What do you get when you cross Salt Lake Comic Con with loud music, packed crowds, elaborate costumes? Well, uh, more Comic Con, except this time with a full bar. The general attendance side of the affair was well-attended and enjoyable, the bar was indeed full and my whiskey and coke was much-appreciated. … read more
The premiere of Natosha Washington’s new dance collective begins with a plea from the self-styled Penguin Lady herself. In the dark, a pre-recorded address to the audience opens the evening. … read more
This year, Penny-Arcade Expo (PAX) celebrated its ten-year anniversary—for a decade now, PAX has been a gamer haven. During each PAX Expo, the downtown Seattle streets are flooded with people from all over the country who just want to play video games all day. Some of them spend most of their time standing in line waiting to play video games, while others hang out in freeplay areas to play a huge assortment of games in all the different areas of gaming: tabletop, console, and PC. … read more
Sunset Overdrive is all about chaos. The game is an open-world shooter where mutants run rampant in the streets, searching for their precious Overdrive—a deliciously toxic energy drink that turned them into mutants in the first place. It may sound like another dystopian future shooter, but Insomniac works hard to set itself apart. … read more
If I were to juxtapose the energy and emotion coming from the entire room during this show with any electronic show I’ve been to in the last year, I’d say that the majority of the fans are starting to crave a more heartfelt and artistic side of an industry almost always labeled as “party music.” Robinson showed in two short hours that you can put emotion into a rave. … read more
Educators at Weber State University (WSU) led by example Friday night at the opening reception for the Department of Visual Art & Design (DOVAD) Biennial Faculty Exhibition in the campus’ own, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery. Thirty-one faculty members displayed their works, fifteen of which were female, a record-breaking number on both accounts for faculty participation. … read more
Utah Industrial and Area 51 had brought us The Dead Pixels tour which consisted of Everything Goes Cold and crashfaster. I knew I was in store for an evening that would take me on a journey that started with the sound of the early days of the computer through to today’s complex technological advances. … read more
Salt Lake Comic Con has come and gone yet again, packing masses of costumed dweebs into the Salt Palace to view panels and dig through the hundreds of booths on the show room floor. Amidst the hundreds of sabre vendors there were some real high lights and low lights, and we figured you’d want a run down. … read more
Huldra are a favorite SLC metal band, and they’re gearing up for their release of their second full-length, Black Tides. … read more
The Dahlia Room, a charming, yet definitively sultry adult boutique has opened its doors in a cozy little spot on one of my favorite blocks in Salt Lake City. The Dahlia Room is basically a smorgasbord of local goodness, and it’s just going to keep getting better. … read more
The Summer of Death skate series wrapped up this past weekend with SLUG’s annual Roughside of the TRAX contest. Using TRAX as our transportation and the city as our skate park, the contest is unique, with new spots and features each year. … read more
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
