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SUPREME LOSS Utah women recount the impact of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Love Fratelli’s new space. Awesome patio and all of their delicious pasta dishes. Plus, gelato to-go is a must! @SALTPLATECITY via Instagram Thank you, City Weekly, for your ongoing support of all things local. What a great asset to our community. @FRATELLIUTAH via Instagram

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I hope many can recover, and we can get our culinary world back up to par. @BREWJA801 via Instagram Feldman’s Deli, Utah’s only Jewish deli, famous for outstanding corned beef and pastrami, is now offering dinein and patio dining as well as takeout and curbside pickup.

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The West Coast is on fire, New Orleans and Puerto Rico are flattened, our cities are convulsing with civil strife, 200,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 with thousands more left with long-term medical problems, the economy is in the toilet and the only thing Donald Dumpsterfire worries about is people disparaging his precious little red baseball cap.

Question: Why did emperor Nero fiddle while Rome burned? Answer: Because golf hadn’t been invented yet.

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What is the last book you read?

Give us your binge-reading book suggestions.

Pete Saltas I just finished Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison. Though published in the ’50s, there are a lot of recurring themes that we see in today’s world. Definitely a must-read. Currently binging Dune, by Frank Herbert.

Scott Renshaw A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Highly recommended.

Mikey Saltas Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, a compilation of short stories that the movie Arrival was based on.

Eric Granato The Diary Of A Drug Fiend by Aleister Crowley Tom Metos Stephen King’s The Institute. Freaky … but what would you expect from Stephen King?

Sofia Cifuentes I’m reading Animal Farm by George Orwell. I really like it and recommend it. The next one will be The Artist’s Way

by Julia Cameron, because it’s been highly recommended to me. And for the current situation, I would suggest as a binge-read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.

Derek Carlisle Fitting titles for these days that are some of my favs: All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez and Damned

by Chuck Palahniuk.

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in school, you can thank Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

As a member of the national board of the ACLU, local attorney Jill Sheinberg met Ginsburg at gatherings here in Utah. “She was kind of reserved, but boy, did she get it with women’s equality,” she said. “She made it possible for so many women to do so many things they couldn’t do before.”

Many people were stunned at Trump’s rush to deliver on Day 1 of the justice’s death. “It is such an affront, so hypocritical, so undemocratic. It’s enough to make you crazy,” Sheinberg says.

While a nation tries to mourn amid the political jockeying, memorials are being forged as battle cries. The national group Indivisible is preparing peaceful actions at Senate offices around the country. Ginsburg, after all, was a quiet, stealthy activist.

“A great champion of freedom has arrived in heaven. Her work is done. Her burden is now ours. Let us honor her legacy by doing our duty,” writes Steve Schmidt of the Lincoln Project, a Republican-based political action committee bent on beating Trump. “‘Fight, register, vote. I Dissent’ are the most American of words. Thank you, Madame Justice.

May your memory be a blessing.”

Ginsburg was able to reach across the partisan divide, understand another point of view and make the opposition understand hers, says Cindy Kindred, a longtime women’s advocate and co-founder of Utah Women & Politics. “She was able to use that massive and wonderful intellect that built bridges.

You look at where we are today—and we have no bridges.”

As a Supreme Court justice, Ginsburg showed up the day after her husband died and delivered an opinion. “She was willing to do what had to be done,” Sheinberg says.

Her death, however, changes the presidential race dramatically. “The focus was on all the things [Trump] has failed at so miserably—COVID, the economy, border crossings, immigration. The shift is now toward those social issues like abortion,” says Kindred.

Even if the Democrats win the Senate in November, Kindred fears Republicans would have two months to do damage in retribution. “It doesn’t matter what they do,” she says.

“It’s very sad. With [Ginsburg’s] departure, one philosophy will be dominating as the last arbiter of dissension.”

Always attempting to find consensus, Ginsburg will be remembered as someone who realized that we can think differently and still find a middle road. It may surprise some that she fought for equality for men in several gender discrimination cases that she argued successfully. “Even in cases she won in the court, she looked at the other person’s view, so a man could understand,” Kindred says.

On social issues, the courts have actually lagged behind the nation on concerns like gay marriage and health care. And if the high court becomes solidly conservative, the courts may not catch up for decades. “Our realities are so different,” Kindred says of the two parties. “We tend to get into our own echo chambers—it’s all reinforced—and there’s no way out of it.”

Ginsburg encouraged women in a patriarchal society and showed the nation that compromise was not evil. And even if the ideals of compromise and middle ground appear to be crumbling with a starkly polarized Congress, Shepherd doesn’t see Ginsburg’s death as the end of the fight. “What I do think is predictable. I think women are going to absolutely rise up and say, ‘You’re taking away my health care, you’re taking away my right to choose, I want to control my body.’ … The threat has never really materialized for people before. This is like a beacon in the sky in their eyes.”

She expects people to respond very strongly at the ballot box in memory of Ginsburg and to cement her legacy.

“She was the unsung hero of changing the legal fabric of our system.” CW Send feedback to comments@cityweekly.net.

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s the president dances on the grave of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, feminists and the unwitting beneficiaries of her persistence mourn an unspeakable loss.

It’s one thing to “plank like Ruth,” wear her collar and revel in the RBG documentaries. It’s another thing to live by her words, acknowledge her actions and protect her legacy.

Ginsburg was appointed to the high court in 1993, the same year that Karen Shepherd won a seat in Congress to represent Utah’s 2nd district. “I was excited, but I had no idea that she had rocked the world,” Shepherd said.

It wasn’t until she saw the RBG documentary—which she has now seen three times—that she realized what Ginsburg had accomplished. “I was horrified that all these years I didn’t know she was the prime mover behind most the substantial changes in the law for women. … We are now talking about systemic racism in the law, but then there was systemic bias against women.”

Shepherd, who once edited the women’s magazine Network and was elected in the Year of the Woman, is considered one of Utah’s feminist champions. “I spent my whole working life until 1988 doing nothing but women’s issues, and I had never heard of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” she said.

“I think it was done very quietly. She went after it, piece by piece, and we who were working on issues, too—we just didn’t know what she was doing.”

Until now.

There is a meme going around on Facebook that says it all: “Women, if you have a credit card in your own name and your own credit history, if you have leased an apartment or bought property in your name, if you have consented to your own medical treatment, if you played a sport

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Hoo-boy, just Google it: “Mormon.” That’s what Jana Riess, religion news writer and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints suggests. Egad.

Doesn’t Wikipedia care that The COJCOLDS rejects the “Mormon” nickname?

What about Google itself? Shouldn’t everybody everywhere be erasing this offensive honorific from the annals of history? After all, that’s what the hierarchy of said church expects. Well, it’s just not that easy. “Mormons’ spiritual development as disciples of Christ has nothing to do with how journalists do their jobs,” Riess says. And what about the Catholics? Their official name is the Holy Roman Catholic Church. How often do you see that in print? But a study conducted

by Public Square, which the Deseret News says is an online publication by church members, is sending shock waves—somewhere. “The main takeaway here is that those who don’t follow the church’s preferred style guide are much more likely to write negatively about the church in their story,” said managing editor Christopher Cunningham. Really? The media must be the “enemy of the people.” Or they’re just trying to be clear.

Famous for Stupidity

Maybe you’ve heard of Ida B Wells, Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer—all female African American activists who fought for justice and equality at different times.

And while we have just celebrated the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, it is becoming increasingly clear that Black women were shut out of the suffragist movement. Curators From the Couch: Black Women’s Activism in Early America will help you understand the bravery of these women and the barriers they faced. It will also help bring the Black Lives Matter movement into focus as Black women still struggle with a culture of racism and violence. Facebook Live, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 6:30 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/3hNlcFb

Climate Activism

We live in a changing world—in multiple ways. Climate science is changing along with the political environment in the United States and beyond. The 2020 Virtual Citizens’ Climate Mountain West Regional Conference will explore the intersectionality of climate and racism and how to go beyond partisanship and personal biases to effectively and authentically engage with diverse allies. You will hear about policies that conserve nature and protect water supplies. Presenters will make the case for carbon pricing and update you on climate science and how the pandemic has affected our climate. Virtual, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2 p.m.-Sunday, Sept. 27, 4:30 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/2HcTHsid

How to Vote on Judges

Did you ever wonder why almost all Utah judges get a passing grade in retention elections? Do you even know anything about the judges up for election in the state? Judges on the Ballot: Casting Informed Votes in Retention Elections will open a window to this murky and yet merit-based system. “Utah’s distinctive, meritbased process to select, evaluate and retain its judges gives voters an important voice at every general election. How well do you know your judges? Come and learn how you can cast an informed vote on judges this November,” organizers say. You’ll hear from Kim Cordova, executive director, Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and former Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Christine Durham, among others.

Virtual, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 12-1 p.m., free. https://bit.ly/2FLsFaP

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As the Deseret News so indelicately pointed out, Utah made the news four times in the past week—“for all the wrong reasons.” Yes, this is about COVID-19 and the absurdist anti-mask movement that has made any reasonable government action nearly impossible. It wasn’t enough that Jimmy Kimmel introduced “the world’s dumbest person” who happened to be from a southern Utah anti-mask rally. A teacher has been hospitalized, schools shut down, the governor extends the state of emergency and Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge halted a meeting on masks because of a lack of them. Oh, and there was news of the failure of Test Utah and the Healthy Together app. So, what’s the good news? The fainthearted governor is “considering” a mask mandate.

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After KUTV 2 News reported that “dozens” of Salt Lake police officers want to leave, citizens began to panic. “We have already ceded the streets to criminals and now our police force has lost confidence in the mayor and the chief of police,” said one poster on the Nextdoor website. Can we call this an overreaction as the city and the nation grapple with police misdeeds and the possibility of reform? The Legislature is already looking at enhanced penalties for property damage during riots, and the president is praising a young gunman who took the law into his own hands, killing two. Law and order require a respect from all levels of government, and that includes the police, the public and yes, the president. Certainly, violence in whatever form should be punished, but the punishment should fit the crime, not the hype.

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We have an opportunity to choose love over fear every time. We hope this project inspires and uplifts your heart during this difficult time.”

While the outdoor exhibition provides a generally safe environment for socially-distanced viewing, those who require an extra layer of safety can view all of the images from the exhibition online at equalityaudiotour.org. That online presentation also includes audio segments for each image, produced in conjunction with KRCL. With so much more work still to do for social justice, explore a celebration of the reality that individuals can create change.

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When playwright Morag Shepherd and the creative team at the Sackerson theater company began contemplating in the late spring what kind of theatrical presentation would be possible during a pandemic.

And beyond logistics, there was a question of offer up to audiences, according to Shepherd: “Something that deals with COVID and what’s going on, or something that’s lighter and more hopeful? We opted for a more upbeat romance story.”

The result was Cherry Wine in Paper Cups, a light-hearted love story where both audience and performer safety considerations are prioritized. For the show itself, there were only three roles in the double-cast production: the main romantic couple, and a narrator. Sackerson chose actors who were already living together for their romantic leads, with the narrator always at a distance of at least 10 feet. For the spectators, the venue is outdoors—in the grassy public park area of downtown’s Library Square (200 S. 400 East), with the dialogue broadcast over sanitized headsets with single-use ear covers, to insure that the socially-distanced

tanced. Tickets are available via advance online purchase only, for $27 per vehicle, at slfs.org, along with the opportunity to pre-purchase concessions packages. Toast, rice and other Rockyspecific goodies are all up to you.

And the opportunities to enjoy drive-in viewing in downtown SLC don’t stop there. Enjoy the shot-in-Utah Sundance comedy Brigsby Bear on Friday, Sept. 25, with additional upcoming offerings including Mad Max: Fury Road (Black and Chrome Edition), GalaxyQuest, Get Out and They Live. Get a little taste of “normal” again—if that word ever applied to Rocky Horror. (SR)

Salt Lake Acting Company: Digital Shorts and “49-3/4 Season”

audience members can all enjoy the show.

Shepherd acknowledges that it wasn’t always easy getting into the creative headspace to write something frothy. “I had to definitely stop following the news obsessively in the morning, … and started listening to more upbeat music at that time,” she says. “I was pretty in the muck when it started.” Help pull yourself out of that muck with one of the performances running weekends through Oct. 18; visit sackerson.org/tickets for individual showtimes and to purchase $25 general admission seats. (SR)

“Figuring it out as you go” is the mantra for every performing arts organization in 2020, and that includes Salt Lake Acting Company. While the season beginning in fall 2020 would have marked the local theater stalwart’s historic 50th anniversary season, they’re diving into the year in a way that makes sense: with a “49-3/4 season that includes several virtual ways to enjoy the company’s amazing work.

Things are kicking off even now with the first of 10 SLAC Digital Shorts available via the company’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/user/ saltlakeactingcom/videos). Online (pictured) finds SLAC Producing Director Justin Ivie providing parody lyrics to Little Shop of Horrors’ “Skid Row,” in an energetic five-minute musical homage to the way we’ve all been living through our phones for the past several months. Coming soon, writer Olivia Custodio and director Topher Rasmussen present Good Enough for Costco, in which God Herself (Annette Wright) has to deal with a new arrival to the afterlife (Eric

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In most “normal” years—and we’ve had to use air-quotes around “normal” a lot lately—the Halloween season in Salt Lake City wouldn’t be the same without the live-cast performances of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Tower Theatre. Of course, that’s not possible in 2020, as movie theaters themselves don’t always feel like the safest places to be, especially for those in higher risk groups. If only there were a way to do the “Time Warp” again in a responsible way …

Fear not, for the Salt Lake Film Society has a backup plan. Launched in September as a way to present communal viewing experiences in a makeshift drive-in, the Studio Backlot Motor Cinema (Redman Movies & Stories, 1075 S. 700 West) presents The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m., including live (safe) performance featuring members of the Out of the Shadows Theater Company; gates open at 7 p.m. Patrons are asked to remain in vehicles except when using restrooms, and parking spaces will be appropriately dis-

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EQUALITY UTAH

This bizarre year has been defined by the pandemic, to be certain, but also by a spirit of rebellion against injustice. While protests have understandably and justifiably focused on systemic racism, it’s always worth paying homage to those who have fought for all causes insisting on basic humanity and equality.

Craft Lake City and the Temporary Museum for Permanent Change have collaborated with Equality Utah for Refiner’s Fire, an exhibition on the Temporary Museum’s 14 “billboards” on 300 South downtown between 200 East and 200 West. These images draw attention to LGBTQ Utahns who have worked for—and accomplished—social change in this state and beyond. Among the subjects are Dr. Kristen Ries and Maggie Snyder, who fought the AIDS crisis in the 1980s; Nikki Boyer, pioneer of Utah’s Sun Tavern gay bar in the 1970s; and those who fought the recent battle to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth. In a press release, Equality Utah’s Troy Williams says, “This is a time of many great challenges. We are facing multiple fires.

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Those online morsels provide a delightful appetizer for other upcoming SLAC offerings that will be available for safe at-home viewing. In October, Leila Buck and Tamilla Woodard’s American Dreams presents a speculative satire about U.S. citizenship only being available via participation in an online game show, with audience participation part of the experience. In November, revisit SLAC’s 2016 world-premiere production of Climbing With Tigers in a recorded performance, with another virtual production to be determined coming in February, and live-stream options for in-person spring productions. Visit saltlakeactingcompany.org for tickets and more info. (SR)

To Go Where He’s Never Gone Before

Eragon author Christopher Paolini takes his world-building from fantasy to science-fiction.

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to the fans who he hopes will follow him on this adventure from his previous fantastical worlds into the distant reaches of space. “There’s a reason why the publisher chose my name and not the title to emphasize on the spine,” he says of To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. “For better or worse, readers are still getting ‘a Paolini.’” CW

CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI: TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS

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t the age of 19—when most of us are still barely figuring out what we want to be when we grow up— Christopher Paolini had a New York Times bestselling novel. Now, at the wise “old” age of 36, he’s taking his first steps outside the genre that established his career.

Eragon, published in 2002, launched a fantasy universe that has thus far included three additional novels (the Inheritance Cycle), a collection of short stories and a feature film adaptation. Paolini’s new novel, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, marks a shift to “hard” science-fiction, telling a story of a distant future where humans have colonized other star systems, and where a biologist’s discovery of a symbiotic alien life form immerses her in a massive interstellar conflict between alien races. Paolini will be participating in a virtual conversation with author Brandon Sanderson about the book in a live event via kingsenglish.com on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.

Having established himself for nearly two decades in the fantasy field, it would have been easy for Paolini to continue along that successful path. But for him, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars was a necessary next step.

“Part of it was just to prove I could,” he says by phone from his Montana home.

“The rest of it was, I wanted to show you could write sciencefiction with an alChristopher Paolini most mythological feel while still being

realistic. This is still an epic.

“We had a nice collection of both [fantasy and sciencefiction books] growing up,” he adds. “Fantasy captured my heart, but science-fiction captured my intellect and my imagination.”

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars allowed Paolini to pay his respects to some of his favorite genre works—there are more than a couple references to the Alien films—yet it also proved to be a unique challenge. Researching the science behind concepts like faster-than-light travel and genetic enhancements took most of a year, a necessary part of science-fiction “world-building” that isn’t quite the same in a setting based on magic and fanciful creatures. “I couldn’t just ignore physics as we know it,” Paolini says. “I could amend it, say we could make more discoveries in the future. … What I really enjoyed was that, by trying to answer those sort of annoying questions that are easy to handwave away, it leads in interesting directions.”

Paolini acknowledges that the mental effort involved in getting the science right might have contributed to why it took him nearly a decade of writing and re-writing To Sleep in a Sea of Stars to finally crack the narrative in a way that felt right. Yet part of this new challenge was also the evolution from writing a coming-of-age story focused on a young protagonist to one with a grown woman as its hero.

“Adult lives have a different structure than adolescent lives, and vary a lot from one life to the next,” Paolini says.

“The shape of the story for an adult is different from the shape of a story for an adolescent. World-building is fun, but finding the emotional heart is harder.”

The author himself has moved from adolescence to adulthood over the course of his professional career, and he notes that there were certainly pluses and minuses to finding success at such a young age. “It completely transformed my life from being a home-schooled kid in Montana to being able to travel the world—not to mention making a living as a storyteller,” Paolini says of Eragon’s success.

“I’m still kind of amazed that I get to do this. The downside was growing up in this process. It led to some … unusual experiences, let’s say. Now that I’m older, I sort of shake my head and say, ‘Wow, I didn’t understand how strange and unusual this is.’”

Paolini also says that, while for every writer it can be strange looking back on early work from the perspective of being older and more experienced, he’s able to see the books he wrote as a teenager and young adult in all their flaws and highlights. “Sometimes I’ll have to look something up,” he says, “and open up Eragon and I’m pleasantly surprised: ‘Hey, I wrote that!” And other times I look and groan, ‘I wrote that?’ I’ve been doing this for about 22 years, so I’d hope I’ve learned a few things.”

Still, as he makes this journey into the previously unknown space of science-fiction, he’s appreciative for what Eragon and the Inheritance Cycle have given to him, and

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The Year 2020 has delivered some one-two punches to local chefs, but they’re rising to the occasion.

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Utah’s restaurant scene has evolved quite a bit over the past decade, and a large part of that evolution is due to chef Ryan Lowder’s decision to open The Copper Onion.

When it first opened for business, Lowder helped usher in an era of creativity and sustainability that set the stage for the culinary landscape we enjoy today. “Opening Copper Onion was a challenge in itself,” Lowder says. “It wasn’t easy to introduce Utahns to bone marrow and sweetbreads 10 years ago.”

Lowder built his affinity for creative ingredients and recipes while attending the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, cutting his teeth in restaurants like Jean-Georges and pursuing different culinary endeavors in Colombia and Spain.

When Lowder opened Copper Onion, however, his goal was a more approachable perspective on foods he loved to cook. “Our mantra with Copper Onion was we just want to serve a bowl of pasta,” Lowder says.

“We’re not trying to follow a trend; we just want to make good food.”

Given the influence that Copper Onion has had on Salt Lake’s food scene since it opened, it’s safe to say: “Mission accomplished.”

Copper Onion’s COVID Update Ryan Lowder says: “Our restaurants (that include Copper Common, Copper Kitchen and The Daily) have been severely limping.

Limping is still moving forward, though. Our biggest challenge has been running restaurants with 0-50% customers allowed inside.

With slim profits in good times, it’s damned near impossible in our new reality.

“Our biggest win was paying several months of all of our employees’ health benefits with Paycheck Protection Program [funding].

That’s running out at the end of the month. Federal government? Are you hearing this?

“We’ve expanded patios where we can, added heaters, tested crossventilation with the doors open in our shops so we can open inside, and we’re plotting a more aggressive takeaway when those doors need to be shut.

“My biggest fear? Winter is coming.” (Alex Springer)

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Slow Food’s “Feast for the Five Senses” Slow Food’s annual fundraiser, Feast of Five Senses, is a mobile affair this year. Choose a tasting menu from one of the participating restaurants, which have joined with local farms to highlight the harvest. Presented by Harmons, the proceeds are split to help support these restaurants and to create Slow Food’s microgrant fund for 2021.

Register for your meal, and on Saturday, Sept. 26, you can pick up a fourcourse tasting menu from one of following: Afterword by Tupelo Park City, Porch, Oquirrh Restaurant, Blended Table, Makanmakan, Zest Kitchen and Bar, Franck’s Restaurant, SLC Eatery and Saffron Valley Indian Restaurant.

Then, take your meal home and create a feast using the menu and instructions provided by the chef. Additionally, you’ll receive instructional videos about wine pairings and the table setting. At 7 p.m., you can join Slow Food’s Facebook Live feed to savor your feast with the Slow Food community. But don’t delay, meals at some restaurants are selling out. slowfoodutah.org/2020-feast-of-five-senses-a-movable-feast

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The Downtown Alliance’s “Open Streets” Downtown Salt Lake and its more than 130 restaurants and bars are opening up parts of Main Street to allow people to shop, dine and enjoy performances while remaining physically distanced. Each Thursday through Saturday evening from 6 to 10 p.m. through Oct. 10, downtown stretches of Main Street will close to automobile traffic to expand patio service areas for restaurants that will be accompanied by buskers and performing artists in various locations from Exchange Place to City Creek Center. More information is available at downtownslc.org

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orking in the restaurant business is always a roll of the dice, but 2020, and in Salt Lake City especially, it’s been one for the record books. A pandemic, earthquake, ongoing protests and a windstorm with hurricane-force winds have been visited upon our fair city—and we’re only three-quarters of the way through!

But look around and you’ll see signs of hope everywhere. For starters, many eateries and bars have reopened after being forced to close in midMarch 2020, and they’ve thoughtfully created safe dining experiences for patrons, making a return visit worth the wait.

To highlight the outlooks of five local chefs, we present stories this week originally assigned for our sister publication, Devour Utah magazine, which unfortunately did not make it to print this past summer.

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Jeremy S. Matthews As executive chef for Nordstrom Grill at City Creek Center and a regional chef apprentice for Nordstrom’s culinary division since 2013, Jeremy Matthews previously worked in restaurants and coffee shops in the Salt Lake Valley after graduating from the culinary arts program at Salt Lake Community College.

Along with being a talented chef and menu designer, Matthews is a delightful combination of a genuine “people person” as well as a great manager, a stickler for customer service and a consummate professional. A fan of his for more than a decade, I was happy to sit down with him recently to ask a few questions: ROH: Who inspires you as a chef?

JSM: Lots of folks. Alice Waters, Samin Nosrat, Jacques Pépin, Rick Bayless and my mother and grandmother. I remember staying with my Grandma Pacheco as a child and her teaching me how to make chile verde, calabacitas, fried potatoes (in lard, of course) and chile Colorado.

My mother and aunts also included me in traditional cooking—making tortillas and tamales from scratch at big family events.

I think those fond memories of family unity and happiness centered around food made me want to explore it as a career.

What’s your signature dish?

At Nordstrom, it’s about executing highquality food consistently across the menu.

Customer favorites would be our signature crab bisque, cilantro lime shrimp salad and the prime rib French dip.”

When I create for the restaurant, I enjoy utilizing Southwestern flavors of my childhood and exploring culinary traditions that are new to me.

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Any unexpected disasters?

The kitchen is all about management and organization. My favorite saying is: “You run your day or your day runs you.” That’s because the naturally chaotic and dangerous elements in a restaurant will overwhelm you if you don’t take the steps to get ahead of them. This is controlled through training, planning, strategy and addressing health and safety concerns.

I’ve seen fryers boil over, cuts, burns, power outages, equipment failures and was even marched out under armed police during an active shooter event. As professionals, the well-being of our staff and clientele should always be our first priority.

And we always need to make sure that the show goes on no matter what.

Nordstrom Grill’s COVID-19 Update Jeremy Matthews says: “Restarting after quarantine has been a challenge for everyone. Our primary objective in reopening was to be able to provide our customers with the safest service possible. And we knew that service wouldn’t look the same as it was previously. So, while we may not be able to bus as frequently or offer our full range of menu items, I hope that knowing our diners are in a safe and secure environment will show them how much we appreciate and care for them.

Utah was the second region for Nordstrom to reopen, so I had the opportunity to help guide our other locations as they rolled back into service. This nationwide view showed me how this pandemic has impacted the entire food service industry—from the dishwasher, to the local farm, the delivery driver, the warehouse operators—there are just so many people that rely on us.

So, the best thing that I can do to help as many people as I can is to provide the best food possible and encourage people to dine with us and other local restaurants safely. And while this year seems to throw something new at us daily, hopefully we will be able to provide a small amount of consistency and comfort for our customers.” (Rebecca Ory Hernandez) NORDSTROM GRILL

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What do you want to be known for?

As a teacher and a leader. I think a chef’s success is largely defined by the trail of successful chefs they leave in their wake.

Manuel “Manny” Rozehnal Sundance Mountain Resort Manuel (Manny) Rozehnal

Hailing from Unterhaching, Germany, Manuel Rozehnal left his hometown after attending culinary school and launching his career to work in two Michelin-star restaurants in France and Switzerland. After a time, he moved to California to work with celebrity chef Michael Mina and then to Park City before making his way to Sundance Mountain Resort in January 2019, where he is the executive sous chef.

Traveling taught Chef Manny a lot about food. He looks to the world for inspiration and prefers real, honest food.

“I just look at what’s new in the world and what’s going on, and then I look back a lot to when cooking started and what they were using,” Rozehnal said.

“For the Foundry Grill, especially, I look at stuff even from the ’50s and ’60s, where people are still thinking about how to cook with staples, and then I try to think of how I can turn that into something that people would eat right now.

“I just love making food. … You can give one chef five things, and then another chef [the same] five things ... but you would get two completely different plates from those chefs. It’s just fascinating what you can do with so little.”

The flavor profiles of his dishes, like the braised short rib, served with a savory crepe and mushroom ragù, is the stuff of dreams. Simple ingredients transformed into magic on a plate.

Sundance’s COVID-19 update: Sundance’s restaurants and dining options are currently open with these hours of service: Tree Room: Open Tuesday-Saturday, 5-9 p.m.

Foundry Grill: Open daily for lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner, 5-9 p.m.

Sundance Deli: Open daily from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Bearclaw Cabin: Open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Owl Bar: Sunday, noon-10 p.m.; Monday-Thursday, 4-10 p.m.; Friday, 4 p.m. to midnight; Saturday, noon-midnight.

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Allysa Adamson As a college hurdler who endured three ACL surgeries, Allysa Adamson watched the Food Network while recovering. She admired chefs Julia Child and Ina Garten and loved cookbooks. Earning her master’s degree in food science from Oregon State, “I learned a lot about food—what’s going on at the molecular level,” she says. She previously worked in recipe development at an oil and vinegar store in Washington, D.C. Pre-food career, she says, “I was a huge people pleaser. I love making people happy. And what’s more universally loved and what brings people together more than food?”

Her signature dish is cacio e pepe—“handmade rolled little pastas,” she says. And people love her steak with chimichurri.

As Roth Living’s executive chef who’s been featured on Fox 13, this “people-pleasing” chef enjoys preparing vegetables, such as Brussels sprouts, “foods that people don’t normally like. and make them love it,” she says. Many Roth Living clients who attend her classes are retired. They initially say, “My kids

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“I want to be known as that girl who got people excited about cooking again,” she says.

After closing for a month due to COVID-19, the Roth Living showroom “opened back up and got right back to it,” says Adamson, adding that precautions included limiting the number of people in the store, spreading out the tables and advising the staff to wear protective gear.

She was excited to start small cooking classes in June. “People wanted to come,” she said. “Part of it was the idea of getting out of their houses and coming to class.

The other aspect is that people are really into cooking right now. They are happy to learn new things.”

She herself didn’t particularly mind the quarantine. “It just meant that I got to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner at home.” (Carolyn Campbell) ROTH LIVING

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Nathan Powers A native of Rochester, New York, Nathan Powers graduated from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park and cooked at Bay Area eateries Hawthorne Lane and Farallon (both now closed) and Bambara’s sister restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. An avid skier and cyclist, Powers has cultivated a premier dining hub in downtown Salt Lake City for businesspeople, theater-goers and those celebrating a special occasion.

A Bambara regular myself, I relished a sit-down with Chef Nathan: What makes you amazing as a chef?

I am not amazing—our crew is amazing. Amazing line cooks, prep cooks, GM, sous chefs, managers, servers, bussers, bartenders and—most importantly—dish crew. I am just a cook.

Where does inspiration come from?

History ... retelling of a classic, my kids and our ranch high up in the Wasatch, great restaurants and restaurateurs, growers, purveyors, an icy martini, Ferdinand Porsche, Enzo Ferrari, a great hike with well wornin hiking boots and deep, deep snow.

Signature dish?

I don’t really have one, but if pressed, our Steak and Frites with an ’03 Cheval Blanc would be my death-row meal.

What do you want to be known for?

For being the rock of the SLC restaurants. ... Great ones come, great ones go, but keeping this 21-year-old institution on the forefront of Utah dining into its third decade is what I strive for.

Cooking for me really is not about reinventing the wheel, but it most definitely is about keeping it true and tightening the spokes.

Bambara’s COVID-19 Update Currently, Bambara is open for dinner, Tuesday-Saturday, 5-9 p.m. Hotel Monaco is offering a “Nights & Bites” package that allows guests to book one night and get a second night free that also includes a $100 dining credit at Bambara. (Rebecca Ory Hernandez)

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ne visit to Curry Up Now (multiple locations, curryupnow.com) and it’s easy to see how this place hit light speed. It all started as a Bay Area food truck back in 2009, but the restaurant’s Indian fusion menu, packed with cheekilynamed takes on Indian street food, quickly made a splash in its native California. After a rapid expansion in California, owners Akash and Rana Kapoor set their sights on Midvale, Utah (1076 Fort Union Boulevard, 801-849-8189) as their foothold in creating a national franchise. Since opening in Midvale in February of this year, Curry Up Now recently opened a Downtown Salt Lake location (152 E. 200 South, 801-953-0156), which can only mean that Utah diners have taken a shine to this new addition.

It makes sense, of course. A stylish, fast casual Indian fusion joint with items like Naughty Naan ($11.50) and Sexy Fries ($11) that is absolutely crushing it in Silicon Valley would feel right at home among Utah’s Silicon Slopes crowd. While I remain a die-hard fan of Utah’s excellent, established Indian food scene, Curry Up Now fills a fast-casual niche that ultimately bridges a much-needed gap between trendy and traditional. I’m all for jumping headfirst into the deep end of the gastronomic ocean, but that can be a big ask for some people. If pounding a tikka masala

burrito ($10.50) from Curry Up Now is some Indian food novitiate’s first foray into the cuisine’s exotic and exciting wonderland of flavors, however, that’s something to celebrate.

Though the concept of fusing Mexican and Indian foods together isn’t necessarily brand new, it remains one of the most effective combinations of all time. Both cuisines are dominated by fluffy rice, warm flatbreads—tortillas and naan respectively—and a robust palette of spicy flavors, so combining the two makes a delicious sort of sense. Curry Up Now’s signature staples are their burritos, which come in lamb, chicken, paneer and plant-based varieties. The tikka masala burrito is always a safe bet, but the ghee makhni burrito ($10.50) is a buttery contender. Those eating vegan will want to check out either the Hella Vegan Burrito ($10.50) or the Hungry Planet Burrito ($10.50) which feature all the same flavorful spices with either no meat (Hella Vegan) or plant-based protein (Hungry Planet).

From there, it’s likely that you’ll want to check out some of Curry Up Now’s more creatively named offerings, which opens the door to even more culinary collaborations. Naughty Naan, for example, brings pizza into the mix by topping a base of kulcha naan with mozzarella, caramelized onions, shaved jalapeño and your choice of protein—I prefer the lamb with this one.

The crisp, unleavened texture of the kulcha naan makes for a decent pizza crust, and all the toppings work in tandem to create an excellent pizza that’s not really a pizza. The Sexy Fries, touted as an Indian-inspired poutine on the menu, are exactly as tasty as that sounds. Nothing matches the sheer scooping power of waffle-cut fries—their tuber of choice is the sweet potato—which is where Curry Up Now begins. From there, they add mozzarella and curry with chicken, paneer, lamb or plant-based protein.

As the fried chicken sandwich trend is still ongoing, it’s not surprising the Curry Up Now would take a crack at this pinnacle of comfort food. The tandoori fried chicken sandwich

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($10, pictured) is relatively new to the menu, and while I respect its bold flavors and buttery brioche bun, it’s a bit lopsided flavorwise. Points for the concept of pickled onions and pineapple jalapeño chutney, which are right at home on this sandwich; I just wish there was more of them to balance things out. The smoky spices in the chicken’s beautifully textured exterior have a bold flavor, but without something else to even out the flavor palette, it comes across as one-note.

Of course, any good Indian joint would be remiss if they didn’t pay homage to the country’s amazing street food culture.

Curry Up Now’s vada pav ($8) evokes a kind of exploded pierogi with a mashed potato fritter sandwiched between a soft roll and served with garlic chutney. I’m also a bit of a sucker for their Itsy Bitsy Naan Bits ($8), but that’s mostly because I find them adorable; little silver dollar-sized rounds of naan that come with a tikka masala dip will always be right up my alley. The monarch of Curry Up Now’s street food menu, however, is the mighty deconstructed samosa ($11). It takes everything that makes a samosa one of the best snacks on the planet and doubles down by serving it up in a bowl with two bisected samosas for dipping. If you’re the type of person who always feels a bit crestfallen once you’ve finished off your samosa appetizer, this is the dish for you.

While perhaps not all of Curry Up Now’s creative ideas stick the landing, there is a lot to love about this local import. Not only is this a good place for that milquetoast diner in your squad to take a step beyond their culinary comfort zone, but its hip take on fusion cooking is always cranking out something interesting. You’ll want to keep tabs on this place to see what they’ll do next. CW

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Moab Brewing 686 S. Main, Moab TheMoabBrewery.com On Tap: Moab Especial Mountain West Cider 425 N. 400 West, SLC MountainWestCider.com On Tap: Sweet Alice Cider Policy Kings Brewery 223 N. 100 West, Cedar City PolicyKingsBrewery.com Proper Brewing 857 S. Main, SLC ProperBrewingCo.com Red Rock Brewing Multiple Locations RedRockBrewing.com On Tap: Black is Beautiful Blueberry-Plum Stout RoHa Brewing Project 30 Kensington Ave, SLC RoHaBrewing.com On Tap: Grapefruit Back Porch Pale Ale Roosters Brewing Multiple Locations RoostersBrewingCo.com SaltFire Brewing 2199 S. West Temple, South Salt Lake SaltFireBrewing.com On Tap: Summer Camp Crush Salt Flats Brewing 2020 Industrial Circle, SLC SaltFlatsBeer.com On Tap: Deuce Coupe Copper Lager Shades Brewing 154 W. Utopia Ave, South Salt Lake ShadesBrewing.beer On Tap: Frozen Slurries and Sloshies Silver Reef 4391 S. Enterprise Drive, St. George StGeorgeBev.com

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These beers are light in body but not in flavor, the perfect complement to beer boys and girls who are just trying to get through this crazy year.

Kiitos Gluten-Free Ale: The beer pours a light coppery color, kind of like a new penny. It’s mostly clear, minus some chill haze, with an off-white thin head that fades to a ring. After a while it starts to fade, but while doing so during the drink, it leaves a little bit of lacing. The aroma is light but pleasant overall, with classic floral west coast hops, a bit of caramel malt sweetness and the tiniest aroma of citrus. It’s quite nice.

This 5.0 percent beer is basically an American pale ale. It starts off moderately bitter with a hop bite, and as it moves across the tongue, the malt sweetness comes through while the citrusy, hoppy flavor stays along for the ride. The finish is a little dry with a mostly floral snap and a hint of white pepper—nicely balanced. As for mouthfeel and body … well, the body is a little light.

If you put it side by side with your average APA you’d think it was a little watery. It is, however, mildly sweet, balanced with hops,

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and is a great alternative for those who can’t drink barley-based beers.

Overall: I’d say that this is one of the better gluten-free beers that I’ve had. That said, your definition of a gluten-free beer may be different from your neighbor’s definition, so make an educated decision for your situation. This beer was made with brown rice and sorghum for the bulk of the fermentable sugars, while the color and flavor come from red crystal millet, so the gluten level is below 10 ppm.

Squatters Nitro Cream Ale: Normally I focus on the newer stuff in the market, but I came across Squatters Cream Ale after a long hiatus, and just couldn’t resist.

It was on the nitro tap and it just looked so appealing. It has brilliant gold color, and I must say it’s nice to see a perfectly clear beer for a change. The foam is a sturdy nitro cap that lasts for days. The nose is very light and crisp; a certain citrusy zest is present, along with a slightly grainy/wheaty (a little toasty) scent.

The palate is pretty light and refreshing—a very straightforward and clean drinking beer featuring a nice citrusy zest (orange and flowers) with a solid wheaty and grainy balance coming in from the back. It’s not overly complicated, but very solid and simple. As it warms in the glass, there is a light and sweet maltiness that starts to form in the back, but then I realize that I have finished my glass. The light nitro conditioning that is just right, provides a creamy and foamy mouthfeel that goes down very easily with a clean finish.

Overall: I could drink this all day. It’s light with virtually no weight at all to it— solid and crisp/clean flavors and feeling plus a very moderate 5.0 percent ABV provide all of the makings of a great sessionable beer.

Squatters Nitro Cream is a seasonal and is currently being poured at Squatters’ downtown brewpub. The Kiitos Gluten-Free ale is only on draft at Kiitos for a limited time. If you have a celiac sufferer in your pod, steer them this way if they’re also craving a tasty, locally-made gluten-free beer. As always, cheers! CW

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Though the circumstances were slightly different for this year’s Utah Cheese Awards, the event still took place, with more than 50 entries from 13 local companies. The medal winners will be announced on Nov. 15, and gift baskets featuring the winners are officially on sale.

As the Utah Cheese Awards typically celebrates their winners with an award ceremony and fundraiser, the gift baskets are a way to honor this year’s winners.

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Muzzle Tung Sun’s a Bad Boy” features just that as a refrain, progressing along bumpy lines both doomy and playful. Leonard offers that for Gannet, he took on more of a producer role, contributing aspects like a basic beat, a bass, melody or vocal part and then opening it up to the others. “Having other people contribute and turning those moments into like, ways to have productive friendships,” was also a way of expanding the scope of Muzzle Tung, according to Leonard.

As they made the album, the group also filmed a companion video series called Technicians. It was State Fair season, and pre-Corona, facts that are apparent in the mask-free videos. Durfee and Parker star in what seems like a wacky spin on Charlie’s Angels, where Charlie is rather a psychedelic floating head named Liaison who lives in a doll house in the basement, from whence he delivers his unintelligible mission commands. Each of the series’ four videos—shot and directed by Leonard—is bookended by first a meandering composition from the Rest 30 records stash (the dragon’s hoard of a local label stewarded by Payne) and later a song from Gannet. The Rest 30 songs include work from Jazz Jaguars and Glinting Gems, and were included both out of sheer adoration for David Payne—who Leonard calls the “lifeblood of Salt Lake City”—and because of their being “longform, chill, groovy, jazzy” compositions already readily available for use. “We’d always tease that we wanted [Payne] to come to our house to sing us to sleep,” says Parker, explaining

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omething that’s always been true of SLC-born band Muzzle Tung is that play is central to their experimental, avant music. 2016’s Administration was the first full-length album, and was born primarily of the two collaborators Michael Biggs and Geoffrey Leonard. The intense haunted house of a rock album was just one marker on the journey of Muzzle Tung, which would feature a rotating cast of supporters and collaborators over the years.

Come 2020, their newest full-length Gannet (released Sept. 2 and available at muzzletung.bandcamp.com) features Dyana Durfee (formerly of Foster Body, Big Baby and several others), Karley Parker and Seth Pulver (formerly of Seven Feathers Rainwater) alongside Leonard to create a record that, among its sonically weird wanderings, establishes a vision of time and place among friends.

While Leonard maintains that Biggs is still one of his best friends, he also describes that early iteration of Muzzle Tung as one filled with heads bashing together, a competitive yin and yang between the two. With the new lineup, though, a fresh freewheeling impulse guided the way for Gannet’s birth. “The second record was just… harmonious,” says Leonard. He remembers asking Durfee if she’d be down to play synth seven times to get “Tarry by the River” pinned down, to which Durfee said yes—an unsurprising fact for anyone who’s watched Durfee cycle through multiple different instruments in different bands over the years. Parker points out that among their core foursome, other appearances were made too, including David Payne of the Jazz Jaguars on sax, and their other friend Stephen King featuring on guitar when he was in town from Baltimore. Producer Michael Sasich of the recording studio Man vs. Music also made his unique mark on the record.

Gannet floats in a bubble of positivity, under a ray of funky sunshine. The only exception might be the slightly more down and dirty “Heroin,” which echoes The Velvet Underground song of the same name but with “boo, scared ya!” lyrics like “Heroin is gonna getcha!” That song pulses and spirals just like most of the songs do, with burping synths that form a cohesive aesthetic palette while also never quite meeting each other from song to song. “The

that that quality suits the pleasant, dreamy atmosphere of Technicians.

The leisurely atmosphere of Technicians was a result of their trying to craft easy, extra content around Gannet— which ended up just making filming time out of “hang out time.” “The activities we did, we tried to think of wholesome things … like flying kites, going to state fairs,” explains Parker. The State Fair also holds some nostalgia for the group, as Leonard and Parker lived right across from the fairgrounds before they decamped to Pittsburgh this last spring. While Parker remained in SLC for a few months, Leonard stitched the videos together alone in Pittsburgh, grappling with pandemic loneliness on top of the emotional affair of editing footage that’s SLC all over— scenes of a glimmering downtown horizon join cameos of bad Utah drivers and the underworld of Quarters Arcade Bar. All nostalgia aside, do the limitations of the pandemic, or half the band’s status as newly minted Ohioans spell the end of Muzzle Tung? “I wouldn’t say it’s the end of Muzzle Tung,” says Parker. “Just maybe a new … possible rendition. Seth, our old drummer that was on the album, lives in Columbus, Ohio, so it’s not too far.” For his part, Leonard isn’t much phased by any of the circumstances. “I feel like so many things have happened in my life between the first and second record—almost four years—that it’s like, there’s always gonna be things that happen in life that can slow down the process. So, what’s a pandemic?” CW

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While many autumn traditions have been lost for this year, some smaller scale operations are keeping the spirit of the season alive. In the case of Mountain West Hard Cider, that means going forward with their yearly take on the seasonal tradition of Oktoberfest with their 4th West Oktoberfest. The event— which will go down at their German style biergarten, The Garten—involves much more cider than would be found at a typical beercentric Oktoberfest event. This year it will also involve less roaming around with sloshing mugs of cider (or Red Rock brews, which are often featured at the festival for all the beer people to partake of). Table service is the new mug refill, though VIP ticket holders do get their own commemorative mugs—in addition to Oktoberfest gift packs, drink vouchers and shady tables close to the music—to take home. From tables, it might also be easier for both GA and VIP attendees to enjoy the entertainment, which will run through both Saturday, Sept. 25 and Sunday, Sept. 26. First will be Michelle Matyja, Bill Heaner and Two Old Guys on Saturday, followed by Brooke Mackintosh, Eric Sisler and The Proper Way on Sunday.

While Mackintosh, The Proper Way and Two Old Guys are common names on the bar and restaurant circuits, the others are well worth seeing, too. The fest runs each day from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., with music starting at noon and running on and off til the end of the day. While entry is free, VIP tickets allow attendees to skip the line, running $15 a head for groups between 5 and 10, and can be found at facebook.com/MountainWestHardCider.

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So, the turn towards free live-streamed shows now regularly up on their site has been an interesting one, but no doubt is now a comforting ritual for some who miss the immediacy of live entertainment.

Since the pandemic began, SoFar has been doing its small part to help out-ofwork artists who used to make use of their platform, setting up a donation pool that seeks to give those artists $250 each as a small token of aid in these financially trying times. Meanwhile, they’ve opened up and speedily updated their platform to one that makes music an accessible constant, with features like their Listening Room (a pun and re-imagining of their living room shows of the past?). I dropped in on a live performance by the Buenos Aires-based duo Duratierra while writing this, where they unspun some minimalist tunes with the spare pair of guitar and soft, quivery vibratos from the singer Micaela Vita. Below the live video block is a tempting green button to donate to the artists playing, and below that a list of upcoming live streams of the day or week. The SoFar blog is also quite the resource for keeping up with all music news happening within the timeframe of the pandemic. All of these resources can be found at sofarsounds.com

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If you missed your summertime vacation, SLC’s Los Vii has already crafted memories of it with his melancholic and hazy sonic palette—like a dream that never really happened, because it didn’t.

Los Vii is Carlos Viitanen Corberan, an SLC-based native Spaniard who seems to have a pretty steady hold on all things beachy, considering he’s living in a land-locked space now. His debut EP Everyone, Asleep is the kind of dream pop that dabbles in soft, frivolous, goofy psychedelia, such as Mild High Club, while calling to mind the tender, unembarrassed sap of acts like Sean Nicholas Savage. His vocals are oh-so Tame Impala, but that’s not a knock against him. Everyone, Asleep is surprisingly strong for a first release, even taking into account the fairly good singles he’s been releasing since 2019, such as “Wake Up Call” and “One Hundred Lives.” The EP, at six songs, is cohesive in its production, which is weedy and intricate, interwoven with warm synths and crackling samples of people speaking, recalling very closely at times the sound-bytes like those on Men I Trust’s campy 2019 album Oncle Jazz. The EP is, despite its general beachiness—on “On the Mind,” a sample of water rushes through—a very inside-facing album.

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If you missed the start of Record Store Day’s staggered solution to Corona (i.e. the danger of being in enclosed spaces together, touching the same sticky record jackets), then have no fear: The second drop day is here. Ogden’s Lavender Records is providing the goods this Saturday, Sept. 26. Just like any shop that’s doing Record Store Day, they’ve got both virus concerns and RSD’s own rules to navigate around, meaning that they’ve got quite the system in place for those who want to shop, whether in person or online. The shop will start handing out tickets at 8 a.m., which will function as one’s “spot in line;” at 10 a.m., four at a time are allowed to enter the shop according to their lineup number. Tents outside will act both as a checkpoint (but like, in a fun way, not a warzone way) and a sidewalk sale. At 11 a.m., those who have to or want to shop from home can start calling in to the shop or placing orders over Instagram, though that too will require some competition. Finally, at noon, the shop opens up to the general public for folks to peruse whatever’s left, and maybe grab some non-exclusive merch while they’re at it. Though all these rules may seem like a lot, they’re all in the true spirit of Record Store Day and the reason it was originally founded—to keep records accessible to and exciting for people, and to provide support to small, indie record stores all over the world. Now more than ever, art and music are essential to getting by in the day-today of this new world, and Record Store Day’s a good time to pay it back to folks like Lavender Vinyl. Follow them on facebook.com/lavendervinyl to keep up with updates on the shop and the next drop day on Oct. 24.

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So, if a crisp night out sounds good to you, regard these weekday and weekend-adjacent offerings. First on Thursday, Sept. 24, there’s a $10 show featuring Heavy Rollers, with their chaotic, blues-informed style of heavy rock ‘n’ roll, alongside openers The Medicine Company and The Fervors. The former matches the Heavy Rollers in owing their sound to folksy, blues-brewers of the past, while The Fervor’s atmospheric psych rock gives a little contrast. Next up on Friday, Sept. 25 and Saturday, Sept. 26 is a double-header of Pixie and the Partygrass Boys, with tickets bumped up to $20, likely because of this band’s good-time dependability and local prestige.

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ew descriptors trap a filmmaker quite the way “quirky” does. Distinctively oddball visual or verbal flourishes quickly become the entirety of that creator’s artistic identity; ask Wes Anderson, who’s spent nearly 25 years dealing with detractors who can’t see beyond certain stylistic choices to the humanity in his narratives.

It’s easy to get bogged down in the weird details in Miranda July films, whether it’s a fetish about poop becoming a cutesy plain-text emoji in 2005’s Me and You and Everyone We Know, or using a cat as the narrator in 2011’s The Future. In her latest feature, Kajillionaire, a family lives in a one-time Los Angeles office space, scraping down pink bubbles that come pouring through the ceiling at regular intervals; one character seems to believe he can determine if someone is pregnant by sniffing her; and the protagonist is a young woman named Old Dolio (after a homeless man). Yet July’s stories have also been tales of deep melancholy, in which the flightier moments allow for the emotions to emerge in a less maudlin fashion. You might argue that July makes her point in Kajillionaire, then keeps making it again, but you can’t make a reasonable case that her movies are fluff with nothing at the center.

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The inhabitants of that aforementioned bubble-blighted office space are the Dynes: Robert (Richard Jenkins), Theresa (Debra Winger) and their 26-year-old daughter Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood). And skating by in the cheapest possible living space is only one component of their grifter lifestyle, as they live solely by means of short cons, stealing from post office boxes and signing up for contests. Their little trio unexpectedly adds a member when they meet Melanie (Gina Rodriguez), who introduces the family to another possible line of revenue, even as she throws the chemistry of the Dyne family out of whack.

The majority of that imbalance comes from Old Dolio, a sadly fascinating character elevated by Wood’s wonderfully weird performance. It’s clear early on how much she’s been affected by her unorthodox upbringing—unable to handle even the close proximity of physical contact without crying, and rattled by a video in a parenting class that shows what actual parental bonding looks like. Wood conveys the intense introversion of someone treated by her parents as a business partner rather than their child, speaking in a husky voice that feels more than anything like a Debra Winger impression, which along with the shaggy straight hair Theresa and Old Dolio share, feels like an attempt at connecting with her mother by mimicking her. That’s saying nothing of the weird physicality she brings to the role, which constantly suggests someone who hasn’t quite figured out how to be a person.

That character becomes the jumping-off point for a story about the loneliness of feeling distant from those who are supposed to love you most—and unable to depend on them for a feeling of security, as Robert and Theresa consistently freak out over L.A.’s tremors and airplane turbulence. Kajillionaire’s strongest sequence finds the Dynes

and Melanie planning to rip off a bedridden elderly man, who only wants them to make the sounds of a normal family in his house while he waits to die. July folds Melanie’s diegetic piano playing and the Dynes’ mundane conversation topics into a moment when Old Dolio begins to recognize the home life she never got a chance to experience.

As genuine as July’s emotional journey into family dysfunction is, it’s also true that Kajillionaire exposes some of the toomuch-ness of the filmmaker’s style; while she gets a great visual gag out of Old Dolio’s limbo-style walk to avoid being spotted by their landlord, the bit loses steam when it’s employed a second time. There’s also a disappointingly underwritten quality to Rodriguez’s role—whose relationship with her own mother seems relevant but remains a bit too obscure—as well as to the foundations for a possible romance between Old Dolio

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within,” said fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin.

I’m conveying her statement to you just in time for the season when you’ll need it most. Please note that I am not predicting you’ll be devoured by dragons from within. In offering you this oracle, my hope is that you will: 1. Acknowledge the existence of metaphorical dragons; 2. locate where they hang out in your inner realms; 3. study them and get to know them better; 4. devise a strategy for dealing with them safely.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Seventy-nine-year-old Libran poet Robert Pinsky has had a triumphant life. He has published 19 books, including his own poems and essays, as well as translations of Italian and Polish poetry. For four years, he served as the U.S. poet laureate. To what factors does he attribute his success? Here’s one: “Whatever makes a child want to glue macaroni on a paper has always been strong in me,” he testifies. He’s referring to the primitive arts-and-crafts projects he enjoyed while growing up. In accordance with astrological omens, I encourage you, too, to get in touch and commune with the primal roots of the things you love to do. Reconnect with the original expressions of your passion for life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Christian author Frederick Buechner writes, “We are commanded to love our neighbors as ourselves, and I believe that to love ourselves means to extend to those various selves that we have been along the way the same degree of compassion and concern that we would extend to anyone else.” Let’s make his thought your keynote for the next two weeks. Now is an excellent time to take a journey through your past to visit all the other people you have been. As you do attend to this poignant work, be generous with each of your old selves. Forgive them for their errors and praise their beauty. Tell them how much you love them. Thank them for how they have made possible the life you’re living now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) I don’t suggest you indulge daringly in sensual pleasures, cathartic exchanges of energy and intoxicating pursuits of relief and release.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “Go catch a falling star,” wrote poet John Donne (1572–1631) in his poem “Song.” “Tell me who cleft the Devil’s foot,” he went on to say. “Teach me to hear the mermaids singing.” He wasn’t being literal, but rather was indulging in poetic fancy to stretch his readers’ imaginations. I’m offering you the spirit of Donne’s poem, Aquarius, because you’re ripe to transcend your limited notions about what’s plausible and implausible. If you allow yourself to get extravagant and unruly in your fantasies, you may crack through shrunken expectations and break into a spacious realm of novel possibilities.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) In the Yoruba religion of Ifà, the English word “heart” has CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) two different meanings and words. So says Yoruba priest Awó Novelist Henry Miller was in many ways a quintessential Falokun Fatunmbi. The first heart is the organ that pumps blood Capricorn. He described himself as being “in love with love, through our bodies. It’s called okàn. Within the okàn is the sec- always in search of the absolute, always seeking the unattainond heart: a power center that regulates the flow of emotions. able.” Feelings like those are why your astrological symbol is the It’s called ègbè. I believe your ègbè will be exceptionally strong mountain goat that’s always climbing higher, questing toward and clear and generous in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Your the next pinnacle. At your best, you’re determined to keep capacity to feel deeply and truly will be a gift to all those with striving for the brightest, the strongest, the truest. Sometimes whom you share it. It will also have the potential to enhance your you overdo this admirable imperative, but mostly it’s a beautiful appreciation for your own mysterious life. Wield your ègbè with quality. You are hereby authorized to express it with maximum wisdom and eagerness in the coming weeks. glee and panache!

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

My crystal ball says the future is here. Maybe not in Utah yet, but it’s coming. Salt Lake planners and elected officials often look to Portland, Oregon, since it’s very much like our capital city in regards to population.

They study and use Portland for comparisons when it comes to traffic, mass transit and trends in business relocations and housing.

Our northwest neighbor has just opened the floodgates that I believe Salt Lake and other cities along the Wasatch Front will soon feel.

You see, Portland has changed its zoning rules to allow duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in areas previously reserved for single-family homes. The change in density laws will allow for more people to live on a single block where usually only large homes were built and maintained. People from all around the country see this zoning change as one of the biggest shifts in housing rules in decades. And why is it needed? Because there’s not enough housing options in Portland anymore, and they aren’t building any more land!

Specifics to the new rules allow up to six units on residential lots, with at least half of the units “affordable”—i.e., rentals for families with an area median income of no higher than 60% and homes for purchase by families at 80% or less of the area median income. The size of new homes does not have to be as large as those they are replacing. It’s not much of a surprise to homeowners and developers because the Oregon Legislature passed a statewide bill in 2019 to end single family-only zoning in cities larger than 10,000 residents.

Locals are divided in their opinions about the change. NIMBYs (“not in my back yard”) don’t want rentals in their fancy neighborhoods because it could wreck the character and undermine preservation of historic areas.

Meanwhile, affordable housing advocates think this will help Portland grow for many decades to come. I see these changes as preserving what’s there and getting parity for all people to have a chance to own throughout the area (my wife is from Portland).

It’s interesting that the history of housing discrimination against people of color is relevant again. Portland lenders, like Salt Lake banks, had red-lined neighborhoods where home loans wouldn’t be granted. In the 1950s, Portland passed laws to stop zoning for rentals and high density, and this has kept 40% of the town zoned just for single family homes. Grandma or the grandkids can’t live in an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) out back of the main home in these neighborhoods of single-family zoning, but now this is going to change. Older homes will get torn down, and multi-units will go up. It’s all Portland can do because they are out of housing, especially affordable housing.

This won’t happen tomorrow in Salt Lake, but I can guarantee you that many state legislators, local officials and housing advocates consider issues like these as the future of the Wasatch Front. n Content is prepared expressly for Community and is not endorsed by City Weekly staff.

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Ewwwww n An unnamed 17-year-old girl in Bokaro, India, underwent surgery on Aug. 31 to remove a 15-pound hairball from her stomach following years of obsessive hair-chewing, Metro News reported. A team of doctors led by Dr. G.N. Sahu initially thought the mass was a tumor, but discovered the hairball during the six-hour surgery. The girl was reported to be in stable condition following the procedure. n Doctors at a hospital in Dagestan, Russia, were shocked to discover the source of a woman’s stomach distress was a 4-foot-long snake that had apparently slithered into her mouth as she slept outside her home in Levashi village. In a video of the procedure, a doctor is heard to say, “Let’s see what this is,” Yahoo News Australia reported, as a tube is inserted down the anesthetized woman’s throat. Local residents say such incidents are not unheard of in the mountainous area.

Obsessions Akiko Obata, who lives in Chiba Prefecture in Japan, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of Sampuru, the fake food restaurants use to promote their offerings. Sampuru is an important part of Japanese food culture, according to Oddity Central, and after 15 years of collecting, Obata now has more than 8,000 individual items filling an entire room in her house.

“Replicas are not real food, but I truly respect how each of them are made to look so real,” Obata said.

Irony Bounty Cheramy, 22, smelling of alcohol and swaying back and forth, was arrested and charged with drunk driving on Aug. 30 after his Mazda allegedly struck an electronic traffic sign flashing the message, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” according to a police affidavit. Officers in Port Charlotte, Florida, said Cheramy told them he had been on his phone and “suddenly struck something” but was unsure what it was. His car sustained heavy frontend damage, and the nearby sign was wrecked, The Smoking Gun reported. The affidavit also noted Cheramy recorded a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit in two breath tests.

Overreaction A 34-year-old Wichita, Kansas, man died after a disagreement over leftover barbecue beans escalated, KWCH reported. On Aug. 2, Ryan Speight returned to the home he shared with his uncle, David Staley, 57, and went to the kitchen, where Staley questioned him about eating the beans, according to an arrest affidavit. Staley told police Speight became upset, pushing and punching Staley, who, in response, picked up a knife from the counter and “jabbed Ryan one time in the chest.” Staley was charged with voluntary manslaughter.

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World War II veteran Suttie Economy, 94, of Roanoke, Virginia, developed a taste for Juicy Fruit gum during the war and is wellknown around town for passing out sticks of his favorite flavor to everyone he meets. Now, CNN reports, Economy has been granted his dying wish: to be buried in a casket painted to look like a package of Juicy Fruit. After initially having his request for permission turned down, Economy’s friend Sammy Oakey, owner of Oakey’s Funeral Service, received a call from a Mars Wrigley company vice president approving the use of its logo.

The company even delivered 250 packs of gum to Economy’s family. Meanwhile, Economy is living at the Virginia Veterans Care Clinic, where his health is improving.

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Cynthia Lynn Teeple, 47, of Jacksboro, Tennessee, was charged with public intoxication after Campbell County Sheriff’s deputies found her topless in a LaFollette backyard with two miniature horses on Aug. 30, according to authorities. WLAF reported the homeowner told deputies Teeple had been eating grass and dirt from the horse enclosure, and she also chewed on one of the horses’ manes. Teeple volunteered that “the horse’s hair is made of Laffy Taffy and Airhead candy,” according to the arrest report, and admitted she had taken methamphetamine the day before.

Bright Ideas n In Botswana, cattle are left to graze and roam during the day, but that makes them vulnerable to attacks by lions, leopards and other carnivores, so two conservation biologists from the University of New South Wales in Australia have come up with an idea to allow both cattle and cats to co-exist, NPR reported.

Because big cats hunt using the element of surprise, the biologists came up with a way to make the predators believe they’d been seen by their prey and then abandon the hunt. “We tested this by painting one-third of a cattle herd with artificial eye spots (on their backsides),” explained Cameron Radford, and over four years, “none of the cows that we painted with artificial eye spots were killed by ambush predators.” Village chiefs and native farmers “look forward to us coming back and painting more eyes on bums,” Radford said. n Conducting choir practice indoors was out of the question for Mark Potvin, instructor of music at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, given the school’s COVID-19 protocols, and finding a space outside posed a challenge until, “I was driving past the city pool,” Potvin told KCRG, and “noticed they were draining the pool.” Officials at Decorah Park and Rec gave their blessing, and now choir members rehearse while standing in the empty pool, socially distanced and masked. Luther College has five choirs and one of the nation’s largest collegiate music programs.

Least Competent Criminals n John Travis Ross, 33, and Joshua Ray Corban, 18, were charged with conspiracy and attempting to smuggle contraband into the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, Mississippi, after a drone they used as a delivery device became tangled in a net above the prison fence, according to a Department of Corrections statement. The Associated Press reported the drone was caught on Aug. 26 and carried 2 ounces of marijuana, a cellphone, cigarette lighters, phone chargers and headphones, corrections commissioner Burl Cain said.

Investigators were able to trace the drone’s flight and discovered security video showing the men launching it. Cain said officials plan to reprogram the drone and use it at the state’s maximumsecurity prison in Parchman. n Three teenage girls in Clinton, Connecticut, have been arrested and charged with stealing a duck after photos of them surfaced on social media, according to police. WTNH reported the girls took a duck named Quackers out of a pen in mid-August at the Grove Garden Center Nursery, where it was recovering from a raccoon attack, and posted photos of themselves with Quackers at the town beach and a house party. The girls were charged with larceny and trespassing. Quackers is still missing.

Suspicions Confirmed Brittany Keech of Belding, Michigan, got an unexpected bit of news with her mail on Sept. 8. “Sitting right on top of the mail,” she told WXMI, was a postcard dated 100 years ago n Oct. 29, 1920. “Yeah, that’s a little too slow,” Keech said. The Halloween greeting from young Flossie Burgess was addressed to her cousins: “I just finished my history lesson and am going to bed pretty soon.” A USPS spokesperson said, “In most cases ... old letters and postcards—sometimes purchased at flea markets, antique

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