Year: 2018
Downtown Play: Quarters
Shaken but not deterred, Quarters’ initial growing pains seem healthy, indicative of the people who have worked to bring this experience to Salt Lake City. Whether you love skeeball or Street Fighter, cocktails or Pabst, Quarters wants to include you. … read more
SLAY SLC: Celebrating Ball Culture in the Beehive State
Co-hosting the event will be Tia Aiono, waacking and dance Millennium Dance Complex instructor, along with nightlife enthusiast and manager/bartender of Metro, Michael Elliott. The two friends have combined their love for dance, SLC’s queer community and entertainment to bring a unique experience to the local scene. … read more
We Bike You, Salt Lake City
David Clark and creative partner Daniel Foster Smith are currently shooting for We Bike You to be a docuseries, which will explore the urban-cycling experience city by city. … read more
La Iniciativa Latina de Bicicletas
La Iniciativa Latina de Bicicletas es una colaboración entre Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective (SLCBC) y la coalición Safe Kids Salt Lake County que empezó en 2016, para mujeres latinas. … read more
The Latina Bike Initiative
The Latina Bike Initiative, a collaboration between the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective (SLCBC) and Safe Kids Salt Lake County coalition, was piloted in 2016. Now in its second year, it continues to provide classes for Latino families in Salt Lake County. … read more
The Burlesque Barriers: An Interview with Madazon Can-Can
From engaging in community advocacy to educating the community on burlesque to creating her own work, Madazon uplifts those artforms that foster a thread and a connection with people. … read more
Content Shifter: 13 One-Season-and-Done TV Series
Beware the Ides of May! For those of you not hip to the inner workings of the TV biz, May marks the end of the traditional television season, when networks start cancelling underperforming series. In other words, they’re gonna fucking kill your favorite show! … read more
Localized: Sympathy Pain
Where your average release will plod along in a pleasing, sedative atmosphere, Sympathy Pain’s music feels much more focused on disturbing and overtaking the listener than it is settling them. … read more
9-Line Bike Park: A Place for Riders (No Bike Lanes...
As more and more people are discovering, there are bike jumps underneath the I-15 overpass at 700 West on 900 South, also known as the 9-Line Bike Park. Arriving on a weekday late afternoon, one can expect a wide variety of people—from young children to seasoned veterans riding. … read more
Fixin’ Up the Utah Criterium
Utahns have started to swap out their automobiles for two wheels and open air—it’s bike season! While there are those of us who do this as a hobby or to shed some pounds, some of us have already been mapping out their LOTOJAs, alleycats and criterium (crit) races for months in the making. Looking closer at Utah cycle competitions, the race with the most buzz is easily the fixed-gear crit. … read more