POSTED // Feb 15,2012 - Author Richard Louv, the keynote speaker of the U's Exuberant Sustainability day, argues that adults are in dire need of nature.

POSTED // Feb 1,2012 - Local RubySnap bakestress Tami Cromar has attracted national attention, some negative—from Pillsbury, over her former My Dough Girl name—but mostly positive, passionate devotion to her adventurous gourmet cookies.

POSTED // Jan 4,2012 - Competitive eater Eric “Silo” Dahl recently visited Utah to hit the slopes—and wolf down a giant pie at Tenney’s Pizza in Sandy.

POSTED // Dec 28,2011 - It’s a myth that suicides increase over the holidays, but it’s true that suicide rates in Utah are always high. To combat this, Frank Clayton teaches a free class, Happiness 101, to local groups and via Webinar.

POSTED // Dec 21,2011 - Freelance filmmaker Miaken Christensen's Sweater Boys 2012 calendar features pin-up shots of men in ugly sweaters, with all proceeds going to Project Renew.

POSTED // Dec 14,2011 - Sugar House’s World Dog food cart, open since July, isn’t hanging up the tongs even as the temperatures drop.

POSTED // Dec 7,2011 - Artist Emily Fox's latest exhibit, Princess Religion, explores the cultural perception of women through photos, magazine cutouts, coloring-book pages and dress patterns through the past century, along with Fox’s paintings of the Disney princesses.

POSTED // Nov 30,2011 - Ann Wigham is a board member of Paws for Cause Utah, a group that acts as a liaison between animal shelters and rescue groups to save pets on death row.

POSTED // Nov 29,2011 - Sicilia offers pizza by the slice for lunch and dinner—as late as 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays—as well as calzones, hot subs and a huge menu of adventurous specialty pizzas.

POSTED // Nov 23,2011 - Dustin Hawkins grew up in Ogden and was drafted to the Houston Astros after college. After overcoming drug addiction, Hawkins founded Workout Addiction Recovery to help people who are looking to leave behind their addictions to unhealthy things by becoming addicted to his progressive WAR lifestyle.