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We’re doing another Wilfred & Louie screening at Brewvies this week—but, due to a prior event, it’ll be a late one: 11 pm-Midnight on Thursday, June 30. But hey, still free and in HD!
If you attended Savor the Summit on Main Street in Park City this weekend, you know that Park City's restaurateurs truly outdid themselves this year. --- If you weren't able to be there, here are some scenes from the fantastic evening.
Very rarely do I find myself at an event where I’m both entertained and find myself not making eye contact with anyone in attendance.--- Tech N9ne, who performed at The Great Saltair June 25 and is arguably the most successful independent rapper in the world, is one of those events.
As sad as it might have been to see the Utah Arts Fest come to a close after a glorious weekend, it's hard to imagine a better finish than the Del McCoury Band's set.--- The traditional bluegrass group's Sunday-night show on the Festival Stage had a little bit of everything that makes the Del McCoury Band great.
No doubt many of you are recovering from the Utah Arts Festival, or some other weekend activities.--- Well, you're lucky, because it's pretty slim pickins 'round here for Monday night fun.
Saturday, June 25: Ogden’s Junction City Roller Dolls took on Greeley, CO’s Slaughterhouse Derby Girls at Layton’s Davis Conference Center, in a doubleheader that also featured home teams Railway Banditas and Hilltop Aces.
Psychedelic cowboys the Meat Puppets headlined Urban Lounge Saturday night, and they packed some epic guitar jams for the trip.--- The brothers Kirkwood (guitarist Curt and bassist Cris), along with drummer Shandon Sahm, have always had a soft spot for extending their tunes into new and progressively more-twisted directions, but rarely have they used virtually every song of a set to work out their instrumental chops to quite the degree they did Saturday.
Mitt Romney dazzled a crowd outside of Hire’s Big H, in Salt Lake City today, greeted by chants of “We Want Mitt!”--- French fries and fry sauce flowed amongst a crowd of eager Romney-ites before the former Massachusetts governor addressed a crowd of 150 to 200 outside of Hire’s Big H at 425 S. 700 East.
