October 1, 2015

Contributor Limelight: Tyson Call

Tyson Call started with SLUG over a year ago, and he quickly has proven to be a SLUG staple with his deft writing and sharp photography skills. Since joining, Call has taken on double duty shooting and writing the monthly online column SLUG Style to shed light on members of our community doing good while looking good! Call maintains a suave sense of style himself, and can often be seen either snapping photos with his Leica film camera or zipping down the road on his Ducati Sport Classic 1000. Be sure to check out his cover story about Salt City Builds on page 32 covering what the local motorcycle-build shop provides for the community, and take a look at his other local motorcycle coverage on SLUGMag.com!

 

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Staples, Folds and Ink: Grid Zine Fest 2022

Staples, Folds and Ink: Grid Zine Fest 2022
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The zine scene in Utah and surrounding states is alive and well. Folded 8.5 x 11s, colored paper, fresh prints and wet ink abounded at the 2022 Grid Zine Fest. … read more

PIK2AR: Providing Positive Change for the Pasifika Community

PIK2AR: Providing Positive Change for the Pasifika Community
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PIK2AR works to address domestic violence within the Tongan/Polynesian/Pacific Island community while providing other community programs. … read more

SLUG Style: Zoe Love

SLUG Style: Zoe Love
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This month’s “SLUG Style” features Zoe Love, a jeweler, creative and designer. Her designs can be found on Big Cartel. … read more

SLUG Style: David Quiñones

SLUG Style: David Quiñones
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This month’s beer and spirits–themed “SLUG Style” features David Quiñones, a bartender at Purgatory, a bar and restaurant in SLC. … read more

SLUG Style: A ’La Mode SLC

SLUG Style: A ’La Mode SLC
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Angelique and Jasmine Gordon are sisters, small-business owners and personal stylists. They own A ’La Mode SLC, a boutique and personal-styling service. Every month, “SLUG Style” features a distinct and unique member of the community and asks them why they do what they do. Exploring more than just clothing, “SLUG Style” endeavors to feature the

SLUG Style: Q Dixon x Embrogo

SLUG Style: Q Dixon x Embrogo
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Q Dixon is a dancer, entrepreneur and creative. He is also the creator of Embrogo, a custom embroidery brand based out of Salt Lake City. … read more

SLUG Style: Saige Wheaton

SLUG Style: Saige Wheaton
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Saige Wheaton is an employee at The Rose Establishment, a local coffee shop and bakery. She is also a thrifter and embroider. … read more

Farming Foodies: Frog Bench Farms

Farming Foodies: Frog Bench Farms
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Started in 2012 by Joe and Paula Sargetakis, Frog Bench Farms produces veggies that are supplied to restaurants within a five-mile radius. … read more

SLUG Style: André DuBois

SLUG Style: André DuBois
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André DuBois is a stylist, designer, Ogden resident and personal shopper under the brand Rather Unique. … read more

Cuppa: Cafe for Creatives

Cuppa: Cafe for Creatives
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Created by Nathanael and Bec Sato and located just off storied Historic “two-bit” 25th Street, Cuppa offers a massive selection of organic loose-leaf teas. … read more

SLUG Style: Miche Elizabeth

SLUG Style: Miche Elizabeth
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Miche Elizabeth is a massage therapist, L.A. transplant and cyclist who has brought her unique sense of style to Salt Lake City. … read more

LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #33: UMFA Gets Some Sol

LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #33: UMFA Gets Some Sol
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The work of an artist who died over a decade ago has been installed in the Utah Museum of Fine Art (UMFA) … read more

SLUG Style: Julia Freij

SLUG Style: Julia Freij
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Julia Freij is a writer and film director. She is proud of her Middle Eastern heritage and is self-described as “not as scary as she looks.” … read more

SLUG Style: Rebecca Baker

SLUG Style: Rebecca Baker
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Rebecca Baker is a librarian and grad student. She is a paper and print maker, and has her own zine called That Smarts. … read more

SLUG Style: Melina Zissou

SLUG Style: Melina Zissou
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Melina Zissou is a bartender, traveler and avid reader. She is known as one of the friendliest faces at Twilite Lounge. … read more

SLUG Style: Chelsi Hunsaker

SLUG Style: Chelsi Hunsaker
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Chelsi Hunsaker is a finder, stylist and mother. She is also the owner of Scoutt Shop and co-owner of Atelier, a boutique on Pierpont Avenue. … read more

SLUG Style: Jessica Davies

SLUG Style: Jessica Davies
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Jessica Davies is a baker, vegan and the self-described “boss bitch.” Davies is the owner of Passion Flour, a patisserie which specializes in vegan french pastries and custom cakes. … read more

SLUG Style: Jacqueline Whitmore

SLUG Style: Jacqueline Whitmore
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Jacqueline Whitmore owns Copperhive Vintage and is a promoter of body positivity. This month’s SLUG Style was shot at Craft Lake City DIY Festival at the Gallivan Center at Copperhive Vintage’s booth. … read more

SLUG Style: Megan Davies

SLUG Style: Megan Davies
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Megan Davies is a mother, artist, feminist and activist. She is a cosmetic tattoo artist and offers eyebrow microblading at Lonely Hearts Club Tattoo, which Megan owns with her husband, tattoo artist Troy Trujillo. … read more

SLUG Style: Denae Shanidiin

SLUG Style: Denae Shanidiin
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Denae Shanidiin is an image maker, ceramicist, and protector of the land, air, and water. Her work responds to her own identity as an Indigenous artist and as a woman. … read more

SLUG Style: Erika Longino

SLUG Style: Erika Longino
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Erika Longino is a cross-country bicycle tourer, grassroots educator and producer of the zine Mobile Moon Co-op. She studied Urban Ecology at the University of Utah. This month’s photos were shot at Erika’s bus, which she is turning into an herbal apothecary botanical classroom and tearoom geared toward femme and queer empowerment. Every month, SLUG Style features a distinct

Vicious Cyclers: SLC’s Bike Couriers

Vicious Cyclers: SLC’s Bike Couriers
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These days, electronic words travel at the speed of light. But sometimes, a physical object needs to get from point A to point B—fast. It might surprise most people, but in a dense urban environment, the quickest and most efficient method is a bicycle courier. … read more

SLUG Style: Morgaine Fehlauer

SLUG Style: Morgaine Fehlauer
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Morgaine Fehlauer is a print maker, a sex educator and the owner of Grave Noise Press, the only privately owned stone lithography press in the western U.S. … read more

SLUG Style: Jordan “JordiRoc” Simmons

SLUG Style: Jordan “JordiRoc” Simmons
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Jordan “JordiRoc” Simmons is a freestyle dancer, event organizer, and artist from New Jersey now residing in Salt Lake City. … read more

SLUG Style: Jordan Blok

SLUG Style: Jordan Blok
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“I think my interest in fashion came from owning that message [of identity] and owning that narrative,” says Blok. “And whether that’s dressing more masculine or more feminine or more androgynous, I’m really owning how the clothes I wear present and communicate who I am.” … read more

SLUG Style: Meagan Gonsalves-Vorwald

SLUG Style: Meagan Gonsalves-Vorwald
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Meagan Gonsalves-Vorwald is a librarian at the Sweet Library Branch, a literature buff and a self-proclaimed super nerd. … read more

Sound, Symbolism & Meter: Utah Poetry – PoetFlow

Sound, Symbolism & Meter: Utah Poetry – PoetFlow
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In the past two years, many have found in PoetFlow a safe haven: a place to share intimate things in a public setting as a kind of therapy. … read more

Sound, Symbolism & Meter: Utah Poetry – Rock Canyon Poets

Sound, Symbolism & Meter: Utah Poetry – Rock Canyon Poets
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Rock Canyon Poets holds their workshop every month, along with a separate open mic. They also aim to collaborate with the community. … read more

SLUG Style: Michaela Dransfield

SLUG Style: Michaela Dransfield
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Michaela Dransfield is a bartender with a style all her own. We met up at her local haunt, Under Current, and asked her what inspires her distinct look. … read more

Summit County Sipping with Alpine Distilling

Summit County Sipping with Alpine Distilling
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Alpine Distilling owner Rob Sergent got into the business because of his roots. His family has distilled for generations, some making moonshine in Kentucky. … read more

SLUG Style: Pretty Macabre

SLUG Style: Pretty Macabre
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Andrea Hansen, aka Pretty Macabre, is a designer of runway and costume horror couture, and has long been an integral part of An October Evening. … read more

SLUG Style: Gerda Saunders

SLUG Style: Gerda Saunders
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Gerda Saunders is a retired educator and was formerly Associate Director of the Gender Studies program at the University of Utah. … read more

SLUG Style: Joshy Soul

SLUG Style: Joshy Soul
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Joshy Soul and the Cool return for the 2017 Craft Lake City DIY Festival, headlining the festival’s SLUG Mag Main Stage on Friday, Aug. 11. … read more

SLUG Style: Stef Leaks

SLUG Style: Stef Leaks
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Stef Leaks is a poet and writer who loves experimenting with different looks. They mix and match clothing items for an androgynous aesthetic, and seek to push the boundaries of fashion. … read more

Intelligent Designers & Fabrication Evolved: M3LD

Intelligent Designers & Fabrication Evolved: M3LD
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The foundations of M3LD were laid out by Andrea Beecher and Brian Garrett, who were working as design consultants and fantasizing about creating their own home décor. After partnering with Jason Frederick in 2013, M3LD now offers a variety of sculptural home furnishings and accessories, all with a modern slant. … read more

Intelligent Designers & Fabrication Evolved: Project Sunday

Intelligent Designers & Fabrication Evolved: Project Sunday
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Building upon their not-so-humble beginning of creating gorgeous tables, consoles and other home furnishings built for life, Project Sunday has graduated into working with clients to realize their specific dream alongside the immaculate taste, advice and direction of the Project Sunday team. … read more

Intelligent Designers & Fabrication Evolved: Creative Services Bureau

Intelligent Designers & Fabrication Evolved: Creative Services Bureau
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Mark Hofeling and Matias Alvarez of Creative Services Bureau have long worked in the film industry in various capacities, and they have a very particular set of skills: they can design, implement and create things, especially for one-off, client-based projects. … read more

Intelligent Designers & Fabrication Evolved: HI Co-operative

Intelligent Designers & Fabrication Evolved: HI Co-operative
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Irving and Hannah Olague of HI Co-operative offer a unique design approach: If they envision something for a space, they can create the perfect furniture or structures to match. … read more

SLUG Style: Douglass “Chopper” Styer

SLUG Style: Douglass “Chopper” Styer
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Douglass “Chopper” Styer is a musician who performs under the name Mañanero. His face is featured on the label for Squatters’ Squasatch Hoppy Pils beer. … read more

SLUG Style: Tisha Eggleston

SLUG Style: Tisha Eggleston
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Tisha Eggleston is a special education teacher, bicyclist and mother of two boys. You might see her riding with friends around town on her custom bike, “Betty,” built by Saturday Cycles. … 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

SLUG Style: Sam Stinson

SLUG Style: Sam Stinson
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Sam Stinson, aka DJ Feral Cat, is a purveyor of vinyl, an eccentric and a general musicphile. You may have seen him down at Randy’s Records slinging LPs. … read more

SLUG Style: Ayana Ifè

SLUG Style: Ayana Ifè
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Ayana Ifè is a fashion designer who designs clothing that is edgy, modern and modest. Catch some of her designs during Utah Fashion Week. … read more

SLUG Style: Dream Slut

SLUG Style: Dream Slut
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Dream Slut are Elowyn LaPointe, Kayla Dowell, Bianca Velasquez and Summer Sigritz. They play “DramaQueen Punk” and all have their own distinct style. … read more

SLUG Style: Guy Wheatley

SLUG Style: Guy Wheatley
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Guy Wheatley is a cinephile, aesthete and projectionist. He is often described by his friends as a “man out of time.” He can be found at Tower Theatre offering context and suggestions for how to best appreciate the world of cinema. … read more

Salt Lake City Staycation

Salt Lake City Staycation
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You may be in town for some film festivals, or you may be a born-and-raised, diehard Salt Laker. Either way, you deserve your Salt Lake City staycation. … read more

SLUG Style: Zaina Abujebarah

SLUG Style: Zaina Abujebarah
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Zaina Abujebarah is a barista, University of Utah journalism student and SLUG contributing writer. She has a keen sense for fashion, mixing multiple different styles into her own swirl of mixed couture. … read more

Not Your Average Joe: Blue Copper Coffee

Not Your Average Joe: Blue Copper Coffee
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For years, Blue Copper Coffee has successfully brought the highest-quality coffee from roasters all over the world as well as their own roasts, which have been met with much ballyhoo. … read more

High West Distillery: High Spirits, High Country

High West Distillery: High Spirits, High Country
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In Park City, High West is producing their fourth release of popular Utah-made whiskey: Valley Tan, a name derived from the whiskey that Mormons made in the past under Brigham Young’s direction, as well as its lighter coloring. … read more

SLUG Style: Chase Bardole

SLUG Style: Chase Bardole
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Chase Bardole is a bartender, musician and all-around classy guy. For SLUG’s November 2016 Distillery Issue, we asked him about his favorite drinks and how he looks so damn good while making them. … read more

SLUG Style: Xena Jade

SLUG Style: Xena Jade
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Xena Jade is a staple member of SLUG’s Marketing Team, and you’ve likely noticed their killer style and bold makeup at local events around town. Jade uses makeup and clothing as a continual living art project that blurs the lines between aesthetic style and self-expression on a daily basis. … read more

SLUG Style: Abraham von Waffles + Squid Vishuss

SLUG Style: Abraham von Waffles + Squid Vishuss
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Squid Vishuss is an artist, photographer, poetess, mermaid and toy collector. Abraham von Waffles is an artist, model, ukulele player and thrifter. Together, their unique combination has formed a distinctive aesthetic. … read more

Speed Week: Where the World Comes to Go!

Speed Week: Where the World Comes to Go!
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Since 1914, motorheads from around the world have come to prove their mettle and try to break land speed records on the dry lake bed, which is perfect for these high-speed runs. … read more

SLUG Style: Heather Mahler

SLUG Style: Heather Mahler
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Heather Mahler is a local freelance artist. When comparing her personal style with the style of her drawings, it’s clear that the lines are blurred. She often gets asked if she is featured in her drawings, though she says she is actually emulating the characters she draws. She will be participating in Craft Lake City’s 8th Annual DIY Festival. … read more

Regatta Garage: Fabricated & Understated

Regatta Garage: Fabricated & Understated
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Regatta Garage, along with local builders Pangea Speed, Salt City Builds, Bang Moto and others, will be displaying custom bike builds at the upcoming Craft Lake City DIY Festival on Sunday, Aug. 14, as a special preview in conjunction with the motorcycle and art show Salty Bike Revival (SBR). … read more

SLUG Style: Deena Marie Manzanares

SLUG Style: Deena Marie Manzanares
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Deena Marie Manzanares is an actor for stage and film, model, television host, blogger and new mother, and she’s got plenty of insight to share about working acting jobs, the wild world of social media and being a new mother in heels. … read more

SLUG Style: Cade Mangelson

SLUG Style: Cade Mangelson
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Cade Mangelson is the owner of Twigs Woodwear, a company that makes products that emphasize natural materials and good values. You may have seen their watches or sunglasses being worn around town, or possibly seen one of their booths at the local festivals and events they support … read more

Better Than Busch League: Talisman Brewing Company

Better Than Busch League: Talisman Brewing Company
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Walking in the front door of Ogden’s newest brewery, Talisman Brewing Company, I’m hit with a deliciously sweet smell that seems familiar—though I’m not sure from where. Dusty Williams, who co-owns the brewery with his wife, Joann Williams, tells me that they just got finished brewing a beer with hops—those zesty little strobuli that impart a flavor that is sometimes bitter, sometimes citrusy. … read more

SLUG Style: Gheybin Comish

SLUG Style: Gheybin Comish
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Gheybin Comish has been a mainstay at The Rose Establishment, a local coffeeshop and bakery, for almost three years. You may have seen her buzzing around on her bright yellow Ducati Scrambler, caught a glimpse of her whimsical paintings or noticed her unique urban style. … read more

SLUG Style: Andrea Beecher

SLUG Style: Andrea Beecher
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“Whenever something is happening in home fashion, usually something similar is happening in personal fashion,” says Andrea Beecher, co-founder of design firm and manufacturer M3LD. “For me as a designer, I can design a space and make it beautiful—and I love that—but I think an expression of my art is also what I look like every day. So my personal expression is really important to me.” … read more

FFMoto: The Flying Frenchwoman

FFMoto: The Flying Frenchwoman
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“The women’s motorcycle market is the fastest-growing demographic within the motorcycle community, and I just felt like there needed to be something to support women,” says Boucher. Her frustration eventually turned to action, and she decided to create FFMoto. … read more

SLUG Style: Madi Smith

SLUG Style: Madi Smith
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Madi Smith is a local heavy metal fan who has created and customized her own kutte, or “battle vest” which is a part of heavy metal and biker culture. SLUG asked her how she chose her patches, and how she has customized her vest to make it her own. … read more

Suicide Lane Cycles: Escape from L.A.

Suicide Lane Cycles: Escape from L.A.
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After a brief stint on the sunny West Coast, he and Davy Bartlett returned to Salt Lake City, transforming a 10-years-vacant, former automotive shop just off State Street into a stunning retail space and custom motorcycle workshop. … read more

SLUG Style: Onza Winston

SLUG Style: Onza Winston
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Onza Winston is the operations manager for Discrete Clothing, an outdoor clothing company based in Salt Lake City. He is also a veteran of the Marine Corps, and was deployed twice to Iraq. … read more

Furry Friends Forever: Remnant Preservations

Furry Friends Forever: Remnant Preservations
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Americans can’t seem to make up their minds about death. On the one hand, gory movies make a killing at the box office, and on the other, it’s something that people hate to talk about. Andy Silva of Remnant Preservations hopes to open people up to the idea that through the skilled art of taxidermy, the insight and love we experience with animals doesn’t have to end when they are no longer living. … read more

Review: Dylan Goes Electric!

Review: Dylan Goes Electric!
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Although Dylan Goes Electric! purports, via the title and cover image, to be about Bob Dylan, it also summarizes the entire 1960s folk revival. … read more

SLUG Style: Ana Hardy

SLUG Style: Ana Hardy
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Ana Hardy is a digital content intern here at SLUG, and we couldn’t help but notice that every day she walks into the office looking sharp with her sense of retro style. She’s a writer and musician, and always looks like she would fit in with Holly Golightly singing “Moon River” on a fire escape. … read more

Bang Moto: Black Top for Breakfast, Dirt for Dinner

Bang Moto: Black Top for Breakfast, Dirt for Dinner
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Tyler White is a man of few words. When asked to describe what kind of motorcycles he builds under the brand Bang Moto, he looks down, furrows his brow in thought, then with firm resolve—as though finding the single perfect descriptor for which he was searching—says a single word: “Radical.” … read more

Hecho en México, Utah en el Corazón: Vida Tequila

Hecho en México, Utah en el Corazón: Vida Tequila
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Vida Tequila is high-end, which is made immediately clear when you see their tequila sitting in a clean, white box on the top shelf and costing between $50 and $60. … read more

SLUG Style: Chris Garcin

SLUG Style: Chris Garcin
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Chris Garcin hails from a place called Party Mountain, a ski resort where it is perpetually 1993 and hot tubs, straight skis and cool glasses abound. … read more

Salt City Builds: Accustomed to Custom

Salt City Builds: Accustomed to Custom
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Salt City Builds brothers Seth and Jason “Rev” Clark love motorcycles. … read more

SLUG Style: Spencer Daley and Rachel Urban

SLUG Style: Spencer Daley and Rachel Urban
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Spencer Daley started Daley’s along with Rachel Urban at only 20 years old after being inspired by the clothing stores in Brighton, England and wanting to bring something similar to Sugarhouse. … read more

SLUG Style: Courtney Marriott

SLUG Style: Courtney Marriott
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Every month, SLUG Style features a distinct and unique member of the community and asks them why they do what they do. … read more

Salty Bike Revival: Baptism By Motor Oil

Salty Bike Revival: Baptism By Motor Oil
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  Juan Coles of events company Loco Lobo is one of the brains behind the Utah’s custom motorcycle show, Salty Bike Revival (SBR). With Jason “Rev” Clark of custom shop Salt City Builds as a partner, Coles hopes to bring something never before seen in Utah to Salt Lake City. There have been meetups and

SLUG Style: Nick Kuzmack

SLUG Style: Nick Kuzmack
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Every month, SLUG Style features a distinct and unique member of the community and asks them why they do what they do. Exploring more than just clothing, SLUG Style is an attempt to feature the people who give Salt Lake City flavor through personality and panache. … read more

Getting Weird at the Sugar Space Arts Warehouse

Getting Weird at the Sugar Space Arts Warehouse
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I’ll admit it—I don’t get modern dance. I’m the first to start clenching my rolled up program when stuff gets weird. This past weekend, however, I had a breakthrough. SLUG was invited to the grand opening of the new Sugar Space Arts Warehouse and I have seen the light. … read more

Film Review: Tanked

Film Review: Tanked
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Tanked opens up with stark silence as protagonist Eric (Eric Yevak) works on something mysterious with the help of some PBR and an X-acto knife. … read more

Chefs, Chow, Cookies & Coffee: PechaKucha Night Vol. 12 @ Publik 10.28

Chefs, Chow, Cookies & Coffee: PechaKucha Night Vol. 12 @...
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The PechaKucha format is brilliant. Japanese for “chit chat,” it was invented in Tokyo in 2003, and since has spread to almost 800 different locations worldwide. The presenters have six minutes and forty seconds to discuss whatever they want, and they are pushed along by a slideshow, which is moving on without them. To anyone who has listened to someone drone on publicly while people cough and shift in their chairs, this format is heaven sent. … read more

Salt Laker Makers — PechaKucha Vol. 13 @ The Fallout 10.13

Salt Laker Makers — PechaKucha Vol. 13 @ The Fallout...
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Salt Lake just had its lucky number Vol. 13 PKN on the 13th of October. Thankfully Camp Crystal Lake’s Jason did not attend, likely because he only goes out on Friday, and this event was held on Monday night. SLUG was invited to attend. … read more

SLUG Style: Dyana Durfee and Korey Martin

SLUG Style: Dyana Durfee and Korey Martin
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Korey and Dyana don’t seem to follow any particular school of thought regarding the aesthetic they look for in clothing, though it is by no means random. They feel that being comfortable with yourself and how you are is important. … read more

SLUG Style: Adam Kaessner

SLUG Style: Adam Kaessner
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“I feel like every day you dress up,” he says. “You are wearing stuff not just for yourself but for other people too. I feel like it’s nice to be comfortable making fun of myself.” … read more

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Lecture: Marie Gaytan Series 01.15

One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Lecture: Marie Gaytan Series...
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The room was filled with academic types from the U of U and other distinguished-looking people, yet they had jumped on the tequila like it was a frat party on campus when it was actually a swanky private event on South Temple. … read more

Code Monkey’s Ball: StartSLC Festival @ The Gateway 01.29-31

Code Monkey’s Ball: StartSLC Festival @ The Gateway 01.29-31
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StartSLC, Utah’s largest grassroots startup festival, was organized in an attempt to bolster the tech community and get the often sequestered software programmers and entrepreneurs away from their computers and shaking hands. … read more

SLUG Style: Aaron Woods

SLUG Style: Aaron Woods
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This month, for a special Valentine’s Day treat, we are featuring Aaron Woods for SLUG Style and his boyfriend Lukas Robin Hood from our Creature Feature. … read more

SLUG Style: Buxom Modern Plus Boutique

SLUG Style: Buxom Modern Plus Boutique
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Jenny Hayes is the owner of Buxom Modern Plus Boutique, which specializes in vintage-inspired and modern clothing for women in sizes L-6X. Anastasia Furrow is a plus size model, as well as employee at Buxom Modern Plus Boutique. … read more

What Do You Think, Utah? Air Quality @ 50 West Club & Cafe

What Do You Think, Utah? Air Quality @ 50 West...
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The live discussion program, entitled What Do You Think Utah, was held at the 50 West Club & Cafe. In the first of what will be a monthly series, Utahns got a chance to talk to a lobbyist, a politician and others on just what they think can be done about the soup bowl of exhaust fumes that Salt Lakers deal with every winter. … read more

SLUG Style: Eva Problems

SLUG Style: Eva Problems
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SLUG asked Eva Problems what three words she would use to describe her style. “Scaly metal witch,” was her reply, and this made us pretty excited to meet up and see what she is all about. … read more

SLUG Style: Doug Fabrizio

SLUG Style: Doug Fabrizio
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Every month, SLUG Style features a distinct and unique member of the community and asks them why they do what they do. Exploring more than just clothing, SLUG Style is an attempt to feature the people who give Salt Lake City flavor through personality and panache. … read more

Motos in Moab 2015: For the Love of BRAAAP!

Motos in Moab 2015: For the Love of BRAAAP!
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Motos In Moab was almost a gigantic failure. The first year motorcycle rally/ride/event/gathering was plagued with problems and hang-ups throughout the entire four day event, including but not limited to: a flood, confrontations with Moab PD, countless broken motorcycles and getting kicked out of a campground. … read more

117 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: The Barrelhouse

117 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: The Barrelhouse
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The Barrelhouse is the baby of Shane McConnell, a softspoken man who wanted to bring some additional choice to the Ogden bar scene.

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Headwear To Shredwear: Discrete Clothing Wants Your Body

Headwear To Shredwear: Discrete Clothing Wants Your Body
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Carr’s beanie-covered head, and the mind inside it, are responsible for Discrete Clothing—formerly Discrete Headwear. SLUG had the chance to meet with him in his headquarters looking over Exchange Place in Salt Lake City to get the lowdown on the new stuff. … read more

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5th Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market Presented By Google Fiber @ Union Station

5th Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market Presented By Google...
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Celebrating its fifth year, Holiday Market provided plenty of opportunities for fun and finding the perfect gifts to complete attendees’ holiday shopping. … read more

Staples, Folds and Ink: Grid Zine Fest 2022

Staples, Folds and Ink: Grid Zine Fest 2022
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The zine scene in Utah and surrounding states is alive and well. Folded 8.5 x 11s, colored paper, fresh prints and wet ink abounded at the 2022 Grid Zine Fest. … read more

Viva La Vida: Celebrate the Season of Cozy with Vidas Wax Works

Viva La Vida: Celebrate the Season of Cozy with Vidas...
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More than just a tidy, smoke-free burn, Vidas Wax Works candles and wax melts are a mélange of beautiful and heartwarming scent combinations. … read more

Water, Bricks, and Booze – A look at SLC’s Dented Brick Distillery

Water, Bricks, and Booze – A look at SLC’s Dented...
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The history of Dented Brick Distillery reads more like a Western novel rather than the founding of one of Utah’s fastest-growing purveyors of fine spirits. A series of events set in motion over a century ago during the Mormon-pioneer era culminates on a “piece of land that was destined for whiskey.” … read more

Vicious Cyclers: SLC’s Bike Couriers

Vicious Cyclers: SLC’s Bike Couriers
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These days, electronic words travel at the speed of light. But sometimes, a physical object needs to get from point A to point B—fast. It might surprise most people, but in a dense urban environment, the quickest and most efficient method is a bicycle courier. … read more

Not Your Average Joe: Blue Copper Coffee

Not Your Average Joe: Blue Copper Coffee
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For years, Blue Copper Coffee has successfully brought the highest-quality coffee from roasters all over the world as well as their own roasts, which have been met with much ballyhoo. … read more

FFMoto: The Flying Frenchwoman

FFMoto: The Flying Frenchwoman
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“The women’s motorcycle market is the fastest-growing demographic within the motorcycle community, and I just felt like there needed to be something to support women,” says Boucher. Her frustration eventually turned to action, and she decided to create FFMoto. … read more

Addictive Behavior: Beauty and the Bikes

Addictive Behavior: Beauty and the Bikes
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Candice Davis, owner and operator of Addictive Behavior Motor Works, is not as rough around the edges as many would imagine a woman who runs a motorcycle and 4×4 service and customization shop to be. “People hear my voice on the radio and come in just because they want to see what I look like,” she says. … read more

Bang Moto: Black Top for Breakfast, Dirt for Dinner

Bang Moto: Black Top for Breakfast, Dirt for Dinner
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Tyler White is a man of few words. When asked to describe what kind of motorcycles he builds under the brand Bang Moto, he looks down, furrows his brow in thought, then with firm resolve—as though finding the single perfect descriptor for which he was searching—says a single word: “Radical.” … read more