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Exploring the soon-to-open West Valley City distillery.
We're going to be getting something really cool in the state when Waterpocket Distillery opens soon. The married couple behind the new business is going a little more old-school with their techniques, creating gin, rum and a few other surprises that will taste like nothing else being produced in Utah.
Marvel once again looks to dominate multiplexes, while a landmark concert film—marking a sad passing—highlights this week's art house offerings. Steve Coogan's intriguing performance provides an anchor for the tangled psychological drama of secrets, sibling rivalry and white privilege in The Dinner (pictured).
Owner of SLC tattoo shop talks about the unique work they're doing for women.
Many people may not be aware, but Salt Lake City is home to a unique tattoo program handled by one specific shop: Fallen Angel Tattoos. The all-women tattoo shop has been lending its talents to helping other women who have gone through breast cancer and required reconstructive surgery, by creating beautiful art on their bodies to cover up scars.
One notable absence from her speech was any reference to the four homeless resource centers the city and the county are committed to opening in the valley to take up at least some of the bed space lost when the city plans to shutter the Rio Grande shelter in 2019.
A day in the life of SLC's chronically homeless and addicted.
I'd barely shuffled across 200 West toward the northwest corner of the Rio Grande downtown homeless shelter when a man approached me asking what drugs I wanted. Black for black tar heroin or white for meth or crack cocaine.
A quick chat with the SLC-based comedian about his career.
On April 29, Urban Lounge held another awesome indie comedy show hosted by Jason Harvey. It's a cool way for people to check out what's happening in the local comedy scene, and totally free to attend; give it a try sometime.
