Since he can't appear on TV, Conan O'Brien--he hosted The Tonight Show for five minutes, if you and NBC needed a reminder--is embarking on a 30-city stage tour with sidekick Andy Richter and other former members of his Late Night/Tonight Show crew. "I'm headed to your town on a half-assed comedy and music tour," O'Brien says. Just not your town.
In Jesse Epstein's collection of three short films, entitled "Body Typed," old concepts are looked at with a new twist.
Going back into the world of comics today, we focus our attention on the works of an artist who practiced his craft and got into drawing issues the hard way. But man, did it pay off.
Jam-packed Saturday in local women's roller derby comin' at ya: Up Layton way, Ogden's Junction City Roller Dolls play their first bout of the 2010 season; in Salt Lake City, Wasatch Roller Derby play their third (and, technically, fourth).
Nov. 30, 2009, Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz spoke against the war in Afghanistan. He said, "Mr. President, it is time to bring our troops home." So why did Chaffetz yesterday vote against a resolution that would direct the president to end the war?
City Weekly has already donated a Music Editor, Jamie Gadette, to KRCL 90.9's Spring Radiothon--she's on in the mornings, 6-10 a.m.--but what have you done this week? In the name of all that is heavy, make a pledge tonight during Maximum Distortion.
West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder is quoted thus in a Rosemary Winters story for the Trib: "I'm a proud Republican and a proud American. ... When I recite the Pledge of Allegiance and say 'with liberty and justice for all,' I mean what I say."
And, when he says "for all," that includes gays and lesbians.
Local activist/producer/filmmaker/writer/man-about-town Troy Williams posted an entry today on his Queer Gnosis blog fessing up his involvement with yesterday's brilliantly executed Capitol Hill prank.
Regardless of your feelings about the controversial event -- during which the group "Patriots for a Moral Utah" announced its phony citizens initiative calling for the out-of-state relocation of LGBT folks -- you've got to admit it was an excellent bit of political theater.
Seldom does the LDS Church return City Weekly's phone calls. But our intrepid freelancer Katharine Biele managed to charm a few answers out of church representatives for her forthcoming cover feature "This Is the Place"
Disney enthusiasts and/or nostalgic tweakers have apparently stolen a statue of the Little Mermaid, worth an estimated $28,000, from the International Peace Gardens in Jordan Park (1000 W. 900 South).