Month: February 2018
![Prodigal Son: Howard Jones Returns to Park City for Five-Night Residency](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Howard-Jones-4.jpg)
Prodigal Son: Howard Jones Returns to Park City for Five-Night...
“It’s like you suddenly realize, ‘Oh right, there’s only one of me and no one else can do what I do. So, go and do it confidently.’ I think that’s something that comes from being around for a while because you’ve seen a lot of things come and go, but you’re still there.” -Howard Jones … read more
![Desire Lines at UMOCA: Kelly Larsen](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/UMOCA-Composite-Image-e1516991723176.jpg)
Desire Lines at UMOCA: Kelly Larsen
UMOCA Desire Lines artist Kelly Larsen says, “After 15 years of sculpting self-identity and exploring various art material, I have come to a place of working with community and using non-art material.” … read more
![Localized: No Sun](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/350-ED-Localized-NoSun-JordonStrang-johnnybetts-9.jpg)
Localized: No Sun
By Salt Lake standards, No Sun is an interesting and refreshing band. In a small-market city lucky enough to be saturated with great bands, No Sun offers a unique blend of dreamy textures, which set the backdrop for emotive vocals and songs that break into spiraling, whimsical riffs. … read more
![Hyperreal: Adam Watkins’ Echoes of a Morning Star](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/350-ED-BDAC-InstallationShots-AdamWatkins-Combined-e1516985586723.jpg)
Hyperreal: Adam Watkins’ Echoes of a Morning Star
As you head down the stairs at Bountiful Davis Art Center, you see the first piece of Echoes of a Morning Star, Adam Watkins’ collection of photographic tableaus. From his BeneathME series, the piece is titled The Mirror. … read more
![Afghan Kitchen: Nosh-E-Jaan or Good Eating](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/350-ED-FoodReview-AfghanKitchen-TalynSherer-24.jpg)
Afghan Kitchen: Nosh-E-Jaan or Good Eating
Afghanistan has a history of expertise in cooking and hospitality, along with a passion to serve guests a spread of food. Afghan Kitchen lives up to its heritage. The restaurant is unassuming from the street, but don’t let that fool you. There is something to be said for simplicity. … read more
Hirad Sab: Art for an Anarchic Future
Scrolling through local artist Hirad Sab’s website is like watching a strange, distorted projection of the not-so-far-off future unfold in front of you. Sleek chrome bodies fall away into glitching, semi-recognizable landscapes while the line between organic matter and digital projections blurs beyond distinction. … read more
![Desire Lines at UMOCA: Jane Christensen](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/UMOCA-Composite-Image-e1516991723176.jpg)
Desire Lines at UMOCA: Jane Christensen
Of 15 total, Desire Lines features three local artists, Jane Christensen, Janell James and Kelly Larsen, who discuss their participation in the show. … read more
![Personal/Public: Artist Jorge Rojas on Performance](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/350-ED-Jorge-Rojas-Logan-Sorenson-4.jpg)
Personal/Public: Artist Jorge Rojas on Performance
For the last 10 years, Jorge Rojas has focused on performance art, veering between intimate moments and dramatic gestures, drawing from lived and shared experience, intercultural and contemporary identity, and much more. … read more
Art | Art and Fashion | LGBTQ+
![Film Review: Phantom Thread](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/350-Ed-Film-Reviews-Phantom-Thread-693x1024.jpg)
Film Review: Phantom Thread
In Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson’s vision is as exquisite, meticulous and fixated as that of his lead character, Reynolds Woodcock. With superb cinematography, Anderson’s is a ravishing inspection of the pursuit for aesthetic perfection, of love and power and their dizzying, sickly, perverse intimations. … read more
![Localized: Cupidcome](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/350-ED-Localized-Cupidcome-johnnybetts-2.jpg)
Localized: Cupidcome
Cupidcome are a band unlike anything else in Utah, and as such are difficult to accurately describe to the uninitiated. The five-piece band blends psych-tinged textures and reverb-laden drum machines with profound yet lighthearted lyrics. … read more