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Set your limits and then live accordingly

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:01:03 MDT

Set your limits and then live accordingly

Published May 23, 2013 01:01AM MDT

Dear Carolyn • The chemistry in my nine-month relationship is awesome, the hard work feels minimal, we stay up late and talk often. I’ve always wanted my lover to be my best friend. There’s only one problem: He already has a best friend, his ex-girlfriend of eight years (friend of 17). He broke up with her because it was an unhappy relationship and their counselor said it was “maladaptive.” Now that I’m in the picture, she makes all the time in the world for him. Since they both have flexible s...

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University of Utah graduate wins sports-trivia contest on ESPNU

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:08:03 MDT

University of Utah graduate wins sports-trivia contest on ESPNU

by Scott D. Pierce The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 10:08PM MDT

The University of Utah has claimed its first national championship since it joined the Pac-12 — sort of. Recent U. grad Michael Smith stumped the Schwab on cable network ESPNU’s “UNITE,” claiming the title as the nation’s top collegiate sports trivia expert. The segment was recorded Monday and aired Wednesday. “I wouldn’t really call myself a know-it-all about sports trivia,” said the 22-year-old from Sandy. “But I watch sports constantly. I have my whole life. I was pretty confident going in be...

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Vampire Weekend opens summer at Red Butte Garden with celebratory set

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:44:16 MDT

Vampire Weekend opens summer at Red Butte Garden with celebratory set

by David Burger The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 08:44PM MDT

“It feels like the beginning of summer,” singer Ezra Koenig told the crowd Tuesday at the sold-out Red Butte Garden before launching into the third song of Vampire Weekend’s headlining 20-song, 90-minute set. And it did feel like summer, with Vampire Weekend opening what will be the largest concert series the University of Utah’s botanical garden has ever hosted, with 27 concerts left between now and mid-September. The evening turned chilly once the sun went down near the beginning of the New Yo...

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Scott D. Pierce: Is it brave for Matt Damon to play gay?

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:23:50 MDT

Scott D. Pierce: Is it brave for Matt Damon to play gay?

by Scott D. Pierce The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 08:23PM MDT

HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra” tells the tale of Liberace and his much-younger boyfriend, Scott Thorson. And, like Liberace, it’s over the top. It’s not just flamboyant, it’s flamboyantly gay. The actors who play Liberace (Michael Douglas) and Thorson (Matt Damon) are not gay. They’re actors playing gay. Which Douglas believes required a certain amount of courage. “I just want to commend Matt,” he said, “because I don’t think I would have had the courage at that point in my career to take this o...

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Gay Mormon characters step out of the shadows

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:55:27 MDT

Gay Mormon characters step out of the shadows

by Kellie Kotraba Religion News Service

Published May 22, 2013 06:55PM MDT

Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time. His name was Joe Pitt, and he was in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches.” Pitt lived in New York with a good reputation and a bad marriage to a woman addicted to Valium. As colleagues dealt with the devastation and uncertainty of AIDS — it was the 1980s — he grappled with openly acknowledging his sexuality. He was Mormon. And gay. And the two didn’t mix. Before Pitt, there was a gay LDS c...

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California singer-songwriter still connected to Utah

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:02:02 MDT

California singer-songwriter still connected to Utah

by David Burger The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 06:02PM MDT

When folk singer-songwriter Jen Hajj moved to Carlsbad, Calif., in October, it was a loss for Utah. Hajj, 43, had lived in Utah for nearly 30 years, attending Westminster College and the University of Utah. She also had a long history with the local acoustic music scene, as a performer, a house concert host and a DJ; for more than three years, she was the host of KRCL’s Sunday Bluegrass Express. Her third album, “Love Is Everywhere,” was released on May 17 and — despite having a ZIP code that ...

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Out and about: The Postal Service, Juicy J, Sea Wolf and more

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:57:02 MDT

Out and about: The Postal Service, Juicy J, Sea Wolf and more

Published May 22, 2013 05:57PM MDT

Sea Wolf spotlight show • Alex Brown Church, better known as Sea Wolf, is returning to Utah. He was here a few months ago for the Sundance Film Festival, where he performed two sets at the ASCAP Music Café. It was a much better experience than his first festival, when he flew into and out of Utah in a single day. “This time I had some friends there and was able to see a film,” Church said in a phone interview. Those friends came from the film school at New York University, where Church also ...

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Hot tickets: Join in the fun at the regional premiere of Spamalot!

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:45:03 MDT

Hot tickets: Join in the fun at the regional premiere of Spamalot!

Published May 22, 2013 05:45PM MDT

Dance Ballet West’s Innovations • Friday, May 24, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 25, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City; $45. Shaping Sound • Saturday, May 25, 8 p.m.; Capitol Theatre, 50 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City; $35-$80. Music Snow College Flute Choir • Today, May 24, 7:30 p.m.; LDS Assembly Hall, 50 W. North Temple, Salt Lake City; free. Utah Symphony • With conductor Christian Arming and violinist Augustin Hadelich; Friday and Saturday,...

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A look back at Red Butte Garden’s concert series

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:25:53 MDT

A look back at Red Butte Garden’s concert series

by David Burger The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 05:25PM MDT

Before he became founder and director of Salt Lake City’s Twilight Concert Series, Casey Jarman was a working musician. And in 1987, he and his band, the Jarman Kingston Quartet, were one of the first four concerts at Red Butte Garden. At that point, the botanical garden on the University of Utah campus held concerts on the second Sunday of each month from June to September. A season ticket cost $10. “I don’t think they had a canopy,” Jarman said recently. “It was a much smaller thing.” Since th...

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TV preview: Concert on PBS salutes veterans

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:57:02 MDT

TV preview: Concert on PBS salutes veterans

Published May 22, 2013 04:57PM MDT

Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise host the “National Memorial Concert” from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Scheduled performers include Katherine Jenkins, Candice Glover, Chris Mann, Alfie Boe and the National Symphony Orchestra. Colin Powell and Ed Harris are also scheduled to appear. Watch • 7 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Channel 7; 8 p.m. Monday, Channel 11

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Sean P. Means: The Kochs and the chilling effect of money on media

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:40:02 MDT

Sean P. Means: The Kochs and the chilling effect of money on media

by Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 04:40PM MDT

What’s worse? A journalistic voice being forced to speak in the voice of a corporate owner? Or a media voice squelching itself first, fearing what that corporate owner might do with his wealth? Both scenarios have been talked about in media circles in recent weeks — with both centering on Charles and David Koch (pronounced “coke”), the billionaire industrial giants who give a lot of financial support to libertarian and right-wing causes. People who observe the newspaper industry have watched, wi...

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Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:19:02 MDT

Hike of the week: Adams Canyon

Published May 22, 2013 02:19PM MDT

Directions • Adams Canyon is a fairly steep, strenuous hike with an awesome waterfall payoff located about 30 minutes from Salt Lake City. To get there, take Interstate 15 north to Highway 89 (exit 324). Take a right on 1200 North, which is a stop sign just north of Oak Hills Drive, then a right again for the frontage road. Follow it to the dirt parking area. Entrance to the hike is a labeled opening in a chain link fence. The path starts out steep and sandy, then drops down into the canyon ...

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Hook Shot: A first fish for Derek

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:15:02 MDT

Hook Shot: A first fish for Derek

Published May 22, 2013 02:15PM MDT

Jason Stead sent in this picture of his son Derek with the first fish he ever caught during a family fishing trip to Cleveland Reservoir in the summer of 2012.

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Analysis: Does religious freedom report need more ‘teeth’?

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:50 MDT

Analysis: Does religious freedom report need more ‘teeth’?

by Lauren Markoe Religion News Service

Published May 22, 2013 01:25PM MDT

Washington • The Obama administration isn’t afraid to call out Republicans for playing politics on Capitol Hill or Wall Street for runaway profits or insurance companies for health care woes. But why, when it comes to protecting religious freedom abroad, is the State Department so hesitant to name names? Watchdogs say the State Department missed a key opportunity to put teeth into its annual assessment of global religious freedom, which was released by Secretary of State John Kerry this week. Co...

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Utah Pentecostals praise God in ‘language of angels’

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:06 MDT

Utah Pentecostals praise God in ‘language of angels’

by Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 01:25PM MDT

Pastor Ronald Rice is pacing and sweating, roaring and crying as he warns his west Salt Lake City Pentecostal congregation about what he calls the “dangers of drifting.” “It doesn’t take long to get off course,” Rice bellows in his broad Southern accent, and a few call out from their blue padded chairs, “Amen.” “Watch for the warning signs,” he yells. More amens and a few claps. Beware of loss of focus, loss of priorities, loss of passion for God and his Word, loss of discipline and — Rice is ...

Tortilla.bar serves creative Mexican cuisine in Orem

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:10:30 MDT

Tortilla.bar serves creative Mexican cuisine in Orem

by Stuart Melling Special To The Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 12:10PM MDT

Orem • The name Tortilla.bar should be a hint that this new restaurant is not a run-of-the-mill Mexican eatery. Head chef and owner Sam Oteo brought his atypical take on South of the border dining to Orem in late 2012. The restaurant operates out of modest digs, a small stand alone, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it building. About a third of the petite interior is swallowed up by the open kitchen area. Seating for, at most, 20 patrons is dotted around the buzzing chef area, with a couple extra tables o...

Out Takes: Capitol Reef National Park, a Utah gem

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:32:03 MDT

Out Takes: Capitol Reef National Park, a Utah gem

Published May 22, 2013 11:32AM MDT

Bryson White took this picture while visiting Capitol Reef National Park in February of 2013. “The sun was just starting to set behind us, making the entire landscape come alive with reds, yellows, blacks, blues and whites. This is definitely one of Utah’s gems,” White wrote.

Where in Utah was this photo taken?

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:31:02 MDT

Where in Utah was this photo taken?

Published May 22, 2013 11:31AM MDT

This week • Correctly name where in Utah this photo was taken to be eligible for a drawing for the book Utah by Tom and Gayen Wharton. Entries must be received by 5 p.m. May 28. Email your guess to outdoors@sltrib.com with “Where Is It?” in the subject line. Last week • All but seven of the 103 entries correctly identified the twin hoodoo formations in Red Canyon near Bryce Canyon National Park. Cassidy Jones of Midway had her entry drawn and wins a copy of Fishing Utah by Brett Prettyman.

Beatles’ lyrics headed for British Library

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:24:02 MDT

Beatles’ lyrics headed for British Library

the Associated Press

Published May 22, 2013 11:24AM MDT

LONDON • Shakespeare, the Magna Carta — and now some of John Lennon’s finest lyrics. The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to Beatles’ classics “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “She Said She Said” and “In My Life.” Although these three songs are legally credited to Lennon and band mate Paul McCartney, the wistful, evocative lyrics are primarily associated with Lennon. The manuscripts and a number of Lennon’s letters were don...

Get a kick out of Bucket List: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:50:24 MDT

Get a kick out of Bucket List: Cataract Canyon (hold on tight)

by Brett Prettyman | The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 22, 2013 10:50AM MDT

Canyonlands National Park • The Colorado River in southeastern Utah is a tricky creature. It cradles and coddles rafters for lazy, languishing days before throwing them into a cascading crush of chaos and conceivable catastrophe in Cataract Canyon. It was something explorer John Wesley Powell experienced in a dreadful way 144 years ago and an adventure that people today travel from across the world to experience, albeit in much less-dramatic fashion. Selecting places to visit for The Utah Buck...