Salt Lake City Weekly

Salt Lake City Weekly, often referred to as City Weekly, is a free alternative newspaper that features tabloid-style pages and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Originally launched as the Private Eye, City Weekly is released every Thursday by Copperfield Publishing Inc., with John Saltas serving as the majority owner and president.

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Pride Issue 2025

2 days ago | cityweekly.net | Scott Renshaw |Arica Roberts |Emilee Atkinson |Cat Palmer

Pride Issue 2025 IntroductionUtah gay history chronicler Ben Williams notes that the struggle for rights has always included triumphs and setbacks. Ben WilliamsOur 2025 Pride Issue guest editor, historian Ben Williams, has documented the history of LGBTQ+ people in Utah for decades. LGBTQ people have always lived through turbulent times. In the 1950s, homosexuals were seen as subversives and national security risks. If discovered, people could be arrested and lives ruined.
Writer of the Lost Oligarch

2 days ago | cityweekly.net | Scott Renshaw

Anatole "Zsa-Zsa" Korda (Benicio Del Toro)—the main character of Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme—is not Elon Musk. Not specifically, anyway. It's certainly easy to note some points of similarity, given that Korda is a wealthy businessman with a number of children even he can't seem to keep track of, and whom he generally ignores.
Film Reviews: New Releases for May 30

1 week ago | cityweekly.net | Scott Renshaw

Posted By Scott Renshaw on May 29, 2025, 4:20 PM click to enlarge Bad Shabbos *** The comedic line between “farce” and “cringe” is a thin one, but co-writer/director Daniel Robbins walks it fairly deftly in this tale of family connection with a dark twist: During the Shabbos dinner in New York when David Gelfand (Jon Bass) will be introducing this parents (David Paymer and Kyra Sedgwick) to the parents of his non-Jewish fiancé, Meg (Meghan Leathers), the already-fraught scenario gets...
Mike Lee and other pro-natalists ramp up efforts to boost Utah's lagging birthrate.

1 week ago | cityweekly.net | Katharine Biele

No one is more concerned and alarmed by the falling birth rate than Utah's senior senator, Mike Lee. Well, maybe Elon Musk, who seems to be trying to solve it unilaterally. Musk has very definite ideas. Whether motivated by fear of mass extinction or just that white people are being "replaced," Musk believes the solution is for women to get procreating. And while Musk and Vice President J.D. Vance are prominent in the movement, Lee is not far behind.
Utah's ubiquitous and increasingly creepy Julia Reagan tribute billboards are never going away.

1 week ago | cityweekly.net | Bill Frost

I'm not on Reddit often (or so I tell myself), but I recently ran across a lively and funny-AF discussion thread in the r/SaltLakeCity subreddit. The "Julia Reagan Megathread" is dedicated to "Memes, tattoos, conspiracy theories, bad AI 'art,' and whatever else is topical." It's all about those ubiquitous billboards blocking your view of the mountains when you're stuck in traffic—varied tributes to the late Julia Reagan, who passed away in June 2024.
Beer reviews: Shades Pineapple Upside Down Cake and Uinta Endankification

1 week ago | cityweekly.net | Mike Riedel

Shades - Pineapple Upside Down Cake: Buckle up for a tropical twist from the makers of some of Utah's most intriguing beers. As the name denotes, this is a take on the classic pineapple upside-down cake. The unique qualities of this dessert come from the caramelized pineapple covering the bottom of the cake pan while baking. Shades' Pineapple Upside Down Cake ale pours a hazy, golden hue, capped by a surprisingly persistent off-white foam that eventually settles, leaving delicate rings of lacing.
Concert Preview: Melvins at Metro Music Hall

1 week ago | cityweekly.net | Matt King

A legendary band in the rock and sludge-metal sphere is heading to Salt Lake City. Melvins have managed to toe the line between being extremely successful, and largely unknown among many fans of popular rock acts. Even though their pioneering mix of metal, punk and heaviness influenced the likes of Nirvana, Soundgarden, Tool and others, the Melvins have remained a consistent force in the venue scene, opting to never "sell-out" and tour arenas or stadiums.
City Weekly's founding fathers go digital with "The Bingham Boys" podcast.

1 week ago | cityweekly.net | John Saltas

I constantly wonder why everyone's attention span has taken a vacation, perhaps to somewhere on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico, like Port Aransas in Texas. I'm not a terribly bitter person, and I'm not a fan of boycotts, so I forgive Red State travelers. I despise that Texas is home to Ted Cruz, but I recognize he's an interloper to the state that more honorably gave us Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt and Willie Nelson.
Restaurant Review: Scary Good Brunch at Goat Head

1 week ago | cityweekly.net | Alex Springer

Every restaurant enthusiast has their own brand of culinary catnip. It's abstract and hard to define, but it never fails to get your ass out the door as soon as it pops up on your Instagram feed. For example, any time I see a bar or restaurant that has adopted a horror or occult theme, I have to go check it out, regardless of what else I had scheduled. It's rare to find that kindred spirit who likes good food as much as they like evil vibes, but that's exactly how I'd describe Goat Head.
Utah lawmakers pitch berms and Band-aids as political will to save The Great Salt Lake evaporates.

1 week ago | cityweekly.net | Katharine Biele

Miss: Dust to DustPatience is not a personal characteristic of Utah lawmakers. They are all about quick fixes and if that can't be done, blame someone else—or Mother Nature. The Great Salt Lake is a case in point. Three years ago, lawmakers had their panties in a bunch over the shrinking lake, but their solutions were focused around good will and voluntary actions. How did that work? It didn't. Sure, there are models of conservation. The LDS church started water-wise landscaping around its temples.