Support the Free Press | Facts matter. Truth matters. Journalism mattersSalt Lake City Weekly has been Utah's source of independent news and in-depth journalism since 1984. Donate today to ensure the legacy continues.
What’s new on the tube tonight:
Project Runway (Lifetime) Season 13 Premiere: Another season, another Project Runway promo campaign with a half-naked Heidi Klum and fully-disinterested Tim Gunn. What else is new this time around?
Dear GYA, After my two hour commute to downtown from Sugar House, I think I finally understand the true meaning of Pioneer Day. It's all about recognizing that getting around should be a colossal pain in the ass.
One of the more challenging aspects to being a full-time artist is essentially that: doing it full-time. The vast majority of artists trying to live out their dreams can tell you they never attempted a career at it thinking it would make them rich overnight, but many soon realize the never-ending struggle to produce work and sell it on a regular basis, and often work alone trying to succeed.
I’m late and lost, and Liberty Park is bigger than I remember. Somewhere near an eagle statue, a bunch of dudes in snapbacks on bikes are waiting for me. They're called FOAD, a fixed-gear bicycle gang that describes itself as “a crew of homies coming out of Salt Lake City, Utah.” They don't have an “aim or agenda” — they just want to have fun and “fuck shit up.” I decided after hearing lingering whispers of FOAD from my fixie-riding friends that I should meet up with them and find out exactly how hard they fuck shit up.
A personal souvenir from the land of Zion A friend called, said: there’s an artist visiting at BYU from New York, wanted to meet some interesting local folks, I thought of you.
The Life in a Day is a monthly video series designed as a creative challenge for local skaters to produce a video in the span of 24 hours. The ultimate goal is to illustrate an honest portrait of the skater, to capture how they skate, how they think, how they interpret public space and architecture.
Thursday, July 24th, is Pioneer Day, and you know what that means: Pie and Beer! 90.9 FM KRCL Radio and Beer Bar are teaming up to present Pie & Beer Day on Thursday, a "fun"draising event for KRCL.
Happy Tuesday, music fans. OK, technically, The Black Angels' Clear Lake Forest EP—made up of tracks that didn't make the cut for the Austin, Texas, psych-rock outfit's 2013 LP, Indigo Meadow—isn't entirely new; it got a limited release on Record Store Day.
On the latest NSFW episode of the TV Tan Podcast, local comedian of … note? … Tommy Milagro and I talk, with varying levels of authority, about Los Angeles’ Lucha Vavoom, James Garner (R.I.P.), Maron, Black Jesus, Matador, You're the Worst, Married, Partners, 24, Rush, Satisfaction, Dating Naked, Candidly Nicole, LeAnn & Eddie, The Strain, Black Box, Bad Teacher, MegaShark vs. MechaShark, Sons of Anarchy, American Horror Story: Freak Show, Fourth & Loud, Masters of Sex and Red Eye, while drinking Uinta Brewing's 801 Pilsner.
Dear GYA, Last week, NASA astronomer Kevin Hand said, "I think in the next 20 years we will find out we are not alone in the universe." Well, if that's true, which it's not, you can guarantee I'll debate these aliens on live television and prove once and for all, that my god is better than that asshole Lord Hammer of the Horse Nebula.
