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As a former state employee assigned to work at Palmer Court, I think it is important to support the staff and management [there]. I have seen the staff work tirelessly to maintain the campus, repainting, repairing and cleaning every single day. And so much more than that. Everyone works together to help people stabilize and heal.

People who live in the community have very serious issues to cope with. The staff are kind, compassionate and humane— something that the residents have not always received.

As a long-term resident said to me, we know what people outside of Palmer Court think of us and we know they wish we didn’t exist. The life journeys of people living there are often horrendous and I don’t know how they had the strength to keep living. Yes there are issues every day in living there and a few need help beyond the scope of what Palmer Court can provide.

Before a person is evicted staff have gone above and beyond to help resolve the problems, find solutions, relocate, obtain more treatment and simply talk with the person involved. I am truly thankful that places like Palmer Court exist and are supported by the community.

MARY McCONAUGHY

The heart of the community is in the right place trying to help out the most destitute, but it also takes a lot more work for all these public services by having so many congregated in one place. Thank you for a very insightful article into how the place is being run.

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Shame that more information [wasn’t] researched on the effects Palmer Court has had on businesses in the surrounding area. The Rock Shop just two doors south of there has had a huge increase in theft within their store and even had a resident from Palmer Court urinate inside their store on the floor. A family-run business that is considering moving to strictly online sales. I’m sure that the Chevron gas station would have shared plenty of their stories as well. These are just two of many businesses in the area that have been negatively affected by Palmer Court.

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This place is absolutely top-notch. Take a date, take your mom, take yourself. If you got $25 dollars, it’ll be an amazing and different take on Mexican food. Spoiler alert: cactus tastes dope.

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We have been there a few times with the family (including kids) as well as to celebrate two birthdays with friends. The food is delicious and the portions very generous. The molcajete is to die for as are toritos, the nachos, and I could go on all day.

The margaritas are a staple and complement almost everything they have.

The cost of drinks isn’t crazy like other restaurants downtown and that’s always a plus.

One thing I want to highlight is the service. A place with good food and bad service will lose me as a customer every time.

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Drink, Nov. 10 “The Mysteries of Mezcal”

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PRIVATE EY Bite Me, Carl The first time I ate at a Carl’s Jr. was within a week or so after it came to downtown Salt Lake City. I’m not sure when that was, but for the sake of this, it was certainly more than 15 years ago. I had a burger (not sure what kind), some fries and a drink. I left, my curiosity sated, my stomach not so sure. It was a burger, pretty sloppy, true to their ads and I don’t recall much else.

However, I gradually came to grow repulsed at Carl’s Jr., finding their ads just a tad beyond outrageous—yeah right, supermodels with super hard bodies adorned with vast and colorful food drippings comprise the typical Carl’s Jr. customer. Yeah, uh huh. Well, I don’t fit that bill. I’m as out of sync with Carl’s Jr. as Carl’s Jr. is with downtown Salt Lake City. Really, is there a more jarring corner in modern downtown as 200 South and State, adorned as it is with nightmares of ketchup and mustard oozing out the doors and onto our streets?

I think not.

There’s a new hotel going in just west of the corner, pretty much right next to Carl’s Jr. Maybe guests staying there comprise the Carl’s Jr. crowd, but I kinda doubt it. Off to one side, those visitors can find civility on the revitalized Regent Street, soon to be fulfilling its promise of urban sophistication. A few steps beyond and it’s the rapidly changing Main Street with nightlife and dining galore.

Those visitors can drop by the new Eccles Theater; perhaps even spend a buck at City Creek. Or, they can exit their hotel on 200 South, take a gander at the Gallivan Center, and go left, smack into Carl’s Jr. If you hear shrieks coming from that area late at night, don’t worry, it’s not the end of the world, just nearly so. Many will walk past Carl’s Jr., eyes closed, it’s assumed, to quell their dining pangs at Taqueria 27, Cedars of Lebanon or Este and quaffing a few at Bar-X, Beer Bar and Johnny’s on Second.

Or, I can be fully wrong, and they can grab

a Carl’s Jr. Western Bacon Cheeseburger and haul it back to their cozy boutique hotel room and hope like hell it doesn’t drip on the new divan.

I didn’t even know Carl’s Jr. served a Western Bacon Cheeseburger until last week. Like most everyone else in the world, I only knew the name Carl’s Jr. itself and associated that name with luscious, ketchupstained women. I’ve often wondered how it is that God allows such carnality each and every time their ads are broadcast. I mean, this newspaper has been kicked out of distribution stops for far less when it comes to the skin game and the innuendoes associated with ooze all over a woman’s body. At least City Weekly can double as a napkin.

But, last week The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Carl’s Jr. had sued locally owned fast food chain Apollo Burger over the naming rights to the Western Bacon Cheeseburger. Apollo was notified several months ago about name infringement. Apollo changed the name of their own burger to the Texas Bacon Cheeseburger and went their merry way, but not soon enough for Carl’s Jr., which claimed irreparable harm to their brand and cried that the millions they spend on advertising was for naught. They want Apollo to pay up.

Alas, it’s not going well for Carl’s Jr. Soon after the story broke, readers began slapping Carl’s Jr. in the same fashion that Carl’s Jr. slaps meat onto a grill. Ouch. Sizzle. Ouch. One after another, the comments raged on against Carl’s Jr. in favor of Apollo.

Hey, I have my own beef (no pun intended) with Carl’s Jr., but even my angst hasn’t risen to the point of what I’m seeing on those comment boards. If Carl’s Jr. harbored any

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sense that they were a beloved part of our community, they’re dashed now. Hell, even Yelp!—the amateur rating site where everything is “yummy”—only gives Carl’s Jr. 2.5 stars. That’s zero in burger years.

I doubt anyone ever said that they were going out for a Western Bacon Cheeseburger. Big Mac possible, but not a Western Bacon Cheeseburger. Arby’s has the meats, but can you name a single sandwich? You go where you want by store brand name, not burger name. I understand why Carl’s Jr. did what they did, though—a trademark only has value if you protect it, and you lose it if you don’t.

We wrestled with that one ourselves this fall when the lovely tyrants at The Salt Lake Tribune and Utah Media Group laughingly announced they were holding a “fresh, new” recognition event called the SALT Awards, all the while dancing around our trademark protection of the Best of Utah brand. Never mind that they used the exact same font face presentation that we did last summer during the SALT conference of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, but “fresh” and “new” are hardly proper adjectives to use when copying a method that we’ve used annually 27 times.

Our empty pockets aren’t deep enough, so we just pouted and went our way. Still, we bear the same sentiment for the Tribune that some readers of that paper apparently have for Carl’s Jr.—the Tribune is just a bully, always has been, always will be. So, we root for Apollo. They are friends of this city—one cannot forget the $25,000 they lay down for the Sugar House fireworks each Fourth of July. If you want to keep seeing them, I’d suggest you head to Apollo and let them know you care. CW

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If you were to file a lawsuit this Thanksgiving, who would it be against?

Randy Harward: I’d sue the turkey who keeps stealing my gas cap.

Lance Gudmundsen: Statistician Nate Silver for predicting Hillary Clinton was “a 2-to-1 favorite” to win Nov. 8.

Nicole Enright: I’d sue all of the turkeys for being so delicious when I’m trying to be vegetarian.

Scott Renshaw: I’m thankful that I’ve never been the instigator or recipient of any legal action, and I’ll sue the pants off of anyone who suggests it should be otherwise.

Sarah Arnoff: You’re asking someone who works very closely with Native American tribes. So many potential Thanksgiving lawsuits …

Lisa Dorelli: Nobody. Everyone needs to stop all the madness for a moment and just be. Find togetherness. Pause. Plus, considering consumer behavior on Black Friday is that of merciless animals, I’m sure there will be a plethora of lawsuits floating in the midst.

Jeremiah Smith: I would file a lawsuit against Facebook, for multiple counts of fraudulent news articles, and generally being a huge bummer after the election.

Enrique Limón: “Courage,” the first turkey pardoned by President Obama in 2009.

Talk about a national spotlight! And what has Courage done with it? Not a damn thing. Gigi Hadid and Kylie Jenner were total unknowns back then and look at them now.

Tyeson Rogers: I’d sue my wife. Having an ass like that should be illegal.

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In the category of “this is news?” comes a Utah Auditor’s report that we’re not getting good teachers because we don’t pay them enough. Wait, what? We need to pay teachers? KUTV blared the story and the Deseret News noted that education is among the worst-paid majors in terms of starting salaries. And, of course, teachers get no respect. Quite the opposite, as the Utah Legislature continues to strap them with mandates, tests and assessments because lawmakers know better. The auditor’s report says Utah needs about $115 million to cover the 10,000 more students in public schools next year. Legislators have some fun ideas to make that work: reimbursing schools for students who graduate early and oh, eliminating rooftop solar tax credits because what’s good for the environment needs to be weighed against what’s good for education.

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Now that Donald Trump is president-elect and House Speaker Paul Ryan is his buddy, term limits might be in the offing. Don’t tell Sen. Orrin Hatch, though. He is seriously considering another run at the office he’s held since 1977. And every single time he’s run, opponents bring up the inconvenient fact that he first won an election after criticizing Democrat Frank Moss for being in office too long—18 years. He has long since eclipsed that. The Salt Lake Tribune says he might run again in 2018, and there’s a possibility Republican-turnedIndependent Evan McMullin would run against him. They seem to have a mutual admiration society between the two of them, but uniting the GOP is at the forefront. McMullin doesn’t quite fit in as one of those old, white male Republicans, but maybe he will by the time Hatch retires.

Pipeline Protest

Considering the presidentelect’s affinity toward the carbon-based economy, it was heartening to hear the Salt Lake City Council had signed a joint resolution with the Utah League of Native American Voters supporting the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its members in North Dakota. It was a symbolic gesture in support of the tribe’s opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline project. Several hundred people gathered in downtown Salt Lake City to show support. KUER was there for the march and the resolution against an oil pipeline planned to go under the Missouri River.

The Washington Times recently reported how easy it would be for the Trump administration to overturn President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Standing up for the environment and the rights of Native Americans is more than symbolic.

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The most vigorous Shakespeare troupe in Utah is probably an intimate all-volunteer nonprofit you’ve never heard of, appropriately named the Grassroots Shakespeare Company. The troupe, which performs multiple plays each year, is gearing up for a production of King Lear. It will be staged at the Masonic Temple at 650 E. South Temple in January 2017, as well as another yet-tobe-announced location. Dave Mortensen, director of development for the company, recently spoke with City Weekly at Salt Lake City’s downtown library before a casting meeting.

Is it true Grassroots performs more Shakespeare plays than any other group in the state?

Well, we perform two shows in the summer that tour. We remount a third show during the summer from the previous season, so that’s three. And a Halloween show, a winter show, and Romeo and Juliet every Valentine’s Day. So six plays each year.

What can someone expect to see at your performance?

Shakespeare unlike you’ve seen it anywhere else. Our company strives to perform Shakespeare a lot like he did it in his day where it was more of a mixture of a rock concert and play.

It was a huge event for the community. It’s not something you go to to be bored; it’s where you definitely go to to be entertained and moved. And so we often incorporate local bands with performances at the beginnings. The shows are fast-paced and interactive.

Interactive as in breaking the fourth wall?

Yeah. The actors are right there in front of you. They’re not going to ignore you in the audience. You’re part of the show. We’re not going to pull you up on stage, but if they ask a question in their dialogue, the audience is encouraged to answer the question as well.

This is a grassroots organization. How does that work?

It’s an ensemble-based group. One thing that is interesting is that when we hold auditions, when we bring actors in for call-backs they perform for each other, and they give each other notes because we don’t have a director in our shows. And from that interaction, everyone that attended call-backs votes for who they think should be in the company. It is a self-selecting company. Then everyone goes in and they don’t know what role they’re going to play. Tonight they’re going to read the script for the first time together, and then they’ll be voting on who should be in each role. The rehearsal process is a two-week process before the show gets up on its feet in front of an audience. Again there is no director guiding how the show’s going to be. The actors themselves are creating the show. In Shakespeare’s day, the actors would get together the morning of to practice some of the scenes, like the fights.

How is this company unique for an actor?

In Shakespeare’s day, men played all the roles. In that same spirit, any of the roles are up to be played by men or women. We don’t change the gender of the characters, but the actors can be playing a different gender. Also, this company is 11 members and many of them will be playing multiple roles.

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STRAIGHT DOPE Hoofin’ It Out of the thousands of different ungulate species on this planet, horses are among the very few that have neither horns nor antlers.

Obviously the development of such bony headwear conveyed a distinct evolutionary advantage to the other fleet-footed herbivores, so how did horses manage to evolve and survive without them?

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per foot, no hoofs, and—sorry to disappoint anyone still holding out hope for evidence of ancient unicorn horn. Sometime after that, horses and rhinos parted ways.

Early rhinos thrived in a variety of hornless forms, resembling modern tapirs or hippos or pudgy horses. Some grew to immense proportions (15-plus feet tall, 20 tons), the better to browse on tree leaves, until elephants edged them out of their habitat. The rhinos that ultimately made the cut stayed closer to the ground, ate grass, and along the way developed one or more horns. Unlike the headgear of the even-toed ungulates, rhino horns sprout from just above the nose rather than from the sides of the forehead, and consist solely of keratin, the stuff that makes up fingernails and sheathes the bony core inside the horns of cattle, antelopes, etc. (Antlers are constructed along different lines: They’re all bone, and grow in a single two-sided unit from the front of the head.)

Meanwhile, the proto-horse called eohippus was making its way through the wild.

This guy was around two feet tall with some complicated stuff going on down at the extremities: four toes on the front feet, three on the hind feet, each toe ending in its own small hoof. Once out on the plains, its descendants eventually became the horse we recognize today, as the need to escape carnivores rewarded more streamlined hoofs and a longer stride.

Whatever other obvious benefit they confer—African rhinos are huge and mean enough that they have no natural predators—horns play a notable role when rhinos, largely solitary otherwise, convene for courtship and mating; the males’ horns are used not so much to lure the ladies (as with deer) but to use in sparring with rivals. Horses, by contrast, have evolved to live in herds, with well-defined hierarchies governing mating.

Natural selection didn’t always go easy on horses. They died out in North America before being reintroduced in domesticated form by Europeans, and it’s hard to see how horns would have helped them survive the food shortages brought about by climate change in the late Pleistocene era. Back here in the present, humans have become a factor in the ongoing development of rhinos, whose horns continue to attract the poachers that have already wiped out certain subspecies. A hornless rhino, you have to think, might have a better shot at survival. n

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Whoa up there, Ken. Yes, horses are ungulates—literally, hoofed mammals—and so are all those horn- and antler-bearing herbivores you’re picturing. But past that you’re on the wrong trail. Plenty of ungulates besides horses don’t have horns, dozens of species historically classified as ungulates don’t even have hoofs, and horses aren’t as closely related to many of their horned kin as one might think to look at them.

When 19th-century taxonomists were sorting out the animal kingdom, they tossed horses into the biological order Ungulata along with the cattle, deer, et al. on the notcrazy assumption that their hoofs (ungulae, in Latin) and overall leg structure were evidence of kinship. But the fossil record soon complicated matters. Paleontologists did discover evidence of a common ancestor for all critters with hoofs or hooflike nails—but that same ancestor, it appeared, had also evolved into a lot of other things including dolphins, meaning the ungulate concept had to expand beyond hoofs, and even feet. Later, DNA research revealed genetic similarities between seemingly unlike species, scrambling classification systems still further; elephants and manatees, once counted among the ungulates, got bumped into a more distant grouping. The experts are still arguing about what species go where (one genome-based proposal from 2006 put horses in a group with cats, dogs and bats), but the current understanding says deer and antelopes are more closely related to whales than they are to horses.

But save the whales for another day; for now we’ll stick with true ungulates, planteating quadrupeds with hoofs or something like them. These are grouped into two orders, the artiodactyls and the perissodactyls, that have evolved in parallel for more than 50 million years. Artiodactyls have an even number of toes (think cloven hoofs); they include sheep, goats, cows, deer and antelopes—i.e., basically all the horned creatures you can think of—but also pigs, hippos, camels and llamas, and a few others. Perissodactyls, with an odd number of toes, fall into three subgroups: horses and their cousins, the asses and zebras; tapirs, which don’t have horns either; and rhinoceroses.

So the question isn’t why horses don’t have horns, but instead why, unlike their closest relatives, rhinos do. Let’s go way, way back to Cambaytherium thewissi, a mammal whose fossilized remains, disinterred in India in 2014 and dated at 55 million years old, are thought to be the closest we’ve yet seen to the perissodactyls’ common ancestor. This pig-sized beast had five toelike appendages

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Eight texts to get you out of spending Thanksgiving with your family:

8. “Our popular vote said we’d come, but our electoral vote was a hard no. Sorry!”

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“Your grandson’s handturkey drawings are just GARBAGE. We’re not ready to present them at this time.”

6. “Will dinner be locally

sourced and address my gluten and wheat concerns? And my dog’s?”

5. “If my Tinder date gets there before me, just let him in. He’s OK; he did his time.”

4. “Did you get a Blu-ray

player yet? I’m bringing my entire Michael Moore collection.”

3. “I just picked up some killer vape juice for the weekend, cuz!”

2. “I’ll need your Wi-Fi pass-

word and commenter login for Breibart.com. No reason. Don’t worry about it.”

1. “New phone. Who dis?”

Don’t you just want to smack someone after this election? How about watching it happen before your very eyes while helping out a good cause? Epic Pro Wrestling and The Road Home Shelter is an event not to be missed during the holiday season. They are a professional wrestling company and a world leader in wrestling for charity. EPW has meet-and-greets with its superstars five minutes after the show. They’re also accepting cash or check donations and the following items: new underwear and new or gently used warm clothing for men, women and children (all sizes), as well as new or gently used blankets. All proceeds go to The Road Home. 3060 Lester St., Saturday, Nov. 26, 11:45 a.m., $10 for adults, $3 for children, Bit.ly/2fouGYn

LUMINARIA: EXPERIENCE THE LIGHT

It might be getting darker for the winter, but there is light at Thanksgiving Point.

This holiday staple features a brand-new, never-before-seen holiday light experience called Luminaria: Experience the Light, set within the 55-acre Ashton Gardens and featuring a million lights. Luminaria highlights 27 “beats” for guests to enjoy featuring all the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the holiday season.

Among the attractions is a “Mosaic” that beats nearly 7,000 colorful luminaries leading the eye right to the “Tree Top.” The LEDs are set to music and feature all kinds of amazing holiday images. Thanksgiving Point, 3003 Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, 801-768-2300, Friday, Nov. 25-Saturday, Dec. 31, $20 for adults, $17 for seniors and children age 3-12, Bit.ly/2g4fdQQ

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Plan now for the 2016 Human Rights Day Celebration, sponsored by the Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office of Diversity & Human Rights and the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission. Proceeds go to the Human Rights Education Project, a program designed to educate Salt Lake City refugees and immigrants about their legal rights and responsibilities in the United States. Sorenson Unity Center, 1383 S. 900 West, 801535-7734, Saturday, Dec. 10, 6-9 p.m., $25-$30, bit.ly/2g3aJpN

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NEWS Gauging HB 348

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“The problem is all the things that go along with being a user and all the crimes that result because of it.”

— SLCPD Detective Greg Wilkings

Some consider penalty reduction bill a silver bullet for much-needed prison reform.

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“Law enforcement is going to struggle. Our treatment system is at full capacity,” she says. “They can’t get them into jail. They can’t get them into the system. What do they do? They’ve really got no leverage either and it’s a consequence of doing things the way we’ve done it for so long.”

As with any type of government function, funding is a hurdle in moving forward. At present, McMillan says, there are many things legislators didn’t foresee that have gone unfunded and that the entities implementing facets of HB 348 need “a hell of a lot more” money.

“The complication of it is we can’t meet the demand,” she says. “There’s things that they didn’t consider like recovery housing, job training, posttreatment support and medication.

Those kinds of things aren’t funded.”

Whatever the case, with Thatcher and District 38 Representative Eric Hutchings, who served as the legislative sponsor for HB 348, Utahns are likely to see a push for further decriminalization in the future. And whether troublesome—as Wilkings and others in law enforcement would suggest— or beneficial, it’s something, simply, Utahns should expect. “[Criminal justice reform] is what is happening right now. It’s slower than I’d like, but five years ago nobody was talking about this. There was no real effort,” Thatcher says. “If we can reform our system, it’s going to be done by taking money from locking people up, and instead, using that money to get people help.” CW

Thatcher says. “By getting this data we were able to push it through.”

Right now, it appears the state’s move toward decriminalization has helped lower prison populations. Going beyond that suggested relation, however, and drawing any kind of direct correlation between the two would be erroneous without a rigorous statistical backing. It looks like HB 348 is helping, but that’s the most anyone can say.

Deciphering the bill’s success, if any at all, looks to be ambivalent at best.

Mary Jo McMillan, executive director of Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness (USARA), says what Wilkings and the rest of the force are seeing is an unfortunate byproduct of the legislation. But by that same token, McMillan says, the bill is one of the “best things we’ve done in Utah.”

To her, the problem lies in timing.

“Our legislators want change to happen,” she says.

She adds that legislators, state officials and the general population often operate on a basis of wanting to see that a bill can be successful in a short amount of time.

“When you’re having to change a whole system, it’s unrealistic to expect that it’s going to change in a few short cycles,” she says.

This time-lag between a bill passing and its quantifiable effects can likely account for the varying ways HB 348 has been viewed. McMillan says she understands law enforcements’ struggle, but there’s not much anyone can do about it.

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November 2015, marking a 5-percent decrease in average population over a an 11-month span.

In theory, decriminalizing charges lessens criminal penalties, which decreases the flow of individuals going into jails, and, in turn, saves the state money that can then be spent on rehabilitative programs and services for offenders.

“There’s a premise I’m working from that people are starting to come around to,” Thatcher says. “This has been about a six-year effort for me. I hate the idea of threatening bigger penalties so people will accept plea deals.”

This premise gained ground in 2015 when the Pew Charitable Trusts helped push HB 348 through the Legislature and into policy by way of an empirical examination of Utah’s criminal-justice system. The study yielded predictions that boasted “the reforms”—HB 348, specifically—“[would] eliminate almost all projected prison growth over 20 years, save more than $500 million, and redirect nearly $14 million into evidence-based strategies to reduce recidivism.”

The study cited Utah’s growing prison population (according to the report, the state’s prison population grew by 18 percent between 2004 and 2013 and was expected to grow 37 percent by 2034) and recidivism rate, which is defined as the likelihood an inmate will return to prison after being released for an initial offense, as grounds for the legislation.

“Because Utah is so strapped for cash, we don’t experiment often,”

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ouse Bill 348 purged the state of a longheld criminal justice paradigm for how to deal with drug offenders. The state appeared to indicate with HB 348 that it wanted to move away from an absolutist approach of locking drug offenders up, and instead, make rehabilitation and addiction recovery the priority when dealing with drug offenses. Now in the wake of the bill’s passing, pinpointing the effects of the legislation depends on who you ask.

The narrative for police has been difficult. Detective Greg Wilkings of the Salt Lake City Police Department says the bill is leaving dangerous individuals on the streets.

“They’re trying to decriminalize the possession of these drugs to make it easier to get off these drugs. I understand that; I feel for that. That’s a good noble reason to decriminalize [the offenses],” Wilkings says. “The problem is all the things that go along with being a user and all the crimes that result because of it. All the shoplifting, metal theft, robberies and burglaries—if it’s not nailed down, they’re stealing it to feed their habit.

To some in the Legislature, the bill has been viewed as a success and is serving as a gateway for further decriminalization such as State Bill 187, which passed in the 2016 general legislative session and reclassified a number of low-level offenses to simple infractions.

“We can change the world one life at a time by understanding that criminal justice is about more than punishing people who did naughty things,” District 12 Senator Daniel Thatcher says. “[HB 348] has been a wild success. For the first time, our prison numbers went down.”

Thatcher’s claim about Utah’s prison population holds true and speaks to the impulse behind the bill. In its official average monthly offender count, the Utah Department of Corrections reports that, as of October, the state’s average prison population was 6,241 inmates. This number is down roughly 150 inmates from April, and 300 from

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lawsuit filed recently by Cardiff Canyons Association accuses the Mountain Accord of violating Utah’s Open and Public Meeting Law. The civil complaint is perhaps the most visible example of opposition to the interlocal plan, which aims to preserve popular forested canyons along the Wasatch Front. The Mountain Accord executive board has been accused of failing to post meeting notices and excluding critics from sitting in discussions.

However, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, who chairs the Mountain Accord, categorically denies claims that the public has been left out of the process.

But for some, keeping human waste out of the watershed is more pressing than cries of transparency.

Big Cottonwood Canyon resident David Eckhoff, a general supporter of the Mountain Accord, says future plans need to address a growing demand for bathroom facilities. “I don’t invite people to my house, then preclude them from using the toilet,” he told the county council, as it considered support for the formation of the Central Wasatch Commission, a governing body essentially in charge of implementing the Mountain Accord.

Eckhoff says it’s unconscionable that leaders can’t “provide anything close to adequate toilets in the canyon. We can’t blame the Forest Service because their budget is just too meager and there’s not much prospect that they’re going to increase.”

If the Mountain Accord is designed to tackle environmental problems, he says, guarding the forest floor from urine and defecation should be on the to-do list.

Larry Lucas, recreation program manager for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, confirmed overall funding for the federal agency is trending in the wrong direction.

He says, for example, “in 2009, we had about $4.6 million to manage trails on the entire forest. It’s down about $3.3 million this year.”

Lucas is aware of the skyrocketing demand for restroom facilities, and he says most of the popular recreational day-use destinations have them. Hikers who wander into spots of natural solitude, however, will find themselves too far removed from

a toilet when nature calls. “As more and more people come, though they’re going to stray off the side of the trail and go in places that really don’t have those accommodations, or they just pull off the side of the highway,” he says, thereby upping the odds that human waste filters into the water.

The Forest Service notes that during peak visitation, the trails, bathrooms and parking spots hit capacity. The influx of recreation will only be exacerbated as the valley’s population continues to balloon.

For that reason, Lucas says, the Forest Service favors the Mountain Accord.

Although land in the canyon is managed by the feds, state law allows cities to manage watersheds that supply drinking water, even when those watersheds are outside the city limits. Salt Lake City has jurisdiction over the watershed supplied by nearby canyons, including Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, Parley’s and City Creek, and it regulates water through an ordinance.

“Sanitary issues are a big deal in our watershed,” says Laura Briefer, director of the Salt Lake City’s public utilities department.

“In fact, it’s one of the potential threats or vulnerabilities to water quality.” Fecal matter, a vector for harmful bacteria such as E. coli, in the watershed is worrisome, she adds.

The city maintains a few canyon restrooms, but a deluge of visitors in the past few years has put more pressure on those facilities. Treatment plants at the mouths of the canyons help clean water running to the cities, but they can’t be counted on to purify everything.

“They’ll remove pathogens but there are some pathogens that can break through the system. … It’s really important to manage that correctly,” she says.

“It’s also really important for people to take responsibility for themselves, too.

Go to the bathroom before you go out for your hike, use the trailhead restrooms.”

Briefer says a shortage of bathrooms is one spoke in a struggling wheel. The issue for policymakers will be to strike a balance between protecting resources in the canyon, such as the water, while allowing citizens to enjoy the canyons’ stunning beauty.

“One fear that I have is that these mountains get loved to death, and we degrade that watershed,” Briefer says. “I think we need to take a broad approach. That’s what Mountain Accord was trying to do and still is. How can we best make some decisions to manage for the future, to manage all of these demands?”

In conjunction, a federal bill sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, was vetted at a congressional hearing last week. It would designate more than 79,000 acres as a “conservation and recreation” area. This bill, however, would not relinquish the city’s management of the watershed, Briefer says. CW

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Democracy in Action While “democracy” in most of America means electing representatives to run government, on Nov. 8 voters in San Francisco decided 43 often vague, densely worded “issues” that, according to critics, could better be handled by the professionals who are, after all, elected by those very same voters. Except for hot-button issues like tax increases or hardened legislative gridlock, solutions on these “propositions” (e.g., how certain contractors’ fees should be structured, which obscure official has primary responsibility for which obscure job, or the notorious proposition asking whether actors in the taxpaying porno industry must use condoms) would be, in other states, left to elected officials, lessening voter need for a deep dive into civics.

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Police Report The police chief of Bath Township, Ohio, acknowledged the overnight break-in on Oct. 10 or 11 at the University Hospitals Ghent Family Practice, but said nothing was missing. It appeared that an intruder (or intruders) had performed some medical procedure in a clinical office (probably on an ear) because instruments were left in bowls and a surgical glove and medication wrappings tossed into a trash can (and a gown left on a table). n A 35-year-old man was detained by police in Vancouver, British Columbia, in October after a home break-in in which the intruder took off his clothes, grabbed some eggs and began preparing a meal. The homeowner, elsewhere in the house, noticed the kitchen commotion and the intruder fled (still naked).

Leading Economic Indicators Paula D’Amore claimed she deserved a discount from the $7,400 “delivery room” charge for the April birth of her daughter at Boca Raton (Florida) Regional Hospital—because the

Recurring Themes The most recent case in which an unlucky cannabis grower came to police attention occurred in Adelaide, Australia, in August when a motorist accidentally veered off the road and crashed into a grow house, collapsing part of a wall. Arriving police peered inside and quickly began a search for the residents, who were not at home. n The latest market price for a coveted automobile license plate is apparently the equivalent of $9 million—the amount paid

by Dubai developer Balwinder Sahni at government auction recently for plate number “5.”

Readers’ Choice For not the first time in history, a fire broke out this year in a hospital operating room caused by the patient’s passing gas during a laser procedure. The patient at Tokyo Medical University Hospital, in her 30s, suffered burns across her legs in the April incident, which was finally reported in the Japanese press in October when the hospital completed its investigation.

The Passing Parade Asher Woodworth, 30, was charged with misdemeanor traffic obstruction in the Portland, Maine, arts district in October as he stood in a street after covering himself with branches of evergreen trees. A friend described Woodworth as a performance artist contrasting his preferred “slow life” with the bustle of downtown traffic.

A News of the Weird Classic (January 2013) Anthony Johnson, 49, was convicted in October (2012) in Hartford, Conn., of stealing an improbably large amount of money—as much as $70,000 a weekend, off and on for five years—by crawling on the floor of darkened theaters and lifting credit cards from purses that movie-watching women had set down. The FBI said Johnson was careful to pick films likely to engross female viewers so that he could operate freely, and that he was often able to take the cards, leave the theater, and make cashadvance withdrawals from ATMs before the movie had ended.

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n Briton Mark Wright, 45, caught with illegal drugs taped to his penis following his arrest for burglary, told Newcastle Crown Court in September that he had “hidden” them there to keep them secret from his wife (perhaps identifying one place that she no longer visits).

Least Competent Criminals Jacob Roemer, 20, was arrested in Negaunee Township, Mich., after a brief chase on Oct. 29 following an attempted home invasion. The resident had confronted him, chasing Roemer into the woods, where a State Police dog eventually found him lying on the ground unconscious and bloody, after, in the darkness, running into a tree and knocking himself out.

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Motorist Luke Campbell, 28, was arrested near Minneapolis in September and charged with firing his gun at several passing cars, wounding one man (a bus passenger)—explaining to a bystander that shooting at other vehicles “relieves stress.”

People With Issues A 49-year-old man was partly exonerated by a court in southern Sweden in September when he convinced the judge that he had a severe anxiety attack every time he received an “official” government letter in the mail (known as “window envelopes” in Sweden). Thus, though he was guilty of DUI and several other minor traffic offenses while operating his scooter, the judge dropped the charge of driving without a license because the man never opened the string of “frightening” letters informing him that operating a scooter requires a license.

Compelling Explanations Two men in rural Coffee County, Ga., told sheriff’s deputies in November that they had planned to soon attack a science-research center in Alaska because peoples’ “souls” were trapped there and needed to be released (or at least that is what God told Michael Mancil, 30, and James Dryden Jr., 22, causing them to amass a small, but “something out of a movie” arsenal, according to the sheriff). The High Frequency Active Aural Research Facility, run by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has long been a target of conspiracists, in that “the study of the earth’s atmosphere” obviously, they say, facilitates “mind control” and soul snatching.

n In October, new father Ryan Grassley balked at the $39.95 line-item charge from Utah Valley Hospital (Provo, Utah)—for the mother’s holding her new C-section son momentarily to her bare chest—a “bonding” ritual. Doctors countered that C-section mothers are usually drugged and require extra security during that ritual—but that Utah Valley might rethink making that charge a “line item.”

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n Though most Chicago Police Department officers get no more than five civilian complaints in their entire careers (according to one defense attorney), CPD internal records released in October reveal that some had more than 100, and, of 13,000 complaints over 47 years in which police wrongdoing was conceded, only 68 cases resulted in the officer actually being fired (although the worst police offender, Jerome Finnigan, with 157 complaints over two decades, is now in federal prison).

baby was actually born in the backseat of her car in the hospital’s parking lot. (Nurses came out to assist D’Amore’s husband in the final stages, but, said D’Amore, only the placenta was delivered inside.)

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n Ashley Basich, 49, was arrested in Cheyenne, Wyo., in October and charged with DUI after police found her, late at night, using an industrial forklift to pick up and move a van that she explained was blocking her driveway. Problems: She works for the state forestry department and had commandeered a state-owned vehicle, she had a cooler of beer in the forklift and was operating it while wearing flip-flops (OSHA violation!), and the van “blocking” her driveway was her own.

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n a study released last week by the Corporation for National and Community Service, Utah ranked No. 1 in the nation for volunteerism, a title it has held for 11 years in a row. Broken down, this means that 43 percent of Utahns volunteered over the last year, raking up some 170 million hours of service, which translate to an economic benefit of $3.8 billion.

I’ve been lucky enough to lead a life that is fairly devoid of tragedy and struggle. While I do my best to acknowledge this good fortune and give back to my community, after spending the past few weeks getting to know the people behind some of the state’s most dedicated charities, I’m in serious need of a swift kick in the ass. These are people who look right in the face of a seemingly insurmountable problem like homelessness or domestic violence and say, “We’re going to end you. It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow, but we will not rest until we have wiped you out.”

While many people’s minds turn toward what they can do this holiday season to help those less fortunate—and I strongly encourage you to consider helping out any one of these organizations—I found it extremely heartening to know that the people behind these charities are out there every day, using their limited resources to work literal miracles in the lives of those who are most in need of them.

You’ll notice that I’ve included each charity’s website beneath their name; that wasn’t an aesthetic choice. Please visit each site in order to learn more about each organization and find out how you can help.

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The Utah Food Bank is one of the state’s oldest charities, and it’s still doing great things today. Since its origin in 1904, UFB’s mission has been to provide food to the alarming number of people who are in need (according to its website, one in seven Utahns is at risk of missing a meal today, and one in five Utah children is unsure where their next meal will come from.) Think this is an exaggerated sentiment? During 2015 alone, the food bank distributed more than 30 million pounds of food.

It’s a number that Chief Development Officer Ginette Bott is extremely proud of. “This service is especially valuable for the working poor—who I call the ‘working hard.’ These are people who are working two or three part-time jobs that don’t pay much money,” Bott says. “With people in this situation, when all their bills are paid, food is the last thing that they can buy—and that’s where their local pantry comes in.” Bott has been involved with the food bank since 1993 and has been on staff since 2009. “When I retired from

my corporate job, I decided to finish my working career at the food bank, because I’m so passionate about hunger and child services in the state of Utah,” she says.

Signing up for the volunteer shifts that run from Monday-Saturday is an easy process, and the food bank has accepted so many volunteers that shifts need to be booked a couple of months in advance.

“Last year, we logged over 85,000 hours of volunteer time; they’re very important to help us reach our goals,” Bott says.

Volunteering here is a process that lends itself to many different activities. Working at the warehouse, sorting food into delivery boxes and helping out with special projects are only a few of the duties that folks can help with. One of UFB’s biggest events is the Human Race, a 5K that takes place on Thanksgiving Day, with all registration proceeds going to aid the less fortunate. “This is our 11th annual race,” Bott says, “and our one time of year that we invite the public to come together in a public fundraising opportunity.”

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ophthalmologists and audiologists. “We have an on-site family practice and we also have a whole group of volunteer doctors,” Ingham says, “and almost everyone who comes through gets a mentalhealth screening.”

Admittedly, I didn’t quite know what to expect during my tour of the facility—yet another embarrassing misconception that I had subconsciously brought in with me—but the place looks and feels like any of the medical clinics that I’ve visited. The staff is extremely friendly and driven, and many of them help the clinic provide wellness classes that teach patients how to take care of themselves once they are discharged.

In addition to the facility itself, Fourth Street also employs an outreach van to visit patients who are either too far from the clinic or are otherwise resistant to coming in for treatment.

As the tour wraps up, Ingham takes a moment to address the idea that people become homeless because they’re irresponsible and lazy. “It’s just not true,” she says. “They’re always on the move— standing in line for shelters, for food and for healthcare. It’s one of the busiest groups of people that I know of.”

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When we hear about Utah’s homeless population, it’s typically accompanied by words like epidemic, criminal and chaos.

Though these terms can sometimes be accurate descriptors of our state’s homeless reality, it also happens to make those who are struggling to make ends meet conveniently invisible to those who are lucky enough to have a roof over our heads. After my visit to the Fourth Street Clinic, it became easier to see our homeless population the way the doctors, pharmacists and other volunteers view them: as a group of people who need all the help they can get.

I arrived at the clinic around 8 a.m., and there was already a sizable number of people lining up for treatment. According to Development Director Laurel Ingham, the clinic admits 10 new patients every day and receives around 32,000 visits per year. “Our goal is to make sure this community gets the services that it needs on the healthcare side so that they can move into housing,” she says.

Fourth Street Clinic started in 1988 with one part-time nurse who saw patients in order based on the severity of their illnesses. Over the past 28 years, it’s grown to include a staff of neurologists, cardiologists, dermatologists,

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Best Friends doesn’t mess around with its volunteers. In order to earn their stripes, all potential candidates must attend an onboarding class, make it through two shifts with trained interns and pass a test that proves they have what it takes to become a bona fide kitten feeder. While the training sessions can feel overwhelming, nothing quite measures up to the first time you pick up a tiny orphaned kitten, feed it until its belly fills up like a water balloon and watch as it purrs itself to sleep in the palm of your hand.

Sure, this experience helped alleviate my workplace stressors, but it also showed me how much good a few dedicated people can actually do. The staff members make sure everything is running like a well-oiled machine, and they do a lot to support their volunteers—as if unlimited kitten play wasn’t enough. The fact that the nursery runs 24/7 also gives volunteers an extremely flexible schedule, which makes it easy to set aside a few hours a week to help out.

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I started volunteering at the Best Friends Utah Kitten Nursery about two years ago as a way to combat the copious amounts of stress that my previous job saw fit to inflict upon me. My thought process was that I could either get some therapy or spend a few hours a week bottle-feeding kittens. It was a pretty easy choice.

Spawning from humble beginnings inside an RV trailer, the kitten nursery was developed as a resource to help with the high cat population in Utah’s animal shelters. Adult cats can usually hack it in a shelter, but kittens have a much lower rate of survival if they don’t have someone to tend to them around the clock.

When statewide shelters or animal control officers find litters of kittens that have been abandoned, they bring them to the nursery where a small army of volunteers, interns and veterinarians help these fuzzy little orphans make it to an adoptable future. Last year, the nursery saved more than 1,400 kittens, and has a goal of saving 1,500 this year.

While a study from the Bureau of Justice Statistics revealed that cases of domestic violence or intimatepartner violence have decreased from 2014 to 2015, it also reported that cases of sexual assault and rape have increased. As these particular instances of violence are extremely traumatic to the victims involved, the Utah Domestic Violence Coalition strives to maintain its mission of “creating a state where domestic and sexual violence are intolerable.”

The coalition itself is a network of shelters and outreach organizations that work in tandem to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Ann Johnson, the communications and development director for Peace House (PeaceHouse.org), one of the coalition’s members, points out that “domestic abuse knows

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Founded by community leaders who were shocked when they heard that a woman was murdered by her husband in a parking lot within Park City’s boundaries, Peace House has been a community asset for the past 20 years. Not only does Peace House offer shelter to those in need, but its list of programs provides all kinds of benefits to its guests. “We send prevention educators into Summit and Wasatch county schools to teach students how to be safe,” Johnson says. “Through our outreach program, we are able to meet with those who are in abusive situations but who do not, for any number of reasons, want to live at the shelter.” Resources provided include helping victims develop an exit strategy and offering clinical therapy to adults and children.

In addition to its day-to-day operations, the organization outs together two charity events that largely depend on volunteer services: Its “Spring Luncheon,” typically held right before Mother’s Day, and the “Bling Fling Boutique” that takes place during the second weekend in November. “We collect gently used women’s and men’s accessories throughout the year for our annual boutique,” Johnson says, adding that “a large cadre of volunteers works throughout the year collecting, marking and sorting the donations in preparation.”

Reflecting on her previous work as a journalist and her current role, Johnson says working at Peace House allows her to fulfill two personal needs: “To write and be an active participant in moving social justice forward.

Peace House is a true charity—it saves lives.”

Centro de la Familia de Utah There are many issues facing local Latino families— especially those that are undocumented. Despite the challenges that lie in their path, the bottom line is that most of them come to the U.S. in order to do backbreaking work and build a better life for their children. Since that is much easier said than done, the Centro de la Familia de Utah (CDLFU) exists as a resource the help families like these along the way.

One of the many programs that CDLFU offers is a series of family classes in partnership with Kearns High School. I paid a visit to one of these classes and spoke with instructors Vivian Garcia and Polly Salmon about the program, which tackles obstacles that could get in the way of family communication. On the evening of my visit, for example, Garcia and Salmon explained that they would be teaching about rewarding or ignoring

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certain behaviors, along with empathy and gender stereotypes. “This program teaches communication skills around the family,” Garcia says.

The classes feature individualized instruction for both teens and parents, along with a combined session where families can discuss the evening’s curriculum together.

“In Spanish-speaking countries, the parents have all the power,” Garcia says. “When they get here, because of the language barrier, the power is shifted away from the parents to the kids.”

Helping strengthen the bond between children and their parents is also something that CEO Gonzalo Palza emphasizes. “Half of the Spanish-speaking children are underperforming in schools,” he says. “One of the reasons for this is because their parents cannot engage with them in the early stages of their development

because they don’t have access to the formal programs that we offer.”

During the 10 years of Palza’s tenure as head, several of the Centro’s programs have been streamlined for better outreach to Utah’s Latino families. “As an ethnic group, they probably have the largest productivity in terms of hours worked, they’re very loyal to their employers and they have strong ties to their families,” Palza says. “These are attributes that represent a strong social fabric, but they also come with poor education levels and they’re internally divisive.”

My experience with CDLFU was indeed eye-opening, but I think Garcia sums up her experience nicely when she says, “With all the immigration crap going on, and all the othering that takes place, these people still work hard, and I’m so happy to be able to help them.”

Matrons of Mayhem Entering the First Baptist Church to participate in the Matrons of Mayhem Third Friday Bingo, I’m promptly greeted by a lovely lady clad in black and gold, looking like Cleopatra with just a bit more testosterone. She introduced herself as Poundcake, at which point I asked to meet Miss Petunia Pap Smear, causing me to become acutely aware that I was in for one hell of a night.

Pap Smear is the alter ego of Courtney Moser, a community organizer originally from Logan. “I organized dances, camping trips and movie nights for the LGBT community up there—it was just stuff I liked to do,” he says. “When we moved down here, I thought that was done and that I could retire—not so much though.”

He and the other Matrons of Mayhem—the name was given to them by a reporter in Ogden—organize and em-

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cee their Third Friday Bingo in order to raise money for different charities. “The causes search us out,” Moser says. “They have to be a 501c3, and once they pass that bar, they write a description of what they want the money to go to. In December, we choose the causes that we’ll raise money for.”

The Matrons began as part of a group called the Cybersluts until they parted ways around 10 years ago. The Cybersluts held bingo nights as part of a weekend retreat for HIV patients and their families at Camp Pinecliffe. “They had so much fun doing it that they brought it down to the city,” Moser says.

I’ve been to a few fundraisers in my day, but none of them had the energy and entertainment value that the Matrons of Mayhem provide during one of their bingo nights. For every $5 donated, attendants get a bingo card and a shot at winning some of the locally donated prizes— tonight it happened to be afghans, turkey platters and tickets to the Pet Shop Boys for one lucky winner. Throughout the game, the Matrons can call party fouls, which require the offender’s entire table to dance for tips that also go to the evening’s chosen charity.

For Moser and the Matrons of Mayhem, it’s a chance to mix fun with a good cause. “I’ve always liked costume parties,” he says. “I like dressing up and being in character— we’re more close to being clowns than being drag queens.”

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Park City. “It’s our 27th year doing the Rug Show,” he says. “We generally bring in about $300,000 for the reservation, and the weavers take 100 percent of the proceeds home with them,” Robb says of the event. “Nothing gets marked up, and the weavers set their own price.” Due to its magnitude, the call for volunteer hours during the show and sale is huge— as many as 200 volunteers are needed to help pull it off.

In addition to contributing to the needs and well-being of Navajo elders, ANE also focuses on bridging cultural gaps. “Before the show opens, we bring in about 600 local school children who learn about the Navajo culture directly from the elders,” Robb says. “A lot of the schools adopt elders, and the students raise money for them throughout the year.” ANE also arranges for Navajo storytellers to visit their Salt Lake warehouse.

For those who are eager to help out, but might lack the time to volunteer, adopting a Navajo elder is always an option. “The commitment is $200 a year,” Robb says. “People don’t realize that a lot of these elders—who are in their 80s and 90s—a lot of them starve or freeze to death during the winter, so providing them with food and firewood really does save lives.”

As someone whose educational and professional career has dealt with literacy at some level, I love the fact that Startup Santa is a charity focused on collecting and donating books to children in need. It all began two years ago when Beehive Startups founder Clint Betts partnered with the United Way of Salt Lake. “One out of every 300 children living in low-income families have access to books,” Betts says.

“Even worse, two out of every three children living in low-income families don’t read at a proficient level—that’s a big deal because you can tell a lot about a child’s future based almost solely on their third-grade reading level.”

When he approached the United Way of Salt Lake with this idea, it forged the beginning of a successful and charitable partnership. “We have deep relationships with businesses throughout the state, and we have helped get them involved with Startup Santa,” says Amy Bosworth, United Way of Salt Lake corporate relations director.

Betts thought that Utah’s booming tech industry along the Silicon Slopes would be a good place to establish a beachhead for this particular movement. “Startup Santa allows us to rally our community together during the holidays to give back and serve under-

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privileged children and families,” he says.

Getting involved is extremely easy— and you don’t have to be an established company to do so. “Any company or even a group of people can sign onto the leaderboard to rally around getting books for kids or make contributions,” Bosworth says. In order to become a collector for this charity, all an organization needs to do is sign up on Startup Santa’s website and start collecting books. Each group tallies up the number of books they’ve collected, drops them off at the nearest United Way location, and adds their tally to the leaderboard to compete with other participants. “There are options to sign your company up to donate books, money or to read at local elementary schools,” Bosworth says.

Moving forward, the plan is to keep Startup Santa focused around gathering books and increasing literacy among underprivileged youth. “Startup Santa will focus solely on this problem until it’s solved,” Betts says. “I look forward to the day when Startup Santa can redirect its attention and resources to a different issue because every child is literate and has access to books—we have a lot of work to do.”

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All of the charities listed here are excellent ways to help those in need, but there’s something about the way C.J. Robb, assistant director of Adopt a Native Elder (ANE) speaks about his organization that sparks a sense of adventure. Essentially, ANE provides an opportunity for donors and volunteers to help elderly members of the Navajo Reservation, which spans across the Four Corners area. “What our organization does is helps these Navajo elders age in their traditional way, and it prevents them from being forced into nursing homes where they are not comfortable at all,” Robb says.

ANE’s principal source of aid comes from assembling and delivering boxes of food directly to the elders on the reservation. “We do four week-long deliveries in the spring and four in the fall,” Robb says. “You get to meet a lot of new people and get immersed in a new culture. The reservation is also in a very remote part of the United States, so it’s a beautiful landscape that most people don’t experience.” When they’re not organizing these deliveries, ANE also needs volunteers to help out on Tuesdays and Fridays at their Salt Lake City warehouse.

One of ANE’s biggest events is the Navajo Rug Show and Sale that takes place every fall at the Deer Valley ski resort in

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Outside of making sure their animals are well taken care of, Ching Farm also organizes events like November’s Compassionate Thanksgiving—a fundraiser that gives attendees a taste of vegan Thanksgiving options. They also organize yard sales throughout the year, with all of the proceeds going to help take care of the farm animals.

Volunteers are always welcome—it’s a great way to put that elbow grease to work while making life a bit easier for the diverse group of animals that have found a home at the farm.

The Chings say they receive no government grants or funding, meaning they exclusively rely on donations to cover their $5,000 monthly feed costs. So consider ditching the daily latte habit and filing one of their resident’s bellies instead. A $30 donation feeds 47 goats, sheep and llamas for a day, while $70 provides a stable of senior horses with the special food they require for one week.

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In 1998, Faith and Mike Ching established a sanctuary for farm animals in order to protect them from a life that doesn’t necessarily fall under the jurisdiction of anti-cruelty laws. As farm animals are typically bred to be slaughtered or used as labor, they don’t tend to get the attention that domestic animals enjoy.

Current tenants of Ching Farm include llamas, pigs, steers, goats, sheep and even emus. While they encourage educational tours and farm-based volunteer work, the place is no petting zoo. The purpose of the Riverton sanctuary is to provide a safe place for the animals under their care; that includes a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to any sort of disrespect including making “meat jokes” about residents.

“We believe that our advocate work can help change perceptions of farm animals and create a deeper respect for [their] rich emotional lives,” their website says.

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exist to help passionate organizations navigate the complicated world of starting a charitable organization— not much can get accomplished if a nonprofit is tied up in red tape.

As they continue to grow, Rubalcava is confident that the organization will continue to help those who help those in need, a priority. “In 2017, we will continue to communicate with our elected officials about the important role nonprofits play in bridging the gaps in services left unfulfilled by government and business,” she points out. “UNA will also continue to offer training to nonprofit professionals across the state so that they may have increased capacity to serve the missions of their organizations.”

For those of you looking for a way to give back to your community, any one of these organizations is welldeserving of your time and efforts. Get some people that you love together, find a cause that you feel passionately about and contribute—it’s the one thing that is guaranteed to keep you warm throughout the holiday season. CW

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When it comes to administration, outreach and keeping the lights on, nonprofits are just as difficult to run as business organizations. The fact that nonprofits rely on grants, public service and fundraising to generate revenue only makes their establishment more difficult. That’s where the Utah Nonprofits Association (UNA) comes in. “As a statewide organization, Utah Nonprofits Association works to strengthen the nonprofit organizations that strengthen our communities,” CEO Kate Rubalcava says. “UNA does this by providing cost-saving benefits to our members, training and technical assistance, and advocacy training and engagement opportunities with elected officials.”

UNA works best for those who are brand new to the world of nonprofits.

They offer an extensive library of resources and staff that help new nonprofits get off the ground, along with several opportunities for professional development and budgetary guidance. Essentially, they

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“Ciclo Vital” is Spanish for “life cycle.” But the natural cycle of things takes a different turn in a series of images by Jazmine Martinez at Mestizo Gallery. Paintings divided into sections like murals tell a tale of Latino existence that includes migrant workers laboring in the fields, the firm hand of authority, religious symbology, an America whose flag includes the dollar sign, life preservers with the ironic “refugee crisis” inscription, and the presence of death itself in the form of skeletons. Her slightly surreal technique adds to the drama.

As a child of immigrants, Martinez saw traditions from her parents’ Mexican and Salvadoran cultures kept alive in their home. Having worked as an EMT, she sometimes incorporates medical details in depictions of her subjects, and that’s also part of her social critique for communities often underserved by health care. She also performs stand-up comedy, and although this exhibit takes the serious tone of social critique, she hopes to utilize more humor, as well as body politics, gender issues and Chicano/Chicana issues. Martinez is working toward a BFA in fine arts with an emphasis in painting and drawing at the University of Utah.

At this moment, when an incoming presidential administration implies that minority rights weigh very delicately in the balance, it’s the right time for a sobering visual exploration of these issues, and the possible implications. At least, in the midst of this onslaught of images that might render themselves overwhelming, a dove in the corner of one painting offers hope. (Brian Staker) Jazmine Martinez: Ciclo Vital @ Mestizo Gallery, 631 W. North Temple, Ste. 700, 801-361-5662, through Jan. 14, 2017, free.

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This holiday season has been filled with more stresses than most. Why not escape it all, travel to Ogden with a loved one and wander through the city’s unique Christmas Village, hot chocolate in hand?

Running from just after Thanksgiving until the new year, the village features 67 miniature cottages, firehouses and more, filled with intricately created dioramas—like elves rushing to finish toys and animals hiding out in the snow.

It starts Nov. 26 at 5 p.m. with a short parade through downtown Ogden. Trailing the parade is Santa, who will “flip the magic switch” illuminating the miniature city and thousands of lights filling Ogden’s City Hall Park and Municipal Gardens. The night continues with live entertainment in the amphitheater and a fireworks show.

And in the middle of this light-filled extravaganza is Santa’s Castle. The Man in the Red Suit will be there from opening till 9 p.m. weekdays, and it’s free for children to visit with him. Photos are $5, with proceeds going to next year’s event.

LouAnn Kamigaki, chairperson of Christmas Village’s board, says the event dates to 1962—a labor of love stemming from seeing generations enjoy the experience. “To see the faces of the little children, it doesn’t matter if it’s 70 degrees or 32 degrees, they’re out there with big smiles to see Santa Claus,” she says. “And it doesn’t matter about race or religion—just that it’s free to them and they can participate. It’s so worthwhile to me.” (Kylee Ehmann) Christmas Village @ Ogden Amphitheater & City Hall Park, 343 E. 25th St., Ogden, 801629-8214, Nov. 26-Jan. 1, 5 p.m.-midnight, free. ChristmasVillageMap.OgdenCity.com

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There’s plenty to hate about the Christmas season: Crowded malls. Crass commercialism. An ever-expanding list of obligatory presents to buy and gatherings to attend. The whole thing can make you feel like a Grinch.

What was it that got the Grinch out of his holiday funk, then? Hearing the Whos singing.

Not just one or two, but “every Who down in Whoville, the tall and the small.” All those voices, joined in song, were enough to make his heart grow three sizes that day. The Who chorus also proved to the Grinch that, try as you might, you’re just not getting rid of Christmas. So get in the spirit and kick off the season the right way as one of over a thousand singing voices at the Messiah Sing-in this weekend.

The annual gathering at Abravanel Hall, showcasing Handel’s celebrated composition, features four professionals to handle the solos. When one of the many famous choruses comes up—including the Hallelujah Chorus—everyone stands up to sing along while being accompanied by the Utah Symphony and the combined talents of the Westminster Chamber Singers, Westminster Community Choir and members of the Utah Symphony Chorus. Bring your own score, download it on your electronic device or purchase one at the event that night.

Take it from Dr. Seuss (he is a doctor, after all): You’re not going to stop Christmas from coming.

The best you can do is launch the season with a sing-in, and ride the wave of positive vibes to Dec. 25. (Geoff Griffin) Utah Symphony: Messiah Sing-In @ Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, 801-355-2787, Nov. 26-27, 7:30 p.m., UtahSymphony.org

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With the holiday season underway, many can’t wait until after Thanksgiving to get the ball rolling on Christmas cheer. Lucky for them there’s an attraction for those who love holiday lights.

For their second year, Christmas in Color takes up two stretches of city streets—one in Provo and one in Kearns—decorating the entire pathway with lights and music, all synched in an amazing showcase.

“Christmas in Color is a sensory experience for the eyes and ears,” the attraction’s PR rep Melissa Smuzynski says. “We want to keep the tradition of Christmas bright,” she continues.

“The lights dance and sparkle in synchronization to songs that play through your car stereo. The songs you will hear during the event are all familiar Christmas songs that families can sing along to together as they drive through the experience.”

The attractions took thousands of hours to complete, as setup started back in September.

“Setting up two locations simultaneously was hectic,” Smuzynski says. “It takes a lot of work to pull off a holiday light show as elaborate as Christmas in Color. But after selling out on most nights last season, we knew that we needed to have a second location this year, so that everyone who wants to attend the event has the opportunity.”

Due to the overwhelming popularity it received last year, it’s recommended that you purchase your tickets in advance. (Gavin Sheehan) Christmas In Color @ Olympic Oval on Ed Mayne St., Kearns; 4400 Center St., Provo, through Dec. 31, Monday-Thursday, 5:30-10 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 5:30-11 p.m., $21.95$26 per vehicle. ChristmasInColor.net

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Racy photography meets the normalization of American Mormons in new book.

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hen a book comes with a title as provocative as Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image, there’s bound to be some surprise when the contents are more scholarly than prurient.

Its author, Mary Campbell, is well aware that it could feel like a bait-and-switch. “Am I concerned that people who buy it for the pictures are going to shell out $35 for a book that actually demands that you read the articles?” she says in an email interview. “Yeah, absolutely.”

Campbell—an assistant professor of art at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville—has provided more than enough reason to read those articles. In part, her book is a profile of the title subject, a photographer who lived and worked in Utah for most of his 18571926 life, including production of racy postcards and “stereoscopic” images. But it’s also a unique study of a time when Mormons were trying to change the American public’s perception of them, at a time when polygamy had only recently been officially abandoned but that image of Mormon “harems” still held sway.

A Salt Lake City native herself with polygamous roots in her family tree, Campbell first learned about Johnson as a graduate student. “I knew that I wanted to focus my dissertation on a Mormon artist. I also knew that I wanted to write about photography,” she says. As she researched possible subjects, she eventually came upon Johnson, and learned that Utah State University held some of the photographer’s work in its Special Collections. When she called USU Special Collections photography curator Dan Davis, she recalls, he “promptly told me about the erotica. I remember him saying something like, ‘You know that Johnson shot erotica, too. Would you like to look at that as well?’”

“To my way of thinking, there’s only one answer to that question. And apparently it ends with a book.”

The study of Johnson’s work also interconnected

A&E with a unique facet of Campbell’s background—a degree from Yale Law School on top of her art history studies. She had written a law journal article on the U.S. federal government’s response to Mormon polygamy, and continued to be intrigued by an 1885 Supreme Court decision, Cannon v. United States, which ruled that cohabitation statutes applied not only to criminalizing the act of marrying multiple women, but also to “prevent a man from flaunting in the face of the world the ostentation and opportunities of a bigamous household.”

“Here you see the Court effectively classifying [polygamy] as a crime of appearance as much as a crime of domestic relations or sex,” Campbell says. “If a Mormon defendant looked like a polygamist … that was sufficient evidence for a conviction, regardless of what happened to be going on in the bedroom.”

Campbell digs into that focus on the image of Mormons through its connection to Johnson’s photography, which also included photographs of Mormon families in a way that was careful to avoid explicitly connecting a man to multiple wives. “The Court gave Congress free rein to go to town on the Mormons because they broadcast the wrong image,” Campbell says. “Is it any surprise, then, that the Mormons fought back in the realm of image? …

The polygamy scandal effectively forced Mormons to hyper-manage their public face more than a century before Instagram and Facebook would make that a daily practice for so many of us.”

Of course, there are also those naughty photos that were another part of Johnson’s wide-ranging business interests—and while Johnson’s own photos were far less explicit than many others that were available at the time, they also connect Utah to its early integrations into a bigger world. Many of Johnson’s subjects were chorus girls in traveling vaudeville shows, and Johnson himself was consistently fascinated with new technology and the most significant events to hit the state, like visits from Teddy Roosevelt or Buffalo Bill Cody.

The most eye-opening element of Campbell’s book, however, might be in the double-meaning of the title. As much as it’s about a photographer who took pictures of scantily-clad women in Utah circa 1900, it’s about a time when—improbable as it might seem today—the rest of America associated the state with raging sexuality. “I’m enough of a word geek … to enjoy the way that Erotic Mormon Image doesn’t refer only to Johnson’s work,” Campbell says, “but also encompasses Gentile America’s long-held view of the saints as a lascivious, polygamous menace.”

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Mormons trying to shift that view through photographs.

“The longer you look,” she says, “the more you’ll see that images often present their viewers with arguments rather than straight reflections—visual arguments about how the world was, how it should be, what a particular society hoped for, feared, couldn’t cop to. In this respect, images … are like really phenomenal trial lawyers. They try to slide all sorts of arguments past you as straight fact when, in fact, they’re spinning stories.” CW

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New encaustic paintings by Bridgette Meinhold are on display in Under the Same Sky at Gallery MAR (436 Main, Park City, 435-649-3001, GalleryMAR.com), Nov. 25-Dec. 24, beginning with an artist reception Nov. 25, 6-9 p.m.

PERFORMANCE THEATER

A Christmas Carol Hale Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, Orem, 801-226-8600, Nov. 26-Dec. 23, times vary, HaleTheater.org A Fairly Potter Christmas Carol The Ziegfeld Theater, 3934 S. Washington Blvd., Ogden, 855944-2787, Nov. 26-Dec. 23, Fridays, Saturdays & Mondays, 7:30 p.m., 2 p.m. Saturday matinees, TheZiegfeldTheater.com Little Shop of Horrors Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main, Park City, 435-649-9371, Nov. 25 & 26, 8 p.m., EgyptianTheatreCompany.org Nutcracker: Men in Tights Desert Star Playhouse, 4861 S. State, Murray, 801-2662600, through Dec. 31, DesertStar.biz Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City, 385468-1010, Nov. 28-30, 7 p.m., ArtSaltLake.org/ Events Sister Act Hale Center Theatre, 3333 S. Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, 801-984-9000, times and dates vary, through Dec. 3, HCT.org

DANCE

Ballet West: The Nutracker Browning Center, 1901 University Cir., Ogden, 801-726-7000, Nov. 25, 7 p.m.; Nov. 26, 2 & 7 p.m., BrowningCenter.org

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

UVU Chamber Orchestra Orem City Library, 58 N. State, Orem, Nov. 26, 4 p.m., free, Lib.Orem.org Utah Symphony: Messiah Sing-in Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, 801-355-2787, Nov. 26-27, 7:30 p.m., UtahSymphony.org (see p. 19)

COMEDY & IMPROV

Bryan Callen Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801-532-5233, Nov. 25-26, 7 & 9:30 p.m., WiseguysComedy.com Laughing Stock Improv The Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, Salt Lake City, 801-355-4628, Fridays & Saturdays, 10 p.m., LaughingStock.us Nicholas Don Smith Sandy Station, 8925 Harrison St., Sandy, 801-255-2078, Nov. 25, 8:30 p.m., SandyStation.com Off the Wall Comedy Improv Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Draper, 801-5724144, Saturdays, 10:30 p.m., DraperTheatre.org Open Mic Night Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, 801-532-5233, every Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., WiseguysComedy.com Quick Wits Thanksgiving Laugh-tovers Show Midvale Performing Arts Center, 695 W. Center St., Midvale, 801-824-0523, Nov. 26, 10 p.m., QWComedy.com Random Tangent Comedy Improv Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Draper, 801-572-4144, every Saturday, 10 p.m., DraperTheatre.org

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Mary Campbell: Charles Ellis Johnson & the Erotic Mormon Image The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City, 801484-9100, Nov. 25, 7 p.m., KingsEnglish.com (see p. 20) Jill Bowers: Immortal Writers Barnes & Noble, 5249 S. State, Murray, 801-261-4040, Nov. 26, 12-4 p.m., BarnesandNoble.com Dallas Hartwig Impact Hub Salt Lake, 150 S. State, Ste. 1, 385-202-6008, Nov. 30, 7 p.m., SaltLake.ImpactHub.net

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Alyce Carrier: Old Work Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-3284201, through Jan. 14, UtahMOCA.org

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Christmas In Color Olympic Oval on Ed Mayne St., Kearns; 4400 Center St., Provo, through Dec. 31, Monday-Thursday, 5:30-10 p.m.; FridaySaturday, 5:30-11 p.m., $21.95-$26 per vehicle, ChristmasInColor.net (see p. 19) Christmas Spectacular Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-689-8700, Nov. 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m., EgyptianTheaterOgden.com Christmas Village Ogden Amphitheater & City Hall Park, 343 E. 25th St., Ogden, 801-6298214, Nov. 26-Jan. 1, 5 p.m.-midnight, free, ChristmasVillageMap.OgdenCity.com (see p. 19) The Giving Tree Festival Parade of Trees Miner’s Park Plaza, 415 Main, Park City, Nov. 18, noon-Dec. 2, 8 p.m., Facebook.com/ParkCityRotaryClub Luminaria: Experience the Light Ashton Gardens at Thanksgiving Point, 3900 N. Garden Drive, Lehi, Nov. 25-Dec. 31, ThanksgivingPoint.org Peery’s Egyptian Theater presents Ryan Shupe & The RubberBand Christmas Concert Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd., Ogden, 801-689-8700, Nov. 26, 8-10 p.m., EgyptianTheaterOgden.com

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A Perspective on Memory: Paintings by Rebecca Reeder Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 East, 801-594-8611, through Dec. 1, SLCPL.org Bridgette Meinhold: Under the Same Sky MAR Gallery 436 Main, Park City, 435-649-3001, Nov. 25-Dec. 24; artist reception, Nov. 25, 6-9 p.m., GalleryMAR.com (see p. 22) Drew Conrad: The Desert Is A Good Place To Die CUAC, 175 E. 200 South, 385-215-6768, through Jan. 13, CUArtCenter.org Endangered Landscapes: America’s National Lands Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Dr., Park City, Wed.-Sat., 4 p.m., through Nov. 27, SwanerEcoCenter.org/education-calendar Glass At The Garden Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, 801-585-0556, through Dec. 18, RedButteGarden.org Glorious Nature: Photography by Paul J. Marto Jr. Salt Lake City Chapman Library, 577 S. 900 West, 801-594-8623, through Dec. 29, SLCPL.org Holly Manneck: Popped & Twisted Kimball Art Center, 638 Park Ave., Salt Lake City, 435-6498882, through Jan. 8, KimballArtCenter.org Jazmine Martinez: Ciclo Vital Mestizo Institute of Culture & Arts, 631 W. North Temple, Suite 700, Salt Lake City, 801-596-0500, through Jan.14, Facebook.com/MestizoArts (see p. 19) Jimmi Toro Urban Arts Gallery, 137 S. Rio Grande St., 801-230-0820, through Nov. 27, UtahArts.org Just Press Print Gittins Gallery, Art & Art History Dept., University of Utah, 375 S. 1530 East, through Nov. 25, Art.Utah.edu Megan Gibbons: Beyond the Narrative Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, 801-236-7555, through Jan. 13, Mon-Fri, VisualArts.Utah.org Mike Lee: Digital Mirror: Selfie Consciousness Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through Dec. 17, UtahMOCA.org Now—An Exhibition of Six Nox Contemporary, 440 S. 400 West, Ste. H, Salt Lake City, through Nov. 29 Object[ed]: Shaping Sculpture in Contemporary Art Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, 801-328-4201, through Dec. 17, UtahMOCA.org Peter Everett: Transmutation CUAC, 175 E. 200 South, 385-215-6768, through Jan. 13, CUArtCenter.org Rick Whitson: From Souks to the Sahara: Visions of Morocco Sprague Library, 2131 S. 1100 East, 801-594-8640, Nov. 7-Jan. 7, SLCPL.org Stephanie Leitch: Interstices Granary Art Center, 86 N. Main, Ephraim, 435-283-3456, through Jan. 27, GranaryArtCenter.org Todd Anderson: The Book of Love Marmalade Library, 280 W. 500 North, 801-594-8680, through Dec. 9, SLCPL.org Western Landscapes 1859-1978 David Dee Fine Arts, 1709 East 1300 South, Suite 201, Salt Lake City, 801-583-8143, Tuesdays through Fridays, 1-5:30 p.m., through Jan. 6, DavidDeeFineArts.com Work in Progress Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, Salt Lake City, 801-355-2787, through Jan. 14, UtahMOCA.org

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Some will spend the holiday weekend with family and friends in far-flung places like Salem and Kamas. When we tire of Turkey Day leftovers, where will we eat?

Here are dining destinations around Utah and beyond SLC, Ogden and Park City that might not be on your radar.

Let’s begin in northern Utah and work our way south. For my money, Logan’s most memorable restaurant experience is Le Nonne (129 N. 100 East, Logan, 435-752-9577, LeNonne.com). Located in a small Victorian house, this isn’t just Logan’s best Italian eatery, but one of a handful of the state’s finest.

Le Nonne—meaning “the grandmothers” in Italian—is the creation of executive chef/ owner PierAntonio Micheli and his wife Stephanie. The menu is modeled on the way Italians eat: many courses at a leisurely pace.

So, there’s antipasti, insalate, zuppe, le paste, i secondi and, finally, dolce. Chef Micheli’s homestyle potato gnocchi is hands-down the best I’ve ever tasted, bathed in his simple and silky tomato-basil sauce. For a funky, filling Greek diner-style meal that’s as raucous as Le Nonne is soothing, head over to Angie’s Restaurant (690 N. Main, Logan, 435-752-9252, AngiesRest.com), home of the famous “kitchen sink” dessert.

One way to avoid chain eateries in Brigham City is Corbin’s Grill (70 N. Main, 435-226-1475, CorbinsGrille.com).

Equipped with an open-view kitchen, Corbin’s offers breakfast classics in the morning, lunch items at midday, and an enticing menu of dry-aged steaks, seafood, burgers, pastas and more for dinner. Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also namecheck Maddox Ranch House in Brigham City-adjacent Perry (1900 S. Hwy 89, 435723-8545, MaddoxFineFood.com). Since 1949, Maddox has been wildly popular with families looking for rib-sticking American fare like chicken-fried bison steak and homemade sarsaparilla to wash it down.

In Oakley, Rhode Island Diner (981 W. Weber Canyon Road, 435-783-3467, RoadIslandDiner.com)—a 1939 deluxe diner manufactured in New Jersey—is one of the more original eateries in Utah. It was moved from Middletown, Rhode Island to Oakley in 2007. Walk through the doors, and you’ll step back in time, from the chrome-plated

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stools and foot plates to the retro uniforms for the servers and cooks. The female servers sport large nametags with monikers like Blanche, Laverne, Ruthie, Roxy, Lola and Delores; the guys wear soda-jerk outfits, complete with bow ties and white hats with a sassy trim stripe. A few miles down the road, local farmers and ranchers in work clothes mingle with Park City tourists at Kamas’ Gateway Grille (215 S. Main, 435-783-2867, GatewayGrille.com), where chef/owner Sean Wharton has been pleasing customers since 1997. Democratic in nature, the menu meets diners’ needs ranging from shepherd’s pie and chicken-fried steak to shrimp scampi and artichoke bruschetta.

Black Sheep Café (19 N. University Ave., Provo, 801-607-2485, BlackSheepCafe.com) offers a creative, from-scratch dining experience, blending Southwestern and Native American cuisines with dishes like hog jowl tacos, Navajo-style flatbread (nanniskadi), braised pork pozole and brunchtime green chile biscuits and gravy. Other excellent Provo/Orem dining options include Four Seasons Hot Pots and Dumplings (236 N. University Ave., 801-375-6888) for Chinese fare; superb Indian cuisine at Bombay House (463 N. University Ave., 801-373-6677, BombayHouse.com); Chilean specialties such as bistec a lo pobre and homemade empanadas from Pantruca’s Chilean Restaurant (3161 N. Canyon Road, 801-373-9712, Pantrucas.com); and Communal (102 N. University Ave., 801-3738000, CommunalRestaurant.com), where kinship is fostered at communal tables, and palates are pleased with creative, contemporary cuisine and, yes, wine and beer—not something to take for granted in Utah County. For exceptional artisan, wood-fired pizza, head to Orem’s Pizzeria Seven Twelve (320 S. State, 801-623-6712, Pizzeria712.com).

Don’t let the Styrofoam plates deter you from Boudreaux’s Bistro in Salem (78 E. SR 198, 801-704-7209). Here you’ll find the best Cajun-Creole cooking in Utah, from po’boy sandwiches to etouffee, jambalaya, gumbo and shrimp Creole. The only thing missing is the Dixie beer.

The Little Brick House Cafe located in Cedar City (86 S. Main, 435-586-5344, BrickHouseCafeCedar.com) delivers solid, from-scratch comfort foods like French dip

Black Sheep Café’s braised pork pozole with horseradish mayo, freshly made potato salad and house-cut fries, a killer patty melt and Reuben sandwich, and the mountainously challenging, skyscraper-style Brick Burger. Meanwhile, Centro Woodfired Pizzeria (50 W. Center St., 435-867-8123) has something for every pizza snob, from a classic Margherita with fior di latte to their irresistible dessert: Nutella piegato—pizza dough filled with Nutella, baked and topped with whipped cream.

There is truth in the self-proclamation that The Painted Pony (2 W. St. George Blvd., 435-634-1700, Painted-Pony.com) is “a culinary island” in St. George. Not only will you find interesting menu options like “Truffled Ruffles,” parsnip-green pea ravioli and bacon-wrapped duck, but this is a very winefriendly restaurant. In fact, Mondays at the Painted Pony are BYOB with no corkage fee.

Since I’ve written extensively about Moab dining in these pages, I’ll just remind readers not to miss these wonderful eateries: Milt’s Stop ’n’ Eat (356 Mill Creek Drive, 435-259-7424, MiltsStopandEat.com); River Grill Restaurant at Sorrel River Ranch (Mile 17, Highway 128, 435-2594642, SorrelRiver.com); EklectiCafe (352 N. Main, 435-259-6896, Facebook.com/ Eklecticafe); and for perfect, East Coaststyle pizza, Paradox Pizza (702 S. Main, 435-259-9999, ParadoxPizza.com).

At the eye-popping Amangiri resort in Utah’s southeast corner of Canyon Point (1 Kayenta Road, 435-675-3999, Aman.com), chef Jacob Anaya offers composed entrées such as wild boar, duck, rabbit and seasonal vegetables, along with steaks, chicken and seafood dishes with a bevy of preparation choices like chimichurri, orange miso butter, tomato curry jam and “regional” (Utah salt, chile rub, pumpkin seeds, ancho steak sauce). Don’t miss the braised lamb tostada with housemade ricotta, shaved radish and nopales from the wood-fired oven.

Finally, for what I consider to be the best dining experience in all of Utah, wrap yourself in the warm embrace of Blake Spalding’s and Jen Castle’s Hell’s Backbone Grill (20 N. Highway 12, Boulder, 435335-7464, HellsBackboneGrill.com)—literally. Hugs are free and plentiful. CW

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very year at this time—around Thanksgiving weekend—I fondly remember the now-defunct Beaujolais Nouveau Festival that used to take place at Deer Valley Resort. It always kicked off the holiday season for me, and I dearly miss the camaraderie, food and drink that were the modus operandi of the festival.

The drink, of course, was Beaujolais Nouveau—the French wine that is released in France on the third Thursday of November (it usually takes a bit longer to reach Utah). Back in the day, restaurateurs in New York City would fly in the wine on the Concorde, to have it available to their customers by lunchtime on the third Thursday in November. Beaujolais Nouveau always signals a festive time, albeit a somewhat silly one.

I say silly because Beaujolais Nouveau is really the goofiest of wines, perhaps second only to White Zinfandel. It’s not a wine to ponder.

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“young wine;” the grapes and juice are picked, fermented, bottled and sold within a matter of weeks. Five days is a common fermentation time for Beaujolais Nouveau. That makes for a very grapey, lightweight wine that’s relatively tannin-free yet with high acidity, light in alcohol content (10-13 percent ABV) and easy to guzzle.

That’s what makes it so festive. It’s a red wine, not unlike rosé, that folks who normally eschew red wine can enjoy. You’ll want to serve it at temperatures a little cooler than regular reds— around 55 degrees Fahrenheit.

Beaujolais Nouveau is made from the Gamay noir grape grown in the small Beaujolais region just south of Burgundy in France. However, Nouveau Beaujolais is just one of the Gamay grape-based Beaujolais wines, lingering at the lowest tier in terms of both quality and price. In ascending order, there is also Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages and Cru Beaujolais. If you enjoy Beaujolais Nouveau, I’d encourage you to experiment with the less frivolous wines of Beaujolais, as well. The really good news is that even the priciest Cru Beaujolais can usually be had for under $20.

Beaujolais AOC: As mentioned, all Beaujolais wines are made from Gamay grapes. This one— simply called Beaujolais—is found in bistros and brasseries throughout France and is produced by some 440 different vineyards and wine growers. This is a solid, all-purpose workhouse wine that the French drink with everything from moules marinières to steak frites. It’s also

my favorite burger wine.

Beaujolais-Villages AOC: This wine gets its name from the 38 select Beaujolais villages in which it is made. These wines are a bit richer, darker and heftier than their Beaujolais brothers. Since some of the vineyards are planted on granite soils, they also have a distinct mineral character. It pairs nicely with a range of foods, from cold ham and roast pork dishes, to seared or grilled salmon, turkey, chicken and pastas with red sauce.

Cru Beaujolais AOC: The Cru Beaujolais section of the wine store can be confusing. This is because there are 10 (the highest in terms of quality and price), all located in northern part of the Beaujolais region, and the labels normally carry the name of its Cru appellation, each of which is distinct in terms of terroir (and hence, flavor, aromas and such). However, if you know the names, you’ll quickly be able to identify the Cru Beaujolais.

They are: Brouilly, Chénas, Chiroubles, Côte de Brouilly, Fleurie, Juliénas, Morgon, Moulin-à-Vent, Régnié and Saint-Amour. These are Beaujolais that will improve over time—age-worthy, but also very enjoyable to drink young. Cru Beaujolais are full-bodied and good accompaniments to grilled lamb, garlicky Toulouse sausage with lentils, duck confit, coq au vin and beef stroganoff. CW

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Restaurateur Carlos Rodriguez has moved from La Fountain to a bigger, rebranded and rebooted space that’s bustling even on a Wednesday night. The free tortilla chips are housemade and delicious, accompanied by a rich, dark red salsa that’s about as perfect as it gets. The molcajete bowl is brimming with a “stew” of scrumptiousness: grilled chicken, strips of carne asada, shrimp, nopales (cactus strips), charred jalapeños, onions and rectangles of Oaxacan cheese the size of Jenga blocks—all simmered in a lava-hot tomatillo sauce. Heat-seekers would do well to order the camarones a la diabla—a devilishly spicy and vibrant dish of tender, plump shrimp in a chiltepín-infused tomato sauce, served with white rice and a side salad of shredded greens and chopped tomatoes topped with crumbled queso fresco. A carnitas plate ($12.99) with excellent refried beans, Mexican rice, guacamole and pico de gallo fell a little short due to the dryness of the shredded pork, but the flavor was outstanding. Service could not be more friendly or professional. Rodriguez has raised the stakes regarding Mexican food in downtown Salt Lake City. Reviewed Nov. 10. 307 W. 200 South, 801-883-9255, Facebook.com/ChileTepin AS SEEN ON “ DINERS, DRIVE-INS AND DIVES”

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Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton in Loving combined with Nichols’ low-key staging can make the events before the ACLU gets involved feel pokey. Nichols almost seems afraid of bold gestures, to the point where a visual juxtaposition like a rope thrown over a tree branch while Cohen speaks before the Supreme Court feels positively startling.

But there’s also a reason that Nichols devotes so much time to showing Richard at work as a mason, slathering mortar onto bricks, carefully checking each one with his level. Laying the foundation for the places other people will live their lives isn’t sexy, but it’s a work that has to be done, by people with no sense that they’ve done anything heroic. As the real-life Lovings are shown at the end of the film in an iconic Life magazine photo—laughing together over The Andy Griffith Show, Richard’s head resting in Mildred’s lap—it’s hard not to think about the hard work ahead in our own time, and the kind of love that becomes too big not to change the world. CW

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Court are given only a few lines from the Lovings’ ACLU attorneys, including Richard Cohen (Nick Kroll). The Lovings opted not to be present for the court arguments; Nichols chooses to stay with them.

This matter-of-fact approach extends to the two lead performances, which are remarkable in their understated complexity. Negga’s Mildred builds her determination to pursue the case on simple family desires—she wants her children to grow up in the Virginia country rather than the D.C. city, and be able to visit her own parents and sister—that only gradually evolve into a sense that their case could ultimately change the lives of other couples like them.

Richard, however, remains focused on his own family, and it’s here that Edgerton’s performance evokes something special.

He’s not a hero; he resists Cohen’s suggestion that they deliberately try to get arrested, and he has no desire to speak to the press. When asked by Cohen if he has any message to deliver to the Supreme Court, Richard responds simply that “I love my wife.” This man has no interest in changing the world, but the love he has—refusing to consider a divorce, even when a black friend suggests it’s an easy way to uncomplicate his life—changes it anyway.

Loving takes its sweet time building toward its high points, and while that helps it earn every emotion, the deliberate pacing

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Sometimes, the time chooses the work. This time might have chosen Loving.

That is perhaps an unfair burden for writer/director Jeff Nichols’ film to be asked to shoulder. After all, Nichols is only trying to tell a story, albeit an important story in American history: the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia that rendered states’ anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional, and affirmed the marriage of a white Virginia man, Richard Loving (Joel Edgerton), to his “colored” wife, Mildred (Ruth Negga). On a certain level, though, Loving is about people who find that they have no choice but to insert their lives into something bigger, even when it might seem simpler and easier not to fight.

There’s even a particular grace to the way Nichols introduces the relationship between Richard and Mildred at the outset of Loving circa 1958: They’re already a couple, with no origin story necessary to explain how these two people improbably came together. When Mildred learns that she’s pregnant, she and Richard drive to Washington, D.C., to be legally married. But that marriage holds no standing when local sheriffs break in on them in the middle of the night at their Virginia home, beginning a nearly nine-year legal battle during which they’re required to remain outside of Virginia for 25 years in order to avoid prison.

No operatic drama accompanies the scene of their arrest, and indeed that’s the way Nichols approaches almost the entirety of Loving. David Wingo’s musical score is sparingly used, lending the film a sense of restraint that might be surprising in a story that could easily lend itself to grand moments. The simple realities of the Lovings’ lives—doing their work, raising their children—become the narrative base. Even the crucial arguments before the Supreme

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ALLIED BBB A few detours into director Robert Zemeckis’ trademark sentimentality aside, Allied could easily be a romantic war drama recently rediscovered from the 1940s, perhaps one inspired by Casablanca. There’s certainly a wonderfully old-fashioned feel to the tale of the Canadian intelligence operative (Brad Pitt) and the French resistance fighter (Marion Cotillard) who team up to assassinate a Nazi official in French Morocco … in, yes, Casablanca. A year later, they have married and are living in London when their loyalties are called into question by the RAF, to which he is seconded. There are a few good bits of stuff blowing up—the sequence in which a damaged German bomber slowly falls from the skies over London is full of exquisite tension—but the action of war mostly takes a backseat to the emotional turmoil that inevitably occurs when spies whose lives depend on the success of their lies must trust one another, if they can. Zemeckis judiciously balances psychological and physical suspense, and ends up with an elegant potboiler that does seem to hail from a cinematic era when silences heavy with suspicion spoke louder than words. Opens Nov. 23 at theaters valleywide. (R)—MaryAnn Johanson

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THE EAGLE HUNTRESS BBB.5 To see a heartening example of affectionate parents encouraging their daughter to develop her talents, even if it flies in the face of masculine tradition, we need look no farther than Mongolia. That’s where this grin-inducing documentary by Otto Bell introduces us to Aisholpan, a happy 13-year-old who idolizes her father and wants to follow in his footsteps as one who uses trained eagles to hunt foxes and rabbits. This

LOVING BBB.5 See review p. 31. Opens Nov. 23 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (PG-13) MOANA BBB Many formulas are formulas for the very good reason that they work, and that includes the Disney animated musical. Returning to a format that has served the Mouse well for most of the past 27 years, Disney builds a story around a teenage Polynesian chieftain’s daughter named Moana (Auli’i Cravalho), who recognizes the peril facing her island home and sets out on the sea to find the lost demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), who has the ability to save it. Directors John Musker and Ron Clements (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules) build a self-aware joke out of Maui’s observation to Moana that “if you wear a dress, and you have an animal sidekick, you’re a princess,” while also making the unique decision to avoid any romantic interest and build Moana’s character exclusively around her hero journey. But the filmmakers also understand the value of great songs, with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mark Mancina contributing to a powerful, satisfying soundtrack.

While Johnson’s charms help lift a story that’s familiar in its drama-tocomedy-to-music beats, this is a Disney animated musical that could have been designed around a checklist—and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Opens Nov. 23 at theaters valleywide. (PG)—Scott Renshaw NOCTURNAL ANIMALS BBB There are fascinating, deeply unsettling ideas percolating through

writer/director Tom Ford’s psychological drama, but I can’t shake the sense that he doesn’t entirely pull off the execution. Amy Adams plays Susan, a New York art gallery manager who receives a package from her ex-husband, Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal), enclosing his long-gestating first novel, containing a deeply unsettling story. Ford spins the narrative between Susan’s present, flashbacks to her relationship with Edward and the novel’s story, and it’s hard not to offer a little nod of appreciation that Ford casts Isla Fisher as Adams’ story-within-the-story alter-ego.

Mostly, however, there’s a compelling notion about masculine power, from self-identification as protector (and sometimes avenger) to its manifestation in women’s relationship choices. If only Ford could shed his focus on stylish exteriors—and provocatively eye-catching bits like the opening montage of fully nude plus-size dancers—to really dig into Adams’ character. The final scene could pack a powerful punch at the end of a story filled with uncomfortable material, if it didn’t sometimes feel that it’s more interesting as a thesis than a story about people.

Opens Nov. 23 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (R)—SR

RULES DON’T APPLY BB There is the part of co-writer/director Warren Beatty’s movie that plays like a variation on My Favorite Year, with a newly hired chauffeur named Frank (Alden Ehrenreich) in 1950s Hollywood gradually becoming a confidante of his boss, billionaire Howard Hughes (Beatty). There is the part that’s about an awkward would-be romance between Frank and Marla (Lily Collins), one of Hughes’ recently arrived contract ingénues for RKO Pictures. There is the part that involves Marla’s own complicated relationship with Hughes. And there is the fundamental problem that these three parts never work together, banging into one another with an awkwardness that’s only amplified by the clipped, incomplete editing rhythms. Each of them has their charms, most notably when Collins is going full screwball as the innocent girl getting her first taste of Champagne, or when Frank is trying to make sense of Hughes’ increasingly erratic behavior. Thrown together into one package—and weirdly flippant about themes including religious belief colliding with Hollywood glamour— it turns into a sporadically amusing mess that’s a little bit rom-com, a little bit vanity project and a lot of confusion over what exactly the point is. Opens Nov. 23 at theaters valleywide. (PG-13)—SR

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ancient tradition has always been men-only, but Aisholpan, her father, her mother and even her eagle-hunter grandfather don’t care. (A montage of stern village elders citing the usual sexist reasons for their disapproval is pointedly funny.) Like a Hollywood underdog story, the film is edited and scored with an eye for drama and humor, as Aisholpan and her dad capture an eaglet (a daring mission in itself), practice for a regional competition and ultimately go hunting for real. Bell showcases the harsh natural beauty of western Mongolia and conveys the rigors of eagle hunting, but his main focus is a young girl’s blissful empowerment under the tutelage of her proud father. You’ll be proud, too. Opens Nov. 23 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (G)—Eric D. Snider

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CURRENT RELEASES BLEED FOR THIS B.5 If there’s something new to be said about boxing in a movie, this movie does not find it. The true story of champion fighter Vinny Pazienza (Miles Teller)—who tries to continue his career after a car crash in which he broke his neck—should be effortlessly inspiring. Yet this is a movie in which the hero spends half the running time in one of those alien-looking medical halos, and still it feels like we’ve seen this all before. Every beat is old hat, and none has any emotion or energy. At worst, it squanders the talents of Aaron Eckhart as Vinnie’s coach and Katey Segal as his mother.

At best, the film unintentionally highlights the insanity of a “sport” in which men beat the crap out of each other, what with Pazienza’s fragile body a punch away from death. (R)—MAJ THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN BB.5 Writer/director director Kelly Fremon Craig too often feels like she’s trying to make the story of troubled high-school junior Nadine Franklin (Hailee Steinfeld) every kind of high-school movie at the same time. Much of the best material involves Nadine’s friendship with Erwin (Hayden Szeto), whose painfully awkward attempts to make his crush on her clear often blow up in his face, and there’s also a distinctive pleasure in watching Steinfeld continue to grow as an actor with a broad range. Yet while a world of emotional swings might define teen girlhood, it’s hard for a movie to manage similar shifts in tone between satire and tragedy. Is Nadine a genuinely messed-up kid, or someone who’s over-dramatizing everyday adolescent challenges? No individual—and no movie—can easily manage all of the issues.

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FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM BB.5 Now we know what the Harry Potter universe looks like without Harry Potter—and it’s not the prettiest picture. J.K. Rowling and director David Yates flash back to 1926 New York, where British wizard Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his suitcase full of critters are involved in the possibility that the magical world will be exposed to Non-Maj (read: muggles). Yates’ everimproving action chops make for solid blockbuster spectacle, and there’s a potentially fascinating metaphor in a destructive force that’s basically a manifestation of “closeted” magical ability.

The center simply doesn’t hold, not when the narrative focus is on Redmayne’s fussy performance as Scamander, or disgraced ex-Auror Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston) rather than working-class Non-Maj Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler) discovering the world of magic. The Potter saga was an epic allegorical journey; this feels like an excuse for special effects. (PG-13)—SR

THE HANDMAIDEN BBBB Park Chan-wook adapts Sarah Waters’ novel Fingersmith from Victorian England to 1930s Japan-occupied Korea, in the story of pickpocket Sook-hee (Kim Tae-ri), who becomes the servant of the wealthy Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee) with the purpose of facilitating a fraud by would-be suitor Count Fujiwara (Ha Jung-woo)—except that Lady Hideko’s passions might lie elsewhere. The twisty narrative makes for a compelling mystery, seasoned with some explicit sex, queasy-making violence and Park’s distinctive art direction of locations like a sinister “reading room” and moss-covered stone steps.

But the real punch comes in the way Park explores the manipulation of power dynamics and the different form abusive relationships take, with more than a token swipe at the role of pornography in perpetuating patriarchy. It might emerge from a dark place, but it’s also the director’s purest love story yet. (NR)—SR

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Movie: You know that this year’s crop of new Christmas flicks began airing in October, right? TV’s most egregious ho-ho-offender, Hallmark, is already five weeks into Santa season, and I pity the fool who has to write these plot synopses for ’em: “In Christmas List, Isobel (Alicia Witt) plans a storybook Christmas with her boyfriend, including a snow-covered cottage in the Northwest and a carefully composed bucket list of classic holiday traditions. But when the boyfriend goes AWOL, the list proves challenging and a tempting new romance turns her life upside down.

Will Isobel have a White Christmas ending under the mistletoe?” First, “AWOL”? Military jargon is not Christmas-y.

Second, “new romance”? Isobel moved on fast.

Movie: Let’s continue the copywriter analysis with A Heavenly Christmas: “Upon her untimely death, Eve (Kristin Davis) finds herself tethered to her guardian angel (Shirley MacLaine), learning to become a Christmas angel in Heaven. Despite being the worst recruit in the history of Christmas, Eve is assigned the difficult task of helping a struggling singer Max (Eric McCormack) use his musical gifts to heal old family wounds. As Max begins to overcome his issues, Eve begins to embrace the meaning of Christmas, heal wounds of her own and perhaps find love along the way.”

OK, she’s dead, and she’s going to “find love” with a stillalive singer who’s a bit old to still be “struggling”? Kinky.

Journey Back to Christmas Sunday, Nov. 27 (Hallmark)

Movie: And the hits keep coming: “A W WII-era nurse (Candace Cameron Bure) is transported in time to 2016 and meets a man (Oliver Hudson) who helps her discover the bonds of family and that the true meaning of Christmas is timeless.” That sentence was written in AP Style—Ain’t Punctuating. As for the plot … huh? Is this some kind of reverse-Outlander, minus the kilts and abusive gingers? Also, the title Journey Back to Christmas implies that she’ll be returning to the 1940s to possibly be blown up by Nazis, die

Gilmore Girls (Netflix) from a minor flu bug or just be generally marginalized as a “dame.” Stay in 2016! America won’t begin devolving into The Man in the High Castle until at least Jan. 20 of next year.

Incorporated Wednesday, Nov. 30 (Syfy)

Series Debut: So, is now the best time to introduce a sci-fi series about class warfare taken to corporate and technological extremes, or literally the worst time? Like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, the producers of Incorporated, care. In this 2074-set drama, the world is split into two distinct halves: The Green Zone, a sealed corporate utopia that resembles American Psycho sponsored by the Apple Store and Ikea, wherein company loyalty is rewarded/ demanded, and the Red Zone, the lawless, dirty dystopia that dozens of YA novels (and at least half of Syfy’s other programs) have warned you about. It’s slick and dazzling— so much so that Incorporated’s central story of an outsider (Sean Teale) infiltrating the Green Zone to save his girlfriend almost feels like an afterthought. Wait a minute … Green Zone … Red Zone … Christmas Incorporated?!

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ince many of us are inclined to categorize music rather than cast it in ambiguity, SunSquabi’s hybrid of jam-band spontaneity and experimental electronica might confuse the uninitiated. When asked how they define their unusual approach, the band offers a rarefied explanation while avoiding a justification that might complicate the issue any further. Maybe it’s better to let them talk.

“We call it hydro funk because, like water, it can come in all forms,” guitarist/keyboardist/producer Kevin Donohue says in a telephone interview. “Our music is about energy, about love and about the things we all have in common, and that’s what we want you to feel at our show.”

That’s not exactly a definitive description, but then again Donohue and drummer Chris Anderson aren’t out to make it easy. Unflinchingly experimental and eager to push the parameters, the Colorado trio has demonstrated an uncommon flexibility over the course of five years and some nine releases, including their latest, a seven-track effort aptly titled Odyssey. (Eight of these are free to download at SunSquabi.Bandcamp.com; the band’s 2011 debut, Enhance, will set you back a whole dollar.) The only consistency is their ongoing inconsistency, and an eagerness to improvise and follow their muse in whatever direction that it takes them.

It’s fortuitous, then, that SunSquabi gives themselves plenty of opportunity to serve up that synergy. This is evidenced by the fact that the band played 100 shows this year, with the goal of doubling it at some point in the near future. In the meantime, they’ve bought themselves considerable attention by playing the usual high profile festivals—including Electric Forest, Summer Camp, Camp Bisco and High Sierra.

Not surprisingly, Odyssey marks a decided change in direction; a move away from the jam-band routine with which SunSquabi initially made their mark. Now the group is taking a more fluid approach that allows them to open up and explore whatever sounds seem right to flow into their music. “We have always been influenced by jazz music and improvisation, so that will always be concrete in everything we do,” Donohue says. “We are just evolving, as any band or artist does. The new EP is an even bigger step in the funk direction, but our influences are constantly in flux, and you never really know what’s gonna come out when you turn on the keyboard and start writing. As with all things, change is inevitable. We just want to record and perform what is in our hearts.”

Nevertheless, they’re from Boulder—home to a large segment of the jam band population. It would be easy typecast the band as simply a variation of the norm, even though they eschew vocals and their core combo is smaller than many bands of that ilk. Donohue doesn’t mind that SunSquabi is still identified as part of that contingent.

In fact, he embraces it, saying they “definitely” belong, while also conceding that jam music has its own seemingly ubiquitous sounds, instruments and stereotypes. But these, he reasons, are eclipsed by the genre’s breadth, creativity and diversity, which keeps it even fresher than, say, rock or pop. “I don’t see it ever getting old,” he

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SunSquabi says. “Instead, just changing, as all things do.”

Also, jam fans make it easy to be muse-stalking artists. They’re not only willing to indulge experimentation—they expect it, so even accidents can make a band look good. “We played for eight minutes at the Suwanee Festival with the computer off and nobody seemed to notice,” he says.

Yet, one has to wonder if there are constricting limitations within a three-piece (SunSquabi is currently seeking a replacement for bass/synth player Andrew Clymer, who departed the band earlier this month). “Absolutely not,” Donohue says, adding that the potential of the core trio is boundless—“the triangle is a perfectly balanced shape.” However, in keeping with their genre’s free-form ways, they’re not averse to flowing in guest musicians in moderation because “there is no feeling like expanding with other musicians and bringing new ideas to the table.”

A band like SunSquabi, then, is in the right place. As they have embraced their genre, and it has embraced them, keeping them busy. After wrapping 2016 with a series of shows, they plan an even more ambitious tour schedule for 2017—along with a new fulllength album. That should sound great to their fans who, Donohue says, seem to enjoy whatever journey the band leads them on: “We’re fortunate enough to see a lot of smiles and happy faces.” CW

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Vince Guaraldi Trio, “Thanksgiving Theme” from A Charlie Brown Christmas (Fantasy, 2012 reissue). Essential. You know why? No lyrics. Just musical feels and childhood memories.

Pink Lightning, “Thank You for Enjoying Pink Lightning” from Pink Lightning (PinkLightning666.

Bandcamp.com, 2007). Bad Brad Wheeler, Eli Morrison and Jawsh Belka end their debut album with this short little ditty—a reprise of the opening shot, “Welcome to Pink Lightning.” Interestingly, both tracks kinda totally sound like “Hey Jude.” Aside from the bah-bahs, there are no lyrics—but the gratitude is expressed succinctly and sufficiently in the title, which is also a fun way to sign off after a sexual conquest.

Grateful Dead, “Loose Lucy” from Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel (Grateful Dead Records, 1974). Yo, dawg.

I heard you’re grateful for gratitude, so here’s a song about declining degrees of gratitude by a band named for gratitude so you can hear Grateful while you feel progressively less grateful. Thank you.

Burnell Washburn, “Gratitude” from Gratitude (BurnellWashburn.com, 2014).

Sup, doo? Here’s more “Gratitude”-onGratitude action from one of Salt Lake City’s best emcees and beatsmiths. This is Burn’s prenatal message to his baby girl, and he conveys the magnitude of paternal love so gently and sincerely that any father— especially a father of daughters—will

weep openly upon hearing lines like “I love you/ thank you/ the two most important phrases/ that I could ever choose to say to you” and “I’m overwhelmed with the blessings we’ve been offered/ a gift from the heavens/ just to get to be a father.”

Moon Farmer, “Whiskey” and “Thank Eddie” from From Under These Houses (MoonFarmer.Bandcamp.com, 2012).

Maybe this year you’re thankful to one person in particular and his name is Eddie. Why, exactly, you’re indebted to him doesn’t matter. This Krautrockin’ duo, comprised of local music vets Rory Carrera and Josh McCafferty, aren’t really into lyrics. So after you enjoy the repetitive squawking of “Whis-kaaaaaaay!” on the preceding track, feel free to put your own words to this watery, hypnotic instro jam.

Sam & Dave, “I Thank You” from I Thank You (Atlantic, 1968). Sam Moore and Dave Prater—both as Sam & Dave and The Swanky Modes (if you haven’t, you should see the John Cusack/Tim Robbin’s 1988 film Tapeheads pronto)—are responsible for some sublime soul music. This nugget, written by Isaac Hayes and Dave Porter, is one of their best. The pair distills the unbridled joy of knowing you’re loved and loved well into 2:46 of funky soul that’ll have you doin’ the happy dance while singing, “You didn’t have to love me like you did/ but you did/ but you did/ and I thank you.

Leyenda Oculta—“Te Lo Agradeceria” from Leyenda Oculta (Reverbnation.com/LeyendaOculta4). Even when someone you love leaves you, you can appreciate one final favor from them—like staying gone so you can heal. Even if you don’t speak Spanish, this West Valley rock en español foursome pours enough emotion into their performance that you can intuit and appreciate the heartache of the song’s forlorn protagonist.

Hamell on Trial—“Happiest Man in the World” from The Happiest Man in the World (New West, 2014). “Thanks for nothin’” doesn’t have to sound so bitchy— a guy can be grateful for what he has, even if it seems like jack shit. “Sometimes you gotta open up your eyes and see what life is truly for … / you ain’t broke/ … but the stuff you got, it’ll break.” He finishes the tune singing, “Ain’t been broker/ in all o’ my days/ and I gotta say/ I’m the happiest man in the world.” CW

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The day after Thanksgiving is usually devoted to leftovers, but this Friday is time to taste some new material by Salt Lake psychrock band Super 78. As opposed to the garage rock of numerous bands in the Psych Lake City scene, Super 78 claims more atmospheric antecedents like Spacemen 3, Primal Scream and even Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound with its orchestral flourishes. The six-piece, together since 2009, has released a song here and there on its Soundcloud and Bandcamp pages, and now their efforts culminate in the release of a self-titled album.

Their music has some of the hypnotic melodicism of Brian Jonestown Massacre, and even occasionally an Eastern flavor, with sitar and drone-y guitars. You can turn up, tune down and tone deft. (Brian Staker) The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 8 p.m., free, 21+, TheUrbanLoungeSLC.com

SUNDAY 11.27 Sad13, Sally Yoo

As the frontwoman of Massachusetts-based indie rockers Speedy Ortiz, Sadie “Sad13” Dupuis mined the classic alternative rock of the late ’80s and ’90s. Now, on her debut solo album Slugger (Carpark), Dupuis tries something else: pop. What’s more alt than that? Except Dupuis’ not just writing some easy hooks and lowest-common-denominator lyrics. She still tackles serious and timely topics like sexual assault, but juxtaposing the lyrics with music that will get her message to almost entirely new ears. And it’s

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TUESDAY 11.29 Kung Fu, Particle

With two exceptional bands laying down their grooves at the same venue on the same night, there’s no excuse for not feeling the funk. For their part, Kung Fu prides themselves on their blend of groovy dance rhythms and electronica introspection, a sound that brings to mind the various fusionera influences that inspired them early on.

Super 78 They’re a captivating quintet, one whose explosive performances lead to a freewheeling frenzy, leaving audiences thoroughly dazzled and delighted. Likewise, Particle fits within the jam band genre, although they too incorporate various disparate elements into their semi-psychedelic sound.

Often described as a blend of Pink Floyd and Return to Forever, the music maintains an insistent pulse that’s often unpredictable but always hypnotic. Those that bemoaned the demise of disco will find plenty to admire, albeit in a cool and captivating way. Buckle up and prepare for an evening propelled by interstellar overdrive. (Lee Zimmerman) The State Room, 638 S. State, 8 p.m., $15, 21+, TheStateRoomSLC.com

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Actor bands used to get a bad rap. You could probably blame Keanu Reeves and his band Dogstar. Or just the general glut of awesomely crappy albums by thespians like William Shatner, John Travolta, Robert Mitchum, Russell Crowe and Don Johnson.

It’s pretty odd, then, that now we have actor bands that are pretty damn good—like She & Him (Zooey Deschanel), Dead Man’s Bones (Ryan Gosling), Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) and Jenny Lewis (Jenny Lewis—y’all ever seen Foxfire?). It’s different, though, when the actors come from tween or teen dreck like, I dunno, anything on the Disney Channel (somebody stop that puppy mill) and most anything on Nickelodeon, ABC Family and The CW. Taylor Momsen, frontbabe of The Pretty Reckless, was on Gossip Girl. At first blush, that doesn’t bode well for the band—especially since Momsen was 15 when they made their first album, Light Me Up (Interscope, 2010). Surprise—it doesn’t suck. It’s rock ‘n’ roll with a legitimate edge, and incredible depth for someone so young.

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Hot on the heels of three EPs—Young Lore and Hallowed Ground (both self-released in 2013) and Howl (Sumerian, 2015)—Love Gloom (Sumerian, 2016) marks Night Riots’ debut LP and artistic statement in full. With producer Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, Young the Giant) in charge, the robust, sexual electronic sound of the EPs has taken on a more organic and vulnerable touch.

Fans and newcomers alike will find a comforting yet energizing darkness, encouraging listeners to make peace with their personal flaws. With influences like The Bouncing Souls, Ramones and AFI, yet sounding more like a contemporary Sam’s Town-era Killers, Night Riots’ music and performances are as visceral as they are engaging. The Hunna, of Hertfordshire, England, meanwhile, puts a unique British twist on an intrinsically Cali pop-punk sound. With songs like the hit “Bonfire,” the playful “We Could Be” and the tender yet devastating “She’s Casual,” The Hunna’s debut album, 100 (300 Entertainment), is teeming with an honesty and unbridled passion sorely missed in modern music. If their hooks don’t grab you, I don’t know what will. (Zac Smith) In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, 7 p.m., $15, InTheVenueSLC.com

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Now that temperatures have finally dropped, it’s time to bust out the mittens, hats and thick socks. If you want a local and ethical option for those cozy accessories, check out Love Woolies—a line of beautiful handmade mittens, hats and socks repurposed from old wool sweaters.

Owner Marcella Hill says the business was started here in Utah about nine years ago. “All my sewers are mothers and grandmothers and work from home,” she says.

The commitment to local, family-owned business makes sense considering the business’ history. Hill’s sister Linda Thomas first started Love Woolies, and it expanded when her family realized the potential. “My dad always has ‘big picture ideas’ with business, and when he sees a good idea, he goes for it,” Hill says.

Hill and Thomas’ parents built the small business up for almost seven years, selling products online and at local events like the Downtown Farmers Market, before deciding to retire to Arizona.

“They couldn’t bring themselves to close the business, and that’s where I was fortunate enough to acquire [it],” Hill says.

Since starting out as Linda Thomas’ hobby, Woolies is now a full-time business that supports several families. In addition to owning the business, Hill designs, buys materials and markets the end products. “We are saving wonderful wool sweaters from being thrown away,” Hill explains. “I have seen so many beautiful sweaters with some holes, rendering them unwearable—to turn them into mittens and have someone love them and wear them for years is the best thing.”

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The company can frequently be found at events like farmers markets, the Utah Art Market, the Salt Lake Family Christmas Gift Show at South Towne Expo Center and more. Their products are also available for purchase on Etsy, including cashmere baby socks and mittens that were added their line this year. Most hats and children’s mittens run about $25, adult mittens are $35 and baby mittens are $19.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You are free! Or almost free! Or let me put it this way: You could become significantly freer if you choose to be—if you exert your willpower to snatch the liberating experiences that are available.

For example, you could be free from a slippery obligation that has driven you to say things you don’t mean. You could be free from the temptation to distort your soul in service to your ego.

You might even be free to go after what you really want rather than indulging in lazy lust for a gaggle of mediocre thrills. Be brave, Gemini. Define your top three emancipating possibilities, and pursue them with vigor and rigor.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “No pain, no gain” is a modern expression of an old idea. In a second-century Jewish book of ethics, Rabbi Ben Hei Hei wrote, “According to the pain is the gain.” Eighteenth-century English poet Robert Herrick said, “If little labor, little are our gains: Man’s fate is according to his pains.” But I’m here to tell you, Aquarius, that I don’t think this prescription will apply to you in the coming weeks. From what I can surmise, your greatest gains will emerge from the absence of pain. You will learn and improve through release, relaxation, generosity, expansiveness and pleasure.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) “Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves,” writes psychoanalytic writer Adam Phillips. Where do you fit on this scale, Leo? Whatever your usual place might be, I’m guessing that in the coming weeks you will approach record-breaking levels in your ability to handle your own aliveness. You may even summon and celebrate massive amounts of aliveness that you had previously suppressed. In fact, I’ll recklessly speculate that your need to numb yourself will be closer to zero than it has been since you were 5 years old. (I could be exaggerating a bit; but maybe not!)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The less egotistical you are, the more likely it is that you will attract what you really need. If you do nice things for people without expecting favors in return, your mental and physical health will improve. As you increase your mastery of the art of empathy, your creativity will also thrive. Everything I just said is always true, of course, but it will be intensely, emphatically true for you during the next four weeks. So I suggest you make it a top priority to explore the following cosmic riddle: Practicing unselfishness will serve your selfish goals.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Do you periodically turn the volume down on your mind’s endless chatter and tune into the still, small voice within you? Have you developed reliable techniques for escaping the daily frenzy so as to make yourself available for the Wild Silence that restores and revitalizes? If so, now would be a good time to make aggressive use of those capacities. And if you haven’t attended well to these rituals of self-care, please remedy the situation. Claim more power to commune with your depths. In the coming weeks, most of your best information will flow from the sweet darkness.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) “Creative people are at greater risk,” said psychiatrist R. D. Laing, “just as one who climbs a mountain is more at risk than one who walks along a village lane.” I bring this to your attention, Aries, because in the coming weeks you will have the potential to be abundantly creative, as well as extra imaginative, ingenious and innovative. But I should also let you know that if you want to fulfill this potential, you must be willing to work with the extra tests and challenges that life throws your way.

For example, you could be asked to drop a pose, renounce lame excuses or reclaim powers that you gave away once upon a time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) One of your vices could at least temporarily act as a virtue.

In an odd twist, one of your virtues may also briefly function like a vice. And there’s more to this mysterious turn of events.

A so-called liability could be useful in your efforts to solve a dilemma, while a reliable asset might cloud your discernment or cause a miscalculation. I’m riffing here, Libra, in the hopes of stimulating your imagination as you work your way through the paradoxical days ahead. Consider this intriguing possibility: An influence that you like and value might hold you back, even as something or someone you’ve previously been almost allergic to could be quite helpful.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Between now and the solstice on December 21, you will have extraordinary power to transform into a more practical, wellgrounded version of yourself. You might surprise yourself with how naturally you can shed beliefs and habits that no longer serve you. Now try saying the following affirmations and see how they feel coming out of your mouth: “I am an earthy realist. I am a fact-lover and an illusion-buster. I love actions that actually work more than I like theories that I wish would work.

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You’re gearing up for some high-intensity living. But please don’t be nervous about it. Although you might be led into intimate contact with unfamiliar themes and mysterious passions, the story you actualize should feel quite natural.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Have you been feeling twinges of perplexity? Do you find yourself immersed in meandering meditations that make you doubt your commitments? Are you entertaining weird fantasies that give you odd little shivers and quivers? I hope so! As an analyzer of cycles, I suspect that now is an excellent time to question everything.

You could have a lot of fun playing with riddles and wrestling with enigmas. Please note, however, that I’m not advising you to abandon what you’ve been working on and run away. Now is a time for fertile inquiry, not for rash actions. It’s healthy to contemplate adjustments, but not to initiate massive overhauls.

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Your willingness to loosen up might at least alleviate the angst your skeleton causes you—and might ultimately transform it in some unpredictably helpful way.

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Battle Royale

It’s supposed to be ski season, but Mother Nature and her arch rival, global warming, have a battle royale going on around us. Did anyone ever think to tell Vail that buying ski resorts on the eastern side of the Wasatch might not have been such a good idea? That the former ParkWest, Wolf Mountain, The Canyons and Canyon Resort gets the least amount of snow (usually) each year among the resorts located closest to the Salt Lake City airport? I’m a realist and snow-making versus snow falling is going to be the norm in our futures until we get a handle on polluting and heating our Earth.

When I first came to Utah in 1970, I was not a skier. There was a ton of snow in Mt. Pleasant that winter but the only ski area was a bar-tow at Snowland in Fairview, a few miles north up a canyon. Cheap skis back then were still made of wood and boots had laces (as in strings). Figuring out the bar-tow was hilarious and nerveracking at best. I certainly could have won the funniest video stream of the day had a photographer been standing behind me watching me cross my ski tips and f lipping over or dragging my butt on the ground as the bar dragged me to the top. But back then, there was only film and 35 mm movie cameras, and no high school kid at Wasatch Academy had a movie camera.

I met serious skiers once I moved to Salt Lake City. At Westminster College almost everyone I met it was from Minnesota and they had come here just to ski in our powder while taking a few college classes on the side. Soon I found myself hooked up to the Brighton crowd of employees and was happily on my way learning how to parallel ski. I was often asked by my friends there to be the ski dummy for certifications. Instructors had to meet certain qualifications for each level of skiing so I was more than happy to get lessons from a staff member in return for a free ski pass on my poor budget. I can’t ski anymore since I had a major hip implant many years ago, but I do love our mountains and our snow.

Let’s see if Mother Nature or global warming wins and if we’ll get deep snow ever again. Remember when Tooele wanted to build a resort in Middle Canyon?

Or Cedar City’s wannabe Engen Resort?

Only Mother Nature knows if we’ll get more snow, or resorts. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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