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SLC’s Epic Brewing Company builds an appealing culture for beer and food lovers alike

0 Comments Published by les November 7th, 2011 in Business News, Communication, Community Dialogue, Cuisine, Current Events, Salt Lake City, SLC, Tourism.

Editor’s Note: Last year at this time, The Selective Echo did a feature on Epic Brewing Company’s spectacular first six months. The following takes a look one year later. For last year’s article, see here. As spectacular as its sales figures and business success have been in its first 18 months of operations, the founders [...]

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The mounting social, economic costs of Congress’ refusal to act on meaningful immigration reform

0 Comments Published by les October 30th, 2011 in Business News, Communication, Community Dialogue, Contributors, Current Events, Politics, Salt Lake City, SLC.

Editor’s Note: Mark Alvarez, a Salt Lake City attorney, who frequently writes on immigration issues, is a guest correspondent for this piece which discusses the costs associated with the failure to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform. As always, it hits on the most acutely salient points in the current debate. Robert Altman’s “Nashville” begins [...]

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I am woman: Plan-B Theatre’s 21st season promises to thrill, inspire, empower everyone’s voice

0 Comments Published by les October 22nd, 2011 in Communication, Community Dialogue, Current Events, Performing Arts, Pop Culture, Salt Lake City, SLC, Theater, Tourism.

Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part preview of Plan-B’s 21st season. Tomorrow, The Selective Echo previews Aden Ross”Lady Macbeth.’ As in many other years, the onstage female voice will again be prominent in the forthcoming 21st season of Plan-B Theatre. However, the significance that all three world premiere productions – ‘Lady Macbeth,’ [...]

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Utah short film ‘Boomtown’ by Torben Bernhard, Travis Low to premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival ---
At its peak in the early 1880s, the Horn Silver Mine in Frisco, Utah was cited in the U.S. Annual Mining Review and Stock Ledger as ‘unquestionably the richest silver mine in the world now being worked.’ Miriam B. Murphy, who has written frequently about Utah’s early history, described the town’s story as the perfect [...]
Pipilotti Rist documentary is good-mood entry for Creativity in Focus Series ---
Pipilotti Rist is a refreshingly gregarious artist as comfortable in her own eccentricities as she is in dealing with museum curators and security personnel who anxiously wonder about the logistical challenges her video art installations impose. However, the Swiss-born artist should not be underestimated because of her easy propensity for whimsy touches and occasional silliness. [...]
A New Year’s treat with Creminelli’s cotechino and lentils ---
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. -Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) There’s a wholesome earthiness about the New Year’s food traditions in virtually every culture. A particular personal favorite is lentils, of which [...]
Caputo’s chocolate collection celebrates the artisan maker’s capacity for disruptive innovation ---
‘The cacao you start the process with is the single most important factor in great quality, artisan chocolate, after that you rely on the skill of the chocolate maker to do the rest.’ – Martin Christy Look no further than the impressively diverse chocolate collection at Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli for the definitive example [...]
University of Utah’s Book Arts Program energizes a culture celebrating the printed word’s lasting value ---
‘Print is not dead. It is not even dying, at least not yet. Think of print like an overweight beast, shedding excess weight. The result is a leaner, more defined, more beautiful experience.’ – Kassia Krozser, 2010 Ingenuity never is scarce when it comes to the final student projects at the Book Arts Studio at [...]