Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival tries to capture the past, present and future of queer representation on screen.
by Scott Renshaw
Inside one grassroots group's fight to stop the inland port.
by Peter Holslin
Despite facing archaic regulations, SLC's underground burlesque scene manages to thrive.
by Emerson Oligschlaeger
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Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival tries to capture the past, present and future of queer representation on screen.
In 2019, what does an LGBTQ-themed film festival look like, and what should it look like?
By Scott Renshaw
July 10, 2019
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My wild weekend at Cedar City's UFO Festival.
The UFO festival is taking place on a campground called Three Peaks Recreation Area, about 10 miles outside of town.
By Peter Holslin
June 19, 2019
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Bust out the SPF, the head-bangiest of seasons is here!
Much like the way local commuters forget how to drive during the first snowstorm of the year, the first few summer concerts need a bit of getting used to.
By Alex Springer, Scott Renshaw, Peter Holslin, David Riedel and City Weekly Staff
June 12, 2019
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Current and former LGBTQ Mormons reflect on the LDS church’s exclusion policy—and its sudden reversal.
Now reversed following "continuing revelation," this is the story of a group of people still affected by it.
By Carolyn Campbell
June 5, 2019
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It's true the first Pride was a riot. In that spirit, my LGBTQ+ brethren, be unabashedly you. Be loud. Be fierce. And more importantly, be proud.
By City Weekly Staff and Enrique Limón
May 29, 2019
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Get ready for thrills, spills and sunburned phalluses this summer movie season.
Watching strong people get slammed into rubble is really dull (see also: Man of Steel), especially when it's been done in 21 previous films.
By David Riedel
May 22, 2019
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Decreasing water levels threaten the Great Salt Lake’s future.
"I've sailed in the Mediterranean near Turkey, the South Pacific, up and down the West Coast to Mexico. This is the most difficult and challenging place to sail. It's an amazing place."
By Greg Wilcox
May 8, 2019
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Aiming for more equitable and affordable housing, local activists push for reform.
"I'm still really, really scared every day of being homeless again," she says. "I just never know if it's gonna happen again."
By Kelan Lyons
May 1, 2019
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50 years after a grainy film, Bigfoot sightings continue—from the Pacific Northwest to Provo.
"They are good folk, the Sasquatch people—they are so much more than a Wild Thing in the woods."
By Laura Krantz
April 24, 2019
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A cautionary tale on how a similar project wreaked havoc on a small Illinois town.
But that was before developers left it strewn with broken promises—low-wage jobs, crumbling infrastructure, insane traffic and, in a first for a largely rural community, air pollution.
By Emma Penrod
April 10, 2019
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Somehow, the uber-Republican Legislature budgeted more than $29 million to improve Utah's air. That's not a typo.
The angry caller told Handy he had asthma—what was the first-term state legislator going to do to improve Utah's air quality?
By Kelan Lyons
April 3, 2019
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Their health on standby, thousands of low-income Utahns await to see if they'll benefit from Medicaid expansion.
The funds are only good for a limited range of services. Jones still pays about $60 every month for therapy, and $4 for each prescription that helps him manage his depression, anxiety and alcohol cravings.
By Kelan Lyons
March 27, 2019
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Recognizing the year's worst in government transparency.
"It opened up our Sunday for filing Freedom of Information requests."
By The Electronic Frontier Foundation
March 20, 2019
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Turn it up to 11, boys and girls. Our rockingest issue is here!
How do you do justice to all the subcultures, stylistic niches and underground scenes that make Salt Lake City great—all while adhering to a strict word count?
By Nick McGregor, Keith McDonald, Rachelle Fernandez and Lee Zimmerman
March 12, 2019
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Soon, the biologically rich Pando Forest could be a thing of the past.
To continue to live, Pando produces new sprouts that gather water and sunlight. But for the last half-century, its regrowth has decreased sharply, and scientists point to a combination of factors.
By Daria Bachmann
March 6, 2019
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After two electoral defeats, the Salt Lake County Democrat finally gets her turn.
"My plan is to see my congressman, who has not done a town hall in Salt Lake City proper in a year."
By Kelan Lyons
February 27, 2019
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