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Two
weeks ago the Tower Theater held their 7th Open
Mic Night
film festival for local filmmakers to showcase their work. When
all was said and done, one film walked away with both awards!
The film “Sam,
Roscoe & Her”
showed the tale of a man installing security cameras to see his dog
at home, and instead got to see a lot more than he bargained for. And
at the end of the night the film ended up winning both the Judge’s
Selection Award, as well as the Audience Choice Award.
Back
into the mix I was this past weekend, and I found a show right in the
heart of downtown playing it up to a younger crowd.I went
a-steppin' into Artopia this past Friday to check out the punk/ska
show down in the basement. --- The political punk sounds of Talking
Bombs, the experimental ska of Illegal Beagle, and the ever hard
pounding sounds of The Playdead Movement.
While
the majority of comic and/or games shops have troubles staying open
past a decade, one shop down in Provo is turning twenty-one this year --- Dragon's
Keep has been helping provide the Utah County crowd with it's supply of
local and national comic book titles for years, while also providing a
home for a lot of fantasy and role playing games long before most of
the ones we know today were created. And while ownership has changed
over the years, the ideals of the store remain the same today as they
did in 1987. I got a chance to chat with co-owner Levi Jensen about
the store's history, it's upcoming celebration this Saturday, his
thoughts on gaming a comics today, and a few other questions that came
to mind.Levi Jensen
For
well over three decades, downtown Salt Lake City has been privy to an
underground musical landmark. But most are completely clueless to it,
driving right past it on the way home.--- Positively 4th
Street has been sitting on the corner of 4th South and 4th West since
the early 1900's, undergoing several changes until becoming a
practice space for the majority of Utah's musicians and bands over
the years.
