Top 10 things not to say to a cop at a riot
Salt Lake City Weekly
by Christopher Smart
1d ago
Dude, can you spare a donut? 10. Love your outfit, it really brings out your eyes ..read more
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Orchestra fans worry downtown sports district could spell the end of Abravanel Hall
Salt Lake City Weekly
by Katharine Biele
1d ago
The creative tension between sports and arts may be a given—but the existential battle for dominance in Salt Lake City is not. The Day the Music Died The creative tension between sports and arts may be a given—but the existential battle for dominance in Salt Lake City is not. The city and state governments have been giddy at the prospect of hosting major league sports in downtown, but now the effort appears to be at the expense of the Utah Symphony ..read more
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Horoscopes for MAY 9 - 15
Salt Lake City Weekly
by Rob Brezsny
1d ago
"To continue is power." ARIES (March 21-April 19) When my friend Jessalyn first visited Disneyland as a child, she was smitten by its glimmering, unblemished mystery. "It was far more real than real," she said ..read more
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'We move this city': UTA trustees get earful from transit employees over outsourcing plans
Salt Lake City Weekly
by Benjamin Wood
1d ago
Dozens of Utah Transit Authority employees gathered on the street outside UTA headquarters on Wednesday, before crowding into a Board of Trustees meeting to speak against the outsourcing of transit services to a third-party contractor. DEPOT DISTRICT—Dozens of Utah Transit Authority employees gathered on the street outside UTA headquarters on Wednesday, before crowding into a Board of Trustees meeting to speak against the outsourcing of transit services to a third-party contractor. The demonstrators—a mix of bus and train operators as well as maintenance staff and union representatives—held s ..read more
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Beer reviews: Red Rock Above the Clouds and Templin Family Big Bubs
Salt Lake City Weekly
by Mike Riedel
1d ago
Pilsner malt has been the main ingredient in most lagers for quite some time. Now, however, brewers are also finding advantages in using it for IPAs. Pilsner malt has been the main ingredient in most lagers for quite some time. Now, however, brewers are also finding advantages in using it for IPAs ..read more
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Boom!
Salt Lake City Weekly
by The Editors at Andrews McMeel
1d ago
In Holladay, Utah, authorities were summoned to a home on April 23 to advise a homeowner on how to dispose of "a lot" of explosives, including "ancient dynamite" that had been in the family for "generations and generations." Boom! Talk about explosive developments ..read more
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More emphasis on Heavenly Mother would challenge the power of Latter-day Saint patriarchy.
Salt Lake City Weekly
by Keith Burns
1d ago
Although The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has always structured its hierarchy on male authority, its theology and practice concerning women is rather intricate and complex. Although The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has always structured its hierarchy on male authority, its theology and practice concerning women is rather intricate and complex. Throughout much of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, the Relief Society (a central LDS women's organization) was given far more power and authority than it has today ..read more
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MUSIC PICKS MAY 9 - 15
Salt Lake City Weekly
by City Weekly Staff
1d ago
Dustin Kensrue @ The Commonwealth Room 5/12, Spring Battle of the Bands @ Boardwalk Sound 5/13-18, and more. Crankdat @ Venue 6SIX9 5/10 Crankdat, aka Christian Smith, hails from Ohio, the home of American bass music. Known for its Lost Lands festival, which includes the heaviest bass EDM artists, Smith is one of the kingpins ..read more
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From the mountain men to modern Utahns, the Great Salt Lake has been a source of myth and misunderstanding.
Salt Lake City Weekly
by Tameron Fawcett
1d ago
During their 1824-25 winter encampment in Cache Valley, a bet was made among the mountain men: What lay at the end of the Bear River? During their 1824-25 winter encampment in Cache Valley, a bet was made among the mountain men: What lay at the end of the Bear River? One young man named Jim Bridger was selected to follow the river to its end ..read more
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Book Review: No Walk in the Park by Michael Engelhard
Salt Lake City Weekly
by Vince Welch
1d ago
After reading No Walk in The Park, I thought a more apt title might be "Meanderings of a Grand Canyon River Guide." After reading No Walk in The Park, I thought a more apt title might be "Meanderings of a Grand Canyon River Guide." Sometimes by boat, often on foot, Michael Engelhard—anthropologist and wilderness/river guide—wanders over the Colorado Plateau country in search of "thrills, eco-wisdom and legacies ..read more
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