unReal premiered on June 23 at Red Butte Gardens. Under a half moon in a desert sky, the crowd gathered. American rock music from The Weekenders drifted on the wind across the Red Butte Garden Amphitheater as the sun dipped below the horizon. The Salt Lake City premiere of Teton Gravity Research (TGR) and Anthill
Growing up and listening to folk music on my family’s long camping trips, I remember never getting bored because my imagination would be blown up by artists like Pete Seeger, Simon and Garfunkel and Peter, Paul and Mary. Now, Orlando, Florida’s Amigo the Devil weaves his brand of storytelling with his macabre and twisted tales
The Salt Lake City Film Festival celebrates five years Sept. 26–29. Featuring the best in local filmmaking, along with highlights from this festival season’s national and international independent films, the SLCFF has something for every level of film buff. Here are reviews for some of the SLCFF films showing this year for your consideration. … read more
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
September is a weird month for beer. The weather is still relatively warm, but autumn is right around the corner. … read more
About six years ago, the urban cycling scene in Salt Lake City was at the height of its glory, with Davey Davis at the helm … er, handlebars. … read more
The leaves are changing, the temperature is dropping and another glorious, globally warmed summer is over. September is here, and if you aren’t already cutting class by the time you read this, you should be. … read more
“Mystic” Mike Ginsburg steadily prepares the main stage for his upcoming Mystic Hot Springs Music Festival, which takes place July 23 through 26 at Mystic Hot Springs in Monroe, Utah. A gaggle of geese watch him with apprehensive eyes; Mystic Hot Springs guests splosh in their bathtubs as they cool themselves from the overhead sun;
After years of nobody touching this rail, Colin landed a frontside 5-0 and this backside Smith within a week of each other. … read more
One thing you didn’t know about the Princess is that she’s severely dyslexic. Actually, I didn’t even know this until well into my 20s, when my mother sent me a folder stuffed with my kindergarten assignments. … read more
Local filmmakers, actors and writers put their skills to the test last weekend for the 2015 installment of the 48 Hour Film Project and subsequent short film festival. Starting Friday, June 12, registered teams celebrated the 48-hour time-crunch kick-off by drawing a genre from a popcorn bucket, and then racing to get their films in by the Sunday, June 14 deadline. … read more
Point B, starring the late David Fetzer, is “a stylized sci-fi comedy about four grad students who accidentally develop a crude teleportation device,” says Cannon, the film’s producer. … read more
