The importance of a good community photo studio can’t be understated. As a photographer, you often want the control and security that shooting in a well equipped studio space can offer. To every serious photographer's delight, in the summer of 2011 an establishment opened that would contribute to Utah's art scene in a way that hadn't been seen in quite a while. Moving … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
Millie’s Burgers – Shakes and Malts, Burgers and Fries – Just Like Always
With so many trendy eateries recently opened in downtown Sugar House, it’s natural to wonder how the old, established restaurants are handling the competition. I called Dan Neilson to ask how Millie’s Burgers was adapting to the changes. It was gratifying to hear she’s doing just fine. Marlene and Howard Miller bought the Sugar House hamburger shop in 1970, … [Read more...]
Utah’s Suburban Drug Use
What is the face of drug addiction? Is it the homeless man at the park, the teenager down the street or the odd uncle at the family gathering? Is it the wife, the husband or the child? Would you know it if you saw it? It is all these things and more; addiction has many faces and many reaches. Jenny, a young, pretty, LDS mom of three, lives in a small close-knit … [Read more...]
American Eagle Welding
In American Eagle’s dimly lighted fabrication area, the staccato popping of welding torches casts a flickering light on stacks of raw steel and rods of iron railing that protrude from barrels and bins. In the center of the room, a two-story vertical pipe is being transformed into a spiral staircase with the addition of stair treads, balusters and railing. The finished product … [Read more...]
Moon Lake – “Out of This World, But Still in Utah”
The chipmunks, squirrels and pot guts come to visit at campfires. The deer peer through the cabin windows to see what’s going on inside. Hummingbirds get up close and personal with the porch sitters. The Milky Way dazzles the night sky, and the lake stretches between mountain peaks, beckoning fishermen, boaters, swimmers and dogs. Does such a place truly exist? Yes, and Moon … [Read more...]
Randall Lake’s Paris “Rock N’ Roll” Studio Show Coming in April
Randall Lake presents: Paris “Rock N’ Roll” Studio Show Opening – Thursday, April 23, 6:00pm - 10:00pm Continues through - April 24 - 27, 12:00pm – 6:00pm Address: 158 East 200 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Website: www.RandallLake.com Contact: Stuart Lake [email protected] 949-290-0458 Randall Lake’s upcoming one-man show “Paris Rock n’ Roll” … [Read more...]
Ogden Made Bags – Handcrafted Locally in Utah
Ogden Made is a brand of locally designed and manufactured bags its makers say will last a lifetime. The line includes messengers, totes, equipment bags, pencil pouches and more. Launched in 2013 with a Kickstarter campaign, the company is an outgrowth of the Gura Gear brand, also based in Ogden. Gura Gear manufactures camera bags and other photo equipment necessities such … [Read more...]
Lobby on the Dark Side – Payday Loan Industry
...continued from part one. Many lobbyists work to protect the businesses or rights of those they represent. But there are darker agendas. One of the most powerful lobby groups is the payday loan industry and Representative Brad Daw - Orem, knows first hand just how powerful they can be. Daw had been a representative for 8 years and he introduced legislation to regulate … [Read more...]
Salt Lake Sonar
Exelis is a local Salt Lake City company that works with the U.S. Navy developing and manufacturing components used in submarine and surface ship sonar systems. How did a landlocked company form a Navy partnership? It all started in the 1950s. The company started out as King Laboratory. They manufactured “crystals” needed in the then-current sonar process. Salt Lake was … [Read more...]
Salt Lake Acting Company Presents – Two Stories
Two Stories by Utah playwright Elaine Jarvik is a work as contemporary as today’s headlines. Salt Lake Acting Company’s world premiere production opened February 4 and runs through March 1, 2015, and reflects America’s changing ethnic, economic, and generational demographics. It also raises questions about cultural misunderstandings and the role of the media in … [Read more...]