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- Culture, Arts & Entertainment January 8, 2025
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Trent Harris reflects on the 30th anniversary of 'Plan 10 from Outer Space'.
Plan 30
- Things went so smashingly that the arthouse film was, briefly, the single highest-grossing film in the U.S., based on per-screen average.
- News, Cover Story October 9, 2024
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At Salt Lake's haunted attractions, screams and scares are all in a day's work.
Creepy Casting
- If you've never had the opportunity to appear as a haunt actor at a haunted attraction—and that's probably most of the people reading this—you're missing out on a type of seasonal employment and sensory experience that's a bit hard to explain. The evenings are all different, yet still based on a certain flow.
- News, August 20, 2024
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Utah artists turn love of the craft into eye-catching labels for local brews.
Can You Dig It?
- As one of the last, true dive bars remaining in downtown Salt Lake City, the recent sale of Junior's Tavern had regulars curious as to the future of this quirky place, especially with the spot's ownership promising a small batch of changes to the decades-old pub.
- News, Cover Story August 14, 2024
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CW's 2024 Beer Issue breaks down local brew news, beer can art, hop foraging and the 14th annual Utah Beer Festival.
Roll Out the Barrels
- It's been 14 years since City Weekly's first Utah Beer Festival.
- News, Cover Story November 29, 2023
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While the Great Salt Lake dries up in the West, New Orleans faces its own saline crisis in the South
Salt and Water
- Despite 2023 being what a lot of locals described as one of the hottest summers in memory, the positive trend of the past half-year was the notable lack of a tropical storm finding landfall.
- News, October 4, 2023
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Utah is a haunting hot-spot for the paranormal investigators of Discovery's 'Ghost Adventures'
The Boo-hive State
- Literally as I typed his name into what I assumed would be a story without a central interview, I looked down at my phone to see one Zachary Bagans on the line. Zoinks!
- News, Cover Story July 26, 2023
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The ABCs of the UFC in SLC
Fight Night
- But among Dobler's other, lasting offerings to the world of pop culture is his prediction that his chosen career path—professional kickboxing—was going to be "the sport of the future." Director and screenwriter Cameron Crowe allllllmost got that right.
- News, Cover Story July 12, 2023
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Get to know the Republic of Zaqistan, a micronation enclaved in Utah's west desert
Something From Nothing
- Sculptor Zaq Landsberg came across one of those elusive "Big Ideas" in 2005. After it arrived, he invested his time and his money and then more of his time into it. And today, the project he created is still a part of his life.
- Guides, Dining & Bar Guide March 29, 2023
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Dining Guide 2023
Lessons Learned
- Most restaurateurs who make the attempt fold within a year of operation simply because managing a business, keeping on top of food trends, training staff and keeping customers happy is a superhuman effort to juggle.
- News, Cover Story February 15, 2023
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In New Orleans, faded memories are all that's left of the Jazz basketball franchise
The Home Team
- Jory Dexter Woodis is someone with a pair of resume items that don't come around very often.
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At Salt Lake's haunted attractions, screams and scares are all in a day's work.
Creepy Casting
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