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Pasties & Politics

Despite facing archaic regulations, SLC’s underground burlesque scene manages to thrive.

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COMMENTS@CITYWEEKLY.NET Editor’s note: Springer, a proud, former garmentwearer, did not pen the article referenced. Garments were, however, mentioned in Peter Holslin’s “Rock It, Man!” music fests preview. Though by his own admission he’s a “freeballer,” Holslin, upon reading the above-published letter, issued the following statement: “I have nothing but respect for garments of all secular and non-secular varieties.”

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Cannot wait for KISS! MIZAR PHOTOGRAPHY Via Instagram Pride flag and confederate flag side by side?

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Dear Editor,

Some of your readers are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, like myself, and find a lot of your articles very informative.

I appreciate our diverse culture here in Salt Lake City and I try to be tolerant and open to other people’s opinions and beliefs. I was so disappointed to see in the article “Summer Fest Survival Guide” by Alex Springer, a photo of a person wear-

ing LDS temple undergarments as a joke about what to wear to a Marie Osmond concert in Deer Valley. Those garments have a special meaning and are sacred to LDS adherents, similar to special clothing worn

by Jews, Catholics, Buddhists, Native Americans and many other groups.

It is very offensive to see them displayed in a mocking, ridiculing, insensitive way by a publication that prides itself on respecting all people. In my opinion, Mr. Springer is a religious bigot who is intolerant of others beliefs. I can laugh at many things about the LDS culture in Utah, but this type of thing crosses the line of good taste and civility, which we could desperately use more of in the world today.

Thank you for considering my opinion.

KEVIN FLYNN, Salt Lake City

Opinion, June 13, “When Will They Ever Learn?”

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JAMES BRAMBLE Via Twitter Do it legally, and I will welcome you. Come here illegally, and I will work to deport your ass back to wherever you came from.

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OPINION Time for the Sheep to Save the State The sad truth unfolds: Even when compelled by Congress, President Donald Trump will simply disobey the law. That’s scary. We’ve always assumed that every citizen is subject to statute. But Trump’s not everyone; he holds himself too important to answer to anyone.

We’re seeing the worst imaginable scenario—and our democratic principles are being put to the ultimate test.

The walls between the executive, legislative and judicial branches have been breached. This is not a matter of Republican or Democrat; it is a battle over whether our democracy will survive.

The short list: 1. A cabinet of corporate Howdy Doody puppets; 2. A Justice Department led by an attorney general who chooses to defy the law; 3. News organizations that rail against all legitimate purveyors of the truth; 4.

A president whose pathological narcissism could easily make cannon fodder of America’s boys by creating an international diversion. What can citizens do but bury their heads deeper in the sand, hoping that this awful debacle will eventually pass? It is a crisis—a crisis in which silence itself empowers and feeds the foe.

Now, I realize that calling the president “the foe” makes some Americans a bit uncomfortable. But Trump has made it easy; he has failed the leadership litmus test and he’s made it clear that he will neither be overseen nor censured.

BY MICHAEL S. ROBINSON SR. Trump has shown us where his loyalties lie—the tenacious commitment to line his own pockets. Stacking up very favorably to Stalin, Pinochet and Mussolini—all of whom would have, undoubtedly, loved his style—Trump’s favorite pastime is to trade personal compliments with the other mega-despots of our world.

Some people are naively asking, “Is this a constitutional crisis?” Yes, folks; defecating on the Constitution and the American flag is serious stuff, and that’s very much what our clown-prince is doing.

Checks and balances are the foundation of our democracy. Yet Trump spends most of his energy finding ways to circumvent the constitutional restraints that were designed to keep rogue presidents in check. When asked about his disregard for oversight, he quipped, “I support the principle of checks and balances. Just keep those checks coming; my balance is growing.” (No, you won’t find a source; I wrote it myself. The sad thing is that this really is the way Trump thinks.)

Enter: Mormonism’s Elders of Israel, guided by the religion’s Articles of Faith, one of which includes the commitment to “obeying, honoring and sustaining the law.”

Instead of fiercely opposing the president’s corruption, Utah’s largely-Christian, moral “Right” continues sporting their star-spangled lapel pins, pledging their undying Republicanism, going to Sunday meetings and scratching their butts. Their sheep mentality is well established: Go where the shepherd leads. But, in so doing, Utahns have failed in both their religious and civic responsibility. It’s not enough to just pay lip service. Real respect for the law demands that those who disobey it are firmly dealt with.

But, alas, help is on the way. Joseph Smith foresaw today’s constitutional crisis and prophesied how it would be

resolved: Eliza R. Snow reported in the 1840s: “I heard the prophet say, ‘The time will come when the government of these United States will be so nearly overthrown through its corruption, that the Constitution will hang as it were by a single hair, and the Latter-day Saints—the Elders of Israel—will step forward to its rescue and save it.” Similar revelations were widely reported.

Such a prophecy seems crystal clear to me. So, how come President Russell M. Nelson isn’t mobilizing his “elders” to save the Constitution? Although churches today have the freedom to take on political issues, the Mormon church—along with most other Christian faiths—has chosen to shirk its moral leadership in favor of a cautious neutrality. While pervasive corruption plagues our president, his family, his appointees and his legal team, why is the Christian Right hiding in Christ’s manger among the sheep? I suppose it all comes down to the very definition of sheep. They follow willingly, bleat in unison and respect the authority of any shepherd without making any incisive determination of whether the guy with the crook is good or bad. Big mistake. This is a time for good men to be heard.

This isn’t just about Utah and the Mormons. It’s about all the religious groups that fail to inspire their members to pursue the highest standards. America’s so-called devout, including Mormons, have a moral duty. Trump is the man-who-would-be-king, and we all have a personal responsibility to make sure that never happens. CW

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What are we missing in the debate over rapid DNA testing—you know, the type that Attorney General Sean Reyes so adores?

Texas and Colorado are taking a step back from the hype over concerns that criminal cases might be jeopardized by a lack of clear procedures. Utah is doing the same, according to the Deseret News. So yeah, it’s cool that you can find murderers and identify remains, but at what cost?

Junk science brought us bite-mark technology, too. But that’s not the worst of it.

Privacy concerns are bubbling to the surface as governments increasingly rely on blood samples and now, facial recognition technology that targets not only bad guys, but First Amendment protesters. Roll Call notes a bipartisan call for legislation governing its use. But before you testify, you’ll first have to get through the airport facial scanners.

Ethics & Friends

You might not have heard of it, but Cox & Friends is a thing—at least in Utah. This is Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox’s podcast, which has yielded 14 episodes. But now, Cox is running for governor, and having a public forum like that could pose problems—not so much for him as the platform that hosts it, ksl.com. Bryan Schott of Utah Policy questioned whether KSL was endorsing Cox, which of course, KSL denied. Even KUTV Channel 2 saw fit to remove Salt Lake mayoral candidate Jim Dabakis from its Take 2 show. This is more than just an endorsement question.

It’s more than an ethical question, too.

As Utah Policy’s Bob Bernick notes, it’s also about financial disclosure—letting the public know who’s donating to candidates and how. Right now, KSL won’t be telling us. Utah Policy might.

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All hail Sister Molly Mormon (née Tyler Hillam), who pretty in flamingo pink was the victor during the 10th annual Miss City Weekly pageant. In a frank conversation with City Weekly, the kindest queen in the game talked diversity, haters and why drag is still an act of political defiance.

Who is Sister Molly Mormon? How did she come to be?

When I started doing drag, I was going by another name and she just wasn’t really working. Then, all of a sudden, after I came back from a night out with my friends, I was, like, I need to find a different kind of personality, and Molly just came to me. She’s this very sweet, very kind person who also is just fiery and likes to do everything. She parties, she plays, she just enjoys life to the fullest.

How would you describe SLC’s drag scene?

[It’s] so diverse. There are so many little pockets of drag queens and what they do is also very different. We have drag queens who are pulling blood out on stage every time and doing gory stuff—which is fantastic and amazing—and then you have your pageant queens who are just gorgeous and beautiful and covered in rhinestones, and you got everything in between. I think the diversity of Salt Lake is fascinating, so I like to think that I can associate with a little bit of all of the groups but in their own way they all have their special place and I love it.

Is drag a political act?

Absolutely! I think we are all a little afraid to talk politics and I think we are a little afraid to put a stand and put our foot down for something, but I think drag is literally saying, ‘This is something that people don’t always appreciate and people don’t always understand but I’m going to do it anyway.’ It’s definitely just screwing around with gender and making a point that none of that really matters but it all kind of matters just the same.

Drag queens have a place in the world where we do stand out a little bit, and we make ourselves known whether or not we have that personality. All sorts of people I know who are drag queens are shy and reserved and then they come out in drag and they are loud and they are seen. I think that’s something that’s really important to understand when you are doing drag.

What was it like winning the Miss City Weekly crown?

It was kind of crazy. I went into it knowing there was really strong competition, and also knowing a lot of the girls—it really made me nervous. I kind of went in with the attitude of just enjoying myself and having the best experience I could. The numbers that I did were numbers I was really excited to do, and I wanted to put a lot of energy in them. I think that was kind of my mentality of just being able to walk away from it and, no matter what, having an amazing experience. Winning was just a dream come true. I was shocked, but I am so happy.

As with any popularity contest, no one is ever 100% happy with the results.

Have you experienced any pushback?

I wouldn’t say anyone has said anything personal to me. I’ve had little rumors come to my ears about other people being upset that other contestants didn’t win. That’s something that will happen no matter what, and I’ve found that we’re all still very close. Everybody who was competing and everybody who was in the competition—I love them all. I got to meet a few of them for the first time and I’m so happy to be closer to them. As much as it was a competition I don’t think that anybody really was so upset about the outcome that there was any backlash; I would hope not. I don’t think that competition should ever be something to drive a wedge between our community. I feel very honored to win and I hope that I’m going to be able to carry the crown in a positive way. A lot of people came to the competition and did an amazing job.

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Civil Riot—a collective addressing climate change, racial justice, decolonization, workers’ dignity, LGBTQ safety and opportunity—is holding a training session on “how to use nonviolent direct action (NVDA) to resist and overthrow oppressive institutions,” the event’s Facebook page says. This NVDA Training for Civil Resistance includes theory and exercises in case of an intense situation. Sherwood Park North Pavilion, 1450 W. 400 South, Saturday, June 29, 1-5 p.m., free, bit.ly/2ZlctRO.

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une 29 is a significant date in American history. In 1969, the Stonewall uprising in New York City represented a monumental leap toward LGBTQ rights, as queer women and men asserted their right to exist in the face of violence and repression by the police.

This month, at Pride parades and gatherings around the world, LGBTQ advocates and allies are marking the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. And one of the biggest celebrations occurs here in the Salt Lake Valley, with the third annual LoveLoud Festival, on June 29 at Usana Amphitheatre.

Headliners include international pop superstar Kesha and supporting acts like Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, Tegan and Sara, Daya, K. Flay, PVRIS, Laura Jane Grace and many more. In addition, speakers like Parkland shooting survivor and gun-control advocate Emma González will make an appearance.

Started in 2017, LoveLoud has steadily expanded. It began in its inaugural year at Utah Valley University’s Brent Brown Ballpark in Orem before moving to the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium last year.

“This has been a trial-and-error experience,” says Reynolds, who founded LoveLoud and its accompanying non-profit foundation to disseminate a message of acceptance and inclusion for LGBTQ youth. “The first year was super hard, and we got turned down by a lot of different venues. We had no idea how to put on a festival, and by ‘we’ I mean ‘me.’ Being [at Usana Amphitheatre] this year speaks to the community of Utah and how they’ve rallied behind this. With a more diverse lineup, I think it’s going to be our biggest year yet.”

Last year’s festival raised more than $1 million for local and national initiatives, he said, and provided resources to organizations supporting LGBTQ youth like The Trevor Project, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, Tegan and Sara Foundation and Encircle.

The event’s live stream reached more than 7.2 million viewers. And Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox declared July 28, 2018, “LoveLoud Day,” which, observers say, reflected the work Reynolds and his team undertook to have a constructive, respectful dialogue with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about its public stance on homosexuality, marriage equality and the treatment of LGBTQ youth.

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LoveLoud Festival returns for third year of LGBTQ uplift and inspiration.

“The first year was super hard, and we got turned down by a lot of different venues,” Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds, right, tells City Weekly.

“We had no idea how to put on a festival, and by ‘we’ I mean ‘me.’”

“Last year was profound,” says Tegan Quin, a longtime queer artist and activist who fronts Tegan and Sara alongside her twin sister. “Every Tegan and Sara show is like a mini-LoveLoud because we’re surrounded by queer artists and allies. I thought I had become desensitized to anything queer, but to be at Rice-Eccles Stadium and to feel the profound connection between the speakers and performers on stage and the people in the audience was so positive. I was losing my mind at the young, queer kids getting up and talking about their experiences while everyone was cheering for them. It’s hard to put into words.”

While entertainment is at LoveLoud’s forefront, it’s underlying mission is dead serious. According to the Center for Disease Control, Utah’s teen suicide rate has climbed nearly 25% each year from 2011 to 2017. Research by the Family Acceptance Project, The Trevor Project and the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that LGBTQ youth who are rejected by their families are eight times more likely to attempt suicide, while each episode of LGBTQ harassment or abuse increases the likelihood of self-harming behavior by a factor of 2.5.

This year, LoveLoud Festival is donating proceeds to organizations that provide counseling and safe havens to school programs and summer camps that provide a safe space for LGBTQ youth, and to initiatives that raise LGBTQ representation in the media. “We’re really meticulous about selecting the most effective organizations doing important work that aligns with LoveLoud’s vision,” Reynolds says. “We have lofty goals of taking LoveLoud beyond Utah and beyond the world of Mormonism, which accounts for only 1% of the U.S. population, to tackle what’s happening in other communities of orthodox faiths. We have our eyes on a lot of different things. But it all starts with doing it right in one location.”

Tegan Quin says her first imperative when Reynolds asked her to join LoveLoud’s board was simple: more women, more queer artists, and more creative diversity. “There were so many years when Sara and I felt so alone in our work,” Quin

says. “We were meeting young LGBTQ people and their families, and they were telling us how important it was that we were out and open about who we are. But it’s so much more meaningful to be involved with something like LoveLoud, where you get to see just how many people care about the LGBTQ community.”

Echoing the sentiment, this year’s lineup is dominated by a variety of diverse voices: Kesha’s battle against the misogyny of the music industry makes her one of the most recognizable female performers of the 21st century, while rising pop stars Daya and K. Flay have publicly embraced their queer identity. Laura Jane Grace might be the most outspoken transgender artist on the planet, populating her ferocious punk rock with brutally honest narratives about gender dysphoria and transformational surgeries.

“It’s incredibly impactful,” Quin says of this year’s roster. “LGBTQ+ identified people buy something like twice as many concert tickets as any other group. They’re looking for community in a way that is hard to put into words. They want to feel like they belong. As our queer spaces disappear—maybe because we don’t need them as much because we’re more accepted into society—concerts become this incredible place for LGBTQ+ people to come together. And events like this can affect cultural change first, which can then influence more substantial changes in institutions like the LDS church and state legislatures, where our protections can be put in place.”

Reynolds cites the federal passage of marriage equality protections as a pivot point for local Mormons, many of whom have been vocal about their wrestle with the LDS church’s stance on LGBTQ rights.

“When that fight happened, Mormons were pitted against each other, and the membership was urged to get out and vote, which is not a typical thing for the church to do,” he says. “A lot of Mormons were conflicted in their hearts about it, so LoveLoud started as a place to say, ‘It’s OK to have this dialogue. Let’s at least sit at the table and talk about it.’”

Reynolds believes that those kinds of conversations are necessary: “LoveLoud had to come from someone within,” he reiterates. “It had to feel like a Mormon-ish event. That’s off-putting to some people, but I know Mormons. If someone is banging on your door and wants to say something, a lot of times Mormons will lock the door, double down and not listen. But if a Mormon is saying, ‘Hey, this feels off,’ they’ll listen a little bit more. That’s a sad truth—and maybe it’s true of a lot of orthodox faiths.

“But Utah is a lot more progressive than people say it is,” Reynolds continues. “Salt Lake City is very queer, and a lot of incredible people have been waging the battle for equality. LoveLoud is not the first.” Reynolds cites Troy Williams with Equality Utah as a particularly inspiring activist. “Troy has been doing a really delicate dance, trying to speak to the church and the queer community. It’s a difficult tightrope to walk, and he’s been doing it for a long time. People like that have primed the conversation, and LoveLoud is just trying to stoke the fire.”

As a native Canadian, Tegan Quin says her perspective is quite different. She and her sister have walked arm in arm with activists the world over, but she still cites Utah as an inspiring example of the potential for change. “Seeing queer artists and allies on stage is powerful and meaningful to our community,” she says. “It still makes me feel protected, seen and cared for to have people like Dan stand up and say, ‘This is a marginalized community that’s still under attack, so we need to fight for them and their protections.’ I can’t imagine how that feels to a 16-year-old trans kid from a rural, religious community who’s going to come to LoveLoud or watch it online and say, ‘Look at all these people—they care about me.’” CW

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It goes down at 666 S. State St. Burlesque artists, magicians, acrobats, clowns—vaudevillians of all persuasions congregate at The Beehive Social Club on the first Wednesday of every month for a night dubbed “Salt Lake City’s grittiest punk rock cabaret.” Featuring humor, sensuality and a healthy dose of radical politics for good measure, Behind the Zion Curtain is a variety show like no other.

The Burlesque Gospel

Can-Can is a Salt Lake City native, and has been performing in Utah’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes for five years. She says she’s noticed a major uptick in public support since the 2017 opening of Prohibition, a 1920’sthemed bar and restaurant in Murray, which features live burlesque several nights a week.

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Behind the Zion Curtain is both a cause and an effect of Utah’s recently renewed interest in burlesque.

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of color, transgender performers and disabled performers, who Luscivia had noticed “getting boned” in Utah’s performance art scene.

“I wanted a space … that didn’t allow racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry or censorship,” the self-proclaimed “chaotic SL,UT of the world’s saltiest city,” says. “Where marginalized people were welcomed, diversity was appreciated, and deeper meanings were explored.”

“Before then, we had to produce and promote our own events all the time,” CanCan says. “So once Prohibition opened, literally everyone felt a shift.”

Can-Can says many of the bar’s now-regulars stumbled into burlesque by accident after hearing about a speakeasy-style bar.

“Burlesque really brings in the people now, but it wasn’t that way originally,” Can-Can asserts. “They didn’t know they wanted it until they knew they wanted it.

Once they experienced the burlesque, they just wanted more.”

The space occupies a specific niche, showcasing what Can-Can calls “burlesque for beginners.” As such, the bar is many Utahns’ first introduction to the art of the teese, and Prohibition performers honor that by toning down the overt sexuality found in some burlesque venues.

“I feel like [the bar] is a really good stepping stone to embrace the art of burlesque in a way that [audiences] can handle,” Can-Can explains. “Because we are strippers! We strip, we take off our clothes, and that’s part of it. But they feel like they’re not watching something dirty.”

“[It’s] a punk rock cabaret that grew out of a collective frustration with having nowhere we felt comfortable putting the other acts,” says burlesque performer and producer Havoq Luscivia, surrounded by duct tape, a length of industrial chain and an ample supply of fishnet stockings.

“I want to do punk-rock burlesque; I want to do weird things; I want to have armpit hair on stage and have nobody whisper about it or say, ‘Hey, we’re not going to book you.’”

Luscivia, who uses the gender pronouns “they” and “them,” started the revue last summer with the goal of building a space that was explicitly supportive of burlesque performances with political content. The nouveau ringleader also wanted to highlight the talents of performers

tural trends and opportunities to perform.

“Burlesque has existed in Utah for a very long time, but it is very oppressed,” Luscivia says. “And sometimes there are fewer performers because of that—because they either don’t have the energy to deal with the oppression or they go somewhere else.”

But burlesque is having a moment right now, both in Utah’s underground and mainstream performance scenes. Performer Madazon Can-Can, pictured above, speculates it might have something to do with the way burlesque aligns with third wave feminist principles like body positivity, sexual agency and radical inclusivity.

“All of the things that need to happen in the world are embraced by burlesque,” CanCan says. “The burlesque bible—the burlesque gospel—is spreading like wildfire.”

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Performers at Prohibition are asked to protect this perception, not only by venue owner Nate Porter, who purveys “burlesque that grandmas and grandpas can watch,” but by the state of Utah. The state’s restrictive laws on alcohol, nudity and “adult entertainment” are complex, and require performers to walk difficult, seemingly arbitrary lines depending on the context of each performance.

“Blue laws are the bane of our existence,” Can-Can muses, invoking the colloquial term for the Beehive’s dated alcohol regulations.

Because the space is licensed as a bar and not a “sexually-oriented business,” full nudity is prohibited. Even the “pasties and a G-string” standard employed by Salt Lake City strip clubs is insufficient—“if there’s alcohol, you have to cover yourself up,” Can-Can says.

As a result, burlesque performers in public spaces like bars and clubs have made adjustments to perform locally. Can-Can notes performers “fuck around” with loopholes whenever possible, and that many performers visiting from out of state have been forced to purchase new lingerie to legally perform.

Things are different at private shows, though. Invite-only events at venues that aren’t licensed to serve alcohol are not subject to state laws about restrictive entertainment, and are therefore free to set their own restrictions—or lack thereof—on nudity and sexual expression.

“If you want to see a true cabaret, underground, nitty-gritty, nuditypositive scene, you have to go somewhere private,” Can-Can says.

Enter the Beehive.

DIY Burlesque The Beehive Social Club is an inventive DIY wonderland sandwiched between a tattoo shop and the old Sears building. It features a carpeted stage, blacked out windows and a kitchen known for its vegan chicken and waffles. A poster in the entryway features the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the words “say NO to drugs; say YES to pizza.”

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that rejects drugs and alcohol. Although it occasionally hosts bring-yourown-beer events, The Beehive doesn’t serve booze, making for an interesting confluence of an all-ages venue hosting the adult-centric show.

Luscivia says The Beehive was the natural home for their Behind the Zion Curtain revue.

“I’m lucky to have a venue that has been a punk rock, DIY community effort from the start,” Luscivia says. “We fit right in.”

It’s an important notion for Luscivia: the DIY ethos. It’s baked into the history of burlesque, which originated as a vaudeville offshoot meant to be less beholden to standards of class and propriety. “[Burlesque] started from a place of marginalized communities looking for somewhere to perform,” Luscivia says. “And that’s extremely parallel with the DIY punk rock community—the idea of, ‘Hey, we’re going to do this art. This space wasn’t built for us, so we’re going to make our own and we’re going to put this frustration on the stage.’

“So the mentalities are very very parallel in both DIY punk rock culture and burlesque—the things that they say, the ways that they express things and the ways that they deal with oppression,” they continue.

Can-Can also emphasizes burlesque’s utilitarian roots, calling it “an art of the people.

“As soon as it becomes overly filtered, then it really loses its heart, because burlesque has always been inherently political,” Can-Can believes. “It’s always involved every kind of weirdo, queerdo, big, little, small, black, white, Chinese—it doesn’t matter.

“Whatever you have inside of you that you want to put on stage, you put on stage. And you’re not just undressing yourself; you’re undressing the stereotypes that society puts upon you. And that’s what’s so powerful about it.”

Beehive’s exemption from nudity laws exists on a metaphorical level, too. Thus, Luscivia’s vision of radical self-expression frees performers to fully undress themselves in both the physical and philosophical senses.

“To me, burlesque is a lot about saying something with your art,” Luscivia says. “And I don’t like altering who I am as a performer to be more

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Luscivia also seeks to engender respect for burlesque performers.

“My personal goal is to create spaces where people are getting paid what they’re worth; where they feel accepted,” they say. “I want people to feel respected and appreciated and have a place to do whatever they want.”

Luscivia’s performers earn a “door cut,” meaning their paychecks vary along with the size of the audience. The more people Luscivia gets through the door each month, the closer they get to their goal of paying performers market rates.

“It’s not enough yet, but there are places in this state that pay significantly less, so I’m a little proud of myself for doing that in less than a year,” Luscivia says.

Can-Can’s burlesque goals outlive her, with a focus on building long-term structural support for the performance art community.

“Every day, I think about what I want to do with the art community, how I want to serve the art community here in Utah, forever,” Can-Can says. “My body will slow down, but if I can put things in place for the people coming after me, that’s what I want to do. This is only the beginning.” CW

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Burlesque has provided meaningful personal development opportunities for Can-Can, too. As an emcee for last year’s Utah Pride, she was able to speak to her audiences about LGBTQ rights and book queer performers from across the state, providing exposure and recognition for the talents of her community.

“That was the biggest thing for me,” says Can-Can, who lauds the diversity of the burlesque community, sexual and otherwise.

“Burlesque is a rainbow,” she muses. “We’re all diamonds. And all of these little sides of us reflect all of these—it’s never one color. There’s all these different colors. It looks clear, it looks white, but we’re so much more complicated, especially when you shine a light on it.

“And when we’re on stage, we literally have lights shone on us, and that’s when the multiple facets or sides of ourselves can really shine,” she says. “And that’s the gift of the stage. That’s the ultimate present: to be seen.

Which is what gay people have wanted for-fucking-ever.

The End Game

No one is ever asked to limit themselves at any Behind the Zion Curtain show. Luscivia, who is a multidisciplinary artist, books cabaret performers of all sorts, including drag performers, puppeteers, aerialists and mimes.

Many of these artists organize under the Utah Vaudeville and Burlesque Collective—an arts collective designed to support “any kind of person who considers themself a vaudevillian.”

“We try to hit every demographic because vaudeville really is that,” says Can-Can, who helps manage the collective. “As much as I’m a burlesquer and as much as I love being sexy and stuff, clowning really is my heart,” she says. “And that’s kind of the other side of it: yes, sex will get people in, but there’s other parts of it that need to be recognized, too.”

Kent Kingdon has been active in the UVBC and the general vaudeville community for two years. Kingdon joined the collective as a magician and sideshow performer—his most recent act involves swallowing razor blades—but he credits Can-Can and the UVBC with encouraging him to try out something he’s always wanted to: burlesque.

“Burlesque speaks out to me because of the sexual repression of how I grew up, on top of just the social repression of having to fit in and go about life a specific way,” Kingdon, who grew up LDS, says.

He’s one of just four male burlesque, or “boylesque” performers currently active in the UVBC. He says it’s important to him to model healthy sexual expression for men.

Which is what every fucking person needs.”

Can-Can has been seen, and that matters deeply to her.

“I’ve said my piece; I’ve shown my body; I’ve been very outspoken about why it’s so important,” she states. “I’ve talked about blue laws; I’ve talked about seeing the body as art; about seeing burlesque performers as artists and movers and shakers and political activists.”

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“Women have had sort of a nod in being sexy. It’s been sort of like, given the go-ahead by the patriarchy at large,” he says. “But still very much so, men, it’s not OK to express your sexuality. Or you’re a pervert and all sorts of stuff.”

Kingdon says burlesque has been a valuable tool in fighting sexual repression and reclaiming his own sense of sexuality.

“It is something that fulfills a lot of things for me,” he says. “I for a long time have felt like people should be able to feel sexy no matter who they are, and I never really applied that to myself until very recently.”

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Get in the Action Where to catch burlesque in Utah.

Regular art of the teese nights in SLC can be hard to pinpoint, as more performance collectives emerge, so best to check troupe Facebook pages before heading out.

The Beehive Collective 666 S. State Performances include the monthly Behind the Zion Curtain Cabaret and Beehive Magic show performances by Clusterphoque Cabaret. facebook.com/pg/behindthezioncurtaincabaret facebook.com/clusterphoquecabaret

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Prohibition 151 E. 6100 South, Murray Enjoy Thursday night “Burly-Oke” (a combination of burlesque and karaoke), plus Friday and Saturday night “Burlesque and the Beats” programs with a rotating cast of performers. prohibitionutah.com

Beehive Broads Troupe founded by performers Queen Bee and Miss Delta Rae Dixon performs occasional shows, and provides a welcoming, inclusive and body-positive environment for classes instructing the “burlesque-curious.” beehivebroadsburlesque.wordpress.com

Sketch Cabaret Unique collective offering events that combine music and other live performance elements with opportunities for artists to draw live models. facebook.com/sketchcabaret

Utah Vaudeville and Burlesque Collective Collective of burlesque, circus, magic and other performing artists, with shows at venues including Prohibition and Ogden’s Marshall White Center. facebook.com/uvbcutah

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It takes chutzpah to emcee the annual White House Correspondents Dinner and then attack the folks who host it—namely, the media. It also takes stones to take aim at the administration’s press secretary with a jab some said was over the line. Then again, comedian Michelle Wolf rarely shies away from controversy, no matter whether she’s writing for Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Daily Show, hosting her short-lived talk show The Break With Michelle Wolf, starring in her Netflix and Comedy Central specials or entertaining audiences on tour.

Hailed by some pundits as one of the funniest people in America, Wolf was drawn toward improv before she got her big break through her television debut on Late Night. Nevertheless, it was her comments about Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the Correspondents Dinner that inspired particular ire. She was accused of taking an inappropriate shot at Sanders after Wolf stated that Sanders was “using the ashes of lies to create her perfect eye makeup,” adding, “She burns facts, and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smoky eye.”

C-Span nearly cut its coverage on the spot, fearing a fine from the FCC. Others denounced her by insisting she had taken aim at Sanders’ personal appearance. Nevertheless, Wolf defended her actions, saying she wasn’t insulting Sanders’ looks, but simply her penchant for telling untruths and toeing President Donald Trump’s line.

Wolf is known for running marathons. Yet she’s also made it clear she’s not about to flee a good fight. (Lee Zimmerman) Michele Wolf @ Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, June 27, 7 p.m.; June 28-29, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., $25-$35, wiseguyscomedy.com

The Tony Award-winning Utah Shakespeare Festival opens its 58th season with a theme of “The Ties that Bind.” With a focus on family relationships—running the gamut from happy and dysfunctional to downright dangerous—artistic director Brian Vaughn says, “The 2019 season is rich with life-affirming classical and contemporary plays, each celebrating the preservation of life and the value of our loved ones.”

The Shakespeare plays include some of the Bard’s best-known creations in Hamlet, Twelfth Night and Macbeth … oops! Sorry, the, er …

Scottish Play. The festival also presents a rare opportunity to see The Conclusion of Henry VI, Parts Two and Three, performed together in one 4-½ hour production. The seldom-performed plays are part of the festival’s “Complete-TheCanon Project,” which began in 2012 with the goal of presenting every one of Shakespeare’s 38 plays by 2023. The “Shakespeare-related” slot in the schedule goes to The Book of Will, about a group of Shakespeare’s fellow actors trying to come up with a plan to make sure the masterpieces of the recently deceased Bard are never forgotten.

Among the contemporary shows on the roster, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will likely be a hot ticket, and has been the most popular musical in festival history. The Price, by American master Arthur Miller, chronicles two brothers who are forced to face their family’s past troubles. Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahue continues the theme of families, this time as a source of hope at the darkest times. (Geoff Griffin) Utah Shakespeare Festival @ various venues, Cedar City, June 27-Oct. 12, times vary, prices vary by play, bard.org

Three dance companies, three weeks, 12 acclaimed guest instructors and one show to cap it all off. These are key elements of the Dance West Fest and its culminating showcase Topography.

Repertory Dance Theatre, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Co. and The University of Utah School of Dance are joining forces for this event.

Topography is a show that’s quite unique, since it’s not being put on by any one dance company. Rather, three different troupes—under the umbrella of Dance West Fest—collaborate to bring together a variety of dances from guest and local artists.

This kind of collaboration is rare, since all of the organizations are equal partners, according to marketing director Tori Duhame. In general, she notes, when dance studios collaborate, it’s done through a third-party. Duhame says the event offers “grand opportunities to provide training … and welcome dancers and choreographers from all over the world to Salt Lake City.”

The workshop portion of Dance West Fest has attracted renowned dancers and choreographers.

The 12 guest artists come from around the world, including Ohad Fishof from Israel and Yin Yue from China, to help teach the workshop and finetune the final show, which includes work by all of the participating companies. The results should be one of the more unique dance productions to grace a local stage. (Sean Hemmersmeier) Dance West Fest: Topography @ Rose Wagner Center Black Box, 138 W. 300 South, June 27, 7:30 pm, $15, recommended for ages 8 and up, artsaltlake.org

Every year, Allen Nevins and Nancy Borgenicht start from scratch to create another edition of Salt Lake Acting Co.’s annual musical revue Saturday’s Voyeur, pulling from the weirdest and most infuriating headlines. In some years, the focus has been on more local stories, and in other years, more national stories—but according to the company’s managing director, Cynthia Fleming, the line between the two is vanishing.

“National is local now,” Fleming says.

“National is happening in our own homes.”

Voyeur 2019 begins on a peculiarly local note, with the October 2018 re-naming of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the wake of the church deemphasizing shorthand names like “Mormon.”

Within that choir, however, is a manifestation of the tensions at the core of national politics.

“Within our choir, we have Mormon Republicans, Mormon Democrats, Mormon homosexuals, Mormon non-binary,” Fleming says. “People start talking about what they believe in, and we literally see a great divide. Hopefully, what we show is that they come back together, and that we can all live together as our authentic self.”

Despite the presence of serious themes, Voyeur remains fundamentally a comedy—riffing on everything from Mitt Romney to Mary Poppins— with a cast consisting largely of Voyeur newcomers taking on the production’s unique challenges of tone and content. “It’s a challenge, explaining to an actor this style,” Fleming says. “It has to come from a real place, but you’re asked to do things that are really unnatural, like speaking out to the audience. But it’s still a party.” (Scott Renshaw) Saturday’s Voyeur 2019 @ Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Sept. 1, $50$60, saltlakeactingcompany.org

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Just ask local creators of couture Angel Aquino or Betthy Lovos. Both have been sketching, stitching and sending their work down local runways for close to four years trying to break into the field. As with any struggling artist pursuing their passion, it can be a long journey to leaving a day job.

Originally from Guatemala, Aquino grew up helping his mother make clothes, and is looking forward to leaving his property management job behind. Close to finishing up all four fashion degrees at the Fashion Institute at Salt Lake Community College, he creates “wearable art” as well as women’s wear.

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“I really like creating a garment from start to finish,” Aquino says. “It is a great feeling when you sketch a design, create a pattern, cut the fabric and sew for yourself.”

Involved in numerous fashion show fundraisers for the past few years, he has become quite adept at staging a runway show from start to finish. The process is chock full of details—long before the model ever hits the proverbial red carpet, brainstorming and sketching design, making a pattern and sewing the actual garment, and finding the right model.

“I put together a mood board/inspiration board with colors schemes, inspirational clothing, makeup, words and anything that will help me with a theme,” Aquino says.

“Once I have my designs completed, I begin to ask myself, ‘Which model will be a great fit for this outfit?’”

On the other hand, Lovos fell in love with creating fashions as a child, but took a minor detour into pursuing another career.

Many years later, though, she felt drawn in a different direction. “I had been praying for some guidance for a couple years, and felt so confused about what direction I wanted to go in for my future career,” Lovos says. “Then, one day, I was given the opportunity to make some dance costumes and I completely fell in love again.”

Completing her training at Salt Lake Community College in 2016, she has not committed to a particular style for her designing aesthetic. Meanwhile, she works full-time soaring the friendly skies as a flight attendant. “I love all aspects of fashion and have not found my focal point yet,” says Lovos. “I love costumes, corsets and lingerie, but also evening gowns and swimsuits.”

Having experience in directing and producing fashion shows, Lovos has put together an annual fundraiser for a St. Joseph Mission program dedicated to helping children in Nairobi, Kenya. “The event

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consists of a fashion show with local designers, performances, art gallery, drinks, appetizers and raffle prizes,” Lovos adds.

“The prep consists of finding a venue, setting a date and time, scouting designers, photographers, artists and performers, while also finding models and as many volunteers as possible.”

Both designers gain inspiration from sources such as dreams, their heritage and even comic books, with the goal of seeing their creations famously adorning a model as she struts down a red carpet. Yet, one of their most important considerations is how a model feels in their design. “I love creating outfits that make my models feel sexy and powerful,” Aquino says. “It’s a great feeling knowing that something I’ve created brings such emotions to my models.”

Absent an enthusiastic mentor like Tim Gunn uttering “make it work,” both are signed on to design for fall fundraisers, plus independent events, and are excited to show off their work.

“Fashion is up and coming in Salt Lake City, and we have quite a bit of eccentric people,” Aquino adds. “Summer is here, so we will be seeing a lot of street fashion. Neo Goth styles are very popular right now.”

With numerous organizations, programs and galleries embracing all types of art forms, Salt Lake City has begun to follow the trend in larger cities by advocating for designers on a larger scale. Founded in 2015, this fall’s Utah Fashion Week brings together local members of the fashion industry to support independent designers.

Look for these two up-and-coming designers there or follow their progress on Instagram @angel_art_and_fashion and @lacebranch. CW

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Taralee Guild’s paintings of images reflected in vintage airstreams and motorcycles evoke both the nostalgic memory of summer vacations in Distored Reflections at J Go Gallery (268 Main, Park City, jhogallery.com), June 28-July 24.

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FARMERS MARKETS

9th West Farmers Market Jordan Park, 1000 S. 900 West, Sundays through Oct. 13, 10 a.m.2 p.m., 9thwestfarmersmarket.org Downtown Farmers Market Pioneer Park, 350 W. 300 South, Saturdays through Oct. 19, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., slcfarmersmarket.org Park City Farmers Market Silver King Resort, 1845 Empire Ave., Park City, Wednesdays through mid-October, noon-5 p.m., parkcityfarmersmarket.com Park Silly Sunday Market Main Street, Park City, Sundays through Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., parksillysundaymarket.com

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Concert II: Two Grands and Four Hands Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, July 1, 7:30 p.m., westminstercollege.edu Marie Osmond with the Utah Symphony Deer Valley Amphitheater, 2250 Deer Valley Drive South, June 29, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org Patriotic Pops: American West Symphony & Chorus of Sandy Sandy Amphitheater, 9400 S. 1300 East, Sandy, June 28, 8 p.m., sandyamp.com

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Dance West Fest: Topography Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, June 27, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org (see p. 20)

Cat & Nat Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, June 27, 6 & 9 p.m., 21+, wiseguyscomedy.com Front Row Film Roast: Raiders of the Lost Ark Brewvies Cinema Pub, 677 S. 400 West, June 29, 9 p.m., brewvies.com Laughing Stock Improv Comedy The Off Broadway Theatre, 272 S. Main, Fridays & Saturdays, 10 p.m., theobt.org Michelle Wolf Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, June 27, 7 p.m.; July 28-29, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., 21+, wiseguyscomedy.com (see p. 20) Open Mic Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Random Tangent Improv Comedy Draper Historic Theatre, 12366 S. 900 East, Saturdays, 10 p.m., randomtangentimprov.org Shawn Paulsen Wiseguys Ogden, 269 E. 25th St., Ogden, through June 28, dates vary, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com TJ Miller Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, June 29, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., 21+, wiseguyscomedy.com

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Serhiy Salov Rose Wagner Center, 183 W. 300 South, June 29, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org Utah Symphony in Concert Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, July 1, 8:30 p.m., culturalcelebration.org

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Arts in the Park Mt. Ogden Park, 3144 Taylor Ave., Ogden, through June 28, noon-1 pm, weber.edu Bachauer International Piano Festival Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, June 27-29, 2 & 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org Fleet Nights Little City 855 S. 400 West, every Saturday, 4-10 pm, littlecityinc.com Halloween in Summer Festival Pleasant Green Park, 3250 S. 8400 West, Magna, June 29, 8 p.m., halloweeninsummerfestival.com Salt Lake Gaming Con Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 S. West Temple, June 27-29, saltlakegamingcon.com Utah Brewers Guild Fest Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, June 29, 1 p.m., utahbrewersguild.org

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1 to 5 Club: Fluidly Speaking Discussion Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, fourth Mondays, 7:30-9 p.m., utahpridecenter.org 1 to 5 Club: Game Night Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, first Mondays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org 1 to 5 Club: Radical Reading Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, third Mondays, 7:30-9 p.m., utahpridecenter.org Men’s Sack Lunch Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Wednesdays, noon-1:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org TransAction Weekly Meeting Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Sundays, 2-3:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org Utah LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, third Thursdays, 7:30-9 a.m., utahgaychamber.com

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Karen Auvinen & Elizabeth Geoghegan: Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living & Eightball The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, June 27, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Lauren Kate: The Orphan’s Song The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, June 28, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com

TALKS & LECTURES

Collector’s Book Salon Weller Bookworks, 607 S. Trolley Square, every last Friday, 6:30 p.m., wellerbookworks.com

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

American and Regional Art: Mythmaking and Truth-Telling Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Ancient Mediterranean Art: Res Mortis Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu

Ancient Mesoamerica Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Andrew Dadson: Roof Gap UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Sept. 7, utahmoca.org Arts of Africa Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, mfa.utah.edu Arts of the Pacific Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Chinese Art: Emulation and Innovation Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Contrast: The State of Being Strikingly Different Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through July 1, times vary, events.slcpl.org De | Marcation Granary Arts, 86 N. Main, Ephraim, through Sept. 27, granaryarts.org Deanna & Ed Templeton: Contemporary Suburbium UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Sept. 7, utahmoca.org Taralee Guild: Distorted Reflections J Go Gallery, 268 Main, Park City, June 28-July 24, jgogallery.com (see p. 23) Following in the Footprints of Chinese Railroad Workers Marriott Library, 295 S. 1500 East, through Sept. 27, goldenspike150.org Form, Line and Color: Modernism and Abstraction David Dee Fine Art, 1709 E. 1300 South, Ste. 201, through Aug. 30 Greater Merit: The Temple and Image in South Asia Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Hannah Emerson and Jesse Campbell: What Do You See? Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, through July 12, accessart.org Jiyoun Lee-Lodge: Waterman the Stranger Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, through July 5, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Modern and Contemporary Art: A Fuller Picture Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Neo Archaic Magic and Happiness is Humanness Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, through July 12, accessart.org Out Loud: Ostracized and Masked Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple, through July 6, utahmoca.org Paper and Thread Modern West Fine Art, 412 S. 700 West, through Aug. 31, modernwestfineart.com Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, through Nov. 28, umfa.utah.edu Stars of the Stage and Silver Screen Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Time + Materials Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio Grande St., through Aug. 30, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Wasatch Back Student Art Show Kimball Art Center, 638 Park Avenue, Park City, through July 7, kimballartcenter.org The Wonder of Watercolor Utah Cultural Celebration Center Gallery, 3155 W. 3100 South, through July 9, culturalcelebration.org Yellowstone: Invisible Boundries Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, June 29-Sept. 15, nhmu.utah.edu

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It’s hard to pick just one dish from the menu of this Sandy favorite. Sichuan cuisine uses its signature peppercorns to straight up manipulate the senses when it comes to spicy food. The mapo doufu ($7.95), for example, is a simple dish of tofu cubes and minced meat that has been tossed in a volatile mix of chile and Sichuan peppercorns. It’s almost as

A Salt Lake institution, the pictured Trolley Wing Co. made a name for itself by baking their wings twice instead of dunking them in a deep fryer. The breading on the outside serves a dual purpose—it’s thick and crunchy enough to help tamper down the heat of their various buffalo wing sauces, but it also creates a landscape of unseen craters that tend to attract pools of hot sauce that explode on impact. Their menu has several sauce variations, but their traditional hot wings ($11) are the best bet. Their sauce plays with the familiar palette of vinegary acidity and tangy heat while letting the diner actually taste the chicken.

It’s also one of the best places to get vegan wings—their fried seitan tastes just as good as the chicken once it’s all dressed up and ready to sink its teeth into your taste buds.

The result? The word explosive comes to mind. Multiple Locations, trolleywingco.com CW

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Years ago, Kobe hosted an eating challenge to pound some of its spiciest sushi rolls—if you were watching Man v. Food circa 2010, you undoubtedly saw the episode where Adam Richman attempted said challenge. In the years since that episode aired, the restaurant nixed this trial, allegedly because bros from all over the place were stomping in

If you’re a spicy food fan, Chef Viet Pham’s love letter to Nashvillestyle hot chicken should be at the top of your list. Whether it comes as a quarter chicken ($9.50) or in a sandwich ($10.50), Pretty Bird’s hot chicken is a masterwork of smoky flavors. As is the case at most purveyors of spicy food, diners get to pick the heat levels that they’d like to tangle with. If you want to take it to the limit, order your bird hot behind. It’s the level above hot, and it’s replete with heat. The nice thing about getting something spicy at Pretty Bird is that you’re not just setting your mouth on fire—there’s a harmony to the different spices that find their way into every nook and cranny of that beautifully fried chicken that keeps you coming back for more even when your mouth is

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Every heat seeker has an experience with spicy food that made them feel like they have permanently injured themselves. Mine happened at Indochine. I was interested in their spicy hue noodle soup ($11) because it sounded like pho with a bit of a kick.

Their hue evokes that cumulative effect that most subtly spicy foods share—the first few bites were fine, but, man, did those scovilles start to stack up. When I was about midway through the bowl, I could feel the heat lapping at the back of my eyeballs, which made me worry that I would eventually go blind. Luckily, I had no such lasting physical problems, but my pride still stings from my haughty underestimation of this furious red soup. 230 S. 1300 East, 801-582-0896, indochinesaltlake.com

ike most everything, fireworks make me think of food.

There’s no better way to visualize the right combination of flavors and textures on the tongue than to sit and watch all those loud pops of color exploding across the summer night sky. Before taking that first bite, your mouth is a blank canvas of dusky nothingness. After that bite, however, everything fizzes, sparks and whooshes to life. Your taste buds frantically try to stay on top of all the action, and your brain stops fussing about whichever neurosis du jour happens to be front and center to utter some “oooohs” and “aaaahs” of its own.

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if the numbing sensation imparted by the peppercorns is there to protect you from the heat for just long enough to enjoy all those rich flavors.

If you’ve never indulged in getting your tongue hijacked by Sichuan cuisine, this is the dish to start with.

1275 E. 8600 South, Sandy, 801-2330027, szechuangardensandy.com

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with their YouTube entourages and wrecking the serene atmosphere of this Millcreek mainstay. While they don’t offer it as part of a dining challenge, its memory continues to be honored with the Hellfire Roll ($7.50), which is still on the menu. This roll is made with spicy tuna, jalapeños and red hot pearls of a secret spicy sauce that is a true testament to the kitchen’s skills at blending flavors.

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Those who dig a low-key evening of food, wine and our avian friends at Tracy Aviary (589 S. 1300 East, tracyaviary.org) will want to check out Eat Drink SLC (eatdrinkslc.com). It’s a harmonious gathering of Salt Lake’s finest restaurants such as Bambara, Beltex Meats, Copper Onion and Pallet. The wine nerds at Vine Lore have assembled a fantastic group of wineries, distilleries and breweries to pair with all that great food, and there really are few venues in town better for such an event than Tracy Aviary. Enjoying good food and drinks as the sun starts to set and the nocturnal creatures start to get a bit more lively is always a memorable experience. The event takes place on Wednesday, July 10, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and tickets can be purchased via the Eat Drink SLC website. They tend to sell out in advance, so consider this a heads up.

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Salt Lake’s Campos Coffee Roastery and Kitchen (228 S. Edison St., 801-953-1512, camposcoffee.com) has seen some exciting changes recently. They’ve unveiled a new rooftop patio which is perfect for the upcoming summer nights, and they’ve expanded their kitchen to include some truly tasty bites and meals. Among the new additions are a smoky grilled octopus, tomato watermelon gazpacho and seared tuna toast, all of which can be paired with a selection of wine and craft beer. When you’re in the mood to learn something new, Campos also offers coffee-brewing classes hosted by their professional baristas. Its Edison Street location and a revamped menu are more than enough reason to check out this hip local spot.

Kolache Fest

The sweet or savory stuffed buns known as kolaches have long been a weakness of mine, and Kolache Fest hosted by Hruska’s Kolaches (hruskaskolaches.com) is one of the grandest celebrations of this traditional food. This year’s festival coincides with the local chain’s newest storefront in American Fork (11 W. Main), and as usual, five bucks gets you all the kolaches you can stuff in your craw. Hruska’s serves their traditional favorites, but Kolache Fest is also a great time to catch them experimenting with seasonal flavors. The event takes place Saturday, June 29, from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

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Toasted Barrel Brewery Andy Ale: Andy the Condor—Tracy Aviary’s oldest feathered occupant—last week marked his 60th birthday. The Liberty Park aviary staged a big bash where Toasted Barrel Brewery unveiled a limited-edition ale designed to pay homage to the bird’s characteristics and home region in Patagonia.

Andy Ale is a dark beer with a nice cap of tan head, showing excellent retention and lacing. It’s quite floral initially in its scent, in addition to wildflower honey, rustic malt notes, graham cracker and honey fruits with some pear. Some spicy yeast aromas, along with char, match up against some earthy, grassy hops. Upon first sip, chocolate malts greet you very creamy and stout-like; then

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The hops begin to provide a bit of citrus toward the end, finishing with some warming earthy notes from the 6.3% ABV. Very nice, though quite off the wall.

Overall: A thought-provoking offering that seemingly blends a porter and a saison. It has a lot of the same malt character as a Belgian stout, with hints of earthiness, licorice and cocoa. The beer evolves as it warms up, showing more of the saison aspects, and when it gets a bit crisper, the earthy dry floral fruits emerge. It’s an evolving and enjoyable offering.

Wasatch Soop Joose: Short for “super juicy,” this New England IPA pours a deep opaque golden color. The orange-hued gold is very reminiscent of mango juice, and serves as a precursor to the flavor profile to come.

The froth is bubbly and about a finger thick.

The nose emphasizes blended tropical fruits, completely unmistakable. Notes of sweet mango, overripe papaya and pineapple combine for an incredibly fruity aroma.

Fighting the sweetness, you get just a tinge of citrus acidity and bitterness. Subtle hints of booze round out the aroma profile and balance the complexity.

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IPAs, but when they’re as well made as this one, it’s difficult to not get swept up in it.

Andy Ale has been out for about a week and is on a limited run, so if this sounds like something you need in your life, the clock is ticking. Look for it at the brewery, at 412 W. 600 North. Soop Joose is finding wider distribution, and is popping up at most Wasatch and Squatters pubs. I enjoyed it at the Utah Brewers Cooperative’s West Side Tavern, a great spot for trying the full array of UBC’s portfolio. As always, cheers! CW

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lex Boyé is an alum of many things: America’s Got Talent, for one, but he’s also part of the Utahns-who’ve-made-it community, with a career trajectory that seems to be pushing in a similar direction as Imagine Dragons or Neon Trees. The solo artist—who crafts big, sweeping pop songs that surge with a will for power and hedge into anthemic territory—seems to have worked tirelessly since his America’s Got Talent days promoting new material and corresponding videos full of energy and vigor. Part of his rise to fame involved covers of popular songs, like his interpretation of Coldplay’s “Paradise,” with fellow YouTube sensations The Piano Guys—contributing a big chunk to Utah’s wholesome internet content output. These days, he sways back and forth between the fun, trendy and exciting (his song “Warrior” has a Black Panther-themed video) to the serious (“Still Breathing,” which is about suicidal feelings, but with a Game of Thrones-themed video). Other recent releases, like the single “Bend Not Break,” not only tackle issues like suicide and depression, but involve members of Boyé’s local community, who are featured in his videos.

His career thus far has been very much tied to these hot topics, but that’s not the only reason he’s invested in this one in particular. Boyé himself suffered from suicidal feelings when he was homeless at a young age. This low point for him, he says, changed everything. “When I was 16 years old, I was in a bad way and I was suicidal,” he says. “I happened to be in a nightclub when a song came on, and that song literally changed my whole trajectory. I don’t know whether it was just the lyrics or the music—and I don’t even remember the artist—but the lyrics were basically saying, ‘Don’t give up, keep going, keep climbing, keep rising, there’s so much more ahead of you.’ It just changed my entire life, and it spoke to my spirit and gave me hope.”

In the aftermath of that life-changing night, Boyé came to the relization that he could do something similar for others with his own music, and he has crafted a career that seeks to do just that.

His songs feature clean studio production ready-made for viral success, with stadium pop sensibilities. “The internet has been a huge blessing for me because it puts me on a level playing field with the biggest artists in the world,” he says. “Instead of me waiting for someone to find me, or waiting for an executive or label to show interest in me, I can create this content myself and put it out there for the world to see.”

However, despite the internet’s positive impact, Boyé is wary of it, especially for those in mentally vulnerable positions. He worries

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Alex Boyé that online spaces like social media can contribute to social isolation, and exacerbate problems like depression. “I think we’re all suffering from invisible wounds, and some of us are cut deeper than others. With social media, if you’re feeling bad you can post about it, and if you’re feeling good, you can post about it,” he says. Boyé goes as far as to call it dangerous that people can get tips and advice from strangers, instead of members of their family, or people they have close connections to in real life.

It’s certainly true that confidence-traps exist on platforms like Instagram, where constant engagement can breed unhealthy habits of comparing oneself to others. However, perhaps Boyé doesn’t realize that his own online platform serves a virtual community as much as it does a real one. Events like June 24’s Bend Not Break Concert at Zion National Park align perfectly with his online presence, because his real-life performances and videos seek to give fans a sense of acceptance, safety and understanding. The comments below his videos are made up of a fanbase who are truly inspired by his music, and who find connections with one another.

This is all despite Boyé himself being a stranger to even his fans— he might not be their mother, father, sister, brother, or friend, but he’s still a friendly voice telling them not to give up. It seems that Boyé has unwittingly tackled his own concern with the dangers of false connections on the internet just by existing there with the message of his music.

The Bend Not Break Concert was a partnership with youth organization Forever Young Foundation, and ticket proceeds benefitted the foundation. Keep an eye out for Boyé (alexboye.com) at other events around the state and his album Coming to Amerika to be released this fall (Sept. 9). CW

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“The world can’t touch Ghost’s purple tape.”

It’s only seven words, but they weighed a ton on my brain. Anyone who heard Raekwon’s album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx would have noticed the heavy dosage of Ghostface Killah vocals, and one couldn’t help but notice him on the album cover. But to say that Raekwon was the cohost of his classic debut on a first official solo album? This is the kind of legendary bravado Ghostface Killah, aka Dennis Coles, of Staten Island, N.Y., has—along with his robes, custom-colored Wallabee Clarks, gaudy jewelry and, when he first set out, commitment to character. Why did he name himself Ghostface Killah? When the Wu-Tang Clan burst on the scene, Ghostface Killah was just that—a mysterious figure who killed mics behind a mask so you couldn’t see him. Mind you, these were the days before private-party internet investigations were a thing. From his early days, to his unmasking, up to now, Ghost remains one of the most respected icons in hip-hop. You could fill a rhyme book with his quotable bars: “Graveyard spells fog ya goggles …;” “The kid walk through, switch up his accent, now I’m from Paris …;” “Why is the sky blue? Why is water wet? Why did Judas rat to the Romans while Jesus slept?” Despite this propensity for descriptive rhetoric and urban folklore, one would be remiss not to mention the depth and courage it takes to speak on sensitive issues like poverty, disease and infidelity. Ghost manages to occupy a space in hip-hop that many people want to emulate, but which few ever actually do authentically. Catch him in Ogden courtesy of the Funk ‘N Dive Bar. (Keith L. McDonald) Ogden Amphitheater, 343 E.

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“When life gives you lemons …” goes the old adage I’ve heard ad nauseum my entire life given my last name. But, what about when life hands you cupcakes? If you’re the selfprofessed “Queen of Salt Lake,” Wiltavious, you seize the moment and take center stage.

See, the West Valley-based rapper was set to open for CupcakKe during her appearance at Metro Music Hall. Then, on the day this paper is printed, the “Juicy Coochie” hitmaker’s performance was canceled. It’d be expected that Wiltavious, along with fellow local performers’ hearts would be broken.

Instead, our Pride Issue cover model is using the opportunity to shoot the music video for “3, 2, 1, Vogue!,” his latest party anthem.

“Queens get your mug and Kings get your scruff, lol,” he shared in an impromptu social media post. Making lemonade, the 27-yearold will fiercely go on with the show. The bold move is fitting, given the song was born at Metro. “I was performing there and being shaded by a few queens, because some of them were pressed about me showing up killing the scene,” he tells City Weekly. “That’s why I started the first verse with, ‘Fuck the crown, this is my show!’ Because I literally steal the show when I’m on the stage. Why? Because I always bring it, okurrrr?” Those who plan on attending the queen’s ball, please heed the following warning: “I want everyone to be aware that although I’m a sweet Southern belle, I will show up and give you hell. Put ya money where your slay is, oop!” (Enrique Limón) Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 8 p.m., free before 10 p.m, 21+, metromusichall.com

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“My Life is Over and I Couldn’t Be Happier.”

“See You At Your Funeral.” How does a band with these song titles, and a name that’s an acronym for Pathetic Use of Potential, maintain such positive indie cred? First of all, the modern emo revival has no shortage of critical darlings (Mannequin Pussy and Modern Baseball, for example). Secondly, nothing makes a universal musical statement like good arrangement. On their latest record, Morbid Stuff (Rise Records), the Canadian punks toy with complex song structures like drunk engineering students who got into the construction equipment. “I was bored as fuck, sitting around and thinking all this morbid stuff,” whines lead singer Stefan Babcock on the title track after a tight guitar hook in 11/8 time signature. Later, on the lead single, “Kids,” Babcock begins, “I’ve been navigating my way through the mind-numbing reality of a godless existence”—an edgy way to start what is supposed to be a love song. But that’s what makes the modern emo revival so exciting— the shamelessness remains, but Babcock isn’t pandering to a single soul, not even the person he wrote it about. Tight musicianship holds steady during their manic live sets. I caught PUP at a festival in 2017, and while thousands respectfully nodded along to Pixies a few hundred yards away, PUP endowed 40 lucky people with the greater gift after an exhausting day in the sun: pure caffeinated chaos.

The quintet blasted through their meticulous anthems about living un-meticulously like they were the legends on the bigger stage. (Robby Poffenberger) In the Venue, 219 S. 600 West, 7 p.m., $18 presale, $20 day of show, all ages, sartainandsaunders.com

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Musically speaking, Texan electronica act Mystery Skulls might be fully masterminded by singer-songwriter-producer Luis Dubuc, but it would be hard to talk about the act’s success without mentioning an artist and animator by the name of Ben Mangum, aka MysteryBen27. Mangum’s slick, colorful music videos for Mystery Skulls (which follow a cast loosely based on a certain animated gang of mystery-solvers) has given Dubuc’s music a friendly face for fans to latch onto, and the three released videos (of a planned five-part series) have racked up millions of views on YouTube. Also, in a stroke of sheer brilliance by Mangum, every character in all the videos is constantly bobbing their head along with Mystery Skulls’ utterly infectious electro-soul, even when they’re being pursued by technicolor phantoms. Don’t let the videos distract you too much, though—Dubuc is possessed of killer instincts, both as a producer and as a songwriter, and he’s managed to put together some of the catchiest and sharpest modern takes on disco this side of Daft Punk. On June 29, Mystery Skulls take The Grand stage at The Complex along with synthpop up-and-comers Phangs and Snowblood.

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Origin stories come in a zillion different flavors, but Canadian pop songstress Carly Rae Jepsen’s demarcates the line between the internet of old and the internet of today.

In 2012, the Canadian Idol runner-up and one-time folkie’s danceable anthem “Call Me Maybe” was covered by global superstar Justin Bieber, whose viral home video also featured teen idol Selena Gomez. By the end of the year, Jepsen went from Canadian

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College of Performing Arts alumni to charttopping phenom, with “Call Me Maybe” hitting No. 1 in 18 countries. Unlike most one-hit wonders, however, “Call Me Maybe” represented just the tip of Jepsen’s evolving star power. Follow-up full-lengths Kiss (2012) and E•mo•tion (2015) delved deeper into demonstrative vulnerability, attracting a more mature audience and resulting in an unusually rapturous cult status among the queer community. Jepsen has starred on Broadway, playing Cinderella in a 2014 revival of the fairy tale’s Rodgers & Hammerstein rendition; starred along Tom Hanks in music videos (for 2015’s “I Really Like You”); scored everything from animated films (Ballerina) to TV reboots (Fuller House); and worked with just as many über-hip indie producers (Dev Hynes) as she has mainstream ones (Sia). Jepsen’s latest album, 2019’s Dedicated, maintains that balance, delivering the reliably lovesick ballads that diehard fans have come to expect (“He Needs Me” and “Party of One”) while celebrating her self-confidence more palpably than ever before (“No Drug Like Me” and “Feels Right”). At 33, is Jepsen all grown up, or just operating at the apex of her youth?

“In a personal way, I feel less confined to just call pop one thing anymore, and myself one thing anymore,” Jepsen told NPR in May. “I’ve enjoyed coloring outside the lines a little bit—it’s just made me so much happier, and I feel like my music is so much more purposeful and authentic.” (Nick McGregor) The Depot, 13 N. 400 West, 7 p.m., $39.50 presale; $45 day of show, all ages, depotslc.com

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His pioneering work with eponymous band Santana in the late ’60s and early ’70s have become sacred texts on which much of today’s Latin-inflected pop and rock is predicated. His star-studded 1999 effort Supernatural went multi-platinum off the strength of the Rob Thomasassisted lead single “Smooth.” His reformation of the classic Santana lineup for Santana IV in 2015 was lauded as one of his best efforts since his ’70s peak. All told, Carlos Santana has had an incalculable influence on the world of rock, concocting a vibrant mix of jazz, salsa, blues and psychedelia that has truly stood the test of time. His keening, zestful guitar work led Rolling Stone to name him the 20th greatest guitarist of all time in 2015, calling him “the rare instrumentalist who can be identified in just one note.” Over the course of his 50-year career, Santana has racked up a smattering of Grammy nods, a CHCI medallion of excellence, and a Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame induction, to name just a few of his many awards. Santana is currently on a nationwide tour, fresh off the release of their 24th studio album Africa Speaks, stopping by Usana Amphitheatre joined by fellow ’70s rockers The Doobie Brothers, as well as former New Grass Revival member John Cowan. (Nic Renshaw) Usana Amphitheatre, 5150 Upper Ridge Road, 7 p.m., $58+, all ages, saltlakeamphitheatre.com

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Himesh Patel in Yesterday who latches onto Jack, only briefly brings some spark to the screen. At its worst ... well, there’s a moment toward the end of the film that is so cheaply manipulative that it feels like a punch in the gut, and not in any good way, leaving a sour taint over the whole endeavor.

I’m sure director Danny Boyle and screenwriters Richard Curtis (Love Actually) and Jack Barth imagined they were paying tribute to what is probably the greatest band in the history of rock ’n’ roll—and maybe some of the most profoundly influential people ever—with this movie. It’s replete with their songs (or snippet reminders of them) and with a whole planet of 21st-century people newly discovering them and going crazy for them. But it utterly defangs the music we know and love so well, diminishes its significance and the meaning it has for so many of us. And ultimately, Yesterday very clearly says that if you took The Beatles away, nothing would be different and no one would even notice. CW

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years of history in which we know them.

Would “I Want to Hold Your Hand” really have the same impact, brand-new, in 2019 as it did in 1964? How would “Eleanor Rigby” or “Let It Be” land today? The Beatles’ songs exist in a bizarre vacuum here, literally excised from the social and artistic environment in which they were written, performed and received. Songs like these, like all of The Beatles’ work, are so much of their moment in time—which, of course, is part of how and why they endure—yet there’s no sense of that in Yesterday. These songs would surely sound odd, anachronistic, maybe even random if they were presented as though created now.

Perhaps the weirdest thing about Yesterday is that it isn’t even an excuse for a revue of Beatles music, like those Mamma Mia!style jukebox musicals from Broadway, the West End, and now, movies. Only a few of the songs are actually performed in anything close to their entirety. It’s all mostly just a one-note running joke about how no one except Jack knows all those famous lyrics and tunes, combined with a blah romance. Ellie is naturally in love with the oblivious Jack, and now is losing him to fame and fortune.

Patel, an Indian-British TV actor making his feature debut here, is charming enough (and, small favors, at least it’s not another white guy sailing to unearned adoration).

But Yesterday is, at its very best, inoffensive to the point of blandness; even Kate McKinnon, in a small part as a Big Music shark

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magine there’s no Beatles. It’s easy if you try—at least according to the inexcusably lazy comedy Yesterday, which proposes that, absent the incalculably enormous impact the Beatles have had on not just music and pop culture, but upon culture itself, the world would nevertheless look exactly as it does today. Which seems impossibly unlikely, and also feels like a huge insult to the Fab Four.

The unexplained high-concept here: One night there is a momentary worldwide electrical blackout that lasts for only a few minutes, during which struggling singersongwriter Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) is hit by a bus and knocked unconscious. After he wakes up, he slowly comes to the realization that he’s the only person who knows about The Beatles and their music.

He discovers this only because he starts playing “Yesterday” on his guitar, and his friends—including his manager, Ellie Appleton (Lily James)—think it’s a new song that Jack himself has written. Google confirms it: There has never been any such band as The Beatles. Has Jack somehow slipped into an alternate universe? Is God a Rolling Stones fan (they still exist here). Who used the blackout to erase all evidence of The Beatles from history and from everyone’s memory?

Whichever the case—and it really doesn’t matter—it’s just an excuse to tell yet another story about a not-very-talented guy who enjoys unwarranted success. Jack goes on to “write” and record all The Beatles songs, which turns him into a global phenomenon, because, of course, the songs are terrific—to our ears, in the cultural context of 50-plus

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ANNABELLE COMES HOME BB.5 Here’s a sequel to Annabelle (a bad movie), which spawned prequel Annabelle: Creation (a good movie); all the Annabelles spin off from James Wan’s The Conjuring series. Got it? No? Fortunately, there’s an effective pre-credits sequence in which Conjuring anchors Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) give an expository recap of Annabelle’s purpose: To steal

a human soul for a demon to eat, or something. Unfortunately, Annabelle Comes Home falls somewhere between its predecessors quality-wise. Ed and Lorraine go away for the weekend, leaving their daughter Judy (Mckenna Grace) in the care of Mary Ellen (Madison Iseman), whose friend Daniella (Katie Sarife) crashes the goings-on to use one of the evil artifacts from the Warrens’ trophy room to contact her dead father. Naturally, Annabelle escapes, and a whole heapin’ helpin’ o’ demon hell-raisin’ follows.

It’s intensely creepy for about 45 minutes, until the jump scares and blown lights kick in and it downshifts to mediocre horror. Wan and his cohorts are good at making shadows, smoke and mirrors freaky, but this time they phoned it in (literally, in some places).

Annabelle deserves better. Opened June 26 at theaters valleywide.

(R)—David Riedel ECHO IN THE CANYON BBB.5 The fact that I enjoyed this enough to watch it twice in one day says more about my love of jangly Rickenbackers and The Byrds’ sweet, sweet harmonies than anything else, but if you’re any kind of pop music buff, this will be right up your alley. Featuring interviews by Jakob Dylan with Roger McGuinn, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Michelle Phillips, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and anyone else tangentially connected to the Southern California sound from 1965-67, this documentary has its shares of meanderings, but director and former Capitol Records CEO Andrew Slater nails down what made it all happen: McGuinn and his pals wanted to play folk songs with electric instruments, so that’s what they did. That leaves lots of time for music pros yapping about such things as why George Harrison got the second-ever 12-string Rickenbacker (pronounced “Rick-en-BACK-er,” Tom Petty helpfully explains). There are also fine live and studio performances led by Dylan, and a group of totally-into-it contemporary singers, including Jade Castrinos, Regina Spektor, Cat Power and Beck, who gives everyone a nice reminder of how good he is when he’s not hiding behind bullshit posturing. It’s joyous. Opens June 28 at Broadway Centre Cinemas. (PG-13)—DR OPHELIA BB.5 “It’s high time I tell you my story, myself,” says Ophelia (Daisy Ridley) at the outset of this adaptation of Lisa Klein’s novel—and that story feels like something generated by an algorithm specifically intended to infuriate a subreddit of Hamlet-loving men’s rights activists. That’s not entirely a bad thing, as the narrative follows Ophelia from motherless tomboy to lady in waiting for Queen Gertrude (Naomi Watts), and her romance with Prince Hamlet (George MacKay). Semi Chellas’ script provides passable imitation of Shakespearean wordplay in the 40 minutes that precede events familiar from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which makes it odd that she then chooses prosaic interpretations of famous lines (“to thine own self be true” becomes “be true to yourself”). But the focus remains firmly on the story’s women, altering key plot points to provide a perspective on characters whose societal roles are limited by gender, class and age. It could have played out as to-be-woke-or-not-to-be-woke stuff, but fortunately Ridley and Watts bring earnest performances to director Claire McCarthy’s well-crafted production. There’s at least occasional insight paired with a thumb in the eye to those who resist revisionist perspectives. Opens June 28 at Megaplex Gateway. (PG-13)—Scott Renshaw THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN 2: FIRE OF FAITH [not yet reviewed] The continuing story of Elder Groberg (Christopher Gorham), now bringing his family to 1960s Tonga. Opens June 28 at theaters valleywide. (PG) YESTERDAY BB See review on p. 43. Opens June 28 at theaters valleywide.

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CHILD’S PLAY BB.5 There’s nothing sacred about the 1988 Chucky origin story, but why call this movie Child’s Play? This remake does include a kid named Alex (Gabriel Bateman) who receives a gift from his single mom (Aubrey Plaza) in the form of a large, creepy doll (voiced by Mark Hamill). But instead of being possessed by a serial killer, this Chucky is a malfunctioning “smart toy” that’s homicidally attached to Andy. The prologue promises something more savagely satirical about modern consumerism than the movie delivers, as it dabbles in modern technology anxieties. And despite a few creatively bloody death scenes in the scream and chuckle spirit of the original films, it’s just weird seeing the demented villain doll we know and love turned into an almost-sympathetic mix of A.I.’s David, 2001’s HAL 9000 and an Alexa. (R)—SR

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO BBBB Director Joe Talbot’s debut feature focuses on the relationship between Jimmie (co-writer Jimmie Fails) and the house his grandfather built, which his father lost in the 1990s, and which he continues to tend, to the dismay of the current (white) tenants. The movie’s other big relationship, between Jimmie and his friend Montgomery (Jonathan Majors), eventually frays because of the house—but the movie has bigger ideas than the friends we make and lose, including ruminating on what we choose to define us. It’s also a love letter to a city, but a bittersweet one, acknowledging San Francisco’s history of racism and current war on the anything-less-than-affluent. It’s lyrically written, beautifully acted, directed within an inch of its life (that’s a compliment) and with a wonderful score by Emile Mosseri. (R)—DR

PAVAROTTI BBB Ron Howard’s profile of celebrated operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti takes a cradle-to-grave approach, from his childhood in wartime Italy through his professional career up to his death in 2007. Howard is fairly successful at using archival material to capture the gregarious essence of the man, playful personality bantering with people at an audience Q&A session. Yet while the film doesn’t exactly shy away from Pavarotti’s flaws—particularly the affair with the woman who ultimately became his second wife—he does remain stubbornly at a slight remove, a figure here held up more for admiration of his talent than for real insight. It’s hard to resist the gifts on display when Pavarotti explodes into the climax of Turandot’s “Nessun dorma” aria, but a straight concert film could have accomplished the same thing. (PG-13)—SR

TOY STORY 4 BBB.5 This is my truth: The first three Toy Story features are one story told in more-or-less real time. So it’s disorienting to realize that, despite nine real-world years since Toy Story 3, the toys’ new owner Bonnie is still only beginning kindergarten, with Woody (Tom Hanks) leading an attempt to recover her new favorite, a googly-eyed spork called Forky (Tony Hale). Centering the story on a rescue operation places this film squarely in the series’ comfort zone, and the action is both exciting and silly while effectively integrating new characters.

Yet there’s also something that’s just a touch off as Woody—previously a stand-in for Andy’s emotional life—here takes on more of a parental role. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with that shift, TS4 is simultaneously delightful, and feels like it’s not part of the earlier installments’ cohesive perspective. (G)—SR

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: Acquire a new personal symbol that thrills your mind and mobilizes your soul. August: Reconfigure the way you deal with money. Get smarter about your finances. September: It’s time to expedite your learning. But streetwise education is more useful than formal education. Study the Book of Life.

October: Ask for more help than you normally do. Aggressively build your support. November: Creativity is your superpower.

Reinvent any part of your life that needs a bolt of imaginative ingenuity. December: Love and care for what you imagine to be your flaws and liabilities.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: Discipline your inner flame. Use your radiance constructively. Your theme is controlled fire. August: Release yourself from dwelling on what’s amiss or off-kilter. Find the inspiration to focus on what’s right and good. September: Pay your dues with joy and gratitude. Work hard in service to your beautiful dreams. October: You can undo your attractions to “gratifications” that aren’t really very gratifying. November: Your allies can become even better allies. Ask them for more.

December: Be alert for unrecognized value and hidden resources.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: Transform something that’s semi-ugly into something that’s useful and winsome. August: Go to the top of the world and seek a big vision of who you must become. September: Your instinct for worthy and constructive adventures is impeccable. Trust it.

October: Be alert for a new teacher with a capacity to teach you precisely what you need to learn. November: Your mind might not guide you perfectly, but your body and soul will. December: Fresh hungers and budding fascinations should alert you to the fact that deep in the genius part of your soul, your master plan is changing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: Can you infuse dark places with your intense light without dimming your intense light? Yes! August: It’s time for an archetypal Sagittarian jaunt, quest, or pilgrimage. September: The world around you needs your practical idealism. Be a role model who catalyzes good changes. October: Seek out new allies and connections that can help you with your future goals.

November: Be open to new and unexpected ideas so as to get the emotional healing you long for. December: Shed old, worn-out self-images. Reinvent yourself. Get to know your depths better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: You have an enhanced capacity to feel at peace with your body, to not wish it were different from what it naturally is.

August: You can finally solve a riddle you’ve been trying to solve for a long time. September: Make your imagination work and play twice as hard. Crack open seemingly closed possibilities. October: Move up at least one rung on the ladder of success. November: Make yourself more receptive to blessings and help that you have overlooked or ignored. December: You’ll learn most from what you leave behind—so leave behind as much as possible.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: I’ll cry one tear for you, then I’ll cheer. August: Plant seeds in places that hadn’t previously been on your radar.

September: You might seem to take a wrong turn, but it’ll take you where you need to go. October: Open your mind and heart as wide as you can. Be receptive to the unexpected. November: I bet you’ll gain a new power, higher rank, or greater privilege. December: Send out feelers to new arrivals who might be potential helpers.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: Your creative powers are at a peak. Use them with flair. August: Wean yourself from pretend feelings and artificial motivations and inauthentic communications. September: If you want to have greater impact and more influence, you can.

Make it happen! October: Love is weird but good. Trust the odd journey it takes you on. November: If you cultivate an appreciation for paradox, your paradoxical goals will succeed. December: Set firm deadlines. Have fun disciplining yourself.

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9. LeBron James, by birth 10. News anchor Lester 11. Locale of Ada and Enid: Abbr.

12. Part of a full house

13. Sized up 18. Rum named for a Spanish literary hero 21. Tyronn who has won NBA championships as a player (2000, 2001) and as a coach (2016) 23. "The cause of -- and solution to -- all of life's problems," per Homer Simpson 25. Put into service 26. Many a craft brew 27. Headed up 28. Really, really long time 29. Fuss 30. King or emir: Abbr.

33. Palindromic relative 34. "Sorta" suffix 35. Grp. opposed by the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence 36. Modern prefix with gender 37. Heavenly body 38. Prefix with natal 42. Supreme Court action 43. Chocolaty breakfast cereal 44. Lil ____ X, rapper with the 2019 #1 hit "Old Town Road" 45. Elec. or gas, e.g.

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47. ____ Creed (Christian statement of faith) 48. Said "o'er" for "over," e.g.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: I’d love to see you phase out wishy-washy wishes that keep you distracted from your burning, churning desires. August: A story that began years ago begins again. Be proactive about changing the themes you’d rather not repeat. September: Get seriously and daringly creative about living in a more expansive world.

October: Acquire a new tool or skill that will enable you to carry out your mission more effectively. November: Unanticipated plot twists

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: Stretch yourself. Freelance, moonlight, diversify, and expand. August: Having power over other people is less important than having power over yourself. Manage your passions like a wizard! September: Ask the big question. And be ready to act expeditiously when you get the big answer. October: I think you can arrange for the surge to arrive in manageable installments.

Seriously. November: Dare to break barren customs and habits that are obstructing small miracles and cathartic breakthroughs.

December: Don’t wait around hoping to be given what you need.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: It’s time to take fuller advantage of a resource you’ve been neglecting or underestimating. August: For a limited time only, two plus two equals five. Capitalize on that fact by temporarily becoming a two-plus-two-equals-five type of person. September: It’s time and you’re ready to discover new keys to fostering interesting intimacy and robust collaboration. October: The boundaries are shifting on the map of the heart. That will ultimately be a good thing. November: If you do what you fear, you’ll gain unprecedented power over the fear. December: What’s the one thing you can’t live without? Refine and deepen your relationship to it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: Say this every morning: “The less I have to prove and the fewer people I have to impress, the smarter I’ll be.” August: Escape an unnecessary limitation. Break an obsolete rule. Override a faded tradition. September: What kind of “badness” might give your goodness more power? October: You’re stronger and freer than you thought you were. Call on your untapped power. November: Narrowing your focus and paring down your options will serve you beautifully. December: Replace what’s fake with the Real Thing.

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8. Zero chance 14. Miley Cyrus' "Party in the ____" 15. "Night" author Wiesel 16. "Sure, I guess" 17. 59-Across actress?

19. Tony award-winning musical "Thoroughly Modern ____" 20. "Go jump in the lake!"

21. It's a tight fit 22. Bring home 23. General vibe 24. 59-Across NBA legend?

31. Particular in a design 32. Like 2019 33. 59-Across singer?

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40. Bring on board 41. 59-Across TV host?

49. Asian territory in Risk 50. Meaty lobster part 51. Treats in husks 55. "Vitruvian Man" artist 58. Alexandria ____-Cortez who, in 2018, became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress 59. Designated, perhaps incorrectly ... or a correct way to designate four of the this puzzle's answers 60. Selena's music style 61. Poor box contents 62. Unified 63. Chimp relatives 64. TV show set in William McKinley High School 65. Enter an altared state?

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. July: If you choose to play one of life’s trickier games, you must get trickier yourself. August: Shedding irrelevant theories and unlearning old approaches will pave the way for creative breakthroughs. September: Begin working on a new product or project that will last a long time. October: Maybe you don’t need that emotional crutch as much as you thought. November: Explore the intense, perplexing, interesting feelings until you’re cleansed and healed. December: Join forces with a new ally and/ or deepen an existing alliance.

can help heal old dilemmas about intimacy. December: Come up with savvy plans to eliminate bad stress and welcome good stress.

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No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

Go to realastrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes.

Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700.

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In 2005, she covered the door handle of her shop with leftover yarn. Not long after, needlers and hookers of all sexes were picking up yarn to create stories, signs and creatures all around the world. The worldrecord holders for the largest display of crochet sculptures is the Craft Club Yarnbomers from Essex, England, who covered MediaBids_190103_24.indd 1 12/28/2018 5:15:20 a children’s hospice with 13,388 crocheted items.

Utah has its own guerrilla knitters and crochet-happy folk who can be open and covert in their deeds. The most notorious creator in recent weeks is Katie Pugh who covered trees in City Creek Park with crotched signs reading “Welcome to Memory Grove,” “Save the Trees,” “I provide shade” and “I’m 110 years old.” This kniffiti’s various messages are to draw attention to Salt Lake City’s plans to improve a 76-year-old water source for the growing demand of housing in lower Capitol Hill, THIS WEEK’S FEATURED the new airport, prison and possible inland PARTLOW RENTALS: port. The well provides millions of gallons of water every day to certain areas of the city and local officials want to update the pump and improve it to meet safety codes.

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Compelling Explanations The Philly Voice reported on June 5 that a resident of White Haven, Pa., has solved the mystery of why that state has experienced more tornadoes than usual this year. The unnamed amateur meteorologist called WNEP’s “Talkback 16,” which allows locals to opine on the issues of the day, and left a voicemail on May 31. In his own words: “We didn’t have tornadoes here until we started putting in traffic circles. ... When people go round and round in circles, it causes disturbances in the atmosphere, and causes tornadoes.” So there you have it.

n In Scotland, Zoe Archibald, 34, thought it would be fun to take a ride in a child’s Little Tikes red and yellow car on June 7. When she couldn’t get in the plastic car in the conventional way, she put it over her head, Fox News reported—and then got stuck. “There was no way she could get herself out,” her nephew, Matthew Shepherd-Bull, said. After being trapped for about an hour, her father finally cut her out of the toddler conveyance with a butter knife. “Everyone found it funny, even Zoe,” Shepherd-Bull said. “She was a bit panicked but mainly found it funny.”

nonplussed: One mused that the remaining structures would be “eyesores” for a long time to come, then shrugged: “Ah, who cares—this isn’t Germany, and restoring order to the vandalized landscape is not high on the agenda.”

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If you’re a fan of bubble tea, you might want to add it to your “all things in moderation” list. On May 28, a 14-year-old girl in Zhejiang province in China went to the hospital after suffering from constipation and being unable to eat for five days. Through a CT scan, doctors found unusual spherical shadows in her abdomen, reported Asia One, which they suspected were undigested tapioca pearls from bubble tea. The girl reluctantly admitted to drinking only one cup of bubble tea five days before, but doctors said her condition indicated she had consumed much more and prescribed laxatives. One doctor warned that the bubbles, or “boba,” are made of starch and are difficult to digest.

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In Caddo Parish, La., sheriff’s deputies responded to a call on June 10 about an alligator in the middle of Highway 1. As they waited for wildlife removal experts to arrive, the gator, which was about 8 feet long, bit off a section of bumper on one of the patrol cars, WBRZ reported, and moved into the grass with a rectangular piece of the car’s front grill. It dropped its prize and escaped before the animal handlers got there.

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At a Patriot Prayer rally in Portland, Ore., last August, two protesters took a smoother, shinier approach to their opposition. Robert “Jonah” Majure, 28, and Tristan Romine-Mann, 29, were approached by officers at the rally because they were carrying four 5-gallon buckets and super-soaker water guns, The Oregonian reported. When told to empty the buckets, Majure and Romine-Mann did so, splashing the officers with horse lubricant (used in obstetric and rectal procedures on large animals) mixed with glitter. Majure and Romine-Mann were sentenced to serve five days in jail on June 7 for harassment.

Wide World of Sports Men looking for diversion in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, entered the Male Slapping Championships, part of the Siberian Power Show, in March, wherein contestants slap each other so hard that some of them sustain concussions. According to RT News, female Siberians now have their own contest: the Booty-Slapping Championships. For this event, which took place in mid-June, the women, all fitness enthusiasts, take turns whacking each other on the heinie until one is knocked off balance. Fitness blogger Anastasia Zolotaya, one of the contest’s winners, features demonstrations of the serious workouts she uses to toughen her buns on her Instagram page, @sportnastya.

Awesome!

A lock of Ludwig von Beethoven’s hair sold at auction on June 11 for an unexpected 35,000 British pounds (about $45,000), Inside Edition reported. Sotheby’s said the framed hair was given

by Beethoven to a friend, pianist Anton Halm, as a gift for Halm’s wife almost 200 years ago. Reportedly, when Halm asked for the gift, a servant snipped some hair from a goat and presented it to Halm. Beethoven was incensed, saying, “You’ve been tricked.

This is not my hair. It’s the hair of a goat.” He then cut a lock of hair from the back of his own head, wrapped it in paper and turned it over to Halm. A Sotheby’s expert confirmed that the auctioned hair was human.

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Bright Ideas On June 5, firefighters arrived at an apartment complex in Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles, to find a 14-year-old girl trapped feet-first in a chimney. By removing some bricks, they were able to free her after about 20 minutes, and she was taken to a hospital to be evaluated. “A lot of people think it’s plausible to go ahead and get into your house or break into a house (through a chimney),” Brian Stevens, an inspector for the fire department, told the Los Angeles Times. “I can tell you that doesn’t seem to work out for most people. It’s very narrow.”

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New Weapons A 47-year-old resident of southern Israel approached a teller at a Postal Bank branch in mid-May, handing her a note that read, “Hand over the money in the drawer” (misspelling the Hebrew word for “drawer”), The Times of Israel reported. As the teller hesitated, he said, “Put the money in the bag quickly or I’ll throw this grenade,” referring to a black object in his right hand. The teller gave him $4,450 in cash, and he left. Five days later, he repeated his method at another branch, where he netted $3,300. Police tracked him through mobile phone records and other clues, eventually discovering the “grenade” he wielded was an avocado he had painted black. No word on whether he whipped up some guacamole while in custody.

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A 16-year-old driver was pulled over by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba, Canada, on June 6 after being clocked driving 105 mph, according to Fox News. The teenager was driving a Chevrolet Camaro, but it wasn’t the muscle car that made him go so fast, he said. He told police he had just eaten hot chicken wings and really needed to use the bathroom. Officers were unmoved, however, tweeting, “Absolutely #noexcuses for that kind of speed.” The teen was fined and is likely to have his license suspended.

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