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Wes Long
Wes Long's writing first appeared in City Weekly in 2021. In 2023, he was named Listings Desk manager and then Contributing Editor in 2024. Long majored in history at the University of Utah and enjoys a good book or film, an excursion into nature or the nearest historic district, or simply basking in the company of animals.
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- News, Cover Story November 6, 2024
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During the Roaring Twenties, a Utahn's candidacy for president sought to shake up America's two-party politics.
Parley for President!
- Whether farmer or unionist, Socialist or reformer, teacher, minister or war veteran, these delegates had gathered for a serious task—the formation of a new political party.
- News, October 30, 2024
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Catch a silent film at Salt Lake's Edison Street Organ Loft, while you still can.
Small Lake City
- With the unseasonably warm conditions having held forth around town this October (*cough* lifestyle-induced climate change *cough*), my family thought it would be fun to get into the spirit of the Halloween season by seeking the atmospheric cool of a dark London fog.
- News, Cover Story September 25, 2024
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An unlucky and forgotten Utah painter's life is a lesson on caring for local art.
The Bigger Picture
- Some people just can't catch a break. And for some unlucky few, misfortune trails them even after they have shuffled off from their mortal coil.
- News, City Weekly REWIND September 23, 2024
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FLASHBACK 2021: From pets to protein, humanity's treatment of animals is fraught with contradiction.
Laws of the Jungle
- Advocates say greater attention is needed to reconsider mankind's relationship with the furry, the finny and the feathered, from beloved family pets to the realms of laboratory research and commercial farming.
- News, Opinion September 18, 2024
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The pursuit of wealth at all costs is a poor way to live.
Opinion
- As I write this, I am gazing through my window and basking in the greenery of our trees, the lively autumnal colors upon the distant mountains and the vast expanse of azure sky above.
- News, Opinion July 24, 2024
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Modern Mormons have lost the plot of their Zion-bound pioneer ancestors.
Opinion
- Pioneer Day was never a big deal in my family.
- News, June 5, 2024
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Sprawling growth and highway traffic trades Utah's natural beauty for bland sameness.
Small Lake City
- As growth spreads into more corners of the state, open spaces become mechanized, ecosystems are bulldozed and the animal, vegetable and mineral worlds are assaulted for extraction, with little to show for it but a pile of miasmic garbage.
- News, May 22, 2024
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Governor issues declaration honoring 40 years of City Weekly
Birthday Bulletin
- Gov. Spencer Cox issued a declaration in recognition of City Weekly, highlighting June 2024 as a time to mark the paper's milestone anniversary of 40 years in print.
- News, Cover Story May 22, 2024
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City Weekly's in-house historian reflects on the past, present and future of Utah's 40-year-old alternative newspaper.
Full Circle
- And so we reach the conclusion of a 40-week-long reporting project.
- News, City Weekly REWIND May 15, 2024
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40 Years of City Weekly—Volume 39: 2022 to 2023
City Weekly Rewind
- "There's a decision that needs to be made, quickly, by the residents of Salt Lake City. And if we don't get our acts together soon, the wrong decision will be made for us," remarked Benjamin Wood in the July 7, 2022, issue.
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Catch a silent film at Salt Lake's Edison Street Organ Loft, while you still can.
Small Lake City
October 30, 2024
An unlucky and forgotten Utah painter's life is a lesson on caring for local art.
The Bigger Picture
September 25, 2024
During the Roaring Twenties, a Utahn's candidacy for president sought to shake up America's two-party politics.
Parley for President!
November 06, 2024
