Month: January 2018
![Critical Beatdown: Local Beat Heads Unite](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Adam-Terry-Finale-Grand-Critical-Beatdown-1024x686.jpg)
Critical Beatdown: Local Beat Heads Unite
For almost a year now, Adam Terry has curated and hosted Critical Beatdown at a bar called Good Grammar in Salt Lake City. The concept was simple: to create an environment where local “beat producers, electronic musicians, beat machinists, synth wizards,” etc. can perform their work in a safe place where experimentation is encouraged and where networking happens naturally. … read more
![Sustainable Filmmaking: Slamdance Polytechnic](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/349-Ed-Slamdance-Polytechnic.jpg)
Sustainable Filmmaking: Slamdance Polytechnic
Slamdance Polytechnic promises to provide resources, practical information and learning opportunities together around the Slamdance Film Festival—giving those who are interested in the art of filmmaking a chance to go beyond simply viewing independent films at the festival and one step closer to successfully creating their own. … read more
![Quiet Heroes: Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder’s Legacy at Sundance](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2017-12-28-at-5.10.15-PM.png)
Quiet Heroes: Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder’s Legacy at Sundance
Through home video, archival material and more, Quiet Heroes compellingly highlights Kristen Ries’ and Maggie Snyder’s exceptional work and compassion. … read more
Art | Art and Fashion | LGBTQ+
![George Starks: In Memoriam](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/George-Photo-3.jpg)
George Starks: In Memoriam
“I first met George in the late ’90s when Slamdance was determined yet struggling to establish itself in Utah. If it wasn’t for George, we wouldn’t be where we are today.” … read more
![Tonkotsu Shabu Shabu Bar](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/349-ED-FoodReview-TonkotsuShabuShabuBar-TalynSherer-3.jpg)
Tonkotsu Shabu Shabu Bar
Utah’s need for cold-weather comfort food has looked to Japan’s hot foods as the ramen craze took over. But there’s more! Enter Tonkotsu Shabu Shabu. … read more
![Two Sides of the Self: M/M at Slamdance](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/MM-Still-1-web-4.18.22-PM.jpg)
Two Sides of the Self: M/M at Slamdance
M/M is a beautifully shot, modern and stylish film by director Drew Lint, and will show at the 2018 Slamdance Film Festival. … read more
Art | Art and Fashion | LGBTQ+
![Snow Photo Feature: Alex Sherman](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/349-Ed-Snow-Photo-Feature-Alex-Sherman-Nose-Blunt-683x1024.jpg)
Snow Photo Feature: Alex Sherman
Lacing nose blunts and sippin’ on lean at the local park. There goes the neighborhood. Alex Sherman with the boarding. … read more
![Film Review: Call Me By Your Name](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/armie-hammer-and-timothee-chalamet-in-call-me-by-your-name-2017-large-picture.jpg)
Film Review: Call Me By Your Name
Burnished and sensuously crafted, Call Me By Your Name is an ambrosial painting of adolescence: of intimacy and love, of bodies and sensuality, of decisive moments and how they unfold. … read more
![Mike Brown: Quiet on the Set!](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/349-Ed-Mike-Brown-Logan-Sorenson-LmSorenson.net_.jpg)
Mike Brown: Quiet on the Set!
Though Mike Brown couldn’t score a spot as an extra on the silver screen, he still managed to score a tour of a movie set and stir up some trouble. … read more
![Skate Photo Feature: Kaleb Hadlock](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/349-Ed-Skate-Photo-Feature-Kaleb-Hadlock-Boardslide-Rail-Gardens-Weston-Colton.jpg)
Skate Photo Feature: Kaleb Hadlock
Kaleb Hadlock took full advantage of this cold November morning before the snow hit the valley, and the snowboarders descended on these rails. … read more