Archive for March, 2008
Too numb to emote: Trouble in the Mexican emo scene
0 Comments Published by les March 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized.Editor’s Note: The Selective Echo is always pleased to bring guest postings from Mark Alvarez, a Salt Lake City attorney who is living in Mexico with his wife, Lorena. Mark shares a well-informed perspective about anti-emo protests and violence that have occurred in Mexico City and Queretaro.
“A civilization could be judged by the diversity it [...]
Mutual commitment registry tries to acknowledge ‘a very natural thing’
0 Comments Published by les March 30th, 2008 in Uncategorized.This weekend, I screened “A Very Natural Thing,” a 1973 film that was among the first commercially distributed films in the United States dealing with gay relationships. Directed and written by Christopher Larkin, it was positioned as the gay community’s answer to the iconic “Love Story” released in 1970.
The film — which despite its occasional [...]
Strong economic indicators, wise collaborative planning bode well for Salt Lake City’s downtown
0 Comments Published by les March 26th, 2008 in Uncategorized.With strong economic benchmarks already in place, the estimated $5 billion in projects scheduled over the next five years in the forty-block central business district will cement Salt Lake City’s place as the undisputed hottest city in the United States, according to enthusiastic reports by city and state officials as well as key project developers.
In [...]
