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Farming Foodies: Frog Bench Farms

Posted on September 5, 2019 (September 20, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
(L–R) Frog Bench Farms farmer Stacy Semborski and owners Joe and Paula Sargetakis provide veggies to various restaurants within a 10-mile radius nearly completely independent of the city’s water system.

Started in 2012 by Joe and Paula Sargetakis, Frog Bench Farms produces veggies that are supplied to restaurants within a five-mile radius. … read more

Posted in: Food: Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Frog Bench Farms

Hello! Bulk Markets Say Goodbye to Excess Packaging

Posted on September 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Jamaica Trinnaman took her learnings from the grocery industry to execute her vision of her own bulk market.

It has been a long and arduous journey for food industry veteran Jamaica Trinnaman to create Hello! Bulk Markets, her flagship bulk foods storefront. … read more

Posted in: Community, Food: Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Giv Group, Hello! Bulk Markets, Square Kitchen, Sustainable Startups

Creature Feature: Brigitte Kiss

Posted on August 30, 2019 (May 21, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
I'm a Pisces, year of the dragon and a Slytherin.

Brigitte Kiss, aka John Taylor Adams, aka Taylor, aka Tay, is one of the reigning queens of Utah Valley and holds the title “Miss Provo Pride 2017.” … read more

Posted in: Community, LGBTQ+Tagged: Brigitte Kiss, LGBTQ+, The Boxcar, Utah Pride Center

Localized: Jazz Jags

Posted on September 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
(L–R) David Payne, Halle Jean and Nora Price of Jazz Jags.

Jazz Jags are mostly interested in discussing their ideas and hopes concerning the local music scene and their commitment to support the underground. … read more

Posted in: LocalizedTagged: Gallery of Fine Hyper Art, Jazz Jags, Localized, Urban Lounge

The 9th Annual Skate Deck Challenge at the Urban Arts Festival

Posted on September 5, 2019 (September 5, 2024) by Asha Pruitt
(L–R) Vincent Mattina, "Requiem," 2018; Katie Mansfield, "Creep," 2018; Halley Bruno, "Dearly Departed," 2018.

The Skate Deck Challenge still reigns as the Urban Arts Festival’s premier event, and festival directors like to see which budding artists will participate. … read more

Posted in: Art, Art and Fashion, FashionTagged: derek dyer, Jenna Louise Roga, Skate Deck Challenge, Tamar Fox, Urban Arts Festival, Urban Arts Gallery, Utah Arts Alliance

The Food Waste Place: Wasatch Resource Recovery’s Anaerobic Digester

Posted on September 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Recovery and Sustainability Manager Morgan Olsen Bowerman touts Wasatch Resource’s capacity to process food waste with their anaerobic digester.

Morgan Olsen Bowerman, Wasatch Resource’s Recovery and Sustainability Manager, says that the digester essentially works like a real, living digestive tract. … read more

Posted in: Food: Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Moran Olsen Bowerman, Wasatch Resource Recovery

Serving SLC’s Service Industry One Small Miracle at a Time

Posted on September 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
(L–R) Erin McAllester, Tracy Gomez, William Bradshaw and Matthew Pfohl.

At 29 years old, longtime food servicer Matthew Pfohl experienced a physical and financial trauma that helped inspire the idea behind One Small Miracle. … read more

Posted in: Food Festivals & EventsTagged: Emily Capito, One Small Miracle. Matthew Pfohl

Beer of the Month: Young Bruin

Posted on September 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
"Young Bruin pours with the color of deep amber and dark-garnet undertones."

Toasted Barrel Brewery’s Young Bruin is a bit of a twist on a popular style in the barrel-aging world, the Oud Bruin or Flanders Brown. … read more

Posted in: Beer ReviewsTagged: Beer of The Month, Toasted Barrel Brewery, Young Bruin

Milosport x Vans: You Can Skate the SL.AM Competition

Posted on September 5, 2019 (September 13, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Colin Brophy at the SL.AM skate competition.

Salt Lake has always had an amazing skateboarding community. That’s why Milosport jumped on curating the idea of the SLAM competition. … read more

Posted in: Action SportsTagged: Milosport, SLAM Competiton, Vans

Mike Brown: Pizza

Posted on September 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Mike Brown gives us the dirt on pizza in the Beehive State.

Despite my belief that pizza can heal a broken nation, there is still division in the pizza community; never-ending debates that need to be put to rest. … read more

Posted in: CommunityTagged: mike brown, Pizza

Salt Lake’s Secret Garden: Gilgal Sculpture Garden

Posted on September 5, 2019 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
The famed Joseph Smith Sphinx at Gilgal Sculpture Garden.

What Gilgal Sculpture Garden has become is incredibly rare, and not what one would expect given creator Thomas Batterbys Child’s dedication to his faith. … read more

Posted in: Art, CommunityTagged: Friends of Gilgal Garden, Gilgal Sculpture Garden, Judi Short, Thomas Battersby Child

Contributor Limelight: Peter Fryer

Posted on September 5, 2019 (August 30, 2024) by Asha Pruitt

Senior Staff Writer Peter Fryer is a writer’s writer. Since March 2005, Fryer has covered his beat of hardcore music faithfully and masterfully. … read more

Posted in: SLUG Contributor LimelightTagged: Contributor Limelight, Peter Fryer
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