Month: May 2021
![Saying “No” to Big Real Estate to Save the Utah People’s Pantages Theatre](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Pantages-Main-1024x681.jpg)
Saying “No” to Big Real Estate to Save the Utah...
Cloistered away from public view for over 15 years, the Utah Pantages Theatre was once a beloved, 1,700-seat venue. … read more
![Film Review: The Dry](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2020-11-25-at-2.20.38-pm-1024x428.jpeg)
Film Review: The Dry
The Dry is a highly compelling and introspective film that thrives on an excellent screenplay, which was adapted from a novel by Jane Harper. … read more
![Local Review: Man Meets Bear – Songs From the Hive](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/manmeetsbearhive-1024x1024.jpg)
Local Review: Man Meets Bear – Songs From the Hive
Man Meets Bear = Other Lives x Julian Lynch (Animals 2) … read more
![Film Review: Cruella](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cruella--1024x578.jpeg)
Film Review: Cruella
Cruella just doesn’t work despite its best efforts. It ends up taking itself almost as deadly and pretentiously serious as Joker did. … read more
![Film Review: Blue Miracle](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/blue-miracle-1-1024x512.png)
Film Review: Blue Miracle
Blue Miracle is done well enough to succeed as an innocuous family film that has a lot of heart and does its best to avoid being too sappy. … read more
![Review: Olivia Rodrigo – SOUR](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/oliviarodrigo-1024x1024.jpeg)
Review: Olivia Rodrigo – SOUR
Olivia Rodrigo = Lorde x Courtney Love … read more
![After a Rise to Stardom, Ritt Momney to Play 2021 Craft Lake City DIY Festival](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/adam561-053-1024x731.jpg)
After a Rise to Stardom, Ritt Momney to Play 2021...
It makes sense that an artist with a name that’s essentially a simplified anagram of the more well-known Utah senator would hail from Salt Lake City. Although, I was first convinced that Jack Rutter of Ritt Momney came from elsewhere. In our interview, we chatted about how there’s normally a brief period in a native
![Bold & Beautiful – SLUG LGBTQ+: Poppycock Visqueen](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/057A2773-1024x704.jpg)
Bold & Beautiful – SLUG LGBTQ+: Poppycock Visqueen
Orange wigs, campy performances and cheekbones cut so sharp they could slice you open if you get too close: Drag performer and artist Taylor Anne is all of these things and more. Known onstage as Poppycock Visqueen, a performance from Anne promises professional-grade vocals and a playful commentary on femininity. If you’re lucky enough, you
![Film Review: A Quiet Place Part II](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/A-Quiet-Place-2-Teaser-Trailer-1024x539.jpeg)
Film Review: A Quiet Place Part II
While A Quiet Place Part II may make you even more scared to be outside, it’s the best reason I’ve had to leave the house in a long time. … read more
![Review: Ishtar Sr. – Divine Ecdysis](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/isharsrdivine-1024x1024.jpg)
Review: Ishtar Sr. – Divine Ecdysis
Ishtar Sr. Divine Ecdysis Grimalkin Records Street: 05.21 Ishtar Sr. = (J. Fisher x THEESatisfaction) x Headboggle density&destiny— in sound, narrative and concept, Ishtar Sr.’s (Savan DePaul‘s) Divine Ecdysis holds an almost unbearable concentration of weight and import. Best described as an avant-hip-hop space opera, the album narrates DePaul’s own journey toward a self-assured identity