http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/articles.sec-8408-1-5-spot.html By Rachel Piper

City Weekly publisher John Saltas and Editor Jerre Wroble go back 10 years. Wroble was hired in 2003 as a copy editor and is departing the paper this week for new adventures. This is Saltas’ remembrance of her time with the paper.]]> By Rachel Piper

If your DVD of the Academy Award-nominated Lincoln is already wearing out and Feb. 12, 2014, feels like an eternity from now, don’t be melancholy—this Saturday, May 18, provides the opportunity for you to don your stovepipe hat and fake beard ...]]> By Rachel Piper

Despite all the weepy songs about relationships that went bad because the wife never got flowers, Sherri Mills says what men are really forgetting is taking shared responsibility around the house.]]> By Rachel Piper

Dr. Saundra Buys will be speaking about breast-cancer treatment and research as part of the What Up, Doc? lecture series at the Salt Lake City Main Library.]]> By Kolbie Stonehocker

“I’d say this work chose me,” Cheryl Merz says of her ability to see dead people … and talk to them. A transplant from western New York state, she’s worked as a psychic in Utah for the past 15 years.]]> By Rachel Piper

Should you be scared of jet contrails, the white streaks billowing across the sky? John Lin, an associate professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Utah, sat down with City Weekly to set the record straight on contrails.]]> By Brandon Burt

Doug Gibson is the opinion editor at the Standard-Examiner, an Ogden-based daily newspaper. Born in Long Beach, Calif., Gibson earned a journalism degree at Brigham Young University and has worked at newspapers in Ely, Nev., and Boston. Gibson writes The Political Surf blog, as well as a blog covering boxing and MMA. He also edits Currents, a weekly online publication dealing with LDS themes.]]> By Rachel Piper

Cosmopolitans: so 10 years ago. Wine: so predictable. So what’s the next drink of choice for hip young women these days? Craft beer.]]> By D.J. Summers

It’s easy being a nerd these days. High school jock turned geek promoter Alex Brady tells the comic-strip exploits of a nerd-convert hero like himself at AlexBrady.com ...]]> By Nicole McDonald

KUED producer Nancy Green's newest film, Makers: Voices of Utah Women, looks at Utah’s response to the Equal Rights Amendment and profiles leaders in the women’s movement]]> By Rachel Piper

During the past century, man has made historic strides in flight, space exploration and, now, in food consumption. On March 4, James Snead became the first person to complete the Lucky 13 Challenge]]> By Rachel Piper

Cats have taken over the Internet, and now they’re taking over fine art. Shunichi Yamamoto’s Fine Feline Art exhibit, showing in the Children’s Gallery in the basement of the Salt Lake City Main Library ]]> By Rachel Piper

Christina Hobbs was home recovering from surgery when she started quietly writing a smutty Twilight-inspired fanfiction. Now, more than three years and much revision later, the erotic novel Beautiful Bastard, co-written with Lauren Billings, is on the New York Times best-seller list.]]> By Rachel Piper

There are 1.5 female military veterans in the United States, but, like former Army Sgt. Sarah LeMire, many become indistinguishable from average citizens after their service is over.]]> By Nicole McDonald

Michael Self is a 22-year-old race-car driver from Park City who will compete at the Daytona International Speedway in the UNOH Battle at the Beach on Feb. 18. ]]> By Rachel Piper

Brenda Puchalski has been a Salt Lake Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SL SANE, SLSANE.org) for four years. The nonprofit group of about 20 nurses performs forensic work on patients who have been sexually assaulted, at no cost to the victim. Though the group is often contacted by hospitals or law enforcement, individuals who have been sexually assaulted can contact SL SANE directly to get medical care and referrals without being required to deal with police.]]> By Brian Staker

Nick Holland is the Young Democrats of America’s southwest regional director, works for the Utah AFL-CIO and is in his final semester of earning a master’s degree in international affairs & global enterprise at the University of Utah.]]> By Rachel Piper

Melanie Morales is a presenter at the upcoming panel “My Loved One is Apostatizing ... What Do I Do?” at the Salt Lake City Main Library as part of the new SLC Post-Mormon (PostMormon.org) lecture series.]]> By Rachel Piper

Audrey Ewell and her film partner, Aaron Aites, are the director-producers of 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film, showing at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.]]> By Kolbie Stonehocker

Sarah Shippobotham, associate professor and head of the University of Utah’s Actor Training Program, was a dialect coach in New Zealand on the set of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.]]>