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🙃 How Colorado stole Sundance
March 28, 2025 · Thanks to City Cast Salt Lake podcast host Ali Vallarta for editing this week.
Hey, Salt Lake! I’m sure you’ve heard the news of Sundance Film Festival’s departure from Utah 😢 We’d love to gather your favorite memories from the festival — the best screenings, the celebrity sightings, anything!
What's DC Talking About
Sen. Mike Lee Wants Prince Harry Deported
Utah Sen. Mike Lee is at it again. This time, he’s on X calling for Prince Harry’s deportation. His comments follow a lawsuit by the Heritage Foundation seeking details on Harry’s visa application. [Axios Salt Lake City]
How Colorado Stole Sundance
The town of Boulder, Colorado has been announced as the Sundance Film Festival’s new home, beginning in 2027. From money to politics to airports, how did Park City lose Sundance? And what will take its place? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]
Historic Hotel Becomes Affordable Housing
The historic Stratford Hotel in Salt Lake City, now the Stratford Apartments, will provide 46 permanent supportive housing units for people recovering from behavioral health conditions and homelessness, with on-site services to aid in long-term stability. [KSL]
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What To Do
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
Saturday, March 29
- 💥 Grid Zine Festival | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Free | Downtown SLC
- 🌹 Ink for Immigrant Rights | Noon-6 p.m. | $80+ | Midvale
- 🏳️⚧️ Transgender Day of Visibility March & Rally | 3 p.m. | Free | Capitol Hill
- 🏁 Doxie Derby | 3-7 p.m. | Free | Millcreek
- 👠 Fashion Show: It’s Not Lonely at the Top | 6 p.m. | $50+ | Downtown SLC
- 🎤 Concert: Kelsea Ballerini | 7 p.m. | $52+ | Downtown SLC
- 🗣️ Science Friday Live | 7 p.m. | $25+ | Downtown SLC
- 🏉 Rugby: Utah Warriors vs. New England Free Jacks | 7 p.m. | $16+ | Herriman
- 🪐 Utah Symphony: Holst’s The Planets | 7:30 p.m. | $10.50+ | Downtown SLC
- 🎶 Funk-U-Up | 9 p.m. | $5 | 21+ only | Downtown SLC
Sunday, March 30
- 🛕 Holi Festival of Colors | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | $10+ | Spanish Fork
- 🧱 Bricks & Brix: Lego Open Play | Noon-4 p.m. | Free entry | 21+ only | Central 9th
- 🌼 Workshop: Botanical Candle | 1-3 p.m. | $65 | Downtown SLC
- 🎵 Plazapalooza Spring Concert Series | 2-5 p.m. | Free | Snowbird
- 🕯️ The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight | 8 p.m. | $47.50+ | Downtown SLC
Monday, March 31
- 🧘 Group Therapy Yoga (Five-Week Series) | 6 p.m. | $30 per session or $130 for full series | 18+ only | 9th & 9th
- 🎥 Movie Mondays: “Ponyo” | 6-9 p.m. | $5 donation | Avenues
- 🎶 Concert: Franz Ferdinand | Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. | $39.50 | Downtown SLC
- 🔉 Sound Bath | 7:30 p.m. | $10 | Granary
Cue “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” 🎶
— Terina Ria
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