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Event picks for
September 24 - October 1
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The Nation 150th
Anniversary Speaker Series: John Nichols
 Thurs., Sept. 24, 7-9p Main City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S Free
Nichols, Washington correspondent and politics writer for The Nation will talk about Money in Politics.
Registration recommended:
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7th Annual Melon Nights Sustainable Living Art and Music Festival
Thurs.-Mon., Sept. 24-28
Jenk Star Ranch, 230 Corral Reef Road
 Utah's only 100% sustainably run music festival. Bring your kids to Coyote camp, 12 and under are free. Dog passes available. This year we will be learning the ins and outs of our new composting toilets that have recently been approved by the Utah Health Dept. Solar-powered DJ lineup includes illoom, Better Homes & Gardens, Xzentradi, Syn.aesthetic, Lauren Heart, Soltan, Cuddleboy, Carla Eco, Crystal Rose, Vinyl Tapestry, Eights Everywhere and Mattone.
The Jenk Star Ranch is the home of the Jenkstars and Solar Saucer Cosmonauts.
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Kamasi Washington, jazz saxophone
Fri., Sept. 25, 9pm doors @ 8pm
The State Room, 638 S State St.
"Spiritual, maximalist jazz that fits squarely into the Coltrane lineage."
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Fri., Sept. 25, 3-7:30pm and
Sat., Sept. 26, 9am-7:30pm
Red Butte Garden Courtyard,
300 Wakara Way
Great selection of native and water-wise perennials, trees, shrubs, ornamental grasses and flowering perennials.
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Fri., Sept. 25-27, 10a-5p
South Towne Expo Center
Exhibit Hall 5
9575 S. State St, Sandy
$7
Fine jewelry, precious & semi-precious gemstones, beads, crystals, gold & silver & minerals at manufacturer's prices and nearly 150 exhibitors. Jewelry repair, free hourly door prizes, classes & demonstra-tions. Admission $7, see discount on ad in CATALYST.
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Moab Pride 2015: Lovelution
Fri., Sept. 25, 5pm-midnight;
Sat., Sept. 26,
10am-midnight
Moab, Utah
(Swanny Park)
Free
Visibility March, music performances by The Lovebirds, Talia Keys and the Ease, the Painbirds and more.
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MoabPride.org
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Classical Greek Theater Festival of Westminister College Presents Sophocles' Electra
Sat., Sept. 26 & Sun., Sept. 27, 8:30am
Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre,
300 Wakara Way
$7-$15
In this 2,400-year-old Greek tragedy, Electra and her brother Orestes take vengeance on their mother and her new husband for the murder of Agamemnon, their father. Larry West directs this ancient/modern production which
features a recent American translation by Marianne McDonald. Original music played live by Abby Scott. Melanie Nelson plays Electra, one of the longest and most demanding roles in Greek tragedy. The play is preceded by a brief lecture (they're always good). Bring a blanket and a picnic breakfast. We'll be there Sunday!
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SLC Green Drinks
Tues., Sept. 29, 6-9p
340 E 400 S
Suite #50
Free
Check out Sustainable Startups' new office space and munch on Even Stevens sandwiches. Share your business aspirations in a productive networking atmosphere and learn about how Sustainable Startups works their ideas.
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The Nation 150th Anniversary Speaker Series: Zoë Carpenter
Thurs., Oct. 1, 7-9p Main City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S Free
The Nation's Washington assistant editor will talk about librarians vs. the NSA. Zoë Carpenter has written for Rolling Stone, Guernica and the Poughkeepsie Journal, is one half of the band Tillamook Burn. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in writing and environmental politics.
Registration recommended:
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Mark Your Calendar:
Jung Society lecture: Lucid Dreaming's Potential for Personal and Spiritual Growth
Main City Library (Auditorium)
210 E 400 S
Free
Consciously aware in a dream, you can fly like Superman or perform magic like Harry Potter. But did you know that within a lucid dream, you can also meditate? Or actively work to achieve a healing of your physical or emotional self? Practiced for thousands of years in the wisdom traditions, lucid dreaming holds incredible potential for advancing your personal and spiritual growth.
Presenter: Robert Waggoner, author of Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self. Waggoner will also hold a workshop, Sat. & Sun. 9a-3p, in which he will distill decades of lucid experience into under-standable techniques and tips to help you become lucid and stay lucid. $185; CEU credits available. Wasatch Retreat Conference Center, 75 S 200 E.
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A tremendous impulse to throw caution to the wind blows through the days as well as the nights of an already bumpy week, disrupting regular routines by making sudden shifts and abrupt detours the first choice for just about anyone caught in a boring set of circumstances. Expect the unexpected, and anticipate that many of these startling twists of fate will be positive. Yes, Mercury is retrograde, but that doesn't matter. Yes again, Pluto goes direct on Friday, which could fire up some of these quick decisions. And yes, there is a lunar eclipse on Sunday that focuses on practical matters. But none of these planetary interactions compares to the power of a Venus/Uranus trine that is in effect all week long. The good news-and there is always good news-is that this fiery trine is packed with creative potential that can be applied to almost every situation...( read more).
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