For just over 20 years, SLUG has had the joy of working with John Barkiple in nearly every issue we have published since.
February 2, 2022

Contributor Limelight: John Barkiple

For just over 20 years, SLUG has had the joy of working with John Barkiple (@johnbarkiple) as he has snapped photos for nearly every issue we have published since. “Thanks to my many years of shooting for SLUG, I’ve built a respectable collection of images and relationships,” says Barkiple. Check out his work in our February 2022 Local Leaders issue, pgs. 6 (Wynter Storm), 10 (Jason Rabb) and 20 (Save Our Great Salt Lake).

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Women of the World 13th Annual Fashion Show & Cultural Gala @ Heritage House 03.08

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The 13th Annual Women of the World Annual Fashion Show and Cultural Gala brought friends, fashion and food together in celebration of another successful year. … read more

Open House @ Space & Faders 5/1

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Charles Thorpe took an industry-crushing blow when he started building Space and Faders in 2020. At its May 1 open house, Thorpe showed what he’s been working on since. … read more

Bunny Hop @ Garage on Beck 04.17

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Craft Lake City Holiday Market @ The Monarch 12.07

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Salt Lake City Staycation

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Chris Nielsen and the SLC Synth Alliance

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A collective of electronic artists out of the greater Salt Lake area, the Alliance is dedicated to uplifting and performing music created by digital means. … read more

IzaaJade: Building a Brand With Bella Waters

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IzaaJade is a creative platform that has fluctuated according to Waters’ ever-evolving niche, but one that always reflects her passion for making and creating. … read more

The Resurrection Project: QTBIPOC Artists Revive SLC’s Creative Pulse

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Chanel Cartier Rogers is a graphic designer, crafter and vintage lover who wanted to combine all of these qualities into one product. … read more

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Mary Turney (Merry Marmot Designs) has been making vintage quilts for the last four years, and sewing since she was 10 years old. … read more

Inclusivity at Its Core: What’s in Store for SLC Pride

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As SLC Pride continues to evolve and expand its reach, it remains steadfast in its commitment to unity, diversity and celebration of all identities. … read more

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The closet: A cluttered gateway to the personality and mindset of its inhabitants. Or, to many individuals in the LGBTQ+ community, the launching point to find one’s true self. … read more

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Soufflés Aren’t Just French: Kumo Cafe’s Fluffy Pancakes

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Rape Recovery Center: Celebrating 50 Years of Healing and Community

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Q&A Interview: By U For You Fashion Show 

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SLUG recently sat down with the leaders and organizers of the Fashion in Business program at the University of Utah Union Building to discuss their second annual student-run fashion show, By U For You. … read more

Localized: The Medicine Company

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Emerald Project Co-Founder Nora Abu-Dan is Proud to be Palestinian

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Abu-Dan and Tashnizi founded Emerald Project to fight Islamophobia in Salt Lake City.  … read more

A Different Kind of LDS Trailblazer: Sebastian Stewart-Johnson Confronts Ignorance through TikTok

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Localized: Air Vent Dweller

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SLUG Localized: Stand-Up Comedy Showcase

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The First Annual Daq Off: Creative Cocktails by SLC Bartenders

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The 15th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival Presented by Harmons

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Now Your Legs Hurt in A New Way!: Cranky’s Bikepacking

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Dreamers Wish Foundation 1st Annual Dance Party and Gala @ The Clubhouse 04.21

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David Jimenez & Tastemasters: Crafting Conversations

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Craft Canyon Dining: Emigration Brewing Co

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Emigration Brewing Co. sits amid the picturesque mountains of Emigration Canyon in a modernized, rustic, Swiss-style building. … read more

Women of the World 13th Annual Fashion Show & Cultural Gala @ Heritage House 03.08

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Sapa Investment Group: Success as a “Heart-Centered” Business

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Sugary Sweets from Two Salt Lake Mavericks

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Side Bar: Where Drinks and Stories are on The Menu

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Afton Klein Group: Design Without Limits

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Empanadas Two Ways in Downtown SLC: Arempas

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Honovi Design: Craft Lake City Artisan

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Petra’s Backstubchen: Craft Lake City Craft Food

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Prime Corn: Craft Lake City Craft Food

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Wendy Juarez pays homage to the colorful, Pre-Columbian diet of her ancestors through her creations of “Pre-Hispanic Vegetarian Food” at Prime Corn. … read more

MAEK Shift: Craft Lake City Vintage Vendor

MAEK Shift: Craft Lake City Vintage Vendor
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The SLC-based queer, vintage shop MAEK Shift, is upcycling pieces that would be on their way to landfills and giving them a new look and purpose. … read more

Salt Lake Crossroads Amateur Radio Club: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer

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Fungal Focus: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer

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Seaside Creations by Sydney: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisans

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Bookin’ Progress: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisans

Bookin’ Progress: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisans
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Leadership, Education, And Equality: A Conversation With Community Leader Shawn Newell

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Under the Umbrella: Salt Lake’s Queer Little Bookstore

Under the Umbrella: Salt Lake’s Queer Little Bookstore
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Roll On: Wasatch Roller Derby’s Crash Course

Roll On: Wasatch Roller Derby’s Crash Course
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Wasatch Roller Derby offers a safe space for Utah’s roller derby community with a specially designed skating crash course tailored to beginners. … read more

Mike Brown: Pat’s Pedicab!

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Bunny Hop @ Garage on Beck 04.17

Bunny Hop @ Garage on Beck 04.17
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Scion Cider: Bringing Education and Cider to All

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In the Pursuit of Punk: An Interview with Landon Hale

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Wasatch Wynter Storm Watch: The Power Of The Utah Black Artists Collective

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With locally renowned poet Wynter Storm at the helm, the Utah Black Artists Collective’s impact is only getting larger. … read more

SLUG Night Out @ Flanker 02.03

SLUG Night Out @ Flanker 02.03

Last night, the SLUG and Craft Lake City teams hit the newly opened sports bar Flanker at The Gateway for an office night out. … read more

Jason Rabb: Librarian and Local Music Rabble Rouser

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Jason Rabb, a librarian at the 400 S. branch, is leading Local Music Archives into the ears of anyone who wants to listen. … read more

Don’t Observe, Conserve! Help Save Our Great Salt Lake

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According to Save Our Great Salt Lake, the Great Salt Lake is drying up, and unless we act now, it might soon disappear for good! … read more

The Calm Before Adorn: ENSO Piercing & Adornment

The Calm Before Adorn: ENSO Piercing & Adornment
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ENSO Piercing radiates a calm, professional and safe environment perfect for anyone looking to add some sparkle to their aesthetic. … read more

Rebel House: Community-Centric Workout Classes

Rebel House: Community-Centric Workout Classes
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Local workout studio Rebel House pride themselves on evading all the things you hate about workouts: the pressure, anxiety and solitude. … read more

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An Air of Flair For Your Hair: Retro-Barbers
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Retro-Barbers isn’t your average barbershop. With inspiration drawn from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, “it’s not a haircut, it’s an experience.” … read more

Bricks Corner: Utah’s Taste of Detroit Style Pizza

Bricks Corner: Utah’s Taste of Detroit Style Pizza
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The food at Detroit-style pizza restaurant Brick’s Corner is delicious; even if pizza isn’t your thing, it may still be the place for you. … read more

Marissa’s Books: A Treasure Trove for Bookworms of All Ages

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A Millcreek gem with nearly 8,000 square feet, Marissa’s Books is the kind of place that any bibliophile could spend a whole day wandering. … read more

Gift Ideas from Indie Utah Businesses 2021: Lillies of the Fields

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As a 501-C3, Lillies of the Fields is a thrift store whose goal is helping those in the community who need it most. … read more

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The Tea Grotto offers a wide variety of kettles, presses, cups and more that range from practical and simple to ornate antiques. … read more

Beehive Distilling: Creating a Community Space with High-Quality Gin

Beehive Distilling: Creating a Community Space with High-Quality Gin
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Beehive Distilling attracts people for not only the high-quality gin but for the addition of the bar and patio area. … read more

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Simplicity Cocktails: Experimentation Distilled
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Chad Linville, Chris Weed and Becca Weed collaborated tirelessly to grow Simplicity Cocktails into what it is today. … read more

Spirit + Experimental Music Pairings: Part Two

Spirit + Experimental Music Pairings: Part Two
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As a sequel to last year’s pairings between local spirits and experimental music albums, we again offer you four unique combinations. … read more

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In Season at Arlo
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Foodie dreams come true at Arlo, a Marmalade District restaurant awash in greenery and sitting snugly amid vintage residential buildings. … read more

Walking the Talk, Serving to Serve: Third Sun Productions

Walking the Talk, Serving to Serve: Third Sun Productions
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Third Sun Production’s team of dedicated individuals have successfully served hundreds of clients with web design, branding and messaging. … read more

Urban Micro Farming Power: The Story of Lincoln Street Farm

Urban Micro Farming Power: The Story of Lincoln Street Farm
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The Lincoln Street Farm has been providing unique seedlings, produce and homemade self-care products to the Salt Lake Valley. … read more

Tragic With A Twist: Katie Mansfield of Tragic Girls

Tragic With A Twist: Katie Mansfield of Tragic Girls
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Each piece in Tragic Girls’ collection blends dark humor with nostalgic style and just enough satire to comment on social issues. … read more

The Curvy Spoon: Craft Lake City Food

The Curvy Spoon: Craft Lake City Food
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Using simple ingredients, the Curvy Spoon is a small-batch, artisanal mustard company owned and operated by Valerie Koonce. … read more

Aziza SLC: Craft Lake City Craft Food

Aziza SLC: Craft Lake City Craft Food
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Aziza SLC all started with the idea of bringing the same food experience Menna Rashwan used to have in Egypt. … read more

Lavender Lathers: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisan

Lavender Lathers: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisan
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Fourteen-year-old Utah native Elizabeth Ssejinja created Lavender Lathers to make homemade soap after being diagnosed with cancer in 2018. … read more

Brainstorm Gaming: Craft Lake City Engineer

Brainstorm Gaming: Craft Lake City Engineer
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When asked about Brainstorm Gaming’s next move, Sergio Hernandez makes it clear that dedication to craft is a high priority. … read more

Bohemian Brewery: Twenty Years of Authentic Czech Beer

Bohemian Brewery: Twenty Years of Authentic Czech Beer
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For the last 20 years, Bohemian Brewery has stood as a steadfast institution in the ever-changing Salt Lake brewery landscape. … read more

The Salt Lake City Pink Pistols: Building Public Defense Networks for Utah’s LGBTQ+ Communities

The Salt Lake City Pink Pistols: Building Public Defense Networks...
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The Salt Lake City Pink Pistols focuses on “arming, training and defending queer and trans communities here in Utah,” says Ermiya Fanaeian. … read more

Virtualized: Jacked Johnson

Virtualized: Jacked Johnson
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Performing at our May Virtualized, jacked johnson give jazz-infused, angsty tunes with a touch of culturally driven flavor. … read more

Virtualized: Lit’l Grim

Virtualized: Lit’l Grim
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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

Project Success Coalition Keeps Hope Alive Through Education, Advocacy and...
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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

Essence of Ebony: Black Excellence Through Natural Hair Styling
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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

Virtualized: Valerie Rose Sterrett
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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

Virtualized: The Fervors
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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

Doula Ashley Finley Leads By Caring For BIPOC Parents’ Spirits
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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

Amy Archuleta of Spa Trouvé: Love Yourself by Loving Local
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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

Reciprocal Care: Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare
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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

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Community-building and heart-to-heart interactions that take place within the store are the all-important essence of Central Book Exchange. … read more

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Peter Esko’s decades of design experience, historical affinity and creative curiosity led him to establish the Esko Type Foundry. … read more

Sit Down and Gather ‘Round: Colby Wade Carper of Salted Grain

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Colby Wade Carper of Salted Grain thinks of building and designing furniture as a way to express himself—his art is where memories are made. … read more

Sit Down and Gather ‘Round: Justin Brown of Justin Brown Designs

Sit Down and Gather ‘Round: Justin Brown of Justin Brown...
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Designer and craftsman Justin Brown of Justin Brown Designs seeks to merge practicality with beauty in the chairs he creates. … read more

Tsunami Shochu: A Holystone Distilling and Tsunami Shochu Collaboration

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For Holsytone’s Ethan Miller, crafting an exclusive shochu for Tsunami Sushi meant bringing out the best of its unique ingredients and ancient tradition. … read more

Dining Out During a Pandemic: Advice from Your Server

Dining Out During a Pandemic: Advice from Your Server
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There are a few things you should know about dining out during a global pandemic from someone who is working in the service industry. … read more

Therapeutic Games and Apps Lab: Craft Lake City DIY Engineers

Therapeutic Games and Apps Lab: Craft Lake City DIY Engineers
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The GApp Lab at the University of Utah is exploring how health sciences and game programming can be brought together to heal, nurture and teach. … read more

The Cart: Craft Lake City Craft Food

The Cart: Craft Lake City Craft Food
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At Jessica Rovin’s and Kristi Bendick’s mobile coffee shop, The Cart, every cup of coffee is carefully created to be as smooth and flavorful as possible. … read more

Home Glow Hydroponics: Craft Lake City DIY Engineers

Home Glow Hydroponics: Craft Lake City DIY Engineers
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Home Glow Hydroponics is a local business that offers consultation, products and produce to help make soil-free gardening more accessible. … read more

Mary Ann Jensen: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisans

Mary Ann Jensen: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisans
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When an idea leads to success, creatives like Mary Ann Jensen invest that success back into the pursuit of more creativity. … read more

In High Spirits Infusions: Craft Lake City Craft Food

In High Spirits Infusions: Craft Lake City Craft Food
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In High Spirits Infusion is a Salt Lake City–based company through which Owner Claire Sessler prides herself on making unique spirit-infusion kits. … read more

Animal Club Jewelry: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisans

Animal Club Jewelry: Craft Lake City Kid Row Artisans
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Because Hudson Smith’s creations are wearable, each piece allows the wearer to express their own favorite animal choices to the world. … read more

Sonali Loomba: Craft Lake City Performer

Sonali Loomba: Craft Lake City Performer
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To watch Sonali Loomba perform is an invitation to explore her vibrant culture, to remember our own roots and to be inspired. … read more

Hy Amenero: Craft Lake City Artisan

Hy Amenero: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Hy Amenero’s works have a surrealistic and deathly quality—subjects include hollow-eyed, furry humanoids and the floating skeletal heads of birds of prey. … read more

Miss Misc.: Craft Lake City Vintage Vendor

Miss Misc.: Craft Lake City Vintage Vendor
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Vintage Vendor Miss Misc. doesn’t aim to outline a specific style as much as it does seek to serve its clients in their individuality and uniqueness. … read more

Queerations: Craft Lake City Artisan

Queerations: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Quirkiness is the brightly colored basis of Psy Robison’s Queerations, and the brand holds nothing back in their pursuit of kitsch. … read more

24MOTOR: 24 Minutes of the Oil Refinery

24MOTOR: 24 Minutes of the Oil Refinery
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24MOTOR is technically a race—technically—but by the sound of it, nobody takes it too seriously. Winning is really just a matter of chance. … read more

Mike Brown: Who’s a Good Boy? Ender’s a Good Boy!

Mike Brown: Who’s a Good Boy? Ender’s a Good Boy!
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Mike Brown delivers the details you never knew you needed on his roommate’s dog, Ender. A ball-enthusiast and food-motivated pup, Ender is a good boy! … read more

In Another Valley: Heber Valley Brewing

In Another Valley: Heber Valley Brewing
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Less than a year into business, Heber Valley Brewing is already providing its namesake community with a relaxed, modest and honest brewery experience. … read more

Trishelle Jeffery: Comics That Cultivate Connection

Trishelle Jeffery: Comics That Cultivate Connection
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Whether multi-panel stories or single-frame snapshots, Trishelle Jeffery’s pieces capture an insightful, memory-like stream of consciousness. … read more

The Union for Street Solidarity: Compassion for fellow Salt Lakers

The Union for Street Solidarity: Compassion for fellow Salt Lakers
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The Union for Street Solidarity is a small but growing group of concerned individuals aiding those in need through direct action. … read more

Profound Pronouns: Jess Couser’s Pro Bono LGBTQ+ Legal Representation

Profound Pronouns: Jess Couser’s Pro Bono LGBTQ+ Legal Representation
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Jess Couser offers her legal services to LGBTQ+ individuals as they endure the tedious process of changing their identiy. … read more

Inclusion Experience Project: Why Utah leaders need to value vulnerabilty

Inclusion Experience Project: Why Utah leaders need to value vulnerabilty
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As Utah continues to boom, Inclusion Experience Project will carry on responding to the need for comprehensive, compassionate training in the community. … read more

Scriip: Making it a little easier to tell your story

Scriip: Making it a little easier to tell your story
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In January of 2018, Skye Emerson and her team started working on Scriip, an easy-to-use, affordable, accessible and modernized screenwriting resource. … read more

Unveiling the Unknown: Weller Book Works

Unveiling the Unknown: Weller Book Works
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Weller Book Works’ legacy includes offering a colorful community an array of books that make connections between the unfamiliar and familiar. … read more

Playing Right: Plan-B Theatre’s Community Writing Workshops

Playing Right: Plan-B Theatre’s Community Writing Workshops
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Plan-B Theatre’s Artist of Color Writing Workshops provide a space for emergent playwrights of color to discuss their works in progress. … read more

Ann Chen: Writing History in Her Own Script

Ann Chen: Writing History in Her Own Script
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Ann Chen displays her penchant for hand-lettering, typography and graphic design on the cover of this month’s Local Design issue. … read more

In the Pursuit of Excellence: Kevin Cantrell and the Business of Typography

In the Pursuit of Excellence: Kevin Cantrell and the Business...
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In high school, Kevin Cantrell observed a friend creating a system of brand logos and fonts for a project and immediately knew it was what he wanted to do. … read more

Beehive Distilling: South Salt Lake’s Newest and Most Local-Centered Bar

Beehive Distilling: South Salt Lake’s Newest and Most Local-Centered Bar
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Beehive Distilling hopes to be at the tip of that new wave of businesses that become a hub for the new type of Salt Lake City … read more

Localized: Durian Durian

Localized: Durian Durian
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Durian Durian’s trajectory has been only upward. As the dance element has strengthened in cohesion, so has the music become more succinct and focused. … read more

Localized: Jazz Jags

Localized: Jazz Jags
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Jazz Jags are mostly interested in discussing their ideas and hopes concerning the local music scene and their commitment to support the underground. … read more

Moles La Gran Fiesta: CLC Craft Food

Moles La Gran Fiesta: CLC Craft Food
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Six generations of secret family mole recipes from Moles La Gran Fiesta are a reason to visit this year’s Craft Lake City DIY Festival. … read more

Mean Mugs Pottery: CLC Artisan

Mean Mugs Pottery: CLC Artisan
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Much more than just a drinking vessel, each Mean Mugs Pottery mug is handmade with recycled materials from start to finish. … read more

Studio Ramiii: CLC Artisan

Studio Ramiii: CLC Artisan
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Beginning in January of this year Studio Ramiii has been taking our earlobes by storm with their handcrafted, carefully curated, polymer-clay earrings. … read more

Utah Student Robotics: CLC DIY Engineer

Utah Student Robotics: CLC DIY Engineer
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Simply put, Utah Student Robotics team is a group of students who build mining bots to be sent to Mars and the moon, led by David Purcell. … read more

Goodies and Co.: CLC Vintage Vendor

Goodies and Co.: CLC Vintage Vendor
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As far as vintage clothes go, Goodies and Co., co-owned by Sara and Dane Goodwin, loves to focus on fun ’80s prints and textiles. … read more

The Hive Mind Apiary: CLC Craft Food

The Hive Mind Apiary: CLC Craft Food
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The Hive Mind Apiary owner Christopher Nelson has always wanted to find new ways to eliminate food waste, which damages the ecosystem. … read more

Haylee Morice: CLC Artisan

Haylee Morice: CLC Artisan
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Artist Haylee Morice has refined her strengths for digital, watercolor, colored-pencil, oil-paint and surrealist still-life images. … read more

Momentum Recycling: CLC DIY Engineer

Momentum Recycling: CLC DIY Engineer
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Momentum Recycling’s initial glass-haul mission has since become a state-of-the-art glass-recycling warehouse with a handful of municipal contracts. … read more

Jazzy Olivo: CLC Performer

Jazzy Olivo: CLC Performer
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“Music was my first language. Singing was my accent,” says the vocal artist Jazzy Olivo in reference to her lack of memory of a life before music. … read more

Green Lion Eclectic: CLC Vintage Vendors

Green Lion Eclectic: CLC Vintage Vendors
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Alex Gibson and Bruno Silva from Green Lion Eclectic are working on some surprising, experimental things with vintage textiles as well as resell items. … read more

Breakfast in Silence: CLC Performer

Breakfast in Silence: CLC Performer
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As is apparent on Breakfast in Silence’s debut, the stripped-back indie and emo arrangements highlight Ashleigh Bassett’s expressive, full-bodied voice. … read more

The Saxophone Centenarian: Joe McQueen

The Saxophone Centenarian: Joe McQueen
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While being 100 years old and in good health is a feat in itself, Joe McQueen’s legacy is all about his impressive prowess as a musician. … read more

Etsuko Kato: Preserving Culture and Memory through Photo

Etsuko Kato: Preserving Culture and Memory through Photo
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Etsuko Kato developed her current photographic practice through the determination to learn more about her culture and to preserve the memories of her family. … read more

Art as Wellness: UMOCA’s See Me Exhibit

Art as Wellness: UMOCA’s See Me Exhibit
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See Me is the latest exhibit residing in UMOCA’s “Ed Space” that challenges our perception of the role of art in daily life. … read more

Ring In The Weekend Right With A Saturday Cycles Overnight Bike Trip

Ring In The Weekend Right With A Saturday Cycles Overnight...
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Saturday Cycles is making that close access to the mountains more attainable to those with busy schedules or those who have never done a trip like this. … read more

Localized: Earthworm and Clësh

Localized: Earthworm and Clësh
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Listening to their new, self-titled release, it’s easy to hear Earthworm & Clësh’s modern hip-hop influences. … read more

Cerveza Zólupez Beer Company

Cerveza Zólupez Beer Company
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Javier Chávez Jr. is a Wasatch Front native who opened Utah’s smallest brewery in 2018, and he offers his unique approach at Cerveza Zólupez Beer Company in Ogden. … read more

FICE Gallery Art Shows

FICE Gallery Art Shows
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Every month, FICE hosts an art show that changes the space into one that the featured artist envisions. This month, FICE hosts local artist February Filth. … read more

Paint the Town: Murals Adorn Granary District and South Salt Lake

Paint the Town: Murals Adorn Granary District and South Salt...
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Derek Dyer’s and Renya’s Nelson’s goal is to make Salt Lake City an international urban-art destination by featuring artists on a local and a national scale. … read more

Gathering Music: The Library’s Process of Preserving Local Histories

Gathering Music: The Library’s Process of Preserving Local Histories
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The SLUG local music archive, along with the Downtown library’s own collection of local music, is now available to the public via the Main Library. … read more

Giving Salt Lake’s Youth a Voice: Spy Hop’s Film Program

Giving Salt Lake’s Youth a Voice: Spy Hop’s Film Program
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Salt Lake City’s Spy Hop is a nonprofit organization based around after school programs that promote high school students finding their voices. Whether it’s through video game design, music/audio or film, there’s something available for every student. … read more

Mike Brown: Estate Sale!

Mike Brown: Estate Sale!
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I’ll be hitting up more of these estate sales in the future on my quest of having the ultimate Jazz shrine and some cat collectibles along the way. So if you see me there, keep your hands off the cat pillows—I call dibs. … read more

Heavy Lifting: Works by Molly Morin

Heavy Lifting: Works by Molly Morin
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Molly Morin’s works are grounded in the sport and spirit of weightlifting but suspended in the relevance of humans maneuvering through their internalized circuitry. … read more

Moving Past Metaphor: LITerally Podcast

Moving Past Metaphor: LITerally Podcast
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In the years since LITerally’s first episode, Johnstun’s goal of breaching the isolating nature of literature publication has blossomed in unprecedented ways. … read more

A Priest, a Minister and a Rabbi Walk Into a Bar: Congregation Spirits

A Priest, a Minister and a Rabbi Walk Into a...
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In the fall of next year, Congregation Spirits will open their doors, and the Euclid, Rose Park, Fairpark and other local neighborhoods will be welcome to come together to take part of the service. Neves says, “It is a beverage-production campus … We are building an urban winery and brewery with extra equipment on it.” … read more

Mike Brown: Barroom Etiquette!

Mike Brown: Barroom Etiquette!
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For this month’s installment of another booze-themed issue of SLUG Magazine, I thought I’d write a little bit about barroom etiquette, but not from a bartender’s perspective. … read more

Jill Went Up the Hill to Draw Nature

Jill Went Up the Hill to Draw Nature
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Jill De Haan continues to notice new things about herself, the world and how to keep up in an industry where “social media has changed everything,” she says. “Back in the day, something would stay in style for 10 years. Now, it’s close to a month, so you to have to evolve quickly these days.” … read more

Tangible Art: Hint Creative

Tangible Art: Hint Creative
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A self-described “boutique agency,” local design firm Hint Creative thrives in small, personal environments. When I go to speak with them, I speak to Hint’s two Art Directors, Analisa Estrada and Cinthya Lopez, as well as the founder and Creative Director Christian Hansen. … read more

The Art of the Side Hustle with Two Adobe Designers: Kassie Scribner

The Art of the Side Hustle with Two Adobe Designers:...
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As a child, Kassie Scribner learned embroidery from her grandmother, a hobby she eventually returned to as an adult. For Scribner, her work at Adobe is a striking contrast from the simplicity of embroidery, but it’s a difference she embraces. … read more

The Future is Hydroponic: Debbie Strong of Strong Vertical Gardens

The Future is Hydroponic: Debbie Strong of Strong Vertical Gardens
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It’s an impressively efficient system that Debbie Strong, manager and visionary behind Strong Vertical Gardens, came up with, through much experimentation and trial and error in the five years she has grown her business. … read more

Mike Brown: Tomatoes!

Mike Brown: Tomatoes!
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I, myself, have an affinity for tomatoes. I have hosted two Mike Brown Fests at Urban Lounge where I sold tomatoes at the door that people could throw at my band, The Fucktards, while we played. … read more

Rose Line Pottery: CLC Artisan

Rose Line Pottery: CLC Artisan
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Travis Sudweeks (roselinepottery.com) started creating pottery when he signed up for ceramics class as a high-school freshman. He hasn’t stopped since. … read more

DeelanZ: CLC Performer

DeelanZ: CLC Performer
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In November 2013, Dylan Lewman (soundcloud.com/deelanZ) found himself in an enveloping darkness, being medically induced into a month-long coma. … read more

Bushwhack Outdoor Company: CLC DIY Engineer

Bushwhack Outdoor Company: CLC DIY Engineer
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Every ounce counts on a long backpacking trip. Toting along something to sit on is a luxury that most avid backpackers aren’t willing to afford themselves. … read more

Andrea Burggraf: CLC Performer

Andrea Burggraf: CLC Performer
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Andrea Burggraf is Utah’s nomadic child, having lived the folkloric life traveling the world and discovering her troubadour soul. … read more

Mike Murdock: CLC Artisan

Mike Murdock: CLC Artisan
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Expect bedraggled teeth, walking eyeballs, dancing skulls and other fun and fantastical oddities from the depths of Mike Murdock’s (ultrasnazzy.bigcartel.com) brain. … read more

Dewdrop Herbal Tea Co.: CLC Food

Dewdrop Herbal Tea Co.: CLC Food
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Local performers, artisans, DIY engineers, chefs and crafty innovators come together for the 10th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival at the Gallivan Center. This-three day weekend, Aug. 10–12, will encapsulate the craftsmanship that our city cultivates while celebrating Utah’s movers and shakers. Spread across the breadth of these pages are peeks into some of

The Thrill of a Thrift: CLC Vintage Vendor

The Thrill of a Thrift: CLC Vintage Vendor
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The Thrill of a Thrift bridged the generation gap between mother and daughter. Shivani Lindmeir and her mother, Miss Nancy, found common ground on the speckled floors of thrift stores. … read more

House of Tenebris: CLC Artisan

House of Tenebris: CLC Artisan
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Adrian and Rachel Prazen’s relationship and craftsmanship were forged from dark and intricate places. After coming in and out of the tempering fire, they channeled their struggles and strengths into a thriving jewelry business. … read more

Sharlie’s Treats: CLC Craft Food

Sharlie’s Treats: CLC Craft Food
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For the emerging apprentice chef, the time right out of culinary school becomes one in which to immerse yourself into the world of restaurants, finding your passions and absorbing all of the knowledge that the chefs working above you in the kitchen will bestow. … read more

Binary: CLC DIY Engineer

Binary: CLC DIY Engineer
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Binary (binaryslc.com) is a 3D-printing company that is currently exploring robotic-fabrication techniques in the field of additive manufacturing. What they have to offer applies to the architectural and design markets, which Binary is in itself. … read more

Gold Ridge Design: CLC Vintage Vendor

Gold Ridge Design: CLC Vintage Vendor
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Through innovation and hard work, Will Simmons of Gold Ridge Design can upholster any item—from modernized couches to transformed, ’60s-diner RV interiors. … read more

Tattooing Now and Then: Apprenticeships, Digital Media and Craftsmanship in a Fast-Moving World

Tattooing Now and Then: Apprenticeships, Digital Media and Craftsmanship in...
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The art of tattooing has seen a shift in the past two decades. With reality shows and a cultural change, getting inked no longer principally attracts bikers or members of countercultures, but a large swath of diverse consumers. … read more

Localized: Magda-Vega

Localized: Magda-Vega
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Heavy, hyperaggressive rock n’ roll is the essence of Salt Lake–based Magda-Vega’s sound. Since 2013, ex–Wild Ones members guitarist Bill Frost and vocalist Robin Brown, with the help of guitarist-turned-bassist Angela Mize and drummer Mike Walton, have created a sound that is both infectious and substantial. … read more

Localized: Hoofless

Localized: Hoofless
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From the start, this idea that music is just as much about human relationships as it is about the music has dominated Hoofless’ approach. … read more

Shifting Gears: SLC Bike Collective’s Women, Trans, Femme Program

Shifting Gears: SLC Bike Collective’s Women, Trans, Femme Program
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WTF is the SLCBC’s weekly women-, trans- and femme-affirmative offering. Every Wednesday, the shop closes to regular business and opens to anyone who identifies on the WTF spectrum, with a loving yet firm reminder to cis-male-identified patrons to please make space for these oft underrepresented customers. … read more

Youth Education  at  SLC Bicycle Collective: Build Bikes, Build Community

Youth Education at SLC Bicycle Collective: Build Bikes, Build Community
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SLC Bicycle Collective works with schools around the valley, the Boys & Girls Club and even juvenile offenders and troubled young people. It provides youth with structure, “a sense of building community and the chance to meet different types of people they may not otherwise meet,” Coil-Pittman says. … read more

Mike Brown: On the Jazz Beat with Tony Jones!

Mike Brown: On the Jazz Beat with Tony Jones!
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This month, I was fortunate enough to interview The Salt Lake Tribune’s beat writer for the Utah Jazz, the great Tony Jones. … read more

Sagittarius, Saturn Return and SLUG Magazine: Astrology with Christopher Renstrom

Sagittarius, Saturn Return and SLUG Magazine: Astrology with Christopher Renstrom
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The chart laid out in front of him is for the date Dec. 1, 1988, at 7 p.m., and the birthplace is listed as Salt Lake City. However, this particular star chart is not made out for a person. Rather, it is the chart marking SLUG Magazine’s “birth”—the first issue “hitting the streets” at Speedway Cafe at the tail end of 1988. … read more

Localized: Nate Holland

Localized: Nate Holland
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Nate Holland has been a staple of SLC’s electronic scene since the glory days of our beloved W Lounge. Since then, he has continued mastering his craft. Over the past year, you could find Holland at local favorites Tinwell Bar, Urban Lounge and Club Elevate, or making a tent of festival-goers trip out at Lunar Transit. … read more

Finding a Home: Art Makes an Impact at the Rio Gallery

Finding a Home: Art Makes an Impact at the Rio...
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The brainchild of local professional artist and curator Clinton Whiting, Art In The Home is a meditation on the powerful impact that owning original works can sustain for families who might not otherwise access them. … read more

Paisley Rekdal: Mapping Literary Utah

Paisley Rekdal: Mapping Literary Utah
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Paisley Rekdal, creator of Mapping SLC and Utah’s current Poet Laureate, is in many ways a gatekeeper between literature and gripping relics of time. … read more

RJ Walker: Helping the Youth Find Their Voice

RJ Walker: Helping the Youth Find Their Voice
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RJ Walker says that bringing slam poets to schools helps to actively engage kids’ interests—especially when introducing street-level poets, whom they can identify with. … read more

An Open Letter in a Flat Magazine to Flat-Earthers

An Open Letter in a Flat Magazine to Flat-Earthers
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Dear flat-earthers, I appreciate a good conspiracy. Rarely do I actually believe a conspiracy, but I do love hearing about alternative reasons to weird shit. … read more

Dumpster Dive: Salt Lake Cinema Trash Night Keeps It Classick

Dumpster Dive: Salt Lake Cinema Trash Night Keeps It Classick
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For one year straight, Grossl has commandeered the first Wednesday of the month for Cinema Trash Night, his big-screen love letter to films that are so terrible that they’re actually brilliant. … read more

Salt Lake Story Tours: I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost

Salt Lake Story Tours: I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost
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Utah Ghost Tours provide bus tours and walking tours to some of the most haunted spots and graveyards in SLC and Ogden. I opted for the Whiskey Street tour. … read more

Jeff Carlisle: Crafting the Macabre

Jeff Carlisle: Crafting the Macabre
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Local creature of the night and goth-scene veteran Jeff Carlisle is an expert when it comes to materializing the things that go “bump” in the night. … read more

Cultivating Resilience: Wasatch Community Garden’s GREEN TEAM Farm

Cultivating Resilience: Wasatch Community Garden’s GREEN TEAM Farm
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The mission of the GREEN TEAM was threefold: to support permanent housing and work for homeless women, to provide produce to Head Start—a program to give quality food to local schools—and to cultivate a shared community space that would thrive in an oft ignored area of the city. … read more

trashpaca: CLC Vintage Vendor

trashpaca: CLC Vintage Vendor
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A self-proclaimed trashy romantic, Abraham von Waffles describes his vintage finds this way: “My aesthetic is somewhere between Coraline, Miyazaki and Wes Anderson, with a heavy helping of Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite). … read more

Ellita: CLC Artisan

Ellita: CLC Artisan
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A self-taught illustrator, Mendoza brings their work to life with bold strokes and bright color. “The themes of my work are liberation and representation,” they say. “I want to make the art that I wish I had growing up.” … read more

Ashikat Kitchen: CLC Craft Food

Ashikat Kitchen: CLC Craft Food
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Middle Eastern pastries and desserts are of a different breed than the beloved sugar bombs that Western diners have come to enjoy—texture often takes precedent over sweetness. Hassan’s menu is based on bringing both worlds together to create something original. … read more

Softwire Synthesis: CLC DIY Engineer

Softwire Synthesis: CLC DIY Engineer
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Given the complicated appearance and high cost of modular synthesizers, many people who are interested in synths have to fantasize or sit in confusion in front of the knobs, wires and switches. Iden’s DIY Fest booth aims to subvert these barriers, offering demonstrations and trials of some of his synthesizers, giving curious minds some informed guidance. … read more

Hoofless: CLC Performer

Hoofless: CLC Performer
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The intimacy of acoustic instruments, Jean’s arresting vocals and the almost sacred quality of Hoofless’ music allow audiences to become enveloped in the sound and performance rather than merely to observe casually. … read more

Neuer Geist: CLC Artisan

Neuer Geist: CLC Artisan
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Brighton and Derek Ballard both bring their artistic abilities to the table and join creative forces to create pieces like prints and patches, as well as menus and other graphic design gems, tailored for local businesses. … read more

Argentina’s Best Empanadas: CLC Craft Food

Argentina’s Best Empanadas: CLC Craft Food
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Based off of a little bit of encouragement, Valdemoros founded Argentina’s Best Empanadas, a cozy little spot just off 200 East in downtown Salt Lake—which just so happens to be celebrating its first anniversary this year. … read more

Laura Frisk Art: CLC Artisan

Laura Frisk Art: CLC Artisan
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By depicting sweet creatures, whether it’s a fox, dragon or even a smiling ginger root, there’s certainly something anyone can connect with in Frisk’s shop. … read more

Copperhive Vintage: CLC Vintage Vendor

Copperhive Vintage: CLC Vintage Vendor
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Jacqueline describes their aesthetic as “a kind of romance between mid-century, kitsch and oddities.” Copperhive got its start organically: When the Whitmores found that their personal collection was growing too large to contain. … read more

Rest 30 Records Video Game Division: CLC DIY Engineers

Rest 30 Records Video Game Division: CLC DIY Engineers
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As one of the members of Joshua Payne Orchestra, David wanted to recreate the experience of playing with the band through Salt Lake’s forgotten places. … read more

Intra-Venus & the Cosmonauts: CLC Performers

Intra-Venus & the Cosmonauts: CLC Performers
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Intra-Venus & the Cosmonauts twist together their influences to create quite the unique concoction of new wave and early, game-changing punk. … read more

Jef Doogie: CLC Performer

Jef Doogie: CLC Performer
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Jef Doogie is excited to be sharing the passion he has for his chosen trade and equally excited to witness that same passion exude from everyone else who will be participating. “Not only do I get the chance to share my craft, [but] it also gives me the opportunity to connect with and observe other folks doing what they love,” he says. … read more

Lillie Jayne: CLC Artisan

Lillie Jayne: CLC Artisan
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Lillie Jayne began on March 14, 2017, and features colorful, quirky embroidered designs such as cactuses, hang loose signs and even a balloon animal dog. … read more

Man of the Museum: Tim Lee of the Natural History Museum of Utah

Man of the Museum: Tim Lee of the Natural History...
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Exhibits Manager & Senior Exhibit Designer Tim Lee has been designing exhibits for NHMU for 14 years, in what Lee refers to as “storytelling through space.” Lee says, “I try to make the objects the stars and the stories at the center of every experience.” … read more

Mike Brown: Beer, Barons and Bike Culture

Mike Brown: Beer, Barons and Bike Culture
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Overall, Teach, Chad and Dirt Bag all said that they are stoked on motorcycle culture in Salt Lake. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do—just get out there and ride. For them, that’s what its all about: the journey, not the destination. … read more

From Dregs to Richness: Pat Winslow on Spontaneous Fermentation and the Rise of Sour Beer

From Dregs to Richness: Pat Winslow on Spontaneous Fermentation and...
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Spontaneous brewing has realized a resurgence. Competitive brewer Pat Winslow has arisen with his own takes on a classic style. “I have a huge imagination and passion for trying new things,” says Pat Winslow. “Failure is not an obstacle, but an opportunity to expand my ability to grow and think critically.”
… read more

From Dregs to Richness: Rob Rutledge on Spontaneous Fermentation and the Rise of Sour Beer

From Dregs to Richness: Rob Rutledge on Spontaneous Fermentation and...
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Spontaneous brewing has realized a resurgence. Competitive brewer Rob Rutledge—who is doing a Pro-Am collaboration with Uinta—has arisen with his own takes on a classic style. … read more

Mike Brown: Never Fear, the Near–Beer is Here

Mike Brown: Never Fear, the Near–Beer is Here
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This year, while spitballing ideas for a beer column, I realized that there was one thing that I’ve actually never done with regard to beer, and that is drink a nonalcoholic one. I thought that it would be helpful to review some sans-fun suds for the Beer Issue. I don’t quite know whom this helps, because the first thing I realized is that I know absolutely no one that drinks this shit. … read more

The Best Job in the World: Jace Burbidge & Bike Utah Bring Bike Safety to Local Schools

The Best Job in the World: Jace Burbidge & Bike...
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Even though juvenile biking is suffering a decline, organizations like Bike Utah are ramping up to help local kids reconnect with the bicycles that might be buried in their garages. … read more

Broad Fork Bags

Broad Fork Bags
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Josh and Jacquelyn Van Jura have been the driving force behind their company, Broad Fork Bags, which has brought functionality and community to the bikepacking scene in Salt Lake City and Utah. … read more

GREENbike for Clean Air: SLC’s Bike-share Program

GREENbike for Clean Air: SLC’s Bike-share Program
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GREENbike provides bicycles parked at stations located around the city that can be rented, ridden to another station and dropped off. … read more

Combing Through Layers of the Bizarre: Swoody Records’ Davin Abegg

Combing Through Layers of the Bizarre: Swoody Records’ Davin Abegg
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Davin Abegg, founder of Swoody Records, seems to intentionally keep the labels purposes enigmatic, enjoying the feeling of haziness and discover that makes Swoody’s music. … read more

Localized: Scary Uncle Steve

Localized: Scary Uncle Steve
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Scary Uncle Steve are a band that exists on its own plane, not just in sound, but in personality. What they’ve created is straightforward punk rock—with an accordion wound up in the mix. Check them out at SLUG Localized, Mar. 16 at Urban Lounge. … read more

Localized: Wicked Bears

Localized: Wicked Bears
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Wicked Bears have mustered up a sound all their own, drawing inspiration from new-school pop punk greats like Direct Hit! and The Menzingers as well as ’90s classics like Green Day and Blink-182. With one EP locked in the catalog, Wicked Bears will continue on with new material well into 2017. Check out their music Mar. 16 at Urban Lounge for SLUG Localized. … read more

Huge: The Benefit Art Show for Comunidades Unidas

Huge: The Benefit Art Show for Comunidades Unidas
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The Huge Benefit Art Show will be held on Feb. 11 at the Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts to raise awareness and funds for Comunidades Unidas. … read more

Gallery Stroll: A Long and Winding Stroll

Gallery Stroll: A Long and Winding Stroll
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It has been an honor to write this article for 16 years, but it is time for me to step back and open up space for the next generation of art enthusiasts to share their perspectives on this vibrant art scene. … read more

Coffee Garden: Defining 9th & 9th

Coffee Garden: Defining 9th & 9th
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Open in the spring of 1993, Coffee Garden has long been the staple of 9th and 9th along Harvey Milk Boulevard and continues to grow, keeping a loyal customer base and partnering with local coffee companies. … read more

Experience, Explore, Engage: Waterpocket Distillery

Experience, Explore, Engage: Waterpocket Distillery
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There’s a new distillery coming to Utah, and when it hits, you’ll be left with a craving to get out and explore. Waterpocket Distillery opens in West Valley City at the beginning of next year with a palate of new flavors and a bit of an adventurous side. … read more

Goth Prom: A Retro Escape Before the Holidays

Goth Prom: A Retro Escape Before the Holidays
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It is time to dust off that tuxedo, break out those cummerbunds, stretch out those fishnets and apply some heavy eyeliner. This may seem like an odd combination—however, come Nov. 19, it will be prom time. That’s right: Area 51 will be hosting their first Goth Prom. I am as excited as I am intrigued.

Willy Nevins: Behind the Buds

Willy Nevins: Behind the Buds
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Willy Nevins has quite the creative mind. From the photos he takes to the zines he makes, he does it all with an artistic approach and a unique touch. Having long moved on from his past hit, Sofa King, Nevins released the first issue of his newest venture, Street Buds, on July 1. Created with the helping

Devils Among Us: The Satanic Temple in the Beehive State

Devils Among Us: The Satanic Temple in the Beehive State
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The Satanic Temple is a non-theistic, non-supernatural religious organization founded by Lucien Greaves and Malcolm Jarry. TST focuses its principals on the literary Satan, who is a character that exudes self-worth, wisdom and an inalienable sense of justice. Learn more about the Utah Chapter of The Satanic Temple here.
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No Gas for Green Goods: Try Walking to Urban Greens Market

No Gas for Green Goods: Try Walking to Urban Greens...
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With the support of a USDA grant, SLCgreen has teamed up with The Green Urban Lunch Box, Utahns Against Hunger and Salt Lake Community Action Program’s Real Food Rising to establish Urban Greens Market, five pop-up markets that provide fresh and local produce within walking distance to community members. … read more

Joshy Soul and the Cool: Craft Lake City Performer

Joshy Soul and the Cool: Craft Lake City Performer
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Even on a hot day in late June, Joshy Soul sticks to his vintage aesthetic with a suit and a hat, his mustache neatly curled at the ends. It’s this throwback style that sets Joshy Soul and the Cool apart in the local music scene. … read more

Michele Medina’s Chamber Musicians: Craft Lake City Performer

Michele Medina’s Chamber Musicians: Craft Lake City Performer
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Contemporary classical music is an oft neglected genre with few empowering or practicing opportunities for individuals who are not students or professionals. Local violinist Michele Medina has been challenging that notion, creating spaces for chamber musicians to learn music and perform together. … read more

Will Baxter Band: Craft Lake City Performer

Will Baxter Band: Craft Lake City Performer
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A unique blend of jazz, blues and soul, the Will Baxter Band is a group that can be seen regularly around the Salt Lake City area, improving and grooving wherever they go. The sound is effortlessly soulful with hints of New Orleans jazz with trumpet and a little bit of funky organ and bass. … read more

Aimee’s Home Cookin’: Craft Lake City Craft Food

Aimee’s Home Cookin’: Craft Lake City Craft Food
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Growing up in a Vermont country inn, Aimee Toner spent a lot of time in the kitchen. After stepping up to help when her mother got sick when she was 15, Toner developed skills and a passion for cooking. … read more

City Grounds: Craft Lake City Craft Food

City Grounds: Craft Lake City Craft Food
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Patrolling Liberty Park, festivals, food truck rallies and late nights after the bars close, City Grounds pedal their brew from a custom-made tricycle fitted with a nitrogen tank and refrigerated cooler. … read more

FUZE: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer

FUZE: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer
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When Kristy Sevy’s eldest daughter took an interest in all things STEM, Sevy tried to find learning products that would enable her to engage her daughter in the subjects she loves. Sevy and her brother, Kyle Muir, decided that they would do something about this lack of approachable electronics education platforms for children. … read more

Spirited Practice: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer

Spirited Practice: Craft Lake City DIY Engineer
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Jacqueline Morasco will concoct products for the home out of ingredients you’ll recognize. Everyday items such as vinegar, fruits, flowers, herbs, beeswax and baking soda become bathroom cleaner, goo be gone, salt scrub, lip balm and more. … read more

Annika Quinn Jewelry: Craft Lake City Artisan

Annika Quinn Jewelry: Craft Lake City Artisan
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“I’ve always used jewelry as armor,” says metalsmith and jewelry maker Annika Quinn Nelson DiMeo. Armor indeed: Her commanding signature pieces, mostly made of copper, brass or silver, traverse minimal geometries and silhouettes while toying with dimension. From loud knuckle rings and sheath-like wrist cuffs to sleek earrings and necklaces, every one of DiMeo’s pieces emanates power. … read more

LOCS: Craft Lake City Artisan

LOCS: Craft Lake City Artisan
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LOCS iHorns4U@gmail.com Frank Falk is a litigation consultant, married to his high school sweetheart, a father of seven and a grandfather of four. He’s also an avid historian and storyteller, an antique-collecting artisan and a handy audio specialist—all trades that manifest through his iHorns. Now in their fourth year, these iHorns have come a long

Root + Rise Botanicals: Craft Lake City Artisan

Root + Rise Botanicals: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Made from natural ingredients sourced from her local community garden, sustainable wildcrafting and Mountain Rose Herbs, Amy Menzel’s lovingly crafted Root + Rise Botanicals creations will revitalize your body, mind and spirit. … read more

Silver Still Image: Craft Lake City Artisan

Silver Still Image: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Silver Still Image silverstillimage.com  The 19th century tintype photograph has evolved into a modern art form, one that ceaselessly captivates Silver Still Image’s Sylvia Weston. After studying at Utah State University, Weston moved to New York City and worked as a photographer’s assistant and at the Penumbra Foundation. When she took a tintype workshop from

Book Runners: Craft Lake City Vintage Vendor

Book Runners: Craft Lake City Vintage Vendor
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In Stephanie and Nathan Briscoe’s cozy home are clutter-free tables with rows of books stacked 10 deep by 10 high, bookshelves in every room and a basement with thousands of books simply waiting to be read or sold. … read more

Loom + Kiln: Craft Lake City Vintage Vendor

Loom + Kiln: Craft Lake City Vintage Vendor
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Started in 2015, Loom + Kiln is the brainchild of the whimsical, bohemian and aesthetically minded Hannah Leonard. Attending BYU for her undergrad, Leonard worked mainly in painting, until, while later attending Portland Community College, she discovered a hidden talent and love for curating. … read more

Localized: MiNX

Localized: MiNX
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March Localized features an orgy of electric sound on March 15 at 9 p.m. The sultry, blues-rock sounds of Merchant Royal will massage things into action before we get a little horny (that’s a trumpet joke) with energetic, brass-infused ska-punkers Bombshell Academy. Once we’re hot and bothered, MiNX will hit the stage for an audio-visual

KiiTOS BREWING: A Different Kind of Green Beer

KiiTOS BREWING: A Different Kind of Green Beer
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The Kiitos Brewing Company (pronounced ‘ki:tos) hopes that this concept of Earth-friendly brewing will pay off, not only for our planet, but also for the palates of Utah’s beer lovers. … read more

Being Mañanero and the Gift of Rising Early: An Interview with Douglass “Chopper” Styer

Being Mañanero and the Gift of Rising Early: An Interview...
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Mañanero started in 2002 as a one-man project. The name was generated by coworkers as a joke. The literal meaning of “early riser” and the slang translation stuck with Chopper, so he put the name to use. … read more

Hope is a Well-Oiled Bike Chain: The Utah Bicycle Collective Connects with Incarcerated Youth

Hope is a Well-Oiled Bike Chain: The Utah Bicycle Collective...
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For those interested in helping to keep this program afloat, both the Bicycle Collective and the Utah Department of Juvenile Justice (who implement the day-to-day activities of Youth in Custody) offer volunteer opportunities. Also, keep the Bicycle Collective in mind if you’re looking to buy a bike or donate an old one. … read more

Spreading Pollen: Les Beehive Boys At Worlds

Spreading Pollen: Les Beehive Boys At Worlds
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Deep in the honey pot of Salt Lake Valley street culture swarms Beehive Bike Polo, a cohesive community and mainstay of the Downtown bike scene. Three of its fiercest competitors, Jimmy Araneda, David Barthod and Gabe Mejia, make up the team Les Beehive Boys. … read more

Luxury Sky District: Combining Digital And Analog One Tape At A Time

Luxury Sky District: Combining Digital And Analog One Tape At...
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We have entered an era where music has become almost completely virtual: growing, blooming and dying solely online. However, for Jack Murphey and Eric Delgado of Luxury Sky District, the art of the cassette tape is not dead, but something that should be celebrated. … read more

27 Club Performer: Klaus

27 Club Performer: Klaus
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My best friend’s parents were a couple of hippies and were always playing music in their home. Janis was someone I frequently heard playing while I spent time there. The power and grief in her voice continues to be a source of inspiration. … read more

27 Club Performer: Luna Slipstream

27 Club Performer: Luna Slipstream
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Jim Morrison was a bad boy in tight leather pants. He WAS shock value. He set the bar higher for all rock stars. … read more

27 Club Performer: Aaron Ray aka Sissy Riot

27 Club Performer: Aaron Ray aka Sissy Riot
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The first time that Nirvana resonated with me would have been some time in middle school when I was reading a back issue of Guitar World magazine of my oldest brothers. The person interviewing Kurt Cobain was hassling him a little about the couple of times he had worn dresses on and off stage, Kurt was having none of that and simply said “I’m not gay, but I wish I were gay, so I could tell all the homophobes to go to hell.” … read more

27 Club Performer: Scotty Ray

27 Club Performer: Scotty Ray
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Amy wasn’t a typical beauty … Messy beehive hair, smeary cat eye eyeliner, imperfect teeth and a sailor mouth accompany the voice you’d easily mistake for a Billie Holiday–era hit. Everything was such an enigma about her in the beginning and that honesty was incredibly charming. … read more

27 Club Performer: Loke

27 Club Performer: Loke
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I find it interesting that so many iconic artists are so powerful onstage and then off stage, shy and semi insecure. I love that some people communicate better through an instrument or paint, or whatever medium. I think that in regards to Jimi, this aspect made him so humble. … read more

27 Club Performer: Lindsay Heath

27 Club Performer: Lindsay Heath
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It was 1991, and I was 10 years old. I so vividly recall one night head-banging while balancing on my skateboard, facing the television in the middle of my childhood living room as I pretended to be Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl simultaneously, singing and air-drumming along with “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” hoping to impress my babysitter. … read more

Alta Radio: Alta is for Radio

Alta Radio: Alta is for Radio
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Starting in the spring of 2013 with a series of grants from Alta Community Enrichment (ACE)—a nonprofit art, cultural and educational organization—Brownlie began researching the intricacies of terrestrial and Internet-based radio. Filling volumes of notebooks with his findings occupied his free time, and it finally became apparent that the enormous task of building a radio station from scratch could be possible. … read more

What’s Doin’ at The RUIN

What’s Doin’ at The RUIN
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Just outside the hubbub of the recently bustling granite district of Sugar House is a bar that doesn’t care how fast you can chug a beer. … read more

A Touch of Class: Blackhouse Vapor Company Arrives on the Scene

A Touch of Class: Blackhouse Vapor Company Arrives on the...
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Blackhouse Vapor Company opened in Sugar House about three months ago, right around the corner from Trolley Wing Co. Owners Holly and Mike Berry were inspired to create a different kind of vapor store, envisioning a business that would be “not a vape shop,” says Mike, like so many others, “but a vapor-lifestyle shop.” … read more

Soho Food Park: Get the Truck Over Here

Soho Food Park: Get the Truck Over Here
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Part of a food truck’s appeal is hopping on Twitter to see where and when your favorite mobile food purveyors are going to be doing business, and then undergoing an epic pilgrimage to show your support. Now that Utah is entering a new level of food truck street cred, it’s time to start accommodating Utah’s wheeled meal-dealers. … read more

Outlaw Distillery: Blazing a New Trail

Outlaw Distillery: Blazing a New Trail
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In the spirit of the Southwest and its rich desperado history, Outlaw has used their name to allude to one of Utah’s most interesting and mischievous stories. … read more

Brandy Is The Buzz At The Hive Winery

Brandy Is The Buzz At The Hive Winery
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Located in Layton, The Hive Winery prides itself on making small batch fruit wines, mead and hard apple ciders using local fruit and honey. … read more

Familia: An Interview with Ella Mendoza

Familia: An Interview with Ella Mendoza
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In the past couple of years, Utah has incubated many fantastic local organizations that help Utah residents in various ways, but few are quite as badass as Utah’s Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement. … read more

Eat Local Week: Put Some Utah In Your Mouth

Eat Local Week: Put Some Utah In Your Mouth
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Rising from an epic union among several of Utah’s most influential food and educational organizations, Eat Local Week promises to impress the most hardcore of picklers to the most timid of shoppers. Taking place from Sept. 12 to 19 at various venues across Salt Lake City, Eat Local Week is dedicated to showcasing our local

Desert Rose: Craft Lake City Artisan

Desert Rose: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Desert Rose Jewelry desertroseshop.com Malinda Fisher’s favorite piece of jewelry that she’s ever made is also her very first metal work—a bold bracelet of hammered wire that wraps around her forearm. Fisher made the piece when she enrolled in a metal-smithing class in an effort to teach herself how to work with the raw material.

Impartworks: Craft Lake City Artisan

Impartworks: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Impartworks impartworks.com Two years ago, Sacha Mercier took an unprecedented leap of faith into the world of functional design and community-centric craftsmanship. He thought of a name—Impartworks—and set his driveway up with a workbench, saw and drill. Using reclaimed wood—because free, recycled materials were initially his only option—Mercier built his first piece: a charming wall-mount

Little Teeth Marks: Craft Lake City Artisan

Little Teeth Marks: Craft Lake City Artisan
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Little Teeth Marks etsy.com/shop/LittleTeethMarks Stacie Van Arsdale has created art—and stories—since elementary school. “I would bring materials from home and make these little pompom people,” she says. “I’d build a house for their sitcom lives.” Since then, the Davis County–based Van Arsdale has taken her wild imagination to run her Etsy shop, Little Teeth Marks,

Bitters Lab: Craft Lake City Craft Food

Bitters Lab: Craft Lake City Craft Food
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Bitters Lab bitterslab.com Most people with a hobby like gardening or record collecting are usually content to keep their hobby as something fun and relaxing to do on the weekend. Most people probably don’t let their hobby take over an entire room of their house and eventually start a business with it. Andrea Latimer and

Queen Farina: Craft Lake City Craft Food

Queen Farina: Craft Lake City Craft Food
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Queen Farina queenfarina.com Queen Farina, purveyors of raw honey and honey-based products, began as a scheme to keep Aubrey Johnson’s kids busy. “My sister called me up one day and said that she was trying to think of something to get her kids involved with to teach them the value of work,” says Gina Nielson,

Parchment and Pallet: CLC Vintage Vendor

Parchment and Pallet: CLC Vintage Vendor
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Parchment and Pallet etsy.com/shop/ParchmentAndPallet “Be still, my heart,” I thought as I saw Jacqueline and Logan Whitmore bustling around their baby blue, 1950s Shasta trailer, making sure each item was nestled just right. Parchment and Pallet collect classic American retro items, mostly from the ’40s to the ’70s. You could find all sorts of gems

Salt Valley Vintage: CLC Vintage Vendor

Salt Valley Vintage: CLC Vintage Vendor
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  Salt Valley Vintage etsy.com/shop/SaltValleyVintage Stepping into Jane Stringham’s apartment—which doubles as her work space—is like stepping into an episode of Mad Men. She has an eye for aesthetics that are clean, effortless and simultaneously charming, rich and, dare I say, groovy. Case in point: Hanging on her wall is a 1960s floral dress in

2014 Utah Arts Festival: 06.26 with Candy’s River House, Madsen & The Hustlers

2014 Utah Arts Festival: 06.26 with Candy’s River House, Madsen...
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“Rain does not ruin everything, unless everything is outside.” A more perfect quote could not exist to describe the opening night of the 2014 Utah Arts Festival. … read more

Localized – Nevertanezra, Huldra and Visigoth

Localized – Nevertanezra, Huldra and Visigoth
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On February 10, heavy metal gods Visigoth and the mighty post-metal Huldra play SLUG Magazine’s Localized at the Urban Lounge. Nevertanezra’s death doom majesty opens the show. Localized starts at 10 p.m. and, as always, only costs five bucks. … read more

Aproning Up: SLC Foodie

Aproning Up: SLC Foodie
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Let’s face it: Salt Lake City’s local food scene commonly gets ignored. Among the clutter of chains and fast food joints, it’s easy to forget the marvelous local food available here in the valley. For a few years now, Becky and Josh Rosenthal, the creators behind SLC Foodie and Vintage Mixer, have been working hard to make sure we never forget that fact again. Their local food events, SLC Mixers, are bringing people and food together like never before. … read more

Oh Mai Vietnamese Sandwich Kitchen: Headcheese Is Our Friend

Oh Mai Vietnamese Sandwich Kitchen: Headcheese Is Our Friend
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My first visit to Oh Mai not only challenged my perspective of what a sandwich could be, but left me with an appreciation of this cultural staple. … read more

You Are What You Do: 10 Years of Boing!

You Are What You Do: 10 Years of Boing!
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There’s one in every neighborhood: a house that young, wild-looking people wander in and out of at all hours of the day and night. Boing!, an anarchist collective house in Salt Lake City, is one of these to be sure. Unlike my neighbors’ place that exists exclusively as an unvacuumed, dimly lit diazepam den, the folks at Boing! (with the requisite exclamation point) are busy making shit happen—real positive, feel-good shit—and they want to change your life. … read more

Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Provo’s Up-and-Coming Food Scene

Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Provo’s Up-and-Coming Food Scene
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Up until recently, I never really considered Provo a place that cultivated any authentic type of food culture. It’s full of various chain restaurants, fast food joints and a few dives that offer a bit of local charm, but Provo’s food scene was almost nonexistent. That was until I attended Local First’s Celebrate the Bounty event, where three Provo sparkplugs brought their A-game: The farm-to-table virtuosos of Communal Restaurant, the Southwestern Native American pioneers of Black Sheep Cafe, and the regional comfort food experts of Station 22. … read more

A Custom Lifestyle

A Custom Lifestyle
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Strictly an original, the legendary Bo Huff has been customizing cars and throwing vintage car show shindigs for 16 years now. This winner of the Grand National Roadster Show, operates out of East Carbon, Utah—close to where his automotive tinkering began in the ’50s. His annual events in East Carbon, and the more sporadic shows put on in southern Calif., have always been successful and, in recent years, have grown more popular. … read more

All That Is Left: The Left Show Celebrates 100 Episodes

All That Is Left: The Left Show Celebrates 100 Episodes
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Somewhere in West Jordan, in an underground bunker, a man is making dick jokes. For over 100 episodes, the guys at The Left Show have been dishing up the pressing political issues of the day, all the while piling on an insurmountable amount of self-deprecating humor. … read more

Mad Max & The Wild Ones: the New Normal

Mad Max & The Wild Ones: the New Normal
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The standard order of things is that, when we find rock n’ roll, we use it to piss off our parents—not to start a family rockabilly band with Dad playing upright bass and Little Brother taking on lead vocals at the age of 4. But “standard” and “normal” are not words that anyone would use to describe the Maxwell family, nor Mad Max & The Wild Ones.  … read more

SLC Bike Collective: It’s not about the Bike

SLC Bike Collective: It’s not about the Bike
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Hailey Broussard has five kids, and, until 2008, taking care of them was her sole occupation. “I knew how to be Betty Crocker, and little else,” she says. She does not consider herself a cyclist, though she now spends every weekday leading mountain bike trips and wrenching on dummy bikes in a classroom of kids. As the youth director of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective, Broussard’s job revolves around bikes, but she and others at the Collective argue that the bicycle is part of a larger equation. It is a vehicle for getting around and a vehicle for building a connected and complex community. … read more

Urban Flea Market: Salt Lake’s Sunday Gem

Urban Flea Market: Salt Lake’s Sunday Gem
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If you’re guilty of spending glaze-eyed hours perusing Etsy and Pinterest, the time has come to attend the real-life, local version of online shopping—and you won’t even have to hashtag vintage. The Urban Flea Market—held one Sunday a month, May through October from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.—has everything from antique goods to bohemian clothing,

R&R Barbecue: Award-Winning Eats

R&R Barbecue: Award-Winning Eats
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Barbecue has always played by its own rules, which don’t usually coincide with those of most restaurants. It takes no shame in its finger-licking messiness, its closely guarded recipe secrets or its proclivity for gigantic portions. Be that as it may, I was present at KUER’s Savory Salt Lake event last June when R&R Barbecue took home both the Celebrity Judge and the People’s Choice awards—it was a moment that made me stop and take notice.  … read more

Finca: ¿Dónde está la Tapería?

Finca: ¿Dónde está la Tapería?
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At its core, Finca has embraced the Spanish concept of tapas, selections of small plates that are usually paired with wine or cocktails. Though they do offer larger entrées, there’s something both special and casual about sitting around a table with some friends to share five or six tapas options along with a few of their award-winning craft cocktails. … read more

Gallery Stroll: Art Appreciation 101

Gallery Stroll: Art Appreciation 101
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Welcome back, students! Your minds—gooey from the summer sun, sticky and ready to grab ahold of new information and experiences—give me great joy!  … read more

Shogun: Rolling Out Tradition

Shogun: Rolling Out Tradition
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With new dining options in the making, a first-class sushi bar and a mix of authentic Japanese entrées, it seems that Shogun is forever sticking to their roots and originality. … read more

Brian & Dede’s Excellent Beer Adventure: 2 Row

Brian & Dede’s Excellent Beer Adventure: 2 Row
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In a short five years, 2 Row founder Brian Coleman went from a casual beer lover to a “beer baron.” 

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The Litas: The Other Sunday Sisterhood

The Litas: The Other Sunday Sisterhood
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After having ridden with the Litas, I am refreshed and motivated by a group of fearless ladies who have had the same challenges and fears as me. I want to do what I can to spread the gospel of the bike to other ladies.

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Tales From The Merch Bin: Wildcat Strike’s Tips For Tours

Tales From The Merch Bin: Wildcat Strike’s Tips For Tours
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SLC rock band Wildcat Strike have been on two tours and have played a handful of shows in neighboring states. Members Tony Lake (vocals, guitar and keyboard), Jake Rosevear (bass), Jordan Mendenhall (guitar), Will Tuddenham (keyboard, guitar) and Joe Plummer (drums) have not only managed to build a sturdy fanbase and release two albums in the last three years, but they have been able to cover all their costs and even pocket a little from their efforts.

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Ganesh Indian Cuisine: Authentic Indian Food in Midvale

Ganesh Indian Cuisine: Authentic Indian Food in Midvale
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Tucked away in a nondescript strip mall in Midvale, serving authentic dishes from North and South India, Ganesh Indian Cuisine is a gem to discover.

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Squarewave Sound

Squarewave Sound
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“What I really find cool about synths is they find a home in a lot of genres of music. A lot of people maybe don’t think about them in that way, but they’re very versatile instruments.”

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Breaking: Cyclists And Drivers Not As Chummy As Thelma And Louise

Breaking: Cyclists And Drivers Not As Chummy As Thelma And...
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Salt Lake City Mayor Rosalee Kirkpatmore has taken a more forward approach in addressing the cyclist/motorist kerfuffle surrounding 300 South. At a recent City Hall meeting, she went into abuelita mode, saying, “You know, I’ve been in the city planning-game a long time. Mapping out parking spaces isn’t easy, and if there’s one thing I know about you people, it’s that you’re never happy no matter what we do."

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Mike Brown: Craft Cocktailing

Mike Brown: Craft Cocktailing
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Just like guys sagging their skinny jeans, there’s a trend I’m noticing in this city that I’m not a big fan of. For all I know, it’s a trend everywhere, but since I’ve been too broke to go on vacation for a year and a half, I don’t know. It’s a trend in the local booze world, with which I am way too familiar. It’s the craft cocktail. 

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Tosh’s Ramen

Tosh’s Ramen
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Tosh’s Ramen is a church to worshippers of a passing time, where secrets are revealed in bowl after steaming bowl of flesh, water and wheat. The keeper of the flavor’s secret, Toshio Sekikawa, holds his congregation in thrall.

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Food Review: Luna Blanca Taqueria

Food Review: Luna Blanca Taqueria
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Seated right at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon, skiers can stop in for some tasty riffs on traditional Mexican street tacos on their way up the canyon—or on their way back, if the taco craving happens to strike when you’re halfway into a run down the mountain. … read more

Food Review: Rawtopia

Food Review: Rawtopia
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Omar Abou-Ismail is thrilled to examine people’s expressions as they taste raw vegan food for the first time. As a skeptic by nature (and junk food vegan!), I was surprised at the palatable flavors and textures—I’ve never had anything like the food from Rawtopia. I’m sure Omar could detect the suspicion fade and turn to bliss as I stuffed my face. … read more

The Rest

The Rest
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The Rest is my “why Salt Lake is great” restaurant/bar of choice right now, which might be a problem, as it is so small and so special. I almost hate to share it with anyone new—not for fear that it will go away, but that there won’t be any room left for me. … read more

These Little Hands: The Craft of Lindsay Heath

These Little Hands: The Craft of Lindsay Heath
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If a guy with a golden horn can serve as emblem of mainstream Salt Lake, then songwriter Lindsay Heath may well be our underground’s anti-Moroni. … read more

Princess Kennedy: Memories On Main

Princess Kennedy: Memories On Main
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I recently got a documentary from the library titled Salt Lake City in the 1950s. The best part of the doc was the segment on Main Street. I remember hearing stories from my parents and grandparents about the grandeur that was our modest Downtown. … read more

Mike Brown’s Monthly Dirt: Ogling the Olympics with Faye Gulini

Mike Brown’s Monthly Dirt: Ogling the Olympics with Faye Gulini
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Growing up in the Salt Lake shred scene, running into a pro shred head really isn’t a big deal. I’ve shared beers and blunts with several of them over the years, but they shall remain nameless due to the industry’s tendency toward drug testing these days. I’ve never had the chance to share a beer with a pro who got a taste of the Olympics, until Faye Gulini was kind enough to split a pitcher with me and her BF, Lil Jeff. … read more

Localized: Bombshell Academy

Localized: Bombshell Academy
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March Localized features an orgy of electric sound on March 15 at 9 p.m. The sultry, blues-rock sounds of Merchant Royal will massage things into action before we get a little horny (that’s a trumpet joke) with energetic, brass-infused ska-punkers Bombshell Academy. Once we’re hot and bothered, MiNX will hit the stage for an audio-visual mixtape that might leave your shorts a little moist—bring cigarettes for after. This $5 show is 21+ at Urban Lounge and graciously sponsored by Salt Lake Community College, KRCL 90.9FM, Budwiser and Spilt Ink.  … read more