POSTED // Mar 11,2009 - U of U geology professor Robert B. Smith has made a 50-year career out of studying Yellowstone. He presents a lecture on the Yellowstone Supervolcano Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Skaggs Biology Building auditorium (257 S. 1400 East).

POSTED // Mar 4,2009 - Local First Amendment attorney Brian Barnard made national news recently when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against his client, Summum, a local religious group that sought to install a slab listing its Seven Aphorisms in Pleasant Grove’s Pioneer Park.

POSTED // Feb 25,2009 - Jason Chaffetz is Utah’s Republican freshman congressman for the 3rd District. He was in town recently to address the Legislature on the passage of the Obama administration’s $787 billion

POSTED // Feb 19,2009 - I loved the form of answering the questions based on the peculiar life lessons that he accumulated through circumstance. And I thought Sean Penn was absolutely stunning as Harvey Milk. The screenplay was really well done. The use of archival footage was particularly innovative.

POSTED // Feb 13,2009 - Frank Brown, U of U geology professor and dean of the College of Mines Earth Sciences presents Time and Life on Earth, on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Us Olpin Union (200 S. Central Campus Dr.), following a 6 p.m. public reception. The talk, hosted by the Humanists of Utah (HumanistsOfUtah.

POSTED // Nov 24,2008 - Dennis Paul Hobson Jr., founder and co-chair of the 700-members-strong Utah Wiccan Alliance (UWA), will join other Wiccans to celebrate summer solstice on Saturday, June 21, at noon at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City..

POSTED // Oct 1,2008 - Nonprofit Grounded in Grace Community (801-745-9557, GiGCommunity.com) is hosting a “Triangle of Empowerment” retreat in Eden, Utah, on Oct. 3 & 4 for men and women. Poet, playwright and author Carol Lynn Pearson is its keynote speaker....

POSTED // Sep 24,2008 - Longtime dining critic Ted Scheffler joins the City Weekly staff as dining editor on Oct. 1. So, what’s up with the promotion? Well, after a 15-year job interview—I began reviewing restaurants for the Private Eye in early ’94—I...

POSTED // Sep 17,2008 - Dr. Gunther von Hagens’ skinless Plastinated cadavers have been traveling the world since 1995. Now Salt Lake City has its turn to host Body Worlds 3 & the Story of the Heart at The Leonardo (TheLeonardo.org), 209 E. 500 South, beginning Sept....

POSTED // Sep 10,2008 - Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson now heads up the High Road for Human Rights (HighRoadforHumanRights.org). He will speak Sunday, Sept. 14, 2 p.m., in the City Library auditorium (210 E. 400 South) at the Forum for Questioning Minds, on human-rights...