CATALYST Weekly ReaderMar. 14 - Mar. 21

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Artist Reception: Micro & Macro
Environmental Ministry Lecture Series
Winter Pop-Up Market
Increasing Biodiversity in the Garden
Echos of Utah
Public Land Energy in the Obama Era
World Affairs Lecture Series
Simple Book Repairs for At-Home Curators
Guest Writers Series: Brigit Kelly & Susan Steinberg
Reasons to Be Pretty
Ralfee Finn's "The Aquarium Age"
READER REWARDS
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Dear Friends & Family,

 

Here's a link to the March issue, if you haven't read it yet. I hope you enjoy it!

Below you'll find our picks for the week at hand. See you at Saturday's Pop-Up Farmers Market!

~ Greta

greta@catalystmagazine.net

 

** You can access the entire online calendar AND our Community Resource Directory from this email now, as well as note sunrise times and moon phases. See top left.

  

 


 

Event picks for
March 14  - March 21 

 

 

Fri, Mar. 15, 6-9p.

J GO Gallery, 408 Main, Park City. Free.

jgogallery.com 

  

Siddharth Parasnis' up-close gaze creates humble architectural studies which stand alongside Mark England's busy eagle-eye  perspective of whole continents. 


 
 

Fri, Mar. 15, 7p.

First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake, Eliot Hall, 569 S 1300 E. Free.

slcuu.org 

  

 

Join the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake and HEAL Utah for the presentation Boosting Renewables: eUtah and CCA.

 

Only 4% of electricity produced in Utah comes from renewable energy sources. This ranks us seventh out of eight Western States. Idaho and Wyoming are at 15% and 13%. Utah, despite its bountiful wind, sunshine and geothermal resources, lags behind the region and nation.

 

According to polls,  80-85% of Utahns want to get more of our electricity from renewable sources.

 

One possible solution is the community-based energy buying mechanism called Community Choice Aggregation. Learn about CCA and how it could help bring renewable energy to Utah at an affordable price. 


 

Sat, Mar. 16, 10a-3p.

Hellenic Cultural Center at the Greek Orthodox Church, 279 S. 300 W. 

slcfarmersmarket.org 

  

In addition to all the great locally grown produce, representatives from many local favorite CSA farms and programs will be on hand to talk to you about their coming seasons. Plus: bring your dull cutlery to get sharpened up for spring with Lorenz Mobile Sharpening.     


 

Sat, Mar. 16

12-3p.

Millcreek Herbs (Rm 255), 3191 S 3300 E. $35.

granitepeaks.org 

  

Learn to mix pleasing preparations, read labels effectively and use herbs safely and appropriately. Make a tincture and healing salve to take home with you. Botany, history and lore, harvest and preservation, essential oils, sacred plant medicine and more will be discussed. All materials included.     


 

Sat, Mar. 16, 2:30-4:30p.  

Salt Lake City Library, 400 S 224 E. $10

wasatchgardens.org

  

Do you want more birds 'n bees in your life? How about butterflies? This workshop will focus on increasing the diversity of organisms that live in your garden, yard or porch. Specifically, workshop will cover simple augmentations that provide food, water, shelter and other necessities for a host of organisms. Techniques include planting, direct feeding and shelter installations.


 

 

Sun, Mar. 17, 3p.

Libby Gardner Concert Hall, 1375 President's Circle. $15-$18.

novaslc.org  

 

This concert features world premieres by two of the most distinguished composers in Utah: Morris Rosenzweig and Miguel Chuaqui. Utah soprano Celena Shafer, who sang Stravinsky's The Nightingale to critical acclaim recently in Carnegie Hall, joins for works by Stravinsky and Fauré. Utah Symphony Concertmaster Ralph Matson and former NOVA Artistic Director Barbara Scowcroft collaborate with colleagues from the Utah Symphony in the Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence.


 

Tues, Mar. 19, 12:15-1:30p.

S.J. Quinney College of Law (Moot Courtroom) 332 S 1400 E. Free.

law.utah.edu 

  

Former Assistant Interior Secretary Rebecca Watson will look back at President Obama's first term energy policies -- the focus, accomplishments and missteps -- and make a forecast of what's ahead in the second term. From "the new Sheriff," Ken Salazar, closing the oil and gas "candy store," to public land utility solar, coal leasing and the BP Gulf explosion, the first four years were action-packed.



 
 
Wednesdays, Mar. 20- Apr 17, 5-8p.  

Book Arts Studio, J Willard Marriot Library, 295 S 1500 E. Workshop Fee $180; Materials Fee $50.

lib.utah.edu 

  

Head Conservator Tomomi Nakashima will instruct a five-week workshop on aid for wounded books. Get a kit of basic tools and materials as well as damaged books on which to learn foundational book repair techniques.   


 

Thurs, Mar. 21, 7-9p.  

Finch Lane Gallery Art Barn, 1340 E 100 S. Free.

slcgov.com 

  

Meet poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly and prose writer Susan Steinberg through open-house readings. There will also be a free lunchtime conversation with the writers on Fri, March 22, noon-1p. at the Art Barn in Reservoir Park. 


 

 

Thurs, Mar. 21-24, 7:30p.

Productions Studio 115, 240 S 1500 E. $8-10.

theatre.utah.edu 

  

America's obsession with physical beauty is confronted headlong in reasons to be pretty, a brutal and exhilarating work by playwright and screenwriter Neil LaBute.

Greg (played by Andy Ricci) is just a regular guy whose long-time lover, Steph (played by Krista Niederjohn), launches a full scale verbal assault at him after she hears about his offhand remark that her face, in comparison to that of a pretty female coworker's, is just "regular." Greg is puzzled by Steph's rage.  As relationships crumble throughout the characters, they are forced to confront a sea of deceit, infidelity and betrayed trust.  

 

Blog Updates
 

Several planets move from the quiet poetry of Pisces to the dynamic command of Aries this week, and as they shift positions, so do we. For some, it feels like a welcome change of air. For others, the shift is jarring, especially as daily life begins to unfold to a percussive, militant rhythm. For most of us, the altered skyscape catalyzes previously tamped-down situations, which in turn ignite sudden and intense mood swings...(read more). 

Reader Rewards
We're giving out free passes to the Gem Faire! Fine jewelry, gems, beads, silver, minerals, crystals and more. March 22-24 at the South Towne Exposition Center, 9575 S State St.
   
Email pax@catalystmagazine.net if you'd like a pass (while they last!).