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Friday, November 25, 2011

TV Weekend: Hoops & Yoyo, Dear Santa, Leverage, Walking Dead

What’s new this weekend: Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas (CBS, tonight) Holiday Special: A pink cat and green bunny stow away on Santa’s sleigh and, somehow, cause a rift in the space-time continuum, ---thus sending them back in time to accidentally derail the destiny of a young Kris Kringle.

Make:SLC

In its nearly seven-year run, Make has done more than just showcase projects and creations coming out of the woodwork, but also inspired people to create their own. --- In fact, it's been influential in helping “makers” across the country push themselves in a more DIY lifestyle, and even had groups spun off to form collaborations in various cities.

Dead Port: Week 145

The (quickly filling) hole where Port O' Call used to be in downtown Salt Lake City, 400 S. West Temple; closed since February 2009.

Now-a-Dollar Nov. 25

Cancer comedy and a 3-D take on a classic lead the new offerings at local bargain theaters this weekend. 50/50 follows 27-year-old Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) after receiving a diagnosis of a rare spinal cancer with a coin-flip chance of survival.

Dead Zephyr: Week 419

The Zephyr Club in downtown Salt Lake City, 301 S. West Temple; closed since October 2003.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Latour Wine Dinner in SLC

France's Maison Louis Latour has been producing world-class Burgundy wines since the 17th Century and is still family owned and run, having passed from father to son for over 10 generations. --- Representatives from Maison Latour will be in town this week and hosting a wine dinner at The Paris on Wednesday night, Nov. 30. 

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Media Mishaps: ABC4 and D-News (again)

Please, ABC4, install your new "tube," already! --- A viewer called City Weekly to complain that KTVX has been running on half-power since Saturday night due to an equipment failure.

Anti-Black Friday Events

If you got an anti-consumer itch or would like to atone for last year’s Black Friday when you trampled an old lady to get a deal on a car stereo—check out these Anti-Black Friday events, like a buy-local farmers market and Occupy SLC’s Really Really Free Market.--- The Really Really Free Market

TV Tonight: Modern Family, Survivor, ANTM, AHS

What’s new tonight: Modern Family (ABC) Thanksgiving Episode: A former neighborhood kid (The Book of Mormon’s Josh Gadd) returns as a Internet millionaire (what is this, 1997?), ---causing Phil to ponder why he’s not more successful—which, of course, he’ll be over by the end of the episode when counts his blessings over a misty montage … oh, spoiler?

Art House Cinema 502 reviews Nov. 25

Two dramas in unusual settings lead the new offerings at Ogden’s Art House Cinema 502. Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s meditative films often juxtapose nature and modernity; Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives comments hypnotically on the world’s short attention span.

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