Slow Food Utah Launches Snail Fest

  • September 13, 2024
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Celebrating local chefs, restaurants, and growers with a Snail of Approval. SL Mag's Farm-to-Glass cocktails, Piecing Together Home, Skywatcher Leo T, and homegrown music from Rick Gerber.

Tonight's Punk Rock Farmer Friday edition of RadioACTive features the following people, organizations and/or events. Check them out and get plugged into your community:

Homegrown music from Rick Gerber, the front man for Badfeather and The Bookends. 

Jeremy Pugh of Salt Lake Magazine on its annual Farm-to-Glass Cocktail Contest. Find out how you can explore Utah's Cocktail Trail and vote on your favorites through Halloween.

#ManyCulturesOneSky with SkyWatcher Leo T, a RadioACTive volunteer who shares his love of the night sky, cultural tales of the constellations, and more during #PunkRockFarmerFridays. Tonight: Pegasus, Jupiter and Mars in the night sky with Taurus the Bull. NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) challenges a binary asteroid system to a game of cosmic pool, Artemis readying for moon launch, and patterns and shapes in the clouds and stars across #ManyCulturesOneSky. 

“Piecing Together Home: New American Reflections on Home and Belonging” is a show curated by the International Rescue Committee in Salt Lake City that features a variety of artists’ work. The exhibition will tell the stories of new Americans from across the Salt Lake Valley and their journey of resettlement through their artwork. RadioACTive gets a sneak peek with artist Komlan Eza and IRC-SLC's Jamaica Trinnaman.

  • Sept. 14: Opening Reception of Piecing Together Home: New American Reflections on Home and Belonging, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts, in the center of Liberty Park, SLC. "Each year, Utah welcomes around 1,200 refugees through the federal Refugee Admissions Program, in addition to other displaced people and those who choose to immigrate to the U.S. seeking opportunities. These new Americans bring skills and cultural traditions with them as they bravely make the Salt Lake Valley their new home. This exhibition showcases how some new Americans adapt to new environments and create a sense of home and belonging for themselves in a new country. The exhibition runs through Nov. 30." Museum admission is free. The museum is open 10a-4p, Thursdays-Saturdays.

#ManyCulturesOneSky with SkyWatcher Leo T, a RadioACTive volunteer who shares his love of the night sky, cultural tales of the constellations, and more during #PunkRockFarmerFridays. Tonight, a look at the morning sky transitioning from Jupiter's probe of the Galilean moons to our oceans, previously undiscovered life here, and a Norse sea myth.

Aldine's Urban Farm Report, featuring Gwen Springmeyer of Slow Food Utah, a nonprofit that inspires individuals and communities to change the world through food that is good, clean, and fair for all. 

  • Sept. 18: Quick Pickle at the Millcreek Farmers' Market, 5:30-8:00 p.m. at Millcreek Common, 1354 E. Chambers Ave., Millcreek. Event by Slow Food Utah: "Make refrigerator pickles with Slow Food Utah. Quick Pickling is a simple and fun way to preserve extra veggies from the garden or farmers’ market. At this workshop, you will shop the market and swing by the quickle station for a selection of brines, spices, and help from our volunteers. First come, first served. Mature kids are welcome with adult supervision. Recommended donation is $5 for 2 jars with a selection of brines and spices."

  • Sept. 22: Snail Fest 2024 | Slow Food Utah's Annual Gathering, 5:30-8:00 p.m. at The Neighborhood Hive, 2065 E. 2100 S., SLC. "Join us for the first annual gathering of the snails. Tickets include 5 full bites + 2 Farm to Glass drinks and many samples from our amazing list of Snail of Approval Awardees. Proceeds support the Slow Food Utah Microgrant Fund. The event is 21+." For tickets, click here. 

Guests' views, thoughts, or opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the board, staff, or members of Listeners' Community Radio of Utah, KRCL 90.9fm. Questions, comments, or suggestions for the show? Email radioactive@krcl.org. Tonight's RadioACTive team included:

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