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Review: If a Snake Should Bite @ The Ladies Literary...
“This is your Paradise” invokes the jarring chemistry of Nan Goldin or Cindy Sherman photos and makes them move. Utah needs more dance like this. … read more
Review: Really Gotta Wanna
Really Gotta Wanna tries to step outside of the standard snowboard movie mold and show the real side of snowboarding. It tries to show why riders go to such insane lengths for a video or magazine shot. … read more
Review: Body Worlds – Bionic Night @ The Leonardo 11.21
It’s exciting to think that we’re just a few short years away from actual cyborgs. The next generation of prosthetics is allowing amputees to regain arms, legs and eyes. Spinal injuries can now be bypassed the way traffic moves around an accident. … read more
Review: Pretty Faces – The Story of a Skier Girl
Pretty Faces is a bright, lively and ambitious narrative that genuinely reflects the inherent beauty that women in the outdoors possess. … read more
Finca – 327 E. 200 S. Soft Opening 11.28.14
Finca, a locally sourced Spanish tapas restaurant, has moved from their 1291 S. 1100 E. location to 327 W. 200 S. Upon entering, I was mildly surprised by how pleasantly swanky the new digs are. … read more
Making Fiction Making Trouble: 40 Years of FC2
For 40 years now, the literary press Fiction Collective has been the ardent antennae of innovative American writing. Entirely not-for-profit, author-run, untethered to government funding, dedicated to constantly updating the possibilities of what can happen between two covers and to keeping its titles in print, FC2 is a bastion for wild literary innovation. … read more
SLC Stands with Ferguson!
In the wake of the grand jury’s decision, the raw anger felt on account of this injustice has exploded back into the streets, and not just in Ferguson, but all over the United States. It is keenly felt in Utah, for a number of Utahns have also been on the receiving end of police violence. … read more
Creature Feature: Ladie Lilith – Smashing Gender Expectation
Lilith describes her/his performance style as gory and raw. “I enjoy that my art makes people talk,” she/he says, likening her performance to political theater. One visceral example was when she smashed a model LDS Temple on stage at Metro Bar, which elicited strong responses—both complimentary and derogatory—from onlookers. … read more
Art | Arts | LGBTQ+ | Performance & Theatre
SLUG Style: Dyana Durfee and Korey Martin
Korey and Dyana don’t seem to follow any particular school of thought regarding the aesthetic they look for in clothing, though it is by no means random. They feel that being comfortable with yourself and how you are is important. … read more
Art | Art and Fashion | Fashion | Slug Style
Sturgill Simpson @ The State Room 11.28 with Lucette
The older gentleman next to me told me he still wears his high school class ring because he never knows if he’ll need to pawn it for money or use it in a fight (which his scarred up hand implied happened quite frequently). … read more