What’s Happening in Utah - Week of 6/13/16

Get Swimsuit Ready with Healthy Eating Habits

Join Dietitian, Kayla as she teaches easy ways to implement necessary nourishing components that are secretly tasty!  Each new habit leads to the next goal.  Discover new recipes that will help you achieve your goal of 12 powerful changes that truly have the potential to change your life.

DATES and TIMES: June 14, 2016 | 6:30 PM

VENUE: Harmons Bangerter Crossing

129 13800 South

Draper, UT 84020

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A TABLE OF 12: Wine and Food Pairing Experience

These hour-long, wine-and-food-pairing classes are held evenings on the third Thursday.  The topics vary each month. During each class we taste four wines, each under $30 per bottle, and enjoy four to five foods, studying many aspects of the wine and foods including growing region, characteristics, labels, and vocabulary. Student participation is highly encouraged. Classes are $40 per person.

DATES and TIMES: June 16, 2016 | 6:30 PM

VENUE: The Market

1500 Snow Creek

Park City, UT 84060

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SLC Sax Summit

5 of Utah's top sax players, backed by a 4 piece rhythm section play Gershwin 's classic tunes. Brian Booth, Ray Smith, David Halliday, Lemoyne Taylor and Jon Gudmunson come together to perform Brian Booth's and the late Craig Larson's arrangements of George Gershwin songs. This concert is a tribute to the greatly missed SLC jazz pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, Craig Larson who passed away last summer.

DATES and TIMES: June 16, 2016 | 7:30 PM

VENUE: Gallivan Center

239 S Main Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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Page to Stage Festival

The Page-to-Stage Festival represents Wasatch’s commitment to producing original theatrical work. The centerpiece of the festival has typically been the presentation of Short-Shorts. This year, that tradition is continued with the presentation of ‘Still Lives.’ Local photographers were asked to submit their art to serve as inspiration for a series of short plays. Five pictures were chosen and handed off to the five playwrights selected to write for this years’ program. In addition to the photo, playwrights were given a group of actors to write for and spent months honing their work.

DATES and TIMES: June 16 - 18, 2016

VENUE: Rose Wagner Center

138 West 300 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Utah Blues Festival

This year’s festival features three popular Utah groups, two of whom just won 2016 City Weekly awards for the best blues/blues-rock artists and album in SLC! Additionally, we are extremely honored to have three top national blues headliners: Toronzo Cannon, Bernard Allison and Ronnie Baker Brooks!

DATES and TIMES: June 18, 2016 | 12:00 -10:00 PM

VENUE: Gallivan Center

239 S Main Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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Savor Park City

PUREFOURHUNDERD presents “Savor Park City” in partnership with Culinary Crafts and Old Town Cellars. Indulge in a multi-course Modernist Mountain West dining event, in comfort, at Park City’s acclaimed Old Town Cellars. Culinary Crafts’ Executive Chef, Greg Reith, has set a menu featuring Old Town Cellars wines that beautifully melds the nuances of each wine with a tantalizing culinary presentation.

DATES and TIMES: June 18, 2016 | 5:30 PM

VENUE: Old Town Cellars

890 Main Street

Park City, UT 84060

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Old School Throwback Jam; Salt-N-Pepa, Vanilla Ice, Coolio & More!

Don't miss the Old School Throwback Jam featuring Salt-N-Pepa with DJ Spinderella, Vanilla Ice, Coolio, Tone Loc, Rob Base, Young Mc, Color Me Badd, The Jets and Candyman

DATES and TIMES: June 18, 2016 | 7:30 PM

VENUE: Vivint SmartHome Arena

301 S Temple

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Eighth Annual Brewfest

Live music, food stations, crafters/vendors TWENTY-SIX local and national breweries sampling 3-5 of their finest brews while the Father's Day BBQ goes off on the Plaza Deck. Admission is FREE!

DATES and TIMES: June 18 - 19, 2016

VENUE: Snowbird

9385 S Snowbird Center Dr

Snowbird, UT 84092

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Father’s Day Whiskey Pairing

What better way to celebrate dad than with a hearty tasting menu (like Applewood Smoked Pulled Pork, Clifford Farms Herb-Crusted Pork Chop, Southern Baked Beans, Spanish Doughnut and more) as the perfect backdrop to sip and savor our hand-selected whiskey pairings throughout the meal.  In addition to the selected pairings, they will also have a few extra special options available from Finca’s private stash.  Salud!

DATES and TIMES: June 19, 2016 | 5:00 – 10:00 PM

VENUE: Finca

327 West 200 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Date Night - Naked Fish

We love Naked Fish. We've been there for Valentine's for a sake and food pairing. We've done the Omakase.  It is just one of those places that just keeps getting better and better.  Sothea started off with a Prosecco and Som ordered their Taketsuru Old Fashioned.  He absolutely loved it.  He thought it was the best Old Fashioned that he's ever had.  It was just something about the Taketsuru that added something special.
















We started off with a mackeral sashimi that was on their specials.  Their fish is always so light and fresh.  It's lovely.  This mackeral was less mackeral tasting and cleaner.  Delicious!

Then we ordered their Kushiyaki.  We started off with the chicken oysters, scallops, and mushrooms. The Kushiyaki is our favorite things to eat here.  We just kept ordering more and more.  We could eat a whole plate of the mushrooms.  And the scallops were perfectly cooked.

We also ordered rolls.  The rolls are good.  We could have probably gone without them because seriously the Kushiyaki is what we come for.

We ended our meal with a few pieces of Nigri.  It was a perfect, light way to end it.

Naked Fish is one of our favorite restaurants in Salt Lake.  A must try!

What’s Happening in Utah - Week of 5/30/16

South of the Border: Ceviche Cooking Class

Ceviche is a seafood dish popular in the coastal regions of Latin America and has been around for centuries.  The dish is typically made from fresh raw fish cured in citrus juices, such as lemon or lime, and spiced with ají or chili peppers. There will be three types Ceviche using Shrimp, Salmon, Scallops and you will learn how to make a Salsa Verde

DATES and TIMES: June 1, 2016 | 6:30 PM

VENUE: Harmons City Creek

135 East 100 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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Wine Mix and Mingle

Cinder winemaker Melanie Krause will join guests as they sample four of her world class wines paired with chef Nathan Powers equally acclaimed cuisine. Food is priced $30 with the wine pairings just $20 extra.

DATES and TIMES: June 2, 2016 | 6:00 PM

VENUE: Bambara

202 Main St

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Be our guest at the Cider Winery mix & mingle! Call us today (801) 363-5454 to reserve your seat!

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Skypark Aviation Festival and Expo

Largest Annual aviation event in Utah. Airplanes, airplane rides, flight schools, skydivers, vendors food and more.

DATES and TIMES: June 3 – 4, 2016

VENUE: Skypark Airport

1887 South 1800 West

Woods Cross, UT 84087

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Utah Pride Festival

The 2016 installment of the Utah Pride Festival will celebrate the past, present and future of the state's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community with changes — from a fresh logo to new ticket options — that event organizers say they hope will launch a new era for the event and the center it supports.

DATES and TIMES: June 3 – 4, 2016

VENUE: Salt Lake City and County Building

451 S State

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Saltair will be hoppin' when Macklemore and Ryan Lewis bring their tour supporting "This
Unruly Mess I've Made" to town.

DATES and TIMES: June 3, 2016 | 8:00 PM

VENUE: Saltair

12408 W Saltair Dr

Magna, UT 84044

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Oryson Gygi Grilling Gala

Master outdoor cooking just in time for the summer with Orson Gygi’s Grilling Gala. You’ll learn grilling techniques and recipes from the pros at this free local event.  There will be product demos, food sampling, giveaways, and more.

DATES and TIMES: June 4, 2016 | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

VENUE: Orson Gygi

3500 South 300 West

Salt Lake City, UT 84102

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UMOCA Annual Gala: 1931

Looking back on a time of tempestuous change and the want for an international taste of creative aptitude, 1931 will celebrate the ambitious beginnings and birth year of one of Salt Lake City’s most precious and enduring gems.  Since its Art Barn beginnings to becoming the Salt Lake Art Center and now, as the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, artists and appreciators have been drawn together to form the very heart and moxi of Salt Lake City’s creative essence.

DATES and TIMES: June 4, 2016 | 6:00 PM

VENUE: Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

20 S West Temple

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Date Night - HSL

HSL sister restaurnt to Handle in Park City opened during the Spring of this year.  We were very excited to try it.  People have been raving about it.  So we made a double date out of it and went with our friends Steven and Violetta.

The restaurant is beautiful, sleek, and modern.  It has a great ambiance.  The large dining chairs makes the restaurant seem a little crowded but it's not bad.

We started off with the flatbread.  It was really good.  It was fresh and earthy.  It was very light and a great way to start a meal.

Flatbread

Steven and Violetta started off with a meat and cheese plate.  It was perfect.  There was a good selection and it's a typical portion for a meat and cheese plate.

Meat and Cheese

But then came our other plates.  Before we go on, we want to say that we love tapas.  We love small plates and one of the things we never complain about is the portion sizes.  We've gone to many places where other people will say that's too small of a portion for the price and we usually don't think so.  But this time we did.  These portions are extremely small for the price.  Sothea, who is not a big eater, who can never finish and entree by herself, left hungry.  She ordered the Tagliatelle Pasta.  It was very good but the portion was very small and it could have used more mushrooms.

Tagliatelle Pasta

Som ordered the burger.  Again the food was delicious but look below, see how many potatoes are on that plate?!?!

  

Beef Cheek Burger

Steven and Violetta also felt the same way.  The food was very tasty but for that price, we'd all rather go somewhere else.

What’s Happening in Utah - Week of 5/23/16

Who's Bad? The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute

Who’s Bad’s live performance is an unrivaled celebration of pop music’s one true King. Their power-packed performance of Michael Jackson’s expansive catalog has ignited crowds on every continent and can only be described as a jaw-dropping, musical must-see. As the longest-running Michael Jackson tribute band, and the only one to predate his untimely passing, Who’s Bad has awed even the skeptics, selling out nearly 50 venues in the United Kingdom including London’s O2 in December of 2010, the venue where the King of Pop was slated to end his career with a 50-show “This Is It” concert series.

DATES and TIMES: May 26 – May 29, 2016

VENUE: Egyptian Theatre

328 Main St

Park City, UT 84060

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Big River

Back by overwhelming demand! Mark Twain's beloved tale of Huck Finn and his bosom buddy, Jim! Relish sweet, Southern music as Huck escapes to the Mississippi. HCT won an International theatrical award for extraordinary use of water in 2003 ... rafts and boats were afloat in 9,000 gallons of water. AND it rained! Add glorious acting, costumes, lighting and this is a never-to-be-forgotten event.

DATES and TIMES: May 26 – July 23, 2016

VENUE: Hale Center Theatre

3333 S Decker Lake Dr

West Valley City, UT 84119

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The Italian California Connection Wine Class

Many of the winemaking and artisanal cheese making traditions which started in Italy are replicated in California, by the same families after generations of experience. Harmons wine educator Sheral Schowe will lead you through a tasting of three wines and cheese from Italy and three from California with Italian roots. You will taste each wine with each cheese and determine your favorite pairings. Wine will include two sparkling, two white and two red.

DATES and TIMES: May 26, 2016 | 6:00 PM

VENUE: Harmons Station Park

200 N Station Parkway

Farmington, UT 84025

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B.o.B

B.o.B brings his stfu. US Tour to Salt Lake.

DATES and TIMES: May 26, 2016 | 7:00 PM

VENUE: The Complex

536 100 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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con·temp·POE·rar·y

Meat & Potato Theatre’s con·temp·POE·rar·y is a thrilling evening of Edgar Allan Poe stories and poems including The Raven, The Purloined Letter, and The Pit and the Pendulum. M&P’s signature theatricality will be utilized throughout the production. Puppets, masks, song and dance, and live sound effects will uniquely define each piece.

DATES and TIMES: May 27 - June 12, 2016

VENUE: Rose Wagner Center

138 West 300 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Carlos Mencia

Carlos Mencia is undoubtedly one of today’s most popular entertainers and comics. Whether it is man-on-the-street interviews, studio comedy, commercial parodies, nationwide sold-out tours, or films, Mencia demonstrates an extraordinary ability to connect with a wide and diverse audience.

DATES and TIMES: May 27 - 29, 2016

VENUE: Wiseguys Downton

194 South 400 West

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Utah Symphony Presents Mahler Symphony No.9

The Utah Symphony performs the final completed symphony of Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 9, completing a two-year cycle where all Nine Mahler Symphonies were performed

DATES and TIMES: May 27 - 28, 2016 | 7:30 PM

VENUE: Abravanel Hall

123 W South Temple

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Downtown Yoga Festival

Downtown Yoga Festival is a premiere yoga event for the Utah community to experience a healthy lifestyle, peace, and happiness through yoga.

DATES and TIMES: May 28 - 30, 2016 | 10:00 aM

VENUE: The Leonardo

209 East 500 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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What’s Happening in Utah - Week of 5/16/16

“See Me Hear” An Art Installation

This thought provoking installation gives voice to some of Utah’s incarcerated youth, and allows them to express how they feel others see them and how they see themselves.

DATES and TIMES: Now – June 2, 2016

VENUE: Visual Art Institute

2901 S Highland Dr

Salt Lake City, UT 84106

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Squatters and Wasatch CAN Challenge

Sample your way through a blind taste test of 4 Wasatch & Squatters craft beers available in both bottle and cans. The popular myth exists that packaging influences beer profiles, so see if you can tell the difference between the same beer packaged in bottles and cans. Class is approximately 2 hours long and guests who properly guess all 4 will receive a take home ACBW Glass.

DATES and TIMES: May 16, 2016 | 6:00 PM

VENUE: Squatters

147 W Broadway

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Living Traditions Festival

Produced by the Salt Lake City Arts Council, the Living Traditions Festival is a three-day multicultural festival celebrating the traditional music, dance, crafts and foods of Salt Lake City’s contemporary ethnic communities. Admission is free for all festival attendees, which brings together over 50 cultures—both native & foreign—that have made Salt Lake City their home.

DATES and TIMES: May 20-22, 2016

VENUE: Washington Square and County Building

450 South 200 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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Mountain West Ballet presents The Sleeping Beauty

Join Mountain West Ballet for their annual spring performance: The Sleeping Beauty.

DATES and TIMES: May 20-23, 2016

VENUE: Sandy Amphitheater

1245 East 9400 South

Sandy, UT 84070

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Sugar House Pub Crawl

The crawl begins at 12:00pm; participants can stop by any of the participating locations to grab a “passport” which will need to be stamped by all 10 pubs to be entered into a drawing for great prizes. Completed passports are to be delivered to Monument Plaza by 5:00pm to qualify for the drawing. Prizes include 2 tickets to the Idaho Brew Fest (including lodging), Brewmaster dinners, gift cards and other great shwag!

DATES and TIMES: May 21, 2016 | 12:00 PM

VENUE: Sugar House Monument Plaza

1100 East 2100 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84106

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Art Meets Fashion Runway Event

AMF will be representing Columbia with Mens Fashion Designer David Alfonso with his collection ERIKO with eyewear from local Image Eyes, local global fashion boutique FARASHA with a collection of womenswear and a retrospective runway event of all local designers from past AMF. The event will also have display fashion from swimwear designer Dianne DeVille, lingerie designer Bullets and Bees, cultural fashion display from Filippo Rippe, grecian inspired gowns from Sterling Bitsue and Garden dresses from Utah Fashion week founder Natalie Wynn.

DATES and TIMES: May 21, 2016 | 5:00 PM

VENUE: McCune Mansion

200 N Main St

Salt Lake City, UT 84103

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Spring Harvest Wine Libations

Sample spring inspired wines while enjoying spectacular paired cuisine and entertainment.  This unique wine libations event is the perfect opportunity to taste the array of spring harvest wines perfect for this time of year.

DATES and TIMES: May 21, 2016 | 6:00 PM

VENUE: The Leonardo

209 East 500 South

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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Tasting Class: Craft Beer & Cured Meat

Join Brewmaster Jason Stock and Adri Pachelli from Caputo's Market for an evening pairing Squatters Craft Beers with cured meats from both local and internationally acclaimed artisans.

DATES and TIMES: May 22, 2016 | 6:00 PM

VENUE: Squatters

147 W Broadway

Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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Date - Brunch at Porch

Daybreak seems so far away and for us it really is.  We live less than 15 minutes from downtown, so that is where you can find us.  But we went out really far to Daybreak to try the Porch.  We love Meditrina and Porch is it's sister restaurant. So we had to give it a try.  We went out there for brunch one day.

It's a super cute place and the service was good. We went for a late brunch so there was only one waiter.  There was a large group of ladies and three other small tables but our waiter was still very attentive.





We started off with a Mimosa and Bloody Mary.  Both were good nothing special but good.

Bloody Mary and Mimosa

Som ordered the Southern Stack which is a cast iron Johnny cake, sauteed crawfish, bacon, an egg, and maple syrup.  He said that this is his new favorite brunch food.  He wants to get a cast iron skillet and try making his own!

Southern Stack

Sothea ordered the chicken biscuits which is fried chicken, scratch biscuits, eggs, and green peppercorn gravy.  It's mixing two of her favorite brunch foods together, chicken and waffles, and biscuits and gravy.  So if you are a fan of either or both, try this!

Chicken Biscuits

We had a really good experience and are thinking we will have to venture back and try dinner. Other people have been raving about their brick chicken with mac n cheese.  Who can say no to yummy mac n cheese?!?!  Double date anyone?