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Fresh, Local, Creative Eats: Roots Café

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Roots Café's Utah Burger is topped with a succulent fried egg and goes great with baked kale.

Roots Café is a creative place to enjoy fresh, locally sourced food. As a breakfast and lunch place by design, their menu is simple and affordable. … read more

Posted in: Food ReviewsTagged: Food Review, Roots Café

Greater than the Sum of our Parts: The Field Work Program’s Interdisciplinary Enrichment

Posted on December 5, 2019 (September 5, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Serving as the poetry arm of the Field Work Program here in SLC, Katherine Coles has worked hand in hand with local scientists to merge science and poetry.

Salt Lake pooled their resources and disparate knowledge bases to cooperate in a pilot program called Field Work: Aligning Poetry & Science. … read more

Posted in: Art, Art and Fashion, FashionTagged: Colleen McLaughlin, Field Work, Frank Bidart, Katherine Coles, Lee Briccetti, Octavio Paz, Simon J. Ortiz, Tommy Hamby

Artes en Español: the Sor Juana Contest for Poetry and Prose in Spanish

Posted on December 5, 2019 (September 5, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is a 17th-century Mexican nun, poet, playwright and intellectual.

Artes de México en Utah’s Sor Juana Contest for Poetry and Prose in Spanish is Utah’s statewide contest for literary writing in the language. … read more

Posted in: Art, Art and Fashion, FashionTagged: Artes de Mexico en Utah, Jorge Perez, Poetry and Prose, Sor Juana, Utah Humanities

Playing Right: Plan-B Theatre’s Community Writing Workshops

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Moderated by Plan-B Theatre Artistic Director Jerry Rapier (purple shirt), Plan-B’s Theatre Artists of Color Writing Workshops provide a space for emergent playwrights of color to discuss their works in progress. At the table, clockwise from Rapier: actor Louise Vitória Dapper, actor Pedro Flores, actor Yolanda Stange, actor Darby Mest and actor Kandyce Marie Abreu.

Plan-B Theatre’s Artist of Color Writing Workshops provide a space for emergent playwrights of color to discuss their works in progress. … read more

Posted in: Art, Performance & TheatreTagged: Performance Art, Plan-B Theatre, Playwriting workshops, Writers Community

Witch Lit: Lyrical Mixology With Abraham Smith

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Self proclaimed, "Midwestern-poet-gone-rogue" Abraham Smith helps curate Witch Lit each month.

Curated by Abraham Smith and Matthew Pfohl, Witch Lit is a monthly poetry reading showcasing the diversity of local poets. … read more

Posted in: Art, Shop LocalTagged: Literary Wonders, poetry, Salt Lake Poets, Waterwitch, Witch Lit

Book Review: Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
"Local author Janalyn Guo’s Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins is a series of soothing reveries."

Janalyn Guo’s Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins is an excellent short-story collection, one I earnestly recommend picking up. … read more

Posted in: Book ReviewsTagged: Janalyn Guo, Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins

Beer of the Month: Punk as F*ck

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
December's Beer of the Month is SaltFire Brewing Co.'s Punk as F*ck IPA.

The craft beer world is a bit like the punk world. You can start with an idea or a feeling and build on it through hard work and hustle. … read more

Posted in: Beer ReviewsTagged: Beer of The Month, Punk as F*ck, Raunch Records, Saltfire Brewing Co.

Content Shifter: 9 Streaming Series from Fall ’19

Posted on December 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt

There are too many shows to stream. Here are nine series from this fall alone you might have missed—tune out the family and catch up. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Castle Rock, Content Shifter, Dollface, Goliath, Harley Quinn, Lodge 49, Mrs. Fletcher, Pennyworth, Stumptown, Succession

Icelandic Feast in the City of Salt @ Caputo’s Annual Chocolate Festival 11.13

Posted on November 26, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Caputo's 8th Annual Chocolate Festival brought Omnom Chocolate to Utah for the Icelandic Feast in the City of Salt.

SLUG was lucky enough to attend a special dinner (the Icelandic Feast in the City of Salt) that was part of the eighth annual Caputo’s Chocolate Festival. … read more

Posted in: Food Festivals & EventsTagged: Caputo's Annual Chocolate Festival, Icelandic Feast in the City of Salt, Omnom Chocolate

Brother Ali @ Metro Music Hall 11.21 w/ Evidence, Marlon Craft

Posted on November 26, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Brother Ali performed at Metro Music Hall on 11.21 with Marlon Craft and Evidence.

Last Thursday night, Brother Ali posted up for his new project, Secrets & Escapes, which features Talib Kweli, Pharaohe Monch, among others. … read more

Posted in: Show ReviewsTagged: Brother Ali, Evidence, Marlon Craft, Metro Music Hall, Show Reviews

Film Review: Knives Out

Posted on November 27, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Led by an all-star ensemble cast, Rian Johnson's Knives Out is one of the smartest and most entertaining films of the holiday season.

Rian Johnson’s latest feature, Knives Out, is easily one of the smartest and most entertaining films of the holiday season. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Knives Out, Lionsgate, Media Rights Capital, Rian Johnson

Watching Films You Like with Your Friends: The 9 Rails Film Festival Screens Trent Harris’ Plan 10 from Outer Space

Posted on November 21, 2019 (March 31, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
The 9 Rails Film Festival will host a screenign of Trent Harris' Plan 10 From Outer Space for their inaugural event.

The inaugural 9 Rails Film Festival features a screening of Trent Harris’ Plan 10 from Outer Space and is a testament to the spirit of DIY art. … read more

Posted in: Art, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: 9 Rails Film Festival, Local Cinema, Local Events, Ogden Festival, Plan 10 from Outer Space, Trent Harris
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