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Why Sandstrom’s proposed illegal immigration enforcement act is ‘Arizona Light’

1 Comment Published by les August 14th, 2010 in Business News, Communication, Community Dialogue, Contributors, Current Events, Politics, SLC, Salt Lake City.

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 [...]

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Revinylize blossoms into a community-directed passion at Utah Arts Festival

0 Comments Published by les June 25th, 2010 in Art, Business News, Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Pop Culture, SLC, Salt Lake City, Tourism.

Editor’s Note: Day 6 coverage of the Utah Arts Festival features a look at the Revinylize Project of the Salt Lake City chapter of AIGA, a professional organization for graphic and creative arts designers; a preview of Tom Mattingly’s choreographed piece representing the festival’s first-ever dance commission, and a look at Head for The Hills, [...]

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Epicuriosity returns to Utah Arts Festival with some new culinary offerings

0 Comments Published by les June 24th, 2010 in Business News, Communication, Community Dialogue, Cuisine, SLC, Salt Lake City, Tourism.

Three years running, the Epicuriosity: Where Food Meets Art experiment continues to provide solid empirical evidence that Utah Arts Festival visitors looking for different fare other than what usually is found at summer outdoor events are enjoying the small plates of scallops, shrimp, beef tenderloin, and ahi tuna along with some elegant desserts as coordinated [...]

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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 [...]