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Finding the perfect chocolate gift at Caputo’s

1 Comment Published by les November 30th, 2009 in Business News, Chocolate, Communication, Community Dialogue, Cuisine, Current Events, Customer Service, SLC, Salt Lake City, Tourism.

At Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli, purchasing a holiday gift of chocolate is not a trivial indulgence. Amid its wisely cultivated selection of what really are the kings and queens of the chocolate world is the sense that a gift of food can be a deeply memorable, thoughtful, and socially conscientious gesture during this holiday [...]

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Trolley Square will host holiday People’s Market in SLC

0 Comments Published by les November 25th, 2009 in Business News, Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, SLC, Salt Lake City, Tourism.

Keeping in line with the emphasis on local entrepreneurship for the holiday season, the People’s Market, a popular offering during the summer in downtown Salt Lake City, will reopen for two sessions, Dec. 5 and Dec. 12, at Trolley Square’s south amphitheater from noon to 8 p.m. each day. The market, according to founder Kyle [...]

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Make the 10 percent shopping shift: Local First Utah’s holiday retail campaign starts Nov. 27

0 Comments Published by les November 25th, 2009 in Business News, Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Customer Service, SLC, Salt Lake City, Tourism.

In David Hess’ new book, ‘Localist Movements in a Global Economy: Sustainability, Justice, and Urban Development in the United States,’ the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor, a widely acknowledged authority on the values and economics of public policy, sees the significance of the “buy local” movement in terms of revitalizing the economy and escaping “from the [...]

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Plan-B Theatre, Utah AIDS Foundation stage timely reading of ‘The Normal Heart’ ---
Editor’s Note: Mark Alvarez kindly provides some follow-up commentary to the reading of Larry Kramer’s work The Normal Heart staged by Plan-B Theatre and the Utah AIDS Foundation. In 1985, Kramer’s work clearly laid out the experiences of the earliest days of the AIDS crisis. Stark and brutal in themes, the play also faced down [...]
SLC filmmaker Andrew James finds a hopeful oasis in Detroit’s blighted landscape ---
‘It’s a war of little battles. The residents fight by lighting their yards, videotaping drug deals, harassing scrappers and chasing off thieves. Their enemy attacks in shocking ways. Like taking over the homes of bedridden old people. Like recruiting kids as dope-house spotters and runners. Like killing people’s dogs.’ – Detroitblogger John, Metro Times, 2010 [...]
Why Sandstrom’s proposed illegal immigration enforcement act is ‘Arizona Light’ ---
Editor’s Note: Mark Alvarez, a regular correspondent lays out in concise, terse, brilliant form Stephen Sandstrom’s latest foray into making legislation that is ridiculously untenable and intellectually embarrassing. By the way, readers looking to make some intelligible sense of the mindset of Sandstrom and countless other elected officials on this particular issue, please consider Peter [...]
Pride redux: another Latino step forward ---
Editor’s Note: The following is a great piece by Mark Alvarez, our resident contributor who also is an attorney and a frequent commentator on immigration issue. Who says Latinos are slow for freedom? Argentina now has marriage equality. On Wednesday, Luis Majul wrote in his column (Spanish version) for the Argentine daily La Nación: The [...]
‘The Empress’, ‘X-ing’, ‘DemiUrge Emesis’ take top honors at Utah Arts Festival’s Fear No Film ---
Twelve awards were announced today in the Fear No Film portion of the Utah Arts Festival, including a Grand Jury Prize, Utah Short Film of The Year, Fear No Filmmaker Award, three honorable mentions, and the best film in each of six of seven categories around which the film festival was organized. The Empress by [...]