Dawn.” According to my reading of the omens, this is an example of the hocus-pocus that will be your specialty in 2015. And I suspect you will get away with it every time as long as your intention is not selfish or manipulative, but rather generous and constructive.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) When he was 37 years old, actor Jack Nicholson found out that Ethel May, the woman he had always called his mother, was in fact his grandma. Furthermore, his “older sister” June was actually his mom, who had given birth to him when she was 17. His relatives had hidden the truth from him. I suspect that in 2015 you will uncover secrets and missing information that will rival Nicholson’s experience. Although these revelations may initially be confusing or disruptive, in the long run they will heal and liberate you. Welcome them! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “Meupareunia” is an English word that refers to a sexual adventure in which only one of the participants has a good time. I’ll be bold and predict that you will not experience a single instance of meupareunia in 2015. That’s because I expect you’ll be steadily upgrading your levels of empathy and your capacity for receptivity. You will be getting better and better at listening to your intimate allies and reading their emotional signals. I predict that synergy and symbiosis will be your specialties. Both your desire to please and your skill at giving pleasure will increase, as will your understanding of how many benefits you can reap by being a responsive partner.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “Be good and you will be lonesome,” said Mark Twain. Do you agree? I don’t—at least as it applies to your life in 2015. According to my understanding of the long-term astrological omens, you will attract an abundance of love and luck by being good—by expressing generosity, deepening your compassion, cultivating integrity and working for justice, truth and beauty. That doesn’t mean you should be a pushover or doormat. Your LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) resolve to be good must be leavened by a determination to “On some nights I still believe,” said rascal journalist Hunter deepen your self-respect. Your eagerness to do the right thing S. Thompson, “that a car with the gas needle on empty can run has to include a commitment to raising your levels of self-care.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “It is always important to know when something has reached its end,” writes Paulo Coelho in his book The Zahir. Use this advice heroically in 2015, Virgo. Wield it to clear away anything that no longer serves you, that weighs you down or holds you back. Prepare the way for the new story that will begin for you around your next birthday. “Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters,” Coelho says, “it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” That quote is attributed to both Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky and Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Regardless of who said it, I urge you to keep it in mind throughout 2015. Like all of us, you are trapped in an invisible prison: a set of beliefs or conditioned responses or bad habits that limit your freedom to act. That’s the bad news. The good news is that in the coming months, you are poised to discover the exact nature of your invisible prison, and then escape it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) In Don DeLillo’s novel Underworld, Cotter Martin is a young boy living in New York in the 1950s. The following description is about him. “In school they tell him sometimes to stop looking out the window. This teacher or that teacher. The answer is not out there, they tell him. And he always wants to say that’s exactly where the answer is.” I propose we regard this passage as one of your themes in 2015, Leo. In other words, be skeptical of any authority who tells you where you should or should not be searching for the answers. Follow your own natural inclination, even if at first it seems to be nothing more than looking out the window.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Twenty miles long, the Onyx River is the longest body of moving water on the continent of Antarctica. Most of the year it’s ice, though. It actually flows for just two or three months during the summer. Let’s hope that continues to be the case for the foreseeable future. It would be a shame if global warming got so extreme that the Onyx melted permanently. But now let’s talk about your own metaphorical equivalent of the Onyx: a potentially flowing part of your life that is often frozen. I’d love to see it heat up and thaw. I’d love it to be streaming and surging most of the time. And in 2015, I think that’s a distinct possibility. Consider making the following declaration your battle cry: I am the Flow Master!

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) The entomologist Charles P. Alexander (1889-1981) devoted much of his professional life to analyzing the insect known as the crane fly. He identified over 11,000 different species, drew 15,000 illustrations of the creatures, and referred to his lab as “Crane Fly Haven.” That’s the kind of single-minded intention I’d love to see you adopt during the first six months of 2015, Cancerian. What I’m imagining is that you will choose a specific, well-defined area within which you will gleefully explore and experiment and improvise. Is there a subject or task or project you would have fun pursuing with that kind of intensity?

about 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.” In 2015, I invite you to adopt some of that push-it-tothe-edge attitude for your personal use, Libra. Maybe not full time; maybe not with the same manic intensity that Thompson did. Rather, simply tap into it as needed—whenever you’ve got to up your game or raise your intensity level or rouse the extra energy you need TO ACHIEVE TOTAL, WONDROUS, RESOUNDING VICTORY!!! The coming months will be your time to go all the way, hold nothing back, and quest for the best and the most and the highest.

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