City Weekly November 7, 2019

Activists are facing criminal charges for a massive protest against the inland port. Will the opposition back down?

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A group of inland port activists is facing a slew of charges—ranging from criminal trespass to public defecation.

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Opinion, Oct. 24, “Low Calcium and Green Jell-O = Weak Utah Spines”

Responding to [author] Michael S. Robinson Sr.’s piece on this subject, I strongly advise that Mr. Robinson have his liver checked. His bile production is waaaaay out of site.

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News, Oct. 24, “‘Stabbed in the Back’: Utah’s Kurdish community reacts to the Turkish invasion of Syria.”

What does it mean when the president does everything that Putin would want him to do? There’s a dot here, and a dot there, if only there was some way to like ... link them together or something ... I dunno ... I guess you have to like, understand things before you can do that ... something a lot of people don’t really do unfortunately.

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Trumpian Moment

This is the Trumpian moment. Congress and the people will decide which way the nation will go.

There are only two practical choices. Trump has made clear he will lead the people in the direction of the base emotions and behavior that lurk inside us all. He is comfortable marginalizing people, suppressing people, hurting people. We are all capable of that.

This is the Trumpian moment because he realizes, and so do we, that we have grown weary of all the religious ethical preaching about raising

people up. We are also tired of all that social studies programming that says we should be good citizens. We are ready to give vent to evil and let a dictator carry out that evil for and on behalf of us.

The Democrats, and probably some Republicans, want to go a different path. They are much more comfortable with the good ol’ boy and good ol’ girl way of speaking good about raising people up. At the same time, these folks are deeply committed to slow and incremental curbing of the people’s right to govern themselves. They dislike Trump’s quick and proud path to autocracy.

This is a real choice we face. No one really knows the way Congress and people will go. For sure, one way or the other.

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Are you and your children safe—from themselves? In every state, suicides account for the highest number of gun-related deaths. Maybe not so coincidentally, suicides are most common in states with small populations—perhaps because of isolation. Last year, 60% of gun deaths by adults were suicides. At its November luncheon, the Women’s Democratic Club of Utah presents Addressing the Gun Violence Epidemic, literally a life-anddeath discussion. Rep. Joel Briscoe, DSalt Lake City, Mary Ann Thompson with Moms Demand Action, and a representative from the Gun Violence Prevention Center of Utah discuss upcoming legislation. Sheraton Hotel, 150 W. 500 South, Saturday, Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., $15-30, squ.re/2JzUP7A

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The second—Clean Energy Forum— brings leaders from the nonprofit, business and government sectors who must collaborate on the path to clean energy.

They will speak about getting to 100% renewable energy by 2030. Teens: Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, Saturday, Nov. 9, 3-5 p.m., free, bit.ly/2N1rsx4.

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Genderevolution 2019: Transcend celebrates the trans, non-binary and gender creative community for the 11th consecutive year. This all-day conference offers workshops, caucuses and vendors. The keynote speaker is Sean Saifa Wall, an intersex activist, visual artist and public researcher. Closing keynote speaker is Hans Lindahl, queer intersex artist, writer and intersex advocate. See p. 20 for more details. Horizonte Instruction and Training Center, 1234 S. Main, Saturday, Nov. 9, 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m., pre-registration: $30, students/seniors: $15, donations accepted, sforce.co/2PCeRlU

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HITS&MISSES

BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

Get Your Spirits Up

Fox 13 ran the best funeral video for Halloween—so sad because this state of peculiar people is bidding an almost-farewell to our iconic 3.2% beer. Even the Budweiser Clydesdales were there to mark the end. It was an almost-farewell because the state, for some very unclear reasoning, isn’t exactly jumping into regular-strength beer. That’s because, of course, they have to have the issue studied by some work group—likely one that doesn’t drink beer.

So, Utah at 4% alcohol by weight is a mere 0.8% from reality. There were discounts galore, though the best one was probably mimicking the hair-splitting over percentages. In a photo being circulated on Twitter, one store offered a discount from $2.91—now $2.90, while supplies last. Whatever’s left, The Salt Lake Tribune says, is being dumped down the drain.

Can’t Tame These Horses

The Deseret News ought to get some kind of award for a series on the wild horse problem. It’s something Congress has refused to address— much like the border crisis. The problem is that there are too many animals, generating a number of ideas about population control. There is, of course, euthanasia.

Then there’s birth control. And there apparently is a budding industry for horse meat—at least in other parts of the world.

But it’s not likely to happen because the very mention of wild horses conjures up romantically Western thoughts. The romance, however, is short-lived if you think about how those horses are starving, how people release unwanted horses to the wild and how there really aren’t any more horse-slaughter facilities. This series might nudge Congress, and if it does, maybe the D-News should do a series on how to solve the border crisis—other than with a Colorado wall, of course.

Trickle-Down Miscues

Perhaps the most partisan issue in the United States is taxes. That’s because, despite the overwhelming need for public services, Republicans still hold dear the trickle-down theory. Utah is mulling over a major tax-reform package, which legislators like to say is revenue-neutral or some such garbage. The biggest problem, however, is that legislators are loathe to articulate their values. It’s more about the gimmes.

The mainly impotent House Democratic Caucus wrote an op-end in the Trib pleading with lawmakers to think about Utah’s shared principles. Former Republican Sen. Steve Urquhart, however, stands pretty much alone in the fight against raising the tax on food. The food tax is definitely on the table, so to speak, while the Trib notes that any tax cut will benefit the rich more than the low-income. It appears they’re trying trickle-down again.

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Utahns’ Avoidance Coming to an End

of the doubt on this one, I suppose there might be a littleknown sixth borough in New York City called Deutschland.). The call with Ukraine President Zelensky was a “perfect call,” and there was “no quid pro quo.” (The incomplete transcript is a big clue.) “Self-made billionaire.”

(Hardly, considering that his father left him a cool $413 million.) He knew nothing about the hush-money paid to Stormy Daniels. (Uh huh.) The list goes on and on. Surely, Utahns should be tiring of his fabrications.

We all knew from the start; there was an unmistakable clue as to whether Trump was lying—if the tiny mouth was moving, that was the dead giveaway, and there were few times when it wasn’t. And yet, Utahns have demonstrated the most incredible mental gymnastics in justifying his behavior. Evidence of Trump’s dishonesty—not at all an insignificant character flaw—has been constantly reinforced by remarkably regular bombshells about his always-denied immoral and illegal behavior. Frolicking with hookers and porn stars—no surprise. Cheating at golf—nothing new. Lying to the press about virtually everything—just a questionable, but personal, element of style. Fourteen-thousand lies—so what’s new? Can it be possible that Utahns have taken the admonition “Judge that ye be not judged” just a little bit too far?

Even worse, Utah is a stronghold for Trump’s conspiracy theories, especially the one about “fake news,” and the implied premise that real news is only available from the likes of Hannity, Kellyanne, Limbaugh and other administration puppets. The donning of monikers like “the chosen one,” possessor of “great and unmatched wisdom,” attractor of “record crowds” is a device for distracting us from the real issues. He wasn’t fit to serve in the beginning, and he’s less fit now. As a non-professional assessor of mental health, I’d say his delusions are growing worse.

With myriad accusations of various moral outrages—all of which Trump claims are bogus—there are, of course, those

who will chalk it all up to the premise that such a wealthy man is, naturally, going to be the target of accusations. While the daily revelations of Trump’s misdeeds, and particularly his continuous obstructions of justice, should alarm every patriotic citizen, it seems we live in a state where the population is more concerned with blind support of its Republican president than in doing the “right” thing. Somehow, Utahns have remained indelibly red, lambasting all those who are seeking to restore rationality and decency to the office of president.

Why are Utahns so fearful of the truth? Is it really necessary to drag them, kicking and screaming, to the facts? For a state supposedly filled with God’s elect, why is there such reluctance to seeing their president, absent the smoke and mirrors, for exactly what he is?

Mormon children were all required to memorize the scripture, “... and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” (John 8:32). It is one of the Bible’s greatest gems and a passage familiar to most Christians. Wake up, Utah! It eludes me how, after being made aware of that scripture at an early age, the truth is viewed more as a threat to comfortable oblivion than as an opportunity for enlightenment. There is, after all, no real freedom where there is incomplete information. Thus, the impeachment process is very much about American freedom. Facts, and facts alone, are the source of all valid opinions, decisions and responsible actions.

The U.S. House of Representatives has now voted on the fact-gathering process for the public impeachment hearings. The vote made it crystal clear that party lines—not personal moral convictions—determined the yeas and nays.

Starting this month, open public hearings will provide those truths Utahns have been trying so desperately to avoid. 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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As I sit here in my office, considering the intensity of the current Washington news cycle, I can’t help but be frustrated, dismayed and disappointed in Utah’s leadership and my fellow citizens.

We all knew, even before the botched, Russian-manipulated election of 2016, that Donald Trump was no saint.

Anyone who had ever done business with the man had essentially reported that his “Art of the Deal” was simply a well-established pattern of cheating everyone else for his own benefit. Matters like Trump University, the blatantly racial discrimination by the Trump organization in its rental policies, and Trump’s pussy-grabbing—boyswill-be-boys—disrespect for womanhood were all widely known before the election. Perhaps most revealing of all was a statement in The New York Times, back in 2004, long before his run for president: “His name has become such a byword for success that even the most humiliating reverses barely dent his reputation. . . . The rules that govern others just don’t apply to Trump.”

In addition to the cries of corruption and sub-basement morals, Trump’s self-aggrandizement was there for everyone to see—always focusing on himself and overstating or lying about his accomplishments. He “graduated at the top of his class.” (Nobody believes it; he was a mediocre student, at best, and he threatened to sue the school if it released any of his academic records.) He has “one of the highest IQs in America.” (Creative dreaming!) His father, Fred, was “born in Germany.” (Giving Trump the benefit

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Cloudy With a Chance of Melting Ice Caps

Meteorologists’ reports help viewers understand what is happening and why it’s important—and they’re having an impact.

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ocal TV weather forecasters have become foot soldiers in the war against climate misinformation. Over the past decade, a growing number of meteorologists and weathercasters have begun addressing the climate crisis, either as part of their forecasts, or in separate, independent news reports to help their viewers understand what is happening and why it is important.

And the reports are having an impact.

Studies by the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication show that in communities where local weather forecasters are reporting on the crisis, “public opinion is changing more rapidly,” Ed Maibach, director of the center and an author of the studies, says. “We showed a really strong impact—people who saw the climate reporting came to understand climate change was more personally relevant,” he said.

The change has come as meteorologists and forecasters themselves have altered their opinions on the climate crisis and its causes. A 2008 survey of American Meteorological Society members, found that only 24% of weathercasters agreed with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that warming was caused by humans. In 2010, a study by Maibach found that 54% agreed that global warming is happening. But by 2017 a full 90% agreed that it is indeed happening, and 80% indicated it was human-caused.

“There’s been an enormous shift,” he said.

The change has been partially brought about by Climate Central’s Climate Matters reporting program founded after Maibach released a study showing that the public trusts local forecasters to a high degree.

“All TV weather forecasters are really good science communicators,” Maibach says. Not only are they scientists, but they are trusted by their viewers because they

ENVIRONMENT

don’t generally report on politics or other controversial topics, he says.

Today, more than 600 TV weathercasters participate in the program, which provides training, scientific information, charts and videos for education and newsroom use.

Here’s a snapshot of five of those local TV news forecasters:

Sterling Poulson, KUTV, Salt Lake City

As KUTV Channel 2’s chief meteorologist, Poulson has been reading the weather reports and teaching lessons about Mother Nature as a member of the channel’s weather team since 1989. But it’s only been in the last 10 years that he’s gained an urgent interest in climate change: If he once had doubts about human impacts on the environment, he now drives an electric car and uses an electric lawn mower, electric hedger and electric weed-whacker. He’s about to put solar panels on his house, too.

“Climate change is real,” the 68-year-old former Best of Utah weatherman tells City Weekly. “I think we should do what we can to live in harmony with the environment.”

Poulson has seen major impacts on the environment due to Salt Lake’s rapid expansion. He points out that the valley’s winterseason inversions are normal meteorological events—it’s residents’ carbon emissions that create all the junk in the atmosphere.

Residential construction in canyon woodlands, on riverbanks and other parts of the shrinking countryside puts homes at heightened risk of natural disasters. And the desert climate means that as the population grows, water becomes increasingly scarce.

“I’m not saying, ‘The sky is falling, the sky is falling!’ and we should all get out from under the sky. I’m just saying we should be smarter about our development,” he says.

“It’s pretty obvious, as the population increases and encroachment on the wildlands increases and pollution in our valleys increases, that we need to clean up our environment. Whether climate change is real or not, whether you believe it or not, let’s just have a better place to live, generally.”

Keith Carson, WLBZ/WCSH, Maine

At the beginning of his career, Carson wasn’t fully onboard with the idea that climate crisis was occurring and it was caused by humans. Carson began working in the field

in 2006. Today, though, he says: “Frankly it’s getting harder and harder to deny it scientifically.” And now he knows how easy it is for anyone to twist facts and create even more divisiveness.

These days, Carson regularly shares information about the climate crisis and other scientific topics with viewers through a nightly science segment called “Brain Drops.”

For Carson, the issue is big: “If people are going to dismiss science and the scientific process, it opens the door for other regressions” in scientific thinking.

Carson talks about climate change with his viewers about once every two weeks.

“I think it’s important to do, but not to hammer it daily. It’s against human nature to change minds, and hammering it home daily would make some people dig in more.” He approaches the topic like many of his colleagues do—by simply presenting the facts about what’s happening.

Weathercasters, he says, have a unique opportunity because they are an integral, well-liked part of the community, “and you have the chance to shift opinion a little.”

While Carson gets some pushback, most of those who comment on his climate reporting aren’t his viewers, he says.

Elisa Raffa, of KOLR10/KOZL, Springfield, Mo.

Raffa, a self-described science geek, believes her job is to educate her viewers about how climate change will impact them.

She’s done stand-alone news segments about how climate change affects fishing in local lakes, a local coffee shop and a local brewery. One piece detailed how ranchers must be more careful with their cattle because black vultures are moving into the region due to warmer temperatures.

“It gets people to look at climate change outside of the political realm,” she says.

Raffa is careful to ask objective questions about things such as precipitation and temperature, and rarely outwardly underscores climate change as the problem.

Her sources usually do that themselves.

That hits home with viewers who see climate change from a relatable perspective.

“Climate change will impact us in so many ways, and I love teaching my viewers and helping them learn how they can prepare and adapt and be more resilient,” she says.

In addition to her special reports, Raffa talks about the climate crisis in subtle ways.

She highlighted a recent uptick in morning high temperatures, hoping to show viewers that overnight temperatures are rising.

“This is what I signed up for,” she says.

“This is a science issue. It’s my duty to communicate this to the public. If I don’t, who is going to?”

Jorge Torres, KOB-TV, Albuquerque, N.M.

Over his career, Torres, chief meteorolog ist at KOB, has become bolder in addressing climate change.

“In the beginning, I was more subtle, but as more and more facts become apparent, I am more open now saying this is human induced.

For me, the biggest aspect is carbon dioxide,” he says. “We are seeing that increasing globally and we are seeing the effects locally.”

Earlier this year, Torres did a news piece on the issue of water in New Mexico and how smaller snowpack will impact the state’s water supply. Temperatures are getting warmer and warmer as well, he says, a fact he points out during his daily forecasts.

“Whenever the weather story allows me to say” something about the climate crisis, he does, but ensures it’s in context.

The bottom line is that he wants viewers to be open-minded. “Don’t just hear something and dismiss it.”

Heather Waldman, WGRZ, Buffalo, N.Y.

As the trusted “station scientist,” Waldman says talking about the climate crisis is a natural fit for her and other weathercasters. “It fits in our identity.”

Waldman and her station have unveiled a series of short, entertaining and informative videos called “The Climate Minute.” The oneminute segments can be time-consuming to produce because while Waldman uses information from Climate Matters, a reporting resource tool, she also does her own research, reading IPCC and other reports. But she keeps them short to not lose the audience.

“The audience isn’t going to pay attention to anything for more than a couple of minutes and we use succinct, catchy images. The goal [is] to find some sort of thing, where people say, ‘Oh, this will have an impact—this is affecting me right now.’”

On an upcoming piece on how ocean acidification is affecting shrimp populations, she is using Bubba Gump shrimp quotes to keep it fun.

“Intrinsically, we have the responsibility to present not just weather facts but climate facts—we don’t want to pontificate, but we want to make them actionable and entertaining.” CW

With information from Peter Holslin. Pam Radtke Russell is a senior editor at Engineering News-Record in New Orleans and a specialist on climate adaptation.

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Activists are facing criminal charges for a massive protest against the inland port. Will the opposition back down?

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messy protest against the state’s inland port this summer triggered a series of legal repercussions, including felony riot charges. A 73-page charging document filed by Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill in 3rd District Court last month outlines numerous allegations against 10 activists involved in the July rally at the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.

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as an attempt to silence the growing opposition to the inland port, a commercial shipping and warehousing hub planned for Salt Lake City’s Northwest Quadrant.

“I think they’re just trying to share a message—don’t speak up, don’t talk about the mistakes of the police department, or we’re going to come after you with criminal charges,” Darin Mann, a former Democratic candidate for the state House and a local activist, says.

Mann’s wife, Michelle, is facing misdemeanor charges for rioting, trespass and assault in Salt Lake City Justice Court.

Gill insists that politics didn’t play a role in his decision to file.

“I absolutely applaud our community to go out and protest and have their voices be heard.

I think that is the right of every citizen to do so,” he says, noting that he has participated in rallies himself. “The challenge and concern is that we cannot use the First Amendment as a shield to engage in what was otherwise criminal conduct. There’s a difference between peaceful protest and protest that causes either injury or destruction of property.”

Of the charges, he adds, “It’s not to suppress any person’s voice. It’s not about making a point or making an example of anybody. If this was any other group, you take the politics out of it, it’s just an analysis based on what was presented to us.”

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news cameraman tried to film them.

Then there was the mystery-person who apparently used bodily fluids as a form of revolt.

According to the charging document, Paul Gallegos, owner of Salt Lake-based cleaning and property maintenance company Wasatch Property Services Inc., submitted a statement to the district attorney claiming that he detected the smell of “human urine” in several of the chamber’s offices while cleaning up after the protest. He also saw “what appeared to be human feces” left behind

on the floor of a cubicle.

“Mr. Gallegos described the feces as being fresh,” the document states.

In interviews with City Weekly, several activists balked at the suggestion that they, or anyone they work with, would ever do such a thing.

“There were a lot of people who were there, and no one saw any evidence or has heard anyone talk about these allegations,” Adair Kovac, a member of the grassroots civil resistance group Civil Riot, says. During the protest, Kovac, who uses they/them pronouns, was sitting on the floor with four other activists, their arms locked together by tubes, in an effort to force a meeting with Derek Miller, chairman of the Utah Inland Port Authority board and CEO of the chamber.

“As far as we can tell, that was just made up to humiliate us,” they add of the urination allegations.

Kovac is among 10 activists facing thirddegree felony riot charges by the DA as a result of the July 9 protest. Class B misdemeanor riot charges have been leveled against four additional persons in Salt Lake City Justice Court. All of them—let’s call them the “Chamber 14”—are also facing various other misdemeanors.

According to Gill, the felony riot violation alone carries a punishment of up to five years in prison.

The charges have sent a shockwave through Salt Lake’s tight-knit activist community, who see it

According to the court filing, one protester, Jackson Richman, allegedly spat in the face of a police officer during a scuffle as a crowd chanted “fuck the police!” in the building’s lobby. Upstairs, as dozens of protesters shouted and sang during a sit-in on the sixth floor, Randy Navarette was caught on surveillance cameras yelling and stomping his feet atop the chamber’s reception desk. Later, Richman and another protester, Joshua BakerCooper, allegedly went after a bicyclist across the street while a TV

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Protesters tussle with law enforcement at the July protest

“I believe in the First Amendment.

But the First Amendment cannot be a license to engage in otherwise criminal conduct.”

Whatever the case, it seems the incident has prompted some soulsearching among the activists—while also hardening their resolve to not back down against the highly controversial development.

Raising the Alarm

The port has been divisive from the get-go. During the 2018 legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill in the final hours forming the Utah Inland Port Authority, granting an unelected body working on the state’s behalf jurisdiction over 16,000 acres of land within Salt Lake City borders. The bill also gives the port authority a claim on tax increment revenue that would come from development in the area. These are plots of land and funds that would normally be under the purview of elected city leaders, and Salt Lake Mayor Jackie Biskupski has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to wrest back control.

Meanwhile, the people have risen up. And by all accounts, they are pissed.

While Mayor Biskupski has fought the inland port on constitutional grounds, activists opposed to the port frame it as a life-or-death environmental issue. Members of Civil Riot—a small but diverse band of activists whose members include young trans and non-binary individuals, Pacific Islanders, members of Native American tribes and several elderly progressives who form an affiliated group called Elders Rising—argue that the port’s network of warehouses, transportation shipping networks and diesel-powered trains and trucks would wreak havoc on the ecologically fragile Northwest Quadrant and burden working-poor and immigrant communities.

“Those warehouses are going to kill people with the additional pollution that they cause,” Kovac says, dismissing Gov. Gary Herbert’s recent promise in a news conference that the port authority is hard at work trying to make the “cleanest, most green port in America.”

“There’s so much money in this particular project. They’re calling it the biggest development project in Utah history. Well, of course, that money would not go to the people,” Kovac continues. “Any jobs created would be relatively few—because we’re more and more automated—and low-paying, insecure temp kind of jobs. That money would be flowing to the wealthy, the elite class. And they have every incentive to create a fake process, where we can submit comments, and then [they] go ahead and build the thing.”

“We’ve been working within the process all our lives. It hasn’t worked,” adds Jill Merritt, a septuagenarian activist from Elders Rising, a local group focused on climate justice that often works side-by-side with Civil Riot.

‘A Very Terrifying Experience’

A series of aggressive protests against the project kicked off in April, when members of the newly formed Civil Riot appeared seemingly out of nowhere to shut down a public authority’s board meeting. They made an even more spectacular showing at the board’s next meeting in June.

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But the July protest was the most brazen yet.

The rally was organized by several groups—including ICE Free SLC, SLC Brown Berets and Civil Riot—and it began as a peaceful gathering outside the City and County Building, with demonstrators of all ages waving colorful, handmade signs, playing makeshift drums and dancing in buffalo and bird costumes meant to illustrate the wildlife who will come to a sad fate if the inland port is built.

The protest then took a turn when activists moved across the street, temporarily holding up traffic on 400 South and then massing in the lobby of the building where the chamber is headquartered. The plan was to confront chairman Miller directly. But now they were on private property, which provoked a police response.

Darin Mann, who was in the lobby with his wife at the time, recalls that the situation went south when a woman and an older man fell, or were pushed over, as protesters started interacting with police. Suddenly, the revelrous mood spiraled into violence as officers started shoving people out the doors and throwing punches, according to Mann. One of the protesters was pushed in the shoulder, right where she had a surgical port implanted.

“It almost seemed like they were just out for blood. It was a very terrifying experience, actually,” Mann recalls. “It just kind of erupted out of nowhere.”

Unedited video of the scene posted by Fox 13 afterward lends weight to Mann’s account; at the 40-second mark, the video shows an officer in a yellow coat lunging aggressively across the room in what appears to be an effort to subdue a protester. Dozens of other demonstrators file into the lobby, and as the video continues, an ugly shoving match ensues as people chant and try to hold ground against a throng of lawmen.

Isaiah Poritz, an editorial intern with City Weekly at the time, also made it up to the sixth floor, where activists demanded a face-to-face meeting with Miller. When he didn’t appear, five members of the group locked arms in a maneuver that the district attorney’s criminal complaint describes as a “sleeping dragon,” in which protesters typically use handcuffs and PVC pipe to make it difficult for police to disconnect them and make arrests.

In the middle of this chaos, it seems, someone allegedly left a foul-smelling surprise for the chamber staff, according to the complaint.

The DA isn’t leveling charges against any protester specifically for the urination and defecation claims. No other evidence—such as footage from surveillance video or police body cameras—is outlined in the charging document to bolster the suggestion that someone from the protest was responsible. City Weekly wasn’t able to independently confirm whether it happened. Two employees who worked in the building didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. Wasatch Property Services Inc. also didn’t respond to requests seeking comment, and chamber spokesperson Marisa Bomis declined an interview, citing the ongoing legal action.

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In case you’re wondering, Gill also has lingering questions about the inland port.

“There are genuine concerns about collateral environmental impact. It certainly runs contrary to the idea of local sovereign control. I think the Legislature acted in a very heavy-handed way, where 20% of the land that belongs to the city is being taken,” he says. “I’m genuinely concerned about the profiteering that will occur without it returning back to local communities, which are going to be right next to it. What is the real investment strategy to those communities, which otherwise have not gotten access to that?

I’m concerned deeply about taking that revenue away from Salt Lake City.

Those are all legitimate issues.”

But Gill stresses that his decisions have to come separate from his personal opinions. Asked about activists’ charges that the case against them was filed to silence their cause, he says politics did not play a part—his job was to analyze the evidence strictly on its own terms and determine if there was cause for a criminal case.

“I take my job very seriously. I look at my duty. I took an oath to enforce the laws and I look at the quality and the quantity of the evidence,” Gill says.

“I take the politics of it off. That’s why I have the privilege of being independently elected, because I have a responsibility to the law and to the evidence.”

According to Gill, a team of attorneys from the DA’s office and the city spent months reviewing evidence before filing the charges. Activists and news outlets posted extensive video, and footage also came from the building’s surveillance cameras and police body cams. Over a series of meetings, attorneys reviewed what they sifted through, bounced ideas back and

forth and eventually determined the charges based on the apparent level of violence and property damage and the allegation that protesters had trespassed on private property.

“I believe in the First Amendment. But the First Amendment cannot be a license to engage in otherwise criminal conduct,” Gill says, emphasizing that the defendants all remain innocent until proven guilty. “The ends cannot justify the means. It’s not about your ability to protest—it’s about the collateral damage that you cause.”

Now, it looks like a handful of protesters might take the fall for the whole group.

Stewart Gollan, an attorney who is representing many of the accused activists pro bono through the Pioneer Justice Center, a Salt Lake nonprofit, says that felony riot violations don’t require defendants to be pinned to specific activities. The Utah Criminal Code states that someone is guilty of rioting if they’re engaged “with two or more persons” in “tumultuous or violent conduct and thereby knowingly or recklessly created a substantial risk of causing public alarm.” To be charged with a felony, there has to be property damage or injury to a person. But the individuals currently facing charges don’t all necessarily have to be the ones that caused that specific injury or property damage. They just have to create a tumultuous situation in which that criminal activity occurred.

“It is a serious charge,” Gollan says, declining to go into detail about the case, since he hasn’t had a chance at this early stage to look at all of the evidence that will be presented against the protesters.

But what about the police? The DA’s charges don’t address the behavior of the law enforcement officers who were seen punching and shoving activists. According to Gill, the team of attorneys did examine police conduct.

In one case, they saw evidence of an officer throwing punches. But he later documented his blows in a report, and the prosecutors expected that they would face resistance if they filed charges, with experts testifying that the officer was trained to administer “distraction” blows. So the DA decided not to push the issue.

Detective Greg Wilking, a spokesman for the Salt Lake City Police Department, says the department is waiting to see results from an internal audit, as well as a review currently being conducted by the Police Civilian Review Board, to determine whether officers violated any department policies.

Wilking argues that the protesters were ultimately the ones who created a problem in the first place.

“We always look at all of our use of force incidents, and any time there’s complaint … we’re going to look at [it],” he says. “Understand that they were asked to leave, and at that point when they aren’t leaving and we’re starting to have to use force, then it becomes a more dangerous situation for all involved.”

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Demonstration inside the chamber office building in July

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Police body cam footage, released to The Salt Lake Tribune after the rally, shows that staff evacuated the sixth floor as the occupation was going down.

It also shows that police stood by for at least 15 minutes, awaiting backup, while the protesters chanted and sang unseen in parts of the chamber offices. Civil Riot co-founder Ethan Petersen, who was arrested on the sixth floor and is also facing felony riot charges—as well as numerous other misdemeanor charges for other protests he has been involved in—says he never observed anyone relieving themselves at the time.

Speaking with City Weekly, Petersen acknowledges that it could’ve been possible—at least theoretically—that an activist might have done the deed when no one else was watching, given there were so many people. Whatever the case, he has more pressing issues to think about.

“I really have little concern for whether somebody defecated and urinated in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce,” he says. “The city and the board of the port and the Legislature are pretty much taking a big shit on all of us right now with this project. So a little shit in the offices of the chamber really doesn’t keep me up at night, to be honest.”

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Unfollowing the Process

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Since July, many of those involved in the fight against the inland port seem to have gotten more organized and better coordinated. A month after what went down at the rally, about 100 concerned residents and local activists showed up en masse to a Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency meeting to speak out against a resolution city councilmembers were considering to set aside a tax increment reimbursement of up to $28 million for a developer working on infrastructure improvements in a part of northwest Salt Lake that falls within the port authority’s jurisdiction.

The agreement was first given the thumbs-up by Mayor Biskupski and the city council in 2018, weeks before the port authority was formed—part of a city government effort to get the jump on the state’s attempt to take control of development in the area, the Deseret News reported.

Rather than greet them with police, City Weekly observed as city councilmembers, working as the Redevelopment Agency, accommodated the public with an overflow room in the City and County Building. There was a television set and livestream for anyone who couldn’t get into the main room where the meeting was held. City staffers instructed people on how to sign up to make a statement and handed out printouts with detailed information about the resolution. Snacks and water coolers were set up in the hallways.

The marathon public comment session lasted more than two hours. Another public comment was held the following week—and despite the public outcry, the council voted unanimously to approve the resolution, not wanting to lose control of the land (and the resulting negotiating leverage) to the state.

“This was Tuesday, 2 p.m., right? I saw more people out there to speak against the subsidies and against the port, giving legitimate public comment—more people than I have ever seen at a city council meeting,” Kovac recalls. “That’s people following the process. It didn’t achieve anything.”

Last month, coalitions against the inland port put up another united front when the port authority board convened at the Capitol for its first public meeting in four months. Compared to the violence and chaos of the rally in July, this showing of opposition unfolded for the most part with the coordination of a choreographed ballet, mixing civil-disobedience tactics with public-process engagement and old-fashioned heckling.

Some activists came armed with whistles hidden beneath dust masks, creating a shrill cacophony moments after Miller began the proceedings.

About 10 minutes in, the whistles quieted down to allow for a lengthy public comment session, where attendees spoke about their opposition to the project—and unloaded their frustrations on not just the port board, but also James Rogers, the board’s co-chair, who represents District 1 on the city council.

At the beginning of her public comment, Deeda Seed, a former city councilwoman and the leader of the Stop the Polluting Port coalition, asked the audience to raise their hands if they were opposed to the port. Hundreds of hands and anti-port signs went up. “Look at that! It’s a room full of people who hate this idea!” she said, before slamming the council for passing the tax increment resolution in August.

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as six million square feet of new warehouse space, with no analysis of the air quality harms. Don’t separate yourself from the city—you’re all in this together, and we as the citizens are going to hold you accountable for the consequences of this if we can no longer live here,” she told the board, to cheers and applause.

The meeting was the first one featuring Jack Hedge, the board’s new executive director. Voices quieted down as he began reading a staff report, explaining the authority’s goal is to “develop global logistics for the next generation.”

“What does that mean? Well, to me, it means that we build it right, from the beginning,” Hedge said in his Texas drawl, his eyes lowered as he read from a printout of a document before him.

“Don’t build it at all!” someone yelled as voices piped up from the crowd.

He continued reading, saying the port’s drivers would work off a framework “to protect the natural areas, our air and water and various species that call this area home. To be a catalyst for creativity and innovation and sustainability. To build it right for the long haul. To enhance and grow opportunities for our communities and the people who live and work there.”

“Lies,” a voice piped up.

“Bullshit,” another muttered as Hedge went on.

“Pie in the sky!” a man exclaimed in a sad, gravelly voice.

“I am extremely grateful for the opportunity that has been given to me, and I pledge to do my very best to fulfill this vision and the mission of this organization and the people of the state of Utah,” Hedge concluded. “I’m not aware of another opportunity like this anywhere in the world,” he added, as a wave of groans shuddered across the room.

‘Bodies on the Line’

According to Gollan, the attorney from the Pioneer Justice Center, the center is currently in the process of getting the various protesters’ cases scheduled in the courts. Some of the defendants are facing charges for additional protests. On Monday, Nov. 4, the district attorney handed down misdemeanor charges to Petersen and Kovac for obstruction of a meeting or procession for a protest they were involved in at the Pioneer Day Parade on July 24.

It seems the chaos of the Salt Lake Chamber protest has had some negative repercussions for the movement. Kovac’s roommate was among those who ended up with criminal charges after getting thrown to the floor by police and busted on the chin as the protest unfolded. She hasn’t been to another rally ever since. Another friend told Kovac that in the wake of the protest, his wife asked him not to attend demonstrations or political meetings out of fear that something bad could happen.

But even as Kovac faces the possibility of jail time, that hasn’t shattered their commitment to activism and civil disobedience.

“We’re trying to be out there, physically be there, and put our bodies on the line against these abstract things—the money, the contracts, the corporate structures,” Kovac explains. “Nothing’s inevitable. All of this other stuff is just social constructs, right? It’s words. It’s ideas. It’s not physically there—and hell, even if those warehouses get built, that doesn’t mean they have to keep running the trucks to them. The air can be cleaned. All this can be stopped at any point in time.” CW

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Plan-B Theatre Co.: Oda Might In 2013, a 19-year-old African-American woman named Renisha McBride knocked on the door of a home in Dearborn Heights, Mich., seeking help after crashing her car in the early morning; the owner of that house shot and killed McBride, claiming he believed he was being robbed.

That story became part of the inspiration for playwright Camille Washington’s Oda Might, a tale about assumptions that are built around race in America.

“Whereas many incidents of violence against black women’s bodies that are covered by national media have to do with law enforcement, Renisha McBride was killed by a white homeowner,” Washington says. “Her death was compelling in the initial stages of writing Oda Might because it was a violent, devastating reminder of how black people are presumed guilty, not innocent.”

In Oda Might, those presumptions play out in the relationship between an unnamed doctor and patient in a psychiatric hospital. Their meetings are court-ordered because the patient serves time for murder and even as we meet them in the middle of an ongoing doctor-patient relationship, there’s still a lot they’re not revealing to one another—or to the audience. “The patient in Oda Might is in the hospital because she told the truth but no one believed her, and the court dismissed her as crazy,” Washington adds.

Oda Might marks Washington’s first produced play outside of Ogden’s Good Company Theatre, where she serves as co-artistic director. It also serves as Plan-B’s final play produced in conjunction with the David Ross Fetzer Foundation for Emerging Artists. (Scott Renshaw) Plan-B Theatre Co.: Oda Might @ Rose Wagner Studio Theater, 138 W. 300 South, 801-297-4200, Nov. 7-17, dates and times vary, $22, artsaltlake.org

SATURDAY 11/9 Brian Regan

Brian Regan offers proof that even the most common encounters can make good fodder for observational humor, if only we overlook the hassles and frustrations that might accompany them. His self-deprecating humor and personal perspectives on things we often take for granted avoid profanity while getting to the essence of the insanity that can engulf our daily lives. So while he doesn’t necessarily court controversy, he doesn’t avoid it either.

Regan has an innate ability to explain life’s craziness and confusion, and he’s become something of an everyman idol as a result. A series of CDs and DVDs have become bestsellers, and frequent appearances on the Comedy Central series Shorties Watchin’ Shorties, a Netflix series Stand Up and Away!, various stand-up specials and a variety of guest spots on latenight television have made him a media mainstay.

Born and raised in South Florida, Regan cites Steve Martin, Johnny Carson and the Smothers Brothers as role models. His ability to convey his material with subtlety and sarcasm has made him an Everyman version of a thinking man’s comedian, one who doesn’t need to pontificate to get his point across. He tackles such diverse subjects as psychics, stupid criminals and the opera, and freely riffs on grocery shopping while on an empty stomach, the indignity of working in restaurants or the awkwardness that occurs when meeting a new doctor for the very first time.

Ultimately, Regan provides proof that for all life’s frustrations, there’s no reason we have to succumb to them. (Lee Zimmerman) Brian Regan @ Jon M. Huntsman Center, 1825 E. South Campus Drive, 801-467-8499, Nov. 9, 8 p.m., $38-$78, smithstix.com

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Ree Drummond: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier Ree Drummond—perhaps better known as The Pioneer Woman—visits Utah promoting her new cookbook The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier. With more than 120 recipes, ranging from brunch to sides—or Instant Pot to Dutch oven—Drummond makes another book accessible for all.

The origins of her comfort-food fame began at Food Network, where stirring rich amounts of butter into homestead cuisine or making plates like frontier pasta led to stardom. Married to a rancher while running an all-in-one general store, bakery and restaurant in Oklahoma, she offers a genuine pastoral appeal. Welcome to the frontier, indeed.

Some of her recipes include lasagna soup, ranch pork chops and caramel apple quesadillas.

A new addition to Drummond’s traditional stock of indulgent and creamy dishes are a number of low-carb recipes. With ideas like Portobello burgers (the mushrooms are the buns) and cauliflower rice, it has a clear goal to be healthier, without sacrificing taste.

Those familiar with Drummond know family is central to her cooking—the book is full of family photographs—and she clearly believes that serving people you love is a key to making food that’s delicious and memorable. Anyone who loves making dessert just to see their grandchildren’s eyes light up already understands.

Wristbands for the book signing can be purchased through Eventbrite. Each ticketholder is encouraged to take group or solo photos with Drummond. (Miacel Spotted Elk) Ree Drummond: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier @ The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-484-9100, Nov. 9, 2 p.m., $32.25, kingsenglish.com

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by Fernando Velasco and large-scale illusion’s by Young & Strange.

“We open the show, and within 15 seconds of us having the stage all to ourselves, a thing happens, which I cannot reveal, that everybody knows we are absolutely a comedy act as well,” Richard Young, one half of the duo Young & Strange, says.

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“They really get into it and are much more vocal,” Young says. “There’s a lot of audience interaction with magic, and we pull lots of people onstage to help.”

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“I” Statement

Annual genderevolution conference brings the “I” in “LGBTQIA” front and center.

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rom the legalization of same-sex marriage to the slowly growing acceptance of transgender persons, the American public’s understanding of what is “normal” in regards to gender has changed radically in the past 20 years. But for all of the progress, there’s still a long way to go.

Genderevolution, Utah’s only conference created for gender variant folks, is part of this movement to keep pushing society toward a greater acceptance of those who don’t fit America’s strict male-female binary. Over the course of a day, attendees can choose from 25 sessions led by trans and intersex activists and allies to discuss topics surrounding the transgender, nonbinary and intersex communities. But even a progressive conference can make internal progress. While this is Genderevolution’s 11th conference, it’s the first year that keynote speakers come from the intersex community.

Hans Lindahl—an intersex writer, activist, artist and YouTuber, who prefers the interchangeable use of “she” and “they” pronouns—is one of these speakers. They say while there is no single definition of intersex, an approximation is “intersex is a category of experiences that has to do with having a body that develops differently than the two usual paths of sexual development.” Intersex people struggle to get their gender and bodies recognized as valid, with doctors often pushing for medically unnecessary surgeries on children to “normalize” them. Although roughly 1 in 2,000 people are intersex, they are often overlooked, even by LGBTQIAP+ people.

Nickolis Arteaga, planning committee chair, says this is why there hasn’t yet been a person from the intersex community headline the conference. “It’s time to say enough is enough, let’s share this space with everyone and stop making excuses. It’s time for us to shut up and listen to those who haven’t had a voice,” Arteaga says. “We all need to get used to checking our privilege and knowing that this fight isn’t over.”

Sean Saifa Wall, intersex activist, artist, public health researcher and keynote speaker, says his rights were violated as a child. He was born with androgen insensitivity syndrome, which hinders the body’s ability to respond to androgen. Doctors encouraged his mother to raise him as a girl, and he was forced to undergo surgery at 13.

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the fight for legal protections for intersex children through organizations such as InterACT and the Intersex Justice Project.

“I think, for me, using my voice to sort of bring awareness to this issue has been liberating,” he says.

Lindahl felt a similar call to help their community after finding out she was intersex as a teenager. She uses her art and online presence to make a safe space for other intersex folks. “Having that connection to other people, and having some context for what other generations have been doing … was very helpful to fight back against that narrative of stigma and isolation,” she says.

Despite the fact that medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children still occur, and many intersex people are still isolated, Wall and Lindahl are hopeful for the future. They cite an increased awareness of intersex persons following a popular 2015 Buzzfeed video on the topic, and the continued presence and activism of allies in the queer and trans communities.

“The medical establishment is very wellfunded; it’s like a multibillion-dollar industry, and you have doctors who have a lot of power and a lot of bias,” Wall says.

“Which makes it very difficult to do the work we need to do, and yet, we persist.”

In addition to their keynote speeches, which will focus on the history and future of intersex activism, Wall and Lindahl also host general sessions. Wall focuses on creating mind-body connections to heal from trauma.

Hans Lindahl “Intersex folk, black folk, people of color, we get traumatized by the system, we get traumatized by the state, and I think that we have a responsibility to heal from what we have endured and what we’ve experienced—for the betterment of our movement, and for the betterment of our relationships with each other,” Wall says.

Lindahl’s session focuses on using the concept of play to help attendees become comfortable socializing. Describing social justice work as “draining,” she says, “It’s hard for me sometimes to address my own needs and connect with people. I’m hoping that we can connect as a community and just play.”

Arteaga says he hopes the Genderevoltion event helps persons openly claim their identities. The conference offers scholarships for some attendees, he added. “It’s a way for us to say, ‘Yes, you matter and we have your back,’ because that’s what strong communities do,” Arteaga says. “We thrive in the face of adversity and flourish in our diversity.” CW

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Returning to The Gateway (100 S. 400 West, shopthegateway.com) for the third year, the Illuminate Light Art & Technology Festival invites visitors to installations and interactive experiences that turn light into art, featuring more than 30 local and regional artists, plus live music, food and beverage, kids’ activities and more, Nov. 8-9, 5-10 p.m.

PERFORMANCE THEATER

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 Blu Good Company Theatre, 2404 Wall Ave., Ogden, through Nov. 17, dates and times vary, goodcotheatre.com Champions of Magic Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Nov. 10-12, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org (see p. 16) Doubt: A Parable An Other Theater Co., 1200 Town Centre Blvd., Provo, through Nov. 23, dates and times vary, anothertheatercompany.com Form of a Girl Unknown Salt Lake Acting Co., 168 W. 500 North, through Nov. 17, dates and times vary, saltlakeactingcompany.org The Girl Who Drank the Moon Noorda Center, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Nov. 8-16, dates and times vary, uvu.universitytickets.com The Lifespan of a Fact Pioneer Theatre Co., 300 S. 1400 East, through Nov. 16, dates and times vary, pioneertheatre.org The Odyssey Babcock Theatre, 300 S. 1400 East, Nov. 8-17, dates and times vary, tickets.utah.edu Phantom Hale Centre Theatre, 9900 S. Monroe St., Sandy, through Nov. 9, dates and times vary, hct.org Plan-B Theatre Co.: Oda Might Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Nov. 7-17, dates and times vary, artsaltlake.org (see p. 16) Pygmalion Theatre Co.: Two Headed Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Nov. 8-23, dates and times vary, artsaltlake.org Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, through Nov. 9, dates and times vary, uvu.universitytickets.com Thoroughly Modern Millie Hale Center Theatre, Orem, 225 W. 400 North, through Nov. 23, haletheater.org

DANCE

Axis Dance Co. Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., utahpresents.org Ballet West II: Snow White Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Nov. 8, 7 p.m.; Nov. 9, 2 & 7 p.m., artsaltlake.org Beehive Broads Burlesque: Feast Club 90, 9065 S. Monroe St., Sandy, Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m., facebook.com/beehivebroadsburlesque Dance Theatre of Harlem Val A. Browning Center, 1901 University Ave., Ogden, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., weber.edu/browningcenter Salt Contemporary Dance: When I Am Lost, We Speak in Flowers Regent Street Theater, 131 S. Main, through Nov. 9, dates vary, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org

CLASSICAL & SYMPHONY

Center Park Drive, West Jordan, Nov. 8-9, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Front Row Film Roast: The Fast and The Furious Brewvies Cinema Pub, 677 S. 200 West, Nov. 9, 9 p.m., frontrowfilmroast.com Karen Rontowski Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Ogden, Nov. 8-9, 8 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Mormon & the Meth-Head Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com One Degree of Separation Wiseguys Ogden, 269 25th St., Nov. 7, 7 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com 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

SPECIAL EVENTS LGBTQ

Beyond a Night of Music Encircle Salt Lake, 331 S. 600 East, Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m., encircletogether.org Genderevolution Horizonte Instruction and Training Center, 1234 S. Main, Nov. 9, 8 a.m.6:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.com (see p. 18) Men’s Sack Lunch Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Wednesdays, noon-1:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org TransAction Weekly Meeting Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Sundays, 2-3:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org

FESTIVALS & FAIRS

Illuminate Light Art & Technology Festival The Gateway, 100 S. 400 West, Nov. 8-9, 5-10 p.m., utaharts.org (see above left) Jewish Arts Festival Jewish Community Center, 2 N. Medical Drive, Nov. 9 & 16, dates and times vary, slcjcc.org Shred Fest 4.0 Liberty Park, 600 E. 900 South, Nov. 8, 5-9 p.m.; Nov. 9, 1-10 p.m., shredfestival.com

Alexander Korsantia Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. 300 South, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org American West Symphony: Around the World in Song Community of Grace Presbyterian Church, 2015 Newcastle Drive, Sandy, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m., americanwestsymphony.com Chamber Choir Fall Concert Noorda Center, 800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., uvu.universitytickets.com Utah Symphony: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 9, 5:30 p.m., artsaltlake.org Salt Lake Symphony: New Horizons Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 E. Presidents Circle, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., tickets.utah.edu

TALKS & LECTURES

COMEDY & IMPROV

Carrie Lynn: Finding Fitzgerald Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Christopher Paolini: The Fork, the Witch and the Worm Barnes & Noble University Crossings Plaza, 330 E. 1300 South, Orem, Nov. 9, 2 p.m., barnesandnoble.com Grant Olsen: Jasper and the Yeti The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 9, 11 a.m., kingsenglish.com Mark Matheson: Getting to Know Jane Eyre Weller Book Works, 607 Trolley Square, Nov. 7,

Brian Regan Huntsman Center, 1825 S. Campus Drive, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m., smithstix.com (see p. 16) Chad Daniels Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Nov. 8-9, 7 & 9:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Crowdsourced Comedy: Stand and Deliver Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m., wiseguyscomedy.com Doug Loves Movies Wiseguys SLC, 194 S. 400 West, Nov. 9, 4:20 p.m., wiseguysgateway.com Felipe Esparza Wiseguys West Jordan, 3763 W.

Beyond Bears Ears: Postcolonialism & Grand Canyon National Park S.J. Quinney College of Law, 383 S. University St., Nov. 7, 12:15 p.m., law.utah.edu Jon Mecham: The Free Press in America: Past and Present Challenges Rowland Hall, 720 Guardsman Way, Nov. 9, 7 p.m., rowlandhall.or Marmalade Town Hall Series: Deliberate Democracy Marmalade Library, 280 W. 500 North, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., events.slcpl.org

LITERATURE AUTHOR APPEARANCES

6:30 p.m., wellerbookworks.com Ree Drummond: The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 9, 2 p.m., kingsenglish.com (see p. 16) Shannon Messenger: Keeper of the Lost Cities: Legacy Rowland Hall, 843 E. Lincoln St., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com Shannon Pufahl: On Swift Horses The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., kingsenglish.com

VISUAL ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

Abstraction Is Just a Word, But I Use It UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Jan. 4, utahmoca.org Ancient Mesoamerica Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Annual Veterans Exhibit Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, through Nov. 8, accessart.org Anne Fudyma: Process/Proceed Marmalade Library, 280 W. 500 North, through Dec. 8, slcpl.org Annual Glass Show and Market Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way, through Dec. 17, glassartguild.org Arcadian Dreamscapes 116 S. Rio Grande St., through Dec. 1, urbanartsgallery.org A Living Legacy: Celebrating Native American Heritage Month Alice Gallery, 617 E. South Temple, Nov. 12-Jan. 10, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Caryn Feeney Art at the Main, 210 E. 400 South, through Nov. 9, artatthemain.com Debbie Valline: Color Therapy Local Colors of Utah Gallery, 1054 E. 2100 South, through Nov. 12, localcolorsart.com Greater Merit: The Temple and Image in South Asia Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, ongoing, umfa.utah.edu Guillermo Avila Paz: Mustang Freedom Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West, Ste. 125, through Nov. 8, accessart.org Megan Arné & Clara Koons: In Here Out There Finch Lane Gallery, 54 Finch Lane, through Nov. 15, saltlakearts.org Nancy Friedemann-Sanchez UMOCA, 20 S. West Temple, through Jan. 13, utahmoca.org Power Couples Utah Museum of Fine Art, 410 Campus Center Drive, through Dec. 8, umfa.utah.edu 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 Steve Case & Christina Stanley: Being Interpreted Day-Riverside Library, 1575 W. 1000 North, through Nov. 27, slcpl.org Steve Smock Pioneer Memorial Theatre Loge Gallery, 300 S. 1400 East, through Nov. 16, dates and times vary, pioneertheatre.org 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

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why anyone would want to just pick the tuna, salmon and eel out of their rolls and eat them separately, but like most rules, I have to surmise that it exists because some jackass tried it and it pissed people off. Rice is, of course, also filling. The second rule is that the whole party must either select the lunch or

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The first rule is that you must eat all the rice that comes with your sushi. I don’t understand

he term “all you can eat” doesn’t have the same air of reckless gastronomic abandon as it once did. We’re living in a climate where waste and excess are serious cultural problems, and places that tout bottomless meals are often seen as a symbol of unchecked consumerism. As such, the “all you can eat” concept implies something rather gauche about its respective eatery and it’s become the tip of a rather complicated iceberg. Although Simply Sushi (multiple locations, simplysushi.us) is cut from the all-you-can-eat cloth—they’ve repackaged the term as “endless”—their set of dining ground rules helps hold diners accountable for any potential waste issues.

shrimp and coconut within. In my current situation, however, the sheer thickness of this roll paired with the cloying sweetness of the sauce on top was a bit overwhelming.

Although I managed to consume everything I ordered, the fact that I was facing an actual consequence for being wasteful made the meal all the more memorable. It also made me painfully aware that I’m not the sushi-destroying young buck I used to be. There’s something unique about going into an endless sushi situation without the wasteful safety net that other all-you-can-eat options offer. It calls your critical thinking skills into play—a nice change from look, point, eat—and it’s also nice to hold yourself accountable for having eyes that are bigger than your stomach. CW

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a house favorite, but I thought my empty stomach could handle a few more as well. Once you commit to the endless menu, your server will bring over a checklist that features their whole sushi menu, and diners just need to mark the boxes of those they want. After filling mine out to the satisfaction of my grumbling guts, it didn’t take long for the sushi to start rolling in.

There’s nothing quite as gleeinducing as watching these lovely long rolls show up when you’re feeling hungry enough to eat your shoe.

Playboy rolls packed with tempura shrimp, crisp cucumber, smooth avocado and tuna topped with tobiko eggs and spicy mayo arrived alongside caterpillar rolls of crab and fresh-tasting eel. I put away my first two rolls with no problem, but it wasn’t long until I realized my empty stomach was a terrible judge of sushi logistics.

I was keeping it together until a deep-fried nuke humiliated my stomach for its poor judgment. It’s known as the coconut shrimp tempura roll, it’s dense as hell and it almost did me in. Under other circumstances, I could be friends with this guy—the crispy outer shell offers a nice textural addition to the crystal

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dinner price for their endless sushi experience, which makes it easier for the staff to prepare the table’s rolls.

The third rule makes a social pariah out of anyone who orders à la carte— endless sushi buyers can share with one another, but they may not share with à la carte buyers. The fourth rule is all about waste prevention: If there is more than one roll left on the table, they will be boxed up for you and charged the à la carte price. Finally, the fifth rule applies to groups of eight or more—groups of this size or more need to order either only à la carte, or only endless. Got it?

I know that some people have strong opinions about an all-youcan-eat sushi place that makes customers stick to its house rules, but wouldn’t you be a bit more leery of eating endless sushi at a place that didn’t have some kind of guidelines?

Adding rules to an all-you-can-eat party shows respect for their ingredients and their chefs, which in turn translates into a quality product— something you don’t want to screw with when eating sushi.

My last visit to Simply Sushi nearly found me at the mercy of rule No. 4. I wanted to at least try every menu item that had a little thumbs-up icon next to it, since that indicated it’s

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In honor of Veteran’s Day on Monday, Nov. 11, Texas de Brazil (50 S. Main, Ste. 168, 385-232-8070, texasdebrazil.com) offers a 50% discount to active and former military personnel. The discount includes regular dinner pricing, which consists of Texas de Brazil’s traditional churrasco menu where servers present a variety of skewered, flame-broiled meats and carve them up tableside for your enjoyment.

Although Texas de Brazil’s menu tends to change depending on the evening, their menu includes lamb, filet mignon, chicken, pork and beef ribs, all delivered to your table. It’s a solid deal on some great food, and hopefully it helps show a bit of the appreciation that us civilians have for those who serve or have served in our military.

Caputo’s Chocolate Festival

Those who can tell their Forastero cacao from their Criollo know that Caputo’s Market (314 W. 300 South, 801531-8669, caputos.com) is one of the best places for true chocolate appreciation. Perhaps this is why Caputo’s annual Chocolate Festival is such a big deal—they’re known for assembling chocolatiers and their tasty creations from all over the world. This year, Caputo’s welcomes Omnom Chocolate (omnomchocolate.com) who come to us straight outta Reykjavik, Iceland. Omnom Chocolate sources their cacao beans from Nicaragua, Brazil, Tanzania and Madagascar and blends them with their unique process to create small batch chocolate that is well worth celebrating. The event takes place on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. and tickets—if they’re available—can be purchased via Caputo’s website.

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Slipstream IPA: It pours a sunny light orange to copper—very bright with a thick, white-ish head, about a finger tall. Pineapple and orange peel hops are prominent, with plenty of grassy and bready barley malt aromas. Some earthy hops, along with light floral tones, round it all out. Earthy, piney hops, along with some mild grain, start you off at first swig. It really runs

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Overall: Some of you might look at the color and the clarity and find it to be a bit out of your wheelhouse. That’s due in part to the current trends of light stone fruit colors and a whole lot of un-filtering. This, to me, is an excellent example of a Northwest style IPA. The copper color and the earthy, robust citrus and pine are a good reminder that IPAs reflect their regions— or at the very least, their place in time.

Tankslapper Double Rye Ale: This new IPA shares similar hues to its sibling Slipstream—which is wholly appropriate, I might add—with its attractive burnt amber color and the earthen-tinged foam on top.

Tankslapper opens to an aroma of hops, which bring sharp grapefruit rind, pine resin and lesser notes of lemon oil and eucalyptus. There’s also a touch of sweet pink grapefruit from the hops, which mixes with a good bed of orange, berry and maybe

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even a touch of peach. A medium-strong pepperiness floats throughout, some of it from the hops, but likely much of it from the rye.

On the tongue, the beer opens with a surprisingly strong hop kick, considering the nose, with huge pine resin and grapefruit rind notes up front. Lemon and hints of anise (I think) are not far behind, with the hops geared heavily toward bitterness.

This mixes with the pepperiness from the rye, which again stirs up notions of anise from the hops, adding spicy overtones to this 9% ale. Brown rye bread and biscuit add further complexity and earthiness with a dose of brown sugar, as well as a few bits of orange and berry. The hops wrap up the whole package providing a medium to strong palate-wrecking zap. The after-

taste is a bitter continuation of the main mouthful, lingering on the tongue for a long time.

Overall: It’s impressive how much hop flavor is present here; hopheads definitely should put this on their must-try list. In the end, however, there’s too much emphasis on the bitter and peppery notes. But this is a rye IPA and to me, rye makes every beer just a smidge better.

You can find these at Salt Flats Brewing Co., including their Garage Grill in Draper.

And if you are more inclined toward cocktails, Salt Flats will soon be introducing their own line of locally-blended canned cocktails from Salt Flats’ new distillery, adjacent to the brewery in its Salt Lake City home at 2020 W. Industrial Circle. As always, cheers! CW

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The spread is a cut above traditional buffet fare, and the snappy service is worth the extra coinage, but the menu does feel rather inhibited. Prime rib, hallowed be its name, is the patron saint of any buffet, so we can leave that alone. The chicken, steak and salmon were all very good, but they continue to evoke Sunday dinner menus that have been feeding nuclear families since the 1970s; imagine the culinary ripples if the chefs started to experiment with the menu. I heartily recommend a visit simply for that perfect view, but while I love buffets with all my doughy heart, trying to class them up erodes the spirit and charm that make them lovable in the first place. Reviewed Sept. 26. 15 E. South Temple, 10th Floor, 801-539-1911, templesquare.com/dining/theroofrestaurant

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espite the fact that electronic music has gone hand-in-hand with dazzling light and production shows for an almost uncountable number of years, it’s often a partnership tied to some kind of traditional stage. But with a mind for futuristic aesthetics and world-building narratives, local duo Conquer Monster is changing that standard. For the past three years, they’ve been involved with the Illuminate Light Art & Technology Festival, a multidisciplinary art event that spans the first weekend of November and takes over The Gateway with light-oriented installations, art and performances.

Conquer Monster’s first festival go-round occurred during its inaugural year, when they produced a 90-minute visual show projected onto a giant wall on Regent Street. Last year, though, they made the move to Clark Planetarium’s dome theater. Although that theater is usually reserved for educational videos about stars and planets, Conquer Monster’s unique Illuminate the Dome performance challenges their own approach to performances—and perhaps inspire a whole new use for dome theaters.

Conquer Monster is an ideal act to take on a stage usually reserved for cosmic materials and surreal visual experiences. The duo of Joshua Faulkner and Daniel Romero have been putting out their cosmic jams—made up of analogue and digital synths, with plenty of vintage fuzz and glitching to round things out—since 2011, with the release of their first self-titled EP. It, like much of their work, spins nostalgic yet fresh ’80s synth-pop inspired electronic dance songs that ebb in and out of narrative arcs. Sound bites straight out of the likes of an Isaac Asimov novel provide a pulpy, moody atmosphere for music that feels primed for adventurous undertakings—like attempting to transport their fans’ attention skyward.

As Romero and Faulkner prepare to do a full run-through of their program one evening at Clark Planetarium, they describe how that first time around, they made their elaborate music video in just a few months. “That sort of proved to Illuminate that we could come up with material if asked,” Faulkner says. “I think they were gonna put up a random visualizer they had, but we wanted to do our own visuals.” The next year—as Clark Planetarium was rolling out a new program called DomeLab, where local artists are welcomed into the dome to learn the software and programming to make their own art—the big domed ceiling seemed the perfect spot to test their audio/visual experiment.

No strangers to multi-disciplinary projects—including their 2015 album Metatransit featuring an accompanying comic book that follows a classic space hero of their own invention, and with a past collaboration with the Municipal Ballet Co.—taking on the Dome was just another new, exciting format. The performance they dreamed up last year goes beyond normal musical performance.

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Jacob Faulkner, left, and Daniel Romero of Conquer Monster It has evolved into a narrative, theatrical experience where the duo almost act as characters, guiding the audience through what Romero terms “outer-dimensional exploration.”

“It’s like a how-to video on how to use a new type of technology,” Faulkner explains. “So the scientists are telling the audience how to use the equipment, and when we’re using the equipment, that’s how it fills out.” He remains mysterious, however, about what the “equipment” is. Romero says only that it’s the “secret sauce” of the performance, meant to take audience members by surprise. These moments of narrative assistance give the audience a break from the “eyegasm” of the massive screen and visuals.

The dome performance has inspired them to take it elsewhere, too, including a recent performance at the Ott Planetarium in Ogden. “The big dream is to do a big dome tour, just go from planetarium to planetarium,” Faulkner says. Romero elaborates that once a year, planetariums across the country gather at a convention called IMERSA, where they share their goals and work—because, it turns out, most planetariums create and engineer their own dome films and programs, and send them to one another to share. With the help of Clark—one of the biggest creators of dome content in the country—they hope to license their performance (after they’ve spent some time reworking visual aspects they initially created under tight time constraints), distribute it nationally to other domes and gain enough recognition to embark on live tours to perform their immersive set.

Leave it to a true sci-fi-aligned band to push the boundaries of what can be done on a technically-challenging stage like the dome theater, and what future artists can hope to achieve under similarly arched ceilings—not just here, but everywhere. CW

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After uploading “Douchebag” in 2011 to his Soundcloud as a teenager, Skizzy Mars would continue to chase the spotlight he saw shimmering around his heroes. “I think that every artist’s sound is a replication of what they heard growing up,” Mars told Village Voice in 2015. “My Tupac and Biggie were Kid Cudi and Kanye West.” With his summer release, Free Skizzy Mars, along with his now two studio albums (plus several EPs and mixtapes), Skizzy is definitely closer to a Kid Cudi than a Kanye in sound—but that sound still feels couched in the needy arrogance that created “Douchebag,” the kind of lyric and delivery that has always made him ideal frat rap. “They say nice guys finish last/ Well, thank God I’m a douchebag ... But I’m yearning for some substance like a fein up at the rehab/ But I also love giving these feminists reasons to be mad.” Nine years later, “All the Time” from the newest album is a collaboration with his touring act, Yoshi Flower, and it’s probably the best on the album. With its acoustic backbone, the song brings out the best in Yoshi and Skizzy alike.

Honestly, though, the most interesting artist on this tour is the young 20-something Zaia, hailing from Atlanta with a new EP, Reset, that’s experimental, funky and even a little industrial. Zaia has the benefit of a young career, of coming up in an age of rap that is more concerned with self-awareness, but it’s undeniably refreshing compared to his headliners. (Parker S. Mortensen) The Complex, 536 W. 100 South, 8 p.m. $20-79, 21+, thecomplexslc.com

Tauk day, Tauk isn’t the flavor of jam band for the Phish-heads out there, the comparison is hard to deny. The ingredients are all there, plus more. It’s only stranger, then, to see Tauk with Dirty Revival, a seven piece soul/ rock band from Portland. Sarah Clarke’s vocals give Dirty Revival an embodied stage presence absent in Tauk—it’s raucous and quick, in some ways the furthest thing from the jam-band lineage, and in some ways an ideal complement. I recommend listening to their cover of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” for a sense of their approach to their original music. The dynamism between blanket anthems and soulful specificity makes Dirty Revival difficult to pin down in words. “Lay Me Down,” from their 2015 eponymous album, shows the band’s capacity for a cinematic feel, a quality they share with Tauk.

All in all, both bands have a lot to offer in a live setting, even in their moments of high contrast. (PSM) The State Room, 638 S. State, 8:30 p.m., $20, 21+, thestateroompresents.com

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Even with how divided our nation is these days, I don’t think it’s a controversial statement to say that funk music is just flat-out awesome. The loose, soulful blend of crisp, clean guitar, thumping slap-bass and swaggering horn sections gave us some of the best music of the ’70s, and the pop world is certainly poorer for the dilution of funk into synth-pop and contemporary R&B at the end of the 20th century. Still, funk has never gone away entirely; even today, there are bands like Dangus Kong who call back to ’70s-era greats like Stevie Wonder and George Clinton. The SLC-based collective might be steeped in classic funk and R&B, but they bring plenty of their own flavors to the table, too, adding psychedelic, blues and jam-band influences, as well as plenty of jazzy complexity (several members have studied jazz at the University of Utah).

They also clearly understand the importance of a quality live show for any good funk group, kicking out lively originals like “Pass the Peas” as well as covers of tunes like “Redbone” and “Superstition” and ensuring the audience is engaged for all of it. Dangus Kong takes the stage alongside fellow local acts Tabernacle Funk Orchestra, Sunnyside Avenue and Courtney Lane. (Nic Renshaw) Kilby Court, 741 S. Kilby Court, 5 p.m. $7, all ages, kilbycourt.com

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Big Freedia, Low Cut Connie, Kay Bye, London Skies, Mya Dvrsty

Individually, Big Freedia and Low Cut Connie boast live shows full of interactive, participatory energy and irresistible joie de vivre.

Big Freedia, the universally regarded Queen of Bounce, translates stylistic New Orleans ass-shaking, pulse-pounding energy to big stages without losing a single twerk-tastic step. Meanwhile, Adam Weiner, frontman of Philly-based soul ‘n’ roll outfit Low Cut Connie, stomps and shouts atop his honkytonk piano, infusing old-school blues with sizzling funk and rootsy jangle. Touring together on an “Azz Across America” junket, this sweat-drenched two-fer could spontaneously combust at any moment—just after Freedia leads the crowd in her holler-and-response communal twerking session, perhaps, or when Weiner hugs and humps his piano, somehow mixing glam-rock insanity with Motown and Stax-era instrumental magic. As Weiner said in a news release about the tour, “Asses will be shook and hearts will be melted. These will be wild, uplifting shows for all the boys and girls. These are intense times in the USA. Me and Freedia [want to] bring together all kinds of people, shake them up and uplift them. Feeling joy together is an audacious response to chaos and disharmony.” True to her no-nonsense New Orleans roots, Freedia had just one line to add: “Fans better be ready for some wild shit.” Bring an extra shirt, drink plenty of water, and don’t be afraid to dance when Big Freedia and Low Cut Connie take the stage. (Nick McGregor) Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 9 p.m., $25, 21+, metromusichall.com

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Augustana + Zac Clark (Urban Lounge) Chip Jenkins (Hog Wallow Pub) Creators Grid #14 (Metro Music Hall) King Niko + Detective Deckard + Wicked Bears + Housewarming Party (Velour) The Moss + Soap + Blue Rain Boots (Kilby Court) Noam Pikelny + Stuart Duncan (Madsen Recital Hall) see p. 30 The Poppees (Rye) Preston Creed + Scott Dixon (Gracie’s) Skizzy Mars + Yoshi Flower + ZAIAd (The Complex) see p. 30

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For me, becoming a Postie fan happened gradually. When he first came out, I was hesitant, due to his sharing a name with my favorite basketball player of all time (Karl Malone)—plus, I’m not alone in finding that his unkempt hair, face tattoos and shiny Cheshire Cat grin make it hard to accept him into my music library. Over time, though, I came to realize that there was more than just the Karl Malone association to love about the guy. He loves his mom. He has a great ear for music. He lives in northern Utah (by choice). Musically, what attracted me to him in the end was his uncanny ability to write a catchy hook. His seminal hits— “White Iverson,” “Congratulations” and “Goodbyes”—all resonate with fans due to their relatability. No matter what your crew looks like or where you’re from, you can identify with concepts such as family, loneliness, accomplishment and pain.

Malone’s latest release, Hollywood’s Bleeding, is more of the same genre-bending blend of old and new styles from the crooning rapper, who employs help from Young Thug, Travis Scott, Swae Lee, DaBaby, Future, Meek Mill, SZA and Ozzy Osbourne for his third studio project. It’s been hanging around the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts since it charted on Sept. 21, and you can catch the songs live in downtown Salt Lake City when Malone returns from his Runaway Tour to his Utah stronghold. (Keith L. McDonald) Vivint Smart Home Arena, 301 W. South Temple, 8 p.m., $119–$822, all-ages, vividseats.com

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As is the case with many of the nice bars I go to, I first visited Toasted Barrel last winter with my friends Aimée and Steve, who are beer freaks. I like to think of myself as a craft beer lover, with a good understanding of the different types and what makes them the way they are. But every time I’m with Aimée and Steven, whether at their home—where they only drink craft beer—or out at the bars, they put me to shame. So it went at Toasted Barrel that first time—but the second time I had in tow my other friend Sam, whose hand is usually wrapped around a Jameson on the rocks, or a Stella if he has to have a beer. Thus, I could feel a little bit superior for once, and let him be the un-savvy one. We each got a flight of six beer samples. Since Toasted Barrel (located in a small industrial park in Marmalade) is just open as a tasting room for the moment, they can only serve samples. But with high percentages galore, this isn’t much of a limitation. In no time, we had our flights delivered to our table (made up of old barrel slats, stacked on top of a barrel, under a ceiling of low light hung with … more barrel décor) and were sampling the goods. A smooth honey cream ale, a black currant sour, a delightfully-balanced Saison called Four Saisons, a tequila lime gose and an incredibly tart apricot sour were in our lineup, and though Aimée and I puckered in delight at the likes of the Apricot Sour, my other friend wasn’t quite convinced. With an ever-changing variety of innovative beers, crafted with careful barrel-aging, maybe we can come back some other time, and I can yet rope Sam into the cult of craft beer where, I suspect, Aimée and Steve might be chairpersons. (Erin Moore) 412 W. 600 North, toastedbarrelbrewery.com

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Poet James Merrill was ecstatic when he learned the Greek language. According to his biographer, he felt he could articulate his needs “with more force and clarity, with greater simplicity and less self-consciousness, than he ever could in his own language.” He concluded, “Freedom to be oneself is all very well; the greater freedom is not to be oneself.” Personally, I think that’s an exaggeration. I believe the freedom to be yourself is very, very important. But for you in the coming weeks, Taurus, the freedom to not be yourself could indeed be quite liberating.

What might you do to stretch your capacities beyond what you’ve assumed is true about you? Are you willing to rebel SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I get brave and against and transcend your previous self-conceptions? brazen enough to follow my strongest emotions where they want to lead me. I also blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I strip off my defense mechanisms and invite the world to regard Musician Brian Eno made a deck of oracular cards called Oblique my vulnerabilities as interesting and beautiful. I furthermore Strategies. Each card has a suggestion designed to trigger blame and thank the Sagittarian side of me on those occasions creative thinking about a project or process you’re working on. when I run three miles down the beach at dawn, hoping to thereby You Geminis might find it useful to call on Oblique Strategies jolt loose the secrets I’ve been concealing from myself. I suspect right now, since you’re navigating your way through a phase the coming weeks will be a favorable time to blame and thank the of adjustment and rearrangement. The card I drew for you is “Honor thy error as hidden intention.” Here’s how I interpet it: Sagittarian part of you for similar experiences.

An apparent lapse or misstep will actually be the result of your deeper mind guiding you to take a fruitful detour.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Persian polymath Avicenna (980–1037) wrote 450 books on many topics, including medicine, philosophy, astronomy, geog- CANCER (June 21-July 22): raphy, mathematics, theology and poetry. While young, he tried We devote a lot of energy to wishing and hoping about the to study the Metaphysics of Aristotle, but had difficulty grasping meaningful joys we’d love to bring into our lives. And yet few of it. Forty times he read the text, even committing it to memory. us have been trained in the best strategies for manifesting our But he made little progress toward fathoming it. Years later, he wishes and hopes. That’s the bad news. The good news is that was browsing at an outdoor market and found a brief, cheap book now is a favorable time for you to upgrade your skills at getting about the Metaphysics by an author named al-Farabi. He read it what you want. With that in mind, I present you with the simple quickly, and for the first time understood Aristotle’s great work. but potent wisdom of author Maya Angelou: “Ask for what He was so delighted he went out to the streets and gave away you want and be prepared to get it.” To flesh that out, I’ll add: gifts to poor people. I foresee a comparable milestone for you, Formulate a precise statement describing your heart’s yearning, Capricorn: something that has eluded your comprehension will and then work hard to make yourself ready for its fulfillment. become clear, at least in part due to a lucky accident.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What are the key parts of your life—the sources and influAQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In addition to being a key figure in Renaissance art, 15th- ences that enable you to be your most soulful self? I urge you century Italian painter Filippo Lippi had a colorful life. According to nourish them intensely during the next three weeks. Next to legend, he was once held prisoner by Barbary pirates, but question: What are the marginally important parts of your gained his freedom by drawing a riveting portrait of their leader. life—the activities and proclivities that aren’t essential for Inspired by the astrological factors affecting you right now, I’m your long-term success and happiness? I urge you to corral all fantasizing about the possibility of a liberating event arriving in the energy you give to those marginally important things, and your life. Maybe you’ll call on one of your skills in a dramatic way, instead pour it into what’s most important. Now is a crucial time thereby enhancing your leeway or generating a breakthrough or in the evolution of your relationship with your primal fuels, your unleashing an opportunity. (Please also re-read your horoscope indispensable resources, your sustaining foundations. from last week.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “When she spoke of beauty, he spoke of the fatty tissue supporting PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Stand high long enough and your lightning will come,” writes the epidermis,” wrote short story author Robert Musil. He was Piscean novelist William Gibson. He isn’t suggesting that we lit- describing a conversation between a man and woman who were on erally stand on top of a treeless hill in a thunderstorm and invite different wavelengths. “When she mentioned love,” Musil conthe lightning to shoot down through us. More realistically, I tinued, “he responded with the statistical curve that indicates the think he means that we should devotedly cultivate and discipline rise and fall in the annual birthrate.” Many of you Virgos have the our highest forms of expression so that when inspiration finds flexibility to express yourself well on both of those wavelengths. But us, we’ll be primed to receive and use its full power. That’s an in the coming months, I hope you’ll emphasize the beauty and love wavelength rather than the fatty tissue and statistical curve waveexcellent oracle for you. length. It’ll be an excellent strategy for getting the healing you need.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries psychologist James Hillman said we keep “our images LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): and fantasies at arm’s length because they are so full of love.” Libran blogger Ana-Sofia Cardelle was asked, “What is your They’re also quite flammable, he added. They are always on signature perfume?” She said she hadn’t found one. But then the verge of catching fire, metaphorically speaking. That’s why she described how she would like to smell: “somewhere between many people wrap their love-filled images and fantasies in fresh and earthy: cinnamon and honey, a rose garden, saltwater metaphorical asbestos: to prevent them from igniting a blaze baked in the sun.” The coming days will be an excellent time to in their psyches. In my astrological opinion, you Aries folks indulge in your own fantasies about the special fragrance you’d always have a mandate to use less asbestos than all the other like to emanate. Moreover, I bet you’ll be energized by pinpointsigns—even none at all. That’s even truer than usual right now. ing a host of qualities you would like to serve as cornerstones of your identity: traits that embody and express your uniqueness.

Keep your images and fantasies extra close and raw and wild.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Studies suggest that on average each of us has a social network of about 250 people, of whom 120 we regard as a closer group of friendly acquaintances. But most of us have no more than 20 folks we trust, and only two or three whom we regard as confidants. I suspect that these numbers will be in flux for you during the next 12 months, Scorpio. I bet you’ll make more new friends than usual, and will also expand your inner circle. On the other hand, I expect that some people who are now in your sphere will depart. Net result: stronger alliances and more collaboration.

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None of this should work, except to prove the maxim “Never remind people watching your movie of a better movie.”

Yet it does work—and, surprisingly, it does so by once again radically re-imagining the ending to King’s source material. Doctor Sleep the novel might have allowed King to confront his own history of alcohol abuse, but he also might have been too close to that idea, and to his own disdain for Kubrick’s The Shining, to understand how the story really needed to end. Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep embraces the legacy of Kubrick’s The Shining so that we can watch someone finally bury things from the past that he can’t let go. In that sense, maybe it’s the story that King needed to tell all along. CW

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Flanagan—who previously adapted King’s Gerald’s Game, in addition to the popular Netflix The Haunting of Hill House series—has an impressive sense for building simmering menace, rather than launching a fusillade of jump-scares. Instead of underscoring many scenes with music, he opts for the thrum of a heartbeat, yet he also knows when not to be gentle, like with a (trigger warning alert) scene of Rose’s crew torturing a child that drives home the horrifying nature of their existence. Flanagan’s visual sensibility allows for a real understanding of how these characters’ powers manifest themselves, evocative while rarely feeling showy. It might not be conventionally scary, but it works as unsettling storytelling.

A whole lot of that success is thanks to Ferguson, whose interpretation of Rose nails both the classical seductiveness of vampire mythology and the contemptuousness born of thinking of humans as food. She’s a phenomenal villain as both a character and a performance, which does threaten to overwhelm McGregor’s more muted work. Considering how much of the story’s emotional hook depends on whether Dan can feel like he’s redeemed himself, his story often seems to take a back seat to the bad guys.

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f you know anything about Stephen King’s attitude toward Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of The Shining, it has been fascinating to consider the interplay between his 2013 sequel novel, Doctor Sleep, and the new film version of that book.

King famously hates a lot of what Kubrick did, from the casting to the tone to changes in the ending, and reading Doctor Sleep is an act of watching a creator try to reclaim something that popular culture took from him; at regular intervals, it feels like King is saying to readers, “Remember my book called The Shining? This is a sequel to that.”

That makes it particularly surprising to see how much the marketing for writerdirector Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Doctor Sleep has leaned into iconic images from Kubrick’s movie: elevator doors opening to release an ocean of blood, scary twins, an axe-hole in a bathroom door, etc. Would this Doctor Sleep be a sequel to King’s book, or to Kubrick’s movie? Or could it somehow manage to be both?

The prologue seems to suggest more of the latter, as we’re reintroduced—via re-creations with different actors—to the traumatic events at the Overlook Hotel in 1980 that have followed then-5-year-old Danny Torrance throughout his life. An alcoholic drifter who is hitting rock bottom, the now-adult Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) finds himself in a New Hampshire town where he tries to clean himself up and put his supernatural “shining” behind him.

But out in the world is a band of ageless vampire-like creatures calling themselves The Knot, led by Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson), preying on young people with similar enhanced abilities. And when Dan realizes The Knot is targeting Abra Stone (Kyliegh

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Twenty-year-old Cody Christopher Meader of St. Petersburg, Fla., entered a Pinellas Park Target store on Oct. 22, where he sought a large Olaf stuffed doll from the Disney movie Frozen, the Smoking Gun reported. Meader placed the doll on the floor and climbed on to have his way with poor Olaf, according to the criminal complaint. After finishing, he returned the character to the shelf and proceeded to the toy department, where he “selected a large unicorn stuffed animal” and repeated his offensive behavior. Meader was detained in the store and later charged with criminal mischief. Meader’s father told police that his son “has a history of this type of behavior.” Meader posted bond and was released.

Inexplicable Stacey Wagers, 45, of Tampa, Fla., is suing the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Pete Beach over an incident that happened in November 2018. She and a friend were celebrating her birthday at the hotel’s Maritana Grille when they observed a waiter pouring a liquid over a nearby table’s dessert that made it “smoke.” They commented to the waiter that the effect was cool, and he poured liquid nitrogen into their water glasses—which they then drank.

“Of course I didn’t think it was dangerous at all,” Wagers told NBC News. “He had just poured it on a dessert.” But the lawsuit filed Oct. 11 says Wagers immediately fell ill, eventually having to have her gall bladder and parts of her stomach removed where the chemical had burned the tissue. Her attorney says she will have lifelong digestion issues.

Least Competent Criminal A quick-thinking employee of a Boost Mobile store in Philadelphia helped police catch a thief on Oct. 22. According to CBS3, the employee was in the store alone when a 19-year-old man entered, pulled a gun and demanded money. “Can you wait a few minutes?” the employee responded. “I give you money.

I have another employee outside and he took the key but after that I give you,” he explained. The robber agreed, and the employee left the store, locking the door from the outside and trapping the criminal inside until a SWAT team arrived. The frustrated suspect shot his gun through the glass door, but no one was hurt.

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Finally on Oct. 18, police issued a warrant for Blackwell’s arrest, on charges of burglary, forgery, stalking, theft, three counts of criminal trespassing and criminal mischief.

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Little did you suspect there’s another Tupac A. Shakur walking the streets—or pacing the jail cells—of Washington County, Tenn. Shakur, 40, was arrested Oct. 19 after he threatened Johnson City police officers with a knife, Fox News reported.

Police were able to wrestle Shakur to the ground; they also found a syringe and bags of methamphetamine and charged him with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and simple possession of meth and unlawful drug paraphernalia. It’s unclear whether Shakur’s name was his from birth or whether he changed it to match the rapper’s.

Overreaction Truck driver Cesar Schmitz of Eneas Marques, Brazil, was just trying to make his wife happy when he launched an effort to rid their backyard of cockroaches. “She ... begged me to destroy their nest under the ground once and for all,” Schmitz, 48, explained. After chemicals failed to do the job, The Daily Mail reported, Schmitz decided setting fire to the hole would work, so on Oct. 18, he poured a capful of gasoline into the hole and tossed in a lighted match. After a couple of misfires, caught on his home’s security camera, a match landed, and Schmitz and his dogs are seen ducking for cover as the resulting explosion sends turf and lawn furniture flying through the air. The gasoline itself had ignited but it had also set off the highly combustible methane from the bugs’ venom that had accumulated in an air pocket under the grass. “I wish I’d thought this through,” Schmitz said. He admitted it made a huge mess, but said, ultimately, his scheme was a success: The cockroaches are gone.

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Humane Society Capt. Danee Cook told The San Diego UnionTribune, “This was not a cruelty case. This was a relinquishment.” The unidentified owner said she had started with two pet rats, but the situation had gotten out of control, and she agreed to surrender all of them, many of which were juveniles or pregnant. Officers spent several days tearing the van apart and recovered 320 animals, about half of which were put up for adoption. Meanwhile, the woman has found a place to live with the help of a GoFundMe page.

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