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🌱 Outdoor Retailer Returns To SLC + SLC's Ukrainian Sister City!

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Rise and shine, Salt Lake City! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and mild. High: 69 Low: 47. Sunset expected at 7:44 PM.

Here are the top three stories in Salt Lake City today:

  1. Outdoor Retailer is coming back to its once longtime home in Salt Lake City. The twice-annual tradeshow giant left Utah back in 2017 in part to protest state politicians' support for then-President Trump's scaling back of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. Now it's slated to come back to Utah's capital for at least three years, partly due to Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall's negotiations wherein she promoted her own administration's enviornmental policies. OR's return to SLC isn't seen as a good thing by all, however, and many well-known brands like REI and Patagonia plan to boycott the show in Salt Lake City, despite having large business operations within the state. (Fox13Now.com)
  2. Roman Klichuk, is the mayor of the touristy western Ukranian city of Chernivtsi, a city that is a sister city of Salt Lak City. Klichuk addressed the members of the Salt Lake City Council, giving a sober update of everything his town is experiencing in a brief 2-minute video. But why did he address SLC's city council? Well, Salt Lake City and Chernivtsi were united through the Sister Cities International organization in 1989, but it was newly elected city councilman Alejandro Puy, curious about the city when fighting broke out, who discovered the sister city status and sought to resurrect the old relationship that had fallen out of contact for years. (KSL.com)
  3. Don't forget the sardines! 'Noises Off' is widely considered one of the grandest farces ever written, and it's playing at Salt Lake Community College's Grand Theatre starting tonight. In the production directed by Anne Stewart Mark who has five times played the character of Belinda in the show, the characters try their best putting on a play within the play that progressively goes wrong as the audience witnesses disaster, love triangles, and missed cues both from a backstage and front-of-curtain point of view. (Gephardt Daily)

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Today in Salt Lake City:

  • HawkWatch International presents STEM Night with Discovery Gateway today at the West Valley Library. (4:00 PM)
  • Birds and Brew is back for a special evening with SLC's Mayor Mendenhall and short presentations about Lights Out and our collision survey program on Tracy Aviary's Mill Lawn. This evening at Tracy Aviary & Botanical Gardens (6:00 PM)
  • Bastian DEI Lecture: "Nice White Ladies and The Truth About White Supremacy." Dr. Jessie Daniels addresses an unintended complicity of even well-meaning white women and a feminism that pushes women of color aside, this evening at Westminster College's Jewett Center for the Performing Arts. (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

  • "This morning, we saw a great example of a lenticular cloud over the Oquirrhs! Lenticular clouds typically form from air being pushed up and over a mountain in a stable environment. The air then cools and condenses, forming this cloud. The air then cools and condenses, forming this cloud. They often resemble a UFO!" (US National Weather Service Salt Lake City Utah)
  • "To mark Pride Week at the U, which begins March 28, the Block U received a makeover today. For those wanting to get a selfie, the additional colors will be up until April 4. Pride Week details: https://diversity.utah.edu/pride/" (The University of Utah)
  • "ANNOUNCEMENT: We've revealed our season, and there's something on it for everyone! Explore the season, book your subscription, and enjoy the best opera has to offer." (Utah Opera)
  • "Conserving water is an essential part of fish and wildlife conservation. We're thankful for all you do to conserve water, and for more water-saving tips and information, follow Utah Division of Water Resources." (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)
  • "Next year, the Salt Lake City Public Library will mark 125 years of serving our community. In the months leading up to our birthday (February 14, 2023), we'll be dipping into our archives to celebrate where we've been and where we are now. Enjoy some "then and now" photos of life at The City Library!" (Salt Lake City Public Library)
  • "Our musicians were playing a song for peace out in our community last night. Learn how they and other Utah musicians came together to raise money to provide relief in Ukraine." (Utah Symphony)

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— Joseph Peterson

About me: Joseph is a writer and marketing communications strategist with a degree in Mass Communication and Public Relations from the University of Utah. He's keen on city life, public libraries, national parks, and promoting events that build community.

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