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Sweet jams, rainbow merch and Pete Buttigieg’s excellent oration skills were on display during the presidential hopeful's SLC visit.
While the crowd waited and waited for Buttigieg to show (note to those new to politics that aren’t made-for-TV: these things NEVER start on time), they heard tunes with titles perfectly curated for his campaign stop.
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg draws 4,500 to campaign event.
“But of course, Donald Trump didn’t invent bigotry, he rode it into the White House," Buttigieg said. "We gotta make sure we’re looking at the story behind the story."
Citizen K, Incitement, Romance in the Outfield: Double Play
Citizen K ***
Muckraking documentarian Alex Gibney uses the tale of Mikhail Khodorkovsky—former oligarch of the early post-Soviet years turned political dissident—to explain Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, and why the Russian pretty-much-dictator is today so dangerous. Once the richest man in Russia, Khodorkovsky took advantage of the chaotic “Wild West” atmosphere in the new Russian republic to amass a huge fortune.
Security officer has been placed on leave following the violent confrontation, main library spokesperson says.
The Salt Lake City Public Library is conducting an investigation following a bloody confrontation Wednesday night between a patron and security personnel at its downtown location.
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn **1/2
t’s possible for a movie to have a lot of interesting ideas, and still be a sloppy, haphazard delivery system for those ideas. This sort-of-sequel/sort-of-spinoff of 2016’s Suicide Squad finds Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) broken up with Joker and now with a target on her back.
070 Shake, Van Sessions at The Monarch, Jazz Jags & Daytime Lover at Twilite Lounge
WEDNESDAY 2/5
Jazz Jags, Daytime Lover at Twilite Lounge
If you enjoy spending weeknights in moody dive bars accompanied by slow jams that articulate your gloomy mood, then you can make your way to Twilite Lounge every Wednesday at 9 p.m. There you will find the trio of the Jazz Jags, performing as they typically do on Wednesday "Doom Lounge" nights.
Relic, Dream Horse, Spaceship Earth, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela and more
Relic *** [Midnight]It was fascinating to realize not just that one of Sundance 2020’s recurring themes was dealing with the escalating dementia of an elder parent, but the range of approaches a filmmaker could take to that subject: in Dick Johnson is Dead as gallows humor, in The Father as psychological drama, and here as body horror.
