POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Cal Nez is a self-employed artist and graphic designer who for over a decade has organized the annual Native American Celebration in the Park (nacip.com). This year’s event takes place on July 24 from 7 a.m. to dusk at Liberty Park. nnHow do local...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - The first weekend in August brings the annual two-day Park City Kimball Arts Festival, an event that attracts more than 200 artists and a respectable roster of musical talent including the Debi Graham Band, The Legendary Porch Pounders, Zion Tribe and...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Ever the iconoclast, Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson will protest George W. Bush when the president is in town to address the American Legion Convention. The rally takes place Aug. 30 at the City & County Building from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. nnHow effective...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Born in Venezuela and now living in Miami, Milka Duno is one of the world’s most successful female race-car drivers. But wait … there’s more. Prior to 1998, Duno had earned four master’s degrees and was a naval engineer. This weekend,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Bill Tibbitts directs the Anti-Hunger Action Committee, one of the advocacy projects at Crossroads Urban Center. Tibbitts’ organization will join the Utah Poverty Partnership in hosting the People’s Summit on Poverty Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen is serving her fourth four-year term. She reminds citizens to vote on Nov. 7. The last day to register by mail is Oct. 10. Or in person at the clerk’s office, the deadline is Oct. 23 at 5 p.m. (or 8 p.m. at...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Army reservist Sgt. Marshall Thompson, 27, recently embarked on a 500-mile walk across Utah from the Idaho border to the Arizona border, calling for responsible troop withdrawal from Iraq. A Logan native, Thompson just completed a year in Iraq as a military...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Green Party candidate Bob Brister is running for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District. A native of Memphis, Tenn., Brister is a five-year resident of Salt Lake City, most recently serving as outreach coordinator for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance....

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - California transplant Elizabeth O’Day is to be installed as senior minister at the Salt Lake Center for Spiritual Living (formerly known as the Salt Lake Church of Religious Science) on Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. The church is located 870 E. North Union...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Dr. Kelly Lundberg is a licensed psychologist and a U of U psychiatry professor. She is a statewide expert in addictions.nnAs the Christmas shopping melee begins, how do you know if you’re a shopping addict?nIt’s not unusual for people to...