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An appropriate rage against the holiday machine

0 Comments Published by les December 21st, 2009 in Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Music, Pop Culture, Salt Lake City.

When Rage Against The Machine’s (RATM) ‘Killing in The Name’ was released in 1992, it rose to the 25th spot on the United Kingdom’s singles chart. Yesterday, in a feat owing in part to the grassroots power of social media, the song became the UK’s official Christmas no. 1 hit of 2009. Ending a three-year [...]

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‘The Sonosopher’ as artistic testament: A cinematic portrait of abstract elegance

0 Comments Published by les December 14th, 2009 in Communication, Community Dialogue, Film, Performing Arts, SLC, Salt Lake City.

‘I want to go where the sound goes after the bell stops ringing.’ – Alex Caldiero, ‘The Sonosopher’ This is Alex Caldiero’s deeply personal and profound definition of a sonosopher. Whether in the remote caves of The Ear of Dionysus in southeastern Sicily, at a performance reading on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem, [...]

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Caffe d’bolla’s holiday specials destined to give value long after season is over

0 Comments Published by les December 12th, 2009 in Business News, Coffee, Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Customer Service, SLC, Salt Lake City, Tourism.

Editor’s Note: In its five years of operations, Caffe d’bolla has cultivated a niche of distinction not only as a superior model of coffee entrepreneurship but also as a representative local business continuously honing its expertise amid a backdrop of dynamic innovation. Indefatigable students of the origins, farms, flavors, and stories that define their espresso [...]

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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 [...]