City Cast Salt Lake
🌼 Can you name that spring flower?
March 27, 2025
Good morning! A Hey Salt Lake reader asked: “Any recs for breweries where you can bring in your own food?”
What's DC Talking About
$15M Investment in Utah Arts
The Utah Symphony and Opera received a $15 million investment from O.C. Tanner to support the arts in Utah. [Deseret News]
Utah Protections for Child Influencers
Utah has enacted new protections for children of online content creators following the child abuse conviction of YouTuber Ruby Franke. The law requires parents who make over $150,000 annually from content featuring their children to set aside 15% of the earnings in a trust. It also allows adults to remove videos they appeared in as minors. [FOX13]
- Required listening: The moneymaking business of “sharenting.” [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
Star of India Reopens
Star of India has reopened at a new location on Main Street in Salt Lake City. The much-loved Indian restaurant was forced to close last August after a break-in. [Salt Lake Tribune]
How ‘Awe’ Affects Our Brains
As the federal government slashes national park funding, there’s been a lot of emphasis on the dollar value of Utah’s landscapes. But according to a local psychiatrist, the state’s natural beauty also makes us smarter. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
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Test Your Salt Lake Knowledge
Spring is spranging in this week’s “Test Your Salt Lake Knowledge.” How well do you know Utah flora?
1. Name that tree.
What To Do
Thursday, March 27
- 🖼️ Art Exhibition Reception: Form in Formation | 5-9 p.m. | Free | South Salt Lake
- 🍸 Eighteen Thirty-Three Zero Proof Pop-up | 5-10 p.m. | Free entry | East Central
- 📜 Legislative Wrap-up | 5:30-8 p.m. | Free RSVP | Ballpark
- 🎨 Workshop: Paint-Your-Own Animal | 6-8 p.m. | $30+ | Downtown SLC
- 🌱 Sip & Paint: Planter Pots | 6-8 p.m. | $45 | Central City
Friday, March 28
- 🛍️ Pop-up Flea Market | 3-7 p.m. | Free entry | Sugar House
- 🧑🍳 Snowflake Festival: Chili Cook Off | Doors at 5:30 p.m., cook off at 6 p.m. | $5 | Alta
- 🎵 EP Release Party: Journey to Mazatlán | 6-10 p.m. | $15 suggested donation | Guadalupe
- 🦁 Zooluminate | 6:30-10 p.m. | $15.95+ | Foothill
- 🩰 Ballet West: “Aladdin” | 7 p.m. | $39 | Downtown SLC
- 💃 Womankind Choreography Festival | 7:30 p.m. | $30 | Downtown SLC
Stop and smell the milkweed 🌸
— Terina Ria
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