City Weekly Feb 5, 2015

C I T Y W E E K LY. N E T

F E B RUA RY 5 , 2 0 1 5 | VO L . 3 1

N0. 39

In the shadow of Rio Tinto Stadium, garage owner Robbie Maupin fights a municipal land grab.

By Stephen Dark

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

2 | february 5, 2015

CWCONTENTS COVER STORY Garage Grit

In the shadow of Rio Tinto Stadium, garage owner Robbie Maupin fights a municipal land grab.

Cover photo by Niki Chan

15 4 6 8 19 25 32 35 36 51

CONTRIBUTOR

LETTERS opinion NEWS A&E DINE CINEMA true tv MUSIC COMMUNITY

cityweekly

Katharine Biele

Hits & Misses, p. 8 Born in Salt Lake City, Katharine started her journalism career in the 1970s in Taiwan as a reporter for The China Post.

She also was a stringer for Newsweek and NBC News, when it had enough money for a 24-hour news service. @KathyBiele

.net

GAVIN’S UNDERGROUND

Orem High radio station KOHS

Facebook.com/SLCWeekly

FOOD & DRINK

Straight Line Wines at Martine

Twitter: @CityWeekly • Deals at cityweeklystore.com

Enter to Win a screening pass to

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE!

Visit CityWeekly.net/freestuff.

New contests put up weekly!

Your online guide to more than 1,750 bars and restaurant • Up-to-the-minute articles and blogs at CityWeekly.net/Daily

AM/FM/CD/MP3/WMA RECEIVER

AM/FM/CD/USB/MP3 RECEIVER

8LO INPUT ÝK?@JÛI<:<@M<IÛ?8JÛ ÛN8KKJÛF=ÛGFN<IÛKFÛ ÛÛ SPEAKERS. Ý~ÛJ<KÛF=ÛI:8ÛGI<¤FLKJÛKFÛ?FFBÛLGÛ8ÛGFN<IÛÛ ÛÛÛ8DGC@=@<IÛ=FIÛ9<KK<IÛJFLE;ÛHL8C@KP ÝK?@JÛI<:<@M<IÛ?8JÛ8Û=IFEKÛ8LOÛGFIKÛKFÛ?FFBÛÛ ÛÛÛLGÛ8ÛDG ÛGC8P<I Û@GF; ÛFIÛ8EÛ@G?FE<Û=FIÛÛ ÛÛÛDFI<ÛDLJ@:ÛFGK@FEJ Ý;<K8:?89C<Û=8:<ÛGC8K<

00

ÛP<8IÛ WARRANTY W/ DEALER @EJK8CC8K@FE

•300 WATTS RMS •1000 WATTS PEAK

WAS: ~

9999 EA

$

ALSO AVAILABLE IN

=FIÛ:IPJK8CÛ:C<8IÛ?8E;JÛ=I<<Û :8CC@E>Û¬Û8L;@FÛJKI<8D@E>

EA

279

68 EA

00

$

12” SUBWOOFER

PRIME SERIES AMPLIFIER

ÝÛ~ ÛN8KKJÛIDJ ÝÛ ÛN8KKJÛG<8B ÝÛ Û:?8EE<CÛ8DG

DVD/AM/FM/CD/USB/6.2" WVGA TOUCHSCREEN MONITOR RECEIVER

10” PRIME SERIES R1

ALSO AVAILABLE IN A

i29

99

$

J@E>C<ÛMF@:<Û:F@C

ii9

99

$

99

$

Ý ÛI:8ÛGI<¤FLKJÛKFÛ?FFBÛLGÛDLCK@GC<Û8DGC@=@<IJÛ=FIÛ9<KK<IÛJFLE;ÛÛ ÛÛÛHL8C@KPÛ8E;Û:FEKIFC ÝLJ9Û@EGLKÛ=FIÛGC8P@E>Û8E;Û:?8I>@E>ÛDG ÛGC8P<IJ Û@GF;Û8E;Û@G?FE<J ÝPFLÛ:8EÛ?FFBÛLGÛI<8IÛM@<NÛ:8D<I8JÛKFÛK?@JÛI<:<@M<I ÝPFLÛ:8EÛ?FFBÛLGÛJK<<I@E>ÛN?<<CÛ:FEKIFCJÛKFÛK?@JÛI<:<@M<I

•400 WATTS RMS •1200W WATTS PEAK

WAS: ~

ii999 EA

$

EA

90 OPTION 99

W/ BUILT-IN DVD

DAY PAYMENT

239

$

EA

OF DOING IT RIGHT

•INSTALLATION •KNOWLEDGE •SELECTION

•PRICE •PRODUCT •SERVICE

W W W.S O U N D WA R E H O U S E U TA H.C O M 10AM TO 7PM

FREE LAYAWAY

MONDAY–SATURDAY CLOSED SUNDAY

SLC 2763 S. STATE: 485-0070

NO

CREDIT NEEDED

Se Habla Español

PAYMENT 90 DAY OPTION

Habla Habla s /'$%. 7!,, !6% SeEspañol s /2%- . 34!4% SeEspañol

MODEL CLOSE-OUTS, DISCONTINUED ITEMS AND SOME SPECIALS ARE LIMITED TO STOCK ON HAND AND MAY INCLUDE DEMOS. PRICES GUARANTEED THRU 02/11/15

february 5, 2015 | 3

HOURS

| CITY WEEKLY |

www.SoundWarehouseUtah.com/financing

ÛP<8IÛ WARRANTY W/ DEALER @EJK8CC8K@FE

36 YEARS

STARTING AT NO lease / purchase CREDIT 70% approval$rate 99NEEDED

I79

J@E>C<ÛMF@:<Û:F@C

progressive

12” SUBWOOFER

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

58

$

ÝÛK?@JÛI<:<@M<IÛ?8JÛ~ÛI:8ÛGI<¤FLKÛKFÛ ?FFBÛLGÛ8ÛGFN<IÛ8DGC@=@<IÛ=FIÛ9<KK<IÛ JFLE;ÛHL8C@KPÛ8E;ÛDFI<Û:FEKIFC

10” SUBWOOFER

| cityweekly.net |

10” SUBWOOFER ÝÛ ÛF?DÛJ@E>C<ÛMF@:<Û:F@C ÝÛ ÛN8KKJÛG<8B ÝÛJK8DG<;ÛJK<<CÛFRAME ÝÛ~ ÛN8KKJÛIDJ

69

99

$

USB INPUT K?@JÛI<:<@M<IÛ?8JÛ=IFEKÛLJ9ÛKFÛ 8LO 8CCFNÛPFLÛKFÛ:?8I><Û8E;ÛGC8PÛ INPUT 8ÛDG ÛGC8P<I Û@GF;ÛFIÛ@G?FE<

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

4 | february 5, 2015

Letters Applause for the Church

I was both shocked and overjoyed upon hearing that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has decided to support the passage of a statewide nondiscrimination law in Utah [“Hearing Voices,” Jan. 29, City Weekly].

The fact that people can be fired from their jobs or evicted from their homes simply for being who they are sickens me. It is completely antithetical to the concept of loving one another.

I applaud the church for taking this historic step in the fight to eradicate hateful discrimination from society, and I beseech everyone who believes in human rights to please contact your representatives and urge them to hasten the passage of nondiscrimination legislation.

Ryan Curtis Salt Lake City

COMMENTS FROM THE WEB “Cop Talk,” Jan. 28

Shauna Maria: Don’t back down, Angela! You’re in the right! Censoring is censoring, and f—k the people who are too closed-minded and childish to understand that.

Mad props for walking into that lion’s den. That took a lot of bravery. People on either side of any spectrum get so deep into their beliefs that they drown in them. It’s just perspective.

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.

Charles Trentelman: I’m very surprised at Jesse Fruhwirth’s attitude, considering his own history working for newspapers, which, I hope, are still a bastion of free speech.

That means, of course, supporting all speech, not just the speech you agree with. I don’t think the officer is spreading hate speech or advocating anything wrong or illegal. Really, it’s a valuable column.

Don’t like it? Read another newspaper.

Dale Kemp: They’re right, they can’t take it down.

If you disagree with the cop, you should convince others with your own arguments, not try to silence the opposition as if their point of view doesn’t even exist. That’s what letters to the editor are all about.

I think I need to start reading SLUG Magazine.

“Nursing a Grudge,” Jan. 21

Jamie Sharp: I am an alumnus of Salt Lake Community College, from way back in 1991. It was a great program!

I’ve watched SLCC student nurses come and go at the hospitals I’ve worked at over the last 25 years. I have watched them get worse and worse every year. I wondered what in the world was being taught out there and what had happened to the great clinical skills that used to come from the students at SLCC. I rarely tell people anymore that I graduated from there. Sad, isn’t it?

rnwannabe: I miss some of the amazing teachers who inspired me while at SLCC. I am not here to throw blame. I just wish for the good of the program and students, there could have been more collaboration and compromise. Hopefully, going forward, things will improve. There are a lot of students who I think feel frustration at the apparent lack of organization and communication at the beginning of this semester. There is only one antidote to the fear created by shaky footing, and it’s earning the trust of those who feel most vulnerable and worried right now. The students are already stressed to the limit. Create stability. Show us you’re solid, and we can count on you to hear us out. Not to try to control us, but win our confidence by keeping promises and maintaining communication and by building a rapport with us. … I will say one last thing: Orientation could have gone a lot better if it was centered more on how can we do better. And, “This is who we are, and we want you all to do well this semester and will do whatever it takes to contribute to your success” versus “Don’t question and think happy thoughts.” Just sayin’.

Staff Business/Office

Publisher

JOHN SALTAS

Accounting Manager CODY WINGET Associate Business Manager Paula saltas Office Administrator CELESTE NELSON Technical Director BRYAN MANNOS

General Manager ANDY SUTCLIFFE Interim Editor JERRE WROBLE

Senior Editors

News Editor STEPHEN DARK Arts &Entertainment Editor scott renshaw

Marketing

Marketing Manager Jackie Briggs Marketing/Events Coordinator Nicole Enright The Word ERIN COLVIN, LAUREN TAGGE, JANE LYON, LAUREN ROSE SPENCER, LILY WETTERLIN, GARY ABBREDERIS, TINA TRUONG, ELLEN YAKISH, THOMAS TOGISALA

Editorial

Digital Editor bill frost Music Editor KOLBIE STONEHOCKER Copy Editor Brandon burt Staff Writers COLBY FRAZIER, ERIC S. PETERSON Intern Tiffany Frandsen, Sam Florence Columnists KATHARINE BIELE, TED SCHEFFLER

Circulation

Circulation Manager LARRY CARTER

Sales

Contributors Cecil ADAms, Deann Armes, DAnny Bowes, Rob Brezsny, niki chan, Aimee L. Cook, geoff griffin, Rachel Piper, Gavin Sheehan, brian staker, Jacob Stringer, Roland Sweet, patrick wall, andrew wright

Digital Operations Manager ANNA PAPADAKIS Senior Account Executives DOUG KRUITHOF, kathy mueller Retail Account Executives Jeff Chipian, Andrea Moore, Pete Saltas, JEREMIAH SMITH City Weekly Store Assistant Manager ALISSA DIMICK Senior Account Director Jennifer van grevenhof

Production

Production Manager/Art Director SUSAN KRUITHOF Assistant Production Manager dEREK CARLISLE Graphic Artists Summer Montgomery, BJ VIEHL

National Advertising

VMG Advertising 888-278-9866 www.vmgadvertising.com

Salt Lake City Weekly is published every Thursday by Copperfield Publishing Inc. The Salt Lake City Weekly is an independent publication dedicated to alternative news and news sources, and serves as a comprehensive entertainment guide. 55,000 copies of the Salt Lake City Weekly are free of charge at more than 1,800 locations along the Wasatch Front, limit one copy per reader. Additional copies of the paper may be purchased for $1 (Best of Utah and other special issues, $5) payable to the Salt Lake City Weekly in advance. No person, without expressed permission of Copperfield Publishing Inc., may take more than one copy of any Salt Lake City Weekly issue. No portion of the Salt Lake City Weekly may be reproduced in whole or part by any means, including electronic retrieval systems, without the written permission of the Publisher. Third-Class postage paid at Midvale, UT. Delivery may take one week. All Rights Reserved. ®

All Contents © 2015

Phone 801-575-7003 E-mail comments@cityweekly.net 248 S. Main, Salt Lake City, UT 84101

City Weekly is Registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Copperfield Publishing Inc. John Saltas City Weekly founder

printed on recycled paper

| cityweekly.net |

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 5

| cityweekly.net |

Faith Wars

I saw an amazing headline in The Salt Lake Tribune this past week. Well, I saw it online and am not sure it was also printed. Over a story about a pre-dawn car pileup in some dense fog on Interstate 84 near Baker, Ore., that involved more than 50 vehicles holding 100-plus passengers (of which at least 12 were hospitalized), this headline appeared: “Mormon farm boy crushed between two semis tells a remarkable story of survival.”

If you see the photos, you, too, will agree that his survival was remarkable.

Remarkable as it was, however, the story—no doubt aided and abetted by that headline and the subsequent subhead that reads, “BYU grad’s story was a lifeaffirming moment, not a life changing one, largely because of his strong religious beliefs”—quickly began generating derisive comments about all things Mormon, life in Utah and further evidence that The Salt Lake Tribune will soon become a propaganda arm of the LDS Church, à la the Deseret News. Of the hundreds of comments the story generated, plus apparently a sizeable number that were deleted by the Tribune comment-board hall monitor, one or two comments even wished the local Mormon farm boy, Kaleb Whitby, a safe and healthy recovery.

Authored by reporter Andrew Theen, the story first appeared in The Oregonian newspaper on Jan. 17, 2015. A subsequent update appeared shortly thereafter with more details. That would have been that but on Jan. 30, 2015, the Oregonian published a more personal angle of the story including details about Whitby’s education (BYU), religion (LDS) and his farming background (childhood farm of 1,000 acres). The story was released on the wire services and picked up by KSL and The Salt Lake Tribune. KSL had earlier run a piece about the accident since Whitby has ties to Utah County. But when both local news outlets picked the human-interest piece, all chrome broke loose.

6 | february 5, 2015

| CITY WEEKLY |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

PRIVATE EY KSL did not change the headline of the Oregonian story. The Tribune did, making it appear to some readers that only Mormons survive such travails or are capable of reaffirming faith by life-altering experiences. That’s simply not true. For example, on Feb. 26, 2014, The Salt Lake Tribune ran a story about pastor James Coots of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name church in Middlesboro, Ky. Coots, a snake handler once featured in the National Geographic Channel program Snake Salvation, had been bitten by a rattlesnake during a service. He died. The Tribune headline reads, “Death of Kentucky snake handler doesn’t stop church practice.”

Perhaps due to lacking the word Mormon in the headline or anywhere else, there are no comments under this story.

Or there are none because they were once there and somebody’s God took them away. Don’t know.

But today there are none. Nada. Kaput.

The followers of Coots reportedly took his death to be an affirmation of their faith.

Same with Whitby in that his survival was also taken as an affirmation of his own life. That sounds like a fantastic system— you win if you lose, and you win if you win, much like a card dealer who can deal from the top or bottom of a deck depending on the outcome he wants. Coots may have survived his snakebite but he refused any medical help. It may not have mattered.

One of Coots’ congregants believes that, if not for the snake, something else would have killed him that day anyway.

As for Whitby, he and the others injured were transported to Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City, Ore., where he was treated with two Band-Aids and released. St. Alphonsus, by the way, is a popular Catholic saint who, via education and lots of published writings, established himself as living a life not only dedicated to saving his own soul but also to saving

STAFF BOX

Readers can comment at cityweekly.net

B Y J O H N S A LTA S @johnsaltas

the most abandoned of souls. I could find no mention of the grace of St. Alphonsus in the Tribune story, and he most certainly wasn’t referenced in the headline. Maybe he had nothing to do with this particular miracle. Maybe he did. Who knows?

Well, no one does, which makes it all the more dicey to refer to any religion, tenet, or belief as a basis for a saved life or an intercepted pass with no time left on the clock to end a Super Bowl football game. For, if there’s to be any substantive meaning in any life or moment, one cannot interject that their own salvation— or touchdown—is more deserving than the equally pious life that was lost—or intercepted upon. Just call me a dumb Greek Orthodox person, but I don’t think it works that way.

You can even call me dumb for being Greek Orthodox in the first place, but the religion came with the turf, and I wear it. Same as I wear the fact I come from Mormon Battalion pioneer stock, too. Yeah, long story, and I’ve told it before, but I don’t think for a moment that Whitby’s faith saved his life.

The Tribune headline writer believes faith was a factor. Otherwise, he or she would not have ignited yet another religious firestorm, and the story would have stood on its own merits as a great story.

I’m not alone in thinking that the Tribune lights these fires intentionally, a veritable newspaper arsonist, as it were. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a headline in tomorrow’s paper that reads, “Thousands of Mormon commuters survive early-morning rush-hour traffic,” with the subhead, “Only to be run over by non-Mormon Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, who was last in Jimmy John’s spandex speeding down Main Street on his single-gear bike.” CW

I don’t think for a moment that Whitby’s Faith saved his life.

Has your faith (or lack therof) ever saved you from disaster?

Scott Renshaw: Only to the extent that guilt and shame prevented me from doing things that probably would have killed me.

BJ Viehl: My atheism has not saved me from disaster yet, but I have eaten a lot of babies.

Derek Carlisle: I pray all the time, but Mia Love still made it to office, women still scream when they see each other, and I wake with a bloodshot eye every time I get into the whiskey jar.

Cody Winget: No, unfortunately, faith has usually led me to disaster, albeit minor ones.

Jackie Briggs: Sometimes I think my lack of faith will save me in my old age. I’ve witnessed firsthand a number of my senior relatives’ minds turn to religious doom and destruction. I, on the other hand, will hopefully just be drunk on Champagne wearing nothing but animal prints, if anything at all, in my twilight years.

Pete Saltas: I used to be well known for punching random things when perturbed. My Hall of Fame hit list includes marble walls, brick walls, regular walls and U-Hauls. Now I simply think of delicious Reese’s Peanut Butter cups, count to 10, and I’ve calmed myself away from another misfortune. (Those are battles never to be won anyway.)

Jeff Reese: I was introduced to Eastern philosophy when I was about 13 and that helped me to build some criticalthinking skills. That moved me away from the Mormonism of my childhood neighborhood. Not subscribing to faith is what saved me from disaster.

Send feedback to john@cityweekly.net

new year, new you PRESENT THIS AD TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE GIFT SALONS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK SUGARHOUSE

LANDISSALON.COM

1298 S. 900 E. Salt Lake City 801.485.5506

CITY CREEK

51 S. Main Street Salt Lake City 801.746.0349

MARMALADE 569 N. 300 W. Salt Lake City 801.364.3354

OPEN ALL WINTER

“Take your pleasure seriously”

Gift certificates available for your scooterist!

-Charles Eames

U+Õ> ÌÞÊ/ ÞÃÊ U1 µÕiÊ }iÀ i

558 E a st 21 00 S ou t h | blueplanetscooters.com

Gift Certificates Available

Classes to enhance your

Valentines Day.

247 E. 300 S. S.L.C.

| cityweekly.net |

Let’s clear the air...

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

2015 Crosstrek Hybrid

CW.MMSUBARU.COM

february 5, 2015 | 7

SALT LAKE CITY • 3535 S. STATE • 801-553-5299 SOUTH TOWNE • 10920 S. STATE

by Katharine Biele @kathybiele

Grueling World Travel

RENT ONE GET ONE FREE!

Expires 02/26/15

50% OFF TUNE-UPS! SKI TUNE-UP $15 REG $30 SNOWBOARD TUNE-UP $20 REG $40 Expires 02/26/15

698 Park Avenue U Park City Townlift U 435-649-3020 134 West 600 South U Salt Lake U 801-355-9088 2432 East Ft. Union U South Valley U 801-942-1522

Christopher Stout has a great idea, but the president of the Utah Transit Riders Union needs to take it further: Make the Utah Transit Authority board stand on a corner and wait for a bus. Taxpayers will pay for the board’s travel—anywhere in Utah. This in lieu of the $29,000-amonth they’re apparently spending on world travel to find “best practices and new innovations,” according to a Salt Lake Tribune investigation. Meanwhile, the Utah Department of Transportation spent only about $16,000 a month on travel, and provided the Trib with documentation. Why not make board members write a public report on what they found and how it can benefit Utah?

If trips to Switzerland are so danged important to UTA, we need to know exactly why. Former board chair Greg Hughes says the travel is grueling. Some people aren’t up to it—maybe because they can’t ski.

Hot Air Speaking of House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, his smiling face was at the podium outside the Capitol where, despite the clear skies that tend to dampen the rage over pollution, around 3,500 breathers came to protest slow going on the issue of clean air. Hughes started out by reminding people they’d be unhappy with a lot of his actions, but said he’d work hard to find common ground— which probably means he’ll support raising sales taxes to boost funding for the Utah Transit Authority’s buses and trains. But that isn’t going to clean the air. Banning wood burning and cleaning up school buses would help, but the high point was talk of changing the law that prohibits Utah from enacting laws stricter than the feds.

Being High a Problem Come time for the Legislature, and Utahns in general feel depressed. But that’s not the scientific reason for what University of Utah psychiatry professor Perry Renshaw calls the “Utah Paradox.” In other words, “One of the perverse things about Utah is that we not only lead the nation in suicide and depression, but we’re also one of the happiest states in the land,” he told Al Jazeera America. His research was all done with rats, which just tended to give up when drowning at high altitude. Utahns, instead, reach for antidepressants. Unfortunately, there are no quick fixes to the dilemma—unless you move to sea level. It’s all about being high.

FIVE SPOT

random questions, surprising answers

You might have noticed a book in the hands of Trax riders and sticking out of bags and pockets around town—a distinctive cover featuring a red paper crane balanced on a person’s cupped hands. Is it the “it book” of the moment—the next Twilight, maybe? Well, sort of. The book is When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka, and more than 1,500 copies of the slim novel have been passed out by the Salt Lake City Public Library as part of the Big Read, a national program designed to bring communities together through a shared experience. The library’s deputy director, Debbie Ehrman, and its adult-services coordinator, Tommy Hamby (both pictured), say the title was chosen for Utah’s program because of what it means to be an American citizen, and the balance between national freedom and fear. The Big Read goes through June, with related exhibits and discussions happening at the library, online and at locations across the state—currently, When Words Weren’t Enough: Works on Paper from Topaz, 1942-1945 is showing at the Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah, the location of the Japanese internment camp that’s the setting of When the Emperor Was Divine. Visit SLCPL.org/bigread for more information.

How did you choose this book for The Big Read?

Debbie Ehrman: I had read the book years ago and was really moved by it. [Otsuka] has such a spare style, but she packs a lot of emotion into it. Not that her characters are that emotional, but what they’re going through really resonated with me. I might have pushed it on the staff. And of course, there’s the Utah tie.

Tommy Hamby: And I think it’s something that a junior high kid could read and get meaning from. It’s a powerful book.

Why should the community read together?

D.E.: People have an opportunity to share ideas. Books always have interesting stories or ideas, and this book in particular is important for Utah audiences because Topaz was so close, in Delta. It’s part of Utah’s history during World War II. There are a lot of people in the community who were either housed in Topaz, or knew people who were, or were at other internment camps throughout the West.

Are internment camps a lesser-known aspect of World War II? D.E.: You kind of have your history book, what you learned in school. I grew up in Ohio, and I don’t have any clear remembrance of ever learning about internment camps. But it relates so much to today … You’re thinking you’re not so much “an other,” because you’ve adopted so many American views. You love the same radio shows and same music, and then all of a sudden, it’s your “otherness” that’s so defining.

Is the library adapting to the ways people consume information?

D.E.: It’s a place where people get excited to come in and learn something new. It’s just evolved over all these years.

It’s always been a place for people to gather, but I think people are gathering more here, and our role has become more to facilitate those gatherings, still provide those materials, but we help them navigate … not so much hold all this knowledge in our heads, like, “Well, let me show you how to use the reader’s guide to periodical literature.” Now, people have these things at their fingertips, but we can help connect them to some of these resources. And that, to me, is the really fun part.

Rachel Piper comments@cityweekly.net

RACHEL PIPER

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

8 | february 5, 2015

HITS&MISSES

7KNO chocolate covered Lc RKXN strawberries VYMKVVc PY\ cY_\ @KVOX^SXO

| cityweekly.net |

801.485.1031 | 2057 East 3300 South | finecandies.com

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 9

Looking for a Suite Deal this Valentine’s Day?

cludes: Package in ÊÃÕ Ìi ÕÃÊÌÜ ÊÀ

V > UÊ Êë ÌiÊ` ««i`Ê UÊ V > ries er b w stra «Ã> iÊ UÊ/Ü Ê ii } iÊyÕÌià ÊÊÊV > «> Ê` iÀ UÊÎ V ÕÀÃi ÊLÕvviÌ ÃÌ > v > UÊ Ài ÊV iV Ê ÕÌ UÊÓ« Ê >Ìi

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

$* 11-Ê/ 59.00 8Ê* ,Ê /

i iLÀ>ÌiÊ Ê À `>Þ]Ê iLÀÕ>À ÞÊ£ÎÌ Ê vÊÞ ÕÊ can’t celebrate on ->ÌÕÀ`>Þ]Ê iLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£{t Live Entertainment Both Nights È« «

801 -359 -7800

|

110 W. 600 S.

SaltLakeCitySuites.doubletree.com

The Science of Brewing...

1200 S State St. 801-531-8182 / beernut.com www.facebook.com/thebeernut

Beer & Wine brewing supplies

BY CECIL ADAMS

My wife read on Facebook about businesses still testing their products on animals. She tried to find out through Google how true this is, but she couldn’t get any really clear idea of who was doing what. Is animal testing still prevalent, or are most companies trying to go a different route?

—Bob, Lansing, Mich.

Look no further, we have the sweetest package in town!

| CITY WEEKLY |

10 | february 5, 2015

STRAIGHT DOPE Still Testing

Hours: Sun 10-5pm M-Sat 10am-6:30pm

If visions of scientifically tortured baby bunnies keep you up at night, stop reading right now. Anti-testing activist groups may not be in the news, but it’s only because we have other things to complain about these days. It still exists, and in full force. There have been no major U.S. federal restrictions on animal testing since the 1966 Animal Welfare Act, passed back when everyone was more concerned with the commies and nuclear war than with the well-being of test monkeys (some of whom were rocketed into space in competition with said commies and didn’t do so well on the return journey).

Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, it’s not a very stringent law: Its guidelines don’t apply to mice, rats, birds, farm animals raised for food, or reptiles and amphibians. It does cover treatment of the cutest 10 percent of lab animals—dogs, cats, hamsters, etc.—who presumably have a stronger congressional lobby. Only chimpanzees receive protection from psychological damage, courtesy of the CHIMP Act of 2000. The minimal standards for their housing, feeding, handling and veterinary care are enforced with $10,000 maximum fines—but considering it costs around $15,000 a year to feed and house a chimp, that’s a pretty negligible sum.

So, yes, animal testing is, unlike the animals themselves, alive and well. If your wife couldn’t track down any good, comprehensive numbers for how many animals are involved altogether, that’s because those numbers aren’t out there. We do know, though, that in 2013, about 900,000 animals covered under the Animal Welfare Act were killed in research and testing in the United States, including 170,000 rabbits, 68,000 dogs and 64,000 nonhuman primates. That’s just the fatalities, and it doesn’t include the mice and rats, which make up the bulk of lab animals.

Noting the growing role of genetically modified animals in research, one estimate from 2004 put the total number of animals used annually in the United States at 80 million.

It’s not that there’s been no progress.

Since the late 1950s, the animal-welfare movement has been advocating the principles of “replacement, reduction and refinement”: i.e., 1. Using insentient materials— which now include computer simulations as well as things like cell cultures—for testing rather than conscious living creatures; 2. Minimizing the number of animal subjects needed to get useful results, via better experiment design, data sharing, etc.; and 3. Limiting the amount of actual pain and harm the animals experience. Which all basically makes sense, even leaving ethics aside—for one thing, animal stress can alter test results. And to some extent, it’s

SLUG SIGNORINO

happening: Computer modeling has, in fact, decreased the need for living subjects in toxicity research. Modeling and in-vitro testing still have their limits, though, so 100 percent replacement doesn’t look imminent. Some higher-order test animals (mice, guinea pigs) can be swapped out for lower-order ones (zebra fish, fruit flies); purists take issue, but you can’t please everyone.

The goals of animal testing have changed as well. Activists may still invoke the specter of cosmetics testing to call attention to the animal-welfare cause (it’s certainly simpler than firebombing researchers’ houses), but that’s a battle the good guys seem to be winning, however slowly. In 2013, the European Union banned all trade in animaltested cosmetics; meanwhile, in 2014, China stopped requiring animal testing for certain cosmetic products. Such moves are possible largely because the cosmetics industry has plenty of existing data on skin irritants, and their analyses can be run accurately using test-tube simulations.

Instead, the vast majority of animals are now used for medical and toxicological research—an area that has grown with our increased interest in the health and safety of everyday and industrial chemicals. The European Union’s chemical-evaluation program, called REACH, will likely require the death of around 2 million animals in its current phase of testing. For the animals, this may not be any more pleasant than cosmetics testing, but at least it’s a weightier cause.

There are some research subjects where animal testing may not be pulling its weight: carcinogens, for instance. Multiple animal studies show possible weak links between substances such as saccharine and cancer, but no major epidemiological data has been found to indicate clear danger to humans.

Comprehensive animal-based cancer studies are time-consuming and expensive, with very high false-positive rates—it’s been estimated 90 percent of clinical drug trials fail because animal trials can’t accurately predict how humans will respond.

At a certain level, I think most people would still agree, better one human in a clinical trial than humans generally, and better a dog than a human. It’s not a perfect system (judging from the number of lawsuits, anyway), but I, for one, would have more trouble sleeping at night without the sacrificial bunnies standing between the diseases and us.

Send questions to Cecil via StraightDope. com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

| cityweekly.net |

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 11

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

12 | february 5, 2015

NEWS Zion W POLITICS

Making a Statement

When it comes to modern politics, the LDS Church seems keen on taking a stand.

By Eric S. Peterson epeterson@cityweekly.net @ericspeterson At the beginning of each legislative session, lawmakers and the general public start paying more attention to speeches and press conferences, hoping for insight by leaders in the Legislature and the Governor’s Office as to which bills will gain momentum in the upcoming session. In recent years, however, one statement has become highly anticipated: the public-policy statement offered by the top leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

On Jan. 27, the second day of this year’s legislative session, LDS apostles Dallin Oaks and Jeffrey R. Holland issued a statement of support of some form of nondiscrimination protections in housing and the workplace for LGBT Utahns. But for that support, they wanted to see religious freedom bolstered by the Legislature, ensuring, for example, that a Catholic pharmacist would not be forced into prescribing the “morning after” pill when doing so would go against their beliefs about contraception.

While such statements and posturing push the nonprofit church closer to the edge of political advocacy—a line they’re not allowed to cross lest they risk losing their tax-exempt status­­—the statements, especially the church’s support of nondiscrimination legislation has been widely praised by lawmakers and LGBT advocates for helping to clear the air on the controversial topic.

The statements also represent the most recent thinking by church leaders, how the church plans to own the message and how members should address critical public-policy issues.

Rep. Stephen Urquhart, R-St. George, called it days before the church’s announcement in an interview with City Weekly in which he explained that without guidance from church leaders, LDS lawmakers would undoubtedly shoot down attempts to hear Urquhart’s LGBT nondiscrimination bill.

“Most legislators are Mormon, and I think on this they are looking to vote their church values,” Urquhart said.

“Some think that means they should support the bill; others think that means they should support discrimination.”

“A lot of people will pretend to speak on behalf of the LDS Church without the proper authority. So, sometimes, it’s helpful for [the church] to speak up so we know what they’re not saying.”—Mayor Ben McAdams

Wall

x s e e m sa

n o i t a r g i m im n o i t T noncrimina B G s di L

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams is both a Mormon and a Democrat. As a former state senator, he maintains that the church, like any other organization, has a First Amendment right to be heard in the public square. In the 2011 session, he says, the church was a welcome voice on controversial issues. “Their input and opinions on sensible and compassionate immigration reform were insightful, and their calls [today] for protections for LGBT Utahns is also welcome input,” McAdams says. Like Urquhart, McAdams sees value in knowing the church’s position, especially when some lawmakers cite scriptures to support their particular ideology.

“A lot of people will pretend to speak on behalf of the LDS Church without the proper authority,” McAdams says. “So, sometimes, it’s helpful for [the church] to speak up so we know what they’re not saying.”

While Mormon leadership has clearly espoused strong principles since the earliest days of the church’s founding, what is relatively new is the aggressive way in which the church has begun to communicate how its principles should be applied when it comes to modern dilemmas like LGBT rights.

In 2014, during the first week of the legislative session, for example, LDS Church Apostle Todd Christofferson released a video statement defending Utah’s liquor laws, and the church even released an animated video defending the “Zion Wall,” a partition required of many restaurants to shield impressionable eyes from watching the pouring and preparation of alcoholic drinks. Despite the fact that the hospitality industry had asked lawmakers to tear down the “Zion Wall,” after the church’s animated arguments, the bill soon lost momentum and died.

Matthew Burbank, a professor of political science at the University of Utah, says that while the church obvi-

ously wields enormous political power in Utah, it was only recently, during the immigration debate of the past few years, that the church changed the way it got its message out. It used to be through private meetings with leadership on Capitol Hill, but the church now is beginning to rely on explicit statements and direct media interviews.

In 2010, Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070 made national headlines for its restrictive approach against undocumented immigrants. It was dubbed the “Show Me Your Papers” bill by critics, since the legislation required immigrants in Arizona to keep registration documents on them at all times. Further, it required law enforcement to check the immigration status of all individuals “reasonably” suspected to be undocumented immigrants.

In Utah, the LDS Church publicly supported alternative approaches including the Utah Compact, a call for compassionate and comprehensive immigration reform promoted by numerous business and civic organizations. Professor Burbank says that, had an Arizona-style package of bills passed in Utah, it would have been damaging to the LDS Church’s image and missionary efforts, especially in Latin American countries. The church carefully expressed its support for the Utah Compact based on humanitarian principles while being cautious not to endorse or oppose any bills to avoid the appearance of outright lobbying. Even with the Utah Compact, the church supported the document but did not sign it.

“On the one hand, they don’t want to be seen as running Utah politics,” Burbank says, “and on the other hand, they are concerned about the way things get done in Utah because, of course, they know that it’s going to reflect on them.”

Russell Arban Fox, a Mormon scholar and professor of political science at Friends University in Wichita, Kan., says the LDS Church’s political stumping has

been very sporadic. In the 1930s, the church openly expressed displeasure with President Franklin D. Roosevelt for supporting the repeal of Prohibition, and in the 1970s, the church spoke out against the Equal Rights Amendment.

The difference now is as much about public relations as it is politics, given the church’s “media-sav v y” evolution that began under the late LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley and has continued since under President Thomas S. Monson.

Fox says the church’s media-savvy evolution has been driven largely by national politics where the church has yet to wield the level of influence it has in the Beehive State.

“It’s been a 15- to 20-year process, and a lot of it has kind of been forced by Mitt Romney’s run for the presidency,” Fox says. “They’ve just been forced to adapt to figure out what works and what doesn’t.”

Fox says this new approach has found the church seeking to better control the message about itself, whether that means publishing information about the church’s early history of plural marriage and the now-defunct ban on black men holding the priesthood or, more recently, using a local issue (such as nondiscrimination legislation) to address the world on broader issues. Fox says the support for nondiscrimination legislation may also be an attempt to perhaps “apologize” for the church’s active support of Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot amendment that repealed same-sex marriage in the state.

By taking everything good and bad head on, Fox says, the church is learning to control the message. The church’s efforts to become an active and recognized political player are almost unprecedented. “It’s been maybe a century since there has been such an aggressive attempt by the church to deal with the national stage,” Fox says. CW

50 �hades of �ed, On� �pecial bud

NEWS B O O K S Leaving His Mark Blake Donner’s love of zines and graffiti gets a second life.

By Colby Frazier cfrazier@cityweekly.net @cfrazierlp

A page from an issue of The Fifth Goal zine

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 13

documentary filmmaker and photographer Bill Daniel, whose 2005 film Who Is Bozo Texino shed light on the same vagabond and rail-worker graffiti that Donner was interested in.

The style of graffiti documented in The Fifth Goal is stark and simple. The monikers, symbols and drawings are a distant cousin of the flamboyant and bright spraypaint graffiti of today.

Donner’s Fifth Goal zines featured much more than just photographs. He also tracked down many vagabond and railworker artists, and published stories and Q&As about them.

The long reach of Donner’s zines and his magnetic personality ultimately led to the concept for the new book. Low says it came together in 2012 at a book conference in Colorado, where he met Adam Davis, a Portland, Ore.-based bookseller.

“As soon as he found out that I was from Salt Lake City, he asked me, ‘Oh, there’s this amazing zine that came out of Salt Lake City, The Fifth Goal, have you heard of it?’”

Low recalls. “He used to ask everybody this question if they were from Utah or if they were involved in graffiti at all, and he never found anybody until he asked me that day.”

That same night, Low says he and Davis decided to make the book.

In addition to complete reproductions of all eight of The Fifth Goal zines, the new book includes essays from, among others, Donner’s mother, Laura Hamblin, who teaches English at Utah Valley University, as well as Low and Davis.

All of the proceeds from the book’s sale will benefit the Donner/Galbraith Scholarship Fund at Utah Valley University, where Donner and his friend Jen Galbraith were going to school when they died.

The book, like the type of graffiti it documents, is disappearing quickly. The first run of 250 copies sold out during presale. Low says a second printing of 250 will ship in early February. More information is available at DivisionLeap.com.

“It’s both a tribute to my friend and it’s a cool anthology collection of the zine,” Low says. CW

| cityweekly.net |

Most people experience trains in the audible sense, as a late-night bellow from a horn.

Or visibly, from a car window along the highway, as a blur of steel, diesel exhaust and splashes of colorful spray paint.

Close-up views of these hunks of steel sometimes reveal subtle chalk drawings, which captured the imagination of the late Blake Donner. Between 1998 and 2003, he published eight zines documenting various forms of old-school train graffiti.

Donner, who died in 2005 with three of his friends in a cave-swimming accident in Provo Canyon, and his zines, are in the spotlight now because of a new book, The Fifth Goal 1998-2003: Transcendental Graffiti Zine.

To this day, the eight black & white photocopied issues Donner produced using a cut & paste system are among the most expansive archives of this style of train graffiti, says Travis Low, a bookseller at Ken Sanders Rare Books whose Hierophant publishing house copublished The Fifth Goal.

“As far as I can tell, there’s not another zine completely focused on this type of graffiti,” Low says. “There’s not another zine that found this many guys and interviewed this many guys from the graffiti scene.”

Low and Donner met in their teens.

Among other endeavors, the two performed music together, with Donner as the singer and Low on bass in the hardcore-punk band Parallax.

The Fifth Goal zines, Low says, tracked closely with Donner’s spiritual journey and the impossibly full life that he lived before dying at 24. Low says the first four zines, which each numbered 30 pages or more, were heavily dosed with Donner’s interest in the Hare Krishna religion. Low says Donner dedicated himself completely to the religion, living for a time as a monk in Krishna temples in Philadelphia and San Francisco.

Eventually, though, Donner grew disenchanted with the religion, and the following four zines shed that influence, and started focusing almost entirely on graffiti. Also gone, Low says, were any attempts to document spray-paint graffiti, which Donner was adept at creating.

The final installments of the zine “pares its focus down completely,” Low says. “All of the spray-paint graffiti is gone, and it just focuses on these old chalk monikers, chalk-drawn icons by hobos, by train workers, by just people traveling.”

Some of the photographs in Donner’s zines, Low says, were provided by the

801-363-0565 | 580 E 300 S w w w. t h e a r t f l o r a l . c o m

the

OCHO

the list of EIGHT

by bill frost

@bill_frost

NEWS

Police said Eric Frey, 29, handed a pizza shop employee in Uniontown, Pa., a note written on toilet paper. “I have a gun,” it read.

“Give me $300.” The worker hit the silent alarm, summoning police before Frey could leave. He explained that a bearded man had confronted him in a nearby alley and forced his action, but officers who searched Frey’s apartment found a newly opened roll of toilet paper with a pen impression from Frey’s note on the top sheet. (Associated Press)

Non-Surprise of the Week The Central Intelligence Agency admitted that at least half of the reported UFO sightings in the 1950s and ’60s were actually test flights of its super-secret U-2 spy plane. (United Press International)

Second-Amendment Follies Veronica J. Rutledge, 29, died after her 2-year-old son reached into her purse, grabbed her concealed gun and shot her in the head at a Walmart store in Hayden, Idaho. (Associated Press) n Tony Roe, 23, was shot in the chest at a home in Largo, Fla., while he and Dylan Harvey, 19, were playing a game with a loaded revolver. It involved rolling the chamber and then taking turns pointing the gun at each other, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Harvey was holding the weapon when it fired. (Tampa Bay Times) n Former police officer Darrell Smith, 58, accidentally shot off his finger with a .380 caliber handgun at a gun store in Glasgow, Ky. He asked to see the weapon and was examining it when it fired. Even though Smith didn’t do a safety check on the gun before handling it, he insisted the employee who handed it to him should have, so he’s suing Barren Outdoors for negligence.

(Bowling Green’s WBKO-TV)

Eight potential competitors to CocaCola’s new “premium milk,” Fairlife:

8. Faygo Juggalo Juice, infused

with vitamin MDMA

7. Activia Probiotic Root Beer Yogurt

6. Monster Energy Curds 5. Wild Turkey White: 2 Percent & 102 Proof

4. Jones Soda Ricotta 3. Franzia Sunrise Blanca skim milk (5 liter box)

2. Pepsi Max-N neonatal formula 1. Pabst Blue Cheese

in a hip holster under his coat. Foster followed Daniels inside, put him in a chokehold and yelled that Daniels had a gun. Daniels shouted that he had a permit. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Foster and charged him with battery. “We understand it’s alarming for people to see other people with guns, sheriff’s office spokesman Larry McKinnon said, “but Florida has a large population of concealed-weaponspermit holders.” (Tampa Bay Times)

QUIRKS

n A masked man tried to rob a convenience store in New Haven, Conn., by pointing a finger at the clerk to “simulate” that he had a gun, police Officer David Hartman reported, noting, “But he didn’t have his hand in his pocket.” The clerk “grabbed the man’s finger and told him he’d break it if he didn’t get out of his shop,” Hartman said after the would-be robber fled. (New Haven Independent)

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

14 | february 5, 2015

Curses, Foiled Again

BY ROL AND SWEET

n Authorities said that Michael Foster, 43, saw Clarence Daniels, 62, getting out of his vehicle in the parking lot of a Walmart store in Brandon, Fla., and noticed he had a gun

CITIZEN REVOLT

by COLBY FRAZIER @colbyfrazierlp

Slammer Sites

Researchers investigating reports of Canadian lobsters off England’s northern coast concluded that passengers on cruise ships have been ordering live lobsters and then, in an animalrights gesture, asking their waiters to throw the shellfish overboard. Local fishermen have even found some of the lobsters with rubber bands around their claws. Removed from their native habitat, however, the lobsters “won’t last much longer than if the passengers had eaten them for dinner,” according to Mike Cohen of Holderness Fishing Industry Group. (Britain’s Daily Mail)

Those dust-ups a few weeks ago about where to plop down a new state prison will resume when the Legislature’s Prison Relocation Commission meets to discuss some new potential sites. The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah will rally for drug-law reforms, which tie closely to the need—or lack thereof—for an ever-growing number of prison cells. Then, head up to Roy where you can put in your two cents on how best to expand the Wasatch Front’s bikeways, highways and freeways over the next 25 years.

Drop in the Bucket

Prison Relocation Commission

Saving Butter

The Government Accountability Office decided that taxpayers should stop providing federal employees who bring their lunch to work with “disposable cups, plates and cutlery” because the items “clearly constitute a personal expense.” The decision stems from a Department of Commerce policy of supplying hand sanitizer, paper goods and plastic ware to National Weather Service workers that began during a 2009 flu outbreak. When the Commerce Department stopped providing the goods in 2013, NWS employees filed an official complaint. “There’s no way this could cost them more than $5,000 or $10,000,” Dan Sobien, president of the NWS employee organization, said after the GAO ruling. (The Washington Post)

When Guns Are Outlawed Irish police Detective Paul Johnson thwarted two men he observed robbing a convenience store in Dublin by arming himself with a traffic cone, which he used to push the men down when they exited. (The Irish Times) n An Alabama middle school principal asked students to bring canned food to school to throw at possible intruders. In a letter to parents, Priscilla Holley of W.F. Burns Middle School in Valley said an 8-ounce can of peas or corn “could stun the intruder or even knock him out until the police arrive. The canned food item will give the students a sense of empowerment to protect themselves.” (Associated Press) n Police arrested Jeremiah Genesis Taylor, 25, after he argued with his pregnant girlfriend in Millington, Tenn., and hit her in the face and chest with some steaks. (Memphis’s WHBQ-TV) Compiled from the press reports by Roland Sweet. Authentication on demand.

Friday, Feb. 6

Lawmakers convinced themselves a long time ago that they would move the Utah State Prison in Draper to a patch of dirt someplace less valuable to condominium and shopping-mall developers. These discussions, though, have picked up speed in the past few months as the Legislature’s Prison Relocation Commission followed through on its promise to pick sites for the new prison.

After being met with fierce opposition from possible host communities, the commission is expected to put forward some alternate sites at this meeting.

Utah Senate Building, 350 N. State, northeast of the Capitol, Room 210, Feb. 6, 1 p.m., Le.Utah.gov

Wasatch Front Transportation Plan Monday, Feb. 9

State leaders keep saying Utah’s population will grow from its present load of 2.9 million souls to 5.4 million by 2050. This means the air will get dirtier and that those cute shops you love so much downtown will turn into luxury condominiums. It also means that state planners will need to spend $54.9 billion through 2040 to preserve and operate the state’s existing roadways. Have your say on Utah’s future transportation needs at the Wasatch Front Regional Council Transportation Plan open house, where the planners will hear the public’s comments.

Roy City Hall, 5051 S. 1900 West, Roy, Feb. 9, 5:30-7:30 p.m., WFRC.org

Drug-Law Reform Rally Tuesday, Feb. 10

The ACLU of Utah is staging a rally to drum up support for a bill (not yet numbered or available for review) instituting a number of reforms to the state’s criminal-justice system. Some of these reforms include scaling back punishments for simple drug-possession charges and funding community treatment centers for those with addictions.

Utah Capitol, south steps, 350 N. State, Feb. 10, noon, ACLUUtah.org

In the shadow of Rio Tinto Stadium, garage owner Robbie Maupin fights a municipal land grab.

By Stephen Dark sdark@cityweekly.net @stephenpdark Photos by Niki Chan

W

No David & Goliath

Believing in a Dream

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 15

Maupin drives a beat-up 1999 Ford Escort. His customers, he says, tend to be as broke as he is. “In some way or another, we are here to help out somebody who needs it,” he says.

That’s a philosophy that real-estate agent Scovel, a former captain of an oil rig, shares, at least when it comes to Maupin’s battles to keep his garage. Rather than let Maupin admit defeat, the stocky, brash 70-year-old with a North Carolina twang has invested considerable energy and his own time into digging into the mysterious events surrounding Sandy City’s purchase of land from Ogden that Maupin’s complaint describes as “an unlawful taking.” Tamie Ogden declined an interview request by City Weekly.

“He’s a mechanic’s mechanic,” Scovel says about Maupin.

“But he’s not a businessman. He could hear your car down the road and tell you what’s wrong with it, but give him a piece of paper to sign and he wouldn’t know what it meant.”

Almost 38, Maupin has blond hair that his wife braids into a fish-tail down his back. Spring through fall, he’s rarely wearing a shirt.

“Ever since I can remember, I’ve been tearing shit apart just to see how it works,” Maupin says. He’s also been searching for a home to do it. “It’s always been our dream to have a shop like this,” he says about Garage 94.

In 1995, as a 16-year-old, Maupin first drove by Garage 94 shortly after owner Mike Ogden bought it, and asked for work. Maupin worked for Ogden for 18 months, before deciding he wanted to have his own garage. He found a garage in Riverton and two years later, he was forced out after developers bought the land.

He moved to a garage on State Street just past 9000 South and was there two years before the owner sold the property to another developer who put in offices. By January 2002, Maupin was tired of moving, and when he learned Mike

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

But the city isn’t only interested in shopping malls and upscale development. Sometimes the city just wants a sidewalk—or in this case, a walking path. What Scovel uncovered through record requests and knocking on doors was what land surveyor John Stahl calls “the weird actions of Sandy City,” focused on building a public trail across the corner of Maupin’s garage property from the stadium to parking at the neighboring Jordan Commons and South Towne Expo Center, with the hope of relieving some of the game-day and event congestion.

Maupin has shaken off in court an attempt by the prior owners who claimed they had not sold him the garage and tried to evict him. He survived Sandy City’s code-enforcement squads’ “strikes” on his property, and the stadium’s construction that barred traffic from reaching his business as a new road was put in. He also lost valuable income from having his emissions and safety inspection licenses taken away following a Utah Highway Patrol undercover sting. Now, he faces a challenge from his hometown after Sandy City acquired a piece of Maupin’s property by buying it, seemingly illegally, from the prior owner.

City Weekly requested interviews with Mayor Dolan, city attorney Walter Miller and city surveyor Nolan Hathcock— the latter two being instrumental in the acquisition of 0.04 acres of Maupin’s 0.29 acre lot, according to court documents, letters and e-mails City Weekly accessed through a record request. Martin cites ongoing litigation as barring any “public dialogue” regarding the history behind the dispute, but notes the walking path Sandy wants is for public safety.

“We have people trying to access Rio Tinto Stadium, and this trail becomes an important byway for them.”

Not, however, for Rio Tinto. Craig Martin, general manager of stadium operations, says any such path would be “inconsequential to what happens here in terms of egress and ingress.”

Sandy’s PIO Martin says Sandy City doesn’t see the fight between Maupin and the city as a “David and Goliath situation.” Rather, Sandy’s perspective is that, “there should be no conflict. We feel we have a deed that shows we own the right of way, and Garage 94 has a deed that shows they don’t own the right of way.”

It is questions about the legality of the first deed and Sandy’s interpretation of the second that lie at the heart of a lawsuit Maupin has filed against the city.

In late 2014, Maupin sued Sandy City and Tamie Ogden, the former owner of his garage (her husband Mike died in 2009), claiming that Sandy City either alone or with other parties, “had developed a ‘plan’ to acquire a portion of [Maupin’s] property, regardless of whether [he] would consent to the sale,” according to a filing in 3rd District Court.

In this strange, convoluted tale of private property rights and municipal development, Maupin’s fight boils down to just 1,700 square feet that overnight were stripped from his ownership. It might be asked how Sandy City convinced Ogden to sell her land that Maupin is adamant Ogden no longer owned. But the biggest question is why the city simply didn’t negotiate with him to buy the land in the first place.

“I think Sandy [City] was looking for a way to accomplish a goal, and this was their attempted solution,” says Stahl, who is Maupin’s expert witness. “And it’s created a nightmare for the Garage 94 people. They’re the innocent party sitting here trying to run a business. Now, all of a sudden, they’ve got land taken away; they haven’t done anything but buy a piece of property. They haven’t deceived anybody, they haven’t done anything shady. They’re on the up and up that I could see, and they’re getting trampled on by Sandy City.”

| cityweekly.net |

hen Robbie Maupin first dated his wife-to-be, Emily, he took her to his new shop, Garage 94, on 9400 South, just west of State Street, in Sandy. Prior to owning Garage 94, he had been pushed from one location to another, as landlords sold out to developers. Just a few months before he met Emily, he’d agreed to buy the 40-year-old garage from the man who had first employed him as a mechanic.

Maupin couldn’t stop grinning that summer day in 2002, as he showed her around the dirty cinder-block-walled shop with its oil-stained floor and dense clutter of engine parts. “He was so proud of it,” Emily says. “He was like a kid showing off a new bike.”

Shrouded by trees, just off a two-lane blacktop descending from State Street, his garage was “a little slice of heaven,” Maupin says.

Besides cars, he’ll work on anything with a motor, from a Harley to the eight snowmobiles a friend has parked on his lot for repair. Fixing a car is like an intricate puzzle that keeps Maupin awake at night. Even as cars have become computers on wheels, he says, the fundamentals don’t change. “An engine is an engine. They all have different ways that make that son of a bitch work.”

But what has changed is the backdrop to what he calls his “ugly shop.” Where 10 years ago, there was a large field strewn with garbage and six dump trucks in pieces, now there are the gleaming lines of the taxpayer subsidized $110 million Rio Tinto Stadium, the southside parking lot of which abuts his property.

Standing outside Garage 94, South Jordan real-estate agent Joe Scovel looks over at the Rio Tinto soccer stadium, its great white, overarching covers supported by right-angled poles like white bones under a bright blue winter sky.

“That stadium started it all,” he says.

When local media stories announced in October 2005 that Real Salt Lake (RSL) was moving to Sandy after a tumultuous political battle over public funding, the prices of property surrounding the 19.7 acre lot where the stadium was to be built went through the roof. Sandy City Mayor Tom Dolan was likely not referring to Maupin’s garage when he told The Salt Lake Tribune in October 2005 that the stadium could be a major economic driver and a “real catalyst” for all the properties around 9000 South. Nevertheless, Maupin’s property, given its location on what would be the corner of where Rio Tinto Way begins its northern descent to the stadium, overnight became the focus of intense interest to multiple parties. Since then, Maupin says, “it’s just been a constant fight” to maintain ownership of the garage and the ground it stands on.

Other owners of automotive and industrial businesses that surround the stadium echo Maupin’s belief that Sandy City doesn’t want them there—that they are, as one commercial entity owner puts it, “the wrong kind of business.”

While RSL and Sandy City’s development plans for the area surrounding the stadium fell victim to the 2008 financial crash, Real’s new owner, property magnate Dell Loy Hansen, according to the team’s website, is looking at development around the stadium.

Over the years, Sandy has produced several master plans in its bid to eventually become a rival destination to Salt Lake City. In November 2014, Sandy announced a new development vision called “Cairns”—named after rock piles used to provide direction for hiking and surveying. Sandy City public information officer Nicole Martin says Cairns, which includes a multimillion-dollar renovation of the South Towne Mall, is about building Sandy’s reputation as the premier “mountain city” in the world, with destinations including South Towne Expo Center, the sports mega-complex Shields and Rio Tinto Stadium. “We’re creating a mountain meets urban experience,” Martin says.

| cityweekly.net |

1

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

2

16 | february 5, 2015

| CITY WEEKLY |

3

Ogden wanted to sell Garage 94, he offered to buy it.

In an affidavit, he described Ogden as “a very good friend,” who at times had lived at Maupin’s home. “Mr. Ogden’s understanding of contracts and real estate matters is as bad as mine. We are mechanics, not lawyers. We had a lot of trust between each other.”

Maupin agreed to pay Ogden $225,000 for the garage, its tools and customers. Maupin would pay $1,940 a month until he could get the financing to buy Ogden out. It was all going fine, Maupin says, until Ogden reunited with his former wife, Tamie, and Sandy City announced that RSL was going to build its soccer stadium in Maupin’s back yard.

In the wake of Mayor Dolan’s 2005 announcement that a mix of public and private funding—including $10 million from Sandy—had led to RSL agreeing to build a stadium between 9200 South and 9400 South just off Interstate 15, Scovel walked around the proposed site, asking businesses if they wanted to sell to RSL. In Scovel, a curmudgeonly scrapper, Maupin found someone he could trust, Emily says. “He’s like me,” Maupin says. “He wants to help, he doesn’t get paid for this shit, just like me. It’s about somebody getting screwed over and somebody doing the screwing and it’s not right.”

Maupin didn’t want to move but he couldn’t turn down the opportunity, either.

In late October 2005, he agreed to list it with Scovel for $800,000, only for Scovel to discover that Mike and wife Tamie Ogden—they had remarried—had put the garage up for sale for $300,000. Scovel believes the Ogdens intended to sell it to Sandy City.

The Ogdens sought to evict Maupin, claiming he was leasing the garage, rather than having bought it from Mike Ogden three years prior. Scovel dug up tax records and divorce filings that showed Ogden had sold the garage to Maupin. By the time Maupin sued the Ogdens for ownership of the property in late November 2005, he had paid property taxes for almost four years and close to $100,000 to the former owner through monthly payments.

After a 3rd District Court judge dismissed the Ogdens’ attempt to quell Maupin’s lawsuit, and after mediation, the two parties agreed to a settlement and a new purchase contract with Maupin buying the garage outright. That contract, Scovel says, “did not say anything about withholding land they were trying to sell.”

Finally Mine 1. Sandy City hopes to build a public trail to relieve game-day congestion 2. A water-diverter box installed in 2012 on the eastern corner of Maupin’s land 3. Rio Tinto Stadium as viewed from the canal’s western bank

Maupin wasn’t out of the woods yet, however. Unbeknownst to him, there was still the matter of the canal to deal with.

The East Jordan Irrigation company canal crosses the eastern edge

of Maupin’s property. Land surveyor Stahl, who, in 1995, worked on a boundary dispute involving nine land parcels including Garage 94, says that the canal has an unrecorded, statutorily granted easement for a right of way historically conveyed by the federal government. What that easement grants the canal company, he says, “is the right to be there, to own and operate the canal.”

Canal company president Bill Marcovecchio says that right of way extends 33 feet either side of the canal’s center line.

Maupin closed on the sale of his property on Sept. 21, 2007. His documents contain a legal description that establishes the property boundaries dating back to 1991, setting his eastern boundary as midpoint in the East Jordan canal. Ten days later, Integrated Title Insurance Services (ITS), representing the Ogdens, issued a warranty deed to Maupin—which he simply filed rather than examined—with an additional clause below the legal description of the property. The Ogdens deeded the land to Maupin, “Less and excepting therefrom any portion lying within the East Jordan Canal and the East Jordan Canal Company right of way.”

ITS would later state in a 2013 letter to Sandy City that it added that description in an “abundance of caution,” meaning that, as Scovel understood it, they wanted Maupin to be clear the canal company had a right of way.

What the title company was “excepting” was the canal’s easement, Stahl says. That means, he says, “there’s no written deed that describes what this land is. The interpretations Sandy is trying to make on this deed— that Tamie Ogden owned a strip of land—don’t make any sense at all.”

In an affidavit, Tamie Ogden stated she and her husband had always intended to sell the easement to Sandy. How Sandy City was able to translate an unwritten agreement for access in favor of the canal company into a legal description of a property it could purchase, left Maupin, Scovel and Stahl scratching their heads.

“You usually don’t see people intentionally creating a legal description out of thin air,” Stahl says. “There didn’t seem to be much thought that went into the creation of that deed. It was highly improper in my mind.”

For five years, Salt Lake County assessed Maupin as the owner of the entire property, “until the July 31, 2012, update reflecting a new parcel of land appearing in the title record,” Stahl noted in his affidavit, creating a subdivision on Maupin’s property without the mechanic ever being consulted.

Land surveyor Stahl believes Sandy made “a serious misinterpretation” of the deed. Then the municipality folded its arms and refused to acknowledge it had gone wrong. “Somebody certainly was mistaken and mistakes were made,” Stahl says. “People just need to own to their mistakes.” Scovel, however, argues Sandy City pursued “a well-designed scheme” to gain control of part of Maupin’s land.

“I still tried to get along,” Maupin says.

Go Along to Get Along

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

Sandy City’s Community Action Team was tasked to get Maupin to clean up his property.

| cityweekly.net |

In early 2008, Sandy City and RSL contractors were hard at work not only putting in the stadium, but also putting in a 36-inch pipe along 9400 South in front of Garage 94. They subsequently removed it and replaced it with 42-inch pipe leading up to the East Jordan canal where it connected on the edge of Maupin’s land. Backhoes and dump trucks routinely blocked Maupin’s gates, and many of his clients either couldn’t reach him or thought he had closed. The city raised the gradient of the road, forcing back Maupin’s property line and cutting off his corner, he says.

Sandy City insisted Maupin purchase privacy slats to be inserted through the chain link fence surrounding his property. “I still tried to get along, not be too wound up over it,” Maupin says.

Maupin was targeted by city crews tasked with cleaning up properties the city viewed as public nuisances. As such he received a visit from Sandy City’s Community Action Team (CAT), comprising Sandy police and employees of its health and other departments.

Numerous officials from Sandy City descended upon Maupin, to address with him everything from the poodles he and his father brought to

the garage to keep them company, to the hot-rod parts worth $500 or $600 apiece he stored there, which they made him get rid of. “They wanted to get people to clean up their shit, so they were not moving the stadium into a trashy part of town,” Maupin says.

But it was not only city officials whom he believed were gunning for him. The state also conducted a sting of it is own regarding his safety and emissions testing. “I was the guy everybody called when it failed somewhere else,” he says.

In early 2011, a customer showed up at the end of the day begging Maupin to pass his car for inspection, even though it had tinted windows.

The man, an undercover Utah Highway Patrol officer, asked him if he could get it passed.

Maupin says he was preoccupied dealing with the Christmas Eve death of a family member, and to get rid of the customer, he threw out a number, $50. Even as he did the paperwork, he had a sinking feeling and knew he would lose his safety and emissions license.

On Feb. 9, 2011, he took pleas in abeyance on two class B misdemeanors for tampering with records and pretending to be an official safety station.

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 17

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

18 | february 5, 2015

“I planned on doing this until I didn’t want to work on cars anymore,” Maupin says.

Not Your Land Maupin first realized that part of his property was no longer his after receiving a certified letter dated March 18, 2013, from Sandy City’s attorney, Walter Miller. It informed Maupin that Sandy City had for some time “been acquiring property for a public trail” that would parallel the canal. Miller wrote that Maupin had to remove fencing and equipment from “our site” by May 15, 2013, the site being the far eastern portion of Maupin’s land. What particularly irked Maupin was that the fencing, with privacy slats, had been torn down by contractors to build a massive concrete box to divert water from the canal through the 42 inch piping down to a canal at the bottom of the hill.

Sandy says that the box is for transporting irrigation water and to “prevent overflow and flooding to surrounding businesses.”

Maupin asked the title company, Integrated Title Insurance Services, which had sent him the warranty deed on behalf of the Ogdens back in 2007, for an explanation. In a two-page letter, ITS’ attorney, Chris Jessop, wrote to both Maupin and Miller that, “It appears the City has attempted to acquire property that rightfully belongs to” Maupin, “without talking to, negotiating with, nor reimbursing” him. Sandy City had gone to the prior surviving owner, Tamie Ogden, and paid her almost $15,000 for the eastern corner of Maupin’s property, based on a “right of way easement” that “does not specifically describe any portion of the property.”

The quit claim deed the city relied on to make its purchase, “not only clouds the title to the property,” Jessop wrote, “it constitutes an illegal subdivision and appears to have been done in bad faith.”

In a statement to City Weekly, Sandy City’s PIO Nicole Martin noted that the municipality “has no nefarious intent against Garage 94, but simply purchased property that Garage 94 did not own to advance our trail system.”

Maupin was incensed. “When I bought that land, I got a loan and a loan for the whole piece of property.

I’m still paying on that loan, except all of a sudden, I’m stuck paying for a piece of property that I don’t own anymore according to Sandy City.”

Maupin talked to Sandy City’s attorney, Miller, several times on the phone. “The last time I talked to him, he told me that he’d be happy to convey me the balance of the property if I’d allow them to put the sidewalk in.” Maupin said no. Miller’s response, Maupin says, was that it would have to be up to a judge.

We’'ll Pick Up the Bill Scovel made several record requests, seeking purchasing documents relating to the city acquiring the property. He was told several times there were no documents. “Normally if a city purchases some property, they have to have a requisition, approval from the mayor’s office,” says Derek Coulter, Maupin’s attorney.

“When Joe got his GRAMA request back, there was no docs, just a copy of the warranty deed and a check.”

In a January 2014 letter to Scovel, Sandy City recorder Molly Spira wrote that he had twice requested a “purchase contract” between Sandy City and Tamie Ogden. The first time, in April 2013, “we scoured our records and did not find any such purchase contract.” Sandy wasn’t denying his second request, it was “reiterating that the document you request does not exist.”

City Weekly also requested documents relating to the property from Sandy City. It received a copy of an unsigned purchase agreement between Tamie Ogden and Sandy. Sandy City PIO Martin reviewed the city’s responses to Scovel and to City Weekly. She says that the municipality, “makes every attempt to be responsive and thorough to GRAMA requests. If there has been some error, we apologize.”

That document included an undated addendum that noted that Sandy City would “take on any and all legal actions and pay for all costs” if Maupin contested the sale through the courts.

A Place Called Home On a late Friday afternoon in early January 2015, seven people chat and smoke in the garage. They talk about a friend’s tortoise whose leg was ripped off by a dog. Drawing with chalk on the garage floor, Maupin designed a replacement wheel with a shock absorber and a control arm that centers itself. The prosthetic is now at an upholsterer’s, waiting for him to to finish it.

Three of the workers slide under an old Ford truck that Maupin’s client Tim relies on for his treetrimming business. “He’s trying to keep this thing alive, so he can do what he needs to do,” Maupin says. He looks at the truck, wondering why it won’t work. “We just haven’t torn enough shit apart yet,” he says with a laugh.

Emily is concerned about her husband going up against Sandy City. “Robbie is the little guy,” she says. “He’s risking a lot.” She worries the municipality will come after him, but, “I’d much rather see him stand up and fight rather than lay down,” she says.

Maupin doesn’t know what his chances are against a municipality with deep pockets. “I feel like I put my family in an even worse position. Me wanting to fight these guys, to put more money on this house we owe, it affects my kids in the long run. I don’t know if I made the right decision to try and stand up and get it back.”

Emily says the people who congregate at the garage, “look at Robbie as like, they don’t like to disappoint him, they look up to him.” A lot of them are the same age as him. Maybe they get the same feeling he gives to me, I can trust you, trust what you’re teaching me, I care about your opinion.”

Maupin watches as the men work on the truck. The shadows of the night draw in around the garage. The video feed to Rio Tinto Stadium’s massive consoles, which earlier had shown footage of the team, has been long since turned off. Soon the only light remaining will be the warm, yellowyorange glow coming from Garage 94’s windows.

“My bottom line is I planned on doing this until I didn’t want to work on cars anymore.” Maupin says. “If my kids didn’t want to continue, I wanted to sell it and have some sort of retirement. I have no 401k, I have no nothing. All I have is bills and this piece of property.”

While both Maupin and the city wait on a decision from Judge Su Chon regarding Ogden’s motion for a summary dismissal, Sandy City PIO Martin says the municipality appreciates that “this is his business. We know it’s a personal issue to him. We hope that we can resolve it quickly and still have or at least work on a better relationship between [him] and the city.”

Finally, Emily says, her husband’s fight is not just about getting his land back. “He wants to be all right. He wants Tamie to admit her wrong, he wants an apology from Sandy City, and he wants things to go back to normal. We all do.” CW Go to CityWeekly.net to read court filings, letters and other documents related to this story.

ESSENTIALS

the

Entertainment Picks Feb. 5-11

Complete Listings Online @ CityWeekly.net

In 2010, Ballet West Artistic Director Adam Sklute astounded even the strict traditionalists with his modern-day version of the 19th-century classic Swan Lake. Ballet enthusiasts might not have even realized an updated and refreshed version of their beloved fairy tale was necessary, but they have been receptive to the re-imagined production.

Sklute has transported the tragic yet romantic tale into the 21st century, shortening the production and updating both the staging and the costumes. He contends that “ballet is a living, breathing art form,” and it was vital that he not produce a museum piece.

Sklute and his team have been successful at changing the scenery without losing any of the imagery that makes Swan Lake such a fan favorite. The revamping of the costumes even caught the eye of pop singer Taylor Swift, who borrowed some of the costuming from Sklute’s Swan Lake for her recent hit video “Shake It Off.” In addition, Ballet West costume production director David Heuvel has designed six new lavish costumes to add to the 100 costumes already in the production.

Rest assured, the heart-wrenching story has not been modified. Swan Lake remains the quintessential ballet, telling the tale of Siegfried, the sad prince; Rothbart, the evil sorcerer; and the beautiful Odette, who is turned into a swan. The elegant dancers illustrate through flawless choreography the love story between Siegfried and Odette as they effortlessly glide through stunning sets to the famous music by Tchaikovsky. (Aimee L. Cook) Ballet West: Swan Lake @ Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, 801-355-2787, Feb. 6-15, 7:30 p.m.; 2 p.m. Saturday matinees, $29-$84. ArtTix.org, BalletWest.org

The Edward Lewis Theater Festival honors a man who was a pioneer in bringing African-American theater to Utah by presenting scenes from upcoming plays by six local theater companies.

In 2000, Lewis (pictured) co-founded People Productions with Richard Scharine. The company has since produced more than 20 plays, many of them focusing on African-American culture and history. After Lewis passed away in 2009, local theater companies decided to honor his legacy with an annual festival. The event is an opportunity to see scenes from productions that local companies are currently working on.

On Saturday, People Productions will perform a scene from Sunset Baby, the story of an ex-Black Panther and his family written by Dominique Morriseau. Other scenes presented on Saturday’s schedule include the musical version of The Color Purple by Wasatch Theatre, and Two Stories, a play by Elaine Jarvik currently showing at Salt Lake Acting Company.

People Productions will also be on Sunday’s schedule with David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face, a play about an Asian-American playwright’s exploration of race and identity. Also on Sunday, Pinnacle Acting Company will showcase a scene from Time Stands Still, by Donald Margulies.

Push by George Cameron Grant is the selection of Radical Hospitality Theatre. Plan-B Theatre Company will present a selection from Mama by Carlton Bluford. (Geoff Griffin) Edward Lewis Theater Festival @ Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200, Feb. 7-8, 2-4 p.m., free.

SLCPL.org

Readers first met best-selling nonfiction author Alexandra Fuller in Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, a memoir about her chaotic, ruleless upbringing in war-torn Rhodesia in southern Africa with two complicated parents. Fuller’s new memoir, Leaving Before the Rains Come, offers a different perspective of this unique childhood, after she is compelled to re-examine the past for answers following the disintegration of her marriage.

How do two people begin to lose sight of each other, and how does one face the suffocating loneliness when a relationship ends?

Honest insights to some of these questions shine brilliantly throughout Fuller’s characteristically poetic, often humorous writing about the pain of divorce. After marrying an American and making a decision she thought she never would—leaving Africa—Fuller seems to have thought she traded a high-risk, unpredictable life for one of structured calm in Wyoming with her husband and three children. That is, until her family fell apart, proving that there is no real escape from suffering in life.

If there were a guide to self-care in the wake of divorce, this book is it; Fuller exposes the void a childless house leaves behind and other unexpected challenges divorced parents face. Fuller will be at The King’s English Bookshop this week for a book-signing and a reading from Leaving Before the Rains Come. (Deann Armes) Alexandra Fuller: Leaving Before the Rains Come @ The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-484-9100, Feb. 9, 7 p.m., KingsEnglish.com

Alexandra Fuller: Leaving Before the Rains Come

february 5, 2015 | 19

Being in a comedy duo is tricky business.

Usually there’s some kind of duality at work, like a straight man anchoring the funny guy, or the dummy playing the foil to the quick wit. But what happens when you develop an act with your twin brother?

The Sklar Brothers—Randy and Jason—have long eschewed their differences, instead making their synchronicities into a hilarious act. Instead of playing opposite of each other, they seem to relish having a stage buddy readily at hand to pick up the joke the other may have let walk off a very unfunny cliff. The Sklars’ act is so rapid-fire, it’s literally like watching twin brothers finishing each other’s sentences, often stepping on each other’s toes trying to do so. In that way, it’s similar to experiencing a couple of friends recounting their favorite stories from their shared past; each one wants to get in the funny details they find most important to the tale.

Now that The Sklar Brothers are getting a bit older, though, their lives are starting to take on more idiosyncratic qualities—one getting married while the other stays wholeheartedly embedded in the dating scene, or one having kids while the other remains the beloved uncle. The two brothers have in fact deepened and broadened their act—not quite dueling personalities, but two insync minds with different experiences enriching a joke. So now, instead of simply finishing the other’s thoughts, they can add their own hilarious singular-experience quip to the ongoing comedy routine. (Jacob Stringer) The Sklar Brothers @ Wiseguys West Valley City, 2194 W. 3500 South, West Valley City 801-463-2909, Feb. 5-7, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20. WiseguysComedy.com

| CITY WEEKLY |

MONDAY 2.9

Edward Lewis Theater Festival

SATURDAY 2.7

Ballet West: Swan Lake

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

FRIDAY 2.6

The Sklar Brothers

| cityweekly.net |

THURSDAY 2.5

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

20 | february 5, 2015

A&E

Visual ART

Let’s Get Real Chris Coy looks beyond repression to find Real Sex.

By Brian Staker comments@cityweekly.net @stakerized

S

ex as subject matter for art has been most commonly used as an avenue toward revelations about culture as well as identity. Far more rarely has it been used to suggest notions about the nature of reality itself, and the ways we perceive it.

Artist Chris Coy—who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Brigham Young University, and a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Southern California— explores in his exhibit Real Sex at CUAC gallery the tensions and ambiguities of sexuality he experienced growing up Mormon. He explains that it wasn’t until late in graduate school that he felt comfortable enough to allow these elements into his work: “I was embarrassed. I worried that doing so would make it easy for someone to erase my individuality through some reductive categorization. I was that teenager shoving his hands into his pockets while walking 10 feet behind his too-large family at the mall, you know?

“Art-school friendships exposed me to the power of authenticity as a material for art-making,” Coy adds, “and helped me feel like it was OK to go there personally. It’s nerve-racking; Mormon social culture— particularly in the Intermountain West— pretends at that act of public self-offering, while shortchanging it through all sorts of subtle coercions that erode one’s will to be truly authentic, different and flawed.

The pressure to conform and perform is immense, and because of it, we’re exceptionally adept at covering, obscuring, hiding and deflecting our true selves. We’re deeply afraid of our own nakedness.”

The works on display in Real Sex employ three different artistic media. Paintings executed in Chroma Key-green paint— normally utilized on a “green screen” for video editing—include “pixel grid” shapes distorted by pornographic imagery, which is in turn hidden by the grid pattern.

Photographs of window blinds—still images from Coy’s film Barnrazer—tease what might be behind them. And the short video 21st Century rounds out the show.

In the ways Coy’s work portrays sexuality, you could argue that the very act of playing with our perceptions—the relation between what is seen and what is hidden— also evokes a kind of active response to

Above: “1980-02 (Deformer)” by Chris Coy Left: “Single Hung”

complete its effect, and the surfaces of those works also fairly pulsate with the resulting sensual energy. The subliminal becomes a route to the sublime. “My work oscillates between simultaneously existing potentialities,” Coy says. “I reveal myself while hiding. What I cover becomes exposed. Light is both a particle and a wave.”

Discussing his film Barnrazer, Coy claims it serves as a focal point of his works. “It’s the generative point for much of what I’ve made over the last few years: films, animations, performances, writing, drawings, paintings, objects, etc.,” he says.

“Everything sort of folds back into and out of it. I like how it was referenced in the wall text for Analogital, a show Aaron Moulton curated at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in 2013: ‘an ongoing and ever-changing film project ... one that unpacks varying aesthetics of repression and has become a self-oiling machine for generating sculptural props and uncanny images.’ Real Sex is an echo of that film project—a series of creaks emanating from a haunted farmhouse.”

Coy believes that the video “serves as a kind of coda for the show—a re-articulation of the impulses that produced much of the other work: [It’s] me revisiting historical sites of personal trauma. From scary cartoons to sock drawers and family houses, I’m still looking for the things that I’m afraid I might actually find.”

CUAC has specialized in challenging exhibits that often contain elements of

conceptual art, and after seeing Coy’s work at UMOCA among that of other artists, it is fascinating to see his works stake their claim on this gallery space. “I am super excited to work with Chris,” says CUAC Executive Director Adam Bateman. “I’ve been wanting to for years, and this is a moment of having a great show come to fruition.” Coy has also exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, the Sundance Film Festival and the Netherlands Media Institute.

The works in Real Sex not only have an uncanny relationship with the viewer, but also with one another: “There’s a scene in Michel Gondry’s film The Science of Sleep where his protagonist talks about how dreams are prepared,” Coy says. “They’re a sort of nocturnal soup comprised of many disparate, accumulated things filtered through lived and imagined experience. I think the works [in Real Sex] function like that, in a way. It’s a concoction of various forms dredged up from my middle-class childhood and then polished to a shiny uncanniness: cartoons, pizza, religion, desire, violence, fear, shame, anger, confusion, hunger, etc.

“They make this crazy mess that is real and gross and glorious. Which sounds a lot like sex.” CW

Chris Coy: Real Sex

CUAC 175 E. 200 South 385-215-6768 Through March 13 Free CUArtCenter.org

| cityweekly.net |

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 21

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

22 | february 5, 2015

moreESSENTIALS

Complete listings online @ cityweekly.net

FRIDAY 2.6

The Bboy Federation: They Reminisce The Bboy Federation is an influential force in the Utah dance community, bringing street-style performances to the masses and giving those who don’t normally fit the classically trained model a platform to show their talent. But those who perform don’t learn the craft immediately; they study its history and culture all the way up to presentday styles, so that they may innovate and experiment to create the styles of tomorrow.

The two-hour program They Reminisce explores the evolution of street dance in all its genres, through every decade and every musical style it’s been paired with. The Bboy Federation will bring back many performers from the 2014 production along with some fresh faces, combining previous performances with new work. The show will also explore different aspects of hip-hop culture, including the evolution of graffiti art and what it means as an art form today. (Gavin Sheehan) The Bboy Federation: They Reminisce @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, Feb. 6, 7 p.m.; Feb. 7, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m., $17. ArtTix.org, BboyFed.com

Thursday 2.5 Performing Arts Pirates of the Scaribbean, Desert Star Dinner Theatre, 4861 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-2662600 Is He Dead?, Hale Centre Theatre, 3333 Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, 801-984-9000 Utah Philharmonia, Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 I Am Comic: A Night of Stand Up, Movie Grille, 2293 Grant Ave., Ogden Two Stories, Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City, 801-363-7522 Kermit Apio, Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Ogden, 801-622-5588 The Sklar Brothers, Wiseguys West Valley City, 2194 W. 3500 South, West Valley City, 801-4632909

Literary Arts

Show Me a Story: Digital Storytelling, SLCC Community Writing Center, Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Suite 8, Salt Lake City, 801-957-2192

Friday 2.6 Performing Arts The Children’s Hour, Babcock Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 Ballet West: Swan Lake, Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2785 Pirates of the Scaribbean, Desert Star Dinner Theatre Is He Dead?, Hale Centre Theatre What to Remember When Waking: The Art of Asking a Beautiful Question, Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 Hunger Game of Thrones, Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-3554628 Two Stories, Salt Lake Acting Company Kermit Apio Wiseguys Ogden

The Sklar Brothers, Wiseguys West Valley City Fiddler on the Roof, The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 855-944-2787

Saturday 2.7 Performing Arts The Children’s Hour, Babcock Theatre Ballet West: Swan Lake, Capitol Theatre Pirates of the Scaribbean, Desert Star Dinner Theatre MOMIX: Dreamcatcher, Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City, 435-655-3114 Is He Dead?, Hale Centre Theatre Hunger Game of Thrones, Off Broadway Theatre Two Stories, Salt Lake Acting Company Edward Lewis Theater Festival, Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City, 801-524-8200 Kermit Apio, Wiseguys Ogden The Sklar Brothers, Wiseguys West Valley City Fiddler on the Roof, The Ziegfeld Theater

Literary Events

Utah Romance Writers Association Festival, Weller Book Works, 665 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City, 801-328-2586

Sunday 2.8 Performing Arts The Children’s Hour, Babcock Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East

| cityweekly.net |

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 23

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

24 | february 5, 2015

moreESSENTIALS Ballet West: Swan Lake, Capitol Theatre Two Stories, Salt Lake Acting Company Edward Lewis Theater Festival, Salt Lake City Main Library

Monday 2.9 Performing Arts Pirates of the Scaribbean, Desert Star Dinner Theatre Hunger Game of Thrones, Off Broadway Theatre

Literary Arts

Alexandra Fuller: Leaving Before the Rains Come, The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801-984-9100

Wednesday 2.11 Performing Arts

Ballet West: Swan Lake, Capitol Theatre Pirates of the Scaribbean, Desert Star Dinner Theatre Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City: Meccorre String Quartet, Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 Two Stories, Salt Lake Acting Company

Visual Art Continuing 2.5-11

Vort Man: Made in Utah, Charley Hafen Gallery, 1409 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City, 801521-7711, through Feb. 17

Complete listings online @ cityweekly.net

Jena Schmidt: Black North, Art Barn/Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-596-5000, through Feb. 27 Remapping the Natural World in Black & White, Art Barn/Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-596-5000, through Feb. 27 Block Plan Series: Provo, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, 500 Campus Drive, Provo, 801-422-8287, Mondays-Saturdays through April 18 No Fixed Address, The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City, 801-531-9800, MondaysSundays through May 15 Zach Franzoni: Disrupted Identities, Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts, 641 W. North Temple, Suite 700, 801-596-0500, through Feb. 10 Mark Knudson & Leslie Thomas: The Modern Western Landscape Phillips Gallery, 444 East 200 South, Salt Lake City, 801-3648284, 11 a.m. through Feb. 13 Hikmet Sidney Loe: Drawing From the Lake, Salt Lake City Library Chapman branch, 577 S. 900 West, Salt Lake City, 801-594-8623, Mondays-Sundays though Feb. 26 Imagine Nations 2015: Women of the World, Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, Glendale, 801-535-6533, through Feb. 14 [con]text, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-5817332, Tuesdays-Sundays through July 26 Salt 10: Conrad Bakker, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7332, Tuesdays-Sundays, through Feb. 8

VALENTINE’S DAY

Romance & Restaurants Where to cozy up for a special meal this Valentine’s Day.

By Ted Scheffler comments@cityweekly.net @critic1

R

made in your own backyard.

Meet:

Utah is home to some world-class bean-to-bar craft chocolate companies

SOLSTICE

AMANO

CHOCOLATE CONSPIRACY

Taste:

Chris Blue filled chocolates, made with local Solstice

Experience it all at:

Caputo’s:

Intro to Fine Chocolate Course Sign-up @ caputosdeli.com

Caputo’s Downtown 314 West 300 South 801.531.8669

Caputo’s Holladay 4670 S. 2300 E. 801.272.0821 Caputo’s U of U 215 S. Central Campus Drive 801-583-8801

february 5, 2015 | 25

Caputo’s On 15th 1516 South 1500 East 801.486.6615

| CITY WEEKLY |

mignonette and Asian pear; Utah steelhead trout tartar; fresh ricotta & sweet-potato gnocchi; roasted Piemontese beef-marrow bones; classic lobster bisque with grilled langoustine; roasted pheasant breast with herb-butter duxelles; risotto with seared diver scallops; and grilled Piemontese beef bavette steak with duck-fat-roasted fingerling potatoes. Dinner is $75 per person, and $45 for optional wine pairings.

From Feb. 12 through 14, Tucanos Brazilian Grill (162 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801-456-2550, Tucanos.com) is offering special Valentine’s Day lunches ($19.95) and dinners ($29.95) that include the full churrasco buffet, as well as V-Day selections such as rosemary-herb salmon, roasted rib-eye, grilled shrimp, chocolate Brazilian truffle and a complimentary rose.

Tuscany (2832 E. 6200 South, Salt Lake City, 801-277-9919, TuscanySLC.com) is offering a four-course Valentine’s Day menu that includes options such as spicy chocolate-braised pork cheeks, mushroom pot de crème, strawberry-kale salad, house-smoked King salmon, surf & turf of braised beef short rib and grilled jumbo prawns, chicken Milanese, white-chocolate cheesecake with raspberry sauce, Cupid’s red velvet cake and more. Dinner is $65 per person.

At Zucca Trattoria (1479 E. 5600 South, 801-475-7077, MyZucca.com) in South Ogden, a special Valentine’s menu will be offered Feb. 13 and 14, in addition to Zucca’s regular dinner menu. The fourcourse Valentine’s Day gourmet menu is $50 per person, with optional wine pairings available for an additional $15.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you, wherever you decide to dine. CW

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

Its heart-stopping seven-course menu is offered from noon to 9 p.m. on Feb. 13 and 14. Menu selections include butter-poached shrimp cocktail; cherry-chocolate salad; tomato bisque; grass-fed elk medallions with espresso-onion ash rub; beef Wellington; chicken cassoulet; curried scallops; dessert choices and much more.

Dinner is $67 per person, and $25 for optional wine pairings.

Log Haven restaurant (6451 E. Millcreek Canyon Road, Salt Lake City, 801-272-8255, Log-Haven.com) is turning Valentine’s Day into an extended romantic holiday with special menu offerings and live music every night from Feb. 12 to 15. Romantic weekend dinner selections from Chef Dave Jones include lobster-crab cakes; wildmushroom soup with almond milk and Sandeman sherry; grilled bone-in filet mignon with pink-peppercorn sauce; Valrhona Chocolate f lourless cake and white-chocolate Mikado; and specialty cocktails and “mocktails” like the Ginger Dream and Cranberry Kiss. Menu pricing is à la carte.

The Paris Bistro (1500 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801-486-5585, TheParis.net) invites its guests to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Feb. 13 or 14 in The City of Light with a “la vie en rose” five-course menu. The menu includes items such as Thai-spiced lump blue crab cake; creamed beet-root velouté; pan-roasted Chilean sea bass and Maine lobster with lobster nage; honey-braised Mary’s all-natural chicken; Angus Prime rib roast “Oscar”; warm molten chocolate cake with orange-blossom gelato and more, as well as suggested wine pairings. Dinner is $75.95 per person.

On Feb. 13 and 14, Rodizio Grill (600 S. 700 East, Salt Lake City, 801-220-0500, RodizioGrill.com) is offering a special Valentine’s Celebration Menu with two options: For $35.99 per person, enjoy one nonalcoholic drink, the extended Full Rodizio menu featuring Kurobuta wild boar and grilled peppered pork belly, plus a select dessert. Or, for $99.99 per couple, indulge in the Together Forever package, which includes special seating in Rodizio’s private Club Room accompanied by live music and a red rose in a keepsake vase, plus unlimited appetizers, the gourmet salad bar, two nonalcoholic drinks, the Extended Full Rodizio menu featuring a prime-rib carving station, bacon-wrapped steak and more. Finish your romantic dinner with a choice of two select desserts.

The Valentine’s weekend menu (Feb. 13-16) at Solitude Mountain Resort’s St. Bernard’s restaurant (12000 Big Cottonwood Canyon Road, 801-535-4120, SkiSolitude.com/dining ) with optional wine pairings features many choices, including Kumamoto oysters with rice-wine

| cityweekly.net |

emember Valentine’s Day when we were kids? Things seemed so much simpler then. My mom would buy me a box of cheap Valentine’s Day cards and I’d sign them and give them out to my classmates. And there was candy. I don’t remember there being any gender distinctions involved; boys and girls both gave and received V-Day cards to and from one another. Everyone—in my small gradeschool circle, at least—was my valentine.

Today, things are a little stickier and trickier. Many of us have one very special valentine, and the stakes on Cupid’s big day are high. There are just so many ways to screw it up. Someone I’m very close to still seems to be scarred from her lover treating her to Chuck-A-Rama on a day devoted to love and lust. And I’ve had my share of failures as well.

I’m always of the opinion that cooking up a special dinner for your valentine can be a bull’s-eye from Cupid’s quiver. Nothing says, “be my valentine” better than a meal cooked with love. However, not everyone cooks, nor does everybody have the time.

And so, dining out at a good restaurant on Valentine’s Day is a logical choice.

Here’s the info I’ve received on special restaurant menus and such for this Valentine’s Day. Choose wisely.

At Bleu Bistro (1615 Foothill Drive, 801-583-8331)—Salt Lake City’s new-ish live-music and dining venue—is offering a four-course Valentine’s dinner that includes shrimp bisque with Creole spices; shitake & white truffle oil risotto cakes; an entree choice of beef tenderloin medallions, chicken picatta or grilled king salmon; and housemade chocolate mousse or cheesecake for dessert. Dinner is $40 per person for food, and $20 for optional wine pairings.

Chef Robert Perkins’ four-course menu at Franck’s Restaurant (6363 S. Holladay Blvd., Salt Lake City, 801-274-6264, FrancksFood. com) virtually guarantees Valentine’s Day satisfaction with items like sous-vide organic ocean trout and apple-butter-basted Nobashi shrimp, and plum-braised Wagyu beef cheek with royal trumpet mushrooms and Pinot sauce. Follow it with a decadent dessert of chocolate panna cotta, dark-chocolate cake, raspberry mousse and mascarpone. Dinner is $75 per person.

In Ogden, Chef James Bradford is pulling out all the stops at Hearth on 25th (195 25th St., 801-399-0088, Hearth25.com).

DINE

World Class Chocolate...

Lovers Libations Spice up your Valentine’s Day with these romantic sips.

By Ted Scheffler comments@cityweekly.net @critic1

T

his Valentine’s Day—or any other time, for that matter—you might opt to heat things up a skosh with a well-chosen sip of wine or bubbly. Or, perhaps a snort or shot of a slightly more potent libation. Cupid can always use a little help, right?

Well, I’m here to help as well. I don’t have any heart-bound arrows in my quiver, but I do have a few liquid refreshments to recommend for spicing up your Valentine’s Day. A fetching wine with an equally beguiling backstory is Loveblock Pinot Noir ($37), made in the Awatere Valley in Marlborough, New Zealand. In the mid1800s, the New Zealand farmer who owned the land where Loveblock Pinot Noir grapes are now farmed found the dead

body of a young man on the property. The farmer buried the unknown stranger, and because of the lack of name, identity and kin, he simply engraved on the cross at his gravesite “Someone’s Darling.” If you’re serving something sexy like raw oysters or steamed crab legs to your darling on V-Day, opt for the lighter Loveblock white wine: Loveblock Sauvignon Blanc ($17.99).

If you or your special someone loves tequila but are looking to add a little spice to your V-Day imbibing, try Peligroso Cinammon ($22.99). It’s the world’s first 84-proof cinnamon-flavored tequila, made with blue agave and pure cinnamon for a unique kick and sweet heat on the palate. Be forewarned though: Peligroso in Spanish means “danger!”

Bubbly is always a slam-dunk on Cupid’s favorite night, and from Italy comes Berlucchi Franciacorta ’61 Brut ($37). When we think of Italian sparkling wine, we usually think of Prosecco.

This wine, however, falls into the luxury Italian sparkling-wine category—made in the metodo classico manner, or using the classic methods and techniques of fine Champagne making. It’s a perfect choice for Valentine’s Day, as is its vibrant pink sister, Berlucchi Franciacorta Cuvee ’61 Brut Rosé ($37). Or, for a more traditional French Champagne choice on Valentine’s Day, treat your honey to a bottle of Moët &

DRINK Chandon Imperial Rosé ($49.99), packaged in a unique “Unfurl the Tie” box that dresses the bottle in an isothermic tiegraphic tin designed to keep a chilled bottle cool for up to two hours— the perfect way to hide your bubbly until you’re ready to confess your love (or lust).

Track down a bottle of SAVED Red ($25) for Valentine’s Day, if you can.

It’s the creation of California winemaker Clay Brock and “hopeless romantic” Scott Campbell. According to SAVED spokesperson Lauren Hill, during his first foray into wine, Campbell “was planning his wedding to his now-wife, actress Lake Bell, and coded his love for her in secret messages on the bottle’s intricate label,” with symbols of good luck and love. The wine itself is a bold red blend with dominant ripe Zinfandel berry flavors.

“How deep is your love?” the Bee Gees

26 | february 5, 2015

| CITY WEEKLY |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| cityweekly.net |

BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

once asked. To illustrate the depth and intensity of your love and passion, pour a glass of Santa Rita Estate Bottled Triple C ($37.44) for your Valentine.

“Triple C” stands for the grapes Caber net F r a nc , Cabernet Sauvignon and Carménère, from which the wine is blended. It’s a vibrant ruby-red color (befitting V-Day), with a complex bouquet (who needs flowers?) and flavors of blueberries, black currants, chocolate (why buy chocolate?) spice and tobacco.

Please keep in mind that if you can’t find certain hard-to-f ind wines for Valentine’s Day or any other occasion, your friendly w ine-store employee will be happy to special order them for you at any state liquor store or wine store. Happy Valentine’s Day! CW

International Sake Flights have arrived.

✦ :hiVWa^h]ZY '%%) ✦ Cd 8djedc CZXXZhhVgn### :kZgndcZ eVnh i]Z hVbZ

ADL EG>8: 694 East Union Square

SAN DY

801-572-5148 Open 7 Days a Week!

7am - 3pm

7Zhi ;Vb^an 9^cZg

L U N C H

&

D I N N E R

C O N T E M P O R A R Y J A PA N E S E D I N I N G 1 8 W E S T M A R K E T S T R E E T, S LC s 8 0 1 . 5 1 9 . 9 5 9 5 S U S H I s S A K E

Feel Good Getting

Bleu

SMALL PLATES AND DINNER ENTREES TUES-SAT | 4:30-10PM SATURDAY | 9AM -10PM SUNDAY | 9AM -4PM

VALENTINES DINNER 4 COURSE DINNER – 6PM AND 8PM RESERVATIONS $40.00 FOOD $20.00 WINE PAIRING (OPTIONAL)

THE STEEPWATER BAND FEB 23 & 24TH 7PM

$25 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT

CWSTORE.CITYWEEKLY.NET FOLLOW OUR EVENTS & MENU @ BLEUBISTROSLC.COM

FOOD MATTERS @critic1

Like most food & drink enthusiasts I know, I’m excited about the soon-toopen new dine & drink complex located in the former Salt Lake Antiques building at 300 South & 300 East, tentatively called Three & Three UnCommons.

It’s in the late stages of development by longtime restaurateur and real-estate developer David Harries and his business partner Pat Reedy. First, there was 15th & 15th, then 9th & 9th, and now, 3rd & 3rd looks to be booming soon, with the opening of a new seafood restaurant called Current, created by experienced restaurateurs Mikel Trapp (Fresco, Trio, Luna Blanca Taqueria) and Joel La Salle (Faustina, Oasis Cafe, Caffe Niche). In addition, restaurateur Eric DeBonis (The Paris, Sea Salt) is creating a food hall/marketplace in the space that will feature a fishmonger, artisan food vendors, cheese & meat shops and more.

Think of Seattle’s Pike Place Market, but on a smaller (for now) scale. Stay tuned here for details about the opening of Three & Three UnCommons.

GREEK SPECIALTIES

LUNCH & DINNER HOMEMADE SOUP

GREEK SPECIALS GREEK SALADS HOT OR COLD SANDWICHES | KABOBS PASTA | FISH STEAKS | CHOPS GREEK PLATTERS & GREEK DESSERTS

LAMB

MON - SAT 7AM - 11PM SUN 8AM - 10PM 469 EAST 300 SOUTH | 521-6567

Looking for a unique Valentine’s Day gift for your honey? Just in time, Utah’s own Beehive Distilling (BeehiveDistilling. com) has released its Barrel Reserve Gin ($38.99). It’s a limited-production, smoky and perfumed gin made with a blend of seven botanicals before resting in hand-charred French oak barrels.

Beehive Distilling Barrel Reserve Gin is available now in limited distribution at a number of state liquor stores.

Quote of the week: The artichoke is a trick vegetable.

—Groucho Marx Food Matters 411: teds@xmission.com

february 5, 2015 | 27

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

It’s in the Barrel

376 8TH AVE, STE. C, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 385.227.8628 | AVENUESPROPER.COM

| CITY WEEKLY |

EAT MORE

Valentine's is just around the corner. Get your reservations now.

BEER & WINE

The cooking pros at Salt Lake Culinary Center believe in the old adage that “the quickest way to someone’s heart is through their stomach.” If you agree, you might be interested in the special lineup of Valentine’s Day-themed cooking classes at the Culinary Center.

Cupid-worthy cooking-class topics include “Valentine’s Sweets and Treats,” “Junior Chefs Valentine Treats for Your Sweetie” (aimed at young chefs), “French Macaroons,” “Fondue & Wine,” “Date Night: Turn Up the Heat,” “Pasta Amore: Valentine Luncheon for Two” and “Playing With Fire.” For schedules and prices, phone 801-464-0113 or visit SaltLakeCulinaryCenter.com.

Saturday & Sunday

3 Bloodies & Mimosas

$

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

BREAKFAST OMELETTES | PANCAKES

V-Day Cookery

10am-2pm

| cityweekly.net |

RESTAURANT

Weekend Brunch

Three & Three UnCommons

1615 SOUTH FOOTHILL DR. 801 583 8331

THE OTHER PLACE

W SERVING O N

by TED SCHEFFLER

GOODEATS Complete listings at cityweekly.net beer · wine · sake

SYO-YU • MISO • TONKOTSU • CHYA-SYU • ICHIRO • CURRY • HIYASHI SALAD

SUSHI HAPPY HOUR 50% OFF SELECT MENU AFTER 5PM RAMEN ICHIRO (MT. FUJI RESTAURANT) 8650 S 1300 E • 801.432.8962 LUNCH (RAMEN ONLY) M-SAT 11:30-2PM DINNER 5-9:30PM MTFUJISLC.COM/RAMEN-LUNCH/

"4*"/ (30$&3: 4503&

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

Jitter Bug Coffee Hop

Jitter Bug Coffee Hop features a uniquely modern retro atmosphere as well as tasty espresso-based beverages, smoothies, root-beer floats, hot chocolate, Italian sodas, an assortment of teas, sandwiches, soups, chocolate-dipped pastries and, of course, coffee so fresh it should be slapped. House specialties include the California melt, Reuben sandwich and club salad. For breakfast, there are bagels and breakfast burritos. Make use of the drive-thru window if you’re on the go. 1855 S. 700 East, Salt Lake City, 801-487-8100, JitterBugCoffeeHop.com

en s s e t lica nt e D n a a Germ Restaur &

Britton’s Restaurant

At Britton’s, you’ll find old-fashioned burgers and shakes, along with breakfast items like pancakes, omelets, “garbage hash” and French toast served all day long. A must-try is the famous Hog burger, a burger wrapped in two grilled-cheese sandwiches— it’s crazy and delicious. Also try the house specialty: grilled pork chops. The fried shrimp and chips are served British style. 694 E. Union Square, Sandy, 801-572-5148, BrittonsRestaurant.com

Kim Long Vietnamese Cuisine

"TJBO 4OBDLT ŭ 4BVDFT ŭ 4QJDFT ŭ 7FHFUBCMFT ŭ 4FBGPPE ŭ 5FB NPSF

3390 South State Street | www.chinatownsupermarkets.com

There are nine varieties of pho at this family-owned Vietnamese eatery. Wash the fiery food down with a refreshing boba tea, which comes in tons of flavors, including red bean and banana. Rice platters like grilled lemon-grass beef are very popular here, as are the rice-noodle soups. The Kim Long rice-noodle soup special contains barbecued pork and shrimp. Fondue dishes include beef with vinegar broth, shrimp, calamari or a combination of all three. Unique to Kim Long is nuong vi, where you grill your own food right at your table. Chow mein and lo mein are also on the menu. 1664 N. Woodland Park Drive, Layton, 801-779-9586

9th South Delicatessen

| CITY WEEKLY |

28 | february 5, 2015

Featuring dining destinations from buffets and rooms with a view to mom & pop joints, chic cuisine and some of our dining critic’s faves!

Das ist gut

/PPEMFT ŭ )PU 1PU ŭ %SZ 1PU ŭ %JN 4VN ŭ #PCB 5FB ŭ 'SVJU TMVTI ŭ .JML 4IBLFT

Open Mon-Wed: 9am-6pm Thu-Sat: 9am-9pm

20 W. 200 S. s (801) 355-3891

@ FE LDMANSDE LI

COME JOIN US FOR A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY

YANKEETH CLIPPER FEB 7 AT 7PM

There’s no way to know the wondrous array of tasty bites that lurk inside simply by looking at the bungalow that’s been converted into the 9th South Delicatessen.

But as soon as you step through the door, you know this isn’t just any old deli. Step up to the deli case and choose from top-notch meats and cheeses, as well as prepared foods like latkes and knish. Lunchtime means tackling any one of a huge slate of worthy sandwiches, from a traditional pastrami on pumpernickel to a genuine Nathan’s hot dog slathered with kraut and Dijon mustard. In the morning, consider it a coffee hotspot, with all the pastries and croissants you’ll need to stay satisfied until it’s time for that pastrami.

931 E. 900 South, Salt Lake City, 801-5173663, 9thSouthDeli.com

Alta Lodge

3390 South State Street | www.Hotdynasty.com Party Room available for Reservation: 801-809-3229

Catering Catering Available available

Alta Lodge is surrounded by mountains, but the cuisine is not your typical lodge fare. In winter, the lodge

2005 E. 2700 South, SLC FELDMANSDELI.COM / OPEN TUES - SAT TO GO ORDERS: (801) 906-0369

Food You Will

LOVE

GOODEATS Complete listings at cityweekly.net offers tasty sandwiches, soups, salad and daily specials for lunch to both guests and the general public. A scrumptious four-course dinner is available to outside guests on a reservation basis. The menu ranges from a Thai chicken to baja white five-spice shrimp. At Alta Lodge, there’s definitely something for every taste, which is perhaps why this mountaintop location was one of author William F. Buckley’s favorites. 10230 E. Utah Highway 210, Alta, 801-742-3500, AltaLodge.com

AS SEEN ON “ DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES”

Serving American Comfort Food Since 1930 ÝÛ:I<<BJ@;<ÛG8K@FJ ÝÛ9<JKÛ9I<8B=8JKÛ Û¬Û ~ ÝÛ ÛP<8IJÛ8E;Û>F@E>ÛJKIFE> ÝÛ;<C@:@FLJÛD@DFJ8JÛ¬Û9CFF;PÛD8IP¿J “In a perfect world, every town would have a diner just like Ruth’s” -CityWeekly

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

Coming Soon

-Cincinnati Enquirer

RUTH’S CREEKSIDE www.ruthscreekside.com

CF:8K<;ÛALJKÛ ÛD@C<JÛ<8JKÛF=Û?F>C<ÛQFFÛÝÛ ~ Û<D@>I8K@FEÛ:8EPFEÛIF8;ÛJC: ÛLKÛ ~

Little Taste of Britain italianvillageslc.com A

UTA H

O R I G I N A L

S I N CE

1 9 6 8

5370 S. 900 E. MURRAY, UT 8 0 1 . 2 6 6 . 4 1 8 2 / H O U R S : M O N-T H U 11 a - 11 p F R I- S AT 11 a -1 2 a / S U N 3 p - 1 0p

complimentary side & drink

with purchase of a full sandwich

Nick & Mandy Island’s Little Taste of Britain is a cozy, friendly fish & chips shop that’ll make you think you might be in soggy, foggy, merry old London town.

There’s also a small market filled with British specialty items—everything from kidney pies and bangers to Union Jack Bermuda shorts. Big meaty fillets of fresh fish are battered and deep-fried until perfectly golden and luscious. Try the fish & chips with a side of pineapple fritters, “mushy” peas or baked beans.

1095 N. Main St., Layton, 801-543-5707; 3518 W. 5600 South, Roy, 801-985-0395, LittleTasteOfBritain.net

Curry Fried Chicken

NIN T H & NIN TH & 2 54 SOUTH M AI N

2014

BUY ONE SANDWICH, GET THE 2ND ONE HALF PRICE

Coupon must be present. Limit one per customer. Offer from 2/5/15 - 2/14/15

Dutch, German & Scandinavian Market

M-F 10am-6pm · Sat 9am-5pm · Closed Sunday

F F O % 50 I H S U S L L A S L L O &R AY !

D Y R E V AY E ALL D

2696 Highland Dr. 801-467-5052

olddutchstore.com

Beer & Wine WHY WAIT?

| CITY WEEKLY |

Wing Coop

2007 2008

AND ASIAN GRILL M-ThÛ~~¤~ ÝFÛ~~¤~~ÝSÛ~ ¤~~ÝSu 12-9 NOW OPEN! 9000 S 109 W, SANDY & 3424 S STATE STREET ~ ~Ýa[`aZYfkmk`aml [ge

february 5, 2015 | 29

2005

VOTED BEST COFFEE HOUSE

At the Wing Coop, they take chicken wings seriously, serving only the largest of chicken wings to customers and leaving the tiny wings for pizza chains, grocery stores and sports bars. A rather unusual twist on wings here is the option of having them grilled or fried.

Wing Coop features 22 sauces to choose from, including Loco Lime, teriyaki, raspberry chipotle, spicy garlic and honey habanero. Look out, though, for the incendiary Out of Bounds and Eleven sauces, the hottest of Wing Coop’s sauces. 3971 S. Wasatch Blvd., Salt Lake City, 801-274-9464, WingCoop.com

Kick off your meal with one of the extensive selection of Mexican beers (both alcoholic and nonalcoholic) or a house specialty drink. Then, enjoy a bowl of chips & salsa before getting into something more substantial like the enchiladas, chimichangas, fajitas, chile rellenos, tacos, smothered burritos, halibut fish tacos and much more. The garden atmosphere adds to the attractive ambiance. 17 E. Center, Provo, 801375-5732, LosHermanosUtah.com

Dutch Tomato Meatball • Dutch Potato Gouda Butternut Squash bisque • Swedish Garlic Lentil Norwegian Cauliflower Meatball • Dutch Split Pea

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

Los Hermanos

CHECK OUT OUR DAILY SOUP SPECIALS:

| cityweekly.net |

9 Exchange Place, Boston Building Downtown SLC • (801) 355. 2146

For fans of Curry in a Hurry, Curry Fried Chicken can get you the same curry-soaked Middle Eastern eats without the drive south. Both restaurants are owned and operated by the same family, which has a talent for hummus and shawarma (tandoori-marinated chicken breast in a warm pita). Of course, the restaurant offers a curry-fried chicken plate (served with basmati rice, veggie curry, house salad and warm pita) and plenty of kebabs and wraps, along with traditional samosas. Get gutsy and try the Rooh Afza, a nonalcoholic concentrated-syrup drink made with fruit, herbs and vegetables. Don’t let the name fool you—there is more to this place than chicken. 660 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-924-9188, Facebook.com/ CurryFriedChicken

~Û ¤ ÛÝÛWWW.ILK?J;@E<I :FD

Breakfast until 4pm, Lunch and Dinner 7 days a week

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

30 | february 5, 2015

REVIEW BITES

the PORTABELLA SWISS BURGER

A sampler of Ted Scheffler’s reviews Provisions

12 NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATIONS |

FA C E B O O K . C O M / A P O L L O B U R G E R

CHILL VIBE...

SERVING AMAZING FOOD Including: .50¢ Wing Wednesdays

Breakfast All-Day

The Mariposa

$5 Lunch Special

677 S. 200 W. Salt Lake City 801.355.3598

Occupying the old Lugano space, the brainchild of chef/owner Tyler Stokes makes a bold design statement with its emphasis on the color orange. The cuisine is just as bold: comfort food with an edge. Steak tartare incorporates soy sauce and mint, not to mention Meyer lemon and sunflower seeds—and it was a revelation. There’s a small section of the menu devoted to “raw” fare like the aforementioned steak tartare, plus a dozen small-plates options, a half-dozen or so large plates, and a dessert quartet. Our favorite small-plate choice, by far, was the pig’s head torchons: Niman Ranch pork formed into hockey-puck-like torchons, deep-fried and served crispy with a cherry-ginger compote, pickled mustard seeds and butterleaf lettuce for assembling pig’s head wraps. That’s what I like about Provisions: The food is complex, but not contrived or convoluted. Reviewed Jan. 29. 3364 S. 2300 East, Salt Lake City, 801-410-4046, SLCProvisions.com

whylegends.com

At Deer Valley Resort’s main fine-dining venue, settle in beside a toasty fireplace for delicious appetizers like Kumamoto oysters on the half-shell with housemade seafood sauce and mignonette, or delightful sashimi-style diver scallop drizzled with lime & aji-chile-pepper vinaigrette and cilantro emulsion. I appreciate that The Mariposa menu is mostly small-plate-oriented, so it’s easy to try a lot of tasty dishes rather than just one or two big ones. More divine dishes came and went: pan-roasted boneless quail saltimbocca and miso-braised kale and mushrooms in a Cabernet reduction; Niman Ranch beef short rib with Pontack sauce and salsify-

parsnip puree; and my favorite dish, housemade lemonthyme gnocchi with beurre blanc, Rockhill Creamery aged Edam cheese and slow-poached wild Gulf shrimp. Table and wine service were, as always, up to Deer Valley’s ultra-high standards, where guest-pampering is taken to extreme levels. Reviewed Jan. 15. 7600 Royal St., Park City, 435-645-6715, DeerValley.com/dining

The Goldener Hirsch Inn Restaurant

Classic European staples like fondue and wiener schnitzel are on the menus, and probably always will be, but Executive Chef Ryan Burnham also offers up more delicate and creative dishes like his “mushroom tasting”—a mélange of fresh, wild mushrooms with sunchokes, cranberries, crispy prosciutto and sweet Pedro Ximenez balsamic vinegar—and a roastedbeet salad that looks as beautiful as it tastes. But the entree section of the menu is where things really get interesting.

Potato gnocchi, made with organic spuds, is paired with duck confit, caramelized pear, arugula, lemon and a big dollop of housemade burrata. The service, beverage selection and ambiance are terrific: friendly when called for, crisp and professional when necessary. A citrus-olive-oil torte dessert with lemon mousse, pistachio and blood-orange sherbet sent us back to our cozy upstairs room grinning like idiots.

Reviewed Jan. 15. 7570 Royal St. East, Park City, 435649-7770, GoldenerHirschInn.com

Karma Indian Cuisine

Walking through this Indian eatery’s front doors brings you into a fashionable and beautiful space. However, as appealing

O Y U L C AN E L A A OVER 2 T 00 ITEMS KING BUFFET CHINESE SEAFOOD | SUSHI | MONGOLIAN

L U N C H B U F F E T s D I N N E R B U F F E T s S U N D AY A L L D AY B U F F E T TEL: 801.969.6666 5668 S REDWOOD RD TAY L O R S V I L L E , U T

REVIEW BITES

A sampler of Ted Schefflerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reviews with garlic confit and crisp, crunchy shoestring potatoes.

Some of the startersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the pasta, for exampleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;could suffice as small entrees, like the housemade tagliatelle pasta with beef-cheek ragout and the generously portioned housemade ricotta. The pasta was some of the best Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever eaten, and perfectly cooked al dente. Exceptional entrees of steelhead trout with Beluga lentils and herb-fried chicken with fried green tomatoes and heavenly buttermilk risotto firmed up my notion that The Annex is one of the best dining options in Sugar House. Reviewed Dec. 25, 2014. 1048 E. 2100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-742-5490, TheAnnexByEpicBrewing.com

Mellow Mushroom

The Bruges Sugar House location is a couple of years old and features its biggest menu and selection. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Channelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Man v. Food. But there is so much more, like waffle sandwiches made with toasted waffles where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;freakandelâ&#x20AC;? or two merquez sausages. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;freakandelâ&#x20AC;? 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 AmĂŠricain, lapin Ă la gueuze and moulesfrites. But for now, Bruges Waffles & Frites serves my Belgian cravings admirably. Reviewed Dec. 11, 2014. 2314 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-486-9999, BrugesWaffles.com

The Annex by Epic Brewing

The Annex got a revamp recently, and it knocked my socks off.

A newly acquired club license allows patrons to drink alcohol without ordering food. And a new chef, Craig Gerome, is firing on all cylinders in the kitchen. A killer appetizer is a half-dozen Bouchot mussels steamed in Berliner Weiss beer

1/2 OFF APPETIZERS Everyday 5-7pm why limit happy to an hour?

Bruges Waffles & Frites Sugar House

(Appetizer & Dine-in only / Sugarhouse location only)

1405 E 2100 S SUGARHOUSE â?&#x2013; 801.906.0908 â?&#x2013; PATIO SEATING AVAILABLE LUNCH BUFFET: TUE-SUN 11-3PM â?&#x2013; DINNER: M-TH 5-9:30PM / F-S 5-10PM / SUN 5-9PM

| cityweekly.net |

I really do like the pizza at Mellow Mushroom, an Atlantabased pizza chain with a hippie vibe (which perhaps explains why my pizza took 25 minutes to make). The red sauce tastes of bright, ripe tomatoesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not the bitter tomato paste that mars so many commercial pizzas. And the toppings are plentiful and of good quality. The crust is of medium thickness, slightly crisp on the bottom with a nice crunchy and lightly blistered outer crust. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wine, cocktails and a formidable beer selection, to boot, with two-dozen local craft beers on tap and more than 70 bottled brews, including ones from Deschutes, Big Sky and Rogue. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll help you remain mellow while awaiting your pie. Reviewed Dec. 25, 2014. 1080 E. 2100 South, Salt Lake City, 801-844-1444, MellowMushroom.com

/ORTH .AIN 4T Č&#x201E; -AYTON Č&#x201E;

HOUSE OF TIBET Tibetan Restaurant

|145 E. 1300 S. Ste. 409 | (801) 364-1376 |

C

2014

62 E. Gallivan Ave. 801-961-9000 FromScratchSLC.com

310 BUGATTI DRIVE 300 W 2100 S, South Salt Lake

801.467.2890 s sun - thu 11-8pm s fri & sat 11-10pm

february 5, 2015 | 31

HOURS Tue-Fri 11:30-3:00 5:00-9:30 Fri-Sat 5:00-10:30

| CITY WEEKLY |

k r a P

Taste Freshness!

MONDAY OPENING SOON!!

C

new on r ou cati t u o o eh ck ity L

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

as Karma is to the eye, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the cuisine that will keep you coming back. The kormaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we ordered korma paneerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is divine.

The paneer, a housemade South Asian-style cheese curd with a tofu-like consistency and texture, is bathed in a stupendously delicious and silky korma sauce made with coconut milk, curry spices, ground cashews and golden raisins. I can never resist vindaloo, the traditional curry dish of Goa, when I see it on a menu. Like the korma, the vindaloo at Karma was superb. The tanginess in vindaloo comes from vinegar, which is blended with curry spices and made into a fiery (I ordered mine hot) sauce ladled over tender boneless chicken pieces and potato. Reviewed Jan. 8. 863 E. 9400 South, Sandy, 801-566-1134, EatGoodKarma.com

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

32 | february 5, 2015

SUNDANCE 2015 Wrapup

A New Year

T

CINEMA

here’s often a sense that any given Sundance Film Festival—perhaps in keeping with the way everything about the movie industry feels—is chasing the previous year. In 2000, the year after The Blair Witch Project became a phenomenon, everyone was looking for the next viral sensation; in 2007, after Little Miss Sunshine, everyone was looking for the next crowd-pleasing hit. In 2014, Sundance

By Scott Renshaw produced two premieres—Boyhood and scottr@cityweekly.net Whiplash—that collectively earned @scottrenshaw 11 Academy Award nominations. So, while plenty of people are always Brooklyn willing to let the festival unfold as it will, others keep looking for the thing that would make this year like last year: What would be the next Boyhood? What would be the next Whiplash?

Of course, the irony is that what makes Sundance so distinctive is its role as a showcase for new talent—filmmakers who have their own voice and aren’t “the next” anything except themselves.

Certainly, you can see the influences on some of these new kids.

Robert Eggers’ unsettling horIt Follows ror yarn The Witch—set in the 17th-century colonial American wilderness, where a devout Puritan family faces a supernatural peril—evoked Stanley Kubrick in its tone and composition but added a disturbing portrait of the psychology of those who see a world awash in sin. And David Robert Mitchell’s crackerjack supernatural thriller It Follows—which turns a murderous demonic entity into a sexually transmitted disease—may nod to 1980s horror movies, and in particular the works of John Carpenter, yet it also adds some unique feints and dodges to keep viewers hugging their armrests.

And when the festival does showcase establ ished f i l m ma kers, you’re still likely to see The Forbidden Room something completely sing ular. Sundance 2015’s best feature was The Forbidden Room, from the demented mind of Canadian di rector Guy Maddin. Continuing Maddin’s long time fascination w ith the forms and conventions of 1920s and ’30s cinema— f r om G er m a n Me and Earl Expressionism and the Dying Girl to si lent-f i l m

Sundance 2015 finds its own identity apart from last year’s success stories.

intertitles—The Forbidden Room is a bizarre, hilarious series of nested narratives, beginning with an instructional video on “How to Take a Bath,” continuing to the plight of men on a derelict submarine, and eventually involving every thing from talking bananas to a finger-snapping contest. You have to be on a very particular wavelength of twisted comedy to connect with Maddin’s brilliance—which is also true of animator Don Hertzfeldt, whose short film World of Tomorrow was the festival’s most glorious creation. His story of a clone traveling back from the future to communicate with her genetic original—who happens to be a 4-year-old girl—finds Hertzfeldt doing his typical extraordinary job of swinging within the space of seconds from apocalyptic despair to joy at the potential of the human experience, and all with stick figures.

It’s also fairly crucial to explore the nonfiction side of Sundance, which has little connection to concern about winning awards a year from now. The U.S. Documentary competition category featured several terrific entries, from the stranger-than-fiction tale of a custody battle over a mummified amputated human leg getting a wonderfully human background in Finders Keepers, to the story of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr.’s infamous televised face-offs during the 1968 national political conventions becoming a seminal moment in partisan talking-head “news” in Best of Enemies. Better than all of them was World Documentary Competition entry Dark Horse, with director Louise Osmond capturing the remarkable story of how residents in a Welsh mining community collectively bought and raised a steeplechase race horse. Even as it tracked the kind of arc you’d expect from an inspirational sports drama, it turned the story’s dips and twists—and the colorful real-life characters—into the stuff of a lump-in-thethroat crowd pleaser.

But none of this will stop folks from wondering if Sundance will be represented in next year’s awards season, and a couple of candidates did emerge. John Crowley’s richly romantic adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel Brooklyn—a 1950s period piece about an Irish immigrant adjusting to America—provided a showcase for Saoirse Ronan’s growing talents as an actor, playing the lead character as a fascinating mix of watchfulness, homesickness and emerging self-confidence. And the festival’s most widely loved entry was another adaptation, of Jesse Andrews’ young-adult novel Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, splendidly directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.

Effective as comedy, tearjerker and surprisingly complex coming-of-age tale, Me and Earl took both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award—just like Whiplash did in 2014. Which guarantees nothing, but maybe there are times when Sundance history repeats. CW

SIDESHOW

Moral of the Story

By Scott Renshaw scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

J

ean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have carved out a magnificent filmmaking career built on exploring one simple but essential subject: the consequences of and rationalizations for our moral choices. Two Days, One Night continues that pursuit with a film that’s not just one magnificent character study, but a dozen smaller, equally fascinating ones.

Marion Cotillard stars as Sandra, a married mother planning to return to work at a solar-panel-manufacturing plant after taking leave to deal with clinical depression. But she learns that the plant is planning to lay her off in a costcutting move when co-workers vote to give themselves a year-end bonus rather than preserving her job. Eventually, however, she’s able to convince her supervisor for one more chance: A new vote will be taken on the following Monday, giving Sandra the weekend to ask each individual co-worker to give up their bonus so that she can keep her job.

If the premise seems like it would result in a repetitive sequence of scenes, that’s part of the point; the arduous process of Sandra making one plea after another, so hard on the heels of such a deep depression, is a key element of the story. Yet, it’s also remarkable that the Dardennes invest so much in making each individual response so distinctive, and so understandable. There are no villains among those who can’t bring themselves to surrender their extra salary, yet it’s still viscerally emotional watching one co-worker break down in shame at having voted against her the first time.

The centerpiece, however, is Cotillard’s stunning Oscar-nominated performance as Sandra, which captures the despair of mental illness with wrenching honesty. Cotillard is able to convey the effort involved in simply moving through a regular day, let alone one that requires her to beg for her job. The final moral choice she is forced to make is a unique kind of triumph—yet also perfectly characteristic of the drama the Dardennes always wring out of human frailty. CW

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT

HHHH Marion Cotillard Fabrizio Rongione Rated PG-13

CINEMA CLIPS NEW THIS WEEK Information is correct at press time. Film release schedules are subject to change.

2015 Academy Award Nominated Animated Shorts HHH Perhaps the most pleasant surprise in this showcase of the five nominated animated shorts—plus four other recommended shorts to fill out the program—is how much wonderful handdrawn animation you’ll find. The most familiar entry—Disney’s Feast, which played with Big Hero 6—is a charming CGI tale of a dog adjusting to his owner’s new life, but there’s also the unique mix of colored pencil and stop-motion in The Bigger Picture’s story of two adult brothers caring for their elderly mother, and Me and My Moulton, a sweet reminiscence by director Torill Kove on her youth in 1960s Norway; the two-minute CGI A Single Life doesn’t have time to do much with its concept of a 45-rpm record with magical powers. But the most powerful nominee is The Dam Keeper, a storybook-like tale in which a piglet deals with being bullied and ostracized by classmates until a new student arrives.

And the supplemental material includes new material by veteran Disney animator Glen Keane, whose glorious Duet is a reminder that there’s so much more to contemporary animation than digital. Opens Feb. 6 at Tower Theatre. (NR)—Scott Renshaw

King Kong (1933) At Main Library, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. (NR) Sleeping Beauty At Main Library, Feb. 7, 11 a.m. (G)

february 5, 2015 | 33

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water HH.5 This, first of all: The marketing campaign emphasizing CGI ver-

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind At Brewvies, Feb. 9, 10 p.m. (R)

Black or White H.5 Writer/director Mike Binder’s film is worse than merely tonedeaf about the issues of racial politics it raises. Recently widowed Elliott Anderson (Kevin Costner), who has raised his 7-year-old granddaughter Eloise (Jillian Estell) since birth, faces a custody battle with the girl’s other grandmother (Octavia Spencer), and potentially her long-absent father, Reggie (André Holland).

Binder demonstrates the same sitcom-writer-trying-reallyhard-to-be-significant sensibility that derailed Reign Over Me, but he’s also oblivious to his casual brand of judgment regarding Elliott’s alcoholism vs. Reggie’s drug problem. When it comes right down to it, Black or White isn’t remotely interested in the tough question of what’s best for Eloise. It’s a superficial and off-putting way to capitalize on an edgy premise, and it’s hard to watch it tossed around casually by a filmmaker who seems to have no clue how to take it seriously. (PG-13)—SR

| CITY WEEKLY |

Seventh Son [not yet reviewed] Fantasy adventure about a young apprentice (Ben Barnes) learning from a great warrior (Jeff Bridges) to battle evil spirits. Opens Feb. 6 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

A Most Violent Year HHH.5 A movie built around a man always doing the right thing may not sound inherently compelling—but that’s failing to take into account that Oscar Isaac plays that man. He’s Abel Morales, an entrepreneur in New York’s heating-oil business circa 1981 whose plans for expansion are threatened by hijacked trucks and an investigation into his finances. The plot rotates around the simple premise that Abel insists upon being legit in everything he does, despite frequent whispering and/or snarling in his ear by his wife (Jessica Chastain). And while writer/director J.C. Chandor rarely operates here in a register intended to get the pulse pounding, he does a terrific job establishing a milieu where hard-nosed decency seems absurd. Mostly, though, he’s got Isaac, in a performance that’s remarkable because it wrestles so much out of the ferocious pursuit of integrity. (R)—SR

Romance in the Outfield [not yet reviewed] Romantic comedy about a pair of competitive athletes—she a softball player, he a baseball player—whose relationship makes a few errors. Opens Feb. 6 at theaters valleywide. (PG)

Two Days, One Night HHHH See review p. 32. Opens Feb. 6 at Broadway Centre Cinemas.

(NR)

CURRENT RELEASES

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

Jupiter Ascending HH.5 The Wachowskis (The Matrix) are such bold, risk-taking filmmakers that it’s hard not to wish their efforts paid off with actual fun more often. Their latest extravaganza involves a Chicago woman named Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) targeted by the scions of an intergalactic dynasty and protected by a single determined mercenary (Channing Tatum) when it turns out she’s the genetic “reincarnation” of a dead queen—I know, don’t think about it too hard. The Wachowskis have never been shy about building a dense mythology, and here they incorporate seed races and the extinction of the dinosaurs into an epic tale that essentially paints what the universe would look like if it were run like a corporation.

But aside from a weird sequence focusing on the impenetrable bureaucracy of this galaxy-spanning empire and the flamboyantly whispered menace of Eddie Redmayne as the main bad guy, there’s nothing here that registers as more than a big-budget blip on the retina. It’s all lasers and fights and gravity-boot sky surfing and exposition and explosions, and it doesn’t offer enough humanity to make its allegory stick. Opens Feb. 6 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)—SR

sions of the beloved denizens of Bikini Bottom—SpongeBob (Tom Kenny), Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke), et al.—out in the live-action world is somewhat misleading, since only the final 20 minutes or so employ that approach. The rest is more or less an expanded episode of the long-running Nickelodeon animated series, and yet another plot involving the dastardly Plankton (Mr. Lawrence) trying to steal the secret recipe for Krabby Patties, though this one is narrated by a pirate played by Antonio Banderas. The familiar stuff is actually what works best, providing the show’s familiar mix of smarts and silliness, like an omniscient dolphin who wears a cape and shoots lasers out his blowhole. But it kind of falls apart once the characters hit dry land, and the efforts to make something pumped-up for the big screen result in a loud and frantic bunch of action set pieces that feel cribbed from every Marvel Comics movie.

So, the problem isn’t not enough CGI SpongeBob; it’s the realization that it would have been better with none at all. Opens Feb. 6 at theaters valleywide. (PG)—SR

| cityweekly.net |

2015 Academy Award Nominated Live-Action Shorts [not yet reviewed] Collection of the five short films nominated for this year’s awards.

Opens Feb. 6 at Tower Theatre. (NR)

Movie times and locations at cityweekly.net

CINEMA

CLIPS

The Loft H.5 A quintet of dudebros (including James Mardsen, Karl Urban and Wentworth Miller) share a sweet pad for the express purpose of cheating on their significant others. Then a murder occurs thereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which is something that, based on the way these guys treat absolutely everyone, would more likely be a weekly event. Director Erik Van Looyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remake of his own 2008 Belgian film is a remarkably lame whodunnit, where the red herrings and significant details clack into place with numbing, markedly unpleasant regularity. Even if the mystery were twistier and the alpha-male satire more pointed, howeverâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;based on reviews, the original film is at least a bit more ethically thornyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what ultimately scuttles things is the absence of anybody to root for, anti-heroically or otherwise. The apartment is nice, though. (R)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Andrew Wright

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

34 | february 5, 2015

Movie times and locations at cityweekly.net

Project Almanac HH.5 It takes its time getting going, and never fully divests itself of its teen-movie baggageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;overwritten dialogue, people suddenly ceasing to be smart so another character can explain somethingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but ultimately becomes more satisfying than it has any right to be. Framed with a found-footage device thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ignored whenever doing so will make for a better movie, Project Almanac introduces high school senior David (Jonny Weston), an engineering prodigy who has been admitted to MIT, but canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford it. His search for something that will make money leads him to his deceased fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, which turns out to be a time machine. The ensuing movie makes as much sense as it needs to, and leads to a fairly exhilarating conclusion, which goes to show that sometimes movies derisively summarized as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Primer with teensâ&#x20AC;? actually can be kind of good. (PG-13)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Danny Bowes

more than just movies at brewvies FILMĂ&#x160;UĂ&#x160;FOOD U NEIGHBORHOOD BAR SHOWING: FEBRUARY 6 TH - FEBRUARY 12 TH MONDAY 2/9

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)

LUNCH SPECIALS

MENU

FREE POOL til 5pm

OUR NEW

FREE!

AMERICAN SNIPER WEDDING RINGER

KILLER $5

CHECK OUT

over 40 BEERS

AVAILABLE!

3 7 3,# s "2%76)%3 #/- s s #!,, &/2 3#/449 3 3(/74)-%3 30)%,

TRUE

BY B I L L F RO S T @bill_frost

Lawyer Up

TV

Woo! Meh. Boo.

Better Call Saul delivers, Allegiance snoozes and Helix confuses.

Allegiance Thursday, Feb. 5 (NBC) Series Debut: Decades ago, KGB agent Katya (Hope Davis) was given the mission to seduce and recruit an American businessman (Mark Cohen). Instead, she fell in love with him, and the Kremlin just said, “Go ahead and move to the U.S.; we’ll be in touch.” Guess who now wants a favor from the couple and their newbie CIA analyst son?

Allegiance sounds ripped from today’s headlines about The Americans, but there are differences: It’s not the ’80s, theirs isn’t a KGB-arranged sleeper-cell marriage, and Davis can’t maintain a Russian accent. Still, it’s a solidly acted drama that somehow paints spy drama as dull as family drama and, like everything else NBC cranks out these days that isn’t The Blacklist, will probably never be seen again after 13-ish episodes.

The 57th Annual Grammy Awards Sunday, Feb. 8 (CBS) Special: The good news: This year’s Rock nominees do, for the most part, actually rock—nary a banjo-beardy in the bunch and, as a bonus, what’s left of AC/DC is going to perform. The old news: The Grammys are still an utterly useless barometer of quality music, and LL Cool J is hosting again (is it part of his NCIS: Los Angeles contract, or

The Walking Dead Sunday, Feb. 8 (AMC) Midseason Premiere: When last we left Rick’s Rollers, the traveling band of survivors had lost what hope they had for a “cure” for zombie-ism, as well as poor lil’ Beth (oh yeah, spoiler). As of press time (a folksy remainder from the good ol’ days of print—oh, we’re still doing it), AMC had provided only this synopsis for the ninth episode of The Walking Dead’s fifth season: “After all the recent trials the group has faced, a slight detour might prove to be the solution they’ve been looking for.” The Grammys?

Better Call Saul Sunday, Feb. 8 (AMC) Series Debut: While the early clickbait reviews touting Better Call Saul as “better than Breaking Bad” may have been premature (only two episodes were made available for preview, fergawdsakes), the BB prequel/Saul Goodman origin story does arrive with more dramatic confidence and stylistic swagger than the introduction of Walter White

Better Call Saul (AMC) did all those years ago—showrunner Vince Gilligan knows he’s earned all the creative freedom in the world now, and he’s not afraid to use it. After a somber glimpse at presentday Saul (Bob Odenkirk) in deep-cover, post-Walt anonymity (Saul did at least achieve the “best-case scenario” he mentioned in Breaking Bad’s penultimate episode), we’re back in early-2000s Albuquerque, N.M., with small-time attorney Jimmy McGill on the cusp of becoming mediumtime local-TV “celebrity” lawyer Saul Goodman. Gilligan and Breaking Bad writer Peter Gould have cooked up an unexpectedly rich backstory for Saul’s seemingly one-note comic character; the first episode alone should convince any doubters who saw no sustainable show here. It has all of the panoramic skies, lingering silences and occasionally jarring camerawork (and a couple of familiar faces) that the Breaking Bad faithful have been missing, just with the drama-to-comedy ratio tweaked slightly. But really, don’t sweat the Bad comparisons: Better Call Saul is its own thing, and it’s pretty damned fantastic. [Better Call Saul continues Feb. 9 on its regular night, Mondays.] CW Listen to Bill on Mondays at 8 a.m. on X96 Radio From Hell; weekly on the TV Tan podcast via iTunes and Stitcher.

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

New Season: So … what happened? Season 1 of Helix was a tense, claustrophobic Walking Dead/Andromeda Strain mashup set in the frozen Arctic that, while imperfect, still delivered a rush of dread and consequences. Now, four episodes into Season 2, it’s like a whole new show taking an uneventful walkabout on the island of Dr. Moreau with two storylines (one in the present, one in the future) competing for my indifference. Did creator/ producer Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) think the jumping timelines would work here as well as on his other current series, Outlander? Maybe TV has hit the ceiling of apocalyptic dramas and it’s time to make some cuts, starting with Helix. Sorry, Ron.

what?). Also: Does Ariana Grande have to perform on every TV special ever from now until her 2016 expiration date?

She does? OK, understood.

| cityweekly.net |

Helix Fridays (Syfy)

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 35

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

36 | february 5, 2015

ST. Paul & The Broken Bones

MUSIC

4760 S 900 E, SLC 801-590-9940 | facebook.com/theroyalslc

❱ Bar | Nightclub | Music | Sports ❰

CHECK OUT OUR GREAT menu

wednesday 2/4 DAVE MCCLISTER

KARAOKE

thousands of songs to choose from

thursday 2/5

Free POol & 1/2 off nachos every thursday friday 2/6

Live Music

Heart & Soul

slowride, green river blues, Gritty soul septet St. Paul & the Broken float the boat & Young apollo Bones stay rooted in sweet home Alabama.

saturday 2/7

By Patrick Wall comments@cityweekly.net

P

with neal middleton & friends every tuesday

open mic night

YOU Never KNow WHO WILL SHOW UP TO PERFORM

COMING SOON 2/13

w/ starmy & never before COMING SOON 2/14

w/ tony holiday Acoustic Valentine's Day Evening

tickets for concert only available or add the rock n' country wine experience (wine tasting from 7-9) presented by k-ber and K-bull ALL SHOW TICKETS AVAILABLE AT SMITHSTIX OR AT THE ROYAL

aul Janeway lost the bet.

In mid-November, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, the electrifying soul band Janeway fronts, were slated to play a two-night stand at the Alabama Theatre in their hometown of Birmingham, Ala. At the time, the band was at the apex of its 2014 buzz, selling out clubs left and right and hitting the biggest stages on the festival circuit. But there was no way, Janeway thought, they would sell out the 2,300-seat theater—let alone do it two nights in a row. So, the band’s manager made a friendly wager with the singer.

The band sold out both nights.

“She was really confident that we would,” Janeway says. “And we did. That was extremely special. We weren’t expecting that at all.”

One of a crop of Alabama bands in the national spotlight, St. Paul & the Broken Bones breathe new life into the Yellowhammer State’s rich musical history. Half the City, released exactly 51 weeks prior to the band’s Feb. 11 show at The Urban Lounge, is a gutpunching reinvigoration of classic Southern soul. In the same way that Brooklyn’s Daptone Records is reinventing classic Detroit soul, the Broken Bones keep rooted in the swampy deltas of their home state, the same loamy soil that spawned the Muscle Shoals sound. Mixed at the legendary Fame Recording Studios in Muscle Shoals, Ala., gritty, greasy cuts such as “Call Me” and “Don’t Mean a Thing” echo the region’s classic soul roots while extending the form with electrifying potency.

“It’s part of who we are,” Janeway says. “I’m born and raised in Chelsea, Ala. Most of us are. Most of us haven’t lived anywhere else. It definitely influences us in a very large way. It’s just a little different out here.”

Alabama, certainly, is in the Bones’ blood, and the band draws its membership from the state’s deep talent pool. Organist Al Gamble and guitarist Browan Lollar, for instance, cut their teeth growing up in Muscle Shoals; Lollar spent time in Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit touring band. And in Janeway, the Broken Bones have a real-deal soul singer, one who draws comparisons to Alabama soul legend Percy Sledge.

But in the same way that Janeway is the Broken Bones’ biggest gun, he’s also their secret weapon, mostly because he looks nothing like a soul singer. Chubby and bespectacled—and white— Janeway doesn’t look like he’d possess the voice he does, a rich and reedy rafter-rattling roar that’s somehow simultaneously smooth

Nothing says strong group dynamic like St. Paul & the Broken Bones’ matching suits.

and rough and raw. Janeway grew up singing in a Pentecostalleaning church in rural Alabama, and his bob & weave delivery and phrasing owe as much to his evangelical upbringing as to his favorite Stax singers. (Janeway’s “St. Paul” sobriquet is a wry allusion to the vocalist’s roots in the church, and that, unlike the rest of the six-piece band, he doesn’t drink or smoke.) And as magnetic as his voice is, Janeway’s stage presence is even more charismatic.

He stalks and shakes and shimmies into some sort of holy-roller frenzy, diving to his knees and climbing on top of amplifiers and leaping onto tables in the crowd, sweating through his suits in the process.

Janeway looks more like a preacher (he was) or a bank teller (that, too), but when he opens his mouth, he’s a dead ringer for classic soul singers like Otis Redding and O.V. Wright.

“A big part of me still likes showing up to places where nobody’s heard of us, and people are like, ‘What just happened?’ I like that,” Janeway says. “But I also like that expectations are built. Now people know I can sing. So it’s like, now what?”

The septet is currently prepping its sophomore release, testing out studios and scouting producers. Janeway’s still not sure where it’ll land sonically, but the biggest thing, he says, is it has to have grit and soul. Consider the recording of Half the City: In contrast to the dense and finely tuned multitracking of radio-ready soul, the Broken Bones tracked everything live in the studio to capture the ferocity of their stage show. As long as the album has that grit and energy, the band won’t limit itself as to what territory it explores.

“I think our biggest concern is what’s the natural progression as a band,” Janeway says. “Because this is an art form. So, for me, it’s like, ‘Where are we going? What music do we love? Does it make sense for this band?’ For me, I love real instruments, and I love realness. But that’s just me, that’s just right now. Who knows?

We could go ’80s pop or something.”

Don’t bet against them—even if Janeway might. The singer has the same wager with his manager that he had in Birmingham for the Broken Bones’ upcoming two-night stand at the 1,200-capacity Fillmore in San Francisco. One night’s already sold out.

Janeway laughs. “It looks like she’s going to win again.” CW

St. Paul & the Broken Bones

w/Sean Rowe The Urban Lounge 241 S. 500 East Wednesday, Feb. 11 8 p.m. $16 in advance, $18 day of show TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com

| cityweekly.net |

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 37

Best of Utah Music Winners Showcase: L’anarchiste, King Niko, Westward the Tide In a couple of weeks, the 2015 Best of Utah Music awards (formerly the City Weekly Music Awards) will be in full swing. But before this year’s batch of talented local bands, DJs and rappers/rap groups takes to the stage hoping to win the opportunity to perform at this summer’s Twilight Concert Series, a trio of previous winners will come together for a concert where you’ll get to see three champs onstage for only $5—that’s just good math. Alt-rockers King Niko, 2011’s winning band, have been bringing their fun, dance-y music to lots of local stages lately, and lead vocalist Ransom Wydner has been busy rockin’ with King Niko as well as his new project, Zodiac Empire, which is releasing its debut album, Population, on Feb. 19. And folk-rock bands L’anarchiste (2013’s winning band) and Westward the Tide (2014’s winning band) are both hard at work on new music; L’anarchiste will soon release their debut fulllength album, Giant, and Westward the Tide are about to head to Los Angeles to create the follow-up to 2014’s Sorry Soul. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 9 p.m., $5, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com; limited no-fee tickets available at CityWeeklyStore.com Heavenly Beat Musician John Peña—a founding member of and the former bassist for New York City indie-rock band Beach Fossils—started Heavenly Beat merely as a side solo project. But not long after he released his

Scott H. Biram

LIVE

debut album under the moniker in 2012, he departed Beach Fossils to work on Heavenly Beat full time, and he seems to have taken to the change in focus like a duck to water. A prolific music-maker, Peña has released not one but two albums as Heavenly Beat since his debut, Talent, came out, including 2013’s Prominence and his latest, Eucharist, which came out in December. A quietly stunning album, Eucharist is a record you could dance to or mellow out to, as the sleek beats, floaty vocals and cool synths have the magical power to either move your feet or carry you away. Echo Era and Grand Banks will also perform. Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (300 West), 8 p.m., $8, KilbyCourt.com; limited no-fee tickets available at CityWeeklyStore.com

Tuesday 2.10

Scott H. Biram Even though he’s often imitated, nobody does the one-man-band thing with more piss & vinegar, demented humor and hellbent energy than trucker-hat-wearing Texas bluesman Scott H. Biram. His onstage setup is deceivingly simple—not much more than a guitar, a harmonica, a wall of amps and a stomp box—but his kicker cocktail of gospel, metal, Delta blues and country will get you clappin’ and hollerin’ like you’re at a backwoods tent revival. Biram’s relatively mellow latest album, 2014’s Nothin’ But Blood, features more of his down-to-earth songwriting about topics like alcoholism and feeling iffy about organized religion. But to experience Biram at his most diabolical, turn up 2005’s raw, murder-y The Dirty Old One Man Band, a collection of some of the greasiest, evilest and most entertaining songs you’ve ever heard—you’ll see the light. Jesse

COMPLETE LISTINGS ONLINE

CITYWEEKLY.NET

BY KO L B IE S TO N EH O CK ER

@vonstonehocker

Heavenly Beat Dayton is also on the bill. The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 8 p.m., $13, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com Sleater-Kinney After a decade of silence since the 2005 release of The Woods, Portland, Ore.-based indie punk-rock legends Sleater-Kinney are back with a feminist juggernaut of an album, No Cities to Love, released in January. The album brings the band’s ’90s riot grrrl sound into the 21st century, but Sleater-Kinney still have plenty of raw and angsty momentum, which they use to deliver brassy lyrics that address social inequality and the »

Sleater-Kinney

BRIGITTE SIRE

Saturday 2.7

SANDY CARSON

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

38 | february 5, 2015

THIS WEEK’S MUSIC PICKS

| cityweekly.net |

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

| CITY WEEKLY |

february 5, 2015 | 39

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

40 | february 5, 2015

LIVE

Broncho underbelly of fame. Single “Surface Envy”—a tribute to relationships that’s full of guitar riffs and raw vocals—was released during a Reddit AMA in December (fun fact: Reddit didn’t even exist last time Sleater-Kinney released an album). For you youngsters, Sleater-Kinney is like a harsher punk version of Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Check out SleaterKinney’s recent interview with the ladies from Broad City, in which they chatted about gender equality and their reunion. Lizzo completes the lineup. (Tiffany Frandsen) The Depot, 400 W. South Temple, 10 p.m., $25, DepotSLC.com Broncho Oklahoma pop/indie-rock trio Broncho—yes, pronounced exactly how it looks—easily could’ve thrown in the towel after their record label went under not long after the release of their debut album, 2011’s Can’t Get Past the Lips. But instead, they kept on trucking, and pretty soon, Broncho’s luck began to change for the better. First, their track “It’s On” was picked up by Lena Dunham for an episode of the HBO series Girls, which brought Broncho a lot of fresh attention.

Riding that momentum, Broncho signed with Dine Alone Records and buckled down on putting together their sophomore album. The final product, 2014’s Just Hip Enough to Be Woman, is a compelling blend of infectiously catchy, head-bobbing rhythms; hazy, fuzzedout guitar; and a strong pop streak, which is especially apparent in the rapid-fire “do do do do do” chorus that punctuates winning single “Class Historian.” Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), 8 p.m., $7, KilbyCourt.com

Coming Soon Cursive (Feb. 12, The Urban Lounge), The Mastersons (Feb. 12, Kilby Court), Ariel Pink (Feb. 13, The Urban Lounge), Leftover Salmon (Feb. 14, Park City Live), Deep Love Rock Opera (Feb. 14, Velour, Provo), Hot Buttered Rum (Feb. 15, The State Room), Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang (Feb. 18, The Depot), Best of Utah Music DJ Showcase No. 1 (Feb. 18, The Urban Lounge)

B

Music

IT

Y

2015 C

2015

MUSIC

OF UTA H

best of utah

T ES

Y WEEK

L

Thank you for voting online! n ow see th e m p e r fo r m fo r the w i n

21+

the uRban lounGe 241 s. 500 east

BanDS

all-aGes

all-aGes

fRi. 2/20 fRi. 2/27

sat. 2/21 sat. 2/28

50 w. 300 south

50 w. 300 south

50 west club

50 west club

Go to cityweekly.net/bestofutahmusic

| CITY WEEKLY |

#BESTOFUTAHMUSIC

for fUll lIneUp and detaIlS

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

weD. 2/18 weD. 2/25

Rap

| cityweekly.net |

DJS

february 5, 2015 | 41

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

42 | february 5, 2015

SHOTS IN THE DARK

A RelAxed gentlemAn’s club

BY AUSTEN DIAMOND

dA i ly l u n c h s p e c i A l s pool, foosbAll & gAmes

@austendiamond

no

c ov e R eveR!

live music

2750 south 300 west · (801) 467- 4600 11:30-1Am mon-sAt · 11:30Am-10pm sun

FRI 2/6

Tony Holiday SAT 2/7

Joe Edwards, Jamie Barnes, Monica Hohosh, Johnny Martinez

Son of ian

Dive Blvadr., Funka‘n B shington 2550 W Ogden

COMING SOON

feB 13 - SalT CiTy SHakerS feB 14 - ValenTineS day

pinkys 1/16

GeT your loVe on aT THe piG To THe SmooTH SoundS of maTT BaSHaw & THe Hope

weeknights MON

tue wed

our famous oPEN BLuEs Jam

Eve Jensen, Hali Everet

with wEst tEmPLE taiLdraggErs

Thurs 2.5:

LocaLs Night out trivia 7Pm

red bennies Fri 2.6:

OPEN

11AM-2AM

DAILY

sweet NothiNgs

5

$

lunch special mon-fri

cVPitls

die oFF + la verkin + drUnk as sh*t saT 2.7: Chris Eubank, Jules Bowers

saturday

breaux

baby gUrl + Cornered by Zombies + merlin’s beard

Wed 2.11:

brothers gow

$10 Brunch BuffeT from 11am-2pm

blood FUnk + topanga

Fri 2.13:

Pamtime elemeNt 11 FuNdraiser

sunday funday

The onlY $12 BreaKfasT BuffeT in ToWn! 10am-2pm

saT 2.14:

ValeNtiNes day massacre

$12 sunday brunch / $3 bloody mary / $3 mimosa 7pm adulT TriVia EVEry sunday

31 E 400 S, SLC (801) 532-7441 THEGREENPIGPUB.COM

Katie Bullinger, Kyle Bullinger

with sCUmdogs + thUnderFist + irony man Coming Up

Feb 25th: the 4ontheFloor Feb 26th: enabler marCh 5th: retox marCh 13th: enslaved Lys Bingham, Tiffany Allen

www.bardeluxeslc.com

open Mon-Sat 6pM-1aM 668 South State - 801.532.2914

AnnuAl Johnny CAsh BirthdAy BAsh!

The Basement Whiskey Series

Jackson cash playing all of your Man in Black favorites celeBrate with us fri. feB. 27 on highland & sat. feB 28 on state

1/3oz Rye Whiskey Tastings

Wednesday, February 18 at 6:30pm RITTenhouSe BoTTLed In Bond • KnoB CReeK SmALL BATCh STRAIGhT JACK dAnIeL’S ReSTed 2yR • PendLeTon 1910 12yR CAnAdIAn • SAzeRAC 6yR SAzeRAC 18yR • ThomAS h. hAndy • e.h. TAyLoR STRAIGhT • hudSon mAnhATTAn

highland live music

fri saT

$55/Person, Includes Light Apps & Gratuity

cavEmaN BOulEvaRD

tItO KENNEDy

sun &

OlD WESt pOKER tOuRNamENt

Thur

StaRtS @ 7pm

mon &

Thur

KaRaOKE NOW qualIfyING fOR SING ‘O’ fIRE

St. patrick’S edition $500 IN caSH pRIzES

GEEKS WHO DRINK

Tue BEER pONG tOuRNEy wed tuESDay NIGHtS

caSH pRIzES 9pm Sign in | 10pm Start

801-274-5578

facebook.com/abarnamedsue

19 east 200 south | bourbonhouseslc.com

visit us at 2013

2014

KaRaOKE NOW qualIfyING fOR SING ‘O’ fIRE

mon &

OlD WESt pOKER tOuRNamENt

Tue

Tue BEER pONG tOuRNEy Thu GEEKS WHO DRINK caSH pRIzES 8pm Sign in | 9pm Start

8136 so. state st 801-566-3222

facebook.com/abarnamedsuestate

NEW! tO SuES ON StatE!

&

fRIDay pOKER GamES | StaRtS @ 3:30pm

methods of payment

cash

MON-SAT ClOSed SuNdAy

se habla

free

layaway

se habla

SLC 2763 S. StAtE: 485-0070 español • OGDEN 2822 WALL AVE: 621-0086 español • OREM 1680 N. STATE: 226-6090 Model close-outs, discontinued iteMs and soMe specials are liMited to stock on hand and May include deMos. prices Guaranteed thru 02/11/15

` EAT AT SUE’S! your friendly neighborhood bar · free game room, as always!

open 7 days a week ★ 11am-1am

Visit us at: abarnamedsue.net ★ facebook.com/abarnamedsue ★ facebook.com/abarnamedsuestate

february 5, 2015 | 43

does not include installation 900 watts no cash value w w w.S o u n d Wa r e h o u s e U t a h. c o m HOURS 10:00 tO 7:00

| CITY WEEKLY |

brought to you by:

ipod input

StaRtS @ 7pm

ends 2/8/15

usb input

St. patrick’S edition $500 IN caSH pRIzES

tuESDay NIGHtS

enter at the boat show or any of the 3 convenient sound warehouse locations am/fm/cd/usb marine receiver

9021yO a 90’S DaNcE ExpERIENcE

sun &

wed EntEr to win thE

WHISKEy fISH

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

fri saT

state live music

| cityweekly.net |

3928 highland dr

LADIES PLAY FREE

CasH priZes

FEB 10 $7.5 Domestic pitchers Beer Pong Tournament MONDAYS

WEDNESDAYS

NEW 75¢ Wings

3 Fried Burritos 5.5 Draft Beer & a Shot Karaoke w/ Krazy Karaoke $ $

TUESDAYS 50¢ Tacos $ 2.5 Tecate

FRIDAYS

RYAN HYMAS SATURDAYS

THURSDAYS 1 Sliders & Live Music $

SUNDAYS 3.5 B-fast Burritos

$

136 E. 12300 S. | 801.571.8134

The

Westerner

Country danCe hall, bar & grill

Saturday, Feb 14 Valentine’s party with

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| cityweekly.net |

Time: sign-ups 8:30pm play sTarTs aT 9:30pm $5 To enTer

Josh Gracin tickets: $10 Doors open at 5pm

| CITY WEEKLY |

stein weDnesDay

44 | february 5, 2015

wednesdays

free mechanical bull rides free pool • free karaoke patio fire pits

fridays

laDies’ niGht no cover for ladies

free Beginner line dancing lessons

thursdays

Free couples Dance lessons 7pm - no cover

Bikini Bull riDinG competition free to compete! $200 cash prize!

saturdays

liVe music no cover Before 8pm

www.we ste r n e r s lc .c om

3360 S. Redwood Rd. • 801-972-5447 • wed-Sat 6pm-2am

CONCERTS & CLUBS

City Weekly’s Hot List for the Week

Complete listings online @ cityweekly.net

Thursday 2.5 Salt Lake City DJ Infinite Horizon (5 Monkeys) Sweet Nothings, Red Bennies (Bar Deluxe) Karaoke (Bourbon House) Live Band Karaoke With TIYB (Club 90) Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse (The Complex) New Orleans Jazz Septet With Doc Miller (Dopo) Joe McQueen Quartet (The Garage) Nate Robinson Trio (Gracie’s) Karaoke (Habits) Rick Gerber (Hog Wallow Pub) Silverstein, Hands Like Houses, Major League, My Iron Lung (In the Venue/Club Sound) Koala Temple, 90’s Television, The Nods, Artistic Violence (Kilby Court) Antidote: Hot Noise (The Red Door) Unlimited Gravity, Project Aspect, SoDown (The Urban Lounge) Karaoke (Willie’s Lounge) Weekly Live Reggae Show (The Woodshed)

Ogden Thirsty Thursday With DJ Battleship (The Century Club)

Park City Cowboy Karaoke (Cisero’s) Fyre & Reign (Molly Blooms)

Friday 2.6 Salt Lake City Caveman Blvd (A Bar Named Sue) Whiskey Fish (A Bar Named Sue on State) CVPITVLS, Die Off, Drunk As Shit, La Verkin (Bar Deluxe) Party of Five (Club 90) Bob Marley Birthday Celebration: The Green Leefs, Cory Mon, Bombshell Academy, The Tribe of I (The Complex, The Grand) Luis Coronel, Regulo Caro, Gabriel Diaz, Ultima Alianza (The Complex, Rockwell) Goldroom, Hot Noise, Devareaux, Blessed1 (The Depot) Baby Ghosts, Bat Manors, Genevieve Smith, Earth of Foxes, Squilll (Diabolical Records) Cool Jazz Piano Trio With Fred McCray (Dopo) Transit Cast, Reckless Spirit (Fats Grill & Pool) Henry Wade (The Garage) Apres Ski With DJ Gawel, DJ Matty Mo (Gracie’s) Tony Holiday (The Green Pig Pub)

DJ Scotty B (Habits) The Weekenders (Hog Wallow Pub) The Pelicants, Clawson, Fish Eating Children (Kilby Court) Wareye, Out of Anger, Hisingen, Sorrow for Virtue, Versus the Man (Metro Bar) ScottyBoy (The Moose Lounge) DJ Choice (The Red Door) Slowride, Green River Blues, Float the Boat, Young Apollo (The Royal) Dubwise, SPL, illoom, Dapper, Zepher (The Urban Lounge) Ledd Foot (The Westerner) Ladies That Rock: Minx (The Woodshed)

Ogden Tanglewood (Brewskis) DJ Jordan Russell, Mr. 200 (Kamikazes)

Park City Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience (Egyptian Theatre) G. Love & Special Sauce, Matt Costa (Park City Live)

Utah County Tuxedo Tramps, The Tankerays (ABG’s) FUNdeMENTALS, Megan Beckham, Telepathy Ultra, The Burnt Ridge Band (The Stereo Room) Red Yeti, Active Strand, Tri-Polar Bear (Velour)

Saturday 2.7 Salt Lake City Tito Kennedy (A Bar Named Sue) 9021Y0 (A Bar Named Sue on State) Dieselboy, Downlink (Area 51) Breaux, Baby Gurl, Cornered By Zombies, Merlin’s Beard (Bar Deluxe) Party of Five (Club 90) Winter Rock Reggae Festival: Dirty Heads, Stick Figure, Common Kings, Ethan Tucker (The Complex) The Led Zeppelin Experience: No Quarter (The Depot) Cool Jazz Piano Trio With Stan Seale (Dopo) The Renee Plant Band, Woolf Bell Band (Fats Grill & Pool) Yankee Clipper (Feldman’s Deli) The Tankerays (The Garage) Chaseone2 (Gracie’s) Son of Ian (The Green Pig Pub) DJ Scotty B (Habits) Bad Feather (Hog Wallow Pub) Social Saturdays (The Hotel/Club Elevate) Black Cadillac (Johnny’s on Second) Heavenly Beat, Echo Era, Grand Banks (Kilby Court) The Spazmatics (Liquid Joe’s) Brett Scallions, Neal Middleton, Whiskey Bravo (The Royal)

CONCERTS & CLUBS Complete listings online @ cityweekly.net DJ E-Flexx (Sandy Station) Pep Love (The State Room) Best of Utah Music Winners Showcase: L’anarchiste, King Niko, Westward the Tide (The Urban Lounge) Ledd Foot (The Westerner)

Ogden Riksha, LHAW (Kamikazes)

Park City Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience (Egyptian Theatre) Mokie, Marinade (O.P. Rockwell)

Utah County Claire Elise, Ashley Hess, Leo Cody, Jade DeMure (The Stereo Room) Madilyn Page, John Allred (Velour)

Sunday 2.8 Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City Krazy Karaoke (5 Monkeys) Open Mic (Alchemy Coffee) Open Jazz Jam (Bourbon House) Nights to Remember: DJ Jpan, DJ Bentley (Canyon Inn) Karaoke With KJ Sauce (Club 90) Sleater-Kinney, Lizzo (The Depot) Hell Jam (Devil’s Daughter) Brazilian Jazz With Alan Sandomir and Ricardo Romero (Dopo) Eric Anthony (Gracie’s) Karaoke (Keys on Main) Broncho, The Wild War, The Cold Shoulders, RKDN (Kilby Court) You Blew It!, Tiny Moving Parts, Rozwell Kid, The Mailbox Order (The Loading Dock) August Burns Red, Miss May I, Northlane, Fit for a King, Erra (Murray » Theater)

$2 lP sale February 20th and 21st Most LP's valued $2-$7, some $8-$10

“utah’s longest running indie record store” since 1978

Tue – Fri 11am To 7pm • SaT 10am To 6pm • CloSed Sun & mon like uS on or viSiT www.randySreCordS.Com

Day After Valentines Painting Event!

SUNDAY 2-15-15 2:00PM-4:00PM

At trAcY AviArY!

FEAtUrED PAiNtiNG: FLAMiNGO LOvE

no

Park City Latin Night (Cisero’s) Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience (Egyptian Theatre) Marchfourth Marching Band, Hectic Hobo (O.P. Rockwell) Open Mic (The Spur Bar & Grill)

!

t&

saturday wednesday

t A bhe eer

black cadillac feb 7

starts at

9pM

sunday & thursday This is NOT A Lounge Act! os Our Dueling Pian T are Smoking HO

BRING THIS AD IN FOR

FREE COVER BEFORE 01/31/15 201 East 300 South, Salt Lake City

www.tavErnaCLE.Com

neW in 2015!

Friday

Wasatch poker tour 8pM

acoustic mondays

neW! With

dj rude boy davy WilliaMson dj Marl cologne groove tuesdays With bad boy brian

the best in edM

enjoy your cocktails & cigarettes on our heated patio joh n nyson s econ d.com | 165 e 200 s s lc | 801.746.3334

february 5, 2015 | 45

Cool Jazz Piano With Doc Miller (Dopo) Monday Night Jazz Session: David Halliday and the Jazz Vespers (Gracie’s) Open Blues Jam (The Green Pig Pub) Karaoke (Poplar Street Pub) DJ Babylon Down, Roots Rawka (The Woodshed)

eve r

| CITY WEEKLY |

Salt Lake City

4 shhoome of

Monday 2.9

801.824.5228 mobileartparties.com

cov er

$

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

PAiNtErS rEcEivE FrEE ADMiSSiON tO tHE AviArY. 10% OF PAiNtiNG ticKEt GOES tOWArDS AviArY WiLDLiFE cONSErvAtiON & rESEArcH. SPEciAL EDUcAtiONAL ENcOUNtErS WitH A FLAMiNGO, DUriNG tHE cLASS! ADvANcE rEGiStrAtiON rEqUirED! PUrcHASE YOUr ticKEtS tODAY WWW.MObiLEArtPArtiES.cOM

Ogden Karaoke Sundays With KJ Sparetire (The Century Club)

| cityweekly.net |

Karma to Burn, Sierra (Area 51) Funk & Soul Night With DJ Street Jesus (Bourbon House) Live Bluegrass (Club 90) The Steel Belts (Donkey Tails) Eric Anthony (Gracie’s) Karaoke Church With DJ Ducky & Mandrew (Jam) Entourage Karaoke (Piper Down) Todd Snider (The State Room) Sunday Funday Karaoke (Three Alarm Saloon) Steve “Woody” Thomsen Life Celebration & Jam Session (Totems) Karaoke That Doesn’t Suck (The Woodshed)

Tuesday 2.10

randy's record shoP vinyl records new & Used

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

46 | february 5, 2015

HUNKS The Show Friday, Feb 20 | Doors at 7pm Show at 8pm VIP Tickets $20 | General Admission $10 Totems - 538 South Redwood Road Yes Men $10 You Can Join Us FACEBOOK.COM/yin2yangproductions

SPecial evenT

john moyer Comedy hypnotist

www.HunksTheShow.com 1-801-784-0187

friday feb 6th aT 7 PM SLC’s most requested comedy hypnosis show - $10 cover at door

Sunday

$4.50 Breakfast Special

monday

Join us at Rye Diner and Drinks for dinner and craft cocktails before, during and after the show. Late night bites 6pm-midnight Monday through Saturday and brunch everyday of the week. Rye is for early birds and late owls and caters to all ages www.ryeslc.com

geeks Who drink 7pm -fRee- Play for prizes

Tuesday

KaraoKe w/ KJ Sauce 8PM Taco TueSday- Two for $2 Sing for Progressive $ Jackpot

Wednesday

feb 4:

8 PM DOORS FREE SHOW

coMedy oPen Mic aT 7PM $5 cover

Thursday

feb 5:

$8.95 Buffet and Live Music

feb 6:

9 PM DOORS

9 PM DOORS

open karaoke following finals.You are the lead singer!

Check out their set list at: thisisyourband.com

feb 6Th - live MuSic w/ ParTy of five 9PM fashion show 5pm-6pm free aPPeTizerS free Line-dancing Lessons 7PM-8:30PM

saturday

feb 7Th - live MuSic w/ ParTy of five 9PM Special Appearance by Party Train at 10pm PaintNite 5-7PM Register online at PainTniTe.coM USe Code: club90Slc (foR SPeCiAL PRiCiNg)

PrivaTe and SeMi-PrivaTe SPace for MeeTingS and ParTieS FREE WI-FI

call To booK your SPace Today. free Pool everyday

follow us on facebook & twitter @club90slc

150 West 9065 south club90slc.com • 801.566.3254

Unlimited Gravity & Project aSPect

feb 10:

Scott h biram

feb 11:

krCL Presents

8 PM DOORS

8 PM DOORS

w/ soDown

lunch & live MuSic ThurSdayS 12-2PM

friday

Salt lake electric enSemble Giant

free Texas Hold ‘em w/ cash prize 8pm!

live band KaraoKe w/ ThiS iS your band-red carPeT finalS aT 7PM

Free show

feb 7:

8 PM DOORS

Jesse Dayton

St. PaUl & the broken boneS sean rowe

dUbWiSe sPL iLLoom DaPPer ZePher

feb 12:

cUrSive

feb 13:

ariel Pink

8 PM DOORS

City weekLy’s Best oF Utah mUsiC winners show:

8 PM DOORS

l’anarchiSte

sLow BirD BeaCh sLanG

JaCk name koaLa temPLe

kinG niko westwarD the tiDe

COMING SOON Feb 14: Bellrave Feb 15: The Floozies Feb 17: Felix Martin Feb 20: The Growlers Feb 22: Groundation Feb 26: FREE SHOW Merchant Royal Feb 27: Zion I Mar 1: B. Dolan with Live Band Mar 4: PRHYME featuring DJ Premier and Royce Da 5”9 Mar 5: David Cook Mar 6: DUBWISE Mar 7: Doomtree Mar 8: Dirt Monkey x Mark Instinct Mar 10: Cheap Girls

Mar 11: Archnemesis Mar 15: The Dodos Mar 18: Pete Rock & Slum Village Mar 20: Hip Hop Roots Mar 21: U92 Presents 88 Back Mar 24: Geographer Mar 25: The Velvet Teen Mar 26: Public Service Broadcasting Mar 27: This Will Destroy You Mar 29: of Montreal

Mar 30: Rubblebucket & Vacationer Mar 31: Stars Apr 1: Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band Apr 2: Quantic Apr 11: Electric Wizard Apr 13: Harsh Toke Apr 18: Peanut Butter Wolf Apr 21: Twin Shadow Apr 22: The Soft Moon May 21: Bad Manners May 27: The Mountain Goats

big redd promotions presents

rock it hard rock party

february 6th 8pm performances by: total recall moose knuckle

$5 door/ must be 21+

801-265-9889

live bands include:

krypted haley’s sole

magDa vega &

gift certificates aVailaBle at

4242 s. state

tRivia night every thrusday @ 7pm

great

food & drink

specials

danger HailStorM

WED 02/04 FRI 02/06 SAT 02/07 WED 02/11

Dylan Roe acoustic tRansit cast

FRI

get ready for a friday the 13th double-shot of guitar fueled rock & roll excess with Salt lake city’s:

02/13

w/ Special gueStS

Renee Plant BanD w/ Montreal Blue

John o acoustic froM Stonefed

2182 south highlanD DRive (801) 484-9467

fatsgRillslc.com

| cityweekly.net |

Same Great Club. Same Amazing Vibe.

-ALL NEW MANAGEMENT-

Nameless, shameless women are back!

FULL BAR

Join us for live music.

• monday night jazz sessions.

Find our Full line up on our Facebook page.

TORNATO T’S BBQ iS BACK!

The place 2014

326 s. West Temple • Open 11-2am, M-F 10-2am Sat & Sun graciesslc.com • 801-819-7565

$3 pbr Tall boys FREE POOL - SUN MON TUE

3200 Big Cottonwood Rd. 801.733.5567 | theHogWallow.com

february 5, 2015 | 47

for apres-ski

| CITY WEEKLY |

• enjoy dinner & a show nightly.

Morgan Snow Rick Gerber The Weekenders Bad Feather John Davis Jon O. from Stonefed Grant Farm-Tyler Grant (from Leftover Salmon) Marcus Bentley

• open 365 days a year.

2/4 2/5 2/6 2/7 2/11 2/12 2/13 2/14

| MUSIC | CINEMA | DINING | A&E | NEWS |

AWESOME FOOD

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

48 | february 5, 2015

CONCERTS & CLUBS Complete listings online @ cityweekly.net Open Mic (The Royal) Taboo Tuesday Karaoke (Three Alarm Saloon) Scott H. Biram, Jesse Dayton (The Urban Lounge) Karaoke That Doesn’t Suck (The Woodshed)

Ogden Karaoke (Brewskis)

Park City Stereo Sparks (Cisero’s)

Utah County Open Mic (Velour) Open Mic (The Wall)

Wednesday 2.11 Salt Lake City Karaoke With Steve-O (5 Monkeys) Kevin Kirk Benefit Show (Area 51) Brothers Gow, Blood Funk (Bar Deluxe) Jazz Wednesdays With the Jim Guss Trio (Bleu Bistro) Karaoke Wednesday (Devil’s Daughter) Cool Jazz Piano With Doc Miller (Dopo)

Red Rock Hot Club (Gracie’s) DJ Street Jesus (The Green Pig Pub) John Davis (Hog Wallow Pub) Wednesduhh! Karaoke (Jam) Open Mic (Liquid Joe’s) Entourage Karaoke (Piper Down) Karaoke (The Royal) MarchFourth Marching Band, Hectic Hobo (The State Room) St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Sean Rowe (The Urban Lounge, see p. 36) DJ Matty Mo (Willie’s Lounge) Jam Night Featuring Dead Lake Trio (The Woodshed)

Ogden Karaoke (The Century Club) Karaoke (The Outlaw Saloon)

Park City Lettuce, Break Science (Park City Live) Cowboy Karaoke (The Spur Bar & Grill)

Utah County As We Speak, Echo Mind (Velour) Karaoke (The Wall)

Adult Call to place your ad 801-575-7028

Jobs Rentals ll Buy/Se Trade post your free online classified ads

Treat Yourself and

We’ll Treat

You

ESCORTS Visit afyescorts.com to view our models

(801) 307-8199

at:

| cityweekly.net |

i slept with my best friend’s husband

seCrets

Cityweekly.net/Confess

february 5, 2015 | 49

CityWeekly

| CITY WEEKLY • ADULT |

@

anonymously Confess your

Š 2015

BY DAVID LEVINSON WILK

Across

Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s answers

Solutions available on request via e-mail: Sudoku@cityweekly.net.

1. Vinegar quality ... or a quality of this puzzle's theme 2. Hindu retreat 3. Maiden of Greek myth who's a total poseur?

4. Dah's counterpart in Morse code 5. Numerical prefix 6. Hidden valleys 7. Unruffled 8. From ____ Z 9. Windfall

and Croatia in 2009 62. Short change?

63. Neighbor of Wash.

64. Hatchery supply 65. Sch. with a Phoenix campus 67. Big chunk of Eur.

No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

Down

10. Speed meas. in Europe that's unlike anywhere else on the continent?

11. "Family Ties" mother 12. Bridal page word 13. Org. with the Precheck program 14. Div. of a former union 21. Faintly written Hebrew letter?

24. Prefix with sphere 27. Reaction to novelist Conrad after being informed he wrote in English, his third language?

28. Tugboat's call 29. Many ages 31. Direct Alice's sitcom husband elsewhere?

33. "Am ____ blame?"

38. Where the Mets once met 39. Get well 40. More, in Madrid 42. Pitching stats 45. More microscopic 49. Final words 51. Rapper with the 2002 #1 hit "Always on Time" 53. Kind of tray 55. 2250, to Claudius 57. Boxing ring borders 60. Grp. joined by Albania

Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9.

1. Yes-men 8. Removes (oneself) 15. Small bone 16. Like some sunbathers 17. Stimulated, as an appetite 18. Lease period, often 19. Boston landmark, with "the" 20. Take ____ (doze) 22. Bldg. coolers 23. "____ only known!"

25. RR stop 26. Nothing: It. 30. Othello, e.g.

32. Doolittle played by Audrey Hepburn 34. Winning "Hollywood Squares" line 35. SSW's opposite 36. And others: Abbr.

37. Came out ahead 38. Under 40. "A revolution is not a dinner party" writer 41. "Ode to Psyche" poet 43. Box (in) 44. JFK-to-TLV option 46. Be nosy 47. "Annabel Lee" poet's monogram 48. Gets up 50. Pilgrimage to Mecca 52. Trumpeter whose statue stands in New Orleans' French Quarter 54. Jenna's "The Office" role 56. Rocket 58. Rebellious Turner 59. Choir offering 61. "No seats left," in short 62. Toyota model 66. Manage to find 68. Theatrical road companies 69. Eightfold 70. Like a sheer nightie 71. Almost spills

SUDOKU

| cityweekly.net |

| NEWS | A&E | DINING | CINEMA | MUSIC |

| CITY WEEKLY |

50 | february 5, 2015

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

PHOTO OF THE WEEK BY

@lindsayvfenton #CWCOMMUNITY

community

beat

send leads to

community@cityweekly.net

G’day, máte

I

INSIDE / COMMUNITY BEAT PG. 51 SLC CONFESSIONS PG. 52 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY PG. 53 URBAN LIVING PG. 54 did that hurt? PG. 55

| COMMUNITY |

CityWeekly

@

anonymously Confess your seCrets

then passed around a group of family or friends—but Kindred customers can feel free to enjoy a cup on their own as well.

Bullough is passionate about the drink and sharing his knowledge about it with others. “I love the interpersonal connections we have with our clientele,” says Bullough.

Oakey, who has been with Kindred since the summer of 2014, agrees. Oakey has been drinking máte since childhood and his love of the beverage only increased after serving an LDS mission in Uruguay. “I enjoy máte because of its rejuvenating and health benefits, as well as the cultural and social ties formed and strengthened while drinking mate with friends and family,” he says.

Kindred’s máte is 100% organic and features different flavors like mint and chocolate. Kindred currently supplies Nostalgia Café, the Rose Establishment, Mezzizo, and Café on 1st with máte. Kindred can also be found during the summer and fall at the Salt Lake City Farmer’s Market in Pioneer Park, and currently every other Saturday at the Winter Market at Rio Grande Depot.

Additionally, Kindred also caters to individual máte drinkers who want to buy tins or bags of máte to brew at home. A 4-ounce tin of máte is $8 and a 1-pound bag is $12. Kindred also sells máte accessories like handmade wooden cups ($20) and metal straws, or bombillas ($10-12) through their website. Kindred hopes to expand in the future. “Eventually we’d like to have a storefront,” says Bullough.

For more information about Kindred, find them online at www.kindredleaf.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook. com/kindredleaf. n

| cityweekly.net |

I Slept wIth my beSt frIend’S huSband

nterested in experiencing a unique beverage that’s naturally high in caffeine and full of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants? Check out Kindred, a local company supplying máte to Salt Lake City residents and businesses. Máte (pronounced “mah-tay”) is a traditional beverage in South America and parts of the Middle East. It is brewed by putting herbs into a hollow gourd and allowing them to infuse hot (but not boiling) water with their flavor. Máte contains several vitamins and minerals and has more antioxidants than green tea. And Kindred is excited about spreading their love of máte with Salt Lake City.

Kindred, formerly known as Tea Leaves and Melody, has a commitment to bringing high-quality, organic máte to individuals and businesses. “We’re the only local, exclusively máte company in Salt Lake,” says co-owner Adam Bullough. “We try to cater to tea drinkers as well as traditional máte drinkers.” Bullough and his friend Mac Galeano started the business in September 2012 and it has slowly grown since, expanding as Nick Oakey, Rodrigo Vidal, and Mike Vandivere came on board.

When it came time to rebrand the business, Bullough says they chose the name “Kindred” because they wanted to emphasis the social and familial aspects of máte drinking. “Mate is an experience, not just a drink,” he says. “I want the people who buy our product to remember to share their lives with one another.” Customarily, máte is drunk out of a special metal straw and

february 5, 2015 | 51

| cityweekly.net |

Seeking Qualified Personnel to Work in Industrial Setting in Salt Lake City Area Pays up to $13.00 /hour with eligibility for overtime Work Hours Include 7 days a week 12 hr shifts Apply on Feb. 4th 5th 6th 9th 10th and 11th at Ramada Inn 5575 West Amelia Earhart Drive Accepting Applications between 9:00AM to 4:00 PM Or Until Positions Filled

Prior Related Experience Preferred But Not Required Must Be Able to Communicate in English All Forms of Legal Work Authorization Accepted Post-Offer Drug Testing Required for Qualified Applicants

Cupid’s Gonna Getcha!

52 | february 5, 2015

FANTASTIC MASSAGE Hands down & Feel Great. Come & rejuvenate witH asian/ameriCan, Female massaGe tHerapists.

801-577-4944 3149 S State st.

lmt# 5832053-4701

CDL certified driver needed for route in the Salt Lake City area.

Must be located in Salt Lake City area. Must be 21, be drug free with clean driving record and have own reliable/economical vehicle.

Apply at: http://actioncouriers.applicantpro.com/jobs/ EOE.

PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED

Sometimes I pretend I’m Mormon so that I won’t feel alienated.

 I sit in the back at church because that way i can see which girls aren’t taking the bread. Those are the ones I go after because I know they put out. I knew Jesus loves me.  I'm active in the LDS church but break many of the rules. My bishop knows and has banned me from taking sacrament. I still do while making eye contact with him every Sunday. He can't tell me what to do.

Anonymously Confess Your Secrets At

cityweekly.net /confess

PHOTO

OF THE WEEK

WEEKLY & SHARE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CITY ING ISSUE GET A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED IN AN UPCOM

soUtH sAlt lAke

AvenUes

amazing 1000 square ft. 1 bdrm! splendid 2 bdrm. 1.5 bath Washer/dryer inc. single car townhome! Hook-ups, swamp garage, so cute! cooler, private patio! cats allowed! $795 $745

HollAdAy

Cottonwood

Hot spot! 2 bdrm. 1 bath duplex! private fenced yard, covered parking, additional 850 sqft unfinished storage space incl.! $995

creme de la creme! 2 bdrm.

2 bath condo! stainless steel appliances, two tone paint, gym, pool! $995

U of U

west sAlt lAke

garden level 1 bdrm. four-plex!

Month to month lease! cool details throughout unit! next to traX! $575

affordable 2 bdrm. four-plex!

Hook-ups, extra storage, built in drawers! only $595

| COMMUNITY |

Total Safety Hiring Holewatch/Firewatch

For a FrEE listing oF all oF our rEntals, plEasE drop by our nEW oFFicE locatEd at 440 s. 700 E. stE #203

partloW rEnts 801-484-4446

TAG YOUR PHOTOS

#CWCOMMUNITY

NOW HIRING Graphic Designer

(Provo, UT) Using computer software, create designs, concepts, and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts; Develop graphics and layouts for advertisement materials and websites; Prepare notes and instructions for workers who assemble and prepare final layouts for printing. 40hrs/wk.

Bachelor in Graphic Design Req’d.

Resume to Wallaroo Media LLC, Attn. Kade Hendershot, 120 West Center St, Provo, UT 84601

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

BY R O B

BRE Z S NY

Go to RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes.

Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) In 1979, Monty Python comedian John Cleese helped direct a four-night extravaganza, The Secret Policeman’s Ball. It was a benefit to raise money for the human rights organization Amnesty International. The musicians Sting, Bono and Peter Gabriel later testified that the show was a key factor in igniting their social activism. I see the potential of a comparable stimulus in your near future, Aries. Imminent developments could amp up your passion for a good cause that transcends your immediate self-interests.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) In the film Kill Bill: Volume 1, Taurus actress Uma Thurman plays a martial artist who has exceptional skill at wielding a Samurai sword.

At one point, her swordmaker evaluates her reflexes by hurling a baseball in her direction. With a masterful swoop, she slices the ball in half before it reaches her. I suggest you seek out similar tests in the coming days, Taurus. Check up on the current status of your top skills. Are any of them rusty? Should you update them? Are they still of maximum practical use to you? Do whatever’s necessary to ensure they are as strong and sharp as ever.

post your free online classified ads at

They say it, we do it: No Bait n' Switch

We Waive $100 of your

insurance deductible.

801-414-4103 certificates available in

home for rent

$5

service $35 or more

OFF

May not be combined with other offers or promotions. Not valid towards gift cards.

1 coupon per person/visit.

Present at time of service. Expires 2/28/15

2 bed/1 bath home.

Great neiGhborhood & schools. holiday/millcreek area. pets ok.

Gift cards available

464 S 600 | Suite B 801-363-0659

facebook.com/SLCfourseasons

$1300 a month utilities included

801-870-6071

APPLY NOW

JOIN SLC’s most FUN AND EXCITING WORK ENVIRONMENT. Earn more than

$30,000 /yr at entry level -Daily Cash bonuses and spiffs-Part Time positions Available-Paid TrainingNo Experience Needed

elIte Pay GlOBal

57 west 200 south in the heart of Downtown SLC please send resumes to: SLCJOBS@elitepayglobal.com

Are you creative and curious?

| COMMUNITY |

We are looking for YoU! We offer the folloWing benefits: •Office average $11.00 •elite callers have a base pay Of $12.50/hOur •paid training •flexible hOurs •health care/401K plan •Wide variety Of bOnus OppOrtunities •fun, suppOrtive atmOsphere •lOcated in dOWntOWn area On a bus line near u Of u With plenty Of parKing

P U b l i c c o m m U n i c at i o n s

febr signUarY bon on Us:

$200

801.364.2345

february 5, 2015 | 53

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) In the baseball film The Natural, the hero Roy Hobbs has a special bat he calls “Wonderboy.” Carved out of a tree that was CANCER (June 21-July 22) In 1849, author Edgar Allen Poe died in his hometown of split by a lightning bolt, it seems to give Hobbs an extraordinary Baltimore. A century later, a mysterious admirer began a new skill at hitting a baseball. There’s a similar theme at work in tradition. Every Jan. 19, on the anniversary of Poe’s birth, this the Australian musical instrument known as the didgeridoo. cloaked visitor appeared at his grave in the early morning hours, It’s created from a eucalyptus tree whose inner wood has been and left behind three roses and a bottle of cognac. I invite you, eaten away by termites. Both Wonderboy and the didgeridoo Cancerian, to initiate a comparable ritual. Can you imagine are the results of natural forces that could be seen as adverse but paying periodic tribute to an important influence in your own that are actually useful. Is there a comparable situation in your life—someone who has given you much and touched you deeply? own life, Capricorn? I’m guessing there is. If you have not yet Don’t do it for nostalgia’s sake, but rather as a way to affirm discovered what it is, now is a good time to do so. that the gifts you’ve received from this evocative influence will AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) continue to evolve within you. Keep them ever-fresh.

In 1753, Benjamin Franklin published helpful instructions on how to avoid being struck by lightning during stormy weather.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “What happens to a dream deferred?” asked Langston Hughes Wear a lightning rod in your hat, he said, and attach it to a long, in his poem “Harlem.” “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or thin metal ribbon that trails behind you as you walk. In response fester like a sore—And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? to his article, a fashion fad erupted. Taking his advice, fancy Or crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet?” As your soul’s ladies in Europe actually wore such hats. From a metaphorical cheerleader and coach, Leo, I hope you won’t explore the answer perspective, it would make sense for you Aquarians to don to Hughes’ questions. If you have a dream, don’t defer it. If you similar headwear in the coming weeks. Bolts of inspiration will have been deferring your dream, take at least one dramatic step be arriving on a regular basis. To ensure you are able to integrate and use them—not just be titillated and agitated—you will have to stop deferring it. to be well-grounded.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Virgo author John Creasey struggled in his early efforts at getting PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) published. For a time, he had to support himself with jobs as a According to the Bible, Jesus said, “You will know the truth, and salesman and clerk. Before his first book was published, he had the truth will set you free.” Author David Foster Wallace added gathered 743 rejection slips. Eventually, though, he broke through a caveat. “The truth will set you free,” he wrote, “but not until it and achieved monumental success. He wrote more than 550 novels, is finished with you.” All this is apropos for the current phase of several of which were made into movies. He won two prestigious your journey, Pisces. By my estimation, you will soon discover an awards and sold 80 million books. I’m not promising that your own important truth that you have never before been ready to grasp. frustrations will ultimately pave the way for a prodigious triumph Once that magic transpires, however, you will have to wait a like his. But in the coming months, I do expect significant progress while until the truth is fully finished with you. Only then will it toward a gritty accomplishment. For best results, work for your set you free. But it will set you free. And I suspect that you will ultimately be grateful that it took its sweet time. own satisfaction more than for the approval of others.

Installed starting at $107.77 in shop.

aw I N dS hI e ld re p lace m e N T.co m

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) In 1837, Victoria became Queen of England following the death of her uncle, King William IV. She was 18 years old. Her first royal act was to move her bed out of the room she had long shared with her meddling, overbearing mother. I propose that you use this as one of your guiding metaphors in the immediate future.

Even if your parents are saints, and even if you haven’t lived with them for years, I suspect you would benefit by upgrading your independence from their influence. Are you still a bit inhibited by the nagging of their voices in your head? Does your desire to avoid hurting them thwart you from rising to a higher level of authority and authenticity? Be a good-natured rebel.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) The crookedest street in the world is a one-way, block-long span of San Francisco’s Lombard Street. It consists of eight hairpin turns down a very steep hill. The recommended top speed for a car is 5 mph. So on the one hand, you’ve got to proceed with caution. On the other hand, the quaint, brick-paved road is lined with flower beds, and creeping along its wacky route is a whimsical amusement. I suspect you will soon encounter experiences that have metaphorical resemblances to Lombard Street, Sagittarius. In fact, I urge you to seek them out.

NEW WINDSHIELDS

| cityweekly.net |

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) French Impressionist painter Claude Monet loved to paint the rock formations near the beach at Étretrat, a village in Normandy. During summer 1886, he worked serially on six separate canvases, moving from one to another throughout his workday to capture the light and shadow as they changed with the weather and the position of the sun. He focused intently on one painting at a time. He didn’t have a brush in each hand and one in his mouth, simultaneously applying paint to various canvases. His specific approach to multitasking would generate good results for you in the coming weeks, Gemini. (P.S. The other kind of multitasking—where you do several different things at the same time—will yield mostly mediocre results.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Hall of Fame basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon had a signature set of fancy moves that were collectively known as the Dream Shake. It consisted of numerous spins and fakes and moves that could be combined in various ways to outfox his opponents and score points. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to work on your equivalent of the Dream Shake, Libra. You’re at the peak of your ability to figure out how to coordinate and synergize your several talents.

Jobs Rentals ll Buy/Se Trade

WITH BABS DELAY Broker, Urban Utah Homes & Estates, urbanutah.com Chair, Downtown Merchants Association

Salt lake comic con fanxperience City Views1.29-1/31 Sweet on Utah Pt. 1

I

| cityweekly.net |

| COMMUNITY |

54 | february 5, 2015

G

upcoming event:

Prints

best of

birds of a feather

Past winners Showcase

& Pints:

Fri, 2/6 7pm

the mandate press

utah MUSIC

t’s the love month-where you’re going to feel a bit out of place if you don’t have a partner or feel pressure if you do have one. This short month celebrates a Christian saint by the name of Valentine, and capitalism has enhanced the opportune remembrance of him with options to buy sweets and treats for your loved one(s).

A recent survey said 53% of all women would break up with their partner if they didn’t remember them on Valentine’s Day. On the dreary side, the flower-crowned skull of the official St. Valentine is in a church in Rome although there were many other martyrs over the centuries who sported the same name. Some believe naughty Geoffrey Chaucer started the actual holiday by mentioning February 14th in one of his poems.

Retailers should pause a moment and thank whomever came up with the idea to celebrate the love day because of the money to be made is huge. The National Retail Federation says that men spend double what women spend on Valentines stuff: that 200+ million cards will be exchanged worldwide; 110+ million roses, mostly red, will be sold and delivered within a threeday time period this year; and over 65 million pounds of chocolate will be sold during Valentines Week.

We are known to love our sugar here in Utah. Brigham Young and his wives were addicted to the stuff. Utah became a sugarhungry and candy producing place almost from the time the white settlers decided this was the place. Sugar in the 1860’s came to Utah by ox teams and wagons before there were trains. It cost $130 for 100 lb bag of it. Sweets Candy is one of our biggest and oldest manufacturers. The company was originally started in Portland, Oregon in 1892. Leon Sweet moved his firm to Utah in 1900 and currently Sweets makes over 250 candy items, like orange sticks, taffy, cinnamon bears, jelly beans, etc. in a plant just south of the Salt Lake Airport.

Startup’s has been in the state since the original LDS convert William Daw started making candy at his factory in Provo in 1895 . They made candy animals from molds bought in Philadelphia and created the first ‘filled’ candy bar in America called ‘The Opera Bar’. They also created the first printed candy boxes here with their own printing presses and made a candy we’d think of as breath sweeteners called “Magnolias” - little balls of perfumed liquid.​n

sat, 2/7 8pm urban lounge

Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not by City Weekly staff

Scholarships*

check out photos from...

URBAN L I V IN

For adults (YOU) Not based on high school grades 801-392-9534

Stevens-Henager College scholarshipshc.com *Scholarship awards are limited & only available to those who qualify.

Bring In This Ad For

5 Off

$

Nails

SUNFLOWER SPA 801.806.0436 • 1792 S State St.

Tom’s massage

Massage & hair removal for men... LET’S BE CREATIVE...

Call Tom at 801-574-6062 Man to Man Massage & Hair reMoval

MASSAGE

BY PAUL You need it I’ve got it. Best damn massage and hair removal in town.

Call Paul at

801-554-1790 lmt#4736254-4701

Rejuvenation Day Spa Massage - Waxing - Facials

LMT #5275911-1109

801-808-0411

FREE GED CLASSES 877.466.0881

We sell homes and loans to all saints, sinners, sisterwives &

LIBRARIANS

Valentine’s Day Spa Package Specials Come grab your gift CertifiCate today save

cOuples massage - $100

$25

hOur massage & full bOdy scrub - $55 save One hOur massage , $20 facial & bOdy scrub - $105 save

$20

Creative Touch 801-466-9666 | 2147 E 3300 S

LMT#: 4736254-4701

Walk-ins Welcome!

@CityWeekly

Babs De Lay

Broker/Owner 801-201-8824 babs@urbanutah.com www.urbanutah.com Selling homes for 30 years in the Land of Zion

Julie A. Brizzée Loan Officer 801-747-1206 julie@brizzee.net www.brizzee.net

Granting loans for 27 years in Happy Valley- NMLS#243253

Julie “Bella” Hall

Realtor 801-784-8618 bella@urbanutah.com

NMLS #67180

Real Estate That’s what we do.

Contact me for all of your commercial needs.

| cityweekly.net |

J.R. Howa Agent jr@iproperties.com Office: 801.355.0600 Mobile: 801.870.8536

DID THAT HURT? tattoos, piercings, & broken bones

| COMMUNITY |

Reluca harry salt lake city, ut Southern thunder “bones” The tree is called, “The tree of consciousness, with a partial lunar eclipse”.

#didthathurtslc You may also email it to us at community@cityweekly.net

Your home could be sold here. Call me for a free market analysis today.

SEE VIRTUAL TOURS AT URBANUTAH.COM

february 5, 2015 | 55

share your photos with city weekly: tag your photo with

Top Dollar paiD

For your car, truck or van. running or not, lost title

The Backstop

i Can help!

@ CityWeekly

LOVEs ME? LOVEs ME NOT??

A reading will tell :~) 801-577-2248 EnchantedEye.com Your Psychic Valentine Connection

CReDiT TROUBLe? NeeD A CAR?

801-895-3947

Mark Miller Loan Center will get you in a car you deserve today.

801-506-1215 mmsloancenter.com

CarSoldForCash.com

DUB NUTRiTiON

LOOKING FOR TRUE LEADERS PART-TIME JOB = FULL-TIME PAY CALL 385-321-6203 FOR MORE INFO

PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED

sALsA LeeDOs CATeRs!

PHOTO

Authentic Mexican Food Call today! 801-565-8818

OF THE WEEK

FeeLiNG sTUCk?

WEEKLY & SHARE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH CITY ING ISSUE GET A CHANCE TO BE FEATURED IN AN UPCOM

Short Term Counseling Inexpensive, Effective 801-913-1732

TAG YOUR PHOTOS

#CWCOMMUNITY

LOW COsT BANkRUPTCY Experienced Attorney Scott Mitchell 801-942-7048

LOOK GOOD & BE STRONG

PsYCHiC GUiDANCe Q&A SEEKING ANSwERS? 801-560-3761

FANTAsY MAiDs Now Hiring $20/hr + tips call 801-738-6526 americanfantasymaids.com

| cityweekly.net |

| CITY WEEKLY • Backstop |

56 | february 5, 2015

WORDS

LeT Me sCULPT YOUR BODY MASSAGE BY ANGELA 801-953-5711 LMT#4952038

THe BLeU BisTRO

Do it within your schedule Join our online community today!

Call us now To Cater your Event 801-583-8331

www.leanbody6.com

CASH FOR JUNK CARS! • No TITLE NEEDED!

Mike’s BBQ

Catering & To-Go (385) 259-6164 | 826 E. 9400 S.

JeReMiAH sMiTH Happy Birthday!!!

You’re our favorite little teapot!

SLC 652 S. REdwood 801-886-2345

We PAY CASH

We’ll even pick it up tearapart.com

Ogden 763 W. 12th St 801-564-6960

Dreaming about

801-359-7788

Sylvia Metos 801-631-6250

Windermere Real Estate

Find the ultimate Valentine’s gift The Dahlia Room 247 E. 300 S. SLC | 801-953-0088

ART CLAsses DOWNTOWN

home sweet home?

CALL ME

PLeAsURe seekeRs!

download our new

phone app

Downtown’s Newest Art Gallery ART 270 GALLERY 270 S. MAIN ST 801-953-0747

CiTY WeekLY sTORe Up to 70% off restaurants, nightlife, activities and more cityweeklystore.com

GOT WORDs?

sales@cityweekly.net or call 801-413-0947