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Wed Feb 24
, 8 pm

The Last Dragon
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Private Eye

Big Love for Utah

Bill Henrickson is no fictional candidate — he's already in the Utah Senate.

By John Saltas

One thing about Big Love — it knows every weak joint of local culture.

The Ocho

Republican National Convention 2012

Eight reasons not to hold the 2012 Republican National Convention in Salt Lake City.

By Bill Frost

8. The downtown Olive Garden can’t accommodate 30,000 fine-diners over a week. 7 more...

Get Out

Snowkiting

Snowkiting allows the wind to become your ski lift.

By Wina Sturgeon

Powder Mountain is the only resort in Utah with a snowkite area, and Andy Bolt is the official snowkite instructor.

Reviews

Red Iguana 2

A second Red Iguana Mexican restaurant in Salt Lake City still doesn't seem like enough.

By Ted Scheffler

I’m convinced that if the Cardenas family built a half-dozen additional Red Iguana restaurants, they’d still be mobbed. Why is this place so popular?

City Weekly Music Awards

The 2010 City Weekly Music Awards Honor Roll

Your guide to the City Weekly Music Awards Top 30.

By Jamie Gadette

It’s going to take years before folks stop referring to the City Weekly Music Awards as the SLAMMys, but we’ll lead by example.

Cover Story

HOPE for Utah Prisons

Utah prison inmates police each other in drug-rehab program.

By Eric S. Peterson

In June 2009, a fight broke out in Gunnison’s Central Utah Correctional Facility between two inmates. The brutal encounter, sources say, went on for nearly 10 minutes...

8 Lusty Places to Dine on Valentine's Day

At Pago, chefs Scott Evans and Michael Richey are cooking up a special Valentine’s Day menu --- offering a fixed price three-course menu for $50 per person, plus tax and 18% gratuity. Suggested ...

 
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Jesse Amaya

While clothing design is the main attraction to any fashion scene, the accessory is still an artistic attraction that can't be ignored. Most who design think of them as simply add-ons to their...

CWMAs, Day 2: Damn. That was Fun

Saturday, Day Two of the CWMAs, had three performances at three venues—almost too much to do in too little time. Feeling fickle? Fret not. Concert-goers can opt to mix-and-match an eve...

Who's the Sandy library City Weekly thief?

As a patron of Sandy library and a City Weekly staff writer I usually glance at the free pub rack when I go into the library in search of a foreign novel or to pick up a few more episodes of The Wire,...

Utah: Aren't We Romantic?

The sentimental souls among you might go all gooey to discover that Salt Lake City ranks among the top 10 most metropolitan areas in the United States for romantic souls. On the other hand, you might ...


Cover Story

HOPE for Utah Prisons

Utah prison inmates police each other in drug-rehab program.

By Eric S. Peterson

In June 2009, a fight broke out in Gunnison’s Central Utah Correctional Facility between two inmates. The brutal encounter, sources say, went on for nearly 10 minutes...

Recent News & Features
News Articles

D.J. Bell Case: Still Active

Investigation of the assault of two gay men continues.

By Jesse Fruhwirth

Salt Lake County District Attorney Lohra Miller recently charmed longtime critic DJ Bell, the victim of a severe attack after his neighbors accused him of kidnapping two small children.

 
 
Sideshow

Frozen

Skier'ed Shitless: Adam Green sustains the premise and the peril in Frozen.

By Scott Renshaw

There are really only two key questions for anyone crafting a “people trapped somewhere” thriller: 1. How plausible is it that they can’t get help?, and 2. How do you sustain the premise once the peril has been established?

 
 
Drink

Absinthe

Chasing the Green Fairy: Absinthe makes the heart (and head) grow fonder.

By Louis Koppel

Eventually, the temperance movement, anti-alcohol groups and French winemakers attacked the spirit and attributed insane acts, social problems and crimes to its consumption.

 
 
DVDs

Girls Just Wanna Play Sports

The film industry still doesn’t seem to think sports movies can be for— or about—women.

By MaryAnn Johanson

Whip It arrived on DVD on Jan. 26. What’s that? You’ve never heard of Whip It? It’s a film about women doing something other than fretting about babies...

 
 
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