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Junction City Roller Dolls Halloween Skate-tacular! 10.26
The buxom babes of Junction City were our hosts of their 6th Annual Halloween Bout, which was to be a double header. First was a rematch between Junction’s Trainwrecks and Fort Collins, Colorado’s FOCO Girls Gone Derby. Then, the LOCO Motives against Flathead Valley Roller Derbys Big Mountain Misfits from Kalispell, Montana. … read more
Nerd Alert: Literary Death Match Makes Its Rounds at The...
Founder of the Literary Death Match, Adrian Todd Zuniga, has transformed the idea that literary readings are reserved for the high brow and dull by creating a reading competition that pits local authors against each other to face head to head. The State Room was an excellent choice of venue with ample seating and ease of visibility, and as the booze flowed, the authors took their stance in the corners to meet their opponents. Four authors, three judges, two rounds and an epic finale. Let’s get ready to rumble! … read more
The Lucky 13 Challenge: Hopscotch Outreach Arts Foundation Meats Its...
Ten burgers, mammoth beef towers the size of a human head, were carried gingerly on trays to our table at the bar and grill, Lucky 13. Last Wednesday evening this moment marked the beginning of the Lucky 13 Challenge, which had begun for five members of Hopscotch Outreach Arts Foundation, a new non-profit organization that empowers at-risk and underprivileged youth by harnessing their creative spirit in music, art, dance and film. … read more
Ring Rats Anonymous: UCW-Zero TV Taping @ UCW Arena 11.02
This weekend, the (posthumous) Halloween spirit of mirth and trickery hung thick over the ring at the UCW-Zero Arena. In the crowd, I spotted a hunchback, a few princesses, a very convincing King Diamond and even a Mankind/Mick Foley costume. Wrestling fans have always liked pageantry, and that’s what they got this weekend! … read more
RAMP Bamboozle!
On Saturday, November 2, RAMP Sports in Park City escorted all things snow to the forefront of our thoughts. The Bamboozle, as it’s called, is an eclectic mix of art, music, food and delicious red, red wine (with beer sprinkled in for color). The event featured a gigantic Yeti (think Bigfoot) at the entrance so any excuse for not finding it wouldn’t fool anyone. … read more
Salty Horror International Film Festival 2013
The Salty Horror International Film Festival was conceived by Mario DeAngelis four years ago as an avenue for local and international horror filmmakers to bring their dark and deranged ideas to cinematic life. … read more
EDM Pillow Talk: An Interview with Borgore
“I think what makes a good artist is not classifying yourself under one genre. I’ve made a lot of house records and I’m kind of trying to be able to do everything. I think that’s the future. Being a true musician is having no boundaries in art,” says Borgore. … read more
Film Review: Sunset Strip
From the days of Mickey Cohen and the Wars of the Sunset Strip to the riots of the mid-’60s, the Strip has always attracted creative types: rock stars, writers, coke heads, mobsters and prostitutes—and John Belushi, who was all of those things at once. … read more
Salt Lake Welcomes the Winter Market
Last winter the Downtown Salt Lake City Farmers Market held pop-up markets as a solution to the winter funk. They were enjoyable monthly events held at various places downtown where you could stock up on local goodies and get your food truck fix, but the strong demand for a year-round market warranted a better solution: The Winter Farmers Market at the Rio Grande Depot. … read more
Cold War Kids @ The Depot 11.06
This is the band that created “Sensitive Kid,” so honesty and humility blend in a foot-tapping way that this concert hall could hardly hold; however, The Depot did its best and the former House of Blues sound system thumped pleasantly with tappings and noddings of all sorts. “Bulldozer” is a subtle metaphor for the types of emotions felt in these situations, but hearing it live added a level of hope to being run over completely and the lyrics became real in a way you could only appreciate by closing your eyes. … read more