Cristiano Creminelli, who has helped Tony Caputo’s Market and Deli establish a hugely successful salumificio where Italian salami, sausages, and other pork meats are handcrafted on site, has been nominated by the Utah Slow Food Convivium to be its representative artisan at the first-ever Slow Food Nation festival on Labor Day weekend in San Francisco.
Creminelli […]

When Plan-B Theatre’s anthology of eight original, full-length plays is published next month by Juniper Press and Oxide Books, the book will be a compelling, vivid testament to the company’s growing influential presence on Salt Lake City’s cultural scene. In fact, Plan-B hardly plays a modest subculture role in the community. The Plays From Behind […]

Editor’s Note: I am pleased to announce the following event on my blog. The Hotel Monaco, along with the Kimpton hotel chain, maintains a highly successful corporate responsibility program that supports a broad range of initiatives. I discussed the Monaco’s leadership in this area as part of a March 2008 article in Utah CEO.
MaryLynn […]

Readers know that I sign my name for this blog as “Professor Les.” I’ve been asked countless times my full name, which is Leslie — yes, one of those infamous cross-gender names. And, at the age of 13, I decided to truncate my name to Les, often to the dismay of my parents but to […]

Among the award winners for the 14th annual Slamdance Film Festival was Tony Mosher, who won the festival’s horror screenplay competition with “The Punished.”
The prize includes a production deal with Angel Baby Entertainment and Maverick Films which will make the film based on Mosher’s screenplay. Mosher also receives an upfront payment of $10,000 against five […]