Urban Agriculture Thrives on West Side by Celeste Tholen
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THE WEST VIEW Read about some of west Salt Lake City's vibrant art and culture Escalante's Family Art project Youth Music Programs Tongan Methodist Community PAGE 5 PAGE 6 & 7 PAGE 16 The West View www.westviewmedia.org Community news focused on west Salt Lake City Summer 2018 Urban agriculture thrives on west side By Celeste Tholen ehind a little bungalow on Cheyenne Street you’ll nd a scene that would be- long in rural Utah. Nestled among green Bvegetable plants and fruit trees are chickens, rabbits, beehives, and arched greenhouses. is productive half-acre lot, owned and worked by Celia and Kevin Bell over the past 14 years, is one of several urban homesteads on the west side, clustered in Glendale. e Bells are surrounded by others working the land and eating or selling what they grow or raise. PHOTO BY DAVID RICKETTS SEE URBAN AG PAGE 10 Shad Stagel with Stagel Organics (left) is one of many urban farmers that Hans Ehrbar (right) has supported, including M&M Farms and B.U.G. Farms and a handful of other small, non-commercial farmers located in Glendale. Tibetan Americans in Salt Lake City strive to maintain their culture By Charlotte Fife-Jepperson violent Chinese persecution in Tibet in the early ‘60s. Lobsang’s parents escaped to e rst Tibetan couple came to Utah in India and Tsering’s mother ed to Nepal. the ‘80s. eir long journey led them from Aer the Chinese government slaugh- Tibet to India to Texas and eventually to tered 1.2 million Tibetans and destroyed Salt Lake City, Utah. ey, in turn, helped thousands of monasteries, the Dalai Lama bring more Tibetans to Utah during the ed to India in 1959, precipitating a mass 1992 Tibetan U.S. Resettlement Project. To- exodus of approximately 80,000 Tibetans to day, according to the Utah Tibetan Associa- India, Nepal and Bhutan. tion, there are approximately 270 Tibetans Fewer than 2,000 Tibetans in these living in Utah, all in the Salt Lake Valley. early years were resettled in the West – in Although they are of Tibetan (and some Switzerland and Canada. To avoid provok- PHOTO BY DAVID RICKETTS Bhutanese) heritage, Poplar Grove residents ing anger from China, the U.S. was not Lobsang Gendun leads Tibetan youths in prayer at the Tibetan Community Lobsang Gendun and Tsering Teshar have Center in June. never lived in Tibet. eir parents ed SEE TIBET PAGE 9 PG 2 WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG THE WEST VIEW STAFF SUMMER 2018 ABOUT US PHOTO BY e West View is a product MICHAEL EVANS PUBLISHER/EDITOR of West View Media, a non- Charlotte Fife-Jepperson pro t, 501(c)(3) community news organization that o ers A large and captivating DESIGN/LAYOUT an authentic look into Salt Lake mural with a smiling Vegor Pedersen City’s west side through stories portrait of local artist/ written by community members. activist Ella Mendoza WRITERS now graces the old Pablo Abarca Published quarterly, e West Wonder Bread Co. sign Atticus Agustin View is mailed to 22,000 homes on the Furst Construc- Michael Evans and businesses throughout the tion Co. building at 700 Charlotte Fife-Jepperson Fairpark, Glendale, Rose Park, West North Temple. Van Hoover Westpointe, Jordan Meadows and The mural contains the Liesa Manuel Poplar Grove neighborhoods. An phrase “Este barrio Adriana Martinez additional 2,000 copies are hand- no se vende,” which Marilyn Shelton distributed to local businesses means in English, “This Heidi Steed and public spaces in nearby areas. neighborhood is not Nigel Swaby for sale” – a statement Celeste olen West View Media reserves the that seems to caution right to edit all submissions and against gentrifi cation PHOTOGRAPHERS letters for libel, slander, clarity that is ignorant about Pablo Abarca and length. All submissions the neighborhood’s Atticus Agustin become the property of West history. Commissioned Davey Davis View Media upon sending. by the University of Michael Evans To submit, include full name, Utah’s Offi ce of Equity Charlotte Fife-Jepperson address and telephone number. and Diversity, the mural David Ricketts was painted by a San e West View welcomes Francisco-based artist, COPY EDITORS comments, suggestions and Jessica Sabogal, who Charlotte Fife-Jepperson corrections. Contact us at: patterned her mural Terry Marasco [email protected] or from a photo taken by Liesa Manuel 385-355-0910 or Rose Park resident Flor Josie Decker P.O. Box 271516, SLC, DeMaria. Utah 84127 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dorothy Owen, President OUR MISSION Troy Mumm, Vice President To strengthen community Jason Stevenson, Secretary identity, increase civic Davey Davis involvement, and foster Belinda 'Otukolo Saltiban social justice for the diverse community members in west WRITERS WANTED! Salt Lake City. e West View invites you to join our Community Newsroom Do you love The West View? to help produce content for future issues. All Community Join us for breakfast at Zillaʼs Family Newsroom meetings are held Restaurant & Lounge on the the 3rd Tuesday and 3rd Saturday, June 23 10 AM – 2 PM Friday of every month at West View Media’s o ce in the City Front Apartment complex on the corner of North Temple and 600 Adults – $10.99 West, Suite 300. Kids – $5.99 Enjoy For more info and to RSVP, email performances [email protected]. 2080 W. North Temple by some of the artists featured in FIND US ONLINE this issue! Visit our website at www.westviewmedia.org. “Like” our West View Media Facebook page, and follow West View Media on Twitter This locally owned restaurant will donate a generous portion of the proceeds to The West View. and Instagram. THE WEST VIEW WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG PG 3 Questions - Email: [email protected] PHOTO BY ATTICUS AGUSTIN K-Tones, a local quartet, was one of many performing groups featured at the Westside Arts Festival, held an- nually at Sugar Space Warehouse in Poplar Grove “Night Out” Annual Westside Festival Community Celebration & Family Parade celebrates cultural diversity By Nigel Swaby grant from Salt Lake City to and magicians entertained th help fund the event. “Gen- the crowd on three di erent Tuesday, August Coming your Way 7 he 2nd annual West erous support from Rocky stages while food trucks kept Side Music, Arts and Mountain Power has helped the crowd fed with a variety of Food Festival returned us immensely both years,” said delicious food. One attendee Parade Decorating Tto Sugar Space on June 16. Aaron Ernst of Restore North remarked last year he had the 4:30 Featuring many of the same Temple. Andeavor was the best tacos he’d ever tasted. @ Meadowlark Elementary musicians that made last year main stage sponsor for 2018. Traditions have to start (497 N Morton Dr) such a hit, the 2018 festival With more space and mar- somewhere and event orga- Begin “Water” Parade had expanded hours and fea- keting support from media nizers envisioned last year’s 5:30 tured Changing Lanes Experi- sponsors KRCL and e West festival to be the start of some- @ Meadowlark ElementaryBring your water guns!!! ence as its headline act. View, the 2018 West Side thing that would take place *This will be a 1.2-mile walk* Besides longer hours, fes- Festival expanded. many times over the coming tival organizers also received e 2017 festival was a blur years. It’s telling that all the a permit to close 800 West in of activity with perform- artists and musicians who 6:00 Main Event front of Sugar Space. Over 50 ers ranging from Polynesian were invited back jumped at art and information booths drummers to bluesman Dan- the opportunity. lined the street and multiple ny Weldon to the jazz quartet @ WestPoint Park food trucks showcased their K-Tones. Dancers, aerialists Will include food trucks,1920 Colonel Rd (1100 N) a variety of activities menus. is was an all ages for all ages, numerous informational booths, and event with free admission. a “Speed Date” the Candidate Political Patio Conceived last year as a way to showcase positive elements of the west side, the 2017 festi- val was a surprise success with multiple vendors and artists For more informationCandidate go to who attracted over 500 people www.jordanmeadows.org/eventsYou in just four hours. Advanced planning allowed this year’s www.westpointe.org/events organizers, Restore North Accessibility accommodation requests, please This locally owned restaurant will donate a generous portion of the proceeds to The West View. Temple and the River District Contact Marlene Jennings @ (801) 895-2493 Chamber, to receive an “ACE” PG 4 WWW.WESTVIEWMEDIA.ORG THE WEST VIEW Coffee Culture Creativity Always brewing Make your coffee count 631 West North Temple, Suite 700 801 596 0500 SeSeSe hablahabla EVERYEVERY SMILE MATTERSMATTERS EspañolEspañol PHOTO BY COURTESY OF ARTES DE MÉXICO EN UTAH Artes de México staff and board members pose for a photo with last year’s Sor Juana writing contest winners. Local art organization increases respect for Mexico's literary and cultural contributions By Atticus Agustin central and eastern parts of colonial history. She was a town. It’s good to educate the self-taught scholar and rare rtes de México, a local predominantly white popula- renaissance gure and prodigy cultural nonpro t, tion there, but we also need to that by age thirteen she hung is engaged in artistic educate our own,” says Fanny. around authorities in phys- Aand literary activities this Artes de México is host- ics, math, musicology, and month throughout Utah in an ing their sixth annual Sor philosophy. e ort to promote Mexican art Juana Poetry writing contest. Much of her later life was and Spanish language with a e contest consists of two devoted to a religious and poetry and short story contest.