Year: 2018
V School Bringing Opportunity to Salt Lake City
V School is a tech-education boot camp teaching industry-celebrated curriculum, and has been since its start back in 2013. The school offers lessons in coding, UX and UI design, as well as other skills that are hand-selected by the school’s board. … read more
Creature Feature: Gemma Nigh
Born and raised in Sandy, Utah, Gemma Nigh got into the realm of performance art while attending Cyprus High School. “Growing up in Utah was definitely interesting. I lived in a super-Mormon neighborhood but never really played with any of the other kids,” she says. … read more
SLUG Style: Jacqueline Whitmore
Jacqueline Whitmore owns Copperhive Vintage and is a promoter of body positivity. This month’s SLUG Style was shot at Craft Lake City DIY Festival at the Gallivan Center at Copperhive Vintage’s booth. … read more
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Erasure @ Kingsbury Hall 08.12 with Reed and Caroline
Erasure’s set ends with “Stop!,” a track from the Crackers International release that served as a Christmas release in 1988 and a bridge between the The Innocents and Wild! releases. Thunderous applause follows—genuine, stand-on-your-feet applause. … read more
Lost ’80s Live 2018: A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung,...
Maybe it’s the heat, or that we were suddenly realizing how spoiled we were by the Retro Futura Tour a few weeks before, where the use of a backing band for the first three acts allowed the artist’s sets to be longer and seamless. Tonight, any momentum built up by the end of a band’s set evaporates before the next act can tune their instruments. … read more
Utah Underground Compilation Release Shows 3 & 4 @ The...
What began as a Facebook post brought the underground community together to reach a common goal and resulted in a compilation CD and four shows to back it up. I’m truly thankful that I could experience it all firsthand, and I can’t wait for what’s next. … read more
10-Year CLC Artisan: Vintage Fern
“I have always loved creating things as long as I can remember,” Amy Redden says. “I would spend hours in my room as a teenager making necklaces for myself.” … read more
Content Shifter: 8 TV Series from Oh! Canada
We all have friends—mostly on Facebook, the whiniest of all social-media platforms—who have been threatening to “move to Canada!” for almost two years now. They haven’t, they won’t, and they’re certainly not going to shut up aboot it. Too bad, because Canada has far more to offer than brutal hockey, legal weed and free healthcare:
10-Year CLC Artisan: Candace Jean
Candace Jean says “I found a flier for the first-ever Craft Lake City at another local show. I applied, was accepted and gave it my best shot. It was my first time with a 10×10 booth—which was quite the learning experience—but the energy at the inaugural Fest was incredible.” … read more
Utah Underground Compilation Release Shows 1 & 2 @ The...
In celebration of the first Utah Underground Compilation, the featured bands have all gathered for four separate shows for its release. Spearheaded by Sean Dugger, the first two shows were a success, minus one holdout—Villain had to drop off the show on July 28 due to vocalist Trent Falcone having double-booked himself between work and the show. … read more