Photographer: John Barkiple
![Virtualized: Lit’l Grim](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/389-Ed-Virtualized-litl-grim-1024x683.jpg)
Virtualized: Lit’l Grim
Essentially, Lit’l Grim’s style is a succession of each band members’ taste in music—especially those of frontperson Tate Grimshaw. … read more
![Project Success Coalition Keeps Hope Alive Through Education, Advocacy and Celebration](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-SLUG-ED-Project-Success-Coalition-BARKIPLE-300-0749-1024x682.jpg)
Project Success Coalition Keeps Hope Alive Through Education, Advocacy and...
Project Success Coalition is committed to promoting culture and improving education and health among the local Black and Brown community. … read more
![Essence of Ebony: Black Excellence Through Natural Hair Styling](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/388-Ed-Essence-of-Ebony-John-Barkiple-1024x683.jpg)
Essence of Ebony: Black Excellence Through Natural Hair Styling
Essence of Ebony is a hairstyling and salon experience for Black individuals looking to embrace the natural power and beauty of their hair. … read more
![Virtualized: Valerie Rose Sterrett](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-SLUG-ED-Valerie-Rose-Sterrett-BARKIPLE-300-9339-1024x683.jpg)
Virtualized: Valerie Rose Sterrett
Valerie Rose Sterrett wants her music to be able to connect to all walks of life—even if playing at Utah ski resort for a tourist mother. … read more
![Virtualized: The Fervors](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-SLUG-ED-The-Fervors-BARKIPLE-300-9031-1024x683.jpg)
Virtualized: The Fervors
With such an intense emotional descriptor as their band name, The Fervors deliver a unique sound that is just as captivating to listen to. … read more
![Doula Ashley Finley Leads By Caring For BIPOC Parents’ Spirits](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-SLUG-ED-Ashley-Finley-BARKIPLE-300-7115-1024x683.jpg)
Doula Ashley Finley Leads By Caring For BIPOC Parents’ Spirits
Finley started Sacred Sister Doula because she says she’d “always felt a calling to help babies, especially Black babies, to be born.” … read more
![Amy Archuleta of Spa Trouvé: Love Yourself by Loving Local](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-SLUG-ED-Spa-Trouve-BARKIPLE-300-6821-1024x683.jpg)
Amy Archuleta of Spa Trouvé: Love Yourself by Loving Local
Spa Trouvé’s combination of classy branding, exclusive products and effective procedures put them ahead of the beauty industry. … read more
![Reciprocal Care: Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2020-SLUG-ED-Skinworks-BARKIPLE-300-6161-1024x683.jpg)
Reciprocal Care: Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare
Doubling as a school, a reciprocal exchange of needs and care defines Skinworks and sets it apart from other spa experiences. … read more
![A Little of a Lot at Central Book Exchange](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-SLUG-ED-Pam-at-CBE-BARKIPLE-300-4485-1024x683.jpg)
A Little of a Lot at Central Book Exchange
Community-building and heart-to-heart interactions that take place within the store are the all-important essence of Central Book Exchange. … read more
![Demanding Industries and Underrated Historical Relics: Esko Type Foundry](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-SLUG-ED-Peter-Esko-BARKIPLE-300-0188-1024x683.jpg)
Demanding Industries and Underrated Historical Relics: Esko Type Foundry
Peter Esko’s decades of design experience, historical affinity and creative curiosity led him to establish the Esko Type Foundry. … read more