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Dear friends and family,
The May CATALYST hits the newsstands today. Theme: Offbeat Weddings. From soul level commitments to planning and partying, weddings can be proving grounds for cultivating social and spiritual skills. You'll find a lot of joy in this issue. It was certainly fun to put together. The print calendar will probably return in June. For now, the calendar exists on our website and in these weekly mailings. We work hard to bring you events that you may not find elsewhere. I hope you find something here that inspires.
Have a great weekend,
Greta deJong
editor & publisher
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Event picks for
Apr. 30 - May 7
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Thurs., Apr. 30, 7-9p.
Main City Library, 210 E 400 S. Free.
This month, the focus is on the current science of psychedelic and MDMA research. Speaker: Melissa Brewster, PharmD, BCPS. Following the lecture will be a Q & A and social hour. (There's a rumor of pancakes....) This lecture series aims to improve the lives of our community by providing information, awareness and support. Invite those whom you think might benefit.
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Fri., May 1, 6-9p.
Gallery Stroll event on Main Street, from South Temple to 200 S.
Main Street comes alive for a night of flowers, art and community building.
Park at City Creek (better yet, bike if you can). Enjoy refreshments at participating Main St. galleries and visit all five artist-created temporary parks created for the Downtown Garden Stroll. Musical acts, plein air painting, demonstrations and surprise performances.
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Fri., May 1, 7-9p.
Ken Sanders Rare Books, 268 S 200 E. Free.
Hear award winning author David Gessner read from his new book All the Wild that Remains: Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West. Gessner follows the ghosts of these two remarkable writer-environmentalists, braiding their stories and asking how they speak to the lives of all those who care about the west.
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Fri., May 1, noon-7p; Sat., May 2, 10a-6p
Utah State Fair Park 155 South 10th West. $25- $50.
You can help turn Utah into KNUT (No-kill Utah). Hundreds of adorable animals are waiting to meet you! Free admission and parking. Adoption fees start at $25 for cats, $50 for dogs and include spay/neuter and vaccinations.
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Sat., May 2, 10a-2p.
Salt Lake Masonic Temple,
650 E South Temple. Free.
Tour the ornate and majestic rooms of this stunning example of fine Utah architecture and meet some Masons. Tour at your own pace. No charge. Dress casual. Plenty of free parking behind the building. You may bring non-perishable food to support the Utah Food Bank.
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Sat., May 2, 1-4p. Liberty Park (900 S 600 E), south side, just north of the lake
In response to the recent tragic (and still unfolding) events in Nepal, Chad Davis is conducting a Tibetan singing bowl and gong meditation. He invites everyone to join him in prayer , vibration, and healing meditation.
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Sun., May 3, 7-8:30p.
Mindful Yoga Collective, 223 South 700 East. Free.
This week they will listen to meditations guided by Joseph Goldstein. If you have something you like to sit on, feel free to bring it, but there are meditation cushions, benches, bolsters, blankets and chairs at the space.
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Sun., May 3, noon-5pm.
Boulder Mountain Guest Ranch, Hell's Backbone Road, Escalante.
Our Soil Celebration for the International Permaculture Day features fungal-based compost building hands-on workshop using local materials from the high desert including the ranch's own homegrown mycelium; also a compost tea demonstration. Learn ways to amend soil, increase abundance and grow organically. tel: 435-335-7480
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Tues., May 5, 7-9p.
Sugar Space,
616 E. Wilmington Ave. $15.
Here's an opportunity to "dance your own dance," even if you never knew you had one. We tried this last week and it was wonderful: powerful music, space to move, sweet people. Organizer Shannon Simonelli, trained in 5Rhythms® Movement Psychotherapy is an inspiration. Highly recommended.
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Tues., May 5, 7:00 pm
Anderson-Foothill library 1135 South 2100 East. Free.
Rumi Poetry Club (founded in 2007) celebrates spiritual poetry for our life and community. Good poetry is meditation ~ nourishing our soul and mind. Rumi Poetry Club holds monthly meetings for reciting and discussing Rumi's poems and parables. Participants are welcome to read their favorite poems from Rumi or other spiritual poets from around the world.
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Wed., May 6, 6:30 pm. Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Drive. Free with general admission.
Experience the UMFA galleries through a 30-minute tour with a docent. No pre-registration necessary.
Exhibits include Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum - (closes May 17). [con]text (on view through July 26). salt 11: Duane Linklater (through August 2) and Tony Feher (through December 31).
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Wed., May 6, 7pm. Department of Natural Resources, 1594 W. North Temple
Pacific sockeye salmon is super-nutritious ~ and expensive. Did you know that this fish flourishes in Utah? Kokanee is simply the name for the landlocked sibling of the Pacific sockeye salmon. Learn about them at this free seminar, from their nature and biology to tackle and rigging. You can watch live on your computer: Paste this link http://bit.ly/1GpN74t into your Web browser. A recording of the seminar should be posted at www.youtube.com/UDWR channel by May 7. In-person attendees are eligible for a drawing to receive a free guided kokanee salmon fishing trip to Strawberry Reservoir.
Questions? Call DWR's Salt Lake City office, 801-538-4700.
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Thurs., May 7, 5-8pm.
Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Board Room #1015, 195 N. 1950 W.
Utah officials are hosting this session to give the public some information about Depleted Uranium ~ a long-lived nuclear waste stream which EnergySolutions would like to dispose up to 700,000 tons of in Utah's West Desert.
5pm: informational presentation from state officials. 6pm: You will have the opportunity to question DEQ staff and representatives from its consultant, SC&A, about the state's assessment of depleted uranium. The decision as to whether to allow depleted uranium at EnergySolutions' Clive site is easily the biggest nuclear waste policy decision Utah will ever make. Read CATALYST's story on this subject here.
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I won't lean so far into the positive and proclaim this week to be "a great one"-too much is happening in too many places on the planet to be that optimistic and cheerful. But I will say there is less negative planetary interference this week than we've grown accustomed to, and because of that absence of pernicious alliances, we have another week to catch our individual and collective breath and replenish our reserves, internal and external. Use this time wisely, please, because by the end of next week, attitudes will once again bristle, as tempers once again turn testy. But for now we're still basking in the glow of "not so bad."..( read more).
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