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- Music, March 5, 2025
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Concert Preview: 2025 Get Lucky EDM festival at The Great Saltair
Local DJs take the opportunity to show their stuff at this major festival event.
- St. Patrick's Day has become synonymous with festivities where everyone embraces a bit of the luck of the Irish—whether it's in your ancestry or not.
- Culture, Arts & Entertainment February 19, 2025
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Lost Acorn Gallery art and event space profile
Owners Mitchell Harned and Parker Thompson create a community venue for their SLC homies and beyond.
- Harned's and Thompson's view of art has always extended to local music events as well.
- Music, February 12, 2025
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Our favorite love songs
For Valentine's Day, our writers share the songs they think best capture romance.
- How does one even begin to try to choose a favorite love song?
- News, February 12, 2025
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Utah was the last state to recognize MLK Day, after Salt Lake City honored King by renaming 600 South.
Small Lake City
- Salt Lake City still celebrated the civil rights activist and leader—with rallies, marches and a panel of Utah religious leaders hosted by the J. Willard Marriott Library.
- News, Cover Story February 5, 2025
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Valentine's 2025: Finding love, and good cocktails, in Salt Lake City; plus professional cuddlers and pro-singles "masturDating"
Make it a Double
- Mark May and Kevin Northup's love story began in 2012, three years before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
- News, Cover Story November 27, 2024
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Salt Lake City's after-hours, underground and EDM artists are having a moment.
Making a Scene
- The stage is an altar of marigolds and painted skulls in a salute to Día de los Muertos, flanked on both sides by writhing, glistening pole dancers.
- Culture, Arts & Entertainment October 23, 2024
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Theatre preview: Plan-B Theatre Company's Full Color
Scenic designer Janice Chan and lighting designer Emilio Casillas on their behind-the-scenes contributions
- The behind-the-scenes crew at a theater are not visible to the audience, but they play crucial roles in helping the production come together, even if they aren't stars of the show.
- Music, September 18, 2024
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Event Preview: Equinox: Melon Nights
Burner culture and local agriculture combine for Palestinian aid and hunger relief.
- People worldwide are using watermelon images to support a ceasefire in Gaza.
- Music, September 11, 2024
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Concert Preview: Embrace the Void fundraiser
EDM promoters BLAQ VOID channel their community-building into support for accessible healthcare.
- Their love for our city pushed them to build something here, despite the challenges and taboos.
- News, August 28, 2024
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Housing advocates say Salt Lake City's growth is good, if leaders follow the data.
Small Lake City
- t's no secret Salt Lake is in the midst of a housing crisis. One group, SLC Neighbors for More Neighbors, is taking positive and practical approaches to the very real crisis with collaborative, data-driven activism.
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Valentine's 2025: Finding love, and good cocktails, in Salt Lake City; plus professional cuddlers and pro-singles "masturDating"
Make it a Double
February 05, 2025
Concert Preview: 2025 Get Lucky EDM festival at The Great Saltair
Local DJs take the opportunity to show their stuff at this major festival event.
March 05, 2025
