Photographer: Katarina Duerr
![Lavanya Mahate: Building a Compassionate Culinary Community](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/422-Ed-Lavanya-Mahate-Katarina-Duerr-370-1024x681.webp)
Lavanya Mahate: Building a Compassionate Culinary Community
Lavanya Mahate pushed against the patriarchy in Indian culture to craft a path to lift up others and highlight her entrepreneurial success. … read more
![Sowing Seeds of Stability with New Roots SLC](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/417-Ed-New-Roots-Katarina-Duerr-250-e1693514664172-1024x820.webp)
Sowing Seeds of Stability with New Roots SLC
New Roots SLC steps in to help refugees after their resettlement journey to foster long-term economic stability and community involvement through farming. … read more
![Color the Wasatch: Diversifying Climbing](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/415-ED-CTW-6-1024x683.jpeg)
Color the Wasatch: Diversifying Climbing
Rock climbing is a predominantly white sport that can be intimidating to make your way into. Salt Lake City’s Color the Wasatch hopes to overcome this barrier. … read more
![Mike Brown: Beer Cocktails!](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/SLUG-412-Ed-Mike-Brown-Feature-Image-1-1024x681.webp)
Mike Brown: Beer Cocktails!
Mike Brown is here to show you how to make a fine (or, not so fine) beer cocktail. … read more
![Fit to Recover: A Community for Lasting Change](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SLUG-2023-Fit-to-Recover-Feature-Image-Reupload-1024x658.webp)
Fit to Recover: A Community for Lasting Change
Fit to Recover is making lasting sobriety a reality for those in recovery by providing a place for people to get vulnerable, get creative or break a sweat. … read more
![Feline Fine: Get Your Cat-feine Fix at Tinker’s Cat Cafe](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SLUG-2023-Tinkers-Cat-Cafe-Feature-Image-1024x758.webp)
Feline Fine: Get Your Cat-feine Fix at Tinker’s Cat Cafe
Lisa Totzke opened Tinker’s Cat Cafe in 2017 and has since facilitated 408 adoptions of vaccinated, microchipped, spayed and neutered cats. … read more
![Localized: Fonteyn](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SLUG-Localized-Fonteyn-feature-image-crop-Katarina-Duerr-Suzanne-May-2022-1024x732.jpg)
Localized: Fonteyn
Suzanne May has created sunshine-drenched, ’70s pop reminiscent of the music she grew up with, playing with her bandmates under the stage name Fonteyn. … read more
![Localized: Lane And The Chain](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SLUG-Localized-Lane-And-The-Chain-KatarinaDuerr-2022-feature-image-1024x681.jpg)
Localized: Lane And The Chain
Although discovering their signature sound has been an ever-evolving process, Lane And The Chain are solidifying their place in the local music scene. … read more
![Made X Binary: Ceramics Made with Love and Robots](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/406-ed-madexbinary-buildup-feature-image-2022-1024x770.jpg)
Made X Binary: Ceramics Made with Love and Robots
Unlike most ceramics, madexbinary uses a “high tech, low touch” approach in its creations thanks to the use of 3D printing in its production of ceramics. … read more
![Woodbine Food Hall & Rooftop Bar](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/405-ED-WOODBINE-FOOD-HALL0522-1024x681.jpg)
Woodbine Food Hall & Rooftop Bar
The brand new Woodbine Food Hall & Rooftop Bar lives adjacent to Salt Lake’s downtown, yet far enough away to give a quiet and quaint atmosphere. … read more