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...

POSTED // Aug 27,2008 - Wes (left) of Food Not Bombs (FoodNotBombs.net) stopped by to let us know about the Burrito Project (getting food donated to be cooked up and handed out to the city’s poor). Wes agreed to speak about the life of a revolutionary. Why use only a...

POSTED // Aug 13,2008 - Oregon-based artist Brittany Powell exhibits her wall-size pages of the West Elm catalog at the Kimball Art Center (638 Park Ave., Park City, 435-649-8882) from Aug. 16 to Oct. 26, with an art talk and reception on Saturday, Aug. 16 from 6-8 p.m.  Why...

POSTED // Aug 6,2008 - The summer season of the 47th Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City has been underway since late June, with six productions hitting the home stretch. The actors seemed at home in their roles during a late July weekend—opening night jitters long...

POSTED // Aug 6,2008 - Patrick Wiggins, NASA solar system ambassador to Utah and northeastern Nevada, aka “astrogeek,” wants you to “look up” in the night skies on Aug. 11-12 to watch the Perseid meteor shower. What are the Perseids, and why should we...

POSTED // Jun 25,2008 - The Writers at Work 2008 conference (WritersAtWork.org) is underway—June 23-27 at Westminster College—bringing together aspiring writers, published authors, editors and agents for workshops, panels and interviews. Free public readings are...

POSTED // Jun 18,2008 - Dennis Paul Hobson Jr., founder and co-chair of the Utah Wiccan Alliance (UWA) will join other Wiccans to celebrate summer solstice on June 21 at Liberty Park at noon. Organized in November 2007, the UWA is sitting pretty with over 700 members. Why...

POSTED // Jun 11,2008 - In 2006, artist Kristin Abraham and musician Alfonso Llamas sold their belongings, packed up their Honda Element and hit the road. Traveling for one year, they spent a week in each state, where Abraham would paint and Llamas would record music and videotape...