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CATALYST Events ~ Resources for Creative Living
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August 13 - 20
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Event picks for
August 13 - August 20
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Tinarawin (with JJUUJJUU)
Thurs.,
August 13, 8pm
Urban Lounge
241 S
500 E
$30/27adv.
Saharan blues band Tinariwen visits SLC again, and we'll be there! Their hypnotic and electrifying guitar rock reflects the complex realities of members' home base in North West Africa, where their nomadic descendants have wandered the dunes for millennia. Presented by KRCL.
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Twilight Concert Series: The Word, Feel Fields & the Expressionists
Thurs., August 13, 7-10pm
Pioneer Park 350 S 300 W. $10/5 adv.
This avant-jazz funk group, THE WORD, plays the hymnal of the electric improvisational church. This band arranges so nicely, they give each other room to stretch their sacred strings.
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Game of Spokes at Granary Row
336 W 700 S; FREE
VeloCity & LEDByLITE present GAME OF SPOKES, an amateur cycling competition. Featured events include Tall Bike joust; Slowest Race and Foot Down; Bike Polo; Fixed Gear Freestyle Competition. A bicycle tune-up station will be provided by Saturday Cycles, as well as bicycle registration by the Bicycle Collective.
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Sat., August 15, 8am-noon
Smith's Grocery, 455 S 500 E
Got some old computers, mobile phones, televisions, etc. in your closet, garage or basement? Bring them here for safe recycling. Also accepting pharmaceuticals for safe disposal.
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Pre-Burning Man
Local Artist Truck Show and Sale
Sat., August 15, 11am-9pm
iconoCLAD 414 300 S.
Locally made fuzzy vests, harem pants and festival-oriented accessories! Shop or just hang out with the DJs and enjoy some yummy snacks.
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Anthony Motto @ Zest
Sat., August 15, 9:30pm-1am
Zest Kitchen & Bar
275 S 200 E
Conscious Revolution & Zest Bar join forces to bring you Depth:
A night of music centered on the sensual and sophisticated side of electronica. Wanna dance? Be here.
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Relish Your Garden
Tues., August 18, 6-9pm
Harmons
City Creek Cooking School
135 E. 100 S. $25
Learn the art of fancy and versatile relishes in this class, taught by CATALYST "Eating Through the Seasons" columnist Alison Einerson.
Register: wasatchgardens.org
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It's another wacky week, here on planet Earth, and trying to make sense of almost anything is going to require a level head that's able to discern the true from the false and the fact from the fiction. Even if you're the most practical, most wise, and most insightful observer of human nature and current events, you're still likely to be surprised by the unforeseen plot twists and sudden reversals of fortune that are possible-okay, probable-this week. The best way through the morass of stupefying phenomena is compassion, even for the people who are contributing to the chaos...( read more).
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