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Chris Bodily (hatrobot.com) christens our first Local Photography Issue with an illustration of a Rolleiflex, a medium format twin lens reflex camera. It’s an antique yet modern talisman, our tribute to working photographers. In this issue, take in local photographers’ work.

Stoneground helps us stay healthy with their house-smoked mozzarella on top of blistered green beans, pickled shallots and finished with cashews. Photo: Talyn Sherer

Salt Lake Magazine’s Tastemakers 2018

By Talyn Sherer [Posted June 19, 2018]

Salt Lake Magazine’s annual Tastemakers event is a surefire way to kick off the summer festivities. With food and drink vendors from around the state coming together to put on a two-day, food-devouring festival, it never ceases to amaze. … read more

"Dancing eyes are deep ultraviolet you."

Ogden Twilight 2018: Little Dragon, Com Truise and Ugly Boys

By Colton Marsala [Posted June 18, 2018]

The second show of the Ogden Twilight series kicked off on another beautifully hot summer day. Finally arriving to the show, people were slowly meandering into the venue, psyched on the return performance of Little Dragon. … read more

Nancy Rivera's show featuring series After van Huysum goes up in UMOCA's A-I-R Space Aug. 3–Sept. 1. Photo: @clancycoop

Selective Nature: Nancy Rivera

By Parker Scott Mortensen [Posted May 31, 2018]

Nancy Rivera has wrestled with this boundary of the real since her days completing her MFA at the University of Utah. Her work centered around the cyanotype processes, a cameraless form of photography that exposes a photosensitive iron solution onto a surface and then dries it in a dark room. … read more

Sarah DeGraw & the Odd Jobs-Photo: Stefan Poulos

Episode #290 – Sarah DeGraw & the Odd Jobs

[Posted June 15, 2018]

Sarah DeGraw chats about the musical journey that led to the long-awaited recording of Sarah DeGraw & the Odd Jobs’ self-titled debut album. … read more

Photo courtesy of Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes @ Red Butte Garden 06.13 with Marcia Mello 

By Ryan Michael Painter [Posted June 15, 2018]

It’s hard to not feel nostalgic. In fact, it was a longing for the past that prompted me to attend the show in the first place. I saw the Violent Femmes numerous times in the ’90s. The first time, a night spent with friends at Kingsbury Hall where bassist Brian Ritchie smoked a giant cigar, is one of my fondest memories. … read more

Dr. Dog ending the show with a bang. Photo: Matthew Hunter

Dr. Dog @ The Depot 06.13 with Sandy (Alex G) Presented by KRCL

By Matthew Hunter [Posted June 14, 2018]

Coming off the release of their critically acclaimed 10th studio album, Critical Equation, earlier this year, Dr. Dog stopped off at The Depot last Monday courtesy of the fine folks at KRCL. … read more

Charles K. Lassiter, "Blue Group Reclining" (detail), from An Outsider Looking Inward.

Six Artists: BDAC’s Summer Gallery

By Parker Scott Mortensen [Posted May 27, 2018]

I’ve been to the Bountiful Davis Art Center (BDAC) many times, but this particular gallery opening felt special. It was a warm Friday night, one of those soft Utah nights that hint at true summer. As those nights of heat near, BDAC offers six new exhibitions that explore abstraction, mediation, color and more. … read more

George Rivera and Kimberly Campa, photo by John Brandon

“Crap. It’s All Crap”: A Review of Something Really Big by SB Dance

By Mandy Allfrey Murry [Posted June 13, 2018]

This is not your typical Utah happy hour. No, leave the kids at home, order a beer and sit as perplexed and entertained as I was through this intimate, close-to-home and bewildering spectacle. A guy walks into a bar … or a club, rather, and a series of events through time unfold into a myriad … read more

Denae Shanidiin. Photo: @clancycoop

SLUG Style: Denae Shanidiin

By Tyson Call @clancycoop [Posted June 13, 2018]

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

A bird's eye view of the event. Photo: @clancycoop

UMOCA Gala 2018: Seven Deadly Sins

By Tyson Call @clancycoop [Posted June 11, 2018]

The UMOCA (Utah Museum of Contemporary Art) annual gala is always reliably and delightfully indulgent. This year’s theme was Seven Deadly Sins, and the event was held inside the museum’s Main Gallery space. … read more

Wayne Coyne sings. Photo: ColtonMarsalaPhotography.com

Ogden Twilight 2018: The Flaming Lips, B|_ank, Night Marcher

By Colton Marsala [Posted June 11, 2018]

Turning down Historic 25th Street, people were filling the sidewalks on their way to the Ogden Amphitheater for the opening show of the Ogden Twilight Concert Series. The hot afternoon sun beat down from the perfectly clear, blue skies over individuals flocking the area, having traveled from all directions to join together for this event. … read more

Jessica Sabogal. Photo: LmSorenson.net

Este Barrio No Se Vende: Jessica Sabogal’s Artistic Activism

By Erin Moore [Posted June 11, 2018]

Muralist Jessica Sabogal is a first-generation Colombian American whose spray-painted works reach out to marginalized people, show them support and speak the message of their struggle and humanity, which is so often misheard or misrepresented. … read more

Wesley Eisold of Cold Cave. Photo: Ryan Michael Painter

Cold Cave @ Urban Lounge 06.04 with Black Marble, Choir Boy 

By Ryan Michael Painter [Posted June 7, 2018]

With the stage stripped down to three banks of keyboards, a trilogy of guitars and the lone drum set, three black-clad performers take the stage. A fog sets in against the backdrop of “My Heart is Immortal,” the closing track on Cold Cave’s fascinating 2018 release You & Me & Infinity. … read more

Parade lines and celebrations reach all the way down the streets. Photo: Logan Sorenson | Lmsorenson.net

2018 SLC Pride Parade Gallery

By John Barkiple, Logan Sorenson [Posted June 5, 2018]

The Utah Pride Festival is about love, inclusion and progression—a way to open the summer months with togetherness as opposed to divisiveness. … read more

Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes | Wizards of the Coast

Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

By Rob Hudak [Posted June 4, 2018]

Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes Wizards of the Coast Street: 05.29 What sacrifices are you willing to make to ensure interplanar balance? What role will you play in the conflicts to come? Those are two of the main narrative themes presented throughout Wizards of the Coast’s newest publication, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. Almost immediately upon cracking … read more

Junior Brown. Photo courtesy of the Artist

Junior Brown: The Torch Bearer

By James Orme [Posted June 4, 2018]

Junior Brown is someone who has put in over 30 years of touring and recording, keeping the fire alive for anyone who values sincerity over flash and glitz, and substance over a passing fad. … read more

Photo: JB Photo

How to Bonanza

By Ben Tilton [Posted June 4, 2018]

Folks, we anticipate quite a gathering this year at Live Nite Events’ Bonanza Campout Music Festival. The three-day outdoor music and camping festival at River’s Edge in Heber City takes place June 22–24 for its third year. This is the time for planning. This is the time to learn … how to Bonanza. … read more

Photo: Malissa Maybey

Episode #289 – David Moon

[Posted June 1, 2018]

On this episode of Soundwaves, Joshua Strauther discusses his transition from Joshy Soul to David Moon, his plethora of contemporary and ’80s influences and his love for tea. … read more

SLUG Cat racers head out from Saturday Cycles towards the first stop of the race. Photo: @theandyfitz

SLUG Cat 2018

By Andy Fitzgerrell [Posted June 1, 2018]

Saturday, May 26th marked the 6th annual SLUG Cat bike race in downtown Salt Lake City. The SLUG Cat is their take on an alley cat race (an unsanctioned urban bike race), with the added twist of making it a scavenger hunt with tasks and games at each station. … read more

National Music Reviews June 2018

[Posted May 31, 2018]

Reviews of artists such as Cold Cave, Evil Genius, Snail Mail and more throughout the month.