I met local artist, Brett Hamilton, at his studio in the popular haunted attraction, Fear Factor. Props smeared with blood are piled here and there, randomly; makeup swells out of toolboxes and crates; mannequins and body casts stand and lean like the frozen living, lay like scattered corpses. We sit down at a table scummed with a thin layer of dust, and when he speaks, his … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City Prostitution, Drugs & Theft
It is 6:30 a.m. and a clutch of people is already assembled. Two more, shabbily dressed, totter across the street and join the assemblage; a man on a bicycle stops and asks me for a cigarette, or change for a cup of coffee, peddles away, circling me twice in a wide berth before joining them. He straddles the bike and stares at me. The rest of the group is sitting, idly … [Read more...]
Red Rock Brewery
One of the most well-known breweries in the state opened its doors 22 years ago, and each year the business seems to be getting better. Despite some of the queer and perplexing alcohol laws in the Beehive state, the craft beer culture is prospering and growing in popularity; they are more in vogue than ever before. Utah’s established breweries continue to grow and prosper … [Read more...]
Is South Salt Lake the Next Sugar House?
Major redevelopment is set to hit South Salt Lake in the very near future, but some worry the City’s 20-25 year vision Master Plan is short-sided, toeing the line of Urban Gentrification. SSLC’s unique industrial identity and growing small-town charm has largely been formed by a myriad of long time businesses. Places like Pat’s BBQ, Vertical Diner and Salt Lake City Bicycle … [Read more...]
Operation Climb On – Overcoming by Climbing
When Michael Cumming rotated back to civilian life, like many veterans, he found the reintegration difficult: the sudden loss of military’s inborn brotherhood, the lack of direction and the incursion of the corporeal and cerebral realities of PTSD. A study has shown that at least 20 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from the life attenuating disorder, and at least … [Read more...]