Alty & Alive

Utah alt publications conquer bad economy

POSTED // May 22,2013 - Daily newspapers have been writing their own obituaries for so long now that most readers have become desensitized to the stumbles, falls and collapses of some of the nation’s venerable gray ladies.

Open Fossil-Fuel-Free Spaces

Stick up for open spaces

POSTED // May 16,2013 - This week, stick up for open spaces in Salt Lake City and fight for clean, open, carbon-free skies. On Thursday, stop by the Salt Lake City Open Space Advisory Board to learn about spots the city may consider acquiring to keep

Protection for Overdose Reporting

Students call for new Good Samaritan law

POSTED // May 16,2013 - Zach Baker, head of Salt Lake Community College’s Students for a Sensible Drug Policy club, says Utah law needs to be changed to protect lives at the point when an overdose means someone’s wrong decision to not report an overdose is at risk of becoming a fatal decision.

Par For The Course

Utah's attorneys general, past and present, learn the high cost of a free golf vacation

POSTED // May 15,2013 - Many of us enjoy vacation “bragging rights” and happily post photos of landmarks and the meals we ate on Facebook. There are three people, however, who likely wish the news of their 2009 California vacation

Think of Your City & Don't Forget Mother

POSTED // May 8,2013 - Join a special celebration raising awareness of compassionate immigration reform

Hanging With Have-Nots

Local activists make friends with homeless

POSTED // May 8,2013 - It’s an 80-degree day in downtown Salt Lake City’s Pioneer Park at 300 South and 300 West, and people from the nearby homeless shelter are enjoying the weather.

California Schemin'

A political insider and a convicted felon host the former attorney general at a luxury resort, hoping to win him over

POSTED // May 8,2013 - It could be a lead-in for a joke: A Utah attorney general, his fundraiser, and a political toady travel to a posh resort in Newport Beach, Calif., where their fun-in-the-sun trip allegedly is paid for by a white-collar criminal. While it sounds like a whopper of a tale told over a martini, according to receipts and invoices given to City Weekly, two of these bizarre wingdings really did take place.

Sustainable Streets & Communities

Open Streets, Beer, Blues & Brats

POSTED // May 2,2013 - This weekend, celebrate 1.5 miles of vehicle-free streets in downtown Salt Lake City in support of eco-friendly transportation and local business as part of the Open Streets celebration.

SixtyNine Seventy Competition

Design competition invites architects from around the world to re-imagine SLC

POSTED // May 1,2013 - Imagine if an exact replica of two blocks of downtown were re-created, turned upside down and placed on stilts directly above the two city blocks it was based on so you could look up and see a mirror image of the city above

Plant a Tree, Organize Resistance

Arbor Day, Work Party & Live Green

POSTED // Apr 25,2013 - This weekend, give back to the earth you walk on and the air you breathe by joining nonprofit TreeUtah in a tree-planting volunteer event. Later in the week, join the Communities of Resilient Resistance