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Buy Local groups are urging Utahns to just spend a dime on every dollar of holiday spending this season on local businesses. This weekend, you can see exactly what local businesses are doing to help out the local economy at a free holiday gift expo.---
Recently, there have been a few shifts in the local comedy scene, including some departures, which make way for new talent to entry the stage and take chances to step up and be recognized. --- It's a challenge that a lot of comics strive for, but it really becomes the turning point for many if they can take the opportunity in front of them and run with it, or if they'll shy away and fail to make an impact.
Bridging the gap from shelter life and homelessness to employment and self-reliance is as much about the individual as it is about bridging gaps between dozens of service providers that can collaborate together better, explained Melissa Young, associate director of the National Transitional Jobs Network.---
What's new on the eyeball magnet tonight: Dancing With the Stars (ABC) Season Finale: It's finally over tonight; I’d predict a winner, but I have no idea who’s dancing—is Mickey Rourke on?
The thrifty and self-reliant folks of Transition Salt Lake are holding a special re-skilling workshop this week on the lost art of the handmade gift.---
If you were planning on waiting to see Universal Studios' holiday offerings, like This is 40 or Les Miserables, at home, and you're used to getting your movies from the local library, you'll be waiting just a little bit longer come 2013. Beginning with new releases of Jan. 8, 2013, according to an e-mail from one wholesale distributor to libraries, Universal Home Entertainment has informed public-library buyers that Universal "will be moving all libraries to a 28-day new-release window.
