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The Downside of Impeachment

I’ve lived in Utah for 25 years, and I still feel like a stranger. The climate of hate against brown people created by the current White House administration has spilled into our suburbs and made it worse.

There are areas I avoid because some people’s microaggressions have become unbearable.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the raping, drug dealing and murdering label their supreme leader has placed on me.

I’ve experienced little things—like cashiers refusing to bag my purchases, to people almost running me over with grocery carts.

My family insisted these were isolated cases until this happened: At a crosswalk, a truck waiting to turn suddenly accelerated toward me. The truck stopped a few feet away as the driver laughed and said things I cannot repeat. This recurrent behavior is strange but not surprising when people’s beliefs and values are distilled from the hateful rhetoric of elected officials and their daily Fox News indoctrination.

But where are the teachers and leaders? Why are they not raising their voices against the hate and lies that instill such contempt?

When I go to a store, I don’t want special treatment,

Unless there’s some dramatic change in the political landscape over the next month or so, I believe that the U.S. House of Representatives will impeach President Donald Trump.

Unless there’s some dramatic change in the political landscape between now and Trump’s trial in the U.S. Senate, I don’t believe the Senate will vote, by the necessary two-thirds majority, to convict him.

Taken together, those two outcomes constitute a bad thing. Here’s why: If I’m correct on the first count, Trump will become the third U.S. president to be impeached by the House (the first two were Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998). If I’m correct on the second count, Trump will become the third U.S. president to be acquitted by the Senate.

When Johnson and Clinton were impeached, no reasonable doubt remained that they were guilty of at least some of the charges laid in their articles of impeachment.

Johnson had indeed dismissed Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from office after the Senate had voted not to concur with his dismissal. Clinton had indeed lied under oath concerning his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

If Trump is impeached, he will likewise be charged with one or more things which he, beyond a reasonable doubt, actually did. In theory, the House’s job is to decide whether or not an act is worthy of impeachment, and the Senate’s job is only to determine whether or not the president actually committed that act.

In real life, this will make three times out of three that the Senate engages in a form of jury nullification. At least 34 Senators will vote, in the face of facts plainly demonstrating guilt, to acquit.

Blame partisan bias if you like. Or, if you prefer, accept some Senators’ claims that they disagree that the acts in question, though proven, rise to the level of treason, bribery, or “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Either way, a three-for-three record of acquittals sends a message to every future president: So long as your party can whip 34 Senators into line to vote against conviction, anything goes.

Fans of the separation of powers envisioned in the Constitution have bemoaned “the imperial presidency” since the 1960s. Trump has openly and routinely hacked away at that fraying separation.

Impeachment and acquittal would be an injection of steroids in his sword arm. Absent conviction, impeachment isn’t just useless, it’s catastrophic.

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Trumpty Dumpty’s Precarious Wall

Trumpty Dumpty is sitting on the wall—no, not his wall—and the chances are that even all the king’s horses and men won’t be able to salvage the wreckage.

“A very stable genius,” “the chosen one,” “possessor of great and unmatched wisdom,” “one of the highest IQs in America,” “valedictorian of his graduating class.” With all those self-bestowed superlatives, how come Donald Trump isn’t the greatest president ever elected? An even bigger question: Why is he the worst president in our 243year history? First of all, not one of his lofty claims was the truth—over 14,000 verified lies to date. Second, he is, through utter ineptness, irrationality, dishonesty and greed, trampling the very foundations of our democracy.

Sadly, a small group of God’s chosen, gunslinging racialphobes are still scraping the scriptures for a reason to keep him in the White House.

I don’t know about you, but the current horrific news stream is making me believe that an awful lot of what they taught us in public school was total malarkey—particularly the part about the separation of powers. My first exposure to this sacrosanct protection was in fifth grade. I can clearly remember Ms. Shapiro chalking-up the blackboard with a simple diagram of how our democracy functions, and, particularly, how none of the three branches—executive, legislative and judicial—would be allowed to function without proper oversight from the others.

The president provided leadership; the legislative

BY MICHAEL S. ROBINSON SR. branch created laws in line with the Constitution and Bill of Rights; and the judicial arm saw that laws were honored and that lawbreakers were punished. In addition, the Supreme Court bore the duty of reviewing laws, precedents and specific cases to ensure they complied with the Constitution.

As a naive 11-year-old, the system certainly sounded foolproof to me. The branches of government were the brainchild of 1776’s most foresightful patriots—men who had a clear vision of what was necessary to ensure that the people’s voice would be heard, respected and upheld, while still giving proper deference to individual rights and minority interests. That principle was further reinforced by my high school civics class.

Unfortunately, the wisdom of our Founding Fathers failed to address the incomprehensible scenario—that a person of Trump’s abysmal morals could be elected president— nor did they anticipate a president who would create an autocracy wherein the executive and judicial branches were partnered against the best interests of the American people.

Driven by lofty ideals and believing that character and principles defined potential presidential candidates, these great men simply couldn’t imagine just how deplorable a human being could end up in the White House.

But, enter Donald John Trump, crooked businessman, mobster and thug, and a self-proclaimed expert in the art of the deal—a phrase that simply refers to a no-holdsbarred method of bringing others to their knees, employing overwhelming extortionary devices to ensure that only Numero Uno ever gets to win. His business model never included the pathetic notion that, for a deal to be good, each party should derive a benefit. Instead, his dealings have left a wake of victims who had to settle for whatever DJT allowed, or suffer the financial consequences of the endless

legal battle that would follow. If “The Donald” found he could not win through an almost unlimited legal budget, he would casually bankrupt another of his companies in order to do the end-game, which was always the same—cheat another person out of what they were legitimately owed.

The system of checks and balances has been tossed aside by a man who has utter contempt for the principles that made our country great. The crimson MAGA hats might scream a message of redemption from the political dynasties that have long dominated D.C., but Americans have been forced to consider how the frying pan was actually more comfortable. Trump’s assumption is that it’s the president who rules, but his thoughtless grandstanding of executive orders is hurting our country and our world.

He’s robbed the poor to pay the rich, thrown allies to the wolves, raped the environment and caused an alarming increase in the cost of consumer goods. Let’s face it. Trump was not a benevolent liberator—draining the D.C. swamp and making our country great again.

While Trump scrambles through his last-chance punch-list of campaign promises, mostly soaring on the legacy of a far better man, there are a few who are bedazzled by the smoke and mirrors. Trump has excelled at but one pursuit: “Me.” He has sold out our country, purchased the judiciary, dishonored Congress and befriended a peanut-gallery of other world despots who ostensibly love him and are emboldened by his gross abuse of presidential power.

It’s time for Americans to acknowledge it: This country cannot survive another four years of Trump. CW

The author is a former Vietnam-era Army assistant public information officer. He resides in Riverton with his wife, Carol, and one mongrel dog. Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net

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HITS&MISSES

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Everyone Needs One

This was a lot bigger story than The Salt Lake Tribune let on. “A 13-year-old boy who went missing on Monday was struck by a vehicle and killed later that evening in West Valley City,” the report begins. It’s the later part that’s so disturbing. “Was this written in a foreign language and then someone used Google Translate to convert it to English?” one commenter asked. We’re pretty sure no one stalked the injured teen to kill him. Everybody needs an editor, apparently even the editors. Next up: The young man was autistic and tattooed. Readers rightly wondered how this mention without context played into the story. The boy had walked away from a juvenile receiving center, but the reader doesn’t know why he was there or how secure it was.

Lest journalists lose total touch with the public, they might want to take comments from the cheap seats seriously—and learn something from them.

What Is Enough?

In early October, the Trib ran a congratulatory story about how PacifiCorp “plans to retire 16 of its costliest coal-fired power-generation units by 2030, reducing its coal generation by 3,000 megawatts.” This is important because it’s a “big pivot” for the state’s largest utility. But is it enough? The Deseret News later noted the pushback from critics like the Sierra Club, which says 55% of coal capacity will still be running then. It’s all about timing, PacifiCorp says—like there’s no urgency. Fortunately, there are politicians like Congressman Ben McAdams, D-Utah, who’s asking for a federal study on ozone and its effects. No, coal isn’t the only culprit, but given the government’s reluctance to tamp down on any harmful pollutants, a study might just move someone to action.

Sadly Undercounted

With the 2020 Census looming, it’s becoming increasingly evident that we’re going to undercount the Hispanic population because they just don’t respond well to surveys. Why? The Pew Research Center tried to determine why back in 2015: It “may in part be driven by a general suspicion of government or a more specific fear of deportation among subgroups of the U.S. Hispanic population, including unauthorized immigrants.”

So it was hardly a surprise that a recent planning survey of Park City residents drew only a 5.9% response from Hispanics or Latinos, while they represent 16.6% of the Park City population, according to The Park Record. The survey was conducted by a group called Future iQ. If they had read the Pew report, they might have translated the survey or at least stressed its confidentiality.

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EQUAL OR EQUAL?

There’s a lot of talk about inequality, and there’s a lot of talk about socialism. Why are these two concepts so diametrically opposed and is it even important to address inequality? At the third installment of Equality is Not Enough—Building Equitable Communities, speaker Brittany Packnett offers the tools needed to challenge the systems of exclusion. “We can start by including more voices in the conversations. We can unpack and disrupt traditional ways of thinking. We can challenge institutions and devise new ways of viewing our world. And we can cultivate opportunities that enable all of us to thrive,” the event’s website says. University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, 383 S. University St., 801-7368929, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m., $15, bit.ly/UWSL-Speaker-Series

CANDIDATES LOOK AT WEST SIDE

You might think you’ve heard it all, but there’s still plenty to know from the two Salt Lake City mayoral candidates—Luz Escamilla and Erin Mendenhall. The West Side Mayoral Debate is a targeted format in which candidates field questions provided by an array of west side community-based organizations.

And in case you think this is just a geographical issue, imagine what the debate would be like without mention of the inland port, air quality and affordable housing. Moderated by KRCL 90.9 FM Radioactive co-host Billy Palmer, the debate is broadcast live on KRCL. Voter registration opportunities and answers are available in English and Spanish. Utah State Fairpark, 155 N. 1000 West, Thursday, Oct. 24, 6-8:30 p.m., free, bit.ly/35AEF7s

HOW TO PROTEST EFFECTIVELY

What works when you’re so damned frustrated and aren’t being heard? It’s the age-old question of civility vs. riot.

This Campus-Community Dialogue: Protest seeks to “create regular opportunities for interested members of our community to engage in civil and constructive dialogue dedicated to exploring some of the key challenges facing our campus, state, country and world,” according to the event’s website. The community and the nation have become so polarized that differing perspectives are being shut out, while mutual trust is lost. Come see that there are practical solutions to our nation’s domestic and international challenges. Main Library, 210 East 400 South, Thursday, Oct. 24, 7-8 p.m., free, bit.ly/33j93B2

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From dead birds to light pollution: Inside Utah’s dark skies movement.

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Meanwhile, rural towns including Ivins, Eagle Mountain, Torrey and Moab have all passed outdoor lighting ordinances, setting down regulations on things like the color and wattage of lights and the need for shielding to prevent “upglow” (i.e., the degree to which a light shines into the sky).

“It’s such an easy fix. Contain the photons, so they stay on the ground.

That’s really all it is,” says Ryan Andreasen, founder of the group Dark Sky Layton, who has revamped his home lighting to fit IDA standards and holds regular star-gazing parties at Antelope Island State Park.

In Salt Lake Valley, some have been sensitive about the ubiquity of urban lighting: Recently, a resident of Federal Heights called into the Huntsman Cancer Institute to complain about the hospital’s newly renovated Beacon of Hope—a nighttime lighting installation designed to raise awareness about the need for cancer research. Ashlee Bright, a spokesperson at the institute, says the hospital made some lighting adjustments to reduce the glow. An architect has done multiple tests on the Beacon of Hope to understand its impact on neighbors, and the institute makes sure to run the installation at minimum power levels, Bright says.

On the chilly Thursday morning downtown, Farr finishes circling the block and then heads to work. The two chickadees are the only birds she finds today, and soon migration season will wind down for winter.

Tracy Aviary is still looking into ways to save the songbirds from disruptive lights. But as Farr puts it, everyone can pitch in.

“A lot of small things will help, but I’m happy for anything people are doing,” she says. “It’s very much a winwin issue.” CW

A specialist in atmospheric sciences and an instructor for a proposed “dark sky studies” minor at the U, Mendoza says dark skies touch on a wide range of areas, including tourism, the environment and public health. Many of the biggest problems stem from the fact that people simply aren’t thinking critically about ways to manage light production. Mendoza and other dark sky advocates argue that poorly designed street lamps and other public lighting fixtures often send light upward into the sky, disrupting flight patterns for migratory species like birds and bats while wasting energy and impeding views of the stars and planets above.

The rise of LED—aka “light-emitting diodes,” known for providing a lowcost, energy-saving light source—has boosted the presence of artificial light even further. The JDDS reports that more than 80% of the world’s population now lives in regions where light pollution clouds the night sky.

“If you see a light bulb, it’s just a giant sphere, right? What’s happening is anything that’s above what’s called the horizon, 50% of the light, is wasted. It’s going off into space—that’s not lighting anything up,” Mendoza explains.

“You want to see what’s on the sidewalk. Maybe you want to see something on the walls, a mural or a painting or something. But the rest, what’s going up, we’re just sending to aliens …

That’s just wasted energy.”

Lawmakers and municipal officials in Utah have seemed receptive to facing the issue. During the 2018 general session, Gov. Gary Herbert signed a resolution advocating shielded public light fixtures that adhere to the standards of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), an advocacy organization based in Tucson, Ariz.

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circle around for hours, until they either drop to their deaths out of exhaustion or take a break.

Once back in the air, they can get disrupted again as the first glimmers of daybreak arrive. Fernandez says the sun’s rays will bounce off the mirrored windows, deceiving the birds into thinking that it’s a clear way through— only for them to smash into the glass.

Tracy Aviary began surveying 27 downtown blocks in 2017 to gauge the impact; this year, 37 birds have been found to have died as a result of these collisions.

“Now that we have two years of data, we’re able to identify a couple buildings that are kind of hotspots for bird strikes, and that allows us to focus our campaign to direct efforts toward building managers and residents that live in those areas,” Fernandez says.

(She declined to identify the buildings where collisions happen the most.)

Property managers at three of downtown’s high-rise buildings contacted by City Weekly say they haven’t been approached about this issue before or considered ways to prevent the bird strikes.

Not all is lost for our avian friends, however. A movement to clear the night skies has been active for years, and Utah educators and officials have been eager to come up with solutions.

Migratory bird patterns are one of the areas of interest covered by The Journal of Dark Sky Studies (JDDS), a new academic digest published by the University of Utah. Launched in August, the biannual review’s inaugural issue describes the widespread use of artificial light at night as a “profound environmental challenge,” impacting the natural lifeways of the animal kingdom and homo sapiens alike.

“The implications are really farreaching,” Daniel Mendoza, editor-inchief of the JDDS, says.

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hursday morning, downtown Salt Lake. Dawn is just breaking through the milky night sky as Cooper Farr prepares for another grim survey of the city streets.

Walking up 100 South, she makes out the figures of two tiny bodies, lying dead in the mulch next to a mirrored high-rise.

“They’re both chickadees,” Farr says, shivering in the 29-degree cold as she scribbles down notes and collects the fragile, winged creatures in Ziploc bags.

Farr is the director of conservation at Tracy Aviary, and for two years, she and a team of volunteers have been collecting data on a disturbing trend in local songbird deaths. The culprit? Downtown’s beaming streetlights and reflective office-building windows, which confuse the migrating birds and ultimately lead to deadly collisions.

Thus, the aviary is urging Salt Lakers to turn off their house lights between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. during the spring and fall migratory seasons.

The campaign is called Lights Out Salt Lake—and it’s just one of several efforts launched across Utah in recent years as part of the international “dark sky” movement, with advocates pushing to reduce light pollution and promote the natural bounty of Earth’s nightscape.

As Farr scans the pavement for felled birds on a single downtown block—part of an area Tracy Aviary has identified as a hub for bird collisions—she acknowledges that it’s not exactly pleasant work.

“This is maybe my least favorite project that we do, just because it’s really sad to find all the birds,” she sighs, her eyes trained on the grass plots and corners next to office buildings, where the feathered fallen are usually found.

According to Lucila Fernandez, the aviary’s conservation outreach biologist, the downtown buildings are in the flight path of more than 30 species of songbirds that travel during the spring and fall months. Most of the birds migrate at night, but the city lights cloud the skies, making it hard for them to rely on the star system and magnetic field to guide their way. Instead they’ll

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After encountering redwoods in California, Richard Powers was inspired by the mighty trees to write his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Overstory. It describes a world unknowingly tied to the grandeur of trees, centered around the research of a Forest Service scientist who makes an unexpected discovery that threatens her career. Combining the stories of nine individuals—including a college student, an artist and a programmer—who find salvation, meaning and hope in a tree, its premise provides a layered story for those interested in exploring and rethinking the natural in our contemporary world.

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Powers skillfully orients us to discover the beauty, resilience, community and pain echoed throughout the forest and planet.

The tempo of The Overstory is a gentle burn that compels the reader to digest slowly Powers’ sweeping existential views. It almost reads as biblical, describing the world through illuminating lessons of community, hope and greed, in hopes of leading readers to walk away more enlightened about our lives.

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Deep Love tells the tale of a true love that never dies—which is quite inconvenient for the living.

Told via a through-sung, bluesy-rock musical format, Deep Love focuses on a young widow struggling with her own grief and fear as she tries to meet the demands of her deceased husband. As his haunting continues, their love sours as they become adversaries each in pursuit of their own happiness.

This is the show’s ninth year of life and sixth visit to Salt Lake City, just in time for Halloween. Jon Lewis, director and actor in the production, says Deep Love is not the traditional song-and-dance kind of musical. While there is a story to follow along with and characters to love and hate, the show is painted with broad strokes and focuses more on the music than the story.

“I love Deep Love, and I’m drawn to the show because it doesn’t really delve too far into a lot of the nuance of interpersonal relationships, but rather it focuses on a lot of those things that we feel and live and die for every day,” Lewis says.

Lewis and his fellow cast members recommend that those coming to see the show wear funeral attire; “I think that’s going to set the tone for their state of mind when they get there,” he says.

The show is appropriate for all ages, though it can be a little loud at times; bring earplugs for younger attendees. (Kylee Ehmann) Deep Love: A Ghostly Rock Opera @ Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, 801-3552787, Oct. 17-19, 7 p.m., $25, deeploveopera.com

“Coming-of-age story” is a shorthand often used to describe certain kinds of narratives, yet many such stories aren’t as prepared to be fully honest as Charly Evon Simpson’s Form of a Girl Unknown. After all, it isn’t often that the focus of a 12-year-old girl’s story is starting her menstrual cycle, and coming to the realization that, in the words of the play’s protagonist, Amali, “a week is a different kind of week when you’re bleeding.”

“Everyone knows what goes on at that age; bodies are changing,” says Melissa Crespo, who directs Salt Lake Acting Co.’s world-premiere production of Form of a Girl Unknown. “The topic of a period for women is still very taboo, so the fact that we’re talking about it in the play, and the way we’re talking about it, is so refreshing. Thank goodness somebody’s talking about it in a way that’s funny and raw.”

Crespo describes Amali (Amanda Morris, pictured right, with Susanna Florence) as a “precocious, very curious child, a voracious reader.”

While Amali is dealing with the realities of adolescence, the play also explores her fascination with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and with a story of children killed in the woods. “She’s a great example of how we should all be thinking,” Crespo says. “Ultimately, [the play] is about a quest for knowledge. You can’t know everything, but the ways we can fill the gaps in the unknown are with love and imagination.” (Scott Renshaw) Form of a Girl Unknown @ Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, 801-3637522, through Nov. 17, dates and times vary, $15-$46, saltlakeactingcompany.org

The title might suggest a connection to events in the national news, but we’re not talking about the current inhabitants of the White House. An entertaining offering like Dirty Rotten Scoundrels offers some respite from our chaos and confusion.

Based on the 1988 hit movie starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine as two swindlers intent on cheating an heiress out of her fortune, it was made into a successful musical in 2004. It subsequently scored on Broadway and London’s West End, reaping multiple awards and nominations.

For this limited-run production, however, Pioneer Theatre Co. presents a take on this tale of congenial crooks Lawrence and Freddy that isn’t a fullystaged production. A “concert musical” similar to those PTC has produced in recent seasons for In the Heights and La Cage Aux Folles (pictured from the 2018 presentation), it eschews some of the elements of a typical stage show in favor of an abbreviated offering that boasts some, but not all, of the songs, choreography, scenery and costuming.

Actors hold scripts due to a condensed rehearsal schedule, but a full orchestra is employed.

It’s not your typical full-blown entertainment extravaganza, but it’s an enjoyable experience regardless. “It’s a terrific score, a fun story and a ‘good time’ in the theater,” Pioneer Theatre Co.’s artistic director Karen Azenberg says via email.

Indeed, those rascals in Washington can’t come close. (Lee Zimmerman) Concert Production: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels @ Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, 801-581-6961, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 19, 2 & 7 pm, $25-$45, pioneertheatre.org

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Salt Lake Acting Co.: Form of a Girl Unknown

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Smartdance

Dance Engine gets audience members involved in the performance on an interactive level.

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generation of Americans growing up with social media, interactive gaming and cellular technology has changed the opportunities for artistic creativity and the interests of the audience.

What if, instead of going into a theater just to sit and watch a performance, you could become part of the process of shaping it— and even become part of the performance itself?

That notion is at the heart of Dance Engine, a project developed by Michigan State University faculty member Alison Dobbins and BYU-based Michael Kraczek and Kori Wakamatsu. Dobbins, the project director, had been looking to create something that would bring audience members into the process of shaping a work as it’s being formed. When she met Kraczek at a professional conference, she realized that his background in a wide range of technical theater made him an ideal part of this idea. “When I look for collaborators,” Dobbins says, “I look for people used to doing interdisciplinary work. They’re comfortable with the fact that we have no idea what we’re doing.”

The concept evolved from Dobbins’ notions about the audience controlling elements of a production, up to and including joining in the performance. There were conceptual challenges to address, including how to cue audience involvement rather than have them staring at their phones

throughout a performance; “if they’re looking at a screen, they’re not looking at the actors on stage,” she says.

So Dance Engine finds a way to prompt that interaction while still remaining focused on the activity going on in the performance space. Before the production begins, audience members are invited to visit a website on their mobile devices, and enter their seat number. Once the lights go down, audience members in individual seats are signaled by a light that they’re being sent an instruction. At different points during the show, that instruction might involve choosing one of three different words to determine the tone or mood of the dancers’ performance, sliding a bar up or down to slow or speed up the tempo, control the lights, or even move their phones in a way that changes the dancers’ movements.

It all builds to a section that invites audience members themselves to join in the dancing. “There are single- or few-word prompts to get people to move in certain ways,” Dobbins says. “The dancers are there to help, but basically it becomes a flash mob.”

As an example, she recalls one Dance Engine performance where there was a toddler as part of the audience, and they sent the prompt, “Follow the baby.” “It took the baby a while to realize that there were 40 adults doing what it was doing, like smacking the ground with their hands,” Dobbins says.

For Dobbins, this kind of interactive experience represents the changing nature of the way people consume media and entertainment, when we often watch what we want when we want, on demand. “At a very base level, we have control over what we see and when,” Dobbins says. “How do you attract an audience that is ready for something like that?”

This kind of unconventional performance does, of course, come with its own unique set of challenges. For one, the dancers need to be comfortable with a work that, while it has certain fixed elements, is largely improvisational in nature, and

Performers from Dance Engine

needs to provide a foundation for audience members to feel comfortable joining in.

“There is some set choreography,” Dobbins says, “so that when the tempo changes, you can tell. And [the dancers] do ensemble work in rehearsal, so they have cohesion.

But dancers who can act are the ones who succeed best, because they can communicate an objective. They are comfortable connecting with an audience while performing, rather than being objects for the audience to watch.”

There’s also the realization that, any time technology is involved, there can be glitches, like audience members losing their connection to the website during the performance. Dobbins notes that there are redundancies and backups built into the production, but that the most important thing is focusing on the interactive component as being about more than technology—including being the kind of show that is inclusive across age ranges and ability levels. “We always train the dancers in helping [audience members],” Dobbins says. “We also tell the dancers that the show is about the human connection.”

And Dobbins says she can tell when Dance Engine is working, because she can feel the connection. “I can tell if they’re getting involved if there are a lot of laughs, or a lot of response early on,” Dobbins says.

“We’ve performed at elementary schools, at festivals, and we tend to get a lot of people up and moving in new ways. When I see that, I feel success, like ‘We’ve got it, this group is in.’” CW

DANCE ENGINE

Rose Wagner Center 138 W. 300 South 801-355-2787 Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 19, 2 & 7:30 p.m. $9-$12 artsaltlake.org

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Dance Engine Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 19, 2 & 7:30 p.m., dancetec.org (see p. 12) Odyssey Dance: Thriller Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, through Oct. 26, times vary, odysseydance.com University of Utah Performing Dance Co. Hayes Christensen Theatre, 330 S. 1500 East, Oct. 17-19, times vary, dance.utah.edu

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Devour Utah’s Devour the World La Caille, 9565 S. Wasatch Blvd., Oct. 17, 7-10 p.m., devourutah.com Oktoberfest Snowbird Resort, Highway 210 Little Cottonwood Canyon, Snowbird, through Oct. 20, snowbird.com Reel Rock Film Tour Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Oct. 21-22, 7 p.m., reelrocktour.com

LGBTQ

1 to 5 Club: Radical Reading Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, third Mondays, 7:30-9 p.m., utahpridecenter.org Beyond a Night of Music Encircle Salt Lake, 331 S. 600 East, Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m., encircletogether.org Men’s Sack Lunch Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Wednesdays, noon-1:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org Quorum of the Queens Tavernacle Social Club, 201 E. 300 South, Oct. 20, 11 a.m., tavernacle. com (see above right) 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 Utah Pride Center Comedy Fundraiser Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com

TALKS AND LECTURES

News, Disinformation and Social Media Responsibility University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 383 S. University St., Oct. 18, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., law.utah.edu

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

Diana Marie Delgado & Leticia Hernández Linares: Tracing the Horse and Mucha

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Dumbbroads II Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Eddie Ifft Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, West Jordan, Oct. 18, 8 p.m.; Oct. 19, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Gary Gulman Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Oct. 18-19, 7 & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Max Dolcelli Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Oct. 19, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com

FESTIVALS & FAIRS

Accompanied by a bevvy of local talent, Salt Lake’s favorite showgirl, Gia Bianca Stephens, debuts her Quorum of the Queens drag brunch on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m. at Tavernacle Social Club (201 E. 300 South, 801-519-8900, tavernacle.com).

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Downtown Farmers Market Pioneer Park, 350 W. 300 South, Saturdays through Oct. 19, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., slcfarmersmarket.org Fleet Nights, Little City, 855 S. 400 West, every Saturday, 4 p.m., littlecityinc.com New Roots of Utah Neighborhood Farm Stand Valley Regional Park, 4013 S. 700 West, Saturdays through late October, 1-3 p.m., slco.org Park City Farmers Market Silver King Resort, 1845 Empire Ave., Park City, Wednesdays through Oct. 30, noon-5 p.m., parkcityfarmersmarket.com Wheeler Sunday Market Wheeler Farm, 6351 S. 900 East, Murray, Sundays through Oct. 27, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., slco.org/wheeler-farm

American West Symphony Fall Concert Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m., tickets.utah.edu American West Symphony Free Fall Concert Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 8575 S. 700 East, Sandy, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m., americanwestsymphony.com Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Noorda Center, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org

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The Adams Family Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Nov. 16, showtimes vary, hct.org Addams Family Reunion Desert Star Theatre, 4861 S. State, Murray, through Nov. 9, desertstar.biz Baby Shark Live Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, Oct. 23, 6 p.m., live-at-the-eccles.com Death of a Driver Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Oct. 20, dates and times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Pioneer Memorial Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 19, 2 & 7:30 p.m., pioneertheatre.org (see p. 11) Form of a Girl Unknown Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Nov. 17, dates and times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org (see p. 11) Girl in the Red Corner Westminster College, 1840 S. 1300 East, Oct. 17-19, 7:30 p.m., westminstercollege.edu/tickets Junie B. Jones: The Musical Scera, 745 S. State, Orem, through Nov. 1, dates and times vary, scera.org The Mystery of Edwin Drood Theater at Mount Jordan, 9360 S. 300 East, Sandy, through Oct. 19, dates vary, 7:30 p.m., sandy.utah.gov Phantom Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Nov. 9, dates and times vary, hct.org Utah Opera: La traviata Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, through Oct. 20, dates and times vary, utahopera.org Thoroughly Modern Millie Hale Center Theatre Orem, 225 W. 400 North, through Nov. 23, haletheater.org

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 Teo Gonzalez Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Oct. 19, 8 p.m., artsaltlake.org Tin Foil Hat Comedy Podcast Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W. Center Park Drive, West Jordan, Oct. 19, 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com

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Muchacha Glendale Library, 1375 S. Concord St., Oct. 21, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Erin Swan: Bright Star The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Guest Writers Series: Diane Williams and Javier Zamora Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, Oct. 17, 4:30 p.m., saltlakearts.org J. Crockett: Nostalgic Blood Barnes & Noble University Crossings, 330 E. 1300 South, Orem, Oct. 18-19, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., barnesandnoble.com Josh Allen: Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Oct. 19, 2 p.m., kingsenglish.com Richard Powers: The Overstory University of Utah Olpin Union, 200 Central Campus Drive, Oct. 17, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com (see p. 11)

SEASONAL EVENTS

Deep Love: A Ghostly Rock Opera Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Oct. 17-19, deeploveopera.com (see p. 11) Pumpkin Nights Utah State Fairpark, 155 N. 1000 West, through Nov. 2, 5:30-10:30 p.m., pumpkinnights.com Pumpkin Party Station Park, 172 N. East Promontory, Farmington, Oct. 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m., shopatstationpark.com Spooky stories with the authors of Haunted Salt Lake City Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Oct. 23, 6 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Utah Foster Care Pumpkin Festival The Gateway, 90 S. 400 West, Oct. 18, 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m., shopthegateway.com

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Amidst: Kathy Puzey, Amanda Lee and Holland Larsen Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, through Nov. 1, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Children’s Expression Through Painting Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through Oct. 25, events.slcpl.org Colors of the Wild Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, through Nov. 6, culturalcelebration.org Cyberdelic Art: A 16-Year Retrospective by F. C. Tull The Gallery at Mestizo Coffeehouse, 631 N. West Temple, Oct. 24, mestizocoffeehouse.com DesignArts Utah ’19 Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio

Grande St., through Oct. 18, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Divine Delirium Urban Arts Gallery, 116 S. Rio Grande St., through Nov. 1, urbanartsgallery.org Eric Fairclough: Isolation Rituals Bountiful Davis Arts Center, 90 N. Main, Bountiful, through Nov. 2, bdac.org Get Forty-fied! Utah Calligraphic Artists Exhibition Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City, through Oct. 22, culturalcelebration.org Jim Jacobs: The Imperfections That Render Us Visible Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd., Park City, through Nov. 3, kimballartcenter.org League of Reluctant Bicyclists UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Nov. 2, utahmoca.org Liten Bountiful Davis Arts Center, 90 N. Main, Bountiful, through Nov. 2, bdac.org Megan Arné & Clara Koons: In Here Out There Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, through Nov. 15, saltlakearts.org Myth Modern West Galley, 412 S. 700 West, through Oct. 31, modernwestfineart.com Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Jan. 13, utahmoca.org Nolan Flynn Bountiful Davis Arts Center, 90 N. Main, Bountiful, through Nov. 2, bdac.org Power Couples Utah Museum of Fine Art, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Dec. 8, umfa.utah.edu Role Call: Fearless Females in Utah History Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through Oct. 21, events.slcpl.org Ryan Lauderdale: Glazed Atrium UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Nov. 2, utahmoca.org Susan Krueger-Barber: Big-Hearted People Need Sharp Teeth Bountiful Davis Arts Center, 90 N. Main, Bountiful, through Nov. 2, bdac.org Susan Makov: Landwork Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, through Nov. 15, saltlakearts.org Spencer Finch: Great Salt Lake and Vicinity Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, through Nov. 28, umfa.utah.edu Toni Doilney: A Sense of Place “A” Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East, through Nov. 15, agalleryonline.com Traveling While Black Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300 South, through Dec. 31, saltlakefilmsociety.org Ummah Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Dec. 15, umma.utah.edu Van Chu: Photographic Brushstroke Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd., Park City, through Nov. 3, kimballartcenter.org

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Guide

Our fourth annual guide to all things booze in the Beehive.

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our years ago, I cheerfully took on the task of writing an A-to-Z cocktail compendium after City Weekly’s intrepid editor, Enrique Limón, and I hashed out a rough outline of the project over coffee. If this were a made-for-TV plot, we’d have sketched it out on napkins, but we’re both goddamn professionals, so I had a notebook in my purse and borrowed his pen. In those halcyon days before the 2016 election, it seemed entirely reasonable to take up a big-ass chunk of column inches to dive deep into the world and workings of all things booze-related. You know, in the name of research. For the people.

Oh, the naivety! We live amid a national political dumpster fire where a typical Tuesday on Twitter just might end in World War III. So spending time writing about my usual boozy exploits—here and for my regular “Spirit Guide” features in CW’s sister publication, Devour magazine—sometimes seems akin to the band playing “Nearer, My God, to Thee” on the RMS Titanic’s stern. But the upside of fretting over another year of alcoholic analogies starring the letters “K,” “Q,” “X” and “Z” (it ain’t easy, y’all) has been the opportunity to recognize that really rad shit is happening right here, in the home bars and bustling watering holes of the ever-industrious Beehive State.

From the bartending community coming together to support co-workers going through tough times to distillers reducing the waste cycle of production, there’s a lot of heart and soul in our Salty City’s cocktail scene. Here’s a hearty cheers to good times ahead!

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Like many instances in life, adding a generous glug of booze makes everything a bit more festive. Case in point: the recent reboot of that last-century concoction, the gelatin mold. Call it an aspic (if it’s made with animal-based gelatin or has a beef broth component) or good ol’ green Jell-O, and count on a boozy shot to make every get-together a bit more fabulous. Go retro by gel-ifying your gin and tonic or adding some jiggle to your bloody mary. Need some great local spirits to throw in the mix? Try Holystone Distilling’s Bosun’s Navy Strength Gin or Hammer Spring Distillers’ Habanero Vodka. Added October bonus: Did you know that quinine glows in the dark? Yes, my friends, this means fluorescent gin and tonic shots for all your Halloween black light raves.

DABC “Don’t Call It a Lottery”

Well, we can say one thing for the state monopoly: it’s never boring. Back in May, the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) announced a new program to distribute rare liquors, featuring limited release Pappy Van Winkle bourbon as the crash-test dummy for the new system. On the plus side of liquor purchasing for Utahns, state laws cap sales at cost plus an 88% markup (that means a bit over $100 for Pappy), so in other regions, demand for this particular bottle pushes sales to $1,500 and beyond. In past years, word of mouth led to lines around the corner for suspected Pappy release days at not-so-secret DABC store locations, leading to big-time consumer frustration.

To make the distribution process more equitable, the DABC set up a random drawing system—which they can’t call a lottery, because morality/gambling— for customers. Winners then pick up and pay for their bottle at their designated liquor store. Go ahead and speculate on what happens to some of those bottles in the after-market (also illegal in Utah) after they leave the store.

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Whether it’s the salt rim on a margarita or a spicy swath on a bloody mary, a swooshed and swirled rim can make a cocktail’s character sing. Take, for example, the delicious sugar swirl on Good Grammar Bar’s concoction called Breakfast at Tiffany’s, as invented by bartender Sydney Inks. 69 Gallivan Ave., 385-415-5002, goodgrammar.bar

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Eau-De-Vie

Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1 ½ ounces Absolut pear vodka ½ ounce lemon juice ½ ounce simple syrup ¼ ounce limoncello ¼ ounce blue curaçao 1 clove Method: Add the clove to a tin shaker and crush with a muddler. Add all ingredients in tin with ice, shake well, double strain into a small rocks glass with a generous sugar rim.

That’s French for “Water of Life.” I asked local Waterpocket Distillery owner and spirits resurrectionist Alan Scott to share the fascinating history of the phrase that’s now synonymous with French fruit brandy. Says Scott: The term comes “from the Latin ‘aqua vitae,’ [and] we also find it expressed as akvavit in Scandinavia referring to their ubiquitous warming caraway spirit.” He continues: “It’s found at the root of our word for whiskey—coming from the old Gaelic uisce beatha, then into Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha, which morphed into usquebaugh, which became ‘whiskey,’—but also applied to a British liqueur based on spirits made with saffron and dried fruit.” Whew. Waterpocket has two upcoming releases that illustrate these delicious traditions: a Robbers Roost Campsite Cordial based on the usquebaugh liqueur, and a plum brandy made in the French eau-de-vie style. “But the Water of Life, my friends, is where you find it,” Scott concludes. Waterpocket Distillery, 2084 W. 2200 South, 385-202-5725, waterpocket.co

Canned Cocktails

Beehive’s Distilling’s Desolation Distilling project and a group called Splendid Spirits were neck and neck this summer to be the first in Utah to launch a downright delightful invention: canned cocktails. That’s right; pick up a gin rickey, Moscow mule or gin and tonic pre-measured and ready to go. Drink ’em chilled straight from the serving vessel or fancy it up with cracked ice and some fragrant garnishes. This just might be the best tailgating solution of the season. It certainly made our summer picnicking plans easy-peasy. Just in! The distillery has opened its own bar for business featuring canned cocktails and otherwise. Beehive Distilling, 2245 S. West Temple, 801326-3913, beehivedistilling.com

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They fit right into the retro gamer geek vibe of Quarters Arcade Bar. Bar owners Michael Eccleston and Katy Wills have designed a few drinks garnished with glow cubes for their self-described “playful and approachable” menu, which booze newbies and cocktail aficionados alike can appreciate. Pictured above is their Falcon Punch, but you can get any drink at Quarters served with a bit of festive glow for an extra buck or two.

“Just ask! We’ll put a glow cube in your beer and it looks awesome,” Eccleston says with a grin. Quarters Arcade Bar, 5 E. 400 South, quartersslc.com

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Going back to the point of production, more distilleries are following in the ancient footsteps of their savvy agricultural forefathers and recycling their production stream.

Says Sugar House Distillery (SHD) founder and distiller James Fowler of their mash up-cycling program: “If we put it down the drain, it is a huge cost for the water departments to clean it up.” Instead, SHD looked into completing the agricultural cycle. “We sent off samples to Utah State University for testing,” Fowler says of the spent alcohol-free mash, “and it actually has more nutritional value after we have mashed and distilled it—perfect feed for the pigs, donkeys and cows.” Farmers pick up the feed mash by the truckload from the distillery a few times a month. “It is really hard for us to collect and do it (right) but it is the best thing for the environment,” Fowler says. Sugar House Distillery, 2212 S. West Temple, Ste. 14, 801-726-0403, sugarhousedistillery.net Meanwhile, Wild Harvest Farms (wildharvest.farm) in Peoa collects bins of compostable food waste from a slew of Summit County bars and restaurants, which in turn fuels the farm’s activities. Closer to SLC, AC Hotel bar manager (and Utah Bartenders’ Guild officer) Tracy Gomez notes that the hospitality industry is super-aware of the environmental and community costs of food waste. Her observations: 1. There’s a general trend away from “ginormous plates of food in favor of small or shared plates,” 2. Drinks and plate garnishes are moving away from big gratuitous gimmicks, 3. More collaboration between kitchen and bar, for example Gomez notes, “not just juicing zested citrus but also turning ‘ugly’ produce into syrups, shrubs, etc.” and 4. Integrating longer-term storage techniques like dehydration, preserving and candying instead of having over-ripe produce end up in the waste bin. Win-win. AC Hotel, 225 W. 200 South, 385-722-9600

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Hangover cures If there’s one thing journalists are good at, it’s drinking. (Well, that, and compelling storytelling, of course.) So, when it came time to compile a list of DIY hangover cures, we didn’t need to look further than our very own newsroom. Looking to recover from a bender like a pro? Bust out the Aleve and nuke up some Velveeta.

“I’m no stranger to that feeling, so heed my words: Keep an emergency bottle of Gatorade Pepino Limón (no relation) in the ice chest, pop a couple of ibuprofen without even thinking about it and drive, walk, scoot or crawl to Rancherito’s Mexican Food in South Salt Lake (3450 S. State) for a sports bottle-sized chorizo and egg burrito.

The Technicolor orange chorizo grease will drip down your face as you devour that bad boy, leaving a coat that’s hard to scrub. (ProTip: Use the time you’re branded with the Mexi-scarlet letter to nap or, you know, reconsider your life choices.)”

—Enrique Limón, editor “I’m a professional beer journalist and we don’t get hangovers. However, on those rare occasions when I’m feeling a wee bit mortal and a little ‘hair of the dog’ is called for, I reach for a light lager, a can of Spicy V8 and three Aleve tablets.

Boing! It’s like magic.”

—Mike Riedel, beer columnist “I haven’t had a hangover in many years, sooo, my thoughts are this: Practice. It’s like exercise.

The more you drink, the better you are at it.

That’s not to say become an alcoholic—just drink more than other people in your group of friends. Drink two glasses of wine to their one glass. This practice technique also works well with getting by the .05% rule and driving like a pro. If you feel like you’re getting drunk, stop before it’s too late. A nice buzz and happy feeling is good to go.”

—Kathy Biele, columnist

“It’s been many years since I really had to worry about a hangover—parenting and trying to turn into a responsible citizen will do that to a guy— but it’s easy for me to remember the worst one I ever had. And it happened to be the day of my college graduation ceremony, when the celebratory revels of the night before caught up with me, I had to put on a smiley face for my proud parents (and grandparents), and it was 90 degrees for the outdoor commencement walk. How did I deal with it? I don’t ever remember drinking so much water in my life, and I could neither tell you anything our commencement speaker said, nor how I made it through two hours without peeing.”

—Scott Renshaw, A&E editor “My favorite hangover cure generally starts with a deep regret of lack of water consumption.

What follows is my attempt to be healthy (salads, veggies, the works) ending with carb-filled entrées including, but not limited to, Velveeta Mac & Cheese (the microwave cups ONLY). Drink water, kids.”

—Kara Rhodes, contributor “An overnight stay in Drunktown must always end with a couple glasses of water. The morning after, the first thing I’m dying for is coffee, more water and some kind of food nutrient that will ideally stay in my stomach.

Vietnamese pho is the ultimate go-to. I order the biggest size bowl on the menu with beef flank, brisket, tendon, and tripe, and let the broth and rice noodles heal my wounded soul.”

—Peter Holslin, staff writer

“A liquid diet is what gets me going again after a night of imbibing too many liquids of the toxic variety. If I’m hungry, a sweet, sour thai soup does the trick for me, but more frequently, if I’m on the go and don’t have time to dine, my go-to is another cocktail of sorts. I like stopping at the Harmons by my house to pick up my holy trio of coconut water, refreshing ginger or lavender kombucha and cold brew. Yep, all three, back to back. Coconut water does what Gatorade does with electrolytes, but better, and zaps a headache while also rehydrating my poor, dried up veins. Kombucha settles an upset stomach and restores appetite. And the coffee? Well, coffee is coffee and it does what it does, but I always save it for last, when my body feels almost normal again.”

—Erin Moore, music editor “Well, if you don’t have too many responsibilities the next day, sometimes it’s best to keep the party going. The first beer might be hard to get through, but it’s smooth-sailing after that. Call it rollover minutes or a shampoo party. Why? Wash, rinse, repeat—you don’t need as much the second time around. Every heard of Sunday Funday? So I guess I’m just saying put off the hangover … sigh.”

—Ray Howze, editorial assistant “I trek over to the Ice Haüs (7 E. 4800 South, Murray) and order a bloody mary from barkeep Andrew Burt. Served with pickled asparagus spears (and bacon, if you request it), olives and a lemon wedge and, of course, 1 ½ ounces of Tito’s vodka—the headache-banishing beverage isn’t too bland or too spicy … it’s just right. If you need more zest. Andrew’s always sassy commentary fills the bill. Did I mention the bar’s open at 10 a.m. on weekends?”

—Lance Gudmundsen, proofreader

Jícara

This traditional Oaxacan serving cup is made from a halved, dried gourd and is used for a multitude of purposes. The fine folks at Water Witch have integrated the unique serving vessel in their drinks program with a different cocktail interpretation every week, usually with tequila and mezcal playing starring roles. “It’s an ode to the beautiful distillates, endless agricultural diversity, craftsmanship and thousands of years of tradition that shape Mexico,” coowner Scott Gardner says. It’s all topped with a bit of the Witch’s house tajín for a hit of spice. Water Witch Bar, 163 W. 900 South, 801-462-0967, waterwitchbar.com

You don’t have to have a few drinks in your system to start publicly belting out ballads. But in our experience, it certainly doesn’t hurt. Legendary downtown SLC piano bars Tavernacle Social Club and Keys on Main have been keeping patrons perky with nightly renditions of “All the Single Ladies” for ages. Lots of bars have dedicated karaoke nights drawing big (and seriously talented) crowds at spots like Piper Down Olde World Pub, the Green Pig and Twist Bar (billed as “karaoke that doesn’t suck, really it doesn’t”).

Thistle & Thyme executive chef Jason Talcott recommends grabbing a group of friends and heading to the VFW Ben Russo 3586 Hall (2920 S. Highland Drive) for classic karaoke: “Support old-ass veterans like me! Drink Coors, do Fireball shots and have a great time. You can never go wrong with ice cold beer in a dive bar.” For the more microphone-shy (c’est moi), Punch Bowl Social in The Gateway has a charming Great Salt Lake mascot Floyd the Flamingo-themed private karaoke lounge that can be booked for groups up to 14 people. No guarantee it’ll be soundproof, but you’ll be able to sing “Baby Shark” to your heart’s content, clutching a beautiful beverage. Punch Bowl Social, 6 N. Rio Grande St., 801-948-2989, punchbowlsocial.com

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For the longest time, I thought the terminology was “intent to dine” for the state requirement that a customer pledges that they’ll eat at a restaurant before they can be served alcohol.

Our favorite liquor lawyer, Tanner Lenart, gently set me straight: “Actually, the technical language isn’t ‘Intent to Dine,’ but rather ‘Intent to Order.’” Per state law, she continues, “You can’t have more than one drink unless there’s confirmation that the patron ‘intends to order food’ at a restaurant. They can make us order, but they can’t make us eat,” she says with her usual wry humor.

Where it really gets complicated (and frankly, ridiculous) is interpreting the minimum food requirement to meet the law, for nosh which has to be “prepared, sold and furnished at the licensed premises.” Explains Lenart: “So, popcorn that’s popped on site works, but not a bag of PopSmart you have in a dispensing machine.

Chips and salsa that you poured out of a bag [or] jar and plated is OK, but not a Luna Bar you just hand a customer, and not warm gooey cookies you ordered from a delivery service.”

Damn. I love a warm gooey Ruby Snap cookie.

But back to the thirsty denizens of Deseret searching for a drink. “The minimum the restaurant can do to confirm someone has an intent to order food is a very, very thin line,” Lenart says of the interpretation.

“Restaurants would like to think that a person’s presence in a restaurant, as opposed to a bar, indicates the person wants to have food,” but that’s not always the case. Lenart says interpretations vary. “Stricter people would say waiters actually need to say, ‘Are you planning on dining with us?’ and receiving a positive response. A safe space is in the middle, where the (seated) patron is given a menu and the waiter says, ‘I can take a drink order while you’re deciding what you’d like to eat.’ If the patron says she wasn’t planning on eating, don’t serve alcohol. If the patron tries to order a second drink, the waiter needs to take a food order before serving a second drink.” Good lord. Y’all could’ve sucked down a couple of Sazeracs (and a few gooey cookies) by the time we got through all that state-mandated nonsense.

Thank goodness the gracious Ms. Lenart, Esq., is willing to fight those battles on our behalf.

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Lychee Martini

A fruit native to southern China and popular in Asian cuisine, lychee trees can now be found growing in tropical climates all over the world. If you buy them fresh, remove the tough, inedible dark pink peel of the fruit and remove the pit before eating. They’re also available canned yearround and make for a subtle addition to cocktails like a juiced fruit element or memorable garnish. Tanuki sake makes an appearance in Kyoto’s most popular cocktail on the menu, the Lychee Nut Martini. Says Kyoto sushi chef Peggi Ince-Whiting: “The delicate flavors go well with sushi. It’s relatively mild, so it doesn’t compete with the subtle flavors of fish.” Kyoto, 1080 E. 1300 South, 801487-3525, kyotoslc.com

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A little Booze-mongering 101: Beer and distillates gain significant flavor and character benefits from malting the grains they’re made with—such as barley, corn, rye, wheat, oats, etc. Malting is the process of steeping and germinating grains to get them to sprout and then heating (called kilning) to halt growing and give the grains a toasty flavor profile. It also jump-starts grains’ ability to convert food energy into alcohol when mixed with yeast.

The method of malting used can produce a wide range of colors, flavors and textures in the resulting beer or whiskey.

There’s a whole world of food science and professionally guarded techniques to back this shit up, but long story short: you get what you pay for with quality. Back in the day, most communities had their own malting houses to support the work of local distillers and brewers, keeping the agricultural footprint of all of these industries pretty compact. Utah’s last malting company closed in the 1960s.

Until now. In 2015, maltster James Weed had the idea of bringing together his background in finance with a passion for the labor-intensive craft of floor malting. Most modern malting is automated in huge silos, but at Soltice Malt, Weed uses a combination of vintage equipment, old-fashioned elbow grease and modern know-how to create truly craft malts. He really got cooking in June 2018 and now dozens of Utah distillers, breweries and home brewers rely on Solstice Malt for traditionally floor-malted products ranging from Sonoran white wheat to an ancient variety of purple barley.

See what they’re up to on Instagram @solstice_malt

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Neat or not?

Just say “no” to booze bullies: Drink your whiskey (or rum, or gin) the way you like it. I’m particularly partial to sipping barrel proof high-ABV bombs with a titch of filtered water or over a big-ass ice cube. #sorrynotsorry

On Tap

If you haven’t signed on to the local microbrew revolution, it’s time to wake up, smell the hops and head to your nearest brewery tasting room. I’ll let Beer Nerd columnist Mike Riedel be your compass, but with City Weekly’s annual Beer Fest turning 10 this year and five local brews honored at this month’s Great American Beer Festival held in Denver—including Park City’s Shades Brewing— chances are you can’t go wrong.

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Patios FTW

Don’t let a little chill in the air detract from enjoying some al fresco sipping!

We polled food and beverage writers from CW’s sister dining publication, Devour, for their top patio picks.

Aimee L. Cook: “My favorite patios to enjoy an adult beverage are Harbor Seafood and Steak and Tuscany. Both offer a lovely shaded and secluded space along with an extensive cocktail and wine list.”

Alex Springer: “My absolute fave is the rooftop patio at Gracie’s during the summer. It’s an awesome downtown location for people watching, and they have a peach vodka mule that is superb. Also, the patio at Nuch’s makes you feel like you’re in a little café in Florence, Italy.”

Diane Hartford and Amanda Rock both vote for Oasis Café. “Plenty of vegan food options, wine, and their hanging flower baskets are gorgeous,” Hartford says. Rock especially likes that, “there’s a bookstore on the other side of the patio.”

Darby Doyle: “Lucky 13 has legend-level bourbon-and-brews day-drinking down pat for a reason, and my favorite reason is enjoying their fab patio before a Bee’s baseball game. For viewing wildlife of the four-legged sort, I’m a fan of lingering on Silver Fork Lodge’s patio in Big Cottonwood Canyon with a pitcher of beer.”

This is a maxim that seems to have escaped the thought process of the state of late. Case in point: DABC outlets don’t store or sell beer cold, and the new allocation priorities squeeze out small craft distillers, some high-end spirits and indie wines in preference to stuff that moves quickly off the shelf (read: national, big PR booze brands and vodka in plastic bottles). And don’t get me started on the times I’ve had to special order a full case of product that in other states I could easily buy by the bottle at most big liquor stores; here, it takes weeks to get delivered and then I’m stuck with the expense of buying a full case. (Cue sad violins.) It’s as if moderate drinkers of quality spirits with higher price points were penalized for their preferences.

OK, rant over. Many customers who actually give a shit about the quality of their alcohol take the extra time to buy Utah-produced bottles right at the source from local brewers and distillers. The benefit? When local spirits producers bottle unique products, they often sell them first to their loyal customers at their on-site package stores. Utah Beer News blogger Tim Haran suggests joining all of the local beer and distillery email newsletter lists you can find to stay in the loop for coveted release dates. “Many locals are doing limited-release stuff nowadays. Especially Shades Brewing with their Kveik beers,” rumored to have sold out the first day of release. Following up on Haran’s great recs, I’ve very happily scored limited offerings like Sugar House Distillery Boilermaker whiskey/beer collaborations, New World Distillery Uncharted Series barrel-rested gin, SaltFire Brewing’s barrel-aged Baltic Porter and a potent 2 Row Brewing bourbon-barrel aged Belgian Quad aptly called Divine Lunacy. “It’s a perfect fire pit sipper,” Haran says of the SaltFire brew.

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Rebecca Ory Hernandez: “Em’s. Quaint and quiet.”

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Heather L. King picked some Park City patios of note: “Glitretind and Troll Hallen Lounge’s wrap-around deck at Stein Eriksen Lodge. Try the Sage 75 featuring Alpine Distilling’s Summit gin while taking in the breathtaking vistas of the slopes of Deer Valley and cotton candy sunset views on the wrap-around deck at this mid-mountain resort. Royal Street Café is tucked slopeside of Silver Lake Lodge at Deer Valley Resort; you’ll find some stunning deck dining in both covered and shaded and al fresco options where you can enjoy a chili mango margarita featuring Royal Street’s own five chili blend margarita mix. At the Boneyard Saloon & Kitchen and Wine Dive rooftop patio, enjoy the mule menu (four options including the Boneyard, Utah, jalapeño and blueberry-lemon) or eight wines on tap from the rooftop patio of Boneyard alongside live music and fresh mountain air.”

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Chelsea Nelson: “Purgatory’s patio is chill and large; cocktails are good and reasonably priced. Also, Trestle Tavern = Magic.”

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… is a traditional Greek white or rosé wine that has been produced with the same unique pine-tree resin treatment for more than 3,000 years. Legendarily, it was served as a treat for Greeks and a rite of passage of sorts for the palates (and livers) of outsiders, having a rather bracing, acquired taste. I asked CW’s resident expert on all things Greek, Eleni Saltas, about her experiences with retsina, but since I was pestering her while she was vacationing in Greece with her family, the answers were understandably short. Once considered a young, strident “house wine” of the Greek islands, modern producers are coming back in force to remind drinkers that this vino has staying power, even if that’s enforced with a little less resin in the profile nowadays. Saltas shared one of her favorite wine-soaked Grecian patio photos, with our thanks.

Stogies Yes, there are purists among us who prefer to enjoy their spirits unadulterated by conflicting palate introductions from food or a fine cigar. I am not one of those people.

Unlike the admittedly sub-par stogies I smoked in my 20s, selecting a fine cigar from the walk-in humidor at Beehive Cigar (1564 S. 300 West, beehivecigars.com) evokes the sultry drama of Havana nights and breezy Caribbean beaches. Match up a mellow torpedo Dominican Maduro Beehive House Cigar with a snifter of gorgeous Foursquare 2004 Barbados rum and expect revelations. And porch smokin’ has never been better with a mediumstrength yet complex La Galera Habano Churchill—recommended by Beehive Cigars shop manager Brandon Oveson—which I enjoyed thoroughly with a Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva rum old fashioned. (Sorry, all of these rums are, ahem DABC, only available by special order). For those dipping their toes in the figurative waters of fine cigars and quality libations, look no further than the tutelage of local spirits expert and Wine Academy of Utah sommelier Jim Santangelo (wineacademyofutah.com).

He’s recently teamed up with Beehive Cigars to host cigars and spirits tastings for private events. Panama hat, optional.

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WARREN MILLER’S 70th FILM

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ear after year, ski and snowboard enthusiasts of all ages look forward to the coming of winter. This fall, Warren Miller Entertainment (WME) confirms that the joys of winter are eternal, with its 70th full -length feature film, Timeless, presented by Volkswagen.

Much of the world has changed since Warren Miller started making ski films in 1949, but the passion of snowriders across the globe has stayed the same. Timeless emulates the enduring spirit of winter and gives a deserving nod to the past seven decades of ski cinematography, while looking toward the future. Get ready to kick off your winter with a cast of fresh faces, inspirational locales, plenty of laughs and camaraderie, and a classic blend of the new and old.

“It’s incredible, looking at the fact that this is number 70,” says narrator Jonny Moseley. “Every year I still get that same feeling I got when I was a kid watching ski movies. I enjoy watching them now more than ever, and that is what Timeless celebrates.”

From the mountains of British Columbia, across the steeps of the Colorado Rockies, to the rooftop of the European Alps, Timeless explores winter stoke around the globe. Along for the ride are more new athletes than ever before, including female phenom and Jackson Hole’s 2019 Queen of Corbet’s Caite Zeliff, Olympic mogul skier Jaelin Kauf, Baker Boyd, Connery Lundin, Austin Ross, and Canadian World Cup ski racer Erin Mielzynski. Plus, returning to the screen are industry veterans Rob DesLauriers, Lorraine Huber, Tyler Ceccanti, Marcus Caston, Amie Engerbretson, and Forrest Jillson, as well as ski legend Glen Plake.

Timeless will premiere on October 23 and travel across the U.S. to more than100 cities during the 2019 National Film Tour. All ski and snowboard fans, young and old, are invited to come together to carry on the legacy of the official kickoff to winter. Film attendees will enjoy lift-ticket deals and gear discounts from WME resort and retail partners.

Plus, all moviegoers are entered into nightly door-prize drawings and the national sweepstakes to win gear, swag, and ski trips. Volkswagen presents Warren Miller’s Timeless is more than a ski and snowboard film—it’s an experience 70 years in the making.

CHAMONIX

Featured Athletes: Marcus Caston, Erin Mielzynski, Mattias Hargin,ac & Aurélien Ducroz

For centuries, conquering the Mont Blanc Massif range around Chamonix has been a pilgrimage for mountaineers looking to prove themselves in the French Alps. The steeps off Aiguille du Midi alone are enough to put any skier to the test.

Utah-based big-mountain skier Marcus Caston, Canadian World Cup racer Erin Mielzynski, and Swedish Olympian Mattias Hargin join forces in Chamonix to take on the legendary mountain range, aided by world champion freerider and Chamonix local Aurélien Ducroz. Together, this unlikely group of skiers embark on a mountaineering adventure that could be found only in Chamonix.

MUSTANG POWDER - MONASHEE MOUNTAINS, BRITISH COLUMBIA Featured Athletes: Brenna Kelleher, AJ Oliver, & Glen Plake

Mustang Powder Lodge, in the Monashee Mountains of British Columbia, does not cater to the casual skier. The cat-skiing operation is strictly for expert skiers only, so it’s a good thing that Montana-based skiers Brenna Kelleher and AJ Oliver are certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA). But even pros like them can still take lessons, which is exactly what happens when ski legend Glen Plake shows up to drop some knowledge about the joys of skiing.

JACKSON, WYOMING Featured Athletes: Caite Zeliff, Rob DesLauriers, Kit DesLauriers, Forrest Jillson, Cam Fitzpatrick, & Jess McMillan

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There’s a place in Wyoming where the buffalo still roam, the cowboys still ride, and the West is still wild—where skiers come together. Some, like 2019 “Queen of Cobert’s” Caite Zeliff, come to Jack son Hole to make it big in the world of freeriding. Others, like Rob and Kit DesLauriers, have already made it as skiindustry veterans and settled in Jackson to raise their daughters Grace and Tia in the mountains. And some, like natives Forrest Jillson and Cam Fitzpatrick, decide to stay in Jackson because it will always be home, and there’s no place else they’d rather be skiing.

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movement centered in Monterrey, Mexico, and Baja California inspires Zólupez’ brews.

Chávez creates each five-gallon batch using traditional Mexican recipes and natural bottle conditioning, with a lot of creative ingredient spin. Each limited bottle release is sold directly to customers only at the Ogden shop (limited hours). Cerveza Zólupez Beer Co., 205 W. 29th St., Ste. 2, Ogden, 801917-2319, zolupez.com

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With Cerveza Zólupez. In 2017, Javier Chávez Jr. merged his family craft-brewing heritage with his personal passion for preserving traditional Mexican cerveza styles. With some serious business chops under his belt (he’s a law yer with an MBA), Chávez started the Ogden super-micro brewery with the look and feel of his grandfather’s cerveza artesanal shop in Mexico. The dynamic craft beer

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TinTiki

Tinwell’s secret upstairs Tiki bar. If you didn’t know, now you know. Check it out on Tuesday and Friday nights for a truly stellar tropical experience. 837 S. Main, 801-9531769, tinwellbar.com

Umeboshi

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Every year, the delightful selection of vino and overall quality of Utah spots serving the good grape keep getting better and better. Here’s raising a glass to the continued commitment of these fine establishments to making better bottle options available in the Beehive.

As awarded by the sommeliers and experts at Wine Spectator, 2019 Utah winners include highest honors for Tupelo Park City (508 Main, Park City, tupeloparkcity.com) and Veneto Ristorante Italiano (370 E. 900 South, venetoslc.com). Additional kudos go to wine lists at SLC dining spots BTG Wine Bar, Cucina Toscana, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, Ruth’s Chris Steak House and Spencer’s for Steaks & Chops. Longtime Salt Lake Valley favorites La Caille at Quail Run and Log Haven, along with Snowbird’s Aerie and The Steak Pit also made top WS selections. As usual, Deer Valley outlets and Park City spots had a super-strong showing, including: Bangkok Thai on Main, Cena Ristorante, Edge Steakhouse at Westgate, Fireside Dining Deer Valley, Stein Eriksen Lodge’s Glitretind Restaurant, J&G Grill at St. Regis Deer Valley, The Mariposa and Seafood Buffet (both at Deer Valley Resort), Riverhorse on Main and 350 Main Brasserie. And I had no idea that St. George’s Painted Pony Restaurant and the Spotted Dog Café in Springdale had such lauded wine lists as now acknowledged nationally. Time for a road trip?

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On Wednesdays We Wear Pink

By Post Office Place bar manager Crystal Daniels 1 small blob umeboshi ¾ ounce lemon juice ½ ounce Waterpocket Oread ½ ounce simple syrup 1 ½ ounces Roku gin Shake with ice, strain into a coupe glass.

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A common condiment in Japan, umeboshi, are small plums, salt-pickled or brined for preservation. They’re widely available, sold whole packed in brine or preserved like jam squeeze bottles. In any storage method, they’re singularly delicious. The fine folks at legendary Takashi and (newer) Post Office Place use umeboshi for a tart and salty hit of savory satisfaction; great with rice dishes and in cocktails. Post Office Place bar manager Crystal Daniels shared her recipe for this umeboshi and gin cocktail-slash-Mean Girls-homage called “On Wednesdays We Wear Pink.”

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Xylitol

With all the buzz about going keto, I turned to my favorite sugar-free booze slingers Lisa Clark and Erika Radford of boozyketones.com for some advice (that I probably won’t heed) on slimming down my favorite cocktails. I had some leading questions about substitutes like xylitol in mind.

They replied, “We don’t typically use xylitol for a few reasons. If you consume too much or if you aren’t used to it, it can cause severe and ‘exploding’ gastric side effects.” Holy shit, literally. And it gets worse: It is also toxic to dogs. They do have some other recommendations, however. “The natural sweeteners that we use include monkfruit (extract of the lo han guo fruit from China), erythritol (a sugar alcohol made from fermented sugar cane) and stevia (extracted from the stevia plant and 200 times sweeter than sugar). All of these are indigestible and have zero effect on blood sugar. The brand Swerve is erythritol blended with oligosaccarides (no digestible short-chain fructose molecules) that measures cup for cup like sugar.” I like where this is going. As followers of their light-hearted and hilarious Instagram feed know, the Boozy Ketones gals take their mixology (but not themselves) seriously. “Substituting out sugar in cocktails

makes us feel a little better about our imbibing.”

They conclude: “If we can make our cocktails a little bit healthier, then we can have more cocktails! It’s simple math.” Follow their alcohol adventures on Instagram @boozyketones

Yeast

“To a brewer, yeast is everything,” says Roosters Brewing Co. head brewer and all-around badass Jacquie King. “It holds the power to make or break your final product. It’s a magical little single cell that works in conjunction with your efforts to produce the most amazing beer.” After spending years working with the miracle of yeast, she’s developed some definite opinions. “I personally enjoy kveik yeast. It enjoys hot fermentation temperatures and fully ferments amazingly fast. I see a kindred spirit in this wild little yeast,” King concludes. Roosters Brewing Co. locations and distribution: roostersbrewingco.com

Zero-proof drinks

For those who choose to abstain altogether, the options for booze-free imbibing have never been better. SLC’s favorite watering holes have recognized that there are myriad reasons for providing customers festive and flavorful

beverages sans ABV. And after thorough tastetesting, this booze hound can attest that they are no less spirited in their enjoyment. The biggest trend in the bar world this year just might be not having anything to do with alcohol at all.

What was once a sad list of industrial soda gunsquirted soulless carbonation posted as an afterthought on the back of the menu is now at many places a smorgasbord of sensational zero-ABV choices. Case in point? Spots like Punch Bowl Social and Post Office Place (both mentioned earlier in this story) and Under Current Bar have developed some seriously thoughtful mixological solutions to their no-alcohol bartender’s roulette roster. And check out Seabird Bar & Vinyl Room offerings in Draper and The Gateway for thoughtful no-ABV options like Fentiman’s craft sodas (pictured above) and savory Lagunitas hoppy refresher.

13811 Sprague Lane, Draper, 385-255-5473; The Gateway, 7 S. Rio Grande St., 801-456-1223, seabirdutah.com CW

As every year, cheers to booze in the Beehive!

International food festival & craft beverage experience thursday, October 17 7 pm - 10 pm at La Caille 9565 Wasatch Blvd. Sandy, UT VENDORS INCLUDE:

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Feldman’s Deli is keeping it old school.

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espite the fact that the delicatessens of old New York are as foundational to American cuisine as the burger joint, it’s not something the corporate fast-food machine has quite been able to mass produce. You can make the claim that places like Subway and Jimmy John’s took their cues from the delis on American’s Eastern Seaboard during the turn of the century, but they’re so far removed from their source material that it’s tough to make a comparison—slapping cold cuts on a bun does not a true deli make. Such national chains were as close as Utahns could come to the traditional Jewish delis on the East Coast. Then Janet and Michael Feldman moved here from New Jersey to open Feldman’s Deli (2005 E. 2700 South, 801906-0369, feldmansdeli.com).

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Deli Belly

As Feldman’s is indeed the only local place I can think of that touts itself as a traditional Jewish deli, it’s worth discussing the deli’s origins. Anyone who’s traveled East or lived in New York and New Jersey will recognize the Jewish deli as a place filled with stacks of thinly sliced pastrami and

corned beef, chopped liver and no shortage of coleslaw and sauerkraut. In many ways, these places became the first true beachheads of immigrant entrepreneurship, and several old school delis have been up and running for generations.

You get some variation based on each family’s country of

origin—German Jewish delis are fond of their bratwurst sandwiches and spaetzle, and Russian Jewish delis might serve up steaming bowls of crimson borscht—but you can count on the smoky, peppery goodness of pastrami and corned beef on olivecolored Jewish rye bread regardless of the supporting cast.

On paper, it’s hard to pinpoint what exactly makes putting smoked meat on some good rye bread into such an influential dish. I could fly in some top-notch pastrami and rye bread from New York, put it all together with a bit of mustard and be miles away from recreating one. I suppose this is because the Jewish deli has a lineage and leaves a legacy. It speaks to us from the distant past. Even if I had the same ingredients, I couldn’t make a sandwich like they do because I’m simply not in the family. I’ve always felt that a sandwich tastes better if someone else makes it for you, and it’s hard to find a better example of that maxim than Feldman’s.

While I can’t base my opinion of Feldman’s on my intimate knowledge of the New York deli circuit—so sue me if I’ve never been to Katz’s—I can base it on the fact that I know the difference between a transcendent

sandwich and a sandwich that’s just OK. After the way my first bite of a Feldman’s Sloppy Joe ($15, pictured) made me weak in the knees, it was easy to tell that we’re dealing with people who know what they’re doing. Eating at Feldman’s without having experienced its forebears is a bit like hearing Lady Gaga rip into “Edge of Glory” without having first listened to Madonna’s “Express Yourself”—it tops the charts all by itself even though it’s not the first of its kind.

The Sloppy Joe is perfect for those who aren’t quite sure what sandwich to get because it’s essentially two sandwiches beautifully merged into one half-pound, triple-decker miracle. Your top floor is where Feldman’s corned beef and coleslaw hang out, and your bottom floor is reserved for the pastrami and Thousand Island dressing. The Jewish rye bread—which means you get little pops of earthy flavor from caraway seeds baked into the dough—feels like it’s much too soft to trap in all that smoked meat, but it does the job admirably. Even after it’s taken you 10 minutes to eat one half of this monstrous sandwich, the second half doesn’t get soggy and fall apart when you’re ready to dive in for

more. When you’re confronted with this amount of corned beef and pastrami, you immediately worry about how much PSI your jaw can produce, but the twin decks of meat yield ever so nicely with each bite.

A first-time visit demands one of their signature sandwiches—they’re simply incredible—but Feldman’s is also an excellent place to experience Jewish staples like soul-warming matzo ball soup ($5.50) and flaky potato knishes ($5). Their recently expanded hours mean that freshlymade bagels ($2.50) are yours for the taking, and that you can snag one of their entrée-sized sandwiches for both lunch and dinner.

Here’s hoping that the fast-food chains keep overlooking the magic that traditional Jewish delis like Feldman’s can produce. I can tolerate the cold cut combos and freaky fast delivery knowing that any time I want a real sandwich, I know right where to go. CW

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To this end, restaurateur Eduardo Daja and head chef Marco Cuttaia have opened Osteria Amore (224 S. 1300 East, osetriaamore.com) in the space that once housed Aristo’s. In addition to refurbishing the space with a wood-burning pizza oven, Daja and Cuttaia have created a menu that highlights the food they grew up with in their Italian hometowns of Bologna and Palermo. Diners can expect a fully-stocked wine list and freshly made gelato in addition to a menu of favorites from Northern and Southern Italy.

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ome of the journalists here at City Weekly embed themselves for weeks, if not months, to get you stories that affect the lives of all Utahns. The Beer Nerd beat is no different. Every week, I embed myself into pubs and breweries for hours at a time to bring you life-changing information about the suds that are important to you. Last week, I was dropped into the combat zone known as the Great American Beer Festival, where 9,497 beers from around the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were judged by an international panel of experts to find the best beers in each category.

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cloves. These flavors transition into toasted malt and banana. The 11% alcohol is warming and welcome.

Squatters Craft Beers—Hell’s Keep: Silver medal in the Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale category. The taste starts with dry apricot and pear followed by spicy malty grains. The end is lemony with notes of straw and wheat. The finish is nice and dry with a light champagne-like carbonation. This beer is very crisp and refreshing at 7.7% ABV. Level Crossing Brewing Co.—Suss it Out: Bronze in the Rye Beer category. For a brewery that has only been open for a few months, this is a pretty big deal. The

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found worthy of gold, silver and bronze in the massive competition. I invite you to seek out and try (or at the very least get reacquainted with) some of 2019’s winning beers. Here’s the list, along with the outstanding qualities.

Shades Brewing—Kveik Thai Tom Kha: Gold medal in the Herb and Spice Beer category. This seasonal beer has a subtle tart base that creates a nice platform for the coconut, ginger and lemongrass to build upon. A restrained amount of lactic sugar helps sweeten it up a bit, adding balance to the 6.3% ABV package.

T.F. Brewing—Rauch Bier a.k.a.

Beechwood Rauchbier: Silver medal in the Smoke Beer category. Don’t like smoke beers? This 4.0% ABV beer could change your mind. The base here has solid light vanilla flavors full of caramelized sugar with hints of cocoa. The smoke element, while strong in the aroma, is pretty subtle on the tongue and is more accent than star.

Red Rock Brewing Co.—White Rainbow: Silver medal in the American-BelgoStyle Ale category. After aromas of Belgian yeast, coriander and citrus, the taste initially pops with coriander, clove, slight juicy fruit and ends with a somewhat spicy and citrus finish. Herbs appear in the somewhat lingering after taste. 6.2% ABV. Red Rock Brewing Co.—Marvella: Silver medal in the Belgian-Style Tripel category. Peach and bubblegum dominate this ale, along with notes of candied sugar and

rye malt in this beer adds a sharp and upfront spiciness that lingers throughout the entirety of the beer, while toasted biscuit and wheat bread crust backs up the stillpresent herbal and citrus hop blast. This is incredibly drinkable at 6.9% ABV. All of these beers, except Shades Brewing Kveik Thai Tom Kha, are available for purchase at their respective breweries or various beer pubs around the Wasatch Front and Back. Shades Brewing tells me that the Thai Kveik might be making a special return to celebrate its win. Most are packaged in cans or bottles, though T.F. Brewing’s is on draft only at the brewery. As always, cheers! CW

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“I really started to dig that sound. I got into beach rock,” Martin says, with a little self-aware smirk—possibly because, even as someone new to the genre, he’s aware of the loaded joke material that comes along with the popular genre these days. Maybe his wry attitude has to do with being a bit of a sore thumb in his frat community, describing Krooked Kings’ music as “not technically the most frat-culture music.” But Martin asserts, “We’re trying to sway minds here!”

Another attempt to sway minds comes by way of their albumrelease show, where they hope not only to bring their fraternity friends over to their indie-loving side, but anyone in the community—and contribute to a good cause. The event benefits the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and features fellow locals Blue Rain Boots and The Moss. “Last year in the spring, we did a little philanthropy concert during the week in the back of our house, which was pretty fun. We had a bunch of people there and raised some money. This year I was like, I wanna go all out with it, make it big,” Martin says, describing the inspiration for their upcoming show.

Deciding to bypass the booked and busy October schedules of local venues, they’re opting for the large space of the Infinity Event Center (booked with the help of their frat’s philanthropic board), a bold move for such a new, fresh band. “I thought it would be fun to get everyone around and have it so that everyone can come, whether they’re in the frat or not, so we can raise as much money as we can,” Martin says. For his part, Colgan emphasizes how much effort they’re putting into the event’s success, admitting, “We’re flying by the seat of our pants at this point, but it’s coming together better than we’d hoped.” CW

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That’s been the case for Salt Lake City-based up-and-comers Krooked Kings. Its founding members, Oli Martin and Paul Colgan, are friends who, though at different points in their lives now (Colgan has graduated and Martin is still in school) have joined together in navigating self-discovery, channeling it into music that’s a fusion of their growing tastes. The result is a surprisingly smooth output of indie-rock with a deftly delivered dose of surf that doesn’t tip into the region of jangled-out pop that most selfdescribed surf bands deliver.

It’s been a busy year for the pair, and just resulted in the release of their first EP, a six-song self-titled work featuring slick production by local downtown recording studio Red Light Recordings. But it all began with Martin, who, after spending time on a LDS church mission, got home and just started playing music by himself. He ventured into appearing in shows now and then with another friend before finally reaching out to Colgan. “We kind of knew each other from before,” Colgan, 23, explains of their relationship. Martin’s older brother, was in the same University of Utah fraternity, Sigma Chi, as the bandmates. “He just reached out to me and I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ve been doing music since I was in high school, so I might as well,’” Colgan continues. “It just took off from there; we started molding a style, and by the time last summer rolled around, we piled some money together and rented a studio to record our first single.” That single was 2018’s “Hesitation,” which they “basically blew [their] life savings on.”

Their EP, which came out at the beginning of this month, features songs where the two swap vocal duties, exhibiting the kind of indie-pop prowess that should keep them moving in the right direction. “Amsterdam” is a prime example of their best qualities, an up-tempo track where Martin laments an old flame executing plans of romance in Amsterdam with, alas, someone else. The EP is full of playful songs that have an air of trying to keep one’s cool despite being oh-so-invested, but it makes them approachable, relatable, and they fit right into the world of bright-faced indie rock that eyerolls at its own ills and ails.

This might be a result of Martin being a self-described Bon Iver fanatic, reluctant to engage in anything besides acoustic music for a long time. Detailing his time making music before the band, he explains, “I was into really soft acoustic sets and … I was still playing with other people, but I was really hesitant to have any kind of distortion on a guitar. I was like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa, I just want this pure acoustic sound.’” But, after beginning to play with Colgan (who loves the more upbeat work of The Strokes), and with their lineup which now includes Dave Macey on keys, Matt Monnosson on bass and Jay Flynn on drums, he says he gave in to the

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Having made her debut as a recording artist only five years ago at age 16, Faye Webster could already be considered a renaissance woman of sorts. Her latest effort, Atlanta Millionaires Club—named for the city she calls home—garnered her the attention she deserves, including a notable mention in Rolling Stone. A multi-talented ingénue, she’s also an accomplished photographer, and with her budding musical career, she’s gained a reputation as a singular talent to be reckoned with. So, too, co-headliner Jenny O. boasts an impressive résumé of her own. Hailing from Long Island, she studied jazz and music composition at the prestigious State University of New York before turning her attention to a more insurgent sound. With two albums and a pair of EPs, she’s managed to make her name in alternative realms while also making inroads into the musical mainstream. “Well OK Honey,” the first single from her debut EP, Home, was tapped for the popular video game Rocksmith, as well as the popular HBO series True Blood, before it ended up in a commercial campaign by Toyota. Another of her songs, “Won’t Let You Leave,” was licensed

by Subaru, and her music has made its way to TV shows including Orange Is the New Black, Selfie and Shameless, as well as guest appearances on Last Call With Carson Daly.

The wonder women on this dazzling doublebill set the standard for all young aspiring artists. (Lee Zimmerman) Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court, 8 p.m., $10 presale; $12 day of show, all ages, kilbycourt.com

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live and the kinds where earbuds would suffice. I remember when “Shelter Song” came on—it felt like a coming-of-age moment, a song so psychedelic rock that the whole show almost felt clichéd. I stole the setlist off the stage that night in a moment of babyish fervor, invigorated by my first truly wonderful show. Five years later, Temples have released two albums, Volcano and Hot Motion, which continue their psych rock sound in the hall of their influences (Byrds, Marc Bolan). Noel Gallagher of Oasis called Temples “the best new band in Britain” when Sun Structures released, but years later, that endorsement feels a little hollow. Temples’ psych rock gig was surprisingly coherent in that 2014 moment, but subsequent albums, and specifically 2019’s Hot Motion, have only marginally grown the band’s range. What do you expect out of a band who loves this sound; who would gladly live in it forever? You’re either here for it or you’re not, but if you’re willing, I’ll vouch for the live experience. What makes psychedelic rock good only gets better in a live setting, and Temples put on a hell of a show for me once—here’s hoping they bring it again. Honey Harper, another U.K. act, open, contrasting Temples’ rock with William Fussell’s gooey, tender country. (Parker S. Mortensen) The Commonwealth Room, 195 W. 2100 South, 8 p.m., $29, 21+, thestateroompresents.com

Faye Webster into an emotional and heart-rending experience that they could share as well. Having spent her formative years in Kansas City, a hub of the blues, she focused on drums before switching to guitar at age 15. After soaking in the sounds of visiting artists, she launched her own career at 18 and soon found herself signed to the prestigious blues label Ruf Records, for which she recorded a series of critically acclaimed albums, while sharing stages with the likes of Buddy Guy, Jimmy Hall, Devon Allman and Mike Zito.

It was little wonder, then, that in 2012 she earned the Blues Music Award for Best New Artist. Her recently released Kill or Be Kind, her debut effort for Rounder Records—one of America’s foremost roots record companies—debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Chart, another remarkable accomplishment for someone only turned 30 earlier this year.

The fact that Fish puts her own spin on the blues makes her music more fascinating still. (LZ) The Commonwealth Room, 195 W. 2100 South, 8 p.m., $27–$45, 21+, thestateroompresents.com

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Samantha Fish’s reverence for the blues has steered her sound since the beginning, evidenced in the music she’s made her entire career. Although she claims such storied influences as Otis Redding, Ray Charles, R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, she also offers homage to such forebears as Sippie Wallace, Big Mama Thornton and Billie Holiday, who effectively transformed the blues from a genre dominated by men

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Given the incalculable impact goth music and fashion has had on pop culture the past four decades, it isn’t surprising that artists making honest-to-goodness gothic rock music are still around. In the past five years, labels like Dais and Sargent House (Chelsea Wolfe’s own label) have bolstored the surge of dark wave acts. But among similar acts, Wolfe—a consummate performer in her prime—has been at it since before she had much competition from the trendy gothic crowd of 2019, and is rightfully regarded as something of a “Gothic Queen.” She can command festival crowds the way Siouxsie Sioux or Robert Smith used to, and has proven her chops time and time again, showing a deep appreciation for classic goth-rock and all its variants. Albums like 2011’s Apokalypsis and 2015’s Abyss meld doom and sludge metal dirges and seductive neofolk balladry with the experimentation of industrial rock and dark wave, in the process creating a sound as boundary-pushing as it is indebted to the classics. Wolfe is currently fresh off the release of her seventh studio album, Birth of Violence—and, just in time for the Halloween season, brings her enchantingly macabre live show to SLC’s Metro Music Hall, joined by dream-pop songstress (and Sargent House label-mate) Ioanna Gika, best known for being one-half of LA indie outfit Io Echo. (Nic Renshaw) Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 9 p.m., $20–$100, 21+, metromusichall.com

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Although New York quintet Guerilla Toss has achieved cult status for their mind-bending live performances, there’s more going on behind the creative curtain than just chaos and craziness. On the forthcoming EP What Would the Odd Do?, bandleader Kassie Carlson sings with renewed vigor about her journey through opiate addiction and open-heart surgery. On the album’s title track, Carlson’s art-rock strings meld with drummer Peter Negroponte’s propulsion and guitarist Arian Shafiee’s buzzsaw attack to make a stand for individuality: “If I think fast will I be wiser?”

Carlson muses. “When you grow old are you a die-er?” Disco beats and punk energy clash on “Plants,” which celebrates the spirituality of flora over Stephen Cooper’s bass riffs and Sam Lisabeth’s blissed-out synths. Meanwhile, “Future Doesn’t Know” shouts out ’70s power-prog and “Land Where Money’s Nightmare Lives” bemoans the apocalyptic end of our planet via trip-hop swagger. It’s an unlikely blend of influences that only Guerilla Toss, whose roots touch hardcore art-rock and psychedelic dance-pop, can pull off. But it’s the narrative clarity of What Would the Odd Do? that impresses most. After releasing a slew of underground tapes and three full-lengths full of shouted metaphors and dense allegories, Guerilla Toss sharpen their creative swords on their most meaningful album to date. “These songs mean a lot to me,” Carlson says in a news release for What Would the Odd Do? “I’ve always written abstract lyrics that have alluded to my personal struggles, but this time I try to provide context. In this way, I hope to help other people who are struggling—especially women … Addiction hits us all, and it hits hard. Beating it is a big deal.

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For as much as our cultural perception of punk rock is rooted in the late ’70s and early ’80s, the late ’90s and early 2000s have a strong case for being the point where the genre reached its peak, with dozens of acts either expanding on its fundamental basis or refining those fundamentals into their purest form. LA outfit The Distillers fell comfortably into the latter category, never deviating from punk’s core formula but nailing that formula so well and so consistently that it hardly mattered. Combining furious drumming, slashing power chords and anthemic choruses delivered by frontwoman Brody Dalle’s whiskey-soaked yowl paid massive dividends on albums like 2002’s Sing Sing Death House and 2003’s Coral Fang. But as with so many great punk bands, their success was cut short, and they split up in 2006 after only eight years together. The band members busied themselves with various side projects for well over a decade before finally reuniting early last year, confirming in April that a new album is being recorded with legendary producer Nick Launay. The album has no official release date, but The Distillers have been tiding over fans in the meantime with an extensive run of tour dates all over the country, including a stop at Salt Lake’s Union Event Center. (Nic Renshaw) Union Event Center, 235 N. 500 West, 7:45 p.m., $28.50, all ages, theunioneventcenter.com

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I found myself recently at O’Shucks for what is something of a weekly tradition of grabbing drinks with my dear City Weekly coworkers—our staff writer, Peter, our editorial assistant, Ray, and our copy desk wiz, Kara. However, on this second visit of mine to the half-submerged bar on the lower level of the beautiful, old red brick building smashed between a high-rise and the glossy new Eccles Theater, Kara was absent (hope she’s not trying to quit us!). In her place was a former writer whose name I’ve forgotten—not due to his being memorable or not, because he looks remarkably similar to the viral Twitter star Casey Frey—but perhaps because on Thursdays O’Shucks has $3 glasses of wine. And, boy, did I take them up on that deal, with three memory-erasing glasses of quality House Wine. No shitty Franzia in sight here, folks! O’Shucks shares their space partially with Ahh Sushi, so our table was not only full of O’Shucks’ own burgers and fries, but with tempura-fried veggies which we all gladly crunched on, washing it down with either wine or a $6 schooner of Pabst. Behind us, some business folks from somewhere in the high-rises above rowdily consumed their own post-work beers, their own value-priced wines. Outside, it was blustery and gray, but inside the bar was cozy, the drinks warmed us up, and all of us—whether joking about busted business deals or the woes of editing copy—were happy to be beneath the sidewalk, safe from cold gusts and responsibilities. (Erin Moore) O’Shucks, 22 E. 100 South, 801-359-6670

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY B Y R O B LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In ancient holy texts from India, soma was said to be a drink that enhanced awareness and alertness. According to modern scholars, it might have been a blend of poppy, ephedra and cannabis. In Norse mythology, the beverage called the Mead of Suttungr conferred poetic inspiration and the ability to solve any riddle. One of its ingredients was honey. In Slavic folklore, raskovnik is an herb with the magic power to unlock what’s locked and uncover hidden treasures. It’s not a four-leaf clover, but resembles it. I invite you Libras to fantasize about using these three marvels. To do so will potentize your imagination, thereby boosting the cosmic forces that will be working in your favor to enhance your awareness, confer inspiration, solve riddles, unlock what’s locked and find hidden treasures.

fate in the coming weeks, Pisces. It’s fine to be extravagant and expansive and mulitfaceted; just don’t overdo it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was a visionary genius in numerous fields, including architecture, design, engineering and futurism. In the course of earning 40 honorary doctorates, he traveled widely. It was his custom to wear three watches, each set to a different time: one to the zone where he currently was, another to where he had recently departed and a third to where he would journey next. “I know that I am not a category,” he wrote. “I am not a thing—a noun. I seem to be a verb.” I recommend his approach to you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Be a verb! Allow your identity to be fluid, your plans adjustable, your ideas subject to constant revision.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Metaphorically speaking, Taurus, you are now crossing a bridge.

Behind you is the intriguing past; in front of you, the even more intriguing future. You can still decide to return to where you came from. Or else you could pick up your pace, and race ahead at twice the speed. You might even make the choice to linger on the bridge for a while; to survey the vast vistas that are visible and contemplate more leisurely the transition you’re making. Only you know what’s best for you, of course. But if you asked me, I’d be in favor of lingering on the bridge for a while.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place,” said actress Tilda Swinton.

How about you, Sagittarius? What reminds you that you have a soul in the first place? Beloved animals? Favorite music?

A stroll amid natural wonders? Unpredictable, fascinating sexual experiences? The vivid and mysterious dreams you have at night? Whatever stimuli bring you into visceral communion with your soul, I urge you to seek them out in abundance. It’s Soul-Cherishing and Soul-Enhancing Time for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to arrange a series of high-level meetings between your body, mind and soul. You might even consider staging an extravagant conference-like festival and festival-like conference. The astrological omens suggest that your body, mind and soul are now primed to reveal choice secrets and tips to each other. They are all more willing and eager than usual to come up with productive new synergies that will enable each to function with more panache and effectiveness.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I believe in inhabiting contradictions,” writes Aquarian author and activist Angela Davis. “I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side.

As opposed to choosing either or choosing both.” I think Davis’s approach will work well for you in the coming weeks. It’s not just that the contradictions will be tolerable; they will be downright fertile, generous and beneficent. So welcome them; honor them; allow them to bless you with their tricky opportunities and unexpected solutions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Piscean pianist Frédéric Chopin (1801–1849) was a poetic genius whose music was full of sweetness and grace. “Without equal in his generation,” said more than one critic. Today, more than 170 years after his death, his work remains popular.

Recently an Italian sound designer named Remo de Vico created an original new Chopin piece that featured all 21 of the master’s piano nocturnes being played simultaneously. (You can hear it here: tinyurl.com/newchopin.) As you might imagine, it’s a gorgeous mess, too crammed with notes to truly be enjoyable, but interesting nevertheless. I’ll counsel you to avoid a similar

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently,” wrote Aries psychologist James Hillman. I agree. And that’s very good news for you Aries people. In my view, you are more attracted to and excited by fresh ideas than any other sign of the zodiac. That’s why you have the potential to become master initiators of transformation. One of my favorite types of plot twists in your life story occurs when you seek out fresh ideas and initiate transformations not only in your own behalf, but also for those you care about. I bet the coming weeks will bring at least one of those plot twists.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As I write this, I’m sitting in a café near two women at another table. One sports a gold cashmere headscarf and pentagram necklace. The other wears a dark blue pantsuit and a silver broach that’s the glyph for Gemini the Twins. HeadScarf shuffles a deck of Tarot cards and asks PantSuit what she’d like to find out during the divination she is about to receive. “I would very much like you to tell me what I really really want,” PantSuit says with a chuckle. “I’m sure that once I find out that big secret, I’ll be able to accomplish wonders.” I hope the rest of you Geminis will be on a similar mission in the coming weeks. Do whatever it takes to get very clear about what you want most.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was meandering through an Athenian marketplace, gazing at the appealing and expensive items for sale. “How many things there are in this world that I do not want,” he exclaimed with satisfaction. I recommend you cultivate that liberated attitude. Now is a perfect time to celebrate the fact that there are countless treasures and pleasures you don’t need in order to be charmed and cheerful about your life. For extra credit, add this nuance from Henry David Thoreau: People are rich in proportion to the number of things they can afford to let alone.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I invite you to try this exercise. Imagine that one springtime you grow a garden filled with flowers that rabbits like to nibble: petunias, marigolds, gazanias and pansies. This is a place whose only purpose is to give gifts to a wild, sweet part of nature. It’s blithely impractical. You do it for your own senseless, secret joy. It appeals to the dreamy lover of life in you. Got all that, Leo? Now, in accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you actually try to fulfill a fantasy comparable to that one in the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My Virgo friend Lola got a text-message from her Scorpio buddy Tanya. “Why don’t you come over and chill with me and my demons? It’ll be entertaining, I promise! My inner jerks are howlingly funny tonight.” Here’s what Lola texted back: “Thanks but no thanks, sweetie. I’ve been making big breakthroughs with my own demons—giving them the attention they crave without caving in to their outrageous demands—and for now I need to work on stabilizing our new relationship. I can’t risk bringing extra demons into the mix.” I suspect this is an accurate description of what could be happening for you, Virgo.

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Cannibal Holocaust (1980): The gore is so convincing, director Ruggero Deodato was accused of making a snuff film.

(It does include scenes of real animal cruelty; one version on the DVD excises these scenes for you.) Plot-wise, dumb American filmmakers venture into the Amazon to make a dumb documentary about cannibals, and end up the main course. There’s some tacked-on baloney at the end about whether the filmmakers are barbarians themselves, but that’s just Deodato taking a metaphorical shower after showering his audience with sickening footage.

Sleepaway Camp (1983): After her family dies in an accident, Angela (Felissa Rose) is sent to live with her cousin and whackadoo aunt. Years later, Angela and cousin attend the aforementioned camp, and a killer starts hacking people to death.

Is it Angela? Does a bear shit in the woods?

The only surprises in this movie are the depths of its vulgarity, including an ending that could probably be called transphobic if it were smarter and not simply used as a shock twist. The fun comes when you realize this movie really takes itself seriously, and that most of the deaths are, like the inciting accident, avoidable.

Sharni Vinson in You’re Next A Serbian Film (2010): Nothing can prepare you for the absolute moral depravity at this film’s cold-blooded center. I can’t even describe what goes on in this movie without breaking several decency laws.

My God, there’s rape and necrophilia, and that’s literally not even close to the worst images on screen. Ugh, seriously, don’t watch this movie. In fact, my editors should delete it from this article.

All Friday the 13th films released by Paramount: The 1980 original Friday the 13th has none of Halloween’s skill or charm, but it does have a similar low budget and an admittedly bravura finale, in which Mrs. Voorhees comes forward to claim she killed Kevin Bacon et al. because he reminded her of someone who let her son, Jason, drown.

And then Alice cuts her head off in slow motion. None of the plot-points of Friday the 13th matter, mostly because each subsequent film ignores or retcons what came before it. The Friday the 13th movies are dumb, but they deliver the kills slasher fans want and, for better or worse, no one makes them like this anymore. CW

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humorous moments, but Raimi and company saved the larfs for the sequels. In this movie, there’s just amateurish acting, special effects so gory they demand a strong stomach and a terrifically unsettling tree molestation (you’ve been warned). But it’s also groundbreaking in its use of space, camera work and bare-bones chills.

Trick ’r Treat (2007): Michael Dougherty’s anthology Halloween horror film went virtually unnoticed during its original release, but has been the highlight of midnight festivals in years since. Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Leslie Bibb and Dylan Baker are featured in four stories that make up this 82-minute shriekfest. They come together well, the acting is way above average for a movie of this type and it has a lot of stabbings. It also kills multiple children, so if that isn’t your thing, steer clear.

The Incredible Melting Man (1977): Three astronauts fly to Saturn, but before they get there, radiation kills two of them and turns the third into the ghoul of the title. It’s a long, slow collection of scenes in which the incredible melting man melts, and some guy named Dr. Ted Nelson searches for him, screaming his own name over and over (seriously). The Incredible Melting Man works better as unintentional comedy, but it features Rick Baker’s stupendously nasty

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Gather friends around a big-screen TV and turn off all the lights. There are scares afoot!

You’re Next (2011): What happens when you take a horror subgenre (the homeinvasion story) and turn it on its head? You get a movie in which the invaders unknowingly storm a home inhabited by someone who’s tougher than they are. It’s gory and smart, and filmmaker Joe Swanberg gets stabbed multiple times on camera. Who doesn’t want to see that?

Suspiria (1977): For sheer scares, there aren’t many movies that’ll make you crap yourself more often than this one does.

American dancer Suzy (Jessica Harper) travels to Germany to study ballet—except the school is also a witches’ coven. Was zur Hölle? Director Dario Argento has made many creepy movies that make no sense, and Suspiria is the creepiest and makes the least sense. Still, there’s an unsettling sense of dread from its opening moments that ramps up to sheer terror by the conclusion.

The Changeling (1980): A composer (George C. Scott) moves into a creepy old house after his wife and daughter are killed in an accident. The house is haunted, naturally, but director Peter Medak slowly increases the tension over 115 minutes. Scott is great, and if you have the patience, The Changeling is scary as hell.

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Who could have believed that seven years ago, new condos across from Temple Square would be listed for almost $2 million, and then sell out? This past week, Ashley Powell, president of City Creek Reserve (a real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) announced that of the original 425 condos built at City Creek Mall, there were only 20 remaining.

To give you a bit of background, I was a volunteer planning and zoning commissioner for Salt Lake City for eight years and got to be intensely familiar with the project as we hammered out such earth-shattering decisions as to where the faux creek would be located and if the over-the-street bridge MediaBids_190103_24.indd 1 12/28/2018 5:15:20 on Main Street would kill all street-level stores. We got hard-hat tours of the place and rolled our eyes at the proposed prices for “Temple View” units. Sorry to curse here boys and girls, but damn, you did it!

Powell said last week that the church would be getting out of the condo building business. “Not because it wasn’t profitable, but because our direction now will be more office and apartment space,” she said. They have turned the homeowner’s associations over to the owners but will provide property management services.

The faithful here are lucky to have such wise and forethinking investors in their church leadership. Not only did they wait out the Great Recession, they sold units for the highest prices ever recorded in Salt Lake City for a condominium. In the year 2137, the lease of air space is up, and the church has the right to buy back all the 425 units at fair market value ... or renew the lease. Mind you, THIS WEEK’S FEATURED Utah is no different from other areas in the PARTLOW RENTALS: anomaly of church-held properties. Many nonprofit small and mega-churches around the country have vast real estate investments. In Seattle, you can live in the lovely high-rise Kline Galland Home Retirement Center if you’re Jewish. In Missouri and IlBOUNTIFUL WEST SALT LAKE linois, there are Lutheran Senior Services of Life Plan Communities. Not that the City Best 2 bdrm. in Quiet six plex!

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His real name is Hansel DeBartolo III. After changing his name in 2016, he had the new handle tattooed on his forehead and chest. He’s an “Instagram sensation” and a 2020 presidential candidate, according to his IMDb profile. But most recently, Vegan’s been a resident of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, reported the Los Angeles Times, following his arrest Sept. 26 on charges of sexual abuse of his dog, which authorities say he captured on video and posted on social media. “I do get judged a lot for being different,” Vegan told Dr. Phil in 2017.

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Unclear on the Concept Lee Dong-jin, the mayor of Jindo county in South Korea, wanted to make International Coastal Cleanup Day special for his community.

So on Sept. 20, the day before the global event, he instructed crews to transport more than a ton of trash that had already been collected from coastlines and deposit it on a pristine beach in Jindo, according to Agence-France Press. “We brought in waste Styrofoam and other coastal trash gathered from nearby areas so the 600 participants could carry out clean-up activities,” Lee said. He apologized for deceiving the volunteers and assured residents that there was no “secondary pollution.”

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The Continuing Crisis At New Lynn’s Peaches and Cream, a sex toy shop in suburban Auckland, New Zealand, staffer Kat Maher immediately noticed a strange customer on Sept. 23. “He was very energetic and erratic, going around the shop, talking a lot,” she told Stuff. Strangely, he also closely resembled Elvis Presley, with slicked-back black hair and sunglasses, although he was wearing a high-visibility orange vest. “He brought a sex toy called ‘Like a Virgin’ up to the counter, but his card declined,” Maher said. When the purchase didn’t go through, the man grabbed the “fake vagina” toy, worth about $60, and ran out of the store. Maher reported the theft to police, but fake Elvis has not been apprehended. She also noted that the shop gets robbed about once a week: “It’s really frustrating when this sort of thing happens. So rude and it ruins your day.”

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Michael and Georgina Parsons’ 54 neighbors in Little Bay Islands, Newfoundland, are resettling on the mainland this fall as part of a program to centralize populations in growth areas. But not the Parsons. In spite of the fact that the government will cease all services to the island on Dec. 31—electricity, mail delivery, ferry and snowplow—the Parsonses have decided to stay. “We’re not nervous,” Michael told CTV. “I don’t know if that’s because we’re just plain crazy or whatnot.” They are busy preparing for life off the grid, purchasing a snowmobile and wood stove and installing a solar panel system. “We’re also learning to do without some fresh fruits and vegetables and go to more dry goods, bottled goods, powdered milk—that sort of stuff,” Georgina said.

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Family Values Bozhena Synychka, 20, and Volodymyr Zaitsev, 25, just got “tired of looking after” their toddler boys, Andrey, 3, and Maksim, 2. So in mid-August, they dropped the boys off at a homeless encampment in Zaporizhia, Ukraine—and didn’t come back. The naked toddlers were watched over by men at the camp for a week as they drank from a river and foraged through trash for food, until passerby Olena Tashevska spotted them on Aug. 26 and called police, reported the Daily Mail. A pediatrician who examined them at the hospital said they suffered from viral infections and malnutrition. “They are weak now and barely can walk,” Dr. Taisa Klimenko told local media. Police are pursuing criminal charges against the parents, and the boys are living in an orphanage in the meantime.

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Recurring Themes Sunday morning shoppers in central Auckland, New Zealand, got more than an eyeful on Sept. 29 when for several hours, pornography was broadcast on a large outdoor video screen at the Asics sportswear store. The “totally inappropriate and offensive” scenes apparently continued for about nine hours— until staff arrived at the store around 10 a.m. and turned the screen off, the New Zealand Herald reported. “Some people were shocked, but others just stopped and watched,” said security guard Dwayne Hinango. The store manager, who gave only “John” as his name, said the incident stemmed from a cybersecurity breach, and Asics apologized on its website and through email to its customers.

News that Sounds Like a Joke The Hudson Regional Health Commission in New Jersey is investigating a mystery odor, according to WABC. People in Jersey City and Bayonne complained about the smell on Sept. 24, and officials, following the wind, searched in Newark but couldn’t identify the source of the odor, which some described as similar to rotting fish. “Being a peninsula, we have water on three sides and sometimes at low tide you can smell the bay,” explained Edoardo Ferrante, coordinator at the Office of Emergency Management. “It was really nothing like that. It was a very nasty, almost like a foul meat type of smell.” The HRHC is continuing to investigate the odor.

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