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Damn These Heels 2018: Close-Knit
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: The Misandrists](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/the-misandrists.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2018: The Misandrists
The Misandrists is the most frustrating movie I’ve seen in a while. I got whiplash trying to understand whether the film was celebrating women or only pretending to—satirizing with camp or offering an actual worldview. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2018: Freelancers Anonymous](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MV5BZWVlZDdjODAtYmZiZi00NDBiLTlhZmUtMmNiZGQ1ZTE1ZDZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA2Mzc5MTI@._V1_SX1777_CR001777999_AL_-1024x576.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2018: Freelancers Anonymous
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
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Sandy’s Newest Coffee Specialty: The Bean Yard
Walking through the front door of The Bean Yard, it’s clear to see the sleek, communal vision of Sandy’s newest coffee shop. Eugene Kim, co-founder and General Manager, stands behind a brand-new, chrome espresso machine working on his latte art. … read more
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Review: The Aliens
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
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Crowdsurfing at Warped Tour ’18
On Saturday, June 30, the energy around the final Warped Tour was palpable. There was the usual buzz of excitement with a twinge of the bittersweet. Warped Tour was my coming of age. I moshed to my favorite bands, discovered new music and forged friendships that have lasted to this day. As a final goodbye
![Content Shifter: 9 Apocalyptic TV Series](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Blood-Drive.jpg)
Content Shifter: 9 Apocalyptic TV Series
Are we living in the end times? Yeah, probably—what are you going to do about it? Better to just binge some apocalypse-centric TV shows while waiting for the end of civilization—and there are plenty to choose from. … read more
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Bonanza Campout 2018
Bonanza: an extravaganza; a situation or event that creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, and prosperity. No definition could have better described the party found at the River’s Edge. … read more
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Creature Feature: Lucy Fur
To Lucy, drag has been an extremely important means of expression. “I’ve been dying my hair and getting wild piercings for years, and it’s always been a big part of me—to not feel scared to do what I want to do or to be who I am,” he says. … read more
![Violent Femmes @ Red Butte Garden 06.13 with Marcia Mello](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Violent-Femmes-2018.jpg)
Violent Femmes @ Red Butte Garden 06.13 with Marcia Mello
It’s hard to not feel nostalgic. In fact, it was a longing for the past that prompted me to attend the show in the first place. I saw the Violent Femmes numerous times in the ’90s. The first time, a night spent with friends at Kingsbury Hall where bassist Brian Ritchie smoked a giant cigar, is one of my fondest memories. … read more