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Opponents of HB155 gather at Capitol to oppose drastic DUI bill.
Although the legislative session—one marked with numerous protests—ended March 9, Dabakis told City Weekly Friday the reason for the 11th-hour rally was because HB115’s passage left legislators “dumbfounded.”
New music from Quiet Oaks, OK Ikumi, Primitive Programme and more.
This weekend is pretty awesome as we bring you two highly-anticipated album release events over the next two days. Before we talk about them, we got a nice list of local releases that came out online.
The Lure, My Life as a Zucchini, Daughters of the Dust
While Disney's 300-pound beast in the room might dominate the box office, Utah theaters include a restored cinematic landmark, killer mermaids and an animated Oscar nominee. Julie Dash's 1991 Daughters of the Dust—the first film by an African-American woman director to receive U.S. distribution—gets a 25th anniversary restoration showcasing both its significance and its flaws.
Previewing this month's exhibition at the gallery in The Gateway.
This month has a number of exhibitions across the state that are kinda awesome, and passing them up would be a shame. I envy the people who will leave the house on Friday to see what's happening on Stroll night, but we'll talk more about our coverage of that on Monday.
A chat with the trio behind the Ogden-based podcasting network.
Most people who podcast only take on one show, mainly because podcasting is nowhere near a full-time job for the majority of those who do it, so cranking out one episode a week is about as much time as people can devote to it. But then there are those who think to themselves "One show?
Previewing the book Donn's Hill with the author before the release.
Every author needs a debut. It doesn't matter what you've written before, or how long you've been doing it; your first novel is an awesome experience and should be celebrated.
The SLC-based artist uses the classic nostalgia toy to create great works.
Every artist in their own way is trying to find a niche, something to define them and help them stand out from other brilliants artists. Finding that niche can be difficult, but once you latch onto it, wondrous things happen.
62nd Legislative Session ends on tepid, “drama free” note.
Around 5:30 Thursday evening, emphatically, an elected representative on the House floor cracked a bingo joke. “Blackout!” she yelled after the speaker pro tem read out a list of bill numbers.
Brand new music from American Coast, Sleep Dealer, Book On Tape Worm and more.
We didn't get a lot of new digital releases this week, but we do have two album release shows over the next two days for you to check out. Come on, it'll be good for you.
