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Winter Shelter

Utah County will open warming centers for the first time. Beginning in December, a network of churches on a rotating schedule will open their doors to those needing a warm place to sleep, every night of the week. [Salt Lake Tribune]

• Related: Salt Lake’s winter homelessness plan. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Art Access Utah

The Partners program, a mentoring initiative by Art Access Utah, is now accepting applications. The program matches an emerging artist with a disability with an established artist to collaborate on a project (both artists are compensated for their time). Apply by Feb. 19. [Art Access]

For the Love of Coffee Shops

A lot of us get work done at coffee shops. But for many Salt Lakers, our local coffeehouses are more than a temporary desk — they’re a sanctuary. So exactly what makes a good one great? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

The Business of Filmmaking  🎥 Wednesday | 5-8 p.m.

Learn how to take your script to the screen in this workshop by the Utah Film Center and Artist Foundry. [$0-$100+, South Salt Lake]

Poetry as Advocacy  ✍️ Thursday | 7-8:30 p.m.

Happy Magpie bookstore is hosting a workshop on documentary poetics led by Weber State University poet Krystiana Davis. [Free, Ogden]

Shoreline Swell  💧 Friday & Saturday | Various Times

Twenty Utah dancers and musicians will perform at the Sorenson Unity Center to honor the ecology of the Great Salt Lake. [Free, Glendale]

What Makes a Local Coffee Shop Great?

We crave more third spaces in this city — but our local coffeehouses do a damn good job! Host Ali Vallarta asks local cafetero Alonso Reyna Rivarola what makes a cafe worth spending hours in, and why coffee shops have become an important, and safe, space for a lot of locals. Plus, where can you get a hot cuppa after 6 p.m.?