SLUG Style: Ian Wade of The Stockist

SLUG Style: Ian Wade of The Stockist
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Some people dress for function, and some for fashion. Ian Wade, co-owner of 9th and 9th district boutique The Stockist by Fresh, prefers to take advantage of both. … read more

Sharon Needles: Nightmare Before Xmas @ Metro Bar 12.14 with The Bad Kids

Sharon Needles: Nightmare Before Xmas @ Metro Bar 12.14 with...
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Out of the crop of RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants that Metro Bar has hosted in this post-Pride season—including Manila Luzon, Honey Mahogany and JuJuBee— Sharon Needles is most certainly the Baddest.  … read more

Creature Feature: Mae Daye and Bad Kid Maenia

Creature Feature: Mae Daye and Bad Kid Maenia
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For its fifth Creatire Feature installment, SLUG spoke with camp queen Mae Daye about her humble descent into drag, her friends and supporters and why the Bad Kids’ brand of performance is a breath of fresh air for Salt Lake’s queer nightlife.  … read more

Emilie Autumn @ The Complex 12.05

Emilie Autumn @ The Complex 12.05
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 Emilie Autumn typically has no opening act or live band, therefore her show is mainly focused on an overarching storyline of her time being locked within the walls of an asylum. She utilizes heavy satire and Victorian flair while confronting the issues of sanity and sexism within the world today. She has built an entire world that encompasses a novel, several album releases, and a soon-to-be major theatrical production. If you are expecting to see a traditional concert, you will more than likely question what it is you are experiencing; this is much more of an interactive performance piece. … read more

The Mysterious Design of Life and Death: A Profile of Isaac Hastings

The Mysterious Design of Life and Death: A Profile of...
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Isaac Hastings creates cryptic, carefully designed, line-dominant artwork that conveys both spiritually infused and dream-inspired symbols. His meticulous design is featured on the cover of SLUG this month to honor the magazine’s 300th issue. A self-described “jack of all trades, master of none,” Hastings is humble—he sports a black hoodie, jeans and a beanie during our interview and speaks frankly about his evolution as an artist. … read more

Green Day’s American Idiot @ Kingsbury Hall 12.03

Green Day’s American Idiot @ Kingsbury Hall 12.03
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Alright, I know what you’re thinking. Punk rock? On Broadway? Are you fuckin’ serious? Set aside your thoughts on whether or not Green Day is “punk.” Instead, let’s talk about the awesome spectacle that is American Idiot.  … read more

Multitudes: University of Utah’s Dance Graduate Students Perform

Multitudes: University of Utah’s Dance Graduate Students Perform
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Bucking the pattern of previous years, this December is shaping up to be a busy month for dance here in Zion. This coming weekend (Dec. 5–7) the University of Utah’s graduate students in dance will mount Multitudes, celebrating the culmination of three years’ research in new choreography. … read more

Spamalot! @ The Egyptian Theatre 11.29

Spamalot! @ The Egyptian Theatre 11.29
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The great thing about Spamalot! is that it knows from the very start that it’s a Broadway play. While a lot of the performance sticks to the main plot of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail—the Knights Who Say Ni are present, as well as Not Dead Fred, who has his own number—it differs in a few ways.  … read more

Ballet West’s The Firebird @ Kingsbury Hall 11.09

Ballet West’s The Firebird @ Kingsbury Hall 11.09
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Ballet West’s current season, which runs two and a half hours, is an ambitious bill, uniting the music of Stravinsky, Mozart and Gershwin.  … read more

Nerd Alert: Literary Death Match Makes Its Rounds at The State Room

Nerd Alert: Literary Death Match Makes Its Rounds at The...
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Founder of the Literary Death Match, Adrian Todd Zuniga, has transformed the idea that literary readings are reserved for the high brow and dull by creating a reading competition that pits local authors against each other to face head to head. The State Room was an excellent choice of venue with ample seating and ease of visibility, and as the booze flowed, the authors took their stance in the corners to meet their opponents. Four authors, three judges, two rounds and an epic finale. Let’s get ready to rumble! … read more