Year: 2016
Slamdance Film Review: 1ha 43a
When visual artist Monika Pirch inherits of plot of farmland, she embarks on a poetic and multifaceted exploration of the field in an effort to reconnect with her ancestry and the soil. Her deeply personal quest simultaneously sheds valuable light onto some of the most impactful, consequential, and very real questions of our world. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Alvin’s Harmonious World of Opposites
Alvin Ng is the agoraphobic and endearing protagonist of Alvin’s Harmonious World of Opposites, a perplexing yet tender film that delves into the confines of Alvin’s world—that is, the one-bedroom apartment that Alvin hasn’t left in over 18 months. … read more
The Power of Family Feuds: Sonia and Masha and Spike...
Wasatch Theatre Company has never disappointed me with their performances. Their directors are dedicated, the actors are top-notch and the designers succeed in making the play and director’s vision a reality. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Chemical Cut
Chemical Cut follows 23-year-old Irene, a creative and dewy-eyed LA misfit. After bleaching and dying her hair platinum blonde, Irene gets scouted by a modeling agency and soon finds herself entrenched in an alluring, toxic and surreal world. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Fursonas
The furry fandom is as closely knit and enthusiastic as it is diverse and complicated. Fursonas takes us behind-the-scenes to get to know a few of the faces and fuzzy tails that make up the furry community. … read more
Review: Sugar House Review #12
Sugar House Review does, as always, what they do best: present quality poetry to a hungry and, hopefully, ever growing audience; proving and proving again their invaluable nature as a local and nationally inclusive poetry journal. … read more
Park City: Partying Since Before It Could Ski
The magic in Park City as a destination for entertainment does not come only from its tourism. The local community, the people who live and work in Park City every day, are who build the foundation for the town’s energy. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Honey Buddies
When a jilted former child actor is dumped by his fiancée, his irrepressibly gung-ho best man convinces him to continue on the planned honeymoon anyway, together—as honey buddies. A seven-day backpacking trek through the Oregon mountains ensues. … read more
SLUG Style: Onza Winston
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
John Hilder – Words On Play
As far as his material goes, Hilder describes himself as a dirty observational comic. “I talk about the absurdity of daily life, which I think is every comic’s goal,” he says. … read more