Damn These Heels 2018: Sisterhood

Damn These Heels 2018: Sisterhood
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Sisterhood is co-parenting without romance. Sei (played by Gigi Leung as her older self and Fish Liew as her teenage self) and Ling (Jennifer Yu) are two Chinese women without any romantic attraction to each other. … read more

Damn These Heels: The Wild Boys (Les garçons sauvages)

Damn These Heels: The Wild Boys (Les garçons sauvages)
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Whether you find it enjoyable or uncomfortable, watching The Wild Boys (Les Garçons Sauvages) is a visceral experience, as it focuses on the repulsive, tactile and even outright disgusting elements of violence and sex. … read more

Damn These Heels 2018: 1985

Damn These Heels 2018: 1985
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1985 is Adrian’s story of moving through his hometown one last time. Having contracted HIV from his now-deceased boyfriend while living in New York, Adrian struggles to reconcile his relationship to his god-fearing family with his knowledge that he is sick, that he will almost certainly die. … read more

Damn These Heels 2018: Close-Knit

Damn These Heels 2018: Close-Knit
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Naoko Ogigami’s thoughtful, pastel-hued family drama Close-Knit follows the self-sufficient and searching Tomo, played by Rinka Kakihara. … read more

Damn These Heels 2018: Freelancers Anonymous

Damn These Heels 2018: Freelancers Anonymous
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What happens when a millennial gets stuck in an unfulfilling office job? She takes it upon herself to create a startup, of course—but not without some twists and turns along the way. … read more

Review: The Aliens

Review: The Aliens
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The Aliens is a performance that’d be subtle enough for TV but is still connective enough for theatre. “Half of this play … is silence,” writes playwright Annie Baker, and it’s true. It works in this production because the audience is so close. … read more

Chiura Obata: An American Modern

Chiura Obata: An American Modern
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An American Modern has a lot of firsts. It’s the first touring exhibition of Chiura Obata’s work that includes work from all decades of his working life. It’s also the first time his works have been presented as a collective retrospective in Japan, since they’ve only shown in fragments before and not always translated. … read more

Tattooing Now and Then: Apprenticeships, Digital Media and Craftsmanship in a Fast-Moving World

Tattooing Now and Then: Apprenticeships, Digital Media and Craftsmanship in...
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The art of tattooing has seen a shift in the past two decades. With reality shows and a cultural change, getting inked no longer principally attracts bikers or members of countercultures, but a large swath of diverse consumers. … read more

Local Tattooers: Gailon Justus

Local Tattooers: Gailon Justus

Gailon Justus, an artist with 19 years of experience, is currently working out of a private studio called Sweet Needles, located at 333 W. Pierpont Ave. … read more

Local Tattooers: Miss Amanda

Local Tattooers: Miss Amanda

Miss Amanda, a tattoo artist with 13 years of experience, currently works at 27 tattoo shop, located in downtown SLC at 535 S. 700 East. … read more