The pursuit of happiness comes in all forms, including how one St. George man made his dreams come true after having his house foreclosed and losing everything. “I remember being in the city and working and the stress, and I was wondering how I was going to just get happy. How am I ever going to achieve happiness?” West Taylor is sitting with us under a leaky outdoor … [Read more...]
Survival in the Wild West: One Utah Mountain Man’s Story
Survival in the Wild West once depended on tight-knit communities of skilled people willing to work hard. The value of their currency was in their word and their skills. We set out to central Utah to speak to a mountain man and a cowboy who still live by these values. Wayne County, Utah— there are no major employers or industries. Here there are very few “good jobs” or even … [Read more...]
Quitting Her Day Job: One Utah Artist’s Journey
Eighteen months ago Heather Ackley was working for Franklin Covey doing design work. In May of this year she had her first solo art exhibit at Mod a-go-go. From one point to the next how are dreams fulfilled? For Heather, it happened when a friend commissioned a portrait of her dogs. Heather’s first inclination was to do a drawing of the dogs, but the friend suggested she … [Read more...]
What’s in a Name? Why it’s called Sugar House
When Margaret Smoot suggested a name for the new southeast LDS ecclesiastical ward in 1854, everyone thought the title was great. It honored the new mill where workers planned to refine sugar from beets grown on Brigham Young’s Forest Farm. But there was plenty of disagreement about how to spell the name – Sugarhouse or Sugar House. 160 years later, the dispute … [Read more...]
More Jazz in Utah than the Basketball Team
“I hate jazz.” My wife declared, “and I’m not going.” Our night was off to a rough start. I had promised my friend, who gave us the tickets, that I would attend the concert of jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli at the Capitol Theater. So, feeling obligated, I told my wife that we had to go, and perhaps we would be pleasantly surprised. It’s a rare treat when you go into … [Read more...]
Salt Lake City Date Ideas for Hipsters, Rednecks and Ski Bums
Are you a hipster? Do You: •Have to have some sort of facial hair, beard or mustache that is well groomed? •Have at least one tattoo? •Own a fixed gear bike? •Know what a gogi berry is? •Wear Buddy Holly style glasses? •Enjoy the Verve, Coldplay or English Mod style? Hipsters Start the evening by meeting up with your date at The Stockist at 9th and 9th followed by … [Read more...]
Happy Endings Filmed In Utah
From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Utah’s scenery and locales figure prominently in hundreds of movies. According to Marshall Moore, director of the Utah Film Commission, the comment he hears most is, “Really?” when telling someone that a familiar film is wholly or partly filmed in Utah. The diverse landscapes and panoramas stand in for the old … [Read more...]
How Beer Saved Utah— Breweries that revitalized Utah Cities
Salt Lake City has been saved by beer. While some readers might scoff at this notion, or think the author is engaged in “drunk writing,” keep an open mind and keep reading. Thanks to beer, since the early 1980s, Utah cities have been revitalized by the local beerloving masses. First came Squatters. In 1989 owners Peter Cole and Jeff Polycronis decided to gamble by opening … [Read more...]
New World Shakespeare Company Presents Multi-media Reality Drama of LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST to Benefit SAGE Utah
By Camilla Edsberg In the first of four productions for 2014, New World Shakespeare Company presents LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST just in time for Valentine’s Day. NWSC is known for its cutting edge productions, such as their recent collapse-of-society Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet, which featured both Romeo and Juliet as females. NWSC’s LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST brings an old … [Read more...]
Why Tower Theater Video Rentals Thrive While Blockbusters Rentals Fail
With the recent demise of Blockbuster Video, the Tower Theatre collection still stands strong. Instead of closing their doors, the Salt Lake Film Society found a way to reinvent itself. They rent around 16,000 movies a year and offer free rentals to Film Society members. During the 80s when video rental stores popped up on every corner, the Tower Theatre rented independent, … [Read more...]
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