Film Review: Menashe

Film Review: Menashe
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Upon watching Joshua Weinstein’s Sundance Film Festival selection Menashe, it was clear just how little I really knew about Hasidic Judaism. … read more

SLUG Style: Gerda Saunders

SLUG Style: Gerda Saunders
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Gerda Saunders is a retired educator and was formerly Associate Director of the Gender Studies program at the University of Utah. … read more

Film Review: The Hitman’s Bodyguard

Film Review: The Hitman’s Bodyguard
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If it’s done correctly (like in Deadpool), it can be one of the best films of the year. However, when a script just wants to be dirty to be dirty, there’s nothing imaginative about it. This is easily one of the biggest disappoints of 2017. … read more

Film Review: Wind River

Film Review: Wind River
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Wind River does suffer from multiple-ending syndrome, but that’s really the only negative aspect of this fantastic piece of cinema. … read more

Cultivating Resilience: Wasatch Community Garden’s GREEN TEAM Farm

Cultivating Resilience: Wasatch Community Garden’s GREEN TEAM Farm
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The mission of the GREEN TEAM was threefold: to support permanent housing and work for homeless women, to provide produce to Head Start—a program to give quality food to local schools—and to cultivate a shared community space that would thrive in an oft ignored area of the city. … read more

In a State of Play: Balqis Al Rashed

In a State of Play: Balqis Al Rashed
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Born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, for 16 years, Al Rashed translates her lived experience into works that examine personal and collective identity. … read more

Review: Child of the Sun

Review: Child of the Sun
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One may think they’d enjoy Child of the Sun on the face of its premise alone. Supermen of various cultures wander the 14th century B.C. Mediterranean getting into hijinks and marital dramas. In this world, the gods are real and such heroes truly are their progeny. … read more

The “All-American Prophet”: Eccles Theatre Brings The Book of Mormon Back to the Utah Stage

The “All-American Prophet”: Eccles Theatre Brings The Book of Mormon...
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I’ve seen The Book of Mormon musical two times: the first in London, the second, Salt Lake City. Let me tell you—seeing this particular musical in Utah was 10 times better. … read more

SLUG Style: Joshy Soul

SLUG Style: Joshy Soul
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Joshy Soul and the Cool return for the 2017 Craft Lake City DIY Festival, headlining the festival’s SLUG Mag Main Stage on Friday, Aug. 11. … read more

Lillie Jayne: CLC Artisan

Lillie Jayne: CLC Artisan
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Lillie Jayne began on March 14, 2017, and features colorful, quirky embroidered designs such as cactuses, hang loose signs and even a balloon animal dog. … read more