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Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

reality check?) to create an alternative meatloaf to the one already being served in Washington, D.C. Somehow, that will correct the current big money, special interests, Citizens United malaise destroying our government. But Catano is dead wrong and profoundly so.

PRIVATE EYE

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

By John Saltas
The last time I wrote in this space was back in March. In newspaper years, that equals about 13 human years.

STAFF BOX

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Jerre Wroble: We share some traits with cockroaches: They’re pests, they annoy folks who pride themselves in their housekeeping. But cockroaches can go a month without a meal. With the exception of our production manager, Susan Kruithof, the cockroaches might outlast us.

HITS&MISSES

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

HITS&MISSES
By Katharine Biele
On the health and safety front, Utah may have won the MX Missile fight and still rallies for Downwinders, but lately the state’s appetite for business “opportunities” seems to have opened doors to nuclear waste and a toxic future.

FIVE SPOT

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

FIVE SPOT
Patricia Modesto is Utah’s 2012 Samba Queen, winning the title in March when she competed against Utah’s hottest samba dancers in Samba Fogo’s third annual Samba Queen competition.

STRAIGHT DOPE

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

STRAIGHT DOPE
By Cecil Adams
I was reading on Cracked.com about the tarantula hawk, a giant wasp that hunts tarantulas and has one of the most painful stings on Earth. We know this because the tarantula hawk ranks at No. 2 on the Schmidt Pain Index, just behind the bullet ant.

DEEP END

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

By D.P. Sorensen
As his posse held the girlie boy down, Mit wielded a sharp pair of scissors and performed a successful hair-ectomy on the noncompliant and blubbering classmate. Some of Mit’s assistants have expressed their lifelong shame for participating in the event, but Mit, as always clean of conscience, has no recall of the youthful prank.

Golden Opportunity

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Golden Opportunity
By Eric S. Peterson
Gold Bullion International founder Savneet Singh knew that launching a business that stores physical gold bars and coins for clients outside of traditional banks would mean the company would have to own secure vaults across the globe.

The OCHO

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The OCHO
“Some of the Best and Brightest Home Beer Brewers in Your Trailer Park Have Chemistry Degrees”.

CITIZEN REVOLT

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

This week, come out to a fundraiser party for the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. This weekend, you can do your activism in the sun by helping volunteer to maintain trees in Westpointe Park in Salt Lake City.

News Quirks

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

By Roland Sweet
A woman entered a Chicago bank one Thursday and, according to a criminal complaint, handed a teller a note demanding “all of your money, no cops, no dye pack.” The teller told the woman “the bank was closed and that she should come back tomorrow.

Split Personalities

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Split Personalities
By Carolyn Campbell
Waking up with a comb-over hairstyle might be the worst day in any woman’s life—any woman except Phoebe Berrey. Several influences led to the semi-bald look she’s worn intermittently since a gay friend helped her create it in 2004. He said, “I don’t know of any man who would do this, let alone a woman.

theESSENTIALS

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

theESSENTIALS
Bronze sculpture, of life-size children, is a common sight in and around greater Salt Lake City. Such sculptures by the well-established artist Dennis Smith are grounded in sentimentality, with seemingly little serious artistic value beyond the decorative.

Drawing Up a Map

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Drawing Up a Map
By Brian Staker
The theme of the sixth-annual Mountain West Arts Conference, held May 3 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City, was “mapping.” The theme manifested itself with artists and arts organizations navigating paths to sufficiency in an uncertain political and economic climate.

Bike to Work

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Bike to Work
By Wina Sturgeon
As an advocate of bike transportation, I walked over to compliment the stranger. My jaw dropped in shock. The man was no stranger. He was Russ Wall, Taylorsville’s mayor, but almost unrecognizable. The formerly portly mayor with the unhealthy, no-sunlight hue to his skin was trim and tan.

Big Shiny Robot

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Big Shiny Robot
By Bryan Young
Who’s that, you ask? Thanos is known in the Marvel Universe as “The Mad Titan.” His name comes from the Greek personification of death, Thanatos. His story is much like Greek tragedy. He was born on Saturn’s moon of Titan, different from the others of his race, and grew thirsty to set himself apart.

moreESSENTIALS

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

moreESSENTIALS
Prepare to shake your tail feathers, as the 14th annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival is upon us. Feast your eyes on exotic birds and raptors that call Utah home. Expert field-trip guides will take you into area hot spots, help you navigate the geology of the Great Basin, and explore “behind the gates”—an area not open to the public.

Kitchen Alchemy

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Kitchen Alchemy
By Ted Scheffler
A disgruntled reader recently e-mailed me with criticism about my columns: “Why you gotta be so eclectic and booshwazee? It’s Utah—review some salt-of-the-Earth places with real good food, not this NYC nonsense.” Well, buddy, you’re not going to like this one .

SECOND HELPING

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

SECOND HELPING
By Rob Tennant
Bombeck spent 10 years in Bozeman, Mont., running INTL Coffee Bar & Organic Roastery. It was there that he discovered his professional destiny. According to Bombeck, the “gold standard of coffee brewing” is a process called siphon brewing. Like most things that produce superior quality in our lives, siphon brewing is also time-consuming and difficult.

FOOD MATTERS

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

FOOD MATTERS
By Ted Scheffler
East, FincaSLC.com) restaurant will host its premier wine tasting on Saturday, May 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. Winemaker/ owner Raimundo Abando of Bodegas Las Orcas/Solar de Randez Wines in Rioja, Spain, will be the featured guest, and his Rioja wines will be served with Finca tapas.

Aw, Shucks

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

By Ted Scheffler
After a recent trip to the Market Street Fresh Fish Market, I found myself lugging home a bag full of Blue Point oysters. I don’t know how or why the first person who ever decided to crack open an oyster did that, but I’m glad he or she did. They must have been really.

GOODEATS

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

The Wild Grape New West Bistro At Wild Grape New West Bistro, chefs Phelix Gardner and Pete Hines specialize in dishes utilizing fresh, sustainable, locally produced and organic ingredients.

Sacha Un-Punk’d

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Sacha Un-Punk’d
By Scott Renshaw
Aladeen, of course, manages to escape, and wanders into the wilds of New York City, shaven and unrecognizable as a reviled despot. For most comedians, this would be the cue for the tamest of fish-out-ofwater humor, but Cohen—working again with his Borat.

SIDESHOW

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

SIDESHOW
By MaryAnn Johanson
But it’s cool. Turns out all we need to protect Earth is Taylor Kitsch, who goes from Loser to Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy in exactly the same amount of time it takes for the aliens to get our hello and come a-invadin’; apparently, you can be a felon who enlists in the military and become an officer in a snap.

CINEMA CLIPS

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

First Position HH.5 It’s hard to completely blow the dramatic potential for building a documentary around a competition—but it’s much trickier when a layperson can’t always understand the results.

True TV

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

True TV
By Bill Frost
his sorrows in booze and a cocktail waitress (Emmanuelle Chriqui—score!) and guns down one of his own team (d’oh!). Your mom and her cats will be quite.

Small World

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Small World
By DAN NAILEN
In 2012, even the featured guest musical artists booked by the Salt Lake Arts Council are indicative of just how small the world is. On the surface, it looks like festival organizers split the headliners evenly between two American blues acts and two Latin dance/hip-hop artists.

Polyphonic Seedlings

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Polyphonic Seedlings
By Austen Diamond
When he returned home, he called friend Dreu Hudson, I Am the Ocean frontman, to form Artists for Local Agriculture. “The chief complaint that we heard from people is that [activists and agriculturists] can’t make caring about local agriculture ‘hip,’ ” Hudson says.

Mighty & Melodious

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

Mighty & Melodious
By Spencer Flanagan
“Bret knows a lot about engineering, so we’ve been able to tap into those skills a lot,” says multi-instrumentalist Alex Woods. “And also unlike the last album—even though I wasn’t much a part of that—all the songs have a similar tone. They’re all in one place and are a lot more cohesive than the last record.

THIS WEEK’S MUSIC PICKS

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

THIS WEEK’S MUSIC PICKS
By Austen Diamond
Ane Brun The smokey Norwegian songstress Ane Brun’s piano pop melds together elements of Fiona Apple, Björk and Sarah McLachlan. That recipe has seen her go platinum in her home country. Aided by studio help from José González and First Aid Kit, Brun’s It All Starts With One,.

SHOTS IN THE DARK

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

SHOTS IN THE DARK
By Colin Wolf
Shots In The Dark is dedicated to giving you the skinny on Utah nightlife. Submit tips about openings, closings and special events to cwolf@cityweekly.net.

CONCERTS & CLUBS

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

CONCERTS & CLUBS
Electro-techno-dance-pop DJ Moguai has a minimalist sound that sets him apart in a genre of music where one song fuses into the next.

VENUE DIRECTORY

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

ABG’s 190 W. Center St., Provo, 801-373-1200, Live music Fri. ALLURE 8925 S. 255 West, Sandy, 801-255- 2078, Top 40 DJs Wed.-Sat., Live music Sat., Karaoke Wed. AREA 51 451 S. 400 West, SLC, 801-534- 0819, ‘80s Thur., ‘90s Fri., Alterna-mash Sat., Karaoke Wed. ART’S PLACE 76.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

By Rob Brezsny
Go to RealAstrology.com for Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text-message horoscopes. Audio horoscopes also available by phone at 877-873-4888 or 900-950-7700..