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Event picks for
Feb. 11-18, 2016
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ENTER TO WIN TWO TICKETS TO
Nahko and Medicine for the People
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Air Pollution and Pregnancy
Thurs. Feb. 11, 7-8:30p.
Dr. Brian Moench will present information and lead a discussion on the effects of air pollution on pregnancy, how to protect yourself and your family and how to get involved politically. SLC Public Library, 210 E 400 S, 4th floor, Room 4. Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment.
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Jenkstar SLAM (Sustainable Living/Art /Music)
Fri. Feb. 12, 7p-2a.
JenkStar CASL, 2225 S. 585 E.
$10
Free energy lounge (meet the inventors!). Visual art, DJs, dancing. Cash bar. Brought to you by the folks who built the Solar Saucer.
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Buddha Nature and the Four Noble Truths
The Yoga Center, 4689 S. Holladay Blvd.
$15 suggested donation.
An evening with Venerable Acharya Lama Orgyen Zangpo on the topic of realizing wisdom and peace through positive thinking.
YogaUtah.com
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Salt To The Sea: book signing with Ruta Sepetys
Fri. Feb. 12, 7p.
The King's English Bookshop
1511 S. 1500 E.
This well-researched historical novel is described as "Between Shades of Gray meets Titanic." The epic WWII-era novel shines a light on one of the war's most devastating ~ yet unknown ~ maritime tragedies.
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UMOCA exhibits
Fri, Feb. 12 (through April 30, 2016)
Utah Museum Of Contemporary Art,
20 S. W. Temple
See all the new exhibits at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. But save the most time for Rolithica, by set designer David Brothers: beautiful, weird, whimsical photographs of dioramas whose actual sizes remain a mystery. What's real? Should I be frightened? Why am I smiling? The mind sorts and reassembles the elements, coming up with endless possible stories. Definitely worth the trouble of finding a parking space downtown for. Open till 9pm on Fridays.
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One Billion Rising Flash Dance Mob
Sat. Feb. 13, 9:30a-noon.
State Capitol, 350 State St.
Get together with your girlfriends on a Saturday morning and dance your ass off! Why? Watch this:
for an answer. High energy engagement for a solemn cause. Thank you, Eve Ensler (One Billion Rising instigator and Vagina Monologues author).
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Make Love to Your God
Sat. Feb. 13, 11a-1p.
Iron & Salt Studio, 1307 S. 900 E.
$38-42
Learn the difference between creative sex and destructive sex. How to teach your man to please you. The power of your pelvic floor. And plenty more! Taught by Nicole deVaney and Angel Mickelle.
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Salt Lake Symphony's 30th Annual Vienna Ball
Sat. Feb. 13, 8p-12a. U of U Ballroom, 200 Central Campus Dr. $60-85
Transport yourself to old Vienna. This fundraising event ~ with food, dancing, silent auction, and live music provided by the Salt Lake Symphony ~ is the only traditional Viennese Ball in Utah. The evening includes floor shows by the BYU Ballroom Dance team. Dance skills a little rusty? Come early to polish your steps with dancing instruction by Margene Anderson, starting at 6:30pm.
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Winter Market
Sat. Feb. 13, 10a-2p. Rio Grande, 300 S. Rio Grande St.
What can you buy from a farmer in Utah in the winter? Plenty. A partial list: yogurt, cheese, beef, pork, lamb, dried beans, Utah trout, sustainably harvested wild seafood, eggs, honey, carrots, kale, bokchoi, shallots, sweet potatoes, winter squash, onions, lettuce, leeks, kohlrabi, potatoes, cabbage, radish, beets, garlic, herbs, micro greens, collard greens, cucumbers, spinach. And there are all the "food crafters," too. In the historic Rio Grande train station (inside on the mezzanine, and outside behind the building). Parking is ample (and free).
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Nahko and Medicine for the People
Sun. Feb. 14, 8pm
The Depot, 400 W. S. Temple
$20-24, 21+
Utah tribe get ready....Nahko and Medicine for the People are bringing their winter tour to town! Music from the five-member world music band's new album "merges the warrior and the dancer." (Enter chance to win pair of tickets ~ see top of this email!) Read CATALYST interview with Nahko HERE.
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Witness at BLM Auction ~
Lease on Oil and Gas Drilling
Tues. Feb. 16, 8am
Salt Palace, 100 S. W. Temple
Join with Elders Rising for Intergenerational Justice to demand the BLM cease oil and gas development on public lands. The U.S. has signed along with 195 other countries the first-ever universal legally binding global climate agreement. Leasing public land to expand the fossil fuel industry directly conflicts with the federal commitment to reduce emissions.
Organized by Elders Rising in collaboration with Canyon Country Rising Tide, Center for Biological Diversity, Great Old Broads For Wilderness, Green Riverkeeper Affiliate & Living Rivers, HEAL Utah, Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance, Rainforest Action Network, Science & Environmental Health Network (Women's Congress for Future Generations), Sierra Club, Utah Moms for Clean Air, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, WildEarth Guardians and others.
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Writing for Change:
SLCC Writing and Social Justice Conference
Tues. Feb. 16, 6-9p. SLCC South City Campus, 1575 S State St.
Free.
How can writing activate a reader's moral imagination? Join the CWC at SLCC's Writing & Social Justice Conference to write about the change you'd like to see. No registration required.
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Frame by Frame, documentary
Tues. Feb. 16, 7p. Main City Library, 210 E. 400 S.
Free.
After decades of war and an oppressive Taliban regime, four Afghan photojournalists face the realities of building a free press in a country left to stand on its own. The photography reveals the strength and beauty of people who can still find joy in the face of impossible circumstances.
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Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Tues. Feb. 16, 7p (continues Wed. & Thurs.) Kingsbury Hall, 201 Presidents Circle
$14
Go on a big-screen expedition to exotic landscapes, learn about remote cultures and be inspired to explore the world outside. Adventure, environmental and cultural films.
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March Fourth! Marching Band
Tues. Feb. 16, 8p (doors @ 7). The State Room, 639 S. State St.
$17, 21+
Also: Diego's Umbrella. With exceptional musical quality and a visual kaleidoscope of stilt walkers, hoopers and Vaudeville-style dancers, MarchFourth! whips audiences into a celebratory frenzy with an over-the-top spectacle of high-energy compositions, colorful costumes and stage shenanigans. Just ask your friends who've been there.
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Women's Leadership Summit
Wed. Feb. 17, 2-7p. University of Utah Student Union Ballroom 200 Central Campus Dr.
$5
Skills and support to help women gain confidence as leaders. Keynote, sessions, networking.
Register by 2/12.
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City Art Readings: Lisa Bickmore and
Wyn Cooper
Wed. Feb. 17, 7pm
SLC Main Library, 210 E 400 S
Lisa Bickmore is a much-published poet and a professor of English at SLCC.
Wyn Cooper is a poet and songwriter. His most recent book of poems is Chaos is the New Calm.
[An aside: In 1984, while a grad student at the U of U, Cooper wrote a picturesque narrative poem he titled "Fun." It appeared in his first book of poems (press run: 500) and ended up in the hands of Cheryl Crow, who turned it into a song that won her two Grammies in 1994, "All I Wanna Do." ("All I wanna do is have a little fun , I've got a feel in' I'm not the only one...")
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The Budos Band
Thurs. Feb. 18, 8p (doors @ 7). The State Room, 638 S. State St.
$23, 21+
You wonder what the radio waves sounded like in the late '60s? A lot like the Budos Band, though these guys weren't even born then. Self-described as "Afro-Soul," the nine-member instrumental band will be showcasing its new album, Burnt Offering, which is decidedly more psychedelic.
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Note from the Editor
This winter I acquired an Airfree Onix 3000 filterless silent air purifier from the manufacturer to test drive. The sleek unit looks like an LED blue-throbbing version of Darth Vader's helmet.
Because it's filterless, there's no visible measure of how it's is working. Just now I got online to read about this new gadget. How well is it protecting me from the fine particulate pollution that, at the rate it's encroaching, may soon blur the view of this computer screen?
Turns out this is a really cool machine. It incinerates mold, allergens, dust mites, bacteria, viruses, pollens, pet dander, tobacco, ozone and other organic pollutants in a 650 sq. ft. area, at temperatures around 400F without making the room noticeably warmer. It's recommended for asthma and allergy sufferers.
For an old building like the CATALYST office, with dogs, a cat, chickens and a wide variety of visitors, some who sneeze. Sadly, there's no mention of fine particulate matter.
We'll haul out the big air cleaners we got at Costco or Home Depot a few years ago, and order new filters.
Our friend Sallie swears by her MERV 16 HEPA filter that's on her house's forced air system. She can really tell the difference. "The filter's black after three months," she says. Installing the box on a furnace costs about $1,700, according to the man at Manwill. The filters cost about $100.
Hmm. Isn't this something doctors should be able to write prescriptions for? This definitely sounds like preventive medicine to me.
CATALYST has been writing about air quality for over 30 years. The collective cry is certainly getting louder, and prospects for improvement better: better transit options, higher home construction standards, stricter standards for refineries. And how about a Tesla dealership?
In the meantime, here's something YOU can do NOW:
Utah Physicians for Health Environment has partnered with HEAL Utah, Utah Moms and the Sierra Club to establish an easy text alert system so they can immediately mobilize our voices with the legislature. Send the message CLEANAIR to the number 41411. You'll immediately receive an acknowledgement. Then when they send out another alert (likely in the next 24-48 hours) we'll have enough information to take action. NOTE: Your phone's autocorrect may turn CLEANAIR into two words. Don't let it. It's one word.
Till next week,
Greta
Greta deJong, editor & publisher
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-- by Sophie Silverstone
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-- by Zachary Smith
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