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The stay-at-home directive has been extended through April 30. What do you miss most?

Mikey Saltas What I’d give to be having a cold beer on a bar patio a la Green Pig or Gracie’s right now. Runner-up would be going to the gym. I’ve been doing home workouts in my driveway lately, and while my 90 year-old neighbor across the street seems to be enjoying it, it’s just not the same motivation you get as a room of testosterone-filled gym bros. Thanks for the moral support though, Meg! Sofia Cifuentes Having lunch with my co-workers. Doug Kruithof Live and in-person music concerts—although am blessed with a computer and the ability to go down a variety of musical rabbit holes these days more than ever. Still, there’s nothin’ like hitting a few small club shows a night after a long day of ad peddling and ticket procurement. Kelly Boyce Dressing up and going to events! Pre-gaming is the actual event now :( Eric Granato I certainly haven’t missed all the idiots and traffic. Kathy Mueller Going to brunch, hugs, seeing my family, hugs, my friends, hugs, going to work, hugs, feeling secure about the future and Obama. Paula Saltas Going to the Other Place restaurant three times a week. Chelsea Neider Socializing and seeing friends and family. Bryan Bale Taking lunch breaks at local downtown restaurants like Siegfried’s and Gandolfo’s. I miss weekly jams at Gracie’s, Bourbon House and Green Pig. I miss rehearsing and playing gigs with Orphans Cabaret. I’m probably most saddened by the absence of “chill” with my Netflix, but I can’t honestly blame COVID-19 for that. Jerre Wroble Humanity.I feel like I’m living in Thoreau’s Walden (if his cabin in the woods had internet access and CNN blaring in the background). Living on your own takes getting used to. Thankfully, my dogs are great listeners. Kara Rhodes I’ve missed going to my hot yoga classes and bar hopping. Joel Smith Events and meeting with the public. Scott Renshaw Absolutely, 100 percent, going to the movie theater. As much content as I’ve been consuming for the last four weeks, there’s nothing like sharing a movie with an audience. I know that the next time I have a chance to sit in a theater seat, and the lights go down, I’m going to cry. It’s not even speculation; it will happen.

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fects the entire food chain down to the grower and picker. From there, it ripples out to other industries like no other. The federal government has committed dollar support in the form of guaranteed SBA loans (if you have decent credit) and also via the Payroll Protection Program—a novel way for the government to pay out unemployment without you having to go to the unemployment office, basically. Safe bet: The bulk of the SBA funds will not be sent to small businesses but will be doled out to persons and corporations that have multiplied in the swamp that President Trump promised to drain. The federal government funding programs are a welcome but mismanaged mess. However, at the state and local levels, our leaders and politicians are just biding time while passing along meaningless phrases like, “We’re in this with you.” Sorry, no, you are not. You are paid by taxpayers. You have health insurance. Your takeout order from Wendy’s doesn’t do squat for local merchants. You’re using Grubhub and calling it support? Well, Grubhub grabs about 30% of the bill from those local eateries. That’s not stepping up, guys, and neither is the mere $9 million dollars committed thus far by Salt Lake City and the State of Utah to help local businesses affected by COVID-19 (Disclosure: City Weekly has not been awarded SBA guarantees, nor the PPP, was denied city funds twice but was provided a state grant of $10,000. Thank you, Herbert and Cox!). Yet, that amount is less than 20% of one company payroll, let alone trying to pay for all other expenses. We’re not alone. It will take 1,000 times that amount to make local small businesses whole again. Salt Lake County has no economic plan to assist local business. OK, local governments, if you can’t fork over any money while you’re sucking down your Arby’s fake gyro or sickly Taco Bell taco (because that’s easier than supporting local Greeks and Mexicans serving the real deal), at least do this: Get off

everyone’s back. • We know a local business owner who was to file property taxes on March 25. He couldn’t due to COVID-19, and disaster funds have not arrived. His taxing entity is charging fees and interest. Walk away, taxman! • A business owner shut down by the county is being charged for water he is not using at the same time he has no business coming in. Give him water! • Liquor license renewals are due May 1. Places holding liquor licenses have had no sales in a month, and the DABC has not informed license holders if they will defer payments due to forced closures. Stop, just, stop! • A prominent Salt Lake business paid more than $1 million in state and property taxes in 2019 but was denied even the smallest loan amounts by both the state and city. However, that business pays nearly nothing to the federal government, which is where his last hope for funding help remains. That’s backward! Here’s where the rubber meets the road for COVID-19 recovery: Either local government steps to the front and does all it can, or it needs to get out of the way. Stop the regulation nonsense and let our local businesses survive. It’s becoming clear that the hundreds of millions of dollars in the state’s rainy-day fund—much of it derived from the more than $1 million a day in Utah liquor sales—is going to stay there until there is rain on someone else’s parade, someone or some industry more important in legislative lives than the lowgrade fever employees in the hospitality industry. The big boys aren’t even close to feeling the pinch. The big boys also know they are only a phone call away from help. But the guy flipping burgers? He doesn’t have a prayer against COVID-19. To the little guy, local governments all talk about tasty fry sauce, but they can’t produce the bacon. CW Send comments to john@cityweekly.net

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ome people say, and I’m one of those people, that the government isn’t doing enough to help small businesses during this coronavirus crisis. When the famed SXSW music/film/tech showcase was canceled in early March, it was as if someone put plastic explosives on the fragile bridge supports that newspapers have recently built and blew them all to shreds. Dollars targeted to announce the big summer concerts dried up. Few people blinked. The NBA canceled their games when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19. The NCAA canceled their national basketball tournament. What could be worse? Oh, canceling St. Patrick’s Day parades in Chicago, New York and Boston, perhaps? Yeah, that could be worse. St. Patrick’s Day is the day when every Everyman is Irish for a day. This year, Everyman stayed home, and the Chicago River wasn’t dyed green. A few people woke up. In Salt Lake City on March 13, I spent part of the Friday night before St. Patrick’s Day weekend behind a couple of Five Wives vodka sodas. My companion was drinking Tito’s. Some people’s kids. Gracie’s was nearly empty on the night before the big parade—the parade that wouldn’t happen, because it, too, was canceled. I began tending bar in 1975 or so, and I’ve seen 44 St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Utah, and one in Chicago. I was afraid for what would come next—a financial emergency in the club and restaurant industry. It came. The hospitality industry took the first and most severe hit. Yeah, yeah—airlines, oil rigs and cruise ships need love, too, and they’ll get plenty of greenbacks from this president. Yet, shutting down the hospitality industry hits not only Gracie’s and every other club and eatery, but af-

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Consider for a minute the coronavirus—as if you’re not already! Of course, fear has taken over. The lack of leadership at the highest level of government leaves everyone to decide for themselves what’s going on. States are all over the map (excuse the pun) as to what to do. Utah is an outlier without a stay-at-home order and all but one Republican candidate for governor thinks that’s just fine, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Utah Policy polls tell us that Utahns are more worried about the economic impact than their health and that they think the media is hyping the danger. Certainly, Utah is no New York, and we’re lucky we’re no Florida with its crowded beaches. Now is not a time to be complacent, but it would be a great time for hard facts. We know math and know what exponential growth is like. But the governor is loathe to face the wrath of free-thinkers like Idaho rancher Ammon Bundy, who might think of moving here to run for governor.

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Don’t blame the earth for the coronavirus. Instead celebrate the big blue marble, sans people. Sure, you can go out and walk—6 feet from other people —but here’s a chance to honor Mother Earth at a Virtual Earth Day Celebration. You can learn about ways to help the earth and gather ideas on the Living Planet website. You’ll hear about the Global Citizen Initiative, watch fun and educational videos in a virtual celebration and learn how to be a steward of the environment—from the comfort of your home. Conservation is more important today than ever to sustaining our lifestyle and preserving the earth’s bounty. In fact, it will be the earth that saves humanity—if we follow along. Wednesday, April 22, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free, https://bit.ly/2UZ5nmQ.

POP-UP PET PANTRIES

You’ve seen the long lines of people waiting for groceries and any sort of lifeline if they have lost their jobs or are homeless. They are not alone. Our world is filled with pets who give us joy in this time of isolation, and they, too, need help. Nuzzles & Co. Pop-Up Pet Pantries aims to do just that. Their pop-up pet pantry support is offered through Salt Lake, Utah, Weber and Summit counties. They also accepting donations of supplies from people who can contribute. Stay in your car and pull up for assistance at the following locations: Target parking lot, 1110 S. 300 West, Tuesday, April 21, 1-3 p.m. West Jordan Petco parking lot, 6842 S. Redwood Road, West Jordan, 1-3 p.m., free/donations accepted, https://bit. ly/2RsmzyY.

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The COVID-19 pandemic is creating huge losses—both of lives and of livelihoods. There is no normal anymore, and people are struggling to find safety and stability. “In this wild time of unprecedented disruption and uncertainty, with the COVID-19 virus sweeping the globe and taking the lives of many, there is grief work to be done,” say organizers of Virtual Community Grief Tending. “We are in the thick of a collective rite of passage—where one way of being is dying and the new way of being is not yet born.” This ritual event usually takes place in the community. Now, it is online with a circle of deep listening and caring. If you choose to make a donation, it will go to the National Congress of American Indians COVID-19 Response Fund. Tuesday, April 21, 7-8:30 p.m., free, register at https:// bit.ly/3a5usRy

First, everyone’s thrilled that liquor stores are considered essential businesses. Now we can be happy that Farmers Markets are, too. They just have to “re-imagine” how they’ll do it, Fox13 News reported. Gone will be the arts-and-crafts element and the sit-down, take-out food. It will be a place for “essential food … produce, locally ranched meats, eggs, honey, dairy, bread—stuff you would go to the grocery store for.” Being in the open air might be better than getting stuck in line at the store, but we still have to deal with what the market calls “old, more curmudgeonly farmers” who don’t like the idea of social distancing and a cashless process. Just wear your masks and wash your hands. The only question is how long the lines will be.

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There’s a lot to unpack from the elections—how did signature-gathering play out for the GOP and just how conservative will our next governor be? The GOP candidates are vying for the conservative crown. Former House Speaker Greg Hughes made a blatant plea to conservatives in a recent commercial, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said all the “right” things to the Eagle Forum, and boy wonder Jon Huntsman Jr. has tapped his former general counsel Sen. Mike Lee to praise him as a “true conservative.” Utah Policy’s Bob Bernick suggested that the governor find an alternative route for signature gathering. Signatures became an option under law and against the right wing’s better judgment. And Huntsman, whom polls place close behind Cox, had to pull out all the stops to gather 28,000 valid signatures amid the pandemic by the April 13 deadline. But can he now maintain the momentum? “No one is passionate about another term for Huntsman,” says one Utah Policy commenter, “including Huntsman.”

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Hogle Zoo Facebook Field Trips Typically, spring would mark the beginning of a busy season for Utah’s Hogle Zoo, with warm weather bringing in crowds. But very little is “typical” right now, forcing the zoo to think differently about how to serve the public. “Normally, we welcome thousands of kids to the zoo free of charge for field trips,” says Hogle Zoo’s community relations manager Erica Hansen (pictured). “We’re in a situation now where kids are stuck at home, and parents not traditionally used to teaching are filling that role, so what an opportunity to serve different parts of the community.” That opportunity comes in the form of Facebook Field Trips, a daily livestream at 11:30 a.m. (facebook.com/hoglezoo) in which zookeepers provide up-close virtual experiences and educational information. One episode might involve showing how you clip an elephant’s toenails; another might feature how grizzly bears get enrichment from keepers drawing on their enclosure windows with honey. For those unable to watch the livestreams, episodes are archived at the zoo’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Supplementary materials, including worksheets, are also offered at hoglezoo.com (where you can also donate or become a member to support zoo operations), and the program for each day’s field trip is announced the day prior. Since launching on March 17, the virtual field trips have grown in popularity, drawing views from all over the country, and keeping young viewers engaged as they interact with the video through their comments. “We’re getting great engagement and getting great questions,” Hansen says. “I think in times of stress like this, people do turn to nature.” (Scott Renshaw)

S.T.E.A.M.Punk Academy Drunk Science Virtual Happy Hours In a sense, an organization that describes itself as dedicated to “science, technology, engineering the arts and math, with a punk ethos” should be ideally positioned to respond to a moment when people are needing a D.I.Y. approach to connecting people through technology. And that’s exactly what S.T.E.A.M.Punk Academy’s weekly Drunk Science Virtual Happy Hours are all about. Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. MDT, on Facebook (facebook.com/steampunkacademyslc/) and YouTube, S.T.E.A.M.Punk Academy hosts a scientist for an informal conversation that allows participants on the livestream to ask questions. Previous guests have included seismologist Dr. Amir Allam (pictured); University of Utah communications professor Dr. Sara Yeo, discussing how emotion affects the conveying of scientific information; and Montana State University microbiologist Dr. Eric Boyd discussing how microbes behave in extreme environments. Guests for subsequent weeks are announced about a week out via social media channels. “What we’ve done is a casual interview with a scientist, pretty open-ended,” S.T.E.A.M.Punk Academy executive director Justice Morath says. “Like if we were sitting around at a bar, what would we ask them about their expertise, and what would they tell us.” The weekly events—a collaboration with Utah Arts Alliance, sponsored by Ogden’s Own Distillery—have been successful enough that Morath hopes to continue this kind of event live and in person once bars open up again. In the meantime, people stuck at home are invited to rustle up their personal beverage of choice, tune in live (or watch the recorded version) and get a dose of fun but fascinating information. (SR)

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Odyssey Dance: A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Vegas Just days before the world changed for live arts performances, Derryl Yeager and the performers of Odyssey Dance Theatre were preparing to leave for Europe for a tour with their new show, Chicago Nights. “As things got sketchier … I sent a note to the dancers: Maybe you should see what refund possibilities are of anything you planned after the tour,” Yeager recalls. “I thank my lucky stars that we weren’t actually over there. One of my dancers has friends stuck in Italy, and they can’t even get home.” While it would be easy to focus on the performances that never came to be, Yeager turned his attention to performances only recently completed: a run of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Vegas in February at Kingsbury Hall. A lighthearted spin on Shakespeare’s play set in modern-day Las Vegas, it focuses on two couples, bickering magicians, showgirls and more. Yeager had videotaped the show, and edited together a professional version employing multiple camera angles. Now, Yeager and Odyssey Dance are making that recorded version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Vegas available for free on YouTube (Act 1: youtu.be/LtxSAvofOfE; Act 2: youtu.be/ V3i7a_xrI6I). While he understands that many arts organizations are struggling financially as a result of cancelled performances, Yeager notes that ODT is in a solid position, and doesn’t need to request contributions in exchange for watching the show online. “There are people tired of watching Contagion on Netflix,” he says. “This is a thank you for all the patrons have come to see us over the years, give them something new and different to watch.” (SR)

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A stalwart local art organization shifts its mission due to COVID-19. BY SCOTT RENSHAW scottr@cityweekly.net @scottrenshaw

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lery was really a place where people got to know us, that we added something to the art scene that was different. “Obviously, as an executive director, my job is to look at the big picture: How do we continue the mission and the job as Art Access to the people we serve? That’s what I came back to over and over. I realize this is going to be a loss that’s important to grieve and acknowledge publicly. I’ve had people reach out and say, ‘I’ve had my first exhibit there. It’s an important place to me.’” That big-picture examination, however, has led Benito to realize the impact that Art Access has had in terms of pioneering programs which have now been picked up elsewhere, allowing the organization to turn to other priorities. She notes, for example, Art Access’ work with veterans on art therapy, and how the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley has launched a Veterans’ Art Community Center. “As a non-profit, your job is to respond to community needs, and recognize when that needs to be adjusted,” Benito says. “There’s more and more focus on diversity

Guests at Art Access’ 2019 300 Plates event and inclusion in the art world. If we close some of these programs that are being done in other places, we can still push the effort forward to make sure every arts organization in Salt Lake City is an inclusive arts organization.” So for now, while there is still some grieving to be done, Benito chooses to focus on what Art Access will still be able to do, including the virtual version of 300 Plates and working on an ongoing basis to advocate for the needs of people with disabilities and other marginalized communities in the local art scene. “I do think this is an opportunity,” she says. “There’s a quote by W.E.B. DuBois, ‘You must always be prepared to give up what you are to be what you will become.’ That’s always spoken to me. … We have a lot of knowledge about the fundamentals of disability rights and what it means to really value all people, and the foundation of trust with our community. It’s a beautiful opportunity.” CW

Benito also notes that the closures came just before the organization’s largest single fundraiser of the year: 300 Plates, an auction event originally scheduled for May which traditionally provides nearly one third of Art Access’ annual budget. “When you take into account the sponsorship loss, plus moving to digital rather than in-person, meaning not selling tickets the way we used to, plus alcohol sales at the event, and 70 percent of the art sales, it’s about $180,000 every year,” Benito says. She adds that there is still a plan to conduct the 300 Plates sales virtually, but now with a 50-50 split between the artists and Art Access. “We felt that right now, artists are really struggling,” she adds. “We don’t feel comfortable asking for 70 percent.” While the organization itself is not ceasing operations, Benito acknowledges that dealing with these changes has been an emotional process. “Even though Art Access isn’t closing, when you’re closing the gallery and the office, it feels like that to people,” she says. “It’s no longer a place to stop by, so it’s like losing its home. The gal-

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he past month has hit visual and performing arts entities hard, forcing the cancellation of events and a radical re-thinking of finances. For Art Access, it has already led to the hard decision to close its physical gallery permanently— even as the organization’s leadership tries to find the positives in re-focusing the organization’s mission. On April 3, Art Access executive director Shandra Benito announced several difficult decisions necessitated by the pandemic for the 35-year old organization dedicated to artistic opportunities for people with disabilities. In addition to shuttering the gallery location and office space on 500 West, all staff positions besides Benito’s will be eliminated, with Benito’s own position becoming half-time. Many programs will continue, including its artist mentorship program. While it might be easy to understand the financial impacts on a performing arts organization of lost ticket sales from cancelled events, the impact of COVID-19 on Art Access is more complex, in part a function of the specific timing of social distancing measures. “I kind of expected there to be a potential divergence of funding to funding more emergency-type services,” Benito says. “Which I can understand— with people losing houses, and we have a finite amount of money that certain foundations can give. Nobody’s going to be coming to a gallery when they’re dealing with eviction notices.”

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Comfort Carryout Draper’s Oak Wood Fire Kitchen offers nostalgic favorites that’ll feed you for days. BY ALEX SPRINGER comments@cityweekly.net @captainspringer

ately, I’ve been noticing that my takeout choices have been veering closest to those that were the comfort food of my childhood. I suppose our general state of anxiety has made the crushing weight of adulthood just a tad less bearable as of late, and my subconscious is yearning for a simpler time. While I can make most of my childhood favorites without much thought, there are a few things that I haven’t been able to get right. Pizza, meatballs and barbecue are the most prominent of these offenders, so they’ve been occupying a more central role in my takeout decisions. This mixture of cravings—paired with a desire for family-style meals—led me to Oak Wood Fire Kitchen (715 E. 12300 South, Draper, 801-966-8155, oakwoodfirekitchen.com)

Oak opened just over a year ago as one of local restaurateur Michael McHenry’s brainchildren. He and Chef Brandon Price set out to create a restaurant that relied on the timber-fueled ovens of our culinary past. It’s a restaurant

that combines McHenry’s knack for creating unique, niche branding—his group also brought us Ginger Street and Dirty Bird—and a type of cooking that appeals to Utah’s more rustic sensibility. Though they’re known for

their creative takes on pizza like the eloté ($13), which combines the flavors of Mexican street corn and shishito peppers, it’s their brisket that put them on my radar. I was looking for a barbecue or barbecue-adjacent family-style meal online, and I spotted Oak’s smoked brisket family meal ($36). The bone-deep craving that hit me was less about mere preference, and more about recapturing some of my favorite dining experiences spent over large platters of pulled pork, racks of ribs and sliced brisket. Oak did not disappoint. The smoked brisket meal ($36) offers three pounds of brisket, barbecue sauce, Oak bread and two sides. I was initially attracted to the price; three pounds of smoked brisket plus some bread and some sides for under $40 isn’t a bad deal. My first visit was for pickup—Oak’s staff had hand sanitizer at the ready, and were pros at keeping their distance while handing off each customer’s order. Despite the social distancing, the staff at Oak remained welcoming and pleasant to the point of including a handwritten thank-you note attached to the order. While there’s not much variety to the sides available with your order—it’s a choice of tomato basil soup, green salad or parmesan fries—they’re all tasty complements to the main course. The

true test of any smoked brisket comes when trying to slice through it with a fork, and the brisket at Oak definitely aced that test. They’re beautiful pieces of meat—thickly sliced and smoked to perfection—and three pounds of it kept my family and I fed for the next few days. The unexpected standout of the meal is the Oak bread, a pillowy round of oven-baked bread with just enough charred crispness on the edges to add textural variety. Ripping off a small piece and stuffing it with a few pinches of brisket is an excellent way to finish off the last few bites of this meal. My family and I were impressed with this first foray into Oak’s family-style meals, so we decided to try the bucatini and meatballs ($22) a few nights later. The supporting cast of sides remains the same, but the main course of thick bucatini noodles and gigantic homemade meatballs was about satisfying yet another nostalgic craving. Spaghetti is relatively easy to make, but a good homemade meatball has eluded me. The meatballs at Oak encompass everything that made me fall in love with good meatballs in the first place. They’ve got the perfect texture—soft, but just enough heft to push back on your fork when you slice them in half—and the mild

flavor lets you really enjoy the tomato sauce. The choice of bucatini pasta seems appropriate, as Oak is apt to do things a little bigger than average, but the larger noodles make this another dish that can provide another day or two of leftovers. Again, the Oak bread is an excellent accompaniment to this meal, ideal for sopping up the last of your plate’s tomato sauce. Though I initially stumbled upon Oak’s menu while searching for barbecue options, it’s become one of my family’s favorite takeout places. Most of their menu is a perfect cure for the nostalgic food feels that have been creeping up on me during these strange times, and I appreciate that one family meal can feed me and mine for a few days at a time. It’s also a fair bet that I wouldn’t have become such a fan if my family and I weren’t taking social isolation seriously, which is one of those weird but welcome results of our current social climate. I’ll take tender mercies—and tender brisket— where I can get them. CW

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fter spending three—or is it four? — weeks practicing social isolation with my family, I’ve dusted off the old cookbook library, sharpened my knives and started developing my cooking skills. My stovetop has seen its share of miserable defeats and sublime victories in this process, and I’d like to share some of these experiences. If just one of my humiliations helps someone dodge a culinary bullet, then my efforts will not be in vain.

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My daughter is almost three years old, but she’s already joined me in many of my home cooking endeavors. We got her a little step ladder so she can stand level with the countertop, and I’ve been impressed with her resolve. Lately, she’s become interested in each ingredient before it gets mixed together—which is her very favorite part of the process. I’ve tried to warn her that ingredients like raw garlic and onion don’t taste very good until they get cooked, but she insisted nonetheless. Surprisingly, she didn’t mind the bits of minced garlic in small doses, but the diced onion rang her bell. Anyone who has had a toddler violently reject the food in her mouth will know the pitiful scene that ensued: Scrunched up face, spluttering lips and an urgent flurry of fingers trying to scrape every last remnant of the offending morsel from her tongue while a look of pure betrayal spreads across her face. All in all, the experience has made her a bit more cautious when it comes to what’s on the cutting board.

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between “couch coma” and “sidewalk chalk art with the neighborhood kids.” I don’t know your relationship with your neighbors, so proceed accordingly. Kiitos Red is the New Pink: Pours a lovely deep, slightly bronzed red color, which comes close to the pink mentioned on the label. The nose is quite grainy, with a thin toffee sweetness backing it up. Some leafy-sweet and slightly earthy hops hide behind it, especially when the beer is swirled; marmalade sweet-citrus notes also tickle the nostrils. The taste is similarly hoppy, with more grainy notes and a light body. But there are subtle complexities here: The grain has a wholesome character to it, toasted biscuits and whole grains,

mingling with some marzipan and mixed berries. There’s a little honeyed sweetness and some pleasantly biting hop bitterness on the back as well. It might just be the hint of extra dry-hopping, but it provides a bit of a cut on the finish, which is nice. Quarantine Desirability: This ale supporting the Pink Boots Society--a non-profit dedicated to women in the brewing industry--comes in a 16-ounce can, at 5.0 percent ABV. The cloistering factor is “medium” to “pissing-off the spouse.” It also supports a range of quarantine activities including video chatting, over-bleaching the bed sheets and removing dog shit from flip flops. Look to Red Rock and Kiitos’ respective shops for these ales. As always, cheers! CW

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may be stuck with. You’re welcome. Red Rock 25th Anniversary Ale: It’s hard to believe that Red Rock is a full quarter of a century old. To celebrate, the gang decided to go big with a Belgian style Quadruple Ale, which pours a clear mahogany brown color with plenty of ruby light sneaking through. The nose brings aged malts, almost like an English old ale. Sweet malts hit next with molasses, brown sugar and candied sugar, along with some toasty brown malts that have that gently-aged, with an old-ale-like aroma, just a bit of booze, clean heat and faint hints of dark fruit. Overall, this one is fairly light on the nose. The taste starts with dark fruits, candied raisins and reminding me of Fig Newtons. Then it goes straight into sweet flavors of molasses--tons of it, almost as if they poured molasses-based rum into the mash. The booze kicks in a bit and brings a tingling, warming feel. Brown sugar and candied sugar flavors slip in next, with an almost starchy corn stalk sugar feel. Some nutty toffee flavors round out the sticky parts, accompanied by some dryer malts and a hint of cooked vegetables mixed with Cracker Jack. Towards the back, a little cocoa rounds it out. The finish is still fairly sweet, a bit sticky and syrupy. Booze kicks in again at the finish and lingers throughout. Quarantine Desirability: As this Belgian-inspired beer clocks in at 12.5 percent and comes in a German-made 500 milliliter bottle, its cloistering factor is on the high side. I would place this somewhere

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ince early March, we’ve watched the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread uncontrollably around the earth while the U.S. became its new global epicenter. We’ve seen our friends’ businesses close for an undetermined amount of time, and we witnessed government “leaders” at every level trip up in their handling of the crisis, from organization to communication (nothing new for most of them). Like you, we can’t wait to put all this COVID-19 business behind us. Who doesn’t need a hug! Human health is our No. 1 priority. We obsess over the numbers, so thank you to those who follow the #staysafestayhome directive—it appears to be working everywhere except for the Darwin Award candidates in Utah County who can’t seem to put their personal priorities above those of the full society. STFH! That said, separating human health from financial health in daily conversation is nearly impossible: No health, no finances. As we talk about what this world will look like when the pandemic inevitably passes, we cannot forget the folks who were forced to sacrifice financially to preserve our physical health. That’s why, in this issue and issues to follow, City Weekly will highlight members of the local business community who paid the freight for coronavirus spread. It’s important to understand that the experiences of our neighbors are uniquely different when working from home is simply not an option. Please get to know the individuals on these pages, and as always―SUPPORT LOCAL!

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Local stories of adaptability and compassion to lift your cooped-up spirits.

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Lisa Forman Owner Legends Pub & Grill

Joanna Rendi Owner Moochie’s Meatballs & More

Legends popcorn chicken with garlic parmesan

What’s been your biggest challenge?

Finances.

What’s your bestseller? Pac12 Burger.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends? Seeing our staff and customers.

Are you offering any specials?

We are doing a 20% discount when ordering online for curbside pickup. We would like to let people know that third-party delivery companies charge the business 25-30%, so if you can order directly from your favorite place (if they offer curbside), it’s a much better option in terms of helping that business (and safer right now)

How are you passing the time?

Reading and listening to positive books, watching comedy movies, baking and just

really paying attention to all the amazing things that people and our country are doing and having profound gratitude for it all.

What are you working on now?

New menu options, our new rewards program, a new website and improving the stuff that we need to make our business better when we reopen

What’s a takeaway from this?

Will your business model change?

We plan to offer delivery as a normal part of business and focus on more prepackaged takeout options. We’ll probably continue to meet with our managers via Zoom to have better communication.

What are your bestsellers?

Philly cheesesteaks and handmade meatballs.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

Shit can get real ... real fast, and our government can and will shut you down!

Seeing people in the restaurant and going out with friends. People going back to work and not being on my favorite hiking trails!

Your parting shot?

Are you offering any specials?

801.355.3598 | 677 S. 200 West, SLC 801.679.1749 | 10631 S. Holiday Park Drive, Sandy WhyLegends.com

How are you passing the time?

Sincere gratitude for all the local support! It means so much to so many.

We’re offering two bottles of jalapeno sauce for $10 with any order. We are also offering free delivery in a limited area and a small delivery fee outside of that area.

I am busier than ever, so filling time is never a problem.

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I haven’t decided since so much is unknown. We will have better to-go options in place, for sure. We did have a good jump in that but drive-thru is definitely much busier, as I observe, with cost and simplicity. Still, it’s mostly chains that have [drive-thrus].

Moochies’ takeout special: Add two bottles of Moochie’s jalapeno sauce for $10 with any order

Inconsistent and incomplete information from government officials and having to shift operations on a daily— sometimes hourly—basis.

Will your business model change?

DEREK CARLISLE

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What are you working on now? Getting ready to move my office.

What’s a takeaway from this? This, too, shall pass.

Your parting shot?

I’m starting to wonder if the whole thing is a big psychological experiment to see how much the government can control our behavior. I know people are getting sick and dying, but we lose more people with the regular flu than this. We lose people by smoking, car accidents—you name it—none of those things seem to warrant this type of response. And yet the stock market continues to climb. Who is making money off this?

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Jean-Michel Arrigona Owner Natur

It's been challenging (and rewarding) trying to reinvent yourself to work with the way people are currently buying. Staying in touch with your customers.

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I hope that the way we have chosen to respond to this event will have especially improved our online presence.

What are your bestsellers?

Our business is retail sales/art gallery. Framed specimens from the natural world are probably our bestsellers.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

Seeing people back in the store, visiting with people, traveling! Eating out! Eating out. Did I mention eating out?

What’s been your biggest challenge?

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Will your business model change?

Anything you wish to share with the public?

We've all got to hang in there. It might seem difficult to imagine that this will be over someday, but it will be. Take care of yourselves, so you can help take care of others.

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What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

We look forward to having our customers back and showing them the appreciation and generosity they have given us during the shutdown. We have been emotionally moved by the overwhelming support the community has shown not just toward us, but for all food and beverage spots throughout the Salt Lake metro area.

Are you offering any specials?

385. 270.5752 | 2496 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake | levelcrossingbrewing.com

I’ve been sitting on an idea for months but have been too chicken to roll it out. That fear has been fixed by this experience. I have identified 15-plus professions that, based on their job requirements, beat up bodies, creating a need for my services. I have care programs created to help them physically without breaking their bank. I will be hitting the pavement to meet with them in their offices and explain this professional care program. It’s not a groundbreaking idea, but it’s one that I’ve been too worried about the details to actually implement. No more of that!

Are you offering any specials?

I’m running an awesome special right now. It’s a BOGO, buy one adjustment

What are you working on now?

I have lots of work stuff I’m doing. Finally, I have time to crank out content and plans for events, collabs I’ve been wanting to do. We have a patient appreciation event that got pushed back from May to November. I’m working with other businesses in the holistic health fields to create joint campaigns together. I’m a big believer in the idea of “a rising tide raises all ships.”

What’s a takeaway from this?

Gratitude for the little things. Never, ever, ever taking the minutiae of life for granted again. I think we can all agree on that one.

What day is it?

Good Friday. Despite how hard things are right now, I gain a lot of peace from what this day represents and means.

Your parting shot?

I think Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a seriously underappreciated movie.

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What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

Lots of games, mainly Disney Villainous, Ticket to Ride and Skyjo. Now that it’s warming up, my wife and I like to take our dog, Baylor, for a walk after work through the neighborhood every night. And catching up on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.

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Being only open for one year, our 90-seat

taproom represented the majority of our business.

My adjustments! Who doesn’t want to feel better and move their body with more ease? I’ve worked very hard to refine my skills and connect with each person on my table to know how and where to adjust them. Everything here is tailored to them and their unique needs.

How are you passing the time?

What is your business makeup?

What are your bestsellers?

for you and one will be donated to a COVID-19 relief worker. If you know someone, you can give them the gift card. If you don’t, I have a network ready to accept these contributions. They’re $50 and can be purchased by calling or emailing the office. They can also be redeemed at a later date.

In the short term, we will continue to take precautions with our seating and possibly relocate tables so customers can maintain social distancing within the taproom while enjoying themselves. We will also continue to provide sanitizing stations throughout the facility and train staff to remind customers of the availability. Long term, we will continue to provide a high level of customer service and produce award-winning beers and delicious pizzas!

Will your business model change?

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What’s been your biggest challenge?

Will your business model change?

New business for sure. No one is wanting to start a new chiropractic health journey right now. Everyone is locked down and limiting their expenses— which is totally understandable. Luckily, I have a great existing patient base that is still coming in for care. But new patients have completely stopped calling in. I’m trying to create promotions and specials for them to book appointments for down the road when they feel more comfortable and life has come back to normal.

I think this will be really good for my business. This caught us all by storm in pretty much every way, and people are going to come out of this more preventative in nature. They’re going to want to have more savings and food storage, and they’re going to want to make sure they’re in better health! Most of the time, we wait for symptoms to show up, then we deal with them. But after this is over, we’re going to understand the need to prevent what causes the symptoms and the bigger health issues—proactive instead of reactive, if you will.

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Mark Medure Owner Founder Level Crossing Brewing

Understanding the various local and state orders to make sure we remain compliant and act socially responsible has been confusing and stressful. We’ve received differing orders at various times from Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County and state officials. It’s been challenging to know which order is in effect and which one supersedes the others. Our No. 1 priority is to keep our staff and customers safe and protected. Not having continuity within local and state government is frustrating.

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What’s been your biggest challenge?

Matt Jackson, D.C. Doctor and owner Elevation Chiropractic Center

What’s been your biggest challenge?

Managing the cash-flow strategy while making sure all our employees who want to work have the capability to do so has been challenging. Our team and community are most important to us always.

Will your business model change?

We were innovating within our company before COVID-19 to implement more online ordering platforms, e-commerce capabilities and food subscriptions. This crisis has propelled the ideas into action faster. We feel like the face of our business will forever change. However, these innovations we have implemented will remain in place to help us grow and rebuild.

What are your bestsellers?

Chicken & Waffles and our Ham Hash, for the win!

Amy Wanderley-Britt Owner Pig & Jelly Jar/WB’s Eatery WB’s Eatery), we believe in the power of positivity! Every to-go order will receive a sparkler and a positive note encouraging our guests to share their gratitude with the world and with us on social media at 9 p.m., every night.

How are you passing the time?

In all this madness, I guess, I, too, got what I asked for. I love spending time with my wife and our kids, two dogs and a cat. Also, been doing a lot of laundry— ha ha. We light up a sparkler every night at 9 p.m. to share our #gratitude with the world. Not a bad way to go to bed, is it?

What are you working on now? Not a tan! But I’ll have time for that soon, I believe.

What’s a takeaway from this?

Appreciation and gratitude for what you have and never waste time not telling those you love how you feel. #gratitude #positivevibes #share

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends? Your parting shot? Filling our restaurants back up with our favorite people.

Are you offering any specials?

Supporting locals is so important right now. Restaurants, grocery stores, pilates/yoga studios, clothing shops—everyone! We are “paying it forward” by providing meals to frontline workers at drivethru test sites on a weekly basis and allowing our community to donate on our website or through chownow so we can add drive-thru testing sites every week. Also, at 360 Degrees Restaurant group (parent company of Pig & A Jelly Jar and

We are all in this together. Stay healthy, keep your head up and ask for help if you need it. Together, we will win!

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Commercial real estate will bounce back

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Looking forward to the return of sit-down breakfasts at Pig & a Jelly Jar

Showing buildings and space has, of course, become more difficult during this time. The utilization of technology has become extremely important as clients might not be not able or willing to go see commercial space. This technology has been around for some time and never really picked up steam in the commercial real estate market. However, we’ve had to adjust and use this technology more so by offering virtual building tours as needed with buyers and lessees.

Will your business model change?

In terms of long-term effects on our business, we don’t think much will change. People will still need gathering places to eat, drink and enjoy each other’s company. People will still need office space and industrial space for their businesses. It might take some time for the market to get back to where it was, but in the long run, we believe commercial real estate in Utah and in Salt Lake City will bounce back relatively quickly.

What are your bestsellers? Commercial real estate!

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

We can’t wait to get out and enjoy our ten-

ants’ establishments such as Whiskey Street, Alibi Bar and Place, Eva, Junior’s, Quarters Arcade Bar and many others that have had to close their doors at this time.

Any information you wish to share with the public?

Downtown Salt Lake City will continue to be a vibrant, diverse and unique place when this all passes. As social distancing becomes a thing of the past, we will have first-class restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and much more back in full swing for everyone to enjoy again.

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Ryan C DJ/owner Bangarang

DJ Bangarang

What’s been your biggest challenge?

Prioritizing the things I wanna get done in the next month.

Will your business model change?

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Brothers Nico & Christian Priskos Managing partners InterNet Properties

I will take more chances ... do more gigs I normally wouldn’t do.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

Seeing happy people on the dance floor and, of course, DJing. But DJing from a more grateful standpoint. Making sure I put everything into my sets.

Is there anything you wish to share with the public? I’m an amazing cook on the side.

How are you passing the time?

Lately, music production has been a huge focus of mine. So, I’ve spent a lot of time doing that.

What are you working on now?

New remixes and organizing my entire music library. It’s been a task.

What’s a takeaway from this? Live now; nothing is promised.

What day is it?

Friday! (Had to look that up)

Your parting shot?

Please stay inside and wash your hands. I wanna do hood rat things with my friends.

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Ross Metzger Co-owner Bewilder Brewing Co.

Babs De Lay

What’s been your biggest challenge?

Making sure the lender, title company, buyer and seller and buyer’s and seller’s agents can all get to the closing of escrow without COVID-19 obstacles. Showing homes can be a challenge, as sellers at home (with or without kids) are sometimes hesitant to let people inside. We are still a state allowing real-estate agents to work, and I’m masked, gloved and sterilized at all times (as are my buyers).

Will your business model change?

No. However, I predict there will be a rush for some groups to sell because they are in financial trouble, and some investors might slow or stop purchases because they can’t get rid of the seller’s renters who are under Gov. Herbert’s protection for now.

What types of clients do you have?

We had to shift our entire business model from a beerover-the-bar tavern to more of a production brewery, since the only way we can sell beer at the moment is through growler fills. We are working on a packaging license and other means of physical packaging that will help make it easier for people to buy beer to go. We also had to change our food from 100 percent dine-in to 100 percent delivery and takeout.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends? Dinner with friends and clients.

Anything you wish to share with the public?

I’m as terrified as you are. I’ve lived and worked through three major recessions in my 36 years in the business, and this next one might be either the shortest or the biggest one yet.

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Uncertainty.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

Will your business model change?

Are you offering any specials? Our 41st anniversary sale.

How are you passing the time?

Binge-watching TV, calling loved ones and friends, going for walks, cleaning and organizing, and going for rides in the car.

Ads, budgets, inventory control and maintaining business.

Be thankful for what you have going on; it may be taken away from you instantly.

What day is it?

Springtime in Utah (snow, sunshine, hot then cold).

Your parting shot?

Keep swimming, or you’ll drown!

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We now have our online ordering system in place on our website to streamline food orders. We are still doing takeout and delivery, and you can still fill growlers (and now crowlers) to go.

How are you passing the time?

Work! We also own Salt City Brew Supply and people staying home have breathed new life into the hobby of homebrewing. So, if we are not at the brewery trying to pivot our business model, we are filling orders at the brew shop.

What are you working on now?

Besides the new packaging options, we are currently making some lagers for when the lockdown ends. These are

Even for a brewery that just opened its doors, we have a lot of support from the other Utah breweries, and especially from our customers. They have been buying gift cards, ordering food, filling growlers and doing as much as they can to support us, which really makes us want to do the right thing by them and to do everything we can to stick around until this is over, and for years to come.

What day is it?

Another day to be thankful for something.

Your parting shot?

Remember all of your favorite small businesses out there and support them any way you can, even if you can’t spend money in these trying times. Sign up for newsletters, like/share their social posts, ask them questions—anything to let them know they have not been forgotten.

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What’s a takeaway from this?

Are you offering any specials?

What’s a takeaway from this?

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We are excited for people to come back in and enjoy our space. We started to fill up the seats and get some traction with our dartboards and games. We were seeing some regulars. We opened Bewilder to be a place people could relax and have fun in a social environment with friends. We still want that.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

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beers we can age for a little bit without detriment to the product.

Because we’re so new, it’s hard to say, but our Fresh Sesh IPA was selling well before things slowed down.

What’s been your biggest challenge?

New head units or replacement speakers.

It was part of our plan down the road to add both food takeout and delivery as well as increased packaging of beer. We’ve just needed to do it sooner rather than later.

What are your bestsellers?

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What’s been your biggest challenge?

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What’s been your biggest challenge?

As an attorney, I am grateful to have the ability to continue working (albeit remotely from home) during the pandemic. My heart goes out to those who are not as fortunate. For me, the biggest obstacle has been maintaining a healthy balance between my work and personal life. I’ve tried to maintain my regular work schedule as much as possible. However, when things have felt overwhelming, I’ve tried to be mindful to take a break and do something to recenter myself.

Will your business model change?

I believe that when this is over, I will have a different appreciation of life and my profession. I will listen better to my body and mind. To that end, I intend to work more from home when I feel the need. I also believe that I will no longer take for granted many of the things in my work and personal life that I did before this happened. Most of all, I plan to find new ways to connect with clients and other attorneys to maintain better health and safety for us all.

What’s your bestseller?

As an attorney, my bestselling item is my time. Although I have not lost the ability to give time to my clients’ matters, I have lost the ability to interact with them in person. What was once a face-to-face meeting in my office is now a telephone call or a video conference. This time has taught me the importance of being able to adapt, that’s for sure.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

Being able to associate with my fellow colleagues. I miss having the ability to walk into a partner’s office and pick their brain on an issue. I miss being able to interact with my other co-workers as well. I’m very much looking forward to the first time our entire office can get together and socialize.

Anything you wish to share with the public?

I want the public to know that the practice of law has been deemed “essential” during the pandemic, and, while the court system has slowed significantly, there is still help out there. This means that, if you or someone you know has a legal issue that needs to be addressed during this time, there are lawyers (like myself) who can help. You don’t have to face your legal issues on your own.

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How are you passing the time?

I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts and audiobooks to pass my time. I’ve also made time each day to go outside and get some fresh air and sunshine, whether it be throwing a football around with my girlfriend or going on a long walk through the neighborhood. At night, I’ve been maxing out my Netflix membership (especially watching Tiger King).

What are you working on now?

I’m continuing to build my knowledge around cannabis and my cannabis law practice, hence the podcasts and audio books. I’m also cooking more at home and trying to better stay on top of things around the house. It’s amazing what a clean house can do for your psyche.

What’s a takeaway from this?

It’s shown me what is truly important about life. To me, all of the material objects we obsess over and work to obtain are just that—objects. I hope that humanity remembers that fact when we emerge from this difficult time. What’s most important is my fellow human and the way in which I treat him or her, not what’s parked in my garage or hanging in my closet.

What day is it?

I think it’s Friday, but I’d have to look at a calendar to tell you the date. The weeks keep flying by, but each day feels like a crawl.

Your parting shot?

To everyone, please stay safe and healthy. To those who I know and love, I can’t wait to see you when this is over. Stay strong!

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Dealing with so many unknown factors. There seems to be misinformation and conflicting information every day coming from our local, state and federal representatives. Navigating through what is rumor vs. what is really happening takes a lot of energy and time. Things like how long I need to stay closed, what kinds of relief packages are being offered, when will my employees get their unemployment checks, what will business be like when I can reopen and how can I come out of this not drowning in debt. It’s been exhausting.

Will your business model change?

I have always been a frugal business owner; a trait learned through tough life lessons. As careful as I’ve been, however, this has been devastating to me financially and even more so for my employees. I’m not sure how this will change my business practice, but I would love to see more people learn to plan for unexpected and challenging times. I need to come up with new and innovative ways for my staff and patrons to be safe and yet still want to come have a good time at a local bar. My answer is for the most part, no change. I’ve learned to grow within my own means and not incur debt that I cannot pay back. This ties into my previous answer in that I don’t want to come out of this in debt. I might have more distrust for the government.

What’s your bestseller?

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St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo, birthdays, graduations, promotions—just being back to work. We’d like to celebrate our neighbors and families who’ve sacrificed and suffered.

How are you passing the time?

In all honesty, I still own a business that needs attention even though no revenue is coming in. I’m cleaning, repairing, organizing and planning as much as I can; it helps to stay focused. I spend a lot of time talking with other bar owners on how we can all come out of this and spent hours on the phone with the Utah Department of Workforce Services to help my employees get their checks. I’m figuring out bills and talking to neighbors, accountants and vendors. I’ve been working harder now than when my doors were open, and it’s been stressful. So to counter that, I ride my bike, take the dogs for walks and work on the yard. And I’ve been playing lots of gin rummy with my girlfriend, who happens to be a psychiatric nurse and helps keep me sane!

Being known as the home of the $4 shot and a beer, it’s hands down: “a $4 shot and a beer.” I hope this never changes.

What are you working on now?

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

What’s a takeaway from this?

Seeing the smiling faces of my patrons again; sharing stories of our lockdowns, providing a gathering place again where people can connect, laugh, dance, play pool and share a toast. I’m looking forward to my employees being back to work and knowing that they can pay their bills and provide for their families. Getting back to the business of business and knowing I can do all of this in a safe, clean environment.

Anything you wish to share with the public?

That Johnny’s on Second has lots of elbow room. We understand that our world has changed, and we are actively thinking of ways to reinvent how we operate. We may not be able to have “happy hours,” but we’ll fight for something like that along with reinventing being social after we’ve all had to “social distance” ourselves. We’d like to celebrate

Washing my hands, again. And making sure others are, as well.

Try to be as prepared as possible for what life will eventually throw at you.

What day is it?

It’s today. It’s right now, it’s all that I know I have.

Your parting shot?

I’m so grateful for my friends through this. Pete Saltas, you’ve been a great friend. Not a night goes by that I’m not connecting with someone, sharing stories of life. I know I’m not alone, and it makes me sad thinking about those out there who don’t have that kind of support. I hope people can find a way to come back together and still feel safe.

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What’s been your biggest challenge?

We had to quickly move to website order fulfillment on a much greater scale than ever before. We’re working hard to fulfill customers orders quickly.

Will your business model change?

What’s your bestseller?

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

We cannot wait to begin events again, including book signings, storytimes

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Anything you wish to share with the public?

We are so grateful for the amazing ways people are supporting us. It’s comforting that people need books.

How are you passing the time?

What’s been your biggest challenge?

Oh, man, re-creating my entire business overnight has been the hardest. Overnight, we shut down and had to still create a steady stream of revenue—and all with a one-women crew.

Will your business model change?

I would love to go back to how we once were, but this has taught me a lot of new ways to do business. I will utilize social media more to interact and engage with my clients and brands. Definitely shift a little more focus to online.

What’s your bestseller?

Packing books into shipping envelopes. Then I wave through the bookshop window at passersby who are presumably on their way to Sugar House Park to get fresh air and exercise.

What are you working on now?

Finding more packing material.

Your parting shot?

Books are here to stay!

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Thats tough to answer. We are a clothing/life shop, so depending on season, it is all across the board popular. Right now, in the midst of quarantine life, sweatpants, candles, diffusers, hand sanitizer and body balm.

What are you looking forward to when social distancing ends?

I’m hoping people will recognize it wasn’t the corporations that did all they could for their employees—it was small businesses. I have seen so many owners step up to the front line and take on all the tasks of running the business. I myself have kept my employees home, and they are still getting paid. I want them to have a shop and a future to come back to, even if that means running the shop on my own.

Anything you wish to share with the public?

The Stockist launches Sunday night drops of new items, kits, etc. We also offer curbside pickup and local delivery, and our online shop is open 24/7.

How are you passing the time?

I am so busy inside my shop right now. Being the only one means I’ve taken on the roll of everything, so downtime is me coming home and collapsing.

What are you working on now?

Keeping my business alive and healthy, creating new fun ways for people to be engaged in what I am doing and still feeling a small sense of normalcy.

What’s a takeaway from this?

Hard work and determination pay off. Our community is strong, SLC supports local. People will show up for you if you show up for them.

What day is it?

Are there even days any more?

Your parting shot?

My respect for the local community and small-business owners is through the roof right now. It is amazing to see who steps up to the plate. Hats off to all of you!

801.532.3458 | 875 E. 900 South, SLC thestockistshop.com

It changes week to week, but it is always books.

(in the shop—we are already online daily with virtual storytime) and book clubs.

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Helen Wade Owner The Stockist

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hile the coronavirus has presented challenges to many musicians, for others, the socially distant life is normal. A disciple of the wandering folk artist lifestyle, young Nevadan-turned-Ogdenite artist Branson Anderson is living his life, business as usual. The release of his video for “To Kill a Mockingbird” (out Wednesday, April 15) confirms visually what his music suggests—that Anderson knows the value of going it alone, and getting to know oneself along the way. The song comes from his 2019 album Applecore, Baltimore, which is full of meandering folk songs. Dylan-esque vocal delivery mixes with a contemporary zing, owing perhaps to Anderson’s affection for the music of Jack White. His twang, often delivered as a soft sigh, serves up classic folk tropes while maintaining originality, or at least a searching for originality. While Anderson’s early years were spent chasing novelty, he tellingly admits, “I understand now that a person can sing something untrue with enough sincerity to make it true, and spark a good feeling in an audience. ‘Sincerity’ is more the term I’m shooting for than ‘authenticity’ or ‘different’ or ‘unique.’ Sing with sincerity, and all that will come, I think.” Anderson also saved up good money to produce his music as professionally as possible, ultimately turning to the talents of Utah resident and nationally-renown folk artist Joshua James to record the album. “Applecore, Baltimore is one step closer to what I am going for but still not there yet,” Anderson says. It does seem, however, to be a perfect example of his learned inclination for storytelling combined with his impulse towards authenticity. “When music first started really impacting my life at a young age, I admired a singer more when I knew they wrote their songs and I believed what they sang was all true,” he says. “When I was a kid, I really believed that Johnny Cash ‘shot a man in Reno.’ I didn’t understand that he was writing about a character, and I was disappointed to find that he didn’t really do that. That instilled in me an attitude to write as truthfully as I could about myself.” Lately, however, he’s found himself revising that attitude, spinning his own untruths that still ring with that sincerity. One song, “Jelly Man,” marks a startling departure from the big-hearted narratives on the rest of the album—a feverish dream of a song that Anderson gasps with a grit not found on the rest of the album. “The engine brakes on the semis droning over the underpass make my migraine white with heat,” hes says. As the song devolves into discordant melodrama, his growth as a songwriter becomes apparent. Anderson admits that part of the reason he sticks to typical folk melodies and territory is because nothing new or unique would come as long as he was pushing for it. “It won’t be possible to do something that hasn’t been done before if you’re trying too hard,” he says. “It helps not to try too hard at something and go with what feels right.”

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Branson Anderson finds sincerity in his own sense of isolation. More evidence of this development can be found in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the final track and the one for which he made his lonely video. In the song itself, he’s “out of town, chasing all the fresh debutantes,” but throughout the video, he’s alone—wandering downtown Ogden one minute, hanging out in the Heavy Metal Shop in the next (a discordant image thanks to Anderson’s cowboy good looks and rancher-style get-up), setting fire to a bird cage in the final scene. It’s a lonely tableau glossed over with both wryness and a winking flash of longing. Almost like a premonition, it was filmed right before the coronavirus hit. When considering the song, Anderson describes the tension between letting hard-to-ignore criticism weigh you down, versus embracing hope and continuing to give freely what you can. Lyrics like “the world is so lonely a place because it’s full of people” follow Anderson as he meanders the streets, birdcage swinging from his hand. “I found there was a contrast of two feelings, inadequacy and potential,” he says. “It’s scary for me to put ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ out there and sing it in front of people, especially people that know me, but I hoped the song was good and I didn’t want it to go unheard.” The video’s images, capturing the uncertainty of going it alone, will likely resonate with anyone dealing with the trials of quarantine or social distancing. Anderson says, “I have this joke that I’ve been practicing social distancing all my life, and am therefore practically bred for this situation.” With spring festival dates cancelled, Anderson is spending his time reading, writing and toiling without too much concern for the loss. If anyone happens to listen to his music during this time, they’d do well to follow his example. He says warmly, “People that have something to offer need to see that you’re putting out what you have to offer, because it gives them inspiration and courage to do so themselves. Maybe they’ll think, ‘I could do that too and maybe even do a better job.’ I hope they do.” CW Find his video on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eClFae JkSLo&feature=youtu.be) and follow him on bransonandersonmusic.com.

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It seems insane that we’re already a month into coronavirus quarantine, but that does appear to the case, made apparent by the music video recently dropped by local band Milk Money. Since the pandemic hit home, they’ve been busy as hell finding ways to entertain and support their corner of the local music scene. Band member Trevor Hale says it all started with a desire to help their pals at Gold Blood Collective, who are suffering from the loss of cancelled shows. GBC runs a printing press out of the venue, and Milk Money began by commissioning an exclusive run of merch to contribute some cash to the venue. But they also kept brainstorming more ideas. Members of Milk Money used to run a music blog, Hale recalls, so they decided to start a humorous advice column titled “Who the Fuck Do You Think You Are?” on all topics hardcore scene, hosted by the GBC blog. The first few weekly-on-Friday posts are pretty damned funny, even to an outsider. “The quick turnaround was helped a lot by the fact that we were all bored,” Hale says. “It seemed like a lighthearted way to entertain people for a few minutes, which is what we’re all about anyway.” They also provided entertainment by whipping up a music video in basically a day. A stitched-up piece inspired by The Brady Bunch, their video for “The Human Spine” is a compilation of clips filmed at their separate homes; certain guitar parts were recorded between aftershocks from last month’s Magna earthquake. With a little fast editing, it was done a dayish later. Anyone looking to be productive during this time can take a few cues from this band and see the fruits of their labor at facebook.com/milkmoneyrock, and have a few laughs (we all need ‘em) over at goldbloodcollective.com/blogs.

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Alicia Stockman Happy Hour Live Stream

Good music and good drinks have gone together since the beginning of time—or at least since the beginning of jazz music and Prohibition. Many of us may have taken for granted access to a good cocktail while out on the town watching someone’s set, and now miss that simple fact of life very much. If that describes you, have no fear, because SLC solo acoustic act Alicia Stockman has us all covered with her ingenious happy hour concert series. Stockman started it at the beginning of April, and a video record of that first live stream remains on her Facebook page (facebook.com/aliciastockmanmusic). She treated approximately a thousand viewers to around an hour of her sweet, simple voice and the light country stylings she’s honed and exhibited in works like 2019’s EP Singles. In addition to songs of her own, she plays covers and takes requests ahead of time that she’ll learn (visit her Facebook page for more info on that), all of which she cheekily calls her “quarantunes.” She began her first stream, importantly, by making and sharing her cocktail of choice for the evening—a Manhattan. And just like some of us are borrowing needed pantryitems from neighbors, she used sweet vermouth loaned from a friend for her twomaraschino cherry-style drink. Now, she’s got her 5 o’clock happy hour streams planned for every Friday until at least May 29. Since we don’t know how long this business is going to go on, it’s good to know there’s some cool music to look forward to—as well as an excuse to take out your cocktail shakers and whatever spirit that’s been in your cabinet for way too long.

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Locals have been coming together in lots of different ways throughout the beginnings of this crazy, unprecedented crisis. Local record store Diabolical Records is one valued and much-impacted business, and while they’re offering gift cards, like many businesses are right now, they’ve come up with a clever way for locals to get a bunch of different treats delivered to their door. They’re called “Diabolical Drop Bags,” and any amount between $10 and $100—plus a little background on what you’re listening to lately—will get you a bag of records, cassettes or a mix of the two. Requests for some or all of the music to be local are honored, and the best part is that such a bundled order saves buyers up to 50%. The idea is credited to local lifestyle shop Atelier (who stock a hefty amount of locallymade items), with whom Diabolical has also now run a collab drop bag of records and all things smell-goody and feel-goody. They also recently teamed up with inventive local ice cream makers Normal, who contributed three pints of ice cream per every $50 drop bag. These special collaborative sales are for a limited times with limited numbers of bags, so keep up with Diabolical Records on Instagram at @diabolicalslc or on facebook. com/diabolicalSLC to see who they share a goody bag with next.

Salt Lake Academy of Music Live Stream Classes

Salt Lake Academy of Music (SLAM)—known as MusicGarage.org until a name change in 2019— has long been a resource for teaching music, particularly to youth. But no matter your age, SLAM has got resources for anyone wanting to use quarantine spare time to hop into music for the first time, or to increase the knowledge they already have. And the best part? Their live stream sessions are free, with local musicians, songwriters and producers are offering up their skill sets and guidance. And it’s no paltry selection, either. When they started at the end of March, classes included guitar, synthesizer, drum and music theory once a day, but have since expanded to include classes on rhythm, rock guitar, production for programs such as Logic Pro X, harmony, vocal lessons and songwriting, as well as a class where students can share what music they are listening to. SLAM offers many talented and award-winning artists as instructors, including the likes Terence Hansen, Camden Ray Chamberlain, June Crosby, Julian Moon, Aidan Woodward, Grant Matheson and Emma Roberts (our own City Weekly music intern). These classes run Monday to Friday, at 1:00 p.m. for youth and 4:00 p.m. for folks of all-ages; that means if your niece shreds harder than the other kids, you can probably send them over to the all-ages lessons. The vast schedule is growing still, so be sure to keep up with it either at facebook.com/SLAMSLC.ORG or at slamslc.org. If you latch onto one teacher, too, know that private lessons are available for a fee. Don’t miss out on this generous and affordable opportunity to get into a good groove while times are tough.

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Not much is going on out there in the world of physical music, and the streets of SLC have been pretty deserted if you’ve dared go on a lonely walk down Main Street. Move over to West Temple, and maybe you were lucky enough to walk by the old abandoned skeleton of The Zephyr Club—because it would have been your last time. City Weekly has been keeping a tally of the days that the Zephyr has stood empty and lifeless since it closed in 2003, but the days of commemorating that loss to the music community are over. As if a global pandemic, an earthquake, a shit storm of an election year and a looming recession weren’t enough to make waking up suck each day, opening Instagram to see video of the Zephyr being bulldozed on Thursday, April 2, was enough to personally make me

groan out loud. Can we catch a break here? While I’m too young to have ever attended the venue for one of their legendary shows, many older Salt Lakers remember the good old days of this venue—its superb acoustics that brought big touring acts back again and again, its perfectly set-up center stage and upper seating tiers and the ever-present crowd of locals. It was, from all accounts of Salt Lakers in their late 30’s and on up, a real rock club, one like SLC hasn’t seen since. It makes sense the city would finally choose to tear it down when everyone is cooped up at home and not out on the streets; one can imagine the crowds that would have gathered to send it off. Instead, in a truly awful way that feels like an actual person died, the Zephyr was sent off all alone. Here’s hoping SLC soon sees a club with half the charisma of this now lost relic, a true local legend.

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hough the world of documentary film can often seem dominated by advocacy pieces—politically-charged calls to arms over one of the many, many things that are wrong in the world—some of the most compelling non-fiction stories work on a simpler level. They’re stories of people and their obsessions, drawing their impact from the way that people discover and pursue the peculiar passions that give meaning to their lives. Love is infectious, and watching people love things—sometimes irrationally, sometimes with unexpected consequences—generally makes for a solid viewing experience. Director D.W. Young’s The Booksellers

takes a broad-ranging look at the world of bibilophilia, introducing short profiles of a wide range of collectors, dealers and archivists. While it begins with a focus on the antiquarian book trade and the unique folks who make it their lives and livelihoods, the film ultimately ranges into a variety of related subject areas, from those who build private collections, the history of used book stores in New York, and younger enthusiasts who specialize in documenting, for example, the history of early hiphop music journalism. Because Young is attempting to cover so much ground, The Booksellers inevitably sacrifices some detail in terms of building its subjects into fully-realized characters. Instead, it becomes more interesting in its details, from the vagaries of the marketplace that can determine the value of a given book, to the way these subjects think of their pursuit as different from art collecting; “Books are not trophies,” one dealer observes. Yet the common thread is a strain of melancholy over people feeling like they’re seeing the end of the era of physical books. At a moment when the digital world is showing both its advantages and its limitations, it’s easier to understand the appeal of wanting to connect with something real in your hands. The Booksellers also touches on the maledominated nature of its subject area, a theme that becomes even more significant

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in The Woman Who Loves Giraffes. As the present-tense verb of the title would indicate, it’s a profile of a still-living person: Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, a Canadian biologist who, in 1956, became not just the first woman to study giraffes in the wild, but the first naturalist of any kind to visit Africa to study animals in the wild. Tracking her fascination with the animals from a visit to the zoo as a child, the film covers Dagg’s early life and research—often through her letters, as narrated by Tatiana Maslany—through her frustrating attempts to break into maledominated science academia and her eventual return to Africa after 60 years. Director Alison Reid’s story would be worthwhile if it did nothing more than introduce a groundbreaking scientist who has remained mostly anonymous despite preceding more high-profile colleagues like Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall; it’s a clever choice by Reid to begin the film with footage from an episode of the vintage game show To Tell the Truth, in which none of the celebrity panelists was able to correctly identify the real Dr. Anne Dagg from a trio including two pretenders. But the film does become a sharp character study of a driven woman in a time when such a thing was looked at as an anomaly, one who told the man who would become her husband that he’d have to wait for her to travel to Africa by herself for a year if he wanted to marry her. Dagg herself is a live-

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ly presence in the present-day interviews, still feisty and still struck with emotion at remembering being denied tenure decades earlier. While her landmark book on giraffes is described by contemporary zookeepers as “the bible” of the animal, it’s hard not to connect with the frustration of how much of her potential work never came to be after she was effectively driven out of academia. What shines through in both documentaries, however, is the way a genuine love of something enriches the lives of passionate people, beyond fame and fortune. Whatever obstacles these people encountered, it’s hard not to be envious of those who know exactly what they’re meant to be doing with their lives. CW

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Aries artist Vincent van Gogh got started on his life’s work relatively late. At ages 25 and 26, he made failed attempts to train as a pastor and serve as a missionary. He didn’t launch his art career in earnest until he was 27. During the next 10 years, he created 860 paintings—an average of 1.7 every week—as well as over 1,200 additional works of art. For comparison, the prolific painter Salvador Dali made 1,500 paintings in 61 years. During the coming year, Aries, you could achieve a van Gogh-like level of productiveness in your own chosen field—especially if you lay the foundations now, during our stay-at-home phase. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Most authors do their writing while sitting on chairs in front of desks. But long before there were standing desks, poet Rainer Maria Rilke and children’s author Lewis Carroll wrote their books while standing up. Novelist Henry James had eight desks, but typically paced between them as he dictated his thoughts to a secretary. And then there have been weirdoes like poet Robert Lowell and novelist Truman Capote. They attended to their craft as they lay in their bed. I suggest you draw inspiration from those two in the coming weeks. It’ll be a favorable time to accomplish masterpieces of work and play while in the prone position.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) I hope that during the coronavirus crisis you have been entertaining wild truths and pondering the liberations you will initiate when the emergency has passed. I trust you have been pushing your imagination beyond its borders and wandering into the nooks and crannies of your psyche that you were previously hesitant to explore. Am I correct in my assumptions, Leo? Have you been wandering outside your comfort zone and discovering clues about how, when things return to normal, you can add spice and flair to your rhythm?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Sagittarian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1596–1680) was a prodigious, inventive creator. One scholar wrote, “What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini may be to sculpture.” He designed and built public squares, fountains, and buildings, many in Rome, which embodied his great skills as both sculptor and architect. Unlike many brilliant artists alive today, Bernini was deeply religious. Every night for 40 years, he walked from his home to pay a devotional visit to the Church of the Gesù. According to my reading of the astrological factors, now would be an excellent time for you to engage in reverential rituals like those—but without leaving your home, of course. Use this social-distancing time to draw reinvigoration from holy places within you or in your memory. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) As I understand the current chapter of your life story, you have been doing the unspectacular but yeoman work of recharging your spiritual batteries. Although you may have outwardly appeared to be quiet and still, you have in fact been generating and storing up concentrated reserves of inner power. Because of the coronavirus crisis, it’s not yet time to tap into those impressive reserves and start channeling them into a series of dynamic practical actions. But it is time to formulate the practical actions you will take when the emergency has passed.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Aquarian poet Jacques Prévert offered a variation on the famous Christian supplication known as the Lord’s Prayer. The original version begins, “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.” But Prévert’s variation says, “Our father who art in heaven: Stay there.” Being an atheist, he had no need for the help and support of a paternal deity. I understand his feeling. I tend to favor the Goddess myself. But for you Aquarians right now, even if you’re allergic to talk of a divine presence, I’ll recommend that you seek out generous and inspiring masculine influences. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will benefit from VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) I like this quote by the author Jake Remington: “Fate whispers influences that resemble good fathering. to the warrior, ‘You cannot withstand the storm.’ The warrior whispers back, ‘I am the storm.’” Although this passage is more PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) melodramatic than necessary for your needs in the coming weeks, How skillful are you in expressing what you want? Wait. Let me I think it might be good medicine that will help you prevail over the back up and reformulate that. How skillful are you in knowing what turbulence of the coronavirus crisis. Getting yourself into a storm- you want and expressing the truth about what you want to the like mood could provide you with the personal power necessary people who might ultimately be able to give it to you or help you get to be unflappable and authoritative. You should also remember it? This is the most important question for you to meditate on in the that a storm is not inherently bad. It may be akin to a catharsis or coming weeks. If you find that you’re fuzzy about what you want or hazy about asking for what you want, correct the problems. orgasm that relieves the tension and clears the air.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) was a renowned author who wrote The Good Soldier, a novel that has been called “one of the 100 greatest novels of all time.” Yet another very famous author, Henry James (1843–1916), was so eager to escape hanging out with Ford that he once concealed himself behind a tree so as to not be seen. You have astrological permission to engage in comparable strategies during the coming weeks. It won’t be a time when you should force yourself to endure boring, meaningless and unproductive tasks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Scorpio artist Marie Laurencin (1883–1956) enjoyed a colorful fate. One of the few female Cubist painters, she was a prominent figure in the Parisian avant-garde. She was also the muse and romantic partner of renowned poet Guillaume Apollinaire. But there came a turning point when she abandoned her relationship with Apollinaire. “I was 25, and he was sleeping with all the women,” she said, “and at 25, you don’t stand for that, even from a poet.” Is there a comparable situation in your life, Scorpio? A role you relish but that also takes a toll? Now is a favorable time to re-evaluate it. I’m not telling you what you should decide, only that you should think hard about it.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) While sleeping, most of us have over a thousand dreams every year. Many are hard to remember and not worth remembering. But a beloved few can be life-changers. They have the potential to trigger epiphanies that transform our destinies for the better. In my astrological opinion, you are now in a phase when such dreams are more likely than usual. That’s why I invite you to keep a pen and notebook by your bed so as to capture them. For inspiration, read this testimony from Jasper Johns, whom some call America’s “foremost living artist”: “One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.” (Painting flags ultimately became one of Johns’ specialties.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Libran rapper and activist Talib Kweli says, “You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to know when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.” You Librans tend to be skilled in this artful approach to life: activating and applying the appropriate attitude as is necessary for each new situation. And I’m happy to report that your capacity for having just the right touch at the right time will be a crucial asset in the coming weeks. Trust your intuition to guide you through every subtle shift of emphasis.

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Update doorknobs, handles and drawer pulls. Brass is so 1990s, whereas brushed nickel finishes are in style. This is really inexpensive to do yourself, and it subtly changes your interior from old to new. If you’re brave enough, get a new toilet that’s higher than the original one. Many folks are now installing bidets since the toilet paper shortage became a fact of life, but you may find they are on back order. Update kitchen faucets and backsplashes. It’s fun to use color. and this year the Pantone choice is a navy blue. Local tile stores such as home-grown company Tile for Less have massive choices for groovy backsplash ideas as well as easy-to-install click flooring if you’re really motivated. This is also a great time of the year to clean your windows inside and out. You’d be surprised what a home full of clear windows can do for your soul by bringing in light and sunshine! And if you’re still antsy and wearing circles in your carpet, see if your elderly homebound neighbor will let you clean her windows and yard as your good deed for the day! Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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n In Melbourne, Australia, “a bit of boredom in isolation” led 27-year-old astrophysicist Daniel Reardon to experiment on March 26 with an idea to stop people from touching their faces —a necklace and accompanying bracelet of magnets that would sound an alarm whenever someone reached up, The Guardian reported. When that didn’t work, Reardon started playing with the powerful neodymium magnets, clipping them to his earlobes and nostrils, and that’s where things went wrong. Two magnets inside his nostrils became stuck together, and he couldn’t separate them. Reardon tried using pliers, but they became magnetized: “Every time I brought the pliers close to my nose, my entire nose would shift toward the pliers and then the pliers would stick to the magnet,” he said. Finally, his partner “took me to the hospital that she works in because she wanted all her colleagues to laugh at me,” and doctors applied an anesthetic spray, then manually removed the magnets. “Needless to say, I am not going to play with the magnets anymore,” Reardon said.

n App developers Daniel Ahmadizadeh and Christopher Smeder have good news for those in the dating pool during this time of social distancing and staying at home. Quarantine Together is a text-based app they launched on March 15 that asks users once a day whether they’ve washed their hands, and if they say yes, they’re introduced to another user. Nivi Jayasekar of San Francisco told CNN she was eager to give it a shot: “It was a hilarious idea. I feel like it’s an opportunity to form a deeper connection with someone before meeting them,” she said. Ahmadizadeh reports that signups have been growing by 50 percent every day.

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Desperate Measures After three days quarantined in his house in Mexico, Antonio Munoz got a yen for Cheetos. With the neighborhood store just feet away, but out of reach for a nonessential trip outside, Munoz enlisted the help of his chihuahua, Chokis. Munoz attached a note and $20 to Chokis’ collar and sent the dog across the street. Sure enough, Chokis returned with the Cheetos, and Munoz told Metro News on March 25 he has repeated the trip two other times, bringing back different flavors of potato chips.

Can’t Win A tractor-trailer crash and subsequent fire near Dallas on April 1 lay waste to an entire load of a hot commodity in these bizarre times: toilet paper. The Associated Press reported the driver was unharmed, but the TP “burned extensively” and spilled over the interstate, which had to be closed to traffic. The truck was hauling the large rolls typically used in business restrooms. Send your weird news tips to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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Discovery Friends Callum Gow, Josh Grossman and Carson Schiefner in British Columbia, Canada, all in their early 20s, decided a hike away from more heavily traveled trails near Alouette Lake would be a good way to maintain social distance on March 20. There have long been rumors of a stash of gold hidden in the area, but the treasure they discovered was completely different: a secret camp, including supplies, that hadn’t been touched for almost 30 years. “It was almost like one of those time capsules that you run into,” Schiefner told the CBC. The hikers found sealed boxes, a radio, a Coleman stove, first aid supplies, a knife, tobacco and, apropos to current day, a big roll of toilet paper. A log book revealed the camp had been used from 1986 until 1991, and through social media, the hikers managed to find some of the original campers, including Rick Senft. He explained that a group of friends calling themselves the B.C. Weirdness Federation set up the camp, but “life gets in the way” and they gathered there less and less. “They’re probably some of the best years I had,” he reminisced.

Government in Action Business Insider reported the U.S. Navy installed new toilet and sewage systems on two of its aircraft carriers—the Nimitzclass USS George H.W. Bush and the newer USS Gerald R. Ford—but found they “reportedly cannot withstand demand without having problems.” Frequent clogs require the Navy to “acid flush” the sewage systems “on a regular basis,” each flush costing $400,000, a Government Accountability Office review indicated. The carriers house a crew of more than 4,000 people.

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n A survey commissioned by Mentimeter, an interactive presentation company, found that 12% of people working from home turn their computer’s camera off during a video meeting because they’re wearing few or no clothes, United Press International reported on March 26. Along with that, Walmart Executive Vice President Dan Bartlett told The Washington Post, “we’re seeing increased sales in tops, but not bottoms,” a phenomenon presumably driven by video conferencing workers who do leave their cameras on.

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All In MedFet UK, a small company that supplies people who indulge in medical fetishes, donated its entire inventory (“just a few sets”) of disposable medical scrubs to Britain’s National Health Service on March 27 after being contacted by desperate procurement officers, Metro News reported. “When we, a tiny company set up to serve a small section of the kink community, find ourselves being sought out as a last-resort supplier to our National Health Service in a time of crisis, something is seriously wrong,” the company posted on Twitter. It also took the opportunity to provide a PSA: “Whether getting ready for some kinky fun or guarding against a virus outbreak, the single most effective method of infection control is scrupulous hand hygiene.”

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