City Cast Salt Lake
Can you get Lyme disease from Utah ticks?
August 8, 2023
Hey, Salt Lake! Today we’re sharing some tick safety and an interview with Craft Lake City founder and executive director Angela H. Brown on why she started the DIY Festival, which is happening this week.
What's CITY Talking About?
We Did It, Joe
President Joe Biden is making his way to SLC this week as part of a three-state tour of the southwest. Along with addressing climate change and his administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, he’ll be fundraising for his 2024 reelection campaign. [Salt Lake Tribune]
Shipping Container Art
Salt Lake City’s new public art piece is a 25,000 pound shipping container. Trade Balance was designed to hang at an angle above the ground, located at 3775 West California Ave. It’s 39 feet at its highest point and 13 feet at its lowest. [KSL]
Insights From an Abortion Textline
This morning the Utah Supreme Court is hearing arguments related to an injunction blocking Utah’s total abortion ban from going into effect. Can that injunction be upheld under Utah’s constitution? While we wait for answers, City Cast Salt Lake host Ali Vallarta talks with Exhale Pro-Voice Executive Director Rachel Dyer about what we can learn from abortion hotlines right now. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
What To Do
Fossils For Queers 🦖 Tuesday | 5-6:30 p.m.
Curators from the Natural History Museum of Utah will be at Under the Umbrella Bookstore to talk all things dinos. Plus, you’ll get your hands on real fossils dating back 65 million years! All ages welcome. [Free, Downtown SLC]
Watchhouse & The Tallest Man on Earth 🎶 Wednesday | 7 p.m.
See folk bands Watchhouse and The Tallest Man on Earth perform at Red Butte Garden. [$55, Foothill]
Psych Lake City 🤘 Thursday-Saturday | Various Times
Psych Lake City is Urban Lounge’s local summer mini-fest taking place over three days with bands like Dad Bod, Lord Vox, and the Plastic Cherries. [$10-$35, Central City]
Today on City Cast
We have feelings about our favorite ice cream flavor, so of course we're gonna have feelings about our abortions, too.
How Abortions Impact Mental Health
On Tuesday, the Utah Supreme Court is hearing arguments to determine whether the injunction currently blocking Utah’s abortion trigger law can be upheld under Utah’s constitution. While we won’t get an answer for weeks (or maybe months), the ongoing battle over the legality of abortion in our state is causing stress for patients and providers. Host Ali Vallarta asks Rachel Dyer, the executive director of Exhale Pro-Voice, what we can learn from the conversations being had on the post-abortion textlines right now. Of note: You can still get an abortion in Utah, up to 18 weeks of pregnancy.
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