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The first time I ever voted, I chose all Republican candidates. Growing up, I was deeply influenced by my conservative (and loving) grandfather. However, the Republican Party in those years was very different from the party it is today. The leaders of the Republican Party have evolved into individuals who put selfinterest over what is best for our country, starting decades ago with legislation that continuously lowered taxes on the rich. In 1965, the federal income tax rate for the top earners was 70%. Today, the top rate

is 37% and the top corporate rate is 21%, a decrease of more than 50% since the 1960s. Furthermore, the vast majority of Republican leaders have shown a complete lack of backbone, refusing to stand up to the most corrupt president our country has ever seen. Conversely, Democratic candidates offer practical solutions that invest in working families. They protect Social Security and Medicare, defend voting rights and expand access to affordable healthcare and education. Democrats also champion policies that create American jobs through infrastructure projects, clean energy investments and domestic manufacturing growth. Voting is not just about party labels. It is about choosing leaders who believe the government can work for ordinary people, and who are committed to protecting freedoms and opportunities for everyone. I encourage voters to support Democratic candidates who are working to build a more fair, more inclusive and more hopeful future for our country. RON SADLER Salt Lake City

“Pioneer Perk,” August 20 Private Eye A true tale of this park, which could be great but not with the latest of many projects. And thanks, John, for mentioning the Twilight concerts. NANCY BOSKOFF Via Facebook

Two words: Rocky Anderson. I’m tired of “photo op” Mendenhall doing nothing. CHUCKSANICH Via Instagram Put the bocce ball court in. Not everything has to be milquetoast. JOZEF_EZRA Via Instagram Thank you for speaking up about this ! I totally agree! Pickleball is trendy. Spaces that all people can go to, regardless of age or money, is what’s needed. PHILLYTOLC Via Instagram

“Salt Lake City Council finalizes … property tax increase,” August 12 Online Well, you were excited by DOGE cuts— this is where you pay for those cuts. Like Mike Lee said, “babies will solve all our problems;” except for building schools, housing families, pollution, or health care. Some people are easily manipulated. IRIS NIELSEN Via Facebook Tax the LDS church. DAN ALAN MEADOWCROFT Via Facebook Tax and spend! JASON BARTO Via Facebook So long, affordability. DAVID FIERBAUGH Via Facebook Write to comments@cityweekly.net or post your thoughts on our social media.

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COOLER Do you have a 5-year personal goal? Josh Lambros

Home ownership; financial stability; farm growth; and to be Paula’s only son ... in-law.

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To still be alive in five years.

Katherine Biele

I want to see someone gone, along with a certain ballroom. But here is a “real” answer—The League of Women Voters has had a 50-year Moonshot Goal to get rid of the Electoral College. We are now about three years into the first five-year strategy piece. So, that said, I may be around for the second five-year goalpost, but likely not for the 50-year result, unless Congress and the voters pick up the ball.

Terri Anderson

Be thinner; build some muscles; travel; and enjoy life.

Paula Saltas

What Scott Renshaw said, and to weigh what my drivers license says I weigh.

Benjamin Wood

I want to build an ADU on my property before the 2034 Olympics (pro tip: build an ADU before the 2034 Olympics) so in five years I need to have that well underway. And generally, the city needs zoning reform to make ADUs easier.

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Glass Half Full

he data and experts agree: Americans are the most divided we’ve been, perhaps since the Civil War. We sharply disagree on most issues. But we do agree on something: The world is getting worse. Most American adults—as many as 80%, according to polls—are convinced that their children will have worse lives than they do. We believe that our lives are worsening, and that little will be done about it. Not only is humanity in decline, the sentiment goes, but we have lost the capacity to progress. Research shows this is true whether the survey participants identify as left or right. It’s possible to argue that Americans—whether Democrat or Republican, Communists or Proud Boys—are united on only one thing: the belief that life sucks today, and it’s gonna suck more tomorrow. But here’s the deal, folks: It’s not true. By nearly every measure, in every part of the globe, 2026 is the best time to be alive. It’s time to celebrate how far we’ve come. Expressing optimism about not just the present, but the future, may be the most radical position we can stake out, even as we acknowledge the serious problems that we face. Let’s take life expectancy—a critical metric. As of 2024, life expectancy in the United States has reached nearly 79 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the height of the COVID pandemic, that number dipped by nearly three years, but it quickly rebounded and is now nearing its high from the last decade. And guess what? That increase is true for every part of the globe, even though poorer regions lag behind wealthier ones. Globally, life expectancy has reached nearly 74 years. Lifespans have doubled in the past two centuries. Doubled!

How about poverty? Here, the data is even more positive. In the past 35 years, globally, the number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen by more than half. It’s true in every region: Asia (especially India and China) has seen the greatest improvements; but even in sub-Saharan Africa, the proportion of people who are desperately poor has fallen by a third. These massive improvements in economic well-being continue, year after year, even as they have slowed somewhat in recent years. The numbers are not ambiguous. I could repeat those two paragraphs for every metric of human quality of life: Modern humans are the most educated and literate we’ve ever been. We are the least likely to die from violence. We enjoy more recreation time. The number of people dying in wars has plummeted. The most vulnerable groups—children, women, ethnic minorities, indigenous people, folks with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals—have seen their rights expand and their lives improve, across much of the globe. Preventable diseases have been largely eradicated, or are at least sharply reduced. We are slowly winning the war on cancer. Humans’ access to safe drinking water, sanitation and electricity is the most widespread it’s ever been. Let’s focus more locally. Drug addiction is a complex problem, fed by inadequate services to treat trauma, mental illness and addiction. But even within an issue that grim, there are signs of hope. Deaths from opioid overdoses have sharply declined after skyrocketing during the pandemic. In 2023, nearly 80,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses. Preliminary federal data for 2025 suggests that figure may fall below 50,000. Utah’s drug overdose deaths are finally decreasing. In recent months, social media is aflame with the notion that Salt Lake City is a crime-infested hellhole. And it’s not just SLC; cities across America, some claim, are under siege by violent criminals. It’s a hilariously fanciful concept. Over the last 30 years, Americans have lived through an unprecedented drop in violent crime. The FBI recently announced that the murder rate in America is the lowest it’s been since 1956.

That’s right: Not since the year that Elvis released his debut album have we seen an America this safe. So why are we so damn negative, so cynical? As with all complex problems, there is no single answer. But I find myself focusing on three institutions that I know well: the media (I used to be a newspaper reporter); academic researchers (I’m married to one and have taught university classes); and nonprofit organizations (I worked at the environmental advocacy group HEAL Utah from 2011 to 2016). All three attract readers, attention, grants and dollars when they trumpet a crisis. No newspaper or TV broadcast leads its coverage with the headline, “Things got a little bit better last year.” No environmental nonprofit attracts donations if it tells its constituents, “There is slightly less pollution now than there was last decade.” When I ran HEAL Utah and spoke in public about air quality, I found that my audiences rejected the notion that Utah’s air quality was improving, even as our population grew. But it was! Mostly thanks to federal regulation of cars and trucks, we were (and are) seeing slow, steady declines in air pollution. One reason I left that world to become a high school teacher was that I realized I had become part of a nonprofitindustrial complex that whips up worry. Now of course, modern society still faces serious problems. We all have issues that bring us to despair. For me, it’s climate change, the rising cost of housing and plummeting birth rates. Even though I know humanity has done a terrific job confronting misery, I can’t help but fret that those positive trends will end soon, and my grandchildren might face some sort of burning, childless, Mad Max hellhole. If we want a better future, however, we must acknowledge the legitimate progress we’ve made already. How can we push for regulation to limit greenhouse gas emissions if we don’t make a strong case that environmental regulation works? The Clean Air Act is a miracle that has vastly improved the lives of millions. Change is possible! Let’s talk about it. A lot. And let’s use our past success to argue that we have to keep fighting to make the world an even better place. CW

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MISS: Power Play

When Utahns elected Spencer Cox as governor, they did so because of his big brain, knowing it would spare the people from thinking too hard. And so it is with the state’s newfound love of nuclear energy and its $1.8-million billboard campaign touting the benefits. As if billboards aren’t themselves a blight, so is the propaganda they espouse. The state’s elected officials simply cannot bring themselves to belittle fossil fuels in any way. We’ve heard that they can be made clean and safe, and so all’s well. And apparently investing in solar or wind energy threatens to pique the negative interest of Donald Trump. “Utahns need to hear —the dangers, tradeoffs—not nuclear industry promotional pablum that distorts or diminishes the reality that nuclear power is not clean and certainly not safe as these ads claim,” said Downwinder advocate Steve Erickson. And while he and other environmental groups seek relief from the Federal Trade Commission, we’ll be left wondering if bananas are dangerous.

MISS: Rank and File

If you’re interested in propaganda, then go to the latest rankings for the state on things like happiness, retirement and, of course, women. The latest from WalletHub puts Utah dead last for women’s equality. But wait, WalletHub is a personal finance institution, even though it does aggregate rankings from other groups, like U.S. News & World Report. But a good headline is worth it. The Deseret News opined about how wrong that is. It doesn’t take into consideration—we have a lot of that— marital status and motherhood. So you can nod or shake your head depending on how you look at equality. For sure, wages lag for women, thus sending us to the bottom on the list. KUER notes that people just love ranking stuff. It’s nice to get a confidence boost, even if it just validates your own feelings. What’s really happening is avoidance. If it sounds good, it must be, so no hard work is necessary to figure anything else out. If it sounds bad, just ignore it.

HIT: Fresh Air

Utahns—particularly on the Wasatch Front—are concerned about air quality. And the common wisdom is that it will get worse. So it was surprising to see a 73% reduction in vehicle emissions since 2011. There has been an increase in Tier 3 gasoline, which gives the government cover talking about fossil fuels. But there’s more going on, including a 20% increase in population and 30% increase in vehicle miles traveled. EVs are helping, for sure, as is public transit. Still, there’s simply not enough funding for public transit to reach the sprawling single-family subdivisions that force people farther and farther from employment hubs. That’s probably why many Utahns think speeding is necessary. Utahns aren’t living in walkable communities and local policy pushes ever more driving. The Wasatch Front Regional Council warns about celebrating the air too soon. The state is growing and so is the pollution. The good news is a warning, too. CW

BY ARICA ROBERTS

Missed Connection

ave you ever made eye contact with a cute stranger and could’ve sworn there was a mutual spark? Maybe you felt too shy to trade phone numbers or were too rushed to process the interaction, but you couldn’t seem to stop thinking about them. When Craigslist introduced its “Missed Connections” platform in 2000, users could write free personal ad-style entries online. Salt Lake City’s page went live in 2004 and by 2007, Craiglist’s CEO Jim Buckmaster told Reuters that several marriages were forged through “Missed Connections.” Around this time, Amber Marie’s interest in “Missed Connections” began when she posted on Craigslist trying to find the owner of a mixtape she found at Deseret Industries. It was featured on “Best of Craigslist,” and she was later encouraged to start a Salt Lakespecific Instagram account (@missedconnections_slc) by “Missed Connections Portland” after they reposted her original mixtape story. She started her account in 2021 and after years of slow growth, it recently exploded from 1,000 followers to 5,000 in a single month. “It was the [ad referencing a] septum piercing at Trader Joe’s that everybody went wild over,” she said, “because I guess everybody knows somebody with a septum piercing.” As curator, Amber Marie filters out low-quality, bot-generated content to create an archive of genuine, heartfelt and poetic expressions of human yearning. She found grocery encounters are a trend in Utah-based “Missed Connections” posts, particularly at Trader Joe’s and Harmons. “If I were to make the next Tinder, it would be a grocery store Tinder,” she joked. Other Utah-specific trends include posts related to religious settings, such as seeing someone at the LDS General Conference or one that reads: “My old sunday school teacher said it best ‘if she has eyes for you, the lord will tell you.’” Encounters on public transit are also common, such as: “I saw you on the Trax the other day…” The posts are not exclusively romantic; several are from people looking for platonic connections, as well as poems and other general ads. For example: “looking for experienced spell caster (Salt Lake City);” “Bicycle on thigh guy SLC Chapman Library Concert;” “Long hair at Urban Lounge;” “Quarters Barcade Tuesday night;” “Who is this street artist?? (Liberty Park);” “Pickleball Courts at Fairmont Park;” “999 (Salt Lake City);” and a poem titled, “To all the girls I’ve loved before (Salty downtown).” While Amber Marie hopes for successful connections to be made, she was only aware of near-misses where people thought a post was about them but turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. She remains optimistic, driven by her personal philosophy on the universal human desire for connection that the posts represent. “We all have crushes no matter where we are in our life,” she said. “We all fall in love with the weird stranger at the coffee shop, or on the bus, or at Harmon’s, or wherever.” CW

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t’s hard to believe summer’s already drawing to a close. Just yesterday, we were melting beneath the withering heat of record high temperatures. As we all enter this transition from summer to fake fall (and probably into second summer), I felt it incumbent upon myself to make some recommendations of things that came out in recent months that might’ve flown under the radar, and then make some recommendations of things to look forward to, all of them winners (presumably.) Dungeons & Dragons Horrified: Ravenloft - This board game was released over the summer and I can’t get enough of it. If anyone’s familiar with Dungeons & Dragons lore, Ravenloft is their horror setting. It’s where the cursed vampire Strahd dwells, and where players journey to defeat twisted nightmares. Horrified is a series of board games from Ravensburger where players work cooperatively to solve puzzles and race against the clock to defeat monsters. Other versions have included a Dungeons & Dragons game set in Waterdeep, one starring cryptids and another (the one that initially sold me on the game) with the Universal Classic Monsters. The version in Ravenloft, with some added RPG-style mechanics, has cre-

ated what might be the best version of the game yet, with a lot of replayability, depth and balance. It’s hard to beat, even with friends, but never have I lost and felt cheated. If you’re a fan of horror and vampires, or of Dungeons & Dragons, or just good board games, Horrified: Ravenloft is going to find a great spot on your shelf. Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord - It can come as a shock to discover that one of the most complex and interesting characters in all of Star Wars is Maul. Many only remember him from his turn in The Phantom Menace, where he’s unceremoniously bisected by Obi-Wan Kenobi with his master’s lightsaber. Fewer recognize him from his supporting roles on the animated shows The Clone Wars and Rebels, each bringing nuance and depth to the character that’s almost shocking. Earlier this summer, overshadowed by the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu, Maul: Shadow Lord came out. This Disney+ series is one of the most gorgeous bits of animation ever created, and the show serves to bring even more layers of complexity to a character who’s already one of Star Wars’ most fascinating. You’d be wellserved to go back and watch this as you’re beating the heat of the post-fake-fall second summer. Coyote vs. Acme - As of press time, I’ve been unable to see this film (see Scott Renshaw’s review on p. 13), but who doesn’t love an underdog tale of good triumphing over evil? Warner Brothers made this film three years ago, whereupon the mustachetwirling villain and CEO of Warner Brothers, David Zaslav, decided it was worth more to delete as a tax write-off than to allow it to be seen by audiences. A blend of animation and live action, it sees Will Forte as a lawyer representing Wile E. Coyote against the evil Acme Corporation in a lawsuit over their defective products. John Cena plays the lawyer defending Acme. Naturally, when the Looney Tunes are afoot, things get, well, Looney.

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord The public outcry was enough that Zaslav was convinced to sell the film—a film starring Warner Brothers’ own animation legends, the Looney Tunes—to a third party to distribute and monetize. It looks hilarious, and I hope it makes a fazillion dollars to further emasculate Zaslav, who might be the single worst thing to ever happen to Warner Brothers. Whalefall - Another movie I’m looking forward to is Whalefall, based on the book of the same name by recent Pulitzer Prizewinner Daniel Kraus. Kraus is also the guy behind the story for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water (2017), so he knows what he’s doing. The premise is simple: It’s about a man scuba diving to find his father’s remains when he’s swallowed by a sperm whale, leaving him with 60 minutes to find a way to escape before his oxygen runs out. It

promises to be a bit of mad, inspired brilliance coming out in October. This Movie Doesn’t End the Way We Want - Hailey Piper is one of the great voices in horror right now, and her forthcoming novel from Titan Books is one that you’re not going to want to miss. It’s about three girls who go into a movie theater in the 1990s, and only one of them walks out; the other two have disappeared. It sounds like a creepy, fantastic read and I can’t wait to get my hands on it, curled up beneath a blanket when it’s released in September. Whether I’m under the blanket because of the air conditioning or an early autumnal chill in the air remains to be seen. Whether it’s hot, cold, or somewhere in between, one of these should at least hold some interest for you—but I stand behind all of them. CW

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Contrary to what awards shows might lead you to believe, art is not a competitive event. Arts organizations understand that they’re stronger when working together, helping to build audiences and introduce those who might only be theater-goers, for instance, to the world of modern dance, or classical piano. The resident organizations at the Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts— Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, Plan-B Theatre Company, Pygmalion Theatre Company, Repertory Dance Theatre, RirieWoodbury Dance Company and SB Dance—have demonstrated an understanding of that principle for years, kicking off their fall seasons with a collaborative endeavor that doesn’t just find the organizations sharing the stage for one night, but sharing one organizing thematic idea. For 2026, that idea is captured by the title Nevermore, inspired by the poem “The Raven.” As Plan-B artistic director Jerry Rapier puts it, “Fifteen years in, we all wanted to see what would happen if we created a piece acknowledging that yes, sometimes, we as artists just might take ourselves too seriously. And that opened lots of doors, like messing with the work of someone most people speak of with reverence: Edgar Allan Poe, whom playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett also plays onstage. And who knew you needed the dance of dysentery choreographed by RDT’s artistic director Nick Cendese to close out your summer?” Performing Arts Coalition’s production of Nevermore comes to the Rose Wagner Center Jeanné Wagner Theater (138 W. 300 South) for one night only, Saturday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $14 - $18, and availability is limited at press time. Visit saltlakecountyarts.org for tickets and for additional event information. (Scott Renshaw)

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The Northern Utah summer season has been full of opportunities to celebrate the cultural diversity of the state, from the Living Traditions Festival that kicked things off in May to the many individual cultural heritage festivals that took place over the subsequent months. But given policies on a national level threatening immigrants and resistance in many quarters to anything that could be slapped with the tag “DEI” or “woke,” it’s encouraging to see a new addition to that lineup of activities. So kudos to Davis County for launching the “We the People” Festival, a multicultural arts experience geared for—and including—the whole community. The full-day festival includes vendors, food, workshops, family-friendly activities and a full lineup of entertainment, including an opening ceremony reading by Utah poet laureate Lisa Bickmore, Jambo Africa Burundi Drummers, Rocky Mountain Shakespeare Company, Utah Argentina Alliance, Esencia de México, Jung Hing Lion Dance Club, Kenshin Taiko, Utah Alphorns and more; a headliner concert features Yaleo: The Ultimate Santana Experience (pictured). According to Davis Arts Council director of programming Emilio Casillas, “This festival celebrates the cultures and communities that make Davis County what it is today, while recognizing that our differences are not barriers to belonging, but essential parts of a vibrant and thriving community.” The inaugural “We the People” Festival takes place on Saturday, Aug. 29, noon – 8 p.m. in Layton Commons Park (437 N. Wasatch Drive, Layton), followed by the Yaleo concert at the Ed Kenley Amphitheatre at 8 p.m. The main festival is free to the public; Yaleo is ticketed separately, $27 - $37. Visit davisarts.org/wtp for additional event information. (SR)

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Cody and Chelsea Dell both recall being raised on horror and monster movies from a young age, and have been developing that affinity into a community initially as part of the Creatures and Features Market. But with the organization facing challenges finding appropriate venues for their screenings, the Dells chose to spin off their love of horror, thriller and dark fantasy cinema into Nocturne SLC, an organization dedicated to curated creepy movies presented in a “secret screening” format, with the titles revealed only at showtime. “The idea behind the mystery movies,” says Chelsea Dell, “is the anticipation we used to have before social media, IMDB scores, something spoiling the story for you or driving or dictating how you can perceive a film. Now, the only way you can do that is to go into the theater blind. We’ve seen the larger [theater] chains do a mystery movie, but they’re never the stuff we love.” The films will be digitally projected, in programs also slated to include short films by local filmmakers, and there will be opportunities for members to offer suggestions for programming. “We’ve already rolled out a Members’ Voice program, asking feedback for things people want to see,” Cody Dell notes. “We absolutely want people to be involved in the selections.” Nocturne SLC kicks off with its first secret screening on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 4 p.m. at the Murray Theater (4961 S. State). Admission is on a membership basis, from $15 for a single-screening “guest membership” to $45 including admission to four screenings. For the full calendar of dates and for additional information, visit nocturneslc.com. (SR)

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Writer/director Alexander Ullom’s mix of hangout picture and existential dread might end up feeling like a kind of quintessential Gen Z fable, and one that lands an almost startling emotional punch in its conclusion. It opens with a quartet of high-school friends—Tyler (Mitchell Cole), Day (Akira Jackson), Fisher (Noah Toth) and James (Phinehas Yoon)—heading out on a food run after helping each other with post-college moving, but

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Sometimes, comedy comes down to the math, a simple equation of “big laughs” minus “what the hell were they thinking”—and Macon Blair’s rambunctious road-trip narrative just doesn’t always add up. It’s the tale of Mark (Dave Franco) and Davis (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), two not-particularly-competent guys working their first job together for a service that transports people to court-ordered rehab—and it so happens that their charge, teenage rich kid Sheridan (Mason Thames), is an absolute sociopath. For about the first half-hour, Blair feels on the verge of a minor comic masterpiece, particularly when making Franco’s Mark the “never met a bad situation he couldn’t make worse” center of the action, and a moment of bodily-function humor that brings the house down. Then things take a more violent turn, and with every new supporting character that gets added to the mix—Kiernan Shipka as an exotic dancer; Peter Dinklage and a stratospherically over-the-top Nicholas Braun as part of a criminal crew—the returns diminish with added layers of absurdity. And eventually it starts to feel like Blair wants to say something serious about the way people with money get all the second, third and infinity chances our heroes never get, as though the answer to “who’s the real idiot here” couldn’t be “two things can both be true.” While trying to aim for tone-shift mastery of stuff like Something Wild or After Hours, Blair ends up shifting away from a straight comedy that’s already working. Available Aug. 28 in theaters. (R)

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n their final meeting before the fall semester, the University of Utah Board of Trustees approved a $10 billion dollar budget for the upcoming year—including slight tuition increases in response to campus growth. The Board met August 11 in a brief meeting at the Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House. The agenda focused mostly on funding and expenses, but veered off when new Student Body President Erica Stringham addressed the room, emphasizing the student government’s resolution to establish the U as a “sanctuary campus.” “I want to reaffirm the importance of the student concerns represented in this resolution and encourage us as the Board to consider these concerns as we think about future decisions at our institution,” Stringham said. “At the center of this conversation is an important responsibility we all share, ensuring that every student feels safe and supported on this campus, regardless of documentation or immigration status.” Stringham also discussed her administration’s priorities, which include creating a “permanent student lobbyist group” to advocate for policy affecting campus quality of life. “A major priority for this year is strengthening student engagement and creating more opportunities for students to build community on campus,” she said. “Beyond engagement, we’re continuing to focus on student wellbeing, access to resources. Our priorities include mental health, affordability, food, basic needs, campus safety, transportation and sustainability.” The Board’s chairwoman, Katie Eccles, responded to Stingham’s comments.

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“We recognize that this is a very important issue that is deeply important to many members of our community. And as Trustees, we care deeply about the success, safety, the sense of belonging of all of our students,” Eccles said. “Many of the issues raised involve state and federal law and the Board of Higher Education policy that extend beyond this Board’s delegated authority.”

Budget Growth After Utah’s 2026 Legislative Session, the state now requires public universities to receive explicit budget approval from their boards of trustees. On Tuesday, the U Board approved the school administration’s $10 billion recommendations, which reflects federal cuts to research grants, campus enrollment growth and provisions in the “Big Beautiful Bill” passed by Congress in 2025. Gary McArthur, the U’s Chief Financial Officer, presented these budget changes to the Board. “[Fiscal year 2026] is roughly 10.2 billion, that was a combination of revenue from operations and non-operations,” McArthur said. “This budget would say we’re going to do roughly 10.6 billion in [fiscal year 2027], so good growth there.” McArthur acknowledged tuition rates are continuing to increase, even as the school’s revenue and enrollment grows. Last year, the school graduated more students than ever before, he noted. “Total revenues have grown pretty substantially, from like 6.6 billion to 10.2 billion—that’s like a 56% kind of growth rate,” McArthur added. “This year’s fall enrollment is going to exceed 39,000 … that will be the largest enrollment ever.” McArthur pointed out the new budget accounts for federal changes, emphasizing additional allocations for the U’s medical facilities. “We are expecting cuts in federal funding and not having as many research awards, which is reflected in our budget,” he said. “We do have challenges in the health care side, the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and all the different challenges it brings to hospitals and clinicians.” CW

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alt Lake City receives thousands of records requests each year. They offer glimpses into city business that impacts residents’ daily lives—like the police reports that domestic violence victims can use to file a restraining order, the traffic collision information that a resident needs to file an insurance claim, not to mention the documents reporters use to pull back the curtain on affordable housing, public school spending, environmental contaminants and more. But a kink in the city’s public records system makes accessing that information more difficult; its payment policy for records fees is stuck decades in the past. Online payments are not an option. Instead, requesters must call the city and read their card information to a staff member who then manually processes it. Requesters can also pay in person with a check, cash or card. “This is admittedly not the most convenient way to pay for records requests,” City Recorder Keith Reynolds said in an email. That process wasn’t always in place. Reynolds said the city previously used an internally-created payment portal that allowed requesters under the Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA) to make online payments. But when the city switched to its current records management software, that payment process was altered and the city has been working with finance staff on a solution. “We hope to get a more convenient payment system in place soon,” he said, later adding, “we hoped to have an online payment portal for JustFOIA much sooner but have been delayed due to the desire to have a singular city payment portal that we’ll be able to utilize for GRAMA requests.” David Cuillier, a freedom of information researcher at the University of Florida, said requesting public records, including paying for them, should be “as simple and easy as possible for the average person.” “Any obstruction or speed bump is an affront to democracy,” he said. “Being able to pay something online quickly—I think most of us are used to that now. And so to not have that just really lowers the credibility of the great city of Salt Lake.” Data from CivicPlus, a leading software platform for local governments, supports Cuillier’s conclusion.

The platform reported that 72% of residents use digital tools to interact with their local government. “They increasingly expect interactions with the government to mirror the convenience of online shopping or mobile banking,” reads the CivicPlus website. “Public records programs should be treated as front-line communication channels, not just legal functions.”

Two Sides of the Story Salt Lake City processed almost 5,400 records requests between April 2025 and May 2026, with the average fee being $20, according to data The Utah Investigative Journalism Project obtained through a public records request. While that volume of requests represents the time and effort residents spent to better understand their government, it also represents the resources city employees expended to process them. “Of course, there are two sides to this coin,” said Erin Coyle, an Arizona State University professor of media law and the First Amendment. “While it’s very important for people to be able to request access to this information, it does take time, resources and energy for people in government to be able to address and handle and fulfill these requests.” In fact, a JustFOIA survey found that 81% of government agencies reported their time and resources to complete public records requests were increasing. Some 19% said that things were staying the same, but not a single respondent said their time and costs were decreasing. Coyle said that government records officers are facing an increasingly difficult time, especially as AI tools reimagine how requests are made and processed. “This is a time that I’m hearing is especially challenging for people working in government who are handling public

records requests,” Coyle said. “It does sound as if requirements to handle payments, either in person or over the phone, would take time from them. That likely is not ideal.” The records The UIJP reviewed showed that although the city collected nearly $106,000 in GRAMA fees during the same period, another $29,100 in unpaid fees is still outstanding. That represents a 22% loss in revenue. Reynolds, however, said that number is likely inflated due to test invoices and some workflow issues that caused requests that were withdrawn to be counted. “For the most part, records aren’t released until payment is issued and if the time estimate is above four hours, we usually ask for partial payment before starting the work,” Reynolds said. “An online payment portal would at the very least provide more accurate data about revenue and unpaid invoices, since payments would be made through the system and tracked automatically.”

“The Easier the Better” Coyle said local governments handle records requests in a myriad of ways, and that quite a few cities are taking steps to allow requesters to submit online payments. Salt Lake City currently uses JustFOIA, a software system for public records management, but that may soon change. Reynolds said the city is drafting a request for proposals for a new, citywide cashiering system, which will then go through the public process of selection and contracting before a new system is implemented. According to a February email from Deputy Treasurer Jared Jenkins that the UIJP obtained through a records request, the new system likely won’t be available before 2027. JustFOIA, meanwhile, touts its ability to process payments on its website. Another

email obtained through the records request shows the city has looked at those options. A list of the benefits from online payments included on the JustFOIA website range from tracking employees’ time spent on specific requests to helping governments charge an appropriate hourly rate, immediate release of records once fees are paid and integration options for checks, PayPal, Venmo and other payment forms. Cuillier said budget could be a factor as to why cities don’t offer automatic payments for records, but he countered that online payments build trust and credibility for cities. He added they should consider accepting payments in any method— whether that’s direct deposit, cash, check or even modern options like Venmo. “The easier the better, and certainly shouldn’t make it hard on poor people or people who don’t have the same access to technology that everybody else might,” he said. He added that public records laws in the United States don’t stipulate how governments should accept payments. “And there’s a reason for that—because they shouldn’t have to. It’s just common sense for governments to make it real simple to pay for things, and so this is kind of an oddity,” Cuillier said. “I don’t see this much at all, because it’s so strange, and it just seems like something that could be fixed pretty easily.” The nitty gritty of municipalities’ payment processing systems likely won’t rise to the top of most residents’ minds. However, the end result of being able to access the records behind the fees is hugely important, Coyle said. “Government holds a lot of information about how things are done, why things are done, what money is collected, how money is budgeted and how money is spent,” Coyle said. “Public records requests provide ways for people to ask for very valuable information that sheds light on government activities.” CW

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ome flavors follow you your whole life. For restaurateur Anny Sooksri, they trace back to a busy kitchen in Thailand, where her grandmother cooked everything from scratch, including the flour. Neighbors wandered in and out. Stories spilled over shared plates. Laughter rang louder than the clatter of pans. That warm sense of gathering still lives in every dish Sooksri serves today. She never planned to run a restaurant empire. Back home, Sooksri worked in public relations, living a fast, social, always-on kind of life. In 1995, she flew to the United States for a vacation, a simple break from the noise. That break changed everything. She married, moved to Utah, and though the marriage lasted less than two years, she stayed. She landed a job at the U.S. Post Office, eventually rising to Distribution Supervisor: Good pay, great benefits. But something was missing. Sooksri loves food and eating out. Yet no restaurant ever tasted quite like home. That craving pushed her to make a bold decision: She walked away from steady paychecks to chase a dream. In February 1997, she opened the Tea Rose Diner. “I love all cuisine, and I’m willing to try anything once or twice,” Sooksri remarked. “And I love challenging myself to make it better.” The place ran without a sign out front for nearly 15 years. It didn’t need one; word of mouth carried it. Locals talked, friends brought friends, and Murray police officers practically claimed their own

booths. Tea Rose also earned a legendary reputation for spice, heat so bold that adventurous diners have sworn it nearly knocked them flat. That daring spirit became part of the charm. Thai chilis are renowned for their intense heat, packing a punch despite their small size. On the spice scale at any of Sooksri’s restaurants, even a level two carries significant heat, enough to make your taste buds tingle and your senses awaken. For me, a zero is usually my speed, one if I am feeling bold. In July 2011, Sooksri opened Chabaar Beyond Thai in a standalone building along 7200 South in Midvale. When her lease came up for renewal recently, the property manager hinted at repainting the building, so Sooksri assumed she was staying put. She invested in a full interior remodel. Six months later, a realtor delivered the blow: She had to move. The plan? Demolish the building for a fastfood franchise. That deal collapsed, leaving the old spot empty—and it remains empty today. Meanwhile, loyal customers assumed Chabaar had closed for good. Sales dropped by more than half. It was a brutal stretch. Yet Sooksri refused to abandon the customers she’d spent a decade winning over, so she started fresh again and moved into a smaller space directly behind the original. Determined to create a warm and inviting atmosphere, Sooksri recently rearranged Chabaar to incorporate elements of feng shui. She shifted tables to open up the flow of energy, and opened walls that made the restaurant feel closed off. Resilience runs in her blood, right alongside those family recipes. She kept building: Fav Bistro opened in 2017, followed by Uncle Jeffi’s Thai-inspired brunch in 2023. What ties every location together is a philosophy Sooksri brought straight from Thailand’s open-air markets, where people buy fresh ingredients one meal at a time. In her kitchens, nothing is frozen. There are no pre-made sauces; Sooksri makes all nine sauces

served in the restaurants by hand, with no shortcuts—and no MSG, as she is actually allergic to it. Everything is prepared in-house and cooked the same day it’s served. Just quality ingredients, careful balance and flavor that tastes as if someone’s grandmother stood over the stove. Because, in a sense, they did. Sooksri channels those childhood lessons onto every plate. “I love making papaya salad. The cooks and dishwasher at Chabaar are always waiting for me to come and make it for them to eat three to four times a week. No kidding! Three to four times a week,” Sooksri joked. “Such a traditional ThaiLaos dish that we are all in love with. Not many Thai or Lao people don’t like papaya salad! Such flavor.” I cannot go into Chabaar without ordering the eggplant stir-fry with pork ($20), spice level zero, because I use Anny’s One Best hot sauce on the side to control the heat. It is addicting, so make sure you ask for a side of it. You’ll want to put it on everything. I literally crave it. Always next to that dish on my table is the Pineapple Fried Rice ($17), served in half a pineapple. The fresh flavors that stand out in the jasmine rice are notable. No meal at Chabaar would be complete without sweet sticky rice & mango ($9)—the perfect cooling capper for a spicy meal, along with a Thai iced tea ($6). “I love the eggplant like everyone else with fish and tofu,” Sooksri said. “Even if it’s stir-fried and deep-fried, it’s light and flavorful, fun to eat.” Running multiple restaurants is a labor of love, and it keeps her busy. But when Anny Sooksri finds a free moment, she recharges the way she recharges everyone else—with movement and connection. She bikes. She hikes. And of course, she gathers friends around a table. CW

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A list of what local craft breweries and cider houses have on tap this week 2 Row Brewing 73 West 7200 South, Midvale 2RowBrewing.com On Tap: 24K Golden Ale Avenues Proper 376 8th Ave, SLC avenuesproper.com On Tap: Drop Top English summer ale (collab with Salt Flats)

Hopkins Brewing Co. 1048 E. 2100 South, SLC HopkinsBrewingCompany.com On Tap: You Can’t Do That On Television! IPA Kiitos Brewing 608 W. 700 South, SLC KiitosBrewing.com On Draft: Bliss IPA (Extremely Small Batch)

Bewilder Brewing 445 S. 400 West, SLC BewilderBrewing.com On Tap: Pink Boots Pink Pony Pilz

Kiitos Brewing Sugar House 1533 S. 1100 East, SLC KiitosBrewing.com On Draft: Bliss IPA (Extremely Small Batch)

Bohemian Brewery 94 E. Fort Union Blvd, Midvale BohemianBrewery.com NEW Releases: Kölsch, Dusseldorfer “Alt” Bier

Level Crossing Brewing Co. 2496 S. West Temple, SLC LevelCrossingBrewing.com On Tap: Nitro Sinday Pale Ale

Bonneville Brewery 1641 N. Main, Tooele BonnevilleBrewery.com On Tap: Peaches and Cream Ale Chappell Brewing 2285 S Main Street, SLC chappell.beer On Tap: Pie Hole - Strawberry Rhubarb Tart Ale Desert Edge Brewery 273 Trolley Square, SLC DesertEdgeBrewery.com On Tap: Edge’s Special Bitter ESB Epic Brewing Co. 825 S. State, SLC EpicBrewing.com On Tap: Honey Wheat Ale Etta Place Cidery 700 W Main St, Torrey EttaPlaceCider.com On Tap: Orange Creamsicle Session Mead Fisher Brewing Co. 320 W. 800 South, SLC FisherBeer.com On Tap: A rotation of up to 17 Fresh Beers! Grid City Beer Works 333 W. 2100 South, SLC GridCityBeerWorks.com In a Can: Extra Pale Ale Heber Valley Brewing 501 N. Main Street, Heber City hebervalleybrewing.com On Tap: Cöld Fusion - Kölsch Style Ale 4.7% ABV Helper Beer 159 N Main Street, Helper helperbeer.com

Red Rock Brewing 254 So. 200 West RedRockBrewing.com On Tap: Gypsy Scratch Red Rock Fashion Place 6227 So. State Redrockbrewing.com On Tap: Grand Bavaria Red Rock Kimball Junction 1640 Redstone Center Redrockbrewing.com On Tap: Bamberg Rauch Bier RoHa Brewing Project 30 Kensington Ave, SLC RoHaBrewing.com On Tap: Bramble Brown Roosters Brewing Multiple Locations RoostersBrewingCo.com On Tap: Hibiscus Sour

Level Crossing Brewing, POST 550 South 300 West, #100, SLC SaltFire Brewing LevelCrossingBrewing.com On Tap: Helles Munich Pale Lager 2199 S. West Temple, SLC SaltFireBrewing.com On Tap/Canned: Monachus Moab Brewing Adriatic Pilsner 5% 686 S. Main, Moab TheMoabBrewery.com Salt Flats Brewing On Tap: “Big Drop” 2020 Industrial Circle, SLC West Coast Pilsner SaltFlatsBeer.com On Tap: OPEN ROAD SERIES Mountain West Cider #3 - Barrel Aged Grand Cru 425 N. 400 West, SLC MountainWestCider.com Scion Cider Bar On Tap: Island Orchard Punch 916 Jefferson St W, SLC (Strawberry and peach cider) Scionciderbar.com On Tap: Koala Shorts Offset Bier Co 1755 Bonanza Dr Unit C, Park City 6.3% ABV offsetbier.com/ Second Summit Cider On Tap: DOPO IPA 4010 So. Main, Millcreek secondsummitcider.com Ogden Beer Company On Tap: Honeycrisp 358 Park Blvd, Ogden Single Varietal OgdenBeerCompany.com On Tap: 11 rotating taps as well as high point cans and guest beers Shades Brewing 1388 S. 300 West, SLC ShadesBrewing.beer Park City Brewing New Batch: Raspberry 1764 Uinta Way C1 Pistachio Sour Ale ParkCityBrewing.com On Tap: Das Bier - Helles Lager Shades On State 366 S. State Street, SLC Prodigy Brewing Shadesonstate.com 25 W Center St., Logan On Tap: Six Wheat Prodigy-brewing.com Under Hefeweizen On Tap: 302 Czech Pilsner Proper Brewing/ Proper Burger 857 & 865 So. Main properbrewingco.com On Tap: Concerning Hops West Coast IPA Proper Brewing Moab 1393 US-191, Moab properbrewingco.com On Tap: Concerning Hops West Coast IPA

Silver Reef 4391 S. Enterprise Drive, St. George SGBev.com Squatters Brew Pub Sugar House 2110 S. Highland Drive, SLC squatterspubs.com On Tap: Salt Lake Brewing Co. Big U Pilsner

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Pinkbox Doughnuts Brings the Fun to Sandy

One of Las Vegas’ most popular doughnut brands is bringing its signature sweetness to Sandy, Utah. Pinkbox Doughnuts celebrated the grand opening of its newest shop on Saturday, August 15, located at 10235 State Street. This location is one of a kind. It debuts the brand’s very first “Pinkycade,” a playful arcade concept that pairs top-notch doughnuts with interactive fun. Think arcade games, claw machine prizes and celebrations built for guests of every age. You can’t miss the place, either—with its hot-pink exterior, oversized doughnuts, colorful sprinkle accents and bold signage, the Sandy shop feels less like a doughnut stop and more like a destination. On the menu are doughnuts made fresh from scratch every day, using time-honored recipes with house-made fillings and toppings. Pinkbox also brews a mean cup of coffee, from classic roasts to signature flavored espressos and lattes, plus its very own line of energy drinks. pinkboxdoughnuts.com

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rauchbier. When the smoked malt is handled properly, it doesn’t come across as a gimmick or a novelty; it becomes an integral part of the beer’s character. This one absolutely nails that balance, delivering a deeply flavorful, exceptionally well-rounded experience from the first sniff to the lingering finish. The aroma sets the tone with a beautiful wave of smoke and malt. There’s a savory quality to the smokiness that reminds me of a wood-fired hearth, while the underlying malt keeps everything grounded and inviting. It’s smoky, but never feels overwhelming. Instead, the smoke and malt seem to work together, creating a remarkably cohesive profile. Upon tasting, the beer brings some serious palate heft. The malt character is substantial without becoming clumsy or overly sweet, giving the beer a satisfying richness. That smoked malt really shines here, coating the mouth with layers of slightly savory flavor. There’s a wonderful depth that keeps revealing itself as one works through the sip. The mouthfeel is one of the highlights—full enough to give the beer weight and presence, with a wonderful mouth-coating quality that allows those smoky malt flavors to stick around. This isn’t a rauchbier that disappears after the swallow. It hangs around and gives you plenty of time to appreciate what’s happening. The aftertaste moves into darker territory, bringing together smoke, malt and a subtle tobacco-like character. That combination creates an almost campfire-meets-cigar-box impression without becoming harsh or overly intense. The finish lingers beautifully, encouraging another sip and another exploration of those flavors. Verdict: For me, this is exactly what a rauchbier should be: smoky, malty, substantial and incredibly balanced. The smoke is prominent, but it never overwhelms the beer. Instead, it adds complexity and personality to an already-flavorful malt-driven brew, resulting in a seriously satisfying example of the style. At 5.0%, TF’s Rauchbier is available on a Luk’r pull (faucet). You’ll likely see it in cans soon. New Zealand Pilsner is also 5.0%. You can find it on draft at the brewery, or in cans in select beer pubs in Salt Lake City. As always, cheers! CW

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ave you ever gotten stuck listening to the same five to ten songs over and over? Feeling like nothing else sounds appealing, or that if you do branch out it won’t be as good? It’s easy to get stuck in that loop, and also a little tough to get out. Here are some great and (mostly) new releases from locals that will help bust you out of that cycle.

Riff Wood, Run It: Teenage rockers Riff Wood have been making a big impression on the music scene— not only locally, but globally as of 2026. The trio started jamming together when they were just 11 years old, and now at ages 16 and 17, they’ve gained thousands of followers and streams, even catching the attention of Grammy-award winning producer Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls, Paramore, My Chemical Romance and many more). As massive fans of Green Day, this was a dream come true for the trio. They’ve released several singles in 2026 that are leading up to their Sept. 18 release, Butterfly in Black and White, produced by Cavallo. Their current singles have been put in a collection titled Run It, featuring some big hits like “PUNK” and “Manufactured Tragedy.” The latter starts out with a lively and addicting bassline before guitar and vocals join in. Riff Wood definitely has an early aughts alt/rock vibe, which is likely why they’ve skyrocketed in popularity— music of the early 2000s is so hard to beat. The Davis County natives recently finished a sold out U.K. tour, as well as a headlining North American tour. It’s likely they’ll be out again when Butterfly releases, so keep an eye out so you can catch them live on their next outing.

slop,” and features dreamy vocals, interesting electronic effects and trippy lyrics like, “Why do I feel like death / When will the demons stop / Making my insides melt / Down like a lollipop / Is it the face of God / Or an intrusive thought? / Is the eternal mind a bunch of AI slop?” The following track “crypto on the chain” does a complete 180 from the previous song with a super poppy and upbeat song that one can easily dance along to. It would definitely put some pep in your step if you listened to it while out for a walk. Wallentine experiments with a combo of genres including pop, club, dance, experimental, psych and folk, so you never know what you’re going to get—and that’s part of the excitement. If you’re looking for some escapism and otherworldly vibes, look no further than any of Wallentine’s music, but this latest release is a shining example of that. April Draven, “Bite Me”: The phrase “bite me” is equal parts sassy and contemptuous; combine that with some goth/spooky/ vampire vibes, and you’ve got the mak-

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ings of a fun song. Local singer/songwriter April Draven makes what she calls “fantasy rock,” and it sounds as epic as you’d think it would. Draven is a self-identified nerd who loves fantasy, D&D and Lord of the Rings, all of which shine through in her music. “Bite Me” has a heavy rock/goth metal feel, with heavy driving guitars and epic lyrics like “I hate that I crave / The poison from your fangs / Release me / From this dream / And I’ll be your deity.” The song is so full of life and passion, Draven touched on that passion online when the song was released. “I had SO much fun bringing this song to life. This idea had been collecting dust inside my voice memos and songwriting notebook for almost four years,” she noted on Instagram. “I knew I loved the idea but it didn’t work with the stuff I was a part of at the time. It’s a good thing I’m a songwriting hoarder and never delete any of my ideas, digitally or written down, because I LOVE how this turned out!” Maybe add this one to your D&D playlists, too. CW

Bly Wallentine, mazerati bankrupt: Bly Wallentine can go by many titles and wear many different hats: singer/ songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer. But no matter which one you use, you know there’s going to be something great behind it. Wallentine does whimsy like no one else, and there’s whimsy aplenty on mazerati bankrupt. It starts with a track titled “ai

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forward. “Apr. 4” confronts the fear, isolation and chaos surrounding that period of his life. This is an amazing track that’s hard to put into words how great it truly is, so be sure to take a listen for yourself.

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Feed Me @ Soundwell 8/29 Feed Me (aka Jon Gooch), who is known for intense and somewhat-scary animated visuals, is coming to town to play a bassdriven electronic music set that pulls in audiences by engaging the eyes as much as the ears. The British drum ‘n bass/dubstep artist creates an audio-visual experience that incorporates guitar riffs and multigenre combinations like rock, pop and dubstep. For fans of house music legend Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman), Feed Me may also be your next favorite sound. Gooch was the first external artist to be featured on Deadmau5’s revered mau5trap label a decade ago, and brought a heavier, more aggressive bassline to the decks. Check out his song “Blood Red,” or “Pyro” (released last year), which features fellow producer EMSKI. It’s full of melodic maximalism that is heavy-hitting, keeping you interested with each beat drop. It also beautifully blends its intensity with moments of intimacy by layering sharp melodies and intricate textures that command attention. For Gooch’s high-energy bass and signature crunch, listen to his newest song, “Bad Taste,” released on UKF Dubstep. Come be mesmerized by his signature vibrant green monsters with sharp, teeth-baring grins full of insatiable hunger that visually scream, “Feed Me!” With support from Wolfie and local artists Aiirbear b2b Skye Miles, the show takes place on Saturday, Aug. 29 at Soundwell, doors open at 10:30 p.m. This is a 21+ show for LNE Presents. General admission costs $34.12 at eventliveus.com. (Arica Roberts) Styx & Chicago @ Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre, 8/30 Two of the most successful American bands of the rock era are teaming up for a tour in which they share top billing. Formed in Chicago in 1972, Styx began as a progressive-leaning hard rock band, recording four albums for small label Wooden Nickel; those releases gained the group a following, but didn’t represent a commercial breakthrough. That break would come when Styx was picked up by A&M, releasing Equinox, their first U.S. Gold record, in 1975. A shift toward more pop-oriented material brought world-

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Built To Spill @ The Urban Lounge 9/1 An emo listener essential, Built To Spill makes their way back to Salt Lake City, following their nationwide tour supporting Courtney Barnett. Having played Kilby Block Party and headline shows across the Salt Lake Valley in the past, they’ve become a mainstay for fans and the growing Midwest emo community. From significant voice cracks over the guitar riffs to the small, sustained instrumental bridges, it’s the perfect treat to bob your head endlessly into the night. With popular tracks like “Carry the Zero” and “Else,” each lyric has a relation to inconsistent days and navigating life as a young adult. The tone is hopeful yet heartbreaking, as lead vocalist Doug Martsch weighs out his options of love and loss and his ever-changing future. Built To Spill’s discography is the perfect pairing for a tormented afternoon full of weariness, uplifting one’s mood just a little more to get through the rest of the day. Or, if you’re caught up in a never-ending cycle of all work and no play, then a concert of levelheaded musicality and autumn-forward lyricism might do the trick. If that sounds good to you, then coming up this Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 7 p.m., the band will be in town with an emo whine to fill your end-of-summer blues. The show is currently sold out, but you can find tickets via the Fan Marketplace at 24tix.com. (Laney Hansen)

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ARIES (March 21-April 19)

On the sci‑fi TV show Stargate SG‑1, benevolent aliens known as the Asgard visit Earth to seek assistance from a secret U.S. government team. The ultra-advanced, hyperintelligent Asgard have been unable to defeat their great nemesis, another alien species called the Replicators. Their hope is that their primitive partners, the humans, might stumble onto some basic, straightforward answer that their own sophisticated minds can’t see. The gamble pays off. One of Earth’s leading physicists, who’s a naive amateur by Asgard standards, devises a rough, unsophisticated strategy that works wonderfully. Treat this as your parable, Aries: Put your faith in simple, uncluttered approaches, and don’t underestimate “beginner-level” fixes.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

During one of my visits to the annual Burning Man fes‑ tival in the Nevada desert, I encountered a prankster named Mother Very Superior. This nonbinary performer was dressed like a nun and wore a prominent chastity belt. Wielding a toy whip, they gently lashed me on my shoulders and prayed over me, saying, “I absolve you of all your sins. Therefore, you are now free to commit a raucous slew of new sins.” I hope you get a similar dispensation, Taurus. To be fully available for the rollicking delights you’re eligible for, it would be wise to reduce your karmic debt.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

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There is a kind of lightning called a “sprite.” It’s a ghostly red discharge that blossoms high above thunderstorms. I suspect you may soon experience your own personal versions of this wonder. Fleeting insights may appear in unexpected places. Emotionally rich revelations could arrive out of nowhere. Because the moments could pass quickly, it will be crucial to notice them when they arrive. They could stimulate major shifts in your understanding. Keep your perceptive powers highly attuned.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Fertility clinics store frozen embryos. Numbering in the hundreds of thousands, they are suspended in a long, chilly pause, awaiting instructions from the people who created them. This accumulation of potential life makes me think of you. If you would thaw and reclaim the neglected, untouched regions of your imagination, you would become an even more formidable generator of focused creative power. The encouraging news is that the coming weeks will be an unusually favorable phase to expedite this process.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Some earthquakes unleash energy in violent bursts, but others are incremental commotions that unfold gradu‑ ally over days or even weeks. The way they reorganize the Earth’s crust is kinder and gentler. Let’s regard these slow quakes as an apt metaphor for the initially disruptive but ultimately constructive transformations underway in your beautiful life, Aquarius. You may not see spectacular evidence that change is percolating, but I guarantee that it is. Old structures are in a transitional phase of subtle disarray, creating conditions for new dispensations you can’t imagine yet. My prediction: The rearrangement of your landscape will be healing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

The Sargasso Sea is the only sea without a land boundary. It’s defined by four strong Atlantic Ocean currents that cir‑ cle it. Its edges aren’t solid walls but slowly shifting rivers of water. I think this anomalous body of water is always a vivid symbol of your world, Pisces, and even more so these days. Your boundaries are currents, not coastlines. You hold your shape through movement, not through rigid definition. This is more challenging to maintain than solid borders, but it’s also a great potential strength. Use it with aplomb!

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In 1912, Scorpio meteorologist Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift. It’s the idea that Earth’s continents were once joined in a single supercontinent and have gradually drifted apart to their present positions over millions of years. Most scientists initially rejected his hypothesis because he couldn’t explain how the movement occurred. He didn’t live long enough to receive vindication, but decades later, his novel hypothesis was fully accepted. I’m pleased to report that your wait will be far shorter, Scorpio. Please keep your faith in the novel ideas and perceptions that others don’t understand yet. The world’s almost ready for your innovations.

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In traditional sourdough baking, a small portion of ferment‑ ed dough called a starter is saved and refreshed regularly. Some bakeries maintain the same lineage for years. The starter is a living culture of wild yeasts and lactic acid bacteria that feed on flour and water, producing acids and gases that leaven the dough and create bread with complex flavor, aroma and texture. Let’s use this as a metaphor for your life, Leo. What long-running resource can you use to help create situations that will empower you to thrive in interesting ways during the coming months?

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During the Baroque era, Cancerian artist Artemisia Gentileschi painted powerful biblical and historical women who killed tyrants and delivered their people from vio‑ lent domination. By channeling her creative passion into figures of righteous fury, she transformed her personal trauma into psychological power. I invite you to be inspired by Gentileschi as you reconfigure your own story in the coming weeks, Cancerian. Wouldn’t it be fun and potent to transform the way you imagine both the past and future plot threads of your destiny?

Some of my most useful revelations arrive in the dark. Once, while hiking in a wooded canyon at dusk, I lost the trail and had to feel my way forward by the sound of the creek. In that blind descent, an insight about a personal riddle I’d been pondering for months appeared unbidden, as if it had been waiting in the shadows for me. As I followed the stream bank to safety, I celebrated by singing Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah.” The moral of the story is that some les‑ sons can be best learned by going down: into the body; into confusing feelings; into the rich compost of mysteries we may be hesitant to explore. How about you, Libra? In my professional opinion, your next pivotal breakthroughs are lurking in the fertile darkness rather than the brilliant heights. I hope you’re brave enough to descend. The trea‑ sure is buried, as treasure often is.

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Archaeologists studying ancient Roman shipwrecks found that sailors deliberately made their vessels heavier by stowing rocks in the hull. This reduced the profitability of their voyages, since it reduced their cargo capacity. On the other hand, it meant they wouldn’t capsize during storms. An excellent trade-off! Let’s use this scenario as a metaphor for your life right now, Gemini. I’m going to suggest that you will benefit from adding more ballast. Seemingly burden‑ some elements could keep you steady if conditions become unruly. Consider this: Not everything heavy is holding you back. Some of it’s keeping you strong and stable.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

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o borrow a line from Talladega Nights, one of my favorite movies, “Praise Jesus in his Aerosmith T-shirt!” Why? Because, finally, a multinational corporation sees the light—the opportunity to fill a gap and probably still make money. What am I talking about? In Los Angeles, Costco is building five levels of apartments above its warehouse store in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood, near La Brea Avenue. Costco operates almost 1,000 warehouses, globally, with 85% of them in North America, with more than 145 million members and 300,000 employees across 48 countries. Now, maybe, some of them can find affordable housing! If you’ve been to their warehouse on 300 West in Salt Lake City, you know how big that building really is—235,000 square feet, which is about 90,000 square feet larger than the average Costco warehouse. Think of it, that’s a massive footprint that could be zoned to have residential units above it as well. L.A.’s store is only 185,000 square feet, and will be rebuilt with five residential levels, a rooftop pool and tons of amenities, like a fitness center, children’s play areas, community rooms, secure bike parking and more. There are 184 apartments reserved for lowincome households, with 800 marketrate apartments and plans to accept Section 8 vouchers for future tenants. FYI—average starting wages at Costco are $19.50 per hour, with the new apartments affordable at that payscale. So many one-level malls and retail stores with huge parking lots are scattered around this country, but zoning laws typically prohibit housing at those locations. Zoning restrictions are the prickly thorn of new housing. Locally, our Legislature and the Salt Lake City Council are trying to loosen the rules to allow more, smaller and cheaper housing options for citizens. The upside of building apartments or condos above retail is: it creates construction jobs; it supports Costco workers who need housing; it deepens the customer base for local businesses; and it helps relieve local housing shortages with higher-density infill housing. In the L.A. case, it means only an elevator ride to a $1.50 all-beef hot dog! Senator John Curtis stated last week that housing should be developed on unused Postal Service properties. People allegedly use mail delivery less often, and there are more than 8,500 USPS facilities in the states, as well as 25,000 leased spaces. In addition, over the past year, Salt Lake City School District has closed four elementary schools—Bennion, Hawthorne, Jackson and Riley. All sit on huge lots, and it’s possible the buildings on these sites could be repurposed for community centers with affordable housing built in, above and around these structures. What Salt Lake County desperately needs is rental housing for seniors on fixed incomes. The county’s 2026 aging report found that more than 7,600 older adult households rely on food assistance (SNAP) programs and Meals on Wheels. CW

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1. Religious offshoot 5. Winter hrs. in Oregon 8. ___ curls (arm exercises) 13. Most populous Hawaiian island 14. “___ House” (1982 Madness hit) 15. Mr. Schwarzenegger 16. Thing that comes before another, in olden days (you may know the -or version better) 18. Estonia’s neighbor to the south 19. Keyboard symbols forming a heart emoticon (or a shortcut to the emoji) 21. Zombie who directs and sings 22. Wedding vow words 23. “___ bien, gracias” 24. League where you may see a stick shift? 27. Apple device that researchers taught parrots to video-call other parrots with 29. “Go ahead” gesture 30. New World monkey in the Amazon Rainforest (found in AQUA KARINA) 33. Direct deposit pymt. 36. Way to form a heart with your fingers (popularized by K-pop stars) 40. Plate-smashing exclamation 41. Not as restrictive 42. Sprinted 43. “___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” 45. Volleyball defense specialist 47. Type of company not to be confused with an LLC 48. Stiffened water, to Stefan or Werner? 51. Express despair, maybe 52. Numerical way to make a heart along a line of symmetry 56. Egyptian writer ___ Mahfouz (1988 Nobel Prize winner in Literature) 57. Australia’s women’s national soccer team (hinting at a “Waltzing” song) 59. Citrus with blood and navel varieties 60. Q&A session on Reddit 61. Gateway Arch architect Saarinen 62. Sibilant snake sound 63. Yang counterpart 64. Historic 1944 event

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Construction workers in Belgium struck gold while working on a new sewer line in an old building—lit‑ erally $10.4 million worth of gold, BBC reported on Aug. 14. Workers removed part of the cellar wall and discovered a wealth of gold coins and bars, which they initially mistook for euros. They called the police, who recorded the haul and moved the gold to a secure federal vault. The building was once a brewery but is now owned by a welfare organization. Belgian law dictates that the gold’s rightful owner has five years to claim it. However, investigators are still looking into the stash to determine whether it might be related to criminal activity. If not, and if no legitimate claim is made on it after five years, the gold will be split between the finders—the construction workers and the property owner.

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The New Zealand outlet Stuff reported on Aug. 17 that a 54-year-old woman who experienced a medi‑ cal emergency in a grocery store parking lot—her heart even stopped briefly, making her “technically dead” for a few minutes—and was taken to the hos‑ pital by ambulance was later issued a parking fine for exceeding the lot’s allowed 90-minute parking limit. The woman’s car was left in the lot for more than five hours, and she received a fine in the mail for $80 from the third-party company that manages it. After being told of the circumstances, the parking lot company understood and ... reduced the fine to $30. The woman’s father called the request “offensive.” When grocery store staff caught wind of the parking situation, they stepped in and paid the $30, and the parking lot company has since apologized to the woman. “We have since reinforced our processes and provided further guidance to our team to support consistent decision-making in exceptional circum‑ stances,” they said.

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In March, Kenneth Voyles was experiencing home‑ lessness in Portland, Oregon, when he broke into a local business seeking shelter—and, he admits, to steal a drill bag—The Independent reported on Aug. 15. Startled by the intrusion, owner James Grant shot Voyles multiple times. Now Voyles is suing both Grant and the company, Touchstone Granite & Marble Inc., for $10 million. The lawsuit accuses them of bat‑ tery, assault, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Grant disputes Voyles’ version of events, claiming self-defense from Voyles’ aggres‑ sion. “It went right through my brain that he was ready to attack me,” Grant said. “He picked up the bolt cutter and raised it, and he was starting to come at me ... my life was totally in danger.” Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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■ A car ride took a surprising turn for a family run‑ ning an errand in Lebanon, Tennessee, when a snake began slithering across their car’s hood while they were driving. “We were on our way to Mt. Juliet,” Analissa Hensley told News 2, “and we’re just hav‑ ing a conversation, and my husband’s like, ‘There’s a snake.’” Hensley began recording the snake’s path across the hood. She estimates it to have been about five feet long. “I’m sitting there like, ‘We have a huge snake on the hood of our car.’” The family attempted to pull the car over, but Hensley said that was when the snake rolled and went off the side. Experts say the snake appears to have been a nonvenomous gray rat snake.

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The Norwegian government fined an unnamed per‑ petrator over $5,000 for sounding a foghorn that disturbed a polar bear, waking it and causing it to move. CNN reported on Aug. 14 that a boat was sail‑ ing through fjords in Svalbard, an archipelago that lies about halfway between Norway and the North Pole, when someone on board the vessel spotted a sleeping polar bear and used the ship’s foghorn to rouse it. Polar bears are protected by Norwegian and international laws, which say that it is prohibited to “unnecessarily disturb, lure or pursue polar bears.” Geoff York, vice president of research and policy at Polar Bears International, says that polar bears have fewer food sources in the summer. “Disturbing bears during this time of year may be more significant for their survival or potential reproductive success if it’s a pregnant or nursing female by causing them to burn calories unnecessarily,” he said. The individual has agreed to pay the fine.

■ WSLS reported on Aug. 13 that an eight-foot python was the source of overnight chaos at Forest Middle School in Bedford County, Virginia. While inside the school, the escaped snake reportedly knocked over a heat lamp, starting a fire, which then triggered the school’s sprinkler system and alerted the fire depart‑ ment at 12:31 a.m. Firefighters responded, found and secured the python, and proceeded to extinguish the fire. Eight classrooms were damaged, but Bedford County Public Schools stated that, “This will not affect the first day of school as alternate locations within FMS for impacted areas will be assigned, if needed.” Crews are working to repair and clean the damaged areas while the east wing of the school is temporarily closed.

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Milwaukee landlord Tim Dertz was cleaning out an apartment unit after evicting its tenant when he found a painting left behind. Dertz took it to an antique dealer who recognized it as a Picasso, possibly worth up to $50,000, the Associated Press reported on Aug. 14. Dertz then contacted police, who determined the painting had been stolen from DeLind Fine Art Appraisals in 2018. When police contacted owner Bill DeLind, he recognized the work as a “Toreo” print, signed by Picasso himself. In a bittersweet twist, DeLind said that his former gallery partner, who passed in February, used to call police every year on the anniversary of the robbery, asking for an update on the case. “He would have been over the moon about this,” DeLind said. “It was special to him.” The 2018 robbery remains under investigation with the FBI, and Milwaukee police are holding on to the paint‑ ing in the meantime.

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