Telluride Bluegrass Festival

A pickin' pilgrimage for Utahns

POSTED // Jun 9,2011 - There are 367 miles separating Telluride, Colo., from Salt Lake City—a scant distance for those faithful Utahns who make the pilgrimage every summer solstice. For devotees of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, it is the end of the road—literally and metaphorically ...

The Curryer

SLC's only Indian food cart

POSTED // Jun 7,2011 - While operating a food cart may seem simple, it takes street smarts to hurdle the start-up obstacles.

Trails, Horse Tails & County Councils

POSTED // Jun 2,2011 - Every 10 years, voting boundaries and school districts are realigned; as such, the county council is in the midst of changes before the 2012 elections.

Noah & The Whale

Evoking lit legends, classic troubadours

POSTED // Jun 2,2011 - The proudly alcoholic poet/novelist waxed on about the writer’s life and how to distinguish oneself—or, at least, how not to become a cliché.

Mountain Town Olive Oil

Artisan olive oils in Utah

POSTED // May 31,2011 - You’ll cough twice, slightly audibly, after sipping Coratina Marcinase—an oil made from a peppery, Italian-olive varietal. The polyphenol sensation serves as a rating system ...

African Fare at Edo Kitchen

If you like it, lick it up

POSTED // May 17,2011 - There’s a word in Esan, a Nigerian dialect, that means “to finger-lick a bowl clean.” Doing this indicates one has experienced pure food enjoyment ...

Ballet West: Innovations

Friday May 13-Saturday May 14 @ Rose Wagner Center

POSTED // May 12,2011 - This challenge lies at the heart of the experimental Innovations, an evening of original works created by Ballet West dancers for Ballet West dancers...

Utah Opera: Verdi’s Falstaff

Saturday May 14-Sunday May 22 @ Capitol Theatre

POSTED // May 12,2011 - In the finale, with the entire company singing, the grand message of Falstaff can be understood: Everything in the world is a jest. Falstaff, the portly monarch, has...

DJ Brandon Fullmer of V2 Events

A DJ Saved My Life: V2 Events co-owner and DJ Brandon Fullmer is a man of many talents.

POSTED // May 12,2011 - Brandon Fullmer’s office has a 30-foot wall of mirrors. Seventeen go-go dancers use that long looking glass for practices and auditions.

New-Fashioned Pierpont

After a time in the shadows, downtown’s Pierpont Avenue picks up the pace.

POSTED // May 11,2011 - There is a “mayor” of Pierpont Avenue, and he sports an ornate Victorian-era suit, round spectacles, a handlebar mustache and a smile that could put a shine on a silver dollar ...