Citizen Lobbying in Utah

Storm the Hill: City Weekly's guide to citizen lobbying.

How to Stalk Your Utah Legislators

Utah Legislature’s website and your county clerk can help.

Utah Legislators Who Listen

City Weekly-approved starter list of approachable lawmakers.

Tips from Utah's Veteran Citizen Lobbyists

How Claire Geddes and others have found success.

UTA Route Reductions

Utah bus riders face reduction and elimination of weekend routes.

Lesbian Parents, Inversion Costs & More Challengers

Artificial insemination ain't so bad.

Hank Louis of the U of U's Design Build Bluff

Hank Louis is founder and instructor of the University of Utah’s Design Build Bluff program, which builds eco-housing for low-income Navajo families.

Martin Luther King Jr. Events

’Tis the season to remember Martin Luther King Jr., the father of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Utah Air: Chunky-Style

Eight fun ways to enjoy the Wasatch Front's worst-in-the-nation air-quality index.

I Love Cigarettes

Why is Utah senator calling for tripling tax on smokes?

Cat Trap

Is it necessary for the fire department to rescue a cat that’s stuck in a tree? I mean, c’mon, they got up there. Can’t they get down on their own?

Downtown Spreading

LDS Church eyes parking lot for the sport of the gods, lawn bowling.

Zionized 23: Sacred Geometry

Local artist Trent Alvey opens her exhibit Sacred Geometry.

January 14, 2010: Caitlin Heighton

I got this after a very “shocking” time in my life.

Amnesty Mexicano

Dear Mexican: I’m surprised by the choice of the word “amnesty” by those who would demonize immigration reform, especially in the South.

Mount Fuji, Kimi’s Mountainside Bistro

Apres-Ski Drinks in Utah

Where to go and what to drink after the lifts close.

Frida Bistro

Mexican food at a higher level—beyond the taco/burrito/enchilada basics.

10 Best Utah Dishes

10 things from Utah restaurants you must put in your mouth.

Velour Anniversary, Amy Speace, Tash, Edit, Umphrey's McGee & Access Film-Music Party

Live: Music Picks Jan 14-20

Glade Sowards

Exposed: Glade finds a reason to release.

Trannyshack, W Lounge Martini Tour & 62 Years of Twilite

San Francisco’s infamous drag troupe is crashing into Salt Lake City’s club scene Jan. 15 for Club Sound’s weekly Gossip night.

Orion Independent Music Festival

Starry Nights: New music festival hunts for talent.

Kurt Vile & Vampire Weekend

Some musicians take a while to get revved up, polishing their songs and performance until they reveal their art to the world.

Kicking smoking empowers man to take on mountain

Zack Ralphs: Scaling Mount Kilimanjaro

Utah in the Twentieth Century

Book chronicles the state’s social and cultural transitions.

The Lovely Bones

Lost in Translation: Peter Jackson’s radical reworking of The Lovely Bones results in a failed thriller.

A Single Man

Sad, Pretty Pictures: Tom Ford should have let the grim beauty of A Single Man speak for itself.

Archer, Project Runway, Human Target, 24, Life Unexpected, My Life as Liz

Spy Hard: Agents, models, targets and hipsters.

Across the Hall, Damages, Smokin' Aces 2, Weeds, Whiteout

New DVD Releases Tuesday, Jan. 19

Six Degrees of Separation

Thursday 1.14

Winter Dew Tour

Thursday 1.14

Audrey Niffenegger

Wednesday 1.20

The Continuing Allure: Painters of Utah’s Red Rock

Thursday 1.14

John Hess: Woven Textile Reliefs

Friday 1.15

Touch(ed)

Friday 1.15

Comic Books 2009

A rundown of the best comic books of 2009.