Month: July 2015
Mike Brown: Rose Park Life
I recently moved away from the comfort and convenience of living Downtown to the Rose Park area, which is happily located north and west of Downtown. Most of my grown-up friends who aren’t total alcoholics and have managed to maintain a decent credit score and somehow pay off their student loans have bought houses out
A Taste of Taste of the Wasatch
On Aug. 2, over 50 chefs will gather to feed the masses in the serene beauty of Solitude Mountain Resort. Taste of the Wasatch is an annual fundraiser for Utahns Against Hunger, The Green Urban Lunchbox and 3 Squares, Inc. There are a staggering 440,000 households in Utah that don’t have enough food to eat, and
Skate Photo Feature: Vinnie Mango
“Switch-stance skating is boring,” said Heath Kirchart in an interview with CCS in the late ’90s … Vinnie Mango doesn’t care.
Review: Monopoly – Game of Thrones Edition
Are you a low-to-moderate Game of Thrones fan and an average fan of board games? Then you are gonna lose your shit over this new Monopoly Collector’s Edition. Any above-moderate Game of Thrones fans, on the other hand … perhaps not so much. … read more
SLUG Holiday Comix – August 2015
When did life become so complicated? … read more
Art Rising: Gallery Stroll Builds Artists Up
In a letter to his son in 1746, statesman Philip Stanhope, the Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, wrote, “Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.” It’s fatherly advice that holds true 269 years later. Luckily, in the artist community, we have a tradition of mentoring—this tradition of passing down techniques and earned knowledge
Contributor Limelight: John Barkiple
John Barkiple is a beloved contributor for SLUG Magazine, having officially joined the team in 2009. He jumps at the chance to photograph anyone or anything—and he loves a challenge! His favorite shoots include the bike-lane parodies from the 2015 March Issue and May Bike Issue, the July 2012 Bo Huff car shoot and
Dear West Jordan, This Is Your Community: Miguel Galaz
Miguel Galaz has been working to teach youth about art for the last few years in afterschool programs as a teacher at the Mana Academy, and going out to work on interactive projects in the community. When a close friend was working to turn an old building that had hosted a number of restaurants
Review: The Water Diviner
The Water Diviner (Blu-ray) Director: Russell Crowe Warner Bros. Street: 07.28 Gone are the days where I could watch the news and hear about how Russell Crowe pummeled a random person or threw a phone at the face of a hotel concierge. What we have now is a much more subdued Crowe—so subdued, in
From The Shadows of New Zealand: Jemaine Clement
Last week, we finally saw the release of the mockumentary vampire film, What We Do In The Shadows. A look into the lives of a vampire clan living in New Zealand and the daily routine they go through with the undead culture around them, the film earned major praise coming out of Sundance 2014, but only