Arts
Halloween in Summer: Building a Frightening Magna Main
In addition to offering local ghouls the opportunity to celebrate their favorite holiday more than once a year, the Halloween in Summer Festival has led to the added bonus of creating community among businesses on Magna Main Street and the town’s residents. … read more
Matt Gubser: Irreverently Funny
Photo: Red Scott It’s been two years since stand-up comedian Matt Gubser has made a stop in Utah. Returning to Utah Friday, July 1, he will bringing his smart and poignant comedy to Ogden audiences at The Loft at the Ziegfeld Theater. Gubser is a wickedly funny comic hailing from San Francisco, typically skewering social-political topics
Movie Reviews: Yoga Hosers
Those familiar with Tusk know that it’s the first in Smith’s True North trilogy, and Yoga Hosers is more of a traditional sequel than are other films in Smith canon. … read more
Rock n’ Roll Camp For Girls: Loud Music, Proud Women...
Amy Stocks, Secily Saunders and Hillary McDaniel came together to start Utah’s first Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls—an intensive, week-long, volunteer-run jam session where girls ages 8–18 come together to write, design, practice and perform a song with a newly formed band. … read more
Momentum Recycling: Making Up For Lost Glass
Momentum Recycling opened its doors eight years ago with the goal of providing local businesses with the same recycling services that are available at home. … read more
Movie Review: Captain Fantastic
Captain Fantastic shows how different families struggle, but doesn’t claim to have the answer. … read more
Movie Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles :Out of the Shadows
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of my favorite franchises during my childhood. … read more
Bianca Velasquez: LocalMotive on the Move
For too many people, the blueprints to starting one’s creative DIY project tend to fade into the ethereal realm of When I Have More Time Land. However, Salt Lake’s own Bianca Velasquez, at just 22, has been involved with ventures across several disciplines. To name a few, she’s the author of Happybutton Cartoons, designer for
Utah’s Bboy Federation: They Reminisce
Organizations like the Bboy Federation are at the forefront of the movement to percolate hip-hop culture throughout Utah. … read more
Bad Brad Wheeler: Dealin’ The Blues
Bad Brad Wheeler is one of the most respected and beloved members of our community. Aged 44, Wheeler is host and producer of the Little Bit Louder Now weekday-afternoon KRCL show. … read more
Damn These Heels Presents: Oriented
Paramount to Oriented are the conflicts and confluences within each of the three characters’ personal expression of his Palestinian nationalism and his sexuality. “The complexity of their identity is bonkers,” says Witzenfeld. “The fact that they can speak about it with such control, command and self-awareness inspires me enormously.” … read more
Gallery Stroll: Out in the Open
This month’s pick is the embodiment of what Gallery Stroll is meant to be: a breath of fresh air. For a complete list of Gallery Stroll participants, peep the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll Association website at gallerystroll.org. … read more
