City Weekly February 27, 2020

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Median rent for an apartment in Salt Lake City is $1,245.

Minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. You do the math.

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News, p. 8 A City Weekly contributor since 1992, Biele is the informed voice behind our Hits & Misses and Citizen Revolt columns. When not writing (and ruffling feathers), you can catch her working to empower voters and defend democracy alongside the League of Women Voters.

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Cover story, Feb. 13, “Happily Ever Never”

My previous marriage was mixed orientation. Because of Mormon conversion therapy, my husband believed that as long as he didn’t act on his sexual desire he was not gay. Almost ruined my life. If you like depression, ruined self-esteem, lying to yourself and others, go the Mormon route and continue to live a big, fat lie.

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Really? You’re asking why?

JARED EBORN Via Twitter

My first impression: The title and tagline question do not really represent the article. It serves more as an attractive way to catch potential readers. In that way, I guess it somehow works, but I feel like you have misrepresented that which has been shared. The article doesn’t seem to really rep-

resent unhappy couples who are in mixed orientation marriages. I wish that you would have actually talked about the particular situations and choices that bring people to stay in their marriage. I know people who stay because they are the medical provider for their spouse who have suffered ill health; I know others that it is a matter of finance; some choose to stay because of the children; many stay to provide for the spouse who has no other means to provide for themselves; some are committed to the eternal promises; others are unable to leave out of fear; there are those who still can not come out of the closet; maybe there is a pattern of co-dependence, or maybe there is nothing negative and there is love between these two people and they mutually stay together because it brings them happiness. I really don’t see any actual reasons reviewed by the author as to why a

person would stay in an “unhappy marriage” of opposite sexuality. The stories shared are helpful to support people in various stages of their relationships and I honor those who shared with you their personal experiences. I just think that such an article should have really gone through a greater review and search to represent at least the actual topic the title and tagline represent.

TROY HUBBELL Via cityweekly.net

Thanks, Carolyn. You definitely report accurately. As the straight spouse unknowingly in a mixed orientation marriage for five years, I know that neither of us were happy at all. Our daughter was 4 when we split up; I realized that I didn’t want her to learn that this was how a marriage was supposed to work. Twenty years after our divorce, I found out he (ironically also named Bryan, same as in the story) was gay. I was like, “Duh! How

did I not realize that!”

However, this experience gave me some insight into the fact that this is not chosen, which greatly influenced my reactions when two of my three daughters came out.

Ironically, these two daughters were born to my second husband and I, so my gay husband gave me my straight daughter and my straight husband gave me my queer daughters. And I love them all.

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Online news post, Feb. 18, “Mayor Pete Mania”

We love Pete! Just listen to him. He is highly intelligent, compassionate, passionate and knowledgeable. His experience is what closed the deal, both as a mayor of a city like most cities of America, and as an intelligence officer in the military.

He knows real America. He has lived its very hard problems and led people to solve them. Major progress took

place. He has formed coalitions and worked with all people. He is a wise leader and will offer the American people the best of his years.

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Pete is the leader we need right now.

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Pete “All Lives Matter” Buttigieg. No thanks.

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Of Kids and Walls

According to selected members of the “U.S. intelligence community” (“selected” for their loyalty to, and willingness to promote the line of, the Democratic Party establishment) Vladimir Putin and the Russian government just love them some Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Can’t get enough of ’em. If November is a Trump/Sanders shootout, the Kremlin wins either way.

Yes, it’s silly. It might even be funny if so many people didn’t take it so seriously and if it wasn’t so on the nose in aping Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare tactics.

Here’s why it’s silly: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are also much beloved by those meddling kids (yes, I grew up watching Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!).

No, not the Russians. The voters.

Like K-pop and post-Roseanne The Conners, I find the appeal of the two northeastern authoritarian septuagenarians inexplicable, but it’s very real.

Despite Herculean efforts by the Democratic National Committee to put anyone but Bernie over the top for its presidential nomination, by hook or crook, he’s winning primaries and caucuses and leading in the national polls.

In states where anyone’s even allowed to challenge Trump, he’s pulling 85-95% support from Republican voters.

The Republican establishment went through an agonizing process in 2016, eventually coming to terms with having its party taken over and remade. By Trump, yes, but more importantly by Trump’s voters.

The Democratic National Committee’s “success” in 2016 was also a double failure: It managed to rig the presidential primary contest to ensure that its preferred candidate won the nomination, but it couldn’t carry the general elec-

BY THOMAS L. KNAPP tion and couldn’t bring itself to accept responsibility for that. It was easier to blame THEM RUSSIANS! for Hillary Clinton’s failure than to admit that Democratic voters weren’t enthusiastic about her and didn’t turn out for her in the needed numbers.

And the DNC still hasn’t read the memo. Having abjectly failed to make Kamala Harris, Joe Biden or Elizabeth Warren palatable to pluralities, it’s still trying to whip those meddling voters into line behind Pete Buttigieg or Amy Klobuchar instead of accepting Bernie as their choice. Now, in desperation, it’s playing the “Russian meddling” card again.

But in the case of U.S. elections, the Russian meddling doesn’t even rise to the level of background noise, let alone to the level of excuse for the losing candidate’s defeat.

Interested in meddling? OK, let’s talk about meddling.

Over the past 130 years or so, the two “major” parties have conspired to limit voters’ choices with “ballot access” laws, exclusory beauty pageants disguised as “debates,” etc., such that both internal dissidents and “third party” candidates are severely handicapped from the start and seldom win “major” party primaries or break into double digits in November.

That’s meddling for real. But suddenly it isn’t working reliably anymore. Poetic justice, perhaps?

Now onto one of the past presidential campaign’s most heated promises.

Back in 2016, presidential candidate Trump promised that Mexico would pay for his proposed border wall. Turns out Mexico wasn’t interested, so Trump eventually resorted to declaring fake emergencies and illegally misappropriating money from the military budget.

He’s spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars per mile on a barrier that, Samuel Lovett of The Independent reports, migrants are scaling with $5.30 ladders (when the wind isn’t blowing it over for them, making ladders unnecessary).

Yes, based on the price of rebar at a local hardware store on the Mexican side of the wall, $5.30.

What a refreshing lesson! No matter how much money politicians like Trump spend trying to restrain and impoverish the people they stole it from, those seeking freedom and prosperity find ways to win through—and to do so for far less.

The wall was always a dumb and evil idea.

Dumb, because it was never going to “work.” The U.S. has 95,500 miles of border and coastline. If people want to get in, they’re going to get in, even if every member of the armed forces and every sworn law enforcement officer in the country is re-assigned to nothing but “securing the border.” The only reliable way to keep people out is to turn America into such a crappy place that nobody wants to come here. Which, admittedly, is something our politicians are always hard at work on.

Evil, because even if it did “work,” the result would be less freedom, a slower economy and worse lives for everyone on both sides of it. Capital—including human capital, aka labor—naturally flows to where it can be most profitably invested. If that flow is impeded, we’re all worse off.

Well, not all of us, I guess. The corrupt politicians doing the impeding, and their crony corporate welfare queens, make bank at the expense of the other 99% of us. Which is as good an explanation as any, and better than most, for Trump’s wall fetish.

Those $5.30 rebar ladders are a huge practical benefit to their direct users. But they’re of double benefit—practical and political—to the rest of us.

As a practical matter, the immigrants who come over, under, around, or through the wall make our lives better.

As a political matter, the ease with which they’re exposing Trump’s multi-billion-dollar boondoggle for what it is makes it less likely that future politicians will waste our money on similar idiocy. n

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BY KATHARINE BIELE @kathybiele

Make Up Your Mind

It’s like Utah has a split personality. On one hand, the state revels in the beauty and attraction of its lands. Tourism is a huge draw to national parks and monuments for everything from hiking and skiing to boating and rafting. But wait.

The horizon is dotted by dusty black oil rigs, pumping away like woodpecker toys. And it’s not because they’re cute.

Even as the market fluctuates, oil and gas production is big business for Utah.

So it was with great relief that Moab gets a reprieve. Public pressure—including from the governor—persuaded the Bureau of Land Management to pull two leases at the Sand Flats Special Recreation Management Area, a Deseret News report said. The mineral leasing law hasn’t been updated since 1920, a time when tourism was minimal and fuel was all about digging.

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Ah, Utah—the state that likes to say we do more with less for our children. How’s that working for you? Class sizes are still too large, teachers—and there aren’t enough of them—are fleeing the state because of poor pay, there’s a lack of mental health professionals to work with troubled students and the list goes on. Join the Salt Lake Education Association and people who care for the SLEA Walk for Students, starting with a rally. Wear red.

Federal Building, 125 S. State, Friday, Feb. 28, 1 p.m., free, bit.ly/3a4CVVx

CANYON TRANSPORTATION COMMENTS

If you’ve ever been stuck in traffic or haven’t been able to find a parking spot up the canyons, now is the time to speak out—and to the right people. That would be the Central Wasatch Commission, which has started a yearlong Mountain Transportation process “to further refine and develop the transportation principles and initiatives outlined in Mountain Accord,” according to its website. The accord focuses on efficient and sustainable transit choices. This means a comprehensive year-round transportation system for the Salt Lake Valley, Big and Little Cottonwood canyons, Parleys Canyon, and connections to the Wasatch Back. Fill out a comment form on the CWC website at cwc.utah.gov; email CWC staff at comments@cwc.utah.gov; or postmark comments by Sunday, March 1, and mail them to the CWC offices at 41 N. Rio Grande St., Ste. 102, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101, bit.ly/38RzPDO

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Indigenous women are often forgotten, in the shadows and disenfranchised.

During Women’s Week, the Hinckley Institute of Politics is celebrating their knowledge and power, despite the colonialism that works to defeat them. At Indigenous Women Activism, you hear about “the stories of women from the Oohenumpa band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; Wayuu who occupy territory split by the Colombia-Venezuela border and Indigenous Peoples throughout the Pacific Islands,” the event’s Facebook page says. Keynote speaker Madonna Thunder Hawk will share her role in the occupation of Alcatraz Island (1969-70) and her recent leadership in protesting the Dakota pipeline. Hinckley Institute, 260 S. Central Campus Drive, Monday, March 2, noon-1:30 p.m., free, bit.ly/37Nlc3l

Don’t tell Speaker Wilson that Utah isn’t all red. Yes, it’s pretty darned red, as a recent Utah Policy poll showed. Some 52% of likely voters approve of the president—for whatever weird and twisted reason.

Maybe it was the impeachment because they really didn’t like Sen. Mitt Romney being so, well, moralistic in his vote to convict Trump on one count. The GOP was all ready to censure Romney, as was Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, but the Legislature demurred. If you thought it was because they suddenly realized the Legislature was not just one political party, think again. Lawmakers slipped out a love letter to the president in the form of a citation, which The Salt Lake Tribune printed in whole. So call us wrong. The Legislature did indeed act like a political party. Just that red one.

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Speaking of “those times they are a-changing,” let’s not call it climate change. But “climate heating” has become a big concern of, yes, the Utah Legislature. Carefully, carefully crafted, the Legislature commissioned the Utah Roadmap, which is being hailed as a game-changer for air quality in the era of a changing climate.

See how we did that? “The Utah Roadmap identifies areas of opportunity to further reduce air emissions and ensure a healthy, productive and prosperous future for all Utahns,” writes the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. It was tasked to come up with a plan to reduce emissions affecting the local air quality and the global climate. The Guardian found this move so startling, it titled an article “Red-state Utah embraces plan to tackle climate crisis in surprising shift.” And it was House Speaker Brad Wilson who pushed the action.

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Inside Prop 4—and the Legislature’s crusade to squash it.

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hey knew it would happen. But the timing—and the optics—are so interesting.

The Legislature is huddling with leadership to stop a citizen redistricting initiative in its tracks. Following the evisceration of two other citizen-driven initiatives— Medicaid expansion and medical cannabis—absolutely no one is surprised. Total repeal is unlikely, but something will happen, because history shows the Legislature is dead set against initiatives.

Initiatives allow registered voters, if a minimum number sign a petition, to force governments to hold a binding vote on the issue. While that happens in Utah, the Legislature inevitably jumps back in after the vote and “fine-tunes” the law.

The fine-tuning of the redistricting initiative began within days of a Y2Analytics poll showing that 62% of voters think their legislators pay little or no attention to them as constituents. And a whopping 52% of strong Republicans say they’re ignored.

If they were listening, wouldn’t they leave Proposition 4 alone?

A February Dan Jones & Associates poll has 55% of voters saying the Legislature should neither repeal nor change the initiative. But what’s the downside for lawmakers? Probably not losing their elections.

In 2018, 95% of incumbents in Utah won their elections, according to Ballotpedia.

That percentage remained high in every state. Texas had the lowest at 81%.

Still, citizens have long exercised their right to thumb their noses at Utah’s patriarchal Legislature. And they should be concerned when they’re told to go to their rooms.

Utah became the second state in the union in 1900 to establish an initiative and referendum process, according to the Initiative and Referendum Institute. Still, it took 16 years before the law was implemented. The first successful initiative came about in 1960, establishing a merit system for county sheriff’s deputies. Then came the hunting lobby.

Hunters, trembling with fear of the animal rights movement, persuaded the Legislature in 1998 to make signature-gathering a lot more difficult. Then they managed to pass a constitutional amendment requiring that any animal protection initiatives pass by two-thirds vote.

Difficult? Until 2014, initiatives had only a 25% success rate. But ask most legislators

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and you’ll get these comments: Utah could become like California after Proposition 13, which slashed and froze property taxes, passed. Since 1917, Californians have voted on 379 ballot initiatives, though 65% of them were unsuccessful.

Utah is no California. Duh. In California, successful ballot initiatives can only be changed or overturned by another initiative or by the Supreme Court—not by politicians.

Meanwhile, politicians in the Beehive State are madly chipping away at Prop 4. To be clear, this is an initiative to simply create a nonpartisan advisory commission, which would draw maps after the decennial Census and send them to the Legislature to approve.

Here comes the G-word—gerrymandering.

It’s a word that Sen. Curtis Bramble, R-Provo, who’s sponsoring the upcoming bill on Prop 4, says initiative proponents can’t define.

The Oxford Dictionary can. “To gerrymander is to manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.”

Prop 4 never specifically mentioned gerrymandering, which may well have confused voters who instead saw a measure called The Independent Redistricting Commission Initiative. There was a lot of talk about Better Boundaries, too, but that wasn’t on the ballot either. Better Boundaries is the bipartisan group that supported the initiative with boots on the ground and funding.

Despite the ballot confusion, the initiative squeaked by—even as opponents worked to persuade signers to withdraw their support—and has become a cause célèbre since.

And it was no small feat to gather more than 113,000 signatures in 26 of the 29 Senate districts.

Legislators are totally baffled as to why people are so upset about redistricting in Utah, and they don’t like being called out for it.

“I will grant them that the House and Senate weren’t too problematic,” Rebecca Chavez-Houck, Better Boundaries’ executive director and former state representative, tells City Weekly. But then there are the congressional districts. Can you say pizza slice or donut hole?

Legislators decided it was a great idea to create an urban-rural mix for congressional districts, forcing Salt Lake City to stretch down into St. George and over to Tooele for District 2. And District 4 takes Salt Lake City and goes down to Juab and Sanpete counties. In fact, cities like Salt Lake and Holladay are sliced into multiple congressional districts. That’s called the “pizza slice” theory of redistricting, and in Utah, it creates majority Republican districts every time.

Legislators considered a donut-hole configuration, which would have created allurban or all-rural districts, but here in Utah, rural is king. Democrats charge that the idea was to dilute their influence. Good job.

Now, legislators are miffed that they might have to consider—you know—the public. “It

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NEWS The G-word

Utah’s third successful citizen initiative from 2018, the one that creates a nonpartisan redistricting commission, is at risk of being tinkered with by lawmakers on the Hill. is a lot harder to do than it sounds,” House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysvilile, told The Salt Lake Tribune last week.

Map-making hasn’t been that hard for other independent commissions around the country, but maybe gerrymandering has been a heavy lift for the Legislature.

The U.S. Supreme Court has had trouble pinning down what partisan gerrymandering is, while racial gerrymandering is pretty clear. So, the high court punted the issue back to the states. Too bad for oneparty states, because the court says that the drafters of the Constitution understood that politics would play a part in district drawing.

A high court decision did allow Arizona voters to remove the authority to draw election districts from their legislature and place it in an independent commission. But Utah isn’t Arizona, either. The Utah Constitution gives sole authority for drawing districts to the Legislature.

So change the Constitution? That’s a stretch, because any constitutional provision would have to be approved by a twothirds vote in the Legislature before it’s placed on the ballot. Not likely to happen.

Prop 4 just gives voters a tiny bit of sayso on the process. And, Chavez-Houck insists that it’s all constitutionally sound.

“You want to bring up the Constitution?

Then let’s start with people being co-equal through initiatives,” she says. “They want to take people down the constitutional rabbit hole.

“It’s been a year-and-a-half and no one has seen a constitutional note saying the

initiative was problematic. We couldn’t have gotten the initiative on the ballot if it didn’t pass muster. People are welcome to ask the lieutenant governor what he thinks.

He’s an attorney and they took an ardent look.”

Chavez-Houck sees one of the sticking points as resources. The Prop 4 law asks legislative staff to help the commission, but the Legislature could appropriate funds for them to work with. Problem solved.

There’s also the exclusivity argument, but Chavez-Houck says there’s precedent to sharing the process. From 1955 to 1971, Utah used county-based citizen commissions to draw four cycles of districts.

Lawmakers don’t like the new law requiring that they tell the public why they accepted or rejected the commission’s district maps. They just want to say yea or nay without explanation—like they’re permitting the public to play with the maps.

“This is the people’s commission,” Chavez-Houck says. “It says you shall not partisan gerrymander. It has to be prescriptive, not permissive.”

Ultimately, the Legislature has the right to draw the boundaries—even if an independent commission offers them some ideas.

The big question is, why are they so defensive, so hurt and so personally offended?

“They need to look at this through an aspirational lens,” Chavez-Houck says. “In a way that builds up confidence in the public. Here you have this great opportunity to have people not question the process.”

And yet, it appears likely to be an opportunity lost. CW

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By Kaz Weida | comments@cityweekly.net | s humans, we all share some basic needs. Food and shelter top the list of short-term necessities, but in Salt Lake City, finding a place to call home is, well, complicated.

Areas with large populations and limited space always have challenges. But the failure of a bustling city to offer affordable housing can stifle growth and opportunity, even in communities as spacious and well-planned as the Utah capital.

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Utah continues to experience a mismatch between the type and cost of housing units available and the income levels of renters. In fact, Utah has the 10th worst rate in the United States of affordable housing for those in “extreme poverty.”

Utah state senator and Democratic minority caucus leader Derek Kitchen says the shortage is of vital concern not only for his Salt Lake City district but the state as a whole. “Salt Lake City is growing so fast,” Kitchen says. “We are seeing people from all over the state relocate to more urban areas, and as the capital and economic engine of the state, Salt Lake City is naturally seeing a lot of this growth.”

Kitchen also says the crisis is compounded by other issues, like a stagnant minimum wage. “Even though we do have a strong economy and low unemployment, we are not seeing wages keep up with the cost of living,” he says. “Housing is an issue of population growth, but also wage stagnation in our working residents.”

If we want to build a better Salt Lake City for everyone, we’ll need to break ground on more affordable housing solutions and get a better grasp on the numbers behind the crisis.

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housing while on the Salt Lake City Council and continues to see efforts to diversify housing options as pivotal to sustainable growth.

“The issue of affordable housing is real and it absolutely will continue to be a priority for me as mayor of Salt Lake City,” Mendenhall tells City Weekly. “Half of the renters in our city are paying more than 30% of their income for rent, while homeowners and renters living on fixed incomes or earning low wages are being squeezed out of our neighborhoods, and too many young people who grow up here cannot afford to stay.”

And it’s not just residents that bear the brunt of a city’s affordable housing crisis.

It’s also employers and small businesses that struggle to attract employees and pay livable wages. When workers have affordable housing options, businesses can balance the need to pay a living wage alongside supporting the continued growth and expansion that drives a state’s economic engine.

Some folks conflate the issue with the very

visible homeless population downtown.

Mendenhall agrees that a lack of affordable housing is a significant contributor to housing instability. She cites national research that when average households pay more than 30% of their income on rent, it increases housing instability.

When rental costs reach 32%, homelessness can increase sharply.

“So yes,” Mendenhall agrees, “there is definitely a correlation between the availability of affordable housing and homelessness and at the most basic level, the solution to homelessness is housing.”

But affordable housing isn’t confined to those forced out onto the streets due to poverty and difficult circumstances.

Although homelessness and affordable housing are closely intertwined, it’s not just those in extreme poverty that get caught in the crunch. Even Utah families with modest incomes are struggling to find shelter they can afford.

While Salt Lake City has experienced an enviable economy for decades, it comes with steady population growth and, unfortunately, a paltry minimum wage. Despite one of the highest rates of residential construction in the nation,

Not being able to afford to live where you work has far-reaching consequences and community impacts. Where you live determines much about your quality of life, including the education your children receive, the community services available to your family, and the outsized impact your commute has not just on your time but on the local environment. Yes, I’m looking at all those lanes of stalled traffic on Interstate 15 every evening, pumping out emissions as thousands of commuters inch along to their affordable three-bedroom home in Draper.

Lack of affordable housing forces longer commutes that place stress on infrastructure and worsen air quality. Bottom line: Communities flourish when people can afford to live close to where they work. Contrary to preconceived notions about urban sprawl, studies have shown affordable housing developments provide healthier, safer neighborhoods in cities across America.

Salt Lake City’s new mayor, Erin Mendenhall, spearheaded the issue of affordable

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The Affordable Housing Crunch in a Nutshell

Whether you can afford housing is a bit more complicated than cobbling together rent money at the end of the month. In order to exist, we need lots of other things besides shelter. Food, clothing, transportation and, increasingly, the tools of technology. And none of those come free.

According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), your housing is affordable if your rent is 30% or less than your income, allowing you additional bandwidth to afford other necessities. Anyone who pays more than 30% of their income on housing would be considered “cost-burdened.” This definition holds true whether you’re crammed into a modest townhouse in Midvale or living large on a third of an acre lot on the East Bench.

Across the United States, Americans spend an average of 37% of their income on housing, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Generally, about a third of renters and homeowners struggle to pay rent or their mortgage at rates that are proportional to their incomes. While Salt Lake City has a low percentage of the population that is severely cost-burdened (5.9%), the rate of those who are moderately cost-burdened is quite high. Nearly 15% of city residents are paying between 30-50% of their income on housing.

Salt Lake City is by no means the frontier of the affordable housing crisis. Larger urban hubs like New York City and Los Angeles that routinely face affordable housing problems, have implemented measures over the years to control costs—including controversial methods like rent control. The federal government also funds programs across the nation aimed at subsidizing affordable housing. For the purposes of federal funding, affordable housing is defined as 80% or more of the units in a building listed below market rent or set at 30% of the renter’s income.

For families struggling to pay the rent, several kinds of subsidized housing options are available. Here are just a few of the affordable housing solutions you’ll find in Salt Lake City and in cities across the country: n HUD Housing: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development runs this housing assistance program in partnership with local housing authorities across the nation. Housing that falls into this category is typically federally owned, and tenants must make below 80% of the local AMI (area median income) to qualify. n HUD’s Section 8: Instead of federally owned properties, this program subsidizes renters who make below 50% of the AMI in securing private residences, including apartments and houses. n Other public housing programs: Various cities run their own housing programs through the local housing authority, though they might also receive federal and state funding. The qualifications might differ from HUD’s requirements. n LIHTC units: Low Income Housing Tax Credits is a HUD program that encourages private developers to build low-income housing in areas of need by providing tax credit incentives.

Other solutions include PSH (permanent supportive housing) for those transitioning out of homelessness and SROs (single room occupancy) for students or aging and disabled populations that share common rooms.

This myriad of affordable housing options pieces together solutions to subsidize those in extreme poverty, but many programs fail to catch those in need, like families with moderate to low incomes that fall somewhere in the middle.

“Housing is an issue of population growth, but also wage stagnation in our working residents.”

—Utah Sen. Derek Kitchen

The State of Affordable Housing in Salt Lake City

First off, to understand the source of the affordable housing crisis, it helps to crunch some numbers. Don’t worry. We’ll do the math but pay attention in case there’s a test later.

A cursory inspection of the state’s housing market appears to signal all is well. Every year, more than 10,000 new households are set up in Utah, while nearly 13,500 new housing units also become available. Sounds like we’ve got room to grow, right? Not so fast.

Affordable housing isn’t just about volume. It’s also about having the right options that families can afford. This is where the numbers get sticky. For instance, of the 262,740 rental housing units in Utah in 2017 that were affordable for the 183,220 households that earn $5,000 or less per month, nearly half were held by people making more than $5,000 a month.

In the simplest terms, the housing that many moderate to low-income families can afford, is already filled by those who make more than them. The statewide problem is further compounded by a focus on single-family homes that leaves a growing rental market behind.

This housing mismatch is the crux of the problem that Salt Lake City and Utah at-large face. There is a lack of affordable rental units available for folks in a certain income bracket. This shortage is worsened by the absence of affordable housing in key areas of opportunity on the east side of the city.

In 2017, some 276,710 Utah households rented housing. Of those, about 42% have a household income of less than 50% of the state’s area median income (AMI) and are considered very low-income. Furthermore, nearly a quarter of Utah’s renters qualify as extremely low-income.

In other words, we’ve got a fairly large portion of the population that needs to rent housing but is somewhat or severely cost-burdened. While this shortage is more drastic in Salt Lake City, it’s certainly not a problem confined to the city and county. In Morgan, Grand, Iron and Washington counties, average rent already exceeds 30% of the county median income.

To give you an idea of the severity of the crisis, for every 26.9 affordable housing units that became available in 2017, there were 100 extremely low-income households who needed them.

That’s why in 2017, the Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously to adopt a plan that provided low-interest loans to developers who were willing to invest in affordable housing. Mendenhall led the initiative and was pivotal in finding and securing the funding.

While some of the money allotted to change SLC’s affordable housing landscape got lapped up quickly, it was a struggle to get developers to bite on the $4.5 million in incentives to build more reasonably priced homes in east-side neighborhoods. There are a few reasons, including the high cost of land and a lack of construction labor that drives up the cost of building projects and cuts developers’ profit margins. There are currently 92 lowincome housing complexes within city limits.

Mendenhall says part of the problem was not only the cost but the size of the parcels available for development in high-opportunity areas. However, she says those areas remain critical to the success of affordable housing development.

“The city’s ‘Areas of Opportunity,’ which are geographical locations that provide conditions that expand a person’s likelihood for social mobility, have been incorporated in the city’s five-year housing plan Growing SLC, as well as the City’s housing investment priorities,” Mendenhall explains. “These areas are a key priority as we look to ensure the creation of opportunity in underserved neighborhoods or conversely create access to neighborhoods considered ‘Areas of Opportunity,’ where residents have access to jobs, health care, education, transportation and other amenities.”

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Several solutions are already on the table—both at the state and local level. In December, the Utah Housing Corp. board of trustees awarded 2020 tax credits for 531 low-income units and 18 market-rate units that include the following affordable housing projects:

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The affordable housing crisis is a complex issue that’s closely related to other statewide concerns. The most prominent is Utah’s abysmal minimum wage. Set at $7.25 in 2008 to align with the federal minimum wage, Utah’s wages have failed to keep pace with inflation and the cost of living. While 29 other states have independently passed legislation to raise the minimum wage, Utah’s GOP controlled Legislature has refused to do so.

Let’s look at what making Utah’s minimum wage means in practical terms. Two of the state’s most popular industries are food service and retail, followed closely by education.

However, these industries have notoriously low salaries. If you’re employed as a barista in one of downtown’s dozens of hip coffee shops or eateries, you can expect to make just above $1,000 a month working full-time at minimum wage. Yet the average monthly rent for an apartment here is $1,125 a month.

You’re probably beginning to see how the math works out and why so many folks live paycheck to paycheck. Who can afford to save money when most food service workers in Utah pay nearly all of their monthly income on housing?

What about professions like teaching that require more education and should pay better salaries? If you’re a public school teacher in Salt Lake City, your median yearly income is $54,763. This salary places you nearly $20,000 below the average Utah metropolitan income of $72,200. What does that mean on a monthly basis? It translates into making less than $5,000 a month, which means you’re part of the moderately cost-burdened group that bears the brunt of the housing shortage.

For too many residents, the math simply doesn’t add up. Utah Department of Workforce Services housing program manager Jess Peterson, whose team is currently compiling their 2019 report, confirms that the city and state as a whole continue to face an affordable housing crisis.

Despite some efforts by the city to increase housing units, those measures haven’t had time to be effective and the forecast looks largely the same as it did in 2017. While enough total housing is available, there are far too few affordable units with an estimated deficit of about 46,000 units statewide. As Peterson states, “We don’t have a housing crisis. We have an affordable housing crisis.”

These incentives allow developers to take out smaller mortgage loans, enabling them to recoup their investment more quickly and charge lower rents.

The incentives the Salt Lake City Council created were also a step in the right direction. The high opportunity areas along the bench earmarked for funds finally got a developer late last year. Community Development Corp. of Utah will break ground this year on Richmond Flats, a 60-unit apartment project located near the city’s border with Millcreek.

Former city council member Kitchen is encouraged by the progress but admits that development along the east side continues to be problematic. “The reality is that it’s expensive to develop on the east side because of the cost of land. Three major determinants in the cost of development are (1) cost of land, (2) cost of labor and (3) cost of materials,” he says. “All three of these are more expensive simply due to our growth rate.”

Kitchen and his colleagues are working to not only leverage city-owned property for affordable housing projects but to encourage other nonprofit organizations such as the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to put their enormous land holdings to good use. Kitchen is also running a bill during the current legislative session that’s a housing mitigation policy for the state. It’s intended to prevent the loss of existing housing units, and modeled on the city’s ordinance. He’s also partnered across the aisle with Sen. Jacob Anderegg, R-Lehi, to change community incentives, as well as provide statewide funding toward additional developments.

While Salt Lake City is experiencing the worst of the housing shortage, Kitchen stresses that it’s not just a local concern. “Keep in mind, affordable housing is no longer only an issue in Salt Lake City,” he says. “Now, places like Lehi, Davis County, Moab and even St. George are feeling the housing crunch.”

Besides the cost of the Millcreek project, much of the area is zoned for singlefamily homes. The entire valley has an abundance of single-family homes and the zoning laws have failed to keep pace with a changing market that now includes more renters.

While other cities have implemented measures like rent control, it’s not currently an option for Salt Lake City. The state has a law on the books called the Local Rent Control Prohibition, which means that Utah cities can’t enact any rent controls. An effort to remove that prohibition is rumored to be in the works for this year’s legislative session, but most local experts agree it’s unlikely. The Legislature sees such measures as government interference in the free market and aren’t likely to relinquish control to local municipalities.

Still, Salt Lake City is clamoring for solutions. Mendenhall promises she’ll continue to work to break ground on affordable housing options for local families. “I intend to work closely with the council and all city divisions to put policies in place that will remove barriers to residential development and increase the number and quality of housing units being built in our city,” she says.

Mendenhall adds she’ll advance the city’s housing plan, incorporating 2019’s Senate Bill 34 (Moderate Income Housing Amendments) options, supporting rental assistance and eviction-prevention programs, and working to remove barriers in the city code that prevent affordable housing. “The challenges we face as our population continues to grow can be difficult,” she says. “But we have an opportunity to help ensure that we grow smartly, sustainably and in a way that benefits all of our residents.” CW

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Alex Iantaffi: Life Isn’t Binary We lead lives that leave little room for nuance.

Things are either wrong or they’re right, someone is good or they’re bad, and we divide ourselves into “us” and “them.”

But there is an alternative to this binary thinking that pervades nearly every aspect of our culture. Alex Iantaffi addresses the way non-binary thought can be expanded to create a healthier and more expansive worldview for everyone during a reading and discussion of their recent book Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between.

The book, co-authored with Meg-John Barker, explores not only non-binary genders and sexualities, but also the ways in which binary thinking affects relationships, bodies, emotions and thinking. Iantaffi says binary paradigms dominate cultural conversations, even when reality is decidedly less clearcut. “Much of life happens in the muddy middle and, yes, this is often where we are the most uncomfortable, especially if we have not cultivated flexibility in our thinking,” they say.

“In a binary paradigm, there are fewer possibilities for all of us.”

And Iantaffi means all of us. The book is intended for people of all genders and sexualities to enjoy and learn from. “I believe that much, if not all, binary thinking is deeply steeped in cultural trauma,” they say. “If we are to heal, we need to address polarizations and divisions, which are fueled by binary thinking.”

The reading is free and open to the public, but admission to the signing line requires purchase of a copy of the book from The King’s English.

(Kylee Ehmann) Alex Iantaffi: Life Isn’t Binary @ The King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, 801-484-9100, Feb. 27, 7 p.m., free, kingsenglish.com

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Samba Fogo: Samba King & Queen Contest Experience the excitement of Carnival by watching Utah’s hottest samba dancers compete at the 11th annual Samba Queen & King Contest. Hosted by local actor/singer Dee Dee Darby-Duffin, the contest has expanded to include group, king and semi-pro categories. An audience dance contest also offers the winner a $50 gift certificate to Tin Angel Café.

“The experience of competing in Samba Queen is so wonderful that we wanted to be sure it was open to a larger community of samba dancers,” says Indigo Cook, dancer and administrative assistant for Samba Fogo. “This year, we’re also including a few other divisions to diversify the night and spice it up for the audience.”

Celebrating traditions inspired by Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous celebration, the evening raises money for educational programming provided by the nonprofit Samba Fogo, which aims to enrich the community with the culture of Afro-Brazilian music and dance. After performing a two-minute solo on stage with a live drumline, each contestant will be assessed a score based on dance ability, “Carnival Spirit” and ornate costuming, as judged by the audience and special guest Gia Bianca Stephens. In addition, the Samba Fogo band performs between competitors, and food and cash bar is available.

“We always approach the contest as a beautiful opportunity to come together as a community, while celebrating our personal beauty and power,” Cook adds. “The experience, as both a contestant and audience member, is always so positive, filled with joy and fun, which matters much more than who wins at the end of the night.” (Colette A. Finney) Samba Queen & King Contest @ Metro Music Hall, 615 W. 100 South, 385-5280952, Feb. 29, 8 p.m., $25 advance, $30 door, 21+, sambafogo.com

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Despite the reluctance of some to recognize the perils facing our environment, it’s becoming clear that we can no longer ignore the threat climate change poses. The evidence is everywhere, from the increasing intensity of cataclysmic storms to the collapse of the glaciers. Given the resistance of certain politicians to take action—while often exacerbating the situation—it’s important to recognize public figures who are willing to sound an alarm.

Writer and essayist Jonathan Franzen has positioned himself at the center of that effort, thanks to contributions outlining the intrinsic connection between the environment, nature’s inhabitants and mankind itself. His novels—The Corrections, Freedom and his latest, The End of the End of the Earth—address the dangers inherent in ignoring this continuing crisis, and the implications that accompany any failure to address it.

It’s appropriate then, that the University of Utah recognizes Franzen this year with its Award in Environmental Humanities. The honor celebrates essential leadership and expression, while carrying with it a $10,000 grant for those who take on the planet’s environmental problems using tools of the humanities, such as creative expression, scholarly research, popular art forms and advocacy.

“We are especially excited to underline the important environmental contributions Franzen has made,” Jeffrey McCarthy, director of the university’s Environmental Humanities Program, said in a statement. “This award is the world’s first prize in the field of environmental humanities. It celebrates our recipients while putting their goals in the spotlight.” (Lee Zimmerman) Jonathan Franzen @ Main Library Auditorium, 210 E. 400 South, 801-4849100, March 4, 7 p.m., free, kingsenglish.com

Periodically, a Broadway musical catches popculture lightning in a bottle, and transcends the usual limitations of the genre’s audience: the grand theatricality of Les Misérables or Phantom of the Opera; the raucous comedy of Book of Mormon; the groundbreaking style of Hamilton.

That kind of crossover appeal emerged for Dear Evan Hansen, the multi-Tony Award-winning 2016 show from the successful composing team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman).

Like a lot of the most successful recent musicals, the subject matter itself doesn’t immediately feel like the stuff of a hit. It centers on a troubled teenager named Evan Hansen (Stephen Christopher Anthony, pictured, in the touring production) whose therapist prescribes him the idea of writing letters to himself focusing on the positive things in each day. One of those letters takes a darker tone, and inadvertently ends up in the possession of a classmate named Connor who subsequently takes his own life. Evan becomes connected to Connor when it appears that the letter Evan wrote to himself is actually Connor’s suicide note—and when Evan willingly amplifies the deception, it becomes part of a viral campaign that threatens to overwhelm Evan’s life.

Filled with heartfelt songs like the anthemic “You Will Be Found,” Dear Evan Hansen dives into the challenging issue of mental health struggles among youth with sensitivity and compassion.

It’s a story about how powerful the need for connection is—and a story like this can be its own way of connecting us to those whose voices we don’t always hear. (Scott Renshaw) Dear Evan Hansen @ Eccles Theater, 131 S. Main, 801-388-5502, March 4-14, dates and times vary, availability limited to wheelchair seating at press time, broadway-at-the-eccles.com

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ith more than 25 years and 600 performances under its feet, Odyssey Dance Theatre delivers productions that appear to run almost automatically. However, after witnessing all the preparation it takes for A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Vegas, part of the company’s Shut Up & Dance series, to open, it becomes clear that the show would not go on without the coordinated efforts of those backstage. From costuming and choreography to sound and lighting design, an incredible amount of work goes on behind that velvet curtain.

With iconic pieces like Superman’s cape or Dorothy’s ruby slippers, wardrobe staff can enhance a character’s personality, set the tone of the story and evoke an actor’s mood. Costume designers undertake many responsibilities in helping to craft a cohesive aesthetic for a production, and transport the audience to another place and time.

ODT costume designer and production director Cheryl Yeager has worked seamlessly (no pun intended) with her husband Derryl—the company’s founder and artistic director—in telling stories since the company was created. “We think a lot alike and work really well together,” Cheryl Yeager says. “Once a direction of costuming has been determined, we work as one to find the right pieces for each character.”

However, seeing a costume go from an idea to the final product is a multi-step process. Once the overall concept has been determined and the production’s narrative and budget are considered, a mockup can be created. After the costume has been tested and adjustments completed, a detailed spreadsheet is created for the entire cast to ensure smooth transitions come opening night.

“I work closely with the choreographers to see what they are envisioning in order to realize their expectations,” Cheryl says.

“Costuming is really about the dancers, and allowing for them to have movement as well as be fast-change ready.”

“In a live performance, there are usually many costume changes that the audience never sees,” Derryl Yeager adds, “and sometimes things go wrong in a very tight window of opportunity, such as a zipper breaking ... Cheryl is usually there as John-

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ny-on-the-spot to take care of those issues and get dancers back on stage doing what they do best—dancing!”

To anchor a show of this magnitude, technology such as lighting, sound and video are essential to achieving a completely realized production. Generally, the crew has to have the ability to be everywhere at once and solve problems quickly while managing multiple tasks. In ODT’s case, these responsibilities fall on the shoulders of technical director, lighting designer and stage manager Kyle Baumann. Juggling a long list of duties before, during and after a show, Baumann has the knowledge and experience to pull off this demanding skill set. From lighting, sound, video, scenery and special effects to being the “go-to person” for the performers, he oversees all technical aspects of the show.

“After programming cues for lights and the show is ready, I set up my computer to run sound and video elements live, while also wearing a headset so I can communicate with people backstage in calling cues to them,” Baumann says. “Luckily, I have my assistant, Matt Jennings, to help make sure everything is being taken care of backstage from setup to closing night so I can focus my attention on my specific duties.”

Beyond physical requirements and knowledge of all dance styles, ODT’s dancers are typically asked to do more than just “shut up and dance,” often collaborating with the artistic director on music selections and choreography. Building the performance from the polished floor, they can take the tiniest movement and have it speak volumes with skill and grace.

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are also involved in staging, makeup and developing their specific roles. Playing an impish Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, longtime ODT dancer Peiter Mortensen has been actively engaged in choreographing pieces.

“For the most part, Derryl lets us run with our feature roles,” Mortensen says.

“I’m excited for this character because I am the first one to take a crack at it and make it completely my own.”

Derryl Yeager fosters a team effort on most aspects of this production. He believes painted scenery is passé, so he tends to rely on less tangible visual effects. “It’s very cost-efficient to do background projections as opposed to painted drops, as we have our own projector,” Yeager says. “I’m able to control the timing of the visuals ... very easily, so it is helpful from a production point of view.”

Yeager directs all the efforts on stage and behind the scenes and livens up this classic comedy of errors, infusing A Midsummer Night’s Dream with originality and, above everything else, humor. “Comedy is something that is very hard to do,” he says.

“But there is nothing more fun than making people laugh.” CW

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National Geographic Live: Bob Poole: Nature Roars Back Eccles Center, 1750 Kearns Blvd., Park City, Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m., parkcityinstitute.org Nature Nuts Speaker Series: Christy Bills Ogden Nature Center, 966 W. 12th St., March 2, 6 p.m., ogdennaturecenter.org Young Women Leading Change: Three Activists Forging a New Future Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business Auditorium, 1840 S. 1300 East, March 3, 7 p.m., utahdiplomacy.org

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Adrian Stimson: Buffalo Boy Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, through May 16, dates and times vary, utahmoca.org Art for Justice Modern West Fine Art, 412 S. 700 West, dates and times vary, through March 7, modernwestfineart.com Better Days 2020: Utah Women Working for the Vote and Beyond Utah Capitol, 300 N. State, fourth floor, through December, betterdays2020.com Beyond the Divide: Merchant, Artist, Samurai in Edo Japan Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, through July 5, umfa.utah.edu Comforting Discomfort: Works by Dalila Sanabria and Fiona Barney Rio Gallery, 300 S. Rio Grande St., through March 6, artsandmuseums.utah.gov Guerilla Girls Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, through June 6, utahmoca.org Jerrin Wagstaff: Miscellaneous Debris Nox Contemporary Gallery, 440 S. 400 West, Ste. H, through April 3, noxcontemporary.com Love in the Abstract “A” Gallery, 1321 S. 2100 East, through Feb. 29, agalleryonline.com Nolan Flynn: Vertical Obedience Finch Lane Gallery, 1340 E. 100 South, through Feb. 28, saltlakearts.org Pompeii: The Exhibition The Leonardo, 209 E. 500 South, through May 3, dates and times vary, theleonardo.org Place: Laura Sommer, Tess Cook, Laurel Cahoon & Whitney Horrocks Art Access Gallery, 230 S. 500 West #125, through March 13, accessart.org Salt Lake City Through Teens Main Library, 210 E. 400 South, through March 6, slcpl.org Seven Masters: 20th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 S. Campus Center Drive, through April 26, umfa.utah.edu Trishelle Jeffery: Best Breasts In The West Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, through March 21, dates and times vary, utahmoca.org Xi Xhang: Dream Dust Milkshake Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd., Park City, through April 12, kimballartcenter.org Ya’el Pedroza: Humanocene Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S. West Temple, through March 21, dates and times vary, utahmoca.org

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wasatchtheatre.org You Bet Your Black Ass, Broadway Good Company Theatre, 2404 Wall Ave., Ogden, through March 1, goodcotheatre.com (see above)

1 to 5 Club: Game Night Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, first Mondays, 7:30-9:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org Beyond a Night of Music Encircle Salt Lake, 331 S. 600 East, Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m., encircletogether.org Men’s Sack Lunch Group Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Wednesdays, noon-1:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org TransAction Weekly Meeting Utah Pride Center, 1380 S. Main, Sundays, 2-3:30 p.m., utahpridecenter.org

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Sugar House’s Finn’s Café blends Scandinavian and American favorites.

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henever I visit a local establishment like Finn’s Café (1624 S. 1100 East, 801-467-4000, finsscafe.net), I can’t help but think of Michael Showalter’s film Hello, My Name Is Doris. Sally Field’s endearingly batty performance as an eccentric sexagenarian who becomes the epitome of cool and “realness” for a group of contemporary 30-somethings is the quirky neighborhood diner in a nutshell. These institutions either fade out quietly when the money runs out or live long enough to become embraced as a bastion of non-commercial authenticity for the younger generation.

To be fair, Finn’s did a little bit of both. The first iteration opened in 1952 on Parleys Way, an unofficial southern cousin of Ruth’s Diner in Emigration Canyon. Finn’s Norwegianinspired menu made it a popular place for East Bench residents until it closed in 1997. During the hiatus, Finn Gurholt Jr. bought an ice cream parlor on 1100 East

and turned it into the current café iteration in 2006. The few years between its closing and reopening was serendipitous—Salt Lake’s food scene was just starting to bloom into the fragrant arboretum that it is today. Thus, Finn’s Café 2.0 was enough of a rebrand to make it an attractive alternative to the student housing of Westminster College while re-

kindling the culinary romance that older generations had with the Norwegian hotspot.

You’ll typically see both generations represented if you visit Finn’s.

Wealthy ex-Mormon women clad in jewel tones happily cluck about neighborhood gossip, while college students enjoy a post-hike brunch.

The menu caters to several different tastes, but I go for their sourdough pancakes ($8.29, pictured). They arrive looking like pancakes you could get anywhere—simply plated with slices of fresh strawberry, a cup of pearled butter and a small pitcher of warm maple syrup. Upon taking that first bite, however, you understand how truly deceptive appearances can be. The intensity of the sourdough flavor varies from visit to visit, which gives this dish a high replay value—try them as often as you can. They’re born from a sourdough starter that originated in the Bay Area, which also serves as the crux of Finn’s famous sourdough loaves, and it’s a lineage you can taste.

Once you’ve experienced the sourdough pancakes, check out anything on the menu that sounds Norwegian.

The Norsk omelet ($13.89) is a good middle-ground dish that combines a fluffy omelet with some melted Havarti cheese, tender bay shrimp and

capers. For those of you who wish that seafood featured more heavily on a breakfast menu, this has you covered.

It’s a balanced mix of flavors that pops when blended with the salty capers or creamy Havarti cheese. I also tried the pyttipanna ($12.89) a hash of cubed roast beef, potatoes, carrots and onion topped with two beautifully poached eggs and garnished with fresh tomato and cucumber slices. I like to think of this as ideal for someone who wants a lighter version of steak and eggs in the morning. Roast beef mixed with root veggies and onions is always a crowd pleaser, and slicing into a lovely poached egg to let all that silky yolk blend itself with the other ingredients is a fine way to spend a morning.

For options that are more sweet than savory, the cardamom-infused Norwegian waffles ($9.49) and the jule kake French toast ($10.89) are excellent bets. The waffles are served with sour cream and fresh lingonberries, which let the tongue dance with flavor complexities that traditional waffles just don’t produce. I’m all for some sweet on sweet golden brown goodness, but every so often, it’s nice to get a waffle that bites back. Fans can go the extra mile and get some of Finn’s fried chicken and waffles ($12.49), which

lets the unique flavor profile of the waffles play around with some delectable fried chicken.

The French toast is made from slices of Norwegian jule kake, a sweet bread with raisins and citron that are battered in a heavenly mixture of cinnamon cream. Although it’s traditionally baked around Christmas, jule kake’s density and pops of sweetness make it the perfect candidate for French toast transcendence. Should you want to take a loaf of jule kake home, simply visit the well-stocked cart near the cash register on your way out—they always have some freshly baked and wrapped.

My heart might always belong to Finn’s sourdough bread and pancakes, but repeat visits have yielded some interesting options for when I want to venture off this well-traveled path. It’s a place that shares some characteristics with many of the local neighborhood diners that we know and love, but the creative blend of Norwegian and American favorites gives this place its own niche. CW

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Curry Up Now has made a name for itself by reinventing traditional Indian dishes into concepts like tikka masala burritos and “naughty” naan. During its first few years, Curry Up Now earned accolades from Zagat and Eater SF as one of the Bay Area’s most exciting new restaurants, and we’re looking forward to checking this place out.

Benjis BBQ Shack Goes Mobile

The State Street barbecue darling known as Benji’s BBQ Shack (3245 S. State, benjisbbqshack.com) recently shuttered its brick-and-mortar location in favor of going mobile. The newly minted Benji’s Meals on Wheels (check them on Instagram @benjismealsonwheels) is a food truck that is cooking up all of Benji’s famous recipes wherever the wind takes them. Based on the social media post announcing the decision, the team decided to go mobile to broaden their reach. As of now, the best way to see where they are serving up their signature dishes would be to follow them on the ‘Gram.

Leap Year Dinner at Flemings

For that subculture of party people that are planning all kinds of festivities for Leap Day 2020, here’s something to add to your list. Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar (20 S. 400 West, 801-355-3704, flemingssteakhouse.com) is hosting a Roman-inspired five-course dinner with wine from Stags’ Leap Winery (stagsleap.com) out of Napa Valley. The menu includes duck confit with cherry demi-glace, New York strip or braised short rib and orange olive oil cake. The dinner takes place on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 6:30 p.m. and reservations can be made online. Even if you’re not particularly jazzed about leap year, it’s a good opportunity to enjoy a classic food and wine pairing.

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Avenues Proper’s location tends to get the gastro-brewpub overlooked. Luckily, their unique beers can light the way.

Blood Orange Blizzard: Upon first whiff, I get blood orange, more Creamsicle-like than I expected. Some sweet cake-like malts follow, along with a nice dose of piney hop aromas. The orange definitely takes the lead, but if you allow your sniffer to hover above the foam long enough, the hop selection becomes more evident, adding some floral notes. The first swig delivers the juicy blood

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Charleston Cherry: It pours a deep ruby red, not perfectly clear, but with no sediment either. The aroma is strong with cherries, almost medicinal, but fresh at the same time. They must have used an absolute ton of them. I smell the funk from the yeast Brettanomyces as well; it has that unmistaken musty barn heaviness. The caramel and vanilla notes play wonderfully with all that cherry. Normally, I’d go off on its Belgianlike qualities, but I don’t really get that at all. Tastewise, this is a fruit-driven beer that

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orange and its pithy peel, plus more Creamsicle and some piney hops. The malts are more subtle here than they are in the nose, keeping the citrus parts from becoming too overwhelming. On the back end, I get biscuit with a floral and pine hop blend. The finish is dry for the most part, with some tangy citrus lighting up the sides of the tongue.

Overall: This beer excels at punching up the citrus aspects while keeping some remnants of the beer’s base intact. It’s not perfect by any means, but the citrus has a way of keeping the palate interested in the next sip.

Wolf Mountain: The body has a much darker amber quality than you’re probably used to seeing. There’s a pleasantly hoppy aroma backed by some mineral-forward caramel malts. However, it’s the salad of hops that dominates—big floral, herbal, pine and citrus. As usual, the flavor follows suit with boldness all around: hops, malt, bitterness.

It offers a dry, bitter finish with lingering leafy, herbal, spicy and somewhat grassy hops. This is not for the timid ale drinkers.

Although the caramel maltiness and yeast choice seem English in nature, the hops are mostly American, with an in-your-face bitter punch that reminds you of what IPAs used to be like decades ago. As it warms, it becomes much more rounded and balanced.

Overall: I don’t think this beer was intended to be as bitter as it came out. You can tell there’s more citrus qualities that want to be present, but the bittering hops

showcases the cherry and less of the funk.

I’ve had a previous version of this beer that was by far more yeast driven, and I can see that this was designed for a broader appeal.

Overall: Most of the sweetness seems to be from the cherry, not the grain. It’s more sour and funky than it is Belgian, but I suppose both elements are there, and the combination is nice. This is one of the few Brettanomyces beers you’ll find on draft in Utah.

Although Avenues Proper is part of Proper Brewing Co., it makes its own unique beers that are exclusive to its location (376 E. 8th Ave.), on top of Proper’s entire line of packaged beers. It’s definitely worth your time and sheckles. As always, cheers! CW

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he colloquialism “Small Lake City” is almost a proverb here, where everyone seems to know everyone. But that wasn’t the case when I showed up this month to the first Artist Town Hall at Urban Lounge.

At just past 7 p.m., there was already a sizable crowd milling around, and other folks coming in behind me. As I looked around on my way to the bar, I didn’t recognize everyone—unlike other times I’ve gone to Urban.

That was, it turned out, the point.

I did eventually run into an old friend Nic Smith—the venue media manager at S&S Presents, of which Urban Lounge is part— and continued to eye the room, eventually spotting the tall figure of “Bad” Brad Wheeler in his signature wide-brimmed hat. I confided in Smith that I really needed to connect with that guy. But before Wheeler stepped onstage to help Urban and S&S owner Will Sartain open the night, he approached me and let me know that he’d been meaning to connect with me, too.

This early interaction—our conversation brief but productive, with our mutual enthusiasm immediately placing us on easy conversational ground—turned out to be exactly what Sartain had in mind for the evening. It had been Wheeler’s idea, too, one they’ve only just been able to realize. Before I began posing questions in Wheeler’s direction, Sartain explained that the night was all about connection. “I don’t get to meet everybody all the time, and you don’t get a chance to meet us and you don’t get a chance to meet each other,” he began. He further explained that he hoped this Artist Town Hall—which involved not just musicians, but people like myself—would help to both strengthen the community and shake it up a little.

Wheeler is probably Utah’s most famous radio DJ, first finding comfortable popularity on KRCL 90.9 FM’s drive-time show for several years before leaving for new station KUA A 99.9 FM, where he now works as programming director. But Wheeler’s musical presence goes way back. While an Ogdenite and harmonica aficionado for most of his life, he also worked at the infamous Speedway Café, a wild SLC punk venue, back in 1990, and managed the alsoinfamous and now-defunct Dead Goat Saloon seven years later.

When asked by Sartain what’s changed between the days of venues under freeways to the digitally-ruled now, Wheeler says, “I feel like music held us together more, and it created more of our identity back then.” For his part, Sartain describes the long-gone randomness of attending shows, and simply having to check something out to see if it was good, or trusting word-of-mouth. Nowadays, it’s easier to look things up and maybe decide to skip the nobody-knows-’em openers. I can say that, because as a seasoned millennial show-goer, I regrettably do that from time to time.

It might also be easier to skip out on going to shows because

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“It blows my mind that there’s no Utah music hall of fame,” Wheeler says. “We don’t really know our identity, our history, [so] how do we know where we’re gonna go in the future?” He laments going to South by Southwest and seeing bands from Uzbekistan, but none from Utah, which calls back to part of the conversation he had with me, about how City Weekly itself once hosted a local band competition, where the prize was a slot at SXSW. Wheeler wastes no time in pointing out that it’s not just specialty events like that where artists are lacking support, but that they need livable wages, affordable housing and health care—that it’s ridiculous that every time someone “falls down, gets sick or gets run over” they need to have some kind of benefit to raise funds. It’s on this strong note that Sartain suggests everyone try to chat with someone new for 20 minutes before an old-but-good SLC band, Palace of Buddies, jumps on stage with (brilliant) dance accompaniment by the Heartland Collective.

I chose Sartain—a stranger, really—to connect with, and wasted no time asking what changes he’d make for the next such event, because they’re hoping to hold these Town Halls four times a year.

First and foremost, he says, is diversity, and when he describes the concept of having a larger, more diverse panel on stage for discussion, he takes my suggestion of including younger, newer folks in the scene seriously. Since he operates the lion’s share of venues in town, it seems fitting that he’d open up a space like Urban for dialogue by folks within and outside his personal scope.

“Really, I think the biggest picture is having everyone connect and creating a support system, creating more long term goals,” Sartain says. I’m already determined to head to the next Town Hall with that future on my mind. CW

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Sharing a stage with the Flaming Lips is, I would imagine, a somewhat daunting prospect.

Presenting yourself as a prelude to one of the most renowned and engaging live acts of the modern era can’t be an easy task. But when I traveled to Ogden to see the Flaming Lips in 2018, Night Marcher rose to the occasion with aplomb.

They struck a great balance between a lively stage presence and a laid-back vibe that didn’t tire the crowd out before the main event—and while they obviously didn’t top the Lips in terms of sheer spectacle, their set still left me impressed. That impression was only reaffirmed when I checked out Night Marcher’s debut full-length Us & Them, released later that year. The album highlights the group’s more subdued side, glazing over frontman Rob Reinfurt’s soul-infused psychedelia with smoky atmospherics and thick, rubbery basslines.

Still, there were moments sprinkled throughout, on tracks like “The Devil Wears a Red, White & Blue Cape,” that served as a reminder of the bluesy rock smolder their live set proved them capable of. This Thursday, Night Marcher performs at Purgatory as part of the Brown Bag Concert Series, a set of free music concerts presented by the Salt Lake City Arts Council as part of an initiative to showcase local artists and promote smaller local businesses. (Nic Renshaw) Purgatory, 62 E. 700 South, 10 p.m., free, 21+, saltlakearts.org

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The Shivas, I’m glad to say, are still touring and playing music years after I saw them in the summer of 2014, right after their album You Know What to Do came out. Listening to it again, I’m transported to that show—one of the early ones at Diabolical Records—on a warm summer night. They were danceable as hell, their jangly, quick-paced surf-rock like nothing I’d heard before. Their song “You Make Me Wanna Die,” which they performed that night, was a mainstay for the rest of the summer, and I maintain all these years later that it’s the rare perfect song. It sounds like it’s straight out of the ’60s—not

in a fake, over-stylized way, but in an earnest and easy-going way, one that’s believable and darling as all hell. They’ve more or less stayed tied to these roots since then, putting out the dreamier album Better Off Dead in 2016, and the altogether more garage-infused, Ty Segall-ish, pop-oriented album Dark Thoughts in 2019. They’ll be joined by the garage and psych-aligned locals Say Hey, who released their debut album Everything // Everyone in 2019. New act on the block, Provo’s Day Sounds, also open with their Real Estate-meetspsychedelia specialty to show off. If it’s been a minute since you’ve seen a psychy, surfy, garagey bill like this, make sure to stop in.

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With acts like The Aces making steady gains in the world of indie pop far outside of Utah, it seems that the women of Utah County are lately the ones at the forefront of the state’s talent machine. This event comes as the seventh and last night of shows at Velour celebrating the women of the scene, and features a stacked night of Provo’s finest, one of whom happens to be one of those rising stars, Madge. Having moved to Los Angeles a while ago, Madge has been busy not just with music, but as a cult star and clothes horse for big names in the fashion world as well as in the world of Instagram. Her brand—because she’s so got one—is kooky and crazy in a way that speaks exclusively to a certain set of online millennials, those who love their glitchy, weirdo electro-pop to be paired with aesthetics just as alien. Starting out as part of another rather successful and popular Provo act, New Shack—who came back from the dreamy, nostalgic synth-driven 2016 release Eingang at the end of 2019 with the six-track release So Soda—Madge has been ambitiously working on the production side of her music since the release of her first single, the game-changing “Red James.”

Now heading in a more experimental direction than her work with New Shack, it will be interesting to see what goes on onstage when this seasoned former-Provoite takes the stage.

She’ll be joined by other locals by way of Aces-adjacent pop group The Rubies, synth-pop by Kambree and good old rock ’n’ roll by Mowth. (EM) Velour, 134 N. University Ave., Provo, 7:30 p.m., $8, all ages, velourlive.com

In name and sonic texture, Young Guv hearkens back to England’s alt-rock high point. Running roughly from the late ’70s to the mid-’90s, this period introduced nerdy crooners (Elvis Costello, Norman Blake) and puffed-up lads (Liam Gallagher, Morrissey) alike as crown princes of power-pop.

Those days are over, however, which makes Ben Cook’s breezy, radiant work as Young Guv such a revelation. First, Cook is Canadian; second, his day job finds him slashing sixstrings for sociopolitical hardcore ragers Fucked Up. How, then, does he pivot so easily to lovelorn laments like “Every Flower I See” and liquid proto-funk like “Trying to Decide,” two highlights off 2019 albums Guv I and Guv II? That double dose of pop ear candy came about after Cook couldn’t stop writing songs in Brooklyn in May 2018. Sounds cliché, until you realize what the Canuck was channeling: “Young Guv songs are like people-watching in a foreign country in the morning,” Cook tells Run for Cover Records in his official bio.

“I’m there and I’m trying not to cry from the overwhelming feeling of sadness and happiness.” Like all good pop music, the sorrow remains burrowed deep under earworm hooks that jangle (“Patterns Prevail”) and jar (“Try Not to Hang on So Hard”). Openers Spiritual Cramp will set the stage with danceable post-punk grooves while local support acts Gamma World and BOBO strut through their respective worlds of glam-thrash and electro-pop. (Nick McGregor) The Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East, 8 p.m., $13 presale; $15 day of show, 21+, theurbanloungeslc.com

Donovan Frankenreiter is one cool dude, and he keeps some cool company. He’s toured with the likes of ALO, G. Love, Matt Costa and several surf artists and filmmakers as well. Then again, he’s a surfer himself, a perennial hippie, a jammer and an inspired adventurer who takes life seriously when it comes to pursuing his passions, but not so seriously as to deny himself and his audiences all the exuberance and exhilaration it has to offer. He’s also a sensitive soul, as his tenderest tunes repeatedly prove.

Moreover, he’s happy and hopeful, a traveling troubadour committed to making music for the masses and living by example. It’s little wonder then that he once recorded albums named Start Livin’, Move By Yourself, Pass It Around and Glow—titles that make ideal mantras. And even for those who only know him through his music, it’s evidence enough that Donovan is the kind of guy well worth hanging out with, even if only over the course of a concert.

Seeing that he’s made a living out of sharing his songs and a consistently upbeat attitude for the past 20 years, it’s not surprising that his positive vibe seems contagious.

His upcoming gig in Park City—a benefit for the National Ability Center’s Red, White and Snow annual fundraising event—affirms his positivity. Given Frankenreiter’s feel for funk, that’s a good groove to fall into. (Lee Zimmerman) O.P. Rockwell Cocktail Lounge & Music Hall, 268 Main, Park City 8 p.m., $55-$125, 21+, shows, oprockwell.com

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Classic country music has been getting a bad rap lately by those who complain it’s little more than frat rock in the guise of slick songs and broad-brimmed cowboy hats. Likewise, Americana music has complicated the legitimacy of a sound that goes back decades, one that can be traced to such iconoclastic individuals as Hank Williams, George Jones, Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn.

Blake Shelton is more aware of that legacy than most, and like his predecessors, he continues to sing songs that touch people’s lives, expressing both the optimism and uncertainty that accompany confusing times. His music rings with sincerity and conviction, helping to re-establish country music’s role in providing anthems for the Everyman (and Everywoman). It’s a sound that eschews posturing in favor of tunes that resonate with honesty and intelligence—never talking down to listeners, but lifting them up instead. With 26 No. 1 records—17 of them consecutive chart-toppers—and practically every honor there is to acquire, Shelton’s credentials are impeccably etched. Given his continuing role on the hit show The Voice, his visibility is firmly entrenched as well. Now, fresh from his performance with girlfriend Gwen Stefani at the Grammys, he’s heading up a veritable variety show featuring appearances from special guest Lauren Alaina and several other A-list artists—the Bellamy Brothers, John Anderson and Trace Adkins. Country is cool after all!

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When I rolled into City Limits with my pal Cody, we were also at our respective limits. We’d been drinking in Utah County already that day, for a project Cody had been working on, and we’d just spent the last half hour sipping hot coffee in a coffee shop filled to the brim with Provo hipsters and cheesy coffee sayings—like, you know, “Don’t talk to me ‘til I’ve have my coffee.” We needed the coffee to keep drinking, for our respective writing projects. Our next stop was a little ways down from the coffee shop, and it was a beautiful early evening to walk past teenage couples in downtown historic Provo. It was even more wonderful to finally see the fantastic sight of City Limits Tavern, whose orange-lettered sign is bookended by glowing neon martini glasses. Mini Pride flags hang over the entrance, among more neons. Once inside, we have the place mostly to ourselves, since it’s not prime drinking time yet—though I don’t know what prime drinking time is in Provo. It’s a spectacular dive bar inside, with a ’70s-style curving ceiling that extends back and back, until a stage emerges. I order a Red Stripe—because my mom likes to order them, since they remind her of driving around with drunk cabbies in Jamaica—and Cody orders a Miller High Life, the Champagne of Beers I will apparently never learn to love.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You might sometimes reach a point where you worry that conditions are not exactly right to pursue your dreams or fulfill your holy quest. Does that describe your current situation? If so, I invite you to draw inspiration from Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), who’s regarded as one of history’s foremost novelists. Here’s how one observer described Cervantes during the time he was working on his masterpiece, the novel titled Don Quixote: “shabby, obscure, disreputable, pursued by debts, with only a noisy tenement room to work in.”

Cervantes dealt with imperfect conditions just fine.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks,” says Taurus filmmaker, actor, and author John Waters. I trust that you have been intensely cultivating that kind of success in the last few weeks, Taurus—and that you will climax this wondrous accomplishment with a flourish during the next few weeks. You’re on the verge of achieving a new level of mastery in the art of immersing yourself in environments that bring out the best in you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I would love for you to become more powerful, Gemini—not necessarily in the sense of influencing the lives of others, but rather in the sense of managing your own affairs with relaxed confidence and crisp competence. What comes to mind when I urge you to expand your self-command and embolden your ambition? Is there an adventure you could initiate that would bring out more of the swashbuckler in you?

gazed into a mirror as he created more than 90 self-portraits— about 10% of his total work. Why? Art scholars don’t have a definitive answer. Some think he did self-portraits because they sold well.

Others say that because he worked so slowly, he himself was the only person he could get to model for long periods. Still others believe this was his way of cultivating self-knowledge, equivalent to an author writing an autobiography. In the coming weeks, I highly recommend that you engage in your personal equivalent of extended mirrorgazing. It’s a favorable time to understand yourself better.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): From author Don DeLillo’s many literary works, I’ve gathered five quotes to serve as your guideposts in the coming weeks.

These observations are all in synchronistic alignment with your current needs. 1. Sometimes a thing that’s hard is hard because you’re doing it wrong. 2. You have to break through the structure of your own stonework habit just to make yourself listen.

3. Something is always happening, even on the quietest days and deep into the night, if you stand a while and look. 4. The world is full of abandoned meanings. In the commonplace, I find unexpected themes and intensities. 5. What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself just by being a cabbage,” wrote Scorpio author Jean Giraudoux (1882– 1944). “Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage—unless you have an agent and pay him a commission.” He was making the point that for us humans, it’s not enough to simply become good at a skill and express that skill; we need to hire a publicist or marketing wizard or distributor to make sure the world knows about our offerings. Generally, I agree with Giradoux’s assessment. But I think that right now it applies to you only minimally.

The coming weeks will be one of those rare times when your interestingness will shine so brightly, it will naturally attract its deserved attention. Your motto, from industrialist Henry J. Kaiser: “When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When he was 29 years old, Sagittarian composer Ludwig Beethoven published his String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4. Most scholars believe that the piece was an assemblage of older material he had created as a young man. A similar approach might work well for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. I invite you CANCER (June 21-July 22): For my Cancerian readers in the Southern Hemisphere, this oracle to consider the possibility of repurposing tricks and ideas that will be in righteous alignment with the natural flow of the seasons. weren’t quite ripe when you first used them. Recycling yourself That’s because February is the hottest, laziest, most spacious makes good sense. time of year in that part of the world—a logical moment to take a lavish break from the daily rhythm and escape on a vacation or CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): pilgrimage designed to provide relaxation and renewal. Which is Are there parts of your life that seem to undermine other parts exactly what I’m advising for all of the earth’s Cancerians, includ- of your life? Do you wish there was greater harmony between ing those in the Northern Hemisphere. So for those of you above your heart and your head, between your giving and your taking, the equator, I urge you to consider thinking like those below the between your past and your future? Wouldn’t it be wonderful equator. If you can’t get away, make a blanket fort in your home if you could infuse your cautiousness with the wildness of your and pretend. Or read a book that takes you on an imaginary secret self? I bring these questions to your attention, Capricorn, because I suspect you’re primed to address them with a surge of journey. Or hang out at an exotic sanctuary in your hometown. innovative energy. Here’s my prediction: Healing will come as you juxtapose apparent opposites and unite elements that have LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo author Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a pioneer in the genre previously been unconnected. of the historical novel. His stories were set in various eras of the Scottish past. In those pre-telephone and pre-internet days, AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): research was a demanding task. Scott traveled widely to gather When he was 19, the young poet Robert Graves joined the British tales from keepers of the oral tradition. In accordance with current army to fight in World War I. Two years later, the Times of London astrological omens, Leo, I recommend that you draw inspiration newspaper reported that he had been killed at the Battle of the from Scott’s old-fashioned approach. Seek out direct contact with Somme in France. But it wasn’t true. Graves was very much alive, the past. Put yourself in the physical presence of storytellers and and continued to be for another 69 years. During that time, he elders. Get first-hand knowledge about historical events that will wrote 55 books of poetry, 18 novels and 55 other books. I’m going to be bold and predict that this story can serve as an apt metaphor inspire your thoughts about the future of your life story. for your destiny in the coming weeks and months. Some dream or situation or influence that you believed to be gone will in fact have a VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Over a period of 40 years, the artist Rembrandt (1606–1663) very long second life filled with interesting developments.

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tentially provocative material in Seberg’s secondary plot, focusing on an FBI agent named Jack Solomon (Jack O’Connell) who is assigned the surveillance of Seberg.

Solomon grows increasingly uneasy with the tactics used by the Bureau, but it’s not really the development of his character’s conscience that’s interesting. Instead, it’s a look at the American “normalcy” of the civil rights/Vietnam era that the FBI’s actions are supposed to be defending, and how indefensible that normalcy is at its core.

We see Solomon’s wife Linette (Margaret Qualley), a medical student, at an awkward backyard barbecue gathering of FBI families, as the other wives seem dismissive of her own career aspirations. Later, the Solomons have dinner with Jack’s FBI partner Carl (Vince Vaughn, making perfect use of his loudmouth swagger) and his family, which turns into an ugly exposure of Carl’s feelings about his hippie son, and the wife and daughter who dare to contradict him.

That’s terrific stuff foregrounding the era’s conservative backlash against social movements that were challenging the existing power structure, a counteroffensive

Kristen Stewart in Seberg in which Jean Seberg simply becomes collateral damage. And it’s not that Seberg, and Stewart’s performance, don’t make Seberg’s disintegration emotionally affecting. The focus on a single victim of the U.S. government’s war on progressivism gives this story a more personal, more individual potency, but it always feels like the real story here is those who waged that war, and why they told themselves it was worth fighting. For all the screen time spent on Seberg—because, after all, it’s her name at the beginning of the movie—there’s another story that keeps letting you know it might belong at center stage. CW

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Director Benedict Andrews doesn’t pull back on the idea of making this a story about Seberg as martyr, opening up with a shot of Stewart as Seberg burning at the stake in her breakthrough role as Joan of Arc in Otto Preminger’s Saint Joan. Early scenes emphasize Seberg’s loneliness and isolation as her marriage to Romain Gary (Yvan Attal) falls apart, making for an effective transition to Seberg’s growing paranoia as it becomes clear someone is watching and listening to her every move.

Stewart’s unique blend of flintiness and emotional fragility works well for that evolution, yet the screenplay by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse (Race) never provides the foundation for Seberg’s political consciousness. The fact that she’s willing to risk everything—her career, her mental health, her family—for her principles is simply taken for granted, leaving a hole in the central character.

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Sometimes, however, a misjudged title isn’t simply an indication that the distributor doesn’t know what their audience wants. It could be an indication that the filmmakers themselves might not be entirely sure what their movie is about.

The point here isn’t to critique Seberg for not being a cradle-to-grave biopic about its title subject, actress Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart). Recent film history is littered with such predictable narratives, most of which have little more to say than “this person was famous, but had a rough life.” Seberg did have a rough life, but the specific manner in which it was rough lends itself to some potentially intriguing explorations of a particular moment in American history—and understanding that moment might have meant even less of a focus on the famous person whose name is in the title.

That moment in question is 1968-71, a period where Seberg—an icon of the French New Wave of the 1960s after Breathless— was doing more film work in American movies. In Los Angeles she meets Hakim Jamal (Anthony Mackie), a black activist whose principles align with Seberg’s desire to get more political. Her willingness to provide financial support to Jamal’s causes

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All Utah real state commissions are negotiable. Commissions rebates are subject to lender approval and lending guidelines. Savings are not guaranteed.