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The GOP geniuses in the Legislature are quite possibly the most obtuse pack of money-grubbing miscreants on the planet. For these moral dwarves to look upon Utah’s incomparable natural beauty and see only dollar signs and drilling rigs is a sure sign of insufficient character development. To attempt a “take back” of something that never belonged to them only proves how cognitively dysfunctional they really are. After all, these are America’s lands. I spent President’s Day weekend in the San Rafael Swell with friends. We hiked a slot canyon and absorbed its tranquilit y. We satiated our need for nature, cured our premature spring fever, and savored the pristine beauty that surrounded us in this one-of-a-kind wonderland. Our “conservative” legislators see these lands only as an energy mecca to be plundered for personal and corporate gain, and, in the process, inexorably altering public access to myriad places we now take for granted. As we hiked, we joked about the best places to put oil rigs in this desert paradise (country that Edward Abbey affectionately referred to as “God’s navel”), but the Koch disciples in the Legislature aren’t joking. In an attempted subterfuge of our natural heritage, they have spent millions of taxpayer dollars in their quest for a transfer of federal lands to state ownership—a plan with nasty and

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Salt Lake City for the first time in 22 years and reading City Weekly’s Feb. 26 article [“Pot for Pain”] about the Republican senator who wants to push for medical marijuana in Utah, I was blown away. You mean it’s not even legal for pain here? What else isn’t legal—interracial marriage? Liquor in grocery stores? (That was finally legalized in Washington a year or two ago). I may be just a blue lefty, but, wow! This city seems so beautiful and diverse, and the people are so friendly. I can’t believe it is not at least a little bit more progressive. I have hope for you though, and for this wonderful city and state. Stay beautiful, Utah!

Kidron Cool Spokane, Wash. Correction: The Salt Lake City Arts Council has long hosted the Twilight Concert Series. The 2015 City Guide article “How to Be a Local” incorrectly identified the host of the concert series.

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It was New Year’s Eve when I received a call from John Saltas, City Weekly’s founder and publisher. There was already some bubbly in my glass, so I let it go to voicemail. Not only was I marking the end of 2014, I was also toasting to my imminent departure from Utah. Earlier that morning, I had signed up for health insurance at Healthcare.gov—yes, the infamous Marketplace. I didn’t enroll for coverage in Utah, though, because I couldn’t qualify. I was moving to southern Oregon. There, I’d live closer to my daughter and relish, among other things, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, redwood forests and Harry & David pears. But beyond all that, my real motivation for moving to Oregon (or to Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona or Nevada, to name a few closer states) was that I could enroll in health insurance not available to me in Utah. After a glass or two of bubbly, curiosity got the better of me, and I listened to John’s message. It seemed there was a changing of the guard in the editorial department of City Weekly. Rachel Piper, the wunderkind editor of the paper since June 2014, had accepted an editing job at The Salt Lake Tribune. Would I come back and put my finger in the dike until new arrangements could be made? The following day, we talked. I told him I’d already put down a deposit on a rental in Oregon, the moving van was coming later that week, and I’d even packed a few boxes. But I felt torn. For one thing, John Saltas— someone I can barely say “no” to—was asking. For another, I could feel my inner pilot-light igniting. Could it be? After leaving City Weekly in 2013, literally to take a break, would I get another chance to do this journalism dance? But, but, but … what about health insurance? Could I get back on City Weekly’s plan? Because, God forbid there is a break

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in coverage. Do I cancel my benefits in Oregon if I still plan to move there later this year? (Answer: No, because I did, and now I am told I won’t be eligible to re-up until the next enrollment period.) I can’t be the only person navigating this maze. The uproar on Capitol Hill about Gov. Gary Herbert’s Healthy Utah plan is proof of that. Turns out there are lots of folks who don’t like being in the gap (I call it the hole). If, as a single person in Utah without a disability, your yearly income is below $11,670, the Marketplace website will tell you to apply for Utah Medicaid. Once there, you’ll find there isn’t a program for you. Medicaid in Utah, you learn, is basically for the very poor and the very ill. But there are still those who work part-time, or as freelancers and contractors. There are entrepreneurs who don’t take paychecks as they start up their businesses. There are artists and performers who receive commissions and stipends for the creative work they do. And there are those, like I was, on unpaid sabbatical. We’re not all asking for handouts; I daresay, most are willing to pay for affordable insurance. In an attempt to not leave 100,000 people in the gap, Herbert tried to reinvent the program for Utah and make it palatable for lawmakers, who have to fund it. His Healthy Utah plan ties expanding Medicaid funding to imposing a jobsearch requirement on those hoping to avail themselves of it. I know compromise is needed to get the ball rolling in the remaining days of the session, but this requirement is exactly what Republicans typically rail against: government infringing on one’s personal life. Why should entrepreneurs and innovators be required to go on a job search to qualify for affordable health insurance? Should musicians and performers give up

on their art to work at a call center? Why can’t we just make health insurance affordable, minus the damned hoops? My checkbook is ready. The problem is, when it comes to health-insurance premiums, it’s nigh impossible to figure out what “affordable” really means. Nowadays, most of us with employersponsored insurance pay a part of our monthly premium. Since it’s deducted from our paychecks, we gradually adjust to the monthly bite. But, when you leave the company, try paying the entire premium under the COBRA program (designed to help you remain insured for up to 18 months after you leave your job). That’s when you realize your actual insurance costs—and when you find yourself saying, “This is not affordable.” In t he t a x pa yer -subsid i zed Marketplace, the majorit y of those enrolling have lower incomes and, as such, qualify for an advance premium tax credit. According to a 2015 Health and Human Services report, this keeps their average monthly premiums closer to $100/month. Now, that’s what I call affordable, and I realize that all of us taxpayers are making it affordable. The nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation pegs the average monthly premium per person in the individual market at $158 in Utah, and $235 nationally. Because the figures are based on an average of adults and children, the premiums are likely to be lower than what most single adults actually pay. Not only do we need to agree on what “affordable” means, there must be a way to pay for insurance that doesn’t require registering with the state and making (perhaps idle) promises that we’re looking for work. I’m still holding out for the singlepayer system. In the meantime, I’m the fully insured “interim” editor at City Weekly. CW

Why can’t we just make health insurance affordable, minus the damned hoops?

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What cause célèbre are you following at the Legislature this session? What issue or bill would you like to see lawmakers take action on before the clock runs out? Kathy Mueller: Legalize it ... dude. Scott Renshaw: How did that whole official state dog thing turn out? This is the kind of question that keeps me awake at night.

Pete Saltas: If the legalization of medicinal marijuana passed out of thin air, then I await the mass amounts of MJ ads in this paper—and the ensuing complaints shifting from, “Oh, you have those ads” to a different set of “those ads.” You know exactly what I’m talking about, don’t you?! Jeremiah Smith: Wait ... they take action? I was under the assumption that they just swept things under the rug until it was too late, and then kicked the ball down the road. Mason Rodrickc: House Bill 415: Regulation of Sales of Electronic Cigarettes. I vape reguldkslularly (sorry, vapor in front of keyboard—couldn’t see) and I am a huge proponent of them being regulated. It is too easy for vape shops to sell me whatever the hell they want to call E-juice with however the hell much nicotine they want to put in it. Brandon Burt: I’m still waiting to see if LGBT anti-discrimination will be hijacked and somehow transformed into justification that will make it legal to discriminate against anybody you believe God hates. “Help, help! My gay neighbors got married! My religion is under attack!”

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Puff Off, Congress Think of U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz as one of the Three Little Pigs. It’s just “a lot of huffing and puffing on Capitol Hill,” an American University constitutional law professor told the Associated Press. That was in response to Chaffetz’s moral indignation over the District of Columbia’s new law legalizing marijuana for personal, noncommercial use. The Republican congressman from Utah and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., threatened “action,” like siccing the Justice Department on D.C., suing them or maybe pulling funding for programs in the district. The feds prohibited the City Council from using funds to tax and regulate marijuana. That didn’t stop a conference on finding investors and customers from selling out, although pot-based businesses remain illegal under the new law.

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The big debate these days is over majority rule vs. minority rights, and it’s not an easy discussion. It comes up in just about everything, gay marriage vs. religious rights being the big one. Former Salt Lake City Police Officer Eric Moutsos spoke out recently about his religious right to refuse to ride his motorcycle in the 2014 Utah Pride parade. Yeah, yeah, it wasn’t like a gay guy was being assaulted, his rationale went. On another front, some parents are trying to buck the education system and opt their kids out of testing. Some don’t like the time testing takes; others fear data collection on their children. Whatever the reasons, the battle is between conscience and the rule of law. There are ways to exercise your conscience, but flouting the law isn’t one of them.

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Whether you’re a cow person or not, the Utah Fairpark has a place in history. Now it looks like it’s all history and no future. In 2010, the governor had a chance to renew the park’s lease. He didn’t. The Legislature dragged its feet investing $700,000 in a minor league soccer stadium, and now Real Salt Lake has pulled its offer to build the stadium there and pay the full cost of development. Moving the park has been considered, but since developers aren’t salivating at the prospect, it likely won’t happen. This is a peculiarly west-side dilemma. With the passing of former Mayor Deedee Corradini, who sought to connect east and west Salt Lake City, it should be time to consider development of the area.

Just hearing Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” brings back memories of the good old days, of sodas and milkshakes at the sock hop. Understanding the role of music in evoking memories, the Music & Memory program brings meaningful music to people with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Alle Salazar is a volunteer coordinator and counselor at Jewish Family Service, a nonprofit that offers the Music & Memory program. Salazar interviews patients for the program with questionnaires that identify significant music from a person’s life, such as songs patients danced to at their weddings, or musicals they liked. Patients then receive an iPod with personalized playlists of 100-200 songs, Skull Candy headphones and charging equipment.

How does music help those with memory loss? It helps them access a sense of identity that often gets lost when you’re isolated or depressed or have lost memory. It sort of brings them back to life, temporarily. A person can listen to half an hour of their favorite music that we’ve interviewed them about, and then they come out of their shell.

Why not just make your own playlist?

Money. You’re going to save money. The device, the headphones, the music on it—potentially, if you were to pay for all of that, it could cost you upward of $300. Our questionnaires are designed to get at what needs to be on the playlist. They’ve been validated with research and are consistently being evaluated, so we know how to get the right stuff. There’s also a benefit in the large library we have—we have a central computer where all the music is kept.

What happens when you have more clients than iPods?

We’re trying to get the word out that we need donations. An iPod is a really worthwhile thing to [donate], if nobody’s using it. People donate their iPods, but sometimes they don’t donate the cords or the charging blocks, and those buggers are expensive. We’re always hoping that people will make donations to us, in the form of money or gift cards or equipment. But also, we’re trying to obtain grants from community foundations.

Has the music ever upset a patient? Emotionally, no. We haven’t seen them hear music and get upset. That hasn’t happened. What has happened a couple times is, for one reason or another, they decide they don’t want it. It sort of coincides with a phase of Alzheimer’s and dementia of denial and resistance to the diagnosis.

Why music? There’s tons of research on it already saying that it increases cognitive engagement, it reduces agitation, and people use less pain medication and anti-anxiety medication. With their music, they’re calm, they’re taken back to a place that’s positive. They remember and re-access who they are, and they don’t need the amount of medication anymore, because they’re happy.

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STRAIGHT DOPE Brainy Blues I consider myself a smart person, but why are smart people so negative? We constantly ask, “What’s the point? Why are we here?”— questions with pretty depressing answers, if you ask me. The average joe doesn’t feel bad about much—he just thinks, “Thank God it’s Friday! And thank God for bacon!” Can intelligence cause depression? Nietzsche was obviously a brilliant but bitter person, and we can also include Mozart, Newton, Tesla, etc., as guys who didn’t lead very pleasant lives, despite their intelligence. Surely, this isn’t all a coincidence? —Marcos San Juan, Madrid

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being a girl. (Does this result from a growing awareness of oppressive social constructs? Despondence over the inability to pee standing up? More research is clearly needed.) If there’s a blip on the radar, it’s bipolar disorder. Shrinks have suspected a connection between IQ and bipolarity for some time, but the data haven’t really been there. In 2005, though, a Finnish study reported that high math scores on IQ tests in early adulthood correlated with later diagnosis as bipolar, and a recent largescale study of Swedish records found that kids with excellent high-school grades were much more likely to be diagnosed as bipolar in adulthood. There’s also the supposed link between creativity and craziness. Intuitively, this one seems believable: The story of Van Gogh cutting off his ear to give to a prostitute was my own teenage standard for the ultimate tortured-artist response to girl trouble. Evidence has since surfaced, though, suggesting Van Gogh might actually have lost the ear in a fight with his sword-wielding pal Paul Gauguin, whom he may have been a little too into. Romance or bromance, love’s a bitch. Studies of creativity and mental health haven’t been terribly consistent, which is possibly unsurprising given how inherently difficult the trait is to define. In 2011, for instance, a group of Swedish researchers reported that patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (as well as their healthy siblings) were overrepresented among people with creative jobs. But a later study by the same group, using a much larger data set, found that those in creative professions, with one exception, weren’t particularly likely to suffer from psychiatric illness. The exception? Writers. The Swedish group found that being an author was associated with increased likelihood of depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolarity, substance abuse and suicide. Earlier studies had drawn similar conclusions, but relied on very small sample sizes and lots of self-reporting. Those with high academic scores in Swedish and music classes were deemed particularly at risk—which, to the researchers, supported ongoing suspicions linking bipolarity and creativity. So, to my fellow writers, and I suppose to all those creative-minded Swedes out there, all I can say is: Keep it together as best you can, and we’ll hold out for further data.

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You’re being too negative, Marcos. Much as the dim might prefer to believe otherwise, research has generally suggested that intelligence correlates, if only mildly, with greater happiness; the tortured-genius meme is without statistical foundation. Almost. Historically, evidence for this alleged phenomenon has been overwhelmingly anecdotal, cemented in the popular consciousness by a steady stream of Oscarbait biopics. Thanks to A Beautiful Mind, it’s easy to picture the schizophrenic John Nash arguing with his nonexistent roommate; if The Imitation Game is anything to go by, Alan Turing was depressed well before he had extremely good reason to be (read: involuntary chemical castration). With these outsize examples on display, it’s perhaps understandable that many people wondering why they’re so unhappy will conclude: Because I’m so goddamned smart, that’s why. The most brilliant among us, it’s regularly suggested, are uniquely doomed to comprehend the limitless expanse of the universe, and, as a result, to confront our own inconsequential place within it. This has loosely been termed existential depression, and is supposed to be especially bad among bright kids, whose advocates may propose they need a regimen of “prescribed hugs.” I’m certainly not cranky enough to come out against hugging children. Empirically speaking, though, there isn’t much here. Research over the past 50 years has demonstrated no positive link between intelligence and being depressed or schizophrenic, and has often suggested the reverse. A 1998 collection of surveys from 11 countries found educational attainment and intelligence correlated with marginally happier populations. A 1956 study of former U.S. soldiers found no relationship between scores on intelligence tests at induction and later psychiatric health. Danish research from 2011 found that both depressed and bipolar patients had, before the onset of their illness, slightly lower-than-average IQ scores than the healthy control population. Other research has suggested that kids’ intelligence isn’t a particularly strong predictive factor when it comes to adolescent depression at least: more meaningful, statistically, are family history of affective illness, experience of parental loss, and, worryingly, simply

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“I think, in fact, it’s conservative common sense to not waste taxpayers’ dollars.” —Gov. Gary Herbert

The Utah House’s refusal to debate the health-care bill was a rare “stiff-arm” to the public. By Colby Frazier cfrazier@cityweekly.net @colbyfrazierlp A single question has occupied a good share of Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the collective Republican brains of the Utah Legislature these past two years: How should the Beehive State extend health-care coverage to the roughly 100,000 Utahns who need it? This question sent Herbert and his aides on numerous quests to Washington, D.C., where they sought permission to bring back to Zion hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding—money already paid by Utah taxpayers to expand health-care services—while skirting around some rules that would typically be imposed if this money was used. It also stewed in the minds of legislators, a vast majority of whom wear the same political-party patch as Herbert. And even though Medicaid expansion, Healthy Utah, Healthy Utah 2.0, Frail Utah, Vulnerable Utah—whatever version of the bill one chooses—was expected to be a top priority during the session, few could have foreseen the rocky path that the topic has traveled. On Feb. 24, the Healthy Utah plan had a short-lived sliver of hope when the Utah Senate voted 14-11 to approve Senate Bill 164. The buck stopped, and it stopped fast, when Republican House Speaker Greg Hughes claimed there was no support for the bill in the House. As such, the House wouldn’t touch it—not in a committee meeting and not on the floor. As health-care advocates, legislators, regular Utahns and Gov. Gary Herbert blasted Hughes and the House for its lack of respect for the public process, Rep. Jim Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville, resuscitated the debate with a compromise in the form of House Bill 446. It now appears that Dunnigan’s bill, as well as the Healthy Utah bill will both be heard by the House. While it is likely some form of healthcare reform may come out of the legislative session, Hughes’ stiff rebuke—brief as it may have been—was a rare and disconcerting action for his fellow legislators, the governor and those who climb to the top of the Capitol steps to bear the flag for any issue.

“To not at least even give it a chance is concerning,” says Sen. Brian Shiozawa, R-Salt Lake City, who sponsored Senate Bill 164. “It deserves a hearing, it deserves public debate. I would encourage the House guys to weigh in on it and state to their constituents, ‘I voted yes or no,’ and then undergo the scrutiny one way or another.” This fiery debate over whether or not to extend a broader swath of health-insurance coverage to Utah’s low-income residents has devolved, some say, into a pit of political gamesmanship that could have sweeping repercussions. Hughes’ war against Shiozawa’s bill, which is being called Healthy Utah 2.0, because it could be implemented on a two-year test basis and then tweaked or dismantled, was viewed by some as a message to voters that their voices—and the public process as a whole—do not matter. This reality wasn’t lost on Sen. Scott Jenkins, R-Plain City, who voted against Shiozawa’s bill in the Senate. Win or lose, Jenkins says he believes that, on topics of great public interest, legislators have the responsibility to take a public stand and bear the consequences. “Even though it hurts me sometimes, it is the process,” Jenkins says of weighing in on topics that might be politically dicey. “If you hold the vote, then you know who to go hold accountable. That’s the positive side, that’s why you ought to go hold a vote. If you don’t hold a vote, then you don’t even know who they are.” At issue is whether Utah should expand its health-care safety net to roughly 100,000 residents through a combination of federal and state money. Both of the bills on the table would expand health-care coverage, but to different amounts of people for different sums of money. The Healthy Utah 2.0 bill would provide health care to more than 100,000 uninsured Utahns. In a news conference on March 3, Herbert said this would cost the state $25.4 million over two years. Bearing the brunt of

the costs, however, would be the federal government, which Herbert says would allocate $960 million that Utah taxpayers already send to Washington to help pay for the program. Dunnigan’s bill, Herbert says, would insure half as many people at a direct cost to Utah of $77.2 million while only returning $195 million from the federal government. Herbert says he’s looking forward to hearing legislators duke it out over both bills, but believes the Healthy Utah 2.0 bill remains a vastly superior choice. “As you analyze the costs and the benefits to these costs, for the Utah taxpayer and the people of Utah, Healthy Utah, in my mind, is absolutely the best plan,” Herbert said. Hundreds of millions of tax dollars have been lost because Utah has acted slowly to extend health coverage to those in need. And, Herbert said, approving a plan that accomplishes the most bang for the buck—in this case Healthy Utah 2.0—is the right path. “I think, in fact, it’s conservative common sense to not waste taxpayers’ dollars,” he said. Medicaid expansion is to Utah Republicans as Kryptonite is to Superman. Recognizing this fact, Herbert set out on a journey to essentially expand Medicaid coverage to Utahns, but to do it Utah’s way. Utah’s way, according to Herbert, was to get health-care recipients to pay higher premiums, prove in some cases that they’re working or trying to work, and to funnel the money to private insurers, who would provide health plans. All of these matters required waivers from the federal government, a high bar that Herbert leaped right over. A more daunting obstacle has arisen in the form of House Republicans like Hughes, who has said that too few votes existed to push Shiozawa’s bill forward—a contention that is based on closed-door meetings with his Republican colleagues. And, because the Legislature is in session for only a

few more days, he didn’t think there was time take up the matter. Hughes did not respond to City Weekly’s request for comment. House Minority Leader Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, says for House members to simply refuse debating the bill because of a perception that it lacks votes, is “f lippant, arrogant and cavalier.” Further, King isn’t convinced the full House would back away from expanding coverage. “I think, if you have a full debate, you’d be surprised,” King says. According to a poll conducted in May and June by Dan Jones Associates, 88 percent of those polled said they favored implementing the Healthy Utah plan over doing nothing. And 70 percent said they favored the governor’s plan over outright Medicaid expansion. It is likely that some House members representing diverse districts would feel some blowback by taking a stand against expanded health insurance. “I think [Hughes] thinks there will be no political consequences for the Republicans in the House if Speaker Hughes basically just says to the people of Utah, ‘Talk to the hand,’ ” King says. “He basically just stiff-arms them.” This political stiff-arm led to a cascade of bad publicity and outcry from constituents, which Herbert credited to nudging Hughes to allow a hearing for the bill. Other fallout, even if Healthy Utah 2.0 is ultimately approved, might not be so tangible. Maryann Martindale, executive director of Alliance for a Better Utah, says Hughes’ reaction to Healthy Utah 2.0 is what makes Utahns believe that the political game is fixed—and so they resist participating in the political process, or even voting. “This is a perfect example of why people do not like politics. This is what turns people off,” she says. “I just don’t get it. It’s games, but I find it really immoral and really disheartening. At the crux of this thing, we’re talking about peoples’ lives.” CW

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Power Play Rocky Mountain Power says environmental benefits from rooftop solar panels don’t add up. By Eric S. Peterson epeterson@cityweekly.net @ericspeterson

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Comments may still be filed to the PSC on this matter by e-mailing psc@utah.gov with the subject “Docket 14-035-114.”

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In August 2014, the Utah Public Service Commission (PSC) denied a request by Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) to charge a $4.25 net-metering fee on roughly 2,000-plus Utahns proudly powering their homes with rooftop solar panels. But this sun-powered enthusiasm may yet be eclipsed—the fee was only delayed until the commission finished investigating the costs vs. benefits of solar-power distribution. Currently, renewable-energy advocates are sparring with the energy giant over a key issue: Should the benefits of solar-energy production to public health and the environment help offset the costs of accessing the power grid? This question seems a no-brainer to groups sickened—quite literally—by the abysmal air quality along the Wasatch Front due to the burning of fossil fuels. In a Feb. 20 filing to the PSC, however, RMP was adamant that environmental and health “values” had no place in the official debate. “Speculative values do not pass rigorous scrutiny because they are based on assumptions, best guessing and judgment calls,” RMP’s statement reads. “While the Company knows with a degree of certainty what its fuel costs are, the same cannot be said for avoided health or environmental impacts from displacement of fossil fuelsbased resources.” RMP exists as a “regulated monopoly,” meaning it is, for the most part, the only energy utility for Utahns. And, as the only game in town, it can’t just hike customers’ rates without first justifying the rate change to the PSC. The current debate stems from a bill passed in the 2014 legislative session that requires the PSC to investigate the costs and benefits of solar power to see if RMP needs to increase, or potentially decrease, rates for solar-generating customers. Consumers with rooftop solar panels represent a small but growing segment of the company’s customers committed to clean energy. More than 70 percent of the energy that RMP sells is generated by burning fossil fuels. RMP doesn’t want “to step out of the coalbox and see other options,” says Stan Holmes of Utah Citizens Advocating Renewable Energy. “We’re saying they could take the lead, but they’re not willing to do that yet.”

Holmes says that, while the lawmakers in 2014 did not set a scope for the cost/benefit analysis, RMP has fought tooth and nail to limit the study to look only at residential solar contributions to the grid, and that the PSC not factor in any potential health or environmental impacts. Holmes says if the investigation excludes large commercial solar projects and focuses only on residential solar, then the benefits solar provides in returning excess energy to the grid and displacing carbon costs will be underestimated. “If you’re going to be in sync with the intent of the legislation, you need to include the entire program,” Holmes says. David Eskelsen, spokesman for RMP, disagrees, saying that solar-energy production from commercial and residential sources represent two different types of energy production, and they cannot be lumped together. The issue, he says, comes down to fairness and not forcing regular customers to cover the costs of solar-generating customers. RMP’s filing states that its traditional grid is not accustomed to a two-way flow of power, and that brings extra costs to bear on the utility’s infrastructure. “While it’s not a significant problem now—because there are not that many net-metering solar customers—to the extent that the program continues to be popular, the subsidy f lowing from customers that don’t self-generate energy to those who do will continue to grow,” Eskelsen says. As to the health and environmental costs that accrue to the public from burning fossil fuels, he says that the Utah Division of Public Utilities and the Utah Office of Consumer Services—agencies that advise the PSC— generally agree these values are too “speculative” to quantify. He also points out that, in previous rate-schedule hearings, the PSC has agreed not to attempt to quantify these costs in dollars and cents. Tyler Poulson, the program manager for Salt Lake City’s Office of Sustainability challenges the idea that research hasn’t monetized the harms of fossil fuels in a meaningful way. He cites as one example—a 2013 review by the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute—that referenced a 2013 Arizona study showing a utility that saved 0.365 cents per megawatt-hour by displacing air-contaminant compliance costs with cleaner renewable energy. “There has been a substantial amount of research nationally and on a global level on what the value of those impacts are and how to put them in dollar terms,” Poulson says. “While it’s a more complicated endeavor, it’s certainly one that is worthwhile.” CW

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Unfinished Business

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For the past 40 days, the Utah Legislature has been busy hammering out the details behind hundreds of new laws. But the spotlight has shined brightest on the laws that are still in flux. Among these are Healthy Utah—a plan that would provide health insurance to around 100,000 uninsured Utahns—as well as another bill that would reform the criminal justice system. Both of these topics will receive their own rallies at the Capitol this week. On the other end of the Salt Lake Valley, West Jordan City Council members will contemplate giving themselves a raise.

Healthy Utah Rally

Thursday, March 5 Health care—and, specifically, Gov. Gary Herbert’s Healthy Utah plan— proved to be a lightning-rod topic this legislative session. But with two bills now working through committees, The Utah Health Policy Project will make sure the governor and other politicians know how they feel about it with a rally. State Capitol Rotunda, 350 N. State, March 5, noon-2 p.m., HealthPolicyProject.org

Eight reminders for Utahns driving in late-winter snow:

Never use turn signals— they’re distracting.

If you do use a turn signal, leave it on for a minimum of 20 miles.

Brake hard and often. It lets other drivers know you mean business.

IF YOU CAN˙T READ,

IT ALSO HAS LOTS OF PICTURES

5. Disregard pedestrians: If

they didn’t have a death wish, they wouldn’t be walking.

Disregard cyclists: See death wish above, add extra layer of crazy.

er you’ll meet Jesus, uh, arrive at your destination.

State lawmakers are working on a proposal to provide more services for the mentally ill and drug addicted, groups who make up a large portion of the prison’s growing population. Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness is hosting a rally and a march to make sure these important matters aren’t forgotten. State Capitol Rotunda, 350 N. State, March 6, march 11 a.m., rally 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m., MyUsara.com

Wednesday, March 11

for other drivers—you’ll have the roads all to yourself.

1. The faster you drive, the fast-

Friday, March 6

City Council Pay Raises

3. “Stay home” warnings are

Warm up your car in the garage for at least 45 minutes with the door closed.

Criminal Justice Reform Rally

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A few years ago it came to light that officials in the tiny California town of Bell had, over the course of years, repeatedly voted to enrich themselves. This isn’t the case in West Jordan, where city council members currently make $9,780. In Sandy, where the population is 16,251 people slimmer than in West Jordan, council members are paid $19,379. West Jordan officials think it’s about time its council gets a raise, and they’re holding a public meeting at which you can let them know how you feel about it. West Jordan City Hall, City Council Chambers, 8000 S. Redwood Road, third floor, March 11, 6 p.m., WJordan.com

Curses, Foiled Again

NEWS

Police thought Luis Moreno Jr., 26, was driving solo in a carpool lane in Fort Lee, N.J., but when they stopped him, he showed he was legal by pointing out two men in the back of the SUV. The men said they were kidnap victims. Moreno tried to flee, but rush-hour traffic stalled his getaway, and he was arrested. (New York Daily News)

QUIRKS

n Two thieves broke into a closed casino in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and made off with an ATM. Security footage shows the two masked crooks loading the machine onto a dolly and wheeling it to their vehicle. On the way, it toppled onto one of the thieves, but they loaded it and made their escape. “There’s no money in the machine,” Staff Sgt. Travis Baker said, explaining that ATMs are unloaded several times daily and at the end of the business day. Noting that stealing ATMs requires heavy lifting and then “tools like grinders, axes and chisels” to break into, Baker called it “a very ineffective way to make a living.” (Canada’s National Post)

Stand-Your-Ground State When Joseph Carannante, 21, built a gun range in his yard in a St. Petersburg, Fla., community, neighbors complained that he was putting everyone, especially children, in danger. Police said it’s legal. “I don’t want to hurt anybody,” Carannante explained. “I just want to use this as my enjoyment. I don’t want to have to go to a gun range, when I can just go outside my door.” He promised to alert neighbors whenever he intends firing his 9 mm pistol. (Tampa’s WFLA-TV)

n Air traffic control officials received reports of 193 incidents of “drone misbehavior” in 2014, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Several were close calls involving aircraft with people on board, including one pilot who had to take evasive action above Oklahoma City when a 2-foot-wide drone came within 10 feet of his plane at 4,800 feet. Some incidents involved drones flying as high as 15,000 feet. (Mother Jones)

Holy Cow Cleaning crews at Indian government buildings in New Delhi are switching to a new cleaning liquid derived from cow urine, which is in abundant supply, and whose anti-microbial and antifungal properties make it possible to avoid using synthetic products. The product, named Gaunyle, also contains neem and pine scent, and costs about the same as conventional cleaners. “It is a win-win situation for us,” said Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, who came up with the idea. “No harm to janitors by way of daily exposure to chemicals, and cows will be valued more.” Buoyed by the product’s acceptance, Anuradha Modi, who heads the Holy Cow Foundation, which supplies Gaunyle, said her organization is looking for other ways to market the “piles of cow dung and cow urine” that go to waste in India. (India’s The Economic Times)

Thwarted Determination Dwayne Jackson, 48, forced his way into a home in Ewing, N.J., found a spatula in a kitchen drawer and tried to slit his throat with it. When that failed, police Capt. Rocco Maruca said, Jackson used a butcher’s knife to stab himself in the stomach. At that point, the 76-year-old homeowner appeared with a loaded .357 handgun, which Jackson wrestled away from him and shot himself in the face. Jackson survived and was hospitalized in stable condition. (The Times of Trenton, N.J.)

National Insecurity

n Moving beyond social media, people are taking grievances to the skies by hiring airplanes to tow banners announcing their stance. Recent targets in New York City have been the mayor, including one calling for his resignation, and the general manager of the New York Jets (“Jets: Rebuilding Since 1969”). A banner costs $1,000 for a 2-1/2-hour ride over the Hudson River. Ashley Chalmers, whose Jersey Shore Aerial Advertising flew the anti-mayor and anti-Jets banners, said he never takes sides: “I’m just the messenger.” (The New York Times)

The British government proposed a supplement to the CounterTerrorism and Security Bill that would require nursery-school staffers and registered daycare providers to report youngsters at risk of becoming terrorists. “Senior management and governors should make sure that staff have training that gives them the knowledge and confidence to identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and challenge extremist ideas which can be used to legitimize terrorism and are shared by terrorist groups,” the document states. A Home Office official said teachers and nursery workers should take action when they notice “behavior of concern,” adding, “It is important that children are taught fundamental British values in an age-appropriate way.” (Britain’s The Express)

n When a small plane’s engine failed over Lake Taupo on New Zealand’s North Island, all 13 people on board were able to escape

Compiled from news sources by Roland Sweet. Authentication on demand.

Investigators concluded that the crash of a single-engine aircraft near Watkins, Colo., was caused by the pilot photographing himself and his passenger and becoming disoriented by the camera flash. “It is likely that cellphone use during the accident flight distracted the pilot and contributed to the development of spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control,” the National Transportation Safety Board report said. Explaining the NTSB is seeing “more and more” distractions from personal devices in all forms of transportation, board official Keith Holloway said, “But the self-photographs in an airplane, that’s something new for us.” (The New York Times)

before the aircraft crashed into the lake because they were skydivers intending a tandem jump. Six crewmembers jumped with the six passengers strapped to them as planned, followed by the pilot. All landed safely. (BBC News)

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e might have organized Best of Utah Music, but it was all of the incredible bands, rappers and DJs— and everyone who attended the showcases—who made this year’s competition our best yet. And although everyone brought a level of effort to the stage that they should be justifiably proud of, three nominees came out on top. The Best Band, Best Rap Group and Best DJ were decided by a complex tallying of in-person votes at each showcase and scores given by our experienced judges. This year, Fictionist, House of Lewis and J Godina walked away victorious. They’re prime examples of the kind of talent found in Utah’s local music scene, which is continually growing. That diversity is why we’ve expanded Best of Utah Music beyond bands in recent years, and why we’re especially thrilled to offer all the winners an opening gig at the Twilight Concert Series, where thousands of music lovers will get a taste of Utah’s musical talent. Read about the winners (and City Weeklypicked honorable mentions) in the following pages, then head to CityWeekly.net/ BestOfUtahMusic for a complete rundown of the two-week musical extravaganza. And mark your calendars for February 2016. If you thought this year’s Best of Utah Music was great, just watch: Next year, we’ll find a way to top it. Best of Utah Music Editor: Kolbie Stonehocker

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Best of Utah Music Event Coordinators: Jackie Briggs, Nicole Enright Showcase Judges: L’anarchiste, Better Taste Bureau, Jesse Cassar, Chaseone2, Dom Darling, DJ Flash & Flare, King Niko, Court Mann, DJ Matty Mo, Max Pain & the Groovies, Darcie Roy, Royal Bliss, Gavin Sheehan, Nate Syncronice, Mr. Jesse Walker, Westward the Tide, Colin Wolf Photos taken by Niki Chan at The Depot

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Staying power

Fictionist thrive by rolling with the punches. lighter perspective Maxfield is now writing from. “There’s the musical journey and then there’s a personal journey that all of us as human beings are on, and I feel like I’m a happier person—not sure that that has to do with the band or anything,” he says. “I just think that I’m feeling happier, and I think that the music feels a little more carefree and that’s probably because I’m just in a better place.” But no matter what happens next in their career and wherever the winds of change might blow, the members of Fictionist are staying true to themselves and their vision. “It might be pretentious for me to try to make predictions about the trajectory of things,” Maxfield says. “Everything that I’ve experienced has taught me that it’s entirely out of my control anyway, so I’m just enjoying this moment and looking forward to writing better music and keeping on trucking.” CW Fictionist Fictionist.com

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It’s a testament to the musical talent of Provo chamber-pop group Bat Manors that they don’t have to rely on crazy stage antics to get people’s attention—they only have to let their ethereal music work its magic, and the audience is given all the reason they need to hang on every note, transfixed. Compared to the rest of the lineup Feb. 21 at 50 West Club, Bat Manor’s performance was the mellowest, but it was by no means any less engaging to watch. And as the flawless harmonies between lead vocalist/guitarist Adam Klopp and vocalist/ xylophone player Katrina Ricks floated through the venue, time seemed to temporarily stop. Despite a few obnoxiously loud conversationalists at the back of the room, Bat Manors put on a performance that made the audience feel like they’d been a part of something truly unforgettable.

Best Musical Magic Bat Manors

“We’re at the point where we’re just making the best art we can,” Connolly says, “and not worrying too much about what comes out of it besides just us being able to do what we do.” Fictionist has big things on the horizon, including multiple showcases at this year’s South by Southwest festival in Texas, playing as many shows as they can, and getting cracking on their next album. “We have a vision for the next step we’re going to do, we’re excited to do that,” Maxfield says. “That’s the joy of making music— it starts out as an idea, and then it becomes a song, and then becomes a show—that’s the fun of it.” According to Maxfield, listeners can look forward to new Fictionist material soon. “We are on a roll writing,” he says. “We had a very positive experience with the last record, and we’re feeling really creative and motivated currently. So we’re sitting on a pretty big stack of—in my opinion—pretty rad songs.” And that new music will reflect the creative freedom Fictionist discovered post-Atlantic as they wrote and recorded Fictionist, as well as the

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“One thing I’ve learned, it’s that the legitimacy of an artist, in my mind, is just a matter of good work spread over time,” Maxfield says. “I don’t really have any intention of cheating the learning curve or the natural progression or timeline of things at this point. I want our work to speak for itself, and I’m willing to embrace whatever that means as far as time is concerned at this point.” That’s not to say being declared the 2015 Best Band isn’t a welcome windfall for Fictionist after the challenges they had to face in the past couple of years. “Being able to win this thing is a good reminder that there’s a million reasons why we should keep doing what we’re doing,” says guitarist and co-lead vocalist Connolly. “As an artist, sometimes, when it’s your own thing, you might have moments where you’re like, ‘Man, what am I doing?’ ” he says with a laugh. Regrouping after leaving a dysfunctional, high-pressure working relationship with Atlantic Records in late 2013 was no easy task, but Fictionist came out on the other side with a renewed musical vision, which they poured into their album Fictionist—their first since their 2012 self-titled EP—released in fall 2014. And since debuting that album locally at the Rooftop Concert Series’ massive five-year anniversary show in the summer, Fictionist’s future is looking brighter than ever. “The Rooftop show was exciting, it was big, it was all new music,” Connolly says. Since then, “we got to tour, and I feel like we’ve gotten tighter, and we’re actually performing that music even better now.” As a band, “you’re always making changes, dialing things in, and so … I think that people have seen, ‘OK, cool, they’re still working hard, they’re doing it.’ And keeping the momentum going has been a huge priority to us.” And they’re maintaining that momentum the good old-fashioned way.

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think we brought some of the true spirit of rock & roll: Electrical cords were being chopped in half, and we blew up half of the P.A., and Robbie [Connolly] screamed his voice out,” says Stuart Maxfield, co-lead vocalist and bassist in Provo/Salt Lake City pop-rock band Fictionist. “We had a number of technical catastrophes, but it added to the spontaneity of the night—we just rolled with it.” Fictionist might be able to point out some things that didn’t go perfectly during their Best of Utah Music showcase, but to the audience and judges, it was a high-powered performance that was bursting at the seams with raw musical talent. And in the end, what Fictionist left the amped-up crowd with was the impression they’d just witnessed something truly special—even if it wasn’t exactly what the band had in mind before they took the stage. “Shows like that, I always have to remind myself that things going as planned doesn’t always mean good,” Maxfield says. “And when they don’t go as planned, that doesn’t mean bad. That’s the fun of live music, especially with the stuff that we play. I don’t think we ever know exactly what’s going to happen.” If there were a dictionary entry for the phrase “rolling with the punches,” next to it would be a picture of Fictionist. Whether they’re adapting during an unpredictable show or, on a larger scale, thriving despite setbacks and changes during their journey as a band, Fictionist have rallied to leap over every hurdle placed in their path. And even though they now have a Best of Utah Music win under their belt, Fictionist don’t have plans to treat their victory like a shortcut to glory. Instead, they’re sticking to the plan that’s served them best over the years: working hard and pressing forward.

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House of Lewis unabashedly rap about what they know. By Kolbie Stonehocker kstonehocker@cityweekly.net @vonstonehocker

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making a big entrance wearing wrestling masks or wearing a suit covered in flowers could be mere gimmicks that call attention away from sub-par material. But when Provo/Salt Lake City crew House of Lewis, the 2015 Best Rap Group, performed their winning set during Best of Utah Music, every aspect of their performance—not just their ostentatious costumes—was turned up to 11, and their largerthan-life stage presence was matched only by their rapid-fire rhymes and explosive delivery. And this was no off-the-cuff set thrown together hours before show time. House of Lewis had planned everything to the smallest detail, rehearsing multiple times to get it all nailed down. Because unlike their appearance at the 2014 City Weekly Music Awards, which had been fun but executed more casually, this year, House of Lewis arrived ready to attack. “We wanted to win, and we felt like we could,” says Scott Knopf, aka Atheist, “so we made a really tight set with no dead spots and really clear transitions, and had all these ideas about showmanship, and tried to make it the most entertaining show.” Judging from the awestruck looks on audience members’ faces as Knopf spit bars while flailing in a full-body yarn suit that made him resemble a fuzzy swamp monster, it would seem their planning paid off in spades. There are four other pillars to the House of Lewis, and during the performance, each of them had the opportunity to flex their own unique skills. Emcees Donnie Bonelli, Adam Hochhalter (aka Apt, wearing his signature flower suit) and Chance Clift (aka Chance Lewis) all had their moments in the spotlight, and Gabe Ghent (aka DJ SkratchMo) kept the beats and scratches coming. Fresh hip-hop and flower suits might seem like an unorthodox combination, but no one can say that these guys are trying to be anything except themselves, and that authenticity resonates with their listeners. “I think what’s really cool about House of Lewis is we’re really honest about who we are,” Ghent says. “We’re not trying to be something we’re not. And a lot of rap is really about putting on that hard front, and really, it’s an urban style of music, and so that just kind of comes with it.” But instead of taking on personas as phony as wrestling masks, “I think we’re able to just be ourselves and have a lot of fun during our shows, and that’s why we were able to do goofy things at our set like put on flower suits and just jump around and have fun,” he says. They’ve been marching to the beat of their own DJ since 2012, when the long-standing duo of Clift (who also produces the group’s music) and Hochhalter became House of Lewis, and were joined by Bonelli and Ghent. After Knopf moved to Utah from San Francisco and joined in 2013, the group—which they officially term a “collective,” i.e. a “stable of artists

that all operate under the House of Lewis name, and For House of Lewis, their Best of Utah Music win we just help each other out with our projects,” Ghent is further validation that you can make music out of says—was complete. whatever you’re passionate about. Since then, the entire crew or portions of it have “If you’re 30, and you have kids, make a rap song appeared on solid rap albums including Atheist’s about that,” Knopf says. “If you smoke weed and it Topanga (2013) and Bonelli’s Shakeface (2014), created makes you paranoid, thinking your heart’s gonna by those individual emcees and released under the explode, make a song about it. If you’re sick of partying, House of Lewis umbrella. They all jump in and make a song that’s about being sick of partying. If you contribute verses to one another’s solo projects, but love computer programing, make a dope song about each artist has the freedom to express his own style. computer programming—I mean, who cares?” CW “I’ve always wanted us to retain our individuality,” Clift House of Lewis says. “I think our strongest stuff can still be our solo stuff, but we all back each other live doing it, and we TheHouseOfLewis.com do a couple group songs, too.” Their combined powers got put to the test in August 2014, when they performed at the Rooftop Concert Series’ first-ever rap show, opening for headliner Can’t Stop Won’t Stop. A significant turning point for House of Lewis, the successful performance—which featured a crowd-surfing Knopf—was the moment when they realized that together, like some kind of nerdy hip-hop Voltron, they could get a crowd on its feet and hyped about their music. “A lot of our songs we’ve sort of built with hooks that are supposed to be easy to catch onto so the audience can get involved in the show, and it was nuts to hear like thousands of people know the words to ‘Shakeface’ by the end of the song, singing along, and shaking their faces,” Bonelli says. House of Lewis attribute part of their accessibility to their approach to writing lyrics. Sure, they throw around some braggadocio from time to time, but more often, their songs are easy to relate to thanks to the group’s emphasis on rapping about what they know. “We’re not like, ‘OK, time to put on my rapper hat and I gotta be what hip-hop is,’ or whatever,” Hochhalter says. “Hiphop is the thing that we can express ourselves through, so we sit down as like, Best Use of Ski Masks ‘This is the rap song that I Dine Krew want to make, about things When a bunch of rappers wearing ski masks start jumping around like they’re I care about,’ so you get ’96 Wu-Tang Clan, you pay attention. When they start climbing on any elevated video-game references and platform they can find and waving mic stands around as they deliver a barrage Ninja Turtle references.” of high-powered rap, you get up out of your chair and proceed to give yourself Listeners can expect that a gnarly case of “hip-hop arm.” It goes unique House of Lewis style without saying that Dine Krew’s set Feb. on the many projects the 20 at 50 West Club was amped up from crew have coming out this beginning to end, but the group also had year, including Hochhalter’s skills equal to their insanely electric stage (Almost) (out April 17), presence. It’s almost unfair how much Bonelli’s Brolesque (out potential these guys have, and their late summer), Ghent’s performance was a prime example of the Lickity Split (out Sept. 8), way they consistently bring the ruckus— and Knopf’s Spoiler Alert and earn respect from the judges and EP and the debut album their fellow nominees in the process. As from his band/online one judge succinctly said: “Dine Krew is variety show Rhyme Time fuckin’ sick.” Josh Scheuerman Television, titled Gnarly.

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was afraid I was going to always be the bridesmaid but never the bride!” said Justin Godina, aka J Godina, when he got the phone call notifying him he’d been declared the 2015 Best DJ. You can hardly blame him. Before he threw down a mind-bendingly intricate all-vinyl set at The Urban Lounge this year, Godina had participated in Best of Utah Music two other times, but had never walked away with a win—until now. For Godina, this recognition has been a long time coming. He’s been paying his dues in the local DJ scene for 15 years, and this victory is validation that he’s doing more than just getting by—he’s building a reputation. “I’m really excited, honestly, being almost 40 years old,” Godina says. “Obviously, my parents have questioned my decisions as far as my career choices have gone, so I’m excited to tell them. … Plus, when you’ve been doing it as long as I have, you question your relevancy and your position and all of that, so it’s definitely nice.” It’s ironic he’d question his relevancy, since Godina has grown up with pretty much every new innovation in DJ technology, from classic turntables with vinyl and Serato to CDJs and controllers. But while he’s made it a point to be a jack-of-all-trades who can adapt to a spectrum of DJ setups, he has always held true to his philosophy about being a DJ. That philosophy is a simple one, and boils down to “playing things that you have found and sharing them with people, and hoping that they dig them, too,” he says. A lifelong Salt Laker, Godina has “always been very into music,” he says. In fact, “when I was little, even 5 years old, I remember being in what we called the ‘disco room’ at my dad’s parents’ house, before my aunts and uncles would all get ready to go out dancing—in the early ’80s— and I’d flip records for them.” That love for music always

stuck with Godina, so much so that becoming a DJ was a “natural progression,” he says. His first consistent gig was a nine-year stint at Kristauf’s Martini Bar downtown, where he spun Motown, soul, funk and disco—till he was fired in 2009. But “getting fired from [Kristauf’s] was probably the best thing that ever happened to me as far as being a DJ went, because it really threw me out of my comfort zone,” he says. “I realized pretty quickly that I needed to be able to be not just a one-trick pony” and become more familiar with popular music. Leaving Kristauf’s, he says, helped him learn that he wanted to be a DJ in the truest sense of the word. “I didn’t want to turn down a gig because they said I had to play country or whatever,” he says. “So I feel like I can pretty much step into any room, whether that be a house night, an EDM night or ’80s night. Whatever the genre is, I feel like I can go in and do a pretty bang-up job.” And diversity is now his bread & butter. For about three years, he has held down two residencies: Monday and Thursday at Bar-X, and Friday and Saturday at Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery. Genre-wise, those residencies couldn’t be more disparate, but Godina likes the “yin & yang-type situation” they create for him. Walk past Maxwell’s on any given weekend, and you’ll likely hear the bass bumping from across the street, as Godina spins party hits for college students who come ready to tear it up. Stop by Bar-X on a Monday, however, and you’ll experience what Godina calls “record-nerd Family Home Evening,” which is a more lowkey night dedicated to his true love: vinyl. With boxes of treasured finds at the ready, Godina and other cratediggers will “come out and listen to each other’s styles and what they picked up during that week—trade and learn.” Maxwell’s and Bar-X are polaropposite scenes, but the challenge of adapting to those different crowds has only deepened Godina’s skills. “It’s

fun and it’s a rush, and I feel really fortunate to have both sides of that,” he says. “I think a lot of [DJs] are kind of one or the other. They’re like a house DJ that rages all the time, or they’re more mellow; they play smaller joints to smaller crowds. So I feel super lucky that I have that juxtaposition where I can rage on the weekends and then be more artistic and express my own interests more” at Bar-X. For Godina, the starting point for his eclectic musical interests is hiphop, as it is for contemporaries such as Chaseone2, James Ramirez, DJ Finale Grand and DJ Che. “We’re all kind of hip-hop kids, essentially,” he says. “That’s how we got into jazz and soul and funk and stuff is through that outlet,” as they’ve become well versed in samples from those genres that are used in hip-hop. The fact that Godina takes his craft so seriously probably doesn’t help the anxiety he’s experienced every year at the Best of Utah Music showcases—being a DJ is “not always about the party; it’s work to me,” he says. “I stress every mix, every night, and when I foul it up, it makes me mad”—but the high bar he has set for himself makes for impressive displays like his winning set at The Urban Lounge. Armed with only two Technics

1200s and a Pioneer 909 mixer, Godina essentially schooled everyone in utilizing “the whole spectrum of record sizes and speeds”—everything from 45s to normal 12-inch records to translucent novelty records as thick as a couple sheets of paper, which he all collected himself. And his track selection was equally varied, and reflected his penchant for including something old and something new in his sets, as he smoothly transitioned through Wu-Tang Clan, Guns N’ Roses, Usher, David Bowie and more. In other words, it was classic Godina, who’s never swayed by trends. “The object of the game is to make the crowd that you’re playing for react to you and make everybody have a good time,” Godina says. “Optimally, you’re doing that with your tastes. I think that’s a thing that becoming kind of endangered, honestly, because the crowds are so rinsed. … I think it demands that you are a good DJ to really be able to plays stuff that’s not your Top 40 hit and get a reaction. You have to kind of sneak it in on them. You have to play something they know and then bring the next one in before they even know what hit them.” CW J Godina Facebook.com/justin.godina.3

Best Wild Beats Choice The biggest surprise of this year’s DJ showcases was Choice’s set at The Urban Lounge on Feb. 18. She’s well known for her house sets, but that night, she threw all that out the window and proceeded to blow the audience’s hair back with a percussion-heavy open-format set that whipped everyone into a dancing frenzy. Her tropical-tinged blends of everything from David Bowie to Khia to the theme song from I Dream of Jeannie were ridiculously fun, but Choice herself was as entertaining to watch as she was to listen to. Dancing behind the decks—as much as she could while juggling a huge range of BPM by hand, anyway—and, at one point, comically crossing herself in exaggerated prayer before she launched into a particularly tricky transition, Choice displayed a vibrant DJ personality that took her set to a higher level.

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When a big anniversary for an arts company presents itself, such as Odyssey Dance Theatre’s 20th, it provides the perfect opportunity to go big. Sometimes, it’s a new commission or collaboration; other times, there can be reflection and retrospection. This contemporary dance company decided to celebrate in its own way, with a full evening-length world premiere of Carmen. Yep, that Carmen—the one best known as a 19th-century opera created by French composer Georges Bizet. But, before you think ODT—home of the annual Halloween pop-production Thriller— is going all highbrow for this party, remember that they’ve also re-imagined other classic works such as Romeo+Juliet, Giselle and The Nutcracker. Founder and artistic director Derryl Yeager has completely reworked this beloved opera, plugging its classic narrative into the 21st-century milieu of reality television. The story is still basically the same, but instead of a passionate tale of soldiers, cigarette girls and bullfights in Seville, ODT’s Carmen involves behind-the-scenes events at a show called Just Dance, clearly modeled after the hit show So You Think You Can Dance? By utilizing the familiar narrative arc of the original—plus selected musical pieces from the classic score—this Carmen should still feel somewhat familiar. It’s in the contemporary choreography, the updated setting and the inclusion of modern pop music where ODT is clearly hoping to transform a classic into a whole new piece accessible to younger audiences. Tackling such a risky endeavor is exactly what anniversaries are for. (Jacob Stringer) Odyssey Dance Theatre: Carmen @ Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Circle, University of Utah, 801-581-7100, March 5-7, 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinee 2 p.m., $20-$40. OdysseyDance.com, KingTix.com

As society becomes increasingly globalized, traditional notions of art history become less relevant. We can discover a unique relevance in Utah’s own diversity and richness of culture, all of which contribute to a particular Utah art history. It’s a history brimming with artists whose legacies and inspirations, connectivity and relationships, are an open door, waiting for us to enter. The pairing of two very different artists in the current Phillips Gallery show—Waldo Midgley, noted for his associations with famed New York City artists in the early part of the 20th century; and the generation-younger Francis Zimbeaux, ultimately a Modernist—demonstrates surprising similarities that are more overt than their differences. Midgley was a formative figure in expressive, freely rendered scenes of natural life—both flora & fauna and city life, both historic structures and scenes teeming with city-dwellers—that were immediately influential. Zimbeaux was inspired by scenes from nature and architectural renderings, with a similar liberality of gesture and color wash. But what truly draws them together is their mutual sense of the fantastical. With Midgley, this is represented in the etching “Doe and Fawn” (detail pictured), as the creatures—in woodland against picturesque mountain grandeur—convey an aspect almost otherworldly. Zimbeaux, with a modernist approach—as in “Untitled, 1995”—accesses the fantastical through a generous, loose use of line, rendering with uninhibited creativity a woodland scene with a pair of reclining nudes in the foreground, three nudes dancing in the center. They may have been one critical generation apart chronologically, but they were much alike in spirit. (Ehren Clark) Waldo Midgley and Francis Zimbeaux @ Phillips Gallery, 444 E. 200 South, 801-364-8284, through March 13. PhillipsGallery.com

Take just a moment to absorb that title, because the cognitive dissonance may already be setting in. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Ballet”? How does that even work? Isn’t ballet intended strictly to be paired with orchestral works—pretty music to accompany pretty costumes and pretty choreography? That perception is limited even where traditional ballet is concerned, but it’s certainly not the way to think about Salt Lake City’s Municipal Ballet Co. Now in its third season, the company— under the artistic direction of Sarah Longoria— has committed itself to expanding the notion of what you see in your head when you hear the word “ballet.” And that includes performing with live local bands, as was the case in 2014’s collaboration with St. Boheme that included street performances during Gallery Stroll Fridays. The new production, Oh Yeah!, finds Municipal Ballet Co. collaborating with Holy Water Buffalo, a quartet out of Heber City with a style reminiscent of vintage late ‘60s/early ‘70s album rock. As part of Municipal Ballet Co.’s ongoing commitment to making the art form even more accessible, their rehearsals took place at a space in Library Square, open to the public. The show will find the dancers setting their choreography to songs from both the band’s 2010 self-titled debut CD and from their upcoming release Purple Mountain Majesty. If you never thought you’d want to raise your lighters at a ballet performance, get ready for something new. (Scott Renshaw) Oh Yeah! A Rock ‘n’ Roll Ballet @ The State Room, 638 S. State, Salt Lake City, March 6-7, 8 p.m., $12.

Ira Glass is an American household name. The host and creator of the public radio program This American Life, Glass is one of the best storytellers of our time. And this week, this famous radio personality will give his professional dance show its debut, with a little help from some friends. Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host combines Glass’s spellbinding stories with the interpretive dance of Monica Bill Barnes (New York City-based choreographer, performer and artistic director of Monica Bill Barnes & Company Productions) and Anna Bass (associate artistic director with MBB&Co). The show, like This American Life, comes in three acts: stories about the job of being a performer, about falling in love, and about the impermanence of everything. Those who saw the sneak preview of Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host when Glass was in Salt Lake City in 2014 understand the brilliance of this unusual artistic concoction. Those who missed it are probably wondering how dance and radio could ever work together on stage. After all, as Glass wrote in a recent blog post for This American Life, “Dance is all visuals, no talking. Radio is all talking, no visuals.” But these very differences make the two art forms compatible and take storytelling to an even more powerful, emotional level. It also makes the whole performance—with props, costume changes and lighting cues—a lot more fun. Dancer Anna Bass says even Glass is still blown away by the show. The audience will be as well. (Katherine Pioli) Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host @ Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-6898700, March 7, 7:30 p.m., $20-$30. EgyptianTheaterOgden.com

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L.A. Theatre Works: In the Heat of the Night L.A. Theatre Works has been a regular visitor to Utah, bringing performances such as RFK: The Journey to Justice and The Rivalry to local audiences in its unique “radio theater” style of minimalist staging and actors in front of microphones. The latest production takes the material from an Oscar-winning film and gives it a burst of contemporary relevance. Adapted for the stage by Matt Pelfrey from the book by John Ball, In the Heat of the Night tells the story of Chief Gillespie (James Morrison, pictured left), a bigoted Alabama cop who’s none too happy when a murder investigation brings California police detective Virgil Tibbs (Ryan Vincent Anderson, right) to town circa 1965. And, while he doesn’t like anyone stepping on his jurisdiction, he certainly doesn’t like it when that “anyone” is black and prefers to be called “Mr. Tibbs.” Take a new look at a classic story that still has the power to be provocative. (Scott Renshaw) L.A. Theatre Works: In the Heat of the Night @ Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City, 435-655-3114, March 7, 7:30 p.m., $20-$69. EcclesCenter.org

Thursday 3.5 Performing Arts Pirates of the Scaribbean, Desert Star Dinner Theatre, 4861 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-2662600 Ghost: The Musical, Hale Centre Theatre, 3333 Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, 801-9849000 Odyssey Dance Theatre: Carmen, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 (see The Essentials, p. 20) I Am Comic: A Night of Stand Up, Movie Grille, 2293 Grant Ave., Ogden, 801-621-4738 A/Version of Events, Plan-B Theatre Company, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787 Hellman v. McCarthy, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787 The School for Lies, Studio 115, Performing Arts Building, 240 S. 1500 East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 Children of a Lesser God, Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City, 801-484-7651

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Wade Bentley: What Is Mine, King’s English, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801-484-9100

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Cantorum Chamber Choir, Brigham Larson Pianos, 1497 S. State, Orem, 801-701-0113 Red vs. Blue, ComedySportz Provo, 36 W. Center St., Provo, 801-377-9700 Pirates of the Scaribbean, Desert Star Dinner Theatre Stand Up Comedy: Marty Pollio and Gulden, Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main, Park City, 435-649-9371 The Appeal, Good Company Theatre, 260 25th St., Ogden Ghost: The Musical, Hale Centre Theatre Odyssey Dance Theatre: Carmen, Kingsbury Hall Performing Dance Company, Marriott Center for Dance, 330 S. 1500 East, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 801-581-7100 Laughing Stock, Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-355-4628 A/Version of Events, Rose Wagner Center Hellman v. McCarthy, Rose Wagner Center The 39 Steps, Sandy City Hall Council Chamber Theater, 10000 S. Centennial Parkway, Sandy, 801-568-2787 Oh Yeah! A Rock ‘n’ Roll Ballet, The State Room, 638 S. State, Salt Lake City (see The Essentials, p. 20) The School for Lies, Studio 115 The Last Five Years, Sugar Space, 616 E. Wilmington Ave. (2190 South), Salt Lake City, 888-300-7898 Fiddler on the Roof, The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 855-944-2787 Friday Night Flicks, United Studios of Self Defense, 78 W. Center Street, Provo, 801-3734844

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Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host, Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd, Ogden, 801-689-8700 (see The Essentials, p. 20) A/Version of Events, Rose Wagner Center Hellman v. McCarthy, Rose Wagner Center Oh Yeah! A Rock ‘n’ Roll Ballet, The State Room The School for Lies, Studio 115 The Last Five Years, Sugar Space Fiddler on the Roof, The Ziegfeld Theater Children of a Lesser God, Westminster College Cash Levy, Wiseguys Ogden Marcus, Wiseguys West Valley City

Sunday 3.8 Performing Arts The Appeal, Good Company Theatre Ghost: The Musical, Hale Centre Theatre A/Version of Events, Plan-B Theatre Company Hellman v. McCarthy, Rose Wagner Center The School for Lies, Studio 115

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Lauren Skidmore: What Is Lost, The King’s English, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801484-9100

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filling, plus a breakfast tamale with bacon, sausage, egg & cheese. Tamales are $1.75 apiece or $16.75 per dozen. I always get a dozen to take home when I visit. You might know Tamales Tita from their presence at various farmers markets. A couple months ago, they finally opened their first restaurant, which features not-sotypical Mexican fare. There are no burritos on the menu, for example, and the tacos aren’t standard, but rolled tacos dorados filled with chicken, ham & cheese, or beans. The tamales are about 50 percent larger—with a thicker masa exterior— than what you’re probably used to. So, the enchilada-style tamales ($5.99) are a generous plate of two tamales of your choice, smothered with your choice of verde, rojo or mole sauce and topped with queso fresco, onion, shredded lettuce and drizzled sour cream. Other tasty dishes include excellent chiles rellenos and a dish called albondigas: three large meatballs swimming in a smokytasting chipotle sauce. The meatballs are ground beef encasing a hard-cooked egg. They’re a tad dense for my taste, and I’d prefer a mixture of pork and beef rather than just beef, but they’re still badass meatballs. So, if you’re looking for Salt Lake City’s best burrito and best tamale, get your butts to Taco Taco and Tamales Tita. CW

lla stuffed—and I mean stuffed—with heaping amounts of tender, flavorful, slightly salty morsels of grilled beef along with white rice, corn and black beans. I love the simplicity of the tacos and burritos, all of which can be adorned with a variety of garnishes and sauces—jalapaños, cilantro, radish, cabbage, pickled onion, etc.—from the salsa bar. However, I like my carne asada burrito “naked,” with nothing more than some hot sauce drizzled on top. I’ll go so far as to say it is Salt Lake City’s best burrito. Counter service at Taco Taco is superfriendly, and the music selections always eclectic. One afternoon, I heard Agnostic Front blaring from the speakers. No mariachi music here! And, speaking of the friendly factor, Tamales Tita is hard to beat. During my visits, my dining companions and I have been made to feel more like family than customers. And, with Tita’s low prices, you feel like you’re getting some sort of family discount when you dine there. Believe me, this place is well worth a trip to West Jordan. A woman named Alin is the owner, but her mother, Tita, “is the boss,” says Alin. Alin patrols the dining room making sure everyone is happy and well taken care of. And, how could you not be happy with Tita’s tamales? They’re the main draw. And, just as Tacos Tacos has the best burrito, I’ll go out on another limb and say that Tamales Tita serves the best tamales around. The restaurant is minimalist in décor, but maximalist in sabor. Obviously, tamales are the big draw. They’re housemade from scratch and come in a wide assortment of flavors, including savory tamales like chicken, pork, jalapeño & cheese, chicken with mole, bean & cheese and vegan (bean or oatmeal). There’s also a selection of sweet tamales like corn with cinnamon, pineapple, and a sweet tamale with cream

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uring my undergrad and graduate college days, I got to spend a fair amount of time traveling in Mexico, including spending a summer in Oaxaca. While I’m no expert, I’ve been lucky to experience a wide range of Mexico’s regional cuisines, from Norteño tacos and burritos to Yucatán specialties like pipil. Some of my favorite Mexican food memories come from time spent in Puebla, where I got my first taste of chiles en nogada—an amazingly complex dish that is as delicious as anything I’ve ever eaten. Closer to home, I’ve been visiting two relatively new Mexican eateries that have impressed me. Both are easy on the budget but huge on flavor. A few months ago, Taco Taco opened in the space adjacent to Cannella’s Italian Restaurant, previously occupied by the short-lived Amore Pizza & Gelato. The new eatery is a joint venture by Cannella’s and their longtime chef, Alberto Higuera Calderon. It’s pocket-size, with just a handful of tables, a few counter seats and added outdoor-eating options in warm weather. It’s “walk up and wait” service; walk up to the counter, order your food and wait—but not for long: It’ll be delivered pronto. The menu isn’t extensive—about the range of items you’d expect from a taco cart—but it packs a punch. And, unlike at taco carts, you can get Mexican cervezas like Tecate ($3), Negra Modelo ($5), Pacifico ($5) and Corona ($4), as well as cocktails and killer margaritas. The bulk of the menu consists of tacos ($2.50-$2.75), quesadillas ($8-$8.50) and burritos ($8-$9), plus sides like rice & beans, chips & salsa and a few kids’ items. Tuesday is a particularly good day to drop in on Taco Taco. That’s when all tacos are $2 each. But I’d enjoy the tacos here any day, especially the chicken mole negro taco: tender pieces of boneless chicken bathed in a rich, dark red mole with queso fresco sprinkled on top, all in a warm, thick corn tortilla. The zucchini-blossom tacos are also excellent, and a good choice for vegetarians. However, my favorite item from the Taco Taco menu is the carne asada burrito. I initially balked at the $9 price tag. However, the burrito is muy grande, a mammoth thing that is a force to be reckoned with. So far, I’ve yet to finish more than half a Taco Taco burrito at one sitting. It’s a large flour torti-

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If you’d like to add some exotic South American flavor to your weekend brunch, there’s no need to fly down to Rio; just book a table for Sunday brunch at Rodizio Grill (600 S. 700 East, Trolley Square, 801-220-0500, RodizioGrill.com). Rodizio is now serving brunch, Brazilian style, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sundays. In addition to the regular “full Rodizio” rotation of unlimited grilled meats, glazed pineapple, gourmet salad bar, hot & cold appetizers, etc., Rodizio is also offering more traditional brunch favorites including banana bread, scrambled eggs, homemade spuds, and bacon & spinach soufflé. The cost for the regular all-you-can-eat Rodizio menu plus American breakfast items is $22.99 per person.

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St. Patrick’s Day is synonymous with Guinness stout and Irish whisky, but at Boulevard Bistro (1414 S. Foothill Drive, 801-953-1270, BoulevardBistroFoothill. com), wine will be the focus for St. Paddy’s Day. On March 17, the folks at Boulevard Bistro are hosting a wine dinner featuring dishes such as smokedsalmon potato cakes, Irish stew, corned beef wrapped in braised cabbage leaves and Irish-cream cheesecake. Wine pairings include Alma Negra Brut Nature from the Mendoza region of Argentia; the Martin Códax Albariño from Spain; Cambria “Julia’s Vineyard” Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley; Ballentine Merlot, Napa Valley; plus Kahlúa & coffee for dessert. The cost for the St. Patrick’s Day food & beverage pairings is $75, excluding tax and gratuity.

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Log Haven owner Margo Provost is a voracious reader. As such, she’s accumulated an impressive book library over the years. Well, now she’s sharing her literary wealth with fellow book aficionados. In addition to award-winning food, drink, service and ambience, Log Haven now offers customers who visit the restaurant a lending library located out in front of the log mansion: You are invited to visit Log Haven (6451 E. Millcreek Canyon Road, 801-272-8255, Log-Haven.com) to borrow and leave a books. “It is a free service to all of our reader friends,” says Provost. Quote of the week: Promoters are just guys with two pieces of bread looking for a piece of cheese. —Evel Knievel Food Matters 411: teds@xmission.com

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ere’s a fun fact that I’ll bet not even most sommeliers know: Rosé wines in France are more popular than whites. It’s true. Most of them—certainly the best ones—come from the southeastern France region of Provence, which stretches from the Italian border on the east to the left bank of the lower Rhône River, and ends at the Mediterranean Sea to the south. There was a time when I eschewed pink wine just as I avoid Justin Bieber tunes. I’d always equated pink- or salmon-colored wine with the dreadful white Zinfandels of California. But then, I found myself in a small café—probably Le Fournil—in the village of Bonnieux, Provence, where I like to stay when I’m in France. To my

surprise, all the natives at the tables surrounding me were sipping rosé. There were sweating, chilled carafes of pink wine on every table. So, “when in Rome” ... or Provence. I ordered a local rosé, and was happily surprised to find that it didn’t taste sweet as I expected. I don’t remember the maker of the rosé; it probably came from Cave de Bonnieux, the winemaking collective in the village. I only remember that I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I’ve been drinking rosé ever since. A lthough rosés drink more like white w ines than reds—they’re t ypically chilled, pair better with lighter fare, and are crisp and dr y on the palate—they’re made solely from red grape varieties. In a nutshell, the process of rosé production is to make single-varietal w ines in small batches from grapes like Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Mou r vèd re,

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DRINK Tibouren, Carignan and sometimes Cabernet Sauv ignon. The single-varietal w ines are then blended together in a process called assemblage. The reason that rosé w ines aren’t redder in color, even though they’re made f rom red grapes, has to do with the method of production. T he grapes are crushed a nd a llowed to macerate with the sk ins on ly long enough to let the juice turn pink. Then, the juice is separated from the sk ins during “run off,” and the wine is put into tanks to fer ment . T he limited contact of the red grape skins with the juice results in lighter-bodied wines with little or none of the tannins found in red wine.

Rosé wine is to Provence what corn production is to Iowa. Nearly 90 percent of the wine made there is rosé. And it’s becoming increasingly popular outside of France. In fact, the United States is the largest market, after France, for rosé wines. This makes me very happy, since rosé is such a versatile wine that pairs with a wide range of foods. A lthough it’s still largely considered a spring or summertime wine, I drink it year round. And, while it’s renowned for pairing with Mediterranean Provençal fare such as bouillabaisse and pissaladère, I like to drink rosé with burgers and brats, too, or even chili con carne. For a sunny taste of southern France, I recommend trying the 2014 Whispering A ngel from Caves D’Esclans Sacha Lichine in Côtes de Provence ($18.99). It’s a peachy-salmon-colored rosé with notes of sweet strawberry, raspberry and cherry, yet it’s completely dry with a solid acidity and a long, clean finish. I also really like the rosé from Commanderie de la Bargemone Coteaux d’Aix en Provence ($16.99), made from Grenache, Cabernet, Cinsault and Syrah. Crisp tangerine and melon f lavors mingle with hints of white chocolate in this sexy sipper. Hey, once you go rosé, you never go back. CW

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At Midvale’s El Farol, you can go light with a tasty salad such as the fajita or taco salad or go big with dishes like the fiesta fajitas, chimichangas or chile verde—popular favorites at this Mexican eatery. The carnitas, served with fresh pico de gallo, are simply delicious, and El Farol also offers customizable one-, two- or three-item combo plates. From the beverage menu, try the sangria, daquiri or a cold horchata. 115 W. 7200 South, Midvale, 801-255-3742, ElFarolUtah.com

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At Roula’s Cafe, now located in the new U.S. Courthouse building, you’ll find a tasty selection of American and Greek fare. Bagels, deli sandwiches, salads and fresh soups accompany Greek items such as chicken souvlaki, gyros, baklava and Greek salads. Good salads include the seafood salad, avocado and shrimp, Cobb and Caesar. Roula’s also serves coffee, sodas, burritos and omelets, too. 351 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-924-0330, RoulasCafe.com

Arella Pizzeria

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Named for the native Tarahumara people of Chihuahua, Mexico, this terrific Midway eatery dishes up some of the best Mexican fare you’ll find in the state. There’s a salsa bar with more than 20 different housemade salsas to complement dishes such as pollo asado, barbacoa, mole poblano and seared scallops in passionfruit and tomatillo sauce. But the real bell-ringer is the slow-braised pork chile verde—so tender you can eat it with a spoon. Bursting with the flavor of Anaheim chilies, this is truly a championship dish. There’s also a small bakery in the front where you can purchase Mexican baked goods and pastries. 380 E. Main, Midway, 435-654-3465, Tarahumara.biz

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Perched aside the Logan River in the Riverwoods area of Logan, Elements offers a warm and relaxing atmosphere combined with the cuisine of a topnotch metropolitan restaurant. Chef Dustin McKay and chef de cuisine Oscar Silva combine to produce tempting dishes such as red-chile onion rings, lobster ravioli, filet mignon quesadilla, barbecued tiger shrimp, blackened ahi with soy-mustard glaze, molten chocolate souffle and caramel-apple gallette. In addition to dinner, Elements also serves breakfast and lunch. 640 S. 35 East, Logan, 435-750-5171, TheElementsRestaurant.com

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excellent barbecue-chicken pizza. You can also create your own pizza or calzone from a lengthy list of ingredients, including caramelized onions, artichoke hearts, Kalamata olives and brie. The salads are generously portioned, and there’s also beer and wine available. Wonder where the name Arella came from? It comes from “mozzarella,” which features prominently in most Arella pizzas. 535 W. 400 North, Bountiful, 801-294-8800, ArellaPizzeria.com

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It’s pretty tough to cap a day of skiing at Alta, unless it’s with dinner at Alta’s Shallow Shaft. First, there are the views. If you didn’t catch quite enough scenery skiing, the Shaft has you covered. Try to score a window seat to watch the sunset. Chef Kurtis Krause favors locally grown ingredients in dishes such as Utah trout cakes topped with apple-horseradish creme fraiche and salmon roe, or the pheasant confit poutine with fried Kennebec potatoes and Beehive “Aggiano” cheese. The Snake River Farms wagyu bavette steak with garlic mashed potatoes, bacon & sweet onion jam and spicy broccolini is as good as it sounds. 10199 E. Highway 210, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Alta, 801-742-2177, ShallowShaft.com

Bocata

Located in the City Center food court, Bocata gives new meaning to food-court grub. From the owners of Settebello, Bocata offers artisan sandwiches made with fresh-cooked bread from its brick oven. Everything— not just the bread—is made from scratch at Bocata. The meats are brined, roasted and sliced in-house, and even the sauces and condiments are housemade. Interesting sandwich choices include porchetta, Cuban pork, meatball, roasted tomato, soppresatta, “drunken” chicken, Caprese and BLT with egg. Sides like Israeli couscous, roasted beet salad and Tuscan bean soup are unique, as well. 28 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-355-3538, BocataSandwich.com

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With its large, airy, open space and high, copper-colored ceilings, the latest venture by Ryan and Colleen Lowder is sort of an American brasserie, with a bustling vibe. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expected Copper Onion 2.0, but the Copper Kitchen menu is far from a photocopy of its predecessorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. A duo of duck croquettes is simple but exceptionalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;finger food at its finest. Even better is grilled porkbelly, pressed, grilled and served on a bed of frisee with carrot-ginger vinaigrette and apple-cider reduction. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want to try Copper Kitchenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chicken: a grilled Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s airline chicken breast atop a battered & fried Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boneless thigh, stacked on fingerling potatoes and cubed squash, sauced with a light, tangy mustard vinaigrette. Copper Kitchen now offers lunch serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with menu items like tuna NiĂ§oise, Philly cheesesteak, fried-egg sandwich and pasta dishesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;plus, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an outstanding weekend brunch including a delicious chicken hash. It looks like the Lowders have another hit on their hands. Reviewed Feb. 26. 4640 S. 2300 East, 385-2373159, CopperKitchenSLC.com

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At Deer Valley Resortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 sashimistyle diver scallop drizzled with lime & aji-chile-pepper vinaigrette and cilantro emulsion. I appreciate that The Mariposa menu is mostly small-plate-oriented, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 lemon-thyme 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 Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

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The original Bandits was created in the greater Los Angeles area in 1990 and, while the menus are similar at each location, the dĂŠcor and ambience of each Bandits is unique. A cup of tri-tip chili was easily the best chili Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had in ages, and tri-tipâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a specialty at Banditsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;finds its way into many other dishes. The main sections of the menu are

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 seedsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and it was a revelation. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small section of the menu devoted to â&#x20AC;&#x153;rawâ&#x20AC;? fare like the aforementioned steak tartare, plus a dozen smallplates options, a half-dozen or so large plates, and a dessert quartet. Our favorite small-plate choice, by far, was the pigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 butter-leaf lettuce for assembling pigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head wraps. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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, 801-4104046, SLCProvisions.com

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Despite its contemporary dĂŠcor, Avenues Proper somehow manages to feel comfy and cozyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an inviting neighborhood space. The amazing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Prop-cornâ&#x20AC;? appetizer features popcorn tossed in seasoned duck fat with sea salt and fennel pollen, while the â&#x20AC;&#x153;smallâ&#x20AC;? side of the menu includes appetizers like a cheese plate and roasted beet salad. Entrees include comfort-food classics like rarebit, fish & chips, burgers and an interesting spin on chicken & waffles: two pieces of chicken sausage (made in-house) and a duo of sunny-side-up eggs atop two toasted waffles with thyme-infused maple syrup on the side. Avenues Properâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poutine offers deeply flavored braised short-rib beef and dark roasted-chicken gravy smothering homemade pommes frites, garnished with truffled cheddar and minced scallionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and the fries at Avenues Proper are so good that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost tragic to see them soaked in gravy. Of course, there are the craft beers, adding to a terrific spot thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfect for proper food, proper drinks and proper service. Reviewed Feb. 19. 376 Eighth Ave., Salt Lake City, 385-227-8628, AvenuesProper.com

barbecue-heavy. Barbecue items come with a choice of house-made barbecue sauce or jerk sauce; I recommend requesting both, on the side. I opted for a BBQ combo with ribs and half-chicken; the chicken was tender and juicy, but the ribs were tough and chewy. The cedar-plank salmon was lightly spiced, juicy and flavorfulâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;not an easy feat to achieve on a blast-furnace temperature wood-fired grill. The sides of rice and a veggie medley were also enjoyable and perfectly cooked. Service is about as good as it getsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; not something I was expecting from a place self-identified as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;familyâ&#x20AC;? restaurant. Reviewed Feb. 12. 3176 E. 6200 South, 801-994-0505; 440 Main, Park City, 435649-7337, BanditsBBQ.com

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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Love Bloat

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The Second Best Exotic Hotel revisits an amiably bland anthology formula. By Scott Renshaw scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

oin me, if you will, on a journey back to the late 1970s in America. Jimmy Carter was president, lapels were wide, and those who were not fever-ing on Saturday nights were often spending them in the comfortable embrace of the crew of the Pacific Princess on The Love Boat. For those too young to remember, the anthology TV series followed individual stories—usually three per episode—of romantic misadventures that were sometimes melancholy, sometimes slapsticky, and always resolved by the time the cruise completed its round-trip voyage from Southern California to Mexico. This nostalgic detour has been brought to you by The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel—or, at least, by the recollections it inspired. Because, with this new installment in the tales of the Jaipur, India, hotel catering to British seniors, it’s increasingly hard to understand why it’s still on the big screen, and hasn’t yet found its natural present-day home as a weekly series on CBS. While four years have passed since the release of the original Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, only several months have elapsed within the world of the movie. Hotel manager Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel) is contemplating expansion of his business prior to his marriage to Sunaina (Tena Desae), and travels to America with Muriel (Maggie Smith) to seek financing. Meanwhile, back at the original Best Exotic, the now-resident regulars face various relationship dilemmas. Flirtatious Madge (Celia Imrie) is having a difficult time choosing between two potential suitors. Recently separated Douglas (Bill Nighy) is finding resistance to his tentative advances toward Evelyn (Judi Dench). Norman (Ronald Pickup) struggles with his wandering eye in his new relationship with Carol (Diana Hardcastle). And

Sonny is convinced that new guest Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Diana Hardcastle, Guy (Richard Gere) is an undercover Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Bill Nighy in The employee of his potential investor, Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel visiting to check the place out. Actors of Social Security-eligible of The Love Boat’s formula. There’s the story age—and particularly women actors of that with the broad physical comedy, as Norman age—are so rarely the focus of movie stories becomes convinced that he has accidenthat there is, admittedly, something faintly tally, drunkenly put out a “hit” on Carol distasteful about dismissing them. Maggie (just don’t ask). There’s the serious one as Smith is a treasure to be cherished as long divorcé Guy begins romancing Sonny’s widas we have the pleasure of her company, her owed mother (Lillete Dubey). And there’s every incredulous eye roll and tart-tongued the whimsical one that gets complicated, rejoinder a thing of beauty. There’s parwhen Douglas’ estranged wife (Penelope ticular enjoyment in watching Smith play Wilton) arrives at an inopportune moment. off Dench, just as there is always enjoyment Of course there’s an audience for gently in watching Nighy play off anybody, or even superficial trifles like this, just as there have just watching him stammer his way through always been audiences for gently superfiDouglas’s job as a tour guide getting fed his cial trifles, and long before The Love Boat script through an earpiece. These Best Exotic ever sailed. But omnibus narratives almost movies are a kind of comfort food to a paralways suffer from the inherent structural ticular type of palate, acknowledging people problem that one plot will be the one you care past the age of 60 as still alive, looking for most about, while there’s also usually one human connection and a sense of purpose. that makes you grit your teeth until it’s over. This is, I suppose, no small matter. Mostly, Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is The movies themselves, though … oy. one of those movies that just moseys along It might help considerably if less time were for two overstuffed hours, hoping you think spent on the profoundly irritating Sonny, its characters’ rote fumblings are endearing. whose tangled aphorisms, ingratiating overIt’s love, but it’s neither exciting nor new. attentiveness and irrational jealousy make it hard to comprehend how anyone wants to THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC be anywhere near him, let alone marry him. But even when the focus is squarely on the MARIGOLD HOTEL seniors, director John Madden and screen- HH writer Ol Parker—both returning from the Judi Dench original—can’t manage anything but the Dev Patel most superficial arcs as they juggle a dozen Maggie Smith or so characters. And that’s how Second Best begins to feel like a feature-film re-creation Rated PG

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Theater Directory SALT LAKE CITY Brewvies Cinema Pub 677 S. 200 West 801-355-5500 Brewvies.com

Megaplex 20 at The District 11400 S. Bangerter Highway 801-304-INFO MegaplexTheatres.com

Broadway Centre Cinemas 111 E. 300 South 801-321-0310 SaltLakeFilmSociety.org

PARK CITY Cinemark Holiday Village 1776 Park Ave. 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com

Century 16 South Salt Lake 125 E. 3300 South 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com

Redstone 8 Cinemas 6030 N. Market 435-575-0220 Redstone8Cinemas.com

Holladay Center 6 1945 E. Murray-Holladay Road 801-273-0199 WestatesTheatres.com

DAVIS COUNTY AMC Loews Layton Hills 9 728 W. 1425 North, Layton 801-774-8222 AMCTheatres.com

Megaplex 12 Gateway 165 S. Rio Grande St. 801-304-4636 MegaplexTheatres.com Redwood Drive-In 3688 S. Redwood Road 801-973-7088 Tower Theatre 836 E. 900 South 801-321-0310 SaltLakeFilmSociety.org WEST VALLEY 5 Star Cinemas 8325 W. 3500 South, Magna 801-250-5551 RedCarpetCinemas.com Carmike 12 1600 W. Fox Park Drive, West Jordan 801-562-5760 Carmike.com Carmike Ritz 15 Hollywood Connection 3217 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City 801-973-4386 Carmike.com Cinemark 24 Jordan Landing 7301 S. Bangerter Highway 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com Cinemark Valley Fair Mall 3601 S. 2700 West, West Valley City 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com Showcase Cinemas 6 5400 S. Redwood Road, Taylorsville 801-957-9032 RedCarpetCinemas.com SOUTH VALLEY Century 16 Union Heights 7800 S. 1300 East, Sandy 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com

Cinemark Station Park 900 W. Clark Lane, Farmington 801-447-8561 Cinemark.com Cinemark Tinseltown USA 720 W. 1500 North, Layton 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com Gateway 8 206 S. 625 West, Bountiful 801-292-7979 RedCarpetCinemas.com Megaplex Legacy Crossing 1075 W. Legacy Crossing Blvd., Centerville 801-397-5100 MegaplexTheatres.com WEBER COUNTY Cinemark Tinseltown 14 3651 Wall Ave., Ogden 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com Megaplex 13 at The Junction 2351 Kiesel Ave., Ogden 801-304-INFO MegaplexTheatres.com UTAH COUNTY Carmike Wynnsong 4925 N. Edgewood Drive, Provo 801-764-0009 Carmike.com Cinemark American Fork 715 W. 180 North, American Fork 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com Cinemark Movies 8 2230 N. University Parkway, Orem 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com Cinemark Provo Town Center 1200 Town Center Blvd., Provo 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com

Cinemark Draper 12129 S. State, Draper 801-619-6494 Cinemark.com

Cinemark University Mall 1010 S. 800 East, Provo 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com

Cinemark Sandy 9 9539 S. 700 East, Sandy 800-326-3264 Cinemark.com

Megaplex Thanksgiving Point 2935 N. Thanksgiving Way 801-304-INFO MegaplexTheatres.com

Megaplex 17 Jordan Commons 9400 S. State, Sandy 801-304-INFO MegaplexTheatres.com

Spanish 8 790 E. Expressway Ave., Spanish Fork 801-798-9777 RedCarpetCinemas.com

CINEMA CLIPS NEW THIS WEEK Information is correct at press time. Film release schedules are subject to change. Chappie [not yet reviewed] In a near-future police state, a military robot is reprogrammed with sentience and emotions. Opens March 6 at theaters valleywide. (R) The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel HH See review p. 32. Opens March 6 at theaters valleywide. (PG) Timbuktu HHH.5 It’s not easy to tell a story about the real-world effects of Islamic fundamentalism that also feels patiently observational, but that’s the tricky balance Abderrahmane Sissako achieves in this Academy Award Foreign Language nominee, set in the titular Mali city shortly after its takeover by a jihadist militia in 2012. The narrative is episodic—the protagonist, to the extent that there is one, is a nomadic herdsman named Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed) facing a life-or-death situation after a quarrel over a dead cow—and concerned more with the overall feel of the city than any plot thread. But it’s terrific at capturing a place under siege—with troops searching for the source of secular music, or a beautifully pantomimed soccer game made necessary by the banning of the sport—while still finding the humanity in the jihadists’ convictions, and even their surreptitious breaking of their own rules. At only 96 minutes, it still has an epic scope, providing a fascinating, sometimes violent portrait of a place where flawed humans are convinced they can institute God’s law on earth. Opens March 6 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (NR)—Scott Renshaw

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Unfinished Business [not yet reviewed] Three colleagues (Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson and James Franco) find a European business trip descending into debauchery. Opens March 6 at theaters valleywide. (R)

quirky charisma and chemistry with Amell make it easy to root for her. Even though there’s never a moment’s doubt where it’s headed—as a romance or as a “be yourself” homily— sometimes all you need is to be able to smile at the character who’s taking you there. (PG-13)—SR

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Fifty Shades of Grey HH I think I get it, to the extent that a guy can get it: E.L. James’ erotica phenomenon is actually a potent empowerment fantasy. Strip away the purple prose, and you’ve got the tale of innocent, young Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) opening herself up to new experiences offered by billionaire BDSM enthusiast Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan), yet also deciding whether she can “fix” a tormented bad boy. Johnson’s performance is often terrific at capturing Anastasia’s self-discovery, but while Grey as written is merely a brooding dream hunk, that doesn’t entirely excuse Dornan’s bland performance or the lumbering plot progression. And the sex scenes themselves feel softened and aestheticized for multiplex acceptability. The subversive exploration of female sexual power is something pop culture could use more of—but maybe in a movie less afraid of really playing rough. (R)—SR

Big Eyes At Park City Film Series, March 6-7 @ 8 p.m. & March 8 @ 6 p.m. (PG-13) In Football We Trust At Rose Wagner Center, March 11, 7 p.m. (NR) Pulp Fiction At Brewvies, March 9, 10 p.m. (R) The Tale of the Princess Kaguya At Main Library, March 7, 11 a.m. (PG)

CURRENT RELEASES The DUFF HHH Bianca (Mae Whitman), a nerdy high school senior, discovers that she’s perceived as the “DUFF”—or Designated Ugly Fat Friend—within her semi-popular clique, and enlists longtime friend/popular jock Wes (Robbie Amell) as a guru to change her image. The story takes a loooong while to get rolling, cruising for a good 40 laugh-starved minutes on its tag-along similarities to stuff like Mean Girls and Easy A, except with more self-aware nods to teenagerdom in the age of ubiquitous social media. But it’s got the tremendous appeal of Whitman, whose

Focus HH.5 A movie about con games has to be even more meticulously constructed than a real-life con. As con man “hero” Nicky (Will Smith) informs new would-be protégé Jess (Margot Robbie), a successful deception is all about diverting the mark’s attention, but a movie audience knows a con is coming. Focus tries to raise the emotional stakes with a romance between Nicky and Jess, but that relationship falls flat as Robbie’s magnetism collides with a performance by Smith that feels built on shutting off his personality entirely. There’s some slick stuff when the focus is on the tricks and sleight of hand, but when all the deceptions have been uncovered, we want to feel the payoff was worth the gamble. If you’re looking for “Wow, I did not see that coming,” it’s hard to settle for, “Well, that was nice.” (PG-13)—SR

The Lazarus Effect H.5 Dr. Zoe McConnell (Olivia Wilde) fiddles with her crucifix necklace, worrying over the moral and theological implications of research with her fiancé, Frank (Mark Duplass), on a serum that may bring the dead back to life. Will this supernatural thriller actually confront tensions between faith and science? Perish— then fail to resurrect—the thought. The result here is Lucy + X-Men’s Dark Phoenix via Flatliners, with a parade of moderately effective jump scares and so many abandoned subplots that the 83-minute running time feels like the tragic result of emergency editing surgery. Mostly, there’s that flippant, borderline-offensive way of addressing sin and concerns about the afterlife. If this movie’s idea of hell is experiencing the guiltiest moment of your life on an endless loop, the people who made it better get ready to watch it a lot. (PG-13)—SR

Leviathan HHH.5 Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee angered Russian authorities who didn’t like his criticism of that nation’s endemic corruption, but the angry grandeur of Leviathan’s despair over how ordinary people get screwed by the powerful will be familiar everywhere. Kolya (Aleksey Serebryakov) is about to lose his home because Vadim, (Roman Madyanov), the mayor of his fishing village, wants the prime seaside acreage; Kolya’s lawyer pal has a plan to use some dirt on Vadim to get him to back down. But Kolya and Vadim are locked in a battle of wills: Power cannot give in to a nobody, while the nobody has had enough. This is everything you should expect from a Russian film: anguish, melancholy, bitter irony, lots of booze and beautiful visual metaphors. You may need a drink yourself by the end. (R)—MaryAnn Johanson

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Schmidt Happens

Dig It Save It Bury It

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt finds a home on Netflix; The Returned delivers on creepy and weepy. Dig Thursday, March 5 (USA)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Friday, March 6 (Netflix)

Series Debut: If you loved French import The Returned when it aired stateside on Sundance, and then were fooled into thinking American network rip-off Resurrection might be anywhere near as good, consider this official U.S. adaptation a full apology. A&E’s The Returned doesn’t stray far from the original: Former residents of a small mountain town begin showing up after years of being presumed dead, with no recollection of the time past nor signs of aging, leaving the Returned as confused as the Remained are freaked the hell out. Resurrection went more weepy than creepy; The Returned strikes a deft balance between both, which the solid cast (which includes Mark Pellegrino, Michelle Forbes, Jeremy Sisto, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and several impressive newcomers) delivers convincingly. This may end up as a story with no viable end—it is produced by Carlton Cuse of Lost, after all— but the initial episodes are a rush. Glad to see all of that Duck Dynasty money is paying for something worthwhile (besides Bates Motel—Season 4 of which premieres prior to The Returned).

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) CSI: Cyber Wednesdays (CBS) New Series: Is avoiding jail time for criminal hacking by agreeing to work for the Feds a real thing? Only on CBS procedurals, the latest being the “zietgeist-y” CSI: Cyber, wherein award-winning-and-likely-regretful actress Patricia Arquette bosses around James Van Der Beek (as the requisite handsome muscle) and Shad Moss (aka Lil’ Bow Wow, as the requisite hacker). It only sounds terrible because it is, as if CBS cranked it out just to make Scorpion look legit. So, naturally, CSI: Cyber will probably run for 12 seasons. 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.

Series Debut: In my Pulitzer-winning Fall TV Preview from September 2014 (look it up), I predicted that midseason replacement shows The Last Man on Earth and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt would never make it to air. I was half right: Last Man is currently on Fox Sundays (for now), but Kimmy was handed off to Netflix after NBC decided it no longer recognized comedy. Good call, because Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (headlined by Office alum Ellie Kemper and produced by Tina Fey) is the kind of wonderful-weird stuff that gets chewed up and spit out on network TV. Kemper plays a woman rescued from a doomsday cult’s underground bunker after 15 years of waiting for the apocalypse, now adjusting to life in the real world (well, New York City). Everything’s shiny and new to Kimmy, and Kemper’s wide-eyed optimism and joy is downright infectious—now, if only she could overcome her hysterical fear of velcro. Longmire notwithstanding, saving Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt could prove to be Netflix’s best decision since “accidentally” leaking House of Cards Season 3.

The Returned Monday, March 9 (A&E)

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Series Debut: At least the USA Network is trying new ideas. But, for every creative win (like comedies Sirens and Playing House, or dramas Graceland and Satisfaction), there’s a pandering pantload (like reality steamers Chrisley Knows Best and Summer Camp), and a handful of lingering legacies that refuse to die (Royal Pains, still a thing!). Ten-episode conspiracy-thriller series Dig is presented as a Major Television Event, but it really could have been wrapped under two hours in a Nicolas Cage flick: An FBI agent (Jason Isaacs— you know, Malfoy) investigating the death of an American in Jerusalem uncovers a nefarious 2,000-year-old plot of Da Vinci Code proportions. It all looks great and seems important, but Dig fades in the stretch, as you’d expect from the creatives behind Heroes and Homeland, two series that couldn’t sustain their mythologies. Upside: Anne Heche as an FBI boss who transforms from Serious to Sexy by simply removing her glasses—now that’s writing!

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DOOMTREE

Family Business

MUSIC

For Mike Mictlan and indie hip-hop outfit Doomtree, all together means going all in. By Reyan Ali comments@cityweekly.net @ali_reyan

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ne day in sixth grade, Michael Marquez came home from school with his future figured out. Inspired at least partially by an older brother who was “one of the best DJs you’ve ever heard that you’ve never heard of,” he says, and rappers that both siblings loved—N.W.A, Eric B. & Rakim, RunD.M.C.—Marquez dedicated one school day to ignoring everything in class while writing his own rap lyrics. With this epiphany in hand, he decided then that he would grow up to be an emcee. Sure, the Los Angeles-rooted Marquez had been rapping in some form since age 6, but it was that day as an 11-year-old that his affection for hip-hop vividly clicked and the ideas came pouring forth—even if his actual content and abilities weren’t there yet. “I was fucking light-years away from being ready to be anything close to a rapper at all. What was most important was [that day’s material] was three, four pages all filled up. I couldn’t tell you one line of it, but I guarantee you it had to do with drinking forties and ‘fucking bitches’ and smoking weed and selling drugs and shit,” he says with a laugh. “You can see that as an 11-year-old, there’s not going to be any good content going on.” Still, that sixth-grader came through on his word. Nowadays, Marquez raps professionally under the name Mike Mictlan, an Aztec-inspired moniker he adopted long ago as a nod to his pre-colonial Mexican background. It was deep into his teens and while experimenting with various drugs that Mictlan began to hone the techniques that could make his dream viable—and he didn’t rise alone. Bouncing between Los Angeles and Minneapolis as a youth, he started rapping with Stefon Alexander (aka P.O.S)—whose own background was in punk rock—while they attended high school in Minnesota. Their work then helped plant the seeds for Doomtree, an aggressively individualistic and ambitious hip-hop clique established in 2001. The Minneapolis squad is made up of five rappers (Mictlan, P.O.S, Dessa, Sims and Cecil Otter) and two producers (Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger), and, as of January’s All Hands, has three official records to its name, plus an array of other projects. “This is the longest relationship I’ve ever been in,” Mictlan says. “I’m like married to these motherfuckers.” Though undoubtedly rap at its core, Doomtree’s palette freely rips from any genre it feels like—electronic music, indie rock, punk, soul, pop—creating genuinely unpredictable products, ranging from warped journeys sky ward to big, glittery bangers. The actual verses—most of which concern the superiority of the group’s skills—also come in several different flavors. Among others, there’s Dessa with her majestic, poetic hand and deft snarl; P.O.S with his arcane pop-culture references and flow that oscillates between breathless and measured; and Mictlan’s outsize, intense personality and uppercut-like quips and punch lines. Mictlan shines with tenacity and finesse that’s unmatched in the group. If anyone could go on to create big radio hits, it’s him.

Doomtree: It’s all relative (if not relatives).

If there’s one theme that comes up over and over again in telling Doomtree’s story, it’s the importance of group bonding. Mictlan recalls the outfit as being a truly solidified, serious endeavor when they wrapped up their 2010 Wings & Teeth Tour by partying at a hotel in Madison, Wis., in which they consumed various substances and had “the ultimate bro-down grind session.” The group’s 2012 full-length, No Kings, was fleshed out during a five-day retreat to a Wisconsin cabin; similarly, All Hands was hammered out through another series of cabin sessions. The camaraderie and chemistry between members is apparent— Doomtree members have generated loads of solo records, frequently teaming up from song to song—but in speaking about his personal role, Mictlan reveals a competitive fire at play. “I think what my role has been is the most relentless, courageous one in the group,” he says, also relaying that his stylistic elements have been adopted across the outfit most. “Coming from what everyone else in the group has told me individually, all the rappers have said I can do things that they all can’t do, which I try to prove with some of my songs and a couple of my records to see if that’s true or not.” Now 32, Mictlan still very much has dreams of carving out his own path to prominence within the group and fleshing out his own solo discography. After having such surefire plans from a young age to become a rapper, come hell or high water, he does imagine what his career might be like if Doomtree hadn’t happened—maybe a lavish life fueled by party rap—but those thoughts are fleeting. “I think about being a solo rapper, I think about blah blah blah, but the thing is, [those thoughts are] super brief because I’m not just this odd man out in this group,” Mictlan says. “This is something that we all built from when we were like babies. All of the theories and all of the ethics that we had at a young age, we still have them today, and it’s become a collective thing now. No matter what, it’ll be Mike Mictlan from Doomtree. I’m not trying to get away from it. I wear that shit like a badge of honor.” CW

Doomtree

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Wray South by Southwest will soon be hoppin’ in Austin, Texas, which means bands from all over are making their way down south. One of those touring bands is Wray, which is making a pit stop in Ogden on the way to the festival to co-headline a free show at Alleged with Oklahoma band Native Lights. Formed in Birmingham, Ala., Wray is the latest project of three longtime musicians who got their start in the underground punk scene. As Wray, the trio bring some of that deep-rooted punk mentality to the table but draw a lot more from moody ’80s rock, shoegaze and psychedelia, resulting in a fuzzed-out, guitar-heavy but dreamy sound that’s multilayered and intoxicatingly hazy, as heard on their 2014 self-titled debut album. Alleged, 201 25th St., Ogden, 9 p.m., free, Facebook.com/Alleged25th

Friday 3.6

Frank Iero New Jersey-born musician Frank Iero probably will always be known as the former guitarist for rock/post-hardcore band My Chemical Romance. But since that group broke up in 2013, Iero has been doing his own thing, most recently in the form of his album Stomachaches, released in 2014 under the name Frnkiero AndThe Cellabration. Named for the many digestive problems Iero deals with, Stomachaches was recorded in his makeshift home studio and is a mostly solo project that spans anthemic pop-punk and introspective indie-rock. It also gives Iero fans a chance to hear his voice front & center, demonstrating that when he’s not screaming in the background of an MCR song, he’s actually a compelling lead vocalist in his own right. And bonus: This show will be an opportunity to catch Iero on a stage that’s a lot smaller than the stadiums MCR was rocking in its heyday. The Homeless

Frank Iero

Gospel Choir and Modern Chemistry are also on the bill. Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court (330 West), 8 p.m., $15, KilbyCourt.com Night Terrors of 1927 When friends Blake Sennett (formerly of Rilo Kiley) and Jarrod Gorbel (formerly of The Honorary Title) first started writing music together in Los Angeles, they weren’t doing so with the plan to start a band. But after a songwriting sojourn in Mexico helped the duo realize they had stumbled onto something significant, and once they came back home, they officially started their project Night Terrors of 1927, named after a phrase Gorbel found written in his grandfather’s journal. Night Terrors of 1927 play a darkly tinted but utterly catchy brand of pop that marries deep vocals with sleek synths, and is fueled by Gorbel and Sennett’s love for ‘80s anthems and the art of pop itself, as heard on their debut full-length, Everything’s Coming Up Roses. Check out the eye-catching music videos for “Always Take You Back” and “When You Were Mine,” which features guest vocals by Tegan & Sara. Joywave and Bleachers will open. In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, 7 p.m., $21 in advance, $24 day of show, InTheVenueSLC.com

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Moon Hooch Made up of two saxophonists and a drummer, Moon Hooch got their start performing raucous and playfully chaotic jazz-dance music on New York City subway platforms with aplomb. Now, they’re taking their dance party on tour to promote their September 2014 release, This is Cave Music. Moon Hooch’s music is reminiscent of jazz-band improvisation, but the EDM influence—the gradual heat-up and repetitive, steamy hooks—is there. Relentless jungle drumming replaces the straight bass beat of club dance music. Moon Hooch don’t play subway platforms anymore (the NYPD banned them), but videos of the subway dance parties are still online (as a tribute, the first 15 seconds of their first album is a woman making an announcement about the L train). Fans of jazz and ravers of EDM, shake hands; you’re about to meet at the brassy and bold blowout that is Moon Hooch. Kris Lager Band opens. (Tiffany Frandsen) O.P. Rockwell, 268 Main, Park City, 9 p.m., $13-$23, OPRockwell.com »

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Thursday 3.5 Salt Lake City DJ Infinite Horizon (5 Monkeys) Jucifer (Area 51) Retox, Whores, Baby Gurl, Exes (Bar Deluxe) Troy Lennerd (Bleu Bistro) Karaoke (Bourbon House) Kris Lager Band (Cinnabar Lounge, Snowbird Resort) Live Band Karaoke With TIYB (Club 90) J Cole, Bas, Cozz, Omen (The Complex) New Orleans Jazz Septet With Doc Miller (Dopo) Joe McQueen Quartet (The Garage) Karaoke (Habits) Marmalade Chill (Hog Wallow Pub) Middle Class Marvel, Totem City, Saving Satori, Anthony Stafford (Kilby Court) Sounds Like Teen Spirit (Liquid Joe’s) Inanimate Existence, Wrath of Vesuvius, No Safe Way Home, Demented Asylum, Aether (The Loading Dock) Whitechapel, The Glass House, Ten Plagues, Alumni, Cities of Desolation (Murray Theater) Antidote: Hot Noise (The Red Door) Head for the Hills (The State Room) David Cook, Starmy (The Urban Lounge) Karaoke (Willie’s Lounge) Weekly Live Reggae Show (The Woodshed)

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Coolabibus (Hog Wallow Pub) Bleachers, Joywave, Night Terrors of 1927 (In the Venue/Club Sound) Frank Iero, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Modern Chemistry (Kilby Court) Chelsea Grin, Carnifex, Sworn In, Black Tongue, The Family Ruin (Murray Theater) George Acosta (The Moose Lounge) Choice (The Red Door) Herban Empire, Slow Ride, Tim Daniels Band, Gypsy Caravan (The Royal) Municipal Ballet Co., Holy Water Buffalo (The State Room) Dubwise: Roommate, illoom, deCay, Zepher (The Urban Lounge) Divine Sunset (The Westerner) Ladies That Rock: Minx (The Woodshed)

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Vincent Draper, Henry Wade (ABG’s) Molly in the Mineshaft, Loredo (The Stereo Room) Ryan Innes (Velour) Battle of the Bands: Echomind, Bandit, Bomb in the Bell, Grizzly Goat, Skytides (The Wall)

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Utah County Festive People, Naked Waiters, Less Than Three (Velour) Battle of the Bands: The One-Two, Kindred Dead, The Emissaries, Eighth Day, Festive People (The Wall)

Friday 3.6 Salt Lake City Elephante (Area 51) In the Company of Serpents, Top Dead Celebrity, Oxcross, Star Grazer (Bar Deluxe) Ledd Foot (Club 90) Knight Hawk Karaoke (Do Drop Inn) Cool Jazz Piano Trio With Fred McCray (Dopo) Cory Mon (The Garage) Apres Ski With DJ Gawel, DJ Matty Mo (Gracie’s) Gamma Rays (The Green Pig Pub) DJ Scotty B (Habits)

Madchild (of Swollen Members) (Area 51) King Niko, Muzzle Flash (Bar Deluxe) Ryan Hiller (Canyons Resort) Ledd Foot (Club 90) Kongos, Sir Sly, Colony House (The Depot) Heatwarmer, Palace of Buddies (Diabolical Records) Knight Hawk Karaoke (Do Drop Inn) Cool Jazz Piano Trio With Stan Seale (Dopo) Max Pain & the Groovies (The Garage) Chaseone2 (Gracie’s) Mega Tones (The Green Pig Pub) DJ Scotty B (Habits) Candy’s River House (Hog Wallow Pub) Battle of the Bands (In the Venue/Club Sound) Marinade (Johnny’s on Second) The Sidekicks, Baby Ghosts, Bat Manors, Cayetana (Kilby Court) The Spazmatics (Liquid Joe’s)

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Ogden Sounds Like Teen Spirit (Brewskis) Silence the Critic (Kamikazes) Wild Country (The Outlaw Saloon)

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Get your sin on at this bar with unholy drinks like Jim Beam Devil’s Cut bourbon and a signature Devil’s Daughter drink called the Blue Devil—a demonic combination of Stoli Blueberi vodka, blue curaçao, sweet & sour mix, grenadine and a cherry. Non-liquid attractions include Taco Tuesdays, house-smoked wings and pulled pork, pool and other games, live music on the weekends, and an entire second floor you can reserve for your next rockin’ birthday party. 533 S. 500 West, Salt Lake City, 801-532-1610, DevilsDaughterSLC.com Dawg Pound

It looks unassuming on the outside, but The Dawg Pound is arguably more “Metal!” than all other State Street bars combined—if your band has anger issues and a pointy, illegible logo, you’ve probably played here on the hallowed stage right next to the front door. There’s pool and, of course, suds: The last four digits of the club’s phone number spell out B-E-E-R. 3550 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-261-2337 Kristauf’s Martini Bar

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Salt Lake City’s first martini bar offers a cozy atmosphere that is especially attractive to stylish and hip patrons. Sit in one of the black-leather booths and sip on one of 80 specialty martinis (like the Crisp Pear or the Kimmie Come Lately) during a quiet weekday night. Or come in on the weekends and dance to the live DJ. Kristauf’s is partnered with Maxwell’s East Coast Eatery, so you can order home-style Italian pizza and pasta dishes off the menu and have them delivered to the bar. 16 W. Market St., Salt Lake City, 801-366-9490, MartiniBarSLC.com Fats Grill & Pool

It’s all about pool and music at Fats. Seven wellmaintained pool tables every night (except Sunday, when they’re closed), and music every weekend (and some Wednesdays) keep the locals entertained and happy. Fats’ burgers and pizza are also ridiculously delicious and, of course, there are several great beers on tap, including locals like Wyld, Sum’r, Baba and Golden Spike Hefeweizen. 2182 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-484-9467, FatsGrillSLC.com

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The covered patio and club-chic interior at Circle Lounge are packed on Friday and Saturday nights with a well-dressed clientele who come to shake it to house, hip-hop and trance DJs. Between songs, the savvy crowd can also take advantage of a full sushi bar. 328 S. State, Salt Lake City, 801-531-5400 Lumpy’s Highland

Lumpy’s is a two-floor sports bar that does everything right. That includes making sure your favorite athletic events are on a multitude of flat-screen TVs, and that there are plenty of other things to do, like poker, “bar” pong, darts, pool and karaoke. The food is also outstanding. 3000 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, 801-484-5597, LumpysBar.com Summit Lounge

Just around the corner from the Cineplex in Layton is this strip mall-ish sports bar, where you can order an Underbomb featuring locally made spirit Underground and Red Bull. Ka-boom. After that, if it’s Sunday or Thursday, you’ll probably feel like a little karaoke, and Thursdays feature local singer-songwriters. 918 Heritage Park Blvd., Layton, 801-773-8784 X-Wife’s Place

Located near Trolley Square, X-Wife’s is the place to take the edge off your day. The drinks are cheap (partly because the bar is cash-only), the lounge vibe is mellow, and the staff is hilarious—much the same as they were back in the ‘60s and ‘70s when the bar was packed with U of U students and their professors. It was called My Wife’s Place back then, but that’s another story. In any generation, X-Wife’s Place is the perfect place to grab a beer, have an intelligible conversation and shoot some pool. 465 S. 700 East, Salt Lake City, 801-532-1954 A RELAXED GENTLEMAN’S CLUB DA I LY L U N C H S P E C I A L S POOL, FOOSBALL & GAMES

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LUMPY’S DOWNTOWN 145 Pierpont Ave., SLC, 801-938-3070 LUMPY’S HIGHLAND 3000 S. Highland Drive, SLC, 801-484-5597 THE MADISON/THE COWBOY 295 W. Center St., Provo, 801-375-9000, Live music, DJs MAXWELL’S EAST COAST EATERY 9 Exchange Place, SLC, 801-328-0304, Poker Tues., DJ Fri. & Sat. METRO BAR 615 W. 100 South, SLC, 801652-6543, DJs THE MOOSE LOUNGE 180 W. 400 South, SLC, 801-900-7499, DJs NO NAME SALOON 447 Main, Park City, 435-649-6667 The Office 122 W. Pierpont Ave., SLC, 801883-8838 O.P. ROCKWELL 268 Main, Park City, 435615-7000, Live music PARK CITY LIVE 427 Main, Park City, 435649-9123, Live music PAT’S BBQ 155 W. Commonwealth Ave., SLC, 801-484-5963, Live music Thurs.-Sat., All ages The penalty box 3 W. 4800 South, Murray, 801-590-9316, Karaoke Tues., Live Music, DJs PIPER DOWN 1492 S. State, SLC, 801-4681492, Poker Mon., Acoustic Tues., Trivia Wed., Bingo Thurs. POPLAR STREET PUB 242 S. 200 West, SLC, 801-532-2715, Live music Thur.-Sat. THE RED DOOR 57 W. 200 South, SLC, 801363-6030, DJ Fri., Live jazz Sat. THE ROYAL 4760 S. 900 East, SLC, 801590-9940, Live music SANDY STATION 8925 Harrison St., Sandy, 801-255-2078, DJs SCALLYWAGS 3040 S. State, SLC, 801604-0869 THE SPUR BAR & GRILL 352 Main, Park City, 435-615-1618, Live music THE STATE ROOM 638 S. State, SLC, 800501-2885, Live music THE STEREO ROOM 521 N. 1200 West, Orem, 714-345-8163, Live music, All ages SUGARHOUSE PUB 1992 S. 1100 East, SLC, 801-413-2857 The Sun Trapp 102 S. 600 West, SLC, 385-235-6786 THE TAVERNACLE 201 E. 300 South, SLC, 801-519-8900, Dueling pianos Wed.-Sat., Karaoke Sun.-Tues. TIN ANGEL CAFE 365 W. 400 South, SLC, 801-328-4155, Live music THE URBAN LOUNGE 241 S. 500 East, SLC, 801-746-0557, Live music VELOUR 135 N. University Ave., Provo, 801818-2263, Live music, All ages WASTED SPACE 342 S. State, SLC, 801-5312107, DJs Thur.-Sat. THE WESTERNER 3360 S. Redwood Road, West Valley City, 801-972-5447, Live music WILLIE’S LOUNGE 1716 S. Main, SLC, 760-828-7351, Trivia Wed., Karaoke Fri.-Sun., Live music THE WOODSHED 60 E. 800 South, SLC, 801-364-0805, Karaoke Sun. & Tues., Open jam Wed., Reggae Thur., Live music Fri. & Sat. ZEST KITCHEN & BAR 275 S. 200 West, SLC, 801-433-0589, DJs

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

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riving down South Temple, you’ve probably noticed the pink building with a coat of arms sign. That sign marks Mrs. Backer’s Pastry Shop, a thirdgeneration family-owned business and one of the finest bakeries in the city. Mrs. Backer’s offers cookies, eclairs, brownies, pies, lemon bars, danishes, rolls, bread, and seasonal treats like king cake, gingerbread cookies, fruitcake, and hot cross buns. Amy Musser, who has worked at Mrs. Backer’s for four months, loves learning the frosting techniques and getting to snack on delicious cakes. “My favorite changes from week to week, but right now it’s the white cupcakes!” she says. Mrs. Backer’s decorated cakes and cupcakes are covered in frosting flowers that change with the season—daffodils in spring, poinsettias in winter. And these aren’t your typical, hard sugar bakery flowers. Made from delicious buttercream frosting and created with custom-designed piping tips, they taste just as good as the rest of the cake. Round decorated cakes range from $30 to $45, but don’t worry if you don’t have the money or the stomach capacity for that much sweetness—Mrs. Baker’s also offers individual cakes with flavors like pineapple rum, strawberries and cream, caramel, and German chocolate. Employee Jackie Cleveland has been with Mrs. Backer’s for nine months and loves working at the bakery. “I used to hate baking,” she says. “But working here and learning all the baking techniques has really made me love it.” Cleveland recommends the raspberry cream cheese tarts to new customers. Mrs. Backer’s customers are effusive in their praise for the pastry shop. “The cake is so moist and light,” says Chris Jensen of Daybreak, who tried the pineapple-filled white cake and the raspberry cream. “The frosting is the best.” “The cookies are addicting,” says Nicolas Oakey of Salt Lake City. “Once you start eating, it can be hard to stop.” It’s no wonder that Mrs. Backer’s customers love it so much. The pastry shop is a Salt Lake City institution, open since 1941.

The family has maintained the building and décor to keep that old-fashioned charm. The pastry shop makes almost everything from scratch and never freezes their baked goods so you always know that what you’re buying is fresh. According to the business’s website, the family- owned pastry shop still has the old recipes and wooden cookie presses that were brought to America from Germany. Mrs. Backer’s is available for special orders and specializes in wedding cakes. And if you need a special serving knife to go with your gorgeous cake, Mrs. Backer’s also offers an eclectic inventory of aprons, vintage-looking cake stands, unique birthday candles, and quirky cards for sale. Mrs. Backer’s is located at 434 East South Temple in Salt Lake City. You can find them on the web at http://w w w.mrsbackers. com and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MrsBackers. Call them at 801532-2022. Mrs. Backer’s is open Tuesday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Saturday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. They are closed Sundays and Mondays. n

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) To depict what lay beyond the limits of the known world, medieval mapmakers sometimes drew pictures of dragons and sea serpents. Their images conveyed the sense that these territories were uncharted and perhaps risky to explore. There were no actual beasties out there, of course. I think it’s possible you’re facing a comparable situation. The frontier realm you are wandering through may seem to harbor real dragons, but I’m guessing they are all of the imaginary variety. That’s not to say you should entirely let down your guard. Mix some craftiness in with your courage. Beware of your mind playing tricks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) I love the song “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” by Pink Floyd. Other favorites are Tool’s “Third Eye” and Yo La Tengo’s “Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind.” But all these tunes have a similar problem. They’re more than 10 minutes long. Even before my attention span got shrunk by the Internet, listening to them tested my patience. Now, I have to forcefully induce a state of preternatural relaxation if I want to hear them all the way through. In the coming days, Libra, don’t be like a too-much-ofa-good-thing song. Be willing to edit yourself. Observe concise boundaries. Get to the point quickly. (You’ll be rewarded for it.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Whenever I close my eyes and seek psychic visions of your near future, I see heroic biblical scenes. Moses is parting the Red Sea. Joseph is interpreting Pharaoh’s dream. Jesus is feeding 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. What’s the meaning of my reveries? Well, this psychic stuff is tricky, and I hesitate to draw definitive conclusions. But, if I had to guess, I’d speculate that you are ripe to provide a major blessing or perform an unprecedented service for people you care about.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Sneaking around isn’t necessary, Scorpio. There’s no useful power to be gained by hiding information or pursuing secret agendas. This is not a time when it’s essential for you to be a master of manipulation who’s 10 steps ahead of everyone else. For now, you are likely to achieve maximum success and enjoy your life the most if you are curious, excitable and transparent. I invite you to embody the mindset of a creative, precocious child who has a loving mommy and daddy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) In a New Yorker cartoon, Tom Gauld outlines “The Four Undramatic Plot Structures”: 1. “The hero is confronted by an antagonistic force and ignores it until it goes away.” 2. “The protagonist is accused of wrongdoing, but it’s not a big thing and soon gets sorted out.” 3. “The heroine is faced with a problem but it’s really difficult so she gives up.” 4. “A man wants something. Later, he’s not so sure. By suppertime, he’s forgotten all about it.” In my astrological opinion, Gemini, you should dynamically avoid all four of those fates. Now is a time for you to take brave, forceful action as you create dramatic plot twists that serve your big dreams.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It took them seven weeks to climb the 29,029-foot peak. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh got into a bathyscaphe and sailed to the lowest point on the planet, the Mariana Trench at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It took them four hours and 47 minutes to go down 36,070 feet. Based on my analysis of your astrological omens, I think the operative metaphor for you in the coming weeks should be the deep descent, not the steep ascent. It’s time to explore and hang out in the depths rather than the heights.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “I will not wait to love as best as I can,” says writer Dave Eggers. “We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.” That’s your keynote for the coming weeks, Virgo. That’s your wake-up call and the rose-scented note under your pillow and the message scrawled in lipstick on your bathroom mirror. If there is any part of you that believes love will be better or fuller or more perfect in the future, tell that part of you to shut up and embrace this tender command: Now is the time to love with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your mind.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) When Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California in 2003, the state had the eighth largest economy in the world, right behind Italy and just ahead of Brazil. Schwarzenegger had never before held political office. When Cambodian doctor Haing Ngor performed in the film The Killing Fields, for which he ultimately won an Oscar, he had no training as an actor. He was a novice. Will you try to follow in their footsteps, Pisces? Is it possible you could take on a role for which you have no preparation or seasoning? According to my divinations, the answer is yes. But is it a good idea? That’s a more complex issue. Trust your gut.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “As you get older, the heart sheds its leaves like a tree,” said French novelist Gustave Flaubert. “You cannot hold out against certain winds. Each day tears away a few more leaves; and then there are the storms that break off several branches at one go. And while nature’s greenery grows back again in the spring, that of the heart never grows back.” Do you agree with Flaubert, Leo? I don’t. I say that you can live with such resilient innocence that your heart’s leaves grow back after a big wind, and become ever more lush and hardy as you age. You can send down such deep, strong roots and stretch your branches toward the sun with such vigor that your heart always has access to the replenishment it needs to flourish. The coming weeks will provide evidence that what I say is true.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The African country of Ivory Coast has two different capital cities. Yamoussoukro is the official capital, while Abidjan is the actual capital, where the main governmental action takes place. I suspect there’s a comparable split in your personal realm, Capricorn: a case of mixed dominance. Maybe that’s a good thing; maybe it allows for a balance of power between competing interests. Or perhaps it’s a bit confusing, causing a split in your attention that hampers you from expressing a unified purpose. Now would be a favorable time to think about how well the division is working for you, and to tinker with it if necessary.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) “To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright,” said heavyweight German philosopher Walter Benjamin, a fellow Cancerian. I am happy to report that there’s a good chance you will soon be blessed with an extraordinary measure of this worry-free self-awareness. And when you do— when you are basking in an expanded self-knowledge infused with self-love and self-appreciation—some of your chronic fear will drop away, and you will have at your disposal a very useful variety of happiness.

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